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- The key idea is that adults and youth need to shift from concentrating on improving weaknesses to focusing on assets. This needs to start with the adults learning about their own strengths, which makes it easier to identify strengths in others. Strengths are natural abilities or assets. They are all good, although they can be used badly as the explanation of strength buttons demonstrates. Strengths are measurable, subject to numerous influences, and some are more malleable than others. Research shows that people who use their strengths are more engaged in their life and work, are happier, and are more productive. You should start by taking the free 20-25 minute Values in Action (VIA) Signature Strengths Test. There is also a version for children 10-17 that you can access with your free adult account.
- SMART stands for: Spotting, Managing, Advocating, Relating, and Training. These are the five steps the authors include along with worksheets in each chapter to help you nurture your strengths and the strengths of those you work with.
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JORDAN AND MARK 'S WEDDINGMarch, 2013 in Oklahoma City
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Rosebeary's Designs in BakingGuthrie, OK, USA
"Many flavors to choose from, delicious cake, and great price! Our cake turned out beautiful."
BTP Productions
"The owner was very professional and nice to work with. Our DJ we got didn't play any of the songs we chose beforehand to dance to between events like cake cutting, garter toss, etc. The incorrect song was played when our parents were being seated, and it took my venue coordinator to ask him to announce us into the reception as we were waiting for awhile. The sound and lights were great though."
Madeline's Flower Shop1030 South Broadway
Edmond, OK, United States
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Innovative Event Solutions217 West Britton Road
Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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Paris limousine6550 Southeast 74th Street
Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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4 Takes Photobooth
"They were challenging to get ahold of at first, but they were well worth it! Our guests had a fabulous time with the props and the quality of the photo strip was great. They had our guests keep one strip and put the other in a scrapbook for us."
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Artistic Glam
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Pomp and Pageantry7309 S. Western Avenue
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73139, USA
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Will Rogers Theatre4322 North Western Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
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Can I tile on a shower flange?
Im about to install cement board over my shower surround (I talked the wife into doing this over drywall) and have a question. When I install the cement board so the it touches the top of the flange, when I am tiling, do I put thinset right on the flange too? If not, since the flange is 1.5 inches, is 1.5 inches of tile on the cement board enough to stick? I am using 3 inch tile. I suppose I could rearrange and use 4 inch tile if everyone thinks Ill need more mating surface on the cement board. Thanks everyone!
Fill that gap with thinset AS you tile.
Thanks mike! Though I dont understand what you mean. There is no gap to speak of that I can see. Once I put the cement board up, it will be level with the flange. Should I shim the cement board to be sticking out past the flange a bit and then fill the created gap w/ thinset? Thanks again!
Sorry,Shane---thought you were talking about a tub flange.
If you have access to a table saw--cut some thin furring strips( as thick as the fiberglass) and nail them on to the studs before the backer board.
bring the backer down to the top of the surround---cover that flange.
That area above the tub surround is not a 'wet area' and could be done with green board safely.
Good luck with that thin strip on the right--Might be tough to install---look like liquid nails and gentle screws.--Mike--
Gotcha. Thank you! Also, thanks for the good luck. :laughing::thumbsup:
Also, I dont have access to a table saw but think I have a decent alternative. If I stack two shims up to the proper width and then chop off the extra, WAH-LAH! Instant proper size shims. I figure if I put two or three of these per stud and screw through them, Ill be good to go. Whatcha think?
That would be a cobbled-up mess now wouldn't it? Why not go buy a few pieces of "lattice" and use them?:yes:
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Hi everybody, I plan to place an order this weekend, so far I have 2 quote, and I don't trade in my old car because it old and I don't know how much I can get on that (94 Corolla manual 180K mile on it, fair condition). I hope you can help me pick out which quote is better or give me advice if you can. I think quote 1 is better because I have life time car wash & powertrain (I'll make the dealer put that in paper to make sure) Below are 2 quotes,
1st quote: $29,345 + TTL + $75 document fee
No accessories
Life time car wash (dealer said as long as I own the car)
9 oil change (regular not synthetic)
Life time powertrain warranty (I asked the dealer to confirm is it only 3 years, but he said ala I own the car, he said powertrain cover engine, transmission, and drivetrain)
2nd quote: $28,386 + TTL + $75 doc fee
included dest fee
included short shifter
get 1st oil change free
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The Division of Reclamation is widely recognized as one of the most effective programs in the nation. It is a blend of seasoned veterans and energetic youth. Each brings an array of academic and technical certifications or professional licenses in the natural sciences, engineering, cultural and historical resources and the qualities of management and leadership.
Continuous and lifelong learning keeps staff abreast of the latest advances in technology and science. These collections of skill sets and expertise complement the lessons and experience of more than 25 years of practical experience as the division focuses upon its core mission: "protecting the health and safety of the citizens and environment of the State of Indiana."
Once each year, the division pauses to acknowledge the contributions of staff, both as teams and as individuals. Following is a quick look at those staff that has made exceptional contributions to the success of the Indiana program.
Elizabeth (Betsy) Phillips
Elizabeth (Betsy) Phillips has been the driving force in a recent initiative that has saved the Division of Reclamation significant time and money and has allowed for enhanced job performance. The Division of Reclamation has voluminous mine permit files dating back to 1982. At this time, there have been nearly 500 permits issued since commencement of the program and these permit files often take up several feet of file space. There was no off-site protection of these documents in the event of disaster and there was no way for staff in the field to access information which necessitated their travel to the office quite often to gain necessary information in these files.
Ms. Phillips initiated the creation of an initiative to develop electronic files for these documents. This was through a major scanning program. First, Ms. Phillips had to determine proper electronic filing nomenclature for the effort, which she did. Thereafter, intern efforts were overseen by Ms. Phillips. At one time there were as many as six interns working at the Division of Reclamation to scan files. Ms. Phillips had to obtain and maintain all their necessary equipment, including computers and small scanners, as well as schedule and maintain large map scanners. The result was the eventual total scanning of the coal mine permitting files including permits themselves, permit revisions, water monitoring, bonding and bond release files, correspondence files, enforcement action files, etc… It has been a huge effort and Ms. Phillips has had to work very smart to ensure so much information being entered at one time was being done properly and going to the right locations, all the while troubleshooting issues, and maintaining her routine work. Today the Division of Reclamation has files backed up off-site in an electronic manner. The coal region exists in southwestern Indiana and mine inspectors from the Ohio River to north of Terre Haute can now simply link to these files via a mobile computing effort using lap tops, again all of which was figured out by Ms. Phillips. This has saved huge amounts of mileage on vehicles as inspectors can now electronically access what they had to previously come to the office to obtain. Moreover, it has allowed inspectors to spend more time in the field rather than in the office which allows them to maintain a better oversight of mining operations and to head off issues before they become problematic. It also allows Division of Reclamation to maintain less inspection staff because of these efficiencies. Although a dollar figure cannot easily be assessed to the enhancement of the Division of Reclamation by this initiative, it is no doubt in the six figure range per year. Should disaster (fire, tornado, etc…) have struck and these files have been destroyed then they could not have been replaced. From that perspective, no dollar figure can be put on Ms. Phillips' effort. Due to the tremendous effort performed along with the enhancements to the Division of Reclamation field staff as a result of the effort, I am pleased to nominate Elizabeth (Betsy) Phillips as the Employee of the Year for the Bureau of Resource Management.
Steve Weinzapfel, Project Manager, Restoration Section.
Over the last year Steve Weinzapfel had an unusually heavy workload that included some complex and high profile reclamation projects. In addition to meeting the challenges on these larger projects he completed all other assignments with excellent results.
During 2012 Steve managed 3 large construction projects (7.8 million dollars) and represented the Division on the Nevins Township water supply project (4.9 million dollars). When Craig Wolfe retired, Steve took on the Minnehaha Slurry project just before it went to bid. This project is over $ 6 million and is the largest single reclamation project of its kind bid by the Indiana AML program. He managed this very large project exceptionally well, meeting every challenge and achieving outstanding results. Minnehaha was completed ahead of the scheduled completion dates.
Steve also managed the Green Valley Bioreactor, CR 400 South, and numerous smaller unit priced contract projects in 2012. In each of his projects he managed changes and problems to bring about favorable outcomes and achieve outstanding results.
Steve met several challenges in 2012 while performing all other assignments in an outstanding manner. For his excellent effort in meeting these challenges and achieving outstanding results Steve Weinzapfel is recognized as the 2012 Reclamationist of the Year.
Todd Huff – Hydrogeologist, Technical Services Section
Mr. Huff has been the Division of Reclamation's surface and groundwater hydrologist for nearly ten years and served as a mine inspector prior to that. Mr. Huff's workload is as heavy as anyone in the entire Division yet he meets all required timeframes and meets all timeframes as put forth in the Division of Reclamation goal/objective documents.
Mr. Huff is one of the most committed individuals with his typical day starting around 7:00 a.m. and not ending until nearly 5:00 p.m. He is not on an alternative work schedule. He puts in these hours nearly every day yet never asks to be compensated for his time. He has incredible attention to detail. His supervisors have absolute certainty that upon a decision document being provided to them on a mine related permitting issue, it will be accurate and meet all of the requirements of the statute and regulations.
