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Posted by Sharon Hill on November 04, 2015 at 01:30 PM in General
There can't be too many places in the world where you find yourself in almost complete isolation within the splendor of nature while being surrounded by all the modern comforts and small touches of luxury.
This is the beautiful reality of Raetihi Lodge, nestled at the base of a fern-lined gully on the peaceful shores of the scenic Kenepuru Sound within the Marlborough Sounds.
From the friendly, small and laid-back lodge, the only sounds guests are likely to hear are the calls of the bellbirds and tui, along with the soft swish of calm waters lapping the pebbled shores and perhaps a passing boat.
This is because Raetihi Lodge is surrounded by 50 acres of private, pristine Marlborough Sounds native bush, creating a feeling of utter peace and providing rare uninterrupted views of untouched nature.
Here, guests can walk straight off the beach and onto the deck of their suite, stopping only to kick off wet shoes before walking inside.
Part of the joy of visiting Raetihi Lodge is the journey to get there. One particularly good way to see the best of the Sounds on the way is to hop onto a Greenshell Mussel cruise, which depart daily in summer.
Along the way, the boat moors up to one of the many mussel farms which dot the Marlborough Sounds. This is a chance to learn about the green shell mussel farming industry, the largest of our aquaculture exports and a species unique to New Zealand. It's also a chance to sample this unique species in the form of hot, steaming bowls of mussels matched perfectly with another of Marlborough's famous exports, Sauvignon Blanc.
You could also take a Link Transfer tour to Raetihi Lodge; a sumptuous full day tour which includes a wine tour in the morning, waterfront lunch and seafood cruise, with drop off at the lodge.
With just 14 rooms, Raetihi Lodge can accommodate 31 people and is large enough to cater for mid-size conferences and weddings but small enough to ensure a personal and intimate experience.
Given its central location within the Marlborough Sounds, Raetihi is also the perfect base for an active break away, taking in all the Marlborough Sounds has to offer.
Fishing, boating, paddle-boarding, kayaking, golfing, hiking, biking, cruises and guided tours can all be organised from Raetihi Lodge, with a range of equipment available complimentary to guests – as well as a pampering massages to balance out all that activity.
As the massage suggests, the lodge is equally well-equipped for a more sedate kind of holiday. Its homely lounge comes complete with comfortable sofas plus, a media room and a huge collection of board games and books. Wireless is available throughout the lodge.
You could very well choose not to leave your room; Each airy, spacious suite with king-size bed and ensuite has its own secluded outdoor area.
However, the temptation of a scrumptious meal may tempt you out of your suite and onto the alfresco deck and lawn, where three-course dinners, long lunches or simply a rich flat white are served within meters of the tranquil water's edge. Once a month, live musicians make the scene even more special.
Dining is informal yet elegant with fresh local food and wines. For larger groups, the chefs fire up the huge barbecue and cook up the sumptuous seafood and wild game which the Marlborough region is famous for.
Raetihi's indoor bar and dining area also capture the views, with full length folding doors leading out onto the deck; the perfect place for a crisp Sauvignon Blanc while watching another magical Marlborough sunset, followed by breakfast the next day with the tui.
Raetihi Lodge began as a guest house for holiday makers in 1931, but has changed hands many times since. A fire in 2000 devastated the lodge, but it was rebuilt and now has a fresh, modern yet relaxed appeal, synonymous with the quintessential kiwi bach.
What hasn't changed is its magical location, and part of the joy of visiting Raetihi Lodge is the journey to get there. A myriad of options are available to guests, including road, air and sea.
For your return trip you could take a water taxi back to Havelock. Or a popular, and certainly the quickest, option is to take a charter plane, float plane or helicopter to Picton, Koromiko, Nelson, Blenheim or even Wellington airports from Raetihi's private helipad or nearby Nopera Airstrip.
With all the fun, adventure and romance of the Marlborough Sounds, Raetihi Lodge is a place to embrace seclusion and totally get away from it all - without giving up the comforts of home.
Organising transport
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This Indenture made this fourth day of August one thousand eight hundred and twenty four, Between Alexander Cantley and Polley his wife of the one part and Thomas Scott of the other part, each of the county of Monroe and state of Virginia, Witnesseth that the said Alexander Cantley and Polly his wife for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar to them in hand paid by the said Thomas Scott at or befor the ensealling of these presents the receipt thereof they do hereby acknowledge, have bargained and sold unto the aforesaid Thomas Scott the one full and equal undivided eighth part of a tract or parcel of land which Samuel Cantley the father of the said Alexand Cantley died seized of and which eighth part is the part belonging to the said Alexander Cantley as one of the legatees of the said Saml deceased, and which undivided one eighth part of land the said Alexander Cantley and Polley his wife to the said Thomas Scott will warrant and forever defend from themselves and their heirs and from all and every claim or demand whatever, to the sole use and behoof of the said Thomas Scott with is appertainances forever. In Witness whereof they have hereunto set there hands and seals this day and date first above written
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We William McDaniel and John Pack Justices of the Peace in and for said county do hereby certify that Alexand Cantley and Polly Cantley the wife of the said Alexander Cantley personally appeared before us in our said county and they being parties to the within deed for the conveyance of real estate and acknowledged the same to be their acts and deeds and wished us to certify the same to the clerk of the county court of Monroe aforesaid, in order that the same may be recorded, she the said Polly being examined prively and apart from her said husband, declared she had willingly signed sealed and dellivered the same and that she wished not to retract it Given under our hands and seals the fourth day of August 1824. William McDaniel {seal}
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This deed of bargain and sale from Alexander Cantley and Polly his wife to Thomas Scott was acknowledged before two Justices of the Peace and by them certified and the same is comitted to be recorded.
Teste. Isaac Hutchison CMC
Source: Monroe County Virginia Deed Book H, 1823-1826:156-157, LVA microfilm reel 36, Library of Virginia, Richmond.

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The State of the Birds San Francisco Bay 2011
PRBO Conservation Science and the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture
Purpose and Summary
The first-ever State of the Birds Report for San Francisco Bay summarizes the current state of knowledge on the Bay's bird populations and details the actions needed to keep birds and their habitats thriving as sea levels rise and extreme storm events increase due to global climate change.
