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These golden potato pancakes are crisped in duck fat before being crowned with silky foie gras and tart apple. Delicious. And appropriate for Hanukkah. Or Thanksgivukkah. After all, the history of foie gras in Europe can be traced back to Jewish immigrants, who brought the technique of fattening ducks and geese from Egypt. Schmaltz, anyone?
2 medium Granny Smith or other tart green apples, peeled, cored, and cut crosswise in 1/8-inch slices (reserve trimmings)
2/3 cup simple syrup
1¼ cups duck and veal demi-glace
2 medium-large baking potatoes (about 1¼ pounds), peeled
1 small onion
1 small golden delicious or other sweet apple, peeled
1 tablespoons minced flat-leaf parsley
1 egg, beaten
6 or more tablespoons all-purpose flour
Salt and freshly ground white pepper to taste
1 duck fat
6 foie gras slices
1. Combine sliced apples with simple syrup in a bowl and soak for 8 hours or overnight.
2. Add apple trimmings to demi-glace, bring to a boil, then simmer for 30 minutes. Strain and keep warm.
3. Grate potatoes, red apple, and onion. Gently stir in parsley, egg, and flour, and season with salt and pepper. Heat enough duck fat to measure about ½ inches deep in a large heavy skillet. Form mixture into 12 pancakes. If too moist, add a little more flour. When fat is hot, about 375 degrees F, add only as many pancakes as will comfortably fit in pan without crowding, flattening them slightly. Cook until browned and crispy on both sides, turning once. Remove with a slotted spatula, blot on paper towels, and keep warm in a warm oven. Discard fat and wipe out pan.
4. Heat pan until very hot. Season foie gras with salt and pepper, and sauté until lightly browned and medium-rare inside, about 45 seconds per side.
5. On warm plates, place a potato pancake, then add an apple slice and a foie gras medallion on top. Spoon on sauce, and serve.

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Have you taught your children that, while Christmas is very important, it's really Easter that's the greatest feast of the year? Do they buy it?
When I was little, this point of doctrine was obvious: All during Holy Week, my father could be heard practicing the Exsultet to chant at the Easter vigil, as my mother fried and ground up liver and onions in preparation for the Passover seder. The fragrant schmaltzy steam of the chicken soup, the palm leaves, bags of jelly beans for Easter Sunday and the boxes of jellied fruit slices for the seder—these were all equally essential for Holy Week. We drooled over the growing heaps of luscious Passover food as we suffered the final pangs of Lenten sacrifices. My mother covered her head to bless the candles at the start of the seder, and then a few hours later, hovered over us in the pew to save us from singeing our hair on the Easter candles. I can't imagine eating leftover gefilte fish without a chocolate bunny on the side; and I can't imagine hearing "Christ our light!" without echoes of "Dayenu!" – "It would have been enough!" still lingering, both exultant prayers of thanksgiving to the God who always gives more than we deserve.
You might be pardoned for imagining some kind of schizophrenic clash of cultures in my house, but that's not how it was. My parents did struggle to synthesize the incongruities between Catholicism and Judaism (and for a hilarious read, check out my mother's account of interfaith communications). My parents were raised secular Jews, and went through a long and strange exodus through the desert together, and eventually converted to Christianity—and then, when I was about 4, to Catholicism.
But for us kids, there was no incongruity: Growing up Hebrew Catholics just meant having much more FUN on Easter than anyone else. My Christian friends wore straw hats, ate jelly beans, and maybe dyed eggs if their mothers could abide the mess. We, on the other hand, whooped it up for an entire weekend as we prepared for and celebrated the Passover seder, the ceremonial feast which Jesus ate with his disciples at the Last Supper. At our seder, which we held on Holy Saturday, there was chanting and clapping, giggling over the mysterious and grisly ceremonial roasted egg and horseradish root, glass after glass of terrible, irresistible sweet wine,
special silver and china that only saw the light of day once a year, pillows for the chairs so we could "recline," and the almost unbearable sweetness as the youngest child asked, "Why is this night different from all other nights?"
It was different because, every single year on that night, there were laughter and tears. The laughter was always more: I waited with bated breath for my father, after drinking his third or fourth ceremonial glass of wine, to trip over the Psalm and say, "What ails thee, o mountains, that you skip like rams? And o ye hills, like lung yams?" And then there are the tears, when we remember the slaying of the first born, and a drop of wine slips from our fingertips onto the plate.
Most Catholics are familiar with the idea that Moses prefigured Christ: Baby Moses was spared from Pharaoh's infanticide, as baby Jesus was spared from Herod's; Moses rescued his people from slavery, as Christ rescues us all from sin and death; the angel of death passed over the houses whose doors were marked with the blood of the sacrificial lamb, just as death passes over the souls of those marked with the sign of baptism. Moses brought the Jews on a generation-long journey through the desert, during which God showed constant mercy and forgiveness, and the people demonstrated constant faithlessness and ingratitude—a journey which is mirrored in the lives of everyone. And Moses eventually brought the people within sight of the promised land of Canaan, as Christ has promised He will lead us to the gates of Heaven.
I will always remember my father pausing in the middle of the ceremony, and holding up the broken afikomen matzoh to the light of the candles. When he had the attention of all the children he would ask, "Do you see the light, shining through the holes? Do you see it?
It is pierced, just like Jesus' hands, feet and sides were pierced. And do you see the stripes? Just like Jesus was striped by the whip of the Romans." And then we would replace the matzoh in the middle compartment of a silken pouch. This special pouch held three sheets of matzoh (a Trinity?)—and the middle one would be hidden away (as if in a tomb?). Until it was taken out and consumed, we couldn't have dessert. All the sweets that were waiting in the other room—the chocolate and honey sponge cake, the fruit slices, the nuts and blonde raisins, the halvah and the macaroons—all of these had to wait until that middle piece was found and found (resurrected?) again.
But what always stopped me in my tracks is something my father discovered one year. Imagine, he told us, the Hebrews in their homes, painting their doorpost and lintel with the blood of the lamb as the Lord commanded. They would raise their arm to brush the blood on the top of the door, and then down again to dip again into the blood; and then up to the left, to mark the post on one side, and then to the right … does this sound familiar?
Act it out: up, down, left, right. It's very possible that, thousands of years before Calvary, the children of God were already making the sign of the cross.
Make of it what you will. At our house, what we made of it was that God loves us, has always loved us, and always will love us. "I have been young, and I have grown old, and I have never seen the righteous man forsaken or his children wanting for bread" (Ps 37:25). We are all the chosen people, and God speaks to us each in our own language, through our own traditions.
And I believe that he laughs and weeps along with us when we say with a mixture of bitterness and hope at the end of the seder, "Next year in Jerusalem."
[This post originally ran in Register in 2011 – re-posted at the request of several readers]


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In this interactive conference call, Dr. Joel Federman, Director of our Social Transformation Concentration, will provide information about Saybrook's programs in transformative social change, and engage prospective students in dialogue about their interests in this exciting area of education and activism. He will also engage prospective students in dialogue about their interests in this exciting area of education and activism.
