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Sesame Street "Abby's Tricycle" Abby is preparing to ride her very first tricycle! She has her basket, helmet, and her friend Elmo, but Abby doesn't know how to ride a tricycle. Elmo suggests that Gordon teach Abby since Gordon was the one to teach him. Gordon teaches Abby about all the different parts of a tricycle; the seat, handlebars, and pedals. D
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Sid The Science Kid "Where Did The Water Go?" While brushing his teeth, Sid wonders what happens to all the dirty water when it goes down the drain. At The Science Center, Sid and his friends explore how water travels in and out of our homes through pipes. And here's something Sid and his friends never realized: there's lots of water in the world, but you can't drink it all! We can only use fresh water, and there aren't a lot of fresh water sources in the world. D
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Martha Speaks "Martha Doesn't Speak Monkey!/Martha and Truman Get Lost" Martha Doesn't Speak Monkey! - Professor Monkey is coming to town to promote his craft books with co-author Beppo. Martha and Truman Get Lost - Truman needs Martha to help him find something he lost at Dog Head Lake.G
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Globe Trekker "Venice City Guide" Justine Shapiro visits key sites along the Grand Canal.G
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Rick Steves' Europe "South Ireland: Waterford to the Ring of Kerry" As Rick travels the southern coast, he visits Waterford's crystal factory, the Kennedy family homestead, the Dunbrody famine ship, and Kinsale's star-shaped fortresses. Then he drives the Ring of Kerry.G
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Smart Travels - Europe with Rudy Maxa "Out of Rome" We leave the eternal city behind by way of the famous Appian Way to explore the environs of Rome. First it's the majesty of Emperor Hadrian's villa and the wine and lakes of the Alban Hills. Next, it's south to the ancient seaport of Ostia, Rome's Pompeii. D
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The Desert Speaks "Desolation Canyon River Journey" Take a trip down the virtually unknown Green River in Utah, which is often overshadowed by its more famous counterpart - the mighty Colorado River. Along the river's course explore what is perhaps the best-known geographical feature of the river, the prehistoric creatures buried along its banks in Dinosaur National Monument. No trip down the Green River would be complete without a venture through the appropriately named Desolation Canyon and some of the wildest, least inhabited areas remaining in the U.S. D
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Ciao Italia "Classic Tuscan Dishes/I Piatti Classici Toscani" Mary Ann takes her Tuscany tour students under her wing to teach them the fine are of Tuscan cooking, starting with the all-time favorite, Fresh Pappardelle with Rabbit, Mushrooms, and Wine. No Tuscan meal would be complete without its unique, Bird-Style Beans. And to whet the appetite, Salted Pizza Bites. D
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Baking Made Easy "Whimsical Baking" Life-Size Cigar Cookies with Edible Ash, Garlic and Chive Savory Tuile Cookies, Parmesan Crisp-Discs. D
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Kimchi Chronicles "The Street Food Chronicles" Much like the entire continent of Asia, street food is hugely popular in Korea and many of the most beloved dishes in the country come from street carts and stands. In this episode, Marja and Jean-Georges eat street food all over the peninsula, including silkworm larvae, hoddeok, sweet pancakes filled with peanuts and sugar, and Dragon's Beard, a candy made of stretched honey and nuts. At home, Marja makes her version of bindaddeok, her signature take on this simple pancake made of freshly ground mung beans shallow-fried until browned and crisp. D
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America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Simply Chicken" Host Christopher Kimball goes into the test kitchen to learn how to create a French classic, Chicken Fricassee, with test cook Becky Hays. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried reveals the best cutting boards in the Equipment Corner, and science expert Guy Crosby uncovers the science behind emulsification and the human sense of taste. And finally, test cook Julia Collin Davison shows Chris how to make the Best Simple Roast Chicken. D
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Around The House with Matt and Shari "Top 20 Common Decorating Mistakes" Around the House travels throughout a home to find and fix 20 of the most common decorating mistakes. We begin in the family room with plant and clutter issues. Then, Shari heads to the bedroom for problems like too small nightstands. D
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Bluegrass Underground "18 South" 18 SOUTH's music is informed by a wide array of influences. The organic and earthy quality of their sound rings with overtones of Blues, Bluegrass, Jazz and Gospel that lends itself perfectly to their stripped down acoustic approach. The band's members' resumes read like an Encyclopedia of Americana and once you see them live you'll know why they are individually some the most well respected musicians on the scene today. D
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Music Voyager "Colombia's Electro Tropical Beats" One of the latest and most exciting trends in Colombian music fuses the traditional rhythms and melodies with electronic beats and modern influences. Host Jacob Edgar explores this cutting-edge Bogota scene, starting with an electrifying live performance in the streets with La Mojarra Electrica. Then, he meets British DJ and producer Richard Blaire, whose Sidestepper project pioneered the electrotropical trend. D
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Sesame Street "The Shape O' Bots" Telly, Elmo, and Rosita are playing Shape-O-Bots, robots that actually transform into shapes to help people. Andy, a guy in need of shapes, rushes in and explains that he needs an octagon to help stop people from crashing into him. Telly tries to transform into an octagon with eight sides and eight angles, but changes into a triangle with three sides and three angles instead. D
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Dinosaur Train "Have You Heard About The Herd?/Jess Hesperornis" Have You Heard About the Herd? - Tiny and Buddy are psyched to go to the Cretaceous Picnic Grounds where they meet Ernie Einiosaurus, who shows them how he lives in a large herd! Ernie introduces the Pteranodons to a herding game that makes even Mrs. Pteranodon put on her game face! Jess Hesperornis - The Pteranodons venture to the Big Pond to find out if dinosaurs can live in the water. Their quandaries are quenched when they meet Jess Hesperornis, who turns out to be not only a water dwelling dino, but a bird as well!. D
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Super Why! "The Big Game" Whyatt wants to play baseball better, but he keeps missing the ball. The superhero readers jump into The Big Game and join some fairytale heroes gearing up for their big soccer match against their storybook foes. With the help of Super Why and his friends, Cinderella and her team work on their game skills to prevent the Big Bad Wolf's team from huffing, puffing and blowing them right off the field!G
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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Minnie Meerkat/Leaves" Minnie Meerkat - Sally and Nick are planning to camp out in the backyard, but there are some scary noises out there! Not to worry, The Cat's friend Minnie Meerkat can teach them all about camping safe. Off to Peekaboo Plains where a group of meerkats show them how they make their camp safe every night. Now Sally and Nick know what to do to feel safe in the backyard. D
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Wild Kratts "Stuck On Sharks" Martin and Chris are on a mission to uncover the secret life of the mysterious Great White Shark. They use Aviva's incredible Remora Rocketsub to "stick with" a female shark and soon learn that the giant predator of the sea actually has lots of challenges to contend with and that she could help them discover something that no one has ever seen before - the birth of Great White shark pups. But when Gourmand sniffs around looking for ingredients for his Shark Fin Soup recipe, the Wild Kratts team must help rescue their new friend. D
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Dialogue for Kids "Animal Migration" Animal migrations don't just happen in the spring and arent just something birds do. Lots of different animals migrate and for good reasons. Why? What is it that drives animals to move from one part of the country to another and then back again? Joan Cartan-Hansen and her guest scientists Jeff Knetter, wildlife biologist with the Idaho Dept. of Fish and Game and Vicky Runnoe, conservation educator with the Idaho Dept. of Fish and Game, will answer questions about animal migration.G
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Piano Guy Host Scott Houston and guests show viewers how to play the Captain and Tennille hit, "Love Will Keep Us Together" as well as the signature lick from Elton's John's "Benny And The Jets." Featured guests include Dave Powers, David Tolley and Bobby Floyd. D
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The Desert Speaks "On The Trail of a Living Fossil" In an effort to discover more about the desert tortoise, host David Yetman treks from the dry deserts of Utah to the tropics of Northwestern Mexico in search of these special animals. The trail begins outside of St. George Utah, which has more tortoises there per square kilometer than anywhere else in the United States. D
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Outdoor Idaho "Chasing The Light" Some of Idaho's professional landscape photographers share their secrets for positioning themselves to capture a special scene in a photograph, often waiting hours, even days, for the natural lighting they seek to preserve. OUTDOOR IDAHO travels with them to locations that encapsulate Idaho's treasured scenery.G
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Erasing Ed In the documentary Erasing ED, three brave and determined people tell their stories of how they managed to erase ED from their lives. Matt, Marta, and Robyn expose the ugly and vicious aspects of ED (eating disorders) that permeated their lives for years. They explore their recoveries from ED and the specific therapeutic tools they have used to create a life free from pain and isolation. D
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Body's Secret Army The program introduces viewers to scientists, doctors, and patients who are united by their determination to unlock the immune system's mysteries, as well as to some of the Nobel Prize awarded pioneers whose discoveries opened the doors to today's advances.G
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Scientific American Frontiers "Pet Tech" This episode explores the convergence of high technology and the family pet. Alda meets an African Gray parrot with the cognitive abilities of a four-year-old child, and tries out high-tech games for bored parrots and lonely dogs. D
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History of Science "Who Are We?" Michael Mosley explores how the twin sciences of brain anatomy and psychology have offered different visions of who humans are. Serious study of the brain did not begin until the 17th century.G
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NOVA "Dogs Decoded" Humans have domesticated dogs longer than any other animal and over the centuries, dogs and humans have developed a unique relationship. New research reveals that, as dog lovers already believe, the domestic dog has an uncanny ability to read and respond to human emotions.G
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Erasing Ed In the documentary Erasing ED, three brave and determined people tell their stories of how they managed to erase ED from their lives. Matt, Marta, and Robyn expose the ugly and vicious aspects of ED (eating disorders) that permeated their lives for years. They explore their recoveries from ED and the specific therapeutic tools they have used to create a life free from pain and isolation. D
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Here is it, the very first recipe from the book, but with a little modification...;D
I admit that the swissroll look ugly but it does taste wonderful. I need a 2nd attempt to improve on the rolling though...;p
Here's the recipe (adapted from "Elegant Swiss Roll by Kevin Chai")
3 egg whites
45g sugar
(B) 4 eggs
1/2 tsp Vanilla essence
100g Plain flour
60g Butter (melted)
(C) 120g Fresh Cream (whipped)
1 kiwi (peeled, quartered)
~ Preheat oven at 180'C, grease 10x14" baking tin, line with baking paper and grease on the paper again.
