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Rum is a very popular spirit and has enjoyed a surge in popularity in recent years. Once viewed as the preserve of old salty sailors, a new generation has embraced this ancient spirit. As provenance and flavour have become more important to millennial's, rum has been allowed to show its varied styles to the masses once more. This was facilitated by the heightened interest in the cocktail scene and by some pretty aggressive marketing by brands like Captain Morgan's and Kraken. Here are some fun facts about rum;
Unfortunately, rum has a dark history that is closely linked to colonialism and the slave trade. The all-important sugar cane grew naturally throughout Asia and China and it's believed that it was harvested and used for human consumption as early as 4000 BC. The first recorded mention of its use was in 1129 AD in an Indian text detailing its use in a fermented cane drink. In 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered the Caribbean Bahamas and it's here that the story of modern rum begins. Soon after this, South America was discovered and the gates to the New World had been opened. What followed over the next century was several ground-breaking voyages that made it possible for Europeans to travel the globe with relative ease.
By the beginning of the 1600's, trade was swiftly becoming the key to be a global superpower. The old Islamic cultures of the world were waning in strength whilst Christian Europe was in ascendancy. The main European players, namely Holland, England, Portugal, Spain and France, formed huge merchant companies that plied their trade on the new frontiers of the West Indies and East Indies. The Spanish initially had a foot hold the Bahamas thanks to Columbus, but it wasn't long until they were muscled out by the might of the English and Dutch.
The first sugar cane plantations were constructed in Brazil in 1520 and they spread to Jamaica and Cuba by 1595. The Portuguese used slaves from Africa to work the plantations as they were used to the heat and less likely to escape than indigenous slaves. Soon the British, French and Spanish were also purchasing slaves from Arab and African traders and a truly despicable trade was established. This abhorrent practice spawned a market that was hugely profitable and countless individuals were traded like cattle. It was however, the slave population that was responsible for the creation of rum as we know it today.
The earliest recording of sugarcane distillate was in 1552. It was reported that the slaves were more co-operative if they could imbibe cachaca, a spirit made from unprocessed cane juice. This was in a report from a Brazilian Governor and cachaca is still Brazil's national drink. Nowadays it's commonly used to make a cocktail called a Caipirinha. Back then it was popular among the slaves as it was easy to make and there was an abundance of sugar cane to work with. We suppose that being constantly intoxicated was certainly preferable to the harsh reality of life as a slave. Whilst cachaca is technically a type of rum, today the classification states that rum is made using molasses, the by-product of crystal sugar production.
There's sound historical evidence that the first molasses-based rum was produced by Pietr Blower on Barbados in 1637. He was a Dutchman who had come from the plantations of Brazil to settle in a new British colony on the island. He came prepared with seeds to grow sugar cane and a pot still required for distillation. With previous attempts to grow plants for valuable dye a failure, the residents of Barbados turned to producing sugar for export. Pieter encouraged the slaves to save the molasses and distil them into rum. By 1651 rum was being widely consumed on Barbados.
It was a comparable situation on the French island of Martinique and Cuba, with records of molasses distillation being recorded around the same time. With the sugar plantations being in operation since the previous century, it wouldn't be surprising if someone had already distilled a rum before this. This spirit, still regarded as the tipple of slaves and brigands, was never actually called rum. Instead, it was given monikers such as Kill-Devil, Barbados Liquor and Devil Water. The first printed example of the name wasn't until 1751 in a French Encyclopaedia of Sciences and Art.
Rum and sailors have a long and well documented relationship and the first rum rations were given to British mariners in 1655. This was under the orders of Vice Admiral William Penn after he captured Jamaica from the Spanish. Sugar cane spirit was being produced there and, with the beer rations already well depleted, he started a tradition that would remain with the British Navy until 1970. Rum was the go to drink for both privateers and pirates that plied their trade around the Caribbean and this didn't help its reputation as a drink for rogues. There wasn't really any difference between a pirate and privateer back then, just the flag that you sailed under.
By the beginning of the 18th century, Britain was getting rich from rum. That and molasses were the biggest source of trade income for the UK and the most profitable commodities to come from the West Indies. The molasses from the Caribbean was traded to the American colonies for rum. More rum was then distilled and exported to Africa in exchange for more slaves to work the Caribbean plantations. This was known as the Trade Triangle and it made merchants very rich indeed.
Due to the vast amounts of money being made trading slaves and rum, the British were ashamedly the last of the European powers to abolish slavery in 1833, some thirty five years after the French. Despite this, Britain still retained a monopoly on rum production and trade. Eventually, dedicated rum distilleries started being developed and the spirit was no longer just something that was a by-product of the sugar trade.
As you have probably gathered by now, rum is made by distilling the molasses that come from making sugar crystals. It might surprise you to know that sugar cane is still harvested by hand in many parts of the world. This is extremely physical work that requires a sharp machete and a strong back. Once the cane has been cut, it's transported to the plant where it's crushed in a large machine. The precious juice is collected and the waste pulp is either discarded or burnt as a fuel for heating the stills.
Once the juice has been collected, it's then made into sugar crystals which leaves the molasses behind. The sugar will be sold and the molasses taken on to the next stage of distillation. This is when the molasses is fermented and is by far and away the most common method of making rum today. Other methods include fermenting and distilling the pure sugar cane juice; this is how Brazilian cachaca is made.
The fermentation process can be undertaken in a variety of ways. The simplest and most natural method is leaving the molasses in an open vat and letting natural yeasts react naturally with them. On the other end of the spectrum, some distilleries use state of the art equipment and scientific apparatus to complete the process. Most modern distilleries fall somewhere between these extremes and often add the yeast that they want whilst ensuring environmental issues are kept optimal. The fermentation process can be as short as half a day or take weeks to complete.
