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6 Flight Modes
You don't need to sacrifice 1 RX channel to mix 6 Flight Modes out of two switches.
Just mix Aux2 to itself in 3 different ways depending on the position of the
F Mode switch. You need to have Flight Mode enabled with the F Mode switch.
First go to Servo Setup and set Aux2 Travel to 85%
Then go to Mixing and select Mix 3, 4 and 5 und set it up as shown in the following pictures.
You will then get the Flight Modes a pictured below.
The good thing is, if the Flap/Gyro switch is in the middle (pos1) you always get
APM Flight Mode 4, which you could assign to Stabilize.
So you have still the channel Rud and Aux3 free for other useful things.
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Thanks! Great tutorial
Thanks....just on time for a new project!
That is exactly what I need, very easy to follow the steps with the pictures.., thanks
You saved me at least 2 hours - Thank you!
That's cool I figured I could do that with mixing but never got around to it until now. It is good that no matter where the F mode switch is positioned that the middle position of the AUX switch always reverts back to a known position. I can see some danger in this if you forget where you assign different modes. I assign 1, 1 to be my RTL switch so I am "gang loading" it as an emergency procedure to bring the copter back if I loose awareness. Obviously having an OSD or telemetry will be necessary to back yourself up to ensure you know what position your switch is commanding at all times.
You have to learn the code by hart, that's for sure, but this is the same with any other flight mode setup.
I'm glad you loved it.
I have tried doing it on my Spektrum DX8 but I don't find what is in the pictures below Trim setting (N 1 2 H M). Mine says Switch and setting is Inhibit. Mine is updated for latest firmware V2.06
What to do?
@Bhanu: then your DX8 is not in Heli mode but in Acro mode. The mixing explanation on this page is for Heli mode (the channel in the pictures says PIT and on your screen it says AX1).
You can also do a similar setup in Acro mode
Mix 1 Aux2 to Aux2 both -40% Sw FM1
Mix 2 Aux2 to Aux2 both -80% Sw FM2
And set Aux2 to 85% in Servo Travel
Thanks for your replies Jinjiro and Manfred. My Transmitter has been sent with 29 memories as Acro and one as hexa in airplane mode. I would save this hexa and then try settings just recommended by Manfred. I would like to know do I need to change some wiring in RX? Because I did try similar settings given elsewhere using Gear switch in DIYDRONES but I was unable to use them. Mission planner did not show any change in modes while using Gear switch apart from the default FM Switch 3 settings?
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I don't remember her ever cooking one of Julia's recipes, and my parents didn't entertain much. I'm pretty sure that as much as we loved to watch Julia, the food she cooked seemed unapproachable and fussy to my mother, not to mention calling for ingredients way over her weekly grocery budget.
My mother prepared dinner every night for our family of five, economical favorites like Sloppy Joes, American Chop Suey, and baked chicken with my favortite seasoning, Shake n' Bake; pretty typical fare in our working class New England neighborhood.
Watching Julia fling a duck onto her counter as she readied it for Canard à l'Orange might have had the same effect on us as watching Iron Chef Morimoto disembowel a blowfish would today – totally bizarre, impractical and kind of eccentric.
When I was much older, living on my own and seriously considering a career working in restaurant kitchens, I met Julia at a professional conference in Miami.
She was just finishing up her hour of book signing when I hurried over with my newly purchased copy of Mastering the Art of French Cooking. I already owned an old, beat-up copy of the book, but I'd forgotten to bring it. I figured having the chance of getting close enough to a living culinary legend like Julia Child was worth spending the extra bucks for a crisp, new book; so unlike the worn, musty-smelling one I had at home.
As I smiled and approached her with my book, she stood up and shook her head. She said something like "I was just on my way up to my room for a siesta – I'll have to sign your book another time. Oh, it's been such a long day".
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My theory below is based on the following premise by Hazel Henderson:
"The problem is, of course, that not only is economics bankrupt but it has always been nothing more than politics in disguise... economics is a form of brain damage."
So, based on that statement, I will argue that economics is an elaborate illusion and, yes indeed, merely "politics in disguise."
Economic Policies and Politics:
The entire slave-based economy is, in FACT, the political structure itself. Indeed the entire economy of the world has been and still is deliberately engineered by the very few white men in and of the WHITE POWER STRUCTURE. These very few shadowy figures, today and hereon known as the Trillionaires, have been from the very inception of controlled human societies and communities, it is THOSE people who have been and still are pulling ALL THE STRINGS of the mere Puppets in this OSTENSIBLE government (Look Up "Ostensible").
So these WHITE MEN who themselves comprise the WHITE POWER STRUCTURE, the Robber Barons, has/have succeeded for quite some time to keep a fairly tight lid on too much knowledge, learning, awareness, fact-based truth; Since learning and discovering actual FACTS would, of course, lead to bitter protest and violent revolt, and maybe even to their, the Robber Barons', own rather bloody DEMISE.
Religion as an Effective Tool:
Religion is the deliberate suppression of knowledge and suppression of general awareness of actual facts. Religion has CERTAINLY BEEN A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL Tool, along with Mass media. "Fervor" and self-delusion was, and still is today, accomplished mainly through the veritable TOOL of Religion. Further, Religion serves to reinforce the desired effect of Abject Ignorance which is, of course, the ABSOLUTE KEY in the game of mind control; Pacification through Religion and the tireless campaigns of keeping people in ignorant FEAR.
The outright lies which are found throughout ANY religion, also serve as a vehicle for virulent, abject hatred; And a hefty and steady stream of abject fear (of God, of Black people, of Hell, of Satan, Socialism, Fascism, on and on) The political hacks, in this scheme, have found that the employ of so-called buzz words is stunningly EFFECTIVE. IT DISTRACTS PEOPLE; Keeps them really dumb, too; And too numb to react.
