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Apricot Torte Recipe
"This yummy dessert is simple to assemble and oh-so-pretty," says Dorothy Pritchett of Wills Point, Texas.
- 6 eggs, separated
- 1/2 cup plus 5 tablespoons sugar, divided
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3 eggs plus 2 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules
- 2 ounces semisweet chocolate
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 cans (17 ounces each) apricot halves, drained
- 1 cup apricot preserves
- Chocolate curls
- 1. In a large bowl, beat egg yolks and 1/2 cup sugar until thickened. In a small bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually beat in remaining sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, on high until stiff peaks form. Fold into yolk mixture. Gradually fold in flour.
- 2. Divide batter among three greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes or until golden. Cool in pans for 5 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool.
- 3. For buttercream, in a small saucepan, whisk the sugar, eggs, yolks, vanilla and coffee. Add chocolate; cook and stir over low heat until thickened (do not boil). Cool completely.
- 4. In a small bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy. Gradually add chocolate mixture; set aside. Finely chop apricots; drain and place in a bowl. Stir in preserves; set aside.
- 5. Split each cake into two horizontal layers; place one on a serving plate. Spread with 2/3 cup buttercream. Top with a cake layer and 2/3 cup apricot filling. Repeat layers twice. Cover and refrigerate 3 hours before serving. Garnish with chocolate curls. Yield: 12 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 piece: 417 calories, 21g fat (11g saturated fat), 236mg cholesterol, 215mg sodium, 53g carbohydrate (43g sugars, 1g fiber), 7g protein.
Reviews for Apricot Torte
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An annual fall tradition returns to Las Olas Boulevard in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Ranked as one of the top 100 art festivals in the nation by a leading art publication, Las Olas continues to be one of the most anticipated art events in the area. People come out yearly to see more than 150 artists display their work in what looks like a mini art gallery lined along the street. Las Olas Blvd, a popular tourist and resident attraction, boasts fine boutiques, great restaurants and a great city atmosphere.
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Signs of change are beginning to surface on the App Store after December 17th's notable leadership changes involving Apple's Worldwide Marketing SVP Phil Schiller. That move happened after growing discontent from Mac App Store developers, who noted communication breakdowns and overall frustration with the direction that the Mac App Store was headed in.
Schiller is now in charge of all App Stores, taking over responsibilities from Eddy Cue, which most prominently include the iOS App Store and the Mac App Store.
It's been less than three months since the move occurred, but we're already beginning to see a change in the way the App Store operates. For example, we're now seeing more regular updates of the Best New Apps section at the top of the App Store's Featured page. In a tweet today, Schiller acknowledged the changes and indicated that more changes were on the way.


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1. Technical Field of the Invention
The present invention is related to distributed computing and, more particularly, to distributed object systems.
2. Description of Related Art
Advances in computers systems have greatly simplified the task of information processing. Computer systems can typically store large amounts of information in a relatively small area of physical space and permit the information stored to be easily accessed and modified. Computer systems also allow large amounts of information to be processed both quickly and accurately.
Computer systems are sometimes operated as stand-alone devices or connected together by way of a communications medium, typically together with a server, to form a computer network. A server is a class of computers used to handle file, print, and certain application services which are common to all the connected computers, known as clients. The largest, and most popular computer network is known as the Internet. When networked together, computers can communicate information and perform processing functions. The foregoing is known as distributed computing.
Distributed computing is further facilitated by object-oriented programming. Object-oriented programming is a form of software development that models the real world through representation of objects or modules that contain data as well as instructions that work upon that data. The objects encapsulate the attributes, relationships, and methods of software-identifiable program components simplifying complex programs. Accordingly, the attributes, relationships, and methods of an object can be written, compiled, tested, and deployed independently of one another. Additionally, the different objects can be implemented in different programming languages, reside on different computers, and even different platforms in different operating system environments. A system with objects residing on different platforms is known as a distributed object system.
Distributed object systems facilitate application program development by permitting object services to be made available (published) to application programmers. Instead of requiring the application program to have each function and data of the application program performed within the application program, the application program can access certain objects performing certain functions outside the application program. In the foregoing scenario, the accessing application program is referred to as a client application and the object is referred to as a server object. However, use of a distributed object system requires the establishment of a communications standard as well as attention to various low-level networking issues. The communications and low-level networking standards, as well as many architectural and implementation features, are currently provided for by a de facto standard middleware for distributed object systems known as the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA).
In the CORBA paradigm, a client application wishing to perform an operation on a server object sends a request. The request is received by an Object Request Broker (ORB). The ORB is responsible for all of the mechanisms required to find the object implementation for the request, to prepare the object implementation to receive the request, and to communicate the data making up the request to the server object. A server object accessible by CORBA is referred to as a CORBA object. The client can make a request using either static invocation or dynamic invocation.
Static invocation is the standard approach for clients to interact with CORBA objects. However, it requires the CORBA client to use, and therefore, be in the possession of code stubs associated with the CORBA object. This requirement is undesirable in cases where the CORBA object stubs are not freely published, where clients talk to a large variety of CORBA objects, or where CORBA object interfaces change frequently.
Dynamic invocation addresses this problem by allowing clients to form and execute requests on CORBA servers on the fly, i.e., dynamically, without having to first acquire any code stubs. However, the power that CORBA and dynamic invocation offers the user comes at a price, namely, increased complexity, resulting in slower adoption by industry, particularly in view of the requisite increase in training and implementation costs and delays.
