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OK..... Now I really have to get down to business! We leave in 3 weeks and we haven't settled our itinerary! Mom and 2 grown daughters flying into Savannah by noon on Thursday, October 4th. We plan on some sightseeing, maybe a tour, some good food and drink but we have until Monday morning before we fly out. Is it feasible or recommended that we go north to Beaufort or Charleston for either a day trip or one overnight? I was thinking that most of Thursday and all day Friday in Savannah might work and that we should rent a car and drive to Charleston for Saturday. With limited time, is this worth it? I am open to suggestions as I have always gotten reliable advice from this site. Any specific suggestions on where to go and what to see would be appreciated...thanks!!
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I'd pick up a guidebook about Savannah and Charleston pronto. (Fodors, Moon and Lonely Planet all have guides which cover these two cities in one book.) I think you'll find that there is as much, if not more, to see in Charleston as Savannah. Plan an overnight trip to Charleston--not just a day trip.
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Would it work for you to fly in to Savannah, pick up a rent car at the airport and drive immediately to Charleston? You could stay there Thursday and Friday nights and then drive back to Savannah on Saturday morning. We liked Charleston so much better than Savannah. We stopped in Beaufort and Walterboro, one on the way to Savannah and one on the way back. You could go to either or both without going to Charleston, if you prefer. We enjoyed this: http://www.scartisancenter.com/Pages/default.aspx
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Maryann has a great idea of starting off in Charleston, and then finishing in Savannah, since that is your airport of choice.
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I have the Savannah guidebooks...So it is entirely reasonable to see both cities in this 4 day period??
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Or should we just do Beaufort and surrounding area? Looking for best flavor of the south...
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I love all three of the places you mention, but I am a Charleston addict. It is hands down my favorite. If I only had four days and I was flying into Savannah, I would opt out of doing much driving. I would enjoy Savannah and maybe a day outing to Beaufort, which is charming and on a pretty small scale. You could also do a day trip to Tybee Island or one of the Sea Islands. Save Charleston for another trip.
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I, too, like Maryann's suggestion of flying into Savannah and immediately going to Charleston. I think Charleston has more to offer than Savannah and is probably worth a bit more time. I think you could do justice to both cities in your 4-day time frame and it would be reasonable to visit both.
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With essentially a day and a half in both cities, you could hit some highlights but you'll definitely leave things undone (especially in Charleston, I think). So it depends on what kind of trip you want. I'm not sure where you're from. If you don't think you'll get back to the area in the foreseeable future, a sort of whirlwind tour might be just the thing. But if you travel a lot and think you'd be back sooner rather than later, I'd leave Charleston for a later trip.
Either way, I definitely agree not to do Charleston as a day trip - it's worth an overnight at minimum.
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Charleston looks close on the map but about half the drive will be on slow roads. From savannah I'd probably expect a two hour drive. Definitely an overnight if you do go. With our nights it is doable but may be rushed. I like idea of going there immediately. Two nights and drive back to savannah Saturday am.
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You wouldn't be bored staying in Savannah and it surrounds. I think have the fun for your group is just being together and the hassle of having to pack and unpack twice might take away from the stress-free weekend you seek.
I do like Charleston better than Savannah, but that is like saying Nicole Kidman is prettier than Angelia Jolie.
Why don't you figure out what you want to do, antique shop, art galley hop, nature tour, eat..Then plan your time around those activities.
I like Bonaventure Cemetary. There is a good art museum. Walking on the beach near the light house is nice.
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Savannah is interesting to visit but Charleston is a must see.
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There are now 1,000 publicly and privately accessed E85 fueling locations throughout the United States according to the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition (NEVC). That number represents about 0.6% of the number of gasoline fueling stations in the US (170,000).
In October 2005, the E85 outlet count was 438—the number has more than doubled in 12 months. A Cenex site in Bemidji, Minnesota, became the one-thousandth facility today.
Frankly, we have had so many stations opening lately that determining which is the 1,000th E85 outlet in the United States is a challenge. It is terrific to recognize Bemidji, but it might have just as easily been a Holiday in St. Louis Park or a Kwik Trip in Rochester or a Spur in Duluth. All are important and none more so than the next. In Minnesota, many flex-fuel vehicle owners now have a station near where they live or work, and that's really boosting sales.—Tim Gerlach of the Minnesota E85 Team
Minnesota is the E85 leader in the US, with more than 300 E85 outlets in the state. Minnesota drivers are also the nation's leading users of E85, buying an estimated 2.3 million gallons in August 2006 and expected to buy 20 million gallons by the end of the year. The Minnesota E85 Team is a public/private partnership that promotes E85 use in the state.
The current national breakdown is 946 publicly accessed and 56 private fleet accessed locations, covering thirty-nine states. Arkansas and Massachusetts just recently added their first E85 facility to each of their states.
From a very humble beginning of a few stations in Minnesota, Illinois, and Iowa, achieving this level of stations is significant. While 1,000 stations is only a drop in the so called "fueling station bucket", recent progress has been incredible.—Phil Lampert, Executive Director of the NEVC
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Frankly, we have had so many stations opening lately that determining which is the 1,000th E85 outlet in the United States is a challenge
you're kidding, right? i can see that argument being made for determining who is the 6 billionth person to be born on the planet, but the 1000th e85 station in the us? come on.
i live in indiana and it really has become a big deal. Farmers are looking at this as a second chance to really make something for themselves. I think it's a good deal to a point. I'd hate to see groups of farmers becoming oil baron eqivalents. Some of these farmers have been pissed off for a long time.
