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Quantitative Modeling and Simulation of Quantum Dots
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Quantum dots grown by self-assembly process are typically constructed by 50,000 to 5,000,000 structural atoms which confine a small, countable number of extra electrons or holes in a space that is comparable in size to the electron wavelength. Under such conditions quantum dots can be interpreted as artificial atoms with the potential to be custom tailored to new functionality. In the past decade or so, these nanostructures have attracted significant experimental and theoretical attention in the field of nanoscience. The new and tunable optical and electrical properties of these artificial atoms have been proposed in a variety of different fields, for example in communication and computing systems, medical and quantum computing applications. Predictive and quantitative modeling and simulation of these structures can help to narrow down the vast design space to a range that is experimentally affordable and move this part of nano-Science to nano-Technology. Modeling of such quantum dots pose a formidable challenge to theoretical physicists because: (1) Strain originating from the lattice mismatch of the materials penetrates deep inside the buffer surrounding the quantum dots and require large scale (multi-million atom) simulations to correctly capture its effect on the electronic structure, (2) The interface roughness, the alloy randomness, and the atomistic granularity require the calculation of electronic structure at the atomistic scale. Most of the current or past theoretical calculations are based on continuum approach such as effective mass approximation or k.p modeling capturing either no or one of the above mentioned effects, thus missing some of the essential physics.
The Objectives of this work are: (1) to model and simulate the experimental quantum dot topologies at the atomistic scale; (2) to theoretically explore the essential physics i.e. long range strain, linear and quadratic piezoelectricity, interband optical transition strengths, quantum confined stark shift, coherent coupling of electronic states in a quantum dot molecule etc.; (3) to assess the potential use of the quantum dots in the
real device implementation and to provide the physical insight to the experimentalists. Full three dimensional strain and electronic structure simulations of the quantum dot structures containing multi-million atoms are done using NEMO 3-D. Both single and vertically stacked quantum dot structures are analyzed in detail. The results show that the strain and the piezoelectricity significantly impact the electronic structure of these devices.
This work shows that the InAs quantum dots when placed in the InGaAs quantum well red shifts the emission wavelength. Such InAs/GaAs-based optical devices can be used for optical-fiber based communication systems at longer wavelengths (1.3um – 1.5um). Our atomistic simulations of InAs/InGaAs/GaAs quantum dots quantitatively match with the experiment and give the critical insight of the physics involved in these structures. A single quantum dot molecule is studied for coherent quantum coupling of electronic states under the influence of static electric field applied in the growth direction. Such nanostructures can be used in the implementation of quantum information technologies. A close quantitative match with the experimental optical measurements allowed us to get a physical insight into the complex physics of quantum tunnel couplings of electronic states as the device operation switches between atomic and molecular regimes. Another important aspect is to design the quantum dots for a desired isotropic polarization of the optical emissions. Both single and coupled quantum dots are studied for TE/TM ratio engineering. The atomistic study provides a detailed physical analysis of these computationally expensive large nanostructures and serves as a guide for the experimentalists for the design of the polarization independent devices for the optical communication systems.
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[2] Muhammad Usman*, Yui H. Matthias Tan*, Hoon Ryu, Shaikh S. Ahmed, Hubert Krenner, Timothy B. Boykin, and Gerhard Klimeck, "Quantitative excited state spectroscopy of a single InGaAs quantum dot molecule through multi-million atom electronic structure calculations", under review with IOP Nanotechnology 2011; (Full paper at: http://arxiv.org/abs/1008.3127v1) (*Equal contribution authors)
[3] Muhammad Usman, Hoon Ryu, Insoo Woo, David S. Ebert, and Gerhard Klimeck, "Moving towards nano-TCAD through multi-million atom quantum dot simulations matching experimental data", IEEE Trans. on Nanotechnology, Vol. 8, No. 3, May 2009, pp. 330-344 (Full paper at http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.3814)
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A few years ago I would have thought the title of my piece was too extreme- I bought into the charisma of Barack Obama- never publicly supported him- but I thought he was someone who could bridge some of the serious difficulties that pro-life Democrats faced within my political party. I read his books, I thought he respected the Catholic Church as much as a secular political liberal could be expected to. Around that time I was trying to work from the inside of the Democratic party- running for Florida State House as a pro-life Democrat, and later serving as Vice President for the Florida Democats for Life organization. This was also the time period where I was invited to become part of a national Catholic Democrats listserve which included such notaries as : Vicki Kennedy, Lisa Sowle Cahill of Boston College, Rev. William D'Antonio and Rev. Anthony Pogorel of the Catholic University of America, Peggy Steinfels of Fordham University, Rev. Thomas Reese of Georgetown, Vincent Miller of Georgetown/U. of Dayton, Dan Maguire of Marquette, Doug Kmeic of Pepperdine, Suzanne Morse of NCR, Chris Korzen of Catholics United, Alexia Kelly of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, Steve Callahan of the AFL-CIO, and others (Eric LeCompte, Nicholas Carfardi, James Salt, Morna Murray, Fred Rotondaro, Kari Lundgren). I never agreed to keep all that passed before my eyes confidential, but I never publicly revealed the basic content until now.
My reason for going public now is due to the recent event where the Worcester Bishop Robert McManus weighed in to prevent Vicki Kennedy from speaking at the Anna Maria College commencement. The press I read portrayed the Bishop as being overly vindictive and Kennedy milked the rejection, playing innocent, as though she is doing nothing to try to upend the Catholic Church as we know it- as a Hierarchical Institution. It was my experience on the Catholic Dem listserve that Vicki Kennedy was essentially my nemesis. I defended the Church as a Hierarchy, and the official teachings on abortion et al, and she took me to task almost every time I wrote pro-orthodox Catholic commentary- with plenty of Amens from her fellow travelers on the listserve. I did receive a few positive private emails from some on the listserve, but on the whole it was a very discouraging experience trying to defend the Church as a convert, who would be at a total loss if the Catholic Church put no stock in the teaching authority of the Pope and the Bishops, and taught that contraceptives, legal abortion, and gay marriage were just fine and dandy things. So Soon after posting this on the listserve-
"It is deeply troubling to me that this Catholic Democrats listserve membership seems more intent on finding reasons to pull some kind of palace coup against the Catholic Church Magisterium and Hierarchy in general, than to address specific issues related to the Catholic interests in American politics. I am a convert to Catholicism, I knew what I was signing up for in becoming a Catholic, I accepted the teachings and authority lines as prescribed by the latest Catechism. I simply cannot understand why those who seem to relish openly trashing the Apostolic successors retain membership in the Church- that is something that I can only address as an appeal to someone else's good conscience. Most of my family is of the Protestant variety, I understand that thinking and worldview but reject it, but they are acting in good conscience- they don't believe what the Catholic Church teaches about her role, so they don't invest in the Catholic narrative and authority line. Maybe what I'm finding here at Catholic Democrats are many good protestants but not orthodox Catholics as I understand things?
