Check your spam/junkmail folder if you missed the emails. This forum has over 2000 users, and for the last 8 years we have never sent a bulk e-mail to every user. So, when we do, free webmail providers see that as unusual activity and it gets flagged as junk.
Please consider marking the emails "not junk" if you'd like to help out the cause in the future.
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The domain dispute has been resolved and all things have returned to normal.
You can also continue to use the .CA if you'd like, and it will automatically forward you to the original .com address.
The following is a mass email that was sent out this evening to all registered CHB members.
For 8 years you have been accessing this community at canadianhomebrewers.com. Until further notice, the community will be located at CanadianHomeBrewers.CA (note the .CA suffix).
This is because the .com version is currently involved in a renewal dispute (basically, it's being held for a cash ransom). This is due to a clerical error between myself and the registrar of the domain.
Depending on the results of the dispute, the .com version may return in the future. This is not guaranteed and I have no way of providing a good estimate on how long this may take.
Until further notice, the .CA domain (https://www.CanadianHomeBrewers.CA) is the only domain for this community.
For most of you, the .com won't load anymore. For some, it may continue to load due to way domains work (a short term domain name memory known as DNS cache).
I sincerely apologize for this inconvenience and I'm working to resolve it ASAP.
Hotmail Users are likely to find this email in their spam.
Gmail users seem to be receiving this email fine... but you may not.
To free email users, all I can recommend is to check your spam/junk folders, and add admin@canadianhomebrewers.ca (.CA) to your address book, and flag the email as "not spam" if possible. This website does not "normally" send out mass emails, so when Yahoo/Hotmail/MSN see a huge number of emails it sets some alarms off. Gmail is a bit "smarter" in that sense.
Due to a clerical error, there is currently a dispute regarding the ".com"
CanadianHomeBrewers.CA (note the CA suffix, not the .com suffix).
there is no anticipated ETA for this to happen.
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The most beautiful andalucian village - Casares
WHITE VILLAGE OF CASARES
Casares is a magical beautiful white village with whitewashed, sugar-cube houses climbing the steep mountain hill. It is located fifteen kilometres inland of Estepona, to the west of Marbella, in the Malaga province of Andalucía. Casares was built 4035 meters above sea level where the views are so breathtaking you will think you are looking at a postcard.
HISTORY OF CASARES
Casares occupies a distinguished place in the history of Andalucía
The history of Casares can be traced as far as 100.000 years back in time! Then the inhabitants, the Neanderthals lived in caves in the Sierra de la Utrera and lived from hunting and fishing. It was an excellent area with caves, natural water springs and a rich animal life.
The Neanderthals where later replaced by the Homo Sapiens about 6.000 years ago who lived in the large cave called "Cueva de Gran Duque". They seem to have been dedicated to (except from hunting and acgriculture) ceramic production. They made pots, which were carefully decorated as well as bracelets and necklaces.
Later the inhabitants moved out of the caves and built huts and with time created small villages "villas".
The Romans settled down and created the village Lacipo just outside the current village of Casares. They built roads and advanced water systems and minted their own coins, which could still be found in the ground in the area as soon as 10 years ago.
Julius Ceasar is said to have given name to the village Casares. And he was the one contructing the "Baños de la Hedionda" where he took baths to cure his psoriasis. Still people cover their bodies with the mud from the sulphur bath and claim to get better health from it.
After the Romans the the Moors came and settled down about 800 years ago and they were the ones building the large fortress still existing on the top of the village as well as the mere part of the original village.
The strategic positions and excellent views has made Casares impossible to conquered for several intents as for example the Napoleonic trops. It also was one of the last villages to be christened after the moors.
Beside ancient castle, several churches and chapels you can find in Casares many traditional tapas bars and quaint cafes, most of them in the Plaza de Espana.
It's great just to walk around to take in the serenity of the place and the winding alleys between the immaculately kept houses.
Climb up past Arrabal via Puerta Calle to the Castle. There is a cemetery located within the grounds of the Castle which is unique because of it's circular shape. There are whitewashed niches and this is a good place to rest whilst taking in the beautiful views.
There are a number of signed walks just outside the village. Some lead to the top of nearby hills where to can get even better views of the white village. Walk the Sierra Cristilina for natural beauty or you can take the popular walk down the river valley to Manilva.
Casares with its dominating view is a magical place to visit, and offers those who stay an authentic andalusian experience.

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How to remove the outside mirror?
The following instructions are regarding how to take the outside mirror(s) out of its housing, for instance for when it's broken, or if you need to take its housing apart more rigorously.
· …and inwards, to make it easier to work on if necessary.
2. …like you can see on this already disassembled one.
Now you can take the mirror easily out with the "car's side" first.
Take off the two electrical wires from the mirror heating. They're both brown and don't have to be marked, because it doesn't matter how you put them back.
4. When you put the mirror back, all you have to do is hook the spring-wires back like they were in point 2, re-connect the electrical wires from the mirror heater and push the mirror back in its place.
When it's a new mirror, you put the spring-wire from the old one on the new one first.
Continuing instructions how to take the electrical mirror adjustment out of the housing, for instance when it's malfunctioning.
1. Take out the three Torx10 screws, fixing the adjustment unit to the housing.
4. On the back is the connector, which can be removed by prying a bit with a mini-screwdriver.
Continuing instructions how to take the shells from the cast-alloy mirror stay, for instance when they have to be (re-) spayed, or replaced.
1. The top part of the shell is clipped onto the lower part three places, but this has to be done carefully: locate where the three clips are positioned in the lower part and pull them from the inside one at a time a little bit towards you and release them by pulling the shell a bit upwards. If a clip gets broken, superglue them together again.
2. The remaining shell is connected to the frame with four Torx20 screws.
4. …and two on the underside.
5. Now the shell can be taken off.
· If the outside temperature sensor had to be replaced (situated only on the right hand side), now is the time to do so, it's slid into the remaining plastic shell.
Continuing instructions how to take the complete remaining stay off the car, for instance when the plastic cover has to be (re-) sprayed, or when it has to be replaced, or when refitting an outside temp sensor (Vital sensor for a proper working A/C!).
1. Take the triangle on the inside of the car off, simply by pulling it off. Be careful not to pull too hard (even though is sits very tight), considering the tweeter and its cable.
3. Take out the three Torx20 screws, which fix the mirror frame to the car.
4. This is where I stopped, because the upper corner of plastic cladding on the outside is fixed to the car with a little plastic clip (like the ones holding the door trimming, only one size smaller) and that will not survive. Get one or two from the dealer before taking this off.
5. To take the plastic cladding from the alloy frame, take out the two screws of the underside and the two on the inside of the triangle.
6. Putting everything back is simply done in the reversed order.


At the beginning of February, the influential US portal dedicated to architecture and design, ArchDaily, closed the voting in which, a jury of 31,000 architects from around the world, has been called to bestow the prestigious 2015 ArchDaily Building of the Year Award, dedicated to the most beautiful projects of restyling in the world and resulting from the examination of more than 3,000 renovation projects from all over the planet.
We are talking about "The Number 6" from an architectural point of view, looking at the works of contemporary art that blend with the late-seventeenth-century frescoed ceilings and stucco, the eco-sustainable solutions and especially the light installations that radiate in the court, but … what will be "inside" the most beautiful house in the world? Or rather, how to decorate the most beautiful house in the world?
Well, once again it is an excellent brand from Turin that signed the accessory that a classy home cannot miss: the carpets.
Stile BK, historical brand in creating wonderful handmade home-textiles, has had the privilege to enrich the precious flooring of one of the two great attics overlooking the five floors of The Number 6. The futuristic vision of interior design dominating the apartment, is stunning: crystal walls delimit the different areas like iridescent Chinese boxes, the volumes open and contract alternately, breaking a whole overview of the spaces. In so much techno-armonia, the floors are heated with the three-dimensional textures of a huge Cubico in ecru tint that covers the surface of the large living room in the sloping ceilings mezzanine, while, in the downstairs living room, the pink led shades walking the perimeter of the walls color the atmosphere according to the iridescent spots drawing the coat of La Mosca (collection "Insects"). In the cinema room, you can sit directly on a fun "Fumetto" carpet like Crash!. And to complete the cozy reminder to "home" there are also large cushions in style with Cubico and Crash! carpets.
Also the vestibule at the entrance is not missing the intellectual citation of the portrait of Scapigliata (collection "Rinascimento") while in the sitting room on the lower stair we can follow a path dominated by linear passing of Labirinto's ordered involutions into the studio and into the minimal elegance evoked by oblique and irregular intersections that stand out on the surface of Cortina. "The Number 6", a jewel, a success all over the city of Turin and yet another opportunity to confirm the beauty, the undisputed value and the quality of Stile BK's creations; a satisfaction taking on an almost poetic value because it's the result of a synergy entirely played "at home" and "for the home".
STILE BK Contemporary Rugs è vincitore dell' Award for Design Excellence [ADEX] 2014.
L'ADEX Award 2014 ha avuto un record di 2852 prodotti iscritti da oltre 500 differenti aziende, da 50 paesi. ADEX è il più ampio e prestigioso concorso per prodotti d' arredo di design.
Il nostro è un mondo di codici, dominato da computer e agenti segreti.
Lana tibetana e cardata a mano, mix di fibre naturali e seta.Vello annodato su ordito di cotone.
Due personalità contemporanee in una singola immagine, un simbolo della capacità di integrazione di culture diverse.
L'evento "Forza Tappeti" si propone di offrire la migliore ricerca di progettazione nel settore dei tappeti tessuti a mano. L'edizione 2013 si svolgerà presso 'La Pelota', una delle posizioni più prestigiose della zona di Brera, quartiere di eccellenza per il design milanese. L'evento è una proposta di 'disgiunzione', una delle più grandi fiere di tendenza a Londra durante la settimana del design.


