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UCSF Fresno offers a unique blend of training with distinct urban and rural family health centers. Residents select from a hospital affiliated primary care training site adjacent to Community Regional Medical Center (CRMC), a community-based family health center in southwest Fresno (Clinica Sierra Vista), or a rural health center located in an agricultural community about 25 miles from CRMC (Adventist Health Community Care Selma). Family medicine residents have an outstanding reputation in our community and are in great demand in rural, urban and suburban settings.
The CMC Family Health Center is located in the newly opened, state-of-the-art Deran Koligian Ambulatory Care Center (ACC). The Family Health Center consists of 15 exam rooms each equipped with a wall-mounted computer in order to easily review labs and other studies with patients. In addition, there is a large resident conference room equipped with several computers and an AV system routinely used during Morning Report and teaching in the clinic held daily with residents, medical students, and faculty. The ACC medical office building borders Community Regional Medical Center and the UCSF Fresno Center. In addition to the family medicine center the new, two-story building includes Women's Health, Children's Health, Internal Medicine, HIV Special Services, Ophthalmology and Dental services. CMC residents have easy access to rotations and lectures taking place at CRMC or the neighboring UCSF Fresno Center.
CMC residents have the opportunity to care for many patients with a wide spectrum of clinical pathology from diverse cultural backgrounds. This includes Hispanic and Southeast Asian ethnic groups, as well as African-Americans, Native Americans, and others. A bilingual staff and translation services facilitate access to health care for the area's diverse population.
Family medicine faculty based at CMC are quite experienced and have skills in inpatient care, HIV/AIDS management, Hepatitis C, and research methodology. Volunteer faculty from the community regularly precept residents and medical students at the CMC Family Health Center. Many of these preceptors are graduates of the UCSF Fresno family medicine program and are in private practice, work in correctional medicine, or in community health centers and other practice settings in the community. They are eager to share information with residents about the many exciting practice options available to family physicians after graduation.
Adventist Health Community Care Selma presents a unique opportunity for residents who are interested in clinical training and practice in a rural site. Selma is a predominantly Hispanic, agricultural community of 23,000 people located 25 minutes from CRMC.
The Selma pathway is housed at the Adventist Health Community Care Selma (AHCC Selma) where six full-time attending family physicians see patients and provide teaching for family medicine residents. AHCC Selma utilizes a multidisciplinary team practice which includes nurse practitioners and physician assistants as well as advanced practice nurses, health educators, and social workers. Medical students also rotate through AHCC Selma.
Selma provides residents with a stimulating educational environment in a challenging clinical setting. In this rural community setting, residents manage prenatal and well child care, as well as perform procedures in the outpatient setting. Residents manage and deliver 50 or more obstetric patients a month including cesarean sections, which is provided by our Selma faculty and community physicians, increasing the learning opportunities for residents.
Selma residents especially enjoy the small town flavor of their training site. Faculty and staff often know the extended families of their patients. Most families are low income. A typical mix of patients includes all ages, with many women and children. There are also large numbers of patients with a variety of chronic medical conditions including diabetes, hypertension, emphysema, and congestive heart failure.
AHCC Selma patients are admitted to Selma Community Hospital where they are followed by family medicine residents and faculty. It is a busy, friendly, rural hospital, adjacent to AHCC Selma and administered by the well-established Adventist Health system. It has up-to-date services including a CT scanner, MRI services, and a variety of specialists who visit on a regular basis. Residents assist on a variety of surgeries, including gynecologic procedures, general surgery, caesarean sections, and tubal ligations. Family medicine residents are the only residents working at the hospital and the hospital medical staff is dominated by family physicians. Residents are encouraged to work directly with patients in all of the hospital's patient care areas.
The Selma pathway offers family medicine residents the opportunity to develop an independent practice style in a rural setting. There are also many opportunities to obtain surgical experience in procedures in which family physicians can later obtain privileges. At the same time, Selma residents are fully integrated into the tertiary care experience and the family medicine education provided at Community Regional Medical Center. Few family medicine residencies offer this mix of education, experience, and training.
Clinica Sierra Vista (CSV) is located in southwest Fresno, a vibrant, multi-cultural community. Supervision comes from core UCSF Fresno faculty.
CSV cares for a large Hispanic population. Serving a primarily Hispanic population, translation services and bilingual staff facilitate access to care at the federally qualified health center.
CSV emphasizes a health care team approach and maintains nutritional, social, and health education services. CSV is committed to meeting the health care needs of the community. This is manifested through outreach efforts at local schools, providing team physicians, and offering weekend services for their patients.
The clinic is operated by Clinica Sierra Vista. Completed in 1987, the Health Center's 11,000 square foot facility is located ten minutes from CRMC. It includes a procedures suite, a modern laboratory with a full-time technician, x-ray services, as well as library and conference areas. A 5,000 square foot Women's Health Center is devoted to the health care needs of women of all ages. Patients requiring inpatient medical services are admitted to Community Regional Medical Center.
The CSV pathway offers residents an excellent education that incorporates community-oriented primary care. CSV residents have a diverse patient population with ample opportunities for prenatal care, deliveries, post-partum care and outpatient procedures. The acquisition of ambulatory care skills in a multicultural setting is also emphasized providing a practical and relevant education.


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I've not joined in with The Gallery for a few months, but I've got some really great pictures recently (and one from last year) which suits the theme perfectly.
N loves having his family round, and we're lucky that both sides of the family live within 7 miles so he sees them regularly.
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Debate: Gold has no real value to the man in the street.
Practical value of gold from a "man in the street" point of view.
For the vast majority of people on this planet gold is worthless.
A bold statement but consider the following.
To live you need money, doesn't matter what sort as long as it's the money that is in circulation in your country. With this money you buy, food, housing, energy, transport plus the other essentials needed for life.
If you are in work you will typically get paid your supply of money by your employer. If you are on benefits you get your money from the government and if you are on a pension you get your money from your pension provider. If you are begging on the streets you get your money from charitable sorts who feel kind enough to give you some of their money gained from the first three sources mentioned above. All these sources provide "money" not gold.
Next when you come to spend (or give away) your money the recipient will want, you guessed it, your money. He doesn't want gold or any other stuff that has a "value" such as silver, lead, pretty crystalline minerals or anything else. He wants your money.
So what are you going to do with your gold. You have 3 options, wear it, store it or exchange it. If you wear it, it has no value to you. OK it has value to someone else, but to you it's just jewellery. If you store it, it has even less value as you don't actually derive any personal satisfaction other than telling everyone you are sitting on a pot of gold. If you sell it you typically sell it for money, which you can then use to but everything mentioned above. But you can only do this once.
So, unless you own a factory that makes electronic products or jewellery or are a professional gold trader, gold has no value to the man in the street.
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Oct 29 2012: Contrary to what most people here seem to think (with the notable exception of Mr Frum) when you look at the price variations for gold over the long term large increases usually line up with increased denand or reduced supply. At the moment the whole world is maddly buying iPhones and tablet computers and cars with engine management computers.so there is high demand in the electronics industry. Eventually the gold stockpiles in the central banks of the world will be melted down and used in industry as gold is a finite resource.
