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19 April 2010
Benito vs. Fresh Pasta
It was in the French cookbook that I encountered a recipe and detailed instructions for making fresh pasta. Simple flat noodles, like fettuccine. I didn't have a pasta machine, so I had to roll everything out by hand... thin out the dough, fold it over, and cut off the noodles. Then hang them all over the kitchen to let them dry.
The end result was doughy, and several of the noodles simply disintegrated in the boiling water. I decided the whole thing wasn't worth the trouble, and didn't make fresh pasta for 20 years.
Recently, I found a good deal on a simple hand-cranked pasta machine, and decided to give it another shot. After all, I've learned a lot in the past two decades, and I've got an audience for this kind of stuff now. I made a batch of dough--2 cups flour, 2 eggs, a dash of oil, let it rest, and then ran a test ball through the machine, slowly cranking it down from the widest setting to the thinnest, folding it over, able to see my fingers through the finished product, the whole magilla.
The result is shown in this first photo: thin, delicate, flexible but not sticky, and just about perfect. My rolling technique improved over the course of the rest of the batch.
The easiest thing to do for a first test would be lasagna, probably followed by fettuccine (there's an attachment for that on the machine). But I thought it would be more fun to make ravioli. In my opinion, that's the best reason to make your own pasta. You can do triangles, half moons, squares, big ones, little ones, whatever you want. And the fillings! If I wanted to do braised duck and goat cheese with a dollop of pepper jelly, by God I could do it.
I restrained myself a bit and chose to do a simple ricotta/spinach/garlic filling.
While rolling the pasta is time consuming and laborious, making the ravioli is pretty easy. Just don't use too much filling, and give yourself some room. Squeeze out as much air as possible, and try to keep them roughly the same size. I made some half moons here with scraps that didn't match up to another sheet of pasta. No real preference either way, it's more of an aesthetic choice. I set them on a sheet of parchment paper and let them rest while making the sauce.
Since this post is getting long, I'll write about the wines separately on another day. For the sauce, I roasted some golden beets and combined them with chicken stock and cream. A little salt, a little seasoning, blended with the immersion blender... Very tasty sauce. I gently boiled the ravioli in a deep skillet so I could keep an eye on them. You don't want a raging boil--they might rip apart. But they still need to cook. I gently lifted them out, drained them, sauced them, and added a little grated hard cheese.
Amazing flavor. The texture of the pasta was light and delicate but mostly it was just a lot of fun. Aside from a rough estimate on the pasta dough, this whole thing was just improvised using ingredients and methods that seemed like good ideas. I don't know how often I'm going to do this, but I do know that I want to experiment, like using spinach juice to make green and white striped pasta, or beet juice for striking red pasta. And one of these days I will get around to that sinful duck ravioli.
8 comments:
- Unknown said...
Sounds wonderful! Where did you find golden beets in MEM?
- 18 April, 2010 16:54
- Benito said...
It used to be that you could only find them at Whole Foods, like when I made this awesome salad. But I picked these up at the Schnuck's in Germantown. It's really one of my favorite vegetables, and I grab them whenever I see them.
- 18 April, 2010 16:57
- The Wine Commonsewer (TWC) said...
Nicely done, my man.
I'm not a big pasta guy but this left me with a jones.
Just looking at the plate bumped my glucose to about 195.
- 18 April, 2010 21:02
- Benito said...
I love pasta but it's so often prepared badly in this country, just another gloopy starch to serve as a vehicle for Velveeta or gallons of Industrial Prison Grade Tomato Sauce #3 from China. Give me delicate tortellini hand shaped by an old woman in the back of a trattoria, or a plate of squid-ink pasta that looks like a mess of dead leeches, and I'm a happy lad.
I've got some friends that are on Atkins-style diets, and work around them, of course. But at least when you make it yourself, you get an hour-long workout cranking the stuff through. :)
- 18 April, 2010 21:15
- Benito said...
Just because I love math, I'll point out something fun. There are nine widths on the pasta machine, and each time I ran the pasta sheets through straight and then folded over. So the final product has 2^9 or 512 layers.
If there was a thin layer of oil or butter between the layers, and eggs weren't involved, then you'd have flaky dough like croissants or phyllo.
- 19 April, 2010 01:21
- fredric koeppel said...
good for you! when my first wife and i got married lo these many years ago in the 1960s, of course someone gave us a pasta machine which we tried to use a few times, including making ravioli, and finally gave up in frustration. that device went the way of so many abandoned wedding presents and now i wish i still had it. i mean the things are indestructible.
- 19 April, 2010 05:01
- b8wine said...
Man you have cooking skills. My wife likes to fill ravioli with pumpkin (it is a recipe from Ferrara, my home town), and we pair them with an off-dry red Lambrusco.
- 19 April, 2010 10:47
- Benito said...
I picked this one up at Tuesday Morning for around $10. Great condition, solid steel on everything, it ought to last a century. I can't remember if you have a Kitchenaid standing mixer, but I've heard that the pasta roller attachment works like a dream.
Pumpkin ravioli is definitely on my list. I've made pumpkin sauces for pasta before, but a savory stuffing should be delicious.
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(CONTINUED) Nineteen
"Dane was always a little haunted after that, I think."
Mary and I were seated at her dinner table, a dark, heavy piece made of thick wood that could've been 400 years old for all I could tell. We were eating enchiladas made with freshly mashed pinto beans and hot green chiles. Just before serving Mary had topped each of our plates with a fried egg. The food was delicious. The conversation, however, had quickly become morbid, reminding me of my own roiling hell. Mary went on: "Although, I don't believe there was any reason for him to blame himself for Oscar's death."
Almost immediately after sitting down Mary had begun to tell me how wonderful it was to once again have some company at the dinner table. This led to a description of her late husband's long battle with cancer and, working backwards in time, she'd now arrived at the point when Oscar, their only child, had hung himself from the garage rafters at the age of 15.
"So tell me, Mr. Gould, what are your thoughts on suicide?"
I put down my fork and wiped my mouth with my napkin. The truth was, I had thought about suicide a fair bit over the last few days and maybe even for longer than that. At times I'd probably even thought it a pretty good idea. "Please, call me Tom," I said, and then drank some wine. I didn't know what to tell her. I could look at it philosophically; I could discuss it from a religious point of view; I could describe the torments of countless artists--some of whom I'd known--and their desire to end a ceaseless pain. It was all bullshit. "I don't know that I have any thoughts on suicide," I finally replied. Mary looked at me strangely. For a moment I thought she may have smiled. I continued: "Or, I should say, I don't have any thoughts on the suicide of others. I don't believe we can blame a person for taking their own life. And don't I believe anybody should blame themselves because someone they know has taken their own life."
"Even one's child?" Mary asked.
I paused. This conversation with my new landlord disturbed me. "I suppose it's impossible for a parent not to blame themselves. But some people just get wired wrong, I guess."
She refilled my glass. "So, you think a predisposition for suicide is genetic?"
I did indeed, but I wasn't sure I should say so. I felt like I was taking a test that I'd better pass, even though I didn't know what the penalty would be for failing. I began to say something, stopped myself, picked up my glass, put it back down, and finally said, "Maybe."
She was quiet for a few minutes. I went back to my enchilada and hoped that I'd heard the end of the topic.
