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timelover Sep 24, 2013 11:21 AM
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Vlad, where can I download test mode remover for windows 7 x64?
V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r Sep 25, 2013 12:21 AM
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@timelower: http://www.powerplan7.com/Windows 7 x64 SP1 Unsigned Drivers Fix.zip
(Copy and paste ENTIRE line into browser address line if it doesn't open)
Usage: unzip, copy BOTH OF THE FILES (the fix executable and its manifest) to C:\Program Files\PowerPlanAssistant, then run the fix from there and reboot.
@(MBA Haswell Users): Just wanted to put a short update regarding the new zoom gesture. Since the new MBPs can become available any day (e.g. did you notice how almost silently the iMacs have been updated yesterday!), I will release the zoom gesture together with Late-2013 MBP/rMBP support. Maybe this will even be a separate branch of the Trackpad++ project with a different installer. But at first I have to determine if the Late-2013 MBP gets the same trackpad as found in Mid-2013 MBA.
rtheb Sep 25, 2013 1:18 AM
in response to V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r
Just installed the new Windows_8_81_x64_Test_Mode_Remover amd happy to report it worked like a charm.on Windows 8.1 x64 RTM.
Thanks fpr resolving this as the General Release of Windows 8.1 is just a few weeks away.
TOMillr Sep 27, 2013 3:50 AM
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Any news on possible support for Magic Trackpads?
pratnala Oct 7, 2013 1:58 AM
in response to V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r
Hey Vlad!
Just discovered that in Google Chrome, if you go to chrome://flags, you can enable smooth scrolling. When I enabled this, scrolling with the keyboard was smooth but wasn't so with Trackpad++. Can Trackpad++ possibly be made compatible with this?
V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r Oct 9, 2013 11:52 PM
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@pratnala: Thanks for your note. By the way when the accelerated scrolling is disabled in Trackpad++, the scrolling should be the same as with keyboard. But when acceleration is enabled, the result will depend on each specific application. In Windows, there is no universal/standard approach for smooth scrolling. So, the question is not just about the trackpad driver settings, but about how each specific browser handles the scrolling events it receives from the driver. Of course, I can try to optimize Trackpad++ for Chrome specifically, but this can downgrade the scrolling experience in other applications. Anyways, I hope to rework scrolling in the future so that a user could tweak acceleration very finely, not just with a few presets like now.
timelover Oct 10, 2013 4:50 PM
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@vladf Hey vlad, the link you sent me with the unsigned drives is completely dead. Actually it redirects to a russian site.
Any ideas?
V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r Oct 10, 2013 11:32 PM
in response to timelover
@timelover: Not Russian, but Ukrainian . Actually, this is because the link got splitted after posting/emailing. Just copy the entire string to address field of the browser and go.
The complete line is:
http://www.powerplan7.com/Windows 7 x64 SP1 Unsigned Drivers Fix.zip
from US mirror:
http://powerplan7-mirror-official.0usa.com/Windows 7 x64 SP1 Unsigned Drivers Fix.zip
(it ends with word .zip, not with word Windows 7!)
bschlack Oct 14, 2013 4:36 AM
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Hey Vlad,
First of great piece of software and it makes working in Windows for me much more enjoyable.
I see a lot of people here have been asking about removing the Test Mode watermark and I see you have a fix for that.
My question is, however, is there a way to sign the driver for our own machines a la Windows Driver Kit? I tried playing around with it as I am not afraid of the cmd line, but I can't seem to find the inf file to go with the ppa_x64.sys. My reason for this is that in Windows 8, it does not seem to run Windows 8 Metro Apps in Test Mode. I would really love to be able to use both Windows 8 app and Power Plan Assistant and Trackpad++ together without Test Mode or with Test Mode and Apps enabled.
Thanks Vlad or anyone who has an answer!
V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r Oct 16, 2013 5:22 AM
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@bschlack: The Trackpad++ driver is already signed in such way (a la Windows Driver Kit). The 64-bit OS will still tell you it's unsigned, though. To use such WDK style signing (that is, sign with developer's test certificate, not cross-signed by an authoriry approved by Microsoft), the fix is needed, and this is the fix which Power Plan Assistant uses (and the standalone fix we are talking about on those pages). Also, Windows 8 Metro apps definitely work, Windows 8 x64 support had actually been added to Trackpad++ a year ago. Anyways, thanks for your note.
Martin Jovanovic Oct 16, 2013 12:17 PM
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Hey everyone! I want to share my experience.
Trackpad++ works on my MacBook Pro Retina Mid 2012, with Windows 8.1 (not Preview, it's company's full version). 3-finger-drag works and it's fast. I checked immediate release checkbox and it works perfectly too. So I donated recommended 15E for PowerPlan and 15E for Trackpad++. It's a simple story: you get value, and you support the developer.
However, there is one more thing.
At first it didn't work, neither on Win 8 nor on Win 8.1 Preview. 3-finger drag just never wanted to work. But still I was planning to donate. Why? Because Apple is locking you in, they just don't want to build real Windows drivers for Macs. Macs work on Windows, but not fully. It's done in many subtle ways. I find it unfair... and as for the trackpad (a very imporant part of Apple laptops), Vladimir is THE ONLY guy out there who's opposing this Apple's behavior. Even if the app hadn't worked, I would have still donated. But then, out of the blue, after one reinstall, it started to work. So there you have it - one more satisfied customer.
kthung Oct 23, 2013 9:57 PM
in response to V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r
Hey Vladimir,
Thanks for your work, I'm on a late 2012 rMBP running Windows 8.1. I was frustrated at first because the driver doesn't QUITE work exactly the same as native OS X for scrolling, but after reading through some of these threads I have a better idea of how the code is supposed to work and scrolling seems to work better. The reason I was having some issues was because I've become accustomed to "intertial scrolling" on OS X (flick up on the trackpad and the page continues to scroll after your fingers lose contact with the trackpad) I was doing this at first and the page would only scroll up one line. Is there any way to implement this in future builds? Thanks!
