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July 10, 2014
FAA to Begin Evaluation of Unleaded Fuels for GA
The search for viable alternatives to leaded avgas is moving to the next stage as the FAA prepares to begin evaluating fuels submitted for testing through the Piston Aviation Fuels Initiative (PAFI), announced today by the FAA. July 1 marked the deadline to submit candidate fuels.
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Mosquito in Flight
On June 16, the world's second flying de Havilland Mosquito made its first flight after a nearly five-decade restoration.
See some footage
of that first post-restorative flight from a documentary in production about the airplane, and also
read about the airplane's history
from the Calgary Mosquito Society.
Timeless Voices -
Carl Unger (1931-2013)
, co-creator of the iconic Breezy homebuilt aircraft that
celebrates its 50th anniversary
this year at AirVenture.
Hints for Homebuilders -
Cutting Holes With a Fly Cutter
- with Sebastian Heintz and Roger Dubbert from Zenith Aircraft.
Poberezny Memorial Set for Sunday Before AirVenture
The night before AirVenture's gates open on Monday morning, July 28, before throngs of aviation enthusiasts immerse themselves in the World's Greatest Aviation Celebration, a brief, solemn ceremony will be held to honor the man who made it all possible.
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EAA Radio Brings AirVenture to the World
EAA Radio, the official radio station for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, returns for its 18th year at convention grounds broadcasting "On the Fly" live and non-live presentations throughout the week on AM 1210 and FM 96.5.
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See New Smartphone-Controlled Paper Airplane at AirVenture Innovation Center
There are thousands of flying machines at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh every year, but this year a tiny Bluetooth-powered paper airplane will be getting a lot of buzz.
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Homebuilding Ambassadors Sought for One Week Wonder Project
Are you passionate about the many benefits of building an airplane? Do you have a desire to evangelize for the homebuilt movement? If so, EAA is seeking your help.
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Special Parking for Special Homebuilts
Homebuilders Headquarters will again have special parking at AirVenture for prior Grand Champions, auto engine aircraft, homebuilts more than 20 years old, and for those homebuilt aircraft that have more than 1,000 hours of flight time.
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Annual AirVenture Auction Launches July 11
EAA's annual AirVenture online auction begins July 11 and runs through Sunday, July 20. Items available for bidding will enhance your AirVenture 2014 experience or help complete your aviation collection. Your bids help support EAA's programs that educate, train, inspire, and engage our vibrant aviation community! Bid on many unique AirVenture experiences and items, including weeklong golf cart access at AirVenture 2014; a B-17 flight for 10; a signed Tuskegee Airman Captain's hat; a Hamilton Khaki Pilot watch; and so much more!
Check out our great auction items
, and get ready to bid!
Embry-Riddle University to Hold 8th Annual Luncheon at AirVenture
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is scheduled to host its 8th annual AirVenture student luncheon on Friday, August 1. The event will be held in the Founders' Wing located in the EAA AirVenture Museum from noon to 1:30 p.m. Participants will enjoy lunch with university administrators, students, and alumni who will be presenting information on career opportunities in aviation, aerospace, business, and intelligence for the 21st century. To accommodate as many interested guests as possible, seating is limited to four people per family.
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SkyCraft Prepares for Final Certification
Pending FAA certification, SkyCraft Airplanes is gearing up to begin production of its new SD-1 Minisport single-place, special light-sport aircraft at a newly purchased manufacturing facility in Provo, Utah.
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MAC'S BLOG: What to Practice Before Flying to Oshkosh
Flying into Oshkosh is different from the flying we do the rest of the year. The unique procedures of the Fisk arrival have been refined over decades and work very well to get something like 10,000 airplanes into Oshkosh during the convention and the days leading up to it. Pilots who have never made the pilgrimage wonder what they need to know and practice to be ready for the show. The most important preparation is to read the official Oshkosh Notam very closely. No, not closely, study the Notam.
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ZENITH BLOG: Fuel Flow Testing and a Visit From Jack
At this week's work session we installed the tail number and "EXPERIMENTAL" decals on our staff-built Zenith CH 750, as well as the emergency locator transmitter. We also performed a fuel flow test - something that's not required for certification but strongly recommended for all homebuilders. Sure enough, our testing revealed we need a fuel pump for when the aircraft is in a high angle of attack with minimum fuel on board. (
See EAA's webinar on Fuel System Testing
.) We also welcomed EAA Chairman Jack Pelton, who visited the hangar to offer his encouragement.
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Let's Be Safe Out There!
As we all get excited about our trips to Oshkosh, Paul Poberezny's words still have many lessons for all of us who fly:
"Again, I would like to remind you of the high standards maintained by the Experimental Aircraft Association; not only in flying activities, maintenance, and safety, but in convention site cleanliness. Our annual convention has been the spotlight of sport general aviation activities. I would suggest that you look at your pilot qualifications, your cross-country experience and, in particular, the range of your aircraft....Check that your aircraft is clean and well-maintained - a show piece that you can be proud of."
- EAA founder Paul Poberezny, Sport Aviation, June 1972
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Boeing Flight Services Creates Flight Training Awards
Boeing Flight Services is sponsoring three $5,000 flight training awards to EAA members who have completed their FAA written exam and had their first solo flight. Recipients will be presented the flight training awards at EAA AirVenture 2014 by Boeing Flight Services executives.
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AirVenture Pilots Have Access to New Services From Signature Flight Support
Morning weather briefings, flight planning, and other services will be available in a new location for pilots at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014. EAA Pilot Services, presented by Signature Flight Support, will be located in the Federal Pavilion, next to the Sky Shoppe and across from the Homebuilders Headquarters.
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FAA Clarifies Angle of Attack Indicator Installation Policy
In February, the FAA issued a press release announcing that angle of attack (AOA) indicators would be eligible for certification under industry consensus standards rather than traditional avionics certification rules. Shortly after the press release was issued, EAA wrote to the FAA requesting clarification on the installation of these safety devices, asking whether the FAA would permit AOA system installations as a minor alteration to spur widespread adoption of this technology.