Oct 27 2012: Gold speculation is psychology, not a science. Basically it's valuable to you because you know someone else finds it valuable and you expect things to stay that way (which is reasonable because people who already have gold will always claim it's valuable). Of course that makes you wonder how this started, well, it's because once upon a time all money was backed by gold (since gold was rare and not used for anything practical, while newly discovered deposits were always small and difficult and slow to mine gold was the perfect material to fill such a role), so having gold automatically meant having purchasing power and that's the reason people stocked gold. So why do people buy gold now? As with all speculation you buy gold now because you expect to sell it for a higher price in the future, in fact the very act of buying gold already tends to increase the price (but because someone else may be selling more gold at the same moment the price does not necessarily go up). It is this game that pushes up the price: if gold was only bought for jewelry and electronics it would be much cheaper.
Oct 29 2012: "if gold was only bought for jewelry and electronics it would be much cheaper."
Wrong. Gold is used in jewelry now BECAUSE it is expensive -- it is a way of showing off, just like Armani suits or Ferraris. Gold is expensive because it is rare, and because its relative chemical inertness keeps it from "aging". The same goes for platinum, silver, or even palladium. Do you think any of those jewelry wearers can tell the difference, just by looking, between platinum and stainless steel? It is fairly easy to make alloys that look like gold too. Or even gemstones, fake or real.
Oct 29 2012: "Gold is used in jewelry now BECAUSE it is expensive"
Right, but without the speculation gold would definitely be cheaper and jewelry would be made of different materials.
"Gold is expensive because it is rare, and because its relative chemical inertness keeps it from "aging"."
It's also fairly useless, except for electronics, that should depress its price.
Oct 29 2012: there would be less speculation o gold if we had more stable currencies -- based on a bouquet of commodities, for example.
Don't you think jewelry is useful? The most prized jewelry will always be made of the most expensive (rare and inert) material. If gold did not exist, people would have worn, and speculated with, the next material that has the two key attributes.
Speculation is the way people experiment in any competitive economy. The more reckless the speculation, the greater the risk of losing. This is true whether we're buying Picassos, or designing a strategy for "the next greatest" software user interface. Gold, despite its ups and downs, has proven to be relatively un-reckless.
Oct 25 2012: "If you wear it, it has no value to you. OK it has value to someone else, but to you it's just jewellery."
This is not how it works. Take the case of two girls (Jane and Mary) who are enemies. Let's say they both think that gold ornaments make them look prettier. Mary gives all her jewelry to Jane, according to you, it would have no value at all to Jane, because (???) Mary gets to look at a prettier girl, but Jane only gets to look at a dull-looking girl. Thus, (???) Jane suffers when she wears it.
I wonder why all the girls I know put lipstick on themselves (though they can't see their own lips) rather than on me!
Oct 25 2012: We need money for the basic needs; but in most cases we reach for luxuries after the basic needs have been met.
The 'man in the street' may not think gold is very important if he is starving; but the gold could meet his basic needs if it is sold because we live in the world where gold is valuable.
For the rich (billionnaires in dollars) gold is a more reliable store of value because it can not be destroyed by fire, and it would not rust.
Oct 25 2012: ... in the defence of Gold... it has significant value within electronics as you mention Howard. The underlying issue is our whole money system - and why it does not work. Gold price is just a way of attempting to fix the unfixable. See:Economics - step out of the dream
Oct 25 2012: Gold doesn't even have any value on its own, just what's given to it by definition and its scarcity ...
Just imagine what would happen to our world economy if there was this random gold meteor shower, lasting for 24 hours and leaving this world rich in gold-nuggets which were equally distributed all over the place? :o)
It makes one think how simple we just are... :o)


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If you had a technology toy room to play with the most amazing educational technologies available today, what would be in it?
I've been given the remarkable privilege of starting a Center for Educational and Emerging Technology where university faculty and K-12 educators can come together to explore classroom technologies.
It will be a space where everyone can get their hands on the technology and discuss in a very diverse group the potential it has for meaningful change in the classroom. The budget is limited to start off, so what tools have you seen that have the potential for disruption in either higher ed or K-12 classrooms? If it's expensive, what groups do you think would likely fund their purchase for a center like this?
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Sep 27 2013: Ah, a realistic question. It would be prudent to have some very old technologies present--the chalkboard and the dry-erase whiteboard. It is amazing just how much can still be done with such means. They are still valued in the university, at the highest levels of education and research. I'm no Luddite, of course. I helped set up and maintain a SmartBoard for my employer, but there is still a place for the old stuff. For example, nothing beats real fossils, no electronic on-screen simulation matches what is learned from direct observation of a sample.
Sep 27 2013: A great point, Bryan! I should elaborate on my initial description. The Tech resource room will only contain potentially disruptive technologies. However, this room is intended to be just one component of a much larger center, which will have interactive screens, mobile charging stations, sound-proof rooms for screencasting AND a plain old whiteboard. As much as I love my technology, there are times when my ideas can only be fashioned through writing them out with different colored markers :) I would want a similar space for students. I would also like the space just outside of the center to be a device-free park. It is in a very secluded spot on campus with lots of trees and since part of the lesson is knowing when to use the technology and when to just turn it off, this would work.
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But Where Is the Content Type Used?
Managing content types inside of the SharePoint interface has a lot of power. I'm still to this today deeply impressed with the content type paradigm that Microsoft introduced in SharePoint 2007. As a taxonomic and information management paradigm, there are few that are as usable and flexible.
However, sometimes we find ourselves a bit perplexed when attempting to remove content types. The first thing about removing content types is the language used inside of a list/library. When you attempt to remove a content type from the list/library it uses the world "delete". Well, you're not really "deleting" the content type. The correct language for the action should be: "remove content type from library" (or "list" if in that context).
The second issue I see is when you actually are trying to delete a content type. In this case the "delete" language is appropriate, but what happens if we try to remove a content type that is still utilized in SharePoint? We get this wonderful message:
Exception handling is another area that could use some big improvements in SharePoint. This error message only tells me the problem, but it does not suggest a solution. Even the correlation ID (which I'll talk about in a later post) is completely useless. It doesn't tell me (1) where the content type is actually in use, and (2) what I need to do to actually remove it.
Solution: give me a list of instances the content type is used including hyperlinks, and as mentioned above, tell the user what they need to do to actually delete the content type.


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iPhone 4 quick review
I promised to post a full review about iPhone 4, but the videos I have recorded do not seem to work for some reason. Anyway, I had some captures and few notes, specially in regards to the so-called antenna problem.
I wish I could have posted a more detailed review… but this is what I currently have:
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- Antenna and reception
Almost 12cm in height, 6cm in width, and less than 1cm in depth makes it really the slimmest smartphone ever! held in hand, and compared to iPhone 3Gs you will not feel a difference in the device weight, there is a huge difference in the shape.. clearly! Feels comfortable holding a phone with sharp edges, beveled controls and buttons.
As it always has been, use a pin to get the simcard slot out, put your sim in, and that's it. Tested with a Zain voice Microsim card.
The performance was so great and as fast as the iPhone 3Gs, but take into consideration some more added features to the device itself.
Antenna & Reception:
Worked perfectly; I was supposed to upload a test video showing how to hold iPhone 4 the "wrong way"! Reception was full while being in active and stand-by mode, it was full as well while calling. I think that this antenna issue might face you someday, if you were in a basement or a low reception area… Do not blame Steve Jobs for it! Anyway, I'll try uploading the antenna test video asap.
