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Cat Pee is perfectly normal in highly thiolated Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. To be more polite we might call it Broom (a local shrub that smells like cat pee) or black currant bud. It is a short-lived volatile aromatic and the levels you will find in a 2-3 year old wine will be greatly reduced. This is why Marlborough SBL is often encouraged to be enjoyed fresh and young.

Also - the impact compounds associated with Marlborough Sauv can often be overpowering and don’t age very well. Capsicum quickly becomes vegetal and passion fruit can break down into trucker sweat quickly and estery fruits fade away.

http://www.wineanorak.com/thiolsandbeyond.htm

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2016/02/thiols-key-to-marlborough-sauvignon-character/

Jamie Goode has a great book called The Science of Sauvignon Blanc which is fantastic - SBL being one of the most heavily researched wines in the world.
https://www.amazon.com/Science-Sauvignon-Blanc-Jamie-Goode-ebook/dp/B00AHI58SO

And this guys gets it:
http://www.geoffkellywinereviews.co.nz/index.php?ArticleID=251

I love what Geoff has to say in this article from a few years back. Of particular interest to me is The Future paragraphs. There have been several shifts in style in Marlborough and I think we are on the cusp of a very good one. Initially the wines which caught the world’s eyes were very grassy and green and acidic and a bit thin. Now we have shifted to these thiol and tropical fruit salad bombs with RS. I think what we are seeing now is a refinement stage. Dialing back and considering restraint and terroir and lees time.

The recent article by Wine Enthusiast highlights this trending:
https://www.winemag.com/2018/02/15/unique-new-zealand-sauvignon-blanc/

And a discussion with Lisa Perroti Brown from a few years back predicts this change:
http://www.mishasvineyard.com/wp-content/uploads/WBM_Oct-12_Advocating-New-Zealand.pdf
Winegrowers asked her about the low scores and she replied that currwnt wines tasted were intense and long lasting but they lacked complexity and balance.

So I’m just rambling now but all this is to say that you can expect this style to persist but hopefully we are looking at the beginning of a more serious Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc wine style being celebrated. And hopefully this means a clear separation in the marketplace between huge production and hollow, bulk brands from quality-focused, terroir considerate, thoughtful, authentic wines. And with forays into barrel aging and sparkling we have bright things to look forward to with this awesome grape.

Yes, conditions are very good for the success of a third party nominee. The Libertarian Party will do well this year. But no, conditions aren't perfect.

The thing is, Hilary Clinton is fundamentally a normal candidate. She's out of step with her party and is an insider in a year of outsiders, to say nothing of the email scandal. However, America has been run by insiders before; more centrist voters may think that she does not a bold reformer, or that she'll be involved in some scandals during her term, but the business of the United States will function as usual. It's important to remember that during a general election, the candidate closest to the centre of the political spectrum--the least far away from espousing the concerns of the majority of Americans--usually wins. Americans may not like her, but I suspect they'll vote for her.

What would have really changed the dynamic is if both parties fielded outsider candidates, not just the Republican party. Sanders might not be the ideal example here, because he's well-liked, but even he planned to drastically change the economics of the United States, which by its very nature is a new risk to the country and could in theory result in unintended economic consequences and new hardships. The partisans who decide primaries want bold reformers, but general election voters are relatively risk-averse and more likely to want someone who will keep the country running (maintain steady economic growth, respond to unplanned world events, defend against attacks, etc.).

Gary Johnson isn't bad in this regard--he's relatively moderate for a Libertarian candidate, and has a record and the experience of governing New Mexico. However the ideal third-party candidate would probably be a moderate, business-friendly centre-right candidate, who could distance himself from Donald Drumpf and earn the votes of both mainstream Americans and disaffected conservatives.

Since most people here love Richard Dawkins, I'd like to throw out a book suggestion: The Selfish Gene. While he only talks very briefly about homosexuality, it's still a fantastic book that tries to explain some of our behaviors as a species by contending that we are primarily motivated by a desire to propagate our genetics.

He extrapolates on some fairly common homosexuality theories but the one I remember the most is the "gay uncle" phenomenon which essentially says that having a family member who puts his resources into the children of his brothers and sisters instead of his own improves the chances of genetic success, because even the gay person's genes are surviving if their nieces/nephews survive and have children. (This was especially useful when humanity existed in smaller tribes).

I definitely encourage anyone who is curious to read the book.