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EAA Legal Advisory Council Co-Chairman Honored
EAA congratulates retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. R. Patrick Phillips, EAA Lifetime 124466, and co-chairman of the EAA Legal Advisory Council, for receiving the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority's Col. Joe Kittinger Award during the Liberty Weekend celebration at Orlando International Airport. Phillips flew C-7A Caribou aircraft in all areas of Southeast Asia including 850 combat hours in Vietnam, then later flew in virtually every nation in the free world as an aircraft commander and pilot instructor on Lockheed C-141 Starlifters. Phillips is an ATP; a current FAA flight and ground instructor for both single, multi-engine airplanes, and instrument; and is an A&P mechanic.
Savvy 'FEVA' Gives Advance Warning of Failing Exhaust Valves
Dovetail Games Inks Deal to Distribute Version of Flight Simulator
Hartzell Technologies Ramps Up Jasco Alternator Production
Sporty's Expanding AirVenture Oshkosh Presence
Preorder Your Official EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds T-shirt*
Kimberleigh and Paul Gavin's official limited-edition, 14-color screen-printed T-shirt commemorates the event with the four-ship Thunderbirds F-16 diamond in the foreground as the two solos pass behind in a clear blue sky over the colorful and excited AirVenture crowd. Celebrate the historic event with the collectable tee and preorder your souvenir "Thunder Over Oshkosh" T-shirt before they sell out.**
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Lindsey Pell, 29, EAA 1072534, was introduced to general aviation in 2010 by her best friend's family. She soon joined EAA Chapter 1310 in Broad Brook, Connecticut, and earned her private pilot certificate. Today she is chapter president with eyes on launching another chapter. "Being a member has provided endless amounts of fun, interesting projects, and ongoing entertainment. Everything I know about aviation is a result of our chapter members," Lindsey said.
EAA's growing chapter program, started in 1953 with Chapter 1 in Riverside, California, includes nearly 1,000 chapters worldwide. They sponsor seminars, aircraft builds, flying clubs, and fly-ins, and invest countless hours organizing volunteer projects. For more information on finding an EAA chapter in your area, visit
Ford Tri-Motor Tour: First mass-produced airliner
July 10-13: Pontiac, MI
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B-17 Tour: Fly the
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SportAir Workshops - Two-day aircraft building programs
Courses include: Sheet Metal Basics, Composite Construction, Fabric Covering, Electrical Systems & Avionics, TIG Welding, RV Assembly, and What's Involved In Kit Building
Upcoming Homebuilding Workshops:
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August 16-17: Griffin, GA
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Pre-registration is required for all workshops.
Webinars: Free to all aviation enthusiasts
July 16
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 Features and Attractions
- Presenter: Jim DiMatteo
July 17
Understanding the Additional Pilot Program
- Presenters: Charlie Precourt, Tom Charpentier
August 13
Resolving Owner/Mechanic Disputes
- Presenter: Mike Busch
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July 2014: 1947 Consolidated Vultee L-13
Jim Koepnick, EAA Lifetime 222987, captured this 1947 Consolidated Vultee L-13 during AirVenture 2010. The L-13, then owned by Clu Colvin, was featured in the February 2011 issue of
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August 27, 2011 - 4:50 PM
ALTAMONT, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered the inspection of a hydro-power dam west of Albany after a mild earthquake.
Cuomo said that while the 2.9 magnitude earthquake Saturday was small, he ordered an immediate inspection of nearby infrastructure as a precaution. That included the New York Power Authority's Blenheim-Gilboa Dam in nearby Schoharie County.
The quake was centered near the Albany suburb of Altamont.
The earthquake occurred as the region braces for Hurricane Irene and four days after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia was felt in the area.
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LONDON -- At the start of the Olympics, this tournament was being billed as Abby Wambach's farewell tour. Great choice of words considering the U.S. team played six games in four stadiums in 16 days.
But the day before the U.S. team's semifinal match with Canada at Old Trafford, the 32-year-old forward said she wasn't ready to hang up her boots just yet. After defeating Japan 2-1 in the gold-medal match and scoring five goals in six games, Wambach backed up that statement, saying she plans to ride this wave as long as her body will allow.
"I think the sky is the limit," Wambach said shortly after her team went undefeated to earn its third consecutive gold medal and fourth in five Olympics. "If I can get fully well and feel good, I want to be a part of this team. I think I'm a lifer."
In her first Olympics in 2004, Wambach became an international star when she scored on a header in extra time against Brazil in the gold-medal match. In 2008, she initially made the team but suffered a broken leg in a friendly with Brazil shortly before the team was to leave for Beijing and was replaced by Lauren Cheney.
Since then, she has struggled with injuries, including a three-year battle with Achilles tendonitis. But throughout this tournament, Wambach has talked about the recovery protocol and rehab techniques -- like ice baths, compression tights and a boot-like night splint -- that have her feeling as good physically as she has in years.
"If I am welcomed by the coaches and can continue to play well for my country, my hopes are high," Wambach said. "Winning a gold here is extra incentive to come back and play for the first U.S. World Cup title since 1999."
Fellow team captain Christie Rampone has all but said she will retire after these Olympics. On Wednesday, the day before the gold-medal match, she said she often reminds herself to enjoy the moment and take in every practice, knowing they will be her last. On Thursday, she became the first soccer player to earn four Olympic medals (three gold and one silver), doing so at 37 years of age, as a mother of two and while battling Lyme disease.
"Christie will defy every odd before she hangs up her boots," Wambach said. "She is still so respected and such a great soccer player that it will be hanging them up too soon if she does so after this. We hope we can keep this team together in 2015 and vie for the World Cup. I can't speak for Christie, but I'm looking forward to 2016. Right now, though, I just want to celebrate this win."
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Mayor Berry is also an accomplished business entrepreneur with over two decades of experience in New Mexico and throughout the Southwest United States. He earned his degree in finance and administration at the University of New Mexico and was a letterman on the Lobo track and field team, specializing in the decathlon.
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The Tim Tebow addition not popular amongst former Jets Stars
Posted by Erik Manassy on Mar 22, 2012 in Player Tweets, Quick Tweets | 1 comment
Tim Tebow is a New York Jet. There are emotional reactions from Jets fans on both sides of the spectrum. There seems to be no middle ground. You either love this move or you are burning everything you own in green and white.