V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r Oct 24, 2013 3:26 AM
in response to kthung
@kthung: Yes, I do hope to add such feature in the future.
@ALL: If you got the brand new Late-2013 Retina MBP, please email me, as your (simple) help could really speed up supporting the new model.
(Just to remind, Mid-2009 to Early-2013 MBP/rMBP and Late-2010 to Mid-2013 MBA are already supported with Trackpad++).
shaipal Oct 24, 2013 7:50 AM
in response to V-l-a-d-i-m-i-r
Hi Vlad,
Can't get it to work on a mid 2013 MBA with windows 8.1 under virtual box. keeps asking me to re-install, and I tried both versions.


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About three miles of streets in the industrial park near Walesboro might be replaced because the road surface is crumbling under heavy semitrailer truck traffic, Mayor Kristen Brown said.
The Columbus Redevelopment Commission has approved preliminary engineering work in preparation for the city to spend $2.5 million to resurface International Drive and several other streets in the industrial park.
Because the project cost is more than $500,000, however, the road work also must be approved by the Columbus City Council.
The project will be funded through the city's tax-increment financing district fund, which had about $5.9 million at the end of 2013, Brown said.
International Drive and several surrounding streets won't survive another year without the road work, the mayor said, particularly after such an extreme winter.
City Engineer Beth Fizel said there are several reasons the industrial park roads are crumbling.
She told Redevelopment Commission members last week that there is no drainage system under the roads, causing water to infiltrate the road surface and wear away surface edges.
When industrial park streets were constructed in the late 1970s and mid-1980s, they were not built to withstand the large number of semis that now use them to reach companies including NTN Driveshaft, Sunright America and the Phoenix Group, the mayor said. Fizel estimated as many as 100 semis travel over International Drive each day.
Sunright America sent a petition to the city last year asking to have the streets evaluated, mainly questioning how narrow the streets are, according to Kenta Takagi, the company's sales director.
The company has been on International Drive in the industrial park since 2008 and has seen more truck traffic on the streets, a lot of it headed to Sunright, Takagi said. About 30 semis are in and out of the facility daily, and the company has 210 employees who drive in and out on three shifts each day.
Sunright America also wants a traffic light at South International Drive and State Road 58, where traffic backs up daily at shift change, Takagi said.
The company completed an expansion in February, adding another entrance, which has helped, Takagi said. But the winter was a challenging commute for workers and semi drivers because of the narrow, winding streets and snow at the roadside, he said.
Jim Riggs, president of NTN Driveshaft, described the roads as "very poor and deteriorating rapidly."
"There's not a great deal of space for trucks to pass each other on the streets," Riggs said.
NTN has about 90 trucks per day traveling in and out of its facility, and 1,750 employees use the industrial park roads in three shifts.
If the roads aren't fixed soon, "it's only going to get worse," Riggs said. "We would be a huge supporter of the city making these improvements."
NTN also petitioned the city about improving the narrow roads and sought the traffic light at South International Drive.
Sims and Brown said they have been advocating for that traffic signal with the state Department of Transportation for some time but have not had success convincing the state to install it.
The streets in the industrial park are 24 feet wide. Randy Sims, senior engineering technician for the city, said, "It's not going to be wider."
The city plans to meet with industrial park businesses to ask that the semis not "stage" on the side of the roads when waiting in the industrial park because they believe the semis' weight is crumbling the pavement, Sims said.
To save money, Fizel said, the project will be bid out, asking the road contractor to use a process that recycles the asphalt on the road and reuses it for the new surface. Called full-depth reclamation, the process allows the contractor to grind up the existing pavement and reuse it in the base for the new asphalt. A new road surface is then placed over the base, she said.
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Many Seattle basketball fans have long operated under the faulty assumption that Sonic success in the pivot began and ended with Jack Sikma's golden locks during Ashford & Simpson's heyday. Those fans would be inconveniently forgetting about one-hit wonder Marvin "The Human Eraser" Webster, who, in his lone year with the Sonics -- which coincided with Sikma's rookie campaign -- averaged 14 points, 12 rebounds, and 2 blocks per game as the team's starting center. In leading the Supes to the NBA Finals (they succumbed in seven games to the Washington Bullets before prevailing against that same squad the following year to bring the city its lone major male pro sports championship), Webster was even better in the playoffs, averaging 16 points and 13 rebounds before bolting to New York as a free agent the following season.
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At last, a very English affair of which football can be proud. A contest that will rise above the scandal of recent weeks and deliver something rather more palatable, not to mention more exciting.
In this era of multiculturalism in the Barclays Premier League, the 50th League Cup final will almost feel like a throwback to the days when Martin O'Neill was winning the competition as a player.
It will be two very English teams who collide at Wembley on Sunday; under the guidance of two very British managers in Sir Alex Ferguson and O'Neill.
