You already know that stressed spelled backwards is desserts. So, it only makes sense that dessert wines come to the fore during the holiday season. What better time to kick back with a glass of something sweet?
But many people tend to skirt the dessert wine shelf, with its unfamiliar names and grape varieties.
Another good point � a little goes a long way. Dessert wines often are sold in half bottles, which are sufficient to serve a fair-sized crowd since the wines are richer and more concentrated in flavor. MacNeil likes them for when you don�t have time, or room, for dessert. They�re also a good match for a cookie, a crisp alternative to a heavy dessert.
�I think chocolate chip cookies and Madeira are probably the single best combination in the world,� says MacNeil, chairwoman of the wine department at the Culinary Institute of America�s Napa Valley branch.
Aline Baly, whose family makes Chateau Coutet, a golden dessert wine from France, likes to keep three things in mind when looking for the sweet spot in dessert pairings: Complement, contrast and/or texture. You don�t have to match all three; just try to keep one in mind.
The second option is to go for a contrast with something savory. This is the kind of combo that makes chocolate-covered pretzels a deliciously salty-sweet treat. �People like opposites in their mouths,� Baly says.
If you�re taking the texture approach, you might look at a food like turkey, slightly dry and chewy, which goes surprisingly well with a full, smooth wine such as Coutet, which comes from the Sauternes region of France. In fact, savory pairings are among the most successful dessert wine partners; Sauternes and blue cheese is a classic.
To get its sweetness, Chateau Coutet relies on a kind of mold known as Botrytis cinerea (aka the �Noble Rot�). This fungus develops on the fruit through the harvest to concentrate the sugar as well as the aromas while maintaining the freshness of fresh fruit by allowing winemakers to pick earlier than a late-harvest method.
Other dessert wines are made by adding grape spirit (alcohol) to the wine part way through to prevent further fermentation and retain some natural grape sugar.
Topaque is made from muscadelle grapes and is fortified with grape spirit, says Rutherglen producer Colin Campbell of Campbells Wines. Muscat from the Rutherglen region in the Australian state of Victoria is made from a grape called �muscat rouge a petit grains� and is made in the same way as Topaque.
When pairing muscat, the older and more complex wines require stronger food, says Campbell. But young muscat and topaque work well, chilled, as an aperitif, pairing with classic starters like prosciutto and melon and cheese, especially washed rind cheeses. Also try it with honeyed ice cream or even poured directly over ice cream.


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Il lago Bonneville era un lago del Pleistocene, che occupava oltre 50.000 km2 nella regione del Gran Bacino, nell'America Settentrionale: era compreso per la maggior parte nell'odierno Utah, oltre che nell'Idaho e in Nevada. Formatosi circa 32.000 anni fa, esistette fino a circa 14.000 anni fa; in seguito a cambiamenti climatici, il lago iniziò a prosciugarsi, lasciando come resti il Gran Lago Salato, il lago Utah, il lago Sevier, il lago Rush, il Piccolo Lago Salato ed il deserto salato di Bonneville. Era profondo oltre 300 metri.

Attorno a 15.000 anni fa, il fiume Bear iniziò a trasportare le sue acque nel lago, alzando il suo livello oltre il Red Rock Pass; di conseguenza il lago debordò oltre questo, distruggendo una diga naturale e diminuendo il suo livello di oltre 100 metri, nel corso di uno straripamento che secondo alcune stime durò più di anno.

Prende il nome da Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville, un ufficiale di origine francese dell'esercito degli Stati Uniti che esplorò la regione.

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
Il Lago Bonneville sul sito dello Utah Geological Survey
The Lake Bonneville Flood, Digital Atlas of Idaho

Geologia degli Stati Uniti d'America

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Victor Charles Marie Jules César Savart (Doornik, 31 juli 1803 - Brussel, 22 maart 1862) was een Belgisch volksvertegenwoordiger en senator.

Levensloop
Savart was een zoon van Auguste Savart en van Pélagie Martel. Hij bleef vrijgezel.

Hij promoveerde tot doctor in de rechten (1826) aan de universiteit van Gent. Van 1827 tot 1833 was hij advocaat en van 1839 tot 1862 pleitbezorger.

In 1848 werd hij liberaal senator voor het arrondissement Doornik en dit tot in 1851. In 1852 werd hij opnieuw senator, tot in 1857. In 1857 werd hij liberaal volksvertegenwoordiger voor hetzelfde arrondissement en vervulde dit mandaat tot aan zijn dood.

Hij was ook nog gemeenteraadslid van Doornik vanaf 1856 en schepen van 1860 tot aan zijn dood.

Savart was verder:
 literair medewerker aan Annales de la Belgique,
 medestichter van het dagblad Le Nervien in Doornik,
 lid van de vrijmetselaarsloge Les Frères Réunis in Doornik.

Literatuur
 Ernest DISCAILLES, Victor Savart, in: Biographie nationale de Belgique, T. XX, Brussel,
 Jean-Luc DE PAEPE & Christiane RAINDORF-GERARD, Le Parlement belge, Brussel, 1996.

