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Panasonic PT-AE7000 Home Theater Projector Review
PT-AE7000 Lens Memory and Lens Features
PT-AE7000 Lens Memory and Lens Features
It's been a couple of years since the PT-AE4000 review, so it makes sense to describe Lens Memory to you from scratch. There will be more info in the Tour section, and elsewhere.
What is Panasonic's Lens Memory? First, it is what its name implies. It allows you to save multiple (up to 6) different combinations of zoom, focus, and digital shift of the image.
Why? The PT-AE7000u, like almost all home theater projectors, is a native 16:9 aspect ratio. Movies, though, are mostly 2.35:1 (or similar) often referred to a Cinemascope, or Anamorphic shaped, or "widescreen" although that term can be misused. When you watch a movie, therefore, you get those pesky dark gray letterboxes above and below the movie content, filling out the screen. Of course for HDTV, the aspect ratio is correct.
Lens memory lets you choose a screen that's shaped like the usual movies (other than most animation), instead of 16:9. If you buy an anamorphic shaped screen, now you are using all of the screen for the movie content itself. Problem is, when you switch to HDTV, which is "taller" the top and bottom (roughly 10% each) of the content is off your screen.
Manually, you could zoom, get a narrower image that fits vertically. What Panasonic has done, is motorize it. Widescreen for movies, zoom out for HDTV to fit. Generally a pain, and don't forget you would need to adjust lens shift as well.
Not so with the Panasonic. Once set up, it's a touch of the button to go from filling a widescreen with a movie, to filling all but the far left and right with HDTV. Because the image "shifts" vertically, I mentioned lens shift. Adjusting lens shift would fix that, but the Panasonic PT-AE7000 doesn't have motorized lens shift.
Instead, it lets you digitally move the movie's image up and down so it fills the screen vertically, perfectly. That digital shift is also saved in the Lens Memory.
Bottom line on Lens Memory: It works! When we moved a year ago, I added two 2.35:1 screens, a Carada BW in the testing room, and a Studiotek 130 in the theater. The Lens Memory works beautifully, piece of cake. When I recently reviewed another projector though with lens shift, but no lens memory, I would, (if I wanted the largest movie size), zoom to fill the width of my screen, but zoom manually, and refocus. Then for HDTV, zoom back, and refocus. That certainly is a pain, compared to the touch of a button, but manually works too, as a noticeable number of enthusiasts do go anamorphic screen, without a projector with lens memory. Myself, I like my choice. Of course I'm a diehard, I'm willing to manually readjust with projectors that lack this feature. Most however, want "easy" and will stick to 16:9 screens unless their projector has this feature!
Note that when you use lens memory as described, you give up about half of your placement range, since you are using two different zoom settings, fairly far apart.
How Lens Memory sets up
I set up zoom and focus for Lens Memory first to put a 16:9 image on my screen filling top to bottom. I saved that. Then, I zoomed for the larger image 2.35:1 to fill the full width of my screen. But the image is no longer all on the screen, with some of it off the top. Next step, go to the digital image shift, and lower the image so it fits perfectly (top to bottom) on the screen. At that point I refocused, and saved my 2.35:1 aspect ratio settings. Since then, it literally has been as simple as the touch of a button to switch back and forth between the two different aspect ratios used by my content.
Since I've already committed to a 2.35:1 screen, in my process of deciding on my next projector, this feature carries significant weight. Great idea!
PT-AE7000 Projector: 3D
Not even with close to 2000 lumens, can you describe the PT-AE7000 as bright in 3D (unless a very small, or special screen), but unlike every other over $2000 HT projector with 3D that we've reviewed to date, it's also not particularly dim. I can live with the PT-AE7000's brightness, even for my 3D sports. In fact, only the forthcoming Epson is likely to match or beat the Panasonic in brightness, with everything else (that's more expensive) typically being 30-60% dimmer at their brightest.
3D and best color aren't a strong match on the Panasonic. Post calibration, the PT-AE7000U measured 422 lumens, although it still looks really good with over 600 before calibration. With 3D costing 75% or more of brightness, 3D in Cinema mode is dim!
But 3D in Normal, Game, and Dynamic, are two to three times as bright, as well as being brighter than any of the competition (but that Epson 5010). Dynamic is the brightest, but you can choose any of these brighter ones, trading off some brightness for more color accuracy, etc. Overall I'm pretty pleased with Mike's "quick-cal" of Dynamic mode, for sports, but have also watched using Normal.
3D brightness is also affected by the PT-AE7000's glasses setting "Eyewear", as Panasonic calls the glasses. Choose Dark, Medium, or Light. Light is definitely the brightest, gives the projector excellent 3D brightness performance, but some visible crosstalk, and other noise. Switch to Medium, where I did most viewing, and you will notice the loss in brightness, but the image becomes definitely cleaner. Dark, is dimmer, and cleaner still. Medium works for me, in almost all cases, but I've been using Light for some sports or when I just feel it's a bit dimmer than I like. As with other features, there are trade-offs, but I like the flexibility that is offered.
Of particular note: The Dynamic iris can be engaged for those better blacks, even in 3D mode. (The entry level Epson – not the direct competition – by comparison, automatically turns off the iris when in 3D, as a brightness issue.) After all, with less bright images, you aren't going to notice less than great blacks, as much as you would with a brighter 2D image. For that reason, many say, blacks will be good enough without. Still, I'm very glad Panasonic gives me the choice!
The other feature that can also stay engaged for 3D, that some other projectors don't allow, is CFI – or motion smoothing. Now few use that feature on movies, but I assume that most people with CFI equipped projectors, that watch sports, do use the feature. So, again, nice that Panasonic's smooth motion feature operates in 3D as well as 2D.
PT-AE7000 Projector 3D Glasses and Control
Panasonic does not include glasses with the projector. The MSRP of their TY-EW3D2L glasses is $99. Competitors charge from about $40 to $250 for a pair of active glasses. Beware, there seems to be a shortage of Panasonic glasses, so you will also find them online from $99 to about $179. If you stick to authorized Panasonic dealers, they should be charging you only the $99, and not gouging you like some of those other shops.
The important things about the 3D glasses, is that Panasonic is in a consortium with Epson, XPand, and, I believe, Samsung, so that their most recent glasses should work with each other. XPand offers their 103 universal glasses, which we are bringing in to confirm compatibility. I can confirm that Epson's glasses work fine on this Panasonic, and the Panny glasses work fine on the Epson Home Cinema 3010. (There seems to be the slightest of tint differences between the two.) I mentioned glasses starting around $39 (that one required you buy 4 pair). These are all "3rd party" glasses found on the internet. As of this writing – early Nov. 2011, those lower cost glasses are just starting to surface. Who knows, we may yet see someone selling active glasses for under $30 by year end, as I had predicted at the beginning of the year. (I'm no longer believing they will get that low, but you never can tell!)
Still, until there are a bunch of good 3rd party glasses out there, most folks are spending about $100 each, or a bit more.
The Panasonic's glasses are fairly cool looking, (as 3D glasses go), and they are lighter than most other recent ones, and much lighter than last years. I'm a glasses wearer, and they fit pretty well over mine.
PT-AE7000 Sports new 480Hz LCD Panels
Panasonic has always used Epson LCD panels. Nothing has changed. Epson has rolled out new "D9″ 3LCD panels, with much faster response times (good for gaming too), than previous ones. Faster panels, should also be helping with the brightness, relative to how they can time compared to the active shutter glasses. Faster can be better in this case. More to the point, though, is that in several ways, these new panels allow improved performance compared to older models, with the older panels.
PT-AE7000 Gaming Abilities
We will be sending this Panasonic to either Scott or Pete, our two hard core gamer bloggers (both own projectors), to let us know how the PT-AE7000 performs as a gaming projector. I'm hoping we'll even get to run a 3D game or two at it. Expect info about gaming with the PT-AE7000U to be added here, and to appear on our gamer blogs through early December.