Hunderds of Billions of dollars of farm subsidies have been paid by US and EU governments so far. Why? Because food producer prices are too low. Because with those low prices farmers cannot survive. Sugar is trading 80% below its high, and corn and wheat 60% below their peak prices. And that's without adjusting for inflation. Do that, and they're are trading at around 5% of their peak prices. within the last 25 years farmers around the world had to live with a disastrous market.
Also the current account deficit of the US, which adds each year 100 Bio. $ is a point to reduce importing oil and produce home grown fuel.
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it's not that producer prices would fall too far without subsidies, it's that agricultural technology has advanced to a point where we simply don't need nearly as many farmers or fishermen any longer. This is especially true in Europe but to a lesser extent in the US as well.
In purely technical terms, the most intelligent ways to wean ourselves off foreign oil and reduce GHG emissions into the bargain are:
(a) discourage wasteful fuel use by taxing it more heavily or, by enacting minimum fuel economy requirements in addition to fleet average levels.
(b) require refineries to blend in low fractions of suitable renewable compounds into all regular gasoline and diesel. This eliminates the need for new fuel grades and the advertising for them. It also prevents consumers from opting out of an effort with significant but diffuse benefits.
(c) encourage the development and adoption of technology for processing household, agricultural and forestry waste into attractive blending compounds such as FAME (biodiesel), butanol and synthetic (iso-)paraffins. Ethanol is useful as a high-octane oxygenate but less well suited as a primary fuel. DME (dimethylester, derived from methanol) is a useful fuel for city buses and stationary diesel generators.
(d) encourage the development and adoption of technology that reduces net CO2 emissions by power stations. One option among many is the aguaculture of oil or starch algae based on suitably prepared flue gases from facilities burning coal or natural gas.
Don't overlook the great petroleum inputs used to produce ethanol, the CO2 emissions of ethanol factories & the water and petrochemical/pesticide usage in growing corn. Conservation & PHEV development in conjunction with cleaner electrical production significantly dwarfs any "green" accolades erroneously assigned to E85.
I think a lot of people would agree that cellulose would be better than corn. I would say that gasification is better than fermentaion. But one thing I hope we could all agree on is that we will need everything...ethanol and everything else we can think of, to reduce oil imports. The sooner we get on with making this happen, the better.
In response to lensovet's disbelief that it could be difficult to identify the nation's 1,000th E85 outlet, consider this. Every week, a number of new E85 outlets opening up nationwide -- almost all are privately owned and operated, there is no "national registry" of E85 stations, no single agency or organization has sole responsibility for the nation's E85 outlets (although NEVC tries it's best to fill this role). Even in Minnesota, with the country's most organized and largest E85 outlet network, it is hard to keep track of the handful of MN stations that stop selling E85 or close and many more that start selling E85. So it really is a little tougher than you might think.
This is a good thing. It is my understanding that ethanol is a "transitional" fuel. Corn is used because we have this as an existing commodity and will help create the necessary infrastructure. As the demand increases, farmers will switch to swithgrass for a greater cellulose energy yield per acre. It would seem that a plug in flex fuel vehicle with flexible solar panel strips on the roof and a tiny windmill attached would be the answer until the brainiacs figure out hydrogen.
What is the price of the E85 at these retail outlets? I understand the wholesale price for ethanol is higher than that of gasoline, and it's hard for me to imagine people paying more for a fuel that only takes you 85% as far per gallon as gasoline. What are these people paying for ethanol at the pump?
Here is the "rack" or wholesale truck price for ethanol...not far off for a guess: (averages to $1.9476)
Date: Friday, October 13, 2006
Iowa: 1.8512
Illinois: 1.9208
Kansas: 2.0245
Michigan: 2.2000
Minnesota: 1.9055
Missouri: 1.9833
North Dakota: 1.8141
Nebraska: 1.9486
South Dakota: 1.8900
Wisconsin: 1.9472
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Baroness Cumberlege: I strongly support my noble friend's amendments. There is a feeling, which I am sure the Minister will seek to dismiss eloquently, that the proposals now tabled have not been very well thought through, and that one structure has been piled upon another to resolve any problem that exists. I have tried really hard to get through this issue. Your Lordships will know that I am a slow learner. I have looked at the whole issue from a patient's point of view. I am not looking at the matter from the point of view of a community health council, but from that of a patient, a complainant, someone seeking redress.
I have called my patient Mrs Archibald. Mrs Archibald, aged 80, suffers a stroke one night. Her relatives contact her GP who refuses to come out. They dial 999 for an ambulance. There is a long delay before the ambulance arrives. On arrival at the hospital Mrs Archibald is left on a trolley in the A & E department for three hours before being seen by a doctor. She spends a further 14 hours before being sent to a surgical ward. That is because the medical wards are full and there is no dedicated stroke unit. Her stay in hospital is three weeks longer than necessary as no suitable place can be found to meet her very dependent needs. On leaving hospital she is inappropriately assessed. She is sent to a residential home instead of a nursing home which she requires.