Belgisch advocaat
Belgisch volksvertegenwoordiger
Belgisch senator
Belgisch liberaal
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All 5 People Killed In I-5 Crash In French Camp Identified As Tracy Residents
By CBS13 Staff March 15, 2021 at 2:14 pm
Filed Under:French Camp, Interstate 5, Tracy News
FRENCH CAMP (CBS13) — All five people who were killed in a crash off Interstate 5 in French Camp have now been identified by the coroner's office.
Over the weekend, the San Joaquin County Coroner's Office on Sunday confirmed the identifies of Lorinda Jones, 42, Phylis Clifton, 7, and Major Clifton, 1. On Monday, the other two people were identified as Nathaniel Clifton, 33, and Gina Jewell, 29.
RELATED: Family Pleads For Seatbelt Safety After Deadly Crash Kills Five Off I-5 In French Camp
All five people were from Tracy, authorities say.
California Highway Patrol had said that the group was in a 1997 Toyota heading northbound on I-5 when, for an unknown reason, the car went off the freeway and struck a tree near Roth Road.
Three of the passengers were pronounced dead at the scene, officers say. The other two people later died at the hospital.
Investigators said three people who were in the back seat of the car were not wearing a seatbelt.
It's believed that drugs and/or alcohol were involved in this crash, CHP said.
Family and friends have since left stuffed animals and other items at the scene of the crash to pay tribute to the lives lost.
CBS13 Staff
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What are Social Media KPIs?
You can guess whether a particular post or channel will help you reach your goals or not, but you can't know for sure until after you measure your performance using key performance indicators, or KPIs. With today's analytics tools, you can measure thousands of metrics—but that doesn't mean you should. It takes time to measure and analyze KPIs for social media, so you have to devote your resources to the ones that will help you reach your specific business goals.
This page provides an overview of the most important KPIs for social media, along with a brief guide to getting started on your measurement efforts. Keep reading to learn more, and give us a call at 888-601-5359.
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To put it simply, people can't become customers if they don't know that your business exists, and they won't become customers if they don't like what your company stands for. Social media can be a great tool for both introducing your brand to users, and showing them that you are a worthwhile business to buy from.
If your goals are brand awareness-related, your KPIs may be followers, mentions, and consumers sentiment. Being active on social media will ensure greater brand awareness, while positive perceptions of your business can be reinforced by improving—and measuring—the next essential set of KPIs.
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Having a lot of followers may be a great ego boost, but they only help your business if they actually engage. Are they spending time on your social media page or website? Are they commenting on posts or sharing content? Are they posting their own content to your page? All of these metrics are signs of an engaged follower—and, ideally, a loyal customer and advocate.
If attracting traffic to your website is one of your main goals, you will need to measure the amount of referrals your site gets from social platforms. This will help you measure how effective your calls to action are, and how many of your followers decide to visit your site after seeing your social profile.
You may also want to use on-site behavior from referral traffic, like what users do after visiting a certain landing page, or whether or not they make purchases based on your social content.
While we typically recommend that businesses focus their social strategies more on building relationships than making sales, an occasional call to action is typically okay. If you use these on your social channels, you'll definitely want to measure their effectiveness.
If you send followers to your site with the intent of having them take specific actions, you need to keep track of how many of them take that action. Whether you want them to sign up for a mailing list, get a free download, or make a purchase, you should always measure conversion rate.
How can you start measuring KPIs?
Knowing which KPIs to measure in your social media strategy is one thing—knowing how to measure them is another. KPIs are the most effective way to determine whether social media is helping you grow your company, so you need a plan in place. These steps will help you get started.
Social media marketing can do a lot of things to grow a business, but you'll only know if it's working if you set goals ahead of time. These goals should be specific, measurable, and time-based.
For example, don't just say that you want to, "build a following on Facebook," say that you want to, "have 1,000 followers within the first 3 months of starting a Facebook page." Once you set specific goals for your social media marketing plan, determining whether or not you've met them is easy.
Once you've determined your goals, you'll need to figure out how you want to measure your progress. Many platforms now offer built-in tools like Facebook Insights and Twitter Analytics, which can be extremely helpful as they are easy to use and monitor.
That being said, those tools are limited to metrics on their specific platforms. If you want to measure on-site metrics like site referral traffic or conversion rates, you'll need an additional tool, like Google Analytics.
After a few months, you should have a pretty good idea of whether or not you're on track to meet your goals, and whether or not you need to adjust your strategy. That being said, even if things are going well, you should always be on the lookout for ways to improve.
Consider testing different ideas to see how your followers respond. This may mean posting at different times of the day, posting new content types (like photos or videos), or even just using a different tone. Keep testing different messages, formats and offers until you know exactly what kind of posts resonate most with your followers.
As you've probably seen on your personal feeds, top businesses don't just post new content when they feel like it. They make a concerted effort to keep their feeds fresh. However, you probably don't have the time to keep up with all of your platforms on your own.
As your social efforts grow, so should your social team. Consider assigning different responsibilities to different members of your marketing team, or alternately, hiring one person to take on all of it.
Key performance indicators help marketers determine whether their online marketing efforts are helping or hurting their business. Similarly, KPIs for social media can help you shape the way you reach out to your followers on Facebook, Twitter, and other sites.
If you need help determining or measuring KPIs for your social media efforts, feel free to contact us. Our dedicated social team is more than happy to assist you.
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Recently, I hosted my book club's annual dinner where guests signed up to bring either beef or chicken chili, salad, cornbread, dessert or an appetizer. When Book Hunters member, Janna, uncovered her Greek-style appetizer, the aroma of warm feta and olives wafted through the kitchen attracting us like moths to a flame. Guests started scooping up the dip with abandon, or at least I did. Soon, there was a lot of gushing going on in my kitchen.
Janna said the appetizer was easy to make. Even better.
Preheat oven to 350º. Allow ingredients to come to room temperature if times allows.
Layer ingredients in an 8″ by 8″ square pan or other ovenproof containers, as shown. Drizzle with extra virgin olive oil.
Bake in a 350º oven for 20-25 minutes.
Serve with pita bread or crackers. We loved it with naan dippers.
A few words about the ingredients. I tried this with cherry tomatoes but thought the sliced tomatoes had a lot more flavor. One tomato was enough.
It took me a few attempts to find kalamata olives that were tasty. Make sure the ones you choose are flavorful.
We preferred the dip with the garlic-flavored hummus.
Warning: these nuts can become are addictive!
Even the reject batches turned into something absolutely wonderful.
I had been served roasted rosemary cashews twice, both times at The Nashville Food Project's Patron's Party for Nourish. I was smitten! After this year's event, I cruised the Internet for a recipe and found that superstar chefs like Ina and Nigella and a slew of others had been writing about these "bar nuts" from the Union Square Cafe in New York City for years. I had to make them.