PT-AE7000 Creative Frame Interpolation
Known as smooth motion, or other similar terms, the PT-AE7000, as noted above, offers CFI, with two different settings. They work in 3D as well as 2D. Even Panasonic's first generation CFI (4 years ago), was exceptionally smooth for the day. No surprise then, that the Mode 1, is one of the best CFI's we've seen. When watching movies, there is only the slightest trace of that "live digital video" (or "soap opera") look. Many of us older gen folks dislike any of that digital effect "ruining" the director's intent of our movies.
Younger folks like my 19 year old daughter, though, seem very tolerant of having this feature on for movies. For me, despite the superior workings of the AE7000's CFI, only use it for sports and some HDTV in general.
PT-AE7000 Waveform Generator and Side By Side
Like to play, adjust, etc? Is watching your projector, more fun than watching movies or sports? In other words are you a tech junky? The Waveform generator is for you, unless of course you already have your calibration equipment, and especially if you do, you'll probably love playing with the Generator.
Let's just say, that it allows you to do a good bit of calibrating, or at least, fine tuning the image performance of the PT-AE7000U. The generator can show you a lot of info about the entire image, for white, or each primary color, or it can look at a specific line of data. In the image above, you are looking at the red component of the image. Auto features allow you to adjust the image to optimum based on the generator's info.
You can also split the image into two half, one side showing your default settings, and the other side, how changes to settings affect them. If you learn to use the tools, or just have a great eye for color, you can see your changes and the effects they are having.
Below is a shot of the split screen in action. Note the very different amounts of red, in the grass, etc. between the left side, and the right side:
The split screen for adjusting settings, is very cool, and useful. I like it a lot!
PT-AE7000 Dynamic Iris
Very smooth. I really haven't noticed the iris's action, unless really looking for it.
Okay, it is detectable, sure. They all are when you do look, but it performs very well on really dark scenes like the submarine scenes in Hunt for Red October, and performs rather well in those tough scenes where the overall scene is consistently fairly dark (like dark paneled walls as a backdrop, and a person in a white shirt walking in and out of the scene). That type of scene is very tough on most DI's but the PT-AE7000 handles those scenes better than most.
If I have but one issue with the iris, it's that Panasonic probably is being a bit conservative, to get the very smooth action. The trade-off, is you won't get blacks as dark as, say, another projector with a dynamic iris, the same LCD panels, and other similar features. Blacks are definitely excellent, but I'll bet a touch more range on the dynamic iris would further improve them (slightly).
Viera-Link is Panasonic's system for their products talking to one another. In other words, your projector's remote can control a Panasonic DVR in a different room, and vice versa.
This is done between HDMI devices that are interconnected. At this writing, I'm not sure if Viera-Link is fully HDMI-Link compatible, in which case it can control non-Panasonic HDMI devices. I will update when Panasonic responds to my query about that.
PT-AE7000 2D to 3D Conversion
Sorry folks haven't tried this even once. But I will and add some comments here in the first week.
PT-AE7000 Lamp Life
Ahh, an easy topic. Panasonic rates their lamp in the PT-AE7000u as 4000 hours at full power, and 5000 hours in Eco-mode. While that's not the best ever, it's awfully close (LED light sources notwithstanding). Most of the competition is more in the range of 2000/3000, and 3000/4000, although the competing Epson offers the same 4000/5000 hour claim. (No, I don't know if it's the same lamp they are using.)
I believe the street price of the ET-LAA310 lamp is about $379 from authorized dealers.
Bottom line: Excellent lamp life, although their replacement lamp is only average priced, with some competitors a good $100 less. Still, considering the long life of the lamp, this Panasonic projector is going to have an extremely low cost of operation, compared to most other projectors in this price range or more.
Other Dynamic Controls
As is the case with most home theater projectors today, there are multiple additional dynamic features, which can come into play for sharpness, gamma, etc. We do most of our testing with these turned off. Every cool dynamic feature takes something else away, when it adds some performance. There are always trade-offs. That makes most of those dynamic controls personal preference based.
There are almost an infinite number of combinations of dynamic controls when you consider sharpness, contrast (dynamic iris), gamma, and the others. Adjust one a bit, and something else reacts slightly. We could spend weeks and not begin to get a handle on how they all interact with the image and each other at different settings. Mike kept to "simple" settings for gamma, for example, so as to avoid opening that "can of worms". You get multiple nice features for you to play with then you can choose stick with the ones you really like, if that's the case, or maybe stick to the non-dynamic ones.
The PT-AE7000u and PT-AE7000e will provide you with plenty of choices and combinations to choose from!
Let's move on, and take a close look at the physical projector itself:
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Fancy title aside, this single is a cover of "My Grown Up Christmas List," which was written by David Foster and first made popular in the 90s by Brandy. And you couldn't have found a better holiday song for Ailee to put her stamp on as the first year of the rising K-pop star's career comes to an end. The first version, "My Grown Up Christmas List (Christmas Wish)," is predominately in Korean, save for a line or two in English. Whoever translated it deserves serious props because it rhymes perfectly with the original English version, meshing with the melody here as if the song were initially written in Korean. As for Ailee, her vocals sound nothing short of gorgeous. She truly makes the song shine, filling it with warm, comforting vocals. In other words, she brings with her perfect holiday charm. And the lush orchestration doesn't hurt either.
The B-side is an English language cover of the song. It really doesn't differ much from the A-side except for the fact that it's in a different language. Ailee sings in English very well though, bringing just as much soul and beauty to this version. Obviously, an English language cover of the song wasn't necessary, but perhaps she did it as her Christmas gift to her many fans who don't understand Korean. Or maybe she just wanted to do the song as it was originally written to impress David Foster, since this marks the beginning of her tribute to him. Regardless, it's sure to melt the icicles outside of your house and it provides the perfect soundtrack for slow dancing with your honey this holiday. Cheers to that. (This single also features an instrumental version, should karaoke be your cup of tea.) -Michael McCarthy
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data.edit.corr.psap_weiss_undo undoes the Weiss correction to PSAP data.
data.edit.corr.psap_weiss_undo can operate as either an independent filter (provided the correct input is given) or as part of the correction chain
Command Line Usage
data.edit.corr.psap_weiss_undo [--input=A11] [--calTr=A,B] [Ba1,Tr1 ... BaN,TrN]
Specify what instrument or record base to use as the input, instead of trying to match what's available. Required if the input stream is ambiguous.
Specify the constants to use for the Weiss correction. By default 0.814 and 1.237.
Ba1,Tr1 ... BaN,TrN
If present the trailing list of bare words is treated as the list of absorption and transmittance pairs to apply the correction to.
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Since my coal supplier was closed yesterday for some odd reason, I've decided to experiment with burning some wood, and the fines in the bottom of my coal bin. Having pretty excellent results, cleaning up my bin, and learning along the way.
I started by a complete shutdown and gave the stove a nice clean, along with my chimney. Then proceded to start a pretty hot wood fire with some old junk hickory I had laying around. After I got her really cranking, I threw on 2 square shovel loads of fines. And dang near put the fire out instantly! Should've known better! Hahaha started poking around a little, made a small flame. Then left the ashpan door open, sat and waited.. After 10 minutes, I thought I was gonna burn the stove down to nothing. But to my surprise, it was easy to regulate with the MPD and by choking the air down a little.
I got maybe 5 hours out of 2 shovel loads and 3 rather small pieces of hickory. Not to mention the fun and a little experience along the way. Plus, the boss lady is happy that the house is back up to the cozy 85 degrees. Win-win situation...
My question,
How do you guys with years of experience get rid of your fines? Easier methods? Tips and tricks that I need to know?


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Roast Bass with Garlic Cream
You can roast the garlic up to 3 days ahead and store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator. If you like, you can roast extra garlic to use for another purpose, such as a savory addition to mashed potatoes, a quick spread for toasted baguette slices or extra flavor for a soup.
