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OUHSC is built upon a rich tradition of innovative curricula and cutting edge research. In addition, OUHSC represents a unique opportunity to attend school surrounded by your future health care colleagues represented in seven different colleges: Allied Health, Dentistry, Graduate, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health.
Welcome to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, approximately 25 miles north of Norman, Oklahoma, and within blocks of the State Capitol.
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center has a rich history as the State's major educational resource for training physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, public health specialists, and a wide range of allied health personnel. It is also instrumental in developing improved methods of health care delivery for Oklahoma. An internationally prominent faculty, state‐of‐the‐art facilities and new technology combine to make the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center a leader in education, research, and patient care.
At the turn of the Twentieth Century, the College of Medicine was founded as a two‐year pre‐clinical school. Ten years later in 1910, it was merged with the Epworth Medical College in Oklahoma City and became a four‐year degree‐granting school. In 1911, the first degree in medicine was awarded.
Under the direction of the College of Medicine, a two‐year School of Nursing was organized in 1911. In 1913, the school graduated its first class and became a three‐year diploma program. Future physicians and nurses trained primarily in the old Rolater Home and Hospital in Oklahoma City until 1919, when University Hospital was built. Oklahoma Children's Memorial Hospital was completed in 1928 and became the second state‐owned University of Oklahoma hospital. Also, construction had begun on a new College of Medicine building, and by 1928, it was possible to centralize all of the College's pre‐clinical and medical operations.
During the ensuing years, enrollment climbed steadily, a Graduate College was formed, and new health facilities were added to help meet the comprehensive health care needs of the State. The Veterans' Administration Hospital and the privately sponsored Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation were constructed. In 1957, the School of Nursing was authorized to confer baccalaureate nursing degrees, and in 1967, a School of Health, which was later renamed the College of Health, was established.
The Basic Sciences Education Building, first in a series of construction projects aimed at helping meet the State's need for health care professionals, was completed in 1969 and substantially renovated in 2008. It provides teaching space for undergraduate, graduate, dental, and medical education. It is also used extensively for continuing education of practicing health professionals in Oklahoma. In addition, a dean was appointed for the College of Dentistry in 1969, and three years later the first class was accepted and began studies.
Established in 1972 as a branch program, the College of Medicine, Tulsa has enabled the University to use hospital training facilities in Tulsa, to establish additional medical residencies, and to provide for expanded health care capabilities in the State. Under this program, selected third‐ and fourth‐year students receive their clinical training in the major Tulsa community hospitals.
In 1973, the Oklahoma Legislature provided for the creation of a Board of Trustees to operate and govern University Hospital and transferred Children's Memorial Hospital to the Department of Institutions, Social and Rehabilitative Services, now known as Department of Human Services. The name of the hospital was first changed to Oklahoma Children's Memorial Hospital, and later to Children's Hospital of Oklahoma.
The Biomedical Sciences Building and College of Dentistry Building were completed in 1976. The 10‐story Biomedical Sciences Building structure contains 500 rooms, over half of which are used for research by faculty and graduate students. It provides space for the administrative offices of the College of Medicine and the five basic sciences departments of biochemistry and molecular biology, cell biology, microbiology and immunology, physiology, and pathology. Also located in the building are animal quarters and specially designed temperature controlled research laboratories. The five‐story College of Dentistry Building structure provides teaching, research, clinical practice, and office space. Each of the five clover‐shaped clinics, which give the building its unique shape, contains 36 operatories where students provide patient treatment under faculty supervision. In addition to the modern operatories, clinical laboratories, and specialty clinics, clinically‐oriented research is conducted in special research operatories and laboratories located near faculty offices.
The College of Pharmacy, the University's oldest degree‐granting college, moved its base of operations from the Norman campus to the Health Sciences Center in the Fall of 1976. The College joined Medicine, Nursing, Health, Dentistry, and the Graduate Colleges in Oklahoma City, and moved into its newly completed facility, the Henry D. and Ida Mosier Pharmacy Building, in 1983.
The College of Nursing Building on Stonewall Avenue was dedicated in 1977. The four‐story building houses student activity space, teaching areas, and administrative and faculty offices. Features of the building include a 184‐seat lecture hall, a professional practice area with a nursing station and model patient rooms, a clinical practice space, and a computing area.
The Robert M. Bird Health Sciences Library was dedicated in 1978. In addition to library services, the building houses the Offices of the President, Senior Vice President and Provost, Legal Counsel, Alumni and Development, Graduate College, Vice President for Research and Research Administration, the University Privacy Official, Institutional Review Board, Academic Affairs and Faculty Development, Academic Technology, Telemedicine, and Academic Media and Digital Services.
The offices of Human Resources, Financial Administration, Budget, Equal Opportunity and Institutional Equity, Site Support, Operations, and OU Parking and Transportation are located in the Service Center Building. Some of these offices provide administrative support while others have the responsibility for the physical operation and maintenance of the campus.
In 1980, the state legislature transferred the governance of the University Hospital to the Department of Human Services. The University Hospital was renamed the Oklahoma Memorial Hospital. Significant expansion of the hospital facilities was undertaken during the early 1980s, as it became the major component of the Oklahoma Medical Center complex.
In 1981, the College of Health was divided into two colleges, the College of Allied Health and the College of Public Health. The College of Public Health occupies the Health Sciences Center's original teaching structure. The original medical school facility, completed in 1928, was renamed the College of Health Building and was renovated substantially in 1981. Space is also provided for the Office of Community Partnership and Health Policy.
The Rogers Building was acquired from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation in 1989. The Rogers Building provides the University with office support spaces for Information Technology and other entities.
In 1993, in response to the changing health care environment and other factors, the state legislature transferred the teaching hospitals complex to a new governance structure and state agency, The University Hospitals Authority. In this transfer, the name of the adult hospital was restored to its historic title of University Hospital.
The Family Medicine Center was completed in 1994 at a total project cost of $7.6 million. This two‐story facility contains 71,200 gross square feet, including primary care out‐patient clinics on the first floor and Department of Family and Preventive Medicine offices and educational facilities on the second floor. The building includes 68 treatment rooms in five clinic modules on the first floor and faculty and staff offices and a multi‐media classroom on the second floor. A building addition in 2002 provided a new, modern classroom for Physician Associate Students.
The Student Center was completed in 1996 at a total project cost of $4 million. This two‐story facility contains 26,900 gross square feet, including food service, meeting rooms and Student Association offices on the first floor and conference and study rooms, and computer facilities on the second floor. A third floor story addition was completed in 2002 at a construction cost of $2.7 million. The third floor consolidates campus student support
services, including offices for HSC Student Affairs and Financial Aid. Also, available on the floor is the David L. Boren Lounge, an area to allow for student study, socialization and events for our campus community. In 2004, the Student Center was renamed the David L. Boren Student Union.
The Stanton L. Young Biomedical Research Center (BRC North) was completed in 1997 at a total project cost of $21.5 million. This four‐story structure includes 105,300 gross square feet. On the first floor, there are conference and seminar rooms, a bio‐safety level‐3 core laboratory, and building support spaces. The second, third, and fourth floors include research laboratory neighborhoods, each with eight research laboratories, principal investigator offices, and lab support spaces. In 2005, the second phase of the Stanton L. Young Biomedical Research Center (BRC West) was completed; adding 122,000 square feet of research space, targeted primarily for strategic research plan priority initiatives. The BRC West houses building management offices and the campus core facilities. The Johnnie Crutchfield Research Laboratory located on the first floor contains two divisions of the OUHSC Laboratory for Molecular Biology and Cytometry Research (LMBCR) core facilities; the division of DNA sequencing/Genomics and the Mass Spectrometry/Proteomics divisions. The Flow and Image Cytometry division of the LMBCR core facility is located on the third floor.
