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We're not sure there's anything better than a freshly-baked cookie. And while you may have your Mom's recipe for the best ever chocolate chip cookies committed to memory, sometimes you just don't have the time to make them from scratch. That's why we've gathered the best cookie dough brands, so that even when you're in a pinch, all you need to do is preheat the oven and set a timer for ooey, gooey straight-out-of-the-oven cookies.
From the best refrigerated sugar cookie dough to a batter that dishes up a seriously delicious vegan chocolate chip cookie, we've collected our faves to satisfy your cookie craving. We tried dozens of sweet treats (it's a hard job, we know...) to bring you the ultimate ready-to-bake cookie dough brands. We even threw some in that you can eat raw, because sometimes you can't even wait for your oven to come up to temp. Grab a spoon and dive in to these delicious recs.
Simply slice and bake for the perfect canvas to let your icing skills show.
Throw it back to childhood with a baked good out of this nostalgic tub. Full of rich chips and buttery cookie, you'll definitely want to cook up a few batches of these so you can have seconds (and thirds...).
This iconic brand, famous for their ice creams chock full of epic ingredients, have packaged their cookie dough individually for the fanatics amongst us. Stir these sweet nuggets of edible raw dough into ice cream, sprinkle on top of chocolate cake, or eat straight from the freezer for a satisfying morsel of sweetness.
Certainly stock up on this dough. With this great brand, you can keep to your vegan lifestyle without giving up any richness of a decadent cookie.
These slice-and-bake cookies were a winner because of their buttery, sweet flavor.
No need to worry about any food borne illnesses when you stick your spoon straight into this jar. In flavors like classic chocolate chip, confetti cake, and vegan brownie batter, you may want to stock up on the whole line.
Celiacs unite! With this epic brand, even those with a gluten allergy have a chance to enjoy a super chocolatey treat.
We loved these break-and-bake versions of the tub because of their easy-to-split squares and crispiness once baked.

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6 April 2021
“Album”, etchingroom1, etching, intaglio, acryl, dimensions may vary, 2018–2019
“Album” is a series that rethinks the authoritarian practice of social experiences packing, such as graduation and demobee albums, group photos in memory of significant (or seemingly important) events.
Posing for these kinds of photos is a way for many ones to become involved with the group and to secure their shaky identity. For some people, participating in the creation of a group-based, but often over-valued experience is a source of anxiety and frustration. “Do you know how to get out of here” is a very polite desire to avoid participating in an obsessive group shooting ceremony. In such pictures, there is a little space for individuality, isolation, independence; most often, it is a manifestation of a group or one’s activity that is approved by society. Not engaging in the creation of such photographs is commonly referred to as somewhat social.
“Album” removes from the practice of group shots the inflicted delusional pleasure from being involved in something more significant and reminds that everyone depicted in the picture is a person. The person who is looking for a way out; a person who fears death; a person who does not want to smile due to the schedule.
etchingroom1 is the printing studio founded in 2016 by two graphic artists Kristina Yarosh and Anna Khodkova, in Kyiv (Ukraine). Artists are working in several graphic technics such as linocut, etching. As a studio, launched the educational program and are actively organizing and participating in exhibitions.
Photo from the MUHi 2019 exhibition
Photo by Volodymyr Denysenkov

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Size up this ball with other Radical balls.Analyze!
With a brand new resin formulation, the Reax Version 2 clears the fronts with ease and corners like there is no tomorrow. A motion not normally seen in an aggressive asymmetrical ball. However, we do caution that the Reax Version 2 has more overall hook than its original version. We moved that hook to the back end of the lane. The result is a strong hooking ball that retains energy through the pins!

