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Peer Review – A quick definition
The term "Peer Review" in the ESF-Science Connect context refers to the integrated process for enabling the evaluation of research proposals, and ranking proposals against others in a group in order to recommend for funding the best proposals from a scientific quality point of view.
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The constitution of Review Panels allows for the collective evaluation of a number of proposals by a group of more established/senior academics or researchers. These Panel Members have broad knowledge and experience, allowing a good overview of the State of the Art in their fields.
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There are substantial differences between the roles of external reviewers and panel members. However, it is important to stress that there is no hierarchy between them; they are of equal standing within the process. The external reviewer considers the strengths and objectivity of a specific proposal based upon targeted expertise, whereas the panel member gives a subjective judgement across a group of proposals based upon broad expertise. The goal in constituting the peers for a mission is to ensure the availability of diverse viewpoints, scientific perspectives, and scholarly thinking.
Peers are mostly selected from the ESF Community of Experts, a network of experts across all scientific disciplines. Once experts are invited and confirmed to a specific peer review exercise, proposals are assigned to them. Experts are informed of all the main elements and steps of the process. They are given a detailed description of their assignments, roles and responsibilities. In order to ensure equity and integrity in the assessment process, each expert signs a code of conduct before the start of the evaluation process .The code deals both with the requirement of declaring any conflict of interest, and with the obligation of respecting data confidentiality guidelines.
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Sunday, October 4, 2009
I am loving this
I'm not one to recommend or write a review about a book I haven't even finished, much less gone halfway through. But for the past two days, I haven't been able to tear myself away from Wilkie Collins's sensational novel The Woman in White.
It's a doorstop of a novel, having more than 600 pages (not including the more than 100 pages that constitute the introduction and the afterword, which I had no plans of reading). I was expecting the novel to start out slow, but, much to my surprise, the plot had my interest right from the start.
If you're longing for a very atmospheric read, then The Woman in White is for you. It's also one of Collins's more famous sensational mystery novels. The novel has everything that I'm craving for right now -- a bit of a Gothic touch, a creepiness factor, family secrets, and a slightly convoluted plot. I just can't wait to finish it.
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- Anonymous said...
how many books can you finish in a month, peter? i am often reluctant to start reading my heftier tomes because of the quantity challenge i set for myself (60 reads a year)--which is why i have been choosing to read fast-paced urban fantasies these past months. i want to make sure i can reach my target before i start with historical mysteries in my TBR, like the Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Dahlquist.
- October 4, 2009 at 8:10 PM
- Peter S. said...
Hi, Mitch! I usually finish around 5 to 6 books a month (10 in a good month), depending on the length of the novel. Judging from the length of this novel and the work I have for this week, I think I can finish this within a week.
I don't really have a target number of books in a year, but lately I've been averaging at 60.
- October 4, 2009 at 8:18 PM
- Ceri said...
I'm so glad to hear that, Peter. I read this for my 'Gothic Literature' module in university and absolutely loved it. It's definitely one of the best 20th century gothic novels out there. :-D I can't wait to see your final review for it.
- October 4, 2009 at 8:50 PM
- Peter S. said...
Hi, Ceri! I'm going to look for other Collins novels tomorrow!
- October 4, 2009 at 8:59 PM
- serendipity_viv said...
I hope to get around to reading this after Christmas. It is one of the those books I have had forever. It has had such good reviews of late, I just know I need to dig it out.
- October 4, 2009 at 9:30 PM
- Peter S. said...
Hello, Vivienne! I'm sure you'll like this.
- October 4, 2009 at 9:42 PM
- (Diane) Bibliophile By the Sea said...
Peter, I'm so glad you can't seem to step away from this novel (always a good sign LOL). So many bloggers have raved about this one recently. It's on my list and shelf as I purchased it recently.
- October 4, 2009 at 9:54 PM
- Peter S. said...
Hi, Diane! Yes, this novel seems to be going around the blogosphere a lot quite recently.
- October 4, 2009 at 10:29 PM
- Unknown said...
This really is a fabulous book; Wilkie Collins was a 19th-century author, not 20th (died in 1888 I believe). He's often said to be the 'father' of the detective novel, a title he earned most particularly with his other most well-known novel, 'The Moonstone', which comes complete with policeman...another one to get on the TBR pile, if you haven't already!
- October 4, 2009 at 11:15 PM
- L said...
One of my favorite all time books. Count Fosco is the best villian ever! You should try The Moonstone next.
- October 5, 2009 at 12:34 AM
- Anonymous said...
Thanks for the recommendation! I'm adding it to my list. :)
- October 5, 2009 at 1:18 AM
- Jenny said...
I've really been wanting to read this one for a while. Do you suggest reading the introduction before reading? I've had incidences when the introduction gave away spoilers that I wasn't aware of!
- October 5, 2009 at 1:28 AM
- Amanda said...
Glad you're loving it. you're right, it is so good! I read it earlier this summer and it was my first introduction to Wilkie Collins.
- October 5, 2009 at 3:10 AM
- Peter S. said...
@Cynewyn: I've read The Moonstone when I was 14 and I loved it! I think I'll reread it soon.
@Lula O: I think I'll try Armidale next, since I've read The Moonstone.
@Michelle: You're welcome.
@Jenny: I don't read the introductions at all. They're very lengthy so I guess they'll include major spoilers.
@Amanda: I just love Wilkie Collins.
- October 5, 2009 at 4:22 AM
- Astrid (Mrs.B) said...
So glad you're enjoying this. It's a great book. It's my favourite Wilkie Collins. Other good ones are Armadale and No Name.
- October 5, 2009 at 6:23 PM
- Peter S. said...
Hi, Mrs. B! I actually bought Armadale today. I'm still looking for No Name though.
- October 5, 2009 at 8:13 PM
- Stepford Mum said...
Yay! Another Wilkie Collins fan. The Moonstone is my favourite.
- October 7, 2009 at 4:07 PM
- cecille said...
Hi Peter! This is Cecille from FFP, here via Blooey's link to your site.
I've tried to read "The Woman in White" several times but can't seem to get past that part with the sisters in the schoolroom (?).
But I recommend "The Moonstone", which I loved even though it's long like TWoW.
- October 9, 2009 at 3:32 PM
- Peter S. said...
Hello, Cecille! Thanks for dropping by!
I've read The Moonstone way way back. I think I was still 13 when I read it. Nevertheless, I loved it!
I also am enjoying The Woman in White. I think it's very engaging.
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Padres' Secret Unveiled
All season long I've been asking myself: how does a team that cannot score runs continue to win as much as the Padres in 2010?
I thought the answer was excellent pitching.
If Ryan Webb is hangin' with Yoda, then it's a good bet that Mat Latos is hangin' with Obi-wan… and Heath Bell is chillin' with… Vader.
Hate me 'cuz I can spin the double-bladed saber, just don't hate me 'cuz I"m right.
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Hey, Mat Latos, Meet an Equally Arrogant Self-Serving Professional!
The truth is: I was going to leave this one in the proverbial scrap pile of unprocessed information otherwise known as my oft useless brain, but after reading this touching letter to Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitski, I decided this might have a place.
I mean, I already infuriated Barry Zito (or at least his handlers) earlier this year by writing the truth: that during his Giants tenure, he hasn't performed as well as that lofty contract might suggest. Before I knew it he was blocking me from his Twitter account and I was wallowing in the kind of sorrow that only comes from not knowing what band Barry Zito thinks "rocks" or what type of scarf he's going to wear to the polo club to impress his famously hot girlfriends.
Whoo wee!
So I certainly hope that when I call out Padres pitching prospect, Mat Latos, for acting like a bratty child during pre-game activities at this year's Futures Game, that he doesn't block me from watching his so-called Tim Lincecum-like delivery on MLB.TV.
Oh wait. Why would I ever want to watch a Padres game? Nevermind.
Still, much like the young fireballer Latos, I too am trying to become established, to make a name for myself, to be noticed. And the truth is, Mat, you and I, we can be a team. Maybe…
First you will have to brush up on your people skills. For example, when little kids ask you to toss a batting practice ball up to them in the stands, I wouldn't fake-throw it (like one tends to do with his dog because watching a dog chase nothing is funny) then laugh with your buddies at how clever you are. And I also wouldn't spend most of that shagging time trying to launch errant balls high up into the upper decks (and fail miserably) because those balls were falling down onto we little people at high speeds and someone could have gotten hurt.
See, the thing is, Mat, I know you're young and all that talent has probably gotten to you; still, remember that you're living a dream — that you have been gifted with the ability to play a game… for a living — and that your personality on and off the field will have a whole lot to do with how we plebeian fans perceive you. Don't care how the fans perceive you? See Barry Bonds for more information on how it can go horribly wrong.
Lucky for you, Mat, I'm a pretty understanding guy. And I can be a snot-nose sometimes too. I won't fault you for that… but remember who you are aiming your snot-nosedness at, Mat. The kids. Remember the kids.
Those kids — kids who look up to you even though they have no idea who you are, 'cuz let's face it, right now you're a nobody just like Lastings Milledge is a nobody — those kids, when you mess with them, they don't take it so well.
Remember that and you will be good to go. I almost guarantee it. Okay, I sorta guarantee it.
Good luck, Mat! Hope to see you around the ballpark and maybe — if you feel lucky — you might even consider attacking my character… when you get a break from being the next Tim Lincecum that is…
Hate me 'cuz I call 'em out, just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
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Employees enjoy Christmas celebration with President Falwell
More than 1,000 Liberty University employees congregated in the LaHaye Recreation & Fitness Center, and the connecting Schilling Center and Tilley Student Center, for the annual President's Christmas Reception on Friday, Dec. 13, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
As Christmas music played in the background, faculty and staff enjoyed hearty appetizers, fresh fruit and vegetables, holiday treats, and the opportunity to fellowship with one another as well as with President Jerry Falwell, Jr. and his wife, Becki.
A large Christmas tree, glistening with lights and decorations, provided a festive backdrop for guests to get their photograph taken with friends and colleagues.
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Reminds me a lot of my decoration!!! (joking, of course..)
Great job, really jealous of you, apart from your decoration, you also have a great house! Looking forward to the final pics of your Christmas home..
Reminds me a lot of my decoration!!! (joking, of course..)
Great job, really jealous of you, apart from your decoration, you also have a great house! Looking forward to the final pics of your Christmas home..
And so, as Tiny Tim observed, "God Bless us!! Everyone!!''
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens (1843)
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That's a really unique effect with that color combination! Nice!
I love Outdoor Christmas Lights!!
Thanks Mike
The major influence for my Christmas decorating, my mother, passed away yesterday morning. For the last 12 years, following a car accident she has been bed ridden and in constant pain.
My mother was a wonderful and kind lady and she touched many people's lives in her 81 years and she will be deeply missed. It will be hard to decorate this year but I am determined to celebrate her love of Christmas. She will finally be able to see my trees from above. I love you mum.
I love you mum and you will be forever in my prayers and my heart.
In deepest sympathy, Mike. I'm sorry she had so much pain. My late husband had a lot of pain for years, too. Yes, I decorated last year after he passed away --- I think it helped to hang some ornaments in his memory. God bless you.
BTW, your new tree is beautiful!
Oh Mike - so sorry - may she rest in peace
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
I am so very sorry for your loss, Mike.
I'm so sorry for your loss Mike.
Nothing can easy the pain of such a loss and while it will make this Christmas an especially sad one,
I hope in the future you will be able to celebrate her life and love of Christmas with fond memories of all that she meant to you.
'I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!' Scrooge repeated, as he scrambled out of bed. 'The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. Oh, Jacob Marley! Heaven, and the Christmas Time be praised for this! I say it on my knees, old Jacob, on my knees!' (Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol)
So sorry for your loss
Thanks for your kind comments everyone. My mother lovd Christmas and I am determined to do all of my usual decorating in her honour. She loved the crystal, red, and purple trees. She can now see them in person.


