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Trying to decide which JavaScript UI framework will best meet the needs of your project and organization? With 10 strong contenders, there's a lot to consider.
Over the past few years we've seen tremendous growth in UX libraries and frameworks -- most of which are open source. Much has been written comparing the use of, approach to, and completeness of these frameworks. But often overlooked are the metrics tracking the size, strength, and momentum of the communities and ecosystems surrounding these open source projects. These stats should play a key role in your selection.
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to do an analysis of the fastest-growing open source projects started in 2012, and I was struck by the number of JavaScript projects on the list. This caused me to take a deeper look into specific JavaScript library/framework projects that focus on helping developers build rich, scalable user interface. My analysis uses open source community metadata from Ohloh.net and incorporates data from GitHub, including the number of stars (which helps users track repositories they find interesting) and followers individual projects have attracted.
Which projects rose to the top
This analysis digs into the communities behind the top 10 open source projects spanning UI libraries, frameworks, and full-stack frameworks that include server-side runtimes. The projects in my analysis are today's hottest UI projects, including AngularJS, Ember.js, SproutCore, Backbone.JS, Knockout.js, Spine, CanJS, Meteor-JS, Derby, and Yahoo Mojito.
My goal was to paint a picture of the communities surrounding these projects, specifically looking at size and growth, in an effort to correlate the data against the popularity and success of individual projects. Also included is a look into the ecosystem surrounding each project, with the assumption that the ecosystem further reflects the popularity and success of a project.
Monthly contributors
Exploring the number and growth of monthly contributors for a project provides insight into the project's momentum and can highlight critical tipping points for projects that are capturing broad industry interest. The chart below tracks monthly contributor participation. This statistic shows the number of developers who have contributed code in a given month.
Project contributors per month: The number of contributors to Ember took off like a rocket when the project was forked from SproutCore in December 2011. Google's AngularJS has also seen rapid growth.
As you can see, SproutCore was the early front-runner in monthly contributor participation. However, when SproutCore forked to create Ember in December 2011, many developers on the team moved along with it, jump-starting Ember. Now Ember, along with AngularJS, has seen significant monthly contributor growth in 2013, both emerging as leaders from an overall community growth perspective. Also note that in the spring of this year, active contributors to Backbone and Meteor dropped off significantly concurrent with the accelerated growth of AngularJS and Ember.
All-time contributors
Looking at total lifetime contributors for a project can help us understand a few different points. For one thing, it often reflects the governance style of a project. Many projects are tightly managed by a small group of people, while others open up contributions to a wide and diverse audience.
Project contributors over project lifetime: AngularJS and Ember show the largest overall communities, which mirror their recent monthly contributor growth.
The number of all-time contributors can also help us understand the relative momentum of a project at any given time. Large, well-established projects can often have significant numbers of contributors, helping fix bugs, contributing to documentation, and other related tasks. The total number of contributors can also often be associated with the overall size of the code base. This metric is typically most valuable when combined with other community metrics, such as lines of code, total commits, and monthly commits.
Ecosystem projects
Beyond immediate contributors, the strength of a project's community is evident from ecosystem projects that extend and are built upon them. This demonstrates that the core project community alone doesn't always tell the whole story of a project's momentum. Looking more broadly at the ecosystem can further describe the overall success of an individual project.
Number of related projects: The robustness of an open source project can in part be measured by the number of projects surrounding it. Here, Backbone.js and AngularJS are the clear winners.
Notably, Backbone has a substantial ecosystem, showing its overall momentum and usage in the industry. In an effort to further validate the Backbone ecosystem, I filtered my search to include only Backbone-related projects that have three or more stars on GitHub, which resulted in 1,627 projects. Compare this with 794 AngularJS projects with more than three stars, and Backbone's ecosystem is still two times the size of AngularJS's.
Full-stack solutions
Because the full-stack solutions have a different scope than many of the other projects, I wanted to take a separate look into their growth. Full-stack solutions include both a client framework and a server-side framework; hypothetically, the amount of code involved should be greater, as should be the number of contributors participating over time. The chart indicates each of these projects is in a relatively early stage with moderate participation.
Number of full-stack solutions: Meteor and Mojito appear to be attracting a stronger community, at least as measured by the number of contributors.
The rise of JavaScript
The number of developers who invest time and create structured approaches to using JavaScript is growing at a rapid rate. The chart below shows the increasing, cumulative number of developers contributing since the beginning of 2011. This reflects the mounting importance of UI frameworks in today's application development and the continuing need for different approaches supporting the needs of the many different use cases across companies of all sizes. There was a notable jump in contributions starting in January of this year, primarily driven by the growth in the AngularJS and Ember teams.
Total number of contributors for all 10 JavaScript projects: If you have any doubt, this chart will convince you that JavaScript is eating the world, with the average number of developers more than doubling from 2011 to 2013.
Lines of code and commits
You may be left wondering about the size of the code bases for each of these projects -- and the relationship between that number and the number of contributors. Comparing these, we see that community size and total commits have little correlation to the size of the code base. For example, AngularJS shows a ratio of 413 LOC per contributor while Ember shows a ratio of 146 LOC per contributor.
Line of code vs. contributors: More lines of code per contributor may indicate that a project is easier to contribute to, which some see as an indicator of a project's health.
You can, however, correlate the size of the community (all-time contributors) with the all-time number of commits and see that the number of commits per contributor varies greatly by project. This may show that some projects are easier to contribute to, affecting their long-term sustainability.
Reading the tea leaves
Community size and growth are important indicators of a project's momentum. While these indicators can't tell us the whole story, they provide important insight into projects that are being heavily invested in and help us make decisions based on the viability and sustainability of the community behind a project. They can also aid us in finding tipping points in a project's life span, providing us with opportunities to both engage in projects and influence change.
The subject of rich UI frameworks is near and dear to me, as I spent five years at Adobe driving product marketing for the Flex framework, now an Apache project. Based on all the data analyzed here, my take is that Ember and AngularJS are emerging as the frameworks to watch. That said, the ecosystem surrounding Backbone demonstrates both the popularity and commitment to this UI approach, and is therefore sure to have a continuing, bright future ahead.


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This has led to a pretty ridiculous trend of powerful Hollywood conglomerates chasing individuals through courts in expensive civil cases, whilst also forcing international governments to make downloading a crime. Whilst piracy is of course stealing, many consumers just don't view it that way, especially the younger generation who have been brought up to expect content to be available to them 'on-tap'. Continue reading


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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Police are looking for whoever burglarized a business, set fire to it, and painted three swastikas on its walls.
The incident happened at Little Leapers Child Care Center in Fort Lauderdale about 3:22 a.m. Sunday.
When police arrived, they found a door to the business was open and there was a fire burning inside the building.
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue arrived and extinguished the fire, which was located in the kitchen area.
Investigators believe someone forced his way into the center, stole several electronics, and used an accelerant to start the fire.
On the outside of the child care center, investigators found three red, freshly painted swastikas. The center also serves as a sanctuary for the Bethel Worship Center, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
Yael Hershfield, the ADL interim regional director, issued a statement Monday, saying: "This heinous incident is unacceptable, and we ask that the entire community – leaders and residents – stand shoulder to shoulder to publicly condemn this potentially bias-motivated crime targeting the center. It is imperative that the community sends a clear message that we will not tolerate such cowardly and un-American bigotry. Attacks of this nature threaten to intimidate and harass entire communities. This is a horrific reminder that hatred remains a current event here in our backyard."
Anyone with information on this case is asked to call the Fort Lauderdale Police Department at 954-828-5513 or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.


