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JOANNA PARYPINSKI
Author of Dark Speculative Fiction
Dark Carnival
Vote for Your Favorite Halloween Mad Libs
By Joanna Parypinski October 28, 2013 ( 4 )
Thanks to everyone who participated in this year's Coffin Hop Contest by giving me your answers for the Mad Libs challenge! Everyone who submitted their responses ended up creating a fantastic tale. But the contest is far from over. Now I leave it in your hands: vote for your favorite Mad Libs story below, and whoever gets the most votes by 11:59 pm on October 30th will win the grand prize!
I asked you for a series of adjectives, nouns, and more to fill in the blanks of a micro-story that I wrote. Now, without further ado, here is the story you all completed:
It was a/n (adjective) and (adjective) night, the moon lighting pale and ghostly on the haunted cornfield. As legend had it, an undead (noun) was said to (verb) through the whispering stalks each Halloween, but (name) did not believe this. This Halloween night, s/he (adverb) entered the (adjective) path that wound through the corn. As s/he (verb, past tense) deeper and deeper into the maze, the rustling of the stalks in his/her ears, (emotion) began settling into his/her heart. The maze was impenetrable; s/he lost all sense of direction, seeing only by the light of the (noun) overhead. A low (sound) issued from the corn straight ahead, and suddenly a (monster) emerged from the parted stalks. (name from before) (verb, past tense) in terror as the creature approached. In the distant farmhouse, a clock struck midnight, signaling the end of Halloween. The creature stepped forward, opened its massive jaws, and said: "(phrase)."
So… what did everyone come up with? Here are your completed stories. Vote for your favorite below!
By C.W. LaSart:
It was a CORPULENT and DISEASED night, the moon lighting pale and ghostly on the haunted cornfield. As legend had it, an undead SPLEEN was said to SQUEAL through the whispering stalks each Halloween, but AXEL HOWERTON did not believe this. This Halloween night, he SQUEAMISHLY entered the PESTILENT path that wound through the corn. As he CRIED deeper and deeper into the maze, the rustling of the stalks in his ears, MISERY began settling into her heart. The maze was impenetrable; he lost all sense of direction, seeing only by the light of the BEARD overhead. A low BLAT! issued from the corn straight ahead, and suddenly a HARPY emerged from the parted stalks. AXEL HOWERTON WHIMPERED in terror as the creature approached. In the distant farmhouse, a clock struck midnight, signaling the end of Halloween. The creature stepped forward, opened its massive jaws, and said: "I'M JUST A PRETTY BUTTERFULY!"
By Kevin:
It was a BRIGHT and CHEERFUL night, the moon lighting pale and ghostly on the haunted cornfield. As legend had it, an undead TEDDY-BEAR was said to CUDDLE through the whispering stalks each Halloween, but SUSIE-LEE did not believe this. This Halloween night, she EXCITEDLY entered the WONDERFUL path that wound through the corn. As she ELIDED deeper and deeper into the maze, the rustling of the stalks in her ears, CONTENTMENT began settling into her heart. The maze was impenetrable; she lost all sense of direction, seeing only by the light of the DAFFODIL overhead. A low TEE-HEE issued from the corn straight ahead, and suddenly a COOKIE MONSTER emerged from the parted stalks. SUSIE-LEE ENJOYED in terror as the creature approached. In the distant farmhouse, a clock struck midnight, signaling the end of Halloween. The creature stepped forward, opened its massive jaws, and said: "I'M A HAPPY CAMPER."
By Skye Callahan:
It was a FRESH and DERANGED night, the moon lighting pale and ghostly on the haunted cornfield. As legend had it, an undead PILLOW was said to GROVEL through the whispering stalks each Halloween, but BRUCE did not believe this. This Halloween night, he APATHETICALLY entered the ROUGH path that wound through the corn. As he GRATED deeper and deeper into the maze, the rustling of the stalks in his ears, EXCITEMENT began settling into his heart. The maze was impenetrable; he lost all sense of direction, seeing only by the light of the PLAQUE overhead. A low SPLAT issued from the corn straight ahead, and suddenly a LOCH NESS emerged from the parted stalks. BRUCE SHUDDERED in terror as the creature approached. In the distant farmhouse, a clock struck midnight, signaling the end of Halloween. The creature stepped forward, opened its massive jaws, and said: "TALLY-HO!"
By Lori Parker:
It was an OPALESCENT and MALODOROUS night, the moon lighting pale and ghostly on the haunted cornfield. As legend had it, an undead PRISONER was said to EXHALE through the whispering stalks each Halloween, but CASPER did not believe this. This Halloween night, he UNDERHANDEDLY entered the MOLDY path that wound through the corn. As he SLUNK deeper and deeper into the maze, the rustling of the stalks in his ears, REGRET began settling into his heart. The maze was impenetrable; he lost all sense of direction, seeing only by the light of the FOUNDATION overhead. A low DRIP issued from the corn straight ahead, and suddenly a BIG FOOT emerged from the parted stalks. CASPER WITHDREW in terror as the creature approached. In the distant farmhouse, a clock struck midnight, signaling the end of Halloween. The creature stepped forward, opened its massive jaws, and said: "ON THE OTHER HAND."
By Jessica McHugh:
It was a ROTUND and SMELLY night, the moon lighting pale and ghostly on the haunted cornfield. As legend had it, an undead BROOMSTICK was said to CRAM through the whispering stalks each Halloween, but RUTGER did not believe this. This Halloween night,/he FASTIDIOUSLY entered the CRUSTY path that wound through the corn. As he SMACKED deeper and deeper into the maze, the rustling of the stalks in his ears, TERROR began settling into his heart. The maze was impenetrable; he lost all sense of direction, seeing only by the light of the BONGO DRUM overhead. A low GRUNT issued from the corn straight ahead, and suddenly a SNALLYGASTER emerged from the parted stalks. RUTGER PORKED in terror as the creature approached. In the distant farmhouse, a clock struck midnight, signaling the end of Halloween. The creature stepped forward, opened its massive jaws, and said: "AND NOW YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY…"
By Matt Cowan:
It was a GREGARIOUS and SURLY night, the moon lighting pale and ghostly on the haunted cornfield. As legend had it, an undead PANTS was said toe THRUST through the whispering stalks each Halloween, but BRENDON did not believe this. This Halloween night, he DREADFULLY entered the HORRIFYING path that wound through the corn. As he FORGOT deeper and deeper into the maze, the rustling of the stalks in his ears, DEPRESSION began settling into his heart. The maze was impenetrable; he lost all sense of direction, seeing only by the light of the TOMBSTONE overhead. A low KABLAM issued from the corn straight ahead, and suddenly a MANTICORE emerged from the parted stalks. BRENDON DIED in terror as the creature approached. In the distant farmhouse, a clock struck midnight, signaling the end of Halloween. The creature stepped forward, opened its massive jaws, and said: "LET'S TRY THAT AGAIN."
By MW:
It was a BIZARRE and SENSUAL night, the moon lighting pale and ghostly on the haunted cornfield. As legend had it, an undead LINGERIE was said to SING through the whispering stalks each Halloween, but DR. FRANK N. FURTUR did not believe this. This Halloween night, he COQUETTISHLY entered the SEDUCTIVE path that wound through the corn. As he GROPED deeper and deeper into the maze, the rustling of the stalks in his/ ears, LUST began settling into his heart. The maze was impenetrable; he lost all sense of direction, seeing only by the light of the TRANSVESTITE overhead. A low MOAN issued from the corn straight ahead, and suddenly a ROCKY HORROR emerged from the parted stalks. DR. FRANK N. FURTUR WEPT in terror as the creature approached. In the distant farmhouse, a clock struck midnight, signaling the end of Halloween. The creature stepped forward, opened its massive jaws, and said: "GIVE YOURSELF OVER TO ABSOLUTE PLEASURE."
