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Power Play Revival Helps Stars Stay Alive
Thursday, 05.15.2008 / 12:39 AM CT / Feature
By John Tranchina
For two rounds of the 2008 playoffs, the Dallas Stars leaned a lot on their power play unit to help produce goals and contribute to several victories, but in the first three games of the Western Conference Finals, that magic seemed to dry up just a bit.
But in Game 4 Wednesday night at the American Airlines Center, the Stars once again got the power play clicking and it provided the deciding goal by Mike Modano, off a nice pass from Sergei Zubov, at 5:35 of the third period en route to a 3-1 triumph over the Red Wings to stave off elimination.
After erupting for six goals in the first two games of the post-season against Anaheim on the way to a franchise-record-tying 10 in that series, the Stars added five more against San Jose in round two, including the series-clinching tally in the fourth overtime of Game 6 by captain Brenden Morrow.
Heading into the Conference Finals, the Stars' 15 goals led the NHL, and at 15-for-60, owned a stellar 25 percent conversion rate and ranked tops among the teams remaining in the playoffs.
But through three games of frustration with the extra man against Detroit, the Stars had collected just one goal on 15 opportunities while also allowing a shorthanded goal. After failing to capitalize on their first three chances in the first period Wednesday, the power play came alive just in time with the game on the line in the third period.
"It was huge," said defenseman Stephane Robidas of the PP unit, which ended up 1-for-4 in Game 4. "Zubie made a nice feed to Mo and it was a big, big goal for us. That's something that we need to get going, that's something that's won us hockey games in the first two rounds. We all know how important special teams, PK and power play, and that's something that we've been pretty good at all year, and it's something that was lacking in the first three games and tonight, it was much better. We got the winning goal on the power play, so it was huge."
Coach Dave Tippett pinpointed the power play unit as an area the Stars could improve upon to get back in the series and it came through.
"You look at things happening, what could you do better?" Tippett asked. "Your power play could be better, all of a sudden, boom, it is. That gives you a surge."
"We're trying to do the same kind of thing (as in the previous series)," added Stars assistant coach Ulf Dahlen, who is in charge of the man-advantage unit. "We're looking for momentum and overall in the playoffs, in the first and second series, it really gave us a lot of momentum, but it hasn't done that a lot in this series so far. The goal was pretty big that we got tonight. The guys are working and a goal like that can really get the whole thing going and that's what we're looking for."
In trying to determine what changed in this round of the playoffs, the Stars acknowledge that the Red Wings' penalty killing is maybe a little more aggressive than the Ducks and Sharks were, but also that their execution wasn't quite as good.
"They're not killing exactly like the other teams, but it's a lot of similarities," Dahlen said. "We just going to keep trying just to look for momentum and usually when you work to get momentum and you get that, good things will happen."
"We've been struggling a little bit on the power play," Modano said. "It hasn't been really working out for us as far as the plays and things opening up. They're really good at anticipating things and shutting down lanes, really clogging things up. And you don't get many second or third chances on them, too."
But now, with the Stars facing elimination for the first time this post-season, that additional desperation may have been enough to spur them to success.
"We probably played a little more desperate, we know there is no tomorrow," said Robidas, who has manned the point on the second unit since Zubov returned to the lineup against San Jose. "It could have been our last game of the season, our backs are against the wall, and that's how we have to play - we have to play with desperation and if you don't play desperate against a team that's highly-skilled and desperate at the same time, it's hard to win hockey games."
On the big goal, Brad Richards controlled the puck along the blue line, fed Zubov deep in the left face-off circle, and with captain Brenden Morrow provding a screen in front, Modano set up in the high slot. Zubov slid a deft pass to Modano, who then drilled a scorching one-timer that beat Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood over the shoulder.
"We were able to get it set up finally," Modano said. "Zubov down low on that side is someone that can really thread the needle, find the open guy. Once it came down to him, I was able to get off a little bit, get the shot off before (Detroit penalty killer Kris) Draper came behind me."
"Sometimes when things aren't going your way, you try to do a little more and sometimes less is more," Robidas noted. "I think that was the difference tonight. Don't get me wrong, it was a beautiful play that we made, but it was a nice pass and shoot, don't try - it was nothing fancy. It was a nice play by Zubie and Mo just ripped it."
Now, with that goal on their fourth opportunity of the night, the Stars have regained a little bit of confidence in their power play and hope the success can carry over into Game 5 Saturday afternoon in Detroit (12:30pm start, NBC), which is still a must-win.
"You just keep plugging away and now, we got a huge one tonight, it ended up being the winning goal, so next game, hopefully, we can draw some confidence off that," Richards said.
One other alteration that helped spark the Stars in Game 4 was some line juggling from Tippett.
With winger Jere Lehtinen missing his second straight game with a leg injury, Tippett moved Antti Miettinen up to his place on the top line with Morrow and Mike Ribeiro, and paired up Richards and Modano together, with Niklas Hagman, on a second scoring line. That left Loui Eriksson, Joel Lundqvist and Toby Petersen to act as the Stars' checking line against the dangerous Detroit trio of Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk and Tomas Holmstrom.
Getting the top line with Ribeiro and Morrow away from the Zetterberg line made a definite difference offensively, as Morrow scored the line's first 5-on-5 goal of the series late in the third period to give Dallas a little breathing room.
"With the injuries we have, we're trying to give ourselves a chance with a little extra offense," Tippett said. "There's less guys available so you've got to clump them together."
"We wanted to get some balance and scoring on the other two lines and have Petey and them play against Zetterberg, so we can get away from Lidstrom, the scoring lines and the defensive lines," Richards explained. "They did a good job, they ended up scoring a goal, and Mo got a goal on the power play, Brenden and the other line ended up scoring even strength, so it worked out pretty good tonight."
Steve Ott was moved up to the top line later in the contest, and played a key role on the Morrow goal, occupying space in front and screening Osgood.
"My thing is get them the puck and go to the net and get in the way," Ott said. "Brenden made a great shot, Ribby made a great pass to get it to him. Any time you lose a Jere Lehtinen, you lose a Stu Barnes, it's very crucial to the team chemistry in the lineup and I think you can't really replace those guys, you can just work hard and try to fulfill a need that's there and for myself, whoever it is that has to go in there and fill that void, and that's what we did tonight."
