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By JULIE PACE and MARTIN CRUTSINGER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Barack Obama will nominate White House chief of staff Jack Lew to be his second-term Secretary of the Treasury, turning to one of Washington's most knowledgeable budget experts to manage prickly fiscal negotiations with Congress and steer the still-shaky national economy.
Lew's nomination, expected Thursday, accelerates the overhaul of Obama's top advisers, with new leaders at the Pentagon, State Department, Central Intelligence Agency and Labor Department. Obama also must replace Lew with a new chief of staff, and that could have a ripple effect through the West Wing's senior ranks.
A day ahead of the formal announcement, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney praised the expected nominee: "Over the past more than quarter of a century, Jack Lew has been an integral part of some of the most important budgetary financial and fiscal agreements, bipartisan agreements in Washington."
Lew, 57, would bring to Treasury a mastery of federal budget mechanics, honed during two stints as director of the Office of Management and Budget. While running OMB during the Clinton administration, Lew helped negotiate a balanced budget agreement with Congress, something that has eluded Washington ever since.
Lew's budget background could help shape the Obama administration's strategy in talks with congressional Republicans over the federal debt ceiling. Republican lawmakers are expected to demand deep budget cuts as the price for agreeing to raise the debt limit, which is expected to be reached sometime in February.
"His resume is tailor-made for what is most important right now," said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial in Chicago." On Wall Street, Lew was managing director and chief operating officer of Citi Global Wealth Management and then Citi Alternative Investments. At the start of the Obama administration, he oversaw international economic issues at the State Department.
Lew has long been considered the favorite to replace current Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. The last original member of Obama's economic team, Geithner plans to leave the administration in late January.
Lew's nomination will do little to quiet questions about diversity in Obama's second-term leadership team. The president's other nominees are all white men: Democratic Sen. John Kerry for the State Department, former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel to lead the Pentagon and White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan for the CIA's top job.
One prominent woman in Obama's Cabinet, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, told colleagues Wednesday that she was resigning her post. No successor was named.
Like other Obama nominees for second-term Cabinet posts, Lew's selection underscores how the nation and the world have changed since the president took office four years ago.
Geithner brought to the job deep knowledge of Wall Street and financial markets at a time when the administration was seeking to shore up the big banks and pull the economy bank from the brink of a new depression. With the economy now stabilized, if still sluggish, Obama's second term is likely to focus more on battles with Congress over spending cuts and the debt.
Lew is expected to be easily confirmed by the Senate, though at least one prominent Republican has already stated his opposition.
"We need a Secretary of Treasury that the American people, the Congress, and the world will know is up to the task of getting America on the path to prosperity not the path to decline," said Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, the top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee. "Jack Lew is not that man."
His blend of experiences appeared to give Lew an edge other potential candidates for the Treasury job, particularly given the secretary's key role in coordinating with European allies on the continent's debt crisis.
"Geithner is handing off a European situation that is still a powder keg," said Brian Bethune, an economics professor at Gordon College in Wenham, Mass. "It is still the biggest threat out there facing the U.S. economy and the global economy."
Lew, a pragmatic liberal and Orthodox Jew who doesn't work on Saturdays, is well-liked in Washington by both Democrats and Republicans, and respected by staffers at the White House, where he has served as chief of staff since January 2012.
As chief of staff and head of OMB, Lew has already been a key player in several negotiations between the White House and Capitol Hill, including the recent talks to avert the "fiscal cliff."
A fresh series of economic deadlines would await Lew at the Treasury Department. The first will be the need, around the end of February, to raise the $16.4 trillion federal borrowing limit to avert a first-ever default by the government. That deadline is likely to bring a fresh confrontation with congressional Republicans over spending cuts.
Also, at the beginning of March, $110 billion in cuts to military and domestic programs will automatically kick in if no congressional budget deal has been reached by then. Congress and the administration postponed that issue in the fiscal cliff agreement that received final congressional passage on New Year's Day.
The third pressing deadline will occur March 27. That's when a congressional resolution that's keeping the government operating without a budget will expire. Without a new bill, the government could shut down.
The leading candidates to replace Lew as White House chief of staff are Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough and Ron Klain, the former chief of staff for Vice President Joe Biden.
Associated Press writer Jim Kuhnhenn contributed to this report.
Follow Julie Pace at http://twitter.com/jpaceDC


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TUESDAY, July 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- First responders to the 9/11 terrorist attacks appear to be at increased risk for Alzheimer's disease and dementia, new research suggests.
The prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mild thinking impairments among them is well-known, and now two studies from Stony Brook University in New York have identified changes in their brains similar to those in dementia patients.
"The environmental exposures and psychological pressures experienced by responders during 9/11 and its aftermath has had an insidious effect on their health and well-being," said Dr. Benjamin Luft, director of the Stony Brook World Trade Center Health and Wellness Program.
"Now nearly 20 years post-9/11, clinicians who care for these individuals are seeing more patients who are showing signs of cognitive disorders and possible dementia," he said in a university news release.
One of the two studies, published recently in the journal Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring, examined brain scans from first responders to the attacks on New York City's World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Scans included former workers with and without symptoms of thinking and memory problems.
What researchers saw closely resembled scans of patients with Alzheimer's or dementia. Many of the first responders had a deterioration in gray matter rarely seen in their age group. Those studied were 45 to 65 years of age.
While gray matter thinning was much more extensive in first responders with existing impairments, those without impaired thinking skills also showed signs of brain degeneration.
"While there are many reasons for cognitive decline because of brain changes, the loss of gray matter in the brain is one of the most concerning and can be measured by cortical thickness," said study lead author Sean Clouston, associate professor of family, population and preventive medicine.
Clouston added that the gray matter loss is "a possible indicator of early-stage dementia with possible early-onset dementia likely to occur for a portion of these individuals at midlife."
In a separate study, a second Stony Brook team led by Luft analyzed blood samples from almost 200 first responders (average age: 55) with PTSD or impaired memory and thinking skills.
The researchers found abnormalities in their blood proteins that are consistent with Alzheimer's and related diseases of the brain.
This study is scheduled to be published in the journal Translational Psychiatry. Both studies were presented Tuesday at an online conference of the Alzheimer's Association.
"Findings from our new studies provide data for the first time that support the idea that this population of patients who have cognitive impairment not only have psychological problems such as PTSD but may be at high risk for neurodegenerative disorders, a possibility that needs immediate and continued investigation," Luft said.
More information
There's more about first responders and Alzheimer's at the Alzheimer's Association.
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It's on. Welcome to the Battle of the Buns. The Rumble of the Rolls. The Ultimate Cinnamon Skirmish.
I've decided to take it upon myself to experiment with different cinnamon roll recipes, mixing and matching and melding and meshing until I find the one that pleases me most.
The rolls I picked as my starting point come from Peter Reinhart's The Bread Baker's Apprentice and you can find the original recipe on any number of sites around the web. I was (perhaps mistakenly) impressed by the oddly specific amounts of certain ingredients--6 1/2 tablespoons of sugar, for example. Would half of a tablespoon of sugar make that much difference? Clearly Mr. Reinhart and his crew had done some thorough recipe work. Not a bad way to earn a living, eh?
Even though I hadn't tested it in its untouched form, I decided to make some changes anyway based on things I had read in various posts:
*I added half a box of instant vanilla pudding mix to the dough, as it has proven to provide mucho moistness.
*I used brown sugar, much more cinnamon, and butter in the filling. More butter is better--that's a rule, right?
*Due to a woeful lack of cream cheese, I used ol' Pete's white fondant glaze (sans lemon extract) on top.
So, what did I think about these? On the upside, the dough was a breeze to handle. However...[brace yourself for Negative Nelly]...the bready part was more cake-like than anything else (perhaps that pudding mix didn't have the desired effect), and the lemon flavor dominated. Thank heavens I didn't add lemon extract to the glaze as Mr Reinhart suggested. There was nowhere near enough cinnamon in the filling--it didn't stand a chance to be tasted against that pesky lemon. Also, the brown sugar probably wasn't as conducive to carrying that spice of all spices into the sense receptors. Finally, and most tragically, the glaze was entirely too sweet and I ended up scraping most of it off.
I know I've made it sound like these were dreadful, but that's not true--they're a tasty treat to be sure. Further, I learned several things about the process and about the components I must include (more cinnamon!), omit (lemon!), and replace (fondant glaze!). All in all, I found them enjoyable, but I can't in good conscience call them cinnamon rolls.
Rolls of Lemon Cake with a Hint of Cinnamon
Makes 8-12 large or 12-16 smaller buns
6 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon salt
5 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 large egg, slightly beaten
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 3.4-oz box instant vanilla pudding
2 1/4 teaspoons (1 packet) instant yeast
1 1/8 to 1 1/4 cups buttermilk, room temperature
1 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoon cinnamon
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
2-3 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Prepare dough:
In a large bowl, cream together the sugar, salt, and softened butter. Whip in the egg and lemon extract until smooth. Then add the flour, vanilla pudding mix, yeast, and milk and mix until the dough forms a ball. Plop out onto a floured surface and knead for approximately 10 minutes, or until the dough is tacky but not sticky. Lightly oil a large bowl and transfer the dough to the bowl, rolling it around to cover it with oil. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature for approximately 2 hours, or until the dough doubles in size.
