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Hi is there a guide How to compile the source code.
This is a new and improved version of "Warm Tube Clock" - the open source Nixie clock project. Important hardware changes between this new version and the previous one are:
- Timekeeping is more accurate and is done by DS3231 (or DS3232) RTC IC
- There is no DS18S20 temperature sensor - the internal one of RTC IC is used instead
- Backup battery is not powering AVR anymore, but only the RTC IC
- There is no "slide switch" to control the alarm - now it is done in firmware
- Crystal on PCB is optional and can be chosen up to 16 MHz. It clocks AVR and GSCLK pin of TLC59401 IC
- Pin-compatible with previous version of Nixie "shields"
So, if you didn't read about the previous Warm Tube Clock, it is best to do it right now.
All project files (schematics, PCB & source code) are available for download by clicking on the red download button under the article (open source hardware).
UPDATE: Project is on Hack-a-Day and Hacked Gadgets :-) !
UPDATE 06-03-2011: New firmware added.
UPDATE 28-11-2014: PCBs are available for sale at link: http://www.elecrow.com/warm-tube-clock-v2-pcb-board-p-1154.html.
UPDATE 10-06-2015: Forum discussion is on this link.
New firmware options
1. time display
2. date display
3. temperature display
4. seconds display
5. configurable times of showing for all of above (for example, the clock can display time for 20 seconds, and move to next thing to display: date, temperature or both and go back to time. It can even be set to display only the temperature)
6. configurable Nixie tube brightness
7. configurable color of bottom RGB LEDs that blink at 1/2 Hz rate (or even turned off)
8. configurable color of bottom RGB LEDs while displaying date (or even turned off)
9. fading tubes while showing the date for better understanding of what is on display (MM.DD and YYYY)
10. Nixie tube saver option - this option turns off Nixie tubes at defined "sleep" time and turns them back on at defined "wakeup" time (for example, the clock can be configured to shutdown at 23:30 and turn back on at 07:30 in the morning) in order to prolong the life of tubes
11. alarm function with user-configurable melody with snooze function
12. user configurable snooze length with automatic snoozing so that the clock doesn't ring constantly forever if forgotten about
13. Nixie tube cross-fading with configurable fade speed
14. the famous "candle mode" for the romantic "touch"
15. cathode anti-poisoning on every 5 minutes
16. 12-hour and 24-hour mode for time and date, temperature conversion to Fahrenheit
main board v2 - top side
main board v2 - bottom side
Design changes
This version of clock uses DS3231 RTC IC and is fully compatible with DS3232. There were few different methods of how this IC could have been used in this project. I chose to use it's SQW pin to generate an interrupt in AVR each second (1 Hz precisely). So, on every SQW impulse the AVR reads RTC data (I2C) from DS3231/2 to display on tubes and for other things. Note: you must solder the SMD jumper on PCB in order to use currently supplied firmware. This jumper connects SQW pin to AVR.
DS3231 RTC IC is now where "slide switch" used to be
Second method is much simpler - supply AVR's OSC1 (PB6) pin with 32 kHz output of DS3231/2 instead of using 32.768kHz crystal. This way the AVR would get extremely accurate 32.768 kHz clock for incrementing the Timer1 of previous version of firmware. In that case, no I2C routines would be necessary.
Third method would be not to use SQW or the 32 kHz output, but to read RTC data (with I2C) in a program loop at all times. There is that SMD jumper on board so you can disconnect the SQW pin to use this method.
Part of the schematics with DS3231/2 RTC IC
Nixie shields
New version of clock is pin-compatible with previous one, so it is possible to use shields of previous version on this one and vice-versa. In this new version of clock, IN-8 shield is replaced with IN-14 shield because these tubes are cheaper and easier to find.
IN-14 Nixie shield
TLC59401 is at the bottom side of IN-14 Nixie shield
Under the Nixie tubes there are 4 SMD RGB LEDs
These IN-14 tubes are same as IN-16, only much bigger.
HV voltage booster
Voltage booster has remained the same. But if you are using (for example) 12 MHz crystal to clock the AVR, then the frequency of PWM signal is 46.875 kHz (FREQ/256). Using crystal of higher frequency will also result in a smoother RGB LED effects. You can experiment with the coil value and power supply to achieve minimum heating of the booster circuit. When powering clock with 11 V you can use coil of around 680 uH or even less (@ 12 MHz).
Nixie dots (semicolons)
Nixie dots are actually ordinary neon indicators from a 110/220V switch as you can see in the picture bellow.
Nixie dot harvesting
Thermal images of PCBs
Warmest point: 36°C, coldest: 21°C. Thanks to Filip for these images!
Image and video presentation
Image with blue LEDs
Video without bottom LEDs + at night
AM/PM setting example
Nixie cross-fading example
Nixie cathode anti-poisoning
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Not really! Open AVR Studio, new project for ATmega328P with (no files). Add all these files
that you can download to the AVR Studio project you just d, and hit build. That is roughly it.
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Hi is there a guide How to compile the source code.
Thank you Trax.
Hi niall, I d forum topic where you can write:
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Hello Trax, (again), I started assembling the components to build the clock but I have a few
questions regarding some of them. I apologise in advance, my electronics knowledge is basic at
best and I have done a few small projects, but I am learning by doing them. Would it be wiser
to the forum, open a thread on the clock so as not to fill the comments section with my
Thanks...Just as I thought...I can compile assembly using MPLAB but I am a terrible programmer.
If you have time perhaps you could have a go at it or you could let me know how to modify it
or which lines of code to change. I haven't built it yet. I really do appreciate your time as
I know it requires much time to do these projects and publish them.
