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All I can say about these is.....Oh my God! They were amazing. Not too sweet and I even added a few tablespoons of brown sugar too. I do have a standard topping that I use with any fruit muffin and added to these muffins...and they were incredible! To make it...use...1 cup instant oats, 1 cup all purpose flour, 1 cup brown sugar, 1/4 teaspoon each of baking powder and baking soda and 1/2 cup melted butter and mix together until crumbly. Sprinkle this (there will be well more than enough) so...add lots..to the top of these muffins. As an added and amazing touch...I melted carmels with a little cream and did a drizzle of that on top of the crumb topping after they were cooled. Everyone that has had them today...are in sheer heaven!
Unlike almost every other reviewer so far, I made these muffins exactly as specified.
I appreciated that they were quick and easy to make, and they made a small batch (I ate all twelve by myself over 5 days).
They were also nice and light and fluffy. However, I thought the cinnamon taste was pretty much indiscernible, and the body of the muffins didn't taste very apple-y (the apple pieces were very good though). So I can see why so many others added lots more cinnamon and apples. If you want nice, mild-tasting and not heavy muffins, these are very good. If you're looking for a hearty, strong-flavored apple muffin, this recipe won't do.
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I've tried many apple muffin and bread recipes, and this one was absolutely OUT OF THIS WORLD!!! It may have been the apple juice in the recipe, but the muffin tasted so apple-y...I was in heaven because I love everything apple! I made a few changes in the recipe: I used 1 tablespoon of canola oil in place of the egg and used 1/3 cup of milk instead of the 1/3 cup of oil. I also left the skin on the apples; you can't tell the difference once the muffins are baked anyway. The end result was a soft, moist and fruity muffin. This one is going in the favorite recipe drawer. I'll defintely make this one again...5 stars. Thanks SO much for posting!
These were very good. However, I suggest you use between 2-2 1/2 cups apples to get them to really taste like apple muffins. I would also double the cinnamon. I did use a mixture of cinnamon and brown sugar to sprinkle on top as someone else suggested. They turned out great!!
These muffins were really good! I took the advice of others and doubled the cinnamon as well as the chopped apples, and sprinkled brown sugar on the tops. Also, to lower the fat content I substituted 1/3 cup of strained prunes babyfood for the oil. (*Using the prunes does not effect the taste, or final product, but is much healthier! Its great for using in cakes and cupcakes as well!*)The muffins baked perfectly after 20 minutes, they weren't too sweet but still full of flavour and were a big success with my family! Thanks
My 5 year old son and I just made these todayand had a great time together. My husband and son loved these. There aren't any left. But I did add about 1/4 cup brown sugar and 1 tsp of cinn. together and sprinkled on top-it was a great touch.
Tasty and moist. I made the muffins even more irresistible by topping the batter with a mixture of 1/4 cup of chopped walnuts, 1/4 cup of packed brown sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon before baking. I also increased the amount of chopped apples a bit. I will definitely use this recipe again.
I substituted the egg for 1/2 banana and 1 tsp baking powder (my son is allergic) and sprinkled brown sugar and cinnamon on top as someone else suggested. Thumbs up! These were so quick easy and kid friendly that I even made these with my son's preschool class with apples from our orchard!
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Paul Chandler is in his sixth season as the Strength and Conditioning Coordinator for the baseball program and in his fourth season working with the Gator softball program at the University of Florida. His responsibilities include designing and implementing year-round strength, speed and conditioning workouts for the Gators in the Griffin/Oakley Strength and Conditioning Center. Chandler guides each student-athlete through an individual training program designed to enhance strength as well as explosive power, speed, agility, endurance, coordination, balance, flexibility and mental toughness.
In addition to working with UF's baseball program, which made three-consecutive NCAA College World Series appearances for the first time in school history from 2010-12 under his direction and claimed Southeastern Conference titles in 2010, 2011 and 2014, Chandler picked up strength and conditioning duties working with UF's softball squad prior to the 2011 season. His work played a key role last year as the Gators captured the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City for the first time in school history. UF softball has made the WCWS in back-to-back campaigns on his watch and also captured the 2013 SEC Championship.
Chandler's efforts have helped the Gators total 39 Major League Draft picks during his tenure, including a school-record 11 selections in 2011 and a total of three first-round picks: catcher Mike Zunino, third overall to the Seattle Mariners in 2012, left-hander Brian Johnson, 31st overall to the Boston Red Sox in 2012 and right-hander Jonathon Crawford, 20th overall to the Detroit Tigers in 2013.
Zunino was Florida's first Dick Howser Trophy recipient, USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award winner and Johnny Bench Award winner in 2012 after being named the 2011 SEC Player of the Year, while Johnson was the Gators' first-ever John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year recipient. Five players garnered a total of 12 All-American honors in '12: Johnson, right-hander Austin Maddox, left-hander Steven Rodriguez, outfielder Preston Tucker and Zunino, while second baseman Casey Turgeon was a Freshman All-American from Baseball America and Perfect Game. Rodriguez was the first player from the 2012 MLB Draft to reach the Major Leagues with the Los Angeles Dodgers, while Mariners' starting catcher Zunino became the first position player from that Draft to be called up to the Majors.
Chandler's efforts resulted in a pair of All-Americans and two Freshman All-Americans from the SEC Champion Gators in 2014. Taylor Gushue, the first-team All-SEC catcher, was a second-team All-American by Louisville Slugger and a fourth-round selection of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Right-hander Logan Shore, the National Freshman of the Year by Perfect Game and the first Gator pitcher to be named the SEC Freshman of the Year, earned third-team A-A honors from Louisville Slugger and was a unanimous Freshman All-American. A member of the SEC All-Freshman Team, designated hitter/first baseman Peter Alonso picked up Freshman All-America recognition from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA).
Chandler previously assisted in the design, organization and execution of strength and conditioning program for the Gator football team. He was part of the staff for the 2006 squad that brought home the school's second national championship and seventh SEC title and has worked with a total of 11 Gators who were selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. Over the course of his career at Florida and West Virginia University, Chandler has overseen the development of 57NFL Draft picks, 42 MLB Draft selections and eight Major Leaguers.
He is officially certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist. Chandler is a member of the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches association (CSCCa) and has passed the Strength and Conditioning Coach Certified (SCCC) certification examination.
The SCCC is the most comprehensive certification of its kind and tests the candidates' scientific knowledge, as well as their ability to apply this knowledge in a live working, practical environment. Those candidates preparing to take this certification examination must undergo an eight-to-nine month internship under the supervision of a CSCCa approved mentor. This mentor's responsibility is to guide the candidate and help him develop the skills necessary to become a successful strength and conditioning coach. In addition, Chandler has completed American Red Cross CPR training and earned his Automated External Defibrillator (AED) certification.
At Florida, Chandler manages and organizes student-athletes' data, organizes and administers weight room scheduling, purchasing and maintenance and assists in the planning of the strength and conditioning all-sports clinics and camps. He also helps with the mentoring of the strength and conditioning interns.
Prior to his return to Gainesville in January 2010, Chandler was a strength and conditioning coordinator at West Virginia for two years, working primarily with the Mountaineer football and baseball teams. Chandler went to Morgantown after a three-year stint at Florida as a strength and conditioning assistant coach for two years and as an intern for one. In that capacity, he worked with Gator football, throwers for the women's track team and oversaw the strength and conditioning program for members of UF's men's and women's swimming programs.
In addition, he served as a graduate assistant football and strength coach at Harding University between January and July 2005. During this time frame, Chandler assisted with the development of the Bison defensive line and led strength and conditioning workouts and pool workouts.
A 2003 graduate of Harding with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology, he earned a master's degree in education with emphasis on kinesiology from Harding in 2005.Chandler and his wife, Veronica, live in the Gainesville area with their son, Jack.


