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Not everyone can afford to buy an Apple iPad or Samsung Galaxy Tab. Presently in the market there more than hundreds of tablets available for purchase and choosing the one which suits your needs is a bit hard. If you are looking for alternatives of those high-priced tablets or if you are looking for affordable tablets by scarfing some features then you are at the right place to discover the tablets which you are looking for.
At a price of $ 200 we have spotted tablets like Amazon Kindle Fire, AndyPad and Velocity Micro Cruz priced at $ 239. From these tablets don't expect the performance as that of Apple iPad or Samsung Galaxy Tab. These tablets give the advantages to taste Android OS and have a wireless gadget in your hand but not to provide utmost performance. Here are the best 10.1 inches tablet which are priced under $ 200, importantly this tablets are available for purchase on Amazon.
Coby Kyros 10.1-Inch Android 4.0 Tablet
The Coby Kyros Tablet comes with the Latest Android 4.0 out of the box unlike other cheap tablets which were coming up with earlier versions of Android. It comes with a 1Ghz Fujitsu A110 Processor which would allow you to access and handle most of the Android applications easily. Along with this the 10.1″ display offers you with a amazing experience along with access to the Get Jar Marketplace and also access to the default Google Play Store. You get a 8Gb of Internal Storage along with a RAM of 1Gb.
Other features are :
- Fujitsu A110 Processor 1GHz
- 8 GB Internal On-Device Storage
- 10.1-Inch Screen
- Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
- Item Weight 1.1 pounds
Le Pan II 9.7″ 8 GB Tablet
This is a Android 4.0.4 ICS Tablet which comes with a better processor at 1.2 Ghz which is based out of Qualcomm Snapdragon Processor which comes packed with a 8 Gb Internal Storage which can be expanded upto 32 Gb. A very high rating but users for this tablet who have purchased through Amazon which is something you need to make a note of.
Le Pan Features :
- Android 4.04 Ice Cream Sandwich with 1.2 GHz dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor
- 9.7 inch HD LED touchscreen display
- 8 GB (expandable up to 32 GB)
- Front-facing camera with microphone
- Wifi 802.11 b/g/n,1 Year Parts and labor warranty
Zenithink 2 ZT 180 Tablet
The Zenithink ZT-180 in a 10 inches Android tablet running Android 2.2 Froyo operating system powered by Android. Zenithink ZT-180 is powered with 1 Ghz ARM 11 processor with 512 MB of DDR2 RAM. The 10.2 inches tablet provides a maximum resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels and includes the option of internet connectivity through Wi-Fi. Apart from that it includes 4 GB inbuilt memory and also includes a HDMI connectivity slot with 3.5 mm headset jack. Don't be surprise to have the resistive touchscreen with this tablet. It includes 1.3 mega pixel camera too.
Other features are –
- 3G USB modem support
- HDMI output
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g connectivity
- DIVX AVI, MPEG, RM video playback
- Mp3, AAC, WMA audio format are supported
You can browse and install applications from Android Market for free. The down side of this tablet is that the battery drains out in 4 hours and takes several hours to charge. The Zenithink ZT-180 is available at a price of $ 189.95 directly available for purchase at official site http://zenithink.us.
Zenithink 10.2 Inches Android 2.2 Tablet
The Zenithink presents the 10.2 inches tablet with large screen with touchscreen support. Its powered with 1 Ghz ARM 700 processor with 512 MB of RAM to provide faster response time during operation.
The Zenithink 10.2 inches tablet is powered with the Google's open source Android operating system containing Android 2.2 Froyo OS and thus you can browse Android Market to add application and games. It includes a camera of unknown specifications and 4 GB internal memory on this tablet is the perfect suite to store media content files. For internet connectivity this tablet has 802.11 a/g Wi Fi connectivity.
- 10.2 inches large screen display
- Wi-Fi Connectivity
- Android 2.2 Froyo Operating system
- 4 GB internal storage capacity
- Weights 3.09 pounds
The Zenithink 10.2 inches Android tablet is priced at $ 203.48 and available at Amazon for purchase with package weights 3.09 pounds.
SuperPad 10.2 Inches Tabet
The SuperPad tablet can be the best Android tablet among the 10 inches tablet available for less than $ 200. We say this because of the customer reviews in Amazon for this product.
The SuperPad has 10.2 inches TFT touchscreen display with a maximum resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. It comes with Flytouch ARM11 1 GHz processor with Android 2.1 Éclair operating system. Among the other specifications it has –
- Android 2.1 OS
- 256 MB of RAM
- 2 GB internal memory
- microSD card slot up to 32 GB support
- 2 x 2 USB port
- Mini HDMI, GPS, Flash 10.1
- 3.5 mm audio headset jack
- RJ45 Ethernet, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
The tablet is powered with 2800 mAh Lithium ion battery. The SuperPad tablet is priced at $ 165 well in the range of affordability.
ePad 10" Tablet
The ePad is a 10 inches tablet available for purchase from Amazon and it's among the top best 10 inches tablet available at price below $ 200. ePad tablet includes 10 inches resistive touchscreen display with Android 2.2 Froyo operating system running on it. There is no description available for the processor but one thing I can tell about this is that it includes camera, internet connectivity through Wi-Fi, supports Adobe Flash 10.1, HDMI output port, micro SD card slot, mini USB port, USB port and 3.5 mm headset audio jack.
The battery is made up of Lithium ion and has 3 hours of battery life. It includes front camera with 1.3 mega pixel camera with 4 GB internal memory. ePad 10 is available at a price of $ 169.
Superpad III 3 Gen Tablet
The SuperPad III 3 Gen is a 10.2 inches tablet PC powered with 1 Ghz CPU with a maximum resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. The SuperPad III tablet is powered with Google Android 2.2 Froyo operating system. Its provided with 1Ghz Infotmic ARM11 processor with 512 MB of DDR DRAM.
The following are the important features of SuperPad III 3 Gen tablet –
- Android 2.2 OS
- 10.2 inches screen
- HDMI port, Mini USB port
- 512 MB of RAM, 4 GB internal SD card, 1 GHz CPU
- 32 GB external SD card support
- 2000 mAh battery with 3 hours of battery backup
- Expandable up to 32 GB using microSD/SDHC/TF card slot
This tablet includes 4 GB of internal memory and has wireless connectivity through Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n. SuperPad III 3 Gen tablet PC is priced at $ 144 and available for purchase at Amazon.
IRobot Apad Tablet
The IRobot Apad is a 10.1 inches tablet with TFT resistive touchscreen display with 1024 x 600 pixels display screen. The tablet is powered with 1 Ghz processor and includes 256 MB RAM with 2 GB of internal flash memory. It comes with pre-installed Android 2.1 operating system. This is among those few tablets which supporting various others languages like Arabic, Danish, Spanish, German, Greek, Italian, Korean, Russian and Chinese.
The following are the important features of IRobot Apad Tablet –
- Android 2.1 OS
- 256 MB of RAM
- USB 2.0 connectivity
- 2 GB of RAM
- 10.1 inches display screen
- WiFi tether, 256 MB of RAM
- USB 2.0, Wi-Fi
- Many languages supported
- Android Market
IRobot Apad Tablet is priced at $ 141 and its available for purchase at Amazon.
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hiya i live in france and i got my polaroid 8″ pearl tablet for 70 euros and it's fab just i wish i knew how to update the android version to 4.0 to 4.1 or more ….
You can definitely see your enthusiasm in the paintings you write. The world hopes for more passionate writers like you who are not afraid to mention how they believe. Always follow your heart.
Kocaso M1060 10.1″ Tablet PC Android 4.0 1.2 Ghz 1080P HD Wifi $150
woow …. yes there's many many tablet, but in my country here in Indonesia we can found tablet at about $50. So now we have many many alternatives to get ……
thanks for the review still thinking about the galaxy tho.
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10″ Touchscreen Internet Ematic Tablet PC Featuring Android 2.2 (Froyo) Operating System:
Technical Specifications:
1GHz processor with 3D graphics
1GB DDR2 of system memory and 16GB on-board storage memory
10″ touchscreen, 800 x 480 resolution, virtual keyboard
Built-in 802.11b/g Wi-Fi
Additional Features:
Mini-USB 2.0 port, HDMI port
2GB on-board storage memory, additional memory via SD card slot
Supports up to 1080p HD videos
Includes a built-in 3-axis gyroscope
Weighs 1.57 lbs; 10.63″ x 6.69″ x 0.43″ dimensions
Software and Applications:
Android 2.2 OS (Froyo)
Gmail, Google Maps, Google Talk, Google eBooks, YouTube, Google Movie Maker, Games
Adobe Flash Player, Quickoffice viewer, Android browser and Android market (for applications)
Android Music Player
Media Formats: PDF (non-DRM protected), e-PUB, MP3, WMA, AVI, WMV, JPEG and more
What's in the Box:
Tablet and AC adapter
Included Memory: 4GB (2GB internal and 2GB SD card)


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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Homework and Tests - Oh My!