Oh, one more thing… This will be the best solution in case you face the so-called antenna issue…
What do you think? Share your thoughts with me…
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How Healthy is Healthcare in Hawaii? - Extended Version
Leading doctors and other experts discuss major trends and problems in Hawaii healthcare
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Jerris Hedges (Dean, John Burns School of Medicine): This is an exciting time even though we are all facing some significant challenges. The fact that people come together for these forums gives me great enthusiasm. In keeping with the last panel, we were asked to come up with a word to symbolize what we're going to speak on, and my word is transform. I'm hoping that we will inspire you and others to transform what we're doing. I'm going to talk a little bit about the role of the medical school and a significant opportunity that we have that has added simplicity in terms of concept that I think will play into what you heard from Sen. Green. But we cannot continue doing what we're currently doing. We don't have enough funding and we don't have enough providers to implement care in the way that it should be delivered. So how do we get there? What can we do collectively around that? You've heard a little bit about the shortage of providers here in Hawaii but it's not just here in Hawaii. It's a national shortage.
In 2025, it's anticipated that there'll be 120,000 fewer providers than what the demographics in the U.S. will require. So we cannot simply pull from other states to meet the needs of Hawaii. We need to be able to build programs here that will help us train, recruit, and retain physicians for our needs and other healthcare providers to help us deliver the healthcare that we need for the future.
What can we do here through the medical school? We can incrementally increase the class and the size for the medical school and we've been working at that. However, that's challenging because our model needs to be addressed and we also need to look at supplemental models that will help us leverage what we do have. It's an expensive proposition to train additional physicians and there's a limit to how much we can do that.
Can we create a more efficient model of training? I think we can and if we look at this from a revolutionary standpoint, I think what's needed is to work with both the legislature and Hawaii Medical Board to develop a new category of physician that is not constrained by some of the processes that we have now in national accreditation requirements, but will allow us to supplement what we're doing in our medical education and it can be tailored to our needs on the neighbor islands and other rural sites.
It should be primary-care based and ambulatory-focused. It should be one that is more economical to implement and one that will result in trainees with both less educational debt at the completion of their training and with anticipation for a more modest salary. I would like to outline a concept that was proposed by Daniel Hunt who is the Executive Director for the accrediting body for medical schools in the U.S. He proposed a Doctor of Clinical Practice degree, to be done in conjunction with current medical schools — essentially a streamlined path into becoming licensed, so instead of the four years of medical school training, there will be three years.
The three years would be based on the clinical knowledge set that we now provide but would be focused more on application and less on the basic science elements. The anticipation is that the in-hospital subsequent training would be more attenuated and would focus on what one needs to do for continuity of care. The bottom line is it would complete your training and become ready for license in four years rather than the four years in medical school plus the three or four additional years in residency training. I think this is something we can do in Hawaii.
This has another tremendous benefit if we can do this in conjunction with our current medical school and residency training. The one great benefit is the trainees that come out of such a program would be targeted specifically for Hawaii. Hawaii would be the site in which they could be licensed and we wouldn't be losing physician trainees to other parts of the nation. I have other things that we can talk about — more specifics related to such a proposal — but the foundation for this has already been built. The medical school has a problem-based learning integrated curriculum that can be adopted with minor modifications to allow this sort of program to develop. I'll stop there.
Green: Dean, stay for one question. How many students graduate a year from the medical school? If you have all the financing you needed, how many could you possibly expand to in five years, and does it make any sense to start including mid-level providers in some of the training — physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and so on — at the medical schools?
Hedges: Under the current system, 66 students enter a four-year program each year. Anywhere from 62 to the full 66 complete the training. We could expand with supplemental funding to at least 75, if not 80, students. I think we could do better with expansion if we do this supplemental program, and have two tracks for people to enter, and with such a program I think we could have closer to 100 trainees per year in Hawaii, which would get us closer to what we need to maintain a steady state. Could we do this in conjunction with other professions? Absolutely, in fact, I think the pathway into such a program would be one that would normally welcome those who came from either advanced nurse practice programs or pharmacy into such a program as a conjoined effort. So, I think it is something that we could implement and more broadly include other disciplines in the program itself.
Hilton Raethel (Senior Vice-President, Hawaii Medical Service Association): You've heard a lot about the issues in healthcare and you've heard a lot about what could be done and what maybe should be done. I'm going to spend a few minutes today talking about some of the things that are being done right now. Specifically, I want to talk about the issues of cost and quality that everyone has talked about, the increasing costs and the issues with quality.
We recognize that at HMSA. We've been serving the community as a nonprofit mutual benefit society for 73 years. I'm proud to be part of HMSA and we have embarked in a new direction to help solve these problems, including a new program across our hospital network.
Historically, healthcare in Hawaii has been paid predominantly on a fee-for-service basis and what that means is it's basically a piece-meal program. In other words, the more you do, the more you get paid, and you get paid based on volume, not value, and on quantity, not quality. Now, that is a terrible set of incentives for healthcare, but that's the way healthcare has been reimbursed in Hawaii and across the United States for many decades.
We're going in the process of transforming that and you didn't ask me about my word, Josh, but my word is transformation, so which is not quite transformed but it is transformation. We're in the process of transforming healthcare and if you want to change behavior, you have to change incentives. So, we're changing incentives. What I mean by that is that we are paying hospitals and doctors now for how well they treat patients. We're paying them for taking care of a patient population. We're paying them for quality, safety, efficiency, reducing harm.
This is not something you change overnight. You can't change a whole system of care in just a few months or a couple of years. We started last year working with every hospital in our provider network across the state, setting a goal of having 15 percent of their reimbursement tied to these outcomes for quality, safety, and efficiency.
That's one of the initiatives. I also want to talk about primary care. We believe that as a nation, we have underinvested in primary care, and we're working actively to fix that. We have two programs in place. One of them is a pay-for-quality program where we are looking at what is the best evidence-based care for patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes, asthma, heart disease — what does the best evidence say about what those members should be getting every year. We're putting those metrics out there. We're saying to the doctors, here's the metrics, here's the threshold, here's your population. This is how many diabetic members you have. This is the scoring on those metrics and we're going to pay you to take care of those members, to bring those patients in, to make sure they get their eye exams, to make sure they get their foot exams, etc. We're paying them to take care of their patients.
In addition to that, we have another program for primary care physicians, who are dealing with patients in a medical home. That program runs in concert with the pay-for-quality program and helps physicians support or develop the infrastructure needed to take care of their patients. So that's another revenue stream in addition to our pay-for-quality, so we are putting double-digit increases into our budget, year-over-year increases for primary care. We believe we need to emphasize more primary care. We believe we need to strengthen the relationship between the patient and the member, especially patients with chronic disease. We're working with the employer groups across the state to get the employers and employees engaged because that's a huge issue. We have to get patients connected with their doctors, especially patients with chronic disease.
So again, HMSA has already embarked on these initiatives statewide. We're proud of these initiatives. We're proud of what we're doing. We're proud of our partnerships with organizations such as Queen's, Hawaii Pacific Health, HHSC, Kuakini, and Castle. They are all involved and we're proud of that partnership with our primary care physicians to help transform the healthcare delivery system in Hawaii.
