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Q: How to open and read text file in JavaScript asynchronously I'm attempting to open and read a text file in JavaScript without using any direct HTML, just JavaSCript.  However, because JavaScript is asynchronous the function is finished executing before i can select the file to read.  Is there a callback function i can use to read the file only after i've selected it? I don't know why the code continues to execute before i've finished selecting my file. I can now get my file opened and read but i still cannot return the built text object. Here's the code i currently have:
        loadFileFromDisk: function (leaveHere) {
        var openFile = this.createElement("INPUT");
        openFile.setAttribute("type", "file");
        openFile.setAttribute("id", "openFile");
        var openElement = document.getElementById("openFile");

        openElement.addEventListener("change",
            function(changeEvent) {
                var selectedFile = changeEvent.target.files[0];
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                reader.onload = function(e) {
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Warm Front is a government-funded initiative that aims to make homes warmer, more comfortable and more energy efficient. It provides a package of home insulation and central heating / boiler improvements up to a maximum value of £2,700 (or, if oil fired central heating is recommended, up to £4,000). Refer to the Warm Front Grants – What Do They Cover? article for a description of what can be provided.
The scheme is only available in England but similar schemes operate in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
sending an email to bec@eaga.com to check your eligibility or to enquiry@eaga.com for advice.
You first need to find out if you qualify for a grant — see the Warm Front Scheme – Do You Qualify? article or check the list on the web site www.warmfront.co.uk. If you do qualify, you can apply by telephone or directly from the web site.
recommend what needs to be done.
If the recommended work costs more than the available grant, you will be told the figure because you will have to pay the excess amount. If you decide to go ahead, the work will be done at a pre-arranged time.
And that's it. Providing the cost of the work is covered by the grant, there's nothing to pay!
My wife applied for central heating grant 2 years sgo and still has not received it.


