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The Royal Ballet's Masterclasses raise the curtain on the rehearsal process, allowing you to see 'behind-the-scenes' action. The dancers rehearse a work under the guidance of their teacher, to the accompaniment of a pianist, and before the audience's very eyes – so that everything has a 'fly on the wall' feel.
Even Monica Mason was present at the 'Agon' Masterclass on Thursday 15 October. A hushed silence overcame the audience when she entered the studio, immediately followed by self-aware laughter. And there were more laughs to come with stager Patricia Neary's great wit, energy and humour. Who better to rehearse Balanchine's masterpiece than one of the first people to dance it? Neary has taught the piece for forty years and she recounted numerous amusing anecdotes about her experiences of working with 'M. B', as she affectionately calls Balanchine.
As you'd expect, Neary has very high expectations – and always tells it how it is. 'It's not spectacular', she says to one of the dancers about a particular step just performed. Pat, as she is known in the ballet world, consistently corrects the dancers during the class and gets them to repeat anything that is not totally right. This is the kind of perfectionism that produces the first-rate performances we see on the main stage. And dancers Yuhui Choe, Melissa Hamilton, Johannes Stepanek, Brian Maloney and Eric Underwood don't seem to mind. In fact, they seem to have great admiration for her. Pat's passion and enthusiasm for her work is infectious – and this extends beyond the dancers. When Johannes Stepanek gets a step right after Pat's corrections, there were shouts of 'yeah's from the audience and lots of clapping.
Jane Bentham
Agon will be in performance as part of a triple bill with Wayne McGregor's Limen and Glen Tetley's Sphinx from 4 November 2009.
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Fr. Tomasz Trafny and Wesley J. Smith
Seattle, Wash., Nov 25, 2011 / 08:52 am (CNA).- After researchers in California called off a major U.S. embryonic stem cell study, a legal expert says that most major news outlets have given zero coverage to the far superior benefits of adult stem cells.
"Since embryonic stem cells were first derived, the media has told a materially unbalanced story," said Wesley J. Smith, a lawyer and senior fellow at the Discovery Institute's Center on Human Exceptionalism.
Smith said in a Nov. 23 interview with CNA that successful adult stem cell clinical trials "have either been ignored totally, or generally underplayed as story after story has claimed adult approaches offer more limited benefits than embryonic."
His remarks come as the California-based biopharmecuetical company Geron announced on Nov. 18 that it has dropped a widely publicized embryonic stem cell research study.
Geron said that the FDA-approved study, which began in 2009 in attempt to treat spinal chord injuries, would have to end due to "capital scarcity."
Fr. Tomasz Trafny, a member of the Vatican's Council for Culture, said the move shows how companies are beginning to see that it's "not worth it to invest money, energy," and "human potentiality" in embryonic stem cell research.
The decision by Geron to end its study is significant "because they publicly acknowledge that that they don't see any significant improvements in that research," he told CNA on Nov. 23.
Fr. Trafny said the shut down is also important because "it shows that those who focused on adult stem cells were right not only because of potential clinical applications but also from ethical point of view."
The priest is a key player in the Vatican's recent and unprecedented contract with NeoStem, a public firm pioneering new medical research with adult stem cells.
He noted that stem cells are the body's master cells from which all of the body's 200-plus types of tissue ultimately grow. Their versatility allows for potential in providing replacement tissue to treat countless illnesses and disorders.
However, despite the widespread advances of adult stem cell research as a potential cure, Wesley argued that media coverage on the topic has been scarce if not non-existent.
"No one forced editors and reporters to ignore the press releases and published studies that described the ongoing and very encouraging adult stem cell successes. They simply usually chose to overplay embryonic and underplay adult stem cell research in their reporting."
Smith believes that a contributing factor to this is that the media generally view issues through a political or religious lens.
He said that "disdain for pro-life views" as well as "anti-Catholic" sentiments can impact a particular news outlet's analysis "of what constitutes an important story."
"The media are particularly biased on 'cultural' issues and the embryonic stem cell controversy fits right in with that paradigm," he added.
Smith said that in order to counteract this dynamic, alternative media "has to keep setting the record straight" and stay factually accurate in their reporting.
"In doing so, it is important that they not engage in the same journalistic malpractice from the other side," he noted. "In other words, stick to the facts and don't engage in the same kind of hype that the pro-embryonic stem cell research media have."
Smith also said it's necessary to remind people "that the field is still young and many of the encouraging adult stem cell successes constitute early experimentation."
"This is important both as a matter of credibility—the double standard that cuts against 'conservative' views may be unfair but it isn't going away—and as an example of what real journalism looks like."

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The Benefits of Organic Food
By Nancy Gottesman
Now that you have children, you probably give more consideration to the food you bring into your home. Is it nutritious? Is it kid-friendly? Is it safe? Many moms and dads in the U.S. are thinking along these same lines. Six years ago, only 29 percent of Americans purchased organic foods and drinks in natural food stores. Today, 49 percent do so. According to a prominent 2006 consumer-behavior study, one reason for the boom in the organics market is an increasing number of people like you: parents who are concerned about the effect of pesticides and other toxins on their children's health.
What's the difference?
Organic produce is grown without the use of pesticides, fertilizers made with synthetics or sewage sludge, bioengineering or irradiation. Organic meats, poultry, eggs and dairy products must come from antibiotic- and hormone-free animals. A product can be labeled "organic" only after the U.S. Department of Agriculture inspects the farm where food is grown to certify that it meets these organic standards. In addition to the lack of toxins, organic foods are produced by farmers who practice soil and water conservation. "From an environmental standpoint, sustainable [organic] farming is better for the earth and improves animal welfare, which will ultimately benefi t all of us in the long term," says Linda Somers, R.D., pediatric nutritionist at Children's Mem
Children and pesticides
Although eating organic foods does indeed promote environmental health, perhaps the best argument for going organic is your child's age and size. Toddlers take in two to four times more food per pound of body weight than the average adult; thus, they have the potential to ingest more pesticides per pound of body weight as well. "When a 20-pound toddler eats an apple, he gets six times the relative pesticide dose of a 120-pound adult," explains Alan Greene, M.D., a pediatrician and assistant clinical professor, Division of General Pediatrics, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University School of Medicine. Research has shown that eating organic foods can limit that exposure. In one study, children in Seattle, age 2–4 years, were monitored as they ate different types of diets.
While eating the organic foods, the children's urine samples showed nondetectable levels of pesticides commonly used in U.S. agricultural production. Once the children ate conventional foods (i.e., nonorganic) again, the concentration of pesticides increased substantially in their urine. Yet to be answered by the scientifi c community, however, is how serious a health risk ingesting pesticides or antibioticand hormone-laden meat and dairy products really is.
In the absence of solid evidence, experts recommend that you err on the side of caution, especially since we don't know how pesticides affect developing brains and bodies. "If you have a choice between ingesting toxins or not, it makes sense to choose not to," maintains Somers.
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Computer science is rapidly changing the world. With new developments happening every day, a rigorous education combining the theory of information and computation with hands-on systems and software design is the key to success. As one of the oldest computer science departments in the Chicago area, the CS department at IIT has a long history of meeting this challenge through quality education in small classroom environments along with internship and research opportunities in industry and national laboratories.