There's an out-of-print book simply called "Passive Solar Energy." It's got lots of great information; I bet it will be just what you are looking for as far as the physics of solar energy and thermosiphoning (which is essentially "heated fluid rises because it's less dense than cooler fluid"). I'm an engineer and I really think that book gives you all you need to know to have a basic working knowledge of solar heat gain and how various systems of solar energy capture operate. Here's a list of books I have found helpful and/or interesting in regards to solar energy:

• Passive Solar Energy - The top link is a link to pdf's of the chapters of the book.
  
  
• The Passive Solar Energy Book - VERY in-depth on passive solar theory, design, and construction.
  
  
• Solar Air Heating Systems - Another design and construction book, specifically about solar air heating.
  
  
  
• The Solar Greenhouse Book - Name says it all. It's all about passive solar greenhouses.
  
  
• A Golden Thread - Really interesting book about how man has worked with the sun in building design through the history of civilization.
  
  
  For earthships/earth-sheltered homes, I recommend these books:
  
  
• Earth-Sheltered Housing Design - One of the most detailed and complete books on earth-sheltering available. Not earthships, but the same ideas apply.
  
  
• Earth-Sheltered Houses - Another essential book for earth-sheltering houses. Author has built several of his own and remains an authority in the subject as well as cordwood building, for which he has also written books.
  
  
• Earth-Sheltered Solar Greenhouses - Combines two subjects for a very Permaculture-appropriate building technique.
  
  
• Earthship Vol I and II - Needs no explaining.
  
  
  From my experience in university studying fluid dynamics, I recommend not going any deeper into the subject than what you would find in the solar energy books I listed above. The subject is math-heavy, and the academic study of the topic is not going to help you with what you are interested in with permaculture. It's kind of like studying the abstract physics/math of electromagnetism when all you want to do is wire a house.
  
  Hope this helps!

You'd need to scrub the gas. When it first comes out of the generator, it will likely be full of extra CO2, a lot of water vapor, some H2S, and a few other minor byproducts that the bacterial colony makes. These gases make up about 50% of the raw biogas. While you can use raw biogas for cooking (might be sooty, smelly, and not as hot of a flame), running an engine off raw biogas will likely not work for very long. H2S alongside water vapor and metal will condense sulfur all over the inside of your engine. Luckily, scrubbing gas isn't too hard.


There are many biogas scrubbing options out there, but the one I liked the best was using a packed water column. Essentially, you feed the raw biogas through a fitting into the bottom of a tall pipe (6" pvc or something similar) several feet long, before it exits through another fitting at the top of the pipe. The inside of that pipe is packed with irregularly shaped objects with a lot of surface area, preferably made of plastic or some other non metal. Water is constantly flowing from another fitting at the top of the pipe. It covers the irregularly shaped objects as it travels to the bottom, where it flows through another fitting and into a garden bed for irrigation.

The reason this works is that CO2 and H2S (Hydrogen Sulfide gas will kill you, so it's a good idea to scrub it out) dissolve into water WAY more easily than methane...Like orders of magnitude easier. So, when your raw biogas has a huge surface area of water all around it, those two unwanted gasses are selectively dissolved into that water, leaving you with a much higher proportion of methane. I have read that a packed water column can increase methane percent to nearly 95%.

Doing a biogas setup sounds like a lot of fun, but it really is a bit larger of an undertaking if you intend on using the gas for anything except occasional cooking. I have done a lot of studying on the topic. The single most helpful resource was a book called "The Biogas Handbook" by David House. It can be found fairly cheap, or do as I did and check it out from a nearby library (Had to do interlibrary loan to find a copy, but it was still free).

The American Math Society (the main professional organization for mathematicians) supplies some posters for free to educators. Many of them are probably more appropriate for high-school or college level courses, but some of them might work for you:

• http://www.ams.org/samplings/posters/posters
  
  The "bending it like Bernoulli" poster might be good for younger students, for instance.
  
  A Dymaxion map is also fun, especially if you can find one accompanied by a diagram explaining how it's made. This one looks good, though it's fairly expensive:
  
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Our-Spaceship-Earth-Satellite-Map/dp/B001IYURD2
  
  I'll add that I'm actually pretty shocked at how few posters I could find by Googling. I thought it'd be easy to get a poster of the knot isomorphism classes up to some number of crossings, or demonstrating the Sieve of Eratosthenes, or illustrating why you'd expect seed packings on a pinecone to come in Fibonacci numbers, but I couldn't find anything of the sort. Maybe I need to design some...

Hi! Big hugs n' kissez to you, too! MWAH!

Nowhere did I advocate for the second War on Iraq; I only argued for a strong military.

If you're interested in a different perspective, I strongly recommend you read the work of John Norton Moore who explains his theories on why a strong deterrence is essential to maintaining peace.