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The conference remains evenly divided between winners and losers. Individual team records and efficiency continue to be consistent. As the table below indicates, through the first 6-7 games of conference play teams with losing records show a negative efficiency difference (offensive efficiency – defensive efficiency is less than zero). Essentially the efficiency difference is reflected in the win-loss records, logical, indeed self-evident, but not always true for a conference like the Atlantic 10 which has a reputation for inconsistent and unpredictable outcomes. Through the first seven (more or less) conference games the members show the spread of winning and losing teams, point per possession scored vs allowed and the efficiency differential continues to be relatively symmetrical.
Joe Dzuback (@vbtnblog) is the RTC correspondent for the Atlantic 10 Conference.
Conference teams played 12 games over the abbreviated week, going a total of 7-5. A winning percentage of only 58 percent continues the conference's declining winning percentage this month, but Atlantic 10 teams have 12 more games through New Year's Eve to rebuild their momentum. Four more games featuring Power Six opponents, two of which offer the signature-type of wins that can help a team's postseason resume, are still to play — see the Five Games to Catch This Week section below. We then turn quickly to conference play over the weekend, with five games on Saturday and two more Sunday, two of which should have long-term conference race implications.
KenPom observed that "players do jump from being decoys to go-to guys in one season, and some even regress the other way. Those are the exceptions. By and large, a player's role on his team in one season is a good indicator of his role the following season." Non-conference play suggests that the following players are the engines that drive their team's performances. The question is whether they can maintain that status through conference play. For those on the All-Freshman and All-Surprise Teams, the question on the eve of conference play is whether the roles and momentum they have established so far will continue.
Joe Dzuback (@vbtnblog) is the Rush the Court correspondent for the Atlantic 10 Conference.
Counting the four games played Monday night, the Atlantic 10 conference has compiled a 40-11 (0.784) record against their opponents through the first two weeks of the season. Every conference schedules its share of cupcakes and the A-10 is no exception, as nearly 38 percent of the slate — with a 15-0 record in those games — comes from conferences ranked in the lower third of Division I and Division II basketball. Versus the seven elite conferences and the A-10's four fellow basketball-first conferences, league teams have played 25 percent of their schedule and compiled a 10-6 (0.625) record. Results are particularly impressive versus the SEC (2-0), ACC (3-3) and the Big 12 (1-0) Conferences. Distracted by the plethora of upsets, the World Wide Leader gave George Washington's 73-68 win over then #6 Virginia a little less than a full news cycle before moving on to other upsets.
Best Win For a Program — George Washington over #6 Virginia. As one of the tip-off games for ESPN's annual Marathon of Hoops, the George Washington's win guaranteed that the Colonials — and by association the entire conference — had a full day's worth of free national publicity. At the very least expect head coach Mike Lonergan's program to gather a few well deserved votes in next week's national polls. The Colonials have 27 or so more games to play before Selection Sunday, but if their frontcourt complement of Kevin Larsen, Tyler Cavanaugh and Yuta Wantanabe, along with all-purpose wing Pat Garino, can dominate opponents as well as they did the Cavaliers, expect this squad to be in the thick of the conference race and very much a part of the NCAA conversation. Should Virginia regain its RPI footing, the bonus will extend to the Colonials, and by association, everyone they play on their A-10 slate.
Best Win For the Conference — Tie. Davidson over Central Florida and Dayton over Alabama. True, most computer systems rate the Knights and Tide in the mid-100's and a consensus of previews project them to finish somewhere in the middle third of their respective conferences, but these programs are both in conferences with higher national profiles than the Atlantic 10, which means these wins can only help the league's overall profile. Dayton's win over Alabama by 32 points may prove to be a bold statement about the relative health of the Flyers' program in the absence of Dyshawn Pierre. Along with George Washington, expect both of these teams to be in the hunt for conference honors.
After two quiet offseasons, three Atlantic 10 programs filled head coaching vacancies last spring. This matched the turnover rate from the 2012 offseason, the highest in over a decade. Two programs, Fordham and George Mason, released their veteran coaches, Tom Pecora (14 years, the last five on Rose Hill) and Paul Hewitt (18 years, the last four at GMU) respectively, in an effort to change the trajectories of their programs. Meanwhile, Virginia Commonwealth's Shaka Smart left of his own accord for Austin to take the reins of the Longhorns' program after Rick Barnes' resignation. Changing their historic pattern of looking exclusively in the metropolitan New York coaching pool, Fordham athletic director Ed Roach turned westward and after a brief (and unsuccessful) courtship of Robert Morris' Andy Toole, hired Eastern Kentucky head coach Jeff Neubauer. Neubauer, a collegiate point guard and 1993 graduate of La Salle, is no stranger to Northeastern basketball. Neubauer took his Colonials to five postseason tournaments (including two NCAA tournament appearances) during his 10-year tenure at Eastern Kentucky.
George Mason athletic director Brad Edwards hired Bucknell head coach Dave Paulsen after a two-week search. Paulsen, a veteran head coach of 21 years, brings a 134-94 Division I record (highlighted by two NIT and two NCAA appearances) to a Patriots' program that sorely misses the days of Jim Larranaga. Virginia Commonwealth athletic director Ed McLaughlin's task was to find, in Smart's successor, someone who would continue the momentum that the rising star head coach had established. His candidate pool came down to several former Smart assistants, and Tennessee-Chattanooga's two-year head coach Wade Wilson fit the bill. Wilson's variation of Smart's HAVOC system (called CHAOS) carried the Mocs to two second place finishes in Southern Conference play (27-7) and a 40-25 overall record.
The forecasters say three conference teams — Davidson, Dayton and Virginia Commonwealth — are comfortably in the NCAA Tournament's field of 68. Meanwhile three other teams — George Washington, Rhode Island and Richmond — are projected as a #4 seed or higher in the NIT. In an ironic twist all too common for the Atlantic 10, the #1 seed in the conference tournament, Davidson, holds the lowest projected NCAA seed (#11) while the highest projected NCAA seed, Virginia Commonwealth (#8), fell to fifth in the conference race. While the projected NIT contingent are all comfortably "in," none appear on anyone's NCAA "First Four" or "Next Four Out" lists. Short of a win on Sunday, the destination for those three teams will not change.
The conference regular season is two weeks away from finishing. Using possession-based offensive and defensive efficiency differences, three distinct tiers in the Atlantic 10 have emerged. The top five teams (see table below) — Davidson, Dayton, Virginia Commonwealth, Richmond and Rhode Island — have separated themselves from their nine conference-mates by an efficiency margin that will not disappear over the next four games. Richmond and Rhode Island present "Nitty Gritty" profiles that read "NIT" rather than "NCAA," and Massachusetts, lodged in the middle tier but possessing a winning conference record and an non-conference schedule strength ranked second in the league, will test eyeballs and gut-checks. Those three aside, however, the conference records and efficiency margins are behaving more than in seasons past. This is not the conference that sent six teams to the NCAAs last March, but lacking any clear locks (Virginia Commonwealth might be the only team that could lose out and still draw an at-large invitation) the A-10 has three solid candidates for the NCAA Tournament and three more bubble teams. Reviewing the remaining games indicates that bids for the bubble will most likely come at the expense of the conference's three strongest candidates.
Virginia Commonwealth (21-6, 11-3) — The Rams have to stay healthy and not lose to George Mason (RPI #221). Losing Briante Weber was a blow, but the recent two-game skid happened while senior wing Treveon Graham, coach Shaka Smart's penultimate go-to guy, was sidelined with a ankle sprain. The three-game bounce back came with Graham in the lineup. In a one possession game when a score is necessary Smart will give Graham the ball and call for a clear out. VCU's offense and defense took a step back during much of the season, but Graham's numbers (usually coupled with one from an assortment of complementary parts, especially Mel Johnson and Moe Alie-Cox) have been strong enough to carry the team against most opponents on most nights. With one of the more challenging four games slates remaining (Richmond, Dayton, Davidson and George Mason have a combined conference record of 31-25, 0.554), the priority is to not lose to GMU. A 3-1 finish (24-7, 14-4) is probably optimistic, but anything less would put the Rams into tie-breakers with at least one other conference team. VCU holds the tie-breaker over Rhode Island (the most likely tie), but a loss to Dayton would give the Flyers the tie-breaker and should the loss come to Davidson, the Rams and Wildcats would have to muddle through the next set of tie-breaker rules to determine the #1 seed in Brooklyn. The Rams have been a regular fixture in the conference tournament championship game since joining the conference in 2012, but have yet to win either the regular season (and take the #1 seed in the tournament) or the tournament championship game.
Games last week confirmed that three undefeated teams — Virginia Commonwealth, Dayton and Rhode Island — have emerged as the teams to beat, while three others –Fordham, St. Louis and Saint Joseph's — will struggle for the next nine weeks. For our three winless teams, the fact that each has played at least one contest against the group of VCU, Dayton and Rhode Island means there is a clear separation between those three and the other 11 teams in the conference. Saint Joseph's third loss was, for example, to Duquesne, which carries two losses of its own (Dayton and Rhode Island). Phil Martelli's squad may spring a surprise or two in February, but the youthful Hawks still have a lot to learn. Saint Louis lost a lot to graduation but a preseason shoulder separation to forward Grandy Glaze took even more experience away from Jim Crews's team. Glaze had surgery last week to correct the separation and will not play again this season. Fordham's points for/against margin is running at -36 through three games (-12 per game), a clear indication that the Rose Hill Rams are still "rebuilding" well into Tom Pecora's fifth season. Their prognosis is not good.
The BCS conferences may have soaked up most of the ink spent covering conference realignment, but the Atlantic 10 has undergone three realignment-triggered makeovers in the last decade. The long term triumvirate of flagship programs — Massachusetts, Temple and Xavier — were divvied up by the bigger fish, resulting in a conference footprint that has stretched far away from its New England, Middle Atlantic and Rust Belt roots, now creeping southward into North Carolina and westward to the Mississippi River. Temple, along with the football-playing remnants of the Big East, formed the American Athletic Conference, while Xavier, along with Butler (who paused for a cup of coffee in 2012-13) joined up with the basketball-first schools of the Big East. The Atlantic 10 in reaction brought in Charlotte (which has since returned to the C-USA), Davidson, Virginia Commonwealth and St. Louis. The three Philadelphia members — La Salle, Saint Joseph's and Temple — gave the conference a Philadelphia-centric feel through the 1990s and 2000s, as at least one of the three schools took (or shared) the regular season title (or the tournament title) in 10 of their last 15 seasons together. As Temple and Xavier took their leaves to greener pastures, Virginia Commonwealth and St. Louis (with a challenge from resurgent Massachusetts) have stepped into the vacuum.
Non-conference returns hinted change was at hand, and the games of the conference's first weekend offer a tentative confirmation. Consider that St. Bonaventure soundly beat Massachusetts, an NCAA Tournament last season, 69-55 in Amherst. Rhode Island, whose 29-63 record over the past three seasons was the nearly the mirror opposite of host St. Louis (81-23), beat the Billikens 65-53 at Chaifetz Arena (where the Bills have a 36-10 record over the last three seasons). Davidson opened its inaugural season in the Atlantic 10 with a resounding 81-67 win over visiting Richmond even as George Washington broke its road skid with a 64-60 win on Hawk Hill. Virginia Commonwealth is still the team to beat. Shaka Smart's program returned to the Top 25 this week in both national polls, coming in at #20 in the AP and #21 in the USA Today/Coaches polls. VCU will, however, have to contend with new challengers, two schools south of the Mason-Dixon line and two from the northern and eastern edges of the footprint, as the Rams try to win the conference title in their third season as a member.
While games with the highest-ranked six conferences accounted for only 35 percent of last week's conference schedule, they accounted for six of the eight losses the Atlantic 10 recorded. George Washington's win over DePaul represented the lone win the league has recorded this season against the Big East, but Rhode Island's E.C. Matthews, despite scoring 27 points, could not notch another one over intrastate rival Providence. Fordham took the other loss to a Big East team last week, as the Rams fell to crosstown rival St. John's. The Big Ten's Penn State beat two A-10 teams this past week, squeaking by Duquesne on Wednesday before turning around to beat George Washington over the weekend. Duquesne and Saint Louis lost troubling games to teams that play among the lowest-ranked conferences; Duquesne was upset by local rival Robert Morris of the NEC while the Billikens dropped a decision to the Summit Conference's South Dakota State. Those kinds of losses drag down the conference-wide RPI, something to watch as the season carries on.
VCU vs Belmont (Tuesday 12/16 7:00 PM ET) — This should be a bear of a week for the Rams, as they face giant-killing Belmont on Tuesday and Cincinnati on Saturday. Tuesday should be an easier game, given VCU's notable home court advantage and Belmont's two-game losing streak. Both teams press and rely on turnovers to fuel their offense, and given that fact, both also have poor field goal defense. VCU has trouble defending the three-point line while Belmont converts efficiently from there. Hitting that three on a delayed break is the key stat for determining Belmont's prospects.


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Q: How to print out data line by line? I made the following code, which imports a file and prints its content :
import pandas as pd

file = r"..\test.xlsx"

try:
    df = pd.read_excel(file)
    #print(df)

except OSError:
    print("Impossible to read", file)

test =
    df['Date'].map(str) + ' | ' \
    + df['Time'].map(str) + ' | ' \
    + df['Description'].map(str) + ' | ' \
    + '\n'
    print(test)

The output is (I precise that it is printed in an html file) :

20/01 | 17:00 | Text description here1 17/01 | 11:00 | Text
description here2 16/01 |16:32 | Text description here3 <- In orange
when the the "Urgence" is equal to 3

But what I want is :
20/01 | 17:00 | Text description here1
17/01 | 11:00 | Text description here2
16/01 | 16:32 | Text description here3

So the problem is that what it currently does is to print ou "stuck" lines and it does not print the result line by line, even when I added the newline '\n'.
I'd be greatful to get some help, I cannot move forward without fixing it ...Thank you
Edit#1 : closing the thread did not solve the issue, I added the following lines :
df_string = '|'.join(test)
df_bytes = df_string.encode('utf8')
print(df_bytes)

And it still doesn't work in my html.