By Ash Krafton:
It was a SLICK and HOLLOW night, the moon lighting pale and ghostly on the haunted cornfield. As legend had it, an undead SEVERED LEG was said to YODEL through the whispering stalks each Halloween, but LO PAN did not believe this. This Halloween night, he HESITANTLY entered the MUSTY path that wound through the corn. As he STUMBLED deeper and deeper into the maze, the rustling of the stalks in his ears, DESPERATION began settling into his heart. The maze was impenetrable; he lost all sense of direction, seeing only by the light of the HACKSAW overhead. A low SKRITCH issued from the corn straight ahead, and suddenly a CHIANG-SHIH emerged from the parted stalks. LO PAN HOPPED in terror as the creature approached. In the distant farmhouse, a clock struck midnight, signaling the end of Halloween. The creature stepped forward, opened its massive jaws, and said: "YOU GOT YOUR CHOCOLATE IN MY PEANUT BUTTER!"
By Renae Rude:
It was an ARCANE and ELDRITCH night, the moon lighting pale and ghostly on the haunted cornfield. As legend had it, an undead SHADOW was said to REPULSE through the whispering stalks each Halloween, but LANGSTON did not believe this. This Halloween night, he LUCIDLY entered the HARROWING path that wound through the corn. As he PROWLED deeper and deeper into the maze, the rustling of the stalks in his ears, ELATION began settling into his heart. The maze was impenetrable; he lost all sense of direction, seeing only by the light of the MUSIC BOX overhead. A low HOWL issued from the corn straight ahead, and suddenly a GHOUL emerged from the parted stalks. LANGSTON IMPRISONED in terror as the creature approached. In the distant farmhouse, a clock struck midnight, signaling the end of Halloween. The creature stepped forward, opened its massive jaws, and said: "DEAR GOD! HOW CAN SUCH A THING BE ALLOWED TO EXIST?"
By Erik Anderson:
It was a WISE and CRUDE night, the moon lighting pale and ghostly on the haunted cornfield. As legend had it, an undead WINDOW was said to EXCRETE through the whispering stalks each Halloween, but CYRUS did not believe this. This Halloween night, he POWERFULLY entered the WARM path that wound through the corn. As he MET deeper and deeper into the maze, the rustling of the stalks in his ears, BETRAYAL began settling into his heart. The maze was impenetrable; he lost all sense of direction, seeing only by the light of the BRANCH overhead. A low TAP issued from the corn straight ahead, and suddenly a MUMMY emerged from the parted stalks. CYRUS GREW in terror as the creature approached. In the distant farmhouse, a clock struck midnight, signaling the end of Halloween. The creature stepped forward, opened its massive jaws, and said: "HE JUST WANTED TO GET HOME TO WATCH THE GAME."
By Mallory:
It was a MYSTERIOUS and BLOODCURDLING night, the moon lighting pale and ghostly on the haunted cornfield. As legend had it, an undead PUMPKIN was said to SCREAM through the whispering stalks each Halloween, but MARC did not believe this. This Halloween night, he GHASTLY entered the GRUESOME path that wound through the corn. As he POSSESSED deeper and deeper into the maze, the rustling of the stalks in his ears, FRIGHT began settling into his heart. The maze was impenetrable; he lost all sense of direction, seeing only by the light of the BOTTLE OF POISON overhead. A low CRASH! issued from the corn straight ahead, and suddenly a BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN emerged from the parted stalks. MARC CACKLED in terror as the creature approached. In the distant farmhouse, a clock struck midnight, signaling the end of Halloween. The creature stepped forward, opened its massive jaws, and said: "(LEGEN—WAIT FOR IT—DARY."
By Bev:
It was a GRUESOME and WICKED night, the moon lighting pale and ghostly on the haunted cornfield. As legend had it, an undead SPIDERWEB was said to MUTILATE through the whispering stalks each Halloween, but JANE did not believe this. This Halloween night, she GLOOMILY entered the HIDEOUS path that wound through the corn. As she BREWED deeper and deeper into the maze, the rustling of the stalks in her ears, HORROR began settling into her heart. The maze was impenetrable; she lost all sense of direction, seeing only by the light of the MUSHROOM overhead. A low CLANG issued from the corn straight ahead, and suddenly a VAMPIRE emerged from the parted stalks. JANE DANCED in terror as the creature approached. In the distant farmhouse, a clock struck midnight, signaling the end of Halloween. The creature stepped forward, opened its massive jaws, and said: "I SEE DEAD PEOPLE."
Categories: Coffin Hop
All In the Suit That You Wear
The Hollow Sleep
Lori Joyce Parker
October 28, 2013 • 10:15 AM
Oh, that was fun! It's been so long since I've mad-libbed!
And now, for my own amusement, a compilation of the best individual libs into an ultra-mad lib:
It was a GREGARIOUS and MALODOROUS night, the moon lighting pale and ghostly across the haunted cornfield. As legend had it, an undead PANTS was said to was said to CUDDLE through the whispering stalks each Halloween, but RUTGER did not believe this. This Halloween night, he APATHETICALLY entered the SEDUCTIVE path that wound through the corn. As he FORGOT deeper and deeper into the maze, BETRAYAL began settling into his heart. The maze was impenetrable; he lost all sense of direction, seeing only by the light of the BONGO DRUM overhead. A low CLANG issued from the corn, and suddenly a SNALLYGASTER emerged from the parted stalks. RUTGER IMPRISONED in terror as the creature approached In the distant farmhouse, a clock struck midnight, signaling the end of Halloween. The creature stepped forward, opened its massive jaws, and said: "LEGEN—WAIT FOR IT—DARY."
Hah, very nice, Kevin. Your amusement amuses me, but I might have picked different answers… perhaps I'll create my own ideal compilation as well…
afstewart
Delightfully done. And that's one heck of a corn maze.
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Riot, Ryot, Run Riot
Published By Ganapathi
Ryots rarely indulge in riots in India irrespective of their plight in the hands of the government and the policies of the government. And, ryots' lives are dictated by the Nature and rain gods.
The fields of ryots are often a riot of colours when there is plenty of water and enough sunshine.
RIOT:
Riot means a wild or violent disturbance caused by a group or crowd of people. Examples:
As a result of unexpected number of people turning up at the supermarket to buy goods on sale, riots broke out.
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A riot means very amusing thing or person. Example: Brahmanandam in Telugu movies is an audience's riot.
RUN RIOT: Run riot means behaving in violent and uncontrollable manner, figuratively running riot is getting out of control of someone or something – Economic depression ran riot in 2007/8 across the Western countries.
In order to deal with a situation running riot, the British colonial empire had a statute: Riot Act in the eighteenth century is a statute that prevented gathering of 12 or more people.
Riot is also a verb – participating in a riot for one or the other reason (Police tried to control rioting crowds but could not).
Derivatives of riot are riotous (adjective), riotously (adverb), riotousness.
RYOT:
Ryot is a peasant.
Ryots are farmers subsisting on small pieces of land but often at the mercy of natural conditions. In India, ryot also refers to a tenant farmer. Ryot's origin is attributed to Persian, Arabic and Hindi in origin but often found in English texts.
Ryots are often in debt trap as a result of dependency on nature, middlemen's ways, gullibility and exploitation.
If ryots in the country are not protected, they can run riot against the government, socially and electorally.
Run Riot
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from pysqlite2 import dbapi2 as sqlite
import re
import math

