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think about food: April 2011
This weekend was delicious. Saturday greeted us with the possibility of strolling outdoors sans jacket, and strolled we did, up to Jean Talon market to get some goodies.
Can't wait for summer salads!
I'll take the kitty and the french bulldog.
I baked some amazing fresh sea bass marinated in miso. The recipe is meant for black cod, but any flaky white fish will do. Here's the recipe.
Doctored the recipe with some ginger and garlic. Pourquoi pas?
I made some more no-knead bread. This time with sunflower seeds!
Procrastinating meant I made some mini cheesecakes. What a revelation. Take your favorite cheesecake recipe, make the batter, pour into muffin papers and bake for 20 minutes. Who knew?
Start checking them after 15 minutes...mine were a little overdone. You want them to still be wobbly when you take them out of the oven.
Guess where I am going with this mess of berries?
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Labels: cheesecake, fish, miso
famous family cheese ball
It's cheese ball time, people! Get ready for one of the tastiest appetizers ever known. I have so many memories of the mighty cheese ball. Every celebrated holiday and family get-together warranted a cheese ball when I was growing up. There are even contested versions in my family and heated discussions about which version tastes the best. Here's my version. Why don't you try making one for your next potluck party?
-250g grated cheese (This recipe is great for getting rid of those random stumps of leftover cheese. I used old cheddar and an aged gouda, ja!)
-the juice of 1/2 an orange
-2 to 4 cloves of garlic, depending on how much of a vampire you are
-2 to 4 shakes of worcester sauce, or bragg amino liquid
-optional: 1 tsp dill and 6 chopped olives
-ground walnuts, pecans or almonds (I used pecans)
Grate your cheese into a bowl.
Chop that garlic up real good.
Sprinkle your dill over the cheese. You could use any herb you fancy.
BAM! All the ingredients pre-ball. Note the squeeze of Siracha sauce, my special spicy touch.
Wash those hands, you filthy human and then mush everything up into a ball. I tried with a spoon but this cheese needs manual stimulation.
Roll that beautiful cheese ball in some chopped nuts.
Wrap in parchment paper and stick in the fridge. This ball needs time to marinate. Make it the day before you want to serve it for optimal taste sensations. To serve, cut the cheese ball in half and serve with crackers and veggies. Spread that cheese on thick! Mmmmm.
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Labels: cheese, cheese ball, family recipe
After seeing this attempted by a friend on facebook and looking at the beautiful result, I thought I'd give this a try. I was in the middle of writing papers, which is what my life is all about at the moment, I needed a bit of procrastination in carbohydrate form. The dough took less than 3 minutes to prepare. All you need is time for it to rise and for the yeast to do its thing, and a 2 hour window of opportunity to let it proof and bake. This bread is so easy and the results taste like you spent hours slaving away. This one's a keeper, and I plan on making more of this in the near future.
3 cups of flour (i used 2 c. organic all purpose wheat, and 1 c. organic spelt)
1 1/2 cups of warm water (you'll need 1/4 c more if you use spelt or other alternative grain flour)
Combine the ingredients and mix with a wooden spoon. The dough should look "shaggy" and "piecey".
Here's what my dough looked like after mixing. Now all you need to do is cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let sit for 12-18 hours.
My specimen after a nice long sleep. Way to go yeast, you did your thing!
The next step: you might need to wet your hands to turn over the dough a couple of times to form a nice smooth ball. Nestle it into a tallish bowl for it to rise for another 2 hours. 30 minutes before you want to bake it, heat the oven to 450 degrees and pop in a heat resistant pot with a lid, such as a cast iron casserole. When the oven and pan are nice and hot, place your dough into the pan and give it a few shakes to distribute the dough nicely. Cover the pan with your lid. This creates steam while the bread bakes and results in a wonderfully crispy crunchy crust.
After 30 minutes of baking, remove the lid and bake for another 15 to 20 minutes. You can tell your bread is ready when it sounds hollow when you tap it.
Straight out of the oven. Note the parchment paper at the bottom of the pan to prevent sticking.
I love baking. I am always amazed by how beautiful it can be. Is this the end of store-bought bread for me?
The spelt flour added a sweet nutiness to the bread. All that resting for 12-18 hours imparts a complex flavor to the bread with a dense and chewy crumb and a crusty outer shell. Amazing.
I scarfed down two slices with butter while it was still hot. The next day it got slathered with cream cheese, smoked salmon and capers.
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Labels: bread, soup, vegan, vegetarian


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Penn's View Hotel: 2018 Prices, Reviews & Photos (Philadelphia, PA) - TripAdvisor
“wine bar”(57 reviews)
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14 N Front St, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2202 See on map
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Great hotel with a lot of history and charm.