The Nuts. I made this recipe using one-pound bags of raw (unroasted), unsalted, cashews from Trader Joe's and Whole Foods. The pound bags cost $7.99 at both stores. Be forewarned — raw, unsalted, cashews are hard to find at traditional grocery stores. At the Union Square Cafe, they use a combination of raw nuts.
Kosher Salt versus Table Salt. If you use kosher salt, you will need to add more salt. Kosher salt has larger crystals than table salt. Thus the salt takes up more volume but has less weight in a measuring spoon. Plan on using 1¼ to 1½ tablespoons of kosher salt to 1 tablespoon of regular salt.
Kosher salt has larger crystals because historically it was manufactured for "koshering" meat, a process where large crystals of salt were rubbed onto meat to remove surface blood. If table salt had been used, it might have been absorbed by the meat. Eventually, the name "koshering salt" was reduced to kosher salt.
Olive oil versus Butter. I tried using olive oil instead of butter, but the seasonings wouldn't stick to the nuts.
Pour nuts into a large, rimmed, baking pan in a single layer. Roast for 10-12 minutes until very lightly browned.
Meanwhile, measure the seasonings and mince the fresh rosemary.
Melt the butter and add to the bowl of seasonings. Stir.
Immediately after removing nuts from oven, pour nuts into a large bowl and add the seasoning mixture. You could add the butter mixture directly to the pan and toss, but the nuts tend to spill out as you stir and much of the seasoning stays on the bottom of the pan. I think it's better to mix in a bowl.
Let flavors meld for about ten minutes, occasionally stirring to distribute the seasonings evenly. Your house will smell divine. Serve warm or allow nuts to cool by spreading them in a roasting pan.
These nuts make great holiday and hostess gifts.
What did I do with my reject batches of roasted cashews? I tried making nut butter for the first time using my Vitamix processor. The results were amazing!! I'm so thrilled to have made something new that is so tasty. I processed the three pounds of nuts for only two minutes.
P.S. The seasoning mixture is yummy on popcorn.
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I recently stopped by my daughter-in-law's house to visit her mother, Viji, and her grandmother, Hema. Knowing how much I love her cooking, Viji, whose kindness and generosity know no bounds, asked if I was hungry and offered to prepare a bowl of biryani and rice for me. I gratefully accepted.
Usually, when Viji makes biryani, she serves it with a bowl of raita, a refreshing yogurt-based condiment that tempers the spices in biryani. This time, Viji offered a bowl of plain yogurt (known as perugu in Telugu) which she often serves over rice and curries. I scooped up a few spoonfuls and poured them over the biryani. As I licked the spoon, I was struck by how sweet, tangy, and light her batch of yogurt tasted. It was unlike any yogurt I had had before. I asked Viji what brand it was and she told me she made it herself. As soon as she said the yogurt was homemade, my hand was already searching the depths of my purse for a pen and a piece of paper. I had to learn how to do this.
Viji explained how making yogurt was something she and her family have been doing almost daily their entire lives, both in India and in the United States. In describing how she made it, she didn't use off-putting words like "live cultures," "starter," or "fermentation." Instead, she told me simply to heat milk in a microwave until just before it starts to boil, allow it to cool until you could comfortably stick your finger in it (not scalding and not lukewarm — somewhere in between). When it got to that temperature, I was to add a spoonful of yogurt from the last yogurt batch, stir it, cover it with plastic wrap, and put it in the warmed microwave to set undisturbed overnight; it would be yogurt in the morning.
She sent me home me with a small jar of yogurt for "starter" and an encouraging smile. Here is a photo of Viji and our daughter, Meera, from a cooking class they taught to Meera's friends a few years ago.
I made my first batch that same evening. When I checked the microwave the following morning, the preparation had thickened. I had made yogurt! I felt so accomplished. Surprisingly, it tasted exactly like Viji's batch: sweet, light and tangy. Delicious in its plainness. Out of sheer delight in creating something as universally known as yogurt, I proceeded to share a few spoonfuls with everyone who walked in the door for the next few weeks.
How does milk become yogurt?
Milk is made of water, fat, proteins, minerals, and a milk sugar known as lactose. When the milk is heated, its native bacteria are killed. As the milk cools and the new, live bacteria in the starter culture are introduced, the new bacteria feed on the milk's lactose (sugar) and turn it into lactic acid. As it does this, the milk is transformed, or ferments, into a soft curd — yogurt.
It is a very simple and time-honored process. People have been making yogurt, kefir, and cheese from milk, using bacteria, yeast, or fungi, for thousands of years to preserve milk's shelf life. It is only in the last one hundred plus years, with the advent of refrigeration, that people have been able to store milk in liquid form in their homes.
You can make your own yogurt using a starter culture that has been given to you, as I did, or you can buy commercially prepared yogurt with "live" or "active" cultures from the grocery store. To make this recipe replicable for readers, I purchased four different commercial brands of plain, unsweetened yogurt to test the process and each brand worked. As long as the container of yogurt has these two live bacterial strains listed, you will be able to make yogurt: Lactobacillus bulgaricus ( L. bulgaricus) and Streptococcus thermophilus (S. thermophilus). Other strands of bacteria are often added by manufacturers to create the unique taste and texture of each brand.
This label is from a container of Trader Joe's plain yogurt.
This label is from a container of Desi, a nice plain yogurt I bought at Patel Brothers, a fabulous Indian grocery store on Nolensville Road in Nashville.
All four brands of yogurt produced a semi-solid yogurt that tasted identical to the batch from which the starter came. Words to the wise: be sure you like the taste of the plain yogurt you choose because that is how your homemade batch will taste.
Any whole or reduced-fat milk will do. You could also use soy or coconut milk, although I have not tried these.
Pour milk into a tempered glass bowl suitable for heating.
Heat milk uncovered in the microwave, or on the stovetop, until it reaches 180º. In my microwave, this takes nine minutes. If you do not have a digital thermometer, heat milk until it just begins to boil. Do not let it boil over.
Remove hot milk from the microwave to a padded surface and allow it to cool to 115º.
Add a spoonful of yogurt starter and stir. I add one tablespoonful of starter when using four cups of milk and a heaping teaspoon when using two cups. Cover mixture with plastic wrap and let rest, undisturbed, for 8-10 hours in a warm, dark place like a microwave, an oven, or on a shelf in a kitchen cabinet.
If it doesn't set, let it sit a little while longer. For some reason, it took twelve hours for one of the brands to form a curd. I am not sure why, but it did eventually set. Once set, refrigerate the yogurt. Be sure to set aside a small amount to use as starter for the next batch!
Since making that first batch, I've started draining yogurt to make "cheese yogurt." This process of draining yogurt to separate out the whey is also how Greek yogurt and labneh, a Lebanese cream cheese, are made.
The resulting soft cheese is delicious spread on bread and topped with honey or preserves.
Or, it can be served as a savory dish and spread on pita or toast and topped with olive oil, freshly chopped herbs, slivers of green onion, sea salt, and freshly cracked pepper. The flavor is amazing!
To make yogurt cheese, I place a cheesecloth over a fat-separator which has a built-in colander. You could also line a regular colander with cheesecloth.
Allow yogurt to drain for a few hours or overnight in the refrigerator.
This method produced two cups of whey and two cups of yogurt cheese from a four-cup batch of yogurt.
I've been making two batches of this yogurt cheese, which is rich in protein and calcium, every week for the last month. Our family cannot get enough of it. The good news is if you don't feel like making your own yogurt, you could buy commercially prepared yogurt and drain it.


