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Spring, what’s that??? My calendar says spring is just around the corner and this weekend we Spring Forward, what a joke! Right now there’s snow piling up outside my door and wind chills in the 20 expected tomorrow. So what’s girl to do when all the articles you read are about Spring Break, and you have no chance of going…… You bring Spring Break to you!
This grilled Salmon marinated in Pineapple brings flavors and smells of Spring, not to mention it will help you fit into
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The salmon is so juicy, the snow peas add a nice crunch add a side of rice and dinner is served in about 15 minutes of cook
time, WIN! This is great to shake the winter blues and also perfect for a quick, light summer meal
Drain the can of pineapple into and add 1 TBSP of soy sauce, pour over salmon and marinade at least an hour. Preheat greased grill pan or outdoor grill and grill salmon for 15 minutes turning half way through, after 10 minutes put the pineapple rings on the grill and let them cook for about 5 minutes. Meanwhile add remaining soy sauce and
water to saute pan, with salt and pepper and saute snow peas for about 15 minutes until tender crisp. Lay down a bed of rice top with snow peas and any sauce from the peas, then the salmon and finish off with the grilled pineapple, and dream
of summer! Sunscreen always smells fruity so let the smells of pineapple take you to summer even if
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Cavaliers Turn Back Georgetown, 79-75
Dec 28, 2002
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) – Travis Watson, hampered by a sprained rightankle, came off the bench to score 16 points, and fellow reserve Elton Brownadded 14 as Virginia held off a late Georgetown flurry for a 79-75 winSaturday.
Virginia improved to 7-2 with the victory as it handed Georgetown (7-1) itsfirst loss of the season.
Virginia opened a 68-55 lead with 5:55 remaining but the Hoyas respondedwith a 16-2 run over the next three and a half minutes to grab a 71-70 leadwith 3:36 left on a free throw by Wesley Wilson.
Brown then hit a turnaround jumper and Watson followed with a driving layupto give UVa a 74-71 advantage with 1:40.
The Hoyas cut it to 74-73 on a basket by Wilson but Virginia converted fiveof its final six attempts from the stripe to seal the victory.
In the first half, Brown and Byars sparked what started out as a sluggishVirginia offense. On their first eight possessions, the Cavaliers missed twoshots and committed six turnovers. But the team bounced back by making 12 ofits final 20 shots of the half, including a 5-for-7 performance from behind thearc.
The Hoyas did the reverse as they made 10 of their first 19 from the fieldbut finished the half making just four of their final 15.
Gerald Riley led the Hoyas with 19 while star forward Michael Sweetney,playing with a sore hamstring, had 11.

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Doggie Day Care is an Awesome Alternative
Doggie day care is becoming more and more prevalent in our society. This is mainly due to the fact that there are so many dogs all around the world and people are looking for a good alternative to the routine trip to the kennel.
Don't get me wrong. There are very good kennels all around the world but doggie day care is unique. Doggie day care is designed to provide dog owners with the assurance that their beloved pooch is going to receive a lot of one on one attention. Plus, a doggie day care provides an environment very similar to what the dog is already used too.
When you take a look at the numbers of dogs all around the world, you will start to understand the need for good doggie day cares.
Doggie day care takes a lot of the worry out of going to work or going on trips. Doggie day care helps you avoid asking your neighbors to come by and feed and play with your dog when you are away from home. Your family and friends have a life also and taking care of your dog can sometimes be a difficult task.
When we started our doggie day care, we never imagined the response that we would receive from our customers. People are so appreciative and are very happy that their dog is being taken care of which makes us feel so good.
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In this Web exclusive, Scott Ross interviews the international speaker on his troubled youth and how it ultimately led him to Christ.
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How did Southwest passenger die?
Southwest passenger who died following explosion was sucked halfway outside the plane. A passenger who was onboard Southwest Airlines flight 1380 Tuesday emotionally described Thursday how he and others tried to save the woman who died when she was sucked outside the plane when one of its engines exploded in midair.
What caused Southwest engine failure?
The left engine failure occurred when one of the fan blades fractured at its root (referred to as a fan-blade-out [FBO] event). The fan blade fractured due to a low-cycle fatigue crack that initiated in the dovetail (part of the blade root), which remained within a slot of the fan disk.”
Has Southwest ever had a plane crash?
The accident occurred 33 years to the day after United Airlines Flight 553, also a Boeing 737, crashed while approaching Midway Airport, killing 45. The accident involving Flight 1248 was the first Southwest Airlines accident in the 35-year history of the company to result in a fatality.
Who died on Southwest flight 1380?
When the window burst, 43-year-old Jennifer Riordan, a married mother of two from New Mexico, was partially sucked out of the plane. Fellow passengers pulled her back in and unsuccessfully attempted CPR. She is the first passenger on a U.S. airliner to die in an accident since 2009.
What’s the most dangerous airline?
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What airline has never had a crash?
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April 17, 2018
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Southwest has canceled more than 30,000 flights since the FAA grounded the aircraft in March after two crashes killed 346 people.
What happened on Southwest Flight 1380?
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What airlines should I avoid?
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Celebrating Susan Christopherson: The Joy of Learning in Service to the World
On April 29, the Department of City and Regional Planning hosted a celebration of the life of professor, mentor, and colleague Susan Christopherson in the Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium and the Milstein Hall dome.
The celebration commemorated Christopherson's many contributions to both the Department of City and Regional Planning and the field of economic geography; her dedication to public policy; and the myriad ways she influenced and advocated for her many students over the course of nearly 30 years at Cornell.
A recipient of lifetime achievement awards from both the American Association of Geographers and the Regional Studies Association, Christopherson brought her positive dynamism to every interaction, conveying a general sense of optimism, practicality, and infinite possibility. Hers was a wonderful mix of the intellectual and the down-to-earth, and her passion for bettering the lives of all people is a model for us all.
Events included a program of live music and presentations by colleagues, friends, and family members from Cornell and beyond, followed by a reception.
From Friday, April 28, through Sunday, April 30, an exhibition on Christopherson and her research and publications was on display in Milstein Hall dome.
Also included in the weekend of special events was a panel organized by the Women's Planning Forum on Friday, April 28.


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People who are trying to follow an acid reflux diet should avoid a lot of tomato-based products. These products contain a great deal of acid which can not only trigger a reflux episode, but also weaken the lower esophageal sphincter, or LES. The LES is responsible for confining the acid in the stomach where it belongs, so you want it to be strong and functional.
It is also a good idea to limit foods that contain raw garlic and onions. Although these foods can be enjoyed in small quantities, for most people it is best to limit intake if it exacerbates their problem. Chocolate and fried and fatty foods also are also members of this same category. These foods tend to be heavy and overfill the stomach. The more food which is in the stomach, and the higher the fat content, the more time and acid production it takes to break it down.
