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Cookbook explores food, recipes from Narnia series
1. Grease a 9-inch-by-13-inch pan and line it with plastic wrap. Greasing the bottom and sides helps the plastic stick to the pan. Set aside until needed.
2. To make the sugar syrup, combine the sugar, cream of tartar and water in a large saucepan. Cook over high heat, stirring constantly, until the sugar is dissolved, 5 to 10 minutes. Wash the sides of the pan with a pastry brush dipped in hot water and clip a candy thermometer to the side of the pan. Continue cooking over medium-high heat without stirring until the mixture reaches 290 F. Remove from the heat and stir until the temperature drops a few degrees to prevent scorching. The temperature will first rise a few more degrees and then fall. Cover the saucepan.
3. To make the cornstarch paste, whisk together the cornstarch, lemon juice and water in a large saucepan. Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until the mixture turns into a thick paste, 5 to 10 minutes. Pour the sugar syrup into the cornstarch paste in five or six batches, whisking after each batch until smooth. Raise the temperature to medium-high and continue cooking, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon to prevent scorching, until the mixture turns a light golden color and is very thick and gelatinous, about 30 minutes.
4. Remove the pan from the heat, add the rose water or orange blossom water, and stir until smooth.
5. Scrape the mixture into the prepared pan and spread with wooden spoon. The mixture will be hard to spread, so don't worry if it's imperfect. Cover with plastic wrap and cool completely at room temperature, 5 hours or overnight.
6. When the candy is completely cool, remove the slab from the pan and cut into 1-inch pieces (make seven cuts along the width and 11 cuts along the length). Sift together the confectioner's sugar and cornstarch in a large mixing bowl and whisk to combine. Toss several pieces of the candy at a time into the confectioners' sugar-cornstarch mixture to coat. Store in an airtight container between layers of plastic wrap or parchment paper.
— Dinah Bucholz, "The Unofficial Narnia Cookbook"
Cooking tip: I substituted 1 teaspoon vanilla for the rosewater or orange blossom water. Also, the batch I tried cooked faster than the times she listed, so keep an eye on it as it's cooking. The Turkish Delight absorbed the confectioner's sugar-cornstarch coating, so you may need to re-toss them right before serving.
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Withey's stout can't compensate for lagging Kansas offense
by Thomas Wheat Hotchkiss
IU NCAA Final Four Student News Bureau
NEW ORLEANS – The game started well for Jeff Withey.
Kansas' junior center beat Anthony Davis for the opening tip, leading to a layup from Tyshawn Taylor and an early Jayhawk lead. Seconds later, Withey violently spiked Terrence Jones' driving attempt out of bounds.
While he pestered the Wildcats all night with his defense, his offense let the Jayhawks down in a 67-59 loss to Kentucky in the national championship game.
When the horn sounded, he was briskly marching down the tunnel in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and into the locker room with a stoic stare, the first Jayhawk off the floor.
For the second straight game, Withey neutralized a consensus first team All-American. Two nights after pestering Ohio State forward Jared Sullinger in the semifinals – holding him to just 13 points on 5-19 shooting – Withey held Davis in check. The National Player of the Year went scoreless in the first half, finished with six points and just one made field goal on ten attempts.
"We actually guarded (Davis) pretty good," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "Jeff did a good job on him."
Withey's four blocks on Monday night gave him a share of the NCAA Tournament record with Davis, who had six blocks of his own. Their 31 rejections apiece in the 2012 event passed Florida center Joakim Noah's 29 in 2006.
But on the offensive end, Withey appeared intimidated by Davis, often hurling up hasty shots to avoid the wrath of those long arms. Withey finished 2-8 from the field missed four layups, none blocked but most effected by Davis' presence.
"I do not think any of us were rattled," junior forward Kevin Young said. "We knew what they were capable of…if just a couple more possessions went our way, it could have been our game."
Those few possessions could have been Withey's misses. Withey's botched layups helped the Wildcats out to a 14-point halftime lead.
"Definitely," Withey said when asked if Davis' presence caused him to rush his shots. "He blocked a ton of shots, he altered a ton of shots and he got rebounds."
"I don't know if it's intimidation or just really the fact that he is that big," senior guard Conner Teahan told reporters. "He's like Withey – obviously more length or what not – but he's coming off his man and blocking shots… you can't take him out of there for the entire game."
On a rare occasion when Withey found himself free from Davis, he still couldn't convert. Early in the second half he botched an alley oop, clanging the dunk that would have cut the lead to ten off the back of the rim. The Kansas contingent of 70,913 in attendance let out a collective groan.
Kentucky also was able to get enough shooting from their guards to make up for Withey's defense on Davis. Withey watched helplessly as six 3-point shots fell through the net from the Wildcats' shooters, three of them from Doron Lamb.
"They have such great athletes," Teahan said. "Lamb was able to hit some big shots. We did some bad things defensively going under or over ball screens on their shooters."
And as the clock ticked down on the Jayhawk's season, Withey watched from the bench. He sat most of the final seconds, as Bill Self opted for an extra shooter to boost Kansas' comeback hopes. But there would be no comeback on this night.
"I'm very sad and disappointed," Withey said in the locker room. "My heart hurts for the seniors."
When asked to hearken back to his great start in the opening sequence, Withey was asked if he came out trying to make a statement.
"That was the plan," he said. "But it didn't work too well."


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infuse an amazing amount of soul and energy into every track, capturing the attention of listeners all over the United States, Europe, and Canada. The group produces toe-tapping rhythms and melodies, creating a lively and dynamic sound with soul unparalleled in much of today's indie music. The group has shared a stage with a vast array of performers, including Robert Plant, Buddy Guy, Fitz & the Tantrums, and Peter Bjorn & John, among others. JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound released their first album, Want More, under Bloodshot Records back in October to rave reviews, and they have a northeast tour in the works for this month. The group comes to Kung Fu Necktie on Thursday, December 15th, and play a Free at Noon on Friday the 16th at World Cafe Live in a double header with Gary Clark Jr. With such heart-wrenchingly soulful music combined with the group's famed theatrical performance, these shows are not to be missed!
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Resetting your phone doesn't actually delete everything
Selling an old smartphone is a great way to grab some quick cash, but it could mean handing over a whole lot of personal, and possibly embarrassing, information.
Resetting the phone is not enough to erase all data from a phone, according to a software company.
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The "Big Blue Book" published by the Collage board is my personal choice for all my students and here is why:
1. Step-by-step practice section: A large portion of this book revolves around practice sets which walk students through every aspect of the test. There are not only practice problems but exercises to reinforce the new material along with quizzes as milestone markers. The quizzes and practice sets are short allowing students to work for less than 30 minutes a day and still progress quickly.
2. Vocabulary: There is no need to waste money on expensive flashcards, in fact it is usually much better if you create your own. My more artistically inclined students like to draw pictures to help them remember what it means. Others use color coding to help them remember if it is a positive or negative word, or what "category" it falls into. Lastly, this book not only provides a long list of words to use, but also exercises on how to break down words that you do not recognize. This is extremely useful as there is more than 800 recommended SAT vocabulary words and a strong change you will not remember EVERY word that you study.
3. Practice Tests: This is by far the best part of this book. As it is published by the Collage board, it includes real practice tests. These are tests from years passed which are made available to students. With 10 full length tests, there is definitely plenty of material for practice. Having actual tests allows students to fully prepare for their SAT's because they become comfortable with the question style and answer sheet.
4. Answers: Not all practice books come with detailed answers, even as a tutor I find this frustrating so I can only imagine what it would be like for a student practicing on their own. Even for students taking other exams such as the IB or AP tests, I always recommend getting a book with a good answer section, that way you can figure out not only the correct answer but how to arrive at the answer in the most efficient way. As more of a humanities person myself, I can usually figure out how to find the answer but sometimes it takes much longer than it should. Checking not only the answer but how you arrived at it can make a big improvement for students who struggle with time.
5. Student feedback: To me this might be the most important part of the recommendation. Many of my students have told me this was the best book for them because of the features I already discussed. If they like the book and are willing to put in time and effort then I like the book because it will help them improve... even if I am not around.
So there you have it, with SAT time approaching quickly and college applications do soon it is a busy time of the year. Remember SAT's are important to your college but only as part of a well-rounded academic and personal life.


