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On the morning of June 30 in 1908, a gigantic fireball devastated hundreds of square kilometres of uninhabited Siberian forest around the Tunguska river. The first scientists to investigate the impact site expected to find a meteorite, but they found nothing.
Because no traces of a meteorite were found, it many scientists concluded that the culprit was a comet. Comets, which are essentially muddy ice balls, could cause such a devastation and leave no trace.
But now, 105 years later, scientists have revealed that the Tunguska devastation was indeed caused by a meteorite. A group of Ukrainian, German, and American scientists have identified its microscopic remains. Why it took them so many years makes for a fascinating tale about the limits of science and how we are pushing them.
Big ball of fire
Eyewitness reports of the Tunguska event help paint a partial picture. As the fireball streaked across the sky, a blast of heat scorched everything in its wake, to be followed by a shock wave that threw people off their feet and stripped leaves and branches from trees, laying a large forest flat. Photos reveal the extent and force of the impact, showing trees that look like bare telegraph poles, all pointing away from the impact site.
The inability to find any meteorite, however, led to a century of speculation on the origins of the blast. The Tunguska event has spawned a wealth of science fiction that has fed outrageous theories. But the main question has remained: what was it?
An icy comet would evaporate on impact, which could explain the lack of any observable evidence. But a study in the journal Planetary and Space Science provides, for the first time, evidence that the impact was not caused by a comet. Researchers collected microscopic fragments recovered from a layer of partially decayed vegetation (peat) that dates from that extraordinary summer.
Victor Kvasnytsya from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and his colleagues used the latest imaging and spectroscopy techniques to identify aggregates of carbon minerals—diamond, lonsdaleite, and graphite. Lonsdaleite in particular is known to form when carbon-rich material is suddenly exposed to a shock wave created by an explosion, such as that of meteorite hitting Earth. The lonsdaleite fragments contain even smaller inclusions of iron sulphides and iron-nickel alloys, troilite and taenite, which are characteristic minerals found in space-based objects such as meteorites. The precise combination of minerals in these fragments point to a meteorite source. It is near-identical to similar minerals found in an Arizona impact.
The samples point to one thing: the Tunguska impact is the largest meteorite impact in recorded history. US researchers have estimated that the Tunguska blast could have been as much as the equivalent of a five megaton TNT explosion—hundreds of times more powerful than the Hiroshima blast. The meteorite tore apart as it entered the atmosphere at an angle, so that little of it reached the ground intact. That is why all remains are such small specks that have been fossilised in the Siberian peat.
2013 meteorite impact
We can compare the Tunguska event with the fireball seen during the impact of the Chelyabinsk meteor earlier this year. Although much less powerful than Tunguska, the Chelyabinsk event was similar. A low-angle approach broke up the body, leaving fragments that were found over the vast expanse of Eurasia. More than 1,000 people were injured, some drawn to windows by the flash of the fireball and then hit by the shock wave that followed.
The Tunguska devastation that was not investigated for 19 years, partly because of lack of resources. In contrast, the Chelyabinsk meteorite attracted immediate attention. Dashboard cameras captured the trajectory and brightness of the fireball, while CCTV networks provided fixed reference points. The US space agency NASA has now been able to identify the origins of the meteorite.
The low-frequency rumble of the Chelyabinsk event travelled twice around the globe. The data demonstrates that the energy of the impact was equivalent to a 460 kiloton (TNT) bomb, which is about 40 times the Hiroshima blast.


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On Monday, a grand jury indicted Jeffrey Power for allegedly embezzling taxpayer dollars while working in City Hall's human resources department.
Authorities allege Power padded his paycheck with fraudulent overtime claims for possibly as long as a year. His arrest in August prompted a swift response from city officials. Then acting City Manager Bruce Johnson ordered a review of the city's internal checks and balances to prevent future fraud.
A tip sparked the police investigation into Power, then in his 11th year as a city employee, and led to the felony charge.

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Thursday, March 11, 2010
The HoseMaster's Guide to the Wine Blog Awards
It's just about time for nominations to begin for the Wine Blog Awards. Oh, sorry, I was yawning. Tom Wark created the American Wine Blog Awards several years ago and there is nothing, absolutely nothing, not even free wine samples, not even admiring comments ("Great post, WineMussolini, always nice hangin' with you."), that wine bloggers like more than giving themselves awards. Even when they're imaginary awards, awards that celebrate a field unlikely to exist in five years, a field whose high qualifying standard to enter is owning a computer, a field with more bombs than an average acre in Iraq. There are eight awards, at this point, to be handed out, and it's hard to think of a less prestigious trophy. A Daytime Emmy? Mens Figure Skating Miss Congeniality Award? Sex with Paris Hilton? But the awards will be handed out anyway, the winners decided by the votes of the courageous judges, who are asked to read countless wine blogs, a task with all the appeal of reading the Congressional Record in Esperanto, and, of course, primarily by the votes of the people. So, rather than simply letting the judges decide which wine blogs deserve the awards, the awards will basically be determined by how effectively each nominated wine blogger works Twitter and FaceBook, and by how many readers he has. This nicely eliminates quality and originality from having anything to do with the awards. Yet, despite that, I'm certain that the cream will rise to the top. Or the turds.
The Wine Blog Awards are modeled on all the awards the professional wine media give themselves. In recent months many of these awards were handed out. I'd like to give a tip of the HoseMaster's nozzle to Antonio "Tony" Galloni for winning the Wine Name That's the Most Fun to Say Award, just edging out James Suckling. Congratulations to Steve Heimoff for winning the prestigious Alder Yarrow Most Times Mentioning My Own Importance Award. And I'd be remiss for not mentioning Alice Feiring's well-earned Henry James Award for the Most Words Going Nowhere.
For those of you getting ready to nominate your favorite wine blog, it won't be long now, be patient, I know I'm on the edge of my coma, here's a quick look at the categories and what they aim to reward.
Best Wine Blog Graphics and Presentation: This is the Miss America Pageant. Content be damned, which one looks the purtiest? Nominees will be asked a few questions like, "If you could speak to the terrorists, what would you tell them about freedom?" and "If you could invite any four people, dead or alive, to dinner, what would you serve to the dead ones?" Then they'll parade around in evening gowns and the one with the cutest butt will win. This, at least, is the easiest category to judge. You don't have to read the insipid prose. It's like deciding who to hire for the mortician opening at Forest Lawn. Whoever can make the brain dead look the most lifelike.
Best Industry/Business Wine Blog: The Dork Award. Endlessly fascinating discussions about grape prices, the Three Tier Distribution System, and wine marketing schemes. Wine bloggers giving this award makes about as much sense as The Wall Street Journal Wine Club. I know when I want wine advice, I turn to the Wall Street Journal. And when I want the latest on the hip and trendy nightclubs I watch Al Jazeera. I'm guessing, just a wild guess, that one blog won't win both of these first two awards.
Best Wine Reviews on a Wine Blog: I'm a bit confused about this. Is this an award for who reviews the best wines? Burgundy and First Growth Bordeaux and SuperTuscans and Lodi Zins? Or for who writes the best reviews? And what about pairing the wines with music or haiku or pictures of kitties? How much weight will the judges give to that? What this award comes down to is the Best Impression of Robert Parker Award. Writing about wines in the most convincing killjoy fashion. Taking the amazing joy and sensual pleasure of sharing a wine with a loved one and turning it into the Best of Roget's Thesaurus. Bloggers blather endlessly about just drinking the wines you like, then they spend their time telling you what wines you should like, what those wines taste like down to the very last adjective, and this is clearly admirable. If you're incredibly self-absorbed.
Best Single Subject Wine Blog: OK, wine blogs are about wine. How many subjects is that? If the blog is about spirits, then is it a wine blog? If the blog is about food, is it a wine blog? And as far as I can tell, every blog is about a single subject--the blogger.
