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"We're ready to build your model S signature"
Today I received that titled email, with no content in the body of the mail. Any other Aussies get the same thing? My dashboard page has the " preparing paperwork" message which has not changed despite our customer advocate telling us a while back it was a mistake. Are there other right hand drive registrants who have received a similar message? England? Japan? Singapore?
Does the email usually have content in the body?
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12 Sips and Bites from the National Poetry Month Cocktail Celebration at Back Forty, NYC
I love asking a bartender what inspired a cocktail he created: sometimes it's a spin on a classic, or a flavor combination from a favorite dish, and sometimes a drink is built around the nuances of a new spirit or liqueur, or something more esoteric. But even though many bartenders are storytellers, writers, poets, and playwrights on the side, it's rare for a group of them to get together and build cocktails inspired by bits of verse. At the National Poetry Month Cocktail Celebration this weekend at Back Forty in New York, they did just that, offering a group of drinks each inspired by a poem, which was then performed by the Bowery Poetry Club's Bob Holman.
How do you get from a poem to a cocktail? Sometimes the link was a specific ingredient (a bright yellow flower floating on top of a lush magenta cocktail inspired by Emily Dickinson's Nature rarer uses yellow), but often it was a feeling: a tinge of sardonic bitterness in a poet's words made for one cocktail built around bitter gentian root, while a hint of promise in a poem about death inspired another bartender to lighten his drink with fresh mint leaves and freshly squeezed orange juice to balance out the harsh side of rye.
We sipped our way through them all (lining our stomachs with perfectly poppable pork jowl nuggets and sweet beet crostini), and enjoyed the chance to chat about poetry with bartenders from top spots like Clover Club, The Beagle, The Shanty, and Serious Eats' own writer-bartender, Michael Neff of Ward III. Check out the slideshow for a sampling of the drinks and dishes we tried.
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19/03/2009 | Who What Wear
As the old dining out adage goes, tipping is customary, so with that in mind we bring you the latest installment of WhoWhatWearDaily.com's little wardrobe tips. These shopping suggestions are a snapshot of what pieces we're personally craving at this very moment, illustrated by some of our favorite style-setters (like the divine Miss Moss).
Invest In An Oversized Sweater
True, there are glorious coats galore this season, but our hunger for an enormous, soft sweater cannot be thwarted. Perhaps you don't have need for a casual variation on a coat, but we love having an outerwear option that's informal and cozy. Lauren Conrad, seen above, found a sublime piece that exemplifies what we want. Her Textured Stripe Short Sleeve Sophie Cardigan is by Vince, and is available in Heather Black/Godiva or Heather Black/Heather Carbon. ($340, shopbop.com)
Show-Off Your Waist
After years of overexposure (low-rise pants and skirts) followed by concealment (voluminous tent dresses), this season, the waist is spotlighted simply. To get the look, opt for eye-catching enhancements, like the gold accents on Mischa Barton's black dress, or simply cinch on one of fall's numerous belt options. If your dress doesn't have pre-existing waist-detailing, try a slimming (less material equals less added bulk), interlocking belt.
Mix Your Highs and Lows
One of the personal tenets of WWWD is that we firmly believe in diverse sourcing. Like many of you, dear readers, we appreciate both the H&M dress and the Hermes accessory (cute is cute, regardless of price). Rachel Bilson's above combination of high (Chanel scarf) and low (American Apparel sweatshirt) hits this guiding principle on the nose. (Unisex Salt and Pepper Zip Hoody in Peppered Gray, $40, americanapparel.net)
Buy Some Broken-in Boots
We're not total sycophants when it comes to Kate Moss, but you simply must admit the lady does have a knack for making her personal style whims the next big fashion trends. While she's not reinventing the wheel with her beat-up brown boots, her footwear still sets off our envy alarm. Dedicated shoppers will find a pair on eBay or at a local vintage store, while the less proactive might like one of Frye's many boot options. Try the Engineer 12R in Gaucho ($198, piperlime.com) or the Campus 12R in Saddle Montana ($199.95, onlineshoes.com).
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R I have recently digested mouse DNA with a range of restriction enzymes which I hope to use in my resaearch. Most seem to digest the DNA to smears after 3 hoours, whilst others require longer. Alu I however increases the size of the genomic DNA and doesn't seem to digest the DNA at all. The uncut genomic DNA runs on agarose at about 23 Kbp, the AluI digests, even after only 1 hours digestion increase the effective size such that the DNA does not leave the wells? Can anybody help to explain this? Thanks for your time Gareth ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Are you sure your AluI is good? Did you tried a positive control which you use the same AluI to digest a plasmid DNA, for example? Chi-Kuang


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Darcy Kane replied to JohnnyK's topic in Studio Operations and Making WorkThis works slick and I have tried poking holes, crushing, geez you name it. This method is stupid easy, tidy, and I have a zillion 5 gallon buckets around anyways.
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Darcy Kane replied to rayaldridge's topic in Studio Operations and Making WorkI don't often feel the urge to make a teapot. This one was a gift for a friend and she says she uses it daily.
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Potters And Pets
Darcy Kane replied to flowerdry's topic in Studio Operations and Making WorkAt present I have 4 dogs. One Labrador, one Aussie, and two Irish Jacks. One of the Jacks belongs to my youngest son but she stays with us during the week. The dogs have a huge influence on all aspects of my life. I named my pottery business Naughty Dog Pottery as it seems someone here is always being naughty, including me. I am forever finding someone's hair in the reclaim bucket, including my own, and my dogs are the very best company. For the most part they seem to have grown out of the stage where I have to nail everything down or put it up out of reach, well except for the Aussie and he is well, an Aussie. We have matching attention spans. I have to keep reminding myself, no more puppies. The dogs move around the shop and in and out of the house when the weather is good, always keeping me company. I love my dogs.
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Firing Work For Somebody At Higher Cone
Darcy Kane replied to Rebekah Krieger's topic in Studio Operations and Making WorkIf you aren't invested in this person on some level, just say no. If for some reason you feel compelled to help this person I would charge them a flat rate of $100 for the firing. I would then write up a contract stating that he/she is responsible for any damage done to your kiln in the process of firing their piece up to, and including, the cost of replacing the kiln. Have them sign it and fire only their piece in the kiln.
Choosing A Name For Your Pottery Business
Darcy Kane replied to Chris Campbell's topic in Business, Marketing, and AccountingMy personal trainer refers to what she trains me on as aerobic pilates so I think you could call your business Weights, Skates, & Butt Busting!!
I was this with a gallery owner and she strongly encouraged me to continue to sign my work. She said her clients felt signed work (not stamped with a logo etc) with a legible name was more valuable and more of a keepsake. She said it also enables them to come back and ask for more of my work, so as much as I like the ease of stamping a board of mugs, now I take the time to sign as much as I can. I am definitely going to look into the iron oxide pen idea.
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Who Of You Is Making Funeral Urns?
Darcy Kane replied to Evelyne Schoenmann's topic in Aesthetic Approaches and PhilosophyWhile we did toss everyone overboard in one manner or another (plane, boat) we left a plaque affixed to a boulder to commemorate our dad. Personally I'm leaning toward being tossed to the breezes. I plan on coming back anyways as I am sure I still have some karma to work off, and I don't want to have my old ashes affixed to a broken piece of pottery or on a shelf in someone's storage unit who has no clue who I was. Or worse, have strangers dump me out because they have no clue who I was and are tired of the responsibility of watching over me and keeping me dusted.
Who Of You Is Making Funeral Urns?
Darcy Kane replied to Evelyne Schoenmann's topic in Aesthetic Approaches and PhilosophyThat link didn't work for me, but this one does: http://www.luciapottery.com/urns/urns_biodegradable.php There was a space at the end......... I am going for permanence, not biodegradable. I would not want to drop one of those green urns full of ashes. The ashes are quite heavy. What if someone knocks Dad off the mantel? TJR. The whole idea of the biodegradable urn is that it does break down quickly in the ground. Dust to dust, ashes to ashes and all that. The goal isn't to entomb the ashes for time eternal but to return the body to the earth.
Who Of You Is Making Funeral Urns?
Darcy Kane replied to Evelyne Schoenmann's topic in Aesthetic Approaches and PhilosophySo you split her up into two "pieces?"
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Darcy Kane replied to Evelyne Schoenmann's topic in Aesthetic Approaches and PhilosophyI struggle a bit with the whole death thing. I still have the ashes of one of my favorite dogs and just can't part with them; however, my dad was tossed from a plane asap, and my in laws were distributed at sea. Go figure right? So here is my present feelings on urns etc. I'm all about the urns as a temporary holding cell (?) until loved ones can let go, but I find adding ashes to glaze horrifying! I can't think of anything worse than having my ashes fused with glass for time eternal. And what if the piece of pottery my ashes were affixed to should break? Nope, I find the whole ashes/glazing creepy. BUT this idea I think is way cool! http://www.luciapottery.com/urns/urns_biodegradable.php
Choosing A Name For Your Pottery Business
Darcy Kane replied to Chris Campbell's topic in Business, Marketing, and AccountingI grew up surrounded by a sea of Debbies, Donnas, Susans etc so for years I was at odds with my name. Now I actually quite like my name and it was only enhanced by glomming onto my husband's last name. I seriously considered it for my business name, but being a diehard New Englander (we love our anonymity and protect it with a passion) I just couldn't get myself there, so I chose Naughty Dog Pottery. Dogs have always had a huge presence in my life and they keep me company in the studio. I also am constantly amused by their bad behavior and find myself using the phrase "naughty dogs" often throughout the day. When my dog dishes became popular it just seemed like the way to go.
I was reading your post and thinking, crap all I use is a dull old pencil, I wonder what fancy pants tool he is talking about.
New Potter: Advice Appreciated!
Darcy Kane replied to RuegerPottery19's topic in Business, Marketing, and AccountingI was struggling to find a way to say this and not sound negative. You did the job well.
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Community Challenge #1
Darcy Kane replied to High Bridge Pottery's topic in Studio Operations and Making WorkWell I obviously have no problem announcing my identity ^^^ see upper left corner, but now I've read about all the bad things that can happen on the interweb if someone uses their real identity, I will be going by Jane Doh from now on and as far as the challenge goes, well I'm hard at work on a life size sculpture of Superman. Hopefully I won't have a problem with shrinkage