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A: When you create a customer in Stripe from a card token we automatically run a $0/$1 authorization on the card to make sure it's valid. This means that is the customer create succeeds then the card is valid.
That doesn't guarantee that you will be able to charge the card though as the banks ultimately decide whether or not they want to let a charge go through and this can depend on a lot of factors. The only way to make sure that a charge can go through is to create the charge itself and see whether it succeeds or not.

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Malbec World Day
April 13, 2011 Pieter
OK, so I was going to have a quick meeting with Andrew Maidment from Wines of Argentina to talk about his new initiative, to celebrate Malbec World Day. Little did I know it would become a masterclass, not only in Malbec, but many other grape varieties, as well as the intricate minutiae of Argentine beef.
Meeting in Gaucho should have been a giveaway I suppose. And Malbec really is at its best served with a juicy steak, or even better the marinated beef known as Churrasco. I am now in a position to tell you what the percentage of fat in each individual cut of beef is, but I'll refrain for fear of losing you right away.
I started asking Andrew why bother with Malbec World Day? Is it just a gimmick? It seems a bit random to chose a Sunday in the middle of April, but the date, April 17th, is very significant for Argentine wine. On this date in 1853 a bill was passed in Argentina which allowed the planting of a whole host of grape varieties brought over from France and elsewhere. And that's how Malbec made it across to Argentina. As I mentioned it wasn't just Malbec, but it somehow seemed to do well in Argentina's soils and climate and way down the line became internationally recognised as producing wines of excellent quality. Andrew mentions in particular the work done by Zuccardi and Catena in the nineties on researching the particular strains that worked best and propagating those to become even better. Consistent and long-term monitoring and lots of trial and error paid off.
Calathus Malbec 2008
We ordered a bottle of Calathus Malbec 2008 from the south of the Uco Valley in Mendoza. Interestingly, for the boss of Wines of Argentina, this was a new one on him, so that made it an easy choice. It also came recommended by the incredibly knowledgeable waiting staff at Gaucho. Andrew tells me that Phil Crozier, Gaucho's wine director insists on detailed wine training for all members of the front of house team, and it certainly shows. When quizzed on the various wines on the list detailed information comes naturally. Anyway, back to the wine. A deep black fruit nose, full of spicy, leathery and tobacco aromas. Fairly full-bodied, perhaps slightly too much for lunchtime but delicious with the Churrasco.
I ask Andrew if he agrees with some voices that argue that Malbec is making Argentina a one trick pony. He clearly doesn't, although he mentions he understands why people would say that. Look towards Chile and you see a whole host of variety coming out of that country that you don't tend to see in Argentina. Many producers are working with varieties other than Malbec as well though. In particular in blends that are increasingly successful. Without being able to look into the future this is where he feels Argentina can really start to shine on the international stage. Innovation is the buzzword at the moment and experimentation with lots of new varieties will bring more excitement. He also believes the country could become more fragmented with smaller wineries making very individual wines.
But Malbec will remain at the heart of Argentina's wines and so it should be. Andrew sums this up by explaining what is important for this grape and much of it centres around the Andes. It provides the all-important elevation, shelter, water for irrigation and the old glacial riverbed soils. Couple that with places as far apart as Salta, with some of the highest vineyards in the world, Mendoza at the heart and the much more extreme region of Patagonia in the south, and variety should not come as a surprise.
For Malbec World Day, Wines of Argentina are running a number of events, in both restaurants and wine shops. They are focussing their efforts on the likes of Laithwaites, The Sunday Times Wine Club and Majestic, all of whom have got market-beating ranges of Malbec in their stores and online and have really championed Argentine Malbec. I get the feeling Andrew would love to get a supermarket involved as well in the future but their ranges would have to be extended to make this a reality.
The most unusual initiative goes to a collaboration of English winemaker Chapel Down with Wines of Argentina and Gaucho Restaurants. Chapel Down will for the first time create a unique and authentic Malbec from grapes grown in the Mendoza vineyards of the Gaucho Restaurants. The grapes were picked recently and just this week they were crushed in the Chapel Down winery. The release of this unique wine will be on Malbec World Day 2012 and will be sold mainly in Gaucho but some may even make it into a small selection of shops. Similar collaborations are also taking place in New York and Toronto.
From Gaucho it's a quick taxi ride to the Argentine Ambassador's residence and a line-up of a hundred or so wines, about a third of which are Malbec with another dozen being Malbec blends. This is where I get to taste for myself how varied these wines can be. I got a bit of a Malbec awakening as I started to find a common thread in many of them. First I put it down to regional differences, but then I realised it wasn't that specific. It's a quality I find difficult to pinpoint. It is something aromatic, reminding me slightly of pine cones or rosemary, fresh woodland but not earthy. I guess I'll just have to taste a few more to find the answer. A job I'll gladly take on.
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News October 2018 FRC sets out new strategic focus to ensure audit serves the public interest
FRC sets out new strategic focus to ensure audit serves the public interest
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has today announced a strategic programme of work to ensure audit better serves the public interest. This programme encompasses work on auditor independence, audit quality, the future needs of investors and corporate viability.
Developments in Audit (PDF) is a "state of the nation" review for audit in the UK. It highlights key themes and issues and provides a robust evidence base to allow for an informed debate about the future of audit. These themes include:
Public confidence in audit depends on confidence in the independence of the auditor. The FRC will, as part of a comprehensive review of the 2016 auditing and ethical standards, test the effectiveness of the rules on independence. The review will include determining whether further actions are needed to prevent auditor independence being compromised, including whether all consulting work for bodies they audit should be banned. The FRC will work closely with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in this area.
VIABILITY
Taking lessons from recent company failures the FRC will develop proposals to strengthen requirements on auditors when considering whether an organisation is a going concern. This includes whether the responsibilities of auditors in assessing companies' statements on their longer-term viability should be enhanced and whether auditors should report publicly on their views of the realism of assessments made by companies.
INVESTOR NEEDS
The FRC is undertaking a review of the work auditors do on the front half of the annual report to assess whether auditors are undertaking enough work to conclude it is not materially misstated. The FRC will shortly launch a major review of stakeholders' needs for information in corporate reports and will consider to what extent such information needs to be assured.
FRC has adopted an enhanced programme of audit firm monitoring. We have also strengthened our enforcement capacity so that we can conclude cases more quickly and revised our sanctions framework to levy penalties that reflect the gravity of the issue.
Stephen Haddrill, CEO FRC said:
"This comprehensive reform programme addresses fundamental issues underlying falling trust in business and the effectiveness of audit, whilst also looking to ensure that the requirements on what companies say about themselves are fit for the future needs of stakeholders. If stakeholders are to have confidence in audit, they also need to have confidence in audit rules and regulation.
"The FRC has reviewed how we can improve audit quality and our supervision of audit firms.In addition to the programme set out today we look forward to proposals from Sir John Kingman and the CMA."
The FRC's mission is to promote transparency and integrity in business. The FRC sets the UK Corporate Governance and Stewardship Codes and UK standards for accounting and actuarial work; monitors and takes action to promote the quality of corporate reporting; and operates independent enforcement arrangements for accountants and actuaries. As the competent authority for audit in the UK the FRC sets auditing and ethical standards and monitors and enforces audit quality.
Alana SinnenCommunications Manager
FRCCommunications@frc.org.uk


