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Are host applications assets to be leveraged or liabilities to retire? In this article, we will look at two classes of products that can leverage existing investments in host applications. We won't discuss any particular vendor's product, but focus on the general capabilities, benefits, and risks. First, we'll discuss web-to-host products that provide an HTML user interface to 'green screen' applications. Next, we'll discuss host integration products that expose host functionality as XML services. Then, we'll discuss strategies for how these products might be used to extend the life of or eventually replace a host application. Finally, we'll summarize what we've learned. Web-to-host software is used to webify a host application. Figure 1 depicts an IBM 3270 green screen host application being delivered as HTML to a browser through a web-to-host product. The application could have also been one of many other varieties of character-based user interfaces. If you were to think of your application in terms of tiers and layers, the web-to-host software would be in the presentation tier. It wouldn't provide any business logic, but just the user interface code. Web-to-host products are not intrusive to the host application and do not require any changes to the host application itself. All existing business logic can be reused from the host application. Web-to-host products establish a session on the host computer, and then recognize and transform the green screens into an HTML form-based interface. There may be "on-the-fly" transformation of screens through default transformation rules. This capability can expose a host application to the web in a matter of minutes. In addition to the global or default transformations, there also may be individual screen customizations. The web-to-host software will recognize a particular screen and associate the appropriate customizations to be triggered for that screen. The customizations will re-face the screen and transform text fields into GUI controls such as radio groups, combo boxes, and check boxes, as depicted in Figure 2. Screen customizations may be one-to-one, one-to-many, or many-to-one mappings of host screens to browser documents, as summarized in the following table: The web-to-host software may provide various ways to extend the functionality of the host application. For example, it may be possible to decorate the browser-based interface in a portal. This allows the green screen application to be integrated with other applications. The web-to-host software itself may allow customizations such as accessing databases or services. This enables the application functionality to be enhanced without actually changing the base application itself. There are many benefits that a web-to-host solution may provide: As with all architecture decisions, there are consequences that follow and tradeoffs made: There are several products offered in the web-to-host product category from vendors such as IBM, Jacada, Seagull Software Systems, ClientSoft, SEEC, Advanced Business Link, Micro Focus International, and NetManage1. Host integration products expose existing "green screen" functionality as XML services. You might say that host integration products servicize a host application. For example, a Customer Maintenance application might create a Customer service with methods to add, modify, delete, or search customer records. Figure 3 depicts a J2EE or .NET client application accessing an XML service which happens to be implemented by a host integration product. The client application is not particularly concerned about the implementation of the service. If you were to think of your application in terms of tiers and layers, the host integration software would reside in the service tier. The host integration services wouldn't implement any business logic directly, but provide a service interface to host functionality. Host integration products are not intrusive to the host application and do not require any changes to the host application itself. All existing business logic can be exposed from the host application as services. It is entirely possible to access multiple host applications through a single service, for example, to update customer address in multiple systems. There are two models in which a host integration service may deal with the host—stateless and stateful. In the stateless model, each service request logs onto the host, traverses some screens in order to perform the requested function, logs off, and returns data. A pool of sessions might be used by the host integration software. In a stateful model, a session is established on the host for a given service client, and then a conversation is conducted with that client spanning multiple service requests. Finally, the client will log off at the end of the conversation. Why might you consider a host integration solution? Let's look at the consequences of choosing host integration products: There are several products offered in the host integration product category from vendors such as IBM, Jacada, ClientSoft, Seagull, Neon, WRQ, Software AG, Micro Focus, Attachmate, SEEC, Sabratec, Mitem, CommerceQuest, Inner Access, GT Software, Red Oak, NetManage, and Progeni2. There two sides of a coin that you should consider when thinking about leveraging host applications through