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Berries in bourbon, need I really go on? These preserves are the perfect balance of sweet, but with that adult bourbon kick. Spread on it on bread, pour over ice cream, and for the love of all things yummy, use it as a filling in a little hand-pie or pop tart (I'll share that with you later this week).
|Pick-Your-Own cherries at Russell Orchards in Ipswich, MA.
The cherries in this recipe were brought to you today by the letter, "R", as in Russell Orchards in Ipswich, Ma. The farm has been around since 1920, and the Russells are the third family to own the 120 acres and really make it a family experience. Their "pick-your-own" fields are absolutely huge, and every weekend you can find families traversing through them, picking fruit and creating memories.
|The husband helping pick through the cherries
So our little family of my husband and I (sorry, no pugs in the picking fields), trucked off to Ipswich one Saturday afternoon because my heart was set on cherries. Fruit-picking wasn't something we did much when I was young. I'm finding I absolutely love the quiet and tedious work of foraging through the trees or bushes to find the best morsels available there.
|Beautiful sweet cherries
Russell Orchards has some amazing morsels to offer. Beautiful, sweet, cherries dripped from every tree. While the orchards are not certified organic, the folks at Russell Orchards try to use a policy of Integrated Pest Management, meaning they only spray as a last result. Most plants on their property have never seen a chemical, and they're always happy to tell you which ones have been sprayed.
It's important to note this. A lot of local farms can't afford the pricey process to become USDA certified organic. Please don't shun local farms because they can't slap an "organic" label on their bounty. Instead, become educated on what practices your local farms use on their crops, so you can not only support your family's health, but the health of your community as well.
Bourbon Raspberry Cherry Preserves
(Printable Recipe)
Makes: 4-5, 4-ounce jelly jars
Adapted from: Autumn Makes and Does
There is no added pectin in this recipe. I was able to get a reasonable "set" to the preserves without it, however, it's not a "thick" set. Personally, I was OK with that, you could attempt boiling a little bit longer to get a more firm set. This recipe was adapted from Autumn Makes and Does, who combined a recipe from Christine Ferber of "Mes Confitures" and technique from Mrs. Wheelbarrow. Ferber, while she makes a beautiful jam, does not follow USDA processing guidelines, while Cathy from Mrs. Wheelbarrow does. I followed Autumn's procedure below and so far, so good.
- 1 2/3 pounds sweet cherries
- 1 pound raspberries (or as many of each as you have, as long as the fruit equals 2 2/3 pounds)
- 3 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 ounce bourbon
- Wash and pit your cherries, wash your raspberries and put all finished fruit into a non-reactive pot (I use a Le Creuset dutch oven).
- Add your sugar and your lemon juice to the dutch oven, stir until all the fruit is coated. Leave the fruit at room temperature for an hour, allowing the fruit to macerate a bit.
- Now, place the dutch oven over medium heat. Stir along the way, you want all the sugar to dissolve. Once dissolved, stir the fruit mixture less, never letting it come above a simmer.
- Take the pot off the heat, cool it down to room temperature and put it in the fridge overnight.
- The next day, strain the cherries from the juice. Set the cherries aside and boil the juice all by itself.
- Boil the juice for 5 minutes, then return the cherries to the juice, bring it all back up to a boil for 5 minutes or so.
- Take the mixture off the heat and test for the set in any way you usually do, whether it be by temperature, or as I do, putting a teaspoon of the preserves on a plate that has been in the freezer for a bit. If the mixture stays when you push it with your finger, you have a decent set.
- If for some reason you don't like the set, you can return the mixture to the heat for another two minutes and then test again.
- Once you're happy with your set, stir in your bourbon (off the heat), and let the jam cool down for five minutes.
- I, like Autumn, processed the preserves in a water bath canner for 10 minutes, but I will note, as she did, it is not in the recommendation of the original recipe. You can freeze it, or it keeps well for a couple of weeks in the fridge as well.
Quickly, because this post has already gone on forever. It's late July in New England, that means my rush to preserve summer berries is on, and in some case has already gotten the better of me at this point. I'm canning and freezing like a madwoman. I'll share some of my favorite ways to hang onto berries in our next post this week.
Our backyard patch is already offering up a lot of cherry and grape tomatoes, herbs, green beans, cucumbers and jalapenos. I'll be pickling some of the cucumbers, and the green beans, well my husband like to eat them right off the stalk. However, if you're already feeling the pinch of a lot of tomatoes, I suggest the following two recipes (one of which will use up some of your herbs as well):
Baked Cherry Tomato Pasta
Angel Hair with Grape Tomatoes, Garlic, and Sausage
Since our garden is starting to give us a lot to use, my purchases at the farmers' market tend to go down. I spent only $10 this week on:
- Head of lettuce $2
- Two green bell peppers $3
- 1.5 pounds of red potatoes $3.50
- 4 ears of corn $1.50
What's coming out of your gardens or your farmers' markets this week? Let me know what you're making with it all!


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lindaj1 posted a topic in Pastry & BakingIs there any recipe from the modernist universe or any other galaxy to make ketogenic (low carb) puff pastry and strudel type doughs? Unusual ingredients OK. There must be a way...
At what temperature does fat render out of meat?
haresfur posted a topic in CookingI got to thinking after the disgusting job of separating globs of fat from sous vide short ribs and debating never doing them that way again. If the fat renders out in a braise, but not in the sous vide, what temperature would you need to turn the fat liquid to get rid of it? Is it below well-done or do you really have to cook the shit out of it? Is it just temperature or a time&temperature thing? Along those lines, what happens with marbled, tender cuts? where is the sweet spot between solid fat and something more palatable?
Salt & sous vide
TdeV posted a topic in CookingI'm thinking that one isn't supposed to add salt to meat which is about to be sous-vided. I have no idea from whence the idea came, nor whether it's correct. Also I'm thinking that raw onion is ok in the sous vide bag, but not raw garlic (because it imparts a harsh flavour). Either of these impressions have value?