Monday, September 27, 2010
A Special Visitor!!
[Sweet Janie]
[Philip and his baby girl]
She has the biggest blue eyes and sweetest disposition - there's always a smile on her adorable little face. She likes to chat and babble at whoever will listen. She already knows how to say Dada -- in Chinese, no less -- as she calls Philip, Baba! Yes, we do believe she is a genius! She's 7 months old now and quite the little crawler. She babbles and blows bubbles -- we are blessed to have such a beautiful and sweet baby girl in our family!
[Catherine & Janie -- beautiful Mom and beautiful baby]
[Photos by Sara Rogers Photography]
Monday, September 20, 2010
Shorts to Snuggies* and Back
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
This and That -- Update
I have lots of little posts swimming around in my head,
- A Move Will Do You Good! Connor has moved into an apt now. While we loved having him at home, I knew that he wanted to be out on his own. We are barrels of laughs, but after living away from home, it's hard to move back to the family house again. He found a great apt and is really enjoying being in our downtown/Haymarket area. Maddy asked him when she and I could have a sleepover at his apt?!!! He laughed -- somehow, I don't think that will happen any time soon!
- Change of Name! Mr. Tennis has now become Mr. Candidate!! Woohoo -- yes! He is running for Lancaster County Attorney. If you live in Lancaster County, please remember to vote on Nov. 2nd and vote for the Rickster. I can vouch for his honesty, hard work ethic, legal knowledge and his all-around "good guyness" not to mention, he is very handsome! Yard sign anyone??
- School Report! Third grade is harder than second grade! Oh yes, we are finding that out very fast! Homework is every single night -- well, except Friday, that is. I pick her up from school on Mon/Wed/Fri and had thought she probably didn't want me to wait at the door for her since she's in 3rd grade and all. But, she told me she'd really like me to meet her there so we can walk together to the car! So sweet AND she still holds my hand! It's the little things that make this Mom's heart jump for joy!
- Muffy News! Miss Muffy, our little Scottie girl, is doing great. She LOVES being the boss at puppy daycare. I'm not sure how the other puppies feel about that, but she's the boss, so they better just get used to it. Gotta love terriers and their feisty personalities. She sleeps in her little kennel at night (yay) and enjoys chomping on rawhide chews when she's not hiding them in the yard.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Happy Birthday Cboo!
Happy Birthday to my sweet son Connor. He turns 23 today!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
A Winner
I can see how Vegas can lure a person in with the jingle jangle of the machines and excitement of the win! Actually, I've never been to Vegas so guess I am fibbing about that. I'm not really sure about the lure of Vegas, though I did think "The H*ngover was kind of funny . . . naughty too though!! Warning - do not watch that movie with young children close by!
Anyway, back to moi and my great win! Recently, I found Jess and Mr. Manhattan at Reclaimed Marketplace. They are the cutest young couple and have a wonderful website and blog! Their mission statement: " reclaimed products range from old to new, but they all carry a timeline; a heritage of stories." I love that -- especially since I do love old things!
I was the lucky winner of their first-ever giveaway -- lovely, lovely, lovely letterpress note cards from Hazel and Violet Ink! I picked the lemon -- the color is even more beautiful in real life. Truly, it's almost too pretty to use! I know, I know, that defeats the purpose, but would it be ok if I write myself a note so I can keep at least one? (Yes, I may have a bit of a hoarding issue!)
Thanks again Jess and Mr. M and Hazel and Violet!

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Cooking School: The French Laundry
Thomas Keller's landmark restaurant celebrates 20 years of culinary excellence
The French Laundry's philosophy of classic recipes translated for modern days echoes Traditional Home's credo, "Timeless design for modern living," so we are proud to share a milestone year with the renowned restaurant.
However, Chef Thomas Keller wants to make one thing perfectly clear: The 20th anniversary celebration of his Napa Valley establishment is not about him. It's about everyone who has walked through its famous blue front door or the copper-clad one at the rear of the restaurant that leads to the kitchen.
"It's important to remember all the individuals we have impacted," Keller says. "Every guest is memorable. There's our staff all around the country, and all the farmers and fishermen and foragers and gardeners who have been able to work at their goals because they have restaurants like The French Laundry to support them."
The U.S. Department of the Interior awarded The French Laundry building historical preservation status.
Photography: Deborah Jones
Anniversary Menu
To celebrate the anniversary, the Michelin-starred restaurant marked the occasion in July with a week-long series of events, kicked off with a dinner menu from 1994. Salutes throughout the week included an anniversary dinner for the original investors and an "alumni" picnic for 500 guests, including past and present employees. A Thomas Keller-style block party held on the street outside the restaurant hosted 540 friends, family, and neighbors, where treats ranged from truffled macaroni and cheese to caviar served in tiny jam jars.
Chef Thomas Keller
The man who is one of the most famous and influential chefs on the planet is genteel, charming, and articulate, as well as a mentor and a traditionalist. "We want to reach for new standards, we always want to be evolving and search for the next level of quality," he says.
When Keller took over The French Laundry kitchen 20 years ago, he set a benchmark for cuisine and service for contemporary dining. His dinners of impeccable, bite-size tastings and an informed, gracious staff helped establish the restaurant's reputation, and a generation of chefs followed suit.
To prepare the restaurant for the future, The French Laundry will soon be launching a renovation. New kitchen space, the wine cellar, and offices will be built or expanded to allow the restaurant to maintain its standards of excellence.
"We want to build memories for our staff as well as our guests," Keller asserts. "If we are happy doing our work, then a by-product will be that our guests are happy."
Keller will also spearhead the training of the U.S. team for the 2015 Bocuse d'Or, the biennial international competition likened to a culinary Olympics. Nationally renowned chefs along with chefs from The French Laundry will participate in the training.
"My generation is the first generation of the American chef," Keller says. "You look at the next two generations and see the quality of work they are doing, and it's extraordinary. You have to mentor those who are working for you to become better than you are."
Recipe for Success
For home cooks, Keller advises: "Take simple tasks and do them over and over. You don't have to learn 20 different things—learn five or six and do them really well. Augment them with new things every once in a while so you continue to challenge yourself.
"When you buy a cookbook, do the simplest recipe first. You want to be successful, because success gives you confidence—and confidence allows you to move forward. We are connected to our food emotionally. At home, if that's a beautiful roast chicken and that makes you feel good, then that's what you should be doing."
While 20 years is a milestone, Keller believes the legacies his team has created are greater than time marked on a calendar. "We deal with memories every night," he says. "That's how we define success."
Precise Kitchen
Order and precision reign in the kitchen.
Dining Room
A view of the upstairs dining room.
Iconic Setting
The French Laundry's iconic clothespin adorns napkins and the anniversary menu.
Anniversary Gift
A gift of sterling-silver cufflinks commemorated the restaurant's 20th anniversary.
Dinner Prep
Carrots from the restaurant's garden are prepped for dinner.
Chef at Work
Chef Thomas Keller prepares his Purée of Sweet Carrot Soup in the rondeau from his signature line of All-Clad cookware. Classic recipes redefined for contemporary cooking continue to be the hallmark of The French Laundry.
Puree of Sweet Carrot Soup
- 1-1/2 tablespoons butter
- 1 large shallot, thinly sliced (about 1/3 cup)
- 3/4 pound sweet carrots, peeled and sliced into 1/2-inch pieces (2 cups)
- 1-1/2 quarts fresh carrot juice*
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 2-1/2 teaspoons honey
- Kosher salt
- Olive oil
Heat an 8-quart rondeau or a regular 8-quart stock pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the butter to melt, and then add the shallot and the sliced carrots. Cook until tender (about 15 minutes), stirring frequently. Add about a quarter of the carrot juice (1-1/2 cups) to the rondeau and gently reduce, stirring occasionally until the juice is almost syrupy (about 20 minutes), stirring occasionally. Add the cream and cook down by half (about 5 minutes), then add the remaining carrot juice and honey. Use an All-Clad immersion blender to blend the soup inside the rondeau or, alternatively, you can transfer the glazed carrots to a standing blender. Blend the soup until it is very smooth, then taste and add salt if desired. Strain the soup through a fine mesh sieve. This soup is equally delicious served cold or hot. Garnish with a few drops of olive oil. Makes 4 servings.
Tip: *
If you own a juicer, and want to invest the time, you'll need about 4-1/2 pounds of carrots to yield 1-1/2 quarts of juice. Otherwise, use a carrot juice that has been juiced as freshly as possible (use 100% carrot juice). The best source for this is a grocery store such as Whole Foods, health foods store, or juice bar. Odwalla brand carrot juice is also a good substitute.
