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Chasing the Sun
As an incomplete response to Ben's long-ago challenge, "Long Walk After the Sun", I found 2 websites that gave me enough information to start calculating the answer.
The first is the Naval Oceanography Portal, a veritable plethora of astronomical almanacs, calculators and errata. In particular, their Sun Altitude/Azimuth Table Calculator is particularly useful. Plug in a date and town in the United States and it will calculate for you at down to minute resolution, exactly where in the sky you will find the sun from sunup to sundown.
Using their software to generate a table of headings, you would then know exactly which direction your hypothetical man would be traveling in at any given time of day.
The next useful online calculator I found was on the Federal Communications Commission's website, of all places. It has a calculator which will determine "Terminal Coordinates Given a Bearing and a Distance". You plug in a starting latitude and longitude, as well as a distance to travel and your bearing, and it will spit out the latitude and longitude you'll end up at.
From Wikipedia, humans walk at a pace of about 5km/h, or about 83 meters per minute. Given a set of starting coordinates, you could look up a heading from the Azimuth/Altitude chart, and set the distance traveled to (83 meters x the number of minutes walking) and get a new location. If you had the patience to calculate a very large number of items, you could trace the path from sunrise on January 1st, 2009 to sundown on December 31st, 2009.
Or someone could write a scraper. Or better yet, look up the algorithms these sites use to calculate these sort of things and not hammer their servers for curiosity's sake.
I did a few calculations by hand (and by "by hand" I mean I copied and pasted numbers into web forms) and here's the track of a person following the sun today, November 17th, 2010 from sunrise at 5:50 AM until he gets tired and passes out at 8:00 AM
Time Latitude Longitude Bearing (E of N) 05:50 38 38 0 N 90 15 0 W 105.8 06:00 38 37 53 N 90 14 27 W 107.3 06:10 38 37 45 N 90 13 54 W 108.8 06:20 38 37 36 N 90 13 21 W 110.2 06:30 38 37 27 N 90 12 49 W 111.8 06:40 38 37 17 N 90 12 17 W 113.3 06:50 38 37 06 N 90 11 45 W 114.8 07:00 38 36 55 N 90 11 14 W 116.4 07:10 38 36 43 N 90 10 43 W 118 07:20 38 36 30 N 90 10 13 W 119.6 07:30 38 36 17 N 90 9 43 W 121.3 07:40 38 36 03 N 90 9 14 W 123 07:50 38 35 48 N 90 8 45 W 124.7 08:00 38 35 33 N 90 8 17 W 126.5
Something that stands out is that in the northern hemisphere, the sun sweeps an arc from something like 60 to 300 degrees E of N in a single day. That's during the summer. Winter months the sun is lower in the sky (spends less time above the horizon, so less time walking), and sweeps a smaller arc, but one still mostly centered south. Also, the bearing of the sun changes slower around noon. I'd venture to guess that the time you'd spend walking east and west wouldn't be as long as the time you spent walking mostly south. In a single day, a person wouldn't cover very much ground over the surface of the earth. There are over 100 kilometers between lines of latitude on the earth, so even traveling in straight lines, it'd take close to 2 ten-hour days to drop a line of latitude. Over the course of an entire year, though, that might add up to some serious displacement.
I'm now very interested in this problem, and as a shot-in-the-blue guess, I'm going to say that our wandering man would end up somewhere on the line where the sun traces a perfect East to West path overhead, as north of it he'd be drawn south and south of it he'd be drawn north. I'm not sure that's the equator, though since the earth is tilted on it's axis. Ah, more problems already brewing and I haven't even properly finished this one yet. Time to stop typing.
A few other websites I stumbled across researching this post that provide some illuminating links:
The Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, in particular this page which turned me on to the possibility of not having to derive all the math myself because humans have been looking at the sky since the dawn of their existence and who would've thunk that at least one of those dirty apes thought to write down what they saw.
This website's FAQ has a tip for a dead-tree book with Astronomical Algorithms in it.


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Saturday, December 25, 2010
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I got a Christmas wish from Tom Shear. Consider Saint Nick's obligations fulfilled!
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Apple will host a press conference to discuss the iPhone 4, said a company representative. The meeting will take place at the company's Cupertino campus at 10 a.m. Pacific time on Friday. Though no further details were provided, we assume that the conference will address concerns that the iPhone 4's antenna design causes increased dropped calls, and whether or not Apple will take action to remedy the issue.
It's been the hottest discussion all week, though in many ways, the drama has outweighed the reality. Analysts and pundits alike have speculated on what, if anything, Apple's "fix" might entail; these range from absolutely nothing, to distributing free rubber bumpers, to ordering a full blown Toyota-style recall. Though "highly unlikely," Bernstein & Co. analyst Toni Sacconaghi said such a recall could cost $1.5 billion.
The bumper fix is more likely, as it could be managed via Apple Stores, and could be seen as a goodwill gesture, a way for Apple to save face. (Consumer Reports today said that the bumper does indeed "alleviate" the problem.) Analyst firm Piper Jaffray said that the bumper fix may cost $178.5 million — about a day's earnings for Apple.
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This wouldn't be the first time Apple caved to public criticism. Three years ago, Apple caught heat for reducing the price of the original iPhone from $600 to $400 only a few months after its initial launch. To save face, Apple issued $100 Apple Store credits to those who paid the high initial price.


