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Obama Mounts Aggressive Campaign This Week for Strike
In a week likely to define his presidency, President Barack Obama will try to surmount growing national hostility to his proposal for a U.S. military strike against Syria. Jerry Seib joins the News Hub. Photo: AP.
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... the the ... is this the challenging week for President Obama as he tries to Congress and the American people ... to back his plans to air strikes against Syria ... morning welcome the New Saab on Michael Casey ... Bozo is going to be risky gambit to President Obama's Obama might not have been aware of how much this is this he would price twenty announced that he would seek congressional approval ... before launching strikes against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ... Patel is needed to stem its alleged use of chemical weapons ... Washington bureau chief Jerry Sithe joins us with more than difficult sell it all present Obama has in front of in the morning Jerry ... good morning ... today ... as up-front price realized out today a broad coalition of opponents ... to the strikes could get the relevant point ... is let's cut the tax ... what the implications of the president files to get the cut ... well look I think the first in the first is is the president a say in his address to Marnie what the administration worries about most which is that this was on the wrong signal to Iran that when you're telling the Syrians ... they can ... cross a redline when it comes to the use of the weapons of mass destruction ... you can lose your credibility when you say the Iranians ... you can cross a redline when it comes to development of weapons of mass destruction ... so that'll be that'll be the first target there'll be a secondary that which is the piece is serious harder to find if you don't do something now to change the military equation that ... the Syrian government ... and is rushing benefactors have no reason to turn diplomacy now because they think that a lot in the long run their system prevail militarily so there's also a tactical argument Syria that's going to be used ... to say there are the consequences are dire it's at the facts and doesn't come ... Everett is this what was it you will either cut above his knees up against one of the Whittlesea prices of Cosi has some support from the leadership in the house ... and out in a Senate committee vote and five are in the Senate ... I'm that with that clearly there's a lot of ... rank and file in both parties to time really to up on this one ... that that's right and probably an understatement um you know I think that the odder still that he'll get some resolution out of the Senate where ... the people are quite isn't a concern to the popular opinion they have six years a deterrent to use the term so they think they can ride out waves like this ... a little better in the house it's it's basically a block of odd bedfellows you have ... libertarian Republicans ... and liberal Democrats who are equally oppose though for slightly different reasons ... and ... as the story that the Journal that over the weekend indicates this is a sign of how much the houses change ... the part of the glue that held held the national security consensus together on issues like this in the past look ... was a block conservative Democrats for people like Ike still in from Missouri close people work on that and they have been replaced either by Republicans who are increasingly skeptical about involvement abroad ... off or buy more liberal Democrats and that the consensus for military action or just basically in a case like this when you're not sure ... supporting the president on national security question has been polluted considerably ... historically has been a lot of ... resistance in Congress think it gets the idea of resisting the commander in chief of confidence in the show's national weakness if you well ... is that something that ultimately could lead people in his five of the ... reluctance to actually are ... Jody is the president ... Friday I think if he if he prevails or that'll probably be the principal reason in you're going to hear Nancy policy are yet to see Nancy policy the House speaker and ... probably the most support Democrat now on this question ... um make that argument to to to wavering Democrats the look you may not be may not believe the cases rock-solid for doing this ... you really wanna undermine a president our party's president for the last three half years of his term ... that's Tages for the U S that's an argument that you're going to hear repeatedly I think in the next few days ... it will sway some members if you're if you're fence sitters an argument that can prevail ... the problem the White House has is I think they're looking at ... more people who are now firm those not just mean those are fence sitters than anticipated ... I clearly there is this big a problem of water is going to the Middle East it's a very messy situation ... comes up when the situation has the president's goal after ... honestly I'm on a ... dime not sure that that that threat is Isreal is the presence of what you think it is a mean ... if there were a Tele Asian against American targets directly by Syria or its allies that simply would give President Obama a better argument for continuing the engagement in Syria ... on the show that's what the Syrians want I think they ... are more delicate problem for the White House might be that if the Syrian response ... were to be kind of a massive conventional offensive against ... the opposition and again some civilians frankly ... aam and the present as are a result he's not to get involved in the warm really make a strike to to to to make a point of the chemical weapons what is the US due in the case that may be a bigger and more difficult ... equation so I think there's Deathly fear of retaliation as we reported last week there racing signals between Iran and its allies in Iraq then maybe there are these attacks on US targets in Iraq and degree in response to ... any U S strike in Syria but I think there are other an eighty bigger dangers of bread and the direct retaliation danger ... will we wait the wood to suit the present the site of a nice money state forests Marnie ... Jerry thank you very much his time ...


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Calculating the optimum output for a single-screw extruder can take lots of time, as it involves the specifics of the extruder and many polymer characteristics. But you can get a rough estimate of the potential output if you know the drive horsepower of your machine and the thermal characteristics of one of the materials you'll be running, combined with experience with a similar process.
If a typical melt temperature for the process and the specific heat of the polymer are known, getting to your first output estimate can be fairly simple. In most cases, the change in temperature from the polymer entering the extruder to the temperature exiting the extruder (ΔT) accounts for about 90% of the total energy converted from the screw rotation for smooth-barrel extruders. Use that as the basis for an output estimate. The other 10% is consumed in solids feeding, pressurization, and mechanical losses.
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Let's use HDPE sheet extrusion as an illustration, where the average melt-temperature range is 400-450 F. If you take 425 F as an average melt temperature, and the polymer goes into the extruder at room temperature (75 F), the change in temperature is 350° F. We know the average specific heat of HDPE is 0.55 BTU/lb-°F. For 1000 lb/hr of output, the energy requirement can be calculated as:
1000 lb/hr x 350°F x 0.55 BTU/lb-°F = 192,500 BTU/hr.
Convert BTU to horsepower and you get:
192,500 BTU/hr x 0.000393 = 74.86 hp.
However, this is only the energy for heating the polymer. In addition to the previously mentioned 10% usage, there are losses in energy to the gear reducer, to the surroundings and to any extruder-cooling systems . The magnitude of those losses is typically an additional 20-25% on all but the newest extruders. So taking all factors into account, the drive size must be increased by 30-35% above what is necessary to handle just the heating of the polymer.
In the above scenario, 74.86 hp/0.65=115.2 hp would be enough drive power to turn the screw using full motor load or capacity. But you'll need some reserve power to prevent hitting the current limit, so best bump that up by an extra 15-20%, taking the total to 115.2/0.80=144.0 hp. This last adjustment is just to allow the motor load to be at approximately 80% of full load at full speed. You might be able to reduce this margin and run closer to full load, as motors are designed to operate indefinitely at full load.
This can be broken down to the following formula for conservatively estimating output based on the available hp:
Available hp/(0.000748 x specific heat x ΔT) = Output (lb/hr)
Substituting values into the equation:
150 hp/(0.000748 x 0.55 BTU/lb x 350° F) = 1041.7 lb/hr
Use the correct temperature rise and specific heat. Different processes require different melt temperatures with the same polymer. The temperature rise is from your process experience; the specific heats are available on the internet. A Spirex publication, Plasticating Essentials, lists some specific-heat values (right).