~ Beat (A) until stiff peaks form. Spoon into piping bag fitted with round nozzles and pipe onto the tin in parallel lines (2cm apart)
~ In a mixing bowl beat eggs and sugar from (B) until light and fluffy. Add in essence, mix well.
~ Gently fold in plain flour, add in melted butter and mix well.
~ Spread mixture over the piped white meringue. Bake at 180'C for 10 minutes. Leave to cool.
~ Transfer cake onto a paper (top facing up), spread with whipped cream and arange the kiwi on the cream (as pic. below). Roll gently from narrow end, and refrigerate before cutting.
Cut into slices and serve..:) I should have spread all the whipping cream *sigh*..:( Worry that it might have too much cream in the center so I just spread half of the portion, and that the kiwi doesn't stick to the cake after cutting. So if you are making this, do remember to spread the whole portion of the whipped cream in it.

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Welcome to the UCL 2012 iGEM project.
This is a wiki-in-progress, keep checking back for updated content and project news.
What is this iGEM I keep hearing about and why is it so great?
The International Genetically Engineered Machine competition (iGEM) is the premiere undergraduate Synthetic Biology competition. Student teams are given a kit of biological parts at the beginning of the summer from the Registry of Standard Biological Parts. Working at their own schools over the summer, they use these parts and new parts of their own design to build biological systems and operate them in living cells. This project design and competition format is an exceptionally motivating and effective teaching method (from the iGEM website)
So what system are you building?
The short answer: we are building a Plastic Republic.
The long answer: You may have heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a giant vortex of plastic waste and sludge trapped in the North Pacific ocean. We plan to engineer bacteria to clean up the microplastics which constitute a large proportion of the Garbage Patch. We aim to do this in one of two ways:
- Breaking down pieces of plastic until they are no longer toxic to marine organisms
- Clumping together microplastics to form 'plastic islands'
Our little islands will be left to grow as they accumulate more debris, creating a new marine ecosystem out of our plastic pollution. Eventually our plastic wasteland will be transformed into a synthetic utopia – a new Plastic Republic.


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Despite their status as a perpetual whipping boy, one prominent analyst thinks the country needs too-big-to-fail banks to survive.
Responding to comments from New York Federal Reserve President Daniel Tarullo , who said in a speech Wednesday that bank size may need to be capped, Dick Bove at Rochdale Securities rejected the notion.
"If a governor of the People's Bank of China had suggested capping the size of these banks and limiting their operating flexibility, it would have been seen as a direct threat to the United States' position in the world — which it is, " Bove, the firm's vice president of equity research, said in a note. "However, this statement was made by a governor of the Federal Reserve — the governor most charged with regulating the banks. It is a threat to our system."
The size of banks has become a pressing issue since the 2008 financial crisis, in which the implosion of Wall Street financial supermarkets threatened to bring down the global economy. Taxpayers had to bail out the firms, but not before such stalwart names as Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual disappeared.
Most recently, JPMorgan Chase , which bought out both Bear Stearns and WaMu during the crisis, has found itself the target of regulatory probes. It is being held responsible for the conduct of Bear Stearns traders who are suspected of fraud related to mortgage-backed securities, and, separately, is under investigation for a large set of trades in its London office that went wrong.
Congress also has responded post-crisis with the Dodd-Frank reform bill, which seeks to unwind banks that have become too big.
The New York Fed's Tarullo said the Financial Stability Oversight Council might have to consider outright caps on the size of banks if "a growing systemic footprint increases perceptions of at least some residual too-big-to-fail quality."
"There is, then, a case to be made for specifying an upper bound, " Tarullo said at a lecture in Philadelphia. "It would be most appropriate for Congress to legislate on the subject."
But Bove, who has been a harsh critic of the Dodd-Frank bill, calls over-regulation a threat to the industry's stability as well as a blow against a U.S. economy that needs large financial companies to compete on the global stage — and to help finance the burgeoning $16 trillion national debt.
"I challenge anyone to explain which major nation in the modern world today or over the past five centuries has operated as a successful sovereign power without too big to fail banks, " he said. "If it cannot be done one should begin to understand the incredible threat being made to this nation by claiming that its biggest banks should be capped in size."
Big banks actually have gotten bigger since the crisis, at least in terms of deposits. The top five banks have $4.34 trillion in deposits now, compared to $3.17 trillion in 2008.
But that may not continue in the current climate.
"Post financial crisis, the dynamics of the industry have changed, " Frederick Cannon, equity strategist at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, said in a report. "The national franchises are largely set and are bumping up against deposits caps, larger banks no longer have a capital advantage vis-à-vis smaller institutions, small banks (under $1 billion in assets) face outsized costs creating inefficiencies, and there are a dearth of de novo (less than 5 years old) banks."
As a result, Cannon expects a "consolidation to the middle" in which mid-sized banks, with deposits between $5 billion and $50 billion, purchasing smaller counterparts.
KBW analysts identified possible acquirers: CBV Financial, BBN Bancorp, SCBT Financial , City Holding and Berkshire Hills Bancorp , among a handful of others.
"We believe that deal activity will continue to accelerate as asset values become more stable and profitability in the industry remains challenged, " Cannon said. "However, the nature of deal activity is changing post financial crisis due to changes in the industry."
Consolidation now will hinge less on big banks wanting to get bigger and increasingly toward more efficient banks taking on the less efficient, with deals longer-term in nature, he added.
For Bove, the developments mean the U.S. will become less competitive on the global financial stage.
"The People's Bank of China is the biggest financial institution in the world. Its 'private' banks are soaring in size, " he said. "They are now moving around the world to establish China as the number one global financial power. Apparently the Federal Reserve would like to remove impediments to this expansion — i.e., shrink the American banks."
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MTV's 'Catfish' TV Show Succeeds Where The Film Failed
Sometimes a TV show really can be better than the film from whence it came.In 2010, Nev Shulman debuted his documentary, Catfish, which followed his journey to meet the girl he fell in love with on Facebook. Despite the marketing campaign for the film, which positioned it as some horror flick with a dangerous or paranormal twist, Shulman's journey (SPOILER ALERT!) ended in a farmhouse with a middle-aged mother and wife who'd been creating false Facebook personas to stave off her own loneliness and boredom. It was an unexpected twist, for sure, but where audiences were expecting pure, radical shock and awe, we found our surprise coupled with something truly, deeply sad: a person whose life was so unlike the life they wanted that they felt the need to create another. When translated into a television show with a premise based up front on that emotional concept, the product is something that feels as if it has the momentum to move the discovery forward, instead of wallowing in the shock of the 180-degree turnaround.
The first episode of Catfish: The TV Show, focuses on Sunny, a young woman who's in an online relationship with a male model in L.A. … who also works at Chelsea Lately and writes for the show … and also writes cue cards? What an overachiever! In truth, as most viewers probably guessed from the premise of the show, this wonderful, magical Skype-allergic RJ guy is actually an 18 year-old girl named Chelsea who started the account as a means of revenge against someone who bullied her on Facebook. The lie started to consume her because she felt like an outcast in real life, and her online model persona afforded her the means to make easy connections with other girls online as she explored her bisexuality. And that's where the show truly manages to surpass its cinematic source material.