"But what about your own?" Mary had hardly touched her food and it was growing cold. Now she was staring at me intently.
"Excuse me."
"What are your thoughts on your own suicide?"
I just looked at her, holding the fork in midair.
"I was just wondering. You said you didn't have any thoughts on the suicide of others. I was just wondering if you had any thoughts on your own. Would you ever take your own life?"
I put the fork back down. I looked directly at her. "No, I wouldn't."
"Can you be so sure?"
I'd just turned back to my plate and put the last bite of enchilada in my mouth. I nodded while chewing: "Yeah, at this point I think I'm pretty certain of that." I knew I was finally telling the truth, but there was no satisfaction in it. Mary started to ask something else and I put out my hand. "Please, can we not talk about this anymore?"
She laughed loudly and I was a little startled. "I'm sorry," Mary said. "I thought all writers liked to talk about these things." I couldn't tell if she was making fun of me.
"No," I replied. "We just like to write about them."
Mary laughed again and stood up. "I'm just an old woman and I think about death too much. You don't worry about it much when you're younger."
I knew that wasn't true, but I wasn't about to get into it.
That night I went to bed in what had probably once been a guest room. It was off the hallway on the second floor and had a dresser, desk, and queen-sized bed. The bed was the most comfortable I'd had since well before showing up in San Francisco to sleep on Ruben's couch. Even so, I didn't sleep much more than two or three hours. I would've been surprised if Mary had slept anymore than me. Throughout the night I heard her padding down the hall. I heard the stairs creak as she went downstairs. I heard her mutter to herself as she came back up. At one point I thought I heard a radio go on. We were a fine pair.
In the morning I laid in bed and listened to Mary make herself breakfast. I felt like my life had been cleaved in two. Everything that had happened up until the time I'd arrived in Santa Fe belonged to one person and everything since was something different, without history or precedent. I knew it was only an illusion but the sensation was so strong it made me feel like I was losing my grip on reality. On the other hand, it was this very break that made it possible to function at all. What's more, the things I was doing and the situations I was finding myself in did not seem to be without meaning. I had woken from a nightmare into a dream.
I heard the door shut as Mary left and once the sound of her car had faded down the road I got up. I went downstairs and there was cereal, fruit, and bread arranged on the table. A note was nearby: "Tom, please help yourself to anything you want. Juice is in the fridge and the coffee maker is ready to go. Just turn it on."
I flipped the coffee maker on and sat down at the table. It really was like a dream. Then I remembered something. I went back upstairs and checked my phone. There were two calls from Ruben and one from my agent. It had been a long time since I'd heard from my agent. Ruben's message was first: "Tom, I know you didn't kill Ann. But you have to do something. It's on the news. They've got your name, your picture. You have to come back. That guy killed your wife; people will understand." I doubted that people would understand. The message from my agent was next: "Tom, what the hell…" He was already out of breath, almost screaming. I hit delete. The last message was from Ruben but there was nothing and then a beep. It didn't sound good. I changed my outgoing message to: "You've reached Tom Gould. Please leave a message." This was mostly in case Julie tried to call. I had no intention of ever answering that phone again.
I went back downstairs and had some coffee and a banana. The banana was hard to eat and the last few bites almost made me retch. I brought my coffee upstairs and took out the notepads and pens. I sat at the desk and looked at them. From memory I began to write out a short story by Chekhov about a man who takes shelter from the rain under an upturned boat on a beach. When he crawls inside he sees that a young woman has also taken shelter under the boat. At first they are shy and tentative and speak only with hesitancy and brusqueness. But soon the man hopes the rain might never stop. When it finally does neither seem to want to leave the shelter of the boat, but finally the woman tells him she must get back home. She crawls outside. The man remains under the boat for awhile longer, feeling that something very important is being lost through nothing more than his own willful rejection of it. He does not move. At last he comes out into the early twilight. He does not even know the woman's name. He will never see her again. Perhaps his life has been ruined. At least, that was the way I remembered it. What I couldn't recall I made up. I left the notepad on the desk and hoped that Mary wasn't too familiar with Chekhov.
I spent the rest of the day walking around town, wondering if my fate was being decided for me at that very moment some 1200 miles away. I wondered if it was only going to be a short time before someone showed up in Santa Fe for no other reason than to find me and bring me back to San Francisco to stand trial for murder. Or would they make me stand trial for two murders? Or three? Every time I sat on a bench or went into a café I began to expect the inevitable hand on my shoulder. "Mr. Tom Gould? You have the right to remain silent." I thought about running but there was nowhere else worth running to. It was like I'd suddenly found a home, entirely unexpectedly and undeservedly. If it wasn't going to last for long I was going to try to forget about both the past and the future and live only for the moment, the only thing that wasn't run through with dread and regret.
At 5 o'clock I walked into the Golden Horse. I said hello to Mary, who was sitting at a desk by the door, and, though I had not told her that I would be stopping by to meet Julie, she said, "Just a second. I'll go tell Julie you're here." It made me apprehensive to know they might be talking about me, but it also made me smile. Worse things were being said about me at that moment, of that I was certain.
Julie came out from the back wearing a kerchief on her head and holding a tape measure. "I was just framing a new piece. I'll be out in a second."
I browsed around the gallery, a man who days before had held his ex-wife in his arms while she and their baby died; a man who had beaten another man to death with a poker; a man who was a fugitive from the law; a man waiting to take a girl he barely knew out to dinner, to bring her into his life. Yet I felt powerless to do anything else, to change the fate I was moving toward. My life was no longer my own.
"Okay, let's go." She'd come up behind me and put her hand on my shoulder. I actually jumped off the floor. She stared at me, eyes wide, bemused.
"I'm sorry. You startled me. I was so absorbed with this piece." I gestured toward the painting, a poorly-wrought oil painting of an adobe church.
"Really?" asked Julie. "I've never thought much of that picture. It's been here for ages."
I had no response, so I said, "Well, I guess art is in the eye of the beholder."
Julie laughed and I followed her out the door. "Where are we going?" I asked, as we walked down Canyon Road.
"The Pink Adobe."
Now I laughed. "Rubbing it in my face, eh?"
"On the contrary. I thought it would be cute."
I hadn't been certain if this evening was meant to be a date or not. To be honest, it hadn't really mattered to me and I'd given it little thought. But now I was certain and it did matter to me. But I wasn't really sure I wanted it to be a date.
Julie talked about her day as we walked and I said that I'd written a story and immediately regretted lying to her. She asked me what it was about and I took a deep breath and repeated the Chekhov tale. I was relieved when she told me she thought it was beautiful, but I knew it was a bad start to the night.
Inside the Pink Adobe it was dark and we got a small, rickety table in a corner. A little light came in through a curtained window farther down the hall, but our table was mostly lit by a single candle. Julie looked gorgeous by the flame, her grey eyes seeming a little sad even when she smiled. She pulled her hair up and had even put on a little lipstick; I hadn't noticed that when she'd surprised me at the gallery. I started to hate myself again.
"So," she began, "are you originally from San Francisco?"
"No, I'm from Boston, but I moved to San Francisco many years ago."
"Where does your family live?"
This was going to be difficult. I didn't know if I should lie or tell the truth or simply mix the two together as seemed convenient. I spoke the truth and lied by omission: "My parents are dead. My father got lung cancer from working with asbestos—he worked construction—and died in his early fifties. Without him, my mom went pretty quick. I'm an only child and we never really got together with any of my other relatives when my parents were alive." The waitress brought us our menus and two glasses of water.