Best Winery Blog: I love winery blogs. They're a lot like winery dogs, only more full of crap. This is a category about marketing, not about information or talent. There are some wonderful blogs written by winemakers (take a bow, John Kelly, Randall Grahm), but that's not what this category is for. This category is for validating the usefulness of blogs as marketing tools for wineries. And if wineries use blogs to sell wine, then blogs must have a purpose! Blogs might actually be worth something. OK, wine bloggers, I've got something important to tell you. Wine blogs will be profitable when they learn to sell what TV has been selling us for fifty years--Sex and Death. Those are moneymakers! Anyhow, the Best Winery Blog is the equivalent of advertising's Clio--the most effective use of lying.
Best Writing on a Wine Blog: Now here is an interesting category, and, essentially, it should be the only category. Only who's going to judge it? And who wants to win? With all due respect to the mentally challenged, it's the Gold Medal in the Special Olympics. It's being the fat guy who comes in sixth on "Biggest Loser." It's scoring 300 on the SAT's. It's winning a limbo contest by going under the pole vault bar. It's marrying Larry King. But, and I'm being serious now, if Samantha Dugan doesn't win for Sans Dosage, the judges need to be sent to Gitmo for a lovely spa treatment.
Best New Wine Blog: You're talented, you're interesting, you've got a great voice, you're very well-behaved, now see if you can crank out endless posts for a year and maybe we'll give you an actual award next year.
Best Overall Wine Blog: For those of you new to the blogging game, this is all about being an insider. Which is why the awards exist in the first place. You have to be part of Hollywood to win an Oscar. They ain't giving one to John Waters. So this award has to go to the wine blog that most closely represents what wine blogging is about--volume, volume, volume. What makes WalMart successful? Volume. What makes Costco the wine powerhouse that it is? Volume. What does Celine Dion have that other singers don't? Volume. Quantity not Quality, that's our motto. So if you aspire to win this award, remember, you have choices. You can write well or you can write often, you can spout wisdom or you can spout your inexperienced opinions, you can be original or you can regurgitate what you're fed. If you want to succeed, move up the latter.
36 comments:
- Thomas said...
You make me feel so worth-it. I'll never cry again for not winning an award...
- March 11, 2010 at 1:12 PM
- K.Mahoney said...
With all of the females on your page, pretty sure you will win for Best Wine Blog Graphics and Presentation. What kind of person would choose a weekly scenic vineyard shot over the HoseMaster beauties? My favorite lately was the girl with the champagne bottle. Still not sure how you find these...
Cheers to Al Jazeera and their chic advice! They always send me to Sake O'Sama. Kamikaze shots on the house.
K. - March 11, 2010 at 4:46 PM
- Charlie Olken said...
As I commented in a much more serious vein over on Sweet Sam's blog, what the hell good are blog categories for "Best Use of Still Photography In The Vineyard", "Most Lucid Comment on Viognier" and "Look At Me, Ma. I'm A Bloggist".
Where the hell are the awards for "Most Likely To Make Me ROFLMAO", "Best Use of Breasts", and, to be serious for a moment, "Best Retelling of The Human Side of Wine"-- an award that I will give today to Sam in the sure knowledge that no bloggist can come close, and most observers of the human condition would have a hard time matching. - March 11, 2010 at 6:03 PM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Okay this is damn funny, so why can't I stop crying? Ron My Love...I begged you not to nominate me and this is skating really fucking close but...I can't help but forgive you. How could I not, I love you very much and as snarky as this post is I can feel every bit of your love for me in it. Not sure what I did to deserve you but if those in charge were to tell me, I'd do it all again...over and over again. Thank you. I adore you. You humble me and I am somewhat speechless.
I am going to address you on my own blog but seeing as you brought me to tears in two places I figured I owed you two. Blubbering Babe, you had me blubbering. I so admire you, look up to you and see you as a fair and balanced face in this business....to have you say such remarkably sweet things about me and my voice, well I am simply wrecked. Thank you too my sweet and there is no award worth more than what I found here. I adore you. - March 11, 2010 at 8:36 PM
- Ron Washam said...
You and Charlie are up for "Best Commenter on Wine Blogs Beneath Them." Good Luck.
K. Love,
You probably don't want to know how I find those pictures. And, hey, very funny line about Sake O'Sama. When are you and I going to hoist a glass together?
I've said it a thousand times. Social Media exists to promote Social Media. Wine Blog Awards are simply an offshoot of that. The same tired old blogs will win. It's rigged with the popular vote part of the balloting, and it's about the vanity of those nominated campaigning tirelessly for themselves to win an award with absolutely no meaning. But no one cares what I think. Especially me.
My Gorgeous Samantha,
OK, two things. I always keep my word to you, and I have not nominated you and will not nominate you.
Charlie, that's your job.
Secondly, I hate the word "snarky." Snark has no wit, and I like to think I strike nerves with wit. But that's quibbling.
When all of this is over, and I do believe wine blogs will basically vanish in five years or so, though mine will be gone much sooner, I will be grateful above all for one thing and one thing only--the friends I've made doing this crap. But at the top of that list is You. Our Love won't end when our blogs do. And being the HoseMaster has only been worth it for that. - March 11, 2010 at 9:16 PM
- Ron Washam said...
Oh, and this is probably the least funny of any post I've ever done.
And, wow, that's a low bar to limbo under. - March 11, 2010 at 9:17 PM
- Arthur said...
That's because "funny" is inversely proportionate to "true". - March 11, 2010 at 9:41 PM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Are you seriously breakin my bawls when I am like a puddle of goo?! Sheesh Baby, you are tough. Okay not snarky, fiercely intellectual and humbling tongue lashing..better?!
Samantha - March 11, 2010 at 9:52 PM
- Sgt Sassafras. said...
Warren Buffett just bought the
World Squirrel Wine Blog Awards.
Paid us founders well over $5 million. Will now retire...not with a whimper but a bang. Going surfing - March 12, 2010 at 5:24 AM
- Thomas said...
How did you figure out my ploy? Kept commenting until I forced them to come up with a category.
Charlie and I collaborated so that we could argue in the comments section and keep the ball rolling.
I hear, however, that we may not have a chance, as the PR spammers have outnumbered our comments, even without them having said anything.
Hey Sassafras,
Warren bought the Squirrel Awards because he is nuts. - March 12, 2010 at 6:05 AM
- 1WineDude said...
You have all let down your guard! I now know how to make you all squirm, including the HM - nominate you for a WBA!
You FOOLS!!!!
[ insert sardonic laughter here ]
[ fade out ] - March 12, 2010 at 8:22 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
To the contrary, satire and truth are inextricably linked. But that's a discussion for some high-minded sort of blog, not my little cesspool.
My Gorgeous Samantha,
Someone had to snap you out of it. And I'm jealous of the attention and affection you received. I get snarky when that happens.
I love you!
Kisses back, My Love
Congrats! You've monetized your blog. Just remember, when you go to a buffet, never eat a munger.
I can't surf the wine blogs without finding either you or Puff Daddy in the comments section. You guys are like Brett and V.A. OK, that's not a nice analogy. But you get the idea. All blogs have faults. And you smell funny. Hmm, better analogy than I thought.
Hey, I was nominated last year. I actually want to be the Meryl Streep of the WBA's. Nominate Thomas. Better yet, nominate Charlie for Best Blogger Without an Actual Blog. Though WineHarlots has that category sewn up. - March 12, 2010 at 8:48 AM
- Samantha Dugan said...
Nominated? I thought you were a finalist last year. Best writing hands down should go to HoseMaster of wine, period.
Ugh, we are all being so sweet, what the hell is going on here?! - March 12, 2010 at 9:17 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
My Gorgeous Samantha,
Oh yeah, you're right, I meant to say Finalist, but it wasn't in the Best Writing Category. And, thankfully, I didn't win. I'd promised Tom Wark that if I won I'd quit HoseMaster. Why not go out on top? Don't you wish last year's winners had?