Well, the single tube clock is only in 24hour format, but the firmware can be changed for US :)
It is only a matter of subtraction in the code! I could do that once you build the hardware, or
you can give it a go (it is in assembler though).
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Thanks Trax...will post some pictures shortly...Also I looked at your single tube Nixie clock.
I would like to make one but does the firmware permit 12hr operation?...Us yanks aren't on 24hr
time yet....TNX....
Robert, please send some photos of your clock to trax at elektronika.ba when you get the time!
:-) Thanks! I hope you enjoy your clock for many years!
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Hello, here is the menu: www.elektronika.ba/misc/warm_tube_clock_menu.pdf
That's the latest one I have documented. Check it out!
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icchantika: A class of beings who have cut off all their virtuous roots, and some say have no hope of attaining buddhahood.
ignorance (avidya, wuming): Along with hatred (anger) and greed, it is one of the three forces that cause reincarnation. Literally it means darkness or without illumination. Actually it means illusion without enlightenment or the illusory phenomena. See "avidya."
impermanence (anitya, wuchang): All conditioned dharma (phenomena) are subject to the processes of cause and effect and the four stages of arising, subsisting, changing and passing away. All sentient beings die and all non-sentient beings and things perish. The first of the eight fundamental right views of cultivation. Everything in this world comes into being through the occurrence of certain causes and conditions and passes away with the cessation of such causes and conditions. Nothing can be held on to and nothing can be kept forever. In fact, there is nothing to obtain, seek, lose, or take.
Indra (Dishi): King of the Trayastrimsa Heaven. The ruler of the gods in ancient Indian mythology. See also "Sakra."
indriya: Literally means the sense organs including our physical and psychological capabilities and faculties. Commonly grouped into a list of 22: 1-6) the six sense bases (ayatana), 7-9) three factors concerning gender (male, female, and vitality), 10-14) five feelings, 15-19) five spiritual faculties, 20) arta-marga, 21) highest knowledge which marks the attainment of stream-entry (srotapanna), and 22) perfect knowledge which marks the stage of an arhat. Sometimes just refers to the five spiritual or controlling faculties or dominants (panchaindryani): faith, devotion (shraddha); joyous effort or exertion, perseverance (virya); perfect mindfulness (smriti); perfect concentration or meditative absorption (samadhi); and wisdom or insight (prajña). When these five indriya are strengthened or developed they become the five "powers (balas)" See further the "thirty-seven limbs of enlightenment (bodhipakshika-dharma)."
Infinite Hell: The lowest and worst of the eight hot hells and the destination of those who commit the five most serious crimes known as the five immediate misdeeds since they bring about almost immediate karmic retribution either in the same life or upon death. Also called Avici Hell, Hell of Uninterupted Suffering, or Hell of No Interval. The term Avici Hell, which literally means no space, refers to the fact that there is no interval without suffering—the torture is uninterrupted. See also "hell" and "Vajra Hell."
initiation: The Chinese characters "guan ding" is the Sanskrit word "abhisheka." It can be translated as anointing, initiation, empowerment or consecration. Literally, it means to pour on the crown or consecrate by sprinkling water on the head. This is a process in which the disciple is enabled or empowered by a Vajra Master to carry out specific meditation or other tantric practices. See "five Inner Tantra Initiations," "four Outer Tantra Initiations".
inner mandala (nei tanchen): Used in advanced tantric practice of physical cultivation.
inner-tantric initiations (mijing guanding): See "tantric initiations."
insight: See "vipashayana."
Isipatana: See "Sarnath." Name for Saranth used in Pali Canon.
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Appreciative inquiry approach to evaluation is a recent development in the evaluation realm. Though some evaluators have used this approach independently, it has been used partially to complement other evaluation approaches in many cases. Similar to other evaluation it measures the changes, develops programme logic model, clarifies the evaluation purpose, identifies the stakeholders, determines the evaluation key questions, develops indicators and develops evaluation plan. Dissimilar to other evaluation approaches that lay emphasis on finding out the root causes of programme not meeting the set results, the appreciative approach focuses on what worked in the organisation, why it worked and how it worked. Unlike other evaluation where the evaluator plays major role in designing, conducting, and interpreting evaluation results, this approach involves all stakeholders into the evaluation cycle. The evaluation is complete only when the evaluation results are used for refining vision/goal/objective, redefining strategy and refining plan of work of programme being evaluated. Since evaluation results are used right way to improve the programme, this evaluation is considered as user-focused evaluation. These are the findings of the review of the literature and the author's own experience regarding appreciative inquiry approach to evaluation.
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The shooting schedule of Greg Berlanti's rom-com Life As We Know It will require Dr. Stevens to make a house call starting this month, meaning she'll disappear onscreen in November. That will be around the same time Ellen Pompeo will be on maternity leave, meaning we won't have Izzy or Meredith for a few weeks. Wow, the show may get better in that time.
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- If you ever doubted that the Street is prepping for an oil services recovery, consider that shares of Baker Hughes (BHI) jumped more than 3% on management's reduced guidance. That rarely happens in today's market, much less within a commoditized industry like oil.
Despite Baker Hughes' struggles with weak oil prices and soft rig counts, the Street always wanted to love this company. And the entire sector, including market leaders Schlumberger (SLB) and Halliburton (HAL), is posting better-than-expected third-quarter earnings results.
There's no denying that this industry is on the rebound. Given the evidence of improved business conditions in North America, investors have even more reason to be optimistic.
Although it has always been the third wheel to Schlumberger and Halliburton, Baker Hughes has been no laggard. In fact, Baker Hughes' shares have outperformed Schlumberger over the past year, at 24% vs. 22%, respectively. It seems as if management is finally ready to take steps to produce the results that the Street covets.