They'll have to do it again Saturday afternoon in order keep the Stars alive and extend the series back to Dallas for a Game 6 on Monday.


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As Factories Close, Health Care is 'Employer of Last Resort'
Obama and Clinton are bustling around Pennsylvania, talking about how they're going to save manufacturing jobs. Maybe they should be talking about how their plans to expand health insurance coverage will create more health-care jobs. That's where all the work is going anyway.
This morning's WSJ looks at Bangor, Maine, where the paper mills have been closing but the hospitals are thriving.
Between 1998 and 2007, the area lost about 3,700 jobs in manufacturing, but gained 3,500 in health care. (For a look at the shift in jobs to health care from manufacturing across the nation, click on the interactive graphic.)
There are some downsides to the shift. It can be harder to climb the pay ladder in health care, where pay is closely tied to education and professional certification. The highly trained make a good living, but those without technical skills may find it harder to make a living in health care than they did in manufacturing. Also, a community that become dependent on health jobs can end up with a weaker economy, beholden to government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.
And, while good manufacturing jobs used to be spread through much of the state, the higher-paying health care jobs tend to cluster in urban areas, around large medical centers.
Bangor is a microcosm for the national experience, particularly in places long dominated by manufacturing. Detroit's struggles have created an exodus of auto workers heading for the health care sector. The largest employer in the Pittsburgh area is not a steel company but the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.


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World premiere of Carlo Boccadoro's Point of View for jazz quartet and orchestra on 9th May at the Teatro Regio in Turin with the Orchestra Filarmonica '900 and the Detroit Torino Urban Jazz Project Quartet (tenor saxophone: Emanuele Cisi and Chris Collins; double bass: Furio Di Castri; and drums: Sean Dobbins). Conductor: Damian Iorio.
The concert is the first expression in symphonic form of a project that came into being in 2006 out of a meeting between Emanuele Cisi (the guiding spirit behind the Detroit Torino Urban Jazz Project) and the American saxophonist Chris Collins, the director of the Jazz Studies Department at Wayne State University in Detroit, and that has led to the organisation of a series of musical events in the two cities. The idea that underpins the project is that 'music can act as a "driving force" in a program of social as much as cultural development aimed at cultivating the sense of "brotherhood" between Turin and Detroit, two cities unified by a past as car capitals'.
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I had never used charm packs before but had a 'Buy 3, get 1 free" coupon, and this bunch caught my eye. I had an idea, and am very happy to see that what was 'in my head' ended up on my design wall.
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no pattern, I just used yardage to outline each charm square, like a nine patch window pane, then cut them up, like a disappearing nine patch. You can find tutorials on that technique. I then made a checkerboard length of patchwork with the remaining charms for my middle border, and extra patches in the outside corners. Go for it, have fun
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Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
by Wallace Stevens
Section XII Summary
Get out the microscope, because we're going through this poem line-by-line.
Section XII
The river is moving.
The blackbird must be flying.
- Yet another section that has many possible interpretations. At this point the poem moves away from human society and back to a purely natural setting.
- The speaker notices that the river is moving and concludes from this that the blackbird must be flying.
- But aren't rivers always moving? Well, usually, yes. That would mean that the blackbird is always flying. Maybe the speaker wishes to highlight its restless activity.
- But there's another possibility. Remember how we mentioned that haikus frequently make reference to the seasons. The "movement" of the river could refer to the melting of a frozen river at the end of the winter. When the river melts, it means that spring is coming and time for the blackbird to migrate.
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Posted 10 July 2007 - 04:54 PM
I have a complete case w/ metal shielding, hdd tray, dvd tray, fan, 1.6 controller ports w/ dual-blue leds.
It is missing one rubber foot, and has an incomplete set of case screws.
(4) 1.6 rebuild boards
xenium ice led board
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8 UV purple LED w/ resistors
I'm moving in the next couple of weeks, and need this stuff gone. All reasonable trades/offers will be considered. As far as trades, nothing specific, but prefer games, movies, etc. Keep in mind, it doesn't hurt to ask if you have something else.
PM or post any offers.
Thank you
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Last week my family and I went for the first time to Martis Creek Trail. Signs at each end of the trail let pedestrians know that the area is a nesting ground for many birds and to "please consider" taking your dog to any of the other many trails.
Before we even took three steps onto the trail, wet dogs brushed past us. Throughout the whole trail there was only one person without a dog; all the rest had dogs, all without leash. There were many unpleasant moments of having to endure the stench of dog poop baking in the sun along the trail, and the sad sight of a crayfish and a snake wounded by what seemed to be dog bites.
Throughout the 15 years I've lived in Tahoe, I've read numerous articles about the need for places to bring dogs. There are more dog-friendly trails than no-dogs-allowed trails. What goes through an owner's mind when they decide to completely ignore not only our country's laws (leashes), but also their dogs' impact on other people and animals? Do they feel they are above the law and any responsibility?
Kiva Beach (a sanctuary for birds) and North Tahoe Beach, though many signs say no-dogs-allowed, are filled with dogs! Dogs who knock children down, hurt them, eat/step on our food — and owners who do not even apologize, who feel their dog can do anything they want because they're a free/wild animal.
A free/wild dog would be living in the forest, eating mice and avoiding humans. When you decide to have an animal, there are responsibilities, just like I wouldn't let my child poop on your lawn or grab food from your hands. Ironically, I bet the very dog owners I'm talking about probably won't think this is them.
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I was ten years old when I first saw the lights in Phoenix night sky and my two mothers who by the way are a lesbian couple were asleep in their bedroom because it was bedtime. Anyway, I chosed to secretly stay up and see the night sky while my two female parents and my three older sisters were sleeping in their beds. Suddenly I saw a strange form of reddish or orange lights in the night sky, so I secretly tip-toed from my bedroom and slowly walked downstairs to the living room to get a better view of the lights in the night sky. Suddenly, I saw that the lights were part of a V-shaped object hovering over Phoenix. At first I was scare, but then I became amazed at the object in the night sky because it made me belief that we're not alone in this universe. But sadly both the lights and the object itself disappeared and I went back to bed.
