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Using the word Poppycock doesn't make what you are saying true. The fact is that Joe, the moderator constantly allowed the EOs to say whatever they wanted without consequence, while punishing Catholics for defending the Catholic faith. You show your ignorance in that you will not even admitt this when it is blatant.
Now we need to be fair here. There were a few on the Catholic side who got away a lot in polemics without the moderator getting on them as well. No sense in beating ourselves up here but we as Orthodox Catholics had a dickens of a time answering questions about our faith and having someone, not all, but some come in a say that we were either proselytizing, evangelizing or using ad homonym remarks. If an inquirer was interested in Orthodoxy all he had to do was to read the books that we posted and he or she could make up their own minds which direction they would want to go in.The blame belongs on both sides. There was plenty of accusations to go around many times.If you start a forum and include a forum section that would take an opposite view of what the Moderators would have, you have to know that there will be times in which the debate becomes a little warm. I feel that the majority of Orthodox posters were courteous and respectful of the terms that they agreed to when they became members. Much the same way here. We have a section where non-Orthodox Christians can exchange ideas, answers, and suggestions and hopefully if anyone is at a point that would jeopardize his or her good standing the moderator would give adequate warnings. I'm sure this is the case here. I was perplexed about my requests for answers and was completely ignored with no explanation of why I was banned forever.Just a simple answer to why we were left go would have been nice, that's all.JoeS
Instead of appointing yourselves Grand Apologist and engaging in inter-Christian rat-a-tat-tat, why not pray and fast do some Lectio Divina? Do you think Christ is delighted by your focus on "proving" the other guy wrong? Is that what your faith is about? Humility---a virtue good to remember for all of us.{Edited title} Αριστοκλής
Instead of appointing yourselves Grand Apologist and engaging in inter-Christian rat-a-tat-tat, why not pray and fast do some Lectio Divina? Do you think Christ is delighted by your focus on "proving" the other guy wrong? Is that what your faith is about? Humility---a virtue good to remember for all of us.
...They often descended to blatant bashing of the Catholic faith and did so without consequence.
Catholics, on the other hand, who defended the Catholic faith well were often disciplined by the moderator.
To make matters worse, it had gotten to the point where Catholics were not allowed to articulate the CATHOLIC position that the EO Church is not Catholic in the full sense of the word.
It was just strange that the Catholic position was censored and the EO position allowed to be freely expressed on a Catholic website.
Furthermore, there were threads that celebrated people's conversion away from the Catholic Church and to the EO churches.
From a Catholic perspective, these people were committing mortal sin and it was being celebrated.
Chuckle...don't be dismayed, Ziggernaut, we have some RC's here, too. I knew lubeltri was itching to say something.
Thanks! I wasn't really dismayed, just a little curious about where he's coming from. Now I know. I've nothing against, RC's. Just don't want to be one, especially after coming home to Holy Orthodoxy from Byzantine Catholicism !Blessings,Jeff
If any Catholics from that Eastern Christian forum/war zone had come over here, my comment would have been directed at them too.
I was formerly a regular participant on the Catholic Answers "Eastern Christianity" forum. I was never proselytized there, but what I did learn from the Orthodox posters ultimately caused me to begin my own inquiry and let me to the Holy Orthodox churchThis is a very unfortunate development.
The fact is that Joe, the moderator constantly allowed the EOs to say whatever they wanted without consequence, while punishing Catholics for defending the Catholic faith. You show your ignorance in that you will not even admit this when it is blatant.
That was the crux of their difficulty with us. The answers from the EO's were so radiant and accurate that no proselytization was needed - Fr. Ambrose was getting convert after convert from Rome to the EOC, and there simply was NO effective counter - EVERY counter would get erased in such a good way that there was no come-back... And they finally just decided that they were NOT paying money for their board to LOSE their faithful, and they got rid of the EOs...
To all those identifying themselves as former CA Posters...Blessings of the Lord to you!
I wanted to take this opportunity to second Cleveland's message and affirm the sentiments of many others here who have not posted: a very warm welcome is extended to you!
My understanding is that the arguments on that board could not be archived or preserved in some way? That is a shame; I would have liked to have had these arguments preserved in some way as monuments to free speech. Is there any way to have an account set up to set the record straight?
Heavens to Murgatroyd lubeltri, are you that old to use this ? This is from back in my day
It appears that the archive ECF has vanished over at CAF...
Heavens to Murgatroyd, it's only a website. Don't get so dramatic.
And regards to you, orthodoxlurker. Your posts at the CAF were particularly helpful to me in my journey to Holy Orthodoxy. (Same goes for you, Hesychios - thanks much!)
So many excellent posts.Three years of Fr Ambrose's answers.Barbarians.I'm so sad.
I suppose if you can't stand the heat, get rid of the kitchen!
You are right!...I wouldn't have believed it until you mentioned it.I wouldn't have bothered to look for it, but it was there yesterday: ECF: 2007. They have archived some of the most mundane stuff there, but not the Eastern Christianity experiment.I have no idea how much was in it, but I would have to guess at least 80,000 posts (could have been 180,000). Father A can be credited with 15,000 and I had almost 5,000. Mickey had around 7,000, I would guess.I wonder why they felt compelled to take that step, really.MichaelMacArthur's Park is melting in the dark...
The Eastern Catholic Section is anemic...
I'm afraid that the NWO Catholics will dominate that board...like everything elsewhere
Of course it is. There are only about 10 of us eastern Catholics there. But a few of my friends have been there posting so they might be good for the defense.
Greetings all,I've lurked here at OC.net before for a year or so but never registered until now. I really only read the EC forum at CAF, and now it and its best posters are all gone. Since everyone seemed to make their way to OC.net, I look forward to conversing with you all here.
Brother Jimmy ..The catholic answers forum may keep a few token orthodox posters , i've noticed brother Isa is there ,,Forever Adam ,,stMark...and a few others...if there going to last God only knows.....stashko
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I was in NY this past weekend and my time can be summarized in a few words – family/friends, food, and art. Not surprisingly, much of the latter two were shared with the former. It was such a NY weekend. And for the first time in a long time, the only thing I bought were things to fill my pantry and fridge.
I got everything on my list and then some. In addition to good balsamic, parmesan, and fun demura (and white) sugar cubes, I found kosher beef jerky, gnocci from italy, ras al hanout spice mixture (which honestly I could have found up here, but I saw it in Fairway so I just bought it), and the pièce de résistance…Hazelnut oil. I found the hazelnut oil in Zabar's (specific info on the oil on my resources page) and had bought the same one a few years ago but let it go rancid because I didn't realize it needed to be refrigerated. I was SO happy to find this oil again!
Besides visiting the old classics foodie haunts on the UWS (Zabar's, Fairway, Gourmet Garage), I stopped in to the newly renovated Kosher Marketplace — one of the higher end all kosher grocery stores in my old "chood" to see what it looked like. No longer a cramped tiny store, and still carrying some very high end products and interesting products, but check out the pictures below, and giggle along with me about some of the product placement issues they're still working on (Meira — these are for you) …
I didn't just shop for food … I took advantage of NY's culinary and cultural variety.
I got into the city only 3 hours before sundown, wanted to catch a small photography exhibit at a Chelsea gallery, and needed to find food for shabbat for my sister and my friend. This is probably only possible in NY and a handful of cities. We went to the exhibit — photography of female Israeli soldiers and dancers in Russia (captured poignantly not in performance, but behind the scenes which is where, as Elvera, who I met when we were in a dance company together, and I know only too well, the real emotion is), met the artist (!), and managed to pick up Indian food just cross town in "Curry Hill" and get back to my friend's apartment more or less in time for shabbat to begin. Only in NY!
Saturday afternoon, we ate Indian leftovers and then walked to The Jewish Museum to see their exhibit on Chagall and the Russian Theater which is only around for 2 more weeks. What made the exhibit really interesting was that Elvera is originally from the Ukraine and could give her own commentary about life and the theater (having trained in dance there) in the more modern Soviet Union, when it was still united.
And then in the evening, I went to a CityStep benefit held at the Alvin Ailey building. Right outside the room where our benefit was being held, there is a stunning mosaic of Judith Jamison (who, I might add, received an honorary Doctorate of Arts the same year I walked…) that I just can't resist sharing with you.
