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Reframe Austin part 5
May 2, 2009
One of the many cool experiences at the Re:Frame conference, Austin, is that I got to test out many other cameras and hang out with some cool friends. Here's a quick video shot entirely with the Canon 5D Mark II.
Re:Frame Austin MkII Footage from andrew msv on Vimeo.
Reframe Austin part 4
April 28, 2009
Yesterday was great. I managed to get inspired by some of the top wedding cinematographers in the country and from around the world. And the week isn't over yet!
After some great industry discussion over drinks and food and impromptu gatherings have happened already and I'm still looking forward to more inspiration and lively discussion. Right now, I'm sitting in a talk by UK cinematographer, Philip Bloom. His stuff is ridiculous. Feel free to Google him – rad.
But just real quickly, an update on last night's after-hours hangout/karaoke time:
Joe Simon looks uncannily like Plastic Man.
Ryan Koral and Jen Moon
Tina and Kyle (Both recent "Mrs. Simons")
Kristen* and Bruce – 2/3rds of the Collective. (Julie was prepping for her Karaoke run.)
By the way, you can check out some videos and other media here (some funny, some not as funny, all rad):
See what Re:Frame people are doing via their Twitter updates!
See the Re:Frame Confession Booth video!


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Re: How create vertical line using Plot?
Hello Dave,
here is an example for a plot with red, dashed, vertical lines:
Plot[x^2, {x, -2, 2}, Epilog -> {Red, Dashed, Line[{{-1, -10}, {-1,
10}}], Line[{{1, -10}, {1, 10}}]}]
Best regards,
Hannes Kessler
On 24 Okt., 08:46, davef <davidfrick2... at yahoo.com> wrote:
> How can I create a vertical line using the Plot command?
> I can hack it using "y" = very big number times "x" but is there a
> more elegant way to do it?

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As we have mentioned before, our goal is to help you get back to feeling better and increase your overall wellness and mobility. Therapeutic massage offers many benefits, which we will discuss in regards to your individual needs in your session. In short, massage means a licensed/certified therapist manipulates your muscle layers and tissue with different techniques to jumpstart healing, increase mobility and promote stress relief. There is no reason to be nervous if you are getting your first massage. Our therapists are easy to work with and have your best interest in mind. We want you to be as relaxed as possible, so we will answer any questions you have and make sure you are in the right state of mind before we start working. While massage is used to help with a wide variety of health issues, stress relief and better mobility are the top two commonly known issues as they each lead to more serious issues. Should you have a health issue, and you are unsure if massage is the right therapy to use, please ask us and we are happy to go over the possibilities.
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Southeast Asia is typically hot and sticky for most of the year and it also rains a lot owing to seasonal monsoons effecting different parts of the region at different times. The whole region lies within the tropics, with Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and southern Thailand being closest to the equator and thus the hottest, while Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and central and northern parts of Thailand are slightly cooler.
Most of Southeast Asia remains hot and dry between April and May, with monsoonal rain between June and October, and cool, dry winds from November to February. Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines basically have a wet season (in winter) and a dry season (in summer). Temperatures can hit the high 30s in the dry and down to around 25°C in the wet.
November to February
This is the most popular time for tourists, since most come to escape the winters of Europe and North American, thus hotel rates and crowds are at their worst. For Thailand, Malaysia, Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Southern Vietnam it's also coolest and generally rain free. The east coast of Southern Thailand parts of Malaysia do suffer unique moonsoons at this time, and tropical downpours are common in Singapore. Contrary to other countries this is also the wettest time for southern and eastern Indonesia, including Bali. The Philippines also gets the tail end of its wet season towards the end of the year, while Northern Vietnam is decidely chilly and often misty.
March to June
Generally the hottest time of the year for central Southeast Asia when the tropical heat can be unbearable, especially in Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Southern Vietnam and Singapore. Haze affects the Northern reaches of the Southeast Asian interior were seasonal burning is a problem, making sightseeing disappointing, and it can get very dry, although storms bring heavy rain in May. It remains dry through most of Indonesia and the Philippines during this period.
July to October
Considered the 'Wet Season' for much of the region, these months are characterised by torrential rainstorms in most countries where several heavy downpours in the space of day are not uncommon, it might be cloudy for a week, or lovely and sunny with a few threatening cumulonimbus clouds in the late afternoon. A patina of green rice paddies dominate the landscape, and the Philippines suffers particularly from heavy storms and ocassional typhoons. By contrast it is mostly dry across Indonesia with the rains arriving in September on Sumatra.
Northern Southeast Asia
The more northerly climes of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam generally have hot, wet and dry seasons with the cool (dry) part running between November and late February. The wet season in these parts of Southeast Asia are also a lot milder than further south where rain is generally short-lived and days can still be pleasant.
In mountainous areas of northern Thailand, Vietnam, Burma and in Laos, the winter months between November and March can get decidedly chilly and it is worth packing accordingly if traveling during this time.
Tropical Southeast Asia
Most of the rest of Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Malaysia and southern Thailand, remain hot and humid year-round, with temperatures around the mid-30s and with high humidity. The only escape is to head for the high altitude regions of these countries, although Singapore suffers in this respect as it is pretty much flat.
The heat in Southeast Asian cities during the hot periods can be excruciating as there is a lack of air flow, plus the heat and pollution from the traffic exacerbates things. Wearing light cotton clothing during these times is a must and, luckily, cheap clothing is widely available.
On the pollution front, most large cities in Southeast Asia, with the exception of Singapore, have high levels of pollution. This problem is made worse in Malaysia, Brunei, and Sumatra in Indonesia from the haze created from 'slash 'n burn' forest fires in the dry season (May to October).


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Tri-Town Health Board Bans Tobacco Sales In Pharmacies
In regards to the local regulation, "Restricting the Sale of Tobacco Products and Nicotine Delivery Products," pharmacies will not be allowed to sell tobacco products starting on July 1.
"It is illogical that a health care institution that promotes health and wellness, offers medical advice, and administers vaccinations to sell tobacco products and it is a direct conflict of interest of what they are trying to promote," Wilusz said.
The Board also banned tobacco sales in educational institutions, indoor e-cigarette use, outdoor smoking where food is served, and the sale of rolling machines.
Retailers are also now required to to post a cessation hotline number sign as well.
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Dear Mommas,
I always find comfort and support here, for which I am so thankful. I'm writing because I feel so sad and confused.
My Sonshine is 2 1/4 and is now completely weaned. It makes me very emotional to think about this and what has happened.
Over the past few months, he dropped from 5 times a day to once or twice a day until about 2 weeks ago. He was completely leading the way to weaning. 2 weeks ago I went away from him for a couple days and my blood pressure went sky high. I didn't pump while we were apart as I figured when I returned to him I'd nurse if he wanted to as my supply is very low anyway, and we were nearing the end. When I returend to him, I nursed him a few times, but still didn't feel very well (headaches and weird massive urination).
I suspected a UTI and went to see my doc last week and my bp was high--not a UTI at all. I'm convinced it's because of hormonal changes due to no nursing, (I'm only about 5 lbs overweight and I eat pretty healthfully) BUT my doctor's office is not convinced. They insisted it was too high and that I needed to go on medicine. They started me on a med that has made me terribly exhausted and even more emotional, but at least my BP is down.
Now I can no longer nurse my son at all because of the medicine. He and I are so very sad about this, but he has been so sweet and just says "All gone?" and I say, yes, it's all gone. Breaks my heart. WE now have cuddles at night, but still he asks me for it.
