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On Saturday, September 24th, the boys of Cub Scout Pack 2 will be in the Doss Teachers' Parking lot from 8a until 12p for final collections before delivering the food and goods to those in need. Firefighers with a Fire Engine from the City of Austin Fire Department will join us at Doss from 9-11am, work permitting.
Please demonstrate the generosity and caring of our neighborhood by joining Cub Scout Pack 2 in collecting the following needed items for those impacted by the wildfires of the past several weeks:
- Canned food items
- Dishwashing soap
- Diapers and wipes (all sizes)
- Hand sanitizer
- Eye drops
- Bandages
- Neosporin/triple anti-biotic cream
- gift cards or cash which will be converted to HEB gift cards
Boys from Pack 2 have been and will be in uniform at Doss each day September 19th through the 23rd to collect your donations. So far several truckloads of items have been collected.


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"The Money Pig" is number 118 in the Hans Christian Andersen Center's register of Andersen's literary works, i.e. no. 118 in the category fairy tale (the range 1 - 300). BFN 668.
"The Money Pig" was first published December 1854, cf. the bibliographic description (in Danish) in : Digterens danske Værker 1822-1875, number in bibliography: 668:
(Bibliografisk kilde: HCAH)
Show this work in its context: all new Andersen publications from 1854.
The work was published later (30 April 1855) as a part of Historier. 1855 [Danish title]. (Number 320. BFN 736. Category/genre: Fairy tale collection).
The work was published later (30 March 1863) as a part of Eventyr og Historier. Andet Bind. 1863 [Danish title]. (Number 328. BFN 847. Category/genre: Fairy tale collection).


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I'm not sure you would want to use a high alpha hop like magnum as FWH. I've only done it once, but I believe it is best to use lower AAU's. Move them to your bittering addition to get the IBU's where you want them.Otherwise, I think the rest looks good.
That's what I'd do. I'd add the Centennial as FWH (I've done this a few times and it's been good) and then skip the 20.Anyone else wondering how sweet this beer will be with all Vienna and 10% Crystal? I have no experience to question this, just a feeling. I've done all Munich before and it's been good but would all Vienna be sweeter? If that's what you're after, go for it.
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|May 22, 2013, 02:03 PM
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It worked for me
As old age advanced, it began to take longer to assume kneeling and sitting positions to shoot from. About 15 years ago, arthritis made kneeling impossible.
Since prone is usually impractical in the field, and sitting was taking longer to into, I decided that perhaps it was time to expend serious effort in standing offhand.
I purchased a full case (5,000) Remington standard velocity .22 LR rounds and confined my shooting to off hand only. My .22 is an Anschutz 1416 with a 10X Leupold target scope.
I tried to fire a minimum of 100 well aimed shots per week. On warm weather camp outs, I often fired 250 per day for a week. First at 50 yards then 75, then 100.
I wish that iI could say that it was easy, but it wasn't. When the case of ammo ran out, I purchased another. after a year, I could see a great imptovement.
I then began to limit all rifle pracrice, to offhand, regardless of caliber. The AR-15 equiupped with a Trijicon ACOG is truly a joy to shoot offhand.
I niow feel comfortable shooting at game out to 200 yards offhand. If I have time to overcome the arthritis and assume a sitting position, it's almost as good as having a solid rest! Skill in offhand translates to skill in every position.
I know everyone has heard "practice-practice-practice" until you're sick of hearing it.
But my friends, it worked for me.
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|May 22, 2013, 05:00 PM
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I've given off-handed shooting and one-handed shooting with an AR a go a few times, but I really should apply some more practice to it. Useful techniques if you sustain an injury.
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|May 23, 2013, 02:15 AM
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Well done!
I'm a firm believer that rounds downrange is what matters, and a few dozen rounds per week over the course of a year will do you a lot more good than a thousand rounds twice a year.
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|May 23, 2013, 09:32 AM
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Two things one mustn't neglect in off hand shooting is the value of a good coach to refine your position and don't underestimate the value of dry firing.
Having attended the NG MTU Coaches Clinic and coaching the AK NG rifle team for many years I thought I had the technique down.
Then I attended the CMP GSM Master Instructor's Course taught by Gary Anderson (Olympic Gold Medalist and still holds the Off Hand Record he set a long time ago) where I really learned proper technique of off hand.
Apply that technique with tons of dry firing and live fire.
Captain Edward C. Crossman has a great section in his book, "Military and Sporting Rifle Shooting" on Off Hand shooting.
Crossman has quite a background in International, High Power Rifle shooting, and coaching US International teams. His book was originally published in 1932 and when I compare it to the instruction by Gary Anderson, I realize they teach the same techniques when it comes to Off Hand.
Both stress the value of dry firing.
But like the OP stresses, it takes practice and lots of hard work.
Also you can't learn offhand (or any other venue of shooting) today and expect to do it tomorrow, you have to keep up you're work or what you gained will be lost.
Rifle matches are won and lost in the off hand position.
To the OP: Good post and congrats on your progress.
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|May 23, 2013, 12:20 PM
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I've been trying off hand. Everything just feels bizarre.
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I find that I can shoot better with my off hand. Probably has alot to do with me placing my ego aside and concentrating on the basics.
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Captain Stuart,
Your points are very well taken. Crossman's book is excellent. I have yet to read Anderson's book. but I look forward to it.
There was one thing that I failed to mention in the first post. Once you've learned the basics of offhand, it's also a lot of fun!
But I would caution that when dry firing a rimfire, either use a target rifle designed for dry fire or use snap caps.
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Ben D. - I also tend to shoot offhand quite a bit at our range. I love the Zen of shooting a rifle or pistol offhand --- though I have to much scope wobble when it is set around the 10x range --- so I prefer to set my scope power in the 4x range for a steadier sight picture; while shooting offhand.
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Ben, I am happy to hear you joined the club and I bet you are a better shooter for it no matter what type or caliber gun you shoot.
I guess it's easier when you learn that way first.
Old codger status means kneeling is out because of two bad knees and prone is doable but takes 3 hours to get up, back hips and a bum shoulder make than an interesting experience. I try to get everybody to shoot offhand first before I teach position shooting.
My nephew was getting almost sick of shooting but in spite of everything he became adequate. My kids never did get beyond offhand but they could shoot expert by the time they were 12. Now they live in the Chicago area and don't shoot anymore, tis a shame.
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I do believe we have much in common!:
One other little aside. Since starting the truly serious offhand practice, I have found that my ability to "snap shoot" very quickly has improved considerably.
Of course, snap shooting isn't as precise as deliberate shooting, but it has been putting rabbits in the freezer!
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Just a big "Thank You" to all who posted. If no one else needed the encouragement, . . . I did.
It takes me longer now to get down in the prone position than it used to take me to get down, shoot 5 and get up
Offhand and one knee down are about my only options now, . . . that's where my practice is going.
Also, just picked up a new press, . . . came with free bullets, . . . now I have a real good reason to shoot more, . . . (can't keep free bullets just laying around you know ).
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|May 25, 2013, 08:22 AM
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Yes, I agree. I have always practiced off hand a lot. I sight a gun in from the bench, then I practice from then on, mostly off hand, because I believe in practicing like I will probably shoot in the field.
I use a rest when I can, and I envy anyone who can get into a solid sitting position in the field, and I remember seeing pictures of Jack O'Conor in a sitting positon, shooting at long range. But a man has to know his limitations, as Eastwood would say. And I never could get into a solid sitting position in the field, unless on a steep hill side or something, and Prone is usually not practical, due to brush, etc, not to mention sometimes it's wet and muddy.
I have killed deer at 200yds off hand, on several occasions, but I probably can't do as well now days as I was capable of when younger, because I don't practice as much. But as far as I am concerned Off hand shooting is your most important practice position.
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I recall reading in a gun magazine a while back of on guy who fired 366 rounds a year out of his lever action 30-30. One shot every morning from his front door at a rock 150 yards away on the hillside plus the one that he took his deer with on the first day of each annual hunting season.
For most of us, daily dry firing will have to do, maybe with one of those laser practice devices (that cost about half the price of a new gun). But once a week or two suffices for me.
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COLDEN , NY-A simple nature walk can provide us with so much. It brings peace to the soul, quiets the mind, and If done with knowledge and respect it can also supply sustenance for the body. The fields and forests around Western New York are already ripe with plants that can be harvested and made into a nutritious meal.
The first rule of foraging however, is to know what you are gathering. Eating the wrong plant can have serious consequences. Sandy Geffner of Earth Spirit Educational Services cautions." Just as these plants will feed us and heal us, they can also obviously hurt us. We have to be schooled properly, we have to take the time and energy and prepare ourselves for this kind of work."
