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C# OpenCL bindings ready for testingPosted Tuesday, 11 August, 2009 - 20:22 by the Fiddler
Update: current efforts are focused on Cloo (object-oriented CL wrapper), which can be found here. It provides a much cleaner OpenCL API compared to raw bindings (which are also available in case you need them).
The generator now supports generating C# OpenCL wrappers from the C headers. The OpenCL wrappers reside under the OpenTK.Compute.CL10 namespace of SVN trunk. An OpenCL sample has also been added to Examples.exe: if you have access to an OpenCL implementation, please run the VectorAdd sample and report your results here.
AMD has released a public beta of its OpenCL implementation that you can download from AMD's developer website (free registration needed). This implementation runs on all SSE3-capable CPUs and is available for Window and Linux platforms.
There is a lot of fine-tuning left to do for OpenTK's OpenCL wrappers and the sooner you test the bindings, the sooner they will become ready for release.
I've installed ATI Stream SDK.
Running VectorAdd produces the following error:
Unable to find an entry point named 'clCreateContextFromType' in DLL 'opencl.dll'
As far as I can see, this method is used in ATI demos, so there's probably something wrong with OpenTK bindings.
Thanks for testing.
I have encountered similar issues here and it's good to know they are not limited to my system. Haven't been able to find the cause yet.
It's a fact that P/Invokes work slightly different than the C linker, so it's possible that one works where the other one fails in some specific cases. We might be hitting such a corner case here.
I've yet to test on Linux.
Is it possible to move the bindings into one file? The current files were (originally) to contain the high level OpenCL classes.
Already done in SVN. The actual bindings are under 4 files in the CL10 directory. Everything else is empty and has remained as a guide for the high level classes.
Thanks. The
ComputePlatform is ready though untested so far.
ComputeDevice to arrive in a couple of days.
I too get an EntryPointNotFoundException on CL.GetPlatformID. Its the first CL call overall. Btw: it should be *CL.GetPlatformIDs*
WinXP 32bit / GF 9600GT / Core 2 Duo
Should I start a new thread for the OpenCL objects discussion? The old one is closed.
Yes, please create a new thread for this. It's also a good idea to create separate threads for any issues you encounter (e.g. GetPlatformIDs), otherwise they tend to get lost in the woods.
With Stream SDK 2.0 beta 3 the sample throws an exception.
The Mandelbrot sample with OpenCL.NET lib works.
Thanks for testing.
Can you please create an issue report with the exception and some details on your operating system? (OS, version and whether it's 32- or 64-bits)
Edit: Ati Stream 2.0 beta 3 still suffers from issue #1124: [OpenCL] EntryPointNotFoundException on CL calls. This is a bug in Ati's code on Windows - the Linux version is working correcty, as is Nvidia's implementation.
Concerning the OpenCL VectorAdd example, that is in latest repository revision, device to host memory writes seem to be missing, as well as the problem with the queue argument (queue instead of the context), more in http://www.opentk.com/node/1233
fyi: AMD released Stream SDK v2.0 beta 4 today.


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Issue No.06 - November/December (2002 vol.19)
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The Mescal project brings a formalized, disciplined methodology to the design of programmable platform-based systems, enabling the exploration of a wide array of architectures and a correct-by-construction path to implementation.

Andrew Mihal, Chidamber Kulkarni, Matthew Moskewicz, Mel Tsai, Niraj Shah, Scott Weber, Yujia Jin, Kurt Keutzer, Christian Sauer, Kees Vissers, Sharad Malik, "Developing Architectural Platforms: A Disciplined Approach", IEEE Design & Test of Computers, vol.19, no. 6, pp. 6-16, November/December 2002, doi:10.1109/MDT.2002.1047739


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Huub wrote:
> Hi,
> Running 5.3 (5300-00), I erroneously deleted libintl.so.1 and libz.a.
> Now both rpm and sshd don't work anymore. How can I reinstall them? I
> tried to find it on the net but can't figure it out (yet).
> Thanks.
Since libz.a comes from the zlib RPM and the rpm command
is not functional you can't do:
rpm -i --force zlib...rpm
so you would have to copy an /opt/freeware/lib/libz.a from
another aix system with that same RPM level installed.
You could take the zlib RPM from the Linux Toolbox for AIX,
copy it to another RPM-capable system (e.g. linux) and use
an rpm command like:
rpm -i --force --nodeps --ignorearch --ignoreos \
--noscripts --root /tmp/rpm zlib...rpm
to restore the files into /tmp/rpm and then copy it from there.
Before doing that you do have to 'clone' the rpm database
from its normal location to the /tmp/rpm scratch area:
mkdir /tmp/rpm
mkdir /tmp/rpm/var
mkdir /tmp/rpm/var/lib
cp -pr /var/lib/rpm /tmp/rpm/var/lib
rpm ... --root /tmp/rpm ...
My AIX system does not have a libintl.so.1 so I can't tell
you which package (rpm or installp or ismp) it came from,
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- ^ Published on Thursday 18 February 2010 09:02 (2010-02-18). "New animated film depicting Edinburgh in the 50s hailed as a masterpiece - News - Scotsman.com". Edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
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NEW DELHI: Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDIL) plans to join hands with Mineral Exploration Corp (MECL) to fast-track the process of coal exploration in the country. The tie-up will help CMPDIL to involve MECL in undertaking its drilling works without inviting tenders.
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PHILADELPHIA, MS - The trial of a former Ku Klux Klan leader has recessed until Monday, after the first defense witnesses took the stand.
Edgar Ray Killen is charged in the 1964 deaths of three civil rights workers in Mississippi.. After the prosecution rested today, the defense called four witnesses, including the defendant's brother. Oscar Killen
testified that his brother was at a Father's Day gathering on the day of the murders, and never indicated he was in the Ku Klux Klan.
The 80-year-old defendant faces life in prison if convicted of murder in the deaths of Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner and James Chaney. The men were helping register black voters.
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Two men on a motorcycle threw acid at a girl and her friends at a petrol pump in Mohali.
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Police officials said the men drove up to the petrol pump and threw acid at the girl when she was refueling her car.
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HAYWARD — Ready "... set "... taco!
Call it 10 minutes of gluttony. Twenty contestants will simultaneously start their gastrointestinal engines Saturday afternoon for a speed-feed of tortillas, carne asada and hot sauce at the El Taquito Taco Eating Contest, something the restaurant intends to make an annual event.
