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4 English muffins, toasted
8 eggs, poached*
8 warm crab cakes
for the hollandaise:
3 egg yolks
1 tablespoon cold water
4 oz hot melted butter
juice of 1/2 lemon
1 teaspoon Old Bay
For the hollandaise:
Place egg yolks, water, lemon juice and Old Bay in a blender. Close. Blend until the mixture is frothy. While the machine is running, stream in the butter very slowly. Continue to blend until a sauce forms.
Place each English muffin on the plate, nook and cranny side up. Place a crab cake on each English muffin half. Top each with egg. Drizzle with sauce. Sprinkle with additional Old Bay.
*I use these poach pods. You just spray them with cooking spray, crack the egg in and float them in boiling water (covered) for about 6 minutes.
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The lyrics in the trailer's background—"everything is awesome"—says all you need to know about The Lego Movie, set for a Feb. 7 release.
Chris Pratt voices Emmet, the orange brick-man dubbed "The Special," tapped to save the world. He's got a big job and plenty of silly puns and jokes—including from a Lego version of Abraham Lincoln!—to keep him moving along his quest. But his best sidekick? Yeah, that would be Will Arnett as a seemingly hapless Batman.
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Remember the fedora-wearing, scruffy guy from Top Chef Season 4? You know, the one that went home as result of the frozen scallop incident. Well, that's in the past for Spike Mendelsohn, owner of D.C. hotspots Good Stuff Eatery and We, The Pizza (both of which the Obamas love!).
Spike has left the frozen seafood behind and moved on to bigger, more delicious endeavors, burgers and pizza! We caught up with Spike while he prepares for his late-night pizza party at Keith McNally's Pulino's during the New York City Wine & Food Festival.
What excites you most about your pizza party at Pulino's for the New York City Wine & Food Festival (other than the pizza)?
I used to live and work in NYC, so I'm looking forward to seeing all of my old friends that night. Should be great company, great conversation and great food.
Keith McNally has taken over downtown Manhattan with hotspots like Pulino's, Pastis, Balthazar and Minetta Tavern. Do you have a favorite McNally restaurant?
What are your top three all-time favorite pizza joints?
Grimaldis, We, The Pizza and almost any hole-in-the-wall you can find in Italy.
The best thing you've eaten between two buns...
Pork buns!
What do you crave after a few (or a lot of) beers?
A homemade egg McMuffin sandwich
Tell us about a moment in your life that could be described as extreme eating.
I was traveling in Vietnam as a part of a chef tour. We ate everything and anything, including a rice paddy rat. For me, that was pretty extreme.
What's the most dangerous part of your job?
The women.
What is the best thing in your fridge right now?
My mother's chocolate tart.
What's your restaurant pet peeve?
A lack of cleanliness.
If I weren't a chef I would be a __________.
A professional surfer or a captain on the Sea Shepherd. Anything where I could spend the day on the water.
What do you think is the most underrated or overrated food?
Foie Gras is overrated.
And you can tell us... have you cooked scallops since that infamous day on Top Chef?
Did you seriously just ask me that question? Yes, many times. Never frozen ones. I love diver scallops.
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Hard-Hit Boise Subdivision Lacks Owner-Occupied Homes
Hard-Hit Boise Subdivision Lacks Owner-Occupied Homes
The housing crisis has taken a toll in Idaho. Home prices dropped by 46 percent in the Boise area and many people lost homes to foreclosure. Before the bubble burst, Charter Pointe became less a neighborhood of neighbors, and more about investor-buyers looking to make money.
The housing market is recovering in much of the country, not so much in Idaho. Home prices dropped by 46 percent in the Boise area during the financial crises. Forty-six percent. Today's business bottom line takes us to the home of a family that rode out the crash and are still waiting for better times. Here's Molly Messick of Boise State Public Radio.
MOLLY MESSICK, BYLINE: Charter Pointe is a sprawling master-planned subdivision in southwest Boise. County records show that in 2011, 90 percent of the houses that sold here were foreclosures or short sales.
On a recent visit, I saw block after block of traditional-looking homes. I drove with a list of addresses in hand. Six-five-four-seven Fairwind. I know this one went through some sort of foreclosure process. I'm just going to get out and take a look.
MESSICK: I walked to the door of a two-story home with vinyl siding and a two-car garage. It doesn't look like anyone's living here now. Doorbell's broken.
MESSICK: The house next door is also empty. A sign says it's for rent. Of the nine homes on this cul-de-sac, three are vacant.
RYAN ARELLANO: Mom, is this clean?
TARA ARELLANO: Yep, that looks nice. OK, do the next one.
MESSICK: A few blocks away, I visit the Arellano family. That's Tara Arellano, washing dishes with her four-year-old son, Ryan. Their three kids are the main reason Tara and her husband, Scott, decided to move to this development in the first place.
SCOTT ARELLANO: We really had this vision of getting in at the grass roots level, the first houses on the block; other families similar to us with young, young kids that will grow up together and will just have this bond.
MESSICK: That was in early 2005. Tara still remembers their first visit.
T. ARELLANO: They had a brand new school being built and that was something I was really interested in, especially as we had two children at that time. They would be able to walk to school and I felt that it was going to be a really good sense of community.
MESSICK: For $188,000, they could get the smallest house on a street of big homes. They signed a traditional 30-year fixed-rate mortgage and moved in by the end of the year. They were filled with excitement and hope. Now, Scott feels something very different.
S. ARELLANO: As I come home from work, every single day, I think about it. I think about what a disappointment it's become.
MESSICK: Not long after they settled in, they noticed something. They say the neighborhood was pitched to them as a truly family-oriented place, full of owner-occupied homes. But it wasn't turning out to be that way. Instead, there were a lot of renters. Everything felt transient. There was a lot of turnover.