IIT students work with our faculty on world-class research in areas that include data science, distributed systems, information retrieval, computer networking, intelligent information systems, and algorithms.
The department offers Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Professional Master's, and Ph.D. degrees, plus graduate certificates, accelerated courses, and non-degree study. Part-time students can take evening classes and long-distance students can earn master's degrees online. Students rate our teaching as among the best at the university, and our faculty have won numerous teaching awards.
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The Mitt Romney who spoke in Bowling Green, Ohio, on Wednesday wasn't robotic or stilted. Speaking without a teleprompter, he paced the stage, jabbing at the air with an index finger, shirtsleeves rolled up, surrounded on all sides by an amped-up crowd. There seemed to be a new fire in his belly, an unaccustomed passion. For Romney's stumbling campaign, an adrenaline injection may have come from the most unexpected precinct: the famously uninspiring candidate himself. …
"What he's saying," Romney told the crowd in Bowling Green, "is that if someone has succeeded, if they built something, he's saying they didn't really build it — no, it was the government, it was the government that takes responsibility. So for the student in school that works hard to get on the honor roll, that's not really them — it was their teacher that did that, and the government that paid for it. And if somebody came here across the border legally and brought their family seeking a better life, their success is not due to them — no, no, they didn't build it; the government gets credit for that. And if a person in their job says, 'You know what, I'm going to work hard an get more skills, and I got a promotion' — that promotion, oh by the way, that's not yours, that's thanks to government. That's where this leads."
It was the vehemence with which Romney delivered these lines that was surprising — a forcefulness usually absent from his bland recitation of a stump speech calculated first and foremost to offend as few people as possible. By (arguably) dissing free enterprise, Obama, it seems, struck at the core of Romney's being, arousing at long last the passion beneath his buttoned-up exterior.
Mitt Romney made an impromptu swing by a Massachusetts body shop Thursday afternoon to again hammer President Obama over the president's suggestion last week that the success of private enterprises in the United States were dependent on public infrastructure and programs. …
"It wasn't a gaffe. It was instead his ideology," Romney said. …
"The president does, in fact, believe that people who build enterprises like this really aren't responsible for it," Romney said. "But in fact it's a collective success of the whole society that somehow builds enterprises like this. My view, we have to celebrate people who started enterprises and employ other people." …
"If you attack success, you'll continue to see what we've seen over these past three and a half years, and that's less success … I don't think the president by his comments suggests an understanding of what makes America such a great nation," Romney said.
I think Obama has made the gaffe of the year when he said if you created a business, you didn't build it. That phrase, 'you didn't build it' should be hung around Obama until the end of his presidency.
I read the totality of the statement and it's worse if you read it all. Essentially, he has a view that is antithetical to view that the majority of the Americans have, which is that enterprise, initiative of the markets are what drive American wealth and excellence and achievements. Government is parasitic on that and lives off the excess wealth in the form of taxation.
Obama has view at the heart of American excellence and achievement is government. not enterprise. And I think what Romney ought to do is take the headline in today's lead editorial in the Wall Street Journal, 'Solyndra versus Staples.' And he has to have a simple slogan, Romney, which is, 'Obama and his administration gave you Solyndra, using your money incidentally. I and my colleagues in the free enterprise system gave you Staples with all the jobs and all the wealth and all the accrued wealth it gave to the foundations with the pension and the universities that invested with us in those enterprises.'
These defining moments take hold most devastatingly when they confirm what a large portion of the electorate already believes. Taken alone, it seems unfair that a single moment, an unguarded remark or a slip of the tongue can carry such weight. They're often dismissed as "gotcha" moments, but when voters are able to nod and say, "I knew it," these moments stick and do terrible damage. We have witnessed such a moment.


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Taylor Boetticher and Toponia Miller are the husband-and-wife team behind the Fatted Calf Charcuterie, which opened in 2003 and now has locations in Napa and San Francisco. The couple met at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, then worked for a stint as apprentices to legendary butcher Dario Cecchini (made famous by Bill Buford in his memoir Heat) in Tuscany before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area. They have been featured in the New York Times, Food & Wine and Saveur, where the Fatted Calf was included in the editors' annual list of their favorite foods and trends. Visit fattedcalf.com.
Q: How did you become interested in charcuterie?
Taylor: I started working at Café Rouge in Berkeley in the summer of 1999. I wanted to work at a small place that was focusing on really good ingredients and changing their menu up frequently. I thought that I was going to be applying for a line cook or a sous chef position, but the chef actually needed someone to work in the charcuterie that's attached to the restaurant. That was where I started to see that charcuterie was a really important part of the culinary world, and that not many people were doing it. After being there for about four and a half years, my wife Toponia and I began to talk about starting a business.
Q: And you trained in Italy?
Taylor: I met Dario Cecchini about a week after my wife Toponia and I got married in 2001, at the Chez Panisse 30th anniversary party. We made arrangements to visit his store, Antica Macelleria Cecchini in or Panzan, in Chianti, and ended up working there for about few months. He's larger than life, a very talented, very sweet man.
Q: Have you always been interested in charcuterie and butchery? If not, what drew you to it?
Toponia: I was not always interested in butchery and charcuterie. I was actually a vegetarian for about 10 years, up until the time I enrolled in the C.I.A., where I was first introduced to the craft through a seven-day charcuterie course. I was fascinated to learn that you could make your own ham and sausage. And while I didn't immediately run out and join a bacon-of-the-month club, the seed was planted. Later, Taylor wound up working at a charcuterie and then we traveled to Italy where we both worked for a butcher in Chianti. Working and living in Italy pretty much sealed the deal.
Q: Who are some of your culinary influences?
Toponia: It sounds cliché, but Julia Child opened my eyes to a world of unknown foods at a very young age through the magic of television. I am also a voracious reader of cookbooks and have certainly been influenced by Georgeanne Brennan, Paula Wolfert, Anne Bianchi, Naomi Duguid and Jeffrey Alford, and countless others.


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Medallion Construction Services, a division of Medallion Pools, is the leading alternative to the traditional pool companies in Gunter, Texas. We decided a long time ago that there had to be a better way to build pools and assist the client be in more control. More times than we can count, we heard from clients that they need a more affordable way to install a new pool, in their Gunter residence, while retaining a sense of control over the project. We understand Do-It-Yourself (DIY) pool installation is not everyone, thus we still have our traditional pool company, Medallion Pools that is eager to assist make your pool dreams become a reality.
For the Gunter clients who want more control, as mentioned, at an affordable cost, we have the right services for you to choose from. More options mean more savings. Medallion Construction Services has more options than our competitors. Surprise, a Gunter pool company looking out for you by finding ways to save you money. To better understand what we should offer our Gunter clients, the examination of each overarching option is sensible.
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You have made the decision a DIY pool project is the best option for your new pool for your Gunter home. We have found that homeowners who choose this option typically need some level of guidance and assistance, especially with the pool trades. By pool trades, we are referring to the skilled construction service providers for each step of the project. This option is for the homeowner that understands the intricacies required when handling a project of this caliber, especially taking on the project responsibilities of a general contractor. As an experienced pool company, in Gunter, we understand the specifics and we can assist with flexible plans to meet your budget. Be rest assured, the Gunter pool company and pool building experts are here to assist.