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Bonita Springs water tower being demolished, BSU says
A Bonita Springs Utilities water tower on a barrier island south of Fort Myers Beach will be destroyed after sitting dormant for 5 years.
Bonita Springs water tower being demolished, BSU says A Bonita Springs Utilities water tower on a barrier island south of Fort Myers Beach will be destroyed after sitting dormant for 5 years. Check out this story on news-press.com: https://www.news-press.com/story/news/local/2019/03/06/demolition-hickory-boulevard-water-tower-begins/3082350002/
Thaddeus Mast, Naples Daily News Published 2:31 p.m. ET March 6, 2019
The Big Hickory Island water tower as seen by Fort Myers photographer Brian Tietz, who has captured landmarks and notable residents for a Bonita Springs Historic Preservation Board visual project. (Photo: Brian Tietz/Special to The Banner)
An iconic water tower on a Bonita Springs barrier island will be nothing more than a concrete slab in the coming weeks.
The tower, sporting black "Bonita Springs" text on its face, is hard to miss for anyone driving along Hickory Boulevard to and from Fort Myers Beach.
The Bonita Springs Utilities tower has been out of use since 2012, while officials decided what to do with the 151-foot-tall water storage tank.
At one point, Bonita Springs City Council spoke about purchasing and decorating the tower for beautification purposes. A few councilors said they used the tower for navigation while boating in the Gulf of Mexico.
The city ultimately passed on the idea of preserving it, leaving the tower's dismantling as the best choice.
The Hickory Boulevard water tower that carries the name of Bonita Springs is set to be demolished. (Photo: Courtesy of Bonita Springs Utilities)
"Prior to initiating the removal, we carefully considered whether the tank could be salvaged," said John Jenkins, BSU executive director, according to a news release about the demolition. "Due to mounting maintenance costs and liability concerns, the best alternative is to remove the water tank."
The tower was built in 1982 and held up to 500,000 gallons of water to support residents of Little Hickory Island. Construction projects in 2006 and 2009 reduced the need for a tank before ultimately closing in 2014.
Work is being done to protect the nearby mangroves before full demolition begins March 11. A large crane is expected to should dismantle the tower piece by piece, leaving only its concrete base, according to BSU.
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Q: Is it possible to access json data from another domain after authentication? Is there any way to authenticate an API which is in another domain using javascript? If so, is it possible to access it using json data?
I have tried the following code, but it returns as "401 unauthorized" even the username and password is correct.
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      url: url,
      dataType: 'json',
      async: false,
      data: '{}',
      beforeSend: function (xhr){
          xhr.setRequestHeader ("Authorization", "Basic " + btoa(username + ":" + password));
      },
      success: function (responseData){
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MILS - Exclusive Premiere Of New Single And Video
Published on Tuesday, 08 September 2015 17:00
The Swiss, French and Swedish musical collaboration Mils, a band that enthused the alternative rock/metal scene with their debut album, Man Is A Lonely Soldier, which was released in November 2013 through Dooweet Records, is now back with a new single and video - "Come Home". Just a day before its official release Terra Relicta Webmagazine offers you an exclusive pre-release premiere of it. Watch the video and listen below to this extremely catchy and fastastic new track.
Video was directed by Arnaud Sintès (also lead singer for Mist Of Dead End) and is featuring Mils's new singer Mélodie Pastor. The track was recorded in Downtone Studio (Switzerland) with producer Drop (Sybreed, MXD).
The topic of the song is about the "return to senses", symbolised by home. Headlong rush means destruction, the home is a safe place where reason is protective. Joséphine Lindgren, who's the author of lyrics explained the meaning: "Action gives man energy and wings, like an addiction to an euphoric state of mind. But when catching up with time and running into the future become an escape from the past, the wings start to brake. The white swan turns black. Come home is a desperate call to a lost soul, sliding into madness."
"Come Home" is the first track of the band with the new singer Mélodie Pastor, who joined the band in September 2014. The song is also the first unveiled stuff from Mils's forthcoming, yet untitled EP, the release date is as well not set at this time. The band is focusing on live performances from now on, couple of gigs are already scheduled in France, and we believe that once the promoters will hear the new track a lot more will be on the list.
The band was formed in Montpellier (France) in 2008 by three composers, Olivier Denjean, Tristan Milian and Josephine Lindgren, the group traces its inspiration to several genres: heavy metal, electronic, pop, blues, gothic and atmospheric music. The result is a music that is characteristically introspective, contemplative and epic, so that each Mils title provides a contrasting universe. This range and variety of moods is a result of blending the work of musicians whose prime influences should, in theory, conflict. In 2015 Mils present themselves with a renowned line-up and the members are: Mélodie Pastor (vocals), Tristan Milian (guitar), Jack Tronquet (synths), Ben Marmier (drums) and Joséphine Lindgren (lyrics).
Now watch the video below and follow the band at the links listed below.
Mils links: Official website, Facebook
2013-11-19 - MILS - Debut Album Detailed, Track Streaming Online
2013-11-26 - Mils - Man Is A Lonely Soldier (2013) - Review
2013-12-03 - MILS - Contest
2013-12-22 - SOMBRATI RECORDS - Gothic Rock Around The World V Released
2014-01-16 - Mils - Interview
2014-01-27 - MIST OF DEAD END - Exclusive Premiere Of Debut Single
2014-02-02 - MIST OF DEAD END - Debut Single And Video Clip Released
2014-02-02 - Mist Of Dead End
2014-05-26 - MIST OF DEAD END - Recording New Single
2014-06-05 - MIST OF DEAD END - Exclusive Premiere Of A New Single
2014-06-09 - MIST OF DEAD END - Second Single Released And Available For Free
2014-12-16 - MIST OF DEAD END - Exclusive First Details About Debut EP 'Never Explain Anything'
2015-03-04 - MIST OF DEAD END - Inked A Deal With Mislealia Records
2015-09-09 - MILS - New Single Released Today
2015-12-30 - MIST OF DEAD END - Debut EP Out Now
2016-01-12 - Mist Of Dead End - Never Explain Anything [EP] (2015) - Review
2016-01-12 - Mist Of Dead End - Never Explain Anything [EP] (2015)
2016-08-17 - CHOKHMAH - New Track Available For Streaming
2017-01-27 - DEADFALL ARTIST/BAND MANAGEMENT - Fifth Compilation Out Tomorrow
2017-04-14 - MILS - Releases New Single And Video
2017-05-17 - Mils - We Fight/We Love [EP] (2017) - Review
2017-09-22 - MILS - Share New Music Video
2017-05-17 - Mils - We Fight/We Love [EP] (2017)