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Object Storage and the Changing Performance Profile
In this article
Listen to this TEC17 podcast and hear WWT experts Rich Harper and James Weiser discuss software-defined and object storage, the value proposition around object storage, and what customers need to consider when addressing storage challenges.
Until recently object storage solutions have been associated with two main monikers, "cheap and deep" and "slow data access."
It's not surprising that these characteristics have been used to describe object storage. They are the technology's biggest benefit as well as biggest detractor. Object storage solutions often operate at WAN speeds for data access but are also cost optimized by being built on top of commodity compute platforms that use the largest capacity, lowest $/TB, 7200 RPM spinning SATA drives on the market.
We continue to see strong interest from our customers in object storage. During the past several years, the number of customers evaluating solutions has doubled year over year. This year alone, we've seen that number quadruple!
Clearly, there are some other factors driving this high interest and adoption of object storage other than cost.
1. Software developers. Developers have grown up cutting their teeth on AWS and S3 and are now experienced using the S3 API and it being easier to implement than a standard POSIX file system. Object also allows for the quicker deployment of storage (easier to consume). I argue that just like the adoption of NAS filesystems from block storage over a decade ago, object storage provides that same level of progression from traditional NAS file systems becoming easier and quicker to deploy and use.
2. A Global File System: Object storage gives us the ability to have the same data presented across a wide geography from multiple nodes potentially located at different sites but still presenting a single source of truth.
3. Data Protection Abstraction (RAIN verses RAID protection for resiliency and availability): The protection of data has been abstracted from a single array, hardware RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) approach, to a distributed software Erasure Coded (EC) RAIN (Redundant Array of Independent Nodes) model. Protection is spread across many nodes and potentially even sites to present an "always available" storage cloud that's accessible even after the loss of multiple individual drives, nodes and sites.
4. Higher levels of Protection (EC durability): With EC comes the ability to easily increase the protection levels going from a standard RAID 5 or 6 model with up to two failures allowed in a single RAID group, to one that may have four or more protection fragments, i.e. 10/4 EC (10 data fragments and four parity fragments).
Solutions typically have background checks that are analyzing the fragment integrity and correcting bit errors if they occur. This results in calculated "durability" (measured as the amount of time and potential for data corruption over time) with crazy numbers like 10 to the 14th power of years between potential data corruption events. This has been one of the main components for using object solutions to replace tape subsystems where data must be able to be recalled no matter what.
5. Rich Meta Data: Object storage gives us the ability to add descriptors to the object to further describe it as to "who, what, where, when and why." It becomes a way to sort and find pertinent data after it's created.
As more organizations adopt object because of the above factors, we're now seeing object storage solutions that are starting to infringe on traditional storage use cases, including those that require, in part, a respectable degree of performance.
Again, this advancement is much like that of the transition from block to file. The first iterations of purpose built NAS arrays were much slower than that generation of block arrays. While there were fundamental differences in how access protocols work with NAS being inherently slower (Random Memory Access on a disk with block vs. a full file transfer of NAS), the "latency" also called "access time," and in the object world, "time to first byte" was slower as well.
Eventually, NAS solutions were optimized over time in the software and driver stacks so that when the same underlying hardware was used for block and file solutions, the access times were similar. We're seeing the same thing with the development cycle of object solutions.
Just like the access methods of the block and file world have been based until now off of the SCSI transport protocol which is optimized for spinning disks and are now moving to the NVMe transport protocol to take full advantage of the speed and direct memory access of solid state devices, object storage in the past hasn't been optimized for speed.
In fact, there has always been an assumption in the software stack that access is based not only on much slower, large capacity, spinning drives, but also potentially operating at WAN latency with an eventually consistent data model. This could be read as, "Object storage solutions weren't designed to be fast because they didn't have to be."
It also means that object storage performance limitations are largely in the software stack and are currently starting to go through an optimization process by the old vanguard of storage OEMs. It should be noted that many of the start-up storage solution providers are building purpose-built solutions that consider performance.
Before we go too much further into performance, we need to get on the same page as to what performance really means.
Storage performance has three main characteristics: access time, response time and throughput. For the purposes of object, we're going to drill into access time and throughput.
This is not to say that response time isn't important, but it could be argued that response time is directly related and a result of the other two. Response time is how long it takes to complete the entire operation (e.g. the transfer of an entire object). In the object world this is measured in "transactions per second" or TPS, and much like traditional file solutions, access is performed in a sequential nature with the operation not being complete until the entire file is transferred.
Object storage can achieve much higher throughput (when considering the entire grid solution) than traditional block and file solutions, even the largest and most expensive ones. That is, if you consider throughput as "work performed" once data has been transferred.
The reason we can say that object is more performant in this regard is because the object storage solutions being discussed here are "grid" solutions that create a global namespace which can be tens to hundreds of nodes in size with thousands of disks, all working in parallel to serve thousands of different data streams (also called "concurrency"). So while a SAN array sitting on a couple of floor tiles can serve several GB/s of through-put very quickly (with low latency), an object storage GRID can serve hundreds of GB/s over multiple floor tiles across multiple data centers albeit not with anywhere close to the low latency of a "big-iron" block storage array.
Access time (or time to first byte) for a block or file array (according to the media type) is typically single to sub-millisecond. Access time for an Object array, even with no latency being introduced by say a multi-site WAN deployment is tens of milliseconds (for arguments sake let's say 25-30ms being typical). Those response times aren't impacted as much by the media types as they are the software stack and the network connecting the nodes together.
Data center architects are starting to see the need for an object storage solution that is simple to provision, globally distributed and highly distributed, but also performant.
This need is being driven mainly from the desire to do either high-performance ingest and streaming data transformation/analytics and/or running analytics in place in the cases of Splunk and Hadoop.
As the data sets get larger and larger with more and more disparate data being pulled into the data set, the movement of data to a stage where data can be analyzed is becoming a bottleneck in the time it takes to post analytical results. This can be minimized by creating a "data swamp" that can be filtered to create a data lake on the centralized data repository.
So what can you expect from today's performant object solutions?
Note: for the purposes of this article we are describing the work being done by traditional storage OEMs in that they have fully baked products with all the elements required for the enterprise data center. That isn't to say that there isn't some interesting newer products from smaller OEMs coming onto the market that are custom built to have a higher performance profile.
The first iterations of the quest for mainstream object storage solutions to improve performance included moving the internal object file-system or directory look-up and corresponding meta-data (often time running in a Casandra database) to SSDs. In some solutions where the front-end ingest is separated from the bac-end bulk capacity, the front-end nodes are being hosted with SSDs as well.
Be advised that there are still a lot of variables to consider and whenever asked a performance question, the pat answer is to reply "it depends" (which it does). Let's just say though that, with a single grid with no WAN latency running with all-flash hardware, it is now becoming feasible to see response times around 10ms, which is a significant improvement!
This year at NetApp Insight, NetApp introduced an all-flash storage appliance to its StorageGRID line . More significantly, there was the new release of StorageGIRD code (11.3) which is being optimized to help take advantage of the faster media.
NetApp openly admits that there are additional performance increases that can be made in the software stack and that they are looking to implement those improvements in future releases. So while we don't expect to see those those sub millisecond response times anytime soon, we do expect to see a steady improvement in object storage access times.
We will be testing the NetApp all-flash object platform soon in the WWT Advanced Technology Center to measure exactly what levels of performance we can achieve.
For more information on this, other object storage solutions or any of your data center needs, connect with me or reach out to your WWT account team.


text: This past Monday evening, Michelle presented 'Prick and Stitch' embroidery to our EGA guild. It was an interesting presentation, and then we all got a card to work on. Mine is pictured on the left, a single rose and leaves. It was fun to do and didn't take as much time as I thought. I am quite please with the results. I will need to find some more patterns and the tools and try a few other designs.

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The upper strut mounts take a lot of abuse and can wear out, leading to accelerated inner tire wear. In many cases, the negative camber is increased so much that the tire will contact the strut. This will not only cause tire damage, but strut damage also. The SuperPro Upper Strut mounts are made from a new high-grade, low-deflection synthetic polymer called Polyelast. This new material gives you great performance and zero change in NVH from factory components, all with huge increases in strength over the factory strut mounts.
Designed for street performance, drag race, and handling applications, SuperPro Polyelast Upper Strut Mounts are the perfect OEM replacement for any vehicle used for performance driving. OE strut mounts are designed from soft rubber and produce excessive suspension movement during normal and aggressive driving. SuperPro Polyelast strut mounts replace the OE mount, minimizing movement and increasing suspension performance. The Polyelast material is hard enough to limit deflection, yet compliant enough to absorb almost all NVH and allow for enough articulation for great handling. This incredible combination gives you a much-improved overall feel in any performance-driving situation. Each strut mount comes fully assembled with bearings.
SuperPro bushing kits are available in blue with silver zinc-coated hardware. Installation time
may vary depending on stock bushing removal technique.
Kit contains (2) front upper strut mount bushings with molded inner sleeves,
(2) strut mount bearings, and (4) beveled washers. Sold as a kit.
All SuperPro bushings come with a “Lifetime Warranty, with no Exclusions”. For more information, visit the www.superpro.com.au/warranty or contact BMR Suspension for details.
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Home / About Us - Kaixo Infotech - Web design Agency
Creative and innovative
Who We Are
We are a website design agency located in United Arab Emirates that specializes in bespoke of website design and development. We've made it our mission to create exciting and engaging interactive digital experience. From the starting to the finish of your project, we follow a bespoke process to ensure complete design satisfaction. With clients from all around the world, our experience spans a wide range of industry sectors.