With the fermenting done, it's now time for the exciting stage of distillation, where the fermented molasses are placed into a still. The still is then heated, releasing the alcohol from the liquid in vapour form which is then re-condensed and collected. What's left over is the pure spirit. Sounds simple right? Unfortunately, there are a multitude of factors that can affect this process and it takes time, dedication and skill to become a master distiller. Another crucial factor is the stills themselves which are either copper pot stills or continuous stills. Every still is handmade and unique, with some being extremely simple whilst others have complex features that allow various parts of the rum to be separated. Each still has its own quirks and secrets that only practice and patience will reveal. Between the Master Distiller and the still used, each rum is unique and its character is determined by the aforementioned factors.
After the distillation process is complete, the rum is run off and collected. It's usual for this to be blended with other rum from the distillery and watered down to around 40% ABV. Some rums are bottled straight after distillation and sold as are, especially for the Caribbean market. Others are aged in wood casks, dramatically altering their flavour profile. Some have various spices, fruits or other juices added either before or after maturation. As you can imagine, this leads to a huge possible range of flavour profiles in the finished product.


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Wednesday, September 2
Lemonade Cookies + Monsoon = Monocookie
Want your dish to steal the show at your Labor Day cookout? Bake a batch or two of sweet-tart lemonade cookies.
If you're thinking, "Hmmm... where have I heard of lemonade cookies before?" I'll tell you: Cat Cora, the talent and adorable chef who cooks from the hip. I made Cat's lemonade cookies; unfortunately, they didn't come out as perfectly as hers. The first batch spread.
For the second batch, I employed all of my cookie baking tricks: I didn't over beat the batter; I reduced the butter, and I chilled both the baking sheets and the cookie dough before placing them in the oven. The result? The cookies S-P-R-E-A-D.
As I stood at the kitchen counter nibbling the crisp edges of the mono-cookie on my baking sheet, sweat beading up on my brow, it hit me, "I know what it is! It's that damn Baja hurricane pushing thick, tropical, humid air into San Diego!"
No matter the cause, I was determined. Stubborn. I would bake a successful batch of lemonade cookies. This time, I decided to go all-out. I combined Cat Cora's lemonade with Anita's delightful cookie batter and my mom's no-fail lemon icing for her lemon biscuits. I thought, "This time it's gonna work. Dammit."
When my oven timer went off, I peered in the oven with one eye. Ah, individual cookies! Victory! I don't know if it was my recipe, the increase in barometric pressure, or dumb luck, but the result was 12 distinct cookies.
Lemonade Cookies
Makes approximately 30 cookies
Print recipe only here.
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup softened unsalted butter
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons lemon zest
1 large egg
1/2 cup lemonade concentrate, thawed
Lemonade icing, optional:
1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons lemon zest
1 tablespoon lemonade concentrate
a few drops of whole milk
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
2. Using an electric mixer cream butter, sugar, and lemon zest on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add the egg, and mix until combined. Alternate adding the flour mixture and the 1/2 cup lemonade concentrate, mixing until just combined.
3. Drop tablespoons of dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet at least 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Remove and allow to cool on wire racks for at least 30 minutes if frosting.
4. For the icing: Whisk the confectioners' sugar, lemon zest, and lemon concentrate in a small bowl. Add a few drops of milk and continue whisking until the icing is smooth and opaque and clings to the back of a spoon. Taste it, and adjust flavors as desired. When it's ready, pour icing through a fine mesh sieve to remove any tiny clumps of confectioners' sugar. For easy clean up, place a sheet of parchment paper under the cookie rack before frosting. Dip the top of the cookie in the icing and place on rack. Allow to dry completely before storing in an air-tight tin or plastic container. Place wax paper between layers to protect the icing.
Note: The cookies are delicious plain; however, the icing adds an extra layer of tang that'll make you pucker. My only caveat is that icing on cookies prefers chilly winter weather to hot summer weather. So if you ice them, be sure to let them dry thoroughly in an air-conditioned room.
You might also like these desserts for your Labor Day cookout:
Grilled Watermelon Slices with a Honey-Lime Syrup
Nectarine and Raspberry Crumble
"Nude" Berry Tartlets
27 comments:
- Unknown said...
Lemon cookies are so tasty and almost refreshing to eat. I love the use of lemonade in these!
- September 2, 2009 at 8:08 PM
- Sean said...
Victory tastes oh so good - especially when it's a baked good.
- September 2, 2009 at 8:15 PM
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
Delicious looking cookies! interesting use of lemonade...
- September 2, 2009 at 10:03 PM
- Unknown said...
Very interesting recipe indeed, must try these, thanks for sharing.
- September 3, 2009 at 3:41 AM
- T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types said...
Grit and determination at the stove pays off in the end! And, I'm sure there was some decent sampling - to get to the heart of the issue - along the way!
- September 3, 2009 at 6:07 AM
Lemonade...how different! They look yummy, I love a simple cookie!
- September 3, 2009 at 8:17 AM
- Unknown said...
These look so lovely! It is very humid in Washington, DC and one banana cake i made a few weeks ago just completely succumbed to it (it i did not help it was full of agave instead of sugar).
- September 3, 2009 at 9:49 AM
- Hillary said...
Lemonade adds a great flavor to anything, especially cookies :) Thanks for sharing!
- September 3, 2009 at 3:05 PM
- nora@ffr said...
love the idea!! just Fantastic! These delightful little cookies look wonderful!
- September 3, 2009 at 3:50 PM
- elly said...
These sound delicious! Great idea to combine the recipes. I used to really dislike lemon sweets when I was younger but I can't get enough of them now.
- September 3, 2009 at 4:03 PM
- kellypea said...
