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Whipped egg whites are often used to leaven pancakes, light cakes, baked or steamed desserts. I didn't have Chia seeds in 2009 when at the time I made the suggestion to Sharonk, and completely forgot about it until I stumbled across it today. Egg whites work in that they are whipped until stiff making a protein foam and then ingredients (grated nuts, flour an the like) are folded in or it's folded into batter. Either way. If chia gel were strained so the seeds don't plug the nozzle, and placed in a pressure container for whip cream and charged with CO2 gas, the extruded chia foam (think unscented shaving cream) might be used to hold ingredients as they bake or are floated over boiling water. Well folks, I've got Chia seeds thanks to Shiao Ping. Sharon suggests "To make chia seed gel, take 2 tablespoons of chia seed and mix it into 8 ounces of water. Stir with a whisk or fork every 5-10 minutes for a half hour... let the chia seed gel sit for 12 hours before using."
The Plan: I could substitute it for stiff egg white in a regular gluten recipe and find a starting point. As far as gluten free recipes go (you can see where this is going... gluten free, egg free, yeast free) I wouldn't know what to add to the foam or even if it would work. (Maybe when I get that far....) I have acquired chia seeds and can make the gel, and do have the container and gas but have no idea what to do next. (ok, no plan.) I suppose if the gel keeps two weeks in the fridge, I have two weeks to play around with it. I was just wondering if Sharonk or anyone had some suggestions where I might start... (Hint hint)
First I want to make seed free gel, then pressurize it and test the properties of chia gel foam. Bake it, boil it, steam it, fry it. Seeing what happens. Sound like fun?
It is Carnival Tuesday, anything can happen!
Seeds everywhere! Lots of seeds! Seeds in the dough seeds around the dough. Seeds, seeds, seeds! A few nuts too and my favorite flours, Rye and Spelt. Lots of fibre!
DOUGH in order:
Mix until all flour is wet, cover and set aside for about 2 hours. Then add:
Work everything in well and let it rest covered 2 hours (22°C)
Here is where things got hung up... getting ready to shape the loaf... didn't like the last loaf shape in the last bake... Had a couple of hours to think this out so I started debating with myself what other seeds variations I wanted in the loaf, what shape or form to use, banneton or no banneton, clay baker or free form. I wanted seeds on the outside, liked the way chia seeds made a sort of support on the outside crust and then again, I wanted something interesting going on too. Ready for a change... approx. 1650g of dough or too much for a 9x5x4 bread tin.
Staring at a fresh bag of crushed flax and having just had potato flakes on my mind, what if? What if I rolled the dough in mixed seeds? What if I rolled them in seeds and piled them up inside my woks to bake? Would the dough support itself better as smaller dough pieces? Or would it go flat? It likes to go flat. Unmixed seeds? Testing seed covers? Little blobs of dough in different colors piled up on each other? This was beginning to sound like a "monkey bread." Then I could see rolling balls of rye dough (or dropping globs of wet cement) falling into bowls of various seeds, rolling around and stacking themselves up to make a loaf. Might prove interesting... or one big mess. Will the bread balls separate or allow for slicing? Mmmm.
Unlike the overly sweet sticky monkey bread, this is the savory version: Seedy Nutty Monkey Rye
It is actually quite easy with two large wet soup spoons! Once covered, the dough balls are easy to place and move around.
Drop large spoonfuls of dough (about the size of an egg) into soup bowls with about 1cm deep
Arrange into a buttered bundt pan (or a pullman pan) cover and allow to rise 3-4 hours.
I actually used a poke test! Amazing! I first steamed the bundt pan inside two woks, one inverted over the other.
Preheat the oven with one wok (2 cm of water inside) to 225°C using the fan setting.
Place the filled bundt pan inside, cover and steam bake 30 minutes, then remove from oven, quickly take out bundt pan with loaf returning it to the oven to brown and finish baking at 200°C using upper & lower heat setting. Done when inside loaf temp reaches 96°C and it has rich brown color. Place rack onto bread and invert. Remove pan and allow to cool. Bag overnight. Cut the next day.
I don't know which side of the loaf should be up, the top or the bottom. I started out calling it monkey bread. When it landed on its rack it had mutated into turtle shell bread.
And now for the crumb shots. An interesting thing happened and it shouldn't be of any surprise... but the coatings that absorb the most amount of water, tend to create the separating problems in the crumb. The oil containing seeds seem to let the rye dough pass around them to join with neighboring dough balls. Potato flakes and chia seeds seemed to create natural seams . This might be corrected if sprayed with water while arranging. I could still cut off 1cm slices nicely but to cut .5cm led some sections to separate.
The bread tastes like a vollkorn should (yum!) and has an enjoyable bite and flavor that lingers. We've been eating from it and have not yet spread anything on it. It is not dry. Still waiting on the sunshine but as the snow is beginning to fall again... I'll post what I have. I used a sharp knife to first cut the loaf in half and then the electric slicer. Chia was a knife deterrent with its thin tight shell on the crust.
Not too patch work like inside. Some interesting lines between the sections that run together. Crumb looks very consistant.
I've been slowly brewing away with some thoughts over the years.... Starters and their differences. Why is it that sometimes a weak rising sourdough starter culture will bounce back quickly (too quickly) and suddenly "stabilize" after chilling or a near death experience?
I have a timing theory thinking the yeasts might have syncronized their life cycles through temperature control and also the idea that perhaps getting the desired yeasts to spore (hibernate) and then wake up the correct yeast using the same selected bacteria group to do the job. I have always (still do hopefully) kept my ears and eyes open for explanations.
I was pointed to a podcast on research extending life spans recently and the mention that yeasts were also affected perked up my ears. Why not? I began to think about it more and more and it made sense. Maybe this was one explanation for what I was observing. Longevity of yeast perhaps. That the yeast were living longer budding more and producing more gas in their life spans before dying letting the next generations take over. The peaks that stay peaked for longer periods of time after feeding the neglected starter. Hmmm. Puts the expression "never starve a starter" into question.
