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When I cook, I rarely follow a recipe to the word. Usually I start with a great ingredient or two, then an idea for a meal emerges. Next I consult a few of my favorite cookbooks and off I go - adding an ingredient here, using a different technique there. Not so with this recipe from the Alice Waters' Art of Simple Food. I have made her lamb shanks numerous times and am never temped to stray; I cannot help but follow her words as they lead to such a delicious end.
Eating lamb is something we don't often do, and this recipe is a celebration of just how succulent a treat it is. I've also cooked a goat shank this way and it was just as good.
- 4 lamb shanks
- salt
- pepper
- olive oil
- 2 onions
- 2 carrots
- 1 head garlic
- 1 dried chili pepper
- 4 black peppercorns
- 1 rosemary sprig
- 1 bay leaf
- 3/4 cup white wine
- 2 medium tomatoes
- 2 cups chicken broth
- zest from one lemon
- chopped parsley
- garlic clove minced
If possible, salt and pepper your shanks the night before. Place braising pan (I use my cast iron Le Creuset pot for everything) on stove top over med-high heat. Pour in enough olive oil to coat the bottom of the pan. Brown shanks on each side. Remove from pan and set aside.
Peel carrots and onions and chop into large chunks. Cut whole head of garlic in half. Place carrots, onions, garlic, rosemary, bay, dried chili pepper, and peppercorns in the pan where the shanks were browned. Cook for a few minutes over medium heat until veggies begin to soften.
Add wine and tomatoes to pot. Cook vigorously until wine is reduced by half. Place shanks back in the bottom of the pot, nestled in amongst the veggies. Add enough chicken stock so that liquid reaches half way up the shanks. Bring to a boil then turn heat down to low. Cover and simmer for 2 and a half to 3 hours. When meat is falling off the bone, remove shanks. Run sauce through a food mill, or puree in a blender and then strain. (I once pureed, but forgot to strain, and ended up bits of garlic husk the sauce.) Done right, the sauce is rich and thick with a nice hot kick from the chili pepper.
Reheat sauce and shanks. Prepare gremolata (a mix of chopped parsley, lemon zest and minced garlic) to sprinkle over the top of each plated shank. I like to serve the lamb over a bed of creamy polenta, or along side some warm crusty bread. You need something to soak up the scrumptious sauce.
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Detroit Electric returns with 100% electric sports car teaser
Detroit Electric returns with 100% electric sports car teaser
There will be competition in the future for Tesla...but we should view that as a good thing. The stranglehold that the ICE industry has had on the market is waning.
In the long run, competition has always produced better products. I wish Detroit Electric well, in a spot just behind Tesla Motors!
TM is begging the majors to compete/participate. It wants to inspire them, not defeat them.
Are they working on making Roadsters or using their history and some vague imagery as a decoy or smokescreen to throw people off track?
I remember the ZAP announcement. So what's the deal with ZAP?
Is that Alias car ever coming to market?
A $125,000 electric sports car based off a Lotus? Sounds familiar, and there's already a used car market for those sorts of things.
I gotta do this...
Brian I must correct you. I think what you meant to say was,
Tesla wants to inspire them, THEN defeat them!
You're good kid, real good. But as long as Tesla is around you'll always be second best, see? :-P
I think you misunderstand Elon. He is not trying to replace the auto industry, just reform it.
I was so surprised to read all the negative comments saying things like why a another expensive toy for the well to do. Why not a family car. But they mirror very much what Tesla did. Their game plans sound so like Tesla. I hope their designs does also; lots of cargo space, battery in the floor. It already looks like a good looking car. I don't want Ford and Chevy to fail, I do want this new company to do well. This is great news. One last thing when folks in the media says folks don't want electric cars. What they don't want is a Leaf, a Volt a Fisker. Poeple want a great car, so lines will form behind this new car just like Tesla, if its a great car.
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- A dominating win by Roger Federer in his 1,000th career match and a more difficult workout for Rafael Nadal set up a rare Grand Slam marquee semifinal between the former top-ranked players.
Four-time Australian Open champion Federer advanced to his ninth straight semifinal at Melbourne Park with a 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 quarterfinal win Tuesday over Juan Martin del Potro, the man who beat him for the U.S. Open title in 2009.
Federer's 1,000th match was similar to most in his career - no-nonsense, dominating from the start and some incredible shots.
"It's a lot of matches and a lot tennis,'' said Federer, a record 16-time Grand Slam champion. "Either I have been around for a long time or I'm extremely fit. You decide which way you want to describe it. But I'm happy.''
In an often tempestuous night match at Rod Laver Arena, Nadal advanced with a tough 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-3 win over Tomas Berdych.
"Happy with how I finished match physically, I was able to keep running with high intensity,'' Nadal said.
Federer and Nadal - they were ranked 1-2 for many years - have been on opposite halves of the draw since the 2005 French Open. That was the last time the pair met in a Grand Slam semifinal, won that year by Nadal in four sets.
Defending women's champion Kim Clijsters, still dealing with a left ankle injury, advanced to an Australian Open semifinal against third-seeded Victoria Azarenka by beating No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 7-6 (4) Tuesday. Clijsters' victory ensured that Wozniacki would lose the top ranking she has held for most of the last 15 months.
Azarenka beat No. 8 Agnieszka Radwanska 6-7 (0), 6-0, 6-2. Azarenka is one of three women who could finish at No. 1 in Melbourne - Maria Sharapova and Petra Kvitova are the others.
In the late match, Nadal saved four set points in the first set, including one on an amazing crosscourt passing shot on the 29th point of a rally. But Berdych held firm to win the ensuing tiebreaker.
During the tiebreaker, a Berdych shot landed out, and Nadal returned it, then challenged the call. Chair umpire Carlos Bernardes wouldn't allow the challenge because Nadal hadn't immediately stopped play, but Nadal responded by saying he didn't challenge immediately because he thought the linesman had called it out.
The replay showed the ball was out.
"Carlos, I'll tell you something, you never get one right, not one correct overrule,'' Nadal said in Spanish. "You're not here as a spectator. You know that ball was out.''
Bernardes later had a brief discussion with Berych when the Czech player complained about an apparent "flat'' ball. And in the fourth set, Nadal chastised the chair umpire again for allowing a challenge by Berdych, feeling the Czech player waited too long before asking for a review.
In the opening game of the fourth set, Nadal hit consecutive down-the-line forehands to break Berdych's service and the Spaniard was on his way to clinch the match in 4 hours, 16 minutes.
Federer's career can be enhanced even more if he wins the title this year at Melbourne Park. With a 232-34 record in Grand Slam singles matches, he can overtake Jimmy Connors' mark of 233 wins if he collects the title here.
Del Potro, who has recovered from the right wrist injury that sidelined him for most of 2010, played well in flashes. But Federer was at another level, hitting lobs, drop shots, crosscourt winners and generally negating Del Potro's big forehand.
"We have played some big matches against each other, so just knowing how well he's been playing as of late, I was just hoping that I would get off a good start,'' Federer said. "I was able to mix it up well and control the ball, and right away sort of felt confident.''
The end of the match came in a most fitting way, one of Federer's backhand winners.
Before that, Federer saved his fourth break point at 5-3 in the second set after a long rally. He let out a loud yell, unusual for a player not prone to big shows of emotion.