The French Laundry Cookbook, published in 1999, gives readers a glimpse into the kitchen at the renowned restaurant. The book's recipes range from simple-to-accomplish in one kitchen session to others that are comprised of many separate components. None, however, are difficult to do and the book is full of useful tips to elevate everyday cooking as well as special occasion meals. Find the book here.
Book cover excerpted from The French Laundry Cookbook by Thomas Keller (Artisan Books) copyright © 1999. Photograph by Deborah Jones. Cookbook recipes on the following slides.
Île Flottante
Keller's classic Île Flottante. Photo and recipe excerpted from The French Laundry Cookbook by Thomas Kller (Artisan Books) copyright © 1999. Photograph by Deborah Jones.
- Nonstick cooking spray
- 5 large egg whites*
- 1 cup sugar
Chocolate Mousse:
- 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup meringue (reserved from above)
- Block of bittersweet chocolate for chocolate shaving
- Creme Anglaise (recipe follows)
- Chocolate Tuiles (recipe follows)
- Mint Oil (recipe follows), in a squeeze bottle
- Fleur de sel
For the Meringues, preheat the oven to 250°F. Spray six 4-ounce soufflé molds or foil cups (about 3 inches wide) with nonstick spray.
Combine the egg whites and sugar in a metal mixer bowl. Set the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water and whisk gently until the whites are warm and the sugar is completely dissolved. Remove the bowl from the heat and place it on the mixer stand. Use the whisk attachment to beat the whites until soft peaks form.
Reserve 1/2 cup of the meringues for the mousse. Fill a pastry bag fitted with a large plain tip with the remaining meringue. Pipe the meringue into the centers of the 6 molds, allowing the filling to move outward from the center as you pipe to fill them. Smooth the tops of the meringues and place the molds in a deep baking pan. Pour in enough hot water to come halfway up the sides of the cups. If you are using foil cups and they float in the water, place a baking sheet or a pan over them to hold them down.
Cover the baking dish with foil and bake for 20 minutes, or until the meringues are set but still moist. Remove the molds from the baking dish and refrigerate for 1 hour, or until firm.
For the Chocolate Mousse, place the chocolate in a medium bowl. Bring 1/2 cup of the cream to a simmer and pour over the chocolate. Let sit for a minute, then stir until the chocolate has melted and the mixture is smooth. Let cool to room temperature.
Beat the remaining 1/4 cup cream to soft peaks. Fold the reserved meringue, and then the whipped cream, into the chocolate mixture.
To Fill the Meringues, leave the baked meringues in the cups, gently scoop out the center of each to make a rounded cavity, leaving a 1/2- to 3/4-inch wall of meringue. (A one-ounce ice-cream scoop works well for this.) Using a spoon or pastry bag, fill the cavities with the mousse; you will have some extra mousse. Return the meringues to the refrigerator to chill for at least 1 hour to set, or for up to a day.
For the Chocolate "Salad," you will need about a tablespoon of shavings for each dessert. If you have a large block of chocolate, pull the blade of a large chef's knife over the top of the block of chocolate toward you at a 45-degree angle to create shavings of chocolate. Adjust the angle of the blade as necessary. If you have a smaller piece, use a vegetable peeler to peel off the shavings. If the shavings are too brittle and the pieces are too small, let the chocolate warm up very slightly in a warm spot. Keep the shavings in a cool place.
To complete, invert the meringues onto a paper towel and unmold them. (The towel will absorb any excess liquid.) Dip a 2 1/4-inch cutter in hot water, center it over a meringue, and cut down from the top to even the sides. Repeat with the remaining meringues.
Spoon some Crème Anglaise onto each plate. Place a meringue in the center of the sauce and lay a Chocolate Tuile over the top. Squeeze dots of the Mint Oil over the custard. Stack some chocolate shavings on each tuile, drizzle the chocolate "salad" with Mint Oil, and sprinkle with fleur de sel. Makes 6 servings.
*Save the yolks from the eggs for Crème Anglaise.
Note: The reserved meringue mixture used in the chocolate mousse does not cook long enough to reach a safe temperature. Our test kitchen suggests using pasteurized eggs or pasteurized liquid egg whites for the meringue.
Crème Anglaise
- 1/2 vanilla bean
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 5 large egg yolks*
- 1/3 cup sugar
Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean into a saucepan, add the pod, milk, and cream, and bring to a simmer. Turn off the heat and let cool to room temperature to infuse the flavors. Remove and discard the vanilla pod.
Add half the sugar to the milk mixture and bring to a simmer, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
Meanwhile, whisk the egg yolks and the remaining sugar in a bowl to blend. Gradually whisk in one third of the hot milk mixture to temper the yolks and then return the mixture to the saucepan. Stir the custard with a wooden spoon over low heat until it thickens and coats the back of a wooden spoon. Immediately pour into a bowl set in ice-water bath and stir it occasionally until cool. Strain the sauce and refrigerate until ready to serve; it can be made a few days ahead. Makes 1-2/3 cups
Tip: Use the whites of the eggs for the Slow-Baked Meringues.
Chocolate Tuiles
- 2 tablespoons (1 ounce) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 5 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 large egg white
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. In a bowl, cream the butter and powdered sugar. Sift the flour and cocoa together. Beat half the cocoa mixture into the butter mixture, add the egg white, and then add the remaining cocoa mixture.
3. Cut a hollow round stencil with a 2 1/4-inch diameter. The top of a plastic container works well for this.
4. Place a Silpat® on the counter. Place the stencil in one corner of the Silpat® and holding it flat against the Silpat®, scoop some of the batter onto the back of an offset spatula and spread it in an even layer over the stencil. Run the spatula over the top to remove any excess batter. Repeat to fill the Silpat®. You will need only 6 tuiles for the recipe; extra batter can be frozen.
5. Place the filled Silpat® on a baking sheet and bake for 5 to 8 minutes, or until the tuiles are set. Let the tuiles cool to room temperature, then remove from the Silpat® using a small narrow spatula.
Store the cookies in an airtight container until ready to assemble the dessert. Makes 2 dozen.
Mint Oil
- 1 bunch fresh mint
- 1/3 cup canola oil
1. Remove leaves from mint. In a large pot of boiling water, blanch leaves for a second or two just until they turn a slightly darker shade of green. Drain and immediately plunge in a bowl of ice water. When cooled, drain and blot dry on paper towels.
2. In a small food processor or blender, combine mint leaves and canola oil. Cover and process or blend until finely chopped. Transfer to a small bowl. Cover and chill overnight to infuse color and flavor.
3. Strain oil through a fine sieve to remove mint leaves.
Yield: 1/4 cup
Black Sea Bass with Sweet Parsnips, Arrowleaf Spinach, and Saffron-Vanilla Sauce
Excerpted from The French Laundry Cookbook by Thomas Keller (Artisan Books). Copyright © 1999. Photographs by Deborah Jones.
Mussel Stock:
- 18 mussels, scrubbed and debearded
- 2 large cloves garlic, peeled
- 1 large shallot, peeled
- 4 sprigs thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cup crisp, dry white wine, preferable Sauvignon Blanc
- 3 (2-inch) strips orange zest (removed with a vegetable peeler)
- 3/4 teaspoon olive oil
- 6 ounces spinach, washed and tough stems removed
- Kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons unsalted butter
Parsnip Puree:
- 2 parsnips (about 5 ounces), peeled
- 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon heavy cream
- 1/2 cup water
- Pinch of kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon unsalted butter
- Saffron-Vanilla Sauce:
- 1/2 vanilla bean, split
- 1 cup mussel stock (reserved from above)
- 1/4 teaspoon saffron threads
- 1-1/2 teaspoons heavy cream
- 10 tablespoons (5 ounces) unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces
- Canola oil
- 6 (2 by 3-inch) black sea bass fillets (about 6 ounces each),
- skin on or halibut fillets
- Kosher salt and freshly ground white pepper
For the Mussel Stock, place the mussels in a pot with the garlic, shallot, thyme, bay leaves, and wine. Cover the pot and bring to a boil; remove each mussel as soon as it opens. Reserve the mussels for another use. Strain the mussel stock though a chinois.*
For the Spinach, place the strips of orange zest in a large skillet with the olive oil. Heat the oil until it is hot and the zest begins to ripple from the heat. Add the spinach and sprinkle with salt (seasoning the spinach before it wilts ensures even seasoning). Cook the spinach until it wilts, then continue to cook for another 2 to 3 minutes to evaporate the moisture. Remove the spinach from the pan and separate it into 6 parts. Take each pile of spinach, place it in a clean tea towel, and twist the towel around the spinach to squeeze out any remaining liquid and form a compact ball. Remove from the towel. Refrigerate the spinach balls until ready to complete the dish.
For the Parsnip Puree, slice the parsnips lengthwise in half. Beginning at the narrow end, cut 1/2-inch pieces. When the parsnip half widens, about one third of the way up, split it lengthwise again and continue to cut. (You want to keep the pieces about the same size.)