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i purchased the app but i do not see it.
Once you purchased the app, you would mostly have downloaded it already.
Tap the App Icon left of the textfield where you usually type your messages.
You should see a collection of stickers. Swipe left to see if your sticker pack is in any of the other pages. Swipe to the first page if you can't find them.
Press the BLUE + button on the top left collections. Swipe left to get to the app you want.
There you should see the iMessage App Store. You can see if your stickers are installed by tapping the the Manage segment button.
There you can turn your stickers on or off via the switch controls.
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how do i rotate and scale my stickers?
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You can use your thumb to pinch-to-zoom which will scale the sticker.
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Q: Accessing the (linux) task_struct structure The Linux *task_struct* structure is defined in the  header and is wrapped in preprocessor macros
#ifndef KERNEL

struct task_struct{

....

....

};

...

...

#endif

Now there are functions in other headers that take task_struct objects as parameters in their argument list but I always get a compiler error in gcc that task_struct is undefined.
So in short, can headers which functions and data structures that use task structs only be compiled and with kernel compile(as part of a kernel object)? Or is there a way to compile them using the classic gcc c-compile command?


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Adult Education Survey
Statistical domain:
Euro-SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)
Contact organisation
Contact organisation unit
'Education and Culture Statistics' Department
Svilen Kateliev
Contact person function
Contact mail address
2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria
Contact fax number
Metadata update
Metadata last certified
Metadata last posted
Metadata last update
Statistical presentation
Adult Education Survey (individuals 25-64 years old) was conducted in all EU member states according to common methodology which ensured international comparable data. Main subject of the survey is participation in different types of learning activities.
· International Standard Classification of Education, 1997 (ISCED 1997) for AES 2007 and AES 2011;
· International Standard Classification of Education, 2011 (ISCED 2011) for AES 2016;
· Classification of the fields of education and training (COO-2008) for AES 2007 and AES 2011;
Classification of the fields of education and training (COO-2015) for AES 2016;
· National Classification of Occupations and Duties
· Classification of Economic Activities (CEA-2008, for international use NACE.BG 2008).
Sector coverage
Sample survey covering individuals aged 25-64, permanent residents in Bulgaria.
Statistical concepts and definitions
· Lifelong learning: All learning activity undertaken throughout life, with the aim of improving knowledge, skills and competences, within a personal, civic, social, and employment related perspectives.
· Formal education is defined as education provided in the system of schools, colleges, universities and other formal educational institutions that normally constitutes a continuous "ladder" of full-time education for children and young people, generally beginning at the age of five to seven and continuing to up to 20 or 25 years old.
· Non Formal Education is defined as any organised and sustained educational activities that do not correspond exactly to the above definition of formal education. Non-formal education may therefore take place both within and outside educational institutions and cater to persons of all ages.
Informal learning is purposeful (intentional) learning activity aimed to enhance personal knowledge and skills. The most widespread forms (methods) of Informal learning are:raining with the help of a family member, colleague or friend; usage of printed materials/issues- books, manuals, specialized journals, guidelines; PC usage; watching educational TV programmes or audio/video tapes with educational topics; visitsof museums,historical and natural sights with a guide; visits of training centers, libraries and community centers with educational goals.
Statistical unit
Individuals and learning activities.
Statistical population
The reference population is defined as people living in private households. The target population is restricted to people aged 25 to 64.
Reference area
Whole country
Base period
Number and percent.
Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements
· Regulation (EC) N 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning;
· Commission regulation (EU) No 1175/2014 of 30 October 2014 implementing Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council
· Methodological documents of Eurostat;
· Law on Statistics.
Confidentiality - policy
· Law on Statistics;
· Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.
Confidentiality - data treatment
In compliance to the Law on Statistics (Articles 25 and 26).
In accordance to the dates defined in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4769/
Release calendar access
The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480
In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Frequency of dissemination
Adult Education surveys are run every 5 years in accordance to the Council Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008.
Accessibility and clarity
Press release in the internet site.
Education in the Republic of Bulgaria
Data on Adult Education Survey are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Education and Lifelong Learning: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4935
Micro-data access
In accordance to the Rules on Provision of the Anonymised Individual Data for Scientific and Research purposes.
Information services by order in accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.
Documentation on methodology
Methodological documents of Eurostat.
Quality documentation
AES 2011: Quality report in accordance to the Commission Regulation No 823/2010.
AES 2016: Quality report in accordance to the Commission Regulation No 1175/2014.
A set of quality criteria have been set up within the Commission Regulation No 1175/2014.
The national quality report provides users with basic information on quality at national level.
User needs
The data has been used by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and the Ministry of Education and Science.
The most important indicators on participation in LLL (Formal, Non-formal and Informal education), are included in the National Strategy of Life Long Learning.
A lot of interest from employers' organizations.
User satisfaction
Accuracy and reliability
Two-stage stratified random sample.
Sampling error
All calculations of the standard errors were performed by SPSS software, Complex Sample Analysis Module.
Non-sampling error
For survey 2007 response rate is 81.5%.
Timeliness and punctuality
Data delivery to Eurostat
2016 11/2016 - 01/2017 06-08/2017 08/2017
All deliverables were sent in time.
Coherence and comparability
Comparability - geographical
Fully comparable with all EU member states. Partial comparability with previous waves due to a change in methodology. Informal learning data should not be compared to previous studies.
Comparability - over time
Partially comparable due to the changes of the general methodology.
Coherence - cross domain
Partial comparability with similar research.
Coherence - internal
Carried out quality tests, mainly on the coherency of the gathered information.
Cost and burden
Staff involved in administering survey:
4 experts from Department "Education and Culture Statistics" - for survey organization, implementation of methology, preparation of the national questionnarie and interviewrs manual, sampling, training of regional coordinators, data procesing, preparation of EU datase and quality report, data dissemination.
1 expert from Department "Information System and Application Software" - responsible for preparation of the data entry tool;
28 regional coordinators from Regional Statistical offices - responsible for organization of the fieldwork, training of interwiwers and supervision of the filedwork, post-coding and initial data entry.
The average time for answering the questionnaire: 23.4 minutes
Data revision
Data revision - policy
Data revision - practice
Statistical processing
Source data
Individuals aged 25-64 in private households selected in the sample.
Frequency of data collection
Every 5 years.
Face-to-face interviews (PAPI).
Data validation is done by the National Statistical Institute and quality tests are carried out by the Eurostat.
Data compilation
Download in SDMX 2.1 file format: Adult Education Survey
Metadata Structure Definition in SDMX 2.1: ESMS_MSD+BNSI+2.0+SDMX.2.1.xml
Annual Business Statistics
Business Surveys
R&D, Innovations and Information Society
Short-term Business Statistics
Employment and Hours worked - total of the economy
Employment and Hours worked - by Regions
European Comparison Programme
Financial national accounts
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Gross National Income (GNI)
Housing price statistics
Inflation and Consumer Price Indices
Non-financial national accounts by institutional sectors
Purchasing Power Parities
Supply Use Tables
National accounts - quality reports for the ESA 2010 Data Transmission Programme
Pension entitlements in social insurance
We in the European Union
Crisis Events
Indicators for Europe 2020 Strategy


