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I Spent All Day Shopping So I Could Cook from Pok Pok, and It Was Worth It.
Cookbook: Pok Pok: Food and Stories from the Streets, Homes, and Roadside Restaurants of Thailand by Andy Ricker with J.J. Goode
Overall Impression: The Thai cookbook I've been waiting for. A little maddening in the demands it makes on the cook, but oh the food!
We all have have gateway foods and recipes, the ones that led us into a deeper interest in cooking. Mine was Thai food. Coming from a white bread Midwest background, I hesitated for years before trying spicy foods, and then a friend introduced me to great Thai food on a trip to Los Angeles, and it was all over. I found I craved the salty, spicy, sweet, and sour pungency that many classic Thai dishes elevate to a sustained pitch of perfection. But Thai, like many East and South Asian cuisines, lacks, in my mind, a great translator to bring those flavors to Western kitchens.
So when chef Andy Ricker's cookbook, named after his Pok Pok restaurants, came out last fall I couldn't wait to get my hands on the book. Was it the manual to Thai food that I was waiting for?
Recipes I Tried
I've cooked quite a few dishes out of Pok Pok. I don't have photos of them all, unfortunately, since by the time I've sourced ingredients and cooked all evening there's just no energy left! But here's a rundown of the recipes I've made:
- Som Tam Thai (Central Thai-Style Papaya Salad) - p. 38
- Tam Taeng Kwaa (Thai Cucumber Salad) - p. 45
- Yam Samun Phrai (Northern Thai-Style Herbal Salad) - p. 65
- Phat Kanaeng (Stir-Fried Brussels Sprouts) - p. 91
- Laap Pet Isaan (Isaan Minced Duck Salad) - twice! - p. 117
- Kaeng Khiaw Waan Luuk Chin Plaa (Green Curry with Fish Balls and Eggplant) - p. 161
- Phat Si Ew (Stir-Fried Rice Noodles with Pork, Chinese Broccoli, and Soy Sauce) - p. 218
- Phat Thai (Stir-Fried Rice Noodles with Shrimp, Tofu, and Peanuts) - p. 221
- Khao Niaw Mamuang (Sticky Rice with Mango and Salty-Sweet Coconut Cream) - p. 257
The Review
The Look of the Book
When I first cracked open this book I practically screeched in delight. This looked like the Thai cookbook I have been waiting for. Ricker's voice is plain-spoken yet vivid, downplaying his own expertise in these dishes (he's just a white guy from Portland, after all) and playing up the teaching from his friends who have taught him all he knows about Thai cooking.
The book limits the quantity of recipes to about 70. I applaud this wholeheartedly. I think that publishers often want to stuff as many recipes as possible into a feature book like this, but when teaching a new cuisine it's better to stick to fewer recipes and spend more time instructing in the basics.
I've seen some grumbling on Amazon about the photos in this book — they get called garish, or not appealing. I couldn't disagree more. The photos are frequently styled with the colorful melamine dishes found in budget Thai eateries, or shot on a bright background that looks like a vinyl tablecloth. Others are shot on dark wood or plain white backgrounds. They aren't overly propped or accessorized; the food is usually shot straight on from above, and I feel that they do a good job of showing what to expect, while also making me hungry. The bright colors reflect real Thai restaurants without feeling kitschy or overdone.
Sourcing Ingredients
Ricker starts the book with several chapters that discuss ingredients and sources, and differences between Thai regional cuisines. I found all of this interesting and well-written; Ricker's voice drew me in. However, the ingredient chapter is where I got my first clue that this book was going to take some work.
He gives a pretty good glossary of some of the unfamiliar but commonly-used ingredients, like dried shrimp and betel leaves. Some of these are illustrated in photographs; there's a nice two-page spread showing the herbs, for instance, which are among the most important ingredients and the hardest to source. But this was one place I didn't appreciate the styling; they were shot on a dark wood background and the tones in the photos were so dark that they made it hard to distinguish between the herbs.
Also, there is no illustration of the recommended sauce brands which, for all of us who have stood, slightly stunned, looking at a patchwork wall of choices in an Asian grocery, would have been much appreciated.
I also would have really argued for more photos of the techniques used throughout the book, like dry-frying shrimp. How do I know when it's done? I say this sympathetically, though, as someone in the middle of finishing up a big, complex cookbook; it can be really tough to budget in all the photos one might want in a cookbook like this.
So, the big question: how hard is it really to find all the ingredients needed to cook out of this book? I live in Columbus, Ohio, which is not New York City, but it's also not a tiny rural town. We're lucky to have quite good Asian markets here, including two that cater to Cambodian and Thai immigrants. When I cooked out of this book I went to both, and also to a large Chinese grocery. I bought meat, including the duck for the laap, at my local butcher.
All in all, both times I cooked from Pok Pok, I spent all day shopping. It's particularly challenging to find all the herbs he mentions; I felt like I had experienced a small shopping miracle when I stepped into the Cambodian grocery and saw a cooler full of exotic herbs!
But I was cooking ambitiously out of this book — each time I made five recipes. Many of the recipes could be made with fewer, more easily-found ingredients.
Personally, I didn't mind the hunt. It took me to new parts of town, meeting new people, discovering new resources. That was half the treat of cooking out of Pok Pok — the adventure of it. But of course, if you're looking for a weeknight dinner, not an adventure, be forewarned.
And I should mention: Just because I shopped all day doesn't mean that I spent a lot of money. We loaded up at the Cambodian grocery with a serious haul for a multi-course feast with our friends, but we spent less than $50.