Mold has become a high profile issue over the past few years as homeowners and insurance companies wrangle over the veracity of health issues and the responsibility of cleaning up mold problems.
In an unusual case in Texas, a jury awarded a homeowner a million dollar settlement for damages from mold found in their home. For obvious reasons, this has gotten the attention of everyone involved in the real estate transaction process. Currently, there is no agreement among health professionals on what levels of mold are acceptable in a home. However, most homeowners acknowledge that the potential risk of mold-related health problems warrants special attention and action.
Mold requires a food source (building materials like wood or drywall cellulose) and water or moisture. By eliminating the source of moisture (water leaks, excess humidity, condensation, etc.) you can stop mold from growing in your home or building. It's that simple. Preventative maintenance is the key. However, finding water/moisture entry points and sources can be very complicated.
Nearly every state licensure standard of practice and national standard of practice excludes inspecting for the presence of Mold or any substance that may be harmful to humans from the scope of the home inspection. Your BPG Inspector will be actively examining the property for moisture and damage associated with water intrusion in the home. Please feel free to discuss moisture concerns with your inspector and ask if there are any specific tests that the inspector can perform that go above and beyond the scope of the general inspection. When moisture-related problems present in a home, we believe it is important to treat these concerns seriously, but also in a manner that helps our Clients keep things in perspective. Clients should always research the history and cause of the moisture intrusion and ensure the problem has been property corrected so that no further damage is occurring. In many cases, homeowners can safely clean mold from the building surfaces on their own and make simple repairs to prevent further moisture intrusion. In fact, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says:"If the mold area is less than about 10 square feet (roughly a 3-foot by 3-foot patch), you can handle the job yourself." Remember, it is important to eliminate the cause of mold rather than simply clean or mask the problem.
When is a Specialist Needed?
While mold is an important issue and may be a health concern for certain individuals, it can often be remedied without major expense or inconvenience. When signs of extensive mold are found, however, a professional should be consulted for proper remediation. In addition, should a homeowner or potential homeowner have specific health-related concerns mold testing can be conducted to determine the types and quantity of mold spores — although no official standards have been established for unsafe levels. The EPA has guidelines for cleaning mold, but also suggestions about how to prevent the problems in the first place. For more information about mold please reference the EPA website.
We're working to be your home inspection expert — we're working to earn your business.
BPG employs more than 400 inspectors, engineers and service professionals who must meet rigorous training and on-going quality review standards. Our inspectors are passionate about helping you understand your current or prospective home. Over 98% of our customers said we added real value to the process and exceeded their expectations. We stand behind every one of our inspections with a Superior Service Gurantee. We're confident our inspections provide real value. If we don't meet your expectations, we'll refund your home inspection fee — it's that simple.
BPG has committed substantial resources to the development of its state-of-the-art electronic Inspection Management System. The system features an enhanced comment library, and walks the inspector through the home, checking every system and structure. Reports are also available on our Web site within 24 hours or less. Most importantly, the system ensures that BPG reports provide the home buyer/seller with the most accurate and detailed description of the condition of the property.
We want the best, and hire only the best. Upon completion of the training program, candidates are placed with local mentors, who continue to foster their professional development on an on-going basis. BPG requires continuous training for all employees, and provides seminars and workshops to keep them informed of advances and changes in the industry.
We are fundamentally changing the face of the home inspection industry, with new products and services such as Extended Advice, advanced training techniques, state-of-the-art computer hardware and software, and a commitment to quality and professionalism that is unmatched in the industry. We are the leading provider of property inspection services. Anywhere.
BPG Inspections strongly supports the professional development of our employee inspectors as well as various industry organizations that promote professionalism throughout the inspection industry.
Our Inspector Professional Development plan encourages our inspectors to explore national and local affiliations with those groups that further their own professional and technical development. Our inspectors a members of groups such as ASHI, NACHI, FABI, CREIA, AARST and many others.


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The Hunter's Full Moon Gala Gratitudes
It's time… for a humongous, joyous, and loving THANK YOU to everyone who came out to the Hunter's Full Moon Gala! Whether you flew in solo or inspired friends and family to come along, danced in the audience or offered your time and talents- after two long years without an event, we are reminded of the many reasons we do what we do… it's YOU!
Emma Robinson
A Love Note from Executive Director, Marissa Percoco:
What an amazing evening! After two years without an event, I am reminded of the many reasons I do this work. Yes, I enjoy the rush of creating magic under pressure; of organizing endless moving pieces into a congruent whole and then offering it to the universe as a prayer and a gift; of gathering my many talented friends into one cohesive moment to shine brightly and to watch ALL the people dancing- the smiles, the hugs, the joy…
But the biggest payoff, I think, is the people like Tom.
He came to offer a donation because he is a kind soul. He has never been involved with The Firefly Gathering, and wasn't aware of what we are all about. So, he bought a ticket, donated some great things, and came to the show. Halfway through the evening he found me and had that look in his eyes–you know the one. He was in– he drank the metaphorical kool aid, and was amazed! He quietly said to me, while gesturing out over the crowd, "I didn't know there were people like this..!"
In moments like this, it re-occurs to me that Firefly isn't about the staff or performers. It's not even really about the classes, the skills, or the annual gathering itself. All of these pieces are important; but the glue that holds us together is…YOU.
This community, gathering and growing together for over a decade now here in these hills, shows up to celebrate and share in the skills and ideologies that help us to live abundantly and harmoniously with each other and Earth. Witnessing and feeding the beauty, adaptability and love of this community is really what feeds my soul. So, I thank you, from the bottom of my heart, to everyone who made the both the Gala and this beautiful reminder possible.
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We want to give a special thank you to all our performers-
Especially Leah, David, Chloe and Biko for surprising us with a stage full of so much of Rising Appalachia! We are also so honored to have enjoyed the Resonant Rogues, hip-hop artists Isa Whitaker and Speed Waller, dancers Troupe Ballyhoo and the OMotion Collective, live painter Madison Moore, and of course, our beloved friend and wisdom keeper, Nancy Basket, on our first-ever Gala stage. We also want to thank our amazing staff, board, worktraders, volunteers and our sponsors for helping to make this event such a success.
The $10k+ raised at the gala will allow us to coordinate Perennial Firefly workshops for the spring, prepare for our Annual Firefly Gathering at Deerfields, June 7-12th, and continue to fund and expand upon our commitment to making opportunities to share and learn earth skills more accessible to everyone. In addition to offering sliding scale pricing, raising funds helps us to offer both the Equity Discount for our Perennial workshops, and our Equity Fund for our annual event. These funds exist to support communities who are racialized in this country and owed amends for generations of physical, cultural, spiritual and institutional harm.
We thank you deeply for supporting these efforts and growing with us to co-create a sustainable present and future, together. We love you, and can't wait to keep learning and growing together in the years to come.
Marissa Percoco, and all of us here at The Firefly Gathering
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How to Be a Lichen
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Some people are cooking reports of 120 degrees in Australia, some are sitting at 27 below zero and snow. We are having a winter wind meaning gust of over 40 miles an hour which means trees and roofs go flying. It is cool here...and the arthritis is having fits at 65....wrapped in a fuzzy blanket and drinking hot drinks.... What is happening at your home?
This is stay at home week, don't be stupid week and bravery is a failing.
Big snow coming from the west this afternoon.
Expected to stack up against this side of the Rockies for 48 hrs, we expect 12" snow or more.
Won't be cold, mabe 25F/-5C and not too much wind.
THEN, a stab of actic air will drop the temp to -30C for a few days.
That is hazardous, dang cold carving indoors weather.
I'll hold the house at about 68F with an electric heater for the room I'm in.
Flannel lined blue jeans are the order of the day.
Cold and windy here in Kansas. High of 25 yesterday with 20 mph winds...today we will see 40, and it feels like a heat wave! Supposed to be 60 this weekend.
Our drought is broken here...8-10 inches of rain last October and several more inches since then have us wet, wet and wet. Not used to that at this time of year. Glad we are not getting what the upper Midwest is experiencing with wind chills.
Colder than stink out there this morning, -15F (-26C) here with a wind chill of -35F (-37C). Then by Monday we are supposed to climb up to 50F (10C). Crazy.
Colder than stink- so cold you can't smell stink?
We are in the same boat here on the frozen shores of Lake Erie. 'Lake Effect' system has spent the last three days dumping 8+ inches per day, roughly, not that you can tell because the 25 MPH winds pick it up and toss it here then there then right in your way. Temps just below 0, wind chill makes it feel like -20 or so. Disabled the thermostat program day before the storm hit, let the house get warm and stay that way. REEEEALLLLLYYY glad I replaced the boiler in August!
40 degrees forecast for Sunday through Weds next week. Hard to believe.
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Long Island NY was 2 degrees with a wind chill bring it to -20 this AM.
Lots of snow & wind. Let the big dogs out. Poopsicles. Then the wind blows, yellow doo-doo hoodoo's. Depressing.
The winter storm warning might actually be right on time.
Warm and melting but the right-to-left snow flakes have started.
Cold and windy here tonight, at a balmy -20 C (wind chill -30 C) and about 18" - 24" of fresh snow on the ground, with a base of another 18" below that. Not bad for the last day of January, I do recall a day that we had a truck brakes let go and it rolled down the hill into a laboratory at a mine I was working at outside of town, it was -40C/-40F that day. So, a typical winter in Northern New Brunswick, Canada.
The low in Southern New Mexico 51 this morning high of 61 today, with mostly clear sky's. This is the exact reason I left Nebraska tired of cold, ice, snow in winter. Bad summers high humidity, tornados and high temps with the humidity. We have been very blessed in the desert.
PS still have friends and family in Nebraska and visit every year.
Mildest Winter we have had that I can remember. Been here 63 yrs. They say we might get snow on Monday. It is Feb, so let it snow! Temps have been in the mid 30's most days the last couple months, sometimes even a sunny 50* day happens. Anyway, starting to plan this years garden. I will be starting a few plants indoors soon. Reading about the bitter cold some of you are experiencing. It sounds terrible! Be careful out there..