In 1997, the state legislature and the Governor approved the teaching hospitals and the University affiliating with a corporate entity in the health sciences center. The Supreme Court also approved this new arrangement. In February 1998, the University Hospitals (University Hospital and Children's Hospital of Oklahoma) entered into a groundbreaking joint operating agreement with Columbia/HCA to manage the University Hospitals and Presbyterian Hospital located on the campus. At the same time, the University entered into an Academic Affiliation Agreement with Columbia/HCA to continue the support of the hospitals for the various teaching and patient care programs, primarily affecting the College of Medicine but involving all colleges at the center. The three hospitals are managed under the title of OU Medical Center, formerly University Health Partners, but each retains its own unique identity and special characteristics.
The Allied Health Practice Center, previously used as the Health Sciences Center's first Family Medicine Clinic, was renovated in 1997, and a technical facility was completed in the same year. These facilities are used by the Oklahoma Assistive Technology Center.
The George Nigh Rehabilitation Center, located in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, was transferred from the Department of Veterans' Affairs to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in 1999. This modern inpatient rehabilitation building contains over 60,000 gross square feet. The facility is managed by OU Physicians, College of Medicine.
The Schusterman Center, University of Oklahoma‐Tulsa Campus, was acquired in 1999. The campus is a 60‐ acre site with 16 buildings and 378,000 gross square feet. The Schusterman Center campus houses academic and research programs based in Tulsa, and some from the Norman and the Oklahoma City campuses. Current OU Health Sciences Center professional and graduate programs offered in Tulsa are the Colleges of Allied Health, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health.
A new comprehensive ambulatory care facility for the medical faculty practice, the OU Physicians Building, was opened in November 2001. This five‐story facility contains 192,000 gross square feet. The building was designed primarily from a patient perspective and offers many modern conveniences for ease of access. This was the culmination of a plan to bring together most of the medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties outpatient practices in one building. Laboratories and complete radiological services occupy the first floor. The second through fifth floors accommodate all patient examination and care services of the various specialties and subspecialties. The building also houses the OU Breast Institute.
In 2005, the 62,000 gross square feet Hillcrest Family Medicine Center was constructed. In 2007, the OU Physicians‐Tulsa Research and Medical Clinic was completed on the Schusterman Center campus. The 100,000 gross square feet clinical facility houses a variety of clinical services, including the clinics previously located at the Sheridan campus. Additional clinical facilities, including University clinics and private hospitals, are located throughout the City of Tulsa.
Construction of a three‐story state‐of‐the‐art College of Allied Health Building was completed in 2009. The Allied Health building contains classrooms and class laboratories, distance education and computer facilities, clinical and research space, children's hearing impaired daycare center, faculty, staff, and student offices and building support spaces.
The Peggy and Charles Stephenson Cancer Center opened in 2011 and is Oklahoma's only comprehensive academic cancer center. This seven‐story facility contains 213,000 gross square feet. Incorporating a design that promotes multidisciplinary and patient‐centered care, the $128 million building provides Oklahomans with a world‐class diagnostic and treatment facility with the latest technology available in an environment of research and education.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The dollar rose Friday, notching weekly gains against the euro, yen and Australian dollar.
Sales of new single-family homes rose 6.4% in April to an annual rate of 433,000, beating economist expectations.
Housing data have become significant because of comments from Federal Reserve officials, including Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen, about the sector's recent weakness. Investors are closely watching economic data and language from the Fed for clues on when the central bank could begin to raise interest rates, which should boost the dollar.
"Despite the latest bump up in the headline reading, the current bias towards the housing rebound remains negative," said Andrew Wilkinson, chief market analyst at Interactive Brokers LLC, in a note. "It seems that investors have the key economic sector in the cross hairs now that the rebound that started three years ago appears to be hitting a wall," he said.
The ICE dollar index DXY, +0.19%, which pits the greenback against six other currencies, rose to 80.374 from 80.226 late Thursday. That's the highest level in seven weeks, pushing the index to a weekly gain of 0.4%. The WSJ Dollar Index BUXX, +0.05%, another gauge of dollar strength, rose to 73.16 from 73.07.
The euro EURUSD, -0.2083% fell to $1.3630 from $1.3654 late Thursday, for a weekly loss of 0.5%. That's the third consecutive weekly loss for the euro against the dollar, driven in part by increased speculation that the European Central Bank could ease monetary policy in June.
The Ifo index, a closely watched gauge of German business sentiment, fell to 110.4 in May from 111.2 in April, missing expectations. European investors are also watching the ongoing European Parliamentary elections, which are scheduled to end May 25. Read: Europe's continental vote will have local effects
In other trade, the British pound GBPUSD, +0.0481% fell to $1.6826 from $1.6869 late Thursday, but still gained 0.1% for the week.
The dollar USDJPY, +0.01% rose to 101.97 yen from ¥101.73. For the week, the dollar is up 0.4% against the yen. Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda told The Wall Street Journal he doesn't expect the yen to appreciate. The U.S. economy is recovering faster than the Japanese economy, which should cap further yen gains against the dollar, he said. The dollar is down 3.1% against the yen this year.
The Australian dollar AUDUSD, +0.0887% traded at 92.32 U.S. cents versus 92.24 U.S. cents late Thursday, for a weekly loss of 1.4%.
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Nanking Cherry Jelly
- Makes: 96 servings
- Prep 45 mins
- Cook 26 mins
- Process 5 mins
- Stand 12 hrs to 24 hrs at room temperature
3 1/2-4
fully ripe fresh Nanking cherries, fresh tart red cherries, or 3 16-ounce packages frozen pitted tart or sweet red cherries
1 3/4 -
ounce package
regular powdered fruit pectin
4 1/2
- Wash fresh cherries with cool tap water but do not soak; drain. Stem cherries and place in an 8- to 10-quart heavy Dutch oven or kettle. Barely cover cherries with water (about 3 1/2 cups). Bring to a simmer (do not boil as flavor will be less). Simmer, uncovered, about 20 minutes or until soft and the skin on the cherries starts to split, mashing cherries with a potato masher during cooking. Remove from heat.
- Place a fine mesh sieve over a large bowl. Ladle cherry mixture into the sieve. Using the back of a large spoon, press cherries through the sieve; discard seeds and cooked skins. Place the sieve or a colander lined with four layers of 100-percent-cotton cheesecloth over a large bowl. Strain cherry juice; do not squeeze cheesecloth if you want a clear jelly. Measure 3 1/2 cups liquid. Discard pulp.
- In a 4-quart heavy Dutch oven or kettle, stir together the 3 1/2 cups strained liquid and the pectin. Heat on high, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a full rolling boil (bubbles break the surface so rapidly you can't stir them down). Add sugar; stir to combine. Return to boiling; boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; quickly skim off foam by gently scooping off the top with a metal spoon.
- Ladle into hot, sterilized* half-pint standard canning jars, leaving a 1/4-inch headspace. Wipe rims; adjust lids. Process jelly in a boiling-water bath canner for 5 minutes (start timing when water returns to boiling and keep the water boiling gently during processing).
- Remove jars; cool on wire racks. When jars are completely cool (12 to 24 hours), press the center of each lid to check the seal. If dip in lid holds, the jar is sealed. If lid bounces up and down, the jar isn't sealed. (The contents of unsealed jars can be refrigerated and used within two to three days or reprocessed within 24 hours.)