The Cooking Experience
After the challenge (I mean, adventure!) of finding ingredients, the cooking process for most of these dishes was challenging as well. Coming to Thai food as an experienced cook, but not one with a lot of experience in Thai cooking, I found that my instincts were of no help. It was hard to predict where a recipe would go or what I could do ahead.
To be fair, Ricker does a good job of explaining each step, with vivid language, although there were some editing issues here and there (like telling me to add "the remaining herbs" to the duck laap when I hadn't used any of them yet, then telling me again to add "the remaining herbs" to the finished salad).
When making quite a few dishes and trying to get them on the table at once, I ran into a lot of difficulties. I don't feel that Ricker does a great job of highlighting things that can be made ahead, or held for a while. The recipes are also arranged by type of dish (like Grilled foods, Chile dips, Thai minced-meat salads) and I might have wished for a little more guidance on the best ones to start with (as a newbie) and the process of putting together a menu.
Having said that, he does offer ideas for accompanying dishes in each recipe, which I am going to pay more attention to next time I cook out of the book.
How Did It Taste?
OK, OK, enough with the quibbles about hard-to-find ingredients and challenging cooking. How do the recipes out of Pok Pok taste?
In a word: extraordinary. The flavors of the duck laap exploded my previous attempts at this spicy-sour salad, practically singing in the mouth, nutty with the nubs of rice I had carefully toasted and ground into bits. The green curry was rich and spicy, with the sweetness I associate with a good curry. The phat si ew turned out to be actually quite easy — a quickie evening noodle dish that I am going to add to my weekly rotation.
It's a challenging book but it's a delight! My husband swooned over every dish and so did our friends who ate with us. As I worked through the recipes I could slowly feel my instincts developing and my sense of the tempo and needs of each dish evolving.
Overall, if you are a cook determined to bring Thai food into your kitchen and to learn how the flavors work, I can't recommend this book enough. It's an adventure, and a time-consuming one, but if you're up for it, it will reward you.
→ Find It! Pok Pok: Food and Stories from the Streets, Homes, and Roadside Restaurants of Thailand by Andy Ricker with J.J. Goode, $22 on Amazon
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Donald Sterling, the basketball bigot, is on the verge of a $2 billion payday after a former Microsoft CEO made the stunning offer to buy the Los Angeles Clippers.
The proposal from Steve Ballmer sets the stage for what would be the highest price ever paid for an NBA team. The previous high was the $550 million doled out last month for the Milwaukee Bucks.
Sterling, 80, would need to approve the bid, according to the Los Angeles Times, which first reported the tentative deal. And three-fourths of the other 29 team owners and the NBA commissioner would also have to sign off on it. The latter moves are expected to be a layup.
The staggering offer could soon bring to a close a tumultuous chapter for the franchise that was thrust into national controversy after recordings surfaced last month of Sterling making racist comments about African-Americans.
Sterling chided gal pal V. Stiviano for posting an Instagram photo of herself and L.A. Lakers great Magic Johnson. Then he urged Stiviano, who is Mexican and black, not to bring blacks to Clippers games.
Johnson on Thursday welcomed Ballmer's bid.
"Steve Ballmer owning the Clippers is a big win for the City of LA and all the people who live in the City of Angels!" he tweeted.
The Hall of Fame hoopster said Ballmer, 58, who is worth a reported $20 billion, would be a far different owner from Sterling.
"Steve Ballmer loves basketball, is a smart businessman & he'll probably shake every fans hand outside the arena on opening night!" Johnson tweeted.
The chief exec for Microsoft for 14 years, Ballmer faced down stiff competition from local investment groups, including a consortium headed by music mogul David Geffen, which bid $1.6 billion, the paper said.
Geffen's group included fellow billionaire Oprah Winfrey, as well as executives from Chicago-based Guggenheim Partners, the owners of baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers.
The possible deal was spearheaded by Sterling's estranged wife Shelly, who owns 50% of the team.
It came through just five days before the NBA planned to hold a hearing that could have terminated the Sterling family's ownership of the Clippers.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver slammed Donald Sterling with an unprecedented lifetime ban for his remarks, imposed a $2.5 million fine, and ordered him to sell his franchise.
Sterling reacted by saying it was "illegal" for the NBA to terminate his ownership. Now he stands to make a pretty penny. He paid $12.5 million for the Clippers in 1981.
Only the sale of the Dodgers in 2012 for $2.1 billion has racked up a higher price for a sports franchise in North America.
Ballmer's offer was well over the reported value of the Clippers, which Forbes in January estimated to be about $575 million.
The Knicks had been the top NBA franchise, worth $1.4 billion, Forbes said.
But former Sacramento Kings owner Joe Maloof said Ballmer made a "tremendous" buy.
"He got a bargain. There's nothing like sports franchises in the big cities. Steve did the right thing, even if he overpaid in the short term. Long term, it's a smart play," Maloof told Bloomberg news.
"Sterling is not selling the team," said his attorney, Bobby Samini.
"That's his position. He's not going to sell."
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- These articles were first published many year's ago and whilst some are as relevant today as they were when new, many are now mostly of historical interest as modern research and coaching methods have superseded them.
Twenty Questions
By Frank Horwill
If you've put in a below- average performance in a race these 20 questions could help you find out why.