- WHEN: Wednesday, May 30, 2012
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Social Transformation is currently a concentration option offered within the Psychology M.A. and Ph.D. degree program… The program provides flexibility in course scheduling and course subject matter, allowing students to focus on a specific topic or multiple topics for a broad plan of study. In the Psychology program, students may choose to have a concentration in Social Transformation by completing 9 units in that field at master's level, or 18 units at the doctoral level.
Saybrook is developing a Ph.D. and M.A. Specialization in Transformative Social Change as part of the Psychology Degree Program, to begin enrolling students in Fall 2013. In the 20120-2013 academic year, the Social Transformation Concentration in Psychology will still be available, and students can apply credits towards the Specialization, once it is available.
We also offer certificates in the following areas: Peace and Conflict Resolution, Community Health and Development and Building a Sustainable World, and we will be adding a Certificate in Socially Engaged Spirituality, beginning in Fall 2013.
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Monday, January 29, 2007
This cake is supposed to originate from Egypt, but it is also well-spread and very popular amongst the Jewish and Arabic communities worldwide. The Jews know it under the name of "Tishpishti" and it is generally baked during the holidays or for special occasions: Rosh Hashanah or Passover (for Pesach, the semolina is replaced by Matzah meal). The Muslims eat this sweet pastry during the Ramadan. "Basboussa" can also be found in Algeria ("Kabel Louz"), Morocco ("Chamia"), Syria ("Namora/Namoura"), Lebanon ("Hrisseh/Nammoura"), Palestine ("Namoura"), Jordan ("Basboussa") Egypt ("Basboussa"), Turkey ("Revani"), Greece ("Revani"), Bulgaria ("Revani"), Cyprus ("Shammali") and many more place...
Sometimes, the syrup is made with honey instead of sugar, the flavorings (Orange Blossom Water, Rosewater, Lemon, Cinnamon, etc...) differ depending on the country where it is made and certain toppings can be added (walnuts, pistachios, almonds, etc...).
The version I am blogging about comes from my much beloved as well as used Joan Nathan cookbook "Jewish Cooking In America" and the recipe that she gives is of Egyptian Sepharadic origin.
This "Semolina Cake" is amazing both in taste and texture. It is wickidly sweet, tangy, delightfully moist, very delicately perfumed and exquisitely exotic. I love it!!! "Basboussa" is very delicious and comforting to please...
Makes about 24 squares.
2 Cups Cream of wheat
1 Tsp Baking powder
1 Cup Plain yoghurt
1/2 Cup Castor sugar
3 Tbs Unsalted butter, melted
1/4 Cup Bread crumbs
2 Dozen Blanched almonds
2 Cups Castor sugar
2 Cups water
1-1 1/2 Tbs Orange blossom water (see link)
1 Cup Whipped cream (optional)
1. Mix together the cream of wheat and the baking powder in a bowl.
2. In a separate bowl, mix together the yoghurt, the sugar and the melted butter.
3. Add the yoghurt mixture to the cream of wheat and mix well.
4. Grease a 25cm (10 inches) round baking pan and dust with the bread crumbs.
5. Pour in the cake mixture and use your hands to pat it down into the pan.
6. Make a design of diamonds by scoring with a knife.
7. Place a blanched almond in each diamond.
8. Bake in a preheated oven at 180° C (350° F) for 30 to 45 minutes or until slightly brown on top.
9. Meanwhile, make the syrup by mixing the sugar and water together.
10. Bring to a boil in a saucepan and simmer until it forms a syrup and is sticky.
11. Add the orange blossom water.
12. As soon as the "Basboussa" comes out of the oven, pour the syrup over.
13. Let the cake stand until cool.
14. Cut slices following the diamond design and place the diamond-shaped pieces in paper cups.
15. Serve with a dollop of whipped cream (optional).
"Cream Of Wheat" is also called "Semolina Flour" or "Durum Wheat Semolina".
You can easily replace the yoghurt by the same quantity of sour cream.
Instead of using orange flower blossom water, try flavoring the syrup with rosewater, lemon rind or cinnamon (powder).
Serving suggestions:
Serve with "Turkish Coffee" (see info) or mint tea (see recipe).
(Namoura -Pic by www.cedarsky.com)
(Aswan -Pic by Danos Kounenis www.trekearth.com)
14 comments:
- Anonymous3:13 PM, January 29, 2007
I haven't thought about this dessert in years! When I lived in Saudi, the little cakes were soaked in Rosewater. Absolutely delicious.ReplyDelete
Thaks for the recipe!
- Anonymous5:54 PM, January 29, 2007
It's so beautiful, you're Lebanese Namoura. CongratulationsReplyDelete
Merci Rosa, pour ce delice et ce depaysement, c'est un bonheur de te rendre visite!ReplyDelete
I've never had these little cakes, but your recipe and pictures make me want them very much. They are lovely!ReplyDelete
Too sweet for me, I know, but they look so good.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous8:18 PM, January 30, 2007
C'est un réel dépaysement tout ça et surement très bon ! merci de nous faire rêver.ReplyDelete
KROSS-EYED KITTY: I'm glad you like my recipe! So, you ate "Basboussa" in Saudi. I'm sure that they were delicious...ReplyDelete
POM D'API: Thanks for the kind comment :-D!
CONFITUREMAISON: Je suis contente de savoir que ce gâteau te plait! Merci Vanessa...
SHER: You should try it! It's so fine and easy to make...
GRACIANNE: Thanks, Gracianne!...
PAOLA: Merci à toi pour ton compliment :-D!!!
Très belle recette bien gourmande et douce ! je vais traduire et examiner tout cela... Le Salève, c'est près de mon pays natal, à 4Okm de Genève, tes photos sont superbesReplyDelete
De toute évidence j'aimerai ce dessert :)ReplyDelete
AGNÈS: Merci pour ta visite et ton commentaire! J'espère que cette recette te plaira.ReplyDelete
D'où viens-tu exactement?
LILO: Alors, je te conseille te tester cette recette car c'est un gâteau délicieux!...
- Anonymous8:05 PM, June 26, 2007
que c'est beau...mais tu n'avais pas un blog français?ReplyDelete
My boyfriend introduced me to basboussa, and I have never been the same!! It's one of his favorite sweets (he's Egyptian). Thank you for the recipe! I'll bake him a surprise one day.ReplyDelete
VICTORIA: Thanks for passing by! This cake is delicious! I hope your boyfriend will like this recipe...ReplyDelete
En Algérie et au Maroc ça s'appelle "Kalb El Louz"! Mmm... Mon dessert préféré depuis toujours!ReplyDelete


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Dock workers in Hong Kong are striking for the seventh day, crippling port operations
About 500 workers outside the world's third largest port are demanding a 15% pay increase
Hong Kong International Terminals is estimating berthing delays of up to 60 hours
Strikers attract groundswell of support from pro-democracy parties and students
Hundreds of dock workers demanding better pay and working conditions entered a seventh day of strikes in Hong Kong Wednesday, crippling the world's third busiest container port and causing widespread shipping delays.