Appropriate Foods for The Acid Reflux Diet
Perhaps you may be bewildered regarding just what foods you can eat on an acid reflux diet while still holding your symptoms under control. Actually, you can eat pretty much any food in moderation, but there are some that are less likely to cause a problem than others. Foods that are generally fine for acid reflux diets are foods which contain complex carbohydrates and whole grains. Particular foods such as whole grain bread, pasta and rice tend to absorb the acid and prevent it from rising back up into the esophagus. Since they do also tend to put on weight, it is best to eat modest portions of them. If you drink milk, switch to one that is lower in fat.
Also, avoid frying your foods whenever possible. Preparing them by baking or broiling has a dual benefit; it will help you to reduce acid reflux symptoms and maintain a lower weight. Do not drink alcohol in excess, especially fruit wines or beer. Having a small glass of wine with dinner will most likely be fine, but keep it to a maximum of a couple of times a week.
Switch to beverages without carbonation. Decaf tea or coffee are good choices that you may enjoy, but water is better. There are many waters in all flavors that are delicious and good for you. Herbal tea is another good possibility. You can experiment with the foods you eat to establish which foods cause you the most trouble. Each person reacts to certain foods differently. By exercising restraint with your portions and eating high acid foods with caution, you should be able to follow an acid reflux diet without a lot of difficulty.
Tips On Controlling Acid Reflux Following Alkaline Diets
There are a variety of foods that help battle acid reflux and alkaline diet products can be effective against continuing problems if consumed more often.
Learn About Heartburn-Acid Reflux Symptoms
Acid reflux disease and heartburn are frequently used names for digestive complaints of GERD, or gastroesophageal reflux disease. The latter is a chronic condition wherein the acid contents in the stomach flow backward into the esophagus.
Gain Knowledge About Acid Reflux Symptom Control
Many people suffer from the symptoms of acid reflux. This is often specified as digestive acids from the stomach which rise up into the esophagus.
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As Old as Time: A Twisted Tale (edition 2018)
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As good a retelling of Beauty and the beast as one could want.
The third Twisted Tale expands on the world and characters of Beauty and the Beast. As we follow Belle on her familiar journey, we also get to see the backstory of her parents unfold in a forgotten kingdom where creatures of magic, les charmantes, used to live in peace and safety. But when Belle ventures into the West Wing and finds the enchanted rose, the story diverges and she and the Beast must search for the truth about Belle’s mother and a new way to end the curse.
Along the way, Belle faces the complexities of people, including the Beast, and herself, and especially her mother. No one is immune to mistakes and errors in judgment, even while trying to do what we think is best for those we care about.
This book takes everything I have always loved about Beauty and the Beast and adds to it, giving more depth to the characters and the setting. Even after the story diverges from the classic tale, there are still a lot of parallels to the original that keep it familiar but with enough twists to make it unpredictable. My favourite of the series so far!
I wasn't to fond of this book mainly because it was like I was reading the cartoon movie, just with added stories within it. I liked the idea of including the mom and having a story on her I just wish there was more about Rosalinda and Maurice. When I got closer to the ending of the book, that's when I was more intrigued with the story. I think this book had potential in creating a new twist to it but was missed by just a bit.
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"What if Belle's mother cursed the Beast? When Belle touches the Beast's enchanted rose, memories flood through Belle's mind--memories of a mother she thought she would never see again. And, stranger still, she sees that her mother is none other than the beautiful enchantress who cursed the castle and all its inhabitants. Shocked and confused, Belle and the Beast will have to unravel a dark mystery about their families that is 21 years in the making"--
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Dit is het 1ste boek van de A Twisted Tale serie dat ik heb gelezen. Ik wou dit boek heel graag lezen om verschillende redenen. Ten 1ste wou ik dit boek lezen omdat ik een enorme Disneyfan ben. Ten 2de wou ik dit boek lezen omdat Belle en het Beest mijn favoriete Disneyfilm is. En ten 3de wou ik dit boek heel graag lezen omdat dit boek ook gaat over Belle haar mama, een personage dat in de film nog niet eens ter sprake komt. Ik heb dit boek in 2 dagen uitgelezen.
Dit boek is zeker een aanrader voor Disneyfans en mensen die houden van verhalen met een twist.
Deze reeks van boeken is helaas niet in het Nederlands beschikbaar, maar in het Engels leest het boek ook heel vlot en gemakkelijk! ( )

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Best air rifle to sharpen your skills
Have you ever thought that does the air rifle have its own place in today’s modern survival weapons cache, or is it of use only to those people that want to shoot holes in paper or hit tin cans? Today’s world air rifles have their own place in a modern survival weapons cache. This weapon can be used for small game hunting to hunt some beautiful doves and other birds, squirrels, rabbits and other small game animals. There is also some historical evidence that indicates that these air rifles were used for a number of purposes. For example, the Girandon was used during the period of Lewis and Clark Expedition around 1780‘s. About 22 rounds of 40 caliber bullets were held in a bullet reservoir. This weapon had to be pumped over 1200 times to supply the adequate air pressure required to fire all the bullets one at one time. The bullet velocity of this weapon was almost equal to the black powder rifles of this period (450-650fps).
Nowadays, the price of ammunition has raised much more and they have become quite expensive. Due to this hunters and marksmen are forced to switch from regular firearms to air rifles and air guns. These weapons can provide you with enough power to hunt the animals or practice your skills. Nowadays the market is fully saturated with a wide variety of different air rifles and manufacturers. This makes it very difficult to purchase the best air rifle among so many choices. Therefore, we will help you out with your problem by providing the best air rifles reviews.
Some reviews on air rifles
Choosing a right air rifle for you can be a tough task. Moreover one should remember that the best weapon for one individual might not be the best for another. Therefore, depending upon your specific usages, needs, and desires, you are required to choose an appropriate air rifle. Once you’ve analyzed how you’re going to use the gun, you’ll be more able to select the right air rifle for yourself, which will be able to provide you the best experience! You’ll need to choose a reliable rifle, which fits perfectly into your budget and is actually worth buying. Making a bad choice can prove to be very detrimental to the overall experience. Therefore, you should take the appropriate time and read about the best air rifle reviews, in order to assure that you buy the right air rifle for your requirements.


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You can set the air purifier to 3 different fan speeds and thereby adapt it to the needs of your home.
Set the air purifier to sleep mode, the lowest fan speed with low noise, during the night so you can sleep well while the air is purified.
The particle filter is optimized to filter away approximately 99.5 percent of smaller airborne particles such as PM2.5 particles, dust and pollen.
PM2.5 are small inhalable particles, that measure 0.1-2.5 micrometres.
The gas filter (sold separately) purifies the air from various gaseous pollutants such as formaldehyde, which can be found in things like cleaning/household products and various fabrics and materials.
The sensor detects particles (PM2.5) in the air. It cannot detect gases/odours.
Check the filter regularly to see if it’s dirty. An LED indicator illuminates when you need to check your filters and possibly replace them. The filter is recommended to be replaced within 6 months.
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I can't end this book without some comment about poker and perspective.
When Chris Ferguson (2000 World Series of Poker World Champion) and I were discussing possible quotes for him to contribute to the back of the second edition, we agreed that our favorite was:
Surely you have something better to do with your time than play poker. I suggest a walk outside, volunteering at a homeless shelter, or listening to Bach.