You can remove me from your rolls if it displeases many here that I don't conform to the groupthink on display here, otherwise I will continue to offer my two bits to challenge the establishment views of liberal, anti-Catholic Hierarchical voices which parallel the hard Catholic Right- in their wrongheadedness- in my humble opinion anyway. One is certainly free to criticize the clerical/Hierarchical handling of sexual abuse cases over the years- but how this all fits in with being a Democratic Party member is something I can't fathom. Tim Shipe"
My offer to leave was accepted after Vicki Kennedy wrote a smack-down on me; and shortly thereafter I severed my own Democratic party membership and ended my leadership role with Florida Dems for Life- I took Archbishop Chaput route of becoming a political Independent and remain such today.
To come up to speed- back a couple of years ago- I knew that the most powerful and connected Catholic Democrats in our country were interested in more than just getting more traction on Catholic social justice issues in our American political system- I would describe the agenda/mind-set of Vicki Kennedy et al for the most part as the following:
1. Obama embodies the Catholic social tradition- he's a better guide than the out-of-touch Pope/Bishops 2. Democrats for Life leaders were not welcome – despite my own inclusion for a time- Kennedy seemingly successfully squashed the idea of Kristen Day being invited to be part of the listserve 3. The Bishops who were outspoken for advocating the primacy of the right to life for the unborn were demonized, mocked, ridiculed, and at times the idea of trying to bring on an IRS investigation on these type of Bishops was being encouraged by some ( especially if they dared to consider withholding Communion from Pro-choice Dem leaders) 4. Bishops were described as "self-designated custodians of 'the tradition'". 5. Catholic Dems could aptly be self-described for the most part as "intra-Catholic warriors" 6. The Clergy Scandals were to be used to help bring the end of the Bishops line of authority- teaching and otherwise 7. This authority should pass to those who know best- the secular-minded Catholic professors and their liberal political activist friends- since there really can't be such a thing as a Holy Spirit-guided Catholic Church with Popes and Bishops playing a key role- I suppose they could still hold onto ceremonial roles like the Kings in Europe.
I can see clearly now that President Obama has been very conscious of this war for control within the Church- and his choice of Vice President and HHS Secretary- Biden and Sebelius, respectively, was a conspicuous power move to set in place the acceptability of dissenting Catholic leaders and thought into the mainstream of American societal structures and popular imaginations. The fact that Obama "evolved" on Gay Marriage with help from his Catholic buddy Joe Biden, and his determination to mandate contraception as a must-have "medicine" through the offices of Catholic Kathleen Sebelius- all of this plays right into the larger goals of the Catholic Democratic party elite. There has been no such evolution in his comprehension and compassion for the thousands of unborn humans killed every day in abortions, and the threat to religious liberties is finely focused on the authority of Catholic Bishops and the official teachings of the Catholic Magisterium. I believe the Catholic Dems elite would like to re-make American Catholic Bishops in the image of the Anglican church in England- with Obama playing a kind of King Henry VIII role in forcing power transfers ( counting on public/Catholic lay apathy).
My conclusion is this- I am not in disagreement with the Catholic Dems elite on an across-the-board basis- I am not a conservative ideologue any more than I am a liberal one. There are political issues where I go left and others where I go right or down the middle- I make the honest effort to stay as close to the official social doctrine teachings of principles, and even the prudential judgment application of those principles as the Bishops and Vatican officials advise. I find that the same powers-that-be that are given Holy Spirit assistance to teach firm principles, are also pretty darn good at putting forth ideas for applying those principles into the real world of political legislation and the like- but I acknowledge it's not an exact science with one formula fits all simplicities, however. That's how I would describe my own efforts in being a wanna-be orthodox, faithful Catholic on matters of social doctrine. Others may disagree- I have no doubt that the Catholic Dem elites I list above are well-intentioned- but I believe they are threatening great harm to many souls and to the future of our Catholic Church as the Hierarchical Institution – founded by Jesus Christ. Reforms should be taken up in a spirit that respects the obedience of Faith. I don't abide by clergy abuses and incompetent administrative decisions made by Catholic bishops- but you don't throw the baby out with the bathwater- just as you don't kill babies in the womb to solve the problems of women and their mates.

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5th Day of Chanukah - December 1, 2012
Highland Mills, NY and Boca Raton, FL
Rubin Shafran was born in Hrubieszw, Poland to Hene (Gitter) Shafran and Boruch Shafran and passed away comfortably and peacefully with his family at his side on Saturday, December 1.
He is survived by his loving family: his wife, Helene (Hast) Shafran; his sons: Peter and his wife, Paula Panzer of Hastings-on-Hudson, Jonathan and his wife, Karen of Highland Mills, and Howard and his wife, Sandy of Marlboro, New Jersey. He is also survived by eight loving grandchildren: Jared, Ethan, Michael, Kayla, Max, Jonah, Andy and Sophie.
As a teen, Rubin managed to survive the Holocaust. Together with his father and a band of Partisans, Rubin hid for much of World War II in the forests of Poland outrunning the Nazis. His sister, Sarah was the only other member of his family to survive the Holocaust. Unfortunately, his mother and his two other two sisters - along with 72 other members of the Shafran family - were murdered by the Nazis. After Liberation, he and his father made their way through Eastern Europe to Italy where they helped to transport Jewish refugees to what was soon to become the State of Israel.
In 1949, he and his father came to the United States. First living in Brooklyn, Rubin found work as a cabinet maker. He and his father later moved to Willimantic, Connecticut and became chicken farmers. At High Holiday services the following year, he met Helene. They later married and operated their own chicken farm in Massachusetts.
He was shortly drafted into the Army, and he and Helene spent two years of service in Hawaii. After his discharge, they moved back to New York, where their three sons were born. In the early 70s, after launching his home building business in Middletown, the family soon joined him.
Rubin became very active in many area organizations including serving as President of Temple Sinai, B'nai B'rith, the Builders Association of the Hudson Valley, and later served as a board member and trustee of the National Association of Home Builders. Rubin was a well respected businessman and could always be relied on for community support. People also just loved him telling so many of his riveting stories.
Upon retirement, Rubin and Helene became "snowbirds" splitting their time between Orange County and Boca Raton, Florida. They quickly became active members and philanthropists in South Florida. Rubin also dedicated much time to Jewish Family Service. As they spent more time in Florida, they established deep and meaningful friendships with a group of friends that will dearly miss him.