"I have no idea how many I can eat, but I saw this as a great opportunity to help out a small business," said Councilman Francisco Zermeno, who will be gobbling elbow-to-elbow with other competitive eating rookies.
"We don't do enough for them — you take a business like El Taquito, a family business that's been around for 33 years, they've invested in Hayward, and we need to make them feel like someone appreciates them."
The other 19 entrants are regular customers and their friends, said Frank Padilla, who owns the business with his brother, Damien.
Registration is closed, said Padilla: "We have more than twice that many signed up." But spectators, and, of course, customers, are welcome.
Event organizer Lee Phillips said he would be surprised to see someone break the 10 taco barrier.
"I can only eat two, and I'm kind of big myself," he said.
Earlier this month, Pat Bertoletti — considered one of the world's top competitive eaters — devoured 33 Pepe's soft tacos in five minutes to set a record in Crete, Ill.
"Those were probably taco-truck size" said Padilla. "Ours are two or three times bigger than that."
Phillips said such competitors wouldn't be fair at the local event. He said he once saw San Jose resident and reigning hot-dog champ Joey Chestnut do his thing and found it very intimidating.
But Padilla said he'd be happy to host Chestnut.
"I'd feed him," he said. "If he showed up, I'd give him 100 tacos if he could eat them all."
El Taquito is at 22354 Mission Blvd. in Hayward.
Mayor Michael Sweeney will give the signal to start eating at 1 p.m Saturday.
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The Maine Warden Service is searching Great Moose Lake in Somerset County for a missing fisherman.
Great Moose Lake is near Hartland.
Spokesman Doug Rafferty said that wardens launched the search Sunday night after an empty boat was found running in the lake.
A fishing rod inside the boat had a fish at the end of the line, Rafferty said.
Wardens believe the owner of the boat went into the water.
Divers returned to the lake Monday morning to resume the search.
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Allen man pleads guilty to embezzling from employer Hudson Advisors
An Allen man pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempting to embezzle more than $1.2 million from his employer, Hudson Advisors LLC and its global subsidiaries, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas.
Steven Chen Yu, 39, pleaded guilty to an information charging wire fraud. He faces a statutory maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine or twice any monetary gain to him or loss to the victim and restitution. A sentencing date has not been set.
Federal officials said Hudson, a globally integrated asset management company with offices in Dallas, had a department that did accounting and bill payment services for Hudson's owner. As an employee in the department, Yu had access to all of the owner's personal financial information. From September 2009 through March 2012, Yu embezzled about $1,292,000 by submitting duplicate bills for services such as boat repair or landscaping, federal officials said.


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With the exception of one school renovations within Mesa County School District 51 will not interfere with students returning for classes next month. Chatfield Elementary School is just one of the 14 schools in District 51 receiving some much needed improvements this summer.
New administrative offices and nurse's station, more parking spaces, and a new heating and cooling system, are just some of the projects under construction at the school. Students return to class August 17th and there's been some speculation that some schools won't be ready by that date, but district officials say the big projects will be finished in time, and those that aren't will not interfere with a normal school day.
By the end of June the school district spent more than $6 million dollars of the $109 million dollars allocated through a bond measure approved by voters last November. Roughly $59 million dollars will be spent renovating existing schools within the district.
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Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee launched the next phase of their quest to rewrite the tax code on Thursday, inviting fellow lawmakers to identify and defend tax breaks they want to retain in a future tax system.
The new effort seeks to start from a "blank slate" in overhauling the code, Chairman Max Baucus (D., Mont.) and the panel's top Republican, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R., Utah), said a letter to fellow senators.
The tax-writing committees in both the Senate and the House are trying to revamp the tax system. They face long odds, due to the undertaking's complexity, as well as continuing partisan differences over the goal of such an effort. Republicans generally want to reduce rates for both individuals and corporations as much as possible, while many Democrats also want to raise revenues to help reduce government budget deficits.
But both sides agree on one thing: Congress will need to pare back the tax breaks it has created in the code over the years, if a tax rewrite is to succeed. That would generate the revenue needed to offset the budget impact of lowering rates, or reducing deficits. It also could help simplify the system.
Thursday's letter marked a step forward in bipartisan cooperation for the two Finance Committee leaders. It also provides a framework for discussing the tax-rewrite effort with the Senate as a whole, including metrics for figuring out how much rate reduction lawmakers could generate through eliminating a particular tax break.
"To make sure that we clear out all the unproductive provisions and simplify in tax reform, we plan to operate from an assumption that all special provisions are out unless there is clear evidence that they: (1) help grow the economy, (2) make the tax code fairer, or (3) effectively promote other important policy objectives," says the letter from Sens. Baucus and Hatch. "Today, we write to ask you to formally submit legislative language or detailed proposals for what tax expenditures meet these tests and should be included in a reformed tax code, as well as other provisions that should be added, repealed or reformed as part of tax reform."
While the discussions with fellow lawmakers heat up, Mr. Baucus also is expected to hit the road with his House counterpart, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R., Mich.) for a fact-finding tour next month. That could help the two committee leaders generate more public awareness of the politically difficult issue. While the public appears concerned about the tax code's complexity, lawmakers know it could be hard to persuade voters of the need to change the large, popular deductions and other breaks, such as the mortgage interest deduction or the exclusion for employer-provided health-care coverage.


