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SAP BW/4HANA and the "BExit" Strategy
On June 23 2016, the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. This unexpected referendum result – commonly referred to as Brexit – came as a surprise to many observers across the Channel. Thankfully, the decision not to support SAP Business Explorer (BEx) in SAP BW/4HANA —let's call it the SAP BEx-it strategy!—didn't come as such a surprise to long-time SAP Business Warehouse (BW) users.
These users are indeed familiar with the SAP product strategy which focuses on SAP BusinessObjects Analytics as the strategic go-forward business intelligence (BI) and analytics front-ends for SAP BW. While SAP Business Explorer had been the preferred SAP BW front-end for a long time in the past, the focus on SAP BusinessObjects Analytics has been public for a decade – since SAP completed the acquisition of Business Objects back in 2008 – and not to support SAP Business Explorer in SAP BW/4HANA (BW/4) simply shows continuity of this product strategy.
Good bye SAP Business Explorer
The backbone of this product strategy has focused on providing BW users with a premium BI and analytics experience addressing commonly accepted limitations in the suite of SAP Business Explorer tools. One of the key challenges that SAP Business Explorer users have expressed relates to a dated user interface that is now far from meeting end user's expectations for a modern experience. This user interface has barely evolved in the last decade under the SAP standard support and maintenance terms and conditions applied to SAP Business Explorer . Another key challenge that SAP Business Explorer users have faced is the lack of support for new use scenarios such as mobility and modern BI with self-service data discovery.
When you consider that SAP BW/4HANA aims to deliver a modern user experience for all users, it becomes very clear that SAP Business Explorer is no longer your best bet.
Enter SAP BusinessObjects Analytics
SAP BusinessObjects Analytics solutions provide the full spectrum of modern BI and analytics capabilities that SAP BW/4HANA users need, including reporting, dashboarding, and self-service data discovery, as well as budgeting and planning, and predictive analytics. SAP BusinessObjects Analytics integrate natively with SAP BW/4HANA to support all specific features and advanced capabilities of SAP BW/4HANA through optimized and high performance interfaces and protocols. They enable users to easily combine SAP BW/4 data with other SAP and non-SAP applications and data sources and they are available for both on-premise and cloud deployments. Unlike 3rd-party front-ends which require extracting data from SAP BW/4HANA to consume it in the best way, SAP BusinessObjects Analytics connect directly to SAP BW/4HANA – and therefore don't require SAP Open Hub.
So, should you still use SAP Business Explorer today, it's a straightforward recommendation to transition to BusinessObjects Analytics without further ado. You will amplify the value you'll get from SAP BW/4HANA ultimately.
Transition without Disruption
The many BW users who have adopted SAP BusinessObjects Analytics already confirm that SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for Microsoft Office, SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio and SAP BusinessObjects Lumira (as of release 2.0) work with their existing SAP Business Explorer queries enabling a smooth transition without disruption from SAP Business Explorer analyzer, web analyzer, and web application designer.
So, SAP recommends SAP Business Explorer users to continue starting there to maximize investment protection and business continuity with front-ends which support the same use cases as SAP Business Explorer tools. Furthermore, SAP Business Explorer queries are backend objects not impacted when transitioning to BW/4, so they continue to work as BW queries in SAP BW/4HANA and remain available for consumption with SAP BusinessObjects Analytics.
Moving Forward
While SAP BusinessObjects Analysis for Microsoft Office, SAP Design Studio and SAP BusinessObjects Lumira (as of release 2.0) make the perfect start for historical SAP Business Explorer users, they can be seen as the beginning of a new modern era where massive user adoption becomes a reality and use cases that weren't in reach before with SAP Business Explorer are now mainstream.
Consider the following:
- SAP BusinessObjects Roambi delivers stunning visualization of SAP BW/4HANA content on your preferred mobile devices
- SAP BusinessObjects Lumira enables self-service data discovery of SAP BW/4 in standalone or with the SAP BusinessObjects BI platform to scale trusted data discovery to the enterprise
- SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation combines planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial consolidation in a single application that will be available for SAP BW/4HANA very soon
- SAP BusinessObjects Predictive Analytics automates building and deploying high-performance predictive models online with BW/4
- SAP BusinessObjects Cloud offers the flexibility of modern BI along with planning and predictive analytics all in one product delivered as software as a service in the public cloud with connection to cloud and on-premises data sources, including SAP BW/4HANA
All these options leverage strong and unique integration to SAP BW/4HANA; all very good reasons to keep moving forward on your path to modern data warehousing with SAP BW/4HANA and best-of-breed BI and analytics on top.
As a next step, you might like to read more about SAP BusinessObjects Analytics and SAP BW/4HANA with this comprehensive FAQ which sheds more light on the combined value of the end-to-end solution.
Are you prepared to embark on such a project? I'd be very interested in your perspective. We can continue the discussion here, by email, or on Twitter @taudas

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If you've developed a fondness for non-PC talk because of this season's loony Republican presidential campaign, then you may want to sample some stronger stuff than references to "small hands" and the genital-related horror that description implies. After all, if we're going to chuck political correctness and decorum into a blazing dumpster that's rolling at high speed towards a cliff's edge, why not go all the way?
In Bootycandy, now at convergence-continuum, playwright Robert O'Hara goes all the way —language-wise — and then doubles back and goes all the way again to make sure no nasty words and thoughts were left unspoken. And while there are some glitches in this balls-to-the-wall satire of some familiar cultural stereotypes, the ribald humor is often howlingly funny. The story is woven around a young black man named Sutter and his close relatives. We first meet him as a naïve youngster and then follow as he grows into a gay guy with some issues. The title of the play is explained in the first scene when Sutter, as a prepubescent and slightly effeminate child, is commanded by his mother to thoroughly wash his bootycandy (penis) before leaving the house. Otherwise, she adds ominously, it will fall off. Fully equipped with sexual misinformation, as most of us were in our early years, Sutter grows scene-by-scene into manhood. Along the way, other seemingly disconnected scenes are sprinkled in until, at the conclusion of Act 1, a meta-theatrical scene in a conference setting ties them all together quite tidily.
Those free-floating scenes include a preacher who is lamenting a letter he received from his church's governing body about reports of gay activity in the boys' choir. As the pastor, Michael May is flat-out hilarious, using his booming voice to maintain vocal control of his flock even as he reveals his under-the-robe secrets: red heels, make-up and a sexy strapless number. In another, assorted women on phones bat around the news that a pregnant relative/friend is planning on naming her daughter Genitalia. This news is not conveyed with any delicacy since one woman screams to another: "She's gonna name her baby Vagina!"
It's no secret that some African-Americans have a fondness for conjuring up unusual names for their kids. And indeed, the stereotypes about blacks, whites and gays flow freely in this show, and there is precious little subtlety. So if you're a fan of the oblique double entendre and a sly Noel Coward bon mot, you've come to the wrong place. But if you're ready for grown-up Sutter and his brother-in-law to openly discuss what they'd like to do sexually to each other, in graphic detail (ie., "Will you eat out my ass?" "Sure!"), then this is the play for you.
But let's be clear: O'Hara has more talent than your average profanity-spewing cretin or certain presidential hopefuls. He's using crude language to bludgeon us into recognizing the societal fig leaves that hide our true feelings. And when O'Hara gets on a riff, as he does when Sutter's parents start fretting about their son's interest in Jackie Collins' novels and high-school musicals, it can be a laugh riot. "No more show-choir camp!" yells mom. Dad chimes in with suggestions like playing football and baseball. Then mom seconds his motion by warning her son, "You will have balls in your face!"