I love you! - March 12, 2010 at 9:50 AM
- Arthur said...
I'll give you that, but George Carlin said that a joke requires a degree of exaggeration. The greater the exaggeration, the wilder the laughter - or something like that.
In either case, you said this was the least funny post you've written, and I was trying to point out that it was probably your most truthful and accurate piece - or something like that. - March 12, 2010 at 9:52 AM
- winebookgirl said...
I was expecting you to announce your own competing awards. I was so looking forward to the awards ceremony.
- March 12, 2010 at 11:11 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Well, I do have my world-famous Wine Blog Circle Jerk Awards, but I awarded those last December. There are no judges and no voting, the way awards ought to be run. The ceremony involves nudity, though I'm the only one attending. - March 12, 2010 at 11:37 AM
- Jo Diaz said...
You've got to check out the American Squirrel Awards. This is the quintessential way to go...
http://lasfloressquirrels.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/american-squirrel-wine-blog-award-winners/ - March 12, 2010 at 11:38 AM
- Thomas said...
I think I won a squirrel award last year--or was it a chipmunk; I can't tell the two apart, especially if the squirrel is red.
You are correct. I'm commenting too much. I think I ought to just spam them, you know, in the comments section just keep posting this: www.vinofictions.blogspot.com
Or even better: www.olkenfictions.blogspot.com
or even better , better:
I would have used Arthur's last name, but I use only three fingers to type, and cannot manage the consonants the way his requires.
But really, the above blogs are super, witty, smart, erudite, irridescent, irresponsible, and irresistible. Oops, pardonthatplug.com. - March 12, 2010 at 12:16 PM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Hi Jo,
Don't tell me you're lurking around HoseMaster! I thought you were part of the Heimoff Love Fest. Oh well, welcome, welcome, welcome. Come out of the shadows and make yourself known more often.
The squirrel might be red, but your blog isn't read. Sorry, cheap joke.
And you're not commenting too much. Bloggers live for comments, you know that. Notice my brief flurry of new commenters fishing for hits have departed. Good thing, that Nectarwine guy was giving me the creeps. - March 12, 2010 at 1:01 PM
- Dean Tudor said...
Hey -- I won an award for wine parodies:
TRAWNA – (GOSH Wine News Services) – In a stunning upset today, Dean Tudor of GOSH Wine News Services has swept the Barcelona Biennale SPIFFY Awards (Regional Division).
Held every two years, the SPIFFYs celebrate all that is bold and beautiful about false and fake news. [SPIFFY stands for Spoof-Parody-Imitation-Farce-Fabrication (in) YourFace…]. It's sponsored by the SJA (Surrealist Journalists Association) which is based in Barcelona.
Tudor won in the Regional Category (the least known sphere of parodies), with his relentless pursuit of "Cellared in Canada" stories. His spoofs in this area totalled well over two dozen, and have been acknowledged as some of the sharpest, most penetrating false news in recent history, although the issue on which the spoofs are based is real.
The "Cellared in Canada" series would have had a higher prominence and profile, and indeed, would have won big time in the overall "Best of Show" category if CICs were not such a local, immaterial regional issue. Nevertheless, the judges felt it had merit. CIC stories may be found at http://fauxvoixvincuisine.blogspot.com. It is the leading wine satire site on the planet.
In accepting the Award, Tudor had this to say – "This series commenting on the Cellared in Canada wine products could not have happened without my top investigative wine reporter Brett Grimsby, or without my industry sources, Miffed Moles. To them I owe a debt of gratitude. They will share this award when I return to the puny wine colony known as Canada. We will celebrate with some Cellared in Canada Sparkling Wine.
"I would also like to thank several spirited sources known as Little Fat Wino and the Grape Guy – I know they are cringing at the thought of being named or mentioned, but it must be told. Little Fat Wino has been my Engineer and Grape Guy has been my Brakeman – otherwise, I'd have had a train wreck."
Dean Tudor is President and CEO of Gothic Epicures, an empire-building food and wine consultancy specializing in Restructuring and Dragons. His next Restructuring campaign is to re-brand Cellared in Canada wines as "Partially Parked in Canada".
More on the Victory Parade in Trawna when it is announced… - March 12, 2010 at 1:29 PM
- Thomas said...
There are no cheap jokes--only worthless ones.
You planted a weird thought: that I might be commenting on blogs because of the comments and the back and forth rather than to seek hits. How stupid have I been?
I think I'll go take another kind of hit for now--the one that causes me to see squirrels where there are no trees. Hey, it's for medical reasons, man. - March 12, 2010 at 1:35 PM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Hey Dean,
So your site is the leading wine satire site on the planet? Congratulations!
I know Canada's not on Planet Earth. What planet is it on?
Cheap and worthless, I specialize in both. For real satire, go to Dean's blog. It's what goes for funny in Canada. - March 12, 2010 at 2:00 PM
- K.Mahoney said...
The HoseMaster said I was funny? There should absolutely be a blog award handed out for that.
As for that drink? How about when you get that interview on Samantha Sans Dosage...
K. - March 12, 2010 at 4:42 PM
- winebookgirl said...
Good thing I did not mention that dress I have been wanting to wear to an awards presentation.Guess it will have to wait for the Country Music Awards in Vegas.
- March 12, 2010 at 5:04 PM
- Dean Tudor said...
Hey HoseMaster Ron --
The brewskis begin with the real Hosers, the Canadian MacKenzie Brothers...All our humour (spelled with a "u") is derived from The Great White North.
Canada, because of its socially-repressed Federal Government, is now on the planet YourAnus.
At least we can beat your boys in Hockey.
The secret word for today is: imatio - March 13, 2010 at 2:25 PM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Hey Dean,
You beat our boys once out of two times. Typical Canadian scorekeeping?
Have no idea what "imatio" means. I think it's like, "Go West, Imatio, Go West."
Or not.
You're on. If we both live long enough. - March 13, 2010 at 2:54 PM
- Dean Tudor said...
It's only the second time that matters, like making love...Beginner's luck and all that.
The secret word for tonight is: hablet.
Secret words are the word verification games played by Blogger et al. Groucho Marx once played hockey for Canada, but he did say that any country that accepted him as a visitor was not worthy of visiting...or something like that. - March 13, 2010 at 4:03 PM
- Thomas said...
I removed my previous post. After looking at it, I decided it was dumb.
The secret word is ressen. - March 14, 2010 at 11:10 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
I deleted it completely. It wasn't that bad, but, hey, you've done better. - March 14, 2010 at 6:21 PM
- Charlie Olken said...
The secret word for tonight is--
And Tweek you, too.
Hey, Tom, if we all had to remove the silly things we said, where would be the blogosphere be? Some blogs would have to be banned altogether. - March 14, 2010 at 6:59 PM
- Samantha Dugan said...
I'm with Charlie...if I had to remove all the lame shit I say I'd have like 12 posts!
- March 14, 2010 at 7:04 PM
- Thad W. said...
Ah, the echo chamber that surrounds these awards, if not most of wine blogging these days. I am awaiting a courageous blogger who will respectfully decline a nomination, but alas doubt anyone is willing to do so. Amazing how those nominated will grovel for votes thru many posts soliciting folks to cast their ballot in favor of themselves. Have we lost all dignity as a collective voice for wine consumers?
- March 14, 2010 at 7:43 PM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Hey Thad,
First of all, welcome to the wacky world of HoseMaster of Wine. I hope you use your voice here more often than most of the driveby fools who stop in fishing for hits.
The best thing about wine blogs is that anyone can start one. The worst thing about wine blogs is that anyone can start one. Like wine itself, 98% of it is crap. I was a finalist last year for an AWBA and told Tom Wark I would retire my blog if I won, knowing I wouldn't. That's not the same as rejecting a nomination, but the nomination drives hits and that alone can be a great platform for railing against the endless barking of lonely poodles that is the wine blogosphere.
