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A little flash flooding can be a wonderful thing
I took a sentimental trip to Arches National Park a few weeks ago. I haven't worked as a ranger at Arches outside Moab, Utah, for 20 years, but I still remember it fondly and sometimes visit my favorite places. Perhaps the most dramatic change is the Delicate Arch road. It was always something of a small miracle to me that the three-mile road was allowed to remain primitive for as long as it did. Until the mid-1990s, this gateway to the most-photographed natural arch in the world could only be accessed by a washboard road that had to be closed every time it rained. I thought it was great.
What price was a visitor willing to pay to see Delicate Arch? Was he willing to subject himself and his car to a teeth-rattling road? The answer was usually: Not really. At the turnoff to Delicate Arch, the park had for years maintained a counter near the intersection with the main road. But Jerry Epperson, the chief ranger at the time, suspected the numbers being reported were much too high. So we moved the counter a mile down the road, and suddenly, "visitation" to Delicate Arch dropped by half. What we discovered was that drivers were taking one look at that treacherous washboard and turning around.
Yet some of the visitors' most memorable experiences occurred on that old road. When it rained hard, Salt Valley Wash, between the Delicate Arch trailhead and the main road, would flood, stranding hikers and their cars on the other side.
It was my job to warn visitors of the possibility of flash floods when the threat was there, and to assist them when the warning came too late. In the desert, thunderstorms live up to their name. While it's sunny and calm below, it can be raining torrents upstream. I'd sometimes be able to see the flood building in every rivulet and side drainage, but I'd be hard pressed to convince anyone at the trailhead that a wall of milk chocolate was on the way. After doing my best to spread the word, I'd drive back across the wash to the safe side and wait.
I could usually hear the oncoming flood before I saw it. The head of a flash flood doesn't roar, it hisses. Before the water comes the foam, a thick brown smoothie that inches down the waterway at a pace that always seems so much slower than the wall of water that's directly behind it. I've walked out into the middle of a dry wash and waited for the foam. And when it arrived, I managed to stay just inches ahead of it while walking at a leisurely pace. It always felt like I was being followed by The Blob.
When the non-believers finally decided to make their departure, and drove 200 yards to the Salt Valley Wash crossing, I always liked to be there waiting for them. I may have had an all-knowing smirk on my face.
But while the flood sometimes meant they missed their dinner reservations, or threw them off their itinerary, I never saw anything but smiles and sheer wonder on the faces of the stranded tourists. How many people can say they were stranded on a dirt road in the desert by a flood that arrived while the sun was shining? Some of the best "campfire talks" ever given at Arches were shouted across Salt Valley Wash to an amazed, albeit captive audience.
It usually took a couple of hours for the water to subside and another hour for the wash bottom to become firm enough to support the weight of a vehicle. Then, in 1983, the Park Service road crew spent a day doing bulldozer practice in the wash and altered its gradient. When they were done, water had to flow uphill at the wash crossing. When the next flash flood came along, the water pooled, instead of flowing downstream, and the crossing became a frequent quagmire after that. A few years later, the park got the funding to build bridges and pave the road. By 1995, the project was complete.
Visitors will never know what they missed. Even so, it's nice to know that Nature can still have her way once in a while. In early October, unprecedented rains washed out the paved road to Delicate Arch and once again gave visitors something they didn't expect...the unexpected.


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Another day and yet another Nintendo NX rumour has surfaced. This one come from the same person who claims that there's a graphically impressive PlayStation 4 title being ported to the platform. Apparently he has spoken again to his source who has confirmed that the Nintendo NX will support both Unity and Unreal Engine 4 from launch. His source says "that Unity and Unreal Engine 4 will both be ready in time for when developers outside of key partners are able to purchase dev kits of their own." A lot of titles on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 use the impressive Unreal 4 game engine and Unity so it's not so far fetched. Anyway, guess we won't know for sure until the Nintendo NX is officially unveiled this year.
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Intimacy & Connection Games
Desires, Needs, and Expectations
Healing past relationships
The conditions for unconditional love (a new kind of 'vow')
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From walls to boundaries
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Heartbreak as Medicine
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Rejection is Perception
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People treat us the way we perceive them treating us
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Every Relationship Was Perfect
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The Central Connecticut women's track and field team earned nine top-five performances at the Army Crowell Open on Saturday in West Point, NY. The 2012 NEC Most Outstanding Rookie Ronea Saunders led the Blue Devils. She took first in the high jump clearing 1.73 meters, tying her 2012 ECAC qualifying mark.
Saunders also ran in the 4x400 meter relay event. The team placed second with a time of 4:06.11 and consisted of senior Rachel Dombroski, junior Shelby Tuttle and sophomore Chantelle Deer.
Tuttle, a newcomer to the Blue Devil squad, broke the CCSU school record in the 60 meter hurdles event with a time of 9.22. She surpassed the previous record of 9.30 set in 2005.
Junior Krisztina Dearborn bested her own collegiate record by nearly five seconds in the one mile run for first place. She earned the victory over 20 competitors, crossing the finish line in 5:20.15.
Fellow junior and distance runner Elizabeth Eberhardt took second in the 1,000 meter run in a time of 3:07.17. Central also claimed third in the race when freshman Ally Gates crossed the finish line behind Eberhardt with a time of 3:16.48. Sophomore Taylor LePage placed fifth with a 3:28.16 performance.
Central racked up the top-five finishes including Deer's third place performance in the 500 meter dash (1:20.08) and junior Meghan Burn's fifth place in the 400 meter dash (1:04.21).
CCSU totaled 16 top-10 finishes on the day and earned spots in the top 10 in nine of 12 events at the Army Crowell Open. Saturday's competition consisted of nearly 20 schools and hundreds of entrants.
For a complete listing of meet results, click here.
The Blue Devils will return to action on Saturday, Jan. 12 at the Yale Invitational in New Haven, CT.


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The Laser Astrometric Test of Relativity (LATOR) is a Michelson-Morley-type experiment designed to improve current tests of the Einsteins theory of general relativity by more than four orders of magnitude. The LATOR mission uses laser interferometry between two laser sources placed on separate small spacecraft, whose lines of sight pass close by the Sun, to measure accurately the deflection of light in the solar gravity field. The key element of the experimental design is a redundant geometry optical truss provided by a long-baseline (~100m) Michelson stellar optical interferometer assembled on the International Space Station (ISS). The interferometer is used to measure the angles between the two spacecraft (with accuracy of 0.1 picoradian) and for orbit determination purposes (via laser-ranging-enabled orbit determination). The three arms of the spacecraft-ISS-spacecraft triangle are monitored with laser ranging (accurate to less than 1 cm). From these three length measurements one can calculate the Euclidean value for any of the angles in this triangle. The direct interferometric angular measurement and resulting geometric redundancy enables LATOR to measure the departure from Euclidean geometry caused by the solar gravity field to a very high accuracy. LATOR is a new fundamental physics experiment designed to test relativistic gravity at an accuracy never achieved before probing for the first time the second-order effects in the gravitational field strength. By using independent time-series of highly accurate measurements of the Shapiro time-delay and gravitational deflection of light, LATOR will test Einstein's general theory of relativity in the most intense gravitational environment available in the solar system -- the close proximity to the Sun -- measuring gravitational deflection of light in the solar gravity with accuracy of 1 part per billion, a factor ~30,000 better than currently available (i.e. Cassini 2003 experiment). LATOR will perform series of highly-accurate tests of gravitation and cosmology in its search for cosmological remnants of scalar field in the solar system, ultimately providing addition information on the nature of dark matter and dark energy. In this talk we will discus the science, technology and mission design for the LATOR mission. The work described here was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.


