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NEW YORK (AP) -- The hackers who stole millions of customers' credit and debit card numbers from Target may have used a Pittsburgh-area heating and refrigeration business as the back door to get in.
If that was, in fact, how they pulled it off - and investigators appear to be looking at that theory - it illustrates just how vulnerable big corporations have become as they expand and connect their computer networks to other companies to increase convenience and productivity.
Fazio Mechanical Services Inc., a contractor that does business with Target, said in a statement Thursday that it was the victim of a "sophisticated cyberattack operation," just as Target was. It said it is cooperating with the Secret Service and Target to figure out what happened.
The statement came days after Internet security bloggers identified the Sharpsburg, Pa., company as the third-party vendor through which hackers penetrated Target's computer systems.
Target has said it believes hackers broke into its vast network by first infiltrating the computers of one of its vendors. Then the hackers installed malicious software in Target's checkout system for its estimated 1,800 U.S. stores.
Experts believe the thieves gained access during the busy holiday season to about 40 million credit and debit card numbers and the personal information - including names, email addresses, phone numbers and home addresses - of as many as 70 million customers.
Cybersecurity analysts had speculated that Fazio may have remotely monitored heating, cooling and refrigeration systems for Target, which could have provided a possible entry point for the hackers. But Fazio denied that, saying it uses its electronic connection with Target to submit bills and contract proposals.
The new details illustrate what can go wrong with the far-flung computer networks that big companies increasingly rely on.
"Companies really have to look at the risks associated with that," said Ken Stasiak, CEO of SecureState, a Cleveland firm that investigates data breaches. Stasiak said industry regulations require companies to keep corporate operations such as contracts and billing separate from consumer financial information.
Stasiak emphasized that the thieves would have still needed to do some serious hacking to move through Target's network and reach the checkout system.
Chester Wisniewski, an adviser for the computer security firm Sophos, said that while it may seem shocking that Target's systems are that connected, it is a lot cheaper for a company to manage one network rather than several.
He added that while retailers are supposed to keep consumer information separate, they are not required to house it on a separate network.
Still, he said he was extremely surprised to hear that the hackers may have gotten in via a billing system, saying those kinds of connections are supposed to provide extremely limited access to the other company's network.
As a result, while the hackers were clearly talented, it's obvious something went wrong on Target's end, he said.
"If normal practices were followed, they wouldn't have been able to get access," Wisniewski said.
Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary confirmed that investigators are looking into the attack at Fazio Mechanical Services, but wouldn't provide details. Molly Snyder, spokeswoman for Minneapolis-based Target, would not comment.
Federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh referred calls to their counterparts in Minnesota, who would not discuss the investigation.
In the weeks since Target disclosed the breach, banks, credit unions and other card companies have canceled and reissued cards, closed accounts and refunded credit card holders for transactions made with the stolen data.
The Consumer Bankers Association said that its members have replaced over 17.2 million debit and credit cards as a result of the Target breach, at a cost of over $172 million.
Target has said its customers won't be responsible for any losses.
By BREE FOWLER and JOE MANDAK - Feb 7, 5:26 PM EST
AP reporter Joe Mandak reported from Pittsburgh.

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No, please - please, remain in your seats. I realize your whole-hearted devotion compels you to rise and applaud, whoop, cat-call, etc., but that's really not necessary.
Oh, alright, just for a few minutes, then. If you must.
[big grin]
Now, on to the presents!!! Who wants to go first?
?!? What's this? You didn't get me *anything*? Really? Hmph. Well, fine. I'll find my own presents. Yeah. I'll just make a little self-indulgent list of some of my favorite things, and since it's my birthday, and my blog, you can't stop me.
First, of course, my favorite favorite thing is John. There aren't many cake versions of John out there, but I did find one:
Plus he has hands, so that makes him like the Chippendales version 3.001.
I also love my cats, Lily and Tonks.
For fun, I enjoy playing the odd video game.
Speaking of "odd":
As a voracious reader who finds excuses to use words like "voracious," I know Harry Potter will always hold a special place on my bookshelves:
How do you segue from Ghostbusters to Star Wars? With this:
Slimer and Jabba's love child.
Someone's had their eye on this one for a while:
Get it? "Had their eye on?" Eh? Eh?
See, that's a little dark lord humor for ya.
And if you thought I was serious, then as Sheldon would say...
Although I'm pretty sure he's a bit older than 36.
Still, this Wreckerator gets an "A" for effort.
("Astoundingly apathetic.")
Did I, though? Or did I just save the best, most wreckalicious and dreadfully hilarious Mickey cake of all for today? Hmm?
Hey Mickey!"
Patty J., Sarah R., Monique B., Erin M., Tiffany G., Meghann H., Nicole L., Melissa F., Natalie E., Nicole K., & Maisoon, thanks for sending in all my birthday cakes. You rock.
Before you go, I have one more *new* favorite thing to share. Something I've been wanting for a long time. Something I've been secretly working towards for months, hoping against all odds to have by my birthday. Something you just might be interested in:
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WHOIS, Domain names and everything related
What is a Domain name and how does it work?
The internet and several other large and private networks make use of the DNS or the Domain Name System to direct the traffic online. The DNS is also popularly called the 'phonebook of the internet'. The internet makes use of DNS as a name resolution service for public websites across the world. It refers to a decentralized naming system that is fit for computer or services that are connected to the internet or even a private network. Overall, it serves as an important component for the smooth functioning of internet. When a user types the name of a site in a browser, the DNS finds the corresponding IP address for it and any other data required to get the desired network connection. So a Domain Name System is actually a friendly way of naming the web servers or the web pages. It defines addresses to them. They work very similar to an international phone number and give servers an easy to remember and easy to spell address. On the other hand, they also hide the IP addresses that are technical and are not very useful to the viewer as well.
Apart from all that is mentioned above, the domain system is also responsible for assigning domain names and mapping those names to the internet resources by providing name servers to every particular domain. The internet maintains two different spaces for names; one is for domain name hierarchy while the second one is for IP address. It is also important to know here that the domain name system provides the translation services to and fro on the internet.
Ip Address: | 188.8.131.52 |
Check Range: | 126.96.36.199 - 184.108.40.206 |
Country: | United States |
Country code: | US |
Region name: | Michigan |
City: | Dearborn |
Zip Code: | 48121 |
Latitude: | 42.311519622803 |
Longitude: | -83.19132232666 |
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How to read Domain names?
