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The nation's federally insured savings and loan associations lost a record $3.1 billion in the last half of 1981, double the loss posted in the first half of the year, the government reported yesterday.
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Global GREEN CHEMICALS Market is expected to foresee significant growth. APAC to lead the growth!
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A green chemical is one that provides higher performance and functionality while being more environmentally friendly throughout its entire life-cycle. It is an area of chemistry and chemical engineering focused on the design of products and processes that minimize or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances. It focuses on the environmental impact of chemistry, including lowering consumption of nonrenewable resources and technological approaches for preventing pollution. Most of the countries in the world are shifting towards renewable resources and investing in policies which don’t impact the environment. In 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) allocates USD 500 million aimed at increasing the sale and use of biofuels through infrastructure improvements. The booming demand for environmentally friendly products and increasing government focus on conserving the environment is acting as a catalyst for the growth of green chemical market.
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The GREEN CHEMICALS Market is expected to grow at a steady rate of around 9.5% owing to the increasing demand for environmentally friendly products coupled with the growing government policies to curb pollution. Factors such as replacement of hazardous chemicals and rising consumption of petrochemical products including their derivatives are acting as drivers for the growth of the chemical market. Furthermore, increasing demand for green chemicals from both individual and institutional buyers due to strict government regulations to lower the potential of global warming, ozone depletion, and smog formation is fueling the sales of green chemicals in the global market. Moreover, the growing consumption of biofuel in the world is also accelerating the market size of green chemicals. In the United States of America, It is mainly the number of laws and regulations at the federal, state, and local levels that are important drivers of the growth of biofuel production and use in the region. For instance: in 2023, The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced USD 118 million in funding for 17 projects to accelerate the production of sustainable biofuels for America’s transportation and manufacturing needs.
Based on product, the green chemicals market is segmented into Bioalcohols, biopolymers, solvents, organic acids, and others. The Bioalcohols category is expected to grow at a considerable growth rate owing to countries adopting a higher blend of bioethanol in gasoline. This increased blend would mitigate carbon emissions from vehicles and conserve fossil fuels. Moreover, due to rising environmental concerns and strict government regulations, the adoption of bio-based packaging materials such as plant and animal waste is likely to witness a rise in the future, which in turn, is expected to fuel the demand for green chemicals for their production. For instance, in India, in October 2020, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved mandatory packaging of 100% food grains and 20% sugar in jute bags.
Based on application, the green chemicals market is divided into food & beverages, personal care, packaging, automotive, agriculture, and others. The automotive sector captured a significant market share in the green chemical market. The transportation sector contributes to a significant amount of greenhouse gas emissions globally therefore, automotive flex-fuel engines which are compatible with higher blends of bioethanol in gasoline are being adopted. There is rising demand for flex fuel engines in the logistics industry which would lead to an increase in the transportation sector thereby increasing the demand for bioethanol from automotive sector.
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For a better understanding of the market adoption of the GREEN CHEMICALS industry, the market is analyzed based on its worldwide presence in the countries such as North America (U.S., Canada, Rest of North America), Europe (Germany, U.K., France, Spain, Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific (China, India, Japan, Australia, Rest of Asia-Pacific), Rest of World. Asia Pacific captured an extensive share of the GREEN CHEMICALS market and is expected to show an influential growth rate in the forecasted period as well. India and China are a dominant player in the region and is driving the growth of the APAC region along with countries such as Japan. For instance, the Chinese government has introduced a range of policies and regulations aimed at promoting the development and use of green chemicals. The country’s 13th Five-Year Plan includes a target to increase the share of non-fossil fuel energy in primary energy consumption to 15% by 2020, which has led to an increased focus on the development of renewable energy sources and green chemicals.
Some of the major players operating in the market include Arkema S.A., BASF SE, Evonik Industries AG, GF Biochemicals Ltd., Koninklijke DSM N.V., Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Toray Industries Inc., Cargill, Total Corbion PLA and Vertec BioSolvents Inc.
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Gainward 6IZB i440ZX microATX Socket-370by Mike Andrawes on May 30, 1999 2:45 AM EST
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Founded in 1984, Gainward started out making video cards in Taipei, Taiwan. Since then, they've grown rapidly and have worked with almost every major video chip manufacturer. Not many had heard of Gainward, partially due to their large OEM focus, but many of the generic video cards you find are in fact made by Gainward. Ever seen a CardExpert board? That's Gainward. They also do a lot of OEM manufacturing work for larger, better known video card manufacturers. They won't say who, but rest assured that the list includes some of the largest video card manufacturers around.
Starting in 1998, they decided to apply their expertise in manufacturing to the extremely competitive motherboard business. Coming up with an excellent board on the first try is a difficult task, but everyone has to start somewhere. Going up against the big boys like AOpen, Abit, Asus, Tyan, and Intel is not an easy task. Let's see how they fare with the first board AnandTech has looked at from Gainward, the i440ZX based 6IZB.
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3 PCI Slots (3 Full Length)
1 ISA Slot (Shared)
A look at the 6IZB provides hope for Gainward in this seemingly impossible battle. A 3/1/1 (PCI/ISA/AGP) configuration is about the best available for a microATX board. The microATX specifications are followed closely, with the Socket-370 in the right position to provide cooling from the power supply. HDD/FDD and ATX power connectors are placed at the front of the board to prevent cable clutter.