Loved this hotel! It is quaint and small and located in Old City. We could walk to many of the historic sites.The hotel staff obviously take pride in the hotel and their work. The rooms are clean, well decorated and well maintained. The beds were...More
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Charming & Pleasant, comfortable stay
Enjoyed this property alot. It is at the end of the city, a walk away from the water, but still is within distance to all the good things the city has to offer. You can go to Mac's bar from "ITs always sunny in Philadelphia"...More
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a pleasant stay in philly
My husband and I went to philly for two nights. We stayed at the Penns View hotel, which turned out to be a good choice. The hotel was In a great location, where we could walk to any of the sites. They served a buffet...More
This hotel is beautiful. It's got an old world charm about it which we loved. We had room 505 which was quite spacious and had a lovely view with a small balcony to stand on. The sheets were lovely and the bed so comfortable. The...More
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European Hotel in Philadelphia
This excellent hotel was positively delightful. We felt like we were right back in Europe. Our room was actually their "dormer" on the 3rd floor up its own flight of stairs. The room was huge. The hotel was built in the 1800's and is quite...More
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There is a small lot next to the hotel, not owned but strong working relationships. Cost about $30.00 per day and you can come a go. However, because of the hotel's location, you do not need a car to visit most of the... More
There is a small lot next to the hotel, not owned but strong working relationships. Cost about $30.00 per day and you can come a go. However, because of the hotel's location, you do not need a car to visit most of the historic sites in Philly. A cab ride across the city only costs about $10.00. Park you car and enjoy the city.
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Tom Stephenson: Mushrooming
Good morning. I'm feeling better now. Better now. Over on Cro's latest post, Sue says that she does not trust herself to safely identify edible mushrooms out in the wild, so I thought I would point you in the direction of this book by Roger Phillips - probably the best photographic book to identify species that has been written (sorry about the crappy little image). It is certainly the best that I have ever found. Some of the little hand illustrated books on sale over the last 40 years are positively dangerous to use, both because of the poor drawing, and the way they have been compiled, despite dire warnings about the most poisonous of species.
There is one golden rule which I always strictly adhere to when foraging - if you cannot positively identify it without the slightest hint of doubt, don't eat it. The most exciting and tasty species cannot be confused with any others, once you have handled them a couple of times, anyway, so a little experience goes a long way, rather like a little knowledge being a dangerous thing. There are two or three species which will surely kill you within 48 hours, so what you do is become very familiar with them as soon as possible - actually look for them and compare them to others, then there will be no mistakes.
I usually go out with one species in mind - Cepe, Penny Bun, Porcini, Boletus Edulis - they are all the same thing, and - to my mind - the Holy Grail. Any other good species found on the way are a bonus.
Phillip Rogers also produces a similar book for North America too, and I bet it is every bit as good as this one.
Happy Hunting (just stay away from my patch).
Tom Stephenson 23 September 2010 at 02:17
I've just posted some pictures of the two most dangerous mushrooms in Britain, as compared to the Cepe.
Jacqueline 23 September 2010 at 05:01
My Nan (father's mum) used to take my Mum foraging...Mum always thought Nan was trying to get rid of her.
I think I will stay with the farmer's market...!
Cro Magnon 23 September 2010 at 22:12
For some bizarre reason I have THREE copies of Roger Phillips' book. You're right, some mushroom books should be banned; his is excellent!
Tom, we should not encourage too many people to go mushrooming; there's nothing worse than finding other people in the woods, especially with filled baskets.
Tom Stephenson 24 September 2010 at 01:45
I used to have 2 copies, but gave away one, which I now regret. It's useful to keep one in the car and one at home. You're right about the encouragement thing - that's why I have been dwelling on how horrible it is to die of amanita poisoning.
So, to recap, it is impossible to expel the toxins from your system by urinating. What happens is that - as the poison circulated around your body - the enzymes build up and up in your vital organs, attacking your kidneys until they cease to function. 24 hours of extreme pain and vomiting are followed by a feeling of relief that it is all over, then you turn bright yellow and die about 24 hours after that.

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August | 2019 | The Race Dr.
My #5 driver to watch is the defending champion of this race, #2 Brad Keselowski. Brad got his first win here “South of the Border” last year. He has 10 starts, that win and three Top 5’s. He is #8 ranked on tracks like this and also sits #8 hottest, a Top 5 finish can help improve those stats.
My #4 pick is a driver that used to struggle here, #22 Joey Logano. Joey has 10 starts here with three Top 5’s. Interestingly, those three Top 5’s came in his last four starts including his second place finish last year. Joey is ranked #5 for me on tracks like and is 6th hottest.
The number #3 driver to watch is a former winner here, #4 Kevin Harvick. Kevin has 22 starts here, one win and seven Top 5’s. He won here in 2014 in part of a streak of six consecutive Top 10 finishes, five of the six were Top 5’s. He is the #5 hottest over the last six weeks and is #2 rated on tracks like this.
The #2 driver only has three Top 5’s here, #18 Kyle Busch. But one of his Top 5’s was a win here in 2008. A win and two other Top 5’s in 14 starts isn’t the best, but Kyle has been hot and that hot streak should continue when he meets the “Lady in Black.”He sits #2 hottest and is #4 for me on tracks like this. It also doesn’t hurt that half of the wins here in the last ten years have been from Toyota, four of those from his team – Joe Gibbs Racing.