Whereas Shulman's film was about his own experience, told in a firsthand way, this series takes Shulman out of the equation and lets him be a guide for the misled halves of these online relationships. Because he's experienced this sensation and wealth of emotions himself, he knows exactly what to ask both the victims and the perpetrators to elicit the response that gets right down to the heart of it all: Sunny's search for a connection, any connection, and Chelsea's muddled self-exploration gone awry. What we find is more shocking than the film's original surprise: the truth behind the victim's reasons for believing the illusion and of course, the truth behind the fakers' decision-making process.
The first episode finds Sunny fumbling over herself to make excuses for her fake boyfriend, even when Shulman comes forward with a wealth of information that refutes "RJ's" story, including outlandish claims of emotional blockage when Shulman finds out RJ's supposedly deceased sisters are still very much alive. Taking his own emotions out of play and letting us experience this phenomenon in an upfront and honest way makes it more honest. It feels like something that could happen to a friend or someone we know very well. It no longer feels like a detached incident blown up for the purposes of a money-making feature film. And in that way, it makes the emotional and mental gymnastics behind these events grounded and significant. These aren't the problems of a filmmaker in a swanky office in downtown Manhattan, these are things that are happening to a guy who could be your brother's best friend or a girl you know from the gym. It hits much closer to our own lives when we're let in on the ground level.
Add to that the wealth of possible outcomes offered by the series and this Catfish suddenly offers something the film really couldn't: a true exploration of the psychological effects of an online world that inherently allows for self-obfuscation. It's an element that hits close to anyone with an online presence, because to an extent, we all do it. The anonymity of social media gives us the tools to craft how that community views us. And while few of us are likely posing as completely different people and having online relationships with complete strangers, the concept of using the medium to shift one's definition of themselves isn't all that inconceivable. We do it every time we untag an unflattering photo or contemplate six different status posts before sending them through the Twittersphere. Catfish takes that to an extreme, but to an extreme that exists in the real world.
Perhaps the film could have enjoyed this benefit if the big secret had been prefaced even a little, but it fell victim to the shock game. Luckily for MTV, this series has enough shock to draw a crowd, but finds its worth in what comes after each big reveal, each of which hit midway through the episode. While it's harder to watch, it's something that is far more valuable than some reality-TV-tailored moment, no matter how fun it is to yell things like "Oh no he didn't!" at your television.
Anyone ever been in an online relationship and found out that everything the other person told them was a lie?
(Not me. An interesting lesbian online dating horror story.)


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Wendy Davis was a Democratic state senator who was little known beyond Texas when she burst onto the national political scene in the summer of 2013, staging a one-woman filibuster to stop passage of a tough anti-abortion law.
Within hours, the pink athletic shoes she wore had become internationally iconic as accounts of her marathon effort were carried in real time by social media around the world. Celebrities — actors Mia Farrow and Henry Winkler, comic Ricky Gervais — were among those weighing in with laudatory encouragement on Twitter.
Even President Obama chimed in his support.
But on Friday, when Davis again became a trending — or leading — topic on Twitter,...


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Over the years, I've covered hundreds of startup closures, from high-profile flameouts like HomeGrocer.com to smaller lesser known upstarts that never really got off the ground. Now, according to research from Harvard Business School lecturer Shikhar Ghosh, there appear to be a lot more failures going on than we ever learn about.
Ghosh's research indicates that as many as 75 percent of venture-backed companies never return cash to investors, with 30 to 40 percent of those liquidating assets where investors lose all of their money. The Wall Street Journal this week reported on Ghosh's findings, which is based on research of more than 2,000 venture-backed companies that raised at least $1 million from 2004 to 2010.
Ghosh tells the Journal that VCs "bury their dead very quietly," which certainly has been my experience on the beat over the years.
Try asking a VC about failed companies in their portfolio, and you'll usually get a response about the successes. Dead companies are quickly removed from the Web site's of venture capital firms, never to be spoken of again.
Startups are hard, and it certainly takes persistence, smarts and a bit of luck to turn any new venture into a success. It also takes … failure. Seattle is littered with entrepreneurs whose first ventures hit the wall or didn't meet investors' initial hopes.
Part of the entrepreneurial process is picking oneself up from past mistakes, learning from them and moving on. That's always been the case. But Ghosh's findings indicate that startups may be just a bit harder than we thought.
The report comes a few months after the Kauffman Foundation released results which indicated that 62 of 100 venture funds failed to exceed returns available from the public markets, after fees and carry were paid.
[Editor's note: We can't promise startup success. But bouncing back from failure will be one of the topics on the agenda at GeekWire's Startup Day this Saturday. More details and full agenda here].


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Cooper pushed to spread his wings now with Eagles
When he finally got his time to shine, "Sunshine" did just that. It was a painstaking wait for Philadelphia receiver Riley Cooper, but it happened in Week 11 when he got his first start of the season. The Eagles had a big game against the NFC East-rival Giants with Vince Young filling in for Michael Vick at quarterback and Cooper stepping in for second option Jeremy Maclin. Cooper finished with a team-high 12 targets and had 5 catches for 75… Read More »


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Beckett silences Phils with first career no-no
PHILADELPHIA -- Josh Beckett is not the superstitious sort. Any doubt in that arena was quashed throughout Sunday's game with the Phillies in Philadelphia, as he talked about the potential of a no-hitter from the sixth inning on with catcher Drew Butera and just about anyone else willing to talk.
He is, however, willing to collect souvenirs -- including the rubber from the Citizens Bank Park mound, which made its way through the clubhouse to a stunned veteran pitcher.View Full Game Coverage
PHILADELPHIA -- Josh Beckett is not the superstitious sort. Any doubt in that arena was quashed throughout Sunday's game with the Phillies in Philadelphia, as he talked about the potential of a no-hitter from the sixth inning on with catcher Drew Butera and just about anyone else willing to talk.
He is, however, willing to collect souvenirs -- including the rubber from the Citizens Bank Park mound, which made its way through the clubhouse to a stunned veteran pitcher.View Full Game Coverage
"Is that for me?" Beckett said to an attendant.
It is when you make history.
Beckett, who has one career one-hitter, entered elite territory, as he threw the first no-hitter of his career in a 6-0 win over the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on Sunday. He struck out six and walked only three. The last no-hitter for the Dodgers came on Sept. 17, 1996, in a 9-0 win at Colorado for Hideo Nomo. In that game, Nomo walked struck out eight and walked four on 110 pitches.
Beckett's masterpiece was the 24th in Dodgers franchise history, and the 11th since the franchise moved to Los Angeles in 1958.
"I'm really touched by that," said Beckett, who threw 80 strikes in his 128-pitch gem. "The Phillies showed what a class organization they are by getting that to me. I thought maybe they would send it to L.A. But to get it that quickly really meant something. I have a pretty big ranch, I'll figure out some place to put it."
Beckett, whose previous closest call to a no-hitter was 6 2/3 innings against Detroit when he was with Boston on June 3, 2009, struggled to find the plate early. His first three pitches of the afternoon were balls, but he was effectively wild, as he survived the first inning with just one walk on 24 pitches. A walk to Marlon Byrd opened the second inning, and then Beckett zoned in as he retired the next 23 batters before a walk to Jimmy Rollins in the ninth with two out.
"I didn't think about the no-hitter," said Beckett, who took a deep breath before No. 3 hitter Chase Utley. "I thought, 'Chase Utley is up next. I have to deal with him.'"
Beckett fell behind Utley 2-0 -- and then 3-1 -- but struck out the Phillies second baseman on the next two pitches, much to Utley's dismay. Utley felt strike two was a ball and actually started on his way down to first.
"That was a lot of fun," manager Don Mattingly said. "Josh has been throwing the ball good all year. For him to be able to do that today is nice, for everything he's been through with us -- the surgery last year, missing the whole season. Changing himself as a pitcher, using the breaking ball more and everything else -- it was fun to watch."
"Despite [the game being] against us, it was pretty cool to throw a no-hitter, but you never want to see it done against your team," said former Marlins teammate and friend A.J. Burnett, who fell to 3-4 with the Phillies this year. "He was strike one from the get-go."
Beckett, who had a rib removed a year ago to relieve pressure on his nerves due to thoracic outlet syndrome, benefited from the Dodgers striking quickly, as Dee Gordon led off the game with a single into right-center. Gordon stole second and then moved around to third on a flyout to center by Carl Crawford. After a lineout, Adrian Gonzalez drove the ball into right-center; the ball landed and then glanced off Byrd's glove, resulting in an RBI double and a 1-0 lead.
In the second, it took just one pitch to pad the lead, as third baseman Justin Turner hit a home run to dead center for a 2-0 advantage. The home run was just Turner's second of the season.
If anything, the second could have loomed as a wasted opportunity for the Dodgers, who got consecutive singles by Butera and Erisbel Arruebarrena along with a sacrifice by Beckett to put runners on second and third with one out. Instead, Gordon hit a ground ball to Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard, who came home with the throw to get Butera. Crawford lined out to left to end the threat.