Spreading cookies...arg! Glad it finally worked for you -- especially in this incredible heat. You deserve a badge for persistence ; )
- September 3, 2009 at 5:44 PM
- lisaiscooking said...
I have a thing for lemon cookies, and these sound fantastic. I've just been trying a few cookie recipes this week, and now here's another to add to the list!
- September 3, 2009 at 6:21 PM
- The Mommy Chef said...
These look delicious. I bet they would make a yummy ice cream sandwich with vanilla bean ice cream.
- September 3, 2009 at 8:07 PM
- PalmettoGirl said...
Can't wait to try them (and so glad you worked out the kinks for us)!
- September 4, 2009 at 6:33 AM
- Vijitha said...
Thanks for the comments in my blog dear! the cookies are so tempting and have a gr8 long weekend!
- September 4, 2009 at 10:29 AM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
lynda-It's deliciously peppy!
sean-Victory does indeed taste sweet.
rosa-Thank you!
orce-Thanks. Wait till you taste them!
tw-Where you spying on me? ;)
ronell-Hey, Ronell! It's so great to hear from you. Wish we could nibble on a few cookies and chat.
citygirl-Glad to hear I'm not alone. The hot weather really isn't kind to baking.
hilary-Well said!
nora-Wow! Thanks a bunch!
elly-I'm glad you like them now!
kellypea-Wanna make me one? ;)
lisa-Make sure you keep the AC cranked!
mommychef-Mmm... now that's a delicious idea. Thanks!
cheri-Me too!
vs-You're so welcome! Have a great wkend too. Hope it's filled with cookies!
- September 4, 2009 at 11:54 AM
- Nic said...
Yay, well done for trying so many times to get the perfect cookie. Got any left for me?
- September 4, 2009 at 12:39 PM
- Sal said...
I've never heard of lemonade cookies before, but I love lemonade, and I love cookies, so it seems like a no-brainer. :)
- September 4, 2009 at 1:42 PM
- Alisa - Frugal Foodie said...
Those cookies definitely look worth it, yum!
- September 6, 2009 at 8:53 AM
- Sweetie Pie said...
So yummy looking and so summery! I'm glad you tinkered until you got the result you were seeking. I'm happy to benefit from your experiment. :-)
- September 7, 2009 at 3:58 PM
- ChichaJo said...
These sound so refreshing! Good for you for sticking with it! :)
- September 8, 2009 at 4:32 AM
- sunita said...
Susan, you're one persistant girl. Amd Lemonade in cookies is something new for me :-)
- September 8, 2009 at 12:08 PM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
nic-Sorry. All gone. ;)
sal-It is!
alisa-Yum, indeed!
sweetiepie-I'm happy about it too. :)
joey-Thanks a bunch!
sunita-New and exciting!
- September 9, 2009 at 7:36 AM
- Juliana said...
Oh! I am sure that I'll like these cookies...lemony, sound and look so yummie, refreshing!
- September 9, 2009 at 3:27 PM
- Chef Jeena said...
Wonderful cookies using the lemonade, the cookies look so light and I love the pale colour - so appetizing.
- September 10, 2009 at 2:34 AM
- Palidor said...
What perfect looking cookies! I love lemon in baked goods.
- September 10, 2009 at 2:12 PM
- Mia said...
I made Cat's recipe today and I think you might have just made the cookies too big. I think she really means a rounded teaspoonful instead of a normal spoon (that I normally use for cookies). They do spread quite a bit since the dough is so fluffy. I used room temperature dough b/c I think sometimes it is harder to judge when the cookie is done when you use cold. Your recipe looks good too and I will definitely try both!
- September 12, 2009 at 9:59 AM

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GK Bouna Coundoul: Overall solid by the Senegalese keeper, but he struggled with handling crosses. Since New York concedes the wings and bottles up the middle, teams are forced to cross and center to create scoring opportunities. Coundoul will have to improve in his decisions and ability to handle aerial balls, but his shot blocking was once again the difference. Rating: 6
D Roy Miller: The Costa Rican international moved well into the attack for a second straight game and handled the stiff Seattle threats very well. A very solid performance for the left back, who looks like a real coup for New York. He held possession very well. Rating: 8
D Tim Ream: The rookie showed fantastic positioning on Saturday night and even moved the ball well upfield. Had an occasional passing blunder but his distribution out the back, through two games, is among the best in the league. Rating: 7
D Mike Petke: It was a physical, all-out performance by the veteran center back, who clearly enjoyed getting inside the head of Seattle's Freddie Ljungberg. His passing was safe and his positioning, as always, was good. No major gaffes. Rating: 6.5
D Jeremy Hall: Given his blunder last June against Seattle, it was nice to see Hall play well as a right back. He moved into the attack frequently and overlapped several times, but New York failed to get him the ball. If they take advantage of him more, the offense can be dynamic with his ability to stretch the field. Rating: 6.5
M Seth Stammler: In his first action of the season, the team's longest-tenured player showed no signs of rust. Stammler was in the middle of everything defensively and moved forward very well. His holding possession was valuable in the second half. Rating: 7.5
M Dane Richards: It was the right winger's hard work on the flank that set up the corner kick which led to the game's only goal. Much of New York's attack in the first half was down Richards' flank but he missed an overlapping Hall several times. Should have finished at least one second half chance. Good performance, tracked back well but plenty of room for improvement. Rating: 6
M Sinisa Ubiparipovic: The central midfielder covered a lot of turf on Saturday night, tracking back and getting in the thick of things defensively on the left flank. He moved the ball well but had some suspect passing and his touch let him down more than once. Rating: 6
M Joel Lindpere: The central midfielder proved again to be a difference maker for New Yorker with shrewd distribution and the ability to get the ball wide. Had some poor touches in the first half but had a well-taken corner that assisted on the game's only goal. Rating: 6.5
F Macoumba Kandji: Very much against the run of play and on hostile turf, Kandji took his best chance very well and made the most of it. Was the most dangerous of the New York attackers but he worked hard defensively to hold a high line of pressure. Also held the ball well, making safe passes to hold the ball in the second half. Rating: 7.5
F Juan Pablo Ángel: It appears the Colombian is still not 100 percent following a preseason injury that shelved him for much of the month of March. His work rate wasn't there and he never looked likely to score … or even dangerous. Rating: 5
M Danleigh Borman (for Ubiparipovic): One week removed from starting on the left wing against Chicago, Borman proved his worth again with a late-game appearance on the same side. He should have had an assist within moments of entry, but Richards failed to put the cross on frame. His effort and team defense helped preserve the win. Rating: 6
F Connor Chinn: Incomplete.