I had Sunday brunch at Pain Quotidien with some of my international friends that I so sorely miss. And interestingly enough, a guy wearing a yarmulke was eating in there too…Romy and Thierry wouldn't let me take a picture of him eating his baguette and butter. And I wasn't in the mood to approach him to start a discussion. Clearly we both subscribe to the "traditional French (and Belgian) baguettes are kosher; check that they are made on a floured (not greased) baking sheet/stone" rule and believe that this rule does not only apply to France (Belgium) … <ignoring the fact that I have become a bit more lax about eating out>.
After strolling through the MoMA and seeing some classics that I'm embarrassed to say I had never seen before in person, I was treated (and I mean treated!) to one of my favorite meat places for an early dinner. It has been so long since I've eaten meat out in a restaurant — and especially red meat — that I truly savored each bite of my Wolf&Lamb ribeye burger with grilled onions. This was no meagre hamburger. This was the kind of burger that melts into the bun. No ketchup required. I couldn't decide whether to eat it with my hands or a knife and fork. So, I alternated between hands and cutlery. It may not have been pretty, but it tasted pretty great. And the company, my dear friend MD, made it all the better. And thanks for the help with the picture — otherwise it would have been all bun!
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But, wow…I did a lot in just a few days. You always hear about a NY minute. I think it took me six months away to realize and appreciate the vivaciousness of this city. And these were just a few tastes of my NY. I can't wait to return for more. Imagine what I can do if I actually plan…


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Anyway, I think enough people make jokes about the misuse of "literally" that this contributes nothing. The examples of things supposedly literally done are nothing special - glued to a seat, exploded - so there's not much enjoyment to be gotten from them. The problem was Randall couldn't decide what the joke should be - is it that this guy went for years following one dude around waiting for him to mess up, and that's funny because, ha ha, he is obsessive? Or is it that the normal guy gets to mock the crazy guy by calling him "literally crazy" ? Alas, either one of these, fleshed out, could have been ok, but as is, they both are just lazy.
The problem with any joke about the misuse of "Literally" is that it will always, always, pale in comparison to the reality of misuse of "literally" by the current Vice President of the United States. Joe Biden is the master of misusing "literally" in hilarious ways ("Barack Obama will literally change the direction of this planet" cracks me up to no end, over and over and over again). Google it for more literally enjoyable examples.


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Legislators set hearings on gun violence, school safety, mental health
Connecticut legislators are not moving as quickly as those in New York, but they are still trying to fast-track proposals pertaining to gun violence, mental health and school safety.
Each of the three subcommittees within the state's Gun Violence and Children's Safety Task Force will hold a public hearing in January. There will also be one combined public hearing for all three subcommittees on Jan. 30 at Newtown High School.
"There will be a lot of temptation for public testimony from many special interests, and if I might ask that we can somehow focus our situation on Connecticut residents and in particular Newtown and Sandy Hook residents and their contributions so that we make sure that the voices there ... are heard, understood and respected above all," said state Rep. Mitch Bolinsky, R-Newtown.
The school safety public hearing will be held on Jan. 25, the gun safety hearing on Jan. 28 and the mental health hearing on Jan. 29.
Several legislators expressed concern about the process and asked whether residents would have time to digest the task force's proposals, to be posted on the task force's website on Tuesday, in time for the hearings. But the expectation for these hearings is that they will serve as a way to gather both reaction to those proposals and ideas for new proposals, said John McKinney, R-Fairfield.
"We don't want to limit the public testimony in anticipation to just that list of bills because we are hopeful that we will learn things from experts or people in the public that may send us in a direction that we aren't thinking about as of right now," McKinney said.
State Sen. Toni Boucher, R-Wilton, co-chairman of the school safety subcommittee, said she and state Rep. Andrew Fleischmann, D-West Hartford, also a co-chairman, plan to invite specific stakeholders to their public hearing, such as teachers' association leaders and school superintendents.
"Everything is feasible," said state Sen. Andrea Stillman, D-Waterford, who is on the school safety subcommittee.
"... This is probably the most important thing other than the budget."
Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey, D-Hamden, said he expects the public hearings to help determine which issues will garner bipartisan consensus and be passed quickly.
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• Gun safety: 10 a.m., Jan. 28, Room 2C, Legislative Office Building in Hartford
• Mental health: 10 a.m., Jan. 29, Room 2C, Legislative Office Building in Hartford
• Public hearing for all three subcommittees: 6 p.m. on Jan. 30, Newtown High School
Members of the school safety subcommittee are: Sen. Toni Boucher, R-Wilton (co-chair); Rep. Andrew Fleischmann, D-West Hartford (co-chair); Sen. Dante Bartolomeo, D-Meriden; Sen. Beth Bye, D-West Hartford; Sen. Art Linares, Westbrook; Sen. Andrew Maynard, D-Stonington; Sen. Mike McLachlan; R-Danbury, Sen. Andrea Stillman; D-Waterford; Sen. Kevin Witkos, R-Canton; Rep. Tim Ackert, R-Coventry; Rep. Whit Betts, R-Bristol; Rep. Mitch Bolinsky, R-Newtown; Rep. Tim LeGeyt, R-Canton; Rep. Diana Urban, D-North Stonington; Rep. Patricia Widlitz, D-Guilford; Rep. Roberta Willis, D-Lakeville.
Members of the gun violence subcommittee are: Sen. Martin Looney, D-New Haven (co-chair); Rep. Craig Minor, R-Litchfield (co-chair); Sen. Eric Coleman, D-Bloomfield; Sen. John Fonfara, D-Hartford; Sen. Scott Frantz, R-Riverside; Sen. Tony Guglielmo, R-Stafford Springs; Sen. Joan Hartley, D-Waterbury; Sen. John Kissel, R-Enfield; Sen. Kevin Witkos, R-Canton; Rep. Dan Carter, R-Bethel; Rep. Stephen Dargan, D-West Haven; Rep. Gerald Fox, D-Stamford; Rep. Janice Giegler, R-Danbury; Rep. Bob Godfrey, D-Danbury; Rep. Rosa Rebimbas, R-Naugatuck; Rep. Toni Walker, D-New Haven.
Members of the mental health subcommittee are: Sen. Toni Harp, D-New Haven (co-chair); Rep. Terrie Wood, R-Darien (co-chair); Sen. Joe Crisco, D-Woodbridge; Sen. Terry Gerratana, D-New Britain; Sen. Rob Kane, R-Watertown; Sen. Kevin Kelly, R-Stratford; Sen. Joe Markley, R-Plantsville; Sen. Gayle Slossberg, D-Milford; Sen. Jason Welch, R-Bristol; Rep. Cathy Abercrombie, D-Meriden; Rep. DebraLee Hovey, R-Monroe; Rep. Susan Johnson, D-Willimantic; Rep. Robert Megna, D-New Haven; Rep. Betsy Ritter, D-Waterford; Rep. Prasad Srinivasan, R-Glastonbury.
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Obamacare was originally supposed to include an affordable provision for long-term care through the CLASS Act. When that proved to be untenable, it was dropped.
Instead, the Commission on Long-Term Care was tasked with putting together a report that laid out the problems and provided a solution. The 15-person commission produced a 114-page report—a lot of work considering they only had from June till September—but a solution? Not so much.
In fact, there was so much disagreement that six commissioners voted against passing the report, and five issued their own dissent and recommendations.
LTC difficulties were divided into three basic categories: delivery system challenges, work force challenges and financing challenges.
Delivery system challenges include a lack of coordination in delivering long-term support and services (LTSS) partly due to "misalignment of benefit structures, conflicting rules and separate funding streams of Medicare, Medicaid and other public and private programs." Lack of integration between agencies and professionals compounds the problem.
Stating the obvious, the report also pointed out that the cost of LTSS is a challenge for families and governments facing severe financial pressures.
LTC insurance isn't the only answer, either. Coverage is expensive and increasingly hard to get. The report pointed out that "a significant number of insurers have left the private LTCI market and closed blocks of policies due to low interest rates that have affected the products' financial performance and unexpectedly low forfeiture rates, among other reasons. Many policies that are in force have recently experienced substantial premium increases."
