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If you are a frequent and old reader of Crazyblog (which you would definitely not be), you might have noticed that the quote which I have used in many of my posts…
"The best things in the world are free, or make your pockets free"
However Windows Movie Maker fortunately doesn't belong to latter category.
What the hell Windows Movie Maker (WMM) is:
As the name suggests, Windows Movie Maker is a cool and free utility that allows you to create movies. You can simply say (you can shut your mouth also) that WMM is a video editing software mostly used for creating nice home video e.g.:- Vacation and stuff like that.
Windows Movie Maker is preinstalled on Windows XP and Vista( may be on 98,2000 too) and the version in Windows XP SP2 is much better than that of SP1 as it has multiple transitions and effects which are sufficient for almost everyone.
You need at least 256 MB of RAM for its "good" working.
(I had tried it a 128 MB also… but it results in frequent crashes and video losses)
If you'll "try to try it" for a little more that half an hour, you will learn its controls and working without even glancing (if an ex 13 years (now 15) student + blogger could do it then why not you)
And it's damn' simpler and easier to use than its rivals.
Now I am writing whatever I am typing teach you, or to persuade you (Note: I am not Microsoft's or its nerd honcho's servant to use this not often used utility, but simply because I like this software) to use this not often used utility for non-stereotypical purposes… i.e. video editing of marriages and vacation and shit (stuff word already used) like that.
So what the hell you can do via Windows Movie Maker:
1. Download Songs
2. Make an animation
3. Make a Presentation/ Slideshow
1. Download Songs:
You can download the songs running on your P.C. Via the method I had already mentioned in my
First post.
2. Making an Animation:
This one requires a high patience skill (which I don't possess)
Now what the heck to do:
1. Draw Pictures (I drew on Paint), you can scan the pictures or do whatever so that they are safely in your hard disk.
2. Import these pics. To Windows Movie Maker, from Movie Tasks > Import pictures.
3. Now do the real work, i.e. drag and drop your pics. In order of appearance In the timeline/storyboard view.
4. Animation without sound is better than bullshit… So to put some sound to your animation…switch to the timeline view and Click the mike. Button (Narrate Timeline) and record your sound while the animation runs… such that the sound runs along with the frames. Or if your throat has withered up… and you don't want to waste your precious voice for such stuff… or you just don't have a microphone… then you can import the sound you want to run from Movie Tasks > Import audio or music, and drag it at the Audio/Music in the Timeline View. Be sure to click the sound and reduce/increase its size by dragging it with the red resizers, if your sound is too long for the animation, or your animation is too short for the sound.
5.Now, what the hell;;; save it!!!
P.S. This can be applied to the Stop-motion Videos too.
3. Make a Presentation/ Slideshow:
You can also make a Presentation/Slideshow by importing all the pictures captured by you…
Just like it was done in "Making an Animation".
But for making better slideshows, I suggest you to apply the video transitions between each picture by:
1.Selecting Video Transitions from the drop down menu at the bar below the menu bar (I always forget its name)
2.And then drag and drop the transitions between the pictures in the small boxes in the Storyboard View.
3.Then simply save your stuff.
In a presentation you will need to write your stuff in paint… and then import the pics.
The best thing about making presentations on it is that you can run your presentations/slideshows on a VCD/DVD player.
There may be many other things which can be done via Windows Movie Maker…
It would be great if you will try these things out (and give the credit to me for teaching you how to do it) but it would be greater if you come up with some more things and burp back.
Get lost and start trying.


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Soy-free and Rice-Free Challenge: Gluten-free Quinoa Vegetarian Sushi Recipe with no-soy sauce
I can't lie to you. Dealing with a gluten-free and top 8 allergen free diet plus some can be really tough. Gluten-free doesn't even make me blink, but you start talking soy-free, egg-free, and even rice-free (my latest effort for Baby Yum), and some key dishes start getting to be a real challenge. Take sushi. There is nothing I love more than an avocado sushi roll, dipped in gluten-free soy sauce. But now both the sushi rice and the soy sauce are (temporarily) off the menu, what is a Japanese-food-loving girl to do? Get serious about thinking outside the box! I've been playing with the idea of a quinoa based sushi "rice" for a while now, but the soy sauce had me stumped. Usually I would sprinkle the sushi with sesame seeds and salt for a good soy sauce substitute for my soy-free friends… but right now I'm avoiding sesame seeds! Luckily I was in my local Cupertino Whole Foods the other day and found a miracle staring me right in the face- a bottle of gluten-free and soy-free soy sauce! This miracle potion is called Coconut Secret Raw Amino Acids and is compatible with a gluten-free as well as a raw foods diet. The price tag, unfortunately, is steep. In fact, I think I bought it in a delirious haze of joy and didn't notice the price until later, at which point I gulped and felt (some) buyers remorse. But this stuff is so awesome and works perfectly in Japanese and Chinese recipes as a straight substitute for soy sauce that I didn't feel bad for long. And it was the perfect partner to my quinoa sushi rolls! The week I made this, my father was visiting, and it passed the glutenoid test with flying colors. It's not quite vegetarian sushi without rice, but this quinoa sushi satisfied my sushi craving nicely, and is a fun and new way to use a very healthful "grain." I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
*If you don't have nori you can make a chirashi "zushi" by sprinkling the filling over a nice bowl of the seasoned quinoa. Quick and easy, especially for leftover quinoa!
Gluten free Rice Free Quinoa Vegetarian Sushi Recipe
2 cups quinoa
4 cups water
sushi vinegar:
2 green onions, quartered horizontally
Unseasoned nori sheets
*A large recipe- you will have enough leftover quinoa for several servings of quinoa "chirashi" with vegetables sprinkled on top, unless you are cooking for a large group very hungry for "sushi" rolls.