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"The Voice" got its top 10 on Tuesday night, thanks in part to an instant Twitter save for Team CeeLo's Kat Robichaud. But along with the good news for most of the show's dozen finalists came an unceremonious goodbye for two rock'n'roll men with unique voices, Team CeeLo's Jonny Gray and Team Christina's Josh Logan.
It was an unexpected turn of events for Jonny, who had last week landed safely among his team's top two members on the strength of America's votes. For Josh, whom Christina had saved from the bottom three, the departure was perhaps less jarring but no less bittersweet.
Blake Shelton put it aptly at the top of the hour. "Tuesdays are why I drink so much," he quipped. (And besides a window into Blake's relationship with alcohol, Tuesday also brought some revelations about the strange, and strangely named, pets the other coaches may or may not own. A llama named Ollama? Really, CeeLo?)
Tuesday night's eliminations show began, though, with a crew of the show's female singers teaming with Sara Bareilles on a cover of her upbeat piano-pop hit "Brave," and that they had to be to face the rigors of being hauled onto the stage for Carson Daly's announcements of who would stay to sing another week.
Caroline Pennell, the sunny folk-pop 17-year-old from Team CeeLo, was the first to find she'd earned the chance to stick around. Next up for that honor was Team Christina's Matthew Schuler, whose knack for belting sacred songs like Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" into indie-rock anthems has made him a favorite. (When he got the good news, his teammates looked genuinely relieved for him.)
Next, after a performance by CeeLo (ditching his "Star Trek"-esque glasses but sticking with his Druid-esque robe) and his team, came good news for members of the other two teams, first Team Blake's Pacific Northwest-bred country singer Austin Jenckes and Team Adam's Jamaican powerhouse Tessanne Chin.
That meant each team had sent a singer into the top 10 thus far, and with that, all the men of the show's top 12 tackled the Grand Funk Railroad standby "We're an American Band," showcasing just how varied their voices despite their shared rock roots.
With the next round of announcements of who had been saved by America's votes, a pair of those male singers got their reprieve, but not before Team Christina's pint-sized blues diva Jacquie Lee, giggling nervously as she awaited the results, got hers. Then, Team Blake's Cole Vosbury and Team Adam's Will Champlin heard their names called out, to their relief.
Will, his coach and his other teammates -- including James Wolpert, who still didn't know his fate beyond Tuesday night -- took to the stage next for a performance of the Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night."
But after it, James got the good news his teammates already had: He, too, was safe on the strength of audience votes, as was Team Blake's "swamp-pop" singer Ray Boudreaux.
That left three people on the stage -- and two of them were from Team CeeLo. "I'm kind of pissed," CeeLo admitted, seeing his team members Jonny and Kat on the stage alongside Team Christina's Josh. But Christina noted how far all of them had come and complimented the trio's perseverance and talents.
Normally audience votes may have decided which two of those three would be sent packing and which one would stay another week. But on Tuesday, the final arbiter was the so-called Twitter instant save -- whereby whichever of the three artists garnered the most tweeted mentions of their names in those five minutes before the show ended won the chance to stay.
By that measure, the lucky one -- and the final member of the show's top 10 contestants -- was Kat Robichaud, and that meant that Josh and Jonny were both leaving "The Voice" stage for the last time.
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"The Voice" Gets Its Top 10, With a Twitter Twist
Josh Logan and Jonny Gray got the boot Tuesday, while Kat Robichaud was saved by eager Twitter fans.
"The Voice" got its top 10 on Tuesday night, thanks in part to an instant Twitter save for Team CeeLo's Kat Robichaud. But along with the good news for most of the show's dozen finalists came an unceremonious goodbye for two rock'n'roll men with unique voices, Team CeeLo's Jonny Gray and Team Christina's Josh Logan.


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Just when I thought I'd let my subscription to the Atlantic run out, along comes an issue (December) with some actual meat in it. Jeffrey Goldberg's timely "The Case for More Guns (and More Gun Control)" is a valuable contribution to the debate and well-worth your time. It was a bit unexpected given the source, both in terms of the magazine and the author. And Goldberg hasn't backed down in light of the recent tragedy in Connecticut, writing Friday:
People should have the ability to defend themselves. Mass shootings take many lives in part because no one is firing back at the shooters. The shooters in recent massacres have had many minutes to complete their evil work, while their victims cower under desks or in closets. One response to the tragic reality that we are a gun-saturated country is to understand that law-abiding, well-trained, non-criminal, wholly sane citizens who are screened by the government have a role to play in their own self-defense, and in the defense of others (read The Atlantic article to see how one armed school administrator stopped a mass shooting in Pearl Mississippi). I don't know anything more than anyone else about the shooting in Connecticut at the moment, but it seems fairly obvious that there was no one at or near the school who could have tried to fight back.