There is also lots of other information in the interview like a quick mention that 2% sugar intake shortened life span by 20% which also could be applied to yeasts. I wonder what the details are there? The BBC Podcast features Prof. Cynthia Kenyon, director for the Hillblom Center for Aging, Univ of Calif. San Fran. Topic: Latent capability to extend lifespan.
Toward the end of the interview, I was struck by our own TFL member diversity and how contributions from so many have enriched the site. Listen and enjoy!
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I got to playing with pepper jelly.
Ingredients: gelatin, sugar, one orange habanero, assorted sweet garden peppers, one garlic clove, water, and one glass 250ml. Method: slice everything colorful and thin and mix with sugar, gelatin and a little water to let all the vegetables shrink and curl up for about 6-10 hours. Amazing how they do that! Bring to a light boil until passing the gel test on a cold plate. (about 10-15 minutes) Pour into hot sterilized jar and cap, let cool.
The color of the jelly is not as dark as this picture, it barely has color at all, a light clear hint of orange with red, green, yellow and orange squiggles.
They just didn't want to be baguettes!
I took the recipe under Metric and divided by 20 to use 500g total flour in the recipe. I did make some changes... I added an egg white into the water to total 165g in the final dough. I used 1/2 tsp of yeast in the final dough. This gave me longer fermentation. I also hand mixed the dough.
Poolish Baguettes, page 101, Hamelman's "BREAD" with barely a pinch of yeast and using 9% protein white unbleached wheat flour to sit 12 hours at 23°C (74°F).
Mixed the dough with water (22g egg white "small egg" and 143g water) whipped with a fork then added to the poolish along with salt 1/2 teaspoon instant yeast and 12% protein unbleached wheat bread flour. Let stand one hour and folded the dough. Did two more folds with 2 hours between for a 5 hour bulk rise. Cut off 8 rolls at 100g each and one at 85g. Let rise under cover and kept moist with water to rise about 45 min to an hour. When somewhat risen, I sprinkled with sesame seeds and made 5 point star scissor cuts not connecting the cuts.
Then quickly into the hot steamy oven 240° rotated with steam release after 10 minutes. Baked for another 10 minutes. Then the second tray got sprinkled and scored hot on the trail of the first tray.
They made it to the dinner table. Crispy crusts and tender insides, still warm.
Mini Oven
Monday: My garden is bursting with Spring! The wind is windy and the birds are joyful! We have 18°C and the furnace has been turned off. I've pulled a starter out of the fridge. A firm rye that was not put into long hybernation (do not fear, my pretties, the prepared starter is the jar next to it also looking none the worse from wear.) It's wonderful and exhausting to be back in Austria. Lots of garden work and getting used to stairs again. Back to the starter.
This overripe goo smells cheese strong and has ice crystals all over it. (Must have been at the back of the fridge.) I'm thawing it out and scraping it now to look at the bottom. This stuff could send me under the table from just breathing it, that with jet lag could be lethal. It would be wise of me to breathe ever so lightly. My son thought I should pay a fine, keeping a starter that smelled so strong. It's criminal! I laughed and smiled to my inner-bread-self. I'd be the last one to tell him he could have thrown it out months ago. Must have been fed last in January.
(4 pm) I managed to push a top layer aside to get at the most underlying glop. Rather stiff really, broke some out and reminds me more of fresh yeast consistancy. It is also brighter in tan color than the top gray layer. I've mixed water with it and ... um... now some rye flour and we will see what decides to grow. Oops, got to run out for some rye flour. Needed milk anyway. I love being able to read everything on the shelves! Rye everywhere! Picked up some spelt berries too.
Tuesday: (4 am) The starter sat 12 hours and no action other than it smells sour and no longer like wet flour. Too much acid for the yeast! Gotta build up yeasty beasties! Took out a spoonful and did a 1:5:5 again for the next 12 hours > 20°C in the kitchen.
(8 am) Cooked some spelt in my rice cooker and because I didn't do too much with water so it would go dry, got some nice browning on the cooked grain... not a bad way to add color to a loaf... I ate some for breakfast as a chewy hot cereal. Spent the day trimming and chipping in the garden.
(6 pm) Got bubbles! I can see them thru the glass but not on top. Smells sour but mellow and when I attack it with a spoon the bubbles collapse and I see structure under that smooth exterior. Very good! Took out another spoonful and did a 1:5:5 feed plus scrounged around for some old rye bread. Found sunflower light rye, will have to do and processed it into crumbs, mixed in. Got that sitting out now until I wake up in the wee hours, but also good until morning if I sleep thru.
I've been playing with rye loaf ratios (starter/water/flour) and I came up with one using any amount of rye starter that when refreshed is a paste (100% hydration) and as it ferments loostens to a thick batter. I was looking for basic numbers (like 1/2/3) and I found them they're 1/ 3.5/ 4.16. It makes Rye so much easier! The starter should be generously refreshed 8-12 hours before and mixed into the dough just before peaking and in a 22°c room (72°F) the dough ferments 7-8 hours before baking. Dough should not be folded or shaped 4 hours before going into the oven.
Basic Ratio> 1 part starter: 3.5 parts cold water: 4.16 parts rye flour
4 tablespoons bread spice for 500g flour Salt 1.8 to 2% of flour weight
Hydration of dough aprox 84%. Handle dough with wet hands and a wet spatula. Combine starter and water then the flour, stir well and let rest covered. Add salt about one hour after mixing and any other ingredients. If room is warmer add salt earlier. Three hours into the ferment lightly fold with wet hands and shape into a smooth ball. Place into a well floured brotform or oiled baking pan. Cover and let rise. Don't let it quite Double for it will if conditions are right. Before placing in the oven, use a wet toothpick and dock the loaf all over to release any large bubbles. Bake in covered dark dish in cold oven Convection 200°C or 390°F (oven can reach 220°C easy with the fan on.) Remove cover after 20 to 25 minutes and rotate loaf. Reduce heat by simply turning off convection and use top & bottom heat at 200°C. Remove when dough center reaches 93°C or 200° F.