The messages delivered through the report aim to enhance bird conservation in San Francisco Bay by (1) guiding habitat restoration, management, and acquisition; (2) increasing knowledge of the population status of San Francisco Bay's birds and the threats to their habitats; and (3) influencing public policy and public awareness of bird and ecosystem conservation needs.
Key findings from the report include:
- Most bird populations are stable while others are still struggling.
- Riparian [streamside] birds and two endangered species [CA Least Tern and Western Snowy Plover] have increased.
- Grassland and coastal scrub [low shrub] birds are declining due to loss and alteration of habitat.
- The state-listed California Clapper Rail, the iconic SF Bay tidal marsh bird, still struggles because of habitat loss, predator pressure, and invasive species. Sea level rise and strong storms will make it even harder for rails to persist as they are pushed into marginal, exposed habitat.
- All habitat types harbor species that are declining. Species to watch in addition to the California Clapper rail are: Western Sandpiper, Forster's Tern, Caspian Tern, Black-crowned Night Heron, Snowy Egret, Canvasback, Northern Pintail, scaup and scoters.
Please cite as: Pitkin, M. and Wood, J. (Editors). 2011. The State of the Birds, San Francisco Bay. PRBO Conservation Science and the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture.
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MANATEE COUNTY — Two East County churches are welcoming 2010 with the excitement that comes with new homes.
Living Lord Lutheran Church on Dec. 12 received its certificate of occupancy for its new 3,500-square foot expansion and held its first service there the following day.
"It's something the congregation has been wanting to get done for a number of years," said member Jim Lustgarten, who led the project and coordinated activity with Tom Wessel Construction.
A few miles away, the congregation at RiverLife Church hopes to hold its first service in its new 12,000-square-foot facility by June.
At a total cost of about $2.5 million, the new home will be the largest change in history for RiverLife, which has been operating in Bradenton since 1914. The church sold its downtown Bradenton building two years ago and has been meeting at Bashaw Elementary School since February 2008. And now, with a new 15-acre campus, Pastor Jerry Jeter said he's ready to fully embrace the East County community.
"The old facility was half the size of this one, and we're excited to provide a place in which families can be ministered to," he said.
Living Lord Lutheran Church
Construction crews broke ground to expand Living Lord Lutheran's sanctuary on Aug. 12. Rather than building from scratch, church leaders opted to utilize the existing structure and add to it.
"We didn't have any changes in the process," Lustgarten said. "We had a pretty good definition of what we wanted."
The design converts the old sanctuary into a fellowship area, which also can be used for overflow seating. It also will allow the church to host wedding receptions, funerals or other events and more meetings for local charities and organizations.
The new sanctuary is attached to it, expanding toward State Road 70. The three original stained-glass windows, which were reinserted into the new back sanctuary wall, now have more visibility from the roadway.
Pastor Jeff Gross said he and congregants are thrilled with the facility.
"We took a leap of faith knowing it's a risky time to do a building project, but also knowing this particular plan would meet the needs the congregation (had)," he said. "The fact that we were not only able to complete this project but pay for it with cash was a testimony of God's grace more than anything."
Gross said the church will hold a dedication ceremony at noon, Jan. 31.
For more information, visit www.livinglordfl.org.
RiverLife Church
Formerly known as Bradenton Church of God, RiverLife Church was founded in 1914 after a tent revival organized by evangelist J.W. Buckalew. The church's first home was on 17th Street East, and it later relocated to a site on Seventh Avenue East near Downtown Bradenton.
Jeter took over as pastor in 2000 and two years later led the church to purchase 15 acres off Morgan Johnson Road near State Road 64.
"For the future of the church, we knew we needed a new place to expand," Jeter said of the decision to move.
Construction on its new sanctuary began in October. The 11,250-square-foot building will feature a 350-seat auditorium, classrooms for children and youth and offices — all the necessities the church needs to serve its current congregation as well as attract new members, Jeter said.
He also noted the new building is situated on the land to allow for future expansion.
Because of its history, RiverLife has a core membership comprising senior adults but also hopes to attract families through a plethora of child-oriented programs.
After taking an active role in the expansion, Jeter is ready to refocus his attention on ministry once the building opens.
"I've had to play Realtor, architect, construction manager — so it's all been a learning experience for me," he said. "But I'm excited about just being a pastor again."
RiverLife Church hosts services at 10:30 a.m., Sundays, at Bashaw Elementary, 3515 Morgan Johnson Road.
For more information, visit www.riverlifechurch.tv.


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The Virginia Supreme Court has delayed until January its ruling in the case of a proposed YMCA that has been challenged by for-profit club operators.
The Charlottesville Area Fitness Club Operators Association, which includes ACAC Fitness and Wellness Centers and Gold's Gym, filed suit against the city of Charlottesville, VA, and Albemarle County, VA, in May 2010. The group claims that the city and county violated the Virginia Public Procurement Act, which requires the government to seek bids on projects. Instead, Albemarle County and the city of Charlottesville donated $2.03 million and $1.25 million, respectively, to the Piedmont Family YMCA, Charlottesville, to build a Y in a city park. Neither the city nor the county allowed bids from private clubs, the Charlottesville business group contends.
The city entered into a 40-year ground lease with the YMCA for $1 per year, but construction on the Y has not yet begun. The project will cost between $14 million, which Charlottesville TV station WVIR reported, and $16 million, according to a report by Charlottesville Tomorrow.
The earliest the court could issue an opinion in the case is Jan. 11. The 2007 lease for the 77,000-square-foot aquatic and fitness center in McIntire Park between the Y and the city of Charlottesville expires Jan. 15, the TV station reported. However, Kurt Krueger, chairman of the Piedmont Family YMCA, told local media that he expects to receive an extension for the ground lease.
A judge ruled in favor of the county in November 2010 and ruled in favor of the city in April 2011, but the case was appealed. The appeals process has taken the case all the way to the Virginia Supreme Court, which heard the case in June and originally planned to make a ruling this month.
Christine Thalwitz, director of communications and research for ACAC Fitness and Wellness Centers, speculated to Club Industry that the delay in the decision might be due to the court being in the process of writing the opinion.
"But we can't say for certain," Thalwitz adds.
In May, a year-round pool and fitness center opened at another city park operated by a non-profit organization, which entered into a partnership with the Piedmont Family YMCA to operate the facility. Kruger said he expected 500 memberships over the course of six months, but within one month, the facility generated 745 memberships. Krueger told the TV station that the higher-than-expected memberships at this facility is a sign that another Y is needed in the community.