How to prepare "solid" tomato water foam?
Fabio posted a topic in CookingLast year I had dinner at Belcanto in Lisbon and one of the dishes featured a "tomato water snow" or "tomato water cloud" (translated from the original Portuguese: "Nuvem/neve de agua de tomate") that I'm trying to replicate without success. Imagine a thick and solid foam of tomato water that immediately liquefies when you put in your mouth. The cloud was atop smoked fish and olive oil was drizzled over it. I whipped a mixture of tomato water and albumin powder (2 tsp albumin, 2tbsp tomato water) along with a pinch of cream of tartar, getting to the stiff peaks point after some effort. Trying to dehidrate the foam even as low as 150F didn't work; the foam collapsed. I then tried the savory meringue approach with some sugar and salt. The result was indeed a meringue that tasted like tomato but completely different from what I had at Belcanto. What am I missing? I've attached a photo of the dish so you can see what the cloud looks like. Thanks!
Modernist Bread
gibbs posted a topic in Cookbooks & ReferencesWith Modernist Cuisine I waited a couple of years and ended up with a copy from the 6th printing run the advantage of this was that all errors picked up in the erratta had been corrected in the print copy. I am looking to get modernist bread soon and wondered if someone had purchased it recently to check or if someone knew of hand if they have printed any additional corrected runs
ProfessionalHobbit posted a topic in California: DiningI had completely forgotten about our dinner there in December. Anyone who is a serious eater here on eGullet needs to come here soon. Highly recommended. @MetsFan5 - here is one place you might love over Gary Danko. You too @rancho_gordo. I'll let the pix speak for themselves... Horchata - Koshihikari rice, almonds, black cardamom, cinnamon. Scallop chicharrón, scallop ceviche, crème fraîche. Jicama empanada, shiso, pumpkin, salmon roe. Smoked mushroom taco with pickled wild mushrooms. Dungeness crab tostada, sour orange segments, sour orange-habanero salsa, Castelfranco radicchio, tarragon. Pineapple guava sorbet Fuyu persimmon, habanero honey, tarragon Tasmanian trout ceviche, dashi, Granny Smith apple Aguachile, parsnip, red bell pepper Black bean tamales steamed in banana leaves, with salsa on the side Smoked squab broth, pomegranate seeds, cilantro flowers Tres frijoles with sturgeon caviar, shallots and edible gold leaf Black cod, salsa verde, green grapes Wagyu beef, pickled onion Smoked squab breast served with spiced cranberry sauce, quince simmered in cranberry juice, pickled Japanese turnips and charred scallion, and sourdough flour tortillas Yes, it's the same squab from which the broth was made. And now the desserts: Foie gras churro, with foie gras mousse, cinnamon sugar, served with hot milk chocolate infused with cinnamon, Lustau sherry and coffee. By the time I remembered to take a pic, I'd eaten half of the churro. Dunk the churro into the chocolate. Dulce de leche spooned atop pear sorbet with chunks of Asian pear, macadamia nut butter Pecan ice cream, candied pecans, shortbread cookie, apples, clarified butter The cookie was on top of the apples. Break the cookie and spoon everything over. Cherry extract digestif, vermouth, sweet Mexican lime We'll definitely return. I'm an instant fan. Prepaid tix were $230 per person, plus there were additional charges due to wine pairings. It's worth every cent you'll spend. Californios 3115 22nd Street (South Van Ness) Mission District
sous vide beans and pulses. What's the best temperature?
benjamin163 posted a topic in CookingHello, I love cooking my pulses and beans and have used a pressure cooker, slow cooker and top stove to do so. However, the results often vary due to my carelessness. I enjoy the results of sous vide and wonder whether cooking beans and pulses sous vide would make them deliciously tender without falling apart and going mushy. I have looked up a few recipes but the temperatures vary enormously. I'm wondering if there's a more scientific approach. Like, at what temperature do the walls of a pulse break down without breaking apart? And does the amount of water the pulses are steeped in matter? I'm gathering that pre-soaking is no longer the necessity it once seemed. So I'd love an understanding of the optimum temperature to get fluffy, unctuous beans without the mush. Any help or opinions greatly received.
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SEOUL, South Korea – Top U.S. and South Korean defense officials met Friday for talks expected to focus on heightened tensions over North Korea's nuclear and missile threats. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak called the North a "stumbling block" to world peace and security.
Defense Undersecretary Michele Flournoy's trip to Seoul came as the U.S. sought international support for aggressively enforcing a U.N. sanctions resolution aimed at punishing Pyongyang for its second nuclear test last month.
North Korea has in response escalated threats of war, with a slew of harsh rhetoric including warnings that it would unleash a "fire shower of nuclear retaliation" and "wipe out the (U.S.) agressors" in the event of a conflict.
On Thursday, the communist regime organized a massive anti-American rally in Pyongyang where some 100,000 participants vowed to "crush" the U.S. One senior speaker told the crowd that the North will respond to any sanctions or U.S. provocations with "an annihilating blow."
That was seen as a pointed threat as an American destroyer shadowed a North Korean freighter sailing off China's coast, possibly with banned goods on board. The North Korean-flagged ship, Kang Nam 1, is the first to be tracked under the U.N. resolution.
Flournoy's Asia trip, which already took her to Beijing and Tokyo, also followed signs that North Korea is gearing up to test-fire short- or medium-range missiles in violation of the U.N. resolution. Pyongyang has issued a no-sail zone in waters off its east coast, effective from Thursday through July 10.
Details of Flournoy's talks with South Korea's Defense Minister Lee Sang-hee were not immediately available. She made no comments to reporters upon arrival at the Defense Ministry for the meeting.
President Lee criticized the North for "threatening compatriots with nuclear weapons and missiles." The regime is a "stumbling block to world peace and security," Lee said in a speech read by one of his aides at a ceremony marking the death of a renowned independence fighter.
It is not clear what was on board the North Korean freighter, but officials have mentioned artillery and other conventional weaponry. One intelligence expert suspected missiles.