The report suggested changing the way services were provided so those who need them are offered more appropriate levels of care and bound by fewer restrictions.
The work force challenges section addressed the need to improve the "availability and quality of paid and unpaid caregivers." Suggested solutions ranged from integrating family caregivers into the system to improving the career potential of care worker positions, allowing nurses to delegate some of their responsibilities and performing more criminal background checks on caregivers.
The commission did not agree on a financing solution, but did offer two ways to restructure LTSS financing.
The first approach is "through private options for financial protection," which included encouraging people to save more and boosting participation in private LTCI by means of new incentives, more flexibility for insurers, more affordable coverage and education campaigns.
Some of the incentives named in the report were tax breaks for LTC policies through retirement and health accounts, policy portability, partnership programs and stronger asset recovery ("to prevent [...] seniors from hiding assets to gain eligibility for Medicaid"). Ironically, the report conceded that was not much of a factor in using up Medicaid resources since "a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study [. . .] found that most older adults gaining Medicaid eligibility have very limited incomes."
The second approach is to use "social insurance," which would provide "a public financing mechanism that spreads risk broadly. [...] Since everyone is at risk, everyone contributes in order to benefit should a long-term functional need arise."
Et voilà, the element that was missing from the CLASS Act: mandatory participation, without which the project was doomed to fail.
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They too provided recommendations, which included a social insurance program; the need for direct-care workers to be paid a living wage, be well-trained and have opportunities for advancement; and the integration of family caregivers into the loop.
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In this problem, we define complex numbers and invite you to explore what happens when you add and multiply them.
These models have appeared around the Centre for Mathematical Sciences. Perhaps you would like to try to make some similar models of your own.
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Think of a two digit number, reverse the digits, and add the numbers together. Something special happens...
Watch the video to see how Charlie works out the sum. Can you adapt his method?
Can you visualise whether these nets fold up into 3D shapes? Watch the videos each time to see if you were correct.
Watch the video to see how to sum the sequence. Can you adapt the method to sum other sequences?
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...so long as this site stays live, I'll be talking about reclaiming our constitutional birthrights. About fighting tyranny, whether it comes in the jackboots of a leftist administrative state or little fuzzy bunny slippers looking out for my kids' dietary needs...
This country is, in my honest opinion — and said without an ounce of intended drama — done. Gone. But that doesn't mean I have to stop fighting.
I take solace in the fact that many of us are left who won't let the conclusion of this coup come easily.Though he thinks the country no longer exists, Goldstein approves the movement to secede from the former United States via online petitions -- "few believe anything will come of it, though I signed all that I could find" -- and claims counter-petitioners who called the neo-Confederates "mentally deficient" and advocated "more education in our state to eradicate their disease" were not just making harmless jokes at the expense of same, but "wish to control us, take our liberties, and force us into a kind of 'progressive,' happy-faced indentured servitude... [they] offer as a solution to the disease of American exceptionalism more leftwing propaganda driven through a union-controlled, heavily leftwing education system."
William Teach of Right Wing News also thinks making fun of him and his buddies is fascist: "Progressives (read 'fascists') hate when people other than themselves are accorded First Amendment Rights."
"Given the great divide in the country, I would love to leave the liberals to their leeching ways without a host," fantasizes Freedom Eden. And don't think she hasn't thought it through: "I'd like Wisconsin to secede, but how could we leave Milwaukee and Madison behind? Milwaukee would be easy enough to drop because it's located on the state's eastern border. Madison would be more messy. Maybe we could get the Madison libs to move to Milwaukee..." See, they've learned a few things since Fort Sumter. No more waiting for war to carve out new states -- just quarantine the moochers of the major cities, and you'll have sustainable mini-Valhallas -- just like East Germany and West Berlin!
In case you were wondering what comes after Karl Rove, here ya go. See you in 2016!


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Developers Discuss Future of PC Gaming at PAX
Across the hour-long discussion, two things were abundantly clear. First, things need to change, and they're not going to do so overnight. Second, "Honestly, I think PC gaming isn't where it was ten years ago and it's never going to be there again."
Those are the words of John Abercrombie, Lead AI Programmer at BioShock creator Irrational Games. He was joined on the panel by Joe Kreiner, Engine Licensing VP at Ghostbusters developer Terminal Reality, and LanSlide Gaming PCs co-owner Mitchell Shuster, with Penny-Arcade marketing manager Jeff Kalles moderating.
That's not to say the panel was spent eulogizing PCs. Rather, the three spent the hour discussing what works, what doesn't and what we can expect moving forward:
The Advantages of PC
Joe Kreiner: "If you look at it from a giant publisher perspective, then the numbers on the PC just really don't make financial sense for you to bother with it. But if you start out with the mindset--you know, you're targeting that group, you make a niched product that's going do well, if you look at a lot of the titles on Steam, Torchlight's a really good example--as long as you know that's your audience to begin with, and you make something inside of a budget that you know you're going to be selling those kinds of numbers, you can be very successful. I think it just takes a targeted developer."
John Abercrombie: "Certainly what Joe just said is very true. The niche-y titles, the titles that work on PC gaming, games like World of Wacraft and Civilization, are going to be PC games for as long as I can see in the future."
Joe Kreiner: "Development for the PC is a lot cheaper. You're not buying development kits and going through a party to get to your customers. You go through something like Steam, you get direct access to your customers. It's easy to sell the game at a lesser price. That's the beauty of PC. That's why a lot of smaller teams that don't have a lot of development experience start out there."
John Abercrombie: "I think [console licensing costs are] above ten percent of the full cost of the product or title."
The Problems of PC
John Abercrombie: "Publishers are honestly making 10% to 15% of their revenue from PC gaming...I love PC gaming...I don't think it's going away, but it's not ...I don't think it's growing in the way of triple-A games. Consoles are the way to go [there], because that's where the money is. You can buy a piece of hardware, and it's good for five years now versus having to upgrade your PC every two years."
Joe Kreiner: "There is no [PC] platform, really. It's just a mish-mosh of hardware, an operating system that kind of supports games. The problem with that platform is, there's no standards and piracy is rampant, so why would we want to make a video game for that platform unless you had some sort of draconian DRM thing to keep it from being stolen?"
John Abercrombie: "I think there's just too many options out there, honestly. Too many options for people to buy. With the consoles, there's just one. You just go to the store and buy the one."
Joe Kreiner: "If you look at how many guys have high-end graphics cards--well, yeah, all of you do--but the more casual players, the more general audience might not. The percentage is probably pretty low. As a game developer, you want to make sure you have the most customers available. You want to shoot for a bar that's at least you know is relatively common. It kinda sucks. From a hardcore perspective, you always want to be pushing graphics as far as you can. We'd love to, at Terminal Reality. The engine that we have is capable of pushing today's graphic accelerators to their max, but we don't do it typically because it requires us to spend a lot of money testing and if it breaks you get mad at us, so we just set the bar low."
John Abercrombie: "If everybody would stop pirating, if everybody would stop doing DRM, it would be a much happier world, wouldn't it? We'd have a lot more PC games sold and a lot more happier customers."
On Digital Downloads, Steam and Monopolies
John Abercrombie: "The Steam platform has done, in my mind, wonders for PC gaming. It's made a lot easier. On my work PC, I can play the games I have at home or vice versa, or getting updates, or doing matchmaking, etc. That's awesome. It's pretty much made it into a standard. Unfortunately, there are a lot of standards, other platforms than Steam, Games For Windows Live, download products like Direct2Drive and etcetera. Hopefully one of them wins out, just to say that we only have to deal with one as developers."
Joe Kreiner: "If you have one [download] platform that wins, that, as a developer, allows me to have one platform to access my customers. Makes things really simple. It also means that I know what the platform will be. But then again, that also means that one platform can charge me whatever money they'd like. I don't know how to answer that. It's very controversial in the games industry right now."
John Abercrombie: "It's a Betamax versus VHS sort of problem, but, fortunately, right now, there's no VHS. Down the road, we may see true competitors do a platform like Steam that actually gives [Steam] a run for its money, and that will improve our product as well."
Joe Kreiner: "Why don't the publishers target that [digital] market? They don't see the financial rewards there, but they are watching what Valve's doing very closely. They're being very successful at targeting the hardcore on the PC. As long as they're successful, there might be some publishers that take notice and start doing more PC titles."
