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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:46 am
Post subject: Microwave Peanut Brittle
This is a fast and easy way to make Peanut Brittle.
Microwave Peanut Brittle
1 cup granulated sugar
6 Tbs light corn syrup
1/8 tsp salt
1 cup raw, shelled peanuts
1 Tbs butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp baking soda
Spray cooking oil on a 9 x 12-inch cookie sheet. Set aside until needed.
Place sugar, corn syrup, salt and peanuts in a 4-cup pyrex measuring cup. Mix well with wooden spoon.
Microwave 4-minutes at 60% power.
Stir well.
Microwave 4-more minutes at 60% power.
Stir in butter and vanilla.
Microwave 1-minute at 60% power.
Add baking soda. Stir until mixture foams.
Pour onto cookie sheet and spread evenly over sheet.
When cool, break into pieces.
Recipe is for 1500-watt , turntable microwave. For 750-watt microwave, use same cooking times, but 100% power.
For easy clean up, soak measuring cup and wooden spoon in warm water. Stuck on sugar disolves after a few minutes.
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Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:47 pm
Post subject:
I made this recipe following the show transcript and the wonderful above description, and it turned out great. I couldn't taste any actual heat from the pepper, but it did seem to have "something" that would have been missing had I omitted it.
To the above poster who's angry with Alton: Perhaps you shouldn't be so quick to blame the recipe when things don't turn out correctly?
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:49 am
Post subject: OH MY GOSH I DID IT!!!!
WOW!!! OMG! I did it. Im in college and saw the show and wanted to try it. I had all the ingredients in my house. The only thing i didn't have was the cool cooking utensils, but i had my imagination and determination. AND IT WORKED!!! I didn't use the fancy plastic baking sheet. I used aluminum foil and smothered it in vegy oil, and i didn't have a silicone spatula but i had a metal spoon. And i did it....of course i over cooked the sugar the first time but 15 minutes after i dumped the bad batch in the back of my apartment, I had the real thing beautifully cooling in front of me. I feel awesome!!!
Good luck to all those beginners out there. You can do it!!
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:16 am
Post subject: alton brown peanut brittle
I did it 3 times and every single time it crystalized. Thats a lot of sugar, nuts, adn TIME to be wasting. I love alton, but I'm never trying this without corn syrup again.
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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:45 pm
Post subject: About washing the sides...
The very easiest way to avoid the spattered side issue is to spray the coking vessel with pan spray before you begin the process...it doesn't change the outcome.
Seems to me to cover the pan is to add water to the mixture and therefore increase the cooking time you have to boil away the water to begin with.
If you don't have silicon tools, just spray the spoon or spatula you do have with pan spray before you spread out your brittle...you may want to have a couple ready to go because it will begin to stick to the first one.
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:09 am
Post subject: Don't forget to leave the skins on
There's a lot of flavor in the skins of the peanuts (and it's a different flavor), which is where the antioxidants are.
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:06 pm
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this is very similar to what we call Chikki ...a sweet treat in western india...readily available in Bombay/Mumbai...and also in indian stores here in the US...u can use jaggery...other kinds of sugar...or even some honey to mix in the syrup...for the nuts u can use cashews, almonds, seasme seeds instead or in combination with peanuts...u could try experimenting with different layers of thickness...and even try a mould that would make it look more like a hersheys bar...easier to break off without creating too many crumbles
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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:28 pm
Post subject: Mark Bittman Video
LOVE this site! Just wanted to share that Mark Bittman in his Minimalist Gourmet column at New York Times website has a video where he makes peanut brittle. It was so devastatingly simple that I was inspired to try it even though I'd never made any kind of candy before. And it came out PERFECT! He just put sugar in a pan and heated it slowly till it melted (I used his "cheat" tip of adding a couple TBS water) and reached the desired color, then stirred in an equal amount of salted peanuts and poured it out on an ungreased cookie sheet to cool. I was amazed that this was so easy...which inspired me to make his caramel walnut tart for Thanksgiving (he has a video for this too) which was equally simple and really delicious. I'm planning to make your english toffee recipe next (for Christmas). I've discovered a whole new world of sweet treats! Thanks again for this wonderful site.
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Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 4:42 am
Post subject: BRITTLE~TEMP
Sorry, but 350 for a brittle is way to much!
Brittle should not go past 300, and in most times it is best taken off the fire at 295!
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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:26 pm
Post subject: Peanut Brittle
FYI...If you just can't make it yourself Found a good site for all kinds of peanut brittle
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 3:03 am
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This is unrelated to the peanut brittle discussion, but I think there's a typo in the second paragraph:
"Raw, blanched, or roasted
all all
good in brittle."
On a candy-related note, while I've been tempted by AB's recipe, I will probably try Bittman's instead. Since it doesn't take a lot of time and effort I'll be less disappointed if [when?] it fails / I mess up.
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:48 am
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tangela wrote:
This is unrelated to the peanut brittle discussion, but I think there's a typo in the second paragraph:
"Raw, blanched, or roasted
all all
good in brittle."
Thanks for the catch - I just fixed it.
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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:18 pm
Post subject: Peanut Brittle with Erythritol
Has anyone made peanut brittle using a combination of erythritol and Splenda? I have been successful one time without it crystallizing, but not since then. Erythritol is a naturally occurring sugar alcohol (found in pears) that will brown nicely at higher temperatures, hence offering an option for folks who must severely limit their sugar intake. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 6:25 am
Post subject: Indian spicy red chile pwder
I used Spicy Red Chile Powder that I purchased at a local Indian/Pakistani grocery store instead of the cayene pepper. It adds more flavor instead of just heat. It also opens up the cinamon and carmel flavor. As the brittle cools sprinkle coarse kosher salt evenly across. This is substituted for salting the peanuts. Salt is key with sweet items, think of pretzels and ice cream, It intensifies sweets. If you haven't visited one of these Indian grocery stores you should def put it on the list. You can find great spices for REALLY CHEAP! The quality of the spices is also very high compared to common supermarket brands like McCormics or Spice Islands.
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 4:00 am
Post subject: Better recipe.
I have been making peanut brittle now for holiday gifts. Did two batches today, and 1 last week. I have a great recipe (I've tried a few others, some that looked more similar to Alton's). It does use baking soda, but the result is a non-clear candy coating with lots of intrinsic peanut flavor as the nuts are mixed with the candy as it heats. First time I tried it (without seeing the recipe), I thought that peanut butter was somehow incorporated. This recipe is also pretty easy because of the water and corn syrup added that make it slower to carmelize at first (the sugar doesn't get super hot without first evaporating the water). Never had an issue with crystallization. I'm sure spices could easily be added either when adding the butter & peanuts, or at the end, instead of the vanilla.
Here it is:
Set aside in a small bowl:
1.5 tsp baking soda
1 tsp water
1 tsp. vanilla
Set aside in another bowl:
1 lb. peanuts (I use roasted, salted, blanched)
3 tbsp. butter
Heat in a large, tall saucepan:
1 c. water
1 c. light corn syrup
1.5 c. sugar
Cook sugar, water, & corn syrup until temp reaches 140 F. on candy thermometer. The rapid bowl will have slowed a bit at this point. Hint of caramel color beginning.
Add peanuts and butter, and stir vigorously & continuously so it does not burn. Heat until temp reaches 300 F. I wear oven mitts to prevent bubbling sugar burns. Candy mixture will be foamy. When approaching temperature, color will be a medium light caramel. The mixture will look sticky, slightly stringy, and start to pull away from sides of the pot near the top of the mixture.