This edition also has two interesting pieces on the future of industry/manufacturing in America and a nice little autobiographical story on an actual newly opened bookstore and its owner. And thank goodness the "What's Your Problem" page at the end – perhaps one of the worst pages in serious journalism in some time – has been replaced by the "Cover to Cover" section on new books (though this long overdue development isn't new to this issue). The magazine still has its problems and hasn't returned to its peak, but there have been some recent signs of hope (or are these dead-cat bounces?).*
Here is my favorite quotation from the December issue in an article by James Fallows titled, "Mr China Comes to America":
I'll say it in every article: America's greatest strategic advantage is its openness to an outsize share of the world's talent, and one of its greatest self-inflicted weaknesses is needlessly turning that talent away.
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While one of the enemies in Plants Vs. Zombies used to play football, the undead abominations of the newly-revealed Necromantic team actively play, or at least they will once the Blood Bowl Legendary Edition hits PC.
I'm going to go ahead and call foul right now. The Necromantic team, which joins the Amazons and Ogres as one the 11 new teams coming in the Blood Bowl Legendary Edition, is supposed to be summoned by dark necromancers to do their football bidding.
How the hell is a necromancer summoning a werewolf?
Flesh golems I can see. Definitely zombies, but werewolves? Are they at least undead werewolves? I'm so confused.
The Blood Bowl Legendary Edition is coming to PC in early 2011.


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OTTAWA — The federal Conservative government's plan to commemorate a large number of military battles and accomplishments in the coming years poses a threat to the Canadian Force's ability to do its job, according to internal Defence Department documents.
The Conservative government has come under fire in the past for emphasizing Canada's military past at the expense of other social, technological and cultural achievements.
But this is the first time anyone has indicated that celebrating Canada's past military contributions could actually undermine the Canadian Forces today, which opens a whole new avenue of questioning for the government.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced this week that the government will be holding cross-country consultations in advance of celebrations over the next four years to mark a large number "defining moments" in Canada's history.
While these moments will include some non-military milestones such as Canada's 150th birthday in 2017, the majority will center on the 100th anniversary of the First World War and the Second World War's 75th anniversary.
For example, major ceremonies across Canada and in Europe are expected for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 2017, where Canada is said to have truly emerged as a nation.
The 75th anniversaries of the Dieppe raid and D-Day are also among the large number of events that will be commemorated.
Heritage Canada is largely responsible for organizing and paying for these events, but the Canadian Forces will be expected to provide personnel and equipment at various times, as it did two years ago during the War of 1812 celebrations.
One might expect the Canadian military to be excited that their sacrifices and contributions in the world's bloodiest battles and conflicts will be recognized in the coming years.
But instead, senior officials warned Canadian Army commander Lt.-Gen. Marquis Hainse in a secret briefing that "there is a risk that the CA (Canadian Army) budget in 2016-18 will be dislocated by a plethora of commemoration that will be politically driven and difficult to forecast."
The Canadian Forces are already struggling with billions of dollars in spending cuts that have put significant pressures on the military's training and maintenance budgets.
Now, thanks to the large number of government-planned commemorations between 2016 and 2018, officials said, "there is risk to (operations) planning capacity, the CA budget, and normal operations."
A spokeswoman for Defence Minister Rob Nicholson defended the government's plans on Friday, noting National Defence's budget has increased by 27 per cent since 2006.
"Working alongside Heritage Canada, the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces are continually recognizing and remembering the service and sacrifice that our men and women in uniform have displayed generation through generation," spokeswoman Julie Di Mambro added in an email.
NDP defence critic Jack Harris said there is a clear need to mark Canada's role and contributions during the First and Second World Wars, "but this government seems to go one or two steps further."
The fact there are already pressing needs such as treating military personnel for psychological injuries and maintaining equipment that are going unmet because of budget cuts, Harris said, makes any added pressures unacceptable.
"If they're threatening the capability of the military to do the job they're supposed to do for our country when it's already under-resourced in certain areas," he said, "that is a kind of mismanagement we're seeing again and again with this government."
About $22.6 million has been set aside for what has been dubbed Operation Distinction, which forms the foundation of the military's involvement in commemorations between now and 2020.
That includes not just the two world wars and Canada's 150th birthday, but also the 60th anniversary of the Korean War, the 25th anniversary of Canada's involvement in the Balkans, and an Afghan mission memorial project.
But officials said Op Distinction is "under-funded" and "too small in scope" to meet the requests that will come down from the Prime Minister's Office, the defence minister's office and other places.
Retired lieutenant-general Peter Devlin, who served as army commander before Hainse took over last July, told Postmedia News that one of the issues is "unfunded political requests" that are normally associated with announcements by cabinet ministers.
These require providing personnel and equipment for events to give ministers eye-catching backdrops that look good on television and photographs, but which are paid for out of the military's normal operating budget.
The documents say this is exactly what happened in 2012 with the War of 1812 celebrations, and with an event in 2013 marking the 70th anniversary of the allied invasion of Sicily, where Canadian troops helped seize the island from the Nazis and their Italian allies.
While the federal government budgeted about $30 million to mark the War of 1812, that money does not take into account what the army officials described as "short-fuse political requests that needed to be planed and funded" from existing military budgets.
Harris alleged that the fact the officials repeatedly referred to "political requests" appears to reflect "that they're separating the job they have to do to protect the country with the kind of uses that the government seems to want to make of them and their uniforms and their history."
