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Andy writes:
2003 Ford Escort ZX2 Review
great gas mileage, fun to drive
if you hate 2-doors
My Car — Gets me from point a to point b with a little zip! Great gas mileage, fun to drive, are a few words to describe! If your looking for basic transportation, this one's a winner. 107,000 miles, and practically no problems.
Primary Use: Commuting to work
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Kenny writes:
2003 Ford Escort ZX2 Review
great mileage/performance combo, not on every street block, and does not require excess modifications
Loud, poor ride height, sporty exterior attracts too many faux-racers.
When You Look Up Wolf In Sheep's Clothings, You Will Find The Svt Ford Focus. Then, The 2003 Zx2. — If it weren't for bad luck, my car would be on the zx2 song on youtube. I thought you knew? If you buy a subcompact that is a better deal, your lying.
Brandi Leigh writes:
2003 Ford Escort ZX2 Review
great car
bad tires
My Baby — what i hated is the black leather interior. it was gorgeous, but damn, in the summer that thing was hotter than hell, and in the winter it was sooooo cold! it also needed new tires. other than that, it had awesome bass system, it was really just an overall great car.
Victor writes:
2003 Ford Escort Review
Ford Escort — It is a amazing car, with a very well made interior, a very good engine, and a solid structure. Very stable and balanced, with a high engine compression, excelent brakes and a very good acceleration. I've changed the clutch kit, and added 18" wheells. Excellent car to travel, and enjoy rides when stressed.
Jay1407 writes:
2003 Ford Escort ZX2 Review
Stylish, fun to drive
Automatic clutch has shown signs of premature wear, high purchase cost
Ford Escort? Cool! — It's cool, comfortable, sporty, quick but not fast, it's a nice fit for our family with 2 children. It's the WRC (World Rally Cup Edition) with the ground effect spoilers. Very nice! It has cruise, and is a nice driving car. The suspension is very nice, the handling is very good. It's peppy, and fun to drive. I dislike that the clutch shows signs of letting go after only a year and 7000km. The rear center seatbelt jammed up. The dealer experience was good, but the selling price was high. For $25000, some people might have felt it was exhorbitant for a 3-door coupe. If you keep the mileage low, and don't mind paying the extra, (and feel you have to buy North American) then it's a good buy. I expect the maintenance costs will be high if we hang onto it for several years. We rust-check it twice per year.
Amanda writes:
2003 Ford Escort ZX2 Review
its something u can drive
not very roomy
:d — exterior is a newer style. interior is nice. not to bad on gas. easy to drive. lately have had problems with steering belts braking and speedometer being 5 miles slower than wat ur acctually going. overall, not that bad of a car.
Primary Use: Family transportation
Austin writes:
2003 Ford Escort ZX2 Review
Fun to drive, fuel economy, parts availability
Not the greatest reliability, just OK acceleration, stock tires.
Escort Zx2 (lead Footer) — This car handles nimbly, probably due to the light weight, but the stock tires don't have very much grip and the suspension is soft (when stock). The car is fun to drive on the whole though, especially when modified even a little. Acceleration isn't neck-snapping, but its better than what you would expect from its 130hp (again, this probably has to do with the light (<2500 lbs) weight and short gearing).
Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)
Dan writes:
2003 Ford Escort ZX2 Review
not too many people have them
i wish they changed the entire body style, instead of leaving the rear end the same as the others
2003 Ford Escort Zx2 — the overall performance of the car is awesome. it handles extremely well, acceleration is pretty decent, and the motor runs nice and smooth. although it is a bit rough on suspension its not too bad. the appearance is great and not to many people own this style. gas mileage is magnificent city and highway and keeping regularly scheduled maintenance is not too expensive. this car is definitely fun to drive but as i read in another review it tends to attract other sports car in which this one does not compare too lol.
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BibimusJuly 7, 2013
I have an old garage that is being converted into living space. The second floor has 2X6 rafters 24" on center 16 ' long with a 10 12 pitch. The building inspector stated I have to build them out because of insulation requirements. I thought about butting up to the 2X6's a 2x12 or using Sampson strongtie RC1.56 Ripper Clip or using plywood gussets and adding a 2X10 on top of the 2x6. By adding on top the depth would be greater then the 2x12 but much more work. Any opinions or has anyone done something different?

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Last October it was rumored that long-time band Metallica were planning on making their own 3D film. It was not known what the film would entail or when it would be made- all people knew was that the band hired producer Charlotte Huggins and were looking for a director. Now, the band have confirmed via their website that yes in deed they are planning such a thing, and it is scheduled to be released in 2013.


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Millions of tons of trash enter the ocean each year and cluster in particular areas of the world's oceans. One of the most infamous plastic debris patches is located in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, commonly referred to as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). This piece of "plastic soup" is twice the size of Texas and contains six times more plastic than plankton biomass. Seawer skyscraper was designed to tackle this issue while generating electricity at the same time.
