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|Marcel Proust - The Mime Years
I might have gotten his name mixed up with someone else. It happens a lot.
|Sancho Pancho Villa Panza - geared up to fight revolutionary windmills
So today I'm taking this questionnaire, or at least some of the questions. It's a little long. But instead of answering it like 13-year-old Marcel Proust who was probably still waiting for his balls to drop, I'm going to answer it from the perspective of when I was 20.
Dear god. That was over 20 years ago. We had Members Only jackets, Patrick Nagel prints. Miami Vice was still on the air, for chrissake.
Damn, I'm old.
All right, let's do this before I throw back a bottle of Ambien with a Smirnoff chaser.
Your favorite virtue: Good at not getting caught. Yeah, I get that might not be a virtue per se, but it worked for me in my twenties and has continued to this day. Proust answered "The need to be loved," which is a little co-dependant even for the 1890's.
Your favorite qualities in a man: The desire to lend me money. Again, I think I'm one up on Proust who answered "Feminine charms". Either he wasn't clear on gender assignment roles, or there are things about Proust I was previously unaware of. That makes him either very confused or very self-aware.
Your favorite qualities in a woman: See above. Really, I was equal opportunity in my twenties. I'd mooch off anybody. Again, Proust seems to have a flexible interpretation of gender roles, answering "Manly virtues." Bold ground to break for the 19th Century. Good on ya, Marcel.
Your main fault: Wow. That's a whopper. The main one? That's like asking what the main fault is with Congress. Let's see. Well, there was that time with... no, I think there's still a statute of limitations issue there. Maybe the... nooo. No, that would be BAD idea. How about...
You know what? Fuck it. I have no faults. I'm perfect.
Your favorite color: Black. Black as a moonless night in a dark cave in the deepest depths of the ocean. Black as Batman's sunny disposition. Black like my soul.
But periwinkle's a close second.
Your favorite heroes in fiction: That cable / pizza delivery guy who's always gettin' some in 70's porn films. Have you seen his mustache? We're talking epic Magnum PI proportions here. You could hibernate three muskrats and an incontinent otter in that thing and not find them until Spring. Proust answered "Hamlet", which is just depressing.
World history characters I hate the most: Proust answered "I am not educated enough," to which I say, good on ya, Marcel. Me either! I'm not fond of that Hitler guy, and I hear that Genghis Khan was kind of a dick, but other than that I don't know anything I don't pick up from episodes of Hoarders and Toddlers In Tiaras, just like God intended.
What is your present state of mind: In my twenties it was "unadulterated panic" most of the time with more than occasional bouts of drunkenness.
Come to think of it that hasn't changed much.
Your favorite motto: Proust's answer, which I suspect sounded much more interesting and snappy in French, was "I should be too afraid that it bring me misfortune." I'm not sure that's really a motto. Maybe he was afraid to say his motto? What motto could bring misfortune? "Damn the torpedoes"? "Remember The Alamo"? "Hey, sailor, wanna dance the hornpipe?"
But me? I don't know. "Carpe Diem" seems a little pretentious, and to be honest, really doesn't fit a procrastinator like me.
How about McDonald's? "I'm Lovin' It!" Did you know Nutella has a motto? I didn't. "Che mondo sarebbe senza nutella" Means something like, "Hey, hot stuff, how'd you like to lick my nutella?"
No? Wait. My bad. That's Jif Peanut Butter.
Point is I don't have a motto. I'm not a motto kind of guy. Mottos are antiquities version of bumper stickers. Bumper stickers are an ineffectual means of communicating my nuanced views on a variety of issues that cannot be reduced to a simple pithy slogan.
What? Oh. I stand corrected.


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Check out Aamir Khan's new look (also discussed in this Times Now news video) in the first print ad (click to enlarge) for his upcoming film Ghajini. It's interesting that the veins on his arms are given prominence. It requires very specific, stringent workout and dietary ethics, and he seems to have achieved them to attain one of the best physiques in the industry, complete with a to-do list! The action film is scheduled to release on Christmas day, and also stars Asin Thottmkal, Jiah Khan, and Riyaz Khan, and has music by A. R. Rahman (it will likely be youthful). It is the Hindi adaptation of a Tamil film also titled Ghajini, in turn an adaptation of the English language film Memento. Recall Aamir saying during the summer of last year that the end to this version has been modified to 'suit his taste'.
Its promos might be rolled out by the end of next week. Also heard that a unique film website release will be accompanied by a 3D video game release (here's demo footage). Assuming that happens, I hope it is made available online for download (for an additional fee, of course); fingers crossed.
I'll hope to bring us round-the-clock commentary on the film (okay, not quite, but maybe 'guide us through the film's supply chain' would sound better?). For now, here are some of the previous related posts. Links to all future posts shall be added to this list; a link to this post will be available in the sidebar soon:
1/17/2009: The Ghajini video game and success party
12/24/2008: Initial thoughts/review (see bottom of post)
12/24/2008: It's here! Your thoughts?
12/21/2008: Promo 7 (see bottom of post)
12/18/2008: Making of Aamir's physique
12/18/2008: Promo 6 (Kaise Mujhe)
12/6/2008: Promo 5 (theatrical)
12/4/2008: Promo 4: (Aye Bachchu)
12/1/2008: Music review and songbook
11/30/2008: Lyrics and translation: Aye Bachchu
11/26/2008: Lyrics and translation: Kaise Mujhe
11/25/2008: Lyrics and translation: Latoo
11/24/2008: Lyrics and translation: Behka
11/21/2008: Promo 3 (Behka)
11/15/2008: Lyrics and translation: Guzaarish
11/6/2008: Promo 2 (Guzaarish)
10/28/2008: Promo 1 released on Diwali (video)
10/23/2008: First look (above)
5/4/2008: Aamir injured again, to rest three weeks
4/24/2008: Aamir injured during Ghajini shoot
4/10/2008: Title of original retained for Ghajini
3/22/2008: Aamir's Ghajini haircut
8/20/2007: Aamir in Bangalore for Ghajini shoot
7/22/2007: Aamir and A. R. Rahman at work

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My vegetable garden is not producing the bounty that it normally does. I am guessing that it is due to the cool summer (which totally sucks by the way) and the lower than average rainfall that we are having. I can do without the rain, as we have a well, and I water freely. However, the cooler than average temps are really the pits.
Today I was finally able to have a salad from my garden that consisted of more than just spinach, lettuces and strawberries. I was able to actually pick some of the tiny carrots and baby beets, zucchini and yellow squash. The only reason I have zucchini and squash is because I begin them from seed early in the winter. When I plant them in May they already have nice vines.
My tomatoes are a delicacy for the deer. The two little fawn are so damn cute but come on, leave my tomatoes alone! My cucumbers are just plain old sad. The leaves are curled up and just beginning to flower. The raccoon have about destroyed by corn stalks, the birds love my peas.
Oh well, today I did get a bit of variety. More will come!


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NH Sen. Ayotte campaigns for Summers in Senate race in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) � Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire is campaigning on behalf of GOP candidate Charlie Summers in the U.S. Senate race in Maine.
Ayotte has been touring the country with Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina to warn of the danger to national security of sequestration, a series of automatic, across-the-board federal cuts that will take effect if Congress doesn't reach a budget solution.
On Wednesday, she joined Summers at a roundtable discussion with representatives of defense contractors in Maine. She also attended a fundraiser on Summers' behalf.
Summers said sequestration cuts could devastate national security and have a grim impact on places like Bath Iron Works and Pratt & Whitney in Maine.


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Today has been a busy day, tons of shows, catching up with friends some of which I only seem to see twice a year, being pampered at The Apartment run by friend Abi – the lovely girlies at Rimmel did my make-up, and for the first time in about eight seasons I actually got street style snapped – not once but twice, seriously small pleasures really do make me smile.