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C++ Unreal Developer
Dominic Harris Studios – London, UK
How would you like to use your programming skills in the creation of fine art pieces that utilise everything from AI, Machine Learning and Computer Vision, to 3D technology and Animation?
This is a rare opportunity to join an internationally renowned art studio that specialises in interactive artworks and large kinetic sculptures. As the new C++ Unreal Developer you will take ownership of projects, and get involved in creative development and R&D across a range of initiatives.
Dominic Harris Studios was founded in 2007 in Notting Hill, London. Dominic and his team design, engineer, code and fabricate artworks and installations which are exhibited at art and design fairs across the globe. It is an especially exciting time to join the studio as they prepare to undertake a range of new projects, with exhibitions planned in 2021.
Working with a small, close knit team of 20 people comprised of software, 3D, animation, motion capture, electronics, and production professionals, you will be designing and building custom creative solutions and tools, as well as designing new forms of interaction with digital works of art.
Your input and ideas will have a direct impact on the end products, and you will enjoy a wide variety of projects.
The skills and experience you'll need include:
- Solid knowledge of Unreal Engine (UE4) including tools, pipeline, and animation
- Extensive knowledge and experience of programming with C++, particularly C++ with Unreal
- Solid understanding of computer graphics
- Experience with integration with Animators, 3D artists and pipelines
Not essential, but highly desirable additional experience:
- Unity, particularly an understanding of previous versions, changes, and bugs (for legacy projects)
- Particle simulation systems
- Shaders, particularly Shader code like Vertex, Compute and Pixel
- AI / Machine Learning / Computer Vision – e.g., skeleton tracking system
- Scripting languages for 3D i.e., Maxscript
- An understanding of BASH/BATCH
- Understanding of animation pipeline (including working with data from Houdini, and working with animation/rigging data, etc)
Interested? if you'd like to hear more about the role or studio email me at firstname.lastname@example.org or call me on (+44) 01709 834777.

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Finding out the value of your home - or the house you hope will become your home - is one of the most confusing and overwhelming parts of the homebuying process. An appraisal is required by banks and other mortgage providers before any financing will be provided for the purchase of a home, and is part of the process of re-financing, acquiring a second mortgage, and other real estate transactions.
When an appraiser reviews a property, the most important things he/she looks at are the values of recently-sold comparable properties, the cost of replacing or rebuilding a building, and the value that the property's net earning power will establish.
When an appraiser writes a report, the report contains a description of the property and the area in which the property is located, data on the values of comparable properties, information about current market trends in the area, and an analysis of the "highest and best use" of the property. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the property as compared to other similar surrounding properties while also placing the property's value in the context of the greater market.
An appraisal is the value a professional appraiser - someone licensed by the state and trained in the assessment of property - places on a property for sale, refinancing, or other purposes. The appraiser is an educated, objective and impartial professional who assists the interested parties by using data about similar properties, measurements of the home, and other resources and data to place a monetary value on the property.
There are several different types of appraisers, each of which is qualified to perform certain types of appraisals on certain types of property:
Limited Appraiser's can appraise property in any non-federally regulated transactions, with the signature of a supervisor who is a state licensed, certified residential or certified general appraiser. A limited appraiser can also assist state licensed, certified residential or certified general appraisers in developing a federally-regulated appraisal, but cannot sign the report.
State Licensed Appraiser's can appraiser property in any non-federally regulated transactions, as well as any federally-regulated transactions of 1-4 family residences up to $1,000,000 or commercial properties up to $250,000.
Certified General Appraiser's can appraise property of any type and any value.
Certified Residential Appraiser's can appraise residential property of any type or value, and commercial properties of up to $250,000 in transaction value.
Your REALTOR, banker or mortgage provider will assist you in determining which type of appraiser you need to evaluate your home.
Members of MiCREA, the Michigan Council of Real Estate Appraisers, are REALTORS. As such, they're held to a higher standard of professional ethics and education and have an array of resources at their disposal to assist you in having the best home-buying, selling or refinancing experience possible.

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You can intuitively control the blinds with the up, stop and down buttons. Also available are more advanced versions with sensors for sun and wind protection, time switches or remote control.
More advanced models of sensors for sun and wind protection, time switches and remote control are also available. The best solution is connecting to Smart Home intelligent house control.
Additional information is available on the manufacturers’ websites:


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The International Sambo Tournament for the prizes of the President of the Republic of Belarus will be held in Minsk on February 20-21.
The tournament will bring together representatives of more than 20 countries, reports “sambo.sport”. Over the course of two days, they will identify the winners in the men’s and women’s Sports sambo competitions, as well as the men’s Combat sambo competitions.
The Sports Palace, which will once again host the traditional Minsk tournament, is perfectly visible right from the hotel. True, you can see mainly the side and back of the structure.
— SAMBO FIAS (@SAMBOFIAS) February 19, 2020
But at the entrance to the Palace guests are greeted by a large poster announcing the imminent start of the tournament.
The participants are gradually pulling themselves into the hall to stretch themselves, to lose weight – in general, to prepare for the tournament.
Inside the Sports Palace the II European Games are still breathing. By the way, it was on this arena that SAMBO competitions took place, and last year’s tournament for the president’s prizes became a test competition for these multisports games.


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I ran this race in early July, and what a race it was. I have previously only raced one 100k race (London 2 Brighton) so I was not entirely sure what to expect.
100k is a long way to run, so I had to train hard for this race and based upon my experiences of completing the distance last year, I trained harder this year knowing that this years race had more elevation. I also wanted to improve on my time from the last 100k and I felt that I was a better runner 12 months on.
The below video takes you through the race, so I will not spoil the action here, take a look and see how I got on.
Big thank you to Freedom Racing for putting on an awsome event, Loyd and Liga at Run4Adventure and Team Salomon.
This is a RBR Charity race for Haven House Childrens Hospice, you can donate from the home page on this website.
Enjoy the video
Until next time

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"Hey, can we make that, please?": Upon Craft as a Means for Cross-cultural Community-Building
Keywords:children, computer club, community, craft, intercultural, learning, making
AbstractFocusing on computer clubs in Germany, this paper studies varied craft-based interventions as facilitators not only for the appropriation of computing concepts, but for engaging young and adult neighborhood inhabitants in activities that enable cross-cultural and technological identity exploration. We show how craft as a method for engaging participants in reflective, collaborative activity is apt to trigger and support community-building in socially and culturally diverse societal contexts.

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Old Sheldon Ruins
The Old Sheldon Church Ruins is a historic site located in northern Beaufort County, South Carolina, approximately 17 miles (30 km) north of Beaufort. Known also as the Sheldon Church or Old Sheldon Church, the pre-exiting building was originally known as Prince William's Parish Church. The church was built in the Greek Revival style between 1745 and 1753. Prince William's was burned by the British in 1779 during the Revolutionary War. In 1826 it was rebuilt and later burnt by William Tecumseh Sherman, in 1865. The ruins lie amongst majestic oaks and scattered graves.
Inside the ruins of the church lies the remains of Colonel William Bull, who "greatly assisted General Oglethorpe in establishing the physical layout of Savannah, Georgia. Bull surveyed the land in 1733 to form the basic grid pattern of the streets and squares."
Thanks for stopping by!