My #1 driver is the hottest driver over the last six weeks and most recent winner on the circuit, #11 Denny Hamlin. Denny is the hot shoe and he arrives here where he has two wins in just 13 starts, with seven Top 5’s-54%. His last four races were all Top 10’s, three of them were Top 5’s. Denny also has the #1 average finish in the last seven years at “the Track Too Tough to Tame” and his worst career finish was 19th.
Monday look for our preview of the Big Machine Vodka 400 at The Brickyard.
SOUTHERN 500 FROM DARLINGTON
Friday we break down the Top 5 drivers to watch in the SOUTHERN 500.
LEAVINE FAMILY RACING (LW #8)
After eight weeks straight weeks at#1 it is no surprise Joe Gibbs Racing remain on the heels of the #11 Denny Hamlin. Team Penske and Chip Ganassi Racing stay in place this week. Hendrick Motorsports move up a place to #4 and that moves Stewart Haas Racing to #5. Leavine Family Racing and red hot#95 Matt DiBennesetto move up two spots to #6. Roush Fenway Racing drop back a place to #7 and Wood Brothers Racing also go back a place. Germain Racing stay at #9 and JTG Racing stay #10.
Top 10 drivers on Intermediate tracks, tomorrow look for our Top 10 team rankings for Sunday’s BOJANGLES SOUTHERN 500 from Darlington Raceway.
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Here is a track that could have easily gone the way of the North Carolina Motor Speedway (Rockingham) or the North Wilkesboro Speedway; both of which stopped running NASCAR sanctioned races. Once the home of two races a year, it now just hosts one. In 2003 we saw the last Southern 500 on Labor Day weekend. When it went away I thought the days of thunder would be over for this incredible egg-shaped speedway. International Speedway Corp. decided to give this track a chance and kept a race date earlier in the year. Lights were added and we’ve had big crowds even though they added more seats. Why? Better marketing? Lower prices? New amenities? Nope, just great close-up racing under the lights and old school night excitement at the ultimate old school track. It is even better now that we are back on Labor Day weekend. Built in 1950 this track began the Speedway era in NASCAR. Called “the track too tough to tame” it could have also been called “the track with no turn the same” because of disproportionately different east and west turns. Add in a very tight racing groove and pavement that eats tires and you have “the track that is very tough to claim” (victory that is). Most racers find it smarter to race the track than to race the other drivers. There are just two races to go before the Playoffs and a win will get you in, that will just ramp up the nerves. Joe Gibbs Racing has four wins in the last ten years and Hendrick Motorsports has two wins in the last ten years but the Hendrick engine shop has three wins and the Toyota/Joe Gibbs Racing motor shop has five wins. The most recent winner was Brad Kesolowski in Team Penske Ford. Big advantage to Toyota and JGR. Will anyone else challenge JGR/Toyota? HMS, Stewart Team Penske or someone else? We’ll find out Sunday night September, 1st.
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The front controller design pattern means that all requests that come for a resource in an application will be handled by a single handler and then dispatched to the appropriate handler for that type of request. The front controller may use other helpers to achieve the dispatching mechanism.
While reading the brief overview you may have thought about ActionServlet in Struts 1 or Dispatchers in Struts 2. Yes both of them are implementations of Front controller design pattern. But most of the developers that I have interacted to (specially the beginners) end their thought process of Front Controller at Struts only.
The Front Controller design pattern is applicable and useful for all kind of applications be it web or desktop applications and is not limited to any single programming language or framework. Before the rollout of MVC frameworks in the market, the design pattern was still in use.
The only downside was that not all application could make use of it because of the effort involved. Only the applications which had custom framework in place were using the design pattern.
So for example in case of a Java based web application, which is not using any MVC framework, all the requests would be mapped to a single servlet in web.xml file. This we know can be done by using the servlet mapping (same as we do for ActionServlet in case of Struts 1).
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Once the request reached the FrontServlet, it uses some configuration files to decide the appropriate dispatcher for the request and thus forwards the request using forward mechanism.
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Mark Wadsworth: Why water can't be a 'greenhouse gas'
Having established the real reason for the Greenhouse Effect (yes, there is one), we now have to address why the Greenhouse Effect is less marked than we'd predict using basic physics alone.
We'd predict a temperature at sea-level of about 300K and a temperature of about 200K at the top of the atmosphere, the precise numbers depending on what altitude you choose as starting point (where actual temperature is equal to effective temperature = 250 - 255K) and whether you assume dry lapse rate of 8K/km or 10K/km.
1. As it happens, the Greenhouse Effect is less than this - average temperature at sea-level 288K and average temperature at the top of the stratosphere 213K - the 'moist lapse rate' is 6.5K/km, not 8K/km or 10K/km.
So water vapour is reducing the Greenhouse Effect by about 12K at sea-level, and so it can't be a 'greenhouse gas' (to the extent there even is such a thing).