The neophyte forager may want to begin by working with a guide, someone skilled in identifying plants. Field guides are also helpful, and there's also a wealth of knowledge in books and the internet, and again, proper identification is critical. Once the proper knowledge is attained, Geffner says the earth opens up like a green buffet. " It's a gradual process, but that's the fun of it, that's the point of it, to put in the time and energy so that you have a sense of comfort in what you're doing."
It's amazing what you can eat if you know what to look for... even the most common plants can provide a delicious meal. The Common Dandelion is found almost everywhere. The leaves are delicious on their own or in a salad and the flowers are tasty too. Scott Lembitz of Earth Spirit explains." What we would do with this is we would simply harvest the flower , and it's always important to share our thanks, and dip that flower head in batter, and take that in and fry that up in olive oil till it's golden , and then dip that in your favorite dip ! Doesn't matter what you like. If you're a bleu cheese lover or a hummus muncher, you name it. That'll be a fine accompaniment to this delicious dandelion ! "
Another common WNY plant is the Trout Lily. The speckled green leaves taste like fresh peas, and the caution here is not to over harvest mature plants, says Lembitz." When we find these beautiful yellow blossoms, it's taken this plant a great deal of time to produce the flowers, so being respectful is also an aspect of our harvest, being respectful not to take the older plants."
Plants are not the only edibles in the forest. The Black Willow is a tree whose leaves are edible, and has medicinal qualities as well. " We also harvest the bark in early Spring, and the bark contains the compound salacen, and salacen is a natural aspirin, and is still used to produce the semi syntheticly produced aspirin." Geffner says." It was patented in 1899 by the Bayer Company, and so actually if one has a headache or pain or fever, we can actually chew an appropriate sized branch and extract that salacen, and it's just like eating natural aspirin."
Geffner says that learning how to forage for wild foods goes well beyond just digging up a good healthy meal. The knowledge gained can be a lifelong companion. " Once you integrate this kind of food into your daily diet if you will, you've made a friend for life, and you will remember those plants, and you can continue to experiment with those plants, gently and carefully."
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ATLANTA -- Pitchers with far more experience than the Rockies' Chad Bettis have learned that less-than-pinpoint location is a sure way to defeat against the hot Braves.
Up from Double-A Tulsa in his Major League debut, Bettis was burned immediately and frequently in an 11-2 loss at Turner Field on Thursday night as the Braves completed a four-game sweep.View Full Game Coverage
ATLANTA -- Pitchers with far more experience than the Rockies' Chad Bettis have learned that less-than-pinpoint location is a sure way to defeat against the hot Braves.
Up from Double-A Tulsa in his Major League debut, Bettis was burned immediately and frequently in an 11-2 loss at Turner Field on Thursday night as the Braves completed a four-game sweep.View Full Game Coverage
A jittery Bettis, 24, walked first-inning leadoff man Jason Heyward on six pitches, then watched Justin Upton swat his 1-1 fastball into the right-field seats for a home run -- the first of his two.
Bettis showed velocity on a fastball that reached 96 mph consistently once he settled into the game, but command and control were issues. In five innings, Bettis gave up six hits, including a two-run Heyward homer in the third inning, but walked five against one strikeout.
"First time out, there were definitely some butterflies there," Bettis said. "I was trying to minimize those as much as I could. After three or four batters I started settling in there and felt better.
"I settled down definitely after the first inning. The second through the fifth, other than that mistake pitch to Heyward, I felt I did what I could today. With all the emotions and butterflies and trying to control that, it would have been nice to pull it out there."
Bettis' introduction to the Majors was marginally better than the performances of Jorge De La Rosa, Juan Nicasio and Tyler Chatwood, who came to Atlanta trending positively but didn't even make five innings in any of the starts.
Bettis' performance qualified as a bright spot on a deflating night that ended an awful Rockies series.
"I liked what I saw from Chad," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "He got a curveball up that got hit out early. I thought there was a lot to like there, a lot of power and a lot of poise."
Upton saw Bettis' attributes after his homer.
"You go out and hopefully the adrenaline makes him make a mistake, and then the next two at-bats, once he settled in, he got me," Upton said.
Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, who hasn't had much of a good time against the Braves, had a short but angry night. With runners at second and third and the Rockies trailing, 2-1, Tulowitzki took a called third strike, then was ejected by home-plate umpire Marvin Hudson. The action finished Tulowitzki's season against the Braves 1-for-21 with six strikeouts.
The Rockies are no doubt happy as a whole to be done with the Braves. Since their inaugural season they've been swept in four-game series 16 times, including three times by the Braves, who are first in the National League East and went unbeaten in their seven-game homestand. The Braves outscored the Rockies, 40-13, at Turner Field.
Futility against the Braves is a long-held pattern. Since the start of 2011, the Rockies are 3-16 overall and 1-11 at Turner Field against the Braves.
Starting Friday night, the Rockies will face another hot team -- the NL Central-leading Pirates.
"This was a rough series, no way around it," said Weiss, a player on tough Braves teams 1998-2000 at the end of his career as a shortstop. "Dust ourselves off, go to Pittsburgh and try to play well there.
"Other than the first one, the other three were ugly. We need to make sure we still compete. I don't question these guys in that respect. I don't think that's going to be a problem. We need to do that regardless of how we're playing or where we're at."
A strong first month had folks looking at the Rockies as possible contenders -- a major step forward after a 98-loss 2012 season. But pitching problems early and inconsistent offense lately have reversed the fortunes. Now they're a season-worst eight games below .500.
"When you play a really good team like that, you definitely see every weakness in your own club," veteran first baseman Todd Helton said. "They were glaring over the last four games.
"I feel like other times we've come in and had chances, a fighting chance. It felt a little different this time."
Braves starter Julio Teheran was less than efficient but sufficiently effective. Yes, it took him 103 pitches to navigate five innings, but he gave up one run on five hits and fanned a career-high-tying 11.
Before the ejection, the Rockies appeared close to breaking out against Teheran. They loaded the bases with one out -- a strikeout of Tulowitzki -- in the first, but Todd and Nolan Arenado struck out.
Charlie Blackmon doubled to open the second, but he had a poor read and advanced just one base on DJ LeMahieu's double -- one of his three hits -- to right. Dexter Fowler drew a one-out walk. Corey Dickerson launched a sacrifice fly to deep right that moved the runners before Tulowitzki took his strikeout on a 2-2 pitch, then exited the game.
Upton homered in the bottom of the eighth off right-hander Edgmer Escalona, who coughed up home runs in two of the three games and yielded Andrelton Simmons' 10th-inning, game-winning triple in the first game of the set.
Escalona made the team because of his power arm, and he posted a 1.54 ERA in his first 13 appearances. But after giving up five runs on four hits and a walk in one-third of an innings, Escalona has an 11.09 ERA in 20 appearances since May 17.
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Hardball in the Rockies, and follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb.


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Two intelligent labels were developed to monitor the time and temperature of frozen products and to monitor the oxygen content in modified atmosphere packed fresh chilled food. The food producer, transporter, retailer and consumer can see with a change of colour of the smart label if the food has been stored at too high temperature and consequently if the food is prematurely spoiled.
Bremerhaven, February 2014. Controlling the post production life cycle of food is an important element of food supply chains. Improper handling of product during transport, storage and in households results in quality defects, increases risk of microbial growth, subsequent spoilage and increases wasting of food.
Previous investigations showed that there are still many unexploited application areas for time-temperature monitoring using smart labels. In the IQ-FRESHLABEL project, novel intelligent labels for indication of temperature abuse of frozen foods were developped. These smart labels have to meet demands specific to frozen food: very long shelf-life of 18 to 24 months, important difference between optimal storage of -18°C and risky high temperatures around 0°C and major quality deterioration occuring already at negative temperature slightly above optimal. Smart labels for frozen fish products are validated in Greek cold chain and ready to be implemented on the market. It is possible on a unit base to monitor the quality of the food products in terms of respect of the optimal storage temperature along the cold chain.
Leakages in chilled poultry products packed under modified atmosphere lead to change of the gas atmosphere and thus the shelf life of a product is decreased by 26% for example for a leakage with 0.2mm diameter. A novel, cheap and non-destructive quantitative oxygen detection system, using luminescence technology was created to detect leakages in MAP food (detection range 0-30% O2) and inform about subsequent potential premature spoilage of the food product.
The socio-economical impact of the integration of the smart labels in different food chains was studied in Finland, Germany, Southern France, and Greece. Food manufacturers, retailers and consumers see benefit in implementing intelligent labels. Consumers consider that products with TTI are of higher quality than the ones without and are willing to pay 20 cents more for TTIs (n=2525 consumers interviewed).
Participating food, packaging and consumer associations promoted the influence of smart labels application on waste reduction, food quality and safety in the European supply chains in Greece, Finland, Norway, France, Romania and Poland. Consumers considered that TTIs would assist them to handle food products in adequate manner (n=2525).
IQ-FRESHLABEL is a research project, partly funded by the European Commission in the 7th Framework programme. The project was running for three and a half years (1st August 2010 to 31st January 2014) with 17 partners from 9 different countries.