def getwords(doc):
  splitter=re.compile('\\W*')
  print doc
  # Split the words by non-alpha characters
  words=[s.lower() for s in splitter.split(doc)
          if len(s)>2 and len(s)<20]

  # Return the unique set of words only
  return dict([(w,1) for w in words])

class classifier:
  def __init__(self,getfeatures,filename=None):
    # Counts of feature/category combinations
    self.fc={}
    # Counts of documents in each category
    self.cc={}
    self.getfeatures=getfeatures

  def setdb(self,dbfile):
    self.con=sqlite.connect(dbfile)
    self.con.execute('create table if not exists fc(feature,category,count)')
    self.con.execute('create table if not exists cc(category,count)')

  def incf(self,f,cat):
    count=self.fcount(f,cat)
    if count==0:
      self.con.execute("insert into fc values ('%s','%s',1)"
                       % (f,cat))
    else:
      self.con.execute(
        "update fc set count=%d where feature='%s' and category='%s'"
        % (count+1,f,cat))

  def fcount(self,f,cat):
    res=self.con.execute(
      'select count from fc where feature="%s" and category="%s"'
      %(f,cat)).fetchone()
    if res==None: return 0
    else: return float(res[0])

  def incc(self,cat):
    count=self.catcount(cat)
    if count==0:
      self.con.execute("insert into cc values ('%s',1)" % (cat))
    else:
      self.con.execute("update cc set count=%d where category='%s'"
                       % (count+1,cat))

  def catcount(self,cat):
    res=self.con.execute('select count from cc where category="%s"'
                         %(cat)).fetchone()
    if res==None: return 0
    else: return float(res[0])

  def categories(self):
    cur=self.con.execute('select category from cc');
    return [d[0] for d in cur]

  def totalcount(self):
    res=self.con.execute('select sum(count) from cc').fetchone();
    if res==None: return 0
    return res[0]

  def train(self,item,cat):
    features=self.getfeatures(item)
    # Increment the count for every feature with this category
    for f in features:
      self.incf(f,cat)

    # Increment the count for this category
    self.incc(cat)
    self.con.commit()

  def fprob(self,f,cat):
    if self.catcount(cat)==0: return 0

    # The total number of times this feature appeared in this
    # category divided by the total number of items in this category
    return self.fcount(f,cat)/self.catcount(cat)

  def weightedprob(self,f,cat,prf,weight=1.0,ap=0.5):
    # Calculate current probability
    basicprob=prf(f,cat)

    # Count the number of times this feature has appeared in
    # all categories
    totals=sum([self.fcount(f,c) for c in self.categories()])

    # Calculate the weighted average
    bp=((weight*ap)+(totals*basicprob))/(weight+totals)
    return bp

class naivebayes(classifier):

  def __init__(self,getfeatures):
    classifier.__init__(self,getfeatures)
    self.thresholds={}

  def docprob(self,item,cat):
    features=self.getfeatures(item)

    # Multiply the probabilities of all the features together
    p=1
    for f in features: p*=self.weightedprob(f,cat,self.fprob)
    return p

  def prob(self,item,cat):
    catprob=self.catcount(cat)/self.totalcount()
    docprob=self.docprob(item,cat)
    return docprob*catprob

  def setthreshold(self,cat,t):
    self.thresholds[cat]=t

  def getthreshold(self,cat):
    if cat not in self.thresholds: return 1.0
    return self.thresholds[cat]

  def classify(self,item,default=None):
    probs={}
    # Find the category with the highest probability
    max=0.0
    for cat in self.categories():
      probs[cat]=self.prob(item,cat)
      if probs[cat]>max:
        max=probs[cat]
        best=cat

    # Make sure the probability exceeds threshold*next best
    for cat in probs:
      if cat==best: continue
      if probs[cat]*self.getthreshold(best)>probs[best]: return default
    return best

class fisherclassifier(classifier):
  def cprob(self,f,cat):
    # The frequency of this feature in this category
    clf=self.fprob(f,cat)
    if clf==0: return 0

    # The frequency of this feature in all the categories
    freqsum=sum([self.fprob(f,c) for c in self.categories()])

    # The probability is the frequency in this category divided by
    # the overall frequency
    p=clf/(freqsum)

    return p
  def fisherprob(self,item,cat):
    # Multiply all the probabilities together
    p=1
    features=self.getfeatures(item)
    for f in features:
      p*=(self.weightedprob(f,cat,self.cprob))

    # Take the natural log and multiply by -2
    fscore=-2*math.log(p)

    # Use the inverse chi2 function to get a probability
    return self.invchi2(fscore,len(features)*2)
  def invchi2(self,chi, df):
    m = chi / 2.0
    sum = term = math.exp(-m)
    for i in range(1, df//2):
        term *= m / i
        sum += term
    return min(sum, 1.0)
  def __init__(self,getfeatures):
    classifier.__init__(self,getfeatures)
    self.minimums={}

  def setminimum(self,cat,min):
    self.minimums[cat]=min

  def getminimum(self,cat):
    if cat not in self.minimums: return 0
    return self.minimums[cat]
  def classify(self,item,default=None):
    # Loop through looking for the best result
    best=default
    max=0.0
    for c in self.categories():
      p=self.fisherprob(item,c)
      # Make sure it exceeds its minimum
      if p>self.getminimum(c) and p>max:
        best=c
        max=p
    return best

def sampletrain(cl):
  cl.train('Nobody owns the water.','good')
  cl.train('the quick rabbit jumps fences','good')
  cl.train('buy pharmaceuticals now','bad')
  cl.train('make quick money at the online casino','bad')
  cl.train('the quick brown fox jumps','good')