It didn't make the back cover, but it deserved inclusion in this text.
Poker is a wonderful game and a delightful diversion. But it is not a substitute for life, and I see far too many people for whom it is life. Don't let yourself be one of those people.
Care for your family, friends, and neighbors. Get outside as much as possible. Tend to your spiritual needs, whatever they may be. Listen to good music. I commend to you Palestrina, the aforementioned Bach, Jerry Douglas, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, but listen to whatever moves your soul. Read good books. I like mysteries, particularly Sharyn McCrumb and Ellis Peters. Chris Ferguson is a James Clavell fan. Be an informed citizen and use your vote.
Stay well, and thank you for reading our book.
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I have a confession to make. I love my job as a product manager. I love how diverse the job can be. One day you are meeting with customers and gathering insights about their problems and the next day you are tweaking a Python script to pull out some quantitative data. On the same day, you can be brainstorming different product ideas with designers and engineers, and then have a go-to-market session with commercial teams. It is a great job to have. Difficult, but great. Our company has built a strong product culture by giving product managers a lot of freedom and responsibility.
But as the company grew from a startup up to scale up, it became increasingly more difficult to get to the same pace of shipping new features as before. Not only was the cadence a problem, but it became almost impossible to meet deadlines. The teams were doing a lot of parallel work which resulted in a lot of cross-dependencies between different projects. Getting something out of the door has become a lot more difficult.
In our company, the product manager has a central role that ties all the dots together. They should be the voice of the customer toward product teams. As a by-product of our growth, however, the product manager role started to transform into a project manager role where the product manager was to handle all the moving parts.
Similar to cars, a product team is a complex machine that should be well-oiled. For the product manager, it sometimes felt like pumping gas into the machine and changing oil at the same time while the engine was still running.
Features took ages to be built. We never knew when one would be released. Commercial teams were desperately asking for updates to share with customers. Designers and engineers started to feel disconnected. They felt like mercenaries, not missionaries. They wanted to be part of the solution.
The product manager should fall in love with the problem, but definitely not with the solution. When I’m interviewing designers, it really saddens me to hear that one of the top reasons they want to leave their current work is because of their relationship with the product manager on the team. They typically say something like this:
“The product manager doesn’t come to us with problems, but with solutions. He only wants to make his design shiny and colorful.”
Leveraging group intelligence can do wonders for the business. My experience is that whenever I was in the same room (even a virtual one) with designers and engineers, wonderful ideas came to the world. And most of them were not mine.
The core principle of Shape Up is that the time is fixed and the scope of work is variable. You can always add more functionality, polish design, or improve what is already there. When you have a deadline, you have to make tradeoffs. There is a specific appetite — the amount of time the team is allowed to spend on the project. And this time cannot be exceeded. It means that within a fixed amount of time, you get a functional piece that you can get in front of the eyes of customers, get their feedback, and iterate the solution.
Moreover, designers and engineers form an autonomous team that has full responsibility to make their own decisions. Product managers can then spend more time shaping. A shaped project then gives clear boundaries to the team which can be more autonomous. It’s a circle.
Shape Up workflow has three core parts:
Shaping is about finding the right level of abstraction to describe the project. Too concrete and you kill the team’s creativity as well as their engagement when delivering the project. Too vague and you risk nobody understanding what it means.
The shaped project forms a pitch — a document that explains the functionality from the user’s perspective combined with technical possibilities and business goals. It defines what the feature does, how it works, and where it fits into existing flows.
The pitch should include five elements:
Problem — What customer pain we try to address.
Appetite — How much time we want to spend on developing the solution.
Solution — The core pieces we have figured out during our research, presented in an easy-to-digest form.
Rabbit holes — It’s worth calling out some tricky pieces of the solution that may cause headaches for the team developing the solution.
No-gos — The appetite is fixed. We can’t endlessly keep prolonging the cycle time. That’s the crucial element of Shape Up. It’s therefore beneficial to set strict boundaries for the team for where to stop. You’re basically saying that the solution shouldn't cover this specific functionality.
Et voilà. We have a pitch. What to do with it now? There’s a high chance that this is not the only priority project in the company. And your project (pitch) will be competing for resources with other projects (pitches). So how to go about it? Before each six-week cycle, stakeholders hold a betting table where they decide what to do in the next cycle. At the betting table, they only compare pitches from the last six weeks. There’s no backlog. The book states:
“Just because somebody thought some idea was important a quarter ago doesn’t mean we need to keep looking at it again and again.”
When the company settles on which pitches they want to go with for the next cycle, the team is formed around each of the projects (pitches). The team then has 100% focus solely on the project at hand and is expected to deliver the must-haves within a specified time. Easy :)
Now that we understand the key principles, let’s take a look at how we used them in our environment. Let me set the scene by explaining a little bit about what we do. ROI Hunter is a MarTech SaaS platform used by e-commerce companies for campaign management on Facebook and Google. Our core key value proposition is integrating product-level data from Google Analytics, Facebook, Google Ads, internal systems, and other e-commerce platforms. This data can be used to optimize campaigns for profitability, looking at factors like margin, the chance of a return, under-promotion, and over-promotion.
As cool as it may sound, we’re talking about large data sets which can be very hard to comprehend and therefore not very actionable. This was a problem our customers faced and which we wanted to solve. We’ve spent hours and hours on calls with customers trying to decompose the problem into smaller parts. There’s a high chance that this is not the only priority project in the company. And your project (pitch) will be competing for resources with other projects (pitches). We identified some key data views which tied to our customer’s business goals. Before we wrote a line of code, we created a prototype of the report in Google Data Studio to go back to our customers and quickly gather initial feedback. This helped us very quickly figure out key elements of the solution. Our customers wanted to be able to easily see which categories or brands are being promoted by what campaigns, ad sets, and ads.
We traditionally work with two-week sprints, but we knew that it wasn’t enough time to develop a meaningful solution. Given our non-existent experience with Shape Up, we decided to “play by the book” and go with a six-week cycle.
Thanks to the prototype in Google Data Studio, I knew that our core user persona (ad buyer) wants to view which campaigns sell what product categories and brands. There were three important views customers were using in the prototype: cross-sectional chart, time-series chart, and a table.
I also understood that to make this new functionality actionable, we needed to bring it as close to our current users’ flow as possible. ROI Hunter has a separate part of the platform called Facebook Insights. It allows ad buyers to manage and optimize their advertising on Facebook.
Facebook Insights inside ROI Hunter
I started with a very broad description of how interactions between Facebook Insights and the new product data report should behave:
In the original pitch, I stuck with text description only. I didn’t use the breadboarding technique, but if I did, it would look something like this.
Breadboard sketch: opening product data report within Facebook Insights
I then switched to whiteboard using fat marker sketches. Originally, I created a couple of different ideas which I shared with the rest of the team. We settled on a panel-like experience that interconnects with our existing campaign management part of the platform. Now we had a rough idea of what the solution should look like. I then used my mad Photoshop skills to put together a fat-marker sketch we used for ideation with a print screen from a platform. Heavy-duty indeed. The result was the beautiful image below.
