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A primer on the Northwest Forest Plan that served as an introduction to a special section on the effectiveness of the plan on conserving species and maintaining ecosystem processes. Reeves, G.H., J.E. Williams, K.M. Burnett, and K. Gallo. 2006. The Aquatic Conservation Strategy of the Northwest Forest Plan. Conservation Biology 20:319-329. Despite increasing wildfire, the ACS has been a very effective approach to restore health to streams and watersheds in the Northwest Forest Plan area during the first 10 years following plan implementation. 2005 Webb, M.A.H., J.E. Williams, and L.R. Hildebrand. 2005. Recovery program review for endangered pallid sturgeon in the Upper Missouri River Basin. Reviews in Fisheries Science 13:165-176. A look at recovery planning in the Upper Missouri and impacts to one of the most endangered fishes in the nation. Williams, J.E., C.A. Macdonald, C.D. Williams, H. Weeks, G. Lampman, and D.W. Sada. 2005. Prospects for recovering endemic fishes pursuant to the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Fisheries 30(6):24-29. This report describes the difficult task of recovery of fish that occur in very small geographic areas and why some of these narrow endemics may never meet their recovery criteria as described by the Endangered Species Act.


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Lyon, France: The arrest
at Ukraine's international airport of two fugitives wanted in the United Arab
Emirates for a substantial jewelry theft theft highlights the essential role of
swift international police ooperation and intelligence sharing via INTERPOL, a
senior INTERPOL official has said.
The two
wanted men, one Turkish and the other Azerbaijani, were the subject of a global
alert known as an INTERPOL diffusion issued by INTERPOL's National Central
Bureau (NCB) in Abu Dhabi.
They were
detained in Kiev following close coordination by INTERPOL's Command and
Coordination Centre (CCC) with its NCBs in Abu Dhabi and Kiev, as well as with
its Middle East and North Africa sub-directorate, to locate the two wanted
fugitives while they were on a flight destined for Kiev.
stolen goods, including jewelry, were recovered from the two suspects upon
their arrival and detention at Kiev airport.
"This case
demonstrates the very real and valuable results which can be achieved by
INTERPOL member countries working together, especially when supported by
INTERPOL's Command and Coordination Centre and global policing tools," said
INTERPOL's Director for Operational Support, Mick O'Connell.
National Central Bureaus in Abu Dhabi and Kiev, and the law enforcement
authorities in Dubai and Ukraine are to be commended for their role in sharing
vital identifying information with INTERPOL's global network to apprehend these
two international fugitives," said Mr O'Connell.
Command and Coordination Centre is the operations room at INTERPOL's General
Secretariat headquarters. Operating together with a second CCC site which
opened in 2011 at the INTERPOL Regional Bureau in Buenos Aires, Argentina, it
offers a vital point of contact for any member country seeking urgent police
information, services or facing a crisis situation.

subset: commoncrawl


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Thanks to my friend JustJenn of JustJennDesigns (check out her great stationery!) for making the logo!
It's Day 3 of I Like Big Bundts: 30 Days of Bundt Cakes...and today it's a yummy fall treat! For those just joining me on this crazy baking endeavour, I'm making 30 days of Bundts leading up to November 15th - National Bundt Day.
And, please people, I'm not just doing this for my health! ;) I'm hoping to inspire you to make a Bundt cake! Let me know if you do...Mary Ann of Meet Me in the Kitchen and Maria of Two Peas and their Pod both made Bundts this weekend!
I met Amy of StreamingGourmet at the Foodbuzz Open House and BlogHer Food in San Francisco. She is posting 31 days of pumpkin recipes on her blog! You have to check it out and I'm sure you'll get lots of ideas.
I, of course, was drawn to the Bundt cake: Pumpkin-Apple Spiced Bundt Cake!
I used two cups of granny smith apples...diced into small bite-sized pieces.
Don't worry if the mix gets a bit curdled. It'll all come together in the end.
See? All came together! Yum. Fall in a Bundt pan.
This cake is delicious.
Hands down.
Make this cake!
See you back here tomorrow and every day from now til National Bundt Day (November 15th) for another Bundt! - mary the food librarian
Pumpkin-Apple Spiced Bundt Cake
from StreamingGourmet blog
I Like Big Bundts recap:
The Beginning: The Food Librarian cannot tell a lie, I Like Big Bundts
Day 1: Pumpkin Spice Bundt with Buttermilk Icing
Day 2: Chocolate-Cinnamon Bundt Cake with Mocha Icing
(Edited to fix the name of Amy's blog! Sorry about that. Her great blog is called StreamingGourmet. Check it out!)


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Monday, December 28, 2009
Get In Mah Belly!!
Monday, December 28, 2009
When this baby sits around the cake stand, she really sits around the cake stand!
Forgive me if this seems disjointed (since I'm just shooting from the hip here), but methinks the baby shower cake has now officially gone belly up. Next time maybe we should avoid telling the baker to break a leg - eh, Geri B.?
- Related Wreckage: "Baby" Showers
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words escape me... - December 28, 2009 at 9:33 AM
- Trevor said...
Wow talk about proportioning problems.
- December 28, 2009 at 9:37 AM
Didn't I see her on an episode of big babies on the Maury show once?
- December 28, 2009 at 9:40 AM
That is way too freaky for 7:30am!
- December 28, 2009 at 9:41 AM
It's a cute cake, but I don't think I would want to eat it, or see it being cut up. Eww, too creepy!
- December 28, 2009 at 9:45 AM
- Le said...
So cute and yet so creepy...
- December 28, 2009 at 9:48 AM
that is one huge baby! gross on many levels. btw, love the Austin Powers reference! now if she were wearing plaid that would really complete that flashback....
wv: doplarr. The doplarr radar says there's a huge baby heading for the west! - December 28, 2009 at 9:49 AM
- Molly said...
Holy crap. That is a giant baby.
- December 28, 2009 at 9:50 AM
- Wendy said...
I don't see the problem. Obesity in children is running rampant...without the running.
- December 28, 2009 at 9:52 AM
Childhood obesity really IS an epidemic...