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RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers plan to make some changes in a new law that cuts unemployment benefits after the U.S. Labor Department pointed out some parts of the law that do not comply with federal regulations.
Gay Gilbert with the federal Office of Unemployment Insurance has told state lawmakers they cannot deny benefits to certain classifications of those who have lost their jobs.
But Gilbert says the state can reduce maximum benefits from $535 per week to $350 weekly. He also says the state can reduce the maximum number of weeks of benefits from 26 weeks to 20 weeks.
North Carolina Commerce Department spokesman Josh Ellis says the required changes will have little to do with who qualifies for benefits.
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It's inevitable. From the moment you announce your pregnancy, you'll be amazed by the amount of unsolicited advice that comes your way.
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Ancestry.ca and FamilySearch International made an announcement on Nov 11th that they will partner on the digitized and indexing of the Canadian census.
The press release says that the "joint initiative will allow the organizations to improve online access to a comprehensive collection of Canadian censuses".
As apart of the agreement, FamilySearch.org will provide images and index to Ancestry.ca for censuses 1861, 1871, 1881, and 1916, and Ancestry.ca will provide images and index to FamilySearch.org for the 1851, 1891, 1901, and 1906 Census.
Notice that nowhere is the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) mentioned. The LAC originally held the census records on microfilm (being transferred to them by StatsCan), but through agreements with Ancestry.ca and FamilySearch.org, they seemed to have lost control over them in how they are used.
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TommasiniMay 24, 2012
Words: Colin O'Brien Photos: Paolo Ciaberta
"When I started, the biggest problem was that in Grosetto there were no people who could work to give me a hand – I needed more people to increase production. I had to do it all myself, work the day and the night, weld and do everything. But I succeeded. At that time there were so many of us. The framebuilders back then were all really good, but with my bikes… Moser raced, and Freddy Maertens, and Cipollini. Marked or unmarked, those bikes were Tommasini, and that's a really beautiful satisfaction. And I am still here today." Irio Tommasini
Tommasini appears in Rouleur issue 31
Good FridayMay 17, 2012
Geoff Waugh at the recent Good Friday meeting, first held at Herne Hill in 1903. Click on the individual photos to see them in larger format.
Geoff used an Horizon Perfekt 120-degree panoramic and a Lomo Spinner
Yin-YangMay 10, 2012
Words: Johnny Green
Cometh the hour; cometh the woman. Our heroes are blokes on bikes usually, yet slippin' through on the inside are remarkable female riders, Victoria Pendleton and her crew. The lineage unrolls.
"…he's kinda big and he's awful strong.
Hey-la! Hey-la! My boyfriend's back."
I was listenin' to The Angels, back in '63, watching those beehived barnet white girl groups as they rustled in their flared layers of stiff petticoats, or toreador pants to the knee, while black chicks shimmied to the beat in pencil skirts. Each was playin' the game.
At the same time, a young woman was breaking free from demure feminine constraints. Dervla Murphy was packing her bag in readiness for an epic solo journey. Firstly her lover had died. Both her parents followed in death within three years. An adventure of freedom was called for. Naturally the bicycle was her chosen method of transport. From Ireland to India with no shortcuts. She travelled light: a puncture kit, a couple of pairs of clean knickers, a shooter with spare bullet clips and a waterproof. As a token to modernism, she stripped her Armstrong Cadet boneshaker of its old three speed gears. She braved bandits, wolves, would-be rapists and snow blizzards to reach her goal in Delhi. Dervla summed up her pedalling inspiration:
"The hardships and poverty of my youth had been a good apprenticeship for this form of travel. I had been brought up to understand that material possessions and physical comfort should never be confused with success, achievement and security."
For sure, tell that to some of those boys in the Premier League!
I have been present at the births of four of my own children. Phew, dear Lord 'n' how do they do that? Every mother in labour carries my admiration for their dignity and my astonishment at the terrifying level of pain they absorb to bring new life into the world. Racing, whether road or track, must seem like a doddle in comparison. Yet to make the top in a sport like cycling requires immense dedication of brain control, not to mention avoidance of thick, sweet, gooey gateaux (Jan Ullrich excepted). Youngsters contemplating a stab at professional cycling might well balk at the demands. What kinda crazed maniac devotes her young life to insistent and repetitive extreme physical torture?
My mate Keith round the bike shop tells me that the teenage girl years are a dirty great black void for cycle purchases. Zero unless she is an active member of a cycling family. The dinky pink push-a-long of junior years is rarely replaced. This form of fitness is rarely addressed while Madonna, Gaga, Rhianna are struttin' their stuff in sado-masochistic designed luxury lingerie. Keith notices across his shop floor that, for some young women, the early twenties lead to mountain bike workouts as an alternative to running. He reckons that the love affair some women have with drops 'n' racing road bikes commences in their thirties but that they then stay faithful for life. This is a somewhat different trajectory to boys on their BMXs, and onwards to other bikes, aping their heroes on the back streets, acting out a dreamed stardom.
With music, it took punk rock to break down the walls of gender stereotype. Who could ignore The Slits (such a spot-on moniker for a girl band), all lashed out power chords with leerin' vocals? In sport, it took one woman to turn heads, break records and change attitudes. As peace returned after World War II, women who'd gotten involved in all aspects of struggle were not going to merely simper. At the London Olympics of 1948, Fanny Blankers-Koen ripped the joint apart. She was a bizarre role model by the standards of the modern girl. She had a long, gloomy face. She ran in baggy bloomers pulled up over her waist, all gawky legs at sticky-out angles. But, my, how she could run! And jump! She cleaned up – gold medals in the 100 metres, 200 metres, 4×100 metres relay, 80 metres hurdles, setting world records. The Dutch woman could well have triumphed in the long and high jumps but was officially barred thanks to a rule prohibiting women from competing in more than three individual events.
How she made those medals shine! They said she was too old at thirty. They said she should've stayed at home to look after her children. They called her 'The Flying Housewife'. It turned out that she was pregnant at the time. Upon her triumphant homecoming, the Queen of the Netherlands presented her with a bicycle. In 1999, the IAAF voted her 'Female Athlete of the Century', to which she responded in surprise: "You mean it is me who has won?"
And now The Games are back in town. Adele conquers the globe without silly posturing. Women cyclists, warriors 'n' goddesses all, have their moment in the sun. Good luck to 'em and about time too.
Extract from Rouleur issue 30. Listen to 1993's Desert Island Discs with Dervla Murphy here.
Once Upon a Time in the East MidlandsMay 1, 2012
Photos: Ed Rollason
Paris-Roubaix too dry for you? The Ronde too predictable? Last weekend's CiCLE Classic in Rutland, won by Endura's Alex Blain, was a brutal test of riders' and spectators' mettle alike. Ed Rollason captures it perfectly.