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EARTH-DIRECTED SOLAR FLARE: Active sunspot 1401 erupted today, Jan. 19th, between 15:15 and 16:30 UT. The long-duration blast produced an M3-class solar flare and a CME that appears to be heading toward Earth. This movie from the Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the extreme UV flash:
NASA's twin STEREO spacecraft recorded an impressive CME emerging from the blast site: movie #1, movie #2. Analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab confirm that the CME is heading for Earth, and they say strong geomagnetic storms are possible (although not guaranteed) when the cloud arrives this weekend. Their animated forecast track predicts an impact on Jan. 21st at 22:30 UT (+/- 7 hrs). Aurora alerts: text, voice.
INCREASING SOLAR ACTIVITY CLEANS UP SAT-DEBRIS: Earth's atmosphere has been puffing up in response to increasing levels of UV radiation from sunspots. This is good news for satellite operators, because a puffed up atmosphere helps clean up low-Earth orbit. "The number of cataloged debris in Earth orbit actually decreased during 2011," reports Nick Johnson in NASA's Orbital Debris Quarterly newsletter. "[The figure below] illustrates how the rate of debris reentries from the Fengyun-1C anti-satellite test of January 2007 increased during the past year."
"Even though only 6% of the total 3218 cataloged debris from the ill-advised engagement had reentered by the end of 2011, half of these debris fell out of orbit in the past 12 months," he points out. "Likewise, many debris from the 2009 accidental collision of Cosmos 2251 and Iridium 33 are accelerating their departure from Earth orbit. In the absence of a new major satellite breakup, the overall orbital debris population should continue to decrease during 2012 and 2013."
ADVANCING SUNSPOTS: A phalanx of sunspots is turning toward Earth. Their advance is documented in this two-day movie from the Solar Dynamics Observatory:
The large one in the middle, AR1401, has a "beta-gamma" magnetic field that harbors energy for M-class solar flares. At the moment it is unleashing one such flare every day, such as this flash recorded during the late hours of Jan. 19th. Eruptions from AR1401 will become increasingly geoeffective in the days ahead as the sun's rotation aligns the active region with our planet.
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Is allowing a Cinemax application on Apple's iOS a violation of its anti-porn policy? To some, HBO's sister channel Cinemax is known as "Skin-emax," a cable channel with plenty of late-night, softcore skin flicks, but Apple has approved the Max Go iPad app and has it available on iTunes.
Apparently several male bloggers are saying that Cinemax is a gratuitous nudity fest, with such titles as "The Hills Have Thighs" and "Bikini Jones and the Temple of Eros," according to GigaOm. Apple and Steve Jobs have been notorious hardliners about porn, including saying no to a Playboy app, to keep the iOS family-friendly. But the language in Apple's anti-porn policy seems contradictory to much of Cinemax's late-night programming:
"Apps containing pornographic material, defined by Webster's Dictionary as 'explicit descriptions or displays of sexual organs or activities intended to stimulate erotic rather than aesthetic or emotional feelings', will be rejected," reads one section of Apple's App Store Review Guidelines.
"Apps that contain user generated content that is frequently pornographic (ex 'Chat Roulette' apps) will be rejected," reads the line right below it.
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In the end, Apple can't make sure that every cable channel with an iOS app has no objectionable content. After all, bloggers took umbrage at Cinemax's app, but didn't make as much hay about HBO's similar programming, with such titles as "Busty Cops and the Jewel of Denial" and "Alien Sex Files 3."


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Aeropostale Inc. tumbled Friday on worse than expected quarterly results while Liberty Media Corp. climbed after it abandoned its plan to buy the share of Sirius XM Holdings Inc. that it doesn't already own.
Aeropostale shares slumped 20%. The teen retailer late Thursday reported a wider-than-expected adjusted loss in the fourth quarter of 35 cents a share. Quarterly sales fell 16% to $670 million from $797.7 million a year earlier, also falling short of analyst estimates. Same-store sales slumped 15%. Separately, Aeropostale said it had agreed to enter a strategic partnership with Sycamore Partners. The deal gives the retailer a $150 million loan and in return, Aeropostale will issue convertible preferred stock to Sycamore, giving the firm the right to buy up to 5% of common stock.
Shares of Liberty Media Corp. gained 7.2%. The company late Thursday said it would drop plans to buy the rest of Sirius XM /zigman2/quotes/201205073/composite SIRI -2.82% , of which it currently owns 53%. Liberty Media also said it would reclassify its common stock into two tracking stocks — one called Liberty Media Group and the other called Liberty Broadband Group — in a move that is expected to be completed in the third quarter. Shares of Sirius rose 2.1%.
Castlight Health Inc. /zigman2/quotes/201298689/composite CSLT 0.00% shares surged 149% on its first day of trading. The provider of healthcare software priced 11 million shares at $16 a share and has granted underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 1.665 million shares.
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At this point in our near daily coverage of witty vanity plates, our attention turns to the often overlooked Old Line State. Maryland Vehicle Administration officials managed to get several offensive or potentially offensive words stricken from the list of acceptable vocabulary from which MVA derives its yea or nay over vanity plate slogans.
Sorry, no HEROIN, TOILET, FBI, CIA, KILLALL, SAFESEX, PIMP, CHUMP, or BUNS, but there are a number of really bad words on the list that the department refuses to publish due to their pejorative punch. Bearing in mind fresh memories of certain other ridiculous vanity plate phrases, we can only imagine what's come under the scrutiny of Maryland's vigilant vehicle administration clerks. The phrases THEPUKE, FATPIMP, FATAL, BUTTS, SUX2BU, PHATAZZ, BAD AZZ, and WTF were already on tags, but were also purged when savvy administrators caught the oversight.
According to state guidelines, any references to poop, sex, obscenity, and any phrase that could be fraudulent or deceptive (hence, no FBI or CIA) are prohibited. Also on the blacklist are mentions of race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or disability.
The Baltimore Sun reported that inmates working in the state's license plate factory are often the ones who catch naughty phrases before they hit the streets. Officials rely upon their knowledge of obscure (to the rest of us) slang terms. Still, occasionally, one slips through. MVA approved 6UALDV8 (an abbreviation for "sexual deviant"), as well as MIERDA (spanish slang for feces) for a short time.
In his Maryland themed blog, the Washington Post's Mike Rosenwald asked commenters for their ideal vanity plate phrases. What would you pick? (Hat tip to Bill!)
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Guidelines and Suggestions for the Visit
Once a formal invitation has been sent to the reviewer from the VP Undergraduate Education, the School Director/Department Chair is responsible for organizing the logistics of the entire visit, in consultation with the reviewer.
If not included in the self-study, the Chair should make easily available:
- Department and College annual budget summaries;
- Department recruitment brochures, other key publications, advisement materials and annual reports if available;
- Other materials requested by the reviewer after reading the self-study.
- Be sure the reviewer has the self-study and as many ancillary materials as possible three weeks prior to the visit.
- Arrange the entrance and exit interviews with appropriate administrative offices and the Program Planning Committee liaison, as noted below. Be sure the administrators have a copy of the reviewer's schedule while on campus.
It is courteous to give the reviewer a printed copy of the schedule at the outset, with names and titles/responsibilities of persons included.
1. Entrance Interview
Very early, normally first on the schedule after the reviewer has been "greeted," the reviewer should have a 45-50 minute meeting to hear the university and administrative perspective from, and to ask questions of, the College Dean, the VP Undergraduate Education, the Dean of the College of Graduate Studies (if the program offers a graduate degree)and the Director of Institutional Effectiveness & Analytics. This is normally a single meeting that includes all four administrators, with no department representatives present during the meeting. This meeting should be arranged by the department Chair via the offices noted. The visit should not be scheduled unless at least three of these four administrators can be present. If an exception is required please contact VP Anagnos.