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Configure Eclipse or IntelliJ for debugging, attach it to a remote Java Web App on Azure and start stepping through code.
As part of our continued efforts to enable Java developers to get things done in Eclipse and IntelliJ, we are announcing that Azure Toolkit for Eclipse and IntelliJ adds support for debugging Java Web Apps on Azure.
In Eclipse, right click on a Web App project and select Debug As, then click on Azure Web App, and the debug configurations wizard will walk you through the process.
Then, accept the default values set by the Toolkit and click on Debug.
Afterwards, your IDE will go ahead and enable remote debugging on Azure and launch a command prompt or shell that will prepare necessary remote connection for debugging. Then, insert a break point in a JSP or servlet in the Web App, open the Java Web App URL in a browser, and the IDE will now enter into debug mode. Start stepping through code and inspecting variables, as you have always been.
Interested in learning more? Read the documentation pages about remote debugging Java Web Apps on Azure in Eclipse or IntelliJ. You can learn more about deploying Java Web Apps on Azure using Eclipse or IntelliJ. You can also find additional info about Java on Azure at https://azure.com/java.
Please give it a try and let us know what you think on GitHub, Twitter, E-mail (Java at Microsoft dot com) or via comments below.


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RSPP Annual Paper Award
For the Best Paper in Regional Science Policy and Practice
Winners 2020
Luc‐Normand Tellier and Jérémy Gelb (2018) - An urban metric system based on space‐economy: Foundations and implementation. Regional Science Policy & Practice (10) 3, 145-160
Patrícia C. Melo and Daniel J. Graham (2018) - Transport‐induced agglomeration effects: Evidence for US metropolitan areas. Regional Science Policy & Practice 10 (1), 37-47
Winners 2019
Manuel Gómez‐Zaldívar, Marco T. Mosqueda and J. Alejandra Duran (2017) - Localization of manufacturing industries and specialization in Mexican states: 1993–2013: 1993–2013. Regional Science Policy & Practice 9 (4), 301-315
"The paper is a nice and complete package. An accepted methodology thoughtfully applied to a national economy to review shifts in sectoral or regional shares. It is an enlightening Policy & Practice entry-level paper for a bright student to get his/her feet wet with this general topic."
Winners 2018
Jinwon Bae and Sandy Dall'erba (2016) - The economic impact of a new solar power plant in Arizona: Comparing the input‐output results generated by JEDI vs. IMPLAN. Regional Science Policy & Practice 8 (1,2), 61-73
"It is a good example of using several economic impact techniques to compare economic impacts of investments on renewable energies. Well written, nice comparative analysis with straightforward application of spatial statistics, immediate application possibilities and transparent policy implications. The paper is very comprehensive and could certainly use as a seminar reading on IO model."
Winners 2017
Akihiro Otsuka and Mika Goto (2015) - Estimation and determinants of energy efficiency in Japanese regional economies. Regional Science Policy & Practice 7 (2), 89-101
"The paper contains a full empirical attempt to model and a significant regional issue of policy and practice concern: the spatial patterns of energy efficiency across the prefectures of Japan. Useful findings of the study are clearly spelled out for policy-makers. The paper is itself a model of how regional science methods can be harnessed for making contributions to policy and practice. As such, is a most meritorious demonstration of the underlying concept for our relatively new journal and thus highly deserving of receiving the award. Identification and estimation of variables that are understood and can be used by policy-makers."
Roberto Camagni and Roberta Capello (2015) - Rationale and design of EU cohesion policies in a period of crisis. Regional Science Policy & Practice 7 (1), 25-4
"A great literature review and an important (continuing) EU issue. A reflective and policy-prescriptive paper focused on EU regional policies in the context of a period of economic downturn. Broad-ranging, the paper marshals a variety of data to buttress its argument. A nicely done contribution. A prospective paper with great impact well rooted theoretically and with sound methods."
1. Goal
The Award recognizes annually a scientist who have demonstrated creativity, merit and prospective effectiveness through the publication of a paper of remarkable quality in Regional Science Policy and Practice.
2. The Award
2.1 The award recognizes and honours practitioners, policy makers and scientists that with their work, decisions and research helped the development of peoples and places.
2.2 The Prize is annual and awards the best paper published two years before of Regional Science Policy and Practice.
2.3 The award selects only one paper per year.
2.4 The Award involves the payment of 750 €, one plaque and certificates for the authors.
3. Jury and Process for Recommending the Award
3.1 In the first quarter of each year, the Editor in Chief of Regional Science Policy and Practice identifies a list of at least three (3) papers published two years before.
3.2 The Editor-in Chief of Regional Science Policy and Practice will then send the papers for appraisal to the jury composed by the Editor in Chief, one editor and three Fellows proposed by the Editor-in-Chief to the Council
3.3 The Jury will appraise and rank the papers in a meeting in person and/or by email/teleconference in March to select the paper to receive the Award.
3.4 The Editor-in-Chief of Regional Science Policy and Practice will inform the Executive Director of RSAI of the decision of the Jury, and the Executive Director of RSAI will inform the recipient(s) of the Award.
3.5 The Awardee(s) will be invited to attend one of the Supra-Regional (NARSC, LACRSA, ERSA, PRSCO) meetings or the RSAI World Congress to receive the Award.


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Term applied to strictly conservative religious belief; in Christianity it holds the entire Bible in its original languages to be free from historical, theological, and scientific error. Fundamentalists oppose the teaching of evolution and all concessions to modern thought embraced by liberal Christianity. They tend to emphasize the demands of personal morality rather than social issues. The term derives from a series of tracts which began to appear in the USA in 1909 and which affirmed five fundamentals of faith: the verbal inerrancy of scripture (which is primary), the divinity of Christ, his birth of a virgin, a substitutionary theory of the atonement, and the physical resurrection and bodily return of Christ—doctrines dependent on the primacy of the first; not defended as Christology, or theodicy, or soteriology, but on the sole authority of the written word of scripture. Christian Fundamentalists maintain that being inspired by God (who cannot err) the Bible offers totally accurate history. The authority exercised by Jesus among his disciples is available in the Bible, so that the OT account of the origin of creation is more acceptable than a theory of evolution by natural selection. God has not revealed everything, but what he has revealed we can know with certainty. Fundamentalists distance themselves from theological sophistication, and what some call 'neo‐fundamentalism' defends biblical inerrancy by means of what opponents suspect as rhetoric rather than mainstream scholarship.
Fundamentalism is a target for modern atheists, who attack it for its chauvinism, intolerance, and anti‐intellectualism. Theologians have argued that there also exists an aetheistic fundamentalism which is equally bigoted in its dream of a perfect human society achieved through science and rationalism while being blind to human corruption and capacity for evil.