1. Were you rested enough 48 hours before the race?
2. Were you travel-weary on the day?
3. Did your last meal before the race have enough time to be digested?
4. Did your last meal before the race contain gaseous food - egg, for instance?
5. Did you have your usual warm-up?
6. Did you have a race plan? Was this carried out as planned? If not, why not?
7. Did you taper for this race?
8. If the race was in excess of 10km, did you take in extra carbohydrate for the past 72 hours?
9. If the race was in excess of 10 miles and the temperature above 70 degrees F, did you take on board adequate fluid replacement?
10. Did you feel tired as you lined up for this race in spite of 48 hours rest? To what did you attribute this tiredness?
11. Have you suffered recently from pins-and-needles in the feet and hands, or numbness in the feet? If so, you should have a comprehensive blood test for iron and magnesium deficiency.
12. Have you suffered from frequent infections during the past six weeks? If so, you may have a zinc deficiency in your diet.
13. Did you practise visualisation for this race? This involves being alone in a state of quietness, and first, watching yourself running in the race, then second, being IN the race and actually taking in everything involved, such as crowd noise, sound of running feet, and carrying out your plan.
14. What was your mental state before this race? Being nervous is a natural reaction to being tested, both physically and mentally. Was your nervousness excessive? If so, did you try to think positively by telling yourself what your race plan was and firmly establishing in your mind how you were going to carry it out?
15. Did you feel before this race that your training was adequate both in quantity and quality? If not, what facet of it do you think was lacking? If you had some misgivings, and if coached, did you express your doubts to your coach? If not, why not?
16. Do you think your coach understands the needs of your event? Do you think he or she understands your capabilities and goals?
17. Are you over-trained or under-trained?
18. Have you in your own mind a clear idea of what is required in training for your event? Do you know the physiological breakdown of your event - in other words, what is aerobic and what is anaerobic, what aerobic training involves and what anaerobic?
19. Are you over-stressed in your non-athletics life? You may work full-time - do you consider this a hindrance to your athletics progress? If so, is it possible for you to become a full-time athlete or a half-time worker?
20. If you feel over-stressed other than by a full- time job, can you pinpoint stresses and take active steps to reduce them?
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The End of One Era… and Start of AnotherFriday, November 16th, 2012 by Jonathan Spira
Since 1998, Basex:TechWatch has been a weekly communiqué from the desks of our analysts directly to you. Without our loyal subscribers, it would have never had the run that it has. Now we have decided to complete this chapter and start a new one.
Basex:TechWatch was created to keep readers on the leading edge of new ideas and new technology in an easy-to-read digest format. Since 1998, we've written well over 20,000 articles and never missed a single issue. What we wrote about in our analyst opinions resulted in thousands of e-mail messages from readers asking questions and commenting. The topics we covered in the areas of knowledge sharing, information management, and collaboration were both exciting and a substantial learning experience.
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The problems within the U.S. short track speedskating program seem no closer to resolution.
Investigators announced Friday they found no evidence to conclude definitively that U.S. short track speedskating coach Jae Su Chun had asked one of his skaters, Simon Cho, to tamper with a rival's skates or that Chun or his assistant, Jun Hyung Yeo, had engaged in a pattern of physical or emotional abuse toward the athletes.
But that did not mean the coaches will keep their jobs. Both are currently suspended.
And it does not mean US Speedskating is any closer to fixing the rift in the short track problem caused by the allegations against the coaches, made in the form of formal complaints under U.S. Olympic Committee grievance procedures.
But Greg Little of White & Case, the New York-based law firm that conducted the investigation, insisted its conclusions did not constitute exoneration of the coaches or a clear answer to what had led Cho to bend the skate blade of Canada's Olivier Jean at the 2011 World Team Championships in Warsaw, Poland.
The investigation did find that Chun and Yeo were aware of the tampering immediately after it happened but did not report it to proper authorities.
That conclusion led US Speedskating to place Yeo, the interim head coach of the national team, on administrative leave pending a disciplinary hearing by the federation. Yeo had taken over as head coach when Chun was put on leave Sept. 16.
The federation also will begin disciplinary procedures against Chun for failing to report the tampering and against Cho, who admitted this week that he had engaged in the tampering but insisted he did so at Chun's orders.
US Speedskating said it had no timetable for its disciplinary procedures but would decide by Monday who will take over coaching duties for the U.S. team at the first World Cup meet of the season, which begins Oct. 19 in Calgary.
"We do not believe there is sufficient evidence at this point to say coach Jae Su directed Simon Cho to tamper with the skate," Little said during a Friday press conference in Salt Lake City. "There were conflicting and contradictory reports by at least three if not four critical players (in the incident). There was not sufficient evidence for us to say definitively what happened."
"Coach Chun is very pleased with the findings of the investigators," said his attorney, Russell Fericks of Salt Lake City. "He is eager to help patch up the US Speedskating team ... .but he will wait for USS to work through its processes."
Cho's attorney, John Wunderli of Salt Lake City, said he expected the investigators, who had no subpoena power or testimony under oath, would not resolve the conflicting versions of the tampering incident. But Wunderli insisted it made no sense for Cho to have done the tampering on his own initiative, since he gained no competitive advantage from it.
The sabotage kept Jean from skating effectively in the final event of the world meet and wound up costing the bronze medal Canadian team a shot at gold or silver. The U.S. already was out of medal contention when the tampering occurred.
"Simon Cho showed respect and humility in admitting his mistake, and Speed Skating Canada appreciates that he has come forward and that he apologized to Olivier last night in a phone call," said Ian Moss, chief executive officer of Speed Skating Canada, in a statement Friday.
