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Joined: 10 Mar 2005
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Location: Oakland, CA
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:46 pm
Post subject: Lisbon and Seville info sought
I'm off in a bit more than a month to Lisbon, Seville and possibly Madrid. I need recommendations for food tourism including cooking classes, eating, drinking and food markets. Recommendations for food purchases to bring back, too, as well as resources on and off the web to help plan.
Anything foodie or not that I shouldn't miss?
Lisbon and Seville are new to me, but I have spent a lot of time in Madrid about 10 years ago.
Thanks for any tips, tricks or stuff to AVOID.
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 3:48 pm
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In Lisbon you must go to a bakery called Pasteis de Belem. Their specialty is the belem, and it is so yummy. It is a little egg custard with cinnamon and powdered sugar. The recipe is a well guarded secret worth tasting. Be careful, they are addicting.
In Seville I can't tell you a whole lot except stay away from the tapas restaurants in the tourist areas. You will get better food and deals if you go even a few streets out.
I almost forgot, there is this bar called Garlochi Bar I am dying to visit. I didn't have enough time to visit when I was there. The decor is god awful, literally, it is all religious decor that makes Buca de Beppo look tastefully done. The drinks are all given very blasphemous names. A friend went there and said it is the epitomy of religious kitch. I can't wait to see it for myself. It is located in The Alfalfa district.
"It's watery....and yet there's a smack of ham."
"It's hot ham water."
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:37 pm
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Dear Creampuff, though I have been many times in Seville and Lisbon ( I'm also a tour guide in the summer) I couldn't tell much about the hidden spots, I am more familiar with the tourist route, and for that of course you have enough tourist guides. Felipe might help with Lisbon Tips. But one thing I can tell you: Seville is, after Barcelona, the town with the biggest population of very talented pickpockets. They really are something, so beware, especially in the Barrio de Santa Cruz ( former Jewish quarter, today's most touristic quarter- avoid the restaurants there) As for the Pasteis de Belem, I don't know if this is also the name of a pastry shop, but it's certainly the name of the pastry itself, the famous little custards ( pasteis=pastry), originary in Belem , which is a suburb of Lisbon . It's worth to visit Belem - the Hieronymite Monastery - pure manueline style-where Vasco de Gama is burried ( an many more famous conquisitadores) and the nearby Coach Museum which I like very much. As for Belem, the name is a deviation from Bethlehem.
In Lisbon itself, There are many very good seafood restaurants, but I couldn't reccommend a specific one. I would take a ( very careful) stroll in the ALFAMA quarter ( sorry Erin), the oldest part of the town ( the old jewish qurter was there too, until the expulsion of the Jews from Portugal in the 16th century). There you can find many bars ( I noted the one Erin mentions for my next time there) and Fado places. But do ask for a less touristic one, maybe Felipe could help you with this quest too. The touristic places are really .... very touristic. I don't know how long you're going to stay in Lisbon, but if you have one day off, I would suggest you to visit Sintra , a little town ( touristic but very nice) loved by Byron. Closer to Lisbon, you can have a good seafood/fish meal in Estoril or Cascais. If you're there on a business trip, I'm sure your Portugese colleagues will be able to suggests some.
Writing you about Lisbon made me remeber this wonderful city I visited for the first time in 1979. It was a gem, and remained one.
Have a wonderful trip.
No more war, more wonderful travels around the globe!
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:06 pm
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Dear Creampuff
I'm in a hurry now, but tonight I'll give you some tips. There are lots of things you shouldn't miss
Some more, others less interesting, but you'll do the choice
By the way, how will you be travelling? All by plane ? Or will you be driving from Lisbon to Seville/Madrid ?
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:45 pm
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I thought there was something funny about that name. I know of cows eating alfalfa, but it seemed a strange name for a district. Funny!
As far as Pastis de Belem, it's probably a mistake. The good thing is it's the only place that makes them, so ask around and it should be easy to find.
"It's watery....and yet there's a smack of ham."
"It's hot ham water."
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 6:29 pm
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Sooner than I thought i could post... here's a start :
Terreiro do Paço, (http://www.terreiropaco.com ) is the house of one of the most well-known contemporary portuguese chefs, Vitor Sobral. Here you can find some very nice portuguese contemporary cuisine.
Jose Avillez is a young but well-known portuguese chef, and this is his website -
. There you can find both the schedule of its classes and also his interactive dinners, where you cook your dinner with him and then you eat it (only by appointment) He gives cooking classes at his restaurant, at Hotel Albatroz in Cascais (35km from Lisbon, along the shore) every Monday, both from 11a.m to 2p.m and from 7 to 10 p.m. Each class costs 50 euros.
This is the restaurant website :
This one is almost brand-new in the Lisbon restaurant scene. In only one year of existence it had achieved its (hopefully only) first Michelin star. Its located near the Ritz/Four Seasons Hotel and the Meridien, at the top of the hill where the Eduardo VII Park is located. You can delight yourself with one of chef Joachim Koerpers suggestions.
Along with the Ristorante Hotel Cipriani at Lapa Palace Hotel (http://www.lapapalace.com) , this was the only other place where you could taste some white truffles while we were on their season.
If you want to taste some codfish (bacalhau) this is surely one of the best places in Lisbon to do it. Its called Casa do Bacalhau and 70-80% of their menu are codfish plates -
. Its also a good place to taste some portuguese deserts.
If you like Italian food this is the place to go - Casa Nova
. They have another restaurant their first called Casa Nostra at Bairro Alto . This second one is located near the fashionable discoteque LUX -
- and the modern-hype Bica do Sapato restaurant (a good place for sushi)
(their website its still on an experimental version )
Right next door to Casa Nova you have a gourmet store called Deli Delux -
Theyre all right next to the Santa Apolonia train station.
If you want to taste some portuguese wines you can go to Chafariz do Vinho -
- where you can have some wine by the glass together with some tapas or some tasting menus. Theres another similar place in the S. Bento area, called Au gout du vin but I didnt find their website and I dont know its exact address.
Theres a place where you also might like to go. Although the food has nothing of extraordinary its just am average steakhouse and a good place for seafood its like one of the cities institutions. Its called Portugalia. Their main restaurant is the one that worths a visit (theyve started a franchising operation and opened restaurants in other locations and shopping malls as well). Its located on Avenida Almirante Reis.
Theyre open for more than 80 years and they produce their own beer.
As been told before you shouldnt miss the Pastéis de Belém
. Although you can find our custard tarts in every place, these are the original and they are always fresh (as to say hot in this case). If you go to Sintra - it really worths the visit (you can easily pick a train to Sintra at Entrecampos train/subway station) dont miss a place called Periquita where they have this famous pillow-cakes , in Portuguese travesseiros. Allways fresh (hot) as the Pastéis de Belém. Once there you can also get some of the famous Queijadas de Sintra those you can easily take home with you because its a dry cake that lasts for some weeks. They come in a paper wrap, in a dozen or something.
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:13 pm
Post subject: More on my trip
I am going to fly to Lisbon for about a week. I have day trips planned to Sintra and Oporto. Then I am on a bus to Seville and in Seville for three nights. From Seville I have some choices. I can stay in Seville another night or two, wander elsewhere or take a train or plane to Madrid (where I've been before) and stay a night or two before flying back to the States.
I leave March 14
Thanks for any and all tips. I knew I could count on the C&Z forums to help me plan my trip!
ps-- I love markets, any tips?