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rkearney May 4, 2014 at 8:53 pm
When are they going to make, and deploy this? It looks wonderful.
appmentor April 25, 2014 at 3:48 am
What if they could set up a competition between states and provinces to build this in the middle of an inland sea; such as the Salton Sea of California? Or the Great Salt Lake??
aastamaria April 19, 2014 at 3:23 pm
I think this is wonderful. But how does it make sure that only plastics and trash are sucked in? What if plankton and other animals are filtered and removed from the ocean?
neilfaraway March 25, 2014 at 6:48 am
lovely idea except it wouldn't produce power from hydro, you'd have to use solar to pump water down and through. left to its own devices water would just fill the whole structure and come to equilibrium – and the whole thing might sink. kind of like when you put a hole in the bottom of a boat….
neilfaraway March 25, 2014 at 6:48 am
lovely idea except it wouldn\'t produce power from hydro, you\'d have to use solar to pump water down and through. left to its own devices water would just fill the whole structure and come to equilibrium – and the whole thing might sink. kind of like when you put a hole in the bottom of a boat….
Barrie Jones March 24, 2014 at 2:21 pm
Nice one umm.. that'd be a 'Seascraper' then?
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World's Largest Dam Can Be Seen From Space
A Canadian ecologist has discovered the world's largest beaver dam, located in a remote area of northern Alberta, which can be seen from space.
Researcher Jean Thie said he used satellite imagery and Google Earth software to find the dam, which is about 2,800 feet long on the southern edge of Wood Buffalo National Park.
The average beaver dam in Canada is about 32 to 328 feet long, and it is rare to even see one as big as about 1,640 feet.
The dam, which was first discovered in October 2007, is located in a virtually inaccessible part of the park south of Lac Claire about 120 miles northeast of Fort McMurray.
Thie said the construction of the dam most likely started in the mid-1970s. He made the discovery by accident while tracking melting permafrost in Canada's far north.
"Several generations of beavers worked on it and it's still growing," he told AFP in Ottawa.
Mike Keizer, a spokesman for the park, said rangers flew over the heavily forested marshlands last year to try and "have a look." He said they saw significant vegetation growing on the dam, suggesting it's old.
"A new dam would have a lot of fresh sticks," Keizer told AFP. "This one has grasses growing on it and it's very green."
Part of the dam may have been created by naturally fallen trees, and the beavers may have just "opportunistically filled in the gaps."
Thie said he also found two smaller dams sprouting at either side of the main dam. He said that in 10 years, all three structures could merge into a mega-dam measuring just short of a mile in length.
The region is flat, causing the animals to build a massive structure to stem wetland water flows. Thie said the dam was visible in NASA satellite imagery from the 1990s.
"It's a unique phenomenon," he said. "Beaver dams are among the few animal-made structures visible from space."
North American beavers build dams in order to create deep, still pools of water to protect against predators, as well as to float food and building materials.
A 2,139 feet structure originally held the record for the world's largest beaver dam in Three Forks in the U.S. state of Montana.
Thie said he found evidence that beavers were repopulating old habitats after being hunted extensively for pelts in the past centuries.
"They're invading their old territories in a remarkable way in Canada," he told AFP. "I found huge dams throughout Canada, and beaver colonies with up to 100 of them in a square kilometer."
"They're re-engineering the landscape," he added.
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Perl and Sockets
Perl works well for writing prototypes or full-fledged applications because it is so complete. The language seldom needs to be extended to do the sorts of things you'd expect to do with C or C++ on a Linux system. One notable example is the Berkeley socket functions, which Perl included even back when the Internet was just a cool bit of technology rather than a global cultural phenomenon.
Sockets are a general-purpose inter-process communication (IPC) mechanism. When processes run on separate machines, they can employ sockets to communicate using Internet protocols. This is the basis for most Internet clients and servers. Many Internet protocols are based on exchanging simple text; so is much of the interesting content. Since Perl excels at processing text, it's ideal for writing applications like web servers or any type of client which parses or searches for text. In this article, we develop a very simple client that searches for regular expressions on specified web sites—a not-so-intelligent agent, you might say.
I assume the reader has no prior knowledge of sockets, but if you have used the socket functions in C, they'll look quite familiar in Perl. The basic functions include socket, connect, bind, listen, and accept. Perl also has versions of functions like gethostbyname and getprotobyname, which make socket communication much easier. These Perl functions, of course, eventually invoke the C versions, so the argument lists are quite similar. The only differences arise because Perl file handles aren't the same as C file descriptors (which are just integers) and the Perl versions don't need the additional lengthy arguments for strings or structures.
We'll discuss the details of the socket functions needed for an Internet client later, but let's first look briefly at the normal sequence of operations for Internet communication. The server first establishes a socket with the socket function, which returns a socket descriptor much like a file descriptor. The server next assigns the socket an address with bind, then tells the system that it is willing to receive connections with the listen function. The accept function can block until a client connects to the server. The client program also calls socket and gets a socket descriptor. The client connects to the address specified by the server's bind call using the connect function. If all goes well, the client can read and write to the socket descriptor just as if it were a file descriptor. Refer to Listing 2 to see how the socket and connect functions are used in a typical program.
As mentioned above, a client program must first call socket to get a socket descriptor or, in the case of Perl, a file handle. This function specifies a particular communications protocol to use and sets up an endpoint for communication—that is, a place to plug in a connection—a "socket", for lack of a better term. The syntax of this function is:
socket SOCKET, DOMAIN, TYPE, PROTOCOL
SOCKET is the file handle. DOMAIN and TYPE are integers that specify the address domain (or family) and the socket type. In Perl 4, you had to set these numbers explicitly, but Perl 5 defines them in the Socket module. To access the Socket module, add the following line to the top of your program:
use Socket;For Internet applications, set DOMAIN to AF_INET (usually 2) and TYPE to SOCK_STREAM (usually 1). This basically means the address of the server will have the familiar Internet form (e.g., 126.96.36.199) and you'll read from and write to the socket like any I/O stream. You can set the PROTOCOL argument to 0 for most applications, but it's easy to get the correct value with the getprotobyname function.