2. As a matter of fact, humid places not only have smaller day/night temperature ranges than drier places at the same altitude and latitude, they are also on average slightly cooler overall.
3. The main reasons for this are as follows:
a) When water evaporates from the surface, extra kinetic energy (heat) is converted to latent heat of evaporation/condensation. When water vapour condenses back to water droplets higher up, it converts latent heat of evaporation/condensation back to actual kinetic energy (heat). That's a one-way transfer of energy from surface to troposphere.
b) Clouds have a cooling effect in the day time (reflecting solar radiation so it never reaches the hard surface) and a warming effect at night (when clouds reflect some light and some infra red radiation back to the hard surface). That's a two-way thing, but the balance is a cooling effect (see point 2). To complicate matters, the cooling effect is stronger in summer than it is in winter (when it possibly has a slight warming effect).
4. The Consensus argues that water vapour (i.e. H2O in its gaseous 'dry' state, as distinct from water droplets in clouds or fog) absorbs infra red radiation which would otherwise leave the surface and go out to space. Some of this infra red is reflected back to the hard surface and warms the hard surface up a bit more. This is quite possibly true, but it is nigh impossible to split the overall 12K cooling effect into the stronger cooling effects (latent heat and day time clouds) and the weaker warming effects (night time clouds and reflected radiation) and any attempt to do so would be subject to so many estimates and intelligent guesses as to be meaningless.
5. The Consensus also argues that more water vapour will lead to a self-reinforcing cycle - higher hard surface temperature leads to more water vapour; more water vapour reflects more radiation to hard surface; this warms hard surface even more; etc etc. Logic tells us that this can't happen, or else it would have done long ago.
There is no need to speculate about what would happen if sea-level temperatures rise by one or two degrees - the tropics are tens of degrees warmer than the Poles, and most of the tropics are oceans with plenty of water available, and there hasn't been a self-reinforcing cycle there; the overall picture is that water vapour and actual water are a self-regulating, moderating influence.
During the Little Ice Age, temperatures were barely affected in the tropics but went down a lot at higher and lower latitudes. Since then, temperatures have bounced back more at very high and very low latitudes (i.e. North and South Pole, where there is very little water vapour) and haven't risen much in the tropics (very humid). Which again points to water vapour being a moderating influence.
My latest blogpost: Why water can't be a 'greenhouse gas'Tweet this! Posted by Mark Wadsworth at 18:24
So briefly then.
1. CO2 is not working as a 'green house gas'.
2. Water vapour works like a car engine thermo-syphon cooling system.
1. it is impossible to work out what effect CO2 has, there is no particular evidence it has any effect whatsoever, and if it does, it is negligible and buried in with all the other pluses and minuses.
2. Exactly. There is a subtle point that liquid or condensed water is different to water vapour i.e. H2O in gaseous form, but you can't have one without the other and the overall impact is moderation (= cooling at sea level altitudes).
2 June 2020 at 11:30
MW You only have to experience a summer sea fret at Felixstowe to know that water vapour has cooling properties...
L, yes of course, everybody knows that except Climate Scientists, they think that sea breezes and rain and clouds warm everything up.
Right, that's the climate change nonsense settled then. So moving on. What do we know about the scaremongering over US use of antibiotics in animal husbandry?
2 June 2020 at 15:13
L, that's way beyond my ken!
I like physics and maths because you can work it out yourself just using basic rules and logic. If your predictions match up with actual observed results, you're onto a winner.
Other sciences (chemistry and in particular medicine) require far more trial and error and real life experiments etc, it's all much fuzzier.
2 June 2020 at 15:21
MW. me too. Or #metoo?
I only ask as it looks like another bit of greenism and i have been trying out find out about it.
But like you I feel much safer with engineeringy things..
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Patent US6001276 - Liquid crystal device - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA liquid crystal device is constituted by a pair of transparent substrates each having thereon a transparent electrode, and a chiral smectic liquid crystal composition lacking cholesteric phase disposed between the substrates so as to assume at least two optically stable states. At least one of the substrates...http://www.google.com/patents/US6001276?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6001276 - Liquid crystal deviceAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS6001276 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 08/896,541Publication dateDec 14, 1999Filing dateJul 18, 1997Priority dateJul 22, 1996Fee statusLapsedAlso published asDE69707772D1, EP0821048A2, EP0821048A3, EP0821048B1Publication number08896541, 896541, US 6001276 A, US 6001276A, US-A-6001276, US6001276 A, US6001276AInventorsMasanobu Asaoka, Hideaki Takao, Koichi Sato, Masahiro Terada, Shinichi Nakamura, Ikuo NakazawaOriginal AssigneeCanon Kabishiki KaishaExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (26), Non-Patent Citations (12), Referenced by (4), Classifications (15), Legal Events (6) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetLiquid crystal device
US 6001276 AAbstract
A liquid crystal device is constituted by a pair of transparent substrates each having thereon a transparent electrode, and a chiral smectic liquid crystal composition lacking cholesteric phase disposed between the substrates so as to assume at least two optically stable states. At least one of the substrates is provided with an alignment film which comprises a polyimide represented by a recurring unit of formula (I) shown below and has been subjected to a uniaxial aligning treatment. ##STR1## wherein A denotes a tetravalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group free from a planar structure or a tetravalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group, and n is an integer of at least 1. The chiral smectic liquid crystal composition may preferably contain at least one species of fluorine-containing mesomorphic compound comprising a fluorocarbon terminal portion and a hydrocarbon terminal portion connected with a central core and having a smectic phase or a latent smectic phase.
