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Our cupcake contributor, Lauren of Crave. Indulge. Satisfy, is back with a bright and summery recipe to start off the week…
When I think of summer, bright yellow lemons and sipping on a glass of fresh squeezed lemonade come to mind. I am a huge fan of lemons, and really all things sour. As a kid I can remember spending summer days at our local pool and every afternoon I would visit the concession stand to order a frozen lemonade and a box of lemonheads to satisfy my sour cravings. Still to this day I have those same cravings and welcome all things citrus and tangy during the hot summer months! So with lemonade as the inspiration, I have created a Strawberry Lemonade Cupcake that I think you are going to love!
{makes 24 cupcakes or 16 cupcakes in a jar}
For the cake:
2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup lemonade powder mix (I used Country Time)
1 cup milk
3 Tbsp lemon juice (juice of 1 lemon)
1 Tbsp lemon zest (zest of 1 lemon)
1 tsp vanilla
lemonheads (optional)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line muffin pans with cupcake liners
- In medium bowl mix together dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, salt, lemonade powder and lemon zest, set aside.
- In bowl of stand mixer cream butter and sugar on medium speed until combined.
- Add eggs, one at a time beating well after each addition and scraping down sides of bowl as needed.
- Add the lemon juice and vanilla and mix well.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients and milk, alternating starting and ending with the dry ingredients and mix until combined.
- Fill cupcake liners about 2/3 full.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Let cupcakes cool in pans for 5 minutes, then remove to wire rack to finish cooling.
- Once cupcakes are completely cool, ice with Strawberry Lemon Frosting and garnish with a lemonhead on top.
For the frosting:
2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature
4 cups confectioner's sugar
3 Tbsp strawberry puree (from about 3-4 strawberries)
1 tsp lemon zest
- In bowl of stand mixer cream butter for 1-2 minutes.
- Gradually add confectioner's sugar and continue mixing scraping down sides of bowl as needed.
- Mix in strawberry puree and lemon zest.
- Place the icing in a piping bag fitted with tip 1M to decorate cupcakes.
To create a cupcake in a jar:
- Slice cupcake in half with serrated knife. You will need one and a half cupcakes (3 pieces) for each jar.
- Place half a cupcake in the bottom of the jar and add a dollop of icing on top. Repeat two more times with cake and icing.
- Garnish with a lemonhead on top.
- For extra cuteness add a plastic straw.
I hope you enjoy this combination of sour & sweet!


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Cuirassier armour, English, London and Greenwich, 1610-25 (II.94)
Cuirassier armour, English, London and Greenwich, 1610-25 (II.94)
Greenwich armour for field and tournament. (II.40)
Cuirassier armour of Count Capodalista. Italian, possibly Brescia, about 1620 (II.192)
Figure of King James II in the Horse Armoury, The Penny Magazine, 1840.
Figure of Sir Horace Vere in the Horse Armoury, The Penny Magazine, 1840
The Great Horse Armoury, Tower of London, by Sir John Gilbert, engraved by Henry Melville, 1841-44
Date: 1610-25 | Object number: II.94
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Close helmet, skull made in two pieces joined in a low comb, with fragments of the brass plume holder at the rear. The visor has a prow, a split sight, and a deep brow reinforce cusped and decorated with rivets at its edge, and eyebrow of decorative rivets characteristic or London close helmets.
The upper bevor is also prow shaped, and pierced with a breath in the form of a cross crosslet at either side. The lower bevor has a pierced stud low at the right, where it is fastened to the skull with a swivel hook. Both are encircled round the neck with a row of brass lining rivets, with brass washers, retaining traces of leather lining band, between a pair of double incised lines.
There is a single gorget plate front and rear, embossed to simulate two lames, and decorated with a cross and two triangles in brass rivets. The gorget is associated, from a pikeman's armour, made of one piece front and rear.
The breastplate is of proof, with a low neck, medial ridge, flange at the waist, decorated with a triple spray of incised lines, each comprising a single incised line bordered by two doubles, the main edges with plain inward turns bordered by single incised lines. At either side of the chest is a pierced stud and swivel hook, the latter with a decorated shell terminal. At either side is a hinged hasp with a fleury terminal, the main section with three holes and a terminal loop for the pin cord. At either side of the flange is a hinged flap with a threaded stud and wing nut for attachment of the tasset.
The backplate matches the breastplate but is of lighter construction. It has a low neck, flange at the waist, the main edges with plain inward turns bordered by single incised lines except on the flange where there is a recessed border containing decorative brass rivets. At either shoulder is a hinged steel shoulder strap made in four sections, with a fleury terminal and the end plate pierces with four holes, and pierced studs for the pauldrons, the right one hinged for extra mobility. At either side is a pierced stud for the breastplate hasps.
The pauldrons and vambraces are a pair, and belong to the cuirass. The pauldrons are formed with a main plate with three lames above and below, articulated on modern leathers at the centre and front, and sliding rivets at the rear, on the upper lames, and on three leathers on the lower. The lowest lame is riveted to the upper cannon of the vambraces, which has a turned above and a cut-out with an articulating lame inside the elbow joint. It is joined to the couter by an articulating lame above and below.
The couter is of bracelet form, the wing made separately but permanently riveted. The lower cannon is hinged at the front, fastened by a pierced stud and swivel hook at the rear, and has two articulating lames at the inside of the elbow and one at the wrist. The main edges have plain inward turns with recessed borders and double incised lines, the subsidiary edges with double incised lines.
The right gauntlet with a pointed cuff embossed with a bulge for the styloid process, five metacarpal lames, a knuckle plate with a roped ridge, and inner finger plate shaped to the fingers, four modern leathers with original finger scales, the fourth metacarpal lame extended and fitted with a thumb defence with scales. Inside the wrist are two articulating plates, and a third one is missing.
Each tasset is formed of 11 lames, the top one deep, formed with a transverse angle and ridge, and a pierced, shield-shaped bulge of the hinged flap in the breastplate, the lowest deep and decorated with three crosses in brass rivets. Below this is a pair of articulating lames, a poleyn with a heart-shaped wing, and one lame below pierced for the attachment of the greave, all with cusps at their centres. The main edges have plain inward turns with recessed borders and double incised lines, the subsidiary edges with double incised lines.
Each greave is made in Greenwich style but broad and shapeless, the upper section comprising front and rear mainplates hinged at the outside and fastened at the inside by a stud and swivel hook above and a sprung stud below, an articulated section over the ankles, of three lames at the front and four at the rear, extending to the sole, also hinged at the outside and fastened at the inside by a stud and swivel hook, the front section permanently riveted to a sabaton of 10 lames overlapping towards the centre, and articulated by rivets at either side only, with no medial leather.