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Discovering Electronic Music – an early short film by People Like Us
In the early days of desktop computing with video (1999-2000), People Like Us used relatively primitive techniques of scratch video then Adobe Premiere editing, resulting in a particular lo-fi look which isn't particularly intentional, but reflective of the process.
Discovering Electronic Music (1999)
"A computer can take over this control work and do it more quickly and accurately than a human being." The above sentence inspired transforming the source film (also entitled) "Discovering Electronic Music" by collaging it with the horror film "Evil Speak". The result is a reflection of the overwhelming power of the computer in modern life.
Download the video here
Here are the words:
A computer can take over much of this control work and do it more quickly and accurately than a human being
This computer is connected to and controls envelope generators, filters and electronic oscillators
The composer is telling the computer what kind of sound he wants
Using computer language he is describing a melody he wants to use in a composition
This melody by Bach is one we've already heard
The computer can help manipulate this melody in many ways
By using a switch the composer can instruct the computer to play the melody backwards
Or upside down
He can change the pitches
He can play more loudly or softly
(on computer screen):
What are the keys to the kingdom of Satan's magic?
I, Esteban, have signed the book of death and touched the hand of my master Satan, through the rite of the black mass.
Book of death… sign… book of death… black mass… Esteban… sign… book of death… black mass… Esteban… Esteban… Esteban… Esteban…
Backwards, backwards
Satan: here my plea and through the rite of the black mass help me stand erect before my enemy and defy his curse.
By the dreadful day of judgement,
By the face of the uholy majesty and
By the beasts before the throne…
By the fire which is about the throne
I conjure and command thee oh prince
of darkness in the name of he who spake
and it was done.
Satan, Lucifer appear forthwith and
show yourself to me.
Consecrated host
Data incomplete
(on computer screen)
Human Blood
I will return
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Mastering the Details To Create Reliable EV Charging
December 20, 2021 • By Martin Romjue • Bookmark +
Among factors to consider when planning charging infrastructure: How many hours a day do the EVs need to charge on a Level 2 versus Level 3 charger? How flexible is the fleet charging strategy? Should chargers be dedicated or shared?
Photo: Martin Romjue / Bobit
Simplicity defines the second nature of electric vehicles. They're easier to drive, maintain, and monitor than internal combustion engine vehicles.
Not so with the charging equipment and networks that keep them powered and ready to roll. It can get complicated.
EVs require an entire new framework for facilities, electrical supply and conduits, and charging arrangements. The sooner fleet managers can learn the process, the better the results.
Two experienced fleet and facility managers who've-been-there-done-that each presented a clear, direct reality check on the planning and resources needed to install the right charging infrastructure for a fleet. They spoke on Nov. 12 during the Fleet Forward Conference in San Jose.
David Renschler, fleet division manager for the public works department in the City of Fairfield, Calif., oversees an operation of 60 transit buses and 690 other vehicles including police and fire, public works, and off-road equipment. Doug Bond, deputy director of the building maintenance department for the County of Alameda, which lies in the East San Francisco Bay region and includes the City of Oakland, oversees 121 county buildings and 5.4 million square feet of office space.
First Steps and Realities
Renschler started with Lesson No. 1: "The last thing you want to do is go out and buy some chargers and then buy some vehicles and hope it all works," Renschler said. The key to a successful program is a lot of collaboration. You're not going to do it alone. You will need a lot of partners and you'll have to deal with many different agencies and departments."
Among the macro-questions: What is the fleet breakdown of light-, medium-, or heavy-duty vehicles? Will an operation need dedicated and/or shared chargers? Will there be public access in addition to regular fleet usage?
Renschler advised fleet managers they will also need a good consultant, who in turn has reliable sub-consultants, since no one consultant knows everything. "This is a new industry. Make sure you do plenty of research."
As is the case with electric vehicles themselves, data is the ultimate decision maker. "You want good data to make good business decisions."
Renschler pointed out 15 states and Washington, D.C. have all signed memorandums of understanding with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to work together on advancing battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles. It shows how fleet managers must collaborate with different stakeholders, allies, and regulators. "The fleet management division, or a fleet manager, is going to be in the center of all of this," he said. "Whether it's purchasing, engineering, planning department, architects, technical training for your staff, you will need to work also with partners."
One basic requirement is figuring out how to start charging for electricity as a vehicle fuel, since it's not free. Telematics systems on fleet vehicles cannot just cover mileage, but should gather data on run times, burn rates, weight classes, parking, and charging accesses. Fleet systems must track energy input and output per vehicle type and usage cycle to accurately calculate consumption and costs and overall efficiency.
David Renschler, fleet division manager for the public works department in the City of Fairfield, Calif., told a session audience at Fleet Forward Conference that the key to a successful program is to collaborate with many partners because you can't go it alone.
Photo: Ross Stewart, RMS3Digital
Questions for Specs
Renschler then recited a list of questions and variables that can easily arise and must be considered:
"You also have to look at your current specs," Renschler said. "What are the specs of the electric vehicles on the market at the time you're getting ready to bid out? You have to project out what those expected increase in costs are. Can it charge on a level two or DC fast charger? Does it need both? Can it share a charger? Does it have to have a dedicated charger?"
He added, "What's the efficiency per 100 miles? If we use the level two charger, what is the kilowatt rating we can charge? What's the maximum on a DC fast charge for that chassis? Or that manufacturer? What is the wait? We need that information to figure out what type of charger we're going to buy. Do we buy a 19-kilowatt level two charger? What if the vehicle can only take a seven-kilowatt charger?"
Renschler's fleet operation looked at optimized and maximum charging infrastructure to estimate needs and costs: "How many extra transformers do we have to put in? What could we do to future-proof our infrastructure and chargers? Does the power utility have enough power available in the street to supply my facility? If it doesn't, will you need to find a new yard or facility and move?"
Among other factors and questions: How many hours a day do the EVs need to charge on a Level 2 versus Level 3 charger and how flexible is the charging strategy? Will some emergency vehicles need their own dedicated chargers to respond to emergencies at any time?
Setting Up the Repair Shop
On the transit side, the challenge for Fairfield was to upgrade a maintenance shop with properly trained technicians to handle the EVs. Shops will need modifications and technicians may need to be cross-trained. But you can't close a shop so the entire staff can get trained quickly.
Electric buses require their own set of inspections and safety procedures, including distances between electric equipment, charging outlets, and metal infrastructure inside the shop, Renschler explained. That may mean raising the roof of the shop to allow for proper lift heights and scaffolding.
"Make sure you develop standard operating procedures (SOP)s," Renschler said. "SOPs are extremely important so you can make sure everybody's following the same rules."
Technicians will require varying job classifications, depending on who handles high voltage, high-amp equipment and repairs. That means navigating training, certifications, pay scales, human resources, and unions, he said. Expect setting aside about 200 hours of training per technician.
Do you have enough power? How many kilowatt hours will you need to charge all your vehicles either on at that moment, or per day, or per minute? Will you have enough space? Renschler asked.
"There's a lot of this stuff you need in the shop for OSHA as well as what you must have for a battery lab. We're going to be doing the warranty work for the OEM and we'll break battery packs down to the module level. We won't go down to the cellular level, but we'll go to the module level and do inhouse warranty repairs and build back the OEM."
In illustrating the power requirements of electric vehicles, Renschler compared how charging 50 transit buses at peak electricity demand requires three megawatts of power, compared to two megawatts needed to power the Transamerica building in downtown San Francisco for one day. Fifty Class 8 trucks need 9 megawatts of power for full charging, the same as the Empire State Building needs in one day.
Doug Bond, deputy director of the building maintenance department for the County of Alameda, explained how retrofitting an older building or outfitting a newer one requires a designed plan for electrical panels and charging capacities so that expected power usage can be accurately assessed and confirmed.
Facilities Finish the Electric Equation
Bond explained how Alameda County has 61 EV charging stations with a total of 111 charging ports, one DC fast charger, and 79 plug-in vehicles.
Just as EVs can determine the architecture of electrical charging and facilities, existing buildings come with their own limits and attributes, Bond said.
Alameda County, for example, has 121 county owned buildings, with most of those buildings more than 40 years old with aging electrical systems. Some buildings will need to be modified to handle extra electrical demand for EVs. In one example, demand peaks in the morning when vehicles are plugged in and then declines as they become fully charged.
Retrofitting an older building or outfitting a newer one requires a designed plan for electrical panels and charging capacities so expected power usage can be accurately assessed and confirmed, Bond said. You have to make sure enough power will be coming into a building to match the particular demand requirements of the types and numbers of EVs.
With one building, the county retained an architectural and engineering firm to send an electrical engineer to see if the location was suitable, Bond said.
Factors to consider when installing charging stations: Site assessment, location of charging stations and conduits, architectural and engineering design, power supply availability, construction, procurement, ongoing maintenance and repairs, landlord/lease terms, local permitting regulations, and public access v. assigned charging.
Plan on the time required for electrical engineering assessments and procurement approvals. Installation will require load tests at peak demand to see if more power is needed, such as a transformer or power line upgrades.
Once approved, construction procurement can involve multiple government agencies, codes, and reviews to ensure the bidding process matches guidelines and rules. Contracting must comply with rules while ensuring fair competition for bids. The processes, approvals, selections, and vetting can take up to 18 months before the construction begins.
Related Article: Deep Dive on EV Data Shows Realities of Medium-Duty Fleet Electrification
Originally posted on Charged Fleet
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Subscriptions also available for tinctures. There's not a migraine medication my doctor hasn't had me try out, and I get 30 to 40 injections of Botox for migraines on my head, neck, and shoulders every three months to lower the frequency and severity of my debilitating headaches. I sleep about nine hours a night whenever possible because I find it helps, and I drink a ton of water i And while it's almost always necessary for me to take medication when I experience a migraine due to the intensity of the pain, I have found some other remedies that give me relief, either because they take the extra edge off or ease other symptoms.
Below, check out 11 of the things in my migraine toolbox, from an icy-cool massage roller to my hands-down favorite CBD tincture. You can grab them all online, and some are even available at drugstores or specialty wellness stores if you don't want to wait for shipping. For one thing, both the peppermint and lemon flavors are very mild and pleasant, and it also works well and quickly.
I use it to ease muscle pain caused by my fibromyalgia, which can often lead to a headache. I've also found that CBD helps calm my anxiety, which is another therapeutic plus. CBD may be everywhere nowadays, but in my opinion, the ubiquity is justified.
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In CLS Bank v. Alice Corp, No. 2011-1301 (2013), the Federal Circuit brought a degree of clarity to the question of when, if ever, methods of doing business are patent eligible subject matter. In order to appreciate the import of CLS Bank, it is useful to review the history of business method patents.
In 1998, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its then landmark State Street Bank v. Signature Financial Group, 149 F.3d 1368 (1998), decision which held that methods of doing business were patent eligible subject matter. Prior to State Street, methods of doing business were deemed abstract ideas—long unpatentable under Federal law. State Streetestablished the principle that a method, implemented on a computer, was eligible for patent protection so long as the method was directed to a practical application (i.e. method of doing business) and produced "a useful, concrete and tangible result." With the issuance of State Street, the era of business method patents was born. Thousands were applied for—many issued, and are now hotly disputed subjects of litigation.
In the eyes of many however, State Street improperly "opened" the door to the patenting of formerly un-patentable abstract ideas, so long as those ideas could be implemented on a computer and shown to produce a useful result. Implicitly recognizing this fact, the Federal Circuit "shut" the door in its In re Bilski decision of 2008. In In re Bilski, the Federal Circuit dispensed with the "useful, concrete and tangible result test" of State Streetin favor of the "machine-or-transformation" test which the Federal Circuit held to be the "sole" test for determining patent subject matter eligibility. The State Street era was over.
For a method to be patent eligible subject matter under the machine-or-transformation test, the method must be: (1) tied to a particular machine specifically devised to carry out the method; or, (2) transform a particular article into a different state or thing. The machine-or-transformation test essentially excludes business methods from being patent eligible subject matter because they typically satisfy neither requirement of the test. Business methods generally don't satisfy the "particular machine" requirement because they are typically implemented as software that runs on a general purpose computer. Similarly, they don't satisfy the alternative "transformation" requirement because they don't transform a particular article into a different state or thing.
In Bilski v. Kappos, 130 S.Ct. 3218 (2010), the Supreme Court reviewed the Federal Circuit's In re Bilski decision and held that the machine-or-transformation test, while a useful tool to determine whether a particular method is patent eligible subject matter, is not to be the sole test for determining patent eligibility. Per the Supreme Court, methods that do not satisfy the machine-or-transformation test may nevertheless still be patentable. The Supreme Court failed to elaborate on its thinking, however. In holding that the machine-or-transformation test was not the sole test for determining whether subject matter is patent eligible, the Court once again opened the door to at least the possibility of patenting business methods.
After the Supreme Court's decision in Bilski v. Kappos, the Patent Office and the district courts have struggled with the question of when, if ever, computer-implemented methods may be patent eligible subject matter—rather than merely unpatentable abstract ideas.
In CLS Bank, it was hoped that the Federal Circuit would bring clarity to the present situation. This wish was only partially granted. CLS Bank regarded the validity of an issued patent directed to a computer implemented method of doing business. The district court found the claims of the patent-in-suit to be invalid because they were directed to abstract ideas which could not be converted to patent eligible subject matter merely because they were implemented on a computer. Initially, a three-member panel of the Federal Circuit reversed the district court. Subsequently, the Court, sitting en banc, affirmed the district court's ruling.
Unfortunately, while ultimately upholding the district court's finding that all claims of the patent-in-suit were invalid because they were not drawn to patent eligible subject matter, the Federal Circuit's ten-member en bancpanel released seven different decisions in support of their conclusion—none of which garnered majority support. Nevertheless, two general principles appear to run through the justices thinking in CLS Bank. The first is that methods which can be performed mentally, or which are the equivalent of human mental work, are patent ineligible. The second is that using a computer to speed up a method that can be performed in the human mind or with pencil and paper, does not make the method patent eligible. These general principles are likely sufficient to call into question the validity of the bulk of the business method patents issued during the State Street era, many of which are presently the subject of hotly contested litigation.


