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Maine Pie Line's Bittersweet Chocolate Pecan Pie
Many people say they don't like Pecan Pie because it is too sweet or leaves a strange aftertaste. That sticky strange sweetness is corn syrup. Pecan pie was made in the U.S. long before the invention of corn syrup - and, in this case, the old-fashioned pecan pie is smoother, lighter and...well...better! Here is the Maine Pie Line's not-so-secret recipe for a better pecan pie - without corn syrup and with a healthy dose of bourbon and chocolate. The browned butter gives the pie a nice deep flavor.
• 1.5 C All Purpose Flour
• 2 teaspoon granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ C butter cut into small pieces
• ¼ C ice water
• 2 cups pecans
• ½ stick regular (salted) butter
• ¼ C bittersweet chocolate (chopped into small pieces or you can use bittersweet chocolate chips)
• ¾ C water
• 3 eggs
• 1.5 C brown sugar
• 1.5 T bourbon (If you don't have bourbon, any whisky will do here)
• 1 T vanilla extract
1) For the crust, mix flour, baking soda, sugar, and salt together in a large mixing bowl.
2) Add cold butter and cut into flour with two forks, a pastry cutter, or your fingers until the flour resembles cornmeal (Note: be careful to not over mix the butter - small chunks of butter will make the crust flaky. You should be able to see streaks of butter in an unbaked pie crust.) Add ice water and knead dough until it just comes together in a semi-cohesive ball. Do not overwork it or the crust will become tough.
3) Flatten into a thin round of dough and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least one hour. If you would like to make the dough in advance, it will keep in the refrigerator for up to five days before being used.
4) Preheat oven to 375F
5) Partially pre-bake pie crust by covering the pie crust with foil and weigh down with pie weights. Cook for 15 minutes with foil. Remove from oven and remove foil and pie weights. Put the pie back in the oven for 7 more minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.
6) Reduce temperature to 350F.
7) Put pecans on a small baking sheet and toast in the oven for 6 minutes or until fragrant.
8) Brown the butter over medium-high heat in a small saucepan stirring constantly. You will know the butter is browned when the foam from cooking subsides and there are small brown speckles on the bottom of the pan (Note: if there are black speckles, you have cooked it for too long).
9) When the butter is browned, add the water and cook for a minute longer until water is hot, but not boiling. Remove the pan from the stove and add the bittersweet chocolate. Let sit in the water/butter mixture to melt for 3-5 minutes. Whisk the mixture together until smooth.
10) In the meantime, mix the eggs and brown sugar in bowl until frothy.
11) Slowly pour the chocolate mixture into the egg mixture, stirring vigorously. Mix in the bourbon and vanilla until fully blended.
12) Place the pecans into the bottom of the partially pre-baked pie shell then pour in the filling mixture.
13) Bake the pie for 40 minutes or until the center of the pie is semi-firm and now long wiggles when the pie is moved.
14) Let cool for at least 2 hours before cutting into the pie (this is the hardest part!)
(Notes: If you would like to have a more golden crust, brush an egg wash on the crust about 15 minutes before it is done baking. You can make this pie a day in advance.)


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Saddle Drive: All the latest from Salsa and Foundry
- By Nick Legan
- Published Aug. 2, 2012
- Foundry's Riveter is an aggressive geometry, disc-brake road bike. Nevermind that you can't race it. Like all Foundrys it is only offered in a black/gray. Photo: Nick Legan
- Whisky, Foundry's component-making sister, will be offering 32-hole carbon clincher rims. Whisky also makes the No. 9 forks that feature on all of Foundry's new models. The thru-axle disc brake fork is the first of its kind. Photo: Nick Legan
- Foundry made sure the Riveter was Di2 ready. The only minor issue is that the next generation of Shimano electronic front derailleurs will have the wire plug in from the back side of the seat tube. Photo: Nick Legan
- The Riveter will be both Di2 and mechanical compatible. Photo: Nick Legan
- The Riveter's rear brake is mounted on the chainstay with nice, internal cable routing. Photo: Nick Legan
- The seatstay on the Riveter is similar to the one used on the Auger, Foundry's previous cyclocross bike turned utility all-rounder. Photo: Nick Legan
- The Thresher uses monocoque construction and longer chainstays to act as Foundry's endurance road bike. Photo: Nick Legan
- Unlike the Harrow cyclocross model, the Thresher doesn't use a dropped chainstay. Notice the 32-hole carbon clincher rims from Whisky. One current issue with disc brake road wheels is the prevalence of 32-hole mountain bike rims and lack of carbon 32-hole road rims. Photo: Nick Legan
- The shift cables pass through the head tube before getting to the housing stops on the down tube. Foundry isn't the first to do it, but it is a nice touch that keeps the head tube from cable housing scuffs. Photo: Nick Legan
- The external routing on the Thresher is a bit more straightforward than the internal routing on the Riveter. A PressFit 30 bottom bracket means that with adapters, most cranks are compatible with the frame. Photo: Nick Legan
- The Thresher uses the 49mm offset Whisky No. 9 fork. Hayes mechanical disc brakes are proving to be a popular spec on drop bar disc brake bikes. Photo: Nick Legan
- The Harrow is Foundry's new cyclocross model. The SRAM Red model will retail for $4,195. Photo: Nick Legan
- The dropped chainstay is supposed to give more vertical compliance and Foundry isn't alone in implementing the idea; Blue and BMC also use similar shapes in their chainstays. Photo: Nick Legan
- Rear tire clearance isn't as good as on the Whisky fork, but should be plenty for most areas. Photo: Nick Legan
- The sight of whispy seatstays is becoming standard. They allow for good vertical compliance. The Harrow is no exception. Photo: Nick Legan
- The Harrow, like all of Foundry's new models, uses a Whisky No. 9 thru axle disc brake fork. The cyclocross version has massive tire clearance. Whisky engineers managed to stuff a 2.0" tire in it. Photo: Nick Legan
- $2,500 will buy you Salsa's gravel racer, the aluminum Warbird 2. Photo: Nick Legan
- Like the titanium model, the Warbird 2 uses a PressFit 30 bottom bracket. Photo: Nick Legan
- Full length cable housing means reliable shifting and braking, though a bit more weight. Photo: Nick Legan
- Hed Belgium rims are of the latest, wide generation. They are a nice spec on the Colossal. Photo: Nick Legan
- Like the steel Colossal 2, the Colossal Ti frame uses a 44mm head tube and a tapered steerer. Note the clearance on the Enve fork: this is a road bike. Photo: Nick Legan
- The Colossal Ti is made for long days in the saddle. With low key sandblasted graphics and red accents, the look of the Colossal is sure to please. Photo: Nick Legan
- Full cable housing ensures that the bad conditions associated with cyclocross won't adversely affect the shifting and braking of the Harrow. The large PressFit 30 bottom braket allows for large, stiff tube shapes. Photo: Nick Legan
- With long days in mind, Salsa included a third bottle cage mount under the down tube. Photo: Nick Legan
- The use of a 24mm spindle Shimano crank on a PressFit 30 bottom bracket requires the use of an adapter, in this case from Parlee. Photo: Nick Legan
- The Colossal 2 comes with an Enve carbon fork, Salsa cockpit, WTB saddle and SRAM Apex White components. Photo: Nick Legan
- The Colossal is named after a café in Minneapolis where many Salsa employees meet for breakfast. Photo: Nick Legan
- The Colossal uses a 44mm head tube, allowing for the use of straight or tapered steerers (tapered in this case). Photo; Nick Legan
- New for 2013 is Salsa's Vaya Travel with S&S couplers and stainless steel tubing. Photo: Nick Legan
- The complete Vaya Travel is smarly spec'd with a triple drivetrain. Photo: Nick Legan
- What could be simpler than a single speed travel bike? With the Alternator swinging dropouts, it's easy to build the Vaya Travel as one. It also makes drivetrain failures far from home less of a worry. Photo: Nick Legan
- With an English bottom bracket, S&S couplers, Alternator dropouts and a full complement of rack and fender mounts, the Vaya Travel is an extremely versatile bike. Photo: Nick Legan
A couple weekends ago I headed to the mountains of Utah to check out the latest from Quality Bicycle Products and its associated bike brands. Here I'll go into the new offerings and updates to the 2013 drop bar models from Salsa and Foundry. For info on the latest off-road offerings please click over to Singletrack.com.