- December 28, 2009 at 9:52 AM
- Melissa said...
The scary part is that the dress and decorations look really well done. And yet the decorator still managed to create a monstrosity.
- December 28, 2009 at 9:54 AM
Okay, first of all, I love the title of this post! Hilarious! Secondly, that cake should not be allowed anywhere near a pregnant woman. Now she's going to have nightmares about delivering a baby the size of Texas.
- December 28, 2009 at 9:54 AM
I thought it was momma who was supposed to look pregnant, not baby!
- December 28, 2009 at 9:54 AM
- Bri said...
ooohhh my...those legs greatly disturb me.
- December 28, 2009 at 9:57 AM
WOW. All I see in my head is them ripping this poor, cheap babydoll apart to make this wreck. I do, however, like that it's pink and shiny. That makes me happy. But that is all that makes me happy.
- December 28, 2009 at 10:02 AM
- Stacie said...
Sad. Babies havin' babies.
- December 28, 2009 at 10:07 AM
- MetalNoir said...
Um...the age at which young girls get pregnant these days is shocking.
- December 28, 2009 at 10:11 AM
How sad! The baby's gown is so well made and yet they still managed to ruin the cake so thoroughly.
- December 28, 2009 at 10:21 AM
I'm terrified of this cake.
*runs* - December 28, 2009 at 10:33 AM
- Joy said...
I always wondered what jabba the hut's child would look like.
- December 28, 2009 at 10:34 AM
- Half Assed Kitchen said...
Oh...a new genre. Obese baby cakes.
- December 28, 2009 at 10:34 AM
- Unknown said...
Aw, poor kid will get denied health insurance, either for the weight or the pre-existing joint condition!
Gotta say, it is very shiny, isn't it? I'll give the creator props for making the gown look like silk. Lots and lots of silk. - December 28, 2009 at 10:37 AM
- Casey said...
Can cakes have botulism??
- December 28, 2009 at 10:38 AM
- Yota Armai said...
Did Jabba the Hut have a baby with a slave girl?
WV: lesmor - an awkward conjunction of less is more. - December 28, 2009 at 10:41 AM
- Etiquette Bitch said...
Oh dear god! That's all I could say when I saw this pathetic wreck. Baby, or baby with morbid obesity and detached legs?
- December 28, 2009 at 10:43 AM
- Melvira said...
Is anyone familiar with Blade? This cake is a dead ringer for Pearl!
- December 28, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Great puns.
And how are the two of you? Recovered from the health problems of the tour? Thanks for making me smile every day. - December 28, 2009 at 10:44 AM
Um... Yeah, I got nothing.
- December 28, 2009 at 10:46 AM
That is a very obese baby.
- December 28, 2009 at 10:46 AM
- queenb said...
Words...there are none...
- December 28, 2009 at 10:54 AM
It reminds me of Kristin Wiig's character on SNL that's on the Lawrence Welk show and she's got the baby arms. Scary.
- December 28, 2009 at 11:16 AM
- Anna said...
I'm pretty sure I have seen this kid at my local Walmart.
- December 28, 2009 at 11:27 AM
Is it strange that my favorite part of the cake (And I use the term "favorite" loosely) is the look of horror on the baby's face. It's like she knows whats going to happen to her.
wv: firti
That baby is at least firti pounds overweight. - December 28, 2009 at 11:30 AM
It's, uh, "terribly beautiful"? Nah, let's try this...
"Beautifully terrible." Yeah! That's it!
Or "Yikes!" - December 28, 2009 at 11:31 AM
Yikes. Just... yikes.
- December 28, 2009 at 11:32 AM
- Nona said...
So well done but oh so creepy!! I love your choice of word get in mah belly!! LOL
- December 28, 2009 at 11:44 AM
- Julia said...
I was yawning when I clicked my bookmark to Cake Wrecks. Halfway through yawning, my yawn decided to leave.
wv - fectin. This cake is fectin my health. - December 28, 2009 at 11:51 AM
- Andrea said...
Those tiny legs couldn't hold that baby up. And talk about t-rex arms.
- December 28, 2009 at 11:52 AM
OH. (squinting)
The decorator clearly has some skill. But it's not in the realm of planning or the big picture.
Perhaps it started out to be a cake that looks like the baby. Then they had too much cake, and rather than removing part of it, decided to go with the pregnant mom theme. Never mind that the head is baby-esque. And the little hindlimbs? Somebody wanted to get their money's worth, and insisted "We paid for the cake to have arms and legs". so the little, and I mean little, baby legs were slipped under the edge of the silken maternity mummu. OR maybe she's got a lot of tiny appendages and only a few of them show..... It's challenging trying to follow what the train of thought must've been. But I'm thinking several people with different agendas had input. whew. Lily - December 28, 2009 at 11:59 AM
The skillz are good; the proportions? Not so much.
And let us not discuss the creepiness factor, which is high. - December 28, 2009 at 12:07 PM
- Heidi said...
There's just something that is so disturbing about the thought of eating a baby. Thought of Hannibal Lecture just keep crowding into my brain.
What a freaky cake you've found. - December 28, 2009 at 12:19 PM
- Confessions of a Mother, Lawyer & Crazy Woman said...
I think they might be overfeeding her.
- December 28, 2009 at 12:27 PM
- Kae said...
I think she used to have a twin. And it's not now just a tooth in the back of her neck.
- December 28, 2009 at 12:32 PM
- Stacy / Bea / Vigdis said...
Oh my...
Please, please tell me it's red velvet cake! - December 28, 2009 at 12:34 PM
- Terry Lee said...
i like the pink, of course. it's very pinky. which i like. and did i mention i really like the pinkness?
pink's my favorite color. so i like that part.
and since my mama taught me to say only nice things, that is all i can say about this wreck.
love the pink.
heh heh - December 28, 2009 at 12:55 PM
Yeah...it's the new line of "Octomom" babyshower cakes
- December 28, 2009 at 1:01 PM
This is obviously the queen baby. She lays the eggs for the entire baby hive.
WV: Glograc- the 'royal jelly' fed to the baby pupae in order to make them into baby queens. - December 28, 2009 at 1:30 PM
- Hurricane Heide said...