The above calculation is only the first estimate of the potential output. Screw torque and L/D also have to be considered to get that final number. Horsepower is the power available, but torque capacity is the measure of turning power that rotates the screw.
Torque (in.-lb)=(hp x 63025)/maximum rpm
This affects performance because the force to turn the screw is reduced proportionally as the maximum screw speed increases. The screw should be designed for a specific output to match the available torque. If the torque is low—meaning the maximum screw speed is high—then the specific output must be lowered by using shallower screw channels. As the channels are made shallower, the melt temperature will be increased until it is no longer within the processing window. As a result, horsepower is not in itself a complete description of extruder power.
Lastly, determine if the L/D is long enough to handle feeding, melting, and pressurizing requirements at the rate determined. The effects of torque and L/D require screw-design smarts in order to be properly estimated. The formula based on heating the polymer is only an estimate of potential output.
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Jim Frankland is a mechanical engineer who has been involved in all types of extrusion processing for more than 40 years. He is now president of Frankland Plastics Consulting, LLC. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com or (724)651-9196.
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- 1 ounce dried porcini mushrooms
- 1 1/2 cups boiling water
- 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 8 ounces sliced crimini (baby bella) mushrooms
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- Coarse kosher salt
- 2 1/2 cups dry white wine, divided
- 1 pound boneless country-style pork ribs, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 2 ounces 1/4-inch-thick slices coppa or prosciutto, chopped
- 6 ounces fresh mild Italian sausages, casings removed (about 2 links)
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 1 carrot, peeled, finely chopped
- 1 celery stalk, finely chopped
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- 1 cup (or more) low-salt chicken broth
- 2 bay leaves
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Place dried porcini mushrooms in medium bowl; pour 1 1/2 cups boiling water over. Let stand until mushrooms are soft, about 45 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer mushrooms to cutting board and chop coarsely. Reserve soaking liquid.
Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add crimini mushrooms and garlic; sprinkle with coarse salt and pepper and sauté until beginning to soften, 2 to 3 minutes. Add 1/2 cup wine and simmer until crimini mushrooms are soft, about 4 minutes. Set aside (there may still be liquid in skillet).
Heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Sprinkle pork with coarse salt and pepper. Add pork to pot and sauté until browned in spots, about 6 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer pork to medium bowl. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon fat from pot. Reduce heat to medium. Add coppa and stir 1 minute. Add sausages and cook until brown, breaking up into small pieces with back of spoon, about 3 minutes. Add onion, carrot, and celery. Cover pot and cook vegetables until soft, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes. Add remaining 2 cups wine; bring to boil, scraping up any browned bits. Simmer until almost all liquid is absorbed. Add tomatoes, 1 cup broth, bay leaves, reserved pork, and porcini mushrooms. Pour in reserved porcini soaking liquid, leaving any sediment behind in bowl. Bring to boil; reduce heat to medium-low and simmer uncovered until pork is tender, adding more broth by 1/4 cupfuls if dry, about 1 hour.
Stir crimini mushroom mixture in skillet into ragù. Season with salt and pepper. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Cool slightly. Chill uncovered until cool. Cover; keep chilled. Rewarm before continuing.
Spoon off fat from surface of ragù; stir in basil. Add Potato Gnocchi; toss gently to coat. Simmer over medium heat until gnocchi are heated through, 3 to 5 minutes.
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Walking into a job interview with a Canadian architectural firm, a young candidate brings something unexpected: mom.
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According to experts, this could soon become commonplace.
From policing college grades to calling in sick for their adult children at work, helicopter parents are keeping a closer and closer cruising altitude over emerging adulthood - that post-high school period at which previous generations began fending for themselves.
"This is a different planet now," said Tim Blackmore, a professor of information and media studies at Western University in Ontario. "It's Planet Mom and Dad. And mom and dad need to seriously consider what it is to be an adult, and what kind of citizens they're bringing into the world."
Over roughly 20 years of teaching, Blackmore says he has witnessed an escalating trend toward interference, with parents arguing their children's grades, monitoring their college performance and even contributing to students' coursework.
"Some of these students are on an extremely short leash," said Blackmore, recalling a recent situation in which a student was protesting a poor mark with a fellow university staffer.
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Linda Duxbury, a professor at Carleton University, cites a saving grace in privacy legislation that bars teachers from discussing adult students' grades with outside parties, including their parents.
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She notes that older gen-Xers waited to have kids due to delayed career starts and financial instability, and ultimately had fewer children - leaving them more time to obsess over the youths' personal successes and failures.
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The researchers link intrusive parental behaviour with students skipping class and turning in late assignments, and less school engagement. They conclude that helicopter parenting may be robbing young people "of the experiences necessary to develop skills that are essential for success in marriage, careers and adult social interactions."
Ben Trahan, who works in the Canadian transportation industry, has no trouble rattling off instances in which the blurred lines of adulthood have hit the job site. "I have guys get their parents to call in sick (for them) all the time, or parents asking why supervisors yelled at their children - even though they're in their late 20s," said Trahan, who is based in Edmonton.
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Jean Twenge, author of Generation Me, says it's hard to disentangle the responsibility of young people from that of their parents.
"What you have is a generation who expects their parents to do things for them. And they expect that because their parents have always done things for them," said Twenge, a professor of psychology at San Diego State University.