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A church in Florida canceled a funeral with less than 24 hours notice after the pastor learned the dead man was gay.
The news left Julion Evans' family scrambling to make new arrangements as they grieved.
Evans' mother was too upset to speak on camera to Tampa TV station WFLA. She was standing beside her son's casket when the New Hope Missionary Church called, telling her it would be "blasphemous" to hold her son's funeral there.
Evans, 42, died late last month of amyloidosis.
His family attends church at New Hope, and wanted the funeral held there.
The church immediately said yes, but revoked the invitation after a newspaper obituary listed Kendall Capers as the husband.
Pastor T.W. Jenkins told WFLA by phone that the church doesn't support gay marriage.
"I try not to condemn anyone's lifestyle, but I am a man of God and have to stand upon my principles," he said.
The incident saddened Capers and left him questioning religion.
"Regardless of our background, our sexual orientation, how can you wait that long and put someone in a bind when they're going through a loss?" he said.


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Mike Boyer made a big splash on Tuesday when he became the first person to buy state-licensed weed in Spokane. Then he made an even bigger splash nationally and internationally when he posted his resume on Craigslist later Tuesday stating:
"I lost my job due to the news coverage of me being the FIRST PERSON TO BUY MARIJUANA LEGALLY IN SPOKANE! I regret nothing. But now im jobless and have decided to post my resume …"
Right about then news organizations on the Internets took over, started cannibalizing each other, and the story became too confused to figure out … so we gave him a call and here's how he says it all went down.
First, the good news for Boyer, the temp agency that was giving him 40 hours a week working in the auto-auction industry – TrueBlue Labor Ready — has, he told us, given him his job back and will pay him for the day he missed, Wednesday. Boyer accepted the job and pay.
Here's how it all played out according to Boyer:
- He's shown buying the first legal marijuana sold at Spokane Green Leaf on Tuesday.
- He's shown on one news station smoking what appears to be marijuana: "We followed him back home with his weed as he enjoyed his first smoke," said KREM's reporter (vide at bottom of story). "Now okay in the state of Washington."
- Apparently, a client of TrueBlue sees Boyer on television at the marijuana grand opening and complains.
- Boyer says that at 2 p.m. he bought the weed and at 2:40 got a text from TrueBlue telling him he had 24 hours to take a drug/urine test or he'd be fired.
- He said he called TrueBlue and told them he would fail the test and they told him he would be terminated.
- He also got a phone call on Tuesday from a part-time employer Kodiak Security telling him he had to take a drug/urine test … which he said he did take on Wednesday morning. He said he waited until Wednesday so that he would not be driving under the influence.
- Then the media storm hit … and the story became more and more convoluted.
- Thursday morning, he said, TrueBlue called him and asked him to come into the office. He assumed it was to make his termination official, but instead they offered him his job back because he was not high on the job and had used on his legitimate day off.
- The Spokesman Review reported, "Kym Ramey, human resources manager for Kodiak, said that Boyer, who has worked there for several weeks, is still employed by the firm." Boyer has not heard form Kodiak (as of this writing) and thinks Kodiak is waiting for the test results before contacted him.
- The Associated Press got a hold of TrueBlue: "Stacey Burke, a spokeswoman Tacoma-based TrueBlue, says company policy prohibits being under the influence on the job. She said there's no reason he would have been fired for having bought the pot, nor would the purchase have given the company reason to order him to take a drug test. She says the company is looking into Boyer's claims, and that if he was fired outside of protocol, he would be reinstated."
- Thursday morning the snake ate its tail when we called Boyer and got him to spell it all out for us.
So, Boyer — who fast became the poster-smoker for complications surrounding employment and the now-legally available marijuana — has his main job back and doesn't blame his employer for the confusion.
The mixup, he said, is just "part of the times" and that "we've now made a huge hurdle, and we have to now finish out the race and get down to the fine print" of what is and isn't acceptable for employment.
What's the law say?
That said, as the Spokesman Review put it: "… employers are allowed to continue testing their workers pursuant to their internal employment policies, according to the Washington Liquor Control Board, which is handling the implementation of marijuana rules. This includes screening applicants for jobs."
And, so far, Colorado courts have found that a man fired for a positive drug test was legally fired, even though he has a medical card. The Denver Post reported in their story "Colorado attorney general backs firing of medical-marijuana patient":
The Colorado Court of Appeals — the state's second-highest court — last year upheld Dish Network's firing of a quadriplegic medical-marijuana patient for a positive drug test. Although there is no allegation that Brandon Coats was stoned at work, the company said it has a zero-tolerance policy on marijuana.
So, that's the mystery of the Man Fired For Being Seen Buying Weed. And, well, there'll be a lot more confusion and back and forth in the courts before this all gets completely ironed out.
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Write a class method for the Card class called parseCard that takes a String and returns
the corresponding card. You can assume that the String contains the name of a card in a
valid format, as if it had been produced by printCard.
In other words, the string will contain a single space between the rank and the word ``of,''
and between the word ``of'' and the suit. If the string does not contain a legal card name, the
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The city of Bell's mayor accused the director of the California Department of Public Health on Wednesday of failing to enforce patient protection laws in dozens of hospitals statewide, including those in the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys and San Bernardino County.
Nestor Valencia, who was elected as Bell's mayor last year and who works in the health care industry, said hospitals operated by Prime Healthcare Services frequently deny or delay care to the uninsured in the emergency department, in a practice called "treat you then street you." In addition, Valencia accused the hospitals of up-coding insured patients, a form of billing fraud. The state's public health director, Dr. Ron Chapman, has done nothing to protect patients against Prime Healthcare's practices, Valencia charged.
As a result, a lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Valencia's health care watchdog organization called Our SALUD, against Chapman.
"The volume and evidence of the unfair practices of Prime Healthcare Services and the fact the department of public health has failed to act is very disturbing," Valencia said during a press conference in front of Los Angeles County Superior Court.
"We're sending a message … our government needs to govern," Valencia added.
The complaint seeks to compel the state's Department of Public Health to "enforce the laws protecting the health and well-being of the citizens of the State of California from the lawless hospital chain Prime Healthcare Services, which is preying on vulnerable communities."