And indeed he will, as Sutter continues his gay journey that leads to violence and a tragic outcome. While there are some serious moments in the show, most of it is played for laughs and the talented cast usually delivers under Terrence Spivey's sure-handed and stylized direction. May is the standout, early on as the preacher and later as Suttter's grandmother who is isolated in a nursing home and only wants a big plate of baby back spare ribs. If it is true, as it notes in the program, that this is May's final stage performance, he could have hardly found a better swan song. He is sheer perfection throughout.
Also excellent is Wesley Allen, who plays Sutter through the transitions from an innocent young man to an experienced, street-toughened dude who seeks some sort of psychological revenge for earlier abuse. Playing all the white characters, Nate Miller has a number of fine moments and he even goes full frontal as a troubled fellow named Clint. Holding down (some) of the female roles are India Nicole Burton and Rochelle Jones, and they hit their high point in a sly bit featuring lesbians who are having a non-commitment ceremony, declaring their hatred for each other with smiles on their faces. Funny as it is, that scene drags on too long, as do a couple others. And a second meta-sequence in the second act, where the stage manager intercedes, is just confusing. But when you're laughing this long and hard at an unrestrained avalanche of profanity, crudity and sly wit, who the fuck cares?
BootycandyThrough April 16, by Convergence-Continuum at The Liminis, 2438 Scranton Rd., 216-687-0074, convergence-continuum.org


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Producers of the next Ethan Hawke movie have started selling shares in the film over the Internet, a method of financing believed to be the first public offering for a stake in an individual film.
The shares are going for $8.75 each, with a minimum order of 100 shares for $875 available to investors. Civilian Capital, an affiliate of the film production company that is underwriting the offering, said it expects to sell 900,000 shares in the film, raising a relatively modest $7.2 million after deducting the costs of the offering.
The producers plan to use the proceeds to produce the movie "Billy Dead" next year. The independent film will be a murder mystery based on a 1998 book by Lisa Reardon.
Normally shares in independent films are offered privately to wealthy investors or film companies rather than offered to the public. Big films from major studios can run above $100 million to produce. (Click here for information on shares in the movie).
While the market for initial public offerings (IPOs) has been improving in recent months, the overall number of offerings is still behind year-ago levels.
According to Renaissance Capital, a research firm that tracks IPOs, there have been 42 initial public offerings as of Monday, versus 70 in all of 2002. Those offerings are for shares that are listed on major exchanges, not sold directly on Web sites like this one.
The Securities and Exchange Commission approved the film's offering last week. Civilian Capital President Barry Poltermann said the company has sold about $50,000 in shares so far, with the average investment about $2,500 per investor. It has more orders pending, though, with about 8,000 people having downloaded its offering prospectus so far.
The company has not yet been cleared to sell shares to residents of 13 states, and there are restrictions in some other states, including a minimum net worth for prospective buyers. Poltermann said the company is restricting investors to shares that equal no more than 10 percent of their liquid assets.
"We're trying to make sure that the glamor of the movie business doesn't overwhelm people's judgment," he told CNN/Money. "This should be only a small percentage of a portfolio, for people interested in a speculative investment."
Poltermann said the firm is looking into another IPO for a group of three films to be financed together, but details of that offering won't be released until the current project is completely financed.
The company's prospectus says box office proceeds are to be used first to reimburse shareholders for their original investment. After that, investors will get half the additional revenue, with some actors and creative talent splitting the rest with the film's producers, including Hawke.
Paul Dergarabedian, president of box office tracker Exhibitor Relations Co., said that some breakout independent hits such as "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and "The Blair Witch Project," were among the most profitable films of all time, due to their low costs and big revenue streams, including video as well as box office sales.
But most independent films are not money makers for their investors, he added.
"Out of 400 or 450 movies released every year, maybe 300 are independent films," Dergarabedian said in July, when plans for the IPO were first announced. "The only ones you hear about are the breakouts. They don't all make money. Most don't, even if they only have a $1 million budget. If you break even you're doing great."


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Picture: Kerry Katona, The National Reality Television Awards 2011 held at the O2 centre - Afterparty London, England - 06.07.11
Kerry Katona, the British reality star and former member of girl band Atomic Kitten, got her teeth whitened on Tuesday (16th August 2011) in preparation for her appearance on Celebrity Big Brother.
According to the Surrey Herald, the former winner of 'I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here' visited the Portmore Dental Office in Monument Hills for a whitening procedure and some fillings. Although the identity of Big Brother contestants is supposed to be kept under wraps until launch night, Katona spoke openly about entering the house, saying, "I am both nervous and excited about going into the Big Brother house. But knowing I have nice, white teeth that I can dazzle the audience with will boost my confidence". The reality star has undertaken a gruelling body makeover routine in recent weeks, losing almost a stone in weight before the hit show begins on Thursday (18th August 2011). Kerry praised the work of dentists Johann Styger and Eben Van Der Walt for finishing off her makeover, saying, "I've been to boot camp and got myself into great shape and with the help of Johann and Eben my teeth are looking great too. I am ready to give it my best shot."
Kerry Katona is reportedly being joined by 'The Only Way is Essex' star Amy Childs, and former American model Pamela Anderson in the famous house.


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The world of social networking is constantly changing. Several years ago, marketers flocked to MySpace. Then, they started using Facebook and Twitter. Now, there's a new social networking site in the mix. It's called Pinterest and it's quickly becoming one of the most popular websites online.
What is Pinterest?
Pinterest is an online pin board. Basically, people can pin pictures that they want to share with others on Pinterest. If someone clicks on a picture, he will be redirected to the site that hosts the image. For example, if you pin an image from anthonymorrisonblog.com and someone clicks on it, the user will be redirected to my website.
Along with that, people can re-pin or "Like" images. This will allow those images to reach a broader audience. For instance, if you pin a picture of one of your products and someone chooses to re-pin it, that picture will become available to that user's friends. Thus, you'll get some extra exposure.
Pin Boards
Pinterest doesn't just allow users to upload pictures. The site also allows people to organize those pictures with pin boards. Users can create pin boards for different categories, and then pin the images accordingly. This can really help marketers move products and get their message out to the masses.
While you can create any pin board or pin boards that you want, I recommend that you create pin boards for:
- Your products
- Testimonials
- Customers
- Special offers
Let's look at how you could use each of these pin boards.
Product Pin Board
This pin board would contain pictures of the different products you sell. You won't be able to use sales language, but people can still browse through the products and see if there's anything they want.
Testimonial Pin Board
A testimonial pin board will help you build trust with your audience. It's important to note that you can't use written testimonials, since Pinterest is an image site. That means you'll have to get a little creative. You could have users submit pictures of them using your products, or you could have users take pictures of themselves while they hold up a sign talking about the benefits of your products. If you don't have any pictures like that, consider running a contest on your Facebook page. Have users submit pictures, and then add them to your pin board. You'll have lots of pictures in no time, and those pictures will help you market your products.
Customers Pin board
A customer generated pin board is also a good idea. You can allow other people to pin images to this pin board. Then, you can have your customers upload their favorite images. They can be related to your products, or just your niche. Either way, it will engage your followers and encourage interaction.
Special Offers Pin board
Finally, you can create a pin board full of your discounts, deals or special offers. There are a couple of ways you can do this. One, you can create image ads or banners on your website, and then pin them to Pinterest. Two, you can create a QR Code that contains the special deal. QR Codes are similar to bar codes, but they were created for the online world. Anyone can make them, and like a bar code, they store information. Users can download a free application for their smart phones and then scan the QR code. Once scanned, the code will display the special offer or any other information the marketer included.