I am wary about pickpockets always keep my id and credit cards stashed in the hotel safe or in my hidden waist money belt when I travel, and I've seen what happens when you don't.
Simona -- I'd love to know what you think is "worth" it of the typical tourist things, too.
Thanks again.
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 5:26 pm
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Simona---I think you are the only walking talking Encyclopedia of Europe I have ever met. Your depth of knowledge always impresses!
Vivant Linguae Mortuae!!
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:20 am
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Thanks David, but you exaggerate. I was a tour guide in Europe for nearly 30 years ( it was a hobby, I did it in summer , during holidays , it was not my main job) so I travelled a bit. Unfortunately there are some places where I'm familiar with the tourist route only, though I tried always to explore more the places I visited ( while my groups were busy spending their money on shopping- my only free time).
Now back to Lisbon/Spain. Creampuff , you said you are scheduled for one day trip to Oporto. I gather it's by plane ( it's way to far away from Lisbon to do it by train or bus). I haven't been to Oporto, so I don't know. But, if by any chance you are doing it in two days by bus, there are a lot of wonderful places on your way worth a visit like Nazare, a wonderful fishing village which was a gem in the late 70' , where I had wonderful grilled sardines on the beach. It has became very touristic, but there is still the village and the sea. There is Alcobaca not far away, a town known for it's blue ceramics. Batlha is also a "must stop", for the wonderful pure manueline style cathedral which is right off the main road. Further north you have Coimbra, where the University and the wonderful library is worth a detour. Not far from Coimbra there is the Bucaco forest . It's at least a two day trip, and Oporto is still far more in the north, so I doubt all that will fit in your itinerary.
As for Lisbon, besides the usual touristic places ( any guide will do) , I loved the Botanical Gardens. A short trip over the 25th of April Bridge will bring you to the Christ in Majesty statue, a little piece of Brazil in Europe. Nice view on a clear day. And as i said before, a walk in Alfama is pleasant . JUst take the tram up the hill, and do your walk down the hill, it's less tiring.( Filipe could advise the best way).
Filipe, I count on you for to advise on really good portuguese restaurants, restaurants where the Lisbonians eat, with typical portuguese food ( like the Caldo Verde soup I like very much), not the most modern or fashionable ones. The Portugalia sounds good, it's already in my address book.
Now about Spain: the bus to Seville will take most of the day,so you have three nights and two days in Seville. It's OK if you really work hard, as there are some sights to be seen. As for the extra two days, I would permit myself to make a suggestion: you have visited Madrid ( and probably Toledo), so I personally think that if you are in the south, you should devote the remaining two days to either Cordoba or Granada ( or better both, if you have time), and then take a flight to Madrid to catch your connection to the States. There are two towns not to be missed, and I even can't tell you what I love more : th old town and the Mesquita of Cordoba or the incredible Alhambra.
I wish you a very good voyage, and hope to hear about it on this forum when back. If I'll rememeber anything important, I'll write .
No more war, bon and safe voyage!
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:35 pm
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If you go to "Bairro Alto" neighbourhood you'll find a lot of good restaurants, many of them serving typical portuguese cuisine. I'll tell you about those three in that area were i usually eat (and I use "eat" in opposite to "dinne"...)
You can visit the "Cocheira Alentejana", (
) at Travessa do Poço da Cidade 19
You can also try "Restaurante Antigo 1º de Maio", (
) at Rua da Atalaia 8.
Other option could be "Tasca do Manel" (
) at Rua da Barroca 24.
These are all small places, packed with tourists and locals, where you can eat average portuguese food.
If you're into listening to some fado while you haver dinner "Já Disse" might be an interesting option. I once had dinner there, because all my usual places were full, and it turned out to be a very kistch surprise. (
) The food it's not anything special, but you won't find really good food in places such like this. To eat good true portuguese food you have to go outside Lisbon, more in the country areas. If by any chance you stop at Evora on your trip to Sevilla you MUST try "O Fialho". One of the temples of traditional portuguese cuisine.
About your trip to Oporto... you can pick up a train that will get you there in two and a half hours. If you go early in the moorning you can return in the same day, by dinner time. You should get a "Alfa Pendular" train at Santa Apolónia train station. Those are the fastest trains. Beware that the last returning train shoud be aroun 7.30-8.00 p.m.
While in Oporto, and since you won't be staying for too long, you should focus your visit on the historical area. You should take the metro to "Trindade" station, and then walk down Avenida dos Aliados or Rua de Santa Catarina, just towards the river trhough Rua Mouzinho da Silveira. You'll be at the "Ribeira" neighbourhood by then, UNESCO's World Heritage. When in "Ribeira" you should cross the D. Luis bridge (built by Gustave Eiffel) to the left bank of the Douro. That's where you will find the most astonishing view of the city and all the Porto wine cellars. Pick one and do the tour, its quite nice.
If you have some spare time and you're into contemporary architecture you should take the metro until "Casa da Musica" station, where you will find this brand new Concert Hall, designed by Rem Koohlas (the author od the brand new Seattle Library). Try to go there, it really worths the trip and shows you another sinde of the city.
If you still have some spare time (which i doubt) and you're into contemporary art, don't miss Alvaro Siza's "Museu de Serralves". It's Portugal's best conteporary art museum, located atthe gardens of an old art-deco house which actually holds the Foundation that owns the Museum.
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:40 pm
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Thanks again.
Because my friend has never been to Madrid, we will go there for our last few nights and the wonders of southern Spain will have to wait for my next trip.
Let me know if you think of anything else.
I am very appreciative.
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:24 am
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Does anybody know a blogger by the name of Pedro in Lisbon. He writes about the local food scene, I think.
I didn't keep the name of his blog but sent him an email about cooking schools and the like. He sent me an email back but yahoo doesn't like his address for some reason.
Cooking Diva may have given me the link but I can't find it on her site.
Any ideas?
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 2:45 am
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Just a week until I leave. Lots of good suggestions already, but I'll check back before I leave in case anyone else has some ideas. Thanks everyone!
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:33 pm
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Have a wonderful trip, eat a lot of pasteis de Belem, sea food, Tapas and Hamon ( raw ham), say hello to my PREFERATE museum in Europe, the Prado, and a special hello to the amazing pictures of Hyeronimus Bosh . The Prado is the only museum where I enjoy ALL the collection.
Bon Voyage,
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Playing the roles of the Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2099, Spider-Man: Edge of Time propels gamers on a high-octane, adrenaline-fueled adventure in which the heroic web-slingers must urgently work together across time to save each other and prevent a disaster that ultimately leads to the death of the Amazing Spider-Man. Against the backdrop of a rich, tightly crafted narrative by acclaimed Marvel veteran writer Peter David, the game features two individual timelines evolving in parallel, as well as "cause-and-effect" moments driven by the narrative. The game utilizes "picture-in-picture" moments where the actions of the Spider-Man in the present immediately affect the Spider-Man in the future and his surroundings.
Also known as: Spiderman: Edge of Time
Release Region: United States
Release Date: October 4, 2011
Publisher: Activision
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: October 14, 2011
Publisher: Activision
Also available on: PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS
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H2O Asset Management launches Fidelio, a long-short absolute return equity fund
London, 28 February 2017, H2O today announced the launch of Fidelio, a long–short equity fund which aims to generate an absolute return of 5% p.a. over a recommended 3-year investment horizon. The funds objective is to keep volatility below that of global equity markets within this timeframe. It will also seek to exhibit a low correlation to the major global equity market indices. To this end, the fund will take both long and short positions, mainly on economic sectors and listed companies.