In order for a CORBA object to receive requests from client applications, the CORBA object interface must first be defined in the CORBA Interface Definition Language (IDL). This IDL interface defines the services that the CORBA server object provides, as well as, for each service, the number and type of associated arguments, return values, and any potential exceptions which may be generated. The CORBA Interface Repository is a standard CORBA server object that is responsible for storing and automatically disseminating the IDL interface of CORBA server objects to client applications. Before client applications may request a given service of CORBA objects, as defined by the respective IDL interface, that client application must first locate that CORBA object on the network. The CORBA Naming Service is a standard CORBA server object on the network responsible for facilitating CORBA object location. Currently available CORBA server objects may register themselves with the CORBA Naming Service. Client applications may then use the CORBA Naming Service to look-up particular CORBA objects from which to request a service. A well established design pattern used in the development of distributed object systems involves the use of a helper object, commonly known as a proxy, that assists a client application in communicating with a given CORBA object.
In view of the above, it should be understood that the delivery of CORBA object services requires a considerable degree of CORBA expertise by the application developer. On a separate technological path, world wide web-based information systems have achieved phenomenal success, largely because of the web's high accessibility and ease of use. Therefore, it would be advantageous if the power of a distributed object system, such as used in CORBA-based systems, could be leveraged with the ease and accessibility of web services.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to leverage the power of a distributed object system with the ease and accessibility of web services.
It is also an object of the present invention to decouple application development and server development, allowing organizations and individuals to better focus limited and expensive distributed object systems server development expertise on the development and publication of web services rather than complicated protocols, such as in CORBA.
It is a further object of the present invention to encapsulate the implementation complexity of a CORBA Dynamic Invocation Interface.
The present invention is directed to a system and method for receiving services from a server object through a web browser. The web browser is used to search a server object library by accessing a servlet engine. The servlet engine retrieves the elements stored in the library, formats the elements into a format compatible with the web browser, and transmits the elements to the web browser.
A more complete understanding of the method and apparatus of the present invention may be acquired by reference to the following Detailed Description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying Drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is an exemplary distributed object system wherein the present invention can be practiced;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a distributed object system at application development time configured in accordance with the principles of the present invention; and
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a distributed object system at run time configured in accordance with the principles of the present invention.
The numerous innovative teachings of the present application will be described with particular reference to the presently preferred exemplary embodiments. However, it should be understood that this class of embodiments provides only a few examples of the many advantageous uses of the innovative teachings herein. In general, statements made in the specification of the present application do not necessarily delimit any of the various claimed inventions. Moreover, some statements may apply to some inventive features but not to others.
Referring now to FIG. 1, there is illustrated an exemplary distributed object system, generally designated by the reference numeral 100, wherein the present invention can be practiced. As shown in the figure, a distributed object system includes a client application 105 that requests and accesses services from a server object 110 via mechanisms described in more detail hereinbelow. It should be understood, of course, that in a distributed environment, such as the web or any distributed system, the client application 105 and the server object 110 can reside on either the same computer or different computers. In the case where the objects reside on different computers, the computers are connected via a communications medium, such as the Internet.
A goal of distributed object systems is that the objects seamlessly communicate with each other as if they resided on a single computer in a homogenous computing environment. However, because the client application 105 and the server object 110 may reside on different computers in a heterogenous computing environment, a communications protocol as well as low-level networking standards are required. The foregoing is provided by the aforementioned de facto standard middleware known as the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA).
In accordance with CORBA, a client application, such as client application 105, wishing to perform an operation on a server object 110, known in this example as a CORBA object 110, sends a request. The request is forwarded to an Object Request Broker (ORB) 115. The ORB 115 serves as a communication layer and is responsible for finding the particular CORBA object 110 corresponding to the request, to preparing that CORBA object 110 to receive the request, and forwarding the data making up the request. To effectuate the communication layer functionality, the ORB 115 uses an Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (IIOP). With reference again to FIG. 1, client application 105 makes the request to the CORBA object 110 using either static invocation via code stubs 120 or dynamic invocation via a Dynamic Invocation Interface 125.
Static invocation is the standard approach for client applications 105 to interact with CORBA objects 110. However, static invocation requires the client application 105 to use, and therefore, be in the possession of the requisite code stubs 120 associated with the pertinent CORBA object 110. This requirement, however, is undesirable in several situations, e.g., cases where the code stubs 120 are not freely published, where the client application 105 communicates with a large variety of CORBA objects 110, or where the server code stubs 120 change frequently.
Dynamic invocation provides more flexibility to overcome the disadvantages of the static approach, i.e., the client application 105 can use instead a Dynamic Invocation Interface (DII) 125. As discussed, the DII allows client applications 105 to form and execute requests on CORBA objects 110 dynamically without having to first acquire any code stubs 120. However, the usage of a DII 125 brings increased complexity and requires the user to be familiar with the intricate details of CORBA.
From the perspective of the CORBA object 110, in order for the CORBA 110 object to communicate with the outside world, an Interface Definition Language (IDL) interface 130, e.g., between the CORBA object 110 and the ORB 115, is needed so that the aforementioned client applications 105 can find messages to send in order to invoke the protocols and methodology of that particular CORBA object 110. The IDL interface 130 is preferably written in an Interface Definition Language (IDL) and describes the number and type of arguments the CORBA object 110 requires, the values returned, and any possible exception conditions. The various IDL interfaces 130 of the different CORBA objects 110 are disseminated by a CORBA Interface Repository 135 which allows client applications 105 to determine the particular IDL interface 130 corresponding to a given CORBA object 110. CORBA also includes a CORBA Naming Service 140 which provides services for a tree-based look-up of the various CORBA objects 110, only one of which is shown for convenience of illustration in FIG. 1, allowing client applications 105 to locate specified CORBA objects 110 in communication with the ORB 115.