And there is a veritable myriad of other totally intentional distractions, deliberately designed to hide the truth and the FACTS, (Ongoing SLAVERY, THEFT, PLUNDER), Distractions on any and every contrived "side" of the political spectrum; the entire "Left"-"Right" paradigm is also a very useful and effective contrivance; So-called "Issues;" Also totally Contrived to distract the populace away from FACTS, TRUTH. That is, distract the fools Away from what the Robber Barons are actually doing (STEALING, PLUNDERING); Let them bicker and argue about such issues as Abortion, gun rights, etc., etc. Each and every technique is used; All are forms of intentional trickery.
Religion, though, has worked like a charm since the day it was invented and written down (BY MEN), and Religion is still, bar none, the most highly effective tool for mind control today. Well, there WAS the period in history known as the Age of Reason, the Enlightenment, Well, We all know about that history, don't we? CRUSHED IMMEDIATELY and THOROUGHLY BY (GUESS WHO); Replaced with RELIGION, NEVER TO SURFACE Widely AGAIN.
The Late 20th Century:
So, skipping straight to the late 20th century, the 1980′s specifically, the emergence of the despicable demon, Ronald Reagan, his total embracing of the R-wing "Christian" Fundamentalist-lunatics; the beginnings of the Total DEREGULATION of ALL industry; the utterly Fantastic LIE of "trickle-down" economics; And the new "service" economy (SLAVE); All worked hand in hand to set the new and more all-encompassing SLAVERY (Yes, that means ALL OF US) and the Modern slave-based economy. And every [Puppet] Administration after that old bastard Reagan--Democrat, Republican--they are ALL IN IT TOGETHER--every government tool of the WHITE POWER STRUCTURE Did follow, in lock-step, the ongoing and now thorough DEREGULATION of every single industry and the Privatization of ALL previously public sectors.
Clinton, of course, was among the most destructive of these twisted, perverted white men, as he is the one that repealed the Glass-Steagal Act that had been put into place by FDR after the Great Depression of the 1930s. Clinton did it, fully knowing very well history and the certain ramifications [of giving a gigantic idiot-child a machine gun, i.e. DEREGULATION]; So, doing it anyway for his billionaire buddies in the Banks and on Wall Street; That, along with the passing of the Graham-Leech Bill, took away any and all restraints, i.e. REGULATIONS, from the banking industry and the financial sector.. So, look around NOW. They tanked the economy deliberately; They want, for lack of a better term, Zombie-Slaves that won't think or even ask why: (IDIOT-AMERICA). And they've sure GOT them and they've got them by the BOAT LOAD.
Slavery Then and Slavery Now:
The main difference (other than race, i.e. skin color) between slavery then and slavery now, is that NOW, as the world is literally collapsing from overpopulation and centuries of destructive pillaging and ruinous plundering of the entire planet, the main difference is that those few men whom are "controlling" the people, the governments, etc., are thoroughly capable of committing mass Genocide; Indeed, it has become quite apparent that now we are all headed straight toward the edge of the CLIFF. And Engineered genocide is a clever and historic tactic; And that works too. They've been doing it all throughout history. Whether by Guns, Drugs, Prisons, Wars; You name it!! The main goal is very clear: Let "them" kill each other and themselves, on the battlefield, in the ghettos, etc. and let them ALL simply DIE OFF.
For those that Disagree:
By the way, ALL of the others, women, Blacks, et al, are MARGINAL, at BEST, in this grim little charade. Meg Whitman, for example, is rich, but she's still just an IDIOT. The women, the Blacks; They're all just Dupes. And actually I blame it ALL on the ENTIRE HUMAN SPECIES; The Human animal is simply put, to quote John Gray now, an "exceptionally rapacious Primate." NO ONE Gets a PASS: And I blame people of all stripes for sheer and stubborn stupidity. Rather than seeking actual facts, most humans willfully choose to believe ENDLESS LIES and stupid fairy tales. People, as a rule HATE FACTS. Of course, fundamentally impervious and horribly pervasive Absolute Stupidity has morphed into a VIRTUE in America!! And it's a stupidity that is so base, so wide-reaching, that the destruction is total now. We've reached the point of NO Return.
But MAN has ALWAYS had the Ultimate control; Whether by writing dumb books (the Bible, the Koran) to scare people into submission, and to shut people's mouths and keep them ignorant and under MAN'S THUMB; Or by using BRUTE FORCE. Take ONE Look at every single filthy culture in this godforsaken world; PATRIARCHAL, MACHISMO and YES, THOROUGHLY MISOGYNISTIC. PERIOD. Barbarians and Neanderthals. Brutal and sadistic. There are very few truly enlightened men, but I think you must be an ATHEIST to find them.
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This is just childish drivel. Ignorant and illiterate all the way through. Apparently you know nothing about the history and workings of the capitalist system. As for white supremacy, the case of Imperial Japan for the first half of the 20th century disproves that it's all about white supremacy. Also, there is nothing special about being an atheist. There are a whole lot of semiliterate atheist jackasses out there.
Well well, well!! A Heartfelt, Sincere Congratulations, Mister Ralph Black Atheist Dumain!! You've come a very long way from the shackles of what MUST have been Pretty goddamned Dark Oppression!! And you STILL haven't seen the Light?!?! Tell the truth: Are you Water-headed? Okay, okay...You've made it all right, Brotha!! FREE at Last FREE at Last...