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Little Competition
At a time when most energy drink brands are publicizing new, bigger cans, it turns out that the biggest profits are actually coming from the smallest packages.
Energy "shots," concentrated two-ounce versions featuring the same basic energy mix of caffeine and b-vitamins as their larger brethren, are riding a wave of runaway sales multiples that echo the frenzied growth of first-generation energy drinks like Red Bull and Monster.
Last year, just three years after the introduction of 5-Hour Energy, Nitro2Go, ZipFizz and their ilk, the category grew to nearly $100 million. With new brands and new distribution avenues coming on-line, however, the category is expected to reach a new level by the end of the year. According to at least one beverage executive, by the end of the next year, energy shots could be a $500 million business.
"We feel like this is the next big category to explode," says Mike Fine, who oversees the fast-growing NOS energy brand for the Coca-Cola Co.'s Fuze subsidiary. Using its newfound ability to get into the Coke distribution network, NOS is planning to jump into the category in a big way in May. By leveraging Coke's advertising and marketing resources, Fine plans to attempt to emulate the rapid growth of 5-Hour, which increased its sales by more than 400 percent last year.
The reasons for Fine's optimism are twofold: like espresso to coffee drinkers, energy shots appeal to a slightly different group of consumers than core energy drink users, but they also have significant overlap in that group. In their ability to satisfy consumers' need for energy, the shots offer retailers a product that complements the energy category, but they don't fight for cooler space with the traditional 16 oz. and 8 oz. drinks. For some consumers, they are an add-on product to go with their energy drink in a kind of shot-and-chaser strategy. But for others, the shots are their own target.
Retailers say energy shots are selling to truck drivers and yuppies alike, but that the sales demographics seem to include customers who need energy but might not have drunk energy drinks in the past. With little or no sugar in the product, energy shots are advertised as helping consumers avoid the "crash" associated with sugar-laden energy drinks. Small enough to make it through a TSA airport security check, consumable in one gulp, and low in calories while still high in stimulants, the reduced size of the energy shot also has one main advantage that the previous generation does not: the reduced bladder impact of the significantly smaller volume of liquid — as some call it, the "pee factor."
"The bathroom factor is huge," says Danny Lim, who oversees energy purchases for D&J Market & Deli, in Poulsbo, Wash. "You just don't have to go. Truck drivers, they don't like to pull over."
To date, the growth of the energy shot has largely centered around 5-Hour Energy, which in one year grew from $13 million to $59 million in convenience stores and from $6 million to $26 million in grocery, drug and mass channels, according to Nielsen and IRI numbers. While several other big players and a gaggle of independents are moving to compete with 5-Hour, it appears that Living Essentials' product is the one to beat."I probably order about 10 boxes a week," said Bruce Cullen, who owns a 7-Eleven in Springfield, Ore. "5-Hour seems to be like the Red Bull of the category. It just keeps plugging away. A lot of items, if they're fads, they're just boom-then-splat. This has been very consistent."
For the retailer, the energy shot advantage is threefold: their small size – about about the size of a white out bottle — allows them to be placed just about anywhere in the store, although they sell best next to the register. Additionally, they can be consumed warm, saving valuable cooler space, and their standard price, about $2.99, gives them a significant ring.
Living Essentials, whose first product was the Chaser brand of hangover remedies, launched 5-Hour Energy in late 2004. After bombarding the television cablesphere with advertisements telling consumers to "avoid the crash" in the past year, Living Essentials has managed to carve out sales numbers that would easily put it in top 10 energy drinks nationwide.
"The kids are buying energy drinks," says Carl Sperber, the marketing director for Living Essentials, which makes Five-Hour energy. "We've found an audience among working adults. If you're a 35-year-old man, do you really identify with a product called Monster or Freek? It's found appeal with those who just want energy. They want to slam something down in a couple of seconds and feel great for the rest of the day."
What's more, the product still is only sold in about 40 percent of the convenience channel. With only modest increases in distribution and pull-through, by the end of the year, 5-Hour Energy could be close to $250 million in sales. Not bad for a product that won't yet be four years old.
"The big obstacle is continued distribution," says Sperber. Despite ubiquity in Walgreen's, 7-Eleven, and other major chains, he says, "We're still knocking on doors. The big box stores are starting to beckon, and we still don't have Coke, Pepsi or Red Bull ubiquity yet."
But they're gearing up for it. Last year Living Essentials purchased a 145,000 square-foot warehouse in Wabash, Indiana and taking its staff up from four employees to 30.
"I think if bigger and more legitimate companies get in, things will really grow," Sperber says. "Having more legitimate players in it always helps the category. But we have a pretty big start, and I don't know if there's anything that Coke, Pepsi or Monster will bring to the table that will work better than ours."FIRING A POWER SHOT
As Sperber describes, that lack of competition from big-name energy drinks has helped the Michigan-based brand take early ownership of the category. But some well-known players, particularly NOS, are about to jump into the market.
"We're the hot brand at the hot time," said Fine. "We're putting it on everybody's radar."
NOS, best known for a set of bottles shaped like a popular brand of automotive nitrous oxide booster tanks, has taken off in the past year through a combination of innovative package design and clever channel marketing, climbing to nearly $160 million in sales.
In early May, Fine plans to introduce the NOS Power Shot throughout the Coke system. Fine says that with Coke's distribution power, the growing popularity of the energy shot, and the momentum of the NOS brand, Power Shot will quickly turn into a top SKU.
"Think about how excited we were when we first saw this nugget of a category nine months ago," Fine says. "Based on what the NOS brand is all about, we thought we could take the same brand platform and extend it into this new category."
Still, there are some skeptics who believe that the strong energy drink players won't be able to make the transition into shots.
"If it was about taste, rather than the benefit the consumer gets from the product, that might let energy drink makers in," said one convenience store executive. "It's going to take some innovative products or a value-added proposition to take the share away."
So, aside from 5-Hour's television ads – it spent nearly $10 million in 2006, according to A.C. Nielsen Monitor Plus — why haven't energy shots picked up much media attention yet? Part of the reason is that the shots are tracked as vitamin supplements, rather than selling in the heavily-advertised beverage space. But the introduction of energy shots has turned vitamin, health and beauty into a major growth sector for C-Stores and other retail channels – according to one C-Store executive, in fact, it's a boom that hasn't been seen since the pre-regulatory Ephedrine tablet sales bonanza of the 1990s.
7-Eleven has increased its space allocation for liquid vitamin supplements – the category energy shots dominate – for 12 straight quarters. Energy shots now represent 25 percent of the sales in the health and beauty category at Circle-K – even though the category includes everything from marital aids to Advil.
"I would classify it as outstanding growth," Sandra Colvin, the 7-Eleven category manager for vitamins and supplements, says of energy shots. Starting with the single 5-Hour Energy product, she says, "we went from a bottle, to a shelf, to a shelf and a half, and our individual stores are going further depending on what their customers want."
Marketers are betting they're going to want quite a bit more. Last November, at the National Association of Convenience Stores Show, the rising tide of energy shots was easily evident, as brands from established players like Jolt Cola and distributor-produced rollouts like Blutonium alike jostled for attention. There is the sense that, just as with energy drinks before them, there are going to be a lot of similar products on the market in the near future. Already, in fact, 5-Hour executives are complaining about me-too products making claims of six hours of energy and beyond, filing suit against Nitro2Go in Michigan. One of the first sports tie-ins is in place, as well – Baseball Hall-of-Famer Johnny Bench is on board with Turbo Power Energy.With a NOS launch that will include a major advertising push of its own and 5-Hour going strong, there is the possibility that one or two products may be enough to crowd all other comers out of the category. But with energy the top function in the beverage arena, energy shots are giving off the scent of cash, and there are a lot of beverage and supplement manufacturers who believe there's a spot in the lineup for them, too.
"We're on a pace that if we had no growth, we'd have $1.5 million in sales this year – and we're predicting $2.5 million," says Jim Folsom, whose company started making Blutonium less than a year ago. "I think Red Bull and Monster built a category across the whole country and contributed to a shift in consumption habits. This is maybe the next generation down from what they've done."
According to marketers, energy drinks and the country's massive coffee culture have pushed the notion of energy into the mainstream. But energy shots represent a new evolution, they say, one that distills the energy boost of caffeine into one of its most direct forms yet.
"You're selling energy, but they're the antithesis of drinks because there's this notion that [energy drinks] don't sustain energy, while the shots do," says Wet Planet Beverages' C.J. Rapp, whose Jolt Soda makes him as knowledgeable about the energy category as anyone. "They're low calorie, so it attracts a female audience, and the less liquid the better, for some."
"At the end of the day, you're selling energy," Rapp says. "But you're selling against energy drinks."