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- Yield
- Makes 4 servings
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/4 cup yellow cornmeal
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
- 4 flounder fillets
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 3 tablespoons canola oil
- 4 sesame-seed hamburger buns
- 4 leaves romaine lettuce
- 1/2 tomato, sliced
- 4 slices mild cheese, such as mild cheddar (optional)
- For the tartar sauce (optional)
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons pickle relish
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 dash Tabasco sauce
- 1. In a medium-size bowl, whisk together the milk and eggs. In another medium-size bowl, mix together the flour, cornmeal, and parsley.
- 2. Season the fish with the salt and pepper.
- 3. Dredge the fish through the egg mixture, then coat it thoroughly with the flour mixture.
- 4. In a large sauté pan, immediately heat the oil over medium-high heat. When it is hot but not smoking, add the fillets to the pan. Cook on one side until the batter is light golden brown, about 4 minutes. Carefully turn the fillets and cook for 2 to 3 minutes more. Using a slotted spatula, remove them from the pan and drain on paper towels.
- 5. Meanwhile, whisk together the tartar-sauce ingredients (if using).
- 6. Slice the buns and spread the tartar sauce (if using) on the insides. Place a fillet on each bottom bun, then top with the lettuce, tomato, and cheese, if desired.
When buying fish fillets (or fish steaks), look for moist pieces with no dried edges or brown spots. Whole fish should smell like the ocean, not fishy, and should have clear eyes, red or pink gills, and glistening scales. And all fish should be springy to the touch, not mushy.


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The Pros and Cons of Selfie-Destruction
With 150 million pictures a day being sent by its users, there's no doubt that many of the self-destructing pictures flowing through Snapchat could be described, as, er, compromising. As Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel conceded during his D: Dive Into Mobile interview Tuesday, "Sure … some Snapchats have … erm … people without clothes on." But it's not anything Spiegel wanted to dwell on. Here's a video highlight:


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Prince Harry's United States tour ended on Wednesday at an invite-only polo match in Greenwich, Conn., held by the Greenwich Polo Club.
As Prince Harry's Senetebale team defeated the St. Regis team, led by Ralph Lauren model and Argentine player Nacho Figueras, stands full of models and millionaires watched on.
Supermodels Stephanie Seymour and Karolina Kurkova and designer Jason Wu were among the names in the crowd.
U.S. & World
In all, only about 400 attended the event, which called for a minimum donation of $5,000.
The day that started off chilly and rainy ended in sunny warmth, and the outcome was equally bright for the charity.
It is expected to raise more than $1 million for Sentebale, a charity the 28-year-old prince co-founded in memory of his mother, Princess Diana. He co-founded it with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho to help vulnerable children in the southern African nation.
Prince Harry led the Sentebale team during the Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup, winning 4 to 3.
After the match, the prince was headed back home to England.
Prince Harry arrived in Greenwich just before noon and took a tour of the polo grounds. During lunch, the prince and guests dined on mini-lobster rolls and other meals fit for a prince.
In advance of the royal visit, local shops had decorated with British flair, among them Atelier 360, which held an event on Tuesday in advance of the prince's visit.
"The pictures that I've seen, he's definitely cute. That whole family is extremely good-looking,"
the shop's co-owner Véronique Lee said.
Some locals were hoping to get a glance at the young royal, but the polo match was invitation-only.
"It is royalty. We don't have royalty in the United States," said Lynn Capstick-Dale of Greenwich.
Greenwich Polo Club owner Peter Brant, who is also Stephanie Seymour's husband, was an official. Brant said Sentebale contacted him about hosting the event, and it was an honor to do so.