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Disneyland theme Park recognized as DLP Paris and it is fantastic holiday destination include varity of rides, disney shows , Disney hotels , wide range of restaurants and Disney shopping village. additional they have add Walt Disney studio Park to the disneyland resort. now disneyland has two park , disneyland theme park and walt disney studio park.
The most interesting thing regarding Charles de Gaulle Airport Disneyland transfer service is usually that they are providing punctual and professional transfer service. It will be on a remarkably important type that they can be properly managed to complete Disneyland transfer to CDG airport terminal on time. The drivers collected included are apart from thinking about everything organized and fulfilled your journey that recognized anywhere in the city. Additionally whenever you choose to get in a CDG Disneyland transfer, request a completely managing on the way to your destination. Furthermore get the cost with the complete chauffeur going before setting up your transfer. This will help remain you from getting taken advantage of. Regularly recommend somebody if you have to journey. When unexpected trips and transfers might sound as an excellent thought in the past, it will be quite some distance from so surprising if anything operates to certain eliminated place.
Furthermore, if you decide to go visit to Disneyland, then is setting up to follow the perfectly amazing option. Dependably, a general change a few days away from your return journey or get back are able to complete to large shop trusts of a few Euros with your transfer fees. Anybody can take advantage of the benefit to utilize furthermore last minutes with CDG Disneyland Transfer. Furthermore, the drivers are generally trained well, as they are dependably on schedule. They get the best inexpensive convenient option available between the CDG Airport and your destination places. Moreover provide to travelers whenever requested. Getting, pleasant and communicative in nature, they also provide suggestions with regards to should visit touristic in Paris City and around the area .someone can} get pleasure from together a relaxing transfer and tours and you will obtain knowledge regarding the area as well.
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We're definitely jamming to Anatii's new album Iyeza this festive season.
The rapper released this much-anticipated project a few weeks ago, and we're loving the vibe. One of our favourite songs is Ntloni, so you can imagine our excitement when he released the visuals this week. We watched the video and it's exactly what we thought it would be - pure fire!
We're not the only ones who think the video is amazing. As soon as it dropped, fans took to Twitter to sing Anatii's praises. "You [are] really dope pah. You really do this. Just saw the video for Ntloni. you take this thing seriously. For real. The vid looks klean. Massage clear & correlates w/ the song. you don't do typical. I'm really impressed," wrote one fan.
Anatii has thanked everyone who was involved in bringing the vision to life. "Ndiyabulela (thank you)," he wrote on Instagram.
Watch the video below and let us know what you think.
Main image credit: Instagram/@anatii


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Free forum : A new guild in Renaissance Kingdoms.
Free forum : Hi everyone and welcome to Loopbox ! ヽ(´ー`)ノ Here, you'll see your Guild and your team. ┐(´∇｀)┌ You'll also see your points and ranking ! ლ(ﾟдﾟლ) Enjoy ! ! ! 3
Order of the Red Valour: Alliance Roleplay Guild EU, Argent Dawn.
The forum of the guild Darkmoon Shadowblades on Gunnar's Hold.
A guild in Earth and Beyond
Free forum : EMS, A Vendetta Online Guild
A General Message Board for Members of Therian Saga Exodus Guild
Free forum : A Rebel & Neutral Guild from SWG on the Ahazi Server.
The Circle of Shadows is an, international guild, in Archeage RU!
Guild forum for The Scarlet Crusade, Horde guild on Darksorrow-EU server.
Welcome to the official forum of The Agents guild on Helmet-Heroes, here all members can communicate, post suggestions, etc.
Free forum : Wakfu forum for the Sacred Light guild members. Server: Remington.
Aftermath Guild on Magic-WoW
magic-wow, aftermath, #guild, alliance, world, warcraft, private, server, warrior, mage, hunter, druid, paladin, rogue, priest, warlock, death, knight, shaman, monk, cataclysm, wrath, lich, king, wotlk, raiding, guides
A Collaboration of Bands on the Brandywine Server of Lord Of The Rings Online.
Free forum : Annihilation Guild - MU Origin
Free forum : The home of Dark Anarchy
About the game and future of The Guild
Forum of the Pure Rangers, a guild of the Eternal Lands mmorpg
Free forum : A friendly guild with more than a few truffles going spare
eXodus Guild Forums. Free forum : eXodus. eXodus lightning's blade wow world of warcraft
The LW Forum - NWN, Travian, AOC - Lightwarriors Community

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The customers high speed machine has more than 50 axis controlled by servo drives. There is no system in place to monitor the condition of all the ball-screws. Any ball-screw failure has a huge impact on machines OEE. There is no warning given. The average repair time is 80 minutes. Requires process setup and quality buy-off following change.
To be able to plan exchange and setup outside of run time, we were asked to develop software to gather max torque information from servo drives and present them by the daily and weekly graphs for predictive maintenance.
PLC logic created to record max torque for the last 30 samples build. Data is then recorded into a .csv file, stored on the server and displayed via the webpage accessed by maintenance from anywhere within the factory network. The system is flexible so axis that don't require monitoring can be turned on/off. This helped to reduce the downtime caused by balscrew failure down to zero as well as helped to identify greasing intervals to maintain torque within set limits.
If so, get in touch with us so we can talk about your projects.


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It's devastating news for farmers gearing up for fall harvest.
The Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD) says farmers should prepare to take a hit on crop prices this fall.
The agricultural organization recently completed a study at Iowa State University showing how current trade disruptions have impacted Iowa's economy.
The study shows the soybean industry faces losing between $159-million to $891-million dollars.
Livestock is also expected to lose upwards of $900-million dollars, especially in the hog industry.
Trae Hestness of Farm Bureau tells KIMT this will have a direct impact on all Iowa residents.
“About one-in-five residents of Iowa are related to agriculture or have an income from agriculture, so you're thinking about one-in-five of your customers that walk through the door are going to be affected by these tariffs either financially or their jobs are affected by this,” said Hestness.
The full report from CARD is available here.

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DetailsOrganic raw walnut kernels from franquette variety with a hazelnut aroma.
- Gluten free
- Certified organic by Ecocert Canada
- Product of France, packaged in Canada
- Eco-friendly: From a controlled designation of origin, our walnuts are from the Périgord region in southwestern France. Sixty producers have banded together in a cooperative to grow this variety in organic agriculture.


Jeremy Kennedy, a Ford employee, secures the engine and transmission to the subframe of a new 2020 Explorer at Chicago Assembly Plant.
Not even during the Great Recession and bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler did the automotive industry come to a standstill as it has during the coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. automakers are losing billions of dollars every month with the majority of American factories shuttered since March and dealer showrooms closed or running on a limited basis.
“We’re experiencing unprecedented times as a result of this pandemic,” GM CFO Dhivya Suryadevara told investors during a call Wednesday.
No one could have prepared for Covid-19, but the Detroit…


Saturday, January 23, 2010
November 21, 2009
On November 21, 2009 Virginia and Paul were married at The Tremont Grand in Baltimore. Their ceremony took place in the Edinburgh Room, which is located on the 5th floor. They selected our Violin, Cello, and Piano Trio to perform for their ceremony and cocktail hour. For the ceremony we played: Air on the G String, Trumpet Voluntary, Pachelbel Canon, Bridal Chorus, Bach's Ave Maria, and The Wedding March. We moved the the Doric Room for the cocktail hour, where we performed on the raised stage area. We played a mixture of popular, jazz, and show tunes. Their guests LOVED the music!


