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Saturday, May 14, 2011
The Moral of the Story: Cool Your Bundt . . . (Triple Coconut Cake with Chocolate Glaze)
I knew there'd be trouble when I read that line of the recipe instructions--the one suggesting that the cake could be turned out of the bundt pan within 2 minutes of taking it out of the oven. What? All of my past experience warned that, for me at least, doing such a thing would be delusional at best and suicidal at worst. Good sense hovered in the room like a ghostly specter in a cute apron, whispering, "Don't do it, Jane. You know it won't work. It's never worked before. Just put down the bundt pan and step away from the cooling rack."
But I ignored every molecule of my better judgment. It was crazy risky and destined to result in a mess. I tempted fate, and she slapped me back into reality. Needless to say, I decided to top this baby with a shiny chocolate glaze. Like the makeup we wear, it can't hide every imperfection, but it sure can help.
And even though its outer beauty was marred beyond repair, it was a fine tasting cake. Moist tender crumb and rich coconut flavor, all deftly enhanced by the dark chocolate. You should try it. But bring the sense you were born with into the kitchen with you when you do. Because clearly, I forgot to bring mine!
About this recipe . . .
Adapted from the little book, Kiss My Bundt, by Chrysta Wilson, this recipe is one I'd definitely like to use again. I altered the formula by using more coconut milk than called for and no regular milk, to enrich the batter and add more coconut flavor. I also decided to reduce the amount of vanilla extract called for, and I added in a small amount of finely shredded, sweetened coconut. Though the recipe also calls for coconut extract as well, I have never, ever seen 100% naturally flavored coconut extract for sale anywhere, so I used several drops of LorAnn brand coconut flavoring. It's a high quality substitute that does indeed impart great coconut flavor to baked goods (and it should not be confused with pure coconut oil, which will not work as a substitute for a flavoring in baked goods, as far as I am aware). I liked the dark chocolate glaze a lot. It sets up well on the cake, yet stays shiny and kind of soft. I also rewrote all of the directions to reflect exactly what I did.
Triple Coconut Cake with Dark Chocolate Glaze
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 10-cup bundt pan by thoroughly greasing and flouring, making sure it's coated completely, or by spraying liberally with baking spray. (I used a light colored metal bundt pan, and I used baking spray.)
2 and 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 and 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt (I used kosher salt)
3/4 cup unsalted butter, slightly softened
1 and 3/4 cups granulated sugar
3 large eggs, at room temperature
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3/4 tsp. coconut flavoring blend or "extract" (I used several drops of a concentrated coconut flavoring called LorAnn's; available in cake decorating supply stores or sometimes in craft stores like Michael's. Any good coconut flavoring should do.)
1 and 1/4 cups coconut milk (Available canned, often found in the grocery aisle with Asian food ingredients.)
2/3 cup finely shredded sweetened coconut (I pulsed it in my food processor a few times.)
In a medium size bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
In the large bowl of your mixer, using the paddle attachment, beat the butter for two minutes, or until completely soft. Pour the sugar in slowly, on medium low speed, and mix again for two more minutes.
One at a time add in the eggs, beating on medium speed after each addition until well blended. When all the eggs are in, beat for two more minutes, scraping bowl and beaters as needed.
In a separate small bowl, stir together fork the coconut milk and flavorings.
On medium-low speed, starting and ending with the flour mixture, alternately add in one third of the flour, then half of the coconut milk until it's all combined. Add in the shredded coconut until combined.
Fill your prepared bundt pan no more than 3/4 full. Bang the filled pan firmly on your work surface a couple of times to close up large air pockets.
Bake the cake for at least 40 minutes. Don't open the oven door at all until quite late in the baking cycle.
Be sure to cool the cake in the pan for at least 15 minutes or far more before you even attempt to remove it. (Some bundt cake recipes will even tell you to cool the cake entirely in the pan. Use your own judgment, but be careful. Don't make the mistake I did!)
Apply the glaze only after the cake has completely cooled. It will begin to set up quickly after being poured.
Dark Chocolate Glaze
3/4 cup unsalted butter
6 oz. premium dark chocolate (I used a combo of Scharffenberger and Ghirardelli), chopped into small pieces
2 Tbsp. light corn syrup
Melt the butter in a small sauce pan over low heat.
Remove the pan from the heat and add in all of the chocolate; let it melt in the pan, stirring gently as needed.
Add in the corn syrup and stir well with a whisk, until completely combined.
Let the glaze sit for a couple of minutes before spooning or pouring it over the cake.
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This cake looks amazing besides the mishap with the cooling. I must try this!
- May 14, 2011 at 11:54 AM
- The Vanilla Bean Baker said...
I guess there was a good reason for the timed cooling instruction! In any case, the cake does look delicious and you can't go wrong with a chocolate glaze.
p.s. loved your comment about makeup!
- May 14, 2011 at 12:12 PM
- Monica H said...
That's crazy talk! I'm always scared to turn a cake out of the pan even after 10-15 minutes. Sometimes it still sticks but I can imagine only waiting 2 minutes while it's still hot. It does look good though, despite the mishap. And at least you find humor in this, you made me laugh :-)
Thanks for stopping by my blog today!
- May 14, 2011 at 5:29 PM
- Kathy - Panini Happy said...
Oh no! Well, I'm sure it still tasted great. I've battled the bundts myself...just last night turned one out after 30 min of cooling and it still stuck a little bit. Good thing for glaze! :-)
- May 14, 2011 at 8:09 PM
- The Experimental Cook said...
I always get into trouble when I make the same thing the second time, especially when all's well the first time.
This is a good reminder to obey the instructions, no matter how many times I do the recipe.
- May 15, 2011 at 5:25 AM
- kitchen flavours said...
This cakes looks really good and soft. Your chocolate glaze is a great idea! I have just ordered this book from the local bookstore, who ordered it from overseas and would take about 2-3 months of delivery! Have been eyeing this book for sometime now. I've heard good reviews on this book, can't wait till I receive it!
- May 15, 2011 at 8:09 AM
- T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types said...
How many times have I been there too? Too many to count! So, what I do is just slice the cake in the kitchen and bring it to the table already plated!
- May 15, 2011 at 6:13 PM
- sandy axelrod said...
Oh my that cake looks good! Of course I will follow your lead when I make it and allow it to cool in the pan. I am now following your wonderful blog but I hope I won't gain too much weight from all of the baking.
- May 16, 2011 at 1:58 PM
- Monica H said...
Just wanted to let you know that I started looking through your blog and got sucked in for two days. I love it! Keep up the great work Jane.
- May 16, 2011 at 2:48 PM
- Nancy Baggett said...
Nice how the glaze both yums it up and covers the, um, problem areas! This looks delish!
I heard that the cocoa powder on truffles the first time was to cover up "problem," underneath!
- May 18, 2011 at 5:00 PM
- une cuillère pour les délices said...
