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Alice Waters' original Edible Schoolyard is a five minute walk from our house. For years, we've taken early evening strolls through the garden, ogling the vast array of plants, herbs, fruit trees - all inspiring our own tiny backyard veggie garden.
When our boy Otis was getting ready to enter middle school two years ago, we couldn't resist King. We wanted Otis to have the freedom to safely roam our neighborhood, ride his bike to school, have local friends, and be a part of our community school. I'd be lying if I didn't admit that the Edible Schoolyard was a huge draw for us in making this change. King kids are fortunate enough to have classes in both the Kitchen and Garden programs associated with the Schoolyard. Every time I visit, I'm stunned to see a huge group of middle schoolers not messing around or worrying about being cool, but totally focused and invigorated about cooking, gardening, eating, and learning. I've never seen adolescents so excited about vegetables! Who wouldn't want their child to have this invaluable education... an education which instills a passion for learning that permeates all aspects of the school, way beyond the Garden and Kitchen.
King kids know they're lucky to have the Schoolyard - I see them taking great pride in knowing where food comes from, and how to grow and cook nourishing food for themselves. I dream of these King kids becoming parents a generation from now, and the joy and knowledge they will be able to share with their own families - the healthful meals they will cook with their own children.
When my amazing friend Phyllis asked if I'd be interested in teaching a class with her at the Edible Schoolyard to benefit our Berkeley Public Libraries, I immediately said "YES!" On Saturday, we had a blast cooking with 11 adorable kids and their moms, dads, and even a few grandmothers. Phyllis, a pastry master, taught everyone to make sumptuous savory tarts - my oh my were they incredibly good. Then, I worked with the gang on making a deconstructed salad and taught the kids how to whip up a simple vinaigrette in mason jars. Watching all their eager little faces as they shook up salad dressing and ate lettuce like it was candy made my heart swoon. While I always feel lucky to cook with my own kids and their friends, it was totally inspiring for me to cook with this group of kiddos I'd never met. I feel incredibly lucky to have had the tiniest taste of the magic the Edible Schoolyard gets to experience every day. I'm savoring it.
serves 4
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For the dressing:
- 1 heaping teaspoon Dijon mustard
- generous pinch of good sea salt
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1/3 cup olive oil
For the salad:
- 1/2 pound baby arugula, or butter lettuce
- 1 medium fennel bulb
- 6 radishes
- 8-10 kumquats
- 2 oranges: Cara Cara or blood oranges are my favorites here
- 1 cup roasted salted pistachio, shells removed; or 1/3 cup pepitas
- optional: arugula and/or fennel blossoms
The dressing: First, place all ingredients in a lidded jar. Shake vigorously until dressing has emulsified. Dip a leaf of lettuce into the dressing and add more salt, vinegar, or oil to your liking.
The salad: Wash, fully dry and place your salad greens into a large bowl. (Keep in mind that fully dried leaves will be key to your dressing adhering nicely to the greens later.) Trim and thinly slice fennel bulb and radishes. Slice kumquats thin, leaving skins on. Remove any seeds.
Supreme oranges. (See video at the end of this post.)
Place fennel, radishes, kumquats, orange slices, and pistachios (or pepitas) into individual bowls.
When all of your salad components are prepped, and you're ready to eat, lightly dress your greens. (Go ahead and use your hands to toss the salad - it's the best way to get a beautiful even coating of dressing on all the leaves.) Place bowls of chopped goodies on the table and let everyone make the salad they desire. Pass around small pitcher of extra dressing in case anyone wants to add another drizzle to his/her plate.
I decided to make a little video for you guys ( my first ever!) showing the simple way to supreme an orange. If you struggle to slice clean segments of citrus and are looking for a little help, I hope this video makes your life easier....

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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Black Bread
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...This is a European peasant bread that gets its color from the ingredients used to make it. Black bread can range in hue from cocoa brown to a near ebony, depending on the nationality of the cook who bakes it. Each of the countries in Central and Eastern Europe have their own version of the bread. All of these "black" breads are made with made with a base of rye flour, but because of its low gluten content the rye is mixed with higher gluten grains to produce lighter and higher loaves. True or not, many people believe black bread is extraordinarily nutritious and can sustain life on its own for long periods of time. They point to the siege of Leningrad, where rationed portions of the bread are reported to have kept the population alive for 3-1/2 years. While I believe bread is the staff of life, I think that this narrow view overlooks the fact that a huge percentage of the population died of starvation during that period. Leningrad is probably a better example of survival of the fittest than a paean to the merits of black bread. I digress. Sorry. Today's black bread comes from an old recipe developed by James Beard. It lacks the velvet grain of a German pumpernickel, but has a flavor that's hard to beat. Like many of Beard's recipes, this bread claims no country as its own. It takes the best of several breads from several countries and kneads them into a singular, flavorful loaf that's sure to please. Here's the recipe.
Black Bread...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite, courtesy of James Beard
3/4 cup cornmeal
3/4 cup cold water
3/4 cup boiling water
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon brown sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons caraway seeds
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa
1 tablespoon instant coffee
4-1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water + additional water as needed to form dough
2 cups dark rye flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 cups unbleached flour + additional flour for kneading
1 egg white beaten with 2 tablespoons flour
1) Add cornmeal to cold water and mix in a bowl. Pour mixture into saucepan containing boiling water. Stir until thick and bubbling. Add butter, salt, sugar, caraway seeds, cocoa and instant coffee. Stir well. Remove from heat.
2) Place yeast in a large bowl. Add 1/4 cup warm water; stir to dissolve. Add mixture in pan and flours, adding more warm water as required tp produce a thick, sticky dough. Turn onto a floured board. Knead, adding more flour if required, to form a firm but elastic dough. Form into a ball and place in a greased bowl, turning once to coat dough on all side. Let rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour. Punch dough down and knead on a lightly floured surface for 2 to 3 minutes. Divide dough into 2 portions and shape into two free-form loaves. Place on baking sheets covered with cornmeal. Allow to rise until almost doubled in bulk. Brush bread with beaten egg-white. Bake at 375 degrees F for 50 to 60 minutes, or until loaves sound hollow. Transfer to cooling racks. Yield: 2 loaves.
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38 comments :
- Unknown said...
This is one I would love to try! What a beautiful combination of flavours.
- January 21, 2010 at 2:39 AM
- Jamie said...
A fabulous cook and you bake bread too? And as perfect as this? Oh, Mary, I need to sign up for cooking classes with you! Perfect bread and I'll bet the flavor is deep and rich. Cream cheese anyone?
- January 21, 2010 at 2:42 AM
- aspiritofsimplicity said...
I love black bread and can't wait to give this one a try. I won't be adding the caraway though. I can never figure out how all that yuck can come out of that tiny little seed.
- January 21, 2010 at 4:25 AM
- surfingtheworldcuisine said...
I grew up eating dark bread and this is one of the things that I miss here in Turkey. I hope I'll try this recipe one day!
- January 21, 2010 at 4:27 AM
- The Blonde Duck said...
It sounds delectable.
- January 21, 2010 at 5:37 AM
- Martha said...
Oh, black bread -- a treat indeed!
