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Obama says Boy Scouts should allow gays as members
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said Sunday that gays should be allowed in the Boy Scouts and women should be allowed in military combat roles, weighing in on two storied American institutions facing proposals to end long-held exclusions.
The president's comments in a pre-Super Bowl interview on CBS come ahead of this week's meeting of the Boy Scouts' national executive board. A proposal to open up the Scouts' membership to gays is expected to be discussed and possibly voted on at the gathering in Texas.
The Boy Scouts emphatically reaffirmed the no-gays policy just seven months ago, but announced last week they were considering changing the stance. Instead of mandatory exclusion of gays, the different religious and civic groups that sponsor Scout units would be able to decide for themselves how to address the issue — either maintaining the exclusion or opening up their membership.
The White House said in a statement last August that Obama opposed the gay ban. Obama, like presidents for the last century, serves as honorary president of the group. The president's comment Sunday was his first since the group announced it was considering a policy change.
"My attitude is that gays and lesbians should have access and opportunity the same way everybody else does in every institution and walk of life," Obama said. "The Scouts are a great institution that are promoting young people and exposing them to opportunities and leadership that will serve people for the rest of their lives. And I think nobody should be barred from that."
Obama also had previously issued a statement supporting the Pentagon's decision last month to open up front-line combat jobs to women, but the interview with CBS' Scott Pelley included his first publicly spoken comments on the matter since the announcement. He said women are already serving in combat "as a practical matter."
"When they're in theater in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, they are vulnerable," he said. "They are wounded, and they've been killed. And they have carried out their jobs with extraordinary patriotism and distinction."
The policy change overturns a 1994 rule prohibiting women from being assigned to smaller ground combat units, and is expected to open up more than 230,000 combat positions that have been off limits to women.
Obama said he meets "extraordinary women in uniform who can do everything that a man can and more." He gave the example of one of his military aides, who he estimated is only about 5 feet tall and 100 pounds.
"You put a 50-pound pack on her, and she can do things that you or me would keel over doing. And so the truth is that women are serving. They are taking great risks. What we should not do is somehow prevent them from advancing in an institution that we all revere."
On the economy, Obama said although more revenue has to be raised to reduce the deficit, it can be done without raising income tax rates again. He said the answer is "smart spending cuts," reducing waste in the health care system and closing loopholes and deductions like offshore tax havens that benefit a few high income earners but not most Americans.
"There's no doubt we need additional revenue coupled with smart spending reductions in order to bring down our deficit," he said. "We can do it in a gradual way so it doesn't have a huge impact."
Coming before the Super Bowl, Obama had to expect he'd be asked about his recent comment that if he had a son, he would have to think long and hard about letting him play football because of safety concerns. Obama said he feel differently about the NFL, where the players are well-compensated adults who know the risks, but the threat of concussions has to give parents pause about letting youth and children play.
"I want to make sure we are doing everything we can to make the sport safer, and that means the game's probably going to evolve a little bit," Obama said. "For those of us who like to see a big hit and enjoy the rock 'em, sock 'em elements of the game, we're probably going to be occasionally frustrated.
"But I do think we want to make sure that after people have played the game, that they're going to be OK," he said.
The Obamas were hosting their own Super Bowl party for friends and family at the White House. In honor of the two teams, the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers, they were serving Chesapeake crabcakes and San Francisco cioppino stew with sourdough toast. Also on the menu are Clipper City and Anchor Steam beers from the competing cities.


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One winter morning about two years ago, marine mammal scientist Anton van Helden was driving hell-for-leather up to the far north of New Zealand. A thirteen-and-a-half hour haul would take him to the beach where the first pygmy killer whale to strand itself in New Zealand was lying, and he wasn't going to miss the chance to collect the skeleton and perhaps tissue samples for the Museum of New Zealand, where he worked. Partway through the drive, he got a call.
Two beaked whales had been found dead at a place called Opape Beach. "They sounded for all the world like Gray's beaked whales," he recalls, a species that washes up relatively frequently on New Zealand's shores, which sometimes see several hundred whale beachings per year thanks in part to the nation's long coastline. "Maybe you can bury them," he said to the conservation department employee at the other end of the line, "and we'll have a look later, just to be sure."
Van Helden gave the matter little thought until a few months had passed and his phone rang one morning before he had even gotten out of bed. It was Rochelle Constantine, a marine biologist at the University of Auckland, and her graduate student Kirsten Thompson, who had conducted routine DNA analyses on the beached whales. "I hope you're sitting down," Constantine said. Those animals stranded in December were not Gray's. They were instead a pair of spade-toothed beaked whales. It was a name to make a certain kind of scientist weak in the knees: the most elusive species of whale in the world, known only from several bone fragments washed up over the course of 140 years. It had never been seen in the flesh before. Van Helden looked up at the ceiling and swore.
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There are a lot of reasons to care about seeing the remains of so elusive a species — beyond simply the thrill of the chase and the brass-ring quality of an actual discovery. Humans have made a hash of the oceans — depleting fish stocks, slaughtering dolphins and whales, pouring pollutants into coastal waters. Part of the reason we are so cavalier is that so much of the ocean is invisible to us on a day-to-day basis; if you don't know what's there, you don't know what you're destroying. The spade-toothed beak whale, which was written up in the new issue of Current Biology, is a lesson both in the diversity of the fragile oceans and the painstaking sleuthing that is required to study it.
After van Helden received his early-morning call, he and his colleagues got to work. They gathered all the information they could about the beached pair, including measurements and a set of photographs taken at the scene of the beaching. They worked with the Whakatohea Iwi, the Maori tribe in the area where the whales had been found, and the New Zealand Department of Conservation, to get the skeletons exhumed, and Van Helden produced a detailed anatomical illustration of the animal, which also appears in Current Biology.
The pair on the beach were an adult female, measuring just over 17 ft. (5.3 m), and a juvenile male, 11.5 ft. (3.5 m) from beak to tail fin. They lack the species' signature protruding teeth, which occur only in adult males. The shape and coloration of both specimens are subtly different from other beaked whales — subtle enough, in fact, that they would be easy to confuse with the more commonly seen Gray's.
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What allowed the team to make a firm identification was the genetic information collected from the three bones that until now have been our only evidence of the spade-toothed's existence. The first sign of the animal was a lower jaw found on New Zealand's Chatham Islands in 1872, bearing two jutting, triangular teeth. Later on, two skulls without lower jaws, one found in 1950 in New Zealand, the other found all the way across the Pacific on Robinson Crusoe Island in 1986, were proven by DNA analysis to be from the same distinct species. But while scientists made educated guesses about what an intact spade-toothed would look like, extrapolating from its relatives could take them only so far. That's why this find had the team so excited. "It was the first time ever that anybody had ever had even a hint of what these things looked like," van Helden says.