That's why the stock jumped last week even with management's reduced guidance. Astute investors understand the reasons for the reduction have little to do with the company's fundamentals. Baker Hughes' long-term growth potential remains intact. Management now projects earnings per share to be in the range of 60 cents to 62 cents, down sharply from previous estimates of 78 cents to 80 cents.
But Baker Hughes receives the benefit of the doubt. Investors remember that the company's profits surged 22% in the October quarter. In the guidance reduction, management also cited last November's shutdown of the company's Iraq operations, which occurred due to protests by local residents at the Basra facility. Schlumberger also experienced similar distractions in that region.
With Baker Hughes due to report fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday, management must affirm what the Street already assumes to be true: If and when the energy market does fully recover, Baker Hughes will regain its status as a strong oil producer. That is much preferred to the company's natural gas performance, which has suffered considerably more.
On Tuesday, management will also need to make investors feel better about the fracking business, which had weakened due to the natural-gas surplus.
In short, I don't believe Baker Hughes management deserves the skepticism they have faced, particularly since both Schlumberger and Halliburton were forced to make similar adjustments to grow profitability.


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Maybe it was never meant to be—the moment she stood by Michelle Obama in the White House kitchen with a group of culinary students just weeks after the inauguration. The First Lady beamed as she displayed a sampling of desserts lined up like sugary jewels on the delicate Truman china that would be used that evening. "One correction," Desiree Rogers casually interjected. "It's Wilson. This plate is Wilson."
"Oh, no, it's not Truman," Mrs. Obama said.
But plates and tablecloths and guest lists and floral arrangements were never her thing. Desiree Rogers is a Harvard MBA who ran a Chicago utility and was named one of the most powerful African-American women in business. "You have to think about it [the social secretary job], in my mind, almost like a business. Otherwise, you never get there. You get caught in linen hell and flower hell, list hell," Rogers told me on a sunny day in the East Wing office that she will soon vacate.
It wasn't just about a social climbing Virginia couple sneaking into a State Dinner. After all, as Desiree's ex-husband, John Rogers Jr., told me after the incident, "the social secretary isn't trained in security." Maybe it was more about that thankless behind-the-scenes party-planning place where social secretaries are supposed to dwell.
And stodgy Washington probably wasn't ready for Desiree and her Commes des Garcon gowns. After all, they were just getting used to Mrs. Obama and her J Crew cardigans. "What impact does someone's clothes have on the kind of job they do?" Rogers asked me rhetorically on Friday when the news broke that she'd be leaving her White House post. Clearly, in Washington, the answer is: A lot.
But some reports in the aftermath of Salahi-gate got a few things wrong about Desiree. Yes, she is glamorous and made long-time White House ushers blush when she'd whisper orders in their ear before a big event. But she's not a free wielding social climber who didn't take seriously the task at hand. Desiree worked around the clock, and she shook things up at the White House—from dying the fountain green on St. Patrick's Day to hosting Washington DC high school girls at a fancy dinner with the first lady. (As manufactured as the "people's house" concept may have been there is something moving about seeing a 14-year-old girl from an inner city high school seated next to Michelle Obama at a White House dinner. That will change her life forever.)
At the now infamous Nov. 24 State Dinner, yes, Desiree sat down and schmoozed when there should've been someone from her office minding the gate and double-checking the guest list. (Rogers says a staffer was checking the guest list and that 28 White House aides were also sitting at the dinner. "What better way to see the flow of the evening?" she said.) But let's not forget that Desiree's schmoozing helped pave the way for a nice couple named Obama to go from the Southside of Chicago to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Desiree threw elaborate parties at her Gold Coast coop to raise more than $200,000 for Obama's presidential campaign. She charmed old friends from New Orleans and newer ones from Harvard and Chicago's most powerful circles (click to view WSJ.'s interactive graphic of her friends) to get them to come forward and support Obama. And when Desiree moved to Washington, she lived in the same Georgetown apartment building as Chicago friends Valerie Jarrett and Susan Sher.
But just because she can throw a good party doesn't mean she's well cast as an event-planning government bureaucrat. Eventually the high profile that has always followed her—from the pages of Vogue to the cover of WSJ magazine—and that she didn't shy away from raised eyebrows in the West Wing and raised the questions: Was she outshining the First Lady? Was she taking attention away from more important matters? We are, after all, in the midst of a financial crisis. According to a Washington Post story, David Axelrod didn't like that she talked so openly about branding the Obamas. Funny how in politics, the most honest statements can often end up the most damaging.
Rogers told me the security breach at the State Dinner and the scrutiny she came under had nothing to do with her departure. "When a person makes a decision people will always want a reason they understand so they'll put a negative spin on things," she said. "You don't do 300 events socializing….My work was 24/7."
But the writing may have been on the wall ever since that first event in the White House kitchen when a powerful woman named Desiree gently corrected an even more powerful woman, the First Lady.
Photographs by Marc Hom for WSJ.; Read our article on Desiree Rogers in our May 2009 issue here.


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What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas ... until the rest of the world finds out and reports all of the details.
Francesca Eastwood, 20 -- who is the daughter of Clint Eastwood, was Miss Golden Globe 2013, and appeared in the E! reality series "Mrs. Eastwood & Company" -- married Jonah Hill's older brother Jordan Feldstein, 35, in Las Vegas on Sunday, Nov. 17, according to the Clark County Recorder's Office.
"They haven't even been dating that long, but when in Vegas!" an insider told Us Weekly of the fairly recent romance.
However, it appears that in true Britney Spears style, this Vegas union is going to be short-lived. According to TMZ (which first reported the news of the nuptials), Francesca is already seeking an annulment. Hey, at least her week-and-a-half long marriage beat Britney's 55-hour one!