Mr. Huff is also known as the chef of the Division of Reclamation. He takes it upon himself to marinate the meats for any Division carry-in and then performs the cooking. It pleases him greatly to please others yet he downplays any appreciation put forth to him. He is also the first to volunteer to help others with moving items, cleaning up a mess, unloading supplies, etc… He is known as someone who will drop what they are doing to assist others. He also has a sense of humor that puts others at ease during times of difficulty.
Mr. Huff is also the Division of Reclamation staff member that responds to alleged damage to water wells via coal mining activities. Oftentimes this necessitates the need to meet these individuals in the evenings as many work through the day. Regardless, if it is at 7 p.m. or on a Saturday or Sunday, Mr. Huff accommodates their schedule and interacts in a very professional manner with them. He has done this several times in the past year alone.
Individuals of Todd Huff's character and work ethic are rare. Ownership of one's duties and decisions are something that puts him at a high level. The Department is fortunate to have an individual of Todd Huff's caliber, not only in a highly technical and complex scientific discipline, but also in regard to his teamwork and interpersonal relations with others.
Greg Kraus – Inspector, Inspection and Enforcement Section
Year after year, Greg sets the bar high when it comes to meeting program targets. And year after year, Greg achieves 100% of his permitting, bond release and inspection deadlines. He can be counted upon to get the job done, not only on time, but thoroughly and with considerable forethought.
But it's not what Greg does within his normal scope of work that justifies this nomination for Outstanding Achievement. Greg enjoys furthering the Division's mission by volunteering his own time to get involved with local schools. He is a valued science fair judge for several of the local elementary schools. He participated in the Vigo County Soil and Water Conservation District's Fifth Grade Conservation/Environmental Field Days. This program is an excellent opportunity for students to learn about agriculture, the environment, and conservation. Greg does a presentation on geology and incorporates his work as a reclamation inspector. He also performs the same role for the Vermillion County Conservation Field Day for 6th graders. Maybe Greg is sowing the seeds for the next crop of inspectors.
I know Greg doesn't do this for the free donuts or the occasional lunch at Stoll's. He does this because he loves what he does. And who can deny Greg makes the best elderberry and plum wines many of us enjoy around the holidays.
Darrell L. Davis – Inspector, Inspection and Enforcement Section
Darrell Davis continues to be an extremely hard working and valuable employee with the Division. In the past year Darrell exhibited a level of commitment to the goals of the Division which is second to none. He can always be relied upon to go above and beyond that which is required in his field inspections and completes them with great detail and professionalism.
In the past year Darrell has completed all assignments ahead of schedule and has spent a considerable amount of time with operators on site outlining potential progress. Over the past year, Darrell has worked on numerous projects which have taken an extreme effort on his part.
A bond release at the Peabody Farmersburg mine, S-287, was conducted by Darrell this past year which included 852 acres grading and 496 acres revegetation. Bond releases of this size are very time consuming and attention to detail is a must to insure all requirements are met. Darrell performed this task without complaint. In addition, at the Farmersburg mine Darrell continued his efforts with Peabody staff to establish a timetable for reclamation efforts to complete the final reclamation of the site.
In addition, the Peabody, Corning Mine, S-308 refuse disposal efforts were in full force this past year. Darrell spent much time in correcting issues with the disposal efforts on site and working with Peabody personnel to insure that operators were conducted in accordance with approved plans.
Darrell also worked this year to correct water quality issues in the Aikman Creek drainage at the Solar Sources, Cannelburg Mine. Diversion DD13JS-1 was reconstructed to the natural standards required by their DOA-404 permit. This allows for proper function of the stream channel and has increased the water quality in the area.
Corrective measures were initiated at the Lilly, Landree mine dealing with drainage and sediment controls, water quality, basin construction, and coal refuse disposal. Over the past year this operation has been in constant turmoil with availability of finances, operational issues and personnel issues all of which Darrell has dealt with in order to maintain compliance with the approved plans and regulations.
It is clear that Darrell has been involved with many challenges in the past year and has met them with a continued positive outlook. Darrell is very deserving of Outstanding Achievement within the Division.
30 Years
(L-R) David Phillips – Assistant Director for Technical Services;
Kim Loveless, Records Manager, Technical Services Section; and,
Alan Johnson, Structural Engineer, Technical Services Section.
25 Years
Darrell Davis – Inspector, Inspection and Enforcement Section.
20 Years
(L-R) Kent Harting, Project Manager, Restoration Section;
Brock Mayes, Assistant Director for Inspections and Enforcement;
Colleen Baughman, AVS/Education Specialist, Technical Services Section; and,
Brad Loveless, Inspector, Inspection and Enforcement Section.
15 Years
Marvin Ellis, Field Operations Coordinator, Restoration Section
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Kit Turpin, Project Manager, Restoration Section.


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Anyone have a line drawing of the Angels? I think Brak's latest would look really good in a stamped format with a true 3D image of the Angels logo with no color added. Just a bronze coin ala the Pathfinder's one.
Anyone have a line drawing of the Angels? I think Brak's latest would look really good in a stamped format with a true 3D image of the Angels logo with no color added. Just a bronze coin ala the Pathfinder's one.
I definately like the last one that Brak's posted. But IMO, colors don't look good on coins. If it was just a black on bronze that would be cool.
I think the chest display and silhouette are good looking.
Personally, I agree with the idea of the Angels on one side, and BOBA's Helmet on the other, just like one of those shirts that say "GOT ARMOR?" with the generic Mandalorian helmet on it (not necessary Boba or Jango or even custom). Just my 2 cents.
Someone had suggested that the coin should only have black on it, and no color, more like an original coin instead of the newer, trendy coins. Here is the front without color. The light areas are the raised areas.
I don't know I really like color on them. The just coin color is so blah.
Ditto... enamel all the way!
here's my opinon-
I like the "angels" side and the closeup profile on the other.
I like the profile because it remenicent of a real coin.
I like the idea of no color mainly because what color would you use in the recesses of the Fett side other then black?
Ok... since most people are arguing for color, how about this? You know... I am not the only one here who can upload image ideas...
And if you are absolutely intent on having more enamel, here is the back with 4 colors...
YES!! GIT R DONE! I really like that last idea in color!
IMO the last idea if PERFECT!!! Great work BB!!!
someone is allready sculping something of this? cause I my sculp tools telling me "pickme, pickme, pickme........." jejeje
My vote goes to the last pic BB posted. Was thinking about that side profile shot of fett last night, Kinda a traditional style for a coin, i log on to TDH this morning and TA da! there it is... Would definately be up for a couple of these
I'm in for one coin definitely.
I like the logo on one side and the dent on the other..
Boba's silhouette looks good too
but really ... I'd get (at least)one whatever the final design is going to be.
I still like the either the dent or the chest display on the other side, but I will live with the full color profile of Boba brak's posted. But I will be less happy then something random that no one else would understand.
I think that Fett should be ESB....
That IS kinda cool!!!!!
YEA! The dent is the thing to have. Espically if it could actually be a "dent" in the coin.
I think I could have them put a dent in the coin. I would need to call and ask.
Just my suggestion, but how about the dent as posted above on one side, no writing or words on the dented side, just the picture by itself, and then on the other side the "angels" pose as seen on the previous posts?
I would think that would be cool and would totally include the forum as a whole.


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This session is a panel discussion of OpenStack users having experience deploying Quantum in production environments, backed by network virtualization technology from a variety of vendor solutions and open source projects. Moderated by independent industry analyst Brad Casemore of IDC, the panel will be asked to discuss specific networking challenges faced before and after deploying Quantum and network virtualization; the impact it's had on their production cloud deployments, and their sense of where the technology is at today and where it needs to evolve in the short and long term.
Panel will include Quantum users from eBay and HP clouds, among others.
Orchestration of Fibre Channel technologies for Private Cloud deployments
Andre Beausoleil (Brocade Communications), Gary Thunquest (HP)
OpenStack User Committee Update & Survey Results
Ryan Lane (Wikimedia), JC Martin (eBay), Tim Bell (CERN)
Panel: What's Next in Network Virtualization
Moderator: Eric Hanselman (451 Research); Mike Cohen (Big Switch), Dan Mihai Dumitriu (Midokura), Ahihiro Motoki (Core Developer), Balaji Sivasubramanian (Cisco), Nachi Ueno (NTT)
Panel Discussion: Enterprise Vendors in the OpenStack Ecosystem
Robert Esker, Paul Sims, Andre Pech, Jim Walker, Pete Yamasaki, Didier Stolpe, Mark McLaughlin
Expanding the community reach through user groups and universities
Mark T. Voelker, Kyle Mestery, Kamesh Pemmaraju, Jeff Prevost
OpenStack Community Activity Board and Metrics
Sanjiva Nath, Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona, Dan Stangel
OpenStack Community Activity Board and Metrics: What would you like to see?