Almost three months after starting the limited field testing of Google+, Google has finally thrown the door open for everyone to join. During its three month of field testing, users could join Google+ only through invitation from someone who is already in. They occasionally opened the door but usually closes it quickly.
This time though, Google has officially announced that Google+ has now moved from field testing to beta - and has opened it to everyone who wants to join, regardless of whether they have an invitation or not. If you have not yet signed up for Google+, you can click on the link below to sign up.
Vic Gundotra, Senior Vice President of Engineering at Google, described the opening up of Google+ as its 100th feature. He also noted that it does not mean that they believe Google+ is done.
For the past 12 weeks we’ve been in field trial, and during that time we’ve listened and learned a great deal. We’re nowhere near done, but with the improvements we’ve made so far we’re ready to move from field trial to beta, and introduce our 100th feature: open signups.
Google has also announced a lot of new features for Google+ which are beginning to roll out. One huge feature that they are rolling out is hangout on phone. As I have mentioned before, Hangout is one the best features of Google+. Now, Google is bringing this feature to Google+ Android app. It is not yet supported in the iOS app yet - but it is arriving soon.
Hangout is also getting new features like screen sharing, sketchpad etc. Google has also added the option to broadcast hangouts. Although not everyone can join, they can watch the broadcasted hangout. This feature is currently limited to only a few users.
And true to their root, Google is bringing search into Google+. Google+ searches will now return the relevant people, posts and contents from the web.


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Reel: 159, No. 2847 Simmons, James Wright, b. 1790.
The maniac's confession, a fragment of a tale.
Philadelphia, M. Thomas. 1821
xi, 219 p.; 20 cm.
Reel: 126, No. 2140 Simmons, James Wright, b. 1800.
Blue Beard, or The marshal of France.
Reel: 125, No. 2131 Simmons, James Wright, b. 1800.
The exile's return, with other pieces.
Reel: 126, No. 2135 [Simmons, William Hayne] 1784-1870.
Alasco, an Indian tale: two cantos; with other poems.
Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & co. 1857
Published for the author.; 141 p.; 18.5 cm.; "The ensuing fragment of an Indian tale formed part of a poem, of which the plan extended to twelve cantos..."--Pref.; Much corrected and enlarged edition of the author's "Onea: an Indian tale" (cf. p. 56), which was printed as "Canto the first" in Charleston, 1820.
Reel: 159, No. 2848 [Simmons, William Hayne] 1784-1870.
Reel: 126, No. 2145 Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870.
The vision of Cortes, Cain, and other poems.
Charleston, J.S. Burges. 1829
151 p.; 15.5 cm.
Reel: 126, No. 2146 [Simms, William Gilmore] 1806-1870.
New York, J. & J. Harper. 1832
A story of the sea; in three parts ...; 80 p.; 22 cm.
Reel: 126, No. 2142 [Simms, William Gilmore] 1806-1870.
The book of my lady.
Boston, Allen & Ticknor. 1833
A melange. By a bachelor knight ...; 3 p.l., -334 p.; 18 cm.
Reel: 126, No. 2143 [Simms, William Gilmore] 1806-1870.
Donna Florida, a tale.
Reel: 125, No. 2133 [Simms, William Gilmore] 1806-1870.
Grouped thoughts and scattered fancies.
Reel: 126, No. 2136 [Simms, William Gilmore] 1806-1870.
Southern passages and pictures.
New York. 1839, c38
Reel: 126, No. 2138 [Simms, William Gilmore] 1806-1870.
The Tri-Color; or, The three days of blood, in Paris.
With some other pieces [by an American citizen.]; 75 p.; 22 cm.
Reel: 126, No. 2139 Simon, Barbara Anne, Mrs.
Evangelical review of modern genius; or, Truth & error contrasted.
New-York, D.A. Borrenstein. 1823
116 p.; 19 cm.
Reel: 126, No. 2147 [Simonds, William] 1822-1859.
... Jerry, or, The sailor boy ashore.
Being the seventh-a-fragment in the series of the "Aimwell Stories ..." To which is added a memoir of the author, with a likeness.; 224 p.; front. (port.); 17 cm.; Added engraved t.-p: The Aimwell Stories.; Contains poetry.
Reel: 160, No. 2852 Simple rhymes for little children.
Philadelphia, American Sunday-school union. [c1832]
Written for the American Sunday-school union, and revised by the Committee of Publication.; 17 p.; illus.; 15 cm.
Reel: 126, No. 2148 [Simpson, John B.].
Memorials of the Civil service rifle corps.
Ottawa, Hunter, Rose & co. 1867
118 p.; 15 cm.; Includes verse.; Signed: J.B.S. Ottawa, December 24, 1866.
Reel: 160, No. 2853 [Simpson, Sophia S.].
Aunt Sophie's stories.
Boston, O. Clapp. 1859
A christmas and birthday gift, for our children.; 80 p.; front.; 15 cm.; Prose and poetry.
Reel: 160, No. 2854 Simson, Letitia F.
Flowers of the year, and other poems.
Saint John, N.B., J & A. McMillan. 1869
vii, -103 p.; 19 cm.; List of subscribers appended.
Reel: 160, No. 2855 Sinclair, Carrie Bell, b. 1839.
Augusta, Georgia, H.D. Norrell. 1860
viii, 9-160 p.; 19.5 cm.
Reel: 160, No. 2856 Singleton, J.
A description of the West Indies.
London, Printed and sold by James Marks, bookseller, in St. Martin's lane, near Charing Cross. 1777
The U.S. Brig. Enterprise of 14 guns, commanded by lieut. William Burrows, took after an engagement of 45 minutes, the British Brig. of War Boxer, of 18 guns. Capt. Blyth, who with about 50 of his men were killed and wounded. Lieut. Burrows and one man killed and seven wounded.; broadside.
Reel: 62, No. 1824 Skeel, Thomas.
A discourse on the nature, properties, and conversion of the soul.
Bennington, Vt., Printed by William Haswell. 1811
36 p.; "The mourning soul": p. 35-36.
Reel: 62, No. 1825 A Sketch of events in the life of George Law, published in advance of his biography.
New York, J.C. Derby. 1855
Also, extracts from the public journals.; 96 p.; 18 cm.; Portrait on p. 2 of cover.