In the sixth, the Dodgers added a third run, as Turner hit a one-out single into center. After a groundout moved him up a base, Arruebarrena -- playing in his third Major League game in place of Hanley Ramirez (injured right calf) -- singled Turner home for the rookie's first career RBI.
By the time the Dodgers pushed three more across the plate in the seventh, the game was all in Beckett's hands.
"I took a moment in the ninth while I was warming up," Beckett said. "It was what it was -- and if I threw one, great. If not, I have healthy kids and a healthy wife -- and that's the main goal."
In the end, the sign on the clubhouse wall summed it up the best, as the Dodgers prepared to head for the airport after a big series win: "Buses Together Whenever Beckett Is Ready To Leave."
Michael Radano is a contributor to MLB.com.


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Beauty addict Nadine Haobsh confesses (almost) all ...
This weekend, beauty editor/blogger/successful novelist Nadine Haobsh shared a few beauty secrets with us before prepping for the latest stop on the book tour for her second tome, Confessions of a Beauty Addict at LA's famed Studio Fred Segal. Her first novel, Beauty Confidential was a huge hit and she's given us a sneak peek at her third book, her favourite products, what she thinks of plastic surgery and the best part of being a beauty editor...
What are your top 5 favourite products?
Bare Minerals foundation, NARS blush in Orgasm, Living Proof No Frizz styling cream, Nude facial cleansing oil, Envision Beauty The Solution serum.
What's in your travel make up kit?
I have a variety of Bare Escentuals powders in there (foundation, concealer, bronzer and illuminiser!) as well as Bare Escentuals lipglosses. Then I have a Prescriptives eyeshadow palette, NARS blush, Lancome mascaras, my beloved Shiseido eyelash curler (it's better than the Shu Uemura for rounded eyes, like mine) and countless brushes.
What's the best part about being a beauty editor?
Getting comped services like haircuts and colour (not to mention occasional massages) is truly the best perk. But helping steer women toward the best products is just a bonus!
And the worst part?
Feeling obligated to write about beauty even if my head is just not in that space. I had a real problem with that during the Presidential Election – I couldn't have cared less about lipgloss at the time.
Which spa is your favourite?
The Claremont Spa at the Claremont Resort in Berkeley, California is just heaven to me.
What is your favourite beauty trend for S/S 09 and A/W 09?
Excellent skincare and make up at mass-market prices! Target (which is kind of like Boots) is carrying Jemma Kidd, Pixi and Napoleon Perdis. And Olay is really proving itself to be among the world's true leaders in skincare/anti-ageing. It's nice that women are realizing you don't have to spend a ton of money for great products.
What do you think is the strangest new trend in make up?
I don't get all these Barbie Collections that Stila is doing. It's just weird to me. In general, I also don't understand the MAC obsessions. Good on them for figuring out a way to make consumers rabid about purchasing every single new thing you do, but it occasionally feels gimmicky and like a waste of money to me.
What's the best new product on the market?
Living Proof No Frizz – it's an anti-frizz hair cream that works like magic, and thoroughly coats the hair without weighing it down. Use it with a FHI hairdryer and flat iron and your hair will be sleek and shiny!
And the most interesting science/tech advancement in beauty this year?
Again, it's the new polymers they developed in Living Proof No Frizz. I am all about this product – it's genius. [Editor's note: It is genius. I've been using both the spray and cream for one week and even on my limp, thin, fine hair, it works... my hair looks better with it.]
What is your top beauty advice?
The Beauty Editor Commandments.
What is your worst beauty foible ever?
I recently tried to cut my own bangs, and ended up with a short, shapeless, weird fringe framing my forehead; it looked truly horrible. But my all-time worst was when I burned off all my hair (in a hotel on Park Lane!) while using a travel converter with my flat iron. My hair just started falling off. It was disastrous… and 20 minutes before a date with a cute English boy, too!
Do you ever leave the house sans make up?
Oh, God, I go without make up all the time! On the weekends, I often can't be bothered. I won't go on a date without make up, but I definitely don't feel the need to wear it everyday. I have a great 5-minute make up routine (Bare Escentuals, bronzer as blush, eyeshadow, quick swipes of mascara and lip gloss) that I use before work.
Are there new cool product/brand launches you're looking forward to this year?
I can't talk a lot about it, but I'm actually working on a skincare line right now with the two doctors for whom I work, and I'm super excited about it. We're shooting for the stars, and are tackling a *big* skincare concern that's often not properly addressed without spending a ton of money.
Where is your favourite beauty destination in NYC?
Henri Bendel! The make up counters there are to die for, and have some hidden gems. I love wandering the beauty aisles at Bloomingdales on 57th and Lexington (my old neighborhood!), too. Both the Upper East Side and the Village have some great beauty emporiums, meanwhile, like C.O. Bigelow, Zitomer and Lafco NY.
Where is your favourite beauty destination in London?
Liberty just kills me – everytime I'm there, I end up spending way too much money on fancy candles. I also love the old standbys: Selfridges, Harrods and Harvey Nics, and I especially like searching for UK-only finds in the big Boots on Oxford Street. We need a Boots in the US!
What was the best haircut you've ever had?
I have been lucky enough to have had a few amazing haircuts. The best stylists I've ever seen are Ted Gibson and Sally Hershberger in NYC, Paul-Jean Jouve in LA and either Charles Worthington or Daniel Hersheson in London. I also love Neil Weisberg of the Neil George salon. He's English but has a salon in LA with the famous haircolorist (also English!) Amanda George. They're fabulous. And Ted Gibson's co-owner Jason Backe is hands-down one of the best colorists in New York. I also love the Louis Licari salon in New York for color; Kristen Vincelli and Kathy Galotti brilliantly saw me through a lot of tricky color changes back in the day!
What was the best facial you've ever had?
I can't stand facials; it's just not for me. But I did have an amazing one at Sally Hershberger Face Place in New York that practically put me to sleep, and I had a tough, but good extraction in the spa at the Meurice in Paris. But, seriously… shudder! I'd take a massage over a facial any day. Use retinol or retinoids daily and you really won't need a facial.
Where is your favourite beauty destination in LA and what is your favourite LA beauty find?
Studio Fred Segal is the best beauty emporium in LA. I'm especially excited to have had my LA book launch party there, because Studio is chocka with products that make my heart flutter. Last time I was there, a perfumer from the Memoire Liquide custom perfume bar made me my own scent: it has Indian sandalwood, vanilla, musk, amber, patchouli, and jasmine. Heaven!
Can you give us a sneak preview of your next book? Just a peek!
My third book is set in England! It's about two glamorous American sisters from Palm Beach who move to West Sussex during their parents' divorce to live with their posh English grandmother, and they become fabulous socialite, Tatler Little Black Book types. When the economy tanks, however, they have to pull their family together and learn what's really important to them. It's fun, and I think girls on both sides of the pond will love it!
Plastic surgery... for or against? Do you think injections count as surgery?
I don't think injections count as surgery… Surgery involves an anesthesiologist, after-care facilities, weeks of downtime, thousands of dollars… you get the picture. Injections, to my mind, are the same as hair coloring – it's cheating nature, but it's also using the technology available to make the most of your looks. I am, personally, not a huge fan of plastic surgery, but I feel much more lax about injection maintenance. Botox, when done properly, is a wonder. I don't, however, condone lip plumping injections or face plumping injections, because they make people look fake and like aliens! To each his/her own, though… but it's just not for me. Perhaps I will change my mind later in life – I hope not!
Watch this space for a review of Nadine's lovely Confessions of a Beauty Addict.


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I must be one of the last people to read The Shack. Written in 2007 by William Paul Young, this book quickly swept across the country and has on the New York Times Bestseller List for well over two years. Since being published, over 10 million copies have been printed. And now I see why.
The Shack is the story of Mackenzie Allen Phillip, better known as Mac, and the process he went through after the abduction and murder of his youngest daughter, Missy. Unable to successfully deal with her death, years later Mac is still going through what he calls, "The Great Sadness" which penetrates his daily life. One day, he receives a mysterious note from "Papa" that invites to the shack. The same shack where evidence of Missy's murder was found. Mac is at first horrified, but then considers the offer and eventually makes plans to spend a weekend there.
After Mac arrives at the shack, it becomes transformed before his eyes, apparently due to the presence of "Papa," an outgoing African-American woman, who also happens to be God. Now stay with me…God appears to Mac in this form because this is apparently how Mac needs to see Him. Along with Papa are a flannel-wearing Jesus and a small woman named Sarayu, who is the Holy Spirit.
I know it all sounds weird…it did to me, too. But what follows is actually very beautiful. Mac learns how to really have relationship with God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Because of his weekend with them, the barriers that Mac always held up between himself and God are torn down. The three also help him to heal and cope with Missy's death, bringing Mac closure and peace. Mac learns to put his trust in God fully and completely, even to the point of choosing to forgive Missy's killer.