Place the cut parsnips in a saucepan with 1 cup of the heavy cream, the water, and salt. Bring to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer gently for 25 to 30 minutes, or until the parsnips are completely soft. Strain the parsnips, reserving the cream, and scrape the parsnips through a tamis* with a plastic scraper. Put the puree in a bowl and stir in enough of the strained cream to give them the texture of mashed potatoes. Transfer to a small saucepan and keep in a warm place.
Preheat oven to 350°F.
For the Saffron-Vanilla Sauce, scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean into a small saucepan and add the vanilla pod, mussel stock, and saffron threads. Bring the stock to a simmer, then simmer until reduced to a glaze (1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons). Add the cream and simmer for a few more seconds. Over medium heat, whisk in the butter bit by bit. It is critical to maintain the sauce at the correct temperature, as it can break if it becomes too hot or cold.
Strain the sauce and mix for several seconds with an immersion blender to emulsify (if you don't have an immersion blender, you can use a regular one, but rinse out the blender container with hot water before adding the sauce so it stays warm). Keep the sauce in a warm place.
To complete, melt the 2 teaspoons butter in a small ovenproof skillet and roll the spinach balls around in it. Place the skillet in the oven to warm while you cook the fish.
Heat 1/8-inch of oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
Season the fish with salt and white pepper. When the oil is hot, add the fish fillets, skin side down. Press a lid or another pan down on the fish to flatten the fillets and keep the skin in direct contact with the skillet. Cook this way for a minute, or until the fish is "set." Remove the lid and continue to cook for another 2 to 3 minutes, or until the fillets are almost cooked. Turn the fillets and "kiss" (briefly cook) the flesh side of the fish. Remove the fillets from the pan.
While the fish cooks, reheat the parsnips over low heat and stir in remaining 1 tablespoon cream and the butter.
Place a pool of sauce on each serving plate. Spoon some parsnip puree into the center and top the puree with a spinach ball. Set the fish fillets, skin side up, on the spinach and serve. Makes 6 servings.
All Clad
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I am so tired but I can't sleep! I bet it is because my super snuggly cat Misty isn't here. I guess she is roaming outside in the cold weather! Summer please hurry up and get here. I don't like you or your ugly clothes. I have my first test next week. Tuesday. World Literature. It sucks. I feel like this is the most useless class I have had to take thus far. Blahhh. At least my friend Kristen is in the same class! I need to start studying now, we both have no clue what is going on. I also have a History paper due on Tuesday too. On a book that I have not read yet. Or even purchased! I don't even have the book yet! Ahh! Procrastination always gets the best of ya. :)
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The Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation Teacher Resource Guides for grades 5, 10 and 11/12 were developed by the First Nations Education Steering Committee and the First Nations Schools Association. They are our response to the call by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada for education bodies to develop age-appropriate educational materials about Indian Residential Schools.
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Michael Yaron lives in Israel with his family and serves the Lord as rabbi of Kehila Tehilat Yah in Rishon LeZion. He is our dear friend and frequent participant of our Prayer retreats. His messages from God, life testimonies and sermons are always a great blessings for all. Michael's congregation has a ministry of raising healthy families in God. So, we asked Michael to share about family values
Q: Pastor Michael, could you please share what family means to you?
I got married at quite a mature age (46!), so I was single for almost half of my life. Prior to that time, I thought of myself as very spiritual man. Even so, I still remember my elder telling me, "Wait until you are married and then you will see how unspiritual you are." Finally, I met my wife who was beautiful, smart and all that one can wish for. It was significant for me that my wife was not Jewish. We are like Boaz and Ruth. Yeshua broke the wall of separation between Jews and Gentiles and together we are witnesses of that miracle.
Our first year of marriage felt like a long honeymoon. It was a time of feelings and emotions when we saw each other as perfect and everything was very nice. But, I suppose like many others, one day I suddenly realized that I was living with a person who was completely different than me. It's at a point like this where one can see how unspiritual they really are because they are in a position where they realize they must give up many things, starting with their pride. In this position, as we contemplate how different we are and things often take a downward turn, we understand all too clearly that it could precipitate crisis. As men, we may start by trying to change our wives, but later we understand that we cannot change our other half. Instead, we need to be committed to pray for them, love and accept them the way they are and ask for the same in return.
A family of believers starts with three persons: Yeshua must be in the middle between the husband and wife. As it is written, "A cord of three strands is not quickly broken" (Ecclesiastes 4:12). We are three. We are living with Yeshua. Once you can embrace this key principle you will learn how to really love your wife; not with romantic and emotional love, but real love from the Spirit. For us, the longer we walk in this revelation, the deeper our love is.
Q: Did your wife also want to change you?
My wife also wanted to change me. There were some things that were difficult for her and some things that were difficult for me. But we realized that only God could change both of us. So, we had to pray; first, to accept our differences and then for God to make the necessary changes in us. After this, I was very happy and said, "Wow! Now I'm a spiritual man. Everything is awesome! Hallelujah! I love my wife!" But, my elder told me, "Just wait until you have children and then you will see how unspiritual you are." When children are born, you wake up in the middle night, you need to have patience, you sometimes cannot pray when you want to because of the noise... Then, you realize there is an opportunity to grow. After all, my family is the most precious thing for me after God. I think that family is the shadow of the Church in the relationship between Yeshua and the Church. My family teaches me a lot about spirituality. When I got married, my pastor told me, "Your wife is your first congregation. If you know how to treat your wife, you will know how to pastor other people." Reading the Epistles of Titus and Timothy we see that family is very important to God. The Word says that in order to become an elder, you have to be a person who knows how to take care of your wife and your family. The wife is a mirror of her husband. If the wife is sad, it means that something is wrong in the house.
Q: Can you talk about roles in the family?
I see it this way – the husband is given the position of authority, but the husband and wife are equal. My wife has many gifts that I don't have. She gives me advice. Mariam is my helper and I know that I cannot succeed without her. I mentioned earlier that the relationship between a husband and wife is like the relationship between Yeshua and the Church. It is written that the husband is the head of the family, but we have to read the Scripture in context. First, the Bible says that a husband is in the position of authority and second, he has to love his wife. Everything comes from love. The fact that the husband is given the role of authority doesn't mean that he is more worthy than his wife. A husband and wife are equal in front of God and neither is better than other. I see my role in setting an example of authority, especially for my children. They need to know their father and of course they need to know their mother, too. But their father is a picture of God (an example of authority) for them. I do not control them or order them to do things. We will talk, discussing everything and make decisions together. If our ideas are not aligned, I pray to God to help me make the right decision. So, it comes from love. It does not come from control.
70-80% of the people in our congregation are from Ukraine and Russia. We have seen many broken families. There are many couples who got married when they were still young, only 17-18 years old. Some did not marry for love and eventually they got divorced. Generally speaking, Russian husbands in Israel are quite passive and it is the women who are very strong in their faith. I do not believe that this is the correct order. A woman can have many gifts, but a man should lead and the woman should follow. God wants men to be the head. This continues to be a problem in our congregation.
Q: What advice do you have for single people?
My pastor told me, "When you wait, you will get the best." This means we should wait until that person comes into our life. God respects it so much more when you are willing wait longer than normal. If you are not patient and you marry the first person you meet, it could turn out to be a mistake and there will be nothing you can do to change it. But, if you say to God, "I want to wait a little longer because I want to be sure that this is Your will and that this person is right for me", it is better. Waiting is difficult, but God will give you the grace you need until the right person comes into your life.
Q: How did you know that your wife was the right person for you?
How did you understand that Yeshua had come into your life? One day you felt peace in your heart and you just knew it. It is the same thing.
Do not rely on how others came to know this because we all have our own unique experience. When you see him/her, you will know that he/she is the one.
I had a particular type of person in my mind and my wife turned to be exactly that person. And of course there were many other signs.
Sometimes you see the person and one of you is not ready yet. God is preparing both of you for the right time. The first time I saw my wife she was not ready. When I first spoke with her, she was heading in another direction. So, I told God, "If it is not from you, so be it. Whenever it will come, it will come." Within two years she received her confirmation from the Lord.
If you feel that is from God for you but they do not feel the same, do not push him/her. Do not say, "I know we have to marry, because I heard from God." Let him/her hear it by himself/herself. It's only when both people are really sure that it is from God that they can start to develop a relationship. When only one person has these feelings, the other one can feel pressured and nothing will develop.
Before I was married, women used to come to me all the time and say, "I feel you are for me from God." And sometimes two ladies at the same time "heard" from God that I would be their husband. It was crazy! I said, "God, if this is my future wife, then I want a sign when I fall in love, not when they fall in love." In the case of my wife, I was the one who fell in love first. She said she did not feel it and I said, "Ok. Take your time. If it is not from God it will not happen." I did not set any deadlines of one month or two weeks, for example. When she heard me say this, she relaxed and then she could hear from God. My advice is not to press others.