- 1 garlic head, unpeeled
- 3 tsp. olive oil
- 1 large yellow onion, thinly sliced
- 4 striped bass, snapper or salmon fillets at least 1 inch thick, about 2 lb. total
- Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
Roast the garlic
Preheat an oven to 400°F. Slice off the top of the garlic head to expose the cloves. Place the garlic, cut side up, on a square of aluminum foil, drizzle with 1 tsp. of the oil and wrap tightly. Set the packet upright in the oven and cook until the cloves are soft, about 40 minutes.
Roast the fish
Lightly oil a baking dish just large enough to hold the fish fillets. Scatter the onion slices evenly in the bottom. After the garlic has roasted for about 20 minutes, place the dish with the onions in the oven and roast for 15 minutes.
Season the fish fillets with salt and pepper and place on top of the onion. Drizzle the fish with the remaining 2 tsp. oil and return the dish to the oven. Roast just until the fish is opaque, 7 to 10 minutes, depending upon the thickness.
Make the garlic cream
When the garlic is tender, squeeze the pulp into a coarse-mesh sieve. Using a spoon or pestle, force the garlic through the sieve into a small saucepan, using the cream to help wash the garlic puree through the sieve. Bring the garlic cream to a simmer over low heat and reduce slightly and thicken, stirring. Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper.
Arrange the fish fillets on individual plates with the onion slices. Drizzle with the garlic cream and serve immediately. Serves 4.
Adapted from Williams-Sonoma Food Made Fast Series, Seafood, by Jay Harlow (Oxmoor House, 2007).


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With the launch of the new GLK-Class less than a month away, Mercedes-Benz has announced they'll be expanding their integrated marketing campaign for the new compact SUV. Under the slogan "Mercedes,180° from expected. The GLK.", a new series of television commercials and print advertisements will be launched to coincide with the current advertising channels, which over the past several months have included a webspecial, product placements and appearances at special events.
According to Dr. Olaf Göttgens, Vice President Brand Communications Mercedes-Benz Cars: "Our print campaign and the TV spot focus on the typical characteristics of the GLK — the striking form and surprisingly different design. With the GLK we are providing a new opportunity for customers to enter the SUV world of our brand. And for the launch of this vehicle we have used every communication channel in order to come into direct dialogue with our customers and, in particular, young target groups."
Airing first will be a TV commercial entitled "It Can't Be.", which we have included above for your viewing pleasure. Legendary Hollywood stars James Dean and Marilyn Monroe
are utilized in the ad, with the pair expressing a unique reaction when witnessing the new Mercedes SUV. In addition, a series of extraordinary print ads utlizing the lighting painting techniques of Warren du Preez & Nick Thornton Jones will soon debut as well, with the goal being to express the model in a completely new manner.
If you'd like to witness the first of the "Mercedes,180° from expected. The GLK." television ads, as already noted, you can do so above. In addition, you can check out a wealth of great content pertaining to Mercedes' new compact SUV at the official webspecial: http://www.mercedes-glk.com.
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IFC's genre label IFC Midnight has acquired U.S. rights to the Jon Hewitt-directed genre thriller X, described as "love, chance, escape and the oldest profession in the world, as experienced by two beautiful women on one ugly night that will change their lives forever." IFC prexy Jonathan Sehring said the film "ups the ante on an already impressive list of elevated thrillers form new wave Australian auteurs."
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Too bad that when it airs on the channel, it will have commercial breaks.
IFC is no longer a channel worth watching.
Or if they do air it commercial free, they still include the the fade ins/outs for the commercial breaks. Pretty terrible.
I don't believe IFC has commercial breaks in the middle of the feature films they run. Besides, IFC Midnight is a VOD/DVD focused product line.
Please pay attention and be positive.
Uhh, isn't IFC Midnight a theatrical series that includes same day as theater on-demand?
Yes, IFC *is* indeed airing commercials during films now, as of December 8th. The films remain unedited – for now.
Make that at least December 6th. That's when I tuned into "Letters From Iwo Jima" and was "rewarded" with ad after ad after ad. That was the last time I watched IFC. Trying to watch an "independent" film channel and instead walking away with an endless loop of "freecreditreport.com" playing through my brain is not an acceptable lifestyle choice for me.
I was watching "Letters From Iwo Jima" and had to turn it off due to the number of commercials. I will just get it from Netflix. IFC go fuck yourself, I took you channel out of my DishTV directory and will no longer watch your channel.


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Faults - 9 of 10
Faults FAQs - 10 Found
Faults are different from fault lines. A fault is a three-dimensional surface within the planet Earth. At the fault, rocks have broken. The rocks on one side of the fault have moved past the rocks on the other side. In contrast, a fault line is a line that stretches along the ground. The fault line is where the fault cuts the Earth's surface. Faults come in all sizes, from small ones whose short fault lines you can see in a single road cut, to huge faults whose long fault lines can be seen best in pictures taken from orbiting satellites. On continents, faults are everywhere, of all sizes, and they formed at many different times during the Earth's long history.
The largest and most important faults in each state are usually shown on the state's geologic map. A geologic map shows the locations of rocks of different kinds and ages. Because the geologic map shows the rocks that are exposed at ground level, the map also shows fault lines. However, many faults are entirely buried and do not reach ground level. Therefore, these buried faults have no fault lines, and they are usually not shown on geologic maps. If a buried fault is known at all, information about it is usually published in technical articles in geological journals.
Why are most faults in the Eastern US buried?
The answer is partly related to recognizing Quaternary faults and partly related to differences in geologic conditions in the areas east of and west of the Rocky Mountains.
First, many faults are present in the central and eastern U.S. (CEUS), but few of these faults have evidence of being active in Quaternary time. For example, if a fault is present only in pre-Quaternary rocks, then there may be no way to demonstrate Quaternary activity on the fault.
Second, the types and ages of strata and deposits at the surface in the CEUS are commonly different from those from the Rocky Mountains west. In late Quaternary time, large parts the CEUS were covered by massive continental glaciers, which buried the landscape with glacial till (coarse glacial debris) and outwash deposits (glacial debris transported by water), or by wind-blown deposits (silty loess or eolian sand). Many of these deposits are geologically very young, typically <15,000 years old. These young deposits can bury and conceal evidence of Quaternary fault movement that is older than these deposits.
Third, generally the rate of movement on CEUS faults is significantly less than that on faults in the western U.S. Slower rates of deformation mean that the evidence of Quaternary faulting will be subtler and is therefore, more likely to be missed, destroyed by erosion, or concealed by burial compared to areas having higher deformation rates.
All of these factors contribute there being fewer Quaternary faults mapped east of the Rocky Mountains. Some of the best evidence of strong prehistoric earthquakes in the CEUS is from liquefaction features (sand boils and dikes), which form as poorly consolidated, water-saturated sediment is forced to the surface by ground shaking. Although liquefaction features can tell us when and where strong earthquakes have occurred, they don't usually provide information about which fault specifically generated the earthquake. Despite these problems and shortcomings, the distribution of historical earthquakes and the geologic evidence of prehistoric earthquakes provide a reasonable guide to the seismic hazard in much of the CEUS.
Earthquakes East of the U.S. Rocky Mountains
In general, east of the Rockies, individual known faults and fault lines are unreliable guides to the likelihood of earthquakes. In California, a large earthquake can generally be associated with a particular fault because we have watched the fault break and offset the ground surface during the earthquake. In contrast, east of the Rockies things are less straightforward, because it is rare for earthquakes to break the ground surface. In particular, east of the Rockies, most known faults and fault lines do not appear to have anything to do with modern earthquakes. We don't know why. An earthquake is as likely to occur on an unknown fault as on a known fault, if not more likely. The result of all this is that fault lines east of the Rockies are unreliable guides to where earthquakes are likely to occur.
