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Please check and evaluate this essay. Thank you in advance for any help.
You see this competition in an English language magazine:
If you really want to learn English you should get a job in an English-speaking country, speak to the people and travel around.
Do you agree with this opinion? Give us your reasons why or why not. The best answer will win a ticket to London.
Write your competition entry in220-260 words, giving your views.
Everyone learns English these days. It has become an international language widely recognized in such fields as business, politics and science. It seems to be impossible to pursue a professional career without having a good grasp of English. But do you really have to go abroad to study or work and travel around to get to know it well? I believe it is not necessary and this conviction is based on my personal experience.
I started learning English when I was about ten years old. I was lucky enough to have wise parents who realized the importance of having the ability to communicate in English and gladly paid for my private lessons. What additionally worked in my favor was that I was taught by an outstandingly good teacher, whose methods were very effective. That gave me a great motivation to learn. I would not go that far as to say I had a passion for English, however, I indeed developed a keen interest in it. So for me it was not just a matter of reluctantly doing a homework ordered by teacher at school, I found reading and writing essays to be an enjoyable activity. Then when I finished high school I had the chance to travel to USA for work. To my surprise, I didn't have any difficulty in communicating with Americans at all. What is more, I often heard praising remarks about my command of English. It seemed that I thrived on what I had learned back in my country.
To conclude, I am sure one do not need to go to English-speaking countries in order to achieve a proper command of English. What matters more is self-motivation, a flair for learning languages and simply time spent at the desk at home learning. Going abroad will certainly help improve the language skills but that wouldn't be possible without studying it previously.
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Bands to take the stage in Stamford to support Newtown recovery
A group of local musicians knows that no amount of music or money will help to ease the sorrow that followed the deadly shootings in Newtown.
But, it is their hope that an upcoming concert, and the proceeds it will raise, will help to support those who have been affected.
"We are hoping for a huge crowd," said Bob Azud of the benefit concert set for Saturday, Feb. 23, at Rack `n' Roll in Stamford. "We hope to sell it out."
Azud is the drummer for the Fairfield County-based band Skies for Miles, one of three bands that will perform that evening.
Azud, who is a Danbury resident, said the group felt a similar need to contribute their time and talent more than 10 years ago following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. At the time, they played several shows in the area to raise funds for the American Red Cross.
This time around, 100 percent of the proceeds will benefit the Sandy Hook School Support Fund, which was created by the United Way of Western Connecticut, along with Newtown Savings Bank to provide support services to the community.
"I think we all had the feeling that we had to do something," said Azud of that time in the past and of the present tragedy.
Skies for Miles' vocalist/guitarist Matt Migliardi agreed, saying that most everyone was connected to the tragedy in one way or another, some more directly than others.
"Like many in the area, (it) left us all wishing there was something we could do to help," he noted in recent news release.
Azud and Migliardi, who lives in Greenwich, will be joined by their bandmates, bassist Andrew MacDonald and lead guitarist and vocalist John Louis Lebreton.
The four all grew up in Greenwich, where they first formed the alternative rock band in 1996. At that time, they were known as Trace Element, which is the name one sees on two full-length, self-produced albums -- their 2000 self-titled debut and 2002's "Insomnilepsy."
Early on, the band performed for a number of such national and regional acts as the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Run-DMC, Shades Apart, Planeside and Dispatch.
After a hiatus for most of the early aughts, the members reconnected in 2011 with a new name and a renewed energy that resulted in three new songs.
Indie rockers Matt & Dave, who will take the stage for the Sandy Hook benefit, also are enjoying a reunion of sorts. Dave Swift and Matt Cristantiello, who make up the duo, recently got back to playing after a bit of a break.
"I think because it was so close to home, everyone felt so connected," said Swift, who is also based in Greenwich.
Rounding out the bill will be Local Talent, another Greenwich-based group.
The organizers said they hope to see lots of faces in the crowd come Saturday. Everything from the cover to a raffle program will raise money for the fund.
"So far, we've gotten a good response," Swift said. "We really hope to pack `em in there that night."
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Rack `n' Roll cafe, 286 Atlantic St., Stamford. Saturday, Feb. 23, 9 p.m. $10. 203-327-9911, ttp://www.facebook.com/SkiesForMiles


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I was delighted to hear that my memoir The Reading List has won the Canada Council for the Arts Canada-Japan Literary Prize! The news release and jury's comments can be read here. As a fourth-generation Japanese-Canadian (Yonsei), this award means a lot to me because it recognizes the hybrid nature of my cultural experience, growing up Canadian, but with Japan always present as that body of ancestral stories, collective memories and fantasies ... my imaginary homeland.
To celebrate, we have made my memoir available as an e-book. For the kindle version, click here, and for the kobo version, click here.


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William (Bill) Warren Willis Jr. passed away January 10, 2013, at Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford, Ore.
Bill was born February 18, 1929, in Williams, Ariz. He had a passion for bull riding and traveled the country competing in rodeos. Bill came to the Ashland area in 1950 to ride in a small rodeo at the old fairgrounds near Valley View Road. During his visit to Ashland he met his wife Millie. Bill joined the military in 1950, and soon after boot camp the two were married January 22, 1951 in San Diego, Calif. Bill was in the Navy from 1950-1954 where he served two tours during the Korean War.
Upon his discharge from the military, Bill attended OIT in Klamath Falls, Ore. where he studied appliance repair. Bill worked for Don's TV and Appliance in Ashland, Ore. for 18 years before opening the doors of his own business, Courtesy Appliance with his son, Warren Willis.
Bill was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. Those who had the privilege to know him were touched by his honest, caring, and gentle character. He was dearly loved by his family and will be greatly missed by all.
Bill is survived by his wife, Millie Willis; two sons, Warren Willis (Nellie), of Ashland, Ore. and Doug Willis (Sherry), of Portland, Ore.; daughter, Sue Nikodym (Jerry), of Medford, Ore.; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Bill will be laid to rest at the Eagle Point National Cemetery.


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MK16 needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 60 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
Custom Eco Friendly Bags a leader in the Green Movement.
We are the source for custom promotional green bags.
We offer a wide variety of eco friendly bags that we can imprint with your artwork or company logo.
We are targeting corporations that will be interested in placing orders with our company for custom imprinted eco friendly bags
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The Plesk Control Panel has the ability to create multiple MySQL and PostgreSQL databases as well as multiple users within each database. Also, directly accessible via Plesk, are the links to phpMyAdmin and PhpPGAdmin, the PHP interface applications that abstract mysql or postgresql into a web-based administration tool, allowing you to sort, edit, and create tables within a given database.
Before creating your databases within the Plesk Control Panel, please ensure that you have already added a hosted domain name to your dedicated server.
Here is how you can create MySQL (or PostgreSQL) databases using Plesk:
- Login to your Plesk Control Panel. Use the login details sent to you in the "Welcome" email when the server was initially setup.
- Click on Domains from the navigation bar on the left.
- Select the domain name that you'd like to associate your database with.
- Click the Databases icon.
- Click the Add New Database icon.
- Enter a name in the Database name field.
- Select the Database Type using the respective drop-down menu.
- Select the Database Server using the respective drop-down menu.
- Click OK.
- Click the Add New Database User icon in order to setup database administrator's credentials.
- Enter a username and a password which will be used for accessing the contents of the database.
- Click OK.
- Now, you can use the DBWebAdmin tool to access the phpMyAdmin tool where you can create, edit and sort tables within your database.
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Residential Architect
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- 16 May 2014
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- 13 Jun 2014
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- Sector
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Position - Residential Architect
Location - Berkshire
Salary - £30,000 - 40,000
An internationally successful company is looking for a suitably qualified architect with proven experience in the UK residential sector. This is an exciting job opportunity to join a successful, stimulating and creative team.
The ideal candidate will have:
*A passion for residential architectural design and a strong design flair
*A proven understanding of urban design principals
*Proven residential experience and the ability to produce initial appraisal schemes, concept layouts through to high quality final planning layouts
*Ability to work efficiently within tight deadlines
*Proficiency in Autocad, Creative Suite and Sketch Up
*Good freehand drawing skills
*Good communication skills and report writing ability with experience to undertake a client facing role
*Good organisation skills and a pro-active manner
*A creative and innovative approach
Proven experience in working within the housing design sector is essential and you must have permission to work in the UK. Please apply now, or call Morgan Garon for more information.
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Dol Amroth
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Dol Amroth was a princedom which formed part of the Kingdom of Gondor.
The first Lord of Dol Amroth was Galador, son of Imrazôr the Númenórean. Imrazôr was the son of Adrahil I, who was already known as the Prince, and lived in Belfalas. At some point Imrazôr moved to the area where once was the elven haven of Edhellond. According to tradition, there he married Mithrellas, a Silvan Elf of Lórien who had accompanied Nimrodel, the beloved of Lórien's king Amroth, on her journey towards Edhellond, but had become lost along with her mistress. Therefore Galador and his descendants had claim to Elven blood.
After Imrazôr's death (Mithrellas' fate is nowhere described, only that she eventually left Imrazôr and Galador), Galador went on to found the city and later the princedom of Dol Amroth. He is counted as its first Lord. The specific date of its foundation is nowhere recounted.
The city of Dol Amroth was built south of Edhellond at the inlet of Cobas Haven in the Bay of Belfalas. In the north of the city was built the Sea-ward Tower of Tirith Aear.
The lands of Dol Amroth were also known as Dor-en-Ernil, or "Lands of the Prince": initially this name was applied to the area of Belfalas where Adrahil I and Imrazôr lived, but after Galador it was also applied to the area of Dol Amroth itself.
Imrahil was one of the commanders of the army of Gondor during the War of the Ring, and for a while commanded the city of Minas Tirith. After the War he went back to Dol Amroth, remaining a councellor to King Elessar. He was succeeded by his son Elphir.
Imrahil's sister Finduilas married Denethor II, Steward of Gondor and was the mother of Boromir and Faramir. Lothíriel, daughter of Imrahil, married Éomer, King of Rohan.