Rubin traveled extensively throughout the U.S. and the world. His deep love for Israel and his commitment to its survival and prosperity was well known. Rubin was especially proud of his 51 visits to Israel, having even made trips of solidarity while Scud missiles were raining down in Israel.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, December 4 at Noon at Temple Sinai, 75 Highland Ave., Middletown, NY with burial to follow at the Temple Sinai Cemetery in Circleville. In lieu of flowers, donations in the memory of Rubin Shafran can be made to Hadassah (www.hadassah.org) or Temple Sinai (templesinaimiddletown.com).
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Cornelius, Dodd & Connell Funeral Home, Middletown, NY; to send a condolence to the family, please visit www.connellfuneralhome.com


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Celebrities including Martine McCutcheon, Brian Sewell, Amanda Holden, Floella Benjamin and Huey Morgan will feature on the station, which will be on air during the Crufts dog show next Friday (7 March).
Programmes will include a documentary on pet rescue charity Blue Cross, hosted by McCutcheon, dog bedtime stories told by Sewell and an afternoon play written and performed by Benjamin.
Hound Waves Radio will only be available on FM for a period of 24 hours, which required a temporary licence from the broadcast regulator Ofcom. It can be heard in London and in the vicinity of the Crufts venue, the NEC Arena in Birmingham, on the frequency of 87.9FM.
However, its content will live on as podcasts hosted online at Lungworm.co.uk. The website is used by Bayer Animal Health for its Be Lungworm Aware messaging about the lungworm parasite, its risks to dogs and how to address it. Bayer makes a treatment for infected dogs called Advocate.
The news of the station's launch spearheads a national and regional publicity programme that will run across broadcast and print media and include a presence at Crufts, a social media campaign and a number of pre-launch vet focused webinars. There will also be advertising in print, TV and online media.
The campaign is being led by broadcast PR specialist Markettiers4dc, working with Bayer's in-house team, healthcare comms agency Pegasus and digital agency Zone.
Markettiers4dc managing director Helen Moore said: "The Hound Waves campaign is a great example of a pharmaceutical brand being truly brave with its communications approach. Though Bayer has delivered a significant number of successful and forward-thinking broadcast campaigns in the past, this project is set to reinvent traditional broadcast strategies".


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CHICAGO – Illinois will end its contract with the private vendor that operates the $2 billion-a-year state lottery over "serious concerns" with company performance, state officials announced Friday.
Gov. Pat Quinn directed the Illinois Lottery to end its relationship with Northstar Lottery Group three years into a 10-year contract, spokesman Grant Klinzman said in a statement.
Questions over Northstar's performance aren't new. The company hasn't reached the ambitious sales promises it used to win its bid to the state in 2010.
"The administration has had serious concerns with Northstar's performance," Klinzman said in an email. "The state is in the process of finalizing a path that will allow the Lottery to move on, improve profits and increase funding for education and economic development across the state."
Illinois Lottery spokesman Mike Lang said the lottery supported the Quinn administration's direction and that lottery services and products would remain available during the transition to a new manager.
Chicago-based Northstar officials didn't immediately respond Friday to messages from The Associated Press.
Northstar officials have said that the state made some things harder, such as canceling games it wanted to launch to prohibiting the sponsorship of Chicago's Pitchfork Music Festival in 2013 because of headliner R.Kelly.
Quinn's office declined to address those questions Friday.
Northstar officials have acknowledged that they didn't meet goals, but that there were some successes. That included raising lottery profits by almost 10 percent in 2012. Some store owners noted improved customer service.
Northstar promised contributions of $1 billion to the state in the fifth year of its contract when it took over the 40-year-old Illinois Lottery, but it has fallen far short. The money was supposed to go to schools, charitable organizations and a capital construction program.


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Hi Everybody!
I was thinking about what I should write about today and started to read some inspirational stories and one of them that I read today is called Open the Rose. Have a read.
A young, new preacher was walking with an older, more seasoned preacher in the garden one day and feeling a bit insecure about what God had for him to do, he was inquiring of the older preacher. The older preacher walked up to a rosebush and handed the young preacher a rosebud and told him to open it without tearing off any petals.
The young preacher looked in disbelief at the older preacher and was trying to figure out what a rosebud could possibly have to do with his wanting to know the WILL OF GOD for his life and for his ministry. Because of his high respect for the older preacher, he proceeded to TRY to unfold the rose, while keeping every petal intact…It wasn't long before he realized how it was impossible to do so.
Noticing the younger preacher's inability to unfold the rosebud while keeping it intact, the older preacher began to tell the following poem…
It is only a tiny rosebud,
A flower of GOD's design;
But I cannot unfold the petals
With these clumsy hands of mine.
The secret of unfolding flowers
Is not known to such as I.
GOD opens this flower so sweetly,
When in my hands they fade and die.
If I cannot unfold a rosebud,
This flower of GOD's design,
Then how can I think I have wisdom
To unfold this life of mine?
So I'll trust in Him for His leading
Each moment of every day.
I will look to Him for His guidance
Each step of the pilgrim way.
The pathway that lies before me,
Only my heavenly Father knows.
I'll trust Him to unfold the moments,
Just as He unfolds the rose.
Psalm 20:7
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
Scriptures to Meditate
"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," says the LORD.
"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;
[ By Faith We Understand ] Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life.
He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
[ The Way, the Truth, and the Life ] "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.
[ The Answered Prayer ] "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.


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Hi Everyone!
(Scroll down for link to Surname Excel PDF file)
I am trying an experiment with this new page.
Over the years of doing our library genealogy program, I have received from many participants attending our programs a filled-in questionnaire giving me some information on who they are and what surnames they are searching. I bring in a binder at each program that contains these reports of surnames being searched by participants in alphabetical order.
In the paper report is the Surname Being Searched, the Name of the Person Searching and a Contact Phone Number of the person doing the searching. Anyone physically attending our program can review this report. Perhaps a discovery is made of someone else also searching for that same name. The two researchers can connect with one another via the phone numbers they have left and determine if perhaps they are actually searching for a common ancestor or perhaps they have no connection at all.
I am hoping I can expand the visibility of the Surnames Being Searched report to include it within this blog but with some caveats.
In order to make this happen I am including Surnames being searched only when I have received an explicit confirmation to share in this "page" from the researcher attending our monthly genealogy programs.
This confirmation is needed because the e-mail address of the researcher supplying the surnames is included in the Excel PDF report of the Surname data. No contact phone numbers are included in this Surname list.