S. ARELLANO: I just have given up trying to keep track of who's who. It's sad because you don't want to live in a neighborhood like that. You want to know your neighbors.
MESSICK: He trails off. He watched as Charter Pointe became less a neighborhood of neighbors and more about investor-buyers looking to make money. In 2005, more than a third of the nearly 340 homes in this development were investor-owned. For the story of how that happened, I called...
SHAUN TRACY: Shaun Tracy, I am a ReMax real estate agent. Have been for 19 years.
MESSICK: Shaun Tracy started selling homes in Charter Pointe right around the time the Arellanos made their first visit. He says the prices were too good to pass up. Eventually, Tracy himself bought eight homes in the neighborhood.
TRACY: I knew how much I could rent these homes for. So I started telling investors about it.
MESSICK: He says the tipping point came not long after he sold two houses to a guy in San Diego.
TRACY: And then, suddenly, I started getting calls from people that were - now people from Florida were calling, Arizona. And they'd never even been to Boise, ever in their life.
MESSICK: In the end, some of the neighborhood's investors made money. Some lost homes to foreclosure after prices tanked. And then there are people like the Arellanos.
S. ARELLANO: We came in thinking conventionally. Like, we're going to actually live in our property. But I think so many people were thinking in terms of paper value.
MESSICK: Scott Arellano says perhaps he was naive. He and Tara had an idealized vision of what life in Charter Pointe would be like. Now, they're tied to an underwater mortgage. Yes, they could walk away. Yes, they could rent out their home as others have done. But they say neither feels like the right thing to do. They're sitting tight, even though they're long past hoping that Charter Pointe will become the neighborhood they wanted.
For NPR News, I'm Molly Messick in Boise.
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From what I see Foobar 2000 does not respond to some headset commands on my Samsung Galaxy S7. Only play/pause works but not double and triple click to skip tracks. Is it solvable?
From what I see Foobar 2000 does not respond to some headset commands on my Samsung Galaxy S7. Only play/pause works but not double and triple click to skip tracks. Is it solvable?
same question... any answer ? It's the only reason I still use another player... Thanks.
So which headphones? Does the S7 come with a headset or is this an aftermarket.
Is there a helper app for them? I had a problem after changing to a Moto G6 where Foobar didn't respond to track skips...they were Sony WH1000XM2.
What I would up doing is loading the Sony headphone app. It's got a "shortcut" that interfaces with however Android music apps interact. Once I issued a control from the app....Foobar responded to it and all the controls worked from the headphones. I assume it was just some software thing that hadn't fully sync'd with things.
I enjoy the player, particularly its DSP features (I can't live without crossfeed anymore!). But the impossibility to control the playback with the headset (using simple double/triple click commands) is a HUGE drawback!
We're talking about a standard feature that is supposed to work with every single (wired) headset, no matter stock or aftermarket! You shouldn't have to install any app to interface the headphones with the player, as it comes as a standard Android command that is recognized by all other players.
I create a similar topic in the Wishlist section.
FYI, I'm using foobar2000 on Android 8.0 Oreo (device: Samsung Galaxy A8).
On my phone, the double click takes me to the next track, but triple click doesn't take me to the previous track (it acts as a double click + pause).
I can't use this app if it doesn't have the triple click feature to go backwards in the playlist.
FYI I'm using foobar2000 Mobile v1.1.43 on the Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime on Android 8.1.0
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Extended Objects: Europa Observations
Europa, satellite of Jupiter was observed on November 18, 2013 from 08:42:16 (airmass=1.63) to 08:48:16 (airmass=1.64) under average seeing conditions (DIMM seeing~0.6-0.8) in K1 band, and direct mode (no coronagraph, no apodizer). Eleven data cubes with a true integration time of 8.73 s were processed by M. Perrin using the recipe listed below.
Recipy used to process Europa Data
- Load Wavelength Calibration
- Subtract Dark Background
- Update Spot Shifts for Flexure
- Destripe science image
- Remove_microphonics
- Interpolate bad pixels in 2D frame
- Assemble Spectral Datacube
- Interpolate Wavelength Axis
- Divide by Lenslet Flat Field
- Interpolate bad pixels in cube
- Rotate North Up
- Accumulate Images
- Combine 3D datacubes
Ephemeris calculations provided by JPL & IMCCE indicate that the satellite was bright (V~5.6) with an apparent diameter of 0.9508 arcsec and observed with a phase angle of
8.9 deg, leading to an illumination fraction of 99.4%. Europa disk is
therefore covering ~10% of the detector in an area almost centered on the detector.
The last 6 images were taken with CCR at low power and visually seem to be of better quality. It is not possible to quantify the resolution on these observations and the gain with CCR at low power since Europa does not display unresolved features necessary to perform a direct measurement.
Europa was not dithered on the set of observations. We estimated the residual jittering to be 0.12 pixel in average by fitting the disk with an ellipsoid and measuring its center for each frame. Figure below shows the astrometric position of Europa (labeled from E0 to E10), plus the residual jittering measured on seven frames of HD1160, a A0 V=7.1 star observed in K1 direct imaging mode on the same night between 01:20 and 01:35 UT (airmass ~1.2, DIMM seeing~0.8 arcsec), label P0 to P5. Because the residual jittering on the "PSF" stars is slightly higher (0.31 pixel in average), we conclude that no residual jittering due to the extended angular size of Europa is apparent. It is likely that the angular resolution on these images of Europa is in fact very close to the angular resolution that we measured on the "PSF", so 65 +/- 1 mas.
After data processing, the frames in the datacube still display some imperfections visible as 15-20 pixels of low and high intensity on Europa's disk. Most of these bad pixels are identical on the 11 observations and are probably due to bad pixels on the detector. Additionally, some of the frames in the cube contains an oblique pattern a misalignment between the spectra position in the calibration and the actual position in the detector image. This misalignment results in a poor flux extraction when the cube is assembled.
