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I had some blueberries left over from making this clafouti the other day, so I decided to make muffins.
I adapted these two recipes and came up with one for blueberry spice muffins.
(For 12 medium muffins)
¾ cup sugar (adjust according to taste)
4 Tbsp butter
2 eggs
¾ cup buttermilk
1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour (reserve about 2 tsp to coat blueberries)
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 ½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg
¼ tsp salt
1 cup fresh blueberries, coated with a light dusting of flour
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
Cream the butter and sugar together, beating until fluffy. Add the eggs and beat until smooth. Add the buttermilk and mix.
In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg and salt. Add to creamed mixture. Stir until just combined. (Don't beat or over mix.)
Toss the blueberries coated with flour into the batter and gently fold.
Spoon the batter into the muffin tray, filling each paper-lined muffin cup till it is three-fourths full. Bake for 25 minutes or so till the tops are nice and golden brown or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the muffin comes out clean.
Serve warm.
*These muffins were not as moist as some of the muffins I usually make. I'll try adding some applesauce to the batter the next time around.
*Although I added almost 1 ½ tsp of nutmeg, the muffins didn't have the desired amount of flavor that I was looking for. I should spice it up a little more next time.
I'm sending this to Aparna for Think Spice…Think Nutmeg.
Other muffins I have made:
Strawberry Chocolate Chip Muffins
Banana Walnut Muffins
Oats and Orange-Coconut Muffins
Oats and Cranberry-Pomegranate Muffins
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Blueberry Spice Muffins
I had some blueberries left over from making this clafouti the other day, so I decided to make muffins.
Cooked by TBC on Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Labels: Blueberries, Breakfast
41 Burps:
- Nags said...
adding nutmeg must give this is a nice twist. my mom adds it to fruit cakes :)
- July 16, 2008 at 10:44 PM
- Miri said...
applesauce will be a good idea, but you could also try upping the quantity of butter or buttermilk depending on how many calories you want to add. Looks delicious!
- July 17, 2008 at 12:46 AM
- Aparna said...
Thanks, TBC, for this entry.
One wouldn't know they weren't that moist from looking at them. Your muffins look "berry" good.
- July 17, 2008 at 1:03 AM
- Sunshinemom said...
TBC - This looks perfect! Exactly like the ones we get at oven fresh. Unfortunately we do not get fresh blueberries in India, so I make do with other things:)
- July 17, 2008 at 2:00 AM
- Raaga said...
These look lovely. S brought back blueberries from the US and I am planning to make muffins for him
- July 17, 2008 at 2:52 AM
- Sireesha said...
Muffins look mouthwatering...Wanted to pick right now and eat it....
- July 17, 2008 at 4:46 AM
- sunita said...
TBC, your muffins look really pretty :-)
- July 17, 2008 at 5:26 AM
- lakshmi said...
I love nutmeg and the spiciness it adds to cakes and muffins. Your muffins look so beautiful as always.
- July 17, 2008 at 6:44 AM
- Rajani said...
yummy muffins - I've never tried baking muffins but you make me want to try out! so what is the basic difference between muffins, cakes and cupcakes?? any idea? the berry posts clafoutis and muffin looks great but I am sucker for savoury stuff - parmesan popovers sounds very very droolworthy. my b-i-l would've called it 'parameswaran popovers'!!
- July 17, 2008 at 8:42 AM
- Richa said...
oh! they were not as moist, but they sure do look so soft!
- July 17, 2008 at 8:42 AM
- Rajitha said...
yum!! those look good...has been a looong time since i have had some muffins!!...
- July 17, 2008 at 9:35 AM
- Laavanya said...
I haven't baked muffins in so long but these are tempting me a whole lot. A loves muffins but always grabs the chocolate chip ones... must get him to eat blueberry muffins :)
- July 17, 2008 at 9:53 AM
- Mona said...
Ah, Blueberry muffins are my fav, would love to munch on them for a delicious breakfast. Those muffins look perfectly done and soft!
- July 17, 2008 at 10:28 AM
- KALVA said...
Lovely Muffin.. love bluebrry.. I do add nutmeg in my pastries ...
- July 17, 2008 at 10:46 AM
- JZ @ Tasty treats said...
what a yummylicious entry TBC!! it looks awesome too!! :-)
- July 17, 2008 at 11:47 AM
- Grace said...
these look absolutely terrific! i must confess--for me, a blueberry muffin isn't complete without a healthy sprinkle of cinnamon. nutmeg has always taken a backseat to cinnamon, but maybe i'll get it a shot next time. :)
- July 17, 2008 at 12:11 PM
- ranji said...
blueberry muffins looks so purrrfect..adding nutmeg is a gr8 idea...love its flavor..:)
- July 17, 2008 at 12:33 PM
- Namratha said...
I bet the nutmeg would have added a ton of flavour!
- July 17, 2008 at 12:48 PM
- sra said...
I've observed that nutmeg can be bitter used in large amounts. It's difficult to detect the tipping point.
- July 17, 2008 at 1:10 PM
- Mallika said...
They look very gooooooood. Loved your entry to the berries event too by the way!
- July 17, 2008 at 3:24 PM
- Madhuram said...
Your bluberry muffins have got the perfect shape TBC. It's surprising that it was not moist. It looks very good though.
- July 17, 2008 at 4:22 PM
- Uma said...
wow, the muffins look so delicious! Nice entry.
- July 17, 2008 at 6:44 PM
- Bhawana said...
TBC this is looking very nice. Perfect to have it now :))
- July 17, 2008 at 8:04 PM
- bhags said...
u have a wonderful collection of muffins...how i would love to make these, dont have a muffin pan....:(
- July 18, 2008 at 1:36 AM
- Patricia Scarpin said...
These are superb. I love berries!
- July 18, 2008 at 8:51 AM
- Vaishali said...
These look so darling!
- July 18, 2008 at 4:11 PM
- Chetan said...
LOVELY MUFFINS .. Nutmeg must have added an amazing flavor
- July 19, 2008 at 9:20 AM
- Chetan said...
LOVELY MUFFINS .. Nutmeg must have added an amazing flavor
- July 19, 2008 at 9:20 AM
- Lore said...
When I saw nutmeg in the ingredients' list I jumped to tell you about Aparna's event haha :)
Buttermilk muffins with berries rock any time any place. Yours look delicious!
- July 19, 2008 at 10:50 AM
- Sig said...
You love your muffins don't you? :) Freshly grated nutmeg is my favorite spice these days just after cardamom... :)
- July 19, 2008 at 7:51 PM
- Swati: Sugarcraft India said...
TBC, the muffins look too good..wanna make these right away!!
- July 20, 2008 at 12:06 AM
- Swati: Sugarcraft India said...
TBC, the muffins look too good..wanna make these right away!!
- July 20, 2008 at 12:06 AM
- Lisa said...
Such pretty little muffins. Blueberries are one of my very favorite berries. If it wasn't so hot here, I'd make these this afternoon.
- July 20, 2008 at 3:42 PM
- White On Rice Couple said...
I love the clafoutis! Thanks for the link and I love nutmeg in all types of sweets! Thank you!
- July 20, 2008 at 6:06 PM
- Andhra Flavors said...