The domain names are always organized from right to left as is the case in any name (the family names to the right and the personal names to the left.). These descriptors are actually called 'Domains'.
The TLD or the Top Level Domain, also called the parent domain is mentioned to the far right of a domain name; the mid-level domains are obviously in the middle while the machine name is to the far left. It is often "www". The different levels of domains are separated by dots or periods.
Some facts about the Domain Name Systems
The main function of the Domain Name System or the DNS is to store the names and the addresses of the servers of the public internet. Here are some interesting facts about it:
The Domain Name Systems is around 30 years old before which a public system was only identifiable with its host name. The addresses of all the host names were maintained in one big file. The process became difficult and complicated in the later years when computer network grew. It was then that support domains were added and the single level naming system was changed to the multi level naming system.
When DNS was first implemented in 1980, it originally defined only 6 original Top Level Domains that were .com, .edu, .mil, .net, .org and .gov while there are more than 700 TLDs today on the internet. The wide expansion for domain names only happened post 2011 with the basic aim of better classification of the web sites, based on their purpose.
Currently, there are more than 100 million domains that are registered under .com solely. While there are a few that are specifically affiliated to certain kinds of businesses, there are others that are registered by individuals for their personal purposes.
DNS works both in forward and the reverse direction, i.e. the host names of the web sites and the other internet servers can be converted to the IP addresses (called the forward DNS look ups) or translating the addresses to the names (called the reverse DNS look ups). The reverse DNS lookups are not too common but they are often used in troubleshooting by the network administrators.
DNS remains the prime target when it comes to hacking the websites. Hacking happens when a hacker gets access to the DNS server records for the website he targets to hack. The hacker access the DNS records of the website, modifies them in such a way that the visitors are redirected to some other site. Every time a user visits a website that is hacked, the DNS instructs the browser to locate data from a bogus location. It is however, not necessary that the hackers have to hack into the DNS every time. They can also compromise with the hosting service of the domain by acting as the web administrators.
What is WHOIS and WHOIS lookup?
If you are wondering what is WHOIS? WHOIS is simply read as "who is?" and is a utility protocol that is used to gain any information on domain names. The information included is related to the contract and other technical information on domain name server like the IP address block and autonomous system which is one of the most crucial roles of the service. The database content is stored as well as delivered in a human readable format. Apart from these, there is other additional information that is related to the status, for instance, if the domain is locked. To be able to use it, the user needs to enter the domain in the form and then start with the WHOIS look up. There might be several events when the user is not given all the information that is available or even worse, maybe they are not provided with any information at all. In such instances, it is important to check if there is any other alternative to the WHOIS lookup for the domain that is not responding. There are different levels of the WHOIS lookup protocol that explain a number of things about the domain name in great detail. It also decodes several status codes for the user.


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It is now half a year later, and I don't feel any differently. His death is something that I, like many people, still can't believe. It's simply not real to me; I can't wrap my head around it, and I probably never will. So I have to wonder: is it possible to look at these clothes without considering the circumstances under which they were shown? I say that I waited because I wanted to see the collection as something that walks by itself. But I'm not sure that I can do so without seeing a dreary shadow following closely behind.
The fact is, this was the collection Alexander McQueen was in the process of creating before he killed himself. We would find meaning in anything that had been sent down the runway. After working on this post for an hour, with lots of backspacing and rethinking, and having only two complete paragraphs, I'm still not sure of the best way to evaluate these photos. So much is missing -- the setting he would have preferred, the looks he would have envisioned for the models, and even a number of garments, some deemed inappropriate to show as they were demon-themed. I guess the only thing to do is feel it out. This collection deserves more than to be simplified into an analysis that disregards the story around it, but I don't think I'm the person for that job.
This has been said before, but the collection did sum up Alexander McQueen's many years of design perfectly. There was wit in the way the image of a feather wing shaped an arm, and emotion in the white half-wrinkled, half-pleated fabric that covered one back. Through beautiful prints, familiar images -- the kinds that come to mind when you think of old paintings in museums -- were shaped to his liking and given another dimension, something McQueen always did with colloquial beauty. The colors were royal -- blood red, white, black, gold, and silver, with green and purple making appearances only in the form of jagged jewels. Poetic insect-like draping and folds balanced out intricate beading and embroidery to create stories within fabrics. A statuesque woman in one dress weeps with a white crow over her shoulder and a hand to her chest.
As always, you look at it and just think about how amazing it is that a human made this.
And that's about all I can say. I won't go digging for meaning. It might just be impossible for me to separate the many layers that glide along the floor in the form of a gown from the many layers of the dreary shadow that follows.


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The state of Ohio was told by a federal judge Monday that it must recognize same-sex marriages legally performed in other states, Ohio Public Radio and TV's Jo Ingles reports.
The decision follows similar rulings by federal judges in other states and was not a surprise. Judge Timothy Black had said earlier this month that he would soon issue such a ruling.
For now at least, Black's decision applies only to the four couples who brought the case. They want their names on their children's state-issued birth certificates.
"The federal court has stayed the order for everyone except the 4 couples named in this suit," Ingles wrote as she tweeted the decision. The state will argue against expanding the ruling in its appeal of Black's decision.
In his ruling, Black said that "Ohio's marriage recognition is facially unconstitutional and unenforceable under any circumstances," The Columbus Dispatch reports.
In 2004, Ohio voters approved a ban on same-sex marriages in the state. As WVXU notes, the lawsuit at the center of Judge Black's ruling "did not seek to allow same-sex partners to get married in Ohio, just the recognition of marriages from other states."
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Beautiful rolling hills, wind rustling through the olive branches, bales of golden hay rolled up in meadows....
Okay, Cut, Cut...That is the other Tuscany
Repeat again.
Near my home there is a place called Tuscany, the Italian Gourmet Food store. BigSis loves the pasta there. I love it too but she loves it more so lets blame it on her.
The other day I got a cold pasta salad for myself from the same place. It was a very simple salad, pasta, tomatoes and red peppers tossed in olive oil and with a generous sprinkling of Feta. It was really very good. I don't sing glories of vegetarian food just like that.
Big Sis wanted a taste and then she finished almost all my share. Not so good.