Home "Once on This Island, Jr."
"Once on This Island, Jr."
In the Theatre Centre production, creative movement will capture the audiences' imaginations, calling upon performers to portray trees, wild animals, and even a fierce rainstorm.
Performances take place on February 2, 3, 9 and 10 at 2:30 p.m. The show is appropriate for 3rd grade and up.


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As much as I enjoy participating in the Daring Bakers, I do run into the same problem fairly frequently – I make some component for the challenge dessert and end up with much too much of whatever it is. This time, it was grapefruit marmalade.
I thought this cake would make a pretty, rustic-ish loaf. I was right.
Luckily, I only had to wonder what I was going to do with all that marmalade for just a couple of days, because the very fabulous Alejandra posted a perfect solution – marmalade cake!
I love the crumb in this cake, so crumbly yet moist.
I didn't really need to tweak the recipe at all to suit my needs. In fact the only thing I did, beyond using grapefruit marmalade (and changing the shape from cupcake to loaf), was omit the almond extract and add some ground ginger, which I really like with grapefruit.
How to take a marmalade cake over the top? Spread it with MORE MARMALADE!!
This cake turned out lovely and moist, and I really loved the little bits of chewy candied grapefruit peel all throughout. It was great with tea or on its own and tasted like sliced sunshine.
Bits o' marmalade all up in it.
Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease and flour a loaf pan. Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then add the eggs one at time, fully incorporating each one and scraping down the bowl in between additions. Beat in the marmalade and vanilla. Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl and whisk to combine, then add it to the batter and mix until incorporated. Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 45-60 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool slightly in the pan, then turn out on a rack to finish cooling.
Though this did make a reasonable dent in my marmalade supply, I fear I may have to make more. There is still a LOT of marmalade, and this cake was so easy and simply tasty that I'd eagerly make it again.
Grapefruit is my fav! Looks delish! For sure is gonna be on my "can't wait to make list" Happy Baking!!
This sounds so delicious, I've been on something of a grapefruit kick lately. Never tried it as a marmalade before, let alone in a cake! Must definitely try it.
What a fantastic idea! I still haven't done much with mine yet, except have a bit of it on toast.
if i dared to say i had too much leftovers on my blog, i think some of my coworkers would come running down the hall to ask me why i didn't bring them some!
This is a great use for that marmalade!
What a beautiful cake, I can't get over how good it looks!
Hehe, I gave the rest of the marmalade to my boyfriend's parents.


Like all self help junkies, I was self obsessed about goals. Goals like becoming a millionaire before 30. I started my personal development journey when I was 23. At first I was super optimistic and I couldn't wait to change the world! But over the years, things started to change.
Since graduating college, I had a bitter taste of what "the real world" is like. I hate to say it but, no amount of books can get you ready for real life challenges. Yes, you may find a guide that will help you navigate the path, but to endure the path, you're on your own on that one. Despite getting all the "expert" information in our heads and taking action, the lack of persistence in millennials like me, can be credited to one big mistake.
Just because you read personal development books, watch videos on starting a business and listen to life-hacking podcasts, you are no more special than the next person. It is very easy to get caught up with this idea, that just because you're in a special group of people who spend time on education instead of entertainment (the Top 1%) – that somehow you are magically part of the Top 1%.
For example, I would look at stats that show 20 somethings growing tech companies and becoming billionaires.I started to think I'm in that special group of people that make it. I would look at stats of 99% of businesses fail in the first 5 years and jump to conclusions that those 99% of people weren't knowledgeable enough and that I, with all my business reading and education will be in the Top 1% that will make it.
I'd look at divorce rates and assume that the 50% who fail at their marriages didn't think it through. They never picked up a book on relationship dynamics or watched a video on how to make a marriage last. In short, they're dumb and I'm smart. Or put it another way, I was an ignorant and arrogant person who seemed to know it all.
It's very easy to scoff at people who fail, especially when you think you have all the answers, but when you're put in a similar situation and things fail unexpectedly, then you realize you shouldn't be so quick to judge.
It happens to the best of us, even the smartest and most experienced people fail. You're not the chosen one who has a special shield handed down by the gurus, and immune to all these human flaws. You will fail, and everyone does. The trick is not to think that you somehow get special treatment from the universe simply because you picked up a book somewhere.
His answer was "Zero entitlement." Whether you admit or not, quite a number of gurus out there instill a certain sense of entitlement in you, thinking you're special because you have insider information, their information.
The dangers of this entitlement mentality is that you will give up much sooner rather than later. You will think "I'm supposed to at least be mildly successful at the first try, knowing how much I know." Your expectations are set so high that you get demotivated, discouraged and down each time you flop. Eventually, you give up altogether.
It was written by venture capitalist Nick Grossman and it couldn't be further from the truth. It is only foolish for us to think that success is going to be easy or at least easier. However, it's not, and the sooner we realize it, the better off we are at actually achieving it.
How do you make sure you're self-aware? Let us know in the comments below!
Ben Sim is the founder of BenSim.net. He writes about big ideas and no-BS personal development that gets results from designing your ideal lifestyle to turning your passion into a business. Send yourself his guide to Getting 2X More Done in Half the Time (Seriously) here.
I believe I am one of the lucky people who learned early in life that I would have to work hard to achieve my goals. I had my first job at 13 to save up for a car; I had the pleasure of working and going to college full time because one could not be achieving without the other. I like this article because of how many people I have met who believe, everything will just be handed to them and they need to be reminded that is not how the world works. Thank you for sharing the tweet from Nick Grossman.