John Abercrombie: "I think there's definitely hope in the way that Valve's doing things, as far as PC gaming goes."
Browser-Based Gaming as a Platform
John Abercrombie: "I think browser-based games are really cool...you don't need a PC, you just have something that has a browser. That way, people who were targeting PC or multiple configurations on PC before can just target a browser. I don't know if Quake Live was successful, I thought it was a very cool experiment, though."
Cloud Computing Solutions, Like OnLive and Gaikai
Mitchell Shuster: "It's the same problem as DRM, you need to be connected...There are certain limitations on what you can [do with streaming data.]"
Joe Kreiner: "We're definitely not there yet from a bandwidth perspective, especially in the US. But if we were, it could be a paradigm shift there, right? It would make the platform standardized, really. You could be able to control the hardware...If you listen to their sales pitches, it sounds like [bandwidth] is the only bottleneck, but it's unproven technology."
Motion Controls on PC?
Joe Kreiner: "Most of the innovation right now, console-side, is designed around a living room environment. That's not typically where you have your PC. That's the reason why mouse and keyboard is still the main interface there--it's because it's sitting at a desk, not your living room, typically."
Could 3D Visuals Save PC?
John Abercrombie: "It could be helpful for PC gaming. A lot of the consoles, you really can't do that yet...You need to do 120 updates per second, and that's double the consoles. Just getting 60 is tough on a console."
The Next Five Years
John Abercrombie: "I think you're going to continue to see what we've seen in the past five years, which is just console games ported to the PC...What you're also going to continue to see is a lot of indie games on PC, who are pushing the envelope in one direction or the other, and those are both great approaches to PC. I'm glad they're doing it, [if they didn't] you wouldn't have much else than World of Warcraft."
Joe Kreiner: "The PC market for the next five years is probably going to be more of what we have now. Like I said, as that hardware differential pulls away, you'll have killer apps on PC...MMOs and certain styles of gaming, or games that are targeted to the hardcore...I'm not saying that PC is dead, don't get us wrong, it's just going to be different. The platform's going to be more of what we have now versus what we had years ago when it was in focus."
John Abercrombie: "PC gaming isn't dead, it's just in a partially vegetative state. There is a market for it, and I'm certainly part of that market. You're going to have games that come out that are going to look much better than consoles do right now. Eventually, the consoles will catch up and we'll start the race again. Personally, I'd rather a first-person shooter on the PC than I would on a console, and that's just where I come from and how I grew up. On the flipside, game developers that are coming into the industry these days did not grow up playing PC gaming. They grew up playing consoles. So you're going to see that affect the way they make games today."
Joe Kreiner: "If that console cycle goes too long, you could really see this big resurgence in the PC as far as game developers who really want to target the visual high-end. We'll see."
John Abercrombie: "I'm not sure that's going to be the case, unfortunately. The revenue is just so much higher on consoles, that's where the money is."
The Distant Future
Joe Kreiner: "At some point, there's going to have to be a fundamental paradigm shift in how we interface with the PC. The screen's just not going to do it anymore. Where we go down that rabbit hole, I don't know, but at some point, that's got to change."


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Sunday, April 26
A Tootsie Roll Fudge Recipe and a Give-Away
If you've been alive at any point in the last several months, then you've likely heard these phrases ad nauseum. "The Dow is down." "It's time to downsize." "Americans are hunkering down." Down. Down. Down. Ugh. How about a little cheering up, up, up?
Apparently there's a sweet lining in all this gloom and doom: candy. That's right. According to a recent NY Times article by Christine Haughney, as US unemployment has risen so too has Americans' candy consumption. Not just any candy though; the old-fashioned, make--you-feel-like-a-kid-again candy such as Tootsie Rolls, Bit-O-Honey, and Mary Janes.
Why candy? Maybe because the sugar high is soothing. Maybe because it instantly brings to you back to your childhood, which was blissfully free of adjustable rate mortgages and shrinking 401Ks. Maybe because Costco sells 10 pound buckets of the stuff for about $5. Whatever our individual reasons, we're definitely eating more candy. From mom and pop candy shops to candy giants like Hershey's, profits have been sweet.
So you can imagine how happy I was when I received a box of candy from Tootsie Roll Industries that contained many of my childhood favorites such as DOTS, Blow Pops, and, yes, Tootsie Rolls.
It was a blast from the past. The first candy I ate was a black licorice Crow. As soon as my teeth sunk into the sticky, gooey drop, I was instantaneously transported to a 1982 movie theater watching E.T. Then I went around the house all week giddily blowing monster-size pink bubbles with the Dubble Bubble gum, much to Jeff's chagrin. He also found Andes Candies mints on his bed pillow and Tootsie Rolls in his lunch bag. It was a good week.
Today I'm excited to say that you too have an opportunity to taste some Tootsie Roll nostalgia! That's because Tootsie Roll Industries is a hosting a give away on Food Blogga. Click here for the details, then leave your comment below.
Since two people can only eat so many Tootsie Roll midgees (yup, that's what they're called), I decided to get creative and make some Tootsie roll fudge. Yes, it is as good as it sounds. I adapted my mom's amazing peanut butter fudge recipe; it's made with melted Tootsie Rolls, crushed gingersnaps, and ground pecans. It may not stop your stocks from falling, but it sure will make you fret a little less.
Tootsie Roll Fudge
Makes 49 pieces
Print recipe only here.
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1/2 stick unsalted butter
48 Tootsie Roll Midgees (about 2 cups)
1 cup crushed sugar snaps (or similar crisp ginger cookie)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup coarsely ground pecans
Coat a 9-inch square cake pan with cooking spray.
In a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, add sweetened condensed milk, butter, and Tootsie Rolls. Stir continuously until butter and candy are completely melted and mixture is thick and smooth. Remove from heat.
Add crushed ginger snaps, vanilla extract, and pecans. Using a rubber spatula, mix until well blended.
Pour fudge into the prepared pan. Cover with aluminum foil and refrigerate until firm, at least 4 hours, or preferably overnight.
Slice into 7 equal rows to create 49 square pieces. It's a good idea to use a ruler to ensure equal size pieces. Fudge can be made up to a week in advance and refrigerated.
You might also these candy inspired recipes:
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup and Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Snickers Cookies
4 sweet recipes featuring favorite childhood candies on my NPR article, "Grown-Up Tricks For Treats."
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54 comments:
- Chris said...
Why Tootsies? Is there any other candy?
I love tootsies...especially the pops and the fat rolls that come in the variety pack. When I stock my office with candy, the kids always ask about tootsies and I tell the to only worry about what they see in the jar...(I am think they don't need to worry about the tootsies I stashed in my desk drawer.
- April 26, 2009 at 2:32 PM
I love Tootsie Rolls....I can remember going on a vacation in the wilderness of Canada and taking huge bags of Tootsie Rolls.
One day it was so cold that we needed something to warm us up...so I made hot chocolate from Tootsie Rolls. That is one of the best hot chocolates that I have ever had.
- April 26, 2009 at 2:51 PM
- Karen said...
Love Tootsie Rolls and your fudge looks amazing! Just stopping by... don't enter me for the winnings... my caps don't like chewy things ;)
- April 26, 2009 at 3:33 PM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
Definitely would take our minds off our troubles with this delicious treat Susan:D
- April 26, 2009 at 3:35 PM
- Sharon said...
I'm certainly a tootsie roll lover. give me the chocolate, fruit or whatever - I love them all! :) I'd love to win this b/c I spend all day at work trying to find candy to satisfy my sweet tooth. This way i can pay back all the people I steal candy from, hehe.
- April 26, 2009 at 4:01 PM
- Soma said...
Can't believe you actually make these at home! my dds would go crazy seeing those candies:-)
- April 26, 2009 at 4:06 PM
- Leslie M. said...
I would LOVE to win all these Tootsie Roll Goodies, because.. MY favorite Goodie is a Tootsie roll Grape Lollipop, I just go crazy for them! But, I have an 18 year old daughter that runs 12 miles a day and she and her friends would go crazy for all these goodies, they run their calories off and this would be such a delight for them! I just want ONE GRAPE Tootsie POP! YUM!
- April 26, 2009 at 5:37 PM
- Ricki said...