Sanjiva Nath, Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona, Dan Stangel
Keynote: OpenStack as a Platform Ecosystem
Jonathan Bryce (OpenStack Foundation), Pravir Chandra (Bloomberg), Joel Crabb (Best Buy), Steve Eastham (Best Buy), Mark Muehl (Comcast)
Rackspace Keynote: OpenStack 2013: The Year of the User
Jim Curry (Rackspace) and Jim O'Neill (HubSpot)
What Everyone Ought to Know about OpenStack Internships
Anne Gentle, Emilien Macchi, Iccha Sethi, Victoria Martínez de la Cruz, Laura Alves, Anita Kuno, Julie Pichon
Ops Panel: Infrastructure Reference Architectures
Randy Perryman, Randy Bias, Rick Roeling, Robert Starmer
Panel: Industry Analyst Perspectives on OpenStack
Stephen O\'Grady, Gary Chen, Sean Michael Kerner, Alex Williams
Panel: Interoperability
Troy Toman, Joshua McKenty, Monty Taylor, Peter Pouliot, Jonathan LaCour, Bernard Golden
Overlay Opportunistic Clouds in CMS/ATLAS at CERN: The CMSooooooCloud in Detail
Jose Antonio Coarasa Perez, CERN
SDN and OpenStack: Shaping the Future of Cloud Networking Innovation
Mike Cohen, Dan Mihai Dumitriu, Nnamdi Orakwue, Sam Greenblatt
SUSE Cloud: Gaining greater control and flexibility in your enterprise
Pete Chadwick, Cameron Seader
Interactive Visual Orchestration With Curvature and Donabe
Debojyoti Dutta, John Davidge, Sam Betts, Bradley Jones, Jack Peter Fletcher
Connected Communities, Innovative Technologies: OpenStack, oVirt, and KVM
Mike Day, Jean Staten Healy
Project Overview: OpenStack Queuing and Notification Service ("Marconi"")"
Allan Metts, Kurt Griffiths
Scale-out Block Storage: There's a Reason AWS Elastic Block Storage Looks the Way it Does
Eric Windisch, Randy Bias
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Ian Somerhalder Takes "Vampire Diaries" to Spain, Talks Season Finale
Taking care of promotional duties, Ian Somerhalder was spotted at the BloodyNightCon press conference in Barcelona, Spain on Friday (May 4).
With a feather in his black fedora hat, "The Vampire Diaries" star kept close to his co-stars during the interview and at one point wrapped his arm around Michael Trevino to pose for a couple pictures.
It seems Ian loves taking in the sights in Spain tweeting, "Barcelona the beautiful... Wow,LOVE this place." however, he also admitted that he's been "Tired" and "slept 17hrs" during his stay.
That didn't sit to well with his die-hard fans wanting to catch a glimpse of him out and about, forcing him to take to twitter again to say, "Barcelona fans-I love you to death.Im sorry not to spend time outside my hotel,I have very little time2 myself these days I need that. Please don't be upset with me. :)".
Possibly revealing why he's so sleepy, the 33-year-old actor dished about the season finale of "The Vampire Diaries" telling The Hollywood Reporter, "The last shot of the finale of the show, [I'm] just getting beaten down. I got my a** kicked a lot in that episode. The season three finale will have some red blood cells in it. It's pretty bloody."
Enjoy the pictures of Ian Somerhalder at the 'Bloody Night Con' press conference in Barcelona (May 4).
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Accident + Brow Lift Q&A
Droopy, Paralyzed Eyebrow?
I suffered nerve damage to the right side of my face after a car accident. This has caused my right eyebrow to be much lower than my left, and I'm... READ MORE
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I had a metal stuff from oone of those that fell from the shower to left side of the back if my head . my left brow has continued to descend all the... READ MORE
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I was in a car accident 7 mo ago. The airbag cut me right under both eyebrows starting 3/4 under the left brow across the bridge of my nose continuing... READ MORE
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I had an accident 7 years back in which i sustained injuries around my right eye....i have a scar below my right eyebrow and it is also permanently... READ MORE
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I didn't have any symmetry problems before when i was younger. I had many childhood accidents: i have an injury at the back of my head, a second one... READ MORE
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Research: Wind power pricier, emits more CO2 than thought
'Windfarm output is never zero. Sometimes it's less'
The relationship between wind power and demand was analysed by considering the moments of peak electrical demand in each of the last 6 years and ... the wind output for these moments ... each of them occur on a winter's day between 5 pm and 6 pm, as this is the time when commercial and domestic demand combines into the day's peak. As can be seen ... 16 January 2001 and 2 February 2006 were times of very little wind output ... and would likely fall into the category described as 'low wind cold snap' ... on 2 February 2006 the electricity demand in Britain reached its peak for 2006. The wind power model suggests that the output for the wind farms of Britain at that time would have been zero ... wind farm output for neighbouring countries has been determined for the same moment in time ... the measured output from NorthWest Germany, Ireland, and Spain was low ...
This passage in the report aroused particular ire from the British Wind Energy Association, speaking to the Sunday Telegraph on the matter at the weekend.
"When you look at the UK system as a whole, there is electricity coming from wind 100 per cent of the time," expostulated a testy spokesperson. "There is no moment in time when the output of the pool falls to zero."
Oswald's report partly agrees with this, saying that it is true that aggregate wind output is never exactly zero. Sometimes it's less than zero, though. It was during the nasty calm of 2006, for instance:
The [output of the UK's real-world] wind farms monitored by the National Grid [from 5-6 pm on February 2nd 2006] is shown as negative as the consumption of electricity used by these wind farms (to drive auxiliary loads) exceeded the total output.
And a supergrid to Europe wouldn't have helped, as everyone else had calms and high midwinter early evening demand too. That demand peak in 2006 was especially bad for wind power, but it was far from freakish. Such "low wind cold snaps" are routine, caused by midwinter high-pressure systems lurking on top of northwest Europe.
Like all such high-pressure systems they can easily hang about for a few days - sometimes longer - and according to Oswald this means you aren't going to cope with them by using pumped-storage kit. Such systems, typified by the Dinorwig installation in
Scotland Wales, could lift water uphill using spare wind power on breezy mornings and let it flow down through hydropower turbines on calm evenings. They are much fancied by wind power advocates.
But speaking to the Reg yesterday, Oswald said that a realistically feasible UK pumped-storage base would only cope with one or two days of low winds at best. He said that there's a five-day calm most winters; and every twenty years or so you can expect a ten-dayer.
"I'm quite rude about pumped storage," he told us.
In his view, all this means that - certainly in a 2020 timeframe - the only feasible backup for the planned 25-gig wind base will be good old gas turbines. These would have to be built even if pumped storage existed, to deal with long-duration calms; and the expense of a triplefold wind, gas and pumped storage solution would be ridiculous. At present, gas turbine installations provide much of the grid's ability to deal with demand changes through the day.
The trouble is, according to Oswald, that human demand variance is predictable and smooth compared to wind output variance. Coping with the sudden ups and downs of wind is going to mean a lot more gas turbines - ones which will be thrashed especially hard as wind output surges up and down, and which will be fired up for less of the time.


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hello did someone try to fit a pre-turbo nozzle
what gains can be achieved?
hello did someone try to fit a pre-turbo nozzle
what gains can be achieved?
I've been successfully utilizing pre/post-compressor injection for some time now.
Here's a good read about how/why pre-compressor injection works. Although the article was targeted at diesel applications, it's fundamentally applicable to other fuel applications as well.
I'm looking at that 3D model of the flow thru a turbo and wondering why you wouldn't just inject into the scroll just after the compressor and avoid the impingement all together.
The concept is that the compressor breaks down droplet size, thereby increasing surface area and rate of evaporation.
You have a picture of your nozzle setup?
My TT is close to being ready for the dyno and final tune, I need to get my Devils Own kit installed before I do it, which means settling on nozzle locations this week.
Looks good.
Final questions. What size nozzle and what PSI are you injecting at pre-turbo?
Aquamist 0.6 mm nozzle mounted pre-compressor, Be Cooling 7 GPH (@100 PSI) nozzle mounted post-throttle body, 200 PSI injection pump, progressive controller, 50/50 water/methanol mixed by mass (versus volume), injection comes on at 6 PSI boost, and is all in at 21.5 PSI boost.
Where can i get a nozzle helder like that
Got mine from Howerton Engineering (here's a link), it's a special-order item.
Just FYI, this particular holder is designed for Aquamist nozzles (M8 x .75 thread).
for how long do you use pre-turbo
I've been injecting water/meth for 9+ years, with the last 4+ years being pre/post-compressor.
Howden no longer make pre turbo nozzles holders
Anyone know of another source ?
Turbo`d GTX4088R 750 bhp + bhp
DRP gearbox`s, diesel 02M gear sets, R32 rear diffs plus tubular manifolds and many other parts always for sale.
For anyone looking for a pre-turbo k03/04 nozzle done right; USRT has you covered:
- Drew
Nice to see USRT bringing this to market, and that "Fitments for larger chargers are under development."
It's my understanding that you would only want the nozzle injecting very near to or at maximum boost. So, spool should not be affected, specifically because you should not be injecting during spool.
There are way too many benefits to disregard this nozzle position due to spool experience alone.
