WWDC Riders - Locust, NC

Took a ride today with the buds, no place in mind. Well, no place with a crowd; malls, Walmarts, etc. Need to avoid the traffic. We found a great ride up I485-51-24/27 to Tailgators Sports Grill. Getting lunch; Louisiana Gator Wrap (real alligator).

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Turkey Fry Test - AWESOME

This past Saturday was fantastic! This has to be the best turkey I've ever had. The prep was simple. The cooking was very simple. And, the clean up was VERY easy - wasn't there. :)

Here is our neighborhood fun!


The Chefs


Looking it over



The Wait - awe



The Turkey!



Fried everything; bananas, squash, zucchini, onion rings, and a donut



The Prep Crew



The Spread



Time to eat



Night time firepit prep

No person or propriety got damaged in the making of this meal!


Details of our approach below:


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From: DR Shaw
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 20:49:08 -0500
To: Jim, Wilkins
Subject: Re: This weekend's activities...

I agree. All great points. I think we might be missing a bigger picture that is keenly relative to the matter at hand, Supersymmetric, cold and lukewarm black holes in cosmological.

Let me explaind. In asymptotically flat (AF) space, the extreme Reissner-Nordstrøm (RN) black hole is distinguished by its coldness (vanishing Hawking temperature) and its supersymmetry. We examine RN solutions to Einstein-Maxwell theory with a cosmological constant Λ, classifying the cold black holes and, for positive Λ, the “lukewarm” black holes at the same temperature as the de Sitter thermal background. For negative Λ, we classify the supersymmetric solutions within the context of N = 2 gauged supergravity. One finds supersymmetric analogues of AF-space extreme RN black holes, which for nonzero Λ differ from the cold black holes. In addition, this is an exotic class of supersymmetric solutions which cannot be continued to asymptotically flat space, since the magnetic charge becomes infinite in that limit.

Therefore, take extra percautions to ensure you poke the right hole.

DR Shaw

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From: Wilkins
To: Jim, DR Shaw
Sent: Fri Nov 19 20:10:04 2010
Subject: Re: This weekend's activities...

Excellent hypothesis. However you forgot to compensate for a few things. Perhaps a quick review of string theory is needed here.

String theory mainly posits that the electrons and quarks within an atom are not 0-dimensional objects, but rather 1-dimensional oscillating lines ("strings"). The earliest string model, the bosonic string, incorporated only bosons, although this view developed to the superstring theory, which posits that a connection (a "supersymmetry") exists between bosons and fermions. String theories also require the existence of several extra, unobservable, dimensions to the universe, in addition to the usual four spacetime dimensions.

The theory has its origins in the dual resonance model (1969). Since that time, the term string theory has developed to incorporate any of a group of related superstring theories. Five major string theories were formulated. The main differences between each of them were the number of dimensions in which the strings developed and their characteristics, however all appeared to be correct. In the mid 1990s a unification of all previous superstring theories, called M-theory, was proposed, which asserted that strings are really 1-dimensional slices of a 2-dimensional membrane vibrating in 11-dimensional space.

As a result of the many properties and principles shared by these approaches (such as the holographic principle), their mutual logical consistency, and the fact that some easily include the standard model of particle physics, some mathematical physicists (e.g. Witten, Maldacena and Susskind) believe that string theory is a step towards the correct fundamental description of nature.[2][3][4][5][unreliable source?] Nevertheless, other prominent physicists (e.g. Feynman and Glashow) have criticized string theory for not providing any quantitative experimental predictions.[6]

Long explanation to ask if injecting the turkey adds to the cook time?


Wilkins
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From: Jim
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:57:50 -0500
To: DR Shaw, Wilkins
Subject: Re: This weekend's activities...

I've done some basic calculations...

We need to calculate the acceleration of mass M (i.e., Turkey)?

Because the acceleration of the rope is of the same magnitude at every point in the rope, the acceleration of the two masses will also be of equal magnitude. If we label the acceleration of mass m as a, then the acceleration of mass M is –a. Using Newton’s Second Law we find:

By subtracting the first equation from the second, we find (M – m)g = (M + m)a or a = (M – m)g/(M + m). Because M – m > 0, a is positive and mass m accelerates upward as anticipated. This result gives us a general formula for the acceleration of any pulley system with unequal masses, M and m. Remember, the acceleration is positive for m and negative for M, since m is moving up and M is going down.

Ergo, David's the strongest and he should be the person to lower the turkey into the pot.

Smile. JS

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From: DR Shaw
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:49:08 -0500
To: Jim, Wilkins
Subject: Re: This weekend's activities...

Ok, checking on the timeline this is what I've got:

30min to heat ~3 gallons to 375
60min to cook (18*min~3lbs) or golden brown.
30min turkey cool (wrapped in foil)


Also, some thoughts;

- bought a fire extinguisher :)

- Can't reuse vegetable oil (breaks down too much) so no need for strainer

- thinking of making an A frame to lower turkey
- use my ladder, pulley, rope to lower and pull up turkey. Keep faces away.

- is there a thermometer on the fry? We need one for oil at 375. Breast at 180ish.

- turkey to be completely thawed
- if not, will splatter proportionate to how frozen
- if not, will take longer to cook as water will be escaping before oil can penetrate.

DR Shaw

Family Night at Lorenzos

We had a fun time at Lorenzos Pizzeria! The procedees were to benefit the local elmentay school! Yea.

Check out my 4 year old Jenni coloring in the iPhone. Technology, wow! I remember not so long ago, Austin was starting off with the laptop when he was 2. Wow!

Time to have another child just to see how advance they will be! Mom, I'm talking to you!!!

Elf Yourself Time!

It's that time of year again! These are the best cure for the blues! They are so funny, enjoy!!!

Santa's Toy Shop

Hip Hop

Tree Lighting

Snowball Fight