I wonder if it's a bit nutty?
- December 28, 2009 at 1:34 PM
- ShannonD said...
Is that a toilet seat around her neck?
- December 28, 2009 at 2:08 PM
- Unknown said...
Maybe it's in honor of that 15.4 pound baby born in China.
- December 28, 2009 at 2:10 PM
- Daisy Bateman said...
OR maybe she's got a lot of tiny appendages and only a few of them show...
Gives a whole new meaning to "Octomom". . . - December 28, 2009 at 2:24 PM
- Unknown said...
Oh, lard-I mean Lord!
- December 28, 2009 at 2:26 PM
Why, oh why, are there so many awful baby shower cakes? How hard can it be to make a cake that celebrates having a baby? Wow.
- December 28, 2009 at 2:39 PM
- Paloma said...
I have a moral issue making a comment as I feel I would be "talking about a real baby" but ... it is certainly .... scary? horrifying? confusing? paranormal? sick? obese? I don't even know the best words to describe it!
- December 28, 2009 at 2:45 PM
I wonder what inspired that cake....I mean, did the future parent/s say they were going to have a large baby?
- December 28, 2009 at 3:36 PM
I'm pretty sure this baby cake has ricketts...
- December 28, 2009 at 3:40 PM
- Otava said...
that is one serious case of ricketts!
- December 28, 2009 at 3:53 PM
- Bratfink said...
Other than the very strange anatomy, it's pretty.
- December 28, 2009 at 3:57 PM
- Bratfink said...
"Is that a toilet seat around her neck?"
If it is, it's one of those special ones they make for old folks. Ultra padded and all that.
I wouldn't mind having one [toilet seat, ultra padded], but I spend enough time in 'the research lab' reading as it is. - December 28, 2009 at 4:03 PM
- Angelica Bays, TygrLilies.blogspot.com said...
You guys are ALWAYS good for a laugh right when I need it! - December 28, 2009 at 4:34 PM
- MotherofMayhem said...
That is not cute! That is wrong!
- December 28, 2009 at 4:59 PM
If this were the cake at my own shower, well, blame it on hormones, but I wouldn't be able to stop crying at the thought of trying to keep up with the feedings for such a child.
- December 28, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Great Austin Powers reference, but the first thing that came to to my mind was the movie Weird Science... when Lisa turns Chet into that obnoxious creature -- this is just a cuter (creepier?) version.
- December 28, 2009 at 6:05 PM
- ksaldria said...
Woah. It's like the pregnant belly cakes and the baby cakes....had a baby. Creepy o.O
- December 28, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Clearly a case of Macrosomia.
Just getting a head start on the obesity thing. - December 28, 2009 at 6:43 PM
All this needs to be 'perfect' is for the baby's ginormous belly to be filled with red jam.....
WV: "pingesco" - where penguins go to shake a tail feather. - December 28, 2009 at 8:43 PM
This is the baker's subtle way of preventing parents from over feeding thier children, and thus doing his part to reduce obesity in America.
- December 28, 2009 at 9:27 PM
- :::b r a n d i::: said...
why is the baby pregnant?
- December 28, 2009 at 10:07 PM
- Alicia said...
Melanie beat me to it, but this totally reminds me of Kristen Wiig on that Lawrence Welk skit on SNL: http://www.hulu.com/watch/37752/saturday-night-live-the-lawrence-welk-show
- December 28, 2009 at 11:06 PM
inside this cake baby is another smaller cake baby...like a troika
- December 28, 2009 at 11:46 PM
- Unknown said...
Did she eat another baby or two? Maybe three? No no it's like the cartoon thing and it is really five babies on a gaint onesie. They really should have just ordered a sheet cake to feed everyone.
- December 29, 2009 at 1:34 AM
- Wildroses said...
Can you imagine if the baby really was that size? Poor momma. C-section please!
- December 29, 2009 at 2:18 AM
- Unknown said...
Good lord, babies are ugly enough without things like this assaulting the eyes. I am beyond impressed at the horrors you manage to daily conjure up.
- December 29, 2009 at 3:48 AM
- Unknown said...
Okay, that is a HUGE baby, but the work itself is very pretty. The dress is gorgeous.
- December 29, 2009 at 4:12 AM
- Matthew Davidson said...
"Mommy? Why are you walking funny?"
- December 29, 2009 at 9:53 AM
- furpurrson said...
Cutting into this, let alone eating it, would give me the queasies - and I don't mean morning sickness!!
- December 29, 2009 at 11:54 AM
LOL! You people are all hilarious! and Anon @ 5:03--what if you were nursing? YIKES!!
wv: termer. This baby has gone way past her termer. - December 29, 2009 at 1:35 PM
why is she wearing a life preserver around her neck?
- December 29, 2009 at 2:21 PM
The cake is well made, but the poor wreckerator didn't have any Cabbage Patch dolls to base the baby on. All s/he had was a Jabba the Hutt action figure (inaction figure?). Alas.
- December 29, 2009 at 4:48 PM
- Erica said...
"I'm just not sure how well this plan was thought through..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93B072j-E3I&feature=related - December 29, 2009 at 5:05 PM
It would be sort of cute in a cartoonishly fat way (c'mon, tell me you don't wanna cuddle it) if not for the hideously disjointed legs. If they just stuck the feet on rather than the whole lower legs, it wouldn't be so bad, but as it is, it looks terrifying.
- December 29, 2009 at 5:49 PM
- BADKarma! said...
This cake is disturbing on so many levels I can't even begin to ennumerate them all, much less list them... O_o
- December 30, 2009 at 3:21 AM
So, has anyone else noticed that this photo was taken in the bakery?
I have three possible theories for this.
1. The wreckerator was just sooooo proud of his/her work that recording it for posterity was a requirement, and some kind soul with a good sense of humor "borrowed" it.
2. A co-worker waited for said wreckerator to take a break and snuck a shot of this monstrosity to share with teh interwebz.
3. The wreckerator totally missed his/her vision and decided to take this opportunity to entertain others.
Personally, I think number one is the most plausible. - December 30, 2009 at 9:29 AM
This one's blown completely out of proportion ;-)
- December 31, 2009 at 4:06 AM
- Sarah W. said...