You can create QR codes for free online. Simply Google "QR Code generator," pick a site and create your code.
As you can see, Pinterest provides marketers with a lot of opportunities. The site can help you reach a broader audience, engage potential customers, and increase your sales.
Be sure to check out my special report about marketing Commission Junction products with Pinterest. The report includes information that isn't readily available online, and is essential if you want to use the online pin board to market affiliate products.
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Shares of Travelers and Boeing are trading lower Monday afternoon, propelling the Dow Jones Industrial Average selloff. The Dow /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA -0.31% was most recently trading 313 points lower (-1.1%), as shares of Travelers /zigman2/quotes/206313935/composite TRV -0.46% and Boeing /zigman2/quotes/208579720/composite BA -1.12% are contributing to the blue-chip gauge's intraday decline. Travelers's shares are down $5.30 (3.4%) while those of Boeing are off $3.66, or 2.8%, combining for an approximately 59-point drag on the Dow. Other components contributing significantly to the decline include Goldman Sachs /zigman2/quotes/209237603/composite GS -0.71% , Verizon Communications Inc. /zigman2/quotes/204980236/composite VZ -0.03% , and JPMorgan Chase /zigman2/quotes/205971034/composite JPM -0.96% . A $1 move in any one of the 30 components of the Dow results in a 6.59-point swing.
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Lyrics:I've Been Seeing Things
|I've Been Seeing Things
|By: They Might Be Giants
|Year: 2018
I've been seeing things I've been seeing things Don't have answers But I've got lots of questions
Car pulls up Someone gets out Hands someone else a violin case I'm trying not to let them see me looking at them But I'm pretty sure there was a doll inside
Keep your eyes peeled and you'll see stuff Which at first seems like unimportant irrelevant things Can't just ask some perfect stranger "What are you hiding in your violin case?" Shadow them at a distance instead Try to get inside their head
Where'd they go now? (Where'd they go now?) I got distracted (I got distracted) They gave me the slip (They gave me the slip) Wearing a disguise (Wearing a disguise)
That lady (That lady) Must've ditched the case (Must've ditched the case) Hid the doll (Hid the doll) What's she up to now? (What's she up to now?)
Trail went cold by the airport road Watching them stack containers in rows Seagulls, helicopter, windblown trash Something doesn't add up
I've been seeing things I've been seeing things No one asked But I'm paying all kinds of attention
Later I'm watching the news report Camera pans across a crime scene Unremarked upon detail Empty violin case
Okay, maybe not the same case Different material, different color Still, you have to wonder Am I the only one who knows?
I've been seeing things I've been seeing things I've been seeing things I've been seeing things


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There are almost infinitely different training programs and ways to split training plans - that is, to divide them into different muscle groups. You quickly get lost in all the offers and it is not always easy to decide which training form makes the most sense for you personally at the moment. To find out, you first have to be clear about your goals and realistically assess external circumstances such as time management and motivation.
The right training plan is primarily determined by your goal
The first thing you should always ask yourself is what goals you want to achieve with your training. Is it mainly about losing weight or body fat? Do you mainly want to build up a lot of muscle mass? Do you want to get stronger for a specific sport? Is the goal to get rid of physical complaints like back or knee pain or to prevent them with strength training?
As soon as you have clearly answered this question for yourself, you have to decide how much time you want to spend on training. Is it one to two times a week, three to four times or rather five to six times? You should think realistically and, especially if you are new to strength training, don't go too high. In the end, it doesn't lead to anything to wish you were in the gym four times a week, when in the end you only manage it once or twice because other priorities call. If these two questions are clearly answered, it is also possible to decide which kind of training program is useful. In this blog post and the following article the two goals Fatloss or colloquially losing weight and building muscle are described. If smartly pursued, these go hand in hand with the goal of health and performance.
In the end, the training frequency determines whether you train one or more training plans in the same training phase, i.e. whether you split your training. The goal determines in which form the split occurs and which training methods are used.
What exactly does a split training plan mean?
Within one training phase, you have the possibility to train the entire phase with the same training plan, or to run two to even six different plans. So you split the exercises so that you have a lower body and an upper body day, for example. More examples follow further down in the text. The system or training method should remain the same during a training phase. For example the repetition range, the total time in which the muscles are under tension, but also break times and number of sets should be the same. So within the splitting it is only about doing different exercises on different days, so that the respective muscle group can regenerate longer. If there is strength training more than twice a week, it makes sense to split.
For how long should one plan be trained?
For maximum progress in training, you should change your training program every three to four weeks. The body adapts during this time, so that it is difficult or impossible to improve afterwards. Variation is the key to success, a good coach can often quickly recognize what limits you to improve in a basic exercise and thus choose the right exercises for the next training phase. It is therefore better to leave a training plan to a professional with expert knowledge. Furthermore, the nervous system needs new stimuli and the metabolism sometimes needs to recover from a training phase of high volume or intensity.
Target fat loss: What is the best training plan for losing weight?
First of all, it must be emphasized that the basis is always nutrition, especially when it comes to aesthetic goals. An important point here is your breakfast.
From a purely training point of view, two things in particular should be strongly focused when it comes primarily to body fat reduction: volume and global training stimulus:
There are different definitions of volume within a training session. Here in the article is thus the total time during which the target muscles are under active tension. Accordingly, it is calculated by the total number of exercise sets, repetitions per set and the exercise speed. The volume should be kept relatively high. One way to achieve this is through the number of repetitions. For example, 10-12 or 12-15 repetitions are suitable. Especially beginners should have a controlled tempo; four seconds of letting go of the weight and then moving rather quickly in the other direction (push/pull) is a sensible tempo.
By global training stimulus is meant that the largest possible muscle groups and above all the entire body must work during the unit. This sets a very metabolic stimulus, which causes the body to switch to fat burning. For fatloss training plans, therefore, whole body plans are most suitable. For example, two exercises alternately, one for the upper and one for the lower body, is a way to work globally. So the first exercise could be a deep knee bend with 12 repetitions alternating with 12 repetitions bench press. In between each one minute break will be enough, because the respective body part can regenerate during the other exercise. Women tend to cope better with shorter breaks and higher volume.
How should you split a whole body plan?
If someone who primarily wants to lose weight should train more than twice a week, then - as already described above - more than one training plan per training phase should be used. However, since the global stimulus should still be maintained, the body parts must be divided up differently. There are of course different systems, such as push and pull days, the possibility suggested here would be that one plan focuses more on the front thighs and upper back and chest, while the second full body plan integrates more the back of the legs, bottom, lower back and arms. Of course, certain muscle groups are still recruited in both plans, but often rather for stabilization. Abs, i.e. the abdominal muscles, can theoretically always be trained as well, as they have different functions than, for example, the biceps.
More than a two split of a full body plan is not so useful, so in the Fatloss program you should rather stick to four strength training sessions anyway. Someone more advanced, however, could also do functional conditioning training, for example in interval form. Cyclical cardio like running for hours is less recommendable, as this sets hormonal stimuli that have a counterproductive effect, especially for already stressed persons. For example, the cortisol level, i.e. stress hormone levels, is thus raised too long and constantly, which leads to more fat being stored in the abdomen and hips. In fact, appearances are often deceptive here, because many people think that if they lose a few kilos on the scales because they have been on a crosstrainer or treadmill regularly, they have actually lost body fat. Most of the time, however, a large part of it is musculature, which makes the bottom and legs look flabby and the tummy still remains.
Example plan training plan body fat reduction 1-2x training per week
Two exercises are always done alternately, the respective letters belong together accordingly.
Between the exercises there is a break of 60 seconds. The aim is to increase the repetitions or the weight in each training unit.