I also need to limit the inclusion of names in the report to actual participants at our program that have actually attended one of our genealogy programs. I cannot accept names to include from anyone that just happens to come across this report who has not physically attended our programs. I apologize in advance to those that discover this and do not participate in our genealogy programs in person.
Here is a link to the Excel PDF file that represents surnames being searched by participants in our monthly genealogy programs that have given me their explicit approval to share their surnames being searched.
Surnames Being Searched By Schaumburg Township District Library Genealogy Program Participants
I think it is worth a try, but if I feel it is not working out for either myself or for those that have contributed surnames, then I guess I will just have to close it down and say "Nice Try!".
Take a look at the above link to see what this data looks like and the names that have currently been contributed. Consider to add yours if you have been attending our library's genealogy program and would like your research names more visible electronically.
You simply need to contact me and give me your explicit OK to share your data and your e-mail address. Contact me via the "Contact" page at the top of this blog and we will see how we can give your research a little more exposure.
So we now have an experiment in progress!
Tony Kierna
Genealogy Coordinator
Schaumburg Township District Library


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News from the world of Maths
June 23, 2016
Keith Mansfield tells us how being able to do maths turns you into a superhero, helps you work out why we haven't yet been contacted by aliens, and remembers his favourite mathematical moment.
June 16, 2016
What's the best spot to aim a penalty at?
June 13, 2016
Mathematical model predicts Olympic success.
May 31, 2016
How popular and successful are you? Not as much as your friends is the sad answer, at least as far as Twitter is concerned.
May 27, 2016
Nira Chamberlain tells us how solving difficult maths problems can be like fighting an invisible boxer.
May 5, 2016
Where does our ability to do abstract maths come from? A new study sheds some fascinating light on the question.
April 29, 2016
Vicky explains how maths is an adventure that's really worth having.
April 29, 2016
You may not have heard his name, but you're making use of his work every single day: Claude Shannon, hailed the father of the information age, would have turned 100 this week.


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What is this lightweight going to do when things get really tough? We are the laughingstock of the world to elect such a man to run our country. He's never run a city, he's never run a state, hell he's never even run a lemonade stand, and he is already shrilly reminding people that don't agree with him "I won, I won!"
I sincerely hoped things would improve on the new president's watch, he did win the election and does deserve a chance however his childish rants and tantrums only a few days into his administration don't inspire much confidence.


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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) Konrad Reuland pulled Mark Sanchez aside a few days ago and told him to remember the good times they had growing up as kids.
Whether it was on the football field or basketball court in southern California, the childhood buddies were always laughing. Reuland urged his New York Jets teammate to think about the way it used to be - before the big contracts, hefty expectations and harsh critics.
``We just kind of focused on keeping things light, you know, keeping things loose but also focused,'' Reuland said Thursday. ``You have to remember to have fun out here. Granted, it's a very serious business and there's a lot of money being thrown around every which way and all that, but when it comes down to it, if you're not having fun, there's no reason to play this game. It's too stressful of a job and there's too much pressure to be miserable.
``To be miserable on top of everything, it just doesn't make sense.''
The Jets' backup tight end has played with and against Sanchez since they were kids, so if anyone knows how the beleaguered quarterback is handling things, it would be Reuland.
He was there when Sanchez was making his mark at Mission Viejo High School and developing into a big-time college recruit. The two went separate ways as Sanchez headed to Southern California, and Reuland to Notre Dame for two years and then to Stanford - but they never lost touch. Reuland watched from afar as Sanchez helped lead the Jets to consecutive AFC title games in his first two NFL seasons, then saw him struggle mightily last year.
They became teammates again in the offseason as Reuland was claimed off waivers from San Francisco, giving Sanchez a friendly sounding board as he goes through perhaps the toughest stretch of his entire athletic career.
``Everybody wants to have some fame and fortune, but to me, it's like you always have to be on your best behavior,'' Reuland said. ``And, let's be honest, we're all human. That doesn't just pertain to Mark, but in general. We all make mistakes and have errors in judgment, but being under the microscope, I will never know what it's like to be Mark, in terms of that.''
Sanchez was benched for the first time in his career last Sunday against Arizona, forced to stand on the sideline while the crowd cheered Greg McElroy, who led New York to the only touchdown in a 7-6 victory. Coach Rex Ryan took a couple days to consider all his options and then decided late Tuesday night that he was sticking with Sanchez as his starter.
At least for the team's game at Jacksonville on Sunday.
Beyond that, that's all in Sanchez's hands.
``In terms of what's going on with Mark, I think I would be lying if I said it wasn't important for him to finish the year strong,'' Reuland said. ``That was said by Rex, that he's going to be held to the same standards as everybody else. I don't really have too many doubts that Mark's going to rise to the occasion. I'm pretty sure about that. It's been an unfortunate past couple of games for him. He's going to bounce back.''
That's precisely what Ryan is banking on.
Sanchez likely has a four-game redemption period to prove that he can still be the franchise quarterback - or show the Jets that they need to look elsewhere next season. With mostly mediocre opposing defenses left on the schedule, Sanchez would appear primed to step up.
``We'll see on Sunday,'' Sanchez said Wednesday. ``I think I'm poised and ready to play a good game.''
If he doesn't, it could cost him his job and status as the face of the franchise. Ryan made the bold choice to stick with Sanchez, and he disagrees that his own future could hinge on how Sanchez responds.
``Obviously, we need to win,'' Ryan said. ``This is a big decision, and in determining wins and losses is the play of your quarterback a lot of times. But, no, I don't feel that my future's tied in with how we do things.''
Ryan chose Sanchez over McElroy, who quickly became a fan favorite, and Tim Tebow, still dealing with two broken ribs. Some fans and media insisted the decision was largely based on the Jets owing Sanchez $8.25 million in guaranteed money next year - a notion Ryan flatly denied.
The fact is, Sanchez will likely be in New York for at least another season. Whether that's as the starter or as a highly paid backup will depend on what he does in the last stretch of the regular season.
Jacksonville's defense is ranked 31st, Tennessee is 27th, while San Diego is ninth - but its pass defense is 21st. Buffalo, the Jets' final opponent, is ranked 24th in overall defense. While some might say whether he does well against inferior defenses won't prove much, it would at least be a step in the right direction.
``We feel like, obviously, Mark gives us the best chance to move forward here,'' offensive coordinator Tony Sparano said. ``I think, first of all, Mark has a lot of pride in his work and has an unbelievable passion for this game, and a tremendous work ethic. You put all those things together, it's a good combination.''