Yumm it's gorgeous ! I relly like this cake! ;)
- May 19, 2011 at 1:01 PM
It's a beautiful cake, regardless of the cooling thing, and I know it tasted absolutely heavenly.
It's so difficult to wait sometimes, even though you know you need to - but no matter. Look how absolutely gorgeous it came out looking - that chocolate glaze was a masterstroke of genius - I love the make-up comment, by the way.
Thanks for sharing, Jane. And boo-boo or not, this is a great bundt cake!
- May 21, 2011 at 8:41 AM
- Indigo said...
I do the exact same thing - I KNOW something won't work, but I do it anyway! We need to learn to trust our instincts! This looks stunning anyway, I adore coconut.
- May 21, 2011 at 3:37 PM


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I've been going through my make up/blog photos and there are so many that I've started to forget what I have reviewed and what I haven't.
I don't think I have reviewed this yet. If I have, then you will have to read it twice.
I bought this Bourjois Mineral Matte Foundation a good few months ago – I liked the idea of getting a little brush with it and I wanted to be convinced by a mousse foundation – so far not impressed by any.
This was something like £12…expensive I think, for a drugstore level foundation.
I got shade 85 which is one of the darker ones they do. It matches up to me NC35 skin tone perfectly.
I like the brush it comes with a lot, just because I like firm textured brushes for putting foundation on.
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The mousse is quite a firm textured one, which feels silky when applied to the skin but also a little oily on me. It settles down nicely though to give a nice semi-matte finish.
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Anyway – I don't think this foundation is brilliant at controlling oil and if you are from a hot or humid climate, forget it – but otherwise I sort of really really like this base!
Why do I like it?
Its quick. Extremely quick. Effortless really. Two dabs, swirl swirl and a evened out, smooth complexion is mine (even though I think it doesn't do so great with controlling oil).
A bit of powder on top would set it for I think.
I also like the finish which is a semi-matte on me, quite flawless really.
This bit on the packaging made me laugh:
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C'mon Bourjois! You can do better than 22 women from your office block testing out this foundation, surely?
Wouldn't recommend for super oily women or for ladies in humid environments.
But I would rebuy it cos its super quick to use, gives a nice even base.


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E3 was last week and I do believe the dust has finally settled. I decided, for my own sanity really, to try to take things a bit slower this year with getting news up from the event. This was especially evident by the casual pace in which I got a good chunk of the premieres and trailers up that were shown off during the major pre-E3 press conferences.
In previous years, I would try to get news up almost as soon as something was announced during the conferences. This was not only taxing on me but it meant that a lot of news posts went up without much substance to them. By simply waiting, a few things happened:
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Reading The Bilski Tea Leaves For What The Supreme Court Thinks Of Software Patents
from the there's-still-a-possibility-there dept
Tim Lee does an excellent job delving into just why Scalia may have opted-out of those sections, suggesting that Scalia is not comfortable with software patents, and didn't want to give that part of the ruling precedential powers:
Back in 2007 I noticed that Justice Scalia (along with Stevens and Breyer) was asking questions that suggested skepticism about the patentability of software. Scalia's position in Bilski confirms that impression: Whenever Justice Kennedy waxes poetic about the Information Age, Justice Scalia gets off the bus. The result is an exceptionally narrow holding that doesn't give much comfort to partisans on either side.Larry Downes, in looking over the opinions notes something very similar (as part of a much longer analysis of the ruling), in that Scalia seems to very clearly signal that he does not agree with the court's State Street ruling, which is the ruling that opened the floodgates for all sorts of software to be patented:
As noted, Scalia joined all of Justice Kennedy's opinion other than the two sections expressing concern about the impact "machine-or-transformation" would have on what Kennedy refers to repeatedly as inventions of "The Information Age."Finally, an analysis over at Patently-O by Shubha Ghosh also suggests that the Supreme Court is signalling that it's not a fan of the State Street decision, and thinks it's important for the Federal Circuit to establish a different test for software patents:
There's no way to know why Scalia declined to join those sections (and, therefore, robbed them of precedential status), but one clue can be found in a third concurrence, this one by Justice Breyer, which Scalia joined in part.
Scalia joins Part II of Breyer's opinion, which tries to summarize the points on which all nine Justices are, at the end of the day, in agreement. (All nine, of course, voted to affirm the Federal Circuit's rejection of Bilski's application. The only question had to do with the reasoning for that rejection.)
Breyer returns to the cases from which the Federal Circuit derived the "machine-or-transformation" test, and notes that "transformation is the clue to the patentability of a process claim that does not include particular machines." (emphasis in original)
The error of the Federal Circuit, then, was to treat "machine-or-transformation" not as a test, but as "the exclusive test." (emphasis in original) And "machine-or-transformation" is still a far better test, Breyer (with Scalia) goes on, than the much broader statement from State Street ("useful, concrete and tangible result") that started this whole mess.
Here's the kicker. Breyer and Scalia agree that "[t]o the extent that the Federal Circuit's decision in this case rejected [the State Street] approach, nothing in today's decision should be taken as disapproving of that determination."
So, there you have it. Scalia doesn't like State Street and doesn't hate "machine-or-transformation."
Specifically, the Court has now revived the Gottschalk-Parker-Diehr line of cases, which were established before the creation of the Federal Circuit and which the Federal Circuit had distilled over time into the expansive "useful-concrete-tangible" approach to patentable subject matter and then into the "machine or transformation test." In effect, the Supreme Court by reviving its precedent has negated over twenty-five years of the Federal Circuit's attempts at doctrine. This revival opens up possibilities for examiners to rethink the relationships among process, machine, and the physical world. "Dubious" patents may be rejected because the physical phenomenon is trivial or too preemptive of the field. Patent claims might require closer connection to a machine embodiment as opposed to an abstracted, disembodied form. An interesting question to ask is whether the patent at issue in State Street would survive the analysis proposed by Bilski. On the one hand, the asset allocation method at issue is arguably as abstract as the hedging method. On the other hand, the method seems closely tied to a machine to give the process some specific limits.So, what does this mean for folks who are troubled by software patents? Well, Bradley Kuhn has a few suggestions, but I would imagine some folks are out there scouring the country for a potential new test case that really zeroes in on the question of what test should be used to judge whether or not a software is patentable. Right now we have an effectively clean slate, but it doesn't mean that software is, inherently, patentable. It just means the courts still need to determine the appropriate test, and it appears that an important bloc of Supreme Court Justices are at the very least open to a rather strict test on software patentability.


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CS:GO Trading Site
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Hello People out there, iam searching for someone who can make me my own csgo trading website with an selfmade design it should look like these down there
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15 Suppers with Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes and I didn't use to get along. I thought they were too sweet, too associated with gummy Thanksgiving gratins. And then one day I was served a roasted sweet potato and when I dug in, reluctantly, I found it was a revelation. It yielded up crisp skin, and tender orange flesh that melted in my mouth. I ate every scrap and was suddenly converted to a sweet potato lover. Now I look for ways to pack them into every meal, but especially dinner. Here are 15 ways to eat delicious, nutritious, beautiful sweet potatoes for supper.