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John Kasich spent time getting buckets before winning the Ohio primary
John Kasich scored a huge victory in the Ohio primary on Tuesday, taking 66 delegates in his home state with 46.8 percent of the vote. The win was Kasich's first in the race for the Republican nomination, and before delivering a victory speech in Berea, Ohio, he put up a few shots in the gym at Baldwin Wallace University. The 63-year-old's got some range.
How John Kasich waits for election night results. pic.twitter.com/UTrcsd1qJy— John Kasich (@JohnKasich) March 16, 2016

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- ETH surpassed the provision wall between $1,972 and $2,030, rising as excessive as $2,127.
- Merchants are focusing on an upward motion for ETH within the area of $2,153.
Ethereum’s [ETH] motion on the chart was one which attracted lots of criticism on account of its incapacity to match Bitcoin’s [BTC] uptrend over the previous couple of weeks. However all that modified on the ninth of November because the coin worth climbed above $2,000.
Many attributed the surge in worth to the BlackRock Ethereum ETF filing which the general public obtained wind of the identical day. This macroeconomic issue certainly had an impression on the value improve. However a couple of hours after ETH hit $2,042, it retraced again to $2,004.
ETH breaks down the wall
In between ETH’s rise and fall, analyst Ali Martinez revealed that there was a provide wall between $1,972 and $2,030.
A provide wall is described as a worth degree the place there’s a vital accumulation of an asset, illustrating weaker promoting stress for the coin in query.
— Ali (@ali_charts) November 9, 2023
Martinez added that 651,000 addresses bought tens of millions of ETH at this worth degree, making it an essential space to observe.
So, ETH’s rejection at $2,042 may very well be attributed to the issue talked about above. Usually, to beat this provide wall, there must be rather more quantity than there was when the shopping for spree occurred.
Curiously, the Ethereum clan did effectively to beat the obstruction because the coin worth rose above $2,100. At press time, ETH exchanged fingers at $2,127, making the seven-day efficiency an 18.49% improve.
Sliding away from capitulation
Based on Santiment, ETH’s funding price was 0.028% at press time. The rise within the funding price suggests excessive curiosity in long-leverage merchants. The excessive worth of the metric additionally suggests a bullish sentiment.
Due to the weird spike within the funding price, AMBCrypto took a cautious have a look at the costs merchants are focusing on.
On common, ETH’s short-term projected worth was round $2,153. This bullish outlook was additionally confirmed by the weighted sentiment.
On the time of writing, Ethereum’s weighted sentiment was excessive up at 0.88. The stance of this metric signifies that feedback about ETH have been largely constructive, and the unfavorable ones didn’t come near the share of optimism proven.
Moreover, the Quick-Tern Holder Web Unrealized Revenue/Loss (STH-NUPL) confirmed that ETH holders have moved away from the capitulation (crimson) section. At press time, the metric was within the hope (orange) nook with stable indicators of transferring into optimism (yellow).
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The country's chief seismologist on Tuesday warned residents near Taal not to return to their homes as the volcano continued to shows signs of a possible hazardous eruption.
Renato Solidum, head of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, said the agency recorded 212 volcanic quakes around Taal in the past 24 hours. Eighty-one of the volcanic quakes were felt at intensities 1 to 5.
Aside from the lava fountain recorded Monday, Taal continues to spew a 2-kilometer high column of smoke and ash, Solidum said.
"We advise not to go into the 14-km danger zone because of the possible pyroclastic density current...Hindi pa pwedeng bumalik siyempre ang peligro ng abo ay delikado," he said, adding that volcanic activity could last weeks or even months.
"What is dangerous is watch out for landslides especially in the crater wall of the caldera because those are very high," he added.
Rising magma could also cause fissuring near the volcano, which will cause earthquakes, Solidum said.
The Phivolcs chief, meanwhile, denied reports the agency has already declared Alert Level 5, saying the volcano has yet to erupt.
Taal is a tourist attraction that sits in a picturesque lake, yet is also one of the most active volcanoes in a nation where earthquakes and eruptions are a frightening and destructive part of life.
The eruption began with an explosion of superheated steam and rock on Sunday. By early Monday "fountains" of lava had been spotted on Taal, Phivolcs said.
Stunning lightning shows have periodically played out above the volcano in a little-understood phenomenon that has been attributed to static electricity.
Over 20,000 people have sought refuge in evacuation centers since Sunday. With Agence France-Presse