About 500 workers and their supporters gathered outside Hong Kong's Kwai Tsing Container Terminal, where workers demanded a 15% pay increase and a collective bargaining relationship with the container terminal operator, Hong Kong International Terminals (HIT), according to the strike organizer, Chan Chiu-wai of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions.
HIT employs the workers through a number of contractors. Company officials said that the port was losing about $640,000 a day and the strike is causing berthing delays of up to 60 hours, according to the South China Morning Post.
HIT is a subsidiary of Hutchison Port Holdings Trust, which is owned by billionaire Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. HIT did not respond to CNN's questions Wednesday.
Chan said that dock workers were presently paid $167 per day for 24 consecutive hours of work, less that than they received in 1997.
"We have been asking to talk with them for a very long time but both the terminal and the contractors have refused to talk to us," said Chan. "This is an indefinite strike, we have no time limit and we will strike until our demands are fulfilled."
Chan said staff often work shifts of up to 72 consecutive hours during high-season. "For this work, the salary is very low, the working conditions are very poor and the hours are very long, so we are often in the position of being understaffed and the workers have to work many hours overtime," Chan added.
HIT dismissed claims that workers were being paid less now than they were in 1997.
"It's also wrong that their pay is now lower than in 1997 or during SARS," HIT general manager Gerry Yim Lui-fai told the South China Morning Post.
The workers have attracted many supporters among student unions and pro-democracy parties in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Federation of Students have organized donation and supply collection points outside major train stations.
Hong Kong's pro-democracy Labour Party is also supporting the strike.
"We have raised HK$1.2 million ($154,000) so far to support the workers and we are paying them (HK)$1,000 a day during the strike," said Lee Cheuk-yan, Labour Party chairman. "We have also just gained the support of the International Trade Union Confederation and it's a very encouraging development. We are confident the strike will not be easily displaced."
More than 100 dock workers, including crane operators and stevedores, went on strike inside the Kwai Tsing Container terminal on March 28, demanding a $1.60 per hour raise. More workers have since joined the action, but they were forced to set up camp outside the port after a Hong Kong court granted HIT a temporary court injunction on April 1 banning unionists and their supporters from entering any of the four Kwai Tsing container terminals.


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Herbie Hancock Confirms Love Supreme 2017 As UK Summer Festival Exclusive
Herbie Hancock Confirms Love Supreme 2017 As UK Summer Festival Exclusive
Visionary pianist, composer and bandleader Herbie Hancock was announced on Monday as the second artist confirmed for next year's Love Supreme Jazz Festival. Hancock joins ten-time Grammy-winning George Benson on the bill for the festival's fifth edition, which is shaping up to be its biggest and best to date.
Herbie Hancock is a true icon of modern music who throughout an illustrious career spanning five decades and fourteen Grammy Awards has continued to amaze audiences across the globe. He will bring his electric band to the stunning surroundings of Glynde Place in East Sussex for what will be their only UK festival appearance of the summer.
Herbie Hancock says:
'I'm looking forward to playing at The Love Supreme Festival in Sussex next year with some new music that I'm working on and a new approach on some of my older tunes.'
Running across three days from Friday 30 June-Sunday 2 July Love Supreme will announce additional artists in due course, once again offering a broad mix of classic and contemporary jazz, soul, pop and R&B.
Festival Director Ciro Romano adds:
'Herbie Hancock is without doubt one of the most pioneering and influential musicians of all time and is an artist we've been wanting to book since the festival's inception. His current band features some of the most exciting musicians on the scene and to say that we're delighted that they'll be performing their only UK festival date of the summer with us is a huge understatement.'
Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2017 runs from June 30th – July 2nd. Tickets are now available.
Hancock has yet to appear on the cover of Pianist. Watch this space!


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The Trans Murder Monitoring (TMM) project systematically monitors, collects and analyses reports of homicides of trans and/or gender-diverse people worldwide.
The Trans Murder Monitoring project started in April 2009 as a cooperation between Transgender Europe (TGEU) and the academic online magazine Liminalis – A Journal for Sex/Gender Emancipation and Resistance. With the involvement of the editorial team of Liminalis, the TMM became a pilot project of Transgender Europe's "Transrespect versus Transphobia Worldwide" research project in September 2009.
The results of the Trans Murder Monitoring project are presented in form of reports, name lists, tables, and maps. The reports provide context information on the monitoring and reporting of murders of trans and/or gender-diverse persons, and summarise the results. The name lists present the names and some details about the deaths of the otherwise anonymously reported trans and/or gender-diverse murder victims. These lists are specially compiled for the annual International Transgender Day of Remembrance (see below). The tables present statistics on the world region, country, date of death, location and cause of death, and the age and profession of the victims. The maps illustrate the worldwide scale of the reports of murdered trans and/or gender-diverse persons.
The tables and maps produced based on this research data prove, in vividly graphic form, that murders of trans and/or gender-diverse people do occur in all six world regions.
The TvT research team regularly updates and evaluates the TMM results, and all results in chronological order starting with the latest update can be found on our website.
Although the members of the TvT research team wish that such research was unnecessary (because no trans and/or gender-diverse people were murdered), we would appreciate contributions of reports of murdered trans and/or gender-diverse people, transphobic murders, and transphobic violence in general from countries in the six world regions. Therefore, the TvT research team asks networks, organisations, and individuals to send reports of murdered trans and/or gender-diverse people to research[at]transrespect.org, and that they participate in this ongoing monitoring and research project, so that the necessary data can be gathered to improve the situation of trans and/or gender-diverse people worldwide.
When reporting cases of murdered trans and/or gender-diverse people, please provide as many details as possible, e.g., the name of the victim (using, if known, the chosen name of the victim), the victim's age and profession, and, if known, the victim's self-definition (e.g. travesti, transwoman, FTM, genderqueer, etc.) or the local/indigenous term (e.g. muxé, kathoey, etc.), the date (day, month, year) and the place (state, city/town, street/public place/home, etc.) where the murder took place, as well as the cause of death (e.g. gunshot, stabbing, strangulation, etc.) and the source of information. Furthermore, when possible, it would be very helpful if you could provide a context of the murder, as well as an indication of how the murder was treated judicially (investigation, classification as hate or bias crime, prosecution of the perpetrator, etc.).
If you wish to refer to this section, please use the following citation format: TvT research project (2016). Trans Murder Monitoring, "Transrespect versus Transphobia Worldwide" (TvT) project website: www.transrespect.org/en/research/trans-murder-monitoring/


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Imagine a world where whole epochs will pass, cultures rise and fall, between a telephone call and the reply. Think of the human race multiplying 500-million fold, or evolving new, distinct species. Consider the technology of space colonization, computer-assisted reproduction, the "Martian potato." One hundred years after H. G. Wells visited the future in The Time Machine, Freeman Dyson marshals his uncommon gifts as a scientist and storyteller to take us once more to that ever-closer, ever-receding time to come.