Green: One question that comes to mind is as you try to realize savings and move money towards primary care, what's the prospect of sharing savings with businesses, the business community, or the providers themselves should you realize those achievements?
Raethel: We absolutely believe that we can bend the cost to it. In other words, we can reduce the rate of healthcare inflation in the country. In terms of cost saving, you are talking about two particular groups. One is employers; the other is providers. With employers, the cost savings come from the reduction in healthcare premiums, so the rate of inflation comes down and we believe we're already starting to see evidence of that. Employers get the benefit because they end up paying less year-over-year in terms of rate increases.
Now, in terms of sharing savings with providers, this is a huge issue. Because every time a provider prevents a re-admission, that's a loss of revenue. Every time they reduce a complication or eliminate a complication that is reduced revenue. So we are working with our providers to come up with mechanisms to make sure that as they go through the transition from a volume-based model to a value-based model that they have the revenue to support that transition.
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If you're in R1 DVD land, Amazon currently has the (relatively new) Special Editions of The Ark in Space and The Aztecs available for $12.99 (63% off) each. If you want them, snatch them up while you can!
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very good! made as directed except i candied the walnuts. used hormel bacon bits. didn't realize you could make an egg like that !! (mine took about a minute extra) there were 4 of us and everyone commented how good it was. that little bit of vinaigrette went a long way. will def make again. i wonder if peaches would be good?
Bistro Dinner Salad
Lee Harrelson
This dinner salad is a perfect light and quick, yet refined, meal. The mustard tarragon vinaigrette complements the slightly bitter salad greens, while the pear adds a hint of sweetness.
Yield: 4 servings
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 393
- Calories from fat: 39%
- Fat: 17g
- Saturated fat: 4.7g
- Monounsaturated fat: 6.9g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 3.2g
- Protein: 16.9g
- Carbohydrate: 44.7g
- Fiber: 8.8g
- Cholesterol: 222mg
- Iron: 3.1mg
- Sodium: 605mg
- Calcium: 150mg
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped walnuts
- 4 large eggs
- Cooking spray
- 2 bacon slices (uncooked)
- 8 cups gourmet salad greens
- 1/4 cup (1 ounce) crumbled blue cheese
- 1 Bartlett pear, cored and thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon extravirgin olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried tarragon
- 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 4 (1-inch-thick) slices French bread baguette, toasted
- Place nuts in a small skillet; cook over medium-high heat 3 minutes or until lightly browned, shaking pan frequently. Remove from heat; set aside.
- Break 1 egg into each of 4 (6-ounce) custard cups coated with cooking spray. Cover with plastic wrap, and microwave at high for 40 seconds or until set; let stand 1 minute. Remove eggs from cups; drain on paper towels.
- Cook bacon in a skillet over medium-high heat until crisp; cool slightly. Remove bacon from the pan, reserving 1 teaspoon drippings. Crumble bacon. Combine walnuts, bacon, greens, blue cheese, and pear in a large bowl.
- Combine 1 teaspoon reserved drippings, vinegar, oil, tarragon, and mustard in small bowl; stir with a whisk. Drizzle over greens mixture; toss gently. Arrange 2 cups salad mixture on each of 4 serving plates; top each serving with 1 egg and 1 toast slice.
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Douglas Stephen PlastiCase BL556 Hinged Lid Clear Cupcake Container 10 / Pack
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This Douglas Stephen Plastics BL556 high-domed hinged lid clear cupcake container comes with 6 individual compartments to store a half dozen of your delectable cupcakes or muffins. A user-friendly hinged lid provides a tight, reliable seal while the container's crystal clear OPS plastic construction gives your products optimum marketability. Sold 10 per pack.
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Overall User Rating: Douglas Stephen PlastiCase BL556 Hinged Lid Clear Cupcake Container 10 / Pack ( 4.6 stars from 41 reviews )
We being in the cupcake biz, these 6 pack containers are essential and needed. However, like most of the contaners (2pk& 4pk) they do not want to snap closed easily. I wish they did and they plastic is somewhat flimsy but they got the job done.
Suzanne B. from Dancing Cats Cafe Posted on 05/25/2014
Thanks for your review! This is a quality cupcake container offered at a good price. If you are looking for a more durable option, check out the 6 Compartment Hinged High Dome Clear Cupcake Container (999KP456).
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Great quality and a nice, basic container. It's really tall with ample head room, so there is plenty of room to pile on the frosting and toppings.
Xinwei Z. Posted on 05/17/2014
This are nice and tall, leaving plenty of room for elaborate cupcake frosting. They feel somewhat flimsy and can be difficult to close, but, overall, I'm happy with them. Cupcakes fit easily and look great.
Maryana G. Posted on 03/27/2014
These containers are just what I needed. PERFECT! Great for my new business and transporting without worrying that the cupcakes are going to slide all over the place. I let the customers keep them. To get the cupcakes out without ruining icing, just push the bottom of that cupcake to bring it up a bit! So glad I found this store and the prices are great!
Latoya H. from Cupcakes by Meenah Posted on 12/09/2013
Red Velvet Cupcakes
These look very professional when you are selling cupcakes to go and they keep the cupcake in place without getting the frosting all smushy, these are my favorite.
Sylvia C. from Britans Yogurt Mill Posted on 11/28/2013
I really liked the shape of the containers! They held the boxes perfectly. it had a very nice shape as well. My cupcake were display very nicely.
Brian K. Posted on 11/25/2013
I love this container! Easy to Stack affordable and the perfect container for beautiful cupcakes! Wish I had ordered more the hinged was a little hard to open at first
Nakiya B. from The Cheesecake Lady Posted on 10/16/2013
Clear containers display cupcakes and muffins beautifully! Sturdy enough to stack on top of one another. Although they are considered to be disposable I often reuse mine!
Debra K. from Cookies by DebDeb Posted on 10/13/2013
The packaging is perfect for cupcakes and muffins. We sell a lot of cupcakes, and sometimes in smaller orders. These are perfect for our business. I like not having to buy the whole case, we dont have room to store a case full. These are my favorite way to transport/deliver cupcakes.
Amanda C. from The Cupcake Lady Posted on 10/11/2013
These were a great investment. I am able to apply a 1 inch icing layer on my cupcakes with decorations. I actually use them more for transporting than to sell in quantities I just clean them out and reuse. awesome product!
Rebecca D. Posted on 09/19/2013
These have been invaluable for transporting normal (not jumbo) cupcakes. The only potential problem is that the tops are a little low, so if you really pile up the icing these might not be ideal.
Sylvia S. from Golden Age Bakery Posted on 07/30/2013
These cupcake containers are perfect! They are just the right size to fit our homemade chocolate cups that we fill up with ice cream. We don't overload them with frosting, and none of the cucpakes hit the top so there is ample room to experiment with.
Thomas M. from Murray's Ice Cream Posted on 07/27/2013
Ice Cream Cupcakes in container
This is the container I love to use it easy to open and close very durable and you can you can stack up to as many as you want
deion W. from Deions Treats & Sweets Posted on 07/22/2013
Great hinged cupcake containers for a great price. I like packaging my cupcakes in quantities of 6 or less to make for easier transporting and storage in the fridge.
Cheri W. from Countryside Cakes Posted on 07/22/2013
Variety of cupcakes
Absolutely love these containers. They are great for transporting without a mess. They are ideal to keep your goods fresh & delicious for your customer.