Against a market backdrop characterized by low interest rates, excessive regulation and mechanized investment strategies, the dispersion of risk premiums across equity markets has reached unprecedented levels, thereby offering many unique arbitrage opportunities for active relative-value managers. H2O Fidelio aims to tap value out of this distinctive environment.
First, the fund benefits from the long-standing global macro expertise of the H2O management team. This "top-down" component is critical to seize the shifts in paradigm, the swings in market fashions and the correlation rotations that impact the equity asset class as a whole. It enables the team to focus solely on those strategies that are relevant to the on-going environment.
H2O Fidelio also relies on a "bottom-up" process managed by Gonzague Legoff who has been running global macro funds since 2003. In line with H2O's style, it is a global, judgmental, opportunistic and unconstrained style that is based upon a set of convictions and a search for diversification.
H2O Fidelio may for instance draw value from the inefficiencies inherent to today's equity markets. According to Gonzague Legoff and Christophe Chappuis, the fund's co-managers, "Investors' constraints generate the best sources of performance. As most asset management companies organize their equity research & management teams along geographical lines, they breed regional arbitrage opportunities between stocks belonging to the same sectors and exposed to the same markets."
The positive side of this multi-strategies approach is that it does not necessitate the comprehensive and systematic coverage of an excessively large security investment universe by means of a crowd of equity analysts. It requires the opportunistic singling out of a few specific themes and their blending with the strategic positions.
Since its inception on October 25, 2016, the USD-denominated I share class of
H2O Fidelio has delivered a +3.9% positive return as at February 13, 2017*.
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*Source H20 Asset Management, 13.02.2017. Figure is net of fees.
About H2O Asset Management
Specialized in Global Macro management, H2O Asset Management is a London-based company founded in 2010, and composed of more than 15 investment professionals, and an overall staff of more than 40 people. Part of the multi-affiliate model of Natixis Global Asset Management, H2O Asset Management is able to leverage on the support of Natixis Global Asset Management sales teams in Europe and elsewhere with a specific partnership with Natixis Asset Management. H2O Asset Management offers a comprehensive range of UCITS funds in global bonds, currencies and equities, serving institutional and corporate clients as well as individual investors. H2O Asset Management has €10.2bn of AuM as of 31/03/2016.
H2O ASSET MANAGEMENT L.L.P. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) FCA Register no. 529105 Headquarters: 10 Old Burlington Street - London W1S 3AG - United Kingdom
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About Natixis Global Asset Management
Natixis Global Asset Management serves thoughtful investment professionals worldwide with more insightful ways to invest. Through our Durable Portfolio Construction® approach, we focus on risk to help them construct more strategic portfolios that seek to endure today's unpredictable markets. We draw from deep investor and industry insights and partner closely with our clients to put objective data behind the discussion.
Natixis Global Asset Management is ranked among the world's largest asset management firms.1 Uniting over 20 specialized investment managers globally (€831.5 billion AUM2), we bring a diverse range of solutions to every strategic opportunity. From insight to action, Natixis Global Asset Management helps our clients better serve their own with more durable portfolios.
Headquartered in Paris and Boston, Natixis Global Asset Management, S.A. is part of Natixis. Listed on the Paris Stock Exchange, Natixis is a subsidiary of BPCE, the second-largest banking group in France. Natixis Global Asset Management, S.A.'s affiliated investment management firms and distribution and service groups include AIA;3 AEW Capital Management; AEW Europe; AlphaSimplex Group; Axeltis; Darius Capital Partners; DNCA Investments;4 Dorval Asset Management;5 Emerise;6 Gateway Investment Advisers; H2O Asset Management;5 Harris Associates; IDFC Asset Management Company; Loomis, Sayles & Company; Managed Portfolio Advisors;3 McDonnell Investment Management; Mirova;5 Natixis Asset Management; Ossiam; Seeyond;7 Vaughan Nelson Investment Management; Vega Investment Managers; and Natixis Global Asset Management Private Equity, which includes Seventure Partners, Naxicap Partners, Alliance Entreprendre, Euro Private Equity, Caspian Private Equity and Eagle Asia Partners. Visit ngam.natixis.com for more information.
1 Cerulli Quantitative Update: Global Markets 2016 ranked Natixis Global Asset Management, S.A. as the 16th largest asset manager in the world based on assets under management
($870.3 billion) as of December 31, 2015.
2 Net asset value as of December 31, 2016. Assets under management (AUM) may include assets for which non-regulatory AUM services are provided. Non-regulatory AUM includes assets which do not fall within the SEC's definition of 'regulatory AUM' in Form ADV, Part 1.
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All eyes are on Iran and its nuclear program. The Iranian government has stated that it pursues only peaceful ends in its new-found interest in uranium enrichment. Israel and the United States have accused Iran of building nuclear WMDs. In this article, Part 1, we will review how Israel and Iran are igniting the next world war and how conventional methods of defusing this situation have failed. In Part 2, we will examine the diplomatic failures which have allowed this situation to persist and worsen. In Part 3 we will review unlikely alternatives which might be able to prevent the United States from being dragged into a 21st century Vietnam.
Why are Iran and Israel Moving Towards War?
Iran and Israel have the keys to peace or war in the Middle East; they both choose war. we can see the rational explanation behind this absurd decision by looking into game theory and the Prisoners' Dilemma. Both sides have the option of backing down; however, if either side took enacted peaceful measures it would open itself for attack from the opposition. Without mutual trust or a shared allied superpower to help negotiate a thawing of relations these nations are locked onto the war path.
How Will the War Begin on Our Current Course?
Israel has talked openly about a preemptive strike. With a surprise attack Israeli fighter jets plan to cripple the Iranian nuclear program beyond repair. Iran will doubtlessly strike back; igniting a regional war against Israel. The United States will most likely be dragged into the conflict with the inevitable Iranian retaliations. In an American military war-game codenamed Internal Look, which played out many possible scenarios following an Israeli preemptive strike, United States ships were attacked by Iranian planes attempting to intercept the retreating Israel fighters. This is one of dozens of possibilities which could throw American into a pan-Arabian war in one of the world's most volatile and important regions,
Why is It Important to Prevent War?
Life and energy.
It is of primary importance to maintain peace to prevent wholesale slaughter on a scale not seen since the end of World War Two. Iran uses human waves of millions of loyalists to crush enemies while Israel decimates invaders with overwhelming air power and possibly nuclear. A conflict would kill thousands; if there is an alternative, it must be pursued
Second, oil is something critical to the Middle Oil flow will slow to a trickle if war explodes across the Persian Gulf; either blockades of the Straits of Hormuz or wholesale destruction of regional oil tankers could cut off the world's energy supply. International blackouts would cause unprecedented chaos.
The question becomes that if war would be so disastrous why would the powers that be allowed it to deteriorate to this strained point? Find the answer in Part 2; it will be up tomorrow.
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Imagine a blueberry syrup that actually tastes like blueberries, real ripe blueberries, and not just sugar. Now imagine producing it right in your own kitchen and stashing a few bottles of it away for winter. That is what we're going to do today!
Never mind the laundry piling up (our machine is currently out of order, so that gives me a good excuse) and the sticky floors, blueberry season is short and the berries won't wait around. Unfortunately, the laundry will.