Since Disturbing the Universe, the book that first brought him international renown, Freeman Dyson has been helping us see ourselves and our world from a scientist's point of view. In Imagined Worlds he brings this perspective to a speculative future to show us where science and technology, real and imagined, may be taking us. The stories he tells—about "Napoleonic" versus "Tolstoyan" styles of doing science; the coming era of radioneurology and radiotelepathy; the works of writers from Aldous Huxley to Michael Crichton to William Blake; Samuel Gompers and the American labor movement—come from science, science fiction, and history. Sharing in the joy and gloom of these sources, Dyson seeks out the lessons we must learn from all three if we are to understand our future and guide it in hopeful directions.
Whether looking at the Gaia theory or the future of nuclear weapons, science fiction or the dangers of "science worship," seagoing kayaks or the Pluto Express, Dyson is concerned with ethics, with how we might mitigate the evil consequences of technology and enhance the good. At the heart of it all is the belief once expressed by the biologist J. B. S. Haldane, that progress in science will bring enormous confusion and misery to humankind unless it is accompanied by progress in ethics.


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The "low hanging fruit" says Richards are capture cards. "Imagine an entire generation of video engineers who will never use expensive SDI cabling and capture devices. Using NDI we will have access to sources from anywhere on our network. We will no longer be restricted to sources directly connected to a single system." Capture cards are used for low latency video conversion from traditional HDMI or SDI video to USB or PCIe where they are used with production software such as vMix, Wirecast, LiveStream and more. "What if we could eliminate the need for capture cards altogether by providing the same quality, low latency video directly to Wirecast, vMix, Live Stream, OBS, or XSplit over the Ethernet connection we are already using?" Says Richards.
PTZOptics cameras are an industry favorite because of their expertise and amazing value. NewTek's expertise is software and IP video. We just announced NDI version 3, the third generation of our royalty-free IP video technology. This version provides the largest feature and performance advancements ever, including support for PTZ camera control, tally and embedded NDI support for hardware devices such as cameras and a/v signal converters. It is a perfect match for NewTek and PTZ Optics to collaborate on a PTZ camera that firmly grounds our vision for the all-IP future of video production.
"This is where the rubber meets the road" Richards noted, "because unlike SDI cabling, Ethernet can provide power for cameras using a PoE source, such as a switch, simplifying installation and eliminating the need for additional outlets. And unlike traditional RS-232 control cables, Ethernet can also be used to control our cameras within your favorite video production software or via one of our IP joysticks without requiring direct analog control cabling to each camera."
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Duck Boat Passing
Fishnet Blues II
White on Rice
Reflections of a Life Well Lived
Vietnamese couple in their late 80's near Hoi An.
Hmong at Coc Pai
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Old Blue Eyes
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Little Beauty
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All such great talent! I'm thrilled to be apart of it!ReplyDelete
This is so exciting! Good luck to all the designers! :)ReplyDelete
Good luck to everyone! So exciting!ReplyDelete
Oh goodness... those are all so great! I can't wait to see who the other designers are this season! yay!ReplyDelete
eeeeeeeeeeeeeep - can't wait to see who all the designers are -good luck to everyone, I so excited to sew along ;o)ReplyDelete
Such a tough choice!ReplyDelete
wow, I can't narrow it down - - great entries!!ReplyDelete
Oh man. I can't decide between the heart jacket and the french boatneck dress. Can I have one of each in an adult size please?ReplyDelete
This is already so hard to decide. It is going to be a great season!ReplyDelete
I cannot believe the detail on the "April Showers Raincoat" outfit. Everything from pin-striping the jeans to adding reflective tape to the jacket- never mind the fact that she made the umbrella, necklace and shirt too. It's amazing! I think there is no doubt it should be the winner!!! GO CATHGRACE!!!ReplyDelete
I agree with Sarah!! It's fabulous down to the last detail!! (And, detail there is)! Good Luck CathGrace!ReplyDelete
WOW!!! what a talented group of woman you have here. Season 5 is sure to be exciting!!! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 11, 2012 at 3:53 PM
That rainbow heart jacket is by far the cutest entry!!ReplyDelete
Everything looks great - I especially love the layering in the first outfit and the modern color palette. Great Job!ReplyDelete
Oh my! THAT is a tough, tough decision.ReplyDelete
The rainbow jacket got my vote.ReplyDelete
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As amazing as I think ALL the entries were, I do think it was a shame that CathGrace didn't end up moving on, mostly because when I visited her site to see more of her look, she made not only the jacket, but the Umbrella, shirt (with removable bow), necklace, AND jeans! It was completely amazing, and every piece was fantastic enough to be sold in a high-end boutique. Kudos to you, CathGrace, and I'm sorry we won't get to see more of your work in the competition.ReplyDelete


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Expeditions:Oily Coast is Hurting Business
As the OFS team continues to explore communities on the Gulf, they are finding that, in these early stages, little is known about the ultimate consequences of the oil spill, so fear is playing a role that may be unnecessarily harmful.
Southern Louisiana is one of the sport fishing capitals of the U.S. and sports fishermen and charter boat captains have built a thriving business. In the midst of reports of doom and gloom, these are people with a passion for life on the marsh and a commitment to their environment. Their immediate challenge is NOT an oil soaked marsh, but the perception of spoiled seafood and a tainted environment.
Yesterday the team interviewed two charter boat captains, Dave and Brent Ballay from Venice Outdoors, whose trips have been cancelled due to the perception of doom even when vast areas still thrive and may escape the worst.
It is a reminder to us all to pay attention as this story evolves and not rush to judgment, We must, however, remember that the products we demand are irrevocably linked to environmental health and we have a duty to know the consequences and to choose wisely. If we don't like the oil spill, we need to look to alternatives to oil.
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Simple Things and Complex Things
It was a holiday evening and I was at my good friend Peter's house for dinner. You already know that he is one of very finest wine writers and critics, and that he is the author of ChampagneGuide.net, and that he recently published a long-awaited Sherry book. But did you know that he is a wonderful cook?
Peter can cook anything but prefers to cook in the Japanese style. And on this Christmas eve, I hung around his kitchen while he prepared dinner. We talked about how his book is selling, how my work is going, about our plans for travel in the coming year, about how I miss my kids on the Christmas holidays, and all sorts of other things that good friends talk about. We drank Champagne. Good music wafted from the sound dock speakers.
He used Koshihikari rice from the Niigata Prefecture in Japan. This is thought by many to be the finest rice of Japan. Peter rinsed the rice many times, massaging it with his hands, until the water ran almost clear. Then he spread it evenly in the bowl and let it dry. Then he combined water with a dash of fish sauce, sesame oil, and sake, and soaked the rice for about a half hour. He placed quartered Shitake mushrooms and large whole scallops on top of the rice and cooked it over high heat for 15 minutes and then let the rice rest for another 20 minutes. The whole process took about two hours from start to finish. As the rice rested, the kitchen and the living room filled with this intensely savory and gloriously appetizing aroma.