But before we plunge into more elaborate recipes, let's not forget the simplest and best way to eat a sweet potato: Roasted, and all by itself. This is such a simple and good dinner, especially if you do have a little something to add on the side &dmash; a green salad, a piece of chicken sausage. Here are some suggestions for making the most of a sweet potato:
• How To Turn a Baked Sweet Potato Into a Complete Meal?
• Quick Lunch: Sweet Potato with Maple-Pecan-Shallot Butter
• Helpful Tip: Bake Up Some Sweet Potatoes!
And now — on to the recipes. We have 10 supper dish recipes here, plus 5 more that work better as side dishes or accompaniments.
• 1 Orzo with Caramelized Fall Vegetables and Ginger
• 2 Roasted Sweet Potato Wraps with Caramelized Onions and Pesto
• 3 Black Bean, Sweet Potato and Quinoa Chili
• 4 Sweet Potato, Ricotta, and Arugula Flatbread
• 5 Sweet Potato and Cornbread Hash with Veggie Sausage Gravy
• 6 Braised Coconut Spinach & Chickpeas with Lemon over a Sweet Potato
• 7 Sweet Potato and Tempeh Stew
• 8 Sweet Potato Soup with Miso and Ginger
• 9 Sweet Potato Gratin with Caramelized Onions
• 10 Sweet Potato Hash with Sausage & Eggs
• 11 Sweet Potato Biscuits and Maple Butter
• 12 Beet and Sweet Potato Stacks
• 13 Sweet Potato and Goat Cheese Bruschetta
• 14 Sweet Potatoes Braised with Rosemary and Milk
• 15 Chili-Spiked Sweet Potato Fries
What's your favorite way to eat a sweet potato for dinner?
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Community Board 7's vote two weeks ago to approve by a narrow margin the new expanded Willets Point plan further sealed the Iron Triangle's fate. Mayor Michael Bloomberg is now in a hurry to get it moving before his term ends. However, the next mayor will inherit all the headaches going forward. There will be many.
The city got zero interest from developers for the original 62-acre site alone. Now the developers claim they need a huge mall as an economic engine to fund the rest of the project.
To me, the whole plan seems like folly. Retailers and malls like Queens Center rely mostly on walk-in pedestrian traffic for success. There will be no mass walk-in traffic in isolated Willets Point because there aren't any adjacent apartment buildings. The housing to be built there would have only a minor impact on the economics of the area.
If I was a retailer, I wouldn't gamble on putting a store in this area due to such limited access with no pedestrian traffic...and the smell of Flushing Bay when the tide is out.
Willets Point was never meant to be a high-traffic area. That's why roads go over and around the area. It was a swamp, an ash dump, and a parking lot for the 1939 World's Fair. It was a no-man's land where nobody wanted to locate except for the limited industry and car parts shops that settled there in the 1950s.
The city has never given them good roads, sewers, or the sidewalks they should have gotten for the millions of dollars they've paid in taxes over the years. Shame on the city.
This is a perfect example of "if we build it, they'll come" mentality. I bet they won't. That's why I voted against the project as a member of Community Board 7.
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California Academy of Sciences honors Dr. Eugenie C. Scott
Will a Massachusetts bill entitled "An Act Relative to Protecting the Religious Freedom of Students" encourage the discussion of creationism in public school science classes? That's what a cosponsor of the bill, Representative Elizabeth Poirier (R-14th Bristol), told the Cape Cod Times (October 7, 2009).
A special issue of the Journal of Effective Teaching, a peer-reviewed electronic journal devoted to the discussion of teaching excellence in colleges and universities, is devoted to the topic of teaching evolution in the college classroom.
A recently published statement on current scientific knowledge on cosmic evolution and biological evolution from the Pontifical Academy of Sciences concludes: "The extraordinary progress in our understanding of evolution and the place of man in nature should be shared with everyone. ... Furthermore, scientists have a clear responsibility to contribute to the quality of education, especially as regards the subject of evolution."
The Louisiana Science Education Act opened the door for creationism to be taught in the state's public schools, and now the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is propping the door open, the Louisiana Coalition for Science charges.
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Serv Safe certification - Clinton Township, Mich.
Date: April 19, 2012
Location: 21885 Dunham Road, Clinton Township, Mich.
All courses are presented by certified ServSafe instructors. Participants must complete the entire course and answer at least 75 percent of the examination questions correctly to earn certification.
The 16 hour ServSafe course is designed to give any food service industry employee a working knowledge in the changes to the Michigan Food Code and the principles and practices of proper food sanitation and application of HACCP.
Who should attend this class?
Managers who work at:
- restaurants
- institutional settings like school cafeterias, nursing home dining halls, etc.
- public events where food is prepared and served
- kitchens operated by churches, civic groups and other nonprofit organizations
Topics Covered
- Introduction to food safety
- Overview of foodborne microorganisms and allergens
- Personal hygiene
- Purchasing, receiving and storing
- Preparation, cooking and serving
- Facilities, cleaning and sanitizing and pest management
- Employee food safety training
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Well, to anyone who is interested, my wait is over, and kind of bittersweet. Dean Rahman called me this evening and offered me a seat and I took it. I've already missed a day of orientation, and I have no idea what I'm going to do about the job I now need to quit, but I guess everything will work out... Thanks to everyone who has commisserated with me through this quite bumpy ride, and I wish everyone the best of luck!
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Samsung just announced its new Galaxy S III smartphone at its Mobile Unpacked event in London, and it's straight up impressive. What can you expect from the new flagship Android device? Here's the rundown:
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Normally we wouldn't trust leaks that come out of Asia since you have to take them with a grain of salt due to the fact that there are so many realistic fakes out there, but on occassion, there are some newsworthy items. Such is the case for the Samsung Galaxy S III, which was spotted on Vietnamese site Tinhte.
Currently, the smartphone goes by the mundane name of GT-I9300. However, if Samsung plans on sticking to its current naming scheme it'll be called the Galaxy S III, and it should be fantastic. According to Tinhte, the phone boasts a 4.6-inch display with 720 x 1184 resolution. The phone is powered by a quad-core 1.4 GHz processor running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich smoothly. The phone features 1 GB of RAM and 16 GB of built-in storage that's expandable using the micro SD slot. For those that are addicted to Instagram, you'll be able to shoot away using the 8 megapixel camera, and the phone is also equipped with NFC.
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Councilors Continue Talks
NEW BREMEN — Area councilors again discussed the possibility of establishing no parking on the north side of Monroe Street and are hoping to receive more feedback from the community before finishing up the possible ordinance.