2. Assure that someone is present to escort the reviewer to and from meetings.
3. The Schedule should include formal visits as follows:
- Department Chair - who should make very clear what the department hopes to gain from the review, what the key issues are, and what issues might lay behind the self-study materials and conclusions.
- Facilities inspection - this is often combined with the visit with the Chair, and may be quite extensive depending upon the complexity of the department's lab/studio/clinic structures. Allow time.
- Visits to any other facilities of interest to the reviewer, e.g., library. Ask in advance what is desired so that the schedule can include such visits.
- Program regular faculty; there are normally a series of these visits, arranged to meet the program structure requirements.
- Program temporary faculty (if significant in the department).
- Undergraduate students, minimum 30 minutes (publicize).
- Graduate students, minimum 30 minutes (publicize).
- Recent graduates (often this is effective at a reception or dinner for the reviewer, a more relaxed environment).
- Department support staff, typically 30 minutes
- Ask the College Dean if s/he wants a private meeting in addition to the entrance meeting; if so, arrange. Most do not.
4. Lunches and Dinners, which are arranged by and are the responsibility of the program, are an excellent opportunity for key department faculty to discuss issues informally and/or for graduates to have their say.
5. Do not keep the reviewer out late in the evening; these are tiring days as reviewers try to figure out the important variables at issue, what to say about those variables, and what questions to pursue in the second day, as they try to do their best for SJSU.
6. Give the reviewer a full hour break and a quiet place to work prior to the exit interview. An organized exit interview makes everyone feel better than an unstructured Q&A session.
7. The Exit Interview, to be arranged by the Chair, should include (essential participants marked with an *)
- As many department faculty members as possible
- The Provost or Senior Vice Provost*
- The College Dean*
- The Chair/Director, and as many Department faculty as possible (there have been a few exits attended only by the Chair and one or two faculty; this misses a great opportunity for important dialogue).*
- At the option of the faculty, support staff or representatives thereof
- The VP Undergraduate Education*
- The Dean of the College of Graduate Studies (if applicable)*
- The liaison faculty member from the Program Planning Committee*
- The Chair of the Program Planning Committee (if available)
- The Director of Assessment (if available)
The reviewer will be given the option of making a somewhat formal statement, to be followed by Q&A, or to permit Q&A and comments on an ongoing basis. The exit should be arranged for a little less than an hour, and should be recorded for those faculty who cannot attend. Normally the AVP Graduate and Undergraduate Programs will end the interview with thanks on behalf of the university, or will delegate this task.
Historically the honorarium has been paid upon receipt of the report, typically three weeks after the visit.


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The radio and the internet get a mention because up until middle school or so I thought music consisted of acts like – Michael Jackson, New Kids on The Block, Prince and Journey (which was mostly for sentimental reasons). Now I've turned on my mind's musical side and I realize there are hundreds of them! From Matchbox Twenty, Lifehouse, Third Eye Blind, Goo Goo Dolls, Vertical Horizon to Taking Back Sunday, Counting Crows, Coldplay, Tori Amos... and this is just Alternative.
I haven't discovered a new artist to write about this week. Training for a new process at work is over. I barely made it through the first week and i cant believe the weekend's almost over. Last night I remembered this local show that took place about 3 yrs ago and I decided to write about it before my memory fails me. It was during my first year in M.A. My friend's boyfriend asked me to come and hear him play at a coffee shop. I had seen local bands play in B'lore and I had never gotten the whole Spazobilly punk rock mayhem thing and that day it rained quite monstrously. I wanted to give up going to the concert altogether but I decided to go for it anyways because anything was better than staying at home.
Tony Das, was the friend who invited me. At the time he was playing for Thermal and a Quarter and he was also part of the three member band- Golden Boy, who performed that night. The other two were his older brother, Chris and his little sister, Judy. As a family they've been together cultivating their sound for so many years and what took place that night was real music - unplugged, acoustic, at its best!
Judy sang Bonnie Rait's 'I Can't Make You Love Me'. Her voice was intimate and sultry and that reflected her artistic and personal life. Chris sang the very famous, Maroon 5 'This Love' and Vertical Horizon's 'Everything You Want'- these were my favorites at the time and if anyone had sung them and screwed them up I would've probably had some seething comment ready. But Chris exerted a powerful creative presence that night with his acoustic rendition of the two songs. Tony Das, (now the guitarist of Karma6) a multi-talented guitar player - If you haven't watched this boy play, hold on to your space suits kids!
The trio's music is not en vogue in a sense. They sing the kind of songs that you would listen to on those wintery days. Always catchy and always thoughtful. These folks exude a strange sort of confidence that makes you feel like throwing your hands up and loving.
The Miracle of '08- after a long break, the Das' performed again at the Opus. By this time I had gotten to know them pretty well and this was the local act that I had wanted to see perform. Some of the songs sang by the group were from the 80's.. It made the night seem sunny and hopeful and took you out of a world of dead end jobs, phonies, sycophants, making up and breaking up.
Judy sang Sara Bareilles and Jewel. Chris sang tracks by Del Amitri and Winger, with a special dedication to their biggest fans- their mum, Tony's girl- Runa and then the unique devotee- ME!
Don't know if these guys will ever play again together, but if they do… I'm there. You should join me too. Long live Alternative Rock!
May 25, 2008
A Local Band and A Fan
Labels: Bangalore Local Music, Chris Das, Golden Boy, Golden Boy Opus, Judy Das, Local Bangalore Band, opus Performnace, priscilla's favourites. priscilla's choice, priscilla's music, Tony Das
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- Anonymous said...
Wish you were around when I started blogging 5 years ago ... Guess you must have been in school or something then! :)
But this is the kind of thing i had initially planned on blogging about - music and bands n stuff. Somewhere along the way I kinda lost focus and started writing on just about enything.
The brother-sister band is so sweet! I love Bonnie Raitt. And Jewel Kilcher (Pieces of You esp.) Hope you're having a great weekend.
Cheers! (...and keep the posts flowing)
- May 25, 2008
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When Colorado gets a spring like it did this year, it can seem like it goes from snow to blazing heat entirely too quickly. But luckily, local gardeners can at least turn to museum and public gardens to get a fix of color, bloom and passionate creativity that they didn't have to sweat for.
Technically, the Denver Botanic Gardens, with two locations, at 1007 York St. in Denver and 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road in Littleton, ranks as a museum. It's the big kahuna of Colorado public gardens, but it's not the only museum garden in town. Many area museums have splendid gardens on their grounds or nearby.
"Museums usually incorporate the garden only when sculpture is a part of the offering," said Cynthia Madden Leitner, founder and CEO of the Museum of Outdoor Arts, headquartered in Englewood.
But "landscape architecture and garden creation are an art form all their own. The most attractive synergy for art is when objects and installations are integrated thematically with the landscape, the flora and fauna, and the architecture," Leitner said.
"And it is sublime when the weather cooperates."
Cooperative weather or not, when you've finished with watering, weeding and mowing, try a visual respite in these museum gardens, many of them free.
Arvada Center
The Arvada Center advances Colorado's art scene indoors and out. Inside, in addition to galleries, an intimate theater stages plays and concerts. Outside, an amphitheater is backed on the south side by a xeric garden with native plants.
Clarice Dreyer sculpted the birdhouses and birdbaths in the garden. The artist also created the cast aluminum vines that wend around the amphitheater's blue walls.
Don't miss: In the parking lot between areas D and E, see "Anemotive Kinetic 8/08" -- a 17-foot-tall, kinetic sculpture by Colorado sculptor Robert Mangold.
6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada; 720-898-7200; arvadacenter.org.