1. A liquid crystal device, comprising: a pair of substrates each having thereon a transparent electrode, and a chiral smectic liquid crystal composition lacking cholesteric phase disposed between the substrates so as to assume at least two optically stable states,wherein at least one of the substrates is provided with an alignment film which comprises a polyimide represented by a recurring unit of formula (I) shown below and has been subjected to a uniaxial aligning treatment, and said chiral smectic liquid crystal composition has a layer spacing-changing characteristic providing a layer spacing dA at a first transition point where the layer spacing of the liquid crystal composition begins to decrease at a discontinuously larger decrease rate on temperature decrease in vicinity of a transition temperature from smectic A phase to chiral smectic C phase and a layer spacing dmin at a second transition point where the layer spacing of the liquid crystal composition begins to increase on further temperature decrease from the first transition point, wherein 0.990≦dmin /dA, ##STR23## wherein A denotes a tetravalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group free from a planar structure or a tetravalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group, and n is an integer of at least 1. 2. A liquid crystal device according to claim 1, wherein n in the formula (I) is an even number of 2-10.
In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, a principal object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal device, particularly a chiral smectic liquid crystal device, containing a stable liquid crystal layer having a bookshelf structure or a structure close thereto having a small layer inclination and assuming a stable alignment state, thereby to exhibit excellent performances, inclusive of a high contrast, a quick response speed, a high resolution and a high brightness and a large display area.
FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view of an embodiment of the liquid crystal device using a chiral smectic liquid crystal composition according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a graph showing a temperature-dependence of layer spacing of the above-mentioned liquid crystal composition. In FIG. 7, dA represents a layer spacing at a first transition point (ca. 42° C.) and dmin represents a layer spacing at a second transition point (ca. 40° C.).
According to the above-described method, it is possible to obtain a layer inclination angle δ intrinsic to a sample liquid crystal composition while substantially removing the effect of a cell thickness thereon. However, it is also possible to obtain a substantially identical δ value in the temperature range of ca. 20° C. to 60° C. by using a 1.2 μm-thick cell having rubbed alignment films of polyimides (like those obtained from a commercially available polyimide precursor, such as "LP-64", "SP-710" or "SP-510" (available from Toray K. K.) instead of such an 80 μm-thick cell subjected to a magnetic field aligning treatment.
Two 1.1 mm-thick glass substrates each provided with a ca. 70 nm-thick ITO film were provided, and further coated with alignment control films by spin coating under different conditions.
More specifically, one substrate (first substrate) was spin-coated at 500 rpm for 15 sec. and then at 1500 rpm for 30 sec. with a solution in an N-methylpyrrolidone/n-butyl cellosolve (=2/1) mixture solvent containing 0.8 wt. % (as solid) of a polyamic acid as a precursor to a polyimide represented by a recurring unit of the following formula (obtained from a reaction of cyclobutanetetracarboxylic dianhydride (trans/cis=8/2) with hexamethylenediamine; both available from Aldrich Co.), followed by pre-drying at 80° C. for 5 min. and hot baking at 200° C. for 1 hour, to form a 6 nm-thick alignment film, which was then rubbed with a nylon cloth as a uniaxial aligning treatment. ##STR17##
The other substrate (second substrate) was coated with 0.4 wt. %-solution in butanol of a silicone-type oligomer ("Glass Resin GR650" (trade name), mfd. by Techneglas Inc.) by spin coating at 2500 rpm for 20 sec., followed by pre-drying at 80° C. for 5 min and hot-drying at 180° C. for 1 hour, to form a 5 nm-thick film.
Then, spacer silica beads of 2.0 μm in average diameter were dispersed on the first substrate and the second substrate onto which an adhesive was applied was superposed thereon to form a blank cell, which was then filled with the above-mentioned chiral smectic liquid crystal composition heated into its isotropic state under vacuum, followed by gradual cooling at a rate of 1° C./min. to room temperature to align liquid crystal molecules, thus producing a liquid crystal device.
A liquid crystal device was prepared by injecting the above-mentioned liquid crystal composition into a cell which was prepared in the same manner as in Example 1 except for forming an alignment control film of a polyimide having the following recurring unit by hot baking on the first substrate. The device showed a contrast of 78. ##STR18##
A liquid crystal device was prepared by injecting the above-mentioned liquid crystal composition into a cell which was prepared in the same manner as in Example 1 except for forming an alignment control film of a silicon coupling agent ("ODS-E", mfd. by Chisso K.K.) applied in a 0.5 wt. %-solution in ethanol on the second substrate. The device showed a contrast of 80.