Of course, the most Obvious "Problem" NOW, is that YOU have that Fucking huge CHIP on your shoulder. What a fucking JOKE. You're the blindest brotha I've ever met... And just THINK!! FREE to be ANYTHING!! And you choose, in your stupid-to-the-core, self-deluding totally VACUOUS vortex of FAKE "Wisdom," You have chosen to be an Arrogant Asshole!! Self-righteous, Rude and totally backward...In essence, a real MOTHERFUCKER.
By the way, Pull your fucking head outta your Ass, and your STUPID EGO just might follow; And then I will personally smack you Hard, right in the mouth. Okay, now Fuck Off.
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So Long And Thanks For All The Turkey Patents
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Here in Canada, we gave our proverbial thanks over a month ago, and since all the Americans at Techdirt have taken off for the weekend, I thought I'd take a moment to put together some advice on preparing a great Thanksgiving turkey—with a little help from the USPTO.
If you're tired of the traditional roast, maybe it's time to try a more creative preparation—just be careful you don't run afoul of any patents. Here's an idea: with some skilled knife-work, you can slice a turkey into pieces that resemble various cuts of steak—and that method will only be under patent for another five years!
There are lots of unique recipes out there that call for a deboned turkey. For the inexperienced, it's probably wise to ask your butcher to do this for you—just make sure he doesn't use this method until 2022:
Luckily, there are plenty of open alternatives for the patent-savvy chef. Who needs those fancy new turkey cutlets when you can use this classic "method of preparing turkey ... in the form of a flat elongated slice or slices of raw fowl free from bones, tendons, membranes and skin." Mmmmmm. This patent was granted back in the 60s, so it's long since expired:
Or you could try this "method of preparing barbecued poultry such as turkey which closely simulates barbecued pork", patented in the early 70s and now free for all to follow in handy flow-chart form:
And finally, for the vegetarian in your life (assuming they prefer a lump of vaguely meat-shaped tofu to a nice falafel or something), there's this "method and apparatus for preparing a roast turkey analog (replica) from vegetarian ingredients". A patent was applied for in 2005, but appears not to have been granted...yet. Patents are retroactive to the date of filing, so only use this method if you want to gamble on the USPTO rejecting silly patents (then come play poker with me). All you need to do is make yourself what appears to be some kind of turkey mould, or possibly the sunken city of R'lyeh:
This is an exciting time, with much to be thankful for! Who knows what bold new turkey innovations the patent system will fuel next? A turkey-shaped gravy boat? A way of pulling the bones out from a different angle? A recipe where the sauce goes on after the broth? A toy turkey made out of a pine cone? Ooh, that's a good idea—I should call up the USPTO and... oh, never mind, some other Leigh beat me to it in 1927.
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Organizational structure. Well-defined roles and responsibilities are required for good governance. Each individual must understand their role and how particular regulations affect it. This includes interactions within the storage organization, as well as with lines of business and other groups.
SOPS. Documented procedures and processes designed to support corporate policies are essential to achieve compliance. If the policies don't exist, address this deficiency.
There are plenty of resources available to support a compliance effort. The Information Systems Audit and Control Association and its sister organization the IT Governance Institute provide an internationally accepted framework called Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT). COBIT provides best-practice guidelines for the control of information, and includes high-level performance measurement elements, critical success factors and maturity models that can be used to build an IT governance strategy.
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- TV media personalities and tabloid types have done you a disservice on the Tiger Woods "story," by reporting a dozen-plus mistresses as though that number has been confirmed as fact, when, in reality, two or three mistresses have been confirmed. The rest were "confirmed" only by the credibility challenged women who've come out of the woodwork to claim affairs with Woods. Keep in mind, these are the same media figures who now refer to Woods as a "black" athlete, although they praised him as a multicultural "CaublAsian" when they thought he was husband/father/athlete of the century. So he's solely on Team Black Folks now? Great.
- The ignorant and sometimes dangerous antics of professional athletes across the various sports disciplines could be nearly eliminated if the National Basketball Association would pull a Pete Rose on the Washington Wizards' Gilbert Arenas & Javaris Crittenton and ban them from the league for life for bringing guns into the Wizards' arena. How stupid do you have to be to bring guns to work when your employer was forced to change its name from "Bullets" to "Wizards" to avoid the bad PR? Sure Arenas' guns were unloaded. But reportedly Crittenton's wasn't. Besides, Arenas is a numbnut. Who knows whether he just forgot to bring the ammo? The threat of no pay or Average Joe pay will cure these guys of what ails them.
- We are not in a "post-racial" America. That is a damnable myth perpetuated by political consultants from both sides of the aisle who are planning their next election heists. That very name - "post racial" - suggests that a majority of us have become so enlightened as to not notice or give serious consideration to other people's ethnic physical characteristics. Baloney. I'm the most "post-racial" guy I know. Seriously, Bill Cosby should be breaking bread Jello Pudding Pops with me. But even I can't ignore what people look like. It would be nuts to even try. We think it's neat when we see different-colored birds at the zoo. So there's no reason pretend we don't each have some kind of unique look too. A more credible theory might be that we're approaching a "post-racist" America, in which we can acknowledge other people's ethnic physical characteristics but not judge their character by their skin color. That would be a more credible philosophy, but I have my doubts we're there yet, either.
- News organizations everywhere should band together and make this the year we stop covering the likes of Tila Tequila in pages and on air once meant for useful information. Scratch that. I was dreaming. We're gonna have to cover her and her ilk as long as readers and viewers who shake righteously indignant fists at us in the morning continue to sneak back at night to get their gossip fill. Where information consumption is concerned, face it: You get what you want.
