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does any one have any information as to where i might be able to obtain a new blower motor for my pellet stove or a place that might be able to cross reference the old one, just bought a house with the stove in it and the intake/exhust fan motor doesnt work everything else seems to be fine on it. thanks
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Glo King has been out of production for a few years now. The last known major part distributer sold out their parts in 2003. I have one of these stoves and figure that when it breaks, it becomes scrap. I've been looking for parts as well with no luck. I also went to the manufacturer of the blower itself (german) and they have one that LOOKS like it would fit, but I never pursued it. You might try swapping the room blower with the exhaust/intake blower and then just rig a blower for comfort heat...also I have a schematic for the electrical portion of this stove if you would like a copy...
Any one who has a user manual for the glo king pellet stove or any info on it. I would love to but it! I am having trouble with ash build up on the glass. Seems the combustion is off. I also have no instructions on how to properly clean it. I bought it used with no book. Thanks to any one who can help me.
Did you get a blower motor?
I found this on craigslist.org
I haven't contacted then so I'm not sure if it's still avaliable.
I found this on craigslist.org
I haven't contacted then so I'm not sure if it's still avaliable.
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STANFORD, Calif. - Washington State senior Lorena Arias and junior Orsolya Sallai recorded two wins each in consolation singles play to complete competition at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Northwest Regional Sunday.
Arias knocked off Fresno State's Courtney Jantz in the quarterfinal round 6-2, 6-4. She then went on to beat Aude Lambert of St. Mary's in the semifinals 7-5, 6-2.
In the quarterfinal round No. 78 Sallai defeated Kathrin Winterhalter of Fresno State 1-6, 6-2, 1-0(10-6). Sallai handed Idaho's Natalia Kostenko a loss in the Semifinals 6-4, 7-5.
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Restaurant chains with a bulk of their locations in malls and retail centers are bracing for a holiday shopping season that is expected to bring fewer potential customers past their doors.
Many restaurant chains have some units in malls, whether in the food court, elsewhere in the mall or as freestanding locations in the parking lot. However, some have a greater percentage of their stores in malls than others, and thus are more susceptible to traffic declines, especially during the all-important holiday shopping season.
Among those are California Pizza Kitchen Inc., which has about 89% of its 251 restaurants in or near retail centers and malls, and Cheesecake Factory Inc., CAKE -0.04 % with two-thirds of its stores in or near shopping centers. Most Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. RRGB 0.72 % restaurants are also tied to retail centers, while Kona Grill Inc. KONA 2.46 % 's 20 restaurants are also primarily within shopping centers. P.F. Chang's China Bistro Inc. and Ruby Tuesday Inc. are also exposed to downturns in retail traffic, analysts say.
"These aren't necessarily brands you make a reservation to," Oppenheimer & Co. restaurant analyst Matthew DiFrisco said. "They live off the flow of traffic going to lifestyle centers and malls, and are trying to intercept you while you're out shopping."
The economic and consumer spending slump are already wreaking havoc on restaurant sales as fewer diners go out to eat and spend less when they do. The holiday season will likely continue the downward trend as retail traffic is expected to stay down over prior-year numbers.
Retail traffic fell 12.4% in October compared with last year, according to ShopperTrak RCT Corp. Though that number is expected to improve as the holidays get closer, ShopperTrak co-founder Bill Martin expects traffic to be down in the high-single digits for November.
"We think it'll continue to trend down, and it's not likely that November's going to recover," Mr. Martin said.
October's decline in retail traffic was evident in some monthly results reported by some restaurant companies. Red Robin reported a same-store sales decline of 8% for the month and California Pizza Kitchen's number dropped 7.3%.
Continued traffic declines will further pressure sales for these restaurants. "If traffic is off like that, we will continue to feel it," California Pizza Kitchen Co-Chief Executive and Founder Rick Rosenfield said. "We're conservatively not projecting increased traffic internally and externally."
While the macro consumer spending picture largely remains out of restaurant operators' hands, California Pizza Kitchen and other chains are also keeping an eye on another factor out of their control: the weather. Last year, winter storms shut a number of malls during weekends, depriving them of critical days in operation, Mr. Rosenfield said.
"If we're blessed with favorable weather, it'll make things a lot better," Mr. Rosenfield said. "I'm hopeful for a reasonably good holiday season."
In the meantime, chains are boosting marketing in local areas, rolling out holiday-themed drinks and desserts, and offering incentives like discounts or a dessert with a future meal to get customers to return.
Cheesecake Factory in October gave customers coupons for items like a free slice of cheesecake or $10 off a meal for a return visit later in the year. California Pizza Kitchen is giving a $20 gift card good for meals next year for every $100 in gift cards that customers buy this holiday season.
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If there is a silver lining for the holiday season, it's that while shoppers are making fewer trips to malls and other stores, when they do go out, they're spending more time out and visiting more stores, said Mr. Martin of ShopperTrak. That will give them more time to get hungry and possibly fit a meal into their day.
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The present invention relates to optical systems and, more particularly, is concerned with an apparatus for improving power transfer or collection efficiency from a high aspect ratio linear junction laser diode or other linear energy source to associated optics.
Linear junction laser diodes are used in many applications in which the emitted rays must be collimated and projected by appropriate optics to illuminate a distant spot or object. Such applications include weapon rangefinders, illuminators, optical security systems, laser spot projectors, page scanners, and copiers.
A laser diode is a commercially available type of semiconductor laser. A typical off-the shelf pulsed laser diode is the Stantel LE Series type LE25-02. This diode is of GaAs/GaAlAs single heterostructure semiconductor laser design. This and similarly constructed laser diodes emit uncollimated rays over a wide angle of divergence from a high aspect ratio linear junction or emitting region. The LE25-02 diode has a divergence of 28 degrees perpendicular to the emitting junction and 20 degrees parallel to the emitting junction. A collimating lens of practical size for most applications with long junctions can therefore collect only a relatively small percentage of the emitted power.
Prior collimation optics for diodes simply use combinations of lenses (spherical and aspheric including cylindrical) which are placed far in front of the diode. Typical spacing of prior art lenses from the diode range from about 30 to 1000 times junction length.
Collimating lens f/numbers are usually high (about 4 to 6) for high aspect ratio junctions. For low aspect ratio junctions (aspect ratio less than about 10), lower f/number optics can be used because the lens focal length can be much shorter. Long junctions require long focal lengths for low divergence and good collimation. Since lens diameter greatly affects optics weight, lens diameter is limited by weight. The f/number tends to increase as lens focal length increases. But high f/number optics do not collect diode power efficiently. For example, manufacturer,s data for the LE25-02 diode indicates that an f/4 lens will capture 36% of radiant power emitted by this diode at 25 degrees C. The remaining 63% misses the lens and is lost.
A further difficulty with collimating rays from long junctions is that simple optics project a collimated beam which has much greater divergence in one direction than the other (corresponding to the aspect ratio of the junction). This divergence difference must be accepted or cylindrical optics must be employed with two focal lengths--one focal length for collimating the junction width, another for collimating the junction length. Cylindrical collimation lenses have been found to be difficult to align and they are costly compared to spherical lenses.