The U.S. and its allies have made no decision on whether to request inspection of the ship, Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said Wednesday in Washington, but North Korea has said it would consider any interception an act of war.
If permission for inspection is refused, the ship must dock at a port of its choosing so local authorities can check its cargo. Vessels suspected of carrying banned goods must not be offered bunkering services at port, such as fuel, the resolution says.
A senior U.S. defense official said the ship had cleared the Taiwan Strait. He said he didn't know whether or when the Kang Nam may need to stop in some port to refuel, but that the Kang Nam has in the past stopped in Hong Kong's port.
Another U.S. defense official said he tended to doubt reports that the Kang Nam was carrying nuclear-related equipment, saying information seems to indicate the cargo is banned conventional munitions. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity in order to talk about intelligence.
North Korea is suspected to have transported banned goods to Myanmar before on the Kang Nam, said Bertil Lintner, a Bangkok-based North Korea expert who has written a book about leader Kim Jong Il.


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Greenville Road Warriors 3 @ Florida Everblades 2
F Alex Hutchings [7], FLA: 0-1-1, E, 3 SOG, 2 PIM (boarding)
Season totals: 6 GP, 0-5-5, -1, 2 PIM
D Charles Landry [8], FLA: 0-1-1, E, 0 SOG, 0 PIM
Season totals: 6 GP, 0-3-3, -1, 6 PIM
F Maxime Langelier-Parent [9], FLA: Did not play
Season totals: 1 GP, 1-0-1, -1, 2 SOG, 0 PIM
(Syracuse Crunch contract)
D Daniel Milan [10], FLA: Did not play
Season totals: 2 GP, 0-0-0, -2, 0 SOG, 0 PIM
G Pat Nagle [11], FLA: Did not play
Season totals: 4 GP, 2-0-1, 0 SO, 3.30 GAA, 100 S / 112 SA (.893 SV%)
For the second night in a row, Florida spotted their opponent an early two-goal lead before battling back to tie the game in the second period. However, the Everblades came up short against the Road Warriors on Saturday. Greenville played a strong road game, staying disciplined (the Road Warriors gave a 'Blades squad that had averaged roughly six power play opportunities coming into the match just two chances) and countered surges by Florida with effective shifts of their own to help turn momentum. Florida was narrowly outshot (34-32) for the first time since the 8-2 drubbing at the hands of the Orlando Solar Bears last weekend. Carolina goalie prospect John Muse took the loss for Florida, but turned in a solid 31-save performance. Justin Shugg and Corey Trivino scored for the Everblades, the second in as many nights for both Florida forwards. Alex Hutchings and Charles Landry, who figured in the scoring with helpers, were the only Lightning prospects in action as Pat Nagle rested after playing last night and Daniel Milan was scratched yet again due to injury. Hutchings extended his scoring streak to three games and Landry notched his assist on the power play. Florida (3-2-2) is next in action this upcoming Friday night when the Everblades head to Greenville to square off against the Road Warriors (3-3-0) again.
Official Recap [12] | Box Score [13]
San Francisco Bulls 2 @ Alaska Aces 5
F Nate Thompson [14], AK: 0-3-3, +2, 1 SOG, 2 PIM (unsportsmanlike conduct)
Season totals: 6 GP, 0-5-5, E, 10 PIM
That Alaska led San Francisco for all but 31 seconds of the entire game on Saturday night was due in large part to the contributions of the dynamic duo that was Brandon Dubinsky (3 G, 1 A, 8 SOG) and Nate Thompson, who had the primary assists on all of Dubinsky's goals. It was the best showing, statistically, so far this season for both locked-out NHL forwards. Defenseman Chris Haltigin also had a strong offensive game for Alaska, scoring what proved to be the game-winner on the power play, an assist on a late insurance marker and registering five shots on net. The Aces (4-2-0) and Bulls (2-3-2) meet again Sunday in Anchorage to complete their three-game set.
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Kiki van Eijk
Co-EVOLUTION Book | selection 3
Kiki van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk
The book contains a chronological description and imagination of the twelve-year oeuvre of the two leading designers Kiki van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk. It examines their different design methodologies and artistic principles that have clearly developed over the years, unconsciously influenced by one another.
The personal approach offers the reader a glimpse inside the design world of Kiki and Joost. A world with love for concept development, research, crafts and developing innovative technologies.
The book is designed by AB/C Anthon Beeke Collective, Mariola López Mariño, in collaboration with Lidewij Edelkoort.
The book is published by Lecturis, for the occasion of the overview exhibition ''co-evolution'' of Joost and Kiki at Het Noordbrabants Museum the Netherlands, 25 May - 18 August 2013.
The exhibition and the book highlight the first 12 years of the careers of Joost van Bleiswijk and Kiki van Eijk with wonderful images of their work, but also personal narratives and inspirations.


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By Matthew Heimer
Like most of the industrialized world, the U.S. is grappling painfully with the financial impact of an aging baby-boom generation. (Can we really afford to keep paying for Medicare and Social Security in their current form? Can we make the financial markets safe enough to protect private nest eggs?) In a bracing essay this week on the website of the international affairs magazine The Diplomat, Mark Frazier argues that China—a country that currently has almost as many retirement-age people, 185 million, as the U.S. has adults—will soon be entangled in the same kinds of questions, in ways that could have ripple effects for investors worldwide.
Frazier, a professor at the New School for Social Research, points out that the most recent Chinese leadership regime expanded pensions enormously; by 2011, public pensions were the single biggest expenditure of China's central government, with spending having more than doubled over the previous five years. Such pensions cover only about half the population, but political pressure to expand them is strong, and a 2010 law is likely to steer the country even more firmly toward universal pension and medical coverage.
What's more, China's traditional retirement age is lower than America's – at 60 for men, and 5 to 10 years younger for women, it's positively French – which means that, in theory, China's entitlement programs will have to cover more people for a longer period. One bank report cited by Frazier estimates that China's unfunded pension liabilities will reach 38.7% of GDP in 20 years. (Not that Americans have anything to boast about on that score: by the same kind of accounting, our unfunded Social Security liabilities already top 100% of GDP.)