On a large frame turbo, this is obviously easier. Pick 1 or 2 psi under your max boost level and set it. On a K03/4, they have such a trail off on top end(which is one of the things this nozzle position will help so much), that you can't set it to max boost and leave it, because the injector will be coming on and off through the gears as the boost trails off. So on a factory turbo, i'd say set it to your lowest max boost setting, that's where mine will be.
At absolute redline, before the shift(tiptronic) the turbo is on boil about 16-17psi for me, but my max spike(with a MBC dialing it back) is 22psi. So i'll command my pre turbo and post intercooler nozzles on at the same time, around 15psi, so it never falls out of injection while WOT and having it set that high will prevent it from coming on too often within normal pedal positions.
- Drew
Last edited by focswagen; 09-24-2015 at 12:48 PM.
I have a similar set up using usrt"s kit I have it coming on at 17 pounds via hobbs switch. My direct port comes on at 14 pounds and post intercooler is progressive of an aem controller starting at 6 and full spray at 14 pounds.
Some major life issues have prevented me from running any logs with/without different injectors running.
Full right up and logs will show up as promised one day
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Is there any preturbo for the 1.4 Tsi IHI turbo ?
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Despite another mediocre performance in last Sunday's win over Kansas City, Ryan Fitzpatrick will remain the Bills' starting quarterback for Sunday's showdown with New England at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
The Bills (5-8) can snap a 12-game losing streak to the Patriots (8-5) and rock New England's playoff chances with a victory.
Fitzpatrick, who took over for Trent Edwards the week Perry Fewell took over as head coach from Dick Jauron four games ago, has led the Bills to a 2-2 record in that span. But he threw for just 86 yards in the win over the Chiefs with a bad interception, finishing with an anemic 65.8 rating.
That said, Fewell believes Fitzpatrick, who hasn't had a 100-yard passing game the past two weeks, still gives his team the best chance to win, which is why he's sticking with him over Edwards and newly acquired Brian Brohm.
"Ryan's still our starter at quarterback," said Fewell without hesitation when quizzed about Fitzpatrick's statistics.
Offensively, the Bills have converted just four of their last 23 third-down tries under Fitzpatrick. While proving to be a better leader than Edwards and much more confident in the pocket, his decision-making has been just as poor at times.
Against the Chiefs, Fitzpatrick locked onto Lee Evans and threw into triple coverage from the Kansas City 5-yard line, resulting in an interception in the end zone by cornerback Brandon Flowers.
A mistake like that against New England won't be so easy to overcome.
--RB Marshawn Lynch is on a roll. His 47-yard scamper against Kansas City on the heels of a 35-yard run against the New York Jets made him the first Bill since Antowain Smith in 1997 to record runs of 35 yards or more in consecutive games. Lynch has had at least one 10-yard run in 29 of his 38 career games. The Bills hope to keep their running game alive this Sunday against New England.
--RB Fred Jackson had 99 yards rushing in Sunday's win over the Chiefs, his second-best game of the season. He ran for a career-high 163 yards against Tampa Bay in Week 2. His 176 carries for 731 yards are career single-season highs.
--WR Lee Evans continues to struggle through his worst season as a pro with 32 catches for 485 yards. He has just one 100-yard game in his last 22 and just one 40-yard catch in his last 18 games.
--WR Terrell Owens enters Sunday's game against New England needing four catches to reach 1,000 for his career. Only five players in NFL history have hit that milestone, with Jerry Rice No. 1 with 1,549 receptions.
--TE Shawn Nelson left last Sunday's game at Kansas City with an ankle injury. His status for this week's game against New England will be updated on Wednesday.
--OL Jonathan Scott suffered an eye injury in Sunday's win over Kansas City. He's expected to be OK for this week's game against New England. If Scott plays, it would mark the fourth consecutive game the Bills have had the same line combination. They've used seven different looks this season due to injuries.
--CB Terrence McGee, who underwent minor surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his knee during the bye week, started last week's game at Kansas City and came up with one of the team's four interceptions. He added six tackles and a pass breakup.
--LB Paul Posluszny recorded his second interception of the season against Kansas City to go with nine tackles. He has performed well since coming back from his second broken arm in three seasons suffered earlier this year.
--P Brian Moorman helped his Pro Bowl campaign with a terrific game against Kansas City, averaging 53.0 yards on four tries, including a 73-yard effort that was the ninth longest in team history. His 53.0 average was the fifth highest in team history. Moorman owns six of the top 10 slots, including 57.83 against Chicago in 2006.-------------------------------------------------
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You'll be unsurprised to learn that the 5th gen iPod nano is no better than its predecessors as regards its audio reproduction. Overall volume output is still a little lacking and rival players from Sony, iRiver and Creative - to name but a few - still have a fuller sound. The nano may support Apple Lossless audio (as it has since the 1st gen launched) but I defy you to notice the difference without using an external DAC.
As ever, though, it's only pedants who will point this out as a fatal flaw. The nano is, after all, a portable media player and while in A-to-B testing it may not have the sound quality to match other players, in the real world it's entirely good enough. The bundled earphones are as god-awful as ever and should be disposed of ASAP. Seriously.
If you have a compatible set of headphones, the nano now supports the same VoiceOver feature introduced with the physical-control-free iPod shuffle. It's a bit of a pointless addition, but I guess it's better to have it available and not want it than vice-versa.
Ultimately, if you're just after a small, portable device to listen to music and don't care about finesse the iPod nano isn't for you. Likewise, if you're after a cheap pocket camcorder and already own a decent media player the nano is only a worthwhile upgrade if consolidation is everything to you.
If, however, you're in the market for a new music player the addition of a video camera finally justifies the nano's price premium far better than "it looks nice" ever did. Although if you don't care about video recording, I must remind you the nano is very shiny!
The 5th gen iPod nano is inarguably Apple's best yet. It's still more expensive than its peers, but it's got more style than any rival and the addition of a video camera gives it more than a modicum of substance too.
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My 16GB Silver 5G nano arrived this morning. Only ordered it Sunday night from the Apple Store - now that is service!
I've got a 4G nano and I don't know how this can score a 9 for value. A whole year after I got mine the same capacity is virtually the same price. Wow, you get a camera! Meanwhile if you bought a touch you'd have more capacity for the same price.
wow, I'm so tripped out right now... listening to Bliss.. of all songs, what a coincidence XD
anyways, I bought a 4th gen nano last October but I do have my eye on a green 5th gen. It's not the video camera that's drawing me in, though, it's the FM reception. My previous mp3 player (Sansa View) had a radio tuner... I was disappointed that the last nano didn't. And if I do get one, hopefully the click wheel will not be "crunchy" like my current nano's is.... I do wish there were higher gig capacities for the nano; I have so much music, can't fit half of it on my nano at once. But I guess one does have to make sacrifices here and there ;p
Still disappointed by the poor sound quality, my old Samsung YP K3 is still better in that perspective. If Apple improved that, it would be perfect.
Seeing the dissection photos i am pretty much sure that the camera is where it is because it was simply the only place where it could fit.
nice review. now i want to go watch "District 9" now...
I know the review said it's adequate, and I know this is a mini-consolidated device...
...but why oh why can't Apple focus a bit more on audio quality and get the sound to be as good as the interface? It's the one thing that put me off getting an iPod Touch, and having compared a Cowon S9 to the output from an iPhone on a pair of Shures...it just sounded a bit flat. (And also an OLED screen on the iPhone please Mr Jobs!)
Why a video camera? It seems like a stretch to me. Couldn't they come up with anything usefully new related to the iPod functionality?
@Hugo: "...barely indistinguishable from its predecessor." So at first glance it looks completely different, but on closer inspection it is in fact exactly the same? Freaky!!
iain: Yup, that's definitely exactly what I meant to write...
Hugo, were you paid for that review? I'm sorry but normally Trusted isn't drinking the Apple kool-aid quite so much. Sure the Nano is a great little device, but most competiting devices from Sony/Samsung/Creative/Sansa/etc, etc give more for less.
Look at the new Sony that'll be out here shortly
2.8" OLED screeen, noise cancelling headphones, far superior sound quality, 29 hour battery, capacity upto 64GB and 7.2mm thick (well thin). It trumps the Nano in every way, so I don't see how you can rate the Nano so highly. This will be more expensive I guess, but older models that are still far better are cheaper than the Nano (and often double the capacity).
I understand getting an iPod Touch over competing products for the apps, web browser and ecosystem - but the nano doesn't have any of that (well iTunes, but I see that almost as a negative). It should be an also ran in this category, but gets lifted up by it's more useful brother. I'd have thought TR would have seen through the Apple marketing machine and given it a lower score accordingly.
All that said, I'm happy to listen to music on my phone and wouldn't get any of these players. Sure the sound quality isn't as good, the capacity isn't as large - but it's enough for me. What's more my phone like 98% of phones out there has a better camera than the piece of sh*t they just put into the Nano, thus negating it's "just one more thing"...
I think it is an awful addition to the nano. Just about every mobile phone has a camera on it these days. Why you would want to have two poor quality cameras in your pocket?I agree with Mawich. It seems that Apple ran out of innovation and opted for gimmick. I hope that other manufacturers do not follow suit. Investment should now focus on improving sound quality!
9/10 for value?
Would it get 9/10 if you rubbed out the apple logo?