Toast quinoa in a skillet on medium low, stirring to prevent burning. When quinoa is nicely toasted, move to a fine wire strainer and rinse. Pour into pan with water and bring to boil. Cover and lower heat and leave for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat vinegar, sugar and salt in a small pan on low and let the sugar and salt dissolve into the liquid.
Put your quinoa in a large, glass bowl and drizzle your sushi vinegar mixture over the quinoa. Fold it in for even distribution. Once quinoa has cooled, you can begin to make your sushi.
To prepare your sushi, get your nori sheet and place on a bamboo rolling mat. Cover the entire sheet with quinoa "sushi-rice" except for a horizontal strip at the bottom. Choose a line about 1 or two inches above the bare strip of nori and create a strip on top of the quinoa of filling ingredients. Make sure a small strip or two of green onions,blanched, thin carrot and a slice of avocado will be in every bite. Gently roll your nori together to form a cylinder and moisten the bare nori strip with water. Seal together and let rest while you make your desired number of sushi rolls.
When ready to serve, gently slice cylinders into bite size rolls. You may want to cut a wider roll at the ends where the quinoa mixture is the loosest.
Serve on a plate. If allergies don't prohibit it, you can sprinkle the rolls with sesame seeds, but it is not necessary.
Enjoy with your favorite wheat-free soy sauce or one of the new soy-free sauces on the market like Coconut Secret's Raw Coconut Aminos. (Yummy!)
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The deal is a repeat order from mining company Sri Kumarswamy Mineral Exports for 14 turbines with a combined total installed capacity of 21.75MW. It comprises nine 1.25MW S66 turbines and five 2.1MW S88s, which will be installed in the Dindigul and Tirunelveli districts of Tamil Nadu and commissioned by the end of March 2013.
Earlier this week, Suzlon confirmed that its $1.8 billion corporate debt restructuring plan had been approved by a group of banks including Industrial Development Bank of India, ICICI Bank and State Bank of India.
Suzlon, which has been struggling with debt repayments, will get a two-year moratorium on certain debt interest, plus a 3% reduction on interest rates.
At the same time as the Sri Kumarswamy Mineral Exports deal was announced, Suzlon CEO and chairman Tulsi Tanti warned that turbine installations will probably stall in 2013 as policy uncertainty, financing difficulties and delayed grid connections weigh down on projects.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Tanti told Bloomberg that he expects about 45GW of installations worldwide this year.


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|2010-04-12, 22:53
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And the funny thing is that this reply of yours isn't even a response to the rest of the content in my previous post. I guess the only thing you can do is throw a temper tantrum at people over the internet when you no longer have a proper rebuttal.
Regarding the Funimation version of DB Kai, Sean Schemmel is the one who actually sings the opening theme song. I really enjoyed this performance of his. Here's the link:
|2010-04-12, 23:05
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I said:
|2010-04-12, 23:44
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^ I asked you to show me where I said the exact same words you said in the exact same tone you described. Try again.
What you were talking about is a filler scene, and thus it doesn't count. It doesn't exist in the manga. Therefore, your original point held no weight, so I felt the need to correct it. And if you took my response offensively, that's just sad. I didn't present myself as a snob, so why have you gotten so upset? I'm not here to start any conflicts with anyone (with the exception of you, I get along just fine with everyone else here), and if you get riled up over something as trivial as this, then you need help.
|2010-04-13, 00:33
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Yay for stupidly taking things literally.
And man are you serious? xD How can a filler scene not count when I was talking about it being incoherent in relation to a scene that was ALSO FILLER?
I was merely commenting on how inconsistent the two filler scenes were, until you felt the need to step in and go "I'm gonna correct you by talking about stuff that has nothing to do with what you were saying cause that will surely boost my e-peen"
And haha oh wow. A guy says 'no shit' and you think he's automatically upset and riled up? xD Now that is sad.
|2010-04-13, 09:12
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So, within the context of filler, the two scenes don't really conflict with each other. The one where Vegeta is happy to see Goku as a super saiyan, however, conflicts with a canon scene in the Cell arc (I'm sure you know which one I'm talking about). This was what I meant when I said "You shouldn't try to make sense of the filler since it's so inconsistent to begin with".
And I don't need only words to discern if you're upset or not. The tone of your posts reflects your anger quite clearly. Have a nice day .
|2010-04-13, 11:38
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Of course, Mr. DBZ Guru. Your word is law after all. Just don't break your arm patting yourself on the back.
And haha, clearly you've only been to tame message boards like AnimeSuki if you think there was genuine anger in my posts. But sure, believe what you wanna believe. We've already tainted this topic enough with this pointless discussion and your lack of reading comprehension, so I'll stop here. "Have a nice day ."
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Alto x Ranka :)
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So was anyone else disappointed when Videl cut her hair? I for one loved the pig-tails, they were cute
Since the Frieza Saga is coming to a close, what fillers to do you guys think should be kept? (I.e. - If they do decide to keep some.)
|2010-04-13, 17:29
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lol whut?
I hope they go straight into the Cell arc, with maybe a slight sidetrack on how Vegeta come to co-exist (for now) with the fellow humans.
I liked short-hair Videl, maybe because her character changed as well. She was a lot less bitchy after she got her haircut.
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Um... is it ever even mentioned what Vejita saw in Bulma and the two... got together? I mean, how did it happen? Chichi and Videl loved their husbands' manliness and they were too stupid to refuse. What about Bulma? What did she like in Vejita? And what did Vejita like in Bulma?