Pixel Scale from Europa Observations.
We estimated the pixel scale on final assembled cube by fitting the observations of Europa by a sphere illuminated under the same geometry than Europa (Sub-Solar point and Sub-Earth point from the ephemeris) and degraded after convolving it by a gaussian PSF with a FWHM of 65 mas. We generated a grid of solutions varying the Minnaert coefficient which defines the center-to-limb profile from 1.1 to 1.5 (step of 0.02) and the pixel scale from 13 to 15 mas (step of 0.04). The best fit is obtained with a pixel scale estimated to 14.30 ± 0.31.
Spectroscopic variations
A 3-color picture (1.95, 1.99,2.18 um) included below shows variegation on Europa's disk. A comparison with visible observations based on Galileo-Voyager spacecraft suggests an anti-correlation between the dark albedo features in visible of Europa which are bright at ~2 um.
To confirm that these spectroscopic differences are real, hence not instrument artifacts, we extracted the spectra of 3 areas which show significant variations on the complete data set of Europa. The eastern limb is bright at ~1.8um, the bright center area is bright at ~2um and an isolated patch north-west of Europa that could be a young crater. The flux of the extracted spectra is normalized after dividing it by the flux of HD1160 an A0 star without including an airmass correction.
The extracted spectra of these 3 different area on Europa are similar among all the spectro-images within 3%, confirming the stability of the instrument. The spectra of these three regions display identical absorption bands at 1.95, 2.00, 2.05 um which could be of atmospheric origin. It is however clear that spectroscopic variabilities (e.g at lambda>2.1 um) are detectable on Europa disk.
Neptune observations
Neptune (JPL ephemeris V=7.9, angular diameter = 2.26 arcsec) was observed on Dec 11 2013 from 00:17 to 00:31. Seven frames with an exposure time of 59.65s were recorded in H direct with an airmass of 1.3 and a DIMM seeing of 0.66 arcsec. This data is still being processed.


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Can embodiment be liberated from its strong cultural and historical associations with bondage, and honored as sacred unto itself? Most yogic lineages—as well as western philosophies—view life, embodiment, and the world's temptations as problems requiring transcendence, postulating a combative relationship that is difficult, if not impossible, to resolve. Yet Srikula Shakta tantra, a South Indian lineage of philosophy, contends that life and embodiment are inherently divine, and should be delighted in and celebrated as such.
While we previously argued that modern yoga could be a form of bondage by propagating cultural samskara, anything can bind if we allow it to. Yoga may also feel like bondage if we fall into the trap of thinking it's a requisite for enlightenment, or that it will help us be something other than who or what we already are. It's not "yoga" that binds, but our misidentification with yoga's role. Libby Roderick croons, "How could anyone ever tell you, you are anything less than beautiful … less than whole?" While this may trigger kneejerk aversion (tried to "love yourself" lately?), it's quintessential Shakta philosophy.
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The Srikula Shakta path eschews transcendence-based spirituality, espousing instead that we live our way into the questions. While misconnection from the divine web of life is inevitable, we will never disconnect, because we're fundamentally interwoven with it. Yoga instructor and Tantric philosopher Danny Arguetty notes, "We are already whole, complete and born in union with the all of everything … Instead of reaching the top of the list, the goal is to get in between and be in the seam of experience … inviting us to embrace the paradox of life [and] be in the mess."
As an honoring of the Shakta path, anything goes so long as we are aware, actively participatory, and receptive to life's unfolding and evolution. The Srikula Shakta universe is amoral. Fifty Shades of Yoga's bondage images can thus be considered a node in the fabric of divinity that pervades human experience. While their blatant sexuality elicits the voyeur, sacred profanity has always engendered cultural protest and unearthed truths, despite residing in society's seams.
The Srikula Shakta view the fleeting euphoria of physical bonds as no more spiritually debased than the peak experience of entheogens, ecstatic dance, orgasm, or even kundalini rising. While reminding us of our divine nature, such experiences may distract from the miracle of life, the medicine available to us in each precious moment. If we mistake the pleasure and transcendence of these practices for enlightenment or ultimate truth, the deeper gift of wisdom borne of full engagement in life is sacrificed. We may also chase the dragon, searching always for the next high. More humble and sustaining is the path of abandoning the "spiritual" quest to dive fully into the present. Here and now is where we grow to more readily embody the ananda, or bliss, of our intrinsic divinity.
The Srikula Shakta path, then, views life and embodiment as sacred temple, expression of God, and vehicle of bliss, with no need for renunciation or transcendence. We need only cherish, honor, and love all that is, embracing our intrinsic wholeness, freedom, and divinity.
What are your thoughts on the relationship between yoga and other peak spiritual experiences?
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How sweet (or suite) it is: The Larimer Square nightclub Suite 200 is the setting Saturday for The Sweet Life, a cocktail party and fashion show that raises money for Brandon Center, a shelter operated by Volunteers of America. The 118-bed Brandon Center provides food, shelter and life skills training for women who've suffered domestic violence, or were formerly homeless.
Doors open at 7; the runway show, where Wilhelmina models will show seasonal selections from Mariel, Moda and Goldyn, is at 8:15. Deejay Ginger Perry will provide the music and Metromix.com TV host Heidi McGuire will emcee.
"In addition to showcasing the hottest fashions for fall and winter from Mariel, we'll capitalize on the theme by serving confectionary delights from Happy Cakes Bakeshop and Sugarlicious," says Jim White, VOA's director of community affairs. "Our goal is to help make life a bit sweeter for the women and children of Brandon Center."