All kinds of combinations are possible including addition of soaked & drained seeds and or cooked berries or moist altus and whole or cracked walnuts or a little spoon of honey.
How it works: I have 150g rye starter at 100% hydration. I figure for water: 150 x 3.5 gives the water amount or 525g. I figure the flour: 150 x 4.16 gives 624 g Rye flour. For salt: 2% of 700g (624g + aprox. 75g in the starter) makes salt 14g or one level tablespoon of table salt.
This amount of dough took 1 1/2 hours to bake and included moist rye altus. It was baked in two non-stick cast aluminum sauce pans (20cm diameter) one inverted over the other . The rounder of the two on the bottom. No steam other than what was trapped inside. Top removed after 25 minutes. It has a beautiful dark crust with a light shine. Aroma is heavenly.
Ready in 3 1/2 hours? (Make it longer if you wish, use 1/2 teaspoon of yeast, add salt & caraway and use cold water to make it rise slower.)
Wheat shaped form ... White Bread crusty
Pour hot water into a large 2.5 ltr. mixer bowl and sprinkle with yeast. Add the flours and stir until all the flour is moistened and a shaggy dough has formed. Cover and let stand 2 hours or until the dough has risen up to the cover. Remove cover and scrape out dough onto a lightly floured surface. Sprinkle with the salt and caraway. Fold or roll up the dough and knead to blend for about two minutes. Shape into a tight ball and cover with the bowl.
Soak top and bottom of a Clay form (total volume 2 liters) 10 min in warm water. Allow to drip dry and surface water to absorb, one minute. Smear inside with olive oil. Re-shape and tighten dough to form a loaf. Rub with oil and place into bottom form. Oil the inside of cover and place over dough. Set in cold oven for 15 minutes. Turn on oven to 225°c (440°F) on Hot air (convection) and time for 45 minutes. Remove form and brown loaf another 5 minutes in hot oven on rack. Cool on rack for 15 minutes and serve warm with bread knife on cutting board.
I was given this form for Christmas without any instructions. As you can see the ingredients add up to just over a kilo of dough, about the right amount to fill this two liter volume form. The loaf crust is very crunchy and thick. The crumb slightly chewy and tender. I removed the top for the last 5 minutes of baking but wished I had removed the whole form to let the bottom brown more as well. Slices are almost round and crumb is fine. The oil in the form adds to an almost buttery flaky crust. This loaf was sliced warm.
Inspired by Charles Luce gluten free millet starter (following instructions in The Bread Builders, by Daniel Wing and Alan Scott) I startered a sourdough starter using amaranth...
I am repeating part of the thread below so that when I use the starter with gluten flours, it will not be confusing in Charles's gluten free thread. The discussion can be carried on here about using amaranth sourdough starter in gluten breads. I also want to try his recipe for millet bread but use amaranth starter. He has much more experience than I with gluten free breads and this has interesting and fascinating overlaps I'm only beginning to discover.
Nov 16 // ...to make a starter. It smells much like corn. For obvious reasons, I didn't rinse the grain first but put it directly into a blender to turn it to flour. Then I mixed 60g with 60g water and it sat 57 hours (instead of 48) 16°c to 17°c
Nov 18 // I added 60g more amaranth flour and 60g water, blended well 16°c.
I'm hoping it will make the amaranth tastier, milder maybe. This could be the "trick" I've been waiting for.
Nov 19 // I got life! I forgot it again, it is 24 hours since I fed it and it is bubbly and rounded and even a little bit risen! Amazing! Can't smell any "sour" still smells like wet amaranth (yuck) or wet corn but I know it is active. I stirred it and forced it to collapse. In stirring I can feel the bubbles or pockets of gas in the starter. Now to dump half and feed again but in the warmer room to help develop the yeasts. I will also start washing the amaranth and adding the water then blending before adding to the starter. The photos are before and after stirring:
Nov 20 // First thing was to smell my starter. Na ya... ... went for cooked rolled oats this chilly foggy morning. When I discard today I plan to try a glutinous 10 grain flour and we will see if it lifts it. I've not yet aquired xanthum gum and millet flour. I would be interested in mixing the amaranth starter in a palatable mixture of GF flours. Maybe the Montana Mix that Charles mentions and suggests on his blog. Amaranth can be quite strong in flavor and smells of Autumn. Wet leaves and mushrooms, truffle come to mind along with dry red wine and soaked beans ...thyme. Charles Luce seemed to also be in a similar lock of the senses and on the above mentioned thread writes:
...walked through my neighborhood, which is quite Hispanic, smelling the smells and thinking of your question. Potato starch flour comes to mind, as does banana flour, yuca (tapioca)flour and corn masa (used for making corn tortillas in Mexico). Maybe coconut flour too. Then I read that porcini (Steinpilz) work w/ amaranth...
I had read that amaranth was often combined with banana and chocolate, also seems to be used more in cakes and sweet recipes... I use a fine metal coffee filter for washing the grain. Coconut milk.... interesting.
Okay, it's evening now and I'm looking into my starter and the smell is....getting sour and the amaranth is taking on a milder smell. This looks promising! This is good! Ooo can't wait for the bread! I mixed it 1-2-3 120g starter - 240g water - 345g 10 grain flour autolyse and work in 1 tsp salt. Three hours in the kitchen then into a cool room for the night. To bake tomorrow. Better plain for the first loaf, then come more taste experiments.