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No public release (at least yet), but I made a two part program for games competitions at a LAN party we attended last weekend.
The first part of the program is a MUI GUI where you can enter player names, put in their scores, sort the competitors randomly or by the score, and upload the lists to a remote machine which displays the results in a prettier screen.
The second part of the program displays the player/score lists in a fullscreen display. You can also split the entries to 2-9 player groups and it tries to split uneven amounts of players to as equal groups as possible. For example with 4 player groups it creates as many three player groups as needed, instead of leaving for example two player to the last group. The grouping feature was used to arrange qualifying rounds to the games where you can have only limited amount of simultaneous players. The program also accepts remote controlling via ARexx.
We had a MorphOS IBook to input the scores and MorphOS Mac mini to display the scores. The Mac mini could be used without keyboard and mouse, because I made a inetd.conf entry which allowed a remote controlling of the whole machine/program. You can just echo commands to a certain port on the remote machine to control it.
The whole system worked just fine, despite the lack of testing We used it for laptime based qualifying in Stunt Car Racer, random grouping of Lotus2 players and then score based qualifying, random grouping with Super Skidmarks and Worms DC, and results tables for hiscore challenges in Plat-Man and Pac-Mania games.
Few photos of it in the actual use can be seen here: http://saku.bbs.fi/yhdistys/tapahtumat/ ... index.html
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Huizinge (Groningen, Netherlands)
Huizinge is a small town in the Dutch province of Groningen, which already in the sixteenth century was a Mennonite center, with a congregation of Groningen Old Flemish, known by various names—Huizinge, Westeremden, Middelstum, and Huizinge and Westeremden. A meetinghouse of this congregation was built in Huizinge in 1815, but in 1863 the seat of the congregation was transferred to Middelstum, where a meetinghouse and parsonage were built in 1863.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Huizinge (Groningen, Netherlands)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 11 Jul 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Huizinge_(Groningen,_Netherlands)&oldid=108078.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1956). Huizinge (Groningen, Netherlands). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 11 July 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Huizinge_(Groningen,_Netherlands)&oldid=108078.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 839. All rights reserved.
©1996-2020 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.


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I recently learned that Opinion Outpost is the #2 Survey Website in the country (according to the Survey Police). In addition they've received more rankings than any other survey company by far within the past year, so you can be certain that their overall quality score is highly accurate.
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- Stay as active as you can. They remove accounts for inactivity after 3 months.
- Complete your "member profile" as soon as you can. This will enable Opinion Outpost to send surveys that are more likely to work for you.
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Wycliffe Associates is seeking to acquire a specially designed aircraft to support Bible translation efforts in Papua New Guinea.
The organisation is raising funds to purchase a fourth Kodiak aircraft for service in Papua New Guinea, home to 830 different languages.
Bible translation projects are underway for more than 190 of them but more than 300 language groups in the nation do not yet have a single verse of Scripture.
Air travel is a vital part of Bible translation work in Papua New Guinea because of the country's difficult terrain of mountains and jungles.
Around 80 per cent of Bible translators rely on air travel to get around the country and reach remote translation locations.
Wycliffe reports that without an aircraft, reaching some language groups can take up to five days.
"The Kodiak is a critical tool to reach language groups who are crying out for God's Word," says President and CEO Bruce Smith, who is a former missionary pilot.
"Insurmountable mountain peaks, dense rainforests, and hard-to-reach islands in Papua New Guinea make sharing the truth and hope of God's Word time-consuming and extremely difficult."
The Kodiak has been developed by the Quest Aircraft Company in Idaho with missionary work in mind.
The aircraft can take off in under 1,000 feet at full gross weight and climb at more than 1,300 feet per minute.
It carries more than three times the load than other planes previously used for mission work and uses jet fuel, which is less expensive and more readily available in Papua New Guinea than avgas.
Wycliffe aims to raise enough funds to buy a new Kodiak by 31 January and has received a matching challenge for the first $42,300 received.
"I see the KODIAK as an incredible opportunity God has given us to pierce the spiritual darkness of Papua New Guinea by accelerating Bible translation," says Smith.
Wycliffe fundraising for new aircraft to support Bible translation
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FRISCO, Texas --- In a game where quality offensive chances were at a premium, FC Dallas midfielder Brek Shea connected on a header in the 71st minute as FCD handed Chivas USA a 1-0 defeat Saturday at Pizza Hut Park.
The win was the third straight for FCD (9-2-9), who ran their unbeaten streak to 11 games and moved within three points of second place in the Western Conference behind Real Salt Lake.
FC Dallas haven't lost since a 1-0 setback to the LA Galaxy on May 20, and they improved to 6-1-3 at home this season.
Shea's game-winning header drifted to the far post past Chivas USA goalkeeper Zach Thornton, who made a string of impressive saves on the night to keep FCD at bay until midway through the second half.
Jair Benitez picked up the assist on a lofty cross to the back post, where Shea popped the header back across the goalmouth for his fifth goal of the season.
FCD had the first chance of the night, when David Ferreira took an early free kick from about 30 yards out that was snuffed out by Thornton. Thornton's finest moment came in the 54th minute, when he stretched to parry away a curving free kick from FCD striker Milton Rodriguez.
Thornton's FCD counterpart, fellow veteran Kevin Hartman, was called upon in the 33rd minute when Chivas USA's Dario Delgado tried to tuck a shot inside the near post. Hartman was up to the challenge, lunging to the right post to make his first save of the evening.
Hartman added another on a snap header by Michael Umaña in the 77th, and topped that with a gorgeous reaction save on Delgado one minute later.
FC Dallas veteran striker Jeff Cunningam entered the match for Rodriguez in the 58th minute but failed to score, leaving him at 128 career MLS goals, four behind all-time leader Jaime Moreno of D.C. United.
Chivas USA (5-11-4) are winless in their last three matches, and have now won just twice in 11 matches away from the Home Depot Center this season.
For full stats, visit the MLS MatchCenter.
Scoring Summary:
DAL -- Brek Shea 5 (Jair Benitez 2, David Ferreira 8) 71
Misconduct Summary:
DAL -- Atiba Harris (caution; Reckless Foul) 34
CHV -- Jesus Padilla (caution; Unsporting Behavior) 79
DAL -- Daniel Hernandez (caution; Unsporting Behavior) 79
CHV -- Paulo Nagamura (caution; Tactical Foul) 89
Chivas USA -- Zach Thornton, Jonathan Bornstein, Michael Umana, Dario Delgado, Ante Jazic (Sal Zizzo 82), Justin Braun (Carlos Borja 46), Ben Zemanski (Jesus Padilla 74), Paulo Nagamura, Rodolfo Espinoza, Alan Gordon, Giancarlo Maldonado.
Substitutes Not Used: Michael Lahoud, Osael Romero, Marcelo Saragosa, Kevin Guppy.
FC Dallas -- Kevin Hartman, Heath Pearce, George John, Zach Loyd, Jair Benitez, Atiba Harris, Daniel Hernandez, Eric Alexander (Eric Avila 64), Brek Shea (Jackson Goncalves 85), David Ferreira, Milton Rodriguez (Jeff Cunningham 58).
Substitutes Not Used: Marvin Chavez, Edson Edward, Bruno Guarda, Dario Sala.
Referee: Paul Ward
Referee's Assistants: Daniel Belleau; Greg Boles
4th Official: Jasen Anno
Time of Game: 1:52
Attendance: 10,309


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I need a java prog for the below req
Write a java program that reads a .dat file and searches for a particular hard coded value (say NM*45).
If it is found it should print the entire line.
If it is found 100 times,all the hundred lines should get printed
help guys