Moss said he also had received an apology from US Speedskating executive director Mark Greenwald.
Cho called Jean Thursday night to apologize.
"I appreciated his honesty," Jean told Canadian reporters Friday. "He apologized sincerely. This kind of behavior is unacceptable in sport, and he expressed genuine remorse for it."
All the allegations may be heard again at a hearing before an American Arbitration Association arbitrator Nov. 1. Like the White & Case investigation, the arbitrator will not have subpoena power.
The U.S. speedskating team has been divided by the allegations against the coaches.
More than a dozen skaters signed off on complaints against Chun. Nine signed a letter of support for him.
"I want to emphasize (our conclusion) does not mean we are condoning the methods or tactics that were used by the U.S. speedskating coaches or questioning in any way the skaters who made those allegations and the sincerity with which they made them," Little said.
Among the allegations of emotional abuse was one that Chun had called 2010 Olympic silver medalist Katherine Reutter a "fat cow." In an interview last week, Reutter shrugged off the incident but did not deny it happened.
Under the U.S. Olympic Committee's Sport Sport Program documentation, an example of emotional misconduct by coaches is "verbally attacking an athlete personally (e.g., calling them worthless, fat or disgusting."
White & Case became involved in the investigation as one of the law firms that have agreed to do pro bono work related to the Safe Sport Program for the USOC.
"I am not sure White & Case fully understands what abuse is," said Allison Baver, a two-time short track Olympian and one of the complainants who also is on the USOC Athletes Advisory Council.


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In the early morning hours she speaks to him.
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By late afternoon she has cried herself to exhaustion.
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A member of Blasted Church Vineyards' official "congregation" hopes to find a few converts when he makes a presentation on the Viticulture Certificate program Tuesday, Dec. 11 at Okanagan College's Penticton campus.
Morton Serbon, the vineyard manager at the irreverent Okanagan Falls winery, will be one of the guest speakers talking about a variety of wine-related certificate programs starting up at the Penticton campus this January.
The information session takes place from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. at The Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Building Technologies and Renewable Energy Conservation, Room PC 204. Information will also be provided on the part-time Winery Assistant certificate and the part-time Wine Sales certificate.
With some teaching already under his belt, Serbon said he has been struck by the wide-ranging profiles of students choosing to enter viticulture.
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Serbon moved to New Zealand from South Africa at the age of 17, obtained two viticulture certificates while there, and worked on vineyards in the Hawke's Bay area ranging from 60 to 390 acres, including Esk River Wines, Morton Estate Wines and Nobilo/Constellation Wines NZ – part of the largest wine company in the world. He arrived in Canada in 2008, and hasn't looked back since.
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text: Friday, March 02, 2012 Recognizing Brain Injury Awareness Month During March, in recognition of Brain Injury Awareness Month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is spreading the word and raising awareness about traumatic brain injury (TBI) prevention, recognition, and response. A new CDC Web page brings together a variety of TBI resources, including the "Heads Up" concussion initiative aimed at health care professionals, school professionals, sports coaches, parents, athletes, and others. APTA's TBI resources, related to the management of mild TBI (mTBI) for wounded warriors, are valuable for physical therapists (PTs) in the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, or in community-based practices treating wounded warriors who are returning home; family members/caregivers of wounded warriors with mTBI; and wounded warriors who have sustained mTBI. For information on federal and state legislation, and APTA's position on the role of physical therapists in concussion management, visit APTA's Concussion Web page. Also, PTs can direct patients to the Physical Therapist's Guide to Concussion, located on APTA's Move Forward consumer Web site. Comments Thanks for bringing attention to the new resources for recognizing and preventing traumatic brain injury! As a coma survivor related to a tragic accident when I was younger, I cannot stress enough how IMPORTANT it is to take good care of your head; your brain matters! Kids today might not think something as easy as wearing a helmet when they ride is important, but it can mean the difference between life & death OR a live after blunt head trauma. I thank God for my physical therapists each and every day that I'm alive. Without them, my recovery would not have been as significant as it is. PHYSICAL THERAPISTS ROCK! Posted by Jason Deierlein on 3/8/2012 11:54 PM Head and brain injuries can occur at any age. The information in these resources can be useful to all individuals. Posted by Heidi Harris on 4/24/2012 7:21 PM


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Sorry for the lack of blog posts in July … life offline has been a challenge. Here's a tip: it's never a good thing to find out your cat is diabetic, but it's a bad thing to find out after an attack of both acute pancreatitis and ketoacidosis requiring several days of hospitalization. And the subsequent (fortunately temporary) renal failure from either the drugs the first vet gave him.
Then there was the cat biting me (or more correctly, me getting my fingers in the way of his teeth while trying to force antibiotics down his throat). And having to decide whether to go with the subsequent antibiotics for me and the potential c-diff from that vs the very scary potential infection from cat bite. Oh, and the subsequent quarantine of the cat because his rabies vaccine was out of date.
Finally, there was the death of my not-two-year-old Kenmore fridge and the subsequent tossing of $$$ worth of food. Sigh.
I'm hoping to get back to more regular posts in August! In the meantime, the cat is better, my hand never got infected (whew!), and the new fridge should last at least 5 years since that's how long my new extended warranty is.


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At a turtle's pace, crossing roads can be dangerous
It's a tough time for Buffalo Niagara's wild turtles. The slow-moving animals are sharing the roads with fast-moving motor vehicles, and it's not a good mix.