web-to-host or host integration products. A host application may be thought of as a company asset that has paid dividends over and over again. You could view the host application as money in the bank. Leveraging the application means earning interest. A host application may be thought of as a huge liability that is costly to maintain, inflexible to change, and a competitive disadvantage. You could view the host application as a ball and chain holding you back. If it is money in the bank, maybe it's in a very low-paying CD losing ground to inflation. Which of these views is correct? It is hard to say. In some sense the host application is an asset. However, there is a point when an asset becomes a liability. There is no denying that web-to-host and host integration products provide the ability to leverage existing assets. Host applications can be quickly exposed as HTML user interfaces or XML services. But in either scenario, limitations of the host application live on and duplicate maintenance becomes necessary. Re-writing a host application can be a daunting task. There is a great deal of business logic to be harvested from the host application. The host application may have a very high bar in terms of functionality that needs to be delivered even in a first release making replacement difficult in a short timeframe. Web-to-host and host integration products could be used in a transition strategy. Consider the following scenarios: These and other incremental approaches could be more practical than a big bang approach. In terms of our banking analogy, we would be putting the money from the low-paying CD into better-paying investments gradually over time rather than in one fell swoop. You could say that the trouble with many host applications is that they work. As much as we want to replace them, we need to manage these existing assets and co-exist with them. Web-to-host products provide an HTML user interface to host applications. Host integration products expose host functionality as XML services. These tools can be used to extend the life of these assets and to expose them in new ways. Both classes of products do not require changes to the host application itself. While they require duplicate maintenance and maintain the limitations of the host application, they can be a part of a transition strategy to eventually retire these applications. Are your host applications assets to be leveraged or liabilities to retire? Will you webify, servicize, rewrite, or simply live with your host applications? The rest is up to you! 1 Gartner, Noninvasive Legacy Web Enablement Is Still Viable, March 2003 2 Gartner, Programmatic Integration Servers Are a Growth Opportunity, March 2003
Leveraging Host Applications
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Host Screen to Browser Mapping
One-to-one mappings transform one host screen to one browser document. Controls may be positioned and grouped as desired on customized screens.
One-to-many mappings transform one host screen to many browser documents. This may be used to split up a busy screen into two. It also may be used to provide multiple views of the same host screen. In this case, the presence of certain data on the host screen will trigger different customizations to be applied.
A browser document does not suffer from the screen real estate limitation of green screens. Many-to-one mappings transform many host screens to a single scrollable browser document. This type of mapping may be very useful to provide detailed inquiry information from several host screens. However, when used to map several transactional host screens, many-to-one mappings can be difficult or impractical. Navigation paths in the host application must allow a transaction to be replayed from the beginning when screen validations fail. The benefits of a web-to-host solution
The consequences of a web-to-host solution
Web-to-host vendor products
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About the Author
Jeff Ryan is an architect for Hartford Financial Services. He has twenty years experience designing, developing and delivering automated solutions to business problems. His current focus is on Java, XML and Service Oriented Architecture. He may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Hey guys just to do a little update here...decided to try out weathering with an airbrush. It is very easy and takes like 20 min...I used a flat black color and just moderated my spray and was able to make a decent job of it(IMO of course).
As far as the soaked paper...drench the thing in water and then let it DRY before painting. I was playing around with it some more and that is the best way to achieve this for taping over things. I also painted my spinner white, if you want to paint yours, def spray a few tack coats. Tack coats are very thin coats of paint where you see a billion little spots of paint on something. When this dries, it makes the paint able to stick on it much better. Anyway hit it about 5 coats, Im sure any nose over will take off the paint but nothing a little rattle can cant fix. The yellow is still being built up...wanted to let it dry more before I do more coats. Its coming along... Coot |
Jan 31, 2013, 10:23 AM | |
Voxel, what batts are you using? I was not able to fit them in my nose without excessive cutting, I left it as-is for now... would you take a pic?