All the elements match except the gauntlets, of with the right one, numbered with the armour, is from the slightly earlier group of tournament armours II.73, 78–80 and 86, and the associated Greenwich left gauntlet is from the Pembroke armoury at Wilton House.
The closest analogous armour is the Dymoke armour worn by the king's champion at the coronation of James II in 1686, given to the Museum of London (MOLA 34.121, Williams and de Reuck 1995, 119) and stamped with a mark of a London armourer, possibly Miles Robinson or Morris Rew. This is also made in close emulation of the Greenwich style, like the decorated group of English pikeman's armours of the same period, which have been shown to be of London, rather than Greenwich manufacture.
This armour was displayed on a horse as the figure of Sir Francis Vere in the horse armoury after 1827.
J. Britton, Memoirs of the Tower, London, 1830, 276
J. Hewitt, Official Catalogue of the Tower Armouries, London, 1859: 8, no. II.16
Viscount Dillon, Illustrated Guide to the Armouries, Tower of London, London, 1910: 169, II.20
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From Chef Timothy Garling, Jackalope Grill
Yield: 4 servings
½ C (1 stick) butter (unsalted preferred)
1C brown sugar
½ t cinnamon
¼ C banana liqueur
4 bananas cut in thirds lengthwise on a bias
¼ C gold rum
4 scoops of vanilla ice cream
1. Combine the butter, sugar, and cinnamon in a sauté pan. Place the pan over medium heat and cook until the sugar dissolves.
2. Carefully add the banana liqueur and the rum then place the bananas in the pan.
3. After the flames subside and the sauce has started to caramelize, lift the bananas out of the pan and place four pieces over each portion of ice cream. Generously spoon warm sauce over the top of the ice cream and serve immediately


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It is a force to be reckoned with when a group of dedicated representatives from all aspects of coffee—growers, certifiers, importers, social programs, roasters, and retailers—rendezvous to discuss how to move the dial on our industry's sustainability meter. The winter '11 Sustainability Council Retreat over the past weekend was a productive and fulfilling meeting of the minds. Read more »
El Salvador Day 1
It seems strange to jump back to day one since I have been on the road for a week now, but El Salvador is a whole new world compared to Nicaragua. We arrived yesterday and stayed in the capital city of San Salvador before heading up north to the Apaneca region in Northern El Salvador today. We hit the road early and drove 2 hours north, 7 of us packed like sardines in a truck. Read more »
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Our final day in Nicaragua started off brutally early. It was not all that early, but everyone's digestive systems were pretty brutally tattered after 4 days of rice and beans 3 meals a day. Well, I shouldn't say everyone, because Paul and Jay were rearing to go—Paul's handy trick of taking shots of rum to kill anything funky in his system had them covered! Read more »
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Day three has come and gone so quickly! Our time perception warp zone is still strong, and even though it feels as though we have just arrived, it is still hard to remember what we did this morning. Read more »
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Day two of an origin trip is always an exercise in reality of time perception. Last night Jay was caught saying "and later that same day" when referring to events that had occurred only a few hours before. Waking up this morning in Roberto's farmhouse to the sounds of birds chirping and workers getting ready for a day of picking felt both familiar and foreign. It feels as though we have been in Nicaragua for weeks, but in reality we had landed in this country less than 48 hours ago. Read more »
Nicaragua Day 1
Ahh the joys of being back at coffee origins! It feels so natural to be back in Latin America, hearing and speaking Spanish, understanding street signs and soaking in the culture. This is my first trip to Nicaragua, and it has gotten off to a great start. I arrived in Managua late last night, accompanied by Patrick, our President and CEO, Jay, our Sr. VP of National Accounts, and the buyers for a national direct trade program. Read more »
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John Kitzhaber became our governor for a third term yesterday. Bruce Mullins photographed him at the roastery cupping coffee with Roastmaster Paul Thornton and CEO Patrick Criteser last year. Read more »


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My friend regifted my DD an Easter egg sticky-taped to a dirty coffee mug, which had coffee residue and spoon marks in the base of the mug. Regift fail.
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Steamboat Springs Charles Christian Graham is virtually forgotten here. However, he is always memorialized one weekend near the end of May when they place a small American flag in front of his headstone.
There was a time, more than 90 years ago, when he was a prominent citizen of Steamboat Springs.
Born in 1842, he had been a colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Near the turn of the century, he was Steamboat's state senator from the Populist Party.
We can infer from his political affiliation that Graham stood for the interests of farmers and laborers.
He may have supported free coinage of gold and silver, public ownership of railroads and a graduated federal income tax. I would have liked to have asked him about those things myself. But he died in California in 1914 and was only brought back to Steamboat for burial.
He's over in the old section of Steamboat Springs Cemetery, where there's an unimpeded view of Mount Werner.
You could not have known from driving by on the highway today, but there were a startling number of flags in front of grave stones in the little cemetery on the hill -- 256 in all. All of them signified the resting places of military veterans.
Most of the veterans on the hill, like Graham, survived their combat experiences. But there are five graves of men who died for their country, three from the Korean War and two from Vietnam. It is sobering to note that World War I and World War II claimed the lives of 54 Routt County soldiers, and most of them never came home. Many are buried in Europe.
Jim Stanko, who serves on the cemetery board, knows some of the stories.
Strolling through the cemetery on a May afternoon that resonated with the promise of new life, he pointed some of them out. Over there is the grave of a soldier who died in service but never made it onto the battlefield.
"Here's Steamboat Springs' first pilot," Stanko said, pausing by a marker decorated with a four-bladed propeller and a pair of angelic wings. It marks the grave of James E. Noyce, born 1898, died 1918.
"Jimmy Noyce went into the Army Air Corps," Stanko said. "He was learning to fly in Texas and he crashed and killed himself."
That was a long time ago.
John Rolfe Burroughs is recalled primarily as the author of books about Routt County including "Where the Old West Stayed Young," and "I never Look Back," the biography of Buddy Werner.
Standing in front of his grave, Stanko recalls that Burroughs, who died in 1987, got his start as a writer while he was a prisoner of war in the Pacific during World War II. "He kept his diary on toilet paper," Stanko said.
Willard B. Marshall Sr. was another World War II veteran who survived captivity as a POW, Stanko said.
Marshall was a crewmember on a B17 bomber shot down over Europe.
He died on Dec. 28, 1979. There was a flag planted in front of his headstone over the weekend.
Leonard M. Officer and Frank Finch are side by side in the cemetery beneath identical military headstones.
The letters "PH" carved into the stone signify that they were killed in action.
Officer and Finch were killed in Korea.
Ben Junior Ehle is another veteran of the Korean War who didn't make it home alive. All three men were killed in their 20s.