Accordingly, the best guide to earthquake hazard east of the Rockies is probably the earthquakes themselves. This doesn't mean that future earthquakes will occur exactly where past ones did, although that can happen. It means that future earthquakes are most likely to occur in the same general regions that had past earthquakes. Some future earthquakes are likely to occur far from past ones, in areas that have had few or no past earthquakes. However, these surprises are not too common. Most earthquakes tend to occur in the same general regions that are already known to have earthquakes. Even if we could pin an individual earthquake on an individual fault, that would still be only part of the answer we want. There is, in general, no reliable way to know where or when the NEXT damaging earthquake will occur, and that is the earthquake that is of the greatest interest to society.
Sources of Information
- State Geological Surveys or State Geologists - Most state geological surveys sell copies of the geologic maps of their states. Many state surveys also have booklets on the earthquakes of their state, as well as lots of other information on their state's faults, rocks, minerals, general and environmental geology, natural resources, and natural and environmental hazards.
- Seismicity of the Earth Maps and Information by State/Territory
- U.S. Seismic Hazard Maps - Every few years the USGS produces a national map of seismic hazards. These maps are probably the best single reference for earthquake hazard in a particular state, but it is technical in nature because it is aimed at engineers who design buildings and other structures. Of course, no one can predict the future, and earthquake prediction remains beyond our present knowledge, so these maps express the hazard as probabilities.


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Last weekend, we saw the St. Louis Cardinals make a large number of moves to cover various spots left open by injuries and demotions. This weekend the moves continue. Many are not surprising, as a few players are struggling to get going and others have preformed well enough to catch some attention and a promotion. A total of three players were promoted, four were demoted, one was activated from the disabled list, one was placed on the reserve list, and another was released.
From Double-A
Outfielders Luke Gorsett and A.J. Van Slyke, along with
right-handed reliever Josh Dew, have
all been sent down to
Gorsett, 24, was the seventh round
(226th overall) pick by the Cardinals in the 2006 amateur draft out of
During the off-season, he was
asked to travel to
This season, Gorsett has been
really struggling to get the bat going, hitting .207 with four doubles, one
triple, two home runs, eight RBIs, and struck out 15 times over 87 at-bats at
Van Slyke, 24, was the
23rd round (710th overall) pick by the Cardinals in the 2005 amateur
draft out of
He returned in 2006 with a promotion to Single-A Quad Cities and struggled, leading to a demotion to Single-A Short Season State College where his bat finally picked up. In 2007, he was once again promoted, this time to A-Advanced Palm Beach, where he continued his progress from the season before. This season, after minor league spring training, he was placed on the Double-A Springfield roster where he once again slipped back into his earlier kind of results, only hitting .244 with four doubles, one triple, one RBI, and struck out two times in 45 at-bats.
Dew, 23, was the 14th
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Ezra Pound
The Summons - Poem by Ezra Pound
I can not bow to woo thee
With honey words and flower kisses
And the dew of sweet half-truths
Fallen on the grass of old quaint love-tales
Of broidered days foredone.
Nor in the murmurous twilight
May I sit below thee,
Worshiping in whispers
Tremulous as far-heard bells.
All these things have I known once
And passed
In that gay youth I had but yester-year.
And that is gone
As the shadow of wind.
Nay, I can not woo thee thus;
But as I am ever swept upward
To the centre of all truth
So must I bear thee with me
Rapt into this great involving flame,
Calling ever from the midst thereof,
"Follow! Follow!"
And in the glory of our meeting
Shall the power be reborn.
And together in the midst of this power
Must we, each outstriving each,
Cry eternally:
"I come, go thou yet further."
And again, "Follow,"
For we may not tarry.
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Fine mapping and candidate gene analysis of purple pericarp gene Pb in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
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Purple rice is a type of rice with anthocyanins deposited in its grain pericarp. The rice Pb gene controlling purple pericarp character is known to be on chromosome 4, and the purple color is dominant over white color. In this study, we fine mapped the Pb gene using two F2 segregating populations, i.e. Pei'ai 64S (white) × Yunanheixiannuo (purple) and Pei'ai 64S × Chuanheinuo (purple). In the first-pass mapping, the Pb gene was located in the region downstream the SSR marker RM3820. In the fine mapping, the candidate region was saturated with InDel and CAPS markers developed specifically for this study. Eventually, the Pb gene was mapped within the 25-kb region delimited by the upstream marker RID3 and the downstream marker RID4. The delimited region contained two annotated genes, Ra and bhlh16 (TIGR Rice Genome, R.5). The former is a homologue of the Myc transcription factor Lc controlling anthocyanin biosynthesis in maize, and the latter is a homologue of the TT8 gene, which is also an Myc transcription factor gene controlling the pericarp pigmentation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Sequence analysis showed that the exon 7 of the Ra gene of Yunanheixiannuo and Chuanheinuo had a 2-bp (GT) deletion compared with those of the white rice varieties Pei'ai 64S, 9311 and Nipponbare. A CAPS marker, CAPSRa, was developed according to the GT deletion for analysis of the two F2 segregating populations and 106 rice lines. The results showed that all F2 plants with white pericarp, and all non-purple rice lines (63 white and 22 red) contained no GT deletion, but all 20 purple rice lines contained the GT deletion. These results suggested that the Ra gene may be the Pb gene and the purple pericarp characteristic of rice is caused by the GT deletion within exon 7 of the Ra gene.
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Hi Chris!
Am Mittwoch, den 27.04.2005, 12:39 -0400 schrieb Chris Buechler:
> Because the IP's you add in the Server NAT tab are then made available
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I saw this, yes.
> Inbound NAT tab by replacing the drop down box with a text box, but
> I'd say that greatly increases your chances of mistakes there. There
What mistakes do you mean? The problem in my eyes is, that the term
"Server NAT" is more confusing than it helps. I can't think of any
firewall that has a "feature" like this.
> also might be a reason on the back end that it's done that way.
Can't see anything like this in the code. I think it's only designed as
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Re: Loaches behaving strangely - help!
Posted By: Joe Loach <email@example.com> In Response To: Re: Loaches behaving strangely - help! (Lydia)
Date: Monday, 12 October 1998, at 3:00 p.m.
In Response To: Re: Loaches behaving strangely - help! (Lydia)
Please keep in mind that what I tell you here is *my particular opinion*. Opinions of others may vary. :-)
The Clowns will eventually need more space. I have a trio that are now approaching 6". I've had two of them for 11 years now, the third I just picked up.
I wouldn't advise keeping goldfish and tropicals together. Higher temps are not good for them (the goldfish). On the other hand, your Clowns would love it higher (Baensch recommends 77 - 86F).
Tank overstocked? IMHO, yes, I think your tank is overstocked. *However*, after saying this I will also say that this is always such a tough thing to consider! Here's one rule of thumb for stocking levels that I've used: Keep the nitrAte level at or below 30 ppm. How do you achieve this? It's up to the individual. Have a small, overcrowded aquarium and feed a lot? Well, be prepared to make partial water changes several times a week -- or whatever it takes to keep the level at or below 30 ppm nitrAte. If you choose to have less fish in the same aquarium, then you will make less partial water changes.
Other method: 1" of fish per gal. (However, the mass of 4 - 1" Neon Tetras does not equal the mass of a single 4" Blue Gourami).
There is also another *very rough* rule of thumb I've used: If you keep small to medium sized fish, keep only 1/2 the amount of fish per gallon size of the tank. For example: 12 fish in a 24 gal tank *max*. I'd still use the nitrAte method to make water changes with this though.
It's been a very long time since I've kept small Clowns. Is there any fin damage on the other fish due to your Clowns? I'd think that this behavior would be more out of curiosity than anything else? Or testing of the waters to find out what is food and what is not? Hmmmmm. If the above is true, then a larger tank would cut down on the amount of these "curious encounters."