Rhonda W. from Sweet Things Posted on 07/12/2013
These plastic containers work very well! I was immediately impressed by the size for these. The cupcakes went in easily & I didn't have a problem with space for my frosting, or traveling. And they're fun to add my own decorations.
Takisha W. from Chef TJ Dubs Culinary Arts Posted on 06/21/2013
These are the perfect size to sell small quantities of cupcakes at a farmer's market. Keeps all the cupcakes looking as good as when they were made.
Corinne L. from Cori's Kitchen Posted on 06/13/2013
Peanut butter frosting...yum!
LOVE LOVE LOVE. When I use this product to transport cupcakes to places and people ask, oh, what bakery did these come from? I always stick my chest out a little bit. Great quality product.
Billie R. from Billie Posted on 05/15/2013
Awesome product! I made 12 dozen cupcakes for my daughter's wedding. Froze the unfrosted cupcakes in these, they stack wonderfully. Transported them to the site, iced them there and returned to these containers until setup. The cupcakes were as fresh and beautiful as if they had just come from the oven!
Roberta G. Posted on 04/23/2013
These are really nice plastic snap containers, I only wish they came with 4 holes. We generally use non-partitioned containers to sell cupcakes because they're less expensive and we're not wasting space if the customer doesn't buy 6 cupcakes. But these are nice to have on hand.
Erica E. Posted on 10/27/2012
This cupcake container makes it easy to transport cupcakes without worrying about damage. Finger indentations on each individual cupcake cavity would be an added plus!
Sherri B. from Something Special by Sherri Posted on 10/15/2012
Love this item, very sturdy, easy to use and holds the cupcakes perfect. there is enough room for high cupcakes too, highly recommended for your business.
Ozlem A. from www.landofoz.biz Posted on 08/06/2012
These made a lovely display for a batch of cupcakes I made for a sweet 16. Held the cupcakes securely, and the containers are easy to stack and store.
Karen L. Posted on 05/04/2012
The only thing I don't like about these is that you have to stick your fingers in the frosting in order to get the cupcake out. The sides of the slots/wells that the cupcakes rest in is too high. I like that you can freeze leftover cupcakes in these.
Alexis S. Posted on 05/03/2012
I love these containers. They keep the cupcakes from drying out and from tipping over. I use them in my custom baskets. I also ship them in these containers.
Judith C. from Cakes and Desserts By Judy Posted on 03/23/2012
Would consider these to be a medium depth for the lid, they will accommodate a moderate amount of frosting but nothing extravagant. Biggest complaint with these is lack of notches at the sides of the cupcake cavities, resulting in no space to get a hold on the cupcake when removing it from the container. Since the depth of the cavity is exactly the depth of a standard cupcake liner, the lack of notches tends to result in making a mess with icing.
Judith M. from Not Your Average Cookie Posted on 02/28/2012
Very nice clear plastic cupcake / muffin container. Front snaps together well to ensure freshness. Top is nice and high to accommodate plenty of frosting!
Christine P. from Po's Pastries Posted on 02/15/2012
As the aunt of 2 nieces and 2 nephews, I always find myself making cupcakes. I would usually make more then necessary but I never had containers to give out the cupcakes to family and friends. These containers are a lifesaver! Each container holds 6 cupcakes and there's enough room in the top to pile on icing and other decorations without worrying about closing the container and messing up your hard work. I will be using these containers from now on!
Tykisha P. Posted on 12/25/2011
I love the clear plastic lids on these so you can see exactly what is inside. Perfect cupcake take away storage. Keeps them fresh and moist.
Sherry S. Posted on 12/09/2011
the containers are very sturdy and attractive. Very easy to transport them from place to place. I will definately purchase again! Also, extremely fast shipping!
Crystal T. Posted on 12/08/2011
I got to tired of trying to figure out how to store and ship cup cakes, and these are the answers to my dreams. I can store and ship...fabulous
Teresa M. from Suncatcher Jewelry Designs Posted on 12/02/2011
I absolutely love these plastic cupcake containers! I'm so happy i ordered these they are sturdy and clear so your able to show your product without opening the tabs.
Lateisha P. Posted on 12/01/2011
Love these containers. They are high enough for all size cupcakes with frosting and then some room stil left. Will reorder in the near future.
Cheryl G. from Tasty Bakies Posted on 11/26/2011
This is a sturdy cupcake container. It perfectly fits a standard cupcake with lots of icing on the top. The lid closes and reopens easily.
Kimberley D. from Kim's Bake Shoppe Posted on 10/06/2011
Standard Cupcakes with buttercream icing.
Very easy to use, keeps product safe for travel. The one bad thing about product is there is no space to attach a label securly to product
Nancy W. from I WANT MORE CAKES AND GOODIES Posted on 10/05/2011
This 6 pack container is perfect for my smaller orders. Plenty of room for cupcakes that have decorative icing and higher toppings. Don't compromise the cupcake appearance by compressing the top of the cakes.
Stacy S. from Cupcake Creations - Catering Cupcakes to Order Posted on 08/05/2011
These containers are perfect for my cupcakes to sell at market! They are easy to open and close and they are high enough so that I can pipe my cupcakes any way I like them without worrying if they are going to smash the tops of my cupcakes or not. Great buy.
John P. Posted on 07/19/2011
on closing the containers they kept on breaking causing me to put rubberbands / elastic bands around them,so or me they are to to good.
aleiah r. Posted on 01/24/2011
These containers are great for cupcakes with a lot of frosting piled on top - my gourmet cupcakes fit in here with no problem. I only wish they were sold in containers of a dozen as well!
Anna S. Posted on 02/10/2010
A Very good price for a quality cup cake holder. We use these to freeze our cup cakes in our store. they hold the freeze well
Tim S. Posted on 11/07/2009
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by Matt McKenzie, Contributing Editor
The results of our 2012 Content Preferences Survey are now available via SlideShare. We asked scores of executives at top B2B companies to tell us how they find, use, share and evaluate marketing content, and they gave us some fascinating answers.
I won't rehash the entire survey here – the SlideShare presentation tells the story. But here's an interesting point that deserves a closer look: The notion that "new" content formats like video and infographics are displacing "old" formats like white papers and E-books doesn't seem to be correct.
As it turns out, the truth is a lot more complicated. We asked executives to rank nine different content formats as either "most valuable," "somewhat valuable," or "least valuable." Most of these formats got a "least valuable" ranking in the single digits, and none of them ranked higher than 13% in that category.
Titles: Various
Formats: 2 E-books and 2 White papers
Objective: Acquia is a commercial open source software company providing products, services, and technical support for the open source Drupal social publishing system. The company had several successful webinars in its content library and, rather than start from scratch, wanted to take advantage of these existing resources to create new pieces in different formats. The company chose four webinars to convert into two E-books and two white papers.
Summary of Content: There are countless advantages to repurposing content. Aside from saving significantly on both budget and resources, it takes a proven content offer and converts it to a new format that could be preferable to a new pool of potential customers (if a prospect prefers E-books to webinars, now that person is more likely to digest the information). It also extends the life and value of the investment into the original piece and aids consistency across the brand's messages. Content repurposing can not only be used to create a new format of a piece, but if the content is slightly adjusted, it also can be used to create an offer that expands upon a topic, and creates deliverables for other stages of the pipeline or other relevant verticals and buyer personas.