"That's why I didn't celebrate when I won the set, just to make it up,'' Federer said, smiling. "I really knew how important that game was for me.''
The quarterfinals on the other side of the men's draw are Wednesday - Andy Murray plays Kei Nishikori of Japan and top-seeded Novak Djokovic takes on David Ferrer.
In the remaining women's quarterfinals Wednesday, Sharapova plays Ekaterina Makarova, who beat five-time champion Serena Williams in the fourth round, and No. 2 Kvitova takes on unseeded Sara Errani of Italy.
Clijsters has needed treatment on her ankle since Sunday, when she injured it and had to save four match points in her fourth-round win over French Open champion Li Na, a rematch of the 2011 final.
"Instead of really focusing on the match, you're focusing on trying to get the ankle as good as possible,'' Clijsters said of her preparation. "Laying on the couch, every 20 minutes ice, 20 minutes off, 20 minutes ice, 20 minutes off. Leg elevated. Lymphatic drainage, all that stuff.''
Wozniacki, 21, needed to reach the semifinals to retain the top ranking.
"I will get it back eventually, so I'm not worried,'' she said. Critics "talk to me like I'm finishing my career and I only have one year left and time is running out. The fact is I still have quite a few good years in front of me.''


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Originally Cherokee Indian territory, Johns Creek grew as settlers, enticed to the area by the promise of gold, built a number of trading posts during the 1830s. As settlers arrived in the area, the Cherokee moved out, forced from their homes by the then young federal government.
When Milton County dissolved in the 1930s, Fulton County absorbed Johns Creek. Some 50 years later, Georgia Tech graduates purchased land in the area to develop a planned community. They named it Technology Park/Johns Creek, and soon, more than 200 companies moved to the area.
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There's a feature package on New Orleans Saints tailback Reggie Bush headlining the NFL page on CBSSports.com right now.
The lead story is by columnist Pete Prisco, who visited Saints camp this weekend and decided he was wrong to label Bush as the most overrated player in the league last year.
Most of the articles on Bush are positive - labeling him as a versatile weapon who has actually become underrated since he's not a traditional between-the-tackles runner.
Maybe the tide is turning on Bush. Maybe he has been so overrated for so long now that he's become underrated.
Obviously, Bush fits somewhere in the middle between those two labels. He clearly hasn't gotten the most out of his potential, and he might never prove worthy of the No. 2 overall pick in the draft. I think he needs to continue to improve his approach to the game. But I still think he's one of the top three or four most valuable players on the Saints' roster.
I've said for years now that if Bush was just drafted in the late first round instead of No. 2 overall, he'd be an overwhelming fan favorite without the overwhelming skepticism and negativity. Even those sideways and backwards runs don't bother me as much as they do most critics -- at least not on his punt returns, when he's not risking putting the team in third-and-long situations. That's what Bush is - a home-run hitter who swings and misses a lot but does serious damage when he makes contact.
I know it's been almost three years now, but I'll never forget how dominant he was in December and January of the 2006-07 season, when the Saints made their run to the NFC Championship Game and Bush scored nine touchdowns in a span of seven games. That's what he's capable of doing in the NFL, and he was almost as dominant over the first six weeks of last season, scoring eight touchdowns.
Defenses are always well aware of his presence - if not downright scared by it. Like receiver Marques Colston said, "Teams defend us a lot different when he's out there."
But that's the biggest concern with Bush these days - staying on the field. He's had a series of injuries to his left knee - none of them "major" in and of themselves. But together, they're a significant concern. He's not a very big guy, and most of his 200 pounds or so seem to be stacked in his upper body. Plus, the way he plays the game with so many quick change-of-direction moves really puts pressure on his knees and ankles.
Bush talked this weekend about concentrating on getting the knee healthy and trying to put those nagging issues behind him.
If he's able to do that, then maybe we'll be seeing a lot more of these articles in the national media labeling Bush as "underrated."


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The first time I tried to have a pizza at Forno Italia, the place had been reduced to rubble by a complete renovation. I worried that the wood-burning pizza oven I had heard so much about would not be part of the new restaurant. I needn't have worried. What makes Forno ltalia's pizza so good is the gorgeous oven, a skilled pizzaiolo, and the house-made mozzarella, which is so good that the proprietors wholesale it to other Italian restaurants and pizzerias in the know. The pies are individual Neapolitan-style beauties, with a chewy, puffy crust that is pretty swell. I usually have the Margherita here, but I've always been tempted to order the Southern pizza, topped with spicy sausage and American and Swiss cheeses. It ain't exactly authentic, but I bet it's tasty.
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Pop-up Detroit suit tailors search for permanent home
David Hall
It turns out there is a custom-tailored suit market in Detroit, and owners Tom Daguanno and Max Schmidt of 1701 Bespoke LLC say they have it cornered.
In late December, Daguanno and Schmidt left their pop-up shop in the lobby of the First National Bank Building in search of a permanent storefront for their custom-tailored suit business, the success of which is surpassing the pair's expectations since opening in late October 2013.
For now, they continue to service customers from a temporary 200-square-foot suite on the eighth floor of The Chrysler House, formerly known as The Dime Building, on Griswold. Daguanno said they are looking for retail spaces exclusively in downtown Detroit — something with 1,500 square feet and street visibility.
As Crain's first reported last fall, the whole business started on a whim when Daguanno and Schmidt decided to make custom suits for Daguanno's wedding. Some friends in the wedding were impressed and wanted a suit of their own. The profits from those business transactions formed the bastion of their business, and they established an LLC in late 2012.
Daguanno said one of their clients worked for Quicken Loans Inc. and facilitated the connection with Bedrock Real Estate Services LLC to set up shop in a 1,400-square-foot storefront last October to test how they would fare in the retail arena.
They did well.
Schmidt said the storefront more than quadrupled its sales, which prompted Bedrock to extend their discounted lease to December while waiting for a permanent resident to lease the space.
(Watch Crain's reporter Dustin Walsh get fitted for a custom suit last fall.)
Over the past four months, Daguanno and Schmidt said they have expanded their client base from 20 to more than 120 customers, all buying suits starting at $511. In October, Schmidt had forecast a 12-month earnings of $150,000. Now, Schmidt said he expects they'll surpass that goal because they've already grossed well over $100,000.
"A lot of retailers are terrified of opening downtown," Schmidt said. "We didn't have any expectations going into it, but the popup proved there is a market here."
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Sweden is the largest of the Scandinavian countries. It is a land of unspoilt forests, lakes, mountains, glaciers, idyllic villages and cosmopolitan cities. A year-round destination, enjoy hiking in summer and skiing in winter. Of course, Swedish design is known throughout Europe if not the world.
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Thank you for explaining it. Like I said, I do not reload but know about certain gun barrels that like certain bullet weights etc... It took many dollars to find the right slug for my trusty 11-87 Rem slug gun. When I found it I bought as much as I could to stock up. Hoping that there was not much difference in the results in not being able to buy shells not in the same lot. That being said I do find it interesting, the things some of you guys do with reloading. I just know for me, the accuracy I'm getting with the factory 450 ammo and my barrel combination would be hard to improve upon for my needs. With a 1 1/2" spread at 200yrds out of an AR platform, if I do my part and not try to get cute, there's not much of a chance I'll be walking away empty handed from a day of deer hunting. I will say it again that I do enjoy reading about your reloading experiences if ever I do decide it's necessary for me to start reloading there is a lot of good info to go by and use.