Muffins looks mouthwatering.
- July 21, 2008 at 12:22 AM
- Shreya said...
the picture is too good, and tempting. Lovely muffins, and great recipe too!:-)
- July 22, 2008 at 9:15 AM
- TBC said...
Thanks for dropping by, and for all the feedback. I hate not being able to respond to each and every comment- I think it's really rude.:-( I'm sorry...busy days...
- July 22, 2008 at 9:42 AM
- Padma said...
Those muffins look nice and soft, adding jaiphal to it is a nice twist
I am looking for small muffin tray, where will we find a small muffin tray which holds 24 molds?
- July 30, 2008 at 2:37 PM
- TBC said...
Padma- I would have liked a little more of the nutmeg flavor here. I think my nutmeg was a little old and did not impart enough flaovor to the muffins despite the fact that I added almost 2 teaspoons.
Have you tried looking online for a 24-cup mini muffin tray? I have one that is small but it only has 12 cups...
- July 30, 2008 at 8:33 PM
- Jude said...
Hmm nutmeg and blueberries -- very unusual but I'd really love to try it!
- August 17, 2008 at 2:46 AM
- TBC said...
Jude- welcome!:)
I hope you will give me some feedback if/when u try it out. :-)
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1. My nephew has SPD.
2. The Tongginator has SPD.
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It's been a long road for the Husband and me when it comes to parenting our little Tongginator. Some of those challenges occurred because of attachment issues. Some occurred because of medical issues like malnourishment and rickets. But most of our challenges - the vast majority of them - occurred because our little Tongginator has SPD. Hers is a mild case now, but it wasn't always. Experts diagnosed the Tongginator with "severe sensory delays" at just 13 months of age. Therapy and time worked wonders in her case. We feel blessed that she has come so far because many don't, no matter how hard you work.
All day, every day, people receive information from their five senses as well as the three senses no one teaches us about (vestibular, proprioceptive and tactile, which is different from touch). Our brains must organize this information so that we can successfully function in our daily lives. Sensory Processing Disorder appears when a person's nervous system develops differently from the average person's, so that he or she doesn't properly process information received from the senses. SPD is genetic, running in families, but it also appears often in premature babies, children who experience stress in utero and children who were internationally adopted.
Because the nervous system develops throughout a mother's pregnancy, plus it continues to grow and form during the first year of life. And if a child doesn't receive adequate stimulation during those formative months, the nervous system doesn't always form as well as it could.
SPD looks different for every person, even the Tongginator and me. We are polar opposites on the spectrum. (I'm convinced that God has a wonderful sense of humor.) Everyone has sensory preferences - things they like and dislike - but a child with SPD reacts to sensory stimulation in ways that strongly (and negatively!) effect her daily functioning, social and family relationships and learning process. For example, lots of young children do not like putting their faces under water, but few react as strongly as did the Tongginator.
I highly recommend that parents adopting internationally educate themselves about sensory processing disorder AS MUCH AS THEY DO ABOUT ATTACHMENT ISSUES. The symptoms often look very similar, but the causes are different.
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15 comments:
- Stonefox (otherwise known as Heidi) said...
Thanks again for the great information. Hadassah has SPD too.
Patty O at Pancakes Gone Awry has some great info on activities to do with a child with SPD. Great stuff.
- October 13, 2008 at 8:58 AM
- Half Gaelic, Half Garlic! said...
Thanks for the info...I will be educating myself on this for sure.
I have a good friend with two children, one of them has Autism, the other has SPD....his is on the severe side!
- October 13, 2008 at 9:40 AM
- Michelle said...
Well, you KNOW I love this post!! I will be posting a link to it in the near future. Thank-you and thanks for always being there to listen to our ups and downs of SPD!
Have a great week!!
- October 13, 2008 at 9:44 AM
- Patricia/NYC said...
FABULOUS post!! Thank you for sharing this & the accompanying resources...I'm sure, with this post alone, you have helped many!!
- October 13, 2008 at 10:10 AM
- Rebecca Ramsey said...
Thank you for this post!
I had never heard of this, but after visiting several of your links, I'm thinking that someone close to me may just have this.
Now his behavior makes sense!
- October 13, 2008 at 11:14 AM
- Kim said...
My son, adopted from Kazakhstan, also has SPD. I had not even heard of this until he had been home for almost a year. Someone in an online adoption group was talking about her daughter having SPD and many of the things were exactly the unusual things I had been noticing in my own son. I began to research SPD and then had a sensory profile done for him. We are just starting therapy with an OT.
You are so right in that anyone adopting internationally needs to research SPD. I am glad you are helping to spread the word. I have been planning to do a post on this as well.
- October 13, 2008 at 11:14 AM
- K and/or K said...
I love how your blog can entertain me one daya and educate me the next! Thanks for all the links and recommendations. I hope to be a more informed mama someday bc of these tips!
- October 13, 2008 at 11:40 AM
- Daniella said...
Thank you for this information.
- October 13, 2008 at 11:46 AM
- Mary said...
Great and informative post. Livie has SID, and I, too, just wrote a post on it (well...a couple, actually!). I had no idea that October is SPD month...who knew?! I am currently reading Raising A Sensory Smart Child by Lindsey Biel and Nancy Peske and I highly recommend it.
- October 13, 2008 at 1:10 PM
- Amie@HeartSmiles said...
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU ! for taking the time to educate us about SPD! I am embarassed to admit,it is not something I have looked into at all. But you better believe I am goint to check it out now. Thanks for posting all the links! I hope soon to be ignorant no more!
- October 13, 2008 at 6:03 PM
- Sharie said...
I am shaking after reading this...mostly because of the swimming incident. I have read about SPD, but had NO idea it could cause such severe reactions.
Thank you for sharing, and educating!
- October 13, 2008 at 8:02 PM
- CC said...
Very well said.
- October 13, 2008 at 11:42 PM
- Stefanie said...
Thanks for the links! Our Isabelle has some serious SPD and because of that and her speech delay, was diagnosed as autistic at age 2. Thankfully we got in with a great OT and SLP and she's made great strides. Still gags at play doh and super soft things (napkins, etc) and needs a special wiggle cushion at school, but she's come so far :)
- October 14, 2008 at 8:05 AM
- Patty O. said...
Thank you so much for this post. My sister also adopted her two children and her son has SPD. In fact, she is the one who educated me so I could get help for my son, who has speech delays, auditory processing problems and SPD. I am so glad you pointed out the connection between SPD and adoption. My sister was so upset when she realized how common it is for adopted kids to have SPD and her adoption agency NEVER gave her information on it. She happened upon information through her adoption support group from another mother. It is so important for people to be aware so these kids can get the help they need. Thanks for your post!!
- October 14, 2008 at 12:18 PM
- Beverly said...
I think I have it too mine is in tactile sensory but I haven't investigated it much. I can see though I have a cousin that has the same issues I had as a child so I can see the genetic stuff playing out. It helped to tell his mama to lay off him a bit!