Next, you need to connect to the server with the connect function. This can get a bit tricky in Perl if you don't have the most recent versions of the Socket module, primarily because it's hard to specify the server's address. The syntax of the connect function is:
connect SOCKET, NAME
SOCKET is the file handle created by the socket function, so that's easy. The NAME argument, however, is described as a "packed network address of the proper type for the socket", which might leave you scratching your head if you're not already familiar with sockets. For Internet applications, the proper type of network address for the C version of the connect function is given by structures something like those in Listing 1 (from either <netinet/in.h> or <linux/in.h>).
With a bit of scrutiny, you can see you need to pack three pieces of information into a binary structure 16 bytes long. First you need the address family, which is AF_INET, the same as the DOMAIN argument to socket. The second piece is the port number of the server socket. Most common servers have what's called a "well-known" port number (in the case of HTTP servers, this is 80), but an application should have some method of indicating alternate port numbers. Finally, you need to know the Internet address of the server. From the structures above, you can tell this is a 32-bit value. Fortunately, if you know the Internet name of the server (e.g., www.linux.com) you can get the address with the gethostbyname function. Once you've assembled this information, you can create the NAME argument with the Perl pack function. The code might look something like this:
$sockaddr_in = 'S n a4 x8'; $in_addr = (gethostbyname("www.linux.com"))[4]; $server_addr = pack( $sockaddr_in, AF_INET, 80, $in_addr );
Recent versions of Perl (5.002 and later) greatly simplify this whole process with the sockaddr_in function from the Socket module. This function takes the port number and the Internet address of the server and returns the appropriate packed structure. I use this technique in our mini-client in Listing 2. If you need portability, or simply want readability, I strongly recommend using Perl version 5.002 or later.
So we've finally set up our socket and made a connection to the server. Now things get considerably easier because we can treat the socket like any other file handle. The only wrinkle is we want to make sure anything we write to the socket is not buffered, because it needs to get to the server before we can read the server's response. For this we use the Perl select function, which sets the file handle to use for standard output. Note in Listing 2 that the socket file handle is selected; then the special variable $| is set to 1 to force a buffer flush after every write; then STDOUT is re-selected.
Now our client can send a request to the server. This application just sends a GET command to the HTTP server so that it will return the page specified by the URL. Once the command is sent, we read anything arriving at the socket line-by-line and look for the patterns we've specified. You could do anything you wanted with the HTML returned from the server, even parsing it or looking for other hypertext links to follow.
It will come as no shock that there are many aspects of sockets we haven't covered. In particular, I haven't discussed writing servers (mainly to keep this article to a manageable length). If you want to learn more about writing Internet servers in Perl, I recommend reading Programming Perl by Wall, Christiansen, and Schwarz (commonly called "the Camel book"). Perl also contains several socket functions I haven't mentioned, including send and recv, that can be used like write and read calls, and sendto and recvfrom, which are used for so-called "connectionless" communications. Again, see the Camel book for details on these functions, and for network communication in general, I recommend Unix Network Programming by W. Richard Stevens. Also, don't forget that many Perl Internet applications live out there on the Internet already, so look to these for examples. I particularly recommend tinyhttpd, a very compact HTTP server, as a good way to learn how to construct servers (see http://www.inka.de/~bigred/sw/tinyhttpd.html).
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thats a great find Craig would be ex Safeway for sure good to find them around, i would like to find some of their old 2670 S/lines. The big Peters Cabover is out on the road looks great but i havnt got a shot yet but i recon the ole rail bridge bandit may have spotted it
Thanks Craig hahahah Yeah no doubt he will have it for sure sounds good will have too try and capture him myself and yeah I never thought about this one being an ex Safeway Yeah would have to be for sure I reckon I will try and get a better shot next time i am in Morwell but was happy to get this one in the mean time thanks Craig


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Easter is around the corner and I haven't figured out yet what I'll make for lunch, but one thing I'm pretty sure of: I won't be buying chocolate Easter eggs – they're too expensive! :(
I think that creativity is an important tool in moments like this, when money is short and we want to give gifts to the people we love, that is why I loved these cookies: they taste amazing, are dead easy to make and wrapped in a plastic bag tied with a pretty ribbon they become a really good gift – and one can make tons of cookies with the same amount of money one would buy only one Easter egg.
I hope you like my delicious yet budget friendly Easter suggestion! :)
Sugar-crusted chocolate cookies
from Food & Wine magazine
1 ¾ cups (245g) all-purpose flour
½ cup (45g) unsweetened cocoa
pinch of salt
1 stick + 2 tablespoons (140g) unsalted butter, cut into tablespoons
¾ cup + 2 tablespoons (125g) confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons cold milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 large egg white, lightly beaten with a fork
¼ cup (50g) granulated sugar
In a food processor, pulse the flour, cocoa and salt. Add the butter and process until sandy, about 3 minutes. Add the confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla extract and process until a firm dough forms. Divide the dough in half, place each on a piece of parchment paper; shape dough into logs. Fold parchment over dough; using a ruler, roll and press into a 3.5 cm (1.4in) log – like Martha does here. Wrap in parchment. Refrigerate for 4 hours.
Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F; line two large baking sheets with baking paper - I like Beyond Gourmet a lot.
Unwrap one log at a time (keep the other in the fridge). Unwrap the log, brush it with the egg white and roll in half the sugar, pressing it to help it adhere. Cut log into 6mm (¼in) thick rounds; space 2.5cm (1in) apart onto prepared sheets. Bake the cookies for about 20 minutes, until just firm to the touch. Cool completely on the sheets. Repeat with the remaining log.
Makes about 45
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Sugar-crusted chocolate cookies for a budget-friendly Easter
Easter is around the corner and I haven't figured out yet what I'll make for lunch, but one thing I'm pretty sure of: I won't be buying chocolate Easter eggs – they're too expensive! :(
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Courgette, tomato and roasted red pepper gratin and baby talk
My sister-in-law and I talk about my baby nephew a lot, and we always talk about the food he'll eat when he grows up – my brother is the pickiest eater I know and we know that he'll have to change in order to become a good example for the boy.
I tell her to calm down because my husband used to be just like that and now he tries lots of different types of food (I guess we'll have to organize a trip to China for my brother as well). :D
For instance, my husband always tells me how much he hated gratins as a kid, especially the potato gratin his mother made constantly back in the day. He also hated courgettes. Just so you know, he ate the gratin in the picture like crazy and told me that I can make that dish whenever I want because "it is so delicious".
People change, thank heavens. There's still hope for my brother. :D
Courgette, tomato and roasted red pepper gratin
slightly adapted from the always delicious Olive magazine
1 small red pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil, divided use
½ large onion, finely diced
2 large garlic cloves, minced
1 x 400g (14oz) can peeled tomatoes
1 teaspoon sugar
salt and freshly ground black pepper
handful of fresh basil leaves
350g large courgettes, halved in the widest part, cut into 5mm slices
75g coarsely grated cheddar salt and freshly ground black pepper
Preheat the oven to 220°C/420°F. Put the red pepper on a baking tray and roast in the oven for about 30 minutes, turning it once or twice, until the skins are blackened in places and the flesh is soft. Transfer to a heatproof bowl, seal with plastic wrap and leave to cool. Break the pepper open, discard the stalk and seeds, peel off the skin and slice the flesh into thin strips.
While that goes on, make the tomato sauce: in a medium saucepan, heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook until translucent. Add the garlic, cook for 1-2 minutes, then add the tomatoes and the sugar. Fill 1/3 of the can with water, swirl it around and add to the saucepan. Season with salt and pepper, break the tomatoes with a wooden spoon then cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for about 20 minutes or until slightly thickened. Add the basil, stir to combine, cover and remove from the heat.
Heat a large, ridged griddle until smoking hot, then lower the heat slightly. Toss the courgette slices in the other tablespoon of oil, season with salt and pepper, then griddle in batches for 2 minutes on each side until marked with dark lines. Set aside on kitchen paper to drain.
Spread half the sauce over a medium, shallow baking dish. Scatter half the griddled courgettes over the tomato sauce, followed by half the red pepper strips and half the grated cheese. Spoon over the remaining tomato then repeat the layers once more, ending with the grated cheese. Bake for 25-30 minutes until lightly golden and bubbling.
Serves 2 generously
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Lime syrup marble cake, a movie and a great soundtrack
Days ago I felt like going to the movies but wasn't in the mood for drama or tears – that made me immediately discard the idea of watching Still Alice despite my love for Julianne Moore and since I'll only watch horror movies when my sister comes along I completely ignored The Lazarus Effect.
There was Love, Rosie left and I guess it was exactly what I needed that day: nothing serious, a bit of romance, a bit of comedy – the perfect combo. :) But what I really loved about the movie – besides Sam Claflin ;) – was the soundtrack: I looked it up on Spotify and haven't been able to stop listening to it.
With a good soundtrack sorted out all I needed was a good cake recipe to bake, and the limes in my fridge sent me directly to a couple of recipes with lime published by Dan Lepard on The Guardian ages ago – the cake turned out moist and delicious, and I thought it was a nice change from the usual marble cakes.
Lime syrup marble cake
slightly adapted from Dan Lepard
finely grated zest of 3 limes
¾ cup + 2 tablespoons (175g) granulated sugar
2 tablespoons canola oil
3 medium eggs*
150g plain yogurt
1/3 cup (75g) unsalted butter, melted
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ½ cups (210g) all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
pinch of salt
1/3 cup (80ml) fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F. Lightly butter a 20x10cm (8x4in) loaf pan, line it with baking paper and butter it as well.
Place zest and sugar in a large bowl and rub them together until sugar is fragrant. Add oil and eggs, whisk until creamy, then whisk in the yogurt, melted butter and vanilla. Whisk in the flour, baking powder and salt, then tip two-thirds of the mix into the pan. Beat the cocoa into the remaining batter, spoon this into the pan over the yellow batter and gently swirl the two together. Bake for 50 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean. Remove from the oven and leave to cool for five minutes. Meanwhile, mix the lime juice and sugar until you have a clear syrup. Prick the cake with a toothpick, then gradually spoon the syrup over the cake, waiting for the syrup to be absorbed before pouring more.
Cool completely in the pan.
* I had only large eggs at home, so I chose the smallest three I could find and used them in the recipe
Serves 6-8
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Citrus caramel blondies
I am not a very techie person but I love it when people teach me something new about computers or tell me about interesting apps – the same lovely friend who introduced me to Shazam told me about Spotify as well and now I cannot live without it any longer (thanks, C.!).