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Definition of the adjective sticking
What does sticking mean as an attribute of a noun?
- extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
- example: a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck
- adjective position: predicative adjective (it occurs after a verb that follows the noun)
- synonyms of sticking: jutting / projected / projecting / protruding / relieved / sticking out
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The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1878)
A Record of the Positive Effects of Drugs Upon the Healthy Human Organism by Timothy Field Allen
Sticking in right hip. — (Moving limbs), Cramps. — (Pressure), Pain in spleen and kidneys ; oppression in region of heart ; anxiety about chest; lancinatious in lumbar region; pain in mammary region; pain through ...
Encyclopedia of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry: Fundamentals (2001)
by Nicholas D. Spencer, John H. Moore
Thus, the sticking probability S goes to zero when the coverage, 0, reaches the saturation coverage, 6q. These assumptions lead to the following relationship between the sticking coefficient and the surface coverage, S = Sb(l - 0/0o).
English and Muskokee Dictionary (1890)
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Vlké, sticking to, as wax, also sitting to ...
The Outlines of Materia Medica & Clinical Dictionary (1997)
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Sticking pain — frequently returns, but more mildly ; Lancinah'ng, Colic pains in Stomach, left Hypochondria, and upper part of Abdomen, increased by inspiration, movement, or contact ; Whirling sensation in the region of the stomach. Hepatic ...
The outlines of materia medica, regional symptomatology, and a clinical dictionary (1865)
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Sticking pain — frequently returns, but more mildly ; Lancinating, Colic pains in Stomach, left Hypochondria, and upper part of Abdomen, increased by inspiration, movement, or contact ; Whirling sensation in the region of the stomach. Hepatic ...
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Definition of lustful in English:
Having or showing strong feelings of sexual desire: lustful glances
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- Another showed the contemptible hypocrisy of the man, whose lustful glances at other women, as he walks with his wife, changes to anger as another man targets his wife.
- Some addicts cave in to their most lustful and obsessive desires on a regular basis, while others remain impotent and untemptable no matter what is dangled in front of them.
- I don't think you can go through years of being told every single day that the only reason for your incarceration was your lustful desires without being damaged.
lecherous, lascivious, libidinous, licentious, salacious, goatish;
wanton, unchaste, impure, naughty, immodest, indecent, dirty, prurient;
passionate, sensual, sexy, erotic
informal horny, randy, raunchy, lusty
formal concupiscent
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- But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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- When we were in the backseat of his car, we began kissing lustfully and our hands groped one another's bodies, in all the right places.
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- This I vow in full knowledge of my sins of pride and vanity and lustfulness, and of those sins known and unknown of my husband, and those too of my boy.
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- In his travel writing, and increasingly in his fiction, there's a theme of lustfulness.
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What happens if a particular Policy is backing up a job greater than 3GB?
Does the job pause/checkpoint and wait for the relocation to finish then
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Definition of katydid in English:
A large, typically green, bush cricket that is native to North America. The male makes a characteristic sound which resembles the name.
- Microcentrum and other genera, family Tettigoniidae.
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- Members of the grasshopper family, including crickets, locusts, and katydids, hear with small disks near one of the front leg joints.
- From every quarter throbbed peepers and katydids and locusts.
- That winter, the night we built our first big fire, we also hatched out about a million katydids, or as some folk call them, camel crickets.
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- Planning a photo book
- Color managing photos for BookSmart
- Laying out pages in BookSmart
- Troubleshooting image size in BookSmart
- Importing photos to Bookify
- Adding, deleting, and moving pages in Bookify
- Downloading and installing Blurb's InDesign plug-in
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Skill Level Beginner
Laying out the pages of a book in BookSmart is the heart of the bookmaking process. It's simpler than you might think because BookSmart offers a wide variety of pre-built page templates for you to use. The starter layout that I'm using in this book was created by the Setup wizard at the beginning of this chapter. You can see that all the pages in the starter layout are the same. They all have a large image and then a couple of text boxes. I usually change out at least some of the pages that I get in the starter layout, but I don't just change layouts for the sake of change.
Each layout that I choose is selected for particular purpose in order to fit the content that I want to put on a page. For example, I may have a vertical image rather than horizontal image and so I'll choose a layout that fits that sort of image. Or I'll change out a page in order to signal a break in subject matter, like a new photo project or a new chapter. Or I'll use the page layouts for visual interest and to enhance the flow of the book from one page to another.
Swapping out a page layout is just a matter of two clicks. First, I'll select the page whose layout I want to change, like this page here. And that can be a page with content or a page that has no content yet. And then I'll go up to the Page Layout panel, I'll click this menu, and from here, I'll choose a category of page layouts. When I'm working on a photo book, those are usually one of the categories in this top section, particularly picture layouts. So I'll select that and that gives me the templates that you see here, but there are actually more templates than this.
If I click on the border beneath the Page Layout panel and drag down, you can see that there are lots of templates in this category to choose from. The diagrams of the layouts in the Page Layout panel are pretty minimal. About all you can see here is some templates have gray areas, which represent images, and some templates have lines like these. Those represent text boxes. Some templates have both. So, you really have to experiment with these templates, applying them to your page and seeing which work visually and which don't. There is quite a variety of page layouts here.
In this picture category alone, there are layouts that make full use of the page, like this, layouts with a little bit of white space, layouts with more white space. And then there are layouts with square image containers that crop a horizontal photo like this and layouts with vertical image containers. And then there are layouts with multiple image containers, so you can have two images on a page. Those can be square or vertical or horizontal.
You can have three images on a page and if you scroll down you'll find templates with as many as 9 or 16 small images. There are also some interesting collage-type page layouts that you can explore when you doing something like scrapbooking. I'm going to go back up here to the top, and these are actually the templates that I use the most because I really like the look of a large image almost filling a page. So I rely a lot on this template, and this one, and this one, and this one.
This one is called a full bleed page and it's important when you're doing a full bleed that you click on the checkbox for Display trim guidelines. I'll click OK here and here you can see that all around the spread, there is a red dotted line and then there's a larger translucent magenta line. The red dotted line indicates the edges of the book that will be cut away and so anything you place outside that line will definitely not be in the book. The magenta margin is called the bleed line.