@A Scotland
Millions of "youths" will be able to film their mates happy slapping strangers and will then be able to upload it to the likes of YouTube. I think you underestimate the amount of fun young people are going to have.
Loving your describing a pedometer as being "gimmicky" on an mp3 player with... a video camera!
Personally I don't see any benefits of this over a 1st gen nano - 4Gb is enough for a part time mp3 IMO and other than that there's no useful additions. That's as much a testament to the original device as a criticism of this one, but I think as far as evolution goes, this format is pretty dead for apple - unless they start to make ipods with good sound quality, or iphone nano I suppose!
If Apple sold a version without the camera at the same price I'd be just as enthusiastic about the nano, frankly. I appreciate that it's a bit of a gimmick, but it's a very well implemented one and it's not like Apple is charging for it. Criticising a feature just because you can't see a use for it yourself is incredibly narrow minded.
I've used a huge amount of players in the same class as the iPod nano and none of them are anything like as nice to use. I'm not a fan of the requirement to use iTunes, but as of the latest version, it's become a lot less frustrating to use at least - it's nice to be able to do stuff without the program hanging randomly from time to time.
@HK - so you're comparing the Nano against an as yet unavailable Sony player and complaining that the Nano isn't as good and should therefore be docked points. Hmm.
@ Hugo "It's not like Apple are charging for it"
Well, of course they are. They could have released it without the camera at a lower price, and the ironic thing is that they probably would have sold more units this way - as you said in the review, no one is going to buy this for its video capturing capabilities (which appear to be mediocre at best).
I think what HK is saying is that there are products out there which equal the features of this player for less money. This really should be reflected in the value score.
Steve - you're right, plenty of young people would enjoy using a pocketable device which incorporates a video camera. There's only one problem: They already have such a thing. It's called a "mobile phone". And literally EVERYONE who can afford a Nano already has a phone...
I am have no problem with consolidation, and know that there is a market for devices like the Touch, which do many things better than a normal phone, and for those who don't want an iPhone/smartphone. But here they've just included a mediocre video recording function (which is already built into phones). That's not consolidatin or convergence of technology. It's needless duplication.
I am not a mindless Apple-hater. Despite their best efforts - with iTunes and those appalling earphones - I really like the iPod Classic, and happily used the original Shuffle for ages. Mac computers are, mostly, fantastic machines running an excellent OS. The iPhone was a masterpiece of design and a truly impressive step forward in technology. This, on the other hand, is an overpriced music player with probably the most pointless gimmick yet.
Hugo - but they ARE effectively charging for the camera... If they had not thrown more features in, could they really have got away with not dropping the price in line with the competition?
Dismissing the criticism as "incredibly narrow minded" is a rather cheap shot - and wrong. I am not criticising the inclusion of video recording because I can't see myself using it. In fact if I were given a Nano, I can see myself using it, but purely "because it's there". The problem is, it's just adding something which not just me but essentially EVERYONE (except first-gen iPhone owners) already has, in their mobile. Quick poll: Who regularly carries a media player but not a phone?
So, the price remains significantly higher than the competition, just so that you can carry not one but two low-quality video cameras.
As for ease-of-use, I agree Apple's design is still the best - but iTunes lets the side down, and while you can consider the interface to be adding value, surely in fairness you must also subtract value for the sound quality being lower than rivals. Then, I would suggest you have to factor in the cost of buying half-decent earphones. All of this does look like good value to me...
I think the video (and audio) quality is pretty good from this video..
This will probably be popular with the hidden camera/surveillance people as it's a very thin. You could wear that under your clothes and film for a considerable time through a button or something. Just to throw that creepy thought out there :P
@Xamph: No. I said there's plenty of other players out there that are better & cheaper. Maybe I should have given an older player as an example, but since this was just announced today for Japan and will be in the UK/US shortly it was on my mind. Btw the cheaper S640 & S740 have now been announced - http://www.engadget.com/200....
But whether you wait for the new range or get something older you'll get something better than the Nano.
As thankfully a few people here have pointed out the camera here is a gimmick. When Apple do something, they normally execute it better than anyone else. For them to have the cheek to mention the Flip in their keynote and then bring out something this inferior shows they're loosing their way. I think adding the radio was the best thing they did with the new Nano - though again most other players have had that for years. The camera was a mistake.
omg.. does this mean that all future mp3players is getting a camera too?... i shure hope not.
@gdawg304: Clearly sound quality isn't even on the minds of most people when they buy an MP3 player, as evidenced by the popularity of the iPod and the ubiquity of those rubbish earphones Apple (and other manufacturers) bundle with their players. Sad, but true.
Unfortunately, Apple know their target market and until those people start wanting better sound quality from their players, Apple won't need to improve it.
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Summertime stories
Literature despite the weather! Be prepared for inside or riverside with our thrilling summer picks. Here are four great new books from Berlin authors – and one Berlin-related book from a lit superstar – you should pick up as soon as possible. more
Jul 15, 2015 11:00 AM Culture
Amok Mama: Rakete 2012
See the year out with a bang – Jacinta Nandi's next Lesebühne is on December 27 in Hipster-Paradise, Ä. more
Dec 24, 2012 11:45 AM The Berlin Blog
The other lit caste
Tired of the same old reading nights where the chance of surprise is limited to when your mobile embarrassingly goes off? So were Thomas Götz von Aust and Andreas Schwarz. Dichter and Dichter vs. Borderlines is the antidote. more
May 4, 2012 6:00 PM Stage
EXB Wednesday at Kaffee Burger
This month's edition of our legendary night features a pair of acts that revel in spear-tipped words sure to kill the wails. Don't miss Danielle De Picciotto and The Methylated Spirits on Oct 26. more
Oct 19, 2011 9:00 AM What's On
Daniel Berg: 9/11, Ten Years After
As an expat New Yorker Daniel Berg is a bit miffed about not being invited to the official commemoration services for the anniversary of 9/11, yet he still finds a lot to muse about as we cross the decade line since the attacks on the Twin Towers. more
Sep 7, 2011 9:00 AM The Berlin Blog 2 Comments
Amok Mama: German artists
German artists are so precious. Jacinta Nandi thinks they should all be forced to work 70 hours a week in McDonald's for a year. Then they'd stop whingeing about Lena and Mario Barth not having enough talent. more
Aug 29, 2011 8:00 AM The Berlin Blog 5 Comments
Amok Mama: Three and a half hours
Jacinta Nandi's boyfriend thinks she goes to far too many readings. But still, at least she doesn't expect him to shag her for three-and-a-half sodding hours. more
Aug 1, 2011 9:00 AM The Berlin Blog 5 Comments
EXB Wednesdays at Kaffee Burger
Novelist Ida Hattemer-Higgens reads from her well-received debut, The History of History and Dirk Markham swoops his guitar through loops into groups of sounds. more
May 18, 2011 9:00 AM What's On
In bed with EXBERLINER
We're going to bed, and you're invited. EXBERLINER's 24-hour bed-in event begins this Friday. And we want to know: what would you do in bed with us? more
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Pieta in Gualba de Dalt, Barcelona Province
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Better to publish late than not to publish at all. This is what is known as a Pietà, that is, the Virgin holding the dead body of Christ. It is located in the romanesque church of a town called Gualba de Dalt in the province of Barcelona. Gualba is part of the Natural Park of Montseny.


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- A debtor who refuses to take this oath can be sent to prison.
- But he was accommodating in his credit and lenient to debtors in default.
- It is probable that with an eye to business he disposes promptly of his creditors and keeps debtors to the last.
- Moreover, the old quarrel between poor and rich, debtor and creditor, broke out again.
- Surely to interpose the Irish Government between the Irish debtor and his English creditor, and to provide that the Irish revenues in bulk, not the individual holdings of each tenant, shall be the security for the English creditor.


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Published Airpower Journal -
Fall 1999
Maj Howard D. Belote, USAF*
|What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
--Ecclesiastes 1:9
*The author would like to thank Dr. David R. Mets, professor of technology and innovation at the School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, for his editorial advice and encouragement.
BETWEEN 1926 AND 1940, officers at the Air Corps Tactical School (ACTS) created the theory and doctrine which would undergird the air strategies practiced in World War II. The "Bomber Mafia," which included Robert Olds, Kenneth Walker, Donald Wilson, Harold Lee George, Odas Moon, Robert Webster, Haywood Hansell, Laurence Kuter, and Muir S. Fairchild, sought to answer two basic questions of airpower theory. In the words of Lt Col Peter Faber, they asked, "What are the vital elements of an enemy nation's power and how can airpower sufficiently endanger them to change an opponent's behavior?"1 To answer those questions, ACTS theorists portrayed nation-states as interconnected economic systems containing "critical points whose destruction will break down these systems" and posited that high-altitude precision bombing could effect destruction sufficient to achieve strategic objectives.2
As examples of war-tested, uniquely American airpower theory, ACTS and Warden merit special examination. Interestingly, despite the 50 years separating their development, the theories have much in common in context and content.