"An orphan," said Julie.
"Yeah, I guess. Not a very happy tale, eh?" I didn't want her to ask a follow-up, so I said, "And you?"
She smiled. "Santa Fe, born and raised. I've got a younger brother, which you know, and my mom lives nearby. I never really knew my father. He left when I was pretty young. My brother had just been born. Not a very happy tale either, huh?"
"Family stories rarely are."
We took a few minutes to look at the menus and when the waitress returned I ordered huevos rancheros and Julie had a vegetarian burrito. We went back to small talk for a bit and then Julie stopped and looked at me sort of funny and grinned. Then she said, "Mary thinks you've been married."
My stomach dropped. I searched for a word, any word, really, but could say nothing. All at once I missed Ann so badly I thought I might start weeping. Julie must've noticed something was wrong because she started to apologize.
"It's okay," I finally managed to say, though it was not okay.
For a while we were both silent. It seemed like there was nothing else to say, like there might be nothing else to say between us ever again. I searched for words and said the first sentence that managed to cohere: "So, are you seeing anyone?"
She looked at me, slightly bewildered. I knew immediately that it was a stupid thing to have asked.
"No," she said. "I was seeing this guy a couple months ago but I ended it. He was really boring in bed and I'm up for just about anything."
I felt embarrassed and as she started to go on I held up my hand. "This kind of talk makes me uncomfortable."
I looked at her, lit by the candlelight, worrying an earring. I wouldn't think of laying a hand on her. "Because, you're so…so…"
"So what?"
"So young."
Her eyes got wide and then she leaned back and laughed so loudly that diners at the three nearest tables all turned to look at us. When she could finally speak she said, "Tom, how old do you think I am?"
I gestured vaguely. I found I couldn't even offer a guess.
"I'm 28," she said. "I've been drunk, had sex, smoked pot and even"—she gestured at her left ring finger with the thumb of that hand—"been married and divorced." She laughed again. "But thanks—that was sweet of you."
I'd often made this mistake in my life; taken beauty for innocence. But beauty untested, untried, was not beauty at all but simply weakness waiting to be devoured. That which would be beautiful must know ugliness, despair, hatred, and pain and then, only once submerged in the flames of the world and risen again, can it appear as true beauty. Thus, beauty is never for the young. I was so embarrassed I blushed and hoped that, in the darkness, she could not tell.
Julie laughed some more and wiped her eyes and asked me how old I was. "Thirty-five," I said, "going on 80."
The waitress brought our food and we ate quietly, talking every now and then about childhood memories or trips we'd taken. Julie began to talk about her Catholic upbringing and how important religion had been to her mother. She said that she still prayed all the time and asked if I ever did.
"As a boy I prayed hard for just one thing," I said. "But I haven't prayed since."
"So your prayer wasn't answered?"
I smiled a little and shook my head.
Julie took a bite of her burrito and chewed it slowly. Then she said, "I think that just because you're prayers aren't answered doesn't mean you shouldn't keep praying."
"Is that faith?" I asked.
"Some people might call it that."
I smiled again. "Some people might call it something else."
She looked away quickly. I'd made her angry. I tried to make amends: "Hey, I just said it might be something else. I didn't say I thought it was bad."
After our meal we walked around in the cool desert evening. The moon hung full in the sky and everything was bathed in the milky light. The air was so soft you could hardly feel it on your skin, a night that could only be had amidst sand and rock and the endlessly unspooling sky. For a time we sat watching the black water of the Santa Fe River flowing slowly through town. Then Julie stood, took my hands in hers, and said that she'd had a very nice time. I told her that I had too and she smiled, somewhat sadly, I thought, and wished me a good night. (CONTINUED)
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Wow.. Didnt hope to release fixes so soon.
Yesterday, Jacky Yuen contacted me about a bug in the mod. It didn't look like
the mod's fault, but i took a deeper look.
The issue :
On his windows server (win2003, and XP) the mod was working, but was unable to
reach high speeds (1MB/s). (i heard something like this before, and all you need is
to change the packet size).
However, doing this, didn't fix the issue. I tried this on my server, and i was
able to get about 500KB/s. Setting the packet size to 16384 gave me 1MB/s.
Jacky told me he still had problems, so i tried all windows systems i got around.
A windows 2003 server,
and a Windows 7 (32bits) showed the problem (max speed was 490KB/s)
A Windows 7 64bits and Win 2003 SP2 didnt.
The most awesome part, is that if you run Google Chrome, a Flash application, or
Windows Media Player, the mod is able to deliver up to 1MB/s.
Took me a while, but i found that Windows doesnt run a high resolution timer
all the time. In the servers with the issue, the timer run every 10 ms.
Whenever you run some of the mentioned apps, they set the timer to the highest
speed possible (in my equipment, 1 ms). This setting affects all other
applications, so the mod was able to sleep small times to deliver data as it
So, i wrote 2 fixes. The first one, i didnt wanted to, but i made the mod to
set the timer to the highest resolution possible (it is written to the logs if
you want to peek). And the second, is to avoid waiting small times to send
data. Minimum time to sleep is 200ms now, and data is adjusted for this. (only
for windows). Both fixes are under defines that will compile just for windows,
so linux users won't notice any changes.
The good thing, for windows users, is that with this fixes, i've been able
to get speeds up to 2.45MB/s under windows!. Using apache by itself, i just
got 1.2MB/s. Just enabling the mod and setting a high limit, the speed got
pumped up.
That's it. Now i'll be back working on the next release.
– (previous readme.txt text follows dated 24/May/2010)
Again… It has been a while since i've upted the code. (work, personal
life, money issues, the same stuff we all fight daily)
However, that doesn't mean i forgot about it. I've just been working my
*** off. I've got many emails with suggestions, some bugs, etc..
I'm doing one of the last updates of this line of mod_bw (0.x). It's
mainly a couple of bugfix, and a little callback to get stats on the running
mod. I hope it wont break anything.. (of course i've tested it a lot).
Ah!, i said this is one of the last updates. Yes. This is because this line
of code is limiting the possibilities of the mod, so i've started a new mod_bw
using other set of techniques. (so, it is highly experimental, and uses
completely new instructions). This new branch of the mod was born thanks to
the email sent by Borislav Borislavov (icn.bg), who needed some special features
to be implemented, not possible with the current code.
So, if you wanted the mod to do per-ip limiting, traffic limiting, etc..
keep checking my site. I'll be releasing a new branch of mod_bw to public soon.
(Unfortunately, it won't be released under the Apache license yet).
Now, back to this mod :
First, i've fixed two annoying bugs.
– MinBandWidth -1 was screwing things up sometimes. All because i was using
an unsigned integer to store the -1. Yeah, my bad.
– The limiting handler was leaking memory. A few bytes at a time, but for
large files (really, really large) this could mean one of the apache childs
consuming almost all memory. Thanks to Christian Spielberger who insisted
and helped me to find this. (i was sure there was something.. but my servers
recycle apache childs pretty often). Fun Fact : I found the bug, was cleaning
my test code, and he sent me an email with the exact same solution i came up.
Great minds think alike, eh ?