John Vialpondo died on Pearl Harbor Day, but in a different war. He was a private in Company C of the 47th Infantry, Ninth Infantry Division when he was killed in Vietnam on Dec. 7, 1968. He was just 19. David Edward Fogg, a 1963 graduate of Soroco High School was a lance corporal in the Marines when he was killed in Vietnam on July 5, 1969.
There is a photograph of the lance corporal on his grave. Encased in plastic, 24 years of snow and sun have not faded his image.
The newest grave in the cemetery is that of Doug Buchanan who died this spring, Stanko said. He won a silver star for bravery in Vietnam.
There was a flag on the grave of former city councilman Don Brookshire this weekend, and one on the grave of the great wrestling coach Carl Ramunno.
Skiing legends Buddy Werner and Gordy Wren were remembered for their military service. In fact, everywhere that one looked, there were small flags, each one symbolizing a story that deserves to be told.
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We've got some zucchini. We're just going to pop that in the oven real quick. And we have some that's been in there for about 10 minutes. So you can see, it's got some nice color, and that's what we're looking for. The other thing we're going to do is we're going to caramelize, or brown, our other ingredients as well. And to do that we have a nice, heavy pot that we've heated. And now we're going to add a little bit of oil — it doesn't take much — and we're going to saute our onions. And then as they start to brown, we can start adding our other ingredients. We don't want to add our ingredients too quickly because they're going to steam instead of brown, and we're not going to get that good flavor. Now we've also got some nice, colorful peppers. That's going to give us some great flavor. And we've got some chopped, fresh garlic. We don't want to add it too quickly into the process, because it can brown too much and then turn our dish bitter. So, we want to be careful about that.
Now would be a good time for us to add our turkey. And I always like to add my seasonings before I add any of my wet ingredients. And the reason I do that is because it brings out more of the flavor from those. So what we have is some chili powder, and I like to put a little cumin in my chili, so we've go that working pretty good. We can add some tomatoes — we're just using canned tomatoes — and some beans. That's looking pretty hearty already, isn't it? Let all those things get to know each other really well. A little vegetable broth, and just a touch of brown sugar for some sweetness.
Once you've got everybody together, you want to let it simmer and intensify just a little bit and then we can add our zucchini. Now by adding zucchini to this dish, we're getting more vegetables into the mix, which is always a good thing, and our portions will be lower in calories and fat because we're adding vegetables. Cover it up and let that simmer for about 15 minutes. And what we end up with is a beautiful, fast, flavorful, hearty turkey chili that's high in fiber, lots of vegetables. What a terrific way to enjoy simple food.
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Put up a review a couple weeks ago of the P226 Enhanced Elite by Nick Jacobellis. He liked it quite a bit despite an initial problem. Here's an excerpt from his range report:
"Based on decades of experience shooting SIG pistols, Ive found it to be very unusual when a SIG malfunctions in any way. As you can therefore imagine, I was stunned when the test pistol SIG sent me to review for this article malfunctioned several times.
To make sure the problem wasnt magazine related, I used a relatively new P226 magazine from my 9mm SIG P226 Navy model to see if the test pistol came with a defective magazine. I did this because in some 25 years of shooting SIGs, I did once run into one factory defective magazine on a brand new P229 in .40 SW. As soon as I changed magazines, the P229 worked just fine. In this case, however, the magazine change didnt correct the problem.
I immediately contacted the folks at SIG to let them know something was definitely wrong with their 9mm SIG P226 EE. I sent the pistol back to SIG, and the reliability problem was corrected by a factory technician who discovered that the extractor spring was below minimum specifications, which resulted in this pistol experiencing a number of failures to successfully extract empty brass. Naturally, this also presented a feeding problem.
Even though the pistol that was returned to me functioned flawlessly, I mention the initial problem because its important for all of us to remember that even the best firearms manufacturer can ship a defective pistol just as the best automobile manufacturer can produce a lemon on occasion.
In this case, the repair job was easy. At my request SIG sent me a detailed repair report with the pistol that included a notation about the factory ensuring that SIG P226 EE serial number UU674128 was repaired and successfully test fired while using 124-grain Speer Lawman TMJ/CF ammunition, 147-grain Speer Gold Dot Hollow-Point ammunition and 147-grain Winchester Ranger T series ammunition with no failures noted. The factory technician who fixed and tested this pistol also sent me a target that he says he engaged at 15 yards. It shows a group of five rounds of 124-grain Speer Lawman TMJ/CF ammunition clustered dead-center on the paper target SIG uses when they test pistols for accuracy.
Once repaired, the test P226 EE turned out to be an excellent performer on the range. I fired it on three different occasions with my oldest son, who is a city police officer and a big fan of SIGs. To test accuracy, I engaged a TQ19 police Firearms Qualification Target from various close-quarter-battle distances and found the pistol shot just as good as any other 9mm SIG P226 Ive owned. I also did some long-range shooting from 25 yards and beyond and had no problem destroying a piece of dry driftwood that was leaning up against the dirt berm at my favorite range in the desert."
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The James-Lange theory refers to a hypothesis on the origin and nature of emotions and is one of the earliest theories of emotion, developed independently by two 19th-century scholars, William James and Carl Lange.
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Design Jams are one or two day design sessions, during which people team up to solve engaging UX challenges. While conferences and talks are very popular in the UX community, we don't have many events for actual collaboration, like the 'hackdays' enjoyed by the development community. Only a few UX designers participate in hackdays or open-source design initiatives – how can we change this and get UX designers more involved? How can we introduce them to open collaboration formats? The idea of an event to get designers together to learn from each other while working on actual problems was born. Design Jams champion open-source thinking & sharing and are non-profit, run by local volunteers. The London team are Desigan Chinniah, Johanna Kolllmann, Joe Lanman and Franco Papeschi.
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Dr. Miranda teaches courses in Theology, Practical Ministry and Leadership in the graduate MA in Leadership Studies (MALS) Program. He is the founder and director of the Jesse Miranda Center for Hispanic Leadership at Vanguard. He is also Co-Director of the Hispanic Churches in American Public Life research project as well as Founding and Current President of the Alianza de Ministerios Evangélicos Nacionales (AMEN), a multi-denominational association of Hispanic Protestant lay and clergy leaders in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico. AMEN fosters unity among religious leaders, churches and organizations, and promotes a central voice for Hispanic Protestants across the continent. He is the CEO of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference representing 18,000 Hispanic churches in the U.S. His knowledge and expertise regarding Hispanic culture have been shared in two books, The Christian Church in Ministry (Internat. Correspondence Institute), which has been translated into ten languages) and Liderazgo y Amistad i.e. Leadership and Friendship (VIDA Publishers). At present he serves as an Executive Presbyter with the General Council of the Assemblies of God, being the first Latino to serve on the national board, as well as the first Latino to be keynote speaker at the 1985 General Council held in San Antonio, Texas.