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Mobilizing The Store—Webinar & Research
Details: In an effort to provide benchmarks around the massive trend to bring mobile devices and applications into the retail store environment, we worked with this solution provider on a research initiative that kicked off in mid-November and was tabulated and presented within a 4-week timeframe.By developing proprietary data around an area of massive interest, the company was able to engage with Top 100 retailers and also support its brand positioning at a major trade show.
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The New Formula for Generating High Quality Leads in 2011 — E-book & Video White Paper
Details: Well known for their GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar platforms, Citrix been no stranger to content marketing of all types ranging many formats. Earlier this year, they debuted this E-book sharing best practices for generating qualified leads (sample), which was expanded into a full campaign, complete with an accompanying webinar (on their platform, of course) (sample), and a video white paper, which gave busy executives a quick overview.
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Building the Business Case for Marketing Automation—E-book & Regional Event
Details: A pioneer in the areas of both marketing automation and content marketing, Eloqua went back to the basics in this E-book to help new clients and prospects clearly understand the value proposition this technology delivers. The piece was featured in the company's online buying center, which helps prospects self-educate and self-navigate the research phase, and also became a core piece of sales enablement collateral. Building on the success of the E-book topic, Eloqua followed up with a series of successful regional events sharing research and best practices with new clients and topics in key markets.
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A Clear View Of Healthcare Claims - E-Book
Details: Enkata, a leader in cloud-based customer experience analytics and workforce optimization software, used this E-book to support its unique solution for the key vertical of healthcare providers. Helping to support the company's new paradigm positioning and unique solution for optimizing health care claims management, the E-book helped bring-to-life the significant gaps in back-office processing and presenting business cases for how much these inefficiencies were costing insurance providers.
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Measuring Lead To Cash: Data To Dashboard In 30 Days — E-Book, Webinar & Video White Paper
Details: Much like the Citrix example, GoodData decided to take the time and resources they were dedicating to creating an E-book and extend that content for both lead generation and thought leadership. Before the E-book was even published, a webinar on the topic was presented, and then as a follow-up touch to the campaign the company offered a video white paper which summarized key points in a short interactive format, and then linked back to download the E-book.
Junction Solutions
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Shifting Shopper Preferences – White Paper & Infographic
Details: Junction Solutions, is a single-source provider of vertical-specific applications and consulting services, conducted custom B2C research to display how cross-channel shopping is changing shopper behavior, as well as customer expectations in retail. They presented these findings in a white paper, and then followed up by displaying the data in an informative infographic. By tapping into this fast-growing, fun way to display data surrounding a topic without demanding too much time from the reader, Junction Solutions maximized the visibility of the data via social media and other viral channels.
Manticore Technology
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Blueprint For Using Content To Connect With Buyers – White Paper & Custom Research
Details: Manticore partnered with DemandGen Report to survey early adopters of marketing automation and used the new data to highlight the growing relationshipbetween content and success driving dialog with prospects. The white paper presented the findings with specific data supporting the importance of building buyer personas, conducting content audits, mapping content to specific buyer stages, creating assets that feed nurturing campaigns, and measuring the success of content campaigns.
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The Store: The Intersection Of All Channels — E-book Refresh
Details: Revisiting one of the most successful content pieces in its library, Oracle's retail division partnered with Retail TouchPoints to take a fresh look at the central role the store still plays with today's cross channel consumers. After maximizing the lifespan of the original E-book, which drove thousands of leads and was translated into several different languages, Oracle revisited the topic with new data and a refresh on case studies and has seen similar success with the new piece.
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5 Steps to Increase Win Rates and Improve Pipeline Performance — Webinar and White Paper
Details: Presenting fresh strategies and approaches to help companies deal with current economic challenges, this webinar featuring a well-known author and expert on sales optimization techniques generated more than 1,500 registrants. The accompanying white paper shared case studies and insights into how leading companies are using playbooks and analytics to accelerate deal velocity.
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The Roadmap to Scalable & Sustainable Sales Transformation — E-book, Use Cases & Brainshark
Details: After driving more than 1,000 downloads of this groundbreaking E-book, the leader in sales training and coaching followed up with shorter case study snapshots presenting three use case scenarios from leading firms who were already embarking on transformation initiatives.To continue to build on the momentum, Richardson also used the content and key points from the Roadmap E-book to create an interactive video white paper, which has fueled further lead nurturing initiatives.
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Driving Customer Engagement and Loyalty With Social Clienteling — Ebook & Executive Brief
Details: Salesforce & Fujistu helped introduced the model for Social Clienteling in the retail and consumer products sectors with this E-book. The two companies then followed up on the piece with an Executive Brief offering a closer look at how the two partners were helping to implement this new strategy at major retailers around the globe.
Obviously, these are just a few examples of the great content campaigns created in 2011. Please feel free to share any examples of powerful campaigns you've created or seen this year.
We look forward to another great year of content in 2012!


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Earthbound coming to the Wii U Virtual Console today
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Classic SNES RPG Earthbound is coming to the Wii U Virtual Console today. Earthbound was missing from Nintendo's selection of eShop games earlier in the week but the company has surprised fans by announcing that it is will be available to download.
On the eShop, Earthbound appears alongside Donkey Kong on the selection of games that are coming to the Wii U Virtual Console today.
Earthbound (AKA Mother 2) was available in Japan in March as part of the NES 30th Anniversary celebrations but now, for the first time, UK gamers will be able to play it on a Nintendo console.
You may not have played Earthbound before but you may recognise its main hero, Ness. Ness is a playable character in Smash Bros Brawl and in this game, the young boy with psychic powers encounters an alien called Buzz Buzz after a meteorite lands near his home. Buzz Buzz asks Ness to use his powers to defeat Giygas, an alien from a distant galaxy who has the power to influence people using their own evil nature.
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This Weekend "Hello Kitty, Hello Art!" @ Openhouse Gallery NYC
If you are looking for something today this weekend and happen to be in New York. There is a huge event called "Hello Kitty, Hello Art!" Sanrio's pop-up shop and gallery show at Openhouse Gallery starting Friday December 14, through Sunday 16, 2012!
Featuring art installation inspired by Sanrio characters designed by Dabs Myla, plus new works by Betsey Johnson, Pose Msk, Simone Legno, & many more!
I would like to see what Betsey has to offer!
Also heck out a sneak peek of what's in store for men's fashion from the latest Sanrio and Japan LA Clothing collaboration. The new line features fashionable pink plaid Hello Kitty Bowties. I think they could be warn by men and woman, and probably will be. Check the picture below.
Reebok x Sanrio Hello Kitty PT-20 Sneakers
New Reebok Sanrio Hello Kitty sneakers PT-20 revamped edition in three colorways: black (my favorite), white and pink, featuring an all over monogram Hello Kitty full-body, with metal red bow-shaped lace buckle, and gold stitching logo accents. These are only available, as of now in Asia starting August 20, 2012 (tomorrow). No word when they plan to hit US waters, stay posted for updates. Check out more pictures below which one is your favorite?
Sanrio x Sephora: Hello Kitty Gold Bow Mirror Necklace
I love this new addition to the Hello Kitty Gold Bow Collection. Now you can own the key to Hello Kitty's heart. This bow-shaped locket is a great way to be fashionable and with the hidden mirror it is perfect for anytime touch-ups. You can pick this necklace at Sephora.com for only $18.00 USD. I think it is pretty reasonable price!