Then, i made a status callback for the mod. This callback will show some
stats on the running mod, for each memory segment used to limit bandwidth.
Is it a simple stat. However, i received many emails asking for this.
This is easy to achieve :
In your admin vhost (if you have one.. If not, any vhost you want to check),
use a location to set a handler for the callback.
Suppose the vhost for 127.0.0.1 :
SetHandler modbw-handler
Now you can get information of the mod by visiting http://127.0.0.1/modbw
You can get the same information in csv format at http://127.0.0.1/modbw?csv
Please, test this changes, let me know how it works.
If you have some ideas (i.e. information to add in the stats), email me. If
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Bw_Mod v0.6 Still available, and with its README here.
Bw_Mod v0.5 Stable is obsoleted, and should not be used, unless you want to play with it.
Bw_Mod v0.5 RC1 is obsoleted, and should not be used, unless you want to play with it.
Mod_bandwidth v0.1 is obsoleted, and should not be used.
Restrict the number of simultaneous connections per vhost
If ExtendedStatus is Off, it wont work. Anyways, you'll be warned
I was based on mod_vhost_limit from Takato Satsuma [firstname.lastname@example.com]
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Documentary filmmaker extraordinaire Ken Burns made a rule that he would never revisit a topic once he'd given it the full, silver screen treatment.
But that was before his favorite sport was rocked by a prolonged period of drug-fueled scandal.
In 1994, he released "Baseball," an 18 hour-long love letter that traced the history of America's pastime from its beginnings into the early 90s.
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Now, Burns is back with "The Tenth Inning, a relatively short - by Burns standards- four-hour film that picks up where the last film left off and examines some of the problems that have faced the game since then, reports the New York Daily News.
While speaking to members of the Television Critics Association in Los Angeles, Burns revealed what led him to tackle the subject again.
"The Red Sox made me think about it, said Burns, a die-hard Boston fan, but he added, "steroids made me do it."
The film follows the home run boom that dominated that late 90s and the eventual discovery that many of the heroes of that era were powered by performance-enhancing drugs.
There is also a focus on the rise of Latino players over the last two decades.
Burns maintains that "The Tenth Inning" does not judge, but rather presents a nuanced picture of the game.
"It's never been the simple game we like to imagine," says Lynn Novick, Burns co-filmmaker who also happens to be a big fan of the Bronx Bombers.
The great home run races created a problem for the filmmakers as they constructed their narrative.
"We really wrestled with the question: How do you recapture the joy, but at the same time know you are setting the traps for a tragedy?"
To that end, Burns offered an ambivalent response when he was asked whether players like Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire should be in the Hall of Fame.
"My solution goes back to Pete Rose," he said. "Vote him into the hall after he dies. Because he deserves to be in, but he doesn't deserve to know he's in."
"The Tenth Inning" is set to air September 28-29.


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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
What use are electronic gadgets?
Although those who read this blog are likely connected to the electronic world to some extent, I thought it might be helpful if I gave the extreme perspective for each type of device.
Let's start with the basic computer; CPU, monitor, keyboard and mouse or trackpad. A common basic configuration, at the moment, is either an Apple iMac or a Dell, or a Gateway, or an HP Pavilion. The PCs running Windows start around $400 and the iMacs around $1,300. This is one area where you pay for what you get and price differences are generally reflected in the equipment configuration. The differences are in the speed, size of RAM memory, storage memory capacity, resolution of the monitor, and so forth. This is an area where you can walk into a mass merchandising company, such as Walmart, Costco, Sams Club, Best Buy or whatever and buy whatever is on sale and not be far off of a completely usable system.
My opinion: there is a reason Apple is skyrocketing into the top computer sales organization in the world. Generally, people will pay more when they see more value. Apple provides value in ease of use and design. There are a number of genealogy programs that work very well on Apple OS X computers. If you are told that you can't do genealogy on a Macintosh computer, the person talking to you is simply misinformed.
We presently use multiple desktop computers. We are frequently retiring older models and buying new ones. I do 80% of my work on an iMac with a 27 inch monitor. We have two more iMacs and two laptops, an HP and a MacBook Pro. My children use a variety of computers, from PCs to Macs in different configurations. We edit photographs, create documents, publish books, write, edit and compose blogs, watch movies, talk to family, friends and associates, participate in webinars, and on and on. I keep a huge genealogical database of tens of thousands of names and over 100,000 documents and photographs.
Next is the laptop. Laptops have now evolved into powerful full-blown computers. It is possible to use a laptop for both your desktop needs and for portability. The best selling laptops are made by Samsung, Apple, Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Asus. I have a MacBook Pro and would not trade it for anything else except a newer MacBook Pro. Here again, you can walk into any mass merchandiser or go online and buy whatever strikes you as what you need and you will likely be right.
I carry my laptop around with me incessantly. I use it for presentations and I use if for classes and to work when I am not at home. Almost everything I do on a desktop computer, I can do just as easily on a laptop (except for the screen size).
Do you need a laptop? Do you need two cars? Do you need a dish washer? Do you need an electric vacuum? There is always a tradeoff between having a new device and the use to which the device is put. I use my laptop very frequently. You may not. Buying a new device does not mean you will use it.
Down the list, the next type of device has raced to the market in the last couple of years, that is tablet computers. iPads and similar devices are selling at an astounding rate. We have two iPads. I use the iPad to read books from the library and purchased online. I watch movies since we sold all our TVs and I listen to music and a lot of other activities. The question here is whether or not you want or need a smartphone. The tablet computer and the smartphone have almost all the same features, except, of course, the telephone part. I find the two devices to be duplicative. I like the iPad because of the larger screen. With these devices, you just need to go to a couple of stores and have a look. You need to hold them in your hand and decide whether or not you would use one.
Tablets can do nearly all of the functions of a laptop and some of the key functions of a desktop, but I find that I need to go back to my desktop to do serious long term work.
Input devices are the next issue. I use a standard keyboard and a mouse. I have almost entirely moved over to using a trackpad in addition to a mouse. I use the Apple Magic Trackpad. This is another area of personal preference.
I guess I will have to continue this post at some later time and get into the rest of the equipment.
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So you use an Ipad and what type of cell phone since you find them redundant? Thanks - in the market for a new phone and was wondering about the combination of a tablet and a simple phoneReplyDelete
I eliminated my desktop completely. I use my laptop for everything I ever did on the desktop and since I'm happy with the keyboard I haven't missed the desktop at all.ReplyDelete
I also have a tablet (ASUS) which doubles as a netbook with its keyboard docking. The tablet travels with me more often than my laptop because it's smaller and lighter.
I agree about the tablet and smart phone duplicity. However, my phone is an IPhone and my tablet is an adroid which makes some difference but not much.
Nice post. I look forward to the rest:)
I am completely happy with my desktop.....ReplyDelete
nice post...


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Phi Phi Villa Resort
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A. Muang, Krabi 81000
Phi Phi Island, Ton Sai Bay
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Пхи Пхи Вилла Ресорт - это тайский бутик-отель, расположенный на прекрасном острове Кох Пхи Пхи. В отеле 62 номера, бунгало и виллы, из которых каждый путешественник сможет выбрать подходящий вариант, все варианты размещения находятся среди зеленых тропических садов рядом с прекрасным пляжем с белоснежным песком. Наши услуги включают самый большой бассейн в районе Тон Сай Бэй и беспроводной Интернет. Пхи Пхи Вилла Ресорт может организовать ваш досуг, вы можете заняться подводным плаванием, отправиться в тур по местным островам, покататься на катере, к вашим услугам все, чтобы ваш отдых удался.