As noted hereinabove, the power of CORBA comes at the price of increased user complexity, which must be assimilated by new users and organizations before the full benefits of the CORBA paradigm can be realized. Application developers, in particular, must possess a considerable degree of CORBA expertise to adequately exploit this technology. In an effort to alleviate the steep learning curve and skill requirements due to this complexity, the present invention proposes leveraging the power and flexibility of the CORBA paradigm with the ease and accessibility of web services.
Referring now to FIG. 2, there is illustrated a block diagram of the distributed object system 100 at development time, configured in accordance with the principles of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, a web server 210 and a servlet engine 215 are placed between a given CORBA object 110 and a communications medium, the Internet 220, to permit an application developer to receive the services of the CORBA object 110 using a web browser 225. It should, of course, be understood to those skilled in the art that the particular communications medium is not limited to the Internet, and can instead include, for example, an Intranet.
With further reference to FIG. 2, the servlet engine 215 runs a Naming Service Gateway Servlet 217 in a generic, application-independent environment, and controls access to the aforementioned CORBA naming service 140. The servlet engine 215 is preferably accessible over the world wide web (web) via the web server 210, simply by using a conventional Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address. Those skilled in the art will recognize that the Internet 220 uses URL addresses to locate documents and other media, including the servlet engine 215. In order for CORBA objects 110 to be accessible by the servlet engine 215, the CORBA objects 110 are preferably registered with CORBA Naming Service 140 with a root naming context. The URL of the servlet engine 215 is associated with the root naming context of the CORBA Naming Service 140.
When an application developer accesses the servlet engine 215 through the web browser 225 using the servlet engine's 215 URL, the servlet engine 215 contacts the CORBA Naming Service 140 and retrieves the elements in the root naming context using the aforedescribed IIOP protocol. The servlet engine 215 then renders these elements in the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) format and returns the elements to the web browser 225 using the Hypertext Transmission Protocol (HTTP).
The elements that the servlet engine 215 retrieves includes subnaming contexts and references to CORBA objects. To understand the arrangement of this information in the CORBA Naming Service, a useful analogy to consider is a computer file system. In this comparison a directory and a file in a computer file system are analogous to a naming context and a CORBA Object reference in the CORBA Naming Service 140, respectively. Furthermore, a directory may contain a subdirectory in a computer file system just as a naming context may contain a subnaming context in the CORBA Naming Service 140. Finally, the root directory in a computer file system may not be contained by any other directory, just as the root naming context in the CORBA Naming Service 140 may not be contained by any other naming context.
The HTML view of the root naming context displayed by the web browser 225 shows hyperlinked CORBA Object references and hyperlinked subnaming contexts. The application developer may select a subnaming context, in a similar fashion to the root naming context, to view the elements contained by that subnaming context. It is conventional to arrange information in the CORBA Naming Service 140 in such a way that the scope of the elements contained by the root naming context is larger then the scope of the elements contained by any of its subelements. Therefore, selecting a subnaming context narrows the scope of the elements currently being viewed in the web browser 225.
This approach allows the application developer to successively "zoom in" or "drill down" through subnaming contexts until reaching a web browser 225 view showing the element for the particular CORBA Object reference of interest. Selecting the hyperlink for this CORBA Object reference then causes the servlet engine 215 to locate the associated CORBA Object reference in the CORBA Naming Service 140. This reference is then used to contact the associated CORBA Object 110 and request the appropriate IDL interface 130. This IDL interface 130 is in turn retrieved from the CORBA Interface Repository 135, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, and returned to the Naming Service Gateway Servlet 217. The Naming Service Gateway Servlet 217 then formats this information into HTML and returns it to the web browser 225 for display. The resulting web browser view 225 illustrates the services provided by the CORBA Object 110 as defined by the associated IDL interface 130. Each of these services is preferably hyperlinked in the web browser 215 view.
The application developer may browse, discover and then select a service of interest by selecting the associated hyperlink in the web browser 225 view. This causes the Naming Service Gateway Servlet 217 to generate a proxy that encapsulates all of the information required to locate the CORBA Object 110, providing the selected service, as well as invoking the selected service, including but not limited to, protocol and the signature of the selected service. For example, one possible format this proxy may take is what is known in the art as a JavaBean. The Naming Service Gateway Servlet 217 then writes the information encapsulated by this proxy to a file that is downloaded to the web browser 225 and saved as a local file by the application developer in response to selecting the service in the web browser view. This proxy stored in a local file in the previous step may be integrated into a client application 105 developed by the applications developer.
Referring now to FIG. 3, there is illustrated a block diagram of the aforementioned distributed object system 100 at run-time, configured in accordance with the present invention. The client application 105 with a proxy package 305 for a given CORBA object 110 integrated therein is installed on the user's computer 310. When the client application 105 is run, the client application 105 invokes the proxy package 305 contained therein. When the proxy package 305 is so invoked, the proxy package locates the CORBA object 110 using the CORBA Naming Service 140 via the Internet 220 and a CORBA Gatekeeper 315. The proxy package 305 then builds a request using a DII 320 for the CORBA object 110 and invokes the request. The request is propagated to the CORBA object 110 via the CORBA gatekeeper 315 using IIOP. The CORBA object 110 receives the request, operates on the request, and returns the results to the proxy package 305. The proxy package 305 then creates an event package 325 with the results of the request and makes the event package available to the client application 105. When the client application 105 receives the event package 325, the client application 105 has access to the results.