Shape rolls:
Mist the counter with spray oil and transfer the dough to the counter. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin, lightly dusting the top of the dough with flour. Roll it into a rectangle about 1/4 inch thick and 14 inches wide by 12 inches long for larger buns, or 18 inches wide by 9 inches long for smaller buns. Slather the softened butter all over the dough and sprinkle the cinnamon and brown sugar evenly over that. Roll the dough up into a log, creating a tight spiral as you roll. With the seam side down, cut the dough into 8 to 12 even pieces, each about 1-3/4 inches thick for larger buns; or 12 to 16 pieces each 1-1/4 inches thick for smaller buns.
Line one or more sheet pans with baking parchment or grease with cooking spray. Place the buns on the pan(s) approximately 1/2 inch apart.
Proof at room temperature for 75 to 90 minutes, or until the pieces have grown into one another and have nearly doubled in size.
Bake rolls:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F with the oven rack on the middle shelf. Bake the buns for 20 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown.
Cool the buns in the pan for about 10 minutes, and then glaze the tops.
Prepare glaze:
Stir the ingredients together and add milk as needed to obtain desired consistency.
March 30, 2010
behold the power of lemon
Yum76 comments:
- Peter M said...
THAT, my dear is food porn at its best. Sinfully good!
- March 30, 2010 at 6:18 AM
- CC11 said...
Lemon is a bit of a flavour hog for sure, I always tend to add less than stated. At least they still tasted great despite not tasting like cinnamon buns
- March 30, 2010 at 6:38 AM
- shaz said...
oooh, they look fab even if you weren't overly impressed with them. I commiserate with your pesky lemon struggle (although I usually love them). Oh, and this is the post that's tipped me over the edge - I'm baking cinnamon rolls this Easter weekend.
- March 30, 2010 at 6:39 AM
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
OMG, those rolls look fabulous! I am drooling...
Rosa - March 30, 2010 at 7:01 AM
- Barbara said...
I don't know, Grace...they sure LOOK good! In fact, they look fabulous!
Lemon kind of overpowers perhaps. Looking forward to more experiments! I would definitely expect more cinnamon in the future! - March 30, 2010 at 7:06 AM
- cookies and cups said...
Hmmm, sounds likes a mixed review. They look beautiful, though and high five for even making homemade cinnamon rolls. the closest thing my family gets are Pillsbury Grands :)
- March 30, 2010 at 7:53 AM
- Faith said...
I'm sorry they didn't turn out as expected...still, they look beautiful! The quest for the perfect cinnamon roll recipe is a fantastic idea!
- March 30, 2010 at 8:15 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
I am of the opinion that a good many things taste better with lemon!!
- March 30, 2010 at 9:04 AM
- Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella said...
Hmmm lemon and cinnamon, two opposing forces on your olfactory and taste receptors. And we know which you prefer! :P
- March 30, 2010 at 9:09 AM
- Cara said...
Oh I looove lemon so I can't imagine they are that bad! The dessert I enjoyed most at last night's Passover seder was a lemon honey almond cake. Maybe I need a piece for breakfast now :)
- March 30, 2010 at 9:12 AM
- MaryMoh said...
To me, it looks perfect. I would prefer the lemon smell than the cinnamon
- March 30, 2010 at 9:15 AM
- ~~louise~~ said...
I do believe the smell of those gorgeous beauties is emitting right through my screen.
I'm going to fill my coffee cup now. Gee I wish I had just one by my side...
Thanks for sharing, Grace... - March 30, 2010 at 9:27 AM
- Lisa | Authentic Suburban Gourmet said...
I absolutely LOVE cinnamon rolls. Enjoyed reading your experiment with the various flavors. Yummy!
- March 30, 2010 at 9:39 AM
- vanillasugarblog said...
Excellent! I am putting 5 stars on your chart because you put a good amount of frosting on there. I hate when there is nothing but a smidge.
- March 30, 2010 at 10:51 AM
- Dolce said...
They look good enough to me!!! Thank you for this great recipe. Yum !
- March 30, 2010 at 11:30 AM
- Lisa-Marie said...
They look delicious, and perfectly swirly! Cinnamon rolls are a favourite in our house, I shall have to make these ones!
- March 30, 2010 at 11:32 AM
- Ingrid_3Bs said...
Thanks for the info. I can't wait to read the rest of your reviews.
~ingrid - March 30, 2010 at 11:33 AM
- Anonymous said...
The roles looked gorgeous! I wouldn't mind having one of your lemon rolls, since i love that refreshing citrus smell. You just created something new! I am sure it'll appeal to those who don't like cinnamon :D (i love cinnamon too!)
- March 30, 2010 at 11:34 AM
- The Teacher Cooks said...
These do look absolutely divine. I have never made cinnamon rolls with the addition of the vanilla pudding. I am with you with scraping off the icing!
- March 30, 2010 at 11:58 AM
- The Blonde Duck said...
Too sweet of glaze? If it was too sweet for you, it had to be bad.
- March 30, 2010 at 12:16 PM
- kat said...
Wow, they look so good though! But I'm not sure I want lemon flavor in my cinnamon rolls either.
- March 30, 2010 at 12:29 PM
- Gloria Baker said...
Grace, absolutely beauty and tempting!! yummy! gloria
- March 30, 2010 at 12:43 PM
- Bob said...
They sure look awesome. Can't wait to see the next round though!
- March 30, 2010 at 12:44 PM
- Lucie said...
I think the only thing I enjoy more than cinnamon is lemon...so these look absolutely perfect to me! I'm intrigued by the addition of vanilla pudding--I've never come across a cinnamon roll recipe that used it, but it sounds like a great idea to add some moist yuminess!
- March 30, 2010 at 12:52 PM
- oneordinaryday said...
I love that you're doing this, Grace. I haven't tried cinnamon rolls yet myself, but I have two recipes stashed away that I want to try out. Maybe now I'll just wait til you do all the leg work! ; )
- March 30, 2010 at 1:18 PM
- Lori said...
I make one with pudding in the mix. I love them. They are more tender than the traditional ones but I like it. SO funny my husband has requested these for his birthday. Since I already make one with pudding in the mix, I will be making the Cooks Illustrated one this time. Cant wait to see your next recie here.
- March 30, 2010 at 1:41 PM
- DessertObsessed said...
these are gorgeous! i've never tried pudding in a cinnamon roll mix before; interesting!
- March 30, 2010 at 1:46 PM
- Melanie said...
I love your experiments. And there is nothing better than a cinnamon roll test. I'm sorry these fell a little flat. But I do think the combination of lemon and cinnamon is very intriguing. Can't wait to see what's next...
- March 30, 2010 at 1:53 PM
- Hungry Dog said...
I'm so impressed by anyone who makes their own cinnamon rolls! These do look fabulous. I wish I could be one of your taste testers on your quest for the perfect cinnamon roll!
- March 30, 2010 at 2:04 PM
- La Bella Cooks said...
Decadent, truly decadent!
- March 30, 2010 at 2:51 PM
- Unknown said...
This is the recipe I use, I like to add cinnamon to the glaze, and I dont add pudding.
- March 30, 2010 at 2:51 PM
- Ms. Meanie said...
They look great! Sorry you didn't enjoy them as much as you'd have liked. I really like Molly Wizenberg's cinnamon roll recipe. No lemon in it though.
- March 30, 2010 at 4:07 PM
- Marjie said...
The pudding mix is what made it cake like. You are such a dear, sacrificing your own self interest to check out all possible cinnamon roll recipes for us! I'm making Hot Cross Buns this weekend by the zillions, so please, keep testing cinnamon rolls until I can get time to try some!
- March 30, 2010 at 4:11 PM
- Half Baked said...
battle of the bun..hehe
Too bad they weren't as good as you'd hoped but they looked like they'd do just fine with my cuppa joe:) - March 30, 2010 at 4:30 PM
- sweetlife said...
sorry they did not turn out, but honeslty they look super yummy!! I agree add more cinnamon and omit lemon
sweetlife - March 30, 2010 at 5:04 PM
- lisa is cooking said...
I don't think I've met a cinnamon roll I didn't like, so I can't wait to see the rest of your battle of the buns!
- March 30, 2010 at 5:17 PM
- Lindsey @ pickyeatings said...
I loooove homemade cinnamon buns, rolls, whatever you want to call them. So I wholeheartedly support this!
- March 30, 2010 at 6:28 PM
- Pam said...
I think you are right. I love lemon and I love cinnamon but just not together.
That first shot has me drooling. I just adore cinnamon rolls. - March 30, 2010 at 8:49 PM
- Valen said...