The Butterfly Pavilion
This museum devoted to butterflies in Westminster includes a butterfly garden and a nature trail. It's a symbiotic relationship: The butterflies need plants for food and shelter and plants need butterflies for pollination. Here, outdoor gardens include more than 300 plant species ideal for butterflies.
Don't miss: On the Big Dry Creek Nature Trail, a half-mile loop outside the pavilion, you might spot butterflies, but also hawks, eagles, other raptors and herons.
6252 W. 104th Ave., Westminster; 303-469-5441; www.butterflies.org.
Clyfford Still Museum
The leafy courtyard outside the museum is an artful, immaculate environment. The large, cobalt blue sculpture, "For Jennifer," adds interest to a gracious forecourt; there's a grove of roughly 50 London plane trees and a mass planting of 300 serviceberry shrubs, 2,200 kinnikinnicks and geometric swatches of sod.
In his architect's statement, Brad Cloepfil of Allied Works Architecture described the forecourt as "a place of contemplation, decompression and transition from the museum's surrounding urban context."
Don't miss: You don't need a museum ticket to enjoy the courtyard, but if you do go inside, check out two terraces, one with a succulent garden, another with a swath of turf -- both modern gardens that go with the architecture.
1250 Bannock St.; 720-354-4880; clyffordstillmuseum.org.
The Denver Art Museum and Civic Center
The public piazza outside the Hamilton Building includes fountains, flowerbeds and benches. Or step across to Civic Center park, where you can stroll grounds adorned with some of the most spectacular annual gardens in the Mile High City. The densely planted beds and borders crescendo in late summer.
Don't miss: The large, shallow pool just across the street from The Denver Post was restored before the Democratic National Convention in 2008 and features sculptures of seals (which may or may not, given water restrictions, be spouting water).
100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway; DAM 720-865-5000; denverartmuseum.org.
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Just behind the museum, two lakes, a lily pond, a rose garden, a handsome boathouse, and one of the best views of downtown Denver and the Front Range await visitors. To enjoy this vast public garden, you need not have tickets to the museum, and parking is free.
Don't miss: The Shakespeare elm near the corner of Colorado Boulevard and East 17th Avenue is a towering tree started as a scion from the bard's Stratford-On-Avon home.
2001 Colorado Blvd; 303-370-6000; dmns.org.
Kirkland Museum
Headquartered in a historic studio, the Kirkland pays homage to celebrated Denver painter, Vance Kirkland, who was a gardener. Its collection includes glass, pottery, paintings and other works inspired by gardens or landscapes.
The museum includes a quaint sculpture garden hemmed in by brick walls and brick raised beds. Its 20 pieces include Bob Ragland's playful found-object musicians, another large Mangold kinetic piece and works by Angelo di Benedetto, Roger Kotoske, David Mazza, Todd Siler, Al Wynne, and Charles Parson.
Don't miss: Vance Kirkland's enormous outdoor painting, "Mysteries in My Garden," is hung in the courtyard.
1311 Pearl St.; 303-832-8576; kirklandmuseum.org.
Museum of Outdoor Arts
The museum exhibits its collection in gardens, office parks, on thoroughfares, as well as inside buildings. Its indoor galleries at South Santa Fe Drive and West Hampden Avenue in Englewood are showcasing Claudy Jongstra's textile arts. An artist from the Netherlands with roots in the high-fashion world, Jongstra grows her own plants as a source of dyes for her wool. She installed a miniature labyrinth made of wool and a second, made of stone in the atrium outside the museum.
Don't miss: For the grassy, 1-acre sculpture garden outside, David Owen Tryba -- one of Denver's leading architects -- designed a large, interactive fountain. In summer, the fountain includes programmed colored lights. A kinetic sculpture by Lin Emery, "Duo," catches wind in giant, red-rimmed flower petals.
1000 Englewood Parkway, 2nd Floor, Suite 2-230, Englewood; 303-806-0444; moaonline.org.
Colleen Smith is the author of "Glass Halo," set in part in Denver gardens, and "Laid-Back Skier."


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TGI Fry-Day: Hunan Style Crispy Eggplant from Lao Hunan
Reviews of fried food in Chicago.
It is no simple undertaking to dine at any of the places making up Tony Hu's Chinatown restaurant empire. Menu items soar into the hundreds, meaning that the plethora of choices can overwhelm, especially if you go in blindly. With the amount of care and attention that Hu puts into each of his concepts, I'm not saying that you're going to have a bad meal without hours of internet research, but a little due diligence certainly goes a long way.
For example, Tony's Three Chili Chicken is a requisite order at Lao Sze Chuan, as is the Dry Chili Fish Filet at Lao Hunan. For the latter restaurant, add the Hunan Style Crispy Eggplant ($10.50) to your short list. Preparation and garnish similarities to the fish aside, this is a dish that stands on its own. Purple Chinese eggplant is cut into wide batons, coated in a salty and spicy tempura-style batter, fried to a crisp, and tossed with dried red chilies and slivered green onions. The eggplant holds its shape surprisingly well, though each bite gives way to a smooth and creamy center. If you're looking for an additional dish to round out the rest of the dishes culled from your research or your devil-may-care on the spot improvisations, you can rest easy knowing that the eggplant is a sure-fire winner.
Lao Hunan
2230 S Wentworth Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616 (map)
All products linked here have been independently selected by our editors. We may earn a commission on purchases, as described in our affiliate policy.


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Fall 2011 New York Fashion Week: Suno 2011-02-13 10:44:28
2011 Fall New York Fashion Week: Suno
Walking into the crowded room for the Suno presentation, it was as if there were two worlds: one being the hypercrowded room of fashion insiders sipping the gratis dark 'n' stormy cocktails and plotting the evening's plans; the other was a peaceful, frozen-in-time world of Suno Fall. Models stood against paneled walls wearing layers of printed silks, textured knits, and apron dresses that hinted at Grandma's house dress. That said, it was only a hint, as the graphic prints, gorgeous florals and carefully mixed textures heralded a new approach to elegant dressing, Suno-style. Loose silhouettes and long layers drove home the idea that Fall 2011 will be about covering up. When Suno debuted in 2008 as a socially conscious line dedicated to supporting industry in Kenya, it took the bright, traditional African prints and fabrics and turned them into playful miniskirts and cropped blazers. Now the line seems to have grown up and found a softer femininity.
- Trends: Apron dress, long layers, long proportions, floral prints, unfinished knits.
- Colors: The florals and Kenyan prints that made Suno known took center stage over a specific color.
- Key Looks: An apron dress over a tie-neck blouse, the unfinished knits.
- Accessories: Lizzie Fortunato jewelry and patterned platform sandals were to-die-for.
- Who Would Wear It: Grown-up girls who don't need to show skin, with a taste for femininity and vintage.


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Joined: 16 Jan 2009
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Location: Oklahoma
Posted: Tue Jan 27 09 1:56 am
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I have a half moon damper door where the heat and smoke enters the cooking chamber. Also have a half moon welded in the front of the smoker from the top of the tank down to just below the lower cooking grate. This creates a funneling affect for smoke and heat. The chimney is extended down from the top in to this funnel about 5 inches. I've never tried the tuning plates but having been thinking strongly about it. Will probably add those soon. Slide out racks are a must also. I don't have them now but am about to. Nothing worse then having your head stuck inside the cooker all day. I also think an onboard propane starter is a good idea. You'll get that heavy iron heated up a lot quicker to. One last thing,,,,,,,,,a 2 inch clean out in the bottom. Mines to small now but won't be for long. This has been an ongoing project for 15 years so it's seen lots of cooking time.