- To prepare the canning jars, wash them in hot, soapy water; rinse thoroughly. To sterilize the jars, immerse them in boiling water for 10 minutes. Be sure to use screw bands and new flat metal lids with a built-in sealing compound. Prepare screw bands and lids according to manufacturers directions.
Nutrition Facts
(Nanking Cherry Jelly)Servings Per Recipe 96, fiber (g) 0, Polyunsaturated fat (g) 0, Trans fatty acid (g) 0, Monounsaturated fat (g) 0, iron (mg) 0, sugar (g) 12, sodium (mg) 1, sat. fat (g) 0, calcium (mg) 0, chol. (mg) 0, Cobalamin (Vit. B12) (µg) 0, cal. (kcal) 49, Fat, total (g) 0, Folate (µg) 0, Potassium (mg) 37, pro. (g) 0, Pyridoxine (Vit. B6) (mg) 0, carb. (g) 13, Niacin (mg) 0, vit. C (mg) 1, Riboflavin (mg) 0, Thiamin (mg) 0, vit. A (IU) 0


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'Ray Donovan': On Showtime, Really Mad Men
By Austin O'Connor , June 28, 2013 11:00 AM
I'm not sure where Ray Donovan is headed, but I am ready to follow. Showtime's new drama about a Hollywood fixer-to-the-stars whose life could use some fixing of its own makes its auspicious debut Sunday (June 30) at 10 p.m.. The premiere is brash, confident and a tad off kilter - which makes it a lot like its title character, played with stoic but muscular bravado by movie and stage actor Liev Schreiber.
Sunday's opener packs in a few too many storylines but it's undeniably powerful. In Los Angeles, a star athlete wakes up in a swank hotel room, a dead woman lying next to him. His first call is to Donovan. Across the country, Ray's estranged dad Mickey (a menacing Jon Voight) is released from a Boston prison and celebrates by going to church - to murder a priest. Then the old man hops a flight to L.A.
It's not going to be a happy family reunion. Dysfunction pulses through Donovan's life even before dear old dad arrives back on the scene - his two sad, tortured brothers work at an L.A. boxing gym, his home life with a wife and two young kids is in tumult, and addled Hollywood studio execs keep calling with situations that need fixing. There's a lot going on, but it all flows smoothly thanks mostly to the presence of Schreiber and Voight, playing a son and father bound by blood who can't stand the sight of each other. Violence dances around their every testosterone-fueled scene.
It's an interesting pairing of actors who - in real life - are largely defined, at least publicly, by the women in their lives; Voight is Angelina Jolie's dad, Schreiber is Naomi Watts' longtime partner. Neither man has ever been the shrinking violet type, but in Ray Donovan, their characters could use axe handles for toothpicks. They seethe.
Voight has done a lot of TV work recently ( 24, the short-lived Lone Star), but the 74-year-old Oscar winner has found in Donovan a small-screen role worthy of his talents. It's a career-reviving turn. For Schreiber, 45, it could well be career defining. The actor is renowned for his stage work - he won a Tony for Glengarry Glen Ross in 2005 - but thus far he's only danced around the edges of stardom in movies and TV. From roles in movies like X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Salt, Schreiber's has been a face you think you recognize from somewhere. Ray Donovan should make him someone you know.
Be warned: The sheer amount of exposition in Sunday's pilot threates to overwhelm you and could be a turn off for some. It's heavy lifting, putting all these pieces and people in place to tell their story. Don't let it dissuade you. By the second episode, creator/writer Ann Biderman - yes, this show about troubled, violent men was dreamed up by a woman, a former NYPD Blue writer who most recently created TNT's Southland - has the story in full stride and running at a crackling, addictive pace. No fixes required.


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Augustana Class of 2017 Celebrates Commencement
Augustana honored the Class of 2017 at Commencement on Saturday, May 20. Read a recap of the ceremony and see photos from Commencement weekend.
Augustana Earns Grant for Classics Outreach
This spring, thanks to a grant designed to "strengthen existing bridges and build new ones," Augustana's classics department, Classics Club and members of the new chapter of Eta Sigma Phi (classics honor society) hosted more than 30 students from Lincoln High School and O'Gorman High School for a classics outreach event.
Augustana Wins Third Straight NSIC All-Sports Award
Augustana University has secured its third straight NSIC All-Sports Award the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.
Hundreds Turn Out to Celebrate Retiring AU President, First Lady
Hundreds gathered on campus and many more took to social media on Friday to celebrate retiring President Rob Oliver and First Lady Angie Oliver on a day proclaimed as #OliverDay.
Faculty, Staff Celebrate Graduating Golfer Ahead of Commencement
Graduating senior Jordan Bormann, a biology major from Parkston, South Dakota, will miss Commencement on Saturday because she'll be competing in the NCAA DII National Golf Championship in Findley, Ohio. So, AU officials and faculty and staff from the biology department organized a mini commencement for her on Monday. See photos.
Junior Earns Kennedy Center National Award for Excellence in Scenic Design
Junior Alex Meyer's set design for the Augustana Theatre's production of "When the World Was Wild and Waste" earned a second-place award at the national Kennedy Center American College Theare Festival.
Senior Named 'Outstanding Student' for Work in Nuclear, Radiochemistry Program
Senior Emily Kaufman received the "Outstanding Student" award from the Brookhaven National Laboratory for her work during a six-week Summer School in Nuclear and Radiochemistry Program. The award was presented last month at the annual meeting for the National American Chemical Society, held in San Francisco, California. We caught up with Kaufman to learn more about her experiences and her plans for the future.
Romano Named Commencement Senior Speaker
Augustana senior Katie Romano, a biology major from Cañon City, Colorado, will serve as the senior speaker for the 2017 commencement exercises, set for Saturday, May 20, at the Sioux Falls Arena.
Senior Bound for Harvard Medical School
Augustana senior Chase Marso will attend Harvard Medical School in the fall.
Olivers, Frederick Named 2017 Augie Pride Award Recipients
President Rob Oliver, First Lady Angie Oliver and Management Information Systems Director Deb Frederick received Augie Pride Awards at the Augustana Service Awards Presentation and Celebration on Wednesday, April 26.


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THE PARTY Enthusiasts of brilliant design and all things exceptional visited Hermès on Oak Street to celebrate the work of renowned French silversmiths Puiforcat. The intimate event paid tribute to Jean E. Puiforcat, great-grandson of the founder of the house, which was created in 1820. A sculptor and designer, Jean E. Puiforcat's Art Deco work in the '20s and '30s continues to influence the house today in its use of balance and pure lines. THE SCENE Guests enjoyed live jazz while taking in several of Puiforcat's most notable pieces, including a stunning silver chess set, a tea and coffee set, and the Visionary Lamp, while sipping Champagne from sterling beakers. Photography by Francis Son


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Time to roll out the barrel and discover unique suds & ales! The Village of Baytowne Wharf at Sandestin presents the 12th Annual Baytowne Wharf Beer Fest on October 11 & 12, 2019. American specialty beers from around the nation will be available for participants to sample and savor.
The main event on Saturday, October 12th will feature more than 200 domestic and international craft beers available for sampling. Brewery representatives will be available at the event, offering an opportunity to learn about the different types of lagers and ales from a variety of styles. Live music will be also featured during the festival.


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Who would have thought that an exotic spice as saffron would be a staple in a traditional English recipe. The history behind this is an intriguing matter and should you want to know more about it don't hesitate to nip across to My Custard Pie. I love calling in at Sally's site for a regular pie of an extremely good and amusing read.
Saffron buns with raisins were chosen from Sally from My Custard Pie to be this month's Fresh from the Oven challenge. Through the saffron these buns represent the connection between Sally's present home Dubai and her home country England.