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Sunday, April 28, 2002Knoxville, Tenn. (April 28, 2002) - East Tennessee State's track team sent a number of individuals to compete at the Knoxville Invitational today hosted by the University of Tennessee. David Haefner (Hamberg, N.Y.) came away with a win in the 3,000-meter steeplechase to highlight the afternoon for the Bucs. Haefner's time of 9:29.66 lowered his season-best set last week at the Southern Conference Championships by almost a second. Charvin Clark (Ellenwood, Ga.) was the only competitor in the long jump, posting a mark of 23-05.50. Also competing for the men were Brad Yewer (Newberry, England) and James Grufferty (Glanmire, Ireland). Yewer finished third in the 1,500 meter in a time of 4:09.03, while Grufferty also posted a third-place finish, with his coming in the 3,000 meters in a time of 8:46.21.


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"Oregon Public Meetings and Public Records Law were enacted by the Oregon legislature in 1973. These laws underscore the state's policy that the public is entitled to know how the public's business is conducted. Thus the written record of the conduct of the public's business is, with some important exceptions, available to any citizen. Similarly, the deliberations and decisions by public bodies are, for the most part, open to attendance by any interested person." Attorney General's Public Records and Meetings Manual, January, 2004.
Under ORS 192.420 "every person" has a right to inspect any nonexempt public records of a public body in Oregon. Generally, the identity, motive and need of the person requesting access to public records are irrelevant. However, the identity and motive of the person seeking disclosure of a particular public record may be relevant in determining whether a record is exempt from disclosure under conditional exemption. ORS 192.501 conditionally exempts certain records from disclosure "unless the public interest requires disclosure in the particular instance." The exemptions in ORS 192.501 call for a balancing of privacy rights, governmental issues and other confidentiality policies, on the one hand, and the public interest in disclosure on the other (excerpted from the Attorney General's Public Records and Meetings Manual, January, 2004).
ORS 192.420 broadly extends the coverage of the Public Records Law to any public body in this state. For purposes of the records law, ORS 192.410 defines the term "public body" as including:every state officer, agency, department, division, bureau, board and commission; every county and city governing body, school district, special district, municipal corporation, and any board, department, commission, council, or agency thereof; and any other public agency of this state.In a 1994 case, the Oregon Supreme Court held that if the entity is the "functional equivalent" of a public body, the Public Records Law applies to it. The court used the following factors to determine whether a private entity was a functional equivalent:
the entities origin (was it created by government?)
the nature of the function(s) assigned and performed by the entity (are these functions traditionally performed by government or are they commonly performed by a private entity.
the scope of the authority (does it have the authority to make binding decisions or only to make recommendations to a public body?)
the nature and level of any governmental financial and non-financial support
the scope of governmental control over the entity
the status of the entity's officers and employees (are they public employees?)
Even if the entity is not a functional equivalent of a public body, records of a private entity that has contracted with a public body may be obtained under the Public Records Las form the public body if the public body has custody of copies of the records. In addition, a public body by rule or contract may require private bodies with which it deals to make pertinent records available for public inspection. (excerpted from the Attorney General's Public Records and Meetings Manual, January, 2004).
Writing - any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public's business, including pictures, maps, sounds, symbols, videotapes, e-mail
Prepared, Owned, Used or Retained - all records, even those not originally prepared by the public body are subject
(excerpted from the Attorney General's Public Records and Meetings Manual, January, 2004).
General - Requests for records of Oregon public bodies must be made under the Oregon Public Records Law, not the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Public bodies should not deny a request for their records merely because the requestor calls it a FOIA; however, the FOIA timeframes and other requirements of the federal act would not apply.
Proper and Reasonable Opportunity to Inspect - A custodian of public records must provide "proper and reasonable" opportunities for inspection and examination of the records. The public body is also given a "reasonable" time to respond to a records request to allow for staff availability and determining if any records are exempt. The public body may consult with its legal counsel to determine whether records are exempt from disclosure and to receive advice on other questions relating to the Public Records Law.
Copying - Public Records Law requires a custodian of a public record to furnish a certified copy of the record on demand, if the record can be copied. The custodian must certify that the copy is a true copy of the record, if requested to do so. Requestors must be allowed to use their own equipment to make copies, subject to the protection of the integrity of the records and to prevent interference with the regular duties of the public body.
Protective Rules - A public body may adopt reasonable rules necessary to preserve the integrity of its records and to maintain office efficiency and order.
Fees - Public Records Law expressly authorizes a public body to establish fees "reasonably calculated to reimburse it for its actual cost in making such records available." Actual cost may include a charge for time spent by the public body's staff locating the requested records, reviewing the records in order to delete exempt material, supervising the person's inspection of the original documents, copying records, certifying documents or sending records. (excerpted from the Attorney General's Public Records and Meetings Manual, January, 2004).
Public Records Law is primarily a disclosure law, rather than a confidentiality law. Exemptions are few because the law favors public access to government records. A public body has the burden of proving that the record information is exempt from disclosure. For a list of exemptions, ask Marion County Legal Counsel or consult the Attorney General's Public Records and Meetings Manual. (excerpted from the Attorney General's Public Records and Meetings Manual, January, 2004).


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Interleukin 28B (IL28B) Polymorphism (rs12979860), Saliva
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
Individuals with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 infections have variable responses to treatment with pegylated-interferon and ribavirin combination therapy. Some individuals will respond to treatment with sustained viral response, while other patients have poor response and fail to achieve sustained viral clearance.
Response to pegylated-interferon and ribavirin combination therapy in HCV genotype 1-infected individuals has been found to be closely associated with a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), designated rs12979860, located 3 kilobases upstream from the interleukin 28B gene locus (IL28B) present on human chromosome 19.
HCV genotype 1-infected individuals with the CC genotype, as compared to either the CT or TT genotypes, of this SNP in IL28B have approximately 2- to 3-fold greater rates of sustained viral response to combined pegylated-interferon and ribavirin therapy.(1) Similar increases in sustained viral response rates were observed across various racial groups, including European Americans (95% CI, 1.8- to 2.3-fold), African Americans (95% CI, 1.9- to 4.7-fold), and Hispanics (95% CI, 1.4- to 3.2-fold).(1) The CC genotype has also been associated with a 3-fold increase in rate of spontaneous clearance of HCV.(2) The SNP in IL28B is only 1 of many factors that can influence response rates to pegylated-interferon and ribavirin combination therapy in HCV genotype 1 infection, and the SNP genotype result should be interpreted in the context of other clinical factors present in a given patient.
Frequency of the rs12979860 C allele varies across different racial and ethnic groups. The rs12979860 C variant is most frequently present in individuals from East Asia (allele frequency >0.9) and least common in individuals of African origin (allele frequency 0.2-0.5).(2) In a recent US-based study, the favorable CC genotype was observed in 37% of Caucasians, 29% Hispanics, and 14% of African Americans tested.
The mechanism by which the IL28B genotype mediates response to pegylated-interferon and ribavirin combination therapy among HCV genotype 1-infected individuals is not yet understood and is the subject of intense ongoing research. The impact of the IL28B-related polymorphism on response rates in patients infected with HCV genotypes other than genotype 1 is still being investigated.
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Predicting responsiveness of genotype 1 hepatitis C viral infections to combined pegylated-interferon and ribavirin-based therapies
Genotyping patients who prefer not to have venipuncture done
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
CC Genotype:
An individual with IL28B-related rs12979860 CC genotype (ie, 2 copies of the C allele for the rs12979860 single-nucleotide polymorphism) responds more to pegylated-interferon and ribavirin combination therapy. Patients with CC genotype also show more spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus infection.