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Posted: Tue Jan 27 09 11:46 am
Post subject: Dingers Cooker
All right guys and maybe Alien you too can help me out .I have a 11 x 3.5 opening going into a 20 x48 cooking chamber how high off of the bottom of the chamber do i place the tuning plates { the area of the 11x 3.5 opening?] Or do i just take a geuss and try my luck. I only have 10 inches to first grate so space is limited. Help
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Posted: Mon Feb 02 09 3:06 am
Post subject: Dingers smoker
Fellow smokers I have just finished welding my fire box[ a 14 gauge box within a 16 gauge box because this metal was free] Now dilemma time. If i rolled my cooking chamber out of 16 gauge[ again because it is free] will it hold its shape when i roll it and then cut out the door [will it spring out of round even though i will have already welded on the ends [20 diax48] \ Or what would be the lightest metal i could use for cooking chamber and maybe still use it for a grill if i needed to. Again just trying to pick all your brains
Any info is good info Thanks Eh.
Dinger from Canada
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Joined: 01 Mar 2005
Posts: 1997
Location: Bilings, still a Texan, MT
Posted: Sun Feb 08 09 11:44 pm
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16GA won't hold its shape rolled unless you can corrogate it like a 55gal drum. Make a frame out of 1/8x1" strips around it to help it hold its shape and to act as a smoke seal and keep it from falling through.
The main lesson I have learned (the hard way
) is put your doors on last. Every time you weld on your cooker, it can warp. So do all your other welding inside and out before you put your doors back on. Then once you have tweaked and bent on them to make them fit, you won't have to do it again if you warp it welding on the smokestack or firebox.
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Alien BBQ
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Joined: 12 Jul 2005
Posts: 5426
Location: Roswell, New Mexico
Posted: Mon Feb 09 09 12:12 pm
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The water is kinda under the bridge but this may help. You might want to weld on some straps (like those on a oak barrel) to help maintain the shape of the cylinder. The best idea would be to leave a two inch strip between two smaller doors but many folks would think that it would get in the way.
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Posts: 13
Location: Texas
Posted: Mon Apr 13 09 8:49 am
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My new project is a trailer mounted smoker, made out of a 5 ' piece of 1/4" pipe. That was the thickest I could find around here and it wasn't cheap. I just got my firebox fabbed up and connected yesterday. My next question is what should be next? Cooking grates and tuning plates, or cutting the doors? Or finishing the firebox? I think I'm going to leave the end caps off to the very last for easy access for any modifications inside. Any thought?
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Posts: 21
Posted: Tue Apr 14 09 11:12 am
Post subject: Rack Design
Maybe someone can help....
I'm in the process in building pull-out racks for the cooker I'm building from scratch. It calls for 1x1x1/4. At the door opening another 1x1x1/4 brackets is welded at the end so the rack doesn't tip out. Does anyone have any seigns/ ideas to something better?
Thanks in advance
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Tom C
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Joined: 21 Jul 2007
Posts: 1851
Location: N. California
Posted: Wed Apr 15 09 12:50 am
Post subject:
Here are som pictures of two different ways I did some pull out shelves.
In the picture on teh right you can see how the supports are in place. the angle iron in teh middle is turned to have a flat surface for support in teh middle of the rack. Also, you can see a small strip welded to the angle iron on the far right to keep the rack from tipping when pulled.
On the second one I made two side by side slide ot shelves.
Not sure if this helps but they both work great.
Homemade offset smoker 24"x48"
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Location: SoCal
Posted: Thu May 07 09 12:08 am
Post subject: Brick charcoal grill conversion
Hi all,
I stubmled on this site searching for design concepts for smokers and found Alien BBQ's post most informative. Thank you for that!
My wife and I just completed a kitchen remodel (we both love to cook and entertain) and are turning our sights toward the yard.
There is a brick charcoal grill that we hardly use and I thought it might be worthwhile to convert it to a smoker.
We have natural gas and power in the yard and I'm pretty handy, so building a "set it and forget it" system seems feasible.
My original thoughts are to remove the grill assembly and fabricate stainless racks, door and roof vent. Then add a gas firebox with an automatic fill water reservoir and auger feeder in the lower portion with air intake.
The upper opening is approx. 33"H X 24" W X 18" D. I have posted a pic at:
Any thoughts, advice, and warnings would be greatly appreciated!
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Posted: Fri Jul 24 09 10:12 am
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Well I built mine before I saw this post, Mine is an offset , but a bit diffrent, my firebox is welded to the cooking chamber , A 6 inch pipe runs the length of the cooking chamber , with holes allong the top of it, small holes at the firebox end and larger holes at the other end, I built a stainless valve to have control of how much smoke/heat goes in, my exhaust is the same size pipe , with a damper valve to slow the flow or open it up to make a better draft, My firebox also has adjustments for airflow to slow the burn.
this system is great and simple, it smokes even , and I can control it, I do have to stay near it for the first few hours to get all the valves and dampers dialed in , then it will hold content temp for about 4 hours( I have to add wood)
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Posted: Fri Jul 24 09 11:19 am
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Location: Birmingham, AL
Posted: Mon Jul 27 09 11:28 pm
Post subject: Tuning Plates - How many?
I just bought the smoker in the pictures below. The guy that built if fabricated up 4 tuning plates that are about 12" wide. I cooked on it for the first time this weekend with the plates mainly on the end closest to the box, with about a 1" gap between them. I was still getting about a 25 degree temperature variation from the middle of one side to the middle of the other. Should I get someone to fabricate me three or four more tuning plates and run them the rest of the way across?
By the way, the Q ended up great - just had to move the meat around a little during the cook to keep everything cooking even.
Thanks in advance for the advice.
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Posted: Mon Feb 01 10 9:10 am
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sound like grate idea pit university hope you don't hold any thing back
I always try to help any chance i get. don't try to ask the more popular pit builder a question. I helped one big pit builder in Texas out. I ask one question about insulating. boy he acted like I was going to steel his business
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Location: Neosho MO
Posted: Mon Feb 22 10 11:59 am
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Great write-up man thanks for all this information. I am going to be picking your brain here soon about some questions I am going to come up with while modifying my current set-up. Thanks for the great post.
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Location: New Braunfels, TX
Posted: Thu Mar 11 10 8:37 pm
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Lesson learned for this month # 46.75 There is a difference between a chasing die and a cutting die and you are going to have very little success threading 5/8" round bar stock from scratch with a chaser die no matter how many bowls of wheaties you had for breakfast
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Location: Mooresville NC
Posted: Fri Apr 16 10 11:22 pm
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I'm currently in the process of restoring and modding a brinkmann SNP pro. Everything is going well, however, I have some concern about the gauge of sheet metal that I have purchased for my tuning plates. I believe that I picked up 22 gauge to use as my tuning plates. I went ahead and created a baffle using the 22 gauge so I wouldn't have too hard of time bending the sheet metal. Should I consider going with a thicker gauge for the tuning plates, or will I get by okay?
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Location: Roswell, New Mexico
Posted: Sat Apr 17 10 2:06 am
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Location: London
Posted: Mon Mar 14 11 5:13 pm
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Thanks for the great information. I've never used steel pits, but a friend of mine said that the taste is not so good if we use steel pits. Is that true?
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Posted: Thu Aug 18 11 12:07 am
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WOW, everything you need to know right here in this post about smokers. love it. great post.
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Location: WA (via TN)
Posted: Fri Aug 19 11 4:36 am
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I've got some 4'x8'x1/8" (11ga) diamond plate, just wondering what would be the size after it is rolled. I wanna do a Fat 40 or 50 clone, will 1 sheet rolled do or will I need to get two rolled?