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Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 3:18 am
Post subject: mini corn
So...I am excited as yesterday I found fresh mini-corn-on-the-cob. HOW CUTE!!!!! Bought some, ofcourse.
The question now is...what should/could one to with it, any suggestions?
I thought maybe just lightly blanched or steamed, and serve with melted butter, peper, sugar and salt, maybe with fish for dinner tonight?
I obviously don't want to 'hide'them in a quiche or muffins or so!
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Vegie stir fry Swan!! Glad you seem to be enjoying your new environment, but not unexpected!
Vivant Linguae Mortuae!!
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It's often pickled and added to salads.
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stirfry it'll be, with asparagus, sugar snaps, the minicorn, and some chicken marinated in soy, sesame oil and honey. Some sesame sprinkled on top when finished.
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Vivant Linguae Mortuae!!
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Do y'all remember the movie "Big?"
Friend Wife's all-time favorite scene is in that film. It's where Tom Hanks picks up an ear of mini-corn from the buffet and starts to eat it like a regular corn-on-the-cob; munching row by row, right to left.
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That is too funny! I have to see it.
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Swan, in case you haven't done your stir-fry yet, or want an idea for next time - it's also very good in laksa. I have a recipe for a vegetarian version if you want/don't already have one.
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Hi Rachel, would love to have the recipe, as I don't have much knowledge or experience in any asian cooking. The stirfry will be on tonights menu as I have everything in my fridge (as I had yesterday, when we all of a sudden had an informal business diner in a thai restaurant - which had, oh yes, mini-corn in their chicken-and-cashewnuts dish
). Love minicorn, so your laksa recipe is most welcome for next time!!
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well, I have never tried it, my first impulse would be to "push the envelope" and try something radical like tempura which would be an interesting texture and should intensfy the natural sweetness of the corn....just an idea
I would like a gin martini, straight up, olives on the side, as dry as my wit, as clean as my conscience.
and... as cold as my heart!!!!
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Here's the recipe, Swan. Don't be intimidated by the longish list of ingredients, it's actually very quick to make and only uses one pot!
Vegetable Laksa (adapted from Nadine Abensur,
The Cranks Bible
serves 2 generously
1 tbsp groundnut oil
1 head pak choi, quartered
Soy sauce or fish sauce to taste
2 small carrots, thinly sliced
100g mini corn, split down the middle
A handful of shiitake mushrooms, thickly sliced
1 tbsp red curry paste
1 litre vegetable stock
200ml coconut milk
2 garlic cloves, finely sliced
4cm piece of ginger, peeled and grated
2 stalks lemongrass, bashed and split open
2 noodle nests or squares
1 courgette, finely diced
1 small bunch coriander, coarsely chopped
Heat the oil in a large saucepan and throw in the pak choi. Stir fry until it wilts, seasoning with a bit of soy sauce (or fish sauce) when it's nearly done. Remove and keep warm in a dish.
In the same pan, add the carrots, corn and mushrooms. Toss over high heat for a few moments. Stir in the curry paste and continue to toss, letting it sizzle, for a few seconds. Pour in the stock and coconut milk and add the garlic, ginger and lemongrass.
Bring to the boil and add the noodles. Stir the noodles to loosen, then add the courgette and bring to the boil again. Keep at a steady boil until the noodles are cooked (about 4 minutes).
Fish out the lemongrass, season to taste with soy sauce/fish sauce, and stir in the chopped coriander. Serve immediately in large bowls, with the pak choi on top.
The vegetables can be varied according to what you have on hand (pea pods, different mushrooms or greens...) and you could add tofu or seafood if you like, but it's quite substantial as it is. Happy cooking!
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that sounds very yummie and very versatile. Will try soon, thanks!!!!!!
Will try with my next bunch of minicorn, cute and hairy and all, when I find it. These went into the above mentioned stirfry served over rice and were a succes. How can they not!
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City of Ottawa, Canada West. View of Parliament Hill and Chaudière_Falls. ca. 1859, by Stent and Laver
Mike More of the Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society has put this notice on the society's Facebook page -
Bruce Deachman at the Ottawa Citizen is trying to find living descendants in the area of Ottawa's founding families:
THOMAS AHEARN (1855-1938): Inventor, businessman, co-founder of the Ottawa Car Company, founder and president of Ottawa Electric Railway Company, brought electric streetlight to Ottawa, first chairman of the Federal District Commission. Partner with Warren Soper.
THOMAS AHEARN (1855-1938): Inventor, businessman, co-founder of the Ottawa Car Company, founder and president of Ottawa Electric Railway Company, brought electric streetlight to Ottawa, first chairman of the Federal District Commission. Partner with Warren Soper.
BRADDISH BILLINGS (1783-1864): First settler in Gloucester (Billings Bridge).
JOHN RUDOLPHUS BOOTH (1827-1925): Lumber and railway baron.
HENRY FRANKLIN BRONSON (1817-1889): Lumber baron.
LOUIS-THEODORE BESSERER (1785-1861): Businessman, lawyer. Owned a large estate that became Sandy Hill.
CHARLES CUMMINGS (1801-1848): Businessman, founder of Vanier. Built the first Cummings Bridge, joining Ottawa with Janesville (Vanier).
EZRA BUTLER EDDY (1827-1906): Lumber baron, politician.
IRA HONEYWELL (1785-1852): First settler in Nepean.
WILLIAM PITTMAN LETT (1819-1892): Editor, poet and Ottawa's first city clerk, a position he held for 36 years. Chronicled Ottawa's development in poetry and journalism, including pamphlets on local history such as "The City of Ottawa and its Surroundings" and "The Transition of Bytown to Ottawa 1827-1877," and poetry, such as the oft-cited "Recollections of Bytown and its Old Inhabitants."
THOMAS MacKAY (1792-1855): Architect, stonemason, politician. A Montrealer, he came to Ottawa to build the lower locks on the Rideau Canal, then stayed in Bytown, buying land where the Rideau and Ottawa Rivers meet and founding New Edinburgh. Built the stone house that is now the Bytown Museum. Also built Rideau Hall, where he lived, and Earnscliffe, for his daughter and son-in-law.
JAMES MacLAREN (1818-1892): Early settler and entrepreneur in Western Quebec. Sawmills mostly. Helped found the Hull Iron Company in 1880, the North Pacific Lumber Company of British Columbia in 1889 and the Bank of Ottawa, later merged with Scotiabank, in 1894.
FRANK HENRY PLANT (1883-1952): Ottawa mayor and businessman (carriage maker). Was heavily involved in Ottawa sports, as president of the Ottawa City Hockey League and the City Baseball League during the 1920s. Plant served as a member of the Ottawa Hydro Commission from 1936 until 1951. Plant also served as a director of the Ottawa Senators hockey team, a director of the Ottawa Nationals baseball team, vice-president of the Ottawa Amateur Athletic Association, president of the Ottawa Kennel Club and a long-time (over 20 years) director of the Central Canada Exhibition Association. The Plant Bath is named for him.
WARREN YOUNG SOPER (1854-1924): Partner to Thomas Ahearn. His cottage is now residence to the U.S. Ambassador to Canada.
NICHOLAS SPARKS (1794-1862): Labourer on Philemon Wright's farm, he saved his earnings for years and eventually bought 200 acres of land where now is located the Parliament Buildings and downtown Ottawa. Also a financier and politician.
PHILEMON WRIGHT (1760-1839): Farmer and entrepreneur, he founded Wrightsville (later known as Hull), the first permanent settlement in the area.
He would appreciate hearing from any descendants in the world and he can be reached at email@example.com or 613-726-5834.
Thank you, Mike, for bringing this to our attention.


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Google has just released Google Maps Mobile 4.3 for Android which comes with a couple of new new features to help users to quickly choose the right place to grab dinner, catch the next train and find friends to add in Latitude. Instead of pouring through full reviews of a place, users see a snapshot of what people are saying about places right on search result pages, by looking at what the most frequently mentioned aspects about a place are, such as food, service, atmosphere, or anything else people keep mentioning.
Also new is the addition to public transit station pages which now includes upcoming schedules. By selecting any transit station icon directly from the map users will find a handy list of the next departure times for any subways, trains, or buses that are leaving from that station where transit info is available.
Last but not least Google Latitude now features friends suggestion. Right at the bottom of the Latitude friend list, users will be able to quickly start sharing the location with contracts from your Google Contacts. Furthermore, any suggested friend can be added to the list of Latitude friends by tapping the + icon and sending them a sharing request. Tapping the x will drop the contact from the suggested friends list.
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I want to congratulate the senator because who knew that war in Iraq was over? Who knew that the out of control spending the Republicans have brought to Washington 11 years of budget control and that the saber-rattling by North Korea and Iran and other countries, it's over. And we can spend time on a completely inane and asinine issue. To be talking about passing resolutions in a way even, especially if they're nonbinding about what language people should be able to sing the national anthem or say the pledge after allegiance is ludicrous beyond belief. One of the great things about America is our First Amendment which guarantees political expression. Certainly the pledge of allegiance and the national anthem are political speech. And now you're trying to say that only way can you be truly American is to say it in English, which the last time I checked was the language of our colonial overlord from a couple hundred years ago.I completely agree with Gillespsie, but the discussion on the show is not the interesting part. The interesting part is the hordes of xenophobic hate mail that Reason received after Gillespsie's appearance. Its always a shock to be reminded of America's nativist traditions.
Notice how many of the letter writers refer to Gillespsie as a lefty or liberal (or Communist), and to Reason as a left-wing magazine, despite Gillespsie being libertarian and Reason being a libertarian free-market publication. Also note that the bulk of respondents criticize Gillespsie for being pro-illegal immigration, despite Gillespsie not putting forth in any way his position on immigration during the course of his appearance.
This goes back to what I was saying about "liberal" being turned into an epithet for propaganda purposes. Gillespsie was not a person putting forth an argument to these letter writers, he was a symbol - a "liberal' - which means they don't need to know what his views on immigration are, they know what the symbol means (to them.) And its probably not a coincidence that the people you see using language in such a way in the letters are probably the same sort of people you would find in the white nationalist Stormfront forums. Scratch the surface of the current anti-immigrant debate, and this is what you find. As Dave Neiwert astutely points out, what we're seeing is the mainstreaming of hate.