Foundry Cycles has three new drop bar models for 2013, all in carbon, all with disc brakes, and all with thru axles on the front wheels. PressFit 30 bottom brackets, double bottle bosses and Whisky forks with tapered steerers are also standard on all three models. Foundry also offers a 10-year warranty to the original owner on all Foundry bike models.
The Riveter is a claimed 1,060-gram, tube-to-tube construction, disc-brake road machine with aggressive race geometry. Foundry says the Riveter "is a no-holds-barred race bike through and through." The only small problem with that is the Riveter, with its disc brakes, isn't legal for sanctioned road events. But that may change in the future. With a chainstay-mounted rear brake and internal cable routing, the complete bike, available only in black/gray, has a low key, refined look. Foundry will offer the Riveter in three build packages ranging from $5,175 for a SRAM Red model to a 105-equipped base model priced at $2,715. A bare frame will run $2,199, meaning that the complete bikes, as expected, are a much better value.
The Thresher uses monocoque construction, longer chainstays and a fork with increased offset to create Foundry's endurance road bike. Again, it uses disc brakes and Whisky's No. 9 thru axle fork. Frame weights are a little heavier than the Riveter at 1,200 grams. The Thresher's rear brake is mounted to a braced seatstay and cables are routed externally with a nice through-head tube cable guide feature. Stack and reach numbers of the Thresher are identical to the Riveter, with nice middle-of-the-road figures. The increased wheelbase should make for a more stable bike, though. Like the Riveter, Foundry will offer the Thresher in three complete builds and as a frameset. Pricing runs from $5,125 to $2,949 for complete bikes and $1,800 for a frame.
Last but not least is the Harrow, Foundry's newest take on a cyclocross bike. It doesn't replace the Auger that Foundry unveiled at Interbike last year, which is available in rim or disc brake versions. Instead, Foundry will market the Auger as a more utilitarian bike, with fenders included on complete bikes. The Harrow, meanwhile, actually has a slightly heavier frame compared to the Auger (1,150 grams vs. 1,060 grams) but should be stiffer thanks to a massive square-shaped down tube and more compliant with its spindly seatstay wishbone. With full cable housing and ample tire clearance, the Harrow looks to be a great foul weather 'cross machine. If you've noticed a theme in the offerings, you'll already know that Foundry will offer the Harrow in three complete builds and as a frameset. Pricing starts at $4,195 for a SRAM Red bike and drops as low as $2,850 for a Shimano 105 bike. A frame will set you back $2,000.
Unfortunately for cyclocrossers, the Harrow, like its Riveter and Thresher siblings, won't be available until early 2013. But Foundry is booking orders now, so check with your local shop to see if they have them on the way.
Salsa has two new drop bar models on offer for 2013. The Colossal is a disc-brake road bike, named after a café in Minneapolis, offered in both titanium and steel. The tag line for the bike is: "Colossal. Eat a big breakfast." That hits at the intended use of the bike. Less road racer and more endurance road bike, it has clearance for 28mm tires but no more. So don't buy it thinking you'll slap on cyclocross rubber. Both models use Enve's disc-brake carbon fork. Salsa will offer a complete bike in each frame material, at $3,900 for the complete titanium bike and $2,400 for the steel rig. Framesets cost $2,500 and $1,200 respectively.
The Warbird, offered in aluminum and titanium, is a dedicated gravel-racer from Salsa. Tested at events like the Dirty Kanza 200, the finished product is a smart take on the ever-growing gravel segment. With a lower bottom bracket and larger front triangle than a typical cyclocross bike, the Warbird is designed to be stable over rough roads and allow room for two bottle cages and a top tube-mounted bag for long days. For many, it replaces the much loved, disc brake-equipped La Cruz model that Salsa retired a few seasons ago. Look to spend $3,900 for a complete Warbird Ti and $2,500 for a complete Warbird 2 (aluminum). Titanium framesets will cost $2,500 and an aluminum framset will be $1,300.
Salsa is also offering the Vaya, its disc brake touring bike, in a stainless steel, S&S-coupled "Travel" version. The use of Salsa's Alternator swinging dropouts makes building a single speed travel bike very appealing. Without paint or decals to damage in transit or in travel, the bike should find a following quickly. Complete Vaya Travel bikes will run $3,950 with an Ultegra triple group and stout DT Swiss wheels. The frameset will cost $2,200. Neither cost includes a travel case, but there are many good options on the market.
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One of the first truly huge entertainment weekends of the summer is upon us, let's consider the things you HAVE to do each day and skip the other stuff, shall we?
Thursday: OK, for fans of incredible singers and songwriters, this date proffers a true dilemna. On the one hand, living legend and former Creedence frontman John Fogerty, pictured above, is playing at a dream venue, Park City's Deer Valley, while super-talented Texas lyricist James McMurtry is downtown at the Utah Arts Festival. I'd normally never miss either show, but with them both in town and because McMurtry routinely visits the SLC area, I'll opt for Fogerty and his second-to-none songbook. Seeing this guy and his reportedly top-flight band outdoors in the mountains is something I can't resist—and neither should you. Tickets remain on sale at fteslc.com. Doors open at at 6 p.m., coolers are welcome and the show starts at 7 p.m. with Byron Friedman opening.
Friday: On this one, it's time to head for the Utah Arts Fest as Oregon-based bluesman Curtis Salgado brings his modern, worthy blues sounds into SLC for a rare blast of authentic blues goodness. This show starts at 9:45 p.m. at the Ampitheater Stage.
Saturday: If you've enjoyed enough of the Utah Arts Fest for the time being, a great alternative to the heat and crowds downtown happens up at Snowbird as their Cool Air Concert Series resumes this week with a 6 p.m. show featuring a guaranteed, dancable good time with Chicago Afrobeat Project. Having seen these guys before, I can assure skeptics they are impossible not to like. Coolers are welcome, but not the family pet. Regardless, this will be a low-key, family-friendly treat.
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04/23/2008, Flamenco Marina
Hideko met a couple of girls from the Japanese Embassy at the mall today. they were very nice and took Hideko to the local Asian grocery to help us provision. Nobu joined them. I think we had a good percentage of the Panama Japanese population on the boat.
We have been shopping like crazy. It is amazing how many groceries we can stash away in our boat. I am carefully watching the waterline.
04/22/2008, Amador Causway, Panama City
Flamenco Marina is filled with Sport Fishers. There are maybe 10 sailboats. Maybe. We are on a dock along the break water where the commercial launches come and go. Not optimal but fine. It is interesting to watch the tide go up and down 15 feet. Haven't seen that before.
The marina has good power and water and is in general a nice place. Expensive but nice. Hard to find someone who speaks English around here but it is doable if you look long enough. My Spanish is getting better but is still not clear of the entertaining zone.
There are lots of great restaurants here and free internet at Benegans which has very good food. The Internet on the dock is $18 a day or $50 a week.