Take off heat, add soda/water/vanilla. Stir very vigorously, & be careful of it foaming. Spread in large buttered metal baking pan (no parchment/wax/silpat needed). Spread as thin as possible, about 1/4 inch.
Let cool until center of pan is no longer warm. To get out of pan, slightly flex metal pan, and candy will pop free.
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|Shrimp and garlic sizzle in oil.
Gambas al ajillo—shrimp sizzled with garlic— this is the essence of the tapa bar sensory experience.
In bars in Andalusia, this tapa is known as gambas al pil pil, for the onomatopoeia of spitting oil. But Madrileños look askance at such nomenclature, seeing as how "pil pil" in Basque cuisine is something quite different (an emulsified sauce for salt cod, with olive oil and garlic).
In tapa bars, the dish is prepared to order in small, individual cazuelitas, earthenware ramekins. You can do this in a home kitchen by placing the individual ramekins directly over gas burners. If using earthenware, remember that it retains heat, so remove the shrimp from the stove before they are fully cooked.
If you have an electric stove, you will need to use a heat diffuser under clay cazuelas or else use a metal pan instead of clay. If you don't want to bother with individual servings, cook all the shrimp in a skillet, then plate them. While they won't have quite the same sizzle, they will still taste divine!
This dish packs a lot of flavor for just four ingredients—shrimp, olive oil, garlic and a few flecks of hot chili. The juices from the shrimp flavor the oil, creating a sauce for dipping chunks of bread. It's best made with whole fresh shrimp, peeled shortly before cooking. However, not everyone can get them fresh, so frozen is an alternative.
|Unpeeled shrimp (langostinos)
Why are gambas al ajillo usually depicted as jumbo shrimp with their tails intact? Maybe food stylists think they're prettier with unpeeled tails aloft. In fact, this dish is usually made with small to medium shrimp and always with the whole shrimp peeled, tails as well. No way are you going to use your fingers to pick them out of the boiling oil. They're meant to be speared with a fork or toothpick and eaten in one bite, with bread for sopping up the juices.
Variations on a theme: Add a splash of manzanilla Sherry to the shrimp. Or, add chopped serrano ham or chopped chorizo along with the sliced garlic.
|Shrimp sizzled with chorizo, plated.
Gambas al Ajillo
Shrimp Sizzled with Garlic
Serves 4.
40 medium-size raw, peeled shrimp, about 8 ounces
8 tablespoons olive oil
4 cloves garlic, sliced crosswise
4 slices dried chili pepper
2 tablespoons dry Sherry (optional)
Chopped parsley
Pinch of coarse salt
Bread for serving
If making individual servings, place 2 tablespoons of oil in each of 4 cazuelitas or small pans. Divide the garlic, chili and shrimp between them.
Otherwise, place the oil in a skillet with the sliced garlic and chili. Heat until the garlic begins to turn golden. Add the shrimp in a single layer. Cook them, stirring, until they turn pink, 30 to 40 seconds. Add the Sherry, if using, and cook 1 minute.
Remove the pan from the heat. Sprinkle with parsley and salt. Spoon the shrimp, garlic and juices into 4 individual ramekins or plates. Serve with bread.


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Jul 5, 2007
They're breakfast food (I love breakfast)
They're quick and easy to make
They're full of protein, (in case you're hypoglycemic and get cranky easily)
They look really cool, (I mean really cool)
and they got a thumbs up for authenticity from a REAL GERMAN.
That's right ladies and gentlemen, my GERMAN roommate said she made similar GERMAN pancakes using the same recipe when she was growing up in GERMANY. (Did you catch the German-ness in there?)
"You had a REAL GERMAN ROOMMATE???" you ask in dismay.
"Why yes. A 76-year-old German roommate." I coolly reply and launch right into my story:
It all started in a little house on 9th East in Provo. I was trying desperately to break up with a boy I had been dating but was finding it very hard. He only lived a block away and kept coming over.
It was imperative that I leave the neighborhood as soon as possible. It took some convincing, but I finally talked my roommates, P.B. and Anna-Banana, into coming with me. Since a new semester was fast approaching, vacancies were scare. Especially three in the same apartment. And then I got lucky.
The Old Mill had an apartment with 4 private rooms all available. In it's hay-day, (the 70's?) The Old Mill was probably the hippest place to live in Utah Valley. It had long since past it's prime when we found it, but still had a few features to recommend it.
For one, each apartment offers four private rooms, and each room has it's own private toilet and vanity area. There are also two indoor pools in the complex complete with Jacuzzis. Oh, and of course, lots of single guys!
Anyway, the three of us took three of the available rooms and hoped the fourth would remain empty. After all, who would want to move in alone with three extremely tight friends?
Unfortunately, someone did. It was with great sadness that a month or so after we had settled in, our manager--a girl our age--left a message saying the last room was filled. It had been rented by a man living in Orem for his 75 year old mother.
The conversation went something like this:
Her: "Um, I, like, have some bad news. Your new roommate is 75."
Me: "Wait...what?"
Her: "Yeah, like, her son called me and I, like, thought it was for his daughter but he wanted it for his mother."
Me: "WHAT? ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?"
Her: "Uh...no. I assumed the guy wanted it for his daughter...turns out it was for his mom."
Me: "They can't do this! This is STUDENT HOUSING! You HAVE to be a STUDENT!!!"
Her: "She is a student. She's taking a Book of Mormon class at BYU."
Me: (stunned silence)
Now for the collective reaction of Michelle, Anna and I:
The Five Stages of Grief:
Denial (this isn't happening to me!)
Anger (why is this happening to me?)
Bargaining (I promise I'll be a better person if...you don't give me a 75 year old roommate)
Depression (I don't care anymore)
Acceptance (I'm ready for whatever comes)
Only we probably skipped stage five.
So here we were, faced with the unthinkable. We imagined parties cancelled, boys booted, and every other horror that could be inflicted by a stringent old German woman. They say the best offense is a good defense... (I think someone says that...no clue why) so we prepared for her arrival by making inappropriate signs and hanging them all over. (To scare her off I suppose?) I remember one in particular that Anna made. It said "Eh! to big breasts!"
(rebellious, huh?)
Then the day of her arrival...well, arrived. The three of us sat in the living room waiting sulkily. There was a knock at the door and I got up to open it.
When I opened the door I saw a tiny, shriveled little woman with dyed blond hair and thick Coke bottle glasses staring up at me. I couldn't help it. I was in complete shock. I started smiling as I said "You must be Ursula!" and I gave her a big hug. She was the cutest little German woman I'd ever seen. She replied looking up at me, "Oh! Sank you! I vas so vorried!!!"
As it turns out, Ursula was the ideal roommate. She went to the temple everyday and attended religion classes at BYU. She said she'd had enough cooking in her life, so she ate out for all her meals. When she was home, she stayed in her room studying. When we apologized for being too loud she'd say "Oh! I didn't hee-ah! I vas doing my studies vith my headphones!"
It even turned out to be a boon to our social lives! Guys thought it was fascinating and wanted to come over to see for themselves! (One particular boy didn't believe us so he marched down the hall and opened her door...despite our protests. He saw Ursula sitting on her bed with huge headphones on, slammed the door and ran back down the hall in complete shock. What a dummie.)
So, that is how it came to be that one night Michelle, and I were sitting down at the table for a dinner of German Pancakes when Ursula came in. We begged her to join us for dinner (she always turned down our invitations to socialize) and I told her what I had made. She tried a tiny slice, asked the ingredients, and said, "Yes. Theese iz just like I had vhen I vas a girl!"
And there you have it. Why I LOVE German pancakes.
16 comments:
- Mrs. Dub said...
you had me at breakfast.