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Guides stay behind
Remember that guide layers that are not used for motion tweens are not exported with the file, and consequently they do not add to the final file size. This makes them useful for notes or image samples that may be used for reference or communicating with others also working on the file. In addition, you can convert a normal layer to a guide layer to hide its contents while testing or trying out alternatives.
Referrer issues
Usually an HTML link will send additional data inside the header of its request. This often includes the referrer information, which in turn includes the page where the link was activated. This information is used by hosting companies to track from which sites hits are originating.
When using an http request (for example, through the use of loadMovie(), getURL() or loadVariables()) from a Flash SWF, the "referrer" information is not included in the header. The SWF format does not support HTTP referrer information when sending http requests. Right now there is no workaround for this situation, but we expect Adobe to find a solution soon.
Component sizes
Although adding a component increases the size of a file, adding additional ones does not always do so. This is because of the way Macromedia components are constructed; they share a lot of common code. Therefore, if you plan to use one component, you can often save time by creating the basics with premade components. Premades are also a good quick way to prototype a project. Either way, you should still optimize when you have finished.
Converting symbols
When using the Pencil, Oval, Rectangle or Line tool to create shapes or draw objects, remember to convert them to symbol (F8) before applying a motion tween, otherwise it will not work.
Save space
If a Flash file has a background color, the file size can be reduced by not using a background layer filled with that color, but rather by choosing a background color in the Modify>Movie dialog.
Smoother animations
The Easing control, in the Properties palette, is an effective way of bringing two, or more objects together in an animation. Slowing down the objects as they approach can often give the animation a more "crafted" appearance. Positive values will cause objects' motion to decelerate and negative values will cause them to speed up.
Flash to PowerPoint
If you ever have the need to insert Flash movies into a PowerPoint presentation. There is a simple six step tutorial, using the Shockwave Flash Object, on how to do this, that can be found at www.wildform.com/tutorials/ppt2flash/#6
Target labels, not numbers
When writing ActionScripts you should always target frame labels, rather than frame numbers, as the labels will automatically update as the timeline gets changed.
View movies in debug mode
With movies embedded within other movie objects, especially with multiple embedded objects it is very difficult to see what is happening in debug mode, as this will only give you access to the topmost movie. To access the local variables in any movie object make that scene viewable and then press Command/Ctrl+Option/Alt+Enter to go into that scene's debug mode.
Link to frame not text
If the text in a button is the active link, it can sometimes be difficult to hit the link, as spaces between letter become inactive. A much better idea is to make a larger hit area. Draw your text and make it into a button symbol.
Select the button and choose "Edit Symbol". Select the frame labeled "Hit" and create a new keyframe (F6). Draw a rectangle in that frame. You can draw the rectangle to accurately surround the text using onion skinning to guide you. Turn onion skinning on (2nd button under the timeline) and select "onion all" (the 4th button). Turn off onion skinning afterwards.
Showing JPEG
Remember that in Flash MX the LoadMovie() action can also load external .jpg files.
No loops
When creating buttons for a rollover movie that are not meant to loop, make sure there is a stop() action in the last frame. This will stop the loop. There are two good ways to make animated buttons. The first is to create a movie clip containing all the animations, using frame labels and stop() actions to separate the different parts on the time line. Then create an invisible button and target the movie clip for different states of the invisible button. The second way, for MX users is simply to create a movie clip button.
Working online as well as locally
URL (Windows>Action) remember that you must use the http:// prefix for the link to work. It may work well without it on your local machine, but will need it when the SWF is on-line.
Flash Usability
In a report on Flash usability, the Nielsen Norman Group identifies several basic issues relating to Web-based functionality. The tests examined the way people use applications to achieve tasks. The report contains many guidelines that will make Flash applications more aligned with human behavior and thus easier to use. The writers suggest that sites must be immediately understandable and that requirements for the Web are very strict. They estimate that companies can double the return on their investment in Flash applications if they improve the quality of the user experience and overcome the usability problems they have identified. The report is filled with screenshots, showing designs that worked well for users as well as designs that caused them usability problems. ñApplications have to go much further than simply answering questions. They need features"the right ones, and not too many" presented in ways that empower users. This is a much tougher design challenge than simply providing information. Flash applications require a new level of usability commensurate with their status as ephemeral applications. A focus on simplicity will be key, as will a much deeper understanding of users' needs than has characterized the first decade of Web design.î If Flash is being used for site interfaces, it is worth reading this report carefully. The full 188-page report is available for download.
Turn it on, not off
Many users find background music annoying, especially people surfing while they should be working, so if you have a music track, create an on/off button and keep the default to off.
Label everything
It is always a good idea to include a text label with every button and icon, then uses will know what they are about to do, and will not need to randomly click to see what happens.
Button storage
If you find that you are using the same buttons over and over, or you are designing a variety of sites and movies for many clients, consider creating a document that contains only buttons, and add to it when you create variations or completely new ones. This way you can also keep experiments and reuse them at a later time. Just open this file and drag and drop buttons onto new sites. Alternatively you can place them into a shared library, but this may be a little harder to see the variety.
Snapping on and off
When you have Snap to Pixels on, pressing the C key will temporarily turn off pixel snapping; turn it back on with the same key. Pressing X will hide and reveal the pixel grid.
Masking advice
When making masks, if you have two layers on your timeline, right-click on the first layer and select Mask. You will find that the second layer automatically becomes masked. If you have more than two layers, only the layer that acts as the mask and the layer below it will be masked.
Flash, Wacom and Tiger
If you find that Flash crashes with Tiger installed it probably needs to have an updated driver from Wacom. This has happened to many tablet users. Driver 4.78 will not work with OS 10.4. You will need to install version 4.79-2. This applies to users of the Intuos, Graphire, and Cintiq tablets.
Making SWFs smaller
The space-consuming manner in which Flash movies are embedded within an HTML page, which has been with us since Flash 4, includes using two main tags to embed the movie"once for Internet Explorer and once for Netscape, et al. You can extend the <object> tag (IE) and remove the <embed> (Netscape) and utilize the Flash Player ability to respond to content with a MIME type, resulting in much leaner code. Read the whole article at www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay/
Keeping scripts visible
When you've entered a frame script, it will disappear when you select a different frame. To prevent this from happening and keep it visible, simply click on the Pin ActiveScript button at the bottom of the script pane.
Tween jerk
If your tweening is a little jerky, you can always add frames to the tween afterward. At the default rate of 12 fps, the regular four frames may end up passing too quickly and leave a jerky motion. To add extra frames, select one of the internal frames, not a start or end frame, and add a frame. You can use F5 (Insert>Timeline>Frame) to quickly add frames until the action becomes smooth. Of course, if you select multiple frames and use F5, they will all be copied.
Learn to animate (Images)
If you want tutorials about animating, there is a comprehensive Breeze demo on the Macromedia site that shows just about every thing you need to know to animate cartoon characters. You can find the online tutorial at http://tinyurl.com/3lz8h.
The tutorial goes on for over an hour, so make yourself comfortable with a pen and paper. The seemingly simple animation that is being discussed can be seen at http://flashfilmmaker.com/index.php?toon_titan
Consecutive movies
When you want to make a second SWF play directly after one clip plays, in the last frame of the loaded movie use:
This _parent statement in the loaded movie tells it to go one level up and then perform the goto statement. But scene names are very unreliable because they don't exist once you compile the swf. Instead use a frame label. Label the next SWF something like
and then use
This _parent statement in the loaded movie tells it to go one level up and then perform the goto statement. But scene names are very unreliable because they don't exist once you compile the swf. Instead use a frame label. Label the next SWF something like
and then use
Stick to lower-case
Because ActionScript 2.0 is case sensitive, it is not wise to name anything with capital letters. Addressbutton is different from addressbutton, which is different again from AddressButton. This can lead to a lot of confusion, which sometimes can take hours of troubleshooting. So to be safe, try to limit all names to lowercase. This will also make it easier to see uppercase mistakes.