An onboard ESS Solo-1 PCI chipset provides basic sound without taking up a slot. There are only 2 DIMM slots, thanks to the limitations of the i440ZX chipset (for information on how ABIT has gotten around this limitation, read the ABIT ZM6 Review).
Two fan connectors are also available - one by the CPU and one in the back left corner of the board, behind the expansion slots. The second fan connector is in a nearly useless position unfortunately. Nice Foxconn connectors are used throughout except on the CPU socket where a "Beta" (the company's name is Beta) connector is used. The Foxconn's are all solid, as we've come to expect from them, but the Beta connector feels flimsy. The almost standard green heatsink is found atop the i443ZX chip and is mounted with thermal tape. Seven 1500uF capacitors are located the CPU socket with a three more 1000uF caps between the CPU and the DIMM slots. The pins for front panel connections are conveniently placed at the front left of the board in such a way that they will not block any expansion cards from being used.
CPU setup is fairly simple. A DIP switch block adjusts the multiplier according to settings found both in the manual and silk screened on the board. Overclockers will be disappointed to see that only two bus speeds are available, 66 and 100MHz, the ones that are officially supported by the Intel for i440ZX. Fortunately, Gainward has least provided a jumper block for forcing 66 or 100MHz. There is also an auto-detect setting as well. However, most Socket-370 CPU's will not be able to handle a 50% increase in speed caused by overclocking the FSB from 66MHz to 100MHz..
The BIOS also suggests some minimal performance enhancing settings such as a recommendation to select CAS 2 upon boot. Hardware monitoring information is provided in the BIOS as well. The system can be powered on by not only the regular power button, but also a password, hot key, or mouse button.
A CD includes drivers for the on board ESS Solo-1 under Windows 9x and NT 4.0 as well as hardware monitoring software for the onboard Winbond chip. The Winbond monitors system voltage, two fan speeds, and CPU/board temperatures via board mounted thermistors.


JAMMU, Dec 30: The day temperature in winter capital city-Jammu, today broke all the past records of over 40 years while night temperature here was the lowest so far during this season whereas, amid cold wave conditions, dense fog and poor visibility, all the flights at Jammu Airport were cancelled and the train-services remained badly affected.
Dr Mahinder Kumar, Chief Scientist, Agro-metrology Department of SKUAST-Jammu disclosed that Chatha observatory of Jammu today recorded 8.0 Degree Celsius day temperature which is lowest so far. He disclosed that as per the last 40 years’ record available with SKUAST, Dec 30, 2019 was the coldest day so far. Only once, on December 31, 2013, Jammu recorded a maximum temperature of 8.1 Degree Celsius.
The SKUAST Scientist further disclosed that 2.4 degree Celsius night temperature in Jammu, is also the lowest of the season so far. On December 29, 2018 and December 27, 2014 also, Jammu recorded the same temperature. On December 30, 2012, Jammu had recorded 0.1 degree Celsius temperature which was the lowest during past over 40 years, he added.
Director Airport Authority, Jammu, Dr Parbhat Ranjan said that due to dense fog and poor visibility throughout the day today, no flight operation could take place at Jammu Airport. He said no flights from Delhi, Mumbai, Srinagar or other destinations, could land or take off from here today. Several Jammu bound flights were diverted to Srinagar where flight- operation remained almost normal.
Dr Ranjan further said there was hardly 50 to 150 meter visibility today at Jammu airport while it needs at least 1.3 km clear visibility for landing an aircraft. It was perhaps for the first time during last few years that all flights could not operate due to dense foggy conditions here, Dr Ranjan maintained.
A Northern Railway spokesman said that due to dense fog and bad weather train- traffic was badly affected in J&K Punjab, Harayana, Delhi and parts of UP during past 12 hours.
He disclosed that Tata Moori train was late at Jammu Station by 7 hours, Hemkund Express by 3 hours, Utter Samprak Kranti by five and half hours, Delhi-Jammu Rajdani by 3 hours, Jhelum Express by 5 hrs, Himgiri by six hours, Begumpura Exp by three and half hours, Jammu Mail by 6 hrs, Bathinda-Jammu, Duranto and Puja Express by three and half hours, Shalimar Express by an hour while Bandhe Bharat arrived late by an hour and 30 minutes at Katra Railway Station today from Delhi.
Meanwhile, cold wave continued to tighten its grip across Jammu and Kashmir with the winter capital, Jammu, recording the season’s coldest night while Srinagar shivering at minus 6.5 degrees Celsius. There was no relief from the bone-chilling cold for the residents of the Union Territory of J&K.
In Srinagar, the mercury continued its record-breaking spree as the city experienced the coldest night of the season so far at minus 6.5 degrees Celsius on Monday.
The minimum temperature in Jammu marked a dip of 3.3 degrees compared to the previous night to settle at 2.4 degrees Celsius — five notches below normal during this part of the season, a MeT office official said.
Srinagar recorded the low of minus 6.5 degrees Celsius Sunday night – down from minus 6.2 degrees Celsius the previous night, he said, adding it was the coldest night of the season so far in the city, leading to freezing of the fringes of the Dal Lake and other water bodies as well as water supply lines at several places.
The night temperature in Srinagar, which has been witnessing clear skies and some sunshine during the day, is over four degrees below the normal for this part of the season, the official said.
The ski-resort of Gulmarg in Kashmir recorded the low of minus 7.8 degrees Celsius last night – down from the previous night’s minus 6.6 degrees Celsius, he said.