I was an orphan and I knew God would give me a wife. His word to me was, "You were alone. I will give you a big family." I knew early on that it would happen in the timing when I was ready and she was ready. She is 15 years younger than I am, but I look young for my age so we appear to be almost the same age. God is faithful and keeps His promises.


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We've been beta testing Lightroom for the past few months and have been impressed with RAW workflow. Traditionally RAW pictures required initial corrections to exposure and color and then a final edit with Photoshop or similar editing program. Lightroom does integrate all that into a single package, but some photographers will probably still need Photoshop for major edits.
Adobe claims that over 500,000 people took advantage of the free open beta test of Lightroom. The beta will expire on February 28th. Adobe is offering Lightroom 1.0 for an introductory price of $199 which will rise to $299 after April 30th. Lightroom 1.0 works on both Mac and Windows computers.


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DAAD-Lektorin Christiane Günther joined the Department in 2011, having previously worked as a Lektorin, teacher and intercultural trainer at the University of Potsdam and language institutes in Berlin, Argentina and at the University of Mississippi, USA. Besides her M.A. in German, second language acquisition and TESOL, she also holds a CELTA certificate and is a trained mediator.
At Swansea University, Christiane teaches German language and interpreting courses and received the Excellence in Learning and Teaching Award in 2014.
Additionally, she initiated the extra-curricular activities Sprachcafé (German language sessions with German Erasmus students and students interested in German at Swansea), Kinoabend (German film night) and the German language afternoon "Prynhawn Almaeneg" for the community and is the staff coordinator for the German Society. In 2013 and 2016, she received funding to take 14 students to Berlin on a week-long study trip.
Furthermore, she developed a successful intercultural workshop for students going on their year abroad and offers staff training in that field.
What is the DAAD?
The DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) currently provides financial support to more than 55,000 individuals every year by offering funding to students, researchers, and academics worldwide. The DAAD also actively promotes Germany as an international study and research destination, and, last but not least, plays a major role in promoting the German language at higher education level worldwide.
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Big pharmaceutical companies could face increased competition from generic drugmakers under two proposals put forth by the Obama administration on Monday despite earlier savings extracted from drugmakers as part of last year's healthcare law.
President Barack Obama, as part of his 2012 budget proposal, called for cutting the number of years drugmakers could exclusively market brand-name biologic drugs to 7 years from 12.
He also set his sights on ending controversial "pay-for-delay" deals that affect traditional, chemical drugs by giving the U.S. Federal Trade Commission power to block them. Under such pacts, brand-name and generic drugmakers settle patent challenges with payoffs that delay lower-cost rivals from reaching the market.
The proposals face a tough challenge of getting through the divided Congress, but could alter the landscape for consumers' access to cheaper medicines.
They quickly drew industry protests.
While branded and generic drugmakers are divided over the biologics issue, "both the brand and generic drug industries will fight tooth and nail to preserve pay-to-delay settlements which provide substantial benefit to the industry," Bernstein analyst Aaron "Ronny" Gal said in a research note.
Still, they are unlikely to deliver a huge overall blow to the $890 billion global drug industry in which companies such as Pfizer Inc - and Merck & Co Inc - can see at least $1 billion a year in revenue from just one blockbuster medicine.
The Obama administration is turning to drugmakers to help squeeze out some savings to help reduce the deficit and cover other health initiatives such as the implementation of the health law passed last March that included about $80 billion in savings negotiated with brand name companies.
U.S. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was unapologetic about the extra savings from industry, and saying the administration wants the best outcomes for patients. "This is a move in that direction," she told reporters.
The two proposals aimed at getting cheaper, generic medicines to the U.S. market would together save about $11 billion over 10 years.
The proposal impacting brand-name biologics is a more dramatic version of a similar provision included in the health law in which brand-name drugmakers won 12 years of exclusive sales under a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval process to allow generic versions of biologics.
Such medicines treat conditions ranging from cancer to arthritis and are made from proteins, which can make them more complex to manufacture and more costly.
Generic drugmakers had fought for a shorter period of exclusivity, and on Monday the administration said 12-years of protection harms consumer access to much needed drugs.
Its seven-year proposal "strikes a balance between promoting affordable access to medication while at the same time encouraging innovation to develop needed therapies," the White House said in budget documents.
The measure would start to see savings of $80 million starting in 2015 and altogether could save $2.3 billion from 2012 to 2021, it estimated.
The "pay-for-delay" plan would save $540 million starting in fiscal 2012 and nearly $8.8 billion through 2021, it added.
In a statement, branded industry group the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America said both measures would discourage industry investment into research and development and could stifle new medicines.
The Biotechnology Industry Organization said reducing exclusivity to 7 years would prevent biotech firms from recouping their investments. Meanwhile, the Generic Pharmaceutical Association applauded the 7-year biogeneric plan but called Obama's move on "pay for delay" misguided.
Obama's budget also renewed the call for generic drugmakers to pay fees for the FDA to review new generic medicines.
Other proposed fees would cover FDA reinspections of drug and device companies after manufacturing problems are uncovered. Hospitals and others participating in an outpatient drug pricing program known as 340B are also targeted.
Additionally, the administration calls for food safety industry fees starting in 2013 and pledged to work with Congress to enact them.
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Caroline Kennedy announced early Thursday that she was withdrawing from consideration for the vacant Senate seat in New York, startling the state's political world after weeks in which she was considered a top contender for the post.
Ms. Kennedy on Wednesday called Gov. David A. Paterson, who will choose a successor to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, to inform him that she was no longer interested.
"I informed Governor Paterson today that for personal reasons I am withdrawing my name from consideration for the United States Senate," Ms. Kennedy said in a statement released by her public relations firm.
Ms. Kennedy did not elaborate, but a person who spoke to her suggested that her concerns about the health of her uncle, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who suffers from brain cancer and was hospitalized after a seizure on Tuesday, contributed to her decision.
Ms. Kennedy believed that the job was hers if she would accept it, the person said, but aides to Mr. Paterson would not comment on whether that was true.
Her decision appeared to catch the governor off guard, throwing the Paterson administration into confusion and setting off conflicting news media reports. After frantic talks between the governor's operation and Ms. Kennedy's camp Wednesday evening, Ms. Kennedy appeared to waver on whether to withdraw, and was preparing a statement reasserting her interest in the job. But just after midnight, she decided to make clear she was taking her name out of consideration and released the statement saying so.
Ms. Kennedy declined to be interviewed.
The Paterson administration scrambled to respond to the news, providing contradictory answers to reporters' questions. Just before 7 p.m. Wednesday, Errol Cockfield, Mr. Paterson's press secretary, said the governor had dismissed reports that Ms. Kennedy was withdrawing as "just the rumor of the day."
More than an hour later, Mr. Cockfield asked that that statement not be published, and suggested that more information would be provided by the governor's office. But neither he nor the governor's communications director, Risa B. Heller, would respond to further questions about Ms. Kennedy.
Ms. Kennedy's move comes nearly two months after Mrs. Clinton was nominated to be secretary of state.
In the weeks that followed, Ms. Kennedy, along with several members of Congress and leading political officials, began lobbying the governor for the coveted Senate seat. She attracted relentless attention and was viewed by many as the most likely choice for Mr. Paterson, given her national stature and ties to the incoming Obama administration.
"I'm surprised, I'm very surprised," said Assemblyman Keith L. T. Wright, a friend of the governor's who met with Ms. Kennedy in his Harlem office. He added: "I had just met with her last week and she told me she was in and ready, willing and able."
Ms. Kennedy had gained the support of some powerful backers in the state, including several labor officials and a top aide to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Kevin Sheekey.
But her pursuit of the seat also set off resistance, with some local Democratic officials suggesting it smacked of entitlement, and polls showing voters preferring Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo for the position.
Ms. Kennedy, 51, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy and a resident of the Upper East Side of Manhattan, has never served in public office.
Ms. Kennedy also stumbled initially with the news media, refusing at first to answer questions about why she was running, but later giving a series of interviews in which she elaborated about her interest in the job and her eagerness to enter public life.
Governor Paterson had planned to announce his selection on Friday or Saturday, but it was not clear how Ms. Kennedy's move may affect the timing. The governor has been coy, and while he has praised Ms. Kennedy, he has also spoken approvingly of other candidates, including Mr. Cuomo and Representative Kirsten E. Gillibrand, who is beginning her second term in Congress from the Albany area.
Mrs. Clinton resigned from the Senate on Wednesday, immediately after being sworn in as secretary of state. The governor has said privately and publicly that he would like to select a woman to succeed her, noting that if he were to choose a man, the number of female senators would drop to just 16.