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Overcurrent protection SMD disks, 265 V Applications Power supplies Industrial electronics Consumer electronics Dimensional drawing Features Surface mount placement Narrow resistance tolerance UL approval to UL 1434 for Vmax = 245 V (file number E69802) Marked with manufacturer's logo and type designation RoHS-compatible Options Alternative tolerances and resistances on request Delivery mode Blister tape, 330-mm reel with 16-mm tape, taping to IEC 60286-3 Solder pad General technical data Max. operating voltage Rated voltage Operating temperature range Operating temperature range Vmax VR Top Top (V = 0) (V = 230 V) 265 230 20/+125 0/+70 V AC V AC °C °C Electrical specifications and ordering codes IR IS ISmax @ 25 °C @ 25 °C @ 230 V AC mA mA A G1085 180 400 1.0 G1080 130 270 2.8 G1084 90 190 2.5 Type Please read Cautions and warnings and Important notes at the end of this document. Ir (typ.) (V = Vmax) mA 14 12 11 RR ∆RR Rmin Ordering code Ω 10 25 50 % ±20 ±20 ±15 Ω 8.8 21 40 B59085G1120A161 B59080G1120B262 B59084G1120A161 Page 2 of 9 Overcurrent protection SMD disks, 265 V Reliability data Test Electrical endurance, cycling Electrical endurance, constant Damp heat Standard IEC 60738-1 Rapid change of temperature IEC 60738-1 Vibration IEC 60738-1 Climatic sequence IEC 60738-1 IEC 60738-1 IEC 60738-1 Please read Cautions and warnings and Important notes at the end of this document. Test conditions Room temperature, ISmax; Vmax Number of cycles: 100 Storage at Vmax /Top,max (Vmax) Test duration: 1000 h Temperature of air: 40 °C Relative humidity of air: 93% Duration: 56 days Test according to IEC 60068-2-78 T1 = Top,min (0 V), T2 = Top,max (0 V) Number of cycles: 5 Test duration: 30 min Test according to IEC 60068-2-14, Test Na Frequency range: 10 to 55 Hz Displacement amplitude: 0.75 mm Test duration: 3 × 2 h Test according to IEC 60068-2-6, Test Fc Dry heat: T = Top,max (0 V) Test duration: 16 h Damp heat first cycle Cold: T = Top,min (0 V) Test duration: 2 h Damp heat 5 cycles Tests performed according to IEC 60068-2-30 Page 3 of 9 ∆R25/R25 < 20% < 25% < 10% < 10% < 5% < 10% Overcurrent protection SMD disks, 265 V Characteristics (typical) PTC resistance RPTC versus PTC temperature TPTC (measured at low signal voltage) Switching time tS versus switching current IS (measured at 25 °C in still air) Rated current IR versus ambient temperature TA (measured in still air) Please read Cautions and warnings and Important notes at the end of this document. Page 4 of 9 Overcurrent protection SMD disks, 265 V Cautions and warnings General EPCOS thermistors are designed for specific applications and should not be used for purposes not identified in our specifications, application notes and data books unless otherwise agreed with EPCOS during the design-in-phase. Ensure suitability of thermistor through reliability testing during the design-in phase. The thermistors should be evaluated taking into consideration worst-case conditions. Storage Store thermistors only in original packaging. Do not open the package before storage. Storage conditions in original packaging: storage temperature 25 °C ... +45 °C, relative humidity ≤75% annual mean, maximum 95%, dew precipitation is inadmissible. Avoid contamination of thermistors surface during storage, handling and processing. Avoid storage of thermistor in harmful environment with effect on function on long-term operation (examples given under operation precautions). Use thermistor within the following period after delivery: Through-hole devices (housed and leaded PTCs): 24 months Motor protection sensors, glass-encapsulated sensors and probe assemblies: 24 months Telecom pair and quattro protectors (TPP, TQP): 24 months Leadless PTC thermistors for pressure contacting: 12 months Leadless PTC thermistors for soldering: 6 months SMDs in EIA sizes 3225 and 4032, and for PTCs with metal tags: 24 months SMDs in EIA sizes 0402, 0603, 0805 and 1210: 12 months Handling PTCs must not be dropped. Chip-offs must not be caused during handling of PTCs. Components must not be touched with bare hands. Gloves are recommended. Avoid contamination of thermistor surface during handling. Soldering (where applicable) Use rosin-type flux or non-activated flux. Insufficient preheating may cause ceramic cracks. Rapid cooling by dipping in solvent is not recommended. Complete removal of flux is recommended. Standard PTC heaters are not suitable for soldering. Please read Cautions and warnings and Important notes at the end of this document. Page 5 of 9 Overcurrent protection SMD disks, 265 V Mounting Electrode must not be scratched before/during/after the mounting process. Contacts and housing used for assembly with thermistor have to be clean before mounting. Especially grease or oil must be removed. When PTC thermistors are encapsulated with sealing material, the precautions given in chapter "Mounting instructions", "Sealing and potting" must be observed. When the thermistor is mounted, there must not be any foreign body between the electrode of the thermistor and the clamping contact. The minimum force of the clamping contacts pressing against the PTC must be 10 N. During operation, the thermistor's surface temperature can be very high. Ensure that adjacent components are placed at a sufficient distance from the thermistor to allow for proper cooling at the thermistors. Ensure that adjacent materials are designed for operation at temperatures comparable to the surface temperature of thermistor. Be sure that surrounding parts and materials can withstand this temperature. Avoid contamination of thermistor surface during processing. Operation Use thermistors only within the specified temperature operating range. Use thermistors only within the specified voltage and current ranges. Environmental conditions must not harm the thermistors. Use thermistors only in normal atmospheric conditions. Avoid use in deoxidizing gases (chlorine gas, hydrogen sulfide gas, ammonia gas, sulfuric acid gas etc), corrosive agents, humid or salty conditions. Contact with any liquids and solvents should be prevented. Be sure to provide an appropriate fail-safe function to prevent secondary product damage caused by abnormal function (e.g. use VDR for limitation of overvoltage condition). Please read Cautions and warnings and Important notes at the end of this document. Page 6 of 9 Overcurrent protection SMD disks, 265 V Symbols and terms A Cth f I Imax IR IPTC Ir Ir,oil Ir,air IRMS IS ISmax LCT N Nc Nf P P25 Pel Pdiss Rmin RR ∆RR RP RPTC Rref RS R25 R25,match ∆R25 T t TA ta TC Area Heat capacity Frequency Current Maximum current Rated current PTC current Residual currrent Residual currrent in oil (for level sensors) Residual currrent in air (for level sensors) Root-mean-square value of current Switching current Maximum switching current Lower category temperature Number (integer) Operating cycles at Vmax, charging of capacitor Switching cycles at Vmax, failure mode Power Maximum power at 25 °C Electrical power Dissipation power Minimum resistance Rated resistance Tolerance of RR Parallel resistance PTC resistance Reference resistance Series resistance Resistance at 25 °C Resistance matching per reel/ packing unit at 25 °C Tolerance of R25 Temperature Time Ambient temperature Thermal threshold time Ferroelectric Curie temperature Please read Cautions and warnings and Important notes at the end of this document. 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Staff Picks: Our Favorite Local Neighborhood Restaurants in NYC
Team Serious Eats goes far and wide when we eat out for work, but when we're "off duty," you're more likely to find us closer to home at bars. Where do we eat when it's just for fun? Here are our favorite tried-and-true local restaurants.
Max Falkowitz, Astoria
Greek food is everywhere in Astoria, and everyone has their favorite place to go. Telly's Taverna is mine. Skip the grilled fish and stick to the salads, gigante beans, and simple vegetable dishes for best results. My favorite part? They give you free loukmades, honey-topped doughnuts, every night but Saturday. Other favorites, depending on the mood: E Taverna and Gregory's 26th.
For more upscale meals I hit MP Taverna, where Michael Psilakis does a gorgeous lamb shank and a surprisingly delicious bulgar salad. More often than not, delivery these days comes from Palestinian shawarma shop Duzan. The chicken shawarma's the thing, but all the salads and dips—particularly the foul—are well worth an order.