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The 23rd and 24th of January 2014, the project partners met in Athens to discuss the progress achieved since the last meeting organized in Bonn (June 2013).
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The 2nd Bioeconomy Forum elaborated on the communication issues of the bioeconomy. High-level experts gave keynote speaks on "hot-topics" such as food security, maritime littering and genetic plant breeding to encounter climate change. A panel discussion on bioeconomy topics and their communication included consumer groups and politicians. In workshops, EU research projects from the bioeconomy field showcased success stories of communication and technology transfer.
The event was organized by CommNet, the research communication network on the Bioeconomy.
The Bioeconomy Forum is of free entrance; it is co-organized as side event of the EFIB - The European Forum of Industrial Biotechnoloy, addressing more than 10.000 professionals in the sector. The 2nd Bioeconomy Forum is held in the Brussels – centre top-location, The Square, Place Coudenbergh, next to the Central Station and the Bus Stop "Royale" resp."Bozar".
Keep-it – the durability indicator
Keep-it is affixed to the packaging and you can read the shelf life of the food product from the moment it has been made by the manufacturer until it is placed in the household's refrigerator. A blue-coloured strip gradually spreads across the indicator depending on the length of time and temperature the product has been exposed to. The process is slowed down with lower temperatures and accelerated with higher temperatures.
AIPIA congress "Packaging technology as the new marketing tool"
IQ-Freshlabel participated in the AIPIA Congress 'Packaging Technology as the new Marketing Tool' that was be held at FACHPACK in Nuremberg, Germany (23, 24 and 25 September 2013).
Workshops covered the full range of A&IP activities and topics including:
Ø Supply Chain Efficiency
Ø Retail Solutions
Ø Increasing Sales
Ø Innovative Materials
Ø Food waste
Ø Anti-Counterfeiting
Ø Pharmaceuticals
Ø Nanotechnology
Marie Shrestha (ttz Bremerhaven) and Yoav Levy (Freshpoint) held each a presentation in Food waste session.
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International conference on predictive modeling in food
The French institute for pig and pork products (IFIP) co-organized the "8th International Conference on Predictive Modeling in Food" that took place 16th-20th September 2013 in Paris. IQ-Freshlabel participated in the conference.
The aim was to bring together food processors, innovative researchers and young scientists working to enhance food quality and safety with a special focus on the transfer activities towards food business operators, addressing the global challenges that predictive modelers and risk assessors are facing in the food quality and safety field.
Early registration: March 1st 2013
Late registration: June 15th 2013
For more information please visit the website: www.icpmf8.org
36 months meeting- IQ-Freshlabel: technical discussion
The 11th of June 2013, the project partners met along the 5th International Cold Chain Management Workshop in Bonn to discuss the latest progress achieved since the last meeting organized in Paris (January 2013).
The RTD performers discussed the main achievements and up-coming work in the field of
- Oxygen sensor and Aluminium TTI development for MAP poultry products,
- Critical TTI development for frozen fish products,
Additionally the coordinator reported about further training planned by the SME-AGs with SMEs and consumers and about upcoming dissemination activities.
26th IAPRI Symposium on Packaging 2013
IQ-Freshlabel participated with an oral presentation to the 26th IAPRI Symposium on Packaging 2013 that washosted by VTT Technical research Centre of Finland from June 10-13th 2013. The symposium was arranged under the banner of "Towards safe and sustainable solutions".
For more information please visit:
or http://www.vtt.fi/sites/iapri2013/?lang=en
Cold Chain Management Workshop
The 5th International Workshop "Cold Chain Management" organized by the University of Bonn took place on June 10th-11th, 2013 in Bonn.
IQ-Freshlabel participated in the workshop.
Cold Chain management has become more and more important in national and international supply chain management strategies. The key objectives of cold chain management are to ensure food quality and safety of perishable food-products while the food waste gets minimized and all logistic processes get optimized. The scope of cold chain management ranges over the whole supply chain from production to consumption. Thereby the implementation of innovative technologies and methods to monitor quality and safety parameters from production to consumption is from vital importance. This includes methods and models to asses and to prolong shelf life like predictive food and risk models, new sensor technologies or intelligent packaging solutions.
Since food quality, safety and shelf life are mainly influenced by environmental conditions during transport and storage, a detailed knowledge about the variations of environmental factors, the monitoring and their influence on the spoilage process are also key aspects in cold chain operations.
But, for an effective cold chain management system, a good analysis and a good management of the generated data and information is very important for the decision making processes of companies which is still a great challenge for all stakeholders. Caused by the short shelf life times of the products and the high energy consumption in cold chains, aspects like food waste and resource management have to be included in the common cold chain management strategies from production to consumption.
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Training Workshop in Greece on 17th April 2013
The greek consumer's association EKPIZO and the Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Technology School of Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens are organizing a workshop about Smart labels and consumers benefits on 17th April 2013 in Athens.
2nd IIR International Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain
The IQ-Freshlabel project was represented from April 2 to 4 in Paris at the ICCC2013, 2nd IIR (International Institute of Refrigeration) International Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain. Prof. Taoukis presented the paper MONITORING AND OPTIMIZATION OF THE CHAIN OF CHILLED AND FROZEN FOOD PRODUCTS WITH TTI SMART LABELS (see program Thursday April 4, 1st morning session) as dissemination activity of IQ-Freshlabel work.
Eco-Value by Packaging" Seminar
On the 19th March 2013, Dr Kyösti Pennanen, Senior Scientist in Nutrition and Consumer Behavior at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland presented the IQ-Freshlabel consumer study findings to the audience of the "Eco-Value by Packaging" Seminar organized by PTR.
The presentation "Smart packaging – Cool for sure" was presented in Finnish.
7th annual sustainability in packaging (March 13-15th 2013, Orlando)
IQ-Freshlabel will participate in the conference. Dr. Maria Smolander, Principal Scientist at VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND will hold a presentation titled "Smart Packaging - Printed Functionalities for Product Quality Indication"
Now in its 7th year, Smithers Pira's Sustainability in Packaging Conference, produced in association with Packaging Digest, has cemented its position as a key event for those in the packaging industry, with numerous networking opportunities, a robust exhibition area and presentations from leaders all over the supply chain. This is the forum to share ideas, learn from successes and challenges, get inspired, create partnerships and continue the dialogue with the industry colleagues about the collective sustainability challeng
More info on the PIRA conference:
30 months meeting- IQ-Freshlabel
The 30th of January 2013 thirteen of the seventeen project partners met in in the IFIP facilities in Paris to discuss the latest progress achieved since the second year meeting organized in Gothenburg (June 2012).
The RTD performers presented the main achievements in the field of
- Oxygen sensor and Aluminium TTI development for MAP poultry products,
- Critical TTI development for frozen fish products,
- Socio-economic Impact of the implementation of the smart labels.
- Further training planned by the SME-AGs with consumers
- Upcoming dissemination activities
A very constructive discussion took place along the workshop summarising the socio-economical benefits and the risks of smart labels application to food product from perspective of different actors of the supply chain organized on the 29th January by partner VTT. All the partner attending the meeting were really pleased about the project running (management, training, dissemination and scientific results) as conform to the very positive comments received by the officer and reviewer during the review meeting held in Brussels on 24th October 2012.
IQ_Freshlabel at the Norwegian Seafood Industry conference - 22nd and 23rd January 2013.
Sjømatdagene is the biggest conference performed in Norway oriented to the Norwegian Seafood industry. It gathers about 400 participants for the industry, government and RTD. The conference is focused on politics, economy and academic/practical issues for the seafood industry.
The program conference: http://www.nsl.no/filer/arrangement/Sjomatdagene1_2013_program
To sign up for the conference please visit: http://www.nsl.no/arrangement/product_details.php?category_id=1&item_id=15
(Information available in Norwegian.)
Information about TTI and IQ-Freshlabel in the Quaternaly News of the Anuga FoodTec (international supplier fair for the food and drink industry) -article in German-
University of Bonn published an information article about the State of the art regarding TTIs, their implementation and their acceptance by the consumer in the quaternaly News of the Anuga FoodTec (October 2012).
Article available only in German language.
New Smart Label launched...
A new colour changing label which tells consumers how fresh their food is could hit supermarket shelves in the UK next year.
As described on the website of the supplier (http://www.uwitechnology.com/index.html) the label is indicating the time passed since the first opening of the product. The influence of temperature is not considered. The label might therefore be poorly adapted to indicate safety of temperature-sensitive products.
Second Year Meeting IQ-Freshlabel
From the 7th to the 8th June 2012 thirteen of the eighteen project partners met in the heart of the port of Gothenburg to discuss the latest progress achieved since the first year meeting organized in Athens in September 2011. The RTD performers presented the main achievements in the field of
- Oxygen sensor and Aluminium TTI development for MAP food,
- Critical TTI development for frozen food as well as
- Socio-economic Impact of the implementation of the smart labels.