Some have speculated that with the state facing a $15 billion budget deficit, it would be risky for Mr. Paterson to bypass Ms. Kennedy, given her connections to the Obama administration and top Senate Democrats like Majority Leader Harry Reid. Mr. Paterson appeared to like Ms. Kennedy and saw in her a potential star, but was frustrated and angry by what he saw as efforts by her supporters, especially within Mayor Bloomberg's administration, to create a sense of inevitability about her candidacy.
"She has pluses and minuses," Mr. Paterson said in a radio interview earlier this month, adding that Ms. Kennedy "has a tremendous relationship with the president and that's certainly a plus. She does not have much legislative experience, which is a minus."
There have been conflicting signals in recent days and weeks about whether Mr. Paterson had settled on Ms. Kennedy for the job. Mr. Paterson said earlier this week that he had chosen someone, but some advisers, as recently as Wednesday, remained convinced that he not yet made up his mind.
A friend of the governor's said on Wednesday afternoon that "I would be totally shocked" if Mr. Paterson did not pick Ms. Kennedy.
"If he doesn't go with her, how angry is the Democratic leadership going to be with him?" the friend said.
Ms. Kennedy's departure would reset the political calculus among the remaining contenders, about half a dozen of whom were likely to be serious prospects if Ms. Kennedy were out of the picture. Publicly and privately, Mr. Paterson has talked about the importance of selecting a woman to replace Mrs. Clinton, which could boost such candidates as Ms. Gillibrand, Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, and Randi Weingarten, the president of the United Federation of Teachers.
Mr. Cuomo remains a top contender for the job. He would be unlikely to face a primary challenge in 2010 and has already proved himself as a statewide office holder, and Mr. Paterson is said to be eager to pick someone who will add political and fund-raising heft to the statewide ticket in 2010.
But picking Mr. Cuomo would allow the State Legislature, in a vote sure to be dominated by the Democratic-controlled Assembly, to pick his replacement. In that event, a new attorney general would come from the legislative ranks, and would not necessarily be someone the governor favors.
Most of the other contenders for the seat declined to comment on the development Wednesday evening, though Ms. Maloney said of Ms. Kennedy: "It speaks well of her character that she would put her family first."
Ms. Maloney noted that she had just been appointed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi as chairwoman of the House and Senate Joint Economic Committee, and said that that buttressed her candidacy for the Senate seat.
"The economy is job No. 1, and my experience gives me the background, knowledge and opportunity to represent my state as no one else could when the stimulus package is crafted," she said.
A Democrat close to Mr. Cuomo said Ms. Kennedy's withdrawal opened an opportunity for Mr. Cuomo, who up to now has privately expressed mixed feelings about seeking the Senate seat. "I think Andrew has to act fast and act decisively if he really wants this," said the person, who asked not to be identified because of the uncertain nature of the matter. "He can't afford to equivocate."
Meanwhile, television news crews were staking out Ms. Gillibrand's home in Washington on Wednesday night. Ms. Gillibrand is scheduled to appear with Mr. Paterson at a joint news conference on the economy in Hyde Park, N.Y., on Monday, but aides said that event was scheduled long ago.


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For dressing, whisk mayonnaise, milk, mustard and garlic. Stir in lemon juice and Worschestershire (lemon juice will thicken the dressing).
Stir in Parmesan, season and chill until ready to use.
For fries, cut potatoes (peeled or unpeeled) into fries ½-inch (15 mm) in diameter and pat dry with paper towel. Heat oil in a deep pot to 350°F (180°C).
Add half the potatoes and cook until tender, about 5 minutes – the fries will not brown at this point. Remove fries with a slotted spoon onto a paper towel-lined tray and repeat with other half.
Fries at this point can be chilled until ready to cook and serve.
For second cooking, heat oil to 375°F (190°C). Add half the fries and cook until golden brown, about 5 minutes.
Remove from oil with a slotted spoon, let drain on paper towel for a moment, then toss in a bowl with a drizzle of Caesar dressing, salt and pepper.
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FreePress, a blog published in Europe, posted comments from a colleague of jailed journalist Ahmet Sik and brought some new details to light. Alican Uluda works with Sik at Cumhuriyet, a daily newspaper the Erdogan government considers an opposition publication.
He has continued to criticise the stance of the current government about the Kurdish issue and the Syrian crisis. I believe the real reason behind his detention is something else, although it is said that the reason is his criticism.
He was so close to reaching all the details required for the piece. My opinion is that his tweets aren't the reason for his detention. The real goal is to prevent him from publishing the piece he has been working on. If the piece was to be published, there would be an upheaval within the ruling party (AKP). Ahmet Şık, who was put in jail for an unpublished book in 2011, has now been arrested for a piece he has not yet written.
Sik is indeed one of Turkey's most famous investigative journalist. The 2011 incident Uluda mentions involves a book he wrote on the Gulen movement, The Imam's Army. Ironically, it was the Gulenists who orchestrated Sik's incarceration.


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Playoffs Round 2
So in the First round I went 4-0 in the Eastern Conference and was correct on the number of games in 2 cases (Bufallo and New Jersey), the in Western Conference I was a paltry 1-4 but I was game number correct in that one game. Now on to round 2.
(1) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) New York Rangers
The Islanders exposed something in Buffalo in the first series. Either they took them too lightly or they aren't showing the work effort needed to win. Buffalo needs to get better or the Rangers will pick them apart. The Rangers are playing smart, disciplined, determined hockey and they are confident right now. They could steal this series, if Buffalo doesn't step it up a notch. I don't think they will, Buffalo will coast a couple of games and the Rangers will give them a fight, but in the end Buffalo prevails and moves on.
Sabres in Seven
(2) New Jersey Devils vs. (4) Ottawa Senators
New Jersey (and Brodeur) took a couple of games off during the first series, but then Brodeur got his ass in gear and by association the rest of the team. The Senators are a deeper offensive team, but not as sound defensively. The Devils and managed to find a transition game and have Brodeur. This one comes down to goaltending.
Devils in Seven
(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) San Jose Sharks
It took Detroit 6 games to dispatch a very ordinary looking Calgary team. Sure they were more physical than Calgary but Calgary managed to muster like 3 shots a game on Hasek. San Jose nullified Nashville (who was my pick for Western Conference Champ) pretty effectively and didn't get a lot of scoring from the Thorton/Cheecho line. San Jose is methodical and relentless, they just keep coming.
Sharks in Six
(2) Anaheim Ducks vs. (3) Vancouver Canucks
I thought the Wild's suffocating defense could nullify the Ducks offense and they would win out being more used to winning low scoring games. If it weren't for a mercy game in their own building the Wild would have been swept. Anaheim is a juggernaut, I was on the bandwagon during the Giguire losing run in 2003.
Ducks in five
I think I've got it
I had a bit of an epiphany today, I was reading a post from John Forslund's blog where he talks about diving. Granted rules answers in hockey are never simple but here's the plan. Next season the league makes a deal about enforced crackdown of diving along with the continued Officiating Standard. When a ref sees a hook, trip, etc but also sees a dive or embellishment, rather than not calling either (bad), or only calling one (ok, but still bad), he calls both. Here's the difference, it's not a manpower penalty. 2 minutes each for each player, both sides skate 5-on-5. The effect his has is potentially removing the two players for longer than two minutes. Since teams are skating 5-on-5 the offending players can't leave the penalty box until a stoppage in play. This also has the effect of not altering the current play. It's still 5-on-5 rather than 4-on-4. 4-on-4 changes the game, there is more ice, coaches roll different lines, refs are less likely to call additional penalties since it would be 4-on-3 or 3-on-3 (which almost never happens). It gives refs more of an out to a tough judgment call. If either side is blatant with the hook or the dive, you could tack on another 2 minutes and give a powerplay. It's important to remove a diving player (and a hooking player) from the ice in punishment for the action, but not giving a 4-on-4 (which for some teams is a powerplay because of their skill) would go a long way to make it an easier infraction to enforce.
This guy's got balls…
This guy is brave. This is the same group of fans that jumped on moving cars as they entered the lot during last years finals. Link courtesy of The Acid Queen.
Some guys opinion on beer
Beer is one of those things that's subjective. I'm not talking about mass produced american beer (aka canoe beer), but US craft beers which honestly put European brews to shame (solely based on originality). Personally I love wheat beers and generally don't like IPAs. Does this mean they are bad, no, of course not. I just don't prefer their taste, but they are still fine beers. Of this list I've only had one, but I'm going to try to find more of them for comparison.
Playoff Matchups
(1) Buffalo vs. (8) New York Islanders
Dipietro or not, the islanders are two slow and don't score enough to knock off buffalo who has a big chip on their shoulder from last year.
Sabres in five
(2) New Jersey vs. (7) Tampa Bay
Bad powerplay (check), bad penalty kill (check), 1 real scoring line (check), shaky goaltending (check)
What is to like about Tampa Bay in the playoffs this year? Once Lecay and St. Louis get shut down who's left?