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Artisans in a number of countries have local, folk traditions of tie dying fabrics. In recent years, they have become increasingly aware of each other's work. A few of India's bandhani artisans have begun experimenting with techniques they've learned from Japanese shibori craftspeople. The result is this contemporary and vibrant style of hand dyed art.
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This package contains the Access Kit for the Trigsted/Bodden/Gallaher MyMathLab Course plus the Guided Notebook.
Developmental Mathematics by Trigsted, Bodden, and Gallaher is the first online, completely clickable Prealgebra, Beginning Algebra, and Intermediate Algebra combined text to take full advantage of MyMathLab's features and benefits. Kirk Trigsted saw marked improvements in student learning when he started teaching with MyMathLab, but he noticed that most students started their assignments by going directly to the MyMathLab homework exercises without consulting their textbook. This inspired Kirk to write a true eText, built within MyMathLab, to create a dynamic, seamless learning experience that would better meet the needs and expectations of his students. Completely clickable and fully integrated—the Trigsted eText is designed for today's learners.
Developmental Mathematics is also available with two printed resources to provide additional support for your classroom:
- The eText Reference is a spiral-bound, printed version of the eText that provides a place for students to do practice work and summarize key concepts from the online videos and animations. In addition to the benefits it provides students, the eText Reference is also a nice resource for those instructors that prefer a printed text for class preparation.
- The Guided Notebook is an interactive workbook that guides students through the course by asking them to write down key definitions and work through important examples for each section of the eText. This resource is available in a three-hole-punched, unbound format to provide the foundation for a personalized course notebook. Students can integrate their class notes and homework notes within the appropriate section of the Guided Notebook. Instructors can customize the Guided Notebook files found within MyMathLab.
Table of contents
Module 1. Whole Numbers
1.1 Study Tips for This Course
1.2 Introduction to Whole Numbers
1.3 Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers; Perimeter
1.4 Multiplying Whole Numbers; Area
1.5 Dividing Whole Numbers
1.6 Exponents and Order of Operations
1.7 Introduction to Variables, Algebraic Expressions, and Equations
Module 2. Integers and Introduction to Solving Equations
2.1 Introduction to Integers
2.2 Adding Integers
2.3 Subtracting Integers
2.4 Multiplying and Dividing Integers
2.5 Order of Operations
2.6 Solving Equations: The Addition and Multiplication Properties
Module 3. Solving Equations and Problem Solving
3.1 Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
3.2 Revisiting the Properties of Equality
3.3 Solving Linear Equations in One Variable
3.4 Using Linear Equations to Solve Problems
Module 4. Fractions and Mixed Numbers
4.1 Introduction to Fractions and Mixed Numbers
4.2 Factors and Simplest Form
4.3 Multiplying and Dividing Fractions
4.4 Adding and Subtracting Fractions
4.5 Complex Fractions and Review of Order of Operations
4.6 Operations on Mixed Numbers
4.7 Solving Equations Containing Fractions
Module 5. Decimals
5.1 Introduction to Decimals
5.2 Adding and Subtracting Decimals
5.3 Multiplying Decimals; Circumference
5.4 Dividing Decimals
5.5 Fractions, Decimals and Order of Operations
5.6 Solving Equations Containing Decimals
Module 6. Ratios and Proportions
6.1 Ratios, Rates, and Unit Prices
6.2 Proportions
6.3 Proportions and Problem Solving
6.4 Congruent and Similar Triangles
6.5 Square Roots and the Pythagorean Theorem
Module 7. Percent
7.1 Percents, Decimals, and Fractions
7.2 Solving Percent Problems with Equations
7.3 Solving Percent Problems with Proportions
7.4 Applications of Percent
7.5 Percent and Problem Solving: Sales Tax, Commission, and Discount
7.6 Percent and Problem Solving: Interest
Module 8. Geometry and Measurement
8.1 Lines and Angles
8.2 Perimeter, Circumference, and Area
8.3 Volume and Surface Area
8.4 Linear Measurement
8.5 Weight and Mass
8.6 Capacity
8.7 Time and Temperature
Module 9. Statistics
9.1 Mean, Median, and Mode
9.2 Histograms
9.3 Counting
9.4 Probability
Module 10. Real Numbers and Algebraic Expressions
10.1 The Real Number System
10.2 Adding and Subtracting Real Numbers
10.3 Multiplying and Dividing Real Numbers
10.4 Exponents and Order of Operations
10.5 Variables and Properties of Real Numbers
10.6 Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
Module 11. Linear Equations and Inequalities in One Variable
11.1 The Addition and Multiplication Properties of Equality
11.2 Solving Linear Equations in One Variable
11.3 Introduction to Problem Solving
11.4 Formulas
11.5 Geometry and Uniform Motion Problem Solving
11.6 Percent and Mixture Problem Solving
11.7 Linear Inequalities in One Variable
11.8 Compound Inequalities; Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities
Module 12. Graphs of Linear Equations and Inequalities in Two Variables
12.1 The Rectangular Coordinate System
12.2 Graphing Linear Equations in Two Variables
12.3 Slope
12.4 Equations of Lines
12.5 Linear Inequalities in Two Variables
Module 13. Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities
13.1 Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Graphing
13.2 Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Substitution
13.3 Solving Systems of Linear Equations by Elimination
13.4 Applications of Linear Systems
13.5 Systems of Linear Inequalities
13.6 Systems of Linear Equations in Three Variables
Module 14. Exponents and Polynomials
14.1 Exponents
14.2 Introduction to Polynomials
14.3 Adding and Subtracting Polynomials
14.4 Multiplying Polynomials
14.5 Special Products
14.6 Negative Exponents and Scientific Notation
14.7 Dividing Polynomials
14.8 Polynomials in Several Variables
Module 15. Factoring Polynomials
15.1 Greatest Common Factor and Factoring by Grouping
15.2 Factoring Trinomials of the Form x2 + bx + c
15.3 Factoring Trinomials of the Form ax2 + bx + c Using Trial and Error
15.4 Factoring Trinomials of the Form ax2 + bx + c Using the ac Method
15.5 Factoring Special Forms
15.6 A General Factoring Strategy
15.7 Solving Polynomial Equations by Factoring
15.8 Applications of Quadratic Equations
Module 16. Rational Expressions and Equations
16.1 Simplifying Rational Expressions
16.2 Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions
16.3 Least Common Denominators
16.4 Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions
16.5 Complex Rational Expressions
16.6 Solving Rational Equations
16.7 Applications of Rational Equations
16.8 Variation
Module 17. Introduction to Functions
17.1 Relations and Functions
17.2 Function Notation and the Algebra of Functions
17.3 Graphs of Functions and Their Applications
Module 18. Radicals and Rational Exponents
18.1 Radical Expressions
18.2 Radical Functions
18.3 Rational Exponents and Simplifying Radical Expressions
18.4 Operations with Radicals
18.5 Radical Equations and Models
18.6 Complex Numbers
Module 19. Quadratic Equations and Functions; Circles
19.1 Solving Quadratic Equations
19.2 Quadratic Functions and Their Graphs
19.3 Applications and Modeling of Quadratic Functions
19.4 Circles
19.5 Polynomial and Rational Inequalities
Module 20. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions and Equations
20.1 Transformations of Functions
20.2 Composite and Inverse Functions
20.3 Exponential Functions
20.4 The Natural Exponential Function
20.5 Logarithmic Functions
20.6 Properties of Logarithms
20.7 Exponential and Logarithmic Equations
20.8 Applications of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Module 21. Conic Sections
21.1 The Parabola
21.2 The Ellipse
21.3 The Hyperbola
Module 22. Sequences and Series
22.1 Introduction to Sequences and Series
22.2 Arithmetic Sequences and Series
22.3 Geometric Sequences and Series
22.4 The Binomial Theorem
Module 23. Additional Topics
23.1 Synthetic Division
23.2 Solving Systems of Linear Equations Using Matrices
23.3 Determinants of Cramer's Rule
Appendix A. Tables
Appendix B. Geometric Formulas
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Appeal Process
The Virginia Code ensures every property owner the right to appeal their assessment. The City of Lynchburg performs a general reassessment of real estate property every two years. Assessment notices are mailed to property owners, whose assessment has changed, in odd years (i.e. 2017, 2019, 2021). On even years, notices are mailed to property owners whose assessments have changed due to new construction, rezoning, demolition, fire loss, etc. Property owners have the right to appeal immediately following a reassessment.