Can someone share with me some info about what to expect now that I am no longer nursing at all? Has anyone here experienced or read about changes in blood pressure? I'm so hoping my bp will go back to normal in a couple months so I can get off the medicine. I'm so sad about all this and feel like I've been robbed of the last few times that we probably would've nursed. The good news is my bp is under control on the medicine, but my heart is hurting from the stress of this and the sadness.
Thanks for any words or advice.
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To be honest, I am wondering what medication they put you on. There are many antihypertensives you can take while nursing. If you and your DS are not done, then I would look into a medication that is safe. Labetalol is a very common choice for nursing mothers.
I'm sorry you both are going through this.
If you want to keep nursing, there are antihypertensives that are safe for breastfeeding mothers. http://www.infantrisk.com/ can help.
Thank you Mamas. It's been quite a time for me. Originally I was on metoprolol (safe for nursing) but I had a bad side effects, including depression and memory loss. It was hard to determine what was due to the medicine and what was due to my high blood pressure. The doc moved me from that class of medicine to another one, and now I'm on lisinopril, which is not safe for bfing but it has lowered my bp to a safer level. I finally feel good and like my normal self again.
It's been a month now since we last nursed. I'm very sad about all of this, and especially how we had to stop immediately. We were doing so well, just following his lead. I'm trying really hard to focus on the 2 years 4 mos my son and I had nursing, but still I feel like I robbed him of something. Like I let him down foor not fighting harder and knowing what to ask for from my doc.
Sonshine and I talk about it all the time, and he says "All gone Mamoo?" (that's what he called it, andcow milk is moomoo.)and I say, yes, it's all gone. Thankfully the last few times we nursed, my milk was all but gone anyway, so he has a comprehension that my breasts didn't have very much to offer him, but still I wouldn've like to comfort him by nursing through the transition.. It was probably the stress of everything that led to my drying up.
I fought so many things for 2 years to continue nursing. My pediatrician, my dh, stigmas in my family and it makes me so sad.
Thank you for your support and kindness.
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New exec wants to lead
Chrysler in song of success
By David Kiley, USA TODAY
DETROIT James Schroer, newly named head
of global sales and marketing for Chrysler Group, is among a legion of cookie-and-soap
sellers who have come to Detroit in the past five years to help automakers build
brands, not just sell cars. Schroer is Chrysler Group Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche's
first major hire since taking over the ailing U.S. arm of DaimlerChrysler last
November. And he's the American executive on the hottest seat under the German
Zetsche, who has swept out sales and marketing executives in place since Lee Iacocca
ran the company in the late 1980s. Zetsche says Schroer is key to Chrysler's goal
of becoming less dependent on rebates and incentives to sell its cars and trucks.
Zetsche hired Schroer away from Ford Motor, where he had
worked since 1996, when Ford's Jacques Nasser, now CEO, recruited him from RJR
At Ford, Schroer served as a kind of in-house
consultant on the company's global brand schemes, offering ideas and strategy
to executives on the line.
Born: Gary, Ind.,
1951. Family: Married, one son. Education: Bachelor's
degree in economics, Carleton College; MBA, Harvard University. Career:
Worked in a Youngstown, Ohio, sheet-metal factory before college. STP Products,
Booz Allen, RJR Nabisco, Ford Motor. First car: Buick GS ("with
those great hood scoops"). Book recently read: Orbiting the
Giant Hairball by Gordon MacKenzie, a Hallmark creative executive.
"He did a great job here," says Ford division President
James O'Connor. "... He certainly helped us with our brands.... He's very good
with that stuff."
Among Schroer's creations at Ford
is the corporate Trustmark program, a combination of corporate advertising, internal
communications, dealer communications and public relations meant to foster trust
in the company.
Nasser credits that program with keeping
Ford staffers on the same page last fall when they were responding to the Firestone
tire recall that endangered the reputations of the company and its popular and
highly profitable Explorer sport-utility vehicle.
Chrysler, Schroer will have a more traditional line job, in which he will be responsible
for implementing his own ideas.
Owner of a house built
by jazz great Earl Klugh, complete with a 28-speaker stereo and sound-deadened
walls, Schroer is fond of music similes.
"All the ingredients
for success are here," he says of Chrysler. "What we need to do, though, is get
the different pieces working together like a five-piece jazz ensemble."
James Schroer has been Chrysler's
new head of global sales and marketing for just a few weeks, but he's already
developing plans to improve sales of the company's brands.
He acknowledges
that there are big differences in the brands. "Chrysler is expressive, while
Dodge is capable," he says. "If Chrysler can be represented by the Chrysler
building (a New York City art deco landmark), then Dodge is the Sears Tower (in
Some of the problems he sees and potential solutions:
Dull advertising for Chrysler and Dodge brands.
Answer: He's
already canceled the "Dodge Different" campaign featuring actor Edward
Hermann. New ad strategies for both brands will debut by fall.
National sales incentives hurt profits.
Answer: Regional incentives
will be used. For example, there will be small or no rebates on trucks in high
sales regions such as the Southwest, and bigger ones in the Northeast.
Customers view Chrysler products as bold but not reliable.
Every piece of internal and external communication will be designed to convey
Schroer's early diagnosis of Chrysler's problems
is that each discipline marketing, sales, product development, service
and even the credit company have been "riffing" on their own.
has led to ineffectual marketing of Chrysler and Dodge brands, such as bringing
out the new minivans priced $3,000 above their closest competitors, and waste,
such as different vehicle groups paying suppliers different prices for the same
Zetsche thinks Chrysler hasn't been advertising
its quality enough. But Schroer says it's a matter of trust that has to be infused
into the company's communication with customers.
is the entry point with a brand," agrees Dan Gorrell, vice president of Strategic
Vision in San Diego. "And Chrysler has not been hitting those notes convincingly
enough with potential customers."
Despite the company's
financial woes, Schroer is arriving at a good time, says John Hoffecker, vice
president at industry consultant A.T. Kearney.
the new minivans, Chrysler is about to launch the Jeep Liberty SUV and an all-new
Dodge Ram pickup.
"Success begins and ends with fresh,
superior product, and marketing can only follow that," Hoffecker says.
says some of what the cookie-and-soap guys like him have brought to Detroit is
useful in the car business.
At RJR Nabisco, supermarket
scanner data enabled the company to go from six inventory turns a year at a store
to 36, dramatically lowering costs, he says. The use of the Internet and data
sharing between DaimlerChrysler and its dealers can lead to the same efficiencies,
and he is making it a priority to speed that system.
at STP auto products, where he spent time, Schroer followed a succession of five
Procter & Gamble marketers who couldn't figure out why the business school model
that worked for Crest and Tide didn't work for engine treatment.
because they didn't understand the emotional connection shade-tree mechanics have
to their cars," Schroer says. Business took off when marketing shifted from the
product to a tie-up with Dodge racing and driver Mario Andretti.
identify their personalities with brands like Jeep and PT Cruiser.. .. They don't
go around saying, 'I'm a Bounty paper towel kind of guy,' " he says.


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Senate GOP leader wants U.S. to leave 10,000 troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014
WASHINGTON — The United States should keep a residual force of about 10,000 in Afghanistan after combat forces leave at the end of 2014, the Senate Republican leader said on Monday after a series of meetings with military leaders in the country.
Sen. Mitch McConnell, who led a congressional delegation to Afghanistan and Israel, expressed optimism about an 11-year war that now stands as the longest in American history, and the prospect of Afghans assuming a lead role in the fighting.
"My observation about Afghanistan at this point is this is the first time I've left there with a sense of optimism," he told reporters in a conference call. "I think there's a widely held view among the American military leaders there — we met with Gen. (John) Allen — that this has a very great potential for a happy ending after 2014, provided we have a residual force that we can provide for training."