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When Real Salt Lake take the field at Rio Tinto Stadium on Tuesday against Saprissa in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League semifinals, they'll have a weapon in their arsenal that not every team has the luxury of having: two quarterbacks on the field.
That's according to the comments of RSL's Andy Williams on Extra Time Radio last week.
"Usually teams only have one playmaker from what I can remember in this league," Williams said. "I consider both [myself and Javier Morales] … two quarterbacks on the field. Usually that doesn't work, but I think for the last couple of years it's been successful for us."
Catching up with Williams in practice, he further emphasized his point.
"It's usually difficult for some teams [to have two creative players on the field]," he explained. "Usually one team has one playmaker or one guy that runs the attack or looks to push the ball through, and Javi's our main guy."
[inline_node:329672]The combination of Morales and Williams was highly effective in the second quarterfinal leg against Columbus. Between the two of them, they finished with two assists and three goals en route to the 4-1 victory.
According to Williams, playing alongside Morales helps to open up the game, "Now and again he drifts all over the field, so they have to keep an eye on him, and when they do that's when I kind of sneak in and take a quick peek in the middle. It's helped me and makes my game easier to give him the ball and if players make runs they'll get passes, and I try to do the same thing."
Morales and Williams are special players, no doubt about it. When they are at the top of their game, they can produce results for the highlight reel. However, in the past, the conventional wisdom was that such players were a defensive liability. Coach Jason Kreis has challenged that notion with his club.
"The philosophy for a long time was that you could only afford one [creative player] because the fear was that those guys don't defend," he said.
While Morales and Williams will likely never be MLS Best XI players solely for their defensive efforts, both players have embraced the RSL philosophy and are active on both sides of the ball.
However, Kreis feels that Williams only has this assessment of the team partially correct – he has a team full of technically talented players, and on any given night, any of them can be a difference-maker.
"I think having a higher number of guys that are technically gifted, and when I say technically gifted – I'm not talking about guys that have good technique – I'm talking about guys that are a bit special on their nights," Kreis explained. "The higher the number of guys that you can get on the field at once that can do that, obviously that's going to help you in your attacking play."
Kreis will undoubtedly look for Williams, Morales, and the rest of the team to be "a bit special" for Tuesday's big game.


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In addition to his Board Certification, Dr. Wiener is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the largest plastic surgical society in the world. He is also a member of the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, The Chicago Society of Plastic Surgeons, and the Midwest Association of Plastic Surgeons. He is a Fellow of the prestigious American College of Surgeons (FACS).
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'The Newsroom' Season 2 Adds Recurring Mitt Romney Staff Role
For as much drama as HBO's 'The Newsroom' creates around Jeff Daniels' Will McAvoy and his supporting players, it's easy to forget that the show roots itself in real-life news events by keeping a timeline several months behind our own. Previously, we'd heard of a few guest stars joining the second season of HBO's buzzy Aaron Sorkin drama, but the latest confirms that former Presidential candidate Mitt Romney will play a large role in season 2! So, are you ready to meet our new recurring cast member, a link to the famous one-percenter?
Don't expect Mitt Romney himself to make any appearances in 'The Newsroom's second season, but his staff will certainly be getting plenty of face-time. The Hollywood Reporter has announced that relative newcomer Joel Johnstone will take a recurring role in the second season, that of "well-scrubbed" Mitt Romney campaign staffer Cameron.
Taking place in New Hampshire, many of Johnstone's scenes will be shared with new cast member Grace Gummer, daughter to Meryl Streep and playing embedded reporter Hallie Shea. Elsewhere, 'The Newsroom' season 2 has tapped comedian Patton Oswalt and Rosemarie DeWitt, playing fictional network ACN's new VP of Human Resources, and a litigator defending ACN against a wrongful-termination suit, respectively.
The second cycle of 'The Newsroom' has begun filming already, for a likely summer 2013 debut, but what say you? Do you think 'The Newsroom' season 2 will go in-depth with the Romney campaign, or have a different focus? Give us your predictions in the comments!


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RiceHigh's Pentax Blog - First 100,000 Visits
Today, my WebCounter has counted the first 100,000 distinct visiting sessions for my Blog, which I think is quite a milestone for my site and possibly for all who are interested in and care about Pentax products.
Since launched in November 26, 2006, time goes by just like "flying", I would say. My Blog has been on the Internet for 19 months now. During the period, I have written 103 articles according to my themes and there have been quite a number of reads to my pages over the months. According to the StatCounter statistics, it records more people visit my Blog and people do stay longer and longer per visit and there are more pages read per visiting session as well.
Nonetheless, whilst I am glad to gain popularity (or maybe more hatreds, anyway), I shall continue to summarise and write about all those user reports/feedbacks, reviews and related news and report all that I know or observe. Still, the happiest and greatest time for me when I wrote were when I could see *real improvements* for new Pentax DSLR models (like this and this, for example). Sometimes, "nitpicking" (as accused by many Pentax fanboys who are blinded by stupid brand loyalty, frankly said) did make even myself felt upset somehow, but, I shall continue to report and do my works as objective as possible and as accurate as it can be. Of course, my works are not perfect, constructive comments are always welcomed and I will be glad to make corrections and updates to my blog entries as it should be if you tell me something valid.
Last but not least, I wish to thank once more for all those people who sent me their kind emails for supporting and encouragement and also for those who sent to ask me my advice and opinions. I take this opportunity to thank you ALL for your kind support and trust! Despite I am actually very busy in my life, I have actually replied all the emails and I did not even miss to reply one of those indeed numerous ones that I received for questions related to Pentax and cameras.
Of course, I do not encourage any hate emails which I think are all silly and meaningless. What I can only tell those guys here also is that: Don't waste your time to drop me an hate email, I would just ignore you from time to time and delete your email(s) at once without further reading, nor I would ever even think to reply. In fact, I know well for what those hate mails would say, of which the contents contained and wordings used were usually more or less the same.
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On August 14'th I gave a presentation on legal protection for technological measures, and why this policy doesn't fit well within Copyright law (Slides, link to audio recording)
Summary: The types of activities which copyright regulates all assume that you already have access to content. Copyright never concerned itself with concept of access, which was left to other laws.
Technical measures can restrict access, but can't in the real world directly restrict the types of activities that copyright regulates.
Copyright and technical measures are disjoint, but technical measures and other areas of law such as contract and e-commerce overlap.
Is technology useful for stopping an authorized person from doing things which Copyright regulates? Should we radically change "Copyright" to address this problem, or is this a non-Copyright issue?