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I'm smack in the middle of a personal challenge to read at least one book every week. The erudition section of this blog is my attempt to chronicle my challenge and galvanize a lifetime of curiosity and learning. If you have read any of these books before, or happen to pick one up and find it interesting, I'd love to hear your thoughts too.
Remember Tripod.com? You know, back in the dinosaur age of the internets, when only the über-smart and curious intellectuals (read: nerds) were the ones who ventured into the land of dial-up? Yeah, I was there, and I'm pretty sure I had a "homepage" on Tripod.
Well the guy behind Tripod, it turns out, was a kid—Bo Peabody. After nursing Tripod as a pet project through college, he hired hippie programmers to wrangle the code that he himself didn't know how to write. Supervised by his economics professor, Tripod.com began as a how-to site for-and-by college students. As soon as he unleashed the code monkeys, however, they transformed it into a publishing platform, allowing anyone with an Internet connection to create their own personal homepage.
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Not sure if this has been stated as an idea yet, but shouldn't a Character submission have it's own related folder system? Some people make a character sheet or one specific image to showcase a character, but I'm pretty sure most artists (yes, I'm included in this) just have a body of work involving that character.
I'm just thinking this aspect could be arranged better. Mainly, a way to assign a folder to a character, and for the thumbnail image, yes it is from one image, but for the link it takes you to that specific character folder that has the whole body of work involving that character.
Also... whatever was the last mention on Weasyl having a Groups feature on the main site? I see in the updated first post that groups are still in a WIP state... but for how long has it been that way? Is there any way to monitor progress in development on groups being a useable feature?


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Moerlein Golden Helles - it seemed to be the lightest beer which is what we all like. I thought it was okay - but I definitely had to get some lemons for it to sweeten it up a bit. It was a bit bitter for me.
Why Should You Go? Well I have to say - this was one of the best restaurant experiences in Cincinnati. Our server was FANTASTIC! (John I think - but there were 3 - argh - can't remember - probably in his 30s-40s if that helps). He was attentive but not annoying - gave great recommendations - overall just right. The food - every bit was really delicious! I checked other reviews and there have been some spotty experiences but I can definitely say - our experience was wonderful. An A+!


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by Barbara Sherf
Members of the Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment (CHCE), known for many years as the ChestnutHill Senior Center are still reeling from a letter sent last week, announcing the closing of the center that has served area senior citizens since 1978.
At the regular Monday morning Craft Group, eight crafters shared stories and commiserated about the end of an era.
Rina Fesnack, who has lived in Chestnut Hill for 83 years, was celebrating her 86th birthday at the center.
"I remember when we met on Rex Avenue, before moving to Chestnut Hill Village," she said, as her friends gathered around to sing "Happy Birthday" and blow out candles on a cake. "I have a lot of good memories. I'm going to miss this place."
While the Center on the Hill at the Presbyterian Church will try to accommodate classes, center director Jackie Yorko admitted that it will not be able to give the seniors space to "hang out."
"We will host as many classes as possible in our space, and the instructors will be treated as independent contractors," Yorko said. "As for a space to simply hang out, we cannot provide that to them, and I know a lot of them will miss that socialization."
At the CHCE, Mary Zell, who has worked there for seven years, attributed the closing to the economy, grants not coming through, and a dip in membership.
"The financial situation hasn't happened overnight, but the decision was made at the last board meeting," she said. "It was a combination of the economy, the grants not coming through and membership is down. Many of our members are moving into retirement communities or to be closer to their adult children. It's sad. I really enjoyed coming to work here everyday."
Board president Marilyn M. Paucker commented briefly before her plane departed from Boston to Philadelphia.
"It was not an easy decision, but many of the resources provided only by the center at one time are now available throughout the larger community," Paucker said. "We feel we have fulfilled our mission to provide classes and services to adults in Chestnut Hill and the Northwest community. It is with a sense of regret that the board made this decision."
The CHCE activities will continue through Dec.22, and then the doors at 8431 Germantown Ave. will close. The group moved into its new location in March 2008. Before that it was at Chestnut Hill Village for just over 11 years.
Zell had only good things to say about the center's landlord, Richard Snowden of Bowman Properties.
"He gave us a really good deal and enabled us to be in this location," she said. "He has been very generous and a great landlord."
Zell said the center's annual budget is approximately $100,000 a year for rent, salaries and utilities.
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A 15lb dog should be fed 7/8 - 1 1/4 cups
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This product contains 4240 kilocalories/kilogram or 492 kilocalories per cup ME (metabolizable energy) on an as fed basis (calculated).
Chicken meal, chicken, brown rice, brewers rice, chicken fat, corn gluten meal, dried egg powder, dried beet pulp (sugar removed), natural chicken flavor, dried brewers yeast, brewers rice flour, salmon oil, soya oil, fructo-oligosaccharides, potassium chloride, flaxseed, sodium tripolyphosphate, choline chloride, salt, Vitamins [dl-alpha tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), L-ascorbyl-2- polyphosphate (source of vitamin C*), biotin, d-calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), niacin supplement, vitamin A acetate, vitamin D3 supplement, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin B12 supplement, folic acid, riboflavin supplement (vitamin B2)], salmon meal, marigold extract (Calendula officinalis L.), Trace Minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, copper proteinate, copper sulfate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, sodium selenite, calcium iodate], L-carnitine, preserved with natural mixed tocopherols, rosemary extract and citric acid.
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Crude Protein Minimum 30.0%
Crude Fat Minimum 22.0%
Crude Fiber Maximum 3.0%
Moisture Maximum 10.0%
Vitamin E Minimum 600 mg/kg
Vitamin C Minimum 300 mg/kg
L-Carnitine Minimum 50 mg/kg
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Canine Health Nutrition MINI Special 30 Formula for small breed adult dogs who are fussy or sensitive is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for maintenance.