I have to laugh at the tweets only 3 days ago that said that any Jets fan that even insinuated that the Jets go after Tim Tebow will be unfollowed. Not only did I think it may happen it came true and wouldn't you know it, I lost some followers. Oh well.
I would be very naive to say that the Jets only did this for the X's and O's. Not that the Jets had a problem with selling out seats, PSLs and Jets merchandise, but let's put it this way, this was a business decision.
Jets players haven't tweeted anything about the Tebow addition. I don't know if that's telling or if it's me just reading into something that isn't there. Former players however; have been very vocal about the Tebow addition:
Joe Namath on ESPN's 1050 Michael Kay:
"I do not agree with this situation," Namath said. "I can't agree with it. I just think it's a publicity stunt. I really think it's wrong. I can't go for it."
"I don't think they know what they're doing over there right now," Namath said. "They give Sanchez a new contract, they pat him on the back and then they bring in two more quarterbacks." – Listen to the Show
I actually disagree with Joe. I think the Jets have a plan and it's not a popular one, but I do believe they know what they are doing. They clearly are listening to Tony Sparano and letting him bring in the pieces we wants to run his offense. Mark Sanchez needs to put on his "big boy" pants and let's be clear, he's the starter. This move has nothing to do with Mark Sanchez. They brought Tim Tebow in to be the backup AND run some other packages.
Ray Lucas on Twitter:
RayLucas06 With a 4th and 6th and 2.5 mill we could of got a rt tackle and oline depth! If you have no off line I don't care who's at QB!! 3/22/12 8:17 AM |
RayLucas06 Can someone tell me how you can trade for a guy we don't need and you don't read the fine print? RIDICULOUS!!!! 3/21/12 6:07 PM |
Ray tends to be a fired up guy. My response to Ray is, we'll draft an Offensive lineman in the draft. BET ON IT. I personally want them to use the first round pick at 16 to get the best and first lineman off the board, but many are speculating it will be a pass rusher for the defense or a Safety. I think it must be an o-lineman.
Kris Jenkins on Twitter:
krisjenkins77 Well this season will be interesting. I am standing behind this is not a good fit. Boy those damn shiny objects. 3/21/12 9:11 PM |
krisjenkins77 I pose the next question then. What happens if Tebow is a bust and the Jets don't get it together??? 3/22/12 4:00 AM |
krisjenkins77 @Loud_Davey Tebow didn't want to backup in Denver. You think he is here to??? 3/22/12 4:09 AM |
Tebow said all the right things in the press conference. No he doesn't want to be the backup and yes he is going to try to earn the right to be a starter. So what? I expect the competition to begin. I want Sanchez to feel the heat but make no mistake, he is the starter and if he is performing at a decent level, he's our guy. By me supporting Tebow, it doesn't mean I'm giving up on Mark Sanchez.
Both these guys CAN exist in this offense and right now that is what the Jets are saying the plan is. Will it remain this way all season? Hey it's the NFL, Not For Long, if you don't do your job.
Damien Woody on Twitter:
damienwoody First & foremost…G'Morning! Now…on to the topic at hand….if Tebow is the back-up QB, what happens to the offense if Sanchez gets hurt #nyj 3/22/12 9:56 AM |
It's a very good point that Damien makes. The offense will change completely and will that put added pressure on the players to learn both styles of play. There is always the hypothetical though and the big IF. It's easy to say that if the Jets carry four quarterbacks, you could put Stanton or McElroy in there, but the Jets said that Tebow is the number 2.
If the Jets are a run dedicated first team, then having Tebow be the starter shouldn't change THAT much but it is clear that there is a major drop off with passing ability from Sanchez and Tebow. I guess my answer is, Mark, don't get hurt!
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Something that strikes me,,, this should be Mark's off-season: first off season Mark was recovering from knee surgery, 2nd off season was the lock out. This is his first off season to work with coaches, concenntrate on his mechanics, reads etc. But now, he's going to have to deal with Tebowmania instead of concentraing on his own development.
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Everyone knows that winter in Montreal is the biggest and best time to do the craziest partying, partying and after-partying. Right when you were just dreaming of getting out of that winter blues and drinking January away, here come a couple of amazing shows that you will want to see with your own eyes! (Don't… Read More
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Here's to a happy start of the year: Tickets for Chilly Gonzales with Kaiser Quartett are disappearing quickly. The two concerts will be held on April 25th and 26th at Théâtre Outremont, so we suggest you hurry! Find out more about his master classes and new book, Re-Introduction Etudes, in the video below. Buy your… Read More
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This winter, stay warm with POP as we join our pals over at Passovah to present a handful of special shows. James Irwin releases his album Unreal with Alden Penner and Caro Diaro at Bar Le Ritz PDB on January 22nd, while February marks Passovah's 7 year anniversary with two huge shows: Sea Oleena (Shallow… Read More
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Are you familiar with the singer and songwriter of The Shaggs? It may have been 44 years since her last record but it is now at last, the year of Dot Wiggin! The whimsical and uncanny punkish indie icon will be making a stop on September 20th at La Sala Rossa – Salle Exclaim! and… Read More
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I can send you some later in spring. I can send both clippings & dig up the roots. Which ever you prefer. In my area, they do not emerge until late spring. They grow wild all over my property. |
- Posted by caterwallin 6-PA (My Page) on Tue, Jan 21, 14 at 19:28
Oh, that's great! I don't know if you'd like the pipevine plant (I might even be able to come up with two if you'd like) or if you'd rather that I send you money for postage. I don't do paypal so would have to send you a check for it. Do you want to let me know then shortly before they're ready? Would you like me to email you at some point to remind you about them? My email is yomamab2002 at yahoo dot com . I guess it would probably be better if you'd send me some with roots on to get a jump start on the season since I live pretty far north. Thanks so much! Cathy |
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LONG BEACH, Calif. — The 2015 amateur draft is 10 months away, but this week's Area Code Games marks one of the biggest events for the Cubs and the other 29 major league teams.
"It's one of our Super Bowls for scouting as far as getting the best players in the same spot," Matt Dorey, the Cubs' director of amateur scouting, said Monday morning shortly before the six-day event started at Blair Field.