It's funny to know that saffron buns are also known as 'revel buns', but the more I like how they are called in West Cornwall - 'tea treat buns' as (quoting Sally) "they were often baked for events known as Tea Treats, which were organised by Methodist churches and chapels for the local community".
Unfortunately we had no saffron and I don't know why but raisins of a good quality are rare to find this season. This is why we opted for what we had on hand – safflower and the last of our home dried prunes.
We ate the buns with sour cream, sprinkled with flakes of sea salt.
Tea: We would suggest black tea for these buns but currently we are very short of black tea so we had them with Long Zhu - a very pleasant and mild Chinese green tea. Although almost any tea would be fine here.
Go to Purely Food at the end of the month where Claire will post the round-up and you can see how everybody coped with the challenge.
Safflower Buns with Prunes Recipe
Makes 10 buns
- 300 gr all purpose flour;
- 4 gr safflower, reduced into a fine powder (a mortar comes in hand here);
- 5 gr salt;
- 60 gr butter, melted;
- 45 gr sugar;
- 15 gr fresh yeast;
- 1 medium egg, beaten;
- 70 ml milk, lukewarm;
- 50 ml water;
- 100 gr pitted dried prunes, chopped;
- 1 egg, beaten – for glazing.
Dissolve yeast in the water and mix together with the milk, egg and butter in the bowl of your stand mixer equipped with the dough hook. Add in the dry ingredients and let the mixer knead the dough for 15 minutes, then knead in the chopped dried prunes. Cover the bowl and let the dough become double in bulk.
Give the dough a quick knead, divide it into 10 balls, shape them and arrange on a lined with paper baking sheet. Cover the buns with a towel and let them prove. We baked the buns in rectangular silicone muffin cups. The buns were supposed to be rectangular but they expanded way more than expected.
Glaze with egg and bake in a preheated to 190ºC oven for about 20 -25 minutes or until golden brown.


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We recently spoke with Tom Gayner, chief investment officer at Markel, a $4.6 billion insurance company which actively invests its capital in the stock market.
Markel's portfolio returned 11.1% annually between 2000 and 2009, and over the last 22 years, the investment team has beaten the S&P 500 by "a couple hundred basis points" according to Gayner.
When we asked him about his favorite stocks he replied, "My favorite stock at least in terms of my personal ownership is Markel MKL, -0.16% itself." In particular, Markel's acquisition of Alterra Capital Holdings led him to believe it would be "a rather interesting and productive year." The markets had been skeptical when Markel had announced the acquisition of its fellow insurance company, with the stock price falling 10% on the news and multiple sell-side analysts issuing downgrades. See what Gayner had to say about his investment process, what books investors should read, and more.
Gayner has been doing more than talk about Markel's prospects. Our database of insider-trading filings shows that he did in fact purchase shares of the company for his personal account at the end of December.
In fact, Markel has been a popular stock pick among company insiders. Three other insiders reported buying shares at about the same time, including 1,000 shares bought by a member of the Company's Board of Directors (when the stock price is over $400, buying 1,000 shares is quite a large investment). Research past insider purchases at Markel.
Since the beginning of 2013, the stock price has risen 8%, moderately outperforming the S&P 500 (though Markel is still down since it announced the Alterra acquisition, while the market has risen over that time frame).
Insider purchases are interesting enough on their own; consensus insider purchases in particular tend to outperform the stock market. This is because insiders have to be confident in the company's prospects in order to buy additional shares — the benefits of diversification should discourage more casual purchases of stock.
In this case, we can see a possible source for Markel beating the market: Gayner has specifically mentioned the Alterra acquisition as a positive development for the company, while investors reacted negatively and sold off the stock (thus creating a buying opportunity for Gayner and other insiders who are optimistic about the Alterra deal). Investors may not have been entirely unwise to sell shares: M&A activity does tend to destroy shareholder value.
As with the result that consensus insider purchases beat the market, however, this is just a tendency; there are, of course, cases when M&A benefits the acquirer, just as there are cases when insiders are wrong about a company's prospects.
It is at least positive to see that Gayner and some other insiders do not only believe in the value of acquiring Alterra, they are willing to buy the stock with their own money.
Markel currently trades at 23 times consensus earnings for 2013, and at a small premium to the book value of its equity at a P/B ratio of 1.2. For purposes of comparison, the P/B ratio at Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) is 1.3, so Gayner, his investment team, and Markel's insurance business receive about two-thirds of Warren Buffett's premium to book value. Prem Watsa's Fairfax Financial Holdings, a Canadian holding company similar to Berkshire (Watsa has been called "the Warren Buffett of Canada"), trades at book value.
We think that the consensus insider purchases, as well as the fact that they are motivated by bullishness on M&A activity the market as not liked, make Markel a good stock to research further and learn more about the investment process that Gayner and his team use.
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Oh this boy brings us all such joy! He's getting bigger by the day and Larry is always showing off the new fat-rolls on Ollie's thighs with great pride.
His whole body melts when he smiles and his tongue usually sticks out.Pardon all the blurry pictures, our house was pretty dark when I attempted these photos, but I had to post them because he is so cute and I don't want to forget what he was like at this stage.
In typical second child fashion, we drag him all over the place instead of planning our lives around his schedule, but he doesn't seem to mind (most of the time)
He's always watching Creed and it's nearly impossible to nurse him when Creed is in the room because he just wants to watch Creed.
He is so different from Creed, and yet, some of the same quirks have emerged. Of all the toys we have, this little monkey blanket is his favorite. Creed actually had the same one and chose it above all the other toys until we lost it when he was a wee babe. Funny that Scott and Janelle would give us one for Ollie without knowing the back story. He is constantly pulling it over his face and then panicking, but as soon and we pull it off, he pulls it right back on, which is exactly what creed did.
And just like Creed at this age, he hates sitting. If you try to sit him on your lap he will cry and arch his back and keep his body stiff so you can't make him sit down (maybe it's a reflux thing?) My back and arms are always sore at the end of the day from holding him so he's standing so pictures like this one of him sitting peacefully are rare
He's still nowhere near sleeping through the night so we're all feeling exhausted these days
I'm already having a hard time accepting how soon he will be running around chasing Creed. He's just so sweet and perfect right now. I'm spending lots of time rubbing his fuzzy head and playing this little piggy with his chubby toes, trying to enjoy as much of this stage as possible.


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Reunited rockers Black Sabbath were triple winners at the Classic Rock Roll Of Honor awards in London on Thursday night, but terminally ill Wilko Johnson was the event's hero.
The 66-year-old former Dr. Feelgood guitarist, who was told by doctors that he would not live past October after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this year, took to the stage to collect the night's Innovator Award and joked, "I'm supposed to be dead now."
The rocker, who hopes to have time to record one more album with The Who star Roger Daltrey, told the audience at the ceremony that he has never felt more "vividly alive" after accepting his latest award from fellow musician Jimmy Page at the London Roundhouse.
Meanwhile, Ozzy Osbourne and his bandmates collected the Living Legend Award and the Best Album prize for their comeback release 13. They also claimed the Event of the Year trophy for taking the album to number one on the British charts.
The triple win came hours after Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler announced plans to extend their reunion tour into 2014.
Other winners included The Rolling Stones, who claimed the Best Band prize, and Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin and late blues legend Rory Gallagher.