New Bremen Village Councilors discussed the feedback they had received so far from the public about eliminating the three parking spaces across from La Piazza New Bremen between Washington and Water streets, with the majority of the feedback being for the change.
Mayor Jeff Pape shared the feedback he had heard since the last meeting.
"A couple didn't like it because they felt bad for La Piazza and the businesses downtown," he said. "One of them said he could live with it but he would like us to wait until the construction of the Crown building gets over because that's five spots we're missing already."
The comment that he said "set in the most" was from an elderly gentleman.
"He was in favor of it because of the safety factor," Pape said. "Because, he like a lot of us, think it's just a matter of time before someone opens the door and gets pegged off by a semi. That set in the most of all five of mine, that age bracket."
Councilor Don Kuck noted he recently saw a school bus parked in the proposed no parking area to unload students.
"I know at that point in time, the school bus was right in front of Lock One Theater, and there were semis backed up at the intersection because they couldn't get through," he said.
New Bremen Police Chief Doug Harrod noted the area is a common place for accidents.
"We average three to five accidents there a year where vehicles get sideswiped," Harrod said. "I can't remember anybody being hurt there, but it's a safety concern."
As for waiting until the construction on the Fireside Pub building, Harrod noted they can't pass the ordinance and then not enforce it. Pape noted the reconstruction could take at least a year.
Pending further feedback from the public on whether they should move ahead and pass the proposed ordinance or if they should wait and pass the ordinance after the construction on the Fireside building is finished, councilors moved forward with the second reading of the ordinance instead of moving on to close out the ordinance with an emergency.
Councilors also heard from new New Bremen resident Bob Vargo, who expressed concern about hearing gun shots from the gun club near his home. Vargo said, especially on Thursdays, he can hear shots until 10:30 p.m. to 10:45 p.m. and has to move to the basement to get relief from the noise.
Vargo asked if there was anything the village could do/had done in the past to help with the noise, even though the gun club is out of the village limits. Harrod noted he would speak with the president of the gun club about ending the shooting earlier.
In his report, Pape noted the dedication of the Sunshine Playground will be at 10 a.m. June 16, and there will be a planning commission meeting at 7 p.m. June 5 in the training room at the village offices to discuss items such as the rezoning of Washington Street, revisions to property maintenance and rezoning the old parks building at 200 N. Main St.
In his report, Village Administrator Wayne York noted they will open bids on June 5 for the street resurfacing.
York also noted the village will be changing its procedure on brush pickup. Brush picku will be on Mondays only, except for summer holidays such as Memorial Day, when brush pickup will be held the Friday before the holiday.
In the fall, brush pickup will stop while the leaf season is going on.
In other business, councilors:
• Passed, as an emergency, an ordinance amending an ordinance for the semiannual transfers from the Income Tax fund to the General, Street Construction, Parks and Recreation, Pool and Lockkeeper funds for a total of $755,000.
• Passed, as an emergency, an ordinance to amend the payroll ordinance to change the pay of seasonal help to be paid the greater of either the federal or Ohio minimum wage plus 25 cents per year per hour.
• Had the third reading of an ordinance to levy the Bear Drive assessments in the amount of $13,794.15.
Councilors entered into executive session to discuss property. No action was taken when councilors reconvened into regular session.
The next meeting of the New Bremen Village Council will be at 6:30 p.m. June 12 at the village offices.


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BEIJING (AP) - Police in China's restive northwest foiled a terror plot by detaining five suspects and seizing 1.8 tons of bomb-making materials, the regional government said Tuesday, five days after a market bombing in the region killed dozens of people.
Authorities in the Hotan section of the Xinjiang region destroyed two bomb-making workshops in the latest raid on Monday, the regional government said on its official Tianshan Net website.
The Muslim region, home to the Turkish-speaking ethnic minority of Uighurs, has seen rising violence that China blames on secession-seeking terrorists. Uighurs complain of restrictive and discriminatory policies by the government and the dominant ethnic majority of Han Chinese.
An attack last week in the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi blamed on Uighur terrorists left 43 people dead when men rammed vehicles through a vegetables market and tossed explosives.
Tianshan said the suspects detained in Hotan had planned a similar scheme. It said the suspects had watched materials promoting violence and religious extremism. The report did not identify the suspects' identity but all have Uighur names.
Following last week's attack, China announced a one-year security crackdown focusing on suspected terrorists, religious extremist groups, dens that manufacture guns and explosives and terrorist training camps. On Monday, state media said local authorities had broken up 23 terror and religious extremist groups and caught over 200 suspects so far this month.
Dilxat Raxit, spokesman for a Uighur rights advocacy group Uyghur World Congress, warned that the politically-motivated operation would detain more Uighurs without due legal process. Critics say they are worried that any abuse in the strike-hard campaign may marginalize the Uighurs.


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glossy needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 120 designs submitted by 37 freelance designers.
Logo for MyHarware.gr
Tagline: The right place for hardware
In general the contest is open to suggestions. No strict guidelines.
We need a nice, smart logo with a nice concept.
Maybe orange and yellow should be there but not a prerequisite.
Maybe you could try to use products as an emblem. Eg two laptops as the M letter... or what you may come up with.
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Cannon pleads guilty to attempted murder in 2013 shootout
Man at center of Washington Countys most notorious shootout gets 10 years in prison
After 13 months in the Washington County Jail, former Hillsboro police officer Tim Cannon will soon be transferred to a state prison to serve a 10-year sentence for attempted aggravated murder.
Cannon, 47, accused in the most notorious officer-involved shooting in county history, pleaded guilty to three counts of attempted aggravated murder Thursday afternoon in Washington County Circuit Court, admitting to trying to kill a trio of officers who responded to a 911 call from his home on Jan. 20, 2013.
He originally was accused of attempting to kill 11 officers and assaulting his wife inside the couple's Forest Grove home after a domestic dispute spun out of control.
Lisa Cannon, a civilian employee of the Forest Grove Police Department, locked herself and the Cannon's young daughter inside an upstairs bathroom and made the emergency call that brought officers from three agencies to the scene that night. Only one officer was injured in the melee, in which more than 100 shots were fired.
The former Hillsboro police officer stood in shackles on Feb. 6 in front of Presiding Judge Kirsten E. Thompson, who listened to Cannon apologize for his actions to his family and officers who were victims in the case.
Cannon acknowledged he tried to kill Steven Slade of the Hillsboro Police Department, Austin Allen of the Washington County Sheriff's Office and Charles McCutchen of the Forest Grove Police Department. He also admitted killing his family's cat during the 81-minute standoff inside his home near Forest Grove High School.
The plea deal was negotiated between Chief Deputy District Attorney Roger Hanlon, who was prosecuting the case, and Cannon's defense attorney, Ray Bassel of Hillsboro law firm Bassel & Rawls.