Some of the military events the federal government is expected to commemorate between now and 2020:
70th anniversary of D-Day
70th anniversary of the Liberation of Belgium
75th anniversary of the start of the Second World War
100th anniversary of the start of the First World War
200th anniversary of the Battle of Lundy's Lane
70th anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands
70th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic
75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain
100th anniversary of the Second Battle of Ypres, the first gas attack of the First World War
75th anniversary of the Battle of Hong Kong
100th anniversary of the Battles of the Somme and Beaumont-Hamel
150th anniversary of the Fenian Raids
75th anniversary of the Dieppe Raid
100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge
100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele
100th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion
75th anniversary of the Italian Campaign and the Battle of Ortona
75th anniversary of D-Day
75th anniversary of the Liberation of Belgium
75th anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands
75th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic
75th anniversary of VE Day
75th anniversary of VJ Day


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Lei Ting was a student at the Xun Yan Ballet School in Liaoning, China before she furthered her dance training at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore. During her studies in Singapore, she participated in SDT's productions of The Nutcracker in 2008 and Swan Lake in 2009, and later joined the company in 2010 as an apprentice. Lei Ting was promoted the following year in 2011 and has danced in all of SDT's full length works since, notably Ballet Under The Stars, Peter & Blue's Forest Adventure, Masterpiece in Motion, Passages, The Nutcracker and Swan Lake.
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This morning, Apple raised the curtain on iTunes 7.7 and on App Store, an outlet for third-party iPhone and iPod Touch applications. "The reaction has been so strong," said Apple (AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs. "So many developers responded. This is the biggest launch of my career."
And with 522 applications debuting at the store today (135 of them free, 417 of them paid; see chart below), it would seem to be just that. It's also likely one of the most important, an effort to do to the mobile-software market what iTunes did to the digital music market, to do to the mobile OS what Microsoft did to the desktop OS. An ambitious undertaking, but one for which Apple seems well positioned, initally, anyway. "Everybody wants to build an iPhone app," Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster told The New York Times. "It's pretty rare you hear things like this. The enthusiasm is surprising."
You'll find the store's "Top Apps" here, its "Top Free Apps" here and the iPhone 2.0 firmware update you need to use them here.


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Taipei, a journey to the future
Taiwan's capital city charms with a lust for life in a modern setting, devised by innovative architects and shaped by the volcanos' natural wonders.
Taipei keeps evolving. One projects after the other, the metropolis inspires the best out of most major architects, with spectacular sites like Rem Koolhaas' concert venues, and Vincent Callebaut's twisted and green tower, the Agora Garden. Although at the cutting edge of all technologies, the city has retained its traditions. At the close of day, as the bustle gradually gives way to a more relaxed and easy-going atmosphere, it is a pleasure to wander around the alleyways leading to old markets, and discover historical neighbourhoods away from the city's uproar.
As a fertile ground of culinary experimentation for starred chefs and sophisticated food lovers, Taipei has witnessed the burgeoning and explosion of street food into a mass phenomenon, way before it took over the other big cities on the planet. You will discover the true origins of street food, prepared on unstable stands by modest but proud servants of a solid culinary heritage.
The city also stands out thanks to its intense and unfettered cultural life, giving free rein to all kinds of creative art. From live performances to fine arts, the young local art scene is blooming with unprecedented dynamism. Artists from all over Asia – some from even further away – make the trip to get a better sense of this open air gallery. In order to really grasp the complexity of this fascinating city, visit the numerous green spaces in the area, exceptional natural gems. Preserved parks and hot springs will lure you into a spiritual and sensory getaway. The island of Taiwan is full of immaculate sites, deserted beaches, thick tropical forests filled with various species. An hour by train or car is enough to take you to the heart of sensational panoramas to enjoy wild landscapes and live a few privileged moments, away from everything.
Between profuse architecture and preserved nature, welcome to Taipei!
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Haha why is everyone doing letters/diary entries?! XD 😛
If your name is bold, that means I got an entry from you. If you submitted photography or artwork, you'll have an * next to your name. If you received bonus points for your team for whatever reason, your name will be in italics.
Thank you to the two people who submitted for this round!
Points from last round: 25
Total points: 85
Woop woop!
Unfortunately some one else had to drop out from this team, so there is, once again, an open spot on this team. If you know anyone who is interested in filling up this spot, please let them know. But until then, since Team Summer is two members short, I will be giving them 5 bonus points each round to make up for it.
Points from last round: 58
Total points: 97
Points from last round: 45
Total points: 64
Great job guys!!
Team Summer is now in the lead! :O (and they were still in the lead without the bonus points) GO TEAMS! YOU CAN DO IT!!
Also, you guys signed up for this, so please post and help your teams!
The Winner of Challenge 2 is…
(winner will receive 10 bonus points for their team)
Abby Franklin of Team Summer
Your story/letter was lovely and so heartfelt. Keep up the great work!
Once again, this was a REALLY hard decision because all of your entries were so great, so please don't be hurt if your entry wasn't picked! ❤
Challenge 3 Prompts:
Emily. 10. The hot pink of her outfit stood out from her pale skin.
Peter. 14. His brown hair lopped over his forehead and his shirt matched the deep blue in his eyes.
(by yours truly)
"What are you doing here?"
"This is my house."
"Not anymore."
(also by moi)
A quick reminder that you even though you use your team name many times in your story, you'll only get pointed (is that a word?) for one, and that the pictures/drawings included in your post (if you want to get points for them) they must be your own. 🙂
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- You can take photos or draw pictures to illustrate your story. You will get 2 points per photo and illustration.
- Creativity. This is how creatively you use the prompts. At the end of each round I'll select my favorite story and that person will earn more points for their team.
- If you use the name of your team in your story, you can earn a point for your team. (e.g forest; the forest was dark and gloomy)
- You'll get a point for each prompt you use, and a point for submitting your story/poem.
Deadline: 20th of January 2018
Leave a link down below and the number of points so won't miss your entry. 🙂 If I missed your entry for this round and you submitted it within the deadline (12th at midnight), let me know and I'll tally up your points.