Those standard, orange, clay pots are fine, IMHO. I just took out some sandstone pieces from my tank and replaced them with whole and broken pieces of clay pots. The Botias are loving it! :-)
"The Drill" for me is knowing what I put into the water is going to end up as waste...and that I'm going to see it in the nitrAte level. More food means more partial water changes. I can deal with that. I tend to overfeed. I'd rather see a fat Botia than a skinny one. The consequence is that I need to make the water changes. I've accepted that. It's how you keep the fish healthy. Now, I've just got to put into action a emergent plant filter to eat up those nitrAtes and I can afford to be a little more lazy. :-)
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Pirates notebook: Alvarez starting to find his timing at plate
Braves starting pitcher Julio Teheran was about to hit his intended mark on the outside corner of the plate with a 91 mph fastball in the fourth inning Thursday until Pedro Alvarez's bat got in the way.
Alvarez smashed the ball to center for a 448-foot home run, his first of the season. On Friday, Alvarez sent a Tim Hudson offering into the right-field seats for his second home run.
The home runs were blunt signals that suggest the struggling Pirates third baseman is coming around. Alvarez entered Friday batting .104. But it is not just the results that are encouraging to the Pirates, it is the process.
Rather than trying to pull the pitch Thursday, rather than trying to do too much with the 0-1 fastball, Alvarez redirected the offering to the middle of the field.
"I'd say it's a good indication of going with the pitch and trying to not do too much," Alvarez said. "It's just one of those where we are talking about the ball getting deeper a half an inch. It's just a matter of timing, letting the ball get a little deeper."
It wasn't the only recent example of Alvarez using the opposite field. In Tuesday's rainout against the Cardinals, Alvarez hit a Jake Westbrook fastball left of center, the ball leaving his bat at 111 mph, the top exit velocity for a batted ball by a Pirate this season.
"(Using the opposite field) is one thing that's talked about," manager Clint Hurdle said. "One of the things in this game that's funny is these guys will work all day on hitting the ball up the middle, the other way, then sometimes when the game starts they just go to a different a place."
Hurdle hopes Alvarez will begin going to a different place more often: the opposite field.
For his career, Alvarez bats .392 on balls to center, and .379 when he using the opposite field, according to Fangraphs.com. Alvarez hits .303 on batted balls to the pull side. But like most power-focused lefties, when he makes contact Alvarez usually hits to the right side of the field, which is the right approach when reacting to an inside pitch like Alvarez did Friday.
Said Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez on Thursday: "It's scary when Alvarez is hitting .180. Can he wait four more days before he breaks out of it? You know the kid is going to hit."
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Hurdle said the reports from High-A Bradenton pitching coach Justin Meccage on Charlie Morton's outing Thursday were "very encouraging." The right-hander threw 44 pitches and an additional six in the bullpen to reach 50, his velocity ranged from 92-96 mph on his fastball, which he threw 28 times for 22 strikes. The sinker had good late life and the change-up had good arm speed and sink. Morton, who underwent Tommy John surgery in June, is expected to make three more rehabilitation starts before he is ready to rejoin the Pirates.
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Reliever Jared Hughes was unavailable Friday, and Hurdle said before the game he might also stay away from Justin Wilson, who pitched 1 1⁄3 innings and threw 30 pitches Thursday. Thirteen pitches came in Reed Johnson's at-bat.
"He continues to give us what we need in that role because it's not just a left-on-left matchup," Hurdle said of Wilson. "He can handle some righties. Justin's got some good stuff."
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What Every Entrepreneur Can Learn From Kids
When you're pondering about what it takes to be an entrepreneur, don't overlook the business savvy of kids. They aren't always consciously striving to climb the ladder of success. However, the journey from toddler to teen leaves a trail of tested developmental data.
Here we feature the 8 areas of 'kids' mindsets:
#1 – Negotiations
Children of all ages are masters of the art of negotiating. Watch a child engaging in the bargaining process. Kids learn early on that everything has subjective value and might be considered trade worthy in certain circumstances.
Take stock of your own negotiating inventory.
#2 – Compromise
Reaching agreements results in more rewards than stubbornly wallowing in stalemated disagreements. There is nothing defeating about walking away with a gain. When you want two jumping frogs for your slingshot, keep in mind that frogs aren't so easy to catch. One frog or no frog? It's that simple.
#3 – Resilience
Kids seldom take 'no' for an answer. When they hit a wall, they walk around it, climb over it or set up a catapult. They don't quit until they have exhausted every possible way to achieve their goals. They are driven with passion, determination, ingenuity and optimism. You need all of those to be an entrepreneur.
#4 – Resources
It's important to know who has the best, the most, the cheapest, the best delivery time, etc. Kids look through junkyards, yard sales, 'free' ads and under rocks. That's all aside from keeping a list they've acquired through the grapevine of those who can offer the best fish bait, fireworks, homework help and bike repairs.
#5 – Funding
When more money is needed, it's important to be able to turn to more than one funding source. Kids already know this. When one parent turns out empty pockets, they shamelessly hit on the other parent. Benevolent uncles and friends with generous allowances might be willing to offer some temporary financial relief.
You don't know if you don't ask.
#6 – Real World Social Networking
You can never have enough contacts. Most kids join activity groups to be with other kids. As the social circle widens through introductions, there is an increase in invitations. The cousin of the friend of the kid on the wrestling team knows the lady who is in charge of auditions for the play you'd love to be in. Hmmm…just maybe.
As we grow older we make less time for social groups like sports, performances and hang outs. There could be a lot of great new info we are missing out on from one another if only we made more time for social networking in the real world, not just online.
#7 – Promote Yourself
It's okay to talk about your talents, goals and successes with pride. The power of word of mouth advertising can start with you. There is a difference between bragging and exuding supreme confidence. Just be sure that you can deliver on your claims. As you show others what you can do, word will get around.
Those who are in need of your talents will find you.
#8 – Dream Big!
While it's necessary to be realistic, it's also important to project a positive outcome. It's okay to want a pony someday even if you currently only have room for a dog house.
Success will allow you to address such minor details.
As you can see from the above tips, it's sometimes worthwhile to look back as well as to look forward. Remember when you were a kid and unstoppable! Now the risks are greater, the challenge is bigger and the potential rewards make it all worth it. Like all kids, you practiced and honed your business skills. Back then, it was part of being a kid. Now it's all a part of how to be an entrepreneur in the adult world.
Article By: Zanne Lamb-Hunt | Addicted2Success.com
Great article! One that I would definitely add is PERSISTANCE. My boys have absolute, unwavering, demanding persistence when it comes to getting what they want. Whether it's eating a cookie, not eating their vegetables, getting a new toy truck or not wearing a specific piece of clothing for no good reason. They will dig their heels in, kick, scream, cry and not budge an inch until they have their way. Many of us entrepreneurs should take this approach when we know what is right for our business (besides maybe the kicking and screaming).
This is great! The one thing I would add is children's inherent capacity to focus and be 100% in the moment – they are naturally mindful. I teach mindfulness to mother entrepreneurs and know that it is key to supporting resilience, productivity, creativity, etc…
Our children are masters of mindfulness!
this is great and really can be proved out of children….
its real inspiring!
Wonderful and insightful post. I always thought there is somethings which adults can learn from children, you've simply explained it so well. I think it's remarkable that even though social networking is supposed to bring us closer together, it's actually splitting us apart. Today's generation of children are even worse at face to face interactions than previous generations. Therefore I've a slight query with point 6. But otherwise a great post. 🙂
What a great post. There is so much that we can learn from children and it seems so simple when you look through the eyes of a child.
My 3 year old has these down to a science…especially negotiations. LOL Great article and I'm going to share with my husband. 😀
Great to hear you have taken something from the article. Thanks Alisha! I hope your husband enjoys it as much as you do.
The adult world is very complicated and we had to adapt to this system an mostly we think complicated. But the Key is going back to simplicity as we were as children. Its about the attitude and how we focus on things.
Great points! Wasn't it easy to be a kid? Why did we want to grow up so quickly? I'm always amazed at the resiliency and fearlessness with which kids face situations. I'm going to act child-like more often!
Great article! Alot of wisdom in simplicity.
Kids are amazing, I learn something new from mine every day. I always tell my wife that we should see the world through their eyes. It's like they see things in color with so many possibilities where as we see things as having to be black or white. Not only that, but their approach is so raw and uncensored, which is sometimes just genius!