But, the numbers are troubling. Since the team's bye last month, Sanchez has two touchdowns, five interceptions and two lost fumbles in four games. He has also been sacked 11 times. For the season, he has thrown 12 touchdown passes and 13 interceptions, and lost five fumbles.
``For the guys who have been here, they know that in the toughest circumstances, I play my best,'' Sanchez said. ``You never want it to come to this point, but we're here. ... I'm disappointed in myself, but I don't want to let coach Sparano down. He doesn't show up here at 4 o'clock in the morning and stay here and not see his family and do all the stuff he does for me to go out and throw the ball to the other team.
``That has to be disheartening. That's the part that really bothers you. That's why you want to fix it.''
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Latest data indicates that long-distance rail journeys and passenger numbers increased by 8% in July 2016 on the Russian Railways network. 96.5 million passengers travelled on Russian Railways-owned routes in July 2016, an increase of 0.5% from the same month in 2015. Long-distance passenger journeys rose by 8% to 12.5 million. Meanwhile, suburban passenger numbers dropped by fell 0.5% to 84 million.
Passenger turnover in July 2016 totalled 16.1 billion passenger kilometres. This is 7.2% more than in July 2015. From January to July this year, a total of 580.4 million passengers travelled on the Russian Railways network, which is a drop of 0.5% from January to July last year. Long distance passenger numbers totalled 57.9 million, which is a rise of 3.7%, and suburban passengers fell by 1% to 522.5 million passengers.
Since January of this year, passenger turnover on the Russian Railways network has increased by 3.1% as against last year, which totals 69.9 billion passenger kilometres.
Deutsche Bahn (DB) has ordered 30 new ICE trains from Siemens Mobility. The first are to enter service in 2022, all by 2026.
ProRail and Alstom will test ATO GoA4 operations on a shunting locomotive starting in 2021. The tests will use a Lineas locomotive.
The EBRD, the EU and the EIB have contributed funding by way of grants and loans for 12 diesel locomotives for Moldova's state operator CFM.
Siemens Mobility has won a contract to supply technology for the extension of the Edinburgh Tram from York Place to Newhaven.
HS2 joint venture Mace Dragados has taken possession of the Euston Station construction site, preparing for the start of construction.
The Route 2020 metro extension in Dubai has opened to passenger operations. Alstom, as part of a consortium, was a major contributor.
Germany is investing almost €0.5 billion in the upgrade of the Berlin-Szczecin railway line. It will be fully double track and electrified.
Works on the South Wales Metro railway are set to begin on 3 August, modernising the Welsh railway network from its Victorian origins.
Alstom has won a contract to supply the integrated metro system for the extension to Line 7 of the Taipei metro in Taiwan.
Skoda Transportation has announced its intention to acquire Ekova Electric in the Czech city of Ostrava. Share transferral expected in 2021.
Alstom plans to submit commitments to the Commission in anticipation of its planned acquisition of Bombardier Transportation early next year.
Russian rolling stock manufacturer TMH has won the 2020 Red Dot Design Award in the Design Concept category.
The SBCTA Board has approved a Memorandum of Understanding with XpressWest to explore the feasibility of a high-speed rail line.
Bombardier has won a 4-year maintenance contract with Vy Tåg for its Night Train fleet when it takes over the franchise in December.
Eurofima is providing financing to Renfe Operatora in two transactions (200m euros and 103m euros) for new Civia EMUs.
CAF has won a contract with Renfe to supply a total of 37 metre-gauge trains in a two-part order worth 250 million euros.
The UK prime minister marked the start of construction of the Siemens Mobility Rail Factory in Goole, on 6 July 2020.
The first nine body shells for the new fleet of Hitachi AT300 trains (Class 805 and Class 807) for Avanti West Coast have arrived in the UK.
Bombardier has won a contract in India to supply 67 3-car MOVIA metro trains for the Agra and Kanpur metros, along with signalling equipment.
Hitachi Rail has partnered with Hyperdrive Innovation to drive forward battery technology for trains in Britain as an additional power option.
Hungary: Mav-Start has exercised a contract option and ordered a further 4 tram-trains in addition to the original 8 from Stadler.
HS2 Ltd has started its search for overhead catenary system suppliers in preparation of awarding the £300m contract in 2022.
The CER has published a position paper advocating for applying the user-pays and polluter-pays principles across the transport sector.
Russia: UWC has delivered 36 tank cars for the transportation of sodium hydroxide and other chemicals to Khimprom.
GB Railfreight has signed an agreement with DB Cargo UK to maintain ten of its Class 60 diesel-electric locomotives for 3 years.
HS2 Ltd has launched a new hiring drive in anticipation of the start of major construction works on Phase 1 of the high-speed rail project.
Stadler has signed a contract with Arriva for the retrofit of 36 FLIRT trains with the GUARDIA ETCS solution and their homologation.
Newag will manufacture seven new 4-car Impuls 2 electric multiple units for two operators in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
Deutsche Bahn (DB) is expanding its programme to paint rails white as a way of keeping them cool and protecting the steel from the heat.
DB Cargo Belgium has begun operating under an exclusively Belgian licence and ran its first train under that licence on 14 June.
Transmashholding has begun delivering on its 1300 passenger coaches for Egyptian National Railways, its largest-ever order.
Bombardier has delivered the first MOVIA C30 metro trains to Stockholm, Sweden, following their homologation in June 2019.
HS2: The preparatory works at Euston station have reached a milestone with the demolition of the western ramp and canopy complete.
Knorr-Bremse has signed a partnership agreement with RZD and ECRT for the development of Russia's next-generation very high-speed trains.
Alstom has received full certification for its ETCS Baseline 3 Release 2 solution featuring its data fusion algorithm for trains in Norway.
The Spanish rail infrastructure manager ADIF has awarded two signalling contracts to CAF with a total value of 30 million euros.
HS2 Ltd has revealed the construction companies that are shortlisted to tender for the Birmingham Curzon Street station build.
CAF has won contracts to supply metro trains to Naples as well as Urbos trams to Stockholm and Amsterdam for a combined value of €100m.
The Sense Valley Line will become operational in April 2021. That's three months later than originally planned, due to approval delays etc.
Bombardier has received an order from SNCF on behalf of Normandy to supply an additional 27 OMNEO Premium double-decker EMUs.
UTLC Eurasian Rail Alliance says it has seen an increase in mail trains from China to Europe as a result of the restrictions on air freight.
The go-ahead has been given for Newcastle Central Station to have the area to the front of it redeveloped to improve passenger access.
Stadler's GUARDIA European Train Control System (ETCS) has received its first homologation, namely for its FLIRT trains for Poland.