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CD Reviews Feint Scars Reviews Think What You Like Say What You Want
Feint Scars - Think What You Like. Say What You Want.
Either way you look at it Feint Scars is a duo act who have written and recorded material their debut full-length entitled "Think What You Like. Say What You Want". This release going through the back lash of what most, if not some or all people deal with nowadays of love, loss, depression, addiction to drugs, drinking, smoking, all blurred together into a summary of genres of melodic, eletropop, with alternative dark rock n' roll roots that truly makes your head spin.
"Lowlight", "Chemical Train", "Don't Disappear", "The Drowning", "I Don't Mind" and "Giving Up", may be quite a bit to enlist but these songs are really what entail what these topics discuss whether it'd be their titles or the lyrical context within, you can just feel the emotion these guys are releasing. The instrumentals do their parts going right along with that emotional context, having that same sense of emotion and appeal it keeps the music alive and easy listening. While the vocal chords do the same effect except more of a embracing thing, that just lets your body take it all in, really being engulfed by the music all at once if that makes sense.
Feint Scar's debut "Think What You Like. Say What You Want". is indeed that these guys do have stuff to say and do what they think with it, it makes them another one of those acts that will be one you will not forget, but always remember because of their uniqueness and talent.
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More Reasons to Love Ballet
Pacific Northwest Ballet corps de ballet dancer Chris D'Ariano in Donald Byrd's Wake the Neighbor
photo courtesy Seattle International Dance Festival
Despite the general misperceptions, ballet is much more than tutus, swans and sugar plums. You can see the art form's dynamism at any of Pacific Northwest Ballet's contemporary programs. Seattle International Dance Festival also provided a showcase in its Spotlight on Contemporary Ballet program June 19 and 20th.
Program curators packed six works into a fast-paced evening that not only turned the spotlight on contemporary ballet, it also showcased some of PNB's newest generation of talented performers and choreographers as part of a collaboration between SIDF and the Seattle-based ballet company. Of the six dances on the bill, only two did not involve PNB-based artists. Each of these pieces had something to recommend it, but I was particularly struck by two of the works, both in the evening's second half.
The first was a solo called Wake the Neighbor, created by Spectrum Dance Theatre Artistic Director Donald Byrd for PNB's Next Step Outside/In and performed by PNB's Chris D'Ariano. This solo displayed both D'Ariano's promise, and Byrd's mastery of his craft.
The action begins when D'Ariano struts onstage in black jeans and tee shirt, his dark curly hair tousled around his face. He is both handsome and a little arrogant, like every young man in his prime. At first, D'Ariano dances in silence, but once Kris Bowers' energetic electric score begins, D'Ariano's every move is perfectly in synch with each guitar strum, each downbeat.
Chris D'Ariano makes everything look easy in Donald Byrd's Wake the Neighbor at SIDF
photo courtesy SIDF
Some of his movements are elegant and balletic: controlled leg extensions from the hip, toe perfectly pointed, pirouettes that demonstrate his grace and his strength. Other moves are too-cool-for school, things you might see on a stroll through Capitol Hill. D'Ariano pushes back his unruly hair with both hands, or nods his head to the side, a cool acknowledgement of something we can't see. No matter what he's doing, D'Ariano maintains control over his body. That extended leg? He snaps it back to his body in an instant, never touching the floor with his foot. He stops dead after a pirouette, stock still, looking out at the audience. We can't help but look back, because Chris D'Ariano is simply captivating.
I first saw this solo at the Next Step performance at McCaw Hall; I liked it even better onstage at SIDF, with moody lighting that enhanced the rock star/ballet dancer mashup that Byrd has created for D'Ariano. I'm so glad Wake the Neighbor got a second life with this festival.
PNB's Angelica Generosa and Christian Poppe left, Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan and Kyle Davis, foreground.
in rehearsal for Eva Stone's Careless/Ruthless for Seattle International Dance Festival
SIDF's Spotlight on Contemporary Ballet ended with Eva Stone's Careless/Ruthless, a work for four dancers, in this instance PNB soloists Kyle Davis and Angelica Generosa, along with PNB corps de ballet members Christian Poppe and Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan.
If you've seen work created by William Forsythe or Ulysses Dove, you'll have a sense of what Stone has crafted in her new ballet. This is an abstract piece, not a narrative, and it has clean, sharp movements. The four performers wear dark leotards and tights, the women are in pointe shoes. Edgy music by Ezio Bosso, John Cage and Forest Swords propel them. The emotion, if you will, originates in the energy of Stone's choreography, which is onstage in abundance.
PNB soloist Kyle Davis, foreground, and fellow PNB company members in Eva Stone's Careless/Ruthless
The dancers first appear one by one, then quickly pair off, curving sensuously around each other's bodies. Ryan caresses Davis' cheek, Poppe lifts Generosa with tenderness. Despite this intimacy, these are not romantic pas de deux. As the title of the dance suggests, the interpersonal encounters are just that—encounters, akin to casual hook ups. Two people meet casually and just as carelessly sever their ties.
Ultimately, we see the four dancers line up, moving simultaneously but not in unison. Each is locked into her or his own universe. I don't know what Eva Stone had in mind, but I was reminded of the adult parallel play we see when a group of people sits together, their eyes glued to their individual cell phones.
Stone's ballet was a strong ending for a strong evening. SIDF's partnership with PNB was a real treat for festival-goers. Normally when we watch these fine dancers onstage at McCaw Hall, we sit a fair distance from the stage, unable to watch their faces or see the intricacies of the choreography. At the Broadway Performance Hall the audience was close enough to view both the effort and the artistry involved in ballet, leaving this ballet geek wanting even more.
By the way, PNB is headed to Paris this week, for a two-week stay with Les Etes de la Danse, a summer dance festival on the Seine River, southwest of the city. The first week the dancers join four other ballet companies in a salute to choreographer Jerome Robbins' centenary. Week Two, they'll present nine different ballets, included works by Twyla Tharp, Benjamin Millepied, Christopher Wheeldon, Ulysses Dove and Justin Peck. "A season in a box," PNB's Peter Boal calls it. Wish I was there!
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Goodbye...and Hello
Tory Peil lets loose in Olivier Wevers' Silent Scream
photo @Bamberg Fine Arts
As Olivier Wevers' company, Whim W'Him, wraps up its eighth season, once again I'm struck by the versatility of his seven dancers. From the longest tenured, Jim Kent, to newbies Cameron Birts and Adrian Hoffman, Whim W'Him dancers can deliver an array of technical goods.
And that's exactly what they were called upon to do for the season's final program, a triple bill called Transfigurate. The offerings ranged from Danielle Agami's whimsical (how fitting) Duck Sitting, a commentary on our contemporary digitally-obsessed culture, to Pascal Touzeau's rigorous Stickers, to Wevers' Silent Scream, part amusing take off on the silent film era, part social critique, and altogether a farewell showcase for long-time company member Tory Peil, who leaves the company after this season.