The participating SME association and SMEs were satisfied with the scientific results achieved in the project so far and see potential in the implementation of smart labels for the future. In order to promote further the implementation of novel smart labels answering the expectations of consumer, retailer and industry, the IQ-Freshlabel partners will intensify:
- On the one hand, the training of technological level towards smart labels of the major food chain stakeholders in the addressed sectors of fresh MAP food as well as of frozen food products
- On the other hand, the dissemination of information to increase general awareness by the SMEs and the society in general in order to increase the chance of successful implementation of smart labels.
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Russell 2000 Study Suggests Major Market Correction Is Near
Technical analysis shows that the index may be a small handful of weeks away from beginning a major corrective phase that will play out over the next three to seven months.
To examine the implications of this seemingly rarefied scenario, I set up a simple study reviewing occurrences in the 2000s in which the Russell 2000 attained 40+ weeks closing above its 50SMA, lowering the bar modestly to sweep in a larger sample. With the caveat kept in mind that as an already outlying scenario the rate of occurrence of these market readings is low, the results are shared below.
The study sought to answer two questions:
1. What were the vertical (performance) and horizontal (time) results for the Russell 2000 after registering 40 weekly closes above the 50SMA historically?
2. What projections – if any – are available based on those results?
Over the past 10 years, RUT clocked 40+ weekly closes above its 50SMA (the "signal") on five occasions: January 2004; May 2007; April 2010, May 2011; and August 2013, which is currently underway. An astute eye will already catch that each of these dates preceded a legitimate market correction (i.e. -10%+ from price peak-to-trough).
Once this threshold is crossed, the following has occurred historically:
- The index crosses below its 50SMA 13 weeks later, on average
- The maximum adverse incursion (MAI) – i.e., the amount the index moved up – after the signal is given: 3.8% average
- The distance from the signal week's close to first close <50SMA average -11.93%
- Periods since the signal: eight (ongoing)
- Maximum adverse incursion to-date: -5%
- Distance from the signal week's close to first close <50SMA: -11.46%
Russell 2000 (RUT) – Weekly: "40+ Consecutive Weeks >50SMA" Study
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What can we extrapolate about what comes next?
On Price
- Given the 13-week average from signal to <50SMA, RUT is projected to tag its 50SMA in approximately five weeks
- The current signal-to-<50SMA of -8 from 1038 projects this will occur near 955: -11.6% from 10/15/13′s close at 1080
Now some additional datapoints:
- The average price decline from the signal to the subsequent price low below the 50SMA: -28.58%
- The median price decline (buffering 2008′s outlier) form signal to subsequent price low below the 50SMA: -21.65%
- From yesterday's close, the projected distance to the ultimate price low based on the average signal-to-low: -32.4%, or 730
- From yesterday's close, the projected distance to the ultimate price low based on the median signal-to-low: -25.37%, or 806
- Average time from signal to the ultimate price low in weeks: 37.5. This includes a 92-week outlier between May 2007-March 2009.
- Median time from signal to the ultimate price low in weeks: 21.5.
- The median time projection from now to the ultimate price low: mid-January 2014
- The average time projection from now to the ultimate price low: early June 2014
Pulling this all together, Russell 2000's active signal at 48 consecutive weeks above its 50SMA projects a 25.37-32.4% market correction (a true bear market, where the bottom would occur in that band), culminating in a low between 730-806 between mid-January and early June 2014.
Those are wide and unwieldy ranges, true; but this far out in price and time the objective should not be to dial in exact vertical and horizontal targets – the number of variables that may intervene would make concrete values all but arbitrary. At this distance, the general implications yielded by the study are more than adequate: Russell 2000 is a small handful of weeks away from beginning a major corrective phase that will play out over the next three to seven months.
Of particular interest in the context of Russell 2000's current position at channel resistance is the proximity of the 200-Week SMA (currently 798) and cyclical rising channel support to the latter target at 806. This scenario vividly recalls 2011′s August-October drop, which just eclipsed a -20% peak-to-trough move, installing a major correction, yet maintaining the cyclical bull market's primary uptrend.
Bonus: Because the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) is more widely followed and referenced, here's the raw chart for the same study, going back to 2000.
S&P 500 – Weekly: Marking 40+ Consecutive Weeks >50SMA
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Ramon is a master chocolatier, placing 6th in the Confectioner's World Championship and winning the Gourmand Cookbook award in 2007 for the best chocolate book in the world! Having seen so many chocolatiers who don't actually seem to eat what they make I asked Ramon if he ate chocolate. His answer, accompanied with a big grin was, "every single day!" But I'm starting my story in the middle here, so let me rewind a step and start at the beginning.....
Lucky, lucky me! When Leanne very kindly invited me to Authentic Caribbean's Rum tasting session of rum and chocolate desserts I have to confess I thought I might be the victim of a hoax – could anything sounding so wonderful be real? But real it was! The UK Rum Ambassador Ian Burrell talked us through eleven different Caribbean rums in total; here he is sharing a joke with Ramon:
30 people, a mix of food writers, critics, chocolatiers and bloggers were invited to the event to sample rum and chocolate desserts. The desserts took Ramon and his assistant two days to prepare and the process began in Spain (where Ramon is based) and was finished in London.
What struck me straightaway was all the different colours of rum:
We were given eleven different rums to sample and Ramon had made a dessert using the rum for us to taste alongside the rum. Ian was a mine of information about rum and its history; my favourite anecdote being about how rum got its name. When English settlers first arrived in the Caribbean the local spirit was so rough and vicious that it was known as "Kill Devil". Maybe early marketing men realised this wasn't a name to attract customers! 'Rumbullion' is an old Cornish word meaning turmoil/uproar i.e. how some people behave when drunk. Over time the name was shortened to rum and that's how we know it today.
Any event where you're giving a rum and ginger ale on arrival has great promise! This wasn't a drink I'd ever had before and would never have ordered it but it was so refreshing that I will order it from now on!
Ian and Ramon were a great team, but special credit must also go to Ramon's industrious assistant. Here she is finishing off some delights:
Everything was outstandingly delicious but here's a quick rundown of the treats we enjoyed (the name includes the type of rum and dessert). It would be too repetitious to tell you over and over how divine everything was so I'll try and stick to explanations!
Mount Gay XO macaron
The mojito macaron with mint and lime sugar crust was sandwiched with white chocolate ganache with rum, lime and mint cream.
Appleton Estate VX Cream petit choux
This was a chocolate choux pastry filled with chocolate orange creme patisserie.
Angostura Rum sponge cake
The rum and chocolate sponge was soaked in rum syrup to create a rum baba type texture. The little ball of mousse on top was cream and passion fruit. The texture was smooth and silky.
English Harbour tigreton
Ramon explained that this was his little joke. Apparently a tigreton is a cheap Spanish cake that is for sale in all places that you wouldn't really want to buy a cake from i.e. petrol stations, newsagents etc. He decided to elevate it to a work of art! The chocolate sponge had a rum and pine nut filling along with buttercream and raisins. The final touch of decadence was some real gold leaf.
Barcelo Imperial mousse
You'll notice a syrup at the bottom of the glass – this was boiled rum and sugar, reduced by over 50% volume so that it had the texture of runny honey. Ramon described this as the "nectar of the rum". Banana and lime was topped with biscuity crumble and then an enormous light moussey truffle.
Brugal Bonbon
This bonbon was made to look like a gold ingot and the exterior was brushed with gold. The filling was a dark ganache and a reduction of sweetened espresso.
El Dorado chocolate cream
Ramon was very keen to tell us that 20% of this mousse is neat rum! It tasted very strong and very creamy. He said that it was his version of Baileys. The mousse was soft in texture.
Chairman's Reserve Frozen truffles
This iced truffle used Mexican vanilla, not something I've come across before. The truffles are frozen in a block, cut and then covered in cocoa. Apparently the temperature is key – it must be cold enough to freeze the truffle but not so cold that it becomes hard or difficult to eat.
Cockspur Coconut and lime
This isn't a coconut shell. Apart from the fact that it's too tiny, it's edible! The whole shell is moulded chocolate shaped to look like coconut and then dusted with cocoa powder to complete the look. The filling was a stunning cream of coconut mousse. Lime jelly was topped with a fiery rum granita and Ramon confessed this is his favourite way of using rum in his desserts.
Doorley's XO Milk cream
This was my favourite! A chocolate Breton biscuit base was topped with milk chocolate cream and then a sheet of caramel. The sweet Demerara of this rum worked wonderfully with the dessert and the little cube of mango added some tangy fruitiness.
XM Royal chocolate ice lolly
The texture of these lollies was different to a normal lolly – the ice crystals were looser somehow, more like a firm granita. The combination of mango and mandarin worked beautifully with the chocolate and rum.