On top of it Broduer is playing awesome right now.
Devils in six
(3) Atlanta vs. (6) New York Rangers
Atlanta will be star-struck, their first ever playoff appearance, if the rangers try to play wide open they'll lose because Atlanta has better scoring, but the Rangers are hardened from last years drubbing by New Jersey and are looking to prove themselves. Atlanta is just happy to be there especially after backing their way into the third seed.
Rangers in six
(4) Ottawa vs. (5) Pittsburgh
Everyone says this series is the one to watch. Two high powered offences, I'm tempted to call this one a sweep,
but I don't know which way it'll go. So I'm taking the easy way out and taking it to 7 games. Pittsburgh is
untested and didn't expect to be in the playoffs. Fleury hasn't shown any big game prowess. On the other hand
Ottawa are the second best playoff chokers in the NHL (Sorry Dallas). Honestly this one could go either way, but I
wouldn't be surprised if one of them swept the others.
Senators in seven
(1) Detroit vs. (8) Calgary
Good moral character prevents me from ever predicting Detroit to win a playoff series. The most wonderful thing in
the world was them getting ousted in the first round last year. (till the canes won it all) The Flames are a better
home team than away and their style suites playoff hockey. Detroit doesn't have an North American captain and
their future rests on a 200 year old groin and a backup goalie who was better at fighting with Roy than stopping the
Flames in five
(2) Anaheim vs. (7) Minnesota
Everyone was all Ducks this and Ducks that at the beginning of the year, toughest division in hockey etc. I think
they've gone a little soft here at the end. Minnesota is built for the playoffs, sound defensive team that gives up
nothing. This one goes down to the wire and comes out with the upset.
Wild in seven
(3) Vancouver vs. (6) Dallas
This will not be a fun series to watch. The two lowest scoring teams in the playoffs, the two goalies with the most to
loss. Turco hasn't gotten out of the first round since Mike Tyson's Punch-Out, while Luongo while fantastic regular
season goalie has yet to prove a thing in the playoffs. I don't think the road team will win a game all series.
Canucks in seven
(4) Nashville vs. (5) San Jose
After Ottawa/Pittsburgh this is the next best opening round series. Nashville is a very well balanced team that can
hurt you in many ways. San Jose has the most lethal power-play in the league. Nashville has Forsberg, who has been huge in any playoff situation where he wasn't the captain/go-to-guy. Nashville stays out of the box and moves on.
Predators in five
Fortune favors the blind
My distaste for certain hockey officials is well documented, but this is a travesty. First they make him wear a helmet, taking away the second greatest hair in hockey (after Barry Melrose's mullet), but now they give extra work to McGoo over Fraiser? Blown call after blown call and this guy still has a job. Stephen Walkom must have lost his mind, did he not watch the oiler game where McGoo called a clean face off win a hand-pass? Now overall the officials this year have been a B+ or an A- in my mind. Not as good as last year but still very good… But McGoo… D-, make him a linesman, put him in the goal booth so he can watch the replay rather than try to tax himself by making a timely call, anything but having him decide a playoff series.
Good thing Eve gave us that apple
Not too long ago I bought my first Mac, a mini. I was in the market for a new computer. I didn't want to spend another $3k like I did last time. I've found the longer I work with computers the less I want to pay for them in my personal life. A shiny new pentium doesn't hold the same appeal as it used to. So I was looking for something in the sub $1000 range.


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There's a match being lit, but it's not being used to set someone's pants on fire. It's to light three birthday candles. PolitiFact Rhode Island is now three years old. We think it's a cause for celebration and, from what our readers have told us, they have reason to celebrate as well.
What's in a name?
We've examined two claims made recently by gubernatorial candidates Frank Caprio and Lincoln Chafee. Caprio attacked Chafee for his handling of a 1990s teachers' dispute in Warwick. We ruled Caprio's claim Half True. Chafee said changing Rhode Island's official name would require amending the U.S. Constitution. We couldn't rule definitively on that, but decided to share our research anyway.
Gemma says he's more 'linked' than Obama
Like most political candidates these days, Democrat Anthony Gemma is using new media outlets, from Facebook to Twitter, to get his message out and keep in touch with voters. In fact, Gemma says he is making his web expertise a key part of his strategy in running for Congress in Rhode Island"s 1st Congressional District. One of Gemma's claims in particular, about topping President Obama on LinkedIn, a networking site, caught our attention. So we took a closer look.


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Playwright Alberto S. Florentino, 1931-2018
NEW YORK—I heard last month, from the fictionist Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, that the writer Alberto Florentino had passed away in late September. The immediate cause of death was pneumonia, complicated by the fact that he had had Alzheimer's for some time. At the time of his death, Bert had been living with his wife, Eva, in Portland, Oregon, where they had moved from New York about a decade ago, to be closer to their daughter Lisa and her family.
I knew of Bert before I met him in New York. He had made a name for himself by winning a Palanca award for his play The World Is an Apple, when he was all of twenty-three years of age.
Significantly, Bert had also been the publisher of Peso Books, that aimed to make available, especially to students, inexpensive reprints of works by well-known Filipino authors. The first number in that no longer extant series was Poems 55, by Jose Garcia Villa. (I once had a copy and may still have it but have been unable to locate it in the tangled maze that my library has become.)
Ateneo de Manila University Press just launched last October a series of its own, the Ateneo Blue Books, similar to Bert's Peso Books.
This is from Karina Bolasco, the press director and editor-in-chief:
"In the United States, in the early twentieth century, the Halderman-Julius Publishing Company printed booklets that it called Little Blue Books. Intended for a working-class readership, they were affordable … and portable …. They were called Little Blue Books because their covers were (usually) in blue or grey and because they were meant to educate blue-collar workers. The coverage of the Little Blue Books ranged from the classics to politics and housekeeping. By the time it folded up in 1978, the Halderman-Julius Publishing Company had published about eighteen hundred titles … and had sold millions of them.
"About two decades before the last of the Little Blue Books were published, in the Philippines, the playwright Alberto S. Florentino wanted to bring Philippine literature, particularly literature written in English, to a wider audience. Much of it had remained uncollected in periodicals, but libraries could not be relied on to have their holdings intact—the Second World War had so devastated the country. What was being taught in schools, through the high school textbook series 'Philippine Prose and Poetry,' did not necessarily reflect the best work of Filipino authors, the selections having to conform with the reading level and emotional maturity of students.
"It was the poet Jose Garcia Villa who prompted Florentino to venture into publishing something like the Little Blue Books for Filipinos. Villa agreed to have Florentino reprint a selection of his poems if it was to be sold at no more than a peso a copy. In 1962, with the publication of Villa's Poems 55, the Peso Book was born. Made at a cost of thirty centavos a copy, each Peso Book measured only 4 x 7 inches, but the impact of the series on the shape of the Philippine literary canon was significant. Until the 1990s, writers of textbooks, anthologies, and scholarly articles in Philippine literature relied on the texts that the Peso Books made readily and cheaply available.
"In initiating its own line of booklets, the Ateneo de Manila University Press draws inspiration from these precedents. The Ateneo Blue Books are a compact library of Filipino literature written in English; they are intended for young Filipino readers, whose acquaintance with Philippine literature, given the force of a Westernized globalization, is passing. Each book consists of one work or a selection of works by an important Filipino author and, in the spirit of the chapbook of the Early Modern Period and the penny dreadful of the nineteenth century (both remote predecessors of the Little Blue Books), comes accompanied by illustrations by notable Filipino artists. Taken together, the Ateneo Blue Books are a sampler of an author's oeuvre or of a literary type and as an act of recovery and rediscovery.
"It is dedicated to Alberto S. Florentino."
In an e-mail, the poet and novelist Alfred "Krip" Yuson had this to say about Bert:
"I remember Bert most fondly for the years, from the late '60s up, when I dropped out of UP [University of the Philippines] to join his stable of scriptwriters for Balintatawdirected by Cecile Guidote. Frankie Osorio and I collaborated on a number of one-hour teleplays adapted from Pinoy short stories selected by Bert. That led to my being recruited by Cecile's PETA [Philippine Educational theater Association] for acting in the first plays staged at Raja Soliman Theater in Fort Santiago, starting with Virgie'sBayaning Huwad, then Larawanwhich Cecile had Frankie and me translate from Nick Joaquin's Portrait.
"We kept up with email correspondence when he and Eva were already in NY, and I recall meeting up with him and Ninotchka in 1995 when I was part of FVR's media troupe for the UN's 50th birthday. After that he came home once, and I recall taking pics of him and you together at some literary event."
Brainard has her own recollections, which she details in the online magazine Positively Filipino:
Here in New York Bert was part of the Filipino-American Writers of North America, or FAWNA, that some of us had formed in the 1980s. Aside from myself and Bert, its members included fictionist Ninotchka Rosca, playwright Linda Faigao-Hall, poet Luis Cabalquinto, critic and essayist Antonio Manuud (+), fictionist Angel Grey Domingo (+), and political activist Ramon Hodel (+). I am sure there were a few others whose names escape me now.