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Overcast skies didn't deter the "Mighty Eagle," flying high over the historic F-1 test stand and completing a milestone round of flight test objectives, September 5, 2012. One of two NASA robotic prototype landers, the vehicle was flown to an altitude of 30.48 meters and descended gently to a controlled landing during a successful free flight Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Nicknamed the "Mighty Eagle" after one of the characters in the popular "Angry Birds" game, the vehicle is a three-legged prototype, that resembles an actual flight lander design. It is 1.219 meters high, 2.438 in diameter and, when fueled, weighs 317.5 kg. It's a, so-called, "green" vehicle, 90 percent fueled by pure hydrogen peroxide, guided by an onboard computer [NASA/MSFC].
Paul D. Spudis
The Once and Future Moon
Smithsonian Air & Space
Wanted: lander spacecraft to deliver payloads to the Moon. Must be cheap and reliable.
NASA recently issued an "RFI" – a Request for Information – a method used by the agency to solicit concepts from various companies and gauge their ability to fulfill a future anticipated need. In this case, the need is for a small robotic lander, one capable of delivering two classes of payloads to the lunar surface: small (from 30 to 100 kg) and medium (from 250 to 450 kg).
Probably focused near-term with the RESOLVE (Regolith and Environment Science and Oxygen and Lunar Volatiles Extraction) payload, the intent of this RFI is to survey existing capabilities for the commercial delivery of a variety of payloads to the Moon. RESOLVE is a NASA experiment designed to test and demonstrate some techniques of in situ resource utilization (ISRU) on the Moon, specifically the generation of oxygen and the extraction of volatile elements (such as hydrogen) from lunar soil. The RESOLVE package consists of several highly integrated experiments designed to collect soil on the Moon, heat this feedstock to various temperatures and measure the amount and type of volatile elements released, and practice some techniques of processing the soil into useful products (such as water or oxygen).
Though we've been talking about using off-planet resources for years, this is the first time the agency would fly an experiment designed to evaluate the processes and difficulties involved. Some of us contend that until it is proven possible (by demonstrating it in space), space-based resource utilization (ISRU) will remain classified as "too risky" to incorporate into an architecture. Engineers don't doubt the chemistry or physics behind ISRU, but to evaluate risk and return, they want demonstrations using real hardware versus theoretical concepts and paper studies.
Although it will not answer all ISRU questions, RESOVLE can provide useful data and would be an important milestone. Our ignorance is particularly vast in regard to the nature of the polar volatile deposits. Some near-polar sites are under consideration for RESOLVE, but because the lander must be able to communicate with Earth, sites near the poles must be in radio view of Earth. This eliminates the most promising polar volatile sites (permanently dark, out of radio sight) from consideration, at least for the first mission. However, we know that water ice occurs in some areas in view of Earth, so careful targeting will permit us to get ground truth for a critical area near the one of poles.
There are a wide variety of possible payloads (scientific and resource utilization) for lunar missions using small landers. A key priority for the lunar science community has been the deployment of a global network of geophysical instruments. Such a package would include a seismometer (to monitor and measure moonquakes), a heat flow probe (to take the Moon's temperature) and other instruments, such as a magnetometer and a laser reflector. The five-station surface network laid out during the Apollo missions was operational for more than 7 years and gave us a first-order understanding of the nature of the deep lunar interior. A new global network – widely spaced and operating longer with more stations – would vastly improve on that knowledge.
The success of a network mission necessitates a long-lived power source to operate instruments during the very cold, 14-day lunar night (the Apollo network used nuclear power supplies), along with an inexpensive way to deploy the network stations. New technologies have developed small, reliable radioisotope generators that operate for many years. A small lander could deliver geophysical stations across the entire globe; each station is low mass, so the smaller (and presumably cheaper) the lander, the more likely that this mission will be realized. A global seismic network would decipher the crust and mantle structure of the Moon and could monitor its surface for large impacts. A precise measurement of lunar heat flow (measuring the abundance of radioactive elements in the Moon) will give us more information about the bulk composition of the Moon and advance our understanding of lunar origin. Laser ranging will also be useful in addressing some critical geophysical and astrophysical problems.
Project Morpheus vehicle "Morpheus Bravo," executes a successful tether test August 7, 2013 at Johnson Space Center. The combined Morpheus/JPL team met all their objectives including engine ignition, ascent, a 3 meter lateral translation over simulated Mars regolith simulant from JPL to help with plume study, 40 seconds of hover at apex and a slant descent to "landing" using free flight guidance. The entire flight duration was around 80 seconds. All though the Mars surface simulant was not typical for Morpheus test fires, it "sure made for a spectacular show"
Single-point landers, making simple measurements, can investigate the surface composition and geology at select landing sites. If the landing sites and investigations are carefully chosen, they could significantly advance science by answering key questions. For example, a critical issue in the cratering history of the Moon is knowledge of the absolute age of some of the youngest craters on the Moon. The formation of the crater Copernicus marks a key time horizon in lunar history (the Copernican Period). We know its relative age very well but are uncertain about its absolute age. A small lander can be sent directly to the crater floor, where the impact melt is exposed and accessible, to analyze crater melt rocks for chemical composition and to learn the nature of the impact target (as well as determining the age of the rock by measuring the radiogenic potassium and argon in the rock). Although the potassium-argon technique is not the most precise method of radiometric dating, it can distinguish among the different proposed absolute ages, which vary over a billion years. By determining this age more precisely, we will better understand the impact flux in the Earth-Moon system, knowledge that will help us better interpret the surface ages of units on other terrestrial planets.
Small landers could deliver a variety of long-lived assets for future surface operations and resource utilization experiments. Techniques for making oxygen from lunar soil have been proposed but no comparative demonstration has been done on the Moon. A small laboratory could be send to the Moon to conduct simultaneous experiments on oxygen manufacture. The advantage of this experiment would be the use of identical feedstock under identical thermal and time constraints to compare their relative efficacy and identify any problems. This experiment would fit on a small lander (~ 50 kg capacity) and by using solar power, within the span of a single lunar day (2 weeks) could quickly complete its evaluation.
The larger version of the RFI lander opens up other possibilities. With a payload capacity on the order of 500 kg, this lander could deliver an advanced, automated surface rover (powered by an RTG – nuclear battery) able to undertake extensive and protracted exploration of the polar cold traps. Equipped with instruments utilizing well established technology, this rover would characterize the physical, chemical and isotopic make up of the polar volatiles – a task critical for mapping the extent and purity of deposits of water ice on the Moon, and evaluating their mining and extraction potential.
The Canadian Space Agency test platform Artemis, Jr. fitted with NASA's RESOLVE instrument package, Day 3 of field testing on Mauna Kea, Hawai'i, July 2012 [CSA].
At this scale, it's possible to deliver an ascent vehicle to the Moon to retrieve and return samples to Earth. Scientists have a long list of desired targets for sample return and the potential for low cost, commercial landers to deliver payloads simply and inexpensively to the Moon could revolutionize our understanding of the Moon's (and Earth's) history and processes. From remote sensing data, we know that many fascinating areas on the Moon display rocks either unrepresented or unrecognized in the existing collections from the American Apollo, Soviet Luna, and lunar meteorite samples. Samples from the oldest impact feature on the Moon – the floor of the South Pole-Aitken basin – are especially desired. Although a simple "grab" sample won't answer all of our questions, rocks from this site could address major questions about the bombardment history of the Moon and the early Earth.
Small lander spacecraft will open up new horizons for science and exploration. Critical to their success is making them simple, robust and inexpensive. That's been a tall order for NASA. Whether the commercial sector can provide this capability more effectively remains to be seen.
CHONDROBOT-2: Simple, Efficient Semi-Autonomous Lunar Excavator (January 4, 2013)
Technical Readiness (November 17, 2012)
Marshall's new-generation lunar lander flies again (September 11, 2012)
Update: ISRU mission simulations on Hawai'i (July 30, 2012)
'A RESOLVE to mine the Moon' (July 15, 2012)
KSC shows off RESOLVE, ISRU and lunar analog study platform (June 13, 2012)
Mighty Eagle lander's 100 foot flight at Redstone (November 4, 2011)
New Robotic Lander Prototype skates tests (January 29, 2011)
NASA update: ILN Anchor Nodes and Robotic Lunar Lander Project (August 17, 2010)
Field testing of In-Situ Resource Utilization (July 1, 2010)
The Lunar Quest Program and the International Lunar Network (September 6, 2009)
Spotlight on Carnegie-Mellon's SCARAB (April 10, 2009)
Originally published August 17, 2013 at his Smithsonian Air & Space blog The Once and Future Moon, Dr. Spudis is a senior staff scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute. The opinions expressed are those of the author but are better informed than average.
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Q: I have multiple files of `.zcompdump` , why do I have multiple files of these? I have multiple files of .zcomdump.
.rw-r--r--   47k myuser 13 Jul 10:02  .zcompdump
.rw-r--r--   47k myuser 14 Jul 16:52  .zcompdump-MacBook Pro (2)-5.7.1
.rw-r--r--   47k myuser  4 Jun  9:32  .zcompdump-MacBook Pro-5.7.1
.rw-r--r--   36k myuser  3 Jul 11:07  .zcompdump.macbook-pro-2.lan.54221