A liquid crystal device was prepared by injecting the above-mentioned liquid crystal composition into a cell which was prepared in the same manner as in Example 1 except for forming an alignment control film of a polyimide having the following recurring unit by hot baking on the first substrate. The device showed a contrast of 100.
In a 1 liter-glass flask equipped with a 500 W moderate-pressure mercury lamp, 100 g (1.02 M) of maleic anhydride and 1 kg of ethyl acetate were placed and mixed to provide a homogeneous solution. Under stirring in an agron atmosphere, the solution was irradiated with light by using the mercury lamp for 8 hours at 20° C. to precipitate a crystal. After the reaction, the crystal was recovered by filtration to obtain 3.3 g of cyclobutanetetracarboxylic dianhydride (100% trans form).
A liquid crystal device was prepared by injecting the above-mentioned liquid crystal composition into a cell which was prepared in the same manner as in Example 1 except for forming an alignment control film of a polyimide having the following recurring unit by hot baking on the first substrate. The device showed a contrast of 30. ##STR20##
A liquid crystal device was prepared by injecting the above-mentioned liquid crystal composition into a cell which was prepared in the same manner as in Example 1 except for forming an alignment control film of a polyimide having the following recurring unit by hot baking on the first substrate. The device showed a contrast of 6. ##STR21##
A liquid crystal device was prepared in the same manner as in Example 1 except for replacing the liquid crystal composition with a chiral smectic liquid crystal composition ("CS-1014" (trade name), mfd. by Chisso K. K.) showing physical properties shown below. The device showed a contrast of 12. ##STR22##
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SOLVED: Bonneville still wont start any other ideas - Fixya
Posted by krazyboo217 on Nov 19, 2009
Re: Bonneville still wont start any other ideas going to...
Testimonial: "I HAVE DONE THAT I REPLACED THE COIL CAUSE I WAS NOT GETTING ENOUGH SPARK AND IT STILL WONT FIRE UP"
Dustin Nov 21, 2009
so you took the distributer apart, and checked out the module inside it? This is not the coil or cap; it's a little rectangular silver colored bit of electronics that likes to go out, leaving you stranded without any spark. when you replace it, you have to use dielectric grease on the contact surface so you don't burn it out again. The wires inside the distributer (you have to take the distributer out and apart to see them) can get brittle and break off. This will also cause your problem with no spark. Often times, if you're not savy with taking the whole distributer apart, it's just easier to find a working used HEI and put it in there. so you took the distributer apart, and checked out the module inside it? This is not the coil or cap; it's a little rectangular silver colored bit of electronics that likes to go out, leaving you stranded without any spark. when you replace it, you have to use dielectric grease on the contact surface so you don't burn it out again. The wires inside the distributer (you have to take the distributer out and apart to see them) can get brittle and break off. This will also cause your problem with no spark. Often times, if you're not savy with taking the whole distributer apart, it's just easier to find a working used HEI and put it in there.
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This Life I Ve Led My Autobiography : Babe Didrikson Zaharias : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive
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Wine Blogging Wednesday 56: a Kosher Wine from Utiel-Requena | The OLD Wine Case
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On April 16, 2009 at 11:51 am Erika said:
Sounds like a great kosher meal actually! I haven’t had anything from Malvi wines. Do you know which wines that Roberto Cohen has? I find it supremely difficult to find a good kosher Burgundy, so it sounds like he’s a good name to know.
On April 16, 2009 at 12:54 pm winecase said:
SAQ has a meursault and a Savigny-les-Beaunes from Roberto Cohen, but I’m not sure about what else he does. He works as a négociant, in Bordeaux as well.
I quickly tried to find info about him, but only found mentions of individual wines here and there.
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The Lounge with Michael Horn on CRN: Tue May 5, 2009
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Knabe will be calling on his colleagues on the Board of Supervisors in opposing the suspension of the C-17 program by introducing a formal motion of opposition next week.“At a time when the Federal Government is pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into efforts to protect jobs and shore-up the economy, it is counterproductive and foolhardy to cut a program that employs 5,000 people at the C-17 plant in Long Beach and another 30,000 people at supplier facilities across the nation,” said Knabe.“Beyond the economic impact from losing these jobs, the C-17 continues to prove that it is needed in the battlefield. Now we need to continue the fight in the political battlefield. This airborne workhorse is critical to U.S. forces and to our homeland security. The C-17 has shown its value many times in Iraq and Afghanistan and its usefulness closer to home during disaster relief missions.”
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A Quiet Night | Today's Perfect Moment
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A Quiet Night	Posted on July 3, 2017	by Anthony With the rise of craft brewing, and the plethora of choices it has produced, the naming of beer has transcended marketing to be more on par with Roller Derby names or WWE characters. Perhaps it’s best if we don’t take it all too seriously.