We spent the morning with our guest crew and then saw them all off on their way back to Shelter Bay. Then we closed up the boat, turned on the air conditioning and took the day off.
04/21/2008, The Panama Canal
We got up at around 6:30, which was the time we expected the new advisor. We fired up the Genset to give it a nice fresh water rinse. I was interesting to see Swingin' on a Star riding low in the salt free lake water. We made some Lattes and got the boat ready to go. At 7AM the advisor came aboard and we were off.
Regist was our mentor for this leg of the journey and he was also a very laid back and experienced sailor. All of the advisors work for the canal company. Some are security guys others are captains of the various launches running about. Regist was a captain and he really new his stuff.
We motored out of the anchorage and into the Banana channel. We were the last boat to leave with the exception of the large motor yacht. As we got into the narrow Banana channel and caught up with the other sailboats I noticed the motor yacht coming up fast. Apparently the Pilot was driving the boat. I thought for sure he would shut things down as he passed all of the little sail boats. Nope. He blasted by leaving a huge wake that almost boarded the little 30 footer in front of us. Jerks can be found the world over. Later in the day we heard a pusher tug yelling at the same guy on the radio. He had waked them the same way and snapped one of the lines they had running to the barge they were pushing.
Once the motor yacht was out of sight things became tranquil. The jungle paced by on both sides and everyone kept a good eye out for crocodiles. Some of the smaller boats put sails up to make more way. We just motored along and ended up at the front of the pack by noon.
The canal is under constant construction. They blow up this bit to make it deeper or wide, dreg this bit to remove the bits from explosions or run off, and on. It was great to have the AIS on so that we could watch the big boats coming through the narrow as we reached the Galliard cut.
It was a hot day and we parked under the bridge of the Americas for a while to wait for Galletia to catch up. After a short wait Galletia came along side and we motored into the Pedro Miguel lock. The motor yacht and the large sail boat had already run through so we were at the front.
Going down was much easier. The wall guys are at your level so the monkey's fists can almost be handed over. Going down there is less turbulence as well and you let the lines out instead of pulling them in. The lake is about 80 some feet above sea level so each lock chamber drops you down about 30 feet.
Once out in Pedro Miguel we motored across the Mira Flores lake still rafted up and entered the Mira Flores Locks. There is a great Panama Canal Museum here with a big observation deck. It was fun to wave and yell at all of the on lookers.
The last two chambers went quickly and before we knew it we were sailing in the Pacific Ocean. Our crew, Peter, Debbie, Josh, Mattias and Nobu had done a great job. Hideko and I couldn't have asked for a better passage.
We waved good bye to Galletia as we unrafted and headed out to Flamenco Island. A Pilot boat picked Regist up just before we reached the end of the causeway that stretches along the little islands running to port as you exit the canal channel.
We rounded Flamenco Island and pulled into Flamenco Marina. We had to park twice because they were so crowded. Our spot was on the dock used by the cruise ship launches (there's no cruise ship port in Panama City yet). We had to wait until about 6PM to get settled. But settle we did. After an early dinner at one of the several good restaurants on the causeway we all hit our bunks and went straight to sleep.
04/20/2008, Panama Canal
Wow, it was a long day. We got up early to get things going with the swap meet on the dock. It was strange to walk out into the cockpit and see it open with no dinghy. Hideko and I will really miss Little Star. Having no dinghy we decided to go into Flamenco Marina on the other side of the canal until our new dinghy comes. Flamenco is almost completely filled with permanent residents of the sport fisher flavor so it is hard to get a slip. We tried a couple times and got turned down the first time. After a few days we contacted Ken, the guy in charge of all of the docks, and got a spot.
We had a hard time deciding what to do with the cruising guides and charts of the Caribbean. You get attached to these things. You use them a lot to find stores, services and sights to see when you're cruising, they're kind of a log of where you've been. We try to keep our catamaran light (for her size) and to do that you really need to consider every little thing, but especially heavy things. A stack of cruising guides displaces some water. They are also going to do nothing but sit for three years or so until we get back to the Caribbean. Seeing that they will be five or six years old by then, we'd probably want to buy new ones anyway. Taking a boat slowing, depreciating asset on a world tour didn't seem like the right thing to do. So we kept the best charts of the areas we thought we'd really like to come back to and sold the rest.
After the dock sale I ran across Bruce the dock/yard manager and we got to talking about ukuleles. I had no idea he was a uk guy. He had like 8 uks on his boat. Just goes to show that you should try to get to know your neighbors in the marina sooner rather than later. After commiserating about the missed opportunities for a good uk jam I made him an offer on a 8 string. I only have a 4 string and the 8s sound really nice and full. We said goodbye and I left with a nice new uk. Get rid of some weight add some weight.
Hideko was going crazy cleaning the boat when I got back. She had made a tasty casserole to feed everyone for dinner. It is a big leap to plan the food bit of a canal transit for a crew used to two mouths. We had an additional family of four, Nobu and an ACP advisor joining us increasing the intake substantially.
We checked in on the VHF radio with the canal and the current instructions were to be out in the F anchorage (the only yacht anchorage) by 17:00. So we targeted a 16:00 arrival and a 15:30 departure from Shelter Bay. All of our crew were aboard and ready to go at around 15:00. So, after a month of waiting, we fired up the Yanmars and idled out into Lemon Bay.
It is a big bay. Without really cranking up the throttle it probably takes a full half hour to get from your slip to the anchorage. As we neared the flats we could easily identify the other boats making the canal transit with us. They all had every fender they owned out as well as a batch of rented tires. We rented ten tires and used eight fenders with one kept in reserve on the tramps for emergencies. You could use less but I wouldn't. The ten tires cost us $70 and came wrapped in plastic with little blue lines.
It was great to have four able bodied crew. Usually Hideko and I decide to do something and then we go do it, and it takes a while. With four adults and two young men on deck I could simply ask for something and it was done in the bat of an eye. They had the tires and fenders adjusted before I could even get out of the marina. It's nice to have crew!
Our transit was to be an unusual one. Being so backed up, the canal decided to start moving larger groups of yachts through the canal at one time. Recently they were running three through every other day. The three would raft up, pull in behind a freighter and go through. This is what Margaret and I experienced when we went through as line handlers. With us they were running 10 yachts through with no shipping. We had a large power boat and a sail boat, both over 100 feet, and eight yachts 30 to 55 feet. New boats arriving in Colon were waiting eight weeks currently so it was nice that they were trying to do something.
As we sat on anchor we checked in with the canal every so often by radio. Not surprisingly they delayed the arrival of the advisors several times and it was dark before we got a time that finally stuck. We fed the crew dinner and waited patiently.
At around 18:00 a pilot boat entered the crowded anchorage. Not knowing who they needed to single out in the crowded anchorage they simply stood off and called yachts over the radio to come to them. We were first up so we brought in the anchor and made out way to the pilot boat.
The pilot boats are big steel jobs and you don't want to bump one. You have to get close enough for the advisor to safely step aboard however. This can be interesting depending on the wind, which had started to kick up. I approached the pilot boat and stopped, assuming they would want to do the maneuvering since they had all of the horsepower. We had the side gate open and after a bit of back and forth on the radio to position the boats in the wind properly we helped Mesa, our advisor aboard.
Mesa was a fun guy and had been an advisor on the yacht Margaret went through with. She had apparently made quite an impression because made me promise to say hello to her from him. "Hi Margaret." Once you have the advisor aboard you are done with the radio until you are out into the pacific. The advisors exclusively coordinate with the canal and the other advisors, which is a nice service.