In the days after President Donald Trump's announcement to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, more than 1,200 cities, states, universities, and corporations declared, "We are still in." These pledges, which former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), include commitments by over 260 corporations, including PepsiCo and Walmart, to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in line with the latest science.
Attendees at the Silicon Valley event represented the 66 percent of Fortune 100 and about 50 percent of Fortune 500 companies that have made public sustainability commitments. Similarly, over 100 corporations have committed to RE100, a coalition to source 100 percent renewable energy, and 100-plus companies are ready to transact through the Business Renewables Center (BRC).
These commitments show that in fact, we are still in. But we must now move from "intent" into "action." Doing that requires not only forward-looking leadership on the part of the United States, but also that renewable energy buyers understand the economics of renewables to make the right choices.
Purchasing renewables is often the easiest and most meaningful way to address sustainability and stability.
Corporations around the United States are stepping up their investments in renewable energy for many reasons. Boards, shareholders and consumers are demanding that corporates address sustainability. Not only is purchasing renewables often the easiest and most meaningful way to do this, but it also helps corporations take greater control of their energy futures through greater stability and reliability. Many companies are looking to lock in low wind and solar prices and to diversify against rising fossil fuel costs.
This push from corporations for renewables is driving the market. For example, Appalachian Power in coal-rich West Virginia is shifting toward wind and solar, and has closed three coal-fired plants in recent years. This came about in part as a result of a summit meeting that its parent company, American Electric Power (AEP), held with corporations including Walmart, Facebook, Hilton and Procter & Gamble. According to a recent New York Times article, "Those companies stressed that if they were going to expand their businesses in AEP regions, they would need access to low-carbon energy."
As more companies turn their pledges into action, they are sending an important market signal to power producers, regulators and policymakers that clean energy is valued and markets should adjust accordingly. With over 7.5 gigawatts (GW) of renewables capacity being sourced directly by corporate buyers, this demand for more clean power isn't going away anytime soon.
Our historically low natural gas prices are suppressing power prices across the United States. Renewable energy is competing with natural gas that is so cheap, even coal can't compete. But despite that installed wind and solar costs have fallen 40 percent and 64 percent since 2008, respectively, no coal plants at all are being run today on the wholesale electricity market — an indication of just how challenging it is to compete on cost with cheap natural gas.
Even while renewables are still finding success in this environment, a lot of wind or solar coming online all at once can cause congestion, necessitate curtailment and in some cases, affect the economics for renewables in certain parts of the country. This means that anyone looking to invest in a new renewables project must fully consider regional risks such as competing gas assets or limited transmission infrastructure. At the end of the day, companies need to think of renewables just like real estate: it's all about location, location, location.
Renewables are competitive on cost in many parts of the country, but that doesn't mean that each individual deal or power purchase agreement will be economically viable. In deregulated wholesale markets, where companies can support putting new renewables on the grid, buyers face an economic puzzle that is constantly changing.
To make an economic argument for purchasing renewables, buyers must not only consider the cost of energy, but also evaluate the relationship between the fixed cost they will pay and the floating market price they will receive.
The good news is that many companies are investing in education and expertise to grow their institutional understanding of the electricity markets. From seasoned players such as Google to new entrants in the market such as furniture manufacturer Steelcase, having a knowledgeable energy team is a critical step toward actionable sustainability practices. Arming those individuals with the right tools is also important. In its role as a nonprofit, the BRC works to help develop tools such as its Market Analysis Platform, which helps users quickly evaluate hypothetical wind or solar facilities at over 4,000 locations across the country by estimating both the fixed costs that a buyer might expect to pay and the floating market prices a buyer could expect to receive based on real market data. Equipped with knowledge and analysis, companies successfully can complete economically smart renewable energy deals.
The United States is facing a critical economic juncture. There will be fewer leadership opportunities in a clean energy industry that is seeing more demand — not less — from the most significant multinational companies around the world.
To capture the greatest economic growth from this wave of corporate renewable energy demand and the falling costs of renewable energy, the United States must commit to a forward-looking stance on climate and energy issues both domestically and internationally. As Trump moves to exit the Paris Climate Agreement, companies and cities are taking up the void, yet political leadership still leaves a vacuum in global agendas, which leads to a different global competitiveness dynamic.
In a recent testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the BRC stated that "the cost curves for renewable technologies continue to point downwards, and without the United States' leadership, companies and investors naturally will seek out more vibrant and growing markets elsewhere."
Economic investment in clean energy also includes investing in the overall power infrastructure. Markets right now are relying on an antiquated electric system, which is one reason we're seeing price pressure. Investing in infrastructure, such as building more high-voltage transmission lines, coupled with investing in newer technologies, will bring about lower costs and more jobs in the long run than replacing aging fossil fuel plants.
Companies of all sizes have a role to play — from on-site rooftop solar, to large off-site procurement of renewables, to advocacy and public support for policies that can benefit the new, evolving energy system. Businesses already have provided a powerful voice for this new industry. Now is the time to go beyond vocal support, however, and start turning intent into action.