"Large increases in cost with questionable increases in performance can be tolerated only for racehorses and fancy women," wrote 19th-century physicist William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. He would have appreciated the 2005 Yamaha FZ1 then, which offers most of the performance of the company's flagship R1 sportbike for much less money.
Kelvin well understood the relationship between the R1 and the FZ1: He was one of those responsible for developing the Second Law of Thermodynamics, which says, amongst other things, that heat always flows from something hot to something cooler. In this case, the red-hot R1 donated some of its blistering heat to a pretty cool street standard.
If all this sounds a bit contrived, the simple story is that Yamaha dropped its 20-valve R1 engine into a simple but strong steel tube frame bicycle and swapped out the 40mm carbs for 37mm units. The result is a lightweight street standard with around 140hp at the crank, slick handling and, fortunately, excellent brakes. In Europe, it's sold as the FZS1000 Fazer, where it sells well alongside the likes of Kawasaki's Z1000, Honda's 919, Ducati's high-end Monsters, and the Suzuki Bandit 1200 in a crowded marketplace.
So is there a place for a not-quite sportbike in the land of king-size cruisers? Were merit as important as fashion, the FZ1 would no doubt be a top seller: I could buy three for the price of a high-end cruiser and still have money for hard luggage.
I completed three tours on the FZ1 in 2005, plus a half-dozen 1,000-mile dashes to get to and from Vancouver. In that time, I came to appreciate the considerable merits of the FZ1, and to learn to live with a few very minor niggles. Its most seductive attribute is, without doubt, the engine. Although it really needs to get past a buzzy patch around 4,000rpm to start pulling hard, there's usable power everywhere, and outrageous amounts toward the top of the rev range. This, after all, is a sit-up-and-beg bike with a power/weight ratio that would humiliate an early nineties open class sportbike. So watch out for unintended wheelies!
Everything about the FZ1 feels light: the hand controls, hydraulic clutch, gearshift, brakes, and especially the handling. In spite of the simple-looking steel frame and lazy-ish 26-degree rake, the handling is outstanding with quick turn-in, direct, precise control and good feedback. I found myself pushing ever harder in the swervery, yet always failing to make any metal touch down. This is a well-sorted chassis. The only time it felt less than planted was when I hauled on the front anchor in a turn, and I could probably have dialed most of this out by tweaking the fully-adjustable front fork. The dual 298mm front, fully floating discs and single 267mm rear brake were extremely effective, except that the front felt a little spongy at times, and the rear brake was perhaps too effective and needed careful modulation in a quick stop.
And so to the few niggles. I found the riding position too upright for comfortable long-distance riding. Flatter bars with the foot-pegs moved back three or four inches would have meant I didn't have to hang on quite so tightly after winding on the throttle (the FZ1's whiplash acceleration gives a best standing quarter time of around 11 seconds at over 135mph) and that would have alleviated lower back pain and a numb bum. Until I dropped on a sheepskin pad, the seat was good for about an hour, mostly because there's inadequate thigh support.
And my favorite gripe, one common to most four-cylinder bikes: the lack of crankshaft effect. This means it's difficult to control engine speed, especially in a slow turn, and (on some bikes with fuel injection) snatchy on-off throttle transitions. I understand the reasons for this. A light crankshaft means quicker spool-up, and keeping weight to a minimum saves money while improving performance. But the lack of inertia in the engine causes herky-jerky power delivery, especially at parking lot speeds. Overall it means the FZ1 feels edgy and nervous a lot of the time. This is acceptable in a sportbike, less so in a commuter or tourer.
The only other area where the FZ1 comes up short is around the handlebars. The instrument panel is made for the minimalist, although there are two trip meters, a fuel gauge and a digital clock, but none of the modern electronic wizardry of the type that gives you the latest Dow Jones index or forecasts of the weather. Also lacking are two controls that I consider a safety hazard when omitted: a headlight flasher for passing and a four-way turn signal switch for roadside emergencies.
These are minor inconveniences in a bike that performs extremely well overall, and especially for the price. Of course, the 2006 FZ1 is now on sale. The '06 bike inherits the newer R1-type engine, still with five valves per cylinder, but now it has more over-square dimensions (77mm x 53.6mm), higher compression (11.5:1) and fuel injection replacing the carbs. The '06 is 20 pounds lighter, and has 320mm dual disc front brakes with a 245mm rear disc. On the downside, the MSRP goes up $ 500 to $ 9,099, and - a serious consideration for touring - the gas tank loses nearly a gallon to 4.75 U.S. Unless the '06 improves on my overall figure of 39mpg (and with fuel injection I would expect it to), that means range drops from 218 miles to 185.
So if you think the '05 is a better bet, the chances are quite good that if you shopped around you'd be able to pick up a remaindered unit for somewhat below the MSRP.
"I'm giving her all she's got, Captain."
I pull into a gas station in Escalante, Utah, and I'm just hanging up the nozzle when a half-dozen BMWs, mostly R1150RTs, pull in. I park up the FZ1 and introduce myself. We're going the same way, along Highway 12 to Torrey, through the Dixie National Forest. I ask if it's OK for me to stop along the way to photograph their group as they're riding through the Escalante Canyons. No problem.
Before I can get myself organized, they're off. That means I have to catch them, pass them and get far enough ahead to stop and get my camera set up. I manage to do this with relative ease: The FZ1's nimble handling (even with my full load of touring luggage and the World's Largest Camera Bag) and blistering straight-line speed mean I can whiz past the Beemers pretty much at will. Not that they're slow, either. I manage this a couple of times until we climb to the forest summit, where I stop, intrigued by a tree laden with old sneakers hanging by their laces.
Suffice it to say, the FZ1 is a very quick motorcycle in a straight line and in the twisties, and does it with a minimum of effort. The small fairing keeps a surprising amount of wind and weather away as I discovered when riding through a thunderstorm on the Hopi reservation in Northern Arizona.
My last ride on the FZ1, after five months and around 9,000 miles, was to return it to its owners, Yamaha Motor Corporation in the Los Angeles suburb of Cypress: from Moab, Utah, through Monument Valley, across the Hopi lands, along Arizona's Route 66, over the goat-trail Oatman Highway, through the California desert, and then a half-day of grinding across the SoCalopolis. The FZ1 handled all of this without fuss or muss. It's a great all-round motorcycle. Every rider should have a street standard in the garage. And if that street standard happens to be an FZ1, I'm betting it's closest to the door!
*Vancouver-born Actor James Doohan, a.k.a. Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott ("Scotty") of "Star Trek's" U.S.S. Enterprise passed away on July 20, 2005, aged 85.


Frank J. gets up to go get himself some coffee, but it's all for effect. I am on to him. I know what he's doing.
FRANK J.: Oh. I don't has coffee.
SARAHK: And you don't know how to make it?
FRANK J.: I know how to make my wife make it.
SARAHK: Not today. You make it yourself.
FRANK J. [with his cute face on]: Please, pretty wife, will you make me coffee?
FRANK J.: Please? You're so pretty.
SARAHK: I will only make your coffee if you understand that you are not making me make your coffee.
FRANK J.: Yes. I can has coffee?
SARAHK: Fine. But only because you asked, not because you're making me.
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He totally made you make him coffee. Mad props to Frank.
I agree Some Dude…He totally got you to do that! YAY Frank!
No SarahK! Don't do it. No!
He's makin' her make the coffee.
Stand strong SarahK.N Stand strong.
Ohhh poo. She made the coffee….
I'm a sucker for his cute face, y'all! What can I say?
So when do we get to see the LolFranks?
Hmm… I'll try to remember to do some of those.