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I didn't cut any foam yet. I may cut some tonight to move the lipos an inch forward so the CG around 2.75". I made a mistake and my current CG is 3" (tail end of the recommended - AVOID the manual's CG) |
Jan 31, 2013, 02:17 PM | ||
Sorry, couldn't resist. Coot, That looks cool! Here's a couple pics I found on another site about plastic model building. Interestingly enough (I would never have thought of it), he added the weathering before the main overall paint. I might try this. http://hsfeatures.com/hurricanesk_1.htm |
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Ya know you see so many different early Hurri and Spitfire photos in the dark earth and RAF Green camo but there always seems to be a huge variance in the darkness of the brown. I've seen photos of restored Hurri's with almost a tan like the plastic model Moonbeam posted.
I like the lighter brown/tan but I think the darker color is correct. ANybody know? THanks Alan |
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Profit is not the motive
training and professional adv budgets are good
currently college tuition benefits for children of staff is re-imbursed at 50% of Stanford tuition
It can get political - various kingdoms
I have been seeking career advancement on a technical (non managerial) track and was assured by the director 4 years ago this was possible.
Well, 4 years ago I am still waiting for an update in my job title (I have increased my value via certifications and accomplishments 10x)
trickle down
have an outing with your staff (besides an icecream social in the office)
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ProsStanford is good at Research and Teaching. Hence, if you are not a researcher or a teacher, you do not have the work pressure. SO you would have much Personal Time. The benefit is fine, even the salary is lower than industry. Additional, you got chances to audit good classes for free
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What side? The one that says that there is only one type of cruising and voyage boat that fits all?
My side is that there are many types of voyage boats all adapted to a given type of cruising and voyaging, but covering different and specific needs. Some of them are way slower and heavier than the Catalina 400. They suit different kinds of sailors and are the perfect choice for each one of them. That's why there are a specific market for each type of long range cruisers, because long range cruisers wants them: they suit their living and sailing style but different living and sailing styles anyway.
This thread seems to be about the ones that prefer to voyage fast and enjoy sailing while they are doing that and the boats adequate to them. There are a relatively big offer of small production boats for this kind of sailors and that means that there is a lot of them.
What is your point and Brian's point? That those sailors are wrong and cannot enjoy sailing and live the way they like?
That only the way that you like to voyage and live and the boats adapted to that particular "taste" are good and adequate to long range voyage?
I confess I don't get your or Brian's point. Maybe I have understood wrongly and this thread is about the right of existence of sailors that like to voyage fast and the boats that are designed for them.
whatever you say
they exist
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as well as the boats adapted to them
. That you don't like their live style and their boats and that they are not fit to you? Big deal, that's obvious. What about you understanding that the reverse is also true: That those sailors would not be interested in a Catalina 400 as a voyage boat because it does not fit their life style, voyage stile and sailing pleasure?
I am not taking anything you say personally. I agree with your signature earlier: in friendship. This is simply a discussion about boats and use, especially as it pertains to racing type boats.
My point in all of this, which I may not have explained well, is to discuss the feasibility of certain boats for cruising. It certainly is not to pick on any particular boat or say that a particular boat is 'bad'.
I have tried to be very specific in my comments and reasoning. I have laid out exactly what I carry and the space it takes up. My point in doing that was to discuss what we carry, how it would fit in other boats, what might be excluded, and the repercussions/impacts of putting the chosen items on other boats.
What I wanted others to see is that many of the things, if not most of the things we carry, are not unique to us. You will find that if you are a cruiser, you will carry these items too. As you look through my list and discount some items, you may realistically add other items too which are important to you. As you do, you will begin to get a feel for the amount of storage which you will need to successfully or comfortably cruise on the boat of your choice to the comfort level of your choice. You may also see that you will have to do without things in order to make your boat of choice work. This may alter your boat choice.
I keep comparing these different boats to a Catalina 400, though I could also do the same with a Tayana 42 or Catalina 380. My reason for using these boats as opposing examples are not because I consider these the perfect boat to go cruising on. In fact, I do not. However, I know the boats and their strengths and weaknesses. I know what works here and does not - first hand. I have lived through and experienced things that I like, things I don't, things that have worked for us, and things that have not. I then compare these experiences against other boats and how those experiences would influence my selection of those boats for a cruiser. For example, I have been on several Firsts and a J122. I see very serious shortcomings with those boats for the cruising we do, and in fact, the cruising most anyone would do. I also believe those shortcomings would not be unique to us. I have tried to lay out specifics on why.