"The Home Office acts like a faceless machine"
Why have the findings of the Solomon Islands Commission of Inquiry into the 2006 riots not been released?
BAQUBA, May 27 (IPS) - After more than five years of U.S. occupation, the very dreams of the people of Baquba have changed. For a start, they are no longer about the future.
Today, a shower is a dream. Or that the electricity supply continues just that little bit longer.
"These needs are very trivial for people of other countries," 43-year-old political leader Saad Tahir told IPS. "But in Iraq, people dream more of these things than of some ambition or success."
Abdullah Mahdi, a retired 51-year-old trader, says he dreams only of electricity.
"Like millions here, I hope supply gets better to help us to sleep in this hot summer," Mahdi told IPS. "We have been suffering from this problem since the 1991 Kuwait war, and this current occupation only made things worse."
Others dream of freedom of movement. "I dream of travelling among the Iraqi provinces freely and safely," a local resident said. "For more than two years now, I have not travelled to any province of my country." Lack of security means Iraqis can rarely travel even to a neighbouring area.
Children also seem to have begun to dream differently.
"I dream of a playground in which I and my friends can play freely and at any time," 11-year-old Luay Amjad told IPS. Children are not allowed to play just anywhere for fear of unexploded bombs, haphazard firing, and a general fear of the Iraqi military. Many children in Baquba and other districts of Diyala province have been kidnapped.
"All families wish to see their children safe, and then enjoying their time," said a young father. "We know that they currently live in a very closed world. But we put pressure on our children for their own safety. Streets are dangerous, and even gardens may sometimes be dangerous."
Others dream of a functioning economy. According to the ministry of trade, unemployment has been vacillating between 40-70 percent over the last two years.
"I hope that the trade and economic process will improve," said an unemployed trader. "I wish Iraq could be an industrial country with a flourishing and luxurious status of living. I want to get back to my shop and have my own customers."
Teachers dream of an Iraq that can be a centre for education again. "Iraq was one of the countries that paid great attention to education," a university professor, speaking on condition of anonymity, told IPS. "Now, breaking the rules of schools is very common, and fake certificates are spread widely all over the country. We dream of a rigorous and successful educational process."
Farmers simply dream of water, and the security necessary to work in their fields. "I hope I can work on my farm again, and have water to irrigate all the land," said a local vegetable farmer.
A cleric spoke of bigger dreams. "I dream that all Iraqis will love each other again, as we used to in the past days. We miss hope, a smile, and true love. We hope that cooperation prevails again among people. We hope for killing and displacement to end forever in this once peaceful country. We hope that the sectarian discrimination disappears."
A political analyst said he dreams of an end to the occupation. "The occupation is the source of all the problems of our people. I do dream of the end of the occupation -- no more arrests, no more prison for simple and poor people, and no more suffering."
(*Ahmed, our correspondent in Iraq's Diyala province, works in close collaboration with Dahr Jamail, our U.S.-based specialist writer on Iraq who has reported extensively from Iraq and the Middle East).
WASHINGTON -- This is what I thought was the American social contract when I was growing up in the land of the free and the home of the brave: You could work your way through college, and if you got a decent job, you could buy a house within a few years.
And, you deserved a bit more if you served in the military: money or loans for college and something of a break on mortgage loans. The point goes beyond the danger of military service; the important fact is that you deserve something more than being underpaid if you give up two or more years of your life while your peers are working on careers, beginning families, or getting educations that will pay dividends for life.
That's the way it was for me, and I think kids today deserve the same. I could earn enough for college working summers and part-time; the military (Air Force ROTC) paid some of the bills. I got a job as an engineer for Ingersoll-Rand, and six years after graduation, with a little help from my parents, I was able to buy a small house on a lake in New Jersey.
Now, of course, college is more expensive -- as a father of five I have seen those costs rise faster than the cost of oil -- and houses in metropolitan areas are often more than young families can afford. That bothers me, a lot; it is a failure of the American way. But that bother is nothing compared with the screwing the government is giving to the young men and women serving in harm's way in Iraq.
"President Bush is threatening to veto a bill that would pay tuition and other expenses at a four-year public university for anyone who has served in the military for three years since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. A main reason is that it would hasten an exodus from the ranks."
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates put it this way: "Serious retention issues could arise."
I bet they could. And should. The war is being fought by a tiny percentage of the American people, and many of their lives are being ruined. You want a war, Mr. President? Then ask Congress to declare one. You want soldiers to be retained? Then ask for a draft. You want to support our boys and girls? Then support their education as other presidents and Congresses have done since the passage of the great GI Bill of Rights during World War II -- legislation that is still benefiting this country.
What is being done to our troops in Iraq is more than a failure of political leadership; it is an outrage. Forget the fact that we never declared war, or that we never had a real plan about what to do in Iraq, or that we are fighting on credit, leaving the bills for our children and grandchildren. Remember that only a small number are involved in this -- the same people, professionals and reservists, are being called back into harm's way again and again.
Those young men and women, serving a government without the guts to even talk about a draft, are essentially indentured servants. Worse. At least indentured servants knew when their obligation would be over. This is more than unfair; it is shameful, a stain on the democracy and its leaders. And now the president is considering depriving them of a reward they deserve because some of them might actually take it and not re-enlist.
This is a professional army? There was a time when troops treated that way, no matter how well-trained or equipped, were called cannon fodder. We owe them. The president whose ignorance put them in the Middle East owes them. The Congress, which is ever looking the other way and has not declared war on anyone since 1941, owes them.
This war is not worthy of a free country. And unless we do something for the young people bravely taking the punishment for the failings of their elders, we have no right to claim this is a land of the free.
increasingly shrill demands to quit.
Reaction among some Obama supporters was less polite.
Hampshire, but the Clinton camp must not.
don't care, while Clinton supporters increasingly resent the accusation.
Why the propaganda campaign for international intervention in Burma?
Kentucky Derby, I tell myself I've watched my last horse race.
experienced struck me one humid evening in New York City some years ago.
hail a cab to the airport on the spot.
special insights into the so-called sport of kings. Well, maybe a few.
athletic for a middle-aged novice.
intervals that night, roughly 150 pounds of lost fluid.
personalities, strong emotions and no reticence about showing them.
he did, he ignored the butterflies.
winning and are there to showcase their owners' ego and bankroll.
US President George W. Bush used a White House press conference Tuesday to trot out his familiar litany of right-wing proposals, ostensibly intended to address rising gas prices and the growing economic crisis facing millions of Americans.
The proposals are all designed in one way or another to increase the power of the oil companies, even as these conglomerates have begun posting record profits for the first quarter of 2008. Bush proposed opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil drilling, increasing incentives to companies for refinery construction, and blocking new regulations and emissions targets for domestic energy producers.
Bush sidestepped questions on his administration's position on a limited proposal, advanced by Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate John McCain, for a summer moratorium on the federal gas tax. Such a move would have only a marginal impact on gasoline prices.
Bush said there was no "magic wand" to deal with gasoline prices, and he blamed Congress for blocking previous energy bills that included some of his proposals.
Rising gasoline prices are beginning to have a major impact on the living standards of millions of people in the United States and internationally. In the US, prices on Monday topped $3.60 a gallon, a record in inflation-adjusted terms and more than 21 cents above the price just two weeks ago. The price for diesel fuel, used in trucks, tractors, and other vehicles, is at a record $4.20 a gallon.
According to a poll conducted on behalf of the Kaiser Family Foundation, 44 percent of the American population now cites the price of gasoline as a "serious problem"—more than any other economic concern. The effects are predictably felt most keenly by those earning the least. About 63 percent of those with incomes of less than $30,000 said gasoline prices were a serious problem.
In a country where the automobile is the primary and often only available means of transportation, it is not uncommon for a worker to have to fill his or her gasoline tank several times a week, compounding the impact of any price increase and putting a severe dent in household budgets already strained by rising food and other costs.
In some parts of the country, gasoline prices are soaring much higher than the national average. In San Francisco, California, average prices topped $4.00 a gallon over the weekend. The statewide average was $3.91.
In Europe, prices are sharply higher as well. In England, where regressive taxes make up much of the price, gasoline is close to £1.10 per liter, or about $10 a gallon.
In the US and in England, many independent truckers are unable to turn a profit off hauling goods, as the cost of filling a tank with diesel can now exceed $1,200. The cost of transport often exceeds truckers' pay. On Monday, about 100 truckers staged a protest in Washington, while dozens converged on London. Independent truckers staged slowdowns and stoppages throughout the country at the beginning of the month.
The proposals from the Democrats are no more serious. In addition to the tax moratorium, Clinton is proposing a suspension of oil input into the Strategic Petroleum reserve, a marginal increase in spending on alternative energy sources, and an increase in fuel economy over a period of 20 years. Obama has rejected the tax moratorium on the grounds that companies would just increase their prices to make up the difference, and supports fuel economy standard increases and alternative energy investment.
None of the candidates are capable of raising the basic issue: that the energy market, so critical to the livelihood of billions of people and to the functioning of the world economy, is largely controlled by private companies, and that these companies exercise enormous influence over the political establishment in the US.
As usual, the oil companies and wealthy investors are reaping fortunes off of the economic hardship inflicted upon the vast majority of the population. The current sharp spike in gasoline prices has been driven largely by the rise in crude oil prices, which reached close to $120 a barrel on Monday—once considered an unimaginable price. The average price of oil in the first quarter was $97.94, up 68.9 percent from a year ago.
There are a number of factors behind the increase in oil prices, including rising demand from China and India and a weak US dollar, in which oil is priced. One of the principal factors, however, is the flood of cash into basic commodities, including oil and food, as wealthy investors have liquidated holdings in more risky financial assets and are looking for hedges on inflation. This is creating a new bubble in commodity markets, forcing billions of people around the world to pay the higher prices generated by artificial demand.
Whatever the cause, the rise in oil prices has been a boondoggle for oil companies, which have begun announcing their first quarter 2008 profits this week. Europe's two biggest oil producers, Royal Dutch Shell and BP, announced profits on Tuesday that far exceeded analysts' expectations.
The combined profit for the two companies was close to $17 billion—$9.08 billion for Shell and $7.6 billion for BP. These figures include earnings attributed to the rise in oil prices. If this rise is factored out (as is done in the so-called current cost of supplies figures), Shell's profits were $7.8 billion and BP's were $6.6 billion. That is, at least $2 billion in profit for the two companies can be attributed solely to the recent rise in oil prices.
Analysts expect the profits for Exxon Mobil, the largest private energy company, to soar to $11.2 billion in the first quarter, an increase of 22 percent over 2007. If the company's profits exceed expectations, however, it could beat its fourth quarter profits from 2007 of $11.66 billion—the record for a US company.
Of course, the top executives and investors will benefit enormously from these windfalls. Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson received an 18 percent raise in 2007, pulling in $21.7 million. The oil companies will also give back billions to investors in the form of stock buybacks and dividends.