- January 21, 2010 at 6:36 AM
- My Little Space said...
What a marvellous bake!
- January 21, 2010 at 6:43 AM
- pam said...
I love black bread. I can make a meal out of it alone!
- January 21, 2010 at 7:14 AM
- Cathy (Bread Experience) said...
This bread sounds delicious! I love the color. Thanks for sharing!
- January 21, 2010 at 8:02 AM
- black eyed susans kitchen said...
The bread looks delicious..with a little butter and maybe some cheese...heaven!
Susan - January 21, 2010 at 8:50 AM
- Hootin Anni said...
Black, Russian Rye bread...the darker the better! AND of course, tons of caraway seeds.
This looks delicious Mary. - January 21, 2010 at 10:29 AM
- Inspired by eRecipeCards said...
loving bread!!!
Coffee... interesting, need to give this a shot! - January 21, 2010 at 10:32 AM
- GratefulPrayerThankfulHeart said...
Copied this recipe... I have all of the ingredients... maybe I can get to it this weekend! As always, it is a joy to visit with you!
- January 21, 2010 at 10:42 AM
- Southerncook said...
Mary, This bread recipe looks and sounds soooooo yummy. Thanks for sharing.
Carolyn/ A Southerners Notebook - January 21, 2010 at 10:45 AM
- Unknown said...
I bet this tastes wonderful...so I'copying the recipe. Thanks!
- January 21, 2010 at 11:28 AM
- Carol at Serendipity said...
Another winner I am sure! Looks delicious.
Carol - January 21, 2010 at 11:29 AM
- Johnny Nutcase said...
thanks for the info, the bread looks and sounds pretty tasty! nothing better than freshbaked bread!
- January 21, 2010 at 12:53 PM
- George Gaston said...
Mary, a crusty pumpernickel has always be a weakness and yours looks delicious. Many thanks...
- January 21, 2010 at 1:05 PM
- Federica Simoni said...
splendido questo pane! deve essere buonissimo!
- January 21, 2010 at 1:39 PM
- Jeanette said...
I make a similar black bread a couple of times a year, I think I will try this one to switch it up a little.
- January 21, 2010 at 3:52 PM
- Alessandra said...
Wow, fantastic...and to put coffee in it...totally new for me :-)
- January 21, 2010 at 4:11 PM
- Twin Tables said...
Mary, would you say the second rising should take about an hour as well or only 30 mintues or so? This sounds wonderful!
- January 21, 2010 at 4:37 PM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
Twin Tables, because you're not looking for a complete double in volume 45 minutes max should do the trick.
- January 21, 2010 at 5:03 PM
- The Chef In My Head said...
Dear Mary, I simply have to get over my fear of bread!! This looks so good, my husband would love it! -LeslieMichele
- January 21, 2010 at 5:21 PM
- DailyChef said...
ohh, I haven't had black bread in way too long. Thanks for reminding me--and this time I'll try your recipe. It looks great!
- January 21, 2010 at 5:38 PM
- La Bella Cooks said...
I have never tried Black Bread before but it sounds so interesting. I can imagine the flavor is so rich and full.
Your photos are gorgeous as well. - January 21, 2010 at 6:35 PM
- Wobegon Cottage said...
would it make any difference if I used the dough hook on my kitchen-aid and let it do the kneading for me? This would go good with the sauerbraten recipe I just found.
- January 21, 2010 at 6:49 PM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
Alice, go ahead and use the dough hook, but remember this is a sticky dough and you'll have to keep your eye on it to make sure you machine doesn't overheat. Blessings...Mary
- January 21, 2010 at 6:53 PM
- Debbie said...
It looks delicious and I would love a slice with some honey butter!
- January 21, 2010 at 7:13 PM
- Chef Aimee said...
I never liked black bread as a child, but as an adult, I crave it. THanks for sharing this - the coffee element is most amazing!
- January 21, 2010 at 8:15 PM
- Velva said...
Mary, this version of black bread served up with a great cheese and a bottle of wine would be divine.
- January 21, 2010 at 9:37 PM
- Donna-FFW said...
I love the thought of the coffee flavor in there. My first thought was.. I'd like that toasted with some butter..
- January 21, 2010 at 10:48 PM
- Claudia said...
I do love black breads. It really just needs butter (and not much). Cheese would be good... cheese and tomato... oh dear - dreaming of black bread - specifically your scrumptious one. James Beard wins again.
- January 21, 2010 at 11:11 PM
- Zurin said...
That is one beautiful loaf!!!
- January 22, 2010 at 8:51 AM
- Lori said...
This looks wonderful. I love dark breads.
- January 22, 2010 at 9:35 PM
- Katy ~ said...
A beautiful loaf. A real favorite with me, too!
- January 23, 2010 at 6:34 AM
- Joanne said...
Thanks for the history of this bread! I love how it has coffee, caraway, and cocoa in it. The three C's of deliciousness.
- January 23, 2010 at 11:28 PM
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Google Chromebooks, once sold as secondary computers, seek a spot in the limelight by challenging Apple on design and features.
Google on Thursday introduced a Google-branded high-resolution Chrome OS portable computer with a touchscreen, a shift that blurs the boundaries between keyboard-oriented laptops and touch-oriented tablets and between the company's mobile Android operating system and its Web-centric Chrome OS.
Fulfilling a prediction made late last year, Sundar Pichai, SVP of Chrome and apps, demonstrated the Chromebook Pixel, the first Chrome OS device aimed at power users, at a media event in San Francisco on Thursday.
Pichai described the Pixel as both as a fully engineered product and a reference device to show Google's hardware partners how a Chrome OS touchscreen device can work.
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The Chromebook Pixel features an Intel Core i5 processor and a 239 ppi screen. Pichai said the screen was "the highest resolution screen that's ever been shipped on a laptop." For the sake of comparison, the Apple MacBook Pro with Retina display has a pixel density of 220 ppi.
Pichai also highlighted the device's speed. "It's an incredibly fast experience," he said. "In my personal experience, this is the fastest laptop I've used."
At 3.35 pounds, the Chromebook Pixel is about a pound heavier than Apple's MacBook Air, which appears to be the Pixel's primary competition, at least in terms of price. Despite its heft, the Pixel is a beautifully designed device, one that includes several custom-designed components. Pichai insists the Pixel compares favorably with Apple's ultraportable notebook.
"I think it will stand up very, very well against a Macbook Air," said Pichai. "... What you're getting from our hardware is in many ways far superior."
Google has partnered with Verizon to provide an LTE wireless connectivity option. It is providing Pixel buyers with 1 TB of Google Drive storage at no cost for three years. That much storage normally would cost about $600 annually.
The Wi-Fi version (32 GB) of the Chromebook Pixel is available for $1,299. It can be ordered through the Google Play store, with shipping scheduled in about one week. The LTE version (64 GB) costs $1,499. It is also available for order through Google Play, with shipping planned for April. On Friday, Best Buy will begin taking Chromebook Pixel orders.