We can assist at any stage of your DIY pool project. Do not be afraid to reach out to us and ask questions. What You Don't Know May Cost You….
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New Body Care from Bath & Body Works
Looking for the next biggest thing or your seasonal favorites? Then you've come to the right spot. At Bath & Body Works, every season (and all its scents) are worth celebrating, so we put all our body care new arrivals in one place to make sure you won't miss a thing. Treat yourself (and maybe a friend or three) to luxurious bath fizzies and body wash or the latest scented body lotions and body mists. From tried-and-true seasonal faves to brand-new releases, this page is your go-to for all things new in body care!


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What are Retirement Communities?
Senior Retirement Facilities offer a variety of retirement home options for retirement living in your area.
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You're ready for that next step in your life.
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Dell XPS M1330
The Dell XPS M1330 is proof that thin and light notebooks do not have to be underpowered. Running a full fledged Santa Rosa platform with a mobile GeForce 8 series GPU, the M1330 transcends notebook conventions and fuses everything you always wanted in an ultraportable into one sleek unit.
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Poinsettia 'Carousel'
It has long been a custom in Mexico to place flowers around church mangers on Christmas Eve. Folklore tells the tale of a poor young child who could not afford flowers. An angel appeared to him and told him to pick some weeds by the side of the road, and place them on the manger. When he did, the weeds turned into beautiful red flowers that the Mexicans called Flor de la Noche Buena, or the Flower of the Holy Night.
How did Flor de la Noche Buena become one of the most popular potted plants in the U.S.?
That story starts in the early 19th century, when Joel Poinset was named the first U.S. ambassador to Mexico. During a trip in 1828 he discovered an unusual tree called Cuetlaxochitl. The Aztecs had distilled the red bracts of this plant to make dye, and used the milky sap as a treatment for fever.
Poinset loved the vibrant color of the plant and sent home cuttings to be given to friends and botanists. Gradually, it became available for sale under the name Euphorbia pulcherrima, Latin for "the most beautiful Euphorbia."
Facts and Myths
The colored parts of the poinsettia are actually modified leaves called bracts. The true flowers are in the center of the bracts and are usually yellow and white.
It's a myth that poinsettias are poisonous. Studies have shown that even if a 50 pound child ate 500 bracts, it would not kill her. But the plant can cause stomach upset in pets and humans, so it's best to avoid eating it. The milky sap can also cause skin irritation.
Poinsettia 'Twilight Monet'
Poinsettia 'Plum Pudding'
Buy the Best
Here's what to look for when buying a poinsettia. First, the foliage should be dark green. Avoid foliage that has brown spots that indicate poinsettia scab. The colored bracts should not have green around the edges. Don't purchase plants that are drooping or wilting, especially if the soil is wet. This can be a sign of root rot. Don't buy plants with fallen or yellowed leaves, or that have yellow pollen starting to fall from the flowers. This is an indication that it's past its prime. White spots the size of a dime indicate powdery mildew.
Before leaving the store, make sure the plant is completely covered. Even a few minutes at temperatures below 50 F can damage the leaves, shortening its life. Put it inside the car with you, not in the trunk.
Poinsettia 'Strawberries and Cream'
Placement in Your Home
Once you're home, place the plant near (but not touching) a sunny window, in a room that has temperatures between 60 and 70 degrees. Poinsettias don't like changes in temperature, so don't place it near heat vents or fireplaces, or near outside doors that are constantly opened and closed.
Check the soil daily and water it when it starts to get dry. When watering, remove the foil that usually surrounds the pot and allow the water to drain away completely. Fertilizer isn't necessary while the plant is blooming.
You can get your poinsettia to bloom again next Christmas by following these steps.
In early spring, cut the plant back to about 8 inches. Continue watering regularly, and fertilize with a balanced houseplant fertilizer twice a month.
Once all danger of frost has passed, you can place it outside in a shady spot. Avoid full sun. Continue to water and fertilize. By early summer, it should start to get bushy. Prune it back to keep it compact.
Once the nights start getting colder, take the poinsettia back inside.
Now comes the crucial part. Starting in early October, the plant will need 14 continuous hours of darkness. Put it in a closet or cover it with a large box for 14 hours every night. The room should have an even temperature of between 60 and 70 degrees at night. During the day, bring it out into a sunny room for up to 10 hours.
Continue to water and fertilize.
If you're lucky, you should have Flor de la Noche Buena by December 12, National Poinsettia Day.
Poinsettia 'Silver Star'
Photos by Ron Capek
Carol Chernega is a master gardener who owns a garden maintenance business near Pittsburgh, Pa. She writes and lectures on pruning, English gardens and deer resistant plants. She can be reached at email@example.com.


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This weekend, those of you who are equine-obsessed or have an affinity for minty rum drinks and giant pink hats, will most likely have a rooting interest in the most exhilarating two minutes in sports, the Kentucky Derby. Right now, the favorite horse is a strapping young colt named "Big Brown", a name that may conjure up images of UPS commercials, cumbersome turds, and Santonio Holmes, depending upon which side of the brain you most often tap into.
However, thanks to a wonderful post by 100% injury rate on FanIQ, we find that "Big Brown" wouldn't even crack the top 50 of most ridiculous and possibly crude horse names to ever run in this glorious event. No, not when "Golden Shower," "Nut Buster" or the venerable "Cum Rocket", which ran in the 1969 Kentucky Derby, have all raced at Churchill Downs.
Now, please put your double entendre hats and go to Jockey Registry to see if your ideal horse name is available. Enjoy.


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Lab Overviews
- 1. Plenty of Fish in the Sea?
- Students are introduced to the dire predictions about the future of the global fishing industry. Students read an NSF press release about the projected collapse of currently fished seafood. Students also use ImageJ to analyze oceanic biodiversity maps spanning 40 years.
Tools Needed: ImageJ
- 2. Are You Going to Eat That?
- Students learn about destructive and wasteful fishing practices contributing to the decimation of the world's fisheries. Students explore various resources for identifying sustainable seafood and visit local markets and restaurants to investigate the availability of seafood on regional and national watch-lists in their community.
Tools Needed: Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Reader
- 3. Oh What a Tangled Web: Ecosystem-Based Management
- Students learn about ecosystem-based approaches to fisheries management and explore tools used to plan and manage marine ecosystems, including the Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST) tool-part of the Census of Marine Life (CoML) Project-that will tag and track marine species in and around the Gulf of California. Students also play the Great Australian Fisheries Challenge game in which they implement EBM approaches in the management of three fisheries.
Tools Needed: QuickTime Player, Adobe Flash Player
- 4. To Fish or Not to Fish?
- Students are introduced to Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) as a tool for ecosystem-based management of fisheries. Students also learn about the Gulf of California, one of the world's richest ecosystems and foremost locations for marine conservation, by watching the IMAX film Ocean Oasis.
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- 5. Gone Fishing
- Students learn about the consequences of overfishing by examining the sharp declines in groundfish landings in New England over the last several decades. They also investigate whether or not the effects of overfishing can be reversed through ecosystem and fisheries management measures.
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- 6. And On His Farm He Had Some Fish
- Students analyze U.S. and global FAO aquaculture data and learn about aquaculture methods and their associated environmental risks. Students also examine before and after satellite photos of the Pacific coast of Honduras to see how quickly aquaculture can change coastal landscapes.