It is apparent from the above description that the goals, objectives, and visions of the distributed objects community for presenting an architecture that leverages the strengths of both web and distributed object systems have been met in the system and method of the present invention allowing the creation of web services that deliver the power of distributed object systems and CORBA, and which may be accessed and reused over the web with standard web tools requiring no CORBA expertise. Further, with the implementation of this improved architecture in JAVA, a well-established, freely available and proven technology, the system and method of the present invention is directed to these sophisticated web services that facilitate the more powerful and automated business services to come.
Although the presently preferred embodiment is directed toward systems and methods that facilitate application developers in the distributed object community to rapidly create new JAVA applets or applications, it should be understood that the principles of the present invention may be implemented in a variety of distributed object environments and architectures of JAVA is merely a current example.
As will also be recognized by those skilled in the art, the innovative concepts described in the present application can be modified and varied over a wide range of applications. For example, although the embodiments are shown in the Common Object Request Broker Architecture, the invention is not limited to such an architecture and can be practiced in other distributed computing architectures, such as Distributed Component Object Module (DCOM) produced by the Microsoft Corporation. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to any of the specific exemplary teachings discussed, but is only limited by the following claims.
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Friday, October 30, 2015Marcia was in this morning and had much more pleasant weather than I had yesterday. It sounds like she had more passerines enjoying the positive weather also. She had some Cedar Waxwings and sparrows were still around with some variety including American Tree Sparrows, Fox Sparrows, White-throated Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos and a single Swamp Sparrow. A lone Eastern Towhee was a highlight, being one week before its typical last showing. In Main Ring Lake she found some water birds including Pied-billed Grebes, Greater White-fronted Geese (9), Wood Ducks (Indian Creek), and several Green-winged Teal. Dave
Thursday, October 29, 2015The weather this morning was nasty. It was cloudy, cold with whitecaps on Lake Law - need I say more. Later, occasional light showers added to the "cheery" morning. Passerines in the Lakes region were very subdued due to the high winds. Sparrows were poor. When flushed they would immediately fly a short distance and drop out of sight. Only Song Sparrows and White-throated Sparrows were found. A.E. Sea did produce waterfowl and shorebirds, while several American Pipits still remain in the area. The bulk of the waterfowl were Green-winged Teal (approx. 200). In addition several each of Northern Shovelers and Gadwall were present. Shorebirds showed a little more diversity including Killdeer (80 plus), Greater Yellowlegs (10-12), a Lesser Yellowlegs, Dunlin (20) and a Wilson's Snipe. Sheltered in a corner of DUSAF Pond, out of the wind, were seven Great Egrets and three Great Blue Herons. There was quite a bit more activity in the sheltered Garden Club where White-crowned Sparrows (30 plus), Fox Sparrows and an American Kestrel were added. The west side of the Big Woods was very quiet, while the east (leeward) side showed some activity. Among the expected woodpeckers, chickadees, nuthatches and blackbirds were a couple of Golden-crowned Kinglets and several Rusty Blackbirds. Finally, among about 200 Canada Geese on Main Ring Lake were several Cackling Geese. Dave
Sunday, October 25, 2015The morning started out a little brisk and sunny with very little wind. Other than Canada Geese, there was not a large number of waterfowl. There were, however, a fairly good variety including Cackling Geese, Wood Ducks, Gadwall, American Black Ducks, Mallards, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shovelers, Green-winged Teal, Ring-necked Ducks and Ruddy Ducks. There was also a good variety of late season shorebirds with Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral Sandpipers, Dunlins, a White-rumped Sandpiper, a Baird's Sandpiper, a Short-billed Sandpiper and a Wilson's Snipe. Seen today were a large number of Swamp Sparrows joined by American Tree Sparrows, Field Sparrows, Song Sparrows, White-throated Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos. Other highlights were Pied-billed Grebes, Sharp-shinned Hawks, Eastern Phoebe (late), Marsh Wren (late), Golden-crowned Kinglets, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Brown-headed Cowbirds, a Hermit Thrush, several Purple Finches (Sparrow Hedge) and, the bird of the day, an early Northern Shrike. Later, Glenn added 4 Greater White-fronted Geese and a Belted Kingfisher. Again, all of today's birding was done on the east side of the Lab. Dave
Saturday, October 24, 2015Here are some of the sightings from this past week that I received while on my fall camping trip. First, last Sunday's highlights were some Dunlins, three Orange-crowned Warblers (fairly high daily number for this species), Fox Sparrows and a Le Conte's Sparrow. Peter reported a Turkey Vulture around Wilson's Hall, while a Merlin was reported on Wednesday. Dave
Wednesday, October 21, 2015Marcia and Gail were in this morning doing their monitoring of both Rings. Here are their highlights. First, both a Northern Harrier and Cooper's Hawk were found. Next, an Eastern Towhee was still in the area along with a good number of Cedar Waxwings (this has been a very good year for them). Sparrows found included White-throated Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows and a couple of Lincoln's Sparrows. Dave
Thursday, October 15, 2015Al Stokie was in the Lab this morning and accumulated an impressive list of birds. The waterfowl highlights were Gadwall, Northern Shovelers, American Wigeon, Northern Pintails, Green-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal, a Ring-necked Duck and Ruddy Ducks. Shorebirds found were Killdeer, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Least Sandpipers, a White-rumped Sandpiper and a Wilson's Snipe. Other interesting sightings were an adult Bald Eagle, a Northern Harrier, a Cooper's Hawk, a Sora, an American Coot, Bonaparte's Gull, American Pipits, an Orange-crowned Warbler and Purple Finches. Dave