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- Words by Mr Chris Elvidge, Senior Copywriter, MR PORTER
Chiswick House, an 18th-century villa hidden away in an otherwise unremarkable corner of West London, must surely list as one of the city's most beautiful buildings. In the low afternoon light of a bitterly cold winter's day, it creates a timeless backdrop to a rather more modern sight: a line-up of three of this year's most exciting, most desirable new cars.
Lying on the sweeping gravel driveway are the sleek silver and gun-metal grey forms of the fourth-generation Range Rover, the remodelled Aston Martin DB9 and the Jaguar F-Type, all of them new for 2013. Standing alongside them, dressed suitably for the sub-zero conditions in a Schott G1 shearling bomber jacket, is racing enthusiast Mr David Green.
As a former fashion model, Mr Green is certainly a man at home in front of the camera - and behind it, too, in his current job as owner of production company Giant Film & TV - but his real passion is motorsport.
"It's intoxicating - the adrenalin, the sound, everything about it," says the 40-year-old, describing the experience of driving a racing car. "You could take anybody who thinks they can drive fast on the road, and they would not believe the difference. It's an incomparable feeling."
And it's a feeling that Mr Green has had plenty of time to get used to lately. He has always wanted to race - "for as long as I can remember" - but admits that his ambitions have had to take a back seat over the years; as he points out, there's only a handful of people in the world earning a full-time living from motor sport. More recently, however, he has been able to indulge his passion, and with some success.
"I've recently finished the MSA British Endurance Championship, a seven-race series of three-hour-plus events. It was a long, hard season," he says, one that was made all the harder by the striving ambitions of his team's car maker, Lotus. "Its goal at the beginning of the season was for a British team in a British car to win a British championship - and we did it." On the back of this all-British victory, and surrounded by a bevy of British marques, does the Newcastle-born driver ever consider himself something of a motoring patriot?
"Not particularly, if I'm honest!" he replies. "Britain can be very proud of its motor sport heritage - it is the number one place in the world for it. But when it comes to design, I'm more of an Italian kind of man. Like many kids of the 1970s, I can probably trace my interest in cars back to that poster of a Lamborghini Countach on my bedroom wall."
"And my all-time favourite car? It would have to be a Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic." High standards indeed - often cited as one the most beautiful cars ever made, only two examples of this 1938 work of automotive art remain; one of them is in the private collection of Mr Ralph Lauren.
Read on to find out how our three cars stand up to Mr Green's exacting eye.


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This amazing panoramic photograph (known as a stereographic projection) was recently captured by Greek photographer Chris Kotsiopoloulos during a mammoth 30-hour photo shoot in Sounio, Greece. The image is comprised of hundreds of photographs shot from daytime to nighttime that have been digitally stitched together to represent an entire rotation of the Earth.
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In the latest family debate over car buying, my 21-year-old son declared, "Mom, you buy the car for the engine."
I thought about his words as we put together the latest story on Interim Tier 4 emission requirements. The new requirements will be imposed soon on agricultural engines over 174 hp. In spite of all the conveniences and high-tech features on tractors, the engine remains the most important component in the machine. And now they are about to undergo some big changes.
In this latest story, we take a close look at how the more stringent Tier 4 emission requirements will affect the engine. Senior Editor Jodie Wehrspann interviewed the engine manufacturers who supply agriculture, the major tractor manufacturers, and engine industry experts. She found that there's plenty of debate over the best solution for meeting the emission requirements. But by the time the Final Tier 4 rules go into effect in 2014, engineers may have redesigned the engines again.
What's important now is that farmers be aware that engines on farm equipment after January 1 will be different and may require another fluid or different maintenance. They also may be more expensive. Some of the changes aren't all that different from those made on engines in on-road vehicles like the latest pickups. The new Ford Super Duty diesel, featured in our August issue, requires a urea fluid. (http://farmindustrynews.com/truckspickups/team-fin-test-drive-ford-f-250-super-duty-pickup)
Visit Jodie's report at http://farmindustrynews.com/tractors/insiders-guide-tier-4-engines.
We hope you take a look so you'll be a more informed buyer the next time you purchase an engine with a tractor around it.


text: The Maumee Valley group that visited Sandhill Cranes on the Sunday before Thanksgiving was small, but we all enjoyed the trip and learning how a retired Detroit police officer, with his wife and two daughters, came to create a small commercial winery producing an amazing range of grape wines, fruit wines, and blends. This is one of the joys of Slow Food: getting to know the people who produce our food and wine. The scenery around the Jackson, Michigan winery is spectacular. On a future trip, we'll include visits to other wineries on the Pioneer Wine Trail.


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UPDATE: Pricing abroad for the 2010 Yamaha XT1200Z Super Ténéré looks to be £13,500 & €15,000, with some variation because of individual country tariffs.
With its latest bike the Yamaha XT1200Z Super Ténéré, Yamaha is stepping up its game and getting serious about the adventure-tourer motorcycling segment. The Dakar inspired Super Ténéré is a ground-up production for Yamaha, making it the first Japanese manufacturer to get serious about this emerging (and very profitable) market segment.
With 1,199cc under the hoood, the XT1200Z Super Ténéré is aiming its sights on the class-leading BMW R1200GS and new-comer Ducati Multistrada 1200. The powerplant features a parallel twin motor with four valves per cylinder, and makes 108hp @ 7,250 RPM and 84lbs•ft @ 6,000 RPM. Read more about the Yamaha XT1200Z Super Ténéré after the jump.


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The production and sale of SPAM® in Korea officially began in 1987. All SPAM® products available in the market are domestically manufactured by CJ CheilJedang (at a plant located in Jincheon, Chungcheongbuk-do) and manufactured with the technical cooperation of Hormel of the U.S. SPAM® is an authentic canned ham made from pork that has been through a strict selection process. The great taste of SPAM® comes from the ideal mixture of this pork and other ingredients. Convenient and easy to cook, SPAM® can be enjoyed by itself or can be used for cooking various dishes.