This syrup is my new favorite way to preserve the sweet dark berries. When a recent tally of my jam pantry showed I still had nineteen varieties of homemade jam to be consumed, I relinquished my plan to make blueberry jam with my market haul and decided to go with syrup. We're huge pancake fans around here and fresh fruit syrups will not go to waste.
With average pancake syrups such as Aunt Jemima consisting basically of corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup and artificial flavoring, along with the hefty price tag of pure maple syrup, homemade fruit syrup is an extremely attractive option for topping your buckwheat pancakes – or blueberry sundaes.
A few ways we enjoy blueberry syrup:
- Stirred into yogurt
- Poured over ice cream
- Drizzled over plain cheesecake
- Spilled over pancakes or waffles
- Added to milkshakes or smoothies
Ready to make your own blueberry syrup? Let's do it!
Recipe: Sweet Summertime Blueberry Syrup
- 5 cups organic blueberries, washed
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup Turbinado sugar, firmly packed (or white sugar)
- 1 organic lemon, whole, washed
1. Using a sharp paring knife, peel three or four strips of lemon peel from the lemon. Skin should be about 1/2 inch wide and not have too much of the bitter pith or white part on it. Then juice the lemon, and set both zest and juice aside.
2. Place blueberries and water in a medium pot. Don't worry about stems or leaves; they will be strained out later. Using a potato masher, crush the berries.
3. Over medium-high heat, bring the berries and water to a boil, then lower the temperature to medium-low. Simmer berries for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. They will darken considerably.
4. Remove pot from heat and ladle berries into a fine sieve set over a heat-proof bowl or measuring cup. Using the back of a smaller ladle, press on the berry solids to extract as much juice as possible. Discard solids. (Update: or save them if you like. This part is apparently alarming to quite a few commenters! But my solids are full of stems, not worthy of a smoothie.)
5. Return the blueberry juices to the pot, then add the lemon peel (not juice yet) and the sugar. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 10 minutes until the mixture thickens slightly. (Optional: Add a stick of cinnamon here, if you like).
6. Add 2 tablespoons lemon juice and stir to combine. Boil another minute or two. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Remove lemon zest.
7. Using a funnel, pour syrup into clean jars. Top with lid and store in the refrigerator for up to three months, or the freezer for up to nine.
Makes about 3 cups.
Recipe Update!
A lot of you have asked about canning this syrup. Yes, I have done so with success. Brush up on your canning basics before you proceed, then ladle hot syrup into hot, sterilized jars (I use 1/4 pint), wipe rings, and cover with lids. Place in a hot water canning bath and process for 10 minutes.
Would you use fruit syrups at your table?


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Recipe Summary
The herb tarka adds an Indian twist to this classic Italian favorite as well as plenty of flavor. Chef Saran recommends making a water-based stock of asparagus ends, Parmigiano rind and black peppercorns instead of a store-bought chicken or vegetable stock.
Recipe Servings: 8 first course or 4 main course portions
Recipe Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Recipe Cook Time: 60 minutes
For the tarka
2 tbsp unsalted butter
2 tbsp Lucini® Premium Select Extra Virgin Olive Oil®
1 tbsp finely chopped fresh basil
1 tsp finely chopped fresh rosemary
1 tsp finely chopped fresh thyme
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1/8 tsp red pepper flakes
For the risotto
2 lbs/910 g asparagus
2 tsp kosher salt
1 Parmigiano-Reggiano rind (optional), plus 1 cup/100 g finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
1 tsp coarsely ground pepper (optional), plus 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
6 tbsp/85 g unsalted butter
1 medium red onion, finely chopped
2 cups/200 g Arborio rice
1/2 cup/120 ml dry white wine
10-oz/280-g bag fresh or frozen green peas
Finely chopped fresh basil for serving
To make the tarka: Melt the butter in a medium frying pan over medium heat. Add the olive oil, basil, rosemary, thyme, black pepper, and red pepper flakes. Cook, stirring often, until the mixture is fragrant, about 1 minute. Turn off the heat and set aside.
To make the risotto: Snap off the tough ends of the asparagus and add them to a large soup pot. Slice the trimmed asparagus spears on the diagonal into 1-inch/2.5-cm lengths, leave the tips whole, and place both in a medium bowl and set aside.
Pour 12 cups/2.85 L water over the asparagus ends and add 1 tsp of the salt and the Parmigiano-Reggiano rind (if using), and the coarsely ground pepper (if using). Bring the liquid to a boil over medium-high heat, reduce the heat to medium-low, cover, and gently simmer until the broth is fragrant, about 25 minutes. Strain the broth into a clean pot, cover to keep the broth warm, and discard the asparagus ends and the rind. (The broth can be made up to a week in advance; reheat before making the risotto.) You should have about 10 cups/2.35 L of broth.
Melt the butter in a large heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat. Add the freshly ground pepper and cook, stirring often, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in the onion and 1/2 tsp salt and cook, stirring often, until the onion is translucent and soft, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Add the rice and cook, stirring often, until the grains are opaque, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Pour in the wine and cook, stirring often, until it is absorbed, 1 to 2 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium and add 1 cup/240 ml of the broth. Cook the risotto, stirring constantly, until the liquid is mostly absorbed (when you push a wooden spoon through the center of the pot, a trail should remain for 1 second before the rice comes back together), and then add another 1 cup/240 ml of warm broth. The rice will probably need about 2 minutes of cooking and stirring between each addition.
Once you have added 5 cups/1.18 L broth total to the risotto (after about 10 minutes), add the sliced asparagus, asparagus tips, peas, and the remaining 1/2 tsp salt. You know the risotto is done when the rice is creamy, not mushy, the grains are plump yet separate, and the rice is cooked to an al dente doneness (there should be an opaque speck in the center of a grain of rice), after another three to five additions of broth and 8 to 10 more minutes. Turn off the heat. Add the tarka and 2 tbsp of the Parmigiano-Reggiano, stirring to combine. Spoon the risotto into serving bowls, shower with some fresh basil and Parmigiano-Reggiano, and serve.


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Hubble Images of Star Cluster Before and After Astronauts Fixed Hubble's Flaw
Right panel: Real image taken with the Wide Field/Planetary Camera-2 of a "globular duster" pinhole mask in the April 1993 WFPC2 Thermal Vacuum test at JPL (Pasadena, CA). The image is a 80 sec exposure through the F555W ("V") filter about 40x34" on a side, and approximates closely what HST+WFPC2 should see in a few-orbit exposure after refurbishment on a distant globular cluster (like Omega Centauri, but up to 70x further away). This HST image has a resolution of ~0.10 (FWHM), or about 10x sharper than can be ordinarily achieved from the ground. Note the apparent lack of spherical aberration wings in the expected refurbished HST image, and that individual stars can now be distinguished for the first time down to the very cluster center. The faint cosmic-ray streak in the middle of the left edge shows that this is a real (WFPC2) CCD-image.
Left panel: Simulation of the same globular cluster as in the right panel (shown at the same intensity scale), but as it would have appeared to WFPC-1 before HST's refurbishment. Note that most of the stars in the cluster center cannot be separated because of the spherical aberration wings in the pre-refurbishment HST images, and that all the faintest stars in the cluster outskirts have disappeared, because of spherical aberration and the higher read-noise in WFPC1. Note how similar this image is when compared to a real WFPC1 observation of the Galactic globular cluster M15 (see Lauer et al. 1991, Astrophysical Journal 369, Letter 45, Plate L11 and L12). Both show a central diffuse halo of starlight from HST's spherical aberration wings and a lack of faint stars.