Wednesday, October 14, 2015The morning started sunny, cool with a mild wind. It warmed up as the morning wore on while the winds increased only minimally. When I started on the east side of A.E. Sea, a large flock of Dark-eyed Juncos flew into the lab from the northeast and dispersed around the Sea. Both Greater Yellowlegs and Lesser Yellowlegs still remain in and around A.E. Sea along with American Pipits and, of course, Killdeer. Some of the Green-winged Teal are starting to show their true colors. Waterfowl are slowly arriving, found on Lake Law were Canada Geese (in increasing numbers), Gadwall, American Wigeon, Northern Shovelers, and Ring-necked Ducks. There were also Pied-billed Grebe there. Sparrows were quite active in the area including a Le Conte's Sparrow, a Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrows (most I've seen this season), Lincoln's Sparrows, Swamp Sparrows (most numerous aside from the juncos mentioned earlier), White-throated Sparrows, and White-crowned Sparrows. Added in the Garden Club were a Field Sparrow and several Savannah Sparrows. Other birds found in the Sparrow Hedge area were a Cooper's Hawk (buzzing the Hedge low), an Eastern Phoebe, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, an Eastern Bluebird, a Hermit Thrush (first of the season), and a couple of Purple Finches. Peter also reported a Snow Goose by Swan Lake on the west side of the Lab. Dave
Sunday, October 11, 2015The morning started sunny and breezy but a little cool although it warmed up fast. Again the whole morning was spent on the east side of the Lab. It was an interesting morning in that we had a number of birds that were at or near the edge of their typical yearly Fermilab distribution. First was a migrant Osprey (next to the latest fall sighting week) heading south along the Lab's eastern boundary. Other birds "near the edge" were a Green Heron (new latest sighting), several Chimney Swifts (next to the latest sighting date), Barn Swallows (again next to the latest sighting date) and an American Tree Sparrow (tied for the earliest fall sighting). A.E. Sea provided some interesting birds starting with three White-rumped Sandpipers and several American Pipits foraging the edge of the shoreline plants (first of the year). The only other shorebirds were Killdeer, Greater Yellowlegs and Lesser Yellowlegs. The only new waterfowl was a male Northern Pintail joined by the expected Northern Shovelers and Green-winged Teal. Sparrows were our main targets; found were American Tree Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Le Conte's Sparrow (found by Glenn before our arrival), Song Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow (been a good year for these), Swamp Sparrows, White-throated Sparrows and White-crowned Sparrows (again, most abundant sparrow). Other birds found in the Sparrow Hedge area were an Eastern Phoebe, a Marsh Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Cedar Waxwings, Eastern Bluebirds, Yellow-rumped Warblers and Palm Warblers. Besides more sparrows, both Rusty Blackbirds and a Brown-headed Cowbird were added at the Garden Club. Lastly, Dave Shemanske reported Sandhill Cranes flying over the village on Friday. Dave
Thursday, October 8, 2015Marcia and Gail today had many of the same birds on the west and central portions of the Lab today as were found yesterday. Plus they added a Wood Ducks, a Cooper's Hawk, a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Common Grackles. Dave
Wednesday, October 7, 2015Weather-wise it was an almost perfect start to the morning being mostly cloudy, mild with no wind. The wind picked up throughout the morning as the sun slowly took over the skies. Despite these favorable conditions, the birds were quiet and did not show much movement to start. After awhile the birds perked up and showed some life. The one exception, again, the American Goldfinches which were feeding everywhere. Sparrows were the bulk of the action in the Sparrow Hedge area including Song Sparrows, Lincoln's Sparrows, Swamp Sparrows, White-throated Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows (most abundant species today, Swamp Sparrows second) and Dark-eyed Juncos (first of the season). Other than one Nashville Warbler, most of the warblers were Yellow-rumped Warblers with some Palm Warblers. Mixed in with these warblers were several each of Golden-crowned Kinglets and Ruby-crowned Kinglets. Again at A.E. Sea there were no new waterfowl for the week, but the first American Coots of the season were together in a tight group (approx. 40). Shorebirds at the Sea are again diminishing. Found were several each of Greater Yellowlegs and Lesser Yellowlegs and a Solitary Sandpiper. The Garden Club had all the same sparrows as the Hedge plus a Chipping Sparrow. Other birds found, mostly on the west side of the Lab, were a Hairy Woodpecker, House Wrens, Marsh Wrens, Cedar Waxwings, Eastern Towhees, and Indigo Buntings. My favorite sighting of the morning was coming upon what appeared to be a sleeping Great Horned Owl on a tree limb on the west side. All of a sudden the owl dropped down and pounced onto the path. Unfortunately for him he missed his target, but it was neat to see a Great Horned actively hunting in the middle of the day. Finally, Peter reported finding a Belted Kingfisher yesterday, probably by Swan Lake. Dave
Sunday, October 4, 2015Finally, there was some relief from the strong northeast winds we've had for almost a week. The birds definitely appeared to respond by being more active and readily available for viewing. Beyond this the day was cool and overcast. Our morning was spent wholly on the east side of the Lab. Our best bird of the morning was found early on. It was an early Lapland Longspur (tied for the earliest fall migrant for this species). Better than this was the experience of the sighting. The longspur was on the Lake Law berm feeding among the gravel of the trail. We were able to approach to within approx. 10 feet of the bird (of course I did not have my camera). This was a remarkable experience, only matched by the fact that Denis' group had the same experience about a half hour later. Sparrows are now the key family of interest around the Lab. Sparrows found were Chipping Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow (still most abundant), White-crowned Sparrow (a close second in abundance) and White-throated Sparrow. Not a lot of diversity in shorebirds was found. We had the typical Killdeer, a Stilt Sandpiper and a good number of Greater Yellowlegs (15 to 20) all seen from the west side of A.E. Sea. We went around Owl's Nest Woods to the south side of the Sea to get a better view, but when we got there all the shorebirds were gone. We questioned why they were gone. The answer came from Denis, who was behind us, reporting a Peregrine Falcon had flown by them carrying a yellowlegs. There were no new waterfowl to report for the week. Warbler numbers were down, but we did add a Nashville Warbler and a Orange-crowned Warbler to the expected Yellow-rumped Warblers, Palm Warblers and Common Yellowthroats found. Other birds found during the morning were a Green Heron, Coopers Hawks (4 or 5), Soras (heard), an Eastern Phoebe, a House Wren, Marsh Wrens, Golden-crowned Kinglets, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, a Swainson's Thrush, Cedar Waxwings, a Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Buntings and several Rusty Blackbirds. Dave