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Creating maptiles with german style offline using mapnik and Ubuntu 12.04 LTSPosted by skaiwalker on 28 December 2012 in English (English)
Please note
This post is obsolete and uses rather dirty methods. I added a quickstart guide to the README file in the mapnik-german repository, which should be used. However, this post might still be valuable for troubleshooting.
First, try to make Mapnik run using this guide:
In case things don't work, you might find clues there:
In any case, you want to use the latest available sofware, but you do not need to compile from source. There are PPAs.
Install necessary software
#### Mapnik Uninstall any python-mapnik or python-mapnik2 packages from your system (https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki).
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mapnik/v2.1.0
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libmapnik mapnik-utils python-mapnik #[!sic]
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kakrueger/openstreetmap
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install osm2pgsql
sudo apt-get install postgis postgresql postgresql-9.1-postgis
Set-up data base
sudo -u postgres createdb -E UTF8 -O postgres osm
sudo -u postgres createlang plpgsql osm
sudo -u postgres psql osm < /usr/share/postgresql/9.1/contrib/postgis-1.5/postgis.sql
sudo -u postgres psql osm < /usr/share/postgresql/9.1/contrib/postgis-1.5/spatial_ref_sys.sql
Create user with YOUR name (somehow only works like this) postgis superuser? yes
sudo -u postgres createuser -P YOURUSERNAME
Now, get a map file. These are available at e.g.
wget http://download.geofabrik.de/openstreetmap/europe/germany/sachsen.osm.bz2
unp sachsen.osm.bz2
Finally, import your image into the database
osm2pgsql -m -d osm -S /usr/share/osm2pgsql/default.style -W sachsen.osm
In case of the german scripts, you either need to edit default.style a little or work with the views. The views seem to be necessary when still working with the default OSM style.
# default.style
node,way 3dshapes:ggmodelk text delete
node,way AND_nosr_r text delete
node,way b5m:* text delete
node,way bak:* text delete
node,way canvec:* text delete
node,way created_by text delete
node,way dcgis:* text delete
node,way FIXME text delete
node,way geobase:* text delete
node,way gnis:* text delete
node,way kms:* text delete
node,way KSJ2:* text delete
node,way massgis:* text delete
node,way mvdgis:* text delete
node,way naptan:* text delete
node,way ngbe:* text delete
node,way nhd:* text delete
node,way NHD:* text delete
node,way note text delete
node,way note:* text delete
node,way notes text delete
node,way osak:* text delete
node,way source text delete
node,way source:* text delete
node,way sourcedb:* text delete
node,way tiger:* text delete
node,way WroclawGIS:* text delete
node,way yh:* text delete
node,way rednap:* text delete
node,way ideewfs:* text delete
node,way ign:* text delete
node,way aerialway text linear
node,way addr:housenumber text linear
node,way aeroway text polygon
node,way amenity text nocache,polygon
node,way barrier text linear
node,way boundary text linear
node,way building text polygon
node,way highway text linear
node,way historic text polygon
node,way landuse text polygon
node,way leisure text polygon
node,way lock text linear
node,way man_made text polygon
node,way military text polygon
node,way place text polygon
node,way power text polygon
node,way railway text linear
node,way route text linear
node,way shop text polygon
node,way tourism text polygon
node,way waterway text polygon
node,way natural text polygon
node,way width real linear
node ele real linear
node,way z_order int4 linear # This is calculated during import
way way_area real # This is calculated during import
# Needed additions for german style to work
node,way wood text polygon
node,way name:de text linear
node,way name text linear
node,way religion text linear
node,way tunnel text linear
node,way disused text linear
node,way bridge text linear
node,way horse text linear
node,way foot text linear
node,way bicycle text linear
node,way tracktype text linear
node,way construction text linear
node,way proposed text linear
node,way service text linear
node,way access text linear
node,way oneway text linear
node,way layer text linear
node,way ref text linear
node,way lcn_ref text linear
node,way admin_level text linear
node capital text linear
node,way generator:source text linear
node,way power_source text linear
node,way ruins text linear
node,way addr:flats text polygon
node,way addr:interpolation text linear
node,way addr:housename text linear
node,way rcn_ref text linear
node,way ncn_ref text linear
way lcn text linear
way rcn text linear
way ncn text linear
#way lwn_ref text linear
#way rwn_ref text linear
#way nwn_ref text linear
way lwn text linear
way rwn text linear
way nwn text linear
#way route_pref_color text linear
way route_name text linear
way network text linear
way surface text linear
way voltage text linear
way line text linear
node public_transport text linear
node information text linear
node bus text linear
node tram text linear
node hiking text linear
Rendering tiles
#### Getting style files Standard OSM:
svn checkout http://svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/rendering/mapnik
German OSM style:
svn checkout http://svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/rendering/mapnik-german/
Follow the README files in there until you get to generate_xml.py:
./generate_xml.py --dbname osm --host 'localhost' --user YOURUSERNAME --port 5432 --password 'YOURPWD' osm-de.xml > osm-local.xml
If there are no errors, you may edit the generate_tiles.py (make sure it uses the right osm-local.xml) and run it
#### hstore in postgis In some cases you want to use the –hstore option (-k) to store additional info (see osm2pgsql -h).
osm2pgsql -m -k -d osm -S /usr/share/osm2pgsql/default.style -W sachsen.osm
In that case, postgis needs to know that.
sudo -u postgres psql
CREATE EXTENSION hstore;
world boundaries
Get the missing ones from http://www.mmnt.net/db/0/0/126.96.36.199/pub/osm/mapnik-data-files/world_boundaries
wget ftp://188.8.131.52/pub/osm/mapnik-data-files/world_boundaries/110m_admin_0_boundary_lines_land.dbf
wget ftp://126.96.36.199/pub/osm/mapnik-data-files/world_boundaries/110m_admin_0_boundary_lines_land.shp
flooded cities
If you see a lot of water in the rendered images, then you downloaded the wrong (WGS84) projection of the land-polygons.
Use the Mercator projection http://openstreetmapdata.com/data/land-polygons
Errors with unifont Medium - comment out offending lines from fontset-settings.xml.inc.
<Font face-name="unifont Medium" />
Comment from skaiwalker on 28 December 2012 at 01:15
It's worth noting that I created a separate folder for the german style files and first copied the original OSM mapnik style files and ontop the mapnik-german style files.
cp -R mapnik mapnik.de
cp -R mapnik-german/* mapnik-de/
# remove subversion files
find ./mapnik-de/ -type d -iname ".svn" -exec rm -r -f {} \;
Comment from z-dude on 30 December 2012 at 14:53
Sometimes a flooded city, is an actual flooded city. http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-37.12898&lon=-62.8159&zoom=15&layers=M