Now I'm working on the remaining 120g of starter. I am rinsing 60g amaranth and will dry it before milling and adding. It dries nicely in a smooth dish towel, the grain doesn't seem to stick at all. This time I feed it 60g amaranth shortly blenderized (no water but the tiny seeds seem to slip avoiding the blades) mix well and after 3 hours tuck away into the fridge. I'm liking the smell of the starter, I really do.
Peter Reinhart's Thin Wheat Crackers on p.291 in Whole Grain Breads
My interpretation used Spelt Flour type 700 glatt (fine) with additional 30g flour to the recipe.
Twentyfour hour rest on the counter top before cutting into small shapes and making windowpanes. Place on parchment and continue to thin out the crackers... Keep a towel handy to wipe off oil. If I do this again I will use two tablespoons less oil in the recipe. I like mine without the salt wash, which does give the crackers a little more strength but the crunch is better without it.
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A report by Dutch authorities into the MH17 crash over eastern Ukraine in July 2014, which killed 298 people, has found a Russian-made missile hit the plane's cockpit.
A report by Dutch authorities into the MH17 crash over eastern Ukraine in July 2014, which killed 298 people, has found a Russian-made missile hit the plane's cockpit.
The son of a British grandfather facing a public flogging in Saudi Arabia has said he has served his time and is urging authorities to "do the right thing" and let him come home.
74-year-old Karl Andree remains in a Jeddah jail, 14 months after being sentenced to 12 months in prison following his arrest by religious police.
He was also sentenced to 79 lashes for poseessing alcohol and 300 lashes for attempting to give it to a friend.
David Cameron has now written to the Saudi King about the case.
ITV News Correspondent Neil Connery reports:
The sister of a British man who died alongside 297 others on flight MH17 has told ITV News the disaster should have been avoided.
Tracey Withers lost her brother Glenn in the crash when a Russian-made missile hit the passenger jet over eastern Ukraine in July last year.
Dutch investigators have now confirmed the missile was a Buk surface-to-air warhead - but did not say who fired it, nor why civil aircraft had been allowed to fly across the warzone.
Ms Withers said the report still left questions to be answered.
ITV News correspondent Emma Murphy reports:
The minister responsible for Syrian refugees in the UK has refused to reveal how many people have arrived in Britain under the government's resettlement programme.
Richard Harrington said he was not prepared to provide a "running commentary" on the numbers brought to the UK since David Cameron announced plans to accept 20,000 Syrian refugees over five years.
He told MPs at the home affairs select committee that he knew how many people had arrived since the initiative was launched last month but repeatedly declined to give figures.
Mr Harrington, who was appointed to the newly created ministerial post last month, said: "I don't think anything will be helped by my giving a running commentary on numbers."
His refusal to disclose the information drew criticism from the committee chairman, Keith Vaz.
The daughter of 74-year-old Karl Andree who faces 350 lashes in Saudi Arabia after he was caught with illegal alcohol has lauded David Cameron's decision to appeal to officials to halt the flogging.
Kirsten Piroth, said she was not even sure her father knew about the Prime Minister's intervention yet but said it was "great news".
She said that the family had been left feeling "pretty helpless" when they had contacted the Foreign Office about Mr Andree's case.
Ms Piroth said: "We got lots of nice emails and we started to feel like it was going nowhere. Our dad was in prison, he's been pretty ill. I'm really surprised that he's lasted so long.
"We just wanted something to happen and if it takes the Prime Minister to write a letter then that's great."
A government spokesperson said the UK will drop a bid on a £5.9 million Saudi prisons contract but said the two issues were not linked.
Labour deputy leader Tom Watson is to face a grilling from MPs over his pursuit of sex abuse allegations against the late Conservative cabinet minister, Lord Brittan.
The Commons Home Affairs Committee said that it had "invited" Mr Watson to appear before them on 21 October. The Metropolitan Police will also give evidence on the the same day.
An 11-month-old boy who drowned when a dinghy carrying more than 60 refugees was swamped by waves during a night-time crossing to the Greek island of Lesbos has been buried.
Omaar, from Idlib, Syria, drowned when waves swamped the dinghy last Thursday.
Coastguards worked to save the baby but were unsuccessful.
A funeral service was held for the baby in Lesbos today.
The Shadow Home Secretary has criticised legislation cracking down on landlords who let properties to migrants without a valid immigration status.
During the second reading of the Immigration Bill, Andy Burnham said that threatening landlords with five years imprisonment if they let properties to illegal immigrants will have a "major impact on the housing market".
"On what basis are we planning to outsource immigration control to them?" he asked the House of Commons.
Addressing MPs' concerns that landlords would be reluctant to take on tenants with foreign-sounding names, Home Secretary Theresa May said: "I'll be clear about this, it's not about asking landlords to become immigration experts, those who undertake simple steps will have nothing to fear and will not face prosecution or penalties."
Russian ministers have accused Dutch investigators examining the downing of flight MH17 as being "biased", according to local news agencies.
Agencies in the country quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying there had been an "obvious" attempt to draw a biased conclusion.
It comes after a Dutch investigation team found that the Malaysian Airlines plane was struck down by a Russian-made Buk missile.


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Adrian Swain
Swain, Adrian
Sep. 18, 1922 - Feb. 7, 2013
Adrian Swain, 90, of Sarasota, FL, died on Feb. 7, 2013. Services will be held at 11:00 am on Sat., at St. Boniface Episcopal Church in Sarasota, FL. Funeral arrangements by: Wiegand Brothers Funeral Home.
He was a loving husband to his wife of 24 years, Anne, and a devoted father to his four children, Cynthia S. Toale, Thomas W. Swain (RuthAnn), William A. Swain (Laurel), Kenneth C. Swain, and step-children Susan C. Erhart, Katie A. Hayes (Peter), David A. Luria (Sherry), Nicole L. Whiteford (Brad), and grandfather to Elise S. Swain, Michael Toale, William Patrick (Laura), Richard Toale (Sheila), Sarah Toale, and step-grandchildren Susannah Hayes, Kent Hayes (Lauren), Kelsey Hayes, Luke Luria, Ivy Luria, Tanner Luria, and two great grandchildren, Katherine Toale and Wyatt Patrick Toale.