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Willy Trump's Deuce roadster is his pass into traditional hot rodding
Some folks say the hot rod community is shrinking, but we know for a fact that it got a little bit larger when Willy Trump, from Pittsboro, Indiana, joined our ranks not long ago. Willy was an enthusiast of performance cars, but hot rods weren't his flavor of choice until he went for the ride that changed his taste. Rod builder Jo Kerr says that it was a spin in his Nailhead Model A coupe that got the conversation started and ultimately drew Willy into the hobby. "Willy said he'd like to have a car like that someday," Kerr told us. "What are you waiting for?" he replied. Two weeks later, Willy and Kerr were having another conversation, this time about having a hot rod built at Kerr's shop, Jokerr Fabrication in Brownsburg, Indiana.
What Willy wanted was a "true hot rod." That meant it would be traditionally styled (a Jokerr Fabrication trademark). It also meant it would be a reliable, but budget-oriented highway cruiser. It also meant that Willy would participate in the buildup (the owner's strongest stipulation, according to Kerr).
The budget we're talking about started out as $200 per week. That doesn't include the initial cost of the body—a fiberglass '32 roadster built by Charly Saylor in Mooresville, Indiana. Many of the parts were custom fabricated or came from swap meets and eBay (Jeff and Nate at Salvage Auto Body were also helpful when it came to finding parts). Most of the work was done at night and on weekends.
First impressions count for everything in hot rodding and come from an attention-getting exterior. The 'glass body from Saylor is now complete with a Brookville Roadster steel louvered four-piece hood plus grille shell and insert (Spike Products made a custom radiator to fit the shell). The windshield posts were V-cut and leaned back 3/4 inch for a more streamlined profile. The custom tubular front bumper and rear push-bar bumper were inspired by Kerr's days building open-wheel race cars. The final body prep and painting was handled in Cincinnati by Ryan Schon, who shot a custom mix of classic gray using Sherwin-Williams paint. Josh Shaw, at Shaw Hot Rods in Cincinnati, added some pinstriping accents around the cowl vent and on the decklid, saving a little for the dash.
The speedometer and quad gauge cluster are from Classic Instruments, centered in the dash with an engine-turned panel. The dash was painted in contrasting black, matching the black tuck 'n' roll on the padded-for-cruising bench seat. That seat was taken from an Astro minivan and narrowed 3 inches to fit the confines of the roadster. Ray Butschie at the Canvas Shop in Cincinnati stitched the upholstery for the seat, door panels, and tonneau cover. Jokerr Fabrication customized a pair of Bell race belts for the bench.
Various pieces, including the pedals, shifter, and steering components, were custom fabricated from billet and machined to look cast. "Billet can be cool, and this is an affordable way to get the look of cast aluminum," Kerr says. "The throttle pedal and other parts were robbed off an old quick-change rearend and modified for the throttle." Jokerr Fabrication built the cowl steering from an F-100 Ford truck box with the side bell off a midget car steering box—another connection to the look of open-wheel racers. The trunk houses the battery and the 11-gallon aluminum fuel tank from Speedway Motors.
Jokerr Fabrication built the frame starting with American Stamping 'rails that have been bobbed, fully boxed, and pinched at both ends. Crossmembers and custom tubular supports provide additional muscle to frame. Thompson's Garage in Cincinnati provided the Super Bell I-beam axle (in addition to brakes and spindles). Speedway Motors F-1 shock mounts were modified to fit a pair of Pete & Jakes shocks. Posies Super Slide springs and a pair of split wishbones round out the front suspension. In the rear, split Ford truck wishbones serve as lower arms of the triangulated four-link. Jokerr Fabrication added '32 Ford springs and Speedway gas shocks. The 9-inch from an early Bronco has 4.11:1 gears spinning Moser Engineering axles. The ride is smooth—and Willy, we're told, says the roadster rides better than his lowered '05 Mustang.
Original 16-inch '35 Ford wire wheels were mounted in front, matched with 18-inch '32 wheels in the rear. Both pairs are covered with custom Moon discs with center caps. The dirt track tires complete the early look and stance of the roadster. They're Firestones from Coker, measuring 500-16 in front and 8.20-18 in back. Drum brakes grab a hold when Willy hits the pedal.
Finding the right engine must have been easy; the 0.030-over 283 powering the roadster came out of an old Impala that Kerr and painter Ryan Schon used to drive during their teenage years. The small-block was machined by Dan Kennedy at JT's Machine in Dillsboro, Indiana, and built by Ron Kerr, who also happens to be Jo's father. The Chevy was built with trouble-free road trips in mind, but it was also built stout, using a Holley 4V barrel carb and Offenhauser intake on top, and 13:1 compression Keith Black pistons in the chambers. The custom headers are wrapped for heat reduction, and the exhaust pipes are routed through the framerails in the manner of the Doane Spencer roadster from the '50s. Another road trip–friendly choice was the 700-R4 overdrive automatic, which was built by Chris at Titus Transmissions in Avon, Indiana.
You can find a lot of in-progress photos of Willy's roadster at the Jokerr Fabrication website at www.jokerrfab.com. The project is completed and Kerr is on to other builds now, but Willy, along with his wife, Theresa, is just getting started on his continuing progress with the roadster. What that means now, of course, is getting out there and racking up miles. As Kerr expressed it, "The point of having a car is that it doesn't have to be this or that era, and it doesn't matter whether it's steel or fiberglass; all that matters is that you have fun and drive the wheels off it."


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Royals sign veteran left-handed pitcher Bruce Chen
The Kansas City Royals announced today that the club has signed left-handed pitcher Bruce Chen to a one-year contract for the 2014 season, with a mutual option for 2015. Per club policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed. In a corresponding roster move, infielder Emilio Bonifacio was designated for assignment.
Chen, 36, completed his fifth season with the Royals in 2013, going 9-4 with a 3.27 ERA (44 ER in 121.0 IP) in 34 appearances (15 starts). The veteran southpaw worked out of the bullpen worked out of the bullpen the first three months of the season, before earning a spot in the rotation on July 12. He posted a 5-0 mark and a 1.62 ERA (13 ER in 72.1 IP) from the start of the year to August 17. Chen held right-handed hitters to a .224 average (67-for-299), which was the third-lowest season total by a left-handed hurler in club history, trailing only Vida Blue (.220 in 1982) and Larry Gura (.222 in 1981).
Chen will enter his 16th Major League season in 2014 with Kansas City being his 10th stop. He has also pitched for Atlanta (1998-2000), Philadelphia (2000-01), the Mets (2001-02), Montreal (2002), Cincinnati (2002), Houston (2003), Boston (2003), Baltimore (2004-06) and Texas (2007). The lefty is 80-76 in 385 big league outings (218 starts). He needs three more wins to pass Mariano Rivera (82) for the most Major League wins by a pitcher born in Panama.
Bonifacio, 28, was traded to the Royals on August 14 of last season, batting .285 (45-for-158) with 16 stolen bases in 42 games with Kansas City.


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Sound on the Go: Portable, Sleek Design, Sound Quality and Volume
Two that have Caught My Eye (so far) in terms of portability coupled with innovations that produce quality sound and party level volume when you want it. Libratone "TOO" and POW Audio "MO"
Don't let their size fool you, both can fill a room with big, reasonably rich, authentic sound. Both not exactly cheap, but affordable. My experience with both of these confirmed their claims.