Consequently, for long junction laser diodes, a need exists for a collimating means to improve power transfer from diode to collimation lenses (collection efficiency) which results in a projected beam from collimation lenses with reasonably equal divergences without the need for cylindrical collimation lenses. Preferably, such a collimating means will be optically simple, light weight, inexpensive, and will require little space within the device in which it is used.
The present invention provides a coupling means for a high aspect ratio linear junction laser diode or other linear energy source which satisfies the aforementioned needs. A very small cylindrical or rod lens (diameter on the order of the junction length) is positioned in close proximity to the linear energy source, the longitudinal axis of the rod lens being parallel to the source. In the case of a high aspect ratio linear junction laser diode, the diode emitting region is preferably located at the bottom of a V-shaped surface in the laser diode chip. The rod lens is disposed against the V-shaped surface for facilitating alignment of the rod lens with the emitting region. The rod lens preferably comprises a circular cross-section strand of either glass or plastic material, and is small enough to be totally encapsulated within the window capped case of the laser diode. Its function is essentially that of a micro-field lens which couples power from the diode emitted in a plane perpendicular to the junction to the collimating lens while broadening the apparent width of the junction at the same time.
In another aspect of the invention, a method for improving the degree of collimation of light emitted from a linear junction laser diode having an elongated emitting region and a window capped case is provided. A cylindrical lens is positioned in a spaced relationship with the emitting region of the laser diode such that the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical lens is parallel to the emitting region. In this manner, the angle of light emitted from the emitting region is substantially reduced by the cylindrical lens.
In yet another aspect of the invention, an improved laser diode which emits light having enhanced collimation is constructed by manufacturing a linear junction laser diode having a semiconductor chip with a V-shaped surface formed therein and an emitting region disposed at the bottom of the V-shaped surface, and then positioning a cylindrical lens spaced a fraction of the cylindrical lens diameter from the emitting region. The longitudinal axis of the cylindrical lens is thus parallel to the emitting region and the cylindrical lens is disposed within the V-shaped surface of the semiconductor chip to facilitating alignment of the cylindrical lens with the emitting region.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a linear junction, semiconductor laser diode with the window cap removed, and a rod lens of the present invention at the emitting region;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the rod lens and adjacent portion of the laser diode of FIG. 1, a portion of the semiconductor chip of the laser diode being fragmented to show its internal structure;
FIG. 3 is a side elevational view, partially in cross section, of the laser diode and rod lens of FIG. 1, showing an angle of divergence of emitted rays obtainable with the present invention;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged, cross sectional view of the rod lens of FIG. 1, showing the path of emitted rays through and from the rod lens;
FIG. 5 is an enlarged, side elevational view, partially in cross-section, of the upper portion of a laser diode with three parallel emitting regions and three respective rod lenses of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic representation of a rangefinder subject and the projected image from a rangefinder of the prior art having a laser diode with three parallel emitting regions;
FIG. 7 is a schematic representation of a range finder subject and the projected image from a rangefinder having a three parallel emitting region laser diode collimated by the apparatus of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of an illuminator of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a partially fragmented, front view of a copier having a wire filament light source and rod lens of the present invention;
FIG. 10 is a partially fragmented, front view of a page scanner having a wire filament light source and rod lens of the present invention;
FIG. 11 is a partially fragmented, top view of a rangefinder having a laser diode and rod lens of the present invention; and
FIG. 12 is a partially fragmented, side view of a laser spot projector having a laser diode and rod lens of the present invention.
The preferred embodiment of the present invention and its advantages are best understood by referring to the drawings, like numerals being used for like and corresponding parts of the various drawings.
Referring now to the drawings, and more particularly to FIG. 1, there is shown a single emitting region laser diode, indicated generally as 10, which incorporates the present invention. For clarity, diode 10 is shown with the window capped case removed. As best seen in FIG. 2, semiconductor chip 12 of diode 10 has a dielectric waveguide layer 13 sandwiched between dissimilar n-type and p-type semiconductor materials 15 and 17, respectively. Semiconductor materials 15 and 17 may be gallium arsenide (GaAs) and gallium aluminum arsenide (GaAlAs), for example. The free upper surface of dielectric layer 13 forms an elongated linear junction or emitting region 14 for laser diode 10. Semiconductor chip 12 is attached to heat sink 19, which is typically of metallic material.
As also seen in FIG. 2, cylindrical or rod lens 16 is positioned closely adjacent to emitting region 14, and with the longitudinal axis 18 of rod lens 16 parallel to emitting region 14. For proper performance, rod lens 16 must be aligned parallel to emitting region 14 with a relatively high degree of precision. Experiment has shown that, for the exiting beam from rod lens 16 to be directed perpendicular to the plane of emitting region 14, rod lens 16 must be aligned to within plus or minus 2% of the rod lens 16 diameter. To facilitate correct alignment, emitting region 14 is preferably located at the bottom of a v-shaped surface or v-cut 20 in laser diode chip 12. Placement of rod lens 16 in v-cut 20 facilitates proper alignment with emitting region 14.
Rod lens 16 may be positioned either directly against, or a fraction of rod diameter away from, emitting region 14. Rod lens 16 is preferably slightly longer than emitting region 14, and may be secured to chip 12 with any suitable optical adhesive (not shown).
Referring now to FIG. 3, it is seen that the use of rod lens 16 in accordance with the present invention produces marked reduction in divergence of the rays 22 exiting the laser diode 10. The angle of divergence 24 of rays 22 can be minimized by varying the index of refraction of the rod, and/or the distance between rod lens 16 and emitting region 14.
FIG. 3 also illustrates another significant feature of the present invention: the size, and hence weight, of rod lens 16 is miniscule in comparison with diode weight. For example, a rod lens 16 having a diameter of 0.005 inch and length of 0.006 inch can greatly reduce the divergence of rays from an RCA C86039EW2 laser diode. A glass rod lens of this size weighs only 5 micrograms and is representative of the weight of other rod lenses for long junction diodes. This weight is barely detectable, and certainly not significant. The small size of rod lens 16 permits it to be totally encapsulated within window capped case 26 of laser diode 10 without any interference or dimensional changes to case 26.
A further advantage of the present invention is that rod lens 16 can be made from a fiber optic strand without any need for grinding or polishing. Thus, both the material cost and the labor cost of manufacturing rod lens 16 are negligible in comparison with a prior art lens. Rod lens 16 may comprise either optical glass or optical plastic. The preferred rod lens for use with an RCA C86039EW2 laser diode has a refractive index of 1.75. A fiber optic may also be used successfully because the presence of the cladding does not greatly affect performance in this use. Alternatively, rod lens 16 may be a gradient index type, holographic optical element, aspheric, or a combination of these types.
Referring now to FIG. 4, there is shown an enlarged, cross-sectional view of rod lens 16 and the lines traced by rays emitted from a laser diode emitting region 14 (represented by point 14). As seen, in a plane perpendicular to emitting region 14, rod lens 16 captures radiant flux or power within a 100 degree angle (50 degree half-angle) and reduces divergence to an exiting angle of only 19 degrees (9.5 degree half-angle).