I think what has attracted millions of people to this book is the very real, very personal relationship Mac has with Papa, Jesus & Sarayu. Papa delights in Mac, whom she is "especially fond of." What I see is that God isn't someone who is ethereal and far away. Or someone who is sitting on a giant throne, ready to squash us if we make the wrong move. God is someone who we can sit at the table and enjoy a meal with. Jesus is someone we can lay on the grass with and look at the clouds with. The Holy Spirit is someone we can go fishing with. We can be honest with God and share our most personal thoughts with Him. And He's someone who cares so much about each one of us. I love how God's delight in us is shown in such a real way in The Shack. Mac, like many of us, didn't have a good relationship with his earthly father and needed to see what a loving Father was like.
I know The Shack has been controversial, due in part to the portrayal of God as a woman. To me, this is explained sufficiently in the book. But this book is meant to be taken allegorically, not literally. If you can read it in that spirit, I think you'll find a few life-changing lessons in The Shack.


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Even though Steve Clevenger (Mount St. Joseph) and Johnny Monell have experience playing elsewhere, don't expect to see either anywhere but behind the plate this spring as they compete for the backup catching job.
Bench coach John Russell, a former big league catcher, "gave them a really stern reminder about how this thing is going to go," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "What you hit is nice, but we don't want to lose anything defensively. Both of these guys, you've got to watch them. They might take a glove and get out in the infield or whatever, but John's told them: 'I don't want you hanging out at first base, second base, shortstop. You're a catcher.' "
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Outfielder Henry Urrutia will be shut down for the next two days because of a sore throwing shoulder. The club hopes the time off and anti-inflammatory medication will relieve the problem. … Left-hander Brian Matusz will start today's game against the Boston Red Sox in Fort Myers, Fla. … Right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez will make his spring debut Friday at home against the Philadelphia Phillies. … Showalter said he will bring minor leaguer outfielder Mike Yastrzemski to Sunday's road game against the Red Sox. He is the grandson of Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski. … Outfielder Quintin Berry, who had been recovering from back spasms, entered Saturday's game as a pinch runner and it expected to play today. … Right-hander Alfredo Aceves, who was away from the team for several days and returned Thursday, will make his spring debut Monday. … First baseman Chris Marrero tried throwing to test his oblique injury but still felt discomfort, and seems to be progressing slowly. Infielder Alexi Casilla (sore hamstring) is progressing, but still not close to returning.


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Post election analysis often reveals itself as partisan spin. However, a WSJ/NBC poll shows the shift in voting from 2008 to 2010 came from moderate Democrats and Independents...
From the WSJ Democrats Try to Crack Mystery of the Missing Voters
A popular theory of this year's midterm election holds that Democrats took a shellacking in part because big chunks of the party's core liberal base, discouraged at the path of the Obama administration, stayed home rather than show up to vote as they did in 2008.
It's an interesting narrative. It also doesn't appear to be entirely accurate.
While it's correct that some key parts of the Democratic coalition—young voters and African-Americans among them—didn't perform as they did in 2008, evidence emerging as the dust settles from this month's election suggests the bigger hole in the side of the Democratic ship came from moderates in the political center who didn't show up. (Those absences were in addition to the wave of independent swing voters also from the center who, exit polls showed, turned out but switched their votes to the Republicans.)
The case of the missing voters is important because how it is resolved will go a long way toward determining how Democrats respond to their midterm woes. If they conclude, as some argue, that the problem was an undermotivated liberal base, then the logical reaction would be a turn to the left and a staunch resistance to compromises with the Republicans who now control the House and hold expanded power in the Senate.
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Emergency Medicine is notable as much for its drama as for the pedestrian and mundane things that come through the door. Every time I meet someone new and tell them what I do for a living, I always get the "Is it as exciting as it is on TV?" question, or some variant.
Truth is, of course not. Headaches, abdominal pain, weak & dizzy, etc account for a substantial majority of our cases. In fact, the critical care stuff is generally less than 10% of what we do. Now sure, if I see 16 patients per shift, then yes, I do perform critical care daily. But it turns out that the simplest cases can be the most challenging.
You see, in residency, there's a lot of focus on critical care. I spent months working in the cardiac ICU, the medical ICU, the pediatric ICU, the surgical ICU, the burn ICU, the OR, anesthesia, and on the floors. I could line, intubate, and resuscitate in my sleep (and did, on a few notable occasions). I could recite the Killip classifications for MI and knew the DeBakey versus the Stanford classifications for aortic dissections. So I was well prepared and very comfortable with caring for severely ill and unstable patients, which is an important qualification for the job. Internal medicine also was highly emphasized: complex physiology, the key things not to miss in chest pain, electrolyte management, etc.
All this prepared me very poorly for some of the more mundane elements of my practice in "the real world." Stuff you might call "family medicine," though I don't know if that's the right phrase. For example, I remember the first time I saw a new mother bring in her week-old infant who was vomiting blood. Holy crap but I was scared. I knew all about GI bleeds -- in adults -- and vomiting blood was really bad. I didn't think kids even got GI bleeds. I was wracking my brain over it, wondering if the baby had some sort of vascular malformation in the stomach, and the nurse just stared at me when I told her to put in an IV and draw blood. "Why would you want to do that?" she asked, "It's just maternal blood."
"Huh?" I stammered, "How do you know that?"
"The mom is breastfeeding. Her nipples are cracked and they bleed when the baby feeds. Happens all the time."
"Oh." I went and examined the mom, and found that the nurse was right.
Or caring for the umbilical stumps of a newborn. (You'd be surprised how often new parents freak out and come in for this concern, that the stump is "infected" or bleeding.) Or the first time I saw scarlet fever. Elevating an ingrown toenail. Hand eczema. These and a thousand other quotidian maladies are the things that the textbooks cover briefly if at all, and that you will probably not see in residency at the high-powered trauma center. So you feel profoundly stupid when you go out to the community as the cocksure new guy from The Big Hospital and are stopped dead in your tracks by the simplest little thing.
If you're lucky, you may have a partner or an experienced nurse to point you in the right direction. Otherwise, you're left to figure it out on your own. The good thing is that knowledge learned that way is precious and you tend to retain it well. I've been doing this for a decade or so now, and I finally have enough experience under my belt that I now very rarely get that feeling of "Oh shit," when I see some minor but completely unfamiliar process. I won't say I've seen it all, because I have not, but I've seen the commoner stuff enough to be familiar with it. And now I get to be a resource for our new partners going through that same learning curve.
I love the variety and challenges this job presents. Still hasn't gotten old.
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The things you don't learn in school
Emergency Medicine is notable as much for its drama as for the pedestrian and mundane things that come through the door. Every time I meet someone new and tell them what I do for a living, I always get the "Is it as exciting as it is on TV?" question, or some variant.
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I'm a Family Medicine Resident and I had no idea about the vomiting blood in newborns. Ironically, I read your post while breastfeeding. You learn somethingnew everyday! PS I'm a big fan - you make 3 am feedings easier!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10/10/2008 6:52 PM
I also didn't know about the one about the blood from the vagina (maternal hormones)in newborns when I first started.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10/10/2008 8:47 PM
I think the hardest thing for me - a non-medical person sort of "thrust" into a quasi-medical position - was learning how to figure out who is really sick. Thank god, I seem to have a knack for it. A sixth sense. (Wish I could mention it on my nursing school application.) Working totally front-end, I was the first person that they saw. Literally. Or second if you ignore security.ReplyDelete
I think the worst of it for me was not speaking Spanish. One night, we had a guy come in. He was limping but there wasn't a lot of blood beyond the little bit that had stained his jeans. It was balls to the walls that night, so I sat him down. Guy started chatting with another Hispanic family next to him. I kept an eye on both and, about ten minutes into it, I realized that the guy had been shot.
Of course, there's no ER-esque scene where the patient is rushed in. He didn't appear to be in a lot of pain. He wasn't bleeding profusely. Hell - I LOOKED at his (clothed) leg and couldn't see any sort of tears or rips to his jeans.
Gunshot = obvious? not so much!
- Anonymous10/10/2008 8:57 PM
Second thing was the fucking dead baby. Mom rushes in with an obvious dead baby in her arms. He's blue/purple and mottled. But you still take him in your arms and rush him to the back and they still code him for a good thirty minutes. Most likely a SIDS death (I had a baby brother who died of SIDS when I was four.) But how do you deal with that? Mom wanted to go back, be with baby as they coded him, but she wasn't allowed. NOBODY comes out for a good 45 minutes, leaving me with this lady who barely speaks English. The early-morning birds are starting to flock in, keeping me tied up.ReplyDelete
Everything just sucks. :/
All those "non-emergency" cases -- the rashes and toenails and umbilical stumps -- are the ones that in an ideal system (ie, one where folks like me make enough money to stay in practice) ought to be booted out without being seen. EMTALA violation? Nope; I've read the legislation and the regs. All you have to do is ascertain that no emergency exists and you are free to tell them to hit the streets. You guys do an awful lot of whining about stuff you don't really have to do.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10/12/2008 12:37 AM
Hey Dinosour,ReplyDelete
I don't really see SF shining in the post at all. Quite the opposite. The patient likely doesn't have insurance anyway so you wouldn't see them in your clinic anyway. Plus, it was probably 2 am, again, not going to be seen in your office.