I would certainly not turn down a nomination or a place as a finalist. It's only blogging, for God's sake, easily the least important, least dignified, least respected part of the wine business, why not revel in the absurdity of it? They'd never give me an actual award. But as a finalist it would be just too much fun to go after the other nominees. It would be like being a comedy writer when Bush was President--easy pickin's.
Don't worry about awards or the dignity of bloggers, Thad. Neither one truly exists. - March 14, 2010 at 9:18 PM
- Thomas said...
If Ron thinks I could do better, than I probably should have left the post up. But it really was a lame attempt at funny.
I console myself that even us pedants of perfection suffer momentary lapses; that's how politicians wind up getting caught in the public toilet, which is where my post should have been placed. - March 15, 2010 at 5:49 AM
- The Ceci Sipper said...
OH my dear HayZeus....you crack me up!!! I know I am not so present in the comments on this blog, but man OH man!!! do I freaking love your blog and your take on things! LOVE IT!!!
- March 16, 2010 at 3:22 PM


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Pros: Bows! RUFFLED SUEDE! All fun and girly but not vomitly so, thanks to the color palette. Surprisingly walkable, and they're even too big for me.
Cons: I'd prefer a platform whose color doesn't feel so random in relation to the others.
Unfortunately I had to opt for more walkable shoes when I wore this outfit to my friend's play last night, because LOOKY:
It's so pretty! Sure, the walking-to-school-at-7:30-A.M. version of me might beg to differ, and oh, you know, throw her backpack down in a fit of rage every few steps or so, but look at how it glimmers from just the right angles!
I'm way too into artenergyalchemy, which is where I got this little glitter cat. Good thing my ears aren't pierced or it'd be an easy way to go broke. Though maybe I could self-pierce them with the Jack Nicholson Shining ones, and blood would gush out of my ears due to my insanitary job, but it would look cool because then it would just drip off the sides of the tiny axe charms as though it had just finished off the family!
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These Ants Are a Menace
Published 11:39 am Thursday, December 6, 2012
(NewsUSA) – If ants have ever invaded your picnic basket or tasted a sticky snack on your countertop, you have undoubtedly encountered some of the everyday ants. However, with more than 700 ant species, it is not just the "common" ants that are causing problems. There are a host of non-native ants that are wreaking havoc across the country.
Red Imported Fire Ants (RIFA) — According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, RIFAs occupy more than 300 million acres in 15 southern states and Puerto Rico. Most known for their painful bite, they are becoming increasingly infamous for the damage they cause to plant roots and crops. However, one of their oddest characteristics is that they are attracted to electrical appliances. In fact, technicians in Texas reported that "one-third of all repairs to air conditioners in the summertime were the results of RIFAs shorting out the terminal blocks."
Argentine Ants — Another non-native ant, this species has taken up residence across most of the South, California and Hawaii. Often looking for moisture, these ants crawl through sewage, trash and dead animals, picking up disease organisms that can then be brought into people's homes.
Crazy Ants — These ants, found throughout the country, get their name from running in an erratic manner when searching for food. They feed primarily on insects, fruits and honeydew. They often enter homes after rainfall. Inside, crazy ants usually nest underneath floors or carpeting, in potted plants and in wall voids. Outdoors, the nests are shallow and commonly found in soil under objects or next to foundations.
The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) offers the following tips to keep ants from coming into your home:
* Seal cracks and crevices around the outside of your home, including around doors and windows.
* Trim vegetation away from your home to prevent pathways inside.
* Clean up food spills immediately.
* Make sure firewood is not stored next to your home. Argentine ants often build nests in moist wood.
* Eliminate standing water on your property. Argentine ants are attracted to moisture.
* Inspect for mound-like nests, paying attention to yards and landscaped areas, patios, sidewalks and compost piles and under trees and around electrical equipment.
* If you see a nest or other signs of an infestation, contact a pest professional.
For pest information and tips, visit www.pestworld.org.


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BOSTON – New Orleans Hornets rookie Austin Rivers sank a layup and ran past the Boston Celtics' bench on his way back down the floor.
Doc Rivers had to fight his fatherly instinct and ignore him.
"I was about to say something and I didn't; I caught myself. I forgot he was on the other team," the Celtics coach said after facing his son for the first time. "It's just a strange dynamic. I didn't enjoy it, honestly. I know it's neat for everyone else, but as a father, I don't know if I enjoyed that."
Greivis Vasquez had 15 points and 11 rebounds and Austin Rivers won his first NBA game against his father on Wednesday night as the Hornets beat Boston 90-78. New Orleans has won six of its last seven games to escape the Western Conference cellar.
"I knew it was a different game and I didn't try to pretend like it wasn't, and I think that helped me," the younger Rivers said. "Now that this is out of the way, it will be a lot easier. I can just go out there and not worry about, 'Oh man, this is weird.'"
Paul Pierce scored 12 points with 10 rebounds before fouling out in the final minutes as the Celtics' six-game winning streak came to an end. Kevin Garnett scored 15 and Rajon Rondo had 11 assists.
Pierce shot 5 for 16 from the floor and made one of seven 3-point attempts as Boston went 4 for 18 from beyond the arc.
The Hornets were worse, going 2 of 17 from 3-point range. But they have won eight of 12 since an 11-game losing streak that stretched through much of December.
"If you look at our record, we're in no position to laud or get happy about a couple of wins," New Orleans coach Monty Williams said. "We've got a lot of work to do. I'm more concerned about our next practice — how our guys prepare and come focused for that practice. That will tell me about our growth."
Al-Farouq Aminu had 18 points and nine rebounds and Anthony Davis had 10 of each for New Orleans. Rivers scored eight points, going 3 for 6 from the field and 2 for 4 from the line while adding two fouls and an assist in 23 minutes.
"I'm not going to say anything too stupid," Austin Rivers said. "At the end of the day, he has a lot more credentials or whatever you want to call it than I do. This is just one little moment for me."
Doc Rivers is the fourth coach to face his son in an NBA game, joining Butch van Breda Kolff, Mike Dunleavy and George Karl. He spoke briefly with his son before the game, but showed little reaction during the game. The two embraced at the final buzzer.
"My dad didn't really say anything to me," Austin Rivers said. "Just before the game and after the game that he loved me and just told me to go out there and compete."
The younger Rivers got a big cheer from the opposing crowd when he checked into the game with 4:19 left in the first half. Doc Rivers leaned back to say something to the assistant coaches sitting behind him and cracked a brief smile.
Austin Rivers spent much of his first stint on the court staking out a position on the right side, which placed him in front of the Celtics' bench; there was no interaction with his father's team. With about a minute left in the first quarter, he muscled a hook shot in for a basket, but his father had no reaction.
"I'm sure he hadn't slept in about three or four days," Williams said. "That's a tough one: playing against your dad, your mom's in the house, I'm screaming at him — and he goes out there and keeps his poise. I don't understand that kind of pressure."
The Celtics opened a 21-10 lead but then allowed six straight points, including a drive by Rivers. The Hornets scored 11 consecutive points midway through the second quarter to turn a five-point deficit into a 38-32 lead; they led by one at halftime, then scored the first eight points of the third quarter to make it 52-43.
It was 61-49 when Pierce made a turnaround jumper and, after Rondo swiped Vasquez's bad pass, Jason Terry hit a 3-pointer. Jeff Green blocked Ryan Anderson, and Terry made a short jumper; Terry had another 3 and, later in the quarter, a steal to set up Pierce for a jumper in the final seconds that made it 67-63.
But the Celtics kept missing shots, failing to score from the 6:22 mark of the fourth quarter until 2:04 remained in the game. By then, the Hornets had turned a four-point lead into an 87-71 advantage. Boston shot 7 for 23 in the fourth quarter.