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This Day In Wrestling History – October 29th
2009 – The TNA Legends Title is renamed the TNA Global Title by champion Eric Young
In 1995, WCW Halloween Havoc was held in Detroit, Michigan
– Johnny B Badd defeats Diamond Dallas Page to win the WCW Television Title
– Sting & Ric Flair defeat Brian Pillman & Arn Anderson by DQ when Flair turned on Sting
– Hulk Hogan defeats The Giant in a Sumo Monster Truck competition (this was taped the previous night)
– The Giant defeats Hulk Hogan by DQ. The Giant was awarded the WCW World Title based on a pre-match stipulation, but was later stripped of the belt
In 2000, the final WCW Halloween Havoc was held in Las Vegas, Nevada
– The Natural Born Thrillers (Mark Jindrak & Sean O'Haire) defeat The Filthy Animals (Rey Misterio Jr & Billy Kidman) & The Boogie Knights (Disco Inferno & Alex Wright) in a Triangle Match to retain the WCW World Tag Team Titles
– Reno defeats Sgt AWOL to retain the WCW Hardcore Title
– Mike Sanders defeats Ernest Miller by countout in a Kickboxing Match to become the new WCW Commissioner
– General Rection defeats Lance Storm & Jim Duggan in a Handicap Match to win the WCW United States Title and free Major Gunns from Team Canada
– Jeff Jarrett defeats Sting. This match featured the return of the 'Fake Sting', with multiple Stings attempting to interfere in the match
– Booker T defeats Scott Steiner by DQ to retain the WCW World Title
– Goldberg defeats KroniK (Brian Adams & Bryan Clark) in a Handicap Elimination Match
Title Changes
1969 – Johnny Valentine defeats Wahoo McDaniel to win the Texas Heavyweight Title
1984 – Kerry von Erich defeats Gino Hernandez to win the WCCW American Heavyweight Title
1988 – The Road Warriors (Hawk & Animal) defeat The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane) to win the NWA Tag Team Titles
2009 – Minoru Tanaka defeats Tatsuhito Takaiwa to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
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Sikh Parade in Richardson celebrated the 454th birthday of founder
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Richardson City Council member Mark Solomon thanks members of Gurdwara Singh Sabha, a Sikh temple, for inviting him and other city leaders to take part in celebrations in observance of the 454th birthday of the founder of the Sikh Faith, Guru Nanak Dev Ji, at Gurdwara Singh Sabha of North Texas in Richardson.
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Cleveland On Cotton: Chinese Mills Know What They Want
The December supply demand report and the weekly export sales report were both void of any surprises this week, but prices still moved higher. The March contract closed above 83 cents and is approaching the 84-85 cent mark suggested last week as a probable point where price resistance will be too stiff to penetrate.
This idea was supported by the export sales report as well as the technical factor, open interest. Certificated stocks still need to rise as they have now fallen below 60,000 bales with concerns that more decertification is coming.
Either way, that amount is not enough. So, the market must find a way to bring more to the Board. Hopefully, this week's move above 83 cents will do that. Nevertheless, I continue to look for the current rally to exhaust itself near the current level.
Both world and U.S. supply-demand estimates were little changed from the November report. While totals remained much the same, some of the country by country estimates did change. Principally, the Chinese crop was lowered another 500,000 bales, down to 32 million bales, and in line with Chinese announcements. USDA did, as it somehow seems to do, increase world carryover a bit.
Weekly U.S. export sales slowed somewhat, ending a seven-week run of above 200,000 RB of weekly sales. The slowing was not unexpected as the reporting period corresponded with price activity near or above 79 cents in the March contract–after a period of 77-78 cent prices.
As stated, the price advance to 83 cents will likely continue to limit sales. Still, net sales of Upland on the week were 174,100 RB and Pima sales were 3,300 RB. To date, total U.S. sales of all cotton have climbed to 7.03 million bales.
Chinese mills continue to shy away from sales from the national reserve, with the exception of good quality cotton from Xinjiang and government-owned imported cotton. That is, the quality crisis continues and, as of yet, has not come home to roost.
The limited availability of good quality in the Chinese reserve continues to strain textile mills by limiting the volume of quality yarns they can produce. Thus, the upstream mills continue to purchase imported yarn from around the world, including the U.S. at month-on-month and year- on-year record levels.
Imported cotton yarn does not carry the stiff penalty that is associated with imported raw cotton. So, world demand remains strong, despite the lower level of yarn production coming from China.
This quality problem will linger and keep a floor under prices. Nevertheless, at least a measurable proportion of the current rally has been associated with short covering by funds and not with any increase in open interest.
This is another reason to suggest that the 84-85 cent level in the old crop March is top heavy. You may want to consider purchasing puts to cover a portion of new crop production, but that discussion will wait for another time.
Cotton – Southwest – Sprouting Bolls; West Texas Dry, Others Just Right – AgFax
Bolls are sprouting in soggy central and southeastern Texas, where it has rained 9 straight days and even more in some areas. There are numerous insurance issues related to loss


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42-17 Michigan
this may be of some local interest
From Everyday Family:
"When planning your family, it is important to consider how the birth order will impact your children's emotions and personality, as well as your family's dynamics ... Dr. Alfred Adler, an Austrian psychoanalyst, first brought the effect of birth order to light. He suggested that birth order has a strong affect on a child's character. Dr. Adler was a middle child himself.
"Middle children often feel left out and invisible, a contrast from their older and younger siblings. While older children get the benefits of all of the 'firsts' a child accomplishes, younger children benefit from the emotional impact of being the baby of the family, often being spoiled and coddled. Middle children, however, often feel as though they have nothing special that is just 'theirs."'
The oldest child also gets first pick of all the good toys.
How this works again because it's been awhile:
This Week's Game:
Central Michigan Ojibwe vs. The Michigan Carcajous.
And on the Line…
Meet the first of the 2013 line. Comes with 1980s videogame text, endearing mistranslation, and the fabled Glasses of Swag. The original Japanese text read:
If you can read this you don't need glasses:
One entry per user. First user to choose a set of scores wins, determined by the timestamp of your entry (for my ease I prefer if you don't post it as a reply to another person's score--if you do it won't help or hurt you). If nobody gets the score, this week's prize carries over to the following week's. Deadline for entries is 24 hours before the start of the game (since I won't have time to pull them on gamedays). MGoEmployees and Moderators--anyone else with moderator privileges--are exempt from winning because you could change your timestamp. If you choose the score that Brian published in the official preview and it actually ends up the final score, well, that would be pretty amazing because Brian picks scores like 29-11 all the time. We did not invent the algorithm. The algorithm consistently finds Jesus. The algorithm killed Jeeves. The algorithm is banned in China. The algorithm is from Jersey. The algorithm constantly finds Jesus.This is not the algorithm. This is close.
42-17 Michigan
52-10 Michigan
42-10 Michigan
Go Blue!!
34-9, good guys
35-9 Michigan
38-14 mich
CMU 31 Michigan 27...playing the odds that every single person will pick michigan
Fuck this guy ^
^ Clearly not a numbers guy
We all know Michigan is going to win. I have a Muppets T shirt from last year by implementing this strategy...just saying
Good strategy, except every time you wear your free shirt you'll be like "Does this smell like a blogger peed on it?"
14-0 Mich
38-10 Michigan
42-7 Michigan.