That short vignette raises six associated policy issues: first, the access to a GP out-of-hours; secondly, the response times of the ambulance service; thirdly, the performance standards in the A & E department;
As is so often the case with complainants, Mrs Archibald's daughter is keen that no other patient should endure what her mother has suffered. She wishes to prevent that happening by making a complaint. She has heard of the PALS system, but since this case arose at night none was on duty. The Minister would agree that even if they had been on duty, it is doubtful whether they would have been able to persuade a GP to turn out at night. The ambulance trust PALS and the PALS in the hospital would have had a problem to expedite the ambulance or to overcome the shortage of beds that night.
In this case three patients' forums have a policy remit: the PCT forum, the ambulance trust forum, and the hospital trust forum. Mrs Archibald's daughter goes to the patients' council with her complaint. The council "anonymises" the details and sends the complaint to the three chairs of the three forums. Each chair is a non-executive director of the corresponding trust. Each forum discusses a section of the complaint relevant to that trust and asks the respective chair to raise the issue at the next trust board meeting.
The chair of the hospital forum is reluctant because it has recently had a great deal of bad press over its A & E service. The trust chair has instructed all the non-executives to try and promote a positive image. The forum non-executive agrees to raise the issue in the private part of the meeting after the press and the public have been excluded. However, that means that he cannot report back to the relatives as he has a duty to keep the discussion confidential.
The PCT forum's non-executive raises the issue of GP out-of-hours services. Although, through the health authority, the board can influence the generality of out-of-hours services, it cannot influence the services a GP directly provides because he is an independent contractor. There is no patient's representative on the health authority to raise the policy issue.
The ambulance forum non-executive raises the issue of response times. The board agrees that it needs more money from the commissioning bodies to improve these times, but it does not know if it will be forthcoming and "unbadged". There is no forum where discussions on delayed discharges and multi-disciplinary assessment can be raised.
Mrs Archibald's daughter is advised to raise these policy issues with a local authority scrutiny committee. She could also write to the PCT forum concerning the NHS element of the multi-disciplinary assessment. The scrutiny committee discusses the delayed discharge and agrees that it is very unfortunate that the council's cabinet decided to cut the social services budget. It will make a report to that effect. It does not have time to consider the issue of multi-disciplinary assessment as its work programme is over-committed.
The relatives are thoroughly dissatisfied, but they have no redress against the scrutiny committee for its refusal to consider these matters, although, of course,
Noble Lords will agree that this is a monolithic labyrinthine system compared with our present system--a one-stop shop, locally-based, accessible and known to the local community, with statutory powers. The Government are proposing three sets of PALS, three different forums, a patients' council, a local authority scrutiny committee and an independent advocacy service.
At the moment, Mrs Archibald's daughter could deal with one body which is able to handle all aspects of the problem except the quality of care in the residential home. That is an issue that needs to be addressed, and has not been addressed in the Bill. Within CHCs lines of accountability are very clear. In these proposals there is an inbuilt conflict of interest between the non-executive appointees to the trust board and their loyalties to the forum. Even the Institute of Directors questions how corporate responsibility can work with this half-baked system. Furthermore, as Elizabeth Manero is quoted as saying in this week's Health Service Journal, the independent advocacy service, if commissioned by local authorities as suggested in the Bill, ensures a conflict of interest between representing users of joint health and local authority services.
CHCs have been seriously unpopular with the Secretary of State, but were lavishly praised by the Prime Minister. When the CHCs celebrated their 25th anniversary the Prime Minister's agent wrote:
And the Secretary of State continues to plot that death sentence. The truth is that the CHCs hold the truth-- how it really is--and the Government cannot bear the criticism.
As Donna Covey, the director of ACHEW, in an article by Anthony Browne, the health editor of the Observer, said:
It was complaints to the CHC which brought to light events at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, the Alder Hey Children's Hospital, and the situation of Mr Rodney Ledwood, Harold Shipman and others. An article in The Times headed "Complaint by patient uncovered list scandal". which appeared last Saturday, stated:
That is the point. Every government are prone to exaggeration of their achievements. Claims are made and when probed turn out to be somewhat fragile. A complainant needs the confidence that there is an independent body which will not only take up his complaint but will piece complaints together to build a big picture.
Finally, it is surprising that the General Medical Council, the BMA and other professional bodies have been championing the retention of CHCs. One might think that they were an irritant to such bodies. That is not so. They recognise that CHCs, with their coherent and comprehensive role, are a safeguard to maintaining quality in clinical care locally and, with the establishment of a national body to which we shall come later in the debate, nationally, in providing the big picture.
I strongly support the amendments put forward by my noble friend. They aim to bring the system together in order to be coherent, to be more joined up and to give patients a chance to understand the complaints system and to have confidence that it will be really effective.
Lord Weatherill: I support what the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, said about the amendments proposed by the noble Earl, Lord Howe. As the Committee may know, I represented the Borough of Croydon for many years and I have been urged by Croydon Council to participate in this debate. I shall do so briefly because I am not the kind of expert in these matters that the noble Baroness is.