Us Weekly also corroborated the annulment news. A source tells the mag that the wedding happened due to "a wild night in Vegas" that happened "too quickly and [because they] were drinking a lot!" Another source added, "They didn't know what they were doing."
Fortunately, getting an annulment in Nevada isn't too hard. The only requirement is that the spouse filing must have the proper grounds for annulment, which can include lack of consent of a parent or guardian (if either party is under the age of 18), a lack of understanding or insanity, fraud, the spouses being closely related by blood, or one of the spouses being married to someone else on the day they were wed. We're guessing Francesca and Jordan are likely going to plead the "lack of understanding." There's a $147 annulment fee and once an annulment is granted, the parties were never legally considered married. The cost of a marriage license in Nevada is $60.
Omg! reached out to Francesca's rep who told us she had no information at all about the marriage or the potential annulment.
Francesca was previously involved romantically with photographer Tyler Shields (perhaps best known for his edgy photo shoots of young Hollywood stars like Emma Roberts and Lindsay Lohan). Her mother is actress Frances Fisher, which makes Francesca a half-sibling of hottie Scott Eastwood.


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Rangers say rehabbing Lance Berkman 'go at his own pace,' but don't expect to see him in the outfield
The Rangers will proceed slowly with rehabbing DH Lance Berkman, but he did hit with the rest of his teammates and went through most drills.
"He will go at his own pace," manager Ron Washington said Saturday of Berkman's continuing recovery from knee surgeries.
Asked if the Rangers plan to have Berkman in the outfield this spring, Washington said: "Well, he may walk across it briefly every morning."


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Credit and Blame
In his eye-opening book Why?, world-renowned social scientist Charles Tilly exposed some startling truths about the excuses people make and the reasons they give. Now he's back with further explorations into the complexities of human relationships, this time examining what's really going on when we assign credit or cast blame.
Everybody does it, but few understand the hidden motivations behind it. With his customary wit and dazzling insight, Tilly takes a lively and thought-provoking look at the ways people fault and applaud each other and themselves. The stories he gathers in Credit and Blame range from the everyday to the altogether unexpected, from the revealingly personal to the insightfully humorous--whether it's the gushing acceptance speech of an Academy Award winner or testimony before a congressional panel, accusations hurled in a lover's quarrel or those traded by nations in a post-9/11 crisis, or a job promotion or the Nobel Prize. Drawing examples from literature, history, pop culture, and much more, Tilly argues that people seek not only understanding through credit and blame, but also justice. The punishment must fit the crime, accomplishments should be rewarded, and the guilty parties must always get their just deserts.
Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, Credit and Blame is a book that revolutionizes our understanding of the compliments we pay and the accusations we make.
Charles Tilly (1929-2008) was the Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science at Columbia University. His books include Why? (Princeton) and Democracy.
"Throughout his 50-book career, Tilly liked to squint hard at social life and find simple patterns. [In Credit and Blame] his undogmatic schematizing could reshape our judgments about what might have been obvious to begin with."--Alexander Star, New York Times Book Review
"Drawing upon sources as disparate as Dostoyevski, Darwin, water-cooler conversations and truth commissions, Tilly illustrated how assigning credit and blame stems from and redefines 'relations between the creditor and the credited, the blamer, and the blamed.' Tilly astutely analyzes how people accept credit and society assesses blame, and the commonalities between the two. With its most vivid examples drawn from the author's own life, this book is simultaneously highbrow and humble and a close analysis of social interaction."--Publishers Weekly
"In this book Charles Tilly brilliantly continues his mission of demonstrating how relational sociology can reveal the elemental principles underlying the complexity of human social life. This book demonstrates why Tilly will be known as the founding father of twenty-first century sociology. With his trademark clarity of exposition and synthesis, he lays bare the simple central mechanisms of social interaction."--Adam Ashforth, author of Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa
"An utterly charming and systematically insightful book about pervasive processes in everyday life, and an amazing romp from Raskolnikov to Sacré Coeur--by way of Jack Welch, witchcraft, the Ford Explorer, Bolivian festivals, the Academy Awards, the Nobel Prize, Philip Roth's Everyman, sex discrimination at Wal-Mart, The Mikado, and more. I had not thought about credit and blame in the least bit systematic way before reading this book."--Lynn Eden, author of Whole World on Fire
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I am considering something for these jowls I seem to be developing. Thank you
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Mini Lifts tend to be reasonable
The price for mini lifts tends to be reasonable and certainly less than the cost of "full" or deep plane face lifts. There are to main reasons for this:
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A Mini-Lift is a great way to make your neck look like it did many years ago...and make your "jowl" area look fresh & young! It can be done with chemical peels or lasers to refresh your skin too...The cost is determined by what you need. They start at 5500.
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Thank you for your question. This depends on what is done. If this is just a mini face lift or if a platysmaplasty is done as well. Also if this is done as a local procedure, or under general anesthetic in a surgery center. Can range from 5-10k.
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Nairobi -
A human rights group on Thursday criticised the death sentences passed against six Kenyan police officers who were convicted of murdering taxi drivers and urged the government to change the country's execution laws.
Justus Nyang'aya, who heads Amnesty International in Kenya, said the East African nation was not likely to carry out the executions of the convicted officers because it has been abolitionist in practice for three decades.
"We do not support the death penalty, and we also urge the government of Kenya to abolish the death penalty," he told dpa.
"The last time a death sentence was carried out in Kenya was in relation to the 1982 coup. Otherwise, a lot of judgements that have been passed have been commuted by the president."