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First two ingredients are named meat products
Insufficient meat content, low quality grain, controversial filler
The first ingredient in the food is a named meat product, in meal form. It is the sole significant meat product in the food, and our confidence that this product contains a decent amount of meat is low. The second ingredient is inclusive of water content (about 80%). Once that is removed, as it must be to create a dehydrated product, the ingredient will weigh around 20% of its wet weight. Ingredients are listed in order of weight, and the dehydrated ingredient would probably be more accurately placed much further down the ingredient list. It is unlikely that this ingredient makes any significant contribution to the overall meat content of the food.
The main grain in the food is rice. Brown rice is a decent quality product, but brewers rice is a low quality grain and byproduct. Chicken fat is the fourth ingredient. We note that research at Purdue university has identified fat in the top four ingredients of dry food as a factor increasing the risk of bloat in large breed dogs. Smaller breeds are untested. Corn is a difficult to digest grain that is commonly associated with allergy problems. Corn Gluten Meal is the dried residue from corn after the removal of the larger part of the starch and germ, and the separation of the bran by the process employed in the wet milling manufacture of corn starch or syrup, or by enzymatic treatment of the endosperm. In plain English, that bit of the corn leftover after most of the nutritious bits have been removed. Brewers rice flour is filler.
Beet pulp is controversial filler which appears to be used in large quantities in this food. It is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required.
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Engaging Heart Cookies
My husband, Brian, is an excellent cook. The first time he made these elegant cookies was the night we go engaged. He took them to the restaurant and had the staff arrange them on a plate along with my ring! —Beth Kelley, Indianapolis, Indiana
Total TimePrep: 25 min. Bake: 10 min.
Makesabout 3-1/2 dozen
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup baking cocoa
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup ground toasted hazelnuts
- 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons shortening, divided
- 3/4 cup vanilla or white chips
- In a bowl, cream butter and sugars. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa and salt; add to creamed mixture. Stir in hazelnuts. Divide dough in half. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
- Working with one portion of dough at a time, roll to 1/4-in. thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut with a 2-in. heart-shaped cookie cutter. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 9-10 minutes (cookies will be soft). Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate chips and 1 tablespoon shortening; stir until smooth. Repeat with vanilla chips and remaining shortening. Dip right side of half of the cookies in semisweet chocolate; dip the left side of remaining cookies in white chocolate. Overlap two hearts before the chocolate is set. Place on waxed paper until set.
Nutrition Facts2 each: 263 calories, 16g fat (8g saturated fat), 45mg cholesterol, 131mg sodium, 29g carbohydrate (14g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein.
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Once again the Kona community has showed their love and support of our men and women deployed in Afghanistan. This time we were requested by the commanding officers over on Oahu to adopt the 25th Aviation Brigade. This younger (in age) Brigade has many unmarried men and women serving who would not be expecting a holiday care package.
The Rotary Club of Kona Sunrise couldn't let that happen! Out in front of Wal-Mart for 2 weekends we gathered items that the Kona community graciously was willing to shop for. Then in addition to donating money which was used for shipping many hand wrote thank you notes.
On Nov 10th we packed 100 individual boxes, 40 women and 60 men for the Soldiers plus 10 more for the mess area to share. Those boxes contained: a shirt, underwear, socks, DVD, CD, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, eye drops, lotion, sunscreen, body powder, drink mix, candy, cookies, pens, gum, feminine hygiene products (only for the girls), Ramin, games, razors.
This project never could have happened without the wonderful people of Kona who took the time to shop and share Aloha with a Soldier. We are deeply grateful this Veteran's Day and know that the Soldiers will be touched when those boxes arrive in Afghanistan.
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1. To fling, cast, or hurl with a certain whirling motion of the arm, to throw a ball; distinguished from to toss, or to bowl.
2. To fling or cast in any manner; to drive to a distance from the hand or from an engine; to propel; to send; as, to throw stones or dust with the hand; a cannon throws a ball; a fire engine throws a stream of water to extinguish flames.
3. To drive by violence; as, a vessel or sailors may be thrown upon a rock.
4. To cause to take a strategic position; as, he threw a detachment of his army across the river.
5. To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist.
6. To cast, as dice; to venture at dice. Set less than thou throwest. (Shak)
7. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly. O'er his fair limbs a flowery vest he threw. (pope)