Just in case we weren't convinced at what an awesome combination rum and chocolate is there were two final delights on offer:
St Nicholas Abbey rum cakeThese little chocolate cakes were so packed with rum that they oozed juice when you bit into them! The chocolate was dark and rich. I would call these 'financiers' in term of their shape.
Chocolate sauce with Mount Gilboa rumThe skewer contains a fruit jelly like an extremely upmarket fruit pastille! The chocolate sauce was so intense that the shot glass measure was the perfect amount.
I approached the even as a tasting – we were told to take a sip of rum, taste the dessert, then take another sip of rum so we could see how the flavour changed based on what we'd eaten. I took sips and this is what my glasses looked like at the end:My friend Jasmin, who I took along, was far more thorough in her tasting and these were her glasses:
Thanks to everyone for this wonderful tasting session. It was educational and delicious!


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March 22, 2011
Junior Brian Lares belted two triples in his first two trips to the plate as part of a 5-for-5 performance Tuesday afternoon at Wabash Ballpark. The Little Giants cruised to a 15-7 win over Dominican University, pounding out 23 hits in the nine-inning contest.
View photos from the Little Giants' victory here.
Lares (left) tied the single-game record for triples with two, while the Wabash team finished with three 3-base hits overall. John Holm, who went 4-for-5 at the plate, added a third for the Little Giants.
Wabash hit for the cycle as a team in the first inning. Lares opened the bottom of the inning with his first triple, scoring on John Pennington's second home run of the season. Holm followed with a double ahead of a Montana Timmons walk and an RBI single by Chris Deig. The Little Giants took an early 3-0 lead, only to see the Stars (3-9) tie the contest with three runs of their own in the top of the second.
The Little Giants responded with four runs in the home half of the second. Joe Johnson started the inning with a single, scoring on the second Lares triple of the ball game. Pennington (below right) was hit by pitch to put runners on the corners before Holm cleared the bases with his triple, putting him a home run shy of the cycle for the contest. Another RBI single by Deig made it a 7-3 contest.
Pete Schmith started the game, working 4-1/3 innings with four hits, five runs, two walks, and a strikeout. Reliever Luke Holm evened his record at 1-1 with the win, pitching 1-2/3 innings while allowing two hits and one unearned run with two strikeouts. Eric Foust pitched the final three innings, giving up one unearned run on one hit, two walks, and two strikeouts.
Johnson and freshman Trey Funkhauser each added three hits out of the 23 total for Wabash. Deig and David Seibel added two hits a piece. Lares and Holm each finished with four RBI in the ball game.
Wabash (7-11) will travel to West Lafayette, Indiana on Wednesday afternoon for a single nine-inning contest against the Division I and Big Ten squad from Purdue University. First pitch is slated for 4 p.m.


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David Davis needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 217 designs submitted by 56 freelance designers.
Real Time Power, Inc
We're a small company that has been around a year, but recently parted ways with the parent and created our own name, Real Time Power, Inc.
Our company makes software and hardware solutions for companies with power plants so that they can operate profitably, efficiently, and emission friendly.
We have two target audiences that differ quite a bit.
The first ones are the creative ones and are the trading and marketing people of an energy company. They utilize our software to help accurrately and reliably predict what the power plants can do and send this information to the market to sell the maximum and most reliable electricity possible.
The second audience are the actual plant managers and plant engineering folks who use our software and hardware solutions more for diagnostic purposes on their machines and also to communicate to the trading floor the possible startup and shutdown profiles of the power plant.
In this contest, we will be focusing on the logo. The designs on this websitesite are impressive, so we feel that we do not have to go anywhere else to find what we are looking for.
We prefer the company name to be very visible along with the logo so that no one has to strain to read and remember who we are. We want people to remember RTP but have real time power spelled out so that it is apparent that RTP is the short form. The logo design should be unique and maybe have a theme of energy, etc. The logo also should blend well with the text. Use your imagination!
We believe in the 4 second rule where someone looks at your logo and immediately decides a positive or negative feeling about who you are. How do we project a welcoming feeling of uniqueness, advanced technical solution, competence, yet not too techie?
Some words that come to mind about our products are the following:
operation, technology, prediction, advanced, future, automation, trading,accuracy, superior, unique, scheduling, precision, power, planning, optimization, precison, control, mega-watt, efficiency
We look forward to your ideas and we plan provide prompt feedback so that by next week, we have our winning design.
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fojol needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 490 designs submitted by 101 freelance designers.
What I want is an amazing "fojol" face and then use the same font/character structure for "bros." You could be famous as I am rolling out a concept during the Inauguration in DC. I want people to see what's going on and say "huh....who are the fojol bros? Who are these mysterious characters?" The modern version of the Ringling Bros maybe? Good luck and can't wait to see your creativity.
fojol bros.
I mostly want the name "fojol" to look like a subtle face. I chose the name "fojol" because it has the foundation of a face ("f" and "l" are high characters to give you the sides of the face...the "o's" are the eyes and the "j" is the nose). This "fojol bros." will be on the side of vehicle during the Inauguration in DC. It must balance that line between being able to easily discern the name "fojol" but having subtle references to a mysterious face.
The face must look mythical/mysterious/intriguing. I want "fojol bros." to look great in black and white. I think that I would like "fojol bros." to angle down from upper left to bottom right (i.e. swooping in of sorts). In this case, the left eye would be above (on a different plain) than the right eye. You could use that to your advantage when designing an obscure face. It could also be a kind of roller coster font to give it some movement.
I don't think I want any capital letters. I don't want a skinny face (i.e. I don't want the 5 characters in "fojol" to have a predominantly long/skinny structure). I don't think I want "fojol bros." to be on one flat plain (like this text that you are reading).
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Suppose you want to check if a specific Oracle block is an index root block. Why? Here are two very real situations. You notice a specific block is very active and want to know if it's an index root block. Even more common is, perhaps there is a very active cache buffer chain latch related to a specific block/buffer and you want to know if this hot buffer is an index root block. Besides these very real examples, it's also an interesting journey into Oracle internals!
Folklore States...
Some very respectable blogs and a simple test I ran indicate an index root block is the block after it's segment header block.
As mentioned above, folklore says if the segment is indeed an index, then the orange block will be the index root block. And not just now, but for the life of the index! Wow... This is a pretty strong statement and one that needs to be tested. So that's what I did and what this posting is all about.
It's Kind of Complicated
We need to determine if the block following an index segment header block is the index root block... for always and forever until the index is dropped. First, just dump the index and locate the root block's data block address (DBA). Second, get the DBA for the block following the index segment header block. And finally, compare them. If they match, then we have shown a situation where the block following the index segment header block is indeed the index root block. So let's do that.
Once we get the object_id from dba_segments, here's how to dump an index:
And here's a snippet of the trace file from near the top.
alter session set events 'immediate trace name treedump level :ObjectId';
The first/top mentioned "branch" block is the index's root block. In this case, the index root block has a data block address (DBA) of 5002337. Now let's get the data block address for the block after the index's segment header block. But first we need to get the file number and block number of the index segment header block.
----- begin tree dump
branch: 0x4c5461 5002337 (0: nrow: 8, level: 2)
branch: 0x4c575e 5003102 (-1: nrow: 141, level: 1)
leaf: 0x4c5462 5002338 (-1: nrow: 96 rrow: 96)
leaf: 0x4c63b7 5006263 (0: nrow: 78 rrow: 78)
leaf: 0x4c554d 5002573 (139: nrow: 100 rrow: 100)
branch: 0x4c63c7 5006279 (0: nrow: 213, level: 1)
leaf: 0x4c629d 5005981 (-1: nrow: 88 rrow: 88)
leaf: 0x4c554e 5002574 (0: nrow: 60 rrow: 60)
leaf: 0x4c62a0 5005984 (1: nrow: 54 rrow: 54)
Now let's get the data block address (DBA) for the block just following the header block. We must remember to add one to the header block number, so the block number we are interested in is 808033.
SQL> select header_file, header_block
2 from dba_segments
3 where segment_name = 'CH_6_IRB_I';
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1 808032
Do you see it? The DBA just above (with the header block + 1) matches the first/top "branch" block's DBA (5002337) from the index trace file! So now we know how to check if the block following the index's segment header block is truly the index root block.
SQL> select dbms_utility.make_data_block_address(1,808033) from dual;
Now the question becomes, does it always remain this way? For example, what if create the table, create the index, and then insert rows into the table? Or what if we create the table, then insert rows, and finally create the index? If that's not enough, how about this: What if the index grows and splits? Or how about if we delete all the table's rows, insert rows until the index splits? Or how about if it we truncate the related table? As you can see, there are an infinite number of possibilities and there is no way we can test all of them.