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|2010-04-14, 12:27
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There are some scenes that hint at Vegeta and Bulma developing affection for each other. They're probably filler, but yeah. Bulma was seemingly moved by his drive and passion to get stronger and Vegeta just wasn't used to a female getting that close to him and challenging him and standing up to him, so he was moved too.
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Gotta double post here because of some news, according to this, it seems that Takeshi Kusao will indeed be returning to reprise his role as Trunks.
Which is great news. He was immense in the original, and his hot blooded screams were probably my favorite amongst the saiyans.
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Bulma has had the hots for Goku ever since he emerged as an adult in the Piccolo Jr. arc, but Chichi snagged him too fast for her to do anything. Vegeta is the next best thing .
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53 was pretty well done. They took out almost all the "recap moments" from the original. I guess when the story was 108 episodes you needed to remind fans exactly what was going on.
Spoiler for Episode 54:
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I'm not sure if anyone here is aware or not, but there are already some voice changes for the Dragon Ball Kai dub. The most notable ones are for Gohan, Bulma, and the narrator. I actually feel they sound much better and more fitting than their original counterparts. Check this out:
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February 2014 we have a masterclass with the French artist Plantu cartoonist at the newspaper Le Monde - on this page we show some of the results.
In 2012 Danish cartoonists are focusing on Greenland and the changes that the big island and its people are going through these days.
Greenland is at the center of the world. The ice in Greenland is declining much faster than scientists expected, and this has important implications for the rate and impacts of climate change.
It turns out that the Greenland subsoil contains large quantities of raw materials - materials craved by the world's electronics industry.
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Danish and Norwegian cartoonists pays homage to the European Convention for Human Rights with new drawings throughout 2011. Join the debate!
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SPRINGFIELD — People who enjoy the idea of new state laws going on the books will have a veritable cornucopia beginning Jan. 1.
Some 221 new state laws go into effect that day covering everything from medical marijuana to a ban on minors using tanning parlors to driving faster on interstate highways.
It's a far cry from a year ago, when just 150 new laws took effect Jan. 1, perhaps a reflection that, during the spring 2012 session, lawmakers were looking ahead to elections as much as anything.
Two high-profile laws aren't on the 2013 list. Both pension reform and same-sex marriage, while passed this year, do not go into effect until June.
But even without those laws, Illinoisans will see plenty of changes starting in the new year. Here's some of them.
Interstate speed limit
The speed limit on interstate highways will go up to 70 mph from 65 mph.
When it does, Illinois will join 34 other states, including Wisconsin, which recently voted to increase its limit, along with the other states around Illinois, where the interstate speed limit is 70 mph or faster. (Of those, 15 states have a limit of 75 mph or higher).
But while the limit is set to increase, the signs reflecting that won't all be installed until the middle of the month, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation, which is spending about $200,000 to make and install the new signs.
Sen. Jim Oberweis, R-Sugar Grove, said the higher limit reflects the reality that many motorists already drive at that speed on interstates. Both the Illinois State Police and IDOT testified against the bill, arguing that higher speeds will result in more accidents and likely more traffic fatalities.
The law allows heavily populated counties to opt out of the higher limits. That includes Cook, DuPage, Lake, McHenry, Will, Madison and St. Clair counties. None, so far, has acted to do that.
Drivers should beware. The new law also lowers the threshold where speeding becomes a misdemeanor instead of a petty offense. Currently, it's 31 mph over the limit. That will drop to 26 mph over the limit.
Cellphone ban
Drivers will have to get a hands-free phone if they want to yak while driving. Beginning Jan. 1, using a hand-held phone while driving will get you a $75 ticket. That's the first time you are caught. Repeat offenses can ding you for $150.
The state already has a ban on texting while driving and a ban on using cellphones in certain areas such as school and construction zones. The new law, though, says you can't use a hand-held phone behind the wheel at any time.
"It actually makes it easier for the officers," said Sgt. Charles Kean, supervisor of traffic services for the Springfield Police Department. "It makes it easier to enforce. It erases all of the ambiguity."
Although the cellphone ban has drawn all the attention, Kean noted that the law prohibits the use of electronic devices while driving that can go beyond simply making or taking a call.
Another new law allows felony charges to be filed against a driver distracted by a cellphone or other device that leads to an accident resulting in serious injuries or permanent disability.
Medical marijuana
It took years of trying, but the state is finally going to see a law go into effect that legalizes marijuana use for medical purposes.
Just don't expect the drug to be available anytime soon.
"Medicine probably won't be available to these patients until the late spring or early summer of 2015," said Dan Linn, executive director of Illinois NORML, an organization that advocates decriminalization of marijuana.
It has to do with the safeguards built into the law. Medical marijuana can be grown only by an approved cultivation center and distributed by a registered dispensary. Three state agencies are involved with getting the medical marijuana program underway.
Each of them must draft rules for their part of the operation, and those rules must be reviewed before they are adopted. Linn said the state Department of Agriculture has already said it doesn't expect to begin accepting applications from growers until next fall. By the time growers are approved and plants cultivated, Linn said, it will likely be 2015 before anyone in Illinois will benefit from medical marijuana.
The law specifies 30 illnesses that qualify for treatment with medical marijuana. Doctors cannot prescribe the drug for general conditions.
The bill limits medical marijuana to a four-year, pilot program, after which lawmakers will determine if it has been effective.
Underage tanning
Beginning Jan. 1, people younger than 18 will no longer be allowed to use indoor tanning facilities.
Lawmakers responded to testimony from the medical community that it is unhealthy for younger people to tan under sun lamps. Lawmakers also heard from people who blamed bouts with skin cancer on excessive tanning when they were younger.