CT Genotype:
An individual carrying the IL28B-related rs12979860 CT genotype is less likely to respond to pegylated-interferon and ribavirin combination therapy.
TT Genotype:
An individual carrying the IL28B-related rs12979860 TT genotype is less likely to respond to pegylated-interferon and ribavirin combination therapy.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
Note that in patients who have received heterologous blood transfusions before a saliva sample was acquired, the saliva samples may contain donor DNA. Return to recipient genotype usually occurs after 6 weeks. Similarly, saliva samples obtained from patients after allogeneic blood or marrow transplantation can contain donor DNA. In both cases, this may result in genotyping results that reflect the genotype of the recipient, the donor, or a blend of the donor and recipient. Results obtained under these circumstances may not accurately reflect the recipient's genotype.
This test does not detect polymorphism or mutations other than the single-nucleotide polymorphism of rs12979860 CT.
Drug-drug interactions and drug-metabolite inhibition must be considered.
IL28B is expressed in the liver following hepatitis C virus infection. For liver transplant patients, the IL28B genotype of the recipient and the donor are independent predictors of sustained virologic response with combined pegylated-interferon and ribavirin therapy.(4)
Rare polymorphisms exist and could lead to false-negative or false-positive results.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
Not applicable
Clinical References Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Ge D, Fellay J, Thompson AJ, et al: Genetic variation in IL28B predicts hepatitis C treatment-induced viral clearance. Nature 2009;461:399-401
2. Thomas DL, Thio CL, Martin MP, et al: Genetic variation in IL28B and spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus. Nature 2009;461:798-801
3. Thompson AJ, Muir AJ, Sulkowski MS, et al: Interleukin-28B polymorphism improves viral kinetics and is the strongest pre-treatment predictor of sustained virologic response in hepatitis C virus-1 patients. Gastroenterology 2010;139:120-129
4. Chalton MR, Thompson A, Veldt BJ, et al: Interleukin-28B polymorphisms are associated with histological recurrence and treatment response following liver transplantation in patients with hepatitis C virus infection. Hepatology 2011;53:317-324


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Released to coincide with the band's tour, 'Carte-De-Visite' is a compilation of rarities, out-takes and unreleased tracks from the unsurpassable Stars of the Lid. Easily one of the best-loved bands in their field, Stars of the Lid have been busying themselves with regular releases for many years now, but until 2007 live shows were an unusual occurrence. Thankfully the band vanquished their demons and embarked on an epic trek across Europe and the USA, taking with them this selection of tracks to offer to the lucky patrons. Luckily we've managed to acquire a handful of copies (100 only in the country!) so those of you unable to grab one at the shows will now be able to gorge yourselves on the most delectable of drones. Spanning 1997 to 2007, it seems criminal that the majority of the tracks have never seen the light of day before. Even those that have been released were so limited that only the most blessed among us would have ever been able to track them down. The highlights for me are opium-addled out-takes from 'And Their Refinement of the Decline' and my personal favourite album 'Tired Sounds' but my overall pick of the disc is 'The Funereal', an unreleased track from 1997. In its brief length, the track showcases everything that I love about the band - a Cocteau Twins-esque sense of shimmering, cavernous melancholy and a restraint that is simply unmatched in the genre. You could almost be listening to Brian Eno or Harold Budd, and in a mere two and a half minutes the band reveal exactly why they're at the top of their game. Hugely recommended.


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YAuthor Stalking Tuesday: Scott WesterfeldMarch 2, 2010
So where can you find all that YAuthor information? RIGHT HERE because it's YAuthor Stalking Tuesday! Learn about your favorite authors, have a chat with them and then share your YAuthor adventures. This week is Scott Westerfeld (besides being a crazy popular author, he is also the husband of a crazy popular author–Justine Larbalestier who we just featured on this blog a couple weeks ago!)
Author: Scott Westerfeld
Books: Leviathan, Love is Hell, First kiss (then tell), the Uglies Series, Peeps, the Midnighters Series, So Yesterday
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Did you see that right there?! You can chat with Scott Westerfeld LIVE on March 17, 2010 starting at 8 pm!!!! And be sure to listen to Scott's Leviathan Playlist for Readergirlz: http://www.playlist.com/playlist/19135140363/standalone
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Commuter B.O. threat level raised from 'Severe' to 'Critical'
Due to recent warm weather, the Environment Agency has today raised the Body Odour warning level of one London commuter from 'Severe' to 'Critical'. Mark Beale, a 36-year-old software engineer, catches the 17.56 London Bridge to Gillingham service each weekday, but regularly leaves his office late meaning he has to run most of the way to the station.
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I've had really good luck with brining turkey & chicken. I am making goose for this Christmas and have found mixed suggestions on whether to brine the goose. Does the fat content of an average goose lend towards not brining? Are their alternate techniques that would better bring out flavour in a roast goose (just do a straight roast, no brine)?
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No. The fat content of goose, like most waterfowl, is very high. This makes it unsuitable for brining. Brining is intended to bring moisture to meats that tend to dry out, such as chicken and turkey.
See my answer to "What are the basics of brining meat?" for more details.
If you have purchased farm-bred goose, the fat content is probably too high.
If you have wild goose, a brine would probably be a great idea. I usually cook wild goose in a stew, so that the moisture level is high since wild goose are very lean birds. The closes thing I can compare wild goose to is a very low-fat roast beef type of texture.


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Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - Paul Pierce scored 17 of his 26 points in the third quarter, as Boston rallied to beat the Atlanta Hawks, 89-81, at Philips Arena.
After surrendering 53 points to the Hawks on 52.5 percent shooting in the first half, the Celtics allowed just 28 points the rest of the game in overcoming a 15-point halftime deficit. They held a 33-9 scoring advantage in the third quarter.
"We wanted to bring the fight to the Hawks in the second half," said Pierce. "We were kind of bickering with each other at halftime about what to do defensively and I just reminded our guys that the fight isn't against us, its against the other team. Once we remembered that, we stepped up and played the kind of basketball that we're capable of playing."
Rajon Rondo produced a triple-double with 14 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in helping the Celtics to their second straight win on the heels of a four-game skid.
Lou Williams scored a game-high 28 points, but had just seven over the final two periods during the Hawks' collapse.
"We put together a good first half, as I told our guys at halftime, this Celtics team has no quit in them," said Hawks coach Larry Drew. "These are veteran guys that have been in this situation before of being down double- digits."
Jeff Teague followed with 17 points and Josh Smith tallied 12 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in the Hawks' second straight defeat.
A night after displaying one of its best defensive efforts of the season in a win over Indiana, Boston won with the same formula against Atlanta, but didn't show it early.
Williams shredded the Celtics for 21 points in the first half, with 16 coming in the first quarter. The Hawks dominated through the first two periods in carrying a 53-38 lead into the break, however the second half was a completely different story.
The Celtics came out of the locker room and ripped off a 15-4 run to start the third period -- with Pierce scoring 11 during the surge -- to come within 57-55.
Pierce knocked down 6-of-9 from the field in the quarter and scored the Celtics' last six to give Boston a 71-62 lead heading into the fourth.
Atlanta shot just 25 percent (7-for-28) and committed 13 turnovers in the second half and never regained the lead after falling behind 61-60 in the third. They came within five just past the midway point in the final period, but never got any closer.
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Recipe by Michelle
"A delicious, fast, and different way to eat tuna. Everyone who has tried this has asked for the recipe."
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2 (6 ounce) cans
tuna, drained and flaked
egg, beaten
3/4 cup
dry bread crumbs
green onions, minced
1 clove
garlic, peeled and minced
1 tablespoon
soy sauce
1 tablespoon
teriyaki sauce
1 tablespoon
1 teaspoon
sesame oil
1 teaspoon
black pepper
1/2 cup
2 tablespoons
vegetable oil
This is by far the best tuna patties recipe I've ever tried. It's so easy to prepare, and it has great flavor. I substituted crushed seasoned croutons for the bread crumbs, and it worked fine. I also realized after the fact that I'd forgotten to sprinkle the corn meal on the patties. They were delicious anyway. It just goes to show that you can't "mess up" this recipe. Thanks for sharing it, Michelle!