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At dinner this evening, we began our feelings check-in. We made a commitment at the start of this trip to take time out twice a day to stop and come together. Racing through a city eating and shopping and sightseeing while aching from the heart does not constitute real communication about what's going on inside. What's going on inside all of us is the same thing, and sharing our feelings, memories, observations about ourselves and one another with one another is helpful. So, as we picked at our entrees at Georges, the restaurant atop Du Centre Pompidou, the famous Paris modern art museum, the discussion began.
Each of us had observed another in a Pablo trance. Grady saw me looking at a boy about Pablo's age last night at dinner. A cutely-attired Pablo-sized mannequin in the front window of a clothing shop caught Grady's eye, and mine, and we both saw one another seeing it. On Rue de Rivoli today Jo Ann slowed and stopped at the window of a bookseller. Inside was a big display of Le Petit Prince books. I saw her looking at it and didn't say anything. I could say anything at any time to Jo Ann. But she stepped away from the window without acknowledging what she saw, and the moment slipped away. For the first ever time, I didn't know what to say to my wife. So I let the moment continue to slip away, knowing we'd talk about it later. Sometime.
Grady is very clear when he talks about Pablo. He says he thinks about him constantly. He's either thinking about him every second, or every minute. Tonight, he told Jo Ann and I that when we're off doing something on our own, he feels lonely. At those moments, he realizes that for the past six years he's always played with Pablo while his parents have been in the other room talking or working or reading or whatever. And now it's just him. He told us those moments are saddening for him. It brings his grief into full bore.
We all talked about guilt. Mostly about times we put Pablo off to do something else—like finishing a task for a few minutes, making Pablo wait to play a game he was eager to play with us. Before the conversation got too deep, Jo Ann pulled back. I said that no matter what, in any situation, with any two people, there will be scenarios that can cause guilt. And there's no positive end to it—and certainly to usefulness to it.
Jo Ann and Grady are sleeping as I write this, so I can't get their input on what I'm about to say. Surely, their list of specific things they miss about Pablo would be as long as mine. Surely I will write these things when they tell me.
I miss Pablo's hands—he was always holding my hand, always wanting to put his fingers between mine. We called that 'fingers in.'
I miss putting on Pablo's shoes. He'd sit on the top stair in our front hallway. He'd pick out his shoes—he always knew which pair he wanted to wear—and he'd usually throw a few steps below me. He'd always laugh. I sometimes laughed with him, and sometimes got frustrated.
I miss snuggling with Pablo at night. We had a going-to-bed ritual: he'd pick out a book (for him, it meant five), jump in bed, curl up into me, kiss me goodnight, then I'd read to him. My logic with the kiss before the story was: if he fell asleep during the story, I wouldn't miss kissing my son goodnight. I truly loved every minute of the tuck-ins. And many nights, it would take 45 minutes or an hour.
I miss our patois. Our rhyming and linguistic scheming. Every day I think of things we used to say to one another. Our own little language. Things I can't use with other people. People who aren't Pablo. 'Hungry like a mungry' is one of them. See? What would you say if I said to you, 'Dude, I'm hungry like a mungry!' Pablo knew. He'd say something like, 'Me like a la shoo!' This is one of the rawest pieces for me, the place I miss him so so so deeply. I think it's cos I was not an adult or a parent when we were in this place. I was a kid. I was with Pablo, where he was.
I miss being a Papa. I loved being Pablo's Papa. I was just getting good at it. Pablo and I had this special bond ripped from the flesh of our palms. Lots of words and sentiments in the neighborhood of anguish, anger and angst rise up when I center my intellect and my emotional self on this particular volcano of hurt.
Walking around Paris in July, everywhere, there are parents and kids. Outwardly, I don't relate to people who are Dutch, German, Polish, Turkish. They speak a different language. They are often red in the face from the sun in a lower latitude. Inwardly, I relate a hundred percent to the Norwegian dad and his kids. To the Belgian dude and his daughter. To the older gentleman from Holland and his two grown sons sitting in a cafe after the Tour de France finish. And even deeper, in that place we call the soul, I want to disintegrate. I want to dis-integrate. Fascinating to pull that word apart. And it's exactly how I felt seeing my Dutch cafe mate yesterday. Why? Because he was in his 60s, sitting with his two sons in their 30s. And I will never have that with Pablo and Grady. I can only have that with Grady. Pablo will be with us, but not in the flesh.That tears at the ties that bind me to humanity, to life, to wanting...anything.
I can only tell the story as it is actually happening. And this is how it is for me, for us, today.
Speaking of today, it's time for me to end 27 July 2009. Time for me to admit that the day is over, and I need rest. Tomorrow at noon we leave France and fly to Venice. We'll be in Italy for nearly two weeks. Can't wait.