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We Eat Everything at Piroshky Piroshky in Seattle, Part I: Savory
Pike Place Market in Seattle is best known for its salmon-tossing fish mongers, but there are also some great hole-in-the-wall spots for tasty eats on the cheap. Among these, Piroshky Piroshky is a staple. The purveyor of Russian piroshki—individually-sized pies with sweet or savory fillings, wrapped in dough and baked—always has a line out the door.
Employees bustle behind the piroshki-packed counter, rolling out different doughs, stuffing pies, and folding each into a distinctive shape, depending on the filling. The smoked mozzarella, mushroom, and broccoli is a buttery oblong pastry; the cheese and garlic roll is a spiral of yeast dough; and beef and onion is a rectangle of puff pastry.
As you may have noticed, I'm focused on the savory pies. There are 14 in all, an embarrassment of riches, and I decided to try them all. Even in the pouring rain, the line snaked out the door, around a corner, and under a protective roof on the day I visited. Seating in the shoebox-sized shop is cramped—a tiny counter—so I opted for take-out.
I learned a lot that day. The first thing I learned is that getting friends together for a piroshki tasting is an uphill battle if it's raining and there's a Seahawks football game on. With one stalwart friend, though, I soldiered on. Here are our takeaways: meat fillings seem to have a more complex and dimensional flavor than vegetable-only fillings. Mozzarella is more a filler than a flavor. And cheddar cheese is always a good idea.
Check out the slideshow for a full account of our journey and stay tuned: our report on the sweet piroshki will be up tomorrow!
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Sega's reveal of Phantasy Star Online 2 at last year's Tokyo Game Show was nothing more than a logo. It's about time we got some game play footage and screenshots, isn't it?
Sega delivered the goods this weekend at the Infinity Gran Prix event in Japan with an extended look at the game in action. The folks at PSOWorld have streaming video from the event on their page, from which they've managed to ferret out some features the upcoming PC sequel, including randomized dungeons, weather effects, a third-person view for characters using guns, and the ability to jump all over the place like some sort of mad jumping machine.
Meanwhile, Japanese website 4Gamer posted a gallery of lovely screenshots for the game, showing off some sexy character models, complete with Section IDs on the character's outfits. While it doesn't look like Sega is straying far from the established formula, futuristic adventures running around in forests have never looked quite so good.
Hit up the 4Gamer link below for some more screens and plenty of Japanese text.
「ファンタシースターオンライン2」の画面写真が初公開に!PVで紹介された気になるキーワードとともに紹介 [4Gamer.net]
Phantasy Star Online 2 Gameplay Video and Screenshots [PSOWorld - Thanks Matt!]


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After weaving its way through Seattle and Salt Lake City, the Big Green Bus continued its journey, stopping next in the Pacific Northwest city of Portland. Here it met up with eager fans outside of local hot spot, Mississippi Studios, for a special afternoon performance with alternative rock band, MUTEMATH.
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Wordlessly Watching She Waits by the Window and Wonders at the Empty Space Inside
(Except that I know the reason for the empty space inside -- I need a snack. Crosby, Stills, & Nash, btw, in case you didn't go to a liberal arts school in New England and hear the song "Helplessly Hoping" sung a million time a cappella. ^_^)
So, I am in a bit of a waiting period. I await the FedEx man (or the Wells Fargo wagon, if you happen to be a fan of the Music Man), who comes bearing Fire. It is time for my second revision.
*pauses to grasp stomach and command self not to cry*
I may never understand why Fire is such a hard book for me to face. The support of my editor, my publisher, my agent, and my readers who like it is enormously helpful, because it reminds me that even if the book sometimes makes me feel horrible, it isn't necessarily because it itself is horrible. !! Perhaps someday I'll be struck by some grand metaphorical explanation for my Fire despair -- "Ah, yes! The burnt carrot stew on page 125 is reminiscent of the time I watched a dirty sunset over L.A. while a team of doctors at my bedside informed me that my nose job had gone terribly wrong! The memory is too painful!! I cannot revise this book!!!"
(I was making that up. I have never had a nose job. I like my nose. I also like your nose. Please don't get cosmetic surgery.)
ANYWAY. Writing Graceling was an enormous challenge, and writing Bitterblue has its own headaches and heartaches (is this book about ANYTHING? Have I lost my ability to WRITE?), but neither of them seems to come close to Fire. Thank goodness.
ENOUGH of the angsty. Sorry. While I wait, I've been amusing myself with things far more interesting and delightful than this post. And now I'm going to share them with you, hopefully elevating this post. :o)
Exhibit One: Have you seen the animated ads created by Aardman for a British disability advocacy group yet? I believe I have fallen in love with the turtle. Check these wonderful creatures out at at www.creaturediscomforts.org. (Thanks to Lance!)
Exhibit Two: One of my favorite writer's blogs is that of my friend Tui Sutherland, which is here. Have you been reading Tui's Avatars series? You should, it's super (check out her site, she writes under other names and has other books, too!). And her blog is always fun. Here's an excerpt from a recent post, about her participation in an Erin Hunter online chat (she is one of the writers of the Erin Hunter Seekers series): "I think one of the funniest parts was when I said something like 'oh, that would be tres exciting' and someone went 'TUI SPEAKS FRENCH!' and then everyone was like 'oo, je le pas de deux croissants!' and 'ah, les poissons sacre bleu baguette!' (except it was actual French, not my made-up French, which as you can see consists almost entirely of words for food) and meanwhile I'm madly trying to type 'NO NO WAIT I don't speak French! That's all the French I know! I learned it from reading Eloise! The classiness is all a facade! I only wish I were Audrey Hepburn! Zut alors!'"
*hee hee hoo*
Exhibit Three: The (outlandish) folks at Publisher's Weekly have (misguidedly) named four fall children/teen books that (in a berserk fit of addlepatedness) they are calling "potential hits": "High Hopes for Early Favorites." [SPOILER WARNING: In the first paragraph about Graceling, there is what I consider to be a massive spoiler {I admit to being a bit psycho about spoilers}. If you want to avoid it, skip the section called "The hook." Go straight to "The backstory."]
Finally, Exhibit Four (please press play below): The reason I listen to Beethoven is because that's what you do if you are sophisticated.