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Sit back and enjoy the ride
Fans of recumbent cycling list comfort and the unbeatable views among the top reasons they choose this way to cruise.
SCARBOROUGH – Ron Dubay only came to Scarborough Marsh to walk with his wife and enjoy the wetland's natural beauty. The strange fold-up device getting packed into a Mazda Protege in the parking lot was unexpected.
"That thing has too many wheels," Dubay joked about the recumbent tricycle Ethan Davis was loading into his car.
Ethan Davis, owner of Wildfire Human Powered Vehicles, foreground, and reporter Deirdre Fleming ride recumbent tricycles alongside Scarborough Marsh recently. Jill Brady/Staff Photographer
Ethan Davis of Wildfire Human Powered Vehicles takes Outdoors reporter Deirdre Fleming for a spin on a recumbent tricycle near Scarborough Marsh. Of recumbents, Davis says: "The biggest reason people want them is comfort. ... The biggest question people have is how safe it is in traffic." Jill Brady/Staff Photographer
Davis joked back with equal zest.
"Most bicycles have too few wheels," Davis said with a grin.
Davis, owner of Wildfire Human Powered Vehicles in Arundel, is the only exclusive dealer of recumbent bicycles in Maine. And in six years, he has sold just 40 recumbent bikes. So clearly, these pedal-powered vehicles are not widely used.
Still those who have them love the recumbent's comfort and laid-back approach, both figuratively and literally.
They're not bikes, they're lawn chairs with wheels.
Funny as they may look, the perspective they provide is unparalleled on two wheels. On a recumbent bicycle or tricycle, also called a "trike," the world comes at you like a movie screen.
Bicycling, roller blading and scooters can't give the panoramic view one gets on a trike.
"It's a wide-screen TV," said Davis, an ed tech at Biddeford Middle School, as he peddled along the Scarborough Marsh.
Once fitted, the trike is unbelievably comfortable, which is their main selling point.
"The biggest reason people want them is comfort," Davis said. "The biggest question people have is how safe it is in traffic. You're so low to the ground. I've had motorists slow down and say, 'Oh, I didn't see you.' Well, obviously they saw me because they stopped to talk to me."
Davis prefers to sit way back on his trike, yet has no fear in traffic.
As long as there is a bike lane, as there is for instance on the Pine Point Road along the Scarborough Marsh, Davis is comfortable.
He practices defensive riding, making eye contact and waving to motorists.
"I try to be predictable. There is always some risk in cycling, because there are careless drivers who are distracted," he said.
Trikes come with a natural fear factor. But those who have them still love them.
Ann Foye of Portland wanted a trike for the stability and comfort to allow her to return to riding at 57. Foye said nerve damage in one leg as a result of back problems made it difficult to peddle an upright bike.
She saw one of these three-wheeled, zippy vehicle and sought a dealer.
"I decided I wanted to ride and I can't do it on a two-wheeler. It's not something I'll get sick of. I do enjoy it. I had seen a couple of them around. That made me start looking," Foye said.
Foye mostly takes her trike around Baxter Boulevard, on the stone dust path where she can do a five-mile loop worry free of traffic.
She still takes every precaution, with a flag, blinking lights on her helmet, and lights on the front and back of her trike.
"I'm still not real comfortable in traffic. It's so low and you get a lot of looks. There are not that many of them around," Foye said.
Ed Stolkner of Saco also got his first recumbent to provide relief from chronic back pain. Now he's a veritable collector.
He got his first recumbent 10 years ago. Some 12 recumbents later, he has four in his garage.
But Stolkner picks and chooses where he rides them. In Saco, where he lives, he waits until after rush hour.
"I don't ride on Route 1. But I wouldn't on any bike. It's crazy. I ride my recumbent where I would ride any bike," Stolkner said.
And yet, Stolkner doubts they will ever catch on in Maine.
"It's not exactly a big thing. There are other parts of the country where there are more recumbents. I think they are more common in Europe," Stolkner said.
A fan of all human-powered modes of transportation, Davis said he loves trikes because they are ever-changing. Upgrades and improvements and innovations occur annually in the world of trikes.
Trikes come in different models and configurations. Some have two wheels in the front and one in the back. Others have one of three wheels in the front.
Davis has sold all kinds, including some that have an adjustable frame to allow it to fit all size riders.
Most have 27 gears with shifting done right above or on the handles, allowing an intrepit cyclist to fly.
"They can easily get up to 25 mph," Davis said.
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'Coco' is the movie Latinos have been waiting for
Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 by CNN in Opinion
Viva Mexico! Last weekend, Disney Pixar's animated film "Coco" soared to the top of the box office, pulling in an estimated $71 million over the five-day holiday period. The film, which tells the story of a young Mexican boy's adventures on Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, connected with US audiences just as it did in Mexico, where it opened in October and has already become the country's top-grossing film of all time.
With its stunning animation and heartwarming message, "Coco" is not unlike other Pixar hits such as "Toy Story" and "Up." What sets "Coco" apart is that it's an authentic, inclusive depiction of Mexican art, music, and culture. The cast is nearly entirely Latino. At a time when Latinos continue to be scarce on the big screen — or portrayed as tired, negative stereotypes — "Coco" is a joyous homage to Mexican traditions. That in itself is cause for celebration.
But beyond that, in its sly, entertaining way, "Coco" is a rebuke to those — like President Donald Trump — who may see Mexico and Mexicans as a problem. And the movie's success proves that, contrary to attempts from the right to demonize American Latinos, a vast mainstream of Americans of all kinds are quite comfortable with Latino characters being represented in mainstream entertainment.
The box office numbers reflect that welcome — and the President should get on board.
"Coco" tells the story of Miguel Rivera, a 12-year-old who is determined to pursue his musical ambitions despite the disapproval of his family. Through a metaphysical twist of fate, he winds up in the land of the dead on the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos, and needs to obtain the blessing of his ancestors in order to get back to the land of the living.
While many Americans may confuse Dia de los Muertos with Halloween, these are two very different holidays. Dia de Los Muertos Is in November, and is not intended to be spooky or scary. Those who celebrate this holiday believe that the souls of deceased children come back to visit their families on November 1, followed by the souls of other deceased relatives on November 2.
Mexican families often create altars with photos and small gifts to make these souls from the afterlife feel at home among the living.
Latinos audiences will recognize many of these rituals depicted in "Coco," like the Rivera family's ofrenda (offering) and the pan dulce (sweet bread) laid out as welcoming gifts to their ancestors. The genius of "Coco" is that it's rich with such culturally appropriate touches, from a cameo by the famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo to its depiction of spirit animals known as alebrijes, to a character nicknamed Chicharron (fried pork).
Miguel's relatives refer to him as "mi'jo," shorthand for mi hijo, my son, a common form of endearment in Hispanic families. Yet the movie's themes are universal — following your dreams, the importance of family, and the human yearning to be remembered. "Coco" will likely inspire many audience members to want to know more about Dia de los Muertos, which is certainly a good thing.
One revelation of the film for Latino Americans is that when Hollywood filmmakers approach a multicultural project thoughtfully, they are indeed capable of getting it right. The filmmaker Lee Unkrich relied on Latino consultants to help him craft a respectful narrative, and producers made several trips to Mexico for research.
The creative team included Latinos, like co-director and screenwriter Adrian Molina, and musician Camilo Lara. Though these efforts may have made the film's development more expensive and complicated, the result is a bilingual, bicultural movie that is accessible to everyone — and, refreshingly, puts its Mexican characters center stage.
There are no gringos, cowboys, or conquerors. No one has immigration issues, unless you count the souls passing over the bridge between the lands of the living and the land of the dead. The Mexican characters are simply people, defined by their humanity instead of their ethnicity. This is a powerful message in a film whose audience no doubt includes many Latino families with young children. Movies like "Coco," in fact, may inspire young Latinos interested in careers in film and animation.
Not everything connecting with the making of "Coco" went smoothly. Early in the development process, Disney tried to trademark "Dia de los Muertos," presumably for merchandising efforts, then backed off amid a storm of criticism. And the day before the film rolled out for the Thanksgiving weekend in the US, the chief creative officer of Walt Disney Pixar John Lasseter announced he was taking a leave of absence amid allegations of sexual misconduct. Still, these real-life events should not overshadow the impact and significance of "Coco."
Consider that Latinos are not used to seeing themselves depicted in mainstream movies at all. A study by the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism found that in 2015, only 5.3% of characters in 800 movies examined were Latino — despite the fact that Latinos are avid moviegoers. What's more, when Latinos are represented onscreen, too often they are shown playing gang members, drug dealers, or maids.
A film like "Coco" gives the lie to such characterizations that are too often embraced by the President, who has called Mexicans criminals and "rapists," who has disparaged Mexican-Americans, and who wants to wall off our neighbor to the south. The era of Trump makes the success of "Coco" all the more powerful.
The filmmakers at Disney Pixar deserve enormous credit for presenting Latino culture in a positive light — just as it would and should for the culture of any group in this nation of immigrants. "Coco" is an enchanting valentine to Mexico, and to the family ties that bind us all.
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The 25th Legislature approved a number of significant measures, including an omnibus crime package, film production tax credits, state assumption of point source pollution regulation, and the creation of databases to track monthly alcohol purchases and prescription drugs containing controlled substances. Nonetheless, those actions were largely overshadowed by federal investigation of legislators, and ultimate indictments of two current and one former lawmaker, on charges that they were unduly influenced by improper payments from executives of VECO Corp., an oilfield services company.
The VECO cases cast a shadow not only over the actions of the 25th Legislature, but also over the 2006 passage of the Petroleum Profits Tax (PPT), as questions arose over the degree to which illegal activities influenced that legislation. In the wake of the ongoing federal cases, the Legislature approved Governor Sarah Palin's Alaska Gasline Inducement Act to encourage construction of a large-capacity natural gas pipeline to the Lower-48 states. The scandal was later an impetus behind sweeping changes to the state's oil and gas production taxes and credits in a system known as Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share (ACES), and prompted a rewrite of ethics laws. In addition to consuming much of the Legislature's time during regular sessions, the VECO affair was in part responsible for three of the four special sessions held in 2007-2008, which included the first of those to be held outside of Juneau.
Despite the cloud hanging over its proceedings, the Legislature found itself flush with revenues due to record high oil prices. Schools and municipalities enjoyed increased funding through the state's $9.2 billion operating budget, and most Alaskans would ultimately see the impact of a massive $1.8 capital projects bill.
Governor Sarah Palin is selected as the Republican nominee for Vice President of the U.S.
Alaska voters reject ballot measures seeking to prohibit the state from issuing permits for mining projects larger than 640 acres and to include grizzly bears among the animals that cannot be hunted using "same-day" airborne shooting.
New Attorney General Eric Holder moves to have the criminal convictions of Senator Ted Stevens thrown out after prosecutorial misconduct involving withholding of evidence is discovered.
The U.S. housing bubble bursts and prices rapidly drop by as much as 15 percent in some markets causing an increasing numbers of foreclosures. The related subprime mortgage loan crisis spreads causing severe damage to the U.S. and, ultimately, global banking systems, and sparking what is known as the Great Recession.
Nancy Pelosi becomes as the first female Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Conflicts rage in Afghanistan, Gaza, Iraq, Sudan, and South Ossetia (between Georgia and Russia).
President G.W. Bush signs a $700 billion economic rescue package-the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.