Tools Needed: Excel, Adobe Reader, ImageJ, Adobe Flash Player
- 7. Nitrates and Phosphates and Algae, Oh My!
- Students read portions of the L.A. Times series Altered Oceans and conduct an experiment in eutrophication by testing the effects of fertilizers and other pollutants on a model ecosystem. Students also examine 2 years of ocean color (chlorophyll concentration) in the Gulf of California in order to determine direct connections between agricultural runoff and algal blooms.
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- 8. Climate Change
- Students explore visualizations and other data sets (ocean temperature, winds/upwelling, El Nino, etc.) to examine effects of atmospheric events and climate change on commercial fisheries.


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Apple borsellini
Total time:
2 hours, 15 minutes, plus macerating and cooling times
Servings: 12
Note: Kitchen string is required for this recipe.
4 pounds tart apples, such as Granny Smith, peeled, cored and cut into ¾-inch cubes
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons (¾ stick) butter
2 vanilla beans
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons apple juice
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
Prepared puff pastry, refrigerated
2 egg whites, lightly beaten
1/2 cup cinnamon sugar (½ cup sugar plus 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon)
Powdered sugar, for dusting
1. In a large bowl, toss the apples with the granulated and dark brown sugars. Set aside until the apples start to break down and just begin to release their juices, at least 1 hour and up to overnight.
2. In a medium saucepan heated over high heat, melt the butter. As it is melting, use a small paring knife to split the vanilla bean. Scrape the pulp and seeds out of the bean and add to the melting butter, along with the bean pod. Swirl the pan to ensure the butter cooks evenly and doesn't burn. Continue cooking until the bubbles subside and the butter is dark brown with a nutty, toasty aroma. Remove from heat and discard the bean pod.
3. Heat the oven to 300 degrees. Cut 12 pieces of kitchen string, each 15 inches long.
4. Toss the apples in the bowl with the cornstarch, apple juice, cinnamon, nutmeg and brown butter. Transfer the filling to a rimmed baking sheet, spreading the apples in a single layer. Roast the apples until they're tender but keep their shape, 30 minutes, stirring the apples every 10 minutes for even roasting.
5. Transfer the pan to a rack, and cool the filling completely. The filling can be stored, covered and refrigerated, up to 3 days.
6. Remove the puff pastry dough from the refrigerator to a lightly floured surface. Cut the dough into circles using a 4½-inch cutter (a small bowl or cake pan will work). You will need 12 circles; save the scraps for another use (stack the scraps and pat down before using; do not press the dough into a ball, or the layers will be lost).
7. Using a floured rolling pin, roll each circle to a diameter of 7 inches (the circles do not have to be perfect).
8. Scoop one-half cup of the filling and mound it into the center of a circle of dough. Pull up the bottom edges to meet in the center of the filling. Holding the dough with one hand, gather up the edges to meet in the center to pinch it closed like a beggar's purse. Tie a piece of the kitchen string loosely around the purse, giving it about an inch of slack (the dough will puff as it bakes, so the string should not be tied too tight). Repeat to make the remaining borsellini.
9. Place the borsellini on parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing them about 3 inches apart. Chill the purses at least 30 minutes, up to 3 days before baking.
10. Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Brush the borsellini with egg wash, and sprinkle them liberally with cinnamon sugar.
11. Bake the borsellini until the pastry is puffed and golden brown, 45 minutes to an hour, rotating the baking sheets every 30 minutes.
12. Remove the sheets to a rack to cool. Dust the borsellini with powdered sugar before serving.
Each serving: 706 calories; 5 grams protein; 80 grams carbohydrates; 6 grams fiber; 44 grams fat; 27 grams saturated fat; 114 mg cholesterol; 46 grams sugar; 298 mg sodium.


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The Intern Blues: The Private Ordeals of Three Young Doctors
Ballantine Books, 1990 - 362 pagina's
The intern year is the toughest time in a doctor's life. Literally a baptism by fire, internship must turn the average green medical school graduate into a seasoned physician. The typical intern is deprived of sleep, confronted with all manner of human misery, and, at least temporarily, driven slightly insane.
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So, as you can probably tell from the above grainy picture of my uterus... I have some news!
In around six months time we will be welcoming a new little person into our family. It has been a very long couple of months of sickness and secret keeping but finally I can tell everyone. I partly haven't been baking and blogging due to feeling rubbish and steering clear of any interesting food, but also as I am a terrible secret keeper and I would have struggled to carry on blogging without blurting it out.
So, apologies for disappearing for the last few months, I am really looking forward to getting back to it and hopefully, sickness permitting, baking again!
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Herscho reflects on Israel's U21 legacy
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With the dust settled on the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, tournament director Ronen Hershco tells UEFA.com about the legacy of the finals.
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The dust has long since settled on the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, but for tournament director Ronen Hershco, the finals have left Israel with more than just happy memories.
Speaking to UEFA.com, Hershco noted with satisfaction that by staging a successful tournament in June, Israel showed that it has four stadiums – in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva and Netanya – "really prepared to host matches and national events in the near future".
That is part of the "legacy" of the finals whose family-friendly atmosphere was another huge plus, according to Hershco, who reflected on the heartening sight of "three generations walking to the stadium" for matches.
He added: "Someone texted me and said: 'I just want to let you know that a few days ago my father went to the stadium for the first time in 15 years. He is almost 50 and he said, 'Wow, I'm going to go back to watch sporting events.'' For me, this is the most important [thing]."
Israel had never before held a major football championship, so Herscho was delighted to see such positive reactions. "The majority [of people]," he continued, "said that they sat in the stadiums and it felt like they could be sitting in any big stadium abroad." Israel's players did their bit too, earning a historic first U21 finals victory against England as they finished just one point shy of semi-finalists Norway in Group A. Hershco is hopeful the whole experience will herald better times for the sport in the country – both on and off the pitch.
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KABUL (Pajhwok): The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Institute of Agriculture and Veterinary (IAV) on Sunday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on future cooperation.
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Saturday - Got what should be a real fun time pending for this afternoon, down in Akron. Fatter of mact, I transported the talent last night late from the airport to where he's staying, and he and I had a terrific conversation as we both enjoyed the friendly confines of the Blue Bullitt. I seriously suspect that "a splendid time is guaranteed for all!"
Well for some good news, my cousin and I are members of a local gym, they aren't like a normal gym though, the trainers help monitour your eating habits and the workouts are group workouts doing mostly body weight circuit training. At any rate they were running a weight loss competition and we won. He lost 35+ lbs and I lost 22.5lbs. I really let myself go after being put out of the Army, but this has reallly gotten me back on track. Anyone thinking they can't lose the weight or excercise anymore due to age, injury or anything else, trust me, you can do it.2 Replies
Congratulations Russell to both your and your team accomplishments. I knew that you were a Vet but did not know the details including you becoming Disabled. I reflect back on your post on Memorial Day and agree with it while at the same time (reverently) observing those who sacrificed that affected or costed their life for people (citizens) as myself. To the new revelation that I have learned about your disability, it adds again to a higher level of what a great person I consider you to be. You have had major crisis in your home, the challenge of raising twins that in some sorts, and more. Yet I never hear a whining attitude from you. You are one of the people that inspires people like me, and among that company of those with your traits, I consider the "Fellowship of RBT" to be that much more. Truly the regalness (is that a word?) of the people here (as I have said a lot) are the epitome and class of what made Backfires great. (More on this in my next ramble). Getting back to the original post (see, I know that I ramble), I relate to what you are saying. When I had my stroke 3 years ago, I completely lost my vision (briefly) and for months, my complete right side was paralyzed. At that time, they removed my Health Coverage and when I first was able to get out of bed 3 months later, and for a period of time, I gained weight..... 113 lbs. My brother had bought me a monthly 24 hr fitness membership which he kept renewing and by copying what the Trainers were doing with their clients, I slowly regained some use of my right side (currently measured at 43% of the last physical taken 3 days before the stroke). I have seen an improvement as I lost weight (currently at 31 pounds but that was the easy part, it has become harder to do so). Your own report encourages me to press on.