We were motoring around in the anchorage under the assumption that we would be heading for the locks to raft up. Then they delayed the transit. Then they delayed again. I the end it would have been better if I had just re-anchored. As it was we motored in place, keeping the bow to the gusty breeze for almost two hours. After several false starts we finally got the go ahead to proceed to the locks.
The canal runs like a conveyor belt. Everyone scheduled to go through has a number and you simply pull in behind the guy with the number one above yours. Every day (00:00) the sequence starts over. We were something like 84A, designating the 84th lockage of the day and the letter ("A" in our case) being an anomaly allowing all of the yachts to have a unique identifier.
When the big ship with the number before us went by we pulled into the canal channel. We had made friends with another yacht crossing tonight named Galetia, a German boat with two guys named Wolfgang aboard (what else?). We asked Mesa if we could raft with them and he got it done. I knew that Wolfgang was a professional skipper and had gone through the canal with him when we both served as line handlers. My greatest fear in going through the canal was to be rafted with an unstable captain. Margaret's tale among others had me quite happy to be hooked up with Galetia.
As we approached the locks we stayed well to the starboard side of the channel. The marks were IALA B on this side with the red nuns running right off of our starboard rail. We kept a little bit of way on as we pulled into the channel to wait for Galetia. Wolfgang had his third crew member Claudia (name?) driving and she did a great job bringing Galetia along side. We rafted up and moved into the locks behind the two mega yachts.
We were lucky with only two boats in our raft. The beam of our cat was the reason. Most yacht rafts have a 50 foot monohull in the center and an smaller boat on the sides. The port side boat takes the two port wall lines and the starboard side boat takes the two starboard side lines. The center boat just drives while the outside skippers stand by with engines running in case. Our setup required us to drive and take two lines to port, while Galetia handled the starboard lines.
When you get into the out lock area the guys on the wall throw bolas down on deck. The bolas consist of a thin twine like messenger line with a monkey's fist on the end. Best plan here is to watch them throw it and then get out of the way. Cover your solar panels so that they don't shatter if an errant monkey's fist strikes them.
The guys tossed the lines down and hit the deck making it easy for the crew to grab the lines. I couldn't help but wonder at the fact that not one bola hit the tramps the whole trip, which I would prefer to the gel coat. The crew tied the large lines we had rented (you probably don't want to put your own lines through a canal transit) onto the messengers and we then moved the raft into the first chamber. The guys on the wall walk the lines on their side into the chamber and then haul up your large lines. The end you send them has a large eye that they drop onto the bollards on the wall. At that they walk away and you are alone in the lock.
When everyone was in position in the lock (which took a while with five boats/rafts) the doors closed. The ride up is more turbulent and more work than the ride down. Everyone was pretty amped up because other than the advisor and Peter and myself (with a whopping one transit each) it was the first time in the locks.
The water bubbles in from the bottom of the chamber and the raft swayed a little on the lines. The crew have to pull the lines in at the right speed to keep the entire raft in the center of the lock. It sounds easy but communications across the boats are critical. If you have a language barrier and a boat in the middle it could be challenging. We had just two boats and everyone spoke English so all went perfectly.
Once at the top of the chamber they open the deeper gates and the wall crew sends the big lines back down to the yacht. Then I motor the raft into the next chamber as the wall guys walk the messenger lines forward. Once in position the wall guys take the messenger lines in and drop the big lines back on the next set of bollards, the gates close and the process repeats.
It was midnight when we exited the third and last chamber in the Gatun Locks. We motored out into the lake a bit and unrafted then headed to the anchorage off to port by the Panama Canal Company's Gatun Lake Yacht Club. They have a wonderful dock but you are not allowed to use it. There are two ship moorings which are rubber and plastic. You can et one boat on each side and then you have to raft up from there. We decided to anchor instead.
We said a hearty goodbye to Mesa as he rode off in the pilot boat that came to pick him up. We all had a quick beer and a toast to a successful locking. It was 2AM when we finally shut down and the new advisor was arriving in four and a half hours.
04/19/2008, Shelter Bay Marina
After you've been in a marina for a while you get to know many of the locals. Shelter Bay is an interesting spot because it is so far from everything. It makes the odds of running into someone on a boat in the marina during your day very high.
Bruce and April are a couple from the US west coast living on their cat in the marina. Bruce runs the dock and April is a representative for Marine Warehouse. They are a wonderful family with two great kids and some wild pets. They are currently rehabilitating a toucan and a little sloth. Both are very cute (sloth pictured).
We have met many folks going east and many going west and some planning to stay put for a while. Our new friend Ed just hauled out his Norseman 430 in the Shelter Bay yard. We met Ed our first day on the dock and have enjoyed his company when he has stopped by the marina. Ed has purchased Little Star for his place out in Bocas Del Toro and is likely to join us on the trip to the Galapagos.
Our friends Peter, Debbie and their kids Josh and Mattias on Sea-u-manana arrived a few days ago. They are spending a lot of time in town trying to replace a number of electronics items that some unscrupulous individuals stole from their boat in Columbia. The four of them have agreed to help us out tomorrow as line handlers on our boat as we transit the canal.
Nobu from Wakamizu has also agreed to join us for the trip through the canal. Including Hideko, that gives us four adult line handlers plus the skipper which is what the canal requires. After going through once I'd say that is also a minimum. It is nice to have one person to sweat the line and one to bring it in when you are going up at Gatun. If you end up with three or four lines on you boat (not likely but it can happen) you'll have everyone working hard.
There's a swap meet at Shelter tomorrow morning so we've collected a pile of stuff to get off of the boat. We'll sell what we can and then head through the canal. Very exciting stuff!
04/18/2008, Shelter Bay
I hate to say it but we have decided to sell Little Star, our dinghy. The longer distances you need to cover to explore in the Pacific and the desire to go fast with guests aboard were our primary motivations. We loved Little Star and it was a hard decision. Crazy to get sentimental over a dinghy, I know, but these things happen.
After looking around quite a bit we ordered a new 12' AB with a 25hp Yamaha 2 stroke from Marine Warehouse. Marine Warehouse is run by Albert in Miami but they have offices in Panama. These guys are fantastic for shipping to Panama and other out of the way destinations (http://www.marinewarehouse.net). We had a very good experience with them.
Some folks had come over to purchase the Yamaha 8 hp outboard today so I put it on their boat and told them that it was a one pull motor. Four hundred pulls later it would not start. Needless to say they didn't buy the motor.
I'm not much of a 2 stroke mechanic but fortunately our neighbors are. Paul and Colin began tearing the thing apart before I could blink an eye. We had thought we were going to be through the canal in a week when we arrived so the outboard had been sitting with fuel in it. Normally you run a 2 stroke out of fuel before laying it up so that the oil in the fuel mix doesn't gunk things up.
After cleaning up the injector nozzle and sprayer the motor looked great. Colin put it back together and it ran like brand new. Cruisers are really cool people. I have now added, "recently serviced by an expert mechanic" to the for sale sign.
04/17/2008, Colon
We paid our canal bill today. Ouch.
Crossing the Panama canal is not cheap. The admeasurer measured us in at 49' and change but after looking at our documentation, recorded us at 50'. He indicated that he had to record us at the greater of the ships documentation or the measurement. The difference between 49'11" and 50' is about $350. If you have a 50 footer and want to sooth your anguish over the extra change simply consider the average cargo ship's vig, which is in the neighborhood of $250,000 a trip. Could be $500,000 or more if they buy a premium slot.