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Di Canio relishing keeper battle
by Ashley Houghton
Coach believes team are in safe hands.
Sunderland head coach Paolo Di Canio has urged both Keiren Westwood and new signing Vito Mannone to battle it out for the Black Cats' number one spot during pre-season.
The departure of Simon Mignolet has left a position to fill for Di Canio ahead of the season's opener against Fulham on the 17 August.
Westwood has played 13 games since moving to Wearside in 2011 whilst Mannone comes to the Stadium of Light with UEFA Champions League experience to his name.
And Di Canio is keen for both players to prove their worth over the course of pre-season.
"I speak to Keiren a lot and he was unlucky to have Mignolet because he did very well and he was crucial for us," the Italian said.
"Now he has the chance to start again to challenge with competition to determine who is going to play.
"We have two good goalkeepers with very high desire so it will be interesting to see how they work so hard."


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Height: 6-4 Weight: 210 lbs.
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Contemporary Issues in Computer Science
What's Right?
Choose one of the following issues:
· The Jammie Thomas-Rassett case
· Should sending spam be illegal?
· The use of the Stuxnet worm to cripple Iran's nuclear efforts (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/world/middleeast/16stuxnet.html)
· Videogame censorship (http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2011/06/27/254812/supreme-court-rules-against-video-game-censorship-7-2/?mobile=nc )
· Wikileaks
· The Edward Snowden affair
· The Apple/Samsung legal battle. Here are a couple of sources you may find interesting, but there is a ton out there:
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._v._Samsung_Electronics_Co.,_Ltd.#First_US_Trial
o http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/24/apple-v-samsung-decision/
o http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/27/samsung-v-apple-and-the-obviousness-standard/
· Autonomous vehicles
If you wish to explore a different issue, that's okay, but check with us first.
Choose one of the ethical frameworks that we have discussed in class.
Write a short paper (500 – 1,000 words) analyzing your chosen issue using your chosen ethical framework.


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Beer laws in Texas have come a long way. In just a few years, the outdated, unfair, and often nonsensical laws against the beer industry and its right to do business have seen unprecedented reform. At the forefront of the improving business climate is the activist organization known as Open the Taps and it has an event scheduled this week to raise awareness. Here is some background information:
Event: Open the Taps Fundraiser
Location: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Mason Park beer garden, 831 South Mason Rd., Katy, TX
Date and Time: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
This event is all about awareness and change and the focus of the evening will be the laws governing the sale of growlers. At present, Texas businesses with liquor licenses are prohibited from selling growlers of beer. This is bad for business and bad for consumers, many of whom would like to purchase beer to go from an establishment that already sells beer in the first place. Open the Taps is hoping to raise awareness of this unfair law and pressure the state government for some much needed reform.
Admission to the event is only $10 and includes an Open the Taps pint glass, good for three different beers. Local breweries sponsoring the event, and offering their beer for your enjoyment, include Karbach, Saint Arnold, Buffalo Bayou, No Label, and 8th Wonder Brewing. The breweries also plan to raffle off some prizes for added fun.
The $10 admission can be paid quickly online by clicking here. Guests can also pay the $10 admission price at the door on the day of the event, but online payment is faster and more efficient. A representative from Open the Taps will be available at the event to answer questions and explain how your involvement can help expedite the changes in Austin and expand beer options for all parties involved, including both businesses and beer- loving consumers like you and me.
Much has changed in Texas' beer scene over the past few years with many notable legal accomplishments. Much work still remains, however, and Open the Taps is ready to make change happen. Visit the Alamo Drafthouse in Katy this Wednesday, May 21, 2014 and find out how you can make a difference.


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I am just a soul boy at heart.
Is the work needed on them "doable?" would you say/.
"Hugely affable" - Esquire Magazine :-)
Pootle will just love those
First pressings son !
new surrounds of the correct type can be had for less than £100 from Speakerbits in Melbourne, Aus (including shims and glue) or there are sometimes whole cones available on e bay for about £300 or you can send them back to Lockwoods for slightly more than this.
Entirely doable at home, even if new coils/spiders are required. The only problem is that until you strip them you won't know the extent of the repairs.
Yes the work is "doable" or if you cant do it yourself I will send you the contact details of a man that can. He doesnt charge a fortune either!
I am just a soul boy at heart.
I'm the highest (only) bidder on these - well they are in Somerset so be rude not to . Not that I need them, am currently enjoying some Pearl Jam on my golds as I type, but if they go cheap then.....fuck it.
The Amesbury's are basically rectangular Yorks I believe, big blighters, yummy.
Im in central belt of Scotland.
More detail on TXN on what I'm looking to have done. http://thecrossovernetwork.co.uk/for...ce-suggestions
even if new coils/spiders are required. Do you happen to know if these are expensive.
My contact is in the South of England! If you dont want to post them I would get Coatbridge to recone them!
I am just a soul boy at heart.
And there you go, proof that bargains can still be had on vintage Tannoys - the Amesburys went for a mere £585 - one bid above me, and if I'd been at home when it finished I probably would have stuck another one on. And on the same day that a slightly ropey pair of 10" reds go for £1600. I bet the people who bid on reds and silvers have probably never even heard them before. I've had a black, a silver, 2 pairs of reds, golds, 3 x hpd's and various newer models and there's absolutely no way on earth I'd be spunking up the kind of money these punters do just because myth tells them that rarer = better, and let cracking bargains like the Amesburys pass by. Nuts.
I have been receiving info' on costs within the past week. Just to see what the various difference was.
£84.128 for speakerbits for surrounds, that includes shipping. Not sure what import tax would be.
Also, had quotes from Lockwood and Coatbridge. As you mentioned Coatbridge would require no posting.
If I was brave enough I would do the job myself, the procedure is here. http://www.44bx.com/tannoy/HPD_recone.html
Have not been lucky enough to hear 15'' Golds, maybe one day. I have 12'' Golds at the moment which are hard edge ones. I prefer my 15'' HPD tho' to these.
So, eager to have them reconed.
If anyone can recommend someone who can service the crossovers for my HPD. It would be helpful. I have a contact, not in the UK tho' so, was just looking for other options first.
La toilette, unfortunate about the bid. What do you prefer about the Golds over the HPD 385, apart from the planned obsolescence?
A few years back I elected to keep a pair of 10" reds over some 12" HPD's - took me a couple of weeks appreciate what a crap move that was - I'd been so excited to find some cheap reds that I didn't even pause to consider that they might not suit my tastes as well as my Devons. Now I'm a bit more inclined to spend more time listening to them before making any rash decisions. A few months ago I picked up some 12" reds and once again they fell short of expectations. Probably different strokes for different folks, maybe it's the kind of music I listen to, but compared to my golds......no contest.
Re the Amesburys - probably just as well I didn't win them, it may have stretched relations with my better half a bit too thin - I already have big 120L cabs but those Amesburys would still have been significantly larger!!!!
Thanks la toilette,
I prefer my HPD385, over my 12'' golds. It may be familiarity in part, as I have had the HPD for 16 years or so.
They are in Lancasters and have been since I got them.
The golds, would be greatly improved, if I had them in bigger cab's. They are in Chatsworths. They have the rubber surround as well.
I so miss the bass of the HPD385, so would not consider changing them to gold type cones. Even, if it means recone in another 16 years.
Those Amesburys, looked to me as if someone had put in some extra bracing and perhaps new damping material, did not look like the stuff that was in my Lancasters?
Yep my Golds are now in their 4th cabs; originally in Lancasters now in super-sturdy birch ply cabs - makes a big difference! Chatsworths are much too small to do your golds justice really.
I think those Amesburys were all original - much bigger cabinets than Lancasters, I think 50-75% bigger, braced to calm those big panels. Must stop thinking about them now or I'll start regretting not bidding higher - though even I might have found them a bit overwhelming in my little cottage .
Thats bloody cheap for HPD's! mind you a recone and surround by Lockwoods another £400.
"Before you play two notes learn how to play one note - and don't play one note unless you've got a reason to play it."
- Mark Hollis (1998)
Or DIY re-foam for <£100. Not the ideal but excellent results are perfectly achievable if you're willing to take your time and do a careful job of it.
If it's been standing for a while & used with the surround buggered, it will need re-coning and new surrounds and maybe the spiders (which are worth doing anyway), so this is really a £1K+ pair of speakers, which is why it sold for less than £600. The cabs are next to worthless, maybe £100 if you are lucky, as nobody wants big ugly Tannoy cabs that flap about (I think you can tell I am not a fan of Tannoy cabs).
I think it was a more than fair price, considering the work that probably needs doing to get them to sound right. The surround fix I am 99% certain won't work to get them to sound good, which they will if they are repaired correctly.
Well yes it is possible that damage can occur if the surrounds get so bad that the cone is not fully supported, and one of the three pairs I've replaced surrounds on would have benefitted from a complete recone as one voice coil was no longer perfectly circular. The other two pairs though were in excellent order as the original foam was still intact, just on its last legs. So it can be done and it can work perfectly, as I have done it and I listened to them very carefully before and after . There were a lot of threads on this on the yahoo Tannoy forum a few years back and lots of people have replaced their surrounds to their apparent satisfaction. Of course, if you have the cash then a recone by Lockwood is certainly the best option, but it's not true to say that it's not possible to effectively replace just the surround without compromising the drivers.
Tannoy cabs can be improved upon, sure, but at least Amesburys are just about large enough to do justice to 15"-ers so would be one of the better ones to pick. And I rather like the look of old Tannoy cabs despite then being a bit flappy, better than all those shiny new black daleks I see around .
Anyway my original comments on these were really that compared to the prices that pre-HPD models are fetching, they were something of a bargain.
La toilette,
Yep my Golds are now in their 4th cabs; originally in Lancasters now in super-sturdy birch ply cabs - makes a big difference! Chatsworths are much too small to do your golds justice really.
I think I read somewhere that, golds need bigger cabs than HPD, to hear the them at their best. It would be great if I could get the opportunity to listen to them in something bigger, with better bracing. I had only bought these as a stand by for the inevitable of having my HPD reconed. Also a bit out of curiosity.
I did toy with the idea of quickly putting them in even the Lancasters whilst I'm have the HPD work done. I'v heard you can use something that can alter the aperture to allow them to fit. Lancasters are not the best I know, think they would be a bit better than the Chatsworth tho'.
Not sure I want to start doing this, as I have enough going on with the HPD at the moment.
I have been looking at the process of the recone, every time I look, I'm still not clear as to what the spider looks like. I know the general location.
and what it does. If anyone can direct me to a clear photo of the component, on it's own, if possible,that would be great.