Niki Achitoff-Gray, Bushwick
If not for the consistently long waits, I'd probably spend all my time eating at Roberta's and Momo Sushi Shack. But I'm especially vulnerable to hanger, so I'd have to say that Tandem is where I wind up most often. It has solid, affordable brunch and dinner menus, a laid-back atmosphere, good music, a friendly staff, and, best of all, it's around the corner from my apartment.
If I'm totally honest, while the food is quite good, it's actually the excellent Bloody Mary selection that ensures my fidelity. Especially the Garden Bloody Mary: horseradish-packed heat, the vegetal sweetness of beet-infused vodka, and a smoky rim of paprika, all set off by a garnish of bright pickled vegetables.
Jim Lehnhoff, Carroll Gardens
Court Street Grocers will always have a very special place in my heart because they were the first conveniently located place in New York that served Taylor Ham. Since I'm from New Jersey, that goes a very long way. They also make my favorite Italian combo.
Leang Chaing, Clinton Hill
Urban Vintage is a fantastic cafe where I love to get work done. They have great pastries from Balthazar which are incorporated into pressed croissants and grilled cheeses. They also have Nutella lattes if your brain requires more calories, you know, for concentrating. Conveniently right across the street is Marietta, which has a great value burger—it starts at $7 but I recommend doubling up the patties for more heft and adding accouterments like pork cheek terrine. Marietta was created by the same owners as Peaches Hothouse, so their fried chicken with togarashi mayo is also great if you're in the neighborhood and too lazy to make the trek down to Bed-Stuy.
Ben Fishner, East Village
Lately, my go-to is Local 92. The food is top-notch, and the menu's big enough that I can't see myself getting bored with the options. And when we're ordering in, we call Westville East an embarrassing amount. They might not have the most exciting menu in town, but just about everything is good there, and it's one of the few places where you can get a satisfying delivery meal that's heavy on the vegetables. On the other hand, they also have a great, underrated burger.
Robyn Lee, Greenwood Heights
For cheap, fast take-out, my favorite spot is Taksim Square 2. I haven't tried a lot from there, mostly their $5.95 platters of kofte kebab and chicken doner, which come with rice, salad, and a small round of homemade Turkish bread topped with sesame seeds. For not take-out, I'm all about El Tenampa for tacos and cemitas filled with lengua, cabeza, suadero, or buche.
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, Harlem
In the few months it's been open, Barawine has quickly become my go-to for a casual but delicious meal with a glass of wine at a reasonable price. It has elegance and charm without feeling like it's trying too hard, as some of the newer Harlem restaurants do, and actually has food quality to match. I love sitting at the communal table by myself and just watching the different groups of people come in. (No matter who they are, it's almost guaranteed they'll order the mac and cheese, and rightfully so. The stuff is awesome.)
For brunch or a good sandwich at lunch, it's Maison Harlem over on St. Nicholas. The French-owned bar and restaurant has the best french fries you'll find in the neighborhood.
And okay, perhaps I'm a bit biased here seeing as I had a big hand in the menu and kitchen design and hand-selected the bottles they stock in their vintage soda collection (you know any other restaurant in the city that serves Cheerwine, Big Red, and Vernor's Ginger Ale?), but the burgers at Harlem Shake have a crisp brown crust that can be smelled from blocks away. And good news: the veggie burgers and salads are more than just an afterthought.
Paul Cline, Park Slope
Most of my go-to neighborhood spots veer into bar territory. I often find myself at Dram Shop for the burger and Pork Slope for the wings. They both have kitchens that stay open late, decent food, decent beer, and they're close enough to "on the way home" that I can convince myself that they're actually on my way home.
Ed Levine, Upper West Side
At RedFarm, Telepan, and Ouest, I know there's a good chef in all those kitchens who hires crews that can execute the food. All those guys have been cooking a long time, some only in one restaurant at a time, and they're very consistent. You can have a meal that's as light or heavy as you want, and I also like that at Ouest and Telepan I can have a conversation with my tablemates without screaming.
Leandra Palermo, West Village
I find myself at Spunto more than anywhere else.You can always sit down, it's reasonably priced, and the thin crust pizza and salads are delicious and easy. Doma Na Rohu on the corner of 7th and Morton is the perfect New York cafe. We lack good easygoing low-key bars in the West Village, so if i want an inexpensive glass of wine and awesome beer, with jazz and good lighting, I go to Doma. Little Branch is still the best cocktail bar I know, and if i want to drop bills on a cocktail, it's my first choice.
Westville on Hudson and Spring also fits the bill of low-key, reasonably priced and approachable—a great place to take out of town friends who are experiencing sticker- and scene-shock of New York. For a sweet treat, it's Victory Garden for goat's milk soft serve or Rocco's for cookies (to-go, as the lighting in there hurts my soul).
I still hit up Bleecker Street Pizza constantly, and La Lanterna di Vittorio is my hidden gem. The front is a cafe while downstairs is a legit sit-down restaurant, but the key is to go to the enclosed garden area in the back and order well-priced wine and shockingly good personal pizzas. (Wow, I guess I eat a lot of pizza.) For a really solid brunch I go to Cornelia Street Cafe, which stands out in an area notorious for $12 yogurt and granola parfaits.
Jamie Feldmar and Tracie Lee, Williamsburg
I am almost physically incapable of walking past Saltie, Caroline Fidanza's postage stamp-sized sandwich stop/bakery, without stopping in for something—the creamy soft-scrambled egg and ricotta Ship's biscuit sandwich, served on a square of salt-studded homemade focaccia; the artful pile of hummus, pickled vegetables, and flatbread they call the Clean Slate when I'm feeling virtuous; or a lavender shortbread or chocolate pistachio nudge cookie when I'm not. Their daily rotating specials, like cock-a-leekie soup or sauteed seasonal vegetables crowned with a fried egg, are worth a look if you can manage to tear yourself away from the regular menu. — Jamie Feldmar
I don't eat out in my neighborhood (Bed-Stuy) much—there's only so much Chinese take out one can eat. When I do happen to be out in Williamsburg, my go-tos are Samurai Mama and Bozu. The quality is always high and the dishes are consistent, the staff is friendly and helpful, and I can count on a good selection of vegetarian dishes for any dining companions. The specials are also something to look out for! — Tracie Lee


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Date: 12/11/2012
The Commission is issuing new guidelines on inland navigation and nature protection to assist this important sector in applying EU environmental legislation. The guidelines – "Inland waterway transport and Natura 2000 – sustainable inland waterway development and management in the context of the EU Birds and Habitats Directives" – explain how best to ensure that activities related to inland navigation are compatible with EU environmental policy in general and nature legislation in particular. The document also emphasizes the significance of the inland navigation for securing long-term sustainability of EU transport network and highlights the achievements of this sector in integrating nature protection into its activities to date.