- Linz said...
Awww, what a fun story! Those sound yummy!
- Emily said...
I'm not making this up, I swear! But I was just planning our dinner in my head and German pancakes were going to be the main course for all the great reasons you listed. Kinda freaky, huh? I guess great minds really DO think alike.
- Jenny said...
I love, love, LOVE German pancakes, and I never make them. Why? I don't really know. Partly because we never have time to make breakfast these days... but now I want to. Maybe for dinner. And that is about the funniest story I've read in a while. Hilarious. I love your blog! Tell the fam hello from all of us here in SF!
- Linz said...
BTW - can you give me the recipe? Please?
- Shelly said...
let's have some when i come!! and those evilshkevers hhahah or whatever they're called/ however they're spelled XD. so excited to see you!
- DianeM said...
This story ranks as one of my favorite Emily stories. Although watching you try to reinact the "gymnastics incident" made me appreciate that story a lot more. Did I ever tell you my grandpa was born in Germany AND his name was Ludwig? He never made me any stinkin' pancakes though.
I just have to say that reading your blog is a definate blow to my self-esteem. First the perfect birthday cake and now the perfect german pancakes!! Not to mention a host of other flawless food you have prepared. My German pancakes look like regular pancakes...only flatter. And the cake I made on Sunday without any eggs, it was a treasure!
- The Valentine Fam said...
These are the best...we call them Baby Dutch! I love your stories!!
- acte gratuit said...
Click on "German Pancakes" in the first line for the recipe!
- acte gratuit said...
Your superior brain power and musical genius more than compensate for your lack of cooking prowess. Also, cake without eggs can be good. See the second post on my new recipe blog: gratuitousrecipes.blogspot.com
- Jenn said...
I just made your german pancakes!! Weirdest thing i've ever made but it was good-- even posted a picture on my blog! Even the kids liked watching it grow and trying it out. Thanks for the recipe.
Just made the german pancake. DELISH! Thanks for the recipe! Even thinking about making it for dinner tonight for my hubby
- my little eye said...
love german pancakes--love your blog!
- go boo boo said...
That is an adorable story! And German Over Pancakes have been a Sunday breakfast tradition in our family for years! I am a random blogger linker.
- Girls Galore said...
You know don't you that I get all the credit for German pancakes being a part of your life right?!? I learned how to make them in Home Ec. at Butler Middle School and came home and made them for the fam. I still have the original recipe I copied. So, there's one more thing you are eternally indebted to me for!


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José Mourinho has warned Manchester City that Real Madrid will be "at our best" when they face them at the Bernabéu in their opening Champions League group game on Tuesday evening. The Spanish champions are reeling from a poor start to the season that continued with Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Sevilla, which left them eight points behind the leaders, Barcelona.
"To play against City motivates me as much as playing against Getafe," said Mourinho. "To win the Champions League motivates me like any other match. Motivation is something intrinsic to the job. The conviction is that tomorrow [on Tuesday evening] we will have a team. A determined, compact and solid team. I will try to field the team that I think will show up. Maybe we won't be as relaxed, or filled with the same conviction and confidence we usually have against an opponent like City, coming off a game which was terrible.
"I'm sure we'll be at our best. I could be wrong but that's what I think. The lineup will not be very different [from Sevilla], nor will I try to show any player that they are not in the best condition. It will be the best that I consider to play against an opposition full of players of the highest level. I don't believe I have created doubts. The principal person responsible is me. When my teams win, we win together, and when we lose, I am the one responsible. Before losing to Sevilla I said to the players what I then said in the press conference. For this reason it is not a criticism but a conviction.
"I said it to them before the game. Football is about today and tomorrow, not yesterday. Yesterday is history. I haven't been able to keep my players motivated and concentrated at the top level and that is my fault."
Here are the teams, although it should be noted that there are claims on Twitter that Uefa has published the wrong line-ups. Could it be that the mandarins accidentally scoffed the real ones somewhere between the canard au pamplemousse and black forest gateau? I'll bring you confirmation asap: in the meantime, it really does seem that Ramo and Ozil have been dropped and Essien and City new boy Nastasic are starting
Real: Casilla; Arbeloa, Pepe, Varane, Marcelo; Khedira, Alonso; Di Maria, Essien, Poor Ronaldo; Higuian
Subs: Antonio, Sergio Ramos, Coentrao, Kaka, Benzema, Ozil, Modric
City: Hart; Maicon, Kompany, Nastasic, Clichy; Javi Gracia, Y Touré, Barry; Silva, Nasri; Tevez
Subs: Pantilimon, Zabaltea, Lescott, Dzeko, Kolarov, Aguero, Rodwell
Ref: D Skomina (Svn)
7.38pm: So it seems those line-ups are indeed correct. Mourinho, then, is laying down the law and telling certain spoilt slackers that their "lack of focus" is not acceptable. As for City, apparently an insider has told ITV that Mario Balotelli has been omitted from the squad for "technical reasons".
7.44pm: The away end is full, but there are abundant empty seats elsewhere in the stadium, which suggests that the economic woes in Spain mean many people have a good deal more cause to be sad than Poor Ronaldo.
1 min: We have go. For of you watching in black and white, Real are in white and City are in black. For those of you watching colour, it's the same. For those of you following only this mbm, Real are naked and City are in pink leather.
3 min: Real move quickly down the left, whereupon Ronaldo cuts inside and sends a decent long-range shot several yard wide. The poor guy just can't catch a break ...
5 min: City haven't shown much so far, just trying to keep it steady early doors. Yaya Touré, as ever, has shown a couple of classy touches but it's Real who've had most of the ball.
7 min: A lovely flick by Silva sends Tevez scampering into the danger zone but Pepe hurtles across to snuff out the danger. City are starting to spend a little time in the opposing half.
9 min: Fine save! Poor Ronaldo received the ball wide on the left, then bamboozled Kompany with some foot-magic before aiming a low curling shot towards the bottom corner. Hart sprawled himself smartly to tip it behind for a corner.
11 min: Poor Ronaldo receives the ball on the left, then cuts inside past Maicon and unleashes another fierce shot that Hart pushes away. At some point City are going to figure out that when he receives the ball on the left, Poor Ronaldo likes to cut inside and shoot ...
14 min: City knock the ball around midfield for a bit, going nowhere ... and then Nastasic tries to chip on forward for Tevez to chase but it's too long and Real get ready to rumble forward anew. "Real are naked and City are in pink leather?" gasps Toby Mohr before stammering: "The important question, Paul, is what are you wearing?" A confused expression, as ever.
17 min: You get the feeling City will pay for their passiveness sooner or later. Fortunately that time it was Arbeloa who cut in from the wing (right) and shot, and Hart was left with an elementary save.
20 min: Silva turns nicely in midfield and darts towards the Real box, with team-mates to either side of him: this is a promising position .... but Silva delayed his pass too long and Marcelo disposseses him.
21 min: Hart to the rescue again, as Higuain springs the offside trap but is forced sufficiently wide to have to pass backwards rather than shoot. Ronaldo attempts to find the net from the edge of the area but his shot is deflected into the path of Khedira ... who stabs it over the bar from eight yards.
24 min: Real are well on top, moving the ball at such speed that City seem sliuggish. Maicon is being given the Bale treatment by Ronaldo.
28 min: The ball is a boomerang to City at the moment: every time they boot it out of their half it keeps coming back, though accompanied by several Real players. Essien it the latest Real player to try his luck, but his 20-yard blast hurtles way wide.
30 min: Solid work by Kompany to shunt Higuain off the ball after Nastasic was caught in possession.