Wow--that fudge looks great! Fabulous combo of flavors.
And why would I love to win? It's a blast from my past, too--but I've also never even HEARD of DOTS or Blow Pops (maybe not in Canada??). Cool!
- April 26, 2009 at 5:59 PM
This is very naughty, no? haha
- April 26, 2009 at 6:06 PM
- Kara said...
Did you get any of their Flavor-Rolls? The fruit-flavored Tootsie Rolls? They are my absolute favorite... and I'm wondering, since I don't usually eat the vanilla ones in the pack, could they be an equal substitute in your fudge? What a creative idea - love it!
- April 26, 2009 at 6:40 PM
- Dragon said...
I love tootsie rolls. I love how you can make them last for a long, long time.
I also love this fudge of yours!
- April 26, 2009 at 7:30 PM
- Unknown said...
I love the idea of winning candy so I can share it with everyone I know :)
- April 26, 2009 at 7:57 PM
- Sarah said...
I would love to win such a fantastic box of treats! Mainly because I'm still not sure how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.
- April 26, 2009 at 9:09 PM
- Lisa said...
Tootsie Roll fudge is a great idea! My favorites were the flavor rolls and the tootsie roll pops. I have wonderful memories of watching the commercials with the owl as a child.
I'd love to win the contest so that I could bring a little joy to the lives of my friends and peers by sharing candy during the upcoming exams. Thanks for hosting the contest.
- April 26, 2009 at 9:17 PM
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
Gorgeous looking fudge! A reat temptation!
- April 26, 2009 at 11:25 PM
- Jamie said...
I have been living in Europe for about 22 years. Every time I get back home to the US, only about every two years, I load up my suitcase with the candy favorites I grew up with - yes, Mary Janes, Bit-O-Honey, Candy Kisses, Red Licorice Whips, Jolly Ranchers, and most of all, Tootsie Rolls and Tootsie Pops. I can't get enough of Tootsie Rolls (ah, yes, midgies) and Tootsie Pops. Call it Nostalgia, but there it is. They do so bring me back to those simpler, happier childhood times. But having a "candy drawer" filled with my childhood faves here in France is soothing, comforting and so necessary to get me through my expat life! Husband and kids think I am out of my mind, but there you have it. I think this is the coolest ever give-away! Thanks!
- April 26, 2009 at 11:48 PM
- Edimommy said...
Tootsie roll fudge?! Amazing!! I'm going to have to try this and hand bags of it out at halloween this year!
- April 27, 2009 at 3:53 AM
- Amy L said...
I love Tootsie Rolls, and would really like to win some! I remember eating Tootsie Rolls as a child. They were a big Halloween favorite. I used to save my milk money (sorry, Mom) to buy candy at a little store that was on my way home from school, and a big Tootsie Roll was 1 item I bought often.
- April 27, 2009 at 5:50 AM
As a kid, i once shoved a tootsie roll up my nose (to my mom's horror). It took her quite a while to get the melting mess out using tweezers! Gotta love tootsie rolls!!
- April 27, 2009 at 5:51 AM
- pxilated said...
I love Tootsie Rolls. They have so little sugar that even with diabetes I can eat a few and not feel guilty about it.
- April 27, 2009 at 6:07 AM
I love all tootsie products, but my favorite is the tootsie roll pop!
jojo17 at gmail dot com
- April 27, 2009 at 6:15 AM
- Andrea Meyers said...
I'm surprised my teeth didn't rot as a kid with all the Tootsie candy I ate. Love Tootsie Pops and the Tootsie Rolls, but I really really love the fruity Tootsie Rolls. Wish I could find them year round, but only seem to find them at Halloween.
- April 27, 2009 at 6:48 AM
- Janelle said...
Why would I love to win? My husband loves Tootsies, and I love Dots. Easy enough, I guess.
I'm confused about the recipe, though. Is it 2 cups of Tootsies, or 4?
- April 27, 2009 at 7:02 AM
- grace said...
tootsie rolls were one halloween candy i never traded. love em. and i have to say, i enjoy the fact that 48 little rolls make 49 little bars. :)
- April 27, 2009 at 7:33 AM
- jezinthekitchen said...
Ah, Tootsie Rolls ... am I a bad mama because I have scavenged Tootsie Rolls from my kids' Halloween candy every year? Or because I buy three or four bags of them to give out at Halloween ... but those particular bags never seem to make it into the bowl? I do love Tootsie Rolls ... plain old Tootsie Rolls, any size, doesn't matter ... and this fudge WILL be made in my kitchen TODAY! :)
- April 27, 2009 at 9:09 AM
- ABSOLUTELY NOT MARTHA said...
oooh, susan, i hope i win! i LOVE tootsie pops. (oh, and so do my three kids.)
- April 27, 2009 at 9:25 AM
- Unknown said...
Because a chocolate candy is the perfect candy.
- April 27, 2009 at 9:46 AM
- Patricia Scarpin said...
I have never had Tootsies, but I would never say no to fudge.
This is delicious, Susan!
- April 27, 2009 at 11:39 AM
- Suzana said...
Funny how many of our memories are connected to candies... Susan, Tootsies are not part of my childhood tastes but fudge does sound good!
- April 27, 2009 at 3:04 PM
- Karyn said...
Oh my gosh all that candy looks amazing. I would love to sink my teeth into a Tootsie Roll..my absolute favorite. I have not had one for years...although I have to admit when you mentioned the licorice crows I could actually taste them! My mouth was watering just remembering how yummy they are.
Hubby is standing behind me yelling; "Dots! Dots" ..silly man, its Tootsie Rolls!
- April 27, 2009 at 3:18 PM
- elly said...
Oh, I love tootsie rolls! I totally agree that they are nostalgic and remind me of my childhood. Plus..Dots? Well, I could eat like 5 lbs of them in one sitting, sticky goo on my teeth be damned.
This fudge looks great, Susan!
- April 27, 2009 at 3:29 PM
- Jacqueline Meldrum said...
Your fudge looks lovely! I haven't heard of any of that candy, but apparently the same think is happening here in the UK too!
- April 27, 2009 at 3:39 PM
- Christine said...
Susan, I must say that's one creative recipe! Love your post. Tootsie Roll Pops were one of my favorite kid candies.
- April 27, 2009 at 5:49 PM
- Heather said...
holy crap that sounds good! i would love to win because i love tootsie rolls, and they just remind me of childhood! i used to have them all the time :)
- April 27, 2009 at 6:17 PM
- Jaime said...
what a great pkg to get in the mail! i love the idea of making fudge from it :)
- April 27, 2009 at 6:35 PM
- Gattina Cheung said...
I got to move back to US ... not (just) for participate this give away, but tasting your creative fudge. Looking at 'em I already feel like a happy kid again :)
- April 28, 2009 at 12:27 AM
OK, is it 48 midgees TWICE, for a grand total of 96? Or is it a mistake that that ingredient is listed twice?
- April 28, 2009 at 4:34 AM
- lauren said...
I love the lime tootsie rolls (really any lime candy...) and tootsie pops. My boyfriend loves candy and would be thrilled to receive this box of goodies!
- April 28, 2009 at 5:17 AM
- debra said...
Are the tootsie rolls listed twice in the recipe for a reason?
TR's have been a favorite here for a long time. There is a store not too far away that has an amazing selection of candy from childhood.
A food trip down memory lane is always a treat.
- April 28, 2009 at 5:18 AM
- Cookie baker Lynn said...
I think you're right. The tough times make people want to curl up in a ball and pretend they're back in childhood again. Your fudge looks terrific! (Please don't enter me, though. We've still got Halloween candy hanging around here.)
- April 28, 2009 at 7:14 AM
- Unknown said...
Oh, love Tootsie Rolls and the fudge recipe! I want!!!
- April 28, 2009 at 9:28 AM
- Michelle said...
OMG i love tootsie roll midgees! this recipe sounds delicious!!!!! i cant wait to try it!
- April 28, 2009 at 10:32 AM
- Ivy said...
First of all congratulations for publishing your cookbook. Shall be looking forward to it. Your fudge sounds irresistible.
- April 28, 2009 at 10:55 AM
- Katie Zeller said...
Tootsie rolls!!!!
Reminds me of Halloween....