Chinese reformers have been considering policy changes, including eliminating the country's one-child policy to ensure a stronger flow of future workers and raising the retirement age. (The latter is a difficult task, Frazier notes wryly: "It turns out, not wanting to work longer is a widely held preference.") But the more likely outcome, Frazier writes, is that Chinese consumers will have to save more, or pay higher taxes, or both in order to support their pension system.
Why does this matter to Joe 401(k) Accountholder? Because as economic growth has slowed in the U.S. and Europe, more multinational companies, from Coach and Diageo to Apple and General Motors, have been betting on "emerging markets" consumers – all over the developing world, but especially in China—to help them keep their earnings and their stock prices growing. The evolving pension landscape could put a permanent damper on the speedy economic growth that many investors have come to expect from China, leaving retirement savers to look elsewhere for gains in their portfolios.


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A Chicago police officer shot during an exchange of gunfire with a man in the South Chicago neighborhood last year was among a group of officers honored at the White House today.
Del Pearson, a South Chicago District tactical officer when he was wounded last year, is among almost 50 officers from around the country being honored this weekend by the National Association of Police Organizations as part of its TOP COPS Awards program. Officers are nominated for the award by fellow police officers.
President Barack Obama gave a speech at the White House today praising the officers, and said that although policing is the officers' job, more than that, "It's about who they are, what they're made of."
"These officers represent the best of us and they deserve the best from us," Obama said, according to a transcript released by the White House. "And that begins with being thankful to them not just today, but for the rest of their lives and recognizing the sacrifices not only they make, but their parents and spouses and kids who watch their loved ones go off and serve every day, knowing that there's real danger out there."
Pearson was shot after he responded to a "juvenile disturbance" in the 8400 block of South Kingston Avenue about 10:45 p.m. on March 19, 2012 and found four people initially suspected of violating curfew, police have said.
Paris Sadler, now 21, has been charged with attempted murder in the shooting. Police say Sadler ran away and Pearson gave chase. The two ended up in a front yard when Sadler opened fire, striking Pearson -- who also fired -- in the chest, police said.
Sadler was arrested at his home soon after, and remains in Cook County Jail, held without bail and awaiting trial. His next hearing is set for Wednesday.


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In South Korea, Search for Ferry Survivors Goes On
Rescuers in South Korea worked into the night on Wednesday to rescue passengers believed to be stuck in a ferry that sunk earlier in the day. Most of the missing passengers are high school students who were on a spring vacation.
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AMHERST, Mass. – Biophysicist Nikhil S. Malvankar, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has received a coveted five-year, $500,000 career award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) to assist him in moving from advanced postdoctoral training into a faculty position.
Malvankar, the first UMass Amherst scientist to receive this award, works with physicist Mark Tuominen and microbiologist Derek Lovley. He plans to develop new, physics-based nanometer-resolution tools to guide treatment of diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria and to improve understanding of how human and bacterial cells interact.
Malvankar, Tuominen and Lovley recently discovered a new form of biological electron transport in which protein filaments, also known as pili or microbial nanowires, exhibit a metallic-like conductivity similar to the conductivity of synthetic organic conducting polymers. Before Malvankar's findings, it was universally believed that metallic-like conductivity was impossible in biological systems.
With this award, Malvankar will focus on pili and biofilms of disease-producing bacteria. As he explains, "Biofilms account for over 80 percent of microbial infections in the body. We are developing new tools that have nanometer-resolution to visualize electrical charges involved in disease-causing bacteria. Once we understand more about how the process works, these generic tools can be applied to develop new treatment approaches to many different bacterial diseases."
At present, Malvankar says, "Static and dynamic charges are involved in many bacterial infections but right now there is no imaging technique that can monitor their effects. By using scanning probe microscopy combined with microelectrodes under physiological conditions, we can study these processes mechanistically at the molecular level as well as at the cellular level."
Lovley says "Nikhil is highly deserving of this very selective and prestigious award. His innovative biophysical studies are making important fundamental contributions to the understanding of basic biological phenomena and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund career award offers him the opportunity to develop a new field of inquiry in pathogenic microbiology."
Tuominen adds, "Nikhil has made highly significant discoveries in the science of electron transport in microbial protein nanofilaments. He is a proven leader who uniquely combines his knowledge of physics and biology to advance biophysics. The well-deserved Burroughs Wellcome Fund award will enable Nikhil to make exciting innovations in an emerging research area."
John Burris, president of BWF, the private foundation dedicated to advancing biomedical research, says, "This funding supports individual scientists poised to become leaders in their fields. These awards are highly competitive and we look forward to seeing great things happen."


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We have some good news for those of you who are AT&T customers as it appears the carrier is rolling back upgrade eligibility dates for early adopters of last years iPhone 3GS. I have been keeping an eye on my upgrade date online for the past two weeks waiting for it to change from 11/20 with no luck just yet but a MobileCrunch reader has noticed a change to their account.
"Not sure if anyone [..] has noticed this same thing, but my Upgrade Eligibility date on my AT&T account switched from 11/21 to 6/21 in the last day or so. I bought a 3GS on launch day last year, and my upgrade date read 11/21 since then. A few other folks in my office have noticed the same changes happening to their accounts as well."
Could Monday June 21st be the actual release date of the next iPhone? We are leaning towards no considering his original update was 11/21 while mine is 11/20 and based off that assumption, my upgrade date should change to 6/20 which falls on a Sunday. All of the speculation will come to an end at WWDC in the beginning of June. Until then, check your accounts to see if any changes have been made and let us know in the comments below!


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Welcome to my blog and the place where I will post my photos and musings from my life as an ultrarunner. My nickname "Shining" was given to me by a group of very special students after I finished my first 100-miler, the Massanutten Mountain Trails 100. They were the inspiration that enabled me to finish this awesome race, and I try to live each day with a "shining" attitude!