Oh, and then there's Captain Kim on the Rhode Island. Looked like a small set there, too. But, he was sitting down during that little scuffle. I wonder if Ransom would have sat down had he had a chair accessible on the Equinox...? And that scene in "Timeless", it was just LaForge in his ready room, wasn't it?
No it was that bad... Admirals Ross and Hansen got about the same setup , as did the Lakota and the Odyssey were about equal..
Well, I would think that the USS Rhode Island would come to a close second to the Melbourne set.
The Yamoto in "Where Silence has Lease" too used the Enterprise-D set.
The original practise for guest starring Starfleet ship sets was to use the Battle bridge set. That served as the Enterprise-C, and several Mirandas. And that pirate ship from Gambit. And others too that I can't remember. It got used more for other ships than it did for the Battle Bridge.
Still haven't figured out what Admiral Ross's ship was in "What You leave Behind." You saw him on a little screen with some sort of computer behind him. The Bellerophon, perhaps?
Possibly. But why would Ross have been on the bridge anyway?
-Ross was standing in front of the Defiant's engineering consoles.
-The original E-D battle bridge set is not seen as many other bridge sets - the Stargazer, and a few other rooms over the early years (most notably the hearing room set in "Measure of a Man". The set used for the E-C, Hathaway, et.al. is a different set altogether.
My main problem is with the size of some of these bridges. I thought the Equinox's bridge was rediculously big for a ship her size, and the Prometheus's bridge was too big for her purpose.
It could be that the crew of a surveyor spends all their time on the bridge, keeping watch over whatever the sensors are sensing. This is most efficiently done in a single common room where the specialists for the different instruments can cross-coordinate. Why not make that room be the bridge? It's not as if actual "bridge functions" related to the running of the ship would take much room, not when the mission of the ship is just to go to within sensor range of an interesting planet.
The Prometheus in turn could be super-automated, again making it unnecessary to have much crew in any other room. Let's just gather them all up on the bridge (although I didn't see too many chairs..). The Prometheus is a big ship, though - why *shouldn't* she have a big bridge?
Maybe the Romulans don't like to sit down on the console Starfleet chairs. It could do horrors on their backs.
But Vulcans and Romulans are almost exactly the same species...how could the Vulcans serve w/o a problem on Starfleet chairs and not the Romulans...?
To clarify: The panel behind Picards chair on the railing of the Galaxy bridge (per Captain Mike's post about the Yamato) is not necessarily removeable. The circuitry we saw was a flap of the Tactical console hanging over the railing. They had pulled it away to get at the circuitry underneath.
I've actually been fairly impressed with the bridge sets we've seen...even the one-episoders and on-screen-only bridges. Sure we'd love to see the whole thing...but let's get real.
The worst, IMHO, was LaForge on the Challenger in "Timeless". Not only did he appear to be directing the chase from his ready room, which was fairly obviously an interior set from either the E-E or Voyager, but the camera angle kept changing between takes. That bugged me.
That was Voyager's ready room in "Timeless" that LaForge was in.
If you watch "Ties of Blood and Water," when Gul Dukat is talking on the screen, you'll notice the camera angles change in on him during the screen. Weird.
Laforge was also sitting in the Prometheus's Captain's chair. That chair is seen on several ship bridges on Voyager.