The Experimental Setup
I created a number of tests that could be repeatedly run and easily modified and extended. There are two related scripts. The driving script is a SQL script called, doRbExpr.sql and takes a single argument, called the prefix. This prefix is the begining name of all the objects the script creates. This allows you to quickly and easily re-run the script without first removing all the objects from the previous run. The second script, getIdxRtBlk.sql, retrieves the index root block's DBA from both the data dictionary and by dumping the index, and then nicely displays them so you can easily see if there is a difference. I also show the index depth (blevel) as an added test to help ensure I'm looking at the current statistics.
The Experimental Results
Click here to see the results. As you can see, in every case the DBA of the index segment header block plus one, matches the index trace file's root block. I have rerun this test many times, and the results are always the same.
What Does This Prove?
Actually the experiments prove very little, yet they yield a tremendous value. The experiments clearly and repeatedly demonstrate that I have not found a way to disprove an index root block is the block immediately following its segment header block. All it would take is just one of my experiments to break the "block after" rule... but I could not break the rule! If you can devise a situation to break the rule, please let me know and I'll post it.
So next time you need to check if a particular block is an index root block, simply get it's segment header file and block number, add one to the block number, and compare. In my opinion, that's much easier and faster than dumping the index, parsing it, etc.
Thanks for reading!
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Navy Cross WWII Vet dies at age 86 in Newport Beach, CA
Robert Theodore Ramsay (Bob) – November 28, 1924 – January 14, 2011
Bob was born and raised in Tacoma, WA. He entered the Marine Corps during WWII to serve his beloved country. He attended the University of Georgia and St. Olaf College. It was at St. Olaf that he met and married Lorraine Bilden of Northwood, ND. Bob graduated from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. in 1948.
Bob worked in engineering for Kaiser Aluminum and moved with his family to Southern California in 1951. He continued in plastics work and formed his own company of Plastic Extrusions. In Whittier, he entered into community and political life and ran for Congress in 1962. During his life in Whittier, Bob was a Rotarian for 20 years, designed and raised funds for a Veteran's Memorial, founded Carden School with his wife, and raised their 4 children.
After the death of his beloved wife, Bob met and married Eleanor Neslen of Whittier. They enjoyed homes in Newport Beach, Apple Valley, and Gig Harbor, WA, and also enjoyed many wonderful travels together. Bob became involved in Rotary Club in Newport Beach where he served as President. He is a member of the U.S. Power Squadron in Newport Beach, American Legion Post #546, and American Legion Yacht Club. Bob attended Marine Corps functions regularly. Bob was a patriot through and through – love of family and country were most important in his life.
Bob leaves a loving family –Eleanor Neslen Ramsay, his wife of 24 years, son Marc of Newport Beach, daughter Randi Seagren of La Habra, twin daughters Laura Ramsay of Romoland and Julie Zude of Alta Loma, five grandchildren, Michael Zude, Natasha Zude, Sarah Stargel, Jessica Ramsay, Ashley Miller and three great grandchildren, Steven, Collin, and Lexie. He is also survived by Eleanor's children, Quayle Neslen (Dotty) of N.C., Nancy Kuzin (Ron) of Costa Mesa, and Marty Ruch (John) of Altadena and Eleanor's 10 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.
Bob passed into eternal life peacefully, surrounded by his family.
Viewing will be Friday January 21, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. followed by the services at 11:00 a.m. at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 600 St. Andrew's Rd, Newport Beach, CA.
Burial will follow at 3 p.m. at Rose Hills Memorial Park, 3888 Workman Mill Rd, Whittier, CA.
Robert Theodore Ramsay (Bob)
Navy Cross WWII Vet dies at age 86 in Newport Beach, CA
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Nersa "Nena" Alvarez Maceo Mitchell passed away peacefully on June 17, 2013 at the age of 83. She was born on November 20, 1929 in Puerto Padre, Cuba. She leaves behind her beloved family including husband Joseph Mitchell and 5 children: Thomas, Joseph Jr., Mary, Stuart, and William and eight grandchildren: Lauren, Trevor, Whitney, Steven, Nathan, Grace and Charlotte. She also had three great grandchildren: Weston, Sawyer, and Indiana. She leaves behind daughters-in-law Carlota Mitchell and Laurie Mitchell and son-in-law Ron Calderon. Additionally, she leaves behind her beloved family in Cuba, including sister Ester, niece Ana Alicia and her husband Orlando and their son, Orlando Jr. Her death is preceded by her dear mother Alicia and her father, Hector, and her nephew, Raphael "Kiko", all from Cuba. Nersa also had many beloved friends and family members in Miami, Florida.
Nersa first traveled to the United States in 1950 to attend Pineland College in North Carolina, where she met Joseph MacPhail Mitchell, of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina who was attending Edwards Military Institute. While attending Pineland College, Nersa was chosen to be a Princess of the local May Fair Court. After Joseph served as an Airman in Japan as part of the Korean War, he returned to marry "Nena" in Cuba. Nersa later gave birth to Thomas at a military base in Texas, where Mr. Mitchell was concluding his enlistment in the Air Force. Subsequently, they moved to Cuba. Being raised as a farmer, Joseph soon acquired a small ranch in Manati, Cuba where Nersa gave birth to Joe Jr, and they lived there happily until they lost everything to the Castro regime in 1960.This dark time eventually led to other opportunities, including Mary's birth in North Carolina and their relocation to Costa Rica and later Colombia, where Stuart was born, as Mr. Mitchell was hired to serve as the Regional Director of the Peace Corps. In 1969 William was born in Evanston, Illinois where Mr. Mitchell worked for the Federal Government. In 1971 they moved to their present location on Fairview Drive in La Canada, where eventually all five children would graduate from La Canada High School.
Nersa's love of Cuba and her family there was never far from her heart, even though she was separated from them for over 19 years, until finally she was allowed to see her mother, sister, and others in 1979. Sadly, her father Hector passed away in 1972 before she could see him again. She made many trips during the ensuing years and several with her children, including the last time in May, 2012 with her daughter Mary. In addition to being a homemaker, Nersa attended Pasadena City College for many years, taking English, sewing, French, and mathematics coursework and for a time she worked as a secretary of a local insurance agent. She was an "Avon Lady" for more than 25 years, provided childcare for local families, and was employed by the La Canada United Methodist Church in their nursery (Nersa always said she loved babies). She attended Bible Study classes with her dear friend Dolores Doudy in La Canada and San Marino. Nersa enjoyed taking trips whenever she could and while living in La Canada, traveled to Mexico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Miami, Pender Island, Guatemala, where her son William and wife Carlota were married, and Costa Rica. Two locations she really wanted to visit included Spain and France, but the top of her list was always, and forever will be, Cuba.
The family would like to thank Joe Jr. and Mary for providing much appreciated care during these past few years and also to Paquita Gubatan, Maria Montoya, Doug and Georgette Tuttle, and Bellsey Mateus,who were her friends and care providers.Appreciation also goes to the Eisenhower Convalescent Home and Vitas Hospice who cared for her in her final days. Mary was present with Nersa as she ascended to Heaven. She will be dearly missed and we were blessed to be touched by her love, her sense of humor, and dedication to family. A funeral for family and friends will be held at Forest Lawn in Glendale. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that a donation be made to the Convalescent Aid Society in Pasadena.


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Snoop Dogg Set To Battle It Out — On "The Price Is Right"
Rapper Snoop Dogg will make his first appearance on "The Price Is Right" in January, during the show's first-ever celebrity week special.
Snoop Dogg will join co-host Drew Carey and other celebrities, who will take on contestants for good causes.
The proceeds from the celebrity edition of "The Price Is Right," which is the longest-running game show in TV history, will go to the celebs' favorite charities.
Snoop, who also gets to spin the wheel during the show, may have faired better than his opponents, according to the show's producer.
"It was a lot of fun to watch these celebs play our iconic games," Executive Producer Mike Richards told AHH in a statement. "Each one had their own unique strategy to win. Let's just say Snoop knows more about the price of grocery items than you might think!"
Other celebs who will compete during "The Price is Right's" first ever celebrity week include Jenny McCarthy, Neil Patrick Harris, Chris Daughtry and supermodel Heidi Klum.
Snoop is playing to raise funds for his Snoop Youth Football League (SYFL) non-profit, which teaches children the importance of teamwork, camaraderie, and education through football.
Celebrity Week:
Monday, January 2 – Snoop Dogg playing for Snoop Youth Football Leagu
Tuesday, January 3 – Jenny McCarthy playing for Generation Rescue
Wednesday, January 4 – Neil Patrick Harris playing for The Noreen Fraser
Thursday, January 5 – Chris Daughtry playing for Alzheimer's Association
Friday, January 6 – Heidi Klum playing for Unicef


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After it was announced that we were acquiring Typekit I had to go see what we were buying. I was pleased to find a great new tool for my web toolbox. Over the years I have had the displeasure of having to reject comp from designers because of their use of beautiful fonts. In some cases I had to cut up comps into a million pieces to try to perserve the intergerty of the design. Over all non standard web fonts have been a real pain to deal with. Yes, there have been other solutions to help me deal with custom fonts overtime but none I really liked. I really like Typekit and the website itself is a work of art.