To make the prospect of living in the cloud more appealing, Google is planning in three months to integrate Quickoffice (acquired by Google last year) into a future version of its Chrome browser and Chrome OS using its Native Client technology. This will allow Word and Excel documents to be opened and edited natively in Google Apps rather than converted to the Google Apps format. As a result, the Pixel should appeal to businesses that rely on Microsoft Office.
Google is also planning to release in its Chrome Web Store a Google+ Photos app that supports automatic photo uploading from SD cards.
Armed with a touchscreen, Chromebooks may be ready to transition from the role of understudy to star.
In October, Pichai described Chromebooks as a complement to existing PCs. And Google supported that sidekick role through its Chrome Remote Desktop software, a Chrome browser extension that lets Chrome OS users access and administer OS X or Windows computers from afar.
But the touch-oriented Pixel presents a challenge to personal computers running OS X, Linux or Windows, as well as tablets running Android. It aspires to be a primary computing device for those who want to "live in the cloud," as Pichai puts it.
Google first launched Chrome OS laptops with partners Acer and Samsung in mid-2011. Rather than trying to offer devices that were more powerful than leading PCs at the time, Google and its partners offered devices that were more affordable, more manageable and more secure.
Initially, Chromebooks sold poorly, but following the launch of second-generation devices in May 2012 and third-generation devices in October 2012, including an ARM-based Chromebook from Samsung, demand appeared to rise. Pichai noted that Samsung's recent model Chromebook has remained atop Amazon.com's laptop bestseller list for the entire 125-day period it has been available.
Some of the credit for rising Chromebook demand should go to Google for expanding the number of Chromebook kiosks at Best Buy stores. But Acer and Samsung played a part too by making Chromebook laptops more appealing.
Late last month, Acer said that Chromebooks accounted for between 5% to 10% of the company's U.S. computer shipments since the company released its C7 Chromebook in November. Based on IDC's Q4 2012 PC sales figures, it appears Acer sold somewhere between 25,000 and 100,000 Chromebooks in the U.S.
Google to date has not released any official Chrome sales figures; two weeks ago, however, the company said that more than 2,000 schools are using Chromebooks, twice as many as were doing so three months earlier.
But the arrival of new Chromebook hardware partners is perhaps more revealing than sales figures. HP recently introduced its Pavilion Chromebook and Lenovo is about to release a ruggedized Chromebook for the education market. In addition, channel vendor CDW said earlier this month that it would begin selling Chromebooks to businesses and schools.
"We think this is a real game changer in terms of how people can start living in the cloud," said Pichai.
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Chapter 16
Jesus warns against the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees—Peter testifies that Jesus is the Christ and is promised the keys of the kingdom—Jesus foretells His death and resurrection.
1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from aheaven.
2 He aanswered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and alowring. O ye bhypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the csigns of the dtimes?
4 A wicked and aadulterous generation seeketh after a bsign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the csign of the prophet dJonas. And he left them, and departed.
5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.
6 ¶ Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the aleaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.
8 aWhich when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the adoctrine of the Pharisees and of the bSadducees.
13 ¶ When Jesus came into the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, aElias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
15 He saith unto them, But whom say aye that I am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the aChrist, the bSon of the cliving God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon aBar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not brevealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this arock I will build my bchurch; and the gates of chell shall not dprevail against it.
19 And I will agive unto thee the bkeys of the ckingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt dbind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the aChrist.
21 ¶ From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be araised again the third day.
22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou asavourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
24 ¶ aThen said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him bdeny himself, and take up his ccross, and dfollow eme.
25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will alose his life for my sake shall bfind it.
26 For what is a man aprofited, if he shall bgain the whole cworld, and dlose his own esoul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
27 For the aSon of man shall come in the bglory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall creward every man according to his dworks.
28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of adeath, till they see the Son of man coming in his bkingdom.


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Sunday studio estimates put "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2" out front for the third-straight weekend with $17.4 million domestically.
That raised the domestic total to $254.6 million for the vampire tale released by Lionsgate banner Summit Entertainment. The movie added $48.4 million overseas for an international haul of $447.8 million and a worldwide sum of $702.4 million, approaching the franchise record of $710 million for last year's "Breaking Dawn - Part 2."
Sony's James Bond adventure "Skyfall" was a fraction behind with $17 million domestically, raising revenue to $246 million after four weekends.
"Skyfall" also brought in $34 million overseas to put its international take at $623 million and the worldwide total at $869 million, the best cash haul ever for a Bond flick.
Pitt's "Killing Them Softly," the weekend's top new release, tanked with just $7 million domestically, coming in at No. 7 behind a big batch of holdovers.
The "Twilight" finale and "Skyfall" were close enough that domestic rankings could flip-flop when final numbers are released Monday. Either way, the two movies have led a brisk start to the holiday season that could lift Hollywood to record domestic revenues for the year.
"I keep upping my revenue estimates for the full end-of-year box office because it's just been a lot stronger than anticipated lately," said Paul Dergarabedian, analyst for box-office tracker Hollywood.com.
With domestic business totaling $9.9 billion so far in 2012, receipts are running 6 percent ahead of last year's and are on track to top the record of $10.6 billion set in 2009, according to Hollywood.com.
After record revenue over Thanksgiving, business eased off, though it still was a stronger-than-usual post-holiday weekend. Domestic revenues totaled $115 million, up 42 percent from the same weekend last year, when "Breaking Dawn - Part 1" led with $16.5 million.
A Weinstein Co. release, "Killing Them Softly" averaged just $2,888 in 2,424 theaters, meager results compared to the "Twilight" finale's average of $4,344 in 4,008 cinemas over its third weekend.
Adapted from George V. Higgins' novel "Cogan's Trade," ''Killing Them Softly" stars Pitt as a gang enforcer on the trail of two small-time crooks who held up a mob-protected card game.
The weekend's other new wide release, LD Entertainment's horror tale "The Collection," also flopped at No. 10 with $3.4 million, averaging $2,430 in 1,403 theaters.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2," $17.4 million ($48.4 million international)
2. "Skyfall," $17 million ($34 million international).
3. "Lincoln," $13.51 million.
4. "Rise of the Guardians," $13.5 million ($40 million international).
5. "Life of Pi," $12 million ($21.5 million international).
6. "Wreck-It Ralph," $7.02 million ($1.5 million international).
7. "Killing Them Softly," $7 million ($700,000 international).
8. "Red Dawn," $6.6 million ($500,000 international).
9. "Flight," $4.5 million.
10. "The Collection," $3.4 million.
Estimated weekend ticket sales at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada) for films distributed overseas by Hollywood studios, according to Rentrak:
1. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2," $48.4 million.
2. "Rise of the Guardians," $40 million.
3. "Skyfall," $34 million.
3. "Life of Pi," $21.5 million.
4. "26 Years," $5.2 million.
5. "Argo," $4.1 million.
6. "Hotel Transylvania," $3.5 million.
7. "Wreck-It Ralph," $1.5 million.
8. "Silver Linings Playbook," $1.3 million.
9. "Killing Them Softly," $700,000.
10. "Red Dawn," $500,000.
Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.


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Three major technology revolutions have occurred during the period the Pew Research Center has been studying digital technology – and yet more are on the horizon.