Experiment has shown that, by collecting radiant flux over a 50 degree half-angle, rod lens 16 captures approximately 95% of emitted power, and misses only 5%. Yet, the 9.5 degree half-angle rays exiting the rod lens 16 can be intercepted and collimated by a collimation lens (not shown) as small as f/3. Without rod lens 16, a much larger f/0.65 collimating lens (not shown) would be required to intercept rays diverging at a 50 degree half-angle and to capture 95% of the emitted power. An f/0.65 collimating lens would be much too large, and prohibitively expensive, for many laser diode applications. Alternatively, without the use of rod lens 16, the same f/3 collimating lens would capture only approximately 24% of the emitted power, missing 76%.
The use of a smaller collimation lens made possible by this invention translates into significant cost savings in a laser spot projection system, among other applications. Cost is reduced first because a smaller projection lens can be used if the same power is to be projected. Secondly, higher f-number lenses often mean less complexity for the same image sharpness and quality. Thus, if fewer optical elements are needed for the smaller projection lens, an even greater cost savings can be realized.
A significant weight reduction is also possible with this invention. Weight is inversly proportional to f-number cubed for similar optics. The use of an f/3 lens instead of an f/0.65 lens of similar construction reduces weight by a factor of approximately 100. If the f/0.65 lens is more complex than the f/3 lens, as is likely, then still greater weight savings will result.
In lieu of reducing collimating and projection lens size and weight, another alternative made possible by the present invention is to keep the larger optics, but to reduce the drive current through the laser diode 10. Drive current can be reduced because the use of rod lens 16 significantly increases the emitted power collected by the larger optics. Reduced drive current in turn increases diode life.
Referring again to FIG. 4, the exiting ray lines 22 traced backwards through rod lens 16 produce an apparent width w of emitting region 14 that is substantially wider than its actual width. For example, a 0.005 inch diameter rod lens will cause an emitting region of 1.5 micron actual width to appear 0.003 inches wide. Since the unmodified emitting region aspect ratio is typically quite extreme, this apparent broadening of the emitting region width makes the elongated emitting region appear much squarer as seen through the rod lens. This is desirable in many applications because the projected beam from the laser diode will have more nearly equal horizontal and vertical divergence angles. The rod lens 16 of the present invention produces a projected spot aspect ratio which can be adjusted by appropriately selecting the rod diameter.
Referring now to FIG. 5, there is shown an enlarged, side elevational view, partly in cross-section, of the upper portion of a triple emitting region, or 3-chip, laser diode 28. A commercially available 3-chip diode is the Stantel LE Series Type LE25-02, having a 905 nm output. This diode has three parallel, side-by-side emitting regions 30 spaced 0.0045 inches apart. Each emitting region 30 is approximately 1.5 microns wide and 230 microns long. In accordance with the present invention, a rod lens 16 is positioned closely adjacent to each emitting region 30, in the same manner as described above with respect to the single emitting region laser diode 10. As seen in FIG. 5, the tiny rod lenses 16 are totally encapsulated within window capped case 26 without any interference or dimensional changes to case 26. For the Stantel Type LE 25-02 diode, experiment has shown that the rod lenses 16 improve the power transfer efficiency between the diode and receiving optics by a factor of 2.1 for an f/6.0 lens. Although described with respect to the Stantel Type LE 25-02 diode, the present invention will work equally well with any single-junction or multi-junction laser diode.
Referring now to FIGS. 6 and 7, there are shown projected images from a 3-chip laser diode as it might be used in a weapon rangefinder to illuminate a distance subject 32. FIG. 6 shows the projected images 34 from an unmodified, commercially available 3-chip diode of the prior art. FIG. 7 shows the projected images 36 from the same diode, but incorporating the rod lenses 16 of the present invention. As seen in FIG. 7, the rod lenses 16 greatly improve the projected spot aspect ratio of the projected images and permit a subject 32 that might be missed by a rangefinder of the prior art to be spotted by a rangefinder incorporating the present invention.
Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to its application to single and multi-chip laser diodes, the rod lens of the present invention can be used to reduce the divergence of emissions or radiations from any linear energy source. For example, a glass rod lens 16 could be used in an illuminator, page scanner or copier to roughly collimate light emitted by a wire filament light source. Other possible applications for the present invention include rangefinders, laser spot projectors, and optical security systems.
FIG. 8 illustrates an illuminator 38 embodying the present invention. Illuminator 38 includes a sealed glass tube 40. Tube 40 is evacuated and contains an electrically conductive wire filament 42 extending substantially its entire length and along its longitudinal axis. A rod lens 16 of the present invention is positioned near the wire filament 42 so that light rays entering rod lens 16 are collimated as they exit illuminator 38. Rod lens 16 in this application preferably comprises fused silica for thermal resistance to the heat generated by wire filament 42.
FIG. 9 illustrates a copier 44 having an illuminator 38 with a rod lens 16 of the present invention. FIG. 10 illustrates a page scanner 46 having an illuminator 38 with a rod lens 16 of the present invention.
FIG. 11 illustrates a rangefinder 48 having a laser diode 10 and rod lens (not illustrated) of the present invention. FIG. 12 illustrates a laser spot projector 50 having a laser diode 10 and rod lens (not illustrated) of the present invention. Laser spot projector 50 might be used as part of an optical security system for protecting a home or business, for example.
The improved optical system of the present invention and many of its intended advantages will be understood from the foregoing description and it will be apparent that, although the invention and its advantages have been described in detail, various changes, substitutions, and alterations may be made in the manner, procedure, and details thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, as defined by the appended claims, or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred or exemplary embodiment thereof.
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|Polaroid Corporation
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|Telesensory Corporation
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"Fringe": Final season begins Sept. 28
The year is 2036 and the "Fringe" unit is battling to save mankind as the fifth and final season of the Fox sci-fi drama begins at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28.
Those advanced beings the Observers have taken over and it's up to Olivia (Anna Torv), Peter (Joshua Jackson), Walter (John Noble) and Astrid (Jasika Nicole) to come to the rescue, and they're doing they're best in the season opener, titled "Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11."
But it's not going to be easy as their plans don't get off to a good start, even with some assistance.
This episode features flashbacks, action and tender moments, which is not surprising as this series has always excelled at melding science fiction and humanity into a perfect combination.
I'm expecting this amazing blend of TV magic to continue throughout the season.
And, although I'm sad this is the last season for this wonderful show filled with outstanding performances (extra special kudos to Noble in particular), I'm grateful "Fringe" will have the opportunity to come to a proper conclusion.
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Here are some pics from the race today..Timmyquest..did not know who you were but if you see yourself, let me know.
I ended up 13th out of 47 in the Cat5. I did not move up as aggressively as I should have on the last lap. Had to weave through people on the final sprint.
IT WAS COLD...so I stayed for one race, noon Cat4/5, and shot pics. I know MJH2 and PSI so they are in the pics. The pics seem a bit blurry...either the lens was fogged, I was shaking from the cold or the lens was dirty. Regardless, here they are.
Breaking away...note the field way behinf MJH2 in this shot.
MJH2 and PSI
PSI!!!! Did you steal your kids helmet????
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Due March 22nd, feeling very crampy, uncomfortable and can hardly sleep at night due to back pain.
Was checked yesterday. 2cm and 75%effaced, baby at 0 station.
Still working full time, which is easier said than done! CANT FOCUS AT ALL LOL!