This fashion week I have decided to work some of the trends/looks I love most right now, first up is boyfriend jeans, granted I would have loved to wear a strappy heel with them but the cold made me go for my comfortable, wear in any weather Topshop ankle boots. I must have tried on about 20 pairs of boyfriend style jeans on the high street, and 19 of them look awful, but then I tried these 'Sexy Boyfriend' style at Gap and I fell in love with them.
What I love about this look, other than the fact I was extremely comfortable, has to be the pop of colour from my Primark jumper, which worked perfectly with the gorgeous white broderie trim shirt from the Glamour for Very collection, and the super cute Angelica London necklace that I picked up at Task PR's LFW gifting suite last week. I also really adore my new Mickey Mouse 'Mmwwaah – seriously how cute is that.
My Style: Sexy Boyfriend Jeans, Gap // Neon pink jumper, Primark // Leather contrast sleeve jacket, Dorothy Perkins // Rose necklace, Angelica London (c/o Task PR) // Broderie Trim Shirt, Glamour for Very (c/o Very) // Glasses, Karen Millen (c/o Specsavers) // Mickey Mouse watch // Infinite bow bracelet, Tiffany's // Ankle boots, Topshop // black 'The Trader' bag, Osprey London // Make-up all Rimmel products (c/o The Apartment) // **Thanks to Alex for the piccies**


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(Note: The following information is primarily from a paper that I wrote detailing the Windows 8 Reset and Refresh functions. A few pieces have been changed for formatting, but the structure has stayed the same. The sections are broken down in the same manner as the paper. – Ethan Fleisher)
1. Introduction
1.1 Research Problem
Windows 8 ships with a new feature that will be extremely handy for the average consumer; the Reset and Refresh function. This allows a user to choose whether or not to reinstall the OS, quickly reset their entire computer, or thoroughly reset their entire computer. A function that has the potential to wipe out data is of extreme importance to the world of digital forensics, as it could easily make or break a case. This paper will delve into what can be found on a machine that has had the refresh, quick reset, or thorough reset function performed on it.
2. Refreshed and Reset Machines
Before diving into the differences between a refreshed machine and a reset machine, the first important thing to look at is whether or not the machine even had one of the two functions performed on it.
2.1 Recovery Directory
Within the system recovery volume on a Windows 8 computer, a folder named recovery can be found. Within the recovery folder, a folder labeled with the GUID will exist. Three files are located in this folder: Winre.wim, boot.sdi, and ReAgent.xml. Winre.wim is the windows image format file, boot.sdi is the windows deployment system image, and ReAgent.xml, which is associated with recovery. All of this is typical behavior and can be found on any installation of a Windows 8 machine.
When a Refresh or Reset is done to a system, a new file/folder can be found in the Recovery folder on the system volume. The folder, named logs, contains a file named Reload.xml. The information contained within this file remains the same, whether or not the system was refreshed or reset.
3. Refresh vs. Data Generation
Upon first glance, there are three folders that pop out when comparing a refreshed image to one that has never been refreshed. The windows partition contains: $SysReset, Windows.old, and Lost Files:
4. Lost Files
To start, we'll take a look at the Lost Files folder. This folder will appear on more than just a system that has been refreshed, but it is still worth mentioning what it is. The Lost Files folder contains files that still have a MFT entry on the system, but their parent folder has been deleted. The files and folder that contained them were deleted, and the only the parent folder was overwritten. However, the files within were not overwritten, and the MFT entries are still present. Due to the entries still being present, forensic software is still able to know that the file exists.
5. $SysReset
The SysReset folder contains a vast amount of information, ranging from log files to migration xml documents, all of which provide useful information to a forensic investigator.
5.1 Bin Directory
The bin directory is a great asset of information. Within the bin directory, a directory named rollback can be found. There are three text files that provide information relevant to the refresh that happened. These files are:
5.1.1 QuarantineLog.txt
QuarantineLog.txt displays which folders were saved, and where they were saved. The contents of QuarantineLog.txt are as follows:
5.1.2 LogRestore.txt
LogRestore.txt contains the location of the migration log from the reset. This will be explained in further detail later.
example: D:\$SysReset\Logs\Mig
5.1.3 FolderMoveLog.txt
FolderMoveLog.txt contains a list of all folders that were moved, with listing their new location followed by their previous location. It is notated in the format:
New file location | Previous file location
Within this text file, files ranging from typical user document files to internet favorites and also metro settings are found.
5.2 Framework Directory
The framework directory contains information that does not immediately appear to be very helpful.
Within Framework\Migration\Preserve is a file named Immersive Apps MigrationMigration.xml. This file contains information that appears to relate to metro apps. It contains registry key information, as well as multiple lines stating "rejuvenation". These rejuvenation lines relate to:
- AppX Payload
- AppX Licensing
- Modern Tiles
- Modern App Data
- AppX Enterprise Apps Authorization
- AppX Lock Screen Notifications
- AppX Application Tamper State Cache
5.3 Logs Directory
$SysReset contains a directory named Logs as well. Within this directory are multiple log files and xml files defining the migration process during the refresh, stating where files previously were and also where the files currently reside.
Within the $SysReset\Logs directory is a file named MigLog.xml, as well as two subdirectories Mig and Rollback. These files are the ones that appear to be of most importance.
5.3.1 MigLog.xml
MigLog.xml can be relatively beneficial to determining basic information about the machine itself. Information such as the system name, user name and SID correlation, last access times/log in times, and windows mapping schemes can all be found here.
For example, by doing a simple ctrl-f search for the username that was used, the first hit provided me with last access, profile path, SID, and the domain that the account was tied to.
5.3.2 Logs\Mig Subdirectory
Within the sub-directory Mig are three files, two log and one xml, that provide more information about the system. These three files are setupact.log, systemresetplatform.log, and miglog.xml.
5.3.3 Setupact.log
Setupact.log holds some basic information about the system and the setup itself. All user profiles that are present on the machine at the time of the migration can be located within here. By searching for the string "Processing Profile", all of the accounts that are migrated over can be found. These range from the system profile to localservice and networkservice, and also the created users themselves. Default locations are mapped for each user as well.
The machine name, SID, and GUID can all also be found in the setupact.log
Finally, all apps that were recursively downloaded on the Windows 8 store and migrated over can be found. Doing a search for the string "STORERECURSIVE" will bring display this. A list of all applications downloaded from the Windows store can be found here.
5.3.4 Systemresetplatform.log
This relatively short log file contains a couple pieces of information. It is convenient, that like the other logs, this one also gives timestamps for when the events happened. This can very easily put a date and time to the refresh. Also, much like setupact.log, all of the immersive metro apps that were installed on the system and migrated over can be found here.
Perhaps the more interesting piece of information on this page though is where old registry keys were unloaded to. These keys include the software hive, system hive, and NTUSER.dat hives. This is located at the very end of this log.
5.3.5 MigLog.xml
MigLog.xml contains similar information to the previous files, including system names, SSID numbers, domain names, profile names, mapping information, and more. Any of these logs can be used to gain information about the system and the migration process, giving investigators locations of both old data and new migrated locations.
5.4 MigEngineStore Directory
The MigEngineStore directory contains two subdirectories: MachineSpecific and XMLs. The MachineSpecific folder has two files containing information, migstate.dat and catalog.mig. After very briefly parsing these, however, it appears that the information provided is nothing overly new when compared to the other files that have been found.
The XMLs subdirectory contains two xml files, both of which appear to simply ensure that the system is setup correctly. Once again, the information in here may be useful, but it would extremely situational.
5.5 MigEngineWork and Temp
The remaining directories in $Sys.Reset are MigEngineWork and Temp. With the system I worked on, both of these were empty.
6. Windows.Old
The windows.old folder is an amazing resource. Opening this folder is almost like opening the computer before the refresh was even done. When initially drilling through the folder structure, it appears to resemble exactly that of the previous computer.