The United States now has 66,000 troops in Afghanistan. The U.S. and its NATO allies agreed in November 2010 that they would withdraw all their combat troops by the end of 2014, but they haven't decided on the scope of future missions to contain al-Qaida and the size of a remaining force.
Obama administration officials gave the first clear signal last week that it might leave no troops in the country after December 2014. Administration officials in recent days have said they are considering a range of options for a residual U.S. troop presence of as few as 3,000 and as many as 15,000, with the number linked to a specific set of military-related missions.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is believed to favor an option that would keep about 9,000 troops in the country.
McConnell said the military leaders were somewhat cautious about pushing for a specific number because the decision will be made by the White House. The Kentucky lawmaker, who made his seventh trip to Afghanistan, did make his own recommendation.
"I think we're going to need a minimum of about 10,000 troops to provide adequate training and counterterrorism in the post-2014 period and we anticipate there will be forces from other countries that will remain here beyond 2014 as well," McConnell said.
The Senate GOP leader could influence other members of Congress as they weigh the continued presence in Afghanistan.
A sticking point for President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who met last week, is whether any U.S. troops remaining after 2014 would be granted immunity from prosecution under Afghan law. Immunity is a U.S. demand.


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Cannes 2013: Videblogisode #3 - Justin Timberlake, Marion Cotillard
Plus Clive Owen and Carey Mulligan...
The third videblogisode from Cannes 2013 boasts four interviewees and one heck of a Bit Where It's Damo. Our chats with Clive Owen and Marion Cotillard are in honour of Guillaume Canet's Blood Ties, while Justin Timberlake and Carey Mulligan enjoyed some quality Empire time after we'd seen - and very much enjoyed - the Coens' latest, Inside Llewyn Davis.
brightcove.createExperiences();For more videblogisodery - yes, that's a word we just made up - be sure to head to our Cannes 2013 microsite, where you can also find all of our initial reaction reviews, news pieces, picture galleries and more.


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For the first several years of the bailout it was a one-way street.
Lawmaking by legislatures is also a one-way ratchet—Legislators get credit for passing laws, not pruning them.
Democracy is not supposed to be a one-way valve, always piling new laws on top of old laws.
The city has a choice : shell out every day to house people, or shell out once and for all to buy them a one-way ticket.
So I went straight to the airport, bought a one-way ticket, and flew out.
You have every need within reason, including technical library and one-way radio.
The one-way trip is an easy day's journey from Glacier Point.
Nearly 90% of its weight was fuel, for the one-way trip to Mars.
A one-way rocket to the moon and he tells me the toughest part's over.
Actually, it is an internal rule, that is, a normal rule because of the fact that Commerce is a one-way street.


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Effort to extend cease-fire between Israel, Hamas collapses
Updated 11:06 pm, Sunday, July 27, 2014
Jerusalem --
Efforts by the United Nations to get Israel and Hamas to extend a "humanitarian pause" in fighting in the Gaza Strip collapsed on Sunday as Israeli forces resumed bombardments and shelling in response to renewed rocket and mortar fire from the Palestinian territory.
Israel had declared a 24-hour cease-fire at midnight Saturday, but said it resumed attacks because of violations by Hamas.
The Islamist group declared its own 24-hour cease-fire at 2 p.m. local time on Sunday, citing the hardships of Palestinian civilians and the approaching Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, but Israel rejected it.
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After truce talks failed, President Obama intervened to press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to an immediate cease-fire, calling it a "strategic imperative," the White House said. The drive to halt fighting continued early Monday when the U.N. Security Council issued a statement calling for a cease-fire.
Diplomatic efforts to secure a truce appear to be mired in disagreements over the terms. There were signs of dissatisfaction in Israel with the mediation efforts of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
The war so far has killed more than 1,000 Palestinians and wounded more than 6,000, according to Gaza health officials. The U.N. said three-quarters of the dead in Gaza are civilians, including more than 200 children. About 200,000 Palestinians have been displaced by the fighting, and most are sheltered in U.N. schools.
Two Israeli civilians and a Thai laborer have been killed in rocket strikes against Israel, and 43 Israeli soldiers have been killed in ground combat.
The absence of a trusted mediator has hobbled diplomatic efforts to halt the Israeli offensive, which began July 8 with bombardments from land, sea and air, followed 10 days later by a ground push into Hamas-controlled Gaza.
The diplomacy has also been complicated by regional tensions between Egypt and the Palestinian Authority on the one side, and Hamas and its allies, Turkey and Qatar, on the other. Hamas rejected an initial cease-fire proposal put forward by Egypt, reflecting its distrust of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, who is hostile to the Islamist group and its parent organization, the Muslim Brotherhood.
Kerry's attempts to broker a deal have foundered over Israeli dissatisfaction with the terms of his latest proposal for a seven-day cease-fire. Israeli officials described it as heavily weighted in favor of Hamas demands.


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The Segmentum Obscurus, also known as the Segmentum Obscura, is the region of Imperial space to the galactic north of Terra. This Segmentum of the Imperium of Man is the home of the vast Warp Storm and Warp Rift called the Eye of Terror, the primary home for the Forces of Chaos in the Milky Way Galaxy. The Imperial Navy's Segmentum fleet headquarters is located in the Cypra Mundi System, which also serves as the central headquarters of the Imperial military's Segmentum Command. The Segmentum Obscurus is the area of the Imperium most often under deadly threat by attacks from the Eye of Terror and is also the site for all of Abaddon the Despoiler's Black Crusades. As such, it currently is home to the majority of the Imperium's armed forces, which were most recently mobilised to a state of readiness not seen since the Horus Heresy as a result of the 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41.
Notable SectorsEdit
- Agripinaa Sector - The Agripinaa Sector is located close to the Eye of Terror. It is a major producer of military materials for Cadia and is a linchpin in the overall defence of the Cadian Gate. In comparison to other Imperial sectors, it is a wealthy and prosperous area and produces many regiments for the Imperial Guard.
- Cadian Sector - The Cadian Sector is the most heavily fortified sector in Imperial space, as it is the home of the Cadian Gate, the only clear route out of the Eye of Terror and into Imperial territory. The Fortress World of Cadia stands at the center of the sector and its people serve as the unflinching sentinels of the Cadian Gate. Portions of Cadia are currently occupied by the Forces of Chaos, following the indecisive outcome of the 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41. Cadia is currently circled by several Imperial Navy battlefleets and the maintenance of this space superiority is all that is keeping the Forces of Chaos from staging their first breakout into Imperial space in force since the end of the Horus Heresy.
- Calixis Sector - The Calixis Sector is a sector of the Milky Way Galaxy that serves as the setting for the Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy role-playing game, which focuses on the actions of Imperial Inquisitors and their chosen Acolytes and Throne Agents. The Calixis Sector is an Imperial sector located in the Segmentum Obscurus on the northern edge of the known galaxy, near the Halo Stars and the Eye of Terror. To the trailing edge of the galaxy, the Calixis Sector is bordered by the hazardous territories of the Fydae Great Cloud and to spinward by the Scarus Sector. Bordering to coreward, its immediate neighbour is the Ixaniad Sector. To rimward lie the contested and unregulated Imperial frontiers of the Halo Stars where humans and xenos mix in the quest for power and profit in the infamous Koronus Expanse. Conquered by Lord Militant Angevin for the Imperium of Man almost two thousand years ago in the 39th Millennium during what became known as the Angevin Crusade, the Calixis Sector contains many heavily populated and important worlds, though it lies a great distance from the Imperium's core sectors. The sector's first Imperial Sector Governor was Drusus, one of Angevin's most capable generals, a man now revered as a Saint of the Imperial Cult.