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Sunset, Sunrise, Sunset:: Grindstone 100, 2008
Elliott's Knob (mile 9) from the valley near Swoope, VA. Click on the photo for larger.
In 2006, after finishing Western States, I told my husband and ultra friends that I was done with 100s---after two finishes (MMT and WS), I just couldn't find the bliss from pounding the trail for 29+ hours. My body seemed to prefer the "shorter" distances---40 mile to 100K-- and didn't rebel in the same way as it had in 100s. In early 2008, however, a new 100--the Grindstone 100--was announced and would be held on tough mountain trails just 45 minutes from my home. Clark Zealand, with help from David Horton, was going to direct this beast with 23,000 feet of climb. It would start at 6:00pm on Friday, October 3, a start time my sleep cycle preferred and with cool fall weather to boot. I could train on the course all summer (while I was on summer vacation from my teaching job), and taper once school started again. Hmmmm...all the planets seemed to align for this race, so when my husband told me to go for it, I did.
As regular readers of this blog can attest, I have spent the last 15 weeks meticulously training for Gstone. I wanted to be as physically and mentally prepared as possible so I could accept the outcome knowing that I did everything in my power to have a great race. More importantly, I wanted to learn from all my previous ultra "mistakes" to see if I could put together the perfect 100 mile race-- for me.
Here are the top-10 goals that I created for my Gstone race:
1. Start slowly and move my way up the field while keeping my heart rate low;
2. Eat and drink every 10-15 minutes;
3. Pay attention to hot spots on my feet as soon as possible;
4. Take caffeine and power nap when sleepy;
5. Focus on positive self talk and use the mantra, "Make Every Moment Count";
6. Use a three week taper after getting mileage up to 75-80 mpw;
7. Train on the course and visualize running 100-miler pace
8. Spend many training miles climbing and descending to condition my legs;
9. Spend training miles on tempo runs and long intervals for leg turnover;
10.Enjoy the entire experience--the training, the event, the friends, the challenge.
Short version: I was 59 out of 74 runners at the first AS (mile 5) and worked my way to 25th overall, 6th woman, 1st master with my fastest 100 miler time, 28:32. Kerry Owens, my good friend and fellow Master, was between 5-20 minutes ahead of me during the second 50, but I couldn't muster the energy or motivation to catch her. Instead, I chose (wisely, it turned out) to spend 10-15 minutes at each AS in the second half to drink chicken noodle soup, eat scrambled eggs (thanks, J.B.!), and lube my worn feet, so I lost time---but in the end, these "moments" all paid off. My conservative pace allowed me to feel great all night, day, and night with the exception of a bout of sleepiness in the mid-afternoon and nausea in the last 4 miles when Mike Mason (my awesome, awesome pacer) cracked the whip to get me in under 28:00. As I was well under my dream goal of being under 29:15, I was content to walk in the last three miles in order to prevent a nasty episode of nausea at the finish line. Mission accomplished!
(photo at right by Clark Zealand at the Gstone finish line totem pole)
I will be posting a longer report, with pre-race photos and links to more video and photos, later this week after I rest up and clear my thoughts. What do know for sure: My training paid off in spades, as Grindstone was the certainly toughest 100 of the three that I have attempted because of the 23,000 feet of climb, and because it is all runnable (except when you are climbing, and the climbs are relentless, long and come at you throughout the event); watching the sunrise while atop Reddish Knob at mile 50 was a moment I will never forget and will be hard to match by another event; and that I have a group of family members and friends whose support throughout the training and the race meant the world to me.
Thanks, everyone, for your emails, calls, and comments. More later!
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- Kiry said...
Congrats on a great race Sophie. I know how hard you trained. Good work my friend! I am proud of you!
- October 6, 2008 at 12:36 PM
- Sophie Speidel said...
Thanks, sweetie. It was soooooo nice to see your hubby at TWOT parking---I had been thinking about him as I was coming down Little Bald, remembering how he always blasts by me on that section and then... POOF! there he was at the AS. He was so encouraging and kept me very pumped for the next section. Give him a big squeeze for me :-) Thanks for all your support over these months. It was a phenomenal event and I am enjoying the glow. See you at PH? xoxoxxo
- October 6, 2008 at 1:26 PM
- meredith said...
Yea!!! Congratulations. I am so excited for you! Recover well. mer
- October 6, 2008 at 6:29 PM
- Sabrina said...
Congratulations, Sophie! You were AWESOME. And good luck in your training for Hellgate!
- October 7, 2008 at 2:52 PM
- WVmtnrunr said...
Great race this past weekend. You looked strong the entire time! Great race on a great course.
-- Adam
- October 8, 2008 at 8:32 AM
- Bedrock said...
Great job Sophie - I knew you would do great. Look forward to reading the full report when you get it posted. Hope you recover well. Congrats again.
- October 8, 2008 at 9:31 PM


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A 10-second warning before Sunday's magnitude-6.0 earthquake in Napa Valley has officials asking to expand the program throughout the West Coast.
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Why TV sucks: Part nine
The commercial is for Go Daddy, a web hosting company, which apparently has been criticized before for its sexual commercials. The following is the version that I saw on TV.
The above version prompted me to look online to "see what happens next." This is what I found (probably NSFW).
Now I admit, I am a harsh critic of most advertising. But even the casual viewer should be able to determine the absurdity of this commercial. The overt sexuality, even in the abridged TV version, has no connection to the services offered by the company. In fact, after viewing this commercial two or three times on TV, I still wasn't able to say exactly what Go Daddy was. I have a huge personal problem with advertisements that do not even attempt to focus on the product/service they are promoting. Isn't that the whole point of advertising? I know people will say that "sex sells," but what exactly is it selling if we're too distracted by the sex to know anything about the product? Either way, exploiting women's bodies and their sexualities to sell web hosting is unacceptable. Period.
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Exploit? Honestly? Wow.