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Rack Tom: 16x13 or 14x11
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Modern Tama Imperialstar: the new tom will replace my 13x11 as my main rack tom
14"x11" i'm familiar with, so i guess my concern is with the 16"x13".
. more surface area (more forgiving for Uncle Ghee)
. lower pitch (desirable for me)...will match well with my 16" floor tom and a second 14" or 16" or 18" floor tom (which i haven't decided on yet). it seems like the perfect solution, as i want it to sound like a floor tom, but not always so deep depending on how i hit it.
. i've never heard a 16x13 rack tom before.
. not sure about the 13" height above the bass drum.
does anyone have experience with a 16"x13" rack tom ?
Bo Eder
A DW kit I had some years ago (when the 'short stack' phenomenon hit) came with a 16x13 mounted tom - it had 14x11 and a 16x13 mounted on a short double-tom stand which looked like a Steve Gadd drumset. To be honest, I hated both the 16x13 and the 14x11, and I eventually sold the entire kit. The 16x13 tuned well, but I didn't think it made a good floor tom. Maybe as a rack tom tuned up some, it would be good, but I never tried that. Theoretically the size should work, because afterall, 16x14 floor toms can sound good too (which is my current floor tom with legs), and we're only talking about an inch less - so the difference should be negligible.
thanks Bo.
i found these vids, but it's hard to tell anything from them because they're mic'd.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIRQUqOCPj0 Sing, Sing, Sing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=untD6VDZGFk Kirk Franklin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4srHAOmk6U Bruno Mars
oops. i spoke too soon. here's one that's both mic'd and not mic'd. weird. the 16x13 sounds both deep and shallow at the same time. i wonder how much of that is because of his tuning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjVb3him93M&feature=plcp Mapex Orion Kit Demo
I have both of those sizes on my Starclassic birch. I absolutely hate the 16x13. I can't get it to sound good at any tuning. Probably me. But the 14x11 is magical. I love it. It has sustain for days. I use them both as floor toms (mounted). Though, when I say both I only use the 14. The 16 sits at home.
KarlCrafton
I don't have a 13x16 for a TOM, but I have 2 that size as floor toms on 2 different kits.
I LOVE the size.
I also have 12x14, love it, but can't stand a 14x14.
I have 3 13x15's and that's a great size too.
I like shorter floor toms because the sound is just as fat and full for me, but it's cleaner and sounds better not only to my ears behind the kit, but a lot better through a PA.
Multiple strokes and patterns are clearer too.
14x16 is a size I own and love too.
After having 13x16's and 14x16's, I would never buy a 16x16 size again. I'd never even consider a 14x14, I just don't like it's sound at all.
I had an 11x14 TOM, and I ended up having it cut down to a 10" depth (has long lugs, so no problem).
It was OK at 11" deep, but a little tubby, and too much air. Same reason I didn't like the 12x14 size I had.
Hitting them hard, it sounded fine, but any medium or lighter playing sounded crummy to me.
The 10x14 sounds a lot better IMO, and so does a 12x15 if going real large on a tom.
KarlCrafton said:
that's interesting. i love my 16x16. i wish all my drums sounded that good.
thanks for the info, Karl.
marko138 said:
magical ? i like magical.
i realise that i have modern Imps and you have Starclassics, but how does the 14x11 compare to the standard 13x10 rack tom (if you have that one) ?
drstrangefunk said:
That was a brave outing. I would not have posted this video if my groove were that shaky. But I digress.
Bo Eder said:
wow. was it really that bad ? could you point out the rough spots for me ?
I've got a 13" Swingstar tom but I haven't played it in ages and it's a entry level drum versus a pro level drum so it's hardly a fair comparison.
My 14x11 is easily my favorite drum. It just sings like no drum I've ever heard. But again, I use it as a floor.
In my personal opinion, anything larger than a 13" rack tom should grow legs.
hmmm. mixed reviews on the 16x13.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjVb3him93M&feature=plcp
Aeolian
I know there's something impressive about great big toms but I can't envision a 16" drum over the kick. I don't even have one on the floor. A 16 or 18" floor tom is an effect drum to me. For impressive breaks and endings or drum solos. But it gets lost in the mix of a band playing a song unless it's tuned up much higher than what people get them for. A mic'ed up 14 or 15" floor tom can sound pretty deep. Those huge drums were from a day when PA's weren't that impressive and if the toms were mic'ed at a show, it was usually with 57s or some other utility mic. Folks would tune them up pretty high and they would make a fair amount of noise that way. Tuning an 18" floor tom down low with a powerstroke or EQ head basically sounds like a kick drum. I already have one of those. Having only a 16 rack and 18 floor (unless you really tune them up) is going to lose any contrast. The audience will hear attack but no distinction of notes. You may as well just go from the snare to the rack and stay there. JMHO
audiotech said:
is that because of the size of the drum ?
Agree. I wish my 14 and 16 had legs. Hanging floors are way annoying. But I got this kit on a killer deal.
edvia
I've personally never seen anything larger than 14" for a rack tom, and I'm sure that's for good reason. You want some semblance of definition on a rack tom (moreso than depth in this case), and that would be exceedingly difficult with a 16". Not to mention the difficulty in mounting it in a comfortable position over a bass drum. I'd definitely go with the 14.
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13" and under for a rack in my opinion, everything gets to spread out when you go any bigger. I have a Pearl Export kit with a 14x12 (all toms are floating) and really wish it had legs, but it does sound amazing. Anything above a 13" rack mount is a little excessive to me.


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Pocomoke Remains Divided After Another Close Election
Supporters of the the town's first black police chief who was fired in 2015 failed to win at the ballot box again, but vow to fight on by Stephen Janis and Taya Graham
TAYA GRAHAM:	This is a story about race, and how it moves through our lives, how it shapes our perceptions and the world around us. This story starts in Pocomoke City, on Maryland's Lower Eastern Shore, where the controversy over the firing of its first black police chief, Kelvin Sewell, still lingers. It begins in the Back Burn, an almost exclusively black community where Sewell first decided to get out of his car and walk the streets. Many homes are vacant or rundown, and like the decay here, Sewell's dismissal continues to roil the community, which still seems divided. This week, the Citizens for a Better Pocomoke, who support Sewell, backed a candidate for the 3rd District Council seat. Her name is Monna Van Ess, her opponent, Dale Trotter, voted to fire the chief in 2015. But Van Ess disagreed. MONNA VAN ESS:	That kinda maybe was the launching point for all this because, like, I became more and more involved with this city. Attending more of the city council meetings on a regular… more regular basis. And it just opened my eyes a little more to just how much things need to be changed. TAYA GRAHAM:	She says the allegations of racism, recounted in Sewell's discrimination lawsuit, is emblematic of the town's divisions. STEPHEN JANIS:	What finally made up your mind that you were going to go ahead and do this? MONNA VAN ESS:	Well, a couple of times, like, I did not get answers to questions, I felt like the… we were left out of the loop with city things that went on, and it was just… it just got very frustrating. There was, no one particular, thing, but it was just a build-up of several things. TAYA GRAHAM:	But, she said the election was about more than Sewell's firing, that it revealed deeper divisions within the community. MONNA VAN ESS:	And people were not getting answers. That's another thing: I want to open-up communication. It's just terrible. TAYA GRAHAM:	We spoke to several residents who agreed. TEX:	The people are getting sick of it. The cops aren't doing their jobs, people don't even call the cops anymore, because they know when they do they're not going to do anything, so they just stay in their homes, lock the doors and… turn their TV's up. TAYA GRAHAM:	Tex is one of them who was willing to go on camera to talk about it. TEX:	Pretty much once every few days, you're hearing gunshots. You call the cops. They'll show up. 15 minutes later. Say, uh… well, we're ride 'er… which direction did it come from? We'll ride around and look. They ride around for less than two minutes, and then disappear. TAYA GRAHAM:	He told us how his neighborhood has been plagued by burglaries, and how he along with several neighbors have tried to set up a Community Watch. But after numerous attempts to work with the police department, they've been unable to even obtain the correct forms. TEX:	Try to get a Neighborhood Watch started over a year ago. And the chief of police has yet to make sure that has happened for whatever reason – of course, he doesn't live in town so why does he care about the crime in town? TAYA GRAHAM:	72-year-old Donald Taylor is another resident who says Sewell's firing was telling. DONALD TAYLOR:	And I've seen several of them come and go. I was sorry to see this first black chief. I thought, well, … I didn't think I'd ever see it. I said, I have lived long enough to see it. But it didn't work. (laughs) Not with everybody's… you know? STEPHEN JANIS:	Why don't you do your work? DONALD TAYLOR:	Well, I think a lot of people were displeased with it. That's my opinion. Uh… it's just been the other way so long, it's hard to change, you know? TAYA GRAHAM:	A fact, he says, is in part due to history, when the police department used to forcefully remove African-Americans from downtown. DONALD TAYLOR:	They run all the black people off of Main Street. Said decent people do their shopping, and they went down to Clark Avenue, well, then everybody wondered why does all the black people crowd up on Clark Avenue, because that's where they were chased to, you know? Oh, I've been here long enough to see that, though. That's why I… why I was glad to see, that I thought maybe it was some change, but… STEPHEN JANIS:	… force all the black people with batons and …? DONALD TAYLOR:	Yeah. Yeah, … yeah. Well, they… he would turn boys from … would come up here. … running with. (laughs) They were a rough bunch over there. STEPHEN JANIS:	And what would they do? They'd come down the street – describe it. DONALD TAYLOR:	Yeah. Well, just… they'd… time to go, and they would go. All down Clark Avenue there. TAYA GRAHAM:	And he was also not surprised by the indictment, and subsequent conviction of Sewell for misconduct in office, for his role in investigating a 2014 car accident with two parked cars. DONALD TAYLOR:	I think everyone was watching for him. Right? You wait, we'll get you now. (laughs) STEPHEN JANIS:	You said … DONALD TAYLOR:	We wait. We'll get you… (laughs) … get rid of him. He wasn't here long. What? Two or three years at the most. I don't even know. But… STEPHEN JANIS:	So, they said … eventually? DONALD TAYLOR:	Well, no. I didn't hear anybody say that. Understand. That I think everyone… my opinion, is that people were watching close, you know? When you stub your toe, you're gone, you know? TAYA GRAHAM:	In the end, Trotter, who was backed by Mayor Bruce Morrison and other council members won a close victory. MAN:	Dale Trotter had 78, Monna Van Ess had 62. GROUP:	(applause) TAYA GRAHAM:	But Van Ess along with her supporters vowed to fight on. STEPHEN JANIS:	What do you think this means for the Citizens for a Better Pocomoke and some of the stuff that you were hoping to work on? MONNA VAN ESS:	Well, first of all, for the citizens of Pocomoke, I think that they need to get out their mission, and get people out to express their opinions, and get them to the council meetings, and encourage them more to speak out. I will still be attending the council meetings, and I still will be speaking out. And I'll give people a voice. If they don't wish to speak out, or are not able to, I'll be glad to do that. TAYA GRAHAM:	The question, can a community heal that is at its core divided? This is Taya Graham and Stephen Janis reporting for The Real News Network in Pocomoke City, Maryland. For full disclosure, Stephen Janis wrote a book with Kelvin D. Sewell. ————————- END