The night temperature at Pahalgam, settled at a low of minus 10.2 degrees Celsius as against minus 10.4 degrees Celsius on Sunday, he said.
Pahalgam, was in fact the coldest recorded place in the Valley, he added.
The official said Qazigund – the gateway town to the Valley recorded a low of minus 9.3 degrees Celsius – slightly up from minus 9.5 degrees Celsius on Sunday; Kokernag town, also in south, recorded a low of minus 7.3 degrees Celsius, while Kupwara, in north, registered the minimum of minus 5.6 degrees Celsius, the official said.
He said Leh town, in the Ladakh Union Territory, recorded a low of minus 20.1 degrees Celsius – down from the previous night’s minus 19.0 degrees Celsius. Drass town of Kargil froze at a low of minus 28.8 degrees Celsius.
The MeT office has forecast light to moderate rains and snowfall in the Union Territory over the first week of the new year which is likely to bring respite from the cold wave conditions.
“There is possibility of light rains or snowfall across Kashmir for a few days from December 31 and fresh spell of rain in the plains and snowfall in higher reaches in the Jammu region,” the official said.
He said while there is forecast of scattered rains or snowfall on December 31 and January 1, there is possibility of fairly-widespread rainfall or snow on January 2 which may continue till January 3 in the Valley. There is possibility of another wet spell – of higher intensity – during January 5 and 6, he added.
In the Jammu region, the snow-bound Banihal town along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was the coldest recorded place with a low of minus 1.6 degree Celsius followed by Bhaderwah in Doda district at minus 0.2 degree Celsius.
Katra town, which serves as the base camp for the pilgrims visiting Vaishno Devi shrine, marked an improvement of one degree in the night temperature which settled at 4.4 degrees Celsius against the previous night’s 3.3 degrees Celsius, the official added.
Meanwhile, keeping in view the prevailing weather conditions and frequent occurrence of snow at various spots on Batote-Kishtiwar highway district administration Doda has issued a travel advisory under which it has advised to the people not to accelerate the speed of their vehicles over 20-30 km/hr and to restrict the movement of their vehicles particularly in wee hours till the weather conditions improves.
DC Doda, Dr Sagar D Doifode directed GM NHIDCL to restore all the blocked drains if any on the highway which not only cause damage to the road but also becomes slippery having the potential cause of accidents.
He also directed to the concerned authorities to take appropriate and necessary action at their end to ensure salting on such patches which can put the precious life of people in danger.
Further PHE department was directed to get the leakage of pipes repaired on roads, if any, with immediate effect so that the risk of road accidents can be reduced.
Chief Engineer Mughal Road Project has said that the Mughal Road will remain closed for vehicular traffic from December 30, 2019 between Chandimarh to Heerpora. He said the road has been closed for the safety of the commuters as the road surface has turned slippery due to sharp drop in temperatures and frost conditions. No movement of vehicles will be allowed on this road till further orders.
Due to landslides at Madol in Magiar area, Basohli-Bani Road has also been blocked for the last two days and the traffic could not be restored till this evening.


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Modern trade, or organized retail, the perennial new new thing in the Great Indian marketplace through the 2000s, is rapidly losing its lustre, with consumers graduating from mom-and-pop stores to e-commerce.
People are already drawing parallels between what is happening in this market and what happened in India’s telecom market in the 2000s, when hundreds of millions moved from having no phone at all to having a mobile phone, skipping traditional landline phones.
Or with what’s happening in terms of Internet access, with tens of millions accessing the Internet, for the first time, over the mobile phone and not the computer.
“I have absolutely no doubt that in India, e-commerce will do (to modern trade) what mobile phones have done to the telecom industry. We are going to leapfrog modern trade and hyper markets and go from mom-and-pop stores to e-commerce,”Harish Manwani, non-executive chairman,Hindustan Unilever Ltd(HUL), and former chief operating officer,UnileverPlc., the world’s second-largest consumer products maker, said at Nielsen’s Consumer 360 conference in Mumbai on Friday.
Think India. Think Retail, a February report published by property advisorKnight Frank India Pvt. Ltdand lobby group Retailers Association of India, estimated that the share of modern trade in retail would slip from 17% in 2013 to 13% in 2019, while that of e-commerce would jump from 2% to 11% in the same period
The overall retail market will double from around $500 billion this year to $1 trillion in 2020, another report byBoston Consulting Groupand Retailers Association of India, said.
The numbers indicate a disruption—for the nine million mom-and-pop stores and, even more, for the 9,000-odd modern retail outlets across India.
It doesn’t help that India’s foreign investment rules—they effectively prohibit foreign investment in supermarkets and hypermarkets—have made e-commerce marketplaces such asFlipkartandSnapdealproxies for any investor wishing to grab a piece of the famed Indian consumption story.
And even as modern trade struggles to go beyond the cities—there are over 50 with a population in excess of a million—e-commerce marketplaces such as Flipkart, Snapdeal andAmazonhave already started delivering deep into the interiors.
Amazon India delivers to all of India’s 19,000 pin codes through a tie-up withIndia Post. Flipkart delivers to 1,000 cities, covering 10,000-15,000 pin codes. Snapdeal also covers all the pin codes in the country.