Similarly, in the late 1980s, Col John A. Warden III developed the theoretical basis for the successful air strategy used in the Gulf War. Before the war, he wrote The Air Campaign: Planning for Combat, a balanced study of why and how to achieve air superiority. After becoming director of Checkmate, a Pentagon air strategy think tank, Warden focused on the strategic use of airpower. He created his "five rings" model and based Instant Thunder, Desert Storm's air operations plan, on it. Warden subsequently promulgated his ideas in essays such as "Air Theory for the Twenty-first Century" and "The Enemy as a System,"3 which, like ACTS theory, depict strategic entities as defin-able systems with centers of gravity whose destruction can influence the system as a whole.
As examples of war-tested, uniquely American airpower theory, ACTS and Warden merit special examination. Interestingly, despite the 50 years separating their development, the theories have much in common in context and content. To demonstrate these similarities, this article compares and contrasts the history, central ideas, and assumptions of the theories. It then highlights their common strengths and weaknesses. Finally, those parallels are used to suggest lessons for twenty-first-century airpower thought.
Historically, the two theories developed in similar contexts. As Faber notes, the ACTS theorists wrote to create a central role and mission for the fledgling Air Corps. Rapid demobilization after World War I had left the Air Service "chaotic, disorganized, [and] tangled," lacking both the equipment needed for training and "coherent theory, strategy, and doctrine upon which airmen could base the future development of American airpower."4 Without such a working theory, airpower was likely to remain subordinate to Army traditionalists, who considered airplanes as a tool of the corps commander. Under Army control, airpower would be used primarily for observation and artillery spotting--certainly not for the strategic bombing concepts promoted by radicals like Billy Mitchell. Facing that threat, ACTS theorists posited a decisive strategic role for the precision bomber.
Similarly, John Warden wrote to fill a void in airpower discourse and to counter a trend of increasing subordination to the Army. Following the development of the atomic bomb, airmen left theory to civilians like Thomas Schelling and Bernard Brodie and tended to concentrate on technological issues. The airmen appeared content with Brodie's observation that nuclear weapons made Giulio Douhet relevant, and they sought new and better ways of delivering atomic devastation to the enemy. However, when war experience in Korea and Vietnam proved that strategic bombing was insufficient, the focus gradually shifted from strategic to tactical airpower.
Faced by the Soviet threat during the 1970s and 1980s, American air leaders let the Army take the lead in developing doctrine. The result was the doctrine of AirLand Battle, and the Air Force accepted a supporting role. In The Generals' War: The Inside Story of the Conflict in the Gulf, Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor note that in 1990 the commander of Tactical Air Command, Gen Robert D. Russ, and Lt Gen Jimmie Adams, Air Force deputy chief of staff for plans and operations, "believed that the Air Force's main role was to support the Army."5 Warden, however, found both the old nuclear doctrine and the new supporting, attrition-based scheme "too limiting" and set out to prove that airpower, precisely directed against centers of gravity, could coerce political concessions from an enemy. In suggesting that airpower could dominate a conflict, Warden received the same cold shoulder the ACTS theorists had gotten 60 years earlier. His boss, General Adams, let Warden know that "his theorizing was radical."6
Interestingly, these contextual similarities--filling a theoretical gap while trying to avoid subordination to ground forces--gave rise to similar theories. Both ACTS and Warden used metaphors to describe, in Faber's words, "the vital elements of an enemy nation's power." Both theories focused on the enemy's will and capability to fight and portrayed states as closed systems that can be disrupted or paralyzed by destroying key targets. Finally, both theories prescribed courses of action based on similar assumptions. Examination of the central propositions of these theories will show that, despite some differences, the "industrial web" and the "five rings" are kindred spirits.
Central to the ACTS theory was the notion that economic destruction would lead to social collapse and enemy capitulation. ACTS theorists described enemy systems variously as a "precision instrument," "wispy spider's web," or "tottering house of cards."7 Haywood S. Hansell fleshed out the argument as follows:
1. Modern great powers rely on major industrial and economic systems for production of weapons and supplies for their armed forces, and for manufacture of products and provision of ser-vices to sustain life in a highly industrialized society. Disruption or paralysis of these systems undermines both the enemy's capability and will to fight [emphasis in original].
2. Such major systems contain critical points whose destruction will break down these systems, and bombs can be delivered with adequate accuracy to do this.
3. Massed air strike forces can penetrate air defenses without unacceptable losses and destroy selected targets.
4. Proper selection of vital targets in the industrial/economic/social structure of a modern industrialized nation, and their subsequent destruction by air attack, can lead to fatal weakening of an industrialized enemy nation and to victory through air power.8
The "fatal weakening" resulting from these attacks against enemy capability and will was so important that it precluded using bombers in any other role. Kenneth Walker set forth an "inviolable principle": The bomber must only fly against "vital material targets" deep in the enemy heartland and never in Army support.9 To do otherwise would be to squander the bomber's power.
To focus the bomber's power appropriately, the ACTS theorists sought to identify those critical points that would bring down the enemy system. Harold Lee George first suggested that by attacking "rail lines, refineries, electric power systems, and (as a last resort) water supply systems . . . an invader would quickly and efficiently destroy the people's will to resist."10 Robert Webster and Muir Fairchild refined George's list of "will" targets. They focused specifically on "national organic systems on which many factories and numerous people depended" [emphasis in original].11 According to Hansell, organic systems included production and distribution of electricity, fuel, food, and steel; transportation networks; and certain specialized factories, especially those producing electrical generators, transformers, and motors.12 Despite a lack of economic intelligence--theorists identified the foregoing systems by studying the United States--ACTS predicted victory for those who followed the "industrial web" prescriptions.
Roughly half a century later, John Warden applied a new metaphor to the ACTS vision of the enemy as a system. Fortified by his knowledge of military theory--specifically, that of J. F. C. Fuller--and modern communications technology, Warden followed a traditional practice and likened the enemy system to the human body. Rather than an amorphous "web" or "house of cards," Warden described an enemy (indeed, every life-based system) as an entity with a brain, a requirement for "organic essentials," a skeletal-muscular infrastructure, a population of cells, and a self-protection mechanism. He arranged these components into the now-familiar model of five concentric rings, with each ring dependent on the ones inside it. Warden's major addition to ACTS theory--the brain, or leadership ring--controlled the entire system. If the center ring could be killed (Fuller's "shot through the head"), or isolated by severing communications links, the entire system would crumble.13
Just like the ACTS theorists, Warden focused on the enemy's will and capability to fight. "It is imperative," he argued, "to remember that all actions are aimed against the mind of the enemy command or against the enemy system as a whole." Furthermore, "when the command element cannot be threatened directly, the task becomes one of applying sufficient indirect pressure so that the command element rationally concludes that concessions are appropriate, realizes that further action is impossible, or is physically deprived of the ability to . . . continue combat."14 If unable, then, to attack the center leadership ring directly, Warden recommended attacks on organic essentials such as power production and petroleum--precisely the targets identified by ACTS. He proposed that damage to organic essentials could lead to "collapse of the system" or "internal political or economic repercussions that are too costly to bear"15--in other words, to the "fatal weakening" suggested by ACTS. Finally, just as the ACTS theorists refused to squander bombing on Army support operations, Warden emphasized that "engagement of the enemy military . . . should be avoided under most circumstances." Fighting an enemy's military "is at best a means to an end and at worst a total waste of time and energy" [emphasis in original].16
In essence, Warden just updated ACTS theory. The major thematic difference between the theories is the addition of a new "vital center"--the leadership ring--and two new destructive mechanisms to influence that center of gravity: decapitation and parallel war. Nuclear strategists coined the first term to describe the killing or isolation of enemy leaders; Warden created the second to describe the overwhelming-force strategy to use when the leaders were unreachable. A "death of 1,000 cuts" would suffice to collapse an enemy system whose center ring was protected, just as ACTS proposed to disrupt the industrial web. Technology improved the execution of the strategy, however, allowing airmen to inflict those cuts nearly simultaneously. Warden noted that Desert Storm air forces "struck three times as many targets in Iraq in the first 24 hours as Eighth Air Force hit in Germany in all of 1943."17
Given the similarities in context and content that connect these bodies of airpower thought, it should not be surprising to discover that they rest on similar assumptions. Most importantly, they presuppose a rational actor, or, to use Graham Allison's term, Model I enemy. Warden proposed that "enemies, whether they be states, criminal organizations, or individuals all do the same thing; they almost always act or don't act based on some kind of cost-benefit ratio."18 Faber made the same observation about ACTS, whose theorists overlooked the fact that an enemy might operate based on "potentially obscure organizational, bureaucratic, or emotional" Model II/III factors.19 Faber also pointed out that ACTS theory rested on a "mid-Victorian faith in technology" and "wrongly assumed that revolutionary bomber-related technologies would produce almost 'frictionless' wars."20 Warden echoed this faith, consigning friction to the Napoleonic era. In Warden's combat equation, modern airmen could ignore morale (and friction, a morale-related factor) because physical factors x morale = outcome. When physical factors approach zero due to technologically superior attacks, output of the enemy war machine will be zero, regardless of morale factors--and friction is therefore irrelevant.21
Clearly, these assumptions lead to problems. Due to its simplicity, a rational-actor model cannot adequately describe or predict the behavior of many state and nonstate actors. Faber, for example, asks, "Is it not possible . . . that a state might continue to struggle--at higher costs--to demonstrate its resolve in future contingencies?"22 If a strategist cannot determine how an opponent will react to pressure--if the Model I analysis is faulty--then he cannot effectively target the opponent's will or force him to change his mind � la Warden and ACTS. A belief in frictionless war seems fraught with peril, as well. Gordon and Trainor devote a full chapter to describing numerous instances of friction in the Gulf War; Lt Col Barry D. Watts uses an entire book to show how twentieth-century warfare is characterized by friction. "The very structure of human cognition," he concludes, "argues that friction will continue to be the fundamental atmosphere of war."23 These flawed underlying as sumptions cast doubt on the validity of both theories and suggest additional questions. Do the ACTS and Warden theories share other flaws? If they do, are they relevant to airpower strategists in the coming years?