I am going over the top a bit but its a great platform and I am glad we acquired the company.
Now that I have found a new friend in Typekit, I needed to introduce it to my best friend CQ. After my first integration I thought "Wouldn't it be cool if an author could do this without any coding or IT help?". So I went off and created a simple page property extension that allows a author to bind a page and its children to a Typekit kit ID.
The following is a video I shot demoing our new integration component which can be found on the CQ package share. Please forgive my lack of enthusiasm in the video. I was very tired on the day of the shoot.
Our customer package share recently underwent a major upgrade. While I am working on getting this package re-hosted in the package share here is a link to the current version.


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TNA World Heavyweight Champion Eric Young is the perennial underdog. Since capturing the title, Young has defied the odds. However, former champion Magnus has something to say about that. Tonight on TNA Sacrifice, the rematch for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship holds big stakes for both men. Is Young truly the top dog or will Magnus make the reign of Young look like a fluke? Plus, Bully Ray and Bobby Roode up their rivalry in a tables match! All that and more on tonight's TNA Sacrifice!
We are LIVE from Orlando, Fla. Mike Tenay and Taz have the call for tonight.
Prior to the match, The Wolves have something to match. Eddie Edwards says TNA Tag Team Champions The BroMans manage to get disqualified each week, but tonight will be different. The Wolves hand Christy Hemme directions from TNA Director of Wrestling Operations MVP that declare this a no disqualification match.
No Disqualification Handicap Match One for the TNA World Tag Team Championships: The BroMans vs. The Wolves
The Wolves in control early, sending The BroMans in and out of the ring as they please. DJ Z sent out into his own partners via double hip toss. Suicide dive from The Wolves take out all three men as the action settles. Double team attack sends DJ Z out. Jessie Godderz receives the same to earn The Wolves their first nearfall.
Robbie E left alone with The Wolves and he tries a few roundhouse kicks. The Wolves don't react and land chops and roundhouse kicks galore. Running kick from Davey Richards followed by a running knee for Eddie Edwards. Richards being held and DJ Z cracks Edwards with his laptop. Richards dropped outside on the barricade. Godderz with a nearfall.
Powerslam from Godderz is followed by a diving headbutt from Robbie E for a nearfall. Mounted punches land for Robbie E and he takes some athletic tape to choke Edwards. DJ Z in and landing some shots. Elbow drops Edwards. Flapjack on the top rope followed by a neckbreaker from DJ Z. Triple kick lands for the nearfall that is broken by Richards.
Robbie E working a rear chinlock on Edwards to keep him down. Edwards unable to get things going and Godderz using the same game to keep Edwards down. Dropkick puts Edwards down. Edwards now fights out and lands a backdrop suplex to break it up. Edwards looks for the tag, but Richards taken out by DJ Z. BroMans now triple teaming Edwards outside.
Back inside, double hurricanrana sends The BroMans away. Enzuigiri takes out DJ Z and Richards in. Kicks and strikes for everyone. Double missile dropkick sends DJ Z and Godderz reeling. DJ Z gets the laptop, but Richards ducks it and Godderz gets cracked. Double team from The Wolves and double stomps from the top connect.
Winners by pinfall and new TNA Tag Team Champions: The Wolves
Match Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
The broadcast team previews the show.
Jeremy Borash backstage by the mental institution truck with Samuel Shaw. Shaw is tired of being called a "creepy bastard" by Mr. Anderson and the fans and he dedicates the match tonight to his mother, Christy Shaw.
Video package recaps the feud between Samuel Shaw and Mr. Anderson.
Committed Match Two: Mr. Anderson vs. Samuel Shaw
Samuel Shaw and Mr. Anderson running around ringside. Shaw sends Christy Hemme into Anderson and tries to attack. Anderson has the jump and sends him into the barricade and ring apron. Inside, corner work for Anderson followed by a backdrop. Shaw gets the upper hand outside on Anderson. Shoulder ram on the apron connect, but Shaw's dive misses and sends him to the floor.
Anderson back inside and landing clotheslines. Swinging neckbreaker lands and Shaw sent reeling up the ramp. Barricade used to dribble the head of Shaw. Anderson looking for the Mic Check on the ramp. Shaw elbows out and Anderson gets him up for the rolling fireman's carry slam.
Chair comes into play as the move off the stage. Anderson with chair shots to the midsection. Shaw sent into the guardrail and Anderson finally moves it backstage. Anderson chats with Jeremy Borash and mocks Shaw before dropping him on the cart. Shaw sent into the equipment trunks. Anderson looking in the padded wagon and Shaw from behind. Hemme walks up to Shaw and consoles him before kneeing him in the groin. Mic Check lands and Shaw sent into the wagon.
Winner: Mr. Anderson
Match Rating: .75 out of 5 stars
Ethan Carter III and Rockstar Spud with Jeremy Borash. EC3 lists off Kurt Angle's accomplishments and delivers some tongue-in-cheek congratulations before saying that Angle will never beat him. Rockstar Spud calls out Willow for kidnapping him and leaving him in the shack. Spud says he is here for his best friend to help him get a win.
Match Three: Rockstar Spud & Ethan Carter III vs. Kurt Angle & Willow
Ethan Carter III hanging out in between the ropes to avoid Kurt Angle. Rockstar Spud unwillingly tagged in. Angle calls for EC3 and threatens Spud. Spud tags out and moves to the apron. EC3 back in and he immediately rolls outside. Angle invites EC3 in by taking bottom position. EC3 charges and gets tripped up. Ankle Lock in and EC3 tags out.
Spud and EC3 outside. Willow up top with the umbrella and he takes out both Spud and EC3. Angle charges EC3 and runs into the steel steps. Double team inside for EC3 and Spud on Willow is short-lived as Willow hits the Whisper in the Wind. Spud being sent into the turnbuckle. Willow knocks him down for a nearfall.
Twist of Fate attempt is countered by a clothesline from EC3. Spud mounting Willow and landing strikes. EC3 in with a clothesline for a nearfall. Willow cornered and EC3 with a Stinger Splash that gets another nearfall. Half nelson in for EC3. Willow out with a jawbreaker and a kick to the chest. Twist of Fate is countered by EC3, who sends him into a kick from Spud. Angle returns in and lands a trio of German Suplexes. Ankle Lock in and Spud jumps on his back. Spud soon taken out by a belly-to-belly suplex. Ankle Lock in on Spud and EC3 makes the save with a chop block to the knee of Angle.
EC3 sent outside after Willow takes him out. Spud left in the ring alone. Twist of Fate from Willow is followed by an Angle Slam. Willow up top and he connects on the Swanton Bomb.
Winners by pinfall: Kurt Angle & Willow
Match Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
TNA World Heavyweight Champion Eric Young backstage. Young has reached the dream and he knows that the target is now on his back. However, Young wants to walk out with the belt tonight because it feels too good to be champion.
Knux is in the car with his girlfriend, Rebel. Knux regretfully informs her that he will be returning to TNA with her, Crazy Steve, and Freak.
Video package gives us a look at TNA X Division Champion Sanada.
Lockup stars the match and Tigre Uno with a side headlock. Uno ducking the attacks of Sanada. Sanada sweeps the leg and tries a pin, but Uno up and he gets a leg sweep of his own for a quick pin. Uno off the ropes and he runs into a hurricanrana that sends him out. Sanada to the apron as Uno slides under his attack. Uno looks to suplex Sanada inside, but Sanada rolling the cradle around the ring to a nearfall.
Clothesline and chop miss for Sanada. Uno with a tilt-a-whirl arm drag into a crucifix pin for a nearfall. Kick to the head gets Uno a pin attempt and he goes to work on the leg. Submission in for Uno and Sanada struggles out. Uno to the apron and he springboards into a dropkick from Sanada for a nearfall.
Dragon Suplex attempt is countered by Uno. Uno sends Sanada to the apron with a backdrop. Springboard dropkick lands and sends Sanada out. Corkscrew dive takes Sanada out. Inside, Uno with a split-legged moonsault that lands on the knees of Sanada after a kick. Chop from the top lands for Sanada. Sanada connects once again and goes for it once more. Uno rolls through and twists Sanada into a release German Suplex in the corner that nearly wins the match.
Uno picking up Sanada, but he is crotched as Sanada sweeps him. Sanada with a hurricanrana and the Tiger Suplex nearly wins it. Moonsault from Sanada misses and Uno with a victory roll off the Tiger Suplex attempt that nearly steals the win. Sabertooth Splash misses and Sanada up top with the moonsault.