Sure, much of e-commerce is limited to books, electronics, phones, and apparel; the online sales of groceries doesn’t even add up to 1% of the overall consumer packaged goods sector. Then, even modern trade accounts for just around 6% of this, saidPiyush Mathur, president,NielsenIndia, which is helping e-tailers grow the channel.
For instance, HUL has designated distributors supplying to grocery e-tailers, ensuring availability on the online platform. It has also extended the credit period to e-tailers, a move that should enable it to build relationships and ensure shelf space for its products, the report added.
Groceries account for 65% of the consumer’s wallet spending, and if this category takes off online, there could be an upside to the growth of e-commerce which is expected to touch anywhere between $48 billion and $60 billion by 2020 from $4.47 billion last year, UBS Securities said in a 14 April report on e-commerce.
Grocery e-tailers such as localbanya.com and bigbasket.com have already got funding and are looking to expand.
Snapdeal launched its gourmet category in September 2014 and now has over 10,000 products on offer, said a company spokesperson.
In March, Amazon India launched a pilot ‘Kirana Now’ in Bengaluru, a partnership with five grocery stores to serve customers within two to four hours of orders being placed. “The intention is to take the pilot national,” said an Amazon spokesperson without giving a timeline.
Amazon is also working with traditional retailers through another programme, ‘Amazon Pickup’, where the retailer serves as a pick-up or delivery point for the e-tailer. This programme already covers 45 cities with 800 retailers on board.
Meanwhile, mom-and-pop stores are becoming more agile and providing different kinds of services—such as a wider assortment of products, being present online with their catalogues—to the customer to stand out from other neighbourhood stores. “The biggest hit in all this, though, will be to modern trade,” said Mathur.
Consumers shop online for reasons such as convenience, a wider assortment of products, better service and discounts. “Indian online consumers are deal-seeking value hunters, but they will not get deep discounts on their consumer staple purchases as trade margins are the lowest in the home and personal care goods sector at 12-17%,” said the 17 April UBS report. “Therefore, convenience and the availability of niche products may be the only reasons to buy consumer staples online.”
Modern retailers are also going online.Future Group, the parent company of listed retail companies likeFuture Retail LtdandFuture Lifestyle Fashions Ltd, announced in September an investment ofRs.100 crore to roll out its omni-channel retail strategy over the next 18 months. Omni-channel is a multichannel approach to sales that seeks to provide the customer with a seamless shopping experience, whether the customer is shopping online from a desktop or mobile device, by telephone or in a brick-and-mortar store. The retailer has also tied-up with Amazon to sell its private labels online.


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...I guess that Alex has earned the #1 goalie spot for the playoffs, huh?
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Dana engaged with a large vehicle OEM to develop a custom ECU to be used on an autonomous vehicle demonstration fleet. All the OEM’s traditional suppliers refused to support the project due to the very aggressive timeframes. The ECU played a critical role in the overall vehicle positioning system and had to meet the following requirements:
- ISO 26262 ASIL-D
- Full redundant ASIL-D
- Fail-operational robustness to single-point failures (internal redundancy)
- Data transmission using 100BASE-T1 automotive ethernet (2-wire)
- Measurement and processing of high-resolution wheel position encoders
- 6-axis Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) for vehicle attitude control
- High precision
- High stability
- Low thermal drift
- Data timestamping asynchronous sensor readings, based on the vehicle’s master clock module
- Compliance with the OEM’s internal processes and standards, including automotive cybersecurity requirements
Solution: Custom ECU Development
With a stringent timeframe of 9-10 months and limited requirements defined at the start, Dana compressed execution and delivery of the Custom ECU by paralleling hardware and software development. This was accomplished by highly leveraging the OpenECU platform for hardware and software development to meet:
- Functional safety (ISO 26262)
- Full redundant ASIL-D
- Customer cyber security requirements
- OEM ECU application requirements
This required full ECU hardware customization, OpenECU software customization, and ECU Application Software leveraging Dana’s Model Based Controls Development expertise using Simulink.
Dana utilized the V-Model process while accommodating customer defined processes to develop the Custom Embedded Controller based on the OpenECU platform. Because requirements had not been established, Dana performed requirements solicitation for functional and safety requirements with a very large organization composed of a broad diversity of stakeholders. Dana’s extensive experience in requirements capture and analysis was leveraged in a multiple workshops involving all customer stakeholders to ensure transfer of design intent and information. Dana developed the specification for the module based on the following:
- System level safety analysis in conformance with ISO 26262
- Failure mode analysis (DFMEA)
- Fault tree (FTA) analysis
All unique system information and interfaces were taken into consideration to ensure that the hardware, underlying platform, and application software were designed to the elicited specification.
Based on the hardware requirements, Dana performed the following high-level tasks:
- Developed a conceptual CAD model to address mechanical and electronic packaging needs as well as heat transfer.
- Generated a new electrical design schematic using industry standard tools along with Dana’s own library of components.
- Developed a PCB layout following the schematic, while accounting for EMC requirements, heat dissipation, size, cost and functionality.
Dana’s hardware engineering team also used key techniques for hardware development to determine validation workflow early on and reduce the number of PCB spins. These include the following:
- Design for Excellence (DFX)
- Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and
- Design for DV
Concurrently, software engineers at Dana developed the platform software incorporating the customization needed for compatibility with:
- Inertial sensors
- Magnetic incremental encoders
- Ethernet data transmission
Specific OpenECU platform software builds covering all software and firmware requirements were developed and underwent static code analysis using PC-lint to ensure compliance with MISRA standards, OEM standards, and ISO26262 guidance.