The Cubs, who are destined to have one of the top picks in the 2015 draft, dispatched 12 area scouts, three cross-checker scouts and assistant scouting director Lukas McKnight to evaluate 208 of the top high school players in the nation.
It's no guarantee the Cubs' first pick next June will come from this event. But the volume of prospects from every region of the nation provides the evaluators with plenty of short-term and long-term benefits.
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"One of the best parts of this event is we get to see the northern climate kids down here, and their high school season is a lot shorter," Dorey said. "Sometimes it's 20 games. With weather and travel limitations, sometimes we can get in there only a couple times. So this event and these events, in general, hold a ton of weight for our evaluation entering the spring."
Dorey pointed to All-Star outfielder Mike Trout, a New Jersey native who soared to immediate success with the Angels after being selected in the first round out of high school, as a player who benefited from playing in the Area Code Games.
The Cubs didn't shy away from pitcher Paul Blackburn at the 2011 Area Code Games when he threw in the mid-80-mph range. Blackburn was a supplemental first-round pick the following June and currently has an 8-4 record and 3.19 ERA at Class A Kane County while adding 40 pounds to his 6-foot-2 frame.
"He was a guy we looked at with good arm action, a good athlete with a clean delivery and advanced pitchability," Dorey recalled.
Because several of the participating players have given verbal commitments to colleges, the Area Code Games has evolved more into a full showcase for pro scouts, starting with Monday morning's batting practice session where every position player is announced before stepping into the batting cage with as many as seven video cameras taping each session.
Eight teams will play five games each, giving scouts a respectable sample size as part of their evaluation process.
"It gives us an opportunity to evaluate the better talent in the country versus talent," Dorey said. "That's hard to do for the high school players. This environment gives an opportunity to watch these guys play on back-to-back days against the best talent in the country. It's a good sign leading into the spring about who are the upper echelon/best players in the country."
The Cubs' homework on Kris Bryant, their top pick in 2013, went as far back as the 2009 Area Code Games before Bryant's senior year of high school.
August represents an important month in terms of preparation and evaluation for the 2015 draft, starting with the East Coast Pro Showcase in Syracuse last week and continuing Sunday with the Perfect Game All-American Classic in San Diego and concluding with the Under Armour All-America Game on Aug. 16 at Wrigley Field.
"We get to see them make adjustments, and the very good players have the ability to make adjustments," Dorey said.
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Help, firewall disables at reboot.
followed instructions found on the web and still keeps disabling.
first enabled ufw using
sudo ufw enable
they dont mention it turns off at reboot, and now concerned that i need to reinstall kubuntu due to not being protected.
after hours of searching found that this code could help to get it to turn on at start up.
sudo nano /etc/ufw/ufw.conf
# /etc/ufw/ufw.conf
# Set to yes to start on boot. If setting this remotely, be sure to add a rule
# to allow your remote connection before starting ufw. Eg: 'ufw allow 22/tcp'
# Please use the 'ufw' command to set the loglevel. Eg: 'ufw logging medium'.
# See 'man ufw' for details.
also unsure if i needed to enter script to exit the terminal window properly,
the commands are as below.
^G Get Help ^O WriteOut ^R Read File ^Y Prev Page ^K Cut Text ^C Cur Pos
^X Exit ^J Justify ^W Where Is ^V Next Page ^U UnCut Text ^T To Spell
havent a clue what these are as they dont do anything.
also tried Gufw which keeps turning off at reboot.
Note: just a newby at using linux, can't understand why the firewall is turned off as default, and once turned on, turns off at reboot.
why isn't it set to always be on as default when installed ?
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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Vaughn Taylor has had his share of ups and downs since a 2004 debut on the PGA Tour.
Up: Two victories, a 2006 Ryder Cup berth and seven consecutive years inside the top 100 on the money list.
Down: Beginning in 2011, no top 10s in 54 starts.
Taylor, who has made less than $1 million in the past two seasons combined, hasn't cracked the top 10 since a T-5 at The Barclays in August 2010.
Taylor's recent struggles led him to Central America last week, where he tied for ninth in the Web.com Tour's season-opening Panama Claro Championship. He returned to the States and shot 5-under 66 Monday at Mayacoo Lakes Country Club to qualify for a spot in the Honda Classic for a second consecutive year.
"It's coming around," Taylor said as he was preparing for the Honda Classic on Wednesday. "I've just gone back to a lot of stuff that used to work. It feels good. I feel comfortable with things, and I got my old putter back, went back to my old swing coach, and just trying to get back to what worked before."
The old putter is an aged, center shafted SeeMore, and the old coach was Jack Lumpkin.
Taylor, a two-time Tour winner from Augusta, Ga., who turns 37 on March 9, didn't like how he was hitting the ball and about three years ago switched to instructor Mark McCann.
The change worked for a while, but eventually the consistency that Taylor exhibited disappeared, and so did his PGA Tour card.
For the past two years, he has returned to Qualifying School. He won a card for the 2011 season but lost it and failed to advance out of Q-School last year.
"I thought it would come back immediately," said Taylor, talking about the return to his old putter. "But I committed to it and just said I'm going to stick with it. Best I ever putted was with the SeeMore, so I just decided no matter how it was going, I was going to stick with it and just keep playing away."
Taylor's play in Panama represented his best result since connecting with Lumpkin in September during the McGladrey Classic in St. Simons Island, Ga. The 66 that Taylor posted Monday reinforces the feeling that his work with Lumpkin is starting to take hold.
"I'm looking to have a good week," Taylor said. "I think my game is in good shape, so I think that's the most important. So I just need to get out there and go through my routine and the process and hopefully play well."


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According to Al Majal the country is consistently challenged by water scarcity being in one of the driest regions of the world. Although it has a better water supply outlook compared to its regional neighbors, the major reasons for water scarcity are poor rain in the Sultanate and decline in ground-water levels.
The country is reported to be getting 40% of its demand for drinking water from bottled water. There is also a big problem posed by a growing population which is requiring more resources and more energy. Recently aside from water shortage, the Sultanate likewise experienced power outages. There are plans of undertaking seawater desalination through central desalination plants however the desalination process requires energy or fossil fuel that contributes massive greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere.