It brought a sudden end to a case Lt. Mike Rouches, spokesman for Hillsboro Police, said most of his fellow officers have moved beyond. "It's tough," Rouches said Friday. "It's almost an absence of reaction. Nobody's talking about it."
Still, Rouches added, the question looms: "How do you quantify what a reasonable amount of time (in prison) is for that?"


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Three quantificational approaches to the measurement of lexical descriptivity are proposed, based on: the semantic sum of the parts of a lexeme is equal to the whole, paraphrase-term and term-paraphrase congruence, explicitness of semantic elements of a construction. Combination of all possible values into tripartite sets and then into equipollent groups results in a system composed of 12 grades. This system was tested with a semantic domain of the Finnish lexicon: body-part terms. The descriptivity indices for each lexical item were correlated with natural divisions of the body, construction-motivation types (form, function, location), grammatical construction types (endo- and exocentric compounds, derived forms, metaphors), and loanwords. These comparisons result in a number of grade profiles whereby specific descriptivity grades are characteristically associated with one or more types of body section, construction motivation, and grammatical construction. Diachronic and synchronic evidence points overwhelmingly to a process of semantic narrowing in the development of descriptive words and labels from phrases or sentences
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Scribd is the largest website of its kind, hosting tens of millions of documents uploaded by users; a sort of YouTube for documents, if you will. Scribd works by converting uploaded documents into a what was formerly called iPaper, a PDF-like document technology for the web, which would then be displayed inside users' browsers using Flash. Supported source document formats include any Microsoft Office or OpenOffice.org format, PDF, PostScript, rich text, and plain text.
The Flash variant of Scribd looks like this - not at all very comfortable, in my view.
This is about to change, starting today. "We are scrapping three years of Flash development and betting the company on HTML5 because we believe HTML5 is a dramatically better reading experience than Flash. Now any document can become a Web page," Scribd co-founder and CTO Jared Friedman told TechCrunch.
Initially (which means today), only 200000 of the most popular documents will be made available as HTML5, but eventually, everything on Scribd will be converted to the new format - turning them into actual, real-world web pages, instead of walled-off Flash elements. "Right now the document is in a box," Friedman said, "a Youtube-type of experience. There is a bunch of content and a bunch of stuff around it. In the new experience we are taking the content out of the box."
TechCrunch has the first screenshots of the new reader, and it indeed looks pretty darn good. It allows users to completely bypass the concept of an online e-book store, and no longer will users have to download PDF files onto their mobile devices or computers. They can just go to Scribd to read Alice's Adventures In Wonderland (if you haven't read it yet, shame on you, you're missing out on a vital experience) as if it were a web page. Scribd has partners such as The New York Times, New Yorker, Fortune, various publishing houses, as well as Ford, Accenture, and the FCC.
This news comes on the same day Adobe's CTO, Kevin Lynch, stated that his company will create the best tools for HTML5. "We see whatever people are using to express themselves," he said, "We're going to make great tooling for HTML5. We're going to make the best tools in the world for HTML 5." In other words, it seems like Adobe is considering creating software designers can use to create compelling HTML5 stuff - much in the same way they today use Adobe's software to do the same with Flash.


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Physical Sciences
Research Highlights
March 2014
Degradation Mechanisms Uncovered in Li-Ion Battery Electrolytes
In situ scanning transmission electron microscopy helps characterize stability, degradation
Left: Cartoon illustrating concept of electron-beam-induced degradation of lithium-ion battery electrolytes under conditions similar to those during battery operation. A fluid cell is analyzed with a scanning transmission electron microscope, or STEM. Electrons in the solvent and other electron-beam-induced radical species will interact through secondary chemical reactions with a lithium salt and solvent. Right: STEM image showing electron beam-induced breakdown—the two large, dark particles—of lithium salt in an electrolyte mixture. Enlarge Image.
Results: A team led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has uncovered information about high-demand batteries that could improve an essential component impacting their performance and longevity. The scientists characterized the stability and interconnected degradation mechanisms in electrolytes commonly used for lithium-ion, or Li-ion, batteries. They obtained detailed chemical imaging data using an environmental liquid stage in a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM).
Why It Matters: To develop new battery technologies, novel electrolytes with increased electrochemical stability are needed, preferably solid electrolytes such as inorganic or salt complexes. Finding these electrolytes requires non-invasive tools that can be used in situ at the active particle size level-the nanoscale-to observe the processes that occur during battery operation. In this study, the researchers used STEM.
"Currently, STEM is the only experimental technique that gives information at the nanoscale during the operation of lithium-ion batteries," said Dr. Nigel Browning, Chief Science Officer for PNNL's Chemical Imaging Initiative. "The in situ liquid stage in a STEM allows the reactions inside a battery to be characterized in real time. This study is a proof of principle of the STEM approach that avoids the standard post-mortem analysis of lithium electrolyte breakdown products."
The detailed characterization offered by liquid-stage STEM can provide unique insights into electrolyte behavior, either for use in future in situ battery studies or to test new electrolytes, winnowing the library of candidate solutions for further characterization and reducing the experimental time spent on less effective electrolytes.
Methods: In their study, the scientists explored the stability of five different electrolytes commonly used for Li-ion and LiO2 battery applications: three that contained lithium hexafluoroarsenate salt, one containing lithium hexafluorophosphate, and one containing lithium triflate.
The researchers placed miniature environmental chambers with different electrolytes in the path of the STEM's electron beam. By allowing the electrolytes to be examined in a liquid state, even when inserted into the high vacuum of the microscope, these chambers simulated what is found inside an actual battery. Then, the electron beam caused a localized electrochemical reaction inside the liquid cell that sped up electrolyte degradation-the breakdown of a range of inorganic/salt complexes. The microscope acquired real-time images with nanoscale resolution, showing the earliest stages of damage nucleation.
The scientists also used electron energy loss spectroscopy to verify the presence of the electrolyte and measure other experimental parameters.
"Each electrolyte behaved differently in the analysis," said Dr. Patricia Abellan, a PNNL postdoctoral fellow and materials scientist. "The stability of the electrolytes investigated here correlates with electrochemical trends reported in the literature, which suggests that this technique could potentially give new insights into the reduction and degradation processes that take place during the operation of lithium-ion batteries."
What's Next? Once the effect of the imaging electrons is fully calibrated, this approach could potentially provide insights into the degradation mechanisms that occur during the first stages of solid electrolyte interphase, or SEI, formation, which electrically insulates the electrolyte and prevents further deterioration.
"One day in the near future, in situ STEM could be used to study different processes through direct visualization and in real time," Abellan said. "We could use it to optimize current state-of-the-art and next-generation electrolytes."
Sponsors: This work was supported by PNNL's Chemical Imaging Initiative; the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), an Energy Innovation Hub funded by DOE Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences; the National Science Foundation; and Florida State University.