The state's Department of Public Health oversees licensure of hospitals and health facilities.
Chapman had no comment.
"The California Department of Public Health does not comment on pending litigation," according to a statement sent by a spokesman.
Prime Healthcare Services is an Ontario-based, for-profit company that specializes in buying cash-strapped community hospitals. It was founded in 2001 and operates 26 acute hospitals in various states, with the most in California. Those statewide are in Sherman Oaks, Encino, Chino, Glendora and San Dimas, among others. Its billing practices have come under question in various published reports, including those by California Watch.
Edward Barrera, spokesman for Prime Healthcare Services, said he had not seen the lawsuit.
"Prime Healthcare is considered one of the top health systems in the nation, and its hospitals are routinely reviewed by various agencies, as other hospitals are, and regularly found in compliance with all state and federal laws and guidelines," Barrera said in a written statement. "Furthermore, as a result of a malicious corporate campaign by SEIU against Prime Healthcare, CDPH has conducted numerous reviews, including auditing hundreds of medical charts, resulting in no significant deficiencies."
One Prime Healthcare hospital, Desert Valley Hospital in Victorville in San Bernardino County was fined $50,000 in 2013 when state inspectors found that staff did not follow established policies and procedures related to cardiac catheterization in 2011, according to the Department of Public Health.
Attorney Michael McClelland, who is representing Our SALUD, called the lawsuit unfortunate and added that the Department of Public Health has done nothing to answer the allegations. He said the health care issues currently raised within hospitals run by Veterans Affairs are examples of what happens when government doesn't enforce regulations.
"These practices from Prime Healthcare are not just hurting hospital competition, but the practice is hurting patients," McClelland said. "We know what happens when the government doesn't do its job."
Elba Romo, who co-founded Our SALUD with Valencia, said the lawsuit was filed to show that enforcement by the state's Department of Public Health has failed.
"What is keeping the Department of Public Health from enforcing the law?" Romo asked. "If the administration could answer that question, perhaps our communities would be safer."


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A Mini Hamburger Is Not a Slider
I have a couple pet peeves.
Scratch that.
I have a lot of them. And the New York Times just poked at one. Previewing tomorrow's food section coverage, the Diner's Journal blog foreshadows some "slider" coverage:
Meanwhile, back in the home of the burger, its most humble version, the slider, has been getting a makeover. Florence Fabricant writes about how it's become trendy, high-end bar food, as likely to be made with seafood, chicken or cheese as with beef.
I'm guessing this is going to be another one of those "slider" roundups we see every few months in various guises and in sundry publications. My ire is piqued here by the notion that sliders can be made with seafood, chicken, or cheese.
They can't.
I will also hazard a guess that even the beef-based sandwiches Ms. Fabricant ends up covering will be mini hamburgers rather than sliders.
People, a slider is something very specific. It is not just a mini hamburger. It's a thin, thin slip of beef, cooked on a griddle with onions and pickles piled atop patty. The steam from the onions does as much cooking as the griddle. The buns are placed atop the onions, absorbing the pungent aroma and flavor.
A slider is at once a hamburger and, yet, something more. (Maybe because you eat a bunch of them at one sitting.)
A mini burger is just a reduction of the same old thing we already know, however much we may love it.
I love the New York Times. With a few regrettable exceptions, it's smart, well-written, and well-researched. And as more and more people get their info from sketchy sources, it's all the more important that the Times remain a bulwark of reliability. And that's why it saddens me to see the paper's food section get sloppy with the burger terminology.
My guess is that the food section is already printed and ready to go, since its coverage isn't that time-sensitive. So the editors there probably can't make the necessary changes to Ms. Fabricant's piece.
That's fine. I've vented here. But I expect a correction in Thursday's paper.
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Found at Sweetzer and Melrose.
Random rantings and ravings about the Los Angeles Dodgers, written by a small consortium of rabid Dodger fans. With occasional comments on baseball, entertainment, pop culture, and life in general.
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Today, we speak casually of terabytes of data the way we used to speak of megabytes. Multi-petabyte data stores are common and growing. To handle all this data quickly and efficiently, and to extract useful business insights from it, we need programming paradigms that combine the scalable use of multicore processors and many-node clusters with data processing and analysis. No single programming paradigm can serve all problem domains, so expect many alternatives and consolidation. We're entering an era of innovation and the time is ripe for a robust programming paradigm well suited to big data processing and analytics. In this article, I'll discuss dataflow, a technique that manages very large data flows into and through islands of high-speed computation.
What Is Dataflow?
As a software architecture, dataflow consists of nodes in a graph connected by directed dataflow queues. The graph represents an application or program and the nodes represent functions to be applied to data. The dataflow queues transport the data between connected functions. Figure 1 shows connectors on the left reading data from data sources. The data flows from left to right, from node to node. In most cases, each operator in the graph receives data from its input queue, applies its function to the data, and outputs the results to its output queue. For example, the second operator, entitled "Missing Value," reads rows of data, looks for missing values in each row, and outputs replacement values to its output queue.
Composing a dataflow graph is a process of creating instances of operators and linking them together by stitching the output of one operator to the input of another. This composition model provides great flexibility in how users link operators to create applications. By thinking of each operator as a function consuming data and producing an output, dataflow provides the higher-order mechanism (composition) for organizing those functions.
Dataflow's shared-nothing model yields a simple programming paradigm, somewhat analogous to the UNIX shell where shell commands can be piped from one to the next to produce the desired output. Each shell command is independent but all live by a contract to consume standard input and pipe out standard output. Dataflow operators live by a similar kind of contract, using queues. Additionally, operators in dataflow can have multiple input and output queues. They also have properties that allow manipulating their behavior. Flow control is applied to queues to enable different consumption rates between operators. Deadlock detection can also be applied to prevent race conditions between operators.
The dataflow model provides pipeline parallelism by its very nature. As an operator consumes input it pushes its output downstream. Operators normally don't have to see all of their input before producing output. As each operator works, a pipeline of data makes its way through the graph. Each operator can be represented by a thread, or possibly a set of threads. With many operators in a dataflow graph working in parallel, dataflow readily takes advantage of multicore processors.