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Travel reviews for Phi Phi Villa Resort
Date of stay:
Apr 14, 2017
Accommodation and facilities:
We had such a wonderful stay at Phi Phi Villa Resort. I would recommend this place any day! The location was great. We loved the pool and Carpe Diem restaurant was the best. Cannot wait to return to this beautiful island.
Reservation service:
Booking process was very easy!
Apr 18, 2017
written by:
SP Hayes
Date of stay:
Feb 24, 2017
Accommodation and facilities:
I thought that the houses was laying directly to the beach but there is a small walking street between the resort and the beach. We stayed at the family beachfront villa and the internet connection was really bad, didn t work most of the time.
Reservation service:
No problem at all..worked perfect.
Feb 26, 2017
written by:
Pär Fredrik Bastås
Date of stay:
Dec 30, 2016
Accommodation and facilities:
The hotel need some maintenance and the breakfast need to improve, but is in a very good location, and has a great pool
Reservation service:
Very good booking service
Jan 05, 2017
written by:
Juliana Lucena de Sa
Date of stay:
Jul 10, 2016
Accommodation and facilities:
nice bungalow,good swimming pool in phi phi island just need a repair in shower in bathroom the water so small location quite far from city center but nice since its a beach front
Reservation service:
take long time to send a confirmation email i have to ask for the confirmation first before the confirmation email is coming
Jul 13, 2016
written by:
shindy tendri haryanto
Date of stay:
Mar 23, 2016
Accommodation and facilities:
Love this hotel..
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Apr 11, 2016
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Ditte Jensen
Date of stay:
Feb 07, 2016
Accommodation and facilities:
Bad internet connection and gym equipment. Good location a bit further from the center but still near to restaurants ånd 24/7 convenience store. Friendly staff although speaking English with difficulty. Hotel room tidy but furniture qa qrather old.
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Feb 10, 2016
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Artur Brzozowski
Date of stay:
Jan 10, 2016
Accommodation and facilities:
Nice place. Friendly staff and a good restaurant.
Reservation service:
Everything worked easy. No problems.
Jan 14, 2016
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Hans Owe Niclas Mellander
Date of stay:
Dec 28, 2015
Accommodation and facilities:
Ok hotel, nice pool and location. The cleaning and breakfast could have been better.
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Jan 04, 2016
written by:
Jonna Gustafsson
Date of stay:
Nov 27, 2015
Accommodation and facilities:
Very nice and calm place. Friendly staff and big pool.
Reservation service:
I use them all the time in Thailand. Always easy.
Dec 01, 2015
written by:
Max Robert
Date of stay:
Jul 08, 2015
Accommodation and facilities:
Great Place. Family of 4...Mom, Dad, 2 Teens stayed. Family Suite. Great rooms. Very clean. Soft Beds. New fixtures in bathrooms (although my friends had aged fixtures). Excellent Service. Very friendly staff. Awesome pool with view of ocean. Great food in restaurant.
Reservation service:
Excellent. Very very easy.
Jul 17, 2015
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Randall Murray
Date of stay:
Jun 16, 2014
Accommodation and facilities:
Really enjoyed our stay. Such friendly helpful staff. There were a few problems but staff sorted them out quickly. The shower water quality is not too good but I think for such a small island with such a high tourist population this should be expected and acceptable. Phi Phi has changed a lot over the years and is feeling the pressure of the visitors but the people remain a pleasure. I love this place!
Reservation service:
Absolutely no problems
Jun 19, 2014
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Deborah D'Arcy
Date of stay:
Mar 22, 2014
Accommodation and facilities:
Salty-water in the shower, NOT nice!!! But the villa was big, clean and the view was good, partly seaview. The breakfast was ok.
Reservation service:
quick featback and good service :)
Mar 25, 2014
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Jan Ivan Sørensen
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Phi Phi Villa Resort
is a Thai Boutique style resort located on the beautiful island of Koh Phi Phi. Phi Phi Villa Resort has its own private white sandy beach with magnificent views of the Andaman sea and the famous Phi Phi Lay Island where Leonardo Di Caprios' movie The Beach was filmed.
Under European management Phi Phi Villa Resort has 62 Rooms, Bungalows and Villas catering for both budget and luxury customers. Our wide range of facilities at Phi Phi Villa Resort includes the largest private swimming pool in the Ton Sai Bay area and wireless internet access. Phi Phi Villa Resort can also arrange a wide selection of activities for your holiday, such as scuba diving, local island tours, speed boat tours, in fact, everything you could ever want to do on our lovely island.
Carpe Diem, Phi Phi Villa Resorts' world famous beach restaurant and bar offers an unforgettable dining and drinking experience with traditional Thai entertainment including a spectacular fire show every night. Phi Phi Villa is a luxury resort, perfectly located just a 10 minute walk from the pier where ferries arrive on Phi Phi. Our location is perfect for those who respect privacy and silence while still only being a short walk to both shops and entertainment.
Phi Phi Villa Resort
has a range of room types, all set in lush tropical gardens next to our beautiful white sandy private beach.
:: Deluxe Bungalow (6 units) ::
Enjoy boutique style luxury in one of our new Thai style bungalows. Suitable for two people, these bungalows have either king size or twin beds. Each bungalow has its own private terrace and is set in the tranquility of our lush tropical gardens, just a few meters from the beach.
:: Deluxe Villa ::
Enjoy the luxury of our Thai style Villas. Suitable for two people, these villas have either king size or twin beds. Each villa has its own private balcony and is set in the tranquility of our lush tropical gardens, just a few meters from the beach.
:: Deluxe Building (12 units) ::
Enjoy the elegance of our new Thai style Deluxe rooms. Suitable for two people, these rooms have either king size or twin beds. Each room has its own private terrace/balcony with either garden or limited sea views. The rooms are in a new annex situated in a quiet garden location just 100m from the beach.
:: Luxury Deluxe Villa (Twin bed = 7 units, Double bed = 15 units) ::
Our Luxury Deluxe Villas are suitable for two persons, and are set amongst tropical gardens just a few meters from the white sandy beach. Each luxury villa has either King size or Twin beds and its own private balcony with either garden or sea views.
:: Deluxe Suite ::
Enjoy boutique style luxury in one of our new Thai style bungalows. Suitable for 2/3 people. This deluxe bungalow has one en-suite bedroom with king size bed and a connecting lounge with sofa and TV. Each bungalow has its own private terrace and is set in the tranquility of our lush tropical gardens, just a few meters from the beach.
:: Deluxe Family Suite ::
Enjoy boutique style luxury in one of our new Thai style bungalows. Suitable for 4/5 people, this bungalow has 2 bedrooms with king size & twin beds, each with en-suite bathroom, and a connecting lounge with sofa and TV. The bungalow has its own private terrace and is set in the tranquility of our lush tropical gardens, just a few meters from the beach.
:: Luxury Deluxe Beach Front (2 double bed = 2 units) ::
The ultimate Thai Style Villa, located directly on the beach front with magnificent views of the Andaman Sea and famous Phi Phi Lay Island. With 2 king sized beds its suitable for 4 persons. Just sit and watch the tide come and go from the private balcony.