"They're extremely vulnerable," said Petra Link, a volunteer at Messinger Woods, a volunteer wildlife rehabilitation center in Orchard Park. "Their natural defense mechanism is just to retreat into their shells – especially for painted turtles. The car doesn't care, it just runs over them."
Link said she usually treats an injured turtle every year about this time.
But she has treated twice that many this past week, three this month and four this season.
"That is very unusual," Link said.
All suffered traumatic injuries. Two painted turtles had shell fractures and broken spines. The third – a snapping turtle – was resting on a warm driveway when a car drove over it.
All three died.
Higher pond and creek levels from the wet spring have driven turtles to higher land to search for suitable places to lay eggs.
Ellicott and Tonawanda creeks in northern Erie County seem to be among the most common areas to come across turtles. So, too, are the Tifft Nature Preserve in South Buffalo and the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge in Genesee County, experts said.
Others turtles have been spotted in the Town of Evans and along the Lockport Expressway.
"Early June. This is when the females are coming to lay their eggs," said Dr. Karen Moran, a veterinarian with the SPCA Serving Erie County. "They're going to come out. A lot of times, the road will get in the way."
Turtles can be found anywhere near ponds, creeks or streams, and this time of year, they are more likely to cross paths with humans.
Mark Kandel, a regional wildlife manager for the state Department of Environmental Conservation, said he does not think the number of turtle spottings and injuries are necessarily higher this year. But the sporadic heavy rains could have driven the animals into the road, he said.
"I don't know if people are better about reporting them now because of social networking, but it's a phenomenon that's been going on for a long, long time." Kandel said. "If the shoulders are flooded, they might come up on the roadways."
Many of the turtles are recovered injured. The lucky ones can be treated by wildlife rehabilitators and survive; the unlucky ones die.
Link is still caring for a pair of injured turtles recovered last year.
She also cares for a small female painted turtle that suffered a fracture to its bridge – the area connecting the top and bottom shells – when struck by a car earlier this year.
"It's like a bone fracture. Everything heals very slowly," Link said.
The turtle, although still not eating, is getting better. Link hopes to release the turtle next year "if she survives and heals."
Moran is treating several more turtles at her home, including smaller painted and snapping turtles as well as a larger snapping turtle. One of the turtles appears to be packed full of eggs, she pointed out.
She was unable to save another pair of snapping turtles this year because of the severity of their injuries. "Their faces were so damaged," said Moran, explaining one was blind and the other had lost its nose.
Another female painted turtle, one of the luckier ones, is being nursed back to health after apparently being struck by a car Saturday at Beaver Island State Park on Grand Island. A motorist from Snyder retrieved the 10-year-old turtle and brought it to the SPCA's Ensminger Road facility in the Town of Tonawanda.
It's resting comfortably now. Its top shell was patched together with glue and tape, and it seems to move contentedly among some foliage and a water cup in a large plastic bin under a desk at the SPCA's wildlife offices.
"We're lucky to get them in. When people hit them, all they think is they hit a rock," said Denise Cameron, a volunteer wildlife shift supervisor for the SPCA, who has been caring for the turtle and its broken shell. "When they get hit, it's not like a broken bone – it is their bone."
This turtle is "in dry dock" for at least a few more weeks because exposure of the animal's wounds to moisture could lead to infection. It will be returned to its native habitat when it is fully healed.
The healing takes time. "Fast for a turtle is like two months," Moran, the veterinarian, said.
Wildlife experts say patience by motorists would do a world of good for the turtles:
• Slow down. If it is safe to do so, wait for turtles to cross safely.
• If it's safe, get out of your car and help a turtle across the road. Experts say turtles should be moved in the same direction they were headed. Returning turtles to the side of the road where they started seems only to sharpen their resolve to try to cross the road again.
• Wash your hands well afterwards; some turtles carry the salmonella bacteria.
Wildlife experts agree it is best to secure injured turtles in a box with air holes, covered by a moistened paper towel, when taking them to a veterinarian or certified wildlife rehabilitator.
Moran said she was able to release 38 baby snapping turtles into the wild two years ago after harvesting 51 eggs from a mother that died and incubating them.
Earlier this spring, she released 10 more painted turtle hatchlings that she accumulated last year in the same predicament.
For help, call Messinger Woods at (716) 345-4239. The SPCA's Tonawanda shelter can be reached at (716) 875-7360 or (716) 556-0076 after-hours.
"Don't just walk away," Link said.
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Leading up to the Emmys on Sept. 22, we gathered The Envelope's Buzzmeter panelists — USA Today's Robert Bianco, TV Guide's Matt Roush, The A.V. Club's Todd VanDerWerff, the Los Angeles Times' Mary McNamara and Glenn Whipp and, when the focus is on predictions, Gold Derby's Tom O'Neil — for a little back-and-forth about this year's nominations.
In this last installment of three (the previous two can be found here and here), the Buzzmeter gang picks between nominated auteurs and lauds their favorite "Mad Men" (and women) for some long-overdue Emmy love.
Auteur throwdown: Jane Campion's "Top of the Lake" vs. Steven Soderbergh's "Behind the Candelabra." Who's more deserving ... and isn't it a little silly to have these two very different formats competing in the same category?
BUZZMETER: Emmy 2013 pundit's picks
McNamara: It is totally silly to have these two things (not to mention "American Horror Story") competing against each other. With any luck, the growing number of "limited series" and "television events" will create a more natural division. "Behind the Candelabra" will win its acting categories I imagine -- certainly Michael Douglas is a shoo-in -- but "Top of the Lake" should win this one.