What has been said is absolutely right. The amendments would give continuity to the present system, in contrast to what the noble Baroness said about the various other bodies that would be involved if the Government have their way in this matter. Croydon Council recently passed a unanimous resolution. My contribution will be to read it to the Committee. It states:
I suspect that that resolution, if not passed by other councils, will be equally strongly felt by them. It is in that spirit that I warmly support this group of amendments.
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This is a follow up to The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, a story of tolerance, relationships and love set on the Wayfarer, a utilitarian space ship. This story picks up on Pepper and Blue who were peripheral characters in the previous book. It also details the coming of age of Sidra.
Once again Chamber wrote a story that was far more than a space opera. She explores intolerance and the definition of what is sentient. With the increased mention of AI in today's headlines, Chambers is looking down the road at the ramifications of artificial intelligence.
In addition Chambers addresses genetic manipulation and the impact that might have on society in general.
The demonstration of tolerance and the facing of intolerance was an unflattering mirror to our less than tolerant society as demonstrated by the past election process and some of the vicious and racists demagoguery.
Chambers clearly showed the camaraderie and loyalty that is inspirational and laudable. This could be a workbook for team building. Pepper's quest to find Owl is an inspiration to the definition of loyalty.
It should be abundantly clear that I really enjoyed this book.
I highly recommend it.
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100 years Young... Isabella and her own titanic journey
The centenary of the Titanic disaster will soon be marked — but for one family it won't be the only important anniversary next month.
Isabella Young was born hours after the liner sank in 1912, and will celebrate her 100th birthday at the same time the loss is remembered across Northern Ireland.
Born in Woodvale in west Belfast, it's only now, with the centenary of Titanic's sinking and her own centenary approaching, that the enormity of the maritime tragedy has become apparent.
"I've heard a lot about it on the television, but there was very little talked about it in my day," Isabella said. "I don't remember it being discussed as I was growing up. It wasn't really mentioned."
After leaving school Isabella worked at a shoe business and was later employed in the kitchens at Royal Belfast Academical Institution. She retired and lived at home up until 11 years ago when, aged nearly 90, she moved into residential care.
Isabella has lived through two World Wars, the Troubles and a host of other landmark historical events.
She escaped unhurt when a Luftwaffe bomb landed just feet from her house — an attack which killed three members of the family next door. "My sister's house had also been bombed," she added.
With a remarkable memory and engaging personality, Isabella shows few signs she is nearly 100. Last year she starred in an advertising billboard campaign promoting elderly awareness.
So how does she explain her longevity?
"I was very active — I used to walk miles every day," she explained.
"I didn't drink or smoke and I went to church every Sunday.
"I also had a very good husband. He was called Edward and we were married on April 14, 1936."
Isabella loves sport — rugby, golf, snooker and bowls — adding: "I like that Rory McIlroy, he's a lovely young man."
And her favourite newspaper is the Belfast Telegraph. "I wouldn't be without my Tele," she said. "I read it every day."
Isabella prefers not to mention hitting three figures, joking: "Ah, I'm just 21 and a bit."
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If restaurants, as some say, have become the theater of the Nineties, then Ken Chan should grab the award for best actor. Or maybe for special effects. Chef and owner of Peking Noodle Gourmet Chinese Restaurant, Chan has carried the theater image a step beyond metaphor, to actual performance. And when you catch his act, which he stages three times every night (except Monday when they're closed), you'll see why his talent deserves recognition.
Chan is a master of a nearly lost art known as ly-mein, or noodle-making. You may have seen an example of this culinary sleight-of-hand on television, but it is a rare treat to witness it live A at least anywhere outside China itself. And even there, ly-mein chefs are far from common.
For sixteen years Chan has been perfecting his skills at ly-mein, which he first learned from his mentor, head chef at the original Peking Noodle (in Peking, naturally). Though he has no immediate plans to begin teaching the process here in Miami, it's not for lack of desire on his part. It's simply that this ancient art takes too long to learn, which is one of the reasons it has become the kitchen equivalent of an endangered species.
In addition to dedicated practice, ly-mein requires a sense of showmanship from its practitioners. Chan does not disappoint. His demonstrations at Peking Noodle (at 6:30, 8:00, and 9:00 p.m. six nights) are equal parts Julia Childs and David Copperfield. On our first visit, we were not exactly sure what to expect. Prior to curtain time, our waiter drew for us an evocative verbal picture of the chef in action A a Spiderman superhero, with noodles streaming from his hands instead of silken webs. The restaurant's manager, Sharon Tam, put it another way. Ly-mein, she said, can be compared to tai chi, the graceful martial-art form that resembles ballet more than combat. "Balance" is a word that surfaced often in her description: physical balance to keep the delicate noodles from breaking or falling apart; mental balance to foster the intense concentration required. Tam added lightly that ly-mein is not something that can be attempted at home with correct results. Even before we saw Chan perform, we easily grasped that.