And the fudge makes me teeth hurt - but in a good way. Pass them on over, please!
- April 28, 2009 at 11:32 AM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
anonymous-It's 48 midgees, total. Thanks!
- April 28, 2009 at 1:36 PM
- Jennifer said...
I love Tootsie Rolls! And Dots. And all chewy candies, chocolaty candies, etc.
- April 28, 2009 at 2:00 PM
- Annie said...
I guess it makes sense... I do eat more candy when I'm stressed and it does make you feel better!
I love all those oldies but goodies too. I had them all since I lived 2 houses down from a penny candy store in my neighborhood when I was a kid.
My sister and I would go everyday after school and fill up on all that wonderful sugar!!!!
P.S. the fudge sounds too good :)
- April 28, 2009 at 5:50 PM
- Maris said...
What a fun recipe! I used to love tootsie rolls- I havent had them in ages but they were one of my favorites growing up!
- April 29, 2009 at 3:47 AM
- Sarah said...
I'd like to win so that I could share the tootsie rolls with my Dad! He loves this candy and I love him!
Thank you!
- April 29, 2009 at 6:24 AM
- Deb K said...
I would love to win this as Tootsie Rolls are my favorite~Especially the Cherry Midgets :)
- April 29, 2009 at 7:18 PM
- Unknown said...
Tootsie-Pops are my favorite. I pop one in my mouth and let it dissolve while I ponder my work on the computer. And finally, I reach the center--that chewy, chocolaty prize. I hope I hope I hope I win!
Karen B.
- April 30, 2009 at 6:53 AM
- Bill Medifast said...
Fudge alone is so delicious, but combine it with a Halloween favorite of mine and it is really tasty! I was getting sick of eating Tootsie after Tootsie so I think a nice fudge is needed.
Thanks for this idea, such a great one!
Bill M.
- November 10, 2009 at 12:13 PM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
bill-Glad I could help!
- November 17, 2009 at 5:05 PM
- amy beth marantino said...
i love Tootsie Rolls
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However, the Omaha-based discount brokerage reported that profits dipped 2% versus the prior quarter to $144 million from $147 million. Net new assets totaled $15.6 billion last quarter, 21% higher than this quarter. The results were in line with analysts' expectations. Earnings per share were $0.26 at quarter end, compared with $0.27 last quarter and $0.25 a year ago.
In other earnings news, asset management giant BlackRock (BLK) reported a 10% rise in first-quarter profits. Net income of $632 million, or $3.62 a share, beat analysts' estimate for EPS of $3.58. BlackRock's profits last year totaled $572 million, or EPS of $3.14. Goldman Sachs (GS) also reported a first-quarter profit increase, with $2.26 billion in profits, 7.2% higher than last year's $2.11 billion.
TD Ameritrade saw record market fee-based revenue, of $62 million, up 38% year over year, as well as record client assets of approximately $517 billion. The company reported net second-quarter revenues of $679 million, 55% of which were asset-based, versus $651 million last quarter and $673 million a year ago. Average investor client trades per day totaled approximately 378,000, versus 334,035 last quarter and 387,571 a year ago.
"While retail investor sentiment has improved, a large number of investors remain cautious in this environment, and yet we continue to execute well against our strategy and on the items we can control," said Fred Tomczyk, president and CEO, in a statement.
The growth in assets positions TD Ameritrade well for when the macro environment improves, but the company still faces near-term pressure from low interest rates and softness in trading volumes, Reuters reported Alex Kramm, an analyst at UBS, as saying in a note to clients.
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TD Ameritrade doesn't separately break out the Institutional and Retail channel assets in its financial reports. But during the morning earnings call on Tuesday, Tomczyk said the quarterly results were due to the ongoing success of sales and service efforts in both the retail and institutional channels.
Within the Institutional channel, over the quarter TD Ameritrade Institutional (TDAI) brought on 94 new breakaway brokers, bringing the year-to-date number to 204, for an average of about two new breakaway brokers joining the platform each business day. Existing RIAs continued to grow their businesses, which also contributed significantly to results, Tomczyk said.
On Monday, TDAI announced it is looking to bring more young financial planners into the industry with its TD Ameritrade Institutional Next Gen Scholarship and Financial Education Grant Program. TD Ameritrade Institutional will provide individual scholarships valued at $5,000 each to 10 talented students enrolled in undergraduate financial planning programs. A $50,000 grant will go to a university that best demonstrates a commitment to educating the industry's future financial professionals, TDAI said.
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I've received the official OK to start spreading the news folks. Welcome to Nukapedia: The Fallout Wiki.
6 Jan 2012.
To mark the start of both a new year and a new era for the wiki, the community maintaining the wiki at fallout.wikia.com proudly announces the official change of the sites name to NukaPedia: The Fallout Wiki, and welcome all visitors and potential editors to the site.
The site remains strong - celebrating its 15 000th page just days ago. This is despite a recent community split which saw the Vault and some notable regular users move to a new wiki. Despite the split, relations between the two communities remain strong with many users contributing to both sites, and content sharing deals between the sites under negotiation.
The wiki has also played an invaluable role in keeping the Fallout fan community informed on the Bethesda v Interplay case through access to court documents provided to it by friends of the wiki.
The new name, created and selected by the sites community reflects the wikis continued commitment to the Fallout series, and it's determination to continue on much like Humanity in the games themselves.
Newly Elected Bureaucrat Kingclyde has was quoted as saying "This vote signals a bright future for both Nukapedia, and the entire Fallout community, and stands as a shining beacon of democracy in the otherwise bleak wasteland"
For more information, or for any queries please contact Kingclyde at his talk page.
Yet again I am here to mess up Agent c's announcements. I'd like to make the community aware that a poll for changing the logo will be up soon, and more information can be found here.


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be determined only when other symptoms are evaluated.
information about coughs in teens and adults, see the topic
Coughs, Age 12 and Older.
A productive cough produces phlegm
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the nose or sinuses or may have come up
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clears mucus from the lungs. There are many causes of a productive cough, such
A nonproductive cough is dry
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a cold or after exposure to an irritant, such as dust or smoke. There are many
causes of a nonproductive cough, such as:
Children may develop coughs from diseases or causes that usually do not affect adults, such
Many coughs are caused by a viral illness. Antibiotics
are not used to treat viral illnesses and do not change the course of viral
infections. Unnecessary use of an antibiotic exposes your child to the risks of
allergic reaction and antibiotic side effects, such as
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A careful
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I was given this recipe by a really good friend of mine. I love getting handwritten recipes from people. It feels so authentic and personal to me. These are recipes that people share with their loved ones. And then they took the time to sit down and write it. I adore handwriting. Mine is not the best, but if I write very slowly I can produce something I am proud to share. Also, since people so rarely give handwritten recipes anymore, it feel extra special to me!
I was given this recipe in my birthday present and have wanted to make it for a while, but was a little nervous. I have never made Indian food and it had a lot of ingredients. But! I am happy to report it was not that difficult at all. I was also sure I had burned it when I was cooking the onions, however that is not the case. It tasted amazing! Now I am going to plan a bunch of different Indian dishes to make. You just wait! 🙂
Chicken Korma
This recipe was given to me by my very good friend Lisa. She found it at Quick and Easy Indian Cooking.
- 1 1/2 inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and chopped
- 5-6 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
- 3 tablespoons and 1 cup water, divided
- 6 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3 bay leaves
- 2 inch stick cinnamon
- 8 cardamom pods
- 4 whole cloves
- 1/4 cumin seeds
- 1 small onion, peeled and finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon coriander
- 1 tablespoon cumin
- 3 canned plum tomatoes, chopped
- 3 pounds chicken pieces
- 1/4-1 teaspoon cayenne pepper- I like mine spicy so I used 1 tsp
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
1. Put the ginger, garlic and 3 tbsp water in the container of an electric blender, blend until you have a smooth paste.
2. Put the oil in a wide frying pan or saute pan and set over high heat. When the oil is very hot, put the bay leaves, cinnamon, cardamom pods, cloves, and cumin seeds. Stir once or twice and put in the onion. Stir and fry for about 3 minutes or until onion browns. Put in paste from blender, ground coriander, ground cumin and fry for a minute or so. Put in tomatoes and fry for another minute. Put in chicken , cayenne pepper, salt and 1 cup water. Bring to a boil. Cover and turn heat to medium and cook for 15 minutes, turning chicken over now and then. Remove cover and add cream. Cook on high for 28 minutes or until thick.