The same is true with so many things that we eat and drink - think of roasting a chicken! There are a million variations, including the chicken itself, temperature, type of pan, and other issues. People who care about roasting chicken have opinions on all of these things. Roast chicken is a simple thing that is also quite complex, should you choose to approach it that way. And although a decently prepared roast chicken is always enjoyable, some are finer than others. I think that experiencing and trying to understand things in their most elevated forms allows us to better understand the pleasures (and flaws) of their more common versions.


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In Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "I Have a Dream" speech, he yearned for a time when Americans would "not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." King's language drew on a metaphor for fairness as old as the image of blindfolded Lady Justice, one that has long held a seductive appeal in America's conversation on race: that of blindness. If we could just stop seeing color, the logic goes—if we could truly be race blind—we might at last move beyond the sins of slavery and prejudice, and reach a kind of utopia in which racial differences are emptied of meaning.
But what happens when the metaphor of colorblindness is tested literally? For lifelong blind people, who have no ability to sort people by skin color, does race become as meaningless as we might hope? Or do they in fact "see" race? And if they do—if they are no less race conscious than the rest of us—what might that tell us about an ideal that anchors our most basic sense of racial equality?
Those questions lie at the heart of "Blinded by Sight: Seeing Race Through the Eyes of the Blind," by legal scholar and sociology professor Osagie K. Obasogie. In a study eight years in the making, Obasogie, who teaches at the University of California Hastings, set out to document how blind people experience race. He found that even without visual cues, they experience the same divisions and prejudices as anyone else.
In all, Obasogie interviewed 106 subjects who had been blind since birth—white, black, male, female, young and old, urban, suburban and rural. Their stories ranged from the commonplace to the surreal: We meet a blind black man named Keith, for whom romantic interests rise and then abruptly fall the moment a blind white woman discovers the texture of his hair. We meet Laura, who recalls the morning as a young girl she asked her mother why she was cleaning the kitchen counter. "'Well, because black people smell, and your baby sitter was here last night,'" Laura recalled. "And I said, 'That's interesting,' and filed that away."
Indeed, Obasogie argues, it is that continual filing away of information, and not any visually obvious reality, that trains us to see race and attach meaning to it. "We are all socialized to see race. But it's only by talking to blind people that we really get a true understanding of how strong that socialization practice is," Obasogie said. "What this study highlights is how the things that we think are obvious are often things that society works very hard to teach us."
Ideas spoke to Obasogie by phone from his office in California.
IDEAS: You started your research after seeing the 2004 film "Ray" [about the life of blind soul music legend Ray Charles]. What about the movie led you to these questions?
OBASOGIE: I guess what initially struck me about the movie was how Ray Charles had this really interesting and deep understanding of race ever since he was a little boy....After a few weeks of research, I found that no one had really asked the question to blind people, what is race? How do you understand race and what does it mean to you?
IDEAS: What was the most surprising finding in the study?
OBASOGIE: What these interviews really highlight is the fact that being able to see actually has very little to do with understanding what race is....Blind people have a very visual understanding of race. And blind people use these visual understandings of race to guide them through life, just like everyone else does, in terms of where they live, who they date, and so on.
IDEAS: What do you mean when you say they understand race visually?
OBASOGIE: Oftentimes, sighted people think that blind people either have no understanding of racial difference, or that their understanding can only be limited to some secondary sensory evaluation, such as hearing accents. What my research shows is that those kinds of secondary experiences do not come to define what race is for blind people. Rather it's this knowledge that what's important about race and what defines race is the fact that people look different. It's about a visual difference that they can't appreciate directly, but yet they are socialized to appreciate and react to.
IDEAS: Some of your subjects described startling introductions to race bias from a young age; one boy's father drove him from their suburban home to an urban area and instructed him to "smell the smell of [n-word] town." How much of this can be attributed to subjects recalling memories from an earlier time?
OBASOGIE: There were certainly some stories that come from a particular time. So when people talk about going to segregated schools for the blind, we're talking about people who went to certain schools before the 1950s. However, a number of experiences—such as blind people saying they met somebody, they thought the person was really cool, and then they found out the person was black and they couldn't date that person anymore—those were from respondents who were in their 20s and 30s.
IDEAS: Often, sighted people have an instinctive reaction to protect a blind person—making sure they cross the street safely, for example. How did that instinct play out in terms of race?
OBASOGIE: One of the things that struck me the most about these interviews was the way that racial boundaries get patrolled, primarily in the realm of dating. So you have parents making sure their children know that it's not appropriate for them to date outside their race. And then secondly you have these strangers, for example, coming up to a woman [shopping with a black male friend in a store] and saying, "Do you know your husband is black?" which is an unbelievable statement on so many levels. You had another situation where a landlord saw a black person walk into a white [blind] woman's house, he goes and rings the doorbell and asks, "Is everything OK? I saw a black person walk in your house." It comes from the same sentiment of seeing a blind person and thinking they may be taken advantage of—and for some people, that involves making sure that quote-unquote vulnerable white blind people are aware that there are black people out there [who] pose a certain threat to white people.
IDEAS: What, if any, are the broader societal implications flowing from the findings that blind people are not colorblind or racially oblivious?
OBASOGIE: We kind of live in this world now where people think that everything is now postracial. With the election of Barack Obama, we assume that well, we have a black president, racism is over, the end. And I'm really trying to challenge that notion....If blind people are seeing race and organizing their lives around race, you can be damn sure that race is still an important part of other people's lives.
IDEAS: One focus of your book is the powerful metaphor of colorblindness in the law. How does studying race among the blind relate to that?
OBASOGIE: In short, colorblindness is simply this idea that government should not be in the business of using race or racial classifications in any way, that the role of government is to be blind to race, and that by being blind to race, justice and fairness will follow....On the one hand, that's in general a good idea. Part of the reason we've had so many problems with race, from the founding of our country up until recent times, was that government was using racial classifications to discriminate against certain groups of people.
But the other end of colorblindness is that it's been used as an ideology to prevent the state from engaging in forms of affirmative action or other forms of government-based assistance programs that would help make up for past forms of discrimination. So at the crux of this notion of colorblindness is this metaphor, that being blind to race necessarily leads to fairness. And the way this study interacts with that claim is by asking, well, does blindness necessarily lead to fairness? Does it prevent people from being able to act in a discriminatory manner?...By looking at how blind people actually think about race, it can provide an empirical basis for us to rethink some of the policies we've developed on the back of that metaphor.
Francie Latour writes about race and culture for The Boston Globe, Essence, and The Root. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Wisconsin Garden Wonderland
Imaginative creations
Watch for brake lights when driving the quiet lane past the Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, home of Dale and Joan Jeanquart. It's hard for drivers to resist stomping on the brakes when they spot 12-foot-tall people striding through the yard. "They back up and sit awhile," Dale says.