The software architecture was decomposed to work on two separate CPUs within the same module following safety analysis, DAR and ASIL decomposition.
The control engineers were able to leverage the OpenECU rapid control prototyping (RCP) platform in Simulink to develop the main application software for one of the CPUs of the custom autonomous vehicle ECU. Redundant rationality diagnostics were contained in a separate CPU using a different application written in C language.
Since this was a high-integrity ECU solution, additional verification and validation (V&V) was also performed for model-based application software through Software-in-Loop (SIL) testing using VectorCAST environment. Dana also executed black box and DV testing of the new ECU in parallel to prototype testing of A-sample ECU’s in-vehicle, enabling the OEM to conduct integration testing early in the program.
A rapid turnaround of concept design to first prototype was ensured using close partners and key suppliers. Dana ensured that the custom hardware and software designs were integrated in an efficient manner while ensuring full traceability and compliance to all applicable standards.
Results and Impact
The project resulted in a custom ECU, a high-integrity sensor module, that met customer specific requirements and automotive standards. By leveraging the OpenECU rapid control prototyping platform along with expertise in design, development and manufacturing of ECUs, Dana was able to successfully deliver the prototype module to the customer in the required highly compressed timeframe. This was accomplished while incorporating customer driven processes, standards, and adhering to the highest level of functional safety requirements, critical in applications like autonomous vehicles.
Keywords: Autonomous Vehicles, Custom ECU, Custom Embedded Controller, Functional Safety, ISO26262, Hardware design and manufacture, Custom software development, Rapid Controls Prototyping, Demonstration Fleet, Validation Testing


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Photo courtesy of “Darina’s Simply Delicious Christmas Cookbook” published by Gill Books.
“A chocolate yule log is usually made with a chocolate sponge Swiss roll, but I prefer this sinfully rich version. There’s no need for any icing, it’s rich enough as it is!” ~ Darina Allen
- 5 eggs, preferably free-range organic
- 175g (6oz) caster sugar
- 175g (6oz) best-quality dark chocolate (we use Callebaut 52%)
- 3 tablespoons water
For the Filling
- 300ml (1/2 pint) double cream
- 1–2 tablespoons rum
- Sieved icing sugar
And don’t forget the decoration: Santas, holly leaves, etc.
Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4. Line a shallow 30.5cm x 20.5cm (12in x 8in) Swiss roll tin with oiled tin foil or parchment paper.
Separate the eggs. Put the yolks into a bowl, gradually add the caster sugar and whisk until the mixture is thick and pale lemon coloured.
Melt the chocolate with the water in a saucepan set over a very gentle heat, then set aside while you whisk the egg whites to a firm snow.
Add the melted chocolate to the egg yolk mixture. Stir a little of the egg white into the mixture, then cut and fold the remainder of the egg whites into the mixture and turn it into the prepared tin.
Bake in the preheated oven for 15–18 minutes, until firm to the touch around the edge but still slightly soft in the center.
Wring out a tea towel in cold water. Take the roulade out of the oven and let it cool slightly, then cover with the cloth. (This is to prevent any sugary crust from forming.) Leave it in a cool place. Provided the cloth is kept damp, it will keep for 2 days like this.
To serve, whip the cream and flavor with the rum. Put a sheet of grease proof paper on a table and dust it well with sieved icing sugar.
Remove the damp cloth from the roulade and turn the tin upside down onto the prepared paper. Remove the tin and carefully peel the foil off the roulade.
Spread with the rum-flavored cream and roll it up like a Swiss roll. Cut about one-third off the roll at an angle.
Lift the roll onto a serving plate, arrange the smaller piece so that it looks like a branch and dust well with icing sugar.
Decorate with Christmas cake decorations, such as holly leaves, Santas or robins, sprinkle again with a little extra icing sugar and serve.
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Sometimes drawing from real life can create some great results, such as a graveyard scene or cemetary and in the following drawing video you will find one possible variation of a graveyard scene or cemetery, just remember to include all the elements that you would find in a cemetery like gravestones, spooky dead trees, over grown grass and a moonlit sky and some mist on the ground. Drawing a scary cemetery for Halloween is always a fun idea and it's better if you can ink the whole thing creating a nice black and white contrasting picture or illustration.
Use the video below as inspiration mainly to give you a start on drawing a scary cemetery and you could try and add more things to the drawing such as a walking Zombie or Skeleton or even a hand bursting out of a grave like in the video and even add color to it, for best results use greys and dark blues if it's a night time drawing and in a day time drawing you can color with slight muted colors that help to set the tone, but these will be brighter colors than the darker night time colors.
Sketch a draft or two first before starting to draw a complete drawing so that you can effectively plan the Cemetery scene out. Watch the video and see what you could draw!
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Monday, February 13, 2012
Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Other Apple Hardware" @ 01:00 AM
"With Apple expected to announce the iPad 3 during the first week of March, rumors regarding the upcoming tablet have reached a fever pitch. Little attention has been given to the Apple TV, besides the occasional ‘iTV' rumor and pundit speculation."
As with all rumors, they are rampant about iPad 3 coming the first week of March. What is a new twist is the fact that the Apple TV stock is running low and isn't being refreshed. So it's anyone's guess but it appears this, coupled with the news about 1080P being pushed by Apple devices and you have the recipe for a bit of rumor stew. Although on this one, it sounds pretty plausible as well as tasty doesn't it?