Were the women paid? Yes.
Did they agree to do this for money? Yes.
Were they forcibly coerced into a commercial? No.
Were they exploited? No.
- June 19, 2009 at 4:50 PM
- Amelia said...
I said nothing in the post about coercion. That would be another problem all together. Even if the woman in this ad made a conscious choice to participate, it doesn't mean that the company responsible for the ad did not exploit her. They did, IMO, because they asked her to behave in a sexual way that is absolutely unrelated to the product they are promoting. That's selfish on their part, and problematic in that it contributes to the larger scheme of objectifying women (by turning them into sex objects) to sell every type of product imaginable.
Your conflation of coercion with exploitation is problematic and resulted in an incorrect reading of this post.
- June 19, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Totally agree with you, Amelia. These ads are definitely exploitative. Using female bodies to sell products is incredibly problematic and harmful. They are essentially selling her body to sell the product. It's misleading, manipulative, and it helps maintain a culture in which women are valued solely for their bodies, as objects rather than as full human beings. Women become decorations, ornaments on shiny objects like cars. Women become the pretty packaging in which your new purchase is wrapped up. It's sad.
Trolls, it seems, have more success with anonymity than logic.
- June 19, 2009 at 9:33 PM
- Amelia said...
haha! Love your last line, Vetiver! How true.
- June 19, 2009 at 9:39 PM
Nice!! I could watch that all day! sexy!
- June 19, 2009 at 9:56 PM
- Amelia said...
The fact that that appeals to you, Anonymous #2, is lovely. But it seems as if you missed the point of it - it's an advertisement...and it's not advertising something meant for your sexual gratification. So...advertising fail.
- June 19, 2009 at 10:24 PM
This set of commercials are a prime example of 2 different concepts at work.
The first comes from a victim of GoDaddy.com's success with their Superbowl Commercials. In the case of this set, this was supposed to be the edgy yet ironic (with the over-the-top auditioning by the cop and Danica's reactions to it) commercial followed to its "logical" conclusion. Unfortunately, this is a case where the punchline is lost because no one knows what the joke was supposed to be in the first place.
The second concept goes to the very heart of why this commercial was made. These commercials were designed to get people talking about GoDaddy.com. It doesn't really matter what the subject matter at hand is being discussed; the mentioning of GoDaddy.com, however, is the only part that is important. The fact that they push the edge of "sex sells" is irrelevant to marketing at the end of it all; the specific advertising will be forgotten with the passage of time, but the name of GoDaddy.com will live on with each mention. These commercials are their primary weapon of choice to get the name cemented into the heads of the viewers. So while their immediate publicity may be slightly negative, the objective is to be remembered down the road for future passing mentions for whatever reason.
This is also marketing taken to its "logical" conclusion. The name being spoken (and remembered) is the only important thing here. And in that regard, this commercial was a success.
- June 20, 2009 at 4:17 AM
Point is, she knew the terms, and agreed to them.
It's not really exploitation if the "exploited" has no issue with the material and is duly compensated for performing it.
That said, it's a little telling when some feminists complain that ads like this don't feature fat, unattractive women.
I hate to trump out the old "unattractive feminist bothered by attractive woman" line, but, if the shoe fits...
I just notice a lot of fighting against "objectification of women", and a lot of enjoyment of objectification of men.
In almost any situation where a man might find a woman physically attracted, I see feminists having a problem with that. As if you really hate the very idea that a man might look at a woman and enjoy her appearance.
- June 20, 2009 at 8:07 AM
- Amelia said...
@heavyarmor: I was actually thinking about your second point as I wrote this post, that name recognition and discussion are important. But I still have a problem with settling for that because, isn't the ultimate bottom line supposed to be selling one's good/service? And if people are talking about Go Daddy's commercials, but no one is talking about Go Daddy's services, isn't it self-defeating? I don't know. Maybe the one leads to the other, but I know there has to be other, more efficient ways to advertise a product than by objectifying women. Hmm.
Half of what you said was irrelevant to this particular post and consisted of generalizations that do not apply to me as a person or a feminist. So, frankly, you're lucky you got through moderation.
It's not really exploitation if the "exploited" has no issue with the material and is duly compensated for performing it.
Again, that is more about coercion than exploitation. This company is selfishly using the idea of female sexuality to sell a product completely unrelated to such sexuality. That is exploitation.
I just notice a lot of fighting against "objectification of women", and a lot of enjoyment of objectification of men.
Oh really? Well, I'm pretty sure you're not seeing the "enjoyment of the objectification of men" here at this blog. So you can take that concern elsewhere.
In almost any situation where a man might find a woman physically attracted, I see feminists having a problem with that. As if you really hate the very idea that a man might look at a woman and enjoy her appearance.
See, I personally find nothing wrong with people of any gender finding women physically attractive. But that is something that, I strongly believe, needs to be left to the realm of personal interactions. Using it to sell products is, as I have stated before, objectifying and exploitative.
- June 20, 2009 at 12:52 PM
- lindsay said...
I find this to be exploitation of women for a male gaze. Again, female sexuality is performed for men (the intended audience) and in a style that's common in strip clubs and porn videos.
In almost any situation where a man might find a woman physically attracted, I see feminists having a problem with that. As if you really hate the very idea that a man might look at a woman and enjoy her appearance.
I hate the idea that some men look at women only for their appearance, not for any of the other qualities that make up a human being.
- June 20, 2009 at 1:07 PM
- Allyson said...
I recently purchased a domain name and hosting service for the website I'm creating for the company I'm launching. When I was deciding which company to purchase hosting service from, I rejected GoDaddy.com outright because of their disgusting, sexist ads. They will NEVER get my business.
- June 20, 2009 at 2:10 PM
In the modern world of advertising, especially in a field as ubiquitous as web-hosting, the first company that can etch themselves into the minds of the general public, regardless of specific services offered, is the winner. The reason is because there are a large number of companies that offer the same thing, and one thing to notice with ads is that the larger the pool of competitors, the more likely this kind of advertising will appear.