Hope and glory: Martin O'Neill and Sir Alex Ferguson will guarantee a good final
Eight members of England's squad for the World Cup could be on the field - six for Aston Villa, two for Manchester United - with up to five more British or Irish players alongside them.
O'Neill has built his team on a foundation of English talent; on the pace of Ashley Young and Gabriel Agbonlahor; the skill and intelligence of James Milner and Stewart Downing; and the determination of Emile Heskey and Stephen Warnock.
Mixed in with that is the Celtic class of Richard Dunne and James Collins, complimented by a sprink-ling of foreign flair and a brilliant American keeper in Brad Friedel.
Against them, of course, are the masters in the art of winning trophies, a Manchester United side not just defending the trophy they won 12 months ago in a penalty shoot-out against Tottenham but chasing a record fourth consecutive league title as well as the third European Cup of Ferguson's remarkable reign.
It is a United side that will be led by Wayne Rooney, a player even Ferguson recognises could better the 42 goals Cristiano Ronaldo scored in the season before last.
'He's desperate to play,' said Ferguson in response to the question of whether he would rest his finest player.
'Maybe it's a chance to play him at right back or something this time because he keeps telling me he's a great defender.'
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O'Neill is the first to recognise what victory would mean to Villa, and not just because it would deliver his first trophy. The club 'have been starved of success' in recent years, but O'Neill deserves praise for what he has created so far at Villa Park.
A piece of silverware would be a timely reward for an awful lot of hard work - for three-and-a-half years of meticulous management.
Like Ferguson did when he arrived at Old Trafford more than 23 years ago, O'Neill has built an empire in his image at Villa. He might not be able to compete with the best in the transfer market, but he has created a side who are starting to give the big four a run for their money.
Their position in the league tells you that, as do their results. They have won at United and Liverpool this season, beaten Chelsea at Villa Park and only this month took a fourth point off United with a draw on their home turf.
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'This is the vision I had when I came here,' said O'Neill.
'The only way to be in this league is to be contesting with the top teams. There's no point doing anything else. We've been here three-and-a-half years now and this is the sort of scene I would like for this football club. Year after year.
'We have got some really good players who are improving all the time. Milner has stepped into centre midfield and taken his game to a new height. Downing has come back from injury and done exceptionally well. Ashley Young is playing brilliantly right now.
'These are players who were considered to be on the periphery of the England squad a year ago but are now fighting for something at the end of the season.'
Through these players O'Neill is beginning to express himself. He has enjoyed great success at Celtic and before that at Leicester, and in that time he has proved himself both a miracle worker as well as an astute manager of top-class players like Henrik Larsson.
Cup that cheers: United boss Sir Alex Ferguson celebrates with his players after winning last year's Carling Cup at Wembley against Tottenham Hotspur
But at Villa he is acquiring the tools that allow him to demonstrate just how creative he can be. That underlines his ability to manage any team.
O'Neill will be among the candidates to succeed Ferguson one day, as he should again be considered by the Football Association when their search begins for a replacement for Fabio Capello.
O'Neill is far too modest a man to indulge in such conjecture. 'You're never sure what an outside opinion is,' he said this week. 'But it's still pretty tough to win Premier League games here.
'The top teams can win football games even when they go through difficult spells in a game. They hang in because they have players who can keep the ball. We are getting better at retaining the ball. Because we are getting better footballers. We're a better side than we were two seasons ago.'
They are a much better team with a manager who has complete control.
'Having grown up as a player and worked under a great manager like Brian Clough, my view is that you have to have control,' he said. 'If a manager doesn't have control of a club he won't have anything.
'Eventually the responsibility falls on your shoulders. What is the point letting other people make decisions for you if you get the blame?
'The job has changed. Where it's different since my day as a player, is that the manager was in control and the players had little control. Now it's gone the other way.'
Ferguson recognises the qualities in the man he is up against on Sunday.
'I know him quite well,' said the United boss.
'He's down to earth, he's intelligent and I think all his teams work hard and respect him.'
Fuelled by a very British spirit, they will be working hard to deliver for O'Neill at Wembley.
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This mission marked the military's first stateside transport of an adult patient on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, noted Air Force Lt. Col. (Dr.) Jeremy Cannon, SAMMC's trauma chief. ECMO is a heart-lung bypass system that offers a lifesaving capability for patients who aren't doing well on a ventilator, he explained.
While the technology has been used to aid ill infants and pediatric patients for about 30 years, it's only recently been shown to have lifesaving capabilities for adults, Cannon noted.
This case involved a woman in her early 30s with cystic fibrosis. She had developed viral and bacterial pneumonia that made her "incredibly ill to the point where she could no longer be safely managed on a ventilator," the doctor recalled.
After stabilizing this young mother of two and wife of an active-duty Army recruiter on ECMO, the trauma chief called on the Institute of Surgical Research Burn Flight Team and the hospital's ECMO team, as well as the 59th Medical Wing's Critical Care Air Transport Team to evacuate her to a center with expertise in using ECMO as a bridge to a lung transplant. This mission creatively brought together a group of Army and Air Force physicians, nurses and respiratory specialists for this critical patient, Cannon said.
Joined by a transplant surgeon and a perfusionist from Columbia University, the team transported the patient via ambulance from the Burn Center to the Kelly Field flight line, where they boarded a C-17 en route to the John F. Kennedy International Airport. Once in New York, an ambulance transported the patient to the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
"Since her transport now just over two weeks ago, she has made a remarkable recovery to the point where she may be able to come off of ECMO soon and is able to respond to her husband who is still at her bedside," Cannon said.