- Gothic Sector- The Gothic Sector is a sector of the Imperium of Man in the Segmentum Obscurus to the galactic North of Terra that is located on the border with the vast Ultima Segmentum. The Gothic Sector lies adjacent to the great Warp rift known as the Eye of Terror and was the location where Abaddon the Despoiler's 12th Black Crusade, colloquially remembered as the Gothic War, was fought from 139.M41 until 160.M41. The Forces of Chaos were defeated by the Imperium during that conflict, but Abaddon managed to seize several of the Blackstone Fortresses which he would use to eke out a more successful conclusion over 800 standard years later when he launched the 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41. The Gothic Sector and the Gothic War was also the setting for Games Workshop's tabletop game of starship combat, Battlefleet Gothic.
- Ixaniad Sector
- Scarus Sector - The Scarus Sector is a division of the Segmentum Obscurus close to the Eye of Terror. Its sector capital is the Hive World of Eustis Majorus. The Scarus Sector borders the Calixis Sector to spinward and its known sub-sectors include Helican, Antimar, Angelus and Ophidian. This sector is the theatre of operation for the renowned Inquisitors Gregor Eisenhorn and Ravenor. The Helican sub-sector is the site of the Helican Scism, a wave of rebellion, terrorism and sabotage that swept the area. The Ophidian Subsector is noted for being the site of the Ophidian Campaign (also known as the Purge Campaign), in which Battlefleet Scarus wrested control of the sub-sector from heretic forces. The campaign lasted from 240.M41 to 337/338.M41 — a considerable achievement in such a short timescale. Lately, the Scarus Sector has been plagued by invasions of Orks, who attacked en masse during the 13th Black Crusade (a campaign led from the Eye of Terror by Abaddon the Despoiler himself) and Greenskin infestation remains a very real problem in this corner of the Imperium of Man.
Notable SystemsEdit
- Gildar System - The Gildar System is a star system in the Segmentum Obscurus of the Milky Way Galaxy and it possesses an astonishing wealth of natural resources. The system consists of eight worlds, most of them uninhabited. The Silver Skulls Space Marine Chapter considers the system to be a part of their territory and no Imperial starship can travel through the area without their permission or escort. The world of Gildar Secundus was the site of a vicious battle between the Silver Skulls and the Red Corsairs Renegade Space Marines for control of the region known as the Gildar Rift. The Silver Skulls proved victorious and drove the Red Corsairs from the system, but at a very high cost. The Captain of the Silver Skulls' 4th Battle Company, Daerys Arrun, was slain in close combat by the Red Corsairs' infamous Chaos Lord, Huron Blackheart.
Notable WorldsEdit
- Cadia (Fortress World) - Cadia, officially known as Cadia Prime, is a terrestrial, Earth-like planet that has been classified as both a Civilised World and as the Imperium of Man's most important Fortress World by the Administratum. It guards the only known navigable route to and from the massive Warp rift known as the Eye of Terror, a passage called the Cadian Gate. The world's dangerous proximity to the Eye of Terror has made it necessary for the people of Cadia to heavily fortify the planet. Cadia is always the first target of the Chaos Warmaster Abaddon the Despoiler's assaults and Black Crusades, when the Forces of Chaos Undivided launch themselves from the Eye of Terror every few centuries in an attempt to break out and invade the Imperium proper as they did during the Horus Heresy. Cadia's natural environment is much like Terra's was millennia ago, with a large ocean covering 70 percent of the planet's surface. The land mass that does exist is divided between incredibly thick pine forests and vast glaciers. The planet is slightly cooler than most human-settled worlds but not to the point that it adversely affects growing conditions. Settled before the onset of the Age of Strife by a branch of humanity that eventually fell to the worship of the Chaos Gods and played a major role in the ultimate corruption of the Space Marine Legions, Cadia was re-settled sometime in the early 32nd Millennium by Loyalist humans of the Imperium. The world's landscape is dotted by strange black pylons of clear xenos origin called the Cadian Pylons. These devices were actually constructed by the Necrons millions of years ago to hold back the psychic energies of the Eye of Terror from the world, which was an ancient Necron military base during their war with the Old Ones. The Cadian Pylons are what create the unusual area of realspace stability known as the Cadian Gate near the Eye of Terror that is unaffected by the constant Warp Storms that surround that Warp rift. Cadia's location directly adjacent to the dangerous Eye of Terror has made it necessary for the people of Cadia to fortify the planet to an extent where almost the entire population lives in massive fortress-cities known locally as "Kasr". Thus Cadia has an odd mix of dense urban areas and vast open tundras and other natural landscapes. It is always against Cadia that Abaddon the Despoiler, the Warmaster of the Chaos Space Marines and the Forces of Chaos, fields his continual assaults or Black Crusades from his hold in the Eye of Terror.
- Caliban (Death World/Former Chapter Homeworld of the Dark Angels) - Caliban was an Imperial Death World located in the Segmentum Obscurus to the galactic north of the Eye of Terror that was once the homeworld of the Dark Angels Legion of Space Marines, which was destroyed during the conflict between Luther, his Chaos-corrupted Fallen Angels and their Primarch Lion El'Jonson and his Loyalist Dark Angels in a great conflagration immediately following the end of the Horus Heresy. What little remained of the planet was the territory surrounding the fortress-monastery of the Dark Angels, which was transformed into a mobile Star Fortress that serves as the primary fortress-monastery and base of operations of the Chapter at present and is known informally as The Rock.
- Fenris (Death World) - Fenris is the Death World in the Segmentum Obscurus that is the homeworld and recruiting ground for the Space Wolves Space Marines Chapter and of their Primarch Leman Russ. Fenris takes its name from the mythical Norse wolf fathered by the god of tricksters Loki that would assault the Norse gods during the Final Battle of Raganarok. Most of the names of locations on Fenris are also drawn from the Norse mythology and languages of Old Earth. Fenris is situated in the galactic south of the Segmentum Obscurus, at the end of the Warp rift known as the Eye of Terror, from which come the Forces of Chaos to raid and pillage. Fenris thus lies at the forefront of the Imperium's defence against Chaos. The Space Wolves maintain the vigil that began many millennia ago at the close of the Horus Heresy and watch over a hundred other worlds besides. Their domain stretches far and wide across the scattered stars that girdle the Fenrisian star system, but it is the bitterly cold Death World at its heart that the Space Wolves proudly call home.
- Medusa (Feral World) - Medusa is the Chapter homeworld of the Iron Hands Chapter of Space Marines. The world of Medusa is a harsh realm of perpetual gloom, situated precariously close to the Eye of Terror in the Segmentum Obscurus. The sun almost never breaks through the dark and polluted sky, as it constantly churns over a land of frozen mountain ranges, interspersed with volcanoes and boiling hot geysers. The landscape is under constant flux, the shifting of tectonic plates forming new mountains and seas, and destroying them as quickly as they are created.