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A leading high-end custom cycling studio seeks an experienced bike mechanic with a proven track record to assist on all aspects of bike assembly, deployment, maintenance and repair for our Boulder cycling studio. This individual will also be on the ground floor of a growing company and department to maximize service levels, operational efficiency and overall customer experience.
• Ability to work on all levels of bikes: boxed to performance ready
• Ability to perform preventative, routine and overhaul service
• Quickly diagnose and repair equipment in a fast paced setting
• Manage databases for equipment inventory, service history and spare parts used
• Set schedules and report back to management with service updates
• Assist in design of bike shop(s) layout to maximize efficiency
• Evolve existing Standard Operating Procedures and improve as needed for repairs, and special events
• Maintain a safe and clean work environment by complying with our company's procedures and industry standards
• Work closely with studio staff to inform and train on effective bike operations
• Field and prioritize emergency requests for service and dispatch mechanics as needed
• Assist management in purchasing of tools, supplies and parts
• Other duties as assigned
• Must have at least 3 years of experience in professional bicycle or fitness studio repair organization. Certifications not required but preferred.
• Experience working on large teams preferred.
• Interpersonal Skills -- Maintains confidentiality, open to others ideas and willing to try new things.
• Highly organized with attention to detail.
• Strong creative, analytical and problem solving skills with desire to improve all aspects of shop and studio bike operations.
• Proven technical and mechanical aptitude including a passion for innovation.
• Proficient computer skills with experience in inventory and work order management.
• Has unrivaled patience and troubleshooting skills.
• Has excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excels under pressure.
• Has a positive, can-do attitude and willingness to work non-traditional hours as needed.
• Valid Driver's License.
• Job requires travel as needed
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The MIX11 Website has been launched! is the place to go for all MIX 2011 updates and announcements. Currently you can read up on the tentative agenda, register for the event, and vote for Open Call submissions from the community.
The website is the first of the conferences on a new platform and is the last of the conference web sites to be migrated over to Azure. Orchard is an open source ASP.Net MVC CMS that just hit their v1 milestone.
Unfortunately we did have a few hiccups out of the gate, but we're working on getting the all resolved asap.
There wasn't enough time to get every feature we wanted into the site, but it's the first on it's platform and it will grow from event to event. Here are some hidden features that you can use for OpenCall voting in the meantime:
We're listening and responding to feedback via:
You can also leave comments here about website specific items, but the other means are monitored by more than one person :)


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Early business
by Ashley Houghton
Look back on some early transfers from past years.
Following the announcement of Paolo Di Canio's first five signings as Sunderland boss we look back at five early transfers from recent years.
5. Tommy Miller
Local lad Tommy Miller joined the Black Cats in June 2005 as Mick McCarthy's side prepared for life in the Premier League.
Miller signed from Ipswich Town and went on to make 35 appearances in his two years on Wearside.
And, despite relegation from the top-flight in his first campaign, the Shotton Colliery-born midfielder was a hit with fans after scoring in a Wear-Tees derby victory at the Riverside Stadium
Injuries restricted Miller to just four appearances during the 2006-07 campaign and, as a result, he returned to Ipswich.
4. Stephen Elliott
After progressing through the youth ranks at Manchester City, Stephen Elliott joined the Black Cats in June 2004.
Elliott's progress at Manchester City was hampered by injury but he made an instant impact on Wearside after scoring on his debut against Crewe Alexandra.
In his first campaign the Republic of Ireland international bagged 16 goals in 46 games as McCarthy's side bounced back from play-off heartbreak the season before to return to the top-flight.
The following season proved frustrating for Sunderland and Elliott's two goals in 16 games epitomised a difficult campaign for the club.
The Dublin-born striker scored five times in 26 games during 2006-07 season as Roy Keane led the Black Cats back to the top flight.
Following promotion, Elliott left Sunderland for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
3. Nyron Nosworthy
Cult hero Nyron Nosworthy signed for Sunderland in 2005 on a free transfer from Gillingham.
'Nuggy' as he was known on Wearside was thrown straight into Mick McCarthy's side for the 2005-06 Premier League campaign and played 32 times in all competitions in his debut season.
The following campaign coincided with an upturn in form for the Jamaican who was voted Player of the Season after making 29 appearances under Roy Keane.
A further 31 appearances were added to Nosworthy's tally during the 2007-08 campaign as Roy Keane's side finished 15th in the top flight.
Nosworthy, who now plays for Watford, made 20 appearances as Sunderland dropped to 16th in the table the following season.
Steve Bruce took charge ahead of the 2009-10 campaign and Nosworthy found first-team opportunities hard to come by; after playing just 13 times in the opening months of the campaign, Nosworthy joined Sheffield United on loan.
He spent two years with the Blades before returning to Wearside in 2011 only to be loaned to Watford shortly after, a move he would make permanent at the end of the 2011-12 season.
2. Dean Whitehead
Dean Whitehead joined Sunderland from Oxford United in June 2004 for a reported fee of £150,000.
The young midfielder was added to Mick McCarthy's side as the Black Cats looked to avenge play-off heartache from the season before.
Whitehead played 34 games in his opening campaign, scoring six goals as Sunderland won the Championship title by seven points.
The Abingdon-born midfielder was ever-present during the 2005-06 campaign with 41 appearances in all competitions; he played more games than any other Sunderland player.
Whitehead's fitness was a large contributor to his success on Wearside as he played 46 of Sunderland's 48 games during the campaign, chipping in with four goals.
An early injury in the 2007-08 campaign meant that Whitehead would make only 28 appearances before he added another 38 appearances in 2008-09 under Roy Keane.
He left for Stoke in 2009 and went on to play 160 times for the Potters before being released in 2013.
Following his release Whitehead joined Middlesbrough in July.
1. Seb Larsson
Swedish midfielder Seb Larsson joined the Black Cats on a free transfer from Birmingham City in July 2011.
Signed by his former Birmingham boss Steve Bruce, Larsson made an instant impact with a spectacular goal on his debut in a 1-1 draw at Liverpool.
During his first season on Wearside, Larsson made 39 appearances, scoring eight goals including a winner against Blackburn Rovers in Martin O'Neill's first game in charge.
He also featured in every game of the 2012-13 season, scoring one of the goals of the season as Sunderland hammered West Ham United 3-0 at the Stadium of Light.
Larsson has been capped 55 times by his country, scoring on six occasions.