Nearly two years of hard work and preparation paid off that night, the doctor said, noting the patient "definitely wouldn't have made it without ECMO."
This patient is the third adult to be placed on ECMO at SAMMC. The first patient, also a young mother, was on this therapy for 23 days while her lungs healed from an autoimmune reaction. She's now back home with her family and doing well, Cannon said.
Cannon said he has high hopes for BAMC's ECMO program, particularly for wounded warriors critically injured in theater. He'd like to see ECMO patients transported directly from the battlefield to SAMMC where they can receive state-of-the-art trauma and ECMO care. "The idea would be to rendezvous in Germany and bring patients back to SAMMC for ongoing care even while on ECMO," he said.
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This most recent case is a perfect example, he said. "It's just incredibly heartening when all the time and effort and energy and thought put into it pays off in huge ways."
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Erik421 Jan 18, 2013 1:13 PM
in response to leodanger
Ok leodanger I will go to try this tonight as your current setting.
But why do you leave autopoweroffdelay to 14400 and autopoweroff to 0?? aren't they connected?
Thanks, I hope also solve my problem!!
Erik421 Jan 18, 2013 1:55 PM
in response to Erik421
Ps: sorry… and standbydelay why 4200??
leodanger Jan 18, 2013 2:10 PM
in response to Erik421
If it's turned off, the delay is irrelevant. You could leave it on and give it a massive delay if you wanted.
Should add that I DO still get a problem waking if the machine enters dark wake after pulling the lead, before opening the lid. However, this is still far less of a problem that the issues before (and if I open the lid before pulling the lead, it's fine).
Hopefully Apple will bring us a real solution soon...
Nt sure about standby delay. All I can tell you for sure is that setting autopoweroff to 0 solved it for me, and others. Please let us know how you get on...
Erik421 Jan 18, 2013 2:25 PM
in response to leodanger
Ok thanks.
Learn please my post on page 7 (post with image o loading bar). Had the same problems??
Thanks but this problem it's driving me crazy!!
leodanger Jan 18, 2013 2:32 PM
in response to Erik421
This is the same issue I had Erik, and have now solved.
By the way – if this solves the problem, please click like on the post giving the solution. Hopefully this will make it clear for others looking for an answer.
crackers8199 Jan 18, 2013 2:35 PM
in response to leodanger
i'm giving this a shot, but modified a little...instead of changing autopoweroff to 0, i changed autopoweroffdelay to 86400 (24 hours).
i'll leave it plugged in when i go out tonight, and we'll see if anything happens when i get home six hours or so later..
Active Profiles:
Battery Power -1
AC Power -1*
Currently in use:
standbydelay 4200
standby 0
womp 1
halfdim 1
hibernatefile /var/vm/sleepimage
sms 1
networkoversleep 0
disksleep 10
sleep 0
autopoweroffdelay 86400
hibernatemode 3
autopoweroff 1
ttyskeepawake 1
displaysleep 5
acwake 0
lidwake 1
crackers8199 Jan 19, 2013 12:23 AM
in response to crackers8199
i want to confirm that my above solution seems to have worked. i left the MBP plugged in and lid closed with the above settings for around 9 hours or so, and came home to open the lid and have an instant wake. no white screen with the loading bar...
seems leodanger is onto something...autopoweroff and autopoweroffdelay seem to be the settings we need to focus on.
leodanger Jan 19, 2013 2:02 AM
in response to crackers8199
Cool – If you leave you computer for 24 hours, then check your sleep logs (pmset -g log), you'll see the issue happen then.I spent a few weeks trying stuff to track this down, and also found another user on another thread who was coming to the same conclusions. He'd posted the settings for turning autopoweroff off, which I didn't know how to do.
I set myself an alarm and watched my MBP as it approached 4 hours... at that time, I watched the lamp on the front of my laptop extinguish, so I knew it was going to be a problem to wake.
The proof is found in looking in the sleep logs.I decided agaist setting a long time to autopoweroff, as if I don't use the machine for a while, it'll still annoy me.
I'm going to send these pages, and what I've done, to the very helpful Apple technican who's been looking after my case. It must be difficult for them to diagnose problems based on our ramblings (though there do seem to be quite a few people complaining of this issue now).
I still have an minor issue with unresponsiveness if the computer has just been put to sleep then is re-awoken, but this is the same as my old MacBook. We still have that machine, running Snow Leopard, and there is no option for autopoweroff... makes sense to me to turn it off. However, I will ask Apple what this setting actually does!
Erik421 Jan 19, 2013 3:20 AM
in response to leodanger
I confirm that the solution of LEODANGER has FIX MY PROBLEMS!!!
I used the same setting of leodanger. All night plugged in, and when I open the lid mbp was ready to go
Today I'm gone try to set standbydelay.
Great LEO!!! You are ours hero!!!!!!
mxo11 Jan 19, 2013 6:43 AM
in response to crackers8199
@crackers8199: I'm trying your solution, too (rather than changing the autopower off to 0). I'll keep you all posted...
leodanger Jan 19, 2013 7:56 AM
in response to mxo11
Or you could just try changing the delay to 300, which would be five minutes. Than watch five minutes after sleep (with the AC in), as the light on the front goes out completely, then your laptop won't start up cleanly. All you're doing by turning autopoweroff off, is stopping what happens at the end of the time you set.