But I thought, "Hey, if the kid can eat Pasta Salad at Tuscany, she can sure eat one at home. That means so much less work for me. For the next 10 years or so until she goes to college, that is what I am going to feed her. Simple, light, almost healthy Pasta Salad. That leaves me with an enormous amount of time for blogging about food that I don't need to cook. Yippee."
So I searched high and low and settled on this recipe. Only I did not have mushroom OR bell pepper OR green onion OR black olives.
That did nothing to dampen my spirits. I had Grape Tomatoes AND Baby Spinach AND more lovely Grape Tomatoes and more tender Baby Spinach.
So in a big bowl I happily poured some Olive Oil, the EVOO...glug, glug, glug
Then I splashed some Balsamic Vinegar...splash
Added some Garlic Powder, Pepper powder, Sea Salt, bit of Sugar, some Parsley Flakes...sprinkle, sprinkle, sprinkle
Whisked together.
Meanwhile cooked Pasta according to package directions and a minute extra. I had Farfalle.
I had also roasted some of the grape tomatoes earlier, they were sweet.
To the big bowl which had Olive Oil etc., I added the cooked Pasta, the roasted as well as some fresh tomatoes and baby spinach. They were tossed and turned till everyone was happily coated with the dressing.
I wanted to add sausages too but totally forgot.
I then let it chill in the refrigerator. While serving a generous sprinkle of Herbed Feta went on top.
Everyone loved it. And after two meals of that BigSis said "I love your pasta salad, but can we not have any more of it?"
This one I am sending to Red Chilies to share with her for a Light Lunch, her brilliant series for June. I absolutely love light lunches as that is what I cook for us all through the week. I am looking forward to see more light lunch ideas through out this month at Red Chilies. Test


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Scientists use weather to forecast flu season
NEW YORKOnly a 10 percent chance of showers today, but a 70 percent chance of flu next month.
That's the kind of forecasting health scientists are trying to move toward, as they increasingly include weather data in their attempts to predict disease outbreaks.
In one recent study, two scientists reported they could predict - more than seven weeks in advance - when flu season was going to peak in New York City. Theirs was just the latest in a growing wave of computer models that factor in rainfall, temperature or other weather conditions to forecast disease.
Health officials are excited by this kind of work and the idea that it could be used to fine-tune vaccination campaigns or other disease prevention efforts.
At the same time, experts note that outbreaks are influenced as much, or more, by human behavior and other factors as by the weather. Some argue weather-based outbreak predictions still have a long way to go. And when government health officials warned in early December that flu season seemed to be off to an early start, they said there was no evidence it was driven by the weather.
This disease-forecasting concept is not new: Scientists have been working on mathematical models to predict outbreaks for decades and have long factored in the weather. They have known, for example, that temperature and rainfall affect the breeding of mosquitoes that carry malaria, West Nile virus and other dangerous diseases.
Recent improvements in weather-tracking have helped, including satellite technology and more sophisticated computer data processing.
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As a result, "in the last five years or so, there's been quite an improvement and acceleration" in weather-focused disease modeling, said Ira Longini, a University of Florida biostatistician who's worked on outbreak prediction projects.
Some models have been labeled successes.
In the United States, researchers at Johns Hopkins University and the University of New Mexico tried to predict outbreaks of hantavirus in the late 1990s. They used rain and snow data and other information to study patterns of plant growth that attract rodents. People catch the disease from the droppings of infected rodents.
"We predicted what would happen later that year," said Gregory Glass, a Johns Hopkins researcher who worked on the project.
More recently, in east Africa, satellites have been used to predict rainfall by measuring sea-surface temperatures and cloud density. That's been used to generate "risk maps" for Rift Valley fever - a virus that spreads from animals to people and in severe cases can cause blindness or death. Researchers have said the system in some cases has given two to six weeks advance warning.
Last year, other researchers using satellite data in east Africa said they found that a small change in average temperature was a warning sign cholera cases would double within four months.
"We are getting very close to developing a viable forecasting system" against cholera that can help health officials in African countries ramp up emergency vaccinations and other efforts, said a statement by one of the authors, Rita Reyburn of the International Vaccine Institute in Seoul, South Korea.
Some diseases are hard to forecast, such as West Nile virus. Last year, the U.S. suffered one of its worst years since the virus arrived in 1999. There were more than 2,600 serious illnesses and nearly 240 deaths.
Officials said the mild winter, early spring and very hot summer helped spur mosquito breeding and the spread of the virus. But the danger wasn't spread uniformly. In Texas, the Dallas area was particularly hard-hit, while other places, including some with similar weather patterns and the same type of mosquitoes, were not as affected.
"Why Dallas, and not areas with similar ecological conditions? We don't really know," said Roger Nasci of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He is chief of the CDC branch that tracks insect-borne viruses.
Some think flu lends itself to outbreak forecasting - there's already a predictability to the annual winter flu season. But that's been tricky, too.
Seasonal flu reports come from doctors' offices, but those show the disease when it's already spreading. Some researchers have studied tweets on Twitter and searches on Google, but their work has offered a jump of only a week or two on traditional methods.
In the study of New York City flu cases published last month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the authors said they could forecast, by up to seven weeks, the peak of flu season.
They designed a model based on weather and flu data from past years, 2003-09. In part, their design was based on earlier studies that found flu virus spreads better when the air is dry and turns colder. They made calculations based on humidity readings and on Google Flu Trends, which tracks how many people are searching each day for information on flu-related topics (often because they're beginning to feel ill).
Using that model, they hope to try real-time predictions as early as next year, said Jeffrey Shaman of Columbia University, who led the work.
"It's certainly exciting," said Lyn Finelli, the CDC's flu surveillance chief. She said the CDC supports Shaman's work, but agency officials are eager to see follow-up studies showing the model can predict flu trends in places different from New York, like Miami.
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Published 8:19 am Thursday, March 28, 2013
CHICAGO — The streak is over. The big prize is still out there.
That's what mattered most to LeBron James and the Miami Heat.
The Heat's bid for NBA history ended Wednesday night when their 27-game winning streak was snapped by the Chicago Bulls 101-97, setting off a raucous celebration inside United Center. Miami finished six shy of the 33-game record held by the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers.
With 11 games remaining, there's no time for Miami to take another shot at the record. A big run in the postseason would seem to be a sure bet.