Adrian was predeceased by brother Charles Swain, and sisters Nancy Davis and Joanne Carson.
Adrian was born in Beaver, PA. He served as a B-17 pilot in the 15th Air Force, in Italy, July 1944, and was shot down over southern France, August 5, 1944; he evaded capture with the assistance of the French Resistance.
He graduated from Penn State in 1948 and re-entered Air Force active duty the same year, flying B-29 reconnaissance missions from Okinawa during the
Korean War
until 1952.
Adrian was an FBI special agent from 1952 to 1954. He married Phyllis Warren McGee in 1954, and raised four children. They worked in Sarasota as Realtors from 1955 to 1966.
From 1966 to 1970, Adrian was an CIA investigative agent stationed in South Vietnam and Laos. He was a DEA agent stationed in Bangkok, Washington D.C., and Miami between 1971 and 1982.
He retired and returned to Sarasota to work in real estate once again. After the death of Phyllis Swain in 1988, he married Anne Osborne Luria. Their 24-year love affair was a lasting and beautiful example to his family of true devotion.
He was a volunteer at Resurrection house and a long time member of St. Boniface Episcopal Church of Siesta Key.
Adrian will always be remembered for his gentle, kind, loving spirit and his unending devotion to family. He was generous in spirit and a great friend to all who were fortunate enough to know him well. Adrian was a humble man, a true unsung American hero. His family is incredibly proud of this, and will miss his easy smile, considerate ways, and charitable nature. Despite everything, Adrian was an optimist, and shared this gift with us. He always asked his friends and family how he could be of assistance. For this we will always be grateful.
Memorial donations may be made to St. Boniface Episcopal Church, 5615 Midnight Pass Road, Sarasota, FL 34242 or Resurrection House, 507 Kumquat Court, Sarasota, FL 34236.
Funeral Home
Wiegand Brothers Funeral Home
Sarasota, FL 34231
(941) 921-5755
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On May 2, SGI co-organized a seminar on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education at the UN Headquarters in New York. The seminar was held as an official side event of the Third Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 NPT Review Conference held from April 28 to May 9.
The seminar focused on UN, governmental, academic and civil society initiatives that have aimed to raise public awareness of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation through education in both formal and non-formal settings. It was co-organized together with the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF), the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Hibakusha Stories, Peace Boat US, and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) Costa Rica.
Ronald Sturm, head of the Unit for Nuclear Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Security of the Federal Ministry for European, Integration, and Foreign Affairs of Austria, was the moderator. Speakers included Virginia Gamba, director of the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA); William C. Potter, director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS); Tamara Patton, research associate at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP); Michiko Kodama, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and assistant secretary-general of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo); Alexandra Arce von Herold, copresident of IPPNW Costa Rica; and Hayley Ramsay-Jones, program coordinator in SGI's UN Liaison Office in Geneva.
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Yesterday the shortlist of 6 finalists for the 2015 Man Booker Prize for fiction were announced. There is one debut novelist in Chigozie Obioma, but other than that the list is made up of known quantities. Here are some thoughts.
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When today's college students are reading, their literary canon is centered on textbooks, course related articles, and manuscripts. Only a few students create the opportunity to read beyond the confines of their coursework and for many this is a missed opportunity. What about the books that will help you make the most of these precious years, not just the years that come after?
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Getting things done ahead of time is one of the most rewarding practices but, if you're anything like me, it's also one of the most challenging. I am a serial procrastinator and have been since I was old enough to pronounce the word. I'm not saying I don't do my work – I get things done on time and I don't settle for anything less than my best. But sometimes (okay most times) I don't leave myself enough time to get things done at a reasonable rate. The result? An ungodly amount of self-inflicted stress accompanied by a questionable rate of caffeine ingestion, with absolutely zero sleep (side effects usually include extreme irritability, emotional instability, stress eating, and a generally troll-like appearance).
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jdicPlus and mouse events...
Hu Uta,
With release 0.9.5 does jdicPlus support capturing of mouse events? For google maps for example I wanted to detect pan and zoom by capturing mouse events but it seems from the searching I did it is not possible using jdic or jdicPlus although you mentioned enhanced support for geocoding although no specifics on what you meant.
Hi All,
I read JDICplus 0.2.2 has resolved these issues. As mentioned I am having an issue with it right now but hopful it can be resolved.
Previous problem solved. The 0.2.2 examples so far do not have a set of mouse events just properties that can be used to track location. Not sure if JDICplus project can trap mouse clicks for example such as mousereleased.


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"There are a number of issues that could cause this and it may be something very complex," says Justin Noll, director of client services for AlertBot. "The HTML code is being delivered, so the web site is there, but it isn't being displayed in the Chicago area." Noll adds that the problem could be with Rue La La's content delivery provider or other factors, such as human error in the adding of new files to their server.
Rue La La, which works with content delivery network Akamai Technologies Inc., did not respond to a request for comment. A spokeswoman at Akamai says their systems were running normally.
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Mexico's unemployment slipped to 4.3 percent in July from 4.4 percent in June, but the iShares MSCI Mexico Capped ETF (EWW) is flat today despite a nice jump in the shares of bread and baking company Grupo Bimbo (GRBMF).
The drop in joblessness is "for the wrong reason," writes William Adams, international economist for PNC Financial Services Group. He writes:
"The seasonally adjusted labor force participation rate, the share of working-aged persons who are either working or seeking work, fell in July to 59.3 percent (among those aged 15 or older) from 59.6 percent in June and 59.8 percent in February 2015. In other words, July's decline in the unemployment rate obscures substantial slack remaining in Mexico's labor market.