:: Luxury Deluxe Family Beach Front (2 bedrooms & 1 living room = 1 unit, 2 bedrooms = 1 unit) ::
Our largest villa option for families or groups is located directly on the beach front with magnificent views of the Andaman Sea and famous Phi Phi Lay Island. The Luxury deluxe family villa has one king size, plus two queen size beds, a living room and a private balcony. Suitable for 4 persons.
All of our room have the features and facilities you expect of a luxury boutique resort including:
Satellite TV
with a wide selection of international channels
Wireless internet availability
Safety deposit box
En-suite bathroom with hot water
Carpe Diem :
The famous chill out lounge bar and tree house restaurant. There you can enjoy seafood BBQ's, Thai and western cuisines, while watching the sun go down over Phi Phi Lay Island (where The Beach was filmed). Carpe Diem is well known for its nightly fire shows, live music and DJ Lee is happy to play his or your mix of the coolest sounds.
The Roti Bar :
Relaxed breakfast, snacks, shakes or the infamous banana pancake, made to order, in the cool shade overlooking the beach.
Swimming Pool :
Almost on the beach, our infinity pool provides a safe and relaxing place to just enjoy the sun and the refreshing water.
Thai Massage :
Our Thai massage room, on the beach, is staffed by qualified professionals providing a range of treatments including Body Massage, Facials, Manicures and Pedicures.
Tour office :
With a wide variety of things to do on and around the Island, Phi Phi Villa Resort tour office are able to make suggestions and bookings for activities during your stay and onward travel which suit both you and your budget.
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Eating a perfectly healthy diet every day is easy. Of course, it does take a lot of money. And time. And effort. And staying up to date on the ever-changing world of health trends. OK, maybe it's not that easy.
For those of us without an unlimited amount of money, time and patience, sometimes we still need to take the fast food route. Even for those who do have the necessary means to eat a perfect diet, sometimes those Golden Arches and that deliciously bad goodness just seems to call out to you. But just because it comes from a drive-thru, does not mean it is necessarily bad for you anymore.
With Americans becoming increasingly conscious of our own health and the nearly epidemic levels of obesity, heart disease, diabetes and other diet-related conditions, popular restaurants have had to make some adjustments. Maybe a fast food survey actually has an impact because these changes have not escaped that industry either. Over the last 10 years, there has been a revolution in major restaurant chains which has helped to make the world a better place and humans a healthier species.
Obviously, this does not mean that a double cheeseburger and a large order of french fries is as good as a plate of steamed vegetables, but there are some legitimately healthy offerings in just about every major fast food chain. Surprisingly enough, not all of them are salads, either.
The following are a few options for those who are on the go or short on cash but still don't want to feel their arteries clogging as they eat. While many of these offerings are still relatively low on the overall health scale compared to more traditionally healthy dishes, they do pose some great alternatives when fast food is the best (or only) choice available.
1. Burger King: Original Whopper Jr.
Any list about fast food has to start with a great burger. Burger King's flagship Whopper is definitely one of the best and most famous fast food offerings on the market, and its son is actually a decent option if you are craving a burger. If you order it without mayo, the Whopper Jr. has only 160 calories and is relatively low on sodium and fat compared to many other fast food burgers.
2. Wendy's: Grilled Chicken Wrap
Wendy's was one of the first major fast food chains to move towards a healthier menu. Although they still have just as many deliciously fattening burgers as the next joint, they began expanding their menu to include salads and other healthy fare before it was the industry standard. Wendy's salads are still good options for something light and healthy, but their Grilled Chicken Wrap is even better with only 270 calories and 3 grams of sugar, plus 20 grams of protein.
3. McDonald's: Bacon Ranch Grilled Chicken Salad
It may be surprising that any dish beginning with "bacon" could be considered healthy, but the Bacon Ranch Grilled Chicken Salad is actually packed full of vegetables and four types of greens which make up for that small indulgence. It only has 320 calories but comes packed with 42 grams of protein.


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You might benefit from this python script, which changes the font and/or font size of all text layers within a layer group. Optionally it can also affect text layers in nested groups.
Should be useful for when you can't decide on a font and want to quickly make several versions with different fonts.


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Two Skillet Shrimp and Peas...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite inspired by Hunt's Signature Recipes
2 tablespoons canola or corn oil, divided use
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
3/4 cup chopped onion
1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic
1 cup long-grain white rice, uncooked
1 can (14.5 ounces) stewed tomatoes, undrained
2 cups Bloody Mary mix or V-8 style tomato juice
2 teaspoons powdered chicken bouillon or 2 chicken bouillon cubes
1 pound shrimp, thawed if frozen, peeled, deveined
1/2 cup frozen green peas
1) Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet. Add onion and garlic and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add rice and cook, stirring frequently, until rice is lightly browned, about 3 minutes. Add stewed tomatoes, tomato juice and bouillon to skillet, stirring to combine.
2) Bring contents of skillet to a boil. Cover pan and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer 20 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender.
3) Meanwhile, heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add shrimp and pepper and cook, stirring frequently, just until shrimp turn pink, about 3 minutes. Remove pan from heat and set aside.
4) When rice is tender, stir in shrimp and peas. Heat 3 minutes more or until shrimp and peas are heated through. Yield: 4 servings.
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This volume is a different style from our previous releases. We used here less clipart, but a bunch of masks, edges and adjustment layers. All you need to do is just insert your photos behind the respective layers and you will get exactly the same effects that sample pictures are. It only takes few minutes!!! For example adjustment layers can make your photo look black and white or vintage, etc... Of course you always have the option to turn off any layer to keep the original look of your photo.
Note: Sample pictures are for preview purpose only and are not included in the template
Note: You must have a graphic editing software that supports PSD files (i.e. Adobe Photoshop) in order to be able to use this template.
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Every holiday has its own form of preparation: get green clothes for St. Patrick's Day, get your presents together for Christmas, try to figure out what Flag Day is about. Thanksgiving's coming up and there's plenty to prep for. Thanksgiving requires an iron constitution (stomach) and expert planning. Here are a few tips for your turkey-related endeavors:
Stretch That Stomach: Half the fun of Thanksgiving is the great American past-time of eating your face off. A few days before Thanksgiving, start drinking tons of water to get your stomach to Thanksgiving-size. You don't want to walk into dinner with a small plate, gingerly poking around at some peas and corn. People who don't eat tons at Thanksgiving simply can't be trusted. Stretch that stomach and dare your grandma to offer you another piece of pie. Also, it will be good to stay hydrated during the inevitable post-dinner catatonic nap fest.
Pace Yourself: Being at school now for a few months, you can expect to forget how good a home-cooked meal actually is. This home-cooked feast will leave you wanting to munch at a frightening rate…don't do it. You need to plan for the future, and by the future, I mean plates 2, 3, and the subsequent desert of pies and other seasonal baked goods. You don't want to hit that coma stage early.
Conversation Pieces: We all love our families. You wouldn't be prepping for Thanksgiving if you didn't. But let's face it – things change. You've been away at school for a few months, meeting new friends, partying with the old. Your old life and your new one might not see eye-to-eye. When your
family asks you what you do in your spare time, be prepared. I'm already thinking of the ways to explain what a Four Loco is, and why they exist.