General admission tickets are $65 and include unlimited Voli Vodka drinks, passed appetizers from sister nightspot Chloe, the Happy Cakes dessert bar and a party gift. Catwalk seating is $100 per person, and includes all of the above, plus a deluxe gift. Those buying a Sponsor Booth receive complimentary Champagne bottle service, Voli drinks and tableside snacks, plus admission to a pre-show party, with complimentary valet parking, at EDGE Restaurant in the Four Seasons Hotel Denver.
EDGE also is accepting dinner reservations for show-goers, starting at 5 p.m. Those who mention VOA when making their reservation will receive a complimentary "Sweet Life" dessert. When making online reservations through OpenTable, use the code "VOA" in the Special Requests section. Or, call 303-389-3343.
White also says Sugarlicious is donating candy bars that guests can purchase for $10. Inside will be a 'golden ticket' redeemable for an array of prizes, such as Southwest Airlines flights, bottle service at Suite 200, concert tickets from AEG Live and more.
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Why do challenging tasks make consumers believe drugs wear off faster?
Imagine that you have a cup of coffee and sit down to read People magazine. How long do you think the energy boost will last before you reach for another cup? Would you need more caffeine if you tried to read War and Peace? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research finds that consumers wrongly believe that pharmacological products such as coffee and aspirin lose their effectiveness when they engage in more strenuous activities.
"People make assumptions about how long it takes for products to wear off. For example, they know that cars burn gasoline more quickly when driving uphill than downhill and difficult workouts burn calories more quickly than easy workouts," write authors Veronika Ilyuk, Lauren Block (both Baruch College, City University of New York), and David Faro (London Business School).
However, when it comes to products like energy drinks and over-the-counter medications, consumers seem to be inappropriately generalizing about how long it takes for the effects of these products to wear off. Over five studies, the authors studied what they term the "rapid wear-off bias" as it relates to a person's perceived duration of a product's effectiveness.
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Brands marketing pharmacological products can use these results to evaluate the intake instructions on their product packaging and help avoid accidental overdoses and other detrimental health-related outcomes. "Interestingly, we found that task difficulty does not affect a person's perception of how effective a product is in general. Rather, it uniquely affects judgments of consumption frequency," the authors conclude.
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Live blog: Snowstorm in Denver, Colorado for Feb. 2-4, 2012
Snow should continue to fall this afternoon into tonight in the metro area, with bands of heavy snow south and east of Denver, including Douglas and Elbert counties.
The storm should start winding down in northern Colorado this afternoon, especially north of Fort Collins and Greeley, according to the National Weather Service. Elsewhere, the storm is likely to continue until midnight, then taper off from west to east.
And while a blizzard warning for the eastern plains has been cancelled, the winter storm warning that includes the metro area, has been extended until 5 a.m. with updated snow totals now looking like they could reach up to 28 inches in Elbert and Lincoln Counties, including areas of Castle Rock and Larkspur.
Denver appears headed to top 10 snowstorm, depending on how much snow falls at the official weather recording station at Denver International Airport. A snowfall of 22 inches in Denver would be the seventh-biggest snowstorm to ever hit the city.
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9:02 a.m. — The Colorado Avalanche Information Center has issued an avalanche warning for the Front Range mountains east of the continental divide. Heavy snowfall east of the continental Divide has created very dangerous avalanche conditions, the warning says.
"Heavy snowfall east of the continental divide has created very dangerous avalanche conditions. Total snowfall accumulations of more than two feet are possible. That amount of snow fall will overwhelm existing snowpack."
8:48 a.m. — Eric Meltzer reports via The Daily Camera that U.S. 36 is snow-packed with some cars and trucks having spun out. Parts of the highway are down to one lane, but roads are fairly passable, she says.
The Colorado Department of Transportation says that westbound I-70 at Pecos is now open, but the road is still icy and snow-packed and is urging drivers to keep speeds down. Westbound I-76, meanwhile, is closed approximately one mile east of Wiggins due to a jackknifed semi, CDOT says.
Local weather blogger Brendan Heberto has begun compiling a map of snow totals on his blog. Mike Nelson of Channel 7 says in a tweet that Conifer, Colo., now has 21 inches of snow. The Daily Camera, in a tweet, says Boulder has 12 inches of snow, Longmont has 10.5 inches, Louisville has 10.1 inches, Erie has 9.7 inches, and Jamestown has 24.5 inches of snow so far.
8:41 a.m. — There are now roughly 400 flight cancellations at Denver International Airport, KUSA 9News reports. Calling ahead before you leave is the best course of action.
8:36 a.m. Eric Fisher of the Weather Channel notes that this snowstorm is unusual for Colorado because most snowstorms of this magnitude occur in the late fall and early spring, not February.
8:14 a.m. The Weather Channel reports via Twitter that three inches of snow has fallen in the last hour at Denver International Airport, with 9 inches on the ground there already.
Multiple news agencies are reporting that all inbound flights for Southwest Airlines have been canceled until 1 p.m. for Denver.
Westbound Interstate 70 is closed now from Burlington, Colo., to Denver because of adverse weather conditions, the Kansas Department of Transportation says.
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Meanwhile, westbound Interstate 70 is closed at Pecos Street due to adverse conditions. There is no estimated reopening time, according to reporter Fredlina Solano. Southwest Airlines has suspended flights through Denver International Airport through 4 p.m.
7:50 a.m., Friday, Feb. 3 — Snow is continuing to pound Denver and northeastern Colorado this morning, with winds whipping up to 40 mph on the plains.
The winter storm has brought blizzard conditions to a widespread area, shutting down schools, government and businesses.
Drivers and travelers should be prepared for winter conditions, which can be dangerous. Boulder received 12 inches of snow as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.
We will continue to update this story on our main website.
The record for the city's largest snowstorm was set from Dec. 1-5, 1913, when 45.7 inches of snow fell on Denver (PHOTOS). This could be Denver's biggest snowstorm since 2003, when 31.8 inches of snow fell in November.