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Amazon Fire TV Stick Review: A Lot Less Money for a Little Less Speed
Like the look of Amazon's April-launching TV streamer? Read our take on the Prime-sucking dongle before pre-ordering.
Like the look of Amazon's April-launching TV streamer? Read our take on the Prime-sucking dongle before pre-ordering.
Although the plot isn't perfect, the movie is worth seeing for the robots, the city, and the jokes.
He once served a five-year sentence for hacking-based crimes. Now he's consulting for Hollywood hacker films.
The UK trailer for Chappie shows just how terrified the world is of a teenage robot.
On two consecutive days in 2014, the world was awash with people searching for "brainfuck".
According to Nielsen SoundScan, vinyl sales hit 9.2 million, a 52 per cent jump from 2013 figures, and an all-time high for vinyl on SoundScan, which began tracking sales in 1991. Damn.
The best laid plans often go awry. The worst too; like diving down a real chimney as if you were Santa. It's almost definitely bound to go wrong.
Even though it all gets ripped up anyway, it's nice to give a present that doesn't look its been run over by a car. Here's how.
Nobody wants to sit around for hours waiting for their shiny new PSBox One to update.
Your friendly neighbourhood Taiwanese Animators have the best, most insane Hot Take on the Sony hack and the ensuing parade of idiocy.
Shake it off, girl.
Forget digital simulations. Each day, the town is used for drills to prepare modern day soldiers for cyber attacks, in order to get closer to how a real attack would affect a real place.
With snow being no-show yet this year, take out your powder cravings watching people getting nailed with the stuff.
1995 had Hackers, and 2015 will have Blackhat: An upcoming cyber thriller in which actor Chris Hemsworth trades brawn for brains to save the world.
Upcoming film The Walk follows Philippe Petit, the stuntman who traversed the World Trade Center towers by tightrope.
According to State of the Net, the tricks we're using to make our passwords strong these days can actually make us more susceptible to hacks.


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- 1 4-bone center-cut pork rib roast, bones frenched, roast well trimmed (about 2 pounds)
- 8 whole dried apricots
- 8 whole pitted prunes
- 2 tablespoons corn oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried majoram
- 1 onion, coarsely chopped
- 2 large carrots, coarsely chopped
- 6 garlic cloves, peeled
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- 1 1/2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
- 1 1/2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon coarse-grained Dijon mustard
- 1 1/2 cups low-salt chicken broth
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
Recipe Preparation
Preheat oven to 350°F. Using long slender knife, carve out 3/4-inch-diameter horizontal tunnel through center of pork. Chop carved-out meat and reserve. Using handle of wooden spoon, firmly pack apricots and prunes into tunnel of roast. Place roast on rack in roasting pan; rub with 1 tablespoon oil. Sprinkle roast with 1/2 teaspoon marjoram, salt, and pepper. Scatter onion, carrots, garlic cloves, and chopped meat around rack in pan. Drizzle vegetables with 1 tablespoon oil; sprinkle with 1 teaspoon marjoram. Roast pork until instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part of meat (not stuffing) registers 150°F, stirring vegetables occasionally, about 1 hour 25 minutes. Transfer pork to cutting board; tent with foil to keep warm.
Whisk butter, flour, and both mustards in small bowl to blend. Add broth and wine to roasting pan; place on 2 burners and simmer juices over medium heat until mixture is reduced to 1 1/2 cups, scraping up browned bits, about 3 minutes. Strain liquid into small saucepan; skim fat from surface. Bring liquid to boil. Whisk in mustard mixture; simmer until sauce thickens slightly, whisking frequently, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
Cut pork between ribs into chops. Serve with sauce.


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Welding Before HDG
Unless a welded structure is too large for the galvanizing kettle, best practice is to weld prior to galvanizing to ensure the entire structure is coated with corrosion-inhibiting zinc. Throughout North America, variously sized hot-dip galvanizing kettles are available, allowing a broad scope of structural fabrications to be galvanized. However, as with any fabrication to be galvanized, it is important for the steels surface to be entirely clean for zinc to react with the steel.
When welded items are galvanized, the cleanliness of the weld area and the metallic composition of the weld itself influence the galvanized coatings characteristics. Galvanized materials may be easily and satisfactorily welded by all common welding techniques. The specific techniques can best be obtained from the American Welding Society or your welding equipment supplier. Additional information about welding galvanized steel may be obtained from the AGA.
Several welding processes and techniques have been found to be successful for items to be galvanized:
- In welding, an uncoated electrode should be used when possible to prevent flux deposits on the steel or product.
- Welding flux residues are chemically inert in the pickling solutions commonly used by galvanizers; therefore, their existence will produce rough surfaces and coating voids. If a coated electrode is used, all welding flux residues must be removed by wire brushing, chipping, grinding, pneumatic needle gun, or abrasive blast cleaning.
- Welding processes such as metal inert gas (MIG), tungsten inert gas (TIG), or carbon dioxide (CO2) shielded are recommended since they essentially produce no slag. However, there can still be small flux-like residues that need to be chipped off.
- In the case of heavy weldments, a submerged arc method is recommended.
- If none of these welding methods is available, select a coated rod specifically designed for self-slagging, as recommended by welding equipment suppliers.
- Choose a welding rod providing a deposited weld composition as close as possible to the parent metal. The composition and compatibility will yield a more uniform galvanized coating appearance.
Welding Appearance
When welded items are galvanized, two factors affect the galvanized coatings quality and appearance cleanliness of the weld area and metallic composition of the weld itself. Welding rods high in silicon, which acts as a catalyst for coating growth during the galvanizing process, may cause excessively thick and/or darkened galvanized coatings to form over the weld. In smooth products welded together with high silicon weld rods, the coating over the weld material will be thicker than the surrounding coating, causing a bump in an otherwise smooth product. Therefore, the composition of the weld electrode is important, and should be as similar as possible to the steel chemistry to minimize differences in appearance. The composition compatibility will yield a more uniform zinc surface appearance and thickness. As with galvanizing high silicon steel, welding rods high in silicon may cause excessively thick and/or darkened galvanized coatings to form over the weld.
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|Jetweld 2 (E6027)
Fleetwood 35 LS (E6011)
Fleetwood 7 (E6012)
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Dr. James White of the University of Colorado at Boulder will discuss "Abrupt Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future."
Jim White is the Director of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, a Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences and is also instrumental in the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Colorado (CU). He is the past Director of Environmental Studies Program at CU, which he helped to establish and grow during its first decade, and was past chair of the Polar Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences.
His research interests are broad, but all revolve around human impacts on the environment. Specific areas of research include studying the global carbon cycle, both modern and in the past, and reconstructing past environmental conditions using ice cores. He is working now on new deep ice cores in Greenland as well as Antarctica. He is an author of over one hundred and fifty peer reviewed publications, and is a Highly Cited Author in the Geosciences.
At CU he teaches a large lecture class in Environmental Studies, as well as a course on energy, the carbon cycle and climate change. He is actively engaged in exploring new paradigms of education in environmental studies, and has worked steadily to break down disciplinary barriers between the social sciences, natural sciences, humanities, journalism, arts and business to better train students in the area of environmental change.
Most recently, Jim served as the Chair of the National Academies Committee on Understanding and Monitoring Abrupt Climate Change and its Impacts, which authored the report, Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change: Anticipating Surprises


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In a saucepan, mix 1 cup of granulated sugar, ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar, dash of salt and 1/3 cup of water. Cook over medium high heat and stir until sugar dissolves and liquid is bubbly.
While above mixture is coming to a boil, start beating your egg whites and extracts on HIGH. When soft peaks form, slowly drizzle in the hot syrup. Keep beating on high until stiff peaks form like this:
Very light, this frosting is a dream to work with.
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1. Clustering and Coarsening in a Granular Gas Granular gases are of great scientific and economic relevance. Scientific, because of their tendency to spontaneously separate into dense and dilute regions, which makes them fundamentally different from any textbook molecular gas. Economic, because no less than 5 per cent of the global energy budget is wasted due to problems with granular matter in conveyor belts, sorting machines, mixers, and other industrial machinery. Here we study - experimentally, numerically, and theoretically - the clustering of particles in a vertically vibrated array of N connected compartments. For strong shaking, the particles spread evenly over the compartments, but if the shaking strength is lowered beneath a critical level this uniform distribution gives way to a clustered state, consisting of a few well-filled compartments and a lot of diluted ones. In the course of time, this state coarsens: The smaller clusters are eaten by the larger ones, until finally only one big cluster remains. This coarsening process is exceptionally slow, with the mass of the surviving cluster growing only as the square root of log t.
2. Clustering and Directed Transport
In this second lecture we turn to the wonderful world of ratchets, which have become a hot topic in recent years. In order to extract mechanical work on a molecular scale (e.g., to make a muscle move), nature uses the concept of a Brownian ratchet: The stochastic forces from a noisy environment are converted into a directed motion. Here we create a "granular ratchet", exploiting the clustering phenomenon from the previous lecture in a slightly adapted array of N connected compartments: The stochastically colliding particles spontaneously generate a particle current perpendicular to the direction of energy input. This is the first practical realization of the theoretically predicted concept of a stochastic ratchet as a collective effect in a symmetric geometry.
A related problem of prime importance in modern society is the clustering of cars on the highway. We show how the formation of traffic jams on the Dutch highway A58 is well described - and predicted! - by a flux model similar to the one we use for the clustering of granular particles
3. Granular Impact Jets
A steel ball dropped onto loose, very fine sand ("dry quicksand") creates an upward jet exceeding the release height of the ball. There is a striking similarity with the impact of an object in a liquid: The jet is generated by the gravity-driven collapse of the void created by the ball, and the focused pressure pushes the sand straight up into the air. Using a 2-dimensional experimental setup and high-speed imaging, the collapse of the void is visualized. For high impact velocities the void collapse is seen to entrain air. The entrained air bubble slowly rises through the sand, and upon reaching the surface causes a granular eruption. The experimental observations are quantitatively explained by a Rayleigh-type model. Parallels are drawn with impacts on a planetary scale.