Interesting combination of flavors- like nothing I had ever had before. Needed something else though... next time perhaps some fresh grated ginger, crushed red pepper flakes, more teriyaki sauce. Nice texture though.
393 Ratings
This was wonderful!! i skipped the sesame oil as I didn't have any. I will get it for the next time though as my patties were a tiny bit dry. I loved this though and can't wait to have some for lunch tomorrow! Per another persons suggestions I made Peanut Butter Noodles(also from this site) to go with the patties. It was delish!
This was excellent! I DESPISE canned tuna, but was looking for a recipe using things I had on hand and so whipped up this with things in my house...and I'm so glad I did! I followed the recipe exactly except used regular onions instead of green onions. When I make it again, I think I will try coating it with breadcrumbs instead of cornmeal, as I don't care for the gritty texture that cornmeal has. Other than that, this recipe is awesome!!!
I wanted a different way to eat tuna, and this came out great! Served with some lemon wedges and a side dish of stir fry, it was a big hit. I'll definatly make this again!
Hearty & hits the spot. Goes together quickly. Overall, not too shabby. Omitted the green onion, since I didn't have any. Used olive oil instead of sesame, added about a tsp of peanut butter to replace the flavor of the sesame oil and for extra protein. Added a dash of 5-spice powder too. Cooked on a cast iron skillet with only a bit of olive oil. I'd make it again, especially to serve on a bed of lettuce and with steamed veggies on the side.
Boy..these did not turn out well at all!! I followed the recipe with the exception of using garlic powder in place of the real thing. For some reason, my tuna was very FISHY...so the problem could have been on my end. I just didn't think these had much of an asian taste to them. Won't be making them again, but thanks for sharing.
I was really psyched to try this one because of the great ratings, but I didn't think it was worth a 5--I grudgingly give it a four. The "Asian" flavor was very subtle, I guess I was expecting a stronger flavor.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Asian Tuna Patties
Serving Size: 1/6 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 6
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 230
Calories from Fat: 68
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Recipe by CYNDILB
"My mom taught me this easy to memorize recipe for pancakes. We always tripled it for our family of seven."
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1 teaspoon
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1/2 teaspoon
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1/4 teaspoon
1 cup
2 tablespoons
vegetable oil
Read "The Subtle Art of Perfect Pancakes" on this site. This article has several tips, one of which is to refrigerate the batter for a while to allow the gluten to settle down and let the baking powder start to act, resulting in fluffy pancakes. Also , do not stir before using as this pops all the little bubbles created from the sitting. Interesting, huh!?! Anyway, except for a little vanilla, made recipe as it reads and I was happy with them.
Had to add so much extra flour to this recipe that it didn't even taste like pancakes. So I doubled the sugar and added some vanilla, even then they were thin and tasted like paste. And just so everyone is aware--baking powder and baking soda are both leavening agents, most often you use one OR the other. Baking soda is used in recipes containing an acidic ingredient, such as vinegar or buttermilk. The only time both would even be beneficial is when an acidic ingredient is there to make the soda react, which in this recipe, there is not. Leave out the soda and add a bit more powder, flour, sugar, and possibly another egg. Very disappointing recipe.
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Great pancakes! I looked through the previous reviews and changed the recipe: 1. Add 1 teaspoon cinnamon 2. Add 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 3. Use only one egg with a doubled recipe 4. Chill the batter for 20-30 minutes beforehand 5. Use 3/4 cup milk (or 1 1/2 cups milk with a doubled recipe) I also used melted butter instead of oil.
Excellent. I've been using the Good old Fashioned Pancakes recipe from this site for ever and found this one to be much much better. Batter was perfect. Looks thin when you put it on the griddle but fluffs up so nicely. I use a little shortening on the griddle so they don't stick. My new favorite pancake recipe.
This recipe is easy, quick and fluffy.....stores well in a container in the fridege so that I can make just as much as I like and save some for another day, stores well in fridge.
Excellent recipe, they came out fluffy. I also added 1/2 tsp vanilla, 1 tsp cinnamon. In the summer I added finely chopped fruit to the mixture ie. apple, peach and banana.
These were perfect pancakes!!! I added a 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla to the liquid portion of the batter, but otherwise I followed the recipe exactly. They turned out light and fluffy and were so good that syrup and butter were optional. I will make these again and again! So much better than Bisquick.
I have finally become wise. I realize that no one recipe of pancakes is faultless. Everyone has a different taste. In our family, we all like the whole grain pancakes from the health store mix that my mom made while we were young. I tried these, and no one DISliked them--one of my sisters, the one with the deviant taste from the rest of us, said that she loved them and ate about 5--but I felt that they weren't quite what I was looking for. Maybe they would have been better with a touch of vanilla for flavor, or if I had used whole wheat instead of white flour, at least in part. However, it was worth a try. Thanks!
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Serving Size: 1/3 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 3
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 315
Calories from Fat: 117
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Ventilating Small Chicago Homes
This article originally appeared in the January/February 2006 issue of Home Energy Magazine.
January 01, 2006
Because the affordable Chicago homes are airtight, builders were especially concerned with providing adequate ventilation and good indoor air quality.
With the goal of creating healthy homes for people of modest means, Claretian Associates, a nonprofit community development organization, and South Chicago Workforce, a nonprofit builder and contractor, have teamed to create 26 unique homes in South Chicago, Illinois.These homes are constructed with structural insulated panels (SIPs), are heated with efficient condensing furnaces, utilize sealed-combustion water heaters, and contain efficient lights and appliances. The first 12 homes also feature 1.2 kW solar-electric systems. Claretian Associates' and South Chicago Workforce's commitment to high-quality affordable housing earned the project the city of Chicago's award for 2005 Outstanding Non-Profit Neighborhood Project. Because the homes are so airtight (blower door tests showed 300–350 CFM50), providing adequate ventilation is a special concern of the builder.David Sullivan of South Chicago Workforce and Paul Knight of Domus PLUS—an architect consulting on the project— approached Steven Winter Associates (SWA), the firm where the authors work, about monitoring the performance of several ventilation systems in the first three homes. SWA was able to perform the monitoring with funding from DOE's Building America program and from HUD's Partnership ...
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The Stranglers are an English punk/rock music group. Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" band to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s. Beginning life as the Guildford Stranglers on 11 September 1974 in Guildford, Surrey, they originally built a following within the mid-'70s pub rock scene. While their aggressive, no-compromise attitude identified them as one of the instigators of the UK punk rock scene that followed, their idiosyncratic approach rarely followed any single musical genre and the group went on to explore a variety of musical styles, from new wave, art rock and gothic rock through to the sophisticated pop of some of their 1980s output. They had major mainstream success with their single "Golden Brown". Their other hits include "No More Heroes", "Peaches", "Always the Sun" and "Skin Deep". The Stranglers' early sound was driven by Jean-Jacques Burnel's melodic bass, but also gave prominence to Dave Greenfield's keyboards at a time when the instrument was seen as unfashionable. Their early music was also characterised by the growling vocals and sometimes misanthropic lyrics of both Jean-Jacques Burnel and Hugh Cornwell. Over time, their output gradually grew more refined and sophisticated. Summing up their contribution to popular music, critic Dave Thompson later wrote: "From bad-mannered yobs to purveyors of supreme pop delicacies, the group was responsible for music that may have been ugly and might have been crude â[][] but it was never, ever boring."