"Inland waterway transport plays an important role in the transportation of goods across many parts of Europe," said Vice-President and Commissioner for Transport Siim Kallas. "This transport sector is considered to be safe, energy efficient and more environmentally friendly than other transport modes. But as it is one of many users of our rivers, it needs to be developed in an ecologically sustainable way." Janez Potočnik, Commissioner for Environment, hoped that the document will be "a useful tool to increase understanding between investors, planners, decision-makers and nature conservation promoters, enabling them to design sustainable navigation projects that meet the objectives of inland waterway transport while still respecting the ecological values of rivers."
The guidelines take a holistic approach to inland waterway transport and nature protection. They explain the policy context of inland navigation and biodiversity conservation in Europe. They stress that Natura 2000 sites are not designed to be 'no development zones' and that new developments are not excluded, provided that they guarantee a sufficient level of nature protection. The document also explains the legal obligations of infrastructure developers and managers from the point of EU environmental legislation, with a particular focus on the Birds and Habitats Directives. A number of case studies are presented, with examples of good practice showing how inland waterway development and management can go hand-in-hand with nature protection. The guidelines particularly emphasize the benefits of integrated planning, whereby environmental requirements are taken into consideration at every stage of infrastructure development process and the participation of different stakeholders, including NGOs and civil society, is ensured in an active and transparent manner, securing win-win solutions for both sectors.
This document is the fourth guidance document on application of EU nature legislation in the context of strategic EU sectors. Previously published guidelines concerned wind energy, non-energy mineral extraction industry and developments in ports and estuaries.
Natura 2000 is a vast Europe-wide network where human activities coexist with nature protection. It now covers almost 18% of the EU's land surface and more than 145 000 km² of its seas. Activities such as farming, transport, infrastructure development, tourism, forestry and leisure pursuits can be carried out inside the network as long as they are sustainable and in compliance with the legislation on protecting the natural environment.
Biodiversity – the limited resource that is the variety of life on earth – is in crisis. Species are being lost at an unprecedented rate as a result of human activities, with irreversible consequences for our future. The European Union is combating this and recently set itself a new objective of halting biodiversity loss in Europe by 2020, protecting ecosystem services such as pollination (and restoring these services where they are degraded), and stepping up the EU contribution to averting global biodiversity loss. Natura 2000 is one of the main tools needed to reach that objective.
In an average year, around 140 billion ton-kilometres of transport work is performed on inland waterways, transporting around 500 million tons of cargo. The inland waterway network in the EU includes about 37.000 km inland waterways in 20 Member States; 12 Member States are directly interconnected through inland waterways. Although this represents only a modest percentage of the overall EU transport network and activity, it remains a formidable volume of freight transported over a network with a huge spare capacity capable to alleviate the busiest parts of the EU road and rail network.
The "Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area - Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system" sets the overall EU target to reduce transport related greenhouse gas emissions by 60% until 2050, while at the same time accommodating the expected increasing demand for mobility. It moreover recognises that this target can only be achieved if all modes of transport contribute to the best of their abilities to the sustainable, integrated transport system of the future.
Realising the potential of inland waterway transport is a vital part of the EU's transport policy mix.


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For the first time in Alaska, and the United States, a company is flying drones over land for commercial purposes. BP is using Unmanned Aerial Systems to inspect roads, gravel pads, and pipelines on the North Slope. It's the first time the Federal Aviation Administration has approved drones for this type of use.
Curt Smith, Technology Director for BP, said the four-and-a-half foot long aircraft use cameras and laser systems to map areas and collect data they can't get from conventional methods.
"So we can't drive over there [to the pipelines] because it's tundra, whereas the Puma can fly over it without any damage or without harassing animals because it's silent and invisible. Because unless you're staring at it, you wouldn't notice it's there."
Smith said the planes can fly low enough and slow enough to capture high quality data about the thickness of the roads and gravel pads to make sure they are protecting the tundra.
Pilots from AeroVironment control the 9-foot wide Puma AE aircraft. They launch them by hand and have to stay in visual range for safety reasons.
Smith said the project is good for BP because they're getting better quality data than they would otherwise and saving money, but they're also breaking new ground for many companies.
"I think the big thing is it's the trailblazer," Smith said. "The FAA, AeroVironment, and BP have worked out do how you get the permission. And being first is always difficult because you hit the stumbling blocks, and you say, 'What am I going to do with that?' And then you figure it out and you go on. But once that's figured out, you should be able to leverage that for the next time, right?"
A spokesperson from the FAA says filmmakers are already applying to use the unmanned craft in controlled, low-risk situations like movie sets.
The FAA is required by Congress to allow the use of drones in the Arctic for commercial purposes.


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Place IDs uniquely identify a place in the Google Places database and on Google Maps.
Find the ID of a particular place
Are you looking for the place ID of a specific place? Use the place ID finder below to search for a place and get its ID:
Alternatively, you can view the place ID finder with its code in the Maps JavaScript API documentation.
A place ID is a textual identifier that uniquely identifies a place. The length of the identifier may vary. Examples:
Place IDs are available for most locations, including businesses, landmarks, parks, and intersections. It is possible for the same place or location to have multiple different place IDs. Place IDs may change over time.
You can use the same place ID across the Places API and a number of Google Maps Platform APIs. For example, you can use the same place ID to reference a place in the Places API, the Maps JavaScript API, the Maps Geocoding API, the Maps Embed API and the Roads API.
Retrieve place details using the place ID
Place IDs are exempt from the caching restrictions stated in Section 3.2.3(b) of the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service. Once you've identified the place ID for a place, you may reuse that value the next time you look up that place. For more information, see Save place IDs for later use below.
A common way of using place IDs is to search for a place (using the Places API or the Places library in the Maps JavaScript API, for example) then use the returned place ID to retrieve place details. You can store the place ID and use it to retrieve the same place details later. Read about saving place IDs below.
Example using the Places API
Using the Places API, you can find a place ID by doing a Place Search request.
The following example is a search request for places of type 'restaurant' within a 1500m radius of a point in Sydney, Australia, containing the word 'cruise':
The response includes a place ID in the
place_id field, as
shown in this snippet:
{ "html_attributions" : [], "results" : [ { "geometry" : { "location" : { "lat" : -33.870775, "lng" : 151.199025 } }, ... "place_id" : "ChIJrTLr-GyuEmsRBfy61i59si0", ... } ], "status" : "OK" }
For a description of all the fields in the response, see the Place Search documentation.
Now you can send a
Place Details request, putting the
place ID in the
placeid parameter:
Save place IDs for later use
Place IDs are exempt from the caching restrictions stated in Section 3.2.3(a) of the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service. You can therefore store place ID values for later use.
You may occasionally receive a
NOT_FOUND status code when you
use a saved place ID. Best practice is to refresh your
stored place IDs periodically. You can refresh Place IDs free of charge,
by making a Place
Details request, specifying only the ID field in the
fields parameter.