These are just some of the challenges that accompany the country's steady growth. For families, companies and other sectors of the community, it is therefore imperative to support the measures being undertaken by the government to meet energy and water demand to avoid shortages.
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For individuals living in the country, this is a national duty as the current water scenario requires the participation and support of all. While the government aspires to provide safe and adequate water supply, it is the duty of its citizen to conserve water, reducing wastage and adopting measures to maximize water use.
For companies, it is a corporate social responsibility to contribute to water saving as part of managing the social and environmental impact of their business activities. Saving water will not only bring huge cost savings to the company it will also contribute to the national campaign to save water resources.
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This initiative will support on-going and future plans of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said to meet the basic need of the country for adequate water supply. It will also contribute simultaneously with its goal to save energy and lower carbon emissions.
There is no high-tech solution for the initiative, just a few fittings and a lot of common sense. The result of this initiative when applied to homes, hotels, factories, offices mosques would bring huge savings which could be measured by reduced water and electricity bills. The collective result of water saving will contribute to the nation's drive to conserve water.
Al Majal is currently in discussion with different companies and government organizations with regard this campaign. It is time for Oman to take the lead in water saving in the region by adopting a similar system for all sectors of the country.
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Shawn 'Jay‑Z' Carter is not only the biggest star in the rap world; with his own clothing company and Roc‑A‑Fella Records label, he is also a highly successful businessman. The recent third album in his 'Blueprint' series was his ninth American and his first UK number one, pushing his total album sales to date in the US alone to a staggering 30 million. Its lead single, 'DOA (Death Of Auto‑Tune)', provoked much controversy, while follow‑up 'Run This Town' was a number one in the UK, and reached number two in the US.
The Blueprint 3 was produced by a swathe of hip‑hop luminaries including Kanye West, Timbaland, No ID, Swizz Beatz and the Neptunes. In typical Jay‑Z style, the rapper also gave a break to some less well‑known talents, in this case Jerome Harmon and Al Shux. The common factors throughout were Jay‑Z's own New York studios — Baseline and Roc The Mic — and engineer and mixer Gimel Keaton, better known as Young Guru.
On the phone from his home studio in New York, Young Guru recalls, "I met Jay‑Z in 1999 when I was doing sessions for [rapper] Memphis Bleek, who was signed to Roc‑A‑Fella. As the head of the label, Jay would come and check on the sessions, and then invited me to do sessions with him. Soon after he asked me if I would be an engineer at Baseline. I continued to be an independent engineer, but I ended up literally living in Baseline. I did and still do a lot of sessions for Roc‑A‑Fella and Def Jam and other labels, and do pretty much all Jay's sessions. Even when Jay's working with another producer who has his own go‑to engineer, Jay takes me along to engineer his vocals. This is to do with my knowledge of his way of working and the comfort and trust factor between us. We do more than just recording: he also bounces off ideas with me, so there's a kind of synergy about the records we create together. Plus, if you have only one person working on all your music, it cuts down on the bootlegging. I absolutely never leave a session on anyone else's computer."
Having worked closely with Jay‑Z for a decade now, Young Guru has an intimate knowledge of the rapper's way of working. "It's pretty much the same process as when I first met him. Most of the time a producer presents him with beats, though he may also give a producer a song or beat idea. There will be a track, and Jay will figure out a flow and a concept for it, if it isn't already in the track. He'll then start pacing around the studio, mumbling to himself. He calls it his 'rain man' thing, and it's a mental exercise where he creates lines and will keep saying them over and over to himself, until he has them memorised. He'll construct a whole verse or pattern in that way. Once he has the verse memorised, he'll go into the booth to recite it. From a recording point of view, this works much better than someone reading from a piece of paper, and having his mouth tilted to one side.
"Jay doesn't write his ideas down, he does everything in his head. But because he has eight different jobs in one day and there are many distractions, to help him memorise an idea he'll pull out his laptop and will recite it into GarageBand, without worrying about the quality or background noise. It's like a sketchpad, he's just reciting things into it, so he won't lose them. And then he's onto the next thing. It's a great tool. I've given him Dictaphones and things like that, and he loses them — but he's not going to lose his computer! He'll input lyrics, and also musical ideas sometimes, like he may be humming a chorus melody that he'll then ask a female to sing."
Kanye West produced seven out of 15 tracks on The Blueprint 3, some of them with No ID, who is Kanye's mentor and known as "the godfather of Chicago hip‑hop". No ID single‑handedly produced the album's lead single 'DOA (Death Of Auto‑Tune)'. All basic tracks for the West and No ID‑produced songs originated in Avex Honolulu Studios, a commercial studio in Hawaii. Timbaland, who co‑produced three tracks, also spent time at the Hawaii studio. Young Guru — who was an engineer on 14 tracks, and mixed nine, including 'DOA' and 'Run This Town' — recounts the Hawaii sessions, which lasted 10 days.
"The studio has two rooms: Studio A downstairs, with an SSL 9000, where Kanye had a lockout, and Studio B upstairs, with an SSL 4000, where Timbaland was staying. Kanye laid the groundwork for this album there. Before the sessions, Kanye had a huge creative spurt, and flew to Germany to meet Jay at a show just to play him 12 beats. In the tracks that Kanye gave Jay, all the beats are arranged, and some of them will have hooks and some of them won't. Jay picked six or seven of the tracks and worked on them and filled in the blanks and sent them back to Kanye. It's a back‑and‑forth process."
According to Young Guru, 'DOA' came out of an hour‑long conversation between him, No ID, Jay‑Z, Kanye and Timbaland. "We were all in Kanye's room having a conversation about where the album should go, the direction of hip‑hop and all that kind of stuff. At the end Kanye was like: 'I've had enough of talking, No ID — play whatever is in your computer!' No ID happened to have a sample up of a track by Janko Nilovic and Dave Sucky called 'In The Space'. Everybody loved the sample, so No ID constructed a beat to it in 15‑20 minutes, and everybody was just going crazy. Jay took the beat back to the hotel that night, and wrote to the words to it. We had been talking about the Auto‑Tune thing, and Jay was basically saying that we can't all fall into these trends and get lazy and all sound the same. He laid down the whole song the next morning in maybe 15 to 20 minutes. Once he gets into the booth he is extremely fast. No ID works completely in Logic; even when he is in a room with all this equipment, he does not use any of it. He bounced his tracks to stereo and I loaded that in Pro Tools to track Jay's vocals to; I didn't want to track into his laptop."