Winner by pinfall and still TNA X Division Champion: Sanada
Match Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Jeremy Borash with "Cowboy" James Storm. Storm claims to be a star maker. Storm claims to have made Gunner and his father a star. Storm can also break a star and he plans to make Gunner quit tonight.
Video package recaps the feud between "Cowboy" James Storm and Gunner.
"I Quit" Match Five: "Cowboy" James Storm vs. Gunner
Barricade piece set down on Gunner outside. Storm stomps it into the knee of Gunner and positions the steel steps in the middle of the ringside aisle. Storm and Gunner take turns trying to slam each other into the steps. Gunner gets it first and lands a flying clothesline off the steps.
Gunner brings a trashcan full of weaponry into the ring. Storm kicks the rope into the crotch of Gunner and lands a kick. Neckbreaker off the rope for Storm connects as Gunner is asked again if he wants to quit. Storm in control and taking the chair across the back of Gunner, who doesn't want to quit. Storm using a baking sheet and continuing the assault of Gunner. Choke in the corner sees Gunner turn things around with a clothesline. Running knee to the head lands for Gunner and Storm doesn't want to quit.
Trashcan lid cracking the head of Gunner. Both men exchanging with the trashcan lids. Gunner down, but he gets the trashcan itself to crack storm. Diving headbutt from the top by Gunner still doesn't make Storm quit. Gunner sent into the steel post as Storm moves away. Dropkick by Storm, who moves to the steel steps outside. DDT on the steel steps has Gunner nearly knocked out, but he doesn't quit.
Back inside, Storm brings in a beer bottle. The beer smashed across the head of Gunner. Gunner managed to squeak out that he won't quit and Storm punching the sliced-up Gunner. Boston Crab in for Storm. Gunner able to move to the rope. The referee forces the break and he is shoved down by Storm. Storm takes the belt of referee Brian Hebner and whips Gunner. Storm repeatedly swinging it and Gunner still not quitting.
Last Call Superkick puts Gunner down on the mat. Gunner still going and Storm takes a shard of glass to land a low blow with. Storm bouncing the head of Gunner off the turnbuckle. Corner to corner and Gunner now headbutting the corner. Clotheslines into Hanger 18. Hanger 18 two more times on the shards of glass, but Storm refuses to quit. Chairs set up face to face and Storm set up top. Storm headbutts out, but Gunner comes back with a baking sheet. Steel guardrail now balanced off the chairs and superpkex drives Storm through it. Gunner with a shard of glass and he digs it into the forehead of Storm, prompting him to scream that he quits.
Winner: Gunner
Match Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Jeremy Borash is joined by The Beautiful People. Angelina Love came back to TNA as a gift, saying they only brought in TNA Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne out of pity. Love plans to win the TNA Knockouts Championship for a record sixth time tonight.
Lockup sees Madison Rayne get the waistlock takedown. Side headlock and a shoulder bump for Rayne. Angelina Love now tossed around by the arm drags and she moves outside to regroup with Velvet Sky. Side headlock in for Love and she gets a shoulder bump. Rayne sweeps the legs for shoulder bumps of her own. Love moves outside again after Rayne tries to legscissors the head of Love into the mat. Velvet Sky distracts Rayne and lets Love sweep Rayne down on the apron for a nearfall.
Punches land for Love. Rayne choked on the second rope and Sky choking Rayne further as the referee is distracted by Love. Corner work on Rayne wearing Rayne down. Back elbow from Rayne and a sunset flip out of the corner nearly retains the belt.
Clothesline from Love ends the momentum of Rayne. Rayne pinned between the ropes and hit with a dropkick. Referee again distracted by Love as Sky stomps her down. Nearfall back inside leads to a legscissors across the arm of Rayne. Rayne stacks her for a nearfall and connects on clotheslines. Enzuigiri lands and legscissors. Love has her head slammed into the mat and Rayne with a crossbody on both of The Beautiful People outside.
Inside, Rayne Drop connects. Spear in the corner is moved away from by Love and Rayne connects on her shoulder. Botox Injection connects for Love. Crossbody from the top misses for Love. Sky on the apron and showing off her backside to the referee. Rayne gets the referee and Sky blinds Rayne with a can of hairspray. Rollup from Love with a handful of tights.
Winner by pinfall and new TNA Knockouts Champion: Angelina Love
Match Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars
Tables Match Seven: Bully Ray vs. Bobby Roode
Bobby Roode starts by flipping the bird and Bully Ray working Roode in the corner. Side slam from Bully is followed by punches and the bionic elbow. Table set up outside by Bully and he is attacked by Roode as he returns inside.
Roode brings it back outside and stomps Bully down. Punches land against the barricade by Roode. Bully turns it around and sends Roode against the steel post. Another table set up by Bully and Roode comes with a clothesline. Table inside and Bully and Roode try to bounce one another's head off the tables.
Back inside, Roode stomping Bully down in the corner. Table set up in the corner and Roode countered by Bully. Roode slips out and drops Bully with a dropkick. Corner clothesline connects for Roode. Bully answers with a clothesline of his own. Whip attempt is held onto by Roode and a kick to the midsection leads to a spinning neckbreaker from Roode.
Roode out on the apron, but Bully walks into a hangman's neckbreaker. Roode on the offensive, but Bully snatches a uranage. Roode turns out to prevent going through the table. Chops landing for Bully. Powerbomb is escaped by Roode. Bully goes for it a second time, but Roode again gets out. Bully puts him up for a third time and the referee is clipped by the foot of Roode on the way up. Roode put through the table, but the referee is out.
Table set inside by Bully and Roode again going up, but Roode counters with a spinebuster. Roode looking for a Roode Bomb. Roode cornered by Bully, but he gets the elbow up. Roode coming down into a cutter from Bully. Roode falls to the floor. Bully with a right hand outside and Roode laid across two tables. Bully up top, but a person dressed in all black and a beard shoves Bully off the top and through the tables.
Winner: Bobby Roode
Match Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
Post-match, TNA President Dixie Carter strips off the beard and hat to reveal that she has gotten her revenge.
Jeremy Borash with Magnus backstage. Magnus stands alone tonight and he calls TNA World Heavyweight Champion Eric Young a joke. Magnus plans to show Young who he is tonight and take back what's his tonight.
Video package recaps the feud between TNA World Heavyweight Champion Eric Young and Magnus.
Jeremy Borash has the introductions.
Match Eight for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship: Eric Young (c) vs. Magnus
Feeling out process starts us off. Lockup sees Magnus back Eric Young into the corner. Young continuing the lockups and sweeps the leg of Magnus. Young walks across the back of Magnus and taunts him before getting the side headlock takeover. Magnus with a hip toss that is again met by an EY side headlock takeover. EY continuing the hold. Side headlock from Magnus now and a shoulder bump. EY again with the side headlock takeover. Magnus out with a side slam for a nearfall.
Surfboard stretch for Magnus. Young flips through, but Magnus gets the back for a waistlock takedown. Young sends him outside and gets a crossbody over the top rope. On the apron, Young gets caught and powerslammed on the floor for a nearfall. Northern Lights Suplex for Young gets a bridging nearfall, but that is matched by a nearfall from a Magnus catchup clothesline.
Both men up again. Shots being exchanged and Young with forearms and clotheslines. Young flips over in the corner and lands a shoulder ram. Piledriver is shucked off by Magnus, but a belly-to-belly throw lands. Moonsault attempt misses for Young and Magnus with a uranage. Elbow drop from the top nearly wins it for Magnus.
Magnus goes for a move, but Young wheelbarrows him into a neckbreaker. Young heads up top for an elbow drop of his own and that nearly wins the match for him. Piledriver attempt from Young is caught by Magnus, who applies the Cloverleaf. Young struggling his way to the ropes and he gets the rope break.
Magnus looks for offense, but Young locks in a Cloverleaf variation of his own. Magnus needs the rope break and gets it. Young up top, but Magnus meets him with a punch. Press slam into a driver from Magnus nearly wins him the title.
Moving outside, Magnus brings in a crowbar. The referee takes it from him and Magnus looks for a kick to the groin. Piledriver lands for EY and nearly retains. Young with a catapult that sends Magnus into the corner. Piledriver connects again. Young going up top and he lands the elbow drop.
Winner by pinfall and still TNA World Heavyweight Champion: Eric Young.
Match Rating: 3.25 out of 5 stars
The show closes with TNA World Heavyweight Champion celebrating in the ring.
Overall Rating: 2.25 out of 5 stars
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Black Friday Photos From The Past — Morning Eyegasm [PICTURES]
Black Friday is upon us! All the deals, the squeals and the (insert word that rhymes with deal and squeal that would make sense — we are at a loss) that make Black Friday such an insane concept at its very core. It's grown people sleeping out on the street in the cold to get half off a smoothie maker? It's all utter nonsense and will probably get even more popular each year since we are all so broke and can't pay full price for anything.
To celebrate the darkest day of the year, here is a photo gallery of past Black Friday madness.