- Mordian (Hive World) - Mordian is an Imperial Hive World in the Segmentum Obscurus that is the homeworld of the Imperial Guard's Mordian Iron Guard Regiments. Many of the Imperium's enemies have underestimated these ranks of colorfully-uniformed troops, only to find out that they are among the toughest and most uncompromising of the Emperor's soldiers. The people of Mordian are often of a dour and grim temperament, living as they do in perpetual darkness. The suicide rate on the planet is reportedly now the highest in the Imperium since the destruction of the Night Lords Traitor Legion's homeworld of Nostramo. Mordian also once came under a great assault by the Forces of Chaos that was defeated only through the extraordinary discipline and valour of the Iron Guard in one of the Imperium's finest moments. Mordian is tidally locked with its star, so that the Mordian day is the same as the Mordian year. As the planet rotates exactly once for every orbit around the sun, one-half of the planet is bathed in perpetual darkness and the other half burnt to a cinder by the glaring sun. This unusual planetological characteristic makes Mordian a truly miserable world to live upon. The planet's lack of rotation prevents any strong winds from developing due to the lack of a Coriolis Effect and as such the atmosphere is thick and dark. The world's billions of human inhabitants live in vast hive cities where all resources are controlled and distributed by the Mordian state. There is much discontent among the people, and the Imperial Guard Regiments raised from Mordian, the Mordian Iron Guard, spend much of their time simply keeping the populace in line when they are not deployed to Imperial war zones.
- Scintilla (Hive World) - Scintilla is the capital world of the Calixis Sector of the Segmentum Obscurus, and is a thriving Imperial hub that supports the largest planetary population in the sector. It is dominated (some observers say "shared") by two vast hive cities, Hive Sibellus and Hive Tarsus, into which the vast majority of the planet's groaning population are crammed. Despite the dominance of the two great hives, the "offspring" communities of Ambulon and Gunmetal City contribute significantly to the planet's economic function. Scintilla is a world of splendours where the wealthy and powerful compete with ruthless appetite. Astonishing magnificence abounds, from the wondrous fashions of the hive nobility to the towering spectacle of the hives themselves. Landmarks like the Lucid Palace and the Cathedral of Illumination are famous throughout the sector.
- Vostroya (Industrial Hive World) - Vostroya is an Imperial industrial Hive World in the Halo Zone of the Segmentum Obscurus, located beyond the Eye of Terror. The planet is considered an "Industrial World" by the Imperium of Man, because it does not quite meet the legally defined requirements to be considered an Adeptus Mechanicus-ruled Forge World, but it is not quite like an independently-governed Imperial Hive World either. Like all Forge Worlds, Vostroya has deep ties with the Adeptus Mechanicus, but because it is not ruled entirely by the Priesthood of Mars, it is not classified as one of their worlds. The origins of this unusual arrangement can be found in the Age of Strife, when Vostroya was the rare independent world that swore allegiance to Mars, rather than be settled by a colony of Tech-priests as was the norm for almost all of the other Forge Worlds. After declaring its allegiance to the Mechanicus, Vostroya quickly developed into a heavily industrialised world with the influx of Mechanicus personnel and technological knowledge. Under Imperial rule, the output of the many Vostroyan manufactorums now provide war materiel for the Emperor of Mankind's massive war machine.
Notable Celestial BodiesEdit
- Blackshine Nebula - The Blackshine Nebula is a stellar body located in the Calixis Sector.
- Eye of Terror - The Eye of Terror (Ocularis Terribus) in High Gothic) is a massive Warp rift and permanent Warp Storm, a nexus of psychic energy and physical space-time where the Immaterium co-exists with realspace. It is the largest and most well-known Warp rift in the Milky Way Galaxy and is located at the rimward edge of the galaxy, to the galactic northwest of Terra, in the Segmentum Obscurus. It is home to the largest concentration of the Forces of Chaos in realspace, including the Traitor Legions of Chaos Space Marines that fled from Terra after the end of the Horus Heresy. Incursions by Chaotic forces into the surrounding Imperial star systems are common, and the recent 13th Black Crusade launched in 999.M41 by Abaddon the Despoiler from within the Eye of Terror marked the greatest assault by the Forces of Chaos upon the Imperium of Man since the Heresy.
- Halo Stars - The Halo Stars are the ancient stars that encircle the outer edge of the Milky Way Galaxy, representing the last stellar clusters to be encountered before one enters the eternal, frigid night of the intergalactic void. The Halo Stars are believed to be the oldest stars in the galaxy and their circumference extends for approximately 200,000 light years around the galaxy, usually grouped in a cluster formation. The Halo Stars may also be intermixed into the shroud of dark matter that is known to extend beyond the visible disk of the galaxy for several hundred thousand light years. The Halo Stars are older than most can understand, and are characterised by mystery and danger. The Halo Stars have remained largely unexplored by the Imperium of Man and it is unknown what kind of habitable worlds, if any, may circle them. The Halo Stars have a very bad reputation amongst Imperial starfarers and it is believed by many, including quite a few Rogue Traders and Adeptus Mechanicus Explorators, that those foolish enough to venture out into the Halo Stars never return. The Koronus Expanse is an area of the Halo Stars adjacent to the Calixis Sector in the Segmentum Obscurus that has begun to be explored by agents of the Imperium, led by the fleets of various Rogue Traders.
- White Dwarf 139 (US), "Space Fleet: Rules Expansion", pp. 8-36
- White Dwarf 140 (US), "Space Fleet: Additional Background, Rules, Data Cards & Counters", pp. 46-75
- Battlefleet Gothic Rulebook, pp. 92-102, 158-159
- Codex: Eye of Terror (3rd Edition)
- Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)
- Dark Heresy (Core Rulebook)
- Fantasy Flight Games, Scarus Sector Map
- Index Astartes II, "Wolves of Fenris - The Space Wolves Space Marine Chapter"
- Index Astartes III, "Hand of Justice - The Iron Hands Space Marine Chapter"
- The Inquisition (Background Book)
- Ravenor (Novel) by Dan Abnett
- Rogue Trader (Rulebook), pp. 315-316
- The First Heretic (Horus Heresy Novel) by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
- Warhammer 40,000 Rulebook (5th Edition), pp.116-117
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We are either going to stop him, or the United States of America is going to cease to exist.
This, and this only: cease to call slavery wrong, and join them in calling it right.
While there are a couple of antibiotics that usually work, if they are overused they, too, may cease to be effective.
But the arguments over drug testing may cease to matter if the synthetic drug epidemic continues.
Administration officials tell me that reacting favorably toward a cease fire proposal would lead Gaddafi to think he's winning.
He may cease to regard exactness as indispensable, as it always is.
Let fiction, at least, cease with life, and let us be serious over the grave.
The clean heart must continue contrite, if it is not to cease to be clean.
But the floods did not cease with that event, for several others have followed.
In yourself, in Polypes, there is an ambition to cease to be one.
c.1300, cesen, from Old French cesser "to come to an end, stop, cease; give up, desist," from Latin cessare "to cease, go slow, give over, leave off, be idle," frequentative of cedere (past participle cessus) "go away, withdraw, yield" (see cede). Related: Ceased; ceasing. Old English in this sense had geswican, blinnan.
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Poor market conditions, a tough political environment and the strong Australian dollar are forcing Australia's steel makers to look offshore for returns and growth.
A few years ago BlueScope was much maligned for its investments in Asia, but these were one of the few high points in its half-year result. Its Asian operations contributed $49 million to earnings while Australian manufacturing reported a $97 million loss.
Despite reporting a net loss of $55 million, BlueScope has the capacity to look for growth opportunities because of its low gearing of just 15 per cent.
China is one of the few areas where BlueScope has plans to expand operations, as its Chinese plants are running at close to capacity. In Australia, the focus is on cost control and trying to mitigate the effects of policies such as the proposed carbon tax.
"There is a real concern about what's going to happen in the manufacturing sector in Australia," BlueScope chief executive
The steel makers are not just concerned about the carbon tax. They also face imposts from the mining tax, the increased cost of bureaucracy and reduced tax breaks for research and development.
"I'm concerned that the government doesn't know what it doesn't know," Mr O'Malley said.