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Maison et Objet 2013: Green Designers Unveil DIY, Craft, and Natural Designs in Paris
One of Maison et Objet's most popular attractions this year was the "Inspirations" trend area, which was curated by a variety of experts. Working under this year's overarching theme of Vivant (or Living), the inspiration started off with Nourritures Premières, or First Foods. Taking "humanity's ancestral foods" as a starting point, the display featured conceptual experiments and products derived, both physically and metaphorically, from meat, milk, honey, vegetables and bread.
Artist Tamara Kostianovsky cannibalized her own clothes for the creation of a series of very meaty sculptures. Using a variety of fabrics and textures – from terrycloth towels to delicate lace – to mimic flesh, bone and fat, she crafted life-size renditions of livestock carcasses.
A chandelier made of root vegetables provided edible eco lighting.
Scholten & Baijings' stunning photorealistic vegetables are actually made of textiles. It's only when you get up-close that you can see the woven textures and stitching.
Slovakian designer Tomáš Gabzdil Libertíny worked closely with professional beekeepers to create his "Vessel #1″ beeswax vase, which was created in an actual beehive. The glowing yellow vase anchored a room devoted to honey, which offered tastings of foamed honey.
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Does the thought of one more Valentine's Day gift of roses and chocolate feel fatally ho-hum? Is there another day that you want to make romantic and special? Then resist the roses-and-chocolate script and write another. Here are 15 novel suggestions, one of which will surely capture your imagination and your partner's heart.
1. Dress up and pretend it's your first date. A little fantasy can go a long way. Look your best and have your partner pick you up and pretend to be meeting you for the first time. Give a corsage or a gift to impress a first date (something sweet but not overly expensive). Carry the theme on through dinner and, if you dare, keep in character when you go to bed — for the first time.
2. Go to a chocolate factory. A box of chocolates may be boring, but a whole factory can be luscious. There are many boutique chocolate companies; find one and learn about the best of the best. Buy a stash for each other and overindulge. Remember, phenalythamine, an ingredient in chocolate, is an aphrodisiac, but only if you eat a lot of it!
3. Throw a party for couples who have been married as long as you. Celebrate with your closest friends who have also been in a long-term relationship. Make it a potluck dinner with the proviso that everyone brings a romantic food. At the table, everyone should talk about their first impressions of their partner — and when they knew he or she was "the one." It should be a very sweet dinner party.
4. The couple that bakes together … Cooking together can be a very intimate, even sensual experience. Get a cookbook and make an outrageous dessert — or take a class and have someone guide your culinary masterpiece. Go out to dinner, but come home to celebrate afterward with your joint creation.
5. Have a Valentine's Day party for your grandchildren. Help your grandchildren make Valentine cards, play checkers with chocolate and red hearts or go on a hearts scavenger hunt. Older grandchildren? Take them out for a special dinner or make your own ice cream and finish it off with an array of fabulous toppings of their choosing. Over indulge yourself! Make sure you have some alone time afterward and toast each other with more-grown-up libations.


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True to form, there isn't even a consensus on the outcome of the play captured in this image! Russell claims he blocked Chamberlain's finger roll to prevent a basket; Wilt insisted to his dying day that the ball cleared Russell's fingertips and dropped in the net for two. In any case, it's better left unknown - it makes this that much more of a conversation piece!
From one of countless sold-out Boston Garden matchup between the two legends, this poster is a classic in every way. Published exclusively in poster size for SportsPosterWarehouse.com, it is a black-and-white beauty that gives you a taste of the Hall on your very own wall! If you remember the era, you won't believe the memories this will bring back with every glance. If you are a young fan who never got a chance to see Wilt or Bill play, you will gain a true appreciation of old-school basketball from the men who revolutionized the game. One thing is for certain - no truly great sports wall-of-fame is complete without it! An amazing opportunity for basketball fans everywhere, perfect for home or office.
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Donald Trump, when he's not questioning Barack Obama's citizenship or trying to revive his years-old slap-fight with Rosie O'Donnell, sometimes says funny things on Twitter. Not "ha-ha" funny things, but "your weird uncle walking around with his robe open at Thanksgiving" funny things.
Today Trump hopped on Twitter and launched some pointed criticism at political commentator, fan of old-timey baseball, and Tory Muppet George Will. This was all in response to Will calling Trump a "bloviating ignoramus," which is, like, the most George Will thing anyone could ever say.
George Will may be the dumbest(and most overrated) political commentator of all time. If the Republicans listen to him, they will lose.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 27, 2012
Losers such as George Will and @Rosie use me to get publicity for themselves. They are strictly third rate.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 29, 2012
George Will totally "bombed" at The Mar-a-Lago Club. I was there to watch. He was embarrassed and no longer likes Donald Trump.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 29, 2012
So many questions! What is the Mar-a-Lago Club? A quick Google search tells me it's a grotesquely opulent mansion owned by Trump in Palm Beach, Fla., that seems to serve as a place where rich people can gather and act rich together. But what was George Will doing there, and in what way did he "bomb"? Did he freeze up when participating in the club's annual stage rendition of Atlas Shrugged?
Trump quickly found out, though, that when you mess with one stodgy pseudo-sports commentator, you mess with them all—or at least with Rick Reilly, who has a history with Trump all his own.
Yes! You read or listen to George Will and think, "Loser!" ... RT @realDonaldTrumpLosers such as George Will use me to get publicity.
— Rick Reilly (@ReillyRick) May 29, 2012
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The Modern maintains one of the foremost collections of modern and contemporary international art in the central United States. Various movements, themes, and styles are represented, including Abstract Expressionism, Color Field painting, Pop art, and Minimalism, as well as aspects of New Image Painting from the 1970s and beyond, recent developments in abstraction and figurative sculpture, and contemporary movements in photography, video, and digital imagery.
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Conceptual artist Rirkrit Tiravanija (pronounced Rick-rit Tee-rah-vah-nit), born in 1961 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, grew up living between Thailand, Ethiopia, and Canada as the son of a Thai diplomat. His grandmother played an important role in his life. She taught cooking on Thai television and owned a restaurant in Bangkok, where Tiravanija spent time as a youth. This background influenced the artist's work, which often involves cooking in art-related places, such as museums and galleries.
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, present a joint exhibition of the work of artist David Bates on view February 9 through May 11, 2014. The exhibition is a retrospective of Bates's work installed in both locations with an emphasis on painting in Fort Worth and sculpture and works on paper in Dallas. This is the first collaboration between the two museums. The exhibition is organized by Dr. Marla Price, director of the Modern, and Jeremy Strick, director of the Nasher.
The exhibition presents a selection of works that span the past 10 years of the artist's career, including his elaborately layered paintings and New York Times collages.
Terry Haggerty draws on the vocabulary of abstract art to create his illusory paintings and large-scale wall works. The artist's central motif is created by painting patterned lines that alternate a light and dark color, such as white and blue. When juxtaposed, these colors play off of each other, appearing to advance and recede (as seen in Kinetic Friction, 2009).
The city provides the context for the visually packed work of San Francisco native Barry McGee. Since the mid-1980s, when McGee was a teenager, he has lived in the city's oldest neighborhood, the Mission District. At that time, the Mission held a colorful, somewhat seedy, antiestablishment atmosphere with a thriving culture of youth, alternative musicians, artists, and thinkers. The vibe of the Mission influenced the artist early on, and he began to infiltrate the area's flourishing graffiti boom with images that he created to reflect his surroundings.
British/Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE explores colonialism and the intricate ways in which it has shaped, and continues to shape, cultural identities. He is well known for his life-size sculptural tableaux featuring staged, headless mannequins dressed in elaborate period garments. In these works, the materials and designs of the original clothing are replaced with batik, a colorful and ornately patterned fabric.