The Bank of Mexico would like to follow the Federal Reserve in hiking interest rates later this year, but domestic conditions argue against tightening policy now. In addition to the labor market slack evident in today's employment report, real GDP growth is being held below potential by government spending cuts and weak mining output, and inflation is its weakest since 1969. … There is a significant possibility that Mexico raises rates later or more slowly than the United States in 2015 and 2016."
Eurasia Group Analyst Daniel Kerner notes the unpopular government hasn't done enough to jumpstart the economy, despite a recent attempt. He writes:
"The recent cabinet reshuffle suggests little change in policy, but highlights the government's bid to regain lost popularity by implementing its reform agenda, especially on energy, and by putting more emphasis on education and social policy. The changes also shed light on President Enrique Pena Nieto's thinking on a choice of successor; Aurelio Nuno and Jose Meade have emerged as leading options. … The key pillars of Pena Nieto's administration remain in the cabinet. Finance Minister Luis Videgaray remains in his post in spite of widespread criticisms over the economy's disappointing performance. Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, the other key pillar of Pena Nieto's administration also remains in his post in spite of criticisms over the security situation and, especially, the escape of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman from prison."
If you haven't seen it, watch the PBS Frontline documentary, "Drug Lord: The Legend of Shorty," on billionaire drug kingpin Guzman. In it, Mexican journalists accuse government officials of being complicit in Guzman's two jail escapes.
Petroleos Mexicanos and U.S. energy companies have quietly won limited approval to trade oil, reversing a legal ban, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The result means the U.S. oil can swap abundant light, sweet shale oil for Mexico's heavier crude variety. Many U.S. refineries are built to handle more viscous, heavy oil. Ergo the U. S. imports for refining – sometimes from some not-so-friendly sources. Fracking hasn't entirely helped, since it typically produces a light, sweet crude along with other hydrocarbons.
Venezuela has tons of heavy oil in its Orinoco Belt, where Total (TOT) and others have attempted to work. But President Nicolas Maduro's regime and hyperinflation make Venezuela a hostile place to do business. Mexico has pushed for more oil trade with the U.S., and American companies are eager too. WSJ reports this afternoon:
The U.S. Commerce Department has quietly informed members of Congress that it intends to approve an application by Mexico's Petroleos Mexicanos to enter oil-trade agreements with the U.S.
Mexico has opened its energy industry to competition for the first time this year, but bids on the initial projects this summer were slim, and another round of bids in September is expected to elicit the same response.
Oil prices have continued the day's trading trends: the U.S. WTI price is up 0.6% to $42.48 per barrel, and the international Brent price is down 0.3% to a recent $49.07. The iShares MSCI Mexico Capped ETF (EWW) is up 0.3% today. The United States Oil fund (USO) and the iPath S&P GSCI Crude Oil Total Return Index ETN (OIL) are each higher.
Here's an interesting blog post for energy nerds: "How can "sweet crude" oil be interchangeable with oil from fracking?" Also see this U.S. Energy Information Administration writeup: "Regional refinery trends evolve to accommodate increased domestic crude oil production," which explains:
"More than 50% of the country's refinery capacity and most of the country's heavy crude processing capacity is located in the Gulf of Mexico Coast (PADD 3). The region's 51 operating refineries with atmospheric crude distillation units (ACDU) have capacity totaling 9.7 million barrels per stream day, 81% of which is located at facilities with coking capacity. Coking units can upgrade heavy crude oil into higher-valued lighter products, such as distillate and gasoline."
The news comes on a day when the U.S. hoists its embassy flag in Cuba for the first time in decades. Cuba taps Venezuela for oil, in exchange for doctors. See our post,"Kerry Heads To Cuba, Castro Wants Millions." The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund (CUBA) is up 1.8% today, but is down 2% this week.
Reform opened Mexico's energy sector to competition, but a flurry of bids may not be in the cards in September's second round of project offers.
Eurasia Group notes that the government has revised rules for drilling in five shallow-water production areas that go out for bid on Sept. 30. The assets to be let for bids Sept. 30 are similar to those in the recent lackluster tender, and hastily-defined exploration blocks need to be redrawn, write Eurasia Group's Carlos Petersen and Daniel Kerner. But low commodities prices are not exactly encouraging for would-be bidders. The first projects are considered the low-hanging fruit; deep water projects are yet to be bid. They add:
"The final terms will be released by 25 August, so further modifications are possible. Namely, the finance ministry could lower production sharing requirements …
Recently, Energy Minister Pedro Joaquin Coldwell announced that the bids for deep-water fields will be delayed in order to adjust whatever is necessary to attract significant participation. Deep-water is the most valuable asset Mexico has to offer in the sector, making it very relevant for the success of the energy overhaul. Most likely, the tender terms will continue to be sweetened, and the CNH will try to redesign the blocks to avoid another failure. Nonetheless, pushing the calendar back delays new FDI [foreign direct investment], the knock-on effects for other sectors, and production … diluting the reform's short-term impact. Originally, the deep-water terms were going to be announced in September. It now can be expected that the terms will be released by December or the beginning of 2016, at the best. This will push the assignation of contracts to the next summer."
Energy companies with projects in the Gulf of Mexico are likely candidates in the bidding process; those include the major oil explorers ExxonMobil (XOM), BP (BP), Chevron (CVX) as well as Murphy Oil (MUR) and Colombia's Ecopetrol (EC). And pipeline giant Kinder Morgan (KMI) could eventually benefit from more Mexican crude flowing through its pipes straddling the U.S.-Mexico border.
See the June Barron's column, "Mexican President to Reopen Oil Fields to Foreigners" (Subscription required.)
New export orders boosted an increase in Mexico's manufacturing PMI for July.