Thursday, October 1, 2015The morning was partly cloudy, cool and quite windy. These winds did have an effect on the birds in such a way that "if" the sparrows flushed, they would drop out of sight into the foliage. Most of the warblers did not appear to be greatly affected. Speaking of warblers, only the late season warblers were found with a good number of Palm Warblers and Yellow-rumped Warblers (which outnumbered the Palms at least 4 to 1). There were also several Common Yellowthroats. Sparrows found in the Sparrow Hedge Area were Song Sparrows, Lincoln's Sparrows (3), Swamp Sparrows (most abundant species), a White-throated Sparrow (yes, just one?), and White-crowned Sparrows (many also found in Garden Club). Again, there was a good number of Chimney Swifts buzzing the Sparrow Hedge area. It was neat seeing the swifts fly in front of the Gibbous moon. A.E. Sea had about 25-30 shorebirds including a Solitary Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Stilt Sandpipers (at least 2), and a Wilson's Snipe. Additionally, a good number of Killdeer were found. Waterfowl there were Wood Ducks, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shovelers, Green-winged Teal and Hooded Mergansers (2). Additionally, only a Hairy Woodpecker and a couple of Eastern Phoebes were worth mentioning. Dave


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Skip to comments.Can America Survive $5-a-gallon at the Pump?
Posted on 04/30/2008 7:19:14 PM PDT by Charles Bronson Forever
Absolutely, but very tough times are ahead. Really, how the hell are we gonna get out of this mess unless we drill and refine at home? When is Washington going to do something? Easy. When WE do something about it.
It really is all about choices. Unfortunately too many folks are unwilling to suffer the inconvenience of changing their behavior, lifestyle, etc. to adapt to new and changing circumstances.
Those people sure got quiet all of a sudden. You'd think they would be jumping for joy. Now why aren't they. :)
A lot is ignorance. Some people that complain about gas prices do not realize Ethanol is one of the reasons.
"it bothers me that our country refuses to pursue energy independence. "
Me too. It bugs the crap out of me. It bugged me 20 years ago. I saw this coming for a long time.
We are pursuing energy independence on a scale I never thought possible. It just does not make the nightly news.
I've been thinking about this a lot lately as a homeschool mom of 7 and 11 year old boys.
I think the 11 year would make a great pastor. I also think I should teach him an overview of the Koran and politics as well a thorough review of the history of the world and computers.
The 7 year old I have not figured out yet, but keep watching for clues. However, I think what he picks up from his brother will be a great base along with a more in depth science and math curriculum.
The high price of gas will touching everything in our lives. Not a single person will go untouched by it.
As I said on another thread, gas above $4 will bring John Edwards 'two Americas' to life. Gas over $5, and this country will be divided into the haves and have nots. Gas over $7, God help us all. If I trusted Americans would act rational, it would be different. But Katrina proved to me that people resort to their most feral states to survive- and are willing to kill to do it.
Yeah, but wait to HillCare takes over. What will happen to the salaries then? They will all be set back to every other government job wages.
I say let's just go take over a major country in the middle east that's so full of oil it actually oozes out of the ground.
Ooops, been there .. done that! :(
See ya in the poorhouse!
It will. Look what the Great Depression did. Social liberalism was born of it.
"The loses to the travel industry alone would send the economy into a depression."
You know the old saying about getting the government we deserve. In large part, the same is true of our economy. We scream at the government, do nothing else about it, and then pay $22 per month on our $30k credit card debt.
I'm not pointing finger, and I know many Freepers are the opposite of this, but the "old days" of thrift being a virtue are long gone in this country, and who didn't really think in the back of their mind that the current standard of living was unsustainable?
I actually worry less about people having to tighten their belts than I do about the complacency spilling over despite some dire economical circumstances, and people fail to get off their fat asses, read some basic economics (since it apparently is no longer taught in Public Screw), and vote to prevent a Rat New New Deal.
After that post several FReeper's felt it necessary to slow roast my chestnuts in an open fire.
Would all those chestnut roaster's please come out of the closet so they can see the light of day and learn just how much the weak dollar is killing middle income and those below already stressed budgets.
Despite what Nancy would have you believe folks, her advice is nuttier and more moldy than a nine year old Christmas fruit cake.
On this business of not drilling in Anwar.
I have been to Anwar back in the 70's and it is a desolate expanse.
Two thousand acres might seem like a lot to the liberal New York City Slicker Environmentalist but in Alaska two thousand acres is not pimple on an elephants butt.
For those of you who believe like the soap opera Dallas that JR could drill a well and immediately pump gasoline to your local Shell heres the skinny.
Even if we drill in Anwar it will take years to get the pumped oil from the well sight to a refinery somewhere in Canada.
First the Oil Company bronc riders have to break the caribou and train them to pack out those barrels of oil for 2,000 mile trip.
The truth is the United States has allowed the ignorance of the Al Gore and the Sierra Club wannabe liberal politicians to override common sense.
All of what were discussing now should have been done years ago.