The Department of Public Health does annual inspections of indoor tanning facilities and issues permits to them. Spokeswoman Melaney Arnold said it "could impact their permit" if a facility was found in violation of the law.
Sex education
A new law requires school districts that provide sex education to use a curriculum approved by the State Board of Education.
The curriculum must include both abstinence and contraception.
Supporters of the law said this will reflect the realities that many teens engage in sexual activity before they leave high school. Opponents argue that the law takes local control away from deciding a proper sex education curriculum.
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Activists press for non-discrimination protections for LGBT workers in Florida, U.S.
As national activists pressure two Florida congressmen to support a federal LGBT workplace non-discrimination law, the state's leading gay-rights group said Thursday "no one should have to live in fear" of being fired for their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Of an estimated 536,000 LGBT adults in Florida, 62 percent legally can be fired based on their gender identity and half can be fired for their sexual orientations, according to a year-long workplace study released Thursday by Equality Florida and the Equality Federation Institute.
"The research really underscores how important it is for Florida to have fully inclusive non-discrimination laws statewide," Equality Florida Executive Director Nadine Smith said.
All South Florida counties have human-rights ordinances in place that protect gays, lesbians and bisexuals from workplace discrimination. Miami-Dade County does not provide gender identity and expression protections.
"Local ordinances matter a great deal right now. Local ordinances are the only protection people have from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity," Smith said. "In the state of Florida, the LGBT community relies on local policies because there are no state policies. And the places where these are needed the most are often the most reluctant to pass the protections."
Smith said many businesses have taken the lead and enacted their own non-discrimination policies. Fourteen of Florida's 16 Fortune 500 companies have LGBT non-discrimination policies, according to the report.
Earlier this week, the White House announced President Barack Obama would sign an executive order prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
National gay activist groups including Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Freedom to Work are seeking passage of the LGBT Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). So far, ENDA has 205 Congressional co-sponsors, 11 from Florida including one Republican: Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Miami.
Freedom to Work this week launched the 218 Project, which seeks 218 ENDA Democratic and GOP co-sponsors. They've targeted Republican Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart of Miami and David Jolly of Southwest Florida.
"I know that Rep. Diaz-Balart has been hearing from many constituents calling for LGBT workplace protections, and we hope the 218 Project will add even more voices to strong call for Rep. Diaz-Balart to become an ENDA co-sponsor," said Christian Berle, Freedom to Work's legislative director.
Voters elected Jolly to the House in March, after the death of incumbent Bill Young.
"As the newest member of Congress, Rep. Jolly is in a prime position to represent the growing majority of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, who support LGBT workplace protections," Berle said.
A Jolly spokesman on Thursday said the congressman is undecided about ENDA.
Diaz-Balart's press secretary, Katrina Valdes, said he had "not thoroughly reviewed the bill."
"Should it come up for a vote, he will make a decision then," Valdes said in an email.


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Since we now are halfway through The Amazing Race 20, i tough i could be fun, to hear peoples reactions to the season so far.I think that it so far, have been a great season, i personally love it when a team or two dominate the race like Rachel & Dave and Art & J.J. have done.Gonna disagree on that one. I dislike when a team (or two) keep winning, I find it more fun and enjoyable seeign as many teams win as possible.I would have liked to see stronger all Females teams on TAR 20.Could not agree more. The female teams (with the exception of Maiya and Misa) are good this year, but are underwhelming compared to some amazing female teams. (Dustin and Kandice, Charla and Mirna, Jaime and Cara, Kisha and Jen, etc..). At least Nary and Jamie are still in it, who knows how far they will go.The route have been cool and some off the tasks have been good, like the cattle task in Argentina, watermelon pyramid in Paraguay.Also agree, although I thought the Buenos Aires leg was uninteresting (besides the cattle). The route is pretty darn good and looks to be of longer-than-average length.Also the return of the Fastforward have been superb. I don't agree. I've never enjoyed having the fastforward just once or twice in a season. The FF is a kind of tool that has lost its original meaning, back when it was on every leg, it was a tool of survival, a glimmer of hope for teams that are way behind. The fact that only one person can take it every leg only once also adds an incredible amount of strategy skills a team needs. It's fascinating. Nowadays it's basically a tool that saves time, the first person to get the clue almost always takes it only to allow them to reach first place and have a time advantage (that'll most likely be gone with an equalizer). That is far less interesting imo and just seems to not have any strategy to it. You get to it first then do it, congratulations, you're first.While there is some strategy involved, like when more than one team goes to take it, it's peanuts compared to the early use of the FF. I just think that, imo, the FF should either be on every leg (except the last few ones) or just not be included at all.I also hope to see the return of the Switchback!Wouldn't mind seeing it return since it brings back a lot of nostalgia, but why did they wait so long? It almost seems like a bit of a gimmick to me, like the hazard from season 19.
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Bridge House plans to open a new commercial kitchen in east Boulder this summer allowing it to serve healthier, fresher food to its homeless and working poor clients, as well as offer more job training for restaurant work.
The day shelter and social service agency that serves a largely homeless clientele received a $750,000 donation from an anonymous donor to support its food program, which includes the Community Table dinners that take place every weeknight at local churches, as well as breakfast and lunch at Bridge House. The organization serves roughly 60,000 meals a year.
Bridge House Executive Director Isabel McDevitt said the organization decided to buy the space at 5345 Arapahoe Road and develop it into a commercial kitchen because it doesn't have the space to cook fresh food every day.