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The Eagles were beaten last Saturday 3-0 by USC, the nation's top-ranked collegiate team by scores of 12-25, 23-25, 21-25 in the wrap-up of the University of San Diego Tournament. Earlier in the day EWU fell to host USD (3-0), the country's No. 9 team, by scores of 16-25, 12-25, 12-25.
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I agree with 3. Someone needs to get that series back on its awesome track when it was first started.
I agree with 3. Someone needs to get that series back on its awesome track when it was first started.
Very great list! Especially with Harley and Riddler. =D
Vandal needs a title more than Scandal does IMHO.
If I had to write Powergirl I would merge her with Supergirl into one major Kryptonian badass (She starts with Supergirl's origin but becomes PG to break away from her cousin's shadow).
Riddler deserves his own title
Sirens are outdated and overrated. I appreciate the classic pairings but it doesn't really have to be done anymore. You could always add a guest character in the Harley book too.
Have you've considered taking over Gail Simone's Movement and put Misfit in charge of it?
@dngn4774: Vandal is a villain though, harder to hold a title.
That's a possibility but eh. I don't feel like f***ing with the continuity any more than I have to. And never cared for Supergirl anyway.
I liked the Sirens. :( But they aren't my top pick to write anyway, prob'ly last actually. I'd rather just have a Harley title with her own supporting cast.
Nah, never read Movement so I dunno what I'd do with it/if I'd be good for it.
I miss Atlee so much she was freaking adorable.
It'd be nice to see Power Girl as more than just Ms. Boobs. I feel like that's all she ever really amounted to, that no writer ever gave her much depth. Haven't kept up with her, so that may have changed, but that's how she always felt to me.
@granitesoldier: Have you read Palmiotti/Gray's 12-issue run on her? It's possibly my favorite comic run of all time.
@granitesoldier: Have you read Palmiotti/Gray's 12-issue run on her? It's possibly my favorite comic run of all time.
I have not. Honestly her mistreatment is why I've always preferred Supergirl to her. But if you say it is worth checking out, I am going to trust your judgment. If you're wrong, well, don't be wrong....
@granitesoldier: I'm not wrong. Take my word on that. It's an amazing run, so much fun.
hmmmm Powergirl
No Marvel?
@risingbean: Meh. I could do X-Force maybe but X-Force is doing fine on its own. Doesn't need me.
You totally should write some Harley comics! That would be amazing! However don't read Green Lantern books so I don't how much in need of a writer they would be. Also a Detective Riddler book would be a blast to read!
I'd love to write Swamp Thing or Hawkman. Hawkman is so awesome and no one gives a fuck about him.
@roninreviews: and no one gives a fuck about him.
Agreed. He needs not only an animated series, but it needs to be the version shown on "Young Justice" (or at least the same animators), and it needs to be on a very accessible network. Perhaps the Vortex on the CW Network because it's free of charge to those who don't have cable. Make Geoff Johns the executive producer and wait for the fireworks.
But you might wanna watch the language though....;)
@joygirl: I could see you doing an awesome job on these books. Especially the books surrounding all things "Lantern". You'd blow their minds (and ours by default upon reading your work;). I wonder though, would you/how would you approach a Steel solo book? He is a dynamic character that is woefully underutilized in the DCU. IMO.
@heraldofganthet: I am pretty underqualified for a Steel solo since I barely know the character. I'm also not that good at technobabble so I think I'd suck on a Steel title.
Drat. With your imagination, I thought you'd be a shoe-in! Hmm.. I wonder if Barnes and Noble has '"Technobabble for Dummies"...
That could make the job a little easier, eh..?
@heraldofganthet: Hah! If it exists, yeah :D
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Legal Questions About Localbitcoins.com and Australia
As my previous post documented, I've experimented with localbitcoins.com. Following the arrest of two Miami men for trading on localbitcoins, I decided to seek legal advice on the sitation in Australia.
Online research led me to Nick Karagiannis of Kelly and Co, who was already familiar with Bitcoin: I guess it's a rare opportunity for excitement in financial regulatory circles! This set me back several thousand dollars (in fiat, unfortunately), but the result was reassuring.
They've released an excellent summary of the situation, derived from their research. I hope that helps other bitcoin users in Australia, and I'll post more in future should the legal situation change.
Bitcoin Trading In Australia
5 Comments | Posted by rusty in Technical
I bought 10 BTC to play with back in 2011, and have been slowly spending them to support bitcoin adoption. One thing which I couldn't get reliable information on was how to buy and sell bitcoin within Australia, so over the last few months I decided to sell a few via different methods and report the results here (this also helps my budget, since I'm headed off on paternity leave imminently!).
All options listed here use two-factor authentication, otherwise I wouldn't trust them with more than cents. And obviously you shouldn't leave your bitcoins in an exchange for any longer than necessary, since most exchanges over time have gone bankrupt.
Option 1: MtGox AUD
Yes, I transferred some BTC into MtGox and sold them. This gave the best price, but after over two months of waiting the bank transfer to get my money hadn't been completed. So I gave up, bought back into bitcoins (fewer, since the price had jumped) and thus discovered that MtGox was issuing invalid BTC transactions so I couldn't even get those out. Then they halted transactions altogether blaming TX malleability. Then they went bankrupt. Then they leaked my personal data just for good measure. The only way their failure could be more complete is if my MtGox Yubikey catches on fire and burns my home to the ground.
Volume: Great (5M AUD/month)
Price Premium: $25 – $50 / BTC
Charge: 0.65%
Hassle: Infinite
Summary: 0/10
Option 2: localbitcoins.com
According to bitcoincharts.com, localbitcoins is the largest volume method for AUD exchange. It's not an exchange, so much as a matching and escrow service, though there are a number of professional traders active on the site. The bulk of AUD trades are online, though I sold face to face (and I'll be blogging about the range of people I met doing that).
localbitcoins.com is a great place for online BTC buyers, since they have been around for quite a while and have an excellent reputation with no previous security issues, and they hold bitcoins in escrow as soon as you hit "buy". It's a bit more work than an exchange, since you have to choose the counter-party yourself.
For online sellers, transfers from stolen bank accounts is a real issue. Electronic Funds Transfer (aka "Pay Anyone") is reversible, so when the real bank account owner realizes their money is missing, the bank tends to freeze the receiving (ie. BTC seller's) bank account to make sure they can't remove the disputed funds. This process can take weeks or months, and banks' anti-fraud departments generally treat bitcoin sellers who get defrauded with hostility (ANZ is reported to be the exception here). A less common scam is fraudsters impersonating the Australian Tax Office and telling the victim to EFT to the localbitcoins seller.
Mitigations for sellers include any combination of:
- Only accepting old-fashioned cash deposits via a branch (though I'm aware of one US report where a fraudster convinced the teller to reverse the deposit, I haven't heard of that in Australia)
- Insisting on "localbitcoins.com" in the transfer message (to avoid the ATO fraud problem)
- Only dealing with buyers with significant reputation (100+ trades with over 150 BTC is the Gold Standard)
- Insisting on real ID checking (eg. Skype chat of buyer with drivers' license)
- Only dealing with buyers whose accounts are older than two weeks (most fraudsters are in and out before then, though their reputation can be very good until they get caught)
- Only allowing internal transfers between the same bank (eg. Commonwealth), relying on the bank's use of two factor authentication to reduce fraud.