User Facility: EMSL
Research Team: Patricia Abellan Baeza, Nigel D. Browning, B. Layla Mehdi, Lucas R. Parent, Meng Gu, Wu Xu, Yaohui Zhang, Ilke Arslan, Ji-Guang Zhang, Chong-Min Wang, James E. Evans, PNNL; and Chiwoo Park, Florida State University.
Research Area: Chemical Imaging
Reference: Abellan P, BL Mehdi, LR Parent, M Gu, C Park, W Xu, Y Zhang, I Arslan, J Zhang, CM Wang, JE Evans, and ND Browning. 2014. "Probing the Degradation Mechanisms in Electrolyte Solutions for Li-ion Batteries by In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy." Nano Letters 14(3):1293-1299. DOI: 10.1021/nl404271k.


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CAPI supports multiple monitors by providing APIs (such as
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There is a "primary monitor" which displays any system areas. The origin of the coordinate system (as returned by
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Note also that CAPI does not currently support multiple desktops, which are called workspaces in Linux distros, and called Spaces on Mac OS X.
CAPI User Guide (Macintosh version) - 30 Aug 2011


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - German - Canadian Citizenship Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in German - Canadian Citizenship Goto page 1, 2, 3 Next Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Germany View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message JetgirlyJoined: 17 Jul 2004Posts: 741 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 3:25 am Post subject: German - Canadian Citizenship I have a German passport and a Canadian passport. I have never been to Germany and I don't speak German. I was recently looking online at the German consulate website, and I read some things that gave me the impression that if I were to visit Germany, my Canadian citizenship would not be recognized (even if I used my Canadian passport to enter the country). Does anyknow know about Germany and dual citizenship? Also, is there anything I would have to worry about (like the potential for compulsary military service) were I to enter the country? I have a Canadian friend who was drafted into the Greek military, and I've heard of something similar happening to one of my neighbours in Macedonia. I'm just a girl... I don't want to join the army! Back to top HodJoined: 28 Apr 2003Posts: 1613Location: Home Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 10:33 am Post subject: ... Dear Jetgirly The army's not so bad and apparently a Private Class 1 gets paid more than the average TEFL teacher. If you have a German passport, then you're surely entitled to work in that country. Assuming you've told us the truth, I promise you won't be drafted into the army. Hod English person CELTA (pass) Back to top The OvercoatJoined: 19 Apr 2004Posts: 68 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 12:40 pm Post subject: Sometimes i suspect you have multiple usernames and ask these questions to wind us up, Hod. The Overcoat Russian & British Citizen BA at the University of Life Celta Vigo versus Real Madrid 12.02.04 Back to top HodJoined: 28 Apr 2003Posts: 1613Location: Home Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:27 pm Post subject: ... Curses, foiled again. Actually, I once rose to the ranks of moderator on a vastly superior Asian forum. Without giving away the secrets of such a prestigious position, I could spot multiple usernames a mile off. Moreover, I had access to information the likes of which would give you many a sleepless night. Did you know that a certain poster, also a regular contributor to this excellent Germany forum, posts in no more than his wifes frilly apron? Anyway, I know you are longtimeteach. Fancy a hot date with a rich teacher? Back to top The OvercoatJoined: 19 Apr 2004Posts: 68 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 2:57 pm Post subject: Moderator, eh? Ich bin beeindruckt! I'm not longtimeteach, but i'd love a hot date with a rich teacher. How come you have a german passport anyway, Jetgirly? Back to top longtimeteachJoined: 25 Apr 2004Posts: 107 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 3:17 pm Post subject: A new relationship? Do I see a potential new relationship forming between OC and Hod? OC, you've got a relationship - you're not allowed to two-time, oder? Don't yer just love the Hodster? Just when it drifts into boredom or stagnation here, he steps in and livens it all up! C'mon Hod, spill the beans. What do Mods know about the hoi polloi? And who's the "regular poster"? You? Back to top longtimeteachJoined: 25 Apr 2004Posts: 107 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 3:31 pm Post subject: dual passports in Germany Jetgirly, There are some rules regarding this issue which I know apply to men but I'm fairly sure there is no compulsory military service for females in Germany. In fact, I don't think they admit females to the military at all because I've never seen any. Do they? However, you should definitely get some clarification on your status, regarding having both Canuck and German passports in Germany but get it from a reputable government source before you go. Anecdotal advice on such an issue is unlikely to be the last word, or even reliable. I assume, since you've said you don't speak German, that Canadian is your 'first' citizenship but I also assume that Germany won't recognise it as such since, in Germany, once a German always a German no matter where one goes or what other passport(s) one acquires. So PLEASE get competent, informed advice on this issue before you either go to Germany or somewhere else in Europe - because, I'm assuming again, you'll be planning on entering an EU country with your EU (German) passport. Back to top The OvercoatJoined: 19 Apr 2004Posts: 68 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 3:39 pm Post subject: My boyfriend is pretty open-minded, but the best i can offer Hod is a menage a trois. I agree Hod livens things up nicely on here. Lets face it, if it wasn't for him it would just be us two and my five other usernames. Back to top longtimeteachJoined: 25 Apr 2004Posts: 107 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 3:41 pm Post subject: well, actually... There's you, your five other user names plus me and my four other user names. Between us we constitute a bona fide group! We couldn't probably expect old Hod to have a few spare names himself, could we? Back to top HodJoined: 28 Apr 2003Posts: 1613Location: Home Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 4:55 pm Post subject: ... The Overcoat wrote: Moderator, eh? Ich bin beeindruckt! Don't be impressed. A mod either knows the site's owner or has posted enough bland stuff for a sufficient length of time. It's an unpaid position and, as a former mod, I question the motives of anyone doing it. Anyway some secrets: As a mod I could see the poster's IP address, home address and telephone number. I could also heroically and bravely delete or change posters' words from the anonymous safety of my bedsit. Saying that, apart from illegal stuff, I never deleted without checking with the poster. A bad mod lets the power go to his head deleting anything regardless of its humour or benefit to anyone. I can cite a thread called "Bremen" which vanished without explanation, only to be replaced a few weeks later by someone asking for information about Bremen. Well done. [email protected] Back to top JetgirlyJoined: 17 Jul 2004Posts: 741 Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 12:07 am Post subject: I don't remember writing this thread! I was so excited when I opened the Germany forum and found that someone else had the same questions as me... then I saw that it was me! To the person who asked, I got my German citizenship through proving my grandparents were German citizens when they had my dad (even though they were in Canada by then). From there my dad could get citizenship, and he did, and it is passed on paternally. Thus, my brother and I get it, my mom does not. My brother's children will get it, mine and my husband won't. Back to top The OvercoatJoined: 19 Apr 2004Posts: 68 Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 1:00 am Post subject: PMSL Back to top longtimeteachJoined: 25 Apr 2004Posts: 107 Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 1:14 am Post subject: Rudesheimer's Jetgirly, I'd say you had a case of Rudesheimer's but since you haven't been here yet, that would be unlikely. Did you ever contact the authorities and ask about your situation? Back to top JetgirlyJoined: 17 Jul 2004Posts: 741 Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2004 10:51 pm Post subject: I just heard back from the consulate today, and they said that there will be no "surprises" such as mandatory military service, taxes or anything else like that, regardless of whether I enter on my Canadian or German passport. Back to top poroJoined: 04 Oct 2004Posts: 274 Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2004 1:08 pm Post subject: Re: dual passports in Germany longtimeteach wrote: There are some rules regarding this issue which I know apply to men but I'm fairly sure there is no compulsory military service for females in Germany. That's right, Germany has no draft for girls, nor do girls have to do any other form of compulsory service. Quote: In fact, I don't think they admit females to the military at all because I've never seen any. Do they? Yes, they do, teach - it's combat roles that girls aren't allowed fill, unless the rules have been changed. 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We've just had it confirmed that 6-7 Kinnikinnick products have been "planogrammed" in 325 Publix stores in Florida and Georgia. What does it mean to be "planogrammed"? When a chain launches a new line of products, it will often create a planogram which is basically just a diagram of the stores shelves and how products will look & fit on the shelves. For the store this helps it maintain a consistent look. For the general consumer, this means that the dish soap is in the same place in the same way on the store shelves no matter what store you visit.