The simple breakdown of a few key points and differences looks like this:
6.1 $Recycle.Bin
Within the $Recycle.Bin folder, deleted files that were never emptied from the recycle bin can still be found. However, unlike the current version of the system, the $R file is not displayed with its file name. Instead, it is simply given the $R value. However, the metadata is still present, and the $I file still contains the data itself.
6.2 System Volume Information
This folder cannot be found in the windows.old directory, only under the new install.
6.3 Users
A majority of the data in each user's directory can be recovered from a refreshed machine.
Internet history is preserved and can be found within here. Primarily, with Windows 8, we will be looking in a variety of places, including WebCachev24.dat and the IndexedDB directory within <user>\appdata\local\microsoft\internet explorer. Other internet related activity, such as TypedURLs and TypedURLsTime results from NTUSER.dat, can be recovered as well.
An interesting key can be found in NTUSER.dat\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\settingsync. At this location is a registry value labeled LastLocalTimeChange. This value is displayed in big endian hex format.
When run through DCode, the value in the above picture yielded Wed, 20 June 2012 16:41:10 UTC. This could help to place the computer in a specific proximity on a certain date at the very least.
Because I was logged into the system under a Microsoft Live account, however, I would be curious to see if this key exists when only a local account has been used and the Microsoft Sync was not occurring.
Each user's desktop contains an html file named Removed Apps. Opening this file shows all removed applications that were installed by a third party vendor on the machine.
All of the users downloads, pictures, videos, and music are also left untouched and intact in their native folders.
Taking a glance at where Windows 7 stored jump list information, c:\users\<user>\appdata\roaming\microsoft\windows\recent\automaticdestinations, I was quickly able to find the same information. Many of the pieces of information listed in here came from recent locations that were touched, including websites, downloaded files, and pictures.
All user assist information is capable of being captured within the windows.old directory as well.
Other items such as open/save MRUs, LNK files, RunMRU, Last Visited MRU, were all found in the same locations as Windows 7.
6.4 Windows
Before diving into registry hives, the first thing I checked was for the existence of event logs. Much to my avail, all of the computers event logs can be located within system32\winevt\logs. Simply exporting and viewing them in whatever preferred event log viewer is all that is necessary.
When taking a quick glance at the registry, all plugged in USB devices are able to be determined as well. Doing a quick search for setupapi.dev.log provided results, and allowed for me to determine the first time USB drives were plugged into the system.
Other files such as prefetch files and system information, i.e. timezone info, and network history information can still be found in the same areas as Windows 7.
7. Reset vs. Data Generation
Upon first glance of a system that has undergone either of the reset functions, it would appear that not much information can be located. Unlike the Refresh function, which contained two folders full of information (SysReset and Windows.Old), a reset machine appears as a though it is a fresh image. While looking through the various folders, however, I was able to come across important artifacts.
The recovery volume of the system appears to be relatively untouched by the resets done to the computer. As shown below, the MFT, $Bitmap, and other important system files were, for the most part, created and last written to prior to the reset of the computer.
Only a few other pieces of evidence were found that put the computer to a previous date. Internet history within WebCacheV24.dat can still be located from before the machine was reset.
As noted previously, 36 bytes prior to the Visited: Ethan@http/website (highlighted in blue) is the timestamp of the visit in big-endian format. The decoded value of this (DC 60 82 DF 4C 4A CD 01 – big endian) is equal to Thu, 14 June 2012 16:43:49 UTC. The computer itself was reset on Wednesday, June 20th, 2012.
Along with this discovery, the history.IE5 folder contains subdirectories from dates prior to the reset, yet they all still contain empty container.dat files.
Exporting WebCacheV24.dat and parsing it with EseDbViewer presented user browsing information as well, dating back to the creation of the virtual machine.
Besides these pieces of evidence, there isn't much that can pin the machine back to before the reset date; at least, not much that I found. Running log2timeline, however, did provide some information about the system prior to the reset.
Most of the information that was parsed by log2timeline unfortunately just related to the system recovery partition, and more or less displayed that there was existence of a system before the reset occurred.
With the exception of these few artifacts recovered from the machine, not much else has been found that can be recovered. Although it is somewhat disappointing, the fact that a chunk of internet history still exists is amazing. Log2timeline giving us an insight to the fact that the system existed on a certain date is also helpful in the grand scheme of a timeline.
Both the quick and thorough resets left behind the same traces of data. One function did not outperform the other in terms of data deletion, even when it came to WebCacheV24.dat.
8. Conclusion
It appears that a system that was simply refreshed can still provide a plethora of evidence to an investigator. Seemingly everything about the machine pre-refresh can be recovered, and is conveniently placed into a nifty folder named windows.old. Information in regards to the migration process itself, old mappings versus new mappings, and the exact date and time of the refresh can be found by examining the $SysReset folder and checking the specific log and xml files within.
All in all, let's hope that people will refresh their computer if they perform any of the three features, or that other artifacts are left behind when more user activity is done on the computer.
Keep in mind too that all of this testing is being done on release preview. Although I doubt it would change drastically when the release itself hits in a couple months, it is possible some artifacts may change.
About the Author:
Ethan Fleisher is a Senior majoring in Computer and Digital Forensics at Champlain College. Originally from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Ethan currently works as a Forensic Intern and System Administrator at the Senator Patrick Leahy Center for Digital Investigation where he is involved in real life investigation forensic analysis, network and system administration, and forensic research. Ethan has spent close to the last year researching the Microsoft Windows 8 OS with focus on revealing new artifacts and attempting to confirm previous methodologies.


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Overall: [39-20] Last week: [3-2]
Colorado 20 – Oregon 42: Probably another win by halftime for Oregon with lots of experience time for their 2nd and 3rd stringers
UCLA 32 – Arizona St. 45: Would love to pick the "upset" here but I can see the Bruins just toil towards the end of the season.
USC 38 – Arizona 24: Arizona plays USC pretty tough usually but the Trojans probably have too much on offense.
Washington St. 24 – Stanford 42: Stanford probably has too much talent inside to run the ball, and Jeff Tuel passing 50 times isn't going to beat Stanford.
California 22 – Utah 23: If Aaron Rodgers couldn't win here, I have a hard time believing Zach Maynard will be able to.
Oregon St. 33 – Washington 30: Reverse score of a fun game between these two programs 12 years ago with BCS implications on both sides.


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"A provocative and frank look at the bewildering world of prostate cancer, from the current state of the multibillion-dollar industry to the range of available treatments…prostate cancer is a dark and mysterious country, and Mr. Blum and Dr. Scholz are good, levelheaded guides through these thickets. And in telling men to slow up and take a deep breath after they learn they have prostate cancer, they provide an invaluable service. I wish I had had this book back in 2008."—Dana Jennings, The New York Times
"An indispensable guide for newly diagnosed and aging males, and their loved ones."—Booklist
"Prostate cancer, when it is the 'favorable risk' variety—about 90% of the time—presents a perfect opportunity to use mainstream and alternative medicine together. In their excellent book, authors Scholz and Blum give a compelling demonstration of this integrative approach to healing."—Andrew Weil, MD, Director, University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, and author of six New York Times best sellers, including Spontaneous Healing and Natural Health, Natural Medicine
"Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers is a must read for anyone who wants to get a glimpse of what the practice of future medicine needs to be. Dr. Scholz cares not only about the scientific and clinical evidence but also, very deeply and very personally, about his many patients. We need professionals like Scholz if ever we are to move forward in our current health care programs." —T. Colin Campbell, PhD, Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry, Cornell University, and co-author of The China Study
"Ralph Blum's twenty-year prostate cancer journey shows men how to consider all alternatives in a thoughtful way. Dr. Mark Scholz's unique medical perspective provides the reassuring scientific support of a prostate oncologist. This book is essential reading for any man newly diagnosed with prostate cancer." —Dean Ornish, MD
"Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers is a masterpiece of eye-opening science that promises to enhance the lives of thousands of men diagnosed with prostate cancer every year. I give it my highest recommendation." —Christiane Northrup, M.D., ob/gyn physician and author of the New York Times bestsellers: Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause
"In an informative and entertaining manner, the authors present a uniquely two-sided perspective on prostate cancer. An excellent book for the newly diagnosed." —Tanya Dorff, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, USC Keck School of Medicine Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
"If Scholz and Blum do nothing more than change the way so many men think about their prostate cancer from 'a deadly disease' to a 'Low Risk Condition,' they will have served us well." —Larry Raithaus, MD, Urologist
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"There are at least half a million reasons—the number of prostate cancer diagnoses in the U.S. and Europe—to read this engaging diary/resource written from the alternating perspectives of doctor and patient…. Good advice based on the brave experiences of two compatible souls and medical mavericks."—Publishers Weekly


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Liberty News
Tower Theater ventures into the 18th century with 'The Rivals'
'The Rivals'
To purchase tickets, visit the Tower Theater website or call the Liberty University Box Office at (434) 582-SEAT (7328) during weekday business hours. On the night of a performance, call the Tower Box Office at (434) 582-2085.