The new discovery is a big step forward for scientists interested in beaked whales, but there is still much to learn about both this species and its close relatives. Thompson is working on a project that uses genetic information from beached beaked whales to glean insight into the elusive creatures' familial relationships. And seeing the animal alive in the wild remains a tantalizing goal of many scientists. Scott Baker, a marine biologist at Oregon State University and a co-author of the paper who has studied whales and dolphins for 30 years, saw his first live, open-ocean beaked whale just last month, in Samoa. The sighting lasted about 4 seconds before the animal dove — too brief to tell if it was a spade-toothed. "Their environment is very remote," he says. "It's deep water, and they're submerged for maybe 96% of their lives."
It's one of the sad ironies of the marine biologist's work that the only way to get a more lingering look at animals like these is when they wash up on beaches — like ornithologists studying birds that are invisible until they slam into a window. "Here we have an animal which is over 5 meters long, the size of a big car, that has to come to the surface to breathe, and yet no one has ever seen one alive," says van Helden. "It typifies how little we know about the ocean." The new find sheds at least a tiny bit of light on that often dark world, reminding us of an environment we have the power to destroy — and the responsibility to preserve.

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Ambulatory cardiac monitoring
(Holter Monitoring; Ambulatory Electrocardiography [EKG])
Ambulatory cardiac monitoring – Definition
Ambulatory cardiac monitoring is a way to watch and record the electrical activity of your heart. It is done as you go about your daily activities. Most of the recording devices are roughly the size of a pager or cell phone.
Ambulatory cardiac monitoring – Reasons for Test
This test is used to determine whether the heart may be beating too slow or too fast. It also detects any abnormalities in heart rhythm.
Your heartbeat is regulated by electrical impulses. Sometimes there are abnormalities with these impulses. When the abnormality is happening all the time, it is easy to find in the doctor's office. But, sometimes the problem comes and goes. Ambulatory cardiac monitoring records your heart's electrical activity for long periods of time. The length of time makes it much more likely to catch an abnormality that comes and goes.
Your doctor may advise ambulatory cardiac monitoring to assess:
- Fainting spells thought to be caused by the heart
- Occasional feeling that the heart is racing (palpitations)
- Treatment effectiveness for dangerous rhythm disturbances
Ambulatory cardiac monitoring – What to Expect
Prior to Test
You will first be evaluated by a doctor. An EKG checks the electrical activity of your heart. It will likely be done in the office.
Ambulatory cardiac monitoring – Description of Test
The test steps will depend on the type of device used:
- Holter monitoring — A small device will be strapped to you. Wires from the device will be attached to electrodes on your chest. Electrodes are small adhesive pads. You may be taught to replace them or asked not to remove them during the monitoring period. You will be instructed to keep a diary of your activities for the next 24 hours. You will then return the device and your diary for analysis. Some devices have an event button. You will push the button each time you have concerning symptoms.
- Looping monitor — The electrode may be a wrist band, finger attachment, or chest plate. This device records several minutes at a time, then starts over. You will push a button during or after an event to save the recording. For longer periods of monitoring, there is an implantable version. This electrode is surgically placed under your skin.
- Event recorder — This device is only used when you have symptoms. The device can be a wrist band with an activation button or a pager-sized device that you press onto your chest. Some of these are connected to a 24-hour-a-day central base that can immediately detect and respond to the event when you activate the signal.
- CardioNet (mobile cardiac outpatient telemetry) — A special service monitors your heartbeat continuously. It will respond immediately if it detects a serious event.
Certain environmental interferences should be avoided, including: magnets, metal detectors, high-voltage wires, radio frequency signalers, microwave ovens, electric blankets, electric toothbrushes, and electric razors.
After Test
After the procedure, you will return the equipment.
Ambulatory cardiac monitoring – How Long Will It Take?
A typical interval is 24 hours. If your problem is less frequent than that, you may need to be monitored for a longer period of time. Longer monitoring often requires different devices.
Ambulatory cardiac monitoring – Will It Hurt?
This test will not hurt. Sometimes removing the electrodes can be uncomfortable.
Ambulatory cardiac monitoring – Results
The information recorded by the monitor will be evaluated. Your doctor will let you know if you need any more tests or treatment based on the study.
Ambulatory cardiac monitoring – Call Your Doctor
Call your doctor if you have trouble breathing, chest pain, or any other concerns.
In case of an emergency, call for medical help right away.


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Starbucks rolls out 'Verismo' brewer for $199
Sep 20, 2012, 5:39 AM
AP Food Industry Writer
NEW YORK (AP) – Starbucks Corp. is about to turn up the heat on the single-serve coffee market, and someone might get burned.
The Seattle-based company says it will start selling its new single-serve brewer online this week for $199. It plans to start selling the machine in its ubiquitous cafes next month.
The arrival of the Verismo, which was announced earlier this year, comes amid intensifying competition in the rapidly growing market for single-serve brewers and the coffee pods they use.
The market was pioneered by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc., which enjoyed soaring sales after its acquisition of the Keurig brand machine in 2006. But this month, the company's patent on its K-cup technology expired, which prompted supermarkets to roll out store-brand versions of coffee pods that can be used in Keurig machines.
Starbucks' decision to sell its own brewer comes just about a year after it struck a deal with Green Mountain to make coffee pods for Keurig machines.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Starbucks' CEO Howard Schultz said that the relationship with Green Mountain will continue and that Starbucks will still sell its pods for Keurig machines in cafes. He said that "the Keurig machine is a fantastic choice" for customers who want only brewed coffee.
The Verismo, however, uses a high-pressure system that can make lattes and other espresso-based drinks, as well as brewed coffee. Essentially, Starbucks has said its machine targets a different type of customer.
"They'll coexist and be complementary," Schulz said.
Investors aren't so certain. When Starbucks first announced its plans to roll out the Verismo in March, shares of Green Mountain plunged. Green Mountain's stock has lost 51 percent of its value since then. Starbucks' stock is little changed in the same period.
Green Mountain, which is based in Waterbury, Vt., has also been targeted by a Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry into its accounting methods. Last month, Green Mountain noted that its growth is slowing but that it still expects sales to increase by 15 to 20 percent next year.