The current wait for new yachts arriving is 8 weeks. This pretty much eliminates cruising plans for the South Pacific. If you arrived today 4/18 and went through in three to four days (as one might expect) you could be in French Polynesia by June after a nice stop in the Galapagos. This gives you plenty of time to get to New Zealand or Australia and see the sights on the way. Add two months and you end up in French Polynesia in August staring storm season in the face and with 3,000 or more nautical miles still to cover.
Two boats we have talked to have come into Colon, received their date, had a melt down and then arranged freight. By this I mean they have pulled the mast off of the boat, packed it up and put it on a ship, or a truck in one case, bound for Panama City. On the other side you unpack the boat and put the mast back on, then sail away. This could run you $3,000 to $10,000 for a small boat. It is also a little more hazardous for the boat. That said it is a whole lot faster, running perhaps a week and a half or two.
Our tab ran something like this:
$910 - Toll for the Panama Canal
$300 - Taxes
$350 - Agents Fee
$100 - Rental of 4 Lines
$070 - Rental of 10 tires
$086 - Miscellaneous vigorish (not sure what this was for)
$090 - Charge for using a VISA (that VISA tells everyone not to charge in their contract)
The only ways to reduce this are to get an admeasurer that will record what he measures (our sister ship benefitted from this treatment) and/or cut the agent out. A 49'11" boat is good for a $350 savings and doing it yourself without the agent will cut out another $350 to $400.
While pricey I think I would use our agent, Enrique Plummer 507-6674-2086, again if I had it to do over. Enrique is bilingual and for us with our poor Spanish this is a pretty big help. Enrique generally answers his phone and gets back to you quickly if you have to leave a message. This may seem trivial, but I assure you it is above and beyond the call in this neck of the woods. Such expeditious turn around may make the difference between being moved up and staying in line. Enrique also cleared us in and will clear us out. We have never had to talk to anyone but Enrique and everything has been hassle free. He sourced the lines and tires (Panama Fenders) for the transit and has kept us posted on all of the timing issues.
I have seen others lose their spot due to payment issues (a VISA won't clear because the bank has stopped the card for possible fraud, etc...) or they have just missed a communication from the ACP. Agents have corporate accounts and they make you good with the canal so as long as you pay the agent you never have to worry about the canal. Agents also keep track of their boats and can work out new slots amongst their boats if conflicts arise. From a communications stand point the agent is talking to the ACP several times a day making it very unlikely that you get missed when things shuffle.
$2,000 is a big chunk out of the cruising kitty but it beats Cape Horn...


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March 28, 2013
PULLMAN, Wash. - Mark Appel tossed a four-hit shutout and struck out 10 as No. 23 Stanford defeated Washington State 3-0 in Pac-12 Conference baseball, Thursday at Bailey-Brayton Field.
Appel (4-2) outdueled Joe Pistorese (3-2), who went the distance for the Cougars (15-9, 2-2 Pac-12). Pistorese struck out four and walked two while giving up nine hits and two earned runs.
"The guy we faced tonight is a big league pitcher," Washington State Head Coach Donnie Marbut said. "Unfortunately for us, he came back to college and we had to face him."
Stanford (12-8, 2-2 Pac-12) scored all of its runs in the second inning. Brian Ragira singled in two runs and back-to-back errors by the Cougars allowed the third run to score.
Washington State put the leadoff man aboard in three innings, but could not break through against Appel, who walked one and hit three batters. The Cougars were 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and Appel set down the last-nine men he faced.
The series continues, Friday at 6 p.m.


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Backed by verdant green mountains, this 21-acre Ko Olina resort embraces a white-sand beach on the quieter, leeward side of Oahu. Ko Olina Golf Club is within a mile, and Honolulu is 24 miles east.
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Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Local artisans and Disney Imagineers worked together to create Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa, a sprawling property combining Hawaiian culture with the all-encompassing experiences Disney is known for. At this 21-acre resort, guests can relax on a white sand beach, sample local cuisine at the 5 on-site restaurants, enjoying free WiFi access throughout the property, or sip a tropical cocktail at the poolside bar or garden.
Guests of all ages can explore Waikolohe Valley, the vast network of pools that includes a lazy river, waterslides, an enclosed snorkeling pool with tropical fish, and a play area for children. At Laniwai - A Disney Spa, guests have their pick of more than a hundred treatments, as well as access to the 5,000-square-foot (464.5-square-meter) hydrology garden. Painted Sky offers relaxing spa space just for teenagers. Younger guests will enjoy Disney Character greetings and can spend activity-filled afternoons at Aunty's Beach House, which features a playground, video games, and supervision, all complimentary at this resort-fee-free property. At night guests can marvel at the dancing and singing of the resort's signature show, Startlit Hui, as well as enjoy movie screenings and fireside stories.
Shopping is also available for guests, including Hale Manu. The store features a variety of high-end goods and gifts. A roundtrip airport shuttle is available (surcharge).
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- 24-hour front desk
- Arcade/game room
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- ATM/banking
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Beach bar
- Beach sun loungers
- Beach towels
- Beach umbrellas
- Pool umbrellas
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Children's club (free)
- Children's pool
- Coffee shop or café
- Computer station
- Concierge services
- Conference center
- Conference space
- Conference space size (feet) - 21081
- Conference space size (meters) - 1958
- Designated smoking areas
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Free WiFi
- Full-service spa
- Garden
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Grocery/convenience store
- Hair salon
- Laundry facilities
- Lazy river
- Luggage storage
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Number of meeting rooms - 9
- Number of outdoor pools - 3
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Number of spa tubs - 4
- Picnic area
- Pool cabanas (surcharge)
- Pool sun loungers
- Poolside bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Shopping center shuttle (surcharge)
- Shopping on site
- Smoke-free property
- Snack bar/deli
- Spa services on site
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Supervised childcare/activities (free)
- Total number of rooms - 359
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Free water park access
- Waterslide
- Wedding services
- Year Built 2011
Family Friendly Amenities
- Arcade/game room
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Children's club (free)
- Children's pool
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- DVD player
- Free Wi-Fi
- Grocery/convenience store
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Laundry facilities
- Lazy river
- Microwave (on request)
- Outdoor pools
- Refrigerator
- Snack bar/deli
- Supervised childcare/activities (free)
- Water park access (complimentary)
- Waterslide
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Bathrobes
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Ceiling fan
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free toiletries
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Daily housekeeping
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Desk
- DVD player
- Flat-panel TV
- Free local calls
- Free WiFi
- Furnished balcony or patio
- Hair dryer
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Individually decorated
- iPod docking station
- Iron/ironing board
- Microwave (on request)
- Phone
- Private bathroom
- Rainfall showerhead
- Refrigerator
- Room service (limited hours)
- Satellite TV service
- Shower/tub combination
- Slippers
- Sofa bed size
Where to Eat
AMA AMA - An idyllic beachside restaurant and bar that features modern interpretations of classic Hawaiian cuisine. Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Reservations required.
New Year's Eve Local Plate Lunch Special: $26
Hours: 11:30 AM to 3 PM
New Year's Eve Dinner Special: $125
Hours: 5 PM to 10 PM
Lower Deck Fireworks viewing: $160++ (for up to a party of 4)
Hours: 10:30 PM – Midnight
Please contact property for more details about this event.
Makahiki - offering both a buffet and a la carte options that feature fresh ingredients and international flavors served in a festive, open-air dining room. Available for casual dinner. Makahiki hosts Character Breakfasts on select days.
New Year's Eve Dinner - Buffet menu: $50 adult, $21 child (ages 3-9)
The 'Olelo Room - Relax with a tropical cocktail, munch on traditional Hawaiian appetizers, and be sure to ask about the 'Ike Mua, our discovery drink of the day.