Always do 3 sets of 10-12 repetitions from all exercises. If only 10 repetitions are done with the respective weight, the next training session will not increase the weight but aim for 12 repetitions.
This is only an example program, which in practice should in any case be individually adapted to various factors. Mobility (active flexibility), strength, stability, given If weaknesses or pain points should always be considered.
A1 – Deep squats
A2 – Lat pull, shoulderwide
B1 – 45⁰ Backextension
B2 – 35⁰ Dumbbell Bench Press
C1 – Rowing to the belly
C2 – Lunges (6-8 repetitions per leg)
D1 – Planks: hold for 45 seconds (instead of 12 repetitions)
D2 – Sit Ups


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Special attention has been given to the renovation of what was the home and workshop of Suzanne Valadon and her son Maurice Utrillo. Here a view from the outside and from the stairs…
The Montmartre Museum - again
Special attention has been given to the renovation of what was the home and workshop of Suzanne Valadon and her son Maurice Utrillo. Here a view from the outside and from the stairs…
7 comments:
- Kate said...
Certainly a gem of a museum. So much history!!
- 3 November 2014 at 01:58
- Studio at the Farm said...
What a fascinating, well-researched post. The museum is wonderful, so beautifully re-created. And Suzanne sounds like she was quite a woman! :)
Thank you for an excellent post, Peter!
- 3 November 2014 at 05:06
- Alain said...
Un peintre montmartrois, né à Montmartre, ce n'est pas si fréquent. Combien d'Utrillo parmi les peintres de la place du Tertre ?
- 3 November 2014 at 07:15
- Synne said...
Yay, I love this area, and I had such a great time when we walked together and you showed me some of these places! I never actually visited the Montmartre museum, I've only seen the outside, so I've got to explore the inside when I get the chance!
- 3 November 2014 at 14:55
Le Moulin de la Galette.......
The haunting ground of Valentin le désossé and La Goulue...
Love that painting of Aristide Bruant and his "lacre" foulard!
I love this area of Paris so much!
This post is so complete, so enchanting...delicious!
Thank you, Peter.
- 3 November 2014 at 19:08
- martinealison said...
Bonjour cher Peter,
L'atmosphère de ce billet est particulièrement touchant. J'aime beaucoup...
J'aime la sensibilité artistique des oeuvres de Suzanne Valadon...
Tu nous montres un musée captivant... Ce musée de Montmartre est une pure merveille, un écrin de talents...
Gros bisous ☂
- 4 November 2014 at 04:47
- Sara @ Simply Sara Travel said...
I've never been to this museum, but now I am intrigued to visit! Thanks for sharing, and for the inspiration :-)
- 6 November 2014 at 11:11


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Richmond Raceway Preview
StarCom Fiber & Cope Headed to Richmond to Race the Night
Mooresville, NC (Wednesday, September 6, 2017) – StarCom Fiber and Derrike Cope are back at it to race under the bright lights in Richmond Virginia for the Monster Energy Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway Saturday September 9th at 7:30PM ET. StarCom Fiber continues its partnership with Premium Motorsports at the .75-mile D-Shaped oval for 400 miles of excitement.
"StarCom is extremely excited for this weekend as we continue our sponsorship with Derrike Cope. There are no fans like NASCAR fans so we are eager to be on the ground at Richmond Raceway to engage with fans for the second annual Fan Appreciation Weekend at the track," Ashley-Marie Monica, Director of Client Relations.
StarCom Fiber, a telecommunications company based in New Jersey, services all of the Tri-State area and beyond. StarCom Fiber specializes in cable placement and network development as well as complete fiber optic splicing and testing. StarCom has a full-service engineering and CAD division and a management team whose dedication to customer satisfaction leads the industry.
"StarCom Fiber is once again thrilled to Partner up with Derrike Cope and Premium Motorsports" says Matthew Kohler President of StarCom Fiber. "To be in Richmond under the lights for the final push to the playoffs is an opportunity of a lifetime and a great stage for us to showcase our brand."
Race fans can learn more about StarCom Fiber by visiting www.StarComFiber.com for our company history and services offered as well as employment opportunities. Also, you can engage with StarCom on Facebook at www.facebook.com/StarComFiberLLC, Instagram: @StarComFiber, and Twitter: @starcomfiber
Contacts at StarCom Fiber, LLC
Ashley-Marie Monica
Director of Client Relations
[email protected]
Derrike Cope on RIR & StarCom Fiber, LLC
"A lot of eyes are on us this weekend at Richmond obviously because of the playoffs but we're really excited about having StarCom Fiber back on with us again. Great bunch of guys, fantastic company. I'm excited about improving on our last venture for them. We ran good at Darlington, hopefully we'll take what we learned there, go to Richmond and showcase their brand really well".
About Premium Motorsports:
Premium Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team fields the No.15 Toyota Camry and Chevrolet SS full-time and the No.55 Toyota Camry and Chevrolet SS in The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. In the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the team fields the No.49 Chevy Silverado.
The 'Pure Michigan 400' will take place on Sunday, August 13th at 3:00PM ET. Race fans can tune-in to NBCSN for race coverage and follow @premiummotorsports on Twitter for updates throughout the weekend.
Premium Motorsports is seeking partners for continued success on all levels. For more information regarding available partnerships, contact Stacey Carlson.
Premium Motorsports Contacts:
Stacey Carlson
Mobile: 216-337-4052
[email protected]
Jen Calandrillo
Public Relations
Office: 980-444-0208
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
The VNS is a pacemaker-like device that's implanted in the left part of my chest, under the skin. A wire will run up and wrap around the Vagus Nerve in my neck. A small amount of electricity will pulse from the device, through the wire and straight to my Vagus Nerve that, in turn, runs to my brain and effectively lowers or prevents my seizures.
I've read some about the device and there's really nothing but praise about what it can do. It's an out-patient procedure which it good or bad depending on the pain and recovery.
At this point, I'd do anything to lower the amount of entries in this blog.
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Vodka is a distilled alcoholic beverage made out of using water and ethanol with some flavorings. Vodka is made by the distillation of fermented food substances like grains, potatoes, fruits or sugar with alcoholic content of 40% by volume. The name vodka is derived from Slavic word voda meaning water interpreted as little water. According to history first production of vodka took place somewhere in Russia (formally known as USSR) in the late 9th century however few historians suggest that it was from Poland. The following are the brands of Vodka available in India, check it out.
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It was a fairly meh year, and I'm about 30 movie reviews behind. And I have no sense of what the Academy is up to. But I'll take a wild shot at this year's pix.
Month: February 2011
The Eagle
Almost 2,000 years ago, the Roman Ninth Legion vanished. Well, to be more accurate, the history of the Ninth Legion suddenly stops. Flash forward a couple of milennia, best guesses of the are that the Legion was defeated in the north of Britain, and the Romans (who were perhaps even more fond of historical revisionism than we are today) did a little damnatio memoriae and *poof*, the troop vanished.
So, it's another princess story from Disney. And why not? It's sort of what they do, and (for the most part) they do it pretty well. Granted, it was a little less wearing when Uncle Walt was doing one every ten years or so, then during the '90s when they turned out five of 'em (Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan), but still, there's nothing like stalwart heroes rescuing damsels in distress—and it doesn't hurt that they're not entirely helpless.
The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
I've always gotten the impression that the Narnia movies are somewhat fraught with production difficulties. The latest movie doesn't dispel that impression. After the disappointing box office of the last movie, Disney dropped out and left Fox to write the checks. (Whether or not it pays off is a matter of opinion, I guess: This film did worse box office than Prince Caspian, but it still grossed over $400M world-wide on a $220M budget. And it's Fox's first $100M hit in over a year.)