Schultz said Starbucks identified the single-serve coffee market as a "big opportunity" about two years ago. Since introducing its pods for the Keurig system last year, he said Starbucks has captured 15 percent of the market. And last year, he noted that the broader single-serve coffee market nearly tripled to $8 billion.
"It's rare that you identify a category as large as this that's growing," Schultz said.
In addition to the $199 Verismo, Starbucks will sell a $399 a model with a larger water tank. Green Mountain's Keurig brewers cost from $99 to $189.
By next week, the Verismo will be available in specialty stores such as Williams-Sonoma and Bed, Bath & Beyond. Specialty stores also sell other brewers, including the Tassimo by Kraft Foods Inc., which costs between $100 and $170. Starbucks had previously provided coffee discs for Tassimo, but has since ended that agreement.
Starbucks says it plans to tout its brewer with a multimillion-dollar marketing campaign. Schulz noted that customers will be able to buy both the machines and pods at its cafes.
"We're going to make it very, very easy for our customers," he said.
As for the name, "Verismo" is a word derived from a form of Italian opera. As The Wall Street Journal noted earlier this year, someone usually dies at the end.
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Pistachio Coffee Ring
Unshelled Pistachios - Flickr Creative Commons ASA License
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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...My husband loves pistachio nuts, so when I saw this recipe I had to give it a try. It was developed by James Beard and I've never been disappointed with his recipes. I think I began this adventure with expectations that were too high. This is the type of bread that old timers called a race track. The race track is formed when a rectangle of dough, covered or smeared with a filling, is rolled into a cylinder that, when cut, will show spiral tracks of whatever was used as a filling. Now comes the hard part. I hate to contradict a master, but Beard thought this to be "one of the best breads of this kind I have ever had." I found this to be a very ordinary bread made expensive by its use of pistachio nuts. There is nothing wrong with it, but neither is there anything here that's worthy of commendation. If you like coffee breads, or are a fan of pistachios, you may like this bread, so I'm posting the recipe with reservations. While it is gorgeous to look at, it's too sweet to be a bread and not sweet enough to be a coffee cake. I'll let you judge for yourself. Here's the recipe.
Pistachio Coffee Ring...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite
2-1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons granulated sugar, divided use
1/4 cup warm water
1 cup warm milk
8 tablespoons softened butter, divided use
2 teaspoons salt
3 to 4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup shelled, salted pistachio nuts, coarsely chopped
1 egg, lightly beaten
1) Combine yeast, 1 tablespoon sugar and water in a large mixing bowl. Set aside to proof, about 5 minutes. Add milk, 4 tablespoons butter, salt and 1/2 cup granulated sugar to yeast mixture. Add flour, a cup at a time, beating well after each addition. I used 3-1/2 cups flour to mix and 1/2 cup to knead.
2) Turn dough onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes. Form into a ball, place in a greased bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and set in a warm spot until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
3) Melt reserved 4 tablespoons butter. Set aside. Grease a cookie sheet or baking pan. Set aside. Punch dough down and turn onto a floured board. Let relax for about 10 minutes. Roll into a 18 x 12-inch rectangle. Brush surface of dough with butter. Sprinkle with reserved sugar and pistachio nuts. Using long end, roll dough as for a jelly roll, sealing each seam as you roll. Join ends of roll and seal together to form a ring. Transfer ring to baking sheet. Slice 2/3 of the way into ring at 3/4-inch intervals. Twist each slice to right so filling is facing upwards. Cover with plastic wrap and set in a warm spot to rise until doubled in size, about 45 minutes. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Brush surface of ring with beaten egg. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until nicely brown. Cool on a wire rack. Yield: 12 servings.
Other coffee rings can be found at:
Recipes for the Future - Almond/Pecan Coffee Ring
Annie's Eats - Raspberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
breadbasketcase - Chocolate Almond Coffee Cake Ring
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44 comments :
- Jamie said...
Ah, I saw the pistachios nuts - I love pistachios - and saw the beautiful ring like the coffee cake I made recently and thought "Yay another great coffee cake recipe". Thanks for your honest commentary and opinion. Maybe I'll put the two cake recipes together? It is really pretty, though.
- November 12, 2009 at 2:48 AM
- Martha said...
It's certainly pretty -- I've always admired anyone who can do those wonderful coffee rings.
- November 12, 2009 at 3:07 AM
- chriesi said...
Mmm...that is so scrumptious!
- November 12, 2009 at 4:08 AM
- Coleens Recipes said...
It IS beautiful. Maybe a glaze would help? I hate using expensive ingredients and getting just an average outcome.
- November 12, 2009 at 4:26 AM
- KathyB. said...
Baking bread, I am so looking forward to finally fulfilling some planned obligations and commitments this weekend that will then leave me free to bake with abandon! Bread is one of those things I love to bake this time of year. I appreciate you writing your opinions about the recipes you post too. I might give this bread a try. I have not knowingly tried any of James Beard's recipes and your commendation of him makes me think I should check one of his cook books out of the local library.
- November 12, 2009 at 4:48 AM
- P. said...
I like pistachio so much.
Alfazema - November 12, 2009 at 4:54 AM
- Deb in Hawaii said...
Bummer you didn't like it more. It is such a pretty bread--love the pistachios.
- November 12, 2009 at 5:16 AM
It sounds like a perfect breakfast for the holidays. We love pistachios also.
vickie - November 12, 2009 at 6:16 AM
- Donna-FFW said...
Oh pistachios how I love them!! This must be so very flavorful. They are so expensive to buy, I purchase them for special occasions. But this is a truly adequate reason, looks so wonderful.
- November 12, 2009 at 7:08 AM
- Jane said...
My hubby loves pistachios, too. The bread looks beautiful. Perhaps I'll give it a try.
I am looking for a muffin recipe that contains pistachios...the Tampa Yacht Club serves them as their signature bread. They're fabulous! Unfortunately, I have not found anything like them. Have you?
Jane (artfully graced) - November 12, 2009 at 7:15 AM
- Foley said...
Love pistachios, but can't quite picture it in a bread! It looks fantastic though!!!
- November 12, 2009 at 8:42 AM
- Federica Simoni said...
wow che bella!! adoro i pistacchi!! chissà che buona!
- November 12, 2009 at 8:52 AM
- Joy Tilton said...
This would be hit with my husband too. Mary, if you tweaked this recipe and pehaps did a flaky puff pastry would it be good. Did it need more sugar too. I am NOT good at doctoring up a recipe so I need some pointers here. Definately want to make this a "One Perfect Bite!"