"We are seeing a whole load of additional costs coming down the pipe and we just want those to be parked and for us to be able to continue to operate in an efficient manner,"
OneSteel would also look for acquisitions overseas, focusing on those with exposure to the mining sector, chief executive
In a sign of things to come, OneSteel bought Anglo American's North American mining consumables business for $900 million at the end of 2010.
"If [government policy] plays out the way it is speculated to, it would definitely increase the risks of investing in Australian manufacturing," Mr Plummer said.
Manufacturers always miss out in a mining boom.
The strong Australian dollar, which is directly related to high mineral prices, attracts more imports, increasing local competition and making it difficult to export. At the same time the miners compete for staff, forcing up labour costs.
To make matters worse, this time the resource companies are importing many more cheap manufactured goods to build the boom, cutting local manufacturers out of the equation.
"It is important that we retain our manufacturing base at a time when we have a resources boom and we have the policies that support that, because at some stage resources will turn and this economy needs to be more than a one trick pony," Mr O'Malley said.
But steel makers cannot wait for government support and are heading offshore in search of less risky regions in which to expand.
As well as investing in increased Chinese manufacturing, BlueScope has made it clear that it wants to get into mining to try to reduce its raw material costs. Since 2002, its iron ore costs have increased tenfold and coking coal costs, eightfold.
There is no doubt that some of BlueScope and OneSteel's rhetoric about the state of Australian manufacturing is aimed at persuading the federal government to exempt steel from the carbon tax legislation. But their financial results state clearly that demand for their steel in Australia took a significant hit after May last year.
"Domestic activity levels and volumes are showing no recovery from their lows," Credit Suisse analyst Michael Slifirski said following BlueScope's first-half result, warning that already very weak domestic demand had been "further cannibalised by import competition encouraged by the strong Australian dollar".
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Submitter : nathans Status : open Assigned Engineer : dxm Priority : 4 *Modified Date : 10/02/00 *Modified User : dxm *Modified User Domain : melbourne *Description : stick this in a bug so it isn't forgotten... On Jul 21, 8:40am, Nathan Scott wrote: > Subject: Re: LVM vs. kiobuf I/O > > > - Kernel uuid generation support > > ... > ... > > I think there's a bunch of stuff which can be rationalised > there too... ..... ========================== ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (ADD) From: daniel moore <dxm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Oct 02 2000 03:15:05PM [pvnews version: 1.71] ========================== => I was wrong last time. Glen added code to print uuid code from => xfs_db, not change it. => => So we have two conflicing tasks here: => => 1. turning an existing filesystem into two distinct filesystems. => because of how they are created - they would be different => devices, but have the same uuid. => => 2. prevent mounts of the same device when it has multiple paths => => I think we can make one work automatically and the other require => some operator intervention. (irix6.5f-melb:irix:62215a) Looks like he modified the write command so its possible to write the uuid in the superblock (write wouldn't handle > 64 bit before). I made a similar change to linux-xfs. In the same mod he fixed up the code to change the UUID so it would work properly on dirty filesystems (where log recovery could wipe out the changed uuid). His first change wouldn't work with the new log uuid code - it only lets you write to individual superblocks. My "uuid" command sets all superblocks and the log. The second change would get dropped with the code to allow the kernel to change the uuid on mount. We don't lose any functionality here - we move task one to userspace with a nice interface to pick a new uuid and we make task two work. ----------------------------------------------------- Daniel Moore dxm@xxxxxxx R&D Software Engineer Phone: +61-3-98348209 SGI Performance Tools Group Fax: +61-3-98132378 -----------------------------------------------------
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Talk or else, US warns SyriaRuth Pollard
Published: May 24 2013 - 3:00AM
The US has warned it will increase support for Syria's embattled opposition if President Bashar al-Assad spurns a US-Russian peace initiative in Geneva next month.
After a ''Friends of Syria'' meeting in Amman on Wednesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry said if the international community did not unite to find a peaceful outcome to Syria's bloody conflict, it could spill into neighbouring countries and draw the region into sectarian conflict ''on a wider scale''.
''In the event that the Assad regime is unwilling to negotiate … we will also talk about our continued support and growing support for the opposition in order to permit them to continue to be able to fight for the freedom of their country,'' Mr Kerry said.
Neither the Assad regime nor the opposition Syrian National Council has agreed to participate in next month's peace conference.
Syria's ambassador to Jordan, Bahjat Suleiman, rejected the outcomes of the Friends of Syria meeting, saying none of the countries participating - including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt, the US, Britain, France, Turkey, Germany and Italy - were friends of Damascus.
He said the meeting should be called ''Friends of Israel'', Xinhua news agency reported.
It appears the Syrian rebels are also a long way from supporting the Geneva initiative. Their Supreme Military Council commander, General Salim Idris, is insisting the US establish a ''strategic military balance'' between the rebels and the Assad regime as a precondition of any talks, according to Foreign Policy magazine.
In a letter to Mr Kerry obtained by Foreign Policy, General Idris welcomes the idea of a ''peaceful transition to a new government'' but says Syria continues to be ''fully sustained logistically and militarily by Russia and Iran''.
''Such untenable situation requires that the Unites States, as the leader of the free world, provide the Free Syrian Army forces under the Supreme Military Council with the requisite advanced weapons to sustain defensive military capabilities in the face of the Assad forces.''
Rebel commanders have called for reinforcements at the besieged city of Qusayr, near the Lebanese border, where regime forces have mounted a four-day attack that has cost hundreds of lives.
Raising concerns over further sectarian violence and ''foreign invaders'' from Hezbollah and Iran, the acting head of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, George Sabra, said: ''Everyone who has weapons or ammunition should send them to [Qusayr] and Homs to strengthen its resistance. Every bullet sent … will block the invasion that is trying to drag Syria back to the era of fear.''
Concerns over the number of Hezbollah fighters in combat in Syria were raised at the meeting.
''Just last week, obviously Hezbollah intervened very, very significantly,'' Mr Kerry said. ''There are several thousands of Hezbollah militia forces on the ground in Syria who are contributing to this violence … and it perpetuates the regime's campaign of terror against its own people.''
More than 80,000 people have been killed in the conflict, the United Nations estimates, and 1.5 million have fled Syria since the uprising began with peaceful protests in March 2011.
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A trial for full-time traffic signals at a "death trap" roundabout will be extended for another four months.
The lights at the Stirling Corner junction were turned on permanently last May after Transport for London (TfL) agreed to three to six month trial period.
The transport body had been reluctant to switch their hours of operation from 3.30pm to 5.30pm - but, after a spate of serious accidents in the area, campaigners won their battle.
TfL has now announced the trial will be extended until May to obtain data for an entire year, in order to take seasonal variation into account.


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Bank Quay Bulls 50 Halton Farnworth 10
BANK Quay finally got back to winning ways in the NWML Premier Division with a nine-try mauling of Halton Farnworth.
The game started slowly for Quay who were defending for the best part of the opening 15 minutes, but tries from Ryan Brown, Kiel Hillman and Phil Braddish, the latter converted by Glyn Roberts, saw them take a 14-0 lead on 25 minutes.
Halton did respond through Dave Laughton and a Rob Conroy conversion but it was Quay who had the last say of the half when Ste Bird crashed over and Roberts added the extras to make 20-6 at half time.
The opening minutes of the second half saw tries exchanged with Hillman scoring his second, Roberts again with the extras, Callum Edwards scored in the corner, from this point it was one way traffic with further tries coming from Ste Bird, Phil Braddish, Eddie Vaughan and Sean Boyle, Roberts converting them all.