Fat marker sketch: panel opened within Facebook Insights
Since this was my first-ever experience with Shape Up, the hardest part for me was to stop at the right level of detail to grasp key elements of the experience, while leaving enough creative space for the Shape Up team (1 designer, 3 developers). What really helped me was to involve the designer right from the beginning to help me find the sweet spot (concrete/abstract). We agreed that this was the right level of detail that she needed.
What is important to understand is that you will never get a full list of rabbit holes & no-gos on your own. By gradually sharing the pitch with more and more people, we were able to add more and more items to the list. It was an extremely important part of the shaping process that helped us set the Shape Up team up for success.
For example, one of the rabbit holes we pointed out was combining the campaign data and product data in the same view. Though at first glance the data may look similar, it is very different. We knew that explaining the differences would complicate the solution, so we decided to keep the data separated.
As I already mentioned earlier, no-gos draw a clear line that the Shape Up team should not cross. In our case, we knew that for some campaign types, it’s not technically possible to get complete data. How should we deal with it? Rather than sacrificing user experience with incomplete data, we agreed that the panel wouldn't support such campaign types.
Part of the Shape Up philosophy is to admit that you are working with a lot of unknowns, and you will figure out a lot of things on the go. This is going to happen regardless of how descriptive the pitch is. In our case, we tried to leverage our collective intelligence to be able to spot the biggest roadblocks before the team actually launches the cycle. We didn’t capture all of them. It was never our intention to do so. It’s the Shape Up team’s core competence to figure out the rest on their own.
There was no betting in this case. We only had one pitch. However, I am very excited about the concept. I feel that it could help us make the decision-making process of what gets and doesn’t get built a lot more transparent.
Being a B2B company that partners with rather big businesses, we have multiple stakeholders ranging from CEO, to sales, to customer support, which all want to have strong visibility and a share of voice in the betting, aka prioritization, process.
I am a romantic person, a dreamer, and a believer. And I believe that if we give people rules of the game, they will play by them and that it actually makes the game more fun for everyone. I believe that the “betting table” approach could potentially limit clashes between different teams over priorities. If we put every pitch “on the same betting table,” we make sure that all voices are heard and that we can compare each of the pitches against the rest. During betting, you need to have all data and arguments ready to back the decision of why the company should invest its resources to build the feature. In my humble opinion, this is a nice forcing function to reduce the HiPPO effect.
Highest Paid Person’s Opinion, colored
We first needed to form the Shape Up team. There was one designer, two developers, and we also added our head of engineering, David, to the team. This was to make sure that we increased our chances of a first successful cycle. My role on the team was limited to ad hoc consultations when the team felt stuck, but that happened only once or twice during the whole six-week cycle. The team decided not to have daily standup meetings, but switched to sharing updates over a Slack channel. It made it very easy for me to be in the loop of what was happening and keep track of progress. We also had weekly wrap-up meetings, which were reserved times for demos and retrospectives.
If you’re interested in learning more about the building part of the Shape Up cycle, my colleagues, Martina and Vaclav, shared their experience from a designer and developer’s standpoint.
That is the question. And the answer for us is definitely to shape up more. The first experiment ended well. The team managed to deliver on time, and we received great feedback both from the team itself and internally, as it was already addressing some of our biggest challenges mentioned earlier.
It was a success as well for me personally. Shape Up gave my work a good rhythm. I was able to zoom out and felt more focused. I was honestly surprised to see how immediate the effect was. Having clear boundaries, the team self-organized itself and delivered the solution on their own. I used the time saved on shaping the next pitch. I simply fell in love with Shape Up.
The next stage for us is to multiply the number of shaped pitches to be able to have more autonomous and successful Shape Up teams.
It is important to mention that we don’t actually expect the whole company to fully switch over to Shape Up. There are two main reasons:


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Okay, so I had so much fun exploring the Breccbairdne, Blackout, and Brady’s Touch world of poems in March I decided to carry it over into April. I felt like I didn’t learn enough about these varied writing styles, and I plan to carry on this poetic adventure while the buds start blooming on the trees. I still have many pages left to use from the pages of Mr. Chartwell by Rebecca Hunt. It would be a shame to allow them to go to waste. I’m starting to learn important lessons about meter and rhythm. I’m searching every corner of my mind for new inspiration. It almost feels like I’m running an intellectual marathon. Let’s get started. This poem is a Brady’s Touch poem I called The Aeolist .
Brady’s Touch and The Aeolist
Maryann-Merryweather Travis created the Brady’s Touch style of poetry in November 2006 to honor Allen Brady. This style of poetry is a 2 stanza 10-line poem. It follows the pattern listed below, but sometimes I break the rules and add two more stanzas for fun.
1. 2 quintets or 5-line stanza with a specific rhyme and syllable count
2. Each stanza follows the same pattern 9-9-8-8-2 syllables
3. Rhyme scheme is abcde abfde
4. The second stanza should be a replica of the first in the length of lines and rhyme.
The Twisted Tail blogger turned me onto the rear word generator. I decided to use the rare words I discovered there for inspiration. For this poem, I chose the word ‘aeolist,’ meaning a pompous windy bore who pretends to have inspiration.
The Aeolist You say the world is waiting on you Your brilliant brutal inspiration Bring new insight into the world Will be a motivation for us all Fresh dawn You have an arrogant point of view With all your pompous meditation A windy boring aeolist Who will drop the bouncing blue ball Begone
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Global star Priyanka Chopra shared a new poster of her character Victoria Leeds from her upcoming Hollywood debut film “Baywatch.” The actress looks red hawt in the red dress in the newly released poster. PeeCee looks drop-dead gorgeous in the red dress avatar. She captioned the pic on Instagram as: “Being bad can be so good.. presenting #VictoriaLeeds #Baywatch #may26”
Baywatch also stars Dwayne Johnson and Zac Effron and the film opens in theaters on May 26, 2017. Besides Priyanka the action-comedy stars Alexandra Daddario, Jon Bass, Kelly Rohrbach, Ilfenesh Hadera, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in key roles. Also, iconic stars from ‘Baywatch’ TV series, David Hasselhoff, and Pamela Anderson make cameo appearances in the movie.
Bollywood Loses One More Star As Sushanth Singh Rajput Commits Suicide
Rishi Kapoor- A Remembrance Of Bollywood’s Heartthrob And Legend
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Hrithik Roshan Credits Ranveer Singh For Fashion Inspiration, Ranveer Responds
Hrithik Roshan delivered one of biggest hits of 2019 with War, a movie jam packed with action, fights and beautiful visuals. Following the movie, Hrithik Roshan seems to have taken some time off to vacation with friends.
Hrithik Roshan posted a picture from his vacation where he can be seen walking barefoot on a grass lawn wearing a red t shirt and a white towel wrapped around like a ‘lungi.’ The actor credited Ranveer Singh for the fashion inspiration.