Many buyers on localbitcoins.com are newcomers, so anticipate honest mistakes for the most part. The golden rule always applies: if someone is offering an unrealistic price, it's because they're trying to cheat you.
Volume: Good (1M AUD/month)
Price Premium: $5 – $20 / BTC
Charge: 1% (selling), 0% (buying)
Hassle: Medium
Summary: 7/10
Option 3: btcmarkets.net
You'll need to get your bank account checked to use this fairly low-volume exchange, but it's reasonably painless. Their issues are their lack of exposure (I found out about them through bitcoincharts.com) and lack of volume (about a quarter of the localbitcoins.com volume), but they also trade litecoin if you're into that. You can leave standing orders, or just manually place one which is going to be matched instantly.
They seem like a small operation, based in Sydney, but my interactions with them have been friendly and fast.
Volume: Low (300k AUD/month)
Price Premium: $0 / BTC
Charge: 1%
Hassle: Low
Summary: 7/10
Option 4: coinjar.io
I heard about this site from a well-circulated blog post on Commonwealth Bank closing their bank account last year. I didn't originally consider them since they don't promote themselves as an exchange, but you can use their filler to sell them bitcoins at a spot rate. It's limited to $4000 per day according to their FAQ.
They have an online ID check, using the usual sources which didn't quite work for me due to out-of-date electoral information, but they cleared that manually within a day. They deposit 1c into your bank account to verify it, but that hasn't worked for me, so I've no way to withdraw my money and they haven't responded to my query 5 days ago leaving me feeling nervous. A search of reddit points to common delays, and founder's links to the hacked-and-failed Bitcoinica give me a distinct "magical gathering" feel. [Edit: they apparently tried and failed four times to transfer the 1c verification to my ING account; with 1-2 business day support response, this took quite a while. They never explained why this was failing. Using my wife's CBA account worked however, and I got my funds the next day. Upgraded their score from 4/10 to 5/10.]
Volume: Unknown (self-reports indicate ~250k/month?)
Price Premium: $0 / BTC
Charge: 1.1% (selling) 2% (buying)
Hassle: Medium
Summary: 5/10
If you trade, I'd love to hear corrections, comments etc. or email me on firstname.lastname@example.com.
Pettycoin and working with limited visibility.
At linux.conf.au I gave a last-minute talk previewing my work on pettycoin (video, slides), an experiment to shard a bitcoin-like network. The idea is to trade off some security and robustness in return for scale, but use it only for small amounts where fraud is less worthwhile. On the bitcoin network today this is already seen with zero-confirmation transactions, and this is the niche pettycoin seeks to fill.
There are numerous problems to be overcome (one being the time taken by my day job, of course). But segmenting the network and the blockchain is an interesting challenge: bitcoin's blockchain is already designed so that you can have partial knowledge (mainly so you can prune used outputs). But there's a clear divide between full nodes, and second-class partial nodes. I want a system where no one need know everything, and I'm getting closer to that goal.
Consider the simplest useful transaction in the bitcoin network, with one input (ie. a previous transaction's output) and one output. To verify this is a fairly simple process:
- Is the transaction well-formed?
- Find the transaction whose output this is spending.
- Does the signature match the address of that output?
- Has that output already been spent?
With bitcoin, you're expected to know every transaction with unspent outputs, so if you can't find the transaction at step 2, the verification fails. Even better, you can verify that previous transaction, too, all the way back to the creating of the coins involved. Your only worry is that the blockchain you have is the same as everyone else's, so they'll accept your transaction later.
If you don't expect to know everything, it's more difficult. You can use a merkle proof to show that a transaction was present in a block; it takes just log(N) hashes for an N-transaction block. So you could prove that all those previous transactions are in the blockchain (though that might be thousands of transactions) by providing me with each transaction and proof.
But this can't prove that there are not duplicate transactions in the blockchain itself. Only knowing the entire contents would do that. So we're relying on the rest of the network, each with a partial view, to check that didn't happen.
This leads to the two requirements for any aspect of the pettycoin system which a node can't verify by itself:
- The information to verify must be seen by some honest nodes.
- Each node must have an efficient way of reporting if it sees a problem.
The former is a bit tricky. Consensus is formed by the blockchain, but you don't want to see all of it. You might expect to see some fraction of it, but if you don't, how would you alert the network in a way that can't be faked? Imagine a miner holds back 5 transactions in the block, the miner might wait for your complaint message on one, then release that transaction making you look like the dishonest one. By making you cry wolf, they can ensure you are ignored.
The solution used in pettycoin is that miners have to prove that they know the transactions in the 10 previous blocks. They do this by hashing the transactions from the previous block into a merkle tree like normal, only they prefix each transaction with their payout address (this is called prev_merkle in the code). The only way to generate this hash is to know the contents of each transaction, and you can't make a valid block without it. Unfortunately, the only way to demonstrate that this hash is wrong (thus the block is invalid) is to also know the contents of each transaction in the block. Thus transactions are batched into groups of 4096; you only need send 4096 transactions to prove that one of the hashes in a block is wrong. Miners will insist on knowing the transactions for those blocks, knowing that if they fake it they'll likely be caught.
Reporting most other problems in a block is fairly:
- You can prove a duplicate spend in the block chain by showing both transactions and the merkle proofs that they are in each block. The second block is invalid.
- You can prove a malformed transaction by showing the transactions and the merkle proof it is in the block. That block is invalid.
- You can prove an overspend by showing the transactions used as inputs. That block is invalid.
But if a transaction in a block relies on an output of a transaction which never existed, you can't prove it. Even if you know every transaction which ever happened, you can't prove that to me (without sending me the whole blockchain). The initial design lived with such warts in the blockchain, instead insisting that you would have to show all the predecessors when you paid me (via a payment protocol). That predecessor tree quickly becomes unwieldy, however.
The new approach is that for each input of a transaction in the blockchain, the miner has to include the block and transaction number where it appeared. Now anyone who knows that previous transaction can check it, and if there's a problem it's easy for any node to prove by showing the transaction which is in that previous block (with merkle proof that it is).
This means that the blockchain can be trusted, if half the mining power can be trusted. This is a weaker guarantee that bitcoin, but sufficiently strong for pettycoin. If you send me a new transaction along with transactions it uses as inputs and merkle proofs that they are in the blockchain, I only need ensure that the new transaction isn't a double-spend. That's the same as the bitcoin network, with zero-confirmation transactions (though pettycoin has a special double-spend report message to expedite it a little).
Next post, I'll respond to the best criticism of pettycoin yet, the problem of gateways (by Jason Gi)…
linux.conf.au 2014: Rusty's Must See List
2 Comments | Posted by rusty in Technical
Delightedly finished reading through the linux.conf.au program. Some nasty clashes have me still arguing with myself, but here are my personal compulsory attendance talks. Your preferences will no-doubt differ, so I've tried to explain my reasons:
- Tridgell: Open Hardware Differential GPS – I spoke to Tridge about this, and the abstract completely undersells it.