HS2 Ltd has launched its search for its operational telecoms supplier for Phase 1 and 2a of the high-speed line between London and Crewe.
The Federal Office of Transport (BAV) has granted BÄR Bahnsicherung Type Approval for its EUROLOCKING electronic interlocking system.
Coronavirus: OEBB will resume its Nightjet sleeper trains to destinations such as Prague, Zurich, Berlin and Venice starting on 26 June.
RATP Dev, ComfortDelGro and Alstom have signed a partnership agreement to submit joint tenders for the Grand Paris Express.
The New Railway Link through the Alps (NRLA), which consists of two north-south axes through Switzerland, will open fully in December.
The East Coast Main Line in the UK will become the first mainline in the country to go digital in its signalling system via ETCS.
The first automated people mover (APM) for Bangkok's Gold Line arrives in Thailand. It was manufactured by a Bombardier JV in China.
Keolis has had two of its contracts in the United States extended. The first by MBTA in the Boston area, the second in Washington D.C. (VRE).
Stadler takes over digitalisation expert in Germany to expand its portfolio in the hardware and software components for rolling stock market.
The University of Birmingham has received 400k in grant money from Innovate UK to develop its hydrogen-powered train, the HydroFLEX.
SNCF Réseau, the company's infrastructure arm, has launched its 2020 hiring drive, during which it wants to recruit 1000 rail staff.
UWC has completed its supply of 100 box cars for logistics company Kuchukterminal, raising its fleet to 220 box cars.
Rolling stock company Porterbrook has been awarded 400k in funding for a trial fit of emissions reduction technology on Class 170 DMUs.
The UK High Court has ruled in favour of the Department of Transport, finding that its disqualification of TOCs over pensions was lawful.
The European Court of Auditors has published a report of its audit of the European Commission's management of 8 EU mega-projects.
Alstom is providing remote support services to the operational control centre for lines 1,2 and 4 of the MetrôRio, Rio de Janeiro
Transfesa Logistics, a freight operator majority-owned by Deutsche Bahn, is renewing its European container fleet.
HS2 has launched an Innovation Accelerator to help develop solutions in three areas: the environment, the circular economy, and productivity.
Hitachi begins manufacturing the 5 Class 803 EMUs in its East Coast Trains order. The trains will run on the East Coast Main Line from 2021.
Transitio AB has triggered a second option from its 2016 framework agreement, ordering 12 additional KISS trains from Stadler.
Eurofima is making 80 million euros in funding available to DSB – Danish State Railways – for the purchase of Siemens Vectron locomotives.
Vivarail has secured a loan worth 1.5 million GBP that will help it expand by moving into new premises and hiring new staff.
SBB has installed solar panels to produce traction electricity. They can produce enough electricity for 1.4 million passenger kilometres.
HS2 has revealed the first images of its south portal launch site from where two German-made TBMs will dig the Chiltern tunnels.
Swiss train operator has received the go-ahead to order an additional 20 Capricorn EMUs from Stadler in addition to the original 36.
The first Bombardier Aventra Class 701 for South Western Railway (SWR) has been delivered from Derby. The total order is for 90 trains.
Competitive railway undertakings and rail advocacy groups have expressed dismay at the Bundesrat support for the LNG toll exemption.
Rail freight punctuality has increased from 60 percent to 80–90 percent during the coronavirus crisis due to greater network availability.
RZD International has completed excavating the Čortanovci tunnel on the railway line between Belgrade and Budapest.
The African Development Bank has committed a grant of 1.2 million USD to the Ethiopian government for a Ethiopia-Sudan railway line study.
UWC has signed a contract with Russian oil refinery Slavneft-YANOS for the supply of tank cars for transporting molten sulphur.
Skoda has received homologation for its third ForCity Smart Artic tram for the town of Schöneiche, Germany. It was manufactured in Finland.
Deutsche Bahn has equipped 28,000 points with sensors turning them into smart points. These points enable predictive maintenance.
Network Rail has completed the electrification of the London-Cardiff line by installing overhead wires through the 7km Severn Tunnel.
The German stimulus package has been welcomed by rail groups, saying it will push forward important innovations and provide much-needed funds.
Deutsche Bahn says that despite the coronavirus pandemic less than 1 percent of rail infrastructure works have been cancelled or postponed.
Coronavirus: from 15 June face coverings will become mandatory on public transport in England in line with a further easing of restrictions.
The new Alstom Coradia LINT fleet is due to enter service in Bavaria from 14 June, following the order signing in December 2018.
Alstom has partnered with energy infrastructure company Snam to bring hydrogen trains to Italy as one of the solutions for greening transport.
After the German government moved ahead with an ongoing exemption to the lorry toll, rail groups have asked the Bundesrat for help.
Bombardier Transportation has signed an agreement with QUEST Global extending their collaborative efforts that began in 2017.
Rail freight operator Lineas is putting on extra services to anticipate low water levels which previously have prevented barge transports.
DB Regio will support Abellio in operating the RE 1 services in Germany, before Abellio will run full RRX trains in December 2020.
After only taking on the role of Keolis Executive Chairman in February 2020, the Supervisory Board has terminated Patrick Jeantet's contract.
A Spanish high-speed train, type Alvia, has derailed near Zamora due to a collision with a vehicle that had fallen from an overpass.
In its May infringements package the European Commission has said it sent Germany a formal letter of notice about its quiet brakes regulation.
RS-Trans has ordered 25 tank cars from UWC for the transportation of sulphuric acid. The model 15-9545 tank cars have 25t axle load bogies.
TU Dresden, the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education (BCRRE) and Rock Rail have launched joint project into battery power.
Bulgarian State Railways has ordered ten 25kV AC Smartron locomotives from Siemens Mobility, for delivery between February and May 2021.
Passenger services in Switzerland can resume fully in June following an easing of restrictions put in place because of coronavirus.
EUROFIMA, a rolling stock financing company with a non-profit mission, has agreed a 200m euro loan with FS Italiane for TRAXX locomotives.
Private railway undertakings in Germany want to seek assistance from the European Commission following a DB-only bailout package approval.
HS2 has received delivery of the first steel girders for the first bridges to be built on the project at the Birmingham Interchange site.
Alstom has won an innovation prize from the German government for its project to test Automatic Train Operation on regional passenger trains.
Siemens Mobility has won a contract with Stockholm Extended Metro Administration to provide electrification services for the expansion works.
There is anger at the coronavirus agreement signed by Deutsche Bahn and the federal government that excludes non-state railways.
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John Hawkes may be an Oscar-nominated actor now, but 18 years ago he was just another struggling actor looking for a break.