When discussing the RM, I do not in any way think it is a bad boat. I have tried to be very cautious when discussing it because I have not personally seen the boat and am making judgement calls and comparisons to mine without a first hand examination. However, I still see (from experience) things that cry out to me as deficiencies.
So to be clear, I was trying to discuss boats from a cruising point of view. I wanted to be specific and make this an educational discussion. This thread was never to pick out the perfect boat. It was also in no way to say you cannot cruise on a particular boat. It was simply a thread of information and discussions on what works, what we each like, what we don't like, and the tradeoffs of certain boats if you chose them for cruising (specifically racer-cruisers) and why. In this discussion, I wanted to bring out specifics on some boats and discuss them. The RM was a good example, but I have not set foot on one, so much of what I am talking about is from pictures... which I hesitate to do. However, even with the RM, I think we can have a reasonable discussion on its negatives and positives. We can do the same on the C400 and I can give many negatives of the C400 for cruising also.
That was my point.
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I want to know a word that describes the phenomenon of something being both beautiful and terrible at the same time, like a tsunami or the eye of a tornado.
It's a bit overused these days, obviously, but... ...seems to me to be exactly what OP is looking for. |
Perhaps daunting |
The word awe-inspiring is closer to the old meaning of awesome, without the modern baggage. From the Wiktionary page on awesome: |
I wanted to suggest captivating, with its ties to the Latin word for prisoner. But as TFD and my experience indicate, this word may be too stilted toward the beauty of the disaster and not its fearsomeness. Another word that strikes a better balance is imposing, cited by MW as meaning Lists of its synonyms commonly include reverential words like majestic or sovereign. But the use of imposing sometimes indicates a sense of foreboding as in this excerpt of Notre-Dame de Paris: A similar use in Moby Dick unveils another possible word: Several sources (including MW and TFD citing CED) place the fearsomeness and humbling senses together in definitions like MW's: |
I might also go for "dumbfounding", literally striking one dumb with amazement. |
The closest word I can come up with is "fascinate." Although it doesn't overtly imply anything negative, it doesn't imply anything positive either. If that doesn't work for you, I'm not sure if "transfixing" is a word, but if it is it might work even better. |
If a natural occurring disaster's magnitude induces awe and wonder as well as fear and terror, you could talk about its spellbound effect If you require an adjective say, a spellbinding tsunami. |
In its original sense this is very close to the meaning of sublime. (Well not quite original but since the rise of romanticism in the 18th Century). It is still commonly used and understood this way in philosophical and art-critical circles. Despite other people posting excellent words in other answers, you might want to consider this word as, in its traditional treatment it is specifically contrasted with beauty. As you are talking about disasters, -- just the sort of thing it was coined for, -- sublime might be very useful to prevent you looking like Hannibal Lecter. Awesome and awful both started meaning something similar, but very quickly went their own ways (cf. terrible and terrific). Unlike sublime, I think these are beyond rescue. |
"egregious" is an auto-autonym that fits to the definition if we count the archaic use. Much more details are in the below post as well: |
I use Grozny (or Groznyi), which is an underused Russian word loosely meaning terrible in the sense of "Great," "Awesome," or "Powerful." There isn't really a direct translation. Ivan the Terrible was called Groznyi, but 20th century political leaders were also called this in the Russian news. It means that the leader may be aggressive, but it's beautiful because he's on our side. I liken it to gravitas, bon mot, schmaltz, or another foreign word or idiom that captures a concept better than any word we have in English so we just use it. Grozny also happens to be the capital of the Chechen Republic, but that is not the meaning. It's pronounced Grrohs-nyee [1]. Try to roll the "r". Once you get it, it sounds powerful. A swell word that sounds like what it is: beautiful terror. |