- November 12, 2009 at 9:03 AM
- Patricia @ ButterYum said...
Too bad... I love yummy pistachio baked goods. Maybe you could drizzle it with a lovely glaze and call it dessert.
I have to head to the pantry for a pistachio fix!
ButterYum - November 12, 2009 at 9:20 AM
- Alyssa said...
I never ate pistachios as a child, not because I didn't like them, but because I can't remember them ever being in the house. As an adult, I've discovered a fondness for them, and I'm excited to see this recipe. Thanks!
- November 12, 2009 at 9:41 AM
- Alyssa said...
Whoops, hit send too soon. Anyway, it does look good, and it's a shame it was a bit less than you expected. Maybe just a bit of tweaking is all it needs?
- November 12, 2009 at 9:43 AM
- Cathy said...
It is a beautiful bread, Mary, and reminds me of a coffee cake my mother used to make. She called it a Swedish Tea Ring. It had a filling of dates and nuts.
- November 12, 2009 at 9:44 AM
- Katherine Roberts Aucoin said...
Mary this came out beautiful. i haven't tried any of jame Beard's recipes, a lot of bloogers really raves about him.
I like that pistachios are used in this instead of the usual walnuts, pecans or almonds. - November 12, 2009 at 9:48 AM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
Jane, I just did a google search and found pistachio muffin recipes. If you can describe the muffins I'll find the one that most closely resembles the one you are looking for and test it.
- November 12, 2009 at 9:59 AM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
Joycee, I would use a brioche dough and more sugar and pistachios in the filling.
Colleen and Butter Yum, a glaze would help but the real problem is in the dough. It's neither friend or foe. The ring needs a richer dough and the filling could use more pistachio flavor. - November 12, 2009 at 10:05 AM
- Toni said...
Well... it does look pretty!
- November 12, 2009 at 10:21 AM
- Zurin said...
Oh Im sorry the bread was disappointing. But it looks so so good and the pistachios....I love pistachios! But you certainly made it look beautiful n no one would think it wasnt good by just looking at it. But I suppose it never hurts to try something new :)Tq for the honest review though... n for ur comment on my blog :))
- November 12, 2009 at 10:51 AM
- Pam said...
My father loves pistachios. I think I will make this for him the next time he visits. Bookmarked!
- November 12, 2009 at 11:31 AM
- Maria said...
Lovely and Congrats on being listed in the top 25. I was thrilled to see both of us there!
- November 12, 2009 at 12:23 PM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
Maria, congratulations to you as well! I was really surprised.
- November 12, 2009 at 12:43 PM
- Gala said...
But it does look very pretty....maybe with a different filling it will work out better.
- November 12, 2009 at 12:45 PM
I LOVE your honesty. Other food blogs only post their successes - never inferior recipes. I trust your judgement & won't spend my grocery budget on this cake.
Martha in KS - November 12, 2009 at 1:57 PM
- Olga said...
pistachios are my favorites. I'd probably eat them all before even starting on the dessert ;)
- November 12, 2009 at 2:17 PM
- noble pig said...
That turned out so beautiful! Wow, I love these nuts too, all nuts actually.
- November 12, 2009 at 2:34 PM
- Sam Hoffer / My Carolina Kitchen said...
Pistachios are so pretty. What a lovely coffee ring.
Sam - November 12, 2009 at 3:04 PM
- Unknown said...
WOW!!! what a BEAUTIFUL coffee ring. I love pistachio, they are one of my favorites along with pecans. I like a coffee cake that's not to sweet.
Geri - November 12, 2009 at 4:18 PM
- The Blonde Duck said...
Pistachios and hippos...I love ya'll!
- November 12, 2009 at 4:55 PM
- Katy ~ said...
I love nuts, pistachios are a particular weakness of mine. The ring looks beautiful. I am sorry that the taste did not live up to it's promising beauty.
- November 12, 2009 at 6:36 PM
- NKP said...
It looks wonderful!
I have only made one bread shaped like that and I stuffed it with savoury ingredients. I hope to make a tea-time one soon. - November 12, 2009 at 6:36 PM
- Mid-Atlantic Martha said...
Wow this looks wonderful! Thanks for your kind visit last week on my cornbread post -- I hope you'll try it sometime!
- November 12, 2009 at 7:50 PM
- Velva said...
As always, another fabulous recipe! Yum!
- November 12, 2009 at 8:17 PM
- La Cuisine d'Helene said...
I don't know where you find all these delicious recipes. This ring looks so good.
- November 12, 2009 at 10:24 PM
- Mimi said...
Looks lovely. It's always a bit of a bummer when you spend time and money on a so-so recipe.
Mimi - November 12, 2009 at 11:53 PM
- My Little Space said...
Mary, this looks soooo good! Love pistachio & coffee flavour. Pistachio is quite expensive over here lol. Will try to get some anyway! Thanks.
- November 13, 2009 at 4:17 AM
- Lori said...
Your lucky husband! It looks wonderfully delicious.
I actually just got an old copy of one of James Beards books with his signature in it. I actually got the book free! - November 13, 2009 at 2:31 PM
- Mimi said...
It sure does look pretty (if that is any consolation)
- November 13, 2009 at 3:48 PM
- Laura said...
What a shame you didn't like this bread. It does look amazing. Hmm. Maybe with a almond paste coffee cake filling or maybe a chocolate almond paste filling. Pistachio looks so stunning peeking out from chocolate.
- November 14, 2009 at 8:36 PM
- Sara said...
Oooooooh, this looks so good!! YUM. :) I love pistachios and the coffee cake looks SO tender and delish!
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Wednesday he has seen no evidence that national security was threatened by the widening sex scandal that ensnared his former CIA director and top military commander in Afghanistan.
Facing questions from reporters, Obama also reaffirmed his belief that the U.S. can't afford to continue tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, a key sticking point in negotiations with Republicans over the impending "fiscal cliff." He said, "The American people understood what they were getting" when they voted for him after a campaign that focused heavily on taxes.
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President Barack Obama gestures as he answers a question during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday. The president touched on various topics including the widening sex scandal, UN Ambassador Susan Rice and possibly meeting with his recent presidential rival Mitt Romney.
And he defiantly told critics of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, a potential candidate to lead the State Department, that they should "go after me" — not her — if they have issues with the administration's handling of the deadly attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya. His words were aimed at Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham, who have vowed to block Rice's potential nomination.