It is well known that Ranveer Singh has a fondness to make style statements through his eccentric dressing styles. Ranveer Singh earlier paired a white t shirt with a green lungi and Hrithik Roshan’s credit was a subtle hint towards that.
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Needless to say, Ranveer Singh immediately responded with a comment on Hrithik’s Instagram post saying ‘sax’ god, a subtle nod to Hrithik Roshan’s popularity and being on the list of the world’s sexiest men.
Hrithik Roshan will be working on Krrish 4, the next instalment of the Krrish franchise while Ranveer Singh will be seen in the upcoming Kapil Dev biopic 83.
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Backup Data Report No. 346.
NIOSH :16 pages
A method for the sampling and analysis of arsenic (7440382) in the air of the workplace environment was tested for NIOSH validation. Samples were collected on a 37 millimeter (mm) 0.8 micron type AA millipore cellulose ester filter 37mm millipore cellulose backup pad pair, treated with sodium-carbonate and glycerol solution and allowed to dry. The filter backup pad pair and sample were acid digested and analyzed by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The protocol for establishing NIOSH validation of the method was to analyze spiked samples and samples collected from generated test atmospheres, test the breakthrough capacity of the treated cellulose ester filter cellulose backup pad pair, test storage stability of spiked and generated filters, and assess the precision and accuracy of the method. The aerosol generation and sampling system was presented. The total error for sampling and analysis was less than 25 percent at the OSHA standard 95 percent of the time. The authors conclude this method satisfies NIOSH criteria for validation.
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The Disney Pixar films and the LEGO games developed by TT Games have one thing in common – they appeal differently to each age group. Children love them as they are colorful, fun and carefree. LEGO the Incredibles is based on the completion of levels lasting about 25/30 minutes each, with a central map to act as a pivot for the advancement in missions and secondary activities and an unpredictable amount of activity.
Lego The Incredibles Announce Trailer
The game in fact can boast the presence of over 200 characters. Their use in the main story is always tied to the plot, but in the inevitable Free Play mode you can choose the group of heroes among those unlocked. In this regard, as tradition of the LEGO games many heroes will be unlocked by completing the chapters or completing certain missions. After the prologue you will be transported to the city that will act as the central hub of the game. Municiberg is completely open and invites the player to discover.
You will have in fact available packages to discard, which depending on the color will hide more or less rare characters. These are represented by the inevitable metal bolts of various value, and accumulate them will not be a problem since the whole game world is literally littered with it. Doing so will also unlock the True Hero mode, which will give you access to one of the many Golden Bricks in the game.
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OS: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 x64.
VIDEO CARD: GeForce GTX 460 (1024 MB), Intel Iris Pro 5200 (shared), Radeon HD 5850 (1024 MB)
FREE DISK SPACE: 16 GB.
Lego The Incredibles Full Version PC Game
How to Install?
- Click on “Download Game” button.
- Download “Lego The Incredibles” Installer (Supports Resumable Downloads).
- Open the Installer, Click Next and choose the directory where to Install.
- Let it Download Full Version game in your specified directory.
- Open the Game and Enjoy Playing.
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Saturday, September 24, 2011
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Sidewalk Concert, New York, NY
St. Pat's on 5th Ave., New York, NY
Central Park Artist, New York, NY
Many of the business trips in my former life as an actively employed road warrior involved destinations to major cities. And most of those destinations were limited to an airport, hotel room and conference room. Consequently, I never really got the opportunity to know the city. What I did learn on other trips and vacations was that to really know a city, you’ve got to walk the sidewalks and streets. You need to mingle with the local populace, enter the indigenous shops and look around, dine at the locally owned restaurants and sample the foods known to the region, and visit the historical and noteworthy landmarks that come to define the area. Once you spend the time to breathe the air, share a meal, experience a work of art or natural wonder and walk the streets together you begin to gain an intuitive understanding of these people and this corner of the world we all share as one human family.

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Welcome to Estudios Irlandeses, the scholarly journal of AEDEI, the Spanish Association for Irish Studies. A message to the friends of Estudios Irlandeses on behalf of the editorial team: strength, courage and patience, this too shall pass. Nordic Irish Studies Nordic Irish Studies is a peer-reviewed annual printed journal that was established in 2002 with the main aim of reflecting the research activities of the Centre for Irish Studies, Aarhus (CISA), Dalarna University Centre for Irish Studies (DUCIS), and NISN (Nordic Irish... Description: Journal of Irish Studies is the bulletin of IASIL JAPAN, its members and their guests. Situated in Japan and supported and produced by a broad constituency of Japanese and foreign scholars, writers and readers, the Journal offers special scholarly perspectives on Irish studies.
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Teton Rescue Successful Despite Odds
A bad decision by back country snow-boarders this weekend could have ended tragically. 31-yr-old Sam Hoerr from Illinois and his group left for the back country in white out conditions. Hoerr took a wrong turn and became lost.
Fortunately he got out safe, but Jackie Skaggs, at Grand Teton National Park, says high avalanche danger could have put everyone at risk.
"Luckily Sam had the presence of mind to keep working his way out of the canyon and he didn't get avalanched so it had an happy ending, but definitely in those kind of conditions it could have been so much worse."
Skaggs says they knew he was without emergency provisions to get him through had he been stranded over night.
She says most local back country users know that avalanche danger peaks during blizzards and immediately following storms like the one that hit on Saturday.


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The ultimate look behind the mask, this film documents the joyous spectacle of Lucha Libre, which has thrilled fans in Mexico for generations. The film gives the audience the ultimate access to these legendary masked wrestlers, in the ring and beyond the lights of the stadium.
Official Site: www.luchamexicofilm.com
Director: Alex Hammond and Ian Markiewicz
Writer: Ian Markiewicz
Cast: Matt Bloom, Blue Demon Jr., Jon Anderson and Perro Aguayo Jr.
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The Kid (Charlie Chaplin) – 1921
No words! Embrace the silence of the silent films.
Watch a clip from the featured film:
Clip includes 4-year-old Jackie Coogan, their relationship, and how they foil the police
Our featured designer today is Tammy Lee from the ScrapHappy membership group. Tammy created this Steampunk layout to tell a story… with no words!
Now it’s your turn! Scrapbook your layout and ‘load’ it up to the Flickr gallery by midnight Pacific time, tagged LOAD2. Happy scrapping!


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Kirk Tours Illiana Health Care System and Addresses Nationwide VA Backlog
DANVILLE, ILL. - U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today visited with veterans and Veterans Affairs (VA) officials at the Illiana Health Care System to tour the system's living facilities and to discuss the continued disability claims backlog facing veterans across the nation.
(PressZoom) - DANVILLE, ILL. - U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today visited with veterans and Veterans Affairs (VA) officials at the Illiana Health Care System to tour the system's living facilities and to discuss the continued disability claims backlog facing veterans across the nation. The average wait time for veterans disability claims in Illinois is 353 days - the sixth-highest wait time in our country.