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Title: | IBEW District Convention |
Date: | 1950 Oct. |
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Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 48, Issue 12, pp. 1477-1482 (1994)
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Molten AlF3-KF mixtures have been investigated in a wide composition range by Raman spectroscopy and with the use of a graphite windowless cell. The results of this study clearly show that the most intense spectrum components are made of three distinct bands whose intensities vary when the composition is changed. The most probable interpretation of our data is to consider the existence of an equilibrium between AlF63-, AlF52-, and AlF4-, This explanation is a confirmation of the conclusions of recent papers suggesting the presence of these species in similar AlF3-NaF mixtures. The presence of only one major polarized band for AlF52- is explained by considering a fast exchange between the axial and equatorial fluoride at the elevated experimental temperature (1300 K). A quantitative analysis of the distribution of the fluoroaluminate species has been performed by decomposition of the Raman-band envelope. The calculated equilibrium constants (expressed in mole fraction units) for AlF52- ⇌ AlF4- + F- and AlF63- ⇌ AlF52- + F- are KA = 0.11 ± 0.01 and KB = 5 ± 1, respectively. Compared with the NaF-AlF3 system, these constants correspond to a stabilization of less coordinated fluoroaluminates when the size of the counterion increases.
E. Tixhon, E. Robert, and B. Gilbert, "Molten KF-AlF3 System: A Study by Raman Spectroscopy," Appl. Spectrosc. 48, 1477-1482 (1994)
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An exhibition of illuminated porcelain installations by Cara Long titled Suspension and Pause will be on display through Sept. 29 in Gallery One of the Appalachian Center for Craft.An artist's reception is set for 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 26, at the Craft Center.
Long's work explores the haunting beauty of docile female figures restrained by stark, potentially perilous environments.
The figures, drawn directly onto translucent porcelain and then back-lit to give a subtle glowing effect, provoke emotions of loss and defeat.
Her combination of dangling, submissive characters overlaid on a delicately illuminated surface creates a vexingly inviting experience. The precision of the technique, with its aesthetically immaculate glow, allures even the most tepid into Long's emotionally disparate imagery.
The marriage of such striking visuals and seductive translucency prevails in this intimate series of installations.
An encore exhibition of Suspension and Pause will be on display at J.Bird Studios Gallery in Kansas City from Oct. 10 to Nov. 7.
Long graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2004 with a degree in ceramics and art history. In 2006, she started a business called Sweet Mud Clay Works, selling her functional wares and porcelain art jewelry.
The Craft Center, a satellite campus of Tennessee Tech University, is located approximately six miles from Interstate 40 at Exit 273 (Smithville/McMinnville). Go south on Highway 56, and turn left immediately after crossing Hurricane Bridge. This drive leads to the Craft Center.
For more information, call 615/597-6801 or 931/372-3051 or go online at www.tntech.edu/craftcenter. For more information about Long's exhibition, visit her web site at www.caralong.com.


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STREAMING: Nidingr "Greatest of Deceivers"
By: Chris D. Posted in: featured, listen On: Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
It ain't often we say, "Hey, check out this black metal band with a great bass player!" Normally, bass players in black metal get the Jason Newsted treatment, but Borre-based Nidingr have two in guitarists Blargh and Teloch. Why have a full-time bass player when you have two guys with enough talent to sound like bass players? Good ones, too. Just listen to new ditty, "Greatest of Deceivers", and then re-listen. When not freezer burned by Nidingr's post-black blast, the bass cuts its own rug. Throughout.