W M R Jan 19, 2013 10:44 AM
in response to Jeremysimpsons
I deleted the Power Management preference file (com.apple .PowerManagement.plist), then I shut down my MacBook Pro, I did a SMC reset (shift control option and power) and a PRAM reset (Option Command P & R) before booting it again.
I never had any problems ever since! Big relief, because it really bugged me!...
leodanger Jan 19, 2013 10:46 AM
in response to W M R
That was lucky! I tried that and didn't have any joy! I also reset all my permissions, but still no luck. See you also have a Mid 2012 MBP... weird! Am going to try that now, and see what happens tomorrow morning. Will turn autopoweroff back on first...
W M R Jan 19, 2013 10:47 AM
in response to leodanger
I didn't do anything else and waited a few days befor posting, but it really fixed it!
crackers8199 Jan 19, 2013 10:58 AM
in response to leodanger
also worked flawlessly this morning...just for the **** of it, i pulled the power cord this morning before opening the lid. normally, that would have triggered the problem...but it worked fine. autopoweroff and autopoweroffdelay seem to most definitely have something to do with the issue...


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its a giant tiger chameleon asking for directions.
(or it could be sizing up to eat that person haha)
Blog!: [link]
(or it could be sizing up to eat that person haha)
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The colors on this are fantastic. Very whimsical.
rad as usual bol! love your colour selection, and it has a cute dumpy lower jaw :]
The colors and movement is amazing!
woa cool man, I really liked the WIP
SUCH hot work you're churning out, jeff!! it's all so awesome!! So lively, really wicked, vibrant illustrations, real unique style, you're goin places bro!!
I really adore your colorwork on this. the warm light and the earth tone scheme is really fantastic.
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This looks fantastic! I really loved seeing the WIPs.
Dig it!
He wouldn't really eat that dude, would he?
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In Season's fried oysters: 100 Favorite Dishes, No. 66
Though scientists have disproved the notion that oysters may only be safely eaten in months with the letter "r" in their names (May, June, July, and August), it is true that the mollusks tend to posses their best qualities when water temperatures are colder.
Chef Don Saunders, whose restaurant emphasizes the use of seasonal ingredients at their peak, has been serving up fine plates of Pacific Northwest Quilcene oysters during these fleeting winter months.
The oysters are don't look like much, lightly battered and served on thick slabs of fatty pork belly. But who needs pearls to feel rich with a combination like this? A smear of sharp mustard and shredded sweet-and-sour cabbage pretty up the plate and cut through the meaty unctuousness. We could eat these oysters every day--or at least before the warm weather arrives and they disappear.
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Over a year ago I experimented with laser-cutting nori, the dried seaweed paper used commonly in making rolled sushi. Because nori is flat, thin, and dry, it cuts extremely well with a laser, and I was able to get extraordinarily high-resolution cutouts. Because I didn't always have access to the laser, I wanted to find a way to keep producing cut nori at home--and I found one. The QuicKutz Silhouette SD Digital Craft Cutting Tool ($199) is a computer-controlled craft cutter designed for cutting paper and light cardstock. It works by moving the material backward and forward while moving a very sharp blade side to side (and up and down). Although the nori was too brittle to handle intricate cutting on the Silhouette, I was still able to successfully cut a few dozen different patterns. If you want to experiment with this technique at home, a craft cutter is the way to go.
The picture at the top is (what I'm calling) Butterfly Shrimp. It's wholly impractical, a little ridiculous, and really funny. I've also created an edible butterfly using wasabi as the body, with two wings skewered in.
The next images are of the most intricate pattern I attempted to laser-cut. It's an amalgamation of traditional Japanese stencil designs. I think of this nori sheet as a kind of edible doily… a garnish that is ornate to the highest degree. It casts cool shadows, too.
The same sheet, folded on itself. Wouldn't that make beautiful sushi?
How about a doily that goes on top of the plate? I can imagine a server pouring hot broth directly on the seaweed
I do think that there are good applications for laser-cut and laser-etched foods, nori or otherwise. You may recall that I used this technique to garnish a duck consommé a while back. Unfortunately, do to the elasticity of damp nori, this technique only works well on dry surfaces, which most sushi preparations are not. I plan to experiment in the same way with phyllo dough – my plan is to build a Moroccan-inspired "lampshade" out of a single layer of baked phyllo. We'll see how that works out!


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What are your pesonal thoughts on those who choose to have a C-sec vs give at least a somewhat natural birth in the hospital?
(I know some can't have a baby that way like my mom but she had some health concerns that at the time.)
Or the mom that wants to pick her due date?
What ever happened to letting the baby come when baby is ready??


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Do you get that warm fuzzy feeling when you see that bright happy note on your menu bar?
Yeah... I used to....
I've got 12 pages to sort through, some answered, some not, so I'm sorry if it takes a while! D:>
Yeah... I used to....
I've got 12 pages to sort through, some answered, some not, so I'm sorry if it takes a while! D:>
DA Fame and natural talent come with a price I'm sorry you don't get that fuzzy feeling anymore):
Beware of the note-monsta! Do we need to plan and stage a rescue?
Haha, no, we need to take away my inbox, or hire a secretary.
That is hilarious!
my note (s??) must be in there somewhere
wellp. Have fun
my note (s??) must be in there somewhere
wellp. Have fun
pfffff note monster is hilarious.
XD Not so funny when you are doing battle with it.
I would assume so. I have one of these chasing me except it is made of college spam. I am fending it off with a customized spam folder. Good luck with your note monster.