The president addressed those topics and others for about 50 minutes in his first news conference since he won re-election last week. His party also picked up seats in both houses of Congress, but the president refrained from claiming a broad mandate, other than for protecting middle class families.
The tangled email scandal that cost David Petraeus his CIA career and led to an investigation of Gen. John Allen has disrupted Obama's plans to keep a narrow focus on the economy coming out of the election. And it has overshadowed his efforts to build support behind his re-election pledge to make the wealthy pay more in taxes in order to reduce the federal deficit.
Obama said he hoped the scandal would be a "single side note" in Petraeus' otherwise extraordinary career.
Petraeus resigned as head of the CIA last Friday because of an extramarital affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, who U.S. officials say sent harassing emails to a woman she viewed as a rival for the former general's affection. The investigation revealed that that woman, Jill Kelley, also exchanged sometimes-flirtatious messages with Allen.
Obama brushed aside questions about whether he was informed about the FBI investigations that led to the disclosures quickly enough. White House officials first learned about the investigations last Wednesday, the day after the election, and Obama was alerted the following day.
"My expectation is that they follow the protocols that they've already established," Obama said. "One of the challenges here is that we're not supposed to meddle in criminal investigations and that's been our practice."
Turning back to the economy, the president vowed not to cave to Republicans who have pressed for tax cuts first passed by George W. Bush to be extended for all income earners. Obama has long opposed extending the cuts for families making more than $250,000 a year, but he gave into GOP demands in 2010 when the cuts were up for renewal.
That won't happen this time around, he said Wednesday.
"Two years ago the economy was in a different situation," Obama said. "But what I said at the time was what I meant. Which was this is a one-time proposition."
The president and Congress are also seeking to avoid across-the-board spending cuts scheduled to take effect because lawmakers failed to reach a deal to reduce the federal deficit. Failure to act would lead to spending cuts and higher taxes on all Americans, with middle-income families paying an average of about $2,000 more next year, according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center.
Obama said he was "open to new ideas" but would not allow current tax rates to continue for the top 2 percent of wage earners, drawing a line for Republicans who say they will not tolerate any tax rate increases. Asked if the tax rates for the rich had to return to Clinton-era levels, Obama indicated he was open to negotiations.
Looking ahead to his second-term agenda, Obama pledged quick action on comprehensive immigration reform, but said climate change would be a tougher slog. There was little action on either issue during his first term.
Obama said he expected that a comprehensive immigration reform bill would be introduced "very soon after my inauguration." The White House is already engaged in conversations with Capitol Hill.
He said the legislation should make permanent the administrative changes he made earlier this year that allow some young illegal immigrants to remain in the country legally. He said that the overall bill should include a "pathway to legal status" for the millions of immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally but haven't committed crimes unrelated to immigration.
On climate change, Obama said he would soon start conversations with Congress and industry to sound out their positions.
Before tackling those issues and others, Obama will have to face the departure of several key Cabinet secretaries and White House staffers. Among those expected to leave are Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry are the leading candidates to replace Clinton. Rice is a favorite of the president, but she has faced intense criticism for her role in the initial administration response to the deaths of four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya, during an attack
"When they go after the U.N. ambassador, apparently because they think she's an easy target, then they've got a problem with me," Obama said. "And should I choose, if I think that she would be the best person to serve America, in the capacity of the State Department, then I will nominate her. That's not a determination that I've made yet."
Graham responded quickly after the president's news conference, saying he did, in fact, hold Obama responsible for the Benghazi attack.
"I think you failed as commander in chief before, during, and after the attack," Graham said in a statement.
Obama broke no new ground on some of the key foreign policy issues facing him in his second term. He reiterated his long-standing position that there is still time for the U.S. and its allies to find a diplomatic solution to its nuclear standoff with Iran. And of the ongoing civil war in Syria, he said the U.S. considers opposition groups as representative of the Syrian people but is not prepared to recognize them as a government in exile, as France has done.


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Spring Cleaning the Efficient Way
March is the time for spring cleaning, although some people wait until the official beginning of spring in April. I like to get a head start on spring cleaning so that it does not creep up on me, so I start in mid-March. While spring cleaning can look daunting, it does not have to be. Trust me on this, because I am a notoriously crummy housekeeper who can only function in a clean house. I thrive on shortcuts and efficiency tricks; pay heed to the following advice and your spring cleaning will be both effective and tolerable.
1. Buy a cheap stick vacuum, and other pre-spring-cleaning shopping tips: A $30 Dirt Devil stick vacuum is one of the best purchases you can make. I know this because buying one changed my life, and I am not exaggerating. Owning a lightweight vacuum cleaner with a long cord (another tip: buy an extra long extension cord so that you can vacuum in more than one room while plugged in to one outlet) makes vacuuming super easy. The Dirt Devil stick vacuum is an agile little vacuum. It can slide under furniture with ease, and it's light enough that you can attach the crevice cleaner and actually hold it upside down to suck the dust out of the corners of your ceiling. Dirt Devil did not pay me to write this; I am telling you my honest experience.
Make a shopping list before you start spring cleaning. These are the cleaning products that you will need: If you are inclined to make your own ecological DIY cleaning products, more power to you. During most of the year, I use ecological and DIY cleaning products. For spring cleaning, I pull out the big guns. I suppose that if you are chemically sensitive, then the vinegar and water solution will have to do. If you are not, then make your life easy and open up the windows and use some heavy duty cleaning agents. You'll need a strong all-purpose cleaner in a spray bottle, like Fantastik. You'll also need some oven cleaner, a dusting spray like Pledge, and a glass cleaner. Buy at least two bottles of the all purpose cleaner, as you will be using it to clean your tile floors as well.
Here is a list of the cleaning equipment that you will need for spring cleaning: A big stack of small dish cloths (at least 12, and I am talking about the cheap cotton dish cloths that you can buy in 4-packs at discount stores, the ones that are a bit rough to the touch and have no fluff to them), a big stack of dish towels (actual towels), newspaper or coffee filters for cleaning glass, a vacuum cleaner (see above), a broom with stiff bristles, a mop with a fresh mop head, a bucket, and a strong scrub pad and paper towels for cleaning the oven. Invest in a fresh pair of rubber gloves, as well. Don't bother with anything newfangled; I promise that this is all you need.
2. Work hardest-to-easiest: A little trick I have figured out is that getting the hardest task done first makes the rest of the job seem easy. For me, the kitchen is the most labor-intensive room during spring cleaning, so I tackle it first. Start with the worst job in the worst room. Cleaning the oven and range top is the worst job in my kitchen. The second worst is pulling out all of the appliances and vacuuming and mopping behind them. Third is dusting the tops of the cabinets. Fourth is pulling everything out of the cabinets, and cleaning inside the cabinets. You get the idea. However, before you work hardest-to-easiest, work top-to-bottom.