The latest list of school closures for this snowstorm includes Denver Public Schools and others throughout Colorado. Douglas County Schools and Aurora Public Schools are also closed. This list will be updated throughout the evening and early morning.
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By Dave Savastano, Editor | November 27, 2013
During the 2013 NPIRI Technical Conference, new honorees Greg Webb of MeadWestvaco, third from left, and Gerald Napiecek of Colorcon, No-Tox Products, second from right, are joined by past honorees, from left, Michael Gerkin of Kustom Group, Jon Graunke of INX International Ink, Dan DeLegge of Inksolutions, Diane Parisi of Flint Group, Maurice Carruthers of Sun Chemical, Lisa Fine of Joules Angstrom U.V. Printing Inks, Andrew Matthews of Flint Group, Joon Choo of Shamrock Technologies and Joe Cichon of INX International Ink. Keeping up to date on technology and trends is critical for any business, and the ink industry is no exception. In order to provide ink industry leaders the information they need on technology and growing markets, the National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers (NAPIM) annual National Printing Ink Research Institute (NPIRI) Technical Conference offers a wide variety of educational and networking opportunities.
This year's Technical Conference was no exception. With an eye on key topics such as packaging, regulations and new technologies such as conductive inks, this year's NPIRI Technical Conference, which was held Oct. 2-4 at the Hilton Chicago – Indian Lakes Resort, offered attendees the information they may need to keep their businesses growing.
Jeff Wettersten of Karstedt Partners discussed the packaging market with his Oct. 2 keynote talk on "Packaging: Evaluation of Vertical Markets and Key Applications."
"The packaging industry is in the midst of a major transformation," Mr. Wettersten said. "Digital printing is a disruptive technology, and the money invested into digital by major companies is fantastic."
Brad Bergey, executive director of NAPIM, followed with "State of the Industry," a recap of the past year's results for the ink industry, as well as add new information on the early results for 2013. Diane Parisi of Flint Group analyzed "Printing Ink Raw Materials Supply Update," offering her insights into the cost and supply trends for many key raw materials, including titanium dioxide, nitrocellulose, acrylic acid, vegetable and petroleum oil products and pigments.
"In 2012, raw material costs stabilized, but at high levels," Ms. Parisi said.
However, 2013 is another story. In particular, crude oil, gum rosin, titanium dioxide, nitrocellulose and pigments are of concern. For example, in 2011, gum rosin prices soared to $3,510 per metric ton, but retreated to $1,520 in 2012. Now it is $2,350, and it could go higher.
"Gum rosin stocks are relatively low for this time of year, which is very reminiscent of 2011," Ms. Parisi said.
"There has been significant 3Q developments in crude oil, gum rosin and pigments," Ms. Parisi concluded. "The supply base continues to consolidate, and environmental regulations and European legislation will have effects."
The Oct. 2 session concluded with a two-and-a-half-hour reception, including Tabletop exhibits and Supplier Spotlights.
Concurrent Sessions
As has been traditional, the second day broke into a pair of concurrent sessions.
Track 1 began with Evonik Industries' Charles Douglas, who presented the NPIRI Lecture Series winning presentation, "Silica Nanoparticle Composites for Optically Transparent UV-Curable Hybrid Formulations. Mr. Douglas reported that synergistic effects can occur by combining free radical and cationic curing, which may offer advantages.
"Applications for scratch abrasion resistant coatings include electronics, automotive, cell phones, touch pads, optics and solar cells," Mr. Douglas said.
Rick Pomeranka of Printron discussed "Available Printing Plate Options and How They Affect The Print Image Discussion," a presentation on available print plate options. Flint Group's Grant Shouldice was next with "Advances in Energy Curable Printing Inks for Alternative Energy Source," a look at alternative sources of light energy, including LED and HW (high wave), and their market potential.
Brett Beauregard, Huntsman, discussed "TiO2 Selection Criteria," and how choosing the appropriate TiO2 can have a significant performance impact on the formulation. Charlie Hsu, BASF, closed Track 1 with "A Chemical Resistant, Two-Pack Water-Based Ink System."
"The market needs an ink that is safer to handle and has a longer pot life," Mr. Hsu noted. "We are developing a low toxicity carbodiimide crosslinker to replace polyaziridine in water-based ink systems, and then designing an emulsion polymer specifically for PCDI crosslinkers."
Track 2 analyzed regulatory issues, beginning with Catherine Nielsen, Keller and Heckman, who discussed "Food Packaging Regulations and the Printing Ink Manufacturer," a look at how the Federal Food and Drug Administration and European regulations apply to food packaging and what that means for ink manufacturers, substrate suppliers and printers.
"There is no harmonized legislation in the European Union regarding packaging inks," Ms. Nielsen noted. "Companies have to look up individual member states, the Swiss Ordinance and the pending German ordinance."
"Risk Analysis in the Global Food Contact Supply Chain – An Industry Perspective," presented by Jim Huang, Bemis, talked about how the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act and the Global Food Safety Initiative has created new regulatory challenges for the converting industry and its suppliers.
"It would make sense if there was a harmonized standard," Mr. Huang said.
"Regulatory Update for Ink Manufacturers," by Cheryl Falvey, Crowell & Moring LLP, provided an overview on new, pending and existing regulations affecting the ink manufacturers. "Sustainability Drivers," discussed by Jeff Wooster, Dow Chemical Company, offered insights into sustainability. Jon Hellerstein, MWV, concluded Track 2 with "GHS Implementation 2013," an overview on GHS.
The second day concluded with the annual Golf Outing, Reception & Awards Dinner in conjunction with NAPIM's Open Board Dinner. NAPIM presented the prestigious Technical Achievement Award to Gerald Napiecek of Colorcon, No-Tox Products, and the Technical Associate Member Service Award to Greg Webb of Mead Westvaco.