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text: 21 Jan 2013 Italy's best church art Previous slide Next slide 1 of 12 View All Skip Ad Last week the archbishop of Venice, Monsignor Francesco Moraglia, caused a stir by asserting that churches should not charge entrance fees. Voices were raised in alarm because many Italian churches, including at least 16 in Venice, contain superb works of art, and issuing tickets to tourists helps fund upkeep and restoration. But the controversy reminded me quite how many wonderful paintings, mosaics and scultpures are there are in Italian churches which you can see without paying to enter. Together they surely rank as Europe's greatest free art gallery - much enhanced that they remain where the artists and patrons intended them to be. Here are 20 of the best. Knowing the problems and costs of resoration, if you visit any of them, you may feel inspired to make a donation after all. Venice 12th-century Mosaics, St Mark's The interior of this magnificent church glows with two about acres of breath-taking mosaics. The earliest date from the 12th century, but work continued for 600-odd years, interweaving stories from the Old and New Testaments with lives of saints and in particular scenes relating to St Mark himself. Back to image


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When a company has the support of a dedicated group of employees, it's likely to continue to grow.
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When a company has the support of a dedicated group of employees, it's likely to continue to grow. Rable Machine Inc. has been in business for more than 60 years and has been employee owned since 1992.
In an article featured in November 2012's Production Machining ("Probing for Quality"), we take a look at how the company uses on-machine probing to help deliver the precision its customers demand. But an underlying theme of the article, and of the company's success, remains the dedication of its employees to create the best working environment possible and deliver the best products to its customers.
Rable strives to be on the leading edge of manufacturing technology, and Scott Carter, company president and CEO, attributes the company's accomplishments to the value the employees feel they supply. "Our emphasis is with our people. That's our foundation," he says.
The company is set up as an ESOP—an Employee Stock Ownership Plan. Each employee is a stock shareholder in the company with a direct financial stake in its performance. So as management invests in equipment for better efficiency, shopfloor personnel fully accept this equipment rather than seeing it as a threat.
"Being an employee-owned company is a very cool thing," Mr. Carter says. "Everyone has stock in the business, so their perspective is really very strong in terms of customer value and continuous improvement. We get them involved in the purchase of the equipment, deciding what will be most beneficial to the business. We put together teams, depending on what area we need to grow. And they help us with reviewing the technology and putting us in the right direction."


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Step into Bostitch's nail research lab with Ed Sutt and Tom Stall and you'd think you were on the set of CSI. Immaculate countertops are loaded with high-tech testing equipment. Colored screens of micro-spectro-photo-whatchamacallits cast a glow on rows of beakers. But rather than solving make-believe crimes, these scientists are the real deal, finding solutions to building science problems.
They're a strange, yet perfect team: Sutt's unofficial title around the company is "Dr. Nail," fitting for the only man we know with a Ph.D. in–you guessed it–nails. Stall's own resume includes work as a metallurgist for firearm manufacturer Smith & Wesson.
Sutt and Stall stress-test fasteners in every way imaginable, spot-test production quality with microscopic accuracy, and lay the groundwork for new products that meet demands in the field.
Their most recent mission? Create a structural nail to withstand hurricane forces. "In hurricanes, roof sheathing tops the list of things that unzip, and we've learned that failure happens at the connections, especially the weakest ones," Sutt says, like where nails miss or shank off the side of the framing.
Working together, they developed large-scale testing using wind tunnels and vacuum chambers. "As we started to make more extreme fasteners and pushed the manufacturing process, I leaned on Tom to see what was happening inside the nail at the microscopic level," says Sutt. The result of the team's hard work is Sheather Plus, a collated framing nail designed to withstand the uplift and shear forces of hurricanes and earthquakes.
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PORTLAND, Ore. - Public corruption hits at the heart of what a government is supposed to do: serve its people. When public officials - whether elected, appointed, or under contract - use their public office for personal gain, they damage the public's trust in all forms of government.
These crimes are the result of deals sealed with whispered conversations, quick handshakes, and "under-the-table" money. Because of the secretive nature of bribes, such crimes are often difficult to detect and even more difficult to prove without the assistance of concerned citizens.
To help identify potential criminal activity, the FBI has set up a Public Corruption Hotline - 503-460-8585 - and an email account - email@example.com.
Whether by phone or email, tipsters are asked to leave their name, telephone number, and a brief description of their concerns and observations. Agents will review voicemail and email daily, and they will contact individuals for follow-up as needed.
"There are times when honest citizens stumble across a scheme involving public officials. We need those citizens to feel that they can - and should - have a voice in making our government responsive to their concerns and responsible for holding their public officials to the highest standards," said Greg Fowler, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Oregon.
FBI spokeswoman Beth Anne Steele in Portland said some other FBI field offices around the country have set up similar hotlines in the past, and the new one is Oregon-based and not part of a national effort.
"Each office's program feeds into its own agents, so the calls are not forwarded to a national phone bank or anything like that," she said.
What is public corruption?
While the vast majority of public officials remain committed to the communities they serve, an extremely small minority of individuals use their public positions for personal or private gain. Public corruption includes bribery, extortion, embezzlement, racketeering, kickbacks, and money laundering, as well as wire, mail, bank, and tax fraud. It is a violation of federal law for any federal or state government official to ask for or receive anything of value for or because of any official act. Under federal law, the person who offers or pays a bribe is also guilty.
The FBI, along with our local law enforcement partners, remains dedicated to ensuring this behavior is fully investigated and, if necessary, prosecuted under the law. Public Corruption remains a top criminal priority for the FBI in Oregon. For more information about the FBI's public corruption work, please visit our website at http://www.fbi.gov/portland.


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berlin, I love you, I'm starting to fade.
anyway, I have a tv show recommendation today - "downton abbey", a "lavish period drama" set in berkshire in 1910s. nothing much ever happens and yet it is so addictive...
also, I have finished "everything is illuminated" by jonathan safran foer yesterday at 2am (just couldn't put it down!) and I must say this was probably one of the three best books I have ever read. I don't recall any other book that literally left me in pieces after such a shattering climax. at the same time, no other book made me laugh out loud like a maniac so many times either. genius, is all I say.
(if you want something lighter, why not try a new "reality" show on itv - "the only way is essex". the definition of a guilty pleasure, but sometimes after a day of working, studying and lectures I'm so brain dead I can't digest anything else ;) anyone else watching this?...)
the photos come from an interior design site freunde von freunden, publishing pictures of the houses of hip berliners. airy, clean, filled with light. very inspiring, I think.
p.s. I found out about this website via capture the castle.