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We here at Chicago-Fire.com love a bit of humor and creativity around holidays.
Enter #cf97 supporter Hannah Goulet (@HannahGoulet) who always seems to integrate the Fire into her holiday cheer (see the below photo of her Fire-themed Christmas cookies from December).
The @ChicagoFire gingerbread series feat. @DilaverDuka @HunterJumper_ @aberr22 @sjohn25 @JefeCrandall @ChrisRolfe17 pic.twitter.com/YSkKPbZG8h
— Hannah Goulet (@HannahGoulet) December 23, 2013
Well, Hannah was back at it today with a whole host of Chicago Fire-themed #SoccerGrams to celebrate Valentines Day. See them below and Tweet and Instagram your own #SoccerGrams to @MLS today for a chance to win a signed 2013 MLS All-Star Match Ball.
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Mike Magee has racked up the accolades the last year. MLS MVP, Best XI, Team MVP and surely a few other awards were garnered during his stunning 2013 campaign. The last honor he received before heading into the 2014 season was Fire Player of the Year at Monday night's 26th annual Comcast SportsNet Awards, benefiting the March of Dimes.
Magee was honored alongside the Bears Martellus Bennett, the Blackhawks Patrick Sharp, the Bulls Nazr Mohammed, the Cubs Welington Castillo, White Sox Nate Jones. Blackhawks legend Stan Mikita also earned the night's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Mike jokingly thanked the children's charity for helping him get out of "preseason boot camp in Florida" but also for the great work they do with kids saying, "any charity dedicated to children is brilliant".
He also made special mention of Naperville native and Paralympic athlete Alyssa Gialamas who earned the night's "Inspirational Athlete Award". Of her he said, "she's definitely the best athlete in the room."
Watch Mike's full acceptance speech, courtesy of CSNChicago.com, below:
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Following last week's mic'd up session with Frank Yallop, Chicago Fire videographer Leo Flores decided to give Clint Mathis a chance on the mic Thursday in Bradenton.
While Fire Strength and Conditioning Coach Tony Jouaux took the team through their warmups during the afternoon session, Mathis, Flores and Yallop colluded to play a prank on myself and Fire Press Officer Eunice Kim.
If you would have told 15-year-old Jeff Crandall that one day Clint Mathis would be punking him on camera, he wouldn't have believed you...
Today's Numbers Game features a switch as second-year Fire midfielder Dilly Duka will now wear the #11. Acquired from Columbus this time last year in exchange for Dominic Oduro, the pair took each other's numbers when they got to their new clubs (Duka taking 8, Oduro taking 11 in Columbus).
This year, with the Crew's #8 shirt vacant, Oduro has switched back to his regular number while Duka completes the swap. Coincidentally, #11 became available at the Fire when the team traded Daniel Paladini to Columbus back in December.
"Number 11 is what I've worn going back to youth soccer," Duka said. "It's what I'm familiar with, it's part of me as a player."
Meanwhile, fresh off scoring the game-winner in Sunday's friendly vs. Florida Gulf Coast Univesity, Giuseppe Gentile becomes the first player in Fire history to wear #92.
The dual Swiss-American citizen, who also happens to speak four languages and also shares a name with an Olympic triple jumper, went the Kellen Gulley route in choosing his number according to the year he was born, 1992.
So with that, we have two trivia questions for today…
1) Dilly Duka becomes the eighth player in Fire history to wear the #11 shirt, name the other seven.
2) What four languages to Giuseppe Gentile speak? We'll give you a freebie: English.
1) Roman Kosecki (1998-1999), Diego Gutierrez (2000-2001), Billy Sleeth (2002), Nate Jaqua (2003-2006), Thiago (2007), John Thorrington (2008-2010), Daniel Paladini (2011-2013).
2) English, Spanish, Italian and German
The Numbers Game rolls on Tuesday with the latest contestants being the center back duo of Jhon Kennedy Hurtado and Patrick Ianni, who were recently acquired from the Seattle Sounders in a trade that sent Jalil Anibaba the other way.
Let's start with the Hurtado. The 29-year-old center back will continue to don the same #34 he wore for five seasons in Cascadia. Asked why he's chosen a somewhat "off the beaten path" soccer number, Hurtado explained 34 was the number he was given when trialing with AC Milan in early 2009.
"The opportunity was a special one and it's stayed with me ever since," he told Chicago-Fire.com last week.
Though 34 isn't the most common soccer number, two Fire players have worn it before. Former Trinidad & Tobago international Osei Telesford was the club's #34 in 2007 while Austin Washington wore it from 2008-2009.
Meanwhile, Ianni has chosen to suit up wearing the #6 for the Fire this season. Interestingly, Ianni and Anibaba weren't just in part swapped for each other but they've also taken one another's number at their new club as the former Fire defender will suit up as Seattle's #4 this season.
Asked about the choice of #6, Ianni said, "I just wanted a lower, defender's number," but the only two digits that fit the criteria for the Fire were #2 and #6.
Althought the #2 is free for anyone to choose, Ianni says he took into account the legacy of assistant coach C.J. Brown's 13 years wearing #2 for the Men in Red and the fact that it's only been worn one other time for 27 minutes by another Fire player (Wells Thompson in 2012).
In the end, the choice was simple.
"I have a ton of respect for what C.J. did here wearing that number and what that means to Fire supporters. The six shirt suits me just fine."
QUESTION: Ianni becomes the ninth player in Fire history to wear #6 for the Men in Red. How many of the other eight can you name? (SCROLL BELOW FOR THE ANSWER).
ANSWER: Brian Bates (1998), Tom Soehn (1998-2000), Sergi Daniv (2001), Kelly Gray (2002-2005), Brandon Prideaux (2008-2009), Julio Martinez (2010), Peter Lowry (2010), Jalil Anibaba (2011-2013).
On the first day of full training in Ave Maria last week, we mic'd up head coach Frank Yallop for a forthcoming preseason documentary.
What he hadn't planned on was the Ave Maria groundskeeper doing us a solid by mis-timing the sprinklers...
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The T. Patrick Boyle Founder's Award is given by the Fraser Institute to a distinguished individual who has achieved lasting and recognized accomplishments in the promotion of freedom and free markets, entrepreneurship, and philanthropic support for private sector, non-profit enterprises.
In recent years, the Institute has made a point of annually honouring Canadian entrepreneurs in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, and Vancouver.
The award is named after T. Patrick Boyle, who helped found the Fraser Institute in 1974.
Keith and Ryan Beedie - Vancouver, September 22
Jack Cockwell – Toronto, October 15
Fred and Ron Mannix – Calgary, October 29
Emanuele "Lino" Saputo and Lino Saputo, Jr. – Montreal, Date to be confirmed
2014 - Chip Wilson, Vancouver
2014 - Clive Beddoe, Calgary
2014 - Alain Bouchard, Montreal
2014 - Peter E. Gilgan, Toronto
2013 - Eric Sprott, Toronto
2013 - Brandt C. Louie, Vancouver
2013 - Nancy Southern, Calgary
2012 - Ned Goodman, Toronto
2012 - Jonathan Wener, Montreal
2012 - George Melville, Vancouver
2012 - Jim Treliving, Vancouver
2012 - Clay Riddell, Calgary
2011 - Darren Entwistle, Vancouver2011 - Hal Kvisle, Calgary2011 - Frank Stronach, Toronto2010 - Norman Keevil, Vancouver2010 - Allan Markin, Calgary2010 - Peter Munk, Toronto2009 - Peter Brown, Vancouver2009 - Anthony Fell, Toronto2009 - Harley Hotchkiss, Calgary2007 - Brian Mulroney2007 - Anson Chan2005 - Gwyn Morgan2004 - Václav Klaus2004 - Dr. Fan Gang2003 - Milton and Rose Friedman2002 - Ralph Klein2001 - Conrad Black
Note: Margaret Thatcher was presented with a special Fraser Institute lifetime membership and honourary T Patrick Boyle Award in 1993.