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I'm gluten-free and vegan (so no meat or dairy, in your case), and a family member is soy-free, so other than eating the odd tofu, I don't eat any soy, really. Maybe you can tell me the kinds of things you are looking for, and I can offer a whole whack of budget-friendly suggestions
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Hi everyone, I bought some Westbrae Naturals Miso (http://www.westbrae.com/products/miso/mbrm.php) when I was travelling because I was craving some miso. Anyway, I figured bcasue it was Hains Celestial it would be okay, because I thought that they note everything. This company has a line of items that ARE labelled as gluten-free (like Imagine soups). Westbrae Naturals isn't a part of that. I called the company and she basically gave me the "we aren't sure of our suppliers" spiel. Normally I would never buy the item based on this, but I did already buy it because I was away (and it cost $8 so I don't want to toss it or give it away yet!) I had also emailed the company before calling because it was a weekend. This (below) is what they wrote (note that the link they provide for their gluten-free items does not include the miso). Looking at the ingredients of the miso, it doesn't include natural flavors. What would you do? Has anyone tried this before? I don't want to take a risk if I don't have to, but I do know I run a tight ship with my celiac. ----- Thank you for taking the time to contact us regarding our Westbrae Miso Red (4X8) (K) (Wb). We strive to maintain the highest quality products and your satisfaction is very important to us. We consider gluten to be in the following, barley, bulgur, couscous, durum, graham flour, kamut, malt , rye, semolina, spelt, triticale and any other types of wheat. We do not consider oat products to be gluten free due to the fact that studies are needed to determine the long- term safety of oat consumption. The issue of cross contamination with oat and wheat remains a concern in North America. Consumer health and safety is our number one concern. We do not have lists of products that are specifically considered to be gluten free. Reading the label is the best way to check for the presence of ingredients which contain gluten. If gluten is a major ingredient, it will be specified in the ingredient list. For consumers concerned about the presence of trace amounts of gluten, we suggest avoiding products that include natural flavors or spices. Hain Celestial Group products that make a gluten-free claim will carry the triangular Gluten-Free symbol, be labeled gluten-free, or specify Gluten Free certification by GFCO. To learn more about the wide variety of gluten free foods we offer please visit www.glutenfreechoices.com. We hope you find the information, recipes and articles to be a useful resource. Both major and minor ingredients of all products, as well as all processing procedures and equipment, are closely scrutinized and all potential allergen issues as determined by the Hain Celestial Group are declared on our labeling. We assure you that strict manufacturing processes and procedures are in place and that all of our manufacturing facilities follow rigid allergen control programs that include staff training, segregation of allergen ingredients, production scheduling, and thorough cleaning and sanitation. Thank you for your continued support. If we can be of further assistance, please feel free to contact us at 1-800-434-4246, Monday through Friday from 7AM - 5PM Mountain Time. Sigrid Consumer Relations Representative ----
Thanks for letting them know, kareng. I didn't receive alerts to this thread, but did message you both back since then!
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I have a series of gluten-free vegan, most allergen-free cookbooks coming out. They are all baked goods. The first is due out in a couple weeks, and I'm currently finishing up the second one. If you're interested in testing recipes for the second one (it is all cakes, cookies, bars, squares, cupcakes), let me know! Send me a PM and I'll send you more info!
You are welcome to test, but you cannot share the recipes - so it is up to you. If you're interested, though, let me know!
Thanks to everyone who has PMed so far! I am still looking for more testers if anyone is keen!
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There are a handful of recipes without baking powder or xanthan gum, which would be the corn-free options. If you can handle those in small amounts, then everything is corn-free except for about 2 recipes. Let me know! Thanks for everyone so far, and those who have PMed me. If anyone else is interested, please let me know!
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Great, thanks! PLease send me a PM with your contact info, either email or Facebook. Looking forward to it!
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Vegan gluten-free Pumpkin Pie?
lorka150 replied to SGWhiskers's topic in Gluten-Free Recipes & Cooking TipsI have one in my upcoming gluten-free, vegan baking book. I can't post the recipe online (copyright issues), but can send you a PM if you are interested.
I haven't considered it but that is a good idea! Let me get my head around it and I will let you know!!! If anyone wants to do any testing for this new book, please send me a PM asap! (Yeast breads, especially!)
Hello everyone! Glad to see this thread is still kicking. This is my bread recipe, and to answer the question about the flax, it's a must for this specific recipe. If anyone ever has troubleshooting, feel free to shoot me an email (send me a PM first). I don't come to the boards too often as I'm pretty busy but will help anyone via email no problem! My all bread book will be out in 2011; we're just going through the editing process right now. Speaking of which... If you have requests, let me know. I can still add a few in there!


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February 4, 2012
All is sunshine this morning. It glistens through the thick hoar frost on the Amur maple grove next door and picks diamonds out of the soft white snow. Glenn, who has been through a difficult surgery this week, is on the mend in the hospital and our daughters are both here with us. The girls and I will spend the day with Glenn and then go out for "dinner" this evening, but more to talk and laugh than eat. We revel in the aura of happiness that surrounds our family when we are together.
This has been a week of fog and mist. It swirled around the streets, collecting under lampposts and coating the trees. It obscured the road ahead and shrouded the world in mystery. It hid the ugliness of melting snow and sand, even in the cruelest part of town. I was thankful for its comforting blanket which muffled threat and unkindness.
The weather is strange. We had four straight days of that fog, but the day before the fog moved in, we were visited by sun dogs, which put on a brilliant display on either side of the sun. Maybe the unusual weather has something to do with recent solar activity, although most scientists say that solar storms have a greater effect on communications and technology than on weather.
Nevertheless, NASA predicts that 2012 will be the year of massive sun storms, part of an 11-year cycle, ramping up steadily until next year. Last Sunday, January 29, was one of those nights, when there was a solar flare that hurled billions of tons of plasma toward earth, the strongest such flare since May 2005.
The projected activity on the sun will magnify the chances of seeing the aurora borealis here in Winnipeg this February and March. We often see the lights, sometimes in summer. They illuminate the sky with swirly white rays, that fill the viewer with wonder. It's just another bonus of living in a northern clime.


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Last month in Code Basics, "Commercial Loads — Part 1," on page 24 of the January issue, we discussed when it's okay to apply demand factors when calculating electrical load requirements for commercial installations. Because different sets of demand factors apply for different types of electrical loads (and even for different types of commercial buildings), this article demonstrated why it's important to determine what kinds of loads you have before starting your commercial load calculations.
In part two of this installment, it's time to address how to calculate receptacle loads and introduce the optional calculation method for commercial occupancies.
The basics
The multioutlet receptacle assembly, such as a plug strip, is common in commercial applications. For each 5 ft (or fraction thereof) of multioutlet receptacle assembly, use 180VA in your feeder/service calculations. This is assuming that it's unlikely for the appliances plugged into this assembly to operate simultaneously [220.14(H)].
If you expect several appliances to operate simultaneously from the same multioutlet receptacle assembly, consider each foot (or fraction of a foot) as 180VA for feeder/service calculations. A multioutlet receptacle assembly isn't generally considered a continuous load.