Good guys win 35-7
38-12 Good Guys
Go Blue!
31-13 Michigan
33-17. Us, obvi.
42-3 Michigan
48-13 Michigan
Can't wait!
38-3 Michigan
Michigan 52-9
41-10 Michigan
24-6 M (this will also be the score at halftime)
45-13 Michigan
UofM - 37
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Go quick, pick again!
41-13 Michigan
31-6 Michigan.
35-13 Michigan
34 - 13 Michigan
Michigan 26-14
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Natural Gas STAR Partner Update
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Download a print ready PDF of this issue (PDF) (9 pp, 934K).
In this issue:
- Partner Profile: Encana's Environmental Efficiency Program Creates Methane Emissions Reduction Opportunities
- Natural Gas STAR International and the Global Methane Initiative Conduct First Technical Study Tour in Texas and New Mexico
- In the News
- Upcoming Events
- Natural Gas STAR Contacts
Partner Profile: Encana's Environmental Efficiency Program Creates Methane Emissions Reduction Opportunities
Although many methane emissions reduction technologies offer a reasonable return on investment, when operators have the option between investing in emission reduction projects and optimizing a well's production performance, the latter usually wins. For this reason, Encana developed its Environmental Efficiency Program. In 2007, Encana began setting aside funding for projects that target greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions through cost-effective technology implementation. This funding resides outside of business-as-usual capital budgets, which allows the various operating teams throughout Encana's U.S. Division to implement GHG reduction projects separate from their development programs.
- Encana is one of the largest natural gas producers in North America with approximately 11.7 million net acres of land and 14.3 trillion cubic feet equivalent of proved gas reserves.
- It has operations in both Canada and the U.S. with a forecasted 2011 natural gas production of between 3,475 million cubic feet equivalent per day (MMcfe/day) and 3,525 MMcfe/day.
- Encana's five key natural gas resource plays in the U.S. are in East Texas, Fort Worth, Haynesville, Jonah, and Piceance.
To qualify for funding through the company's Environmental Efficiency Program, projects must go through a formal review and approval process. An executive summary including project risks, implementation timeline, economic metrics, and environmental metrics are compiled and submitted to a review committee. If recommended by the U.S. Division review committee, the project is sent on for final corporate review and approval. Emission reduction efforts in the natural gas industry provide bottom line value, and these Environmental Efficiency projects are no exception. A typical project will have an internal rate of return (IRR) of greater than 20 percent and a production efficiency of less than $10,000 per thousand cubic feet per day (Mcfd). Production efficiency is a project's capital investment divided by its production increase, and this indicates how effective particular projects are at generating revenue (i.e., a lower production efficiency is desired, meaning that it costs less to increase production). On the environmental side, projects are judged using a carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) abatement efficiency value, which is computed by dividing a project's capital cost by the GHG reductions over the project life. Projects must be less than $50/tonne CO2e. The economic and environmental metrics are used to rank multiple projects, which are then funded in order of greatest priority.
The program facilitates technology transfer within the company, encouraging business units to learn more about reducing methane emissions. On average, there are twelve to fifteen project proposals submitted per year to Encana's Environmental Efficiency Program. When one business unit implements a reduction project, other business units might see that and realize the same opportunity exists for them. Most projects to date have been retrofits at existing facilities, but some have also been implemented at new construction sites. In the new construction cases, the company usually funds the incremental amount between the business-as-usual technology and the proposed project. Staffing to implement these reduction projects is resolved by scheduling.
Since its formation, the Environmental Efficiency Program has allowed Encana to implement several wide-scale retrofit projects, including converting over 1,300 high-bleed liquid level controllers to low-bleed on production facility separators. The high- to low-bleed conversion project was completed in the Wind River field in Wyoming and the Piceance Basin in Colorado from 2007 to 2009 at a total cost of approximately $350,000. The conversions were simple to implement by using the Mizer pilot valve, currently patented by WellMark. The Mizer valve replaces the existing pilot valve in controllers and reduces venting significantly. The installations took twenty minutes on average to complete, with some taking as little as ten minutes. Given the large scale of this effort, Encana began the process of securing carbon offset credits resulting from the conversions in late 2010. As a result of the reductions achieved, these offset credits are expected to exceed 4,200 tonnes of methane per year (about 90,000 tonnes of CO2e annually). Encana's project plan was certified by the American Carbon Registry (ACR) in March 2011—one of the first hurdles in securing the credits—and is currently undergoing validation.
Aside from implementing proven technologies, Encana's Environmental Efficiency Program also provides funding for pilot-testing emerging technologies. Funding was utilized for this purpose by the operations team responsible for Encana's Jonah field in Wyoming. The team sought a solution to eliminate natural gas venting from glycol circulation pumps utilized for heat tracing equipment during winter operations. One alternative would have been a solar-powered pump, but given high glycol circulation requirements, solar was not a suitable option due to a lack of battery power storage. Instead, the team identified a system that was driven pneumatically by natural gas. This system was similar to the existing pumps, but the exhaust gas was relieved back into the production process instead of being vented to the atmosphere. The system worked by tapping high pressure gas from the well casing and using it to drive the pump's piston. Once used, the exhaust gas remained at a pressure great enough to be discharged upstream of the three-phase separator at production facilities. The system, appropriately called the High Pressure Gas Driven (HPGD) pump, was tested at five facilities.
The results of the test varied. The HPGD pump worked well at some sites, but it had trouble meeting the circulation requirements at others. For most wells in Encana's Jonah field operations, the HPGD pump was not a feasible solution because the site-specific circulation requirements were greater than what the casinghead pressure could support. In the end, the team decided full-scale implementation of this technology was not the appropriate solution, based on the pilot-testing. Not all pilot tests are successful; however, the Environmental Efficiency fund allowed operations to test a technology without having a negative impact on the team budget.
Encana has maintained an active role in Natural Gas STAR since joining in 2004 as a production sector Partner:
- In 2009, it reported over 7 billion cubic feet (Bcf) in reductions by implementing Natural Gas STAR recommended technologies and practices.
- Over 82 percent of Encana's 2009 methane emissions reductions are the result of:
- performing reduced emissions completions
- installing plunger lifts on wells
- Encana also implements other activities such as:
- instrument air system conversion
- directed inspection and maintenance (DI&M)
- electric compressor installation
- The company was named 2007 Production Partner of the Year and sponsored a Producers Technology Transfer Workshop in 2008.