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Recipe by Angie Gorkoff
"This beautiful marinade adds an exquisite flavor to these already tender steaks. The final result will be so tender and juicy, it will melt in your mouth."
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1/2 cup
balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup
soy sauce
3 tablespoons
minced garlic
2 tablespoons
2 tablespoons
olive oil
2 teaspoons
ground black pepper
1 teaspoon
Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon
onion powder
1/2 teaspoon
1/2 teaspoon
liquid smoke flavoring
1 pinch
cayenne pepper
2 (1/2 pound)
rib-eye steaks
OH MY WORD!!!!! This is sooooo good!!! The amazing part is we only had time to marinate half an hour!!! I poked the steak with a fork all over, laid it in a shallow dish & poured enough marinade to cover the top & overflow a little & rubbed it in. In 15 minutes I flipped it over & did the same to the other side. I only used half the marinade so I could let my husband use the rest for basting the last few minutes on the grill. This was sooo good I told my husband he needn't take me out to steakhouses (my absolute favorite!!) anymore - he can just grill our own at home!! We used T-bone steaks. I used about 1/8 c. balsamic and the rest white wine vinegar because I ran out of the balsamic. Both our company & us ate til' we couldn't eat anymore only because it was so good!! I served with salad, Grilled Corn on the Cob (also on this site), Greek Chicken Pasta (without the chicken - also on this site), & garlic bread. MmmMmm Good!!
This is a good marinade if you like sweet (ie:oriental) type marinades. We like our steaks more on the savory level then the sweet level. We liked this, but probably not enough to make it again. I even cut the honey in half but it was still to sweet for us.
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My husband doesn't like any marinade on his steak. But when he brought home some bottom sirloin I decided to try this recipe. Well he loved it and now we are eating bottom sirloin on a regular basis. I used freshly sliced onions in place of onion powder and I ommited the liquid smoke. I found that if I put everything in a ziploc bag there is enough marinade for 4 or 5 steaks. I also score my steaks in a diagonal grid pattern on each side before I marinade them. This makes them really tender.
wonderful flavors, we heat (about 1 minute in microwave)the marinade to make for a 1 hour marinade soak time if we are in a hurry. we love it
A 5-star marinade; perfect blend of ingredients in just the right amount, and perfect (in particular) for steak. Outstanding! I was a little concerned that the relatively large amount of basalmic vinegar would make the steaks too tangy or "sour" tasting, but instead, I was very pleasantly surprised by the effectiveness of this simple, yet extremely tasty marinade. Following the recipe exactly as written, the marinade did not overpower the inherent flavor of the steak, but rather complimented it very, very nicely, in perhaps a bit more subtle way than you might think. Be sure to use a good, *non*-"light" variety of basalmic, soy sauce, and olive oil (note: not extra-virgin style), as this is essentially the base of the marinade. Liquid smoke is perfect in the amount it is originally called for. Any more than that, and it has a chance of taking over the flavor that was intended by this recipe. Highly Recommended as its original author intended!
I didn't marinate overnight, but just rubbed the mixture into the meat. Then fried it up on the stove and nervously placed a plate in front of my husband. He's a steak fanatic, and doesn't deal with anything other than naked beef very well. He was in awe. The meat was tender and wonderful tasting. Great recipe!!!
Used a NY strip and marinated for about 24 hours. The one thing I did and it turned out pretty well was to reduce the amount of vinegar. It was still pretty strong. Good recipe, thanks for the post.
I marinated two NY strip steaks in this and this is one of the best marinades I've tried so far. I let them marinate for 10 hours instead of 1-2 days and I think that was plenty of time because the flavor really came through.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Savory Garlic Marinated Steaks
Serving Size: 1/2 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 2
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 576
Calories from Fat: 324
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Patricia A. Manley, 72, formerly of 101 North Mill St., Ridgway, died Thursday evening, Nov. 28, 2013 at Pinecrest Manor following a lengthy illness.
She was born Dec. 17, 1940 in Ridgway, daughter of the late Dr. P.H. and Mary (Glen) Manley. She had resided in Ridgway all of her life and was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church.
Funeral services for Patricia A. Manley will be held at the Thompson Funeral Home on Saturday at 10 a.m. Officiating will be Rev. Roger A. Peterson, pastor of the Trinity United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Thayer Memorial Cemetery.
The recently-passed transportation bill will increase the state's dirt and gravel road fund seven fold, raising its allocation from $5 million to $35 million.
J.R. Geitner, a Ridgway Borough Council member, attended the Elk County Solid Waste Authority's regular meeting on Tuesday afternoon in order to announce the council's decision to continue the borough's curbside recycling program.
Grady J. Cherry of 257 Rasselas Rd., Wilcox, died on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013 at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh.
He was born on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013 in DuBois, the son of Stephen and Heather Tressler Cherry.
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The Elk County Board of Commissioners on Monday morning voted to accept a proposed 2014 budget with a one-mill increase, the first hike since 2009. The budget will be displayed for 20 days at the commissioners' office in the Courthouse Annex along Center Street in Ridgway.
ST. MARYS – Despite recent rumors circulating throughout the region, officials at Elk Regional Health Center said Monday morning that they have no plans to close the establishment's maternity ward.
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That was the message Monday morning from Gary Anderson, a St. Marys City councilman who said he was attending a county board of commissioners meeting in an unofficial capacity as a taxpayer.
The issue for Anderson is the distribution of liquid fuels funds disbursed throughout the county.
The state's liquid fuels program funds a range of projects to support municipalities' construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair of public roads or streets.
ST. MARYS – Six officers from Elk County Catholic High School's Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter were among over 800 students who attended the FBLA State Leadership Workshop at the Penn State Hotel and Conference Center in State College on Nov. 10-11.


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My coworker (who is very clever, but with severly limited inter-personal skills), keeps refactoring my code even when it is work in progress and assigned to me as a task. Whereas I fully subscribed to the idea of collective ownership of code, I find this extremely irritating, but attempts to have him stop seem to have no effect. My analysis of his personality is that he considers himself the best, and if it had not been for him, the codebase would have been in a mess. I should add that I am not a novice, I know my skills and I produce quality work. Some of the refactorings are indeed to the better, most are basically just introduction of a style that he likes better than mine. In addition, he has a almost child-like need to have the last word in any discussion and has never any word of praise for work done by co-workers. There is always something that he, the master, would have done differently. I feel this is strongly affecting the quality of my work-life. What should I do ?
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It doesn't sound that bad to me. When I saw this post title, "How to handle coworker with 'obsessive refactoring disorder'", I was afraid it was going to be one of my coworkers posting about me! You have a consistent code base. You admit that many of the changes are improvements. I think your best course of action is to let it go.
This statement concerns me. I know this easier said than done, but don't let something like this affect your happiness. The answers that suggest you should find another job are too extreme -- there will always be personality differences in any programming shop. So this guy has poor social skills -- you'll find programmers like that everywhere. My advice would be to play to his strengths. Ask him to write up some coding standards and a style guide. Debate them among the team, and then try to get everyone to adhere to them.
With Desensitization or ERP (exposure and response prevention). Like many compulsive disorders.
Seriously, at work it will be slightly different, but the basics of those techniques must be used. So I suggest that you play a role in this, because he is not going to stop by himself.
Refuse to be re-factored without your explicit consent. I'm sure he is doing it for good reasons, but the way you describe it, it's really too much.
Re-factoring should be a collaborative process and you should be involved in it (and the rest of the team).
Take your responsibilities and say NO when it's just too much. He will have to handle and accept his anxiety.