This will trigger the Places Details - ID Refresh
SKU. However, this request might also return
NOT_FOUND status
code. One strategy is to store the original request that returned each place
ID. If a place ID becomes invalid, you can re-issue that request to get fresh
results. These results may or may not include the original place. The request
is chargeable.
A place ID may become obsolete if a business closes or moves to a new location.
Place IDs may change due to large-scale updates on the Google Maps database.
In such cases, a place may receive a new place ID, and the old ID returns a
NOT_FOUND response.
In particular, some types of place IDs may sometimes cause a
NOT_FOUND response, or the API may return a different place ID in
the response. These place ID types include:
- Street addresses that do not exist in Google Maps as precise addresses, but are inferred from a range of addresses.
- Segments of a long route, where the request also specifies a city or locality.
- Intersections.
- Places with an address component of type
These IDs often take the form of a long string. Example:


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Le'Veon Bell's 2012 season really began last January, when fellow running back Edwin Baker announced he was skipping his senior year to enter the NFL draft.
Suddenly, Bell's carry-splitting arrangement in Michigan State's backfield was a thing of the past. There was no doubt about whom the Spartans would build their running game around. But even after months of preparation, the increased workload was a bit of a shock.
``It surprised me, as many carries as I got,'' Bell said. ``I'll do whatever it takes for us to win games.''
Michigan State hasn't won as many as in seasons past, but Bell has certainly done his part. The 6-foot-2 junior enters Saturday's Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl against Texas Christian with 1,648 yards on 350 carries - and his 266-yard effort in the regular-season finale against Minnesota is the biggest reason the Spartans are in the postseason at all.
Bell was already a big-play threat before the season. He averaged over 5 yards a carry in his first two years, running for 948 on 182 attempts as a sophomore. He and Baker seemed interchangeable at times, and sharing responsibility may have helped keep Bell fresh.
There has been little time for a breather in 2012. In the season opener - a win over Boise State - Bell ran for 210 yards on 44 carries. He also caught six passes.
Before that game, Bell's career high was 20 attempts.
Bell put on some weight before the season and is now listed at 237 pounds, although he said he was actually around 242 at one point and has slimmed down while preparing for the bowl.
Michigan State (6-6) fell out of the Big Ten title race amid a slew of close calls in conference play. The Spartans' first seven league games were decided by no more than four points, and they won only two of them. Bell ran for 188 yards in a loss to Nebraska and 140 in a defeat against Iowa despite defenses geared to slow him down.
``It seems like every team we play had a specific game plan to stop Le'Veon,'' quarterback Andrew Maxwell said.
That didn't matter against Minnesota. With Michigan State needing a win to become bowl eligible, Bell ran for 266 yards on 35 carries on a cold afternoon in a 26-10 victory. He became the seventh rusher in school history to pass the 3,000-yard mark for his career.
Bell is third in the nation in rushing at 137 yards per game. He's second in total carries, 25 behind Stefphon Jefferson of Nevada, who already played his bowl.
Throw in Bell's abilities as a pass catcher and size that makes him a fine blocker, and his football future appears bright. It's certainly possible he could follow Baker's path and declare for the NFL after his junior season.
``Right now Le'Veon is the third-leading rusher in the country. He'll have a name for himself, he'll be projected. So there's a lot of advantages to doing something like that, but there's got to be value in that,'' coach Mark Dantonio said. ``I want to be fair to him and not be selfish with our program. But there's pluses and minuses on both sides, and at some point in time you have to make decisions.''
First, Bell and the Spartans will try to finish on a high note against TCU. And here's a scary thought for the Horned Frogs: Bell says the rest after the Minnesota game really helped his legs.
No surprise there. He's ready to handle the ball early and often.
``I just want to show everybody I'm a capable back,'' Bell said. ``I just want to show the nation what I can do.''


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MINNEAPOLIS — The mothers of two Americans held in Iran for nearly two years said they are starting a hunger strike Thursday in solidarity with their sons, whom they believe are fasting while awaiting trial on espionage charges.
The announcement from the mothers comes after Iranian authorities last week delayed the trial of Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, both 28, without explanation.Story: Iran again delays spy trial for Americans
Bauer's mother, Cindy Hickey of Pine City, Minn., told The Associated Press that she and Fattal's mother, Laura Fattal, believe their sons are fasting. So the mothers plan to do the same and will drink only water to show support for their sons.
"We're going to do this as long as we can," Hickey said Wednesday.
She said others, including Bauer's fiancée, Sarah Shourd, 32, will join the "rolling" hunger strike on Saturday.
"When we can't do it anymore, we'll hand it off," Hickey said.
'We're desperate'
Shourd, Bauer and Fattal were arrested along the Iraq-Iran border in July 2009. Shourd was allowed to return to the U.S. last year on bail. Iranian officials ordered her back to Tehran for the trial, but she declined to return.
"It is a dangerous thing," Hickey, 50, said of the mothers' plans to fast. "It's 21 months (that Bauer and Fattal have been gone), we don't have them home. We need people to stand with us. We're desperate. ... It affects our lives in a huge way, all of us, and we need for it to end."
Thursday marks the one-year anniversary of Hickey and Laura Fattal's visit to Tehran, the only time they have seen their sons since their arrest on July 31, 2009.
It was one year ago Saturday that the mothers, including Shourd's mother, Nora Shourd, who also was on the trip, left Iran without their children. Sarah Shourd, who got engaged to her boyfriend Bauer after their arrest, was released in September.
The three say they were hiking in Iraq's northern Kurdish region and that any crossing into Iran was inadvertent. They deny the espionage charges.
"Whoever is to blame for preventing our sons' release is bringing shame on Iran. Shane and Josh have been denied justice and compassion for too long," Laura Fattal said in a news release announcing the hunger strike.
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After development of diffusion tensor tractography (DTT), which is derived from diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), three-dimensional reconstruction and estimation for three motor tracts, such as the corticospinal tract, the rubrospinal tract, and the corticoreticular pathway became possible. The corticospinal tract is known to be a major neural tract for motor function in the human brain. Several studies have reported on injury of the corticospinal tract by transtentorial herniation. In addition, some studies have demonstrated recovery of a corticospinal tract injured by transtentorial herniation. However, very little is known about injury and recovery of the corticospinal tract related to subfalcine herniation. Researchers at College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Republic of Korea, led by Prof. Sung Ho Jang report on a 53-year-old, male patient with subdural hematoma in the right fronto-parietal-temporal lobe and subfalcine herniation patient who showed recovery of the corticospinal tract, which was injured by the effect of a subfalcine herniation, using DTT. The patient underwent decompressive craniectomy and removal of a hematoma at admission. At 6 weeks after onset, he was transferred to the rehabilitation department for rehabilitation. His weakness was recovered to a nearly normal state at 7 months after onset. DTT results showed that both corticospinal tracts were narrowed from the cerebral cortex to the subcorical white matter at 6 weeks after onset; however, thickenings of narrowed portions of both corticospinal tracts on 7-month DTT appear to indicate recovery of the injured corticospinal tracts. The recovery of the injured corticospinal tracts induced by subfalcine herniation may be a result of neurological remodeling under rehabilitation intervention. This article is released on the Neural Regeneration Research (Vol. 9, No. 12, 2014).