"Illinois is home to more than 700,000 veterans, and for them to be stuck waiting for their benefits for almost a year is still unacceptable," Senator Kirk said. "Our state's 353-day waiting period is the sixth-highest in the nation, and our servicemen and women deserve better. With our bipartisan 10-point plan to reduce the backlog now in law, we will be holding the VA accountable for its full implementation over the months ahead."
During the event, Senator Kirk highlighted the case of Champaign native Colonel Royal P. Mortenson, a highly decorated, 29-year Marine Corps veteran. Colonel Mortensen, who commanded the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines during Operation Iraqi Freedom and later served on the Joint Staff, waited more than 18 months to get his disability claim processed.
“I fully support the efforts of Senator Kirk and others to reduce the length of time it takes for a veteran to have his or her disability compensation claim processed and adjudicated by the Department of Veterans Affairs," Colonel Mortenson said. "The focused attention of the Senator and others will hopefully reduce VA bureaucracy and provide the VA with the resources required to meet the needs of our veterans. My claim took over 18 months from submission (July of 2012) to decision (December 2013). This is clearly unsatisfactory. And while the VA compensation review and award process has been completed in my case, I have not yet received the back dated compensation my level of disability rates. I continue to wait.”
Bob Henderson, Division 4 Director of the Illinois American Legion, also attended the visit with Senator Kirk.
"As Division 4 Director of the Illinois American Legion, not a day goes by that I don't hear from veterans about their frustrations surrounding the backlog," Henderson said. "This is the top issue for veterans across Illinois, and I thank Senator Kirk for making it his top priority. I look forward to working with Senator Kirk to ensure the VA's full participation in drastically reducing the backlog and the difficulties facing each and every veteran."
Senators Kirk and Johnson's 10-Point Plan, which was passed into law last month as part of the Fiscal Year 2014 omnibus appropriations bill, will aid Veterans Affairs Regional Offices across the country in reducing their backlog of veterans waiting on benefit claims. The Chicago VA's wait time of 353 days is an improvement from last year's wait time of 551 days, and through the 10 point plan, the goal of the Senators is to continue to reduce the wait time and processing issues at these centers across the country.
While at the Illiana Health Care System, Senator Kirk toured The Liberty House, which is an on-site living facility for veterans. The Liberty House is one of two on-site living facilities in Danville. Both are part of The Green House concept, which provides personal care to 10 veterans in each home. Additionally, each home has personalized nurses and care assistants to ensure a positive and healthy quality of life for the veterans on-site.
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“I understand that things happen but I think it’s mostly concerning that I’m pretty well-versed in science and medicine and I didn’t know this was something that could happen with a COVID test, and I don’t think a lot of people know,” she said.
Alberta Health said indeterminate test results, as well as false-positives and false-negatives, occur “very rarely,” but did not provide specifics.
Indeterminate tests can be caused when a sample does not meet sensitivity thresholds of testing assays.
“No laboratory test is 100 per cent perfect. There are multiple factors involved in achieving accurate results within the lab, including the quality of the sample collected or stage of disease when sampling occurred,” Alberta Health said in a statement.
“This is not only true with COVID-19 testing, but is applicable for all laboratory diagnostics testing.”
Though Excell is still able to work, she said she particularly wants to get a retest completed so that she can return to volunteering at a city hospital. When she tried to book a retest Sunday, however, there were no available testing times through AHS for the next week.
“It’s just hard to get a test in general, which makes it frustrating for a lot of people, I think,” she said.
Alberta’s asymptomatic testing is currently in high demand after the province’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, asked school staff earlier this week to go get tested before they return to the classroom.
Alberta Health said anyone whose test was indeterminate will be prioritized for re-testing.
They added that the current average wait time to receive test results is two to four days.

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The charismatic iPhone X is in the news again, and this time they are speculations about the Touch ID feature of the iPhone X. There were multiple rumours spread about the technology being implemented on the handset. The users were eager to see a Touch ID button under the display and many criticized Apple for not being able to do so.
But as astonishing as it is, an Apple executive disclosed that the Cupertino company never even thought of putting a Touch ID under the display, on the side or even on the back of the iPhone X. Apple’s Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering (Dan Riccio) said in an interview that all the speculations and rumours about the Touch ID are not true. Whether the news was about the Touch to be placed on the side or under the display they were simply not true.
“I heard some rumour [that] we couldn’t get Touch ID to work through the glass so we had to remove that. When we hit early line of sight on getting Face ID to be [as] good as it was, we knew that if we could be successful we could enable the product that we wanted to go off and do and if that’s true it could be something that we could burn the bridges and be all in with. This is assuming it was a better solution. And that’s what we did. So we spent no time looking at fingerprints on the back or through the glass or on the side because if we did those things, which would be a last-minute change, they would be a distraction relative to enabling the more important thing that we were trying to achieve, which was Face ID done in a high-quality way.”-Dan Riccio, senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, Apple
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Safety and sanitary system improvements for frozen confections blending machines
A frozen confections blending machine, especially for blending basic frozen comestibles with flavors of users' choices, whereby each end product may vary, in quick succession, from a previous one. To perform the therefor required change-over procedure, the subject improvements were introduced, including facilities for rapid, frequent and sanitary cleaning operations between product changes, such as a permanently built-in sink having drainage, protective shieldings against random soilage of the internal machine components and provisions for improved safety of machine operations of those parts which were not rendered safe by the sanitary improvements.
Various patents of prior art teach apparatus for processing frozen comestibles per se and in combination with other features complementing both the basic apparatus performance and effectiveness. These teachings include, but may not be limited to, the following examples and references:
Reed, U.S. Pat. No. 2,626,133, Jan. 20, 1953, n/a
Hall, Jr. U.S. Pat. No. 4,502,377, Mar. 5, 1985, 99/492
Reed, U.S. Pat. No. 4,506,988, Mar. 26, 1985, 366/203
Mayer, U.S. Pat. No. 4,448,114, May 15, 1985, 99/494
Levine, U.S. Pat. No. 4,548,054, Oct. 22, 1985, 62/342
Verkler, U.S. Pat. No. 4,548,508, Oct. 22, 1985, 366/195
Whereas each of the aforementioned apparatus appears to serve its intended purpose, it seems that, firstly, safety and sanitary considerations were partly or completely disregarded and, secondly, the various machine designs do not provide for optimum convenience of operation, sanitary cleaning and servicing, be it for supplying the-to-be processed substances or for the cleaning, maintenance and repair of the apparatus, respectively.
It should be noted that the herein described improvements are the results of the applicant's considerable experience in the design, and construction of apparatus of the subject nature, their operation, servicing and maintenance as such and in comparison with existing, however less practical machines.SUMMARY OF INVENTION
The invention extends to a frozen confections blending machine having the following major characteristics:
(1) The incorporation of a sink positioned underneath the mixing area to accept and collect splash and product over-run and to discard it conveniently at the location of origin allowing for easy and continuous sanitary cleanup.
(2) The protection of guide bearings carrying the saddle for the cone against exposure to and the ill-effects of product splash and cleaning spray, respectively, thereby also extending considerably the useful life of, especially, the costly bearings and their sanitary condition.