34 min: Nasri, who has been peripheral at best so far, appears to have pulled a muscle and is hobbling off. He looks unlikely to continue.
37 min: What a chance for City! The imperious Touré strode through midfield and City flood forward in support, and briefly had four attackers versus just two defenders. Alas, Touré pass to Silva was imperfect, forcing the Spaniard to break his stride and giving Real a moment to recover. Pepe charges down Silva's shot at the edge of the box.
39 min: Kolarov has been introduced in place of Nasri.
40 min: Scandalous miss! Di Maria clipped a superb cross from the right over Kompany's head. Hart, to the defender's anger, chose not to come to meet it, leaving Higuain to stretch out a leg and .... tonk the ball over the bar from five yards!
41 min: Ronaldo receives the ball wide on the right, cuts inside Maicon ... and this time Kompany blocks his shot before it reaches Hart.
42 min: Di Maria has a pop from 25 yards. It flashes just wide.
43 min: The ref stops play so that he can berate Touré and Khedira for excessive stroppery. "Looking at the subs it seems certain Barry has to play 90mins," moans Richard Hamilton. "Don't you think this level, and the business end of International football is just too much for him? Nice fella, good pro, just limited in ability." Yes. And I take it from your suggestion that there is no alternative on the bench that you don't think Rodwell is better?
45+1 min: After looking like they were coming to terms with things, City have let the initiative slip again and Real are well on top. Di Maria slams one wide from 25 yards.
Half-time: City have bad Real finishing and fine Hart goalkeeping to thank for a scoreline that is even despite Real dominating for long periods. City have not been awful but not have they been good enough to suggest they can continue holding out unless they find greater cohesion, accuracy and tempo.
Half-time observation: "I've just counted the total squad numbers of the 11 City players on the pitch," admits Edan Tal. "It's 190! This is getting silly!" It certainly is, Edan, it certainly is.
Regarding Gareth Barry. "Ask any City fan if they'd have wanted Barry to start today, and the answer would have been a resounding yes," thunders Daniel Green. "We've leaked goals this season, and it is due to Barry's absence. When we won our last 6 games to win the league Barry was a critical part of the XI we used weekly. He is slow and isn't flashy, but then again neither was Dietmar Hamann. Only people who don't watch City regularly fail yo see how important he is to us."
46 min: City get the second half under way.
47 min: Maicon gets farther forward than he ever did in the first half ... but his cross from the right is feeble.
48 mins: Poor Ronaldo receives the ball wide on the right ... and you know the drill. But Nastasic knows it now too, so he came across to help out Maicon and prevent the Portuguese from shooting. So instead he shunted ball sideways to Di Maria, whose shot from the right is deflected wide.
49 min:Touré sets Kolarov racing in behind the Real defence down the left ... this is a great opportunity .... but instead of crossing, Kolarov runs all the way out of play. Oh dear.
51 min: Javi Garica booked after some helter-skelter midfield action sparked by Touré losing the ball. Garica didn't deserve to see yellow mind: he won the ball back off Khedira fair and square.
54 min: Garcia nods over from a corner, Pepe having applied enough pressure to prevent him from getting a proper connection on it.
56 min: Poor Ronaldo receives the ball on the right ... and gain City double up on him, Kompany helping out Maicon. But down-on-his-luck Ronaldo has support too, with Marceloa providing an overlap. PR gives him the ball and Marceloa fires a brilliant low cross across the face of goal. Higuain, however, was dawdling so Clichy was able to clear under no duress. "Someone should point out to Daniel Green that Dietmar Hamann did a bit more than just occupy space in front of the central defenders and knock the ball six yards sideways every now and then," bellows Nick Smith, doing the pointing out himself. "Why did Rafa want to replace Alonso with Barry? Its the biggest mystery in football... I miss Xabi."
59 min: City nod off while Real take a quick corner. THen Pepe is allowed to receive a cross unmarked on the far side of the box: he even has time to miscontrol it and do a fancy twirl before firing the ball across the face of goal. Again Clichy is on hand to bash it clear. "I throw a very dark cloud over Daniel Green's impassioned defence of G. Barry," barks Sasu Laaksonen. "The City fans I know understand there's a big difference between the Premier League football and CL/International football. And while they would not mind seeing Barry starting a game against Stoke, there's no way they would want him to lumber v Real Madrid. And yes, I am a Finn....but there's a rapidly growing City contingent here too."
60 min: Bang! Marcelo fires a cracking shot inches wide from 20 yards. City are on the rack here ...
62 min: Respite for City as Varane chops down Silva to concede a freekick near the Real corner flag (the one to the right of their goal, if you must know). And that's Silva's last contribution to the game, as Mancini takes him off to throw on Dzeko.
64 min: Marcelo goes close with yet another blast from distance.
GOAL! Real 0-1 City (Dzeko 69') Now there's a sucker punch! That was mildly reminiscent of Fernando Torres' goal for Chelsea gainst Barcelona last season, although the chance was created not by a mighty punt forward but by a trademark burst by Touré, who collected the ball off Tevez and stormed past two and drew the last defender before knocking the ball into the path of Dezko. The Bosnian cantered towards the box and slotted the ball past Casillas from 20 yards.
71 min: Hart comes to meet a corner but misses it. Happily for him, Varane heads over from close range. Meanwhile, Mourinho is poised to make two substitutions ...
72 min: That's another dangerous break by City, who have three attackers versus four defenders. Tevez has Dzeko to his right and Kolarov to his left. He goes for the Serbian option ... and Kolarov forces a decent save from Casillas with a shot from 18 yards.
Real subtitutions: The cavalry arrive in the persons of Benzema and Modric, with Higuain and Khedira leaving.
City substitution: Maicon off, Zabaleta off.
75 min: Modric's first involvement sees him nick in to steal the ball off Kolarov as he embarked on another run.
GOAL! Real 1-1 City (Marcelo 76') A superb strike by Marcelo, who did what Poor Ronaldo has been attempting to do all night: after receiving the ball on the right, he cut inside and curled a sumptuous shot into the top corner from 20 yards. And on that note, could people please stop referring to Ashley Cole as the best left-back in the world?
78 min: This is fun. The match has an engagingly hectic feel to it, with both sides going for the win.
80 min: Ozil, who came on for Essien earlier on, is becoming a menacing influence for Real, probing tantalisingly on the edge of the City box. Real's latest attach yielded a corner, with Hart then having to produce solid saves from first from Varane and then from Alonso.
82 min: Real are establishing a base camp at the rim of City's box. Modric has a pop from there but it's straight at Hart.
83 min: A fine break by Tevez and Kolarov relieves the pressure and results in a corner for City. Poor Ronaldo heads the corner clear but City regain the ball and circulate it smartly before winning another corner.
GOAL! Real 1-2 City (Kolarov 86') Kolarov sends a curling freekick from the right towarads the back post. Defenders and attackers go for it ... but all miss it (or maybe Alonso got a slight nick to it) and it bounces into the corner of the net! That's what's called putting the ball into a dangerous area with vicious intent. Nasri's injury has turned out to be a blessing of sorts, since Kolarov has made a difference since replacing him.
GOAL! Real 2-2 City (Benzema 87') Way to kill City's celebrations quick smart! Di Maria went on a jagged run down the right and then pinged the ball into Benzema, who turned away from Nastasic and fired a low shot into the net from the edge of the box!
88 min: This game is far from finished: Real threaten a winner with a lightning break and quickfire passes. Benzema cuts the ball back to Poor Ronaldo, who could put Di Maria through on goal but elects to have a good himself, and Hart pushes his 20-yard drive to safety.