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This week's comic crop brings us some wacky anachronism. Vampires run amok in 1930s Sin City, Billy the Kid investigates the Whitechapel Murders, and supernatural firearms invade the Old West in a new title from Oni Press. Here's what's up.
American Vampire 6 (DC/Vertigo): Scott Snyder kicks off a new chapter of the American Vampire saga — Skinner Sweet and Pearl hit 1935 Las Vegas. Exsanguination (and this awesome cover by Rafael Albuquerque, above) follow in their wake.
Weird War Tales One-Shot (DC): Darwyn Cooke does the cover to this one-shot and supplies a story as well. Fingers crossed for a Haunted Tank cameo.
Billy The Kid's Old Timey Oddities And The Ghastly Fiend - London 1 (Dark Horse): Billy the Kid hunts down Jack the Ripper in this alternate history tale from Eric Powell of The Goon. Guest-starring The Elephant Man and featuring a back-up story featuring The Goon himself.
Daken - Dark Wolverine 1 (Marvel): Wolverine's bisexual, tattooed, pheromone-powered son makes his move now that his father's body and soul are betwixt and between Earth and Hell.
Amazing Spider-Man 641 (Marvel): "One Moment In Time" (OMIT) concludes, thus wrapping up the events of One More Day (OMD) and Brand New Day (BND). Hopefully this will usher in a new era in Peter Parker's life called "New Other Moment. Not One Moment Now Omitted Momentarily" (NOMNOMNOM).
Kill Shakespeare 5 (IDW): Hamlet strikes out on his own against the Bard in this series about Shakespeare's creations on the revolt.
Lucid 1 (Archaia): Zachary Quinto and Michael McMillian of True Blood fame deliver this intriguing tale of American combat mages. You can read our review of the book here.
The Sixth Gun 4 (Oni Press): Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt's tale of mysterious firearms, undead generals, and angry Thunderbirds has been getting some good buzz and is a welcome edition to the Weird West comic pantheon. You can read a preview here.
Invaders Now 1 (Marvel): Alex Ross and Christos Gage bring back the Invaders, Marvel's premiere World War II Nazi-bashing team, for a new five-issue miniseries.
In the graphic novel department, there's Dr. Horrible And Other Horrible Stories trade paperback (Dark Horse), which collects the Zack Whedon Dr. Horrible tales plus the never-seen before meeting of the Evil League of Evil. Supernatural: Beginning's End (DC/Wildstorm) collects the third comic volume of the Winchester's adventures. Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's Old Man Logan (Marvel) makes its debut on trade paperback today. Apparently Clint Eastwood opted out of playing Superman — with this book, there's still a chance he can play Wolverine.
Also, the 10-year anniversary UDON anthology Vent collects the artwork and of the studio that reinvigorated the Street Fighter franchise and left their manga-esque imprimatur on Taskmaster and Deadpool. Also, The Simon & Kirby: Library Superheroes hardcover (Titan) collects the lost adventures of Simon and Kirby's superheroes not named Steve Rogers. Kevin Huizenga, whose indie titles Curses and Or Else garnered plenty o' critical acclaim, releases Wild Kingdom, a meditation on science and mysticism starring his everyman Glenn Ganges — here's a preview.
The final volume of Brian K. Vaughan's tenure on Runaways , Live Fast (Marvel) hits the stands, as does the collected edition of Spider-Man: Fever (Marvel) by Brendan McCarthy. I've heaped enough praise on McCarthy's work on this book, but it's worth mentioning again — this book is a gorgeously illustrated Silver Age acid trip that guest-stars Doctor Strange and ravenous arachnid demons. It's got the artistic chops befitting your coffee table, and the story wouldn't be out of place in the halcyon era of Hostess Pie ads.
As usual, you can find a list of this week's releases here and the location of your friendly neighborhood comic shop here. Happy reading, gang!


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Update: After the usual anxious moments at the trading deadline, the Clippers made two minor moves that helped save some money. Veteran forward Antawn Jamison was traded to Atlanta for the draft rights to 6-foot-6 Turkish guard Cenk Akyol, who was drafted in the second round in 2005. Center Byron Mullens was dealt to Philadelphia for a conditional second-round pick. Both players had boarded the plane for the flight to Memphis before they had to disembark and head their separate directions. … One deal that did not get made was Darren Collison and Matt Barnes to New York for Imam Shumpert and Ray Felton. Shumpert was injured in Wednesday's game. … The Clippers and Grizzlies, playoff opponents the past two years, meet for the third time this season, with each team winning once on the opponent's court. … The Clippers are coming off a 113-103 loss to San Antonio in which they could never find their rhythm. They next visit Oklahoma City for a 10 a.m. (PST) game on Sunday against the Thunder, which now has former UCLA star Russell Westbrook back in action.


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Jared Grantham Kidney Institute
School of Medicine > Kidney Institute > KI Discoveries & Distinctions
Discoveries & Distinctions
1958: Novel method devised to exchange fluid and electrolytes across the walls of an isolated segment of jejunum in a patient with renal insufficiency.
• Schloerb, P.R. The management of uremia by perfusion of an intestinal jejunal segment with observations of the dynamics of water and electrolyte exchange in the human jejunum. J. CIin. Invest. 37:1818-35
1968: Evidence that the processing of glomerular filtrate by tubule reabsorption requires high levels of energy-consuming sodium pump.
• Fanestil, D.D. Renal Na-K ATPase relationship to total functional renal mass. Nature 218(5137):176-7
1970: The first evidence that a physico-chemical change occurs in the apical membranes of collecting duct cells when water permeability is increased by vasopressin.
• Grantham, J.J. Vasopressin: effect on deformability of urinary surface of collecting duct cells. Science 168(3935):1093-5
1972: Demonstration in single perfused renal tubules that basement membranes contribute tensile strength equivalent to that of tendon collagen.
• Welling, L.W. and Grantham, J.J. Physical properties of isolated perfused renal tubules and tubular basement membranes. J. Clin. Invest. 51:1063-1075
1973: Discovery that in plasma from uremic patients, proximal straight tubules secrete solutes and fluid, implicating a potential role for salt and fluid secretion in regulating water balance.
Grantham, J.J., Irwin, R.L., Qualizza, P.B., Tucker, D.R., and Whittier, F.C. Fluid secretion in isolated proximal straight renal tubules: Effect of human uremic serum. J. Clin. Invest. 52:2441-2450
1982: Polycystic Kidney Research Foundation established in Kansas City. Dr. Jared Grantham (above) teamed with Mr. Joseph Bruening to create the Polycystic Kidney Research Foundation (PKRF), headquartered in Kansas City, MO. By 2008, the PKRF was responsible for directly funding more than $3 million in national and international grants and in influencing federal support for PKD research to the extent of an additional $35 million per year.
1983: Innovative method to selectively anti-coagulate blood within extra-corporeal circuits that is currently in use world-wide.
• Pinnick, R.V., Wiegmann, T.B., Diederich, D.A. Regional citrate anticoagulation for hemodialysis in the patient at high risk for bleeding. N. Engl. J. Med. 308(5):258-61.
1986: Dr. Grantham elected Secretary-Treasurer of the American Society of Nephrology.
1987: The first structural characterization of the human Goodpasture antigen opens the door to defining the structure of Type IV collagen in glomerular basement membranes.
• Wieslander, J., Kataja, M., Hudson, B.G. Characterization of the human Goodpasture antigen. Clin. Exp. Immunol. 69(2):332-40.
1988: Discovery that growth-promoting genes are highly expressed in the mural cells of renal cysts, indicating that cysts are in fact benign neoplastic structures.
• Cowley, Jr., B.D., Smardo, F.L., Grantham, J.J., and Calvet, J.P. Elevated c-myc protooncogene expression in autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 84:8394-8398
1989: Discovery that cyclic AMP is a key intermediary in the sustained proliferation of cyst mural epithelial cells implicating vasopressin as an offensive growth factor in renal cystic disorders.
• Mangoo-Karim, R., Uchic, M., Lechene, C., and Grantham, J.J. Renal epithelial cyst formation and enlargement in vitro: Dependence on cyclic AMP. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86:6007-6011
1989: The Journal of the American Society of Nephrology founded on this campus by Dr. Grantham and Dr. Sullivan. Upon completion of their editorial terms in 1996, the journal had the highest impact factor of over 30 world-wide titles in Nephrology and Urology.
1992: Dr. Grantham received the Homer W. Smith Award from the American Society of Nephrology.
1993: Conclusive proof that cyclic AMP promotes fluid secretion into cysts dissected from kidneys of patients with polycystic kidneys.
• Ye, M., Grantham, J.J. The secretion of fluid by renal cysts from patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. N. Eng. J. Med. 329:310-313
1993: Dr. Abrahamson received a MERIT award from the NIDDK, NIH covering the years 1993 - 2002.
1996: An innovative technology developed at KUMC was used to identify, isolate and characterize a powerful factor in the plasma of some patients with a devastating type of nephrotic syndrome.
• Savin, V.J., Sharma R, Sharma M, McCarthy ET, Swan SK, Lovell H, Warady B, Gunwar S, Chonko AM, Artero M, Vicenti F. Circulating factor increasing glomerular permeability in recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. N. Engl. J. Med. 334: 878-883.
1998: Doctors Grantham, Hudson and Calvet received a five year NIH Program Project Grant for studies of "Chronic Progressive Renal Diseases".
1998: Dr. Vincent Gattone patented the invention of the use of vasopressin V2 receptor antagonists for treatment of polycystic kidney disease. Clinical trials of the first such agent, tolvaptan, are ongoing at KU and other centers.
1999: Doctors Grantham, Calvet, Robin Maser, Kenneth Peterson, Matthew Buechner and Xiangyi Lu were granted one of the Magnet Centers for Polycystic Kidney Research by the National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases. The Center grant was re-funded for an additional five years in 2004 under Dr. Calvet's directorship.
2000: The Kidney Institute received a grant from the National Institutes of Health for $1.9 million dollars, matched by another $1.9 million, for construction on the KUMC campus of research laboratories sufficient to house most of the principal investigators who work on kidney-related research problems.
2001: Demonstration that cyclic AMP stimulates net fluid secretion in inner medullary collecting ducts adding further support to the possibility that in the regulation of fluid balance, salt and water may be added to the urine all along the renal tubule system.
• Wallace DP, Rome LA, Sullivan LP, Grantham JJ. cAMP-dependent fluid secretion in rat inner medullary collecting ducts. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 280:F1019-F1029
2001: Dr. Hudson received a MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health. This prestigious award provided approximately a half-million dollars a year for research of kidney disease over a period of seven years.
2002: Dr. Dubose was elected to the Council of the American Society of Nephrology and later served as President.
2003: Dr. Hudson received the Homer W. Smith Award from the American Society of Nephrology.
2003: Dr. Grantham received the Lillian Jean Kaplan Prize for research contributions that improve the understanding of polycystic kidney disease.
2004: Discovery that a small, sustained reduction in the cellular calcium level will transform normal renal cells into a proliferative phenotype responsive to the mitogenic action of cyclic AMP.
• Yamaguchi T, Wallace DP, Magenheimer BS, Hempson SJ, Grantham JJ, and Calvet JP. Calcium restriction allows cAMP activation of the B-Raf/ERK pathway, switching cells to a cAMP-dependent growth-stimulated phenotype. J. Biol. Chem. 279:40419-30
2006: Demonstration in individual patients that cystic kidneys enlarge symmetrically at a relatively constant rate over a life-span.
• Grantham, JJ. Torres VE, Chapman AB, Guay-Woodford LM, Bae KT, King BF Jr, Wetzel LH, Baumgarten DA, Kenney PJ, Harris PC, Klahr S, Bennett WM, Hirschman GN, Meyers XM, Zhang X, Zhu F, Miller JP; CRISP Investigators. Volume progression in polycystic kidney disease. N. Engl. J. Med. 354:2122-30
2009: Dr. Grantham received the Jean Hamburger Award from the International Society of Nephrology.
2011: Dr. Calvet received the Lillian Jean Kaplan Prize for research contributions that improve the understanding of polycystic kidney disease.
2011: Dr. Grantham received the John P. Peters Award from the American Society of Nephrology.


