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Has your district developed a Comprehensive Technology Plan?
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For example, while Smart Schools Bond Act District allocations can be used to fund technology infrastructure and certain Communications and Security Systems, you may need to look to your District's 5-Year Capital Plan for funding of distributed and integrated AV systems.
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Is there a Technology planning tip or resource you'd like to share? I'd welcome your feedback and ideas.
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This is both an exciting and challenging year for NYS School District Business Officials given passage of the Smart Schools Bond Act in November and the resultant $2 billion available for facility and technology upgrades and enhancements.
As independent Technology Consultants with 20 years experience working on education campuses, we act on behalf of facility owners to bridge the many gaps between technology and construction. In fact, the issues facing Districts around the State are familiar to us as they parallel the last burst of statewide K12 technology investment in the early 2000s.
I would be very interested in discussing your District's current approach to Technology and Smart Schools Investment planning which will be based, in part, on the findings of this year's Building Conditions Survey.
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2.2 School leaders are encouraged to engage in strategic planning for use of these funds to build long-term capacity in their districts. Districts may find it useful to identify leaders in education technology to identify best practices.
I hope you find the attached PDF useful in your K-12 NYS School District technology planning and, on behalf of Archi-Technology, we look forward to learning how we can assist your district.
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Since our Technology Conditions Survey (TCS) includes assessing your Security Systems and your future Smart Schools projects can include high-tech security improvements, now is a good time for a Security Assessment.
Fully eligible for state-aid reimbursement as a BCS Additional Service, a Security Assessment goes beyond Security Systems to provide a more comprehensive review of all your physical security components. In other words, do you have everything you need in place to keep your buildings, staff and, most importantly, your students safe?
Security is only as reliable as the weakest link and systems can't do the job on their own. Many other items related to physical security such as doors, windows, lighting or even landscaping could be the weak link.
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A technology system that receives a passing grade today could be totally unprepared for future capabilities needed to support initiatives for student learning, mass notification and security. Whereas a boiler may only be mentioned every 20 years in capital planning, some technology item(s) should appear in every Five-Year Plan.
Some examples:
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Autosport reports that one member of Mercedes' DTM pit crew remains hospitalized after nearly being decapitated by an air line during practice at Zandvoort on Friday.
From the report and this video above, it seems that when Ralf Schumacher was driving his AMG coupe out of the pit, his car's rear wing caught an air line, which whipped out and struck several members of the crew. Four people were initially hospitalized, but three have been released, according to Autosport.
The pit member who remains at the hospital has non-serious injuries, according to Mercedes. Still, the whole ordeal looks pretty painful.
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While persnickety growers say the usual picked-green, cold-stored peaches and nectarines will forever stay mealy and less-than-sweet, tree-ripened fruit is nuanced. It's picked at physiological maturity, but it still goes through different stages of ripeness thereafter. Here's how to maximize the lusciousness -- a 'peach primer' with tips from David, Marcy and Nikiko Masumoto from Masumoto Family Farm, authors of the new cookbook, 'The Perfect Peach' (Ten Speed Press, $22).
For peaches and nectarines, aroma and degree of softness are more telling than color, although a peach that's hard and green near the stem is probably not ripe. Be gentle when checking softness. Use your finger pads rather than your finger tips, which are more likely to leave a bruise, and consult the ripeness chart below to gauge what lies beneath that fuzzy skin.
Hard: The peach feels like a baseball and should not have been picked.
Firm: It feels like a tennis ball and may be ready to enjoy in a few days.
Give: A peach with a little give -- it absorbs subtle pressure, but does not bruise -- is the most versatile fruit. It's on the edge of its most powerful flavor and can ripen a bit more or be used for baking.
Soft: Ready to be eaten fresh. The fruit will bruise easily, so handle with care. Soft fruit can also be used for cooking and baking.
Gushy: Heavy with juice, this fruit is enjoyably overripe. It may be a bit bruised, but it's perfect for jams or purees. You probably won't see this stage at the market, but you might at U-pick farms and on backyard trees.
Bruised: Don't worry about flattened and indented areas with slightly discolored flesh. The bruising can be cut away, and it indicates a ripe piece of fruit.
Mealy: This frustrating state indicates cell structure breakdown caused by cold storage. The texture can be soft, but such fruit will never ripen correctly.