The full list of winners is:
The Living Legend Award – Black Sabbath
Event Of The Year – Black Sabbath
Breakthrough Award – Virginmarys
The Musicians' Union Maestro – James Dean Bradfield
Tommy Vance Inspiration Award – Rory Gallagher
Outstanding Contribution – Mott the Hoople
Classic Album – Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton by John Mayall
VIP Award – Shep Gordon
Metal Guru – Zakk Wylde
Best New Band – The Temperance Movement
Album Of The Year – 13 by Black Sabbath
Reissue Of The Year – Rumors (35th anniversary edition) by Fleetwood Mac
Film Of The Year – Celebration Day by Led Zeppelin
Band Of The Year – The Rolling Stones
Spirit Of Prog – Alex Lifeson
The Showmen – The Darkness
Innovator – Wilko Johnson.
Reunited rockers Black Sabbath were triple winners at the Classic Rock Roll Of Honor awards in London on Thursday night, but terminally ill Wilko Johnson was the event's hero.


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When you shoot a video in the pouring rain, Gary Allan told me, you just have to stay strong. And tell yourself you're not freezing and miserable and trembling. "You gotta tough it out," he said when I asked him how he got through the four-hour shoot for his "Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)" video while rain machines soaked him, his band and their equipment. "And as soon as the rain turned off, we'd all sprint for the heaters and towels."
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"This song is such a good hope song, and I knew it could shed light on that cause. When we were writing it, we made sure that the whole thing was up. And I remember Hillary [Lindsey] doing this gospel stomp thing on the patio," he recalled of the writing session with Lindsey and Matt Warren. "We felt like everything could be positive and have it be where every word is something you could say to your kids. It's just that kind of song of hope."


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Nouveau Driver Remains Much Slower Than NVIDIA's Official Driver
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Originally posted by liam View PostPerhaps I missed something but why doesn't Michael run the Nouveau drivers at their highest speeds when possible?
Originally posted by liam View PostI've a Quadro FX 570M that has three clock levels. The highest level is core 475 shader 950 memory 700, while stock level is 275, 550, 300, respectively. A rather massive difference.
If used this for gaming I'd always put it at the highest speed levels. I'd imagine most gamers would do the same.
I note that your Quadro FX 570M has an older NV84 (G84) chipset, while the 9800 GT and 9800 GTX have the NV92 (G92) chipset. The GT 220 has the NVA5 (GT216) chipset. If you have been successful in reclocking the Quadro FX 570M please let us know which kernel version you are using as this would be good news and might also be useful to someone else.
If Michael had tested with a GT 240 (I can't remember if he owns one), which has the NVA3 (GT215) chipset, things might have been different, as better NVA3 memory re-clocking was introduced in the 3.5 kernel. I'm not sure how much difference that would make without also reclocking the core though.
Originally posted by asdxNouveau will have optimus support in distros *first* and by *default* real soon, and Nvidia won't.
Ha ha, take that Nvidia.
And Nvidia has the resources to re-implement a DMA-BUF solution into the blob if they want to. And they might just do that, which will make DMA-BUF irrelevant.
And Nvidia has supported Optimus on Windows for...what, 3 years? While Linux still hasn't even got it? Oh dear...Last edited by Sonadow; 01-05-2013, 05:08 AM.
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Originally posted by asdxNouveau will have optimus support in distros *first* and by *default* real soon, and Nvidia won't.
Ha ha, take that Nvidia.
Honestyl spoken,imo, optimus is useless with nouveau, cause the performance gain using the noveau driver+nvidia gfx insteadof the intel gfx is likely to low for thinking about gaming with it .
Originally posted by christian_frank View PostI wouldn't bet my ass on that. Nvidia is working hard for some month already to get optimus working in their blob.
Honestyl spoken,imo, optimus is useless with nouveau, cause the performance gain using the noveau driver+nvidia gfx insteadof the intel gfx is likely to low for thinking about gaming with it .
If memory serves, the whole point of Optimus was to have the figurative best of both worlds by wiring the display to the Intel GPU which is just good enough for everything that is not games or CAD related, and swap over to the dedicated chip when more crunching power is needed.
With the Nouveau driver not being close to delivery the expected performance from the Nvidia chip it makes little sense to even bother with switching if the performance gains do not match up with the increase in power consumption.
8800 was a revolution in gpu design, at least as far as nvidia is concerned
next step was in the 400 series
next step is in the 600 series, and only the high end part
but nothing revolutionary in them
The point is that doing a "benchmark" of 5+ year old GPUs is a pretty daft idea in the first place. Nobody cares if you happen to think it's the best thing evarrr.
Originally posted by netrage View PostThe steam engine was a revolution in engineering, but I don't think many use them anymore..
Originally posted by thofke View PostAs far as I know, almost all power plants use steam engines... From coal to atomic energy. There are of course some exceptions, for instance the natural gas-driven otto engines which drive the dynamos directly.
Originally posted by GT220 View PostNouveau developers are retarded, trying to reinvent the wheel, wasting valuable resource and time instead of working on other parts of Linux that needs improvement.
Time to take this garbage out and throw it into the dustbin of history where it belongs.
You HAVE to have control over your hardware. It wasn't just once that people have found hairraising covert security holes in binary blobs, and nVidia has been mentioned more than once in that context.
While I understand some of the woes at open source effort, I have to acknowledge difficulty of working with so cpmplex stuff under conditions of cronic and critical lack of documentation all the time.
Just look at AMD's documentation ( since they claim publically support for open source and open documentation) and try to make head and tails out of that.
nVidia and AMD get plenty of cash from hardvare. Compared to that, Open-source developers effort lives almost from public mercy.
And still ( while I don't know aboot Nouveau ) open source radeon driver is not half bad. Eyefinity works for me superbly ( 3 x 1600x1200 ). 3D is not that bad. 2D is great. It works without a problem on all kernels I cared to try, even the freshest ones, compiled straight a few hours after release or git copies. ONly thing that is still missing for me on radeon is good GPGPU interface.
Not so with closed-source fglrx. It's full of bugs, some of them persist through many versions over multiple year timespan and quite annoying. It is not always easy ( or even possible) to nail right combination of kernel, driver, libraries and xorg server to make it work.
I switched recently from radeon to fglrx only to get choked on bugs and instabilities. For the moment I am persisting as I want to play with GPGPU stuff, but at very first day radeon includes support for it, I am switching back.Last edited by Brane215; 01-05-2013, 08:39 AM.


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SAN JOSE, Calif. – Another terrific performance by the UC Santa Barbara baseball team's pitching staff carried the Gauchos to a 5-2 victory over San Jose State in a three-game sweep.
Lance Roenicke had two doubles and two RBI to back up Austin Pettibone who allowed just two earned runs in six solid innings with three strikeouts. It was Pettibone's first collegiate victory just two days after he slammed the door on Friday's 3-1 win for his first career save.
The Gauchos scored two runs to open the scoring in the third inning when Roenicke's double drove in Brett Vertigan after the Gauchos' junior centerfielder had driven in a run with a single.
Even though SJSU had scored twice in the sixth inning, it came after UCSB pushed across a run on Luke Swenson's pinch hit single scored a run.
After SJSU scored twice in the bottom of the sixth, senior left-hander Zak Edgington came in and retired five of the six batters he faced to bring the Gauchos to the ninth with a 3-2 lead.
In the ninth Joey Wallace scored on Roenicke's second double and Brandon Trinkwon's groundout brought in Roenicke for a comfortable lead. For Trinkwon, it marked the end of his terrific weekend in which he went 5-for-8 with five walks and three RBI.
Matt Vedo entered the game with two on and nobody out in the ninth for the Gauchos and got a groundball and a double play line drive to end the game for UCSB as the Gauchos swept the Spartans. It was UCSB's first series sweep since a four-game outing vs. Northern Illinois in March, 2010.