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Given its sheer beauty and breathtaking views, Iceland has become a hot travel destination in recent years. From its remote wilderness to its thundering waterfalls, gushing volcanoes and geysers, floating glaciers, stark ice caps, and northern lights streaked across the sky, there are plenty of secret wonders to behold in this nearly Arctic European country.
Icelandic Cooking
When it comes to food, however, it's unlikely that most visitors have ever had a sampling of traditional Icelandic cooking. While there is plenty to see and do – glacier walks and sea kayaking are just a couple of popular activities – it's best to know your dining options before traveling. As the number of tourists to Iceland has steadily increased over the last couple of decades, the cuisine has changed along with it. Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, offers more variety than other parts. Yet part of the fun of traveling is the daring experience of eating foods foreign to one's palette. Here is just a sampling of some of the more customary culinary delights that stunning Iceland has to offer:
For traditional Icelandic food, look no further than the sea. Fish is in abundance, and most fish dishes on the menu include haddock, halibut, herring, plaice, and shrimp.The country is famed for whale meat, particularly Minke whale. Foodies who live on the edge can also find grated puffin in some restaurants. (Puffin is also a Christmas dish, along with salted pork rib.)
Meat Dishes
As far as other meats go, smoked lamb, or hangikjöt, is another perennial favorite, along with smoked lamb sausage, sheep's head, and sheep sausage. Reindeer is available, but is usually very expensive. Rutabaga, cabbage, and turnips round out the vegetables grown in greenhouses, with the country relying on imports for sweet fruits and berries.
Favorite Snacks
Snacking includes dried fish pieces with butter and coleslaw known as harðfiskur, while skyr is like a high-protein yogurt cheese. Yet here's one food you're probably already accustomed to: the pylsa, or hot dog, is the Icelandic fast food of choice, served with fried onions, ketchup, mustard, and remoulade. These are easy to find at one of many convenience stores and sweet shops dotting Icelandic towns. Speaking of sweet shops, bakers have their roots in Danish cooking, so cinnamon rolls and sweet breads are common. Kleina is small fried dough buns that have been flattened and cut into trapezoid shapes.
Traditional Culinary
If you're looking for the most traditional of culinary cultural adventures, find a place that serves Þorramatur, or head to a gathering known as Þorrablót. Þorramatur simply refers to platter of country food that include some of the following: putrefied shark cubes known as hákarl, which are noted for their pungent smell and taste, a whole sheep's head, or hrútspungar (pickled ram's testicles). If you're invited to one of these, there is likely to be offer fish and meats served, in case your appetite cannot be quenched by one of these more adventurous delicacies.
Drink Choices
As for beverages, water is perfectly safe to drink. In fact, given its glacial surroundings, it has some of the cleanest water in the world! Coffee is easy to come by, as well as alcohol – but beers will cost a pretty penny. Furthermore, much like other Europeans drinks, local Icelandic drinks contain more alcohol content that their American counterparts, so pace yourself.
Pricey Fare
A word to those traveling on a budget – because the country is so remote, one must pay a price. Food prices are higher in Iceland, from the fanciest restaurant to the quickest table service, so be careful to factor in a little more for eating out during the day and at night.
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I should have done this a while ago but its worth a shot. My son and I both got quota permits for achery in the Babcock Ranch WMA. Went down there today to check things out but they had a hunt going on and scouting day is the day before the hunt, this Friday. The hunt is from Aug 4-8. This is my first time here and was wondering if anyone had hunted this area before. If so any help would be great and if you want to go as a guest I am considering that for a trade as a guest on your hunt. I don't care if I get anything, just want my little man to get the chance. I know its short notice but its worth a shot...


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General Responsibilities
The general responsibilities of OE include:
OE will provide leadership for, and coordinate, the Society's education efforts. The degree of the responsibilities of the OE is broad and must coordinate with a large number of APS boards, committees and initiatives. The OE will provide a vision for high educational impact and engage multiple levels of concentration to provide effective coordination and leadership in all realms of education.
Organizational Structure
OE will be made up of a director, 6-8 voting board members serving three-year terms and four ex officio representatives. It is the intent, where feasible; to include diverse representation on the OE board, including, but not limited to, academic, government, industry, international, and graduate student membership. Additional ex-officio members from highly related APS entities are included.
The director is appointed by Council to a serve three-year term. OE members will be formally appointed by a majority vote of the OE Board and will serve a three-year term but may not serve more than two consecutive terms.
General Responsibilities of the Director
The director will lead OE and staff in establishing priorities and individual assignments for follow-through. The director will serve as the primary societal contact for all issues relating to educational efforts of APS. The director will represent OE to the society's leadership and work with the leadership to assure that OE shares information with the membership and related audiences that is consistent with the society's interests. The director will work with the board to ensure there is strong understanding about the educational issues of the society and advances in pedagogy and will be proactive in bringing these to Council's attention. The Director shall appoint an official note taker at each meeting of OE. That individual will provide their draft to the director to be disseminated, approved, and archived. The Director prepares and submits reports to the Internal Communications Officer of APS upon request. During the Director's second year of their final term, OE will nominate potential candidates for the director position to bring to Council. Council appoints the new director. Upon appointment, the incoming director is requested to attend the OE mid-year meeting that precedes their term as director. The OE Director also serves as ex- officio member of OPRO.
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OE will meet twice annually (once at the APS annual meeting) to make programmatic and financial decisions. However, planning, decision-making, and program execution occur on a daily, year-round basis. OE members are expected to participate actively in regular discussions via E-mail and to respond in a timely manner to requests for information/opinion by the OE director and staff. OE members are responsible for maintaining regular liaison between OE and specific societal constituencies (either ex officio or as assigned by the director). They will also become broadly familiar with education issues of the society and advances in pedagogy and will be proactive in bringing these to OE's attention. OE members are charged with maintaining the highest professional standards of scientific objectivity, dispassion, and ethical conduct. They may be called upon to serve as authors and reviewers or producers of educational publications and products, and to assist other groups in APS with their education based projects.
Committees of OE
To carry out its mission and responsibilities OE may form committees as needs dictate.


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It has to be noted that Microsoft may change these at any time. The requirements have been extracted from a sheet detailing sensors and hardware capabilities. Some requirements might be optional as well.