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2015 Silver Spur Cross Country Meet
Swenson Park/Spur Golf Course/Jones Stadium - Spur, TX
Saturday, October 3, 2015
This course is a combination road course, golf course cart trails, and finishes on the track in the stadium. This course has a good balance of hills and flat areas, & we do have an alternate road course for inclement weather.
LOCATION: Swenson Park, Spur, TX. Bus parking is east of the stadium
by the little league baseball field. Spectator parking is west of the stadium
in the parking lot.
ENTRY FEE: $7.00 per runner. Please make checks payable to Spur ISD.
9:00a.m. Varsity Girls
9:30a.m. Varsity Boys (only 1 HS boys division)
10:00a.m. JV Girls
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Top 10 individual medals for JV
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Team Trophies: 1st Place - JV Girls
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We're all at sea. And what a sea it is - a swell that I reckon is above five metres is throwing our small vessel around the Atlantic like a sock in a washing machine.
The Sea Quest belongs to Seanie O'Murphy. He's standing beside David, today's skipper, peering through the rain and spray-lashed window at the swells. I watch his body language more than I watch the sea. He looks alert, even a little tense but not panic-stricken.
This is the 11km crossing between Portmagee on Ireland's southwestern coast and the Skellig Islands. Seanie says if the seas were any worse he'd have been staying in port. "T'is a bit lumpy," he remarks.
Seanie is a Kerryman as is my guide Frank, who is standing beside me, apparently oblivious to the driving rain and the mountainous steely blue waves that are rolling towards us.
"I went to school with Seanie," says Frank, which apparently is all the reassurance I should need.
Kerrymen bear an uncanny resemblance to that endangered species, the Kiwi bloke. Here, where the Atlantic first collides with this isolated, often soggy outpost of Europe, they breed them tough, taciturn at times; emotions are kept in check until at least a couple of Guinness.
And while the rest of the world takes delight in Irish jokes, the Irish in turn target the Kerryman: "How do you get 12 Kerrymen into a Mini? Tell them it's going to Dublin."
Ahead of us, somewhere, are the Skellig Islands, two craggy pinnacles of rock that rise up from the Atlantic like mountain peaks thrusting through a blanket of cloud.
The first sign that we have not been swept out towards Newfoundland is in the form of seabirds skimming over the now abating waves. Some I recognise, like the gannets with their sleek, elegant profiles, others I don't.
"Guillemots and kittiwakes," says Frank.
A shaft of sunlight strikes the water and through the murk ahead the outlines of Great Skellig and Little Skellig finally take shape.
Little Skellig is closest and appears to be dusted with snow. As we approach the leeside of the island and encounter slightly more gentle seas, the true origins of the white-capped rocks become eye-wateringly obvious.
Little Skellig is home to tens of thousands of seabirds, including one of the world's largest breeding populations of northern gannets. We're several hundred metres away from the cliffs but the stench of guano is almost overpowering.
Nesting along with the gannets on the cliffs that rear up 134 metres from the sea are Manx shearwater and storm petrels. The sky above us is perilously full of wheeling, screeching seabirds.
One kilometre away is Great Skellig, also known as Skellig Michael. Unlike its neighbour's, the precipitous flanks of Great Skellig are partly clothed in swathes of green among the ridges of sandstone.
David brings the Sea Quest into the stone quay at Blind Man's Cove, where people have been making landfall for at least 1200 years.
While Little Skellig is a haven for birds, it's the humans who once inhabited Great Skellig who have made that island famous - well that and the several thousand puffins who nest here every summer.
Puffins are irresistible little scene-stealers with their black and white plumage and scarlet and gold beaks. Those on Great Skellig are also extremely tame and can be admired at close quarters. In fact I'm convinced the puffins, knowing they are irresistibly cute, were deliberately posing in fetching positions among clumps of pink sea thrift and rocky outcrops.
Climbing up the side of the island on more than 600 steps of uneven surface and unequal depth is demanding and is not made any easier by puffins scurrying across almost under one's feet. The latter are not particularly light-footed on land but don't compensate for this by being graceful in the sky either. Puffins fly with a rapid wing-beat giving the impression that engine failure or at least a crash landing is always imminent.
They are a welcome distraction on the cliff climb as there are no railings on the steps, just the occasion length of chain. An almost sheer drop of about 200 metres below the posing puffins, the Atlantic foams among the rocks. Random gusts of wind and the old loose stone make the ascent even less enticing to anyone inclined to vertigo.
The dizzying climb ends at one of the most perfectly preserved medieval Christian monastic sites in the world. No one knows exactly when monks from the mainland first began building their beehive cells and oratories (chapels) on this inhospitable rock in the Atlantic but it's believed to have been somewhere between the 6th and 8th centuries.
How many monks lived on the island is also unclear, but the six beehive-shaped cells, the two oratories and the Church of St Michael are testament to their unbending sense of purpose and dedication to their faith.
The monks built steps up from three original landing places around the island (the public access way today still uses one of these) then built massive retaining walls from the local stone to create small terraces.
On these level areas they constructed their buildings, built cisterns to store rainwater and even established gardens within the sheltering walls.
From here they survived isolation, storms and even Viking raids through until the 13th century, when they moved back to the mainland to an Augustinian priory.
Few artefacts have been found during archaeological excavations of the site, which means much of the monks' daily lives remains shrouded in mystery.
Some of the more poignant reminders of life on the island come in the form of a cluster of crosses in a tiny graveyard and even a monks' latrine perched over a bowel-loosening drop to the sea.
Most of the buildings are constructed using drystone techniques; there was no mortar used. Each layer of stone was positioned on the next to overhang slightly, a method known as corbelling. This creates the distinctive dome or beehive-shaped roofs.
As most of the boats bringing the strict daily limit of visitors tend to arrive on the island at the same time, the small site can briefly be full of people. But there seems to be a high proportion of visitors who are content to take just a few photographs and then leave after only a brief stay at the top.
Thus, the site grows quickly silent again and it is easier to connect with the past - to imagine monks toiling up the steps from the sea, tending their plants or worshipping in their chapels.
The doorways into the cells are low and tunnel-like. I need to bend almost double to get inside one of the cells now empty of other visitors.
Although the cells appear almost circular from the outside, they have clearly defined sides in the interior. A low ledge runs around three sides, providing what archeologists believe were sleeping spaces for three monks in each cell.
Protruding stones in the walls could have been used as hangers and a recessed space would have served as a cupboard.
I stand in the centre, all external noise smothered by the stones but do not feel totally alone. Time, memories, seem somehow to be seeping from the walls. It is unexpected, unnerving.
The descent is more terrifying than the climb, if less demanding on the lungs. It also provides the perfect vantage point to view the Hermitage, a tiny cluster of monastic buildings that clings to the South Peak, the highest point on the island.
The effort, skill and sheer bravery of the monks who constructed this, after apparently deciding that the main site was not spartan and isolated enough, almost defies understanding.
The Sea Quest is waiting for us, its decks rising and falling with the heavy swell in the tiny cove. Once we've cleared the cliffs Seanie beckons me into the wheelhouse where I'm surprised to see not just him but David the skipper sitting on the squabs. Frank is at the wheel.
Somehow David manages to pour me a cup of tea despite the Sea Quest's pitching, or is it, I suggest due to Frank's steering?
"No, t'is ok," said Seanie "I've pointed him in the right direction and if he misses that rock (which was actually the not inconsiderable peninsula at Bray Head beside the entrance to Portmagee harbour) we can have a look at the Blaskets instead."
The Blasket Islands are 40km to our north and not exactly on the usual route.
"I bet they didn't tell you out there about the Skellig Lists," says Seanie, "t'ere's nothing monastic about the Skellig Lists is there Frank?"
Frank grins, eyes staying firmly fixed on 'the rock'.
The story goes that Irish weddings were traditionally held immediately before Lent (the 40 days prior to Easter). However, due to a rather typically Irish anomaly in the church calendar, Lent was always celebrated several weeks later on the Skelligs.
This meant that for many decades spinsters and bachelors keen not to delay the delights of married life would make the journey to Great Skellig, reputedly on a pilgrimage before marriage; the women to pray for good husbands, the bachelors to repent of their sins.
However, the Irish love of a good party often overcame such noble intentions and the pilgrimages became the local equivalent of a full-on beach rave.
The "lists" were the often bawdy poems that named those individuals who were on the verge of literally missing the boat until the following year.
There is apparently a strong suggestion that this was more myth than reality but the three Irishmen in the wheelhouse are sticking to their story, looking at me earnestly.
"I'm not sure she believes me," says Seanie.
"Ah, she's been here a week, it's been long enough to cast some doubt on our veracity," Frank replies.
"Veracity. You see that's why Frank's a school teacher and I'm just out here at sea," says Seanie. "Now you're a well-travelled woman. How many days would you recommend I spend in Petra?"
While I sip tea, trying not to chip a tooth on the mug as the Sea Quest pitches and rolls, Seanie quizzes me about my favourite destinations. I tell him the Skelligs have made my top five.
"That's grand," says Frank "but we'd be happier if it was top of the five, not one of the five."
It's hard to impress a Kerryman.


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Maple roast chicken with potatoes & thyme
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal484
- fat23g
- saturates6g
- carbs45g
- sugars13g
- fibre5g
- protein27g
- salt1.83g
- 750g small new potatoes, such as Charlottes, halved
New potatoesn-ew po-tate-oes
New potatoes have thin, wispy skins and a crisp, waxy texture. They are young potatoes and…
- 2 small red onions, cut into wedges
- 1 head of garlic, separated into cloves
Part of the lily, or alium, family, of which onions are also a member, garlic is one of the most…
- 2 tbsp olive oil
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- 2 tbsp maple syrup
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- 1 heaped tbsp wholegrain mustard
- 1 large red pepper, deseeded and cut into chunky pieces
- 2 large courgettes, halved lengthways and very thickly sliced
The courgette is a variety of cucurbit, which means it's from the same family as cucumber,…
- few sprigs fresh thyme
This popular herb grows in Europe, especially the Mediterranean, and is a member of the mint…
- 4 large chicken legs portions
Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Mix the potatoes, onions, all but 2 garlic cloves and half the oil in a large roasting tin with seasoning to taste. Roast for 15 mins.
Meanwhile crush the remaining garlic and mix with the maple syrup, mustard, remaining oil and seasoning to taste.
Toss the pepper, courgettes and thyme with the potatoes, then arrange the chicken portions on top and brush liberally with the maple syrup mixture. Roast for 45 mins to 1 hr until the chicken is golden and sticky and the vegetables are tender. Serve with rocket or green beans.