Once the limits have been set, you can work on more respectful collaboration process. He will eventually be desensitized ;) At least with you.
Do you have any official code guidelines? If not there is the time to sit down and make them. Then there won't be any disputes whose style is better.
Have a nice and polite talk with your colleague. Ask him for the reasons he's doing continuous code rewritings. Attempt to come to a mutual understanding and respect.
If that fails and the coding guidelines idea is rejected then the only option is to escalate the issue to the management:
1) Rewriting of all of the code to meet the style view of only one person is disrespectful of other team members
2) Rewriting the good and working code is double work which means time and money waste, decreased productivity (unless his code reviewing function is official)
3) This sort of an unauthorized activity has impact on the team morale
Your best bet is to define the coding guidelines and the code review policy. Many reasonable teams are capable of coming to a mutual agreement on their own, but if it fails then there has to be law. Without it it's not going anywhere. That has to be brought up to the management as well as a constructive improvement to the work process.
That kind of behavior is unacceptable in team envirenments. Talk to your boss and ask him to stop your co-worker. If that does not work, look for another job.
I think this is the root cause. I have had coworkers like this before, they think they are way better everyone around and they having the last word actually helps the others and the discussion.
There are two ways to deal with these types.
When coming up against any kind of force, you have two ways to go, either push against it or go along with it. Your main issue seems to be a psychological one, his refactoring your code and know-it-all attitude is hurting your work pride and might make you feel a bit insecure.
One way to go is to try and look at the style of refactoring he's doing, if it's mainly a style issue try to look at it with open eyes and see if there isn't any positive to it. If you can find value in it then why not let him keep at it? Be secure in your capabilities and see it as being the bigger person tolerating someone with a defiency instead of being insulted. We can chose how we see things and how we react to them.
Otherwise the only way is to make him stop. If you haven't, have a frank and clear discussion with him. Not merely complaining and being confrontational but explaining your point of view and why you don't like him refactoring your code. Make it as honest and non-confrontional as possible. Perhaps you could come up with some kind of compromise where he only refactors code that really needs refactoring.
Otherwise talk to your boss and have him sit down with all of you and resolve this issue
First, your team needs a coding standard. It won't solve your problems, but it will be a step in the right direction.
I wouldn't be too critical of your insensitive coworker (in part because he's an awful lot like a younger version of me!!!), but he needs to learn that there are negative consequences to the project (and hence to himself) of refactoring code while other people are working on it. Professional engineering is about trade-offs, and it seems that he hasn't yet learned about the "down sides" of refactoring code independently of other's work on the same files.
Since he appears to be insensitive to feedback, I too would recommend a private conversation with him, with a supportive coworker present so it doesn't turn into a "me vs you" one-on-one incident. Failing that, raise the issue to the team. Failing that, raise the issue to management.
Raise the issue publicly by keeping track of and reporting every time you have a merge conflict (or other problem) due to his independent refactoring. Like, in the stand-up meetings, report progress and plans, and report the blocker that three times this week, your work has been halted by merge conflicts due to others refactoring the code that was assigned to you to work on. Say that the refactorings were good; you are keeping them, but that it would do less damage to productivity if they'd work with you on it.
If you're willing to live with some real drama, consider going to the team and management after getting hit with big merge conflicts on one of his refactorings and saying that you cannot work on your assigned tasks until he finishes his refactoring of your code. That you will stop all work and wait patiently until he finishes all of his refactorings before it is possible for you to do your asssigned work.
I have taken this to extremes. Prepare to deal with a lot of drama. There is risk. There will be results. (...not always the results you want, unless you play it really well. ;-)
I just wanted to propose a very technical solution to the problem. If you're using a decentralized scm like git or mercurial, you could just wait to push the commits until you're done with a task. That way he won't be able to mess with work in progress.
I know this isn't a perfect solution, but I thought that it might make you feel better if you could hide your changes from him until you're comfortable having him review and edit your code.
I would also like to add that code review isn't a bad thing and if he's doing this in his spare time it means that you're getting it for free. If you get proper code guidelines all of his refactoring should be improvements and not introduction of style.
You need to get the rogue under control.
Make it clear that this is a collaboration effort. As some of the refactorings he does are to the better, I would suggest that you agree with your boss that all refactorings must be done in active collaboration with all the persons actively working on the codebase being refactored.
In this particular situation this would mean that all refactorings MUST be done as pair programming, and I would suggest that YOU type what HE thinks should be done. Any refactorings not done in this way, is to be discarded, and your boss must state that this is the new policy.
It wouldn't happen to be this guy? Is it bad to have an "Obsessive Refactoring Disorder"? :)
How many people are there on the team? The thing about collective ownership is that it is owned by the team, not that the best developer owns the entire teams' code.
And though I am a big advocate for refactoring everything that can be better (if it isn't perfect, improve), I can see that it is extremely annoying that the person in question is refactoring code that is still work in progress. Normally when I find something to refactor, I normally take it up with the guy who wrote it, just asking, "is there any reason this could not have been done like this?". Most of the time, I get an answer like "oh sure, that can be changed", but sometimes, I get answers like, "I am still working on it", or "actually I was about to delete that". And then I'll leave it alone. This also has the positive effect that the knowledge about the code base is better spread among the team.
My advice is to take it up with the team. Let the team reach a consensus that you have refactorings get reviewed by other team members. It should be a team concern, not an individual one.
PS: If the guy was in fact the one in the other question, my advice to him was to involve the team more in his refactorings ;)
Do you have automated tests? If so, refactoring is frequently quite a bit more work. If he has to also fix the tests then maybe he'll be less inclined to muck with your code. If you have to fix the tests then that gives you some more leverage to go to your manager and show how he is wasting your time thereby giving the manager an economical reason to get involved.


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Comic 75
Link: Comic 75
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Title: It's a deity job but someone's got to do it - by KEVLING!
Date: May 20, 2005
Summary: Steve's breakfast brings back the Viking God Loki.
Onomatopoeias used: "HMM", "SNAP", "CRACKLE", "POP!", "GRRR", "PROD", "POSSESS!", "RUMBLE", "BUURP!", "PTOOEE!", "DOOF"
"Fin" style: Embedded in coco pops.
Number of panels: 12
Panel 1
Beaver and Steve are in an Ancient Mythology room.
Beaver: "See Steve, I told you this would be interesting"
Steve HMM's
Panel 2
Beaver: "According to this, that is the bowl used to catch the venom when Loki, Viking God of mischief, was poisoned."
Steve: "Cool!"
Panel 3
Beaver: "Right, let's move on..."
Steve lifts the glass and reaches for the bowl.
Panel 4
Beaver: "STEVE!"
Steve is eating coco pops from the bowl.
Steve: "Mmf?"
Panel 5
Steve SNAP's, CRACKLE's and POP!'s
Panel 6
Loki appears on the scene.
Loki: "Tremble in fear puny mortals! LOKI is back let my reign of mischief commence!"
Panel 7
Steve: "I thought you'd be bigger..."
Loki shows out to be shorter than both Beaver and steve.
Panel 8
Loki: "I'll show you the real meaning of mischief!"
Loki POSSESS!'s Steve.
Steve: "Hey!"
Panel 9
Steve glows yellow and levitates.
Panel 10
Steve RUMBLE's
Beaver: "Steve? Are you OK?"
Panel 11
Steve lets out a huge BUURP! and PTOOEE!'s out Loki who hits the ground with a DOOF.
Panel 12
Beaver and Steve leave the scene hand in hand.
Loki: "Well that wasn't quite what I had in mind..."
Fun Facts
- The bowl was used to catch venom when Loki was poisoned.
- The bowl turns Coco pops into Rice Krispies.
- Loki's head is on fire, and he's very short.
- Loki can POSSESS! people and make them glow yellow and levitate.
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