Love cinnamon rolls or any roll really, these look fabulous!
- March 30, 2010 at 10:46 PM
- Lyndas recipe box said...
There is nothing more drool-worthy than homemade cinnamon rolls, and your photos are certainly enticing Grace.Too bad that these fell somewhat short, but I'm anxious to see what you try next! Can't have too much cinnamon-I always end up adding more than a recipe calls for!
- March 30, 2010 at 11:06 PM
- Julie said...
well, they look super anyway! It does seem a little odd to add lemon to a cinnamon roll. If you're going to continue trying different recipes, try PW's if you haven't already. I can't tell you how awesome they are!
- March 30, 2010 at 11:14 PM
- Anonymous said...
Love the re-name of these rolls! It's a pity they weren't exactly what you were looking for, but I know for a fact that you've got all of us drooling at those pics :P
- March 31, 2010 at 1:19 AM
- Emily said...
Well, I love and appreciate your honesty. I think maybe you're being too hard on yourself! These buns look amazing. I think a cakey cinnamon roll sounds really good.
- March 31, 2010 at 3:31 AM
- Joanne said...
I really can't think of a better battle to have in your kitchen. The more cinnamon roll taste-testing in your life, the better. I'm pretty sure. Because if even they're not great? They're still pretty good.
Thanks for sharing these even though you didn't love them! I can't wait until you create the ultimate roll (stuffed with TONS of cinnamon) because that one - I will be making. - March 31, 2010 at 7:15 AM
- Erica said...
They look so good!Love to read about this experiment.
- March 31, 2010 at 9:58 AM
- LyB said...
I love that you renamed the recipe! And I can't wait for your next experiment. Bring on the rolls!!! ;)
- March 31, 2010 at 11:14 AM
- Anonymous said...
I like your experiments and sure learn a lot! These may not be true cinnamon rolls, but they sure look and sound like wonderful treats!
- March 31, 2010 at 11:38 AM
- Dewi said...
What a perfect treats Grace. Always love the cinnamon and sugar perfumed the kitchen while baked in the oven.
- March 31, 2010 at 2:13 PM
- kimberleyblue said...
Haha, I love their name - but too bad they didn't become your new favourite cinnamon roll recipe. The photos look just stunning though, so hey, at least there's that!
- March 31, 2010 at 2:20 PM
- Unknown said...
It's fun to experiment and tweak recipes to your specific taste. I do it all the time
- March 31, 2010 at 2:32 PM
- www.dhaleb.com said...
I'm drooling as we speak... I hope my keyboard is waterproof.
I love the addition of instant vanilla pudding! Send some my way pleeease! - March 31, 2010 at 2:44 PM
- Heather said...
Oh my!! I know these weren't your favorite, but they look delicious!
- March 31, 2010 at 4:05 PM
- Dinners and Dreams said...
Gorgeous cinnamon buns. I've never had them homemade.
Have a great evening!
Nisrine - March 31, 2010 at 6:35 PM
- LilSis said...
They sure look moist and delicious from the photos, so even if you can't call them cinnamon rolls, I'd still guess that they were yummy!
- March 31, 2010 at 7:42 PM
- foodhoe said...
looks delicious, I can just imagine peeling away the layers...
- March 31, 2010 at 11:15 PM
- Krissy @ The Food Addicts said...
wow, your cinnamon rolls look perfect... literally more perfect than the ones at cinnabon! yum yum!
- March 31, 2010 at 11:54 PM
- Carolyn Jung said...
Too-sweet glaze? Oh no, that's the worst. That's why I can't eat so many of those supersized, mass-produced cinnamon buns. They're just too achingly sweet.
- April 1, 2010 at 12:33 AM
- Zoe said...
- April 1, 2010 at 11:31 AM
- Sandie {Inn Cuisine} said...
You crack me up, "Battle of the Buns, Rumble of the Rolls." Too funny! Love your tips & thoughts for next time though. Always something, isn't it?
Have a good Easter weekend, Grace. - April 1, 2010 at 11:55 AM
- marla {family fresh cooking} said...
Love your honest take on these goodies. I too would err on the side of cinnamon beats lemon any day! Nice addition of pudding to batter. Glaze was too sweet? Is that possible :) xo
- April 1, 2010 at 4:50 PM
- Olga @ MangoTomato said...
You just made me very hungry!
- April 1, 2010 at 9:10 PM
- Lisa said...
They look wonderful! It would be hard to go too wrong with cinnamon rolls....
- April 2, 2010 at 12:40 AM
- Trissa said...
I like your honesty. I find the best recipes are those "re-tested" by bloggers. Thanks for sharing!
Happy Easter! - April 2, 2010 at 2:58 AM
- Xiao Yen Recipes said...
I love cinnamon buns! Gosh the picture looks so yummy! I used to buy from the store the refrigerated ones but of course, once I learn to make them fresh, there's no turning back.
- April 2, 2010 at 4:05 AM
- M D said...
Lemon Cake with Cinnamon? This is new to me. Pretty sure it would make justice for the Easter approaching. Happy Easter to u and ur family!
- April 2, 2010 at 6:20 AM
- jesse said...
I need one of those rolls pronto!
- April 2, 2010 at 10:33 AM
- Penny said...
I am anxious to see what you try next! They look beautiful.
- April 2, 2010 at 2:16 PM
- Kerstin said...
Doesn't matter what you call them - they look incredible!! I love that you added instant pudding too - that sounds like a great little trick to add moistness!
- April 2, 2010 at 10:20 PM
- MrsLavendula said...
that roll looks so moist and delicious!
- April 3, 2010 at 5:50 AM
- Jessica Lee Binder said...
The first picture is a perfectly even swirl. Having made similar buns before, I know that's not easy!
- April 3, 2010 at 9:36 AM
- Alicia Foodycat said...
More lemon than is feasible sounds just about perfect to me! But it is a pity to miss out on cream cheese frosting.
- April 3, 2010 at 12:54 PM
- Robin said...
Hmm not sure about the lemon either? Although I did see a nice lemon roll on the kitchn in place of cinnamon rolls- just for a change. Looked completely different.
http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/breakfast/recipe-sticky-lemon-rolls-with-lemon-cream-cheese-glaze-111307 - April 5, 2010 at 3:54 PM
- Kristen Doyle said...
Your photos look fabulous. And I will have to remember the instant pudding trick!
- April 6, 2010 at 11:27 PM
- Chef Fresco said...
Man we are so behind on commenting - look at all the wonderful posts you have! These cinnamon buns look soo good -especially in that pic with the icing!
- April 8, 2010 at 9:23 PM
- Unknown said...
Ive made cinnamon rolls once and the recipe called for that pudding mix. I still found the roll to be...I dunno, not so moist? Maybe it's over rated? Or maybe I messed up? but yes...more cinnamon is always a plus
- April 20, 2010 at 7:03 PM
- Karen B in northern Idaho said...
Not that I've tested many sweet roll recipes, but my fave recipe so far is King Arthur Flour's Ridiculously Easy No-Knead Sticky Buns http://search.kingarthurflour.com/search?w=ridiculously%20easy%20no-knead%20sticky%20buns&af=type:recipes
I make 12-18 "bake and give" paper baking pans of these to give away to special lucky recipients at Christmas (frozen, along with thawing and baking instructions), and have people begging me for them the rest of the year. You could make them as simpler cinnamon buns by leaving off the topping, of course, and adding a cream cheese frosting later. If you can afford it, do use the KAF Cinnamon Filling, it is to die for. This year I had gobs of separated eggs in the freezer, so I made the dough even richer, like a brioche dough, by adding MORE butter and using two egg yolks to replace every egg called for, plus a few more! - February 9, 2014 at 11:03 AM


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Turkish officials clear bird of spying for Israel
ISTANBUL (AP) — A bird of prey found in a Turkish village has been cleared of local suspicion it was aiding Israeli spies.The private Dogan news agency reported Friday that villagers in a rural town in central Turkey found the kestrel this week and delivered it to local authorities after discovering a leg band marked "24311 Tel Avivunia Israel." Such bands are often used to track bird migrations.
Authorities confirmed in a statement that they released the bird into the wild Thursday after x-rays performed at a veterinary hospital found that "there was no other device" attached to the bird aside from the leg band.
Dogan, which published a copy of the x-ray record, says medical staff labeled it "Israeli Spy." It was not immediately clear whether the label was tongue-in-cheek.


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Bad service, bad fits: Dressing off the gender binary can be a challenge for non-conformers
As a transgender woman who began her transition about a year ago, Kylie Jack is still figuring out her fashion style, but she wanted one thing right away: well-fitting bras.
Friends recommended Petticoat Fair in Austin, Texas, where she lives. The lingerie shop is known for one-on-one fittings, but Jack was denied access to the area where professionals work privately with customers after being asked if she was an anatomical female.
Jack, 39, a computer interaction designer, left empty-handed and angry. She took to social media to protest.