The theories do, in fact, contain additional related flaws that highlight lessons for future strategists. Faber characterizes these flaws as the "three pathologies" of airpower theory. One of the pathologies is an overreliance on metaphor in place of logical argumentation.24 ACTS theorists and Warden provided little evidence to support their "web" and "body" analogies. Warden merely rearranged a tabular presentation of system components into rings and claimed--without empirical data--that the diagram proved "several key insights," namely that the rings were interdependent, the center was most important, that the military was merely a shield for the others, and effectiveness lay in working inside-out vice outside-in.25 Warden also failed to provide proof that a nation-state, like a body, could be killed through decapitation. Similarly, the ACTS theorists described an economic "house of cards" using a sample size of one--the American economy of the 1930s.
Critiquing Warden, Dr. Lewis Ware notes that such unsupported metaphors are inadequate as analytical instruments. Their "arguments rest on principled belief rather than on reason, and principled belief--however powerful or well intended--is by definition not susceptible to rational explanation."26 Faber points out that, unlike a human body, a society can substitute for lost vital organs; he further notes that metaphor-based theories have led to faulty employment of airpower in war because they fail to see that conflict is nonlinear and interactive.27 The message for strategists is clear: Examine theoretical metaphors carefully. Ensure that verifiable cause-and-effect relationships exist between the parts of a metaphor that provide its explanatory power, especially if the metaphor is used to plan an air strategy. Finally, remember that enemies react. Decision makers should not expect an Iraqi-style rollover.
ACTS and Warden share Faber's second "pathology" as well: They both "made a fetish of quantification and prediction in war."28 As Faber notes, the ACTS instructors who wrote Air War Plans Division��Plan 1 calculated precisely how to defeat Germany: 6,860 bombers attacking 154 target sets would produce victory in six months. Likewise, Warden claimed that "with precision weapons, even logistics become simple. . . . [S]ince we know that all countries look about the same at the strategic and operational levels, we can forecast in advance how many precision weapons will be needed to defeat an enemy."29
Political scientist Robert Pape has highlighted the problem with such quantification. Strategists who rely on predictions like the forecasts cited above confuse combat effectiveness with strategic effectiveness. Operators should be concerned with the first, which concerns target destruction, while strategists and commanders must focus on the second and ask whether or not said destruction achieves political goals. Strategists cannot allow a quantitative focus to obscure their understanding of the human interaction that constitutes both war and politics. Despite Warden's claims to the contrary, technology has not invalidated Clausewitz; war is still unpredictable.
The unwavering devotion with which ACTS theorists and Warden clung to the aforementioned "pathologies" highlights their susceptibility to Faber's final pathology. Faber notes that "air theorists sought to develop hoary maxims that would apply to all wars, regardless of time and circumstance. The ACTS 'Bomber Mafia,' for example, adopted 'a Jominian, mechanistic view of war--a view of war as a mathematical equation whose variables can be selectively manipulated to achieve success.'"30 Warden's previously cited "outcome" equation and his claim that the five rings are "general concepts not dependent on a specific enemy" suggest that he also believed in a universally applicable strategic formula. Both theories, however, ignore the role of historical, cultural, and moral context, and that limits their universality.31 More importantly, their claims of universality have led to widespread skepticism.
Arguably, that skepticism underlies the current battles over airpower's role in joint doctrine. Gen Ronald R. Fogleman has said that, due to the claims of airpower visionaries, "we found ourselves in a position where there were a lot of unfulfilled promises and false expectations relative to what airpower could and could not do." He further admonished airmen not "to let our enthusiasm for our primary mediums of operations blind us to the advantages that can be gained by using airpower in support of land and naval component objectives."32 He suggested that airmen are partly to blame for current interservice battles. In other words, the adherence of air theorists to "hoary maxims" has hampered the development of joint doctrine. Future air strategists can alleviate that problem by claiming less universality for airpower ideas.
Do these pathologies inherent in the ideas of ACTS and Warden invalidate the theories? No. Warden critic Lewis Ware admits that Warden's "reductionism has immense practical value for the successful prosecution of an air action."33 Col Richard Szafranski is more blunt: "Purism matters less to action-oriented people than the verifiable consequences of action. . . . Try as critics might, they cannot eradicate the objective reality of the Desert Storm air battles. They worked."34 Similarly, after a long trial and midcourse adjustments, ACTS theory succeeded. By late 1944, attacks on fuel production and transportation nearly prevented German forces from flying or driving at all. Szafranski's critique of Warden applies equally to ACTS: Each "dares to offer us a map for air warfare. Its imperfection does not erase its utility. . . . [If ] 'bold ideas, unjustified anticipations, and speculative thought are our only means . . . we must hazard them to win our prize.'"35 ACTS theorists and John Warden provided frameworks for winning air campaigns.36 Despite their common flaws, the theories provide valuable understanding of air warfare and starting points for further theoretical development.
In the 1920s and 1930s, ACTS theorists proposed an answer to the "two basic questions of airpower theory": (1) What are the vital elements of an adversary's power? (2) How can airpower influence them? Writing to prevent a subordinate role for airpower, the ACTS instructors suggested that nations could be coerced or destroyed by precision bombing of their "industrial web." In the 1980s and 1990s, John Warden updated ACTS theory. He wrote in a similar context, added a leadership ring to the economic target list, and echoed ACTS's claims about precision. Both theories lay on questionable assumptions about enemy rationality and technology's ability to overcome friction, and both fell prey to Faber's "pathologies" of airpower theory--overreliance on metaphor and quantification, and a Jominian claim to universality. In the final analysis, however, both worked. Air strategists can, therefore, learn much from the shortcomings and strengths of the airpower theories of the Air Corps Tactical School and Col John Warden--and future theorists have therein a ready-made, battle-tested foundation for shaping the aerospace power of the next century.
1. Lt Col Peter Faber, "Competing Theories of Airpower: A Language for Analysis," paper presented at the Aerospace Power Doctrine Symposium, Maxwell AFB, Ala., 30 April 1996. Available on-line from "http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/%20airchronicles/presentation/faber.html"> .
2. Lt Col Peter Faber, "Interwar US Army Aviation and the Air Corps Tactical School: Incubators of American Airpower," in Col Phillip S. Meilinger, ed., Paths of Heaven: The Evolution of Airpower Theory (Maxwell AFB, Ala.: Air University Press, 1997), 217.
3. Col John A. Warden III, "Air Theory for the Twenty-first Century," in Karl P. Magyar, ed., Challenge and Response(Maxwell AFB, Ala.: Air University Press, 1994), 311�32; and "The Enemy as a System," Airpower Journal 9, no. 2 (Spring 1995): 40�55.
4. Faber, "Interwar US Army Aviation," 185.
5. Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor, The Generals' War: The Inside Story of the Conflict in the Gulf (Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1995), 79.
6. Ibid.
7. Faber, "Competing Theories," 1�2.
8. Quoted in Faber, "Interwar US Army Aviation," 217.
9. Ibid., 219.
10. Ibid., 194.
11. Hansell, quoted in ibid., 219.
12. Ibid.
13. Warden, "Air Theory," 311�32; and "The Enemy as a System," 40�55. For Fuller's influence on Warden, see Lt Col David S. Fadok, "John Boyd and John Warden: Airpower's Quest for Strategic Paralysis," in Meilinger, 361.
14. Warden, "The Enemy as a System," 49.
15. Ibid.
16. Warden, "Air Theory," 317�18.
17. Ibid., 324. Of course, there are other differences between the theories; for example, ACTS assumed total war with maximum destruction, while Warden foresaw limited war with minimum collateral damage--another update which reflected better technology and, perhaps, the "CNN factor." These differences are peripheral, however.
18. Ibid., 314.
19. Faber, "Interwar US Army Aviation," 221. See also Graham Allison, Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis (Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1971), for discussion of Models I, II, and III (Rational Actor, Organizational Process, and Bureaucratic Politics) analyses.
20. Ibid., 220. ACTS instructors did, in fact, include "fudge factors" in their calculations, but they turned out to be far too small.
21. Warden, "The Enemy as a System," 42�43.
22. Faber, "Interwar US Army Aviation," 221.
23. Lt Col Barry D. Watts, The Foundations of U.S. Air Doctrine: The Problem of Friction in War (Maxwell AFB, Ala: Air University Press, 1984), 93.