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Proceedings of
TECOM Test Technology Symposium '97
"The Army After Next How Will We Test?"
March 18-20, 1997
Radiant Outlaw Technology
for Non-Cooperative Identification
Alex Lovett
SEMCOR, Inc.
Suite. 400 145020 Greenview Drive
Laurel, MD 20724
Chyau Shen
EO Sensors Branch
Bldg 2187, Suite 3190
48110 Shaw Road Unit 5
Patuxent River, MD 20607-1906
19 March 1997
1.0 Introduction
(U) The Low Probability of Intercept Sensors was a U.S. Navy Advanced Technology Demonstration that ran from FY93-FY96. The program consisted of two parts: Radiant Mist and Radiant Outlaw. Radiant Mist was an advanced electro-optic (EO) sensor for shipboard application, while Radiant Outlaw, its sister program, consisted of the same sensors packaged for airborne applications. Both contained passive visible, infrared (IR), and (active) laser radar sensors. These sensors were used to detect, track, and identify targets at unresolved ranges. These sensor systems are now being evaluated for utility in cooperation with the Forward Area Air Defense (FAAD) Testing at FT Bliss in August 1997. The Office of the Secretary of Defense has also sponsored an Advanced Concept Technology Demonstartion (ACTD) titled Precision Targeting and Identification (PTI) which will explore advanced packaging options for mobile ground forces.
(U) The Radiant Mist sensor system was a multi-mode passive/active sensor for detecting, tracking, and identifying targets from a shipboard platform. This EO system, when cued by shipboard radars or Infrared Search and Track (IRSTs), passively acquired and tracked targets for handover to a laser radar system for precision tracking and identification. A 3-D state vector (bearing, range, range rate ) on targets was generated and provided to the ship's combat system for weapons fire control and battle damage assessment. The high resolution thermal imaging sensors which direct the laser system also performed surveillance functions. The multi-functional system was integrated onto a McDonnell Douglas Mast Mounted Sight (NMMS) gimbal to perform a functional demonstration in an operational environment during the summer of 1996.
(U) A new effort is being undertaken by the U.S. Army/U.S. Navy to re-configure the shipboard sensor system. The system will then be tested to determine its performance as a land based system. The sensors will be integrated into the Forward Area Air Defense System (FAADS) to demonstrate an enhanced combat identification capability to permit Beyond Visual Identification Range (BVIDR) engagements.
2.0 Non-Cooperative Identification
(U) Laser radar (ladar) benefits from its relatively small beam width as compared to a conventional radar. Precise angular information is available because of the small beam width. The inherently small wave length of the ladar produces very high Doppler velocity sensitivity to target motions. This sensitivity is so precise that target Doppler skin vibrations or displacements can be measured which are on the order of micrometers. A one to two second illumination of a target allows for low probability of intercept while collecting enough information to classify a target with out being counter-detected. Signal processing techniques for target identification using target signatures (both passive and active) are very similar to current Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) techniques that are well understood. The laser radar return signal is passed through the signal processing algorithms to extract a target-unique vibration signature. The vibration signature is compared with a library of signatures on file to identify the target platform. This technique provides aspect invariant target classification.
(U) A variety of NCID techniques have been evaluated in search of one method that can provide reliable aspect-invariant identification at stand-off ranges.
- Passive IR: the high resolution of imaging systems can be used to display the target to the operator or expert system.
- Active Imaging: lasers can be used to image targets to provide three dimensional images (angle, angle, range).
- Range Profile: the high range resolution of laser can provide range-sliced signatures of targets. This is especially useful for identification of ships from the air.
- Vibration Spectrum: the active vibration spectrum of the target can be exploited to provide target identification. This method is aspect -invariant and therefore preferable.
(U) The Radiant Outlaw/Mist program developed hardware to perform target signature collections for all of the previous techniques mentioned. The Radiant Mist system is capable of collection simultaneous IR, Visible and 3-D ladar imagery as well as range profiles and vibration sensing. The program fielded expert systems to perform autonomous classification using image based, range profiles, or vibration sensing. For unresolved targets it was determined that vibration sensing produced the best aspect invariant results. Vibration sensing is the only classification technique which is not tied to making a spatial measurement or comparison of key features, which drives sensor resolution requirements. The limiting performance factor for vibration sensing is the energy received on target not the targets size or geometry.
(U) The ladar system utilizes coherent optical heterodyne detection. The process is accomplished by mixing the ladar target return signal with the local oscillator (LO) signal. Just as an inbound or outbound target produces a gross Doppler shift on the return signal, a target vibration produces a micro-Doppler vibrational spectrum on the return signal.
(U) The optically mixed signals produce a frequency difference, or beat frequency signal, on the detector. A low pass filter responds primarily to the optical difference frequency to produce an electrical signal called the first Intermediate Frequency (IF). This IF signal is further mixed down to remove the gross Doppler shift of the target and a second IF is generated. This second IF signal is demodulated and the deviation of the signal frequency from the second IF's center frequency identifies the micro-Doppler vibration spectrum.
(U) The U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center, Patuxent River (NAWCPAX) has developed and fielded an automatic target recognition (ATR) system for fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. NAWCPAX in conjunction with the Night Vision Lab, FT Belvior, has initiated the process to develop a database and software upgrade to the classification software to provide the capability to perform automatic classification of ground vehicles.
2.1 Sensors
2.1.1 Passive Sensors
(U) Two uses of the passive sensors are target aimpoint selection and target recognition. Aimpoint selection supports three dimensional tracking as well as collection of surface vibration signatures on localized areas of a target by pointing the laser beam. In addition, IR imagery may augment target recognition performance by providing auxiliary information that can be incorporated into the sensor fusion process thereby increasing overall NCID performance.
(U) The IR sensors used to collect imagery on targets by the Radiant Mist system are the MWIR provided by Rockwell and the LWIR sensor from McDonnell Douglas. The Rockwell camera (see Figure 2-1) is the primary IR data collection system since it is co-boresighted with the Rockwell ladar system. IR target data must coincide with ladar data to support the evaluation of aimpoint selection and NCID. The MWIR camera operates in the 3 µm - 5 µm region of the spectrum with a six inch aperture and two fields of views.