"It was unclear whether they had a consistent policy and I didn't know what to make of it," Jack said.
The owner later apologized.
A gender binary exists in fashion, and that's a challenge for those who don't conform. Masculine-presenting women are often destined for boys' departments or bad fits, while people born male who transition or simply like to dress in femme clothes sometimes don't know what to expect in sizing or from sales clerks.
"I was in Filene's Basement in Chelsea, which is pretty much the gayest neighborhood in America, and I said, 'Can I try on clothes here in the men's department?' and they said no. It's not as bad as it used to be but it's pretty persistent. There's this radioactive line between the menswear department and the womenswear department," said Susan Herr, founder of dapperQ, a site on masculine dressing for the LGBTQ community.
Online retailers catering to masculine presenters have proliferated as trans people enjoy a higher profile thanks to Laverne Cox of "Orange is the New Black" and other pioneers.
But mainstream fashion has done little to keep up with large-footed women, petite trans men, masculine-presenting lesbians or androgynous dressers in search of a decent, affordable suit.
At 5-foot-4 and 120 pounds, Gretchen Dukowitz is a lesbian who dresses on the boyish-androgynous side. Her style is casual and she doesn't like shopping online. Her No. 1 go-to place is H&M's boys' section.
"It's always fun to see who will be there, whether it's the moms buying for their kids or the lesbians," she said. "But even in boys' clothes, the fit is not right if you have any hips at all, which I kind of do. It pinches you in weird places. Even though you're buying men's clothing, you still have the shapes of a woman."
Small designers are trying to fill the gap, but often at prices not everyone can afford.
In button-down shirting, for example, menswear is often oversized, tight in the chest or hips. Women's tops may be too tight, too feminine or too short. The label Androgyny offers a signature fit with a "boob button" to minimize gaping, no darts, a slight hourglass curve at the bottom and a center box pleat in back for extra room through the chest and shoulders.
The cost? $125 and up to $150 for limited editions.
The toll is not always financial.
Laura Jane Grace, who fronts the punk band Against Me!, transitioned from male to female in dress onstage in 2012. At 6 foot 2, with a mostly black wardrobe worthy of a rocker, Grace recalls the days before she was "out" and on the hunt for women's clothes.
"It was always kind of terrifying, going out and actually shopping for stuff," said Grace, who lived in small-town Florida before moving to Chicago.
"I can't remember an experience where someone either didn't look at you like you were total scum or have some kind of comment to make," she said, adding: "People look at me like I'm a thief. There's that attention on you from the beginning that always makes for an uncomfortable experience. People watch me from the second I walk into a store that's not specifically like a rock 'n' roll store because I'm covered in tattoos."
Grace usually shops online, shares a women's size 10 shoe with her wife and picks up specialty pieces in boutiques during band road trips.
Mary Going, a masculine-presenting lesbian who's 5 foot 3 and 120 pounds, wanted a formal suit for her 2008 wedding. After fruitless trips to Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's, Men's Wearhouse, Banana Republic and Macy's, she had one tailor-made for about $1,800.
"I've had cars that cost less than that," said Going. "I loved that suit. I felt great in that suit in a way that I had never felt great in my clothes before. I felt taller. I felt like I got more respect and I don't know if that's because I presented more respectfully or because people really did see me differently."
Going "wanted to offer that same feeling to other people, but without the $1,800 price tag" or the wait. So she founded Saint Harridan, which makes off-the-rack suits with sleek masculine looks for women and transmen.
This year the Oakland, Calif.-based entrepreneur took the brand on a pop-up tour so butch women, transmen and others can walk in and buy a reasonably priced suit. The tour has served 100 to 150 people daily on three-day stops in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Seattle, New York, Philadelphia, Oakland and Minneapolis. It heads to Boston in August, followed by Detroit, Portland, Oregon, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Chicago and Los Angeles.
"We've had grown people stand in our store and cry because they have never experienced customer service like this," Going said. "We're telling them that they are valued and respected just the way they are."
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The 10 Best Indy 500 Finishes of All-Time
The Indianapolis 500 is the world's largest single-day sporting event. Approximately 400,000 fans will crowd the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this Sunday to watch 'The Greatest Spectacle in Racing' at the 2.5-mile oval track. While drivers average speeds well in excess of 150 miles per hour, sometimes the race comes down to the final lap. Here are the 10 best Indy 500 finishes of all-time.
1992: Al Unser Jr. Edges Scott Goodyear
While Michael Andretti led 160 laps of the 1992 Indy 500, he suffered engine problems with just 11 laps remaining. Al Unser Jr. took over the lead with Scott Goodyear close behind. The racers dueled for the final seven laps, but Goodyear was never able to pass Unser Jr., who won the closest finish in race history by .043 seconds.
1977: A.J. Foyt Wins His Fourth Indy 500
A.J. Foyt dominated the Indy 500 during the 1960s, winning the race in 1961, 1964 and 1967. A decade of racing later, Foyt edged Tom Sneva at the 1977 Indy 500 to become the race's first four-time champion.
1991: Michael Andretti Falls Flat
Michael Andretti led 97 laps of the 1991 Indy 500, but he sustained a flat tire late in the race. While Andretti made a pit stop, veteran Rick Mears grabbed the lead and held on to join A.J. Foyt and Al Unser as four-time Indy 500 winners.
2006: Sam Hornish Jr. Zips Past Marco Andretti
Though he started on the pole, Sam Hornish Jr. had to pass 19-year-old Marco Andretti less than 200 yards from the finish line to win the 2006 Indy 500. The .0635-second margin of victory made the 2006 race the second-closest finish in Indy 500 history. Hornish Jr. went on to win the 2006 Indy Racing League (IRL) championship.
1999: Robby Gordon Runs Out of Fuel
After making a pit stop on lap 164, Robby Gordon believed he had enough fuel to finish the final 36 laps of the race. While most of the field pitted during laps 169-171 of the 1999 race, Gordon took over the lead. He was headed to victory when his car ran out of fuel on lap 199. Driver Kenny Brack swooped in to claim the checkered flag as Gordon fell out of contention.
2005: No Win For Danica Patrick
Danica Patrick became the first female ever to lead an Indy 500, but Brit Dan Wheldon held off Patrick down the stretch and ultimately won the race under caution. Patrick finished fourth, well off Wheldon's lead.
2011: Dan Wheldon Tops J.R. Hildebrand
American rookie driver J.R. Hildebrand led the 2011 race with one lap left. While on the verge of becoming the first rookie since Helio Castroneves in 2001 to win the Indy 500, Hildebrand hit the wall on the last turn of the last lap. Opportunistic driver Dan Wheldon sped through to the finish line to win his second Indy 500. Tragically, Wheldon died in a terrible crash during a race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in October of 2011.
1982: Gordon Johncock Beats Rick Mears By A Fraction Of A Second
Gordon Johncock had a large lead over Rick Mears with 12 laps remaining, but Mears made a final charge as the handling in Johncock's car became loose. Mears almost passed Johncock in the first turn of the next-to-last lap, but Johncock held off the charge and won the race by .16 seconds, which was the closest margin of victory in Indy 500 history at that time.
1960: Jim Rathmann Passes Rodger Ward
Upstart driver Jim Rathmann and 1959 Indy 500 champ Rodger Ward exchanged the lead 14 times during the final 100 laps of the 1960 Indy 500. Ward was just four laps from the win when tire wear on his car caused him to slow down and allowed Rathmann to regain the lead for good on his way to Victory Lane.
1989: Emerson Fittipaldi Bests Al Unser Jr.
With less than 20 laps left in the 1989 Indy 500, Al Unser Jr. and Emerson Fittipaldi were locked in an epic struggle for the lead. Unser was in front when Fittipaldi charged on lap 199. The drivers' cars touched as they sped into turn three, causing Unser to careen into the outside wall, while Fittipaldi steered through to the victory.


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Special Collections Manuscript Letters and Ephemera of Artists and Authors (1650-1921) as Selected and Transcribed by Mollie Connelly. This collection consists of 62 rare manuscripts found in ASU Libraries Special Collections in Hayden Library, from the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Items are English, Scottish, Irish, American, French, Egyptian, and more. The collection adds to the correspondence heritage of notable authors, artists, and public figures, including William Wordsworth, H.G. Wells, Booker T. Washington, Claude Monet, and others. The project sets out to make previously unpublished manuscripts newly accessible to scholars and students. Literary figures included in this collection include the Pre-Raphaelites, Victorians, Romantics, and many more. Notable authors include William Wordsworth, Robert Browning, Mark Twain and others. Literary correspondence has been the driving force of this collection. Even a rare ticket from actor David Garrick's 1769 Shakespeare Jubilee can be counted among the treasures here. Supplementing writers of literature are esteemed artists such as John William Waterhouse, Claude Monet, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Finally, culturally significant public figures are included such as Booker T. Washington, John Ruskin, and Sir Richard Burton. These manuscripts provide insight into the cultural climate of their respective time periods. Many people should be thanked and acknowledged for their help with this collection. First, Nicholas Salerno was integral to the development and gathering of the manuscripts that make up this collection. Next, Dr. Devoney Looser and Archivist Katherine Krzys have provided tremendous guidance for this wonderful collection.