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SHARP WORDS: Don't mess with Anna Wintour. A lesson learned by many in fashion, but obviously not by Sen. Hillary Clinton or her advisers. Clinton was to appear in Vogue as the presidential race reached high gear, but backed out late last fall before a photo shoot was scheduled for fear of appearing too alluring. New York Post columnist Liz Smith reported Nov. 1 that "the astute [Vogue contributing editor] Julia Reed hung ten waiting to write about her and the giant fotog Annie Leibovitz had her cameras at the ready for nothing." A Vogue spokesman confirmed: "We were told by Ms. Clinton's camp that they were concerned if Clinton appeared in Vogue that she would appear too feminine." (Clearly, though, the presidential candidate didn't worry about that when she cried in New Hampshire.)
But Wintour didn't take Clinton's dis lightly. In her February editor's letter, Wintour takes Clinton to task for being behind the times. "Imagine my amazement, then, when I learned that Hillary Clinton, our only female president hopeful, had decided to steer clear of our pages at this point in her campaign for fear of looking too feminine. The notion that a contemporary woman must look mannish in order to be taken seriously as a seeker of power is frankly dismaying." Wintour continues: "This is America, not Saudi Arabia. It's also 2008: Margaret Thatcher may have looked terrific in a blue power suit, but that was 20 years ago. I do think Americans have moved on from the power-suit mentality, which served as a bridge for a generation of women to reach boardrooms filled with men. Political campaigns that do not recognize this are making a serious misjudgment."
Calls and e-mails to the Clinton camp went unreturned as of press time.
Vogue has featured Sen. Clinton with her family and by herself in sizeable features six times since 1992, and she was the first first lady to appear on the magazine's cover, in December 1998. Despite Wintour's lashing, bridges have not been permanently burned: Vogue's spokesman said the magazine and the Clintons are "working on something together for Vogue in the near future." A presidential cover in January 2009, perhaps? — Stephanie D. Smith
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SHUTTER FLY: Former Yves Saint Laurent designer Hedi Slimane's latest gig is shooting troubled Babyshambles lead singer Pete Doherty for the February cover of Spin. Slimane shot Doherty and his bandmates at Doherty's home in Wiltshire, England. It's not the first time the designer has shot the singer: He captured Doherty's pain on film in his 2005 book "London: Birth of a Cult," and Slimane told Spin he "immediately fell for him" during their first encounter. The rockers wore a sampling of Roberto Cavalli and Ben Sherman attire in the shoot. — S.D.S.
CLOSE, BUT NO CIGAR: Wall Street Journal managing editor Marcus Brauchli informed his staff Thursday that "Richistan" author Robert Frank would be named news editor, writing for several sections of the paper and continuing his Wealth Report blog. What he did not say was that Frank, who has long been the only name floated to edit the paper's Pursuits magazine planned for September, would not be named its editor in chief. Instead, Brauchli said Frank "will be an adviser to the team that is developing a magazine about luxury and wealth." Sources at the Journal said higher-ups are interviewing candidates to lead the magazine, possibly from outside the Journal, with the aim of finding someone with magazine editing experience. — Irin Carmon
EXEC MOVES: Condé Nast isn't the only media company making promotions this week. Hachette Filipacchi Media said Thursday that Todd Anderman, former president of Maxim Digital, has been hired as senior vice president, digital media, reporting to executive vice president and chief operating officer Philippe Guelton. Anderman succeeds Marta Wöhrle, who left the company to become a consultant. Additonally, Nick Matarazzo, executive vice president and group publishing director for Hachette's Men's Enthusiast Network (a group that includes Boating, Car and Driver and Road & Track, among others) will now add executive vice president of integrated sales and marketing to his current responsibilities. At Hearst Magazines, Liberta Abbondante will join as senior vice president of consumer marketing. Abbondante was most recently vice president of circulation marketing for Dow Jones & Co. Finally, Alpha Media Group named Julien McNab executive editor and producer of blender.com. McNab joins from the cable television world — he was senior producer at VH1/MTV Networks, and was interactive programming producer for FUSE/MuchMusic USA/Cablevision prior to joining blender.com. — S.D.S.
KARL'S NEW HIRE: Quohnos Mitchell has been named vice president of global marketing and communications at Karl Lagerfeld, a new post based in New York. Mitchell joins Lagerfeld from Tommy Hilfiger in Amsterdam, where he was responsible for communications for Hilfiger's brands in Europe. At Lagerfeld, Mitchell will work closely with Lagerfeld's Paris-based press office, headed by Caroline LeBar, and be responsible for all marketing, media, communications and press activities for the designer's various signature collections and licensed products. — Miles Socha
Correction: A Memo Pad item on Thursday misstated the role played by Harry Shearer of "The Simpsons." He is the voice of Mr. Burns and Ned Flanders, among others.


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Last night, Adam called Time Warner and got a rather unexpected response. He documents what happened at Adam's Life. To an excerpt!
Finally, I connected with a service rep. He sounded young. Stumbled a little bit over the script he was reading. I assume he's new. This will be important in a moment. I asked him what the heck was happening. And he told me this:
The box that controls the cable, internet, pretty much everything else for Time Warner Cable in my area of the East Village is located in the basement of a building. In order to service this box, Time Warner Cable needs to contact the super of the building and be let in.
The super of the building, according to the service rep, REFUSES TO LET TIME WARNER INSIDE.
"Why is he refusing?" I asked.
"He wants free cable," the rep responded.
Apparently, Time Warner has tried to reason with the man, but he refuses to budge. Today, he's refused to answer the door or his phone. He's cut off all communication.
"It's a very unusual situation," the rep said.
To top if off, the rep gave Adam the super's address. Adam is mulling his next move. Read the whole post here.


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A Morenci man was pronounced dead on the scene of a two-vehicle traffic accident early Monday morning.
Leonard Adam Dietrich, 58, of 516 Whitney Ave., was driving a 2008 Dodge Ram pickup truck westbound on Territorial Road when the accident occurred at about 4:12 a.m.
According to the report by the Hillsdale County Sheriff Office, Dietrich crossed over Pioneer Road (M-99) in Amboy Township and was struck by a southbound Plymouth Voyager minivan driven by Larae Marie Hegeman, 39, of Hillsdale.
Dietrich's vehicle rolled several times before coming to rest on its roof. He was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.
Hegeman was transported by emergency helicopter to St. Vincent Hospital in Toledo. A 16-year-old passenger was taken to the Hillsdale Community Health Center.
The accident still remained under investigation as of Tuesday morning.