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you've got a great blog
I love Jamie Oliver too. I blog about fashion/music/design, but I also LOVE cooking: http://www.simmershutter.wordpress.com Your blog is beautiful!ReplyDelete
what a beautiful profile of a home! and omg omelette with truffles you made sounds insanely delicious!ReplyDelete
xoxo Bardot in Blue
Beautiful photos!! I particularly love the first photo with be teapot, its so elegant. the pictures after that all have such beautiful coloration.ReplyDelete
I'm completely obsessed with Freunde von Freunden as well. The one you posted some of (Malin Elmlid's place) is my dream. I love to cook simple food too. Mmm, hungry now...ReplyDelete
thank you all :)ReplyDelete
on a sidenote, Malin Elmlid also has a pretty cool blog of her own, check it out at http://elmlid.com/
Hello, I'm a guy who runs one of the largest male fashion blogs. I wonder if you could tell about me in your blog so that people outside Sweden would open their eyes for me. I would of course like to thank on my blog after that.ReplyDelete
Hi Lucas, I'll make sure to give you a shout out in my next post (whenever it will come...).
Mmm... I really must learn to cook.ReplyDelete
& these pictures are just ever so lovely.
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Indiana University South Bend is a special place and I am proud to be its leader. I have witnessed great vision, commitment and generosity as the campus plans for the future and serves the needs of students.
We are focused on student success. The IU South Bend Strategic Plan and Academic Master Plan have laid out a path to increased retention of students, improved graduation rates and a direct connection to driving economic development in the region. Retention of last year's beginning class to this year's sophomore class increased nearly five percent. New academic programs in Applied Sciences, Sustainability Studies and Social Work are connected to needs in the community. The $5.85 million gift to the Vera Z. Dwyer College of Health Sciences will strengthen the education of students in healthcare for generations to come. The gift will also allow IU South Bend to expand its Health and Wellness Center on campus to provide low-cost healthcare to local residents while educating our students and expanding opportunities for faculty practice.
All it takes is a walk through campus to understand the exceptional value in higher education at IU South Bend. The Education and Arts Building provides state-of-the-art learning facilities for students and faculty in the School of Education and the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts. The Louise E. Addicott and Yatish J. Joshi Performance Hall is one of the finest venues for small ensembles and chamber music in the Midwest. The Student Activities Center is the hub of student life and the envy of other campuses. Wiekamp Hall and the Franklin D. Schurz Library provide the classrooms, technology, and academic resources needed for academic success and research. River Crossing student housing allows residential students to live independently, make new friends, and enjoy the full collegiate experience away from home. I would be remiss if I didn't mention the beauty of the campus with the quad, fountain, sculptures, and pedestrian bridge spanning the St. Joseph River.
The facilities are there to support the excellent faculty at IU South Bend. Distinguished professors are dedicated to their students and provide the personal attention students need to be successful in strong academic programs. Students and faculty shine in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the School of Education, the Vera Z. Dwyer College of Health Sciences, the Judd Leighton School of Business and Economics, the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts and other programs. Last year, IU South Bend had three graduating seniors who were awarded National Science Foundation Research Fellowships, the most of any college or university in Indiana. Our Honors Program is growing and so are study abroad opportunities.
Student life can be seen everywhere on campus. Activities include NAIA men's and women's basketball, women's volleyball, men's and women's cross country and men's golf. Students can start their own club or join the current activities on campus that include intramural sports, fraternities and sororities, the student newspaper, social events and the Student Government Association. IU South Bend students engage in significant community projects, internships, leadership and mentoring programs. Regional employers vie for our graduates.
I invite you to be a part of IU South Bend. I also welcome your comments, suggestions and questions. Feel free to email me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
I look forward to seeing you on campus and in the community.
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Re: Survivor difficulty?[ Edited ]
kevalf wrote:
I loved the survivor difficulty. Just got finished beating survivor +. For me, the hardest part was when I was playing as Ellie and I first met David. The shootouts against the infected were difficult for me because I barely had enough ammo and had to keep picking it up. While I was relo0ading after running around picking up the ammo I would get attached and you don't have a med kit (there isn't one in that locker in the corner either). The most fun/intense part was when I was in the museum and got separated from Tess and Ellie. Stealthing thorugh all those clickers without listen mode was nice.
What I did in the museum was once I got reunited with tess and Ellie I just hauled a** towards the windows and climbed the fire exit. And to my surprise it actually worked lmao. Picked up the plank and was able to cross the gap.
Stealthing that big 2 floored book store was easier than I thought. Died once and good thing there was a checkpoint near the stairs on the lockers filled room.
I just let bill do all the killing. I just kept on circling around and once i notice a runner got separated from the pack, thats when I go melee on that lone runner... Throwing a bottle near that bomb before the church helps in getting more clickers to step on it. I got lucky and got 1 clicker and 2 runners immediately.
So far my 1st normal run on the game is more difficult. But the worst is still to come. That dark generator room below hotel would probably be a nightmare lol.
Re: Survivor difficulty?
The hardest part for me was
The last part of the hospital and going up against all the FireFlies along that one corridore that all have combat rifles or hunting rifles, I wound up spending all of my priceless long range ammo before this part (hunting rifle + Diablo ammo) and had to tackle that part with only a handful of bullets for my snub nose and pistol. Only had 1 smoke grenade on me.
Tip: Save 5 round of long range armor piercing bullets to make this part a breeze, otherwise it's going to suck. One mistake and those combat rifles will chew you up so fast.
Re: Survivor difficulty?
Re: Survivor difficulty?
Stealth, stealth and stealth. Some sections are nearly impossible if you go guns blazing. And play more defensive. For example craft a medcit instead of a molotov.
Re: Survivor difficulty?[ Edited ]
just finished my 1st survivor. That was fun . I thought ellie chapters were cakewalk (not bragging lol). From utah tunnels to the epilogue all I needed to use was a smoke bomb, 1 brick, 1 arrow and a small burst of flame thrower. I beat the entire hospital level in like 5 mins lol no joke.
The most difficult part was after the hotel and ellie was handling the sniper, its impossible to stealth kill all those guys right? The fight in tommys dam was difficult too, I kept on restarting as I want to perfect everything. The dude with a darn shotgun was able to hit me from like 100 meters away lol. The other dude was flinging molotovs like joe montana wth was that? Why can't I throw molotovs like that. But if idgaf that is easy. Going out of the science building was a problem too as I tried to do it over and over again trying to use the last bullets as possible.
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Re: Survivor difficulty?