In their words:
Libratone "TOO" is a wireless speaker made for adventure. You can take it with you wherever you go, indoors or out, and never compromise on sound quality with its 360 FullRoom® technology. The TOO comes ready for action, with 12+ hours of battery time, splash proof design and slim, yet sturdy, frame, meaning it can keep going long after the party stops.
POW Audio "MO" is reimagining speaker construction with the ultra compact Mo, the first expression in a family of expandable, portable Bluetooth speakers. Using POW Audio's patented WaveBloom™ technology, which expands to create a voluminous wave chamber, Mo brings listeners enhanced bass, loudness, and improved overall sound quality within a super portable, affordable package. When not in use, Mo folds down flat and listeners can pop up Mo and expand its WaveBloom™ chamber to allow for stunning sound quality, deep bass, and huge volume.
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KITSOUND VOICE - One Smart Speaker
KITSOUND VOICE - Smart, Voice command activated, great sound - all for £129.99
Last Gadget Standing finalist
Blending the style of the past with the technology of the future, the Voice One's component-like sophistication oozes rich sound with stunning clarity – making a statement anywhere you care to appreciate good music.
Developed in collaboration with Amazon, combining the intelligence of Alexa with KitSound's audio expertise, the Voice One features a stain-resistant Nano coated grill to protect against those little stains and splashes.
With built-in multi-room technology, you can connect up to 8 Voice One speakers together wirelessly. Stream your favourite playlists or connect an external music source to one of the speakers and re-distribute the sound to other speakers via Wi-Fi, allowing you to enjoy your music in every room – regardless if it's online or a vinyl.
Immerse yourself in the deep, warm, hi-fi audio that's been carefully hand-tuned to give you the smart speaker you've been waiting for.
HEARTGUIDE Wrist Watch - Blood Pressure on the Go, on the Couch, even while you Sleep. Cardiology Department on your Wrist?
I am always seeking what I call "technology enabled, consumer driven change".
There is growing evidence that health conscious consumers will instigate much of the rapid change in healthcare, rather than organically in the healthcare industry itself. This is effectively where personal emphasis on wellness and preventative healthcare will emerge rather than from the reactive nature of your relationship with your healthcare provider.
So here is one more personal item that could change the dynamics of heart health not just in terms of monitoring vitals, but also in building a very valuable contextual database of clinical data specific to the wearer! Normal Looking, and according to Omron, "Clinically Validated & Accurate"
The HEARTGUIDE Wrist Watch works with a smartphone App and has a long list of vital sign monitoring sensors, but now Omron adds one measurement that has been missing from wrist wearables to date - a Blood Pressure Monitor.
It syncs with the Omron app to track and share vital data about your heart health and keeps track of physical activity and sleep as well.
Currently undergoing FDA testing, available later this year for about the same price as an Apple Watch.
But the real bonus for me came from a discussion I had with Dr. David Albert, MD, Founder & Chief Scientific Officer of AliveCor - an affiliate company to Omron Healthcare who I met with on the Omron booth. It is likely that the EKG Atrial Fibrillation sensing and recording of Alivecor's Kardia Band device will also be incorporated in future versions. Kardia Band is an available product, a clinical grade wearable EKG which is already FDA-cleared and replaces your original Apple Watch® band. It provides access, analysis and data storage of a 30-second EKG anytime, anywhere.
Add that to your personal heart health Database!
A Cardiology Department on your Wrist!
Meater - Fantastic APPcessory for the Kitchen!
My Mantra: "The role of complex technology is to create simplicity." Mission accomplished!
The Meater Wireless Meat Thermometer from Apption Labs creates great results, but now that I have set one up and used it, it delivers great results as well. The slick device plus Smartphone application couldn't have been easier to use.
This small skewer-like device produces perfectly cooked meat every time, to your specification on BBQ, oven or grill.
Dual sensors monitor internal meat temperature plus ambient temperature inside oven as well.
Simple to setup and simple to use. Connect the thermometer to your phone via Bluetooth. Also works with AppleTV, Kindle Fire and Alexa skill.
Enjoy drinks with your guests, your phone will alert you when your meat is ready!
Smart app on iPhone and Android suggests timing for all types of meat and walks you through every step of the cooking process.
I have one, use it and couldn't be more pleased with it. And my non-technical gourmet cooking wife loves it too!
PLOTT - Using an AR/VR Appcessory to turn a Creative Idea into Reality in your Home
Saw a really useful measuring device and Smartphone App which lets you spend less time thinking and more time creating your home improvements projects and in decorating your house. Met with Plott Founder and CEO David Xing at CES who demonstrated how the tool allows you to design "virtually" so you can change your design easily without marking up your walls. The Plott brings your design to life by guiding you to points like a GPS so you can then make the change or addition in the real world without any need for measurements or use of math. This reduces the time spent on DIY projects (and risk of error).
Plott takes the real world into the virtual world using AR where you can edit and perfect your idea before bringing it back into the real world. Use Plott to import objects and arrange it the way you want it. Then shows you the hanging points for perfectly level and eye-pleasing finished projects.
And you can then share your projects with the Plott community and also import and use projects from others or download from a product brand.
Throwing a party? Panono Captures it All!
Panono is a throwable panoramic ball camera which captures everything in every direction for amazing 108 megapixel, 360° X 360° full-spherical panoramic images. It has an unprecedented 36 cameras that trigger simultaneously in the air to deliver images that capture every detail in every direction with a super-high resolution of 108 megapixels. 11cm in diameter and weighs 480 grams and connects over WiFi with iOS and Andriod Apps.The Panono Camera is available for preorder.
olloclip Studio, another simple, but great Innovation
Just a few very cleverly designed bits of plastic, but turns an iPhone into a full function camera rig. You don't even need a camera bag for this one, just a pocket or two.
olloclip Studio is the combination of an all-new, more protective case design that incorporates an integrated rail mounting solution and a series of mobile photography accessories. Great for the explorer/adventurer in you that wants to capture the scene and sounds wherever you go but also potentially, all one needs to become a full fledged blogger or news reporter. Great for interviews with a mike and wide angle lens on board your iphone. Case and accessories work together the moment you pick them up so you can focus on capturing the opportunity in front of you and not on building a rig.
olloclip Studio is comprised of the new protective Studio Case to withstand most accidental drops. It also includes an innovative mounting system for standard accessories - mono/tripods, lighting/flash, microphones, plus a portfolio of olloclip macro, wide angle, fisheye and telephoto lenses.
Nice one olloclip. You Caught My Eye again this year!
AromaCare Connected Wellbeing
AromaCare claims this device to be the world's first connected essential oils diffuser. It allows you to program personalized aromatherapy sessions. Uses organic essential oil blends to improve health and wellbeing in six areas. nice move, but seems a bit restrictive to have to replace the oil reservoir for each type of treatment. Hopefully soon programmable so you could move smoothly from sleep to waking up therepy. Could wearable scent dispensing which reacts to the sensing of conditions be far off? Watch this space!
Augmenting Reality - Add Smell to the Sensory Experience!