- Corbet: Kernel – Jon's kernel talks are great for non-kernel people, but for me it's about seeing the forest through the trees.
- McKenney: Parallel Verification – Paul's spoken with me about this, but I want to hear the practical side to see how I can apply it.
- Heo: Kernel per-cpu – I persuaded Tejun to submit this; his per-cpu work was elegant (mine, on which this was built, was merely functional).
- Airlie: Virtual GPU – Sorry Bdale (with whom it clashes): I have wanted a virtio GPU for so long, I need to see it.
- Packard: Zero-copy Compositing – Keith is always good, and graphics performance is fascinating.
- Suehle: Raspberry Pi – Generally O'Reilly books are well researched, so I expect great content here.
- Isaacs: CTDB Bugs – I was around when he was finding some of these, and there are some fascinating surprises here.
Git prompt for bash
4 Comments | Posted by rusty in Technical
I don't know who wrote this originally, but this is from my .bashrc. Tridge's is simpler, but has colour!
Before this, I avoided git branches in favour of multiple copies of repositories because I use my prompt to provide location. This provided the missing piece…
# Git me harder! __git_ps1 () { local g="$(git rev-parse --git-dir 2>/dev/null)" if [ -n "$g" ]; then local r local b if [ -d "$g/../.dotest" ] then local b="$(git symbolic-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null)" r="|REBASING" elif [ -d "$g/.dotest-merge" ] then r="|REBASING" b="$(cat $g/.dotest-merge/head-name)" elif [ -f "$g/MERGE_HEAD" ] then r="|MERGING" b="$(git symbolic-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null)" else if [ -f $g/BISECT_LOG ] then r="|BISECTING" fi if ! b="$(git symbolic-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null)" then b="$(cut -c1-7 $g/HEAD)..." fi fi if [ -n "$1" ]; then printf "$1" "${b##refs/heads/}$r" else printf " (%s)" "${b##refs/heads/}$r" fi fi } PS1="${PS1//\\w/\\w\$(__git_ps1)}"
On Linux-Kernel Mailing List Behavior
2 Comments | Posted by rusty in Technical
As raised recently by Sarah Sharp, the Linux Kernel mailing list (lkml) has a reputation as an intimidating place. The context (covered so well by LWN) was that Greg Kroah-Hartman, the stable maintainer, is seen as a soft touch who accepts patches Linus wouldn't.
There's been much uninformed discussion from those outside lkml, so let's start with a common basis:
- Sarah Sharp is an established and respected kernel maintainer. She's made it.
- Linus (and other developers) are human, and sometimes write in anger.
Now my opinions, as someone who cares about this issue and has been working on the kernel for about 16 years.
The kernel mailing list is much friendlier than it used to be: some of its reputation is now undeserved. Linus is unreserved in criticising code or actions, but rarely crosses into ad-hominem. His absolutist statements reduce RTT by telling you what is required; geeks love to argue, but it's pointless because it's his git tree.
That said, imitating Linus on lkml causes problems; without his authority, loudly claiming absolutes is simply ranting. This escalates until it's remarkably hard to avoid crossing into personal attacks; most of us inevitably double-down when we're criticized, and train-wreck ensues.
I plan to follow Sarah's example and respond when someone's abusive. Making it clear what's expected should make things more pleasant eventually. It's been about ten years since I decided to reduce my flames to a single post every year; I'm now going to aim for zero (aka. "What Would Sarah Sharp Do?")
6 Technical Things I Learned About Bitcoin
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I've been collecting these as I research the bitcoin protocol, so I thought it was worth posting about. None of these are groundbreaking, but these are what surprised me as I deepened my understanding.
10 Minute Blocks. Currently 9 minutes. But usually 7 minutes.
Everyone talks about a block every 10 minutes, but that's the long-term mean. Spikes in exchange rates are followed fairly closely by spikes in network hashrate, and ASIC miners are ramping up to meet demand. As difficulty adjustment happens every 2016 blocks (ideally 2 weeks), there's a lag. Over the life of bitcoin, and over the last year the average is almost exactly 600 seconds, but over the last 3 months it's been 520 seconds. The last month is 542 seconds, so hashrate acceleration is slowing.
But a subtler effect is shown when we look at the median, rather than the mean: it's just under 7 minutes. This is because the time to hit the target hash is not a normal distribution at all. There's probably a fancy name for this spike with an exponential tail, but I've graphed here a recent set of 2016 blocks (fortnight 115) showing the distribution of block times in minute-wide buckets.
Now, these stats were using timestamps in the blocks, rather than the actual observed times, but I'm assuming on average that they're correct.
Actually, 10.005 Minute Blocks
The bitcoin client calculates how long an interval took by subtracting the timestamp from beginning of the interval to the end of the interval of 2016 blocks. There are 2015 spaces between 2016 blocks, but the code divides by 2016. But I'm sure no one else cares about that 0.3 second mistake, since block times are never that precise anyway.
Politics In The Genesis Block. Or Not.
It's common to point to the text in the very first block "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks" as a political statement by Satoshi. While I'm sure the headline amused the author, we need look no further than the initial Bitcoin Paper, section 3:
A timestamp server works by taking a hash of a block of items to be timestamped and widely publishing the hash, such as in a newspaper or Usenet post [2-5]. The timestamp proves that the data must have existed at the time, obviously, in order to get into the hash.
In other words, it simply proves that there was no pre-mining going on. It would be interesting to get an accurate timestamp of the initial release of bitcoin and examine London Times headlines around that date to see if it was cherry-picked, or happy coincidence.
Crazy Address Encoding
Bitcoin addresses are a 25-byte number. It's usually encoding using 58 characters (numbers and letters, omitting zero, capital I and O, lower-case l to avoid confusion). Dividing by 58 is a bit of a pain, but doing crypto means we have big number libraries lying around which we can use.
But it's not the straight encoding one might expect, which would result in 37 character addresses. You might expect that leading zeroes can be omitted for compactness, but in fact, leading whole zero bytes are encoded separately. This gives variable-length addresses of between 27 and 34 characters and a second loop to encode and decode them. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Base58Check_encoding
Anonymity Off By Default
Anonymity is hard, but I was surprised to see blockchain.info's page about my donation to Unfilter correctly geolocated to my home town! Perhaps it's a fluke, but I was taken aback by how clear it was.
CVEs in Bitcoin
Like any software, there have been flaws in the bitcoin reference client: obviously there has been a great deal of scrutiny and concern. Unlike most projects, there is a superb wiki page which details each vulnerability, with consequences and deployment status across the network: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures.
Corrections welcome!
VIRTIO Growing Up: OASIS Standard Technical Committee
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Over the last few years, interest in virtio has begun compounding. FreeBSD have their bhyve implementation, there's an MMIO bus and SCSI endpoint implementation, and I've been fielding more queries about various alternate implementations. While it's taken longer than I'd hoped, the effort hasn't waned as I feared.
So I have carved out some time this year to turn this draft into a real, consensual standard with the trappings expected by those outside the normal Linux/KVM sphere (such as an IP policy). I know I said I'd never get involved in a standard process again after the FHS, but OASIS seems like the right umbrella to cleanly and efficiently run this effort.