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The fact that I have started working full time out of home does not mean we have to make do with bread and water for dinner. Surprisingly the new routine is very relaxed and I am finding myself more balanced than I was before. It's probably also the fact that I have a few fantastic colleagues, whose gentle, easy going and soft spoken ways keeps me relaxed throughout the day and even demanding tasks are completed with ease. Previously I always had a awful feeling that I was working against time, which seemed to be ticking faster. Right now it's like time is my best friend and I have organized myself well enough to get a lot more done.
This also means that I am relaxed enough to make nice warm dinners on weeknights.
Believe me that was something that really had me brooding for days. I cannot imagine not being able to cook as often as I used to. It's my creative oasis. Putting on some light music, popping open a bottle of Prosecco and getting into my apron eases out the kinks the day might have left behind. Mixing, stirring, chopping and sizzling energizes me.
Nonetheless the dishes have to be quick and easy. Fish is perfect for this purpose and the Asian cooking method not only guarantees rapid meals but also one that is full of flavor.
Tilapia is currently the trendy fish in my kitchen. I know there are many arguments about this fish. The gourmands amongst you will turn up your noses and the practical ones will see why I really like this type of fish. It's easy to work with, it's not fishy and it's mild in taste, making it very versatile when combining with different ingredients or spices. It's wonderful when you want to use a flavorful sauce or seasoning that the fish does not compete with you.
For this particular dish I used simple, fresh ingredients and flavored it with typical Asian aromas. Spectacular!
The Monthly Mingle is out on the red carpet this month. I am taking you into the colorful world of Bollywood. This time one glamorous superstar dish will walk away with a copy of the fantastic Bollywood Cookbook
You'll find all the details here.
Deadline: 5 May 2008
Printable version of recipe here.
600g tilapia filets, cut into larger cubes
1 bunch spring onions, cut in approx. 3 cm long pieces
1 red bell pepper, cut in thin strips
50g cashew nuts, roasted and ground
1-2 red chilies, de-seeded and finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
6 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons sugar
50 ml peanut oil
In a small bowl mix together the soy sauce and sugar until it dissolves. Set aside.
Pour the peanut oil in a wok and allow it to get very hot. Add the fish cubes and quickly fry it from all sides. Using a slotted spoon, take the fish out and place on a plate lined with paper towels to soak in excess oil.
Pour out almost all of the oil from the wok, leaving just enough to sauté the vegetables. Throw in the spring onions and bell peppers, sauté on high heat for 2 minutes. Add the chilies and garlic and pour in the soy sauce-sugar mixture. Simmer for a further 1 minute.
Finally put the fish back into the wok and coat with sauce. Add the cashew nuts and serve immediately.
Serve with Chinese style vegetarian noodles.
I love these kind of dishes. The ingredients are not complex but fresh, the flavors are not heavy, but light and intense. The tilapia adapts perfectly to the aromas of the bell peppers and onions. It's the type of dish that has us licking the last drop off the plate
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This is the home for the Haskell AI Strike Force! Here we will collect code, problems, papers, ideas, and people for putting together a flexible AI toolkit in Haskell.
If interested in contributing to or monitoring this project, please put your name, nickname (if applicable - e.g., if you talk on #haskell), and email address so we can keep each other up-to-date.
Yuriy Pitomets (netsu) <pitometsu at gmail>
Mark Wong-VanHaren (marklar) <markwvh at gmail>
Andrew Wagner (chessguy) <wagner dot andrew at gmail>
Bryan Green (shevek) <dbryan dot green at gmail>
Ricardo Herrmann <rherrmann at gmail>
Dan Doel (dolio) <dan dot doel at gmail>
Chung-chieh Shan (ccshan) <ccshan at cs dot rutgers dot edu>
Adam Wyner (Lawman) <adam dot wyner dot info>
Dave Tapley (DukeDave) <dukedave at gmail>
Lloyd Allison <lloyd dot allison at infotech dot monash dot edu dot au>
Jim Geovedi <jim at geovedi dot com>
Paul Berg (Procyon) <procyon at procyondevelopments dot com>
Eric Kow (kowey) <eric dot kow at gmail> [watching on the sidelines]
Charles Blundell <blundellc at gmail>
Mathew Mills (mathewm) <mathewmills (at) gmail (dot) com>
Jason Morton (inverselimit) <jason.morton at gmail>
Jiri Hysek (dvekravy) <xhysek02 at stud dot fit dot vutbr dot cz> [NN, EA]
Shahbaz Chaudhary <shahbazc at gmail> [interested in GP]
Hans van Thiel <hthiel dot char á zonnet tot nl> [automated rule discovery, author of the Emping data mining utility]
Alp Mestanogullari (Alpounet) <alp (at) mestan (dot) fr> [machine learning mainly]
Chris Pettitt (cpettitt) <cpettitt at gmail>
Nathaniel Neitzke (nneitzke) <nightski at gmail>
Ricardo Honorato-Zimmer (_rata_) <rikardo dot horo at gmail dot com>
Raphael Javaux (RaphaelJ) <raphaeljavaux at gmail dot com>
Mahmut Bulut (vertexclique) <mahmutbulut0 at gmail dot com> (ML, natural language processing, swarming intelligence)
Mike Izbicki <mike at izbicki.me>
Chris Taylor (crntaylor) <crntaylor at gmail>
Libor Wagner <wagnelib at cmp dot felk dot cvut dot cz>
Florian Grunert <fgrunert ätt uni-osnabrueck dot de>
Chad Scherrer <chad (dot) scherrer (at) gmail> (Parallel learning algrorithms, L1 regularization, Bayesian inference)
Ant Al'Thor R. <ant (at) theixo (dot) com> (AI Interest & Business)
- In short, parts of this project can range from established ideas to new syntheses. ccshan: The high level of domain-specific abstraction that Haskell enables is ideal for AI, because AI programs are often "meta": we need to model agents who model the world, and sometimes to model agents who model agents who model the world, etc. In particular, monads are a good way to structure and solve decision processes, as I've started to explore as part of a course on computational modeling that I'm teaching. Given that Haskell is a good language for modular interpreters and compilers, it would also be nice to create and refactor in Haskell an implementation of a rational programming language like Avi Pfeffer's IBAL -- not only is probability distribution a monad, I just realized that a certain kind of variable elimination is simply garbage collection in a call-by-need language!
Things that need a home
If there are things that should be included in the project, but you're not sure where it should go, place it here! I'll start with:
- http://catenova.org/~awagner/Simplifier (broken link)
- This was given to me by Alfonso Acosta (mentioned recently on haskell-cafe)
- http://catenova.org/~awagner/GPLib (broken link)
- GPLib is a work in progress by yours truly, hopefully a future framework for genetic algorithms in haskell.
I've proposed a machine learning library for this year's Google Summer of Code. [1] There has been a few interested (and seemingly well qualified) students, too. I'm not sure if it qualifes as "AI", but if you are interested in this project (as a potential student, mentor, or just...well, interested), please add yourself to the above link, and/or get in touch with me at <ketil at malde dot org>. --Ketil 07:46, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Martin Erwig's probabilistic functional programming (PFP) project, including an implementation of the probability monad:
Culmination of some recent posts about the probability monad on Random Hacks (including a darcs repository):
sigfpe's coverage and highly algebraic view of the probability monad in Haskell:
Two links I found today that are interesting:
Polytypic unification - unification seems particularly useful for AI tasks (at least natural language stuff)... wouldn't be nice to have a generic library that does it for you?
Easy-to-use work-in-progress neural network library, by Alp Mestan and Chaddaï Fouché :
Implementation of some of the algorithms in Russell and Norvig's "Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach", by Chris Taylor:
Proposed Module Hierarchy
- AI.Searching
- AI.Searching.Evolutionary
- AI.Logic
- AI.Planning
- AI.Planning.Swarm
- AI.Probabilistic
- AI.Learning
- AI.Learning.Kernel
- AI.Learning.NeuralNet
- AI.Classification
- AI.Classification.ExpertSystem
- AI.Communication
- AI.Searching
Proposed sample format for a wiki page on a topic or sub-topic
The slashes show that Logic is a subpage of AI and Fuzzy is a subpage of AI/Logic. MediaWiki will then generate links back up the chain of pages. (Try the links to see)
- Fuzzy logic is blah blah...
- Sub-topics:
- Trivial fuzzy logic in Haskell
- Type 2 fuzzy logic
- Links to existing literature:
- General
- My first fuzzy logic book
- Specific to functional programming / Haskell
- Fun with fuzzy functions
- General
- Typical problems:
- Problem 1: blah blah blah
- Problem 2: blah blah blah
- List of people involved in the area
- Me
- Someone else
- Body
- List of goals
- Progress being made on them
- Code and documentation.