Bianco: How is this even considered close? "Top of the Lake." As flashy and well-performed as "Candelabra" may have been, it was essentially an emotional and factual cheat that distorted the lives of Liberace and, more crucially, Scott Thorson. It's one thing to rearrange or condense facts, and another to eliminate an essential truth: Scott Thorson was a teenager preyed upon by a rich, powerful man nearly 40 years his senior -– and as young as Matt Damon may look, he's far too old to convey a child's vulnerability and immaturity. If you don't think that matters, imagine a movie about Roman Polanski's rape case that cast a 42-year-old woman to play 13-year-old Samantha Geimer. Do you think that movie would be up for an Emmy?
Whipp: I remember Soderbergh lamenting that no studio would touch "Candelabra" because of its subject matter. And, yet, I didn't find his approach particularly novel or adventurous. There were moments when I could see him deftly sending up biopic conventions but, as a whole, I don't think "Candelabra" completely transcended the genre. Campion, meanwhile, had the luxury of time and made the most of it, fashioning a daring work of art. I think it is inherently ridiculous to have the two formats competing but, that said, the choice seems obvious.
WATCH: The Envelope Emmy Roundtable | Drama
VanDerWerff: I'm going with Soderbergh here, but only narrowly. If I preferred "Behind the Candelabra" overall, I might find the haunting direction of "Top of the Lake" superior to that. But it's such a close call that I'll go with the one I liked slightly better.
If "Mad Men" was to finally win an acting Emmy, which of this year's nominees would you like to see win: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Christina Hendricks, Harry Hamlin, Robert Morse or Linda Cardellini?
Roush: Do we have to pick just one? It seems unimaginable that Jon Hamm has yet to win for inhabiting such a complex and iconic character as Don Draper -- and even with this season's flaws, he was terrific. I'd love him to win, though it's unlikely against the great Bryan Cranston and/or the showier Kevin Spacey. I'm hoping Elisabeth Moss will win in the miniseries category for her amazing work in "Top of the Lake," but failing that, she's probably "Mad Men's" best shot, and Peggy had one of the season's strongest storylines.
McNamara: Elisabeth Moss. She's up for two this year so she has to win won (right? RIGHT?) and I'd rather see her win for Peggy, which is a more subtle, shifting and difficult role than the version of the ubiquitous Haunted Policeman she plays in "Top of the Lake." Though she was very good in that as well.
EMMY 2013 COUNTDOWN: Live chats with awards contenders
VanDerWerff: Jon Hamm absolutely deserves to win, and he might even be my personal pick in that always hard-to-decide-upon category. This year, the show did something a little different, deliberately constructing a frustrating season for viewers, before bringing it all home in the final three episodes to show what it was doing. Hamm was the only reason it worked as well as it did, and his performance in the finale is quietly devastating.
Whipp: Jon Hamm. For reasons I wrote about here.
Bianco: I wouldn't pick any of them to win and I wouldn't be sorry if any of them won. But I'd be happiest if Robert Morse won, because he's Robert Morse.
Emmys 2013: The case for Jon Hamm
Emmys 2013: Will this finally be the year for 'Breaking Bad'?
Emmys 2013: Buzzmeter panelists talk noms, 'Modern Family's' merit
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Fox Gnashes Its Teeth Over Aereo
Apr 10, 2013 1:19 PM PT
While anyone with the right antenna can pick up a broadcast TV station's signal for free, the fact that Aereo allows subscribers to view time-shifted streams of over-the-air television has some broadcasters threatening to go the pay-TV route.
News Corp. Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey this week threatened to pull the Fox network off the airwaves and convert the network to a pay-TV-only channel. Aereo essentially steals the Fox over-the-air signal and then sells it to Aereo customers without paying for the rights, he alleged.
Carey went so far as to call out Aereo for pirating its broadcast signal, and he said that Fox would continue to aggressively pursue its rights in the courts.
Aereo maintains that it is just offering viewers a better way to receive over-the-air content using an antenna.
"Aereo has invented a simple, convenient way for consumers to utilize an antenna to access free-to-air broadcast television, bringing television access into the modern era for millions of consumers," said spokesperson Virginia Lam.
"It's disappointing to hear that Fox believes that consumers should not be permitted to use an antenna to access free-to-air broadcast television," she added.
"Over 50 million Americans today access television via an antenna," she added. "When broadcasters asked Congress for a free license to digitally broadcast on the public's airwaves, they did so with the promise that they would broadcast in the public interest and convenience, and that they would remain free-to-air. Having a television antenna is every American's right."
Fox declined to provide further details.
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Aereo's technology works in essence by allowing its users to view live broadcasts that are picked up via an antenna in much the same way any portable TV might work. The service launched in New York City, and it's available to customers only when they are within traditional broadcast range.
Cable and satellite providers now pay the networks a fee to retransmit their "free TV," but Aereo does not, and that is at the root of this ongoing battle.
"In this case, there is reason for the broadcaster to be upset," said James Grimmelmann, professor of law at New York Law School.
"[The broadcasters] are trying to gain revenue from the intermediaries -- the local stations and the cable carriers. With Aereo coming in and offering this content to viewers without paying the broadcasters, it makes it harder for those networks to get the local cable providers to pay for it," he explained.
"At the same time, however, Aereo is right in that they are supplying over-the-air free TV," Grimmelmann told the E-Commerce Times. "In this case, it is hard for the broadcasters, which make revenue by supplying free over-the-air content with ads, to complain that someone is getting the content over-the-air for free with ads."