Since its inception in 2007, Encana has funded nearly $4 million in methane emissions reduction projects through its Environmental Efficiency Program. Several of these projects originated as Natural Gas STAR Partner Reported Opportunities (PROs)—converting from high- to low-bleed devices, from gas to solar pumps, from instrument gas to instrument air; installing VRU's; and replacing gas starts with air starts. Besides the methane reduction efforts, the fund also aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from combustion sources, test water treatment technology for reuse in operations, and reduce criteria pollutant emissions such as volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides. In general, the program fosters creativity and collaboration amongst operating groups and helps drive innovation with the purpose of conducting business with less impact to the environment.
Natural Gas STAR International and the Global Methane Initiative Conduct First Technical Study Tour in Texas and New Mexico
Representatives of two Natural Gas STAR International Partners (ONGC and ENAP Sipetrol) as well as representatives from Gazprom recently joined their U.S. Partner peers to tour operational facilities and exchange ideas for accelerating methane capture and use project implementation. Three U.S. Natural Gas STAR Partners—Chevron, Oxy, and ConocoPhillips—hosted the first-of-its-kind event that took the international team more than 1,100 miles over ten days.
The West Texas and New Mexico sites visited were carefully chosen to showcase specific methane emissions reduction projects including vapor recovery units, plunger lifts, and reduced emission completions. Participants discussed these projects with the hosts and collected information to help them evaluate the project's applicability at their own facilities. The participants also benefitted from workshop presentations highlighting various technologies and emission reduction projects (e.g., compressor rod packing, vapor recovery units, pneumatic devices). The workshop sessions included a number of vendors and service providers used by domestic Partners such as CECO, FLIR, Flowserve, Hy-Bon Engineering, Weatherford, and WellMark.
Highlights of the Study Tour:
- The group discussed reciprocating rod packing emission causes, such as wear, rod length, cup depths, packing box geometry, and rod surface roughness, as well as potential solutions such as packing replacement, low emission packing technology, and machining packing components periodically.
- The group studied techniques for infrared camera use such as taking advantage of the FLIR camera's high sensitivity mode and adjusting the camera settings for the specific environment being surveyed.
- The group visited manufacturing facilities to view various types of vapor recovery units and emissions inspection / quantification tools. Some key considerations for tank vapor recovery unit design include a very accurate understanding of the gas composition and flow rate.
- The group explored methane emissions capture and control methods with equipment experts on pneumatic devices, centrifugal compressor seals, well completions, and well liquids unloading.
- ONGC's carbon management team gave a presentation on the company's current facilities, recent involvement with GMI, and specific reduction technologies implemented. The highlighted technologies were: 1) a tank vapor recovery unit at the Uran plant, 2) replacement of a servo gas system with instrument air at the Kallol facility, and 3) vapor recovery using an ejector system at the Kuthalam facility.
Next Steps:
Both the international and domestic Partners appreciated this unique experience, noting the value of sharing information and ideas with industry peers, suppliers, and government. The opportunity to witness the projects and technologies first-hand was also extremely helpful and facilitated valuable conversations. Natural Gas STAR International is now considering follow-up activities at international locations in 2012. In addition, Partner companies are now considering implementing some of the practices and technologies exhibited during the study tour. ENAP Sipetrol is considering vapor recovery projects this year and ONGC is sharing project ideas learned during the study tour internally and making recommendations for new projects. Also, EPA and Gazprom have recently co-authored a paper describing opportunities to reduce methane emissions in the natural gas transmission sector.
In the News
Looking Ahead - Spring 2012!
Natural Gas STAR Annual Implementation Workshop Rescheduled
U.S. EPA's Natural Gas STAR Program will hold the 18th Annual Implementation Workshop in the spring of 2012. Further information regarding the workshop including date, location, and registration will come in the near future. Stay tuned!
Please continue to check the Natural Gas STAR website for updates at: epa.gov/gasstar/workshops/index.html.
The Updated 2011 U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Recently Published
In mid-April, EPA finalized and submitted the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2009 ("Inventory") to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Inventory is prepared annually by EPA, in collaboration with other federal agencies, and tracks annual greenhouse gas emissions. This inventory of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions provides a common and consistent mechanism through which parties to the UNFCCC can estimate emissions and compare the relative contribution to climate change from individual sources, different greenhouse gases, and various nations. As reported in the 1990-2009 Inventory, the following changes in annual emissions occurred:
|Emissions Category
|Change from 2008 to 2009
|Overall U.S. greenhouse gas emissions
|Methane emissions from natural gas systems1
|Methane emissions from petroleum systems2
|CO2 emissions from natural gas systems3
|CO2 emissions from petroleum systems4
12009 methane emissions from natural gas systems are estimated to be 221.2 teragrams carbon dioxide equivalent (Tg CO2e).
This year's report includes key methodological improvements for estimating methane emissions from natural gas systems such as updating activity factor calculation methods and emission factors for gas well cleanups, completions, workovers, condensate storage tanks, and centrifugal compressors. As a result, the total 2008 methane emissions from natural gas systems, as reported in the 1990-2009 Inventory, are 211.8 Tg CO2e. The methodological changes in this year's report result in a 120 percent increase in methane emissions from the 2008 value estimated in the 1990-2008 Inventory (96.4 Tg CO2e). Because the latest methodological improvements were applied to all years in the time series, the real change in methane emissions from 2008 to 2009 is the 4.4 percent increase reflected in the table above.
The Inventory also reflects 52.2 Tg CO2e of methane emissions reductions reported by Natural Gas STAR Partners in 2009.For more information, the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2009 is available at: epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usinventoryreport.html.
EPA Participates in "Natural Gas in a Low-Carbon Future: Challenges and Opportunities" Panel
In May, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosted a discussion of the role of the natural gas industry in climate change and the obstacles that need to be addressed to turn natural gas into a key component of building a low-carbon future.The event consisted of a panel of experts including Roger Fernandez of the EPA (Natural Gas STAR Program), Fiji George of El Paso Corporation, and Robert Howarth of Cornell University. Carnegie's Adnan Vatansever moderated.
Among other issues, the panel discussion addressed the significant increase in EPA's estimates of methane emissions from natural gas systems between the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2008 and the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2009. Fernandez clarified that the increase—driven primarily by higher estimated emissions from well venting and flaring—resulted from recent improvements in EPA inventory methodology and is not indicative of backsliding in natural gas industry practices.