Oh dear... its taken my breath away... seriously, where the hell is my inhaler! I'm having an asthma attach from the cake, and then from reading everyone's reactions!
I needed a good laugh, but I didn't expect it to be dangerous! :P - January 1, 2010 at 12:15 AM
this poor baby appears to have a bowel obstruction.
- January 2, 2010 at 2:44 AM
I just showed my fiance this cake and the first thing he said was, "Is that supposed to be a pregnant black baby?" I didn't know how to answer him.
- January 2, 2010 at 5:44 PM
- Elizabeth Baddeley said...
What I want to know is what happens when you cut into one of these things? I'm assuming you have to remove the head and legs first...then what. Also, would red velvet cake add to the effect?
- January 5, 2010 at 11:41 AM
baby the hut
- January 15, 2010 at 3:45 PM
- applemint_jackie said...
Awww..she's not comfortable. Poor thing.
- January 22, 2010 at 3:35 AM
This is a jabba the hut baby cake...
- January 27, 2010 at 10:45 AM
OMG.... I am LMAO!! I mean.. super gaffaw!! Now all I can think of is "I want my baby back baby back baby back baby back."
- July 16, 2010 at 3:52 PM
- Cupcakes Lady said...
Get In Mah Belly!! - Somes it up perfect. That made me chuckle ;) xx
- October 13, 2010 at 5:57 PM
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Challenging the traditional notions of craft through design intervention, the new wave of DIY raises the bar for contemporary making.
Last year Aesthetica interviewed Wayne Hemingway, who shared his hopes for an increased creativity and entrepreneurialism through the coming recession. As the country settles from the upheaval of our new political dawn, it's timely to assess the successes of this new embrace of Do-It-Yourself, and the established Jerwood Foundation is celebrating the maligned areas of craft and making in a spirit that embraces the creative possibilities of fluctuating mediums with Jerwood Contemporary Makers. Deliberately ambiguous, the term "makers" embraces the plethora of creative possibilities that abound with artistic handiwork and the opportunities presented by the recession that we discussed with Hemingway.
The Jerwood Charitable Foundation was established to celebrate and provide opportunities for emerging talent in all areas of the arts, including literature, theatre and dance, with Jerwood Visual Arts as its most renowned branch. The annual Jerwood Contemporary Painters curates the works of a selection of talented, lesser-known painters in a group show that rejects the competitive emphasis of awards such as the Turner Prize with each exhibitor awarded an equal share of the prize fund. Jerwood Contemporary Makers is now in its final year of a three-year programme, paving the way for a reassessment of the categorisation of makers in years to come.
This year's exhibition brings together a range of makers practicing in textiles, ceramics, glass, metalwork, jewellery, found objects and woodwork, with 29 practitioners selected by leaders in the fields of metalwork, ceramics and textiles: Hans Stofer, Richard Slee and Freddie Robins respectively. A successful practising textile artist, with works exhibited in fine art, textiles and design contexts, Robins was excited at the prospect of collecting together such diverse works and challenging the boundaries commonly placed on processes. "There is no distinct line between making and art, but lines are put in place because they protect certain territories and give certain value. For me it's immaterial, for me it's about the integrity and quality of the work."
It's undeniable that, in spite of its popular explosion in the past 10 years, a certain elitism remains in the world of the fine art gallery, with painting, sculpture and conceptual art the hallowed grounds condescending their "design" and "craft" counterparts. An issue which is not least highlighted by the Jerwood Foundation's dogmatic and consistent championing of painting while more craft-like works are collected together under the term of "makers". Robin offers an explanation saying: "Traditionally making is seen as the crafts and the applied arts, but it's not just craft people that make. I'd like to think that the term making is very open and it's maybe a less fearsome notion. Because making can be a very simple thing and an extraordinary, complex thing and I like that it can cross across these boundaries. Children make things and I like the idea that adults are free and able and willing to make things too."
Describing themselves jovially as "the super team of makers," Robins worked with Stofer and Slee to bring together artists with each concentrating on their own speciality. The result is an organically eclectic range of works representative of creative practice today, all from "people whose work we thought represented the best of making and people who weren't so well established." Naturally the gallery setting affected the selection criteria but Robins acknowledges the limitless possibilities of who can be defined as a maker, with architecture, and site-specific art very much a part of the remit, despite its low profile for practical reasons in the exhibition. These exhibiting possibilities for architecture are imaginatively loopholed by David Rhys Jones' image-pasted ceramics depicting his flâneur-esque observations around our cities. In-keeping with the rejection of fine art's binaries, each work received uniformly demographic treatment, "every maker has a single plinth that their work goes on or in – that was our way of linking the work together in the space."
Despite their disparate mediums, a number of common themes can be traced throughout the works, ranging from political and social critique, conceptual explorations, investigations into our surroundings and interrogations of mass media and 21st century hype. Dawn Youll and Lina Peterson's work play with the boundaries of conceptualism in the more practical arenas of ceramics and jewellery. Youll's bold abstract forms play with the perceptions that we forge from words and alert us to the inherently arbitrary nature of language, breaking and re-piecing elements of her visual observations to communicate a different message from the same materials. Peterson's work employs a similar interrogation of the myriad possibilities of material and form, her at first-sight superficial pink brooch belying the effects of the material beneath on our perceptions outside of the brooch, each piece painted a uniform colour that takes on the qualities of the wood or silver or cardboard beneath. Tomoaki Suzuki's sculptures focus on elements of adolescence, which are employed in the construction of identities in formative years. And so sportswear, designer labels, faux-nonchalant posturing and calculated facial expressions accumulate in non-judgemental observations of youth as Suzuki focuses on his materials rather than his subjects, striving to eschew traditional methods in the creation of new techniques for traditionally figurative works. Laura Ellen Bacon and Nora Fok's works are both inherently connected to the organic – Bacon colonises the urban landscape with the subjects of child-like interrogations into nature, and Fok's airy jewels almost frogspawn-like in their delicacy, hinting at a future ahead for the unborn within. Social critique comes to the fore in the work of Marloes ten Bhömer, as the restrictions of women's shoes become works of art in their own right. Traditionally focused on the image rather than the practical, this aspect of women's attire showcases the limits of women's lib over the years. The shoes are deliberately disabling with the creation of a delicate totter to play up to preconceived notions of femininity. Bhömer's shoes challenge these stereotypes with non-traditional techniques and materials to create both conceptual and wearable works. While Tony Hayward continues the found object traditions of fine art in the creation of grotesque figurines collected from flea markets around the globe, exploring the practice of deliberate decapitation with the marrying of disparate heads with bodies creating Frankenstein's monsters of craft.