OK, enough about Nidingr's four-string rumbles and weaves. The Norwegians have a new album coming out on Indie Recordings. If you haven't heard Nidingr before, well, it's because they've been trapped under ice—see what I did there?—on two obscure labels like Karisma Records and Jester Records, the latter of which is run by Ulver's own Kristoffer Rygg. Now that the trio has a release coming stateside this November, it's time the non-Metal Archives forum members get a whiff of Nidingr's progeny. More like Thorns, Ved Buens Ende, or Ihsahn's latest noisemaker, Greatest of Deceivers is black metal from another angle. You won't find grand symphonies about dark castles in deep forests. Nope, this is raw, urbanly dissonant black.
"The first single is out!" exclaims Nidingr brainbomb Teloch. "This is the title track from our latest opus Greatest of Deceivers. In this song we introduce you to some of the new elements that we are using throughout the album. Some of it is in the vain of typical Nidingr and some not."
** Nidingr's new album, Greatest of Deceivers, is out November 20th on Indie Recordings. It's available for pre-order HERE. Or, you can go back and listen to Velvet Cacoon.
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Had a few problems with my car in the past couple of weeks which I've only had about 5/6 weeks.
Was running sluggish and I had the Engine Management Light come on so I took it to my local garage who suggested it may have been the fuel filter so they changed that and it ran fine for a few days until said light came back on.
I took it back to the garage, they ran a diagnostic (for free) and came back with about 10 different codes. They were unable to pinpoint a problem here as they thought some of the codes may have been old ones. They suggested they cleared the codes, and when the light came back on to take it in. The light came on the next day, so I took the car back in and the code that came up related to a problem with the EGR valve.
The mechanic said it there was a high build up of carbon (think this is due to the car being sat for a while before I bought it) so he put some treatment in and told me to give it a good run out and be a bit heavy on the revs and dont fill up the car until the light came on to see if this solved the problem.
Did as I was kindly told, and for the past week the Engine Management System light hasnt come on at all. Until this morning.
My main quesiton is- will another blast of treatment and high revving help or am I likely to have to replace the EGR?
Also, throughout all of this the other "warning" light - the red exclamation mark with cog shape around it intermittently comes on and if I switch the engine off and re-start it disappears for a couple of days - anyone have any ideas around this?
Sorry folks if this sounds like I'm waffling - would appreciate some response if possible?


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Robin's Healthy Take: Quick Bread 3 Ways
by Robin Miller in Uncategorized, May 12, 2011How could I not like quick breads when "quick" is the first word? Sweet or savory, quick breads are awesome because they basically require one prep bowl, one loaf pan and an oven. Dump, stir, bake — it's that easy. But it's also easy to overload on fat and sugar, because that's what keeps quick breads moist and flavorful. One slice of regular banana bread has 330 calories and 11 grams of fat. Truth is, you don't need that much fat and sugar for an amazing treat. Check out 3 of my favorite healthier quick breads.
I took my basic, family-favorite banana bread recipe and tweaked it to make zucchini-lemon and corn quick breads. To lighten it up, I reduced the amount of oil, used low-fat milk instead of regular and let the bananas, zucchini and corn shine.
Basic Recipe: Banana Bread
Yield: 10 servings
Cooking spray
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 medium ripe bananas
1/4 cup low-fat (1 percent) milk
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat an 8 or 9-inch loaf pan with cooking spray. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, mash bananas with a potato masher or fork. Add milk, egg, oil, and vanilla. Fold in flour mixture until just blended. Pour mixture into prepared pan. Bake 50-60 minutes, until a wooden pick comes out almost clean (little bits clinging to the pick mean the bread is still moist, not dry).
Nutrition Info Per Slice (serves 10)
Calories: 214
Total Fat: 2 grams
Saturated Fat: <1 gram
Total Carbohydrate: 45 grams
Protein: 4 grams
Sodium: 243 milligrams
Cholesterol: 18 milligrams
Fiber: 2 grams
For the Zucchini-Lemon Bread:
Substitute 3 medium zucchini (grated) for the bananas.
Omit the vanilla and add 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, 1 teaspoon finely-grated lemon zest and 1 tablespoon honey to the oil mixture.