Announced with little fanfare by our waiter, Chan wheeled his cart of noodle-making wares A a board dusted with flour and a mound of dough A to the front of the small dining room. Using a fine rice flour imported from China, he began twisting a foot-long length of dough, then twirling it like a lariat as it stretched and thinned. Occasionally he would slam this on the table with a dramatic flourish, rub it with more flour A presumably to absorb some of the moisture A and stretch it again. Then Chan separated the noodles by slapping them against the table, breaking the rice rope at precisely the midway point, then again into fourths, and again into eighths, each time somehow managing to keep the strands apart while simultaneously stretching them. Watching this rapid multiplication from a single piece of dough was akin to seeing a magician pull a menagerie from the confines of a top hat. Within seconds Chan was displaying a skein of noodles, all evenly cut, as thin or thick as he chose to create them. The performance ended as undramatically as it had begun, with Chan simply collapsing his elegant handiwork back into a lump of dough. All three tables of diners applauded the master's efforts as he returned to the kitchen. You see, unlike other restaurant's table-side theatrics, the demonstration you watch is not the meal you eat.
The noodles' next appearance is at your table, in their finished form, cooked with your choice of chicken, beef, pork, shrimp, or scallops. Tender and wonderfully delicious, ly-mein lends credence to the supposition that Western pasta originated in China and was carried out by the intrepid Marco Polo.
In northern China, where the weather turns icy, a meal of noodles is as traditional as a cup of hot tea: warm the body with a belly full of natural fuel. It seems natural that Chan should have received his remarkable ly-mein training in seasonal Peking, and fortunate for us that his advanced degree in dough isn't limited to noodles. He also prepares a dumpling skin so ethereal it rivals the finest silk for delicacy. Chan's homemade dumplings are a logical starter for dinner.
Another standard opener is hot-and-sour soup, stocked with pork, egg, bean curd, and spices. Chan's version of this traditional favorite makes no compromise to pallid American tastes. It is hot. Chili sauces and soups, however, can be adjusted upon request. If only the base of the wonton soup could have been similarly adjusted; the flavorless concoction was obviously made with a phantom hen, tasting more like hot water than hearty broth. Even so, outstanding wontons more than redeemed the watery brew. Like his dumplings, Chan's wontons were molded pork and whole shrimp balls held together with a light noodle dough.
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However delectable the starters, the main courses are not to be overlooked. The chicken sauteed in chilled bean paste (marinated poultry and fresh scallions in a wine sauce with green pepper, sweet balanced with green pepper) and Yu Hsiang shrimp (a dish that is, as the menu states, "superbly subtle, not scarringly hot") are two excellent choices. Chef Chan's talents with the wok are as impressive as his ly-mein artistry.
Finely prepared dinners are not all Peking Noodle has to offer. Friday through Sunday, from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., the restaurant presents dim sum, a limited but not limiting menu of appetizers, soups, noodles, and dumplings. The various dishes are wheeled on carts around the dining room in the manner of a dessert tray. You simply point at a plate and it is transfered to your place setting. Servings are typically small, two or three pieces to a portion. Peking Noodle's favored dim sum dishes A among the best I've found south of New York and east of San Francisco A are made to order in the kitchen. These include pan-fried or steamed seafood dumplings, crunchy pan-fried green onion cakes, steamed pork or vegetable buns, and fried bread rolls.
The dim sum menu also accounts for heartier appetites, as the house specialty (ly-mein) is served in soup or with shredded meat, such as the duck with pickles. We tried the dandan chili noodles, long strings in a sweltering broth that matches Miami for heat. Our mistake was not in downing this piquant mixture but in also ordering the boiled pork dumplings in chili sauce. Even my eyebrows were sweating.
The emphasis at Peking Noodle is on quality and authenticity. Monosodium glutamate is a foreign substance in Chan's kitchen, as are hybrids like chow mein and egg foo young. He imports most of his signature ingredients A rice flour, wine, herbs, spices A directly from Peking to create his Szechuan and Mandarin specialties, his northern buns and cakes. Chan says he chose Miami for his first American restaurant because he hoped for sophisticated diners with a talent for uncovering culinary treasures. He certainly hasn't disappointed us. We must not disappoint him.


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Memphis owner Michael Heisley gave the four-time NBA scoring leader permission to skip the Grizzlies' game Saturday night against the Los Angeles Clippers.
According to a team spokesman, Iverson participated in a walkthrough at the team's hotel in the morning and then hopped a flight in the afternoon after he and personal manager Gary Moore met with Heisley.
Iverson, a former NBA rookie of the year and league MVP, played Friday night in a 114-98 loss to the Lakers, scoring eight points in 22 minutes. He had come off the bench in the previous two games after sitting out the first three with a hamstring injury.
Iverson, who signed a one-year contract with Memphis in September after a tumultuous stint last season in Detroit, has been open about his displeasure with his reserve role. On Friday, he also told reporters he also wasn't communicating with Hollins, who was hired last January to replace Marc Iavaroni.
"I think that's probably the worst part of all this," Iverson said after the loss to the Lakers. "That while all this is going on, we have never talked to each other. That's probably why it's at this point right now. We've just never had a conversation, so it's probably going to always be hard for me and him to see eye-to-eye, because we've never even talked to each other. Obviously that's what you do if you're trying to accomplish the same goal."
When asked before Saturday's game to respond, Hollins bluntly: "If Allen wants to talk to me, my door is open. I talk to him during the game before the game and after the game.
"I understand star power, and that's to be expected," Hollins added. "I wouldn't mind even talking about Allen's star power if it was about the game and his performance during the game, versus what Allen has said and what he will or won't do."