After all, that's what it's about for the Heat. It's been that way ever since James and Chris Bosh joined Dwyane Wade in Miami in the summer of 2010.
They delivered last season, capturing a championship, and are eyeing a repeat.
The record? It would have been a bonus.
What stood out about the streak?
"I just think the way we compete," James said. "How we are on and off the floor. … Ultimately, we want to win the NBA championship."
The streak that began on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 3, came to an end despite his best efforts.
James tried to spur yet another comeback in the final minutes, getting mad after a rough foul. But the reigning MVP could never get the defending champions even, much less ahead, down the stretch.
Luol Deng scored 28 points, Carlos Boozer added 21 points and 17 rebounds, and the Bulls brought the Heat's run to a screeching halt.
Miami's superstar did all he could to keep it going, scoring 32 points and even collecting a flagrant foul during a physical final few minutes.
"We haven't had a chance to really have a moment to know what we just did," James said. "We had a moment, just very fortunate, very humbling and blessed to be part of this team and be part of a streak like that."
The Heat hadn't lost since the Pacers beat them in Indianapolis on Feb. 1. But after grinding out some close wins lately, including a rally from 27 down in Cleveland, no one counted them out until the final buzzer.
For the better part of two months, they were the NBA's comeback kings. They erased seven double-digit deficits during the streak. They found themselves trailing in the fourth quarter 11 times, and won them all.
Not Wednesday.
"We understand, probably more so later on in our careers, the significance of that. And then that was it," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "We took that moment to acknowledge it, to acknowledge each other, that experience, but it was never about the streak. We have a bigger goal, but also right now, it's about 'Are we getting better?"'
They walked off the floor stoically, not exchanging handshakes or pleasantries with the Bulls. James slapped high-fives with a couple teammates and coaches, then glared at a fan who touched his head as he walked toward the tunnel leading to the visitors' locker room.
James was frustrated on the court at times, and showed more of the same in the locker room afterward with regard to how he's officiated.
He cited two instances from Wednesday — a play in which Kirk Hinrich took him down with two hands in the first quarter, and Taj Gibson appearing to hit him around his neck with about 4 minutes remaining — where he thought the contact was excessive. Referees reviewed the Gibson hit, but did not award a flagrant foul. So, seconds later, James tried to barrel through Carlos Boozer on a screen, and got called for a Flagrant 1 himself.
"Those are not basketball plays and it's been happening all year," James said. "I've been able to keep my cool and try to tell Spo, 'Let's not worry about it too much,' but it is getting to me a little bit."
The Bulls, meanwhile, whooped and slapped hands with anyone they could reach after clinching a playoff berth.
"It's a five-second moment of reflection before we move on to the rest of the season," Wade said. "In here, it didn't feel like we were on this amazing streak."
What a run it was, though.
It will go down as the second-longest winning streak in the history of American major pro sports. And some of those Lakers believed their time would pass as Miami's streak rolled along, with Jerry West among those saying that he believed the reigning champions had a real shot at pulling it off.
The streak began in Toronto, a day when Heat players were mildly annoyed about having to miss the NFL title game. When San Francisco and Baltimore were to be playing, the Heat were to be flying home for a game the following night.
So team officials team changed course, as a surprise.
Miami beat the Raptors that afternoon, then stayed in the city several more hours to watch the Super Bowl together, an event highlighted by Shane Battier giving an unplanned speech about appreciating little moments as a team.
For whatever reason, the Heat were unbeatable for nearly the next two months.
And they won games in a number of different ways.
They blew out good teams like the Los Angeles Clippers, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Bulls, then inexplicably struggled with lottery-bound Cleveland, Detroit, Sacramento, Charlotte and Orlando. They rallied from 13 points down in the final 8 minutes to beat Boston, from a 27-point, third-quarter hole at Cleveland, and from 11-point deficits against Detroit and Charlotte — all those coming in a seven-day span, no less.
"There are several teams that can do it," Pistons guard Jose Calderon said, when asked what it would take for someone to beat Miami. "It's difficult to maintain this concentration every day. It will likely take everyone to have a bad day."
Even when those bad days happened, the Heat found ways to win.
A layup by James with 3.2 seconds left against Orlando. Double-overtime against Sacramento. Huge comebacks. Whatever it took.
There were times when even the Heat themselves didn't know how long the streak was. Because it was interrupted by the All-Star break, Spoelstra was surprised when a staff member said something about Miami having won nine in a row. When it was at 24 games, Wade made a reference to "23, 24, whatever it is."
They insisted they did not care about it, whatever the number was.
Heat President Pat Riley played for the Lakers team that won 33 in a row, and remained silent throughout Miami's streak, mainly because he rarely gives interviews these days but more so because the official team stance was that it simply did not matter. This season is championship-or-bust for Miami, where nothing else other than raising yet another Larry O'Brien Trophy will satisfy.
Still, the streak will go down as the story of the regular season.
"It was more important to everybody else than it was to us," Chris Bosh said. "We never cared too much about talking about it. It wasn't a subject of conversation until (others mentioned it)."
When it started, Miami was 5 1/2 games behind San Antonio for the overall NBA lead, only a half-game ahead of New York in the Eastern Conference race, held just a four-game edge over Atlanta in the Southeast Division and were the league's ninth-best road team in terms of winning percentage.
Funny what two months or so without losing can do.
The Heat now sit atop the overall NBA standings, having gained 12 games over New York in the East entering Wednesday, put away the Hawks for good several weeks ago and become, by far, the league's best road team. And with the streak over, all that's left is getting ready for the postseason.
"When you look at what they've done, to be the defending world champions and to have a winning streak like that knowing that everyone's chasing you, credit them," Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said. "I think you can learn from them."
The Heat trailed by as many as 13 in the first half, took the lead while outscoring Chicago 22-14 in the third quarter and were within two early in the fourth after a basket by Wade.
That's when Deng answered with a 3-pointer from the wing and Kirk Hinrich brought the crowd to its feet with a floater. Then, after a layup by James, Deng nailed a 3 to make it 83-75 with just over six minutes left.
It got testy after that. James did all he could to keep the streak going, taking enough hard hits that even his headband was dislodged, and finished with seven rebounds.