P.S. Ripen fruit by resting it on its shoulder so it does not touch other fruit. Refrigerate ripe fruit to stop the maturing process, if it can't be eaten immediately. You'll get the best flavor hit if you bite first into the sun-kissed end opposite the stem.


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The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges on Friday against Los Angeles-based Wedbush Securities Inc., and two officials accused of violating the agency's market access rule that requires firms to have adequate risk controls in place before providing customers with access to the market.
The SEC's Enforcement Division alleges that Wedbush, which the agency said has consistently ranked as one of the five largest firms by trading volume on NASDAQ, failed to maintain direct and exclusive control over settings in trading platforms used by its customers to send orders to the markets.
"Wedbush provided market access to overseas traders without preapproval and without ensuring that they complied with U.S. law," said Andrew Ceresney, director of the SEC Enforcement Division, in a statement. "We will hold Wedbush accountable for reaping substantial profits while failing to protect U.S. markets from the risks posed by these traders."
Wedbush did not have the required pre-trade controls, failed to restrict trading access to people whom the firm preapproved and authorized, and did not conduct an adequate annual review of its market access risk management controls, the SEC said.
The Enforcement Division alleges that the firm's violations of the market access rule were caused by Jeffrey Bell, the former executive vice president in charge of Wedbush's market access business, and Christina Fillhart, a senior vice president in the market access division.
Wedbush Securities issued a statement the same day stating that it "respectfully disagrees with the assertion in the SEC's administrative complaint that the firm's controls and procedures in this area were inadequate."
The firm said in the statemnet that it "believes that its risk management controls and procedures in this area were reasonably designed to achieve compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, and that they were consistent with the rules and guidance given by the SEC and its staff beginning in 2011." As this SEC case demonstrates, Wedbush went on to say, "the SEC's market access rule continues to evolve. In fact, SEC guidance titled 'Responses to Frequently Asked Questions Concerning Risk Management Controls for Brokers or Dealers with Market Access' was not issued until April 15, 2014. The firm continues to monitor changes to the rule and actively modifies procedures as appropriate."
Wedbush said that in 2011, it "discussed its processes and controls with SEC staff before the market access rule became effective and promptly implemented the SEC staff's recommendations at the time. The firm also proactively contributed to the process through a constructive comment letter to the SEC in March 2010." In several respects, however, Wedbush went on to say, "the SEC now seeks to impose additional regulatory requirements retroactively, through enforcement proceedings, without giving fair notice of its expectations in advance. Wedbush Securities believes this approach is unfair and fails to serve the goals of securities regulation."
Daniel Hawke, chief of the SEC Enforcement Division's Market Abuse Unit, added in the SEC statement that "the market access rule was adopted out of concerns that some broker-dealers did not have effective controls in place for their market access. This enforcement action against Wedbush is a cornerstone of our ongoing efforts to hold accountable any broker-dealers who fail to effectively implement market access controls and procedures."
According to the SEC's order instituting administrative proceedings, the violations began in July 2011 and continued into 2013.
Wedbush allowed the majority of its market access customers to send orders directly to U.S. trading venues by using trading platforms over which Wedbush did not have direct and exclusive control, the SEC said. "Bell was aware of the requirements of the market access rule and should have known that the firm's risk management controls and supervisory procedures related to market access did not comply with the market access rule. Fillhart also had responsibility for overseeing Wedbush's market access business and received inquiries by exchanges about potential violations by Wedbush and its customers."
Despite these red flags, the SEC said that Fillhart did not take adequate steps to prompt the firm to adopt reasonably designed risk management controls.
According to the SEC's order, in addition to violating the market access rule (Securities Exchange Act Rule 15c3-5), Wedbush violated other regulatory requirements as a result of trading by its market access customers. These violations include Rule 203(b)(1) of Regulation SHO relating to short sales, Rule 611(c) of Regulation NMS related to intermarket sweep orders, Rule 17a-8 concerning anti-money laundering requirements, and Rule 17a-4(b)(4) concerning the preservation of records.
The SEC said that the proceeding before an administrative law judge will determine whether Wedbush willfully violated these provisions of the federal securities laws, and whether Bell and Fillhart were causes of the firm's violations of the market access rule. The judge also will decide what sanctions, if any, are appropriate, according to the agency.