However Aereo does offer the ability for viewers to record content for later viewing in much the same way they would view content stored by a DVR or similar time-shifting device. This could be enough to give broadcasters some concern.
"This ability to time-shift content is something that providers have complained about since the days of the VCR," noted Grimmelmann.
Content providers and content suppliers have long resisted any new technology that could seriously disrupt the status quo
Beyond New York
While this issue is still essentially localized to New York City, where Aereo has so far managed to continue to keep on providing service to its subscribers, it's questionable whether it could go wider.
"They have announced plans that would take the service to 22 other markets, but they hit a caveat," said Jeffrey S. Silva, senior policy director for telecommunications, media and technology at Medley Global Advisors. "They will have to stay out of markets in the Ninth Circuit."
That is because a clone of Aereo -- perhaps fittingly named "AereoKiller" -- launched in California, where a federal judge in the Ninth Circuit of California, which covers much of the west coast including Washington, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Nevada and Arizona, has granted the broadcast networks' request for a preliminary injunction.
Could Fox Become a Paid Channel?
While AereoKiller's setback could ultimately hurt Aereo, for now it remains on the air -- and to Fox that is a problem, especially as the networks continue to fight for every eyeball.
To many viewers, the line between basic cable channels (e.g., AMC, FX and MTV) and the networks (ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and the CW) is somewhat blurred -- especially in this day and age when many viewers receive content from a cable- or satellite-TV provider.
However, it might not be as simple as Fox turning off the broadcast transmitters to become like its cable/satellite-only cousin at FX.
"There are practical challenges, such what they do with affiliates, which now fill up with local programming including news," said Silva.
"What is the FCC supposed to do, and how might they react? That is an unanswered question right now," he observed.
"The localism of the affiliates meets certain broadcast obligations," Silva told the E-Commerce Times. "Are you still serving the public interest if you are on cable?"
The question is whether Carey is even close to serious about taking Fox off the air.
"There is the possibility they could transition, but their expression of interest is a visceral reaction of sorts," Silva added. "They'd have to think long and hard before they took that step."


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A Fedora user takes a brief look at what he considers 13 of the prime features in the upcoming Fedora 10 release on end of November. "Fedora has many a projects finished or in the queue for Fedora 10. It is a mammoth and obviously unimportant to take all of them out here. So I have sorted some to best of your interests. If you are a developer, then don't worry. You have your goodie too."


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INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The NFL playoffs begin Saturday with the playing of the first two of the 11 games that will eventually determine the winner of the 48th Super Bowl.
Although the opener of those 11 games will take place indoors, weather will likely be a factor this weekend and perhaps all the way through to the title game -- which has league officials holding their collective breath since it will be played in the open air across the Hudson River from Manhattan.
Before the NFL champion can be determined, however, the weeding out process must take place and that begins Saturday with Indianapolis hosting the Kansas City Chiefs.
New Orleans will visit Philadelphia in the second of Saturday's games and on Sunday Cincinnati will be at home against San Diego and San Francisco will visit Green Bay.
Denver, New England, Seattle and Charlotte have all earned a bye into the divisional round of the playoffs and will not have to take the field until next week.
Five of this year's Super Bowl contenders did not make the playoffs a year ago and the most surprising of the turnaround seasons was produced by Kansas City.
The Chiefs won only twice in 2012 and lost 12 of their last 13 games. But with a new coach (Andy Reid) and new quarterback (Alex Smith), the Chiefs won 11 times and captured one of their meetings with Denver.
Kansas City will meet an Indianapolis club that cruised to a four-game victory in the weak AFC South. Indianapolis quarterback Andrew Luck will be looking for his first post-season victory after the Colts were eliminated at this stage of the playoffs a year ago by eventual champion Baltimore.
Philadelphia will host Saturday's second game in temperatures that will be dropping through the 20s during the contest.
The Eagles put together the second-best offensive showing of the season behind the record-setting effort authored by the Denver Broncos. New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees, however, threw for 322 yards per contest. That was runner-up to Denver's Peyton Manning.
A mix of rain and snow is in the forecast for Sunday when San Diego meets Cincinnati. The Bengals have not won a playoff game since 1988, having lost their last five post-season contests.
The game will bring together two of the 14 current NFL clubs that have never won a Super Bowl.
The worst of the weather will be saved for the weekend's final game. Kickoff temperature in Green Bay is expected to be near zero with a wind chill of 20 below.
San Francisco hosted Green Bay in last year's second round with the 49ers downing the Packers by 14 en route to a Super Bowl trip.


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Orchid Show – Cambridge University Botanic Garden
March 10 @ 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
An event every day that begins at 10:00am, repeating until Sunday, March 11, 2018
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About the Event
This year, Cambridge University Botanic Garden's 'how to build an orchid' exhibition is going back to basics as it reveals, from the root up, what makes an orchid an orchid.
The orchid family is one of the largest plant families in the world; over 25,000 different species can be found across every continent apart from Antarctica. Orchids are found from the arctic tundra to tropical forests, growing on rocks, in soil, high-up suspended on other plants and even underground. Their exotic nature continues to keep enthusiasts enamored and enraptured.
Many different species of orchid will be on display in the warmth of the Garden's Glasshouse Range for Orchids 2018: an exhibition, how to build an orchid.
Visitors will be able to explore and examine the different parts that make up an orchid and understand how each part is crucial to the survival and reproduction of this widely recognisable yet diverse group of plants.