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You only need 5 ingredients (plus salt and vanilla) to make this luscious Carob Avocado Sauce/Spread and that not only tastes amazing but is actually healthy!
Naturally sweet and refined-sugar-free, this healthy Carob Sauce/Spread makes a great topping for waffles, pancakes, and toast, or a yummy dip for fruit.
What is Carob?
Carob, also called St. John’s Bread or locust bean, grows on the carob tree. The pods of the carob tree are harvested and the pulp of the pods is dried and ground into a fine powder to make carob powder.
Is Carob Healthy?
Carob is a good source of slimming fiber, which can help with weight loss and help maintain healthy blood sugar levels.
It also contains polyphenol antioxidants which have been shown to reduce oxidative stress and help prevent cancer.
And carob contains 2X to 3X the amount of calcium as cocoa.
Carob also contains magnesium, iron, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, niacin, and vitamin A.
The carob pods are highly nourishing and helped sustain John the Baptist during his wilderness sojourn, hence the name St. John’s Bread.
How is Carob Different than Chocolate?
Not only does carob have more calcium than cocoa, but cocoa contains oxalic acid, which inhibits the absorption of calcium in the body.
Unlike cocoa, carob does not contain caffeine or theobromine or methylxanthines – chemicals in chocolate that are cellular toxins and damaging to the health. These chemicals in cocoa have been shown to raise blood sugar and insulin levels and impair insulin sensitivity.
Chocolate contains tyramine, which may cause migraine headaches in susceptible people. Carob is free of tyramine.
In addition, carob has some natural sweetness, but cocoa is bitter so sugar (or other sweeteners) must be added to make it palatable.
How to Use Carob
The texture and appearance of carob powder is very much like that of cocoa powder, and you can use carob powder just like you would use cocoa powder. For example, if a recipe calls for 1/4 cup of cocoa, use 1/4 cup of carob powder.
Because carob is naturally sweeter than cocoa, you may want to slightly reduce the amount of sweetener in your recipe; although I usually try a recipe as written first (replacing the cocoa with carob) and see how it turns out before adjusting the sweetener amount (the second time around).
What Does Carob Taste Like?
While carob powder and cocoa are interchangeable and carob tastes somewhat like chocolate, carob has a unique taste and the flavor is definitely not the same as the flavor of cocoa. If you expect carob to taste like chocolate, you may be disappointed; however, if you expect it to taste like carob 😊 you will probably love this delicious and nutritious food.
Although carob doesn’t taste just like chocolate, it is a delicious and healthful alternative to chocolate or cocoa powder in many recipes. Here are some delicious carob recipes that I think you will enjoy.
Where to Buy Carob
Carob Avocado Spread (or Sauce)
- 1 cup whole, pitted dates - (about 20 dates)
- 1/2 teaspoon Teeccino Vanilla Nut Naturally Caffeine-Free Herbal Coffee Granules - optional
- 1/2 cup non-dairy milk - or water (or more if you want to make this into a sauce)
- 2 small to medium avocados
- 3 tablespoons roasted carob powder - See note
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- Place dates, Teechino (if using), and milk (or water) in a saucepan. Cover, and bring to a low boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about 5 to 10 minutes or until dates are very soft.
- Meanwhile, cut avocado in half, remove pit, scoop out flesh, and place flesh in blender.
- Add carob powder, salt, and vanilla to blender.
- When dates are soft, transfer dates and liquid they were simmered in to blender. Blend until very smooth. Mixture will be very thick and will need some coaxing to get it to blend. Add a tablespoon or two of milk or water as needed for desired consistency.Be sure to take the time needed blend the mixture smoothly; otherwise, the date fiber may not blend well enough, and the spread will be fibrous instead of smooth and the flavor will not be as sweet.
- Serve warm or chilled.
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R.W. Owen et al. Isolation and structure elucidation of the major individual polyphenols in carob fibre, Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 41, Issue 12, 2003
Corsi, L. et al. Antiproliferative effects of Ceratonia siliqua L. on mouse hepatocellular carcinoma cell line, Fitoterapia 2002
Papagiannopoulos, M. et al. Identification and quantification of polyphenols in carob fruits (Ceratonia siliqua L.) and derived products by HPLC-UV-ESI/MSn. J Agric. Food Chem 2004
Chiva-Blanch, Gemma, Visioli, Francesco. Polyphenols and health: Moving beyond antioxidants. Journal of Berry Research, 2012
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To celebrate our 30th year, we're reflecting on the moments that shaped the brand we are today, focusing on a new theme every month.
Adventures are great – no matter how big or small. Getting out in the garden can be just as rewarding as going on a long walk, where you’ll never really know where you’ll end up.
I never could’ve imagined way back in 1989, when I was setting up my clothing stall for the first time in a muddy field in Leicestershire, the adventure I was about to go on.
Over the years, Joules has changed a lot, but one thing that has never changed is the adventurous spirit we all have. Our design team travel from shire to shore in search of inspiration. Getting out and about always sparks creative ideas from colour palettes to prints and seeing our customers enjoying their own adventures helps us know exactly how to design the right products for them.
Looking back and thinking about the adventure we’ve been on brings back some great memories. Far too many to mention here, but I do think it’s always a good idea to take some time to reflect.
This month is about telling stories of our own adventures as a brand and listening to your tales. So tell us (or rather show us!) what exactly do ‘adventures’ mean to you?
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We have Intel C/C++ and Intel Fortran compiler in our development team, and would like to use Intels Code Coverage/Test Prioritization tools.
The question is that Code Coverage/Test Prioritization tools are already in the compilers or we need to pay for another package?
The Intel white paper "Intel_Compiler_Code_Coverage_InDepth.pdf" contains the following para:
Included with Intel Compilers: The Code Coverage and
Test Prioritization Tools seamlessly support C, C++ and Fortran
languages and are included with and integrated into Intel compiler
products using IA-32 or Itanium processor families running either
Windows or Linux operating environments. When you buy an
Intel compiler for these systems, you automatically get the Code
Coverage Tool and the Test Prioritization Tool - there is nothing
more to buy! Both are seamlessly integrated into and support Intel
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Georgia’s attack was no surprise – Rice
Posted By aaron On December 23, 2008 @ 2:45 pm In Old Infowars Posts Style,World at War | Comments Disabled
Dec 23, 2008
The August conflict over South Ossetia came as no surprise to the United States, according to the outgoing US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
In an interview with Agence France Press, she said Washington didn’t agree with Georgia’s actions against its neighbour.
Secretary Rice revealed that a month before the conflict she had visited Georgia to see if it would accept a pledge never to resort to force. The proposal was put forward by German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
Georgia attacked its breakaway republic of South Ossetia on August 8. Russia has since recognised the independence of South Ossetia and the other Georgian breakaway republic, Abkhazia.
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Simukai Chigudu wins 2021 APSA-IPSA Theodore J Lowi First Book Award
Congratulations to Simukai Chigudu, who has won the 2021 Theodore J Lowi First Book Award for his book, The Political Life of an Epidemic: Cholera, Crisis and Citizenship in Zimbabwe.
The award recognises the author of a first book in any field of political science that exemplifies qualities of broad ambition, high originality, and intellectual daring, showing promise of having a substantive impact on the overall discipline. It is made by the American Political Science Association (APSA) and the International Political Science Association (IPSA).
The Political Life of an Epidemic, which was published by Cambridge University Press in 2020, examines the social and political causes and consequences of Zimbabwe’s catastrophic cholera outbreak in 2008/09, the worst in African history. The book is a devastating account of an epidemic and a meditation on the political economy of state transformation in Africa, the shortcomings of international humanitarian aid, and the struggles for substantive citizenship in Zimbabwe.
The prize will be awarded at the 2021 APSA Annual Meeting in Seattle later this year.
Simukai Chigudu is Associate Professor of African Politics at ODID.


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FRANKFURT, Germany (July 7, 2016) — ZF Friedrichshafen A.G. is further integrating TRW Automotive into its organization by combining the aftermarket divisions of ZF Services and TRW Aftermarket.
The operations will merge Jan. 1, creating what ZF claims will be the world's second-largest service organization in the automotive supplier segment.
“Having already fully integrated sales and purchasing in the original equipment business, our aftermarket business partners will now benefit from this successful integration,” ZF CEO Stefan Sommer said.
“With its aftermarket activities, ZF ensures that its products perform powerful and reliable throughout their entire life cycle and a professional diagnosis and repair with original equipment spare parts is provided in the workshops. It is important to us to speak with one voice in this segment and to ensure that our products and services are available in all markets worldwide.”
ZF acquired TRW Automotive in May 2015 and integrated the company as the Active & Passive Safety Technology Division. The respective aftermarket activities are still part of this division.
After Jan. 1, there will be one aftermarket business at ZF, the company said. The TRW name will be retained as a product brand alongside Sachs, Lemförder, Boge and Openmatics.
The combined aftermarket business will have about 8,000 employees worldwide and a sales volume of about $3 billion, the company said.
Last year, TRW Aftermarket generated sales of about $1.1 billion while ZF Service netted about $2 billion. TRW Aftermarket operates 41 locations worldwide, including 15 logistics centers and 22 technical centers; ZF Services operates 77 locations, including 75 logistics centers.
Helmut Ernst, who manages the ZF Services Business Unit, will head up the new organization. He is also leading the “One ZF Aftermarket” integration process together with the head of TRW Aftermarket, Neil Fryer. The new organizational structure and the management team have already been defined as part of this process, ZF said.