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A LIGHTHOUSE AT RISK: COMBATING THE LIFE-CYCLE OF THE INNOVATIVE HIGH SCHOOL by Amy Avina A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2008 Copyright 2008 Amy Avina
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|As difficult as it is to improve a low-performing high school, it can be just as challenging to maintain success or make academic gains at a high-performing high school. The purpose of this study was to determine what predictable factors exist which can derail the success of a high-performing "lighthouse" high school. Four research questions guided this study: (1) What forces influence innovative (lighthouse) high schools to preserve or change their purpose over time? (2) How does the principal's leadership and succession of leaders contribute to shifts in the schools? (3) How do teacher support and turnover contribute to either the continuation or stagnation of innovation? (4) To what extent can/does the broader context, specifically district leadership/ policies and state/federal accountability context, promote sustainability or change?; This case study employed a qualitative research design to allow for an in-depth examination of the effects leadership, leadership transition, staff support, staff turnover, and external accountability on two urban California high schools. The two high schools were formed with the hope of creating a lighthouse school for their respective school districts. Each school serves a student body in which over eighty percent of the students are of low socio-economic status and members of an underperforming minority group. The schools studied were chosen for their similar initial plans and their diverse outcomes twenty-five years later. A total of nineteen subject were interviewed including present principals, one past principal, one assistant principal, three counselors, one classified staff member, and eleven teachers.; Five major findings emerged from the study: (1) In order for a high school to sustain academic achievement, the person in the principal's office should remain in this position for at least five years. (2) A charismatic leader is not necessarily the best leader for a new "lighthouse" high school. (3) Shared leadership bodies are essential to a successful high school. (4) A student body and a teaching staff should be built slowly. (5) Schools should use external accountability measures as well as other factors to help guide instruction rather than view these measures as nuisances.; The overarching result that school districts and principals can anticipate common obstacles which may impede the long-term success of a lighthouse high school; therefore they can strategize a successful outcome accordingly. One suggestion for future research includes examining a group of new and promising high schools over a period of twenty years while recording the tone of staff, data team, and administration meetings to determine the quality of communication and its effect on the school's academic success. Findings from this study indicate that school districts should make every effort to keep a successful high school principal in place for at least five years and plan for that principal's departure long before it occurs in order to keep a high-achieving high school on the right path.
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One person is dead and two are injured as the result of an aircraft that crashed at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport some time before 1 p.m. today, Pitkin County Sheriff Joe DiSalvo confirmed.
The airport is closed as emergency crews respond to the scene. The aircraft was a private jet, Undersheriff Ron Ryan confirmed.
In a statement issued at 1:56 p.m., one person was severly injured and another one sustained minor injuries. Three people were onboard the plane.
The plane was a Canadair Challenger 601 corporate jet, and departed Tucson, Ariz., at 10:04 a.m., according to published reports. After it came to a rest upside down on the Aspen runway, a fire erupted, witnesses at the scene said.
Comedian Kevin Nealon, who was at the airport, tweeted: "Horrible plane crash here at Aspen airport. Exploded into flames as it was landing. I think it was a private jet."
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The New Cold War?
Could the United States and allies such as Israel already be involved in a covert war against Iran? Many former US intelligence officials and Iran experts have suggested so, and the alleged shooting down of a US Air Force unmanned drone over Iran last weekend has added to the growing belief that covert operations are being staged against Tehran's nuclear and missile programmes.
Despite the lack of visual evidence to back up Iranian claims that the RQ170 reconnaissance aircraft was shot down and captured on Sunday or any confirmation from the US that one of its drones was missing, even the suggestion that a US military aircraft could have penetrated Iran's eastern airspace near the border with Afghanistan adds to the suspicion that a covert campaign could be underway.
Combined with reports of explosions at military bases in Iran, the release of tailor-made computer viruses and the assassination of Iranian scientists linked to Tehran's nuclear programme, some security analysts are joining the dots to form a picture of an undeclared conflict unfolding within Iran's borders.
Accidents blamed
The Iranian government attributed explosions in the city of Isfahan, home of one of Iran's contested uranium conversion plants, and at a Revolutionary Guard Corps military base near Tehran in November to accidents rather than sabotage carried out by external aggressors.
The November blasts followed a series of three similar explosions over a 24-hour period in October which came days after the US revealed that agents allegedly acting for the Revolutionary Guard were involved in a plot to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Washington in a restaurant in the US capital.