The Markit Mexico manufacturing PMI rose to 52.9 in July from 52 in June, reports Bill Adams, senior international economist at PNC Financial Services Group. He adds:
"While manufacturing is a bright spot for Mexico in 2015, it is not enough to offset the drag from government spending cuts and low oil prices. Solid manufacturing growth should help Mexican real GDP growth stay above 2.0 percent in 2015 and 2016. But a stronger growth contribution from construction and an end to the energy sector's contraction would be needed for Mexican real GDP growth to return to its 3.5-4.5 percent potential rate."
Shares of Grupo Bimbo (GRBMF), one of the world's largest breadmakers, are up 4.4% today, leading Mexico's gainers. Wal-Mart de Mexico (WMMVY) is up 0.3%. But a number of names are lower, including Cemex (CX), down nearly 2%; Empresas ICA (ICA), down 1.6%. The iShares MSCI Mexico Capped exhange-traded fund (EWW) is down 0.4%.
See our post, "Citi: Bimbo Is A Smart Buy."
It is time to hang up on America Movil (AMX).
That's the opinion of J.P. Morgan analysts Andre Baggio. He downgraded the U.S.-listed shares of the Mexican telecom company to underperform and cut his price target by $3 a share to $17.50, arguing that foreign exchange remains unfavorable and predicting margin decline in Mexico amid competition from AT&T (T).
"We expect AT&T to be a tough competitor in Mexico, given its plan to cover almost the whole population with a 4G network, backed by a $3 billion investment (more than twice capex intensity vs TEF Mx). Moreover, the regulatory environment should help AT&T. We expect the bulk of the impact from AT&T from 4Q16 onwards."
How much of an impact? J.P. Morgan's Baggio sees a 16% drop in EBITDA generated in Mexico frbetween2014 and 2017, vs the 6% previously modeled. He cut 2017 EBITDA by 3% and EPADS by 10%.
Opinions on America Movil, however, are mixed. Yesterday, following second-quarter financial results, Macquarie Research reiterated its outperform rating but cut its 12-month price target to $23 from $24 citing difficulties in Brazil.
Also, see our posts, "Is Telecom America Movil, Sin Fronteras, A Loser?" and "Brazil Currency May Hit New Low."
For Cemex (CX), the weak Mexican peso, the strong dollar and lousy weather were factors in weaker-than-expected results.
But shares in the cement and aggregates producer are faring well today, thanks to strong pricing and an outlook that's stable as the U.S. economy — a big factor for the Mexican company — improves. Analysts from Sterne Agee and Citi weigh in, and they see big upside for the stock.
For telecom America Movil (AMX), Mexican reforms hurting market share, plus weak Latin American currencies and moderating consumer spending in Brazil are making for a weak near-term outlook.
Following America Movil second-quarter earnings results, Macquarie Research reiterated its outperform rating on the stock. But with "a macro rebound in Brazil … hard to visualize in the near term" and new lows in the Brazilian real, Macquarie lowered its 12-month price target to $23 from $24. That implies upside of about 14%.
America Movil shares are down nearly 1% today to $20.24 in U.S. trading. The iShares MSCI Mexico Capped ETF (EWW) is up 0.3%, while the iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF (EWZ) is up 0.7%.
Macquarie Analysts Kevin Smithen and Will Clayton write:
"Despite very strong execution in Mexico, the expected Ebitda [earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization] diversification efforts into Brazil and Europe have not materialized as quickly as we would have hoped, for a variety of reasons. Nevertheless, we expect Mexico and Brazil y/y comps to begin to ease in 2016 and see good value in AMX shares for the patient value investor.
Impact: [American Movil has a] 12-18-month window to complete additional deals in Europe, Brazil or LatAm cable assets before the AT&T (T) LTE network has enough coverage to impact market share. Based on our recent meetings with AT&T Mexico CEO Arroyo, we think it will take AT&T until the end of 2016 to get its network and distribution efforts up to par in Mexico. At that point, we think AT&T can double its current ~8% market share. In other words, we think AMX is aggressively looking to deploy capital abroad before Mexico Ebitda faces additional pressures."
See our post, "Is Telecom America Movil, Sin Fronteras, A Loser?" and "Brazil Currency May Hit New Low."
Earnings for Mexico-based telecom America Movil continue to be weighed down by pressure to reduce its market share and the loss of long-distance revenue.
Shares of America Movil (AMX) are down 0.1% to $20.32 in U.S. trading today. RBC sees little upside: it has an Underperform rating on the stock and a $20 price target. The Mexican telecom controlled by billionaire Carlos Slim said last week challenged U.S. carrier AT&T (T) by offering free roaming to Mexicans in the United States. It also said it will also invest $6 billion in Mexico network, Reuters reports.
RBC telecommunications analysts Jonathan Dann, Gonzalo Fernandez Dionis, San Dhillon and Michael Bishop note that America Movil trades with a multiple of enterprise value to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) of 6.2 times, which is the high end of Latin American peers. RBC's take on the latest results:
"Mexican revenues fell 2% helped by strong equipment sales in wireless. Service revenues across mobile and fixed fell by 8.5% and 6.3% respectively reflecting regulatory price pressures. Interestingly, despite pressure to reduce market share below 50%, America Movil continues to grow contract and prepaid mobile customers, and add DSL customers.
Brazilian margins improved to 27.4% offsetting a broad top line slow down. Wireless service revenues at +0.2% will likely mean that America Movil mobile delivers second strongest performance in Brazil behind Vivo/Telefonica, but ahead of Brazil telecoms TIM Participacoes (TSU) and Oi (OIBR)."
Issues discussed in the second quarter conference call, again from RBC:
Some headlines in emerging markets on a day in which the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) rose 0.25%:
Brazil and Mexico currencies gained in reaction to an unexpected drop in U.S. retail sales, a negative for the U.S. economy that could signal a delay in the rise of U.S. interest rates. Reuters quotes a currency trader in Sao Paulo who said the Federal Reserve emphasized it will "look at data" before deciding on when to raise interest rates. See "Brazil, Mexico Currencies Firm On U.S. Retail Data."
The iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF(EWZ) was up 0.3% but was down by as much after hours. Among Brazil companies, telecom Oi (OIBR) rose nearly 5.8%, while Mexico's Wal-Mart de Mexico (WMMVY) rose 3.8%. Mexico beverage giant Coca-Cola Femsa (KOF) was flat despite a Barclays upgrade. See "Barclays Upgrade: Drink Up Mexico's Coca-Cola Femsa."
As for Greece, Moody's thinks chances are slim that "cash placed outside the banking system [will] be deposited back into bank accounts. As a result, we expect that Greek banks' dependence on Emergency Liquidity Assistance [from the European Central Bank] is unlikely to reduce in any significant way this year" and will be more than 15% of total assets." Moody's also expects Greek banks' non-performing loan (NPL) ratio to increase to as much as 45% from 35% of all outstanding loans in December 2014. "Given that current provisioning levels are weak – provisions only covered around 60% of NPLs as of December 2014 – higher provisioning charges will raise solvency issues." As some of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' party abandon him before the key vote due Wednesday on the third bailout proposal from creditors, the Global X FTSE Greece 20 ETF (GREK) fell nearly 9% Tuesday, and shares of the National Bank of Greece (NBG) fell 5%.
Barclays upgraded Coca-Cola Femsa (KOF) Tuesday, saying it has the best risk profile among Latin American beverage in part because the worst may be over for the weak Venezuela currency.
Analysts Benjamin M. Theurer and Antonio Hernandez also reiterated the firm's overweight weighting on Fomento Economico Mexicano (FMX), which also produces and sells Coke products, and Gruma (GMK), which produces and sells corn flour, wheat flour, tortillas and related products. But they recommend "staying on the sidelines" with an equal weight ratings on AmBev (ABEV), Arca Continental (EMBVF), Grupo Bimbo (GRBMF ) and Grupo Lala (LALAB.Mexico). Of so-called "Femsa," which they upgraded to Overweight from Equal weight, they write:
"The worst seems to be over: The most relevant negative risks in our opinion are: 1) the depreciation of VBF (Venezuelan currency), 2) introduction of excise taxes in Mexico, and 3) adverse foreign exchange conditions in its operating countries, all of which have materialized. Consequently, we turn more optimistic on KOF given the potential in several of its strategies – increasing transactions, point-of-sale execution reinforcement, and portfolio strategies – which we believe should ultimately support profitability and growth, while in our view the market has yet to acknowledge that the company is actually very well positioned to maximize shareholder value through those initiatives.
They also like Gruma:
"Its revenue growth has benefited significantly from stronger U.S. dollar-denominated sales, which should become even more apparent in the second
quarter given the continuing depreciation of the MXN against the U.S. dollar."
Barron's subscribers can read this reporter's September 2014 column on Mexican dairy giant Lala: "Boarding Mexico's Milk Truck," (subscription required). In dollar terms, the stock is down 18% over 12 months, but so far this year, the stock is up 14%.
Emerging markets have been synonymous with growth, but the outlook for individual nations is constantly changing. Countries from Brazil and Russia to Turkey face challenges including infrastructure bottlenecks, credit issues and political shifts. Barrons.com's Emerging Markets Daily blog analyzes news, data and research out of emerging markets beyond Asia to help readers navigate the investment landscape.
Barron's veteran Dimitra DeFotis has been blogging about emerging market investing since traveling to India and Turkey. Based in New York, she previously wrote for Barron's about U.S. equity investing, including cover stories and roundtables on energy themes. Dimitra was among the first digital journalists at the Chicago Tribune and started her career as a police reporter at the Daily Herald in the Chicago suburbs. Dimitra holds degrees from the University of Illinois and Columbia University, where she was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in the business and journalism schools. She studies multiple languages and photography.
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We recently spent two nights at the Fairfax Hilton Garden Inn while attending a nearby family wedding.
On the plus side: our room was squeaky clean with standard, comfortable furnishings. In addition to a coffee maker, there was a microwave and a small fridge which would make storing and heating take out, etc a convenience.
We used Hilton HHonors membership points towards a free, cooked to order breakfast for two each day. The normal cost of the breakfast buffet is $10.95 per person and is a fairly good value at that price. Food was fresh and tasty with a large range of choices. The morning staff in the restaurant were more than pleasant and efficient as were all staff we encountered.
The hotel is really handy to Dulles airport which is within a 20 minute drive when the traffic is light.
On the negative side: this hotel has several large function rooms and seems to do a booming business hosting all sorts of events. Our room (#203) was located directly above the entrance courtyard to the function area as are many of the hotel's rooms. On our first night (friday) we noticed a large gathering of fairly mature adults partying away. When their function ended at around 11 pm, several of the group gathered on the benches in the courtyard and proceeded to scream and yell and laugh like crazy - this went on until at least 1:40 am. We like to sleep in a cold room and so cranked up the a/c to drown out the commotion. As the unit turned itself off when it periodically reached the desired temperature, we would awaken once again to the shrieking and hollering. I suppose we should have called the front desk and made a fuss but felt that would only add to an already uncomfortable situation.
On Saturday night, a large wedding was held in the same space. We clearly heard the thumping music which didn't particularly bother us while we were still awake and nervously waited for more nonsense from noisy revelers. We were pleasantly surprised when, at the stroke of 11pm, the music stopped and the guests quietly left the hotel. The rest of the night was silent.
So perhaps the function rooms aren't always a big problem, but I would strongly suggest that early to bed folk or light sleepers request a room on the opposite side of the building from the function area.
Despite the noise issue, we enjoyed our stay. We felt it was a good value and the friendly, courteous staff made up for the rudeness of a few party animals!


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There are some highly valuable things you can do to maximize the value of your email marketing efforts: Determine your end goals, define your important metrics, and optimize continuously.
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