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Java SE 8 Schedule Update
Yes, the release of Java SE 8 (JDK8) has slipped again. But it's for good reason: platform-wide security enhancements. Mark Reinhold today announced the slip, due to a shift of resources inside the Java team to focus on platform security, on his blog here. In it, he outlines multiple scenarios, all of which have their pros and cons, none of which have been decided on yet:
- First: Drop Lambda and stick to a Sept. 2013 release date. Well, most would agree that Lambdas are the most anticipated new feature for Java, so this is most likely not an appealing option.
- Second: Rush Lambda out the door as quickly as possible. With a platform like Java, used so widely in the industry, this could result in bugs, flaws, and shortcomings that Oracle would have to then address, and some that the community would have to live with for years. Again, not an appealing option for that very reason.
- Third: Slip the schedule, add Project Jigsaw back into the release, and wait for it all to be done as long as that takes. Well, that's not so bad if we get more in the Java SE 8 release than currently planned, but not so good if it takes years.
- Fourth (and probably the most feasible): Focus on security of the platform and Lambdas, and slip the schedule enough to do these two things right in this release. It seems that Oracle and the Java are leaning towards this one. This will most likely be proposed to the Java SE 8 Expert group and the contributors to JDK 8, and we'll have to see if it's agreed to but really there's probably no other choice.
As a result, we will most likely now see Java SE 8 released in early 2014 instead of late 2013 (probably a full quarter later than expected) with a solid Lambda implementation, a much-improved security model within Java — whatever that turns out to be — and maybe even a few more minor features that creep in there.
So hang on, Lambda-lovers! It will be a little while longer before you can start releasing your closures on the world, but the wait may be worth the extra security it affords us. If you disagree, let your feelings be known in the comments here, and with Oracle.
NOTE: In case you didn't notice earlier this week with all that's going on in the world, Oracle released a new security update to Java SE 7, update 21, which is available for download now.
Happy coding!


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Arthur Lockington is my wife's 1st cousin 2x removed. Their common ancestors are John Lockington and Susannah Snowden, my wife's 2x great grandparents. He was born about 1892 in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to parents Joseph Lockington and Ellen Elizabeth Johnson.
I have been fortunate to find Arthur's WW1 service records on www.ancestry.co.uk.
Arthur enlisted at Middlesbrough on 4 September 1914. His records show his age as 22 years 157 days. He served as a rifleman in the 12th Battalion Rifle Brigade and his service number is S1746.
While he was still on service in England Arthur married Margaret Wilkinson on 6 March 1915 in Middlesbrough.
Arthur left for France with the British Expeditionary Force on 21 July 1915 and landed at Boulogne the following day.
The next important piece of information is that Arthur is reported missing presumed killed in action on 25 September 1915 while fighting at Pietre in a 6.00am attack to the north of Neuville. This was a supporting or diversionary action during The Battle of Loos.
On 5 July 1916 The War Office awarded Margaret Lockington a pension of 15 shillings a week for her and her daughter Florence who was born on 11 April 1916. Sometime in the December quarter of 1918 Margaret married Sydney Flett in Middlesbrough.
Finally on 17 February 1921 Margaret took possession Arthur's war medals.
Arthur is remembered on the Middlesbrough War Memorial and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium. This memorial includes the names of more than 11,000 servicemen of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in this sector during the First World War and have no known grave.
The memorial was designed by Harold Chalton Bradshaw, with sculpture by Gilbert Ledward and was unveiled by the Duke of Brabant on 7 June 1931.


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3. Sweet Boutique Gourmet Swiss Chocolate Assortment, $7.99. The assortment contains a mix of attractive dark, milk, and white chocolates with nuts and liquors. Some are rich and delicious, while others are a bit too sweet. It makes a nice hostess gift, especially when paired with a bottle of the prosecco.
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BOSTON — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged by federal prosecutors in his hospital room Monday with conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction – a crime that carries a possible death sentence.
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I'm back! I'm such a tease, I'm sorry. But I promise you, these brownies are worth the wait. And the anticipation.
Alyson, Ilana, and I had five days of sunshine, swimming, and general silliness. Let's just say that the phrase whoo whoo got thrown around quite a bit during our vacation, inspired by the little red train we took through our resort one evening when we got lost. As in, chugga chugga chugga chugga choo choo! Yes, really. The arm gesture of pulling a bell was optional.
There was, however, no whooing when our flight landed and I looked outside our window.
As we disembarked and filed down the stairs, I snapped this photo before the police threatened to confiscate my camera if I took another picture on the tarmac.
In case you didn't figure it out already, we were not in the Dominican Republic. The policeman's shorts should give a clue. Shorts! And knee socks! We had an emergency landing in Bermuda (Bermuda!) due to a smoke signal coming from our engine. Yeah. Definitely no whooing at that stage.
Turns out, everything was alright. Four hours later we were back in the air. My requests for a short field trip to the beach were ignored.
During our trip, I took a break from everything in life. Including my camera. So, I don't have any pictures of me on a hammock in the sun. Or of Alyson and Ilana lounging in the shade of a palm-covered cabana. Or the aqua blue Caribbean water.
Now home, I'm very tan.
And I've been thinking a lot about home recently and where my home is. Maybe it's because my lease is almost up and I'm probably renewing. Maybe it's because after 3 years here in Boston, I have a very strong chevra – a group of close friends. Boston is my physical home, but home is so much more than that.
I saw the band Stornoway a few months ago when my sister came to visit. (If you haven't listened to them, you should. They have a folksy British vibe. So they have those swoon worthy accents. And as my sister says, they're not too hard on the eyes either!) My favorite song, Fuel Up, captures my feelings perfectly:
Home is only a feeling you get in your mind
From the people you love and you travel beside
A few weeks ago, I was in DC, visiting my friend Reva.
Reva has a lovely home and I've always loved being part of it. During med school, we named her guest room "Gayle's room."
We did a lot over the weekend. And there was a fair amount of domestic bliss. Really, bliss for me. We went to her older son Isaac's baseball game (and later performed some delicate hand surgery on his season-end trophy). We played board games and legos with her younger son, Eli. We drove first in her minivan and then in her husband's white convertible. It reminded me of the days in med school when we used to drive around in my own white convertible. Except there was no car seat in the back of mine. Reva and I went out to dinner, but as usual, most of our time was spent in the kitchen, catching up, slicing and mixing, and cleaning. (Well, I'm not so good at the cleaning part.)
The boys got in on the action too when her husband Aaron and I made breakfast one morning — hash browns and eggs — with Isaac's help.
And then Reva and I made brownies together. In my experience, making brownies from scratch was a waste of effort since I really like the Duncan Hines ones. But, Reva explained, this recipe is worth the few extra bowls and elbow grease. After waiting patiently for the brownies to cool, one bite was enough. Well, enough to convince me to try these at home. After having a few more bites to make sure that I really liked them.
So, a few days later, I made a batch. But they just didn't match up to Reva's batch. I texted her that my brownies weren't as good as her's. She sent back instructions:
Over-brown the butter, I think! Leave out the nuts, add chocolate chips, and be careful not to over-bake. Also, chat with a friend during!
I made these a second batch the next day. (My office was quite happy to test both batches). I left the butter to brown and hand-beat the batter while balancing my phone between ear and shoulder and chatting with a few different friends. I only dropped my phone once. Luckily it missed the batter by a few inches. Lucky not because the phone didn't get dirty, but because I didn't lose a drop of batter.
Maybe I should call these whoo whoo! brownies.
Cocoa Brownies with Brown Butter and Fleur de Sel
These brownies are adapted from Alice Medrich's recipe in this February's Bon Appetit. See that cover? Oh yeah, these brownies are on the cover. And never have I seen a dish so worthy of a cover.
The key to this recipe is the butter. Using cocoa means that all the fat comes from the butter. And browning the butter gives the recipe a nice nutty flavor. Don't skimp here. It's worth the extra pan to clean. And from me, that's saying a lot. Or, you can brown the butter in a larger saucepan and then add all the other ingredients to the pan. One pan. Not bad! Before popping into the oven, sprinkle the brownies with a few pinches of fleur de sel.