Current sub-pages
External links
- Packages at Hackage, marked AI
- HaskLab Wiki
- The HaskLab mailing-list
- The HaskLab Archives (mailing-list archive)
- Preventing memoization in (AI) search problems
- Digit recognition with a neural network. First attempt! (Blog article)
- Haskell Neural Network: plugging a space leak (Blog article)
- Further Reading
- hs-logic; logic programming in Haskell (software on github)


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More than 120 representatives from 35 countries took part in Chemshield 2011, an international table top exercise focusing on preventing terrorist attacks with chemical weapons, organized by the Netherlands National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security.
The four-day event (8-11 November) which follows the successful international nuclear exercise Cobalt 2009 and BIOSHIELD Global 2010 took place at the Field Lab of the Netherlands Forensic Institute in The Hague, Netherlands in cooperation with UNICRI/the European Commission, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), INTERPOL and the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI).
Participants from various sectors including chemical experts, intelligence services and police/customs organizations took part in the exercise which aimed to:
- Increase awareness on the risks of chemical threats;
- Examine intersectoral and international coordination;
- Enhance the communication and cooperation between participating sectors and countries;
- Build a trusted community.
The various roles within the exercise included Player, Trusted Agent and Active Observer, with the scenario tasking Players to prevent a chemical weapon based terrorist attack, with each team assigned a Trusted Agent to assist during the scenario with the Active Observers following the activities of the Players and performing assignments as a group that could influence the exercise.


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Beginning in 1952, a religious service program called Hand to Heaven aired on WTTG-TV, channel 5. The Hand to Heaven Evangelistic Association paid to have the half-hour-long program carried on Sunday afternoons and evenings. Rev. Joe Uhrig, perhaps one of the earliest televangelists, hosted the program, which also aired in Richmond and Lynchburg.
Contributions from audience members helped finance Hand to Heavens new church in Alexandria. Built in less than 12 weeks for an estimated $75,000, the Little Country Church, seen in this postcard image from around 1958, was a nondenominational house of worship located on North Quaker Lane, one block north of Duke Street. It was a modern facility inside, equipped with air-conditioning and wired for broadcasting, but the exterior and grounds were designed to imitate a small church in a rural setting.
Stone markers shaped like tombstones were installed in front to mimic an old graveyard but there was no one buried there. Rather than epitaphs the stones displayed scripture like the Ten Commandments.
The Little Country Church was dedicated in October 1957. In its first weeks, attendance was heavy. The church had an approximate capacity of 250. It had a music ministry featuring a pianist, organist, trumpeter and vocal trio and produced a special television edition book of hymns.
In early 1959, when WTTG proposed a change to Hand to Heavens airtime, Uhrig took out a full-page ad in the Washington Post to protest. The program went off the air in Washington and the New Apostolic Church acquired the church property a couple of years later.
Out of the Attic is provided by the Office of Historic Alexandria.


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Derek Lowe (5-7, 4.05) vs. John Lackey (5-1, 1.65).
COMMENTS: A series victory against the Angels, with a chance of a series sweep? Last night's gutty shutout performance by The Law Offices of Billingsley, Broxton, and Saito earned the Dodgers a win even when their offense--back to sputtering offense, mind you--can't even muster a single hit (yet still picks up the win!). Lackey has a streak of 13 quality starts dating back to last year; Lowe has been unpredictable of late (3-3 in his last seven starts). If we are to hope for any fallen angels today, Lowe had better bring his A-game--if the last Dodger day game is any indication, the Dodger bats will likely take the day off.


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Now I have a question about how to implement a method like touchByText(self, text)instead of touching the Views by (x,y).
I just want to simply use text instead of android id.
Thank you.
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A: This is an interesting question that was posted as a comment to monkeyrunner: interacting with the Views and made me think about the possibility of including this functionality in AndroidViewClient.
After all, one of the most serious limitations of plain monkeyrunner is the need of the screen coordinates in MonkeyDevice.touch(integer x, integer y, integer type).
We have also analyzed here the use of the undocumented EasyMonkeyDevice in monkeyrunner: testing views properties where we described the current shortcomings.
So, fortunately, implementing this feature in AndroidViewClient was not so difficult and it's now available if you download the latest source code. To demonstrate it, we will be using a very simple Activity with 5 ToggleButtons named One, Two, Three, Four and Five.
Then, we will be using a monkeyrunner script using AndroidViewClient to find the buttons and touching them. After the script runs we will be able to see the five buttons in their On state.
The script that will toggle every button on is as follows:
#! /usr/bin/env monkeyrunner
Copyright (C) 2012 Diego Torres Milano
Created on May 5, 2012
@author: diego
import sys
import os
import time
# this must be imported before MonkeyRunner and MonkeyDevice,
# otherwise the import fails
ANDROID_VIEW_CLIENT_HOME = os.environ['ANDROID_VIEW_CLIENT_HOME']
except KeyError:
print >>sys.stderr, "%s: ERROR: ANDROID_VIEW_CLIENT_HOME not set in environment" % __file__
sys.path.append(ANDROID_VIEW_CLIENT_HOME + '/src')
from com.dtmilano.android.viewclient import ViewClient
from com.android.monkeyrunner import MonkeyRunner, MonkeyDevice
device = MonkeyRunner.waitForConnection(60, "emulator-5554")
if not device:
raise Exception('Cannot connect to device')
vc = ViewClient(device)
for bt in [ 'One', 'Two', 'Three', 'Four', 'Five' ]:
b = vc.findViewWithAttribute('text:mText', bt)
if b:
(x, y) = b.getXY()
print >>sys.stderr, "clicking b%s @ (%d,%d) ..." % (bt, x, y)
print >>sys.stderr, "b%s not found" % bt
print >>sys.stderr, "bye"
Once you run the script you will see how the state of the buttons is gradually changed.
I hope this example helps you getting started with AndroidViewClient.


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Thursday, September 8, 2011
Pasta all' Amatriciana
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...I'm breaking the rules a bit tonight. The sauce I'm featuring is usually served over thick strand pasta such as perciatelli or bucatini. Unfortunately, they are not available here, so I usually use spaghetti or linguine in their stead. I was in a rush this evening and didn't realize I had neither of them in my pantry until the Amatriciana sauce was nearly done. I did have cavatelli and, having no other options, decided to use it as a base for the sauce. It worked, though not as well as a strand pasta might. I hasten to add that the sauce saved the day, not the pasta I used. The sauce, which originated in the Italian town of Amatrice, is usually made with tomatoes, pancetta and hot pepper flakes. The pancetta gives the sauce a unique flavor, and while some think Canadian bacon can be used as a substitute, I don't recommend it because I don't think it imparts the same flavor. Amatriciana is an uncomplicated sauce that has wonderful color and is quite simply delicious. The recipe I use was originally developed by Lidia Bastianich and it is a winner. Here's how the sauce is made.
Pasta all' Amatriciana...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite inspired by Lidia Bastianich
1 28-ounce can plum tomatoes
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil, or to taste
2 cups thinly sliced onion
3 ounces pancetta, cut into 1-1/2 inch julienne strips
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 pound strand pasta
1 cup Pecorino Romano, grated, plus more for passing
1) Pass tomatoes and their liquid through fine disc of a food mill. Set aside.
2) Bring 6 quarts of salted water to boil in an 8-quart pot.
3) Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until wilted, about 4 minutes. Add pancetta and cook for 2 minutes longer. Add pepper flakes and tomatoes with their juice and bring to a boil. Adjust heat to a simmer, and season lightly with salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is thickened, about 20 minutes.
4) Meanwhile, stir pasta into boiling water and cook, according to package instructions, until done.
5) Reserve about 1 cup of pasta cooking water. Drain pasta, return it to pot in which it cooked. Add half the sauce and bring to a boil, adding enough pasta water to make a sauce to coat the macaroni. Check seasoning, adding salt if necessary. Remove pan from heat, stir in 1 cup grated cheese and transfer to a large, heated serving platter or bowl. Spoon remaining sauce over top. Serve immediately, passing additional cheese if desired. Yield: 4 to 6 servings.
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53 comments :
- Debs @ DKC said...
Oh yum, pasta is pasta whatever shape, I don't think it really matter is you use a different one at anytime LOL
How strange you posted this, I just posted alla puttanesca in memory of a very dear friend too http://debskitchencreations.blogspot.com/2011/09/spaghetti-alla-puttanesca-for-miguel.html - September 8, 2011 at 2:18 AM
Pasta is always readily eaten no matter how often I cook it:) And nevere mind new twists on it.Ta;)
- September 8, 2011 at 2:20 AM
- martu said...
oh I love this pasta! it looks wonderful. It doesn´t matter u used another kind :)Have a nice week.
- September 8, 2011 at 2:40 AM
- Cooking-love said...
Hola Mary...gracias por tu visita,y tus palabras de cariño.
Tus recetas son deliciosas.