Comparison of the left and right panel shows that after HST's refurbishment the following gains are expected for stars:
1) An increase in resolution of a factor 10-15 over ground-based, and a factor of 2-3 over the pre-Refurbishment Hubble.
2) A substantial gain in sensitivity (due to Hubble's restored optics and the lower detector noise). For stars this amounts to a factor 5-6 compared to pre-Refurbishment.
Studies of crowded star-fields such as globular clusters are most hampered by Hubble's current spherical aberration, and the HST refurbishment will yield the first dear view of the stellar content and evolution of distant globular clusters when using the highest possible WFPC2 resolution.
Credits: Dr. J. Jeff Hester of Arizona State University, and the Wide Field Planetary Camera-2 Instrument Definition Team (P.1.: Dr. John Trauger at JPL), and was sponsored by NASA/GSFC.


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[Illinois] CNST 2013: Nanotechnology Research: Academia-Industry Partnership for Innovation
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Gang Bao, Georgia Tech Gang Bao applies nanotechnology to the tiny world of genes and proteins.
Bao, a professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, uses molecular beacons, nano-sized biomarkers that seek out certain disease-indicating genes and glow when they find them, to create new methods for early disease detection, imaging and drug delivery.
These beacons can be used to detect disease in its earliest stages and give doctors a much better understanding of how genes contribute to illness. Because the dots glow with a spectrum of bright, fluorescent colors, it is hoped they will improve the sensitivity of diagnostic tests for molecules that are difficult to detect, such as those in cancer cells.
A Georgia Tech and Emory University research group lead by Bao was recently awarded $11.5 million to establish a new program focused on creating advanced nanotechnologies to analyze plaque formation on the molecular level and detect plaque at its early stages. The group will study ways to use molecular beacons and other nano-sized markers to predict and study cardiovascular disease by detecting minute amounts of plaque along artery walls and even cells that may eventually foster plaque buildup.
Bao received his Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering at Shandong Polytechnic University, his master's in applied mechanics at Shandong Polytechnic University and his Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Lehigh University. (Source)
Mark Bohr, Intel After earning his master's degree at Illinois, Mark T. Bohr joined Intel Corporation and initially worked on charge coupled device (CCD) memories at Intel's Santa Clara, California facility. In 1978, he transferred to Portland, Oregon to become one of the founding members of Intel's Portland Technology Development group. Since then, he has been the architect and innovator for every Intel CMOS logic technology for SRAM and microprocessor products since the dawn of high performance CMOS in the early 1980s. He was the early development program manager for Intel's 45nm microprocessor technology featuring revolutionary high-k + metal gate transistors and is presently directing early development activities for the 22nm generation microprocessor technology.
For more than 25 years, Bohr has shared his innovation and knowledge with the technology community worldwide through many courses inside of Intel, presentations at major IEEE conferences, and numerous publications. His inventions have been documented in 50 patents on integrated circuit processing, and in 2002 he was elected to the position of Intel Senior Fellow, one of only four in the corporation at the time.
Bohr is a Fellow of IEEE, the recipient of the 2003 IEEE Andrew S.Grove Award, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He served for many years on the UIUC ECE Alumni Advisory Board and received the ECE Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1998. He has presented several technical seminars at Illinois, including a short course on advanced integrated circuit processing in fall 2007, sponsored by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Source)
Lesley Millar, Director, Office of Technology Management, University of Illinois Lesley Millar, Director Lesley Millar has served as the Director of the Office of Technology Management (OTM) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 2006; she originally joined the Office in 2002 as an Engineering Technology Manager. As Director, Ms. Millar leads a team of more than 20 professionals responsible for engaging with faculty, staff, corporations, and venture groups to commercialize the intellectual property arising from the more than $500 million in research conducted on campus. She also works with a wide range of campus, corporate, and community partners, furthering the office's mission to encourage innovation, enhance research and facilitate economic development. Prior to joining the OTM, Ms. Millar had an extensive career in government in England where she worked in consulting, contract and small business management, strategic planning, and policy development.
Ms. Millar is a frequent speaker at technology transfer seminars and professional meetings. She is on the Board of Governors of Certified Licensing Professionals Inc.(http://www.licensingcertification.org/), a member of the LES IP100 Advisory Board, on the Editorial Advisory Board of Intellectual Property Marketing Advisor Publication, a member of the Board of Managers of Illinois Ventures LLC (http://www.illinoisventures.com/) and is a regular contributor to articles and webinars for Technology Transfer Tactics. She is a member of both the Licensing Executive Society and Association of University Technology Managers. A native of Scotland, Ms. Millar has a B.Ed. an M.Ed and an MBA. She is also a Certified Licensing Professional (CLP). (Source)
Ben Barbieri, ISS, Inc. Beniamino Barbieri is the president of ISS, Inc. Since 1984, ISS has been committed to the development and design of highly sensitive scientific instrumentation for research, clinical and industrial applications. Over the years, our innovations introduced to research-grade fluorescence instrumentation generated a second product line for medical applications. In 1992, ISS started a project with the research group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign headed by Prof. Enrico Gratton and aimed at understanding the behavior of fluorophores in scattering and turbid media; the goal was the development of an instrument suitable for the non-invasive measurements of metabolites in the human body. As a result of this collaboration, ISS introduced a non-invasive Tissue Oximeter for the measurement of the absolute oxygen concentration in tissues, called OxiplexTS. The first prototype of the instrument was completed in 1998; about one hundred units of OxiplexTS have been installed worldwide so far. A second instrument, Imagent, utilized for the mapping of activated brain areas, was added in 2001. Both products have been developed with the generous contribution of The National Institutes of Health through the SBIR program and today they are successfully marketed worldwide by our division ISS Medical, fully dedicated to the development of instrumentation for medical applications.ISS instruments are installed in universities and corporations worldwide. Our customers include several major universities, corporations, hospitals and research institutions across the globe, including, in the United States, The Mayo Foundation, the VA Administration, The National Institute of Standards and Technology, The National Institutes of Health, Oak Ridge National Laboratories and The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). (Source)
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Smith County DA Donates Seven Vehicles to the Sheriff's Dept.
"It's no cost to the taxpayer", said Smith County District Attorney Matt Bingham who presented Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith Tuesday with seven Dodge Chargers.
The vehicles which had been in use by the DA's office will now be put back on the road for use by the Sherriff's Department's Criminal Investigation and added Patrol Units.
The cars are each equipped with radios at a cost of $38,000 paid for by the District Attorney's office Drug Forfeiture Fund. The cars originally were also purchased with confiscated drug money.
Sheriff Smith said today's donation allows the department to add very much needed vehicles to its fleet and make it through this year without any added expense to purchase new vehicles which is a tremendous savings to the taxpayer.
Sheriff Smith says his goal is to rotate the patrol cars out every four years.


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Some of my readers might remember that I told you about Gramma Grammer in an earlier post. She was my great great great grandmother on my mother's side. All I knew about her was that my grandmother is the one who said she used to call her Gramma Grammer, and that my mother once told me that she was pretty sure this was the woman she was told had a wooden leg. I haven't been able to confirm that yet. My mother told me that once when she and her mother were in the Woodbrook Cemetery in Woburn, where many family members are buried, she asked her mother how Lorena A. Grammer was related? Her mother replied, "Oh that one's been married so many times, we don't know who she is." ...But I do.