Try this sample problem to determine the feeder/service load. What's the calculated load for 10 workstations (Fig. 1), each of which has 10 ft of multioutlet receptacle assembly (not used simultaneously) and 3 ft of multioutlet receptacle assembly (used simultaneously)?
10 stations with 10 ft per station = 100 ft of multioutlet assembly (not simultaneously used)
10 stations with 3 ft per station = 30 ft of multioutlet assembly (simultaneously used)
100 ft ÷ 5 ft per section = 20 sections x 180VA = 3,600VA
30 ft ÷ 1 ft per section = 30 sections x 180VA = 5,400VA
Calculated load = 3,600VA + 5,400VA = 9,000VA
This next example shows how to size the branch circuits using 20A branch circuits.
First, find the VA allowed per circuit:
120V x 20A = 2,400VA for noncontinuous loads
Then, divide by 180VA to find how many 180VA sections a 20A circuit can serve:
Each work bench requires 2 – 180VA sections for the 10 ft section, and 3 – 180VA sections for the 3 ft section, which is 5 – 180VA sections per workbench. At 13 sections per circuit, a 20A branch circuit can serve two tables.
Receptacle VA load
Receptacles are generally not considered continuous loads. The load for a general-use receptacle outlet in a non-dwelling occupancy is 180VA per strap [220.14(I)]. The maximum number of receptacle outlets permitted on a commercial or industrial circuit depends on the circuit ampacity. Calculate the number of receptacles per circuit by dividing the VA rating of the circuit by 180VA for each receptacle strap (also called a yoke), as shown in Fig. 2.
Based on the Art. 100 definition, a duplex receptacle is two receptacles on the same yoke. For the purposes of this calculation, a single receptacle or a duplex receptacle each count as 180VA [220.14(I)].
Receptacle feeder/service calculated load
Calculate receptacle loads at not less than 180VA per outlet (strap) per 220.14(I) and fixed multioutlet assemblies per 220.14(H). According to 220.44, you can add these calculated loads to the lighting loads and apply the lighting load demand factors given in Table 220.42. Alternatively, you can use the demand factors for receptacles given in Table 220.44, which are as follows:
- First 10kVA at 100% demand factor.
- Remainder over 10kVA at 50% demand factor.
Calculate the receptacle load using 180VA for each single or multiple receptacle on one yoke or strap [220.14(I)].
The receptacle calculated load for office buildings and banks is the larger calculation of (1) or (2):
- Determine the receptacle calculated load at 180VA per receptacle yoke [220.14(I)], then apply the demand factor from Table 220.44.
- Determine the receptacle calculated load at 1VA per sq ft.
It's common not to know the exact number of receptacles that will eventually be installed in an office building or bank. The main structure is built first, then individual office space that's rented out to each tenant will often have a custom installation — or a new tenant will remodel the space to fit his or her needs. A calculation of 1VA per square foot allows a generic feeder/service demand for general receptacles.
What is the receptacle calculated load for an 18,000-sq-ft bank/office building containing 160 15A and 20A, 125V receptacles (straps)? [220.14(K)(1)], as shown in Fig. 3.
160 receptacles (straps) x 180VA [220.14(I)] = 28,800VA
Total receptacle load = 28,800VA
First 10,000VA at 100% (10,000VA x 1.00 = 10,000VA)
Remainder at 50% (18,800VA x 0.50 = 9,400VA) [Table 220.44]
Receptacle calculated load = 19,400VA
Compare this to the 1VA per sq ft method [220.14(K)(2)]
18,000 x 1VA per sq ft = 18,000VA (smaller answer, omit)
Sign circuits
The NEC requires each commercial occupancy accessible to pedestrians to have at least one 20A branch circuit for a sign [600.5(A)]. The load for the required exterior sign or outline lighting must be a minimum of 1,200VA [220.14(F)]. A sign outlet is a continuous load, and the feeder/service conductor must be sized at 125% of the continuous load [215.2(A)(1) and 230.42].
What is the feeder/service conductor calculated load for one electric sign (Fig. 4)?
Feeder/service calculated load = 1,200VA x 1.25 = 1,500VA
Commercial/industrial vs. residential
You've probably noticed that receptacle calculations for commercial/industrial applications differ from those that apply to residential applications. The differences exist because in residential locations, the receptacles are generally placed much closer together for convenience purposes but used in a diverse manner — so that all receptacles are not heavily loaded during all periods of time. In commercial occupancies, there are fewer rules governing receptacle placement, so they may be placed as needed, but may be called into use more often and for longer periods of time. In dwelling units, the receptacle load is included in the general lighting load VA calculated according to Table 220.12 and is then subject to the demand factors of Table 220.42. The 180VA per receptacle strap allowance does not apply to dwelling unit calculations.
In Part 1, we looked at how to calculate commercial loads using the standard method. You can save time by using the optional method. The optional method calculations are located in Part IV of Art. 220. The optional method calculations vary according to the type of building:
- New dwelling units (220.82)
- Existing dwelling units (220.83)
- Multifamily dwellings (220.84)
- Schools (220.86)
- New restaurants (220.88)
All-electric restaurant
If a restaurant has electric space heating, electric air-conditioning, or both, you can use the optional method, which consists of the following two steps:
- Determine the total connected load. Add the nameplate rating of all loads at 100%, including both the air-conditioning and heating load [Table 220.88 Note].
- Apply the demand factors from Table 220.88 to the total connected load calculated in Step 1.
An example will help illustrate how the optional method works for restaurants. What's the calculated load for an all-electric restaurant (120/208V, 3-phase) that has a total connected load of 300kVA?
Total connected load = 300kVA
First 200kVA at 80% (200kVA x 0.80 = 160kVA)
Next 201kVA to 325kVA at 10% (100kVA x 0.10 = 10kVA
Total calculated load = 170kVA
I = VA ÷ (E x 1.732)
I = 170,000VA ÷ (208V x 1.732)
Paralleling two conductors per phase: 472A ÷ 2 raceways = 236A
250kcmil is rated 255A at 75ºC: 255A x 2 conductors (in parallel) = 510A
The minimum neutral size allowed when paralleling conductors is 1/0 AWG [250.24(C)(2) and 310.4].
What size grounding electrode conductor do you need if the service uses two sets of 250kcmil conductors in parallel?
First, find the equivalent area of the parallel conductors:
250kcmil x 2 conductors = 500kcmil [Table 250.66, Note 1]
500kcmil requires a 1/0 AWG grounding electrode conductor [Table 250.66].
The largest grounding electrode conductor to a ground rod is 6 AWG. The largest to a concrete encased electrode (Ufer) is 4 AWG [250.66(A) and 250.66(B)].
Not all-electric restaurant
What if the restaurant isn't all-electric? Try calculating the load for a not all-electric restaurant (120/208V, 3-phase) that has a total connected load of 300kVA.
Total connected load = 300kVA
First 200kVA at 100% (200kVA x 1.00 = 200kVA
201kVA to 325kVA at 50% (100kVA x 0.50 = 50kVA
Total calculated load = 250kVA
I = VA ÷ (E x 1.732)
I = 250,000VA ÷ (208V x 1.732)
Paralleling two conductors per phase: 694A ÷ 2 raceways = 347A
500kcmil is rated 380A at 75°C: (380A x 2 = 760A).