'Run This Town' is based on a sample Kanye West took of the song 'Some Day In Athens', by the Greek '70s progressive rock band The Four Levels Of Existence. The backing tracks include his rhythm programming, electric guitars, acoustic piano, and Rihanna's vocals, all recorded by West's engineer Marcos Tovar at Avex Honolulu. Jay‑Z overdubbed his parts at Roc The Mic, with Young Guru engineering. "Thanks to technology, we don't all have to be in the same room any more," notes Young Guru. "Contrary to No ID, Kanye likes to use all the equipment in the room — stomp boxes, classic samplers, and so on. He mainly uses the [Ensoniq] ASR10 and sequences that with an [Akai] MPC 2000XL. When he's done with a track, he sends it to us as an MP3, and I upload these onto two tracks in Pro Tools. In this case Jay wanted Rihanna's vocals to be edited down, so I asked for them separately, and worked with two tracks of music, two tracks of Rihanna, and then Jay cut his vocals to that. The song was originally intended to feature just Jay and Rihanna, but he also wanted Kanye on it, because he felt that it would fit the texture of the song. So one day when Kanye was in New York, he came in at 10am and in two takes he was done."
Jay‑Z sold Baseline Studios when he went into retirement in 2003, but when he started working again in 2006 decided to build Rock The Mic. Jay‑Z and Young Guru remain extremely attached to Baseline, and so asked the same person who had designed Baseline, Dave Malekpour of Professional Audio Design, to construct the new studio. Young Guru now spends most of his time at Roc The Mic, where there are two rooms: Studio A features an SSL 9000 J‑series and Studio B an SSL 4000 G+. The engineer declares that he's very happy with Roc The Mic, but prefers to mix at Baseline Studio A, because it has more outboard gear, and because "I spent 10 years there, so it is almost like a glove. I know every nook and cranny. Plus there's always something going on at Roc The Mic and it can be hard to get in for a mix session."
With regard to recording Jay‑Z at Roc The Mic, Young Guru relates, "My signal chain is normally a Neumann 87 or 67 going into an Avalon 737. I love the way the Avalon preamp sounds with his voice. It's a perfect match. I use the 737 compressor as well as the preamp. I recorded Kanye's vocal with a Neumann 67 going into a Neve 1073 and then an [Urei] LA2A. From there I go straight into input 1 of Pro Tools, at 24/44.1. I am not a big fan of super‑high sample rates. One, the files gets too big, and two, I don't hear enough difference to make higher sampling rates worthwhile for what we do. The music itself is often coming from a 16‑bit sampler, so arguing about bit depth is not going to make a big difference. Also, I have to go down to 44.1/16‑bit at the end of the day, which makes higher resolutions even less relevant."
Young Guru relates that Jay‑Z works very quickly, creating many songs in the process. "The majority of the time we are listening and trying to figure out whether we are going in the right direction, and he then spends time determining what songs he's going to use and how he can improve them. If Jay does two verses and then does not come back to that song after three or four days, it's normally an indication that we are not going to use that song. The mix stage is more dictated by deadlines than by Jay‑Z telling me to mix a song. He is always changing things: even during mastering he may say: 'Oh, I have a better verse for that song!' So it can get pretty hectic. Once I have a specific date on which I have to turn in a song, I will request the full Session files from the producer. I'll arrange the Session the way I want it, usually at Roc The Mic, and I'll then schedule the mix at Baseline. I factor in two extra days for Jay to listen to the mix and give his comments, but most of the time mixing is a pretty quick process."
Young Guru: "More and more people mix as they record, but I don't like to do that, because usually I'm tracking to the [MP3] two‑track, and I will have been listening to that for a long time and its sound gets kind of ingrained in me. So when I get the full Session, I prefer to start from scratch, and go on feeling. I'm also not an in‑the‑box guy, even though I can do that if the budget requires it. But for Jay‑Z's projects I always spread things out on an SSL, old‑school‑style. I can operate an SSL almost blindfolded and love it, particularly the 4000 G+. I'm also an extreme stem guy. After I've laid down the mix, I'll run each individual audio track via the board and print it back into a new Pro Tools Session with effects, EQ and everything on it, and at the right level. So in my stem Session all faders are set to zero. If I later want to change the level of the snare, all I have to do is change it in the stem Session. And when Jay does a live show with a band, and needs certain tracks because the sound can't be reproduced, I can give him stems of these.
"I normally take a day for a mix. I first do the beats, taking an hour or two, because in rap and hip‑hop the beats are the most important element. I'll then spend some time making the sample sit with that, and then I'll work a couple of hours on the vocals. After that I'll go away and watch TV or play PlayStation or surf the Internet, to give my ears a break. I'll come back in and listen again, and mix in the music, and do some more tweaks, and I'll stem it, and will go home. I leave it overnight, and the next day I'll listen again and improve where necessary. I'll print a pass and send it to Jay, and pray he listens on a good system, or I'll play it for him. He won't give me technical feedback, like 'add 60Hz on the kick', but to give an example, I'd mixed one song really hard and punchy, and he told me that was not the focus of the song. The song was about heroin and the trappings of the city, and it had to be, in his words, 'like therapy'.
"The way the drums hit is my signature style, and part of my sound comes from the fact that they almost always go through a [Empirical Labs] Distressor and an API 550. I spend a lot of time on that and on finding the balance where the sample sits with the drums, because where the sample sits in relation to the drums is what makes or breaks these types of songs. Sometimes people turn the sample up too much and it swallows up the drums, which then don't have enough hit left. I often do extensive work on the sample. I will go as far as splitting it up into frequency ranges as many times as I need, and I will mult these across several channels on the board. I may have bass, mid, and high, spread over three channels, so I can carve out what aspects of the sample I want to cut through in the track. I may want to flesh out the sample a little more to be able to combine it with the rest of the sounds, and sometimes just EQ'ing the sample as a whole is not enough. I do whatever is necessary. When splitting up the sample into frequency bands I may compress one channel more than the other. Or I apply very specific EQ with a GML or something like that, to affect a super‑small bandwith. Remember the samples are coming from vinyl, so there might be clicks and pops and little scratch noises that I need to deal with, and also, the sampler itself may add a signature sound. The ASR10 sounds different from the MPC series, and you want to enhance that and not take away from it. The other thing that is very important is the phase. When I am dealing with digital audio which I can move around, I always make sure that the kick and the snare and rest of the drums and the sample are perfectly in phase.