13 March 2015 - I have been an outspoken advocate of Augmented Reality needing to be a Five Senses experience simply because our 'reality' experience involves all five, 24/7. I have been working with a stealth start up in the process of bringing context driven fragrance and scent dispensing into the wearable technology space. More on that sometime soon :-)
As a followup to the Wearable Technology Show this past week, I met with Adrian David Cheok, Professor of Pervasive Computing at City University London and Founder and Director of the Mixed Reality Lab in Singapore.
He introduced me to Scentee, a scent spraying APPessory to iOS and Android Smartphones. A bit large to fit in your pocket, but not bad for a first pass at producing smells on demand or remotely over long distances.
Scentee also is the technology for an Oscar Meyer Bacon campaign that made the technology and an APP called "Wake Up and Smell the Bacon" available to lucky contest winners.
Basically when your alarm on your phone goes off, it makes the sizzling sound and produces a puff of the smell of Bacon to get you interested in actually getting up and cooking some!
This all Caught My Eye and my Olfactories!
It's a start...
More to come! Watch this space!
A Wearable with a Mission - OhMiBod
It was inevitable - connected marital aids. I can't really expand on this too much, but I think if I describe some of the functions, you will be able to take it from there. I must admit, the person at the booth certainly understood the use cases!
Stimulation in cadence to heart rate, music, various settings, etc. etc. etc.
Plus remote control stimulation. The world is your oyster! This is definitely a notable step up from the CuteCircuit Hug Shirt!


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FEMGEN 115: Queer Reading and Queer Writing in Early Modern England
Considers the possibility of identifying queer reading and writing practices in early modern England as well the theoretical and historical obstacles such a project necessarily encounters. Focus on the role which Renaissance discourses of desire continue to play in our negotiations of homo/erotic subjectivity, identity politics, and sexual and gender difference. Study of Renaissance queerness in relation to the classical tradition on the one hand and the contemporary discourses of religion, law, and politics on the other. Readings include plays, poems, and prose narratives as well as letters, pamphlets, and ephemeral literature. Both major and minor authors will be represented.
Last offered: Autumn 2013 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
FEMGEN 126D: Victorian Sex
How can we make sense of a culture of extraordinary sexual repression that nevertheless seemed fully preoccupied with sex? Examination of the depictions of sex in Victorian literary and cultural texts. Authors include: Collins, Braddon, the Brownings, Swinburne, Stoker and Wilde.
Last offered: Winter 2015 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
FEMGEN 130: Sex and Gender in Judaism and Christianity (JEWISHST 120, RELIGST 130)
What role do Jewish and Christian traditions play in shaping understandings of gender differences? Is gender always imagined as dual, male and female? This course explores the variety of ways in which Jewish and Christian traditions - often in conversation with and against each other - have shaped gender identities and sexual politics. We will explore the central role that issues around marriage and reproduction played in this conversation. Perhaps surprisingly, early Jews and Christian also espoused deep interest in writing about 'eunuchs' and 'androgynes,' as they thought about Jewish and Christian ways of being a man or a woman. We will examine the variety of these early conversations, and the contemporary Jewish and Christian discussions of feminist, queer, trans- and intersex based on them.
Last offered: Winter 2017 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-ED
FEMGEN 134: The Marriage Plot (ENGLISH 134)
The centrality of the marriage plot in the development of the British novel beginning in the 18th century with Samuel Richardson's Pamela and ending with Woolf's modernist novel Mrs. Dalloway. The relationship between novelistic plotting and the development of female characters into marriageable women. What is the relationship between the novel and feminine subjectivity? What aspects of marriage make it work as a plotting device? What kinds of marriages do marriage plots allow? Is the development of women's political agency related to their prominence in the novel form?
Last offered: Spring 2018 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-SI
FEMGEN 139B: American Women Writers, 1850-1920 (AMSTUD 139B, ENGLISH 139B)
This course traces the ways in which female writers negotiated a series of literary, social, and intellectual movements, from abolitionism and sentimentalism in the nineteenth century to Progressivism and avant-garde modernism in the twentieth. Authors include Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Jacobs, Rebecca Harding Davis, Emily Dickinson, Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton, Gertrude Stein, Willa Cather, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Last offered: Autumn 2018 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II
FEMGEN 144F: Female Modernism: Women Writers in Paris Between the Wars (ENGLISH 144F)
The course will focus on expatriate women writers - American and British - who lived and wrote in Paris between the wars. Among them: Edith Wharton, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, H.D., Djuna Barnes, Margaret Anderson, Janet Flanner, Natalie Barney, Kay Boyle, Mina Loy, Romaine Brooks, Mary Butts, Radclyffe Hall, Colette, and Jean Rhys. A central theme will be Paris as a lure and inspiration for bohemian female modernists, and the various alternative and emancipatory literary communities they created.
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors: Castle, T. (PI)
2019-2020 Winter
5 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
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Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| Students enrolled: 1
01/06/2020 - 03/13/2020 Tue, Thu 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM at 160-319 with Castle, T. (PI)
Instructors: Castle, T. (PI)
FEMGEN 145: Culture Wars: Art and Social Conflict in the USA, 1890-1950 (AMSTUD 145M, ARTHIST 145, ARTHIST 345)
This course examines social conflicts and political controversies in American culture through the lens of visual art and photography. We consider how visual images both reflect and participate in the social and political life of the nation and how the terms of citizenship have been represented¿and, at times, contested¿by artists throughout the first half of the 20th century. The class explores the relation between American art and the body politic by focusing on issues of poverty, war, censorship, consumerism, class identity, and racial division.
Last offered: Spring 2014 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-AmerCul, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
FEMGEN 150: Sex, Gender, and Power in Modern China (CHINA 115, CHINA 215, FEMGEN 250)
Investigates how sex, gender, and power are entwined in the Chinese experience of modernity. Topics include anti-footbinding campaigns, free love/free sex, women's mobilization in revolution and war, the new Marriage Law of 1950, Mao's iron girls, postsocialist celebrations of sensuality, and emergent queer politics. Readings range from feminist theory to China-focused historiography, ethnography, memoir, biography, fiction, essay, and film. All course materials are in English.
Last offered: Spring 2018 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
FEMGEN 150D: Women Poets (ENGLISH 150D)
The development of women's poetry from the 17th to the 20th century. How these poets challenge and enhance the canon, amending and expanding ideas of tone, voice and craft, while revising societal expectations of the poet's identity. Poets include Katharine Philips, Letitia Barbauld, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Charlotte Mew, Sylvia Plath, and Adrienne Rich.
Terms: Win | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors: Boland, E. (PI)
2019-2020 Winter
5 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| Students enrolled: 1
01/06/2020 - 03/13/2020 Mon, Wed 11:30 AM - 1:20 PM at 200-202 with Boland, E. (PI)
Instructors: Boland, E. (PI)
FEMGEN 160: Performance and History: Rethinking the Ballerina (TAPS 160, TAPS 260)
The ballerina occupies a unique place in popular imagination as an object of over-determined femininity as well as an emblem of extreme physical accomplishment for the female dancer. This seminar is designed as an investigation into histories of the ballerina as an iconographic symbol and cultural reference point for challenges to political and gender ideals. Through readings, videos, discussions and viewings of live performances this class investigates pivotal works, artists and eras in the global histories of ballet from its origins as a symbol of patronage and power in the 15th century through to its radical experiments as a site of cultural obedience and disobedience in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Last offered: Winter 2017 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
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Pink Invitational and Unite for HER: Raising Money for Breast Cancer
When hundreds of gymnasts compete to raise money for breast cancer, everybody wins.