Hollins said third-year player Marcus Williams would likely assume Iverson's minutes during his absence.
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This is a fully customizable call recording application with rules for saving conversations for incoming/outgoing calls from known/unknown numbers. Unobtrusive and easy to use.Depending on how you configure the program, the recording may take place automatically or, if you call, the request will be made - whether to start recording the conversation. Records of conversations are stored with an indication of all the information that can only be: the name of the caller's telephone number, date of call, duration of recording. In addition, you can set up rules to keep the incoming and / or outgoing calls from known / unknown numbers. The program is very convenient and easy to use.
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Part Number WP207166 replaces: 207166.
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This lid switch check is used in washers to detect if the washer lid is open or closed. This prevents a cycle from spinning when the lid is still open and is also used to start your washer once a certain water level is reached. If your washer will not start, agitate, drain, or fill with water, replacing the switch can be a solution to the problem. As a safety precaution, remember to unplug your washer from the power source before beginning this installation project. Refer to the manual provided by the manufacturer for further installation instructions and accurate guidance.
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The button on top of lid does not depress anymore so spin cycle wont engage. Used screw driver in top to solve problem before but that wont work any longer. Will the lid check button you have available solve my problem?
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Thank you for your question. It sounds like it, if your lid actuator will not push into the lick switch to activate it. Good luck with your repair.
When i pull the knob to start the washer, the water fills up to the right level, but then nothing happens. I replaced the fuse assembly, but it did not help. Not sure what other part i would need to get the washer to start the cycles. I would appreciate any help.
Hi RC,
Thank you for your inquiry. The most common part that fixes this issue is the lid switch. Some other parts you will have to check as well are the lid check switch, the washing machine hinge ball, the belt and the lid switch actuator. I hope this helps. Thank you and have a great day!
Well the washer died and would not turn on in the middle of a wash cycle. Absolutely dead. I disconnected it from power and opened up the front panel on which all the control switches and knobs are mounted. This is removed by unscrewing 4 screws at the top of the washer. Checked the fuse, and found blown. Replaced the fuse, closed the panel and plugged it in. Still not working. Checked the Check switches and found the Check Switch really limp. Checked with Digital Multimeter and found no continuity at either position. Unscrewed the check switch. Removal and re inspection with DMM of the check switch confirmed it was bad. Opened up the check switch and found contacts were blown.Installed a new check switch making sure all the connecting wires go in the right places. The wiring diagram in the washer was very helpful in doing so since u dont want these wires reversed. Adjusted the plunger which operates the check switches when the lid is opened to make sure it is not over or under operating the switches. This is done by loosening the bolt holding down the check switch assembly and slidint the whole assembly forwards or backwards till the plunger has just enough push on the switches. This is done to avoid the plunger from exerting excessive pressure on the check switch and the safety switch in lid open or lid closed position. (both switches are operated by the same plunger according to the lid position)Closed panel cover and plugged the washer in. There u go, it was alive again!
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Unpluged the washer and removed the top cover. Removed the screws holding the switches and unplug the wires. The process was very easy and the washer worked like a new one.
Determined that the lid switch was not completing the circuit. I then removed the 3 wires from their posts along with the 1 screw and removed the bad switch. Then, in reverse order installed the new switch. The part was 1/3rd the cost of the part sold locally. I ordered the part at 3:15pm Monday afternoon and it arrived at 1:00pm Tuesday- the next day. UNBELEIVABLE SERVICE....!
I simply took the old switch out and put in the new one. The part arrived very qickly and the website was super easy to use.thank you so much!
After I replaced the timer, the washer still would not wash or spin. So my son replaced the lid check switch. It was hard to remove the screw, but he finally managed to remove it and easily replaced the switch. The washer works perfectly. We kept the timer installed (also easy to do by removing the old and replacing it with the new by just unplugging wires and I think one screw) because the old one had not worked properly for a few years when I had a similar problem which resolved, except it would only work in main cycle with soaking which was sufficient for me. This large capacity washer is in good shape and I hope will last at least another 5 - 10 years. ).
I looked at the common problems in the owners manual and one item was the lid was not closed or the lid switch was bad. I took off the control panel and there was a schematic inside. This showed 2 lid switches. When trying to see if one switch was closed as it should be, touching the multimeter to the contacts was enough to get the washer going. .
checked lid switch ,plunger stuck in the in position 1 amp fuse blown took switch apart it was full of green copper corrosion stopping plunger from moving correctly. replaced switch and fuse and wow washer works
there is a micro switch in the lid that went bad , there is also a 2 amp glass fuse located in the left frame rail that went bad , working great now ?
Unplug from electrical outlet.Unscrewed control panel and laid it open. The switch is in 2 parts. Removed wires and unscrewed each switch. Put wires back on and tightened switch back to mounting plate. No brainer. Tried washer and worked perfectly. Two tips: Check fuse on plate to make sure it isn't burned out before ordering any parts. Secondly when installing if you have older model washer there is a nib that sticks up on mounting plate that keeps the switch from installing correctly. Cut this nib off with a wire cutter and then install. The directions don't mention that.