That happened ages ago, but you know how things are around here. :D
Something else I adore about technology: having loads of recipes to choose from and to get inspired by, even when I'm far from home and from my cookbooks. I was going through Food & Wine's website while waiting on a very long line and found these unusual blondies – I made them as soon as I got home (melted butter, yay) and they turned out fantastic. The caramel is so delicious I had to keep it away from me while making the blondie batter – I advise you to do the same (or make a double batch). :D
Citrus caramel blondies
from Food & Wine magazine
¼ cup (50g) granulated sugar
3 tablespoons heavy cream
1 tablespoon (14g) cold unsalted butter
½ teaspoon Maldon sea salt or fleur de sel
1 cup (140g) all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon table salt
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ cup (113g/1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
1 cup (175g) packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
finely grated zest of 1 orange
Caramel: in a small saucepan, combine the granulated sugar with 1 tablespoon of water and bring to a boil. Using a wet pastry brush, wash down any crystals on the side of the pan. Boil the syrup over moderately high heat until a deep amber caramel forms, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and immediately whisk in the cream, butter and Maldon sea salt. Let the caramel cool to room temperature.
Blondies: preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F. Lightly butter a 20cm (8in) square metal baking pan, line it with foil leaving an overhang on 2 opposite sides; butter the foil as well.
In a small bowl, whisk the flour with the salt and baking powder. In a medium bowl, whisk the butter with the brown sugar until combined, then whisk in the eggs, vanilla and orange zest. Add the flour mixture and stir until just incorporated.
Spread the batter in the prepared pan in an even layer. Drizzle the caramel over the top in small portions, then swirl it decoratively using a toothpick. Bake the blondies for 25-30 minutes, until it is golden on top and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached. Let cool completely. Cut into bars and serve.
The blondies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Makes 16
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Double chocolate cookies and favorite cookbooks
I have lots of cookbooks and food magazines, yet I have the feeling that I cook from the same ones over and over again – I've tried using all of them more often, but there is always one or more ingredients lacking, or I don't have enough time to make certain recipes, and when that happens I turn to my favorites in search of inspiration.
Martha's cookie book, for instance, comes to my rescue every time I want to bake cookies but don't know which recipe to choose – there are so many options there that if there's no peanut butter, jam, coconut or nuts in my pantry I'll always find something else to bake.
[that said, I'm always searching for cookbooks with good cookie recipes – I've had my eye on this one for a while and I hope the "search inside" tool is available soon]
Days ago I had nothing but chocolate in my pantry to bake with and ended up searching for a recipe on that cookbook: these cookies were easy to make and turned out delicious – a treat for chocolate lovers. If you don't have white chocolate around, use dark chocolate chips in the batter or even milk chocolate, for a different twist.
Double chocolate cookies
slightly adapted from one of my favorite cookbooks
170g (6oz) dark chocolate, coarsely chopped – I used one with 53% cocoa solids
½ cup (113g/1 stick) unsalted butter
1 cup (140g) all-purpose flour
½ cup (45g) unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups (300g) granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
150g white chocolate chips or chunks
Melt the dark chocolate with the butter in a small heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water; let cool slightly.
Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside. Put chocolate mixture, sugar, eggs, and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until combined. Reduce speed to low; gradually mix in flour mixture. Fold in chocolate chunks. Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F; line two large baking sheets with baking paper.
Using a 2-tablespoon cookie scoop drop portions of dough per cookie onto prepared sheets, spacing 5cm (2 in) apart. Bake until cookies are flat and surfaces crack, about 15 minutes (cookies should be soft). Cool on sheet over a wire rack for 5 minutes, then slide the paper onto the rack and cool completely.
Cookies can be stored between layers of parchment in airtight containers at room temperature up to 3 days.
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I'm growing fava beans in a container on a second-floor balcony. For a while I'd been seeing one or two ants in them, but I'd never heard of ants being a serious garden pest, so I didn't worry. But this morning they were all over! Even worse, they seem to be eating from these little brown spots that have appeared right at the base of many of the flowers and branches. (photos here )
- What do these brown spots signify? (I assume it must be something, because they're appearing in very specfic locations on the plant.)
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I agree with the above advice. In Britain we call these spots 'blackfly'. They are aphids and the ants 'farm' and protect them for their sweet and sticky residue. The ants prevent ladybirds (ladybugs) from eating the aphids.
These aphids occur largely at the top of the plant and the usual advice is to pinch out the tops after 3 or more flower trusses have developed. The top growth is soft and the aphids love it. Once pinched out, the stems harden and the aphids are much less interested in them.
A good jet of water or insecticidal soap spray (if you cannot bear to pinch out the tops. or in addition to pinching out if the problem is bad) should help keep them under control.
They are selective. One of my patches has them, the other is as yet free from aphids, but I inspect daily.
Sorry to disagree. Looking at the close up, the 'brown spots' are the perfectly normal blotches at the base of each flower. Those beans look the picture of health to me. Black fly/aphids congregate on the growing tips and are 'milked' by ants. But your beans have no aphids/black fly. I don't know the function of the brown spots but they are normal and I can only assume they exude something the ants like. But you definitely do not have aphids. You can look forward to beans and there is nothing you need to fix. Just keep a look out for aphids in future. Excellent pictures by the way. But you need to recaption them to 'Favas in peak health'.