Gramma Grammer was born Lorena Abbie Pelsue in Stockholm, New York in 1835. Stockholm is way up in the county of St. Lawrence in the northernmost corner of New York, almost to Canada. The name Pelsue is not uncommon up there, although I hadn't ever heard it before. Lorena's parents actually came from Chelmsford, MA by way of Vermont and ended up in Stockholm, NY shortly after the little town was first founded in the early 1800s.
Lorena, the youngest of five children born to George and Pheobe (Newell) Pelsue is not living with her family in 1850, but she wasn't far away. At only 15 years old or so, she left the family home and was living with neighbors on a large farm. The owners of the farm were Franklin and Cynthia (Pelsue) Ellis. Cynthia is probably a cousin, although I am not certain. Ten years later another member of the family, one of Lorena's nephews, also lived there. This was a large farm and they had a large family so they most likely welcomed young family members to help out in the home and on the farm. It was and is a very small town and chances are people helped each other out when they needed it.
I am not sure Lorena was suited to the 'servant's' life. Within a year or so, she met and married Nathan Hyde a shoemaker from Woburn, MA. Stockholm is a long way from Woburn, so it's a puzzle how they met. Perhaps they had a mutual acquaintance or her older brother introduced them. I have a feeling there may even be a common relative somewhere, but I have yet to discover that. So often that does turn out to be the case in those days.
Whatever brought them together, Nathan and Lorena made their home in Woburn where they had five children: one son, Nathan Hastings Hyde who died as an infant and four daughters. One of those daughters was Minnie Hyde Tiffany, my great great grandmother and one of the original keepers of my genealogy scrapbook.
Nathan provided well for the family while he was alive, but he died at the age of 50 after 24 years of marriage, leaving Lorena a 42 year old widow with 4 teen aged girls to bring up. She may have found it hard to pay the bills after she lost Nathan because soon Lorena moved her family to New York City where they lived with her eldest daughter Helen, who was married to Edwin Tiffany. (Later, Helen's younger sister Minnie, would marry my great great grandfather Harlan Tiffany, Edwin's brother.)
About eight years after Nathan died, Lorena had since moved back to Massachusetts where she met a widower from Boston. His name James B. Berry, the father of two sons who was born in New Brunswick, but moved to Boston as a young man. There he became a well-respected Pianoforte Manufacturer. Lorena's daughter Minnie was an accomplished soloist and played the piano. She may have been one of James' students because he also gave piano lessons.
When all of Lorena's girls were grown and gone from the home and James' sons were also on their own. Lorena and James married and made their home in Boston, where he ran his successful business. James died after they'd been married only 6 years. Lorena must have found it very difficult to have lost him after such a short time. In 1892, the year after he died, a brief bio was written up in an industry publication:
I think Lorena knew exactly what she was doing and probably felt entitled. I think this is how Lorena made ends meet. After all, she had outlived three husbands, 2 of whom had other heirs, and yet she still managed to land on her feet, wooden leg and all. The James Hyde mentioned in the article was Alice's father. Maybe she thought she had some claim to the rents since Alice was living with her? I doubt I will ever know.
Lorena lived until she was almost 85. The last home she lived in was on Winthrop Street in Medford, where she died on the 15th of October in 1919. I wonder if this was one of the properties mentioned, and if it is, maybe she won the lawsuit which allowed her to remain there.
In the scrapbook my great great grandmother Minnie kept, written next to her mother Lorena's obituary was the following:
"My dear mother died October 15, 1919. Age 85 years in just 5 days more."
I have several letters from Lorena, written to her granddaughter Ethel, my great grandmother. Ethel was a little girl when most were written. In one letter she was just turning ten and asking about her upcoming birthday. There is one written around Christmas, asking her what Ethel had written in her letter to Santa. One talked about her staying warm and cozy in her rooms and not wanting to venture out for a visit to Southbridge, where Ethel lived, until the spring. Each one was full of sweet, loving terms of endearment, addressed to My Dear little Granddaughter or My dear Ethel. There are also a few in the collection written to her daughter Minnie, all addressed similarly, "My dear daughter, My dear Minnie". And every single one was signed your loving grandma, or your loving Mamma, then very formally: L. A. Hyde or L. A. Grammer. (I don't have any L. A. Berry letters.) It struck me as very funny that she needed to identify herself, especially with her daughter, in any other way but Grandma or Mamma.
So, Gramma Grammer left the world perhaps a villain to some whose rents she collected, but much loved by her daughter and granddaughter. I am not sure what I think about that little run-in with her family and the court. I like to think that she prevailed and that all went well. But, I think if we look at her whole life, and not just one small chapter, I'd say she did a pretty good job for a woman of her time, and a one legged one, at that.
She's not so much of a mystery to me any more. She rests in Woodbrook Cemetery, along side Nathan Hyde, her first husband, her sister Sophia Pelsue Shed and her husband, her baby Nathan Hastings Hyde, her daughter Helen Hyde Tiffany, her niece Elsie and her husband. And a mystery person named Lotie Hyde Grammer who died in 1875.
Do you suppose there was another Gramma Grammer?
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"A Crooked Politician?"
"A Devil of an Ancestor-in-law"
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The time has come for Israel to consider retaking the Gaza Strip, former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Monday, just hours after Palestinian terrorists operating out of the coastal enclave fired a volley of six missiles into southern Israel.
Four of the missiles landed in open areas, and the other two, which were heading toward population centers, were intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system.
It was the first such multi-rocket attack since last November's Operation Pillar of Cloud, when Israel heavily bombarded Gaza in response to escalating terrorist assaults on southern Israel.
Speaking on Israel Radio, Lieberman said that Gaza's Hamas rulers have "no intention of ever reconciling with a Jewish presence" anywhere in the Land of Israel, so such escalations can only become a constant feature of life for Israelis living in the region.
The necessary alternative, according to Lieberman, is to "return to the Gaza Strip and conduct a thorough cleaning."
The overnight missile attacks were believed to be the result of an internal rift between Hamas and Islamic Jihad, one of the smaller terror groups that also uses Gaza as a base of operations.
Islamic Jihad officials on Monday said they no longer recognized Hamas rule in Gaza. As the conflict between the two groups grows, Israel expects to more provocation aimed at drawing it into the fray.
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LONDON — When it was all over, when the game was finished and the smiles had replaced looks of concern and after Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" had served as the soundtrack for a crowd loving every minute of this billion-dollar collection of NBA stars wrapped up in American flags bowing for the audience, they locked arms, rose as one and stepped onto the medal stand to claim their prize.
The U.S. Men's Senior National Team completed its gold medal mission Sunday, holding off a feisty Spain team 107-100 at North Greenwich Arena in the Olympic final to claim a matching gold medal for the one they captured four years ago in Beijing. The difference between pure joy and relief, though, is hard to make out with the stars and stripes covering their faces.
"Anytime you're going for a championship there is a sense of relief, especially when you win," Deron Williams said. "It's been a long five weeks for us. We've been on the road since July 5th and it's good to know that you've finished what you started."
They actually completed a mission that started eight years ago with a blueprint to resurrect a USA Basketball program that had fallen on hard times after coming up empty in quests for gold at the 2002 World Championship in Indianapolis and the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
Only LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony were retained from that 2004 squad that was humiliated in Athens, two of three men. They were there Sunday, arms locked with Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, Williams, Kevin Love and young Anthony Davis, scoring machine Kevin Durant, the cosmic past, present and future of the program on the world stage.