On my NG + survival, I was able to stealth kill all the guys outside of the hotel (the one with the guy hanging on a tree). Ellie didn't even have to fire a shot. Never thought that was possible. If you have 9 arrows on that point its possible. I did it with 5 and when I was finished i was left with 1 arrow.
Re: Survivor difficulty?[ Edited ]
I finished survivor in a couple of days of grinding. It wasn't that hard, ALTHOUGH i did die. I died a lot. I died on purpose because I wasted ammo and wanted to re-do it.
Comments about survivor (repeating some info )
- When you upgrade your max health using the pills, you gain back your full health. With that said, do NOT upgrade your max health until you are almost dead and it's completely necessary. It's like getting a free med kit. Use it on a hard sequence of the game.
- Save your shivs for the doors
- If you feel like you wasted bullets, die or do a restart. You can do it better.
- Often times running is a best option to get through a part. On the museum part where you get separated from Tess and Ellie and face tons of clickers. I RAN past them all and barely made it to the door which lead to the cut scene. Same with the hotel basement when you turn on the generator.
- When doing the Graveyard and High school, Bill will do a lot of the killing for you with his shotgun. Just run around throw bricks and do an occasion melee on a runner. When Bill gets in a struggle, be ready to bail him out.
- The game is very forgiving when you die in the middle of a battle sequence, you don't have to re-do the whole battle. For instance, in the Financial district when Ellie is sniping from above. If you take out a few guys and then get killed. The game often times saved a checkpoint and the enemies you took down are gone. The game would have been a lot harder if I had to re-do the whole battle sequence and take them all out in one swoop.
-The hardest part for me by far, was playing as Ellie with David and defeating the two swarms of infected. **I believe** the game is generous and give you more ammo if you keep on dying. For instance I noticed the sniper ammo started to spawn after I died many times during the swarms. Or maybe I never saw it in the first place.
- I actually thought there was TOO many items and ammo to be found. At the end of the game, I had max smoke bombs, bombs, had enough ammo to take on the world. I often crafted med kits because I had maxed out on alcohol and bandages. I had a full inventory of sugar, and left a lot of sugar laying around.
- Enemies, especially runners, are more alert. They are harder to stealth kill. You have to make sure their backs are completely turned to you, otherwise they will see you and alert other infected.
Re: Survivor difficulty?
- Stealth!
- Save your ammo until you REALLY need it. (Even then, try and use it as a last resort.)
- Only craft items when you need them / get full on supplies.
If you get stuck, there are plenty of videos on youtube. They can help you get through some of the parts you may get stuck on.
I was impressed at some of the paths people discovered / recorded / uploaded that help you get through areas in a breeze.
It's fun. Enjoy it I wish I had played my first playthrough with Listen Mode off. Would have made it much more suspenseful.
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Plea deal set in Biedscheid hit-and-run case
Family of Bend victim Tony Martin feels justice denied
BEND, Ore. - A plea deal is expected to end a 2 ½-year-old deadly Bend hit-and-run case with a guilty plea – but not to criminally negligent homicide -- leaving the victim's family without closure and feeling robbed of justice, their lawyer said Friday.
Bret Biedscheid, 40, is expected to plead guilty June 11 to failure to perform the duties of a driver for leaving the scene of a January 2011 crash in which the former Les Schwab corporate executive struck and killed Anthony Martin, 48, as he crossed NE Third Street just north of Revere Avenue.
Court documents filed this week show Biedscheid has agreed to the guilty plea for that charge, in exchange for prosecutors dropping the homicide charge.
Surveillance video from January 2011 showed Biedscheid tap his brakes as his pickup slammed into Martin, who was walking his bike across Third Street. He didn't stop to see if the man he struck was okay.
"How could someone just drive off?" Sarah Nelson, Martin's girlfriend and the mother of their now-3-year-old daughter, Sadie, asked weeks later. "How could someone just hit another human being, and then just drive away?"
Days after the crash, Biedscheid got a high-profile Portland attorney, Stephen Houze, who told him to turn himself and his damaged truck in to police. The director of accounting for Les Schwab Tire Centers was booked briefly into the Deschutes County Jail and released on $250,000 bail.
Now a civil case is the only hope Martin's family has to see justice. He left behind three daughters and a sister, who later filed a wrongful death lawsuit, seeking $705,000 in damages.
"At the end of this, I'd like to see justice," Teresa Gibbs, Martin's sister, said at the time.
Civil case investigators interviewed bartenders at the former Black Horse Saloon in Bend, where Biedscheid had been drinking that night.
"Whiskey was mentioned, beer was mentioned," attorney Tom D'Amore told NewsChannel 21 by phone Friday. "She (the bartender) also mentioned she felt he was intoxicated, and he even told her he wasn't going to drive."
But because police didn't know who was behind the wheel until Biedscheid came forward, he wasn't charged with DUII.
D'Amore said Martin's family only felt justice could be served by going to trial – and with the plea deal, the man who killed their brother and father will bypass a homicide charge.
"They just don't feel like the criminal case should end without criminally negligent homicide being charged," D'Amore said. "It sounds like the rich guy with connections sort of has been able to delay, and potentially get off."
Biedscheid is due for sentencing June 11th, the day his trial was set to begin. Prosecutors are asking for a 16-month prison sentence, but the judge gets the final say.
A day earlier, Martin's sister and her attorney say, they will be announcing a proposed settlement amount for the civil case.


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May 16, 2012 at 5:56 pm #1289987
Making my first trip to Colorado the first week of August to backpack the Four Pass Loop of Maroon Bells. Looking for some insight as to weather and thing's I should know as a flatlander heading west.May 16, 2012 at 7:04 pm #1878422
Michael RayBPL Member
@topshotLocale: Midwest
Just like the rest of the Rockies, you could get about any weather. Records low for Aug is about 20. More commonly near 40, but you could get snow or ice. Afternoon storms are fairly common.
If you don't know whether you acclimate well (or quickly), take it easy in Aspen for a couple days. The THs are over 9000'.
My trip report. I didn't do the std 4-pass loop, but did include 3 of the 4 passes in my trip.May 16, 2012 at 7:24 pm #1878432
I figured on anything from 35 degrees to 80 degrees and am attempting to plan for that. I will arrive in Denver on Sunday, drive to Aspen, then on Monday, hike to 10,800' to aclamize for the day. I had not had problems at 15,000' in the past, but that was 30 years ago. Don't plan on setting any land speed records, but intend to take it easy and take in all there is to see.May 16, 2012 at 7:55 pm #1878442
Michael RayBPL Member
@topshotLocale: Midwest
I'd encourage you to check out other areas like I did. You'll run into less people, too.