Figure 2-1: The Rockwell Six Inch Aperture 320x240
with Dither Scan MWIR Camera
(U) The long wave infrared (LWIR) sensor has been retained by the Radiant Mist sensor from the Naval Mast Mounted Sight (NMMS) sensor. The LWIR camera serves as a comparison between LWIR and MWIR imagery. Also included in the passive sensor package is a visible sensor provided by McDonnell Douglas. This sensor operates from about 0.6 µm to about 0.9 µm and incorporates two fields of view subtending two and eight degrees, respectively. Visible data is for reference only to help describe the difference between IR and visible imagery in terms of resolution and environmental effects. See Table 2-1 below for specifications of all the passive sensors in the optical director turret head.
Sensor Parameter MWIR Camera Visible Camera LWIR Camera Spectral Bandpass 3µm - 5µm .65mm - .95mm 8µm - 12µm FOV 2 o NFOV / 8 o WFOV 2o NFOV, 8 o WFOV 2.8o Aperture 6" (15.24 cm) 4" (10.16 cm) 6" (15.24 cm) Resolution 81 µrads / 326 µrads N/A 100 µrads FPA Material HgCdTe Si HgCdTe Array Dimensions 320 x 240 Staring 1" Diameter Tube 180 x 1 Scanning
Table 2-1: List of Passive Sensors and Baseline Specifications
2.1.2 Active Sensor
(U) The active sensor subsystem in Radiant Mist is a CO2 laser radar (ladar). The laser operates in the LWIR region of the EO spectrum. The transmit/receive aperture is six inches and the transmit power output can be varied from 5-80 watts. The detector used is a 1x1 HgCdTe detector in quadrature. The laser hardware itself is located in the bottom of the beam director (see Figure 2-2). The laser beam is passed through the aperture by the Off Gimbal Optical Transfer System (OGOTS), a mirror relay with an optical path of 1.5 meters.
Figure 2-2: Picture of the Laser Master Oscillator
2.2 Radiant Mist System Configuration
(U) The Radiant Mist Sensor System includes three separate sets of equipment. They are the Optical Director/Turret (OD/T), which contains the passive and active sensors, the support electronics boxes (SEB),and the control and display console (CDC).
2.2.1 Optical Director/Turret
(U) The sensors are housed in a modified (NMMS) turret, pictured in Figure 2-3. The gimbal limits are +190o in azimuth and +30 o in elevation. The gimbal maximum slew rate is 45o/sec and the maximum slew acceleration is 45o/sec2. The NMMS took feeds from the ship for water, using the fire main, and air, using dried low pressure (LP) air. The stability of the NMMS is 30 µrad, but with the modifications made for Radiant Mist, the jitter in the pod grew to over 200 µrad. This jitter caused a great many problems in collecting active sensor data. Only at the end of the tests was the jitter successfully controlled. Also located near the turret base are two thermal control units to monitor and control the temperature of the laser oscillator. The temperature of the oscillator must remain steady in order to attain the required coherence length for the laser beam.
Figure 2-3: Radiant Mist Turret Installed on the Navy Self
Defense Test Ship.
2.2.2 Support Electronics Boxes
(U) The next piece of equipment in the Radiant Mist sensor system are the Support Electronics Boxes. They contain the executive controller, the imaging tracker, the master power supply, and the thermal control unit for the laser.
2.2.3 Control and Display Console
(U) The CDC (see Figure 2-4) controls the Radiant Mist system. The CDC includes a situation display, an imagery display, a ladar control computer, a system controller, the turret controls, and the AFAPS computer. The situation display, a 19" BARCO monitor displaying the sensor line of sight (LOS), sensor status, and sensor controls, is located on top of the CDC. Figure 2-5 shows a sample of the situation display screen. The imagery display is a green and black monitor on the bottom of the CDC which displays the imagery from the passive sensor which the user has selected (MWIR, LWIR, VIS) for the tracker. The operator can control the tracking sensor, the FOV selection, the LOS control, and the tracking control with the keyboard joystick.
Figure 2-4: The CDC Installed on the Self Defense Test Ship
Figure 2-5: A Diagram of a Sample Situation Display Screen
2.3 Radiant Mist Testing
(U) The Radiant Mist system was tested continuously from its inception to the end of FY96. The final test occurred in Port Hueneme, CA, aboard the Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS). The SDTS (see Figure 2-6), the former USS Decatur, is a ship dedicated to weapon systems engineering, testing, and evaluation. During typical operations, air and/or surface launched threats simulate live attacks on the SDTS. The system under test, whether a new combat system or an individual element (sensors, weapon systems, etc.), respond to the threats to defend the ship. Since the SDTS represents a considerable Navy investment, it tows a decoy barge approximately 300 feet astern during live fire events, which serves as the target of attack.
Figure 2-6: The Self Defense Test Ship, ex-U.S.S. Decatur
2.3.1 Objectives
(U) In an effort to assess the overall performance characteristics of the Radiant Mist sensor system, tests were conducted at Pt. Hueneme, California from January 1996 to April 1996. By having a dedicated instrumented ship, Radiant Mist's anti-ship missile defense (ASMD) capability as a stand alone sensor was assessed. These tests were used to evaluate the ability of the Radiant Mist sensor system to perform anti-ship missile defense functions such as detecting and tracking anti-ship missile threats. The ship tests also included testing of the vibration sensing functions of the system for several pre-planned aircraft scenarios as well as for targets of opportunity. This data collection effort has helped answer or characterize important issues such as MWIR camera performance, cueing requirements within a Ship Self Defense (SSD) architecture, required laser power for operation, required laser stability, adaptive vibration compensation requirements, and software operability.
(U) The primary goal of this test was to determine the overall performance capabilities of the sensor system when employed in near real world conditions against stand-off air and surface targets. A secondary goal was to validate existing sensor prediction models by simulating operational atmospheric transmission paths. Other test objectives included target ladar cross section characteristics, atmospheric effects, laser stability effects and adaptive vibration compensation requirements. Although many objectives were set for this test period, the following prioritized list provides some of the more important objectives:
(i) Demonstrate the end-to-end functionality of the Radiant Mist system,
(ii) Demonstrate the Radiant Mist operational concept of passive acquisition and hand-over to ladar for precision tracking to perform ASMD,
(iii) Evaluation of environmental effects,
(iv) Characterization of target ladar cross section at various aspect angles as well as collection of target IR signatures versus predicted values,
(v) Verification of ladar receiver sensitivity for sufficient signal to noise (SNR),
(vi) Verification of adaptive vibration compensation to remove own-platform vibration,
(viii) Assessment of target distinguishability via skin vibration measurement for ship and aircraft targets of opportunity, and spatial characterization of their vibration signatures.