Which one of them do zsh actually use? Can i clear out some of them or?

A: I added this line to the ~/.zshrc above the source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh line:
export ZSH_COMPDUMP=$ZSH/cache/.zcompdump-$HOST

Then, when we source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh, the compinit command dumps to that new location.
Here's where compinit is in oh-my-zsh.sh.

A: Because the compinit mechanism of zsh creates the filename depending on some environment variable, here $HOST.

It's safe to delete them, but they will be recreated unless you add -D to compinit line in your zsh config

https://github.com/wurmlab/oswitch/issues/41
They are used to speed up the completion mechanism.
You can delete them and let it recreate the one you need.


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Avoiding HVAC-R Leak Testing Errors
Company News, Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning (HVAC), EMEA
Inficon has published a new e-book, "Leak testing of refrigeration, air conditioning and heating systems", which discusses challenges as well as errors commonly encountered when testing equipment.
Errors commonly encountered include the following:
Wrong method for the test leak rate
A common error in the water bath method is that the tester does not detect bubbles even though there is a leak. Problematic: A basic condition for the suitability of a leak testing or leak detection method is the leak rate limit. Often, however, companies do not pay attention to this in practice. For example, they examine plastic parts using the pressure drop method without considering their deformability and the change in volume caused by the compressed air. The leak rates of the integral leak testing and subsequent leak detection must match.
Incorrectly test time settings
At what point in the production process does leak testing make sense? This should be carefully considered. It is usually helpful to check partial components before assembly. If the pre-assembled components fail the series test, the effort is significantly higher - and the time invested in assembly is lost.
Contamination of test piece
The following applies to all test methods: Leak testing should always be carried out on completely new test parts. If a component was already in operation in advance and filled with oil or water, for example, small leaks may have clogged up. Before performing leak testing, test pieces must be cleaned and dried.
Temperature changes
For integral leak testing according to the pressure decay principle or differential pressure measurement, temperature fluctuations are serious. Minimal temperature fluctuations can alter the measurable leak rate in several orders of magnitude.
Test pressure fluctuates
Companies should always fill the test piece with the same constant pressure during the leak testing. Caution is required, however, as the correct filling of some test pieces is only possible after a previous evacuation. With helium testing, for example, tracer gas concentrations are reduced in order to reduce testing costs.
Stringer leaks and gross leaks are underestimated
Stringer leaks consist of capillary passages. For successful testing, it must be considered how long it takes for the tracer gas helium to be distributed in such a way that it also escapes from stringer leaks. Therefore, there should be sufficient time between filling and testing to be able to reliably identify stringer leaks.
Testers do not know how to perform measurements
For integral leak testing it is recommended to use a reproducible measuring method instead of just relying on the tester's perception. But one should consider how to measure and with which test medium. For example, air leak rates are specified, but helium has a slightly higher dynamic viscosity than air. Therefore, a conversion is required for the exact leak rate.
No calibration of the test equipment takes place
Companies should regularly check the operation and accuracy of their testing system with a reference leak (e.g. a calibration leak in a glass capillary), which always causes the same leak rate due to its defined size. If this leak rate is not determined in the testing, the test equipment has a malfunction.
Maintenance of the test system is neglected
If companies do not measure leak rates at a test station for days or for weeks that are higher than those at which the test piece still passes the test, this is either a sign of the immense quality of the product - or also an indicator of an insufficiently functioning test system. Therefore, companies should regularly check joints, hoses, test piece holders, etc.
"We can do it ourselves"
Think twice before making this decision. It is better to turn to experts and seek comprehensive advice. Selecting the best test method, configuring the test system properly and designing the test process as reliably as possible is a big challenge - therefore professional support is recommended.
The top 10 most common errors in leak testing are an excerpt from Inficon's free e-book "Leak testing of refrigeration, air conditioning and heating systems - A guide", which can be downloaded here https://www.inficon.com/markets/refrigeration/e-book/.
Inficon GmbH
INFICON GmbH in Cologne, Germany, is one of the world's leading developers, producers and suppliers of instruments and devices for leak testing. The leak detectors are used in demanding industrial processes in production and quality control and cover a wide range of applications. INFICON's main customers are manufacturers and service companies of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment, the automotive and automotive supplier industry, the semiconductor industry and manufacturers of leak detection systems. Almost all manufacturers of cooling and air-conditioning equipment and their suppliers are customers. INFICON technology is used to test refrigerators, air conditioning systems and their components, heat pumps, drinking water dispensers, hot water storage tanks or gas boilers for the generation of hot water or for heating. Embedded in the INFICON holding company based in Switzerland, the company uses key in-house components for its instruments, such as mass spectrometers and vacuum gauges. In 2006 INFICON revolutionized leak detection technology with tracer gas with the patented INFICON Wise TechnologyTM. In 2011, INFICON acquired Pfeiffer-Vacuum's hydrogen leak detection business (the former Sensistor business unit). INFICON can now look back on more than 50 years of experience in leak detection technology. Through production facilities in Cologne (Germany), Balzers (Liechtenstein), Linköping (Sweden), Syracuse (USA) and Shanghai (China) as well as through sales offices in all important industrial countries and an expanded network of sales partners, INFICON handles worldwide sales. In fiscal year 2016, INFICON AG with its approx. 950 employees achieved worldwide sales of US$ 310 million. INFICON's registered shares (IFCN) are traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Visit www.inficon.com for more information.
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The basic principle of using solar mirrors is to reflect sunlight onto a point to heat the point up. The more mirror area reflecting sunlight onto the point, the more heat generated at the point. Once the point is sufficiently heated, it can be transformed into electricity.
A solar power tower is a system that uses many, usually large, mirrors to reflect sunlight and concentrate it onto a single point high up at the top of a tower. The heat on the tower boils water to create steam that drives a turbine generator. Because this system only works when there is sunlight, a variation has been developed that uses liquid sodium, which is heated first and then heats the water. Because liquid sodium can store heat much longer than water, it allows for the heating process to be run day and night.
Like a solar power tower, electricity generation using a Stirling engine involves using mirrors to focus sunlight onto a point that heats up. The difference is that instead of heating water or a liquid to drive a turbine, the heat is used to drive a Stirling engine.
The Stirling engine was invented in 1816 by Robert Stirling as a way to rival the steam engine. Unlike an internal combustion engine, where heat is generated from the inside, the Stirling engine, like a steam engine, is considered an external combustion engine, because it gets its heat from the outside, in this case from concentrated sunlight. The Stirling engine is a closed system that uses pistons and contains a gas or liquid that in the process of being heated and cooled drives the pistons (see above article for a more complete description). The pistons turn a flywheel that connects to a generator that creates electricity. A great advantage to the Stirling engine is that it can run from any heat source, allowing for the use of fuels that would otherwise not work for internal combustion engines.
Generating electricity from a parabolic trough involves a parabolic trough shaped mirror that focuses sunlight onto a pipe that runs the length of the trough. The pipe contains a liquid, usually oil, which becomes heated. The heated oil then boils water to create steam that drives a turbine generator (see above article for a complete description).
A solar mirror can be substituted by a Fresnel lens, which acts like a magnifying glass to intensify the focus of light.


To amend section 4301.20 of the Revised Code to allow manufacturers of nonbeverage food products to purchase at wholesale beer and intoxicating liquor from A and B liquor permit holders.
(J) The manufacture, sale, and transport of ethanol or ethyl alcohol for use as fuel. As used in this division, "ethanol" has the same meaning as in section 5733.46 of the Revised Code.
(M) Persons, at least twenty-one years of age, who collect ceramic commemorative bottles containing spirituous liquor that have unbroken federal tax stamps on them from selling or trading the bottles to other collectors. The bottles shall originally have been purchased at retail from the division, legally imported under division (L) of this section, or legally imported pursuant to a supplier registration issued by the division. The sales shall be for the purpose of exchanging a ceramic commemorative bottle between private collectors and shall not be for the purpose of selling the spirituous liquor for personal consumption. The sale or exchange authorized by this division shall not occur on the premises of any permit holder, shall not be made in connection with the business of any permit holder, and shall not be made in connection with any mercantile business.
(6) No person at the event shall sell or furnish beer or intoxicating liquor to an intoxicated person.
SECTION 2. That existing section 4301.20 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.