FAWNA was short-lived. As someone once quipped, organizing writers is like herding cats. But we did a few readings, the biggest one being at the St Mark's Poetry Project, held at the landmark St Mark's Church in the East Village.
Bert's daughter Leila was then an aspiring singer and actress, and eventually landed the lead role on Miss Saigon, on Broadway. She acted in a short film I made, Flip's Adventures in Wonderland.
I knew of Bert, from Peso Books and the Balintatawtelevision series, before meeting him and Eva. He was one of the most congenial writers I had ever met. He had no airs, was always in good humor, and forever bubbling with ideas for literary projects. Age had as yet to dim his infectious enthusiasm. We had some fun times together back when, it now seems, the temper of the times was, while certainly not innocent, not as bitterly partisan as it is now.
Adios, Kasamang Bert!
Copyright L.H. Francia 2018


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San Luis Obispo – On November 30, 2009, at approximately 10:20 p.m., inmate Bryan Sims was discovered to be missing from his assigned job at the California Men's Colony Waste Water Treatment Plant. Sims was last seen at approximately 9:40 p.m. by the Plant Supervisor and is now considered a walk-away. He was last seen wearing a lime green prison jumpsuit, a state issued blue denim jacket, and brown work boots, but he may have discarded them.
Inmate Sims is a 34-year-old White male, 6' tall, and weighs 276 pounds. He has blonde hair and hazel eyes, but currently has a shaven head and a goatee. He has the following tattoos: one that says "SHANNON" on his chest; one that says "SHANNONS PLAY GROUND" on his stomach; a tribal symbol on his upper back; a tribal band on his upper right arm; and a tribal symbol on his upper right leg.
Sims was received by CMC on March 9, 2009. He was committed to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation on October 22, 2008 from Ventura County with an eight-year sentence for receiving stolen property. A review of his records has revealed a non-violent history. He was housed at CMC's Minimum Support Facility, and was scheduled for release in August 5, 2014.
Anyone seeing Sims should contact local law enforcement immediately.
California Men's Colony employs 1,850 people and provides secure housing for approximately 6,500 minimum- and medium-security inmates. The prison provides offenders academic and vocational education programs, work skills in prison industries and inmate self-help group activities. In addition, CMC contains a minimum-security camp program for fire suppression, conservation and other community service work.


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After working with the DoH to identify the clinics in greatest need of support, our multidisciplinary teams of doctors, nurses, psychologists, pharmacists and dietitians work alongside these clinics to provide impactful, targeted, on-site mentoring, teaching, assessment and quality improvement support, to enable staff to identify challenges and take action to improve services.
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'OUR YOUTH, OUR FUTURE' – Adolescent Programme
UNAIDS estimates that there are 320,000 adolescents living with HIV in South Africa – this is the highest in the world. And with more than half of all HIV infections occurring in young people between the ages of 15 and 24, the HIV epidemic in South Africa has largely become a youth epidemic. At the same time as we care for our children born with HIV as they grow up, we need to care for those who contract HIV in adolescence and protect those who are HIV negative from becoming infected


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I thought I was ready, Madam Chair, but I realized that I did not have the right file with me. That is what happens when you have to come here from the House of Commons in so little time.
Madam Chair, I would like to thank you for your welcome. Appearing as a witness before you is something quite new to me, as I was a witness on only one brief occasion in the past. I have been a member of this committee for the past six years and have considered all aspects and components of human resources and social development programs, and especially the issue of employment insurance.
This year, we have again tabled a bill intended to reform the employment insurance system. I believe this is the third bill, since we had previously introduced Bills C-280 and C-269. The latter is perhaps fresher in people's minds, because three opposition parties had agreed on a platform to move the planned reform as far forward as possible.
Madam Chair, you might wonder why we are so persistent in wanting to affect such far-reaching changes to the employment insurance system. The reason why is because the system is so terribly unfair to part of our society, i.e., the people who lose their jobs.
Before addressing the substance of the bill, I think that it is appropriate to remind ourselves of our shared motivation. I see colleagues here who, with myself and others, put forward changes to the employment insurance system in the past. That is extremely hard to achieve. Which brings us to the question: Why is it so hard to improve the lives of our country's most underprivileged people and yet so easy to feed or support the rich? We see that with the banks, the oil companies and the military industry. Madam Chair, $1.2 billion in funding was cut from social programs in September 2007, whereas close to $9 billion had been announced for the military sector in the summer, without any debate in the House of Commons. Why are things so easy for the rich and the military? We do not object to supporting the forces themselves, because they play a crucial role in our society, but the amounts that are committed to wage war, Madam Chair, are a matter of social choice—a choice that we do not share and call into question once again today.
Madam Chair, it is sometimes necessary to speak bluntly. I think that employment insurance represents a serious economic crime against workers, and particularly the unemployed, their families, regions and affected provinces. Why do I say that? I say that because money is being diverted from its stated purpose, i.e., to support the needs of people who have lost their income, people who have contributed to the fund along with their employers.That money is taken and used for other purposes. Over the past 14 years, $57 billion have been diverted.
Madam Chair, I am talking about an economic crime and asking my fellow parliamentarians whether we have not become white-collar criminals.
It is the same as when the people we entrust our money to to invest for our retirement use the funds for their personal benefit.
You might say that the difference here is that the government is doing so for collective purposes. That is the only difference because the harm is the same: it is attacking the less fortunate even though they had taken the precaution of contributing to an insurance fund in order to collect benefits in the event of job loss.
I wanted to begin by saying that because I believe that is something we need to think about each time we deal with this issue.
In 2004-2005, we produced the report I have here and completed it in February. Bill C-308 contains the thrust of the recommendations that we made.
Some of our recommendations are also contained in the committee's employability report that was presented in the House no later than April 2008. That report called on the government to take action in order to improve and broaden access to employment insurance.
I have these documents here. Is our work all done in vain? That would be most unfortunate because my colleagues and I believe in the work we do. We believe in restoring the important status of the EI system. How should we go about doing that? We must begin by putting forward a number of measures that I will set out. I will end with that in order to give my colleagues time to ask questions.
Needless to say, the bill includes a measure to improve accessibility through a reduction to a minimum of 360 hours of work, regardless of the regional rate of unemployment. We will see later how to calibrate access.
We now see that the government has tried to make some improvements to the system with partial measures, but they are temporary measures and have nothing to do with what is contained in Bill C-308.
We need to increase the benefit period from 45 to 50 weeks. The government has done so temporarily. In our view, that should be a permanent measure. By doing so temporarily, the government is confirming that there is a real need.
The rate of weekly benefits needs to be increased from 55% to 60% of insurable earnings. A 5% increase is not much, and I will show later that such an increase will not encourage people to remain unemployed.
We have to eliminate the distinctions between a new entrant and a re-entrant to the labour force. That is a measure that leads to some discrimination, which is also something I would like to touch on later.
We have to eliminate the presumption that persons related to each other do not form an employer-employee relationship. That concerns family situations where it is presumed that a person does not deal with a relative at arm's length. As a result, when that person claims employment insurance benefits, he or she is considered to be committing fraud. I would also like to come back to that issue.
I would like to welcome our colleague Diane Finley who has just joined us. Earlier, I spoke about those who contributed to reforming the system. Mr. Godin is one of them.
We also need to increase the maximum yearly insurable earnings to $42,500. We had debated that amount in 2005. We had agreed on setting that amount at $41,000, although we had considered a gradual increase. The government has taken the initiative of setting the amount at $43,200. We find that that is a suitable amount and would be willing to make a consequential amendment to Bill C-308.


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Forbes Magazine says Luxury Cars Are Back
According to Forbes Magazine, Luxury Cars Are Back. According to us here at Select Luxury Cars, they never left. Well, actually, many of them have left our showroom floor at our dealership in Marietta, GA, delivered to happy customers from Atlanta to Singapore, and from Dubai to London.
Here's a link to the video on the Forbes Magazine website: http://video.forbes.com/fvn/business/ms_luxury040510
In the video, Forbes interviews several luxury car manufacturers. The consensus seems to be that they expect a fair amount of growth in the luxury car segment, at least for new luxury cars, as the economy staggers towards recovery. As a used luxury car dealership, we've seen steady and increasing sales despite the recession because consumers of all economic levels have become more sensitive to price and value. By buying a used luxury car instead of a new one, you avoid that large percentage of depreciation that happens immediately after you drive a new car off the lot. So you get a better value for a practically-new car, or an older one that has been reconditioned to "like new" condition.
So enjoy the video, and feel free to look at our inventory of pre-owned luxury cars in Atlanta here.