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We are in the meantime, it seems. The beets are gone, I've pulled my next-to-last carrot, and the kale bolted two weeks ago. The summer garden hasn't quite gotten to the point of explosion quite yet. I am awaiting the day the tomatoes and figs ripen, the cucumbers reach pickle size, and the green beans start to pile up in my refrigerator.
In the meantime, here is what happens. The Georgia peaches are early and plentiful and delicious this year, so I bought about ten pounds of "dent and scratch" fruit at the Decatur farmer's market a few weeks ago and made peach rosemary jam. I just made regular ol' peach jam and simmered a few sprigs of rosemary with it, then took out the sprigs before filling the jars. It goes on the shelf next to the strawberry basil jam I made last month.
With the mild spring and early summer weather, I have switched to knitting cotton–easier on the hands and lap. I found some organic cotton on sale and bought a bunch of it, and my first project was this pair of vests for some friends who had twins a few months ago.
My Sweetie had a birthday recently, and with shameless self-interest at heart, I got him a beer-making kit. I'm hoping this will become a long-term skill and passion. Today he started his first batch of IPA. We have talked about setting up a little brewery area in the basement (which is already equipped with sink and stove), so this will become a weekend project after this first batch is finished.
Here in the meantime, whilst we await the garden bounty and the brew, my meager flower garden has been generous. Here is what is on my kitchen table today: Coneflowers, zinnias, butterfly bush, hydrangeas, gardenias, marigolds. Glorious eye candy.
In the meantime, there's nothing to do but weed, water, and wait. Fortunately, there is an inflatable pool here that makes waiting just about my favorite thing to do . . .


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Toyota Ft-Hs Just Around The Corner?
Most of you probably remember Toyota's FT-HS hybrid sports coupe concept, which many have speculated is the forerunner to the next-generation Supra. While billed as a hybrid, the FT-HS is no limp-wristed treehugger. Its 3.5L V-6 and electric motor delivers 400 hp to the rear wheels and enables the Hybrid Sport to accelerate from 0-60 in around 4 seconds-performance that is more than worthy of the Supra name. Up until now the FT-HS has remained just a concept car, but as we went to print fresh news from Toyota suggested that we may yet see it arrive in production form.
A recent press release from Toyota announced that the automaker will be unveiling two completely new hybrid models at the upcoming Detroit auto show in January alongside the new Prius, with one being badged a Toyota and the other a Lexus. Toyota already has a couple of boring, soulless eco-cars in the Prius and Camry hybrid, so will they finally be adding some zing to their petrol-electric range with the new car? Honda's already getting in on the hybrid sports car game with their CR-Z and Nissan has expressed interest in a fuel-sipping sportster of their own, so hopefully the world's largest automaker will follow suit in Detroit.
Mazda Gets Generous, Extends Rx-8
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All you rotor fiends out there are probably sick of hearing people describe your beloved rotary engine as troublesome, unreliable, and difficult to maintain. Mazda, too, is a big fan of the ol' spinning triangle, and to silence the critics they've decided to extend the engine warranties for all North American RX-8s to eight years or 100,000 miles.
It's a tremendous vote of confidence from Mazda, the brand that without a doubt helped popularize the Wankel rotary as a high-performance engine since introducing it to its model lineup back in 1965 with the Cosmo Sport. The extension is retroactive too, meaning that not only do new owners benefit from the huge warranty, but existing owners also gain this extra cover.
Not having to worry about your engine blowing up for the better part of a decade sure is comforting, and no doubt Mazda will be able to snare a few more RX-8 customers with this very enticing carrot. Unfortunately, those of you who have managed to bolt a turbo or supercharger to your Renesis will miss out, as modifications automatically void the warranty. Then again, when did we ever really care about warranties, anyway?
HKS Releases Wrx Sti Upgrades
HKS USA announced its new parts lineup for the '08 Subaru WRX STI, with everything from filters to exhaust tips on offer.
If you want to keep your STI on the factory side of things, then HKS has got you covered with its super hybrid air filter, super SQV blow-off valve, Legamax premium rear exhaust and muffler and twin DLI ignition amplifier. For those who want something a little more hard-core, then HKS also offers its sport turbo upgrade, 75mm cat-back racing exhaust system, front-mount intercooler, and Hipermax III coilover suspension.
As we went to press the prices for the turbo, cat-back, intercooler, and coilovers had yet to be announced. However, the blow-off valve will set you back $365, the ignition amplifier $660, and the Legamax rear muffler $1,195, while the low-restriction air filter will cost you a measly $40. Head over to www.hksusa.com to check out the range.
'09 Infiniti G37 Coupe Gets AWD
Infiniti's two-door sports car, the G37 Coupe, will be available with all-wheel drive for the '09 model year, which means that it should already be rolling into dealerships by the time you read this.
The bad news is that it will only come with an automatic transmission, but don't get too disappointed; it's a clever seven-speed electronically controlled box, with a manual mode and downshift rev matching to keep all you cashed-up enthusiasts happy.
It might weigh a fair bit more than the standard driveline, but just imagine the possibilities once people start junking their all-wheel-drive G37s. With the upcoming Z34 370Z riding on the same FM platform as the G37, making your own all-wheel-drive Z out of a crashed G37 and the rolling shell of your 350Z/370Z should be a cinch. Add a couple of turbochargers and voil: your very own mini GT-R.
Toyota Goes Mental, Creates Aygo Crazy
OK, so compact cars like Toyota's Aygo aren't exactly the most exciting automobiles around, but what if you take the entire engine and drivetrain from a Toyota MR2 Spyder and place it behind the driver seat of an Aygo? What happens if you also decide to bolt a Toyota Motorsports turbocharger kit to that engine and hook up a pair of enormous Brembo brakes to the front hubs? You get one hell of a hatchback, that's what.
Toyota calls it the Aygo Crazy (get it?) and with 200 hp available from that force-fed four-pot, it has no trouble pushing its 2,314-pound frame around a skidpad. Adopting the MR2's rear subframe has also meant the woeful torsion beam rear suspension of the standard Aygo's been deleted, while TEIN dampers and springs keep the Aygo Crazy cornering hard. The transmission is the standard five-speed manual found in the MR2, and the whole package is said to be good for a 5.7-second 0-62 sprint, with a top speed of around 127 mph.
Unfortunately, you can't buy one. It's a $198,000 engineering study commissioned by Toyota Europe, and it's unlikely that anything like this will ever be seen in a Toyota showroom with a sticker on its window. However, if you're thinking your subcompact could do with a bit of the Aygo Crazy treatment, then mid-engine nirvana is but a wrecked MR2 and a gas axe away.
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By the time you read this Nissan's next-generation Z car, the Z34 370Z, should have made its debut. We already know that it'll come with the same VQ37VHR 3.7L V-6 as the G37 coupe, however fresh rumors suggest that the Z34 model range may eventually feature a V-8-powered flagship with enhanced styling that harks back to the Z's roots.
Shinjiro Yukawa, chief of production on the Z34 project, allegedly told a Japanese magazine that a special edition V-8 model with a 240Z-style "G-Nose" could appear, which would make it the first Z car to be powered by a non-six-cylinder engine. Such a car shouldn't be too hard to create either, with the Z34's FM platform being shared with the Infiniti M45 and FX50, both of which are powered by rather grunty bent-eights.
If the rumors turn out to be true, then a V-8 Z is bound to upset the purists. Still, if the engine of choice winds up being Nissan's new 390hp VK50 then we're sure that'll shut up all the haters. After all, there's no replacement for displacement, right?