Dataflow also supports horizontal partitioning, allowing data to be segmented and applied to a replicated section of a graph. This partitioning can be dynamic, adjusting to the number of computing resources available at execution time. Horizontal partitioning is a great way to "divide and conquer" data problems where data dependency is not an issue. It can both scale up to multicore processors and scale out to multiple nodes within a cluster.
Dataflow History
One definition of dataflow frequently found in computer science textbooks describes an architecture whereby changing the value of a variable results in the automatic recalculation of other dependent variables. This is more of the "spreadsheet" model made popular by Microsoft Excel and others.
In his seminal paper titled "The Semantics of a Simple Language for Parallel Processing" [PDF], Gilles Kahn defines Kahn Process Networks (KPNs). According to Wikipedia, KPN's define a programming model "...where a group of deterministic sequential processes are communicating through unbounded FIFO channels." This matches closely with how we've been describing dataflow.
KPNs were originally designed with distributed programming in mind. They are also heavily used for modeling signal-processing systems. The functional approach of KPNs is a good fit for signal processing, allowing filters to be built as pluggable functions that can be inserted as needed within a signal flow.
The original concept of dataflow (spreadsheets) and KPNs have, over time, evolved to the software architecture of dataflow.
Dataflow Goodness
The concepts of dataflow are easy to grasp leading to "design-time scalability." As Figure 1 shows, dataflow lends itself well to GUI environments, bringing high-performance computing to an extremely accessible usability level.
The java.util.concurrent library has been in existence since Java 5, yet few programmers have deep experience with it. With the proliferation of multicore processors and the abundance of raw data, developers need the ability to write high-performing, scalable software, which is almost impossible if we stay in today's thread-centric, shared-memory model of programming. Dataflow provides a means of composing scalable applications using a building block approach. It does so while abstracting away low-level issues such as threads, memory synchronization, and race conditions.
Dataflow has many of the good qualities of functional programming. For example, dataflow queues are immutable, eliminating concerns about shared memory synchronization or side effects from upstream operators. Immutability also allows queues to have multiple readers for good functional reuse. Having no global state also limits side effects. By contract, each operator in a dataflow graph only mutates the data it receives according to the function it provides. It's easy to look at a dataflow graph and surmise how it works and what it does. The similarity of this approach to the actor model cannot be overlooked.


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I'm sure there are many, many stupid laws (rules) out there, but I want to talk about the travel industry for a moment. For those of you who don't know me that well yet, I'm a corporate trainer by day and travel all over the US trying to bring people up to speed on software. And let me say that the travel industry has got to be one of the most foolish on the face of the earth. Let's just take one item for example:
On every plane there is at least one (possibly more) "exit rows." These are the rows of seats that happen to be placed where the emergency door exit to the airplane is. There are certain responsibilities that passengers sitting in that row are required to agree to - namely, opening the door in case of emergency. Now this is a matter of policy, people. If you are seated in an exit row (as I was Friday night), the flight attendant will question each person directly if they are able to perform the duties. I was the only person in the exit row, so I said my yes, then promptly lay down across the row of seats right after take off and went to sleep. And this is why I think the "exit row" questions are really stupid rules.
1. If there is an emergency on a jet, we will probably all die and the exit door won't be any more distinguishable than any other piece of the plane. So I figure no one's going to call me out on not performing my "duty."
2. If there is an emergency and we don't die, everyone will probably be leaving the plane by the nearest available option - most likely a gaping hole in the roof. I don't think they'll be waiting patiently in line for me to open a door, which at that point would probably take the jaws of life to move.
3. Assuming the best of situations and we're all alive and the door is intact, then why in the world wouldn't I want to open it? Hell, I'm going to be the first person off!
And if you think this is stupid, wait until next week when I tell you the story about how I was a suspected terrorist at the Denver airport.
- Deadly DeLeon
Monday, September 17, 2007
Stupid Laws
I'm sure there are many, many stupid laws (rules) out there, but I want to talk about the travel industry for a moment. For those of you who don't know me that well yet, I'm a corporate trainer by day and travel all over the US trying to bring people up to speed on software. And let me say that the travel industry has got to be one of the most foolish on the face of the earth. Let's just take one item for example:
Posted by Jana DeLeon at 8:30 AM
31 comments:
- Christie Craig said...
You forgot to talk about missing luggage. I can see your point about the exit aisle. :-)
And you . . . a terroist?
I gotta hear this one.
Crime Scene Christie
- September 17, 2007 at 9:09 AM
- Hellie Sinclair said...
*ROTFL* I'm not laughing at the "we'd be dead" remark, since that scares me, but the #3--why wouldn't I open the door? I'd be the first one off! *LOL* Too true!
And how did you manage to get on a flight where you could actually sit by yourself?
- September 17, 2007 at 9:17 AM
I think they have those rules because, if you do have an emergency landing and need to exit the plane via the emergency exits, you need to have someone seated there who is capable of opening the doors. Meaning, a mom with small children shouldn't sit there.
I've been on flights where people have actually moved away from those seats. Personally, I like aisle seats, closest to the front so I can get the hell outta there when we land. LOL.
And as for the terrorist thing in Denver, um, could it have anything to do with "Deadly Deleon" being on the passenger manifest? LOL. J/K.
- September 17, 2007 at 9:19 AM
- Jana DeLeon said...
Christie - I can do an entire 5-day training with a carryon bag. I learned early! And yes, I was suspected of being a terrorist, but you'll have to wait until next Monday to hear about it. :)
- September 17, 2007 at 9:27 AM
- Jana DeLeon said...
mshellion - I figure the dead thing is enevitable so it doesn't really matter where I am. God knows, if I was scared to fly, I'd have serious issues. But #3 is definitely the clencher.
And the way to get a row by yourself if to be flying from somewhere not that busy on the last flight out that night because everyone else jumped on an earlier flight by flying standby. :)
- September 17, 2007 at 9:28 AM
- Jana DeLeon said...
faye - I'm sure there is a reason for the rules, but quite frankly, a GOOD mom with three kids would probably be a better person in an emergency than a panicked banker. She'd probably go into overdrive to get her kids out of there. :)
And definitely, I try for the front of the plane - first class if it's available and I have the points!
Ah, wouldn't you like to know if I'm on a known terrorist list? Well, you'll find out next Monday.
- September 17, 2007 at 9:30 AM
- Keri Ford said...