Hello Kitty x Sonic The Hedgehog
This is cute Hello Kitty cosplay as Sonic The Hedgehog plush. Sega is celebrating the grand reopening of their Tokyo Joyopolis amusement park on July 14, 2012 which debut a new partnership with Sanrio company. The plush will be available at the park in late July. The collaboration will go worldwide during the summer of 2013. What do you think pretty cute right. I expect that we will see more of these cross over in the future from Sega and Sanrio.
Girl Skateboard x Sanrio 35th Anniversary – Team Skateboard Decks
This is kinda cool California company, Girl Skateboard has recently collaborated with Japanese icons from Sanrio. To celebrate Sanrio's 35th Anniversary, which honestly it seems Sanrio is always having an anniversary! This limited edition collection is currently available in 12 popular characters from the Sanrio family at the DQM in New York. Check out more pictures below. Which one is your favorite?
Sanrio Hello Kitty Neon Genesis Evangelion Collection
Check out a sneak peek into the upcoming Hello Kitty and Neon Genesis Evangelion collaboration. Products ranging from stationary to cute plushies and fashionable clothing plus there is word that the colab will coincide with the release of Evangelion: 3.0: Q Quickening later this year!
Sanrio Hello Kitty Eva Air Plane
Fly in kawaii style in this all exclusive all-inclusive EVA Air plane featuring one of the world most beloved character Hello Kitty and family along with a few friends! this plane is its second generation and there are three different variations. The whole plane is deck out in the hello kitty themes, Pack with loads of Sanrio Hello kitty airplane goodies!
McDonaldland McDonalds X Hello Kitty Sanrio T Shirts
Hello Kitty and Ronald McDonald Happy Meal Toys were launched last month have sparked for even further merchandise fusion into t-shirts with the iconic characters from McDonaldLand featuring Hello Kitty as Grimace (the big purple guy) The Hamburglar (that hamburger theft), Birdie the Early Bird and Hello Kitty as Ronald McDonald. Not sure who is producing these awesome tee's so if any one knows please leave a comment so I can shoot them a link. You can order them exclusively through Honk Kong eBay
Asics x Sanrio Hello Kitty GEL-Lyte III
Asics x Sanrio Hello Kitty GEL-Lyte III is the third shoe from Sanrio and Asics collaboration set to be released on Sanrio's online store as well as Sanrio flagship stores in New York City, San Francisco, and Hawaii later this year! CONTINUE READING →→→
Leslie Holt NEW! Hello Masterpieces featuring Hello Kitty
Leslie Holt is a Bethesda, Maryland based artist that creates Hello Masterpieces. Holt infuses the Japanese mascot Hello Kitty into traditional 17 and 18th century classic contemporary, transforming it into a modern day pop art. CONTINUE READING →→→


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The Fall of the House of DixieWritten by Bruce Levine
In 1860 the American South was a vast, wealthy, imposing region where a small minority had amassed great political power and enormous fortunes through a system of forced labor. The South's large population of slaveless whites almost universally supported the basic interests of plantation owners, despite the huge wealth gap that separated them. By the end of 1865 these structures of wealth and power had been shattered. Millions of black people had gained their freedom, many poorer whites had ceased following their wealthy neighbors, and plantation owners were brought to their knees, losing not only their slaves but their political power, their worldview, their very way of life. This sea change was felt nationwide, as the balance of power in Congress, the judiciary, and the presidency shifted dramatically and lastingly toward the North, and the country embarked on a course toward equal rights.
Levine captures the many-sided human drama of this story using a huge trove of diaries, letters, newspaper articles, government documents, and more. In The Fall of the House of Dixie, the true stakes of the Civil War become clearer than ever before, as slaves battle for their freedom in the face of brutal reprisals; Abraham Lincoln and his party turn what began as a limited war for the Union into a crusade against slavery by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation; poor southern whites grow increasingly disillusioned with fighting what they have come to see as the plantation owners' war; and the slave owners grow ever more desperate as their beloved social order is destroyed, not just by the Union Army, but also from within. When the smoke clears, not only Dixie but all of American society is changed forever.
Brilliantly argued and engrossing, The Fall of the House of Dixie is a sweeping account of the destruction of the old South during the Civil War, offering a fresh perspective on the most colossal struggle in our history and the new world it brought into being.
Praise for The Fall of the House of Dixie
"This is the Civil War as it is seldom seen. . . . A portrait of a country in transition . . . as vivid as any that has been written."—The Boston Globe
"An absorbing social history . . . For readers whose Civil War bibliography runs to standard works by Bruce Catton and James McPherson, [Bruce] Levine's book offers fresh insights."—The Wall Street Journal
"More poignantly than any book before, The Fall of the House of Dixie shows how deeply intertwined the Confederacy was with slavery, and how the destruction of both made possible a 'second American revolution' as far-reaching as the first."—David W. Blight, author of American Oracle
"Splendidly colorful . . . Levine recounts this tale of Southern institutional rot with the ease and authority born of decades of study."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"A deep, rich, and complex analysis of the period surrounding and including the American Civil War."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Engineers and designers in Nagoya, Japan, have kept busy over the past year redrawing parts of the nascent Mitsubishi MRJ regional jet to satisfy the evolving desires of potential and existing airline customers. However, in the expectation that they will freeze the airplane's design in the third quarter of 2010, the development team knows that the time for major changes has passed.
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Development of Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation's MRJ regional jet continues on schedule, as some 800 engineers, designers and subcontractors in Nagoya, Japan, work to complete the project's critical design review by year-end. The engineering team finished with the project's preliminary design review in April and aims to ready the first of four MRJ90 prototypes for first flight near the end of 2011.
Mitsubishi Aircraft's board of directors last month appointed Mitsubishi Heavy Industries director and senior vice president Hideo Egawa to succeed Nobuo Toda as president of the commercial airplane company effective April 1. MHI also expects to appoint Egawa to the board of directors during an extraordinary shareholders' meeting and to assign Toda to the post of vice chairman.
Mitsubishi will fly its new 86- to 96-passenger MRJ90 for the first time in 2011, the Japanese industrial giant said here. Development of a smaller version, designed to seat between 70 and 80, lags by roughly one year.
The Mitsubishi MRJ might have attracted its most powerful project partner yet, as Japan's Toyota Motor Company contemplates a major investment in the two-aircraft regional jet series. According to Japan's Asahi newspaper, Toyota plans to invest 10 billion yen ($96.8 billion) in the MRJ, scheduled for industrial launch within weeks. Under the partnership, Mitsubishi will retain a 60-percent stake in the company.
Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) has confirmed its interest in the proposed Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) for its planned fleet expansion. "Indeed, we are considering the MRJ, but we are also looking at similar products from Bombardier and Embraer," said a spokesman for ANA, Japan's second-largest carrier.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries yesterday said it will establish a wholly owned subsidiary to produce commercial aircraft components in Hanoi, Vietnam. Plans call for the new division, dubbed MHI Aerospace Vietnam Co., Ltd. (MHIVA), to begin assembling metal aircraft components by the spring of 2009, starting with flaps for the Boeing 737.
Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has joined the European Regions Airline Association after deciding to go ahead with marketing its proposed Mitsubishi Regional Jet series, which would enter service in 2013 powered by Pratt & Whitney geared turbofans.
Turbine Aircraft Services is taking its pilots' review of proficiency (PROP) seminar series to Europe. The Houston-based company supports the Mitsubishi MU-2 twin turboprops under contract to the Japanese manufacturing giant and has been conducting the highly respected free seminars biennially in the U.S. for the past several years. The one-day seminars will be presented on May 24 in Frankfurt, Germany, and on May 27 in Nykoping, Sweden.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America (MHIA), the Addison, Texas-based subsidiary of the Japanese company that built the MU-2 turboprop twin, has acquired Intercontinental Jet of Tulsa, Okla. The company provides support for about 50 percent of the 400-strong MU-2 fleet. The acquisition will not change the status of Turbine Aircraft Services, according to MHIA.
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Late Night Cult Classics at The Loft Cinema! The greatest cult movies of all-time are back on the big screen!
"Crude and brilliant, yet it strides above its crudeness like a colossus. It's smart people telling dumb jokes with a brilliant sense of irony. Anchorman gives you permission to laugh like an idiot." – David Edelstein, Slate
Sweet Lincoln's mullet! San Diego's top-rated TV anchorman is always ready for a little "afternoon delight" in the gloriously goofy comedy Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, one of the funniest, most endlessly quotable movies of the past decade. Will Ferrell is Ron Burgundy, swinging '70s super stud and lead anchor of San Diego's own Channel 4 Evening News. Ron is the epitome of the enlightened modern male who firmly believes women have a place in the newsroom – as long as they stick to covering cat fashion shows or late-breaking cooking stories. So when feminism marches into the newsroom in the form of ambitious young reporter Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), Ron is willing to play along at first—as long as Veronica stays in her place. But when Veronica refuses to settle for being eye candy and steps behind the news desk, it's more than a battle between two perfectly coiffed anchor-persons ... it's war. Will Ron and his fellow chauvinist pig Channel 4 Evening News Team pals Brick Tamland (Steve Carell), Champ Kind (David Koechner) and Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd) learn to open up and show their sensitive sides (cue the soothing jazz flute music), or will they just grow their mustaches out? Prepare yourself for a hilariously ridiculous ride to Pleasure Town, and remember: Stay Classy. (Dir. by Adam McKay, 2004, USA, 94 mins., Rated R) Digital


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Dogs Are Driving Cars for No Good Reason at All (VIDEO)
Here's an idea: Let's all move to New Zealand. Why? Well, besides the obvious (Middle Earth-esque scenery, an abundance of sheep, and really cool accents), there's one major motivating factor: Dogs are learning how to drive in New Zealand. Cars. Dogs, as in woof-woof, are learning how to drive cars, as in vroom-vroom. Why? Well, I have absolutely no freaking idea.
Actually that's not entirely true. Apparently, animal trainer Mark Vette has been giving dogs driving lessons for the past two months "as part of a campaign by the New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), meant to clear up 'common misconceptions' about rescue dogs."
Such as ... they don't know how to drive cars?
Sort of. Except the point is, even though dogs can't drive cars, they really CAN drive cars. Or, as SPCA Auckland CEO Christine Kalin explains it:
"Sometimes people think because they're getting an animal that's been abandoned, that somehow it's a second-class animal. Driving a car actively demonstrates to potential rescue dog adopters that you can teach an old dog new tricks."
Fair enough. (Although, as a dog owner, I'd be more interested in a self-walking potty-trained pup than a canine chauffeur.)
Still, "A" for effort? Seriously, check this out:
What dogs won't do for treats, I tell ya! Still, I think I'll hold out for Toonces. You know, The Driving Cat. (The Cat Who Could Drive a Car.)
Would you let a dog drive your car?
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Tsukiji: 20,000 leagues across the land
Tsukiji: 20,000 leagues across the land
Emmanuelle Jary - 2010-08-11
The world's largest fish market is open to visitors at night, in the electric mayhem of the red tuna auction. This is the place to take the pulse of a country that has turned raw fish into a highly refined culinary art.
One of Japan's greatest chefs, Tooru Okuda of the Kojyu restaurant in Tokyo (3 stars in the Michelin Guide), accompanied us on our visit to Tsukiji market. A real tourist attraction, the world's largest fish and shellfish market is threatened with relocation by 2012 but, for the time being, it is still well and truly in Tokyo. So, thinking nothing of it, Tooru Okuda arranges to meet us at 3 o'clock in the morning. Not something we would normally have been too happy about, but our nights in Japan are plagued by jetlag-induced insomnia.
The market is open to tourists from 5 o'clock in the morning but is already in full swing two hours earlier. Every day about ten thousand wholesalers sell almost 2,000 tonnes of fish and shellfish. With horns blaring, utility vehicles dodge each other in the narrow alleys lined with fish. It is as if the contents of the whole sea are on display here in plastic or polystyrene containers. In a deafening atmosphere, the merchandise arrives alive and is put into a coma (a Japanese technique to preserve freshness), before being discussed, handled and evaluated. The large pieces of tuna are carved with great skill.
Tuna is big business for the Japanese and, so too, for this market: white tuna (mekajiki), red tuna weighing over a hundred kilos (hon maguro), but also mebachi maguro, kihada maguro, and meji maguro. The species are differentiated by their size and quality of fat. All are caught in Japan. According to Tooru Okuda, the best tuna comes from the north of the country. In the auction room, which is closed to the public, a striking sight awaits. We enter discreetly thanks to Okuda's open access and, lined up on wooden pallets, hundreds of tuna are inspected for quality grading. The Japanese don't seem too worried about ecology, emptying the sea of this fish; granted, some of the fatty parts taste incredible. The least expensive side is the one on which the animal is lying, where the flesh is slightly crushed by the weight of the body. A large tuna can weigh 225 kilos or more.
In Tsukiji market, the quality of the product is also in the freshness of the fish, which is often eaten raw. The market's wholesalers remove the nerve from the animal's head, leaving it brain dead but not physiologically dead. This ensures the flesh does not mature, the importance of which becomes clear when, at around 5 o'clock in the morning, we leave the market to go and sample the best sushi in the world. Once again, we find the whole sea on small rolls of rice. This extraordinarily fresh sushi was undoubtedly one of the best meals we had in the Land of the Rising Sun. Then, at last, daybreak arrives and we head off to bed.
The world's largest fish market is open to visitors at night, in the electric mayhem of the red tuna auction. This is the place to take the pulse of a country that has turned raw fish into a highly refined culinary art.


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Great for a large kitchen. The BT6.3GL has a very stylish glass facia that'll add a touch of elegance to your kitchen. There are 3 venting speeds which suit different types of cooking – the highest speed is great for cleaning your kitchen's air when you're having a sizzling stir fry. The hood has 2 powerful halogen lights , which are 20% more efficient than standard lighting so they'll last a long time. It has a maximum extraction rate of 500m³/hr making it a great choice if you have a large kitchen.
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The stylish stainless steel cooker hood has 2 powerful halogen lights underneath the hood. They're 35% brighter than standard light so you will have a better view of your food cooking on the hob. They're also much more efficient than most lights lasting you a long time. You won't need to bother replacing them very often.
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