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|Jun 02, 2001, 10:58 AM
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Night Flying
Has anyone converted an ECO 8 for night flying?
|Jun 03, 2001, 04:14 PM
You can put night opps on the fuse, and blades can be purchased with lights now.
|Jun 03, 2001, 08:29 PM
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I have not seen night blades that will fit the ECO 8. Please tell me where I can purchase them.
|Jun 03, 2001, 10:52 PM
You dont need to buy any over priced blades. You can make then very easy for around $8.00
Parts list:
2 Watch batteries
5' fine coil wire, 100" spool is about 3.99
2 LED's
2 Micro switches
Blade wrap
All of this stuff can be bought at radio shack or a electronics surpluse store.
1}. Remove the covering off your existing blades.
2}. CA one wire on the trailing edge of your blades, and the another on the leading edge.
3}. Drill or carve out a hole the same diamiter as your LED into the tip of tour blades at the C/G.
4}. Solder the leading edge wires to the + side of the LED and the trailing edge wire to the - side.
5}. Glue the LED with hot melt, silicone or Goop so it can be removed and replaced if needed.
6}. Glue your watch battery to each blade as close to the grip as possible with hot melt, silicone or Goop.
7}. Solder the wire to the battry at the + side in the center, and a small piece to the side of the battery. This is the - side .
8}. Wrap your blades with the blade wrap.
9}. Solder the wires to the micro switch and use a small band of blade wrape around the switch leaving just the rocker part exposed.
10}. Balance the blades as usual, and attach the blades back the the grips.
Thats it, 30 min. max time spent. Now go spend the $$$$ you saved on something better.
Hope this helps
|Jun 04, 2001, 01:05 PM
I just picked up the 'official' light kit for my Picollo nat the weekend, and have now fitted it. Just got to wait for it to go dark now and I can really pkay!
It is surporising how easy it actually is to get the blades to light up at night on any heli using the above method - go fot it, just try them in the daylight first to make sure you won't get any surprises!!
I did try to use a seperate battery on my Nexus last year by using the swashplate to carry '+' and the main shaft to carry the '-' but it was VERY fiddly and not very succesful, putting the batteries in the blades is a WHOLE LOT easier!
|Jun 24, 2001, 01:30 PM
In the winter and spring I fly my ECO more at night than daytime. No lighted blades or light rope though, just flying it bare under the lights in my back yard.
I think I'll try MicroRotors idea and convert a set of woodies for night use.
Which LED's and watch batteries have you had succuss with ?
No need to re-invent the wheel/night blade, right ??
|Jul 01, 2001, 10:54 AM
MicroRotors - What number battery and LED did you use ?
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You all have probably seen this before but check out http://www.inetport.com/~davisele/night.html for the coolest night flying blades I've ever seen.
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|The content of QkR was merged into MasterCard. That page now redirects here. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page. (26 January 2014)
- 1 Regarding cleanup
- 3 Master Charge when?
- 4 Exclusive Deals
- 5 Formulae?
- 6 Slogan/MasterCard Priceless Ad campaign
- 7 Controversy?
- 8 Focus on Litigation & Controversy Equals A Poor Article
- 9 Year problem
- 11 Cashplus
- 12 Peyton Manning
- 13 nonprofit? not-for-profit?
- 14 World Signia
- 15 Possible vandalism or original research?
- 16 the edit made by the person from 220.127.116.11 without a user account
- 17 Possible Mistake?
- 18 Credit/debit?
- 19 Proposed merge with QkR
- 20 MasterCard is a global technology company, not an american financial service company
Regarding cleanup[edit]
Though I was not the one who put the cleanup template up, I'm going to put my view out there on why it should still be there today: I think that since the day the cleanup template was added, the article has improved a good deal—However, the main thing wrong with it now is that it's not substantial enough. I'd say that we could use more info on here about the operation and specifics of the card network itself and maybe its history instead of just corporate stats (Board, Advertising, latest marketing gimmicks, etc). Basically, this section: VISA (credit_card)#Features of the standard product of the VISA article is an excellent example of what we need here. (Except that that one needs to be wikified. But the content's good.) Anyone else have any opinions on how this article can be improved, or have some content to contribute? —Dan 03:27, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
- I added a stub on BankNet and will try to expand it to include more about the technology backbone, but I need to research some first. I'll probably do the same for VisaNet, but I've worked more with MasterCard myself... --nathanbeach 20:41, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
- I fixed the stub on Banknet —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 18.104.22.168 (talk) 04:57, 5 May 2007 (UTC).
- I removed the Cleanup tag. If someone feels it needs to be re-added go ahead, but its been in place since June 06 without a single comment from July of the same year. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.104.22.168 (talk) 04:49, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
As you know MC had its IPO a few days ago, I updated the article to semi reflect it but it needs work, a lot of work -- Tawker 06:41, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
I'll try to get MasterCard to provide some more information to the site.
Master Charge when?[edit]
When was "Master Charge" created by the United California Bank? - Jerryseinfeld 16:58, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- The four banks (UCB, Wells, Crocker, and Bank of California) joined together to issue this card. They did this to compete with Bank of America. It was really Marine Midland out of Buffalo, New York that helped make Master Charge national. Until that time there were only regional card programs like: Mid-West Card Assiocation and CAP in New England. Master Charge was the early leader in sigining up banks, because banks felt Master Charge was a more open assiocation. Banks did not want to feel that they were promoting Bank of America by issuing a BankAmerica card. It was only after the success of Master Charge that Bank of America spun off BankAmericard into the National BankAmericard Incorperated (NBI). NBI became Visa in 1977.
- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.127.116.11 (talk • contribs) 23:05, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
Exclusive Deals[edit]
I think exclusive deals for credit cards like that are becoming more commonplace. There are at least two counterexamples with Visa, but I'm not sure where (or even if) to add these in the article: The Olympic Games have only accepted Visa for ticket purchases for years; while the NFL's New England Patriots started taking only Visa last year. Sure it might shut out holders of non-V/MC cards, but is it really "controversial"? Kirjtc2 01:13, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- What's funny is when these kinds of things happen by accident. For example, thanks to Visa's greed (they insisted on a $20 flat fee on all payments), students can't use Visa cards to pay their student fees. So our school is now MasterCard, American Express, or Discover only, at least when it comes to paying the university. Reference: [1] This is actually going on at many CSU campuses. —Dan 23:19, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
I know that credit cards' numbers must conform to certain restraints (this is how many websites check the validity of credit card numbers). Should details of the constraints be made available on these pages, or is there too much chance the information will be misused? - Jonon 11:16, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- No; I don't think that would really fit in here. I think this: ( Credit card number#Checksums ) is sufficient. —Dan 03:01, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Slogan/MasterCard Priceless Ad campaign[edit]
The "(object+price)...(object+price)...Priceless!" slogan should be mentioned here... but how to present it? 188.8.131.52 14:10, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
I think some information about the MasterCard priceless ad campaign (In the format of Item 1: $XX, Item 2: $YY, Item 3: Priceless) should be included as I think it's a big cultural icon and has spawned numerous parodies on the internet. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by AmritTuladhar (talk • contribs) 13:06, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
- I agree. Maybe if there is a specific name, there could be a seperate article. 220.127.116.11 23:49, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
- The slogan and the whole TV ads format may have actually been plagiarized in 1997 from ads developed by Apesteguia en 1994 [1]188.8.131.52 (talk) 20:22, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
Why does the controversy section get such prominence in this article? MasterCard rightfully suing some twisted prankster is hardly one of the most important pieces of information there is to know about this large and important organization that there is to know. This article is not objective, too much credence is given to conspiracy theory style EFF thinking.
- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.127.116.11 (talk • contribs) 20:56, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
- Are you kidding me? Mastercard cowing to State Department pressure will be the only footnote in history that even references mastercard. It is major major event and is being covered by all news orgs.
18.104.22.168 (talk) 15:03, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
Focus on Litigation & Controversy Equals A Poor Article[edit]
It appears that the author of the article was in a rush to point out each and every one of Mastercard's legal disputes (almost the entire aritcle) while at the same time, there's very little information about the history and operation of the credit card company. While a trimmed down paragraph on legal issues is appropriate (with citations), it should be within the context of a well rounded article. One can see how weak this article is when comparing it to the articles on American Express or Discover Card. NPOV was added and than removed after paragraphs were edited. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 126.96.36.199 (talk • contribs) 08:32, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- The best way to make the article mor NPOV is to add more non-critical content. Arsenikk 12:08, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Year problem[edit]
"This series of ads started in 1998 and there are numerous different ads. [2] It was created by McCann-Erickson. MasterCard actually registered Priceless as a trademark. [3] Actor Billy Crudup has been the voice of the ads since 1997."
So, erm...did the ads start in 1997, or 1998? BillyH 00:12, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
I wonder if any mention could be made of MasterCard's RPPS system (formerly RPS), used for online bill payment services. I used to work for an online banking service, and use of this RPPS system was, from what I could tell, rather widespread. Some info here - [4] - Mike L - 10 Aug 2006
Removed the reference under "See also" as Cashplus is a uk only Mastercard branded-card and should not refernced here
- Um.... why not? Lambertman 23:42, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Because other wise all pre-paid cards should be linked from this site from all aorund the world - Cashplus is NOT unique. However if someone wants to add every MasterCard branded product on Wikipedia to this from all the banking providers - go ahead.
If you looko at the "see also" it lists all of the various other major card issuers - ie Visa, Cirrus etc etc - Cashplus is a Mastercard - no need for sperate entry
- Actually, Cirrus and Maestro are owned by MasterCard. Their VISA equivalent are Plus and VISA Electron respectively. Now, on the other hand, I do think Cashplus should get a mention somewhere on the MasterCard page provided it is a product owned and provided by MasterCard, and not a service offered by another bank who simply chose to use MasterCard as opposed to VISA.
- -- (A.szczep) 20:03, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
- It IS a service/product by a bank (Broadcastle Bank plc)and not by MasterCard - hence it should not go in.
- In that case I agree it shouldn't be included.
- -- (A.szczep) 17:18, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
Peyton Manning[edit]
For what it's worth, the paragraph involving Peyton Manning in the advertising, which at the moment reads like this Currently, Indianapolis Colts Quarterback Peyton Manning, is doing some of His Life moments using Mastercard and incorporating football in his routine. (ex. Manning buys a cappucino and a man is sprayed in the face with steam, then at the end of the commercial, he asks "Are you okay, just put some dirt on it, and the man gives him a thumbs up, two movers dropping a $3000 dollar piano and Manning saying "They aren't saying BOOOO!!, they are saying MOOOVERS!!.) makes no sense to someone who hasn't seen the advertisement(s). I have no concept of how many commercials this is talking about, what happens in them, nor how they advertise MasterCard. Lindsay 07:05, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
nonprofit? not-for-profit?[edit]
I read that mastercard has (had?) some kind of tax break because they registered as a non-profit/not-for-profit entity.