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developers to produce apps to complement its music streaming service.
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Songkick will allow users to find concerts being played by
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The stained glass windows in the Bapst and Burns Libraries were designed by Earl Edward Sanborn in the 1920s. The windows illustrate the various disciplines taught at Boston College; the shields of the 54 Jesuit institutions around the world; the genesis of the book; characters from Chaucer and Shakespeare; Jesuit missionaries and martyrs in the New World; as well as literary figures, historians, orators, poets, essayists, novelists, and statesmen. This exhibit features just a small selection of these windows. A visit to these libraries is truly the best way to appreciate the richness of the vivid colors and artistic style.
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Coupe de France Wrap: Yzeure stun Lorient
CFA side Yzeure pulled off a major Coupe de France upset on Saturday when they dumped Ligue 1 side Lorient out in the round of 64.
Cameroonian striker Steve Mbida scored the only goal of the game in the first half as the fourth-tier outfit stunned last season's semi-finalists.
Christian Gourcuff's side were unbeaten in seven games before their trip to Stade de Bellevue, but they fell at the first hurdle in the cup to come crashing back down to earth.
Monts d'Or Azergues were another CFA club to upset the odds on Saturday as they beat Ligue 2 side Istres 3-2 on penalties.
Former France midfielder Ludovic Giuly put the amateur side in front and although Cheick Fantamady Diarra equalised in the second half, the minnows were not to be denied.
Bagaliy Dabo and Benjamin Mas missed from the spot after the two sides were locked at 1-1 after extra-time.
Valenciennes and Rennes also needed a penalty shoot-out to decide the only all-Ligue 1 tie on Saturday, with the latter coming out on top.
Julien Feret scored from the spot just after the hour mark to put Rennes in front, but Mathieu Dossevi pegged the home side back and the tie finished 1-1 after extra-time. It was Rennes who held their nerve to progress by winning the shootout 8-7.
Martin Braithwaite scored a last-gasp winner as Ligue 1 side Toulouse made hard work of beating Romorantin 2-1, while top-flight side Sochaux had no such trouble as they won 3-0 at Bressuire.
Ligue 2 Lens scored three times in the last nine minutes to win 3-1 and avoid an upset after CFA side Avranches had taken the lead.
There was heartbreak for CFA 2 side Aubagne as Florin Berenguer struck in the last minute of extra-time for Dijon to make it 3-3 and the visitors went on to win 5-4 on penalties.
Angers also triumphed in a shootout at Chambly, while Cercle Athletique Bastia beat La Roche-sur-Yon 3-0 after extra-time.
Moulins hammered Magny Renaissance 6-1, while Niort, Caen, Plabennec, Concarneau and Boulogne are all through to the next round.
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Southington YMCA officials are planning a Storm Sloper Trails Challenge for early next year. The race is billed as being part run, part obstacle course and part scavenger hunt.
"It is very much like a Warrior Dash or Tough Mudder, but at the same time it is its own unique event," said Brian Belanger, the Health and Wellness night supervisor and trainer at the Southington YMCA. "YMCA Camp Sloper is a special place with a rich history, beautiful scenery and rugged terrain. All of these elements will be highlighted within the near five mile course."
Though they did not want to give too much about the race away, race officials did say that the course is divided into two main sections.
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"Challengers should be prepared to get muddy, sandy and wet," said Belanger, one of the architects of the race. "They will be absolutely filthy by the end."
Much like the annual bench press competition and cyclethon, proceeds from the race will benefit the YMCA's Livestrong program.
"Since this event will benefit cancer survivors, each participant will have the opportunity to race in honor of or in memory of a loved one," said Linda Prus, Health and Wellness Program coordinator at the Southington YMCA. "To symbolize taking the challenge together with them, we will provide a yellow bandana or arm band that they can write the name of the loved ones on and wear throughout the challenge as if they are carrying that person along the way. It provides a way for the challenger to dedicate the race or draw inspiration from a loved one."
The Storm Sloper Trails Challenge will take place on Sunday, April 27. To register visit the Southington YMCA's website, sccymca.org. The event is $99 and open to adults 18 and over. Registration is limited to the first 500 entrants.
Obstacle race set at Camp Sloper
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Spring Colors
33 comments:
- Becky Taylor said...
Beautiful pic.
My favorite thing about spring--well one of them--the smell of rain and damp earth.
- Thu May 19, 08:04:00 AM
- Tracy said...
I love your photo...expert or not!
I love the fruit and the warmth and the new growth and the pretty color of the grass and tress, and the...well, just everything! even the rains...
- Thu May 19, 08:11:00 AM
My favourite thing of spring is seeing no SNOW anywhere (although that could change)! That is a great photo. The composition is excellent.
- Thu May 19, 08:13:00 AM
- Tony Van Helsing said...
I'm with you on this. I gorge on berries when they are in season.
- Thu May 19, 08:20:00 AM
- Laurel Garver said...
Lovely colorful pic!
I love my flower garden each spring. So many of my best performers are plants the previous owners put in, or ones I planted a decade ago. It feels like a gift every sping to have them continue to blossom beautifully.
- Thu May 19, 08:54:00 AM
- Rebecca Bradley said...
Wow, I never thought a table of fruit and vegetables could look so good. That really is a pretty picture!
I love spring, I love the new green and I love the lighter nights. Everything starts to feel possible. New beginnings.
- Thu May 19, 08:54:00 AM
- notesfromnadir said...
You are an excellent photographer.
Strange how I have this sudden craving for strawberries...
- Thu May 19, 10:13:00 AM
- Jo Schaffer said...
(= Fabulous! Makes me hungry!
- Thu May 19, 10:16:00 AM
- Old Kitty said...
This is a fabulous pic - you photographer you!! Yay!!!! Awwww all my favourite fruit n veg!! Take care
- Thu May 19, 11:00:00 AM
- A.L. Sonnichsen said...
It's healthy to eat a colorful variety of food. :) Good job, Susan!
It's sunny with blue skies here today, and I was looking out over our valley and enjoying all the GREEN. And the birds outside in the trees are going crazy. It's fun to hear them so happy.
- Thu May 19, 11:17:00 AM
Very pretty combinations of colors. I love spring! Everything about it makes me sigh in pleasure.
- Thu May 19, 11:18:00 AM
- Roland D. Yeomans said...
My favorite thing about spring is how everything just seems to blossom into life, lush and new. The very air is light and uplifting, here in the land of the air you can wear usually!
- Thu May 19, 11:53:00 AM
- Joanne said...
We have a lot of farmstands near our home, and I love the fresh fruits and veggies that I'll get there soon. And I love the changing colors of Spring too, especially after the white-washed winter we had!
- Thu May 19, 12:10:00 PM
- Brian said...
I just love the smells of fresh things! The pictures looks like it's right out of a cook book!
- Thu May 19, 12:21:00 PM
- Michelle Teacress said...
That looks beautiful. Can I come to your house for lunch today? ;)
My favorite thing is the return of the color green.
- Thu May 19, 12:49:00 PM
- Talli Roland said...
Oh, gorgeous! I love the colours.
My favourite thing about spring is flowers. I love it when the trees start to blossom!
- Thu May 19, 01:41:00 PM
- DEZMOND said...
yep, that would be my favourite part of spring - colors from fresh fruit and veggies and flowers.
Lovely pic, Suzy!
- Thu May 19, 02:21:00 PM
- Lydia K said...
I love the scent of the earth thawing out, and the burst of green when the leaves all start to emerge. That's my favorite color green!
- Thu May 19, 02:28:00 PM
- The Golden Eagle said...
I love the colors, too. :) And the general sense that something's emerged . . .