GoDaddy.com has decided to go with the edgy, sexy route of advertising their name. In other words, the same route usually associated with alcoholic beverages (namely beer). However ill-served the ads may be, the goal is not to sell a service as much as it is to establish long-term brand awareness.
Also, understand that marketing does not necessarily follow any kind of real-world logic in the US. The same environment in the development of television and Hollywood film is present in the creation of commercials (often owned by the same entities); As such, the same stereotypes, the same bigotry, the same objectification, and the same chauvinism can be found throughout the commercial realm.
- June 20, 2009 at 9:10 PM
- Amelia said...
What you said makes sense. It does. I guess what bothers me is that we have come to a point in American society where this is seen as logical by advertising standards. That it has it's own messed up reasoning. It's still wrong and sometimes thinking about it just boggles my mind.
- June 21, 2009 at 12:14 AM
I hate the idea that some men look at women only for their appearance, not for any of the other qualities that make up a human being.
Well, I hope you never, ever look at a man and think "hmm, he's good looking".
Lest you be a hypocrite.
Funny thing, one can't look at a woman and say "What a brain on that one!"
Humans are visual. Physical attraction is based on physical appearance.
Understand that, accept that, deal with that.
- June 21, 2009 at 1:50 AM
- Amelia said...
Although I personally understand that physical attraction has its place, and as sexual beings, it is a natural for many of us to be physically attracted to others, I do think it is problematic when people put physicality above all aspects of humanity. It is especially problematic in a patriarchal society such as the one in America, that seeks out any excuse to treat women as objects (and often uses their sexuality to do so more easily).
- June 21, 2009 at 2:23 AM
- lindsay said...
Amelia's right on when she says that it's problematic when people put physicality above all other aspects of a person. The commercial does this - it only focuses on the woman's sexuality. It's not using her intellect, humor, her skill at being a police officer (made clear by still giving the speeding ticket anyway), it's using her body and a straight male desire for that body.
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Usmanov's Red and White Holdings owns 29.9 per cent of Arsenal, with American businessman Stan Kroenke boasting a 66.7 per cent share of the Premier League club.
The direction of the Gunners has recently been called into question, in particular their transfer policy, after a failure to lift silverware.
Usmanov would like to have more power at Arsenal but stressed he would be reluctant to interfere in matters that are not his speciality.
The Uzbek billionaire told CNBC: "It is my dream to have a controlling stake of Arsenal. I would never instruct the chief executive, and I would ask if they need my help.
"If I had a big stake in Arsenal of course I would have my opinion of what we must do, for example on the commercial side.
"I think there are also many questions about the management of Arsenal's commercial activity. We will see and we will wait. Maybe one day I will wake up and have control of Arsenal."
Usmanov was quizzed on the sale of Robin van Persie to Manchester United in the summer, with the Dutchman the latest star name to leave North London in recent years.
He said: "This decision [to let Van Persie leave] is a mistake, but Wenger explained that Robin wanted to go to win trophies."
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Posted on 06. Feb, 2013 by John Rivers.
Supplements can be a great help to a healthier life and exercise. This is definitely true when you are strength training or dieting and exercising.
I have learned a great deal and am learning things everyday about supplements and how they help the body. The definition for Supplement is "Something that completes or enhances something else when added to it." And as we diet and exercise our bodies need that extra help or boost to perform and work better. Because there are so many different type of supplements, I just want to talk about two type right now and that's Pre and Post Workout supplements.
Basic and Situational Supplements
Supplements can be broken down into two types, basic and situational. The basic supplements would be the ones you take on a regular basis. The situational supplements are the ones taken in accordance to whatever you are doing.
Two of the most used supplements when exercising are creatine and the 4 parts carbohydrate to one part protein recovery formulations. You would not use these on a daily basis, but when the situation arrives. Creatine Monohydrate is used when training hard and trying to build muscle and strength. If that is not your goal then you would be wasting your time and money along with it interfering with your diet because it encourages your body to retain water to increase cell growth. The recovery formulas are only for when your glycogen stores have been used up which takes hard exercise or starvation in order to do. No one eating a good diet and exercising 30 minutes or less a day would ever need a recovery formula. The truth of the matter is it would be a bad idea because of the added calories. But if you are training hard, eating a lean, low calorie diet, and using up the body's glycogen stores the recovery formula is a life saver.
Your basics are the things you need everyday, like food. That's why Shakeology is such a vital part of our everyday life. It is a no brainer when it comes to meal replacements and giving your body what it needs on a daily basis. Shakeology supplies your body with the proper nutrients,vitamins and superfoods that we could not get from just eating regular food. Even the best foods money could buy.
There are other types of situational supplements out there but I will only talk about the ones we use personally.
Results and Recovery Formula – Post-Workout Supplement
When Beth and I where going through the Insanity workout we used the P90X Results and Recovery Formula. This is one of those situational supplements we used after each workout. Because of the intense nature of the Insanity workout our glycogen stores were thoroughly depleted after each workout. We could have done nothing and been ok, but by drinking the Results and Recovery Formula we were able to replenish our glycogen stores, ward of soreness, help to repair our muscles and feed the body what it needed at the right time. Plus it tastes good. So if you are doing P90X or P90X2, any of the Insanity workouts, TurboFire, Chalene Extreme, etc. I recommend the Beachbody Results and Recovery Formula.
Energy and Endurance Formula – Pre-Workout Supplement
Another situational supplement we used was E & E which is Beachbody's Energy and Endurance Pre-Workout Formula. We didn't use this while we were doing the Insanity workout but I wish we would have. We didn't know about this until we started the P90X/Insanity Hybrid. Well, I had the chance to try some and OH MY!! It is named appropriately. E & E is a natural caffeine based product that gives you the "Energy and Endurance" to get through programs like P90X, Insanity, TurboFire and the like. You take it 15-20 minutes before your workout and before you know it all rockets are fired and you are ready to go. If you find it hard to get started and maintain your stamina through a workout, give Energy and Endurance a try. A perfect addition to the Results and Recovery Formula.