It had been around a year since her diagnosis when Sue Weldon in 2005 attended an event called Yoga Unites for Living Beyond Breast Cancer. After a relaxing, restorative stretch, Sue and the other participants wandered the venue, checking out displays for fitness classes, organic foods and 100% natural cosmetics.
As someone who describes herself as the type of person who'd much rather pull weeds than use pesticides, Sue felt right at home. Her treatment regimen, besides a bilateral mastectomy and six months of chemotherapy, had included numerous complementary remedies. When she saw a young woman whose bald head clearly signaled that she was undergoing chemo, Sue reached out in sympathy. "I said, 'Don't worry, you're going to get through this,' and told her how much acupuncture and yoga helped with healing. And the woman said sadly, 'I could never afford that.'" Sue realized how lucky she had been, and began thinking about ways she could help other women with breast cancer get the same kinds of "extras" that helped her feel better not just physically, but emotionally and spiritually.
Two weeks later Sue returned to work (after a yearlong medical leave to focus on getting well) as a gymnastics coach at the AJS Pancott Gymnastics National Training Center near her home in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Her students—girls ages 11 to 18—were full of questions about her illness. Two of them, sisters Missy and Macalla Curtis, then in their early teens, were particularly concerned because they had a grandmother and an aunt with the disease. Shortly after Sue returned, a second aunt was diagnosed. "They were anxious. I could see that they were starting to worry about their own odds too," says Sue. As she reassured the girls and encouraged them to eat healthy foods and to stay active, the idea of doing something more was on her mind.
"My wheels were definitely turning," says Sue. She eventually decided to create a nonprofit organization and put together a special gymnastics competition with a twofold purpose: to educate girls about breast cancer and to raise money to provide alternative therapies for women fighting the disease.
When she mentioned the idea to coaches and judges, they loved it. Sue asked training center owners Steve and Louise Pancott for their help. They quickly said they were in. "Are you in big?" Sue asked. "Because I'm thinking big!" Their answer: "We're in big!"
Sue started recruiting the parents of the girls she coached to form committees, including hospitality and publicity. One father, Doug Smith, applied to Verizon, his employer, for an education grant. The company ended up becoming the event's lead sponsor. Ultimately, more than 200 moms and dads pitched in. Within just two months, 37 gyms in five states had committed to sending 1,200 girls to the competition, dubbed the Pink Invitational—Gymnasts Unite. "When the tickets sold out, it was a huge moment," says Sue.
The weeks leading up to the meet were busy for the Weldons. Sue's husband, Chip, created the initial website (since redesigned by a local firm). Her daughter, Corrine, then 12, prepped to compete. Sons Taylor and Evan recruited their hockey and lacrosse teams to assemble the multiple sets of equipment—including uneven parallel bars, balance beams and vaults—that such a big meet required. "They were so excited to be a part of it," says Sue.
Taking place over three days in February 2009, the first Pink meet was everything Sue had envisioned. "All the girls marching in carrying banners printed with words like 'courage,' 'strength,' 'hope'—it was beautiful," she says. In addition to the competition, there were guest speakers on healthy lifestyles, yoga classes for the girls and an expo area with tables featuring organic food, makeup and cleaning solutions. Sue's daughter, Corrine, walked away with the Spirit of Character award honoring her positivity despite a disappointing performance on the balance beam. But Corrine, who had been in first grade when Sue was diagnosed, felt her mom was the real winner that day.
"When the announcer introduced my mom to give the opening remarks," she says, "I was so proud of her."
A backdrop to the event was a quilt hanging in the gym with a square for each of the competing teams, made by the Curtis sisters and their grandmother, who had passed away the previous month. The first Pink Invitational raised $65,000. The event had been a huge success, but it was barely over when Sue began dreaming up ways to make the next one even more spectacular.
Remaining true to her vow to the Pancotts that she would "think big," Sue started an umbrella organization called Unite for HER ("Helping to Empower and Restore"). The idea was that the Pink Invitational would be an outreach and fundraising event of Unite for HER, which would also provide other services, such as wellness days for breast cancer patients at local hospitals, grants for gymnasts who have a parent struggling with breast cancer, and support for other nonprofits with a shared mission. When the ink was dry on the paperwork, she and her newly recruited board members went to work on the 2010 Invitational. This time around, 55 gyms and 1,500 girls participated, and they raised over $125,000 to implement programming in accordance with the organization's mission.
Since then, Unite for HER has experienced phenomenal growth, holding three Wellness Days at Pennsylvania's Paoli Hospital, where Sue was treated. In all, 75 women, recommended by their doctors, have been educated about the benefits of complementary therapies such as acupuncture, massage and yoga. Each received vouchers to cover the cost of two therapies of her choosing. "The year after my diagnosis, I spent about $6,000 out of pocket," says Sue. "I wanted others to have the same opportunities to heal, without the financial burden."
But those Wellness Days never would have happened if not for the Pink Invitational. The 2011 event, which raised $160,000, offered additional educational programs and eleven $1,000 grants to gymnasts. In February 2012, the meet will move to the much bigger Philadelphia Convention Center to accommodate more entrants and spectators.
The competition is an intensely emotional experience for everyone involved. "This isn't just another meet," explains board member Kim DiBiaggio. "Far from it. Normally, you compete, you get your prizes and you leave. But here, we all stay to listen to the educational speakers. It's so moving. When the girls file in, many people are in tears."
For one day the fighting spirit that's a necessary part of gymnastics is put aside. Everyone joins together for a bigger purpose. As Kim's daughter Jessica, a competitor, explains, "At a regular meet, each team wears its own distinct leotard. At the Pink meet, everybody wears the same pink leotard. It's just one giant team. And it's awesome."
Originally published in the October 17, 2011, issue of Family Circle magazine.


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It is commonplace to see flight attendants handing passengers items – such as complimentary beverages, blankets and snacks – but they may now be spotted handing out petition leaflets at airports across the country.
The Coalition of Flight Attendant Unions, which represents approximately 90,000 Flight Attendants, started a series of leafleting events yesterday at airports around the U.S.
This is the group's effort to rally passengers behind their crusade against the Transportation Security Administration's decision to allow small knives and other previously-restricted items on airplanes — which is also a concern of many airlines and pilots.
The flight attendant unions have been very vocal, including protest events and petition drives, since TSA made its announcement on March 5. The leaflets ask the public to sign a petition to the White House and to ask members of Congress to support legislation to overturn the change.
The TSA believes that small pocketknives are no longer a threat to the safety of the aircraft while flight attendants worry about unruly passengers and the safety of others.
"The new rule does not make sense for combating potential terrorist attacks nor the daily disturbances we handle by de-escalating conflicts or asking passengers to help us contain problems. Aircraft cabins are fuller than ever and Flight Attendant staffing has been cut. Introducing knives and other weapons into these situations makes our job harder and everyone in the cabin less safe," the leaflet says.