Hayward's work raises questions of ownership and intellectual property that are particularly pertinent for the textile designers on show, with his own works taken from other makers in a mish-mash of sources and inspirations. As a textiles specialist, Robins is particularly sensitive to these issues of authorship, "obviously textiles can be an end product but more often than not someone else makes it to an end product," and so the opportunity to bring the unsung heroes of fashion centre stage really appealed. She cites the example of Karen Nicol who, having worked for some of fashion's biggest names including Chloé, Michiko Koshino, Betty Jackson and Julien Macdonald is well-established, but under the radar for most "she's been working for a long time and she makes highly skilled work, but you'll see it on the catwalk stamped under someone else's name. She is starting to show more under her own name and this was an opportunity to show her so that people can see her work and put her name to it."
The authority of the artist is clearly important to Robins, as is the continued emphasis among her students on working with the hands as opposed to the machine. "At one time people thought that technology would take over and everything would be done on computers, but with my students, I don't see that. They want to do things with their hands. They want to be physically making not just virtually making, and involved with the material and the process," with many artists citing the process as the central element of their work. However in spite of this reliance on the traditional, the exhibitors display virtuosity in their selection and use of materials. Joseph Harrington's fusing of ice with glass creates a permanent substance from the transient beauty of ice; furthermore, the speed at which he works is significant as his materials rapidly disintegrate around him, reflecting the hectic nature of 21st century existence. Meanwhile, Robert Dawson has manipulated the conservative form of ceramic plates to play with the viewer's perceptions in phasing the works in and out of focus, so his Willow Pattern with Uncertainty becomes an Op Art object while rejecting the futurist palette of his mid-century counterparts. Nicola Malkin's absurd charm bracelets make the viewer almost Lilliputian, while blowing up the personal connotations of such trinkets onto a far more public scale, and highlighting the constant evolutions of the art with which we surround ourselves in the form of fashion.
It is doubtless that there has been an explosion in craftwork over the past few years, with "Stitch n Bitch" groups springing up around the UK and barely a week going by without the Guardian bringing one new project or another to nimble-fingered readers' attention. For many in the echelons of fine art however, the craft counterpart still seems to lack the kudos of its more "difficult" bedfellows: "When things are super popular we start to be suspicious and think that they can't have any value, I like the idea of dropping all titling, saying everything's about making and everyone's an artist." Jerwood Contemporary Makers certainly brings the gallery potential to the fore, but its very popularity might be the asset that sees it lose funding and acknowledgement in the difficult times ahead. However, the works on show are truly innovative in their conglomeration of the radical and the traditional, reflecting not only the range of issues on the artists' minds, but also their willingness not to be bound by labels and mediums and to embrace the flexibility of the term "maker" – and so perhaps Robins shouldn't push for the use of the term "artist" just yet.
Jerwood Contemporary Makers was at the Jerwood Space, London from 17 June – 25 July 2010. www.jerwoodcharitablefoundation.org.
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- (1835–1912)Professor of Theology at Halle who maintained that the quest for the historical Jesus was futile; it is in the preaching of the Church that Christ is truly met. He is famous for observing that the gospel of Mark is really a passion narrative with an extended introduction consisting of isolated units. The study of these individual units was to be the chief concern of Form Criticism.
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Copies Chrome and follows Firefox to get users onto the newest browser without asking permission
Microsoft today said it will silently upgrade Internet Explorer (IE) starting next month, arguing that taking the responsibility out of the hands of users will keep the Web safer.
The move is an acknowledgement by Microsoft that Google's model -- its Chrome browser has updated in the background without user involvement since it debuted more than three years ago -- is the right one.
"It's the future ... for all software," said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Security. "At this point, at least in the consumer space, people are expecting software to be up to date, and for it to do it itself."
uh last i checked i decided what is/isn't done to my machine, I don't feel comfortable leaving those sorts of decisions up to some company that honestly does not have my best interest in mind.
I bet during/after all this they will then spout on about how many people have now started using x,y,z & how many have moved from x,y,z all due to this "Spyware" that they have/will be planting on people's computers.
Any1 actually use any version of Internet Explorer here How do you feel about potentially having a update near forced onto you?


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Eclipse DemoCamps November 2011/Montreal
This event is over !
And we had some great fun thanks to the presenters and to the audience !
There is a great article describing what happened during this Eclipse DemoCamp November 2011 in Montreal Make sure you read it !
You can also see the photos taken during the event !
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If you're a Sonics fan nursing a boot-print bruise on your butt, keep in mind the one adjective that has always prevailed in this soul-sapping drama regarding the NBA Kings:
From nowhere came Chris Hansen to put $70 million of his own money into SoDo property, plus millions more in private money from Steve Ballmer, the Nordstroms and others to put into an arena project. From a block further than nowhere came Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's whale round-up, as well as an arena plan. From a labor lockout came a collective bargaining agreement that offered the possibility of break-even operations for every NBA team in its market, drying up the pool of available teams.
These unlikely developments arrived simultaneously upon a franchise that had no remaining arena lease, in a city desperate for national validation and in a sport governed by a commissioner in the last of a 30-year tenure.
Delighted by the rising value of his franchises — Job One for any sports commissioner — but looking at another potential ugly relocation, Commissioner David Stern gave every chance for Sacramento to match the record Hansen bid. For one reason: He didn't want to make the same mistake twice.
Rather than screw over a second city with relocation, he has screwed over, at least temporarily, the same city twice.
At worst, he figures he can live the rest of his days with never getting a drink brought for him in Seattle.