There are three types of appeals:
The first type of appeal is an administrative (in-house) review of assessments which are conducted by the Lynchburg City Assessor's Office by request. This can be done by requesting a review of assessment from the Assessor's Office by telephone, in person, or by letter.
The second type of unresolved appeal is a judicial review held by the Board of Equalization. The Board of Equalization is composed of three individuals who must reside and own real property in the City of Lynchburg; they are appointed each general reassessment year by the Circuit Court. An Application for the Review of Assessment by the Board can be requested from the Assessor's Office by telephone, in person, or by letter. The application, along with any required documentation and letter of authorization (if applicable), must be received in the Assessor's Office on or before the Board of Equalization filing deadline stipulated on the Assessment Notices.
The third type of appeal is to apply to the Circuit Court for an adjusted assessed value. The decision to petition the court rests solely with the property owner and is not a recourse required by the City or the City Assessor's Office. Although not required, it is suggested the property owner obtain the services of an attorney.
In all cases brought before the Board of Equalization, the valuation determined by the Assessor is presumed to be correct. The taxpayer bears the burden of proving that the property is valued at more than its fair market value, or that the value is not equalized with similar properties.


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Name of player and position.
And Treasure
When start, it needs an output like this:
Jack(0) #(1) @(2) %(3) $(4) Treasure/6\(5)
When we press l,r,p,d: player will move left or right, or (p) pick up stone or (d) put stone into chest.
I have the problem is when press p, the player will pick up stone and the symbol will disappeare from its position and appeare next to the player name.
Like this:
Move: r
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I've recently started a company for my photography pursuits and am trying to lay down accounting terms on how will equipment be depreciated to help planning cash flow for sustainable balance sheet.
Perhaps I'm being naive, but I hope the balance sheet would approximately reflect true value of company assets. On the other hand, I would not want to track market value of each item separately, hoping that separating items into categories (e.g. bodies, lenses, flashes, lighting accessories, computer software, computer hardware) and having a depreciation formula for each category would do.
Based on what I've read so far, I'm inclining towards reducing value of bodies 25% a year; flashes and accessories 20% a year; lenses 10% a year. But I could be way off.
How does photographic equipment depreciate over time?


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This New Year's Eve in the greater DC area, Gatsby will be throwing his usual blowout, but he is only inviting the Bee's Knees to this amazing yachting experience aboard the luxurious Mount Vernon. What's exciting about this nifty party is that we will be boarding in National Harbor near the brand new MGM Hotel, which will provide a much swankier cruise and put us into much closer range to the Fireworks launching in Alexandria, Virginia.
Here some of the Perks Gatsby has in store for you:
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No alcohol, open containers or outside food permitted. No illegal drugs, or controlled substances, including prescription drugs and marijuana, will be tolerated. Using marijuana on the water is illegal, regardless of medical condition(s). The use and/or possession of illegal drugs or controlled substances is absolutely prohibited by Entertainment Cruises & Events and the US Coast Guard. Entertainment Cruises & Events holds a zero tolerance policy related to illegal substances aboard all vessels and anyone who is caught participating or possessing any such items will not be allowed to board and substances will be confiscated. If you are thought to be under the influence of, or caught participating in, illegal substances on board, you will be quarantined until the boat can safely return to the dock - the cruise is subject to end for all guests immediately upon doing; no refunds will be issued under any circumstances.
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Ten minutes isn't an eternity. But on YouTube, ten minutes is a fair bit of time. And, according to Japanese news source the Nikkei, that's how long you can shoot 3D on the 3DS.
Next month, the Nintendo 3DS is getting a big update. Later today, Nintendo will apparently be detailing said update. The Nikkei published a report that the update will bring 3D video filming functionality and the ability to upload clips to websites like YouTube.
Apparently, 3DS owners can shoot up to ten minutes of 3D footage. The update will be free and supposedly hit in late November.
任天堂、「3DS」テコ入れへ新サービス [Nikkei]
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|The Spa Koh Chang Resort, located in the east of
Koh Chang among the fertile and serene mangrove sanctuary.
As a perfect place for true relaxation surrounded by the green
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John Martyn, OBE (11 September 1948 – 29 January 2009) (born Iain David McGeachy) was a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a 40-year career, he released 21 studio albums, working with artists such as Eric Clapton, David Gilmour and Phil Collins. He has been described by The Times as "an electrifying guitarist and singer whose music blurred the boundaries between folk, jazz, rock and blues".
Early life
Martyn was born in Beechcroft Avenue, New Malden, Surrey, England to an English mother and a Scottish father. Martyn's parents, both opera singers, divorced when he was five and he spent his childhood alternating between Scotland and England. Much of this was spent in the care of his grandmother, as well as on his mother's houseboat. He attended Shawlands Academy in Glasgow. At school Martyn, or McGeachy as he was known, was a keen rugby player. On leaving school he attended Art College in Glasgow, but left to pursue his musical aspirations.[citation needed]
Late 1960s and collaborations with Beverley Martyn
Mentored by Hamish Imlach, Martyn began his professional musical career when he was 17, playing a blend of blues and folk resulting in a distinctive style which made him a key figure in the British folk scene during the mid-1960s. He signed to Chris Blackwell's Island Records in 1967 and released his first album, London Conversation, the following year.