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The Central Connecticut women's basketball team fell to Saint Francis (PA), 67-62, on Monday night at DeGol Arena. The Blue Devils (6-7, 0-2 NEC) were led by 25 points from senior Jaclyn Babe. The Red Flash (7-6, 2-0 NEC) had three players score in double-digits.
After a 2-2 tie to open the game, the Red Flash took control and built an early lead. The Blue Devils were able to tie the score at 24-24 on a pair of free throws by Jaclyn Babe with 5:24 left in the half. The free throws by Babe capped a stretch in which she scored seven straight points for CCSU.
Babe finished the half with 16 points, no other Blue Devil had more than four points in the period.
Following Babe's tying free throws, Saint Francis opened up an 8-0 run to take a 32-24 advantage.
Junior Lauren Arbogast hit a basket to stop the momentum and sophomore Kaley Watras followed with free throws a minute later, but the Red Flash carried a 42-28 lead into the half.
The Blue Devils battled through the second half and finally cut the Red Flash lead to single-digits on a jumper by junior Jaleen Thomas with 10 minutes left in the game. Junior Jessica Babe followed with a jumper and Watras added a pair of free throws to cut the deficit to five points with 8:27 remaining in the game. A free throw by Jaclyn Babe capped Central's run and had the Blue Devils trailing by four with 7:42 left in the game.
A short burst by Saint Francis pushed the gap back to eight points, but CCSU rallied again and finally cut the deficit to a single basket on a jumper by Thomas with 1:31 left to play.
Thomas' basket was the closest the Blue Devils would get as the Red Flash pulled away over the final 90 seconds to win by five points.
Ali Williams led the Red Flash with 20 points and 13 rebounds. Shene Fleming also had a double-double for Saint Francis. She had 13 points, 14 rebounds.
Watras was the Blue Devils' second leading scorer with 12 points in the game. She also had three rebounds, three steals and two assists.
Sophomore Johnna Fisher came off the bench to play the bulk of minutes at center. She chipped in six points and four rebounds in 18 minutes.
Arbogast registered four points and four rebounds in 13 minutes off the bench. She also had a steal.
Jessica Babe had a solid all-around game for the Blue Devils. She posted seven points, eight assists and six rebounds. Babe also had seven steals and a block in 37 minutes of action.
Thomas also played well with six points, five rebounds and three steals.
The Blue Devils played much better in the second half of the game. CCSU out-scored the Red Flash, 34-25, after halftime and forced Saint Francis to turn the ball over 19 times in the second half, while the Blue Devils had just four turnovers over the final 20 minutes.
The Blue Devils return to action on Saturday against Bryant. That game will be played at Detrick Gym and will air live on CPTV Sports. The tip is scheduled for 1 p.m.


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Boo! Mother Nature has nixed the 50K fun run I had scheduled for tomorrow at Lake Harriet. It is so much fun! Approximately 7 loops around Harriet-up through the neighborhood, check my name on the list in the porch and do it again. So much fun!
I totally understand that with over a foot of fresh snow and -30F wind chills it had to be canceled. I'll be going solo instead.
Tuscobia is one week from today :)
We are in the midst of a good old fashioned snow storm.
This morning by 5 AM there was about 6" of snow in the driveway. It was a slow snowy drive to Maria State Park. As I figured, there wasn't ANY traffic other than snow plows. Slow and easy.
Of course the lot was empty when Topaz and I piled out of the car. He ran away like a banshee-racing me to the trail head. I had to get my snowshoes on in the dark, fumbling with my headlamp so I could strap them on.
The wind was whipping and the snow was flying. We headed off into the darkness. It kind of felt rather spooky, knowing there wasn't anyone else in the park. There were not any car tracks going into the park so unless someone was in one of the remote cabins there was nobody here but us.
I couldn't see Topaz in front of me, the snow was so heavy. All I could see was a white out in front of my lamp. Weird. Eerie weird. Cool. Way cool.
As we ran along I could hear the maples above me bending in the wind..and snapping branches..and pretty soon a branch fell in between Topaz and I. Oooh.
Daylight had to arrive soon. It seemed like at least an hour had passed. Sure enough, it was 7 AM but not a bit of daylight was approaching. The thick clouds and heavy snow was not letting any light in.
Not until 722 did I finally see a bit of light from the sky. I turned off my headlamp and watched the sun try to brighten the cloud cover. Still rather dark, but I could now see without lights.
Topaz was a flurry of activity. Chasing deer, squirrels, turkey and fox; the now fresh 8" of snow on the ground wasn't slowing him down. I was trudging. I was tired. I was out of my mind happy. SO beautiful, so peaceful, so thrilled to be out in the woods enjoying myself. There wasn't anything else I'd rather have been doing.
As I ventured out along a trail that I hadn't yet broke the snow was up past my knees, up to my thighs. This is along an open area where I normally see many deer feeding. They weren't feeding out in the open today. As the wind howled around me I realized that this was one hell of a storm. Pretty soon I heard thunder. Ah, thunder snow! Typically 1" plus of snow falls per hour when one hears thunder along with it. Amazing.
When thoughts of driving home surfaced I pushed them away. No sense in thinking about it now. Enjoy the run..
4 hours and 15 SLOW miles later we came back to the lot. My car was buried under the snow. What a sight. I helped Topaz to de-ice his legs and started the car. While it warmed I took off my snowshoes and uncovered my car. Wow, still snowing like crazy.
After a slow drive home I made it safe and sound. Troy was heading out to slide. I told him I'd quick change into dry clothes and meet him out there.
More trudging around, sliding down, climbing up, laughing on my back as I fell into the snow! What a blast.
Troy is now drinking hot cocoa, Topaz is sleeping next to the fireplace and I was going to head over to Gold's. I just called to make sure they were open and guess what? They are closing at 3 due to snow. Really?
Enjoy the snow! Go on out there, play in it, laugh in it, lay down and make a snow angel!