Currently, the food for 75 breakfasts, 75 lunches and 100 dinners for five days is cooked in two days and frozen to serve later. Bridge House also doesn't have the ability to use all the produce from its garden or take larger food donations because it doesn't have any storage.
McDevitt said this means meals include far fewer fresh vegetables than they would like. Bridge House plans to submit building plans to the city of Boulder today and begin construction later this spring. The kitchen should be open this summer.
The Bridge House's primary location in the carriage house behind the First Congregational Church won't change, and Community Table dinners will still be held at First United Methodist Church, Mountain View Methodist Church and St. John's Episcopal Church.
However, the new kitchen will allow fresh food to be prepared every day and provide much needed storage space.
"What this new space is going to allow us to do is improve the quality of our food dramatically by incorporating a lot more fresh food," McDevitt said. "The nutritional value will improve dramatically."
But the project is about more than food. Bridge House runs a Ready to Work program that provides market-rate jobs to homeless adults so that they can develop employment history and learn job skills.
The new kitchen will provide five culinary arts training jobs, compared to two now, and Bridge House is considering one of two options that could provide an additional five to 10 jobs in the future.
With the extra kitchen capacity, Bridge House could make meals for other social service agencies that serve vulnerable populations, like the elderly and disabled. Another option is to develop a social enterprise in cooperation with one of Boulder's many natural food companies, where trainees could prepare the product in Bridge House's kitchen.
Douglas McKee, who grew up in the Boulder area, worked as a chef in Aspen before alcohol interfered. He's been sober for three years now and cooks Bridge House meals through the Ready to Work program.
"I'm excited about this because it's a new kitchen and what is going to be served is going to be almost farm-to-table," he said. "It's going to be a lot of fun. Who knows? Maybe someday we can invite the community in, and we'll be serving cordon bleu and bechamel sauce."
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To put it simply: Who doesn't have a serious case of cake love?
One other reason to bake a cake? "Decorate with your kids at home," said Buddy Valastro, an award-winning cake designer and father of three. "Hey listen, if it comes out lousy, you can still eat it. And the kids'll never forget that time."
Cream cheese pound cake
Prep: 40 minutes
Bake: 50 minutes
Makes: 16 servings
Note: This is adapted from "Cake Boss" Buddy Valastro's basic pound cake. The cake can be decorated as you like or served simply with citrus-glazed fruit.
1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
6 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
2 cups sugar
2 1/3 cups cake flour, sifted
2 teaspoons vanilla
6 large eggs, separated
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
Citrus-glazed fruit, see recipe, optional
Whipped cream, optional
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in 1 3/4 cups of the sugar until smooth; beat in flour and vanilla on low speed until batter has a dry, crumbly appearance. Add yolks, one at a time, beating each until incorporated. Clean beaters.
Beat egg whites with cream of tartar and remaining 1/4 cup of the sugar in a separate bowl until stiff peaks form. Gently fold 1/3 of the egg whites into batter; repeat twice. Pour batter into buttered and floured 10-inch Bundt pan. Bake until tester inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 50-60 minutes. Cool cake in pan 15 minutes. Invert onto cake rack; cool completely. Decorate as desired, or serve with citrus-glazed fruit and whipped cream.
Citrus-glazed fruit: Mix 1 cup each sugar and water plus grated zest of one lemon in a small saucepan; cook over low heat until sugar dissolves and mixture thickens slightly. Cut enough fresh fruit (strawberries, blueberries, kiwi fruit, for example) to make about 3 cups. Place fruit in bowl; pour glaze over fruit.
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Per serving: 329 calories, 46% of calories from fat, 17 g fat, 10 g saturated fat, 122 mg cholesterol, 40 g carbohydrates, 5 g protein, 62 mg sodium, 0 g fiber.
From decorating tools to classes to how-to online videos, here are a few helpful Web sites:
• "Ace of Cakes": Food Network's Duff Goldman's team creates a cake "Viking ship," wedding cakes, offering inspiration. foodnetwork .com/ace-of-cakes/index .html
• "Cake Boss": Videos of old-school piping (TLC-TV's Buddy Valastro goes swag crazy) and decorative roses, etc. tlc.discovery.com/tv/ cake-boss/cake-boss. html
• Rose Levy Beranbaum: Cake cookbook whiz's blog plus instructional videos on lacquer glaze and more. realbakingwithrose. com
• Wilton Industries: The "Decorating 101" page is especially instructive. Want to mix mauve, plum or lavender tinted frosting? Check out the color chart. wilton.com
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Monday, October 24, 2011
The new Malt Whisky Yearbook is out
Any readers wanting to read a pithy but up-to-date and fairly comprehensive survey of the state of the Japanese whisky in 2011, might be interested in the new Malt Whisky Yearbook 2012, in which I wrote the Japanese whisky chapter. I got my copy the other day and haven't had a chance to look through it, but the contents look pretty succulent. Previous editions of this excellent guide have left a full stomach.
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- Chap said...
Bought it right away, then!
- October 28, 2011 at 12:19 PM
Me too, and really pleased with it.
- November 11, 2011 at 4:28 AM
It really is an excellent resource. I was just enjoying the Prohibition article.
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Cowboy Boots Runied Feet Tortured And Balls Abused Again By Angry Woman In Designer Stiletto Heels
Holding his aching feet through his ruined cowboy boots, to his horror he hears the approaching click of high heels on concrete. "Did you think I was done? You forgot about these." She had changed back into her Gianmarco Lorenzi boots with steel toes, and unfortunately for him, steel heels. Suddenly her steel toe is under his balls forcing him back to the position he knows all too well. Back to the wall, balls in her hand, boots under her sharp heels. His already aching balls, bruised feet and once shiny cowboy boots endure another session of abuse. By the time she's done, he's in such pain he's dizzy. The toes of his boots are now a different color from the rest of his boots as she's ground the top layer of leather off, and they are completely covered with heel marks, some so deep they'll be permanent reminders.