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"American Idol" may already be in its tenth year, but there's still no shortage of contestants lining up for their shot at stardom.
Its first day of audition registration in Nashville, Tenn., attracted more than 10,000 people, according to "Idol" host Ryan Seacrest.
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"Hola Idol season 10 auds start tmrw in Nashville! Yesterday at day 1 of registration, we had over 10,000 people show up! (that's HUGE)," he Tweeted on Friday morning.
The singing competition, which has produced some of the music industry's biggest stars, including Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson and Chris Daughtry, has also expanded its eligibility age to include hopefuls from 15 to 28 year olds. It had previously only accepted participants 16 to 28 years old.
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"A lot of young, talented people are now seeking careers and representation before they turn 16," said "Idol" executive producer Cecile Frot-Coutaz. "Lowering the age limit allows us to tap into this talent pool."
"Idol" auditions will be held at the following venues this year:
Nashville, TN, Bridgestone Arena, Saturday, July 17
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Milwaukee, WI, Bradley Center, Wednesday, July 21
New Orleans, LA, TBA, Monday, July 26
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East Rutherford, NJ, IZOD Center, Tuesday, Aug. 3
Austin, TX, Frank Erwin Center, Wednesday, Aug. 11
San Francisco, CA, AT&T Park, Thursday, Aug. 19
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Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain Deed to Secure Debt from Lucy K. Page to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. in the original principal amount of $86,000.00 dated 04/30/2008, and recorded in Deed Book 448, page 421, Appling County records, said Security Deed being last transferred and assigned to CitiMortgage, Inc. in Deed Book 489, Page 275, the undersigned will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the Courthouse door in said County, during the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday of September, 2012 by CitiMortgage, Inc., as Attorney-in-Fact for Lucy K. Page the following described property:
All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the Second Land District of Appling County, Georgia, consisting of five (5) acres, more or less, of lot of land No. 299, being now or formerly bound: Northerly by Union Camp Corporation; Easterly by lands of York Reynolds, lands of Charles Beecher and lands of Alton Griffin; Southerly by what is known as Zoar Road, and Westerly by lands of Richard Williams. This is the tract of land described in a deed from Richard Williams to Algerie Johnson and LeRoy Page by Warranty Deed dated March 7, 1970, recorded September 21, 1970, Deed Book 142, Pages 217-218, of the Deed Records of Appling County, Georgia, and is more particularly described in accordance with the courses, metes and bounds of a certain survey and plat thereof by A.T. Beach, Surveyor, dated March 2, 1970, referenced to in and recorded along with said Deed.
Property known as: 5180 Zoar Road, Baxley, GA 31513
The indebtedness secured by said Deed to Secure Debt having been declared due and payable because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby, this sale will be made for the purposes of paying the same and all expenses of sale, including attorney's fees, (notice having been given as provided by law).
The property will be sold as the property of The Aforesaid Grantors subject to the following:
(1) all prior restrictive covenants, easements, rights-of-way or encumbrances; (2) all valid zoning ordinances; (3) matters which would be disclosed by an accurate survey of the property; (4) the outstanding ad valorem taxes and assessments, if any; (5) unpaid water and sewage bills, that constitute liens against the property, whether due and payable or not yet due and payable; and (6) matters of record superior to the security deed first set out above.
CitiMortgage, Inc. holds the Note and referenced Security Deed and services the loan on behalf of Federal National Mortgage Association, the current owner of your loan. Pursuant to O.C.G.A Section 44-14-162.2 the name of the person or entity who has the full authority to negotiate, amend, or modify the terms of the aforementioned indebtedness is:
CitiMortgage, Inc.
1000 Technology Drive
O'Fallon, MO 63368
Nothing contained in this Notice of Sale shall obligate the holder and/or owner to negotiate, amend, or modify said indebtedness.
To the best of the undersigned's knowledge and belief, the party in possession is Lucy K. Page.
CitiMortgage, Inc., as Attorney-in-fact for Lucy K. Page.
This law firm is acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt, any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
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Atlanta, GA 30346
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Years ago, when radio station programmers actually programmed to win ratings, you'd see stations do all sorts of wacky stuff.
One of the fun things done was customized versions of songs. I'm not talking about songs specifically written for and about stations, though I suppose they could be included here as well. (A prime example is "The New KHJ" written by Roger Christian for the launch of Boss Radio in 1965 and sung by the jocks to the tune of "Little Deuce Coupe.")
I'm talking about songs that had either added words or lyric changes that made a popular song belong to one station only. What brought this up, by the way, was a compact disc that came in the mail from my friend Douglas Brown, former production director of stations as varied as KHJ (930 AM), KRTH (101.1 FM) and KMGG Magic 106 (now Power 106).
Included on the disc is a small sample of some of these songs. Such as:
• "From Central Park to Pasadena's such a long way (and there's no KRLA). I feel so out of it walkin' down Broadway (I sure do miss KRLA)" — From "New York's a Lonely Town" by the Tradewinds.
• "I'm drivin' in your car. You turn on the radio (to KHJ)" — From "Fire" by the Pointer Sisters. Sister station KRTH had a version as well; some stations actually removed the word "radio" and added the call letters. A bit smoother, perhaps; I think KFI (640 AM) did that.
Some stations totally changed lyrics. A very localized semi-hit (though I have to admit I don't remember hearing it at the time) is the title track from the soundtrack to the 1978 movie "Almost Summer" by the Beach Boys. Original lyrics include: "Susie wants to be a lady director, and Eddie wants to drive a hearse; Johnny wants to be a doctor or lawyer, and Linda wants to be a nurse"; they were changed to "Now's the time of year for the Dodgers and Angels to go to bat and do their thing. Lyin' by a pool or tannin' at the beach is where it's at around the L.A. scene."
Of course the lyrics culminate with the line, "all around L.A. and Orange County way, they're listenin' to K-H-J, it's almost summer." And yes, KRTH had its own version as well.
"Life Is a Rock" from Reunion was customized like this, and I know there are others. Do you remember any? Did you have favorites? Love them? Hate them? I think they are a fun part of radio's past, when stations were often bigger than life, and the personalities even bigger.
Also on the CD is a special version of "FM" by Steely Dan, from the 1978 movie of the same name. That year, AM radio still dominated the ratings in most cities, and many programmers were loath to play a song recognizing their competition. At least one station took an "A" from Steely Dan's "Aja" and spliced it in place of the "F," creating the song, "AM."
The release, according to Brown, was apparently just for KHJ. Steely Dan remixed the song, removing the "FM" entirely and having just music during that part of the song. The new title: "No Static at All."
Sounds a little weird when you're used to the original, but it shows the power and influence that AM music stations once had … and still could today with some effort.
Richard Wagoner is a San Pedro freelance writer covering radio in Southern California. Send him email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The Living Room has headliner bands from around the world and local talent alike. The Rec Room has bands, sports and special events. The Wine Cellar has private parties and alternative music artists. The Patio is one of Kingston's biggest, and includes a Tiki Bar and a Beach Volley Ball court for spontaneous use or tournaments. The newest addition to The Mansion is The Attic where private events are booked and smaller, quieter artists perform. Four floors and a huge patio are available for guests of The Mansion.


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Letter from the Editor
I've seen it year after year. A pall of wintry worry and agitation settles over the interpreting community almost before anyone has realized that the holidays are no longer so recent nor the break from work so restful. Projects are in danger of going missing in inaction. Anxiety sets out its mirrors reflecting only itself ad infinitum: When will offers of work start arriving? Is the phone broken? Has AIIC mail lost my messages? Should I be more pro-active or less pushy? I call it February Syndrome. Fortunately, February is the shortest month of the year!


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Our group runs
We've found 1 run at location: Venue TBA (see location for session date)
We're making the most of Bordon's wide open spaces with runs largely in Bordon and Hogmoor Inclosures. We aslso explore further along the Shipwright's Way, around the ranges, towards Oakhanger and of course, Alice Holt.
We offer local weekly runs and courses to try to make it easy for you to fit running into your life! Whether it's daytime after-school drop-offs, evening after work or Sunday Long Runs, you'll hopefully find one or two that fit with your week.
Some are female-only, some mixed. We also target some runs by ability levels, which have become known as:
Chatty: you're a regular runner (usually 6 months or more) and can run for 30 or 40 minutes at a steady pace, whilst also "chatting"! Our runs at this level will still sometimes challenge you, but stick with, as that is how you'll improve!
Gentle: this is the group run to enjoy if you've only just completed a Couch to 5K or you're a returning runner after recovering from an injury or an absence from running.
Trail Runs: Sunday is Long Run day and depending on the time of year, these will be targetting a particular distance. We usually have mixed ability groups which will often be split into different speeds with more than one Run Leader involved.
Book as many as you like at one time. If you let the Run Leader know at least an hour before run time that you need to cancel (your Run Leaders have baby-sitters and lives to juggle too!) then we'll refund your run fee.
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Want to become a run leader?
Become a qualified run leader by taking the Leadership in Fitness and Running Course from England AthleticsFind out more