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Take it all in - the sunlight, the multi-layered views, the warmth and comfort of this stunning 3500 sq ft home nestled perfectly on a one acre lot in the Saseenos area of Sooke, near Victoria, BC. Stepping into this very well maintained and updated 1993-built home, you'll immediately be greeted by sweeping views through the French doors into the open-plan entertainment area with large bright kitchen, family room with vaulted ceilings and gas fireplace, and sun-drenched breakfast nook. The wall of south-facing windows offers light and warmth year-round, and the stunning views over the Sooke Basin, Goodridge Islands, East Sooke and the Olympic Mountains are ever-changing and uplifting. A sliding glass door leads to the large deck. Designed for main-level living, you'll find a formal living and dining room with another gas fireplace between, a large, bright master bedroom with luxurious ensuite bath complete with a jetted tub to enjoy the views, and two more bedrooms. A large bonus room above the garage would make an ideal study, games room, play room, or home office. Downstairs in the walk-out, daylight basement you'll find a very large and well-laid out one bedroom self-contained suite. Much like upstairs, it is bright and open, and enjoys the view. The large games room could be converted into a second bedroom. Also downstairs is a large workshop for the home hobbyist or storage. Outside, enjoy the tasteful landscaping and garden areas, and privacy from the neighbouring homes on an idyllic acre. This home enjoys energy-efficient heating and cooling from a heat pump and is in truly move-in condition with many recent improvements and upgrades. Get in touch today for your personal tour.
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For those of you who follow me on Instagram then you might remember the cookbook I received recently. Normally I just sort of put together whatever we have on hand but I was so inspired by these simple recipes that I used them every night for a week. Check it out, you might want to do the same!
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Oh, I love Donna Hay. I discovered her while visiting Australia last year. Which recipes were your favorite? I may just have to pick up this cookbook!ReplyDelete
And, I love the way you styled the table above. Simply beautiful!
That's funny, I was just looking through this book today for inspiration. The photos KILL me.ReplyDelete
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What a coincidence - I'm making her pasta with caramelized onions tonight! I cannot wait :)ReplyDelete
I've just checked the book, what a wonderful world inside, love it!!ReplyDelete
Summer recipes are so in for me. Heading to check the book now. Got my eye on your blog now.ReplyDelete
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It is an tea-towel? Short response would be great, I am in love.
THANKS and all the best,
Love how you used the beverage bottle to hold the flower. Over here I use nothing but Mistic juice bottles with the round emblem to hold my flowers. I actually did it because I didn't have a vase and remembered you always putting your flowers in jars and such. The way you staged everything is very clean and simple. Cookbooks are essential in every kitchen if not for cooking for design:) it all works well together, and your photography skills are just getting better and better!ReplyDelete
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Glitter Rhinestone Cylinder Flash Drive Flash Disk which has high portability and user-friendliness is a very personalizedand stylish flash drive. This glitter rhinestone cylinder housing flash drive supports standard USB 2.0 transmission rate. It is greatly to store your data and files with this personalized flash drive.
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All-SWFL team 2017: vote for your top forwards | poll, photos
Fans have the chance to vote their top South West Football Leauge players into the Bunbury Mail's All-SWFL team over the next two weeks.
The Mail has compiled lists of some of the outstanding performers in the midfield, ruck, forward and defense from across the league this season, with fans able to pick their favourites to make the side of 22.
Once voting ends and the side is decided, we will see how it stacks up against the Mandurah Mail's All-PFNL team.
Voting closes on Sunday, September 20, 11.59pm, with the team to be released later that week.
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Donald Trump vows to step up pressure on Nicolas Maduro
WASHINGTON DC - U.S. President Donald Trump has lashed out again at Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, while the U.S. treasury has issued new sanctions against a major Venezuelan government owned-and-controlled bank and its subsidiaries which Washington says are being used to move money in and out of the country, in a bid to get around sanctions.
"President Donald J. Trump is committed to preventing Nicolas Maduro and his regime from further stealing Venezuela's resources and wealth for their personal gain, while the people of Venezuela suffer from lack of food, medicine, and reliable power and water," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Friday.
"The United States will not tolerate the arrest of peaceful democratic actors, including members of the democratically-elected Venezuelan National Assembly and those Venezuelans working with Interim President Juan Guaido."
"Today, the Department of the Treasury determined that Venezuela's financial sector is subject to sanctions pursuant to Executive Order 13850, and sanctioned a major Venezuelan bank and four subsidiary banks used by Maduro and his regime as slush funds to evade United States sanctions and to move money out of Venezuela," Sanders said.
"The United States will continue to take steps to pressure Maduro, his regime, and those who support him, until they step out of the way and allow a democratic transition to occur under Interim President Guaido and the National Assembly of Venezuela," the White House press secretary said.


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"Wheels for Life Pumptrack Jam"
Sombrio sets up their pumptrack in San Francisco
San Francisco, CA – Sombrio is teaming up with Bike Magazine, Boombotix and Ride SFO to bring their pumptrack to San Francisco this Saturday, November 3. Everyone is invited to join the party. The pumptrack will be set up from 3pm to 7pm in Lot C of the AT&T Park (1144 3rd Street). The event is free for all to attend with demo bikes, helmets and pads available for use.
The Sombrio Pumptrack has been travelling around Canada and the US for the last two months and has been set up at events including Cranworx, InterBike, The Tara Llanes Classic, and Outerbike. Everywhere it goes the track inspires an audience of riders to try it for the first time, to ride it faster or to double the whoops (evenly spaced rollers). Pumptracks instill skills that transfer to the trails, they teach you how to pump the terrain to gain speed, improve your cornering, maintain momentum and most importantly how to have fun on your bike!
Sombrio is an authentic Freeride mountain bike apparel company based in North Vancouver, they believe that the basic bicycle is the catalyst to a better world. More information on Sombrio can be found at www.sombriocartel.com.
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Miss Fit: "Yogurt."
Dr. Grumpy: "You're on a yogurt diet?"
Miss Fit: "No, yogurt. The exercise thing, where you hold different positions and stretch."
Dr. Grumpy: "You mean yoga."
Miss Fit: "Whatever."
A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
She's gone from suck to blow!
So what does silicone look like on an MRI series anyways?
"I don't get it- that line KILLED when Dolly used it in 'The Family Circus!' I'm firing my comedy coach!"
"May the Schwartz be with you!"
You've just made me discover that Diet Coke, expelled at high velocity through the nose, makes one's sinuses tingle.
Wait, wait, I saw this in a Get Fuzzy strip.
"I like vanilla yogurt."
Don't knock the yogurt exercise plan. Pulling those foil tops can be exhausting.
Just what the pointy-haired dude in 'Dilbert' might have said, before he became obsessed with leveraged sell-outs! (O __ O)w
Hold positions and stretch? That's not yoghurt, it's mozzarella cheese.
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This past weekend was my boyfriend's birthday and I planned a surprise party for him (yes, I can be sweet when I try!). So, I decided to treat everyone to some quick, sweet bites- Banana Bread Cake Pops. Why the Banana Bread? Well, it's a staple in the Naik House- we always have some moist, chocolatey and nutty banana bread that my boyfriend always goes home with. Let's just say he REALLY likes our banana bread! I thought, why don't I just use that banana bread and make them into cake pops? Plus, no guests likes to stand around holding a plate and fork chowing down a slice of cake! I mean no one said that cake pops have to be made with a particular type of cake, or cake at all!
I combined a tweeked version of our Banana Bread recipe with sweet banana frosting and enrobed it in deep, dark chocolate. Now, if that doesn't sound good to you, than I don't what does! If you're not a banana fan (like me), you're palette is definitely going to change after you take a bite out of these!