Adam, I may have to check out your book. I just read a book that you might like in return called "How to Avoid the Common Failure" by Michael Horton. It's a great reference for success, leadership and personal growth. I think it could be aimed at both personal and professional life.
Absolute amazing post and in all respects completely right because if you think back to when you where once a child we all developed and crafted these skills "i bet you read this article with a smile on your face thinking back to times when you where once a young negotiator"
Great Read
I think this is a great article and is totally in line with my book which i released in April 2012. It is called Making Business Child's Play and Making it demonstrates the importance of mastering the skills and techniques we possessed as children and exhibit as parents. By identifying the parallels between what goes on at home and at work, it demonstrates how we can transfer behaviours to be more successful within a business environment.
Making Business Child's Play is for people looking for practical, action oriented ideas about business behaviours in an accessible entertaining style. It is written to be read in less than two hours, ideal for your next train journey or flight. It is not written as a textbook but provides lots of insights, hints and tips across a wide variety of topics through a very personal series of stories and analogies about the author and his two young children.
The book is for all types of people across all types of industries but is perfect for aspiring managers with young children working in an office environment. So, if you are interested in a book which takes a fresh innovative look at common subjects then this book is for you. Once you have finished reading, you will have discovered an array of practical tips and techniques giving you a changed and enriched perspective as a manager and/or a parent.
If you would like a complimentary copy, please let me know.
Alot of these things have been attempted to be untrained out of us. Its weird noticing how smart children really are. Great insights this morning. Great post.


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Boy/Girl Headband
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As far as yarn requirements, I created both headbands using a total of one skein of each color.
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So delicious!Kellyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-90789231328220723922010-09-02T21:43:55.168-06:002010-09-02T21:43:55.168-06:00Melissa, a little chipotle sounds like a great add...Melissa, a little chipotle sounds like a great addition!Kalynhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-55015170432213802602010-09-02T21:03:31.347-06:002010-09-02T21:03:31.347-06:00Num num, this is awesome. I added a chipotle pepp...Num num, this is awesome. I added a chipotle pepper in adobe that I had in the fridge from another recipe and I served it with a little reduced fat sour cream, salsa and Wholly Quacamole. Amazing! Thanks!!!!Melissahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-87837859219355447322010-04-26T20:53:24.644-06:002010-04-26T20:53:24.644-06:00Nancy, glad you liked it! You're right, I do ...Nancy, glad you liked it! You're right, I do love Mediterranean food.Kalynhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-51453605200221406992010-04-26T20:32:24.552-06:002010-04-26T20:32:24.552-06:00Thanks Kalyn for a great dinner. My husband loved...Thanks Kalyn for a great dinner. My husband loved it and I appreciate your recipes. Since I discovered your blog, I only use your recipes and a few from my treasured "The Art of Syrian Cookery". From the blogs entries I've read I can tell you also appreciate mediteranean cooking.Nancy Mhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-72248232290319115362010-03-30T11:51:53.447-06:002010-03-30T11:51:53.447-06:00Virginia, thanks for the nice feedback. So happy ...Virginia, thanks for the nice feedback. So happy to her you are enjoying the recipes.Kalynhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-69765265872017719412010-03-30T11:24:36.634-06:002010-03-30T11:24:36.634-06:00Kalyn, I made this last night and served it with y...Kalyn, I made this last night and served it with your black bean, brown rice and cilantro salad and it was a big hit with my family! The two recipes were perfect together. I've never been disappointed in any of your recipes, and once again I need to thank you for helping me stick to the healthy SB way of eating. You're such a doll to post your wonderful recipes for the rest of us to enjoy.Virginia email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-24755449845487947852010-01-11T21:33:32.433-07:002010-01-11T21:33:32.433-07:00I agree, Hatch green chiles are fantastic.I agree, Hatch green chiles are fantastic.Kalynhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-91468266799822864522010-01-11T21:12:02.084-07:002010-01-11T21:12:02.084-07:00Great recipe!!!! I can't wait to try it...I ha...Great recipe!!!! I can't wait to try it...I had to comment on the picture of the Hatch green chile can, I live only 30 miles from there. Hatch has the BEST green chile ever!naildivahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-12448305821719242422009-09-17T17:33:43.625-06:002009-09-17T17:33:43.625-06:00Christina, glad to hear you liked it!Christina, glad to hear you liked it!Kalynhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-57079923268703118212009-09-17T13:59:35.060-06:002009-09-17T13:59:35.060-06:00My friend made this receipe for me, and I loved it...My friend made this receipe for me, and I loved it. I got the recipe from her and am making it for myself tonight. Was telling my sister what I was making and she asked for the recipe as well. Its a big hit. I added Jalapeno from my garden it was perfect. Thank firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-49496306532865480382009-06-28T17:38:31.569-06:002009-06-28T17:38:31.569-06:00I'm not sure how to prevent the cheese from le...I'm not sure how to prevent the cheese from leaking out, except use less cheese, but you already did that. Just eat the cheese that runs out!! (That's what I always do.) Glad you liked it.Kalynhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-5019023882354074672009-06-28T15:21:08.097-06:002009-06-28T15:21:08.097-06:00I made this for my family for dinner tonight, and ...I made this for my family for dinner tonight, and it was a big hit! We didn't use as much parmesan (because I forgot to buy more) and left out the bread crumbs. Delicious! Thanks so much for this and all of your recipes, they are a huge help when we are trying to eat well.

The cheese did leak out some - any way to prevent this? I will definitely make it again, leaky or no. Hooray for tasty firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-13063524240401245992008-10-19T11:43:00.000-06:002008-10-19T11:43:00.000-06:00I made this for dinner two nights ago. This recipe...I made this for dinner two nights ago. This recipe was a HUGE hit with my family! Thank you for sharing. :)BikiniMehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-43488102238960132692007-12-20T17:54:00.000-07:002007-12-20T17:54:00.000-07:00This sounds great. Chiles and cheese stuffed into...This sounds great. Chiles and cheese stuffed into chicken with a golden brown crispy crust...mmm...Kevinhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-85338347191358058342007-12-19T14:10:00.000-07:002007-12-19T14:10:00.000-07:00Oh, this looks divine! I'm going to give it a try...Oh, this looks divine! I'm going to give it a try tonight, though I might just substitute jalapenos for more heat...plus, I've always got those on hand to add to nearly every meal. (We love Mexican food in my house!)

Thanks for the recipe--and the picture that won me email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-75175404791580813902007-12-18T19:17:00.000-07:002007-12-18T19:17:00.000-07:00Chicken, cheese and chiles -- what could be bad???...Chicken, cheese and chiles -- what could be bad??? This looks like the kind of dish that would be perfect on a Sunday night -- I'm not sure why, just that it seems like a Sunday night meal!Lydiahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-17444736391178665542007-12-18T12:39:00.000-07:002007-12-18T12:39:00.000-07:00Yum, yum and more yum. What a great combination!Yum, yum and more yum. What a great combination!Katyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-26416576621837841762007-12-18T09:31:00.000-07:002007-12-18T09:31:00.000-07:00The old version is my favorite Kalyn's Kitchen rec...The old version is my favorite Kalyn's Kitchen recipe. If I need to bring dinner to someone I almost always make this chicken. It's yummy. I haven't tried the updated recipe yet but I'm sure it's delicious as firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-21239007488400350782007-12-18T06:43:00.000-07:002007-12-18T06:43:00.000-07:00Kalyn, this is making me so hungry!I love your chi...Kalyn, this is making me so hungry!
I love your chicken recipes - they always look delicious!Patricia Scarpinhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-4900773638468218702007-12-18T04:28:00.000-07:002007-12-18T04:28:00.000-07:00Mmmmm, this looks good! What vegetable(s) do you s...Mmmmm, this looks good! What vegetable(s) do you serve with this?

-Elizabethejmhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-21270626787597115342007-12-17T22:10:00.000-07:002007-12-17T22:10:00.000-07:00How can you go wrong with sour cream and cheese an...How can you go wrong with sour cream and cheese and stuffing anything?
Yummy.
Chigiy at Gardener's Anonymous said:chigiy at Gardeners email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-12204146690160148652007-12-17T21:21:00.000-07:002007-12-17T21:21:00.000-07:00Hey, I wrote my comment before Cates, but hers is ...Hey, I wrote my comment before Cates, but hers is first. How did that happen? (Another Blogger mystery.)
Chicken and cheese are meant to go together, I agree!

Christine, thanks.

Tanna, no shame when you turn out that amazing bread, and I'm such a baking failure!Kalynhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-67318316337397443782007-12-17T21:15:00.000-07:002007-12-17T21:15:00.000-07:00You shame me. I've got to try this one!You shame me. I've got to try this one!MyKitchenInHalfCupshttps://email@example.com


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Nearly 100 of the militarys best Scouts convened on Fort Benning over the weekend for the inaugural Gainey Cup competition.
You are the best of the best. You are here to show that, said Col. David Davidson, 316th Cavalry Brigade commander, during Fridays welcome brief. This is going to be a good four days.
The four days were filled with day and night live fires, foot marches, target identification testing, troop-leading procedures, weapons familiarization, a written exam, reconnaissance lane and an obstacle course. It wrapped up Tuesday with the awards ceremony announcing the final ranking of all 19 teams.
This isnt going to be easy, but Scouts never take the easy way, Col. Paul Laughlin, Armor School commandant, told competitors Friday. This is about you committing yourself to excellence. We play fair. We play tough. Give it everything you got. There is no prouder organization in our Army than our reconnaissance elements. You have more pride, in my humble opinion, than any other outfit. I am so proud of you. I wish you all the very, very best of luck. The Soldiers and Marines took that luck with them over the course of the competition. They also carried a physical reminder of their commitment, embodied in a chip given to them by retired Command Sgt. Maj. William Joe Gainey.
Thats my contract with you, he said When you accept it and shake my hand you have signed a contract with me to do your best. Youre not going to win by being second best. Be prepared mentally. Dont second guess yourself. Do what you know how to do. If you have faith in what you know, your training will kick in. Act like youre on a mission.
Gainey, the Cavalry Scout for whom the competition is named, was the first senior enlisted advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He retired in 2008 after nearly 33 years of service.
I am very honored to know you, Gainey told the teams. Im just really excited about being here. We are bonded together, even though I came in in 1975 and some of you came in last week. Its not about the Army and the Marine Corps. Its about Scouts: the best MOS in the world. Staff Sgt. Jonathan Phipps, team leader representing the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany, said he felt honored to meet Gainey, who served as the senior NCO of his regiment years ago.
Were all honored to be given guidance by such a distinguished senior noncommissioned officer and to be competing in front of him and for him, Phipps said. Its definitely going to be challenging.
The challenges started Saturday with the Disciplus Validus, a four-hour physical fitness test including a five-mile foot march, push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, dips, a rope climb, tire flip, Humvee pull, Skedco pull, farmers walk and sprints. It wore us down, said Staff Sgt. James Todd, 4th Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment. Basically every muscle group in our body was tired, even our minds, tired and exhausted. All in all, its 11:52 (in the morning), and its been a long day. I feel like its almost bedtime already, but theres still a long way to go.
Like many others, the Fort Hood, Texas, team started training for the Gainey Cup a month in advance. The training focused on Scout skills exactly what the Gainey Cup zeroes in on.
It allows us to get out in our small teams and conduct reconnaissance through different landscapes that were not used to, Todd said of the competition, work through that terrain stealthily, quietly, to be undetected, not knowing what were going to expect, and then be able to come into an objective, set up our observation posts and watch. This is what its all about getting out there, getting around the enemy so we can get in the enemys backyard and watch him without him knowing were there and then, in the event that we have to, using our weapon systems to defeat the enemy.
Not all competitors had weeks to prepare, though.
The Marine Corps team was assembled just days before the competition began. Assigned to Fort Benning with the Marine detachment, they included a tank instructor, a combat engineer and a Scout sniper.
After completing target identification a test involving numerous U.S. and foreign vehicles, helicopters and weapon systems Sgt. Matthew Storment, a reconnaissance Marine leading the five-man team, said he knew the competition would be difficult, but he was glad to be part of it.
Its going to test each team, not only physically but mentally, he said. Im just happy to be here.
To find out the full list of winners, go to www.benning.army.mil/armor/GaineyCup and click on the Facebook link.


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Kawasaki Disease
Kawasaki disease is an illness that affects young children. It causes irritation and swelling of the skin, mouth, and lymph nodes. More serious illness can also lead to swelling in the coronary arteries. These arteries supply oxygen to the heart. The swelling can cause serious heart problems like a weakening of blood vessel walls ( aneurysm ) and heart attack.
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The cause of Kawasaki disease is unknown. Some believe it is an infectious agent like a virus. However, Kawasaki does not seem to be contagious. It does not spread through households like the flu.
Risk Factors
Kawasaki disease is most common in children less than five year old. It is rare in adults. Children of Asian ethnicity also seem to be more likely to get Kawasaki disease.
Outbreaks of the disease are more common during the winter and early spring months.
Early symptoms in the first 2 weeks may include:
- High fever—lasting for at least 5 days and usually greater than 102 degrees Fahrenheit (38.8 degrees Celsius)
- Irritability
- Red or bloodshot whites of the eyes due to conjunctivitis
- Rash
- Soreness and swelling of the mouth, lips, and throat
- Strawberry tongue—white/yellow coating and bright red bumps on tongue
- Swollen hands and feet that may look red
- Swollen lymph nodes (organs of the immune system) in the neck
Later symptoms (within 2 weeks of the start of the fever) may include:
- Peeling of skin on hands and feet
- Joint problems
- Diarrhea, vomiting, or abdominal pain
There is no specific test to diagnose Kawasaki disease. You will be asked about your child's symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Your child's bodily fluids may be tested. This can be done with:
- Blood tests
- Urine tests
Images may be taken of your child's heart. This can be done with an echocardiogram .
The electrical activity of your child's heart may be measured. This can be done with an electrocardiogram (EKG) .
Kawasaki will go away on its own. However, treatment can help to limit the damage the illness does. The sooner Kawasaki disease is treated, the better the outcome. Treatment is especially important to reduce risk of damage to the heart.
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for your child. Treatment options include the following:
Intravenous Gamma Globulin
Gamma globulin naturally occurs in the body. It is a protein that helps your body fight infections. This treatment provides a concentrated dose of gamma globulin. It is passed into your bloodstream through an IV.
This treatment may decrease the risk of heart complications. It is most effective when given early in the illness, ideally the first 10 days.
High doses of aspirin may also be advised. Aspirin may help to manage symptoms by:
- Preventing the formation of blood clots
- Reducing fever
- Easing joint swelling
- Treating rashes
Note : If your child is given aspirin therapy and develops symptoms of a viral infection, especially chickenpox , call the doctor about stopping aspirin therapy. Aspirin has been associated with Reye's syndrome , a potentially fatal condition.
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Steroid or joint inflammation medication may also be recommended. They may be used if inflammation cannot be controlled with other treatments.
If heart complications develop, they will need to be treated. Specific treatment will depend on the specific problem.
If heart complications develop, they will need to be treated. Specific treatment will depend on the specific problem.
There is no known way to prevent Kawasaki disease.
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The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Ottawa Senators 1-0 last night at the PNC Arena behind 33 saves from starting goaltender Dan Ellis and captain Eric Staal's fifth goal of the season. The Senators entered the game with an impressive 5-1-1 record to begin the season and an offense that boasted 13 different goal scorers, tied for the most in the National Hockey League with the Tampa Bay Lightning, but were without top-line center Jason Spezza who will miss the next two months due to back surgery.