Judge Fred Ochieng sentenced the six officers to death on Wednesday, a day after they were convicted of murdering seven taxi drivers in March 2010 in the Kwangware district of western Nairobi.
The officers had claimed that the drivers were part of the so-called Mungiki gang, a quasi-religious group that is linked to ethnic violence and racketeering as well as running the public transport network of mini-buses. - Sapa-dpa


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Kitchen Craft: The New Cookery
The front panel is a modern design of pastels (green, pink, blue). There is a color line drawing of a man woman, and child at a table. It is separated from the design by an inverted triangle. The title is in red, black, and yellow. The back panel has the same modern design and colors. The company guarantee is in a white square with ornate border around it. Below is the Good Housekeeping Institute's logo for tested and approved by them. The white square below that contains the words The best cooks use Aluminum. The company name and address follow below. The front end page has the company trade mark and what the company stands for and how the products are sold. Pages 18 -19 have a blue background and have line drawings of all the products. In the center of the bottom of the two pages it says Complete Kitchen Craft Equipment. There is a section with a color line drawing of each piece of cookware and how it is best used and recipes using that item. Page 4 has a discussion of modern health cooking, proper selection of food, and to promote health. Page 5 discusses the care and use of Kitchen Craft equipment and questions and answers. Page 31 has a food-value chart and what foods do for the body. Pages 32-33 have suggested food combinations. Pages 34-35 have Kitchen Craft Combinations [how to combine the pots together].
Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker
Brand Name: Kitchen Craft
Publisher: Kitchen Craft Co. (West Bend, Wis.)
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Citation: Kitchen Craft: The New Cookery. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at http://www.lib.msu.edu/exhibits/sliker/detail.jsp?id=3316


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This morning we landed in Bangkok, slept for a few hours, and then hit the road running. We managed to pack in a visit to the staging cafe for some great coffee, a fantastic lunch, RIDING ELEPHANTS, a cultural show, a boat ride, and a wonderful dinner with Rev. Dr. Thawesak Mahachavaroj and his family. At dinner, Rev. Dr. Thawesak Mahachavaroj prayed over our pilgrimage and thanked us for coming to experience Bangkok and a new culture. I am thankful for the opportunity to meet him and for the adventures he blessed us with today.
We spent a good portion of today at the Rose Garden which was great, mostly because it was beautiful. The vegetation was green and lush. The flowers were in bloom adding color to the scenery. The river ran right by the garden, allowing us to take a stroll and stare out at the water chestnut plants growing along the shore. It also gave us the opportunity to interact with several Thai people, although the language barrier made that a little bit of a struggle.
Life here is different. Buildings are more colorful. The traffic is insane. The vegetation is green (which is a huge change coming from a bleak Missouri winter). Elephants are common. The people are friendly and more gentle than the people I encounter in the Midwest. I really am a world away from home.
But as I was wandering around the Rose Garden today, taking in the sites and waving and smiling at people in lieu of using language, all I could think about was the beauty of everything. The beautiful colors, the beautiful people, and the beautiful new creatures. Being a world away from home reveals God's creativity in a whole new way. The same God that created the crazy Missouri weather and the people that live there also created Thailand's tropical climate and the people that live here. How cool is it that we believe in a God that is big enough to embody all cultures? That is creative enough to think of a snowy winter morning and a tropical Thailand sunrise. That creates creatures as intelligent as elephants. Thailand reveals God's creativity in a new way. So as I continue to adapt to the changing environment around me, I am thankful that the God I serve was creative enough to make a world where so many different cultures can coexist, a world where every place we visit is an invitation to experience God's creativity anew.
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I got a first generation Dreamcast today. The keyboard and mouse are already on their way
from eBay :) I don't have any means for a network connection (yet), so I want to make a CD
to boot in it. I can use this as an opportunity to test out a lot of the stuff that will
be going on here. For my first go, I want to use scripts posted here to build a basic
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Congressman Jared Huffman recently joined with other members of Congress to request additional federal funding for special education as part of the 2015 fiscal year budget proposal.
Huffman and 138 other members sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking the federal government to reach the full 40 percent funding currently promised under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
"The federal government needs a plan to move us toward full funding for IDEA," the letter states. "This should begin with incremental increases, beginning in fiscal year 2015, in spending. Full federal funding for IDEA will help deliver an appropriate education for children with disabilities and provide necessary support to our teachers and school administrators who are working tirelessly, with limited resources, to better the lives of all students."
The act, according to the letter, provides individualized programs and services to students with a range of disabilities from hearing and language impairments to autism and learning disabilities.
Humboldt County Superintendent of Schools Garry Eagles said the education community welcomes Huffman's advocacy.
"Special needs children should be served well through a partnership among federal, state and local resources," Eagles said. "The federal government has not provided its fair share of funding in decades."
Humboldt/Del Norte Special Education Local Plan Area Director Mindy Fattig said special education programs have never been fully funded as promised.
"Currently, only about 16 percent is being covered by the government," Fattig said. "Special education children need more services, and we are legally bound to provide those services whether or not the funding is available."
Ovieda Elliott, who oversees the Humboldt County Office of Education's Special Beginnings program -- which provides intervention for children up to 3 years old and individual education programs for children ages 4 to 5 -- said extra funding would help in individualizing programs to each child's specific needs.
"Demands at this point are overreaching available funding, both in early interventions and in school," Elliott said. "The funding for children ages 3 to 5 years old has been stagnant, and it's encroaching on the districts that are absorbing the excess costs."
Fattig said approximately 3,500 children in Humboldt and Del Norte counties are in need of some kind of special education, with that number steadily increasing. Elliott said they are also seeing an increase in the Special Beginnings program.