Well I'm not that bad off in terms of being disabled. I have all my fingers and toes, and I can walk without pain. I had a shoulder surgery that didn't go 100% correct, so while I have much less pain in my shoulder I can't wear body armor or carry something strapped to my back for more than about an hour before my right arm goes numb. My bum arm was one of the reasons I sold my Corvette, on mornings when my arm was really painful I couldn't hardly shift it, luckily the skip shift that everyone seems to hate actually worked in my favor. I'd just hop it to 4th and leave it there, it could lug around in 4th even at 25mph, and if it started to clash I'd slip the clutch a little and just spool the engine up an let the clutch back out. Anyway I also have some bulging disks in my neck, and two blown disks in my lower back, but again that's not that bad all things considered. At any rate the Army decided that they didn't need me anymore and gave me a medical discharge.
Thomas who was the one that had to get surgery is doing very well now, he's completely caught up to his twin in height and weight. You'd never he even had surgery aside from the scar on his chest. Considering he actually had tetralogy of fallout, that was undetected until the surgeon actually got in there. He should not have made it 8 months before needing surgery. His condition occurs in less than 20,000 children in the US a year and if left untreated has a mortality rate of 50% by age 6. So I attribute him doing so well to being a full on miracle. He shouldn't have made it as long as he did but he did and the relief is immense.
Sunday - Indeed, an splendid time was not only guaranteed but had by all yesterday afternoon. I should mention, too, that I spotted a rust-red Lamborghini Gallardo as I drove down I-271. Today, outside of mowing the lawn, I don't see a whole lot on the schedule.
Well, that's embarrassing. GM executive crashes pace car
Well, yesterday was eventful. My neighbor, who works for a HVAC company locally (and is in his early 80s!), recently replaced his furnace and central AC with a new furnace and heat pump. He GAVE us his "old" furnace and AC unit. It has all been sitting in our basement for the past year. On Saturday, we finally got things rolling. We now have central air! We'll get the heat back online in the next week or two since we don't really need it now. No more lugging the window AC units up from the basement! It was a very exciting day.
In the bad news department, we just had the struts, sway bar end links, outer tie rods and the drivers side wheel bearing replaced on our car. They needed it after almost 130,000 miles, and a recent sojourn down a very pock-marked Washington St. in Hoboken that busted most of those things. Anyway, everything was great until earlier today when I ran a few errands. There was a rather disconcerting clunking noise coming from the front end if I hit a bump. It sounded like it was coming from the drivers side, so when I got home, I jacked it up an removed the wheel. All of the new parts were tight, so the noise is probably coming from another bushing or connection we didn't replace. But, what really grabbed my attention was the ABS sensor wire which was zip tied to the steering knuckle because they broke the plastic connector that should be holding it, and the complete lack of the backing plate that was most certainly there before.
I guess I'll be heading back to the shop tomorrow with the car to find out what exactly took place. Like I have the time for that! Oh well. It could be worse. I could be ruminating about it in heat and humidity of a non-air conditioned home! It does still suck, however.3 Replies
"recently replaced his furnace and central AC"
"It has all been sitting in our basement for the past year."
Your concept of time is like mine....
Recently, I moved into a new place 3 months ago. I should be unpacked by July 2020.
What's not recent about a year ago?
Jim Ciancia wrote:
What's not recent about a year ago?
The older you get, the more recent one year ago seems...
maarp wrote:
The older you get, the more recent one year ago seems...
Been going non-stop in Fairbanks the past 3 days and tomorrow we head up into Denali where we'll be off the grid four days. Here are a few pics of cars, boreal forest, vintage snow machine, some aircraft and reindeer.4 Replies
Great pics, Pat. Looks like you're having a great time!
WOW, Pat, the auto museum has some true classics there ... and I dig the reindeer as well! Please have a terrific time!
That first forest picture with the lake is poster worthy. And, how the heck did they land that plane on top of the ice cream shop?
maarp wrote:
That first forest picture with the lake is poster worthy. And, how the heck did they land that plane on top of the ice cream shop?
or the fully air conditioned Piper Cub?
Monday - I see that Ryan Hunter-Reay managed to get into the winner's circle after a long draught – good for him! And I managed to get the lawn mowed before the rains came! Yay me!
Two hundred and ninety one comments on the Trump German cars article and none of them mine. I've never felt so good about not expressing an opinion.
Planning a day trip to Algonquin Park this weekend or next, mostly going hiking and biking. Found out I can stuff two bikes in the car if I take the front wheels off. I've never been and I've never seen most of Canada before.2 Replies
I drove through Algonquin Park a few years ago in the Miata along highway 60. Gorgeous.
(Excuse the obligatory thumb in the second picture)
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Planning a day trip to Algonquin Park this weekend or next, mostly going hiking and biking. Found out I can stuff two bikes in the car if I take the front wheels off. I've never been and I've never seen most of Canada before.
Algonquin is great. We go every year, and we'll be there in August for canoe camping on Opeongo.
So, we're getting a dog, tonight. My wife hasn't been ready since we had to put our last dog down in November, but she assures me it's time, now.
She has been volunteering at the Humane Society for the last 6 months, and she has fallen in love with a dog (a 7 year old cane corso) that has recently gone up for adoption.4 Replies
Good for you. All of ours are "rescues".
Our last dog was a rescue, as well. She was a lab/hound mix of some sort.
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Our last dog was a rescue, as well. She was a lab/hound mix of some sort.
Looks like a NEAT ol' puppy-dog, Speeder. Bet she got loved to pieces!
T M wrote:
Looks like a NEAT ol' puppy-dog, Speeder. Bet she got loved to pieces!
Great picture of him. Looks to be very gentle.
Maggie was very gentle.
Tuesday - This is the first time I've ever heard of it, but the check on my house air conditioning may have to be postponed because it's not warm enough out! Makes sense upon reflection, but it STILL sounds a touch odd! [shrug]
So it would appear that I've been hitting the wrong report button to report some of the more vitriolic and angry comments lately. I thought it was the button at the top of the comment boxes, but it's actually at the bottom, so I may have reported some people on accident. If you get something from a MOD saying I reported you, I'm sorry, as none of the people that post here on RBT have ever done anything in the comments that has caused me to think that you needed to be reported. Some of you have engaged with some pretty bone headed people lately, and I just decided it wasn't worth the effort since a few of them are very much like C4L used to be, but I think I may have reported the wrong comments. So if your comment was deleted due to my flagrant error I'd like to apologize.