Gracoas por compartirlas.
Hi Mary ... thanks for your visit and your words of love.
Your recipes are delicious.
Grace for sharing.
Blessings. - September 8, 2011 at 3:10 AM
- Cool Chic Style Fashion said...
Una bella e buona pasta, ciao
- September 8, 2011 at 3:34 AM
- ameanderingmango said...
Hi Mary - thanks for dropping by and the lovely comment - much appreciated...
This pasta dish is simple and delicious - the recipe is a keeper. Thanks! - September 8, 2011 at 5:33 AM
- Karen S Booth said...
That looks stunning! I do love a good hearty pasta for an Autumn meal.
Karen @ Lavender and Lovage - September 8, 2011 at 5:43 AM
The sauce on your pasta looks so hearty! Perfect for this cooler weather we've been having!
- September 8, 2011 at 6:10 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
Lidia has never steered you wrong Mary.
- September 8, 2011 at 6:38 AM
- Tanna said...
Simple and sumptious. I like it. blessings ~ tanna
- September 8, 2011 at 6:55 AM
- The Blonde Duck said...
Sounds perfect!
- September 8, 2011 at 7:23 AM
- Becki's Whole Life said...
I have never found bucatini in the store either and I always think it looks so interesting in recipes. Love this simple sauce - pancetta must add some great flavor here. I also like that you run your tomatoes through the food mill. I am not sure why that had never occurred to me, but I love that idea..I think the whole tomatoes in the can taste better in a sauce than the diced. I usually end of crushing them with a wooden spoon, but a food mill is very smart!
- September 8, 2011 at 7:35 AM
- Sprigs of Rosemary said...
I never knew where the name of the sauce came from! I love that kind of information. Not to mention the sauce! I don't often find pancetta, though. But I do happen to be making a trip "to the big city" next week! (And thanks for being such a friendly "lurker.")
- September 8, 2011 at 7:37 AM
- Jocie's Mom said...
Sounds lovely! I'm more interested in the sauce than the pasta anyway so no skin off my teeth with the mix up :)
- September 8, 2011 at 7:43 AM
- Margaret Murphy Tripp said...
Sounds (and looks) delicious and pretty easy too! I love pasta dishes for weeknight meals.
- September 8, 2011 at 7:55 AM
- Martha said...
Sounds like a good sauce. And I use whatever is at hand -- we don't have a good selection of pasta shapes here -- nothing fancy just the standards! So I use what I can find. The sauce looks delicious.
- September 8, 2011 at 7:57 AM
- Kim said...
These are in my favorite pastas. I love the pancetta in the sauce!
- September 8, 2011 at 7:58 AM
- StephenC said...
As it happens, I love the bigger chewier pastas like this. Nice recipe. Thanks.
- September 8, 2011 at 8:10 AM
- Becky said...
Hi Mary,
Thanks for visiting my blog. I'm glad that you liked what you saw.
We eat a lot of pasta in our house, so a new recipe is always welcomed.
Thanks for sharing this delicious recipe, and the history behind the name. - September 8, 2011 at 8:30 AM
- Carrie said...
This looks yummy! I made a very similar pasta sauce a few days back, and we loved it.
I usually keep a very large selection of pasta in my cabinets, but there was a day when I had a killer craving for baked mac n' cheese and found myself in a pickle -- I was completely out of both macaroni and shells. In the end I used bowtie noodles. It worked...kinda. ;) - September 8, 2011 at 8:41 AM
- Unknown said...
You could put that sauce over rice and I would eat it!! lol
Love pasta all' Amatriciana.. I actually just ordered it at our favorite Italian place two weeks ago. Mmmmmmm.. now I don't need to go out for it.. thank you!! - September 8, 2011 at 8:51 AM
- Flavia Galasso said...
As Italian I just can tell you: BRAVA!!!! Have a nice day, Flavia
- September 8, 2011 at 8:53 AM
- Gloria Baker said...
Oh Mary Look perfect and delicious! gloria
- September 8, 2011 at 9:32 AM
- Rita said...
One of my favourite pasta sauces; simple yet perfect!
Rita - September 8, 2011 at 9:37 AM
- FABBY'S LIVING said...
Oh well, one learns something everyday...so simple and delicious, pasta my fav food. I have this shape of pasta, will make the weekend, thanks for sharing it...everything else looks yummy too! Hugs, FABBY
- September 8, 2011 at 10:30 AM
- Kath said...
I love your method of saucing the pasta, Mary! It makes such a difference. I learned it well over 30 years ago from an Italian friend. Before that, I thought you just put the cooked pasta on the plate and put the sauce over it.
- September 8, 2011 at 10:36 AM
- Barbara F. said...
One of my favorite dishes....and I prefer it with a smaller pasta, even though I can buy the thicker more 'rustic' cuts here. I love Lidia's style of cooking. xo
- September 8, 2011 at 11:02 AM
- Elisabeth said...
Wow, Mary! Love yiour Amatrician sauce! You really did justice to this special sauce. Loved reading your post, as well!
Cavatelli pasta is a great choice for the sauce...the crevices really scoop up the rich thick sauce!
Also love the previous 1yr. and 2yrs ago. The tomato jam is superb:DDD - September 8, 2011 at 11:20 AM
Wow this pasta sounds wonderful. I'm looking forward to the cooler weather so that we can enjoy more pasta.
Karen - September 8, 2011 at 12:19 PM
- Gopika Ram said...
Wow.. yummy looking pasta you have got here :D Love it any day..
- September 8, 2011 at 12:25 PM
- Karen said...
Beautiful, Mary! Your pasta looks so authentic. I can just taste the wonderful flavor of the sauce. :-)
- September 8, 2011 at 12:27 PM
- Neha said...
Pasta looks awesome....Yummy...
- September 8, 2011 at 12:28 PM
Super pasta dish - simple and delicious - this will be an absolute winner in our house - thanks!
Mary - September 8, 2011 at 12:29 PM
- Big Dude said...
This looks so simple and delicious - mom Mom made a similar one except she used bacon.
- September 8, 2011 at 12:40 PM
- Arlene Delloro said...
Amatriciana is one of my favorite sauces; love it over bucatini, though I'd never turn down a plate of cavatelli.
- September 8, 2011 at 12:58 PM
- Inspired by eRecipeCards said...
looks good. I am not enough of a pasta junkie to pair different with different sauces. Plus I am trying to use more whole wheat and I usually only have a couple of choices.
Looks perfect to me! - September 8, 2011 at 1:19 PM
- Joanne said...
I always find it so crazy that pasta shape can influence the final dish so much! This looks great though!
- September 8, 2011 at 1:32 PM
- Pilar said...
Mary, thank you for your beautiful words.
You have a very gorgeous blog. I love it. It´s a very taste recipe.
Sorry for my bad English.
Kisses from Spain - September 8, 2011 at 1:35 PM
- Coleens Recipes said...
OMGoodness, this sounds perfect for tonights dinner!!!
- September 8, 2011 at 1:36 PM
- Ana Rita Marreiros said...
Just wonderfull this pasta dish.
Rita - September 8, 2011 at 2:07 PM
- Unknown said...
Looks wonderful and I bet the aroma while cooking is amazing!
- September 8, 2011 at 2:38 PM
- Merisi said...
Your picture says it all, such a delicious plate of goodness! :-)
Back in Rome they use guanciale, cured pig jowls, which have a slightly more distinctive taste than pancetta. You are right, Canadian bacon cannot impart the flavor of pancetta of guanciale. If nothing else is available, I'd rather use a small amount of pork fat from smoked ham.
I learned from an Italian friend to cook the pasta only until it is at least a minute or two shy of being al dente. That way, the pasta and the sauce have the luxury of melding together even a bit longer in the pot.
Bon appetito! - September 8, 2011 at 4:22 PM
- GLENDA CHILDERS said...
Looks so delicious even with a different pasta.
Glenda - September 8, 2011 at 4:23 PM
- That Girl said...
I love any pasta that grabs and holds the sauce.
- September 8, 2011 at 4:24 PM
- Dharma said...
Mary, thanks for visiting my blog and your comments so pretty. I love your blogs, the pictures are gorgeous, there do I have my Achilles heel. I often go, greetings from Madrid.
- September 8, 2011 at 5:38 PM
- Ginny Hartzler said...
I love Italian food, and this looks really good!
- September 8, 2011 at 6:43 PM
- Ryan said...
This is such a beautiful sauce Mary and it sounds wonderful with the pancetta! I like cavatelli-- its one of my favorite pastas. I can't wait to try this!
- September 8, 2011 at 9:45 PM
- Kelsey Ann said...
this pasta REALLY sounds delicious <3
- September 8, 2011 at 9:55 PM
- mia xara said...
One tasty recipe to try in a house full of pasta lovers..My husband and my sons,yours truly as well,say THANK YOU for posting,Mary... :))
- September 9, 2011 at 12:31 AM
- Unknown said...
I like the result of you breaking the rules. You should do it more often.