Cowboy Boots Trampled By Sharp Stiletto Heels While She Squeezes His Balls
She finally decides he's had enough but as soon as she releases his balls and steps off his Lucchese cowboy boots, he looks down and sees the damage she's done and steps on her Dior boot. When she bends over to wipe the dirt off, he steps down harder on her other boot, leaving a mark this time as well as dirt from the sole of his boot. Not a smart move on his part. The next thing he knows, his balls are in her hands and his feet are in agonizing pain. This time she's really angry so she stands on his boots with all her weight on her sharp heels, toes in the air. "Looks like I made a hole in your boot." By the time she's done this time, His balls as well as his feet are really in pain. He's learned his lesson. He knows never to step on her boots again.
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Standing there still shocked, his balls and feet aching, his once shiny cowboy boots now dull, scuffed and filthy, to his horror he hears the click of high heels approaching again. She has changed into her Christian Dior stiletto heeled boots. Apparently these boots were even more badly damaged than the Gianmarco Lorenzi boots because of the high heels with leather coverings. Walking on his gravel driveway has not only worn away the heel caps, it has torn the leather heel covering so the steel nails in the heels are exposed. "Comared to these, your boots don't look so bad at all. You know what happens if you move." He soon feels and sees the damage she can cause with those sharpened heels and dirty soles.
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Bitcoin prices fell Wednesday across the two biggest exchanges as they fought to recover from an attack that has left them with limited operations and exposed a flaw in the way they send bitcoins.
One bitcoin recently traded at $666.66 on Bitstamp, down from $760 on Friday. Bitcoin fell to $653.75 on the exchange BTC-e from about $760 on Friday. Bitstamp and BTC-e are the two biggest exchanges by volume, according to bitcoincharts.com.
Both of the exchanges have been hit by a denial-of-service attack by a person or group of people who are taking advantage of an issue called transaction malleability. That vulnerability, which has to do with the unique identifier generated for each bitcoin transaction, can allow users to duplicate transactions by manipulating the code. Read more on transaction malleability here.
The idea that the biggest bitcoin exchanges have a flaw that threatens the legitimacy of transfers hits hard at one of bitcoin's key selling points: that, unlike cash, its transactions are unique, public and secure. Marc Andreessen, a venture capitalist who co-founded Netscape, described bitcoin's promise as this in a post on DealBook:
"Bitcoin gives us, for the first time, a way for one Internet user to transfer a unique piece of digital property to another Internet user, such that the transfer is guaranteed to be safe and secure, everyone knows that the transfer has taken place, and nobody can challenge the legitimacy of the transfer. The consequences of this breakthrough are hard to overstate."
Bitstamp has suspended bitcoin withdrawal processing due to the attack until it works around the issue. "This is a denial-of-service attack made possible by some misunderstandings in Bitcoin wallet implementations," the exchange said in a statement. The BTC-e exchange said in a tweet the attack could cause delays in the crediting of transactions.
The fire was ignited Monday when Mt. Gox, considered the oldest bitcoin exchange, said it had identified a bug in the bitcoin software called transaction malleability making it possible to manipulate details about bitcoin transactions. The exchange had suspended bitcoin withdrawals, which it defined as transactions from a Mt. Gox bitcoin wallet to an external bitcoin address, on Friday.
Even as the Bitcoin Foundation, an industry trade group, and bitcoin core developers said the transaction malleability problem arose from Mt. Gox's implementation of the bitcoin software rather than the bitcoin software itself, the issue has raised questions about the viability of the five-year-old technology that has been discussed as the biggest innovation since the Internet.
Bitcoin, which has been trumpeted as a payments system, still has some kinks to work out. And there's more than just retail money at stake; bitcoin-based businesses have attracted millions from investors betting on the technology.
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The hour is approaching - that moment when all the hard work comes together and the stage fills with 150 young people all eager to put on the show of their lives. Before then however, we have the final weeks of rehearsal.
Over the last fortnight the Hot House company have come together for the first time, and what a company they are. For me, a trained singer, it's always impressive to watch dancers in action. The dance ensemble has been drawn from the various schemes that the Royal Opera House been involved with in the three years building up to this project. They're exceptional and it's easy to forget just how young they are because they are so utterly focussed. Dancers from The Lowry in Manchester are also involved and I can't wait to see them join forces with DanceEast from Ipswich and The Place in London for the fire dance.
The production is exciting vocally as well with the ROH Youth Opera Company are becoming ever more experienced in stage craft - and they'll need it because the Covent Garden auditorium is big. Many of the performers were recently in the ROH mainstage production of La bohème and it shows in their confidence during rehearsals where they watch conductor Geoffrey Paterson with a ferocious intensity. As they'll be on stage during most of the performance, we're working to build their stamina so that their performance level remains high throughout.
The score is now embedded in most of our brains and Julian Grant's notes are forming the soundtrack to our lives but I'm always amazed how much young people can retain.
As for the production's look, we've had designers in to explain the intricacies of the set while over in Thurrock, local people of all ages have been busying themselves creating the staging and costumes. Seeing what a piece will look like is always an exciting moment for any performer and I'm pleased to say that I too will have a costume. I've asked for it to be extra flash but I'm not sure if that request has been taken on board by the production team - I hope so!
Being able to put together a production like this, involving so many people to create a real variety of work, is only made possible thanks to the generosity of the Royal Opera House's supporters; see the production page for a full list of those involved.