Good luck with all of that X'D
Good luck with all of that X'D
That feel bro, I know so well.
I'll save yo.... oh... its that big... good luck -flees-
People don't seem to get this. x3
Dun dun! X3 I was wondering why you hadn't gotten back to mine concerning the warriors books. The warm fuzzy feeling turned into an inferno, so it seems. XD
Yeah, unfortunately. ^^'
About the warriors books, I did get the second one back from my little sister. It is also a hard back and in good condition. Would you like for me to send that one as well?
That demon pile of notes looks like something from Charlie Brown! ^_^
lul, have fuuuuun! XD
Haha oh I will. I'll have oodles.
is that an alot of notes eating you?
I'm still in the warm fuzzy phase.
sorry! D:> i have contributed to strenghten the notemonster.
No no, don't worry, it's my fault for letting stuff pile up XD
Poor you. I rarely get notes but now Im glad I dont after seeing what you go through!!! XD
I don't get that many, like in the last 3 days I didn't get any at all, but sometimes I get a bunch at once, and then I can't get to them all, and they pile up.
Ouch. I have that with my deviations in my messages. (Almost 2000 right now and Im too lazy to delete anything. DX)


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REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (March 12,2013) -- Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Command commemorated 50 years since the dedication of its facility, McMorrow Laboratories, here March 12.
During the dedication of the McMorrow Laboratories March 12, 1964, Lt. Gen.(deceased) Frank S. Besson, Jr., former Army Materiel Command commander, stated that the "possibilities of work to be performed in the labs are staggering and the attainments limitless."
Employees, dignitaries and descendents of Maj. Gen. Francis J. McMorrow celebrated those accomplishments 50 years later.
"AMRDEC has always been on the forefront of providing capabilities to our Army and to our warfighters. They stand second to none in their ability to innovate and deliver engineering solutions," said Grace Bochenek, chief technology officer of AMC.
The guided multiple launch rocket system, the TOW bunker buster, the small organic precision munitions and the advanced affordable turbine engine are just a few of the innovations Gen. Dennis L. Via, commanding general of AMC, mentioned during his remarks.
Approximately 2,500 employees working for AMRDEC at Redstone Arsenal and about 10,000 worldwide are responsible for these advancements.
Despite the changes in the tactical environment and the passing of five decades Via said that one thing has remained the same -- "the quality of the men and women who work in this laboratory."
Via's comments also focused on the future of Aviation and missile development, "In order to stay ahead we must always move forward to develop the next generation of systems and that begins right here today inside this facility with the men in women who come to work here every day."
"With that in mind, we look forward to the next 50 years with hope and confidence that our Army and our nation will remain strong and free thanks to the great work being done here," Via said.
Following remarks, each of AMRDEC leaders chose items including command strategies, current artifacts and photos of personnel to seal in a time capsule.
Four of McMorrow's great grandchildren assisted in unveiling the time capsule. The young men promised to attend the 100 year anniversary ceremony in 2064.
Tom McMorrow, son of McMorrow, assisted in cutting the ceremonial cake and said the only sad thing is that his father would not want all the fuss, he would insist that the fuss would be about all of the people who did the work.
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Coke robot fascinates nation!
Remember yesterday when my review of Taco Time came out?
Remember my (relatively) brief mention of the new Coca-Cola Freestyle machine in the West Seattle location?
Yeah, well KING 5 reporter Christie Johnson was apparently really excited about the thing. She was there (along with about a billion other reporters) for the unveiling of the first Coca-Cole Freestyle at Taco Time earlier this month, and wasn't shy about her feelings for the new one-eyed Coke robot. Check out the video after the jump.
See what I mean?
I found the machine interesting because it reminded me of being a kid and illicitly mixing caffeinated cocktails from the fountain machine at the local bowling alley, saying:
"And inside they have a giant silver robot that can mix different kinds of soda together into more than 100 strange cocktails. I remember doing this myself when I was a kid--hanging out at the self-serve fountain at the bowling alley one town over and mixing Sprite, Hawaiian Punch, and ginger ale. Now I can do it again as an adult, and, happily, there is still the same tiny thrill of doing something that is just wrong. Coke and root beer were never meant to be mixed, after all. But do it as a grown-up and you'll know that the only thing missing is bourbon.
Good thing I carry a flask."
All arguments about whether or not a new soda machine actually qualifies as news aside, the Freestyle machine seems to be driving people out of their gourds with joy all over the nation. There's a YouTube video of the machine in action that has almost 100,000 views (nothing compared to a video of a kitten sneezing, but not bad for a video of a Coke machine doing nothing special), and articles from across the country written by smitten reporters and bloggers who are just suckers for anything futuristic and shiny.
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Cheaper by the Dozen 2 Throughout this movie, I kept thinking: What a waste of wonderful talent.
Yet, throughout this movie, I also listened to two lovely 8-year-old girls who laughed the entire time.
They loved it. "A-plus," they both said when I asked how they would rate the film. And because they laughed and loved it, I actually found myself feeling the same way by the closing credits.
This sequel stars three of my favorite comedians: Steve Martin, who reprises his role as the former coach and dad of the dozen; Eugene Levy, a neighbor who pushes all the wrong competitive buttons with Martin's character; and Bonnie Hunt, back as the mom of the crew. Yet, compared to what they have done in other movies, all three are disappointing. Levy and Martin become nothing more than caricatures of their comedy routines, while Hunt goes to the extreme with her deadpan mom act. No one who has children—let alone 12 children—is that calm.