First, the rise of the internet changed the way that people got information and shared it with each other, affecting everything from users' basic social relationships to the way that they work, learn, and take care of themselves. The speed of internet connectivity picked up considerably with the rise of broadband connections. As people adopted those higher-speed, always-on connections, they became different internet users: They spent more time online, performed more activities, watched more video, and themselves become content creators.
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Second, mobile connectivity through cell phones, and later smartphones and tablet computers, made any time-anywhere access to information a reality for the vast majority of Americans. Mobile devices have changed the way people think about how and when they can communicate and gather information by making just-in-time and real-time encounters possible. They have also affected the way people allocate their time and attention.
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Third, the rise of social media and social networking has affected the way that people think about their friends, acquaintances, and even strangers. People have always have social networks of family and friends that helped them. The new reality is that as people create social networks in technology spaces, those networks are often bigger and more diverse than in the past. Social media allow people to plug into those networks more readily and more broadly – making them persistent and pervasive in ways that were unimaginable in the past. One of the major impacts was that the traditional boundaries between private and public, between home and work, between being a consumer of information and producer of it were blurred.
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Convicted murderer Charles Manson, sentenced to life in prison for his role in the grisly deaths of seven people in 1969, will not be released from prison, California's parole board decided Wednesday. The hearing, which Manson did not attend, may have been the 77-year-old's last chance at freedom. His next bid for a parole hearing isn't likely to be heard until 2027.
One person who did attend Manson's parole hearing was Debra Tate, who was 17 when her sister, Sharon Tate, was killed at the Benedict Canyon home she shared with her husband, director Roman Polanski. At the time — Aug. 9, 1969 — Sharon Tate was pregnant.
"I'm done with him," Debra Tate told the AP after the hearing. "I've tried to take this thing that I do, that has become my lot in life, and make it have purpose."
"I've been doing it for Sharon and the other victims of him for the last 40 years," she said.
Manson has been living at Corcoran State Prison. And his sentence has not been served without incident. According to The Los Angeles Times:
"Twice in the last few years, Corcoran guards said they found the notorious killer in possession of a cellphone. Manson called people in California, New Jersey and Florida with an LG flip phone discovered under his prison bunk in March 2009, The Times reported in 2011. A second phone was found a year later. Thirty days were added to his sentence for the first offense, officials said.""Earlier, a homemade weapon was found in his possession."
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I discovered Judi is an expert macaron-maker. No wonder she wanted to be painted in Paris.
Judi wants to remain semi-anonymous. She's right to think we would all besiege her with orders for her superb macs. I know I would...
Bakers and pastry chefs are different from the rest of us.
They are precise.
And exacting. They don't throw things in a pot and pray for the best like some of us do...ahem
They are more like scientist experimenting over and over with endless patience until they get it right, just the way they want it.
In a word, they are perfectionist.
These photos are all by Judi of her macaron experiments in Australia.
Here's what she has to say:
I first tasted macarons in Paris at Easter 2004. I saw the lovely boxes in the window (I collect boxes) and went inside. Of course, when we took a bite I had to hurry back in to buy one of every flavour. A friend and I have spent the last month making our own and after a couple of very ordinary batches and a bit of experimenting with different recipes we have just about got it down pat. Our lemon, hazelnut/choc, passionfruit/choc and pistachio are terrific but it's hard to replicate any other flavours, mainly I think because the flavouring ingredients just aren't available here. We've tried making violet macs with Monin syrup and crystallised violets but they lacked strong flavour. I see there's a violette paste which we could obtain from Amazon but it only comes in 1kg jars and is prohibitively expensive. I have given some of our macs to friends who have never had the genuine article and they are very impressed, saying they are the best things they have every had, so I always tell them to go to Paris and be really blown away!
My husband and I were in London two years later and the first thing we did was have afternoon tea at in Harrods.
Here's another of Judi's pastry creations - lovely non?
Judi says: The further I get from my memories of the first macarons the more I forget what they were really like. A return trip to Paris in the future is a must obviously.
Don't you think we should all send Judi back to Paris?
Here is Judi's portrait sketch...
And her finished Paris portrait.
*By the way the Picture Yourself in Paris portraits
Are there other PB readers out there making macarons?
I'd love to hear from you in the comments. Let's Talk.
Judi likes these macaron sites:
macaron tutorial PDF is in Tartelette's sidebar
Melanger Baking
Syrup and Tang
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In India Uber is legal. You can choose UberX. He expanded to over 25 cities.
When Bokaro be made available, we will inform you here
Check all available cities on https://www.uber.com/cities
How Uber work?
You install an application that runs on any smartphone. Simply register and enter personal details. Then select the address where you want to go and then the application receives your application and locate the position where you are. Then it forwards the nearest Uber registered driver whose movements can be followed on the screen of your phone. Your driver comes to your place and takes you where you want to go. When you arrive at your destination, from your bank account takes off the amount of money you need to pay for a drive.
If you need promo code for Bokaro Jharkhand just check some of these website, they have latest coupons. You can get first free ride or save money on drive.
Websites: http://www.grabon.in/uber-coupons , http://www.coupondunia.in/uber and http://promocodeclub.com/uber-coupons-offers
Who's driving the Uber?
Drivers who works do not have taximeter or a license. Apply for a job can be almost anyone with a driver's license and an appropriate vehicle. They earn about 80% for charged ride.
What is the rate?
Prices are different in countries, but still cheaper than the competition. It is possible to share a ride with someone. Charged by kilometers traveled, and if the drive is slower than 18 kilometers per hour, then they charged time spent in the car.
There are several options and cars
It depends on where the city is located, there is the 5 types of cars. The cheapest is UberX, then Black Car, UberPOP and the most expensive options are SUVs and LUX. There is also Uber Taxi, this means that co-operate with local taxi operators.
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This actress used to be A list.
It was a brief run at the top of the list, but her time there imprinted her on the world and she still continues to enjoy A+ list name recognition even though her first movie was about 30 years ago.
It is hard to believe it has been that long since she made her entrance.
It was that same time period that also saw one of her first co-stars get his start in movies.
He is A+ list now.
Our actress always had a thing for guys who were bad boys.
She was known as someone who wouldn't mind if you wanted to rough her up a little bit and she was supposedly very willing to do whatever any guy wanted.
Some say she was abused as a teen which led to this type of relationship.
Sometimes the guys got completely out of hand and she suffered her fair share of beatings. One of those beatings kept her unemployed for three months and she lost a major role because of it.
Her career never recovered after that miss.
To say she has dated some of the more famous figures of all-time would be fair to say.
One of those people was enamored with her and spent millions of dollars on her.
Well, the movie version of her.
Our actress did her best acting when she was with this guy.
He flew her all over the world and she still has millions of dollars of jewels he gave her and is living off the money she received during and after the relationship even though it ended almost 20 years ago.
The reason he left her was because he found someone even more famous than our actress.
She really couldn't believe she was being dumped, at least for someone who was roughly her same age.
She would show up at the guy's apartment and his homes around the world and one time was thrown in jail because the guards of his new A+ list celebrity girlfriend viewed her as a threat.
She finally backed off after that visit and a nice healthy check from her boyfriend's dad.