3. Work top-to-bottom: It makes no sense to dislodge dust from above if you've already cleaned below. The absolute first thing to do when spring cleaning is dusting the ceiling and high parts of the walls. If the dust falls onto the ground or onto your furniture, no big deal since you will be cleaning it later in the day.
4. Your spring cleaning check list: How deep you clean is (obviously) up to you. There are thousands of spring cleaning guides and check lists on the Internet; it seems like every DIY blogger has published one. For me, the priority is always deep cleaning the kitchen and actually dusting off all of the books and bookshelves (in my house, this is a big job, as an entire wall of our living room is covered by book shelves and books). If you work full time, as I do, breaking spring cleaning down into smaller pieces and prioritizing the big, tough jobs might be the most efficient way to approach the task. Unclutterer published a very reasonable spring cleaning list; check out Martha Stewart's spring cleaning checklist if you are more ambitious. By purchasing all of your cleaning supplies before you begin spring cleaning, and by cleaning top-to-bottom and hardest-to-easiest, your spring cleaning can be efficient and tolerable.
Chaya Kurtz writes about everything from electricians in Phoenix to roofers for Networx.com.
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A couple of weeks ago I tried crab for the first time and I really enjoyed it. On the weekend I picked up some more frozen cooked king crab that was still in the shell. I wanted to have the crab in a dish that would not over power the crab flavour and texture. I decided to go with a crab quesadilla where the crab is marinated in a simple and yet tasty marinade. The fresh lime, jalapeno pepper, green onion and cilantro makes this dish fresh and tasty. Since the crab is just warmed and cut into bite sized pieces you get to bite into the crab and really taste it. It was quite enjoyable! The warm crispy tortilla and the melted cheese put it over the top. You can serve the crab quesadillas with salsa, sour cream, avacado, etc.
Crab Quesadillas
- 1/4 pound crab meat (thawed)
- 1 lime (juice and zest)
- 1 jalapeno (chopped)
- 1 green onion (chopped)
- 1 handful cilantro (chopped)
- 1 teaspoon cumin (toasted and ground)
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 flour tortillas
- a touch of butter (or oil)
- 1/2 cup monterey jack cheese (grated)
- Cook the crab in boiling water for about 3 minutes.
- Rinse the crab in cold water to stop the cooking.
- Remove the shell from the crab meat and cut it into bite sized pieces.
- Mix the lime juice, zest, jalapeno, green onion, cilantro cumin, salt and pepper in a bowl.
- Add the crab and marinate for 10-30 minutes.
- Melt the butter (or oil) in a pan.
- Place a tortilla in the pan and rub it around in the butter to coat.
- Heat the tortilla until air pockets form in it flipping a few times.
- Repeat 5-7 for the second tortilla and leave it in the pan.
- Drain the liquid from the crab and place the mixture on the tortilla in the pan.
- Place the cheese on and then top with the other tortilla.
- Cook the quesadilla until golden brown on both sides and the cheese is melted flipping once.
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Kevin Garnett To Retire?
Jackie MacMullan on WEEI this morning hinted that she was wondering if KG would be back next season.
Jackie Mac:
It's just a gut feeling and I may be totally wrong. I'm not basing this on any reporting or anything. Other than him just disappearing into the night after the final game. I do know this: that earlier in the year i was talking to Celtics people, they were joking that KG almost had this championship in the bank and he was fretting about next year because the f****** NBA was going to mess up the lockout year and that was going to screw them up. He knows his clock is ticking, he's very aware of it. A lot of cryptic comments during the season about his health and that no ones healthy, he's not healthy. The the one thing was a comment he made at the All-Star Game, where he said 'If this is my last time here...' and i thought boy that's odd.Jackie then followed it up by saying she could be completely wrong on this, but said that KG took the loss to Miami worse than anyone. KG is the type of player that is so competitive that he might not want to come back if he can't be the player he once was.


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US officials recommend lowering DWI threshold to .05 blood alcohol
Tim Powers
Law Offices of Tim Powers, Denton, Texas
WASHINGTON — States should cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half— from .08 blood alcohol level to .05_matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries, a federal safety board recommended Tuesday. That's about one drink for a woman weighing less than 120 pounds, two for a 160-pound man.
More than 100 countries have adopted the .05 alcohol content standard or lower, according to a report by the staff of the National Transportation Safety Board. In Europe, the share of traffic deaths attributable to drunken driving was reduced by more than half within 10 years after the standard was dropped, the report said.
NTSB officials said it wasn't their intention to prevent drivers from having a glass of wine with dinner, but they acknowledged that under a threshold as low as .05 the safest thing for people who have only one or two drinks is not to drive at all.
A drink is defined as 12 ounces of beer, 4 ounces of wine, or 1 ounce of 80-proof alcohol in most studies.
Alcohol concentration levels as low as .01 have been associated with driving-related performance impairment, and levels as low as .05 have been associated with significantly increased risk of fatal crashes, the board said.
New approaches are needed to combat drunken driving, which claims the lives of about a third of the more than 30,000 people killed each year on U.S highways — a level of carnage that that has remained stubbornly consistent for the past decade and a half, the board said.
"Our goal is to get to zero deaths because each alcohol-impaired death is preventable," NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman said. "Alcohol-impaired deaths are not accidents, they are crimes. They can and should be prevented. The tools exist. What is needed is the will."
An alcohol concentration threshold of .05 is likely to meet strong resistance from states, said Jonathan Adkins, an official with the Governors Highway Safety Association, which represents state highway safety offices.
"It was very difficult to get .08 in most states so lowering it again won't be popular," Adkins said. "The focus in the states is on high (blood alcohol content) offenders as well as repeat offenders. We expect industry will also be very vocal about keeping the limit at .08."
Even safety groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and AAA declined Tuesday to endorse NTSB's call for a .05 threshold. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which sets national safety policy, stopped also short of endorsing the board's recommendation.
"NHTSA is always interested in reviewing new approaches that could reduce the number of drunk drivers on the road, and will work with any state that chooses to implement a .05 BAC law to gather further information on that approach," the safety administration said in a statement.
The board recommended NHTSA established "incentive grants" designed to encourage states to adopt the lower threshold.