There are limitations and workarounds in the current draft and implementations. None are fatal, but they make a case for a flag day change for 1.0 (with backwards compatibility possible for implementations which want that). More compelling, to me, is the chance for other vendors to get involved now and have their voices heard: after the standard is finalized, they'll just have to follow along.
I look forward to polishing what we have, and making sure we can implement even more awesome things in future.
Thanks for the Bitcoin donation!
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Last week I used 2 BTC to support Jupiter Broadcasting's Unfilter show (and their other shows, but only Unfilter takes BTC so far). Just now I noticed that someone made a 0.5BTC donation to my blog (I've had a BTC donation address in the sidebar of my blog for a few years now). Thanks!
As I promised to pass donations onwards, I googled for bitcoin donations, and chose the following places to give 0.05 BTC each:
- Juice Rap News for making high-baud political commentary (Unfilter in rap form)
- Freedom Box for actually doing something about Internet freedom.
- Torservers.net (as recommended by torproject.org) for the same.
- f-droid.org for keeping a healthy Open alternative.
- Bitcoin Foundation to support and strengthen the infrastructure that made this possible.
- The Free Software Foundation even though I don't always agree with them.
- Wikileaks for recognizing something society needs, even if they stumble at delivery.
- The Internet Archive for something that only gets more useful over time.
There are two left to go, so I'll keep an eye out for more opportunities to donate in the next few weeks…
GCC and C vs C++ Speed, Measured.
25 Comments | Posted by rusty in Technical
With the imminent release of gcc 4.8, GCC has finally switched to C++ as the implementation language. As usual, LWN has excellent coverage. Those with long memories will remember Linux trying to use g++ back in 1992 and retreating in horror at the larger, slower code. The main benefit was stricter typechecking, particularly for enums (a great idea: I had -Wstrict-enum patches for gcc about 12 years ago, which was a superset of the -Wenum-compare we have now, but never got it merged).
With this in mind, and Ian Taylor's bold assertion that "The C subset of C++ is as efficient as C", I wanted to test what had changed with some actual measurements. So I grabbed gcc 4.7.2 (the last release which could do this), and built it with C and C++ compilers:
- ../gcc-4.7.2/configure –prefix=/usr/local/gcc-c –disable-bootstrap –enable-languages=c,c++ –disable-multiarch –disable-multilib
- ../gcc-4.7.2/configure –prefix=/usr/local/gcc-cxx –disable-bootstrap –enable-languages=c,c++ –disable-multiarch –disable-multilib –enable-build-with-cxx
The C++-compiled binaries are slightly larger, though that's mostly debug info:
- -rwxr-xr-x 3 rusty rusty 1886551 Mar 18 17:13 /usr/local/gcc-c/bin/gcc
text data bss dec hex filename
552530 3752 6888 563170 897e2 /usr/local/gcc-c/bin/gcc
- -rwxr-xr-x 3 rusty rusty 1956593 Mar 18 17:13 /usr/local/gcc-cxx/bin/gcc
text data bss dec hex filename
552731 3760 7176 563667 899d3 /usr/local/gcc-cxx/bin/gcc
Then I used them both to compile a clean Linux kernel 10 times:
- for i in `seq 10`; do time make -s CC=/usr/local/gcc-c/bin/gcc 2>/dev/null; make -s clean; done
- for i in `seq 10`; do time make -s CC=/usr/local/gcc-cxx/bin/gcc 2>/dev/null; make -s clean; done
Using stats –trim-outliers, which throws away best and worse, and we have the times for the remaining 8:
- real 14m24.359000-35.107000(25.1521+/-0.62)s
user 12m50.468000-52.576000(50.912+/-0.23)s
sys 1m24.921000-27.465000(25.795+/-0.31)s
- real 14m27.148000-29.635000(27.8895+/-0.78)s
user 12m50.428000-52.852000(51.956+/-0.7)s
sys 1m26.597000-29.274000(27.863+/-0.66)s
So the C++-compiled binaries are measurably slower, though not noticably: it's about 865 seconds vs 868 seconds, or about .3%. Even if a kernel compile spends half its time linking, statting, etc, that's under 1% slowdown.
And it's perfectly explicable by the larger executable size. If we strip all the gcc binaries, and do another 10 runs of each (… flash forward to the next day.. oops, powerfail, make that 2 days later):
- real 14m24.659000-33.435000(26.1196+/-0.65)s
user 12m50.032000-57.701000(50.9755+/-0.36)s
sys 1m26.057000-28.406000(26.863+/-0.36)s
- real 14m26.811000-29.284000(27.1308+/-0.17)s
user 12m51.428000-52.696000(52.156+/-0.39)s
sys 1m26.157000-27.973000(26.869+/-0.41)s
Now the difference is 0.1%, pretty much in the noise.
Summary: so whether you like C++ or not, the performance argument is moot.


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flambéed sweet apple omelette
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Flambéed Sweet Apple Omelette â Every now and then you experiment with something new, sometimes the outcome is just ok and other times it just blows you away. This is what happened to me when I tasted my own rendition of a sweet omelette â whoop whoop - it blew me away and it is so easy to make! But first let me tell you the story how I ended up with fruit and an omelette of all thingsâ¦
I draw my inspirations from many different people ⦠one person who really inspires me isLidewij Edelkoort. What a fascinating woman â she is well-renowned as an international trend forecaster in any form of design. The other day I read on her website that yellow is a currently one of the primary fashion colours of the season - and as she says⦠â the power of yellow with its strength and radiance, is able to change all volume and all surfaces, giving glow to all matterâ. She shared some intriguing, and quite amazing references when it comes to eggs⦠she took us to France with âeggs + soldiersââ¦and then to Spain for an omelette. It just got me thinking. Before I knew it, I was traversing the world, the internet and my hoards of cookery books for something, yellow, eggy and interestingâ¦. I eventually found something quite enticing and a recipe that woke up my taste budsâ¦.it was an egg + pear omelette ⦠a dessert of all things.
I decided to use apples instead of pears and then used our local brandy to flambé the dessert. It did not stop there though⦠being my cheeky self, I added some cream, a pinch of nutmeg, a dose of cinnamon, a star anise and a heap of expectationâ¦.taste for yourself ⦠it is delicious!
Flambéed Sweet Apple Omelette
Serves: 4
Preparation Time: 10 min
Cooking Time: 25 min
2T Butter
4 Granny Smith apples â cored, peeled and cut into 1 cm slices
1 Star Anise
2 Cinnamon sticks
2T Sugar
4 Large eggs
2T Cream
1 Big pinch nutmeg
1 Pinch salt
3T Brandy
1. On medium heat in a big non-stick pan - melt the butter and add the star anise, cinnamon, apples and 1T of sugar.
2. Cook with the lid on for 10 min and then cook without the lid for a further 10 min.
3. Stir from time to time but be careful not to break the apples.
4. In the mean while beat the eggs, cream, nutmeg and salt together.
5. Then pour the eggs over the apples.
6. Cook till the eggs are set. Lift it on the sides to make sure it stays loose and your egg mixture does not stick to the pan.
7. Invert the omelette onto a large serving dish, sprinkle a tablespoon of sugar over the omelette and pour the 3 tablespoons of brandy over the dish. Ignite the brandy and then shake the platter till the alcohol burns of and extinguishes itself. Serve immediately.