Hot House gets its premiere on Sunday 22 July and until then it's all hands on deck for all those involved. Until then, those coming should warm up their vocal chords as there's a good old fashioned sing song at the piece's climax.
Gareth first worked with the Royal Opera House nine years ago in 2003, leading a workshop with students on Strauss's Elektra. In the years since he has regularly led educational projects and workshops for us, at both at Covent Garden and in schools across the country. He has also worked as a presenter, introducing Family Performances on the mainstage and fronting broadcasts of our BP Big Screen performances of opera and ballet in Trafalgar Square.


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CBS Runs Error-Ridden Report On "New Solyndras"
Research ››› ››› JOCELYN FONG & SHAUNA THEEL
In a misleading segment painting a skewed picture of the Department of Energy's clean tech investments, CBS News' new morning show purported to reveal 11 "New Solyndras" -- companies CBS said "are having trouble" or "have filed for bankruptcy" after receiving federal assistance. But CBS only identified 7 companies and included some that did not actually get federal funds.
CBS Fails In Attempt To Identify "New Solyndras"
CBS Provides Faulty List Of "New Solyndras." From the January 13 edition of CBS News' This Morning, which debuted this week:
CHARLIE ROSE, CO-HOST: A CBS News investigation has found a pattern of the government pouring your tax dollars into clean energy. Investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson is here with the story that you will only see on CBS This Morning.
SHARYL ATTKISSON, CORRESPONDENT: We counted 12 clean energy companies that are having trouble after collectively being approved for more than $6.5 billion in federal assistance. Five have filed for bankruptcy: the junk bond-rated Beacon, Evergreen Solar, Spectra Watt, AES subsidiary Eastern Energy, and Solyndra. Others are also struggling with potential problems. [CBS News, This Morning, 1/13/12]
In addition to Solyndra, CBS named 7 not 11 companies during the report: Beacon Power, Evergreen Solar, Spectra Watt, AES, Nevada Geothermal, SunPower, and First Solar. CBS then misrepresented the facts about most of these companies. Throughout the segment, the on-screen text stated "New Solyndras: Taxpayer Money To 11 Troubled Companies."
Right-Wing Media Repeated The Flawed CBS Report. [Fox Nation, 1/13/12] [Human Events, 1/13/12] [Hot Air, 1/13/12] [Newsbusters, 1/13/12] *UPDATED (1/17): [Fox News, On The Record, 1/13/12][Big Government, 1/16/12][Townhall, 1/13/12][The New American, 1/15/12]
CBS Report Filled With Errors And Misleading Omissions
AES Coal Power Subsidiary Went Bankrupt -- Not The Project Funded By DOE. The Associated Press reported on January 3 that AES Eastern Energy, a subsidiary of the huge global power company AES Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. AP noted:
AES Corp., based in Arlington, Va., said the bankruptcy wouldn't impact its bottom line in 2011 and didn't revise its profit estimates for the year. It will report its fourth-quarter and full-year financial results in February.
AES Eastern Energy operates four coal-fired power plants that were acquired from New York State Electric & Gas in 1999. Its business has struggled with low profit margins because of the high cost of coal and a decline in power prices. [Associated Press, 1/3/12]
- Loan Guarantee Went To A Separate Subsidiary Of AES For An Energy Storage System. The $17.1 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy went to AES Energy Storage LLC, a subsidiary of AES Corp, to "support the construction of a 20 megawatt (MW) energy storage system using advanced lithium-ion batteries" in Johnson City, New York. [Department of Energy, 12/23/10]
NRG Energy -- Not SunPower -- Is Responsible For The Loan. CBS reported that "Sunpower landed a $1.2 billion loan guarantee last fall ... On its last financial statement, SunPower owed more than it was worth." In fact, NRG Energy, Inc. bought the project, the California Valley Solar Ranch, shortly before the DOE loan guarantee was finalized. The Contra Costa Times reported that NRG is responsible for paying back the loan:
Industry analysts say San Jose-based SunPower is struggling but nowhere near bankruptcy, and they describe the loan guarantee as low-risk for taxpayers. More significantly, Carlsbad-based NRG Energy, not SunPower, is on the hook to repay the loan, according to company representatives. NRG bought the project before the federal backing came through, although SunPower will design and build the solar farm in San Luis Obispo County. [Contra Costa Times, 10/18/11]
- Risk To Taxpayers Is Low Because The Solar Project Already Has A Buyer. The Contra Costa Times article further noted that "Pacific, Gas and Electric Co. signed a long-term fixed-price contract to buy the power" from the project. The article quoted independent energy analyst Daniel Ries, who stated: "The risk to taxpayers is very low ... This loan guarantee is for a specific project using known technology that has a cash flow to pay off the debt." [Contra Costa Times, 10/18/11]
First Solar Also Sold DOE-Backed Projects To Other Companies. CBS stated that "First Solar was the biggest S&P 500 loser in 2011, and its CEO was cut loose, even as taxpayers were forced to back a whopping $3 billion in company loans." In fact, First Solar sold those three projects "to NRG Energy, Exelon and NextEra Energy Resources and project partner GE Energy Financial Services," according to Electric Utility Week, which also stated that "The sale of the projects that recently received over $3 billion in loan guarantees from DOE means the utilities are on the hook to repay the loans." [Electric Utility Week, 10/24/11, via Nexis]
- The Projects Are Low Risk. As Dow Jones reported, "All those facilities have power purchase agreements with California utilities, which are required to use renewable power generation for one-third of the electricity they sell by 2020, as part of the state's 2006 plan to combat climate change." [Dow Jones Newswires, 12/7/11]