Me and the new pooch (Loki).8 Replies
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Which one's which?
A valid question.
maarp wrote:
Which one's which?
The dog has more hair on his head.
maarp wrote:
Certainly looks like he's made himself at home.
The name Loki (not selected by us, but we're okay with it) is appropriate, as he is quite low key.
HabitualSpeeder wrote:
The name Loki (not selected by us, but we're okay with it) is appropriate, as he is quite low key.
Sorry, I see "Loki" and all I can think of is.....
Wow! What a day. Started out by getting locked out of all my company websites and email. Even my phone was affected. Turns out that my new laptop was being configured down at HQ. Good news, right? Sort of. I was locked out of everything because they changed my password and didn't bother to let me know. Can you imagine the tech guy not having any access to his tech? YAY!! Finally got them to fill me in on the password they set about 3pm. Just in time to be too late.
Plus, as if that wasn't enough, the server that was being shipped next day air so that I could install it tonight never showed up. Why? Well, according to the UPS site, there was a "mechanical failure" that caused it to be delayed.
I think it is time for a beer...
Had to run down to Waterloo Monday evening. My daughter has the Elantra, and she said it was making horrible noises. I get there, and she says it happens above 60km/h, so we go for a drive. Above 60, there's this horrible grinding noise coming from the front end. I take it back to her boyfriend's place and have a look underneath. Turns out, there are two plastic "bolts" on each side that hold the fender liners to the bottom of the bumper. Of the 4, only one was left. Above 60, the fender liner was rubbing on the front tire. A simple zip-tie late, and the problem is solved for the time being.
I took this as a teaching moment, and got her to lie down under the front of the car with me, and showed her what was happening. I pointed out the bottom edge of the bumper underneath was scraped down. I told her that was from parking blocks and/or curbs that she was running the front of the car over when parking. The concrete simply sheared off the plastic bolts and caused the problem.
When (if) I ever the car home for a weekend, I'll fix it properly.6 Replies
I can't see why people have to kiss the curb with their tires when parking.
One thing I like about the Audi is it has a front camera, if it senses something close, camera will automatically turn on. I'm still not used to my side mirrors, it's way too curved and every time I back in to my garage / spot, I see I'm going to hit the sides but it has lots of room.
Lego wrote:
I can't see why people have to kiss the curb with their tires when parking.
One thing I like about the Audi is it has a front camera, if it senses something close, camera will automatically turn on. I'm still not used to my side mirrors, it's way too curved and every time I back in to my garage / spot, I see I'm going to hit the sides but it has lots of room.
I rented an A4 in NL and it had convex mirrors on both sides. If that is how your S5 is I can see why you are getting that false perception.
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I rented an A4 in NL and it had convex mirrors on both sides. If that is how your S5 is I can see why you are getting that false perception.
I'm glad it's not me. Mostly still using the old school way of backing in (not using camera) and it feels like the car is wider than my garage.
Lego wrote:
I can't see why people have to kiss the curb with their tires when parking.
One thing I like about the Audi is it has a front camera, if it senses something close, camera will automatically turn on. I'm still not used to my side mirrors, it's way too curved and every time I back in to my garage / spot, I see I'm going to hit the sides but it has lots of room.
No hills where you live?
I was taught to use the curbing as a wheel-chock when parking on a grade, if curbing is available for that use.
JRT wrote:
No hills where you live?
I was taught to use the curbing as a wheel-chock when parking on a grade, if curbing is available for that use.
Yeah, that's not what we're talking about. People that keep moving forward until their front tires hit the curb or the parking block.
maarp wrote:
Yeah, that's not what we're talking about. People that keep moving forward until their front tires hit the curb or the parking block.
Got it... hadn't read far enough up-thread to see your post about your daughter's car.
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Saw the 3 in a Tesla shop couple weeks ago, it does not look good at all, inside and out. I'm so glad I got the Audi instead.
It's like they shrank a Model S but it didn't work.
Lego wrote:
Saw the 3 in a Tesla shop couple weeks ago, it does not look good at all, inside and out. I'm so glad I got the Audi instead.
It is not terribly quick compared to your S5.
Coincidentally I just saw one a few minutes ago. The nose really lets it down.
I've actually seen a few now around these parts. Usually on the highway. I agree with the ungainliness. Makes them easy to spot though!
Wednesday - Yet another afternoon and evening of good music with my best friend. Yeah, that'll work.
The car I ordered has arrived. I have to put some houses in order to take delivery.5 Replies
maarp wrote:
That seems quick for a factory order. You must be fairly excited!
BMW had to get them all done before the end of May. I'm told that the M3 I ordered will be one of the last except for the M3 CSs. I am excited but I also have some trepidation. It's expensive (for me) and, while on the face of it being a 4 door sedan, it is also impracticable. I guess you only live once.
You have to go for it! I understand the expensive aspect; I couldn't pull it off. At least not at this point in time. I will admit to being marginally jealous.
John Albrecht wrote:
I guess you only live once.
Precisely ... which is why I went for the Mustang. Enjoy the hell outta that thing!
After a couple of weeks of 25C+, the past week has been 12-16 or so. Today finally cresting 20 again. At least it slowed down the grass a little.
Thursday - Man, what a difference. Tweak the speaker position, plus better speaker cables and the bottom end of my friend's system positively came alive! The difference was startling.
Oh, and the Cavs lost. Again. [shrug]
Election Day here in Ontario. I still don't know who to vote for, it comes down to picking the one that doesn't suck as much.5 Replies
Yeah, I'm having a hell of time deciding. I know which platform I prefer, but the leadership options are horrible.
maarp wrote:
Yeah, I'm having a hell of time deciding. I know which platform I prefer, but the leadership options are horrible.
That's weird. That never happens here.
Sarcasm aside I would have been a Libertarian voter in the last Presidential election had it not been represented by Gary Johnson. And then there's...
Not sure exactly how things work up there in the Great White North, but this pretty much sums up the election process down here...
Quebec Halts Bitcoin Mining Power Requests Amid Booming Demand
By Frederic Tomesco
June 07, 2018 3:08 PM
• Canadian utility says demand exceeds short-term capacity
• Quebec takes measures to avoid need for rate increases
Hydro-Quebec will temporarily stop processing requests from cryptocurrency miners so that it can continue to fulfill its obligations to supply electricity to the entire province.
Canada's biggest electric utility is facing "unprecedented" demand from blockchain companies that exceeds Hydro-Quebec's short- and medium-term capacity, according to a statement Thursday. In the coming days, Hydro-Quebec will file an application to the province's energy regulator proposing a selection process for blockchain industry projects.
Hydro-Quebec has been courting cryptocurrency miners in recent months in a bid to soak up surplus energy from dams in northern Quebec. Power rates in the province are the lowest in North America, both for consumers and industrial customers.
Regie de l'energie, as the provincial regulator is called, will be instructed to reserve a block of energy for cryptocurrency miners and to set a specific rate for the industry while considering issues including peak winter demand. Quebec wants to make sure Hydro-Quebec can maximize revenue while ensuring economic benefits such as job creation.
"The blockchain industry is a promising avenue for Hydro-Quebec," Eric Filion, president of Hydro-Quebec Distribution, said in the statement. "Guidelines are nevertheless required to ensure that the development of this industry maximizes spinoffs for Quebec without resulting in rate increases for our customers. We are actively participating in the Regie de l'energie's process so that these guidelines can be produced as quickly as possible."