GOAL! Real 3-2 City (Happy Ronaldo 90') Ronaldo received the ball on the right, cut inside and sent a swirling shot past Hart and into the net! Kompany appeared to duck under the ball before it bounced just in front of the keeper, who reckons the centreback should have cut it out. Ronaldo, meanwhile, scampers off to milk the adulation of the jubilant crowd.
Full-time: City will be sick. Twice they were in front and twice they let their lead slip quickly and sloppily, and then were sunk by a late winner than Ronaldo had been rehearsing all night. It was not a spectacularly high-quality game but it sure had its moments, and a pleasantly chaotic and positive vibe in the second half, in particular.
Reaction from Joe Hart: "It's not on. You can't go 2-1 up and lose. It's not on. We only have ourselves to blame."


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Hi there. It's the end of the week, and we're sure you're sick of working, so we're going to help make the rest of your day bearable. For the next hour, the entire Giz staff will be hovering around this thread, willing to shoot the shit about whatever your little hearts desire. What do you all want to talk about?
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It always seems like the summer movie season begins earlier every year, but it doesn't, not really. The unofficial beginning in 2012 is May 4, when The Avengers—a movie that's so big, apparently, that it turned massive tentpole films like Iron Man 2 and Thor into, essentially, prequels—opens wide, followed in subsequent weeks by Tim Burton's Dark Shadows, the Rihanna-screaming-G7!!-for-two-hours-infused Battleship, the New Year's Eve-but-with-horrifyingly-distended-vaginas ensemble comedy What To Expect When You're Expecting and whatever the hell Sasha Baron Cohen thinks he's doing with The Dictator.
May 4 might seem early for summer to start, but it isn't. Last year, Fast Five—which made more money than freaking Cars 2—came out on April 29. 2010: Iron Man 2, May 7. 2009: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, May 1. I see no apparent problem with this; now that I'm a grownup with a job that requires me to sit inside and stare at my computer all day, the movie schedule is sort of the only thing that reminds me that it is, in fact, summer, so if they want to expand that season past its natural breaking point, I will not stand in their way.
But if it's almost summer movie season, it's time to start thinking seriously about the only summer movie that matters this year. We are three months and one week away from the release of The Dark Knight Rises.
Sometimes I'm not sure people understand just how much of a miracle The Dark Knight really was. The film is still the third-highest-grossing film of all time—not adjusted for inflation—and I'm not sure there's another film in the top 100 that's half as profoundly and relentlessly dark. (With the possible exception of The Passion of the Christ, which is disturbing for entirely different reasons.) With The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan essentially:
• Took the globally recognized superhero lead character that was his main selling point and essentially turned him into a bystander in his own story.
• Turned summer entertainment into an extended and powerful metaphor for Bush-era police state invasiveness.
• Was a lot less on-the-nose about it than I was in that sentence right there.
• Sketched a surprisingly detailed character study of three men—Batman, Harvey Dent, and Commissioner Gordon—and how they react to chaos, personified by Heath Ledger's The Joker.
• Took one of the hoariest characters in the Batman canon and reinvented him—of course with assistance from an extremely skilled, daring actor—into something that's instantly become an icon of both movies and popular culture.
• Oh, yeah, didn't forget to skimp on some truly thrilling IMAX action sequences, including a breathtaking sequence that might be the best use of a Chicago location in movie history.
In short: The Dark Knight is pretty much perfect, once-in-a-lifetime kismet that led to a movie that was commercially irresistible, artistically impeccable, and emotionally wrenching. (After I saw The Dark Knight for the first time, I felt like I'd just run successive triathlons.) And the public went crazy for it. (It is also worth noting that some of this was driven by the rubbernecking after Heath Ledger's death.) Everything had to come together precisely the right way. It's so self-contained and excellent that the only real flaw is that its ending so obviously pointed toward a sequel/conclusion; part of me wanted The Dark Knight to exist by itself. The only thing that could sour it would be an inferior sequel, the Matrix problem.
Here we are, three months from the "epic conclusion," The Dark Knight Rises. The early signs, to be honest, were a bit ominous. The silliness of Anne Hathaway's Catwoman costume. The rumors that scenes would be filmed at Occupy Wall Street. Most worrisome: the prologue that was shown before IMAX screenings of Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol. The scene itself was staggering, particularly in IMAX, but the real issue was the total incomprehensibility of Tom Hardy's Bane; we don't ask much of our screen villains, but we do ask that they not sound like they are issuing threats while locked in a trunk at the bottom of a well.
Then the trailer came out. It's worth watching it again.
Pretty much everything is exactly what you'd want it to be, culminating in that shocking, surreal shot of Heinz Field exploding beneath Hines Ward's feet. That shot would be the most amazing one in any summer movie of the last 10 years. Here, it's tossed off in a trailer six months before the movie comes out. I've even watched the thing in slow motion. It was a vivid reminder that Christopher Nolan knows what he's doing; that he's going to finish this right.
And then it's going to be over. We're three months away, and it already feels like something is ending. Nolan says this will be his last Batman film, and the rest of the cast, particularly Bale, is out too. There will be more Batman movies, of course; there's too much money to be made for there not to be. But there will not be another trilogy like this one, not done this well, this smartly, in this vital of a fashion. (Try watching Tim Burton's original Batman today. It feels a lot more like the Adam West series than anyone realized 22 years ago.) I'd like to say that Nolan reinvented the summer blockbuster, but he didn't; it's still the same crap. Which somehow makes it more impressive. And that much sadder that it's going to end in three months. The Dark Knight Rises is a movie I'm anticipating so much that I'm already depressed that, at some point, I will have actually seen it.
Grierson & Leitch is a regular column about the movies. Follow us on Twitter, @griersonleitch. Top image by Jim Cooke.


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Monte Carlo - Novak Djokovic has played down fears he will miss this year's French Open, saying the wrist injury he sustained at the Monte Carlo Masters last week is not as serious as first feared.
The Serb, second in the world rankings behind Rafael Nadal, said on his website that he hoped to be fit to play in the Madrid Masters which starts on 4 May.
"Fortunately, the situation with the injury is better than it first seemed," Djokovic, who was beaten by Roger Federer in Monte Carlo, said on Tuesday.
"Doctors assured me that I will be ready for Madrid, then Rome and Roland Garros, just as it has been planned.
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Leaving Meat Behind 03/01/2013
So...after a lot of research and realizing I hate my body, my health, and my ungodly addiction to cheese and nearly rare meat I'm stepping into a healthier happier lifestyle. I know logically why being vegan will make me happier and healtier, but I'm almost afraid in a way. Its a huge change and I don't really know fully where to start other than to scrap my cabnients and start shopping for the ingredients on the handful of vegan recipes I've set aside.
I'm a 23 mother of two, with a damn near carnivorous husband and a limited budget. Any advice or encouragment would be beyond epic!
Hi Kristi! Welcome, and good for you for going vegan!
Everyone has different approaches, but for myself I found that two things really helped:
- transitioning in, learning to cook more and more vegan meals while slowly phasing out the things I wanted to stop eating
- not trying to re-create dishes I ate previously, but learning to cook and enjoy new things. If you adore cheese and you try faux cheeses or make your own cheeses which just don't taste as good to you initially, the disappointment can make it tough to keep going. It takes a few weeks for your taste buds to adapt (watch this video for some interesting information on that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDgA3T_JF2A). These days I make my own almond and cashew cheeses, and I love them as much as I used to love animal foods, but while transitioning replacing didn't work well for me.