"We have grown over the last few years from 160 children in 2010 to 191 children this year," Elliott said. "The number for this year only represents how many students we have now, which is only halfway through the year. That number will remain fairly stable though, because I don't have enough staff to take on more children."
Huffman's communication director Paul Arden said Huffman has visited with many education officials over the years who have expressed concerns about the budgetary strains associated with taking on extra costs due to the federal shortfall.
"In pushing for increased and full IDEA funding, Rep. Huffman wants to help not only students with disabilities, but all students who inevitably get shortchanged when schools must take funds from other programs to cover IDEA services," Arden said.
With the budget proposal set to be released March 4, Fattig said the timing is right for the request.
"We are starting to get out of a recession, and there seems to be an economic upturn," she said. "That makes it the perfect time, and I think that's why we're seeing Congress do more advocating for this."
In addition to increased funds, Huffman and the other members also proposed a reauthorization of the act and identifying a plan to hit full funding over the next 10 years.
"We owe it to all students to provide a quality education that will help them graduate and enter successful careers," the letter states.
At a glance: Eligible special needs students in Humboldt and Del Norte counties:
2010: 3,385
2011: 3,447
2012: 3,476
2013: 3,570
Available funding:
2011-12: $4.06 million
2012-13: $4.01 million
Source: Humboldt/Del Norte SELPA


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This is an entertaining, informative beginner's guide to understanding football. Also, I guarantee* that this is the most enjoyable introductory audiobook ever about football, and that after listening to this audiobook you will know and love the game.
*Any guarantees mentioned in this audiobook are imaginary and not enforceable by law.
©2011 Gilbert Klein (P)2014 Gilbert Klein
"A great introduction to football"
I'm a nerd, and don't care much for sports. But Klein's book shows me and other geeks that football isn't just for meatheads. It's intensely physical, yes, but first and foremost it's a tactical game. Will I start watching football regularly? Probably not. But it gives me a little more understanding and compassion for how the other half live. Okay, let's be honest, the other nine tenths.
Estate planning lawyer and mom to two boys. My older son liked audiobooks as an infant, and I've listened to a lot since then.
"Decent intro to football for the near-novice"
Overall, I thought highly of the book. I bought it for my teen and tween sons who've recently gotten interested in watching football with me. They have very little overall knowledge of the game and I think they got a lot out of it, though they said they did have trouble paying attention at times (and they are die hard audiobook listeners). I got it on the Daily Deal and at that price it is hard to go wrong.
I did have two negatives about it. For me, a long time (but not serious) fan, it didn't do much to help me with all the questions I have when watching the game, so I'm not sure someone like me is the target audience. More importantly, I don't think this is the best medium to learn how to follow a football game. Watching a game with commentary -- or watching the pregame show for the Superbowl right now -- does more to explain what is going on, since it comes with visuals.
In sum, I think this book works best for a near novice, who wants to listen something to understand the basics when not watching a game. For a person who doesn't want to interrupt the fans in their life with dumb questions, this might be perfect.
"Short, but did learn a few things"
He mentions a number of advanced concepts without elaborating, telling you to watch more football to learn what they mean. Also, very fast-paced intro where terms are used without an explanation of what they mean. But, I did learn a few things. I think I'm at the point of football understand where I wasn't affected by the fast paced intro and not at such an advanced understanding that I learned nothing. Maybe not a great book for absolute beginners and those who have been watching football for many years.
"brief and bumpy, but kinda gets the job done"
the basics are not so basics... it is more of a book for the North American who doesn't understand the sport, not an international reader that has never lived in a society where people play football.
"Never watched a Super Bowl--Till Today"
My husband loves to watch football, but for 35 years he's had to watch it by himself. I'd wonder, sometimes aloud, how anyone could be so fascinated by a game in which people mostly just shove each other and fall down. Every game looked the same to me.
I had absolutely no intention of listening to a book on football. But I always check out Audible's Daily Deals, and on Super Bowl Sunday there was Gilbert Klein's "Football 101" for such a good price it inspired me---what if I listened to it, learned how to appreciate the game, and surprised my husband with my company at the "Big Game"?
The book is only about two hours long; the writing and narration are lively, interesting and never condescending. I had to listen attentively and go over a few parts again. But by kick-off, I was prepared and very excited to be watching the Super Bowl with my husband. Of course I still had a few questions, but found myself actually cheering and groaning appropriately! The shoving and falling down were making sense!
You might wonder how a book on football could work in audio form, without any diagrams or pictures. But actually, as I was listening I never felt the lack of them at all. Even though football was a mystery to me, certainly I did know what the field looks like and roughly how the two teams line up facing each other at the line of scrimmage. And even if I hadn't, everything relating to them was described very well.
Reading this book won't make you an instant expert. Some things, as the author explains, will start to make sense only as you see them in action. But most of it is great for advance preparation. I particularly liked the chapter about strategy, and the one that explains each position and what particular skills the player needs to do it well. I was amazed at the knowledge, practice, conditioning, instincts, and quick thinking it takes to play football on a professional level. And I understand now why people watch football every season for their whole lives. "Football 101" definitely casts enough light on the game to enable you to enjoy it, and for the fine points you haven't grasped yet, you can, as the author advises, "let the announcer tell you."
I read nothing that is popular.
"Yellow Flags"
"Football 101" is kind of disappointing. I wanted to know more about the penalties in the game. Don't really care about the different positions because throw the ball, catch the ball, and run the ball. Football is actually a simple sport, but when the ref throws the yellow flag, the game gets confusing.
Too much field talk and not enough about the rules. Unless you never watch football, you don't really need this guide book. The game is easy to follow if you have a favorite team. Just watch the game.