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Brits may be able to raise cash to keep Jane Austen's ring.
British fans of Jane Austen demonstrate they may be able to raise the cash to buy back her ring from pop star Kelly Clarkson.
It's not looking good for American pop star Kelly Clarkson's effort to keep the rare Jane Austen ring she bought at auction in Britain last year.
The Jane Austen's House Museum said today it has received a donation of about two-thirds of the total needed to buy the ring back from Clarkson.
British media and the Associated Press are reporting that the museum, in Austen's former home in Hampshire, had received about $155,000 from an anonymous donor aimed at keeping the ring in Britain.
Clarkson, who is wearing a replica of the turquoise cabochon and antique gold ring, bought the real thing at Sotheby's last year for about $237,000 (including auction fees).
But Britain, like most countries with deep reserves of art and antique treasures, blocked the export of the ring in hopes that someone would match that price and keep it in the country on public display.
Now the Austen museum has provided evidence that they are prepared to do so. The export ban, which expires at the end of September, could be extended to the end of the year if necessary to raise the rest of the asking price.
A museum fundraiser, Louise West, expressed sympathy for Clarkson, a fan of the author of Pride and Prejudice and five other iconic novels of the early 19th century. Clarkson also owns a first edition of Austen's Persuasion, the AP reported.
But West said the ring, one of the few artifacts known to have belonged to Austen, is a national cultural treasure that should not leave the U.K.
"The ring should stay in this country because there is so little of Austen's personal effects left," West told reporters. Austen died in 1817 and left the ring to her sister; it remained in the family until it was sold at auction last year.
Clarkson bought the ring anonymously, outbidding seven other bidders and paying more than five times the pre-sale estimated price. The ring came with its original box and proof of its provenance as belonging to Austen, which added to its value.
In a country that puts its literary stars on the highest pedestals, Austen has few peers; her face is set to appear on the 10-pound banknote starting in 2017. Nearly two centuries after her death, she continues to enchant.
"It is very good for Jane Austen PR that a young, famous American pop star expresses a love for her," West said.


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byMichael Muchmore Dec 02, 2014
Clean interface, even though it's chockablock with features. Tabbed windows with preview panel. Drag-and-drop functionality. Messages can be via SMS text, IM, or e-mail, and are convertible from one format to another. RSS reader. Calendar and notepad integration.
No Opera or Safari support. Doesn't open directly to your inbox. No AIM chatting.
With the addition of SMS text messaging and support for Windows Live Messenger IM, Yahoo! Mail remains the webmail client to beat. Its tabs, preview panel, drag-and-drop, built-in RSS reader, and oodles of other little goodies—all within a clear and easily usable interface—lift it head and shoulders above the competition.
Editor's Note: This review has been superceded by a newer review of Yahoo Mail.
Yahoo! Mail just celebrated its tenth birthday, and it's grown into a healthy Web 2.0 application, complete with drag-and-drop functionality, right-clickable menus, tabbed message windows, RSS integration, and a reading pane à la Outlook. The finally released, out-of-beta version is almost identical to Yahoo! Mail (beta 3) which we reviewed back in March, but with a few key differences. The major addition is support for sending and receiving SMS messages and Windows Live Messenger IMs within the mail interface. Further, some features have been refined, and reliability is improved.
If the new interface isn't to your liking—some habits die hard—you do have the option to revert to the "classic" version. But to me that would be like going from 3D back to 2D, or from Windows XP back to Windows 95. The first difference you'll notice in this release (besides the disappearance of the "beta" tag) is a pop-up box telling you that you can chat with your Windows Live contacts directly through the mail client. And at the top of every e-mail you compose, there are now three icons, one each for mail, chat, and text (a mobile phone icon).
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Tabs in Yahoo! Mail are quite handy once you get used to them: Pretty much every action you take opens a new tab. The good thing is that you don't lose your previous activity unless you close its tab. For example, if you do a search in your mailbox, then start a new text-message session, your search will still be there on another tab for reference. You get a new tab for each message or chat, as well as for searches and the home page of news sites.
One little annoyance that remains in this version is that it doesn't open right to your mail inbox, but instead displays top news headlines on your mail homepage. If you're navigating to your webmail site, shouldn't your mail be the first thing you see when you get there? Gmail does this—why does Yahoo! require that extra click? Hotmail has the same problem.—Next: Communication, Yahoo! Style
Communication, Yahoo! Style
The integrated chat doesn't offer advanced IM capabilities such as voice, video, or group chat, and it doesn't work with AIM, the biggest IM network. Still, there's a certain convenience in being able to chat right from your mailbox and convert the same message from e-mail to chat to text and back again. Gmail lets you start an IM from the mail client, but only by using its own, not-very-widespread Google Talk service.
As mentioned in our review of Yahoo! Mail beta 3, with this version you might receive an instant message without ever signing up for an IM service—every Yahoo! Mail account automatically includes the ability to IM. Yahoo! Mail will also find your Microsoft Passport–associated contacts and offer to add them to your online list, but be aware that this entails sending your contacts an automated permission e-mail. Some correspondents may find this annoying, so you might want to add them to your online list manually, instead. Also, when you add a new contact, there are fields for chat ID (with a choice for Windows Live Messenger as well as Yahoo! Messenger) and mobile phone number.
What was formerly the Compose button next to the Check Mail button is now called New, and a Text Message (SMS) option has been added to its drop-down choices. To use the SMS function, you first have to select your country. Right now there are only four choices: U.S., India, Canada, and the Philippines. The window for entering your message is a bit strange, because it shows a huge blank space in the middle of the page—but that's not where you enter the message. You have to scroll way down to the bottom of the page, to your avatar. On the topic of this avatar, strangely lacking here is the ability to upload your own picture. I can only guess that Yahoo! wants to drive people to Yahoo! Avatars to protect its investment in that site.
One small complaint: After I'd already added a mobile number to a contact's entry, the only choice I had when right-clicking the contact's name in the Contacts list was Send Email. When I chose this option, and then clicked on the cell phone icon to send an SMS, Yahoo! asked me for the mobile number. Why not just use the one already entered in the contact info? It's only after you enter the number again and send a text message that the number is remembered. This seems needlessly byzantine. Hotmail has the same problem.—Next: Yahoo! Mail: Shortcuts, Calendars, and More
Yahoo! Mail: Shortcuts, Calendars, and More
Yahoo! Shortcuts is a new feature that checks your e-mails for addresses, URLs, phone numbers, calendar events and places, and "Interesting picks," and underlines them with dotted lines. When you mouse over one of these, a box pops up with relevant actions: If it's a phone number or an e-mail address, you can add to contacts; for a place you can jump to a map, see travel info, or do a Web search; and dates get the option to be added to your calendar. You can also specify which of these items you'd like underlined, or disable the feature altogether if it's not your thing.
I found these shortcuts useful for adding contacts and appointments, though I was puzzled by the suggestion that I do a Web search for the phrase "backpack" in a traveling friend's e-mail. In another e-mail containing the word Manhattan, the bubble offered me a choice of View Travel Guide, View Map, and Search the Web. I could certainly see at least the first two being useful. Two less-momentous but helpful enhancements include an advanced mail search that lets you narrow results by sender, date, and more; and a choice of six new background colors to give it a more personalized look.
Before this release I'd encountered inbox entries flashing and a couple of other bugs, but I haven't seen any of that in this non-beta version. Load time has also improved; it's no slower than starting up the less-powerful Hotmail or AIM Mail interfaces. Alas, there's still no official support for Opera or Mac browsers.
As mentioned in our review of Yahoo! Mail beta 3, this is by far the richest webmail experience out there. None of the other major players has tabs, preview panes (actually, Hotmail does have preview panes, but they're not nearly as easy to access), or the ability to switch among e-mail, IM, and text in the same interface. Add to this the integration of your Yahoo! calendar, a notepad, and a fine RSS reader, and the result is the Swiss Army knife of communications. And though it sounds as if it might resemble the control panel of a Boeing 777, it's actually quite intuitive: I find Yahoo! Mail much easier to navigate than Gmail. Windows Live Mail and AIM Mail are equally intuitive and usable but decidedly less advanced. The new Yahoo! Mail is the one to beat. Oh, and if you're a current Yahoo! Mail user who doesn't have it yet, be patient—the company needs to migrate over 250 million accounts, but you should be enjoying this category-leading Web communication tool soon.
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West Okoboji demographics profile
Statistic West Okoboji Iowa National
Population 314 3,106,589 318,558,162
Speak English 100% 92% 79%
West Okoboji, IA has a population of 314 and is the 22,236th largest city in the United States. The population density is 244 per sq mi which is 346% higher than the Iowa average and 169% higher than the national average. The median age in West Okoboji is 63 which is approximately 65% higher than the Iowa average of 38. In West Okoboji, 75% of the population over 15 years of age are married, 100% speak English and 0% speak Spanish. 69% of West Okoboji residents were born in Iowa, 30% were born out of state, 1% were born outside of the United States and 0% were foreign born.
The population density in West Okoboji is 346% higher than Iowa.
The median age in West Okoboji is 65% higher than Iowa.
In West Okoboji 99.36% of the population is White.
In West Okoboji 0.64% of the population is Black or African American.
In West Okoboji 0.00% of the population is Asian.
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West Okoboji population breakdown by race
Race West Okoboji Iowa National
In West Okoboji, 0.6% of people are of Hispanic or Latino origin.
West Okoboji age breakdown
Source: The West Okoboji, IA demographics data displayed above is derived from the 2016 United States Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS).