Presentations and additional information about this panel can be found at: carnegie-mec.org/events/?fa=3250.
Global Methane Initiative to Hold October Partnership-Wide Meeting in Krakow, Poland
The government of Poland will be hosting a Global Methane Initiative (GMI) partnership-wide meeting in Krakow from October 12th to the 14th. The meeting will cover all sectors (oil and gas systems, agriculture, coal mines, and landfills) and will include a high level plenary and technical and policy sessions in all GMI sectors. GMI periodically holds cross-sector meetings to discuss ideas and recent happenings, which further the goals of advancing cost-effective, near-term methane recovery and use as a clean energy source. The event will also include site tours, and Gaz-System, SA—Poland's gas transmission company—is assisting with organizing a site tour for the oil and gas sector. The GMI Oil and Gas Subcommittee will be developing the agenda for the oil and gas technical and policy session over the next few months and is open to suggestions. Continue to check the GMI website for further information and registration details as they become available at globalmethane.org/news-events/index.aspx.
Using Carbon Credits to Spur Project Development
The Natural Gas STAR Service Provider Directory has information on companies that can assist oil and natural gas operators to identify, finance, and execute capital projects (including equipment upgrades and swap outs) that reduce methane emissions. One project type completed by Natural Gas STAR Partners is attaining carbon credits by reducing methane emissions. Carbon credits are tradable certifications that represent one tonne of carbon dioxide (or the carbon dioxide equivalent of another greenhouse gas) not emitted to the atmosphere. Carbon credits can be traded in various national and international markets.
As one example, carbon credits from pneumatic device retrofits can provide Partners with applicable equipment a substantial new revenue stream from their methane reduction activities. A registered American Carbon Registry project covering the retrofit of over 2,500 high-bleed controllers generated gas savings of 250,000 Mcf per year and 100,000 tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent per year (tCO2e/year). At a carbon price of $1 per tCO2e, an incremental $100,000 could be generated annually over a ten year project life.
For more information on carbon market opportunities to finance projects, consider contacting several of the firms listed on the Service Provider Directory page by selecting Project Development/Financing/Carbon Markets under "Search by Service." EPA does not endorse any product, service, or company but simply shares information with interested parties.
Upcoming Events
Stay tuned for more upcoming Natural Gas STAR events. Additional technology transfer workshops will be announced soon!
Natural Gas STAR Contacts
Program Managers
Scott Bartos
Phone: (202) 343-9167
Jerome Blackman (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Phone: (202) 343-9630
Carey Bylin
(202) 343-9669
Roger Fernandez
(202) 343-9386
Suzie Waltzer
(202) 343-9544
Natural Gas STAR Program
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (6207J)
Washington, DC 20460
For additional information on topics in this Update, please contact
Jerome Blackman.


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"In the end, it was our children that saved us. They sacrificed themselves to stop that bitch from having children of her own."
--General Hugo Valdez
United Earth Parliament (UEP) Planetary Infantry Corps
January 2074
More than a century ago, UEP Captain Julius Verndock helped end a galactic war with Majesty—the first truly living machine, thanks to manmade artificial intelligence. For decades, Majesty and humanity had lived together in harmony, with mankind reaping… (more)
Wonderful book! Where is book two?
Language: English
Written in: 2011
Published: 2011-08-08
Word count: 82,326 words (≈ about 5 hours)
Tags: artificial intelligence, science fiction, space war, space pirate, science fiction military, scifi military, robots ai, blade runner, war, nanotechnology, Pirates, ai, hackers, terminator
AJ Vega is a pseudonym for a nobody that writes stuff in a genre everyone hates. He resides in a cave hidden from human contact so he can write southern United States with his family.
In his own words…
Majesty's Offspring is my first waste of time and money novel. I hope that you say kind things about it even if you hate it so that my fragile ego is not completely shattered.
Although it is sci-fi, I have dumbed it down so people who normally hate the genre can follow it better. :)
I do have other life & time-sinks that I plan on writing. Possibly some pre/sequels or another completely different novel, an alternate history, sci-fi/fantasy story. But I want to first see how much my current novel sucks the life out of me before committing to having another one suck me down into the indie-author drain pipe. :P


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Freight Transport Will Grow 7.9% Annually Until 2012 (in Romania)
Road haulage will surge ahead by an annual average of 9.5%. Inland waterway traffic will rise by an annual average of 6.0% as bottlenecks are removed from the Danube.
The news on everyone's mind this week is the economy and how it will affect the transportation industry. While the outlook for Romania appears to be good, what about here in North America? Unfortunately the news of late has been largely negative.
Diesel Supply Crunch Batters Trucking Sector
The situation has some refiners in the distribution chain allocating supplies to various customers, and that's causing carriers considerable hardship, particularly in terms of delivery problems and issues, the Alberta Motor Transport Association said Wednesday.
Truckers Mostly Lower with Market
Investors also reacted to specific credit concerns within the trucking industry, which is suffering from weak demand and poor pricing. Analysts suggest that the tough times will get worse before they get better, as fuel prices and overcapacity add to the burden.
Though much of the news appears gloomy, there's some bright linings as well. While fuel costs continue to be a prime concern for those in the industry, some loosening appears to be set to continue:
Oil prices plummet; EIA revises diesel price forecast
The EIA also said that although oil prices are expected to be up slightly on average next year, on-highway diesel fuel retail prices are projected to average $3.91 per gallon in 2009, down from a projected $4.01 per gallon in 2008.
Recent uShip Stories
Fall provides for cooler weather and beautiful scenery as the leaves start fading from green to shades of orange, yellow, and red. What better way to experience this once-a-year occurrence than on a motorcycle? Here are a few user stories from this week of users who have taken advantage of the uShip marketplace to get their motorcycles transported.
User bustermcm wanted to get his motorcycle from his brother. Only problem: all of the quotes he received were too much for his budget. Turning to uShip allowed him to be put in touch with CertifiedPilotCars and save over $200 on motorcycle shipping:
All the quotes I had gotten were for $600 and more. But a friend of mine turned me onto USHIP and man was that the stuff!! Now I have my motorcycle and at a reasonable rate and with great service!! All because of USHIP I will never move again without first getting a bid from USHIP!!