Good luck and have fun!
Sample Story (just pretend I'm on Team Forest)
Story: 1
Prompts: 3
Pictures/Artwork: none
I used my team name: 1
Total points: 5
Emily. 10. The hot pink of her outfit stood out from her pale skin.
Peter. 14. His brown hair lopped over his forehead and his shirt matched the deep blue in his eyes.
I remembered them so well. Emily's cheerful smiles and playful ponytails. Peter's awkward grin and thoughtful eyes. I could have been with them forever if only I had held on.
I was a friendly bear in the house, and when the two children, alone, came to my cottage seeking refuge, I invited them in and they stayed for a while. In fact, they stayed from when little Emily was dragging around her new found love of a teddy bear till she was still sleeping cuddled up next it's patched up, furry, dirty self. That was almost four years they stayed with me.
I loved them with all my heart, and it seemed that they were now my own. Until I let them go. They were happy with me. An orphanage deemed that a bear was not fit for two children to live with, and they ripped them from me, hitting them with the news like someone's face slapping the surface of water from a fall in the clouds.
Peter was coming home from some errands and was stopped by some people. I still remember what they said:
"What are you doing here?"
"This is my house."
"Not anymore."
I just stood by and told my mind that I couldn't do anything to stop these people from taking the children that had grown to be the only joys in my life.
Emily still sometimes comes to visit me in the forest, and sometimes she comes dressed up as a Princess. When she does this, I take her hand and kiss it gently. I bow and she curtsies.
Then she laughs, throws her arms around me and gives me a long hug. I cradle her in my arms for a little bit, then we talk. We talk about anything, really. About the thoughts she's had. About the things she has done. About the little paper doll she made yesterday.
But it's not the same. If only I hadn't given up.
Sorry that was such a bad sample! 😛 XD
~ Zielle
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Apple Ends Boring Visitor Information Centers
One of the vexing ironies of travel is that Visitor Information Centers (VIC) do little to nothing to enhance or promote the destination they represent. If anything, they can be a "turn off" for the destination.
Visitor centers are usually some functional building filled with tired staffers surrounded by lots of brochures, a few maps and mundane kinds of information.
Almost never anything interactive
Great places to use the restrooms and buy a Coke and a bag of chips.
Not so with the UK city of Manchester, reports Tnooz, the talking- travel tech web site.
Just as Kayak, the successful fare search engine, launched its new web site to mirror the best design features of Apple, so has the Manchester Visitor Information Center.
HotelMarketing.com says that Kayak's redesigned site borrows heavily from its iPad and iPhone apps, resulting in simpler, more engaging set of pages.
Manchester's technology-heavy, Apple-inspired design is geared to make "discovering the city fun and useful," also using clever technology-inspired experiences.
Tnooz reports, for example, a Mediawall that fills and entire end of the center and lures visitors into participating in the Manchester experience.
There are wall-size, a real-time information screens carrying messages from local businesses, residents and travelers and pose fun, quirky questions like, "Mummy, why does the train go Choo-Choo?"
There are lots of desktop computers around the space for booking and research, and live tweets that create a living sense of the present.
The Microsoft Surface Table, which is fast becoming a staple of the industry's need to engage travelers in their travel-decision making process, plays a prominent role in the city's VIC.
The surface table is gives visitors a 360-degree interface that elegantly combines touch with real-world objects, and gives visitors tactile and informational interaction with maps, hotels, attractions and the like.
How successful is the Apple VIC spin-off?
Tnooz quotes Andrew Daines, who consulted on the project, as saying that 58% of visitors discovered new places to visit using the tech, and two-thirds of visitors actually cited the technology as a reason they would visit the center again.
So, the theory probably is, if you can get potential visitors to return to and interact with the center, actual bookings to the destination should be the next logical step.
Unless of course, the Visitor Center satisfies the need for the visit itself.


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Midway between the sea and the hinterland, surrounded by breathtaking countryside: this is the setting for Villa Tombolina, a picturesque relais with refined rooms and a warm, welcoming atmosphere.
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DescriptionDiminutive in size but ground-breaking in spirit, the C5 Malvern 595 silences the notion that ultra-thin mechanical watches must be matched by an equally stratospheric price.
Unsurprisingly, the 595's case is the star of the show here; our Malvern case aesthetic is, almost impossibly, enhanced by such slimness. At only 5.95mm tall and weighing in at a light 33g, the 595 is an astonishing technical achievement: inside, its ETA 7001 movement is only 2.5mm high, while our case manufacturers have secured accuracy within infinitesimally small tolerances.
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- Water resistance: 3 ATM (30 metres)
- Vibrations: 21,600 per hour (3 Hz)
- Timing tolerance: +15/-15 seconds per day
- Dial: White
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This is what I wore on Monday to go see Kate. I feel like I really should get back into the swing of posting what I wear on the actual day I wear something. Just been a bit all over the place in the last two weeks with pre shooting outfits! I hardly ever wear my Allegeras any more, I think because they got so popular I decided I didn't like them. Such a hipster. The dress is the Petite version of the grey marl midi dress that Topshop has at the moment but that just drowns me. I have so much love for grey marl jersey! It just has a lovely slouchy off duty feel to it which I love. The necklace was something I picked through ASOS Future Stylist as I had my eye on it for ages!
Im off to a Viktor & Rolf product launch for their new Spicebomb fragrance tonight, which is actually a male fragrance but I LOVE male smells. My favourite Man smell is Versace Blue Jeans, which I used to force all my ex boyfriends wear. I smelt it on the tube (makes change from B.O.!) the other day and was sitting there sniffing this man! Haha. The oyster holder is from this ebay seller, and I just cant get enough of it so I just had to include it!