When a calculation result does not correspond to a standard overcurrent protection size, we are allowed to round up to the next standard size, as long as it does not exceed 800A [240.4(B)]. This would allow the use of an 800A overcurrent device [240.6(A)]
The minimum neutral size when paralleling conductors is 1/0 AWG [250.24(C)(2) and 310.4].
Fortunately, you don't have to use both the standard and optional methods and then pick the one that is the larger. You are allowed to use either approach, so you can save time by using the optional method.


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Reading the Supreme Court opinions of Justice William O. Douglas, it's often hard to avoid the suspicion that they were scribbled on the back of a cocktail napkin. Breezy, polemical and unconcerned with the fine points of legal doctrines, they read more like stump speeches than carefully reasoned constitutional arguments. And now comes Wild Bill to confirm our darkest fears. According to Bruce Allen Murphy's exuberant debunking of the longest-serving justice in American history, Douglas actually did scribble his opinions on scraps of paper (his staff called them his "plane trip specials") on his way to weekends devoted to running for president or compulsive bouts of drinking and adultery with college students, flight attendants or any other women who crossed his path. Although Murphy says that Douglas "proved to be the one person who could and did make a real difference in the American judicial system," the overwhelming impression left by his comprehensive biography is that Douglas hurt the cause of liberalism more than he helped it.
According to Murphy, the touchstone of Douglas's character was a willingness to do anything to forward his own career -- including lie about his past, break his promises and ruthlessly discard wives, children, friends and clerks as soon as they stopped being useful to him. He became the most sought-after law professor in the country by choosing his topics for their publicity value and hiring armies of law students to write his articles, which he would top off with "the Douglas flair." Appointed to the Securities and Exchange Commission by President Franklin Roosevelt, he continued his relentless pursuit of publicity by going after high-profile symbols of corporate excess. ("Piss on 'em," was his mantra to his staff.) And when Justice Louis Brandeis retired in 1939, FDR, who needed a Westerner and thought Douglas played an interesting game of poker, appointed him to the Supreme Court at the age of 40.
From the beginning, Douglas confessed that he "found the Court . . . a very unhappy existence" because, as his friend Tommy Corcoran put it, he "wanted the Presidency worse than Don Quixote wanted Dulcinea." Roosevelt thought that Douglas would be the strongest running mate in 1944, but Democratic bosses persuaded him to pick Harry Truman instead. Truman actually asked Douglas to be his running mate in 1948, but Douglas refused on the grounds that he didn't want to be "second fiddle to a second fiddle." But he never abandoned his goal of becoming president, and when Kennedy won the Democratic nomination over Lyndon Johnson, who Douglas believed would have chosen him as a running mate in 1960, Douglas drank himself into a stupor, raving that "this always happens to me."
Murphy suggests that Douglas's political ambitions caused him repeatedly to lie about his past in a series of self-promoting autobiographies that were closer to fiction than fact. He turned a rambling manuscript about hiking into a national bestseller by inventing the claim that "it was . . . infantile paralysis that drove me to the outdoors." In fact, his childhood illness was a recurring, psychosomatic intestinal colic. His law school classmates called him "the Approximate Mr. Justice Douglas" because he claimed to have graduated second in his class (at best he was fifth) and because he misstated the date of his first marriage to conceal that his first wife had put him through law school. And in a final act of self-invention, he arranged to be buried in Arlington Cemetery by claiming to have been a private in World War I. In fact, Murphy charges, Douglas never joined the Army and served only two months in the Student Officers Training Corps to avoid the draft. But a recent report in The Washington Post suggests that Murphy has inaccurately described the eligibility rules for burial in Arlington: As an associate justice who was honorably discharged from active duty, however brief, Douglas appears to have been technically eligible after all, according to a federal law in force when he died.
Douglas's political ambitions influenced his positions on the Supreme Court as well, according to Murphy. He was a law-and-order conservative in the 1940s, when he still hoped to become president, but he became more sensitive to the rights of religious minorities in an effort to court the Catholic vote. By the 1950s, he had turned himself into a reliable civil libertarian, but his opinions became increasingly self-indulgent. "I'm ready to bend the law in favor of the environment and against the corporations," he boasted. His most famous opinion, locating a right to privacy in "penumbras, formed by emanations" from the Bill of Rights, was justly attacked for its free-wheeling quality; a more legally rigorous derivation for privacy rights would have better served his cause. By the end of the 1960s, Douglas had become a judicial lounge act, ignored by his colleagues, who unanimously reversed his attempt to enjoin the bombing in Cambodia, and reduced to writing articles for Playboy and autobiographical plays about his political nemesis, Richard Nixon.
Murphy omits no details of Douglas's private life, where he appears to have been something of a monster. His neglected children found him "scary" and noted that he spoke to them only when "press photographers wanted a picture." They also resented his treatment of their mother, his first wife, whom he threw over after 28 years of marriage for a series of younger women. He left his third wife for a high school student who had asked him to sponsor her senior thesis, and then divorced her after 24 months for a college student whom he had met while she was a waitress in a cocktail lounge. He kept a room at the University Club, to which his messenger would drive Supreme Court secretaries who caught his fancy. In his sixties, he routinely invited flight attendants to visit him at the Court, where he would lunge at them in his chambers. He would not have survived the era of Anita Hill.
Murphy, the author of two other lively and respected works of Supreme Court muckraking, appears to take no special pleasure in unmasking his subject. But the only sympathetic moment in this relentlessly negative portrait occurs when Douglas, in an effort to prevent the construction of a parkway beside the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, challenges the editors of The Washington Post, who had supported the project, to a 185-mile hike. For eight days, the 55-year-old Douglas leads a diminishing pack down the tow path, undeterred by a freak snowstorm, poison ivy or the return of his old intestinal problems. Hiking along in the nature he loved, singing drinking songs, he seems almost human. But at the end, when he is standing in a boat and waving his Western hat in response to a "roaring welcome" from 50,000 people in Georgetown, one realizes the true point of the trip. For the first and only time in his life, Douglas was basking in the cheers of a crowd. *
Jeffrey Rosen teaches law at George Washington University and is the legal affairs editor of the New Republic.


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For his final year of college basketball, Terence Jones knew exactly what he wanted in a program.
The former Lake Clifton guard wanted to play for a school that would offer more exposure for him than he received at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. He wanted to step into a situation where playing time was available from Day One. And he wanted to play for a coaching staff that knew how to win.
In the University of Alabama-Birmingham, Jones found all that and more. The 6-foot-2, 187-pound player committed to the Blazers at the end of a visit to the Conference USA school Saturday night.
"It felt good" committing, Jones said Sunday. "I liked being around the players. I got a good vibe from the players. It just felt like a family. The coaching staff is great and … [in] talking to them about their style of offense, I know my role. And the town was nice. The town really supports the basketball team. That's pretty much what I wanted to be around."
Jones, who attended Lake Clifton until 2007 and graduated from Notre Dame Prep in Fitchburg, Mass., in 2008, spent the past four years of his life at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. He redshirted as a freshman and became an integral part of the Islanders' rotation every season after that. As a redshirt junior during the 2011-12 season, Jones averaged a team-high 13.7 points, earning honorable mention All-Southland Conference honors.
Jones said he was incredibly thankful for his time at Corpus Christi and acknowledged that playing for the Islanders "helped me a lot." But because he redshirted and kept pace academically, Jones put himself in position to graduate on time and have one year of eligibility remaining, provided the school he transferred to had a graduate program that Corpus Christi did not. Jones' academic – and athletic – success made him a hot commodity.