(3) A door having a washable inside surface like the entire inside of the apparatus enclosure is hinged to the enclosure allowing for the convenient cleaning of its inside surface without the removal of panels used by other machines requiring a separate cleaning effort and procedure.
(4) The incorporation of an elongated and modified auger shank and of a separate splash guard, thereby preventing product, product splash or cleaning water entry into, especially, the auger's interior, constituting an important sanitary factor.
(5) Means for delivering water to the auger, the cone and all inside surfaces of the enclosure for cleaning, including hoses, spray devices valves and related hardware and the sink, mentioned in paragraph (1) of this summary, constituting a closed water circuit, facilitating the expeditions cleaning, especially, between changes of additives and flavors from one product batch to another.
(6) Handles designed according to human engineering principles affording a high degree of comfort and convenience to and precluding early fatigue of the operating personnel, especially, when rapid and continuous production is required.
(7) A dependable control of the speed of the motor which effects the rotation of the auger with regard to the loading of the cone, primarily, to avoid product splashing and unnecessary cleaning of soiled surfaces.
Further advantages of the subject improvements--per se--and over prior art will become more apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawing.
In the drawing, forming a part of this application:
FIG. 1 is a schematic front elevation of a frozen confections blending machine in accordance with this invention,
FIG. 2 is a plan view in the plane II--II of the sink including several related component parts,
FIG. 3 shows a plan view in the plane III--III of the saddle, its bearings and splash shield,
FIG. 4 is a front elevation of the auger having the improved splash-proof shaft configuration,
FIG. 5 illustrates an engineered version of an operating handle,
FIG. 6 is another handle variety offering additional operational comfort and
FIG. 7 presents a schematic of an electric safety circuit for the motor control and cleanliness of operation.
Before referring to the drawing, wherein like reference numerals designate like or corresponding parts, it should be noted that the illustrations are schematic rather than pictorial. This mode was chosen to more clearly depict the substance and the significance of each detail and its improvement on its own merit prior to the discussion of its function in combination with the other elements of this apparatus or with other machines of this category.
Referring now to FIG. 1, the frozen confections blending machine 10, hereinafter called the machine, presents in front view the basic elements including those constituting individual improvements and jointly those of the entire machine 10. The machine 10 is inside an enclosure 12 of a durable material having a routinely and continuously washable material on all of its interior surfaces. A door 14 having a joint 15 at one of its sides, as indicated in FIG. 2, is mounted permanently on the front side of the enclosure 12. When the door is open, it allows for its cleaning together with all other interior component parts through other improvements described later on in this disclosure. To service or repair the machine 10, said door 14 remains in the open position. When in this position, the door can be cleaned individually.
The saddle assembly 16, shown in the down position in FIG. 1, holds a blending container having the shape of an inverted, truncated cone, called the mixing cone 18 positioned within the saddle member 20 axially with respect to the operational center line of the machine. The saddle assembly 16 is equipped with a suitable bearing 22 at each of its two extremities 24, each bearing having a bore oriented vertically and capable of engaging a vertical guide rail 26 mounted within the enclosure 2 and positioned apart from each other so as to coact with said bearings 22. Considering the sizeable forces involved in the operation of this machine, the guide rails 26, the saddle member 20 and its bearings 22 must be of substantial strength and possibly of a more complex construction than shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, without, however, deviating from the inventive principles. The operational up and down movement of the saddle member 20 together with its components and the cone 18 is accomplished through rather conventional members and linkages among them, considered to be ancillary compared to the salient improvements and, therefore, omitted from both the description and the drawing. The handle arm 28 is the only respective part shown and that in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and for further discussion in FIG. 5. While the main objective of the extremities 24 on the saddle member 20 is to remove the essential bearings 22 from the splash zone, a further protective item, namely, the splash shield 30 was arranged so as to surround like a semi-circle type apron said saddle member 20 and the mixing cone 18 when inserted into the latter. The aforementioned splash shield 30 may be of one piece, or consist of more such pieces of shorter lengths arranged about each other telescopically and overlapping each other in a manner so as to prevent the leaking of splashes into the now protected space, or be integral with the machine structure. Additional splash shields may be provided to comply with specialized requirements.
Whereas the lower ends of the guide rails 26 are mounted on a base plate 32, their upper ends are mounted in this case in a top plate member 34 which is integral with a herein only partially illustrated casting 36, containing (illustrated in phantom lines) a prime mover such as an electric motor 74 and, unless a direct drive is preferred, a transmission together with the customary accessories to transmit the power from the motor shaft to the auger shaft 38 which is aligned both axially and concentrically with the vertical axis of the saddle member 20 and positioned rotatably at a fixed elevation above the lowest position of the saddle member 20 as shown in FIG. 1.
The auger 40, equipped with the operational convolutions, has the shape of an inverted truncated cone of dimensions matching and coacting with those of the mixing cone 18. To save weight, material and operating power, most auger bodies have a hollow inside without any drain hole at the bottom, creating a highly unsanitary situation as upwardly splashed product quantities may collect in the interior of the auger and, worse yet, may remain there undetected for a prohibitive period of time.
This condition results not only in a health hazard and possible loss of business, but it also ill-effects the separation of flavors and ingredients when changing from one scheduled end product to another. To preclude the aforementioned adverse factors, a splash protection was devised for the auger shaft 38 as shown in FIG. 4. It consists of an elongated, modified auger shank 42 provided at the former end 38A of the shaft 38. A splash guard 44 is mounted on the lowest surface 46 of the casting 36. The splash guard 44 is a solid of revolution having a collar portion 44A and a downwardly extending apron 44B, the latter surrounding, at a minimum of play, said elongated auger shank 42, establishing the subject splash protection.
To perform the aforementioned actions proficiently, safely and with a high degree of compliance with sanitary requirements, a sink 46 having a drain 48 for the connection 49 with the respective local plumbing is provided, located directly and partly under the mixing area denoted as area D in FIG. 2 and partly extending horizontally to the area denoted as area F. The sink 46 is made of, say, stainless steel or any other suitable and durable material which is inert to the products and their constituents used in the subject processes. A possible mounting mode of the sink 46 is shown in FIG. 1. The sink 46 has a rim 50, formed outwardly along its upper edge, through which it is held in place when inserted into a complementary opening 52 formed in the base plate 32. To conceal these utility parts from the view of users and observers, a skirt 54 is provided underneath the base plate 32 being, in essence, an extension of the enclosure 12, imparting a very attractive appearance of the machine 10.
To complete the sanitary equipment, at least one spray device 56 is provided inside or about the enclosure 12. Such a spray device 56 may be rotatable and tiltable and is, for example, adjustable in such a manner so as to clean the interior of the auger, the mixing cone and the entire interior. Such a spray device 56 may have a valve (not shown) operable by a handle 60 and a hose, or collar connection 62 to the local water supply line.