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Martha F. Durant
PENOBSCOT - Martha F. Durant was called home by the Lord Jan. 29, 2013, after a brief illness at a Bangor hospital.
Martha was married 59 years to Walter F. Durant of Buffalo, N.Y., and Bangor, a returning veteran of World War II, European Theater. Martha is remembered as an outgoing, happy, active member of the community all of her life. She attended Penobscot schools and raised her family in Bangor for 24 years. Later she rebuilt the actual house in which she was born in 1927, lived with Walter - a retired Maine Central Railroad engineer, and was popularly known as "the Avon lady." Martha sold Avon for more than 30 years, was the winner of many presidential awards and was very happy in her work. After her husband's death in 2006, she resided at Northern Bay residential until her death. In summation, Martha and Walter led long and happy lives, raising their two sons in Bangor for more than 20 years, later retiring in the home of her birth in Penobscot. Martha will be fondly missed and remembered by her family and her many friends in Penobscot area.
Martha is survived by her two sons: first born, Stephen W. Durant, his only son and Martha's grandson, Logan, 29, of Boston, and Steve's fiancee, Linda Marie Haines, of Millinocket, and second born, Richard Neil Durant and his constant companion, Rose, now residing in Belfast, his daughter from his first marriage and Martha's granddaughter, Marsha Durant, and Richard's children from his second marriage and Martha's grandchildren, Stephanie and Matthew, residing in Eddington. Martha left many lifelong friends in Penobscot, Castine and Bangor, Pat Wardwell, Tappy Blodgett and many more too numerous to list. Martha was predeceased by her brother, Elmer Wardwell and wife, Ediee; mother, Lydia; and father, Neil Wardwell of Penobscot.
A memorial service will be held at time of burial at Castine Cemetery sometime in May.
Obituary written by Stephen Durant
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Imagine reclining in a private room, harps playing in the background, scents of rose and sandalwood swirling about you, and a therapist massaging each muscle, deeply.
A CNN anchor recently referred to relaxing as decompressing. I laughed when I heard his new references to the same old bane of modern life – stress. In that news piece, counselors advised people to forgo happy hour (perhaps not every time) and visit a spa or golf course to eliminate stress.
Decompressing? Call it what you like, we're all looking for ways to live healthier. And when doing nothing means living healthier, there's no better news. Imagine reclining in a private room, harps playing in the background, scents of rose and sandalwood swirling about you, and a therapist massaging each muscle, deeply. Only a fool could pass that up.
Apparently, Puerto Vallarta suffers few fools, because locals and tourists alike frequently indulge in sensual treatments. Spas range from those in hotels to independent massage clinics to earthy spa havens. Not comfortable going out for a massage? A therapist from the Shanti Healing Center or Spa Express can meet you where you are.
Regardless of the type, each spa addresses all five senses in its own way. Most spas have a tranquil, if not heavenly, setting. The sounds of classical, Celtic, Asian or New Age music help you forget the outside world and drift into another state of mind. At posh indoor spas like the Quinta Real, fresh flowers and aromatic oils are used to invigorate each room. At an outdoor setting, leaves rustling, birds chirping or chimes tinkling might be the only music you hear – but the space has been carefully designed for unwinding.
At Terra Noble, Jorge Rubio has created an essentially outdoor spa to "awaken the senses." Everything there, especially the pre-Hispanic sweat lodge, strikes a first-time visitor as remarkable. Many hotels and spas throughout the city have also set up massage beds outside. And why not? Natural qualities flowing from the jungle and bay around Puerto Vallarta could never really be bottled.
After choosing an ideal setting, the vast menu of treatments can appear to be something from a restaurant. At the Qualton Hotel alone, open the broad folder and discover 13 types of massages, nine different facials, 12 body treatments, and 24 salon services. At most spas, full-body therapeutic massages, aromatherapy and hot stone treatments emerge as the favorites for relaxation.
Wanting something else? How about an algae or Mayan mud body wrap to rejuvenate sun-drenched skin? Or, how about a sea glow exfoliation for a silky touch that will make you wonder if it's truly your own skin? Perhaps a rejuvenating or deep-cleansing facial will provide a vibrant new look, perfect for holiday photos or a fresh start back to work.
Whatever you choose, it should reflect your needs at that particular time. "Treatments address all three parts of the body," says Pascale Chabert of Acqua Day Spa, "the mechanical, the chemical and the energetic." She explains that shiatsu balances the body at certain pressure points, like acupuncture but without needles, whereas lymphatic drainage is a very gentle massage, designed to relieve puffiness caused by traveling or diet. A reiki massage aims to energize the client.
For those with a spiritual bent, a temazcal could be a powerful choice. At Terra Noble, a shaman like Tonatiuh can lead you through an experience that aims to heal and purify the mind, body and soul. Inside an igloo-shaped adobe hut, the shaman uses volcanic clay, water, stones, herbs and fire to perform a pre-Hispanic group ritual. A combination of the shaman's application of mud and water to each body, his ongoing chanting and the intense heat and medley of aromas in the hut make the two hours unforgettable. Many clients approach the temazcal with some angst, but gradually relax as they embrace the process.
At Velas Vallarta, Pilar Napoles has a simpler approach, "If you want to sleep, we can make you sleep. But if you need energy because you have much work to do, we can give you energy." For some, it seems, spa treatments have become a way of life. "Many people see massages as necessary," says Araceli Machuca of Millenium Massage, "not just as a deluxe treatment anymore. Of course, other things – like exercise – can also take stress away, but massages help a lot. People feel what their body needs and they come back to relieve stress. Even doctors and psychologists are sending patients for massages."
When the treatment ends, most clients leave the room reluctantly – the feeling is just too good. I spoke to one woman who claimed to actually feel lighter after her full-body relaxation massage. Of course, one treatment doesn't alter everything in life, but it sure provides a fresh perspective. After each massage, clients are reminded to drink lots of water or energy drinks like Clorafila Liquida to help cleanse the body. In many spas, nuts and dried fruits are offered for energy.
In the past 10 years, spa services have become increasingly popular in Puerto Vallarta. A decade ago there were very few choices of either spas or treatments; today it's a hedonistic galaxy. So who's been taken away by the trend? You might imagine women are the primary clients. Surprisingly, massages and facials are popular with both men and women, women only slightly leading in numbers.
More surprisingly, many children are having regular therapeutic massages. Typically, the boys and girls are around age 12 or older, but some are younger, and they're thoroughly enjoying their foray into the adult world. In fact, I'm told some of them are making long massages a habit while on vacation, not accepting their parents' (and grandparents') resistance to the full 75 minutes!
Clearly body and beauty treatments are no longer an elite treat. We've all discovered their rich benefits. With so many shoppers out there, the list of spas and services can only grow, and the demand for something new will no doubt give rise to other decadent treatments. Rumor has it one spa in town plans to add chocolate, fruit and rose body wraps to its menu. For now, we can only dream of it.