This first album was soon followed by The Tumbler, which was moving towards jazz. By 1970 Martyn had developed a wholly original and idiosyncratic sound: acoustic guitar run through a fuzzbox, phase shifter and Echoplex. This sound was first apparent on Stormbringer! in 1970, which was written and performed by both John and Beverley Martyn, his then wife, who had previously recorded solo as Beverley Kutner and had worked with artists such as Nick Drake and Jimmy Page. Her second album with Martyn was The Road to Ruin, also released in 1970. Island Records felt that it would be more successful to market Martyn as a solo act and this was how subsequent albums were produced, although Beverley Martyn continued to make appearances as a background singer as well as continuing as a solo artist herself.
"Eibhli Ghail Chiuin Ni Chearbhail"
"Eibhli Ghail Chiuin Ni Chearbhail" (1973), built around a traditional tune, was featured on Inside Out. It typifies Martyn's unique use of the echoplex effect, coupled with a fuzzbox and phase-shifter.
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In 1973, Martyn released one of the defining British albums of the 1970s, Solid Air, the title song a tribute to the singer-songwriter Nick Drake, a close friend and label-mate, who died in 1974 from an overdose of antidepressants. In 2009 a double CD Deluxe edition of Solid Air, compiled, with John Martyn's blessing, by John Hillarby from the official John Martyn website and with sleeve notes by Record Collector's Daryl Easlea, was released featuring unreleased songs and out-takes. On Solid Air, as with the one that preceded it, Bless the Weather, Martyn collaborated with jazz bassist Danny Thompson, with whom he proceeded to have a musical partnership which continued until his death. He also developed a new, slurred vocal style, the timbre of which resembled a tenor saxophone.
Following the commercial success of Solid Air, Martyn quickly recorded and released the experimental Inside Out, an album with emphasis placed on feel and improvisation rather than song structure. In 1974, he followed this with Sunday's Child. In September 1975 he released a live album, Live at Leeds—Martyn had been unable to convince Island to release the record, and resorted to selling individually signed copies by mail from home. Live at Leeds features Danny Thompson and drummer John Stevens. In 2010 Universal Music released a 2CD Deluxe version of Live at Leeds researched and compiled by John Hillarby. Whilst researching the release Hillarby discovered that not all of the songs on the original album were from the Leeds concert. After releasing Live at Leeds, Martyn took a sabbatical, including a visit to Jamaica, spending time with famous reggae producer Lee "Scratch" Perry.
In 1977, he released One World, which led some commentators to describe Martyn as the "Father of Trip-Hop". It included tracks such as "Small Hours" and "Big Muff", a collaboration with Lee "Scratch" Perry. One World was recorded outside; the microphones picked up ambient sounds, such as geese from a nearby lake. In 1978 he played guitar on album Harmony of the Spheres by Neil Ardley.
1980s and marriage breakup
Martyn's marriage broke down at the end of the 1970s and "John hit the self destruct button" (although other biographers, including The Times obituary writer, attribute the break-up of his marriage to his already being addicted to drink and drugs). Out of this period, described by Martyn as "a very dark period in my life", came the album Grace and Danger. Released in October 1980, the album had been held up for a year by Chris Blackwell. He was a close friend of John and Beverley, and found the album too openly disturbing to release. Only after intense and sustained pressure from Martyn did Blackwell agree to release the album. Commenting on that period, Martyn said, "I was in a dreadful emotional state over that record. I was hardly in control of my own actions. The reason they finally released it was because I freaked: Please get it out! I don't give a damn about how sad it makes you feel—it's what I'm about: the direct communication of emotion. Grace and Danger was very cathartic, and it really hurt."
In the late 1980s Martyn cited Grace and Danger as his favourite album, and said that it was "probably the most specific piece of autobiography I've written. Some people keep diaries, I make records." The album has since become one of his highest-regarded, prompting a deluxe double-disc issue in 2007, containing the original album remastered.
Phil Collins played drums and sang backing vocals on Grace and Danger and subsequently played drums on and produced Martyn's next album, Glorious Fool, in 1981.
Martyn left Island records in 1981, and recorded Glorious Fool and Well Kept Secret for WEA achieving his first Top 30 album. Martyn released a live album, Philentropy, in 1983.
Returning to Island records, Martyn recorded Sapphire (1984), Piece by Piece (1986) and the live Foundations (1987) before leaving the label in 1988.
1990s and 2000s
Martyn released The Apprentice in 1990 and Cooltide in 1991 for Permanent Records, and then rerecorded many of his "classic" songs for No Little Boy (1993). The similar 1992 release Couldn't Love You More was unauthorised by and disowned by Martyn. Material from these recordings and his two Permanent albums has been recycled on many releases. Permanent Records also released a live 2-CD set called "Live" in 1994.
And (1996) came out on Go!Discs and saw Martyn draw heavily on trip-hop textures, a direction which saw more complete expression on 2000s Glasgow Walker ; The Church with One Bell (1998) is a covers album which draws on songs by Portishead and Ben Harper.
In 2001 Martyn appeared on the track Deliver Me by Faithless keyboard player and DJ Sister Bliss.
In July 2006 the documentary Johnny Too Bad was screened by the BBC. The programme documented the period surrounding the operation to amputate Martyn's right leg below the knee (the result of a burst cyst) and the writing and recording of On the Cobbles (2004), an album described by Peter Marsh on the BBC Music website as "the strongest, most consistent set he's come up with in years." Much of Cobbles was a revisiting of his acoustic-based sound. Martyn's last concerts were in November 2008 reprising Grace and Danger.
In collaboration with his keyboard player Spenser Cozens, Martyn wrote and performed the score for Strangebrew (Robert Wallace 2007) winning the Fortean Times Award at the London Short Film Festival in the same year. The film concept being a strong influence of the album design of Martyn's Heaven and Earth (2011).
On 4 February 2008, Martyn received the lifetime achievement award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. The award was presented by his friend Phil Collins. The BBC website says of Martyn, "his heartfelt performances have either suggested or fully demonstrated an idiosyncratic genius." Eric Clapton was quoted as saying that Martyn was, "so far ahead of everything, it's almost inconceivable." Martyn performed "Over the Hill" and "May You Never" at the ceremony, with John Paul Jones accompanying on mandolin.[citation needed]
To mark Martyn's 60th birthday, Island released a 4CD boxed set, Ain't No Saint on 1 September 2008. The set includes unreleased studio material and rare live recordings.
Martyn was appointed OBE in the 2009 New Year Honours.
The OBE was presented posthumously to Martyn's daughter (Mhairi McGeachy) and his partner (Teresa Walsh) in 2009.
Martyn died on 29 January 2009, in hospital in Ireland, due to double pneumonia. His death was announced by John Hillarby on his official website "With heavy heart and an unbearable sense of loss we must announce that John died this morning."