Yes, if no EMC exists then you could be an ass and stop the encounter right there, but you already had to see them so it only takes a few more seconds to print out some discharge instructions and send a bill that won't be paid. Administration doesn't want complaint letters, doesn't want CMS, JCAHO sniffing around, doesn't want bad press
- Anonymous10/12/2008 6:33 AM
Ok, then.ReplyDelete
If a trained medical professional can mistake a begnin ailment for a major illness, how are WE, the polulace, supposed to know when it is OK to go to the Er or not? We see blood, we rush. I know it's basic, but that's all we know, so don't hold it against us when we show up for no apparent valid reason. ;-)
ad I put my name on the post above and it did not show... Sorry!ReplyDelete
Anonymous 12:37 AM,ReplyDelete
In compliance with EMTALA, you screen the patient for an emergency condition, find no emergency condition, and explain to the patient that they need to get that taken care of in the proper place, you are a jerk?
If you screen for an emergency condition, find no emergency condition, but decide to treat them there, delaying treatment of appropriate emergencies, you are a mensch? This is encouraging abuse of the system.
If people learn that their non-emergencies will not be treated emergently in the ED, maybe they will not feel it is worthwhile to sit in the waiting room to be seen. Maybe emergency physicians will be better able to focus on the truly sick. Maybe nurses will be better able to address the care of those who need emergency care, rather than diversifying into social services duties.
We certainly need a better educated public, when it comes to decisions about appropriate ED use. Avoiding education, in order to empower the abusers, is the problem.
When my wife had our son, we had a 1 hour class (provided by hospital) after the birth on how to feed him, change the diaper, swaddle him, how to ID jaundice, etc. I don't remember them mentioning anything about maternal blood. This should be added to the post-birth class.ReplyDelete
And every new parent (especially for their first child) should have a post-birth class. It's only 1 hour.
- Anonymous10/16/2008 6:01 AM
ROGUE MEDIC,ReplyDelete
Yough talk, but obviously you have no clue to EM practice. What you say could be true and could be done but you would lose your job within a week
Are you claiming that where you are, the administrators would never allow this?
Or are you claiming that nobody anywhere would allow this?
I am stating that this is how it should be done. Pandering to the most whiny is wrong.
- Anonymous10/16/2008 6:36 PM
Adminstrators everywhere don't want complaints. Don't want hassles. Don't want CMS, JCAHO, plaintiff attorneys, the press sniffing around.
It's not right, just the what it has evolved to
- Anonymous10/16/2008 7:21 PM
Rogue Medic is just that A MEDIC. Nothing wrong with that, but the fact is the buck (and complaints) don't stop with him.
I don't really know if this is just one anonymous post, but I'll combine my answers.
It is true that I am not a doctor. I did not mean to suggest to anyone that I am.
"It's not right, just what it has evolved to"
It seems that you are not so much claiming that it is bad medicine, just impractical with the way administrators handle things.
I hope that you are wrong or that things change. This seems to me, just a medic, to be less the practice of medicine, than the practice of politics.
The rogue part of my name should suggest that I am not good with things that are done purely for political reasons. :-)
- Anonymous10/16/2008 8:54 PM
I am the anon you called a jerk and mensch. I am neither, nor am I wrong. You could go to medical school, residency and become an ER doc. You could land a nice job and plant yourself at triage and tell half the patients at a glance to get the f*** out and chart "MSE completed". It would be a curious experiment to see whether you got fired first or killed someone first. So go for it if you want.
And it is not necessarily bad medicine. I had to see them. Often I am the only one who would see them, so then I treat them the best I can under the circumstances knowing that they probably didn't need to see me. However I would rather be more sensitive (recognizing the potential for disease) than trying to be so specific (intense focus on ruling out and dismissing an important disease process and risk committing the error of missing it). The buck stops with me. I don't need to fill my time with more depositions and complaint letters than I have to.
I never suggested that you not examine the patient, but just glance at them, so why do you suggest that I did?
Or should I read this differently? "You could land a nice job and plant yourself at triage and tell half the patients at a glance to get the f*** out and chart 'MSE completed'."
I am not suggesting that you should not examine patients. That would be irresponsible and stupid.
I was not calling you either a mensch or a jerk. I was using two examples of patient care, with a question mark after them to show that I was asking a question each time.
I do not believe that the physician, who screens the patient, finds nothing, and educates the patient about the use of the ED is a jerk. Contrariwise, I do not think that turning the ED into the local clinic is what makes someone a mensch.
If you cannot recognize who is safe to be discharged, you will have to admit everyone and have someone else accept responsibility for discharging your patients.
The difficult decisions are the borderline patients. Still, at some point, you make the decision that this patient does not need emergency treatment and you discharge them or you admit them.
If you have enough information to make this decision (that the patient does not need emergency treatment) at the initial screening, is it wrong to do that? You certainly do make the decision at the initial screening that you will be admitting some patients.
I am not referring to the questionable patients. That would be an entirely different topic (one I did not bring up).
I have no desire to be a doctor.
- Anonymous10/17/2008 7:44 AM
We are very close on a theoretical level. Apparently, you can't grasp the reality so we are done here.


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Majolica Majorca's lastest collection is called Sugary Trap; it's all about the sugary cookie look!
I haven't bought MJ in ages -unlike most people I can't stand their mascara and I find the eyeshadows dull although visually the range is beautiful as is their website:
Sugary Trap totally captured my heart this time though! Maybe it's something about the colours all look delicious (I purchased 4 items in the end – I'm a bit bitter about the pencil and powder I bought because they ended up costing me a fortune).
There are two new Jeweling Eyes compacts, in Caramelisee (golden sugary browns) and Sugar Cookie (sweet sparkly pinks):
Majolica Majorca cases are so plastic-y and yet they get away with it! It still looks beautiful.
Caramelisee BR631 is quite an unusual palette – everything is brown toned but kind of teddy bear brown; a golden brown, suede brown, copper brown, chocolate brown. The palette is very warm toned:
Pigmentation is ok. All the Majolica Majorca shadows I find have decent pigmentation – I'm not whooping with joy but I can live with it:
Sugar Cookie PK330 is the one I really wanted as I am mad for pink on the eyes ever since I got my hands on the YSL Bohemian Chic palette.
This palette has a sparkly white pink, a light pink, a medium candy pink and a darker rich pink with silver sparkles:
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I use a DLink wireless switch/router with a built in hardware firewall. I'm running WinXP Pro with IIS installed, and I was running a mail server called "The Email Sever". All of this was running on a DSL connection and I set up my DDNS dealy with dyndns.org. I'm using AVG's AV, and Zone Alarm for my software FW on the tower.


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Highlights from the BizNGO-Chemical Footprint Conference 2015
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We celebrated BizNGO's 10th anniversary in typical collaborative spirit by co-organizing our annual conference with the Chemical Footprint Project. Combining the best features of the two initiatives, the conference featured in-depth, high quality presentations that openly addressed the challenges of and opportunities for transitioning from chemicals of high concern to safer alternatives. Presenters and participants included a diverse range of business and environmental leaders. As one business leader reflected, "It would take me years to achieve the level of networking and engagement with NGOs and businesses that I achieve in two days at BizNGO."
Conference highlights include:
- Bradley Colton of Marriott International, Kevin Lewis of Premier, Inc., and JoAnna Abrams of MindClick delved into the Chemical Footprint Project and the opportunities it holds for shedding light on how suppliers manage chemicals in products and supply chains.
- GOJO Industries announced that it will be the first company to commit to reducing its chemical footprint. Nicole Koharik provided lessons learned on GOJO's experience with the Chemical Footprint Project and announced the company's goal of reducing its chemical footprint by 50 percent by 2020.
- Levi Strauss & Company is the first apparel company (we are aware of) to use a hazard-screening approach to assessing textile-finishing chemicals. Bart Sights, the company's Senior Director of Innovation, announced in his keynote that LS&Co. now screens textile finishing chemicals prior to use based on their inherent hazards.
- Socially responsible investors—Larisa Ruoff (The Sustainability Group of Loring, Wolcott and Coolidge) and Susan Baker (Trillium Asset Management)— emphasized (respectively) the value proposition of chemical footprinting for investors and why proactive engagement of companies in policies to protect human health and the environment matters.
- Clinton Boyd of Steelcase explained how easy it is (just kidding!) to extract chemical ingredient information from suppliers. For Steelcase, knowing chemicals in products down to 100 parts per million requires engagement across the organization, including engineering, innovation, and sustainability.