Additional stupid rule, when you get the special pat down, dig through your carry-on shee-bang security check because you're late for your flight.
And why are you late for said flight? Because the freaking airline cancled your other so you're huffing it through the airport to get to the right gate before the plane leaves without you.
- September 17, 2007 at 10:29 AM
- Unknown said...
I can't wait to next week to here your terroist story. What is the world coming to.
- September 17, 2007 at 11:12 AM
Do not get me started on stupid rules and regulations. *g*
As for your terroristic tendencies, all I can say is "you rabble-rouser, you!" LOL!
- September 17, 2007 at 12:13 PM
- Kelly (Lynn) Parra said...
You're right, I'd be opening that exit door first thing! :)
- September 17, 2007 at 2:20 PM
- Leslie Langtry said...
Jana! On my return flight from Arizona yesterday, (I had the window in the exit aisle) the attendant barked at me to open the window shade because it was my job to watch the right wing. Now, I'm not really sure what I was watching for, nor what i could do if something happened with said wing, but it unnerved me that we could all...what? Crash? If i didn't vigilantly watch the wing. I'm still scratching my head on that one.
"The Assassin"
- September 17, 2007 at 2:56 PM
- catslady said...
The only reasonable reason for not sitting there would be if maybe they weren't physically able (broken arm etc.)As to having to watch the wing - that's insane!!!!
- September 17, 2007 at 3:46 PM
You a terrorist... gotta hear this one... I am coming next week to read your post!
- September 17, 2007 at 4:28 PM
Those rules are so stupid... like the one that says you can't take face cream with you! Hello... that is not a weapon.
- September 17, 2007 at 4:30 PM
- Nathalie said...
I am working and just read your post :0 thanx for the laugh.
- September 17, 2007 at 4:33 PM
OMGz! I've never heard of being told that you have to "watch the wing" on a flight. I don't think I'd feel very comfortable flying on that plane if they'd said that to me.
Here's another one of those stupid rules - have you guys heard about the woman who was told her skirt was too short when she flew on Southwest and she had to cover up with a blanket? That story just cracked me up. LOL.
- September 17, 2007 at 5:16 PM
- Jana DeLeon said...
keri - oh, don't even talk about running for a connecting flight. I did that through O'Hare - and I mean literally from one end to the other. Someone told me it was over half a mile. It felt like ten.
And I missed the flight anyway....but not the bar.
- September 17, 2007 at 5:24 PM
- Jana DeLeon said...
virginia - I am indeed a sad excuse for a terrorist, but you will definitely find the story amusing. :)
tori - you know me so well! :)
- September 17, 2007 at 5:25 PM
- Jana DeLeon said...
hi kelly - I'll race ya! :)
Leslie - WTF?!?! Now that's one I've never heard before and I've officially flown over 100k in the past thirteen months. Jeez!
- September 17, 2007 at 5:26 PM
- Jana DeLeon said...
hi catslady - I can definitely understand the "unable" rule, but of course, that's assuming that you'd be "able" after a crash to still perform the same as before take off. Hmmmmmmmm.
hi maggie - please come back next Monday. I can't wait to tell the story!
- September 17, 2007 at 5:27 PM
- Jana DeLeon said...
lily - a couple of weeks ago I saw a woman go through the "frisking" because she'd had the nerve to not put her lip gloss in a plastic baggie. Now some airport security is worse than others, but c'mon now. It's so ridiculous that I baggie my nasal spray, eye drops, deodorant - basically, anything that is liquid or can melt.
hi nathalie - glad I could give you a chuckle!
- September 17, 2007 at 5:29 PM
- Jana DeLeon said...
faye - I did indeed hear the skirt story and it sounds like a lovely lawsuit. I imagine she's got all sorts of available (male) lawyers hovering. She WAS a Hooters waitress, you know. :)
I'm still unclear on the wing thing myself, but last week before the plane pulled away from the gate, the captain accidently powered down the engines and all the controls. So after it powered back up, one of the passenger's says "and the good news is it didn't happen after we were in the air." :)
- September 17, 2007 at 5:31 PM
- Lucy said...
That was too funny.
Um, watching the wing? Now that's a scary thought.
- September 17, 2007 at 6:48 PM
Watching the wing... that was funny in a delusional way.
I know these security checks are horrible! I was getting back to Canada at the end of August and I saw a woman get searched just in front of me because her handbag had a little pointy ivory-like key-chain... where is the world going!!!!!!!
- September 17, 2007 at 6:56 PM
- Dru said...
so that's why the flight attendant yelled at me when I was sitting in the exit seat and had the shade down. Stupid rules.
- September 17, 2007 at 7:09 PM
- Jana DeLeon said...
hi lucy! Glad you enjoyed it!
Lily - I wouldn't even mind if it actually accomplished something. Be sure and check out my terrorist story next week and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about.
dru - maybe...but I still haven't heard of that one. Must do some research. Like I have nothing better to do.
Thanks a lot, Leslie. :)
- September 17, 2007 at 8:12 PM
- CrystalGB said...
Can't wait to hear about you being suspected of being a terrorist.
- September 18, 2007 at 9:34 AM
- Enchanted by Books said...
LOL I want to hear the terroist story! UH oh..what if this site gets flagged by the secret service for using the word terroist! LOL
- September 18, 2007 at 11:20 AM
- Estella said...
Need to hear your story about being a terrorist.
- September 18, 2007 at 3:11 PM
- Jana DeLeon said...
Hi crystal, rachael, & estella - I can't wait to tell you the story......on Monday. :)
I sometimes wonder what the government would think if they peaked into writer's internet searches - especially those of us with a little dose of murder in our stories.
- September 18, 2007 at 7:02 PM
Can't wait for monday!
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"True Detective is going to be HBO's next great drama," writes Dave Walker in the New Orleans Times-Picayune. The new show -- which stars Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey and won't debut until next year -- is written by Nic Pizzolatto, who was an English professor at DePauw University before leaving three years ago to pursue a career as a screenwriter.
"My first novel [Galveston] was published in the summer of 2010," Pizzolatto tells the newspaper. "I'd always had plans from the first time I'd talked to an agent from Hollywood, I was going to ask how you break into this business, and particularly cable-TV writing, because in television the writer stays in control, which is what the concept of show runner is. It's one of the reasons why the kind of serious adult drama you used to see in the films in the '70s and even '80s, and especially the independent movement of the mid-'90s, those sorts of artists I think are migrating toward TV slowly but surely. For the last 10 years, I think American television has beaten out American movies in terms of overall intelligence and depth. So it was a form I was really interested in."