The three largest carriers at Denver International Airport – United Airlines, Southwest Airlines and Frontier Airlines – have all expressed their concern to the TSA as well.
"We share the opinions of our flight attendants, mechanics, pilots, and the rest of our employees and oppose permitting small knives back into the aircraft cabin," Kate O'Malley, Frontier's spokeswoman wrote in an e-mail to the Post. "Continued prohibition of these items is important not only to keep our employees safe, but also our passengers."
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Lenovo was near final design on an update to the keyboard layout of one of its most popular PCs when it spotted a small, but significant, online community of gamers who are passionately supportive of the current keyboard design. Changing the design may have led to a mass revolt of a large segment of Lenovo's customer base – freelance developers and gamers.
The Corporate Analytics unit was using SAS as part of a perceptual quality project. Crawling the web, sifting through text data for Lenovo mentions, the analysis unearthed a previously unknown forum, where an existing customer had written a glowing six-page review of the current design, especially the keyboard. The review attracted 2,000 comments! "It wasn't something we would have found in traditional pre-production design reviews," says Mohammed Chaara, Director of Customer Insight & VOC Analytics.
It was the kind of discovery that solidified Lenovo's commitment to the Lenovo Early Detection (LED) system, and the work of Chaara and his corporate analytics team.
Lenovo, the largest global manufacturer of PCs and tablets, didn't set out to gauge sentiment around obscure bloggers or discover new forums. The company wanted to inform quality, product development and product innovation by studying data – its own and that from outside the four walls. "We're mainly focused on supply chain optimization, cross-sell/up-sell opportunities and pricing and packaging of services. Any improvements we make in these areas are based on listening to the customer," Chaara says. SAS provides the framework to "manage the crazy amount of data" that is generated.
The project's success has travelled like wildfire within the organization. Lenovo initially planned on about 15 users, but word of mouth has led to 300 users signing up to log in to the LED dashboard for a visual presentation on customer sentiment, warranty and call center analysis.
The results have been impressive:
- Over 50 percent reduction in issue detection time.
- 10 to 15 percent reduction in warranty costs from out-of-norm defects.
- 30 to 50 percent reduction in general information calls to the contact center.
"This analysis has allowed us to get a definition of quality from the view of the customer."
Mohammed Chaara
Director of Customer Insight & VOC Analytics
Looking at the big picture
Traditional methods of gauging sentiment and understanding quality have built-in weaknesses and time lags:
- Customer surveys only surface information from customers who're willing to fill them out.
- Warranty information often comes in months after delivery of the new product.
- It can be difficult to decipher the myriad causes of customer discontent and product issues.
In addition, Lenovo sells its product packaged with software it doesn't produce, and customers use a variety of accessories (docking stations and mouse devices) that might or might not be Lenovo products. To compound the issue, the company operates in 165 countries and supports more than 30 languages, so the manual methods to evaluate the commentary were inconsistent, took too much time and couldn't scale to the volumes of feedback it was seeing in social media. The sentiment analysis needed to be able to sense nuances within the native languages. (For example, Australians describe things differently than Americans.)
The analysis-driven discovery of an issue with docking stations provided the second big win for Lenovo's LED initiative. Customers were calling tech support to say they were having issues with the screen, or the machine shutting down abruptly, or the battery wasn't charging. Similar accounts were turning up on social media posts. Sometimes, though not always, the customer mentioned docking. It wasn't until Lenovo used SAS to analyze the combination of call center notes and social media posts that the word "docking" was connected to the problem, helping quality engineers figure out the root cause and issue a software update.
"We were able to pick up that feedback within weeks. It used to take 60 to 90 days because we had to wait for the reports to come back from the field," Chaara says. Now it takes just 15 to 30 days. That reduction in detection time has driven a 10 to 15 percent reduction in warranty costs for those issues. As warranty claims cost the company about $1.2 billion yearly, this is a significant savings.
While the call center information was crucial, the social media component was what sealed the deal. "With Twitter and Facebook, people described what they were doing at that minute, 'I docked the machine and X happened.' It's raw, unbiased and so powerful," Chaara says.
An unforeseen insight was found when analyzing what customers were saying as they got their PCs up and running. Lenovo realized its documentation to explain its products, warranties and the like was unclear. "There is a cost to every call center call. With the improved documentation, we've seen a 30 to 50 percent reduction in calls coming in for general information," Chaara said.
Winning praise beyond the front lines
The project has been so successful that Chaara demoed it for the CEO. The goal is to configure a dashboard view for the C-suite. "That's the level of thinking from our senior executives. They believe in this," Chaara says. In addition, Chaara's group will be formally measuring the success of the effort and expanding it to measure issues like customer experience when buying a Lenovo product.
"The application of analytics has ultimately led us to a more holistic understanding of the concept of quality. Quality isn't just a PC working correctly. It's people knowing how to use it, getting quick and accurate help from the company, getting the non-Lenovo components to work well with the hardware and understanding what the customers like about the existing product – rather than just redesigning it because product designers think it's the right thing to do. "SAS has allowed us to get a definition of quality from the view of the customer," Chaara says.
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Business users can combine internal product and call-center text data with online data to promptly discover quality issues and understand customer desires more thoroughly. By doing so, they:
- Detected a product issue in one-third the time of traditional warranty analysis.
- Reduced warranty costs 10 to 15 percent for those previously hard-to-detect issues.
- Revamped documentation to reduce call center requests by 30 to 50 percent.
- Avoided a potentially sale-killing keyboard redesign.
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- Access visual presentations on customer sentiment, warranty analysis and call center analysis.
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- Quickly create interactive reports and easily share them via the web and mobile devices.
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H250 M40 now with HART 7.4
- Variable area flowmeter is now available with the latest HART communication standard
- NE107 compliant diagnostic messages
- New communication option can be retrofitted as part of the modular device design
The variable area flowmeter H250 M40 is now available with HART 7.4 communication.
HART 7 compliance and interoperability have been validated by FieldComm Group FCG (formerly HART Communication Foundation HCF) and issued with a "HART Registered" certificate. Thus, the H250 M40 can now also provide NE107 diagnostic messages; compliance with the requirements of NAMUR has been proven as part of a supplementary type test according to NAMUR recommendation NE95.
H250 M40 is a well-proven flowmeter in all process industries for cost-effective measurement of liquids and gases. The new communication option adds to its modular design: with the purely mechanical version as a base, electronic (communication) modules can be added or replaced/retrofitted to match applications from analogue flow measurement without auxiliary power to digital integration into a fieldbus system.
More information on H250 M40 can be found here: http://h250m40.krohne.com
About KROHNE
KROHNE is a full-service provider for process measuring technology for the measurement of flow, mass flow, level, pressure and temperature as well as analytical tasks. Founded in 1921 and headquartered in Duisburg, Germany, the company employs over 3,900 people all over the world and is present on all continents. KROHNE stands for innovation and maximum product quality and is one of the market leaders in industrial process measuring technology.