That is how he usually handled the affairs of his son.
Actress: Daryl Hannah
A+ co-star: Tom Hanks
Movie: "Splash"
Bad beating: Jackson Browne
Lost role: "Pretty Woman"
Dated famous people: Mick Jagger, Warren Beatty, Val Kilmer, John F. Kennedy Jr.
Man enamored with her: Dodi Fayed
New A+ girlfriend: Princess Diana
Source: http://www.crazydaysandnights.net
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Power-to-weight ratio is a key muscle car factor. The biggest engines in the most lightweight cars are the ideal combinations, but that wasn't very practical from a manufacturer's standpoint. There were issues like insurability, and as much as high performance sold well, auto manufacturers were in the general transportation business, not racecar production. The solution was to find reasonable compromises that offered strong performance and reliable streetability.
Many of the big-engine muscle cars experienced price creep as the Sixties progressed. Chrysler was smart to see that there was still ample demand for less expensive muscle cars. Their solution: offer affordable versions of the popular "A" body cars. The Dodge Dart, and later the Plymouth Duster and Dodge Demon, are good examples of affordable "A" body Mopars.
The late-Sixties Dodge Dart GTS was a great junior muscle car, but prices could escalate when options were added. The GTS was the top of the Dart lineup.
The Dodge Dart Swinger was designed as a lower-cost alternative to the GTS. It was available with the same power trains, but its lower content made it noticeably more attractive price-wise. A $500 price break could make the difference to young buyers between owning a new car and getting a bus pass. The budget-minded Dodge Dart Swinger debuted as a 1969 model.
Dodge reduced the number of Dart models for 1970, eliminating the GT and GTS versions. That left the Swinger and the Swinger 340, like this bright orange example that belongs to Drew Nataoe. Prices were approximately $200 less than 1969, which made the Swinger 340 an excellent value. A 3-speed manual was standard, and a 4-speed was optional. Both transmissions used floor shifters.
The 340ci is a great, high-revving engine. It's both strong and responsive. The 340 was a major hit in the high profile Dodge Challenger T/A. The Swinger 340 came with a rear "bumblebee stripe" and twin, non-functional hood scoops appropriated from the Dodge Super Bee.
Plymouth's version of the affordable "A" body muscle car was the Duster 340, which debuted in 1970 with the same 275hp 340 V-8 as the Swinger 340. In 1971, the Dodge Demon replaced the Swinger.
Dare to Be Different! - Introduction
The Wide, Wide World of Muscle Cars
Dare to Be Different! - 1961 Ford Starliner
An excellent muscle car for any Ford fan looking for something different.
Dare to Be Different - 1961 Pontiac Ventura
A little known and often overlooked precursor to the Pontiac performance timeline.
Dare to Be Different - 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix
Different enough to be unique, but so handsome as to be universally admired.
Dare to Be Different - 1966 Dodge Polara 500
A competitor to the Ford Galaxy 500 and the Chevy Impala that demands a second look.
Dare to Be Different - 1968 Chevy Impala SS 427
A viable alternative that's still daring and different.
Dare to Be Different - 1969 Chevrolet El Camino SS 396
A different way to enjoy muscle car ownership at bargain prices.
Dare to Be Different - 1969 Mercury Cougar Eliminator
An excellent way to enjoy some of the finest engines Ford Motor Company ever produced.
Dare to Be Different - 1970 Dodge Swinger
Power-to-weight ratio makes this A-body a great choice.
Dare to Be Different - 1971 AMC Hornet SC/360
This a one-year wonder was a daring exercise for AMC.
Dare to Be Different - 1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport
Thanks to Clint Eastwood this overlooked muscle car is back in the spotlight.
Dare to Be Different - 1972 Buick GS 455 Stage 1
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text: Space | 19. August 2010 Processing of first TanDEM-X data received at Inuvik Erhard Diedrich, in charge of the building of the Inuvik satellite station, returned from Canada with his colleagues, a happy man. The inauguration on 10 August was not only moving, but also marked the end of a successful first checkout phase. Over 300 passes of data have been acquired since April this year, among them 60 from the TanDEM-X satellite. We acquired a first image over the Inuvik satellite station from TanDEM-X at the very beginning of the mission. During this acquisition, the 13-metre satellite dish followed the satellite flight path and therefore acted as a radar reflector. It appears on the radar image as a bright cross. The town of Inuvik is at the top left of the image; the airport is towards the lower right. TanDEM-X image of Inuvik. Credit: DLR. The station in Inuvik is fully automated, from antenna control, through the complete reception chain, to the recording of the encrypted raw data onto tape. These tapes are then sent to DLR for processing. Monitoring of the station operations is performed at the Earth Observation Center in Oberpfaffenhofen, where all the data from the various TanDEM-X ground stations comes together and is assessed for completeness and quality. We now have 525 acquisitions from the TerraSAR-X satellite and 157 from TanDEM X in the archive, among them first joint acquisitions by both satellites, which can be used for the generation of elevation data sets. The first such image pair was acquired on 1 August over October Revolution Island in the Russian Arctic, which had already been the target of the very first 3D experiments. The TanDEM-X data received at the Inuvik satellite station were combined with those from the corresponding TerraSAR X scene and processed into elevation data using the operational TanDEM X processor. Further elevation data sets and explanations concerning the 3D representation will be given in an upcoming blog by my colleague, Thomas Fritz. System engineers Frank Riffel, Ralf Reissig, and Robert Metzig watch the automated TanDEM-X data reception at the Inuvik satellite ground station on 18 August at 16:28 UTC. Credit: DLR. TanDEM-X 3D elevation data from October Revolution Island, acquired on 1 August 2010. Credit: DLR.


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Daniel Perlongo (1942-2023) attended the University of Michigan where he received the B.M. and M.M. degrees studying composition with George Balch Wilson, Leslie Bassett and Ross Lee Finney. With a Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship he continued his studies for two years in Rome at the Academy of St. Cecilia with Gofreddo Petrassi. Mr. Perlongo and his music compositions have received numerous awards, including the American Prix de Rome, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the American Academy-National Institute of Arts and Letters, and the National Endowment for the Arts. He has been resident composer at the Rockefeller Foundation's Villa Serbelloni in Bellagio, Italy, and Montalvo center for the Arts in Saratoga, California. In 2003 he received Indiana University of Pennsylvania's Distinguished Faculty Award for the Creative Arts, where he taught for over 40 years and is now emeritus professor.
Mr. Perlongo's orchestral music, noted for its sensitive lyricism and unique instrumental combinations, has earned him international recognition. His Seven Pieces was awarded the Joseph Bearns Prize from Columbia University, and Myriad and Ephermeron have been performed by the Italian Radio Orchestra (RAI) of Rome. His Variations for small orchestra has been performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra and the American Composers Orchestra. His Concertino was winner of the Nebraska Sinfonia orchestral competition, and performed by the Nebraska Sinfonia and the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble.