Article: "Recovery of the corticospinal tracts injured by subfalcine herniation: a diffusion tensor tractography study" by Jeong Pyo Seo, Sung Ho Jang (Department of Radiology, Second Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Namku, Daegu, Republic of Korea)
Seo JP, Jang SH. Recovery of the corticospinal tracts injured by subfalcine herniation: a diffusion tensor tractography study. Neural Regen Res. 2014;9(12):1231-1233.
Contact: Meng Zhao
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Meet Mishap
by, December 16th, 2013 at 10:04 AM (3462 Views)
I haven't had a bad meet in a long time, but I did this weekend at NE Champs. I felt awful in the water, fell apart the last half length in my races and committed technical miscues. I only swam three 50s and scratched the rest of my events and left early.
50 fly, 29.9
My hands were separated on the dive. Hard to have a good 50 after starting with major drag on the streamline. Then I could barely get my arms out of the water the last 3-4 strokes. This is about the same time I went at the Sprint Classic on only a few days rest.
50 breast, 37.0
My only decent event. This is my second best time. But had to short stroke both walls.
50 free, 28.4
Really, this was just awful. I dove in with my hands separated again. No idea why, I practice starts at Pitt frequently and this doesn't happen. I had nothing the last half length, no legs and breathed way too much. This is definitely worse than the 25.1 I swam at the Sprint Classic on little rest and way worse than my last tapered time of 24.6.
So what happened? The possibilities:
1. I was over tapered for my training. I may have rested too long. And I remember needing a recovery week before I started taper, so may have eased up too soon.
2. My training was pretty sub par in general this fall and I need to do more conditioning work.
3. I need to go back to lifting. A key benefit from lifting is that your muscles don't fatigue as quickly. My fly has felt pretty poor this fall after 7 months of no drylands. Our poor puppy is going to have to fend for herself for awhile while I go back to my prior training life. I am declaring this enforced experiment with no drylands a failure. It's been too long without drylands, I'm getting weak, and I'm lost muscle mass.
4. I am human. This fall sucked for me on every level and I succumbed.
5. I just had a random bad meet. Sh*t happens.
6. I'm getting old.
I'm going to look back over my blog to see what I've been doing in prior seasons. Though I guess it's hard to generalize from just one meet. And I'm going to forget about meets for awhile and just train for a couple months. The only good thing I can say about the meet is that my reaction time off the blocks was very fast. And it was great to see some swim friends!


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Nyle posted this multitrack recording featuring sounds from a homemade Zinc oscillator circuit –
An electronic sound composition is made entirely of sounds produced using zinc negetive resistance audio oscillator circuits. No vacuum tubes or transistors were used to generate the sounds.
Several tracks of the zinc oscillator sounds were recorded one at a time. Some of the sounds were enhanced with the addition of reverb.
The morse code parts were sent in real time by manually keying a J-38 straight key. Yes, I can send that fast with a straight key by using a somewhat unusual technique that I developed.
Interesting research – check out further documentation of his experiments here – SparkBangBuzz [via Matrixsynth]


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EDITORIAL: Demand that Congress act on guns
National Rifle Association head Wayne LaPierre doesn't have to deal with the effects of gun violence in America and neither do the U.S. congressmen currently on recess and hoping the whole post-Newtown gun reform issue will blow away. The nation's mayors do have to deal with gun mayhem. So do their employees, the police officers and first responders who often find themselves in the line of fire when they go to a mall or elementary school where people are in the process of being mowed down by a madman with an assault weapon. The mayors should be listened to as they speak out for gun sanity.
The organization Mayors Against Illegal Guns is sponsoring more than 100 events around the country to keep the focus on the need for gun reform. More than 900 mayors are members of the group, membership in which has expanded dramatically since the Newtown massacre last December. As part of today's National Day to Demand Action, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who co-chairs the bipartisan mayors group, is running advertisements and setting up phone banks so "we can make our voices heard" on a gun sickness unique to America.
Mr. LaPierre hasn't made an argument yet about the uselessness of gun laws that cannot be easily refuted by the success of those gun laws in other countries. The Second Amendment does not prohibit gun regulations any more than the First Amendment prohibits laws against libel and slander. With as many as 90 percent of Americans according to polls supporting tougher federal background checks on gun purchases, Mr. LaPierre's opposition reveals who he truly represents: the minority of gun fanatics who will tolerate no rules on guns, and gun manufacturers.
Gun legislation calling for expanded federal background checks and stiffer sentences for gun trafficking will be debated in the U.S. Senate in April. Incredibly, even this benign legislation will be opposed by congressmen, most of them Republicans, who would rather allow criminals and lunatics to continue killing innocents than offend the NRA. A ban on assault weapons was dropped from the U.S. Senate bill, although President Obama continues to demand a vote on such a ban. Americans should insist upon passage of anti-gun violence legislation as well as a vote on an assault weapons ban. Let the representatives and senators so unmoved by the slaughter of 20 children and six adults in Newtown know that they will not ban the weapon that killed them go on the record with their opposition.
Editorial courtesy of the Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, Mass., berkshireeagle.com.


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If you're planning on coming up with a list for yourself, consider the answers to these questions:
What kind of writer do I want to be?
How would I want people to describe me as a writer?
If I could revise my writing life, what would I do?
So, thanks to Jordan, here are my top three WRITING resolutions for 2013!
1) Remember when it was all about the writing? There was no marketing and no publicity and no submissions or queries. It was just me and the pages. I loved seeing them fill up with pretty words. And sure, there is more on my plate now, but that's no excuse to let go of the joy of actually putting the fingers to the keyboard and letting the words flow. So I vow to celebrate the writing, even...
2) ...when it gets hard. The better I get, the worse I get. I find myself criticizing every scowl and nod. I'm sure every piece of dialogue I type out is flat. I hit the middle of the story and get tempted by a new, shiny idea. All these signs point to the same thing. I'm getting better, and therefore I'm getting worse. If writing were easy, everyone would do it. Everyone would have a book. But they don't, and only those that stick to it, day after day, will succeed. Which leads me to...
3) ...the day after day thing. Nothing used to get in the way of my writing. An hour. Maybe two. If I had to miss a night, I got cranky. I saw my schedule slipping. I got even more cranky. That is what I intend to get back to (well, not so much the cranky part, but the writing part). Every day, I vow to make progress in my story, be it first drafting, revisions, or final edits. We've heard it a million times, but perhaps that isn't enough. Write every day.
So in summary (and in haiku)...
I'll write every day,
Even when it gets sucky,
and I'll enjoy it.