Today’s Perfect Moment is remembering that I had this beauty tucked away. I translate it as Black Heart, but I could be wrong. My French lessons were a long time ago and mostly I remember my beautiful language lab teacher Veronique, more than the actual language points we were studying.
I have mixed opinions about naming the beer black heart. My inner Goth thinks its cool, but the writer in me things it is a bit overplayed. I mean, is the person drinking it the one with the black heart? Is the brewmeister the one with the black heart? Does the beer itself have a black heart? I am all for deep questions while drinking, but they should revolved around life and whether we really have liberty,……or 80’s TV trivia.
Since my favourite beer is called (in translation) the End of the World, I shouldn’t be too critical of this one. They could have gone more ridiculous and called it “A Pint of Blood” or “Hell on Earth” or “Agony and Ecstasy” –any accidental guessing at a real beer name is just that, accidental. Any inspiration for a craft brewer, although accidental, will require some compensation (product or money).
The beer was good. I drank it while watching some favourite movies. It was a quiet night of Perfect.
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Brittany says:	July 3, 2017 at 10:09 am	Perfect night indeed! I don’t often forget about “treats” I have, but when I do and then find them they taste even better.


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Samsung to pour $3.6B into OLED display tech - CNET
Samsung to pour $3.6B into OLED display tech
The company is working to diversify its business as smartphone sales continue to slump.
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Samsung's Galaxy Note Edge includes an OLED display. CNET
Samsung is planning to invest $3.6 billion in the manufacturing of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels.
The South Korean electronics giant will make mainly medium and small OLED displays, a Samsung spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday.
The $3.6 billion investment in the new product line will be made this year through 2017.
According to analysts, it is likely the OLED display line is intended for curved screens such as those found on Samsung's 5.6-inch Galaxy Note Edge smartphone. Bloomberg reports that Samsung's upcoming flagship model, the next Galaxy smartphone, will come in two styles -- and one variant will be equipped with a dual curved-edge display that covers three sides.
Samsung has recently suffered a drop in smartphone sales, resulting in the need to explore fresh revenue streams and to diversify its business.
According to IDC's latest report on smartphone shipments and sales, Samsung is losing ground to rivals such as Apple. The research firm says Apple "just fell short" of taking over the South Korean firm's top spot in global smartphone shipments over the last quarter.
This story originally posted as "Samsung invests $3.6 billion in OLED technology" on ZDNet.
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The Life of the Buddha: According to the Pali Canon book by Bhikkhu Nanamoli (Selected by), Nyanaponika Thera (Preface by), Gnanamoli | 1 available editions | Alibris Books
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Composed entirely of texts from the Pali canon, this unique biography presents the oldest authentic record of the Buddha s life and revolutionary philosophy. The ancient texts are rendered here in a language marked by lucidity and dignity, and a framework of narrators and voices connect the canonical texts. Vivid recollections of his personal attendant Ananda and other disciples bring the reader into the Buddha s presence, where his example offers profound inspiration and guidance on the path to freedom. " Read More
Composed entirely of texts from the Pali canon, this unique biography presents the oldest authentic record of the Buddha s life and revolutionary philosophy. The ancient texts are rendered here in a language marked by lucidity and dignity, and a framework of narrators and voices connect the canonical texts. Vivid recollections of his personal attendant Ananda and other disciples bring the reader into the Buddha s presence, where his example offers profound inspiration and guidance on the path to freedom. " Read Less
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Sharon Hughes - Blogging Today's Changing Worldviews: HOT OFF THE SHOW! Censoring Christmas this Year
HOT OFF THE SHOW! Censoring Christmas this Year
My guest on the show Wednesday was Rabbi Aryeh Spero of Caucas for America, and fellow Rightalk.com radio broadcaster. He's a staunch supporter of keeping Christianity in Christmas. A Jew standing up for Christmas! He talked about why.
While Walmart, Macy's and Kohl's have relented of their banning Merry Christmas this year, Best Buy and others such as Crate&Barrel, Ann Taylor, Lane Bryant, Bath & Body Works and Neiman Marcus haven't joined their ranks. They are banning or continuing to ban Christmas from their stores this year. What’s the matter with them, you’d think they’d learn from the other stores that got hit hard in sales last year. It’s a high price to pay for political correctness. What are they thinking?
But, this is about more than Christmas, isn’t it? It’s about Christianity. Materialism aside, Christmas is the zenith, if you will, of public acknowledgement and observance of what Christianity is about. And for those who say that isn’t so recent polls show...
~95 percent of Americans celebrate Christmas (Fox News/Opinion Dynamics).
~90 percent of Americans recognize Christmas as the birthday of Jesus Christ (Gallup).
~88 percent of Americans say it is okay for people to wish others "Merry Christmas" and the majority of Americans are more likely to wish someone they just met "Merry Christmas" rather than "Happy Holidays" (CNN/USA Today/Gallup).