It is a long-held belief that years of international sanctions have weakened Iran's commercial and military infrastructure and have made working conditions more dangerous; a situation that could explain the dozen or so unexplained blasts at Iranian gas pipelines, oil installations and military facilities that have occurred over the past two years.
However, the blast at the military base on 12 November, which levelled most of the buildings and killed 17 people, also claimed the life of General Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam, a founder of Iran's ballistic missile programme. An explosion that killed such a high-profile official with links to the very programme that the US, Israel and other allies are looking to disable on the exact day he would be at the base could be seen as more than just a coincidence.
Each blast location over the past few months also featured the three key elements of Iran's nuclear programme: facilities used for uranium conversion, enrichment and the manufacture of delivery systems, i.e. missiles.
Also, if these explosions were caused by accidents, why would the Iranian regime be hiding key scientists such as Mohsen Fakrizadeh, said to be the father of the Iranian nuclear programme, and burying its facilities deeper underground as it is reportedly doing?
Covert tactics?
Of course, it is in the nature of a covert war that no-one claims responsibility. There has been no acknowledgement of involvement by anyone in the explosions or in the deaths of two senior Iranian nuclear physicists killed by car bombs in the past 12 months. The mystery extends to the source of the Stuxnet computer worm, which was secretly fed into Iran's nuclear programme in 2010, causing centrifuges used to enrich uranium to spin out of control and shatter.
"It seems very plausible that covert operations against the Iranian nuclear programme have already been going on for some time," says Michael Bauer, head of the Middle East Programme at the Center for Applied Policy Research in Munich.
Professor Volker Perthers, director of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, is more cautious in his assessment. "Rather than speaking of a covert war, I see patterns of a Cold War and containment – remember that in the Cold War, covert operations of this or a similar kind were used rather frequently."
The Iranian regime is holding the usual suspects – the US, Israel and other allies such as Britain and France – responsible for either being directly or indirectly involved in some or all of these incidents.
Iran says it has arrested dozens of CIA informants in recent months, a claim that has been reluctantly confirmed by the US.
According to Dr Elizabeth Iskander, an Iran expert at the London School of Economics, both sides have engaged in covert activities aimed at subverting each other. "Iran is believed to have carried out targeted assassinations of Iranian dissidents in Europe, particularly in the 1990s. In 2010 there was Stuxnet and also the apparent abduction of Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri. Iran believes the US government was behind both of these incidents," she says.
Some security experts believe that the level of sophistication of the attacks taking place in Iran suggests that Israel's Mossad and possibly also a Western partner such as the CIA or Britain's MI6 are behind them, but that a local group – perhaps the Mujahedeen Khalq (MEK), an Iranian opposition group blacklisted by the US as a terrorist organisation – is providing assistance on the ground.
"The MEK has a long history of confrontation with the Iranian government and has carried out terrorist attacks in Iran, while maintaining an active opposition-in-exile organisation based in France," says Dr Iskander. "The EU took the group off its terrorist list in 2009, and there are reports the US is considering following suit. There has apparently been cooperation with the MEK in the past in terms of information sharing."
Doubts over US involvement
Not everyone believes that a covert war is being waged on Iran. There is some doubt that the US would sanction a bombing campaign that would be tantamount to sponsoring terrorism – a charge Washington regularly levels at Tehran – or would authorise the targeted killing of Iranian scientists, although US President Barack Obama has authorised the killing of al Qaeda members and other suspected militants, including at least one US citizen in Yemen.
Those who don't support the idea of an unfolding covert war suggest that the US secret services' capability could not stretch much beyond its usual level of interference: the supplying of faulty parts, plans or software to hinder Iran's weapons programmes.
Others say that if the US and Israel wanted to disable Iran militarily, they wouldn't be wasting their time chipping away at the regime with targeted assassinations and selective bombings. The main objective could just be disruption in a bid to buy time.
"The US has made it rather clear that it wants to avoid a war," says Perthes. "Diplomacy and sanctions would be the preferred means to reach this goal, but if that doesn't suffice, covert operations of this sort seem to be the chosen additional option. Neither the US, Israel or Iran want to escalate this toward open war; this may explain why foreign parties are not being directly linked."
Even if the US or Israel are not involved, the belief that they could be may also be having the desired effect on the Iranians. Headlines about unsolved killings, unexplained explosions and sinister computer viruses will have scientists working on the nation's nuclear programme rattled; the psychological effects of not knowing what could happen or when may be just as destabilising as actual covert attacks.