Notes: The Hornets opened the game 3 for 13 from the floor and missed all five of their 3-point attempts in the first period. New Orleans also committed six turnovers in the first, yet trailed just 25-20 after one. ... Celtics F Chris Wilcox did not play for the second straight game. Doc Rivers said he was available. ... Garnett passed Patrick Ewing and moved into 16th place on the NBA's career scoring list.


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High court upholds key part of Obama health law
Published 10:37 am Thursday, June 28, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the vast majority of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul, including the hotly debated core requirement that virtually all Americans have health insurance.
The 5-4 decision means the huge overhaul, still taking effect, will proceed and pick up momentum over the next several years, affecting the way that countless Americans receive and pay for their personal medical care.
The ruling hands Obama a campaign-season victory in rejecting arguments that Congress went too far in approving the plan. However, Republicans quickly indicated they will try to use the decision to rally their supporters against what they call "Obamacare."
Stocks of hospital companies rose sharply, and insurance companies fell immediately after the decision was announced that Americans must carry health insurance or pay a penalty.
Breaking with the court's other conservative justices, Chief Justice John Roberts announced the judgment that allows the law to go forward with its aim of covering more than 30 million uninsured Americans.
The justices rejected two of the administration's three arguments in support of the insurance requirement. But the court said the mandate can be construed as a tax. "Because the Constitution permits such a tax, it is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its wisdom or fairness," Roberts said.
The court found problems with the law's expansion of Medicaid, but even there said the expansion could proceed as long as the federal government does not threaten to withhold states' entire Medicaid allotment if they don't take part in the law's extension.
The court's four liberal justices, Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, joined Roberts in the outcome.
Justices Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented.
Kennedy summarized the dissent in court. "In our view, the act before us is invalid in its entirety," he said.
The dissenters said in a joint statement that the law "exceeds federal power both in mandating the purchase of health insurance and in denying non-consenting states all Medicaid funding."
In all, the justices spelled out their views in six opinions totaling 187 pages. Roberts, Kennedy and Ginsburg spent 57 minutes summarizing their views in the packed courtroom.
The legislation passed Congress in early 2010 after a monumental struggle in which all Republicans voted against it. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said Thursday the House will vote the week of July 9 on whether to repeal the law, though such efforts have virtually no chance in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has joined in calls for complete repeal.
After the ruling, Republican campaign strategists said Romney will use it to continue campaigning against "Obamacare" and attacking the president's signature health care program as a tax increase.
"Obama might have his law, but the GOP has a cause," said veteran campaign adviser Terry Holt. "This promises to galvanize Republican support around a repeal of what could well be called the largest tax increase in American history."
Democrats said Romney, who backed an individual health insurance mandate when he was Massachusetts governor, will have a hard time exploiting the ruling.
"Mitt Romney is the intellectual godfather of Obamacare," said Democratic consultant Jim Manley. "The bigger issue is the rising cost of health care, and this bill is designed to deal with it."
More than eight in 10 Americans already have health insurance. But for most of the 50 million who are uninsured, the ruling offers the promise of guaranteed coverage at affordable prices. Lower-income and many middle-class families will be eligible for subsidies to help pay premiums starting in 2014.
There's also an added safety net for all Americans, insured and uninsured. Starting in 2014, insurance companies will not be able to deny coverage for medical treatment, nor can they charge more to people with health problems. Those protections, now standard in most big employer plans, will be available to all, including people who get laid off, or leave a corporate job to launch their own small business.
Seniors also benefit from the law through better Medicare coverage for those with high prescription costs, and no copayments for preventive care. But hospitals, nursing homes, and many other service providers may struggle once the Medicare cuts used to finance the law really start to bite.
Illegal immigrants are not entitled to the new insurance coverage under the law, and will remain one of the biggest groups uninsured.
Obama's law is by no means the last word on health care. Experts expect costs to keep rising, meaning that lawmakers will have to revisit the issue perhaps as early as next year, when federal budget woes will force them to confront painful options for Medicare and Medicaid, the giant federal programs that cover seniors, the disabled, and low-income people.
The health care overhaul focus will now quickly shift from Washington to state capitals. Only 14 states, plus Washington, D.C., have adopted plans to set up the new health insurance markets called for under the law. Called exchanges, the new markets are supposed to be up and running on Jan. 1, 2014. People buying coverage individually, as well as small businesses, will be able to shop for private coverage from a range of competing insurers.
Most Republican-led states, including large ones such as Texas and Florida, have been counting on the law to be overturned and have failed to do the considerable spade work needed to set up exchanges. There's a real question about whether they can meet the deadline, and if they don't, Washington will step in and run their exchanges for them.
In contrast to the states, health insurance companies, major employers, and big hospital systems are among the best prepared. Many of the changes called for in the law were already being demanded by employers trying to get better value for their private health insurance dollars.
"The main driver here is financial," said Dr. Toby Cosgrove, CEO of the Cleveland Clinic, which has pioneered some of the changes. "The factors driving health care reform are not new, and they are not going to go away."
Justice Ginsburg said the court should have upheld the entire law as written without forcing any changes in the Medicaid provision. She said Congress' constitutional authority to regulate interstate commerce supports the individual mandate. She warned that the legal reasoning, even though the law was upheld, could cause trouble in future cases.
"So in the end, the Affordable Health Care Act survives largely unscathed. But the court's commerce clause and spending clause jurisprudence has been set awry. My expectation is that the setbacks will be temporary blips, not permanent obstructions," Ginsburg said in a statement she, too, read from the bench.


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AMTY GROUP ("we" and "us") is the operator of (https://amty.co.za/) ("Website"). By placing an order through this Website you will be agreeing to the terms below. These are provided to ensure both parties are aware of and agree upon this arrangement to mutually protect and set expectations on our service.
Subject to stock availability. We try to maintain accurate stock counts on our website but from time-to-time there may be a stock discrepancy and we will not be able to fulfill all your items at time of purchase. In this instance, we will fulfill the available products to you, and contact you about whether you would prefer to await restocking of the backordered item or if you would prefer for us to process a refund.
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Areas within major centers: We have 3 different size options depending on the overall cost of the order. Starting from R100 for a small package up to R160 for a large one. For small orders where a single vendor was used, the item should reach you within 2-3 business days. For larger multi-vendor purchases, this can take up to 4-5 business days.
Areas outside of major centers: We have 3 different size options depending on the overall cost of the order. Starting from R120 for a small package up to R200 for a large one. For small orders where a single vendor was used, the item should reach you within 3-4 business days. For larger multi-vendor purchases, this can take up to 5-6 business days.
International: We currently do not ship outside of South Africa.
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AMTY GROUP will happily honor any valid warranty claims, provided a claim is submitted within 24 hours of receipt of items and the items have not been branded/altered/damaged in any way. Customers will be required to pre-pay the return shipping. Upon return receipt of items for warranty claim, you can expect AMTY GROUP to process your warranty claim within 7 days.
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Transit times within major centers: In general all unbranded items will be delivered within 2 - 5 business days. Custom printed or branded items can take a little longer and we suggest contacting us if you need something urgently. We are always here to help.
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Transit time Internationally: We currently do not ship outside of South Africa.
Dispatch Time: Orders are usually dispatched within 2 business days of payment of order. Our facility operates on Monday - Friday during standard business hours, except on national holidays at which time the facility will be closed. In these instances, we take steps to ensure shipment delays will be kept to a minimum, but we are subject to vendor availability.
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[Our favorite senior citizens Margaret and Helen had this post on their blog two days after the election.]
Margaret, I ventured into new territory today. I tuned into Fox News. It was kind of like going to the zoo… not so scary once you learn the animals can't get out of their cages.
Just like when I go to a regular zoo, I didn't know the names of all the animals at Fox, but I quickly learned the ones with opposable thumbs and the ability to reason were token Democrats who had, at some point, worked in the Clinton administration. The ones who liked to rattle their cages and screech at the visitors were the angry Republican hacks who seemed to be, for the first time, discovering the wonders of math.