- Thu May 19, 02:30:00 PM
- Stephanie said...
Very bright and vibrant!! Love it!!! I was bummed when I made a salad last week...it needed a pepper and tomatoes and some other things and I didn't think and grabbed a red pepper...so red pepper, red tomato ave me a very red salad. It would have been so much prettier if I had grabbed the orange pepper instead!! LOL! I most definitely plan fruit salads around how it will look. Pretty dishes just taste better!! LOL!
- Thu May 19, 04:19:00 PM
- Deniz Bevan said...
Gorgeous colours! Hmm, spring... well, when it finally comes, it's the warm weather and sunshine that I love!
- Thu May 19, 08:27:00 PM
- Sharon K. Mayhew said...
Great picture!
To me the best thing about spring is knowing that there won't be anymore snow...for a few months.
- Thu May 19, 09:41:00 PM
- Stina Lindenblatt said...
The end of snow. Yay!
I think the picture is great. :D
- Thu May 19, 10:09:00 PM
- Dawn Simon said...
That's a beautiful picture, Susan!
I LOVE spring. One of my favorite parts is that the sun shines later each day. Up here in Washington, the sun sets so early in the winter!
- Thu May 19, 10:23:00 PM
- Jessica Bell said...
Wow! Such vibrant colours! Unfortunately I don't like much about spring at all. I'm ahndicapped with hayfever and CAN'T enjoy anything :(
- Fri May 20, 09:01:00 AM
- Madeleine said...
Fabulously alluring photo. Delicious, my mouth is watering. I love the fresh, crips air and the sparkly sunshine :O)
- Fri May 20, 09:14:00 AM
- The Happy Whisk said...
Great great colors. Love spring.
- Fri May 20, 10:55:00 AM
- Jackee said...
Yum! Delicious, nutricious, and beautiful! :o)
Have a lovely weekend, my friend. xo
- Fri May 20, 04:25:00 PM
That is a gorgeous photo! mmmmm I love asparagus straight out of the garden then lightly fried in butter. Tastes like peanuts. :)
- Fri May 20, 05:39:00 PM
- Holly Ruggiero said...
I think that is a great photo. The colors are so bright. The return of color is wonderful.
- Sat May 21, 01:57:00 PM
- Nas Dean said...
Wow! I love your spring colors, now can I share them with you? Please?
- Sun May 22, 04:33:00 PM
- Trisha said...
Lovely pic indeed :) I love the colours!
- Sun May 22, 07:27:00 PM
- Michelle Merrill said...
For the record, you can't say you're not a photographer and then post an awesome picture like that. It's a contradiction :) I do love the colors of food and of the new life spring brings. Thanks for sharing.
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The US government strategy for improving its struggling reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan relies heavily on spending more money. More on bigger and quicker projects, more on aid workers, and more on monitors – a "civilian surge" to win hearts and minds.
That should be welcome news to development professionals who have spent careers toiling in ravaged regions with only band-aid budgets.
But in Afghanistan, some aid workers actually argue that the aid flow has become a desperate gambit – throwing too much money with too little thought at the problem. They say that perhaps less money is more.
Even consultants hired by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to evaluate its Afghan projects drop such hints. Tucked near the bottom of a new report on a four-year, $60 million aid project in the remote northern province of Badakhshan (detailed in the Monitor's investigative piece "How USAID loses hearts and minds") lies the argument in almost haiku precision: "It would have been better to do less, but endow what was done with more staying power."
That's not the message USAID is getting from above, however. With a 2011 deadline for a troop drawdown, US military strategy is putting a lot of pressure on the agency – the biggest reconstruction actor in the country – to show more quick impact to help pacify the insurgency in time.
Related: How USAID lost hearts and minds in Afghanistan
A firehose of spending has been unleashed: Through an account called the Economic Support Fund, US spending on Afghan development rose from $1.4 billion in 2008 to roughly $2 billion in 2009 and in 2010, and President Obama is requesting it jump to $5 billion in 2011. Some in Congress are starting to balk, questioning any more aid until Afghan corruption can be curbed.
Among the skeptics of the surge is Andrew Wilder, a professor at Tufts University in Medford, Mass., who has conducted fieldwork in southern Afghanistan. His research questions the whole notion that development will win over Afghan hearts and minds and contribute to stability.
"The main drivers of instability in southern Afghanistan are not largely related to poverty or lack of reconstruction or social services," says Mr. Wilder. Instead, corrupt government is a large part of the problem.
But, the current thinking that lack of development is an irritant has the United States spending what Wilder calls a "tsunami of cash" – a response that may actually be making things worse.
The danger is that large amounts fuel perceptions of waste and corruption among Afghans when projects don't live up to the price tags. The big budgets also scare off experienced nonprofits that don't want to jeopardize quality by scaling up too quickly.
"We should do as much as we can effectively and accountably, and no more. When we start spending money unaccountably, then it's having a lot of negative consequences, including perceptions of corruption. That then delegitimizes the government, which causes instability," says Wilder.
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Spending larger sums of money through USAID diminishes the quality of assistance in several ways, argue critics.
Those who implement USAID projects report an increasing focus on "burn rates" – a measure of how quickly money is spent. Emphasis is put on spending fast to make room for the next tranche from Congress. "It's not that there is too much money, it's that it's all spent at one time. There is no absorption capacity," says Lorenzo Delesgues, director of Integrity Watch Afghanistan in Kabul.
Or, as James Graham, the former country director of the four-year Badakhshan contract puts it: "Part of the problem is when you were working in the 11th century, what is the capacity of the 11th century to absorb the 60 million bucks? Especially when there are people who are looking to put a lot of that in their own pocket."
In the case of the Badakhshan project, burn rates accelerated in the final year (2009) as the contractor tried to unload the 40 percent of the budget that was unspent. Some went to shoddy paving and power canal construction, some to heavy equipment, and some to last-minute handouts.
Staying within absorption limits is "Development 101," says Mr. Delesgues, "but here you are fighting with the calendars of Congress."
Many of the aid groups that have worked the longest in Afghanistan, like the Swedish Committee and CARE, know this and avoid bidding on USAID jobs. That's left USAID with nowhere to turn but for-profit contractors happy to take the money.
The aid community here is rife with tales of big-contract waste such as:
•A project that flew a team of expert cobblestone-road builders to Helmand Province from Bolivia to build a tourist road instead of just using gravel. Mr. Graham says USAID pushed – unsuccessfully – for cobblestone roads up in Badakhshan as well, despite the region's frost heaving.
•A bridge built by an international contractor near Jalalabad that washed away after the contractor failed to take into account the springtime swelling of the river.
•A massive new turbine for the Kajaki dam that remains unused after NATO diverted thousands of coalition troops to escort it through enemy territory in Helmand. It's too dangerous to bring the cement to install it.
•Three girls' schools built by the international community all within miles of Bagram. The mayor says one is attended only by a bored security guard, pigeons, and squirrels.
•The 40 criminal cases – including contract fraud and bribery – being pursued by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), which has recently recovered more than $2 million from contractors.
"Many of the NGOs could do a far better job, but there is no way that we can responsibly deal with contracts worth $300 [million] to $400 million," says Lex Kassenberg, Afghan country director of CARE International. "Yet somehow a lot of these consultancies are given the jobs even when not qualified."
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The BadakHshan contract wound up with PADCO, a US firm that had no prior experience in Afghanistan, after more experienced nonprofits like the Aga Khan Development Network shied away. The AKDN has been working on a lot of projects for the National Solidarity Program (NSP), an Afghan government program funded by international donors, including the US, that has spent $1 billion bringing bottom-up development to 70 percent of Afghan villages.