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We often say that Karate teaches self-discipline. There are many forms of self-discipline: to work hard, to avoid vices, to not complain, etc.
One form of self-discipline is to control one's thoughts and thought process. For example, if you are doing your homework but keep thinking about surfing or videogames, you will probably not do your best. Whether in school or work, we need to be able to control our thoughts and focus on the task at hand.
Kata practice is a good way to develop such control. Kata are very complex when you consider all the techniques, angles, body dynamics, and other facts involved. But they are also very simple.
When we practice kata, we do not think about the techniques or all the details. We just move. It is a little like driving on the freeway. We can drive many miles without thinking.
In the same way, we can perform kata without detailed thought, but a keen sense of awareness and focus. This is hard to describe. We cultivate a non-verbal form of thinking. It is sensory based. One of my Aikido friends described it as being like a ball floating in a fast moving stream.
Some people say that sitting zazen is a good way to calm or minimize your thoughts. I think of kata as being moving zazen. But kata has the additional benefit of being useful -- both in practical self-defense and exercise. If we are going to "tame" our conscious mind, kata is a more productive way to do so (rather than just sitting still all day). At least that is my opinion.
Mental self-discipline requires that we be able to not think about one thing when we should be thinking about another. Whether this is kata or work or our children, we need to be able to concentrate and focus.
During an emergency, we need to be able to summon all our mental and physical strength to deal with the emergency. This may give the appearance of superhuman strength, but it is actually just high focused human strength.
Try this. Stare at the red asterisk below and do not think about anything for one minute:
But it is easy to not think when you are doing something that occupies your attention -- like concentrating on breathing, listening for distant sounds, feeling the vibration on the floor of a person stepping across the room, etc.
It is really not possible to not think. What we need to be able to do is to think about the appropriate thing at the appropriate time. For me, it is like watching the end of your fishing pole when you are about to get a bite. If you look away, you might miss the fish!
Karate training gives us such mental discipline, and we can use this in our daily lives.
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Watch a Walkthrough of Twitch Broadcast on Xbox One
Major Nelson has provided a handy little primer for Xbox One users looking to use the updated Twitch broadcasting app.
You're almost ready to broadcast your gameplay, Xbox One fans. On March 11, 2014, the updated Twitch app will launch alongside Titanfall and give players the ability to share the gameplay experiences live with others, streaming their videos across the ether of the Internet.
In the video above, Major Nelson breaks down exactly what you have to do in order to get the service up and running on your machine. If you don't have three-and-a-half minutes to spare, you can check out the handy guide below, as listed on Major Nelson's site.
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- Go online to www.twitch.tv and sign up for a Twitch account.
- In Settings, go to Channel & Videos and select Archive Broadcasts.
On your console:
- Sign into your Xbox One console and download the Twitch app.
- You can customize your picture-in-picture to broadcast both your gameplay and yourself through Kinect.
- In your Profile, make sure your presence is set to "online"
- In the Settings app under "Privacy and Online Safety," make sure the option to "See if you're online" is set to "Everyone" and "Broadcast gameplay" is set to "Allow."
- Also in the Settings app under" Privacy and Online Safety," make sure the option to "Share content made using Kinect" is set to "Allow."
- In the Settings app under "Preference," check "Allow broadcasts and Game DVR Uploads"
- In the Settings app under "Kinect," check "Kinect on" and to include Kinect audio in your broadcast check "Use Kinect microphone for chat."
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Well, this is a guest post of sorts... While I have all sorts of foods that remind me of all sorts of people I love, there is one dish that Mr. VE&T always talks about: his Nana's Rižot. Rižot is a Croatian word, and basically it is very similar to "risotto," a word you are probably more familiar with.
Mr.VE&T's paternal side of the family is 100% Croatian/Yugoslav heritage, and they aren't that far removed from it all. Growing up, there was one food that baby Mr.VE&T really identified as super special: rižot (pronounced: riz-ZOOT). It was made on special occasions and the preparation took hours and everyone made a big deal about it.
"This would be great with some rice."
"This would be great with a little cinnamon."
"This would be great with some nutmeg."
Pretty much his favorite food is any tomatoey stew or soup with rice in it. It happens a few times a year that I'll make something and he'll say "this tastes sorta like rižot..." And yet, we never had a recipe (his parents both died before we started dating), so it was just something that existed out there in the ether like a big mystery.
this recipe and that was our starting point. We used Soy Curls instead of chicken, and made a few other small modifications as we went along. It was so fun cooking together - and Mr. VE&T would taste it and say "It needs more nutmeg!" or "It needs more cinnamon!" (ha ha, of course), and then we would add a little more. He still feels the need to tweak our recipe a bit more before we share it... like it needs some rosemary and more tomatoes ... but I definitely promise to follow up with you all on this - it's a really delicious dish!


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"One Saturday night I was in the Winter Gardens when I saw a young lady sitting on a settee. She got up and we said "Hello". I tried to find her again in the evening without success, even going to the exit door to watch people leave.
Two weeks later I was at the Tower Ballroom and who should come along but two ladies - and you have guessed that was your Mum and Aunt. Mum stopped to say "Hello" and we started talking and had a good chat. I asked if she would come to the cinema the next night and offered to come for her and take her home. She agreed. I thought it was rather brave of her to come with me when we had only just met to talk together.