Evergreen Solar Received No Federal Money. Massachusetts-based Evergreen Solar filed for bankruptcy in August 2011. But Evergreen Solar did not receive a loan guarantee from the Department of Energy. Evergreen did receive $43 million in assistance from the Massachusetts government, but according to the New York Times, the company received no federal money. [Media Matters, 1/15/11]
Spectra Watt Did Not Receive A Loan Guarantee, But A Small Grant. In 2009, SpectraWatt was selected to receive a $500,000 grant from the U. S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) PV Technology Pre-Incubator program, not a loan guarantee like Solyndra. SpectraWatt later filed for bankruptcy. [Spectra Watt, 6/17/09]
Boston Globe: Beacon Power Selling Plant To "Quickly Pay Off" DOE Loan Guarantee. In an article titled, "As federal funds dry up, Beacon Power still has reason for hope," The Boston Globe reported:
Beacon, which filed for bankruptcy protection last month, recently agreed to sell a first-of-its-kind energy storage plant in Stephentown, N.Y., to quickly pay off a $39.1 million loan balance it owes the US Department of Energy. The sale will leave Beacon Power with its technology and manufacturing capabilities, analysts said, but also with a question that many alternative energy firms may face as deep federal budget cuts loom as early as next year. Can the company attract enough private capital to stay afloat? [Boston Globe, 11/27/11]
Default Rate For Loan Guarantee Program Is Much Less Than What Government Budgeted For Losses. Bloomberg reported that the government "planned for defaults of as much as 12.85 percent" for the loan guarantee program, and that as of now, the default rate "is less than 3.6 percent. CBS did not mention this fact. [Bloomberg News, 11/10/11]
Most Of The Loans Guarantees Have Almost No Risk Of Default. To date CBS has not covered a Bloomberg Government analysis of the Department of Energy's 1705 loan guarantee program, which found that 87 percent of the value of all the 1705 loan guarantees (18 of the 28 projects) went to power generation projects, as opposed to manufacturing projects like Solyndra's factory. The flawed CBS report mentioned several of these projects among the purported "New Solyndras." The DOE required generation projects to secure a buyer before receiving a loan guarantee -- ensuring stable revenue and significantly reducing the risk of the investment. In fact, Shayle Kann, a solar power market expert at GTM Research, has said that these projects have almost no risk of default. [Media Matters, 12/6/11]
CBS Featured Pundit Misrepresenting Steven Chu's Background, Role. CBS apparently only interviewed conservative economist Peter Morici for the report. Morici said: "Tasking a Nobel prize mathematician to make investments for the U.S. government is like asking the manager of the New York Yankees to be the general in charge of America's troops in Afghanistan. It's that absurd." [CBS, This Morning, 1/13/12]
- Chu Won The Nobel Prize For Physics, Not Math. Chu won the Nobel Prize in Physics and was "the Director of the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, where he led the lab in pursuit of alternative and renewable energy technologies." [Department of Energy, accessed 1/13/12]
- Actual Head Of The Loan Guarantee Office Was Former Venture Capitalist. Politico reported that Jonathan Silver, who was the head of the DOE loan programs office, was previously "was a managing director of Core Capital Partners, a early-stage investor in alternative energy technology, advanced manufacturing, telecommunications and software, which he co-founded in 1999." [Politico, 10/6/11]
CBS Forwards Claim That Solyndra Loan Was "Politically Motivated"
CBS Advances Claim That Solyndra "Was A Politically Motivated Investment." In her report, Attkisson stated that Solyndra "received a half billion in tax dollars and became a political lightning rod, Republicans claiming it was a politically motivated investment." [CBS News, This Morning, 1/13/12]
The Hill: "GOP Probe ... Has Not Uncovered Evidence" That The Loan "Showed Political Favoritism." The Hill reported:
But the GOP probe -- which has uncovered about 185,000 pages of documents -- has not uncovered evidence that the decision to issue the loan guarantee or the early 2011 decision to restructure its terms showed political favoritism. [The Hill, 1/13/12]
NYT: "No Evidence Has Emerged That Political Favoritism Played A Role" In Solyndra Loan. The New York Times reported:
While no evidence has emerged that political favoritism played a role in what administration officials assert were merit-based decisions, Solyndra drew plenty of high-level attention. [New York Times, 9/23/11, via Grist]
Politico: Solyndra Had "Close Ties To Both Political Parties." Politico reported:
In fact, Solyndra's top brass, its board and its paid lobbyists bring close ties to both political parties.
President and CEO Brian Harrison is a registered Republican. Billionaire George Kaiser, an Obama campaign bundler, was one of the venture capitalists who poured private funding into the clean technology startup.
And another venture capital firm, Madrone Capital Partners, which is tied to the GOP-leaning Walton family, was one of 10 firms that helped Solyndra raise about $144 million in November 2008.
In Washington, Victoria Sanville, one of the company's two in-house lobbyists, had previously worked for four House Republicans: Sam Graves of Missouri, Peter Roskam of Illinois, John Sweeney of New York and George Gekas of Pennsylvania.
When it comes to campaign contributions, Solyndra officials gave much more to Democrats while still giving money to some Republicans, according to a POLITICO analysis of donation data compiled by OpenSecrets.org. [Politico, 9/14/11]
Bush Admin. Chose Solyndra As A Finalist For A Loan Guarantee. The Department of Energy's Loan Guarantee Program was created by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and expanded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. At a congressional hearing, Jonathan Silver, then-Executive Director of Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office, testified that the Bush administration selected Solyndra as one of 16 out of 143 submissions to move forward in the process. [Media Matters, 9/19/11]
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