What I do not understand knowing the current problems Ms. Nancy is why we can't start tomorrow?
'Glen Beck had someone on tonite who said that even if we could drill in Anwar, it would take 10-15 years to see the benefit here in America."
The same argument will be made 10-15 years from now.
I don't like the price of gas but it isn't hurting me as much as most. I'm retired and don't have to drive to work everyday. Try working for awhile $8 to $10 an hour like some folks have to do and then tell hour cheap gasoline is and how well off they are.
Do I like slackers and complainers? H...no I don't! But I am not going to criticize people who have no control over what jobs are in a particular area and the wages they receive.
Can your rich corporation give all the people working at low paying jobs employment? Don't make me laugh. Your corporation nor any other one can. Those folks work hard to produce things that add to the national wealth. You know, things like all the paper your corporation uses...all the unnecessary forms that folks, working for low wages, have to fill out before they can see a doctor.
I'm not critical of your own success, as I have have some success in my life too, but you really need to back off of people who have not been so fortunate.
Amen brother, amen
Nevertheless, the psychological benefit of a renewed commitment to domestic supplies would be felt right away in the market >>> price.
What are your thoughts on shale(oil)?
Please cut the snotty Obama elitists crap.
We know your just common trailer trash trying to impress everyone on FR with your keyboard riches....LOL.........
People like you are the reason most people spell it FLORIDUH.....
People like you with your high-nose attitude are the reason Rats despise Republicans. Thanks for maintaining the stereotype.
Take your snotty attitude back to the 19th at Boca Raton.
Try your attitude against the golf pros there trying to feed a family on 50K/yr.
Are we separated at birth or what? Posts within one minute....
My husband and I both have four-year degrees. I'm a full-time mom after a 20 year career, raising our son and we both help take care of elderly parents with health concerns. My husband does very well as white collar professional, but between rising taxes (property especially, geesh!), food and fuel costs, we've really cut back on our discretionary spending. Not to mention saving for college and paying for braces, I don't know where we'd find the funds for additional education for ourselves. We did the math, and if I worked full-time outside of the home, it wouldn't be worth it.
This is the land of opportunity and if all you can afford is cheap food and fuel it is hardly anybodys fault but you own.
I see you live in Florida. Would you like to see our energy bill this winter in Minnesota? We have a very nice home and two paid for cars. We handle our mortgage and bills nicely, but with food and fuel costs and the above afformentioned expenses, we watch our pennies.
Still people need to take responsibility for their own life and gas is cheap compared to almost anything that does what gas does. It should be cheaper but it is still a bargain.
We are people that have taken responsibility for our own lives. We are getting taxed to death. I feel this even more intensely than others because I live in Minnesota, I guess. My husband's not about to leave his long career here for greener pastures. Even if he did find something elsewhere, good luck selling your house.
I bet half the people complaining about fuel have been wasting money on cigarettes, lottery tickets, and other crap most of their life. If you put this in XOM stock you would be singing.
Gardening is our main vice. We're putting in a large vegetable crop this year. Seems like the smart thing to do.
There are several implications with $5 a gallon. Figure about $4600 at $5 a gallon in costs, for one car.
This basically means that most of the folks who make $35k a year...are giving up $1800 out of their pocket and cannot make the money back, when they look back at $3 a gallon. They can also figure that their weekly $150 grocery bill, will slide up another $20 to cover gas costs to the grocery, the farmers, and general increase.
Then you can start to figure that the guy is going to cut back on driving. He will plan things enough that there aren't any wasteful miles on Saturday or Sunday driving. The ten nights a year he would normally go bowling....will be cut back to six nights. The chance to take the family out every two weeks for a dinner.....will go to once a month, as he pays more for gas and simply quits buying meals out.
The wife? Well....she starts to time trips out, with doctor visits and shopping combined. The quick trip to the local grocery she made three times a week.....now goes to once a week only. She'll pick up a neighbor on occasion and the two will shop together....rather than burn gas.
The trip by the family to visit relatives every June for eight days? Well....it gets canceled this year. And likely won't occur next year. The tickets for the flight to Grandma's around Thanksgiving? They went up twenty percent over last year's and its mostly fuel costs added. The repainting of the garage this year? Won't happen, you don't have the extra cash to pay for the job.
So as you start the dominoes falling.....now we have a restaurant trend where everyone is eating ten percent less out because of no desire to use extra gas and no real extra cash left. The airline, hotel, car rental and touristic businesses suffer because folks won't travel as much. The grocery business starts to see trendy food dumped and bulk items bought more often. Bowling alleys and theaters start to notice a ten percent drop in clients. Movies that were geared toward younger audiences (16 to 18).....suddenly notice that their clients don't have the gas money to go and if they do go....they are very picky about what movie they see or don't see......so fewer movies start to get made.
So at $5 a gallon....this is't a simple game anymore. Folks will start to make a decision and think about how to waste or not waste $1800 in a year. But those with two cars in the family? Or how about three cars (one for junior).....can the typical middle-class family survive paying $9k a year on fuel? The answer is no.
The amazing thing here....even we all cut ten percent of our fuel usage out....the pricing trend won't likely stop....and will continue (thanks to the Chinese and the Indians going out to buy their first ever car). So our entire future, now depends on a hydrogen fuel cell car and its development...which might be still twenty years away....when fuel cost $22 a gallon.
So settle back and watch for the warning signs, when hotel chains start complaining about empty rooms, airlines start cutting flights which they can't fill to maximum capacity, theaters who can't fill more than half of the place on a Friday night, movie producers who can't make the standard cut on teenage films, and car dealers stuck with SUVs which won't sell off the used lot.