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Aleš Březina
Conductor: Jiří Štrunc, Petr Louženský
Stage director: Petr Zelenka
Sets: Nikola Tempír
Costumes: Vladimíra Fomínová
Motion cooperation: Klára Lidová
Chorus master of the Kühn's Children's Choir: Petr Louženský
Dramaturgy: Pavel Petráněk
World premiere: September 18 and 19, 2013
Kühn Children's Choir
1) Marie Šimůnková / Kateřina Zikmundová
2) Klára Nohalová / Eliška Soukupová
3) Gajane Achverdjanová / Markéta Houšková / Tereza Lázňovská
4) Dominika Schovánková / Karolína Motýlová
5) Amálie Koppová / Barbora Cimerová
Bass clarinet: Petr Valášek / Jiří Šindelář
Violin: Lucie Sedláková Hůlová
Keyboards: Jan Dušek / Stanislav Gallin
Percussions: Tomáš Koubek
History is replete with martyrs whose death was subsequently made use of for various purposes. One of the most blatant victims of modern Czech history was the priest Josef Toufar.
On 25 February 1950, precisely two years after the Communist coup, celebrated until 1989 as the day of "Victory of the Czechoslovak Working People", Toufar died in a state sanatorium in Prague of the consequences of weeks-long torture. The pretext for his arrest on 28 January 1950 was the rumour of a miracle, reported by parishioners from the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption in the village of Číhošť. They claimed that during a mass on 11 December 1949 (and again two weeks later) the cross behind the priest's back had moved repeatedly. The Communist National Security Police immediately made use of this still unexplained phenomenon to launch a campaign against the Church, which represented one of its strongest opponents. Toufar was first denounced for deceit (accused of using a suspender belt or car windscreen wiper to move the cross), later on for "homosexuality" and paedophilia (children were forced to give false statements by the prosecutor Ludmila Brožová Polednová, today known above all for the role she played in the show trial and judicial murder of the politician Milada Horáková). The Secret Police produced a trumped-up documentary titled "Woe betide those who cause offence", in which Toufar was supposed to appear. However, since the priest had died during the filming (and was buried under a different name in a mass grave), he was replaced by a stand-in. On the other hand, the Catholic Church appointed a "miracle committee" whose aim it was to canonise Toufar. These antipodes demarcate the battleground on which the endeavour to interpret the "Číhošť miracle" takes place.
Just like Březina's first highly acclaimed opera, Tomorrow There Will Be…, the documentary chamber opera Toufar too is based on period printed, audio and visual documents. The lead roles will be portrayed by Soňa Červená, Jan Mikušek and Vladimír Javorský.
In co-production with the International Theatre Festival Divadelna Nitra, in the framework of the project "Parallel Lives - 20th Century through the Eyes of Secret Police". The project was funded by The European Commission's program Creative Europe. www.parallel-lives.eu
Approximate running time: 1 hour, no intermission
English and german subtitles are used in the performance.


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Groundspeak Weekly Newsletter – February 29 2012
Sometimes one Trackable (or two or three or a dozen Trackables) from Geocaching.com simply isn't enough. Shop Geocaching offers bulk orders of tracking codes. The options are endless. You might mint your own series of Geocoins, print a large order of Trackable t-shirts for your geocaching group, or wow your friends with Trackable cows. The minimum order is 50 tracking codes. Think of it, you can track a whole herd (of cows or friends).
Geocachers often use bulk orders of tracking codes to prepare for geocaching events. The codes can be used to make almost anything Trackable, from attendees' nametags to the geocaching cake at the event.
If you're interested in less than 50 Trackables at a time, there's a solution. Purchase a Travel Bug® or two. Activate the Travel Bug and then include the tracking code wherever you like – you can tattoo it on your arm or carve it into your favorite walking stick. It is important that you do not place the tracking code in more than one location, as it will cause confusion as to which item is being tracked.
Once your codes are activated, sit back and watch your items, from cows to cakes, get 'discovered' on Geocaching.com. Find out more about the Geocaching.com tracking code policy and view the contact information for ordering your own codes here.


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National Couples Survey, 2005-2006 (ICPSR 24384)
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William R. Grady, Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evalulation; John O.G. Billy, Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evalulation; Daniel H. Klepinger, Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evalulation; Lisa A. Cubbins, Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evalulation; Koray Tanfer, Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evalulation
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Data from the National Couples Study (NCS) were collected as part of two NIH-funded studies examining couples' contraceptive decision-making (but not consistency of use). Completed interviews were obtained from both partners of 413 married couples, 261 cohabiting couples and 335 dating non-cohabiting heterosexual couples (2,018 individuals), where the female was age 20 to 35 years and the male was age 18 or older. Other eligibility criteria were that the female was not currently pregnant, postpartum, or trying to get pregnant, and that both partners were neither medically nor surgically sterile (for whom consistency of contraceptive use is of limited interest). The survey used computer-assisted self interviewing (CASI) to collect data from an area probability sample of household residents in four cities and their adjacent county subdivisions: Baltimore, MD; Durham, NC; St. Louis, MO; and Seattle, WA. This survey obtained separate, parallel reports from both partners, providing unique and detailed data on the power relations, birth desires, method-related expectancies, values, perceptions, preferences, and behaviors of men and women making contraceptive and disease prevention choices within the context of an intimate heterosexual relationship.
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Wave I, conducted in-person with the Wave II survey of married and cohabiting couples, was conducted via telephone.
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The sample design for this investigation can be characterized as a stratified, probability-proportional-to-size sample of compact clusters. These compact clusters contained 66 adjacent listings from the DSF file, where ZIP+Four zip codes and postal walk sequence codes were used to group addresses so they were physically adjacent. The cluster size of 66 addresses was chosen to ensure that there would be 50 occupied housing units on average in each cluster. The sampling began by grouping Census blocks until segments were obtained of the size 75 or larger based upon the size measure used. Using Census-derived data, the segments within each of the four sites were stratified into four strata based upon the percent of Black households. Sample segments were selected with probability proportional to their size measure using systematic sampling. Each sampled address was visited by an interviewer who verified its residential status and then enumerated the married/cohabitating couples and age-eligible unattached adults living at the sampled address whose members met the study's age requirements. If the household contained multiple couples and/or unattached adults or a mixture of couples and unattached adults, the interviewer consulted a sampling table to randomly select a specific couple or unattached person for eligibility screening based upon the number of couples and the number of unattached persons in the household. This sampling table was custom generated for each sampled address.
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- Grady, William R., John O.G. Billy, Daniel H. Klepinger, Lisa A. Cubbins, and Koray Tanfer. National Couples Survey, 2005-2006. ICPSR24384-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-02-16. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24384.v1
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For the studies supporting the collection of these data, analysis weights were developed that account for the differential probabilities of selection and allow the data for the four sites to be analyzed together. For weight development, analysis weights were first created for each individual site (SITELEVELWT) and then a combined weight suitable for analyzing the data set as a whole (STUDYLEVELEWT) was created. The analysis weights for each site were constructed by developing sampling weights reflecting the probability of selection of each sampled address and of the couple sampled from that address (if any), and then adjusting these weights to account for nonresponse. The intention of the two couples studies was to analyze the data combined across sites and to have each site have equal impact on the analysis. To facilitate this approach, a combined weight was created by adjusting each site's weights so that they summed to a common population total.
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