Bosh scored 21. Wade added 18 points after a sore right knee sidelined him for victories over Charlotte and Orlando, but the Heat fell to a team that continues to give them fits even though Derrick Rose has been sidelined all year.
Deng came up big, burying four 3-pointers. He also had seven rebounds and five assists.
Boozer was a force inside. Jimmy Butler provided a spark with 17 points and the Bulls stopped Miami even though they were missing Joakim Noah (right foot), Marco Belinelli (abdominal strain) and Richard Hamilton (lower back).
"It says we have a good team," Gibson said. "It's all about what we think in the locker room. A lot of people kind of write us off every other day, but we just stick to our principles and do what we have to do."
For the Heat, luck simply ran out after recent wins in which they rallied after trailing Boston by 17, Cleveland by 27, and Detroit and Charlotte by 11 each. They were also tied with Orlando late in the third quarter before pulling away, and when Battier nailed a 3 with 4:30 left in the third, it looked like they just might pull this one out, too.
They were leading 59-58 after that shot, and they were up by two before Boozer converted a three-point play off a neat bounce pass from Gibson in the closing seconds to send Chicago into the fourth quarter with a 69-68 lead.
But they came up short down the stretch, fans chanting "End of streak! End of streak!" in the closing minute.
"We were much more competitive in the second half. It became make or miss in the fourth quarter, and we couldn't get the necessary stops we needed to," Spoelstra said. "In the last handful of games, those shots were going down and maybe that masked a few things going down the stretch."
There was a rumor that Rose would make his long-awaited return from a knee injury after rapper Waka Flocka Flame posted on Twitter, "Word is D.Rose back." The two are fans of each other, but the superstar point guard squashed it at the morning shootaround, with two words — "Not tonight."
Rose actually sounded more like someone who will sit out the entire season, saying his recovery is "in God's hands." He hasn't played since he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in last year's playoff opener against Philadelphia, sending the top-seeded Bulls to a first-round exit, and his comeback has become an ongoing soap opera.
The Bulls were the biggest threat to Miami in the Eastern Conference the past two years, but without their superstar, they're just part of the pack.
Even so, no one has given the Heat more trouble since James and Bosh united with Wade in 2010. They had split 14 games leading up to this one, with Chicago winning at Miami in early January and the Heat returning the favor at the United Center last month.
"All in all, it's been a great one," Bosh said. "We still have a lot of work to do. The streak wasn't important to us. What's important to us is winning the title. That's what we work on. That's what we're here for."
NOTES: Miami had won 13 straight on the road and fell one shy of the club record. … Thibodeau said Noah was improving but wasn't ready to return. … Tom Boerwinkle, the former Bulls center who had a franchise-record 37 rebounds in a 1970 game against the Phoenix Suns, died Tuesday. He was 67. Boerwinkle played 10 seasons with the Bulls from 1968-69 to 1977-78 and also worked as an analyst on the team's radio broadcasts from 1991-94.


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Gary Carter, the former Major League Baseball catcher who helped the New York Mets win the 1986 World Series, has died of brain cancer at 57. In a career marked by tenacity — and the ability to hit homeruns — Carter was chosen for 11 All Star teams.
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In recent years, Carter had been coaching Palm Beach Atlantic University's baseball team. He managed to pay the team a visit before their season opener just two weeks ago, despite being weakened by his illness.
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Carter's career began with the Montreal Expos, and continued in New York. He then played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants. He played behind the plate for most of his career, but the versatile Carter also spent time in the outfield, as well as playing first and third base.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
"World" Tour Final Countdown
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Fun, huh? Or creepy/cute, depending on how you look at it. Be sure to check out Ray's site if you're in the market for a graphic designer.
Since a few of you Tweeting Twits asked for it, I've made the logo available on a shirt (both for men and for women) and also a cute little tote on Zazzle for only $10.55. What's more, Zazzle is running a sale this week, so use the code "PIRATEDAYTEE" and you'll get $3 off every t-shirt you order. What a deal, right?
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2) If you're planning on buying a book at the store, or if you have a cupcake entry, please try to get there early. We have LOTS of fun stuff to pack into a short amount of time, not the least of which is my signing all of your books, so we don't want you to miss anything.
3) Make sure your cupcake is on a small plate or board of some kind, and that it has your name on it. Those of you who actually write "Your Name" on it will get laughs, but no credit. ;) That matters, because the top three cupcakes will win fabulous prizes. Fabulous, I say!
Oh, and I nearly forgot: I just learned that we still need bakeries to provide the cake in San Francisco and in Dallas. If you're a professional baker in one of those cities, and you'd like to show off your skills and get a little free advertising at the same time, please e-mail me!
And that's it! I can't tell you how excited I am to meet so many of you soon. Come ready to party! Those of you in NY and Bethesda will have the added honor of meeting my Wrecksistant, Anne-Marie, who also happens to be John's sister. Believe me, this is gonna be good.
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- S3XinthePantry said...
Oh, I think it's GREAT!
Great image association with the site!!! - September 15, 2009 at 6:32 PM
- AmyMusings said...
Is that a carrot in your rocket or are you just happy to see me?? :-0
- September 15, 2009 at 6:41 PM
- Bus Driving Mama said...
I think it would be fitting to make this logo into a cake plate
- September 15, 2009 at 7:07 PM
- frigglesnitz said...
Yes, cake plate!
Won't be able to meet you on the tour, as I finally landed a j-o-b, but I will be picking up the book soon!
WV-poussess- to own a French fish. - September 15, 2009 at 7:27 PM
- Bilby P. Dalgyte said...
Woo! Best of luck :)
- September 15, 2009 at 7:39 PM
- matt said...
No Canada, eh? ;)
- September 15, 2009 at 7:50 PM
- M M said...
I can't wait to see you in Bethesda. I've already pre-ordered my book and I will be sure to be there early so I can get it signed.
- September 15, 2009 at 8:06 PM
- Hartley said...
Love the logo and especially the mohawk. :)
Are you going to make them into Tshirts? Mugs? Aprons? You totally should.
See you in Seattle!
hartleysboys.blogspot.com - September 15, 2009 at 8:35 PM
- Running 365 said...
Do you know when the title will be released on Amazon? I have been very tempted to pre-order (which you should find very flattering because I hardly ever buy books for fun, just lame teacher stuff) but I want to pair it with another book so I get my free shipping. Cheap, I know.