Carpentry and Construction, 3rd edition by John L. Feirer and Gilbert R. Hutchings - Amazon link

Cabinetmaking and Millwork also by John L. Fairer Amazon link

Pocket Reference, 4rth edition by Thomas Glover - Amazon link, Reddit thread

All books will be instantly obvious as to why they are valuable when you first open them up and look inside. Do you want to know the books your favorite YouTuber/teacher would likely have had to learn to start their woodworking paths? These were them.

Given how popular shirts and posters like this or this or even this are, I think you may be underestimating the level of interest in revolutionary leaders.

For comparison purposes, I would recommend reading The House of the Scorpion though. From your book pitch, it sounds like it may touch on some similar themes.

I don't know if you're affiliated with a university, but see if you can get a hold of this book: https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Astrodynamics-Applications-David-Vallado/dp/1881883140 . There's a section on angles only orbital determination using methods developed by Gauss and Laplace including the actual algorithms.

The 6 elements you mentioned are the Keplarian orbital elements. The reason you need six is that in order to describe an orbit fully, you need a position and a velocity. Since we live in 3D space, position and velocity vectors have three elements. Making for a total of six. The Keplarian elements are just a different way of expressing a position and a velocity.

I'm still a little confused on what exactly you are doing. Is this for a story? In reality, the way this would work is that if you found a comet you believed to be headed for Earth, you would share its position in the sky with other astronomers. The only information you would need to share is the Ra and Dec on the sky. Then other astronomers would verify its orbital elements independent of your calculations. This way your results could be replicated and corroborated and thus make them more likely to be true. You actually wouldn't want to share your specific orbit calculations as that might prime the other scientists to come to the same conclusions as you.

I'll have to pick two for this one as well, though this pair might as well be one volume: Michael Barthorp's British Infantry Uniforms since 1660 and its companion British Cavalry Uniforms- Combined, they are an incredibly comprehensive study of the development of British army uniforms. Barthorp gives an outline of historical events effecting the army in each chapter, and how those events in turn shaped the army's appearance. Both volumes are also lavishly illustrated with plates by the great Pierre Turner, examples of whose work can be seen here.

Fun fact, that was drawn entirely freehand. No rulers used.

This particular diagram is from Stephen Biesty's Absolutely Best Cross Section Book Ever. I highly recommend it for anyone who has children, it is genuinely one of the best books I ever had as a kid, and really got me interested in engineering.

I think some of his other books may also have this diagram, but this particular book is the most wide-ranging and includes content from multiple others (Some more of his work, for reference).

I know I don't have my plus but I feel everyone should of at least read this book once. The House of the Scorpion (http://www.amazon.com/The-House-Scorpion-Nancy-Farmer/dp/0689852231) by Nancy Farmer. I love this book because it was the first book that I actually sat down and read without being forced to and I got so into it time literally passed by and I hadn't noticed. It is about a young boy and his fight to stay alive after he discovers that he was not born but instead was grown to be havested from his older self, El Patron.

David Vallado's book is a great resource and a good start!

http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Astrodynamics-Applications-David-Vallado/dp/1881883140

I see this as being two potentially quite separate issues. The first is simple exposure - please be acquainted some very important contemporary philosophical thinkers:

Slavoj Zizek:

• Zizek!
  
• The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
  
• The Pervert's Guide to Ideology (yet to be released)
  
  Richard Rorty:
  
  
• Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature
  
• Rorty and His Critics
  
• Philosophy and Social Hope
  
  Bernard Stiegler:
  
  
• Technics and Time, 1: The Fault of Epimetheus
  
• Excerpt from The Ister
  
  The other issue you raise with your definition of the word "decent" is that most philosophers have relied on the trickle down effect in order to impact on societal thinking, and the trickle down effect takes time. A lot of philosophers were influential on "tomorrow's" thinking, ie. people didn't realise how important their work was during their lifetime.
  
  What I can tell you is that the works of the three thinkers above are very robust and very relevant to today's thinking.

I'm a V35b owner and I think you should get one. I'm in a partnership which helps keep the fixed costs down. Make sure you have the V-tail and gear inspected by someone who knows those well because they're expensive to fix. I didn't do BPPP because it was hard to find an instructor. As others have said, join Beech Talk and ask questions there. Also, read this book https://www.amazon.com/Flying-Beech-Bonanza-John-Eckalbar/dp/0961654430 . Read about the differences between the flavors of the IO520 engines. I think you want an IO 520BB and not a BA like the S35 you posted has. Also, think about ADSB and the $6k that will cost.