New Technologies
The NPIRI Technical Conference concluded its program on Oct. 4 with a look at important new technologies in equipment, packaging, color control and conductive inks.
Tom Dunn, Flexpacknology, opened this session with "Good Manufacturing Practices and the Food Packaging Supply Chain." Mark Bohan, Printing Industries of America, followed with "New Press Technology," a look at how innovative technologies are changing the way customers print.
"Packaging is the part of the system that delivers food safely," Mr. Dunn said. "If you're printing food packaging, the requirements are clear-cut, but compliance is problematic. You'd better be sure."
"Printing technologies all have their place," Mr. Bohan noted. "Offset is all about productivity."
"The Conductive Ink Panel," which I led, was next on the schedule. Printed electronics are reaching commercialization, and selecting the right material for conductive inks is critical. I was joined on the panel by Darren Bianchi, president of NanoGap USA, and Richard Morris, business development, Saxby Business Development, representing Si-Cal Inc., PChem Associates and TouchCode.
"Nanoparticle-based inks for printed electronics have been one of the many over-hyped areas of nanotechnology, with the market growth failing to meet expectations over the last 10-20 years," Mr. Bianchi concluded. "However, there are now good signs on the commercial uptake of nanoparticle-based inks."
Mr. Morris spoke of the benefits of nano inks, such as lower cost, more efficient use of metals, material reduction, process advantage and lower processing temperature, which allows for lower cost substrates, including PVC. Nano inks provide finer resolution and less that 25 micron features. He also showed some new products in the field, including the EKG Glove.
Tucker McNeil, MWV, then offered his insights into "Packaging Satisfaction Survey." Mr. McNeil offered a few examples of innovative, successful packaging, including Orville Redenbacher's Smart Pop! Pop Up Bowl, SPAM Singles, Gemey-Maybelline – Instant Foundation and iD Chewing Gum from Stride. Brian Ashe, X-Rite, Inc., closed the conference with "Color in a Digital World," a demonstration of color in the digital age though the use of the Cloud.
Overall, NAPIM officials were pleased with the conference.
"The 2013 NPIRI Technical Conference was one of our most exciting and successful events," said George Fuchs, NAPIM's director, regulatory affairs and technology. "We feel that this year's registration was especially strong because of the quality of the business, technical and regulatory presentations. In addition, our industry awards dinner on Oct. 3 was attended by more than 150 ink manufacturers and suppliers, and is continuing its reputation for being the most exciting, fun and interesting social event of the year for our industry. We are thrilled with the enthusiasm and high level of interest that this conference continues to generate."


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Happy New Year.
Didn't break any resolutions so far. But, the reason is simple: I didn't make any. Why make 'em and then break 'em.
Hall of Fame
Baseball Writers have voted for the Hall of Fame inductees for this year. Results will be announced on January 9.
Phillies Alumni on the ballot include Dale Murphy (15th time on the ballot) and first-timers, Curt Schilling, Kenny Lofton, Julio Franco, Jeff Conine and Jose Mesa. Norristown native, Mike Piazza, is also on the ballot for the first time.
To be inducted, a candidate must receive 75% of the votes. Players are removed from the ballot after 15 years. Players who receive 5% of the votes the first time are no longer eligible.
Top 100 Last month, ESPN.com posted its' Hall of 100, the top 100 players of all time. Phillies have 13 Alumni who are listed. In case you missed it:
#16 – 3B Mike Schmidt
#20 – 2B Joe Morgan
#26 – LHP Steve Carlton
#28 – 1B Jimmie Foxx
#37 – 1B Pete Rose
#41 – RHP Pedro Martinez
#48 – 2B-1B Nap Lajoie
#50 – RHP Grover Cleveland Alexander
#62 – RHP Ferguson Jenkins
#79 – RHP Robin Roberts
#82 – RHP Kid Nichols
#92 – RHP Roy Halladay
#94 – 1B Jim Thome
Hard to believe Chuck Klein is not on that list.
Out To Sea
Charlie Manuel, Rich Dubee, Ryne Sandberg, Larry Bowa and Ben Revere will join Scott Palmer on the Phillies cruise, leaving from Florida this Sunday. They return a week later a little heftier from all the dining.
Happy Birthday
December 31—OF Sil Campusano (48) . . . January 2—C Jim Essian (62), RHP Garrett Stephenson (41) . . . January 3—C Darren Daulton (51) . . . January 4—LHP Ken Reynolds (66), MGR Charlie Manuel (69) . . . January 5—LHP Danny Jackson (51), OF Milt Thompson (54), OF Bob Dernier (56), C-CH Bob Oldis (85) . . . January 6—2B Marlon Anderson (39), SS-CH Ruben Amaro Sr. (77).
Alumni Features/Photos
Don't forget to check out www.phillies.com/alumni.
New photos and features will be posted there over the next three weeks.
Comments and suggestions about the Alumni page are welcomed.
Did You Ever Wonder?
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When we last checked in on the adventures of Bradley Manning, the attorney for the accused traitor was attempting to get half of the charges against him thrown out. He apparently felt that bringing charges against the lad for allegedly revealing hundreds of thousands of classified documents was … umm… unfair. Or something.
So how did that work out for them? In the eyes of the judge, not so well.
Bradley Manning has failed to persuade a military judge to throw out half of the counts against him in a pre-trial hearing before his court martial for allegedly leaking hundreds of thousands of state secrets to WikiLeaks.
Colonel Denise Lind, presiding over the proceedings at Fort Meade in Maryland, rejected a defence motion that 10 of the 22 counts against the US soldier should be dismissed. The decision leaves Manning facing a possible sentence of life in military custody for allegedly having been the source of the WikiLeaks publications that included war logs from Afghanistan and Iraq, video footage of a US helicopter attack on civilians and diplomatic cables from around the world.