8. To divest or strip one's self of; to put off. There the snake throws her enameled skin. (Shak)
9. To form or shape roughly on a throwing engine, or potter's wheel, as earthen vessels.
10. To give forcible utterance to; to cast; to vent. I have thrown A brave defiance in king Henry's teeth. (Shak)
11. To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; said especially of rabbits.
12. To twist two or more filaments of, as silk, so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver. To throw away. To lose by neglect or folly; to spend in vain; to bestow without a compensation; as, to throw away time; to throw away money. To reject; as, to throw away a good book, or a good offer. To throw back. To retort; to cast back, as a reply. To reject; to refuse. To reflect, as light. To throw by, to lay aside; to discard; to neglect as useless; as, to throw by a garment. To throw down, to subvert; to overthrow; to destroy; as, to throw down a fence or wall. To throw in. To inject, as a fluid. To put in; to deposit with others; to contribute; as, to throw in a few dollars to help make up a fund; to throw in an occasional comment. To add without enumeration or valuation, as something extra to clinch a bargain. To throw off. To expel; to free one's self from; as, to throw off a disease. To reject; to discard; to abandon; as, to throw off all sense of shame; to throw off a dependent. To make a start in a hunt or race. To throw on, to cast on; to load. To throw one's self down, to lie down neglectively or suddenly. To throw one's self on or upon. To fall upon. To resign one's self to the favor, clemency, or sustain power of (another); to repose upon. To throw out. To cast out; to reject or discard; to expel. The other two, whom they had thrown out, they were content should enjoy their exile. . The bill was thrown out. . To utter; to give utterance to; to speak; as, to throw out insinuation or observation. She throws out thrilling shrieks. . To distance; to leave behind. To cause to project; as, to throw out a pier or an abutment. To give forth; to emit; a
s, an electric lamp throws out a brilliant light. To put out; to confuse; as, a sudden question often throws out an orator. To throw over, to abandon the cause of; to desert; to discard; as, to throw over a friend in difficulties. To throw up. To resign; to give up; to demit; as, to throw up a commission. Experienced gamesters throw up their cards when they know that the game is in the enemy's hand. . To reject from the stomach; to vomit. To construct hastily; as, to throw up a breastwork of earth.
Origin: OE. Rowen, rawen, to throw, to twist, AS. Rawan to twist, to whirl; akin to D. Draaijen, G. Drehen, OHG. Drajan, L. Terebra an auger, gimlet, Gr. To bore, to turn, to pierce, a hole. Cf. Thread, Trite, Turn.
time; while; space of time; moment; trice. I will with thomas speak a little throw. (Chaucer)
Origin: AS. Rah, rag.
1. The act of hurling or flinging; a driving or propelling from the hand or an engine; a cast. He heaved a stone, and, rising to the throw, He sent it in a whirlwind at the foe. (Addison)
2. A stroke; a blow. Nor shield defend the thunder of his throws. (Spenser)
3. The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw.
4. A cast of dice; the manner in which dice fall when cast; as, a good throw.
5. An effort; a violent sally. Your youth admires The throws and swellings of a roman soul. (Addison)
6. (Science: machinery) The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston.
7. A potter's wheel or table; a jigger. See Jigger, 2 .
8. A turner's lathe; a throwe.
9. (Science: chemical) The amount of vertica
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It's not easy innovating for the millions who are climbing from the bottom rung of the income ladder in high-growth and emerging markets. Even when much goes right, many initiatives go wrong.
Take the recent example of a large company that had developed a highly nutritious, low-cost food product. The company then recruited a sales force of local women, who developed recipes and coordinated cooking sessions in remote communities to market the product.
A yearlong trial proved that prospective customers found the product affordable and easy to use. And profit margins were in line with expectations. But despite the company's best efforts—"co-creating" a useful product with local communities; using salespeople with local knowledge—the venture failed.
The problem: The product didn't reach enough new customers at a pace the company's leaders felt was necessary to justify further investment. In short, the initiative didn't scale.
In a past issue of Outlook, we explored how a number of companies are overcoming the many obstacles to "inclusive growth" and seeking new markets in low-income communities. More recently, Accenture conducted further research into the subject, looking at what we call "inclusive business initiatives," or IBIs—businesses aimed at profitably scaling innovation in these markets—and asking: Why do some initiatives achieve scale, bringing both social benefits to low-income populations and profits to the company? To find out, we undertook an ambitious comparative study on innovation, looking at 18 initiatives in five countries: Brazil, China, Ghana, India and Nigeria. View a full list of companies and initiatives.
We discovered that successful initiatives met three key requirements for achieving the scale companies need to thrive.
Lack of real or sustained support from the board and top management dooms many new projects
This is true even for a major effort at a large company. But inclusive business initiatives face special hurdles.
Effective IBI leaders, however, apply several innovative approaches to overcome these problems.
Encourage top leadership to have a personal stake in the initiative.
When board members and senior leaders are personally committed, initiative sponsors and managers will have enough time to develop the local connections necessary for achieving scale.
In India, for example, Hindustan Unilever Limited's CEO fostered high-level commitment to IBIs by building a decision-making structure that appealed to the board's entrepreneurial spirit. After a 15-month exploration process, HUL selected six ventures for further investment over the next three years. To ensure top management's continued support, the six project managers reported regularly to a newly created ventures director and made quarterly progress reports to the chairman and other board members.
HUL's board effectively operated as venture capitalists, granting project managers resources in the form of people, money and specialized company expertise. Team leaders were also given scalability milestones, and teams were allowed to move to the next level of venture funding only after reaching them. This competitive environment kept board members heavily involved in the inclusive ventures, even though they accounted for only a small part of the company's bottom line.
Only two of the six IBIs survived the three-year test period. One was Pureit, a water purifier. The other was Project Shakti, the landmark inclusive business initiative in which thousands of village women (and now men) have brought HUL's products to rural India.
Prevent a short-term focus on the bottom-line.
To offset top leadership's natural concerns about the near-term financial impact of a new initiative, sponsors and managers of inclusive business initiatives must encourage senior leaders to take a longer-term view.
Consider an initiative by Alibaba Group, China's largest e-commerce company. In 2006, a few entrepreneurial furniture makers in a small town in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu launched online storefronts on Alibaba's consumer-to-consumer e-commerce platform, Taobao Marketplace, with the aim of accessing larger markets, including Beijing and Shanghai. Seeing a potential business opportunity, Alibaba's local managers asked the company's board for funds to promote the e-commerce platform to the other villages in the area and to train local entrepreneurs to build online storefronts. To get around the board's skepticism about whether the initiative fit with strategic objectives, managers pitched the project as a corporate social responsibility initiative, and the venture was funded on that basis.