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We have implemented some improvements and added some new features to the AutoSparge level control based on customer feedback. We have changed the brass body to stainless steel so it is now a 100% stainless product! We also changed the thread a bit so that standard NPT fittings thread on more completely. We've closed up the sliding piston clearances a bit to reduce leakage, and last but not least we've added an o-ring seal instead of the gasket. Don't forget that we have optional 9-inch and 12-inch float rods available in addition to the standard 6-inch rod. This increases the range of level control desirable in larger pots.
Newly redesigned - 100% stainless steel, improved o-ring mounting and 1/2" NPT thread.
Finally a sparging system that's a "set-it-and-forget-it" design! This elegantly simple sparge mechanism automatically sets the hot liquor flow rate and liquid level in your mash / lauter tun. As you change the sparge rate into your boil kettle, the AutoSparge automatically responds by increasing or decreasing your hot liquor flow to compensate and keeps a constant level in your tun. Awesome for RIMS systems!
Works great with gravity systems OR with pumps! Wort gently rotates on top of grain bed to reduce channeling, oxygen pick-up, and to increase extraction efficiency. WIth a constant hot liquor level over your grain bed, complicated rotating sparge arms are unnecessary complications!
Float ball and rod are stainless steel. Valve body is now also stainless. Includes 18" silicone hose and foam hose float. Requires a 13/16 mounting hole. Fits any pot larger than 12" in diameter including converted kegs. Adaptable to coolers.
To install yourself, you'll need to punch/drill a 13/16 hole in your pot or cooler. A 7/8" hole will work, but it's a little on the big side. We recommend using a step drill or a Greenlee knock-out punch. A great source for these is McMaster.com. The step drill is part number 8841A24 (89315A42 for TiN coating) or a punch 3449A999 - requires a 3/8" pilot hole. This particular punch (Greenlee model 730BB) is special order with a 3-day lead time. Slug-Buster types are available in their catalog but do not work well in this application. When drilling stainless steel a moderate to slow speed is best to avoid overheating the tool. While hole saws will also work, they are difficult to use in stainless sheet metal.
Installing into a cooler:
The threaded portion of the AutoSparge is not long enough to fit through a 1-2" deep cooler wall so you will need to use a 2" hole saw for clearance for your hose connection and a smaller hole for mounting the AutoSparge. To do this, drill a 1/4" pilot hole all the way through the cooler at the desired location. Then slowly and carefully hole saw through the outside layer of the cooler. Be careful so you don't accidentally drill all the way through it. Remove the outer cut-out and foam insulation inside the hole. Then drill the 13/16 mounting hole through the inside wall of the cooler with a step drill.
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I gave it 4 stars because I haven't installed it or used it yet. Everything looks like it will fit. I am glad I ordered the short rod as the others look like they would be to long for my igloo 10 gallon cooler. Now I need to order the Blichmann quick connects for this thing to work. So far, I'm happy with my purchase. Can't o wrong with Blichmann.
This is a great way to keep the flow balanced for sparging, no more constant vigil to adjust the water in or wort out. I have a single-tier system with two pumps and it was never easy to keep them even. The Auto Sparge works great for keeping a constant water level above the mash. However, the silicon tubing with the float ball on the end needs to be a little longer so the end doesn't point down into the tun and create a tunnel. I had to cut a longer piece and install it myself, no big deal. The kit is set up, I believe, for a 5 or 10 gallon tun, I have a 15 gallon tun so I needed to get the longer arm. The water control in the nice stainless steel body is a small piston that can be forced open by just a little water pressure. It's very twitchy so the pressure from the pump must be adjusted so it doesn't force open the flow valve. Once I fixed the little nits, it works great! I definitely will not brew without it.
My son and I have been all-grain brewing for a couple of years and one of our jokes is that we never brew the same beer twice. Mostly it's because of the sparge and not hitting our temps/times. We've done a couple of batches since we got the autosparge installed (using a cooler with a stepped cut for inner and outer layers) and it's like we're in the big time now. Set it and forget it. It just works.


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I should not be surprised that some stories from the marsh trail write themselves. Today, just after I slipped on an icy patch, donned my yak trax, and headed deeper into the woods, a sound like a cell phone pierced the otherwise snowy silence. It brought both me and the dog to a dead stop as we searched for the source, knowing full well we were most likely the only ones out and about. Again it rang, and a third time. And finally, despite no visual, I realized it was a woodpecker on his or her “out and about,” hammering into something she or he hoped would yield a delectable treat.
Part of this walk is along the side of an open field with a very English roll and feel to it. Often in winter and true today, the open grass under blue sky with rows of high stratus clouds causes me to look twice, for I could be 5000 miles away walking in southwest England with the dogs of that part of the family.
And finally, we come down to the rocky path across the open water, today at highest tide, so two very watery places must be forded by my beast and me, and we imagine that yes, we are intrepid.
I consider: how important is it to pause and drink in these scenes, to not rush back to the demands of the day? As we head up the road the whole scene reminds me of the campfire song so many of us once learned,
“Make new friends, but keep the old,
One is silver and the other gold.”
These are a kind of friend, the tall gold grass standing in a sea of silver water. The snow adds sparkle, and a warm winter light encases the whole.
Dog and I loaded back into the car, I remember the words of Henry David Thoreau, which title a tall book of photographs we own, one copy downstairs, the other a ratty copy I couldn’t bear to throw out. It’s called what he once wrote: “In Wildness is the Preservation of the World.” Today, how true that is.
I may be heading back to a full day of work, errands, duties and the mundane, but my heart is bursting at the beauty of this good Earth, a sheer gift.


Everyone is selling the what. But purchasers buy for the why.
We’ve been talking a lot lately about “the golden circle,” as Simon Sinek has called it, so allow me to return to this topic with a visual representation…and a reiteration of why it’s so important for a company struggling to communicate its brand’s essence.
Most organizations focus their value proposition on what it is that they do. And that’s the message they enthusiastically take to market. (“We sell the world’s best widgets!”) But in reality, they do the same thing that all of their competitors do (i.e., sell worldclass widgets), so where’s the value proposition?
Few will move in a layer to communicate how they do it; but the market is likewise cluttered with homogenous “hows”—”unparalleled customer service,” “decades of experience,” e.g.
Few organizations work so hard to discover and define the why—their reason for being…the motivation behind their every action. It’s hard work; and it’s much easier to feature a bullet-pointed list of services on our website than struggling to communicate something so elusive and emotion-laden as a why.
But this is what truly motivates nearly every purchasing decision. Whether buying a car or hiring a consultant, we are motivated not by the ingredients on the tin, but by what the experience will be and how it will ultimately change our lives.
To wit: Why do we buy iPods, when there are dozens of cheaper MP3 players on the market, each with similar storage capacity and user interface? It’s because Apple has long focused its brand voice on the why, as Sinek demonstrates above. The result? We stand in line to get the latest iPhone or iPad…simply for the experience of owning an Apple product. What other electronics manufacture can claim that?
There is a parallel to your company’s brand, whether you operate in a B2B environment or B2C world. The trick is investing the care, time and energy to discovering the why…and not settling for the what.