The news from Shell and BP came as a surprise to analysts, who have been concerned about profit troubles in the refinery component of production, which transforms crude oil into useable products like gasoline and diesel. Giants like Shell and BP, and US companies Exxon and Chevron, are vertically integrated, including in their operations both oil extraction and refining.
In fact, independent refinery operations are fairing poorly, which could indicate that gasoline prices will continue their upward march over the next several weeks as refiners struggle to raise their own profits. Valero Energy, a refiner, reported a 77 percent drop in first quarter net income on Tuesday, complaining that it had been unable to shift all of its increased costs (from purchasing crude oil) onto consumers.
The Sacramento Bee reported that some of California's refineries "have had problems returning to full production following their usual winter-spring overhauls," and that this has contributed to the near-$4 a gallon price of gasoline in that state. There are indications that refiners have in the past artificially manipulated capacity and downtime in order to influence prices.
The integrated oil giants can make windfall profits on either the oil extraction or refining (the upstream or downstream) sides of the energy market. Last summer, when gasoline prices were at $3.22 a gallon, much of the profits were booked on the refining end, and attributed to a shortage in refining capacity. This has been the long term trend, as oil companies have shut down refineries in response to low prices.
In this context, Bush's insistence Tuesday that Congress grant incentives to increase refining capacity is absurd. Bush noted on several occasions, "It's been more than 30 years since America built its last refinery." This fact—an indictment of the state of American infrastructure—has been a product of a deliberate policy of reducing refining capacity in order to force gasoline prices up. The oil companies have no interest in building new refineries, with or without tax incentives.
Prices of basic foods such as rice and wheat also have soared in recent months. Among the factors behind this price explosion is the shift to ethanol production, which has increased demand on some food items, particularly corn in the US. Ethanol production, which Bush championed on Tuesday, has largely been intended as a boondoggle for agribusiness. Also on Tuesday, Archer Daniels Midland, one of the world's largest processors of grains and other foods, posted a 42 percent increase in its quarterly profits ending on March 31.
The ability of the oil companies to maintain record profits has been facilitated greatly by the enormous consolidation of the industry over the past 20 years. The top five energy companies now control about 15 percent of global oil production, more than 50 percent of US domestic refinery capacity, and 62 percent of the retail gasoline market.
The entire structure of energy production on a global scale is completely irrational. However, the consolidation of the energy industry has made the rational solution clearer: There is no conceivable reason why these giant corporations—which straddle the globe in search of profits, have done much to encourage war and colonial occupations in key strategic areas, and have worked assiduously to block any attempt to deal with global warming—should remain in the hands of private individuals and under the sway of the profit motive.
Instead, the giant productive forces that control the lives of billions—including the energy and food infrastructure of the globe—must be transferred into public utilities, socially owned and democratically controlled.
Senator Barack Obama increased his delegate lead over Senator Hillary Clinton in the contest for the Democratic Party presidential nomination with a split in the two primaries held Tuesday, winning easily in North Carolina and losing more narrowly in Indiana.
Obama also increased his lead in the total popular votes cast, winning North Carolina by a margin of several hundred thousands votes, while the contest in Indiana was neck-and-neck, with predictions of a Clinton margin of less than 20,000 votes.
North Carolina is the larger of the two states, with 134 delegates compared to 72 for Indiana. While final delegate totals, based on the votes for the candidates in each congressional district, would not be available until Wednesday, it appeared that Obama would add as many as 20 delegates to his current lead of 136.
According to the running tally by the Associated Press, Obama led Clinton in delegates by 1,743 to 1,607 before the May 6 voting. Indiana and North Carolina were the two largest states yet to vote, with only Oregon, Kentucky, West Virginia, South Dakota and Montana remaining, as well as Puerto Rico.
Since these five states and one US territory have a combined total of 217 delegates, and these will be awarded proportionately by congressional district, it is now certain that Obama will finish the primary campaign with more delegates than Clinton, although still short of the 2,025 needed for the Democratic nomination.
The decision remains in the hands of about 250 superdelegates who have not yet publicly pledged their support to either candidate. About 75 of these are members of Congress or former office-holders; the rest are members of the Democratic National Committee or officials of state Democratic parties.
The voting in both Indiana and North Carolina reproduced almost unchanged the demographic splits among Democratic voters already displayed in Ohio and Pennsylvania, indicating that the weeks of media controversy over the comments of Obama's former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, shifted relatively few votes.
Obama won more than 90 percent of black voters, a decisive margin in North Carolina, where blacks made up one-third of the Democratic electorate. He also led in college and university towns and in the high-tech region of North Carolina, the Triangle area of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill.
Clinton led among white voters, particularly women, the elderly, and residents of rural areas and small towns and cities, which were the main focus of her campaign in the final days. She also won upper-income white suburbs like Hamilton County, north of Indianapolis, by a sizeable margin.
The last two weeks of the Democratic contest saw increasingly frantic efforts on the part of both candidates to present themselves as "in touch" with the concerns of working class voters, particularly in relation to the economy and rising gas and food prices.
These appeals are utterly fraudulent. The Democratic Party, like the Republican Party, defends the interests of the giant corporations and banks, and both candidates are drawn from the top one percent of the population that has reaped virtually all of the economic gains under both the Clinton administration in the 1990s and the past seven years of the Bush administration.
Neither Clinton nor Obama advances a program that offers any way forward for the tens of millions of working people facing threats to their jobs and livelihoods, the collapse of their home values and, for millions, the prospect of eviction. These economic pressures are compounded by soaring food and gas prices. Millions of American families walk an economic tightrope, where a medical emergency could drive them into bankruptcy.
The actual policy proposals of both candidates, even if they were implemented, would have only a negligible effect on the deep-seated social problems confronting the working class.
The two candidates have been reduced to symbolic efforts to demonstrate their sympathy with struggling working class families by visiting diners patronized by shift workers, campaigning at bowling alleys, bars, race tracks and shooting ranges, and holding photo-ops with selected families deemed to be "typical"—i.e., middle-income, white, blue-collar, and living in rural areas or small towns.
Despite the use of the first-person pronoun, what is going on in the lives of workers in Indiana and North Carolina has little in common with the life of the former first lady and current senator from New York, who, with her husband, raked in $109 million in income over the past seven years, while working class living standards steadily declined.
There are few working class families in either state who will see their children get a six-figure paycheck from a Wall Street hedge fund before their 30th birthday, as the Clinton's daughter did. It is doubtful that Chelsea Clinton would have found such a position if she were Mary Jones from Muncie.
Clinton denounced insurance firms, Wall Street money managers, student loan companies and China's export industries. But her harshest rhetoric was directed against the oil companies. Clinton staked her campaign's survival in Indiana on a pledge to suspend the federal tax on gasoline during the summer months.
This measure was first proposed by Republican candidate John McCain, but it has no chance of being enacted since both the Bush administration and the Democratic leadership in Congress oppose it. Even if put into effect, the result would be a savings of $28 for the average two-car family, or about 30 cents a day.
The tax cut would subtract $8 billion from the federal fund used to pay for highway repairs, a shortfall that Clinton—but not McCain—proposes to make up through a windfall profits tax on the oil companies. This is a purely hypothetical levy against the industry, since there is no prospect that such a tax hike would either be adopted by the Democratic Congress or signed into law by the oilman in the White House.
The reference to "the last two decades" is significant, since in the past four years, since his rise to national prominence, Obama has become a wealthy man. His wife's salary as the vice president for community relations at a Chicago hospital suddenly tripled after his election to the Senate, to over $300,000 a year. Obama himself became a multi-millionaire from the sales of his two books.
Both Clinton and Obama employ populist rhetoric in order to prevent working people from developing what they need more than anything else: a clear understanding of the unbridgeable chasm in American society between the working class and the super-rich minority at the top, which controls not only the giant corporations and banks, but also the government and the two major political parties.
The Bush administration lost no time in seeking to exploit the devastating tragedy in Burma (Myanmar). It has seized upon the cyclone that struck the country over the weekend, killed at least 20,000 and likely many more, to aggressively push its foreign policy agenda in Asia.
On Tuesday, Bush held a special ceremony at the White House to sign a bill giving Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi a Congressional Gold Medal. He used the occasion to place deliberately provocative conditions on any disbursement of aid to the ravaged country, beyond an initial token sum.
So far, the US embassy has authorized the release of a paltry $250,000—less than half the cost of a single Tomahawk cruse missile of the type used by the US Navy to kill a Somali rebel last week. Later Tuesday, the administration pledged an additional $3 million to be allocated by a USAID disaster response team.
The very fact that the US is making aid to Burma conditional upon the satisfaction of certain demands is itself an outrage. Bush did not say why it was necessary for the US to carry out its own assessment in order to release more aid, nor did he elaborate on what was meant by promises that the US military would help "stabilize the situation." US Navy ships are standing by off the coast of Thailand to intervene.
These pledges are certainly not intended as selfless humanitarian gestures. The Bush administration has been seeking to undermine the Burmese military regime for years and seized on protests last year by Buddhist monks to slap economic sanctions on the country and its rulers. There is no doubt that the United States would be happy to exploit the current tragedy to get a military foothold in the country.
The World Socialist Web Site holds no brief for the Burmese military junta, a brutal regime that has exercised dictatorial control over a largely impoverished country. However, US and European machinations, including the promotion of Suu Kyi, have nothing to do with concern for the democratic rights or economic well-being of the population. As always, the humanitarian pretensions of the US government are carefully calibrated to coincide with the interests of the American ruling class.
In the case of Burma, the US is interested in countering the influence of China, which has closer ties with the military regime and sees the country as a critical point of access into the Indian Ocean. As far as the Bush administration is concerned, the population of the country is only a bargaining chip in the pursuit of geo-strategic objectives.
US energy giants, including the Chevron oil corporation, also have interests in Burma. While the Bush administration has placed economic sanctions on the country, these have not affected Chevron's multibillion-dollar investments through its subsidiary Unocal. Human rights groups have accused Chevron of complicity in abuses in Burma intended to protect its pipeline routes.
The statements by the Bush administration must also be seen in the context of its treatment of populations around the world, including in the United States itself. On Monday, US First Lady Laura Bush was the first from the White House to respond to the cyclone, using the opportunity to chastise the government for failing to warn the population and adequately prepare for the consequences.
The hypocrisy and cynicism of this statement are so glaring that one wonders if it is not intentionally provocative. This August 29 will mark the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the massive storm that struck Louisiana and Mississippi, killing at least 1,800 people. The hurricane destroyed and flooded New Orleans, a major American city.
The US and local governments had been aware for decades of the potential for a deadly flood in New Orleans, but there was no evacuation plan in place, and no plan to meet the needs of those trapped or displaced. Tens of thousands remained trapped for days in the Louisiana Superdome. Many thousands who lost their homes were placed in temporary FEMA trailers, and in 2007 it was revealed that these trailers contained extremely high levels of formaldehyde, a toxic chemical.