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Green
Solitude should not be problem, but a moment to meditate and learn. It should be a time to set new goals, to appreciate the beauty of life. We should see it as a moment to regain strength, to refocus. Solitude should be a beautiful moment, but just that, a moment.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Solitude
Life is a constant unknown path for us. We try to plan for it but in reality, we are at the mercy of faith, hopes and trust.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Path
I saw at the distance the a mist erupting the water, my heart was pounding as fast as the boat raft we were on, that was speeding at full gear. I looked at my husband wondering if the captain was going to slow down. I kept looking at my surroundings and more mist in different locations blew out of the water. I counted like eight of them, and we were getting closer. Finally the captain slowed down and said while I was pointing out “humpback whales!” I took my face gear out, pull my camera, and start shooting pics. I stopped shooting for a minute and just looked. I was so happy, I wanted to do everything at the same time, take pictures, videos, and observe. I was looking for that perfect moment to shoot the fluke while the giant dive in. I tried before and I wasn’t successful, actually I was kind of frustrated to be honest. I had one more chance.
They were so close, I heard them breathing, I saw the mist of their breath going up to the sky.
Then, magic happened…
In the enormous vast blue ocean a tiny fluke waves us at the distance. Tiny is relative. After a magnificent whale watching day at Sitka, Alaska , we were leaving. Our cruise was heading to Ketchikan and in our way out the Sitka waters our giant friends kept popping out of the water. There was a big difference in the encounters we had previously in our tour, we had a close encounter and we were the tiny ones compare to the giants of the sea. But at this moment when we were on our big ship looking to the infinite horizon the whale fluke looks like a miniature whale. Amazing how things change depending how you look at them.
Keep traveling with me!
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Pacific Little League is two wins against from earning a trip to the Little League World Series.
In its final game in Northwest Pool Play, Pacific’s bats pounded out a 13-3 victory over Wyoming Tuesday night in a four- inning contest called due to the 10-run mercy rule at Houghton Field in San Bernardino, Calif.
“We played a great game tonight,” Pacific manager Robley Corsi II said.
Tuesday’s game started at 7 in the evening and was the first time Pacific played a night game in the tournament.
“It was a lot of fun to have the late game,” Corsi II said. “It’s definitely an experience.”
The victory clinched the No. 1 seed for Pacific (4-0), who will play either Alaska or Montana, the No. 4 seed, in a semifinal game at 6 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 7. That game is scheduled to be broadcast on ESPN. Alaska and Montana square off on Wednesday.
A win in the semifinals sends Pacific into Saturday’s championship game with a trip to Williamsport, Penn., the reward for the winner.
Asked if Pacific is peaking at the right time, Corsii II said not quite yet.
“We’re getting closer,” he said. “We’ll need to get a few hits and see what happens.”
As the team did in Monday’s 5-2 victory over Idaho, Pacific scored early and kept the pressure on Wyoming. With two outs in the bottom of the first, Mason Vaughn’s single to right field scored Colton Walsh. An error and a walk led to two more runs and 3-0 lead.
Wyoming responded with two runs in the second, but Pacific seized the momentum back with five runs in the bottom of the inning on a hit-by-pitch to force in a run, a two-run double by Vaughn and a RBI single by Read Carr. In the fourth, Robley Corsi III doubled to left field to drive in two runs. Pacific then took advantage of a fielder’s choice, a passed ball and a single by Colton Walsh to extend the lead to 13-3 and clinch the victory.
Vaughn was 2-for-2 with 3 RBI and Carr was 2-for-2 with 2 RBI. Turcotte picked up the win with relief help from Walsh and Logan Kruse.
With pool play over for Pacific, the pressure ramps up for Pacific as a loss in either the semifinals or the championship means the end of the season.
“They know what’s ahead,” Corsi II said. “This is what we’re built for: pressure. In districts and state we had some real grinders. We believe. That’s says a lot about our character. We’re ready to go.”
Corsi II hasn’t decided what the team will do on Wednesday but it’ll be a day off for the players.
“We’ll do something very relaxing and very fun and air conditioned,” Corsi II said.
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Fres Oquendo finally made his eagerly anticipated arrival to Grozny, Chechnya (Russia) today just in time for the official weigh-in. Due to health issues of his family back at home in Chicago, the Puerto Rican veteran had missed two flights to Russia over the last week causing countless rumors of possible replacements for his WBA world heavyweight championship against local fan favorite Ruslan Chagaev scheduled for tomorrow (Sunday, July 6th).
In the end Oquendo decided not to let down promoter Timur Dugazaev and Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov who put a lot of personal effort in bringing this big fight to Grozny and take the last possible flight from Chicago via Warsaw to the capital of Chechnya in order to save the fight. Oquendo and his team were welcomed very warmly by many fans, journalists and political leaders who followed them to the official weigh-in ceremony shortly after their arrival.
“The Big O” brought 101.9 kg (224.5 lbs) to the scale while Chagaev weighed in a lot heavier at 111.7 kg (246 lbs). Both men were in the range of their average weight for the last couple of fights. In the co-feature Juan Carlos Gomez (89.3 kg / 197 lbs) will take on unbeaten Goran Delic (89.1 kg / 196.5 lbs) for the vacant WBA international cruiserweight championship.