Best for Quay were Eddie Vaughan, Phil Braddish and Sean Boyle.
Team: E Vaughan; R Barry, K Hillman, S Shaw, K Smith, G Roberts; S Boyle, P Braddish; R Brown, A Braide, D Woods, N Braide, N Owen Subs: S Bird, A Jones, J Russell, D Braddish


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No-bake Peanut Butter Cookies
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42 comments:
- The Sells said...
Yummm!! our family loves the regular version of these :)
- September 13, 2011 at 4:21 PM
- El Scotto said...
put a little chocolate in the mix and they are even more wonderful!
- September 14, 2011 at 10:22 AM
- faithinprogress said...
Would using butter and quick oats produce a different cookie?
- February 21, 2012 at 1:33 PM
- Tanya said...
Making these tomorrow!! To answer the question above, no, using butter won't make any difference, but using quick oats is kind of iffy. Since quick oats are designed to absorb moisture quickly, there's a chance your cookies might turn out funky and mushy, as opposed to structured and firm like they're supposed to be.
But by all means, experiment! :-)
- February 29, 2012 at 6:46 PM
Used Quick Oats, still made a good cookie but the texture is a bit gooey and doesn't hold up as well unless chilled. I think the rolled oats would have been better.=(
- February 29, 2012 at 8:33 PM
Thanks for the idea! I just made these with a few alterations since I'm trying to be more calorie conscious. I used PB2 (powdered pb), coconut oil instead of butter, and splenda for the sugar. Yummo!
- March 11, 2012 at 4:52 PM
I have a recipe just like this and I only use quick oats and they work great for me. I also prefer crunchy pb for extra texture.
- March 16, 2012 at 10:31 AM
I couldn't stop licking the spoon, pan, and eating all the "out-of-place" chunks... DELISH!
- March 17, 2012 at 5:53 PM
These are fabulous! I make a chocolate version of this recipe and right now I'm not eating chocolate so this is absolutely perfect!! The chocolate version is exactly the same except replace the peanut butter with 6 tbs of cocoa powder mixed in with the oatmeal. You can also substitute 1/2 a cup of the oats for 1/2 a cup of coconut. Delish!
- April 2, 2012 at 7:40 PM
- Tangee said...
Wonder if you can substitute rice krispies for the rolled oats?
- April 19, 2012 at 10:28 AM
does it really need that much sugar?
- April 20, 2012 at 1:42 PM
- Shannon said...
Yes it needs that much sugar, what you are doing is caramelizing the sugar and butter together. This helps it set up and why you are boiling it to a roll.
- April 28, 2012 at 6:46 PM
- Jerri Rivers said...
How wonderful! I grew up loving the original kind, and then a while back, I tried a version with butterscotch pudding. But peanut butter flavored? Wow! I definitely have to try this!
- May 4, 2012 at 7:24 PM
With rice krispies, I use 1 cup pb, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup Karo
Syrup and 6 cups Rice Krispies....just melt, no need to boil
- May 4, 2012 at 9:15 PM
I added in about 1 cup of mini marshmallows...yum!
- May 13, 2012 at 4:15 PM
Has anybody done a sugar free version?
- June 4, 2012 at 6:44 AM
- Anonymous said...
I've been trying to go vegan for a while now. Thought I'd vegan these out and try 'em.
I used Earth Balance for the butter and Almond Breeze, almond milk for milk. I also used sugar in the raw, since I don't use processed sugar.
It worked well! They're yummy! I think I'm going to add some peanuts next time!
Thanks for the recipe!
- June 10, 2012 at 8:40 AM
I've made regular no-bakes with splenda, and they did not turn out. I wouldn't recommend it.
- June 14, 2012 at 1:14 PM
Does anyone know how many cookies this recipe will make? I want to try this recipe and it will be for about 30 people. I'm trying to decide if I should double the recipe. Thanks!
- July 2, 2012 at 11:58 AM
- Amberlou98 said...
Mine are not sticking together very well... Too many oats?? Any ideas?
- July 3, 2012 at 1:06 PM
- Rose said...
these look yummy!
- July 5, 2012 at 12:02 PM
- Rose said...
yummy !
- July 5, 2012 at 12:04 PM
Has anyone tried it with honey instead of sugar
- July 9, 2012 at 7:32 PM
Made these today...they were gone in minutes!!! Yummy and so simple!!! :)
- July 14, 2012 at 5:28 PM
- Colleen Christensen said...
Mine are pretty dry, too. I would suggest fewer oats next time. Bummer :(
- July 25, 2012 at 8:36 PM
- Colleen Christensen said...
Mine are pretty dry, too :( Fewer oats next time, I think.
- July 25, 2012 at 8:37 PM
- Valerie Gonzalez said...
Mine came out as a dry crumbly mess. :( any suggestions??? Did I over boil the sugar? I dropped the PB in and instead of melting it dried out.
- August 4, 2012 at 4:43 PM
- Valerie Gonzalez said...
Mine came out a dry crumbly mess. When I dropped the PB into the boiling sugar it dried out instead of melting. Did I over boil the sugar? :-(
- August 4, 2012 at 4:45 PM
Could this be done with cornflakes instead of oats?
- August 5, 2012 at 4:36 PM
cut sugar in half, not necessary! Add a lil cocoa and splendid!
- August 26, 2012 at 12:20 PM
You can also use cheerios
- August 26, 2012 at 6:10 PM
- briana said...
mine were a dry mess as well, but still tasted yummy!
- September 4, 2012 at 7:40 PM
- kristen holly said...
SO. Good!!!! My hubby renamed them "amazeballs". Mine came out great, just the last few out of the pan came out a little crumbly. I think the "work quickly" is the key! Off to mow down another one... ;)
- September 30, 2012 at 2:14 PM
What's the regular version?
- September 30, 2012 at 2:17 PM
I found this on Pinterest, thanks for sharing! These were really easy and tasty. Great for summer so you don't have to turn on the oven!
- October 12, 2012 at 4:35 PM
What if I dont have corn syrup!?!?!?!?!?!?!? What can I substitute for corn syrup????!!!! Someone plz answer me asap.
- May 31, 2013 at 8:16 PM
- Melissa Cook said...
You can substitute a cup of sugar and 1/4 cup of water for the 1 cup corn syrup.
- June 1, 2013 at 12:48 AM
- TRE2Photography said...
I make a similar cookie, but instead of oats, I use 24 crushed saltine crackers.
- September 7, 2013 at 6:52 PM
- Tina Thompson said...
Are you saying to use old fashioned oats as the wheat cereal mentioned?
- July 1, 2014 at 6:21 PM
- Mary Jane Hall said...
I've always used cornflakes & they are delicious & crunchy. I've never used rice crispies with this recipe.these are actually Moore like a candy than a cookie.
- September 8, 2014 at 11:32 PM
- Unknown said...
What is crisp rice and wheat cereal??
- January 23, 2016 at 1:09 PM
- Unknown said...
What is crisp rice and wheat cereal??
- January 23, 2016 at 1:09 PM


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Machida Breaks Pomona-Pitzer Pool Record in SCIAC Opener
Regals compete for only time of December
CLAREMONT, Calif. – After a three-day meet in Northern California and an early season competition at Pepperdine the Cal Lutheran women's swimming and diving team opened their Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) schedule on the road at the Haldeman Aquatics Center today, falling 201-92 to Pomona-Pitzer.
In the first SCIAC meet of her senior season, Sheyenne Machida made it one to remember, breaking the Pomona-Pitzer pool record on the one-meter diving board with a 6-dive score of 239.40, edging the previous mark of 233.35 set by Jessica Robson of Occidental in 2011. Machida went on to win the three-meter competition as well, accumulating a score of 180.15.