Daniel Perlongo's chamber music has been recognized for its finely crafted lyricism and subtle expressiveness. Aureole for saxophone quartet won the New Music for Young Ensembles competition and was premiered at Carnegie Recital Hall. His String Quartet II, performed by the Pro Arte Quartet, was premiered at Carnegie Recital Hall after winning the League of Composers International Society for Contemporary Music competition. Ricercar for wind trio was winner of the International Double Reed Society competition. The Ricercar and Fragments for flute and cello were recorded on Composers Recordings Incorporated (CRI), newly released on New World Records NWCRL453. A CD of his Concerto for piano and orchestra is recorded on Master Musicians Recordings (MMC), with pianist, Donna Coleman and the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra of Bratislava, Slovakia. Also released on MMC is Mr. Perlongo's Sunburst for clarinet and orchestra, commissioned by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and recorded by clarinetist, Richard Stoltzman and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra.
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I thought some of you might like updates on the various VO projects I'd mentioned previously.
- We've been testing different forks for the Polyvalent 700c/Camper frame. We even figured out how to re-rake our own forks. I think we've nailed down the geometry and we'll approve production very soon.
- The Pass Hunter 700c performance frame is up next for development. We hope to be testing prototypes in a couple of months.
- We're awaiting new prototype camping racks. I know these have been in the works for a long time, but we do want them as close to perfect as we can manage. Since the prototypes are all bent, welded, and finished by hand it takes 2-3 months to get each new generation.
- We've rethought our luggage projects and are designing a new line of premium bike luggage using the best fabrics we can find. I think we've found the right material and come up with a pretty darn nice handlebar bag design to get the line rolling. Now we'll enter the long prototyping stage. These will probably be called Grand Cru bags.
- Our first round of short reach/drop bar samples was disappointing. We have to make new tooling and try again. I'm really particular about bars and am finding that getting the hand positions right is much harder on these than on medium or long reach models.
- We hope to introduce complete, ready to ride, bikes this winter.
- We're kicking around the idea of a 26" expedition bike, something halfway between a mountain bike and a traditional camper.
- A larger porteur rack is possible, but how big? Need to haul cases of beer, pizzas, large paintings, sheets of plywood?


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- Built on the coast by Herod the Great in honour of Caesar Augustus; it became the official residence of Roman prefects. Its inhabitants were both Jews and Gentiles, and the Christian way was brought there by Philip (Acts 8:40; 21:8). Peter became aware of the equality of Jews and Gentiles in the Church by being summoned to Caesarea by Cornelius, a centurion and a Gentile God-fearer. Paul was taken to Caesarea for trial (Acts 23:23).
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Ambiguous genitalia
When a child's gender is in question at birth, because genitals may not appear clearly male or female, the child is said to have ambiguous genitalia. Ambiguous genitalia can be a traumatizing experience for parents.
Early in fetal development, the tissue that will become the gonads (ovaries or testes) is undifferentiated and has the potential to become either ovaries or testes, depending on the genetics of the fetus. Humans have 46 chromosomes in each cell of their body, or 23 pairs. The 23rd pair determines our gender; females have two X chromosomes, while males have one X and one Y chromosome. The chromosome complement in humans is written: 46, XX, normal female or 46, XY, normal male.
There is a gene located on the short arm (top half) of the Y chromosome, called "SRY," which, if present, will cause the undifferentiated gonad to become testes (indicating a male) around the 6th week of fetal life. At the same time, regression of what would have been the female reproductive tract occurs. As the testes produce testosterone, the phallus (penis), scrotum, and urethra form. Later, during the 7th to 8th month of the pregnancy, the testes will descend into the scrotum.
In the absence of the SRY gene, the gonad will differentiate into an ovary (indicating a female). Likewise, the female reproductive tract will continue to develop, forming the uterus and fallopian tubes. At the same time, regression of what would have become the male reproductive organs occurs.
A variety of genetic and environmental factors may influence this development, leading to ambiguous genitalia. Ambiguous genitalia, as the word implies, may make determining the child's gender more difficult. Very few infants with ambiguous genitalia have genitals that are so ambiguous that a gender determination is not made at birth. Far more common are the following observations at birth:
- A female with severe virilizing (overproduction of male hormones) who appears to have a small penis.
- A male with an abnormally small penis that resembles a female clitoris (due to an insensitivity to male hormones or failure to produce male hormones).
There are a number of different causes of ambiguous genitalia, with the most common described below. The cause, in many cases, is not known and the disorder appears to occur by chance. Children who are born with ambiguous genitalia may fall into one of the following groups:
- True hermaphroditism - children who have:
- Both ovarian and testicular tissues.
- Both genders' internal reproductive organs.
- External genitalia that are partially ambiguous.
- Chromosomes that are either 46, XX, 46, XY, or a mixture (referred to as "mosaic").
- Gonadal dysgenesis - children who have:
- An undeveloped gonad.
- Internal sex organs that are usually female.
- External genitals that may vary between normal female and normal male, with the majority female.
- Chromosomes that are 45, X, 46, XY, 46, XX, or a mixture (referred to as "mosaic").
- Pure gonadal dysgenesis - a female child who has a 46, XY karyotype, underdeveloped gonads, internal female reproductive organs and female external genitalia.
- Pseudohermaphroditism - children who have questionable external genitalia, but have only one gender's internal reproductive organs. The term male (gonads are testes) or female (gonads are ovaries) pseudohermaphrodite refers to the gonadal sex (the gender of the internal reproductive organs).
There are two primary causes of male pseudohermaphroditism:
- Androgen insensitivity syndrome - children who have:
- 46, XY karyotype.
- Normal female external genitalia.
This is called "androgen insensitivity syndrome," because male infants are not responsive to androgens (testosterone). Androgen insensitivity syndrome is inherited by a defect in the androgen receptor gene on the X chromosome,and the inheritance is therefore described as "X-linked recessive." Mothers who carry the gene have a 50/50 chance to have a son with androgen insensitivity syndrome, while daughters (of mothers who carry the gene) have a 50/50 chance to be carriers of the gene.
- 5-alpha-reductase deficiency - children who have:
- 46, XY karyotype.
- Genital ambiguity.
The enzyme 5-alpha reductase is deficient, therefore, it cannot carry out its task of converting testosterone into dihydrotestosterone (DHT) which is necessary for complete masculinization of a male fetus. A 5-alpha-reductase deficiency is inherited by an autosomal recessive gene, which means that each parent carries one copy of the gene, and transmits it to the child. Carrier parents have a one in eight, or 12.5 percent, chance, with each pregnancy, to have an affected child since only males are affected.
There are a number of causes of female pseudohermaphroditism:
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH):
- Is caused by a defect in an enzyme (21-hydroxylase) in the steroid hormone synthesis pathway in the adrenal gland.
- Is the most common cause of ambiguous genitalia in newborns.
- Causes females to be masculinized due to a deficiency of the enzyme 21-hydroxylase.
- Is present in about one in 15,000 newborns.
- Is inherited by an autosomal recessive gene. Autosomal recessive means that each parent carries one copy of the gene, and transmits the gene at the same time to the child. Carrier parents have a one in four, or 25 percent, chance, with each pregnancy, of having an affected child. Affected females have ambiguous genitalia, but affected males do not.