Nick Amies
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As Republican election results to trickle in Tuesday night, former candidate Jon Huntsman talked the future of the GOP with Jay Leno in a singularly unfunny appearance on "The Tonight Show" — and gave a hint he may run for office again.
Leno introduced the former Utah governor, whose campaign was perhaps doomed by perceptions that he was too moderate, with a defeated compliment: "He's a former governor, created jobs, was ambassador to China, honest, kind, ethical, good husband, good father… He never stood a chance!"
When Huntsman himself sat down to talk politics, he gave a sober assessment of the state of his party — in stark contrast to his piano jam with the CBS Orchestra on "The Late Show" last year.
"I think this kind of churning, this kind of debate, is actually very good for the party. Because the party I'm not sure knows where it is," he told Leno.
As for the actual GOP debates, he slammed what he said was the scripted nature of "those stupid debates," likening them to "an expanded reality show," and recalled how he'd said "hell no" to Donald Trump's proposed debate.
"We're drawing from a broad literature of successes. We forget that there's some history to the Republican party," he said, citing President Abraham Lincoln's commitment to civil rights and President Theodore Roosevelt's devotion to environmental conservation. He said he rued the extreme partisanship in Washington.
"I'm also convinced that we're at a point in time when we're likely to see a third party movement that is very significant in the years to come, because duopolies can only last for so long," he continued.
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My recent trip to Bordeaux made me nostalgic for the first time I was there. It was about 4 years ago when I was living in Paris. Seven of us took a weekend road trip. We spent the weekend driving around the Medoc, visiting wineries, and having a good time. For all but the one French man in the group, it was our first time there, and everything was new to us. We drove by one grand chateau after another, each hovering over its vineyards like proud yet protective parents. We learned about Bordeaux wines through the stories of each wine maker and saw centuries old wine-making estates. It was a magical weekend both because of what we saw and learned and also because of the company.
Glimpse of the Chateau Margaux through its tree-lined entrance
During this trip, I passed the Pavillon de Margaux, both a bed and breakfast and restaurant, and remembered the lunch we had eaten there. Because Chateau Margaux is closed on the weekends, we were unable to visit. Instead, we had lunch at Pavillion de Margaux. From our lunch table, we could look out the window and see the vineyards of Chateau Margaux.
There are two dining areas, one inside of 19th century decor and the other, an enclosed patio. We chose our lunch from one of the "menu" options. In France a "menu" is a meal option, usually some sort of combination of entree, plat (main dish), and dessert for a fixed price. The actual menu (as we call it in the U.S.) is called la carte. (I'm forever forgetting this. I quickly realize my mistake when I see the waiters' annoyed faces after I've asked for le menu.) At the Pavillon de Margaux, this menu option also included an amuse buche and ended with mignardise (little sweets) of chocolates and a coffee. Not exactly your light lunch. Of course, we shared a bottle (or two - there were 7 of us) of Bordeaux wine. As this region is also part of the "land of duck," my main course was a duck dish. I remember being thoroughly stuffed after this meal, but I also remember the dessert. It was an apple tart that was wrapped up in flaky phyllo dough and looked like a little present on the dish. I had never seen a tart made like that in Paris. The crust and apples were two contrasts in textures. The flaky phyllo was crisp and crunchy against the soft, cooked apples.
After a little research, I found that the tart is popular in the southwest of France, especially around the area of Gascony. Originally the dough was a hand-stretched strudel-like one, but now they use phyllo to make the crusty (croustade) top. As apples are again in season, and Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) is just around the corner, I thought I would recreate this dessert. It's a nice twist to the traditional "apple pie" and was quite easy to recreate. The trickiest thing is mastering phyllo dough, but I have a few notes, after the recipe, to help you. For me this apple tart also brings back memories of my first trip to the Bordeaux region and this last one. More detailed information on the chateaux I visited and the city of Bordeaux will be for another post(s). Until then, I'm sharing a few photos from my recent visit to the Medoc along with this recipe. I hope you try it, and if you do, please let me know what you think of it.