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Make one batch of chocolate cupcakes and one batch of yellow.
With a sharp knife, cut the yellow cupcakes in half.
Then cut the chocolate cupcakes in half.
I made a big batch of cream cheese frosting (Recipe posted below), and divided into 3 bowls.
Using red, yellow, and green food coloring, I made my "condiments."
Put a small amount of frosting on the center of the bottom yellow cupcake.
It will act as a glue. Place a chocolate cupcake half on top.
Using a flat frosting tip for the yellow frosting, I drew a square around the chocolate "burger."
I made sure to make the corners obvious so it looked like cheese.
Then I used a star tip to create a little leafy lettuce with the green frosting on each side.
Finally, I used a pointed tip to create the "ketchup."
Place the yellow cake bun on top.
I used large white cupcake wrappers as "burger wrappers."
These are cute, fun, and so tasty!
Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Frosting enough for 30 cupcakes
1 cup of unsalted butter, softened
1 8oz pack of cream cheese, softened
1 whole vanilla bean, split open with a knife and vanilla beans scraped out (Amazon.com has 16 beans for $15)
3-4 cups confectioner sugar (I try and use as little as I can, but making sure it's pipeable)
Cream butter and cream cheese together on medium speed until texture is uniform. Add 2 cups of confectioners sugar and beat on low speed until sugar is all incorporated. Add 2 more cups and again mix on low speed until sugar is all incorporated. Add scraped vanilla beans (get every last bit) and mix on medium speed for 5 minutes, occasionally scraping down sides. The key to really creamy frosting is to NOT beat too much air into the frosting but rather, on a medium speed, beat it until it is creamy.


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush plans to inspect two of Iowa's flooded cities, where the water is receding but families and businesses are knee-deep in the disheartening aftermath.
The president's trip to Cedar Rapids and Iowa City on Thursday are his first stops to the Midwest since heavy rains sent rivers surging over their banks. Bush was in Europe when the severe weather hit last week, but he made a point to show his deep concern from abroad.
Bush is first getting a briefing in Cedar Rapids, which endured its worst flooding ever. The town was submerged by Cedar River, which crested almost 20 feet above flood stage.
The president is then viewing the damage by helicopter on his way to visit Iowa City, a flood-damaged college town 30 miles to the southeast.
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Series: Superstars!
Audience: Children
For Ages: 9 - 12 years old
For Grades: 3 - 7
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 128
Published: 18th June 2013
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 27.1 x 20.2 x 1.0
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How to Make a Bad Haircut Look Better
No need for hats, scarves or a paper bag! There are endless things you can do to spice up a bad haircut. Follow the steps below to learn how.
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1Go shorter. Cut your bangs (if you have any) into little pixie-like spikes if your bangs are cut too short. Use hair gel to make a pointy, punk looking style.
2Add extra-strength gel (or pomade) if your hair is too short all over. Wet your hair with cold water and turn your head upside down. After that, blow dry it to add plenty of volume. Tousle with your fingers to change the shape of the cut.
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Poppy Seed Quick Bread Recipe
Preparation time's kept to a minimum for Rosemarie Survillo's seeded treat. "It's a bread that you can make a day ahead of time, and then warm in the microwave moments prior to serving for just-baked appeal," she hints from her home in Lake St. Louis, Missouri.
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2-1/4 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
- 3 eggs
- 1-1/2 cups milk
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1-1/2 teaspoons almond extract
- 1-1/2 teaspoons butter flavor or vanilla extract
- 1. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, poppy seeds and salt. In another bowl, beat the eggs, milk, oil, almond extract and butter flavoring. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened.
- 2. Pour into two greased 8-in. x 4-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Yield: 2 loaves.
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1 serving (1 each) equals 175 calories, 8 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 21 mg cholesterol, 141 mg sodium, 24 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.
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Artist: La Dispute
Album: Wildlife
Genre: Rock
Another shooting on the southeast side. This a drive-by, mid-day,
Outside of the bus stop, by Fuller and Franklin. Or near there.
Not far from the park. About a block from where the other shooting was last month.
Or was it last week?
Shots were fired from an SUV heading northbound, Eastown,
The target a rival but they didn't hit the target this time.
They hit a kid we think had nothing to do with it.
And I travel backwards through time and space and I disintegrate, become invisible.
I want to see it where I couldn't when it happened.
I want to see it all first hand this time.
I want to know what it felt like.
So I float behind police lines, reconstruct the scene in fragments of memories.
I want to know what his mother looked like up close, I want to see her leaning over his body.
So I float there, transcend time. I want to capture it accurately.
I want to know what the color of the blood was spilling out from the tarp onto the concrete.
I want to write it all down so I can always remember.
If you could see it up close how could you ever forget how senseless death, how precious life.
I want to be there when the bullet hit.
And the crowd poured out as the shots drowned into siren sounds, out of there houses now
And over front yards, all the way up to the place where the police tape ran to mark the crime
Scene. Everybody trying to catch a glimpse of what was happening,
Of what was going on between the ambulance and all the cop cars.
Everybody gossiping, "Whose kid got hit? Where'd it hit him? And who could've fired it?"
Everybody wondering, "How did it happen again? And is he dead? These children. Our kids."
Everybody wondering how far they were from where the victims lived.
And I visit them, their houses. Inside my dream I visit them.
My spirit, soaring high and high up over King Park, leaves the crime scene, travels further back
Till far before the shooting, through their windows, to their living rooms.
I see them younger this time, playing games and doing homework.
All these marks of youth soon transformed coldly into stone for fights and stupid feuds.
For ruins wrapped in gold. And cruelly I recall why I have come: To find a reason. But
There cannot be a reason, not for death, not like this. Not like this.
Three days later they made funeral plans. The family.
Three days later a mother had to bury her son.
Not far away the shooter holed up in a hotel near to the highway with a friend and the gun.
That same gun. He'd fled immediately but was identified by witnesses, his picture on TV.
Only 20 years old, they called him "Grandpa." He was older than the others by a year,
Maybe two.
And he was safe for awhile until somebody saw him there and notified the authorities
Who surrounded the hotel, first arresting an accomplice while attempting to flee,
Then chasing him up the staircase to the floor where he'd stayed. He closed the door hard
Behind him, locked himself in the room.
They could've kicked in the door but knew the gun was still with him,
One he'd already used and so they feared what he'd do.
I floated up through the window of a room to the West.
I hovered out to the hallway, tried to listen in.
I heard them trying to reason, get him to open the door.
His uncle begging and pleading, half-collapsed to the floor.
He preached of hope and forgiveness,
said, "There is always a chance to rectify what you've taken, make your peace in the world."
I thought to slip through the door, I could've entered the room,
I felt the burden of murder, it shook the earth to the core.
Felt like the world was collapsing. Then we heard him speak,
"Can I still get into heaven if I kill myself?
Can I still get into heaven if I kill myself?
Can I ever be forgiven cuz I killed that kid?
It was an accident I swear it wasn't meant for him!
And if I turn it on me, if I even it out, can I still get in or will they send me to hell?
Can I still get into heaven if I kill myself?"
I left the hotel behind, don't want to know how it ends.
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