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Ok, so I have been working on learning about sous vide cooking for a while now (I got my copy of Under Pressure Christmas 2008). I didn't start the actual hands-on part until February when I took delivery of my new, shiny magic machine. In spite of the lack of available recipes for the home cook, I have soldiered on, experimenting and learning as I go. I have made chicken breast, strip steak, flank steak, lamb shanks, lamb breast, duck breast, and chicken breast again. (Do I see a trend here?) You have heard about many of these in prior posts. It has all been very instructive and rewarding, but thus far the poultry breasts, both duck and chicken, have been the most amazing. A big challenge has been figuring out what to do with stuff once you have cooked it sous vide.
Now I don't know about you, but I adore chicken pot pie. (I'm not talking Swanson here – that's what we were raised on. In those days, they went on sale at 10 for a dollar and you understood why: you could never find any chicken inside. I hated that junk – even though in those days I'll bet it did not have nearly the chemicals and additives that it has today.) No frozen chemical kits for me! I'm talking about the real, honest–to-goodness, made-from-scratch kind of chicken pot pie. I decided to try a pot pie with sous vide cooked chicken breast, instead of my usual method which uses breast meat poached on the stove top. Chicken pot pie is an easy dish to master and man oh man did it come out fabulously with that chicken.
Here is what I did: I cooked the chicken breasts sous vide for the pot pie at a slightly cooler (57.5C/135.5F) temp than for other chicken breast dishes. This helped to ensure that the chicken did not get overcooked because I knew that I was going to cut the meat up and toss it back into a hot béchamel sauce to combine it with the other ingredients just before serving.
I considered the option of putting the chicken into the sauce with the vegetables after removing it from the stove, covering it with a crust and baking the crust in the oven. I think this would have worked too – especially if I put the whole pie under the broiler, instead of baking it in the oven. In either case, I knew the chicken was going to have to endure an assault of more heat and I was working on finding a methodology that didn't significantly alter the wonderful texture and juiciness the chicken takes on in the water oven.
A béchamel sauce is fairly quick and easy, especially a lower fat one. I always keep good, rich chicken stock on hand in my freezer. I make it from stewing hens – one good old bird will make a gallon of strong stock which I divide up into pint containers. I took a pint of that stock and brought it up to a boil on the stove, then turned down the flame and reduced the stock by a good quarter. Once reduced, I turned off the heat and stirred in a cup of low fat (2%) milk, some freshly grated nutmeg, a good heavy pinch of cayenne pepper, ¼ tsp white pepper and lightly salted it to taste. In a bowl I mixed a quarter of a cup of half and half (you can use heavy cream if you want) with 1/3 cup of granulated flour. I then added in some of the seasoned broth/milk mixture, a little at a time, much like you would do if you were tempering egg yolks for custard. I continued whisking this mixture until it was nice and smooth. I strained this mixture into the broth and stirred constantly while I reheated the sauce got it to come to the desired thickness.
If for some reason you do this and your sauce is not as thick as you would like, you can add more liquefied flour in the same manner. It is best to correct the consistency of the sauce this way before you add back the solid ingredients. By the way, I have tried cornstarch and other thickeners but for pot pie I prefer flour. Of course, I really prefer to make the sauce the "right" way – first making a white roux with lots of butter and flour and then whisking in the hot reduced whole cream and stock little by little. But alas, in order to keep the very overweight person ("Big Merri") inside of me from getting out, I have come up with this "skinny" method. It is not at all disappointing. Close enough to its more fattening counterpart the end result is a thick and velvety béchamel into which you can put all the other ingredients to produce a delicious pot pie filling.
A wonderful thing about a pot pie is that it is well suited to individuality and variation. A great variation to the plain béchamel is to add a heavy dose of your favorite curry seasoning to the sauce. If you do this, hit it with a tablespoon of sugar because the curry tends to be a little bitter. Also, you will want to first simmer the sauce with the curry a little while before you start the thickening process.
The other ingredients can be altered or added to, as well. You like celery? Just lightly sauté some and add it to the sauce. My mom used to like it with lima beans (feh!). I make mine with fresh diced waxy potatoes, pearl onions, and carrots, and thawed frozen petit peas (I use the frozen variety as fresh peas are near impossible to come by). If my family ate mushrooms, I would definitely add these in. Remember to saute these well to release water so your sauce won't thin out too much. I pre-cook all vegetables to just slightly al dente, individually so as not to overcook any of them. (Don't you just hate mushy vegetables?) I add these to the final mixture, just before the chicken, gently stirring just long enough to get everything up to the desired temperature. The meat always goes in last – another bit of insurance to avoid overcooking.
Now you can see I had other motivation for settling on the stove-top method of pot pie construction: I had a sheet of puff pastry on hand that I wanted to use for my crust. The beauty of doing it this way is that it eliminates some time pressure, not to mention that a puff pastry crust is effing fantastic! You can cook off the puff pastry and hold it in your warm oven while you are getting your other ingredients ready. You can even re-heat the stuff once it has been cooked. Though this is less desirable to me, it is doable. Just before serving the pot pie, take your big French knife to the cooked puff pastry to cut it into smaller pieces. You can get a fine shape and a clean edge with a swift push of the blade. Cooked puff pastry looks great and you can portion it out however you like.
No, smarty pants, I did not make the puff pastry from scratch. It may be very satisfying and therapeutic to do so, but the quality of the ready-made puff pastry, which can be bought from the gourmet grocer, is totally fabulous. Moreover, I am not a martyr! (Just make sure you are buying a puff pastry that is pure and simple – and made with real butter.) I thawed out that puff pastry dough and made my crust on a sheet pan in the oven. By placing a second sheet pan crosswise on top of the one holding the dough. This way I was able to leave plenty of space for it to cook while at the same time prevent the dough from rising unevenly.
Though I can rarely get my family to tell me what they want for dinner, they do ask for this dish from time to time. They gobbled up this version up and they were not at all unhappy that it was lacking the more traditional crust. In fact, my adorable, darling, precious, sweet, lovely teenaged step-daughter even went back for seconds – a real rarity. For a formerly finicky pastatarian (a vegetarian who only eats carbs), I took that as a great complement.


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