Grounds around the wine estate
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Croustade aux Pommes
Inspired by Pavillon Margaux and adapted from Ma Cuisine Bordelaise by Myriam Daumal
(Makes 4 individual tarts)
5 Granny Smith apples
Scant 1/2 cup vanilla sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)**
2 tablespoons Armagnac, cognac or brandy
For the crust:
About 12 sheets phyllo dough
1/2 cup clarified butter, melted (see below)
2 teaspoons granulated sugar
Peel, core and slice apples 1/4-inch thin. Mix together the sugar and the cinnamon, if you're using the cinnamon. Add to the apples and stir so that sugar is coating each slice. Add the armagnac and let the apples macerate for one hour. Strain the liquid from the apples.
Preheat an oven to 350 F, line a baking sheet with parchment paper and butter the rim of four 4-inch tart ring molds.
To assemble each tart: Brush a sheet of phyllo with some of the melted butter. Slice the sheet in half so you have two squares (or fat rectangles). Place one of the cut sheets into a mold, and place the other on top perpendicular to the first sheet. Repeat this with another sheet and place in the mold in the same manner. You should have 4 layers of phyllo in the mold. Press the pyhllo down and against the buttered sides. Fill the mold with apples 3/4-inch in height. Take another sheet of phyllo dough and brush it with butter. Slice it in half the same way and place one of the cut sheets on top of the apples, and the second sheet of phyllo on top of it. Fill the mold with more apples about 1/2-inch in height. Fold the excess layers up and over the apples. Fold and/or crinkle the excess edges up and on the top of the tart. Brush the top with the melted butter and sprinkle some of granulated sugar on top. Repeat this procedure for the three remaining tarts. Place into the oven and bake for about 30 minutes, until the phyllo crust is a golden brown. Remove from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes before removing the mold. (As long as the phyllo hasn't fallen outside of the ring, you can lift the mold up over the tart.) If the mold can not be lifted up to remove, you can remove it by sliding a four-inch piece of cardboard under the tart, lifting the tart and lifting the tart up from the mold. The tart should be served warm. Dust with powdered sugar. It goes perfectly with both caramel sauce and vanilla bean ice cream. Enjoy!
**Note: The French would probably think it sacrilege that I would add even a pinch of cinnamon to this tart, but I like a little cinnamon with my cooked apples. If you want the true Gascon dessert, leave the cinnamon out.
Clarifying Butter:
Melt the butter on low heat just until it bubbles. Skim the bubbles, which are the impurities in the butter. Let it sit and separate. The water and milk solids will sink to the bottom. You can pour off or ladle off the butter fat that has come to the top, and discard the rest. About 3/4 cup of butter will render 1/2 cup of clarified butter. Using clarified butter with phyllo dough, allows you to have crispier layers of dough as there will be no water/moisture added from the butter.
Working with Phyllo Dough:
Many people hate working with phyllo dough, but with practice you won't think twice about using it. There are a few important things to remember. Defrost it in the refrigerator, not on the counter. When working with it, it's important to keep it moist and work as quickly as possible. To keep it moist, I lay a dry paper towel over the top and place a damp dish towel over the paper towel. The moisture from the dish towel will soak the paper towel a little but not too much. Before I open up the phyllo dough, I have my work area all set up. Then, I am able to work as quickly as possible. Once you've defrosted the phyllo dough, you will need to use all of it. You can make these tarts in advance and freeze them, or you can make various appetizers with them. (A few appetizers suggestions coming soon.)
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text: kerbnub 14 Posted May 26 (edited) 9 hours ago, wkwied said: @kerbnub @kerbnub I'm trying to replicate this, might I ask if you could upload this craft to kerbalx? https://kerbalx.com/Kerbnub/KSPIE-refueling-warp-SSTO-proof-of-concept Edit: idk why it says TesserWreck's Fuel Switch on the mod list, that should be Interstellar Fuel Switch. Ironically in looking at this again, I found a bug that kind of ruins it. Apparently the engine precooler bugs the ISRU menu. It can SSTO from Kerbin fine without the precooler, but if you try on Eve you'll overheat and explode. Or you could keep it and just refuel with the refrigerator; it'll just take a looong time :p Does anyone else get the same or is it just me? @Freethinker I think if you build any craft with an engine pre-cooler, it will break the KSPIE ISRU menus on the ones that can do the regolith process. To replicate, just build a craft with a command pod, engine precooler, and any of the KSPIE ISRUs that can do the regolith process, and try to open the ISRU menu. I get this: Other ISRU types, like the ISRU refrigerator or electrolyzer, are not affected. I'm running the latest KSPIE on KSP 1.6.1. Edited May 26 by kerbnub Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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