One of those early breaks came for him in 1994 with "Roadracers," an homage to the cheap teen exploitation films of the 1950s directed by new-to-Hollywood helmer Robert Rodriguez in his first paying showbiz gig. Hawkes was put to great use, not as the hero – that role went to David Arquette – but as his somewhat profane, somewhat philosophical sidekick.
To commemorate "Roadracers" Blu-ray release, Hawkes took a trip down memory lane with PopcornBiz – and looked ahead to his upcoming films "Lincoln" and "Switch."
What did this film mean for your career at that time? Where were you in your career at that point and what happened as a result of the film?
I don't think I'd gotten a lot of traction here, but I think I was earning a meager living, so I think it was great to have a job – but it was even better to have a job that I was really excited to do. I loved the script. I didn't know Robert [Rodriguez] in Austin, but he did a daily comic for the college paper. I didn't go to school there, but I would pick that up and read that paper and I'd see his stuff. And I loved 'El Mariachi,' loved the script and so it was a great job and also a great project. At that point I was kind of doing everything, but when you do something that you believed in it was a good thing. I just didn't have a lot of choices in those days.
Once you got on set with the rest of the actors, did you feel like you'd found a band of kindred spirits?
Very much so, and in Robert and in Tommy Nix – his co-writer who my character The Nixer was loosely based on. I liked the music of that period. I liked the kind of outlaw style we were going for. There was a kinship for sure. I got along really well with David Arquette and Salma [Hayek]. It was her first American film, I believe, or first English-speaking role. She's a beautiful woman, but there was also a lot of light coming from inside her, too. That's always a good thing.
The speed at which this movie was made must've been interesting. We're you seasoned enough to know that it was unusual for a movie to be shot as fast as Robert shot it?
I wasn't, really. I would hear them say, '58 setups,' or whatever at the end of the day and realize – it got into the 70s, actually – that was impressive. I could see people around me were impressed, but it felt pretty normal to me. It just felt like it moved right along, and in fact, at times I think it was frustrating for Robert because he wanted to go faster and couldn't always because he wasn't used to working with a large crew and that kind of almost slowed him down at times, I think. He hadn't really learned how to work with a large crew and how to put that to use. But he moved quickly.
You were one of the few actors cast in another of the 'Rebel Highway' films, 'The Cool and the Crazy.'
Indeed, and that almost precluded my involvement in this one. No actor was to be in more than one episode in that series, and I guess, thankfully, Robert was insistent and they came around to it.
What was it like working for the legendary animator Ralph Bakshi, who was doing his first full-on live action movie?
That was a ball, too. It was really a lot of fun. It was a young Jared Leto and a young Alicia Silverstone. Ralph was kind of a madman. He was not a Hollywood guy and I liked that. He wanted to make his way also. I think I got in with a couple of pretty iconoclastic, pretty individualistic filmmakers within a year. It was great, a lot of fun.
You've worked consistently from 1994 until now, but 'Winter's Bone' made your name known much more to the general public. Is there a difference now in your life as an actor since you're more recognizable, or do you just feel like a jobbing actor who's plugging away?
Certainly there's the thing of people knowing who you are a little bit. I'm not famous, but I'm known enough in this town and certain places that I go, I guess, where people are interested. But work-wise it's very different. I don't at this point get to do everything that I want to do, but over the years I've been able to pick and choose and not do any that I don't want to do anymore. Mainly, it's the independent world which is a place that I love to be, I'm getting a fair amount of scripts being sent my way. That's a change, offers, like, 'Do you want to play this part?' So, that's a great thing. It can be tricky, though, because they can hand you the job and you've never auditioned or showed them what you want to do with it, but it's fantastic and great. I'm enjoying it.
I remember at the time of your Oscar nomination and speaking to you about being maybe TOO recognizable as a result and not being able to submerge into a character. Are you still comfortable being a chameleon?
I'm trying to be. It's still a concern. It probably always will be, so I'm trying to limit these sorts of talks. I believe in this movie and want to help it out, but I'm kind of avoiding talk shows, and again, yeah, I want to be an effective actor. I don't need to be the most popular one. I just want to be as effective as I can be.
You've got some interesting projects coming up, but I'm interested in what your experience was making 'Lincoln' and working with a director like Steven Spielberg. Can you talk about that?
It was terrific. I was working as a part of a trio with Tim Blake Nelson and James Spader. Daniel Day Lewis is phenomenal, but what really drew me to that project was not the role. It's not a great part, but just that the script was one of the best studio scripts – if not the best – that I'd read in the last dozen years, so my involvement in that, I think, is very from a supportive category. It's probably not a movie that I'll be in a lot, but I can't wait to see it because of how interesting it was to watch them shoot with Daniel Day Lewis. Steven Spielberg is phenomenal and he's still really, really excited to make movies. I think he really enjoyed that project. It was a large one. I hadn't been on a really large one for a while, but that was a good large one to be a part of, for sure.
I understand on 'Switch' – which is adapted from Elmore Leonard's sequel novel to Rum Punch, which was turned into the Quentin Tarantino film "Jackie Brown" – that you're not looking at Robert De Niro's performance as the older version of your character Louis Gara, but you're really coming at it from your own direction. Did you wrestle with that decision?
That's one of the only Tarantino movies that I've not seen. I really love Quentin's work, but I'm kind of thankful that I somehow missed that one. I'll watch it later, but yeah, I don't want to do any kind of impression. I think that Robert De Niro is obviously a fantastic actor, but I don't feel the need to try to be like him. This is a separate project to me, and on some level I hope people let go of expectation and just treat it as it's own piece. I can't wait – and check out 'The Surrogate.' I'm really excited about that. Hopefully that'll come out later this year.


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If you've been with me for awhile, you know I'm a big proponent of raised beds and permanent paths. I don't own a tiller and even when creating new beds I don't till. I've read that tilling can disrupt the balance in the soil of organisms and I know that it brings weed seeds to the surface. But frankly, the thought of tilling is just too much work.
As is the thought of weeding. You know, the type of weeding where you can barely see the plants for the weeds and you need special hoes and tools because there's so many (I do own a hoe, but I use it maybe once or twice a year and that's in the flower beds).
I guess what it boils down to is, I'm lazy. I'm OK with pulling a weed here and there, and having a serious weeding session a couple times a year in the gravel paths, but other than that, I don't want to deal with weeds.
What weeds do I have? In midsummer, here are the weeds I deal with in the 9′ x 20′ corn beds:
Having trouble finding the weeds? That's because there's one. Yep, one. Look to the left under the stalk in front. Two seconds and that baby's gone.