- September 9, 2011 at 6:27 AM
- Diane Schmidt said...
YUM! I love pasta and this dish is screaming to me, "grab a fork and dig in"
- September 9, 2011 at 5:52 PM
- Unknown said...
Looks so tasty!! :) I can't say I've even seen that type of pasta before but need to get some now!
- September 12, 2011 at 9:04 AM
- doel's said...
eemmm...yummy...i love pasta and your recipe looks delicious
- February 1, 2012 at 4:23 AM


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The dispute between Japan and China over small islands in the East China Sea is escalating. The two nations first dispatched unarmed vessels to stake their claims, then patrol boats. Unarmed aircraft came next. Most recently both sent fighter jets over the islands. The Senkakus, as they're called in Japan, are uninhabited but set in a strategic location between Okinawa and Taiwan. If you'd like to see exactly where they're situated, you can go to our website at npr.org, click on TALK OF THE NATION.
On a recent visit to China, Joseph Nye heard officials there describe the dispute in the context of containment. Part of what they see is a campaign by the United States and its allies to isolate China and restrict its navy's access to the Pacific. Joseph Nye is a university distinguished professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He served as assistant secretary of defense in the Clinton administration. His op-ed "Work with China, Don't Contain It" ran in The New York Times over the weekend. He joins us now on a smartphone from his office in Cambridge. Nice to have you back with us.
JOSEPH NYE: Nice to be back with you.
CONAN: And you cited a recent article in The Economist which warned that this dispute could spiral into war.
NYE: Well, there is some danger. I don't think either side, Japan or China, wants to have this lead to a war. There's always a danger that something can take place locally that can get out of hand. For example, in 2010 a Chinese fishing trawler bashed into a Japanese coast guard cutter off the Senkaku Islands, or Diaoyu, as the Chinese call them, and that led to a series of actions which eventually meant China embargoed rare-earth exports to Japan, and that turned Japanese opinion very much against China.
It turns out that that fishing trawler captain who bashed into the Japanese coast guard cutter didn't do it on orders from Beijing. He was drunk. So the great danger is that some pilot or some ship captain cuts things a little too close, and before you know it the governments are caught up in a set of interactions tit for tat that goes beyond where they want to be.
CONAN: And you were, as we mentioned, recently in Beijing, where officials were saying this is part of the containment policy. The United States' pivot to Asia is a blatant attempt to, well, contain China, and China, they say, cannot be contained.
NYE: Well, there is a tendency of the Chinese to see American policy as containment, but the - but President Obama has said that his pivot or rebalancing toward Asia is not containment, that what he is trying to do is not just look at this in military terms but also in trade terms and cooperation in other areas like energy and environment. And what's more, if you look at containment back in the old Cold War days, when we were - had a policy of containment towards the Soviet Union, there were no Soviet students to speak of in the United States.
There are 150,000 Chinese students in the United States today. We had virtually no trade with the Soviet Union. And today we have not only massive trade, but a trade deficit with China. So this is not your grandfather's containment.
CONAN: Yet if you were a Chinese admiral sitting there on the coast and looking out to sea and trying to figure out how to get your navy into the Pacific, all you could see was a series of islands from Japan in the north, all the way down to Australia, all United States allies, all controlling chokepoints that would prevent you from sending those vessels to sea.
NYE: Well, if you're talking about a war, that's problem. But let's hope we're not going to get into a warlike situation. One of the things I recommended in that New York Times op-ed was that we should start talking to the Chinese about their global role, including the role of their navy in protecting sea lines for the oil that they're going to import increasingly from the Middle East, whereas our imports of oil from Middle East are probably going to decline in the next decade.
After all, right now, we and the Chinese and other nations cooperate off the coast of Somalia in combating piracy. And in the last year the incidents of piracy have gone down.
CONAN: We're talking with Joseph Nye about an article that he wrote recently for The New York Times. You can find a link to that at our website. Go to npr.org, click on TALK OF THE NATION. And this is TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News.
And you were, again, talking about the situation with China. But as they look at those oil lines, those lines of supply from the Middle East, they run through the South China Sea. And again, it is China that's - well, from the point of view of its neighbors - bullying them and trying to claim total sovereignty over an enormous stretch of water, which may have enormous deposits of oil and gas underneath it.
NYE: Well, the Chinese have inherited - the Chinese communist government has inherited from the previous nationalist government, a map which has nine dashes; it's called the nine dash line, which looks like there's a deep pocket that encompasses the whole South China Sea. Now, the Philippines and Vietnam and Malaysia and others don't agree with that.
What China has in this - and a little bit ambiguous as to whether they're claiming the sea or just some of the islands in the sea - the problem is along with the islands go the underwater resources. So China has not been totally clear about this, but it does have this large claim. And one of the problems for China is that it's worsened its relations with its neighbors by doing this. So China's going to have to come up with a clearer strategy on its own part if it's going to be able to deal with these issues with its neighbors.
CONAN: Let's see if we get a caller on this conversation. Pete is on the line with us from Berkeley.
PETE: Hi. Thanks for the opportunity. Yeah, I want to invoke history here because I was reading David McCullough's book "The Path Between the Seas," about the Panama Canal and the pre-canal period, and so the United States and Great Britain had come close to war over Nicaragua prior to the Gold Rush. A crisis was averted by a treaty specifically binding the U.S. and Great Britain to joint control of any canal at Nicaragua, or by implication anywhere else in Central America.
And it goes out to say it turned out really great for the U.S. because they got all these other concessions along with this deal. So I'm just - it's interesting to hear about the underwater rights, so those seem to be very tangible. The rest is symbolic. But I just want to get this out there. It's, hey, what about joint control and some kind of cooperation agreement?
CONAN: Joseph Nye?
NYE: Well, I think it would be useful for Japan and China, actually, to proceed ahead with an agreement, which they signed in 2008, to do joint exploration of some of the gas fields that lie under the East China Sea, near the line between the two countries' territorial claims. And I think also an interesting idea would be for Japan, which claims sovereignty over the Senkakus, to say, yes, we claim that we have sovereignty but we'll devote them to being a maritime preserve so that six square kilometers of rocks don't become militarized. So I think there maybe some cooperative resolutions there if we try hard enough.
PETE: Thank you.
CONAN: And the United States says it has no - don't have a dog in this fight. It has no determination as to which of those countries' claims over the Senkakus or the Diaoyus, as the Chinese called them, is correct. But on the other hand, United States has a treaty to defend Japan.
NYE: Yes. Well, what we, United States, says is that back in 1890s, we don't take a position on who hit whom first on the origins of this dispute. If they want to dispute that, what we call ancient history, they should take it to the International Court of Justice.
But in 1972, when the United States handed Okinawa back to Japan, the Senkakus were then part of the territory that we handed back. We'd occupied this whole area at the end of World War II in 1945. So we argue that the Senkakus are covered by the U.S.-Japan security treaty even though (technical difficulty) we don't have a position on the ancient history. So we're neutral on the ancient history (technical difficulty) in '72, which is (technical difficulty).
CONAN: And we're - we just have about a minute or so left, but I wondered if you'd seen a way forward, speaking with those Chinese officials, about a way to resolve the disputes over the South China Sea. United States would like them all to be handled at the same time. The Chinese say no, we'll do it one at a time. And the various neighbors saying we don't want to do it one at a time because China is too powerful.
NYE: Well, what we've said is that we'd like to see these disputes settled peacefully through negotiations, and we've urged the Chinese to work with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on a code of conduct, something which would help. At one point the Chinese looked like they would do that. Then after 2009, they seemed to have the bit in their teeth and they wanted to do more of this bilaterally. I think it would be in China's own interest not to do this in - I mean to change their way of doing things.
CONAN: Our smartphones are betraying us, but thank you very much, Joseph Nye, for being with us today. The line sounded wonderful. There's somebody calling you there, undoubtedly to tell you that they can hear you on the radio.
NYE: On a landline. That's modern technology.
CONAN: There you go. Thanks very much.
NYE: Nice to be with you again.
CONAN: Nice to speak with you. Joseph Nye with us from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, former chairman of the U.S. National Intelligence Council, with us by smartphone, as we mentioned, from his office in Cambridge. You can find a link to that op-ed on our website. That's at npr.org, click on TALK OF THE NATION. And this is TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News. I'm Neal Conan in Washington.
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Multi Counter
The multicounter is a simple extension to the Counter application. It displays several instances of the same counter component.
This application can be written with a few lines of code. It is implemented in the class WAMultiCounter
, a subclass of WAComponent
The first method is used to initialize the component with the default state, in this case we instantiate 5 counters:
super initialize.
counters := (1 to: 5)
collect: [ :each | WACounter new ]
We also need to tell Seaside what child components we intend to display, in our case this is just the collection of counter instances:
^ counters
Last but not least we display each of the components separated by a horizontale rule:
renderContentOn: html
do: [ :each | html render: each ]
separatedBy: [ html horizontalRule ]