Touzeau's dance opens the program. Set to a challenging violin composition by Sofia Gubaidulina, Stickers is the kind of work that tests both the dancers' technical ability and their concentration. At a rehearsal earlier this month, I watched Touzeau push the cast to perfect their timing, to match their movements exactly to the irregular rhythms of the score. As he explained to me, if the timing isn't exact, the intent of the dance is obscured. I was eager to see how it would go in performance.
Onstage, with Michael Mazzola's moody lighting design and sheer costumes by Nova Dobrev, Stickers transforms from studio discipline into a series of seemingly random encounters. But instead of humans interacting, the dancers were more like neurons firing in our brains. Touzeau's movement vocabulary is spiky; feet point into the air, with toes flexing upward. Hands extend behind the back, fingers unfurled like nerve ends.
Karl Watson finds a seat on Jim Kent in Pascal Touzeau's Stickers
photo @ Bamberg Fine Arts
While much of the dance centers on Karl Watson and Jim Kent, who perform not so much a series of duets as a series of mechanical interactions, for me the highlight was watching fluid Liane Aung dance with Adrian Hoffman. Aung is one of those dancers who can deliver an array of movement with her silky limbs. Hoffman, new to the company this season, is equally supple in this pas.
Liane Aung and Adrian Hoffman in Pascal Touzeau's Stickers
After a break, Agami's Duck Sitting begins to throbbing percussion. The seven dancers look like Madison Avenue castaways, dressed in shreds of business suits. It feels a bit like the artistic collision of Gilligan's Island and Lord of the Flies. These castaways are angry, alienated, and they dance out their emotions.
WW company members in Danielle Agami's Duck Sitting
Cameron Birts jumps forward, then continues to jump through the other six dancers, each of whom is moving to her own interior choreography. They clump into a pile center stage, and Hoffman, hair disheveled, looks out at the audience and waves in acknowledgement, prompting his fellow dancers to join in. The dance takes a light turn at this point, the dancers miming texting, distancing themselves from one another through the simulated light of their small smart phone screens. It was fun to watch but it felt as if the momentum at the start of Agami's creation sort of fizzled away.
The evening ends with Wevers' Silent Scream, inspired by Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator, as well as by pantomime. Each of the dancers is dressed as an archetypal figure: jail bird, femme fatale, working stiff, and Chaplin himself. Peil is the heart of this dance, eventually stripped from trousers and a work shirt to her white skivvies. As Chaplin's voice urges us to forge a kinder, more just society (a resonant message if there ever was one) Peil is the stand-in for everyone who's being battered by incivility and hatred, by oppression and discrimination.
From left, Karl Watson, Adrian Hoffman, Jim Kent, Mia Monteabaro and Cameron Birts in Silent Scream
I was struck in particular by her duet with Cameron Birts, who portrays the femme fatale, clad in a vintage polka dot dress. Peil is a tall cool blonde; Birts is compact and dark skinned, with incredibly long arms. As partners, Peil performs the traditional "male" role: lifting Birts up, taking the lead as they twirl together.
Artistic Director Wevers has taken great care over Whim W'Him's eight years to recruit technically excellent dancers. It's a small company; there are no official stars, but during her tenure he's called on Peil to portray everything from humor to emotional disintegration, to twist her long body into knots and to soar across the stage.
I'll miss Peil; along with Jim Kent, she's helped to build the company, to present the array of choreography Whim W'Him has brought to dancer lovers in the region. Artistic departures are never easy, but I'm encouraged when I watch WW newcomers Adrian Hoffman and Cameron Birts. Along with Kent, Aung, Karl Watson and the ever-steady Mia Monteabaro they're the foundation of a company that offers something unique to local dance lovers.
A Quiet, Enduring Artistry
Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Karel Cruz
When the lights come up on Benjamin Millepied's Appassionata, five dancers in brightly colored costumes take their positions at center stage.
Then they wait.
In a rush, dancer number six flies out from the wings to join them; pianist Allan Dameron dives into the Beethoven sonata that lends the ballet its name and the action begins.
On opening night of Pacific Northwest Ballet's Love and Ballet, the final program of this artistic season, dancer six was Karel Cruz, in one of his final performances with PNB. As I watched him arrive onstage, I had to laugh. This is NOT a guy who's late. He's reliable, dependable and beloved by the entire company. Then, I released a breath I hadn't realized I'd been holding. This was going to be one of the last times I would savor Karel Cruz onstage.
Choreographer Millepied created Appassionata for three couples who spend two thirds of the ballet in fast-paced, lyrical flirtations. They literally bound with energy as they consort with their color-coded partners. Then it's time to trade in the original partner for somebody more interesting. (Principals Noelani Pantastico and Jerome Tisserand wind up with one another, and what luck for the audience. I haven't seen these two as partners before, but their chemistry is masterful and magical.)
PNB Principal Dancers Elizabeth Murphy and Karel Cruz in Appassionata
In the middle of this ballet, the tempo slows, and we are treated to a quiet and tender pas de deux for a couple in white: Cruz, and principal Elizabeth Murphy. As I watched them together, I was struck once again by Cruz's confident presence. Murphy—and every other ballerina that has ever danced with Cruz during his 18 year tenure with PNB—always trusts that he will be there for her, lifting her high, catching her in a thrilling fish dive, even kissing her, in this case. Cruz elevates every partnership, it's as simple as that.
Love the fish dive! Karel Cruz with Lesley Rausch in a photo by Angela Sterling
Each of PNB's male principals has unique and wonderful qualities onstage; Tisserand can leap to great heights, then descend to the stage with the grace of a feather wafting on a gentle breeze. Jonathan Porretta (out with an injury, alas) is a firecracker, born to entertain, with more than his fair share of charisma. Lucien Postelwaite is a gifted dancer and dramatist, Seth Orza a symbol of strength; I could go on and on.
By contrast, Cruz's artistry is quieter, more subtle, despite his 6'4" frame and a wingspan that seems to rival a Boeing 707. He shines in the classical roles, which he learned as a boy in his native Cuba. But I've heard tell that when he danced Christopher Wheeldon's velvety, sensuous After the Rain pas de deux with Lesley Rausch this past weekend, the audience went wild. (You have a chance to see them in it Saturday 6/9 at 7:30. Go, go go.)
Rausch and Cruz in Wheeldon's sublime After the Rain pas de deux
photo @ Lindsay Thomas for PNB
As I looked through photos, I was reminded of how wonderful it was to watch Cruz and former principal dancer Carla Korbes together. Both of them have an innate musicality and a silken quality to their movements. Together, they were often sublime.
Cruz with Carla Korbes in Swan Lake. See what I mean about sublime? Look at their faces!
While Cruz makes every partner shine, it's pure joy to watch him dance with his wife, Lindsi Dec. I saw them perform the leads in Alexei Ratmansky's Don Quixote a couple of years ago, a real treat. The love they showed for the dance and for each other radiated from them.
Cruz and Dec in Don Quixote. Fun, eh?
photo @Lindsay Thomas
A little more eye candy for you, Dec and Cruz in Crystal Pite's Emergence
Karel Cruz is close to 40 now—150 in dancer years. I know his body says it's time to retire, but I'm greedy, and selfish. Just one more dance. Oh, wait, I lied, I want another!
PNB's Love and Ballet continues Thursday-Sunday matinee at McCaw Hall. The program also includes Wheeldon's Tide Harmonic and Justin Peck's effervescent Year of the Rabbit. Karel Cruz will dance his final Seattle performance Sunday evening, in PNB's Encore program, a collection of highlights from the season, and from Cruz's career. That should leave all of his fans weeping in our seats.