~87 percent of Americans believe nativity scenes should be allowed on public property (Fox News/Opinion Dynamics).
Yet because of political correctness and threats of lawsuits from the ACLU, Christmas is increasingly under attack. And the courts are agreeing with wrong interpretations of the lst Amendment - "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." But they seem to leave out - "or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." This is not what the Founding Fathers had in mind...this is an agenda, and proof that the courts are in step with the far-left ACLU?
In Wired Magazine Gary Wolf wrote recently about "The Church of the Non-Believers" -that a band of intellectual brothers is mounting a crusade against belief in God. He quoted Richard Dawkins Professor at Oxford and leader of the New Atheism movement who said, "I think we're in the same position the gay movement was in a few decades ago. There was a need for people to come out. The more people who came out, the more people had the courage to come out. I think that's the case with atheists. They are more numerous than anybody realizes." Dawkins looks forward to the day when the first US politician is honest about being an atheist. He says, "Highly intelligent people are mostly atheists. Not a single member of either house of Congress admits to being an atheist. It just doesn't add up. Either they're stupid, or they're lying. And have they got a motive for lying? Of course they've got a motive! Everybody knows that an atheist can't get elected."
Only 3% of the American population is atheist...it’s amazing how such a small minority can make so many waves...don't you think?
For a list of the stores we've found so far that are banning Christmas this year go to ChangingWorldviews.com and scoll down to the Take Action Box.
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From the Heart: Let’s Talk About Rejections
Home Contact Us Sunday, December 6, 2009
I just discovered your blog a few days ago through another agent. I began reading a few of the articles last night, beginning with Terry's. He left me in awe, or maybe it wasn't him but God using Terry's post to speak. Today was no different. Ms. Hart, I know you don't know exactly what it was you said that blessed me so very much, but you did, and I thank you!
Well, here's my two cents... Bingo - to all of teh above. Bingo.At the risk of sounding cocky, I landed a publishing contract relatively quickly and relatively easily.On Aug. 16th (2008) I snail-mailed 20 query letters. On November 28th (2008), The Dundurn Group offered me a contract.I did my homework before sending out any query letters. I did teh reserach, I read how-to books and advice columns. Of the 20 query letters I sent, 8 or so asked to see the whole MS, and as I said, Dundurn offered a contract in November. A few month after I signed the contract with them , anothe rpublisher also offered me a contract (which I had to turn down of course).So, all this was about a year ago... and my book has just been released!! "Blood and Groom" is now in stores and I am so glad to see it there.Follow the advice in this posting. Create a good product. Do your homework. Good luck!Cheers, Jill Edmondson
As a contemporary romance writer... it does my heart well to read, "We're looking Romance, romance, romance!" *grin*Thank for the tips!!
I know the rules, but it's good to read them again. Thanks for the good post.
Thank you for taking the time to share such a timely, informative, and sincerely encouraging post. We writers don't often consider the vulnerability an agent must endure in order to front all the fiery darts aimed at their authors. Here's wishing you double blessings for that, and peaceful happy holidays!
Thanks to all of you for your comments. We aim to please :) We sincerely appreciate your comments and the fact that you read our blog!Jill - you were fortunately to land a contract quickly and easily. It does happen, and sometimes it takes a long time.Blessings and great success to all of you.
Joyce, you're the best! Thanks for sharing all your wisdom with us. I couldn't have asked for a better agent. :-)
Joyce: Thomas Nelson told me “we don’t want any dead bodies, we want lighter stories.” Timothy Fish: Is that dead bodies in romance or is it dead bodies in everything?
Thank you for writing this out so clearly! Over a year ago, I submitted to your agency and clearly wasn't ready with the wrong book. It was my first attempt at writing a proposal and looking back now, I am so embarrassed. Your agency was right in rejecting me. I hadn't put it together properly and know that. I hope to try again someday:)
Joyce: I wonder if Satan often whispered in Jesus' ear: "You are not called by God; look around you at all this rejection!"I'm so grateful HE didn't give up.
I just saw Mr. Burn's response in an ACFW email loop and thought I'd check out his blog. WOW! I am impressed by the wealth of information in this single entry! Thank you so much for your honest summary of what your agency is looking for, including the specialties of many popular publishing houses. I will follow your blog and try to read through older posts.God Bless!
Thanks, but I just posted the blog - this was written by Joyce. That would be her picture next to it. She did a great job.
I recently found this blog and come back to it often. Thank you, Joyce, for this useful information and explaining what you're looking for at this time. I think the proposal is very difficult to write, but I see why it's so necessary that it be done the right way. It took a lot of time and effort and even then I'm not sure I've hit the mark.
Good reminders, but I have to admit that I find your submission guidelines a little confusing in one respect. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by a 'sell sheet' and how it differs from a synopsis. I did google the term and incorporated others' suggestions; but in the query I recently sent Tamela, I wasn't at all certain I'd done it correctly.
it was you said that blessed me so very much, but you did, and I thank you! Work from home India December 11, 2009 at 11:48 AM