Not sure of the yellow cover, but it might be:

Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections

Ultimate Book of Cross-sections

Stephen Biesty's Absolute Best Cross Section Book Ever

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Hello, I am a chemical engineering graduate fresher. I am planning to take up MSc on chemical engineering in Canada.
My job goal is to work as a chemical engineer in a space agency or space related field.

I have done a course on MS Excel and am doing a online course on python.
At the moment I am studying about basic nanotechnology with this book called Introduction to Nanotechnology

I will be joining the university only during september 2020.

If anyone could advise me , I would very much appreciate it.

I love SMAD for spacecraft design! My go-to for orbits stuff (my professional specialty) is "orbital mechanics for engineering students" (http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0080977472?pc_redir=1396560153&robot_redir=1$ and the next one is "fundamentals of astrodynamics and applications" (http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1881883140?pc_redir=1396676486&robot_redir=1).

Are you in the Toronto area?

I didn't count how many books there are... 2 or 3 dozen maybe? If you want them, it's kind of an all or nothing deal. Most of them are bundled together with twine in small stacks. I'm not going to undo them.

Here are a few examples based on whatever book was on the top of some of the stacks. You'll notice none of these are particularly recent.

• Home is a Learning Place
  
  
• 100 Ways to Enhance Self-Concept in the Classroom
  
  
• Children with Exceptionalities in Canadian Classrooms
  
  
• I Need a JOB! Straight Talk About Working
  
  
• Inclusion of Exceptional Learners in Canadian Schools
  
  
• Yes, They Can!
  
  
• Complete Learning Disabilities Handbook
  
  
• No More Teachers, No More Books
  
  
• Autism Spectrum Disorders
  
  
• Teaching Students with Special Needs in Inclusive Settings

If that's your interest, I highly recommend this book

You might try poking around here. It looks a bit stale, but you might find someone with a copy.

I expect it will be a pretty hefty document, though.

Edit: Is this the book you're looking for?

Applied Ballistics for Long Range Shooting

Modern Advancements in Long Range Shooting

And Vol. 2


These are college level textbooks for external ballistics.


I have APLRS Ed. 2, and like you, am an engineer and like figuring out how things work.

I love this kind of thing. There's a book of similar pics that I got a long time ago :

https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Tech-Guide-Archaeology-Tomorrow/dp/094051222X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=dead+tech&qid=1557594982&s=gateway&sr=8-1

I'm partial to materialism ala Spinoza, Deleuze, and interpreted through De Landa. It seems to an approach to metaphysics minus any mystical or spiritual baggage (not that those are bad, but I think that when describing the basis of reality we should try to be as plain and literal as possible. Mystical and spiritual experiences certainly have their place in a materialist philosophy). The sort of materialist metaphysics which De Landa outlines seems to be incredibly reasonable and compatible with our knowledge of physics and mathematics. I would do a horrible job explaining it so I'll just provide a link to a book which explains it pretty well: http://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Simulation-Emergence-Synthetic-Reason/dp/1441170286/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1

Here are a ton of lectures of him explaining Deleuze's metaphysics and materialism in general: http://www.egs.edu/faculty/manuel-de-landa/videos/

I should also mention that this is vital materialsim which views every object as having agency and rejects any ontological divide between humans (or organisms in general) and general matter like a rock or something. The difference is one of degree not one of kind. It takes this continuity seriously which problematizes the subject-object dichotomy

On the topic of the history vital materialism and its relation to political theory check this out: http://www.amazon.com/Vibrant-Matter-Political-Ecology-Franklin/dp/0822346338/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1

I have the book this is from. Lot's of good cross sections.

https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-Biestys-Absolutely-Section-cross-sections/dp/0751371033

If you like Deleuze, you should look at some of the work by Manuel Delanda if you haven't already. He's doing explicitly Deleuzian philosophy, but a lot of what he does is much more comprehensible and rigorous (in my opinion). "Events Producing Events", Philosophy and Simulation: A New Emergence of Synthetic Reason, and "A New Ontology for the Social Sciences" may be of particular interest.

This book is very good at explaining most everything, from the basics to n-body motion to control theory. It is written from the perspective of numerical analysis but also has analytical formulae.

https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Astrodynamics-Applications-David-Vallado/dp/1881883140

The most thorough astrodynamics book I've found.

Regardless of what you think of his politics, Flanagan's Winning Power is an essential read.

It's like the book I read in middle school: link to what book it is.

Don't click the link, or read any further if you don't want the book's ending spoiled; it's a book for "young readers" though, so probably no one reading this comment will end up reading that book. A rich drug lord has a large family, of which many of the people want his inheritance. He dies, and at his funeral the wine is poisoned. All the adults drinking the wine die.