Burger King loves to experiment with weird burger buns—usually featuring an unnatural color. Today, the chain has unveiled a new burger, the Nightmare King, featuring a green bun just in time for Halloween, but this time there's a new twist on the unusual bun gag: The company is looking to make good on its nightmare claim using science to figure out if eating this burger will actually make you more likely to have a nightmare.
The chain, along with creative shop David Miami, conducted a sleep study in partnership with the Paramount Trials as well as the Florida Sleep and Neuro Diagnostic Services to find out just how scary its new burger is (because we fear burgers this time of year?). Using 100 participants for 10 nights Burger King asked participants to eat its burger and then tracked their heart rate, brain activity and breath.
Apparently the burger, which has beef, chicken, American cheese, bacon, mayonnaise and onions on the aforementioned green bun, has a protein and cheese combination that can cause "an interruption of the subjects' REM (Rapid Eye Movement) cycles, during which we experience the majority of our dreams," noted Medina.
Why anyone would choose to eat a burger that allegedly causes nightmares? Well, we still don't have that answer. The burger will be available at Burger King locations from Oct. 22 to Oct. 25.


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Elastic Waves in Solids II
Generation, Acousto-optic Interaction, Applications (Advanced Texts in Physics)
by Daniel Royer
Published January 14, 2000 by Springer .
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• To start the pie-dough making process, cut your butter into smallish slices or cubes, place them on a plate (or some other vessel) and stick them in the freezer. Fill a large liquid measuring cup with ice and water. Set aside.
• If you want to make several batches of dough, rather than multiply the recipe and load up your food processor, make separate batches consecutively. For example, when I triple the pie dough recipe below, I'll start by cutting up the butter and placing each portion on a separate plate in the freezer. Then I'll fill up a large liquid measure with ice and water. Then I'll line up three big mixing bowls and fill each with 320g flour, 2 T. sugar, and 1/2 tsp salt. Then I make one batch at a time using the food processor, wrapping each batch in a tea towel or plastic wrap before proceeding with the next batch. No need to clean the processor in between batches.
• When I make the dough and plan on using it shortly thereafter, I prefer rolling it out immediately, fitting it into the pie plate, then chilling the dough-fitted pie plate. I find this easier than chilling the dough round, then rolling it out once it has chilled and firmed up.
• As Martha Stewart says: "Make it cold; bake it hot." A good rule of thumb is to bake your pie on the lowest rack of the oven at a high temperature to start (around 425ºF for 20 minutes or so), and then to reduce the heat to a lower temperature (350ºF or so) for the remaining baking time, anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes longer. Every oven is different, of course, so adjust temperature and timing as needed.
This is the pie dough I use for everything: galettes, tarts, etc. Dough can be made up to a week in advance and stored in the fridge or made weeks in advance and stored in the freezer.
In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar and salt together (or pulse in food processor). Cut butter into flour and using the back of a fork or a pastry cutter, incorporate butter into flour mixture until butter is in small pieces. (If using food processor, pulse at 1-second intervals until butter is the size of peas.) Add ice water and continue to stir with fork until mixture comes together to form a mass. Add more ice water if necessary, one tablespoon at a time. Gently form mass into a ball, divide in half, flatten each half into a disk and wrap each disk in plastic wrap. Chill until ready to use.
Would it be possible to omit the sugar so that the dough can be used for avoury purposes?
Another question…, if I put the dough disks in the freezer do you have any direction on thawing so that I work with them? Thanks so much.
I would stick the dough in the fridge the day before you plan on baking. If when you wake up, they still feel a little frozen, let them sit at room temperature. Let me know if there is anything else!
Very excited to try this! Do you have any insight on pie dough for my gluten free guests?
I always make my crusts ahead for thanksgiving but instead of leaving them in a disc I roll them out cover with parchment paper and fold into quarters. Then wrap and put into freezer. Then I can just fit them into pie plate. No need to get out flour and all that again. I am a messy baker and it works best for me!
Baked your Apple-Frangipane Galette last Thanksgiving eve kind of as an "extra" after the pies were baked. Well, it never made it to Thanksgiving dinner…husband & I dove into it that evening and finished it off for breakfast on Thanksgiving morning! Wow, it was that good! Pastry is outstanding and I look forward to using it for all the pies this year! Happy Thanksgiving!
So happy to hear all of this, Carol! I love the apple-frangipane galette for breakfast … so good with coffee … all that buttery flakiness. We've been treating ourselves to little nibbles every morning with the post-Thanksgiving pie remains. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
I used this for a potato leek galette tonight and it worked really great. Def the most flakey and easiest crust I've ever made. I omitted 1tbs of sugar and it worked just fine. I so appreciated using the tea towels and food processor for the dough, it was so simple and very little fuss and muss. I have been making galettes for years as well as trying out various themes on crusts and this was a nice buttery flakey alternative. I will be keeping this one. Thank you.