Appropriately named Terra and Cotta, these "overgrown container gardens" stand on skeletons of concrete and metal piping. The giant couple and their dog, Francois, gain their regal stance from long-lasting German terra-cotta pots sprouting sedum, Plectranthus and ornamental grasses.
The pot people reign over a double lot brimming with the imaginative creations of Joan and Dale (a retired cop).
Click ahead to read more about Joan and Dale's creative garden. Pictured: Cotta is an impressive yard warrior.
Surprising art
Koi and pink water lilies fill three water gardens. In the evenings, a fire pit glows from the heart of a sunken sitting area. Surprising works of art wait for guests who take the time to explore dozens of flower beds.
Take the decorative bikes, which are almost a garden cliché. Bikes hanging on walls, not so much. White impatiens flow from the handlebar basket, and dark green leaves twine through the spokes. For parties, Joan and Dale sometimes transform a glass chandelier from flower vase to fish bowl. "The fish are a one-night-stand kind of thing. Afterward, we give them away to friends," Dale says.
Multihued blooms pull it all together. "I like to paint with plants as colors," Dale says. "It really is an art. I do it for myself, to express myself. It's my own garden palette to draw on."
Pictured: Koi add a flash of color to a water garden.
Swaths of color
To a canvas of green grass, Dale has applied swaths of sun-loving red bee balm (Monarda) and spots of bold 'Red Volunteer' daylily (Hemerocallis). Down low are the chartreuse leaves of 'Southern Comfort' coral bell (Heuchera), and up high the red-tinged castor bean (Ricinus). Amid all that boldness, subtle purple emerges via ferny love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena) and spiky globe thistle (Echinops). In the inky darkness under maple trees, tall sunny-yellow stalks of Ligularia and leafy green hostas provide contrast.
The garden has evolved over 20 years: Sun-loving plants get moved when trees shade them, and each year brings new specimens. One constant, though, is a focus on more blooming beds and less lawn. "Grass is a chore," Dale says. "Flowerbeds are pure joy," Joan concludes.
Pictured: Red bee balm lures butterflies.
Garden tour: Hanging bike
A bike appears to levitate on a fence.
Garden tour: Fish bowl chandelier
Goldfish swim in a glass chandelier. The chandelier becomes a fish bowl only for parties; fish are then given to guests.
Garden tour: Up-close thistle
Purple globe thistle invites inspection.
Garden tour: A kingdom of greenery
A giant trio holds court over a vast assortment of horticultural "subjects." Terra's gown is made of climbing hydrangea.
Garden tour: Delightful detailing
Francois, the dog, has a mane of Mexican feathergrass.
Garden tour: Bright lilies
'Red Volunteer' is just one of hundreds of daylily cultivars in the garden.
Garden tour: Clever tool station
Dale Jeanquart designed this convenient birdhouse-look tool station.
Garden tour: Living wall
Framed sedum and succulents make living art.
Garden tour: Big beans
Colorful castor bean can grow to 8 feet tall.
Garden tour: Look closer
Terra's hat holds Silver Falls dichondra.
Garden tour: Slow-cooker flower containers
Impatiens in slow-cooker liners hang from a rope pulley.
Garden tour: Meet the gardeners
Dale and Joan under a clematis-covered arbor.


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Oracle must be stopped from taking over MySQL, according to Richard Stallman, a developer and prominent activist for free software.
In a letter Tuesday to European Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes, Stallman -- together with nonprofit organizations Knowledge Ecology International and Open Rights Group -- urged Europe's top antitrust regulator to demand the divestment of MySQL in return for regulatory approval of Oracle's planned purchase of Sun Microsystems.
[ MySQL co-founder and creator Michael "Monty" Widenius has said Oracle should sell the database. | Oracle's Larry Ellison last week offered reassurances that Sun technologies will not go away. | Keep up on the day's tech news headlines with InfoWorld's Today's Headlines: First Look newsletter. ]
"If Oracle is allowed to acquire MySQL, it will predictably limit the development of the functionality and performance of the MySQL software platform, leading to profound harm to those who use MySQL software to power applications," said Stallman in the letter.
Oracle is the biggest competitor in the market for corporate database software. MySQL is an open source database that has been carving out a growing slice of the market at the expense of Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft -- the three principal competitors in the sector.
Sun bought MySQL last year for about $1 billion. Sun was then approached by IBM, but failed to agree to terms of a merger. Earlier this year Oracle stepped in and agreed to terms for a takeover of the struggling Sun.
"We recognize that Oracle's acquisition of Sun may be essential for Sun's survival. However, Oracle should not be allowed to harm consumer interests in the database market by weakening the competition provided by MySQL," Stallman said.
His comments echo those made by Michael "Monty" Widenius, MySQL's founder, in a blog Monday. Widenius called on the European Commission to prohibit Oracle from taking over MySQL.
Widenius was joined by one-time MySQL shareholder and free software activist Florian Mueller, who Tuesday described the prospect of Oracle owning MySQL as being like "putting the fox in charge of the henhouse."
When the Commission opened its in-depth probe of the proposed deal last month, it said it had to examine very carefully the effects on competition in Europe "when the world's leading proprietary database company proposes to take over the world's leading open source database company." It added that MySQL's open source business model wasn't enough to ensure that fair competition would be safeguarded under the deal.
Oracle has claimed that if it doesn't act as a good host for MySQL, businesses could easily "fork" the GPL-based code of MySQL and create a new platform. However, Stallman said that forking MySQL won't be so easy.
Most users obtain MySQL as free software under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2. A version 3 exists, and increasingly open source software developers are expected to migrate to it, Stallman said.
There are "fundamental and unavoidable legal obstacles" to combining code from programs licensed under the different GPL versions, he added. Today, MySQL is only available to the public under GPLv2. If other free software developers migrate to GPL version 3, MySQL could find itself isolated from the free software community that has helped develop the database.
"The lack of a more flexible license for MySQL will present considerable barriers to a new forked development path for MySQL," Stallman said.
IBM and Microsoft, the two other large players in the database market, are watching the European merger review closely. However, IBM declined to comment while Microsoft didn't return calls requesting comment.


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I. Introduction: Why I wrote this article
II. A psychopathic sadomasochistic god
IV. Marriage as a part of Easter
VI. Dating Easter to make it Christian
VII. Sex and fertility as a part of Easter
VIII. The Crescent: Symbol of Woman, her Vagina, Fertility, and Sex
IX. Uselessness of man unless he rode on the foal of an ass
X. Eggs: the spiritual sign of fertility and food of generations
Ruminations on Easter 2014
I. Introduction: Why I wrote this article
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The Trains Of Argentina, Riding With The Ghosts Of Glory Days
BUENOS AIRES - The train works. And almost every time it leaves from Constitution Station in Buenos Aires, it reaches its destination, Mar del Plata, 410 Kilometers to the south. It works, which means that it functions in the most basic sense of the word: it moves.