The for-profit model like that of the Badakhshan project relies on satisfying contract terms and moving to the next contract. Without the trust of long-term relationships, many firms spend up to a third of a contract on security.
USAID officials and other aid experts say the answer isn't to scale back spending but to upgrade the agency staffing to handle it better.
During the cold war, Washington funded USAID to compete with the Soviet Union in winning foreign friends. With the Soviet collapse, Washington gutted USAID, forcing out many technical experts who'd spent time in the field. The agency became dominated by contract managers with little institutional memory. Between 1995 and 2007, 45 percent of the Foreign Service officer corps reached retirement age. And this decade, USAID tackled Iraq and Afghan reconstruction without new staffing.
"Until the Obama administration, USAID's personnel and authority had been systematically diminishing over time," says Paul O'Brien, vice president of policy at Oxfam America. While internal USAID protocols recommend each manager oversee roughly $10 million in grants, in Afghanistan the number was topping $100 million, he says.
A "civilian surge" beginning last fall increased the number of American USAID officers in Afghanistan from 90 to 270. USAID says the amount of money each officer is overseeing has stabilized or decreased. With the added staff and its wider footprint, USAID is confident the agency can manage the money.
"We have US private firms and US private volunteer firms who have shown they can handle [the money] responsibly," says James Bever, USAID's Afghan and Pakistan operations chief. "Yes, sometimes there are problems – and [inspectors] have picked up on those cases."
Though USAID says the adjustment allows more staff to get out of Kabul and into the field, one of the government employees deployed as part of the surge says many of his colleagues outside Kabul still are trapped on bases due to security restrictions. And they end up overseeing cash-for-work programs that don't require agricultural or engineering expertise.
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One inspector charged with finding problems says it's too soon to know how much the civilian surge has helped.
But, says John Brummet, a top auditor with SIGAR, "more attention is needed on increasing the capacity of the Afghan institutions to help deal with this. We should strengthen those offices because they can play a role in bringing more accountability and hopefully bringing less corruption to these large sums of money."
A successful example of that is the $1 billion spent on the NSP. The money is carved up into chunks of $30,000 or so and given to villages to spend on projects of their choice, with locally elected leaders held accountable by their neighbors.
USAID says the agency is working to rely less on large international contractors and more on building Afghan institutional capacity, but transition time is required. USAID is channeling more money through the Afghan government to fund programs like the NSP. But the big pieces of Afghanistan's infrastructure skeleton can't be tackled by small-scale nongovernmental organizations and bottom-up approaches like the NSP, says Mr. O'Brien of Oxfam. Big projects should still be attempted, but with more involvement from pockets of competence in the Afghan government. "What happens in Afghanistan may end up shaping the broader development agenda," says O'Brien. "It would be a real tragedy if the outcome of the Afghanistan story is that money just can't be spent responsibly."
• Correspondent Edward Girardet contributed to this report.


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You may remember that a few days ago Shia LaBeouf gathered some attention during his trip to Cannes by basically admitting to the Associated Press that he didn't like Transformers 2 either. You may also remember that the big exploding robots spectacle of 2009 wasn't the first disappointing sequel that Shia has starred in, but don't worry-- Shia is perfectly willing to trash talk that one too.
Because he inexplicably hasn't been shut up by his handlers, LaBeouf gave an interview to The Los Angeles Times in which he had plenty to say about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and why it, well, sucked. He started by blaming himself: "I feel like I dropped the ball on the legacy that people loved and cherished. You get to monkey-swinging and things like that and you can blame it on the writer and you can blame it on Steven [Spielberg]. But the actor's job is to make it come alive and make it work, and I couldn't do it. So that's my fault. Simple."
But then he moved on for some somewhat harsh words against Spielberg himself, couched in a lot of rationalizations about how much affection he has for the guy.
"I'll probably get a call. But he needs to hear this. I love him. I love Steven. I have a relationship with Steven that supersedes our business work. And believe me, I talk to him often enough to know that I'm not out of line. And I would never disrespect the man. I think he's a genius, and he's given me my whole life. He's done so much great work that there's no need for him to feel vulnerable about one film. But when you drop the ball you drop the ball."
Finally, LaBeouf brought Harrison Ford into it-- "We [Harrison Ford and LaBeouf] had major discussions. He wasn't happy with it either. Look, the movie could have been updated. There was a reason it wasn't universally accepted." And he had a pretty good explanation for why he was willing to admit all of this, something that's practically taboo in the world of Hollywood blockbusters: "I think the audience is pretty intelligent. I think they know when you've made ... . And I think if you don't acknowledge it, then why do they trust you the next time you're promoting a movie."
You've got to admire LaBeouf's youthful belief in honesty and clearing the air after a box office stinker, but it also seems safe to assume this is going to come back to bite him in the ass. Hollywood has always seemed like a structure that operates off delusion, the belief that even the biggest bomb had artistic merit, or that box office successes happen for a reason, not because audiences are brainwashed by months of marketing into seeing something regardless of quality. LaBeouf seems to think he can help break the cycle, and while we seriously doubt that's possible, it's nice to at least have someone out there speaking truth for once.


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30 Years Of The CD, Of Digital Piracy, And Of Music Industry Cluelessness
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A post on The Next Web reminds us that the CD is thirty years old this month. As the history there explains, work began back in the 1970s at both Philips and Sony on an optical recording medium for music, which culminated in a joint standard launched in 1982. The key attribute of the compact disc was not so much its small size -- although that was the most obvious difference from earlier vinyl -- but that fact that it stored music in a digital, rather than analog format.
At the time, that probably seemed a technical detail to most people, but it had two profound consequences. First, it began the shift from a world of analogue music recordings -- LPs and tapes -- to one that was digital. And secondly, it created the pre-condition for the rise of file sharing in the 1990s once the MP3 compression technology had been devised, and the Internet became available to general users -- especially younger ones. Services like Napster would not have been nearly so popular had there not been convenient digital files on CDs just sitting there, waiting to be ripped, uploaded and shared. And the reason it was so easy to do that was because CDs came without any copy protection mechanisms whatsoever.
So how on earth did Philips, Sony and the entire music industry make what must appear in retrospect such a huge blunder? Why did they not worry about people copying files from these new CDs? The answer is very simple: because at the time the CD was launched, there was nothing you could copy a CD to.
One year after the CD's commercial appearance, IBM launched its first version of the PC that had an internal hard disc, the IBM PC XT. Its capacity? A roomy 10 Mbytes. The CD holds around 700 Mbytes, meaning that uncompressed songs typically require around 50 Mbytes of storage each. The cost of any hard disc capable of storing even a single song was so great back in those days, that the idea of digital piracy was self-evidently absurd, since it would have been far cheaper to buy another copy of the CD than a hard disc to store it on.
But what that failed to take into account was the steady and precipitous reduction in the price per Mbyte of hard disc storage that would take place over the next few decades. Today we have reached the point where you can buy a 1 Terabyte hard disc for around $80; that means the cost to store the contents of an entire CD as MP3 files is about $0.005 -- and still dropping.
The CD therefore stands as a wonderful symbol of the music industry's inability to see the deeper, underlying trends in technology, and where they would take us. Back then, it meant that nobody was worried about the idea that people would copy digital files from CDs and share them, because they forgot that technology would make possible tomorrow the things that seemed impossible today. Now it means the copyright industries are still trying to preserve unsustainable 20th century business models instead of planning for the incredible technologies we will have in 10, 20 or even 30 years time. They only have to look at the history of the CD and digital piracy to see just how far things can go -- and how wrong our current assumptions can be.
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