"Poor, even for $.99 on sale"
Poor, disjointed thoughts. Author harping on the same points again and again... Ugh don't waste your time. At least it was less than a buck.
"I don't think so"
I did not find this book to be a good beginners guide. It started off OK with the idea of "balance", then went to quickly into too many details, jargon and examples. This seems a good approach for someone who already understand the game, but poor "pedagogy" for newbies. Stay with the "idea" of football, the goals, etc. before getting into details which should come towards the end of the book. Not user friendly.
Marsha K
"Great book for dummies!"
I care very little about football, but wanted a little information about the game so I would't be a complete dunce when talking or listening to my husband and my son and his family discuss a game. This is just the ticket. Not too much or too detailed information, just enough to make me interested enough to watch a game or two or maybe even three.
"Easy Intro"
This book covers the basics nicely. I realized that I a cynically know more hugs. I thought about football. The strengths of this book are that it provides good basic information in an easy to understand format and the author intersperses it with humor. The main weakness in the book for me was that parts were repetitive; I personally would have liked explanations of some of the intricacies of the game, but since this is an intro book, I can see why this isn't included.
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A few weeks ago I bought a gallon of fresh apple cider that never got finished and the last few cups of it have been staring me in the face every time I open the fridge door. It was starting to ferment just a bit so was not pleasant for drinking but I hated to waste it. So I married it with a package of chicken thighs and this recipe was born.
You could simplify the mashed potatoes or flavor them with whatever your family prefers–or roasted root vegetables would be a great starch alternative. There is fresh thyme in the cider broth so I used just a touch of it in the potatoes too and it complemented perfectly. This is a nice dish for casual entertaining but it can also be an easy family favorite if you substitute the melted leeks (which take almost an hour to get soft enough at low heat) with a quicker vegetable side.
Finally, the mashed potatoes…yummy! Everybody has their own favorite way of making mashed potatoes–mine is with a potato ricer. If you've never used one, picture a giant garlic press. You can put the cooked potato, still in the peel and whole if they are smallish or halved if they are larger into it and squeeze out perfectly smooth and fluffy tiny worms of mashed potato. (kids love it!) There are never any lumps, they don't get gummy, and you don't have to peel and chop them. To make it even easier, I cook mine in the microwave which is faster than boiling and doesn't make them waterlogged.
Cider Braised Chicken Thighs w/ Melted Leeks & Goat Cheese Thyme Mashed Potatoes
- Yield: 4
- Category: Entree
- Cuisine: Chicken
- 6-8 chicken thighs (bone in, skin on)
- 1 cup apple cider
- 2 cups chicken stock (or broth)
- 3 sprigs of fresh thyme
- salt and pepper
- 2 large leeks
- Half a stick of butter
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 6-8 medium potatoes (Yukon Gold)
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1/2 stick of butter
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 4 oz crumbled goat cheese
- 1 tsp fresh thyme leaves
- salt and pepper to taste
- FOR THE CHICKEN: Season the chicken thighs with salt and pepper.
- In a large, heavy bottomed pan (I used a cast iron skillet) brown the chicken thighs skin side down to render out some of the fat. Turn and brown opposite side. Remove chicken from pan. Pour out fat and discard.
- Deglaze the pan with cider scraping up all the brown bits. Add the thighs, skin side up back to the pan. Add chicken broth and thyme sprigs and bring to a simmer (or add entire batch to crockpot at this point). Simmer, loosely covered, for about an hour and a half basting occasionally.
- Remove the chicken from the pan to a cookie sheet and place in a 350 degree oven for about 20 minutes, skin side up, to crisp the skin.
- Meanwhile, increase the heat on the remaining broth and reduce to a lightly syrupy consistency–the flavors will become very concentrated and a little goes a long way. You can skip this step and just use the cooking liquid which is tasty to begin with, but it's worth the extra time to reduce it.
- FOR THE LEEKS: While you are braising the chicken, it's a good time to get the leeks started. Take two large leeks and trim off the bottom and the tough green parts so you are left with just white and very light green. Cut them in half lengthwise and rinse carefully in the sink being sure to separate the layers to get all of the grit out. Slice them to about 1/4 inch thickness and set aside.
- Meanwhile melt half a stick of butter and two tablespoons of olive oil in a heavy skillet. Add the leeks and about a teaspoon of salt and cook on very low heat for about an hour stirring occasionally. You don't want them browned, just softened until they melt in your mouth and no longer squeak against your teeth when you chew them.
- When fully softened check the seasoning and add a touch more salt if necessary and a few grinds of fresh pepper. These complement the sweetness of the chicken and tanginess of the goat cheese mashed potatoes perfectly!
- FOR THE POTATOES: Mash the potatoes using your preferred method.
- Place the milk and butter into a microwave safe dish and heat for one minute. Pour the milk/butter into the potatoes and stir until fully incorporated. Add more milk if you prefer. Stir in olive oil, goat cheese and thyme. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Plate the mashed potatoes, add a couple of tablespoons of the leeks and top with the chicken. Drizzle the cider reduction around and on top and garnish with fresh thyme. A perfect combination of savory and sweet this dish is unbelievably satisfying!


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- We just celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, which was signed into law in October 2008. Separate and in addition to TARP were the bailouts of Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mac by the federal government. It's hard to believe how far we have come since then. We can all remember when the world was ending -- for the very first time -- and the U.S. Treasury became the creditor of last resort for pretty much everyone.