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A Hartland 7-year-old with a terminal brain tumor got a visit from nearly 40 police dogs
On March 9, police and their K-9 companions from nearby and hours away lined the street leading to the Mertens home.
A Hartland 7-year-old with a terminal brain tumor got a visit from nearly 40 police dogs On March 9, police and their K-9 companions from nearby and hours away lined the street leading to the Mertens home. Check out this story on jsonline.com: https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/lake-country/news/hartland/2019/03/13/hartland-resident-emma-mertens-met-40-police-dogs-across-wisconsin/3141772002/
Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 7:28 a.m. CT March 13, 2019 | Updated 10:40 a.m. CT March 17, 2019
The police dogs came from all across the state to put a smile on Emma Mertens' face. Jordyn Noennig, Now News Group
Emma Mertens, a Hartland 7-year-old, has become internationally known as a dog lover after a viral post asked dog owners to send pictures and letters to the child diagnosed with a deadly brain tumor.
While Emma has received dog pictures, letters and gifts from all over the world, police across her home state wanted to do something more.
On March 9, police and their K-9 companions — from nearby and hours away — lined the street leading to Mertens' home.
The Mertenses knew police who served near the Hartland area had planned to come by with their dogs, but were surprised when they found nearly 40 police dogs waiting to meet Emma.
"We were told by a family friend that West Allis police would be coming by with a couple of canines. What we didn't know was that every unit in the state was contacted, and between 35 to 40 dogs showed up," said Geoff Mertens, Emma's dad.
"Emma was completely surprised and just smiling the whole time as a parade of police cars and dogs lined the neighborhood," Geoff said.
Emma Mertens and her family were surprised by a visit from police dogs from across the state (Photo: Submitted)
The Mertenses' family friend coordinated with West Allis detective and K-9 handler Jeff Zientek to bring by his dog, Sonny, but Zientek had a bigger idea.
"Jeff made arrangements to go over there, but then he figured he would take it a step further and surprise the family and reached out to K-9 handlers throughout the state," said West Allis Deputy Chief Christopher Botsch. "We're happy that we were able to do our part in making Emma feel special."
Social media spread the news when a post on the K9 Unit: Hartford Police Department page was shared more than 3,000 times.
"Today, just a few of us (roughly 40) stopped by to see Emma. She had no idea we were coming so she was VERY excited. What an amazing and strong little girl," the post reads.
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The police and dogs who traveled the farthest came from Marion, Wausau and Altoona, about three hours from Hartland — one way.
"I had seen Emma's information from Facebook and was going to write a letter from my dog, and then the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Canine Handler Association said they were getting a group of dogs to go visit her, and I thought that was just incredible," said Wausau patrol and canine handler Shawn Fritsch.
He said the six hours in the car with his German shepherd, Zanto, was worth it.
"She had just a huge smile," Fritsch said. "It was just important for me to see this girl smile and brighten up her day when I know she is fighting so hard."
Police officers who brought their dogs to visit Emma Mertens brought along toys and other memorabilia. (Photo: Submitted)
Emma's story started gaining worldwide attention after various Facebook posts were shared asking "dog parents" to share pictures and letters from dogs and send them to Emma.
The family has received tens of thousands pieces of mail and hundreds of thousands of pictures of dogs from email and social media.
"It's just absolutely amazing how far Emma's story has run," Geoff Mertens said. "We are so appreciative of the police that gave their time. Even if it were just for a couple of minutes it really made her day, and it's a memory we will never forget."
Contact Jordyn Noennig at 262-446-6601 or jordyn.noennig@jrn.com. Find her on Twitter @jordyntnoennig and Instagram at @JordynTaylor_n.
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Washington, D.C.'s Civic Theatre has angled out its 2018–2019 division with six civic tours, including an accessible assurance of Jim Steinman's Bat Out of Hell musical.
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Also on tap for the D.C. theatre are the civic tours of School of Rock (January 16–27, 2019), Finding Neverland (February 26–March 3), A Bronx Tale (March 26–31), and Stomp (April 23–28).


The October Revolution in Russia was a harbinger of a new era. The changes which followed afterwards, altered the old world completely. Turkey and the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed, Germany changed its political system, new countries appeared, Poland regained independence. After 100 years, an uneasy feeling has been bothering us that another epoch is coming to an end. What will the XXI century look like and what configuration of power will it bring?
With the theme of "Creating New Dynamism, Fostering A Shared Future", this year's APEC Summit will take place in Da Nang. The Summit will bring together APEC Leaders from the world's most dynamic economies, speakers from the top global companies, international media moderators and over 1,000 CEOs from across the Asia-Pacific region. The program will feature three days of discussions, presentations and dialogue on a wide range of issues that promote economic dynamism and sustainable growth. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation is an international forum created in 1989 to enable cooperation, trade and investment in the Asia Pacific region.
CIR at the conference "EU-ASEAN. Models of integration"
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