The CSR funds for training local entrepreneurs helped support the rapid expansion in online storefronts based in the small town. By 2008, the number of local online storefronts had increased tenfold to more than 100; by 2010, more than 2,000 shops were online, with more than 400 owners of online stores participating in online sales. The town now hosts more than 180 furniture factories and some 20 logistics firms. Perhaps most important, its furniture has become a recognizable brand among higher-income consumers in China's large urban markets.
While rural initiatives still have a limited impact on Alibaba's bottom line, the scalability of these initiatives has convinced the company's leadership of the long-term value of rural-to-urban e-commerce.
Get top leadership to allocate the right talent.
With a project as challenging as an inclusive business initiative, second-tier talent won't cut it. IBI sponsors and managers need to promote inclusive ventures to the company's workforce and create incentives that encourage employees to take on new roles.
Take Mumbai-headquartered YES BANK. The company's senior management built a team of top-flight talent to develop and execute an inclusive venture centered on bringing banking services to low-income communities in India. To attract team members, managers defined the project as a key strategic objective.
Backed by the bank's board, the IBI manager stipulated that team recruits would not be allowed simply to "meander into" the project but instead would have to feel personally committed to the initiative's vision. The board and the project manager also made it clear that failure to achieve profitability in the short term would not hurt team members' promotion prospects.
With the right people in place, the bank has created a variety of new offerings that benefit low-income populations. One program provides low-cost credit, warehouse storage and price supports to honey producers. Between 2007 and 2011, more than 2,000 farmers borrowed $3.5 million and saved, on average, hundreds of dollars—a significant amount for a farmer in northern India. Through partnerships, the bank also offers migrant workers a low-cost way to wire remittances home from hundreds of locations at all hours of the day. So far, the program has served 140,000 workers.
In theory, governments and businesses in high-growth and emerging markets should be aligned in their focus on inclusive growth. But it's not that simple.
Government partners can provide the resources and local market knowledge required to make an inclusive business initiative profitable. However, ineffective collaboration and the wrong kinds of regulation can also suffocate an IBI, forcing the sponsoring company to turn it into a low-priority initiative or kill it altogether.
To make the best use of government support, successful companies apply the following practices.
Collaborate to help low-income consumers.
It's critical for IBI managers to match business opportunities with government goals. SAIC-GM-Wuling, a joint venture of General Motors, SAIC (formerly known as Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp.) and Liuzhou Wuling Motors, capitalized on the Chinese government's efforts to reduce carbon emissions and stimulate rural growth. It developed a series of minivans that sell in the neighborhood of $5,000. These are especially valued in rural China not only for personal transportation but also for business, and with their small engines—1.6 liters or smaller—each minivan qualified for a government subsidy of up to RMB 4,000 ($630).
The speed with which the government acted to improve the company's viability encouraged the firm to take on the Guangxi provincial government as a key stakeholder. The city of Liuzhou, which currently owns a 5.9 percent stake in SAIC-GM-Wuling, has been instrumental in providing the company with timely access to land, funding and utility infrastructure, all critical for the company's expansion plans.
By the end of 2009, SAIC-GM-Wuling had become the first Chinese auto manufacturer in the minicar segment to have produced and sold more than 1 million automobiles in a single calendar year. The company continues to be the segment's leader today.
Collaborate to help low-income workers.
Government regulations can become platforms for launching business initiatives that create value for low-income communities, for companies and for governments. UNICA, an association that represents more than 140 Brazilian sugarcane mills, is a case in point.
In Brazil, the sugarcane industry has long relied heavily on laborers who cut cane by hand. Before the harvest, the fields would be burned in order to remove sugarcane straw (the plant's top and leaves) as well as to drive away snakes, scorpions and other creatures that might harm the cutters. However, technological advances and concerns about environmental damage from the fires favored a shift to mechanized harvesting. In 2007, the state government of São Paulo signed an agreement with UNICA that would ban the burning of sugarcane fields by 2017—a change that would put thousands of cane cutters out of work.
In 2009, sugarcane producers, under the umbrella of UNICA and the cane cutters union, and with the support of companies from the sugarcane supply chain, launched the RenovAção ("Renewal") program aimed at providing specialized training for about 3,000 cane cutters in São Paulo. Many former cutters were retrained for new jobs at the mills. Others were trained in skills that would best serve local communities, such as plumbing, horticulture and garment making.
Everyone wins: The government gets reduced pollution; the industry becomes more efficient, while avoiding non-compliance penalties; and the workers are provided with a safety net in the form of training in new job skills.
In the absence of direct or indirect government sponsorship for an IBI, large businesses must look elsewhere for help, often turning to partnerships with entrepreneurs and NGOs.
This approach, too, presents challenges. Consider the issue of reputation. Inclusive innovators may collaborate with apparently well-regarded NGOs and entrepreneurs, only to realize later that those reputations do not travel well to new, untested markets. Moreover, partners, especially those with international scope, may have many clients and thus lack the needed resources or focus to effectively drive the initiative's success.
Inclusive innovations that have effectively partnered with such stakeholders have done so through the following means.
Establish in-house platforms to help partnerships run smoothly.
Natura, the large Brazilian cosmetics company, recognized that collaborating effectively with local NGOs would be critical to earning the trust of indigenous communities and gaining access to their knowledge. Members of such communities were often wary of outside businesses because of the deforestation they had caused in the Brazilian rainforest. Accordingly, Natura focused on building relationships with local NGOs in support of environmental preservation.
But the company soon found that a lack of organization among these entities would make it difficult to achieve the operational efficiency necessary to develop a profit-making IBI. So Natura set up an "eco-relations management" department, which is solely responsible for managing NGO partnerships and training the groups to improve their operational efficiency.