The Carolina Hurricanes got the scoring started in the first period when Alexander Semin took the puck in to the offensive zone and fired a quick pass towards the slot which was tipped past Ottawa goaltender Craig Anderson for his fifth of the season. The goal came 15:45 into the first period and gave the Hurricanes the lead after the first period for the first time this season. The Hurricanes fired 15 shots on goal in the first period, and Hurricanes' goaltender Dan Ellis made 12 saves to keep the Senators scoreless.
The second period was a real momentum-builder for the Carolina Hurricanes as Dan Ellis was on top of this game making 13 of his 33 saves during the period, and the team was able to kill of a four-minute double-major high-sticking penalty to Jamie McBain to keep the 1-0 lead. Forward Jeff Skinner almost made it 2-0 midway through the period but his wrist shot rang off the crossbar. The Hurricanes fried a total of nine shots on goal in the second period bringing their two-period total to 24.
The Carolina Hurricanes were able to close the game in the third period behind eight more saves from Dan Ellis. Although the Hurricanes would fire 11 shots on goal in the period, but it would be Eric Staal's first period goal that would be the game winner. The win improves the Hurricanes' record to 3-3 on the season; the team takes to the ice again tonight in Philadelphia against the Philadelphia Flyers.Tags: alexander semin, Carolina, Carolina Hurricanes, Dan Ellis, Eric Staal, Hockey, jason spezza, NHL, ottawa senators


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De Verborum Significatu
Sextus Pompeius Festus
Saturn quoque dicebantur, qui castrum in imo clivo Capitolino incolebant, ubi ara dicata ei deo ante bellum Troianum videtur, quia apud eam supplicant apertis capitis.
And those people who inhabited the camp on the lowest slope of the Capitoline were also called Saturni; there an altar seems to have been dedicated to that god before the Trojan War, because they pray before it with their heads uncovered.
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The volt is the potential or pressure of one cell of battery called a standard cell, made in a certain way.
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Calder moved to New York and enrolled at the Art Students' League. While a student, he worked for the National Police Gazette where, in 1925, one of his assignments was sketching the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. Calder became fascinated with the circus, a theme that would reappear in his later work.
In 1926, Calder moved to Paris where he established a studio at 22 rue Daguerre in the Montparnasse Quarter. At the suggestion of a Serbian toy merchant, he began to make toys. At the urging of fellow sculptor Jose de Creeft, he submitted them to the Salon des Humoristes. Later that fall, Calder began to create his Cirque Calder, a miniature circus fashioned from wire, string, rubber, cloth, and other found objects. Designed to fit into suitcases (it eventually grew to fill five), the circus was portable, and allowed Calder to hold performances on both sides of the Atlantic. He gave improvised shows, recreating the performance of a real circus. Soon, his "Cirque Calder"[13] (usually on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art) became popular with the Parisian avant-garde. In 1927, Calder returned to the United States. He designed several kinetic wooden push and pull toys for children, which were mass-produced by the Gould Manufacturing Company, in Oshkosh, WI. His originals, as well as playable replicas, are on display in the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. In 1928, Calder held his first solo show at a commercial gallery at the Weyhe Gallery in New York City. In 1935, he had his first solo museum exhibition in the United States at The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago. In 1929, Calder had his first solo show of wire sculpture in Paris at Galerie Billiet. The painter Jules Pascin, a friend of Calder's from the cafes of Montparnasse, wrote the preface. In June 1929, while traveling from Paris to New York, Calder met his future wife, Louisa James, grandniece of author Henry James and philosopher William James. They married in 1931. While in Paris, Calder met and became friends with a number of avant-garde artists, including Joan Miró, Jean Arp, and Marcel Duchamp. A visit to Piet Mondrian's studio in 1930 "shocked" him into embracing abstract art.
The Cirque Calder can be seen as the start of Calder's interest in both wire sculpture and kinetic art. He maintained a sharp eye with respect to the engineering balance of the sculptures and utilized these to develop the kinetic sculptures Duchamp would ultimately dub as "mobiles", a French pun meaning both "mobile" and "motive." He designed some of the characters in the circus to perform suspended from a thread. However, it was the mixture of his experiments to develop purely abstract sculpture following his visit with Mondrian that lead to his first truly kinetic sculptures, manipulated by means of cranks and pulleys.
By the end of 1931, he moved on to more delicate sculptures which derived their motion from the air currents in the room. From this, Calder's "mobiles" were born. At the same time, Calder was also experimenting with self-supporting, static, abstract sculptures, dubbed "stabiles" by Arp in 1932 to differentiate them from mobiles. Calder and Louisa returned to America in 1933 to settle in a farmhouse they purchased in Roxbury, Connecticut, where they raised a family (first daughter, Sandra born 1935, second daughter, Mary, in 1939). Calder continued to give Cirque Calder performances but also worked with Martha Graham, designing stage sets for her ballets and created a moving stage construction to accompany Eric Satie's Socrate in 1936.
During World War II, Calder attempted to join the Marines as a camofleur, but was rejected. Instead, he continued to sculpt, but a scarcity of metal led to him producing work in carved wood.
Calder's first retrospective was held in 1938 at George Walter Vincent Smith Gallery in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1943, the Museum of Modern Art hosted a well-received Calder retrospective, curated by James Johnson Sweeney and Marcel Duchamp.
Calder was one of 250 sculptors who exhibited in the 3rd Sculpture International held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the summer of 1949. His mobile, International Mobile was the centerpiece of the exhibition.
Man, a sculpture by Alexander Calder for Expo 67, on Saint Helen's Island Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montréal, Quebec
In the 1950s, Calder increasingly concentrated his efforts on producing monumental sculptures. Notable examples are ".125" for JFK Airport in 1957, "La Spirale" for UNESCO in Paris 1958 and "Man" ("L'Homme"), commissioned for Expo 67 in Montreal. Calder's largest sculpture until that time, 20.5 meters high, was "El Sol Rojo", constructed for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
In 1962, he settled into his new workshop Carroi, a very futuristic design and overlooking the valley of the Lower Chevrière to Saché in Indre-et-Loire (France). He did not hesitate to offer his gouaches and small mobile to his friends in the country, he even donated to the town of a stabile trônant since 1974 in front of the church: an anti-sculpture free from gravity.
He did make the most of its stabiles and mobiles at factory Biémont Tours (France), including "the Man", all stainless steel 24 meters tall, commissioned by Canada's International Nickel (Inco) for the Exposition Universelle de Montréal in 1967. All products are made from a model made by Calder, by the research department (headed by M. Porcheron, with Alain Roy, François Lopez, Michel Juigner ...) to design to scale, then by workers qualified boilermakers for manufacturing, Calder overseeing all operations, and if necessary amending the work. All stabiles will be manufactured in carbon steel, then painted for a major part in black, except the man who will be raw stainless steel , the mobiles are made of aluminum and made of duralumin.
He made most of his monumental sculpture during this time at Etablissements Biémont in Tours, France. Calder would create a model of the work, the research department would scale it to final size, then experienced boilermakers would complete the actual metalwork — all under Calder's watchful eye. Stabiles were made in carbon steel; mobiles were mostly aluminum.
In 1966, Calder published his Autobiography with Pictures with the help of his son-in-law, Jean Davidson. In June 1969, Calder attended the dedication of his monumental stabile "La Grande Vitesse" in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This sculpture is notable for being the first public work of art in the United States to be funded with federal monies; acquired with funds granted from the then new National Endowment for the Arts under its "Art for Public Places" program.
Calder created a sculpture called WTC Stabile (also known as Bent Propeller), which in 1971 was installed at the entrance of the World Trade Center's North Tower. When Battery Park City opened, the sculpture was moved to Vesey and Church Streets.[14] It stood in front of 7 World Trade Center when it was destroyed on September 11, 2001.[15]
Calder died on November 11, 1976, shortly after opening a major retrospective show at the Whitney Museum in New York. He had been working on a third plane, entitled Salute to Mexico, when he died.
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