Phil Collins paid tribute, saying: "John's passing is terribly, terribly sad. I had worked with and known him since the late 1970s and he was a great friend. He was uncompromising, which made him infuriating to some people, but he was unique and we'll never see the likes of him again. I loved him dearly and will miss him very much." English rock band Keane included a dedication to Martyn at their Glasgow concert that evening. On 31 January 2009, Liverpool-based folk-singer/guitarist John Smith, who had previously supported Martyn on tour, performed "Spencer The Rover", from Martyn's Sunday's Child album, at The Bluecoat in Liverpool, announcing the song "For John".[citation needed]
Paying tribute to Martyn, BBC Radio 2's folk presenter Mike Harding said: "John Martyn was a true original, one of the giants of the folk scene. He could write and sing classics like 'May You Never' and 'Fairy Tale Lullaby' like nobody else, and he could sing traditional songs like Spencer The Rover in a way that made them seem new minted." Harding introduced an hour-long tribute to Martyn in his Radio 2 programme on 25 February 2009.
A tribute album entitled Johnny Boy Would Love This was released on 15 August 2011, comprising cover versions of his songs by various artists.
Studio albums
- London Conversation (October 1967)
- The Tumbler (December 1968)
- Stormbringer! (February 1970) (with Beverley Martyn)
- The Road to Ruin (November 1970) (with Beverley Martyn)
- Bless the Weather (November 1971)
- Solid Air (February 1973)
- Inside Out (October 1973)
- Sunday's Child (January 1975)
- One World (November 1977)
- Grace and Danger (October 1980)
- Glorious Fool (September 1981)
- Well Kept Secret (August 1982)
- Sapphire (November 1984)
- Piece by Piece (February 1986)
- The Apprentice (March 1990)
- Cooltide (November 1991)
- And (August 1996)
- The Church with One Bell (covers album) (March 1998)
- Glasgow Walker (May 2000)
- On the Cobbles (April 2004)
- Heaven and Earth (May 2011)
- Live at Leeds (September 1975)
- So Far So Good (1977)
- The Electric John Martyn (1982)
- Philentropy (November 1983) (live)
- Foundations (October 1987)
- BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1992)
- Couldn't Love You More (October 1992)
- No Little Boy (July 1993)
- Sweet Little Mysteries: The Island Anthology (1994)
- Live (1994)
- Serendipity — An Introduction To John Martyn (1998)
- Germany 1986 (2001) (with Danny Thompson)
- The Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal 1986 (2001) (with Danny Thompson)
- Live at the Town & Country Club, 1986; Collectors Series 2 (2001)
- Live at the Bottom Line, New York, 1983; Collectors Series 3 (2001)
- Live in Milan, 1979; Collectors Series 4 (2002)
- Solid Air — Classics Re-visited (2002) (compilation of previously released tracks)
- Live in Concert at the Cambridge Folk Festival BBC 1985 (2003)
- Late Night John (2004)
- In Session (live) (2006) (BBC sessions, recorded for John Peel and Bob Harris, between 1973 and 1978)
- BBC Live in Concert (2007)
- The Battle of Medway: 17 July 1973 (live) (2007)
- Anthology (2007)
- The Simmer Dim (2008)
- The July Wakes (2008)
- Ain't No Saint (2008) 40-year anthology
- May You Never — The Very Best Of (2009)
- "The Island Years" (September 2013) 18-disc box set
- John The Baptist / The Ocean (Island WIP 6076, January 1970)
- Anni Part 1 / Anni Part 2 (with John Stevens' Away) (Vertigo 6059 140, 1976)
- Over The Hill / Head And Heart (Island WIP 6385, February 1977)
- Dancing / Dealer (version) (Island WIP 6414, January 1978)
- In Search of Anna / Certain Surprise (Island K7450, 1979)
- Johnny Too Bad / Johnny Too Bad (version) Island WIP 6547, October 1980)
- Johnny Too Bad (extended dub version) / Big Muff (extended remix) (Island IPR 2047, March 1981)
- Sweet Little Mystery / Johnny Too Bad (Island WIP 6718, June 1981)
- Please Fall in Love With Me / Don't You Go (WEA K 79243, August 1981)
- Hiss on the Tape / Livin' Alone (WEA K 79336, October 1982)
- Gun Money (U.S. remix) / Hiss on the Tape (live) (WEA 259987-7, November 1982)
- Over The Rainbow / Rope Soul'd (Island IS 209, October 1984)
- Angeline / Tight Connection to mMy Heart (Island IS 265, February 1986)
- Classic John Martyn (Island CID 265, February 1986)
- Angeline / Tight Connection to mMy Heart / May You Never / Certain Surprise / One Day Without You (Island 12 IS 265, February 1986)
- Lonely Love / Sweet Little Mystery (live) (Island IS 272, October 1986)
- Send Me One Line / Patterns in the Rain (Hypertension HYS 100 102, May 1990)
- Deny This Love (remix) / The Apprentice (live) (Permanent S12, August 1990, 7-inch vinyl)
- Deny This Love (remix) / The Apprentice (live) / Deny This Love (album version) (Permanent CD Perm 1, August 1990)
- Jack The Lad / Annie Sez / The Cure / Jack Sez (Permanent CD Perm 3, April 1992)
- Sweet Little Mystery / Head and Heart (Permanent, Perm 6, September 1982)
- Lonely Love / May You Never (Permanent, Perm 8, December 1992)
- Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Voiceprint, JMCD001, 1998)
- Excuse Me Mister / God Song (live) / Rock, Salt & Nails (live) / John Wayne (live) (Independiente, ISOM14MS CD, May 1998)
- Deliver Me (with Sister Bliss) (Multiply Records, CDMULTY72, March 2001)
- Live in Concert (with Danny Thompson) (2005)
- John Martyn at the BBC (2006)
- The Apprentice in Concert (with Dave Gilmour) (2006)
- Empty Ceiling (2007) (recorded in 1986)
- The Man Upstairs (2008)
- Solid Air Live at the Roundhouse (2007)
- One World One John (2011) (recorded 1999 – 2001)
Further reading
- John Neil Munro, Some People Are Crazy: The John Martyn Story (2007), 2011: foreword by Ian Rankin, ISBN 9781846971655
- Chris Nickson, Solid Air: The Life of John Martyn (2011), ISBN 978-0-615-53485-5
- Mat Snow, John Martyn In Person (2011)


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Tigers manager asks: 'Who should I close with?'
- Valverde is currently still the Tigers closer
- He blew his third save of the season on Wednesday
- The closer didn%27t start the season with the Tigers
DETROIT -- Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland was recently lying on his office couch, baring his soul, as if he were talking to a therapist, and not a room full of news reporters.
He was addressing the No. 1 topic in Detroit these days, the man that has an entire city terrified every time he steps onto the field: beleaguered closer Jose Valverde.
"Some fans believe Valverde is a Leyland creation," Leyland says. "They think the manager loves him or he wouldn't be here. I don't understand who they think we should be closing with. I'm asking that question, 'Who the (expletive) should I be closing with?' I mean, do they want some rookie kid? I don't understand that.
"Who the (expletive) should I close with? Who do you want me to close with? Who the (expletive) do you want to be the closer? … I don't know what the (expletive) these people want. They just throw stuff out there. People just talk, they don't think about it.