Wildcard Uncles: Uncles represent the wildcards of families. At any point, you can go from getting a sweet story about his college days hitchhiking, to Led Zeppelin shows, to getting knee-deep in his most recent divorce. Much of this unpredictability comes with the no-rules approach most uncles take toward booze. Whether it's an after-dinner glass of wine, or an ill-advised afternoon whiskey on the rocks, the uncle's drinking habits are both puzzling and potentially volatile. My suggestion is to keep an eye on how many empty beer cans dot the landscape of homestead and keep note of all nearby exits.
Football 101: Inevitably, you're going to watch copious amounts of football with programming going from early afternoon all the way into the evening. Don't be alarmed – the games will end at some point and you are not experiencing feast-induced psychosis.
Black Friday: The day after Thanksgiving marks the most heated shopping day of the year. I would suggest that if you are planning on going out for Black Friday: don't eat too much, or at least give yourself ample nap time well before the "holiday." Stay heavy on the proteins, as you'll need the strength to stiff-arm parents and children alike from the path to your discounted treasures. Stay heavy on the taters as well, as you'll need the carbs for energy to stand in line all night and day. If you're anything like me and aren't interested in starting the Christmas season with trample marks on your back, I suggest staying clear of any road that even slightly heads toward a mall between 12 a.m. and 5 p.m. Friday. Remember how nuts we went over Furbys in the '90s? Do you really want to turn up in a video 10 years from now punching a child over an iPad?
So, have fun everyone. Eat tons, hang out with the family, and don't harm people for electronics. To you and yours, have a good Thanksgiving.
This essay first appeared in Arcadia University's student newspaper, The Tower. It was
edited by Ashley Pavone, CHC '11. See this and more area college writing at our collegetown blog.


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Please take the time to review this page, you can contact us for any questions or concerns at the following address: privacy(at)3dconnexion.com Please note that you can also contact the Group Data Protection Officer at: DPO(at)3dconnexion.com
1. Who and what this Policy covers?
The Company is the controller of the personal data (i.e., any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person known as data subject) collected from and about you through the Website and the Services that is processed in compliance with the terms of this Policy.
This Policy and our Cookie Policy apply to the processing of the personal data of all our users, thus including those who use the Website and the Services without having an account. This policy shall be read in conjunction with our Cookie Policy and our Terms and Conditions.
Please note that the some of the Services of the Website may also be linked to external websites operated by third parties carrying out processing activities for which the Company cannot be held responsible. In fact, for the privacy practices of unaffiliated companies you should check the applicable privacy policy of those other services.
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More in particular, the Company collects your name and surname, email, postal address and other registration information, such as those you provide directly to us when you purchase products from our online store, download our free software(s), register new products, enter a contest or sweepstakes or sign into a page that requires prior authorization.
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The Company does not collect or process any special categories of personal data, therefore we ask you that you do not send us, and you do not disclose, any information included in a special category of personal data (such as information related to racial or ethnic origins, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health records, criminal background or trade union membership) on or through the Website, the Services or otherwise.
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g) completing a merger or sale of assets for which the transfer of your information to the party or parties involved in the transaction as part of that transaction may be necessary;
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f) the right to limit the processing;
g) the right to object to the processing, wholly or partly, also where it is carried out through automated individual decision-making, including profiling;
h) the right to revoke the consent to the processing;
i) the right to contact the data protection officer, as the case may be;
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k) the right to data portability (i.e., to receive an electronic copy of your personal data, if you would like to port your personal data to yourself or a different controller).
In case of any doubts, comments or complaints please contact us at privacy(at)3dconnexion.com or contact the Group Data Protection Officer at DPO(at)3dconnexion.com.
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|Biosequences .. Software .. Molbio soft .. Network News .. FTP
If you¹re inspired to do something for humanity, come join the Rainforest Health Project on an unforgettable adventure into the heart of the Amazon jungle. RHP needs medical volunteers doctors, nurses, dentists and non-medical volunteers to help treat Indian villagers in north-eastern Peru. Working in bamboo hut clinics, you can help ensure that hundreds of indigenous people many of whom have no other access to health care continue to receive desperately needed medical attention. Expeditions are two weeks long and depart four times a year from Miami, Florida. Only the serious need apply, as each volunteer must pay his or her own travel expenses, or find a sponsor. Currently, trip expenses run $2,395 not including airfare from your home city to Iquitos, Peru. Also, there is a $100 tax in Peru. There is information on the web site about raising funds to finance your trip. RHP is a registered non-profit organization based in Minnesota. It has been taking teams to the Peruvian Amazon since 1993. Can¹t make a trip but still want to help? RHP also urgently needs drugs, medical equipment, and, of course, that elusive thing called cash! All donations are tax-deductible. Our web site has articles, slide shows, and lots of information that will help you see what a trip is like. Please check out the web site at: http://www.pobox.com/~rhp/ If you don't have web access, please contact: 1-800-870-8325 or email: rhp at pobox.com


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Trace trajectory of object in associated virtual scene
Simulink® 3D Animation™
Trace the trajectory of an object in the associated virtual scene.
This block creates marker nodes in regular time steps either as children of the specified parent node (Parent node parameter), or at the top level of scene hierarchy (root).
You can specify one of three types of markers:
General shape
Line segments connecting object positions in every time step
Axis-aligned triads for orienting the trajectory in the 3–D space
Also, you can project traced object positions to a plane or to a point.
Object position input must correspond to the placement of the object in the scene hierarchy. If the traced object resides as a child of a parent object, define the parent object DEF name in the parent node field. If the traced object resides at the top of the scene hierarchy (its position is defined in global scene coordinates), leave this field empty.
The first block input vector determines the position of the marker. The second block input (if enabled by the Marker color selection parameter) represents the marker color. The second or third block input vector (depending on whether the marker color input vector is enabled) specifies the project point coordinates.
To open the Block Parameters dialog box, double-click the block.
Associated VRML file — Virtual world 3D file name specifying the associated virtual world.
Parent node (leave empty for root) — Specify the location of the traced object in the scene hierarchy.
Marker shape — From the list, select one shape:
Connect markers with line segments — Select this check box to connect the traced object path with lines.
Place a triad at each marker position — Select this check box to place a triad at each marker position. A triad helps you orient the object trajectory in the x-y-z plane.
Marker scale — Specify a three-component vector that defines the scaling of predefined marker shapes and triads. This parameter allows accommodation for scenes of various sizes.
Marker color selection — From the list, select:
Block input — Disables Marker color parameter and relies on the second block input to define the marker color. Selecting this option enables the second block input, to which you can connect a signal for the marker color.
Selected in block mask from color list — Enables the Marker color parameter, for selecting one color from of a list of colors for the marker.
Defined in block mask as RGB values — Enables Marker color parameter to accept RGB values for the marker color.
Marker color — If Marker color selection is
Selected in block mask from color list, select the color from the list:
If Marker color selection is
Defined in block mask as RGB values, enter RGB values for the marker color.
Sample time — Enter the sample time or
-1 for inherited sample time.
Ensure that a viewer window is open during simulation — Select this check box to ensure that the Simulink 3D Animation Viewer is open during simulation.