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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Strawberry Cheesecake with Cookie Crumb Crust . . . Thinkin' Pink!
"I found I could say things with color . . . that I couldn't say any other way--things I had no words for."
-- Georgia O'Keefe
My three favorite colors are pink, red, and pale green. I would go so far as to say that I crave them. I suspect I may even feel cheerier when wearing one of them. My mood is calmer in a tranquil room that's been painted a cool shade of celery. It's no surprise my kitchen is that very shade, as it has been for several years and I haven't tired of it yet. Place a stem or two of pink flowers in a little jar of water on the kitchen table, and I'll delight in them until they fade away.
Just as we're influenced by the hues we see around us everyday--in our houses, in our cities, and in nature--I assume that the colors we're faced with when we sit down to a meal must impact us in similar ways. I know that I'm a pushover for pretty food. And color accounts for a huge part of the "pretty factor," don't you think?
I do appreciate the sight of pink food--frosted cupcakes, strawberry ice cream, raspberry yogurt. Heck, I can even muster up a yen for cotton candy or Bazooka bubble gum now and again, though it's questionable whether those items qualify as real food. And vibrant red food gets my seal of approval, too; perfect garnet cherries, the blazing sunset stripes of a ripe mango's skin, even ketchup-red tomatoes, still warm from the vine.
Culinarians assert that we "eat with our eyes," and there is plenty of proof to back up that statement. In cake decorating classes, they make a point of teaching the principles of the color wheel since this kind of visual harmony is integral to a well-designed cake. A poorly executed use of color on a cake is immediately apparent, have you noticed? It does its utmost to turn you off. Think of those garish frosted cakes that you stroll past in the grocery store each week. They virtually scream out, "Hey, you! Look at me! Yeah, you! I'm bright and hideous and I clash!"
Color is important when you're baking. Don't think it's not . . .
But, alas, the oven changed all that. Ultimately, I ended up with kind of an ivory filling overlaid with just the slightest hint of pink, and dotted throughout with bits of rosy strawberry here and there. Not the glorious pink cheesecake of my dreams, but still good. I guess even a smidgen of pink is better than none.
About this recipe . . .
Hailing from the book, Diner: The Best of Casual American Cooking, by Diane Rossen Worthington, this recipe includes both a small amount of fresh, ripe strawberries, along with strawberry jam, to give it its signature flavor. I stuck pretty closely to the original formula for the filling, but instead of using the called-for graham crackers in the crust, I used vanilla wafers. I also omitted lemon zest, because the recipe already includes a significant amount of lemon juice, and I just didn't want to overdo it.
I baked the cake on Saturday afternoon, put it in the fridge as soon as it was completely cool, and served it on Sunday evening. The cake turned out well, but I thought it actually tasted considerably better the day after it was first sliced. Some cheesecakes are just like that; I know this always seems to be true with pound cakes, and I assume it has to do with the incredibly rich ingredients taking a while to sort of mingle, get comfortable, and settle down. The texture seemed much nicer to me after a couple of days in the fridge.
The recipe didn't indicate that you should use a water bath for baking, so I threw caution to the wind and didn't bother with that. Consequently, my cheesecake did crack on top, about an hour after it was out of the oven. I wasn't terribly concerned about this, however, because I'd planned from the get-go to cover the top with a modest layer of whipped cream.
Were I to make this cake again, I probably would choose to employ a few more of the typical cheesecake precautions to help prevent the cracking (for eg., tips like being super careful not to over-beat the batter and incorporate too much air; baking the cake in a foil-wrapped pan that's placed in a water bath; running a knife around the cake sides right before it goes into the oven and shortly after it's out of the oven). Anyway, I'll be more careful next time.
I'd never made a strawberry flavored cheesecake before, but it's a nice variation on plain vanilla or chocolate. Next time, though, I'm makin' it more pink. I think.
(Please note that in the photos below it looks like quite a lot of batter. That's because, when I made it, I doubled the recipe and made two cakes. But the recipe as printed for you below makes just one cake.)
Strawberry Cheesecake with Cookie Crumb Crust
(For a printable version of this recipe, click here!)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter the bottom and sides of one 9.5" springform pan. Place a circle of parchment over the buttered bottom, and butter the parchment.
For the crust:
2 cups crushed vanilla wafer (or plain shortbread) cookie crumbs
2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
6 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
For the filling:
24 oz. cream cheese, softened and at room temperature
1 and 1/4 cups granulated sugar
6 large eggs, at room temperature
2 cups sour cream, at room temperature
1/3 cup All Purpose flour
2 tsp. vanilla extract
fresh juice of one whole lemon, strained
1/2 cup strawberry jam (with any large fruit chunks broken up)
1/2 cup of finely chopped, hulled, ripe strawberries
To make the crust:
In a small bowl, mix together the cookie crumbs and sugar. Add in the melted butter and stir to combine until all the crumbs appear moistened. Press the mixture firmly into the bottom of the prepared pan, and up the sides of the pan about two inches. Set aside.
To make the filling:
Break the softened cream cheese into chunks and place in a large mixer bowl. With the mixer on medium speed, beat the cream cheese for about 3 minutes, until very soft and creamy.
Add in the sugar and continue to mix on medium speed, for 1 to 2 minutes, until the batter is smooth.
Add in the eggs, preferably one at a time, and beat well after each addition. (Do as I say, not as I did, in the photo below, with too many eggs going in at once!)
Reduce the speed to low, and add in the sour cream, flour, vanilla extract, and lemon juice. Beat just until thoroughly blended. Remove the large bowl from the mixer.
Remove one cup of the batter and place it in a small bowl.
To this small bowl of batter, add the strawberry jam. Stir it in completely.
Add in the 1/2 cup of chopped strawberry pieces, stirring very gently, just until combined.
Pour this mixture back into the large bowl of batter and, stirring by hand, just blend it in.
Pour all of the batter in the pan that's already been lined with the crust. Jiggle the pan gingerly until the top of the batter appears settled and smooth.
Place the cake pan on top of a baking sheet on the middle rack in the oven.
Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for one hour. Turn off the heat and let the cheesecake rest undisturbed in the oven, with the door closed, for 30 minutes. Place the pan on a cooling rack and let the cake cool completely. (Hopefully, yours won't look like it's been in an earthquake, like mind did below!)
Once the cake is cooled, cover it lightly and refrigerate it, still in the pan, for at least eight hours before slicing. The cake's texture improves after one full day, or even two days, in the fridge. Before attempting to remove the sides of the pan, run a thin knife carefully around the cake's sides. It's easier to slice, and best tasting, if served quite cold. Try it topped with real whipped cream and fresh strawberries.
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- Jennifurla said...
Looks great, love that *modest* layer of frosting
- June 15, 2010 at 12:51 PM
- Susi said...
Even though the cake did not the desired color you had in mind it looks scrumptious. I would have no problems eating it :o) I love how it incorporates the strawberries into the batter rather than a topping. I'm bookmarking this. If I can find strawberries on sale for father's day I might be making this!
- June 15, 2010 at 1:25 PM
- Hanaâ said...
What a great choice, Jane. I love homemade strawberry cheesecake (I've been using a Bon Appetit recipe for for years). The one thing I like about your recipe, is the chopped fresh strawberries. I'll have to incorporate that into my cheesecake next time. I always use a waterbath though. Another trick I learned long ago from www.baking911.com is to add a Tbsp of flour to the cheesecake batter. Another cheesecake tip I have for you is something I came up with a while back: butter the inside of your spring form pan and line it with a strip of parchment paper. This solves 2 problems: no need to run a knife on the edges after it's baked, and also, easy removal of cheesecake from pan (and you have no marred edges because the parchment comes right off without peeling off any of the cheesecake or crust :o)
- June 15, 2010 at 1:34 PM
- Jane said...
Hi Jennifurla,
Well, I guess it's not really modest, is it? :) I'd better reword that!
Hi Susi,
I know what you mean. There are lots of cheesecake recipes that use strawberries on the top, but this was one of relatively few I found that include some berry pieces right in with the batter. Many thanks for your nice comments!