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KEY WEST, Fla. – A 62 year-old man was medically evacuated from a diving vessel by a Coast Guard rescue crew near Key West on Saturday, according to authorities.
The Coast Guard said it received a report that a crewmember aboard the diving vessel Dare suffered a severe hand injury and needed urgent medical attention.
An urgent marine information broadcast was issued. The Coast Guard said it launched a rescue boat crew from its Key West station to the scene.
The man was picked up by the rescue crew and taken to the station, where he was transferred to local paramedics.
His condition was not immediately released.
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I am running compute-intensive tasks on Virtualbox VMs. I find that VMs with ACPI enabled (.vbox file contains <BIOS><ACPI enabled="true"/>...</BIOS>) take approximately 4 times as long to perform a given task as VMs with ACPI disabled.
Disabling ACPI (by stopping the affected VM, exiting the VirtualBox GUI, killing VBoxSVC, editing the VM's .vbox file, and restarting the VM) fixes the problem immediately.
Virtualbox is v.4.1.16.
Host OS is Win 7 Ultimate SP1.
Guest OS is Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
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comment:1 Changed 8 years ago by frank
Please attach a VBox.log file. I'm interested in your complete VM config. Also, there is no need to edit the .vbox file manually, VBoxManage modifyvm VM_NAME --acpi on|off should be preferred.
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comment:2 Changed 8 years ago by mTi3Ad9vN
I've attached logs from when ACPI is disabled and when it's enabled.
The problem is completely reproducible. I am running a BOINC (Berkeley distributed computing) app in the VM. BOINC has a built-in CPU benchmark. When ACPI is disabled, the benchmark shows performance of ~1800 MFlops/5500 MIPs. When ACPI is enabled, it shows ~500 MFlops/1400 MIPs. The actual app shows a similar change in speed.
P.S. Thanks for the modifyvm command!
comment:3 Changed 8 years ago by frank
Thanks for the logs! Would it also be possible to get the output of the 'dmesg' command from the guest with ACPI disabled and enabled? That would be really great!
From looking at the logs I can at least say that with ACPI the kernel dynamically changes the PIT frequency, I assume this is the Linux dynamic clocks code. In the non-ACPI case I see a lot of "TM: Giving up catch-up attempt" which is also not that nice because it means that the internal clock is not updated properly. If the Guest Additions are not active you would probably see that the guest clock runs slower or faster than it should.
But I could say more with the corresponding guest kernel logs. Thank you!
comment:4 Changed 8 years ago by frank
Oh, and do you run any bigger host load in parallel to BOINC (or several of these BOINC instances in parallel)?
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comment:5 Changed 8 years ago by mTi3Ad9vN
OK, I attached the dmesg logs. And yes, I generally run 4 of these VMs with one BOINC task in each. I did not change that when flipping the ACPI switch back and forth.
comment:6 Changed 8 years ago by frank
Thanks again for the logs. From the guest logs it seems that you should achieve the same performance with ACPI enabled if you add 'clocksource=pit' to the guest kernel command line. Your provided logs show that with ACPI disable, the guest kernel is using the PIT as clocksource and with ACPI enabled it uses the TSC. The guest kernel says that with ACPI enabled, TSC is unstable, I don't know why.
It would be also interesting if you would test 3 BOINC instances because you should always consider a virtualization overhead which means that running 4 guests with one guest CPU each is more than a 4-CPU host can handle properly.
comment:7 Changed 8 years ago by mTi3Ad9vN
Thank you for the diagnostic help.
I tried adding "clocksource=pit" to the guest kernel command line, then rebooting with ACPI enabled and again with ACPI disabled.
The benchmark is now the same with ACPI enabled and disabled, but is ~10% slower than it was without the clocksource parameter and with ACPI disabled.
I have not run the BOINC application itself long enough to see what this change does to the actual runtime.
On 3 vs. 4 BOINC instances, I've always gotten good performance with 4 instances, except for this problem (which appeared when one of my VMs got trashed and I needed to recreate it; the default ACPI option these days appears to be "on").
BTW, I've also noticed that the host OS does not cleanly shutdown if ACPI is DISabled, irrespective of the clocksource parameter. It just hangs at the "Ubuntu" five-dots screen.


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Combing through our collection in search of some images to share on the occasion of St. Patrick's Day, I must admit I was looking for something that would stereotypically evoke "Ireland"—clovers! fields of green! potatoes!
Harry Callahan quickly put an end to my search for clichés. Among other Callahan photographs in our collection is a series from 1979, Ireland, an anonymous gift made in honor of the late Robert Sobieszek, former curator of photography at LACMA. So, rather than present you with symbols of Ireland, here are photographs, simply and beautifully, of Ireland.
Callahan's photographs are spare. The geometric nature of the streets, buildings, doors and windows come to the fore while the hustle-bustle of whatever must inevitably happen inside these buildings is suppressed. Callahan's m.o. was to wake up and take photographs during his morning walk. Apparently it was early enough that no one else in town had yet risen! The result is a solitary set of images, sometimes downcast, sometimes peaceful. Some images feel as if Callahan had just missed seeing another soul—an open gate, perhaps just passed through; others feel as if only ghosts walk the streets.
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Break out those mythological encyclopedias; the Committee for Small Body Nomenclature and the International Astronomical Union wants YOU, the school age public, to name a minor planet. Tomorrow, April 30th will have been one year since the passing of Venetia Burney Phair. At age 11, Miss Burney had the opportunity to suggest a name for the ever-controversial planet Pluto. Fans of this site will remember that she was also the subject of the outstanding documentary film Naming Pluto by director Ginita Jimenez. Saturday, May 1st will also be the 80th Anniversary of the official adoption of the name Pluto. Tomorrow, Friday April 30th 2010, a competition entitled Naming X will open to give school children the chance to duplicate Venetia Burneys feat. Recognition will be first come, first credited, so dont delay! Also, keep in mind that this is about the children; no bloggers (as jealous as we are!) can crash this party. Categories are detailed on the site for groups and individuals from elementary school age on up, with prizes that would make any astronomy fan blush. The judging panel includes notables such as Astroguyz former next door neighbor David Levy (I heard hes discovered a comet or two), Professor Ian Morison, and Dr. Marc Buie. Now would be a perfect chance to get the kids excited about Kuiper Belt and Trans-Neptunian Objects, and maybe the whole celestial object naming business.
And kids, dont forget to take a few pointers from Venetia and how she accomplished her proposal; the name Pluto was selected from Roman mythology and fit well with the tradition of naming solar system objects. Resist the urge to submit the names of pets, favorite cartoon characters, and the like. And dont forget, you have a tool that at your cyber-disposal that young Venetia didnt have, the Internet. Not only will this allow you to scour the respective mythological pantheons, but will also give you the ability to check possible names for originality in astronomical use. Just think, Astroguyz has given you the edge already…beyond that, the rest is up to you. Astroguyz will be following to see what original ideas you come up with. Further instructions are on the site. Names are not to be longer than 16 characters, easily pronounceable, and to be accompanied by a brief justification of not more than 25 words. May the best student and/or group win!