Nutrition Info Per Slice (serves 10)
Calories: 178
Total Fat: 2 grams
Saturated Fat: <1 gram
Total Carbohydrate: 36 grams
Protein: 4 grams
Sodium: 243 milligrams
Cholesterol: 18 milligrams
Fiber: 1 gram
For the Corn Bread:
Substitute one can (14.75-ounces) creamed corn for the bananas.
Omit the vanilla.
Reduce the sugar to 1/2 cup.
Replace 1/2 cup of the flour with 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal.
Add 1 teaspoon ground cumin to the dry ingredients.
Nutrition Info Per Slice (serves 10)
Calories: 186
Total Fat: 2.5 grams
Saturated Fat: <1 gram
Total Carbohydrate: 38 grams
Protein: 4 grams
Sodium: 380 milligrams
Cholesterol: 18 milligrams
Fiber: 2 grams
Robin Miller is a nutritionist, host of Quick Fix Meals, author of "Robin Rescues Dinner" and the busy mom of two active little boys. Her boys and great food are her passion. Check her out at www.robinrescuesdinner.com.
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HaiVision's MAKO-HD⢠Provides Speed, Reliability Key to CRAN Telesurgery Project
MONTREAL â Jan. 26, 2009 â HaiVision Systems Inc., the world's leading vendor of high-definition (HD) H.264 telepresence codecs, today announced that its hai1000⢠codec systems, equipped with the exceptionally low-latency MAKO-HD⢠H.264 codec, are being used by France's CRAN (Research Center for Automatic Control) to support the study of robot-assisted telesurgery. Implemented as part of the RALTT (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Telementoring and Telesurgery) project at the hospital of Nancy-Brabois, HaiVision's advanced H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC compression technology enables reliable low-latency transfer of video over a VPN linking two test sites.
"The success of the RALTT project hinges on our ability to achieve high standards for video compression and transmission, as these principal technology elements are critical to the surgeon's work and, ultimately, the health of the patient," said Nedia Nouri, a CRAN doctoral student and member of the RALTT project team. "Telesurgery holds enormous potential for medical facilities and their patients, and HaiVision's advanced encoding technology is proving to be a key enabler in making this exciting model a reality."
The CRAN RALTT project was created to study the feasibility of surgical operation techniques relying on assisted robots (da Vinci® robots from Intuitive Surgical) to enable remote surgery with the doctor and patient at two different locations. The goal of the project is to define subjective tolerance limits of use. HaiIVision's advanced MAKO-HD provides surgeons with very fast and reliable video feedback over a long-distance link. A delay of 1 or 2 seconds is not acceptable for surgical applications, so the MAKO-HD's ability to reduce latency below 100 ms is critical to the success of CRAN's tests.
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Travel Wish List – Next Stop, Puerto Rico
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Puerto Rico, The All-Star Island for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. If there's one thing I love it's travel. I love talking travel, but most of all I like doing it and there's definite excitement surrounding traveling to places I've never been before. Puerto Rico is one of such places. It's a location I've always heard about, but never had the chance to visit on my own. A couple that is friends of ours actually honeymooned there and loved it so it's always been on our Wish List, especially since travelling there is so easy - no need for passports or foreign money! It's no secret that I love the beach. I've mentioned in posts a few times. I suppose living in the mountains causes a girl to crave … [Read more...]
What Would You Rather Be Doing in Gulf County Florida? #GCFLNoFilter
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Gulf County, Florida for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Hello Spring! It is so nice for the warm weather and flowers to have finally joined us here in east Tennessee. The girls and I have been spending some lovely time outdoors - playing, planning our garden, and just lounging. They're so excited for the warmer months of the year and have already been talking about all they want to do this Summer. One thing we're definitely doing is going on a Family Vacation to Florida. Our vacation is coming soon too - just less than 2 months - and all four of us are counting down the days. A lot of families in our area travel South for their summer vacations. It's not that our area doesn't have a ton to offer in the summer, it's just nice to get away from home and relax in a … [Read more...]