Not only did they reclaim a nation's basketball glory by winning a gold medal for the 14th time in 18 Olympic tries, they shattered records along the way, inspiring a rock star vibe here similar to the one another group of NBA stars did on their way historic gold 20 years ago in Barcelona.
Forget the comparisons, for now at least. The members of this U.S. Team are just glad to have completed the journey, which was tougher than most imagined with the U.S. struggling to surge past Spain until the final minutes of the game.
James put the finishing touches on one of the finest seasons in the history of the game, when the reigning NBA MVP soared for a dunk and a clutch 3-pointer in the final two minutes. And Paul came up huge with driving layup past two 7-foot defenders with 50.7 seconds to play to give the U.S. the separation it needed.
This game played along to a similar script from the 2008 game in Beijing, when Bryant and Dwyane Wade made plays late to help the U.S. win 118-107.
"We knew it wasn't going to be easy. And we didn't want it easy," James said. "A lot of teams have won gold easy. We didn't ant it that way. We're a competitive team. We love when it gets tight. And that's when our will and determination shows. It was the same way in 2008. They're a great team, much respect to them and we knew we were going to have to earn it."
James earned his spot on the short list of players to win the NBA title, regular-season MVP, The Finals MVP and an Olympic gold medal in the same year. Michael Jordan was the first to do it 20 years ago. James finished the tournament with 273 career Olympic points, a U.S. record surpassing David Robinson's previous mark of 270.
"I could have never scripted it this way," said James, whose record on the court since Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals against Boston is a staggering 19-1. " I had many dreams about it, about winning a NBA championship and then following it up with a gold medal and being a part of so many great teams with so many other great players. I'm fortunate enough to be in this position and healthy and happy I was able to be able to do this for our country."
He came through in the clutch Sunday, finishing with 19 points, seven rebounds, four assists and two steals while working defensively on everyone from 7-footers Pau and Marc Gasol to point guard Jose Calderon and shooting guard Juan Carlos Navarro.
"A lot of people doubted us, said we were too small and couldn't compete with the size of a lot of teams," James said. "But like Chris said, it's not about size. It's about heart. And it's the heart that comes through. I'm happy we've got a lot of big hearts on our team."
If this was his final Olympic moment, he has not made up his mind yet, it was an indelible one. And one he will always share with both Bryant and U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski, who have both said this was their last time in their respective roles.
Bryant scored 17 points Sunday to help the U.S. finish off Spain. He finishes his USA Basketball stint with two gold medals to add to his championship collection, five NBA titles with perhaps more on the horizon now that Dwight Howard and Steve Nash will join him and Paul Gasol (24 points, eight rebounds, seven assists) in Los Angeles with the Lakers.
"This is it for me," he said. "They are good to go."
Krzyzewski wrapped up his international coaching career with a sterling 62-1 record and having helped restore a legacy, along with USA Basketball chairman and managing director Jerry Colangelo.
"It's been a great ride," James said. "I don't know if I'm going to be a part of the 2016 team. I know (Coach K) already said he's done. We've had a great tide. I'm happy to be on the same floor with such a great and legendary coach."
Whoever coaches the team in Rio in 2016 will already have a solid foundation in place, especially if Kevin Durant is still on the team.
Durant set an Olympic record for the most points in any single Summer Games with 156, the final 30 coming on this night — and each and every one of them was needed with Spain chasing all the way until the very end.
Durant praised his teammates and Krzyzewski and his staff for pushing him the way they did. The reigning and three-time NBA scoring champ, 23, didn't want to offend any of his older peers.
"He really helped me out a lot, gave me confidence every single day," Durant said. "Because it's tough to come in here and play the way you play with your regular team. You don't want to come in here and step on any toes. You don't want to be that guy. He lets you know from the beginning we'll be right there with you to the end."
Durant is actually the model for the revamped USA Basketball program Colangelo and Krzyzewski have tried to cultivate the past eight years. He was identified early, brought along slowly and then unleashed on the world when his game was seasoned and ready.
"I felt like I did it right," Durant said. "Out of college I had an opportunity to practice with these guys. Then I went into the Select Team process, and being one of the younger guys that was going to be looked at for years to come. Being one of the main guys on that 2010 team and then having this opportunity to come in here and compete for a gold medal, it was a long journey for me. Even though it was my first one, it was a long journey. I'm glad I got this opportunity and I'm glad I went through those situations and I'm just happy we got this gold."
He said, "this one" as if expects there to be more … gold medals, that is.
"We'll see," he said, a nod to the constant chatter about the looming 23-under age-limit rule being discussed for future Olympic competitions. Durant was one of seven Olympic rookies to suit up for the U.S. "You never know how these things are going to play out."
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ISS Amateur Radio Status: July 28, 2006 SpaceCam1 Slow Scan TV project for ISS, Update By Miles Mann WF1F, MAREX-NA News Manned Amateur Radio Experiment, North American Division SpaceCam1 Slow Scan TV project for ISS, Update During this weeks ARISS meeting with the engineers at the Russian Space Agency, it was announced that ISS Expedition 13 Commander Pavel Vinogradov,, may have some time to start testing Slow Scan TV from the International Space Station. http://www.arrl.org/?artid=6627 This testing may be very limited. It is not know when the Project will be officially opened to the world wide public. The tentative down link for SSTV will be on 144.490 FM. The uplink will not be published until testing has been completed. SpaceCam1: The MAREXMG / ARISS SpaceCam1 SSTV System is an entry-level PC based Slow Scan Television system designed to be used on board the International Space Station. This system will support multiple common SSTV transmission modes. SpaceCam1 has been specifically designed to be accessible to as many Amateur Radio stations as possible around the world. The original proof-of-concept system was built by the MAREX-NA team and successfully flown on the Russian Space Station Mir (December 1998 until August 1999). The proof-of-concept system has proven the ability of the hardware design and it has taught us how to make additional improvements for the next generation SSTV system for ISS. http://www.marexmg.org/marexmirweb/fileshtml/galleryimagepage1.htm In January 2001 the SpaceCam1 the ARISS program accepted project at one of the future Amateur Radio projects for the International Space Station. http://www.marexmg.org/ The SpaceCam1 software has been under development since 1999 and is being created by the SiliconPixels team managed by Jim Barber (N7CXI). http://www.barberdsp.com/spmain.htm The ARISS Hardware Manager Lou McFadin (W5DID) was assigned the task of building an Audio interface box for the SpaceCam1 project. The Audio interface box will allow the audio from a standard Laptop PC to be plugged into the existing Amateur Radio station on ISS. When will SpaceCam1 fly? In October 2005 the last component needed for SpaceCam1 arrived on ISS. All of the required Hardware and software is currently on ISS. The initial big problem was locating a computer on ISS to use for this project. All of the existing laptops on ISS were considered mission critical computers. Recently a computer was released to Amateur Radio usage, and the software packages have been loaded. We are now just waiting for the ISS crew to be giving permission to start testing the SSTV applications. SpaceCam1 FAQ: http://www.marexmg.org/spacecam/spacecam.html Will I be able to receive images from SpaceCam1? Yes! SpaceCam1 will transmit and receive images on amateur radio frequencies, using standard SSTV formats. Although SpaceCam1 is capable of operating in several modes, the standard format will be Robot 36. This format offers the best standard compromise between image quality and transmission time. In addition to two-way "interactive" operation, SpaceCam1 provides the following fully automatic functions: • Transmission from a live camera or disk at specified intervals • "Slide Show" operation from a set of images stored on the system • SSTV Repeater What equipment will I need to receive the images? Radio receiver with an outdoor antenna. The radio receive will need to be able to receive FM signals in the Amateur Radio satellite band (ITU 144.000 – 146.000 MHz) A PC with SSTV software or a dedicated SSTV scan converter. http://www.marexmg.org/fileshtml/sstvlinkpage.html Tracking software (optional, although it helps a lot!) Take care all and good luck and please be courteous. 73 Miles WF1F MAREX-NA www.marexmg.org Until we meet again DOSVIDANIYA Miles WF1F __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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Simplify and Expedite Front-end Web Development
February 24th, 2012 by Kyle Kellogg
Front-end web development projects can be difficult at times, but they don't have to be. Every project is unique and each brings new and interesting challenges. These challenges are frequently presented by the very technologies we choose or must use on the aforementioned projects. Although using them is a great way to become more skilled, sometimes they can stand in the way of the project at hand. Mitigating these challenges through a process which can be repeated serves to not only improve the project and it's schedule, but also your work.