* Talkback performance: A Q&A will be held after the show with the director, designers, and selected actors.
Liberty University's Department of Theatre Arts welcomed the 18th century comedy "The Rivals" to the Tower Theater stage Thursday, March 20. The show runs through Sunday, March 23.
A theatrically heightened retelling of playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan's own courtship of his wife, the play follows a group of people on a visit to a health spa in Bath, England. Lydia Languish, a whimsical romantic, is obsessed with the idea of abandoning her wealth and eloping with a poor soldier so she can experience a life of poverty. Her suitor, Jack Absolute, therefore pretends to be poor so she will marry him. The plot takes the audience on a journey filled with mistaken identities and hidden intrigues as Miss Languish soon has other suitors, or "rivals," applying for her hand.
Neal Brasher, director and assistant theater professor, said an 18th century comedy is something that has not been done on the Tower Theater stage before.
"Audiences who come to the play will enjoy not only the comedy, but they will also enjoy the costumes of the period," Brasher said.
Brasher has directed 23 productions at Liberty, and said students worked hard to bring this particular time period to life.
"I am glad to see the students have a chance to challenge themselves with the language of the period and the comic timing required to execute a show such as this," Brasher said.
"The Rivals" has a cast of 12 students. Audiences may recognize Caleb Towns, Audrey Moore, and Lindsey Register, most recently seen in "Sanders Family Christmas."
Junior Lindsey Register plays the lead role, Lydia Languish.
"This show has been one of the most unique and fun experiences for me here at Tower Theater." Register said. "I have come to savor these words, and really relish the witty humor. I think our friends in the audience will be pleasantly surprised by the shenanigans they will encounter."


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Feb 15, 2012 (CIDRAP News) – The acute need for clearer policies concerning the handling of potentially risky life-sciences research was the main theme that came across today in a Harvard forum on the controversy over studies on H5N1 avian influenza viruses with increased transmissibility.
"This is an area that is really ripe for policy definition," said Jean Guillemin, PhD, senior advisor in the MIT Security Studies Program and author of the book American Anthrax, one of four experts who participated in the hour-long discussion, which was presented by the Harvard School of Public Health.
Others on the panel spoke of the need for policy discussions at the international level. The first such discussion will begin tomorrow, when the World Health Organization (WHO) convenes a group of experts in Geneva to talk about issues raised by the two H5N1 studies.
The two studies involved the generation of an H5N1 virus and an H5N1-H1N1 reassortant that spread among ferrets by the airborne route. In December the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), which advises the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), recommended that the details be deleted from the two reports before they are published. HHS agreed and passed the recommendation to Science and Nature, the journals considering publishing them.
The two journals have said they will go along with the recommendation if a way can be found to provide the details of the reports to scientists with a legitimate need for them. But since the NSABB recommendation was unveiled, scientists, biosecurity experts, and public health officials have vigorously debated the issue in the media and in journal commentaries.
Today's forum, which was streamed over the Web, was shorter and less heated than a discussion presented on Feb 2 by the New York Academy of Sciences. In that session, experts supporting and opposing the NSABB recommendation argued about the threat represented by the mutant viruses, the potential public health benefits of the research, and related issues.
Biodefense vs public health
The general shape of H5N1 research controversy was sketched by panelist Marc Lipsitch, PhD, professor of epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health and director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. He was followed by Barry R. Bloom, DSc, PhD, former dean of the school and a professor in its Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, who outlined the major arguments and counterarguments in the debate.
The central questions, Bloom said, come down to two: "What do we publish, what do we make available? And how do we work with recombinant viruses?"
Guillemin said the controversy has exposed the divide between the biodefense and public health worlds. By way of background, she noted that the spate of biodefense funding unleashed by the terrorist attacks of 2001 focused initially on class A bioterror pathogens, including anthrax, plague, and smallpox.
But over the years the emphasis shifted to global emerging diseases (such as H5N1), a category that now claims about 60% of the money, while about 28% goes to the bioterrorism area. The SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) epidemic of 2003 did much to shift the emphasis away from bioterrorism, she said.
"Uniting the bioterrorism threat with the infectious disease threat meant the merger of two very different camps," Guillemin said. "The biodefense mentality is very allied to a military mentality of getting ahead of the enemy. You try to figure out what the pathogens are going to do and get ahead of them."
In defense research, secrecy is one of the things scientists routinely accept in return for their funding, she went on. In contrast, she said, "From the public health point of view, the idea is that the protection of the public is an absolute priority, and secrecy is the last thing you want.
"You can look at all sorts of outbreaks . . . where secrecy was a factor in the playing out of an epidemic, and people died. That's a very strong public health position. There is kind of a conflict of cultures."
This conflict points up the need for clear policies on the conduct and dissemination of potentially dangerous research, she added.
The other panelist was David R. Franz, DVM, PhD, an NSABB member and former commander of the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases. He expressed concern about the ability to mount an adequate public health response if a highly transmissible H5N1 virus got loose.
The powerful tools now available to life-sciences researchers have been used for good and will continue to be used for good, he said, "But we can't ignore the possibility that they'll be used for harm."
"This particular virus is special," he said, referring to the mutant viruses generated in the two studies. "This is one that has really made us stand up and take notice."
Lab safety worries
"We may not be able to mount an appropriate and adequate public health response for something like this . . . if it were lethal and transmissible," Franz added. "I'm not sure we could get medical countermeasures to the right places and in the right quantities. On this one I'm more concerned about [lab] safety than about security. I think there'll be more scientists working in legitimate labs on bugs like this than bioterrorists working in caves."
Lipsitch said the H5N1 studies are valuable because they remind the world that the H5N1 pandemic threat is real in the face of growing complacency. At the same time, he seconded Franz's concern about the risk of lab accidents that could release the mutant viruses. He noted that the two H5N1 studies were done in biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) labs, a notch below the top biosecurity level.
"I feel strongly that this [research] should be done under very high containment," he said. "On balance I'd favor redacting the details [of the studies], but I don't feel as strongly about that as about the containment issue. This should not be in hundreds of labs around the world."
Bloom dissented on the need to use BSL-4 restrictions for this type of research: "I disagree with Marc on working in extreme containment. Working in a space suit and rubber gloves seems like a way to predispose to accidents and spills. Containment is in your fingers and concentration and in the training you have."
Skepticism on bioterrorism
The panelists voiced some skepticism about the risk of bioterrorist exploitation of the H5N1 studies. Guillemin said such an eventuality would be "amazing," commenting, "the one case we had, if the FBI is right, came from an insider at a military lab."