It repeats the trip every day of the year, which is why the service is called 'daily.' On the way to Mar del Plata, the six hour and 20 minute train is more accurately described as 'nightly.' It works. The train rocks brusquely from side to side, in a disconcerting movement that imitates an earthquake simulator. Every once and a while the movement is vertical and the passengers' rear ends are momentarily unstuck from their seats, like when are airplane hits an air pocket. The train runs along the tracks, although the sound it makes is more like a metallic groan of being dragged along.
The formation moves. And then it stops suddenly, for no particular reason. The passengers are used to the windows broken by stones, the bathrooms without water or paper, the defeated and torn seats. They travel and live with the ample evidence of years, possibly decades, of abandon and neglect.
At Buenos Aires' Constitution Station, 180 people get on the train, filling the six wagons more than halfway, and the train lurches towards its destination on the Atlantic coast right on time, at 11:05 pm. It is a Wednesday, and most of the passengers are headed to Mar del Plata for work.
Most of the people sleep huddled up in the seats of the 'single class,' which cost 78 pesos ($17), with no heat and a restroom equipped with an endless toilet bowl through which one can watch the tracks go by. The single class wagons all resemble each other: hooded figures in a fetal position, or wrapped in all sorts of blankets or embracing themselves to combat the cold and dream of a more pleasant voyage, which have the added advantage of making the time pass more quickly.
The insomniacs gather between wagons to warm up, smoking different kinds of cigarettes, some legal, others not. Some drink mate or fill plastic cups with red wine - everything serves to chase the wet, cold air out of the body. Others let themselves shiver in silence. Almost nobody complains.
In the 'Pullman class' wagons, which cost 108 pesos ($23), it is the opposite: the heat is so overpowering that people can't sleep. In the middle of the night, a woman comes out of a Pullman wagon, dressed in a sweat suit. She can't stand the heat and is afraid that when she steps out into the cold when we arrive, she'll get sick. She freshens up in the sink in the bathroom, but looks for the mirror only to find its shape drawn on the wall with the glue that at one point held it up.
Some people blame the company for the neglect. For others, like the woman in the sweat suit, it's the passengers who "don't take care of anything and break everything." At least during our trip, there are no security personnel to prevent passengers from damaging things.
Ghosts of glory days past
From the train's glory days, when it took half as long as the bus and was as shiny as in the photos on the train company's brochure - it's not clear if those photos exist to trick customers or as a tribute to better days - the only thing left is the restaurant car. Tonight it's serving buns with ham and cheese or Wiener schnitzel. Almost nobody is eating.
A man with a white mustache sits down to have a beer. He's alone, and he doesn't talk. He drinks a sip and smokes a Marlboro. He repeats the sequence until the ashtray is filled up with five crushed cigarette butts and the can is empty. Every once in a while he glances at the clock, while the pink curtains sway with the movement, opaque with dust that has probably been accumulating since the wagon was last renovated, in 1994. A woman murmurs to her companion "This train was marvelous 30 years ago. Now they don't even wash the curtains."
When the train arrives at Mar del Plata, at 5:20 am, a woman named Tatiana confesses that she was afraid that the train would derail, like it did a couple of days ago. "With those little jumps I thought we would go flying off. The train is super old, but it gets there."
Later, a mechanic from Ferrobaires, the State-owned company that runs the train service, tells me that there is essentially no maintenance on the trains or tracks. "The tracks are not in optimal conditions. But that isn't to say that the train can't use them. The thing is that no one is maintaining anything, and what is done is done poorly." On the condition of anonymity, he added, "It's a very cheap train. The people who travel with it can't afford anything else so they get used to it."
In the end, habit triumphs over indignation. Thursday morning's traveling companion was a thick sense of resignation, which paradoxically, translated into dignity. "It's ugly, but it's what we can afford. Otherwise we would take the high-speed train or the bus, which cost twice as much," said Mario, a clothing salesperson. The train started to slow down. And between shadows, under a maroon sky, the architecture of Mar del Plata's train station appeared in front of us. On one side, there are modern buses, and on the other, an old white train announcing it's arrival with a loud screech, a mechanical wail that repeats itself every day.


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Four simple rules of X-chromosome DNA inheritance:
- 1. Girls inherit it from their mothers.
- 2. Girls inherit it from their fathers.
- 3. Boys inherit it from their mothers.
- 4. Boys DO NOT inherit it from their fathers.
In December I blogged about a newly discovered 39th Adams first cousin. At the time I was operating with blinders on. Those blinders were a couple of vague recollections some of the local old timers had that an Adams boy may have had an illegitimate child that could have been my new cousin Jim. In my earlier post I had called him Joe to maintain some semblance of privacy. However, now with his blessing, I am "blowing his cover."
In my book, Crash Course in Genealogy, Rule #4 for genealogists is "Believe everything and believe nothing you hear or see in print." In my first efforts to unravel the mystery of Jim's birth, I was following the "believe everything" part of this rule but ignoring the "believe nothing" part. DNA does not lie. However, sometimes our ability to read the information it contains is considerably less than 20/20. As a result I started down a wrong path of investigating my four Adams uncles as the candidates to have been Jim's father. This effort now is revealed to have been a waste of time, money and other resources.
This week I decided to mount a second investigation. Now that I assumed that we had the investigation of his father under control and that a couple more autosomal DNA tests of strategically chosen cousins would reveal his biological father, I would start to stir the pot about his biological mother. Boy did I have that one backward.
I went to GEDMatch.com where both Jim's results from Ancestry.com and mine from various sources were parked for analysis. I decided to search Jim's X-DNA against the database to see if he matched anyone who might be related to his biological mother. Of course I came up because we were 1st cousins. So I concentrated on the others who matched Jim. Only later did I realize that I was ignoring the most important of Jim's matches. His match with me. In the chart below, the blue portions of the bar graph represent the areas where we had matching segments greater than 3 cMs long:
If Jim and I share these kind of matches on our X chromosomes our mothers were closely related. Jim's mother must be a sister of my mom. That realization turned our investigation around 180 degrees. Instead of investigating my four uncles to determine which was Jim's father, we needed to investigate my nine aunts to determine which was his mother. What a paradigm shift!
With that realization, another bit of recently acquired information took on new meaning. Jim has recently initiated an effort to find out what information court records may contain. He writes:
With that realization, another bit of recently acquired information took on new meaning. Jim has recently initiated an effort to find out what information court records may contain. He writes:
The circuit court clerk was surprised that I was tagged with the family name of the father rather than the mother. Apparently it was more common around here at that time for an unwed mother to pass her family name, not the father's, on to the child.
When I was three years old, in the circuit court I was adopted by Morgan and Florence Jones and my name changed from James Edward Adams to James Edward Jones. The circuit court clerk will be looking at that adoption record and the birth certificate if available. It feels unlikely that there was any earlier name change.