As for the budget, cook from scratch if you can: processed foods are generally less healthy, and also a lot less expensive. Also, buy in bulk for foods that keep for a long time, e.g. rice (go for brown, much more nutritious!), dried beans, cereals. If time is short, your freezer is your friend: cook larger quantities of things like rice and freeze in single portions for later use, freeze things like soups and sauces etc. Is your husband willing to join you in eating some vegan meals? I'm sure it would help if you guys don't have to cook separate meals all the time, both in terms of health and budget. You could also try making things that only require small adaptations, e.g. bolognese sauce with brown lentils for you, and meat for him if he insists, but all the other ingredients can be the same.
Good luck!! and feel free to ask any questions you may have.
What exactly are you scared about? Define it. I say just look forward to the delicious vegan dishes your going to be making.
I can see what you mean about being scared. I was like you completely addicted to dairy products, but not too much of a meat eater. Cutting the meat out was not hard at all...although it is so convienent to have meat! So when you become a vegan/vegitarian you need time...We have 6 kids total so I try to make my "huge" batches of food- like stuff for enchiladas or soups or vegan pancakes and stick them in the freezer....Then I find myself cooking for the family! Ugh it can be tiring. The one great thing I have is an enormous amount of support from my fiancee. He always asks what I am going to eat for dinner and most of the time will eat what I am just so I dont eat alone...Believe me he is a processed food junky.
A problem you may face is replacing vegan/veggie options that are processed so that you dont feel left out. I wanted to but just try hard. Sometime I allow my self, but mostly I watched what my wants were. For instance I love eating while I am watching our show..so to not snack I will wait to eat dinner.
With a budget as well I find we actually have more food with less money because I dont eat so much meat and dairy...so I use what money I would have and stock up on bulk, and fake meat! The fake meat can be expensive so I use those on occasions...but remember to be creative. I make a meaty cheesy dish called tator tot casserole (I used to love this with tons of sour cream) So one night I made my self a little bit with rice/veggies/tofu and all the kids ate mine and was left with a massive amount of the "gross" kind,
You can do it. Of course you are scared because it is a massive life change. It changes everything, social gatherings, eating out, bbq's, parties and just home cooking...but give your self some credit! before you know it you will not even think about it. I have been a vegan for 3 weeks now...it is still hard I had cheated a couple times...but I tell my self each day ok! I will not dream of cheese and drink lots of water!!!
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Irondale Youth Hockey Association
Board Meeting: Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 6:30 p.m.
at the New Brighton Family Service Center, New Brighton, MN.
Address: IYHA, PO Box 120114, New Brighton, MN 55112 Website: www.iyhaleague.org
We are fast approaching a new season – playoff hockey for some of our teams. A few regular season games remain and then district playoffs and maybe with a few good bounces of the puck hopefully regions and the state tournament. Good luck to those Knight teams participating in post season play.
If you have an opportunity, go and support the varsity girls and boys teams as they enter the playoffs. Be a student of the game by paying close attention to all parts of the game when players have the puck and are in the offensive zone and when the puck is in the defensive zone.
As the season winds down I hope your son or daughter had first and foremost fun playing the game of hockey and have shown improvement over the past few months. A big thanks goes out to all the folks in the organization who help keep things running – from all the volunteers, coaches, parents and those businesses that help support IYHA.
See you at the rink,
From Web Master (Torri Johnson):
Website News:
Credit Card Payments - these are now a reality! IYHA now has the ability to receive credit card payments from you through our website. This should help streamline registration for next year and may be used for the monthly team payments by using a scheduled payment feature. Team Payments are being tested this year with the Bantam A team before it is rolled out to everyone. No credit card information is stored on the website nor does the website administrator have access to your credit card information. If you have any questions, contact your Team Treasurer or the IYHA Treasurer.
Sponsorship Report - the latest version of the sponsorship report is posted in the Documents section on the left hand side of the home page. Please share with your sponsors and thank them for their support of IYHA.
IYHA Trophy Gallery - we keep historical tournament award results in the trophy gallery. If you have some old photos or results, please send them in. As you can see, we don't have much history posted in this section.
Election in April
Attention all Association Members: Four board positions will be available in the April election. They are President, Secretary, Initiation Coordinator and Registration Coordinator. Please be thinking about your interest in these positions or someone to be nominated. We will be forming a nominating committee and sending out more details soon. Thanks!
Irondale's A-Mites will be skating at the AA State Championship 3rd place game
on Saturday March 14th @4:00pm.
They have tickets for sale and you will also be able to stay to watch
the CHAMPIONSHIP game at 7:00pm.
Please contact Kara Chamberlain if you are interested in purchasing tickets.
$15 Adult and $10 Child
Please come and join us!
Bantam A Pancake Breakfast
& Silent Auction
Saturday, February 21st – 8:30 to 11:00am
Moe's in Mounds View
From Boys Coordinator (Mark Rupp):
The current season is quickly winding down; our teams will soon be finished with their tournaments and district play. As they all enter post season play, I wish the parents, players and coaches good luck.
IYHA Board Meetings are open meetings.
Please feel free to come to the meetings. If you wish to have a copy of any information which is distributed at any meeting, please email or call Jean Aukee and it will be mailed to you. Upcoming dates for 2009 Board meetings are the
third Thursday of every month at 6:30 p.m. Our meetings are held at the New Brighton Family Service Center.
Meetings will be: March 26, April 16, May 21, June 18, July 16 and August 20.
NOTE: If you wish to be on the agenda for the meeting, please contact the IYHA President.
Lake Region Board Meetings:
Lake Region Hockey meetings are open meetings. Contact Theresa Spiering for dates and times of the next meetings.
Sponsors for teams are listed below. This part of the newsletter will continue throughout the rest of the IYHA season. Please notify Jean Aukee of any additions or corrections. (Please forward information about websites and addresses, etc.) Many thanks to our sponsors!
IYHA: **Lake Region Hockey Association**, **Moes**, **Champps**, **Meisters**, **Big 10 Tavern**, **Make It Big Photos** and
**Dave's Sport Shop**.
Team Sponsorships:
Bantam A: **Response Fire Protection**, **WW Goetsch Assoc**, and **MN Conway Fire**
Pee Wee B: **Jensen, Bell, Converse and Erickson, PA**, **Western Bank** and **Dr John Hollerud, MD of Fridley Children's and Teen's Medical Center**
Once again, many, many thanks to our sponsors! Please support them!
When you see them, please tell them you are from Irondale Youth Hockey.
Irondale Youth Hockey Association (IYHA) Board Members 2008-2009
Tom Lucarelli
Vice President
Monica Crandall
763-234-9316 (c)
Theresa Spiering
763-780-4548 (h)
Jean Aukee
763-783-8561 (h)
Ice Commissioner
Kara Chamberlain
Boys Program Coordinator
Mark Rupp
651-269-3027 (h & c)
Girls Program Coordinator
Mike Nundahl
651-633-8287 (h)
Initiation Coordinator
Bob Gabler
651-697-4708 (h)
Tom Johnson
Jeanne Falconer
763-458-5946 (cell)
651-486-1235 (w)
District Representative
Chris Drews
651-329-3124 (cell)
Non-Board Positions:
ACE Coordinator and Player Development Committee
IYHA Meeting Board Meeting: January 15, 2009. Note: These minutes have not been approved. They will be reviewed, corrected as needed, and approved at the next regular Board of Directors Meeting.
Called to order at 6:40 p.m. by President Tom Lucarelli.