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A cooperative project of the companies OMV, Linde, and Daimler subsidised by the State of Baden-Württemberg
A hydrogen filling station with new filling technology for enhanced user-friendliness and extended operating range
Use of hydrogen in fuel-cell technology for environmentally friendly vehicle generations
Stuttgart, 17 June 2009 - On the site of the OMV service station at Stuttgart Airport, OMV in cooperation with Linde AG and Daimler AG is opening Baden-Württemberg's first publicly accessible hydrogen filling station on 17 June 2009. This successful cooperation between the participating companies is subsidised by the State of Baden-Württemberg. The project is centred on the use of hydrogen as an environmentally friendly energy carrier. Hydrogen filling stations represent an important step toward reducing dependence on fossil fuels in the long term and are a step closer to emission-free sustainable mobility. The innovative hydrogen filling station will serve fuel-cell vehicles of the latest generation, such as the Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL, with 700-bar high-pressure technology. Small-series production of this vehicle is to commence later this year in Germany.
The proximity of the OMV service station to Stuttgart Airport - a major transport hub - and to Daimler AG's research and development centres, together with the cooperative contact between the two companies, is providing the basis for the establishment of Baden-Württemberg's first publicly accessible hydrogen filling station. Within the framework of a public-private partnership, the hydrogen station will provide an important impulse for a future supply network for this German federal state, thus supporting the operation of local emission-free electric vehicles on the basis of fuel-cell technology.
"The development of new drive technologies is crucial to Baden-Württemberg's automotive industry and will ensure that it can emerge with renewed strength from the current crisis and participate in the race for international technological leadership. Hydrogen technology plays a decisive role here. By entering the field of hydrogen technology we are protecting natural resources, while at the same time reducing our dependence on the import of fossil fuels. This initiative is a key component of Baden-Württemberg's sustainability strategy: by utilising energy in a future-proof way, we are promoting environmentally friendly and thus sustainable mobility," said Baden-Württemberg's State Premier Günther H. Oettinger of the joint project. The federal state was therefore supporting this project with the sum of EUR 800,000 from the programme "Zukunftsoffensive Baden-Württemberg" (Baden-Württemberg's Campaign for the Future), Oettinger continued.
As a leading gas supplier and the world's largest manufacturer of hydrogen facilities, Linde has a wealth of expertise throughout the hydrogen value-creation chain - from hydrogen production to filling technology. This company, the world's pre-eminent outfitter of hydrogen filling stations, distributes filling technology in 15 countries. The new hydrogen station at Stuttgart Airport incorporates ion-compressor technology developed by Linde. With this new compression process, cars and electric buses powered by fuel cells can be refuelled within a matter of minutes - just like vehicles powered by conventional internal combustion engines - with hydrogen at a pressure of either 350 or 700 bar. The gaseous hydrogen is also supplied by Linde AG. Operation with hydrogen produces only electrical energy along with water vapour. No hydrocarbons or sulphur oxides are generated - and not even carbon dioxide (CO2), which arises during combustion of fossil fuels. Hydrogen as a fuel for automotive drive technologies is free of emissions detrimental to the climate and to the environment in both its production from renewable energy carriers and in its transformation into electricity. "As the pioneer of hydrogen technology we have a particular responsibility to press ahead toward hydrogen-based sustainable mobility," said Dr Aldo Belloni, member of the Executive Board of Linde AG. "Establishing the infrastructure for this future-oriented energy carrier calls for a concerted effort among the partners involved. We are delighted to have realised a filling-station concept of the latest generation together with OMV. With our newly developed 700-bar technology, vehicles can be refuelled rapidly, safely and in a user-friendly manner."
"Our fuel-cell vehicles have already demonstrated their suitability for everyday operation. To turn emission-free driving into reality, we now need a comprehensive network of hydrogen filling stations," said Dr Thomas Weber, member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG with responsibility for Group research and Mercedes-Benz Cars development. "We therefore wholeheartedly welcome and support the initiative of OMV." Daimler already presented the first fuel-cell vehicle in 1994; the Group has since invested more than EUR 1 billion in fuel-cell development. With more than 100 test vehicles and around 4.4 million kilometres covered, the Stuttgart carmaker has one of the largest fuel-cell fleets in the world. The start of small-series production of the B-Class F-CELL, planned for 2009, is now continuing the success story of this drive concept.
OMV operates around 400 filling stations in Germany, with a clear focus on the south of the country with the two federal states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, along with further filling stations in the states of Thuringia and Saxony. The hydrogen filling station project at Stuttgart Airport is the first of its kind in Germany for OMV. "OMV is already intensively dealing today with the mobility of tomorrow. In our function as energy providers we have a responsibility with regard to the fuels of the future. Hydrogen, currently in the development and testing phase, is one of the possible alternatives for the mobility of the future," said Dr Gerhard Roiss, deputy chairman of the Executive Board of OMV Aktiengesellschaft. "We are therefore very happy to be able to support Daimler's research and development activities with our new hydrogen filling station, together with the State of Baden-Württemberg." The project is being supported by the OMV Future Energy Fund, established in June 2006 as an independent organisation for the financial support of projects for renewable energy forms, with a contribution of more than EUR 100 million. With HyCentA (Hydrogen Centre Austria), a further project of OMV with headquarters on the campus of the Technical University of Graz, the energy supplier has long since been gathering invaluable experience in the future-oriented field of research and development with hydrogen technology.
Further background information
Hydrogen production:
The hydrogen required for the filling station is generated in what is known as the steam-reforming process: In the steam reformer, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide are initially produced at high temperatures from natural gas and water vapour in a reactor. In the following stage, steam is added to convert the carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide and hydrogen.
The hydrogen fuel derived by this means already leads to carbon dioxide savings of up to 30 percent, as compared with modern diesel vehicles (basis of comparison 120 g CO2/km). Nevertheless, in the medium to long term, there will be no substitute for hydrogen production from renewable energy sources. The Linde Group is currently carrying out intensive work on innovative solutions for sustainable hydrogen production. An important step towards the marketable production of regenerative hydrogen has been reached with a new process for deriving hydrogen from biogenic raw materials. For this purpose Hydromotive GmbH, a subsidiary of The Linde Group, will establish a demonstration unit for the production of hydrogen from glycerine in Leuna, Saxony-Anhalt, in the middle of this year. Glycerine, a by-product arising in the manufacture of biodiesel, can therefore be put to practical use. The hydrogen generated this way generates carbon-dioxide savings of up to 90 percent compared with a conventional drive unit.
Further approaches to regenerative production, such as hydrogen production from wind and solar energy through electrolysis, or biochemical and thermo-chemical generation from algae, are also being pursued by The Linde Group; these are promising prospects as long as the local conditions are appropriate.
In a project not connected with Linde, the State of Baden-Württemberg has also promoted the development of gasification technology and will be subsidising a demonstration unit near Geislingen as of 2010. In this unit, biomass - for example scrap wood - is gasified in the AER (absorption-enhanced reforming) process to yield a gas with very high hydrogen content.
Fuel cell operation:
The B-Class F-CELL is fitted with a fuel-cell drive unit of the latest generation and is thus both far more compact and more powerful than previous fuel-cell systems. The newly devised stack, although around 40 percent smaller, has a 30 percent higher output; with a 16 percent lower consumption, this unit is highly efficient. The B-Class F-CELL also has favourable cold-starting ability. This is made possible by innovations such as the electric turbocharger for air supply and the new moisturising and de-moisturising systems. The electric motor develops a peak output of 100 kW/136 hp and a maximum torque of 320 newton-meters. The B-Class F-CELL thus fulfils high driving dynamic requirements that exceed the level of a two-litre gasoline car, and attains an operating range of up to 400 kilometres.
The functional principle of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC):
The fuel cell is a galvanic cell that converts the reaction energy of an introduced fuel (e.g. hydrogen) and an oxidant (e.g. atmospheric oxygen) into electrical energy. A fuel cell is not an energy storage medium like an accumulator battery, but an energy converter. The proton exchange membrane fuel cell normally uses hydrogen as an energy carrier and attains an efficiency factor of around 60 percent. The key element of the PEMFC is a polymer membrane that is permeable only to protons (H+ ions), the so-called proton exchange membrane (PEM). The oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, is thus spatially separated from the reducing agent, hydrogen. The fuel, in this case hydrogen, is catalytically oxidised at the anode and releases electrons to form hydrogen ions (protons), which pass through the ion exchange membrane into the chamber with the oxidant. The electrons flow out of the fuel cell via an electrical consumer, e.g. an electric motor, to the cathode. At the cathode the oxidant, in this case oxygen, on binding the electrons is reduced to anions, which react directly with the hydrogen ions (protons) to produce water. Along with electrical energy this reaction also generates heat, which can be used for example to heat the vehicle.
The hydrogen filling station structure in Germany:
The establishment of a public hydrogen infrastructure is crucial to the successful introduction of hydrogen-powered vehicles. The first centres ("clusters"), such as those in Berlin and Hamburg, have already been established. Of the currently nearly 30 hydrogen stations in Germany, six are integrated into public filling-station operations. Germany is thus the European pioneer. The cooperative project being carried out at Stuttgart Airport's OMV filling station is now Germany's seventh publicly accessible hydrogen station and the first in the State of Baden-Württemberg.
Operation of public hydrogen filling stations will only become economically viable once a sufficient number of hydrogen-powered vehicles are on the roads. Achieving a broad-based market introduction and establishing a public infrastructure will require a coordinated, cooperative and long-term three-stage approach involving all interest groups.
First: Focused cluster formation - demand-based grouping in urban areas for technically and economically appropriate capacity utilisation. Five to ten filling stations are already sufficient to cover the initial requirements of a large city.
Second: Corridors - connecting the urban clusters by means of corridors along the main arteries. Here, too, initial plans have been drawn up, e.g. for linking the Berlin and Hamburg H2 clusters along the autobahn.
Third: Comprehensive area coverage.
The corporations
OMV Aktiengesellschaft
With Group sales of EUR 25.54 bn and a workforce of 41,282 employees in 2008, OMV Aktiengesellschaft is one of Austria's largest listed industrial companies. As the leading energy group in the European growth belt, OMV is active in Refining and Marketing (R&M) in 13 countries. In Exploration and Production (E&P) OMV is active in 17 countries on four continents. In Gas & Power (G&P) OMV sells approximately 13 bcm gas per year. Via Baumgarten, one of the most important turntables for gas in Europe, approximately 66 bcm gas is transported annually. OMV's Central European Gas Hub is amongst the three largest hubs in Continental Europe.
OMV is the leading energy group in the European growth belt with oil and gas reserves of approximately 1.2 bn boe, daily production of around 308,000 boe and an annual refining capacity of approximately 26 mn t. OMV now has 2,477 filling stations in 13 countries. The market share of the group in the R&M business segment in the Danube Region is now 20%.
OMV further strengthened its leading position in the European growth belt through the acquisition of 41.58% of Petrol Ofisi, Turkey's leading company in the retail and commercial business.
In June 2006, OMV has established the OMV Future Energy Fund, a wholly owned subsidiary to support projects in renewable energy with more than EUR 100 mn to initiate the change from a pure oil and gas group to an energy group with renewable energy in its portfolio.
Daimler AG
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Greetings, vjack! I notice you haven't been active at Atheist Nexus lately. <sigh> Sometimes it can seem a bit fragmented, with different groups for every interest. Please consider a group for socializing, where we talk about whatever's on our minds, Hang With Friends. You might feel more at home.
Hey there vjack! Sorry for the L8 reply Bro.
I know what you mean about listening to everything,most real musicians & people that appreciate art and creativity do!
It kinda reminds me of my 2nd favorite Chuck Schuldiner's quote :
"I miss the days when it was acceptable to listen to anything."
BTW, you ever heard of the group "How To Destroy Angels"? It's Trent from Nine Inch Nails and his wife on vocals.They have an EP out,it's pretty damn good!
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We were watching a movie with a heavy script. The music in the background was booming, but the words were muffled. "What did they just say?" We clicked backwards so that we could listen to it again. This happened several times throughout the movie, but we kept rewinding. After all, it wouldn't be a complete movie experience if we couldn't process the words….
While reading Psalm 143 the next morning, I had a similar occurrence.
(vs 5 & 6) "I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all Your works and consider what Your hands have done. I spread out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land." Selah
STOP! SAY WHAT? Selah…."
"Pause," "Reflect….think about it," "Selah"—Say what? Say-lah! STOP! REWIND! Listen again. Soak it in!
"You won't have an effective personal experience with Me today if you don't process My words," the Lord reminded me in my spirit.
The word "Selah" is found over 70 times in Psalms, and most commentators believe that the songwriters placed it there to pause in the singing and bring in the instruments, thus giving "sink in time" to the words previously uttered. This comes to mind when a musical interlude comes in the middle of a worship song. I think, "Selah. Stop! What did I just sing? Did I really mean the compliment I just gave to Jesus? What commitment did I make? Wait! Which sins did I just confess?" The same attitude can be applied when we're asked to push the pause button of our minds while reading the Word.
Let's take a Selah right now and meditate on the Scripture above: "I remember the days of long ago;" Reflect on the "God stuff" in those days instead of the circumstantial things. What did the Lord do in your life? What were you like before you were saved?
"I meditate on all Your works and consider what Your hands have done." Remember times of protection, instruments of change, people who were Jesus to you. If you could roll back the tapes in the spiritual world, how many times could you see God's hand at work?
"I spread out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land." As you take the time to do what the Psalm writer intended for you to do, your parched soul, your tired self will begin to thirst again for the Lord to have His way with you today. Selah.
Continue on….(vs 8-10)
"Let the morning bring me word of Your unfailing love,
for I have put my trust in You.
Show me the way I should go, for to You I lift up my soul.
Rescue me from my enemies, O LORD, for I hide myself in You.
Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God;
may Your good Spirit lead me on level ground."
This is the beginning of a complete experience with the Lord, friends: A Selah moment of pausing, then reflecting—then committing to go the rest of the way for an ongoing personal relationship with our Lord through the presence of the Spirit, praising Him as the "play" button of our lives continues, sometimes even in fast forward mode.
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Awesome! That means we got a Season 3! I wish I was 21 years old already!!! Or I wish that the age limit was brought down to 18! #ineedtobeontarnow
The late application closing date is due to Grant Bowler working on the new Syfy series Defiance, he has been cast as the main character Jeb Bolan, the central figure and focus of the series essentially.Filming began on this in April, but it can take many months to make a tv show, I heard it'l be 13 episodes?Depending on how successful the show is, and if it gets picked up for more episodes if Season 2 occurs, could mean that Grant will have to either work The Amazing Race into his schedule after filming each season(More likely), or someone else being brought in to replace him as Host.I don't think this will have a major effect on Season 3, but could on Season 4 onwards if it occurs. Grant will be free to do the Season in the near future.
guys one team has been unofficially revealed! for some reason before the race starts.their intro shot.
So guys...what happened with all those applications that already submitted according to the date earlier in this thread (Oct, 2012? )as we know that they open an entirely new registration account for those who'd like to apply up until December 2013...
A little birdie told me casting is well underway and interviews are this week.
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French Lentil Soup
Add the leek, carrots, and celery and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 5-7 minutes.
Add the tomato paste, stir well, and cook until it darkens, about 5 minutes.
Add the broth, lentils, wine, vinegar, lemon, and sachet and bring to a simmer. Cook, uncovered, until the lentils are tender, about 40 minutes. Remove and discard the sachet and lemon half.
Taste and season with salt and pepper.
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Here at the Daisy Cafe we offer great food along with a relaxed authentic dining experience. Our charming Family Owned restaurant serves up the best breakfast and lunch daily (7:30-2:30) in beautiful Downtown Bellingham. Our delicious choices range from the creative to the basic: from Omelets, Scrambles and French Toast, to Frittatas, Benedicts and the soon-to-be famous Hoppel Poppel. We achieve this goal by making everything from scratch and in house (at least wherever possible), and by using as much locally grown and sustainable product as is possible: from our daily Soups and Salads, to our Dressings, Sauces and Condiments. Our goal at the Daisy is to offer you a real cafe experience, with real employees working hard and in unison to make your visit special.
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Phew, we have had a whirlwind few days around here. I was gone friday, saturday, and got home about 2 on Sunday (had a blast at Stash Local!). We signed all of our mortgage documents (exciting!) Sunday afternoon, then Mr Danger went to work at 9 on Monday, headed to LA for training that afternoon and got home at midnight last night.
I had a great day today. Because he got home so late last night, Mr Danger didn't go into work until 1 today, so we went out to breakfast and for a drive past our new house this morning. When we got there, we pulled in the driveway to turn around, and there stapled on the garage was a "Sold" sign. Totally made my day.
Other than that, I have been sitting here listing finished knitted items in my etsy shop all afternoon. So, if you missed the last round of knitted guys in the shop, I am determined to get every last knitted creature in the shop in the next couple days. Looks like I will be through all the individual patterns today or tomorrow, and then all that will be left are samples from Big Book that I have to take pictures of, so they will be listed by Monday next week. Go check out the Finished Items section see what I have for sale!
Alrighty, back to the etsy listings. I think we are going to buy the new season of Walking Dead on AppleTV tonight and get into that. An evening where every one is home and just vegging out in front of the tube sounds perfect right now :)