Can you see the weed in the center (sort of) of the right row in this second corn bed? There's another in the second row that is obscured by the corn, but again, a few seconds pulling them out and I'm done with weeding.
OK, so maybe you think I've weeded previously and this is just the leftovers. Sorry, but I've never weeded this bed (after raking up the dead weeds under the black plastic I put down in the winter).
This is why I plant this way each year. Ninety degree heat and weeds? No thank you.
Just to let you know, the bean and cucumber patch is the same. Of course you already know that the higher 4 x 12′ beds are pretty weed-free, but I wanted to illustrate that bigger beds could be relatively painless as well, as far as weeding is concerned.
If you're interested in the particulars, be sure to look at planting a garden the no-till way (one of my most popular posts, by the way- I'm not the only one who doesn't want to weed).
Just to keep it real, though, I'm leaving you with a picture to show the reality of owning an acre of land.
Alas, there are always weeds.
They blow in from the surrounding fields and are hardy enough to root in the inhospitable gravel. Since I will always have weeds along fences, in flower beds and the ditch, I'm going to keep making sure I don't have to deal with huge amounts in my vegetable beds.
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The U.S. Coast Guard has released remarkable footage of the moment U.S. Airways Flight 1549 landed on the Hudson River.
After capturing the plane's descent into the Hudson's frigid waters, passengers can then be seen moving on-board the Airbus A320's wings.
Rescue crews then converged on the scene and began to carry all 155 passengers to safety.
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Meanwhile, the search for two missing engines from a jetliner that landed in the Hudson River is expected to continue as investigators plan to carefully hoist the damaged plane from the water.
The engines were lost when US Airways Flight 1549 splashed down after colliding with birds. The engines are presumed to have been carried somewhere by the river's strong ties — but where is a mystery.
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These peripheral, extra musical details shouldn't detract anyone from the fact Booka Shade are still a genuinely relevant venture, and More! a satisfying return to form. Right from the start, "Havana Sex Dwarf" imposes a more playful vibe than on their last offerings with the kind of mischievous synths you usually find on Dirtybird releases: Musically, it does the kind of seedy deeds the very title evokes, and it's a humorous move that suits Arno and Walter quite well. "Donut (Interpretation)," their most recent collaboration with fellow Get Physical chums M.A.N.D.Y., might have been overlooked when it was released as a single a few months ago—let's face it, it's no "Body Language Part 2"—but in its shorter, tighter form, its charm is obvious.
"Teenage Spaceman" and "Scaramanga" are the album's two instrumental zeniths. The former titillates for three whole minutes before a buzzing electronic pad kicks in to full venting effect a la "In White Rooms," while the later opts for subdued, captivating tones. Instead of taking charge of the singing themselves like they did with watery results on The Sun & The Neon Light, Booka Shade have also recruited Chelonis R. Jones and Yello's Dieter Meier on vocal duties. Jones' voice is an acquired taste, both soulful and sometimes jarring. That said, it's hard to deny the fact he has the kind of timeless presence we used to find on vintage Chicago house cuts: His performance on "Bad Love" has a reverential warmth, if slightly affected and overdone. Meier is an even more daring choice, but it's a redemption-inducing one. With the help of fellow Yello member/oddball Boris Blank, the Swiss maestros bring their darker edge to "Divine," creating a spooky slice of electro pop that isn't that far away from their own "Crash Dance."
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Everyone has favorite recipes for the holidays, but it's fun to add something new to the tried-and-true repertoire. Here are three delicious ideas made with a surprise ingredient - pickled beets.
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A signature cocktail is a memorable way to kick off a holiday celebration. Pickled Beet Martinis - a festive combination of pickled beet liquid, gin and orange liqueur with just a hint of lime - are a perfect choice.
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Baby Beet & Tortellini Appetizers made with Aunt Nellie's Baby Whole Pickled Beets are amazing bites of savory flavors. Prosciutto-wrapped tortellini, bite-sized beets and bell peppers create a deliciously simple skewer.
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Mini Beet & Carrot Gift Loaves are flecked with carrots and pickled beets, which not only add flavor, but help keep the spicy loaves moist and tender. They make great gifts, drizzled with snow-white glaze and wrapped with festive ribbons and evergreen sprigs.
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Pickled Beet Martini
- 1 cup gin or vodka
- 1/2 cup Aunt Nellie's Pickled Beets liquid
- 1/4 cup orange liqueur
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- Ice
- Lime wedges (for garnish)
- Baby whole pickled beets (for garnish)
- Combine gin or vodka, beet liquid, orange liqueur and fresh lime juice in pitcher. Stir to combine; add ice and stir again. Garnish with lime wedges and beets.
Baby Beet & Tortellini Appetizers
- 1/4 pound thinly sliced prosciutto or deli ham
- 1 package (9 ounces) refrigerated tortellini, any variety, cooked and cooled
- 2 tablespoons prepared vinaigrette
- 2 medium bell peppers, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 jar (16 ounces) Aunt Nellie's Baby Whole Pickled Beets
- Fresh herbs
- Cut prosciutto into 1-inch-by-3-inch strips. Wrap one strip around tortellini; skewer with appetizer pick. Brush lightly with vinaigrette. Add one piece of pepper and one beet to skewer. Repeat until all beets are used. Sprinkle with herbs.
Mini Beet & Carrot Gift Loaves
- 1 jar (16 ounces) Aunt Nellie's Sliced Pickled Beets, drained
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
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- 3/4 cup shredded carrots
- 3/4 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
- 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2-2 1/2 teaspoons milk
- Chop beets into 1/4-inch pieces. Preheat oven to 325°F. Spray 4 mini loaf pans or disposable 5-inch-by-3-inch foil pans with nonstick cooking spray.
- Combine flour, pie spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt in medium bowl; stir to mix well. Combine brown sugar and oil in large bowl; mix well. Stir in eggs. Gradually add flour mixture; mix well. Stir in beets, carrots and nuts just until combined. Spoon batter into pans.
- Combine topping ingredients in small bowl; stir until crumbly. Divide evenly over batter.
- Bake 35-40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove from pans to wire rack; cool completely.
- To make glaze, stir together sugar and milk. Drizzle glaze over cooled loaves.
- Store at room temperature up to 3 days. You can also freeze it, unglazed, up to 2 months. Thaw at room temperature; then drizzle with glaze.


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I have a 1953 5T Speed twin fitted with the single saddle. It is a bit of a struggle to get it onto the rear stand.
Early models had lifting handles either side bolted to the mudguard stays, the stays on the 53 are different. The later swinging arm frames (54 on) have handles that bolt to the top of one of the stays and looks like the top of the mudguard.
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