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The December 8 sailing of Windstar's Wind Spirit has been canceled for unscheduled mechanical repairs. Because the area that needs attention is underwater (the hydraulics of the ship's variable pitch propeller), the ship needs to be pulled from service and dry-docked.
According to an official statement, Windstar is in the process of notifying guests of the cancellation. Those who were booked on the affected sailing -- a seven-night Caribbean cruise roundtrip from St. Thomas -- will be offered a full refund and a future cruise credit in the amount of 50 percent of the fare paid toward a new Windstar Cruises booking through December 31, 2008. Interline guests (airline employees) will be offered a full refund and a future cruise credit in the amount of $200 toward a new Windstar Cruises booking through December 31, 2008.
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Although infants use their memories to learn new information, few adults can remember events in their lives that happened prior to the age of three. Psychologists at Emory University have now documented that age seven is when these earliest memories tend to fade into oblivion, a phenomenon known as "childhood amnesia." The study is the first empirical demonstration of the onset of childhood amnesia, and involved interviewing children about past events in their lives. You can check out the abstract of the study, "The onset of childhood amnesia in childhood: A prospective investigation of the course and determinants of forgetting of early-life events," published online in the November 18, 2013 issue of the journal Memory.
The journal Memory published the research, which involved interviewing children about past events in their lives, starting at age three. Different subsets of the group of children were then tested for recall of these events at ages five, six, seven, eight and nine.
"Our study is the first empirical demonstration of the onset of childhood amnesia," says Emory psychologist Patricia Bauer, who led the study, according to a January 24, 2010 news release by Carol Clark, Psychologists document the age our earliest memories fade. "We actually recorded the memories of children, and then we followed them into the future to track when they forgot these memories."
The study's co-author is Marina Larkina, a manager of research projects for Emory's Department of Psychology. The Bauer Memory Development Lab focuses on how episodic, or autobiographical memory, changes through childhood and early adulthood.
"Knowing how autobiographical memory develops is critically important to understanding ourselves as psychic beings," Bauer says in the news release. "Remembering yourself in the past is how you know who you are today."
Scientists have long known, based on interviews with adults, that most people's earliest memories only go back to about age 3
Sigmund Freud coined the term "childhood amnesia" to describe this loss of memory from the infant years. Using his psychoanalytic theory, Freud made the controversial proposal that people were repressing their earliest memories due to their inappropriate sexual nature.
In recent years, however, growing evidence indicates that, while infants use memory to learn language and make sense of the world around them, they do not yet have the sophisticated neural architecture needed to form and hold onto more complex forms of memory. Instead of relying on interviews with adults, as previous studies of childhood amnesia have done, the Emory researchers wanted to document early autobiographical memory formation, as well as the age of forgetting these memories.
The experiment began by recording 83 children at the age of three, while their mothers or fathers asked them about six events that the children had experienced in recent months, such as a trip to the zoo or a birthday party.
"We asked the parents to speak as they normally would to their children," Bauer says in the news release. She gives a hypothetical example: "The mother might ask, 'Remember when we went to Chuck E. Cheese's for your birthday party?' She might add, 'You had pizza, didn't you?'"
The child might start recounting details of the Chuck E. Cheese experience or divert the conversation by saying something like, "Zoo!"
Some mothers might keep asking about the pizza, while another mother might say, "Okay, we went to the zoo, too. Tell me about that." Parents who followed a child's lead in these conversations tended to elicit richer memories from their three-year-olds, Bauer says. "This approach also related to the children having a better memory of the event at a later age."


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US-backed Syria rebels capture IS-held base near Iraq border
BEIRUT (AP) -- A spokesman for U.S-backed Syrian rebels and an activist group say the rebels have seized a small military base that was held by the Islamic State group near the Iraqi border.
Wednesday's capture of the Hamdan air base, which has served as an IS outpost, came just hours after the launch of a new offensive seeking to cut the militants' transit link between Syria and Iraq.
Mozahem al-Saloum, spokesman for the Pentagon-trained New Syrian Army, says there was extensive air support from the U.S.-led international coalition during the operation and that airborne fighters were dropped onto the southern edge of the border town Boukamal to help the rebel advance.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says several rebel factions were involved, bringing ground troop numbers to several hundred.
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STACKED UP: Moving boxes sat stacked near a for-sale sign outside a home in Princeton, Ill., Wednesday. The number of Americans signing contracts to buy previously owned homes fell in April by the most in a year, indicating the U.S. housing recovery remains uneven. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)
UP TO THE MIKE: Lori Anne Madison, 6 years old, adjusted a microphone before spelling a word correctly during the second round of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Md., Wednesday. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
SHADOWY FIGURE: A window cleaner cast a shadow on a building in Buenos Aires Wednesday. (Juan Mabromata/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
READY TO GO: Boxes with voting materials sat in a warehouse in Tepotzotlán, Mexico, Wednesday. The Federal Electoral Institute began the distribution of election materials that will be used in the July 1 presidential election, local media reported. (Tomas Bravo/Reuters)
SCORCHED EARTH: Burned trees stood in Gila National Forest in New Mexico Wednesday. The wildfire is now the largest in state history. Fire officials said the erratic blaze has grown to more than 170,000 acres. (Steven Meister/Mt. Taylor Hotshots/USFS/Reuters)
UNITED: Family and friends held hands and prayed in New Orleans Wednesday. A string of shooting left three people, including a 5-year-old girl, dead Tuesday. (Gerald Herbert/Associated Press)


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Don't miss the Stargate Atlantis episode 'Whispers'
Occassionally, very occassionally, you sit down to watch an episode of Stargate and are taken completely by surprise – such was the experience delivered by Stargate Atlantis's seventh episode of the fifth season – 'Whispers'. From the very opening Whispers was, well, damn scary. The Stargate team, or rather, Dr. Beckett and Lt. Col Sheppard and a whole new Stargate Team consisting of only women, stumble onto one of Michael's laboratories, where genetic experimentation has created a race of creatures left behind because even Michael himself couldn't control them. They are held in stasis pods but a local, attempting to find his missing wife, inadvertently releases them…just before dark.
Without going into the detail, Whispers outright succeeded in delivering A-Grade horror sci-fi – in fact, it delivered the equivalent scarey factor usually left to movies like 28 Days Later and Legend with a little The Ring thrown in for good measure; the only exception being that the alien creatures in Whispers also have a few other nifty tricks up their sleeves, like oozing fog from their necks!
Put simply, Whispers gets a 10/10 for horror sci-fi let alone an Atlantis episode. It really was spooky, it really was frightening, and you really did sit on the edge of your seat wondering who might die next. With a new Stargate team consisting of four apparently 'guest star' women, you knew that any or all of them could die. The actual way it played out was, to my mind, brilliant, for at times you thought one of them would die, or all were about to die, only to find that wasn't the case – that most end up simply kicking arse. Most, except one of course, and the one that does die happens so suddenly as to make your heart skip a beat.
"One of the fun things about horror movies is that you never know who's going to survive at the end! In this episode they're not just 'red shirts,' they're very interesting characters. I'm very excited about all four of them. Whoever survives the episode will be a great addition to the general roster of recurring characters!" said Executive Producer Joseph Mallozzi during an interview with Stargate.MGM.com. And that is good news, because the female team worked extremely well.
This episode was directed by Will Waring who should be proud of his work. I love it when you sit down expecting medieval villagers or something along those lines, and get freaked out of your seat by horror storyline that is not only believable, but that keeps you on the edge of your seat for what seems a lot longer than 45 minutes.
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Pacific halibut, wild-caught
Hippoglossus stenolepis
Chefs love Pacific halibut for its mild, sweet taste, and firm texture, which adapts well to many types of cooking. Also, strong management of Pacific halibut fisheries makes this delicious fish an excellent, ocean-friendly seafood selection.
Pacific halibut is the largest flatfish, and it's full of flavor. The firm, meaty steaks are fantastic on the grill, or try halibut fillets poached with piccata or infused with ginger and served over sesame rice.
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|Pacific halibut, halibut
|Year-round, frozen. March-November, fresh
Product forms:
|Fresh and frozen, fillets and steaks
Shopping tips:
|When possible, choose to buy fresh halibut. If frozen is your only option, remember that frozen halibut will take about one-third less time to cook than fresh halibut.
|Pacific halibut is an excellent ocean-friendly substitution for overfished Atlantic halibut.
Pan-poached wild-caught Pacific halibut piccata
Ginger-infused wild-caught Pacific halibut with honey wasabi sauce over sesame rice
|Halibut fishery:
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|Pacific halibut is considered a ocean-friendly seafood choice because it is well managed and the population is healthy. More.
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Halibut Fishery
Pacific halibut are primarily caught using bottom longlines. Longlines are a type of fishing gear that consists of a long central line that has smaller fishing lines with baited hooks spaced along its length. Although bycatch, which is the accidental capture of other animals such as fish and seabirds, can be a problem in longline fisheries, the Pacific halibut fishery takes steps to reduce these impacts.
Pacific halibut fisheries are managed cooperatively by an international management body and most Pacific halibut is caught in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea. Effective management measures such as size limits and fishing quotas are in place in the fishery and management decisions are informed by sound scientific research.
Conservation Notes
Some popular seafood species have a history of being managed ineffectively, which can often result in population declines that can take many years or decades to reverse. The Pacific halibut fishery, however, is managed in such a way as to maintain healthy populations and ensure the fishery does not negatively impact the ecosystem.
Also, some types of commercial fishing gears (such as bottom trawls) can impart substantial impacts on ocean floor habitats. While it does contact the sea floor, bottom longline gear does not cause substantial damage to these habitats. Although seabird bycatch tends to be an issue in some bottom longline fisheries (the birds target the baited hooks as they come off the boat, before they sink to the bottom), the Pacific halibut fishery now mandates the use of "streamer lines," which have been shown to be effective at reducing seabird bycatch.
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PERSONAL — Born Clarence Eugene Kaiser on Nov. 2, 1987 in Grand Forks, British Columbia. Parents: Michael and Teresa Kaiser. Family: One brother, two sisters. High School (Coach): Central Valley (Rick Giampetrie), 2006. Major: Sociology. Redshirt: 2006.
2010 — Shared top honors among offensive linemen during winter workouts with a 319-lb. clean.
2009 — Oregon's starting right tackle in 12 of 13 games his junior season • Did not start at UCLA due to injury but still played 50 snaps • Played 70 or more snaps in six games on the season, including four of the last six • Credited with 35 pancake blocks.
2008 — Battled through a late-season injury to play in all 13 games, starting 10 at right tackle • Played the third-most snaps of any offensive lineman, helping key Oregon's team-record rushing attack (2nd nationally) • On the field for all but one offensive snap in record win at Oregon State • Eclipsed 16-year-old record, posting offensive line's top power clean lift (374 lbs.) of all time during winter testing.
2007 — Lettered after appearing in seven games as a reserve behind a veteran offensive line • Also lined up as a tight end in Oregon's jumbo package • Participated in double-digit plays four times, including 30 snaps vs. Washington State.
2006 — Redshirt season • Rewarded as scout team's offensive player of the week prior to games against Stanford, California, Arizona and Oregon State.
HIGH SCHOOL — The PrepStar all-region choice and honorable mention all-state standout was ranked among the top 25 prep prospects in Washington by Rivals.com • Anchored the Bears' offensive line his senior year and paved the way for a pair of running backs that accumulated over 1,800 yards in a run-oriented offensive attack • Received much of the credit for program's 237.5-yard rushing average, earning first-team all-Greater Spokane League honors on offense in 2005 after earning the kudos on defense his junior year • Was chosen to take part in the state's East-West all-star game in Everett, Wash • A dual-sport athlete, advanced to the state's regional level in the discus and shot put • Also served as senior class president.