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Har Shalom announces events
Congregation Har Shalom, 2537 County Road 203, will hold these events:
Har Shalom Jewgrass Shabbaton will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Depot, at Fifth Street and Main Avenue. A potluck Kabbalat Shabbat will follow at the Larson home. For more information and directions, call 375-0600.
A Shabbaton with Rabbi Eliot Baskin will be held at 10 a.m. April 21. This will be a Torah service Parashat Shmini on the theme of remembrance of the Holocaust observing Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day.
A Hollywood Havdala and discussion will be held at 7 p.m. April 21. This will feature the documentary BloodLines.
Judaism 360 will be held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. April 22. Brunch will be followed by a teaching about the celebration of Earth Day which will look at the original Jewish Earth Day, Tu BShevat, and its ramifications for ecology, spirituality and Jewish life today while previewing the Chai Mitzvah Program.
Gay student wins lawsuit over Jesus T-shirt
CINCINNATI A gay student whose high school prohibited him from wearing a T-shirt designed to urge tolerance of gays won a lawsuit against the school, saying it violated his freedom of expression.
The mother of 16-year-old junior Maverick Couch filed the federal lawsuit on his behalf against Wayne Local School District and its Waynesville High School principal. It claimed Couch had been threatened by school officials with suspension if he wears the shirt, which bears the message Jesus Is Not a Homophobe, the lawsuit says.
Couch plans to wear the shirt at school Friday to show support for the Day of Silence, an annual event held nationally for students to draw attention to bullying and harassment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students.
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Canada Bay council do allow for the trimming of trees without council consent.
(a) The tree has a height less than, four (4) metres; (b) The tree has a trunk girth less than, 500mm at any point; or (c) The tree was dead or that the works were limited to the removal of dead branches; (d) The tree was one of the following exempt species (e) The tree is a declared noxious weed in the local government area of the City of Canada Bay under the Noxious Weed Act 1993. (f) The tree works were limited to the maintenance of a minimum clearance of five hundred (500) millimetres from domestic service leads as specified by Energy Australia, provided that the works were carried out by a qualified or experienced Arborist or Tree surgeon, in accordance with the Australian Standards for the Pruning of Amenity Trees AS 4373-1996. Except if the tree is a cycad or mangrove, irrespective of its dimensions, except with the express written consent from the Council. Camphor Laurel or Liquidambar where the outside edge of the trunk of such tree is located within 3 metres of any single storey dwelling (not being an out building eg. Garage, carport, shed, etc). A fruit tree grown for the purposes of fruit or fodder production except Lilly Pilly and Blueberry Ash.
There are many variables that make up cost of tree trimming in Russell Lea. Things like height of tree, spread of branches, obstacles such as power lines, number of branches being trimmed, storm damage, access to the tree… The list goes on.
To get an idea on what tree services might cost, check out our tree pruning cost guide.
Certified arborist in Russell Lea and surrounding areas are all well versed on the Australian standards of the lopping of amenity trees.
The standards are outlined here in this document AS 4373:2007 – Pruning of amenity trees.
Tree Contractors Association of Australia as well as Arboriculture Australia also recommend these pruning or removal practices.
We are a growing company that aims to provide quality tree lopping services for customers in Russell Lea that is personal, fair and over-delivers on value and satisfaction.
We are committed to the certified arborists in Russell Lea we recommend using the method of 'BEST PRACTICE'. This is a methodology that is accepted as better to any alternatives for commercial or professional tree and stump removal procedures for results that are superior to those achieved by any other means.
Our high expectations of Russell Lea tree contractors consulting arborists we work with means, they do everything in their power to uphold these values.
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It is extremely difficult to price a tree pruning job over the phone or by pictures. The arborist will need to come out to your property and inspect the job. The price of tree pruning is not just dependent on the tree itself, but the location, access, obstacles and a myriad of other factors.
No, a tree pruning service is able to work without you there just as long as they have access to the tree. They will not need power cables or anything to work. You can have the job done and arrange to pay them after you have come home and inspected the job.
In most cases yes. Most self-respecting arborist will include the waste removal in with the price. There are done dodgy operators out there like in any trade so I would get them to specify on the quote they the waste removal will be included in the pruning cost.
Yes. You can save an average of 20% off the price of tree trimming just by having the job done in winter. Because there is a slump in work for arborists over the winter, they need to lower their prices to be more competitive. In winter you find yourself on the right side of the supply and demand paradigm.
Technically yes, but if you have a qualified arborist doing the work this outcome is very unlikely. If you are attempting to do the work yourself and you cut too much off the tree, at the wrong time of year using the wrong tools and techniques, the tree can go into a state of shock and die. You really do need to know what you are doing.
Yes you need to use an arborist for any tree that is larger than 5m (single story house). Tree pruning and removal is highly dangerous and needs to be carried out by a professional arborist with the expertise and tools to do the job in a safe and efficient manner. There are plenty of "gardeners" who will claim to be able to do the job, but few will have the tools experience or insurance to cover them in case of an accident.
This will depend on the size of the tree, the number of branches being pruned and the difficulty of access. The average price of tree pruning is $325, but the real range is $90 to $967. You are best getting some quotes from local experts to get an accurate price for your tree. For a better idea on tree pruning cost, go here for our cost guide.
As a general rule of thumb, trees should be trimmed in winter. The reason for this is mainly to do with the trees health. Trees are dormant in winter so removing limbs will be less of a shock to their system. Pests like bora beetles or fungal infections like Oak wilt are also less prevalent in winter which give your tree time to heal before summer hits.
If the tree is on our property you will need to pay for it to be trimmed. If it is a rental property, you might be able to get the owner to pay for it, but you would need to ask them before going ahead. If the tree is growing into the roof or fences, they will not have a problem with paying for the trim.
Normally tree trimming is best done in winter, but if it's only a small prune (less than 10% of foliage) then pruning in spring should be fine. Obviously emergency trimming jobs such as building clearance.
If your tree is hanging over your neighbour's yard they are well within their rights to trim your tree, just as long as they are not breaking any tree audience laws in the process. It's the norm for them to ask your permission first before pruning, but it is not against the law as it is encroaching on their property.
Home insurance will cover tree trimming in emergency situations. If a branch come down in a storm, insurance companies will come the party to pay for the branch(s) to be removed and other branches to be trimmed. It might not be worthwhile depending on how much your excess is though. Insurance companies will not cover tree trimming for trees that are healthy.
Author: Ben McInerney is a qualified arborist with over 15 years industry experience. He uses his in-depth knowledge of the tree service industry to give readers to most accurate information on tree service costs and helps to educate about the benefits of using a certified arborist for tree trimming and removal work.