2.3.2 Operational Concept
(U)The operational concept of the Radiant Mist system is to take a cue from a radar, IRST, or electronic support measures (ESM) sensor, to slew the gimbal head to the proper coordinates, and to passively detect the target. If the cue is tight enough, narrow field of view (NFOV) may be used. If, however, the cue is in a basket greater than 2o, wide field of view (WFOV) is necessary. The WFOV must then switch to NFOV without losing the target. When the NFOV detects the target, auto-tracking software centers the target in the field of view (FOV) for laser illumination in order to find target range or identification information.
2.3.3 Target Detectability
(U) ASMD is the primary issue of concern for the planned tests. During the tests from Jan 1996 - April 1996 signatures were collected on a number of missile targets in order to evaluate the fidelity of several of the models used to predict target signatures. The tests will also be used to determine the effectiveness of the IR cameras in the Radiant Mist Phase IIB testbed, the long wave infrared (LWIR) from McDonnell Douglas and the mid-wave infrared (MWIR) from Rockwell, to detect the relatively small and fast targets associated with ASMD Testing. The effects of the atmosphere on the passive and active sensors on target detectability were also evaluated. Also to be evaluated were the models used to predict sensor performance for the passive and active subsystems of Radiant Mist.
2.3.4 Adaptive Vibration Cancellation Functions
(U) Another secondary objective of the SDTS testing was to demonstrate successful own-platform vibration cancellation. The vibrations of the host platform are present in any skin vibration spectrum. They must be canceled out in processing or they will corrupt the spectrum presented by the target. Therefore, any successful demonstration of target skin vibrational measurements also would prove the successful removal of the vibrations of the sensor platform.
2.4 General Conclusions from Shipboard Testing
(U) The Radiant Mist system accomplished many of its testing objectives during the period from January through April 1996. The system demonstrated its end-to-end functionality with only minor difficulties. The passive cameras were thermally cycled over 100 times with no ill effects. There were no electromagnetic interference (EMI) effects Internal to the system, however there were EMI problems with the remote link. The gimbal bearings failed and had to be replaced but had lasted for over two years prior. There was functionality between all above decks equipment and the below decks equipment. The major hardware failing occurred in the system remote link, which was not part of the original design.
(U) The concept of passive acquisition and hand-over to ladar for tracking was demonstrated, although not with ASCM targets. All ladar data that was collected during the tests was collected from cues from the passive cameras. The system ran in all weather conditions short of pouring rain and, although it was found to have degraded performance in hazy and foggy conditions, it always outperformed visible-only performance. IR target signatures were gathered and they matched well with predicted values. Ladar receiver sensitivity was verified and although the receiver exhibited 10 dB excess noise, it was sensitive enough to perform the tasks at shipboard testing.
3.0 U.S. Army Need
3.1 Operational Threat
(U) The mission of the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery (ADA) is to prevent airborne attacks on friendly forces in the theater of operations. The FAAD addresses this need by denying the enemy aerial reconnaissance and in the event of leakage, defense against close-air support fixed wing (FW), rotary wing (RW), unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and cruise missile (CM) threats.
(U) The functions of the air defense system are to: (1) maintain air surveillance to provide early warning, (2) identify targets as friend, foe, or neutral (IFFN), (3) provide communication between command post and weapons, (4) cue/handover targets to the weapon system and/or gunners, (5) execute fire control, and (6) perform battle damage assessment (BDA).
(U) The key elements of the FAAD system are the Ground Based Sensor (GBS), with its three dimensional multi-function radar, the distributed Command, Control, and Information (C2I) units, and the weapon systems such as the Avenger, Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV), and gunners (Man-Portable Air Defense Systems - MANPADS). All of these elements are linked by a digital data distribution system that provides rapid and robust communications.
(U) The evolving threat characteristics and variable environmental factors present formidable challenges to the FAAD system performance. Threat upgrades involving low-observable technology, low altitude penetrations, and higher speed coupled with electronic countermeasures, such as jammers, chaff, anti-radiation missiles, and direction finders, require continual improvements in the FAAD system to be effective. Environmental factors such as weather, day/night operations, clutter, and friendly or neutral air vehicles, further complicate the engagement scenarios.
(U) A single-sensor system will be severely taxed to meet the numerous operational requirements, evolving threat characteristics, and variable environmental factors. In particular, the need for addressing IFFN, low radar cross-section threats, low altitude penetrations, and anti-radiation missiles places a critical limit on the performance of the FAAD elements.
3.2 Testing Scenarios
(U) The objective of the new effort is to demonstrate the long range NCID capability of the Radiant Mist/Outlaw Technology and to develop cost-effective operational concepts for integrating an enhanced combat ID capability into FAAD. The incorporation of a long range NCID capability will make it possible for FAAD rules of engagement to be changed to permit BVIDR engagements, allowing the FAAD weapons to be used to their full potential. This effort also addresses the concerns documented by the Department of Defense's (DOD) director of Operational Test and Evaluation (T&E), which found FAAD C3I operationally suitable, but fratricide experienced during testing was "unacceptably high."
(U) Radiant Outlaw technology will aid in extending engagements of potential threats by adding to the FAAD architecture in the following way. When the Radiant Mist/Outlaw system receives a cue from a radar, in this case, the FAAD GBS, its OD/T slews to the proper coordinates. The IR camera in the system will detect the target or, if no target is detected, perform a limited sector search to attempt to locate the target. Once the target is detected by the MWIR camera, tracking software will be activated to provide fine tracking. This track will contain azimuth and elevation bearings and their rates of change. Once the passive target track is established, the ladar beam can be activated. The ladar output will contain range, range rate, instantaneous velocity, and target vibration spectrum. To produce a fire control-quality track, continuous illumination of the target is necessary. However, a vibration spectrum is produced with only a one to two second illumination. The vibration spectrum provides target classification as explained above. Target classification information can then be handed over to a commander to make a decision about weapon release.