A study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has estimated that 7,082 deaths would have been prevented in 2010 if all drivers on the road had blood alcohol content below .08 percent.
The lower threshold was one of nearly 20 recommendations made by the board, including that states adopt measures to ensure more widespread use of use of alcohol ignition interlock devices. Those require a driver to breathe into a tube, much like the breathalyzers police ask suspected drunken drivers to use.
The board has previously recommended states require all convicted drunken drivers install the interlock devices in their vehicles as a condition to resume driving. Currently, 17 states and two California counties require all convicted drivers use the devices.
However, only about a quarter of drivers ordered to use the devices actually end up doing so, the board said. Drivers use a variety of ways to evade using the devices, including claiming they won't drive at all or don't own a vehicle and therefore don't need the devices, the board said.
The board recommended the safety administration develop a program to encourage states to ensure all convicted drivers actually use the devices. The board also recommended that all suspected drunken drivers whose licenses are confiscated by police be required to install interlocks as a condition of getting their licenses reinstated even though they haven't yet been convicted of a crime.
Courts usually require drivers to pay for the devices, which cost about $50 to $100 to buy plus a $50 a month fee to operate, staff said.
The board has previously called on the safety administration and the auto industry to step up their research into technology for use in all vehicles that can detect whether a driver has elevated blood alcohol without the driver breathing into a tube or taking any other action. Drivers with elevated levels would be unable to start their cars.
But the technology is still years away.
Studies show more than 4 million people a year in the U.S. drive while intoxicated, but about half of the intoxicated drivers stopped by police escape detection, the NTSB report said. The board also recommended expanded use of passive alcohol devices by police. The devices are often contained in real flash lights or shaped to look like a cellphone that officers wear on their shirt pockets or belts. If an officer points the flashlight at a driver or the cellphone-like device comes in close proximity to an intoxicated driver, the devices will alert police who may not have any other reason to suspect drunken driving.
The use of the devices currently is very limited, the report said.
Dramatic progress was made in the 1980s through the mid-1990s after the minimum drinking age was raised to 21 and the legally-allowable maximum level of drivers' blood alcohol content was lowered to .08, the report said. Today, drunken driving claims nearly 10,000 lives a year, down from 21,000 in 1982. At that time, alcohol-related fatalities accounted for 48 percent of highway deaths.
The board made its recommendations on the 25th anniversary of one of the nation's deadliest drunken driving accidents in Carrollton, Ky. A drunk driver drove his pickup on the wrong side of a highway, collided with a bus and killed 27 people, 24 of them children. The children were part of a church youth group on their way home after spending the day at an amusement park.
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Coaching friends meet as OSU plays Arizona
Published 2:21 am Thursday, March 28, 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ever since Thad Matta and Sean Miller shared a tiny office at Miami of Ohio nearly two decades ago, the coaches' friendship has survived job changes, practical jokes and a few hundred bucks in unpaid lunch tabs.
They've worked together and recruited against each other. They've shared scouting tips and sought job advice. They even briefly lived under the same roof with their entire families.
"I wouldn't be here today without him," Miller said Wednesday. "I learned a lot from him, enjoyed being around him when we worked together, and we remain very good friends."
They remained close after their teams faced off in a memorable Ohio State victory over Xavier in the NCAA tournament six years ago, and they're still close heading into their next meeting Thursday at Staples Center, when the second-seeded Buckeyes (28-7) meet Miller's Arizona Wildcats (27-7) in the West Region semifinals.
"I don't like the fact that we're playing, but I'm happy as can be for him," Matta said.
The winner gets much more than bragging rights between best friends: While nobody in either uniform would suggest this game is the true regional final, both teams realize the winner of this meeting between powerhouse basketball schools will be a strong favorite to make the Final Four. With underdogs La Salle and Wichita State playing the late game, Ohio State and Arizona are the only seeds in the top eight left in what looks like the least attractive regional.
"We're not caught up in the sexiness and all that," Arizona guard Mark Lyons said. "I feel like my teammates are handsome, but that's (beside) the point."
Both teams have a mix of veteran talent and emerging youngsters, leading to a few marquee positional matchups that are tough for both coaches to predict.
Ohio State hero Aaron Craft faces a stiff challenge against Lyons, the ball-hawking guard described by Miller as the hoops equivalent of a running quarterback. Deshaun Thomas, the Buckeyes' leading scorer, will be checked on most possessions by Solomon Hill, the Wildcats' rangy senior from Los Angeles.
Ohio State is the only team to make the regional semifinals in each of the last four seasons, and the Buckeyes are on a 10-game winning streak since mid-February. Arizona overcame its late-season struggles to put together yet another solid NCAA run, trouncing Belmont and unceremoniously ending Harvard's hopes last week while making better than 55 percent of their shots in both games.
"It always gets tougher the further you go in the tournament," said Craft, whose late 3-pointer propelled Ohio State past Iowa State last Sunday. "You play against great players, and as a defender, you always want to take away their go-to. They have more than one."
Arizona should have a home-court advantage as the regional's closest school to Los Angeles by far, with thousands of Wildcats fans expected to make the trip to cheer on a team with seven players from Southern California. The Wildcats had a huge advantage two years ago in the West Region final in Anaheim, although UConn still advanced on the way to the national title.
Arizona and Ohio State have never met in the NCAA tournament, but Matta and Miller faced off in the second round in 2007, three years after Matta took over the Buckeyes and left Miller in charge at Xavier. Mike Conley Jr. and Greg Oden led Ohio State past the Musketeers after Ron Lewis' clutch 3-pointer forced overtime, and the Buckeyes eventually reached the national championship game.
Neither coach enjoyed facing a good friend that year, and their collision this week isn't as fun as the chance to reconnect in person for the first time in months.
The coaches know plenty about each other's strategies, and they also know their quirks. Miller realizes Matta doesn't enjoy being too far from his own bed, remembering long recruiting trips together when "it could be 10 o'clock at night, and he would give you that look like, 'Why don't we just get home?"'
"I guess if there's one small advantage we have, we have him in a place that he's not real familiar with, a long way from home," Miller added.
They helped engineer an NCAA tournament upset of Arizona while they were on staff together at Miami of Ohio — although Miller left Matta stuck with about $350 in lunches when he left for Pitt in 1995. The coaches worked together splendidly again at Xavier — and Miller even lived with Matta briefly after getting the job in Cincinnati in 2001, bringing along his pregnant wife and their kids.
"If it was a couple of weeks, it probably felt like a couple months to Thad and his wife," Miller said.