I was surprised to see so many animals that I thought were long ago extinct. There was angry, old Lou Dobbs plodding around mumbling something about voter fraud and immigrants and Mike Huckabee being all folksy and jolly. And there was Oliver North, Liz Cheney, Haley Barbour and even Geraldo Rivera who now just goes by Geraldo like Madonna, Cher and Cavuto.
Over in a corner in a cage all by himself was the red-assed Karl Rove. Now that one scares me. When they called Ohio for Obama I heard he started flinging pooh and screaming about recounts and faulty polls.
I got a chance to spot the elusive big-footed Ann Coulter which was thrilling. Since her visit to The View, she only makes appearances when no other women are in the room. She seemed pretty at ease in the zoo. I guess that comes from all the time she spent collaborating with monkeys on those personal therapy projects she calls books. Ann seemed remarkably calm considering not only the election results but also the colossal failure that was her last book. Usually she's shrill and fidgety but sitting there in the cage with Sean Hannity she seemed almost human.
There was a lovely exhibit of irrelevant talking parrots including Shepard Smith, Greg Gutfeld, Tucker Carlson and Mr.[sic] Van Susteren. I can't keep all of their names straight but one of them suggested that the majority of voters are like abused housewives who voted to stay with their abuser. Most of them were squawking about Hurricane Sandy and that America was about to go over a cliff. As expected, they blamed the liberal media for handing the election to Obama while simultaneously chirping that Fox is the most watched news broadcast in the nation. I know. I know. It doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense but it's Fox News. It doesn't have to. While I don't think they understand the difference between Mexican-Americans and Cuban-Americans, they seem to think that any Republican politician with a name ending in O or Z will need to be on the bottom half of the ticket in 2016 if Republicans are to take the White House back.
Every zoo has its specialty and Fox is no exception. They have the largest collection of blonde, bulemic middle school girls posing as reporters with names like Megyn, Gretchen, Cheryl and Dana… many of them openly wept as the election results came in causing a river of mascara that got all over everything.
But the real treat came when I ran across that rare but ever-lovable snow beast, Sarah Palin. She's a bit older but still very capable of smacking her lips while rattling off those non-sensical run-on sentences like "this election if it continues the way it is going will be a catastrophic setback to our economy and to any opportunity that we would have for Supreme Court justices to be appointed who would be strict adherents to the traditional interpretation of what our Constitution says which is a blueprint towards a more perfect union." Isn't she precious? Honestly, I was surprised to see that she had actually survived the end-of-days calamity known as the 2008 election.
Now Margaret, I don't suggest that you visit the Fox Zoo. The lighting is bad, the air is thin, and reality is in short supply. They haven't cleaned the cages in years so the bullshit is everywhere. Instead let me visit occasionally and send back reports. Trust me. It's better that way.
Unlike the zoo, trips to Fox News should probably be few and far between. I mean it. Really.


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Today I tried to dress like a date from the 50's, thinking of Kim McAfee and Winnie Cooper (I know Wonder Years is 60's/70's, but just that whole Winnie and Kevin dynamic, ifyouknowwhatImean). Roller rink, ice cream, lovebird barettes, and how to tie a tie for your fancy date skirt.
Goody barettes, Repetto shoes.
Thrifted sweater, Girl Scout patch from troopmoore on ebay, Blood is the New Black tee, and skirt fr0m the 50's sent to me by PollySue's Vintage.
I went on an insomniac's ebay rampage the other night, searching vigorously for girl scout patches as inspired by the hand-me-down sweater I wore last week. I had forgotten I'd bought them til they came the other day. It was very pleasing, and I concluded that I make good decisions late at night.
I wish I'd also gotten the Pancake Breakfast and Random Act of Kindness ones, but my need for cheese is covered by the Girl Power in the upper right. Also, did you know there is a Girl Scout patch for basically every occasion imaginable? At a certain point I was expecting to see "The Mafia Takes Teamwork" or something, but this also could have had to do with whatever time it was.


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Man-made chemicals in everyday products are likely to be at least the partial cause of a global surge in birth deformities, hormonal cancers and psychiatric diseases, a U.N.-sponsored research team reported on Tuesday.
These substances, dubbed EDCs, could also be linked to a decline in the human male sperm count and female fertility, to an increase in once-rare childhood cancers and to the disappearance of some animal species, they said.
"It is clear that some of these chemical pollutants can affect the endocrinal (hormonal) system and ....may also interfere with the development processes of humans and wildlife species," the report declared.
The international group, academic experts working under the umbrella of the United Nations environmental and health agencies UNEP and WHO, issued their findings in a paper updating a 2002 study on the potential dangers of synthetic chemicals.
Declaring "a global threat that needs to be resolved," the team said humans and animals across the planet were probably exposed to hundreds of these often little-studied or understood compounds at any one time.
"We live in a world in which man-made chemicals have become part of everyday life," said their 28-page report, "State of the Science of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, 2012," issued as a policy guide for governments.
EDCs include phthalates long used in making plastics soft and flexible. Products made from them include toys, children's dummies, perfumes and pharmaceuticals, as well as cosmetics like deodorants that are absorbed into the body.
Another is Bisphenol A, or BPA, which is used to harden plastics and is found in food and beverage containers, including some babies' bottles and the coating of food cans.
A few countries - including the United States, Canada and some European Union members - have already banned the use of some of them in certain products, especially those destined for the use of children.
But, the report said, "many hundreds of thousands" are in use around the world and only a small fraction had been assessed for their potential to spark disease by upsetting the endocrinal, or hormonal, systems of humans and animals.Experts believe that in general, such chemicals can be absorbed into drinks and food from the containers they come in.
Components not identified
The team, created by a 17-year-old chemical management body called the IOMC working with a range of U.N. agencies, said a key problem was that manufacturers of consumer products did not identify many of their chemical components.
Consequently, the researchers said, they had only been able to look at "the tip of the iceberg". Disease risk from the use of EDCs - or what could be even more dangerous a combination of them - "may be significantly underestimated."
Using studies of the effect of the chemicals on humans and animals, the team added, a link to EDCs could be suspected in breast and prostate cancer, diabetes, infertility, asthma, obesity, strokes, and Alzheimer and Parkinson's diseases.
Babies exposed to EDCs in the womb or in puberty, these studies suggested, were especially vulnerable to developing these diseases in later life as well as behavioral and learning problems like dyslexia as children.
In many countries, these disorders affected 5-10 percent of babies born, while autism was now recorded at a rate of one percent. Childhood leukemia and brain cancer is also on the rise, according to the report.
"All of these complex non-communicable diseases have both a genetic and an environmental component," it said.
"Since the increases in incidence and prevalence cannot be due solely to genetics, it is important to focus on understanding the contribution of the environment to these chronic disease trends in humans."
The researchers said their report had been based largely on studies in the developed world. But the size of the problem in developing countries had yet to be adequately assessed due to a lack of data from Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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- Human life was expected to end after seventy years, and anyone living for eighty years must have unusual strength (Ps. 90:10). The days of Methuselah (969 years, Gen. 5:27) are typical of the Hebrew belief that in the past people enjoyed an immense longevity. More realistically, the elderly are known to lack vigour (Job 30:2), though their accumulated wisdom was proverbial (Job 12:12) and accounted for the use of 'elders' as an official title (Exod. 3:16).'Age' is also used to translate the Greek aeon, denoting a period of time—past, present, or future (1 Cor. 10:11; Matt. 12:32): thus, there are cares in the present age (Matt. 13:22) and riches in the ages to come (Eph. 2:7). It has sometimes been maintained that in the NT, especially in Luke–Acts, time since the creation is regarded as divided into three ages—up to the coming of Jesus, the life and death of Jesus, and the continuing epoch of the Church.