Additional Supplements
There are tons of other supplements, basic and situational, out there and I will address some of them in later posts. Questions on what type of whey protein to use, the best creatine, nutritional supplements, herbal supplements. It is endless. Above all, besides using your supplements, the most important thing is that you "Show Up" and "Push Play".


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Controversy has long swirled around the authorship of the screenplay for RKO's Citizen Kane (1941), which brought Oscars to Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles. As the film was being prepared for release, Welles attempted to claim sole credit and acknowledged the contributions of Mankiewicz only after being forced to do so by the Writers Guild. Critic Pauline Kael, in her 1971 The Citizen Kane Book, revived the debate with her carefully detailed argument that it was Mankiewicz who was primarily responsible for the screenplay, from inception of the idea through the shooting script. And just what was the extent of the uncredited contribution of frequent Welles associate John Houseman? Whatever the balance of the collaboration, this much is known: When Mankiewicz and Welles began work on the script, it was titled American, and its central figure was an even more thinly veiled caricature of publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst than appears in the completed film.
Welles' imaginative storytelling style as a director was reinforced by magnificent performances, beginning with his own in the title role, and groundbreaking techniques in photography, editing and sound. But when the film's highly guarded subject matter was at last revealed at previews in February 1941, Hearst reacted with outrage, forcing repeated postponements of Citizen Kane's premiere with threats of libel and refusing to have the film mentioned in any of his newspapers. The movie finally opened on May 1, 1941, to brilliant notices. However, pressure from Hearst and his friends in the film industry kept it out of many theaters, and it proved too sophisticated for small-town audiences. The film closed its first run with a loss of some $150,000. It was only after World War II, when it resurfaced in Europe and then on American television, that Citizen Kane took its rightful place as a cinematic masterpiece.
Citizen Kane won Oscar nominations in eight other categories: Best Picture, Actor (Welles), Director (Welles), Black and White Cinematography, Interior Decoration, Sound Recording, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture and Film Editing. In what now seems an irony, since the film is considered by many the greatest ever made, the screenplay award was its only Oscar;and some audience members at that year's Academy Awards ceremonies, allegedly influenced by Hearst columnist Louella Parsons, booed the announcement of that victory.
Producer/Director: Orson Welles
Screenplay: Herman J. Mankiwiecz, Orson Welles, John Houseman (uncredited)
Art Direction: Van Nest Polglase, Perry Ferguson (associate)
Cinematography: Gregg Toland
Costume Design: Edward Stevenson
Editing: Robert Wise
Original Music: Bernard Herrmann
Principal Cast: Orson Welles (Charles Foster Kane), Joseph Cotton (Jedediah Leland), Dorothy Comingore (Susan Alexander), Agnes Moorehead (Mrs. Mary Kane), Ruth Warrick (Emily Norton Kane), Ray Collins (Boss James "Jim" W. Gettys), Herbert Carter (Everett Sloane)
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cattletype BHV1 gB Ab is specific for antibodies to glycoprotein B of BHV1. A negative population of 579 serum samples and 514 milk samples from BHV1-free herds were tested. All of the samples except one tested negative for the BHV1-specific antibodies, providing a diagnostic specificity of 99.9% (see the figure Specificity of cattletype BHV1 gB Ab).
Sample set A as described in Kramps et al. (2004) was tested with cattletype BHV1 gB Ab. The incubation time was 2 hours. The percentage of inhibition (PI) is indicated.
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Celiac disease is a digestive problem that hurts your small intestine. It stops your body from taking in nutrients from food.
You may have celiac disease if you are sensitive to gluten. Gluten is a kind of protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and sometimes in small amounts in mixed oats.
When you have celiac disease and you eat foods with gluten, your body has a reaction that is not normal. The part of your body that fights disease (the immune system) starts to hurt your small intestine. It attacks the tiny bumps (villi) that line your small intestine.
The villi help your body take in nutrients from food into your bloodstream. Without the villi, your small intestine can't get enough nutrients, no matter how much food you eat.
Celiac disease is genetic. This means it can be passed down from parent to child.
More than 2 million Americans have been diagnosed with celiac disease. Studies show that as many as 1 in every 133 Americans may have it. They may not know they have it.
Celiac disease is more common in people:
Celiac disease is a genetic disease that runs in families. You may have celiac disease and not know it because you don't have any symptoms.
Some things that may make symptoms start to appear are:
Celiac disease affects people in different ways. Some have symptoms as children. Others have symptoms only as adults. Some people have diarrhea and belly (abdominal) pain. Others may feel moody or depressed.
Each person's symptoms may vary. Common signs of celiac disease include:
Celiac disease can be painful. Some common pain symptoms are:
Children who have celiac disease may not grow at a normal rate.
You may have celiac disease but not have any symptoms. That is because the part of your small intestine that is not hurt can still take in enough nutrients. But you may still be at risk for problems of the disease.
Celiac disease symptoms may look like other health problems. Always see your healthcare provider to be sure.
Celiac disease can be hard to diagnose. Its symptoms may look like symptoms of other digestive problems such as:
To see if you have celiac disease, your healthcare provider will look at your past health and do a physical exam. You may also have tests such as:
If you have celiac disease, you must stop eating gluten. Eating gluten will do more damage to your small intestine. Eliminating gluten is the only treatment for this disease. You must not eat gluten for the rest of your life. In most cases, taking gluten out of your diet will stop your symptoms. And, any damage to your intestine will heal. It will also stop any more damage from happening.Removing gluten from your diet can be difficult. This is because gluten can contaminate many foods. It can be found in condiments, salad dressings, and other unexpected places. For this reason, your healthcare provider may refer you to a dietitian who specializes in celiac disease. After you stop eating foods with gluten, your symptoms will likely get better in a few days. Your small intestine should heal completely in 3 to 6 months. Your villi will be back and working again. If you are older, it may take up to 2 years for your body to heal.
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