I found the electrical prints in the control panel. I found the door and check switch, and used my volt meter to determine which one was bad. It was the check switch, so I went online with PartSelect and ordered what I needed. I had the model and serial numbers. So it was really easy to find the replacement part. It arrived in just days after I ordered. We are back in business. Thank you for your service, John Gamble, Marysville, Ohio
It would seem that my unhappy washer decided tohave a multiple component breakdown. after replacing one part after another, my baby runs like new. parts arrived quickly and installed easily, it was all the diagnostic that took the most time. the forums were quite helpful.
I removed the top cover that has the controls .Then started to voltage check the circuit (diagram was inside top cover) starting from L1 (had power cord pluged in) noted power was not going through the Check switch after tapping on the switch it started to work. the switch was intermitent so replaced with a new one from your company. works good now .Greg Gran
after checking obvious reasons (plugged in, breakers,) i took off control panel cover and saw that the fuse was blown, replaced it, plugged back in and it worked. After 1st wash was done, again it didnt work and the fuse was blown. I followed the wires from the fuse and they led to the lid check switch,which had a char mark leading me to beleive it was fried. I checked for continuity with an ohm meter(after disconnecting the power of course) and got no reading after pushing in the red button on the switch.I googled maytag replacement part and Partselect came up.Easy to understand ordering, and $20(including shipping,2 days later and about a half hour install, my machine was running
Found instructions at this web site, got part in a couple days, changed Lid Check Switch in 15 minutes, washer was up and running again. Best website for fixing stuff I've seen!
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Well as much as I dislike Allison and want to see her go, I think she'll be back.Originally Posted by Snapit;2825139;
My take on the twist is that all previous houseguests are being put back in the game. Makes sense to me, if they put the 3 evicted couples (that's incl tonights) back in with the remaining 5 couples that's just the amount they need for the rest of the 8 weeks the show is on. Then maybe when it comes down to the final couple they will have to go up against wach other in some kind of "death match" to see who wins the whole thing. I could be completely wrong but I'm just peicing all things I've read together. Who knows?!


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Partially completed 1947 Cadillac Series 61 fastback for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: This car must be sold as part of an estate sale. The car was in progress of a major refurbish when the project halted due to poor health. The work that has been done includes a total ... Read more
Photos courtesy GM Heritage Center. We always get amped when collections display historic race cars, even if they're necessarily re-creations. That's frequently the case because too many early race cars were simply junked, rather than being preserved in any way. A case in point is this ... Read more
Arch Brown's somewhat cryptic title for his story on a 1948 Cadillac 61 in SIA #171, May 1999, derives from the fact that while Cadillacs sported new styling in 1948, they also soldiered on for one more year with the old flathead V-8. And as his evaluation of the Cadillac reveals, there wasn& ... Read more
While the cab-forward photochops keep rolling in and keep showing some inventive ideas, we're off in search of new photochop phrontiers, and Phil at PhilAreGo came through the other day with the above step-down 1949 Hudson, taffied all out and endowed with another couple of axles, which he du ... Read more
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text: I did a Lamb Chop cook on my Big Joe Friday for dinner and I think they came out very good. The wife was very happy and that's what counts. I have never been much for Lamb but my wife loves it, so I promised her I would make some chops. I ended up doing them in a marinade of lemon juice, lemon zest from 1/2 lemon, thyme, rosemary, EVO, crushed garlic, just a pinch of cayenne pepper and some kosher salt. Let them sit in the marinade for 2 hrs and then washed them off, patted dry and added salt and fresh pepper. Cooked them on the lower level grill setting, for 3 minutes a side, at about 700°. Dome was saying 600° so I am guessing the temps at the lower lever were 700° or more. I never really cared for Lamb in the past but I really liked these, so will definitely be doing more Lamb in the future. I even remembered to take some pics, so here they are. All ready to go on the grill. On the grill. First flip. Off the grill and ready to plate. Plated up. First cut, perfect!!


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GM: All: I retconned the last update. Mervin is at AA4, and Riardon is alone on the other side. The urgency is now not so much to keep Mervin from being pushed into the pit, but to keep Riardon from being sealed off from the group.
New MapSkill Challenge RulesThe slab is considered a masonry wall (DC 35/Nat 20 Strength Check to break)
The large wall is not breakable. It is moving to the east at a rate of 1 square a round.
Skill Challenge: Stop the Trap and Reunite the Party with Riardon
Complexity 3 (8 successes before 3 failures)
Primary Skills:
- Athletics DC 18
- Nature DC 12
- Thievery DC 12
- Dungeoneering DC 15
- Perception DC 15
- There are no secondary skills.
- All checks must be rolled (no taking 10).
- Each skill can only be used twice, except for Thievery (can be used 3 times).
GM: So far: 3 successes, 0 Failures
Skills Used:
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|16th May 2013, 12:16 AM
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yea, but the epic 12 with it's monster 22mm xmax moves the same air as a 15" with 14mm xmax. And you will not be able to get a port big enough in it because the box is even smaller. But for a 20hz F3 using passive radiatiors (another $200), I'd use it in a house, definitely with it's smallish box. Or run it in car, sealed in a 1.5ft3 qtc=.707 with Fsb=F3=45hz. Should go flat to 10hz in that use.
What is the F3's we want here ?
I thought this was for pa ?