For the Kinnikinnick consumer what this means is something even more exciting. It means that each of these 325 stores has a map that says "put these 6-7 Kinnikinnick products on -that- shelf." Finding shelf space is the most difficult thing facing a manufacturer so being planogrammed is a -big deal-.
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We don't have exact locations or what 6-7 products are plannogrammed yet but I'll update this and our store finder when we get more information.
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All Publix stores have access to 17 of our products and can get them in if you ask for them. I'll post a list of the 17 shortly. Many Publix stores including some of the 325 stores in the planogram program are already carrying quite a few of these products.
As always, if you don't see Kinnikinnick in your local Publix store, or any store for that matter, ask the store manager. We've even created an introduction to Kinnikinnick letter you can take to them found here
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GREAT! Kinnikinnick has the best GF pizza crusts, although I'm mad they discontinued my favorite round ones.
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Hi, I sent an e-mail to your company site as well. We are traveling to Florida next week and I called 2 of the Publix stores in the area. Neither grocery manager was familiar with the products. Is anyone aware of any of the supermarkets in the area stocking the pizza crusts?
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Volume 18 Issue 23 | October 21 - 27, 2005
Downtown Express file photo by Elisabeth Robert
Mayor Bloomberg and Councilmember Margarita Lopez May 31 at announcement of plans for the Lower East Side waterfronts revitalization.
Not star-crossed lovers, but a party- line-crossing pol
By Josh Rogers
Romeo, Romeo why didnt you just act like a Capulet so we could have lived happily ever after?
Less than five months ago, Democratic Councilmember Margarita Lopez said that although she loved Republican Mayor Mike Bloomberg, she was not considering endorsing him because they were like Romeo and Juliet, two star-crossed lovers who could never come together because they were from two battling families. She likened the Montagues and Capulets to the Democrats and Republicans.
On Tuesday, five days after endorsing the mayor, Lopez said she was very conflicted about it, but that she was able to overcome her partisan differences because she doesnt think the mayor is like most Republicans and believes he has done a good job for her East Village/Lower East Side district.
When I see him, I dont see him as a Republican, Lopez said in a telephone interview. I see him as bigger than that
. My only problem always was he was elected on the Republican line.
She had a lot of praise for the mayor on May 31, when Bloomberg released details of a $150 million plan to revamp the East River waterfront in Lower Manhattan, but then indicated she was not considering an endorsement.
I am a Dem-o-crat, she told Downtown Express then, stretching out the word for emphasis. Im a Dem-o-crat and Democrats do the Democratic thing. Then she made the Romeo and Juliet comparison. In an interview with CBS TV news on Sunday, she acknowledged some of her statements before the endorsement were not completely accurate.
After the May press conference, she acted annoyed, perhaps playfully so, with gadfly reporter Rafael Martinez Alequin, who had asked if her professed love for the mayor meant an endorsement was imminent. At the time Lopez was running for borough president in the Democratic primary, which she lost last month. Fernando Ferrer, Bloombergs Democratic opponent, endorsed another unsuccessful candidate in the B.P. race, Assemblymember Adriano Espaillat.
She said political calculations or a quest for a job in the Bloomberg administration did not factor into her endorsement decision. In 1997, when she was first elected to the Council, Lopez endorsed Ruth Messinger for mayor, even though Messinger endorsed Lopezs opponent. Ferrer ran in that mayoral race, although dropped out before the primary. Lopez endorsed Ferrer over his Democratic opponents and Bloomberg in 2001.
This year, she thinks Bloomberg has done a lot to deserve four more years, particularly on housing, park improvements and crime. She said Bloomberg converted 23 city-owned buildings in her district to affordable housing and he did not let one vacant lot or city-owned building go to a private developer for market-rate housing, as was done under Mayor Giuliani. She said Bloomberg is much more accessible than his predecessor, noting that he agreed to open Park Row to buses after a small private meeting with Bloomberg and a few Chinatown leaders calling for the change.
She backs the mayors overall education record but says he was wrong to emphasize standardized tests in promotion policy. Lopez, a lesbian, also opposes Bloombergs decision to appeal a judges decision ordering the City Clerk to marry gays.
Sometimes my mother and my father disagree on this issue, Lopez explained. I continue to love and respect them. Bloomberg is personally in favor of gay marriage, Lopez said. When her partner appeared to be dying three years ago, Lopez said she was personally touched when the mayor went out of his way to arrange for a blood transfusion.
Even though both she and Ferrer are Puerto Rican, Lopez said if Ferrer wins, she will not feel even a tiny sense of pride at seeing the citys first Hispanic mayor. Ideology is important, she said, not identity politics.
There does not appear to be a lot of enthusiasm among Downtown Democrats who are supporting Ferrer. Whether because Bloomberg is way ahead in the polls or for some other the reason, it may be the sort of race that draws references to writers from the British Isles centuries ago. Lopez chose Shakespeare, and Sean Sweeney, president of Downtown Independent Democrats, went with Scottish poet Robert Burns.
When Sweeney hears about Democrats such as Lopez endorsing the mayor, part of him thinks of Burnss criticism of Scots selling out their principles for English gold. Bloomberg is better than Giuliani, but he is a Republican. Sometimes you have to stand on your principles. They [the mayors Democratic supporters] are being practical and pragmatic, which is a virtue. Loyalty is also a virtue.
He has endorsed Ferrer, but thinks the mayor has done well. If [Bloomberg] wins, I wont be sad the next morning.
Would Ferrer be better?
Better? No, Sweeney said. As good? Maybe.