- Tools for evaluating chemicals and identifying safer alternatives were the focus of our panel featuring ChemSec, Healthy Building Network, Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute, Pure Strategies, and ToxServices.
- Bill Walsh of the Healthy Building Network led an engaging panel with representatives from Assa Abloy, Health Product Declaration Collaborative, Perkins+Will, and The Durst Organization on how chemical ingredient transparency is driving innovation in building products. The panelists detailed how information on and communication of chemical ingredient information across the value chain is a critical starting point for material transformation in the building sector.
In the words of the participants:
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Dell Services Focusing on Simple, Effective, Best-Value IT Solutions for Customers
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Dell leaders today will tell investors and others that the company's integration of Perot Systems into a broader Dell Services organization is progressing well, and will benefit customers by making information-technology solutions easier to access and simpler to manage.
"Dell now has a comprehensive and growing set of leading solutions that meet customer needs, so they can manage their IT most efficiently," said Peter Altabef, president of Dell Services. "The Dell Services and Perot heritage of strong customer focus positions us extremely well to help customers of all types and sizes use IT to solve problems and derive the best value for their technology investments."
According to Mr. Altabef, Dell Services is focused on combining its knowledge of different industries and requirements, together with Dell's technology-platform expertise, to help customers succeed in:
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Dell acquired Perot Systems on Nov. 3, in the process extending the reach of Dell Services into consulting, applications, business-process outsourcing and hosting. The combination immediately expanded Dell's already significant range of managed and modular services, and makes all existing and future capabilities available to Dell's large global customer base.
Mr. Altabef; Brian Gladden, Dell's chief financial officer; Steve Schuckenbrock, president, Large Enterprises; and Paul Bell, president, Public, are to update investors and equity analysts on the progress of the integration in an 8 a.m. EST conference call today.
Dell will consolidate financial results from Perot Systems beginning with Dell's fiscal fourth quarter, which ends Jan. 29. The company expects Q4 revenue from the former Perot Systems business to be similar to what Perot reported in its third quarter, though there is typically some seasonal softness in the fourth quarter.
Dell expects to recognize an estimated pretax expense of $120-130 million in the fourth quarter, and about $20-25 million per quarter throughout fiscal year 2011, for costs related to the Perot Systems acquisition. Dell anticipates amortization of intangibles related to the acquisition will be about $40-50 million in the fourth quarter as well as in each quarter of fiscal year 2011, in addition to the $40 million in amortization Dell typically reports in a quarter.
Separately, Dell said it will incur combined, pretax organizational-effectiveness expenses of $80-120 million in the fourth quarter resulting from the transfer of its Poland manufacturing facility, together with additional optimization of facilities, products and processes.
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Topic: My Indy Collection
Behold! My Indy collection (or some of it atleast):
Heres the left side of the Indy shelf
and the right...
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Close up on the Ark cause its just so cool
My prize....the exact model of shoulder gas mask bag that Indy uses. Go to Indygear.com for reference, theres no denying it. It was made in 1942 and everything. The guy who sold it to me put the leather strap on it and also kept the web strap just for the hell of it.
More to come guys. If you have cool Indy stuff go ahead and post it and if you want any close ups let me know.
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Scavenger hunts help people get to know a city intimately, which may prove valuable when put in charge of hiding celebrity wax figures for the citywide celebrity-wax-figure hunt that takes place each Easter. Prepare for this venerable American tradition with today's Groupon: for $20, you get an entry to Orlando Challenge: The Ultimate Urban Scavenger Race (a $50 value). This one-day competition takes place on Sunday, November 20, starting and finishing at Legends Sports Bar & Grill. Adults of every age, ability, and medieval guild are encouraged to participate. The race starts at 2 p.m., but participants can show up from 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. to pick up prerace packets. Although today's Groupon covers entry for one participant, customers can buy up to 10 Groupons as gifts for teammates.
During the challenge, teams of two or more individuals will run helter-skelter around the city in a frantic race for cash prizes and personal pride, with a first-place award of $300. Not only will participants have to solve strands of interconnected clues that would test the deductive powers of even the most seasoned children's book detective, they'll need to plot spatiotemporal stratagems while exploring undiscovered corners of the city. Although being physically fit is a plus, quick wits and wise planning will ultimately determine the winners. Participation in the challenge gets contestants a clue packet, race-number bib, and T-shirt, and fees go toward the prize pool. The website offers a regular FAQ, as well as a Groupon FAQ detailing the intricacies of the race, what to wear the day of, why it's not okay to bring a boa constrictor, and more.
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In the fast and furious movement of news around the blogosphere, fact-checking and context sometimes get shortchanged. The telecom cable outages affecting the Middle East provide an example of this phenomena, as a legitimate infrastructure problem has been amplified and overlaid with conspiracy theories and geopolitical punditry. Ryan Singel at Wired's Threat Level blog seeks to sort out the latest headlines and bring some clarity and context to the story.
Ryan notes that the much-publicized fifth cable cut "turns out to be an unexceptional cable failure from weeks ago." Singel touches base with industry sources including TeleGeography's Stefan Beckert. An excerpt:
Only the first two cuts had any serious impact on the internet, says Beckert. Once those failures sensitized a conspiracy-happy net, it was natural that other cable failures would be found to feed the frenzy, because they occur all the time. "Cable cuts happen on average once every three days," Beckert said. There are 25 large ships that do nothing but fix cable cuts and bends, Beckert adds.
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Here's your chance to buy the "Rolls Royce of Rolls Royces," a pristine 1954 Phantom IV H.J. Mulliner Limousine, and one of only 18 built. This particular example belonged to Princess Margaret, the only member of the British royal family known to have engaged in a life-or-death struggle with her breakfast. Phantom IVs were only available for purchase to royalty or heads of state, and came equipped with a 5.7-liter side-valve straight-eight and the all-important four-bottle "drinks cabinet."
Princess Margaret's Phantom IV was a gift from Queen Elizabeth II, who had just purchased herself a Rolls Royce Phantom IV Hooper landaulette; she wanted Margaret to have a Phantom IV H.J. Mulliner limousine, just like her first one. How sweet. No word on what kind of mileage the big Rolls limo gets, but with that back seat it sure would make a sweet summer road trip ride.


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LAS VEGAS — Years of talk about building a Las Vegas Strip arena capable of hosting professional sports yielded an announcement Tuesday that casino giant MGM Resorts International and entertainment company AEG will build a privately financed 20,000-seat indoor venue on the Las Vegas Strip.
Las Vegas-based MGM Resorts and Los Angeles-based AEG said in a joint announcement that construction should start next summer on the $350 million arena on land the casino company owns between the New York-New York and Monte Carlo resorts, close to Interstate 15. Completion is expected by spring 2016.
The companies said the international design firm Populous will draw up plans for premium seating and hospitality areas for entertainment and sports events. Populous designed London's O2 arena, Berlin's O2 World arena and Kansas City's Sprint Center, among other projects.
"Finalizing our agreement with AEG and selecting Populous … are both important milestones in this process," said Jim Murren, MGM Resorts International chairman and chief financial officer.
MGM Resorts and AEG expect their equity contributions will be augmented by private third-party financing from as-yet unnamed sources. Naming rights are on the table. No professional sports teams have committed to the deal.
The arena is expected to be a centerpiece of an outdoor pedestrian mall featuring restaurants and retail shops stretching from Las Vegas Boulevard to Frank Sinatra Drive.
Dan Beckerman, AEG president and chief executive, noted that his company spent years talking with potential arena developers in Las Vegas before signing with MGM Resorts.
"Bringing together the knowledge, experience and assets of our respective organizations, we will create an arena that offers fans the best live entertainment experience," he said.
Tuesday's announcement signaled an end to an arena proposal by casino company Caesars Entertainment Corp. for a similarly-sized arena on land it owns on the other side of Las Vegas Boulevard.
"Once you've got spectators going through the turnstiles the race will be over," said David Schwartz, director of the Center for Gaming Research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. "But this definitely looks promising. Not only is MGM buying into it, but an outside company that knows arena management."
AEG had been in talks with Caesars about building a $500 million arena funded by a 1 percent sales tax on purchases within a 3-mile radius. A ballot measure failed to make it to a statewide vote last November.
AEG also produces shows at the 4,300-seat Colosseum at Caesars Palace, home venue for singer Celine Dion.
Ted Fikre, AEG vice chairman, said Tuesday that the arena on MGM Resorts property proved the most attractive of several his company explored over the years in Las Vegas — without the "risks and challenges that have doomed prior projects relying on public funding."
Former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman tried for years to entice a developer to build an arena downtown that would be newer and larger than the Thomas & Mack center at UNLV. Goodman often said he wanted to attract a pro hockey or basketball franchise.
The Thomas & Mack opened in 1983 and hosts events such as the NCAA Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament and National Finals Rodeo. It has a capacity of about 19,500 spectators for boxing events, and under 19,000 for basketball.