The company has also begun asking NGO staff members to accompany Natura's own teams of anthropologists and biologists on visits to local communities. As one senior executive noted, "The company does not send a buyer to interact with the community, but someone who understands the social logic." This approach has helped the company gain the trust of local communities and develop purchasing channels that dovetail with the communities' social structure and cultural expectations.
Partner with authentic NGOs.
To build a strong network of NGO partners, inclusive business initiatives must be able to identify which NGOs are authentically local and which are not. Local NGOs understand the informal institutions, such as social hierarchies, that govern low-income communities. And they have aligned themselves with local values to gain these communities' trust.
In Brazil, major paper producers, including Votorantim, Klabin and Suzano, are engaging Amazonian communities through local NGOs and using these relationships to advance sustainability practices at a grass-roots level. To cite one example, Klabin's Forestry Incentive Program, first introduced in 1987, aims to increase rural populations' incomes by developing sustainable forests that Klabin can harvest for timber. Initially, the Forestry Incentive Program provided farmers with resources and know-how. However, Klabin found that even with this support many farmers continued to use what they knew best—older and less sustainable methods.
To bring these farmers on board, Klabin set out in 2005 to inspire a change in behavior by partnering with Apremavi (the Association for the Preservation of the Upper Itajaí Valley), a local NGO.
Apremavi had built and maintained long-term relationships with local producers and thus was able to convince them that sustainable forests would help secure their industry's long-term viability.
By 2011, the initiative included 19,000 farmers, and, according to company statistics, more than 98 percent of them had seen increased income since joining the program. In per capita terms, they had realized an average income growth of 49 percent during the preceding eight years. And 153 million seedlings had been distributed to farmers over an area covering 87,000 hectares.
Rethink the business model to build scale faster.
Because a for-profit organization may be able to achieve scale faster than a nonprofit initiative—it will certainly have the incentive to do so—IBI leaders may want to rethink their NGO relationships. Changing the ownership model is one way of doing so.
Africa-based Esoko shows how this can be done. Initially established as Tradenet in 2005, the company offered an SMS-based service to gather and disseminate agricultural data to customers such as individual farmers, researchers and traders in Africa.
In 2009, the initiative was rebranded as Esoko, and the company changed its business model in an effort to reach more customers. Although the company possessed a sophisticated technology platform in agro-informatics, it lacked the financial clout and local relationships to achieve scale on its own. In an effort to increase its reach and guarantee long-term commercial viability, Esoko launched a franchise model, which aimed to build on its existing relationships.
Esoko's model encourages governments, NGOs and private-sector organizations to become franchisees and to use their local connections to build a profitable agro-information service based on Esoko's technology platform. It provides franchisees with a toolkit that contains marketing materials and information about Esoko's standardized pricing for its service. Currently, franchisees have been authorized in 15 countries across Africa.
Large companies are increasingly recognizing the valuable business opportunities that can come with developing and executing inclusive business initiatives. By creating innovations for low-income markets, they can not only help consumers enter the middle class but also fuel profitable new growth for themselves.
This requires hard work and time. It may even call for a new mindset—including a willingness to look beyond an inclusive initiative's short-term impact on company profits. But the investments can pay big dividends, if these new ventures are approached with both speed and discipline.
Raghav Narsalay, who is based in Mumbai, leads the Accenture Institute for High Performance in India.
Ryan T. Coffey is a senior specialist with the Accenture Institute for High Performance. He is based in Mumbai.


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Sunday Brunch: Oeufs en Meurette Recipe
There is no more popular brunch spot in New York City than the utterly classic French brasserie Balthazar. The co-chefs there, Riad Nasr and Lee Hanson, along with their talented kitchen crew, manage to turn out 1,000 plates of delicious food in less than six hours. Many of those thousand are oeufs en meurette, eggs poached in red wine. At the restaurant they top it with a sauce Bordelaise, but it has plenty of flavor without it. This dish is also substantial enough to serve for dinner.
- Yield:4
- 1/2 cup pearl onions
- 1/2 pound slab bacon, sliced into 1/2-inch lardons
- 1/2 pound small white mushrooms, stems discarded
- 1 bottle full-bodied red wine (such as a cabarnet sauvignon)
- 8 large eggs, cold from the fridge
- 4 thick slices of country bread, crusts removed and toasted
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 bunch of frisée
Set a medium saucepan of water over a high flame. When it reaches a boil, add the onions and blanche for eight minutes until tender. Drain and set aside.
Meanwhile, brown the lardons in a small, dry saute pan, about 10 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon, reserve, and pour off all but 2 tablespoons of the rendered fat. Add the drained pearl onions to the pan over a high flame and saute until they take on color about 5 minutes. Add the mushrooms and saute for 5 minutes, until they and the onions are golden brown. Combine the onions, mushrooms, and the lardons in the pan. Keep warm over a low flame, adding butter to the pan if it dries.
In a small skillet, bring the red wine to a simmer over medium heat. Remove the eggs from the fridge (they should be cold before poaching) and crack 2 into a small saucer. Slowly slip the eggs into the simmering wine and poach until the yolks are just set but still runny, about 5 minutes. Cook 4 eggs at a time. While the eggs cook, place one piece of toast in each of 4 shallow bowls. When the eggs are done, use a slotted spoon to transfew them to the toast, 2 eggs per bowl Cover while the remaining eggs are poached.
When all the eggs are cooked and sitting on toast, season with the salt and pepper. Spoon the lardons and mushrooms over the top. Garnish with a little frisee alongside.
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