"Sometimes it boggles my mind."
Valverde, still the Tigers' closer, is having that type of effect on folks, with the organization losing its mind trying to decide what to do with him.
The Tigers should be lapping the field in the American League Central, but closer woes keep haunting them.
The Tigers bullpen is 4-12 with nine blown saves this year, ruining the efforts of a team that leads the American League with 22 starts of at least seven innings with two or fewer runs. They have the best offensive 3-4 punch with Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder and their combined 30 homers and 121 RBI.
Yet, they have the fifth-best record in the AL at 36-28 and lead the Central by 4 1/2 games over the Cleveland Indians.
You can't walk anywhere in Detroit without hearing folks screaming for a change.
"What's crazy is that when you do your job, like when I saved 49 for 49 (save chances in 2011), nobody says anything. Nobody wants to talk to you," Valverde told USA TODAY Sports. "But as soon as you blow a save, everyone wants to talk to you."
Valverde is doing a whole lot more talking than he'd like to these days, after blowing his third save Wednesday against the Kansas City Royals. Valverde, who wasn't signed until April, came on board to rescue the Tigers from their bullpen woes but instead has become the anchor of their frustrations. He has given up five home runs in 17 1/3 innings this season, which is two more than all of last season, spanning 69 innings.
"Closing is not an easy job," says Valverde, who has 119 saves for the Tigers since 2010. "It's hard. The whole game can change with one pitch."
Valverde, along with the Tigers coaching staff, will argue that he's pitching better than he did last season. His walks are down, his strikeouts are up, and if he maintains his 1.04 WHIP (walks and hits per nine innings), it would rank as the second-best ratio of his career.
Yet the recent numbers reveal an ugly story and explain why the Tigers are turning to their unlimited call plan, speed-dialing teams for a closer. Valverde yielded a .077 batting average (3-for-39) with no homers in his first 12 appearances this year but is allowing a .370 batting average (10-for-27) with five homers in the six games since.
The Tigers parted ways with Valverde after last year's postseason meltdown. Scott Boras, Valverde's agent, kept calling. The Tigers' plan was to go with rookie Bruce Rondon, 22, who throws 97-100 mph.
"As we went through spring training, it was apparent Rondon wasn't ready," Tigers president and general manager Dave Dombrowski says.
The Tigers didn't come close to trading for a closer, Dombrowski says, and with Valverde still available, they decided to give him another chance. They agreed to look at Valverde in April, giving him 30 days to prove himself at their extended camp in Florida. Once they saw the fastball velocity back to 93-94 mph, and his split-finger pitch working again, they signed him to a $2 million base salary with another $3 million in incentives.
"I never thought I would be back here, and I want to stay here," Valverde says. "I love it here. I still feel as good as ever.
"I know I can do it."
The Tigers are praying every night he's right.


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SPRINGFIELD -- State officials
announced Tuesday that Illinois will donate 400 surplus computers to
veterans' organizations to help provide veterans with greater access
to online training and other Internet-based employment assistance.
"We are proud to be the first
state to offer a joint computer donation program to help serve those who made
the most difficult sacrifices to serve our country," Weems said. "These
computers will help organizations provide critical job-training assistance to
our returning veterans. CMS will continue to identify surplus property that can
benefit veterans and communities across Illinois."
Illinois' pilot computer donation program kicks off a campaign to create
awareness of a law signed by President Obama in 2010 supporting veterans'
organizations, and to help transfer the federal government's surplus computer
equipment to eligible veterans' organizations. The computers donated this week,
on display at the CMS Surplus Warehouse, are valued at approximately $150,000.
"Our chance to pilot this re-purposing of federal surplus computers is yet
another way that Illinois is at the forefront when it comes to serving those who
have served," Borggren said. "Illinois is home to hundreds of veterans'
organizations helping veterans on everything from coping with PTSD to training
for employment -- and these computers will help them do that work even better."
The Illinois State Agency for Surplus Property redistributes, recycles or
disposes of surplus state property and oversees the distribution the U.S.
General Services Administration's surplus property. The GSA and the National
Association of State Agencies for Surplus Property have made desktop computers
and laptops owned by federal agencies available exclusively for use by veterans'
organizations through Illinois' federal surplus program.
"These laptops are going to some of the most critical and underserved
organizations in our country today," said Scott Pepperman, executive director of
the National Association of State Agencies for Surplus Property. "Organizations
that are assisting our returning veterans now have one more opportunity to help
with their transition back into the workforce. Our veterans deserve nothing less
than our full and continued support by working to assist those who gave so
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Donated surplus computers are refurbished by a GSA-approved vendor
to include hard-drive cleanup, data wipes and minor repairs,
ensuring the equipment is ready for immediate assignment and use.
Ohio-based company Redemtech equipped each donated computer with
Windows 7 Professional software, hardware setup instructions, free
technical support, online support and software updates through
Microsoft, and a 90-day warranty. To ensure environmentally safe
retirement of the donated computers, Redemtech is also providing
free asset recovery and recycling of the computers.
In fiscal 2012, CMS received and allocated more than $36.4
million in surplus federal agency equipment, including office
furniture, vehicles, machine-shop tools and other materials to
Illinois police and fire departments, schools, townships, libraries,
not-for-profit organizations, and museums. CMS and the Illinois
State Agency for Surplus Property currently have more than 1,000
organizations participating in the surplus program.
Earlier this year, CMS donated millions of dollars' worth of
surplus boots, coats, mittens and other winter gear to organizations
statewide that provide critical services to people in need. To
receive federal surplus donations in Illinois, veterans' homes,
colleges, work training programs and other humanitarian
organizations must meet GSA's eligibility criteria. More information
on the program is available at
The National Association of State Agencies for Surplus Property
and its 50 states and U.S. territories represent more than 67,000
organizations across the nation. Organizations eligible to receive
federal surplus property include law enforcement, fire departments
of state and local governments, public and private schools,
nonprofit organizations serving veterans, seniors and the homeless,
and others. Learn more about NASASP at
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Perhaps no where else in CrossFit is the phrase "broad time domains" better demonstrated than in running. Not only should you be fast at the shorter distances, but true elite fitness requires top notch performances at longer distances as well. Strangely, though it may be the most often performed exercise/movement, it may also be the worst performed (as far as form is concerned). The POSE running technique will help make you a more efficient runner, and thus a faster runner.
Rowing offers unique advantages over other forms of aerobic training and should be adopted into your strength and conditioning program. Along with training the cardiovascular system, rowing recruits more muscle mass than running, allows you to achieve greater range of motion, and requires the use of multi-joint, compound movements. The unique drive and recovery cycle of every pull also creates a Tabata style work-rest interval.
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During the last week of each year, The Gazette Packet devotes its entire issue to the creativity of local students and children. The results are always remarkable. It is a keepsake edition for many families.
The annual Children's Gazette Packet is a tradition of well over a decade, and we begin getting inquiries from teachers and parents about submitting artwork and writing almost as soon as summer is over.
We publish artwork, poetry, essays, creative writing, opinion pieces, short stories, photography, photos of sculpture or gardens or other creative efforts.