"[Recruiting] this year was a lot harder [than it was coming out of high school] because I had so many schools because of my situation as a fifth-year senior that didn't have to sit out and could play right away," Jones said. "That's what a lot of schools are looking for."
UAB, DePaul, Penn State, Tennessee Tech, Tulsa and Virginia Tech were among the programs interested in Jones. Receiving interest from so many high- and mid-major-plus teams was flattering for the former Lakers star.
"I kind of wished [I had this kind of attention] coming out of prep school, but it felt good. I realized I can play at this level," Jones said. "I'm kind of blessed to get a chance to go where I should have been from the start. With one year left, this is my last chance to do it. I wanted to go somewhere I'm going to play and expose my talent. I didn't really want to go anywhere I wasn't going to play that much. Basically, [it was] a choice of what's the best fit for me."
Playing for a new staff at UAB also intrigued Jones. The Blazers last month hired Jerod Haase, a first-year head coach who spent the past 13 seasons under Roy Williams at North Carolina and Kansas. Jones also bonded with former Maryland assistant coach Rob Ehsan, who joined Haase's staff after one year at Virginia Tech.
"Coach Haase … played on a championship team at Kansas with Paul Pierce," Jones said. "Coaching with Roy Williams, I know he has that experience and I know he's a proven winner. It's a young staff, which I really like. It's a great group of guys to be around. Talking to them on my visit, pretty much the staff came from Maryland and Virginia Tech. They've been around basketball at ACC programs that have been winning. I kind of felt like it had all the right pieces in place, from the head coach all the way down to the last assistant."
Jones will graduate from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on May 12 with a bachelor's degree in communication. At UAB, he will pursue a master's degree in health education. Jones said he's excited for the chance to further his education and his basketball career.
"UAB was the perfect situation," he said. "Everybody's happy -- my mom, my stepdad, my family. They're happy and excited that I'm graduating. That's big for my family, and that's big for me, graduating and getting that degree. For them, knowing that I'm going to get my master's, that's even better. It's my life-long dream to play professional basketball. I'm happy to go to a bigger stage and get my master's."


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But inspite of its popularity most programmer never bother to study it. Partially it is because it looks familiar. If you program in C, C#, C++ or Java, JavaScript seems like a language you already know. But looks can be deceiving.
Unlike other object oriented languages, JavaScript lacks classes, so people waste valuable time trying to create them. Instead of class inheritance, JavaScript has prototypical inheritance. It is a strange but beautiful way of doing inheritance. Too bad most developers never learn to use it.
There is a trend in many imperative languages of late, adding functional programming features. A few years ago C# added lambdas and LINQ and recently Java 8 also adds lambdas. What is a lambda? It is a fancy way of saying anonymous function. JavaScript has had that ability since 1995. It also has first class functions, which means functions can be used almost anywhere a value can. They can be passed as parameters, returned from functions, stored in variables, arrays, and objects. This also means that JavaScript has high order functions. What are high order functions? It is when a language can both pass functions as parameters to functions and also return functions from functions.
I am going to be teaching hands-on JavaScript in the Los Angeles area later this summer 2015. Why should you study JavaScript? Because understanding JavaScript will give you the ability to unleash it. You will understand concepts that you may have only glossed over before.
What the "use strict" expression actually does
Why there are four different ways to call functions
How to remove nasty loops from your code by using recursion
How to write pure and compose-able functions
How write mutation free code
How to write code which is easier to unit test
- and much, much more
I will have more information once the dates have been confirmed.


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Rihanna to Star in U.S. Version of 'Styled to Rock' Series
After conquering the music and film worlds in 2012, it looks as if Rihanna wants to tackle the reality-TV business. The 'Diamonds' singer is bringing her U.K.-based fashion reality show 'Styled to Rock' to the Style Network next year.
The show was a huge success in the U.K. when it aired on the Sky Living HD network back in August. Now RiRi wants to see how U.S. audiences will react to the program.
The 10-episode series, which is scheduled to air in 2013, will feature Rihanna judging 12 aspiring designers who will perform weekly tasks on designing a special outfit for an A-List celebrity. At the end of ten weeks, one designer will be chosen the winner.
In a statement (via Deadline), Rihanna said, "Fashion has always played an integral part in my life and career. I am so excited to partner with Style Network and share my creative insight with these 12 designers and give them this opportunity to showcase their work."
Budding designers must go to the Style Network and fill out an application before the Jan. 23 deadline. Afterward, Rihanna will handpick the 12 people from the pool of applicants for the show.
"Rihanna is a trailblazer, a trendsetter and the epitome of style. She has a powerful and unique point-of-view that transcends every aspect of pop culture, including fashion, and is a leading creative force," said Style Media's president, Salaam Coleman Smith.
Do you have what it takes to become a forward-thinking designer? Then rock out and get your application in before Jan. 23.
Watch the Rihanna 'Styled to Rock' 2013 Trailer


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Autumn on the Canal 运河秋色 Yun He Qiu Se (Original)Aidong Feng
Aidong Feng - Born in the late 50's in Double Mouth Village, 100 kilometers east of Beijing, this highly acclaimed artist was first inspired by his father's paintings of patriotic scenes depicting the passions of the revolution in China.
Internationally known for his "Peasant Paintings", Feng's artworks are filled with color, amazing detail and a warm sense of humor in praise of his motherland, life in the rural village, harmony and honest prosperity.
Title of Painting: Autumn on the Canal 运河秋色 Yun He Qiu Se
By: Aidong Feng – Double Mouth Village, Tianjin, China
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view from the Vista Point, photo by Will Gotthardt
All I have to say is that I had my chance to be all over Scott Dunlap's blog, and I blew it, cause I couldn't catch up with him. And when I mean all over, like most of his race report would've been about me. As my son would say "Man, poopy!"
Well, actually, there are other things I can say.
How I came to run Pacific Coast Trail Runs' Skyline Ridge 50k on Saturday, March 1, 2008:
In an amazing demonstration of originality, after Scott Dunlap posted an offer to sell and transfer his entry to Way Too Cool 50k because the RD took it off the PAUSATF Ultra Grand Prix, I then commented that I was thinking of doing the same. Main reason--domestic political. With Rucky Chucky on the 17th and AR50 2 weeks later, too many runs held around Sacramento and beyond. I figured I should look for something closer. Still, this needed to be negotiated, since we were holding our son's birthday party the next day. Aside from this, I chronically feel guilty about not doing more PCTR runs because my schedule is filled with PAUSATF races. Finally I did this race 4 years ago, and remember it being very pretty. Besides an obvious PR, a repeat was overdue.
flashback photo: blogger-me, 4 years earlier, at the start. photo by my wife--crap, I've uploaded this twice and it still disappears--sorry.
How I thought I was going to have plenty of time, but actually barely made it there:
Basically, I forgot how long it takes to get up those windy hills above the peninsula. Plus, if I get up early (as I did), I still never leave on time. Marisa Walker helps me get to the start line on time, filling up my bottle. She also lets me stand by the heater. Thanks, Marisa! (Forgot to take your/her photo.)