Board Members Present: Tom Lucarelli, Jean Aukee, Monica Crandall, Chris Drews, Mike Nundahl, Mark Rupp and Theresa Spiering
Board Members Absent: Bob Gabler, Jeanne Falconer, Kara Chamberlain and Tom Johnson
Guests: Torri Johnson, Geoff Smith, Cindy Anderson, Paul Dulin, Gary Elmes, Steve Clark, and Tom Pederson
Minutes: Motion to accept board meeting minutes as presented (CD) (MN); all accepted; motion carried.
Chris had 2 corrections – change number of volunteers needed from 7 to 8 and no hearing for Logan incident.
We went around the table with introductions because of some new faces at the meeting.
Old Business:
A. Future of IYHA – Rick LaPorte will not be in attendance but is planning the Open Forum meeting for the 1st week of February – a notification will be sent out soon.
New Business:
a. Update Bylaws for Edison – 2009/2010 season – bylaws were changed 1 and ½ years ago to accommodate Edison kids for next 2 years – that needs to be addressed for future – allowing them to try out as A players – Edison only has 2 mite teams not trying to run their own program – Edison kids allowed because they feed into Irondale HS – Edison kids help our numbers – should continue? Read bylaws – section regarding Edison – Chris – what about Future of IYHA topic – should be a non issue – regardless what we do they should still be included – Chris moves to extend the Edison policy for another 2 years – MR second – all approved, motion carried. Jean update bylaws.
b. Communication re Volunteer Hours completed or not – Jean – what Jean, Torri and Monica are currently doing with the data on the website – does everyone know to fill it out online – send out a reminder – some team managers are reminding their parents – Monica question on how to cross reference who is in the assn vs who submitted their volunteer hours – Cindy – maybe team treasurer could keep track of volunteer hours instead of team managers who are too busy – Monica will draft something for Jean to send out via email and Torri to post on website.
c. Future scheduling – Paul Dulin – last months minutes re "can't be more than 2 peewee teams on the ice at a time – no rule to that effect" – some practices have 3 peewee teams – not good – skills is OK to have more than two – Torri – meeting discussed times where there were 3 teams – teams could negotiate on their own – teams could do a 30-60-30 split – never an intention to have 3 teams on the ice – minutes said coaches harassing ice commissioner – Paul's were nice to Kara – Torri pull up emails – miscommunication – hope to fix it so that 3 teams not on the ice – teams should have worked it out after given the schedule – that was discussed at the ice splitting up meeting with the ice commissioner, Torri, and coordinators – need to come together to reschedule ice – there is a process to follow – Kara won't deal with each team – the teams need to work together – at first there were mixed messages as Kara was new – hopefully things better now – Per Tom – teams work it out.
Fuddruckers Money from Paul to Theresa - $286.74 – thank you Dulins for coordinating event.
d. Team Apparel - Chris Drews – talked about it 3 months ago – IYHA having one style of warm up suit – if want to do this Chris will spearhead it – not required to purchase them but if your team will have a warm up suit we should all get the same thing – Tom – try to find out how many would be interested and what kind of price break you could get – Mark has done some of this and would be willing to help – Cindy doesn't like that idea – misunderstood – thought all teams had to buy the same thing including sweatshirts etc – but really only if a team wants a warm up suit they buy the Irondale "standard" – Torri found on website choices for Highland Central – end of the season (perhaps in the survey) find out who would be interested in doing this – some places create them year round and some only create them in the fall – Chris will see if he can get pricing for next months meeting.
e. Tryout Schedule – Kara and Mark – Kara not here – child injured – Mark comments – why do we start when we do – if started registration later would not interfere with football – 10 sessions of warm-ups and tryouts – impacts other sports – soccer etc – impacts Wednesday night religion and confirmation – higher level teams need to get formed earlier than perhaps lower level teams – ice times need to be purchased – 9/8 to 10/2 was last years spread for warm ups and tryouts – historically we have started the 2nd week in September – registration time frame rolls into ice times and paperwork and USA hockey fees and regulations – Football doesn't schedule anything for Wed or Fri nights – good times for tryouts? Geoff – thanks to Kara for calling him and talking about this issue – see his handout for the timeline of football – in August would like to know when ice times are but need to know it by level so they can be coordinated with football games at each level – football only goes for 10 weeks – last year did much better – thanks to Tom Johnson – if could have no football games and hockey tryouts on same days would be great – practices may overlap and we can live with that – Geoff needs ice times by levels – Mark wants to move tryouts back – can bantams be done earlier and peewees and squirts be done later – bantams can all be listed as one team until December 31st – impacts girls too because of tennis, volleyball, religion etc – more ice in September and October because HS hasn't started yet – also impacts kids – busy 7 days a week with 2 sports – Kara – Ramsey county ice – get more later ice than earlier ice – once Kara purchases the ice Mark should be able to divide up the tryout and warm up times – if that is provided to Geoff than he can use it to schedule football games – football goes mid August to mid October – Geoff willing to meet with Kara and Mark during the summer and share his dates with us to help work things out – out of 20 kids on a football team 9 were trying out for hockey and – there will be overlap – just trying to make things better. Football is by grade level and hockey is by age on July 1st – but the majority of the kids should be accommodated – kids that miss tryouts and end up on a C team could move up in extreme situations – shouldn't hold anyone back because of ability – schedule needs to watch for LEC too in September for Bel Air and Sunnyside
Board Roundtable:
President: Tom Lucarelli. – Mark have year end meeting with coaches – how did things go? Thanks to all who worked on the January tournament especially Monica and Cheryl – next Wed presidents meeting – district 1 changes.
Vice President: Monica Crandall. – tournament committee has not met yet – still no numbers from thanksgiving tournament – January went well – team feedback – love our tournament – will start working on volunteers stuff as mentioned previously – how were the girls teams perceived seeing this was the first year – gave 2 U10 spots away for free to fill it – good feedback from the girls teams too – should be better next year – although Duluth has a big tournament that same weekend – 47 teams – can we get some concession money for the SSR? We would then probably have to staff those positions – currently the SSR won't let us bring in food to sell – doesn't hurt to ask the SSR – do we get a discount on the ice at the SSR tournaments? That could be a bargaining chip.
Secretary: Jean Aukee. – Reminder that input for the newsletter is due on the 1st of each month. If you don't have anything, please reply to Jean's email saying that. If you have a written report that can be emailed to Jean for the minutes, please do so. Thanks.
Chuck a puck money – thanks to Rich and Tracy Sonterre – 2 envelopes – Thanksgiving – whole assn and January – by team – these were given to Theresa.
Vinyl Clings – Jean donated 150 clings to the Fundraising Committee – she has recouped her investment – they can do with them as they please.
New Brighton Post Office is moving – PO boxes moving too – therefore we need to turn in our old keys and get new keys.
Treasurer: Theresa Spiering. – see handout – $5400 from last meeting was just raffle money – actually was $7900 – remainder will be coming after the tournament committee meets – should be around $30,000 – 5 Willard fund submitted – 3 had submitted in the past – 2 got money – other 3 are now looking for IYHA assistance – the executive committee reviews the letters and determines how it should be distributed – budgeted $1500. Per Chris Drews $14,000 budgeted for district 1 – actual bill $18,340 – biggest increase because of more games this year – district 2 – league fee $300 per team – 10UB league fees is $650 per team - $150 for each bantam home game, $64 for each pee wee game and $60 for each squirt game. Coaches – CEP refunds – Theresa has handed them out. Per Torri - Credit Cards – what going on? Jeanne took over back in September or so. Mid-November stuff was sent in – what happened with it? We should be doing it – stupid not to – Torri could have it done in 2 weeks. Chris moves that Torri complete the set up of the credit card system under the guise of the audit committee – Torri, Barb and Phil. Mark and Theresa seconded – all approved – motion carried.