Any info on this?
Is it a 501(c)(4)? Other? http://www.irs.gov/charities/nonprofits/content/0,,id=132157,00.html http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=96184,00.html - 126.96.36.199 (talk) 16:19, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
World Signia[edit]
No mention of world signia card series? Bad. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 22.214.171.124 (talk) 22:06, 30 October 2008
- This is a wiki. If there is encyclopedic information missing, feel free to fix it. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 10:04, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
Possible vandalism or original research?[edit]
Some anonymous IP user put in an assertion that the original Master Charge program was created by two clowns in Louisville, Kentucky. That sounds quite ridiculous on its face. Kentucky is hardly known for its innovations in anything, let alone financial services (I have several friends from there who are glad to have escaped). I've searched on Google and all the pages that came back appear to be mirrors of this article or paraphrases of it (where people were using Wikipedia as their main research source). There is nothing on MasterCard's site about it originating in Kentucky, either. Unless someone provides a citation soon to a reliable source, I'm purging that garbage. --Coolcaesar (talk) 04:42, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
- I'm purging that garbage now. --Coolcaesar (talk) 03:08, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
- Purged it again. Those Kentucky hillbillies are certainly persistent. Now if they could only direct such persistence to their state's failing economy!--Coolcaesar (talk) 11:54, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
- Purged it once again. --Coolcaesar (talk) 14:52, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
- It's back. Purging it again. --Coolcaesar (talk) 05:38, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
- Purged it once again. --Coolcaesar (talk) 14:52, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
- Purged it again. Those Kentucky hillbillies are certainly persistent. Now if they could only direct such persistence to their state's failing economy!--Coolcaesar (talk) 11:54, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
the edit made by the person from 18.104.22.168 without a user account[edit]
1-I disagree with your reasoning as to why you deleted my edit. The CEO of a major international company -- that almost every consumer interacts with (via debit or credit card use) on a daily basis -- talking about the next year's strategic direction of the company *IS INDEED* newsworthy.
2-I noticed several mispellings in your reason comment.
3-I noticed that you are not a Wikipedia user. It only shows your IP address. If a user account with a long time of Wiki editing experience had a problem with my edit, I would consider it more carefully. But I do not know anything about your editing experience (you don't even have a Wikipedia account).
Therefore, I am pressing "Undo" on your edit. Please register a username if you'd like to further discuss this issue.
Thank you, Guinnessjerry44 (talk) 21:57, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
Possible Mistake?[edit]
This article says that MasterCard is listed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average. However, I can not find any proof that it is listed on there. The Dow Jones Website and Cnn Money both don't list it, so should I change this? Thanks, Horai 551 02:43, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
- Changed it. I can't find any proof that it is or it was listed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Horai 551 08:56, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
Given that the product name was "MasterCharge" for so long, does that mean it was a charge card as we understand American Express to be? Or has it been a credit card since the beginning? Georgia Yankee (talk) 15:04, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
- MasterCharge was a credit card from its launch. American Express has both credit cards and charge cards. Regards, David J Johnson (talk) 17:50, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
Proposed merge with QkR[edit]
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- The result of this discussion was to ... Uncontested merge.--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 01:36, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/QkR result was speedy keep with merge or redirect to MasterCard. ☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 15:15, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
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MasterCard is a global technology company, not an american financial service company[edit]
The article currently states that MasterCard is an American Financial Service company which is not a true statement.
Some references :- [5] States "MasterCard is a technology company in the global payments industry" [6] states "MasterCard is a technology company and payments industry leader"
[7] states "MasterCard is a global payments and technology company"
[8] shows MasterCard global operations.
[9] describes the business model, "providing a sophisticated set of transaction processing and consulting services".
There is no mention of providing financial services anywhere. So is there any reason we cannot go ahead and correct this error?
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The Two-Way
10:53 am
Wed July 10, 2013
Hey, It's Not A Burglar, It's A 19-Foot Python
Originally published on Wed July 10, 2013 11:57 am
Imagine this: A 19-foot python falls out of the ceiling of a store and leaves a big hole, knocks over sale objects and then makes a nasty mess on the floor before hiding in plain sight along a wall. And nobody finds it for a day.
Police in Queensland, Australia, were called to a charity store in the tiny town of Ingham this week to investigate what they initially suspected was a break-in by someone with stomach flu.
"We thought a person had fallen through the ceiling because the roof panel was cut in half," police Sgt. Don Auld told The Associated Press. "When they've hit the floor, they've vomited and then staggered and fallen over. That's what we thought anyway."
But nothing had been stolen from the St. Vincent de Paul store. And although there was a hole in the ceiling, there was no damage to the outside roof, which further puzzled authorities. The mystery was solved a day later, when a store employee found the hulking python lying innocently along a store wall underneath a clothes rack. Police suspect the snake could have first hidden in the store's roof, which had been damaged when a tropical storm blew through two years ago.
As for the nonexistent burglar's stomach issues, The Cairns Post reports that the mess turned out to be snake urine and feces. A local snake handler was called in to remove the 37-pound python, which was later released into local wetlands.
The Post says it wasn't handcuffed "for logistical reasons."