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Custom Dog Blankets with Pet Photos, Personalized Pet Photo Collage Blanket
The reactive printing and dyeing process of the personalized dog blanket is healthy and environmentally friendly, Personalized pet collage blanket is not easy to fade after washing, and it is durable.
Material: Flannel,Sherpa
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Puppy Size: 30" x 40" / 80 x 100cm
Throw Size: 50" x 60" / 120 x 150cm
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1. Make sure the photo is taken in good lighting, outdoor and daylight is best
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The 2010 March Daring Bakers' challenge was hosted by Jennifer of "Chocolate Shavings" who chose "Orange Tian" as the challenge for this month, a dessert based on a recipe from Alain Ducasse's Cooking School in Paris.
I was really looking forward to making that "Orange Tian" as not only did it sound interesting, but also because it seemed not too rich and spring-like. Now, that winter has ended, we crave lighter desserts and shun away from the heavier versions on which we splurged during the cold season
At first, I wanted to make my tian with blood oranges, but as my favorite supermarket had none on sale, I had to take Navel oranges instead. So, I followed the recipe to the letter. I only added my personal touch to the pâte sablée which I flavored with ground Mahlep, a Turkish and Greek spice.
This dessert is really exquisite, not too sweet and so fresh. The oranges bring a wonderfully fruity touch, the cream filling is very delicate tasting and the sweet and buttery pastry crust (pâte sablée) brings a marvelous as well as contrasting flakiness to the whole. A perfectly balanced dessert. Divine!
Many thanks to Jennifer for making me discover this "Orange Tian" that is an excellent after dinner treat...
Preparation time:
Pâte Sablée - 20 minutes to make, 30 minutes to rest, 15 minutes to roll out, 20 minutes to bake
Marmalade - 20 minutes to make, 30 minutes to blanch
Caramel - 15 minutes, overnight to sit
Whipped Cream - 15 minutes
Assembling - 20 minutes
Freezer to Set - 10 minutes
• Cookie cutters . Ideally, you should have about 6 cookie cutters to build the desserts in and cut the circles of dough (see photo). The cookie cutters will be the size of your final dessert, so they should be the size of an individually-sized tart mold. If you don't have round cookie cutters you could use an individually-sized cheesecake mold wit hout its base.
• A stand-up or hand mixer
• Parchment paper or a silicone sheet
• A baking sheet
• A rolling pin
2 Medium-sized egg yolks at room, temperature
6 Tbs + 1 Tsp (2.8 oz/80g) Granulated sugar
1/2 Tsp Pure vanilla extract
1/3 Tsp (2g) Sea salt
1 1/2 Cup + 2 Tbs (70z/200g) All-purpose flour
1 Tsp (4g) Baking powder
1 Tsp Ground Mahlep
1. Put the flour, baking powder, ice cold cubed butter and salt in a food processor fitted with a steel blade.
2. In a separate bowl, add the eggs yolks, vanilla extract and sugar and beat with a whisk until the mixture is pale. Pour the egg mixture in the food processor.
3. Process until the dough just comes together. If you find that the dough is still a little too crumbly to come together, add a couple drops of water and process again to form a homogenous ball of dough. Form into a disc, cover with plastic wrap and leave to rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.
5. Roll out the dough onto a lightly floured surface until you obtain a ¼ inch thick circle. 6. Using your cookie cutter, cut out circles of dough and place on a parchment (or silicone) lined baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes or until the circles of dough are just golden.
1/4 Cup + 3 Tbs (3.5oz/100g) Freshly pressed orange juice
1 Large organic orange
Cold water to cook the orange slices
5 g Pectin
Granulated sugar (use the same weight as the weight of orange slices once they are cooked)
1. Finely slice the orange. Place the orange slices in a medium-sized pot filled with cold water. Simmer for about 10 minutes, discard the water, re-fill with cold water and blanch the oranges for another 10 minutes.
2. Blanch the orange slices 3 times. This process removes the bitterness from the orange peel, so it is essential to use a new batch of cold water every time when you blanch the slices.
3. Once blanched 3 times, drain the slices and let them cool.
4. Once they are cool enough to handle, finely mince them (using a knife or a food processor).
5. Weigh the slices and use the same amount of granulated sugar . If you don't have a scale, you can place the slices in a cup measurer and use the same amount of sugar.
6. In a pot over medium heat, add the minced orange slices, the sugar you just weighed, the orange juice and the pectin. Cook until the mixture reaches a jam consistency (10-15 minutes).
7. Transfer to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and put in the fridge.
8 Organic oranges.
1. Cut the oranges into segments over a shallow bowl and make sure to keep the juice. Add the segments to the bowl with the juice.
1 Cup (70z/200g) Granulated sugar
1 1/2 Cups + 2 Tbs (14oz/400g)
1. Place the sugar in a pan on medium heat and begin heating it. Once the sugar starts to bubble and foam, slowly add the orange juice.
2. As soon as the mixture starts boiling, remove from the heat and pour half of the mixture over the orange segments (Reserve the other half of the caramel mixture in a small bowl — you will use this later to spoon over the finished dessert. When the dessert is assembled and setting in the freezer, heat the kept caramel sauce in a small saucepan over low heat until it thickens and just coats the back of a spoon - about 10 minutes. You can then spoon it over the orange tians).
Be very careful when making the caramel — if you have never made caramel before, I would suggest making this step while you don't have to worry about anything else. Bubbling sugar is extremely, extremely hot, so make sure you have a bowl of ice cold water in the kitchen in case anyone gets burnt!
1 Cup (7oz/200g) Heavy whipping cream (35% fat)
3 Tbs Hot water
1 Tsp Gelatine powder
1 Tbs Confectioner's sugar
1 Tbs Orange marmalade (see recipe above)
1. In a small bowl, add the gelatine and hot water, stirring well until the gelatine dissolves. Let the gelatine cool to room temperature while you make the whipped cream.
2. Combine the cream in a chilled mixing bowl. Whip the cream using a hand mixer on low speed until the cream starts to thicken for about one minute.
3. Add the confectioner sugar. Increase the speed to medium-high. Whip the cream until the beaters leave visible (but not lasting) trails in the cream.
4. Then add the cooled gelatine slowly while beating continuously. Continue whipping until the cream is light and fluffy and forms soft peaks.
5. Transfer the whipped cream to a bowl and fold in the orange marmalade.
Use an ice cold bowl to make the whipped cream in. You can do this by putting your mixing bowl, cream and beater in the fridge for 20 minutes prior to whipping the cream.
Make sure you have some room in your freezer. Ideally, you should be able to fit a small baking sheet or tray of desserts to set in the freezer.
1. Line a small tray or baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone sheet. Lay out 6 cookie cutters onto the parchment paper/silicone.
2. Drain the orange segments on a kitchen towel.
3. Have the marmalade, whipped cream and baked circles of dough ready to use.
4. Arrange the orange segments at the bottom of each cookie cutter (Make sure the segments all touch either and that there are no gaps and that they fit snuggly and look pretty as they will end up being the top of the dessert. Arrange them as you would sliced apples when making an apple tart).
5. Once you have neatly arranged one layer of orange segments at the bottom of each cookie cutter, add a couple spoonfuls of whipped cream and gently spread it so that it fills the cookie cutter in an even layer. Leave about 1/4 inch at the top so there is room for dough circle.
6. Using a butter knife or small spoon, spread a small even layer of orange marmalade on each circle of dough. Carefully place a circle of dough over each ring (the side of dough covered in marmalade should be the side touching the whipping cream).
7. Gently press on the circle of dough to make sure the dessert is compact.
8. Place the desserts to set in the freezer to set for 10 minutes.
9. Using a small knife, gently go around the edges of the cookie cutter to make sure the dessert will be easy to unmold.
10. Gently place your serving plate on top of a dessert (on top of the circle of dough) and turn the plate over. Gently remove the cookie cutter, add a spoonful of caramel sauce and serve immediately.