The first hit will be the bottom of the barrel folks....who make $7 an hour at Wal-Mart. Then later the $35k a year folks. And by next year...even the folks who make $60k a year will start to complain. The next president will walk into a miserable period where the economy is stalled badly and will spend most of his or her four years trying to figure the magic formula.
I would suggest building a mini nuclear plant to generate the power necessary process the shale.
Same with the Tar Sands in Canada, I was up there about 15 years ago and thought something was about to break.
There is plenty of oil, natural gas, coal and nukes to allow us to be a net exporter.
Naw, we just don't like phony keyboard warriors with crappy attitudes.
Where I live the majority of the population is illegals who can not read or write English.
I am telling all of those I can reach about how great Floriduh is and how those people like SunnyFloriduh are welcoming them with open arms and better high paying jobs.
" people who have no control over what jobs are in a particular area and the wages they receive."
Everybody makes choices. It is not luck. You have to make your own luck. This is the land of opportunity.
I thought heat and sunlight made it work. ;) Lots of that where the deposits are.
"We know your just common trailer trash trying to impress everyone on FR with your keyboard riches....LOL.........:
What ever. But I'm not complaining either. I continue to work hard for what I have. You do not need to be a rocket scientist to see this coming and it is not that hard to plan and save.
We lived in inner-city Minneapolis at the time and I got actively involved in protesting the Code Pinkers. People who I just dismissed as stoned hippies before were revealed as vile win at no cost socialists. I saw the ugly side and convinced my husband to get the h*ll out.
We moved out to a small town 35 miles away from the core city. My husband's commute is about ten miles longer each way, which is costing us, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
The way things are going with fuel and food there's no way I'd want to live in the inner-city.
On a side note, great pics on your homepage. I keep saying one day, I'm going to get the training for a conceal and carry license. Is your dog a Belgian Sheepdog?
"Allowing me to work from home two days a week amounts to a 25-30% reduction in my gasoline expenses...."
Of course. The only downside for those that telecommute is that they will be the first to be let go when times get bad. If the boss doesn't see you...you're out of site...out of mind...out of a job.
"Would you like to see our energy bill this winter in Minnesota?:
I would not live in Minnesota. Visited it a few times. Too cold and dreary. I like the sun.
I always watch the pennies. Learn economics and investing on my own. Hedged against this "crisis". Keep studying. Independent since 14. Always paid my own way. Never borrow or lend. I do not expect the government to bail me out.
I hate paying taxes but i saw that going up after the boom. Property went up, tax rates stayed the same. Local government never ran a surplus now they are screwed.
I know a lot of people down here that smoke, drink, fish after work and complain about being broke. We work after work. I have a few businesses. Work seven days. Do not get a pay check form anyone. Get paid by the job. My spouse same way. We work.
I really resent the fact we are not as a nation energy independent because it is so easy for us to do. But we have nobody to blame but ourselves.
"Try your attitude against the golf pros there trying to feed a family on 50K/yr.'
Played golf maybe 6 times back in the 90s. Waste of time. I do not fell bad for a person paid 50k/year to play golf!!!
My thoughts exactly.
The high price of gas is killing the commuter real estate market. Outlying areas in my neck of the woods are not selling well as people who used to think about moving out into more rural areas stop when they consider spending $300-400/mo just to drive to work.
One little gas deposit called the destin dome is conservatively 3tcuft or so. The North Dakota finds are huge.
There is oil everywhere.
Bakken Reserve: Estimates are anywhere from a conservative 25 billion barrels of oil in place, to a high estimate by the United States Geological Survey of 400 billion barrels of oil in the Bakken formation. Not only is the oil plentiful, but it's high quality too, 41 degree light sweet crude. The Bakken formation is a formation of black shale, siltstone, and sandstone. The formation lies beneath the Mississippian formation, Saskatchewan's current source of light sweet crude. The Bakken formation is situated beneath southeastern Saskatchewan, southwestern Manitoba, and North Dakota.
I have heard much lower recoverable numbers from the Bakken. Either way, we will find out. With energy prices at a premium, anything recoverable will be harvested.
You also know that to get prices down you do not have to duplicate the supply just increase it to the marginal demand level. Bakken is enough to send oil way back down. We do need to refine it also right now we import gasoline. It is completely nuts.
And Bakken is just part of it. There are massive deposits in the Everglades. Everybody says, "oh no we will destroy it." But they are nuts it only takes a relatively few platforms in small areas to get at it and the glades are huge. There is a giant unused airport out there and some drilling already. But given the vastness few know it. Look on google earth.
"The high price of gas is killing the commuter real estate market. "
People moved out there in the last 5-10 years did not see this coming. How could that be. We are in, thank g-d, a global economic expansion and oil and gas are the most efficient power sources and the United States sits on massive deposits and we do not use them.
This had to happen.
"With energy prices at a premium, anything recoverable will be harvested."
For you mouth to g-d's ears. Did you hear Kay Baily on Rush's show today. The first common sense I heard from a politician on this in well, forever.
This is what bugs me about Bush. They get this laid right on their laps and nothing. He should do some executive order or something to build a refinery and shut down ethanol and let the dems bitch.
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"Teenage Jesus and the Jerks: Live 1977-1979" contains 29 songs recorded in the mid-'70s. The music sounds like next week. ("Baby Doll" could easily be on the new Savages album, "Adore Life," give or take a few choices.) These recordings were not available until now.
"Ork Records: New York, New York" is a two-CD set of 49 songs recorded in the mid-'70s. With a few exceptions, the music sounds like mid-'70s. These recordings were available for a moment, but for many of us they might not as well have been.
All of this music was mythic and real.
Once a dumb New York City kid, I can now watch much smarter kids all over the world...