Now based on our X-DNA we know why the file was tagged the way it was in circuit court. His mother was an Adams. So now we have a different task. Jim's mother could not be my mother. We share enough DNA to be 1st cousins. We would need to share about twice as much to be half-siblings. One of my aunts can be eliminated because she gave birth to a daughter the month before Jim was born. Another is highly unlikely because she gave birth the month Jim was conceived. Of the remaining seven, four were still living at home during the 1930 census which was recorded about a year and a half before he was conceived. These four may get our first attention. BUT if we have learned anything, it is not to overlook any possibility until it has been completely eliminated.


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IBM 1Q Results Miss Views, Shares Slide 4%
IBM (NYSE:IBM) reported a disappointing 1% decline in profit and softer sales late Thursday as an improvement in its cloud business failed to stem bleeding sales in others groups like systems and technology.
The Armonk, N.Y.-based tech giant reported net income of $3.03 billion, or $2.72 a share, compared with a year-earlier profit of $3.06 billion, or $2.65 a share.
Excluding one-time items, IBM said it earned $3 a share, missing average analyst estimates in a Thomson Reuters poll by five cents. The results ignited a sell-off after hours, pushing IBM's shares down more than 3.5% to $199.92 in recent trade.
Revenue for the three-month period was $23.4 billion, down 5% from $24.7 billion a year ago and missing the Street's view of $24.62 billion.
"In the first quarter, we grew operating net income, earnings per share and expanded operating margins but we did not achieve all of our goals in the period," IBM CEO Ginni Rometty said in a statement.
The company was unable to close "on a number of software and mainframe transactions" that it had expected to during the quarter. It has moved those to the current period.
While IBM said the services businesses generated "significant new business," service revenue was down 4% year-over-year. Software revenue was flat and systems and technology sales slumped 17%, offsetting a more than 70% revenue improvement in IBM's cloud business.
Looking ahead, IBM says it expects to benefit from the closing of those transactions as well as investments being made in other growth and restructuring initiatives that are targeted at improving performance in the more underperforming business units.
The company says it is "confident" in its transformation model and continues to anticipate fiscal 2013 operating earnings of at least $16.70 a share, below the consensus view of $16.77.


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NIC2 software
NIC2.0 is the new and redesigned version of the former Neuroelectrics Instrument Controller (NIC) application.
With a modern and intuitive interface, NIC2 allows computers to interact and control Neuroelectrics devices, such as Enobio and Starstim. NIC2 is equipped with basic and advanced modes to design and monitor any experiment involving electroencephalography (EEG) and/or non-invasive brain stimulation with transcranial current stimulation (tCS).
• EEG Data
-Real-time streaming and recording of multi-channel EEG data
-Real-time filtering and visualization of EEG bands
-Line noise filtering at 50 or 60 Hz
-Tri-axial accelerometric data appended to EEG files
• EEG time-frequency analysis
-Real-time Power Spectrum Density (PSD) plots, with configurable temporal windows
-Real-time Spectrogram visualization
-Power bar band or power ratio representation
-Scalp and cortical (upcoming) maps with power distribution display
-Customized workspaces for EEG analysis
• Stimulation
-Multi-step protocols for stimulation
-Multi-electrode montages with upt to 32 channels
-Basic and advances modes with tDCS, tACS and tRNS
-EEG monitoring during stimulation
-Sham and double blind modes for clinical studies
-Customized waveforms for stimulation currents (upcoming)
• 3D Modelling with Stim Preview
-Finite Element Method (FEM) modelling incorporated in the software to simulate electric field distribution
-Visualization of the electric field generated by tCS
-Simulation of the electric field in the white or grey matter interfaces
-Display of the potential, electric field magnitude and electric field components (tangential or orthogonal to cortical surface)
-Single and double hemisphere views with medial cortex visualization
-Electric field value visualization for chosen Automated Anatomical Labeling (AAL) cortical regions
• Third-party interaction
-Lab Streaming Layer (LSL) protocol for event synchronization (jitter: 2 ms)
-TCP/IP data streaming
-Raw EEG and triaxial accelerometric data streaming via TCP/IP or LSL
-Send and receive triggers via TCP/IP or LSL
-File formats: plain text (ASCII), and EDF+ or NEDF (binary)
Technical specifications:
NIC 2.0 is a redesigned platform that allows:
-Control of multi-channel data transmission (EEG and Stimulation)
-Real-time visualization of EEG features
-Set-up the stimulation montage and parameters
-Wireless device pairing, and wired connection options
-Holter mode activation for SD card data storage
-Single and double blinded features
-Compatible with Windows and Mac OS X
Device compatibility
NIC2.0 is intended to be used only with Neuroelectrics® devices. The 5G devices, with WiFi™ and/or USB connection, are all compatible with NIC2.0.
NIC2.0 is not compatible with out-dated Bluetooth® devices. Check the firmware version of your device and proceed accordingly:
The firmware version is displayed in NIC when connecting the device with the software.
• Firmware greater or equal to 1.2.51: Your device requires no upgrade – it is fully compatible with NIC2.0. Donwload NIC2.0 and start using it!
• Firmware inferior to 1.2.51, and greater or equal to 1.2.30: Your device requires a firmware update to become compatible with NIC2.0. Such update can be remotely performed. Contact NE Support – support(at)neuroelectrics.com – to schedule a session to remotely update your device.
If the device is a Starstim shipped until October 2016, such update must be done at Neuroelectrics manufacturing site. Contact NE Support – support(at)neuroelectrics.com – to manage the device shipment and upgrade process.
• Firmware inferior to 1.2.30, and greater or equal to 1.2.07: Your device requires a firmware update to become compatible with NIC2.0. Such update must be done at Neuroelectrics manufacturing site. Contact NE Support – support(at)neuroelectrics.com – to manage the device shipment and upgrade process. If the device is not under warranty (2 years of warranty) a quote will be sent.
• Firmware inferior to 1.2.07: The device hardware must be upgraded to become compatible with NIC2.0. Contact NE Sales for a quote – sales(at)neuroelectrics.com – to request a device upgrade.
For Starstim 20/32 below FW version 3.0.20 if you want to upgrade the firmware to 3.0.23, the device hardware must be upgraded to become compatible. Contact NE Sales – sales(at)neuroelectrics.com – to request a device upgrade.
System requirements
NIC2.0 is compatible with both Windows and Mac OS computers. The computer used to install NIC2.0 needs to have the following system requirements:
• Processor: 1.6 GHz
• Interfaces: USB, WiFi and/or Bluetooth® (3.0 or 2.1)
• Screen resolution: 1280 x 768
Manual & Download
Use the following hyperlinks to have access to the NIC User Manual and respective installation files:
• NIC2.0 Installation Files for MAC and Windows
Mailing List
When downloading NIC2.0, you are asked to fill in a short form with basic information (name, email, affiliation and country). Such contact data are stored in Neuroelectrics® database and added to NIC mailing list. As a member of the NIC mailing list, you will be informed each time there is a new version of NIC and respective changes and/or improvements.