We ask that all submissions be digital so they can be sent through email or delivered on CD or flash drive. Writing should be submitted in rich text format (.rtf). Artwork should be photographed or scanned and provided in jpeg format.
Identify each piece of writing or art, including the student's full name, age, grade and town of residence, plus the name of the school, name of teacher and town of school location. Please provide the submissions by Monday, Dec. 3.
Some suggestions:
Drawings or paintings or photographs of your family, friends, pets or some favorite activity. These should be photographed or scanned and submitted in jpeg format.
Short answers (50 to 100 words) to some of the following questions: If you could give your parents any gift that didn't cost money what would that gift be? What are you most looking forward to in the upcoming year? What is one thing that you would change about school? What do you want to be when you grow up? What is your favorite animal? What is your favorite toy? What makes a good parent? What makes a good friend? What is the best or worst thing that ever happened to you? What is the best gift you've ever given? Ever received?
Your opinion (50 to 100 words) about traffic, sports, restaurants, video games, toys, trends, etc.
Poetry or other creative writing.
Opinion pieces about family, friends, movies, traffic, sports, food, video games, toys, trends, etc.
News stories from school newspapers.
We welcome contributions from families, public and private schools, individuals and homeschoolers.
Email submissions for the Children's Gazette Packet in the Alexandria Gazette Packet to Steven Mauren at firstname.lastname@example.com.
To send CDs or flash drives containing artwork and typed, electronic submissions, mark them clearly by school and hometown and mail the CD to Children's Gazette Packet, 1606 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314.
Please send all submissions by Dec. 3. The Children's Gazette Packet will publish the week of Dec. 27, 2012.
Halloween Parties, SoberRide
Halloween is now as much of an adult party as a children's festival. Along with the Fourth of July, the holiday period including New Year's Eve and a few other dates, Halloween stands out as a holiday connected to an increase in drinking and driving.
If you will be out celebrating with alcohol, you can plan ahead. Assign a designated driver. Celebrate at home. Take public transportation. But if these plans fall through, the nonprofit Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP) Halloween SoberRide program provides a safety net.
For six hours from 10 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 31 until 4 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1, SoberRide serves as a way to keep impaired drivers off the road. During this six-hour period, area residents ages 21 and older celebrating with alcohol may call the toll-free SoberRide phone number 1-800-200-TAXI and be afforded a no-cost (up to a $30 fare), safe way home.
Sponsors of this year's Halloween SoberRide offering include: Anheuser-Busch, AT&T, Diageo, Giant, MillerCoors, Red Top Cab of Arlington, Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington, Volkswagen Group of America and the Washington Area New Automobile Dealers Association.
Since 1993, WRAP's SoberRide program has provided 55,694 free cab rides home to would-be drunk drivers in the Greater Washington area. For more information visit www.wrap.org
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Letters to the editor from local residents about the upcoming election should be received by Friday, Oct. 26 to be considered for publication. Letters on candidates, bond questions, election procedure or any other local, election related topics are welcome and encouraged. Ideal letters will be about 200 words and convey opinion with civility. Send letters to email@example.com


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Saturday, April 12, 2008
Clafoutis, Obsessing About Obsessing
Do you ever think about things over and over and over again? No? Oh.
Me neither.
With that (not) in mind, I didn't see this a few weeks ago - this being a Clafoutis; I didn't see that picture in my head every day since, I didn't wonder what it tasted like, I didn't think about it's possible texture, I didn't wonder if it was moist, I didn't contemplate its level of sweetness, I didn't consider whether it might be more muffin-like or cake-like or other-worldly-like. I didn't think about the fact that it almost looked like cheese, like sweet cheese, but not like cheesecake. I didn't research the Clafoutis (cla-foo-tee) to find out just what in damnation I've been missing all these decades. I didn't think about it, really, from say...oh...March 26th until now. Nooooooooooooo, not me.
And then, nearly daily, I turn to those who know and love me and exclaim, all bewilderment - "WHY can't I sleep at night??!! WHY?" --- Indeed.
On one hand, this blog calms me because it has unclogged my creative artery - through writing, photography, cooking, reading, networking, learning - and has become an outlet for a bolus of previously stuck gunk. On the other hand - this unleashed inner blogstress energy is proving rather difficult to harness. Long-favored, but forever under-utilized, WORDS pouring forth from the netherfolds of my dormant brain - causing exponential increase in already ridiculous usage of post-it notes - notes stuffed everywhere containing words, phrases, recipes, ideas, concepts, food inspirations, food memories - waking up in the middle of the night to scrawl JACK DANIELS on a note - then reading it in the morning and having absolutely no freakin' idea how it may have related to a concept for the blog. JACK DANIELS?
Eeking poor Tony through all of the minutiae right along with me, which frankly, would make most people - lately - want to peel sticky-price-tags off of Christmas gifts all year long, rather than hang with me. I mean, comparing a food picture that is ostensibly, one centimeter different from the next picture - while it may be riveting for me - I suppose for Tony, it's akin to "Hey! Let's grab the Neti Pot for some nasal irrigation!" - ya know? But he nods and somehow tolerates all the newfound...creative brewery slash manic sleeplessness.
So, you do understand why I absolutely had to make the Clafoutis. AS IF I had a choice in it, please. Certain things fascinate me, then I become fascinated as to why they fascinate me - from there, I start to wonder why I'm always so intrigued by finding out the reason behind what fascinates us. At that point, I either cry uncontrollably or change medications.
By the way, this batter - is insane - I want to live in it. MEN, if you slather this batter all over your bodies - you will make sex slaves of your previously "Headache! On your own!" wives.
Le Clafoutis de Fanny's Grand-Mere
Back to the matter, or batter (oh! so clever!) at hand - you must make this. You could make this with one paw tied behind your back. This is sort of a French baked pancake - but sweeter than what we recognize as 'pancake'. It can be served as breakfast, or as a dessert - with a dollop of vanilla yogurt, ice cream, or whipped cream; syrup is not necessary at all. As suspected, the texture is dense, yet totally light - I can't really explain it properly, it was a new texture for me - and completely delicious. It does taste like a pancake - but the best dang pancake I've ever had. Toss in the blueberries - and we were in breakfast heaven this Sunday morning. And, don't forget to slather left-over batter all over your bodies.
3/4 c. + 2 tbsp. all purpose flour
1/2 c. sugar, slightly heaping
pinch of salt
3 eggs
6 T butter, melted
8 oz. milk, full fat preferred (just don't use skim)
2 c. blueberries (cherries are the classic fruit used)
Preheat oven to 400F and generously butter an 11-inch tart pan.
In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar and salt. Incorporate the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. When the batter is smooth, mix in the melted butter. Then, working slowly, gradually add the milk, mixing well, so no lumps form. If needed, you may strain the batter through a sieve for added smoothness.
Scatter blueberries into the prepared pan and gently pour the batter over the fruit. Bake for about 20 minutes or until golden brown, but firm on top. It may still be slightly wobbly in the center, but a tester inserted in the middle should come out clean. Serves 10.
27 comments:
- NV said...