At the start, I see and exchange a few words with Jon Olsen, who I think will win, Jason Reed (doing the 37k), recent subject of mainstream press ex-boxer Ray Sanchez, who makes no mention of his running the Napa Marathon tomorrow, and the blogger man himself, Scott Dunlap, decked out in yellow and geared with that Nathan pack. I know Scott kicked ass at PCTR's Woodside a month earlier, and had an extra trail race 2 weeks ago in Redwood Park, so I'm expecting to be running close to him all day.
Ray Sanchez (12th, 5:03:12; 113th and 3:15:32 at the Napa Valley Marathon the next day)
After Wendell Doman starts the race, I know not to sprint with the leaders, since there are always people doing shorter distances. I fall in with Scott and Ray, but feel like I'm going too fast. Not enough warm up. Or else out of shape.
We head this way for the first half of the 50k (as well as 37k and 23k) course.
Scott gets ahead, but I'm able to catch up around before a mile or 2 and we have that sort of extended conversation limited by our breathing and distance between us, which fluctuated. When not trying to chat or in the zone, I kept hearing Howie Day's "Collide" in my head, because it was on the radio on the drive up. Nearing the aid station I talk with Adam Blum, who says he is only running the 37k or 23k, but is also doing the Napa Marathon tomorrow. Apparently he does these back to backs almost every weekend, and you can see his out-of-control race schedule on his blog.
runtrails.blogspot.com phenom, Scott Dunlap (7th, 4:32:04), post-race, decked out in yellow
I get to the turnaround and first aid station, Hickory Oaks, at km 11.7, ahead of Scott at about an hour (I recorded all my splits, but would later nuke them before writing them down) and even doing the short out and back to the road before him. For this reason, I run back to the start thinking I was ahead of him.
On the way back, I really enjoy myself, neither slacking nor building up lactate like I was at the start. The ridge is beautiful, with a layer of clouds below the tops of the mountains to the west, which I asked Scott to photograph on the way out, but he said he'd do it on the way back since it was more uphill. As I see mid to back of the pack runners coming out, the theme song from "The Sound of Music" pops into my head. Fortunately, the other songs from that musical like "My Favorite Things" or that yodel song don't make it in, maybe partly due to our mutually encouraging remarks.
I get back to the start (km 23.2, about mile 14) at about 1:56, the faster return split mostly attributable to a drop in elevation. I grab 2 Cliff Shots and then start running down about 50 years toward the finish food area until I figure out I'm supposed to go the other way. The 2nd half of the course goes out into the next open space preserve and then does a counterclockwise loop before returning to the start, and then you repeat this 14km. Looking up the first hill near the top, I notice Scott with his bright yellow outfit is ahead of me. Not that I'm dead-set on racing him, but he's at least a minute ahead. I try pick up the pace, but the more exposed surface is harder than the softer trails in the woods, and my recent knee issues become an issue on the downhills. I'm a little skeptical of myself--he's got his tunes, no doubt listening to White Stripes' "Icky Thump" and other upbeat thrasher songs, while maybe Julie Andrews singing in the alps will come back to my unwired head. Different gorgeous views, including those to the east, with the Peninsula, Stanford, Mount Diablo in the distance.
entrance to Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve and the loop done twice during the 2nd half of the 50k course
The aid station up at Vista Point is 5 km out. Four years earlier, I think I (and several others) went the wrong way and did the loop backwards, but this time either I'm smarter or it's more obvious. Will Gotthardt is taking photos. He has gotten fast this year, and is winning the PCTR ultra series. I tell him about 3 times he's kicking ass. Will, if you're reading this, keep it up, you are kicking ass; you are gonna beat me.
blogger me looking faster than I am, photo courtesy Will Gotthardt
The loop then drops down in elevation and when it goes into the woods, I come to an intersection with ribbons going two ways. Plain ribbons going up to the left, and a striped ribbon going straight. I stand there for a while, deliberating which way to go. Obviously someone (who hopefully will die soon) has vandalized the course. My instinct says go up to the left, but then the striped ribbon is where you are supposed to go per the instructions. Also, the straighter way would probably be the longer way, so I don't want to inadvertently cut the course. Marisa had handed me the written course descriptions with distances between turnoffs when I registered, straight from the website, which of course, after pinning my number on, I forgot to stick in my pockets. Fatal preventable error. I go straight on what I later figure out was Mindego Trail, rather than turning left onto Ancient Oaks Trail.
The trail keeps going down. I try to remember after how many minutes of running without seeing a ribbon I'm supposed to assume I'm off course, and can't remember. I end up going more than half a mile, and since I don't see any trail going up to the left, I decide to go back. Oh well, bonus mile. I would try to think "well, this is not a race" but Wendell and Sarah appear to have removed the "runs that aren't races in beautiful places" from the website, since at least the front-runners, always have and always will race these just as hard as any other ultra.
Nonetheless I'm not really upset, except that I figure that now I'm about 8-10 minutes behind Scott, and am unlikely to be able to catch him, and will not again be part of his blog-narrative. As I get back to the turnoff, I deliberate fixing the ribbon, but I haven't actually confirmed that I really was off course, and then I'm scared someone will see me with the ribbons and think I was vandalizing the course. I hear a couple of voices and eventually catch up with Adam Ray and someone else. Adam says he looks at the ribbons for about 1-2 minutes, then intuitively decided to go left. Obviously, he has something in the intuition of common sense department I'm lacking, and I suspect so does everyone else. I suspect that I'm the only one dumb enough to go straight. Adam is still recovering from a hernia surgery (or that's his excuse, read on below for my many excuses).
Adam Ray (9th, 4:46:08) taking a well-deserved rest, waiting for his wife Jennifer to finish (which she did within an hour).
Coming down from the first hill to the start/finish, I see the leaders coming back the other way, and then Scott, to whom I mention my bonus miles. I'm at the start aid station at about 3:18.
At the Vista Point aid station, I repeat my compliments to Will, who's probably embarrassed at this point. Coming down and around, I pass an older guy either doing his first loop. Since I actually have time, I mention to him about the vandalized ribbon intersection. "Don't go straight, go left up the hill."
So down the trail, no yet in the woods, I see another intersection with a trail going sharply back and left. Crap. I hope he doesn't think this is the interesection. I look back and can't even see him--I'm hoping he can see me going straight. Then, when I get to the intersection, I find the ribbons have been fixed. Double crap--what if this further confuses him? I'm feeling potentially guilty. As I climb the hill, I pass a couple of hikers going down. I tell them "if you see an older guy running--" (what great, specific descriptor--I'd be the key witness is a crime, huh?) "--please tell him the ribbons have been fixed."
So much for trying to help.
With about 3 miles to go, I start pushing the pace, feeling the burn, and breathing quite hard. Unfortunately, this causes Madonna's "Burning Up for Your Love" and that Saturday Night Fever "Disco Inferno" with the "burn baby burn" to pop into my head. I rarely feel a need to listen to music especially for these shorter races, but apparently I am having difficulty staying in the zone. Also some hip hop song with dirty words, burning something down that I didn't know well enough. Fortunately this only lasts a moment. "Note your thoughts, let them pass, breathe." I crank up the last hill, passing Steve Ansell, who says something about my lapping him. (He was actually running almost 50 miles that day, I later learned--link for his report.) Beatrice Song, who works in my hospital and has returned to ultrarunning after a 2 year hiatus comes the other way, looking good, commenting on how she is surprised I didn't lap her.