Viragoship was so disappointed with the quotes he had been given before uShip that he considered flying out and picking up his bike himself. After turning to uShip and PDshipping, he found that he could find motorcycle transport for only $250:
It was a great experience. The bike arrived on time, in great shape, and the way everything was handled, including communication, couldn't have been better. I wound up paying $250, which was cheaper and a whole lot easier than going to get it, myself. And now I can brush up on my riding skills in the safety of my own neighborhood.
uShip user Slonishku is differently situated than most. He's stationed overseas with the military and needs to find TSPs that he not only trusts to complete the shipments professionally, but who also make the shipment easy for a shipper stationed overseas. He has so far found two excellent motorcycle transporters through uShip:
Not only were each of my transactions simple and easy, the shippers beat the prices of the big companies by hundreds of dollars each. So let's see… easy, reliable, convenient and personable, OR, expensive, difficult, inconvenient service provided by cheap labor… It's a no-brainer: I'll stick with the little guys I find on uShip every time! Steve (PapoSteve) and Jett (jettcycleshop) both did great jobs at prices the big shippers couldn't come close to. uShip made it all possible. Thanks!
As always, we would love to hear your thoughts on the recent transportation news or your suggestions for great transportation stories. Leave your thoughts in the comments and let us know what you think.


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Albert Schweitzer said "There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats."
Charlotteans can turn to many places or feline friendships, but for music that soothes the soul – and doesn't break the bank – the city's residents turn to Charlotte Chamber Music.
The organization, founded in 1995, enriches the community with inspiring and soul-stirring chamber music performances in urban settings that break down the barriers between musicians and listeners. Concerts – lasting about 45 minutes – typically include music from the Baroque, classical, romantic and contemporary periods and by such beloved composers as Hadyn, Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart and Bach.
It does this by holding two free concerts on the first Tuesday of every month, October through May, both at First Presbyterian Church in uptown. One is held at 12:10; the second at 5:30 p.m., followed by a free reception featuring wine and hors d'oeuvres at nearby King's Kitchen.
"We are about connecting people to music, but creating a sense of belonging and community is also important," observes Elaine Spallone, who's been director for about three years.
The programming is creative and, over the course of season, takes attendees on a wonderful musical joyride of delight. The Feb. 1 concert is entitled 'Ebony & Ivories' when the clarinet will take center stage. The Blue Ridge Chamber Players and clarinetist John Sadak will perform 20th century works including Prokofieff's much-loved Overture on Hebrew Themes and Alan Shulman's Rendezvous, written for the King of Swing, Benny Goodman. The program concludes with American composer Charles Griffin's homage to Irish and Appalachian folk music, Weaving Olden Dances, in a new arrangement commissioned by Charlotte Chamber Music.
About 400-500 people attend each of the SRO concerts. Although the original purpose was to provide a musical respite for uptown workers, Spallone says most of the attendees neither work nor live in the center city. Many are retirees.
The group performed at St. Peter's Church for many years and moved to First Presbyterian about two years ago. "The audience experience is lovely," Spallone observes. "It's brightly lit, there are no columns, and the seats have cushions."
In another effort to provide chamber music in an intimate setting, Charlotte Chamber Music also offers a Living Room series held in people's homes. The eight yearly concerts are open to the public. Cost is $60 per person or $100 per couple.
Another goal of the organization is to provide employment opportunities for area musicians. About half the group's musicians are with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra.
Coming up on Friday, Feb. 11, is the group's annual benefit.
This year's event will be held in the atrium of the Mint Museum Uptown and will feature a performance by Grammy-nominated violinist Robert McDuffie.
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Bullish Sign for Stocks: Leverage Is Up
Investors are leveraging up again, a phenomenon one technical analyst sees as another bullish development for the stock market.
Leverage in August, as measured by NYSE margin debt, rose 5.4% on a year-over-year basis, increasing for the first time since November 2011, according to Mary Ann Bartels, a technical research analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Investors trading "on margin" take on additional risk by exposing themselves to margin calls when prices drop suddenly. Such scenarios require them to post additional collateral lest their brokers sell their securities to cover the debt.
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Analysts typically track margin-debt activity as a signal of investors' appetite for speculative trading. A wave of margin calls can worsen selling pressure on stocks, a phenomenon that some say contributed to the market's plummet during the financial crisis.
Bartels says the recent rise in leverage is an optimistic sign for the market, especially since it has occurred after such a pronounced period of declines. She compares the current period to both June 2003 and November 2009. In each instance, year-over-year growth turned positive after prolonged periods of negative growth in margin debt.
In 2003, after margin debt turned positive, the S&P 500 jumped 6.1% over the ensuing three months. In 2009, the index rose 4.9% throughout the following three months. From Bartels:
Leverage can be used as a sentiment indicator as it is related to investor confidence. It tends to be correlated to the direction of the equity market – investors are likely to gain confidence and add leverage when the equity market is going up and vice versa. The current reading shows that investors are becoming more confident in the market, which supports further upside.
So far this time around, stocks are embarking on a similar pattern. The S&P 500 has risen 3.5% since early September.
–Tess Stynes contributed to this report.
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Amid talk of new stadiums in Fremont, San Jose and Santa Clara, could the Bay Area's next new sports stadium actually be built in Oakland?
And could it be a football stadium?
The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority Board — the governing agency of the Coliseum sports complex — will be asked next week to approve a "feasibility study" to look at the possibility of building a new football stadium on or adjacent to Coliseum property.
"The Raiders have been interested in this for a long time," said Deena McClain, executive director of the authority. "This is a more organized look to see what the options are."
The study, which still must be authorized by the authority's board at its meeting next Friday, is expected to cost $125,000 and last four or five months.
If approved, it will be performed by CSL International, the same company currently looking for new arena possibilities for the Edmonton Oilers hockey club.
McClain said the study will look at things such as what kinds of new revenues a new stadium would bring and where funding for such a project could be found.
One of the more interesting aspects of the study is the fact it will look at the possibility of maybe two tenants at the stadium.
"The idea of the Raiders and the 49ers sharing a stadium has obviously been mentioned before," McClain said.
The idea, in fact, has been mentioned a few times before. More than a year ago, the NFL asked the teams to look into the possibility of sharing a stadium. San Francisco 49ers President Jed York also is on record several times stating Oakland would be an option, especially if the 49ers are unable to successfully build their stadium in Santa Clara.