OH MY GOD! Sounds deeeeeelicious.
You may make an attempted baker out of me yet.
- April 14, 2008 at 6:10 AM
- Christine said...
wow. like a pancake you can eat any time... but better? unbelieveable! mmmm
- April 14, 2008 at 5:47 PM
- Ann said...
NV - it is SO easy to make - and like a cross between a pancake and blueberry pie. A great breakfast, especially for guests!
Hey Christine - thanks for stopping by! :)
- April 15, 2008 at 7:40 PM
That looks so scrumptious! I too start thinking and thinking and thinking about certain foods. Right now it's bran muffins. I'm on a quest for the perfect recipe. :)
Ari (Baking and Books)
- April 17, 2008 at 5:25 PM
- Ann said...
Hi Ari - thanks for stopping by! Glad I'm not the only one obsessing 'round here...
- April 18, 2008 at 8:16 AM
- Q said...
I tried your so called "no more headache batter", but it did not work. Any suggestions?
- April 23, 2008 at 5:07 PM
- Ann said...
Q - this does not sound correct - are you *quite* sure you followed the recipe to the letter? I have not heard of it failing, to date. Beyond that, wow....Vegas maybe??
- April 23, 2008 at 5:20 PM
YUM. This looks so easy, but so elegant too; great combination. I think I will try this next Sunday with blackberries. Gorgeous!
- April 28, 2008 at 7:34 AM
Have you ever seen the movie Overboard with Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell? In that movie, Goldie Hawn's character's husband (played by Edward Herrmann) got drunk and kept saying Toooofuuuuuutiiiii.
Every time I see clafoutis I have to say it that way. Claaaaafouuuuuuuutiiiiiii!
This one looks amazing and I'm trying it tomorrow, btw.
- May 5, 2008 at 3:55 PM
- Ann said...
Shaye - I have seen that movie, now I'm going to think of it whenever I make clafoutis, lol! I do hope you like this one, we really enjoyed it. :)
- May 5, 2008 at 4:43 PM
- Alice said...
Alright, you've inspired me to attempt to cook something which is incredibly hard to do.
Looks fantastic!
- May 28, 2008 at 1:37 AM
- Ann said...
Alice - you'll have to let me know what you think - bc I think this little number is just DIVINE!
- May 28, 2008 at 8:01 AM
Gorgeous! I think I will make for breakfast, dinner, AND dessert!
- June 1, 2008 at 5:03 PM
I have never tried clafoutis, but am really intrigued by its close relation to the pancake. Besides, it looks like blueberry pie, which is my favorite. So, can't thank you enough for bringing this one to me, because we never hear of it in the U.S.
- June 1, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Just found you via TS, so glad I did. Love this blog: the writing, the pics, the recipes.
I really want to try this, can you make it with any type of fruit? Have you tried others? Thanks!
- June 1, 2008 at 5:14 PM
That looks mouthwatering good! I have never made a clafoutis but this picture and your description has inspired me to try, at least for the batter alone! (wink wink)
- June 1, 2008 at 5:36 PM
That looks mouthwatering good! I have never made a clafoutis but this picture and your description has inspired me to try, at least for the batter alone! (wink wink)
- June 1, 2008 at 5:36 PM
Yeah, if I were to ever slather myself in batter, it'd be this - All covered with bursting Blueberries.
Still think I'd rather go wild all over the finished article though.
- June 1, 2008 at 5:39 PM
- Unknown said...
That looks really good!
- June 1, 2008 at 5:44 PM
- Ann said...
Larisa - Clafoutis is most traditionally made w/ cherries in France - so yes, you could virtually any fruit your heart desires!
Baking Blonde - enjoy that batter, wink wink!! :)
gkbloodsugar - lol, couldn't agree more.
Kevin - it is sublime, highly recommend it. :)
- June 1, 2008 at 6:00 PM
- Brittany said...
Delicious looking clafoutis and hilarious post to go with it!
I think I'd like to dip my husband in clafoutis batter. He's a good sport ; )
- June 1, 2008 at 7:28 PM
- Clumbsy Cookie said...
What a funny post, and the clafoutis looks perfect!
- June 2, 2008 at 1:51 AM
i have been wondering the exact same thing. i just happen to have some blueberries i picked up this weekend. looks like i'm supposed to be making a clafouti this week.
- June 2, 2008 at 9:09 AM
I made this. OMG. You are right. It is awesome. It is better after it cools though.
The custardy inside sets up so nicely!
I'm also going to try to make it with Splenda to see how it turns out. I'm not supposed to have sugar.
Thanks for the recipe!
- June 3, 2008 at 8:45 AM
- Ann said...
Anon - wonderful!! Isn't it heavenly? Do let me know how it turns out w/ splenda - would love to hear!
- June 3, 2008 at 9:00 AM
Hi, I just made this and it is absolutely great! My husband gave it a thumbs up even! Your site is great..I visit it often!
- June 6, 2008 at 6:46 PM
- Ann said...
Kassy - How wonderful! I am so glad you loved this, bc we did too! :)
- June 6, 2008 at 8:25 PM


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I'm sure you iPhone and iPad users who were hoping for an Accordance app by Christmas already know where I'm going with this: we didn't quite make the "hopefully by Christmas" estimate we've been giving for the past couple months. I could give revised estimates at this point (New Year's? Epiphany? Elvis' Birthday?), but I think I'll just stick with my intentionally vague statement that "the release of Accordance for iOS should be just around the corner."
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A revised development plan has reduced initial capital expenditures for Sandspring Resources' TSXV:SSP Toroparu gold-copper project in Guyana. A pre-feasibility study released late April 9 laid out the economics for a 16-year open pit operation.
Using a 5% discount rate, the base case forecasts a pre-tax net present value of US$992 million and a 27.2% internal rate of return. After taxes the numbers show a $691-million NPV and a 23.1% IRR.
The study cut the initial capex to $464 million from the $482 million estimated by the January 2012 preliminary economic assessment update. Contributing to the more optimistic figures is an estimated $37 million that would come from cyanide leach processing of saprolite gold ore prior to commercial production. By year three, cash flow should fund the $50-million expansion to a 22,500-tonne-per-day operation. Payback would come in 2.6 years. Average annual production over 16 years would be 228,000 gold ounces at a cash cost of $700 an ounce, with copper credits factored in. About 78% of production would go into doré bars, with the rest in concentrate.
The project's reserves include a satellite pit 1.2 kilometres from Toroparu that was discovered in May 2012. Combining three types of ore—saprolite gold, fresh gold and fresh gold-copper—the reserves show:
- a proven category of 29.78 million tonnes averaging 1.1 grams per tonne gold and 0.13% copper for 1.05 million gold ounces and 64 million copper pounds
- a probable category of 97.33 million tonnes averaging 0.98 g/t gold and 0.1% copper for 3.06 million gold ounces and 147 million copper pounds.
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Hill said that grapes that stay wet for more than 24 hours could rot. He set up lights in his vineyards so workers could pick through the night. His workers managed to pull all the Chardonnay grapes from the vineyards he owns and manages, but others have not.
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