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Better (slightly) late than never, our DiScover Monthly for April presents you with six new bands presently tickling lobes amongst the DiS staff. Click to MySpace pages for intoxicating sounds you might not have experienced before…
Unusual moniker aside, Kill It Kid are blessed with innumerable strengths. Channelling the old school, delta-blues stomp of turn-of-the-century troubadours such as Blind Willie Johnson and wrapping it up in a contemporary package thrillingly unique, reminiscent of The White Stripes perhaps. With soul-searching lyrics relayed in Chris Turpin's veritable roar of a voice that comes across a four-in-the-morning, whiskey-soaked cousin of Antony Hegarty's – perfectly complementing the seductive prowl of Stephanie Ward's, and rip-roaring tunes such as 'Heaven Never Seemed So Close' at their disposal, these five students from Bath exemplify a steely passion and musical flair far beyond their years. Unequivocally recommended, they're playing live aplenty in the UK this summer – dates on their Myspace. James Skinner
The December Sound
Having initially aroused our attention courtesy of last year's awesome Northern Star compilation Psychedelica Volume 2 (review), it was always on the cards that Brooklyn-based four-piece The December Sound would be offering aural temptations of a distorted kind before long. Soon to be released in all its white-noise, fug-infested glory then is The Silver Album, a record the band initially released themselves at the back end of last year. With several labels vying to put the album out to a wider audience, The December Sound look set to be the next outfit to follow the likes of A Place To Bury Strangers out of New York's exceedingly vibrant noise-rock scene. Dom Gourlay
At a time where Broken Records and Frightened Rabbit besiege Blighty with their doe-eyed tunesmithery, it's easy to overlook the remnants of Scotland's burgeoning musical landscape. Edinburgh-spawned ensemble Meursault may be just one edifice in that Saltire-draped cul-de-sac of sound but what a well-chiselled pillar of sonic goodness they are. Clasping together starry-eyed electronica with cotton-picking wreaths of banjo plucks and ukulele strums, their debut album Pissing On Bonfire/Kissing With Tongues is an unassuming triumph of glum-pussed Scottish charm that cradles its knees like a sombrely-lit fusion of Postal Service and King Creosote. Frontman Neil Pennycook's piping rasp is the cornerstone of this resplendent quartet – incoherent, insatiable and entirely indomitable – yet, so deep are the surrounding caveats of sensor-tingling phonics, it takes myriad spins to uncover his voluptuous drawl. Others may have already trawled their way in to fresher, more southerly waters but Meursault are busy manning the deck and battening the hatches, eager to set sail. Billy Hamilton
Gentle Friendly
Crashing in on a wave of good will come London's Gentle Friendly, a dazzling prospect enamoured with the same things we're enamoured with – LA's new noise, tracing exotic, Animal Collective and rhythm. David and Daniel (also of Peckham madcaps Buttonhead) stalk Dalston with a winning formula: salvage rusted drum kits and restaurant-grade Arabica beans from skips, toss back the beans, bang the drums until joyous resonance is reached. 'Ride Symbols' is the standout cut, threaded with scratched noise, beaten into ticklish bruises by fed-back shards and dumb-hearted drums; vocals playing cat and mouse in the gaps between. Gentle Friendly skitter and thrash and do all that you'd expect a new London Abe-ish Vigoda to, rhythm parts moving along docey-doe-eyed, melodies tapering up and out in traffic fumed Ferris Wheels like a more ready Fuck Buttons. It's pretty good, is what I'm trying to say. Listen, yeah? KK
Hot Silk Pockets
Hot Silk Pockets come from Glasgow, Southend, South Wales, Yorkshire and Reading, though it was the latter province where the band formed, half an hour or so's train ride from London Paddington. Coming together initially to play "parties in their shed", the quartet slogged hard, graduated to living rooms and here they are now, nestling in our DiScover Monthly. The band take their name from fist-warming camping equipment and were first recommended to me by Wesley Patrick Gonzalez of Stolen Recordings shipmates Let's Wrestle. 'What's the Matter' is their finest moment to date – you wonder if there isn't something in the etiquette and blood of this kind of music, which lands a touch closer to C81 than it does to C86, that is able to draw out the one truly great pop song within anyone who dares saunter toward it. If so, theirs is already written, a dual-vocalled effort that reverberates tenderly like if Television Personalities wrote 'Time After Time'. Other tracks suggest there might be a lot more to come from Hot Silk Pockets though, so for now our toasty fingers remain anxiously x'd. KK
Skeletons and the Kings of all Cities
Most obvious point of reference for the abominably-named Skeletons And The Kings Of All Cities would be NYC neighbours The Dirty Projectors, fusing elements of ambient electronica, surprisingly mellifluous soul and pop into a broken-backed whole that made debut LP Lucas an undiscovered gem of 2007. Indeed, they'll be supporting Dave Longstreth's outfit along with punk legends Wire at the Futuresonic Festival in Manchester, as part of a string of UK dates well worth a peek this month. Alex Denney
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DescriptionMarcus is a modest young man in ancient Roman times that, after a series of chance encounters, sets out in a path to reach higher social status. On the way, he will meet members of royalty and amass enough money and glory to become a respected Roman citizen.
Romance of Rome is a hidden object with some elements from the adventure genre, and a spin-off of the Cradle of Rome series. The plot is developed through comic book screens at the start and end of each chapter. Instead of connecting three tiles of the same type, this time the objective is to find and click on all the items shown on slots at the bottom of the screen, on period locations filled with assorted objects. Some of the slots have a green background, indicating that the object will be stored in the inventory at the right side when collected.
As in most point-and-click adventures, the inventory items have be used on interactive portions of the scenery to complete tasks for other characters and solve puzzles. Some objects are hidden from view, or locked inside containers, and can only be collected after using one of the inventory items on the correct place, like opening a cupboard with its key. There are no penalties for wrong clicks. The hint button shows the position of one of the required items and is unlimited, but takes some time to recharge after use.
The player receives a small sum of money for each item found and task completed. Five gold coins can also be found on each location and added to the funds. The coins have to be spent on the shop screen, where clothing and other accessories have to be purchased to raise Marcus' status and complete the chapter.