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A New Global Compact on Refugees: Why Education Matters
Join ISIM, the CCAS, the Center for Social Justice, and the African Studies Department for a conversation on access to education for refugees. Giulia McPherson of the Jesuit Refugee Services will present.
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at 12:30pm to 1:45pm
Edward B. Bunn, S.J. Intercultural Center, CCAS Boardroom
37th and O St., N.W., Washington
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Published by HarperCollins on September 6th 2016. Hardcover: 384 pages.
Genres: Young Adult, Realistic Fiction, Diverse Characters & Stories, LGBTQIA
All Pen Oliveira wants is to be the kind of girl she’s always been. So why does everyone have a problem with it? They think the way she looks and acts means she’s trying to be a boy—that she should quit trying to be something she’s not. If she dresses like a girl and does what her folks want, it will show respect. If she takes orders and does what her friend Colby wants, it will show her loyalty. But respect and loyalty, Pen discovers, are empty words.
Pen makes tough choices, has her friends’s backs, and is done feeling bad about who she is. Old-world parents, disintegrating friendships, and strong feelings for other girls drive Pen to see the truth—that in order to be who she truly wants to be, she’ll have to man up.
Girl Mans Up is an important queerbook in the YA realm. It seamlessly addresses both gender and sexuality, weaving the two together into the beautiful, fierce character of Pen while still acknowledging the fact that they are two different spectrums entirely. Throughout the entire story, Pen wrestles with feeling like she doesn’t quite fit. She knows who she is, she knows who she wants to be, but at every single turn she feels that she cannot exist. It comes from the laughter when she goes out in public “dressed like a dude”. It comes from her parents every time she does something that they disapprove of. It comes from when she looks at herself in the mirror. Who Pen is confuses her–where her gender and her sexuality meet is a complex, complicated place to live. And yet Pen persists despite of expectations. She continues even when she feels others staring. She has confidence in herself, even when she is not sure where and how she fits. That is what I appreciated the most. The fact that she says “I need to take a leak.” The fact that she plays videogames. The fact that she is loyal. The fact that she makes mistakes. The fact that she is an AUTHENTIC HUMAN. She is beautiful, she is fierce, she is REAL.
It’s not every day that a book will simultaneously make you super angry, break your heart, and get you to jump up with your fist raised yelling “HUZZAH!”. But this book managed to make me do all three.
Colby. Pen’s “best friend”, the dude that has always accepted her as she is, has now turned into a complete and total tool. (Don’t worry, this is not a spoiler–he acts this way for the entire book). Every thing he says, every time he is on the page, he made me so incredibly angry. Though he preached loyalty in friendship, he is one of the worst “friends” I have read in a long time. He treats Pen horribly, he treats other teenage girls horribly, and he really has no regret about it. Everyone knows a Colby, though. Most people have had a Colby in their lives, which is why seeing an authentic Colby character on the page allows for readers to get angry at people like Colby in a safe environment. Because trust me, you will get angry. It will make your blood boil that someone could treat anyone that way. He may take top prize for my least favorite character in a book, period.
Pen’s parents are characters that are so realistic that they will just break your heart. They are traditional parents with a strong cultural inheritance (Portuguese). While this representation is very realistic of traditional families with cultural ties, it will break your heart. Because Pen does not conform to traditional gender roles and expectations, her parents–specifically her mother–treat her and talk to her in a way that literally made me cringe. Their strong traditional cultural inheritance does not allow for gray spots when it comes to gender expectations, and that really plays harshly on the family dynamics. This is, unfortunately, a sad and harsh reality for many teenagers, so portraying a family with these dynamics, however heartbreaking, is truly important.
The Jumping and Fist-Raising
Pen and Johnny, Pen and Olivia, Pen and Blake–All of these characters and these relationships (brother-sister, friendship, romance) are the true bright spots in this story. Because Pen has support, and she finds more support, and she gives support. These friendships and relationships are positive (though not always pleasant and perfect) in a world filled with so much negativity. And that is beautiful and worth jumping up and raising your fist about.
And also retro gaming, which is just quirky and awesome and I appreciated it greatly. 🙂
“People should just be allowed to look in the mirror and see all kinds of possibilities. Everyone should be able to feel nice when they look in the mirror. They should at least be able to see themselves reflected in there, even if they look all weird.”
There is a lot packed into this beautiful story, and I think that is why this book is so great. M.E. Girard addresses the complexities of real life. All of these characters are real people. You know them. They exist in this book, they exist in YA cannon, and they exist in real life. That’s what makes them so relateable. That’s what makes them so authentic. This is a glimpse into people’s lives, the beautiful and the ugly. But it is real. This is someone’s experience. Pen exists in real life. And she deserves to see herself authentically in a book (and he does too). THAT is why this book matters.

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For Release: Thursday, October 23, 2014
Washington, DC — States with weak gun violence prevention laws and higher rates of gun ownership have the highest overall gun death rates in the nation, according to a Violence Policy Center (VPC) analysis of newly available data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
Meanwhile, states with the lowest overall gun death rates have lower rates of gun ownership and some of the strongest gun violence prevention laws in the nation. However, even in these states the human toll of gun violence remains unacceptably high and far exceeds the gun death rate in most Western industrialized nations.
The VPC analysis is based on newly released data and refers to overall gun death rates in 2012, the most recent year for which data is available.