Customer Service and Employee Satisfaction have been hand in glove since the beginning of time. Measuring that satisfaction, however, is another story.
Since all of us have different wants, needs and perceptions, you might find yourself with several different pictures based on when you ask, what you ask and who you ask when you complete a satisfaction survey.
And, you might find that the factors that increase employee satisfaction are not the same as those that increase dissatisfaction. One does not necessarily correlate to another.
It's also important to know the employees interest level. And basically there are four levels.
There is the survival level. I like to call this person Jungleman. They are doing everything to just maintain their job, and not much else. If you ask them to take on additional tasks, they cry foul.
They basically want to be left alone and collect a check. At the first sign of trouble, they are gone, like the wind.
Then there is the acceptance level or Suitman. They have accepted the company's philosophy and are regular and productive employees, however, if something better comes along, they may move on to greener pastures.
At this level of interest, they want to see the company succeed, as long as they don't have to do too much extra.
Next on the ladder is the person who sees merit in what they do or Superman. They can sing the company fight song, know the mission statement by heart, and believe in what they do wholeheartedly.
These employees make the company go. They are the best people to have in a crisis and are the first to jump in with both feet. They are loyal and steadfast.
Every company needs a few of these people sprinkled throughout as their vision and determination is the difference between good enough and GREAT!
So the next questions is: What do your employees want?
There are several surveys you can use, some are more formal, some are online, and if you are subscribed to a survey service you can design any series of questions to measure a particular area.
One company I know wanted to gauge how employees would react to a move across town. They designed an online survey and asked employees to rate their new commute.
Keep in mind that the level of interest and job satisfaction is directly related. A person who is at the Jungleman level will not have much to say other than asking for "better pay". They don't really have a stake in the company compared to someone who is at the Superman level.
On the other hand, if you are trying to nail down a persistent problem, you may start with a wider range survey and narrow your results to the lowest common denominator by asking your employees to participate in a series of surveys.
Bottom line, although not inexorably linked, Happy Employees have the capacity to provide Better Service.
It's up to you to implement changes based on what your survey results indicate need attention.


Seborrheic Keratosis: Who Should I See?
When you first find a seborrheic keratosis it can be disconcerting, at best, and downright frightening, at worst, because they do look as if they are serious skin problems, however, you can relax, as they are benign growths that occur as you age that occur because of exposure to the sun.
When you first notice one on your back or neck or chest, the first thing to do is remember not to panic. As noted, the keratosis is caused by sun damage to your skin after an exposure of many years, this is why they tend to become more noticeable as you age. Seborrheic keratosis begins somewhere after 40 and everyone usually has one at some point during their lifetime.
If you notice one, contact your primary care physician first so that he or she may have a look at it. Often, they will confirm that it is just a keratosis and tell you not to worry about it because they are benign growths.
If you are still concerned, you can, of course, check with a source like WebMD, just to make sure that you have a seborrheic keratosis and then follow the recommendations they give you. However, since their recommendations are usually made up of the opinions of several doctors, it would be wisest to follow the advice of only one physician, your primary care physician who may recommend visiting a dermatologist for further advice.
On a visit to a dermatologist, the physician will look closely at the growth to ensure that it is a keratosis and if there is any hint that it might not be, the dermatologist may order a biopsy of the growth just to be certain it is nothing more than a keratosis.
In nearly 10 cases out of 10, the results of the biopsy are keratosis and it is usually benign.
One thing that you will notice, if you discuss the growth with a dermatologist is that he may use a special light on it to help with the diagnosis. This is nothing to worry about as it just shows the keratosis in more detail.
Usually, like your own primary care physician, the dermatologist will give likely just tell you to keep an eye on the growth and will do very little more about it because the growth is a normal part of the aging process in people with sun-damaged skin.
In extreme or cosmetic cases, the dermatologist may recommend one of several courses of action that could include localized surgical procedures, cryotherapy and such.
Seborrheic Keratosis: At What Age Do They Grow?


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