"My mix of 'Run This Town' was inspired by Jay's vision for the song video. He described it to me right after we did the song. He wanted it to have an atmosphere like in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, with everyone in the desert and real dusty, and it's almost night time and you see the headlights of the cars. So it had to be dark and intense. As I said, I'm really into phase, and one of the main issues was to make sure that the kicks No ID added [the tracks 'MstrK' and 'MstrS' in the screens] were exactly in phase with Kanye's drum loop ['Dru1']. Kanye had taken a sample from a live drummer and rearranged and looped it, and obviously the feel of a live drummer was not the same as that of programmed drums."
"Kanye's drum loop has a Waves REQ6 on it, which boosts around 2484Hz to get the snare to snap a little bit harder, and a Waves C4 multi‑band compressor to glue everything together. I am a Waves‑heavy guy, because back in the days when plug‑ins first came out, Waves probably had the best quality, so I got used to using them. Waves, UAD and Altiverb are my main go‑to plug‑ins. I am in love with the UAD series, I love their recreations of the older stuff. On the board, the loop goes through a Distressor and then an API, either 550a or 550b [EQ].
"My liking for the Distressor‑API chain may come from my learning experience at Omega Studios [see Young Guru box]. Their API room sounded incredible, and I loved to track through their API preamps and EQs. I just fell in love with them, and they sound fantastic on drums. The loop, the guitars, the toms, the piano, and various other tracks all are sent to bus 1‑2, going to the 'Trac' effect track, which has the Digidesign Reverb One. I am from the school of being able to tell what studio somebody recorded at because of the way the room sounds. So I put that reverb on to make it sound as if it all came from the same room.
"The kick, 'MstrK', had way too much high in it, so I put the RE6 on to take that out. Sometimes when the kick is coming from a record you get that sample hiss, and you have to take that out, and you have to make sure that it sits right. This was a clean‑up thing, and not an aesthetic issue. I didn't do anything to the snare, 'MstrS'. The additional kick and snare, as well as the two 808 tracks, don't go to the overall reverb, I felt that they sounded better dry. There are two 808s, and they don't play at the same time, they complement each other. The first 808 had an RE6 on it, to get it to sit right. I'm boosting at 2.7k, for character, and at 10k for air. A lot of people miss the higher register of the 808, which actually gives it its character. By the way, I never really look at the numbers when I am EQ'ing, I just move the dots around and listen. The only number that I will pay attention to is the Q. The low 808 rings out longer, and adds strength to the drums. On the outboard, the two 808s and kick and snare would have gone through the Distressor and the API.
"The toms had no plug‑ins. I only used the SSL gate, EQ and compressor. I did not feel the need to add anything else, other than the overall reverb to which many of the drums tracks are sent. I am not the kind of person who just grabs for outboard gear because it is there. For some mixes, if it sounds great when I push up the faders, I may just use just one effect, whether plug‑in or outboard. What makes me decide to go for one or the other? To me it doesn't matter whether I'm using hardware or plug‑ins and I'm totally comfortable moving back and forth between them. But sometimes I can't, yet, get the same effect from a plug‑in as I can get from outboard. As I said, most of my mixes from the last 10 years will have the Distressor and API on the drums, because I can get really detailed with the harmonics in the Distressor. I can tune the kick very precisely and make it fit perfectly. I could never get the same sound from a plug‑in, until recently, when UAD came out with the Fatso, which is the closest plug‑in to a Distressor that I have heard."
Sample: Waves Renaissance EQ, SSL desk EQ & dynamics, Focusrite ISA 110.
"I use the RE6 to boost the sample at 496Hz. I wanted to bring out the mids of the guitar figure in the sample. There also wasn't enough bottom end in it, so there is a little boost around 34Hz as well. I did not want too much of the sample bass line, but I still wanted some of the rumble. I also EQ'ed the sample with the SSL, and again with two Focusrite ISA 110 EQs. Somebody took the EQs out of a Focusrite board and put them in a rack and we have that in Baseline and I love them. Why three EQs? Most of the plug‑in EQs happen during my initial listens to the track and when I hear things that need to be fixed. That first plug‑in EQ is like starting at zero: it neutralises the sample for me. After that, I use outboard EQs to adjust the tone to my liking. I also compressed the sample on the board, using the SSL compressor."
"I used the Renaissance Bass on the guitars ['AG101', 'AN201'] because they seemed a little thin, and they needed to have more body because they are going against the heavy rock guitar inside the sample. The Eleven plug‑in was put on by Kanye, for the tone, so I just left that. The Massey TapeHead made the guitars sound as if they were coming off tape, and this was also done to make sure that they blended in with the sample, which had been taken from a vinyl record. I didn't use any outboard gear other than the SSL EQ. The guitars are low in the mix, as they only add support to the guitars in the sample.
"'BAS05' is a bass Moog, played by Jeff Bhasker. Like the guitar, it is mixed in low, as it's more there to add texture. It occurs during Jay's last part of the verse and throughout the hook. So it was really an additional sound. The REQ is not adding any EQ. Many of the stereo tracks I get are uneven in volume between left and right, and I'll use the REQ to level the two channels. You can see that the right channel is up by 1.4dB. That was just a quick fix."