– Vegetable oil spray
– 10 T unsalted butter
– 1 1/4 C white sugar
– 3/4 C cocoa powder – I've tried some of the fancier ones, but I've found that Hershey's is the best for this recipe. Crazy, I know!
– 1 t vanilla
– 2 t water
– 1/4 t salt
– 2 eggs, chilled
– 1/3 C + 1T all purpose flour
– 3/4 C chocolate chips chopped into chunks
– a few pinches fleur de sel
Pre-heat and prep. Move rack to bottom third of oven and preheat to 325°F. Line an 8X8 pan with aluminum foil and spray with vegetable oil. The aluminum foil is key.
Brown the butter. This bears repeating – don't skip this step! Got it? Melt butter in small saucepan or pan over medium heat. The butter will start to foam. Keep stirring and cook until the butter browns and little brown bits form at the bottom. When the foam starts to subside (in my experience, the foam never dies until I take it off the heat), take it off the heat and pour into a bowl. Scrape up those browned bits and add them to the bowl.
Mix. Add sugar, cocoa, vanilla, water, and 1/4 t salt. Stir to blend – it will be grainy.
Wait. Let butter sugar mixture sit 5 minutes until lukewarm (not cool).
Mix again. Add eggs to warm mixture, one at a time, beating after each addition. Keep beating until thick and glossy. This does take some work.
Keep mixing. Add flour and stir until blended. Beat vigorously 60 strokes. I'm not sure why 60 is the magic number of strokes, but fewer and the brownies bake up grainy. Add chocolate chunks and stir to blend.
Bake. Scoop batter into prepared pan (it's thick, so you won't be able to pour it) and smooth out with a spatula. Set timer for 25 minutes (but it may take up to 30 minutes) and bake until a toothpick comes out almost clean. There should be a few moist crumbs attached. If it's really undercooked, put back into oven for up to 5 more minutes. But, don't over-bake. Even if, like me, you like the crunchy corners.
Cool and cut. Cool in pan on rack and then remove brownies on the foil. DON'T cut while hot. Or warm. I know, it's hard to wait, but do it. Then, when you cut them, use a big sharp knife. You'll probably need to wipe the knife after every few slices. Cut into 16 squares or 24 bars.


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We have two mailing lists setup, a committee list for those who wish to help put this event together and an announcement list for those who want to be notified of official details of the event. Please feel free to join in!
- Convention Center - cost $2,000
- Also use the parking lot across the B-Line and the parking lot across College
- Also use the B-Line
- The winner is August 24th
Name Ideas
- Makevention <- this is our winner!
Organizing Team
- Jenett Tillotson from Bloominglabs
- Therese Miller from IU
- Steve Backs from the Monroe County Public Library
- Hive13
- Wonderlab
- Indiana Filmmakers Network
- Bloomington Print Collective
- Bloomington and IU Amateur Radio Clubs
- Nicole Jacquard/IU's fab lab
- Cold Hard Art (the dude that sold us the mill)
- Charlie Peck/LittleFe
- Lego League (maybe have a Lego League competition)
- MIT SeaPerch
- Local FIRST robotics teams
- IU EOT teams
- Trained Eye Arts
- Indy makers/Club Cyberia
Possible Events
- Power Wheels Race
- Lego League Competition
- Circuit Bending
- Thursday night music event at the Bluebird
- Open houses at local makers space in Bloomington on Friday night
- Bloominglabs
- Trained Eye Arts
- Bloomington Print Collective
- Ecovillage
- Saturday night Par-Tay at Bloominglabs
Possible Sponsors
- Crane's STEM group
- Local beer and wine making companies
- Cook
- Mike McAfee, Executive Director, Visit Bloomington, mike ]at[ visitbloomington ]dot[ com
- Laura Newton, Assistant Directory, Visit Bloomington, laura ]at[ visitbloomington ]dot[ com
- Talisha Coppock, Executive Director, Convention Center, tcoppock ]at[ bloomingtonconvention ]dot[ com
- Zoe Monts, Sales and Event Assistant, Convention Center, zoe ]at[ bloomingtonconvention ]dot[ com


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Well, look who's here again? Yep, it's the Mole, and as crazy as ever! And do you know who else is crazy? I have no idea, but I know Randall is suddenly feeling old, it seems. Because, really, look at this comic:
Oops, this is not Wednesday's xkcd is it? Nope, it's one from 5 years ago, when Randall was... 21 years old. Here we see past Randall, a care-free youngster raising a flag for the world to see. And it says: I don't need to grow up, I'm young and I'll seize that for as long as I can. Oh, past Randall, how you have inspired us...
...then, five years later:
Randall is now 26 years old and apparently realized he just spent 5 years making comics starred by stick figures rambling about nerd interests and receiving comments that were, in the peak of its eloquence and significance, reduced to "GOOMHR". Now Randall is feeling old. And I feel no sympathy for him.
Because, firstly, this is not the first time Randall invokes this "fear". There was that shitty shitty comic that dealed with the same stuff. But what is this fear? What the heck is going on that people who barely reached the half of their life expectancies(I'm guessing at least 72 years for developed and emergent countries) are already having middle-age crisis? Where 20-year-olds are complaining about they youth these days, without realizing they are the "youth these days". I know people who feel old before 30 years old and I do tell them "stop that; you're not even 30 years old, stop feeling old, you have a lot to live through. You can get back to it when your 40." And I think it's amazing that I have to tell them that.
And how does Randall choose to show us why we should feel old? Why, he shows us when famous movies were made! Because, really, that shows it, right? Well, anecdotally I can say I really thought Shrek has been launched more than 10 years ago. It has 3 sequels and one spin-off in the making by now. And the phrasing on that last one is incredibly convoluted, isn't it? "Closer to the moon landing than the present day", really? Well, yes, really: 22 years from 1989 to now, 20 years from 1969 to 1989. So, while that's true... it's just plain confusing. That's Randall's writing on board,
But most important: THIS IS NOT A COMIC. You can't just draw a table by hand and call it a comic, Randall. These things don't work like that! That's not even an inforgraph, it's just a table. A table that could as well be represented as... well, as a table, instead of a big image. So we have shoddy unnecessary art to pair with our stupid argument.
Veredict: the comic is shoddy. It's not even a comic. I rest my case.
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This whole week has been so action-packed that I've had a difficult time narrowing down topics to write about. I met so many people, made friends and important contacts, and learned at least a small something from each topic covered in the course I took. All that aside, I couldn't wait to get home. This morning was a short one, and once certificates were handed out, goodbyes said, and the car packed, I gladly hit the road eastbound toward home.
The drive lent itself quite well to rumination on the events of the entire week. I kept replaying conversations, lectures, and maps (there were a lot of those!) in my head, and comparing those to the work I'm involved in now, and the work I would like to do in the future; not just client work or my own research, but lectures I'm developing and articles I would like to write, both scholarly and popular, and other projects I have planned. My mental resolve solidified a good deal during this past week, but I admit to being quite happy to not have to deal with so many live people again for a while.
Am I glad I attended IGHR this summer? Oh, yes, and I hope to attend next year, although I'm not certain which course I'll try to take. I say try because competition for slots in most of the courses is fierce. Course 3: Research in the South, Part 1, the course I took, filled up in something like seven minutes. Yes, seven minutes. If you're not waiting at the computer when registration opens, chances are good you'll be shunted to a waiting list. But which course I try to take will depend entirely upon what happens between now and January, when registration for IGHR 2013 opens.
Driving and thinking and planning. I crossed the state line from Alabama into Georgia, topped a hill to behold Atlanta laid out in all her splendour, eventually made it from one side of the city to the other, and finally, after a long few hours, spotted the mountains of home in the distance. The air cooled as the sun began its descent and the elevation gradually increased. And at last, I pulled into my driveway, under the ancient magnolia tree. The fruit on the peach trees we planted last year has nearly weighed the branches down. The dill is blooming and fills the garden with the sharp scent of pickles. Richard has burgers on the grill and comes around the corner of the house all smiles, and I relax for the first time in a week.
It's good to be home.