Off the Hook - An open-air beachside lounge that resembles a fisherman's seaside shack, and serves a variety of favorite drinks and Hawaiian-inspired appetizers.
New Year's Eve Hours - 10 AM to Midnight
Ulu Cafe - Offering great food and scenic surroundings, this poolside venue serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, including grab-and-go selections. Order carryout meals to enjoy at the pool, or dine on the outdoor patio with beautiful ocean views.
The Lava Shack - Satisfying snacks and soft-serve frozen yogurt in a casual dining venue in the Waikolohe Valley pool area.
Mama's Shack Stop - Serving up poolside snacks like mouthwatering hot dogs and chicken tenders. Choice of bread, sauce, and meat including all-beef hot dogs, local red dogs, Portuguese sausage dogs, and Buffalo-ranch fried chicken tender dogs.
Papalua Shave Ice - Fruity and refreshing shave ice in a variety of tropical flavors served poolside.
Little 'Opihi's - Offering satisfying grab-and-go selections. Menu options include sandwiches, salads, a California roll, ice cream, and fresh fruit. A keiki (children's menu) is also available.
New Year's Eve Hours - 11 AM to 5 PM, 9 PM to Midnight
Nearby Things to Do
Start the fun with Character Greetings. In the Waikolohe Valley pool area, guests can climb waterslide-lined Pu'u Kilo and zip back down on a tube, go with the flow in the lazy river, or zoom down a body slide into the 8,200-square-foot (761.80 square meters) Waikolohe Pool. At Rainbow Reef, the resort's private snorkeling lagoon, guests can view native Hawaiian sealife through a snorkeling mask or through glass windows. Menehune Bridge offers play space for young guests with 3 waterslides and a climbable play structure. Wailana Pool offers tranquil space to swim, lounge, or enjoy a drink from the poolside bar.
This property also features a family pool, including an infinity edge, a misty grotto with beautiful sunset views and an after-dark experience with glittering lights; a kids' splash zone resembling a tidal pool; an adult-exclusive pool area; and additional deck space, chairs, chaises and cabanas.
Young guests can spend afternoons at Aunty's Beach House trying island crafts, raiding the dress-up closet, or playing video games, all under the supervision of counselors. While kids explore the enchanted fireplaces and learn more about the islands, parents can spend adults-only time elsewhere in the resort. Access is complimentary, with activities like stargazing and hula-dancing lessons available for a fee.
With state-of-the-art 24-hour fitness facilities, guests can make use of 2,000 square feet (185.81 square meters) of weights, cardio equipment, and fitness studios that host yoga and tai chi classes.
- Golfing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Horse riding/rental on site
- Kayaking on site
- Playground on site
- Rafting on site
- Snorkeling on site
- Surfing/boogie boarding on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Beach yoga on site
Spa Services
As you might expect from the first-ever spa designed by the creative minds at Walt Disney Imagineering, Laniwai Spa is a fully immersive experience that surrounds you with the beauty and serenity of the islands.
Offering a menu of nearly 150 spa therapies and body treatments; from energizing massages to rejuvenating skin treatments to invigorating hydrotherapy in a lush outdoor garden - including body scrubs, and deep tissue, hot stone, Swedish, and sport massages. This spectacular spa caters to individuals, couples and families, with separate spaces for each.
At Laniwai Spa, you'll also find a steam room, a full-service salon, and state-of-the-art fitness center. And for teens, the adjacent Painted Sky, the only teen spa in Hawai'i, provides a place to gather and enjoy activities - and even spa treatments - designed especially for them.
Spa and massage appointment may be required.
- Hot stone massage
- Deep tissue massage
- Swedish massage
- Steam room in spa
- Sports massage
- Massages
- Outdoor treatment areas
- Couples treatment rooms
- Body scrubs
- Body treatments
- Hydrotherapy treatments
- Sauna in spa
- Spa tub in spa
- Manicures and pedicures
- Number of treatment rooms 15
- Facial treatments
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children under 1 years old stay free when using existing bedding.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed (service dogs only)
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Only service dogs are allowed
No rollaway/extra beds available
Optional extras
- Self parking fee: USD 37 per night (in/out privileges)
- Valet parking fee: USD 37 per night (in/out privileges)
- A late check-out fee will be charged
Hotel Name
- Aulani
- Aulani Disney Resort Hotel
- Aulani Disney Resort Hotel Kapolei
- Aulani Disney Resort Kapolei
- Aulani Resort
- Disney Aulani Resort
- Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa Hawaii/Oahu
- Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa In Hawai`i Hotel Kapolei
- Aulani Disney Kapolei
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the airport. Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the resort prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 1 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Awards & Affiliations
- Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa is listed in the 2014 Travel + Leisure 500.
Resort Credit and Breakfast Offer
Book a minimum 4-night stay in this rate category now-December 12, 2016 for travel August 21-December 16, 2016 and receive the following:
- USD 50 resort credit per night
- 1 buffet breakfast plus 1 non-specialty beverage per guest age 3 or older per night at Makahiki restaurant (restaurant subject to change without prior notice)
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Nasofed Side Effects
Generic Name: pseudoephedrine
Note: This page contains side effects data for the generic drug pseudoephedrine. It is possible that some of the dosage forms included below may not apply to the brand name nasofed.
For the Consumer
Applies to pseudoephedrine: oral capsule, oral capsule extended release, oral capsule liquid filled, oral liquid, oral solution, oral suspension, oral syrup, oral tablet, oral tablet chewable, oral tablet extended release
As well as its needed effects, pseudoephedrine (the active ingredient contained in nasofed) may cause unwanted side effects that require medical attention.
Severity: Moderate
If any of the following side effects occur while taking pseudoephedrine, check with your doctor or nurse as soon as possible:Rare: - more common with high doses
- Convulsions (seizures)
- hallucinations (seeing, hearing, or feeling things that are not there)
- irregular or slow heartbeat
- shortness of breath or troubled breathing
- Convulsions (seizures)
- fast breathing
- hallucinations (seeing, hearing, or feeling things that are not there)
- increase in blood pressure
- irregular heartbeat (continuing)
- shortness of breath or troubled breathing (severe or continuing)
- slow or fast heartbeat (severe or continuing)
- unusual nervousness, restlessness, or excitement
Severity: Minor
Some pseudoephedrine side effects may not need any medical attention. As your body gets used to the medicine these side effects may disappear. Your health care professional may be able to help you prevent or reduce these side effects, but do check with them if any of the following side effects continue, or if you are concerned about them:More common:
- Nervousness
- restlessness
- trouble in sleeping
- Difficult or painful urination
- dizziness or light-headedness
- fast or pounding heartbeat
- headache
- increased sweating
- nausea or vomiting
- trembling
- unusual paleness
- weakness
For Healthcare Professionals
Applies to pseudoephedrine: compounding powder, oral liquid, oral suspension extended release, oral tablet, oral tablet chewable, oral tablet extended release
Pseudoephedrine causes vasoconstriction which generally does not produce hypertension, but may be problematic for patients with preexisting hypertension. Arrhythmias may be produced in predisposed patients. Rarely, pseudoephedrine (the active ingredient contained in nasofed) has been reported to cause coronary artery spasm and chest pain.