Banana Bread Recipe:
- 2 cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 3 Ripe Bananas
- 1 1/2 cups Sugar
- 1/3 cup Vegetable Oil
- 1/3 cup Heavy Cream- At Room Temperature
- 2 Large Eggs- At Room Temperature
- PAM Baking Flavor
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 1 1/2 quart loaf pan with PAM. Set aside.
1. In a medium-sized bowl sift together the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Set aside.
2. In a small bowl whisk together eggs, cream and oil until well combined. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, break up the banana and add sugar.
Using a hand mixer, whip together until fluffy, about 1 minute. With the mixer on low, slowly pour in the wet ingredients and beat for 2 minutes.
Add the flour mixture (I added 1/2 cup at a time) and continue beating for 2 minutes longer. DO NOT OVER BEAT! Pour into the loaf pan and bake for about 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until inserted wooden toothpicks comes out clean. Set aside to cool for an hour.
Banana Frosting:
- 1 1/2 Ripe Bananas- mashed
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
- 1 tbsp Milk
- 3 cups Confectioner's Sugar
1. In a large bowl mash the banana with the lemon juice. Mix in the vanilla and milk.
Using a hand mixer, blend banana mixture together on medium-low speed until slightly smooth. Add the sugar in slowly and continuously with the blender on medium-low. As the frosting becomes thicker, increase the speed of the mixer. Frosting should have a thick and creamy consistency- you don't want it to be too thick. If it is too thick, you can add a little milk.
Makes 2 cups of Frosting
- 5 3.5oz Dark Chocolate Bars (I used Ghiradelli 60% Cacao Brand)
- Sugar Pearls- any color
- 1/2 3.5oz White Chocolate Bar (I used Ghiradelli Brand)
1. In a large clear bowl, break dark chocolate bar into small pieces. Microwave for 35 second. Remove and stir with a spatula. Continue until chocolate is almost all melted. Stir vigorously to melt remaining pieces and the chocolate will become shiny. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
2. When you're ready to decorate, melt the white chocolate the same way.
To Make Cake Pop Balls:
1. Once the banana bread is cool, break it up into a large bowl.
2. Use a little more than 1 cup of the banana frosting, and stir into the crumbled banana bread. Mix well. The consistency should be almost like a thick, crumbly dough:
3. Using your hands, grab a little bit of the dough and roll into 1-2 inch balls. Ass your rolling, press the dough together to make sure its compacted tightly- you don't want them falling apart later on! If your hand gets super sticky, just dab a little warmer on them and continue rolling. Place balls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper:
Freeze for about 2 hours, or until the balls are cool and hard.
4. Once the chocolate is melted and cooled to room temperature, stick the cookie stick into each cake pop, and dip the balls until completely coated and smooth. Remove and carefully place back on parchment lined sheet. Dip each ball, making sure that they're dipped all around, and there are no rough edges. If decorating with sugar pearls, coat the tops with a few pearls right after you dip the cake pops. If decorating with white chocolate drizzle, let cool (overnight preferably).
Pour the melted white chocolate in a small ziplock bag and cut a TINY part of the corner off. Drizzle the cooled cake pops, going back and forth until a pretty lined drizzle-effect appears. Let cool for about 2 hours.
5. I served mine in a rectangular basket, filled with a styrofoam piece (so they stay put), and everyone loved them!
Makes about 48-50 Cake Pops
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Special Savory Loaves
Filled with herbs, tomatoes and cheese, then topped with zesty seasonings, this hearty bread will be welcome at any gathering. Tells Alanna Petrone of Terryville, Connecticut, "My husband and I like to bake. This recipe is one we developed and served at a family picnic, where everyone loved it!"
Total TimePrep: 35 min. + rising Bake: 40 min.
Makes2 loaves (32 slices)
- 2 packages (1/4 ounce each) active dry yeast
- 1-1/3 cups warm water (110° to 115°)
- 1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed tomato soup, undiluted
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 6-1/4 to 6-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup minced fresh basil
- 1/2 cup minced fresh parsley
- 1/4 cup minced garlic
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 2 large tomatoes, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup grated Romano cheese
- 1 egg white, lightly beaten
- 2 tablespoon sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon cracked black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Add soup, oil, salt and 3 cups flour; beat until smooth. Add enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.
- Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. For filling, combine basil, parsley, garlic and oil in a bowl; let stand for 30 minutes.
- Punch dough down; divide in half. Roll each portion into a 16-in. x 12-in. rectangle. Spread basil mixture to within 1 in. of edges. Cover with tomatoes and sprinkle with cheese. Roll up jelly-roll style, beginning at long side; pinch seams to seal and tuck ends under.
- Place loaves on greased baking sheets; brush tops with egg white. Combine remaining topping ingredients; sprinkle over loaves. With a sharp knife, cut four 1/2-in. slits on top of each loaf. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30-45 minutes.
- Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.
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BTO Sports/KTM Photo Gallery
January 2, 2013 11:35am
Yesterday morning, BTO Sports in-house photographers Chris Weedon and Michael Bartovsky headed down to the supercross track at Pala Raceway to shoot photos of the BTO Sports/KTM team for the upcoming supercross season. Matt Goerke was looking very comfortable on the BTO Sports/KTM450SX-F and is ready for battle come Anaheim 1 in less than a week.
Check out the link to the photogallery for photos of the teams' brand new look. We are really excited about what the team has going on for 2013!!
Also, be sure to check back to the BTO Sports News site on Saturday for live practice/race updates!!


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Barcelona defender Puyol signs 3-year extension
BY foxsports • January 22, 2013
Barcelona defender Carles Puyol has signed a three-year contract extension that will likely see him finish his career at his boyhood club.
The 34-year-old Spain international says ''I am very happy - my plan was to stay on here for as many years as I could.''
Puyol's contract was set to run out at the end of this season.
Puyol debuted with Barcelona's first team in 1999. He has been team captain since 2004, and has helped the club win three Champions League titles and five Spanish league championships, along with various other trophies.
Barcelona leads the Spanish league by eight points.
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University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
April 2004 (Updated May 2019)
Descriptive Summary
|Bale, Trevor, 1913-1994.
|Gibson, Walter B. (Walter Brown), 1897-1985.
|Trevor "Tommy" Bale Collection
|Unpublished autobiography, agreements, correspondence, articles, circus tour cards, and circus programs concerning legendary tiger trainer, acrobat, aerialist, ringmaster and clown, Trevor "Tommy" Bale and writer Walter B. Gibson (famed ghostwriter for magicians Harry Houdini, Howard Thurston, and Harry Blackstone, and the creator of one of pulp fiction's most enduring characters, "The Shadow").
|1 Linear Feet. 4 Boxes, 1 Oversized Folder.
In 1953, legendary tiger trainer Trevor "Tommy" Bale (1913 - 1994) realized his lifelong dream of headlining the center ring of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus - "The Greatest Show on Earth." Years of struggle, hard work and anonymity now resulted in worldwide fame and domestic stability for Bale and his family. At this apex in his career, Trevor Bale, with the assistance of Walter B. Gibson (famed ghostwriter for magicians Harry Houdini, Howard Thurston and Harry Blackstone and the creator of one of pulp fiction's most enduring characters, "The Shadow"), sought to preserve the legacy of the Bale family, in his autobiography, "The Trevor Bale Story".