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Designing and building a beautiful web design requires an eye for detail and patience which can only be achieved with professional web design development. Now you no longer have to build a website yourself, but with the help of affordable web design services, those many small details that actually transform your website from just good to 'awesome' will not be overlooked. It is easy to miss the fine points that do not have much impact on the entire look and feel of the website but these minute elements add a tinge of professionalism.
Although web developers brush upon these elements as they proceed through the web design process, it is better to plan for these subtlest nuances beforehand as they weigh down on the quality of the final product.
Here is an insight into those elements that add to a beautiful web design:
Links are basic to every web page design and therefore the various states of a link should be considered by all web developers. The following states of links should be considered on every page:
Normal: Default state of a link that has not been clicked or hovered over.
Visited: A link that has not been clicked yet but has already been visited by the user previously.
Active: A link that is currently being clicked by the user.
Hover: A link state when the mouse is moved over it.
Moreover, link states have to be managed for different areas of the website. For instance, a dark copy against a light background and a contrasting color for the footer requires planning for link states.
Buttons are essential elements yet they are often overlooked. The three button states are as follows:
Default: This is the default button state that has yet to be clicked.
Hover: This is the state that appears when a mouse is hovered over the button.
Click: This is the state that appears when the user clicks the button.
All the buttons used throughout the website for either log-in forms, search fields or newsletter sign-up forms should have corresponding styles.
Forms require proper planning and consideration since they are connection points of converting your visitors into customers. When web developers design forms, they should consider the following:
Form label: Forms should clearly inform users what the form is about so that visitors are more comfortable in giving out the required information.
Input fields and labels: The input fields and the labels of the form should be styled and oriented appropriately.
Furthermore, the required fields should be properly marked usually with an asterisk. Real time validation should be enabled such as for incorrect email address format or password mismatch.
Status Messages
Website users should be provided feedback when they have performed a certain action on your website. For instance, when they have filled out a form and submitted, a notification such as "Your query has been submitted" should be displayed. Similarly, errors, warnings and confirmations should be communicated using color or icon changes.
When web designers plan these minute details ahead of time, they can have a website that is more valuable and of higher quality and at the same time reduce the cost of production.


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The Kodak No. 2 Folding Cartridge Hawkeye Model B 6×9 folding pocket camera (I think I'll just call it the Hawkeye from here on out) came to me from a tiny antique store in Rico, Colorado (bought along with the Agfa Ansco PB20 Viking). It is the opposite end of the spectrum, though — it's in near mint condition and works fantastically.
I paid $45 for it, which is comparable to examples I've been able to find on eBay.com, though none have been in quite the same condition.
It's a great camera to display, but I think it still might be a good camera to use as a working 6×9 snapshot. Of course it would need the bellows repaired or replaced to be a working camera, but the lens and shutter are in great shape, and the form factor is superbly portable. Operation is quick and easy, and 6×9 negatives are a great size.
So of course I had to try it out with a roll of 400TX. At least, once I figured out how to load it. In the end, it wasn't difficult — just a little unusual.
About the camera
Finding information about the (once more) Kodak No. 2 Folding Cartridge Hawkeye Model B wasn't east, because there were dozens of other No. 2s, Hawkeyes, Model Bs, Folding Cartridges, and so on. But here's what I learned:
It was manufactured from 1926 to 1934, and it originally sold for $20 (that was the top of Kodak's line in 1924; the next-most expensive camera they offered was only $8). That's about $270 in 2012 dollars, so it's not quite comparable to today's top cameras, but technology has come a long way. I found an ad (right) that advertised the first version of this Hawkeye, probably about 10 years earlier, for $8.
It features an Anastigmat Kodeye lens with a Kodex No. 0 shutter (marked "Shutter made in U.S.A. by Eastman-Kodak in Rochester, N.Y.") with options for Time (T), Bulb (B), 1/25 and 1/50 sec. The apertures on many examples I found were marked in the English system of 1-4 (some sources indicate those equated to f/4, f/5.6, f/8 and f/11), but mine is marked "U.S.-style" and has options for f/8, f/16, f/32 and f/64.
The camera takes 120 film, which saves me having to re-roll, so I'm all for that.
One of the most interesting things about the Hawkeye is the viewfinder, though. It's a square, with the four corners notched in (see diagram). To change the orientation, you turn the camera (sounds simple enough), but the same viewfinder, whose orientation changes, serves for both orientations. As you can see, the notched in corners provide two distinct rectangular areas with which to frame your shot. Brilliant.
The lens slides out on a rail after the door is opened and can be locked in one of three positions, corresponding to loose focus distances of 10 feet, 25 feet and infinity. These seem to be guidelines more than hard-and-fast rules. And as you'll see in a few future posts, eyeballing distance is something I need to keep working on.
About my example
My Hawkeye is in superb cosmetic shape. It shows just a tiny bit of wear on one or two corners in the leather, and all the metal is shiny and where it should be. No parts missing, either.
The lens is clear and shiny, hardly any dust in it all and no fungus or other nasties. The aperture moves smoothly and the blades appear to be oil-free. The shutter is responsive and sounds tight and accurate. The adjusters slide easily and smoothly. The winder winds easily and the frame counter window is still a nice, dark red and works to make the frames very accurately-spaced.
The embossing on the leather has lost a little visibility, as one would expect on a camera that has long been carried and used but always cared for. My guess is that this one was loved for a long time and found carefully packed away in an attic years later.
Aside from a little dust, the camera could almost have just been used. Even the leather handle is supple and sturdy, 85+ years later. The latch that keeps the lens compartment door closed rotates out to become the foot for the camera to stand on vertically, and the ornate brackets that lock the lens open are simply beautiful. The lens and bellows extend smoothly and lock positively in place.
And so, back to the bellows. I candled it in my light-proofed bathroom with a AA mini Maglite by removing the front housing to expose the bulb. Looking carefully, I noticed dozens of pinholes. Not too big, and mostly concentrated on one side of the bottom of the bellows as the camera stands up.
As with the Kodak Tourist II, I'll have to decide what to do about this if I want to use it further. I could try painting over the pinholes, but that might prevent closing the camera. Losing that portability would be a major drawback. I don't know, what do you think? There are many inexpensive examples of this and similar cameras from that era. Repairing one in a way that would damage its value as an antique wouldn't really hurt that much in the long run, I think. Tell me your thoughts in the comments.
As you can see from my test roll, the pinholes are definitely enough to make the camera nearly unusable as things stand. But the experience of making the pictures with it was wonderful.


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From outdoor parades celebrating special events to open air music festivals featuring world famous bands to local artists playing at a beachfront restaurant, Panama City Beach offers a year-round calendar of live music and entertainment the whole family will enjoy. Music lovers can take their pick of country music, rock and roll, smooth jazz or zydeco with the destination's action-packed lineup of music festivals including the PCB Mardi Gras & Music Festival, alternative rock SandJam Music Festival, Seabreeze Jazz Festival and the destination's beloved country music festival Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam. Visitors and locals can also gather for Panama City Beach's free summer concert series at the destination's newest and most manicured park, Aaron Bessant Park, taking place every Thursday night June through August.
Families and friends love bringing their blankets or lawn chairs and relaxing under the stars as they listen to great performances. Guests will also enjoy the variety of special event and holiday-themed parades that take place throughout Panama City Beach all year long such as the pirate parade at Pier Park for the Pirates of the High Seas Fest and the Jeep Beach Jam parade on the destination's sugar-white sands.