- September 15, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Shouldn't that be "Werld"?
- September 15, 2009 at 9:03 PM
- Henry and Chad said...
Please come to Philly! Please please please please please. Am I too subtle? Please please please!
- September 15, 2009 at 10:02 PM
- Danna said...
Love the Carrot Jockey! Why do all the cool tours skip over St Louis and go straight to KC? :(
- September 15, 2009 at 10:30 PM
- premium finace said...
I love the logo!
- September 15, 2009 at 10:37 PM
- ellernock said...
Haha! I'm gonna make my mom take me if I can come. I will be bringing my own cupcake to eat since I can't have any of your cake, I think.
- September 15, 2009 at 10:40 PM
- Micah said...
What?! No Phoenix?!
- September 15, 2009 at 11:21 PM
- Christina said...
If I was a professional and my kitchen wasn't in renovation hell I would whip you up so fabulous wrecks for Dallas but alas... I do have a tip though: I'm pretty sure the doppleganger bride cake baker was in Plano, which is where you will actually be. Try looking them up?
- September 15, 2009 at 11:26 PM
- Akimika said...
Wait, how do we RSVP? D: It's only a week awaaaay~
- September 15, 2009 at 11:37 PM
- Unknown said...
I recieved an email from Amazon that the book would be mailed out on October 6, too late for the signing~ so I hope to get one when you are here in Seattle.
- September 15, 2009 at 11:50 PM
I'll see you in Seattle! I still can decide which wreckplicake I'm going to make. I've got my sister hooked on this blog and she's coming with me.
- September 16, 2009 at 12:40 AM
I've RSVP'd... as for Dallas bakeries? http://www.enjoycelebrity.com/ has YUMMY cakes - it's like the only non-homemade icing I like!
- September 16, 2009 at 12:47 AM
I tried to convince my husband that we should make the 6-hour drive to dallas, (since there are no stops in louisiana) but he just wouldn't have it. *sigh*
you should post a web video of some of the cool stuff y'all do during the tour for those of us who can't go! oh well, love the site. - September 16, 2009 at 12:53 AM
- skinny minny said...
wish you were coming someplace closer to Houston...:(
- September 16, 2009 at 1:19 AM
- Ursula said...
I think I must have missed something - what time do the festivities begin? Hoping to be at 3rd Place on time :)
- September 16, 2009 at 1:42 AM
Oh man, I wish this was an actual world tour and not just a "world" tour. Come to Australia :(
- September 16, 2009 at 2:51 AM
Underwhelmed by the logo girl.
Looks wrecky.... - September 16, 2009 at 3:31 AM
- smauge said...
See - when you said "world tour" I actually thought you might becoming to other parts of the world like, say, Australia....
Sad Wrecker - September 16, 2009 at 3:39 AM
- Unknown said...
Oh that's cute! ;D
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Job Hunt Pinoy - September 16, 2009 at 3:53 AM
Awesome logo :)
I'd like to RSVP but there's the slight problem of me living in the country furthest away from every other country - Oz.
However, help me find your list of tour dates and I will convince the people I know over there to go. - September 16, 2009 at 4:11 AM
- Nathalie said...
Haha great logo! :D
I so wish I could join in on your book tour, but living across the pond has its limitations. :( - September 16, 2009 at 4:16 AM
- April said...
Oh that was so cute! Lovely! ;D
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Chronicles of a Hermit - September 16, 2009 at 4:38 AM
Um, I believe I have already mentioned that a real world tour would have incuded Morocco, so that I could come and see you and we could have cake and eat it too. Please work on this!!
- September 16, 2009 at 6:03 AM
- furbearingbrick said...
I finally found where the rocket jockey babies came from.
They're apparently Kewpie knockoffs (remember those?) and are commonly sold as party favors for baby showers. They also come in brown. - September 16, 2009 at 7:39 AM
This is nice but I still wish you were coming to Memphis or Nashville.
- September 16, 2009 at 8:21 AM
- Leah Hollett said...
sorry i would love to click on my city to RSVP but Atlanta is NOT on the list!
Leah - September 16, 2009 at 9:01 AM
I am BUMMED! Amazon says my book won't arrive until the DAY OF the stop in Kansas City, and I can't get there early. Bum. MER!
Oh well, I'm still looking forward to it. I'll go buy a bookmark or something in the meantime and get that signed. :D - September 16, 2009 at 9:12 AM
- Unknown said...
Oh well, us TN Wrekkies (See what I did there? It's like Trekkies, but with fondant - and funnier) will have to just wait until the next book...
- September 16, 2009 at 10:35 AM
I left my hometown Portland, OR 6 years ago. Now I'm sooo bummed cuz I'm in Knoxville, TN. Phooey. Plus you are going to my hometown on my birthday. Double Phooey. Aw well, tis is life.
- September 16, 2009 at 11:18 AM
- Jeannette said...
- September 16, 2009 at 11:29 AM
I can't get the San Francisco evite link to work. :( Also, it's in Petaluma not SF.
- September 16, 2009 at 11:54 AM
I can't get the San Francisco evite link to work. Also, the bookstore is in Petaluma not San Fran.
- September 16, 2009 at 11:56 AM
- whatever said...
i love your blog so much. can hardly wait to read the book.
brazilian regards
amanda - September 16, 2009 at 12:30 PM
should get that logo put on a cake...
- September 16, 2009 at 12:32 PM
No SoCal?!
I will send CCC's to your house EVERYDAY with creepy birthing babies on them if you don't add a SoCal date!!! - September 16, 2009 at 12:55 PM
- carol said...
I'm sure it is out of your hands, but Philadelphia is a major city too, you know. It's the birthplace of the whole darn country, even. AND we have Tastykakes.
So maybe drop a hint to the publicist that Philly should be a stop on the tour? - September 16, 2009 at 1:28 PM
I thik you need to come to Canada perferably Calgary I'm so sad.
- September 16, 2009 at 2:03 PM
Jen I wanna let you know, I plan on entering the cupcake contest when you hit NYC. However, due to time constraints, I might just barely be able to make it on time, let alone early. D:
I'm attaching my email address, let me know if this is still alright with you. (I don't usually post my email when I comment because I'm as paranoid as hell XD) - September 16, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Would it be very churlish of me to comment that it is *so* stereotypically American to head off to visit a few cities in the States and describe it as a WORLD tour!!!