(U) For the FAAD application, the Radiant Misty/Outlaw technology can be integrated with either the GBS or the Avenger and Bradley weapons units. The MFOS system can be cued by the GBS for initial target detection and track, so that it can perform precision track and NCID functions. The MFOS system could also perform an independent area search.
(U) The testing will occur at Ft. Bliss. The system will be tested to demonstrate its capability to detect and classify targets when cued properly. Targets will include helicopters, propeller aircraft, jets, and a cruise missile surrogate. The anticipated ranges will be greater than 15 km depending on weather constraints. Pending a successful test, the technology could be incorporated into the FAAD GBS system architecture to provide long range, standoff target classification to allow BVIDR engagements.
(U) Future tests could be devised to show the utility of Radiant Mist/Outlaw technology in many other operational scenarios. For instance, a low power model could be integrated into ground combat vehicles to demonstrate the utility of positive ID of ground targets. The system could also be flown on platforms providing CAS to ground units.
3.3 System Reconfiguration
(U) The passive and active EO systems must be re-configured for integration with FAAD either as a stand alone or integrated into C2I. This effort will adapt both the passive and active test-beds to these conditions. The following sections describe the adaptions to be performed.
(U) The stability of the sensors in the ODT requires that the internal turret temperature be maintained within a specific range. A custom thermal control system was designed for shipboard operation and will be adapted for the Fort Bliss environment. The turret will also be kept under positive pressure to keep dust and other particulates, heavy in the land environment, from entering the turret.
(U) Since the GBS radar produces a high degree of RF radiation, the MFOS testbed will be located out its direct line of radiation and specifically shielded from its X-band radiation. Because the OD/T is designed for helicopter and shipboard operation, the vibration and shock encountered when it is mounted on a trailer in typical field conditions must be investigated and appropriate measures must be taken. An approach must also be taken to establish a handover from the GBS to the MFOS so that correct pointing of the ODT is insured.
(U) The SEB must likewise be adapted to the environmental conditions, vibration and shock of transportation, and EMI conditions of the field environment. As required, the SEB will be repackaged and integrated on the same trailer as the ODT. As part of this repackaging, space will be provided to accommodate equipment from the CDC, which will be reconfigured into a portable workstation.
(U) The CDC has been developed for operation in the Command Information Center on a Naval Vessel. For the FAAD operation, a portable workstation is preferable. Therefore, a portable workstation consisting of a monitor display, system processor, hand controller, LAN interfaces, and keyboard, will be constructed from the current CDC. Additional software upgrades will be added to the CDC by McDonnell Douglas.
4.0 Conclusion
The Radiant Mist/Outlaw sensor system is a mature technology for providing advanced day/night surveillance and target identification. The U.S. Navy has developed an ATR system to perform autonomous target classification of aircraft and is in development of a ground database. The Precision Targeting and Identification ACTD program will produce a compact low cost ID system that could be fielded on close air support aircraft, helicopters, and mobile ground forces to assist in the classification friendly forces.
1. Mid-Wave Thermal Imaging Sensors in the Maritime Environment, A. Lovett and C. Shen, March 1995 Passive IRIS
2. Test Results of the Radiant Mist Electro-Optic Fire Control System, A. Lovett and C. Shen, May 1996 Active IRIS
3. Radiant Mist Testing Aboard the Self Defense Test Ship Final Report January-April 1996.
4. McDonnell Douglas Proposal for Multi-Functional Optical System Tesating in a FADDS Environment, 6 August 1996
5. IR/EO Systems Handbook, Volume 6, Active Elctro-Optical Systems, ERIM, SPIE Press, 1993


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This month's Recipe ReDux theme is "Fresh from the Pumpkin Patch." ReDuxers were put to the challenge of coming up with healthier pumpkin recipes using fresh pumpkin, if possible. Funny that my recipe for last month's ReDux was a revised version of pumpkin cream cheese when I couldn't find any canned pumpkin at the supermarket! Fortunately I was able to find canned pumpkin this month (I should really thank my husband for that actually – he picked it up for me at the supermarket!); unfortunately I didn't have time to make a recipe using fresh pumpkin. I decided to make pumpkin pancakes, a seasonal treat that I often see on brunch menus but have never made myself. I actually made them for dinner (who says breakfast food can only be served in the morning?!) and they were delicious! I served them with nonfat Greek yogurt, real maple syrup, and some fruit on the side.
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YUM!!! Totally making this tomorrow morning. One of my all time fav ways to eat pumpkin….second to a pumpkin spice latte! Yours look devine! Love the Greek yogurt topping, great idea. xoxo
Pumpkin pancakes make a regular appearance at our house, although I do it the "cheaters" way by using pancake mix {Bob's Red Mill gluten-free} to which I add 1/2 can of pumpkin and a liberal amount of cinnamon. My kids like to melt chocolate chips on top. Your version sounds really yummy! Have a wonderful weekend!
Yes! I love pancakes made with whole wheat flour. My family prefers the run of the mill all purpose variety, but these remind me of the ones my grandmother used to make.
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XML security problems are numerous, but you can take steps to limit your exposure – or you can use a different standard.
For this month's column, I intended to write about XML security and how to avoid all the attacks and problems that can occur. I started making a list of issues both well known and not so well known. After listing 20 items, I realized I wouldn't have enough space to cover everything, so I moved on to plan B: Instead of focusing on the problems, I'd look at the solutions. This worked reasonably well until I realized one small problem: Even if you use software like Python's new defusedxml and defusedexpat a number of problems are still difficult to deal with.
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Essentially you enter the digits from the barcode on your promotional bar, and play the game on the website listed on the pack. There are quite a few prizes, ranging from holidays, consoles through to chocolate!
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They combined chocolate, casual gaming and competitions? Is it a dream come true? :)
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LOL!!! Very true!!! :-D
Would have been my dream come true if I had topped it off by winning the holiday or Wii!
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Jammy... I entered over 500 comps over xmas and won nothing... but you enter this one and win.. that jsut aint fair!
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