Although the function of the sink 46 and its accessories may be self-explanatory, the following is emphasized: Because the sink 46 extends horizontally from the mixing area D to the front area F, it can be used for the cleaning of all interior parts in their mounted positions, in fact, if required while in motion, whereas the cleaning of removed, or removable parts, or those not even belonging to the machine, can be cleaned in the forward portion F of the sink 46. Aside from the cleaning features provided by the sink 46, its position, partly under the mixing area D allows for the catching of splash and product over-run and for its immediate and convenient discarding.
Considering the high frequency of usage of machines of this kind, and their manual operations, an effort was made to provide a handle which allows for the convenient and continuous machine actuation without overtaxing the operators' endurance. The modified handle 64 is shown in FIG. 5. The handle 64 consists of a cylindrical core 66 which is attached fixedly and perpendicular to the handle arm 28 in a conventional manner. A cylindrical sleeve 68 is mounted about said core 66 in a loose fit and secured in this position through a washer 70 and a binding screw 72, the latter being inserted axially into said core 66 at its end opposite to its installation with the handle arm 28. In this manner, regardless of the force exerted on the sleeve 68 by an operator's fist, it will not result in any friction between the attendant's hand and the handle and it will, therefore, not cause the operator's undue fatigue.
Another handle configuration 64A offering a comfortable negotiation is shown in FIG. 6. A cylindrical sleeve 68A is mounted at a loose fit on a core 66A. Said core 66A is mounted fixedly at each of its two ends in holes formed in the ends of a frame 69. The latter is mounted with a loose fit between a hole 71 formed in the bottom of said bracket 69 and an extension 75 of said arm 28 used also as the retaining rivet 73. The additional degree of freedom provided by this handle type may be preferred by some operators.
The aforedescribed two handle configurations are equipped with a quick-release pin 27 indicated, schematically, inside the handle shaft 29, allowing for the convenient removal of the handle assembly 28, 29, 64 and the removal of any enclosure panels for cleaning purposes.
As presented at various occasions in the foregoing, splash is a continuous problem with devices of this nature and sanitary problems caused by splash must be constantly addressed. It should be noted that the following discussion of this situation and the description of remedial actions presented in the spirit of this disclosure is also an explanation of the use of this machine and its operating instructions.
Basically, splash is caused by the rotation of the auger 40. While it is necessary that the auger rotation be up to full speed and power before it enters into the frozen mix which has been deposited into the mixing cone 18 when in its lowest position, it is desirable that the auger 40 be at low speed or at standstill (motor off) when it is removed (raised) from the mixing cone 18. Several methods and devices may lend themselves for this objective. However, the herein believed to be novel approach uses the most simplistic means and is one in which the operator's interaction and feel for a particular mixed product are employed.
The respective concept uses, as indicated in the schematic of FIG. 7 two switches 76 and 78, connected in series, to control the motor 74 which drives the auger 40. Both switches must be activated for the motor to run. A typical but not exclusive program sequence would be as follows:
(1.) After the operator loads the cone 18 with both a frozen product and a flavor additive, the foot switch 76 is depressed to its closed position.
(2.) The operator then starts to turn the lever arm 28 downwards, which elevates the mixing cone 18 to the still stationary auger 40. Just before the auger 40 enters the mixing cone 18, then filled with a frozen product, the linkages (not shown) engage a so-called limit switch 78, (such as, for example, a position-sensitive mercury switch), which completes the circuit for the motor 74, activating the drive.
(3) After the product has been fully extruded from the mixing cone 18, the operator releases the foot switch 76. The auger 40 will then rapidly slow down, eventually to a full stop.
(4.) The operator may lower the mixing cone 18 even before the auger is at rest by raising the handle arm 28 without the danger of splashing the interior of the machine 10 or the person(s) preparing the confection. In addition to being an important sanitary feature, this circuit arrangement is also a significant safety and accident prevention factor, especially, as parts moving at high speed are involved and that are necessarily in the proximity of personnel.
It is understood that the herein shown and described embodiments of the subject invention and details are but illustrative and that variations, modifications and alterations are feasible within the spirit of these teachings.
1. A frozen confections blending machine having within an enclosure defining an interior and an exterior, a saddle assembly for supporting a mixing cone over a mixing area, a handle arm with a handle engaging a linkage for upward and downward movement of said saddle assembly, a motor, an auger rotatable by said motor, and motor controls, the machine comprising:
- a sink installed integrally with said enclosure, said sink equipped with a drain and a connection to utility plumbing, the sink being positioned partly underneath said mixing area, partly extending horizontally to the exterior and in front and outside of said enclosure,
- at least one splash shield extending around a rear of said saddle assembly and shielding the saddle assembly and said auger along a height of the interior,
- a splash guard having a cylindrical collar portion and a cylindrical apron portion, said splash guard mounted in the interior of the enclosure, above the auger,
- an elongated auger shaft carrying the auger, said elongated auger shaft extending through said splash guard,
- whereby said at least one splash shield and said splash guard catch splashes and thereby prevent soilage of internal machine surfaces and component parts.
2. A frozen confections blending machine according to claim 1, further comprising:
- a door, rotatable horizontally about a vertical hinge mounted to a front of said enclosure, for closing said enclosure during normal operation of the machine and for opening said enclosure for purposes of process inspection, cleaning, maintaince and repair.
3. A frozen confections blending machine according to claim 2, wherein said handle has a cylindrical core mounted fixedly on and perpendicular to said handle arm, and a cylindrical sleeve mounted rotatably and in a loose fit on said cylindrical core.
4. A frozen confections blending machine as defined in claim 2, wherein
- the handle includes a frame having three holes formed therein,
- said frame mounted rotatably on said handle arm and an extension thereof mating with one of said holes,
- a core mounted fixedly across said frame and arrested within two of said holes of said frame by means of rivets,
- a cylindrical sleeve placed over said core in a loose fit,
- said handle adapted to provide the convenience of two degrees of operational freedom to a machine operator.
5. A frozen confections blending machine according to claim 2, further comprising:
- a circuit with at least two switches for control of said motor,
- one of said two swtiches begin an operator actuated switch located at and excessible from outside said enclosure,
- an other of said two switches being a linkage-operated limit switch positioned to be engaged by the linkage of said machine upon actuation of said handle,
- said operator actuator switch when engaged enabling operation of the motor and when disengaged operation of the motor, regardless of position of said other switch, respectively, whereby the circuit constitutes both a significant sanitary and safety feature.
6. A frozen confections blending machine according to claim 2, further comprising:
- a spray device mounted on said machine,
- said spray device having a valve and a hose conenction to a utility water supply.
7. A frozen confections blending machine according to claim 2, further comprising:
- a handle arm attachable to and detachable from, selectively, a handle shaft by means of a quick-release pin engagement.
8. A frozen confections blending machine according to claim 1, further comprising:
- a saddle member having extremities equipped with bearings extending beyond the diameterical orientation and guide rails postioned correspondingly at remote locations a splash zone adjacent the auger
9. A frozen confections blending machine according to claim 1, further comprising:
- removable panels in the enclosure.
International Classification: A23G 902; A23G 904; B01F 724;


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