(I'm just sad that you aren't coming to the UK. We miss out on you and PostSecret - at least the Found Magazine people came to visit . . .) - September 16, 2009 at 4:24 PM
- Unknown said...
Do you happen to know when all the Amazon pre-ordered books are going to ship? I want mine NOW! Amazon said the expected ship date was Oct. 29?!?!?! If it's in stores I want it in my hands! I know this is out of your control but please try to do something about it!
Thanks! - September 16, 2009 at 4:51 PM
- AV said...
I just have to say, I love you guys! You brighten my day every time I read this site it's amazing. I'm totally buying the book but I weep for being a Southern Californian, as we get no in person cakey goodness. ALAS, we suffer! But we'll go on! Thank you for all this and have a good run!
- September 16, 2009 at 7:38 PM
C'mon, cake-erators! This is why Jen and the designer have correctly used the quote marks.... to emphasise the 'non'-world aspect of the tour.
Still, love to see you downunder some time :)
WV: relyr - we can relyr on CakeWrecks to make our eys bug out!
MC from NZ - September 16, 2009 at 8:08 PM
I adored your site and your sense of humor. Happy Birthday Corn Dog and the Snaggle Tooth Poop Nose dog are my favorites. Enjoy your tour!
Rachael from Vegas - September 16, 2009 at 9:42 PM
- Andrea Noble said...
When are you going to visit the Great White North... aka Canada? You have fans in Vancouver, BC! It's a beautiful city, eh?
- September 16, 2009 at 11:27 PM
- jenn said...
Oh, I'd love for you to hit Paris, TX instead of Dallas. I'm a Wreckerator at the Paris Wal-Mart, and you should see some of the absolute junk that gets thrown in the case. It's so awful I'm quitting, ha ha. Just ask for Amy or Krys to write on your cake. =P Oh, and I want a sticker of your logo. Several, actually ;D
- September 18, 2009 at 2:37 AM
- kimc said...
Shouldn't something on that logo have been misspelled?
- September 18, 2009 at 5:12 AM
Whoo hooo!! The book store just called and my copy is there waiting on me!! Wish you were coming to NH it is fall and beautiful!
- September 18, 2009 at 4:02 PM
No ATL? D:
- September 18, 2009 at 6:17 PM
- Sue KuKu said...
I got my books yesterday! Yes, bookS!
I pre-bought three at Barnes & Noble: one for me and two for Christmas gifts.
Jen will be here next Friday, so they were just in time.
Originally, my pre-order said my books were coming in the last 1/2 of October but I knew the books must be coming out sooner or Jen wouldn't have been scheduling the tour for now. I called B&N after the tour dates were announced and the person said the books were coming much earlier but couldn't change the STA date on my order.
This made me MONDO nervous until I got the email with the tracking # for my order. What a thrill to come home for a amazingly stressful week to find my box o' books on my doorstep!
So if you have pre-ordered your books and think it won't be here on time for Jen, call -- yours are probably on their way.
I can't wait to meet you Jen! Portland, OR is an amazing city and I hope you have time to enjoy some of it before you're on a plane again.
Whoo hoo! I have my books!
Sue_KuKu - September 19, 2009 at 10:20 PM
- Sarah said...
Oh, I SO wish you were going to be coming to Canada...
www.size8struggle.blogspot.com - September 20, 2009 at 1:17 AM
love the site and the humour that is a naked plastic baby riding a carrot buuuuut the new logo baby seems like a wreck of it's own. Am I the only one who thinks that second leg looks a little 18A?
- September 21, 2009 at 1:10 AM
- Jenny Jo said...
If you're looking for a non-wreck cake, I can recommend Cafe Madeleine in San Francisco. This is their website. http://www.cafemadeleinesf.com/
- September 22, 2009 at 11:30 PM
Jeeze I really want to get my mom a ahirt like this for christmas but only thing being is.......Will she wear it? I just wish there was a shirt that said some like "just Cake Wrecks" ya know? - December 18, 2010 at 9:36 AM
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I'm not trying to make light of IBS, or patients with it, but let's face it. This ad could have been done better.
3. The slogan stinks.
A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
Also unfortunate that she appears to be pooping with her skirt still down.
Wooooooooooooow. Just wow.
@PharmNerd - Well, a woman sitting on a toilet suffering from diarrhea-predominant IBS just wouldn't look as attractive if her skirt was bunched up. It's all about attracting men even if it's a drug for women. :D
She's sitting on the throne with her skirt on!
Well, the add sure is attention seeking!
Welcome back! Hope all went well this weekend.
Yeah what happened, Craig got in trouble with San Diego Police?
The add is very funny, is it real?
Yes, it is real. It's part of a slideshow on the product's website.
I always see hot chicks taking craps with the door open in public bathrooms. Why is this weird?
Further on the slideshow, the same laptop is on a table in a cafe. Definitely unhygienic!
I don't think that's what Dr. Seuss meant when he wrote "Oh, The Places You'll Go!"
Also, not only does she appear to have her skirt on (though perhaps hiked up), who could go with their legs in that position?
If you look at the website she is never without her laptop in the pictures. Maybe the drug is the laptop, ha ha. But if she takes it into the bathroom, she might want to share that with the person she was having a meeting with in one of the slides.
hmm I take this med. One would think since it actually cost $900 a month (60) tabs that they could afford a better ad campaign. Or at least a more three dimensional model. Who wouldn't want to be the face of violent, precipitous fecal incontinence?
not only is her skirt on, there is no underwear around her ankles . . .
What else an I supposed to do in the bathroom while waiting for the other stuff to happen. Also, it discourages others from borrowing my iPad.
What can she do? She's clearly a high-powered career woman, and she's probably in the middle of an important Web chat with some big clients.
Ok, since when did this become Dr. Grumpy's gross out blog , hmmmm must have been Friday, took day off and sure enough the world did come to an end.
I dunno, this ad is kind of revolting.... which is the whole point, right? Without this drug you'll be in the revolting position of having to run to the bathroom with your laptop. You won't even have time to pull up your skirt or close the door.
Another reason for web cams...
Good point, Packer. Because at the pictured angle the webcam on top of the laptop's screen should get a great shot of...
Don't women pee with their legs ' slightly ' apart ?