Jane :)
Hey there, Hanaa,
I like your idea of lining the sides of the pan with parchment, too. I buttered the whole pan, but just lined the bottom with parchment for this recipe. It actually does include flour in the batter, so I think that was probably not my problem. Really, though, I should have done the water bath. I don't know what made me think I could get away with not doing that. Hubris, I guess! As always, live and learn.
Jane :)
- June 15, 2010 at 1:51 PM
- Snooky doodle said...
this looks decadent. I won t mind the crack that s more space for extra whipped cream :)
- June 15, 2010 at 2:22 PM
- Stella said...
Hey Jane! I think this looks pretty pinkish. I know it looks delicious, so that's more than half the battle right there (smile). I bet you could make foods you want more pink with some ruby red beet juice. It's natural too. I think I've seen this type of colorant at the health food store.
Hope all is well with school and such...
- June 15, 2010 at 2:24 PM
- Taylor said...
This looks so good! I have also found it hard to get that desired pink color in strawberry desserts without adding artificial coloring...I guess natural is just better :)
- June 15, 2010 at 2:58 PM
- Juliana said...
Yummie, your strawberry cheesecake looks fabulous....love the pictures with the orchids...gorgeous :-)
- June 15, 2010 at 3:26 PM
- Allison said...
That is interesting that the heat from the oven toned down the pinkness of the batter. I would have expected the opposite. I like the incorporation of strawberry into the batter itself, though. Usually when you see strawberry cheesecake, its just plain cheesecake with some strawberry sauce on top. That's not strawberry cheesecake...your recipe is! :)
- June 15, 2010 at 3:35 PM
- ajcabuang04 said...
This looks great!! I just made cheesecake today too!! What a coincidence!! I topped mine with strawberries instead of mixing them in. What a great idea to mix it!
- June 15, 2010 at 5:09 PM
- Memória said...
Great minds think alike apparently. So many bloggers have been making strawberry cheesecake! I blogged about my cheesecake today.
I love how you placed your strawberries. It looks lovely! I'm not a fan of pink, but I am fan of strawberry cheesecake. YUM!
- June 15, 2010 at 6:21 PM
- Jane said...
Hi Snooky,
Good thinking! I like your practical view point.
:) Jane
Dear Stella,
Ruby red beet juice? That's a great idea! I've never tried it as a colorant but I imagine a little goes a very long way. I'm going to be on the lookout for it next time I'm in a health food store. And, yes, everything is great with school. Finished my most recent class last week. Will be nice to have the summer off!
Thanks so much,
Jane :)
Hi Taylor,
I know what you mean. I considered, for a moment, adding in some food coloring when the batter was still in the mixing bowl. I thought maybe it looked kind of pale, but ended up leaving it as is. If were to make this recipe again, I would probably try to enhance the color somehow.
Hi Juliana,
Thanks for such nice comments! You know those little pink flowers? They are not orchids (though I do agree that they bear a resemblance when viewed up close), but just common sweetpeas! They grow in a big tangled bushy profusion in one spot in our backyard and they're in bloom right now. I just love them.
:) Jane
Hi Allison,
Yes, I was surprised that the oven seemed to be the factor that turned the batter a lighter color. Hmmm. . . I agree that the berries in the batter is a nice touch. I tried to be careful to remove as much hull as possible, and made sure I didn't use berries that were overly ripe and, thus, too juicy.
Thanks for visiting!
Hello Ajcabuang04,
It seems to be a good week for baking cheesecake! A case of great baking minds thinking alike? ;)
Many thanks,
Jane :)
Dear Memoria,
You did?? Wow, it's something in the air lately! We're all craving cheesecake! I'm going to hop on over to your blog in just a second--can't wait to see your cheesecake, too. Thanks for visiting!
- June 15, 2010 at 8:22 PM
- My Casa Bella said...
Oh, I;m going to have to make this, but in order to make it Gluten free and wheat free I'll have to use GF shortbread cookies and GF flour, especially since there is so little of it in there, can't wait, I'll have to let you know when I do. MMMMM,
- June 15, 2010 at 8:49 PM
- Mags said...
Bazooka bubble gum is the perfect shade of pink.
This looks like a fantastic dessert!
- June 15, 2010 at 10:39 PM
- Cherine said...
I feel like diving into this cake!! Looks wonderful :)
- June 16, 2010 at 3:32 AM
- cheesecake said...
Nevertheless, your cheesecake still looks amazing! May be you need more strawberries to make it pink? I tried a similar cheesecake recipe before and mine did turn out pink. Maybe because I added strawberry jam in it? (I didn't have enough fresh strawberries that day, so I make use of my 3-week old strawberry jam, lol!) Anyway,you did a great job at pulling this off, besides, some strawberry cheesecake isn't always pink, lol!
- June 16, 2010 at 7:34 AM
- Katrina said...
I think this is going to be my new favorite cheesecake! It looks so delicious, but most importantly, the ingredients you used are divine. Yum!
- June 16, 2010 at 8:05 AM
- Helen said...
I love the idea of a pink cheesecake, and I like how the strawberries give it an extra dimension. Homemade cheesecake is delicious.
- June 16, 2010 at 8:39 AM
- Nicisme said...
That looks wonderful, I love colour in my food!
- June 16, 2010 at 3:54 PM
- Chef Dennis said...
your pictures are incredible!!! I can only imagine how good that cheesecake is...it looks perfect in every way!
- June 16, 2010 at 9:21 PM
- faithy, the baker said...
Gorgeous Gorgeous cheesecake! I have to try this..i've tried all sorts of cheesecake except strawberry cheesecake. Gotta bookmark this! Thanks for sharing!
- June 17, 2010 at 4:47 AM
- Chele said...
Looks amazing! Such a pretty looking cheesecale - I bet it tasted even better than it looked!
- June 17, 2010 at 3:16 PM
- Danielle said...
incredible! love cheesecake (my favorite cake ever) and I love strawberries. I giving this one a try for usre
- June 19, 2010 at 12:13 AM
- Cook with Madin said...
I think the color looks great to me, and the cheesecake looks scrumptious. I know what you're saying about wanting to have the color that you are imagining for your food. You have wonderful photos.
- June 19, 2010 at 9:23 PM
- Diana's Cocina said...
Your photos are awesome! Your cheesecake looks perfect and wish I had a slice.
- June 20, 2010 at 12:09 AM
- grace said...
this looks really pretty and utterly scrumptious. as far as i'm concerned, the color is perfect!
- June 20, 2010 at 5:50 PM
- Mary said...
Oh! That looks PERFECT! So great for summer!
Delightful Bitefuls
- June 22, 2010 at 5:19 PM
- mike said...
I have tried this recipe and I must say that this is one of the best cheesecakes I have made. The recipe is precise and my family loved it. It went really well with a hot cup of coffee made from my manual drip coffee maker at home. Thanks for sharing!
- July 24, 2010 at 12:37 PM
As a donation for a fundraiser, a co-worker and I donated 6 cheesecakes...one a month for 6 months. The person that won could pick what ever flavor they wanted. Today, the winner called for her last cheesecake and wanted strawberry. I thought about the usual ones, but decided to search for something a little different and I am so glad to find your blog for the recipe!
- September 29, 2010 at 3:54 PM
Just a little suggestion, to prevent cracks, I've tried putting a bowl of water in the oven together with the cheesecake to bake. The bowl of water will help in keeping the oven humid, preventing the surface of the cheese cake to dry up and crack. I was thinking of strawberry cheese cake and found your blog, it was very inspiring. Thank you.
- November 14, 2010 at 12:36 PM
- Hannah :) said...
Looks divine!!
I love making cheese cakes! Want to know the secret to a crack-less cheese cake?
Bake the cake in water.
Bake in a casserole dish/pan and fill with water until it's about half way up the spring form pan. Make sure to cover the bottom/sides of pan with foil so water doesn't leak in.
After baking timer has gone off, take out the whole thing, let it sit about 10-15 minutes and then remove from water and store or use as usual! :)
Always works like a charm for me!
I asked Junior's New York Cheesecake shop, and that's what they said they do to get their picturesque beauties!
- January 30, 2011 at 5:47 PM
- Jane said...
Hi Hannah,
Thanks so much for visiting! I appreciate all of your comments. You know, I knew at the time I made that cheesecake that I should do the usual water bath thing, but something held me back from bothering with it--a little devil on my shoulder I guess! Maybe I was just in the mood to tempt fate that day. Anyway, live and learn, right? ;)
- February 5, 2011 at 3:38 PM
I baked this cheesecake and it was delicious. I ended up making a chocolate crust with oreo cookies. The strawberry cheesecake was awesome. Thanks for the recipe. :)
- June 20, 2012 at 12:29 AM
I used this recipe last summer for a strawberry bake off and won 2nd place...tons of positive feedback! people loved it. I have one in the oven right now, in fact...for a fourth of July dessert. Wonderful recipe, thank you for sharing it :)
- July 3, 2013 at 3:36 PM