Strong Demand
Chief Executive Officer Eric Martel said in a February interview that the utility had received "hundreds of applications" from bitcoin miners in the previous weeks, which would need more than 9,000 megawatts of energy -- about one-quarter of the utility's total generating capacity of 37,000 megawatts.
Bitcoin miners active in the province include Backbone Hosting Solutions Inc.,
a Quebec-based company also known as Bitfarms that's in the process of
expanding its operations locally.
"We understand that Hydro-Quebec wants to welcome the most serious players in this emerging industry, and we definitely are part of that group," Bitfarms President Pierre-Luc Quimper said in an e-mailed statement. "Other places in Canada offer rates that are as competitive, if not more competitive, than those of Hydro-Quebec."
Cryptocurrency mining pales in comparison with other industries in terms of job creation, according to a February study prepared by KPMG for Hydro-Quebec.
Unidentified projects submitted to Hydro-Quebec in recent months could create as few at 0.4 direct job per megawatt used, and as many as 1.2 jobs, KPMG said. Data centers, by contrast, create between 5 and 25 jobs per megawatt, KPMG said.
— With assistance by Doug Alexander, and Sandrine Rastello
Summer students comes into the office today and says the black truck (2015 F150) is leaking oil as its missing a cap. Go take a look, sure enough, there is an oil spot on the ground about 12" in diameter and he'd popped the hood and the engine bay was covered in oil and the fill cap was missing. Found the cap sitting between the fan shroud and the radiator. Turns out one of the guys had taken it to Jiffy Lube for an oil change yesterday. I'm thankful no damage occurred (that I know of anyway) as he'd driven it about 400 km. Topped it up and everything seems to be running well.
Also changed the rear brakes on the van this evening. Hope I'm still posting tomorrow.....
Friday - And once again, the links from my recent activity on the RBT aren't working. Someone wanna tell me WTF is going on with the webmaster on this place???4 Replies
maarp wrote:
Webmaster is a bit of a misnomer.
Yeah, you got that one on the nose...
Mine are not working either. I think they should have paid Jen more, or maybe they are trying to subtly remove the comments, like Motor Trend did.
It's been spotty for me. Seems to depend on where I start the process. It's annoying any way you slice it.
So, at 11:02 last evening, I officially completed my 45th journey around the sun. Had a great day despite having to "work". Needless to say, the work wasn't exceptionally taxing. I suppose I'll have to do something more productive today. Oh well...9 Replies
maarp wrote:
Well, happy birthday, Jim. I'm still ahead of you.
Thank you! Let's keep it that way for a while, huh?
T M wrote:
The very best of the day to you, Jim! Please enjoy!
Thank you, Loren!
Lego wrote:
Happy birthday. Have a good one.
Happy belated birthday Jim!
John Albrecht wrote:
Happy belated birthday Jim!
Thank you!
Late to the Party. It's a long way when you are crossing the Border. But I brought the Band. Unfortunately, they drank all the beer on the way up.
(HEY! I don't remember seeing a wall last time I passed through).
Better late than never! Thanks!!
Back in Anchorage after Denali. Words and pics fail to portray the beauty and scale of that place. Truly humbling. With no internet while there all pics now have to upload to iCloud before I'll be able to share. Heading to Valdez for a week. My wife is attending a conference there so I'll be free range all week.
My links to RBT are also down. Will reach out to try and get it sorted.
Follow up on links: Current RBT links are working but those made before my four day absence are not. Are current links working for everyone else?
... Looks like older links are working so there is likely a time period where the Recent Activity links were screwed up and now they're back. Won't have time now to figure out the exact dates but if anyone figures it out let me know.
Saturday - And the Cavs got swept. Sorry, not surprised.
I'm thinking today I might take in a matinee of Avengers: Infinity War while my wife is babysitting her grandkids, then have din-din at Tres Potrillos - a pretty good place with pretty good Mexican.1 Reply
I need to go pick up my son this afternoon, about 90 minutes away. I think I'll take the SC, since it's such a nice day, plus he's only ever seen pictures of it. Maybe I'll even let him drive.2 Replies
Likely the first time you've tried the passenger seat. We'll need a report.
Actually, the weather network lied (cloudy and cool), and my son was just returning from a wine-tasting tour in the Niagara area, so he wasn't driving. Still, I continue to be pleasantly surprised by the car. Averaged 26.6 mpg (US) on the round trip.
Too many Alaska pics to post here so put some in an album
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Fantastic pics, Pat. There is one of a line of trees over a lake - you could turn it upside down and no one would know.
All of the pics were taken with an iPhone 8 plus. The snow capped mountain reflected in the lake is Denali. We were told it is visible only about 30% of the time and many come and never see it. So we were indeed blessed to have multiple sightings.
There were times when a proper telephoto was needed as most of the animal shots are at the limits of the iPhone's zoom but for landscapes and close ups the detail and quality are astonishing.
Pat Daly wrote:
All of the pics were taken with an iPhone 8 plus. The snow capped mountain reflected in the lake is Denali. We were told it is visible only about 30% of the time and many come and never see it. So we were indeed blessed to have multiple sightings.
There were times when a proper telephoto was needed as most of the animal shots are at the limits of the iPhone's zoom but for landscapes and close ups the detail and quality are astonishing.
Those are some great pictures, Pat! Thanks for sharing.


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Brian – Holland, MI
As grandfather used to say, "never trust a sleeping cattail." Actually, grandfather never said that. But he should have – because it's true.
During the winter months, cattail foliage dies off. Leaves and stems turn brown and dry up when the weather gets cold, and optimistic pond keepers dare to imagine their backyard water features without the scourge of unwanted cattails. But deep beneath the pond, cattail roots are alive and well in their dormant state, saving up their energy to come back strong in the spring.
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Powerful stuff, Taslima - thank you for this.
Thanks. I appreciate it.
Thank you Taslima, I am compelled by hand of Allah to purchase your blasphemous memoir. It pays well to be a man. How can one be opposed to sexism and in favor or religion?
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Recent SQL Server releases have had a major focus on high availability. Early previews of the next release of SQL Server, code-named Denali (SQL Server 2012), show that this trend will continue. Somewhere in the midst of the new availability technologies and feature sets, log shipping seems to have fallen by the wayside. Although log shipping received a much-needed face lift with SQL Server 2005, there were only minor enhancements in SQL Server 2008.
Although log shipping isn't as widely used as it once was, it's still a vital tool that has many applications, such as using warm standbys for disaster recovery, migrating large databases, and providing read-only access to data. Log shipping isn't difficult to understand or use. There are three techniques that can save you a lot of time and make working with log shipping painless: reversing log shipping, switching between log shipping and database mirroring, and converting log shipping to transactional replication.
Reversing Log Shipping
Reversing log shipping is an often overlooked practice. When DBAs need to fail over to a secondary log shipping server, they tend to worry about getting log shipping back up later. This is especially true in the case of very large databases. If you're using log shipping as your primary disaster recovery solution and you need to fail over to the secondary log shipping server, you should get log shipping running as quickly as possible. With no disaster recovery failover in place, you might be running exposed.