FWIW, I found the Sky Terrain map superior to the Trails Illustrated one.May 17, 2012 at 2:20 pm #1878729
Jamie EstepMember
@jestepLocale: ATX
I'm originally from Crested Butte, so I know the area pretty well.
Definitely check with local shops or condition reports. Weather and conditions should be very good that time of year. They had an awful winter for snow so the rivers will all be really low and easily cross-able. I've been in some hairy situations forging on west maroon pass in the spring. I would anticipate the weather to be at or below freezing at night if you are camping up high, otherwise in the high 30's. Days can be in the 80's but I would more expect mid 70's at best. Typically should be dry and any showers are normally daily afternoon ones that last a few hours and then dissipate.
As far as hiking, the distances and difficulty can be deceiving. Nothing like the cascades, but take the altitude into account. 10,000 – 12,000 can be very exhausting if you are never up that high.May 17, 2012 at 5:16 pm #1878781
Have ordered the Sky Terrain Map. Will look it over when it arrives.May 17, 2012 at 5:24 pm #1878783
I know altitude will be the key factor here. I used to live on the beach in Spain and would go to Switzerland to climb and hike. The 12,000 to 15,000 feet of altitude would really kick my butt. I expect the same here, but with 30 years of difference.Jul 26, 2012 at 3:38 pm #1897800
Roger MeadowsMember
Am also in the planning stages for an August 4 pass. You flying into Aspen?Jul 26, 2012 at 4:24 pm #1897816
John WhynotMember
@jdw01776Locale: Southeast Texas
Driving from Denver — I'd recommend staying in Carbondale the night before. You can get a decent hotel room for much less than Aspen, plus it's close to several trailheads. For even less money, stay at one of the USFS campgrounds on Maroon Creek Road (reserve a spot on-line).Aug 3, 2012 at 1:30 pm #1899911
HkNewmanBPL Member
@hknewmanLocale: Western US
Anyone heard anything definite about a bear canister requirement in the forests surrounding Aspen? I called Glenwood Springs and was told "yes" by the receptionist … but didn't feel she understood about backpacking vs. backcountry car sites. Checking the USDA's Aspen RD page (not the Maroon Bells wilderness site), I found this forest order dated 27 July 2012
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5382407.pdfAug 4, 2012 at 3:55 pm #1900170
Dondo .BPL Member
@dondoLocale: Colorado Rockies
I just did the 4 pass loop this week and as far as I know, there were no requirements to carry a bear canister in the backcountry. My last night was at Crater Lake, just 1.8 miles from the main trailhead and there was a bear hanging around there, so at least use your best bear bagging technique.Aug 5, 2012 at 6:41 am #1900330
Rutherford PlattBPL Member
@tunaboy999Locale: Mid Atlantic
How many nights are you out for? The 4-pass loop is good for 1-3 nights depending on your acclimation, ambition, and level of fitness.
Fortunately there are opportunities to extend it. I just completed the "7 pass loop" — basically a 42 mile figure 8 starting and ending at the East Snowmass trailhead. It included the 4 pass loop plus a second crossing of crossing Buckskin Pass, then Willow Pass, and an unnamed pass west of Willow.
As others have noted you will not find solitude, but it is a fantastic hike nonetheless. Enjoy!Aug 5, 2012 at 8:40 am #1900344
HkNewmanBPL Member
@hknewmanLocale: Western US
Good question now that I've seen dondo's trip report. I did the traditional loop about 10 years ago but in constant rain. Like to do something a bit more UL at the expense of a little camp comfort . Big thing is the 11 hr drive for meAug 5, 2012 at 3:20 pm #1900428
Dondo .BPL Member
@dondoLocale: Colorado Rockies
HK, yeah, 11 hrs. is a long drive. On the other hand, you'll probably arrive after 5 pm, meaning that you can skip the bus and drive right to Maroon Lake. Crater Lake is only 1.8 miles from the trailhead, and the locals told me that the 11 designated sites are rarely all filled on weekdays. Anyway, it beats paying $$$ for a hotel room. As far as the loop itself, I didn't train at all, and did it in three days. But I live in mile high Denver. You certainly won't be bored if you take four. I didn't see any UL hikers out there, but there's
no reason you can't do it that way. My base weight was around 11# but I added three pounds of camera gear to that.Aug 9, 2012 at 1:40 pm #1901449
nathan matthewsMember
@nathanmLocale: Bay Area
I'm planning to head out there tomorrow, driving from Denver, to do the loop in two nights. I had initially planned on adding a summit of Snowmass Mount, but now plan to skip that. Happy to bring someone else along for the ride (or just give you a ride one way) if interested. I'd also appreciate any advice about conditions, etc. I plan to do this is as a lightweight, no-cook trip, but I'm bringing a dSLR. Weather forecast looks like manageable temps and moderate chance of afternoon/evening rain.Aug 26, 2012 at 2:40 pm #1906198
b sBPL Member
Heading out there first week of September so I figured I'd add my question to this thread.
NOAA local forecast for the Snowmass Lake area is calling for low temps still in the mid 40s through this upcoming week. I'll keep an eye on it for the following week but does anyone know if those low temps are fairly accurate for early September on this loop? Trying to decide whether a 20* bag is overkill or whether 35* plus layers will be sufficient.Aug 27, 2012 at 9:58 am #1906430
Randy NelsonBPL Member
@rlnunixLocale: Rockies
I'd take the 20. I've done it twice in mid-September. Last year it was cool and drizzly and the 35 would have been fine. The time before it dropped into the 20s with a howling wind.
I posted this in another thread but you may not have seen it. You don't have to take the shuttle into the park if you are backpacking. If you don't tell them at the entrance that you are, they'll send you back down the hill to take the shuttle. Have fun.Aug 27, 2012 at 3:58 pm #1906584
b sBPL Member
Great, thanks for the insight Randy. I also plan on taking your beverage recommendations from a while back and finding myself some Modus Hoperandi while I'm out there. Cheers!Aug 30, 2012 at 3:58 pm #1907713
Eric SwabMember
@ericswabLocale: Rockies
Heading out for this trip this weekend, is there any difference in going clockwise or counterclockwise for the standard loop?
Rutherford, when you did the 42 mile 7 pass loop did you take both the "East Snowmass Trail" and the "Maroon Snowmass Trail" to make your figure eight? Which direction did you go?
Thanks, Hope everyone has a fantastic labor day weekend!Aug 30, 2012 at 9:21 pm #1907824
Randy NelsonBPL Member
@rlnunixLocale: Rockies
Hi Eric,
I think it's harder going counter clockwise. But you get the 2 tougher passes out of the way first. What's your plan? It will be plenty busy on a holiday weekend. I recommend starting early and making camp fairly early depending on where you are going to stay. Like going clockwise, most people try to get as close to Maroon Pass as they can and there aren't a lot of spots higher up. PM me if you want some detailed info.Sep 4, 2012 at 8:21 am #1908945
Eric SwabMember
@ericswabLocale: Rockies
We ended up doing an extended loop, about 39 miles with 6 passes, and camped away from the crowds, amazing scenery, I can see why the loop is so popular.