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Helen Juanita Pyeatt, 67, Brookings, died June 30, 2000.
She was born Nov. 10, 1932, in Salmon, Idaho.
She received enjoyed walks on the beach, creating crafts and gardening.
She is survived by many family members and friends.
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Nov. 26, 2012
This is the final weekly installment of diaries from the 2012 Saluki volleyball team.
Sadly, this is the last Saluki Volleyball Diary for the 2012 season. Finishing fourth in the Missouri Valley Conference regular season play earned us a spot in the MVC tournament where we wrapped up the season over the Thanksgiving holiday.
On Wednesday morning, we loaded up on the bus to make the 5-hour trip to Missouri State for the MVC Tournament. Once we arrived, we had a one-hour practice to fine-tune some mechanics before the match on Thursday. Following the practice, we had our Thanksgiving meal at the hotel, which included turkey, stuffing, green beans, and mashed potatoes… yum! A few of the families who arrived early to the tournament joined the team for the meal as well making us truly feel like a Saluki Volleyball family. After the meal, it was time to watch film then hit the hay for the big match on Thanksgiving Day.
On Thanksgiving Day, we rose bright and early to eat breakfast then attend a short thirty-minute practice from 10:03-10:33am. Following practice, there was the MVC awards ceremony where Alysia Mayes and Laura Thole were named first team all-conference and Taylor Pippen to the freshman all conference team. Alysia Mayes, Bailey Yeager and I (Rachael Brown) were also formally recognized to the MVC Volleyball Scholar -Athlete first team.
Following the awards ceremony we went back to the hotel to rest before the 5:00 p.m. match up with the Redbirds of Illinois State. We ate at Ruby Tuesday's for our pre-game meal; thankfully, they were open for the holiday! Unfortunately, the match did not end as we hoped as we lost to Illinois State in three sets.
We would like to send a HUGE thank you to all who supported the Saluki Volleyball team during the 2012 season as well as in the past. We hope to see you again next year…. GO DAWGS!!!


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Well, the sun has finally decided to show it's face over these parts, which reminded to this stunning red, white and blue Nautical 1st Birthday Party, styled by my dear friend Jenny from Crossing the Bugger-Dixon Line.
Jenny used our Nautical Party Printables to style a super sweet, and mega inspiring party for her ADORABLE little nephew, Aidan! Check out all the fabulous details below, as seen on Hostess With The Mostess and Bird's Party Magazine!
And in the words of THE HWTM herself "Jenny did a great job pulling everything together into one seriously cute & creative party that would also translate beautifully to a nautical themed baby shower!" - Couldn't agree more! ;)
Thank you so much once again Jenny, for sharing your talent and passion here with us! I'm so lucky you allowed me to be a tiny part of Aidan's special birthday, and so honored to have had the opportunity to show your photos in the magazine! You are truly an inspiration and such a sweet lady to work with!!
Jenny has worked in with some amazing vendors to create this party, who also happen to be some of my favorites!! So a big thanks to all of you guys who helped make this party possible! :)
Party Credits:
* Photographer: Allison Kaharick
* Nautical Party Printables: Bird's Party
* Cupcake Toppers: Edible Details
* Nautical Rope Cake Pops and Cake Topper: Love and Sugar Kisses
* Tassel Garland: The Flair Exchange
* Red Rose Chocolate Covered Oreos: Sweet Temptations
* Cookies: Bambella Cookie Boutique
* Sea Glass Candy: Candied Cakes
* Melamine Plate: Magnolia Creative Co.
* Birthday Hat: Prop Shop Boutique
* Stamped Spoons and Treat Sticks: The Papered Nest
* Anchor Ribbon Wreath: She's {kinda} Crafty
* 12 Month Photo Banner: Stampin' Fanatic
* Balloons: Polka Dot Market
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Police have arrested Timothy Pickens after his baby daughter was found crawling along Highway 72 in Georgia. An automotive repairman on his way to help a stranded motorist spotted the 15-month-old crawling along the side of the highway and stopped, according to NBC News on June 17.
How did this baby girl crawl almost a quarter of a mile away from home through woods and end up on a busy highway and no one knew she was missing? Apparently the father had left older siblings in charge of watching the baby and they didn't notice that she was gone.
The man who found the baby, Bryant Collins, was stunned and took a double-take when first spotting the little girl. Police say not only did the baby crawl all that way, but she had to have fallen down a tall embankment to end up on the highway, reports USA Today.
Collins scooped the little girl up and called 911, the phone call from this Georgia man simply started out as "A baby's on the highway." The baby was crying so Collins played her gospel music from his cell phone to calm her down and that worked.
He stayed with the baby for two hours along the highway as police searched for her parents. Collin, who had done 10 years of hard time in federal prison for cocaine manufacturing has been out of jail for five years and clean. He has turned his life around.
Finding this baby made him feel that he did something good when for a good portion of his life his choices were not so good. The baby suffered bug bites and superficial scratches, but she was fine.
Officers were checking out the child when her father showed up. According to the police, he started scuffling with officers and was arrested on the spot. It is unclear if both parents or just the father will face charges in this case.
The mom of the baby later spoke with the media saying "we're not bad parents." They have four children who are "all loved and well taken care of." The mom said thank you from the bottom of her heart to the "gentleman" that found their baby. He is "our angel," she said.
The baby's three big brothers were in the house with her while she was asleep. The parents were outside sorting out some aluminum cans and when they came back in the house they saw that one of the kids left the front door open and the mom said that is how "she got loose." This seemed to be an odd way of putting it.
When they noticed the baby was gone they frantically ran around the yard and in the woods calling to her. When they couldn't find her they called 911 and the dispatcher said that a child has been found. The father said to the dispatcher "if she has curly red hair she is ours."
The father then spoke on camera and said that they were home when this happened, just out in the yard. He also said that his daughter wasn't gone long before they knew she was missing and started their frantic hunt for the child. Both parents thanked the "man who found her" profusely throughout their interview with NBC News. You can see the interview in the above video.
As for Collins, he is being called a hero today and there is one little girl in Georgia who is very lucky he turned his life around and was going to work when she stumbled onto the highway!