Project positions on a plane — Specify whether to display line segments from an object to a plane to approximate the trajectory of the object. If you enable this parameter, use the Projection plane equation coefficients edit box to specify the plane to which to project the position of the object. The coefficients are in the form
ax+by+cz+d=0. For example, if you use the default plane equation coefficients to
[0 1 0 0] for the
vrtkoff_trace model, then after you simulate the model, the object positions project to the
y=0 plane.
Project positions to a point— Displays line segments from an object to a point to approximate the trajectory of the object.
None — (Default) No projection to a point.
Defined in block mask — If you select this option, enter coordinates in the Projection point coordinates edit box.
Defined in the block input — If you select this option, specify the coordinates of the point in the output of a block that inputs to the VR Tracer block.
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Anti-GD2 3F8 Antibody and Allogeneic Natural Killer Cells for High-Risk Neuroblastoma
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00877110
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : April 7, 2009
Last Update Posted : January 10, 2019
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- How to Read a Study Record
Funding Source - FDA OOPD FDR004128
The goal of this study is to see if it is safe and feasible to give chemotherapy, natural killer (NK) cells, and an antibody called 3F8. The NK cells must come from a family member who shares half of the HLA proteins which are immune proteins important in transplant. NK cells are a type of white blood cell. They can recognize and kill abnormal cells in the body and can work together with antibodies to kill target cells. The antibody 3F8 specifically recognizes a protein present on the target cancer cell.
|Condition or disease
|Neuroblastoma Bone Marrow, Sympathetic Nervous System
|Drug: cyclophosphamide, vincristine, topotecan ,allogeneic NK cells & 3F8
|Phase 1
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|71 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Phase I Study of Anti-GD2 3F8 Antibody and Allogeneic Natural Killer Cells for High-Risk Neuroblastoma
|Actual Study Start Date :
|April 2, 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 7, 2019
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|January 7, 2019
Experimental: chemotherapy, allogeneic NK cells, 3F8
This is a phase I study to assess the safety and feasibility of combining HLA-mismatched (KIR ligand incompatible) NK cells with 3F8 in high-risk NB patients. Following chemotherapy, patients will be treated in sequential groups of 3 patients/dose of NK cells. Four dose levels of NK cells, starting at dose level I, will be evaluated in this treatment protocol. In the unlikely case toxicity is encountered at dose level I, patients will then be treated at the lower dose level 0. Patients can receive up to 3 cycles of treatment on protocol. For subsequent cycles, patients will be treated at either less than or at the same dose level of NK cells as their first cycle.
Drug: cyclophosphamide, vincristine, topotecan ,allogeneic NK cells & 3F8
Patients will receive combination chemotherapy with intravenous (IV) cyclophosphamide 70mg/kg/day (for patients with body weight<70kg) or 2100mg/m2/day (for patients with body weight ≥70kg) for two days, IV vincristine 0.067mg/kg or 2mg/m2/day (lower of the two doses to be chosen; maximum 2mg) for one day, and IV topotecan 2.4 mg/m2/day for 3 days during their first cycle. If receiving a second and/or third cycle, the only chemotherapy patients will receive is cyclophosphamide at 50 mg/kg/day for 2 days. On Day 0, patients will receive a single dose of allogeneic NK cells isolated from a HLA-haploidentical related donor. On day +3, the patient will start daily infusion of 3F8 for 5 days. The treatment schedule may require minor adjustment by ±1 day as clinically indicated (e.g. due to PDH closure for holidays or due to inclement weather).
- Assess the feasibility and safety of administering allogeneic haploidentical NK infusions with 3F8 in patients with high-risk NB [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
- Estimate the anti-NB effect of allogeneic NK infusions plus 3F8 [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
- Assess the impact of KIR/HLA immunogenetics on disease response to NK/3F8 [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
- Assess the relationship between CD16 polymorphism and ADCC in vitro [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Older Adult
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of NB as defined by international criteria, i.e., histopathology (confirmed by the MSKCC Department of Pathology) or bone marrow metastases plus high urine catecholamine levels
- High-risk NB as defined by risk-related treatment guidelines and the International NB Staging System,57 i.e., stage 4 with (any age) or without (>365 days of age) MYCN amplification, MYCN-amplified stage 3 (unresectable; any age), or MYCN-amplified stage 4S.
- Patients must have a history of tumor progression or persistent disease or failure to achieve complete response following standard therapy.
- Patients must have evaluable (microscopic marrow metastasis, elevated tumor markers, positive MIBG or PET scans) or measurable (CT, MRI) disease documented after completion of prior systemic therapy.
- Disease staging approximately within one month of treatment.
- Human anti-mouse antibody (HAMA) titer <1000 Elisa units/ml if applicable
- Available autologous stem cells: ≥2 x 106 CD34+ cells/kg
- Adequate cardiac function as measured by echocardiogram
- Eligible NK donor
- Signed informed consent indicating awareness of the investigational nature of this program.
Donor Eligibility
- Donor is blood-related and HLA-haploidentical to the recipient.
- Donor has undergone serologic testing for transmissible diseases as per blood banking guidelines for organ and tissue donors. Tests include but are not limited to: HepBsAg, HepBsAb, HepBcAb, HepC antibody, HIV, HTLV I and II, VZV, CMV and VDRL, West Nile Virus and Chagas screen. Donor must have normal negative test results for HIV, HTLV I and II, and West Nile Virus. Donor exposure to other viral pathogens will be discussed on a case-by-case basis by the investigators.
- Donor must be able to undergo leukopheresis for total volume of 10-15 liters.
- There is no age restriction for the donor.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with CR/VGPR disease
- Existing severe major organ dysfunction, i.e., renal, cardiac, hepatic, neurologic, pulmonary, or gastrointestinal toxicity > or = to grade 3 except for hearing loss, alopecia, anorexia, nausea, hyperbilirubinemia and hypomagnesemia from TPN, which may be grade 3
- ANC should be >500/uL; platelet count >25K/uL.
- History of allergy to mouse proteins
- Active life-threatening infection
- HAMA titer >1000 Elisa units/ml
- Inability to comply with protocol requirements
Donor Exclusion Criteria
- Cardiac risk factors precluding ability to undergo leukopheresis
- Concurrent malignancy or autoimmune disease
- Donor is pregnant.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00877110
|United States, New York
|Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
|New York, New York, United States, 10065
|Principal Investigator:
|Shakeel Modak, MD
|Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
|Responsible Party:
|Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
MSKCC09011 FDR004128 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: FDR004128 )
|First Posted:
|April 7, 2009 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|January 10, 2019
|Last Verified:
|January 2019
Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral
Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive
Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial
Neuroectodermal Tumors
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Antirheumatic Agents
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
Alkylating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Myeloablative Agonists
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Tubulin Modulators
Antimitotic Agents
Mitosis Modulators
Topoisomerase I Inhibitors
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Sale will start Saturday night against Kansas City, but don't look for his signature slider to be his dominant pitch. Part of the rehab for the pitcher will focus on throwing more fastballs and changeups. Those two pitches do not put any added strain on the elbow because they are thrown overhand with no added torque on the arm.
"I don't think it is any different than it is for anyone else," Sale said. "If you go out there and throw a lot of sliders it's going to be harder on your elbow. We will have to back off that a little bit, but not for one second will I stop using it."
May 12, 2012
Less sliders for Sale
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