Also earning a first place finish for the Regals today was senior Kelli Miller whose time of 2:33.67 was nearly two full seconds faster than second place in the 200 Breaststroke. Miller was second to the wall in the 100 back (1:12.13) and 200 Individual Medley (2:22.68).
Joining Machida on the boards today was freshman Tianna Pasko who teamed up to go 1-2 on the one-meter boards by surpassing the 200-point plateau for a score of 211. 50.
To open her senior season, Shelby Brooks finished second in a pair of backstroking events. In the 100 Backstroke she hit the wall in 1:05.35 and she went a 2:16.15 in the 200 back. She also swam the 200 IM in 2:23.43 to place third.
Mimi Harbach opened her junior campaign with a 1000 yard Freestyle swim of 11:24.05 to place second behind PP freshman Kay Sterner (10:49.63) who was 15 tenths of a second off the pool record time set last season. Harbach went on to place second in the 500 free, completing the race in 5:28.30. Next to the wall was CLU freshman Annika Stenfjord who clocked in at 5:30.19.
Swimming to a top- CLU finish in both the 50 free (26.82) and 100 free (58.55) was senior Sarah Forsythe while senior Julianna Rios was the first CLU swimmer to complete the 100 Butterfly with a time of 1:03.58.
To wrap up the meet the CLU 200 Free Relay team of Taylor Faust, Rios, Stenfjord and Forsythe joined forces for a second place swim of 1:44.50 following another pool record performance from the PP quartet of Cayla Nishizaki, Vicky Gyorffy, Johanna Rayl and Alex E. Lincoln who finished in 1:39-even. The previous record belonged to two teams that shared a time of 1:39.38.
Cal Lutheran (0-1) will be away from the competition pool until after the New Year when the Kingsmen and Regals host the Inaugural Chris Knorr Invitational on Jan. 3-4 at the Samuelson Aquatics Center. Friday events are scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m. with competition continuing on Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m.
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The minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia's monthly board deliberations can often appear out of date by the time they are published a fortnight after the meeting. That's especially the case this month, with the minutes released by the RBA yesterday reflecting the state of central bank thinking before $7 trillion was wiped off the value of global sharemarkets.
The RBA's August 2 gathering took place after United States President
But the meeting was over and a decision made before the tumultuous events that followed, including Standard & Poor's decision to strip the US of its AAA credit rating and a major deterioration in the debt crisis facing the European Union.
That decision was to leave the RBA's overnight cash rate target unchanged at 4.75 per cent for an eighth straight meeting, even though policymakers acknowledged that they had considered whether tighter monetary policy was warranted.
Yesterday's minutes flesh out the details of the arguments that board members considered for and against a rate rise.
The key argument in favour of a rate increase is that price pressures have started to pick up and the RBA's projections see underlying inflation rising above its target band of 2 per cent to 3 per cent over the next year or so.
That's clear from the latest consumer price index, released a week before the RBA's August 2 meeting, which showed underlying inflation was running at an annualised pace of about 3.5 per cent in the first half of this year.
Monetary policymakers said there were "grounds for concern" about the medium-term outlook for inflation, given the relatively limited spare capacity in the economy, an increase in cost pressures and Australia's relatively low rate of productivity improvement.
Board members considered the main argument against a rate increase centred on uncertainties about the global outlook, even though the meeting was held before the rollercoaster ride endured by global equity markets of the past fortnight.
Market turmoil could further undermine household and business confidence, weaken the outlook for demand and dampen inflation, the minutes say.
Given what has occurred in the 15 days since the RBA meeting, the decision by policymakers to stand pat on rates appears to have been a particularly prescient one.
While some of the volatility on global financial markets has eased in recent days, it is still unclear how these external uncertainties will play out.
The US economy is still in serious danger of a double-dip recession and Europe's debt woes just go from bad to worse.
"I don't want to sugar coat the current situation," Mr Swan said in a special address to the House of Representatives on the economic outlook. These global uncertainties have, in fact, already started to affect some parts of the economy.
Mr Swan blamed the "patchwork" nature of the economy for yesterday's decision by
The RBA is certainly aware of this issue, with the minutes released yesterday noting that its liaison with businesses had indicated some caution on the part of Australian companies in their hiring plans.
The latest employment data also shows that companies shed 22,200 full-time jobs in July, the fourth monthly decline since the start of the year.
Investors are convinced that the next move by the RBA will be to lower interest rates, with an index compiled by Credit Suisse showing that swaps traders were yesterday betting there was a 76 per cent chance of a cut at the central bank's next board meeting on September 6.
Economists are more divided on the issue, with many arguing that the bank would only loosen policy if there was a substantial deterioration in the global economy.
Australia is better placed than most other developed countries to cope with any severe downturn in the global economy, with a relatively low level of public debt and relatively high interest rates. This gives the RBA a degree of flexibility to deal with crises that would be the envy of most other central banks.
Nevertheless, the government cannot become complacent about the RBA providing the main bulwark against such downturns and should stay focused in the meantime on how to keep Australia's debt levels low.
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A confession: at a callow 18, I saw the original Halloween upon its initial release, and it scared the crap out of me. I remember my buddy Jim and I climbing a deserted stairwell in an Edmonton parking lot right after the 9:30 p.m. screening and being ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED that a psycho was waiting behind the door on every landing.
A lot of it had to do with youth, sure, but Halloween also had a couple of things going for it. Director John Carpenter was at the top of his suspenseful game and, more importantly, no one had yet seen anything like it. It's probably hard to imagine for anybody under the age of 35, but the combination of suspense, terror, shocking violence and sex that was Halloween knocked us for a loop. And Jim and I weren't alone: the movie made a ton of dough and spawned Jason, Freddy and other inferior bad-luck days and nightmares.
Still, in the beginning there was Michael Myers, murderer at the age of six, who escaped from an asylum and slaughtered a bunch of teens one Halloween in 1978. As Halloween: Resurrection gets under way, he's still on the loose, while it's his original prey Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis, gamely continuing the role she's played from the original, through the 1981 sequel and Halloween: H20, four years ago) now stuck in an asylum, awaiting the return of the fratricidal brother. And return he does.
Kicking off with a prologue that has a bit of style and a surprise plot twist, Halloween: Resurrection initially gives one hope, not least in the way that the face of Curtis' aging Laurie-herself now a murderer-has begun to resemble the MASK that Michael wears. Clever, that, but it's pretty well all down hill from there for director Rick Rosenthal, who made the original sequel (no oxymoron intended).
Riffing on the already boring reality-TV gimmick and drawing on sources as expected as the Scream trilogy, The Blair Witch Project, internet connectedness and the first Halloween (two scenes are taken almost directly from the original), the movie puts a bunch of college students, armed with head-mounted mini-cams connected to the internet, into Michael Myers' ancestral home. They are on the cutting edge of what would-be internet impresario Freddie Harris (Busta Rhymes) calls "dangertainment." The idea is to stay overnight on Halloween and broadcast the interactions of the group-their bonding, discussions of the Myers phenomena, their fears, etc. Michael is, of course, waiting.
The film has moments of verbal humour ("We're going to be bigger than 'The Osbornes,'" one contestant breathlessly intones; "I SO did not sign up for this," says another after things go pear-shaped) and visual wit (the first death at the house is a direct homage to Michael Powell's classic Peeping Tom). But the combination of extremely grungy visuals, courtesy of all those "head-held" video cameras, and the body count's tedious inevitability make Halloween: Resurrection dead on arrival.


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