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Six hot tips for travelling overseas with kids
Annalise Andrews has spent much of her adult life travelling, having visited over 45 countries, lived in five and guided tours on four continents.
After meeting her husband Ray and settling down to have children, Annalise has realised there's one trip she wasn't prepared for - the family trip. Since then, the travel guru has dedicated her time to mastering the ins and outs of family travel.
"I've designed and guided travel experiences all over the globe, but nothing beats exploring someplace new with your family – even if it's just around the corner," Annalise says.
"Travelling with kids is extra special because you see them learning and growing at such a fast pace, and they'll always surprise you at how independent and inquisitive they are."
Annalise says she has also enjoyed seeing how travelling with her children has helped to break down cultural barriers.
"You end up having so many diverse interactions with locals and members of your travel group as children naturally bring communities together, forging intimate connections that might otherwise not have occurred."
Annalise, who works as a private trip designer for Butterfield & Robinson, an immersive travel experience company, shares her top tips for getting the most out of your trip with the kids in tow.
1. Get them involved
Give kids some ownership of the travel arrangements, and get them involved in the planning stages. Depending on their age this can be anything from getting them to help decide on the destination or choose the accommodation, to having them source the best ice cream shop in the area, or coming up with some of the activities.
TripAdvisor is a great resource for them to use to research options, and it will help to get them excited about their upcoming travels. For older kids, set them a budget and give them a whole day to plan for the family that they can look forward to and be proud of!
2. Keep them busy during travel
If your travels are going to involve long plane trips or hours in the car, come prepared! For plane trips, download a bunch of movies and see if you can get any that are set in the area you're about to visit, or involve some of the culture or history from that area. It will help set the scene and teach them a little about the destination and what's different and exciting about it.
For car trips, audio books are a great way to keep everyone occupied. Unlike an iPad which isolates kids to their own device and head-phones, a shared classic audio book is something that the whole family can enjoy together through the car stereo, and bond over as the journey progresses.
3. You don't have to be all together, all of the time
Don't feel guilty about thinking that you have to spend all of your time together. Although it's great to have some awesome family experiences you can all get involved in, it's equally nice to separate out some time that's all about the kids, and some that's all for the adults.
On our Butterfield & Robinson Family Trips, we generally spend some time in the morning with everyone together enjoying a bike ride or a great hike, but then let the ages find their space. The Butterfield & Robinson Loire Valley Family Trip, for example, has a ropes and climbing course specifically for the children, which our trained guides will lead while the parents get some time to settle in to their settings. After kids experience the rope course in St Benoit la Fôret, everyone enjoys a fantastic dinner prepared by Chef David Chartier.
4. Step out of your comfort zone
Great travel is definitely not all just about 5 star hotels and fancy restaurants. The trips that your kids will remember most in years to come are those that push them a little outside their comfort zone, or help them to discover just how different life can be in another part of the world.
Our daughter celebrated her 10th birthday on a deserted island in Papua New Guinea, with locals from the neighbouring island teaching us how to hunt and forage for what we needed for a few days. It was hot and different and back to basics – a family experience that none of us will ever forget.
5. Do what the local kids do
Do some research before you go to find out what local classes, activities and events are on for kids in the area you're visiting. A simple web search for something like "what's on for kids <city>" will generally bring up a host of pages with all sorts of suggestions.
A quick search in my area has just brought up ideas for outdoor cinemas, art and cooking classes, surfing lessons, a family fun-run, and a whole host of exhibitions, plays and activities to choose from. These are often ideas outside the normal 'tourist' realm that will connect you more with local life and people.
6. Don't just wait for your holidays to try something new with your kids
We often think that we need to save up trying new things until our holidays come around, but the truth is you can jump into something new with your kids at any time. I've sent my daughter off to some fabulous art classes and watched her come back full of smiles and satisfaction, so when they opened the enrolments up to adults as well recently I took myself way out of my comfort zone to try something new.
The end result – a great new experience that we did together, for some fun bonding over paint and creativity. Next weekend? Stand-up paddle board and rock-climbing with my son. Wish me luck!