Panel moderator Sharon Begley, senior US health and science correspondent for Reuters, noted that one of the H5N1 viruses was generated by passing it 10 times through ferrets. She asked if someone with a B.S. degree and access to mail-order could do that.
Lipsitch replied that both experiments involved a combination of genetic engineering and passaging in ferrets. To suggest that terrorists in caves are the main concern is a little misleading, he said, adding, "There are countries that have aspirations to cause destruction in other countries, and they have a certain amount of technical sophistication."
Bloom said his view is that "transparency and openness is the best constraint for people intending to do harm." He added, "The general public of all countries should know what we're up to and know that there are people concerned about their safety."
Bloom and Franz both called for global discussions to develop policies on dual-use research.
"I hope the WHO meeting will lead to clear guidance," said Franz. "But more important, I hope that in future they might bring together the other 190 states of the world that have a vote and are involved, so that we might think about this as a truly global problem."
Guillemin called for the United States to take the lead: "I think the US leads the way in defining norms and policies that influence the rest of the world, and I think it would be wonderful if we could hold a kind of Asilomar conference . . . to talk about how the money should be spent." She referred to a conference in 1975 at which scientists developed guidelines for research involving recombinant DNA.
See also:
Harvard School of Public Health forum page
Feb 15 CP story on the WHO meeting
Feb 3 CIDRAP News story "Live debate airs major divisions in H5N1 research battle"


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Friday, 30 November 2012
Holly Bough ….
Thursday, 29 November 2012
Cosy and Warm ….
Good morning crafters and thanks as always for stopping by
I have another Christmas card to share with you today, this is using the Cosy And Warm stamp and is by our Lou
I love how she's made them appear behind a window …and don't they look all cosy and warm!!
Lou pays such attention to the smallest details on her cards, you probably wouldn't even notice on first look but can you see those little cards on the fire place? The heart is cut from one of our Christmas Mini Icon Tags and the other one that says 'Noel' is a one of our Christmas Grungy Messages that has been stamped onto shrink plastic. How clever is that …and so imaginative!
The sentiment is a stamp from our Christmas Handwritten Phrases set
Hope you like it, make sure you pop back tomorrow for the last card from our November guest designer Chrissie
Anne xx
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Victoria and Pup …
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Two cards from Fleur today …
Good morning crafters and thanks for stopping by
I have 2 lovely cards to show you today from our Fleur
Fleur's cards are very popular with our customers. She came on Saturday for our open day and showed everyone how she colours the images and puts a card together …that was a lovely treat for those of you that were able to get here
This first one is using Bath Time with a sentiment from our useful Simply Sophisticated set
The stamp Fleur has used on this second card today is Snuggle Time, again the sentiment is from the Simply Sophisticated set
Aren't they lovely!
Enjoy the rest of your day everyone …and don't forget to pop back tomorrow when I'll have some Christmas cards to show you
Anne xx
Monday, 26 November 2012
Telephone Ted …
Good morning everyone, sorry for the late post today we had to get the showroom back in order this morning after the open day so I'm running a bit behind!
It was a really good day and we've come in to work this morning to find lots of lovely e-mails from customers saying what a great day they had. We appreciate that some of you travel a long way so it's good to hear that it was worth the journey for you to come and visit us
The lucky winner of our fabulous crafty hamper was Clair Galloway
Well done Clair, we will email you but if you read this first then please contact us
It was our last open day of 2012, the shop will be open as normal Monday to Friday 10 – 3 until the 12th December. This week (December 1st) will be the last Saturday that we are open until the New Year
The website will close for the holidays on December 12th and will re-open for orders on January 4th
We will send out an e-mail with the Christmas opening times and they'll also be put on the website
Onto todays card and I have another one to share with you using the new stamps which went on sale yesterday;
This is Telephone Ted and was made by our Pops…
We've been very busy for the new stamps so be sure to get your orders in while we have plenty of stock
You can find the full set of new ones on the website here
See you tomorrow
Anne xx
Sunday, 25 November 2012
You are my sunshine ….
Good morning all, hope you're having a lovely weekend
Thanks to everyone that came to our Christmas open day yesterday and also those of you who joined in with our Facebook party
Can I just also say a huge THANK YOU to our fabulous design team who helped out and shared both their knowledge and their time – thanks ladies, you're the best!!
Onto the new stamps, they go on sale at midday (UK time) today so be ready to get your order in as they're sure to be popular!
This little cutie is You Are My Sunshine …and this lovely card was made by our Dena
Dena has also used our Bonnets And Bowties paper pad
Hope you like it, enjoy the rest of your weekend
Anne xx
Saturday, 24 November 2012
A little Christmas project …
Good morning everyone!
I've saved this little project to show you because Lou is bringing it along to our open day with her today
It's a clever little advent calendar and it's going to have pride of place on our counter for the countdown to Christmas!
She's put full details of how she made it on her blog and if you're coming along to the shop today you'll be able to meet her and see it
We have a few of our talented design team at the showroom today, Gretha is coming all the way from Holland and will be showing everyone how she does her amazing colouring
Fleur, Dawny and Bev are also going to be here for you to meet and chat to
If you're not able to come along you then why not join in the fun with our virtual Facebook party
Lucy is holding the event live from our showroom, you can chat with her and there will competitions and prizes throughout the day
Our lovely design team members from the US will be taking part so make sure you don't miss their slots;
Elise 2.30-3.00
Mindy 6-7pm
Dena 8-9pm
(these are UK times)
Click on this Facebook logo to go straight to our page for more details
Have a lovely weekend
Anne xx
Friday, 23 November 2012
Our prize winners ….
Hi everyone, as promised here are the winners of our 2 prizes from the blog hop yesterday
Our first name drawn from the comments left on Dena's blog is ….
Jacqui's Little Piece Of England
and the second lucky winner, this time drawn from Moni's comments is…
Well done ladies, email us with which 6 stamps you'd like along with your details and we'll get your prizes sent out to you
Thanks to everyone for supporting the hop and I hope you enjoyed seeing all the sneak peeks
Don't forget our Christmas party tomorrow, directions to our showroom are on the website …and if you can't make it why not join in with our virtual party on Facebook
Be there or be square!!!!
Anne xx
New Sentiments …
Thursday, 22 November 2012
Design Team Blog Hop …
Today we're holding a sneaky peek blog hop to celebrate the launch of the gorgeous new stamps!
The fabulous Design Team are all joining in, you just need to 'hop' from one blog to another following the links and leave a comment on each card. We've used all the stamps between us so hopefully we can give you lots of ideas and inspiration
We don't know where the prizes are so make sure you visit every blog. We will let you know tomorrow evening which were the 'lucky' blogs and 2 winners will be drawn at random from all the comments that were left
There will be 2 prize winners, each winning the 2 sets of clear stamps and 6 rubber stamps of their choice from the new designs (each prize value £52.00)
Here's a list of all the blogs taking part ...and remember you will need to visit them all to have the best chance of winning;
Bev Claudia Rosa Dawny
Elise Fleur Gretha Katarina
Mindy Moni Pops
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Our guest designer …
Good morning everyone, a little break from sneak peeks today as I have2 cards to show you from our guest designer for November Chrissie
Chrissie has use our Kitchen Herbs stamp to make these 2 very different cards
Here are a few instructions if you would like to have a go yourselves;
Wishing You Luck
This is simplicity itself. the frame was cut with Nesties and decorated using the foliage section of the thyme stamp from "Kitchen Herbs". A simple image was stamped in the centre and the sentiment added directly onto the card base. The ink used is Pear Pizzazz from Stampin' Up
Just to say...