"The acoustic piano, also played by Jeff, sounded great, as did the room that they recorded it in, so I did not need to add any reverb. I just did a little bit of desk EQ, because, as always, you have to be mindful of mids building up. They are always fighting for that area. In addition, there are a number of tracks in 'Run This Town' that were added for texture and excitement, often in rhythmic patterns, and contained what could be called sound effects. One of them is 'Stomp', which is the sound of boots hitting the floor. It had the right texture but sounded way too thin, so I added super‑heavy low end with the REQ, but that then swallowed the high end, and I was losing the texture, so I added some high as well. I think there are no effects apart from the general reverb. 'Hey' is an effected repeating vocal sound. Kanye programmed it, and it's almost used as a percussion sound. It went through a high‑pass filter to minimise rumble, and a little extra 3k to brighten it up, all done on the desk. 'Pat01' is an effected vocal swirl around what sounds like the word 'hello'; I only had a delay on it, coming from a PCM42. 'Hihye' is a 'pow' vocal thing that also goes through the PCM42. Finally, 'Loud' is an explosion sound I added that occurs before every verse, announcing it. I only put the group reverb on that."
Jay‑Z: "Jay did a lead vocal ['JayLV'] and two ad lib tracks ['Jyds1', 'Jyds2']. They were all treated the same way. I had a Waves Fairchild 660 on each. The outboard Fairchild is one of the best‑ever vocal compressors. It glues them together so well, without having this super compressor sound. I just fell in love with Fairchilds, and to have one of those in plug‑in form still amazes me. I use it on many of my vocals. I also sent Jay's vocals through an ADL 1500 compressor, which I think is incredible. It locks things in really well. The hardware ADL gives a presence that the plug‑in can't do. After that I used two Focusrite 110 EQs. Jay's vocals also had a Lexicon 480 reverb, and a quarter‑note delay coming from a TC Electronics D•Two."
Kanye: "His vocals ['KnyLV'] also had the 660 plugin. For outboard I used the Shep 1073 EQ, which is an emulation of the Neve 1073, plus the same 480 and D2 quarter‑note as on Jay's vocals."
Rihanna: "Her vocals were spread out over three tracks ['RV302', 'RV507', 'RV801'], which I sent to a group track called 'Ri Ri' so I could treat them all as one. The three separate tracks all retained the Auto‑Tune that Kanye had put on, just to make sure that all notes are perfect. When Jay sang 'DOA', he was talking about the T‑Pain effect, not using Auto‑Tune the way it was intended, simply to perfect notes. So I left the Auto‑Tune plug‑ins the way they were, and added the SSL plug‑in EQs ['SLC'], just to get her to sit better in the track. 'RDE' is the Renaissance De‑Esser, used in a very basic way, cutting around 5k, to catch whatever esses jumped out. On the 'Ri Ri' track I had the REQ pulling out around 9792Hz, which is a real high notch — there was an annoying frequency there — and cutting below 70Hz to take out any rumble. I added two effect tracks specifically for Rihanna's vocals, one with Reverb One and one with the Digirack Mod Delay II."
Crowds: "Jay wanted some crowd responses, so we gathered some people in the studio around a microphone and recorded them four times ['Jyds3', 'Jyds4', 'crwd1', 'crwd2']. I grouped them to two channels on the SSL, and used a high‑pass filter around 100Hz, to make sure that there was no bass in it, and added around 8k, and that was it."
"I mixed back into Pro Tools, taking the left and right outputs of the board and sending these into inputs 1 and 2 of Pro Tools. My preference is to mix to half‑inch, because it sounds better, there's no discussion about that: the half‑inch glues everything together. But not every project allows for that, and I couldn't do it this time because of the speed at which this project was done. I rarely put stereo effects on the mix, even though I think that the SSL 4000 stereo bus compression is absolutely the best stereo compressor for this. But I try to leave that up to the mastering engineer." .
Born in the tiny US state of Delaware in 1974 as Gimel Keaton, Young Guru acquired his nickname in his teens, when he was teaching African history classes at a community centre. He also used his name when he began working as a DJ while still a teenager. In the early '90s there were no clubs in Delaware, so Young Guru brought his own amplifiers, lights, microphones, and so on, which sparked his interest in music technology. He began DJ'ing in Washington DC in 1996, where he met singer/rapper Nonchalant, who had a top 20 single at the time, and became her tour DJ. Young Guru, who had taken piano lessons as a child, used the money he received from the tour to fund a six‑month music recording course at Omega Recording Studios in Rockville, Maryland, which had a great impact on him. After Omega, Young Guru engineered Nonchalant's second album, which was never released, but the producer, Chucky Thompson (Mary J Blige, Faith Evans) recognised the young engineer's potential and invited him to come and work with him in Washington DC. In 1999, Young Guru went independent and moved to New York, where he worked with Deric Angeletti on his Madd Rapper project and with Memphis Bleek. The latter was signed to Roc‑A‑Fella Records, which led to Young Guru meeting Jay‑Z.
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Honeyville's Dehydrated Egg Noodles are an excellent nutritional food source for emergency preparedness. Honeyvilles Dehydrated Egg Noodles are the start of a quick and easy meal that can be put together in a jiffy. Egg noodles have been part of a staple food source all over the world. Honeyville Dehydrated Egg Noodles are an ideal product for long term food storage and emergency preparedness.
Shelf-Life: Egg Noodles will store for 10 to 15 years in a sealed #10 can (oxygen absorber included) under ideal storage conditions (cool, dry place).
Instructions: Boil 1 quart of water. Add ½ tablespoon of salt and ½ tablespoon of oil. Bring water to a boil. Add 1 ½ cups of Egg Noodle and stir gently. Cook uncovered for 6 to 8 minutes or until desired tenderness is achieved. Drain and enjoy..
Uses: Egg Noodles can be used for casseroles, pastas, soups, ramen and more.
Visit our blog In the Kitchen with Honeyville to find delicious recipes for Egg Noodles and more.
Packaging: Egg Noodles are sealed air tight in a #10 can and weighs approximately 1.25 pounds. A case contains 6 #10 cans and weighs 7.5 pounds. Each can contains 10 servings. One serving size is ½ cup.
Ingredients: Durum semolina flour, egg yolks, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid.
Allergen information: Contains wheat and egg. This product is produced on equipment that processes products containing milk, soy, wheat, egg, peanut, and tree nuts.


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André Holenstein is professor of early Swiss and comparative regional history at Bern University. Thomas Maissen is professor of early modern history at the Ruprecht-Karls University in Heidelberg, Germany. Maarten Prak is professor of social and economic history at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.