(I googled every to check on the syllable count. It is 2.)
(Thanks, Jordan!)
P. J. Hoover is the author of the upcoming dystopia/mythology YA book, SOLSTICE (Tor Teen, June 2013), the upcoming Egyptian mythology MG book, TUT (Tor Children's, Winter 2014), and the middle-grade SFF series, THE FORGOTTEN WORLDS BOOKS (CBAY, 2008-2010). You can read more about her and her books on P. J.'s website or blog.


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Torrington tax collector reports high number of foreclosures
Torrington >> The number of foreclosed properties in Torrington owned by delinquent taxpayers is as high as the city's tax collector has ever seen it -- and several of those properties could be sold in a tax sale this year.
Of the tax-delinquent properties in the city, about 20 properties are in some phase of the foreclosure process. And there are about 30 properties still going through the foreclosure process, making a total of 50 properties possibly up for sale.
R. Thomas Crovo reported these elevated numbers to the city council at its regular meeting Tuesday night.
The rate of foreclosure and tax delinquency has been at an elevated rate for several years. Crovo said four to five years ago there were at most between 10 and 12 properties in tax sale. When compared to that number, Torrington is worse off today, Crovo said.
Crovo said that the number of foreclosed properties is higher than he has ever seen it. He has been the city's private tax collector since 1998.
"I think that's a direct result of the current economy," said Crovo.
Mayor Ryan Bingham agreed.
"It is a clear indicator of a poor economy and the fact that people are having greater difficulty making ends meet," said Bingham. "We've put a multitude of programs that benefit seniors, veterans, businesses, and the disabled to take some of the burden off our most fragile tax payers, but it's clear that the national and state Economy is having an impact on local municipalities."
Compared to last year, Torrington is actually doing better.
In 2012, Crovo said that he sent out about 200 notices to people who were delinquent on their taxes. Of those notices, about 75 properties actually moved through the system and were sold in three different tax sales during the year. Of those 75, only five or six actually changed hands.
According to Crovo, there are approximately $8.3 million in back taxes for Torrington. R. Thomas Crovo, LLC is the city's private tax collector. Torrington is the only city in Connecticut to have this arrangement and Mayor Ryan Bingham said the tax collector guarantees the city 100 percent of taxes collected. He is able to collect interest from property owners who don't pay on time.
Bingham stressed that the money that is owed in back taxes is owed to R. Thomas Crovo, LLC.
Crovo's normal operation to deal with tax delinquency is to issue a first notice to make the responsible party aware that there is a problem with their taxes. Three weeks later, a second notice is issued. Following another three week period, a final notice is issued. If the homeowner does nothing in response to these notices, the home moves into a tax sale or a foreclosure.
"In most cases the property doesn't end up changing hands," said Crovo. "Something ends up happening. People borrow the money because their backs are up against a wall."
If there is a mortgage on the property, the bank can end up paying the taxes because if they fail to do so, they give up their interest in the property as well.
Should the property move through the judicial system and there is a bid, the property will change hands, but if there are no bids, the tax collector could end up taking possession of the building.
While Crovo still sees the situation as a grim one, local realtors, like Kelly Sullivan, president of the Litchfield County Board of Realtors, said they believe things are getting better.
"Personally speaking, I have been beat out on a few properties, so although it may seem tough with foreclosures, I think its bottoming out now if it hasn't already begun to," said Sullivan. "These properties are priced right and they're moving quickly. I'm encouraged."
Vance Taylor, a Torrington realtor who specializes in commercial real estate, acknowledged the large number of foreclosed properties but didn't think that was unusual for the current economic climate.
"I don't see it as atypical of urban environments," said Taylor.
Taylor said that foreclosures are more likely in urban areas. As companies are moving out of cities, jobs are leaving the market and unemployment is rising. He said that he doesn't think what is happening in Torrington is out of the ordinary when compared to other cities in the area.
Taylor agreed with Sullivan's claim that the situation is turning around and said he is optimistic about 2013.
"There are bright spots on the horizon," said Taylor. "From my vantage point, as the economy starts to rebound, we will see the rate of foreclosure start to decline."
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Mee Noodle Shop is Back, But Has New York Moved On?
The original East Village branch of Mee Noodle Shop closed its doors back in 2006 after a fire gutted the building. In its wake came a shiny new condo complete with a Starbucks. Mee Noodle was beloved in the neighborhood for offering a cheap and relatively tasty pan-Chinese menu that, when they opened and for much of its 15-year run, was superior to any other Chinese restaurant that lay between the Village and Chinatown. These days the menu, which is essentially the same as it was apart from some price creep, seems dated, and the amalgam of Cantonese and Sichuan dishes with Chinese-American staples is harder to swallow. There's even the oh-so-'90s "healthy" option for spinach noodles if you ask!
In the meantime, New York's Chinese food has evolved. Diners now know that "Chinese food" isn't a single category; they look for Sichuan or Cantonese food in restaurants specializing in those cuisines. And a rush of new options for quality Chinese—Han Dynasty, Hot Kitchen, Xi'an Famous Foods, and even Grand Sichuan—make Mee far less relevant, except for the gentle price.
In the closing monologue of Goodfellas, Ray Liota playing mobster Henry Hill grouses about his life in witness protection: "I ordered some spaghetti with marinara sauce and I got egg noodles and ketchup." The Cold Noodle with Sesame ($4.50) will make you feel the same way if you have had the dish at any number of restaurants about town. Mee Noodle Shop's version tastes like spaghetti with peanut butter, with a handful of sesame seeds thrown on top for good measure, a pretty uninspired rendition. Beyond the price, there's little to recommend.
The Shrimp Toast ($5.30), on the other hand, is pretty much what you expect and want in the dish: fried to a deep bronze yet relatively light and crispy, avoiding all sogginess. The shrimp paste within has a mild, unobtrusive flavor.
Disappointingly, the heaping bowl of Mixed Dumpling Soup ($7.50) over your choice of noodles (I went with chow fun) had next to no flavor, with watery broth and leaden dumplings that cried out for seasoning.
The Orange Beef ($12.50) is one of the pricier menu items and is perhaps on the small side considering the other offerings. Like the shrimp toast, it's a decent rendition of the dish. At least there is some seasoning, by virtue of the gloppy, sticky sauce and the beef is fried to a perfect crisp with just enough chew to let you know you're eating meat.
I'd be remiss not to mention that the service is superb. Waiters couldn't be friendlier or more accommodating and the room, spacious and shiny-new (although perhaps a bit bright!), makes a good place for large parties. The knives, forks and salt shakers sitting along soy sauce on the table certainly make the place tourist and out-of-town-NYU-parent-friendly. This, coupled with low prices, should keep Mee Noodle busy.
It's not that the food is bad, but for a few dollars more you can do better in the neighborhood. That said, I'm glad that Mee has reclaimed its space on the block, rather than a 7-11 or dollar slice joint.
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