Councilmember Alan Gerson said Ferrer has the potential to be a great mayor based on his record presiding over the Bronxs recovery as borough president in the 80s and 90s. He added that having a Republican mayor in Americas largest city strengthens the G.O.P. institutionally, strengthens their ability to push their agenda, which is obviously not the agenda I share and not the agenda most New Yorkers share.
Rosie Mendez, Lopezs former chief of staff and the Democratic nominee to replace her, said she is not planning to endorse in the mayors race because she is bothered by Ferrers flip-flop on whether the police shooting death of Amadou Diallo was a crime or not. Mendez cant imagine ever endorsing a Republican and is troubled by Bloombergs education record, particularly his fight to abolish locally elected school boards.
But Mendez didnt criticize Lopezs decision to cross party lines. Margarita is an individual, she said. She has her own opinions.
Lopez would not say if it would be appealing to work for Bloomberg, saying she had no comment about her future. Term limits will push her out of a job in about two months. She plans to take a two-week vacation in January and then begin looking for her next job.
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Postby Jerryjan » Sat Feb 16, 2013 9:34 pm
Just looking at my next bike. I currently own a s/h Giant OCR zero. But I do fancy a new carbon bike. Just talking about comfort, do I have to buy specialist roubaix or giant defy etc. Or can I just buy any bike ( within reason ) and angle the stem up to get the same position. I realize steering head angles and other things change. But I am more bothered about not having to bend over too far, I'm 59 and I ride about 270 Km a week.
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Postby auswi2 » Sun Feb 17, 2013 12:47 pm
I have a merida 905-E and is very comfy. I can flip the stem over to adjust the angle of my back
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Postby Fixie82 » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:14 am
While you certainly don't have to buy a Roubaix or Defy these bikes have been specifically designed with a more relaxed ride in mind. This means that features such as the headtube are longer enabling you to have higher bars and sit up straighter as well as having specific characteristics for comfort rather than all out speed. Of course you can ride these things fast, but they will be nicer to ride over longer distances. The main selling point of the Roubaix/Defy etc in your situation is indeed a longer headtube and possibly a shorter toptube to enable a more 'upright' position without having to resort to drastic measures such as an upright stem (in my experience this is usually a sign of an incorrect fitting, bike size, or bike purpose) or a stack of spacers.
I would seriously suggest spending the money on a bike fit before you buy, this will give you a range of measurements you can use to narrow down your choices of bikes that will fit well. This will take a lot of the guesswork out of the decision and enable you to ride in comfort, it is amazing what even a couple of mm change can make to a bikes feel. You may even be surprised and find you are more comfortable in a lower, racier position due to being on a better setup. Its a small price to pay for peace of mind and is of course transferable to other bikes in the future.
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Postby Jerryjan » Tue Feb 19, 2013 3:35 pm
Thanks for the reply, I quite fancy buying a new carbon relaxed bike anyway. It's quite difficult as I have hired a cannondale synapse but the lbs did not put any effort into set the bike up. I have had a quick scoot around a car park on 2 giant defys trying to find the right size. I am going to ride a Scott cr1 at another shop, I will see how interested they are set the bike up as its a demo day. I know what you are saying re get a fitting, but it's difficult which bike shop and which bike.
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Postby Fixie82 » Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:56 am
With the bike fitting its not a matter of having a bike to be fitted to but getting the important measurements done. Some bike fitters have an adjustable "bike" that they will use to set all the major positions and record a set of measurements you can transfer from bike to bike. Once you have these measurements you can simply get out the measuring tape and set any bike up to be a perfect fit. This way you are not relying on the 'expertise" or even interest of bike shop staff to set something up for you. I would also assume that a customer who comes in knowing their position and measurements may get slightly less of the "the size is right for you" or the always good "you look to be in a good position". A quick google search will reveal some good bike fitting places, but essentially anywhere that offers a "full" "complete" etc etc bike shop would be fine. They could even fit you to the OCR to just get the measurements right, a good bike fit isn't a one off it will go with you for ages and outlast any other purchase you can make in terms of comfort and performance. You may even find after a bike fit that the OCR feels a lot better?
As for the bikes I have always been a bit in between Giant sizes and as much as I would like one (especially the new Propel) at this point in time there are other options that fit me better. I would always say demo, demo and demo especially as you are after comfort over long distances but once you have a fit you could potentially look at geometry and see if a bike would fit you. If it would fit your intended usage is a different matter.
If you don't already have a list I would look at the Roubaix, Defy, Synapse, Willier Gran Tourismo and Izoard, BMC GF01, Stevens Ventoux, Merida Scultura (not quite as relaxed as others), Fuji Roubaix lots of bikes to choose from in this category.
Let us know how the search goes, preferably with pics
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Postby timbo » Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:27 pm
An endurance bike will still be stiff in places like the bottom bracket so you still get great power transfer from the legs to the bike, but the seat and chain stays will be designed to have a small amount of give in them so you get a bit more comfortable ride.
I have a Giant OCR1 with an alloy frame and carbon fork and the ride is noticably more harsh at the rear end than my steel framed bike. Some bike brands will also fit 25mm width tyres rather than the standard 23mm tyres of a racing bike, and the extra ballooning in the tryes, while not much, helps to take the edge off the harsh ride as well. This is what I am running on my OCR1, and I think the Defy and Roubaix also run 25mm tyres as well.
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Re: Relaxed Bikes
Postby slowK » Fri Feb 22, 2013 6:33 am
I'm much happier on the Roubaix - I don't race, or ride crits though. It's not the longer head tube/taller bar position - in fact, my stem is slammed and I changed the 20mm conical spacer to a 10mm one, so that my bar position is about the same on the two bikes. The longer chainstays and wheelbase on the Roubaix make the bike more stable, and less twitchy. Less concentration to ride, easier to ride sitting upright with no hands (not that I do that very much, but I really found that more difficult with the TCR). 25mm tires at lower psi also helps.
However, less twitchy may equal less responsive, depending on what you want it for.
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Re: Relaxed Bikes
Postby jemima » Fri Feb 22, 2013 7:14 pm
Merida Ride Carbon sizes are in between the Giant's.
They (Merida) have a shorter reach and taller head tube across the range.
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Postby Jerryjan » Sat Feb 23, 2013 8:56 pm
Thanks everybody for the replies. Yesterday I went to a bike shop, they had a demo day for Scott bikes. The guys at the shop looked me over and decided to put me on a 54cm ( medium ) cr1 . I was a bit surprised as I ride a rather large giant. Anyway I must admit I loved the fit on the bike I felt really good. I rode it for about 30 minutes. I was a bit spoilt as it was top of the range with electronic shifting, that's great but too expensive for me. This is the first carbon bike I have rode and I found it very smooth in deed. The whole exercise was great no pressure to be quick on the rode test or to make a sale.
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Re: Relaxed Bikes
Postby timbo » Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:02 pm
A good value for money bike would be the CR1 Team, which has full Shimano 105 components.
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