Just this week the Santa Clara City Council approved a June 8 ballot measure for voters to vote on a new stadium for the 49ers.
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It's that "Rashomon"-like uncertainty that gives the play dramatic heft. Granted, Rogers' brusque penultimate character blurs a bit with Claire's wispier persona. The fact that Claire' fears about generational insanity are never fully addressed mars the otherwise uplifting ending. However, under the direction of Bob Koherr, Rogers crafts lushly offbeat and ferociously intelligent characters that range from Auntie Mame extravagance to Gertrude Stein gruffness. As believable as they are larger-than-life, her gallery of eccentrics is memorable.
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With painstaking craft and breathless execution, Ms. Rogers chiseled each posture, tone of voice, gesture, movement, and facial expression into a character that was credible and distinct. You could meet the three sisters on the street and you'd say, Oh yeah, that's Aurelia, empress of the Grand Gesture, that's chatterbox Lillian, that's judgmental Lou Ann. You'd see the father and go, he doesn't talk much but damn, isn't he smart? And then you'd see Claire and you'd realize, as we did that night, that she was operatic, she did carry on when the mood struck her, and she did seem a little wary about things. It makes sense doing this as a one-woman show: all these people, they are her family, in no little part, they are her. They share DNA, histories, and experiences. In the course of this enchanted evening, we discover, at the same time that Claire does, how she's accumulated and assimilated all these traits to become the woman she is.
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Rogers' monologue frequently bogs down in cerebral metaphors and symbols, which leave the impression that the work is more involving as a literary read than as a performance piece. However, director Bob Koherr's intimate staging is unexpectedly effective at evoking the atmosphere of a children's story — including the three wise Aunts who seem right out of A Wrinkle In Time and a portrait of contemporary Manhattan that's both enchanting and timeless. The problem is that the writing opts for arch coolness over any passionate feeling that might involve us in the story. Rogers plays all the characters with commendable versatility, but she's unable to enliven the monologue's drier elements.
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Over the weekend, I cooked the kaniwa (pronounced kan-yi-wa) that I wrote about last week. I found kaniwa in the bulk section at Whole Foods, but it can also be ordered online from a handful of specialty food companies.
The easiest way to describe kaniwa is by calling it a mini-quinoa. (The two are from the same genus.) But it's really mini, so measuring it can get a little messy. However, unlike quinoa, kaniwa contains little or no saponins (waxy coatings), so it doesn't have to be rinsed.
I used the same water to grain ratio (2:1) for kaniwa that I do for quinoa. Stirring occasionally, I brought it to a boil, lowered it to a simmer and let it cook (uncovered) for about 15 minutes until 95 percent of the water was absorbed. I let it sit for another five minutes to finish cooking.
The texture of the kaniwa was a little crunchier than quinoa. It had quinoa's nutty aroma and taste, but not as strong. Being so small, the kaniwa can get stuck in your teeth (think poppy seeds).
The kaniwa is a little lacking when eaten plain, so I added some chickpeas, sautéed red pepper, chives, olive oil, lemon juice, unrefined sea salt and fresh ground pepper. It made for a great side dish, but kaniwa's huge protein content (16 percent) can allow it to be part of a well-rounded vegetarian meal.
While I'll work kaniwa into my cooking rotation, I'll probably continue to favor quinoa.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
3 comments:
- A Gluten Free Eater said...
This is a really good article. Finally I can eat healthy and make my taste buds healthy at the same time :)
- May 14, 2015 at 5:11 PM
Just got some of this today at Sprouts and am cooking right now--I often cook amaranth in 1/2 nondairy milk and 1/2 water, so am doing that with this...
then I add stevia, tons of cinnamon, a little coconut oil before I eat it and it makes an awesome breakfast!
- July 27, 2015 at 11:46 AM
- sandiasunrise said...
What a good suggestion. About how long do you cook it. I have some but still haven't worked it into my routine. Thinking of trying it in a lentil curry.
- August 31, 2015 at 12:00 PM
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Like his friend and fellow Laureate, J Chicago's Dr. Huggins, Peyton Rous, MD, has had serious thoughts about the future of experimental medicine."Specialization was to be expected," he says in his characteristically pointed way. "I'm one of the simpler, older lot. I cultivate my own garden and it's a rather small one."But at the same time, efforts must continue to see that medicine's ever-increasing sub-concerns continue to interlock. "The difficulty is that science is now a career, one of the best, which can make a man famous or make him rich.... But, that's not the only set of goals."Cancer research, which has engrossed Dr. Rous since 1905, is an excellent example of both the problem and the need. "There are few chairs of oncology," he noted to JAMAMedical News. "And there shouldn't be.... It is complex and not an academic subject." Gathering the
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NEW YORK — The price of oil sank 2 percent Tuesday, hitting a five-month low, as the market anticipated another increase in domestic supplies.
Benchmark U.S. crude for December delivery fell $2.10, or 2.2 percent, to close at $93.04 a barrel in on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil has dropped about 9 percent in the past month. Investors also sold other riskier assets like gold, down 1.3 percent, and U.S. stocks.
Expectations for another increase in U.S. crude supplies weighed on oil.
Data for the week ending Nov. 8 is expected to show an increase of 1.8 million in crude oil stocks, according to a survey of analysts by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos. That would mark the eighth straight weekly increase.
Markets also digested reports from the International Energy Agency and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
The Paris-based IEA said China and India would turn Asia into the world's main driver of energy demand in coming years, while the United States is expected to be able to meet its energy needs from domestic sources by 2035.
OPEC, headquartered in Vienna and representing some of the world's largest oil exporters, including Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Nigeria, kept forecasts for demand for its crude this year and next unchanged from a month ago but warned there were still risks to growth.
"Although the global economy continues to improve, the pace of growth remains sluggish and near-term developments will need close monitoring," OPEC said in its monthly report.
In the U.S., the nationwide average for a gallon of gasoline fell another penny to $3.18. The price is down 6 cents from a week ago and down 26 cents from this time last year.
Brent crude, the international benchmark, slipped 64 cents to $105.54 a barrel on the ICE exchange in London.
In other energy futures trading on Nymex:
— Wholesale gasoline lost 1 cent to $2.59 a gallon.
— Heating oil slipped 4 cents to $2.85 a gallon.
— Natural gas advanced 4 cents to $3.62 per 1,000 cubic feet.
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