It wasn't a total loss for his attorney, David Coombs, though, because he seems to have the judge at least raising some questions about two of the charges. Coombs claimed that the charges of having "exceeded authorized access" in downloading documents from the secret military computer network were invalid because part of Manning's job was to search through various intelligence data and look for patterns. The judge appears to be at least somewhat sympathetic to this claim.
Manning's defence team objected to that more expansive interpretation of the term "authorised access", arguing that he was clearly permitted to use the computer network and that his purpose for doing so was irrelevant to the charge. The judge agreed with that legal interpretation, but said she did not have sufficient evidence to dismiss the two counts.
Her nuanced ruling, however, puts the onus on the prosecution to up its game in pressing these two counts at trial.
In the end, all that this maneuver accomplished was yet another delay in the beginning of the actual Court Martial while the judge schedules additional pretrial hearings to explore these complaints. The real trial may now be pushed back as far as January. It also shows precisely how careful the judge is being, making sure that nobody can claim that Manning didn't get each and every opportunity to present the best defense possible.
As far as I'm concerned, Coombs needs to drop these legal parlor games, muster the best defense he can manage and move on to trial. There is simply no way that the military is going to throw this case out on a technicality and send Manning home. We're not talking about a soldier getting drunk and stealing Navy's mascot during the football game or sneaking off base when he's supposed to be on watch. This is Aiding the Enemy during a time of war, and there is going to be a trial. The fact that his client is most likely not going to be facing a firing squad is already a small miracle, so Coombs should count his lucky stars and get on with it.
Besides, this latest delay has changed precisely nothing in terms of Manning's situation. He's still going to be locked up at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas under maximum security until the Court Martial concludes. I remain convinced that Coombs seems particularly ill suited for this case.


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Even though I have another post to publish, this is more timely and important. It is something I shared today on another platform but is fitting for this space, too. I am enraged at the Brock Turner sentence, at the judge who imposed it and is complicit in perpetuating our rape culture, and at his father who had a hand in parenting him into becoming a rapist but who asked for leniency because, hey, his son won't even eat steak anymore.
If you know me, you know I am passionate about a number of issues, and women's rights, women's equality, and protecting women from men that seek to do them harm is at the top of the list. I am going to reveal something that maybe two people who will read this know: I WAS RAPED in my dorm room during my first week as a freshman at LMU. The perpetrator was a friend of someone in one of the guys dorms. We'd all been drinking, he followed me back to my dorm room, locked the door behind us as we entered the darkened room, pushed me down onto the bed, pinned my arms over my head, put his mouth over my mouth so that I couldn't scream and raped me. Perhaps my only life regret is that I never reported it.
That this affluent, 6+ ft tall, 200+ lb white basketball player assaulted me and that I didn't report it may have led to other women being assaulted. It wasn't OK. I didn't 'ask' for it. It wasn't about what I was wearing, or whether he thought I was flirting with him, but it was about assault and power and violence and non-consensual sex.
That was 30 yrs ago. What Brock Turner and his like did and do every day across this country is criminal. When men are convicted and judges don't impose fitting sentences for the crimes they commit, ALL women suffer, that means your mothers, sisters, aunts, cousins, friends and daughters. We have to care MORE about his victim, the destruction of her life, the safety he took from her than we EVER do about what becomes of him.
Now you know why I am SO riled up. If you are, too, this petition has 371,000 of 450,000 needed signatures to recall Judge Persky. Consider adding your name.


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-Was used on the Mars Pathfinder rover
So having understood what "less gravity can do" in organizing of chemicals in space, it is of course of interest when such a chemical can be made into a product in it's "pure form," to have it "almost clear" in it's constitution and strong to hold weight.
It sort of opens the idea for me of manufacturing processes in space, and the construction of and use of those same products to build in space, and on, "planets of the future"
Almost as light as air, capable of withstanding a direct flame or catching speeding comet dust like a baseball mitt stops a hardball, aerogels are some of the strangest solids in the world. This "Space Age Styrofoam" was developed in a chemistry lab decades ago but is now appearing in snowsuits, explosives and even energy storage technology.
Aerogels are the lightest and lowest-density class of materials in the world. Up to 99 percent of the dry, rigid gels are air, while the rest consists of silica, carbon, metals and other substances; it feels like a Styrofoam peanut. Yet, some formulations can support close to two thousand times their weight (if it is lowered onto them slowly). "Enough force to crush a Rice Krispie will crush an aerogel," states Stephen Steiner, a nanomaterials graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and aerogel researcher.
<Image: COURTESY OF LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL NATIONAL LABORATORIES-Aerogels are poor thermal conductors and therefore exceptional insulators for windows, snowsuits and spacecraft
Image: COURTESY OF NASA/JPL-CALTECH-Translucent silica aerogel is mostly air but two grams of the material is strong enough to hold a 2.5 kilogram brick
I was less then kind in my statements about stardust, as the images of dust in the air were given for introspection, about how we might see that dust in the universe.
"Last Sunday, after seven years in space traveling nearly three billion miles, Stardust landed in the Great Salt Lake Desert with a treasure from when the solar system formed 4.6 billion years ago," says astronomer Donald Brownlee of the University of Washington, who led the Stardust team. "We should have more than one million particles larger than one micron in diameter."
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John Penton was one of the most influential figures in the development of off-road motorcycle racing in America during the 1960s and '70s. A national champion rider, Penton went on to develop a legendary brand of off-road motorcycles that bore his name. Thousands of riders learned to ride on Pentons. He also founded Hi-Point, a boot and apparel company that for a time boasted over half the sales in the U.S. market.