One report evaluated the effect with 60 mg of pseudoephedrine on individuals in a hyperbaric chamber at 1 atmosphere (simulated scuba dive to 66 feet of sea water). Pseudoephedrine and depth (simulated) were found to have significant but opposite effects on heart rate, although these effects were unlikely to be clinically significant during diving.[Ref]
Cardiovascular side effects have included tachycardia. Some patients have developed hypertension and/or arrhythmias.[Ref]
Nervous system
Nervous system side effects have included insomnia in up to 30% of patients. Tremor, anxiety, nervousness, and headache have also been reported.[Ref]
Gastrointestinal side effects have included anorexia and gastric irritation in approximately 5% of patients. Dry mouth, nose, or throat have occurred in up to 15% of patients.[Ref]
Hypersensitivity side effects have included fixed drug eruptions.[Ref]
False-positive amphetamine immunoassay have resulted from pseudoephedrine (the active ingredient contained in nasofed) False-positives can occur far below the published pseudoephedrine threshold, indicating that cross-reactivity in human specimens is sometimes greater than the limits reported.[Ref]
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4. Dickerson J, Perrier D, Mayersohn M, Bressler R "Dose tolerance and pharmacokinetic studies of L (+) pseudoephedrine capsules in man." Eur J Clin Pharmacol 14 (1978): 253-9
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7. Gill ND, Shield A, Blazevich AJ, Zhou S, Weatherby RP "Muscular and cardiorespiratory effects of pseudoephedrine in human athletes." Br J Clin Pharmacol 50 (2000): 205-13
8. Mariani PJ "Pseudoephedrine-induced hypertensive emergency: treatment with labetalol." Am J Emerg Med 4 (1986): 141-2
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10. Stroh JE, Jr Ayars GH, Bernstein IL, Kemp JP, Podleski WK, Prenner BM, Schoenwetter WF, Salzmann JK "A comparative tolerance study of terfenadine-pseudoephedrine combination tablets and pseudoephedrine tablets in patients with allergic or vasomotor rhinitis." J Int Med Res 16 (1988): 420-7
11. Lyon CC, Turney JH "Pseudoephedrine toxicity in renal failure." Br J Clin Pract 50 (1996): 396-7
12. Loizou LA, Hamilton JG, Tsementzis SA "Intracranial haemorrhage in association with pseudoephedrine overdose." J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 45 (1982): 471-2
13. Dowd J, Bailey D, Moussa K, Nair S, Doyle R, CulpepperMorgan JA "Ischemic colitis associated with pseudoephedrine: Four cases." Am J Gastroenterol 94 (1999): 2430-4
14. Vidal C, Prieto A, PerezCarral C, Armisen M "Nonpigmenting fixed drug eruption due to pseudoephedrine." Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 80 (1998): 309-10
15. Tomb RR, Lepoittevin JP, Espinassouze F, Heid E, Foussereau J "Systemic contact dermatitis from pseudoephedrine." Contact Dermatitis 24 (1991): 86-8
16. Quan MB, Chow WC "Nonpigmenting fixed drug eruption after pseudoephedrine." Int J Dermatol 35 (1996): 367-70
17. Shelley WB, Shelley ED "Nonpigmenting fixed drug eruption as a distinctive reaction pattern: examples caused by sensitivity to pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and tetrahydrozoline." J Am Acad Dermatol 17 (1987): 403-7
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It is possible that some side effects of nasofed may not have been reported. These can be reported to the FDA here. Always consult a healthcare professional for medical advice.
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Nice backstory; looking forward to seeing how you develop this...
In the parallel world of Altraterra, the research on ether or quintessence is strictly prohibited by the Inquisition, not only for religious reasons: the control of this substance gives powers that can subvert the hierarchies of the world.
Persecuted in their homelands because of heretical ideas on the energies that govern the world, many alchemists and esoterists fled to a land they called Ouroboria, in honor of the Ouroboros, the eternal return, archetypical beast and alchemical and esoteric symbol.
Now, in the major universities of Ouroboria, the studies on the four elements, leading to the a better understanding and realization of the quintessence, are at an advanced stage.
But The Holy Inquisition and the pious nations are organizing, to deal a decisive blow to this land, before scholars of alchemical and esoteric universities could reach significant results.
Alchemists, esoterists, the children of the Ouroboros, are going to face, again, harsh times and are preparing for the final war.
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Nice backstory; looking forward to seeing how you develop this...
I couldn't look too long at the map or pay attention to the back story at first cause I kept trying to think what book the snake made me think of.
Then I remembered. It's "The little prince" or something like that, and it didn't even have a snake eating its' tail, it was a snake that swallowed something and looked like a hat!
My brain is so weird...
So once I got that out of my head, I looked and I love it! And the story is MUCH more interesting
I hope to see a lot more of this!
@ Diamond: thank you, I hope the map will be up to my (distorted ) imagination.
@ Jalyha: thank you. The serpent eating its tail (the Ouruboros) is a really ancient and significant symbol. I also had to deal with it personally , because it's been, long time ago, somehow, one of the subject of my final exam at high school (an exam question on Nietzche's eternal recurrence concept, which owes a lot to the myth of the Ouruboros), so it remained firmly fixed in my mind.
I hope the map will be up the standards of this competition, there are already some good jobs this month.
As always, I need your feedbacks to do a decent job, so don't hesitate to even severe criticism!
Very creative, and great execution! I'm looking forward for your updates. Your map made me remember a legend from this parts that I've heard before:
"It is a common belief among indigenous people of the tropical lowlands of South America that waters at the edge of the world-disc are encircled by a snake, often an anaconda, biting its own tail"
Which is what makes it so weird that the story I immediately thought of on seeing the map was one with a snake in a hat :p
What is wrong with my brain?
waldronate SAY WHAT ??????
"Aye The skies be clear , the seas be calm and the winds be with us .....
ARGH!! but the damn compass be broken!! "
Capt. Noah Swalter Last voyage of the " Silver Crest"
@rgcalsaverini: Thanks!
Here are some updates: mountains (drawn by hand, not having the time to create new brushes), rivers and some textures.
There is also a sort of alchemy table with symbols and I'm working on other similar ideas to give more depth to the background story. .
In the next update I think there will be trees and cities.
Advices and suggestions are, as always, really appreciated!
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Managing your Cox PIN
Last Updated: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 > Related Articles
To help protect your telephone calling records and other vital information, Cox has created a four-digit Private Identification Number (PIN) exclusively for your use.
About Cox PIN
Cox is committed to protecting your privacy. Recently, the Federal Communications Commission issued new rules to telephone companies on the handling of telephone calling records and other customer sensitive information. In accordance with this order, Cox's procedure will further protect your privacy. Recently, the use of "pretexting" has increased. Pretexting is the act of posing as a customer or other authorized person, for the purpose of obtaining telephone records or other sensitive account information.
To help protect your telephone calling records and other vital information, Cox has created a four-digit Private Identification Number (PIN) exclusively for your use. This PIN will be requested during any of the following transactions:
- Telephone calling records
- Changes to billing address
- Changes to authorized account users
If you already use a Cox PIN for other Cox services, you will continue to use the same PIN if it meets Cox's security guidelines. If your existing PIN does not meet these guidelines, you will be assigned a new, random PIN to access your telephone calling records and other account services. Anytime your PIN or other customer sensitive information is changed, Cox will notify you.
Locating your Cox PIN
The PIN can be found on your current billing statement:
Changing your Cox PIN Online
If you determine that your PIN must change, please follow these registration steps:
Visit www.coxbusiness.com and click the My Account link.
Login to your My Account profile and click on the 'Manage Cox PIN' link nested within the Profile Administration menu option. (If you do not have an active My Account profile, you must register online in a few quick and easy steps prior to managing your PIN.)
If you would like to change your previously assigned Cox PIN, you may change it at any time.
Establish a personalized 'Question/Answer' should you forget your Cox PIN.
Establish a preferred method of communication (USPS mail or E-mail) to notify you of changes made to your customer sensitive information.
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Hello Everyone,
I am in the process of designing a mail system for my company.