Our route was counter-clockwise starting at the North trailhead of Maroon-Snowmass trail (outside Snowmass Village)up to Snowmass lake, we then picked up the regular loop and stayed just below Frigid Air Pass on night one, then up to Buckskin Pass, back down Buckskin, and over to Willow Lake for night two, then back to the car via East Snowmass trail and a short road walk.
If I did it again I would probably do a figure 8 loop or add in Geneva lake, we were finished in 2 1/2 days, will try to do a trip report on this loop.
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- A $3.00 C-market price could happen this year. Everyone in the coffee business should develop a plan for that scenario – just to be prepared.
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Beautiful runner, and your feathers are gorgeous!! Your work is stunning!!
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Microsoft's new touch-enabled Windows 8 operating system means PC makers can depart from staid old boxy desktops or clamshell laptops and come up with new innovative designs.
I was able to try out two rather different machines recently, the Sony Vaio Duo 11 and the HP Envy 23 AIO Touchsmart, which are very unlike anything else I've encountered before. Here are my impressions of the touchy-feely pair.
Sony goes both ways
Is the Duo 11 a laplet? A tabtop? This curious hybrid device from Sony is like a laptop and a tablet rolled into one device; hence the Duo moniker.
The Duo concept mostly works too: folded down, the device acts like a somewhat fat Windows 8 tablet that tips the scales at 1.3kg.
Pop up the screen, and you have a combined keyboard and stand so you can use it as a laptop.
In fairness, the keyboard is shallow with small keys and takes a while to get used to. Even then, it readily beats tapping on the screen for typing.
Although the Duo 11 is very well built with quality materials and nicely designed, the screen doesn't lock in position when popped up and the hinges may be somewhat vulnerable. Also, the keyboard tray doesn't do double-duty as a cover, so the screen is facing outwards when folded down.
Luckily, Sony used hard to scratch Corning Gorilla Glass for the very good screen, which measures a small 11 inches diagonally but has a high 1,920 by 1,080 pixel resolution.
Sony also included a Wacom 256-level digitiser with a separate electronic pen for drawing, painting and writing on the screen. There's nowhere to store the pen on the Duo 11 though.
With a recent Intel processor inside, 8GB of memory and a 128GB solid state drive, the Duo 11 never ran out of puff. Like many other portable devices, if the Duo 11 has to work hard it tends to heat up forcing the fans to kick in which you'll notice, although they're not the noisiest ones I've come across.
Battery life was an acceptable 4 to 4 1/2 hours with power saving features enabled and screen brightness adjusted down a little. You can add another battery to the Duo 11, for $279 that provides eight to nine hours of total run time according to Sony.
The most expensive Duo 11 with a 1.9GHz Core i7 processor and 8GB of RAM costs $2,700 and the cheaper variant with a Core i5 processor and 4GB memory costs $2,000, so it's not a cheap device in either configuration.
That money buys you a fully-fledged laptop though, with connectors that tablets don't have such as Ethernet for wired networks and even an old fashioned VGA display port that looks incongruously large on the Duo 11.
If you need those things, Windows 8, plenty of power and don't want to run a separate tablet, the Sony Vaio Duo 11 is worth looking at. It's not as lightweight as a tablet though and the price is on the high side.
Rating: 4/5
Contact: sony.co.nz
HP tries the big touch
Since I hate people touching my desktop screen and putting their finger prints all over it, I knew the Envy 23 would be a challenge to review.
This is an all-in-one desktop PC, so everything's built into the monitor so to speak, with no separate box on the side required. I mean everything: the Envy 23 has an optical drive, wired Ethernet network connector, lots of USB ports, Beats Audio system with good speakers and even a digital TV tuner for Freeview that worked badly under Windows 8.
Fingering a large upright screen is a bit odd at first, but easy enough after a while. Over longer periods of time, holding out your arm is a bit tiring but there's novelty value in being able to pinch-zoom on your desktop computer just like on a tablet.
However, I couldn't warm to the touch-enabled desktop concept. First, to use touch you have to sit closer to the screen than usual, unless you have monstrously long arms. When you do that, you discover that close up, things look jaggy on a large 23-inch screen with 1920 by 1080 pixel resolution.
As you can tilt the screen back to almost 45 degree angle, I imagine the Envy 23 would work nicely as with a stand-up desk that you could adjust the height on, or similar. Not many people have those though and as it is the touch screen isn't that practical unfortunately.
Smudgy finger prints look bad enough on a smaller smartphone or tablet screen, but all over the 23-inch Envy display, they're pretty terrible. Also, some Windows 8 gestures such as closing a program by swiping from the top to the bottom of the screen are really awkward to do on a big screen.
I was sent the top of the range Envy 23 AIO with an Intel Core i7 processor, 16GB RAM and a 2TB hard drive. That package can be had for $2,300 to $2,400 in retail stores, which is a reasonable price for a powerful computer that's well put together and is nicely designed.
Save some money though, and order the Envy 23 AIO without the touch screen as I don't think you'll miss it.
Rating: 3/5
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Professor Lucy Pao of the electrical and computer engineering department at the University of Colorado at Boulder has received an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award for research that may have applications in air traffic control, robotics and several other fields.
Professor Pao will receive $300,000 over a three-year period, plus an additional $17,500 for equipment to conduct research in tracking and surveillance systems. Besides its primary research goals of developing new state-of the art algorithms for naval and commercial applications, the grant will be used to support graduate students in their dissertations to prepare them for industrial or academic research positions, Pao said.
The award will enable Pao and her graduate students to develop multisensor fusion algorithms for tracking multiple objects that have applications in air traffic control, tactical air defense, robotics, computer vision and other systems where measurements from multiple sensors are used to estimate the positions and velocities of multiple objects.
Id like to see these algorithms make it into real systems down the line, Pao said.
Paos proposal was titled, Distributed Multisensor Fusion Algorithms for Tracking Applications. Research results will provide insight into the relative performance of various distributed fusion methods, and also will provide a basis for assessing the tradeoffs between computational and communication requirements when planning new sensor network architectures or communication link methods.
The awards were given to academic researchers who received their doctorates on or after Dec. 1, 1991. This year ONR received proposals from 300 academic researchers, and Pao was one of 29 selected to receive the award.
Pao received her doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1992. She worked for the MITRE Corp. and was a professor at Northwestern University before joining the faculty at CU-Boulder in 1995.


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