Our banks needed money, European banks needed money, AIG (AIG) needed money, Chrysler and GM (GM) needed money; the list seemed endless. On Oct. 3, 2008, Uncle Sam caved and authorized up to $700 billion in emergency loans to these struggling entities. In 2010, that amount was later revised down to $475 billion, but along with Fannie and Freddie, the Treasury loaned out $608 billion. The term bailout has quite a negative connotation, but is Uncle Sam being misconstrued as a sap instead of a forward-thinking businessman?
In retrospect, wouldn't it have been great to be able to step in at the market bottom and profit from the dramatic recovery of these financial and related assets? Can you imagine if every American were to benefit from our government's timely trade?
We did, you just haven't heard about it. What you have heard, along with a great deal of moaning and groaning, is how these bailouts cost American taxpayers billions of dollars. It's simply not true.
Breaking the Bailout's Bad Rap
Thus far, $569 billion of the $608 billion referenced above has been returned -- roughly 2/3 of which ($371 billion) were principal payments and the remaining 1/3 ($198 billion) in dividends, interest, fees, and warrants. This means there is still another 1/3 in principal outstanding, with interest accruing. Some quick math shows us the Treasury is going to come out ahead on this deal. Not only were the controversial bailouts not written off as an across-the-board loss, they will actually end up making the American taxpayers billions of dollars. It's not going to show up as a refund check from Treasury Secretary Jack Lew in every mailbox, but it will contribute to reducing (yes, reducing) our nation's overall indebtedness. (An excellent resource for all things bailout can be found here.)


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Well with my son I had my first ultrasound at 5w6d and he was a peanut with a hb, this pregnancy just showed a small sac but he said it looks around 5 weeks.

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Quoting ♥ The Prodigy:" What did you see? I had one today ... [snip!] ... so I'm kinda worrying."
 I just saw the sac. :) Don't worry. Eta, I didn't hear a heartbeat then either."

Quoting ♥ The Prodigy:" What did you see? I had one today and saw nothing to begin with then they made me empty my bladder and ... [snip!] ... was swollen so I O and conceived from that one. I saw DS at 5 weeks 6days and he was a peanut with a hb so I'm kinda worrying."

I was 5 weeks but the sac was measuring at 4 and a half weeks I was really worried too, there was no heartbeat and couldn't see much! But went for another two weeks later and seen a little bean still very small tho!
Try not to stress it's normal not to see much at that stage, wait a couple of weeks and you will see you baby more clearly :)
That's my 5 weeks 0 days ultrasound, we saw amniotic fluid and a gestational sac. The ultrasound tech wrote in his report that he saw a fetal pole but as you can see there's nothing. We saw bean at 8 weeks 4 days :)


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I'm a big fan of Cowboy Cerrone. I think he is going to make Noons look like a fool.
I like Bellator, but I think their ship is beginning to take on water. If these smaller leagues would accept the role of being a feeder league to the...
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George M. O'Brien Urology Research Center in the Division of
Urology, School of Medicine, has been competitively renewed with
increased funding by NIH for the next five years. The Division of
Urology received this center grant from NIDDK under the directorship
of Dr. Samuel K. Chacko, professor of pathology at the School of
Veterinary Medicine and Director of the Urology Research Center.
This research program, Remodeling of Urinary Bladder Smooth Muscle
in Outlet Obstruction, is one of only five O'Brien Urology
Research Centers.
The other four centers are in the Urology Divisions at Harvard University,
University of Wisconsin, University of Michigan, and University
of Virginia.
to Dr. Chacko, the O'Brien award "will help provide an
environment for investigators to apply state-of-the-art tools in
cell and molecular biology to research related to the pathogenesis
of urologic diseases." The research program coordinates investigation
of the cell/molecular basis of contractile dysfunctions which occur
in bladder smooth muscle cells following bladder obstruction in
small mammals. The changes seen in these animal models are similar
to those seen in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)--a
condition that affects more than half of men in their sixties and
as many as 90 percent in their seventies and eighties. Dr. Alan
J. Wein, chair of the Division of Urology said that this condition,
which can lead to bladder dysfunction and incontinence, is a leading
cause for institutionalization of the elderly and costs an estimated
$10 billion a year.
center is composed of faculty in the School of Medicine, School
of Veterinary Medicine, and School of Dental Medicine, as well as
investigators in Pediatric Urology at CHOP.
studies at the Penn O'Brien Urology Research Center are 1)
Extracellular matrix changes in response to obstruction (Dr. Edward
Macarak of the School of Dental Medicine), 2) Effect of extracellular
matrix and stretch on the expression of smooth muscle phenotype
during detrusor smooth muscle remodeling (Dr. Michael DiSanto of
the School of Medicine), and 3) Cellular and molecular basis of
detrusor contractility and bladder dysfunction in obstruction-induced
detrusor remodeling (Dr. Chacko of the School of Veterinary Medicine
& School of Medicine). Dr. Stephen Zderic of Pediatric Urology
will direct a core facility in the Abramson Research Laboratory
at CHOP.
O'Brien Urology Research Center will also give two (2 year)
grants annually ($60,000 each per year) for Pilot & Feasibility
studies related to cell/molecular basis of urologic diseases. These
grants will provide seed money for studies on smooth muscle, epithelium
or connective tissue in the lower urinary and male genital systems.
will be awarded on a competitive basis to new and established investigators
in the basic science and clinical departments who are interested
in focusing their research on basic science--oriented research
in urology.
two initial pilot projects to be supported are 1) Diminution of
detrusor hypertrophy in outlet obstruction by inhibition of calcineurin
pathway (Stephen Zderic of CHOP), and
Phospholipase activation during bladder outlet obstruction (Edward
LaBelle of the School of Veterinary Medicine & Drexel).
Applications will be
solicited for the 9/05 start date in the near future. For information
please contact Dr. Samuel K. Chacko (email@example.com).
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