The children in the family are growing up and leaving the nest, so dad tries to recapture the magic of vacation days gone by with one last Labor Day hurrah at Lake Winnetka. There is competition, more dog jokes and dad does go over the top. Still, while I rolled my eyes at the predictable jokes, the two little girls marveled and giggled right on cue.
True, this movie has its faults, such as: The plot is predictable. The sweet moments are saccharine. The humor is juvenile. And excuse me, after two movies, how is it that half of these kids are still negligible characters? But I also have to say, the lessons here are good—family is important and kids, as they get older, need guidance, not directives. There is also a lovely little subplot about tomboy daughter Sarah, played by Alyson Stoner, who has her first crush on the neighbor boy. OK, yes, I misted up as she went off on her first date.
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This was a very interesting game. You record your favorite family memories, traditions and achievements on the enclosed gift cards, and personalize the game board with family locations and milestones. Then, as you play, your family, hopefully, re-discovers those special memories as you race to the North Pole.
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Homewood's New Year's Eve Day Celebration. Celebrate with hats, horns, a balloon drop and snacks in a smoke-free and alcohol-free environment. Village Hall Auditorium. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Dec. 31. Families. Free. 2010 Chestnut Rd., Homewood. (708) 798-3000, www.homesweethomewood.com.
New Year's Eve Kids Countdown. Music, a balloon drop, party hats and noisemakers—all on the ice. Oak Lawn Ice Arena. 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Dec. 31. Families. $7, $2.50 skate rental. Extra costs for food. 9320 S. Kenton Ave., Oak Lawn. (708) 857-5173, www.olparks.com.
Ring in the New Year Celebration. Celebrate New Year's traditions from a different continent each day. Lake County Discovery Museum, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Dec. 27-29. Families with kids ages 4-12. Free with museum admission. Route 176 and Fairfield Road, Wauconda. (847) 968-3400, www.lakecountydiscoverymuseum.org.
New Year's Eve Celebration. Music, punch, cookies, hats and noisemakers. Wonder Works Children's Museum. Noon-4 p.m. Dec. 31. Families. $5, free members. 6445 W. North Ave., Oak Park. (708) 383-4815, www.wonder-works.org.
SciTech's Annual New Year's Eve Party. Ring in the New Year with hands-on activities and snacks. SciTech Hands On Museum. 2-5 p.m. Dec. 31. Families. Free with museum admission. 18 W. Benton St., Aurora. (630) 859-3434, www.scitech.museum.
Zoo Year's Eve. A special countdown, crafts and carolers. Brookfield Zoo. 5-8 p.m. Dec. 31. Families. $8, $4 kids 3-11 and seniors, free kids 2 and under. $8 parking. 8400 W. 31st St., Brookfield. (708) 485-0263, www.brookfieldzoo.org.
Winter Wonderland Holiday Light Show at the Cuneo Museum and Gardens. Visitors drive through historic grounds filled with more than 250 animated light displays. 6-10 p.m. Through Jan.1. Closed Dec. 24-25. $5 per car, $10 per car Friday-Sunday. Enter at Route 60 and Lakeview Parkway, Vernon Hills. Follow the blue and white Winter Wonderland traffic signs. (847) 362-3042, www.cuneomuseum.org.
First Night Evanston. Illinois' largest arts festival, with 19 stages hosting opera, circus performers, magicians, puppeteers and more. At midnight, see fireworks at the lake off of Church Street. 6 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Dec. 31. Families. $14, $8 kids 6-12, free kids 5 and under. Davis Street and Orrington Avenue, Evanston. (847) 475-NITE (6483), www.firstnightevanston.org.
New Year's Eve on the Plaza. Put together by volunteers for the city's Special Events Commission, this free event includes crafts for kids at the History Center, live music and free pizza, carriage rides, bowling and family karaoke. Participants receive gift certificates from local businesses and the alcohol-free atmosphere means fun for all ages. Des Plaines Library. 7:30 p.m. to midnight. Dec. 31. (847) 922-0556, www.desplaines.org/Community/NewYearsEve.htm. Alena Murguia
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Codman, MD, FACS (1869-1940) Warren H. Cole, MD, FACS (1899-1990) Frederick A. Coller, MD, FACS (1887-1964) Clinical Congress Then and Now: 2012 Staff Members at Clinical Congress, Then and Now: 2010 Clinical Congress Then and Now: 2011 The Clinical Congress: Then and Now Clinical Congress Exhibit Hall, Then and Now Clinical Congress Convocation Then and Now The Clinical Congress Exhibit Hall, Then and Now George Crile, MD, FACS (1864-1943) Provost Marshall General Enoch H. Crowder (1859-1932) Bowman C. Crowell, MD, 1879-1951 Edward P. Davis, MD, FACS, President, Volunteer Medical Service Archives Launches Digital Collections Edward Martin, MD, FACS, 1859-1938 John M. T. Finney, MD, FACS 1863-1942 The Fosdick Commission Four physicians operating on a patient in an operating room (1902) Executive Committee of the General Medical Board, President Woodrow Wilson's National Advisory Commission Dedication of the Laboratory for the Gorgas Memorial Institute for Tropical and Preventive Medicine Evarts A. Graham, MD, FACS (1883-1957) Robert Battey Greenough, MD, FACS (November 9, 1871-February 16, 1937) Eleanor K. Grimm (1891-1973) C. Rollins Hanlon, MD, FACS (1915-2011) Hippocratic Oath: Isabelle Martin's gift to the American College of Surgeons In Memoriam Major General Merritte Weber Ireland 1867-1952 