In some cases, the mother of a child with CAH can be given medications during pregnancy to lessen the effects of the enzyme deficiency, if the fetus is female.
Another type of CAH, called "salt-losing," is very serious and often lethal due to an electrolyte collapse in the newborn. Treatment is available if diagnosed early. Males and females are equally affected. There are other, rarer enzyme problems, which can result in CAH, in either males or females.
- Overproduction of male hormones before birth:
- Is often due to adrenal gland abnormality (as described in CAH above).
- High levels of male hormones - may also enter the placenta via the mother, such as when the mother receives progesterone to prevent a miscarriage or has a hormone-producing tumor.
There are a number of other syndromes in which ambiguous genitalia is one feature (characteristic) of the disorder, in addition to other features.
How gender is determined
When a child's genitalia appear ambiguous at birth, your child's physician will conduct both a medical history and a physical examination of your child's external genitalia. The medical history will include the mother's health during pregnancy, and a family history of any neonatal deaths or genital abnormalities. First, your child's physician will make a diagnosis of the underlying cause of the disorder. Diagnostic procedures may include a newborn screening test for CAH, hormonal studies, and a biopsy of the reproductive organs.
To determine the sex, your child's physicians will consider the following:
- A pelvic ultrasound (to check for the presence of female reproductive organs).
- A genitourethrogram to look at the urethra and vagina if present.
- A chromosomal analysis (to help determine genetic sex: 46, XX or 46, XY)
- Fertility potential of a female pseudohermaphrodite.
- Size and potential for growth of a penis present in a male pseudohermaphrodite.
- Ability of an internal reproductive organ to produce appropriate sex hormones for the gender "assigned" to the child.
- Risk of future health conditions (i.e., cancer) that may develop in the original reproductive organs later in life.
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Sometimes, there is an increased risk for tumors in the gonads. Treatment for ambiguous genitalia depends of the type of the disorder, but will usually include corrective surgery to remove or create reproductive organs appropriate for the gender of the child. Treatment may also include hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
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The ages of various haplogroups in populations were estimated using theOf course readers of the blog are aware that I disagree with the use of the evolutionary rate. My comments on the Hutterites paper will be posted separately after I read it. I will simply say that there are numerous cases where the use of the genealogical rate makes better sense of the evidence than use of the "evolutionary" rate. Off the top of my head, the genealogical rate harmonizes with the Genghis Khan cluster, the expansion of Na-Dene speakers into the Americas, the expansion of Balto-Slavic, the Bronze Age spread of Semitic speakers, in accordance with the linguistic evidence, the expansion of Bantu in Angola, more recent British surnames, the formation of Arabian kingdoms, Greek colonization of Sicily, and the Bronze Age origin of Indo-Aryans and Finno-Ugrians (and I skipped a few).
methodology described by Zhivotovsky et al,30 modified according to Sengupta
et al,10 using the evolutionary effective mutation rate of 6.9 x 10^-4 per 25 years.
The accuracy and appropriateness of this mutation rate has been independently
confirmed in several deep-rooted pedigrees of the Hutterites.
Here is the phylogeny of R-M207 from the paper. For reference, the R-M207 page from ISOGG.
UPDATE III (Aug 26):
As noted in the other recent paper, and shown in the above Figure from the current one, R-U106 peaks in northern Europe. Its frequency (including the R-U198 sublineage) is 36.8% in the Netherlands, 20.9% in Germany and Austria, 18.2% in Denmark, 18.2% in England, 12.6% in Switzerland, 7.5% in France, 6.1% in Ireland, 5.9% in Poland, 5.6% in north Italy 4.4% in Czech Republic and Slovakia, 3.5% in Hungary, 4.8% in Estonia, 4.3% in south Sweden, 2.5% in Spain and Portugal, 1.3% in eastern Slavs, 0.8% in south Italy, 0.6% in Balkan Slavs, 0.5% in Greeks (i.e. 2 of 193 Cretans, and no mainland Greeks), 0.4% in Turks, 0% in Middle East.
UPDATE IV (Aug 26):
Of interest is the fact that while R-U152 has a clear French-Italian center of weight, the locations exhibiting highest STR variance are Germany and Slovakia, i.e., Central Europe. My guess is that R-U152 originated in Central Europe spreading to the west and south, perhaps with Italo-Celtic speakers or some subset thereof. In its home territory of Central Europe, its frequency decreased by the introduction of the Germanic and Slavic speaking elements which dominate the region.
With the exception of rareincidences of R1b-V88 in Corsica, Sardinia13 and Southern France(Supplementary Table S4), there is nearly mutually exclusive patterning of V88 across trans-Saharan Africa vs the prominence of P297-related varieties widespread across the Caucasus, Circum-Uralic regions, Anatolia and Europe. The detection of V88 in Iran, Palestine and especially the Dead Sea, Jordan (Supplementary Table S4) provides an insight into the back to Africa migration route.
R-S116 shows maximum Y-STR diversity in France and Germany but maximum frequency in Iberia and the British Isles. In the latter region it is represented mainly by R-M529 with the R-M222 subclade being particularly prominent in Ireland but also North England. It would be interesting to see data for Scotland, and I do not doubt that R-M222 would be prominent there as well. R-S116 also shows signs of being a Celtic, or Celtiberian-related lineage.
A major Y-chromosome haplogroup R1b Holocene era founder effect in Central and Western Europe
Natalie M Myres et al.
The phylogenetic relationships of numerous branches within the core Y-chromosome haplogroup R-M207 support a West Asian origin of haplogroup R1b, its initial differentiation there followed by a rapid spread of one of its sub-clades carrying the M269 mutation to Europe. Here, we present phylogeographically resolved data for 2043 M269-derived Y-chromosomes from 118 West Asian and European populations assessed for the M412 SNP that largely separates the majority of Central and West European R1b lineages from those observed in Eastern Europe, the Circum-Uralic region, the Near East, the Caucasus and Pakistan. Within the M412 dichotomy, the major S116 sub-clade shows a frequency peak in the upper Danube basin and Paris area with declining frequency toward Italy, Iberia, Southern France and British Isles. Although this frequency pattern closely approximates the spread of the Linearbandkeramik (LBK), Neolithic culture, an advent leading to a number of pre-historic cultural developments during the past ≤10 thousand years, more complex pre-Neolithic scenarios remain possible for the L23(xM412) components in Southeast Europe and elsewhere.


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Examining a case study of near-death experiences for six healthy men who volunteered to test an experimental drug in London has yielded important insights into potentially deadly over-reactions of the human immune system.
Using a database containing detailed measurements of the men's haywire immune responses to the drug, researchers at Princeton University created an unprecedentedly clear model for how immune signals called cytokines interact with each other.
"We have developed tools that could ultimately reveal how and when clinicians might intervene to prevent these dangerous inflammatory reactions," said Andrea Graham, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton, who is an author of the study published in the journal PLoS-One.
The human immune system produces dozens of cytokines, with names like "interleukin-1" and "interferon-gamma," which act as messengers between cells, coordinating immune responses such as inflammation. The complex interactions among cells that cytokines mediate have been difficult to study, especially in the uncontrolled immune response – called a "cytokine storm" – experienced by the study volunteers. The Princeton research offers the first comprehensive way to calculate how cytokine signals interact to generate this potentially pathological storm.