Trevor Bale once said he was "born in a sawdust ring on the back of a horse", the son of Edwin George Bale, "the most versatile circus artist who ever lived." Generations of the Bale family performed, under circus tents, throughout the world, and Trevor first faced an audience as a member of the "Bale Family of Cyclists"(c.1916). Traveling throughout the world, Trevor "Tommy" Bale was a witness to many great historical events of the first half of the Twentieth Century (two World Wars, revolts in Ireland, coal miner's strikes in England, African exploration and turmoil, etc). In the mid 1950s, Bale sat down to record his memories on reel-to-reel tape to be transcribed and edited by Gibson. This typed manuscript collection is now preserved in the Belknap Collection for the Performing Arts. Throughout these pages, Bale vividly describes the excitement, politics, dangers and mishaps involved in day-to-day circus life. Bale's passionate eye for detail is evident as he recalls a late night train collision with a herd of African cattle, a shark attack, a near disaster at sea (traveling from England to South Africa aboard the R.M.S. "Edinburgh Castle" ocean liner), and a gruesome attack upon a tourist, by African natives, at the scenic South African Victoria Falls.
In order to survive the pitfalls of his stress-filled career, Bale learned all the necessary tricks, traditions and skills while traveling on the road and performing on the stage and in the circus ring. Danish born, this British citizen was a man of his times and setting and he unapologetically presents a sometimes less than politically correct description of the transient life of the circus performer. Researchers will find some rough edges, throughout this unedited manuscript, but the reader will also discover a colorful and descriptive narrative of an era long gone. Bale's goal was to recreate "what early 20th century circus life was like" and his intentions are brilliantly achieved from page to page. His life was a passing parade of show business lore including stints with the "Blackpool Tower Circus', Holland's "Circus Stratzburger", "Peglo's Circus", Sweden's "Scott's Circus", "Circus Midrano", Germany's "Circus Busch", a few Bale family circus organizations and, finally, at the urging of John Ringling North - "The Greatest Show on Earth!" Shortly after Trevor Bale joined the Ringling organization, union strikes and diminishing attendance forced the circus to close. The unthinkable forced Bale and his fellow performers to seek employment with smaller organizations until "the biggest of the big tops" could reorganize.
At this time, the interest in Trevor Bale's exciting life story also faded and Walter B. Gibson's proposals were rejected by every publishing house. Gibson transcribed Trevor Bale's recorded reminiscences and preserved, in rough form, 208 pages (approximately 8 reels) of the unpublished tome. Walter Gibson abandoned the project and never completed the editing process. Trevor Bale, "one of the world's foremost tiger trainers", was crushed by this failure and, in many poignant letters to Gibson he pours out his need for money and recognition.
The story of Trevor Bale, animal trainer, acrobat, aerialist, ringmaster and clown, is a tale worthy of telling. Unfortunately, there was no longer a need to continue Bale's recording project. Due to economics and historical events the book was shelved and the unfinished "Trevor Bale Story" never saw the light of day. Fortunately, the preliminary pre-publication efforts of Bale and Gibson are now preserved in the Belknap Collection for the Performing Arts and the story of one of the truly great, but unsung, "circus men" of the 20th Century will finally be told.
The collection is housed in two boxes (approximately 1 linear foot) and is alphabetically filed by subject. Included within the collection is background information on both Trevor Bale and Walter B. Gibson, the written agreement between Bale and Gibson, letters (personal correspondence, business letters and the publication rejection letters), magazine and newspaper articles, circus tour cards, circus programs, and the pre-publication manuscripts prepared by Walter B. Gibson (including handwritten corrections and signed notes and corrections by Bale and Gibson).
The collection is open for research.
[Identification of item], Trevor "Tommy" Bale Collection, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Purchased in 2003.
|Agreement - 1 page -carbon typed letter - unsigned agreement between Gibson and Bale regarding Bale's life story.
|American Magazine, The - 1 copy of the June 1956 edition of The American Magazine. Includes the article "Care To Train a Tiger?" by John Kobler (a profile of Trevor "Tommy" Bale pages 24-25, 96-99). 1956
|Bale, Trevor - Letters to Walter B. Gibson discussing the book and his life - most are signed by Trevor Bale. 1955-1956
|Bale, Trevor - Miscellaneous photocopied biographical information on the life of Bale from the Internet and publications.
|Circus - Miscellaneous articles relating to the circus including information on the 1956 strikes and the closing of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus.
|Gibson, Walter B. - Letters to Bale - carbon typed copies discussing the book - one letter signed by Gibson. 1955-1957
|Circus - Miscellaneous articles relating to the circus including information on the 1956 strikes and the closing of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus (Oversized).
|Gibson, Walter B. - Miscellaneous photocopied biographical information on the life of Gibson from the Internet and publications.
|Gibson, Walter B. - Rejection letters sent to Gibson from various publishing houses (Random House, McGraw-Hill, etc) regarding the Bale Story. 1956
|Gibson, Walter B. - Research Notes (10 pages) Handwritten (unsigned) notes compiled by Gibson while interviewing Bale.
|Manuscript - "Bale I" (copy 1) - Trevor Bale Story -carbon typed manuscript copy (208 pages) - complete transcription through Reel 8 - handwritten corrections by Gibson.
|Manuscript - "Bale I" (copy 2) - Trevor Bale Story- Original manuscript copy (208 pages) - complete through Reel 8 - handwritten corrections by Gibson.
|Manuscript - "Chapter I" (copy 1) - Trevor Bale Story - carbon typed copy (34 pages) on thin yellow paper.
|Manuscript - "Chapter I" (copy 2) - Trevor Bale Story - carbon typed copy (34 pages) on thin gold paper.
|Manuscript - "Chapter I" (copy 3) - Trevor Bale Story - Original copy (34 pages) with minor handwritten corrections by Gibson.
|Manuscript - Corrections typed by Bale (9 pages) - Signed by Bale.
|Manuscript - "Digest" of Trevor Bale Story (copy 1) - transcribed and prepared by Gibson from 14 reels of Bale recordings.
|Manuscript - "Digest" of Trevor Bale Story (copy 2) - transcribed and prepared by Gibson from 14 reels of Bale recordings - minor corrections by Gibson - includes envelope with Gibson notations.
|Manuscript - Outline - Trevor Bale Story (copy 1) - carbon typed copy prepared by Gibson.
|Manuscript - Outline - Trevor Bale Story (copy 2) - original copy (unsigned) prepared by Gibson with handwritten corrections by Gibson.
|Manuscript - 23 Bale mailing envelopes from correspondence sent to Gibson - Most typed with address information, some handwritten by Bale.
|Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus - Incomplete set of official circus touring schedule cards (12) sent to Gibson by Bale in order to provide contact information while on the road. 1955-1956
|Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus - 1956 official circus program - Bale is listed on page 34 - "Implacable Killers of Asian Jungles Featuring Trevor Bale's Royal Bengal Tigers". 1956
|Saunders, Marion - Letters and agreement sent to Bale from Marion Saunders, his publishing agent and representative during the book preparation. 1955
Animal trainers.
Bale, Trevor, 1913-1994.
Circus performers.
Gibson, Walter B. (Walter Brown), 1897-1985.
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows.
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Eight Styles to Add to Your Pizza Lexicon
At Slice we ever endeavor to keep expanding our knowledge about all things pizza. As such, our Regional Pizza Style Index is always growing as we learn about new regional varieties around the globe. The time has come to add some updates to our style guide!
When you get into the taxonomy of pizza, some styles are so closely related to one another that the lines can start to get blurred. Different regions can call what is essentially the same pizza by different names, and that can even extend to the names and labels that pizza makers apply to their pies. So we approach the style guide with the attitude that these styles are elastic by nature. Think of this list as tool to help navigate your way through the saucy, cheesy crusts of the world.
We'll continue to fine tune the existing styles, as well as add new ones down the line. Hopefully these styles will be a good jumping off point for discussing and sussing out what distinguishes the many styles of pizza form one another. Drop some thoughts or styles we need to include in the next update in the comments section.
Pizza Styles Index
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