Etant donné la longueur du texte original, je n'ai malheureusement pas pu faire une traduction française de ce billet et je m'en excuse auprès de tous mes amis lecteurs et blogueurs francophones!
C'est pourquoi je vous suggère de vous rendre sur le blog mentionné ci-dessous. Vous y trouverez cette recette en version française.
Chez Isa de "Les Gourmandises d'Isa" (Canada)
Chez Isabelle de "Eat My Cake Now" (France)


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The postcard was sent July 4, 1943, from Rockford, Ill., to sisters Pauline and Theresa Leisenring in Elmira.
Their brother, George Leisenring, was stationed at Rockford's Medical Center Barracks at Camp Grant, an Army post during World War II. Their parents were visiting him when they mailed the postcard home.
The postcard reads in part, "Dear Pauline and Theresa, We arrived safe, had a good trip, but we were good and tired."
Elmira's Star-Gazette newspaper reports the postcard arrived last week at the family's former home, where a different family now lives.
A postal official says the postcard may have been found by someone outside the postal service and placed in the mail.


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"Once I put one on that chin he's going to realize how hard I hit." - Eddie Wineland
Former world champ Eddie Wineland is one tough dude. And his backside is a testament to that fact.
"I have my butt tattooed," the 26-year-old said. "The left cheek says 'Bad'; the right cheek says 'ass.'"
We'll simply have to take his word for it.
Days before his UFC 128 bout against Urijah Faber, in the evening's co-main event, Wineland's cool aura gave every indication that the 5 to 1 underdog feels primed to pull off a huge upset at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Though he is fond of "The California Kid," and harbors no animosity toward the former world featherweight titleholder, Wineland predicted that a prominent physical feature on Faber's face will contribute to his downfall.
"He's got an awfully big target on his head with that chin, I think it will be hard to miss that," said Wineland, 18-6-1, who, like Faber, will be making his UFC debut. "Once I put one on that chin he's going to realize how hard I hit. I'm going to stun him and I think I'm going to put him away."
Armed with a beaming smile and surfer boy charisma, Faber has unquestionably mesmerized and captivated far more fans than Wineland. Yet while Wineland cannot match Faber in popularity, he holds up well in terms of pedigree. Like Faber, he has visited the pinnacle of his profession before, winning a WEC bantamweight title in 2006. He was only 21 years old. The victory helped Wineland cement his name in the history books: He holds the distinction of being the sport's first 135-pound world champ.
"That's mine. No one can ever take that away from me," he said.
The achievement is especially impressive when one considers how lackluster Wineland's career began. He turned pro at the relatively tender age of 18. Through the opening four fights of his career, Wineland sported an underwhelming 1-2-1 record. After eight fights, he wasn't much better, owner of a 3-4-1 mark.
"It played with my head a little bit," Wineland said. "I remember sitting down after one fight and saying, 'My hands are better than anything else. Maybe I should just take up boxing.'"
A friend talked him out of it, and Wineland's renewed focus and dedication to training spurred a dramatic reversal of fortunes; the super-quick boxer/wrestler has won 14 of his past 16 fights and hasn't lost in two years. In his mind, Wineland sees similarities between his feelings headed into Saturday night's fight and a key fight that he was involved in back on May 5, 2006.
"When I fought Antonio Banuelos for the WEC belt I had the same feeling," the Indiana native said. "I fought that guy on Cinco de Mayo, 20 miles from his hometown, and the guy is Mexican. If that isn't having the odds stacked against you, I don't know what is. I went in there and kicked him in the face and knocked him out. So I have a pretty good reputation as a spoiler."
Wineland conceded that when he won the WEC title he had little appreciation for how significant the feat would prove to be.
"I didn't have any grasp of what the WEC was or what it meant," he said. "Later I started researching the WEC and thought, 'Wow, I guess this is a really big deal."
He keeps that five-year-old WEC belt by a staircase in his living room.
"It's got WEC written in rhinestones," he said. "Some of the rhinestones are falling off but that gives it character."
It is worth noting that Wineland's reign atop the bantamweight division was short-lived and ended after 10 months. In March 2007 he lost to Chase Beebe, a four-time state champion wrestler who repeatedly took him down and controlled him en route to a unanimous decision. Exceptional grapplers have been the kryptonite to Wineland's crisp, precision boxing and knockout power, which is a key reason why so many pundits envision Faber (24-4) as a slam dunk to beat Wineland and graduate to a title shot against UFC kingpin Dominick Cruz.
Not so fast, says Wineland.
"What people don't realize is that I'm a wrestler by nature," he said. "I've wrestled on and off ever since I could walk. But once I started fighting I took more of a liking to the standup side of it. I seemed to pick that up quick and my wrestling helped me keep it on the feet. I'm not the best wrestler but I have confidence in my wrestling and I'm not afraid to wrestle against anybody."
The last man to take down Wineland in a live fight was Rani Yahya, in 2009. Yahya, a world-class submission wizard, tapped out Wineland 67 seconds into their matchup.
"But when I fought Rani Yahya we didn't train much wrestling at all," Wineland noted. "We did absolutely no wrestling. I was training with Miguel Torres at the time and it wasn't really a wrestling-oriented gym."
"After that fight I took a step back, started wrestling at the old gym (New Breed in Chicago) I was from and got back to my roots. I got that attitude back of "nobody's going to take me down, I'm going to beat you at every aspect of this game and win the fight.'
Wineland has won four straight since then and is coming off a highlight reel knockout over American Top Team's Ken Stone, a devastating slam that was delivered in a fashion reminiscent of Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. Now he finds himself in a position to become the division's No. 1 contender.
"The WEC belt will always have a special place in my heart but it will be even sweeter to mount a UFC belt right next to it," Wineland said. "The UFC belt is the best of the best and I'm striving to be number one. If I have anything to say about it I'll have that belt, hopefully very shortly."
Wineland counts his younger brother, Cory, as one of his inspirations. Cory suffered severe life-threatening burns during a childhood accident, but defied the odds and survived. Now a full-time firefighter, Wineland has thankfully never had to jump into a burning building and save someone's life. Most of his time is spent responding to 9-1-1 calls for chest pains, drug overdoses and other medical emergencies.
I asked if he has ever had to rescue a cat from a tree.
"It's funny you say that because we did that about two weeks ago," Wineland said. "Honest to God. It was the typical, 'My cat is stuck in a tree. He's been up there for eight hours, can you come help him?'"
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Ainge: Maybe Green starts & Pierce comes off the bench
Danny won't let his obsession with Jeff Green die. Ainge was on WEEI yesterday for a lengthy interview and talked about a myriad of topics. Predictably he says he'd still do the Perk deal, but he's at least honest enough to admit he messed up by letting Tony Allen go. The most shocking comment from Ainge was that there might be a switch in the starting line-up between our best player Pierce and the underwhelming Green:
Read the cliff notes version of Ainge's interview here. Listen to the full interview here.
Great Carl Lewis video after the jump.
"Maybe there's a change of roles. Maybe Paul comes off the bench, cuts down on his minutes. Maybe we find a way to get Jeff more minutes. His role will expand if he's back here next year. There's no question about that ... "Jeff Green would make a fine starter on a team not headed for the playoffs like the Cavs, Wolves, or Kings. But Jeff Green is inferior to Paul Pierce in every facet of the game, besides who's quicker running down the court. In related news the Chicago Bulls drafted Michael Jordan and Carl Lewis in 1984, yet not surprisingly Jordan made for a better NBA prospect. What's your opinion on the proposed switch? And what's your opinion on Ainge admitting the TA gaffe?
"It wouldn't totally shock me if there's a change in the starting lineup, but that's just way too tough to tell."
Read the cliff notes version of Ainge's interview here. Listen to the full interview here.
Great Carl Lewis video after the jump.