Penton was born on August 19, 1925. He grew up on the family farm in Amherst, Ohio. His older brothers had revived their father's dilapidated 1914 Harley-Davidson, which had been long forgotten in the corner of a barn, and the Penton boys became motorcyclists. A talented athlete who played high school football and pole vaulted in track and field, he became equally proficient riding motorcycles.
No sooner had Penton started riding than World War II broke out. Penton served in the Merchant Marine and Navy during the war. After he arrived home from the service, one of the first things he wanted to do was buy a motorcycle. Despite putting down deposits at four different dealerships, Penton was unable to buy the new Harley-Davidson he dreamed of due to the scarcity after the war, so he settled for a used 61-cubic-inch Harley-Davidson Knucklehead. His brother, Bill, had bought an Army surplus 45-inch Harley, and the two set off for Lansing, Michigan, to ride in the grueling Jack Pine 500-Mile Enduro in 1948.
Big Harleys and Indians had been the mounts of choice for Jack Pine participants for years, but those days were numbered, as Penton found out when eventual winner Aub Lebard sped past on his BSA. The British machine was a featherweight compared to the big roadster-based American machines. The vision of the lighter and more nimble machine beating the more powerful bikes at the Jack Pine would make a lasting impression on Penton.
In 1949, Penton returned to the Jack Pine, this time on a B-33 BSA. He finished second by a single point to winner Bert Cummings, a Michigan dealer and veteran of the event. That second-place finish stoked the fire in Penton. From that point on, his mission was to find a better performing enduro motorcycle.
In 1950, Penton and his brothers opened a motorcycle dealership in Amherst. He carried BSAs and soon afterwards the German BMW and NSU brands. Ultimately, the dealership would handle an array of brands, including the new bikes from Japan in the early 1960s. Penton's shop became something of a rider hangout, and in 1954, the guys who hung out at the shop formed the Meadowlark Motorcycle Club, which is still active today.
In 1958, Penton suffered a tragedy when his wife and mother of their three boys, Katherine, died after a prolonged illness. The rest of the closely knit Penton family rallied around John and took care of the boys while he poured himself into traveling and racing, trying to overcome his grief.
He started off the year by winning the Ohio State Enduro Championship. He then set out for an adventure that would prove to be legendary. Taking off for Daytona in the still cold Ohio winter riding a 175cc NSU, Penton stopped off in Atlanta and won the Stone Mountain Enduro. From there he continued on to Florida and won the Alligator Enduro on the same bike he'd ridden from northern Ohio. Later that season, he continued riding the NSU to enduros across the Midwest and continued winning, including earning his first victory at the Jack Pine.
Penton closed out 1958 by taking a road trip to Mexico. Once he hit California on the way up the Pacific Coast, he decided it was time to return home and he did so non-stop. That trip home inspired Penton's brother Ted to challenge John to break the New York to Los Angeles record. On June 8th, Penton recorded his time and location with Western Union in New York City and set off for California on a BMW R69S outfitted with an oversized gas tank. Fifty-two hours and eleven minutes later, Penton rolled into Los Angeles. His record was heavily advertised by BMW and newspapers all over the world covered the record run. Penton was now a legend in motorcycling.
In 1960, Penton won the AMA's Most Popular Rider Award (now called Pro Athlete of the Year) in a time when that prestigious award was almost exclusively won by AMA Grand National racers.
After winning the Jack Pine on a Husqvarna in 1966, the Swedish maker invited him to become the distributor of the brand for the eastern United States. In 1967, Penton was a member of the U.S. International Six Day Trial (now called International Six Day Enduro). While in Europe, Penton toured the Husqvarna factory. He had been trying to convince the manufacturer to produce an even lighter off-road machine. After receiving a lukewarm reception to his idea from Husqvarna officials, Penton decided to visit the KTM factory in Austria. At the ISDT, he had met a young engineer for KTM, which produced bicycles and mopeds.
His proposal for a lightweight off-road bike was met with skepticism at KTM, as well. As an incentive, Penton offered to put up $6,000 of his own money if KTM would build prototypes to his specifications. KTM agreed and in early 1968 Penton took delivery of six Penton 100cc prototypes. He promptly entered races and put some of the other top riders on the other bikes. There was an immediate demand for the lightweight and inexpensive Penton (which initially sold for $700). In the first year, more than 400 Pentons were sold. By the time Penton sold the distributorship to KTM, some 10 years later, more than 25,000 Penton motorcycles had been sold in America.
Penton stepped up the level of professionalism in the sport of motocross and enduros. He purchased large trucks from surplus Post Office stock and painted them in Penton colors. There was a lot of excitement at the races when one of the Penton big rigs pulled into a racing facility.
Penton's innovations were not reserved exclusively for the manufacture of motorcycles. Wanting to improve on the standard work boot that most off-road riders wore, Penton approached Italian ski boot maker Alpinestars about modifying its boots for motorcycling. The result was Hi-Point boots. A young motocross rider named Bob Hannah started wearing the boots and consulted on improvements to the design. By the late-1970s, Hi-Point boots were considered a must-have by many motocross and off-road riders and it became the biggest-selling boot in the country. Hi-Point expanded to include all forms of off-road riding apparel.
When inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1998, Penton still lived on the family farm not more than a couple hundred yards from where he was born. One of his sons, Jack, became a renowned rider in his own right and competed in 12 ISDE events and was named to the Hall of Fame a year after his father.


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The photo of the junction box is below. There is one strand of wires (black, white, ground) coming from the top, and two strands of wires coming from the bottom. All black wires are connected together, and all ground wires are connected together. Now, white wires -- it looks like only two of them were connected, though I'm not sure about that -- maybe one disconnected from other two when I dismounted the old lamp. So the question is: which wires should I use to connect my lamp?
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