There are two Servers: Server1 has a public IP address and is connected to the internet directly; Server2 has a private IP address and is connected to Server1 via a corporate network. Both servers have Zimbra 8 installed. Users are on the same network with Server2.
The requirements are as follows:
- Mails are sent locally between users via Server2. (For example firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com)
- Users can send mails to external email addresses (like firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com) via Server2 which can use Server1 as a smtp relay.
- Users can receive mails sent to their email addresses from external e-mail addresses.
- Users can access their mail boxes when they are out of the office.
The reason for this setup is that the corporate network connection between Server2 and Server1 has limited bandwidth. My company is trying to reduce the bandwitdh usage on the corporate network link by having intra-office communication handled locally.
"Why should a user connect to a remote server on the corporate network or internet when they are communicating with someone two offices away?"
I will like to know if this kind of setup is possible with zimbra and what kind of configuration will be required.
Suggestions of a better solutiion to this problem are also welcome.
Thank you for your help.


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2012 Warehouse/DC Operations Survey: Mixed signals
November 01, 2012
After years of slow economic progress, the results of Logistics Management's (LM) 2012 Warehouse and Distribution Center (DC) Operations Survey show that there appears to be two schools of thought emerging from the ashes: There are those companies that remain cautious, staying conventional with minimal plans for expansion; and there are those on the verge of making significant investments and changes to their distribution operations.
Designed to gauge activities and trends in warehousing and DCs, our annual survey offers a first-hand look into the state of today's DC and warehouse operations. In September, a survey questionnaire was sent via email invitation to LM readers. The survey gleaned 805 qualified responses (a new record for this survey) from upper-level managers to CEOs—all personally involved in decisions regarding their company's warehouse and DC operations.
Most participating companies came from manufacturing (44 percent), followed by distributors (28 percent), third party providers (9 percent) and retailers (8 percent). An assortment of products handled in the DC was once again well-represented with food and grocery leading the pack at 11 percent, followed by industrial/chemical at 10 percent, and electronics and building materials, tied for third, at 8 percent each.
This year's findings revealed mixed signals coming from opposite ends of the spectrum. About 52 percent of respondents are adopting a more cautious approach, spending less than $250,000 for warehousing equipment and technology in 2012.
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CF men win at Daytona State
Published: Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 6:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 12:35 a.m.
DAYTONA BEACH — The College of Central Florida men's basketball team continued its strong run on Wednesday night.
The Patriots (24-2, 5-0 Mid-Florida Conference) won for the 17th straight time during a 78-42 rout of Daytona State in an MFC road game.
Rodell Wigginton (18 points), Rasham Suarez (13 points), Amdy Fall (12 points), Jeremiah Eason (11 points) and Jordan Parks (10 points) paced CF in the win.
CF, which has the nation's third-longest current winning streak, inched closer to its third consecutive MFC championship with the win over the Falcons (4-22, 1-4).
Dating back to last season, the Patriots have won 12 straight games against conference opponents.
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That is so awesome. So cute.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
That is so awesome. So cute.
Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.
Charles M. Schulz
That's a very cute quilt!! Love the different colors on the fishies fins! Very creative!!
Awesome!!! You did a wonderful job with this one. Your color choices really make it come to life!
Be the best that you can be at everything you do.
Love It *Ü*
The Trike Riding Quilting Diva
Wow that is so very cute.
Malega K.
that is so cute!
I hate fishy quilts, but that is so cute I can't stand it. What a great job!
Very cute, nice work!
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First of all, I'd like to congratulate on all zimbra crew members ! You guys are great and awesome in creating this GA version ! The upgrade is snap and extremely easy to install without any issue, even on the OSS version. I was on SuSEES9 M3 version yesterday and am now on GA version. The GA version seems to run very stable and smooth, and clear up errors when I update my Options.
However, the Intermittent issue (Issue # 5852 from the Zimbra 3.0 OS Release Notes) regarding opening a message is pain. I did the upgrade yesterday and didn't recognize this until today. I tried to follow the get-around approach -- close the message window, refresh, and reopen the message. This seems to work, but when I do the "refresh" by clicking on the "Reload" button of the Web browser (Firefox 1.0.7), the page appears reloading with the splash screen as if when I was logging into my account and then brought me back to my inbox.
The most annoying part is that I have to do the refresh like this everytime when I check each email message. If I have 20 to 50 messages sitting for me to read them, I'd have to do the refresh 20 to 50 times in order for me to read them all. ;o(
I know that when I was using zimbra M3 version with the same Firefox 1.0.7 version client Web browser, I didn't have this issue. This tells me that it is something related to GA version itself.
When do you think that the patch for this will come and have this fixed ?
Another issue is not critical but nice to see it happen in the future release. After I have modified my option, I will not see any change until I log out and log back into my account again. An example would be to change from "conversation" to "message" mode to display the inbox message.
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The crew at Standard Concrete Products casts self-consolidating concrete into bridge beam forms.
One-half of Standard Concrete Products' inventory is shipped by barge along the Gulf of Mexico and up the Mississippi River.
[CREW]The key staff at Standard Concrete Products in Theodore, Ala.: (Front, left to right) Bill Allen, transportation and equipment manager; David Hennessee, plant manager; Peter Pieterse, plant engineer. (Back) Chris Strom, materials coordinator; Kevin McKenzie (no longer with Standard); Jamie Rush, engineering coordinator; Tommy Horn III, estimator/project manager; and David Boyd, plant superintendent.
U.S. Route 90 is one of the South's most traveled scenic highways. But more importantly, it's a major Gulf Coast artery, carrying travelers from the Florida Panhandle to New Orleans and beyond. So when Hurricane Katrina destroyed the existing four-lane bridge between Biloxi and Ocean Springs in 2005, the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) knew the structure had to be rebuilt as quickly and durably as possible.
To expedite the project's completion, MDOT engaged the services of an ocean engineering firm, OEA Inc. The consultant developed a computer model which enables design engineers to predict the storm surge plus maximum wave height. Engineers used this information to ensure they provided sufficient elevation for the new bridge to clear water levels expected from another catastrophic hurricane.
With this information in hand, the agency advertised and subsequently awarded the $338 million design-build contract to GC Constructors, a joint venture of Massman Construction Co., Kansas City, Mo., Traylor Bros. Inc., Evansville, Ind., and Kiewit Southern Co., Fort Worth, Texas. The joint venture contracted Standard Concrete Products of Columbus, Ga., to supply the prestressed concrete beams the project would require.
The new bridge is the area's focal point. It provides the highest point above the navigation channel. The 1.66-mile-long bridge rises 95 feet above Biloxi Bay. The span affords unobstructed views to travelers while allowing large ships to pass under it without lowering their masts. Constructed as two, side-by-side, high-rise superstructures, the bridge carries six lanes of traffic and a shared 12-foot-wide path for bikers and pedestrians. The project also included twin 800-foot-long bridges over a railroad in Ocean Springs.
Once MDOT awarded the project in June 2006, it proceeded at a torrid pace. The north lanes for westbound traffic opened 16 months later and 12 days ahead of schedule. At its peak, the project team employed 450 people and required 18 floating cranes.
The production team at Standard Concrete aided in this success. "Two major factors contributed to the speed with which we were able to complete our portion of the project," says Peter Pieterse, plant engineeer for Standard Concrete Products' facility in Mobile, Ala. "MDOT engineers accepted our recommendation to use self-consolidating concrete (SCC) to cast the beams. And we used a debonded, rather than draped, strand design for the prestress cables, which allowed faster production of the beams so we could inventory them for delivery as needed."
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