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2013 News Releases > May 2013 > Amarillo student makes most of her opportunities at Wayland
Amarillo student makes most of her opportunities at Wayland
May 6, 2013
PLAINVIEW – Those who don't know her well might say that Libby Saultz is quiet, soft
spoken, maybe a little shy. Family and friends might say otherwise. Regardless, there
is one thing the faculty and staff at Wayland Baptist University can agree upon, Saultz
is an exceptional student.
A senior from Amarillo, Saultz will participate in Wayland's spring commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, in Hutcherson Center. She will graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in molecular biology with a minor in mathematics. And she will graduate with the respect of her faculty and peers.
The 2013 Female Citizen of the Year award winner, Saultz came to Wayland in the fall of 2009 after graduating from Amarillo High School. She played for the Flying Queens basketball program for a year, giving up the game to focus on her education. Saultz's dream was to major in education then find a job coaching and teaching history.
So, naturally, she enrolled in biology and math.
"I could have [graduated] earlier if I had known what I wanted to do right away," Saultz said. "It took long enough to figure that out."
Saultz said her interest in science stems from the educational track her older sister, Emily, pursued while a student at Baylor University. Saultz said her sister minored in chemistry and ended up taking a number of science classes pursuing a pre-medical degree.
"I decided that I wanted to take science classes, too," she said.
Saultz quickly became a fixture in the labs of the science building, studying and conducting research projects. Her research group is one of the groups working with the effects of blood root on breast cancer cells. Chemistry and biology students have been working on the research that is showing promising results in the area of breast cancer. Saultz has also been involved with the American Chemical Society and the Mathematical Association of America.
"I like science for nerdy reasons, I guess," Saultz said. "It is interesting. It's hard, but when you do understand something it is rewarding to fully understand the concept."
Saultz said her course of study has required a lot of work and meant spending a lot of hours in the science building and library, but the encouragement and support she received from her professors like Jessica Faucett, Dr. Adam Reinhart and Christa Smith made it all worthwhile.
"And not just them," she said. "[The professors] have really invested in me and taken the time to talk to me and get to know me. I have gotten to know them and they have helped me out when I struggled."
Saultz said her entire Wayland experience has had a positive impact on her life. The amount of hands-on learning has helped her truly grasp the education and understand how to figure things out on her own.
"We've been taught to research and figure it out and sometimes, I hate that, but it's been good," she said.
Saultz will receive her diploma on Saturday along with more than 100 master's and bachelor's degree graduates. Wayland will hold a ring ceremony at 9 a.m. for graduates and alumni who have purchased a class ring and choose to participate. Torch and Mantle, a celebration where graduates thank their mentors and encourage an underclassman, will take place at 10:30. Torch and Mantle will be followed by the graduation luncheon in the Laney Student Activities Center. Commencement begins at 2 p.m.


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New Delhi, May 9 (PTI): The Delhi High Court today refused to stay grant of flying licence to new airline AirAsia India by aviation regulator DGCA.
A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Pradeep Nandrajog disposed of the application filed by Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA), saying that there is no urgency as the flying permit will be subject to the outcome of the petition challenging the approvals being granted to AirAsia India deal, which is scheduled to come up for hearing on July 11.
"There is no urgency. The AOP (Air Operator's Permit or flying licence) granted will be subject to the outcome of the writ petition. The application is disposed of accordingly," the bench said.
"Just because the situation has changed a little bit does not mean a fresh cause of action has to be initiated," it said.
AirAsia India was granted the flying licence by DGCA on May 7.
AirAsia India's CEO Mittu Chandilya had earlier said, "We will be launching flights in about two to three months. We would soon be filing our flight schedules for approval from the DGCA, and after the approval we would seek slots at the different airports."
The high court had yesterday agreed to hear FIA's plea challenging grant of flying licence to AirAsia India by DGCA.
The interim application moved by FIA had sought to restrain AirAsia India from commencing its scheduled air transport operations during the pendency of the petition.
The plea had also sought "to restrain the Centre from granting any decision or grant of any further approvals/ permissions/NOC/permits in favour of AirAsia India".
The petition had submitted that a direction be issued to DGCA to restrain AirAsia India from scheduling flights and selling tickets to the passengers.
It had alleged that the grant of AOP to the new airline by DGCA was in "complete defiance of this court's order as the matter is sub-judice".
The high court had on May 1 decided to constitute a special bench to hear pleas seeking quashing of approvals being granted by the Centre to operationalise the USD 30 million deal between Tata Sons and Malaysia-based AirAsia.
FIA has filed two separate petitions challenging the approvals being granted to AirAsia India and Tata-SIA Airlines deals respectively.
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has also filed a PIL opposing the clearance granted to the deal.
Swamy and FIA are opposing clearance to the deal on the ground that according to government policy, foreign direct investment (FDI) upto 49 per cent is allowed in existing airlines which are already in operation and not to new or proposed joint ventures.
Tata-SIA Airlines Ltd is a joint venture between Tata and Singapore Airlines and AirAsia India is a joint venture between Tata Sons and Malaysia-based AirAsia.


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The first commercial-scale solar energy field in the county was officially opened Friday in Borrego Springs.
The 200-acre solar farm by NRG Energy, Inc. consists of 102,000 photovoltaic panels, each one measuring roughly 3 by 6 feet.
The 26-megawatt Borrego Solar Generating Station can produce enough power to meet the annual needs of about 21,000 homes. The huge field lies off Borrego Valley Road about three miles northeast of downtown Borrego Springs. It was built last year by contractors Sunora Energy Solutions of Phoenix, which employed 250 workers laboring in the desert sun.
NRG Senior Vice President Randy Hickok said the plant could have been bigger — the company owns 308 acres in the Borrego Valley that decades ago used to be a vineyard — but 26 megawatts is the most that can be transferred through the existing 69-kilowatt transmission lines in the area.
"We built it as big as the power lines can accommodate," Hickok said.
The energy the farm produces goes to two places. It connects directly to one line that powers homes and businesses in Borrego Springs, with the remainder going in a line that connects to the main energy grid.
San Diego Gas & Electric has signed a 25-year power agreement with NRG to buy the electricity.
The plant is run automatically. The 102,000 solar panels are all connected to a computer that moves them, ever so slightly, all day long to track the sun across the sky. There is no storage component. When it's sunny, electricity is produced. At night the electricity stops flowing.
Only a skeletal staff of a couple of people work at the site. Fencing with barbed wire surrounds the site and security cameras monitor the area. No security issues have arisen since the plant was completed early this year, officials said.
Borrego Springs is a perfect place for such a system because the sun shines on average 264 days a year.
"It's intense sunlight and nice flat land and friendly people that were supportive of the project," Hickok said. "This part of Southern California is one of the best solar resources in the world."
Friday morning's grand opening, under sunny skies and in 80-plus degree temperatures, was attended by about 75 locals and energy officials. The event was mostly ceremonial; the farm has been producing energy for several months.
Hickok said the size of the Borrego facility is the future of commercial solar plants. Although far bigger solar fields exist elsewhere in the country and world, he said most future solar farms will likely be the size of the Borrego plant or smaller because of transmission issues and because they are easier to get approved.
NRG Energy, based in New Jersey, is a Fortune 300 company with interests in various energy projects including fossil fuel, nuclear, solar and wind. It's proposing to build an air-cooled power plant near the coast in Carlsbad.
Solar is a big part of what the company has been doing the past three years, Hickok said, and he said the future is almost limitless. Borrego is one of eight large-scale solar facilities in the company's portfolio in New Mexico, Arizona and California.
He declined to say how much the Borrego plant cost to build.
The Borrego Springs community, overall, appears to support the facility. Business leaders were thrilled when it created 250 construction jobs last year, many of which went to locals.
The only complaint was about the dust the construction created. When winds pick up in the Borrego Valley, and they often do, the dust from the solar field was pronounced. Officials say that problem has been reduced now partly by a sprayed concoction consisting partly of ground palm leaves that makes a hard covering on the ground.