The 7-0 vote Monday by the relocation committee (not including the five members of the finance committee) to recommend to the Board of Governors that the Kings be kept in Sacramento is a logical outcome, if the premise is accepted that what was done in 2008 in allowing the move of the Sonics to Oklahoma City — no relocated team in NBA history had a longer tenure in its original city than the Sonics' 41 years in Seattle — was wrong.
Who in Seattle can argue with that?
The fact that the NBA found no significant flaws in the proposal by Hansen, and was the better financial deal, was never going to be enough to trump Sacramento's incumbency — as long as the counteroffer came close. Thanks to Stern's persistent scolding, wheedling and cajoling, the fate of the Kings became a crusade locally and statewide for California politicians and rich guys who indeed made a big effort, because they saw a chance for the capital city to be something other than a backwater.
The only remaining question: Is the effort close enough?
As one member of the Seattle bidding group told me Monday: "It's not over."
The source confirmed what Ballmer told KJR radio's Mitch Levy off-air by phone Monday, that he was "horribly, horribly disappointed" in the NBA. "But he used different words," said the source, laughing lightly, leaving undescribed the notorious Ballmer temper.
Truth was, Ballmer, Hansen and their crew were blown away, so certain were they that the Seattle bid was superior, while the Sacramento bidders were riven by conflicts, disarray and an arena plan that that wasn't even dough, much less baked. As late as Friday, according to USA Today, the NBA was talking to the bidders about putting in escrow a substantial deposit by next Friday, May 3 — as much as 20 percent of their valuation, a number that still has not been disclosed.
That would be somewhere close to $50 million in cash, which would seem within reach of the wealthy group. But as far as has been disclosed, Sacramento still hasn't committed sufficient cash, despite numerous missed deadlines and Stern's earnest efforts to move the goalposts on their behalf.
That's probably why the normally exuberant mayor sounded cautious Monday afternoon, where he addressed an impromptu crowd at a press conference in a downtown bar.
"It is not over yet," Johnson said. "I feel like we have won a round in the playoffs . . . There is still work to be done. We do not want to dance in the end zone."
After the emotion of Monday's decision dissipates, the Hansen group will meet to strategize, the Sacramento group will have to man up at the ATM, and the NBA will have to assess whether it is logical to now consider a response to Seattle, which could include expansion.
Yes, expansion. Despite Ballmer telling Levy that the owners have told him expansion is not on the table, why would it have been if the Kings were still in play for Seattle? Now that relocation is apparently not an option, it serves the NBA's interests to keep Hansen/Ballmer engaged.
Why? Because Sacramento could still screw it up. If the holes in Sacramento's ownership and arena plan are as numerous as Seattle bidders claim, and the Friday deadline is actually real, the owners need a fallback position — Seattle. That's part of why the NBA by-laws mandate a minimum seven-day window of deliberations in these matters, and why Johnson himself said it isn't over.
Is this sequence of events a little unlikely? Of course. What in this saga hasn't been unlikely?
The only thing the Monday vote did was recommend denial of relocation if both bids were competitive. If Sacramento fails to perform, the NBA has an alternative in Seattle, and Stern has cover. He can say to the Sactowners: I grew your food, made it into groceries and created the meal, and I'll be damned if I'll chew it for you and swallow, too.
If Sacramento does deliver, then there remains time before the vote the week of May 13 to consider Seattle for expansion following next season. Monday's vote had one agenda item, and it wasn't expansion. Up until Monday, there has been absolutely no reason for the NBA to have formally considered expansion, and there won't be until Sacramento has secured its bid.
Stern has given clues all along, repeatedly saying, in answer to the same question, expansion is not under consideration "right now." He has also said nothing but positive things about the Seattle bidders and the arena project. But he has had to keep feet on the throats of both bidders in order to get the highest return.
Yes, Seattle is being used, just as the NFL has used for 18 years a vacant Los Angeles market to blackmail other balky municipalities with NFL teams. It is not yet being thrown away.
If the scenario seems far-fetched, remember the word that describes the entire affair: Unprecedented.


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The Onslaught
This isn't supposed to happen. Around the holidays your counter is supposed to be filled with tins of cookies and your refrigerator should abound with roasts and braised cabbage and all sorts of homemade goodies both sweet and savory. And then the holidays pass and we clean the house for New Years and after all that indulgence we settle into a January of salads and asceticism. So could someone please explain to me why, in the second week of January, I am so besotted by produce, our kitchen overflowing??
First, my aunt sent us home laden with a caramel cake and a pie and all sorts of commestibles (sorghum molasses! beans! fruit!), some of which have been relegated to the pantry and the freezer, some of which (ahem, cake) were consumed with alarming alacrity. Second, there is the issue of the crate of ruby red grapefruit my uncle sends every year, don't get me wrong, we love them, but eighteen of them, EIGHTEEN is quite a lot. And then, then, only a few days after the grapefruit arrived, a whole box of pears from our neighbor. Did I mention the leftover soup that's packing our freezer from a soup party we had? I'm drowning in the onslaught.
The pears have slowly, lackadaisically ripened themselves into possibly the best pears I've ever eaten, but I feel as if I've eaten a gallon of them, sliced alongside my breakfast or in a pear and blue cheese tart. As for the grapefruit: six went to the postman who delivered them, another two into the Christmas salad, a few went to breakfasts, but that still leaves seven grapefruits piled haphazardly on the counter. Since the grapefruits are an annual event I am pretty familiar with just about every grapefruit recipe out there: salads, sorbets, compotes, candied rinds, I even made a grapefruit and Riesling terrine once. But the one thing I usually end up making is pink grapefruit marmalade.
This year, as I padded about the kitchen in the quiet dark, slicing grapefruit peels and blanching them twice to remove any bitterness, adding the fruit and sugar to the pot, I did a couple things differently that made this the best marmalade I have ever produced. First, I added a touch too much water to the pot, which meant I had to set the marmalade to a long slow simmer in order to cook it down. It took over an hour in the end, but that long cooking gently caramelized the grapefruit pieces into sweet translucent slices, with only the slightest hint of bitterness. Second, I scraped in the seeds from a vanilla bean, which not only speckled the pink jam with pleasing black flecks but added to the subtly sweet scent.