Many, if not all, of the examples that follow are technologies or methodologies that members of Infrared5 have used before, but they're in no way a comprehensive list of what is available or a recommendation as to what to use. Figuring out what works for you, your team, and the project is an important piece of this repeatable process.
The most important thing you can do is to plan ahead. That may seem obvious, but it can be easy to overlook doing it properly. Planning doesn't have to be absolute and it doesn't have to be too granular, but the more you plan for the more you can prepare for. Have you had things go wrong in the past? Make sure you account for similar situations in any new plans you create! You'll never be able to perfectly account for everything, but you can account for most things.
Start with something and build up from there. You can utilize HTML5 Boilerplate, Bootstrap, or whatever other starting point you feel comfortable with. You can use Initializr help set up an entire project, if that's what makes you feel comfortable. Personally, I like to start with just the 1140 CSS Grid and jQuery.
Have your content and designs ready before you need them. Also make sure your designs are done based on whatever grid you'll be using for your layout so that you don't have to retrofit the design to the layout. Getting a running start on a project is all well and good, but breaking the up the development with blockades can make everything take longer than it has to.
You've got lots of technology at your disposal, so make it work for you. Your layout grid should serve as a flexible base upon which you can build without constraint. Lean on it's support for your layout needs when you can, including responsive resizing. Use LESS or Scss/Sass to style faster and in a more organized way with less repetition. Break your javascript up into self-contained, self-cleaning, interconnected modules to help reduce the chances of memory leaks and unexpected errors. Document your javascript as you go so that everyone on the project can easily keep informed of what's going on. Finally, use an IDE that helps you be more efficient. For me that's Espresso, but for other developers at Infrared5 it's Sublime Text 2.
I want to expand upon the modules I mentioned in the previous paragraph. These modules allow you to break functionality into smaller pieces, focus on them, and then combine as a whole to get the job done. Think of it as a loose implementation of feature-driven development. This allows your code to be more organized, more readable, kept in context, and focused on in a feature-by-feature way which, for me, helps development get done quicker.
Another piece of the development process I cannot stress enough is to use version control software and use it often. I prefer git, because Keith Peters turned us all on to this process which has helped reduce conflicts while working with a team. Use whatever you like though, because at the end of the day it's all so that you don't lose any work you've done.
Separate your development cycles so that your brain isn't trying to do too many things at once. Do your development, then any and all enhancements, and then whatever bugs there are. This process may need to go through several iterations, becoming something like the spiral model.
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#495 Richard D Fairbank04.13.11, 06:00 PM EDT
- Total Compensation
- $0.10 mil
- 5-Year Compensation
- $92.81 mil
- Education:
- College: Stanford University BA '72
- Graduate School: Stanford University MBA '81
Performance Vs. Pay
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|Capital One Financial
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|6-Year Annual Total Return
|6-Year Average Compensation
|$57.04 mil
|6-Year Return Relative To Industry
|6-Year Return Relative To Market
|Relative returns: 100 equals the market or industry.
Richard D Fairbank's Compensation vs. Diversified Financials Medians
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|Total Compensation
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Richard D Fairbank Ownership Of Capital One Financial
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Capital One Financial's Stock Performance
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Methodology: Compensation rank is based on total compensation for latest fiscal year. Total compensation for each chief executive includes the following: salary and bonuses; other compensation, such as vested restricted stock grants, LTIP payouts and perks; and stock gains, the value realized by exercising stock options. Efficiency rank is based on our chief executive's performance/pay score. Ranks are given only to chief executives who have a six-year tenure and six-year compensation history. The most efficient rank is 1 and least efficient is 196.
Footnotes: Compensation data is from the latest available proxy statements filed through Mar. 25, 2011. Total returns and value of stock owned (including all classes) is based on Mar. 18, 2011 stock price. Compensation percent change is based on combined salary and bonus. Annualized total return during tenure covers the tenure of the executive or from the time of the IPO or available stock history. Relative to market is the ending value of $100 invested in the stock, divided by the ending value of $1 invested in the S & P 500 (a score of 100 = the S & P 500). NA: Not available or not applicable.1Annualized. 2Four-year total. 3Three-year total. 4Less than 0.01%. 5Prior-year data. 6New chief executive; compensation may be for another executive office. 7Less than $100,000. 8Includes shares indirectly held. *Return is for less than tenure.
**Chief executive's compensation for 2010 consisted of stock options and stock awards, in addition to certain perquisites. Return is for less than tenure.
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Victory at Sea Update 1.1: The Imperial Japanese Navy
It's been almost three months since we launched and we've really been amazed with the great response we've had so far to the video game version of Victory at Sea. I'd like to thank our community who have been immensely helpful with all their feedback.
Since launch one the most requested feature has been to play the campaign as the Axis powers. With this update we're starting to deliver on that with the Pacific campaign for the Imperial Japanese Navy.
We've added in much requested control over starting positions of your fleet in battles (and a much needed boost to submarines who can be positioned anywhere at the start of the battle). We've also added group orders and squadrons to help you control larger fleets easier.
Also in this update is a big change to visibility. With restricted vision range in both the campaign and the battles (particularly at night time) you'll have to be a lot more careful out there. To balance this out we've also added RADAR and spotter planes to help you track down your enemies.
This update also includes all the features from our previous balancing/bug fix patches including Smoke screens, hidden submarines and torpedo spreads.
New features:
- The Imperial Japanese Navy is now playable in the campaign. Can you drive the British and American forces from the Pacific?
- Fog of War. Campaign map vision is now restricted based on night/day and whether you have radar or aircraft. Battle map vision is similarly reduced - you'll have to find the enemy before you can sink them.
- Starting positions: Choose where your ships are placed at the start of battle.
- Squadrons: Group your units into column and circle formations, order the lead to move the entire squadron.
- Reinforcements. Picking a fight in an area crowded with enemy fleets is no longer quite so easy.
- Spotter aircraft added to appropriate ships to assist locating the enemy in battles. Spotter aircraft will also increase your fleet's vision in the campaign map.
- The Battle of Cape Matapan and the Battle of the Java Sea are now playable historical battles.
- The US Northampton-class heavy cruiser, the Dutch Sumatra- and De Ruyter-class cruisers, and several destroyer classes have been added.
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