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Commerce City, Colo. - Midfielder Jeff Larentowicz has been cleared to play Wednesday versus Portland after an MRI on his right knee reveaved only minor swelling, Rapids head athletic trainer Jaime Rojas told ColoradoRapids.com. Larentowicz began feeling slight pain in his knee during Monday's training at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. He again felt uncomfortable at the start of Tuesday's session and left training early in order to have his knee examined. The tests revealed no significant issues.
The holding midfielder has played the full 90 minutes in 24 of the 25 games in which he's appeared in this season. The only match he did not complete was the second of the season, on March 18 at Philadelphia, when he was shown a second yellow card in the 58th minute. The only two games he has not played in were on March 25 at NY and July 21 at Salt Lake while serving one-game suspensions.


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HAVELOCK � Community, church and school officials have come together to raise money to help offset the medical expenses of a Havelock High School student.
HAVELOCK � Community, church and school officials have come together to raise money to help offset the medical expenses of a Havelock High School student.
The Glenn Poole Celebration has been scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at Havelock High School.
�It started out as just a couple of the Methodist churches, and then it just grew,� Havelock Principal Jeff Murphy said. �Then the Ministerial Association got involved. We have MALS-14 helping out.�
Marine Air Logistics Squadron 14 from Cherry Point air station adopted Havelock High last year through the Adopt-A-School program.
Poole, a Havelock High senior, was on a field trip Sept. 27 when he went into the water at Fort Macon and nearly drowned. Fellow students and a teacher helped rescue him and performed CPR until rescue personnel arrived.
He spent 12 weeks recovering at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville and continues treatment and rehabilitation toward a recovery.
�He has come a long way,� Murphy said of Poole�s recovery.
Despite insurance, the family has incurred many expenses toward treatment and recovery.
The event will include a 5K run, walk-a-thon and a cornhole tournament. Area churches will have hotdogs, hamburgers, french fries, funnel cakes and other items available for purchase.
The cost of admission or to participate in the walk-a-thon is $10 for adults and $5 for school-age children. Participants can walk on the school track as long as they wish.
Preregistration for both the 5K run and the cornhole tournament is $20 each. Event-day registration is $25 and is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m.
Prizes will be awarded to the winners of the 5K run as well as the cornhole tournament.
Tickets are for sale and preregistration is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. during normal school hours at Havelock High School.
Those wishing to make donations to the family can mail checks to Havelock High School, 101 Webb Blvd., Havelock, NC 28532. Checks should be made payable to Havelock High School and include Glenn Poole Celebration in the subject line. All proceeds go to directly the Poole family.
According to a release on the event, Poole�s father is thankful for prayers and support from all across the country.
For more information, call Havelock High School at 444-5112.


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Junior table tennis is on the rise and we are constantly looking for program serving our youth players. If you live in the New York area, check out the American Youth Table Tennis Organization (AYTTO).
During after school and weekend hours, they provide urban school students an opportunity to learn the exciting, dynamic and strategic sport of table tennis. AYTTO's programs incorporate more than table tennis. Through the sport that everyone loves to play, we teach leadership, fitness, teamwork, and fair play.
Have fun, make new friends...learn table tennis! A great school sport!


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Friday, April 12, 2013
Saucy Asian Meatballs recipe
There was a day in early December last year that involved a small round turning table, a batch of beautifully styled Saucy Asian Meatballs from Ali's Gimme Some Oven blog, one of my favourite white serving plates, our beautiful white and heavy cotton living room curtains, and our almost-two-year-old son Aksel. I don't want to go into details, but let me assure you that when you immediately remove those curtains and tuck them immediately into your washing machine, the sticky sauce consisting of hoisin sauce and dark soy sauce does wash off. Eventually.
And luckily, the recipe makes loads. So even if you have to throw half of the saucy meatballs away, as the tiny shards of your favourite serving plate and white sesame seeds are almost indistinguishable from each other, and we're not really encouraging eating stuff off the floor in our household anyway, then you still have enough to eat - and photograph - as well.
These have a pretty strong flavour, so they're more for nibbling than consuming in huge quantities.
Saucy Asian Meatballs*
(Aasia lihapallid)
Source: Gimme Some Oven
Serves about 8
1 kg mince (I used a mixture of beef and pork)
2 tsp sesame oil
250 ml (1 cup) panko breadcrumbs
1 tsp ground ginger
2 eggs
1 Tbsp grated garlic
100 ml / 7 Tbsp finely chopped scallions/spring onions
0.5 tsp salt
175 ml hoisin sauce
4 Tbsp rice vinegar
2 Tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp grated garlic
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp sesame oil
white sesame seeds
finely chopped scallions/spring onions
Preheat oven to 200C/400F.
Mix together the meatball ingredients in a big bowl. Shape into balls about 3 cm (just over 1 inch). Place onto a greased baking sheet. Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until meatballs are golden brown and cooked through.
Meanwhile, whisk together all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl until well blended.
Once the meatballs are cooked, dip them into the sauce until covered.
Sprinkle with sesame seeds and scallions/spring onions and serve warm.
* I have to thank Estonian food blogger Juta, who reminded me about these meatballs earlier today :)
6 comments:
- Juc said...
Oi kui tore, et sain Sulle neid lihapalle meelde tuletada. Väga ilusad pildid, oleks ma teadnud, et Sul Namis see retsept olemas on, oleksin Namile hoopis viidanud Umami FB lehel, eestlastest lugejale ikka parem eesti keelne retsept! :)
- 12:44 pm, April 14, 2013
- alberta gluten free foods said...
Similar to general tso chicken, your recipe is so tasty that I consumed a lot of rice.
- 11:35 pm, April 16, 2013
- cheap nfl jerseys said...
These all look so delicious, thanks for the recipes!
- 8:36 am, April 18, 2013
- Unknown said...
I know how it feels to lose a favorite serving plate, so I sympathize. These meatballs do look tasty.
- 2:58 pm, April 20, 2013
- ChichaJo said...
This looks amazing Pille! Bookmarking it now! Hope all is well with you and the family :)
- 3:02 pm, April 26, 2013
- Unknown said...
I've never actually made meatballs before. I might have to take a whack at these.
- 5:52 pm, February 07, 2015
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