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Navistar's new ProStar ES package includes a choice of the Maxxforce N13 engine coupled to an Eaton Fuller Advantage 10-speed automated transmission, or the Eaton Cummins SmartAdvantage powertrain, and high-efficiency 6X4 or 6X 2 drive axles and fuel-efficient tires.
November 14, 2014
Western Star's 5700XE might just be everything to everyone. It's a big
classic-styled truck with second-to-one aerodynamics.
November 7, 2014
Prime ordered 2,500 TrailerTail aerodynamic devices from ATDynamics to be installed on its new Utility refrigerated trailers. It is the largest order in ATDynamics company history.
October 28, 2014
Nussbaum is streamlining its trailers looking to save money on fuel. Skirts, TrailerTails and a few other modifications together save close to 1 mpg.
October 23, 2014
We go underneath the hood and between the rails to find out what makes the Peterbilt/Cummins SuperTruck so efficient – 86% more efficient, to be precise. Equipment Editor Jim Park explains in this Ultimate Test Drive video.
View Part 1 here.
October 20, 2014
The Peterbilt-Cummins SuperTruck is a vehicle built for fuel efficiency. With clever aerodynamic additions and new technologies, the goal of the project was to create a truck that would provide a 50% improvement in efficiency. Equipment Editor Jim Park gives us an overview.
October 17, 2014
Keep up the good work on cutting fuel use, but make sure to do your homework.
October 6, 2014
Transtex Composite's lineup of aerodynamic improving solutions is expanding to include the Edge Cone gap reducer and Edge Tail rear fairing.
October 4, 2014
SAN DIEGO -- Mesilla Valley Transportation, a New Mexico and Texas carrier known for its attention to fuel savings, has ordered 1,200 FlowBelow Tractor AeroKits to be installed on its entire fleet as MVT works toward a goal of a fleet average of 10 mpg.
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The T680 Advantage is the most aerodynamic truck Kenworth has ever produced. But a lot of the fuel savings comes from the powertrain. Jim Park shakes down the Paccar MX multi-torque engine and Eaton's Advantage transmissions, responsible for more than half of the truck's fuel economy gains. View more: Part 1: The Walkaround. Part 2: Overview
September 30, 2014
You can put all the techology you want on a truck, but someone still has to drive the thing. Kenworth T680 exceeds expectations in all respects. Jim Park's three-part Ultimate Test Drive video series features a look at the T680's driving environment and some of the technology designed to make the driver's life better. View more: Part 1: The Walkaround.
September 29, 2014
Transtex Composite released the ezEdge, a three piece, modular trailer skirt developed for after-market OEMs, dealers and distributors that is designed to be easier to install and store than previous models.
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Carbon War Room and the North American Council for Freight Efficiency have officially launched a joint program to drive the adoption of efficiency technologies and double fleet efficiency. The launch was marked with the release of a free, independent, online technology guide to help fleet owners make the best choices for their operations.
September 22, 2014
The aerodynamic T680 from Kenworth started turning heads the day it was launched in 2012. Now it's available in the T680 Advantage package, which should improve fuel economy by up to 5%. In Part 1 of this three-part Ultimate Test Drive series, Equipment Editor Jim Park offers a walk-around exploring the aerodynamic features in detail.
September 18, 2014
The American Transportation Research Institute has added a compendium of sustainable freight practices on its website.
September 17, 2014
Market research conducted by Western Star showed that even the die-hard classic truck aficionados acknowledge that fuel economy should be an important part of a truck spec. So Western Star has a delivered a truly classic styled truck with aerodynamic performance they say goes toe-to-toe with any truck on the road today. Here's a closer look at the 5700XE. Read more about it here.
September 12, 2014
Western Star has broken the aerodynamic truck mold with a new angular, edgy and very slippery version of its classic configuration. The 5700XE boasts a very fuel efficient powertrain as well as some groundbreaking aero treatment that Western Star says will give any aero truck on the road today a real run for its money. Three years in the making, Western Star launched the 5700XE in Las Vegas.
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MISSION, Kan. — The American Reusable Textile Association (ARTA) has announced its officers and board of directors for 2013. Ed McCauley of United Hospital Services is the new president.
ARTA board members represent the entire breadth of the industry — from manufacturers and suppliers of machinery, textiles and chemicals to for-profit and not-for-profit laundries, as well as allied trade associations.
Other officers for 2013 include Vice President Brendan O'Neill of London Hospital Linen, 2nd Vice President Barb Fordyce of Foussard Montague, Treasurer Brad Bushman of Standard Textile and Past President Steve Tinker of Gurtler Industries. Nancy Jenkins serves as secretary, editor and executive director.
New to the ARTA board for 2013 are directors Myles Noel of COMTEX and Gabriel Boardman of MIP. Other directors for the coming year include Scott Delin of Superior Uniform Group, Bill Moyer of HCSC, Don Pedder of Reino Linen Services, and Legislative Director Howard Zins.
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Produced by Jagged Films (Mick Jagger's production company), and directed by Diane English (EMMY Award-winning creator of Murphy Brown), this romantic comedy features an all-star cast: Meg Ryan, Eva Mendez, Jada Pinkett Smith, Annette Bening, Debra Messing, Candace Bergen, Bette Midler, Carrie Fisher, Debbie Mazur and Cloris Leachman. The soundtrack features an impressive list of artists including: Feist, Goldfrapp, KT Tunstall, Annie Lennox, The Bird and the Bee, newcomer Lucy Schwartz and Verve Forecast's own Jessie Baylin. The music supervisor for this film is Chris Douridas of KCRW.
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Personnel: Håkan Wirenstrand, Erik Bodin (vocals, keyboards, drums); Fredrik Kallgren Wallin (keyboards, percussion).
The 2008 remake of George Cukor's 1939 film THE WOMEN features a stellar cast including Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Bette Midler, and many more, but the soundtrack is just as jam-packed with leading ladies. From old favorites like Annie Lennox, who contributes two tracks, to fresh faces like ethereal electro-pop songstress Alison Goldfrapp and alt-pop troubadour Lucy Schwartz, the film's audio companion offers just as many resonant female voices as its cinematic sister, touching on everything from cutting-edge R&B to acoustic balladry along the way.


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Resilient as... Eggplant
Tuesday, October 01, 2013
Our autumn temperatures are slowly falling. While the nights are cool and comfortable, its still well over 90 during the day. For the past couple of weeks, I have been assessing my gardens, removing dead plants, cutting back stems, and deciding if I want to replant a winter garden. Between the cost of the water and a very full plate, I am not sure what to do. A few of my tomato plants have sent out fresh shoots and new blooms, but for the most part, they are brown and withered.
One of the pots that previously held eggplants, then was replanted with tomatoes over the spring and summer, all on its own decided to grow another eggplant. We tried, really tried to like eggplant, but inspite of all the different ways it was prepared, neither one of us like to eat those pretty purple veggies. So, I decided not to water it, and hoped it would just dry up and go away. No such luck. It is now a healthy, bushy plant that not only bloomed, but has young fruit emerging. Anything that works that hard to survive deserves to be watered.
Our art festival/craft show season begins this weekend and we have 3 shows a month through December and we are scheduled through April. The schedule can be grueling and its less than fun trying to fit watering and gardening into an already packed schedule. Plus we are still trying to fight the mental heath system for our son. He is currently in the hospital, but they told him he would be released to a group home today or tomorrow. This is not a good thing. He has tried and failed over and over in the past 2 almost 3 months. He has not improved, his meds are still not working properly and he is still hearing/seeing things. He needs more care than the group homes provide.
We have had to enlist help from NAMI, as well as a supervisor from the group that oversees the mental health group my son is in. The process is frustrating, and at times horribly draconian. The last time they released him to a motel with no food. He is a paranoid schizophrenic and could not cope.
My husband and I need to be an eggplant....tough, resilient, and keep going no matter what is thrown at us.
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Jackie, we are keeping your family in our thoughts and prayers!
As for the eggplant, this is the time of year they grow best in Arizona! If you really don't want it, I will trade you something for it or buy it from you.
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