The multibeam sonar provides the operator with a forward-looking image of the ROV's surrounding environment even when visibility is limited. The vehicle auto pitch can be used to aim the sonar up or down to improve the sonar imaging quality whether looking for targets on the bottom or the underside of a ship's hull.
For more information about the Oculus sonar, see the Oculus Sonar Operator's Manual.
For more information about the Gemini sonar, see the Gemini Sonar Operator's Manual.


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Q: How can I build an app in Appcelerator that can be deployed via the Mac App Store Having successfully built an Appcelerator generated application for iOS, I am thinking about deploying the same application on the Mac App Store.
Is this possible?
If so what do I have to do test test and what do I have to do to deploy?

A: No you can't. Appcelerator is a mobile app platform. It doesn't support Mac desktop applications.
Only if you've create a webapp you could use a different wrapper (like Electron) to create standalone wrappers so you could upload it to the Mac-Store. But that's not related to Appcelerator.


Math was my nemesis during every year of my education. I hated it with a passion. Countless tears were shed by me in frustration at my inability to grasp what seemed so simple to others. When I entered high school, my new rhetoric became "who cares as long as I pass…when am I going to use geometry or calculus anyway?". I made sure I passed by resorting to (insert a blush and a gulp here) cheat notes in those moments when math truly was beyond me.
When I finally landed a great job as a project manager, math came back to haunt me. Calculating risk, resource allocation, project time span all required simple math that no longer seemed to reside in my brain. Then someone taught me to use an excel spreadsheet. It was THE tool that I wish I had been taught in school. It made math fun and in my case, possible.
It seems to me that if the technology exists and it is not going anywhere, why not have it be part of the curriculum? It would benefit children in all skill levels. It would make it accessible to kids who have a hard time and would open up all sorts of possibilities for the kids that are great at math. My experience in the corporate world was that computer literacy was no enough. To be a competitor in the workplace more than intermediate understanding of software applications are necessary.
Now that my son is in the third grade, grasps the basic concepts of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, he can start tinkering with spreadsheets. He will learn the basic mechanics of how spreadsheets work by using math concepts he's already comfortable with.
According to my son, he may just surf professionally when he grows up, but just in case that plan falls through, I want him to be prepared.


These six volumes contain the invited and general papers presented at the Eighth International Heat Transfer Conference. The papers consist of 2 plenary lectures, 28 keynote lectures and 450 general presentations.
As indicated in the first plenary lecture by Dr. E. R. G. Eckert, the series of International Heat Transfer Conferences started in London (1951) as an International Discussion on Heat Transfer. The general conference format was established in the Second Conference in Boulder, Colorado (1961). The regular four-year cycle of the Conferences began at the Third Conference in Chicago (1966). The Conference immediately became the major event of the international heat transfer community, with ever increasing participation of heat transfer engineers and scholars from all over the world as manifested in the subsequent Conferences in Versailles (1970), Tokyo (1974), Toronto (1978), and Munich (1982).
The Eighth International Heat Transfer Conference has again received most enthusiastic responses from the international community, reflecting a continuing state of growth and vitality. In many countries, the number of good-quality papers offered for presentation far exceeded the allocation, thus making the selection a most difficult task. For this, we owe special thanks to the members of the International Scientific Committee and their national editors and reviewers. We are also grateful to the other members of the U.S. Scientific Committee who have labored long and hard on the Conference Scientific Program. The strong support of the Conference Executive Committee under Chairman R. J. Goldstein for the Scientific Program and its publication is essential and very much appreciated.
Faculty of Applied Physics, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.


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describe('zoomAnimation', function () {

	/**
	 * Avoid as much as possible creating and destroying objects for each test.
	 * Instead, try re-using them, except for the ones under test of course.
	 * PhantomJS does not perform garbage collection for the life of the page,
	 * i.e. during the entire test process (Karma runs all tests in a single page).
	 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27239708/how-to-get-around-memory-error-with-karma-phantomjs
	 *
	 * The `beforeEach` and `afterEach do not seem to cause much issue.
	 * => they can still be used to initialize some setup between each test.
	 * Using them keeps a readable spec/index.
	 *
	 * But refrain from re-creating div and map every time. Re-use those objects.
	 */

	/////////////////////////////
	// SETUP FOR EACH TEST
	/////////////////////////////

	beforeEach(function () {

		clock = sinon.useFakeTimers();

	});

	afterEach(function () {

		// Restore the previous setting, so that even in case of test failure, next tests are not affected.
		L.Browser.mobile = previousMobileSetting;

		if (group instanceof L.MarkerClusterGroup) {
			group.clearLayers();
			map.removeLayer(group);
		}

		// group must be thrown away since we are testing it with a potentially
		// different configuration at each test.
		group = null;

		clock.restore();
		clock = null;

	});

	/////////////////////////////
	// PREPARATION CODE
	/////////////////////////////

	var previousMobileSetting = L.Browser.mobile,
		div, map, group, clock;

	div = document.createElement('div');
	div.style.width = '200px';
	div.style.height = '200px';
	document.body.appendChild(div);

	map = L.map(div, { maxZoom: 18 });

	// Corresponds to zoom level 8 for the above div dimensions.
	map.fitBounds(new L.LatLngBounds([
		[1, 1],
		[2, 2]
	]));

	/////////////////////////////
	// TESTS
	/////////////////////////////

	it('adds the visible marker to the map when zooming in', function () {
		map.setView(new L.LatLng(-37.36142550190516, 174.254150390625), 7);

		group = new L.MarkerClusterGroup({
			showCoverageOnHover: true,
			maxClusterRadius: 20,
			disableClusteringAtZoom: 15
		});
		var marker = new L.Marker([-37.77852090603777, 175.3103667497635]);
		group.addLayer(marker); //The one we zoom in on
		group.addLayer(new L.Marker([-37.711800591811055, 174.50034790039062])); //Marker that we cluster with at the top zoom level, but not 1 level down
		map.addLayer(group);

		clock.tick(1000);
		map.setView([-37.77852090603777, 175.3103667497635], 15);

		//Run the the animation
		clock.tick(1000);

		expect(marker._icon).to.not.be(undefined);
		expect(marker._icon).to.not.be(null);
	});

	it('adds the visible marker to the map when jumping around', function () {

		group = new L.MarkerClusterGroup();
		var marker1 = new L.Marker([48.858280181884766, 2.2945759296417236]);
		var marker2 = new L.Marker([16.02359962463379, -61.70280075073242]);
		group.addLayer(marker1); //The one we zoom in on first
		group.addLayer(marker2); //Marker that we cluster with at the top zoom level, but not 1 level down
		map.addLayer(group);

		//show the first
		map.fitBounds(new L.LatLngBounds(new L.LatLng(41.371582, -5.142222), new L.LatLng(51.092804, 9.561556)));

		clock.tick(1000);

		map.fitBounds(new L.LatLngBounds(new L.LatLng(15.830972671508789, -61.807167053222656), new L.LatLng(16.516849517822266, -61.0)));

		//Run the the animation
		clock.tick(1000);

		//Now the second one should be visible on the map
		expect(marker2._icon).to.not.be(undefined);
		expect(marker2._icon).to.not.be(null);
	});

	it('adds the visible markers to the map, but not parent clusters when jumping around', function () {

		group = new L.MarkerClusterGroup();

		var marker1 = new L.Marker([59.9520, 30.3307]),
			marker2 = new L.Marker([59.9516, 30.3308]),
			marker3 = new L.Marker([59.9513, 30.3312]);

		group.addLayer(marker1);
		group.addLayer(marker2);
		group.addLayer(marker3);
		map.addLayer(group);

		//Show none of them
		map.setView([53.0676, 170.6835], 16);

		clock.tick(1000);

		//Zoom so that all the markers will be visible (Same as zoomToShowLayer)
		map.setView(marker1.getLatLng(), 18);

		//Run the the animation
		clock.tick(1000);

		//Now the markers should all be visible, and there should be no visible clusters
		expect(marker1._icon.parentNode).to.be(map._panes.markerPane);
		expect(marker2._icon.parentNode).to.be(map._panes.markerPane);
		expect(marker3._icon.parentNode).to.be(map._panes.markerPane);
		expect(map._panes.markerPane.childNodes.length).to.be(3);
	});

	it('removes clicked clusters on the edge of a mobile screen', function () {

		L.Browser.mobile = true;

		// Corresponds to zoom level 8 for the above div dimensions.
		map.fitBounds(new L.LatLngBounds([
			[1, 1],
			[2, 2]
		]));

		group = new L.MarkerClusterGroup({
			maxClusterRadius: 80
		}).addTo(map);

		// Add a marker 1 pixel below the initial screen bottom edge.
		var bottomPoint = map.getPixelBounds().max.add([0, 1]),
			bottomLatLng = map.unproject(bottomPoint),
			centerLng = map.getCenter().lng,
			bottomPosition = new L.LatLng(
				bottomLatLng.lat,
				centerLng
			),
			bottomMarker = new L.Marker(bottomPosition).addTo(group),
			initialZoom = map.getZoom();

		expect(bottomMarker._icon).to.be(undefined);

		// Add many markers 79 pixels above the first one, so they cluster with it.
		var newPoint = bottomPoint.add([0, -79]),
			newLatLng = L.latLng(
				map.unproject(newPoint).lat,
				centerLng
			);

		for (var i = 0; i < 10; i += 1) {
			group.addLayer(new L.Marker(newLatLng));
		}

		var parentCluster = bottomMarker.__parent;

		expect(parentCluster._icon.parentNode).to.be(map._panes.markerPane);

		parentCluster.fireEvent('click', null, true);

		//Run the the animation
		clock.tick(1000);

		expect(map.getZoom()).to.equal(initialZoom + 1); // The fitBounds with 200px height should result in zooming 1 level in.

		// Finally make sure that the cluster has been removed from map.
		expect(parentCluster._icon).to.be(null);
		expect(map._panes.markerPane.childNodes.length).to.be(2); // The bottomMarker + cluster for the 10 above markers.

	});

	/////////////////////////////
	// CLEAN UP CODE
	/////////////////////////////

	map.remove();
	document.body.removeChild(div);

});

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