When I say that this is the best marmalade I've ever made, I mean it's the best marmalade I've ever eaten or tasted. The kind of jam you want to eat straight out of the jar, standing by the fridge door, almost like spoonable candy, except with a pleasant hint of bitterness. The only problem is that it uses just three of my grapefruits and produces a rather large amount of marmalade- four jars, which doesn't really help me with the onslaught around here. Not that I'm complaining, mind you.
Pink Grapefruit Marmalade with Vanilla
3 large ruby red grapefruits
3 cups water
4 cups sugar
1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped
2 tablespoons rose water or lemon juice
1. Set a large pot of water to boil. Cut off the peel of the grapefruits, working to get good thick slices, but leaving the inner white pith closest to the fruit still attached to the fruit. Cut the peels into strips. Blanch the peels by submersing them in boiling water for about three minutes. Drain in a colander and rinse under running water. Bring a fresh pot of water to a boil and repeat the blanching process again, this removes any bitterness. Drain and rinse again.
2. Place the peels in a large pot. Cut off all the white pith from the remaining fruits then, working over the pot, cut between the grapefruit membranes so that the fruit sections fall into the pot. Squeeze juice from the membranes and discard them. repeat with remaining fruits.
3. Add the water and sugar to the pot and bring to a boil, stirring to combine. Lower the heat to a very low simmer. Simmer until the marmalade is thick and translucent, about one hour. The marmalade may still appear a touch watery- keep in mind it will thicken as it cools.
4. Add the vanilla bean seeds and simmer another five minutes. Remove from the heat, stir in the rose water (or lemon) and set aside to cool. You could can this and process in a hot water bath or simply store in jars in the fridge.
40 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Love your blog!
One of my favorite ways to eat grapefruit is to make a salad of sectioned grapefruit, roasted beets cut into wedges, and sprouts, topped with a shallot and red wine vinegarette. - January 12, 2008 at 12:09 PM
- Dori said...
The marmalade sounds great...and what a cute puppy!
- January 12, 2008 at 12:55 PM
- Quinne said...
Hi Mercedes :) You totally have my mouth watering over that grapefruit delight you've posted the recipe for! Just let me know, and I will gladly supply you with my address, and you can use up another three on a batch for us :)
Here's to the fruits of your labor (yes, even in January). Love, Q - January 12, 2008 at 2:34 PM
- KMDuff said...
sounds delicious! so there is enough pectin in the grapefruit to assure it will gel? I have had problems getting marmalade to gel, even with additional pectin, but I've never tried a grapefruit marmalade. I think I'll have to try it!
- January 12, 2008 at 7:10 PM
- Mercedes said...
DCfoodie- thanks! We've tried lots of grapefruit salads, but haven't tried one with beets yet, I'll haver to add that to my list!
Meeso- thank you! The puppy loves getting in boxes, so when this one arrived she was all over it.
Quinne- really, I am happy to send marmalade. I already gave one to a friend and another to the neighbor who sent us the pears (the cycle of giving) but we still have tons!
KM- yes, I wondered about that too, but I've never had problems. I think the long slow cooking also helps ease out whatever jelling-ness it has. I don't think marmalade will ever have quite the same gel as a jelly, but you can also wrap the seeds in a small cheesecloth and add them to the pot for the extra pectin. But I found it just right as written... - January 12, 2008 at 8:02 PM
- Anonymous said...
Your dog is way too cute. Please tell me he didn't try the grapefruit!?!
- January 12, 2008 at 9:27 PM
- Anonymous said...
Goodness, that sounds totally marvelous. I love grapefruit marmelade, but with vanilla? I must go hop to it, now.
- January 13, 2008 at 12:02 PM
- Anonymous said...
A good idea, grapefruit marmalade. As an Italian immigrant I was raised on white bread and jelly. I wish my mother would have made marmalade. But she worked in a factory in Brooklyn, NY and was never home to cook.
Now that I have moved to florida I met a new guy, "Big Bear."
Although he is really swell, he is hard to cook for because he weighs 437 pounds and has lost most of his teeth (some kind of drug, I think).
I am going to make him some of this marmalade because grapefruit are very cheap here and I know that he will be able to eat the marmalade on white bread (I cut the crust off the bread). - January 13, 2008 at 7:57 PM
- tammy said...
I had a similar grapefruit problem (if you can call it a problem), so I made pie.
But, I'm making your marmalade. That's a promise. - January 13, 2008 at 8:21 PM
- Unknown said...
I'm a huge marmalade fan, and this sounds awesome! I want to do some canning over the summer, and this is definitely on the list!
- January 13, 2008 at 8:25 PM
- Cheryl said...
I would never think to do this with leftover fruit. It would just sit on my counter and rot.
This looks so good. - January 14, 2008 at 3:48 PM
- Alejandra Ramos said...
I am so excited about this recipe. I love grapefruit so much, but have never had it in this form. The addition of vanilla is particularly tempting! Thank you for sharing...I can't wait to try it.
- January 15, 2008 at 6:12 PM
- shuna fish lydon said...
this sounds lovely. simple, straightforward. thank you.
have you ever used Rose oil for these sorts of things? I just got ahold of some Moroccan rose oil but I don't want to use it in just anything... - January 16, 2008 at 2:01 AM
- Astra Libris said...
Your recipe sounds fantastic! I'm definitely sending it to my parents, who have a similar grapefruit problem thanks to a friend's frequent trips to Florida... :-)
Your puppy has to be the cutest doggie ever!! Sooooo adorable!! - January 16, 2008 at 2:33 PM
- Practical Social Skills said...
Keep up the great work on the blog - I'm browsing through the articles and enjoying the pictures included with each one!
-Walter - January 17, 2008 at 8:24 AM
- Mercedes said...
Flanboyant- The puppy is more interested in the box, and the grapefruits were individually wrapped, so don't worry she didn't lick or eat any.
Luisa- yes, do hop to it!
Tammy- I would have called that pie a cheesecake (grapefruit pie sounds not so good), but it looks really lovely!