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My patterns are printed in a 8-page booklet, full-color, and fully illustrated. They have also been tech edited and are easy to use. In the photos you can see the sizes available within each pattern.
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The "Golden Wreath" Award, Macedonia's most prestigious literary prize, will be presented to Bei Dao 北島 at the 2015 annual Struga Poetry Evenings. He is the 50th winner of this international award for poetry. Previous winners include Mahmoud Darwish, W. H. Auden, Allen Ginsberg, Pablo Neruda, Eugenio Montale, Adonis, Yehuda Amichai, Seamus Heaney, Tomas Tranströmer, and Blaže Koneski.
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Dear child, you are precious to Me today, and every day. I formed you out of the earth. I knew of your existence before the foundation of the world and I have a plan for you.
I didn't say it would be easy. Otherwise, you would not appreciate it.
Today is a day of thanksgiving. Bless those around you. I am there with you, never forget. Never forget.
When you get tired and weary, think of Me. Come apart and bow your knee. I will fill you with great peace because of our communion together. My greatest joy is our communion together.
Now go in peace. I am walking beside you and I love you. You are precious to Me. I will not let you go.
Picture yourself as a small child walking along the beach holding the hand of a very large man. Your father. That is how I am with you. Just look up. I will smile down at you and keep you safe always. It's all about trust. I have in My hands the key to all your problems. I hear you and I know you. I will answer them all.
Just trust in Me. Only in Me. Throw your cares on the ground, at My feet. You will never regret it. And go, smile, and have a happy day, full of thanksgiving for all I have blessed you with!


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Exactly 1 year and 19 days ago, I married my best friend. To be honest, typing that makes me cringe a little – usually I'm the person that secretly judges other people for posting gushy love notes to/about their significant others online for everyone to see – but it's a true statement, and I stand by it (I never said I wasn't a hypocrite).
I love him, we survived a whole year of marriage, and the moment should be celebrated! Hence, this post with the gushy intro, the sticky-sweet recipe, and the giveaway (more on that later).
But, because I'm a benevolent blog-dictator, I'll spare you the spiel about how much we love each other (a whole bunch), and how Dan completes me (he does), and how even after almost 9 years together I sometimes look at him and can't believe that the boyishly handsome guy with the messy hair and ridiculous Seinfeld t-shirt is mine (he's pretty lucky too!). Instead, I'll tell you a little bit about our wedding. And then I'm gonna show you a kick-ass recipe and give you free stuff!
OK, so the wedding. It was outdoors, with lots of trees and flowers and chirping birds. I wore a floaty white gown that made me feel like a princess, Dan wore a summery gray suit and bright red tie that made him look super dashing. My bridesmaids were dressed in red chiffon, his groomsmen had on identical gray suits and red ties.
The ceremony, which was officiated by our friend Mikey, was short and sweet (20 minutes from start to finish). Poems were read. Vows were spoken (we wrote our own!). Rings were exchanged. Our moms cried. We kissed. 134 of our nearest and dearest clapped and cheered. We were married! Then there were lots of pictures and hugs. And eating. And drinking. Then speeches. More drinking! Cupcakes! Dancing! Dancing! Dancing! So much dancing! It was best time, y'all.
By the end of the night, our voices were hoarse from all the yelling and singing (it is impossible to not sing along to "Party in the USA"), our feet ached, our faces hurt from smiling all night, and we remembered exactly none of the conversations we had with anyone, but we were happy. Like, ridiculously happy. It didn't hurt that we were heading off to Jamaica for 2 weeks the next day…
Fast forward to now, and we've been married for a little over a year. Our thank you cards aren't done (but they're almost done!). My anniversary blog post is late (nobody is surprised). I am stressed out about both those things, but married life with Dan and the kitties has been great! Not entirely free of bumps (see e.g., recent heated argument about whether Gucci Mane's ice cream face tat makes him look stupid), but for the most part things have been smooth sailing.
Nothing has really changed in any major way (aside from my name – I'm hyphenated now!), since we were already living together and sharing expenses and all that jazz before the wedding. But we did finally get around to nesting a little bit – we furnished our home with actual furniture and decorations (no more bare walls!); we revamped the bathroom (thanks to Dan's parents); and we repainted everything (again, thanks to my incredible in-laws).
And, more of our weekends are spent doing married-couple things like hosting football-watching parties and spending all day on the couch in our pj's watching too much TV and going on double-dates to local wineries (hi, Amy) and inviting people over for dinner parties and renting river-side cabins with other couples. It's kinda really great.
And speaking of things that are really great, that brings me to today's recipe, which was made possible by my super amazing, greatest-ever bridesmaids, who chipped in and bought me a standmixer as a wedding gift. A standmixer! Which I, like millions of other females/home cooks around the world, had lusted after since I discovered their existence (probably on a Food Network show)!
And it's red! So, you know, my life is now complete.
Naturally, I would have been (and was) happy with just the standmixer, but my girls, being the wonderful people that they are, also gave me an old school-style recipe box filled with handwritten notes and some of their favorite recipes. BBQ sauce, crab dip, cake balls, pumpkin bread…all of which sound delicious, and would be perfect for breaking in my new kitchen baby (FYI, her name is Bessie)!
Slacker that I am, I never actually got around to making any of those recipes until recently, when I realized it had been a whole year since our wedding. Then I was all "holy crap, where did the time go?" Followed by "sh**, I should probably do an anniversary post soon" and "omgaw, what the hell am I going to make????"
When cooler minds finally prevailed (i.e., I asked my friend Sarah for advice), I realized that I had an entire box full of awesome recipes to choose from for the anniversary post. And, what more appropriate way to celebrate one year of marriage than to make one of the recipes gifted to us at our wedding?
After some agonizing, I finally settled on my friend Charlene's recipe for Flour Bakery's famous sticky buns, (1) because I'd been dying to try these buns for years but never had a chance to check out the bakery, and (2) I wanted to make something extra special (read: super complicated/involved) in honor of the occasion.
As it turns out, these buns were kind of the perfect metaphor for marriage…the recipe was very hands on, time-intensive (seriously y'all, I started at 8:30am and finished at 7:30pm), a little bit sticky/messy, occasionally frustrating but generally fun/gratifying to watch develop, and so sweet and amazing and worth all the effort in the end.
No joke – these sticky buns are one of the greatest things I've ever tasted. I may have grumbled and cussed my way through each step of the recipe (and swore I'd never make this again), but as soon as the pan went into the oven and our whole place filled with the delicious scents of caramel, butter and cinnamon, I was back on board.
And that first bite, y'all…the bun was so buttery and soft and fluffy it practically melted in my mouth, the caramel on top was hot and sticky and decadently sweet (but surprisingly, not cloying), and the cinnamon-y filling was everything you could want in a sticky bun. It was pure heaven!
I just kept eating and eating, even though each bite burned the roof of my mouth (FYI, fresh out of the oven buns, particularly those with caramel on top = super hot). And Dan, who said he was too full from dinner to eat any, tried a bite, let out an involuntary "mmmm!", and then proceeded to gobble up half a bun (they're enormous) before crying uncle. So yeah. These buns are fantastic. Pain in the ass, but fantastic.
OK. We're done. If you've made it to the this part of The Longest, Most Rambling Post Ever, thank you! This can only mean that you're a masochist, or you love me. I choose to think y'all love me, so I'm going to reward your love with (1) the recipe for these amazing sticky buns, and (2) a $100 Amazon gift card. Excited? Me too!
(BTW, did you notice anything different about the blog? Yup! Redesigned, courtesy of the brilliant mind behind Snixy Kitchen)
** This giveaway is sponsored by Just Putzing Around the Kitchen.
In the spirit of love and marriage and all that good stuff, I'm going to give one lucky (and randomly selected) reader the chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.