24. Faber, "Competing Theories," 1�2.
25. Warden, "Air Theory," 315�17.
26. Dr. Lewis Ware, "Ware on Warden: Some Observations of the Enemy as a System," Airpower Journal 9, no. 4 (Winter 1995), 92.
27. Faber, "Competing Theories," 2.
28. Ibid., 1.
29. Warden, "Air Theory," 327�28.
30. Faber, "Competing Theories," 1; internal quotes from Col Thomas A. Fabyanic, "War Doctrine and the Air War College--Some Implications for the U.S. Air Force," Air University Review 37, no. 2 (January�February 1986).
31. See Faber, "Competing Theories," 1; and Ware, 91, on the lack of contextual understanding of ACTS and Warden, respectively.
32. Gen Ronald R. Fogleman, "Aerospace Doctrine--More Than Just a Theory," keynote address to the Aerospace Power Doctrine Symposium, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 30 April 1996. Available on-line from "http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.%20mil/airchronicles/presentation/doctrel.html"> .
33. Ware, 89.
34. Col Richard Szafranski, "The Problem with Bees and Bombs," Airpower Journal 9, no. 4 (Winter 1995): 96.
35. Ibid., 97. Szafranski attributes the internal quotation to Karl R. Popper as cited in Timothy Ferris, ed., The World Treasury of Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1991), 799.
36. It is true that the Gulf War theater planners in the "Black Hole" made substantial additions to Warden's original scheme; they certainly deserve credit for their contributions to airpower theory and coalition victory.
|Nobody is driven into war by ignorance, and no one who thinks that he will gain anything from it is deterred by fear.
--Hermocrates of Syracuse
Maj Howard D. Dave Belote (BA, University of Virginia; MBA, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; MAAS, School of Advanced Airpower Studies) is chief of long-range strategy for the Seventh Air Force and the chief of the Air Component Command Synchronization Cell, Osan AB, Korea. Previously, he served as a fighter operations inspector in the Office of the Inspector General at Headquarters, Air Combat Command, and flew F-16s and F-111s in tours at Hill AFB, Utah, and RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom. Major Belote is a distinguished graduate of both Squadron Officer School and Air Command and Staff College. His article Paralyze or Pulverize? Clausewitz, Liddell Hart, and Their Influence on Air Power Theory has been published in Strategic Review.
The conclusions and opinions expressed in this document are those of the author cultivated in the freedom of expression, academic environment of Air University. They do not reflect the official position of the U.S. Government, Department of Defense, the United States Air Force or the Air University.
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The ruins known as copan and Palenque are in this forest, not far from its southern edge.
In this hasty sketch we do not feel that we have done justice to copan.
Hieroglyphic inscriptions are not very numerous, 276 but are apparently identical in character with those we have seen at copan.
These stelae and altars are the peculiar features of the copan ruins.
Seler attempts to explain this series of 20 gods in another way; see his "Monumente von copan und Quirigua" , p. 729.
The sides are covered with hieroglyphics in low relief just as at copan.
He corroborates the statement of Stephens that the monuments of copan show no traces of buildings such as are found in Yucatan.
In all the carvings there you do not find one that resembles in the least those at copan.
Of the leading cities it is necessary to mention only Quirigua, copan, and Palenque.
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Kmart is gearing up for the holiday shopping season and reminding customers, including Shop Your Way members, of its No Money Down Layaway program, which is now available.
"We know it's early, and that is exactly when smart shoppers start thinking about using layaway for the holidays," said Jai Holtz, VP and GM financial services, Sears Holdings. "Based on member feedback, we are expanding no money down layaway nationwide to help members and customers who want to make small payments over time leading up the holidays. Kmart is committed to helping our members budget their finances throughout the holidays by kicking off no money down layaway as early as possible so they can feel confident about checking everything off their lists."
According to the National Retail Federation's 2013 Holiday Consumer Spending Survey, nearly 40% of Americans begin holiday shopping before Halloween. Kmart is hoping to direct some of that traffic to its stores by offering shoppers a payment option that is, according to the company, flexible and convenient.
Showing a good sense of humor, Kmart is promoting the layaway program with a "This is Not a Christmas Commercial" ad that is viewable on YouTube.
Kmart's layaway program includes online and in-store contracts for items across dozens of merchandise categories, including apparel, home décor, toys and consumer electronics.
Kmart and Sears offer layaway year-round, and tout themselves as the only general merchandise retailers that offer layaway nationwide, both online and in-store.


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We off the musings on the human condition of a twenty year old mind trapped in a 79 year old body.
FOX News has become the unofficial arm of the Republican Party or the Republican Party has become the unofficial arm of FOX News.
After listening to Tea Party rants about "too many taxes" I wonder what the "right figure on taxes" would be.
l have no luck in gambling. I wonder why.
These days I feel I am the odd man out at a table.
If your luncheon companion leaves, you have the right to sit with whom you please.
How does one tell mom that her baby is not cute?
People who wipe off the table with a dry rag move dirt from one place to another.
I never know if I should help someone in a wheel chair or do they view the offer as an insult?
It is rare to see two people at a table simultaneously writing.
Dad holds baby in right arm while mom leads other child with her left.
A couple that wears caps together places a cap on their relationship.
l hate people who walk their dogs and make you head for the gutter.
For the first time in my life, I live in America which lacks a sense of community about its fate as a nation.
My two obsessions are weight and Death.
I am physically unable to cradle the phone in my shoulder while talking.
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In light of a lackluster recent history coupled with rampant negativity associated with any PC-related market as of late, analyst firm Jon Peddie Research (JPR) is calling Q2'14 for the workstation market just that: a breakout quarter.
Completing its survey and analysis of market results for the second quarter, JPR (http://www.jonpeddie.com) reports the workstation industry achieved record levels for both unit volume and revenue. Worldwide, the industry shipped approximately 1.05 million workstations in the second quarter, corresponding to growth of 10.8% sequentially and 11.5% year-over-year (YoY).
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By Gavin Johnson, WCJB TV20 News
It turns out that yesterdays fires in Gilchrist County, burned a lot more than first thought. Director of Gilchrist County Department of Public Safety, Carlos Perez tells WCJB that two fires charred one hundred acres, not the forty-that was initially reported.
Residents are trying to move on. One fire burned several acres of a foster group home run by a couple that lives in Northeast Gilchrist County.
But despite living in the middle of the tinderbox the family says they still plan to build a community to help children.
The Corbett family says the fire burned 40 acres of their property, and it brought them close to danger.
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A Craft Beer Cure for Applebee's ProblemsBy
DineEquity Chief Executive Officer Julia Stewart made some perplexing remarks about the future direction of Applebee's and its continued traffic decline last quarter during an earnings call on Tuesday: "[We] are very focused on some target segments, where we have a unique opportunity both with our menu and our value structure, and frankly—just the way we market—to bring those people in more often." The CEO would not specify precisely who those customers are, despite questions from analysts wanting more specifics. She merely cited "proprietary research."
"It remains to be revealed what they'll do," says Bryan Elliott, an analyst at Raymond James. "We don't know who their targets are, or who they're going after, or why." Further insights aren't coming from the company. "Specifics related to menu strategy, our positioning, and other elements are in process, and those programs are not something we're prepared to discuss publicly at this time," says spokesman Kevin Mortesen.
Applebee's has been full of riddles recently, including an application to trademark the phrase No Tech Tuesdays while the company denies any plans for any such promotion. The one thing Stewart brief mentioned during the call is "tremendous opportunity" to make its bars "more modern, more contemporary, more relevant" through better beer. "Think of us as really exploring what we could do in craft beer," she said. Indeed, if people are drinking more craft beer, it would make sense that offering this product would also boost restaurants' sales.
It was a single clue in a roundabout discussion of things Applebee's will not do, during which Stewart ruled out increasing menu prices, attracting higher-income consumers, or focusing on specific age groups. Nor will Applebee's try to become a fast-casual restaurant, although Stewart said: "We have to find those sweet spots to more effectively compete in that arena," based not on price but food, service, and "the overall experience." Ultimately, the chain will try harder to make that much-sought emotional connection with consumers, she said, to make them come back often.
Stewart may have steered the discussion away from demographic trends, but her comment raises the question of who drinks craft beer. Brewers Association chief economist Bart Watson sent over the latest info from researchers such as Nielsen:
• Men consume 71.9 percent of craft beer by volume.
• Some 59 percent of craft beer is consumed by households that make at least $75,000, representing only 35.9 percent of the U.S. adult population.
• Craft drinkers have about 2 more additional education, on average, than the general population—and about 1.5 more years of it than the general beer drinker
• The main reasons cited for buying craft beer are: experimentation with styles and flavors (50 percent), better taste (46 percent), and for a treat (36 percent when at home vs. 21 percent eating out).
Craft beer is often considered something special—higher-end than everyday domestic light beers. Applebee's could be looking to bill itself as a place for a special, higher-end dining experience not offered by its fast-casual competitors.
Beer aside, Applebee's will also try to hook customers emotionally through such things as ambiance, décor, table service, and—possibly, one day—No Tech Tuesdays. "All of that is more important today than it was five, 10 years ago. The good news is we know about it and we're going after it with a vengeance," Stewart said.