Beatrice Song at the finish 4 years ago, June 2004. finish line was up in the parking lot then.
Let's see, last year at Quicksilver 50 mile, my 50k split (actually 31.5 miles, with 5440 elevation change) was 4:22:59. Need to way get back into shape? Slow day? Hmmm...well, running today definitely didn't put me OUT of shape...it's all good!
I tell Scott I think he beat me, even without my bonus mile. Later, I realize had I gone the right way that I probably would've caught up with him and we could've had an intense sprinting duel to the finish. Had this happened, I would've played a greater role in his own blog narrative, which is read probably by a thousand to a million more people than this sorry, never published on time, lame excuse of a blog. Gosh, that would've been so cool.
Sean Lang, 5th, 4:24:38 (NOT Leor Pantilat (50k winner, 3:58:11) as I previously posted, despite having talked with Sean post-race and taken his picture. I had runner's high, right...) Sean's blog race report
Four years ago, I ran several miles with and barely came ahead a couple of women who still holds the female course record. I remember talking to them not even that long at the finish, when I got the distinct impression that she thought I was hitting on her. Like, whatever, woman! --man I've come a long way (fewer times getting chicked, if nothing else...). But I must add, I have not come nearly as far as Scott, who gets thronged by women after every race. You have to see this to believe this.
Leor Pantilat (winner, 3:59:11, and NOT Thomas Clarke (3rd, 4:11:29) as Mr. Clarke was so kind to point out to me later in his comment, PCTR's Sarah Spelt (thanks Wendell and Sarah and all the volunteers!), Ryan Commons (6th, 4:29:11)
my doggie cup, since I can't stay and talk and eat and take photos any longer. photo by Thomas Clarke
This time, much better conversation, and I get to at least briefly meet all the fast guys who came ahead of me, but unfortunately my "race" is not close to being over. I have to pick up a preordered honey baked ham, cheesecake and side dishes in Palo Alto and then pick out and order balloons, both for my son's 3rd birthday party tomorrow. Then in a couple of hours try to make up for being absent daddy.
The Ham Guy gives me our (Honey Baked) ham. I'm not a ham kind of guy, but this was really good, and got lots of positive feedback at our party. I have no financial interest in this company, in fact they took a lot of our money, but maybe I should see if they will sponsor me...
blog author me, still unshowered 5 hours after finishing, on hike with son, who shot the photo
He kept wanting me to carry him, but he ran about a mile altogether.
part of why I'm late with this post (along with 40 hours of work the next 3 days). don't ask why I'm dressed up like a cow. not my idea.
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The mother of the Boston bombing suspects spoke to her eldest son minutes before a violent standoff with police in the streets of Watertown, Mass., she told ABC News.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, called his mother early Friday morning, alerting her that police were following him and his younger brother and that there had been a shooting.
"'The police, they have started shooting at us, they are chasing us,'" Zubeidat Tsarnaeva told ABC News in a telephone interview.
The conversation ended when Tsarnaev said, "'Mama, I love you,'" his mother said.
Tsarnaeva got frightened and started to cry and shout. He told her Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was with him before the line cut off.
Her daughter called later to say that Tamerlan had been killed.
RELATED: Manhunt for Boston Bombing Suspect Ended When He Meekly Lifted His Shirt
Meanwhile, federal prosecutors say they are expected to file formal criminal charges, possibly today, against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev that could lead to the death penalty, a decision being left to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.
Tsarnaev could possibly be slapped with a "weapon of mass destruction" charge, which carries a penalty of death. Authorities are using the public safety exemption that gives authorities the legal bases to question Tsarnaev without delivering Miranda rights. That's because authorities believe there is imminent threat out there.
Law enforcement sources say Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was awake and responding sporadically in writing to questions Sunday night. They are asking about any possible cell members and other unexploded bombs. There have been no additional details yet on his answers.
Tsarnaev is being treated at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, where he is listed in serious but stable condition, with wounds to the neck and throat area, according to sources.
Last week's twin bombing killed three, including an 8-year-old boy, and wounded about 170. An MIT officer was allegedly killed by Tsarnaev and his older brother Tamerlan, and a Boston transit cop was badly wounded in a subsequent shootout.
RELATED: Authorities: Boston Bombing Suspect Is Responding to Questions in Writing
New details emerged Sunday night about the dramatic capture after a 20-hour manhunt for Tsarnaev after he managed to escape a gunfight with police in Watertown, Mass., that killed his older brother.
As police and federal agents closed in after a Watertown resident reported there was a bloodied person hiding in his boat, a helicopter beamed back thermal images of the outline of Tsarnaev's body.
The orders went out to do everything to capture the teen alive even after an initial exchange of gunfire.
Police quickly surrounded the boat and there was a brief but ferocious volley of fire. Watertown Police Chief Edward Deveau told ABC News Sunday that negotiators demanded Tsarnaev show his hands and lift his shirt. Authorities were worried Tsarnaev was wearing a suicide vest. He was not.
"He was very slow and lethargic in every move that he made and they could see that there was no device on his chest. They kept creeping closer to him and then they felt it safe enough to pull him away from the boat," Deveau told ABC News' Martha Raddatz.
From that point, Tsarnaev was raced to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where investigators hope to get answers to questions about motive and the possibility of accomplices.
TIMELINE: From Terror to Manhunt to Capture
Nowhere were there more questions than at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where Tsarniev was known as just an ordinary student.
"Literally, when I seen him he was just regular. He walked past me, we had a brief conversation and then I asked him for a ride home and he told me, 'Yeah,'" said Andrew Glasby, who lived at the same dormitory where Tsarnaev was staying after the marathon bombings.
Another friend, Zach Bettencourt, even asked Tsarnaev about the bombings.
"I talked to him in the gym about the bombing and he was like, 'Yeah man, tragedies happen all the time,'" Bettencourt said.
The night after the bombing, Tsarnaev tweeted, "I'm a stress free kind of guy."


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May the SandForce be with LSI and Seagate
LSI/Seagate PCIe flash uses SandForce controller
The LSI/Seagate SSS6200 PCIe-connected flash card apparently has a SandForce controller on it.
The card was unveiled on 16 March and uses Seagate Pulsar SSDs (solid state drives) with PCIe and SAS connectivity provided by LSI.
A flash controller provides read and write I/O, reliability, endurance with wear-levelling and other functions, and sits in front of the flash storage. SandForce is a fabless flash controller start-up which has licensed its SF-1000 controller technology to SMART for enterprise flash drives, Unigen, SuperTalent, and OCZ.
LSI is an investor in SandForce. It has been speculated that Seagate is an investor in SandForce, which says it has investment from two tier-1 storage suppliers. A second-generation SandForce controller has been expected to arrive in the first quarter of this year.
It looks as if the SandForce controller interfaces to the SATA Pulsar SSDs and presents a pool of SAS-interface flash storage to the LSI SAS controller which then presents that through the PCIe bus to the host server.
Interestingly this was written about in Storage Strategies Now, but the article has been pulled. However - and thank you Google cache - if you search for "The battle for enterprise SSD-DAS" and "Storage Strategies Now" and click the link, you get a empty page. Return to the Google search result and click the cache link and up comes a cached version of the piece.
The words we are hearing say that Seagate asked for the SandForce mention to be pulled. Seagate was not immediately able to comment. ®