Did Craig's "Hair" require a TSA pat down this weekend? You must have had to check your luggage as his "product" had to exceed the
3-1-1 rule! Glad you arrived back safely and hope that everything is okay!
This ad should be incorporated into an episode of Mad Men....
My personal experience with IBS-d has mostly been with pooping myself while shopping at WalMart.
Makes the laptop and squeaky clean bathroom seem nice.
I think the point is that her IBS-D is so bad that she has to work while on the can because she spends so much time there that her work wouldn't get done otherwise.
I do agree there are lots of oopses in it.
She is clearly into voyeuristic pooping...... Cannonball!!!
The original picture was of a bride walking down the church aisle with a brown trail behind her.
Are bathroom floors really that germy? Would love to see a study on bathroom floors vs toilet flush levers vs kitchen sponges. Most germs, nastiest germs, etc. I know bathroom floors look nasty, but most of them get mopped daily (and we are talking about the ladies room, so no pee all over the place like in mens' rooms I've been in). But yeah, I'd be pissed if my friend sets her purse/laptop on the bathroom floor then on my lunch table.
Like the add! Even if shes pooping her skirt and it´s unhygienic.
Move along now, this is not the crap you are looking for...
By the by, I don't believe that fecal matter on cellphones is the end of the matter. Try pens, clothes, desks, keyboards......
There's pretty much poo everywhere. Just don't think too hard about it.
clearly must have been a man who did this one. Probably didn't know that women just hike up the skirt rather then pulling down. Perhaps also never been in a womens' public bathroom. Yeah, I imagine they are cleaner then mens' but not THAT clean!
i have worked where women refuse to sit or touch to flush. not pretty
I cannot believe this is real. There are no words.
I think she's just sitting there with a plastic laptop trying to look pretty.
No woman I know poos in that position, nor would put anything she touches with her hands on the floor in a public restroom or even on the counter in the water closet for that matter.
I won't even put my purse anywhere but the back of a chair by its strap--the places it's been.
Have you ever 'coughed up' poppyseeds? (Don't ask why they've been ingested in large enough amount to be forcibly ejected). Even if holding one's hand over the mouth, poppyseeds (aka 'germs') are spread EVERYWHERE.
Can't imagine putting anything other than shoes on the restroom floor!
Direct To Consumer ads (DTC) should offer "fair balance" statements outlining major risks. This ad provides the black box warning, but omits two of the important contraindications (sections 4.3 and 4.4 of the Lotronex prescribing information).
I'm particularly fond of 4.4: "LOTRONEX should not be used by patients who are unable to understand ...."
In other words, the risks of the drug when not used correctly are so serious that people who don't understand the risks shouldn't use the drug.
If you don't understand the risk of putting your laptop on the restroom floor, then you probably are too stupid to use Lotronex.
For someone with the squits, she looks remarkably calm and happy. But who on earth uses a public toilet without closing the cubicle door?!


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A new law is expected to fix problems with the system so seniors can get what's coming to them.
The snafus arise in what's called the Medicare Secondary Payer process. If there's a settlement or judgment against another party in a liability case, Medicare is entitled to reimbursement for the money it spent on a beneficiary's medical care. It becomes the "secondary payer" while the liability insurer or other responsible party becomes the "primary payer."
But to collect, Medicare has to tally up and report how much it's owed. And that process is fraught, say lawyers for victims and defendants alike.
It's not all that unusual for there to be a discrepancy between Medicare's initial and final reimbursement demand, says Magruder.
In one case following a car accident, for example, Medicare initially said it believed it was owed $1,000, says Linda Magruder, a plaintiff's lawyer in Louisville, Ky. The insurance settlement was $25,000, and the money sat in an escrow account awaiting Medicare's final tally of how much it was owed. A year later, the answer arrived: $30,000.
Under the new law, dubbed the Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act, such surprises should be history.
Among other things, the law sets deadlines for Medicare to post how much it's owed on a Web portal that's accessible to litigants. The new law:
For its part, Medicare says it's committed to doing a good job.
"CMS's goal is a Medicare Secondary Payer program that operates at the highest level of customer service," said Deborah Taylor, director of the CMS Office of Financial Management, in a statement. "We have made numerous improvements that not only improve efficiency in the program but also protect the interests of beneficiaries and the Medicare Trust Fund."
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Strawberry season is in full swing and I have certainly been enjoying it!
Last year I tried roasting strawberries for the first time with great results and I was thinking that a roasted strawberry ice cream would be a good idea. Roasting the strawberries seems to concentrate and intensify their flavour and when they roast they release their juices which gets all nice and syrupy and good. While I was thinking about the concentrated strawberry flavour the strawberry and balsamic vinegar combo came to mind as the a splash of balsamic vinegar also helps to bring out the the natural strawberry flavour. As for the recipe, I started with my standard ice cream base and added the roasted balsamic strawberries so it was pretty simple. When roasting the strawberries I place them on a sheet of foil and fold the edges up to make sure to capture all of the strawberry juices that are released. The roasted strawberry balsamic ice cream was so good! I have been experimenting with the number of egg yolks that I use in my ice creams and I have found that the more that you use the creamier the ice cream is and this time I used 3 egg yolks and the ice cream was nice and smooth and creamy. The strawberry flavour in the ice cream was so intense and bright and vibrant and good! This was easily the best strawberry ice cream that I have had and I will definitely be making some more soon.
2 cups strawberries (cleaned and hulled)
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons sugar
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup full milk
1/2 cup sugar (I used vanilla sugar)
3 egg yolks
Toss the strawberries in the balsamic vinegar and sugar and let sit for 20 minutes.
Pour the mixture on a baking pan covered in foil folded up on the sides to capture the juices.
Roast the strawberries in a preheated 425F/220C oven until they start to caramelize, about 15-20 minutes.
Place the strawberries and the juices into a container and chill in the fridge.
Heat the cream, milk and sugar in a sauce pan until it almost boils, about 5 minutes.
Reduce the heat to low.
Add one tablespoon of the cream mixture to the eggs to temper them.
Add the egg mixture to the sauce pan.
Cook at low heat until it thickens and can coat the back of a spoon.
You may want to strain the mixture at this point to remove any bits that may have formed while cooking.
Chill the mixture in the fridge.
Mix the cream and strawberry mixtures.
Freeze according to the instructions for your ice cream machine.