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Back in August I wrote a post setting forth a few key goals for myself in my second year of graduate school. During my first year my plan was just to figure out how to survive in the library school world and hopefully get a summer internship. This year I wanted to set some more ambitious goals that I'd really have to put forth some effort to accomplish. Well now that I've finished up my winter quarter and therefor over half way through the school year, I thought it would be great time to check in on my goals and see what I should concentrate on in my final quarter.
So as a refresher course here are the goals I set back in September before my school year started.
- Volunteer at ALA Midwinter – This year it is taking place in Seattle so I'm assuming UW's iSchool will be hijacked during the conference. Who wouldn't sneak off to an ALA conference when it is just a bus ride across town? Once school starts I should start asking around about how I can get involved.
- Complete a DFW – This is a Directed Field Work or to some a practicum or an unpaid internship for credit. Now I know many students dislike unpaid internships for credit since the student ends up in the red, but our DFW system at UW allows me to get in on the ground floor with some local organizations that usually don't offer intern positions otherwise. This is great for me since I am tied geographically to this area after grad school (I can't complain my husband has a great job!). I'm hoping for a position that allows me to interact with archive patrons, donors, or at least fellow colleagues. I've had too many jobs where I just sit alone in a room and do my own thing.
- Present at a conference (either a paper or poster) – Right now I'm thinking a smaller conference like the Washington Library Association or Northwest Archivists, but who knows maybe something interesting will cross my path and I'll take a leap and submit something to SAA or ALA. I really have no ideas right now, but I'm not sweating it (yet).
- Keep expanding my knowledge of archives, digital services, digital humanities, metadata, & cataloging – So besides taking classes geared toward this, I'm planning on learning more about the Digital Humanities via this awesome LibGuide from Boston College. I've also recently discovered iTunesU which is free and has free lectures series about tons of different topics. I have several downloaded (some from the Library of Congress) that I'm trying to fit in. Also I'm going to learn the basics of HTML/XML from this book recommended by my programmer husband so I can take the more intensive version of the HTML class offered in my program come the spring quarter.
- Continue to write blog posts – It is so easy for me to just let everything else fall by the wayside while taking classes. One of those things that gets neglected is this blog. I will probably try a few tricks to keep this active like connecting posts to my class work or writing responses to other library/archive blog posts.
- Get a summer internship – I have one internship in mind that I would like to have in the summer of 2013, but by March or April that could all change. However, I need to remember to apply, apply, apply and keep my eyes on the student jobs listserv, inalj, and archivesgig.
- Attend more conferences – Okay well this goal is kind of already wrapped up, but I think it stills needs to be here. Last year I only attended one professional conference. This year I plan on attending InfoCamp Seattle (even though it intimidates me), Museum Computer Network (it's in Seattle and there are GLAMWiki sessions), ALA Midwinter, and then it is a toss up between Northwest Archivists and WLA/OLA. I really wish I could go to SXSW, but the conference costs plus travel costs just puts it out of reach.
Below I'll go through each point and review how well I've done so far this year!
- Volunteer at ALA Midwinter – So this did not happen. Apparently ALA doesn't ask for a lot of volunteers for the weekend (or I somehow totally missed all those emails). The only opportunity I saw was for the yoga session very early on Sunday morning & I don't do yoga. However, I did get involved with my ALA chapter. I planned on hosting another library school student in my the big MLIS student couch surfing experiment, but my poor guest got sick right before the conference and couldn't attend!
- Complete a DFW – This will not happen during the standard school year this year. Enough normal classes have come up that I was interested in as well as my internship at Sub Pop Records that I haven't had time to add a DFW in. However, my summer internship could turn into a DFW if that is under the only condition the organization will take me. (I don't believe I need the credits at this point.)
- Present at a conference (either a paper or poster) – I really thought it would take me all year to work up the nerve to accomplish this goal. I don't really have a fear of presenting or talking in front of a crowd, but I do find it hard to convince myself I have something worth presenting. Luckily enough Samip Mallick who was my supervisor for my summer internship at the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) asked if I wanted to put together a proposal for the Library 2.012 virtual conference. It was just the push I needed! So at the beginning of October I presented "Taking Access to the User Online" – focusing on my work editing Wikipedia articles to drive traffic to materials in the archive.
- Keep expanding my knowledge of archives, digital services, digital humanities, metadata, & cataloging – This goal is being accomplished in several different ways. I just finished a class on indexing and will being taking a class on digital humanities reference this spring. I have also started using Code Academy & Coursera. I'm currently interning at Sub Pop Records which is helping expand my knowledge of archives and digital asset management.
- Continue to write blog posts – My social media class fall quarter really helped here, but I've totally dropped the ball during winter quarter. Adding an internship to my schedule really through a wrench into my normal operating procedure so I just let blogging fall to the wayside as I figured everything out. Hopefully I can figure out a better schedule during spring quarter.
- Get a summer internship – I'm actually working on this goal during my break! I plan on updating my resume and applying to several positions while I have the time. I'm looking at archival positions – both digital & traditional as well as cataloging/metadata/indexing/taxonomy positions.
- Attend more conferences – So far this year I have attended the Library 2.012 virtual Conference and ALA Midwinter. I did not attend the Museum Computer Network conference – it just didn't fit into my schedule once I compared it with my school schedule. I do plan on attending one more conference this spring the Washington/Oregon Library Associations Joint Conference.
So far I'm pretty pleased with my progress in completing my goals this year! I just need to work on getting a summer internship/DFW lined up as well as continuing to blog more and expand my info professional horizons through some professional development on my own time.
How about everyone else? Anyone else set some goals (written down or otherwise) at the beginning of the school year? How are you all doing with completing your goals?