The five states with the highest per capita gun death rates in 2012 were Wyoming, Louisiana, Alaska, Mississippi, and Alabama. Each of these states has extremely lax gun violence prevention laws as well as a higher rate of gun ownership. The state with the lowest gun death rate in the nation was Massachusetts, followed by Hawaii, Rhode Island, New York, and New Jersey. Each of these states has strong gun violence prevention laws and has a lower rate of gun ownership.
“Year after year, the pattern is the same,” states VPC Legislative Director Kristen Rand. “States that passed effective gun violence prevention laws and have low rates of gun ownership also have the lowest gun death rates in the nation. In states with easy access to guns and weak gun violence prevention laws, gun death rates are far above the national average.”
A table of the states with the five highest gun death rates and the five lowest gun death rates is below. For a list of gun death rates in all 50 states, please follow this link.
The nationwide gun death rate was 10.69 per 100,000. The total number of Americans killed by gunfire rose to 33,563 in 2012 from 32,351 in 2011.
America’s gun death rates — both nationwide and in the states — dwarf those of most other Western industrialized nations. The gun death rate in the United Kingdom in 2011 was 0.23 per 100,000 while in Australia it was 0.86 per 100,000.
States with the Five Highest Gun Death Rates
States with the Five Lowest Gun Death Rates
|Household Gun Ownership||Gun Death Rate per 100,000||Rank||State||Household Gun Ownership||Gun Death Rate per 100,000|
|1||Wyoming||62.8 percent||20.29||50||Massachusetts||12.8 percent||3.51|
|2||Louisiana||45.6 percent||18.36||49||Hawaii||9.7 percent||3.67|
|3||Alaska||60.6 percent||18.07||48||Rhode Island||13.3 percent||4.00|
|4||Mississippi||54.3 percent||17.91||47||New York||18.1 percent||4.99|
|5||Alabama||57.2 percent||17.25||46||New Jersey||11.3 percent||5.01|
State gun death rates are calculated by dividing the number of gun deaths by the total state population and multiplying the result by 100,000 to obtain the rate per 100,000, which is the standard and accepted method for comparing fatal levels of gun violence. The VPC defined states with “weak” gun violence prevention laws as those that add little or nothing to federal law and have permissive laws governing the open or concealed carrying of firearms in public.
States with “strong” gun violence prevention laws were defined as those that add significant state regulation that is absent from federal law, such as restricting access to particularly hazardous and deadly types of firearms (for example, assault weapons), setting minimum safety standards for firearms and/or requiring a permit to purchase a firearm, and restricting the open and concealed carrying of firearms in public.
State gun ownership rates were obtained from the September 2005 Pediatrics article “Prevalence of Household Firearms and Firearm-Storage Practices in the 50 States and the District of Columbia: Findings From the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2002,” which is the most recent comprehensive published data available on state gun ownership.


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As a general guide, here is approximate yardage for worsted weight yarn: Preemie Beanie: 30 to 50 yards. Newborn Beanie: 50 to 70 yards. Baby Beanie: 60 to 80 yards.
How much yarn do I need to make a hat?
For both knit and crochet, the general rule of thumb is that a typical 100g skein of yarn will safely make you a hat.
How much yarn is needed for a beanie hat?
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|Yarn Weight Category||Stitches per Inch||Yards Needed for a Hat|
|3 Light||5 to 6||200 to 300|
|4 Medium||4 to 5||150 to 250|
|5 Bulky||3 to 4||125 to 200|
|6 Super bulky||1.5 to 3||75 to 125|
How many meters of yarn do I need for a hat?
How much yarn do I need to make a ____?
|Yarn Weight 1||Yarn Weight 2|
|Hat||250-325 Yards||250-325 Yards|
|Scarf||525-825 Yards||450-625 Yards|
|Socks||350-500 Yards||300-450 Yards|
|Shawl||550-850 Yards||450-700 Yards|
What does 50g yarn mean?
50g stands for “50 grams”. … 50 grams of yarn is equivalent to approximately 1.76 ounces of yarn. So if you have 2 x 50 gram balls it is equivalent to a 100-gram ball of yarn.
What size is a newborn hat?
Hat Size Charts
|Age||Head Circumference||Hat Height|
|Baby – 3 to 6 months||17″||7″|
|Baby 6 to 12 months||18″||7.5″|
|Toddler – preschooler (12 months – 3 years)||19″||8″|
How wide should a baby hat be?
The Width must measure between 4 ½ and 6 inches. The Length should be equal to the width. For safety, the hat should be short enough that it cannot be “cuffed up” (the cuff can come down and cover the baby’s face).
How many balls of yarn do I need for a hat?
> To make a hat, you’ll only need 1 ball of yarn, if it’s made from petite wool or bulky wool. > To make a scarf, it depends on what stitch you are using and how long you want your scarf to be.
What is WW yarn?
Worsted weight yarn is a medium weight yarn that sits in the middle of the yarn weight family. It’s thicker than sock and sport weight and thinner than bulky weight yarn. … According to large-scale yarn manufacturers Lion Brand and Bernat, their most popular yarn weight for knitting and crochet is – you guessed it!
What can I knit with 200g wool?
These are some great ideas for 200 yards of fingering weight yarn.
- Magic Geranium Slippers.
- Pink Cable Braid Headband.
- Izmir Hat.
- Swan’s Head Mitts.
- Rainbow Striped Knit Slipper Pattern.
- Petite Cabled Skirt and Headband.