The model could lead to a way to better predict immune system reactions to drugs as well as to pathogens such as viruses and bacteria.
From moon missions to medicine
An engineer and a biologist at Princeton, brought together by an undergraduate student, joined forces to study the experiment-gone-wrong. The research project began in 2009 when Graham was teaching her regular interdisciplinary immunology class for undergraduates in which she told her students about the ill-fated clinical trial, which took place at a research facility in London in 2006. The wealth of data from the mishap caught the attention of Hao Hong Yiu, a senior at the time majoring in chemical engineering. Looking to use the data as the basis for an independent project, Yiu sought out engineering faculty member Robert Stengel, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, to help guide his mathematical analysis.
"I thought the idea of combining the immunology with engineering was very exciting," said Yiu, who is now working on clinical and regulatory affairs at a medical device company.
As an aerospace engineer, Stengel designed the manual controls for the Apollo moon missions, but became interested in applying his mathematical skills to biological problems 10 years ago.
"The equations are just like those for planes and rockets, they just mean different things," said Stengel. "What we do for calculating how much fuel it takes to put a satellite in orbit, we can use to understand the minimum amount of drug to use to kill a pathogen."
An uncommon data set
Testing a new drug on healthy subjects is often done to establish a safe dose. In the London clinical trial, the volunteers received a drug called a monoclonal antibody, a particular variety of which was being developed as a possible way to boost the immune systems of leukemia patients whose own immune cells were killed by chemotherapy. But within minutes of receiving the drug, all the volunteers had signs of an inflammatory response. Within 12 hours, all were in intensive care. Each man's immune system was undergoing a cytokine storm, posing a serious threat to his own tissues, including vital organs.
A cytokine storm can also be triggered by septic shock, blood transfusions or bone marrow transplants. Tens of thousands of people die from cytokine storms every year.
"The normal response of cytokines and how each is coupled in the overall reaction is not well understood," Stengel said.
The six men survived, but barely. A silver lining of the accident was the extensive data collected on each volunteer's immune reaction.
The data set presented an atypical case of well-documented immune responses in otherwise healthy people. Usually, such strong immune reactions only occur in patients with other critical illnesses, including those who have a compromised immune system.
The extensiveness of the data was also unusual – measurements of nine different cytokines were collected every six hours over five days, allowing the Princeton researchers to examine timing and interaction of the molecules over the short time period when the response occurred.
In previous studies of cytokine behavior, measurements were typically taken once per day for several days. "But everything is over by then," said Stengel. "The infection or inflammation process comes and goes in a matter of hours and is essentially over in two or three days. You really have to have data from the beginning."
The complexity of the analysis is also unique. Most previous studies examined only the interaction of a single type of cytokine with one other type, as opposed to the many interactions that are possible, said Yiu.
The researchers continued to refine their work after Yiu graduated in 2010 and the work was published in PLoS-One last October.
The research begins to address which cytokine inhibitors could have been given to the volunteers to prevent or at least lessen the immune reaction.
The work also helps solve a specific medical mystery surrounding the clinical trial: Would a lower dose of the experimental leukemia drug have avoided the reactions? The results indicate the answer is no – the model showed that even a lower dose would not have prevented the peak cytokine levels that caused the immune systems to go into overdrive.
Interdisciplinary approach
The researchers said the collaboration highlights how an interdisciplinary approach by an ecologist and an engineer, bridged by a talented undergraduate, can result in a novel insight into a biological process – an insight that an immunologist working alone may have missed.
"What I really enjoyed about the engineering collaboration is quantitatively integrating all of the molecular data to understand the consequences at the whole-organism level," Graham said. Beyond cytokines, the model also provides a general way to analyze different types of data collected over time, she added.
"It was really interesting to see Professor Stengel's and Professor Graham's expertise come together to analyze this biological event," Yiu said.
The ultimate goal is to understand how to best treat any immune over-reaction – for example one caused by a pathogen that gets in the blood stream. The researchers would like to see similar methods used to analyze clinical trials using safer drugs to help understand how the immune system responds to different stimuli.
"It seems to me that this is only the beginning," said Graham. "With these quantitative tools applied to larger and better cytokine and other data sets, imagine the immunological insights that would emerge."


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Mayor Bill Euille toured the natural oasis Saturday to see for himself how the Department of Defense's new administrative building looms over the preserve and how the construction of a ramp or road would negatively affect the wilderness, which is used to teach thousands of school children each year and is already surrounded by an urban environment.
"From my personal vantage point it would have a really large impact," Euille said. "You would need much more space than for just the road because you would need to get the construction equipment in and heavy equipment to take down the vegetation and haul it out. Then you've got to bring in all the equipment to build a new road."
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"When people come out and see how [the WHS structure] already looms over the preserve, it is to really understand the full, devastating impacts of what an exit ramp and a road would do in addition," said Jodie Smolik, executive director of Winkler Preserve.
But unless viable options surface, a chunk of the land area could be in danger. Despite the city's role as main stakeholder and its resulting influence on the situation, the transportation solution is up to the state.
"The final decision is VDOT's, so the Council made a resolution stating specifically, with no hesitation, that the preserve was off limits," Euille said.
The BRAC Advisory Commission, the citizens group charged with overseeing the project, recently reviewed its 20th option a highway exit from the I-395 HOV lane that remains preliminary. The group has essentially shot down the previous 19, according to Chairman Dave Dexter.
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Yeah, it was a good day.
UPDATE. The lulz keep a-comin': National Review's first-string bowtie Roger Kimball:
...The tone that he set: What was it? Reading through the speech (I will be honest: I couldn't bear to listen to it live, I just couldn't), I was haunted by an echo. The speech reminded me of something, of someone. Who was it? Woodrow Wilson? Yes, in part. But there was another ghost in the wings...
Got it: "Peace in our time," the president said, "requires the constant advance of those principles that our common creed describes: tolerance and opportunity; human dignity and justice."
Now, I am as keen on tolerance and opportunity, human dignity and justice as the next gun-toting bitter-ender. But "peace in our time"? Where have we heard that before? Who was the last politician to strut across the world stage proclaiming "peace in our time"? Why, Neville Chamberlain, of course. He stepped off the plane that brought him back from his meeting with Adolf Hitler on September 30, 1938, and the crowd cheered as Chamberlain told them about his meeting with the German führer...Similarly, Obama used the words "I" and "me" a lot, just like Marshal Petain.
UPDATE 2. Wrote a little something about the speech for 2paragraphs.
UPDATE 3. Commenters including Ron Thompson point out that Chamberlain actually said "peace for our time." The quote is so commonly misrendered that I would be inclined to give Kimball a break for using the wrong version, and even for not checking out what he probably assumed was a devastating coincidence before using it -- after all, he's only hurting himself.
However, smut clyde, tigrismus, and others inform us that Benjamin Disraeli and John F. Kennedy used "peace in our time," which means by the ancient conservative law of I'm Rubber You're Glue that they are now both retroactively Hitler. I hope Kimball's happy now!


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