The frame was cut with Spellbinders Square Nesties and mounted over an embossed square. The image from "Kitchen Herbs", was coloured with Promarkers, cut out and mounted on the edge of the frame. The whole square was then added to the card using dimensional pads and the simple sentiment stamped in the corner
Chrissie has used sentiments from the Handwritten Phrases sheet on both the cards
Hope you like them and that they've given you a few ideas for using our stamps to make a slightly different style of card
Do make sure you stop by tomorrow, we're having a blog hop with the full design team to show you the full set of our latest stamps with some great prizes up for grabs!
Have a good day
Anne x
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Teddy With Balloon …
Good morning crafters, I have another sneaky peek today for you and this gorgeous card is by our Moni
The stamp is Teddy With Balloon and Moni has used papers from our Bonnets and Bowties pad
I also have some good news for you …we're going to be extending our free postage offer until we close for Christmas so you'll be able to get the new stamps and any other goodies you've been wanting without paying shipping costs. This includes overseas orders too!
** please note that as before this offer doesn't cover our paper pads, because they are so heavy we do make a small charge towards the cost of posting them
Have a lovely day, see you tomorrow
Anne x
Monday, 19 November 2012
Playtime Kitten …
Sunday, 18 November 2012
Baby Companion Set, Sneaky Peek …
Saturday, 17 November 2012
Another sneaky peek …
Good morning crafters, here's another little sneaky peek from the new release for you…
This image is a bit different from the other ones in the set …but we think you'll love it!
The sentiment is included with the stamp and it's called If Friends Were Flowers
This lovely card was made by our Lou – what a great colour scheme!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend and make sure you pop back tomorrow for another sneaky peek of the new stamps
Anne xx
Friday, 16 November 2012
Football bears …
Good morning everyone, I have another sneaky peek for you today…
…this cute little stamp is called Football Bears and Elise has used it to make this gorgeous bookmark
Elise has put her Son's name on this one, what a lovely idea for a little personalised gift!
I think this stamp will be great for any football fans …you can color the shirts whatever colour you choose to match their favourite team!
Have a look at Elise's own blog if you would like more details …and have a lovely weekend
Anne xx
Thursday, 15 November 2012
Some exciting news today ….
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Another sneaky peek …
Good morning all, hope this finds everyone well today
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
A Christmas project …
Monday, 12 November 2012
A Sneaky Peek …
Sunday, 11 November 2012
Sale finishes today …and our guest designer for November
Saturday, 10 November 2012
Good morning …
Hello everyone, and a very good morning to you
It's the weekend again (already!) so hopefully time to get some crafting done
Today's card is sure to give you some inspiration …its by our fabulous Dena
Another unusual colour choice for Christmas but I really like it. Dena has used Christmas Star, papers from our Frosty Christmas pad and the little tag is from the useful Christmas Sentiments Tags sheet
We have the Frostyville Wreath that she has used around the image for sale in our showroom in Leeds along with a huge selection of other dies and crafting goodies. There are only a couple more Saturdays when we will be open so if you can't visit us during the week then don't leave it too long
We will be open the next two Saturdays and then Saturday 24th is our final open day of the year – more details about that coming shortly
Have a lovely weekend
Anne xx
Friday, 9 November 2012
Hanging The Stockings …
Thursday, 8 November 2012
Two Fairies …
Good morning all, don't forget that from 10am this morning to Sunday 4pm, you will be able to take advantage of our special exhibition prices, even though we are not at the HobbyCrafts show!
You can get any 5 of our small stamps (priced £4.50) for only £20, our A5 Stamp Sheets for only £12.00, 3 of our Paper Pads for £20 and any 12 Die Cut Sheets for £10.00 so it's a great time to stock up on all those goodies that you've been promising yourself!
We've extended the free postage** offer too to give you some fantastic savings – this includes overseas orders too - but it is only for a limited time so make sure you don't miss out
Please note that as this is a 'show offer' the same rules will apply …it's while stocks last so don't wait to get your favourites …when it's gone it's gone!
**as before the free postage offer doesn't apply to the paper pads, because of the weight we do make a small charge towards the cost of shipping these items
I have 2 lovely cards to share with you today, these are by our Bev and are using the 2 new fairies from our latest release…
…this first one is Bumble Bee Fairy
and this one is Fairy With Dove
Bev has used papers from the gorgeous Bonnets And Bowties pad and the sentiments are from the Vintage Labels – Just To Say set
Make sure you keep visiting all our DT blogs as they will be starting to show you some sneak peeks shortly of the next set of stamps we have due to be released in a few weeks
Have a good day
Anne x


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Berlin 1961
Map by oaktown
Guide by Dako
This map is based on historical crisis of 1961 year in Berlin. The Berlin Crisis of 1961 (4 June – 9 November 1961) was the last major politico-military European incident of the Cold War about the occupational status of the German capital city, Berlin, and of post–World War II Germany. The U.S.S.R. provoked the Berlin Crisis with an ultimatum demanding the withdrawal of Western armed forces from West Berlin — culminating with the city's de facto partition with the East German erection of the Berlin Wall.
This map has 40 regions.
4 regions begin neutral: those holding the airfields and the artillery.
There are 3 kinds of bonuses on this map:
Auto-deploy bonuses: Airfields
Normal bonuses: Western checkpoints and Russian checkpoints
Collection bonuses: any other sector
I recommend playing this map with 4-6 players, preferably team games. A favorite setting of mine is Doubles, Escalating spoils, Chained reinforcements and no Fog of war.
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text: TORONTO -- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has taken down three top-10 players this week on his way to the Rogers Cup final. Ryan Nall Jersey . It wont get any easier in the championship match. The Frenchman will take on Roger Federer after both players posted straight-set semifinal victories on Saturday at Rexall Centre. Tsonga beat Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-4, 6-3 in the afternoon while Federer topped Spains Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-4 in the evening. Tsonga, who is 4-11 lifetime against Federer, said after his win that he would prefer to play the Swiss star for the title. "When you play against Roger, its always special," Tsonga said. "First, because you play in a big area, in a big stadium anyway. And every time the crowd is for him, so its quite a good sensation. "Its quite a good feeling when you win against 10,000 people," he added with a smile. Its always a tall order to knock off the second-seeded Federer, but Tsonga is one of a handful of players to have done it a few times. He has beaten him in Canada too -- with wins at Montreal in 2009 and 2011. Federer has been challenged at times this week and was pushed in a couple of three-set matches ahead of the semifinal. However, he was in top form against Lopez. "I think I served well, I was aggressive and I was able to really play the way I wanted to play tonight," Federer said. "Im very happy." The 13th-seeded Tsonga, meanwhile, is also brimming with confidence. He dispatched top-seeded Novak Djokovic in the third round, eighth-seeded Andy Murray in the quarter-finals and then the seventh-seeded Dimitrov. "This week Im more consistent and its good because it (helped) me beat three guys in the top 10," Tsonga said. "I didnt do that (for a) couple of years now and it gives me hope for the rest of the year." It will be a clash of styles when the two veterans meet on the stadium showcourt at the US$3.78-million Masters 1000 Series event. Tsonga, 29, plays with an edge, is as demonstrative as they come and his emotions always on full display. The elegant Federer, 33, plays with a steadiness and poise that few can match. "I just think he can overpower guys," Federer said of Tsonga. "Serve up a storm and then play really aggressive with his forehand and also be solid on his backhand. "You think youre in a safe place sometimes in the rally and he takes one step and just hits it and the point is over." On Saturday, Tsonga improved to 4-0 in head-to-head matchups against Dimitrov while Federer remained perfect against Lopez at 11-0. Tsonga needed a few games to get his legs going but his powerful serve helped him stay on serve against the young Bulgarian, who is enjoying a breakout season. Tsonga picked up the lone break of the set by taking advantage of his raw power from the backcourt. Heavy topspin strokes forced Dimitrov from side to side and he came up short on two straight returns. Tsonga, buoyed by the enthusiastic near-capacity crowd, skipped and pumped his fist when he converted the break point for a 5-4 lead. He fought off four break point opportunities in the next game to take the opening set. "You have your chances," Dimitrov said. "Today things were just not leaning on my side." Perhaps a little tired after his three-hour quarter-final a day earlier, Dimitrov appeared a tad sluggish in the second set and was unable to dictate the play. Tsonga won on his second match point when Dimitrovs lob bounced just long. The Frenchman extended his arms in the air after the victory and shadow-boxed on the court in celebration. In the other semifinal, Federer was in control from the start on a clear, comfortable evening. He took the opening game at love and dropped only five points on his serve in the first set. Lopez turned in a game effort against the two-time Rogers Cup champ but couldnt match Federers consistency. 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The process of baking bread is something that I find incredibly calming. The repetition of kneading the dough until it's soft and smooth, watching it rise to billowy proportions, punching it down and shaping it into loaves, letting it rise again, and then seeing the beautiful golden sheen on a freshly baked loaf. The warm, yeasty scent filling the house. The soft bread on your tongue.