Many of these deep reaching drivers have under 85db spl 1w/1m, versus more pa-ish stuff with higher spl 1w/1m, but having F3's around 40hz. So 105db (with 100 watts) is low for pa subs. My buddy swears by 40hz F3's for PA. And subsonic protection. Ports are smaller also. Close to 115db with 100 watts for a single driver.
Just because a driver can take 400 watts rms doesn't mean you will be 6db louder than 100 watts. You are probably lucky to pick up 2.5db.........
|16th May 2013, 04:08 AM
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I think you're confusing me with Turbodawg and his PA sub build. This is for home use, sound quality first, but with good extension. An f3 of 20 would be great, but I wouldn't care if it "only" went down to 25ish.
I don't want to go passive radiators. My current sub (Klipsch rsw-10d) uses a passive radiator. I'd like to be able to tune it by stuffing a port or two if desired.
About sensitivity/watts, I suppose you're talking about pro audio woofers? I'm looking more for a true subwoofer with sensitivity of 84-87db. I wouldn't mind a design that I can drive to decent levels with 250-300 watts. I did consider stripping the Klipsch sub of it's amp to get the digital controls (500W Bash). I really use them when switching from movies to music, but I'd like this sub to be equally good at both or giving up a bit on the HT end for sound quality for music.
Thanks for your thoughts on the TC. It sounds like, out of my list of possibles, the Dayton HO-15 is getting the props.
|16th May 2013, 04:51 AM
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Sound quality.
Push pull would be best, but that requires 2 drivers in a twice as big box.
I've found tuning to 27hz ( and a ported F3) to be excellent for sound quality.
I can stuff a port on my double 15 and it changes tuning from 40hz to around 27hz.
The sound went from thunk thunk (think bad dance music ) to boom, very deep and smooth. No going back to 40hz tuning, ever.
lol, the phase angle of a subwoofer 80hz filter induces a tremendous amount of delay but decreases as it goes lower in frequency. And your room will flex then reintroduce pressure slower than your sub starts and stops.
Everyone claims that sealed is "quicker".
I stuffed both ports of my 15's.
The bass was not "quicker".
It seemed 6db quieter.
You could put the 15" rss390hf in a 4ft3 box (120L).
I think the shallower roll-off of the sealed will make up for the higher F3 compared to a ported sub. And I think they need over 200 watts to skip past xmax, that'd be 107-110db, that's a lot. And a very easy box to build also.
If you have a 3ft3 box, you really will need a huge port due to the higher xmax drivers you are looking at. And as the diameter goes up, the length goes up. That's why a few of us are griping you'd need passive radiators. But that will be costly because although companies use 2x, ideally a pr moves 3x as much air. So a 14mm xmax 15" would need 2 x 20mm xmax 15" sized passive radiators.
For example, I had a pair of 18's that had a 12" port (16ft3, 27hz tuning). They were 4.3mm xmax. That's be equal to a pair of 12" 8mm xmax drivers, or a single 18" with 8.6mm xmax. Your 15" with 14mm xmax moves more air than my double 18's 4.3mm xmax did. But I have a huge box, so I could get away with the proper sized port.
I also had a pair of panel electrostats with 10" (sealed).
Yes they tapered off in the bass, but they seemed to go very low.
Not room shaking levels.
Keep us updated.
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|16th May 2013, 05:49 AM
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Norman, I'm a little confused about the port length. Winisd is showing 3ft^3 fb/25, 1 4" port 14" long, 2 4" ports 30" long. Is that 2 15" ports or 2 30". If it's 15" then that should be doable, 2 x 30" could be tough. I've always found Winisd to over estimate the port length needed. I usually multiply whatever they give by .7.
Also, I could easily go up to 3.5-3.75ft^3. Maybe as much as 4'.
Are you saying you like the Dayton HO-15" tuned to 27Hz or is that just a general tuning you like?
|16th May 2013, 09:34 AM
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27hz is a good frequency to tune at, in general.
And the Ho seems like 4ft3 tunes nicely for it (25-27hz).
2 x 4" diameter ports 30" long is not enough (in my opinion) for that much xmax / cone area. I'd like to see a larger port, but now you see the port getting longer than the box.
At low volumes you may never notice a problem.
And yes, as the port size (diameter) goes up, the port length also increases.
That's why I usually go with 2 drivers in big 1 box, the port is shorter, but you want only 1 sub that isn't huge, so we'll stay on subject.
Then again, the snell ics sub 24 (double 12") has dual 4" ports (I think).
"Port noise was never audible when the main speakers were connected, and only barely audible when the sub was playing solo, and then only at the highest playback levels."
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either the 390ho ported to 25hz (or 27, whatever)
or the 390hf in a sealed box.
|16th May 2013, 12:37 PM
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I'm just finishing up a pair with epic 12s instead of the Eminence 12.
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The Epic's were just a thought and they seemed to model just a well, but in a smaller enclosure. Also, very high output. If I remember correctly they had more output than the HO-15 at the same power input. And as Dawg says, probably easier to package.
That being said, I think I'm leaning towards the HO-15" Based on the recommendations here and the completely glowing reviews on PE.
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What is an acceptable rear port air velocity to shoot for?
Another option for port could be two triangle corner vents. Any thoughts on this style of port?
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