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Who knew that a two month delay would make the topic of helping small businesses thrive in a slow economy even more timely? Back in August, Yvonne and I were invited to speak at a roundtable in New York City entitled "Who Says a Slow Economy Has to Slow Down Your Small Business?" hosted by Brother.
Steve Strauss, USA Today small business columnist, blogger at MrAllBiz.com, and author of The Small Business Bible, moderated the discussion. In addition to Yvonne and me, the panelists were:
- Carmina Perez — Mogulette-in-the-Making
- Bob Phibbs — The Retail Doctor
- Gene Marks — The Marks Group
- Peter Piazza — About.com Guide to Printers & Scanners
- Jay Heyman — All You Need is a Good Idea
I've been waiting for the video to post about the discussion and now that they're here, today's time crunch prevents me from doing anything but posting them. As might be expected, some of the "good stuff" (at least as I perceived it) got left on the cutting room floor. So I'll try to do another post later to fill in some details. But I do think the clips here provide a useful variety of ideas on how small businesses can weather the current economic crisis.
Here's the first clip (follow the link at the bottom to the full post for the others):
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I found a variation of this a few years ago in a Rick Stein book. In his version you mix a roughly chopped bunch of watercress to the crushed potatoes. Use plenty of olive oil and seasoning and serve immediately. Goes well with fish, of course. I've used this whenever I can get my hands on some watercress and it always goes down well.


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True rivalries are born not made, they say.
Therefore, it's more than OK to say the Houston Dynamo and Sporting Kansas City are true rivals.
Sunday's upcoming meeting in the first leg of the MLS Eastern Conference Semifinal (3:30 pm ET, NBC, live chat on MLSsoccer.com) will be the sixth between the two clubs in 14 months. The previous five matches have been tight, physical affairs with the Dynamo edging out their rivals in the results column, with two wins, one loss, and two draws. The biggest result, of course, was Houston's 2-0 win in the Eastern Conference Final last year at Livestrong Sporting Park.
So although FC Dallas are considered Houston's big rivals, that might be changing.
"Yeah, I think [Sporting] are the new rivalry," Corey Ashe told MLSsoccer.com. "Going there is a tough place to play; coming here is a tough place to play. They have a lot of good players and we have a lot of good players, so it makes it a good matchup."
The similarities between the clubs are striking. Both teams are competitive, look to take the match to their opponent whether home or away and are not afraid to get stuck in a tackle. Put that together and it makes for hard-fought contests and mutual admiration.
"We respect them, they're a hard working group," defender Bobby Boswell told MLSsoccer.com. "It's not a real superstar oriented group and I think we've got a lot of that here. They seem to match up well with us and we match up well with them. I think we give them a little more trouble than most teams."
The results substantiate Boswell's position: The Dynamo are the only Eastern Conference team that avoided losing to the regular-season leaders.
Unlike 2011, this year's playoff affair means a home-and-home series between the two, with the winner moving on to the Eastern Conference final. If history is an indication, you can expect nothing less than the same respect and hard-nosed play for the next 180 minutes.
"There's a lot that can go on in 180 minutes but … we've got a lot of respect for Peter [Vermes] and his team and the way they play, so it's going to be a tough game," said head coach Dominic Kinnear. "All games are played with highly competitive minutes, and I don't think it's going to stop until the final whistle blows. And hopefully at that time, we're moving on to the next round."
Darrell Lovell covers the Houston Dynamo for MLSsoccer.com. Follow him on twitter at @DarrellLovell.
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Donald Trump's campaign wanted the women who have accused Bill Clinton of sexual abuse to sit close to the center of Sunday night's presidential debate, NBC News reported.
The four women — Juanita Broaddrick, Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey and Kathy Shelton — were to walk in the debate hall at the same time as the former president and confront him in front of a live television audience, according to sources.
The plan was thwarted moments before the event went on-air when the Commission on Presidential Debates intervened to prevent it, even threatening to get security to block the women.
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"We were going to put the four women in the VIP box," Trump supporter and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani was quoted as saying by the Washington Post. "We had it all set. We wanted to have them shake hands with Bill, to see if Bill would shake hands with them."
Bill Clinton has denied all the allegations lobbed by his accusers and was never charged with any crimes.


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Continuing the epic big-screen adventures started in "Iron Man," "The Incredible Hulk," "Iron Man 2," "Thor," and "Captain America: The First Avenger," "Marvel's The Avengers" is the super hero team up of a lifetime. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster.
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Women's History Month
March is Women's History Month. Traditionally hidden or unexamined in historical record and study, Women's History Month recognizes the contributions of women. This celebration has been approved yearly by Congress since 1987. This year's theme is "Writing Women Back into History," which additionally pays tribute to the 30th anniversary of the National Women's History Project.
In honor of Women's History Month, I recommend the accompanying government website. The website brings together selected resources from the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Resources include images, audio and video clips, and links to exhibits and collections of both renowned and ordinary women. For example, the online exhibit "Breeches, Blouses and Skirts: 1918-1991" showcases women's National Park Service uniforms over the years.
The Monroe Library has many additional materials pertaining to the study of women's history. Try browsing the HQ shelves for books on women, or talk with one of our librarians if you are interested in a particular topic.
Malia Willey, Information Literacy/Learning Commons Librarian