Baking bread is sexy, I think.
The summer of 2004, my last year living in China, some friends and I took a trip to the Sichuan province, then Tibet, and lastly a 2-day boat trip down the Yangtze River. The hot, still air lingering over the murky river water didn't offer much relief from the humid summer. At that time, a project to dam parts of the river was underway, and many towns along the riverbank had been abandoned, since they would soon be completely and permanently flooded. The riverboat stopped periodically at some of these towns to let us get off, walk around and find something to eat. We were lucky to get anything to eat other than instant noodles on the boat.
Seeing those towns broke my heart, especially since there were still a few people living there in the shambles, clinging to their homes until the end. Stray dogs and cats that had been abandoned ran around freely and most of the buildings had been ransacked for anything valuable left behind. It was a depressing sight.
For some reason, the sight of a pretty Chinese woman kneading dough in a small bakery lingers in my mind. Wearing a flowered, summer dress, her hair knotted on top of her head, dark silky strands falling over her face, her feet bare, she stood at the rough wooden counter in her shop, elbow deep in flour, methodically kneading bread dough. I couldn't help but wonder what made her want to stay in that town with so few people left to buy the bread she was baking. She must have loved her little shop.
I love handling dough, whether it's bread or biscuit dough, pie crust or pizza crust, cookie dough... Kneading it, shaping it, rolling it out, cutting it - it's just so fun!
Yesterday I baked bread, and the house smelled amazing. This recipe came from a book Jamie gave me for Christmas, and as you can see in the pictures, it makes a HUGE loaf of bread. When I make this again, I'll make two or 3 smaller loaves instead of one giant one, or cut the recipe in half.
Leftover bread like this makes fantastic french toast or bread pudding, though, or even crumbled up and used for a coating on baked chicken or fish, so it won't go to waste.
The original recipe, called "Figgy Cardamom Bread" calls for cardamom and dried figs, just like the title suggests. Using what I had in the cupboard, though, I substituted lots of dried plums and apricots for the figs, and the dried fruit and cardamom tasted wonderful in the bread. The other significant change I made was to add a lot more flour than what the recipe called for - it was just way too soft and sticky to handle as written.
This makes an impressive looking loaf of bread, while being really easy to make, with very little hands-on time - most of the time spent is simply allowing the bread to rise.
After the bread was out of the oven and cooling on the counter under a towel, we did some cleaning and then the grocery shopping for the week. It was so cold last night, but Jamie manned the grill anyway so we could enjoy a dinner of some grilled seafood - a little salmon, shrimp, and stuffed scallops - and some broccoli mushroom risotto, finished with lemon and Romano cheese.
Every Sunday, we take turns planning the menu for the week and making the grocery list, so if I can remember, I'll start sharing the weekly menu plan with you all, which I write on a little chalkboard in our kitchen...
Baked Crab and Green Onion Wonton Cups
zucchini and Tomato Salad with Green Goddess Dressing
Grilled Chicken
Quinoa with Butternut Squash, Parmesan and Toasted Almonds
Cornmeal and Cheddar-Crusted Catfish
Baked Sweet Potato Wedges
Lamb and Dried Plum Stew with Parsnips, Potatoes and Leeks
Brown Rice
Pasta with steamed Mussels and Asparagus, and an Herbed Lemony White Wine Sauce
Roasted Figs with Ricotta, Honey and Cinnamon
Apricot, Plum and Cardamom Braided Yeast Bread
printable recipe
- 1 cup skim milk, warmed
- 1 package (2 1/4 teaspoons) active dry yeast
- 1/3 cup, plus 2 tablespoons, granulated sugar, divided
- 4 1/2 - 5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 3 eggs, room temperature
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature, cut into chunks
- 1 cup dried plums, chopped
- 1/2 cup dried apricots, chopped
In the bowl of a stand mixer, stir together the milk, yeast and 1/3 cup sugar. Let stand for 10 minutes until foamy.
In a separate bowl, combine 4 cups of flour, salt and cardamom. Add the flour mixture and 2 of the eggs to the mixing bowl. Using the dough hook, combine on medium low speed until the flour is mostly incorporated. Add the butter and knead to combine. Continue kneading for 8-10 minutes, adding the remaining cup of flour, as needed, 1/4 cup at a time. Dump the dough into an oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and set in a warm place to rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
Dump the dough out onto a floured surface. For one very large loaf of bread, divide the dough into 3 "ropes" about 16 inches long. For two to three smaller loaves, divide the dough into 2 or 3 equal pieces, then divide each of those pieces into 3 ropes.
Place the ropes of dough side by side and braid them from one end to the other. Set on a baking sheet lined with parchment or a Silpat. Tuck the ends of the dough under. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let rise until puffy, about 45 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350. Whisk the remaining egg with 1 tablespoon of water and brush the egg wash over the surface of the dough. Sprinkle with the 2 tablespoons sugar. Bake for 30-35 minutes, until golden brown.
The bread is delicious warm from the oven, and is best eaten the day it's baked. Leftover bread can be used for french toast or a custardy bread pudding.
Yields 1 big loaf or 2-3 smaller loaves.
Adapted from Figgy Cardamom Bread, page 68, Williams-Sonoma "Home Baked Comfort".


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The Stirling Cycle
The key principle of a Stirling engine is that a fixed amount of a gas is sealed inside the engine. The Stirling cycle involves a series of events that change the pressure of the gas inside the engine, causing it to do work.
There are several properties of gasses that are critical to the operation of Stirling engines:
- If you have a fixed amount of gas in a fixed volume of space and you raise the temperature of that gas, the pressure will increase.
- If you have a fixed amount of gas and you compress it (decrease the volume of its space), the temperature of that gas will increase.
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Let's go through each part of the Stirling cycle while looking at a simplified Stirling engine. Our simplified engine uses two cylinders. One cylinder is heated by an external heat source (such as fire), and the other is cooled by an external cooling source (such as ice). The gas chambers of the two cylinders are connected, and the pistons are connected to each other mechanically by a linkage that determines how they will move in relation to one another.
There are four parts to the Stirling cycle. The two pistons in the animation above accomplish all of the parts of the cycle:
- Heat is added to the gas inside the heated cylinder (left), causing pressure to build. This forces the piston to move down. This is the part of the Stirling cycle that does the work.
- The left piston moves up while the right piston moves down. This pushes the hot gas into the cooled cylinder, which quickly cools the gas to the temperature of the cooling source, lowering its pressure. This makes it easier to compress the gas in the next part of the cycle.
- The piston in the cooled cylinder (right) starts to compress the gas. Heat generated by this compression is removed by the cooling source.
- The right piston moves up while the left piston moves down. This forces the gas into the heated cylinder, where it quickly heats up, building pressure, at which point the cycle repeats.