Three casino companies have other large arenas around town, including the Mandalay Bay Events Center that can seat 12,000.
The MGM Grand Garden Arena opened in 1993 with a capacity of just under 17,000 spectators. It hosted the Pac 12 men's basketball tournament last March.
The Orleans Arena opened in 2003 adjacent to the Orleans casino-hotel. It can seat about 9,500 for boxing, and just under 8,000 for hockey and basketball. It plays home to the professional minor-league Las Vegas Wranglers hockey team, and hosted Western Athletic Conference and West Coast Conference basketball tournaments.
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Friday, June 5, 2009
Mini Vanilla and Chocolate Chip Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache
Cupcakes are one of those great treats that transcend generational barriers - children love them, adults secretly (or not so secretly) do too and they're becoming more and more popular as a replacement to ornate 3 tiered wedding cakes or as the finger food of choice for baby showers or birthdays. As I've mentioned before, living in New York pushed me over the edge. I was already cupcake-obsessed, but New York opened a new world I never knew existed. I had never tasted so many different types of cupcakes and I loved every minute of it. Montreal is not really a cupcake town which has encouraged me to make more of them at home.
These cupcakes are an easy classic. The batter is slightly different to your regular cupcake batter (there are no yolks, but airy egg whites instead which give the cupcakes a wonderfully moist texture)and they are topped with a 3 minute chocolate ganache. I've also taken a liking to using silicone cupcake wrappers instead of the paper ones. Not only are they more environmentally friendly for all of us cupcake lovers who go through many, many cupcake wrappers in the year, but they are also easy to clean, don't stick and come in plenty of different colors. Another thing: mini cupcakes are the way to go! If you're planning on trying a lot of different cupcakes for the summer, making them smaller might just let you try that many more!
Mini Vanilla and Chocolate Chip Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache
Recipe (for about 60 mini cupcakes), adapted from Martha Stewart
3 1/4 cups + 1 tablespoon of cake flour (not self-rising)
4 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1 tablespoon of pure vanilla extract
1 cup + 2 tablespoons of milk
1/2 cup + 6 tablespoons ( 1 3/4 sticks) of unsalted butter at room temperature
1 3/4 cups of sugar
5 large egg whites at room temperature
2 cups of semisweet chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350F. In a bowl, whisk together the cake flour, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, mix the vanilla extract and milk.
With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream the butter until smooth. Add the sugar in a steady stream and beat until pale and fluffy (about 2 minutes). Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture in 3 batches alternating with 2 additions of the milk mixture. Beat until just combined.
In another bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks (do not overmix). Fold 1/3 of the egg whites into the butter batter to loosen it. Add the rest of the egg whites in 2 batches, gently folding them in. Fold in the chocolate chips.
Place your cupcakes wrappers in the muffin pan. Fill each cup 3/4 of the way up. Bake for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cupcake come out just clean (bake 22 minutes for normal-sized cupcakes). Leave to cool on a cooling rack before icing.
Chocolate Ganache
6 ounces of semi sweet chocolate
2/3 cup of heavy cream
Finely chop the chocolate and place it in heat proof bowl. Bring the heavy cream to a boil. As soon as the cream starts to boil, remove from the heat and pour over the chocolate. Whisk until the chocolate mixture is homogeneous. Dip each cupcake into the chocolate mixture. Enjoy!
23 comments:
- Coco Bean said...
I know, I haven't come across any great cupcake shops here, but I did hear that a new one went in near the Atwater Market and am hoping to check it out tomorrow.
Those cupcakes look amazing, I love when they are made with egg whites! Are they from the new cupcake book?
- June 5, 2009 at 5:15 PM
- nicole said...
Oh how cute! I love anything mini... or anything with ganache :)
- June 5, 2009 at 5:39 PM
- Chocolate Shavings said...
I've been to the one near Atwater - it's pretty good, but not the kind of place I can afford to go all the time!
- June 5, 2009 at 7:06 PM
- Carolyn Jung said...
That's a great eco idea to use the silicone cupcake holders like that. Plus, they're so pretty and colorful, too.
- June 5, 2009 at 8:37 PM
- Jackie @PhamFatale.com said...
I love how shiny and smooth your chocolate ganache looks. It looks perfect
- June 6, 2009 at 12:52 AM
- My Carolina Kitchen said...
Very classy cupcakes. I love the ganache.
Thanks for stopping by my kitchen. It gave me a chance to discover your beautiful blog.
Cheers, Sam
- June 6, 2009 at 11:42 AM
- Mary said...
these cupcakes are so inviting!
- June 7, 2009 at 9:54 AM
- creampuff said...
Grat minds ... Jen ... I just made vanilla cupcakes too! These are just adorable and I agree, the appeal of a cupcake is universal. Toronto, while it does have a few cupcake shops, is sadly lacking. Furthermore, said cupcake shops pale in comparison to the ones in NYC in my opinion.
- June 7, 2009 at 11:55 AM
- Coco Bean said...
So I went to the cupcake shop yesterday and we weren't that impressed. Sigh, I guess I will have to keep making them.
- June 7, 2009 at 12:24 PM
- Elissa said...
Goodness those cupcakes are just adorable! I'd love to get my hands on those cute silicone cupcake liners...
- June 7, 2009 at 3:50 PM
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I love the batter and the way no egg yolks are used. Egg whites do give the cupcake a moist texture. Thank you for your post!
- June 7, 2009 at 4:25 PM
- MaryBeth said...
YUM-O, these are so tantalizing....
- June 7, 2009 at 8:32 PM
- CookiePie said...
Soooo adorable, and they sound delicious!
- June 7, 2009 at 10:27 PM
- Junglefrog said...
I love cupcakes! They somehow make me feel better then when eating a bigger sized cake..:) This is a very great looking combination!
- June 8, 2009 at 2:36 AM
- Chocolate Shavings said...
Coco Bean: I like their chocolate cupcakes with caramel filling, but I'm still looking for the perfect cupcake store in the city.
creampuff: would you recommend any place in toronto? Your cupcakes look gorgeous!
Elissa: I've seen the liners at many different kitchen store here in Montreal. I hope you find some!
- June 8, 2009 at 9:31 AM
- stephchows said...
Hmmm I really like that these use just egg whites and not the yolks. OK it's bookmarked for later use :D
- June 8, 2009 at 3:17 PM
- Deborah said...
I like that - I can make more cupcakes if I make them mini! These look fabulous!
- June 8, 2009 at 11:27 PM
- Jamie said...
Perfect! I was just wondering what to do with those egg whites in my fridge and this is it! Really great little cupcakes. My persnickety son will even love these.
I love those little cupcake cups.
- June 16, 2009 at 1:10 AM
- Stacy said...
Thanks for this wonderful recipe! They look delicious and the perfect size for the kids!
PS.) Are those silicone mini liners? I wonder where one would get them in S. California? I also have to ask, I have heard some negativity about silicone bake ware (which sadly has prevented me from giving them a try), how are the cupcake liners to work with?
- June 23, 2009 at 1:35 PM
- Chocolate Shavings said...
Stacy: I don't like using silicone loaf pans (once you put the batter inside, the mold looses its shape because the silicone is so flexible). For cupcakes liners however, I think they workd really nicely. You pop the liners directly in your cupcake molds, scoop in the batter - and it does the trick! Easy cleanup, they are re-usable and add a nice dash of color.
I found them in a cooking store in Montreal, and I've seen them at various places since. I can't imagine they would be too hard to find, cupcakes are as trendy as can be these days!
- June 24, 2009 at 7:58 AM
- Stacy said...
Thank you for your response. I will be putting those on my list of things to purchase this weekend!!
- June 24, 2009 at 2:37 PM
- dessert girl said...
I love the mini cupcake! It's the perfect size!
- June 27, 2009 at 6:34 PM
- faraway said...
my goodness do these cupcakes ever look good! I'm a baker myself and have never had my little treats have such an appealing appearance! Keep up the amazing recipes :)
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Avanti Pizza in Albion, New York, is the newest location in the Avanti franchise. Located on Route 31, Avanti Pizza of Albion offers a friendly, family atmosphere. We offer something very unique.. We are not your average pizzeria. This location offers dine-in and carry out. We are open 7 days a week, Monday – Saturday 11am – 10pm and Sundays 11am – 9pm.


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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Update to Hall of Fame Roll Call
We've updated the Hall of Fame Roll Call to include confirmed new votes for Bagwell from last year. So far, so good, as he has already picked up two yes votes out the 11 we have uncovered. Keep checking as we scour the internet for votes.
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Add Jeff Jacobs to the YES on Biggio list: http://www.courant.com/sports/hc-jacobs-col-1215-20121214,0,3225951.column
- December 18, 2012 at 12:44 PM
- (Not Hank) Aaron said...
Updated. Thanks.
- December 18, 2012 at 1:17 PM
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