Boys Program Coordinator: Mark Rupp. – all coaches made the Dec 31st deadline for CEP – thanks for getting them done. Teams are well into district and tournament play – PWA won 3rd in Albert Lea and 2nd in Waseca. SQB won consolation champs. January 17th – Celebrate MN hockey – SQC playing Mounds View at 3:00 at Central Park. See Mark's actual notes below:
Coaches – To my knowledge, all our coaches did make the deadline of December 31 to update their CEP levels and/or expiration dates. Some were finished right at the last minute but all are now complete…..thank you.
Teams – Our teams are well into District and Tournament play with varying degrees of success. Our PWA team recently won 3rd place in the Albert Lea tournament. The PWA squad also won 2nd place at the Waseca tournament. Our SQB squad won the Consolation championship in a 4-3 overtime shoot out game. It is nice to see some hardware brought back from these tournaments. I hope I have not forgotten any of our other teams' successes. More tournaments and year end activities will take place over the next 30-45 days. From all accounts, our kids are having fun and becoming better hockey players.
Hockey Day in Minnesota - (A Reminder) As part of this celebration, our SQC squad will be playing outdoors at Central Park in St. Anthony. Their opponent will be Mounds View, and to my knowledge, highlights will be shown on Fox Sports Net. Directions to Central park are on our website.
Girls Program Coordinator: Mike Nundahl. – congrats to 12U's took 3rd place in our tournament – good feedback from girls in tournament - 14U ranking should be going up – they are still in the top 10 – beat teams above them – got one more U8 – keep recruiting kids you know – website showed full for one level – Torri fixed.
Initiation Program Coordinator: Bob Gabler. – Not here and no report – initiation issue on website – Torri doesn't know about it – mini mites and c's are moving around – if they move make sure Torri knows so kids are getting the correct reminders.
District Representative: Chris Drews. – Advanced 15 - check with Tyler Fitzel regarding select 15 boy's roster. Mike – what girls? Deadline is today. Torri text Tyler (he did send the list in). We need 8 volunteers for March 21st - Richfield. Referee in Chief – 12 inch goalie pads – tell Tom Johnson. 2 discipline hearings – 1 coach – don't put your foot on the ice or will be a match penalty – another one a kid kicking another kid – out until hearing. Coaches – we need to know about game misconducts! Report to district director within 24 hours of incident or the coach will be given a misconduct. Communicated at the Pee Wee B and above meeting – others were not communicated too. For the Logan incident apparently we asked the ref and he said nothing else needed to be done. District 1 changes – have tournaments with teams of equal sizes – on a map it doesn't make sense but trying to group appropriate teams together – all want something different and all for own benefit – want to keep district 1 around – even if not as many associations. Go to http://district1.pucksystems2.com/attachments/document/0004/3401/January09Minutes.pdf for actual minutes.
Ice Commissioner: Kara Chamberlain. – Not here and no report
Registration Coordinator: Jeanne Falconer. – Not here and no report
Equipment Manager: Tom Johnson. – Not here and no report
Standing Reports:
Player and Coach Development: Mark Rupp. – Jeff O sent a note about the meeting last Monday – Mark wasn't there – he wrote down the wrong date – will send to me. 3 on 3 jamborees and clinics coming up. See Mark's actual notes below:
A PCDC meeting took place this past Monday January 12th. Unfortunately I had the wrong date written down and missed the meeting. Jeff Opperman (PDCD Chair) has forwarded the meeting notes.
Clinic practice plans – Jeff has been working closely with Tadd to receive these materials in a more timely manner in order to get it on the web be the Friday prior to he clinic. Jeff is confident this will be happening.
Goalie training – Goalie specific skills training has been set up and is on the master schedule. Matt Millar will be conducting these events.
Does anyone else on the committee have anything else to share?
Lake Region: Theresa Spiering. – meeting will be next week.
Fundraising Committee: Monica Crandall. – spoke with Polly Hanson at SSR tournament – do her proposal in October 2009 – Stamp It Up – approved by committee. Website item for each fundraiser activity – Moe's, Fuddruckers, Wild? Fundraising committee – when need new members? Let us know so it can be communicated. Calendar sales – mites didn't get information until late because mite managers were determined later – how many were sold and how many are left?
Additional business:
Minnesota hockey recruiting and retention committee – need one volunteer – Chris send out an email.
Clinics – very good for the kids – Tadd does a great job – mite coaches want to help them learn the game – would like to have clinics run until January and then drop them so they can have more practice times – all levels should be separated – too confusing for younger kids in with big kids – Mark should share this with the player development committee – per Torri, can send an email to the player development committee via the website – initiation coordinator asked for mites to go all year long – the coaches are learning a lot from Tadd too – biggest problem with mite and squirts together.
IYHA Banners on order for SSR 4 – celebration ceremony?
Saturday AM – Moe's – boy's HS hockey team – 9:00 to 11:30 pancake breakfast
Mark asked about the trophy cabinet at SSR – cancelled a few months ago.
Motion to adjourn meeting (CD) (MR); motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:53 p.m.
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I remember having these back when I was little. I always thought I was being a little bit naughty when I ate them because they have whiskey in them! (The recipe also makes like 8 billion cookies, so I realize why we always had some).
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The oven needed a break for a little while (so did I), so I decided to whip up some Kahlua fudge with walnuts real quick. Yum!
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Milestone Education Review (The Journal of Ideas on Educational & Social Transformation) is an online peer-reviewed bi-annual journal of Milestone Education Society (Regd.) Pehowa (Kurukshetra). For us education refers to any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character, or physical ability of an individual. The role of education must be as an instrument of social change and social transformation. Social transformation refers to large scale of social change as in cultural reforms and transformations. The first occurs with the individual, the second with the social system. This journal offers an opportunity to all academicians including educationist, social-scientists, philosophers and social activities to share their views. Each issue contains about 100 pages. This is a special call for papers for Milestone Education Review, Year 04, No. 02 (October, 2013) issue.
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Talking about stress has become part of normal everyday conversation. We might talk about being stressed by our partners, our children, our financial worries and, of course, our jobs. Most of us recognise the symptoms of stress as feeling anxious, worrying more than usual, not being able to concentrate, and not sleeping well. But we don't always take our feelings of stress that seriously, assuming either that its part and parcel of life or that it will pass. So understanding of stress is important for us in order to deal with it effectively .Stress is a normal physical response to events that make you feel threatened or upset your balance in some way. When you sense danger – whether it's real or imagined – the body's defenses kick into high gear in a rapid, automatic process known as the "fight-or-flight" reaction, or the stress response. The stress response is the body's way of protecting you. When working properly, it helps you stay focused, energetic, and alert. In emergency situations, stress can save your life – giving you extra strength to defend yourself, and achieve success in any domain. So stress response also helps you rise to meet challenges. Stress is good when it is in appropriate proportion but stress beyond certain level may lead to various psychological, physical and cognitive problems such as body aches and pain, constipation, chest pains, rapid heartbeat, loss of sex drive, frequent cold, headaches, memory problems, inability to concentrate, anxiety, constant worrying, depression, general unhappiness, moodiness etc. which may further hamper one's personal, social and occupational life or overall well-being of an individual
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NCN Workshop on Simulation-Based Learning: Exploring Semiconductors, Nanoelectronics, and Beginning Chemistry
NCN Workshop on Simulation-Based Learning
Workshop Attendees
Photo by George Adams.
Back row (left to right):
Shaikh Ahmed,
Vladimir Gavrilenko,
Mihai Dimian,
Baudilio Tajerina,
Ron Cosby,
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