- To enter the giveaway, leave me a comment telling me what you did/would do to celebrate your 1-year wedding anniversary. If you're not married/not interested, tell me what you'd do to celebrate any big milestone!
- To earn up to FIVE bonus entries, do one (or all!) of the following and then come back and leave me separate comments below telling me what you did:
(1) Subscribe to my blog via email or RSS feed (if you are already subscribed, leave a comment saying that!).
(2) Like Just Putzing Around the Kitchen on Facebook.
(3) Follow Just Putzing Around the Kitchen on Twitter.
(4) Follow Just Putzing Around the Kitchen on Instagram.
(5) Pin any sticky bun pic from this post onto Pinterest.
- Giveaway will end at 5pm next Saturday, September 13. Winner will be notified by email.
Congratulations to Simoriah, winner of the giveaway!
- 2-1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 2-1/4 cups bread flour
- 1-1/2 packages (3-1/4 tsp) active dry yeast
- ⅓ cup + 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp kosher salt
- ½ cup cold water
- 5 eggs
- 1 cup + 6 tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature, cut into 10-12 pieces.
- ¾ cup unsalted butter
- 1-1/2 cups packed light brown sugar
- ⅓ cup honey
- ⅓ cup heavy cream
- ⅓ cup water
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ cup packed light brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ⅛ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 cup pecan halves, toasted and chopped
- In a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook, combine 2 flours, yeast, sugar, salt, water and eggs. Beat on low for 3 to 4 minutes, or until all the ingredients have come together. Stop the mixer as needed to scrape the sides and bottom of the mixing bowl. Once the dough has come together, beat on low speed for another 2 min. The dough will be very stiff and seem quite dry.
- With your mixer still on low speed, add the butter one piece at a time, mixing after each addition until the butter has thoroughly disappeared into the dough. Then continue mixing on low for about 10 minutes. If necessary, stop the mixer occasionally and break up the dough or push the dough off your hook with your hands to help mix in the butter.
- Once the butter is completely incorporated, turn up the speed of your mixer to medium and beat for another 15 min, or until the dough becomes sticky, soft, and somewhat shiny. Your dough will look shaggy and questionable at the start and then eventually turn smooth/silky. When that happens, turn the speed of your mixer up to medium-high and beat for about 1 minute. You should hear the dough make a slap-slap-slap sound as it hits the sides of the bowl. (FYI, your mixer will get and start shaking - don't worry, this is normal.)
- Test the dough by pulling at it. It should stretch a bit and have a little give, and will feel slick/soft. If it seems wet and loose and more like batter than dough, add a few tbsp flour and mix until it comes together. If it breaks off into pieces when you pull at it, continue mixing on medium for another 2-3 minutes, or until it develops more strength and stretches when you grab it. Your dough is ready when you can gather it all together and pick it up in one piece.
- Place your finished dough in a large bowl or plastic container and cover it with plastic wrap, pressing the wrap directly onto the surface of the dough. Let the dough proof in the fridge for at least 6 hours or up to overnight. (At this point you can freeze the dough in an airtight container for up to 1 week.)
- Make the caramel goo - in a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Whisk in brown sugar until dissolved. Remove from heat and whisk in honey, cream, water, and salt. Set goo aside and allow it to cool to room temperature.
- Take half of your basic brioche dough, and roll it out on a floured work surface into a rectangle about 16 by 12 inches and ¼ inch thick. It will have the consistency of cold, damp Play-Doh and should be fairly easy to roll. Position the rectangle so a short side is facing you.
- In a small bowl, stir together brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, and half of the pecans. Sprinkle mixture evenly over your rolled out dough. Starting from the short side farthest from you and working down, roll up the rectangle tightly like a jelly roll. Trim about ¼ inch from both ends of your roll.
- Using a sharp knife, cut the roll into 8 equal pieces, each about 1-1/2 inches wide. (At this point, the unbaked buns can be tightly wrapped in plastic and frozen for up to 1 week. Thaw them before proceeding as directed, below)
- Pour your cooled caramel goo into a 9x13 baking dish, covering the bottom evenly. Sprinkle the remaining pecans evenly on the surface. Place the buns cut side down and evenly spaced in the baking dish. Cover with plastic wrap and place your baking dish in a warm place to allow the buns to proof for another 2 hours (or until the dough is puffy, pillowy and soft and the buns are touching).
- Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350.
- Bake the buns for 35-45 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Allow buns to cool in the dish on a wire rack for 20-30 minutes.
- One at a time, invert the buns onto a serving platter, and spoon any extra goo/pecans from the bottom of the dish over the top of each bun.
- Dig in!
(Recipe courtesy of my friend Charlene, who I think got it from the Flour Bakery cookbook)


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The feasibility of controlling peanut stem necrosis disease caused by Tobacco streak virus (TSV) in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) was explored by expressing double-stranded RNA of the replicase (Rep) gene of TSV in groundnut through genetic engineering. A hairpin (hp) RNAi construct containing 535-bp sense and antisense TSV-Rep sequences flanking a 742-bp spacer sequence (Pdk intron) under the control of the constitutive Cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter was made in the binary vector pART27. This chimeric gene construct was then mobilized into Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain LBA4404 via triparental mating using pRK2013 as a helper. Cotyledon explants of groundnut cultivar TMV-7 were transformed with A. tumefaciens harboring the hpRNA cassette. The presence of the transgene in the transgenic plants was confirmed up to T3 generation by PCR amplification of the 535-bp fragment of TSV-Rep gene. The bioassay results indicated that necrotic lesions were observed on the leaves of the wild-type plants 7-9 days after inoculation with TSV and stem necrosis appeared 16-20 days after inoculation, whereas the transgenic plants did not develop symptoms until harvest. ELISA results indicated that the wild-type plants inoculated with TSV recorded the highest virus concentration as compared to the transgenic lines.
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Luhut Files Defamation Complaint against Rights Activists
Jakarta. Chief Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan lodged a defamation complaint against rights activists Haris Azhar and Fatia Maulidiyanti on Wednesday over a video alleging business motive behind current security operations in Papua with Luhut's involvement.
Luhut himself came to the Jakarta Police headquarters to report the case and "defend my name and that of my children and grandchildren".
The retired army general said he made the decision after his two attempts to demand public clarification and apology from the two activists went unanswered.
"They didn't respond during the two occasions, prompting us to take legal action under both criminal and civil laws," Luhut told reporters.
"There is no such thing as absolute freedom, everything has a consequence. I have the right to defend my rights. I have asked them to present evidence [on the allegation] and there was none," he added.
In the video published on Haris' YouTube account last month, he interviewed Fatia, who is the coordinator of the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (Kontras), an NGO focusing on human rights issues.
Both discussed allegations that the current military operation in Papua was actually meant to protect mining businesses in the easternmost province.
Fatia implied that mining company Toba Sejahtera Group, in which Luhut is a shareholder, had mining projects in the district of Intan Jaya, Papua.
"It's fair to say that Luhut has a role in mining businesses in Papua," Fatia said in the podcast video.
"The core of human rights problems in Papua is militarism. And it turns out that behind the militarism approach – supposedly to restore security and peace in Papua – there are economic motives."
At one point of the talk show, both activists called the minister "Lord Luhut".
In an interview with Kompas TV earlier this month, Haris said he had responded to the reprimand by inviting Juniver Girsang, an attorney for Luhut, to become a guest in his podcast and present Luhut's views to ensure a fair exchange of opinions.
In the same interview, Juniver said his client had no slightest interest in attending and increasing views and revenues of a podcast program that already insulted him in public.