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Acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapur has finally found a producer for his long-pending, ambitious project 'Paani' in the well-known banner Yash Raj Films. He says it is a 'perfect' association
"I have been preparing for this film for a long time, but always wanted an Indian partner that has the same passion for the film as I do and in Adi (Aditya Chopra), I have finally found that," Kapur said in a statement.
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Local gay rights advocates said some politicians' religious beliefs trumped a stand for equality on Wednesday.
Wednesday was a day of ups and downs for the local Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community at the state capitol.
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LGBT leaders said the Senate was supposed to vote on a memorial marking Wednesday as the LGBT Day at the state Legislature. As it turned out, that memorial vote got shot down.
"(It was) because Senate Republicans were appalled that a couple of things were happening that the memorial would be dropping on Ash Wednesday, that is was a holy day," LGBT advocate Jesse Lopez said. "It was a huge let down. It was very appalling, very hurtful to know we can't even celebrate our diversity on the state of New Mexico without politics really being right in the middle of it."
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About 25 percent of all U.S. hackers inform on one another for the federal government, a report said.
The FBI and U.S. Secret Service use threats of long prison terms to compel them to inform on one another, the Guardian (U.K.) reported. The informants have now infiltrated almost every sector of the underground community, including running hacker forums.
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Brew Shed layout advice
February 12, 2012, 04:59:17 PM »
Here is a mock-up of some changes I want to make to my shed for brewing. The exterior walls are preexisting, but the interior walls I'll need to build. Let me know what you think.
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March 09, 2012, 11:45:23 PM »
I'm generally unqualified to comment on this sort of thing, but since you have had no responses in a month, I'll give it a go.
In your brewing room, I'd add a work table, maybe under or next to the shelving.
In a perfect world, your floor drain would be a trench with a sloped floor. If you already have that in there and can't change it, you're still a step ahead of most since you HAVE a floor drain. So good on you for that. You might want to position your brewery so you can get behind it with a hose to spray things toward the drain.
Finally, in your cold storage, I see you have a bottle conditioning area. If all of that is the same temp, it might be a bit cold for bottle conditioning. You have fridges for hop and yeast storage, but if that cold storage bottle conditioning area is separate, I might use that for hop, yeast, and bottle cold storage and use the warmer storage for conditioning. What about keg cold storage? If you can split your cold storage between fermentation and beer storage, you might be happier in the long run if you have a lot of keg and bottle beer in reserves.
Envious of the space for sure.
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March 10, 2012, 12:38:42 AM »
I thought about a worktable or counter. I thought about a portable card table, or a large step-stool or something. The only thing I can think of that I'd need it for would be to hold my hops, whirlfloc, etc. while I'm waiting to add them.
Here in Missouri, the summers get really, really hot. It was about 110* outside for a number of weeks last year. So my "cool storage" room is just going to have an air conditioner. I'm targeting like 70* in there. So it's only cold relative to 100*+.
I've actually never kegged before, but it's something I might look into.
I've put this brewshed project on hold for the time being while I look into getting licensed as a winery. If that goes through, that'll take up all the space I was going to use for brewing.
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March 14, 2012, 10:11:50 PM »
I would consider moving that freezer out of your cold storage area. It generates heat and with your 110F days, it going to be difficult to keep it cool. How cool are you thinking it should be? Are you serving out of it as well?
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March 15, 2012, 06:16:48 PM »
Consider SIPs (Structurally Insulated Panels), or build your own to really maintain the cooler temps efficiently in the cold rooms. Some use wall or window-mounted AC units to separately control temps for those rooms.
Grain mill (and grain storage) should be done in a different/adjacent room than the brewing room (higher temps and moisture, plus accidental spray during clean up may damage grain)--you want to minimize stray bacteria (including lactobacilli) found on grain dust entering your room.
Agree that brew space should have a counter for you to lay out your equipment (hydrometer, thermometer, pH meter, brew sheet log, various utensils, various chemicals, salts, etc. Do you have pegs on the wall to hang up your transfer hoses to dry afterwards? Plumb for hose for IC or plate chiller use. Where will the water go? Perhaps a "greywater" catchment system outside the shed for washing or irrigation of lawn/plant beds later.
Consider an overhead fan (to help keep you cool) in the brew room. Make sure you have a vent to draw out the extra moisture you're producing during the brew day. 100 degrees + 100% humidity = no fun.
Agree with making the cooler space larger and with plans to accomodate kegs under the table top. Perhaps even mount taps on the living space side of the cooler wall so kegs and CO2 tank (say 20 lb tank) and manifold and beer lines stay hidden in the cooler room. Then you could do away with a few fridges (and save $$ over time not having to run 6 refrigerators).
Personally, I'd bottle in the cooler room to prevent excessive foaming. Bottle conditioning after priming can take place inside or outside the cooler room (preference is outside the cooler room for 1-2 weeks, then back into cooler room). Consider smaller sub-spaces with temp controllers that allow you to ferment ales at 64 degrees and lagers at 50 degrees, for example, while the main cooler remains at 45 degrees or lower for serving beers via the wall taps.
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March 18, 2012, 12:02:54 PM »
Agree with richardt, move or separate the grain and mill giving the their own room. Jealous otherwise!
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How's this going? I'm buying a place in October with a big garage and 1/2 is going to become the dedicated brewery so I'm just sort of following along to see what you do and make sure I do the right things. I was only going to build one small room with a window shaker to try to get down to 50 for lagering (maybe not in the height of summer but we don't get Missouri hot here - last week was hell wasn't it???)
Hope you make this happen.
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There was pretty extensive water and termite damage once I gutted it and got the rotten fiberglass out. Then it got really, really hot, so I'm putting the project on hold until it cools off again.
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ROCCO MEDIATE RETURNED to Torrey Pines last week for the first time since his epic duel with Tiger Woods at the 2008 U.S. Open. Rocco made the cut in the Farmers Insurance Open and finished at 1-under with rounds of 69-71-74-73.
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It should be about the spirit of the rule but, the Ping's are legal and all players have that choice to play them or not. Phil will get more head being the top player in the field, compared to John Daly who missed both cuts despite the Ping's.
I just wish he played better - it seems to be his last chance to make a real run at #1.
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