Reversing log shipping is simple. It doesn't require reinitializing the database with a full backup if performed carefully. However, it's crucial that you remember the following:
- You need to preserve the log sequence number (LSN) chain.
- You need to perform the final log backup using the NORECOVERY option. Backing up the log with this option puts the database in a state that allows log backups to be restored and ensures that the database's LSN chain doesn't deviate.
- The primary log shipping server must still be accessible to use this technique.
To fail over to a secondary log shipping server, follow this 10-step process:
- Disable all backup jobs that might back up the database on both log shipping partners.
- Disable the log shipping jobs.
- Run each log shipping job in order (i.e., backup, copy, and restore).
- Drop log shipping.
Manually back up the log of the primary database using the NORECOVERY option. Use the command
BACKUP LOG [DatabaseName] TO DISK = 'BackupFilePathname' WITH NORECOVERY;where DatabaseName is the name of the database whose log you want to back up and BackupFilePathname is the backup file's pathname (e.g., Z:\SQLServerBackups\TLog.bck).
- Restore the log backup on the secondary database using the RECOVERY option, and bring the secondary database online. The primary and secondary databases have now switched positions.
- Back up the log of the new primary database (optional).
- Restore the log on the new secondary database using the NORECOVERY option (optional).
- Reconfigure log shipping.
- Re-enable any backup jobs that were disabled.
Note that step 7 and step 8 are listed as optional because they're not required for establishing log shipping. However, I recommend performing these steps to ensure that the log shipping configuration will proceed without any problems.
With a few minor adjustments, this 10-step process works with multiple secondary log shipping databases. You perform the same basic steps, keeping in mind that the other secondary databases will still be secondary databases after the failover. After you back up the log on the new primary database, you should use the NORECOVERY option to restore that backup on all the planned secondary databases. You can then add them as secondary databases to the new primary database.
Switching Between Log Shipping and Database Mirroring
Log shipping and database mirroring are both initialized with a full backup and both rely on the LSN chain for synchronization. These similarities make it possible to switch between the two without reinitializing with a full backup. This technique is useful when you have either log shipping or database mirroring configured and you want to switch to the other technology for a short time. The switch can go either way. For example, I use this technique when I need to perform maintenance on log shipping servers.
Switching between log shipping and database mirroring doesn't involve manually performing any database backups or restores. It's as simple as dropping whichever technology is configured, then configuring the other. However, a key concept to remember is that you need to prevent any backups from occurring when neither technology is configured.
To switch between log shipping and database mirroring, follow these steps:
- Disable all the backup jobs that back up the database on both partners.
- Remove the secondary database from log shipping or drop database mirroring.
- Disable the log shipping jobs and run the jobs in order (i.e., backup, copy, and restore) if you removed the secondary database from log shipping. This step isn't needed if you dropped database mirroring.
- Configure log shipping or database mirroring.
- Re-enable any backup jobs that were disabled.
When a failover will be short-term, I recommend switching between log shipping and database mirroring because this technique requires much less work to set up than reversing log shipping. When a failover is intended to be long-term, reversing log shipping is the best technique to use.
Converting Log Shipping to Transactional Replication
Initializing transactional replication from a backup was introduced in SQL Server 2005. What some people might not realize is that the backup used for initialization doesn't have to be a full backup. You can initialize a subscriber with a log backup or differential backup. For example, I used to lead a team that was responsible for a 1.8TB OLTP database that was replicated to two replica servers. Our general process for configuring replication for this database was to start by setting up log shipping. We could generally get to this point in the process within a reasonable time frame, thanks to a lot of work we did to optimize the backup and restore processes. We then completed the replication setup the following day, knowing that the subscriber database had been kept synchronized.
The process for converting log shipping to transactional replication is fairly simple. The following steps detail the process, starting from the point at which log shipping is configured but replication isn't:
- Configure the replication publication as usual (i.e., configure the distributor, enable the publisher, and create the publication).
- Disable all backup jobs for the database.
- Disable the log shipping jobs.
- Run the log shipping jobs in order (i.e., backup, copy, and restore).
- Remove the secondary database from the log shipping configuration.
- Change the publication to allow initialization from backup files. This is done by changing the Allow initialization from backup files option from False to True in the Publication Properties dialog box, which Figure 1 shows. Note that it isn't possible to set this option in step 1 if you're using the GUI. (You can, however, set this option in step 1 if you're using T-SQL code to create the publication.)
- Back up the publisher's log. This backup will be used to initialize the subscriber.
- Restore the log backup on the secondary database using the RECOVERY option.
- Create the subscription on the publisher using the sp_addsubscription stored procedure in Listing 1 (more on this shortly).
- Create the subscription on the subscriber.
- Re-enable the backup jobs.
- Drop log shipping on the publisher if desired.
Most of these steps can be performed using the GUI in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). However, to create the subscription on the publisher in step 9, you must use the sp_addsubscription stored procedure because the GUI doesn't support the options required for initializing the subscriber from a backup. The sp_addsubscription stored procedure in Listing 1 creates a pull subscription for the TwoTBDatabase database on the SQLSrv02 server.
USE TwoTBDatabase; EXEC sp_addsubscription @publication = N'TwoTBDatabase_pub', @subscriber = N'SQLSrv02', @destination_db = N'TwoTBDatabase', @subscription_type = N'Pull', @sync_type = N'initialize with backup', @backupdevicetype = N'Disk', @backupdevicename = N'e:\bak\TwoTBDatabase.trn', @article = N'all', @update_mode = N'read only', @subscriber_type = 0;
Here's how to customize the stored procedure for your environment:
- Set the @publication parameter to your publication's name.
- Set the @destination_db parameter to your database's name.
- Set the @subscriber parameter to your server's name.
- Set the @backupdevicename parameter to the pathname of the log backup created in step 7.
- Set the @subscription_type parameter to pull if you're creating a pull subscription. (The default setting is push, so you don't need to include this parameter if you're creating a push subscription.)
The rest of the parameters don't need to be changed.
Combining the Techniques
You can use the three log shipping techniques separately or combine them. For example, I used all three techniques when my team ran into some problems after a production platform migration last year. Figure 2 shows the new production platform, which consists of a two-node failover cluster, one log shipping server, two replica servers, and a dedicated remote replication distributor.
Figure 2: The production platform in which the three techniques were applied
After completing the migration, we encountered some problems with the new failover cluster. To remediate the immediate performance problem, we failed over the database from the cluster to the log shipping server and reconfigured log shipping to one of the replica servers. The failover also gave us the ability to take the cluster offline as needed for troubleshooting.
After the cluster's problems were resolved, we scheduled some downtime to fail back the cluster. During that time, we failed over the database from the log shipping server to the cluster, reversed the log shipping back to the log shipping server, and reconfigured the replica server as a subscriber to the publication on the cluster—all of which took less than 15 minutes. It took longer to reconfigure the front-end web servers to point to the cluster. Overall, the system was down for only a half hour.
As this real-world example illustrates, the three log shipping techniques that I discussed can minimize downtime when problems arise. They can also save you a lot of time when performing tasks such as initializing transactional replication and performing server maintenance. If you'd like to see a demonstration of the techniques, check out the video at the SQL Soldier web page. In this demo, I perform a log shipping failover, configure log shipping back to the original server, and configure replication to a third server.


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