Melissa- yes, marmalade is wonderful, it has that nice bitter/tangy edge to the sweetness. But don't wait until summer, grapefruit's in season now!
Alejandra- trust me, I know every use for grapefruit ever ;-) but this is a particularly good one!
Shuna- hi! Thanks for stopping by.
About the rose oil. In my experience, rose oil is generally not used in Levantine cooking, and is not recommended. True rose water is preferred for it's delicacy- the rose water should be clear and distilled (Aoun brand is a good one). The reason is that imitation rose waters (often dyed pink) and rose extracts can easily be overpowering and harsh. No one wants to eat perfume. Rose oil in the Middle East is widely used as body perfume.
However, I don't have as much experience with Moroccan cooking and it sounds like what you got was clearly intended for a culinary use.I'm not sure what to recommend. Have you ever had white coffee? It's just hot water with a little bit of floral water and lemon juice infused in it, maybe you could play around with that idea.
Astra- ha, I'm glad someone else has grapefruit problems! Thanks.
Walter- thanks, enjoy the browsing! - January 17, 2008 at 7:10 PM
- Anonymous said...
Wow, this looks so great and exotic! When you say it fills four jars, do you mean pint or quart jars?
- January 22, 2008 at 10:07 PM
- Keiko said...
This looks so good... do you think it would work with the waxed grocery store grapefruits?
- January 26, 2008 at 6:17 PM
- Anonymous said...
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http://docchuck.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-im-all-about.html - January 29, 2008 at 12:29 PM
- Anonymous said...
I made this marmalade this weekend using my CSA-provided grapefruits. I added some dried lavender buds to give it a new twist. Delicious. Thanks for offering up the recipe. I'll be posting about it soon!
- February 11, 2008 at 8:14 PM
- Anonymous said...
Love the grapefruit marmalade. My first attempt, but not to be my last. Could have used a little more time. Used it in plain yogurt.
Love your blog. - June 9, 2008 at 4:14 AM
- Anonymous said...
I just made these tonight! They're cooling as I type this. I can't wait to try this tomorrow night! If I made them right, I'll be giving them away as Xmas gifts :)
- December 8, 2008 at 9:39 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thanks for the awesome recipe! It turned out wonderful!
I blogged about the results:
:) - December 10, 2008 at 10:15 AM
- Qui said...
What a recipe...
It sounds divine....and I LOVE marmalade, especially grapefruit.
My mom used to make it all the time and, sadly, mine just isn't as good.
I must try this recipe.
Thanks for letting us know. - December 11, 2008 at 12:33 PM
- Anonymous said...
i loved the idea of this. but i'm making it as we speak, and i don't feel like the pectin is kicking in. its still very watery :( its been simmering now for like an hour and 15 mins. what did i do wrong? or when it cools will it really gel that much? help!
- December 19, 2008 at 1:31 AM
- genny said...
oof! I made this and it WAS perfect but I felt it had to simmer a bit longer in order to thicken. It tasted good, but it just seemed a bit more than a "touch watery." I left it for 12 more minutes and I came back: burned. :( my roommate says it still tastes good, but I am so bummed out.
Oh well. I guess all novices have to fail a few times before getting it right.
and I was SO excited to make linzer cookies with the marmalade... - February 13, 2009 at 10:16 PM
- Meadowlark said...
No vanilla beans. Any thoughts on a splash of vanilla? Or maybe almond extract?
Thanks! - June 16, 2009 at 10:47 AM
- Cat said...
I put in extract today with no ill effects that I can see.
It may not be optimal, but in a pinch, will work. - January 31, 2010 at 10:30 PM
- cass said...
Just tried it out. I simmered mine for about 2 hours and its still looking pretty runny; fingers crossed that it just needs to cool down, but I think I might have to try some kind of powdered pectin salvage in the morning. Could have something to do with the fact that I made a slightly bigger batch.
- June 9, 2010 at 2:25 AM
- KatrinaW said...
Can't wait to try this recipe! Could you tell me a little more about the yield? All I saw was that it made "four jars." Are those pints? 8-oz jars? Thanks!
- July 29, 2010 at 12:33 AM
- starbelliedsneetch said...
Wow! This recipe looks incredible! I want to try it out, but have only white grapefruit available. Do you think it would be possible to substitute the variety and still get a tasty marmalade that would set? Thanks a bunch.
- December 18, 2010 at 10:54 PM
- Brooke - in Oregon said...
Mine is totally runny, tasty but runny. I think I will try adding some pomona pectin today to see if I can get it to gel
- February 19, 2011 at 11:20 AM
- Anonymous said...
Paul from Oregon
Tip...use a candy thermometer and boil until you have reach 220F -222F. Perfect consistency!
We juiced our fruit then segmented the rind. We scraped the pith from the rind and sliced peels 1/16" thick...omitted the blanching stage and the result...Excellent Seville style marmalade. - April 26, 2011 at 9:13 PM
- Anonymous said...
Finally tried this recipe after having it bookmarked for ever. The marmalade came out so good. I can't believe how tasty it is.
Paul's tip (above) is really useful, once the mixture got to 220F it had the perfect consistency.
One thing... the vanilla tastes amazing, but if you've got a good vanilla bean and wanted to use it sparingly, you could probably cut back a bit on how much you use. I may try half next time. - April 22, 2012 at 11:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
"Cut off all the white pith from the remaining fruits"
Does this mean you put the pith into the pot? or do you discard it? thanks!
- December 21, 2012 at 12:01 PM
- ADay said...
I know I'm resurrecting an old post here but I came across this recipe while looking for Christmas gift ideas and it looks great! But... I'm making it right now and it's been simmering on the stove for nearly 2 hours now and it's still very watery. Has anybody else had this problem? Thinking about trying again with less water to start but I'm not sure if that would mess up the ratios too much... would appreciate some insight!
- October 26, 2014 at 8:14 PM
- Mercedes said...
Hmmm - Looking back at this, I imagine that my grapefruits were very large, maybe that accounts for the watery issue? I would recommend to just keep simmering, unfortunately it will take longer but eventually the water should cook out. Were you able to salvage the recipe?
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