Matta needed only one word to describe Miller as a roommate: "Sloppy."
"The thing about Sean that I've learned over time is whenever we'd go somewhere, he'd forget his wallet," Matta continued, recalling a trip to South Florida when Miller showed up at the airport with no cash. "And he was making a lot more money than I was. But that's him."
Miller and Matta had an extra-long conversation between their teams' practices Wednesday, discussing the possibility of Miller's son, Austin, heading to Ohio State to work for Matta as a team manager in a couple of years. They're full of mutual respect, with Miller suggesting Matta is well on his way to a Hall of Fame career — even if that journey goes through Miller's Wildcats this week.
"When you do this long enough, your paths are going to cross," Matta said. "I'm sure he feels the same way: I want to win like crazy, but if things don't go well, I couldn't be happier for him."


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Under a new $3 million grant from the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research, Princeton University researchers will study the biology of aging and healthspan.
The grant will establish the Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for Aging Research at Princeton under the leadership of Coleen Murphy, associate professor of molecular biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics. The funding will support pioneering collaborative work by faculty members in neuroscience, computer science, computational biology, physics and mathematics on the biological mechanisms that control the aging process.
"While great progress has been made in the identification of general longevity regulators, most aging research is focused on late-life physical or biochemical characteristics, such as loss of movement or death," said Murphy, whose cutting-edge research on age-related declines in memory and reproductive ability has received support from several important sources. "Early aging has not been as well studied. I believe that careful quantification of behavioral characteristics will allow us to better analyze these early declines as well as to assess therapeutic improvements."
The Glenn Foundation for Medical Research was founded in 1965 by Paul F. Glenn, a member of the Princeton Class of 1952, to extend the healthy productive years of life through research on the biological mechanisms of aging. The foundation has established similar research labs at a number of major universities, including Harvard, Stanford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
"We are impressed by Princeton's promising research as well as its strong interdisciplinary tradition," said Glenn Foundation President Mark R. Collins. "We believe advances in research have the potential to prevent or delay age-related disease. We are pleased to include Princeton in the Glenn Foundation Consortium for Research on Aging."
Murphy's research previously has been recognized by the National Institutes of Health, the W.M. Keck Foundation, the American Society for Cell Biology, the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the March of Dimes and the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Murphy already has established interdisciplinary collaborations with several other researchers at Princeton to quantitatively address the aging process. The Glenn Labs grant will accelerate these studies by funding new experiments using cutting-edge technologies from a range of quantitative sciences.
"The Glenn Foundation award will vastly increase the amount and the types of aging research being done at Princeton," Murphy said. "We are starting a community that will be able to tackle problems in aging research in a very different way, using new techniques and approaches to figure out which genes and processes are involved in age-related declines. We expect this will open avenues to slowing or preventing these declines."


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I had bookmarked and written down Deeba's Coffee Mocha Gateau long back and every time I set out to make it,I develop cold feet[yeah,that happens when you decide to attempt Deeba-the Passionate Baker's recipes].I felt I wasn't yet ready for it,but I badly wanted to try out a Coffee flavored cake.I remembered my Vanni's[co-sis] recipe which she had given to me long back while I was trying out Microwave recipes.I tried it out with a few changes.This one is in fact a MW cake recipe,but here,I have baked it in the convection mode.
A wonderful cake with a subtle coffee flavor,it was liked by all.Perfect for that coffee craving and I'm sure it would taste great with a cup of piping hot coffee.It can be made without icing too.So what are you waiting for..??:)
Flour/Maida – 1 cup
Baking powder – 1 tsp
Brown sugar – ¾ cup[I used regular white sugar]
Butter,softened – ¾ cup
Instant Coffee powder – 3 tbsp [I used little less than 2 tbsp-increase/decrease according to your taste]
Boiling water – 1 tbsp
Eggs - 2
Vanilla essence – 2 tsp
Milk – ¼ cup
Preheat oven to 180*C.
Grease and line an 8' round cake tin.
Sift together maida and baking powder twice and keep aside.
Mix together coffee powder and boiling water.
Cream the butter and sugar till fluffy.
Add the eggs one by one,beating well all the while.
Add vanilla essence and beat well.
Alternately add the flour and milk to the mix,beginning and ending with flour.
Pour into the greased cake tin and bake for 30-35 minutes or till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Cool on a wire rack.
Softened butter – ½ cup
Icing sugar – 2 cups
Instant coffee powder – 1 tbsp
Boiling water – 1 tbsp
Cream together butter and icing sugar till soft and creamy.
Mix together coffee powder and boiling water.
Add it to the butter-sugar mix and beat well.
Keep aside in the refrigerator or a few minutes.
Spread on the cool cake and serve!!
Sending this across to Birthday-baby Ria,who is celebrating Cakes,Cookies and Cocktails in her blog:).


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So far this last weekend of the holiday block has been a busy one. Luckily I still have some leftovers to make some quick meals. Over the holidays I came across a cranberry blue cheese that I really enjoyed and I was thinking that I would like to try combining some of the leftover cranberry sauce with blue cheese. I remembered seeing a cranberry, blue cheese and turkey wraps a while ago that sounded nice. The wraps were nice a quick to assemble and tasted great. The cranberry and blue cheese combo was just as good with cranberry sauce it was in the cheese that I had tried. I really liked how the sweet and tart cranberry sauce worked with the tangy blue cheese and the turkey fit in perfectly as well.
Turkey, Cranberry and Blue Cheese Wrap
- 1 large tortilla
- 1 handful lettuce
- 1 handful turkey (cooked and shredded)
- 1 handful blue cheese
- 1 tablespoon cranberry sauce
- Assemble wrap.


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Randy Wolf (10-6, 3.22) vs. Zach Duke (10-14, 4.02)
COMMENTS: Some random Randy Wolf facts:
- Their mating season generally runs from January to April.
- Both his win total and ERA have improved in each of the last 4 seasons.
- If the female wolf is not sexually receptive to the male's advances, she will repel the male with growls and snaps of her jaws.
- Of the 10 major leaguers named Randy, 8 are pitchers (how many can you name?). Only one has a better ERA than Randy Wolf, and none has more wins.
- Wolves often have long-standing and monogamous relationships, and after mating, a wolf will continue to be affectionate with his mate.
- He was born on the exact same day as Jeff Weaver.
All wordplay gags aside, chew on this: yesterday's win put the Dodgers at +27 games above 0.500 for the 4th time this season. A win tonight would put them at +28 games above for the first time since...October 1, 1988.