Journal of the American College of Surgeons Celebrates its Centennial Hilger Perry Jenkins, MD, FACS, 1902-1970 Olga Jonasson, MD, FACS (1934-2006) Allen B. Kanavel, MD, FACS 1874-1938 Loyal Davis, MD, FACS (1896-1982) Malcolm T. MacEachern, MD, CM The Great Mace Sir James Mackenzie, 1853-1925 The Martins in Fiji, February 1924 Portrait of Franklin H. Martin, MD, FACS (1857-1935) Isabelle and Franklin Martin 1927 Testimonials for Franklin H. Martin, MD, FACS Rudolph Matas, MD, FACS (1860-1957) Highlight: The Friendship of Franklin H. Martin and William Mayo Mary McKibbin-Harper, MD (1873-1961) Jose Mendonca Surgeon of the Faculty of Medicine Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The 1919 "Minimum Standard" document Sir Berkeley George Andrew Moynihan Lord Moynihan of Leeds (1865-1936) Isabelle Martin's War Service The J.B. Murphy Auditorium John Benjamin Murphy, MD, FACS 1857-1916 Howard C. Naffziger, MD, FACS (1884-1961) Melvin N. Newquist, MD, FACS and the ACS Industrial Medicine Program Albert J. Ochsner Dr. Vittorio Putti (1880-1940) "RN: Serving All Mankind" (1942) Edward George Sandrok (1913 -1967) H. Prather Saunders, MD, FACS The History of ACS Sectional Meetings The Nicholas Senn Club Dinner, (1906) (Isabelle Hollister Martin Papers) Harry Mitchell Sherman, MD, FACS (1856-1921) Frank C. Spencer, MD, FACS J. Bentley Squier, MD, FACS Committee on Standardization of Medical and Surgical Supplies and Equipment of President Woodrow Wilson's WWI General Medical Board F.N.G. Starr, MD, FACS Harold Montelle Stephens, LLD (1886-1955), Second Director of the American College of Surgeons George W. Stephenson, MD, FACS, 1902-1998 George David Stewart, MD, FACS Charles F. Stokes, MD, FACS (1863-1931) Visiting Surgeons from Abroad Owen H. Wangensteen President Woodrow Wilson Writes to Franklin Martin, MD, FACS Louis Tompkins Wright, MD, FACS (1891–1952) 1914 Invitation to First Annual Meeting of the American College of Surgeons Online December 22, 2006 A sample of the invitation to the first annual meeting of the American College of Surgeons, in which the third convocation took place, reveals much about the early history of the College. Sent out by ACS founder Franklin H. Martin, MD, FACS, as General Secretary of the College, the letter documents several little known facts about the early history of the College and the sometimes confusing numbering of the Clinical Congresses, convocations, and annual meetings of the College. The Clinical Congress of Surgeons North America, which had begun meeting in 1910, preceded the 1913 founding of the College. Dr. Martin states that at least 1,500 surgeons are expected at this first annual meeting of the College in 1914. Over 1,000 surgeons had been listed in the first Yearbook of Fellows of 1913, another 1,065 inducted into the College at the second convocation. At this third convocation another 646 surgeons became Fellows, making the College membership more than double in its earliest years. The ACS letterhead on the invitation listed 30 N. Michigan Avenue as the College's address, the personal office of Martin. On the agenda for this first annual meeting of the new ACS in November 1914, is discussion of a permanent home for the College, about which Martin said, "It is the judgment of your Secretary that the permanent home of the American College of Surgeons should be located in a city other than Chicago. Chicago is already the home of one of the strongest medical organizations in the country, and on the grounds of equity alone, another city should have the honor of housing this new and powerful organization—the American College of Surgeons." However, the Board eventually decided that Chicago should be the home of the College and the Nickerson mansion became its headquarters in 1920, and remained so until 1963. The letter also documents the fact that there were two convocations in 1914, the only year that this was to have happened, and that neither one was held in conjunction with a Clinical Congress. The first convocation had been held on November 13, 1913 in Chicago in conjunction with the fourth Annual Clinical Congress of Surgeons of North America. The second convocation was held on June 22, 1914, in Philadelphia and the third held in Washington, DC on November 6, 1914. It was not until 1917 that the Clinical Congresses merged with the American College of Surgeons and the convocations from then on were held as part of the College's annual meeting. William McIllwaine Thompson was an 1892 graduate of Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital in Chicago and a 1903 graduate of the Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago. He first appears in the 1914 ACS Yearbook with an office a few blocks from Franklin Martin's. His last entry is in the 1935 Yearbook as a consulting surgeon, U.S. Marine Hospital, Chicago, and with an address in Arizona. No other information about how his letter came to be preserved in the ACS archives is available at this time. For more previously unpublished information about the College's earliest years, visit the ACS Archives and see the 29 notebooks of recollections and ACS compiled history of Eleanor Grimm, secretary to Dr. Franklin Martin from 1913 until his death in 1935. Among Miss Grimm's many roles at the College during her career was meeting planner, chief credentials officer, editor of the Bulletin and the Yearbook, secretary to the Board of Regents, member of the Administrative Board of the College, and ultimately executive administrator of the ACS until her retirement in 1951 when she began compiling the history.