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In a separate news conference, a lawyer representing both activists said Luhut as a state official is not immune from criticism.
"If he cannot be criticized, there will be no voice of the people. Once we lost people's voice, democracy is gone," lawyer Asfinawati said.
"Fatia criticized Luhut in his capacity as a state official, nothing is personal," she added.
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For those lucky enough to see the first incarnation at the Reading Arts Club some 18 months ago I can assure you it won't be a repeat performance but something else entirely. The line up has swollen to twelve artists, the venue will have several spaces operating simultaneously with performers on rotation on different levels and the audience will very much be entering into something to be explored and experienced rather than the narrative-led musical presentation of old. Think of a Cold War setting channeling the Radiophonics and music concrete of the sixties with added pagan and occult references, it's going to be like some sort of underground (literally) happening where the DJs use tape instead of turntables.
The story will still be a part of the night with Dolly Dolly's turn as 'Director General of The Corporation, a state controlled media organisation' happening in one of the spaces, one he'll be sharing with Ian Helliwell and myself throughout the night. There will be no headlining act, no support or warm up, every artist will contribute to the whole with the star of the night most likely being the venue itself. It's spooky enough in the day, heaven knows what it'll be like at night.
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White Lion disbanded in 1991 and their members moved on to their own paths. In 2003 singer Mike Tramp built again the band around the talents of Jamie Law on guitar, Claus Langeskov on bass, Henning Wanner on keyboards and Troy Patrick Farrell on drums. This line-up appeared with much acclaim in such Festivals as Bang Your Head, Gods Of Metal, Sweden Rock and Rocklahoma.
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The God Complex
No film better represents the tension between art and commerce than 1980's Heaven's Gate. Today, because both nature and filmgoer alike abhor a vacuum, we've once again been seduced by the cult of the auteur; the romantic notion that filmmakers, like other artists, are at their best when the moneymen butt out. What do suits know about making movies anyway? Shouldn't they just sign the cheques and book their seat at the premiere?
Kevin Smith tells a good story about how the industrial sword of Damocles effectively butchered his Superman script. It seems to many a perfect snapshot of Hollywood's creative myopia. That filmmaking by committee has made movies worse seems so self-evident it's almost churlish to point out that once, in the twilight years of New Hollywood, a period that had seen the likes of Martin Scorsese, Bob Rafelson and Francis Ford Coppola given great freedom to create personal pictures, one man rode slipshod over business imperatives and severed one of the industry's great arteries.
The story of Gate's commercial stillbirth and the subsequent selling off and dismantling of United Artists, the filmmakers sandbox created by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbainks and D.W Griffiths, is a vivid reminder that film is an industrial process that sometimes produces art, and filmmakers who forget they must serve market forces as well as their own artistic desires, become pariahs.
The whys and wherefores of how Michael Cimino's film killed UA is a story oft told, not least by the late former head of worldwide production Steven Bach in his book Final Cut. We need only remind ourselves that a perfect storm of circumstance and executive short sightedness, as rare as a planetary alignment, allowed a filmmaker high on hubris and megalomania to abandon reverence for his paymasters and treat them as his imagination's new sponsors.
A film that was initially budgeted at $9m, in keeping with UA's policy of spread betting their production pot on a slate of low-mid budget pictures, came in a year late at unmarketable length with a final price tag of $44m. How could this happen? Cimino being the talk of the town after The Deer Hunter laid the ground, a company that, as Bach puts it, "did not have the structure or staff to enforce its own contractual protections without extreme disruption of routine" created the conditions that allowed a schedule to be torn up and 1.5m feet of film to be shot and printed, while a bunker mentality kept the maestro from the moneymen, ensuring that by the time Cimino presented his first contract breaching cut of 5 hours and twenty-five minutes (with the suggestion that all but a quarter hour was sacrosanct), the tumour was inoperable.
There are two Heaven's Gate narratives that survive to this day. The first suggests it was a bloated, self-indulgent mess: a monumental folly that deserved every bit of the derision heaped upon it, rightly offending critics sensitive to the director's pretensions. The other is that Cimino, though undoubtedly an ego on par with Kubrick and Cameron, was as industrious and gifted as either: the reviews that followed representing a backlash against the man, not a sober assessment of his labours.
The BFI's extended run of the restored behemoth, playing throughout August, provides an opportunity to test the second version. For would-be film historians the re-release affords a rare glimpse at a movie that effectively ended the decade of Hollywood cinema that many consider its finest: the film that guaranteed the hegemony of today's business model. It leaves you pondering the big counterfactual: had the empire of the American auteur not overextended itself so grievously would we be enjoying more Godfathers and Apocalypse Nows today? And how does Star Wars fit into that paradigm? George Lucas was one of those New Wave mavericks.
To modern eyes, with the content divested of its metatextual dimension – the opprobrium heaped on Cimino, allegations of historical inaccuracy, environmental destruction and animal cruelty – Gate's grandeur gives it the feel of a period classic. One can reflect on the irony of so much money being needlessly wasted in a story about the deserving poor, but the film remains a study in largesse without longueurs: it's a movie to be swept up in, a film that mitigates against its lack of narrative momentum using mood and contemplation. The first critics to lay eyes on it mistook the emphasis on the personal and painterly for self-indulgence – static naval gazing. This confuses incident with the incidental. Balls were dropped.
Heaven's Gate is a bold epic about class conflict and vested interests. The historically inspired tale of a rich guild of cattle owners hiring mercenaries to kill poor immigrants reduced to stealing their livestock, backed by no less a man than the US president, is a blistering attack on the American dream and the self-mythologising tendency the Western was built upon. Despite this there's no working class hero to rally audiences reared on two-tone morality. Kris Kristofferson's Averill is a class traitor, a wealthy Harvard man with a taste for the proletariat, whose relationship with bordello madam Isabel Huppert emotionally invests him in their plight. Add a third side to the relationship, in the form of Christopher Walken's hired gun, one of the association's bounty hunters, and you've got a movie with a compelling heart: a film in which drama and conflict is generated through characters' intersecting interests rather than set piece action.
The 216 minute version is not without its problems. The cacophonous roar of the Wyoming townscape still drowns out character's voices, a problem that remains uncorrected after 33 years, and it's tempting to scoff at Cimino's legendary perfectionism when corpses breathe and dead eyes start to close, but one can forgive anything but boredom and the good news is that this final cut grips throughout, engaging with the interiority of its principle characters, the majesty of its exteriors and a social conscience that informs a cogent attack on orthodox American thought. It is in short, something of an anti-Western: a frontier movie in which the huddled, starving masses are marked for extermination. When Cimino demonised the Viet Cong they gave him an Oscar. When the same sense of moral outrage was vested on the US it destroyed his career. By a coincidence the highest grossing movie of 1980 was The Empire Strikes Back.
Such thoughts can't ignore the fact that for all the protestations of modern critics, it's not quite true that Heaven's Gate is only a movie. The film's a lavish monument to auteur theory: not for nothing is the director's name emblazoned across the opening credits – as large as the title itself. What mustn't be forgotten is that Michael Cimino's love letter to himself came at the expense of an institution that had championed creative autonomy – that had given the likes of Blake Edwards and Woody Allen the space to develop their craft. This director held no reciprocal respect for UA. His disdain for the business part of the movie business ultimately murdered a sympathetic cash cow and made similar opportunities the exception for other filmmakers. One must consider whether any movie, no matter how finely crafted, is worth so high a price.
Decide for yourself: Heaven's Gate plays in a digitally restored 216 minute cut at the BFI Southbank until the end of August. There's a lot of money to recoup so tickets start at £600.