The Stirling engine only makes power during the first part of the cycle. There are two main ways to increase the power output of a Stirling cycle:
- Increase power output in stage one - In part one of the cycle, the pressure of the heated gas pushing against the piston performs work. Increasing the pressure during this part of the cycle will increase the power output of the engine. One way of increasing the pressure is by increasing the temperature of the gas. When we take a look at a two-piston Stirling engine later in this article, we'll see how a device called a regenerator can improve the power output of the engine by temporarily storing heat.
- Decrease power usage in stage three - In part three of the cycle, the pistons perform work on the gas, using some of the power produced in part one. Lowering the pressure during this part of the cycle can decrease the power used during this stage of the cycle (effectively increasing the power output of the engine). One way to decrease the pressure is to cool the gas to a lower temperature.
This section described the ideal Stirling cycle. Actual working engines vary the cycle slightly because of the physical limitations of their design. In the next two sections, we'll take a look at a couple of different kinds of Stirling engines. The displacer-type engine is probably the easiest to understand, so we'll start there.


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COMMERCE CITY CO (Sept. 10 2008) – The Rapids are currently experiencing nine days of preparation between games their longest stretch of the season as they look to earn three points in back-to-back matches for the first time this year.
The team trained Monday and Tuesday and were given Wednesday off before returning to Dick's Sporting Goods Park for three more days of training ahead of this Sunday's afternoon home contest vs. Chicago.
This week's training has seen an increase in the intensity level of the players; observers at practice could see their desire to lift this club into a permanent playoff position. With elevated spirits the Rapids worked on drills emphasizing quick touches spacing and finishing.
The Rapids will need to be sharp in all phases of the game this Sunday as Chicago come to Denver carrying MLS's best road record at 6-3-3.
On the plus side for the good guys the Rapids have not lost a regular season home game to Chicago this century with their last home loss against the Fire coming in 1999.
Both sides enter Sunday's match having scored 30 goals on the season but it is the Fire's defense that has led them to a tie with New England for second place in the Eastern Conference.
Chicago's defense is holding opponents to a league-best average of 0.78 goals per game while the Rapids are ranked eighth allowing 1.38 goals per contest. The Fire have allowed just 18 goals in 23 games. The Houston Dynamo set the all-time GAA record last season allowing just 23 goals in 30 games.
Colorado Rapids vs. Chicago Fire
Sun. Sept. 14
1:00 pm MT
Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Colorado Rapids vs. Chicago Fire
Sun. Sept. 14
1:00 pm MT
Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Colorado Rapids 1 at FC Dallas 0
Thurs. Sept. 4
6:30 pm MT
Pizza Hut Park
Colorado Rapids 1 at FC Dallas 0
Thurs. Sept. 4
6:30 pm MT
Pizza Hut Park
Ugo Ihemelu joined his teammates back in the full mix of training this week and could see a return to the pitch soon as he has been upgraded to 'Probable' in the Injury Report. Ihemelu has missed the Rapids' last four matches after suffering a concussion against Toronto FC on August 9.
Mehdi Ballouchy saw no change in his status as he works on his comeback from a concussion suffered on August 23.
Greg Dalby is joined this week by Conor Casey on the IR listed as 'Doubtful' for Sunday's match. Casey injured his right ankle in the Rapids' Thursday night win over FC Dallas.
The most serve injury last week occurred in the Rapids Reserve match on Friday. Goalkeeper Chris Sharpe dislocated his right ankle and is expected to be out of commission around eight weeks.
Searching For Two In A Row: After 23 games this season the Rapids are still searching for back-to-back victories this year. Only once in team history the 2000 season has Colorado ever gone an entire season without consecutive wins. The Rapids enter this Sunday's match against Chicago following a 1-0 victory over FC Dallas. Earlier this season the Rapids strung together points in three consecutive games with a 4-0 win over New York and draws with San Jose 1-1 and FC Dallas 2-2 respectively.
MLS Talent Improves & Freeze Date: Now that both the transfer windows – for players under contract joining MLS and for those leaving MLS – have closed it is possible to analyze the balance of talent for 2008. Since MLS Cup 2007 more than 50 significant signings have joined MLS clubs and are still active. This list includes players from 21 countries including more than a dozen from the United States that have returned to their home country.
The average age of the active new signings is 28 years 226 days. They include current and former members of the senior national teams of Argentina Costa Rica England Guatemala Honduras Liberia Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Poland Puerto Rico Switzerland the United States and Venezuela.
As regard for MLS rises internationally more clubs around the world are signing MLS players and paying more than ever for them in transfer fees. Since MLS Cup 2007 17 notable MLS players transferred to clubs abroad. To see a list of the significant incoming and outgoing players since the end of the 2007 MLS season click here.
Next Monday September 15 is the MLS roster freeze date or trading deadline. Teams have until 3pm MT that day to complete any player transactions.
Rapids Youth Teams Update: The club is in the process of evaluating Under-16 and Under-18 players for the 2008-09 Development Academy season which begins in November. Finally registration is open for the Rapids Junior Academy leagues that will begin this fall in the Stapleton and Commerce City areas. For more information on any of the Rapids Academy programs call 303-727-3575 or click here.
Rapids In the Community: The Rapids play a strong role in our local community as well as on the field. Here are some of the outreach programs the Rapids are currently involved in:
** Shop with a Player on Friday Sept. 12 from 4-6 p.m.
Fifteen kids from the Boys & Girls Club will receive a $100 "back to school" shopping spree courtesy of Dick's Sporting Goods at their store in Lakewood and they will shop with Rapids players.
Fifteen kids from the Boys & Girls Club will receive a $100 "back to school" shopping spree courtesy of Dick's Sporting Goods at their store in Lakewood and they will shop with Rapids players.
**Totes for Hope
The Rapids Food Bank of the Rockies and Teammates for Kids are working together to provide nutritious food to lower income families. Food Bank of the Rockies created the Totes of Hope program and the Rapids and Teammates for Kids will donate $5000 dollars to this program to fill a Colorado Rapids backpack every Friday afternoon for one full calendar year for 40 children at the Commerce City Boys & Girls Club. Pre-game at the Rapids game on Sept. 20 a check in the amount of $5000 will be presented to Food Bank of the Rockies for Totes of Hope and the Commerce City Boys & Girls Club. The 40 children will parade around the field wearing their backpacks during the check presentation.
**Rapids Equipment Drive
The Rapids Passback and Soccer Dreams Without Borders will be collecting new and slightly used soccer gear during the Rapids vs. New England Revolution match on Saturday Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Every family donating will receive a buy one get one free ticket voucher to the Rapids vs. Houston Dynamo match on Saturday Oct. 4. This will mark the fourth and final Passback equipment collection during the Rapids 2008 season and equipment will be collected outside Gates B and G beginning an hour and a half prior to kickoff.
Crowded Calendar: All three of Denver's in-season sports teams will be playing at home on Sunday afternoon. The Rapids kick things off at 1:00pm before the Rockies take on the Dodgers at 1:05pm at Coors Field. Finally the Broncos host the Chargers at 2:15pm at Invesco Field at Mile High. This isn't a unique occurrence in the Mile High City as on October 7 last year the Rapids Rockies Broncos and Avalanche all had home games on the same day.


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The former enterprise editor at The SundayTimes, and now one of the UK's most respected authors, sought the insight of Hugh Facey, Gripple chairman to include in her latest book, Ambition – Why it's Good to Want More and How to get it.
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Hugh said during his interview with Rachel: "I like solving problems. I enjoy the satisfaction of finding a solution. That has been my driver all my business life. Our business is built on customers saying they have got a problem and then us finding a solution to it."
The quote, details about how Hugh developed the Gripple and what makes the company an ongoing success story, appear in the new book.
Ambition provides practical guidelines to help people achieve their ultimate lifetime goals, showing readers how to harness and direct their ambition in the most effective way, how to overcome things that stand in their way, how to stay motivated and how to succeed.
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