Orchids 2018: an exhibition, how to build an orchid, will focus on the key parts of an orchid's morphology: the seed, flower, pseudobulb and root.
Each house within the Garden's Glasshouse Range will present one part of the orchid. Large information boards will describe the role of each orchid part, and each house will be filled with Borders; a relaxing Woodland Garden and Lake. Alpine and tropical plants in the Glasshouse Range are also perfect for a cold day's visit.
The Garden offers year-round inspiration for gardeners and is an exciting introduction to the natural world for families. A number of events are held throughout the year as well as adult courses and workshops. See website for details.
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"The Bocce Table Lamp is inspired by old world hand craftsmanship, the type that was made in Europe in the 1950s and before. A time before low quality mass production or a throw away mentality, items that people valued in their homes because of their quality....."
"These items were not made of resin and plastic, but less toxic materials; like ceramic, glass, wood.
This lamp is the first in a collection I am having manufactured by a small ceramic manufacturer near Pompeii Italy. The lamp in the photo is the first proto-type, but another is on the way. I also attached a 3D drawing. The feel is old world but with a contemporary slant."
Designer: Emily Robin
Link: emilyrobindesign.com
Location: New York, NY
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Looking At The Remainder: 2016 MCADCafe Editorial Calendar of Topics
February 11th, 2016 by Jeff Rowe
It's already mid February, and with two months well on their way to being history this year, it's not too late to tell our readers about what we'll be covering for the remainder of 2016. The MCADCafe editorial calendar below reflects what we perceive as some of the most important topics today, as well as feedback from our readers and other supporters with what they feel is important and relevant.
The main theme for each month will be covered in an extended article or series of articles so that the topic can be covered more comprehensively.
We'll also be covering some of the major MCAD events throughout the year, reporting what we see and hear from vendors, partners, and attendees. All of the events we attend will include daily written coverage and Tweets throughout event days, as well as video and audio interviews.
If there is anything we missed or if you have any thoughts of topics or events you would like to see covered in 2016, feel free to contact me directly at firstname.lastname@example.com or 719.221.1867. I'm always open to suggestions and new ideas!
We look forward to an exciting 2016 and providing you with the MCAD content you want most for improving your design, engineering, and manufacturing processes and top and bottom lines.
Keep MCADCafe.com your source for all things MCAD because 2016 promises to be a great year!
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Is The The Sprout Helping HP Grow?
February 4th, 2016 by Jeff Rowe
Being the editor of MCADCafe, I am constantly on the lookout for innovative software and hardware products that make working life better for designers and engineers. While some of these products are truly unique, many are retreads and "me too's" of existing offerings.
Lately, I've been especially watchful on the hardware platform front, because it doesn't seem as compelling as it once was, much to the credit of escalating cloud-based hardware and software services.
However, something really caught my eye last year – the HP Sprout – a computing platform that is truly unique because it is a desktop computer but is also has an integrated 3D scanner for 3D object capture and editing as well as 3D print options.
In a nutshell, the Sprout is a relatively high-end Windows 8 computer with a novel two-screen configuration and advanced cameras, which combined can make some creative activities possible. The second display, on a desktop touch sensitive mat, is a major advance in the physical user interface for computers.
Is CD-adapco A Good $1 Billion Fit For Siemens?
January 28th, 2016 by Jeff Rowe
This week Siemens announced that it was hitching a new car to its acquisition train: CD-adapco. With a purchase price $970 million, CD-adapco is a global engineering simulation company with software that covers a wide range of engineering disciplines including fluid dynamics, solid mechanics, heat transfer, particle dynamics, reactant flow, electrochemistry, and acoustics. It is probably best known for its combustion engine simulation capabilities.
Established in 1980 and still controlled by its founders, the company has about 900 employees and approximately $200 million in annual revenue and an annual growth rate of 15 percent for the past five years, according to its website. Its main competitor in engine simulation software is Ansys.
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STEMming The Tide Of Illiteracy And Innumeracy
January 21st, 2016 by Jeff Rowe
A lot has been debated and written about America's general decline in science, engineering, and technology, largely blamed on the first steps of our youngest citizens – education.
The new year gives me pause to reflect on what the New Year really means. Yes, it is the beginning of a new calendar year, but it is also the beginning of the second half of the school year for elementary, middle school, and high school students. The school year is especially important to me right now as I have begun my second half as a math teacher for the current school year.
The second half of the school year provides me the opportunity to reflect on what I learned during the first half of the year and apply it to be a more effective educator during the second half.
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HP Adding A New Dimension To Printing: A True Revolution Or Impossible Dream?
January 14th, 2016 by Jeff Rowe
For as long as I can remember, HP has produced an incredible range of products for science, engineering, and consumer customers. More recently the company has had a huge presence in computers and 2D printers.
Now, HP has vision for 3D printing for manufacturing parts on a relatively economical machine it calls the Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) 3D printer. The company claims these parts will have similar quality and characteristics as injection-molded parts, and will print at speeds that HP claims to be 10x compared to similar competing technologies. More about these claims to follow.
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PTC Named IoT Innovator of the Year At CES 2016
January 7th, 2016 by Jeff Rowe
This week PTC received the IoT Innovation Vendor of the Year Award from marketing analytics and consulting firm Compass Intelligence at the 2016 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Compass Intelligence Annual Awards recognize the best mobile computing, wireless data communications, Internet of Things, and eco-friendly products and services offered in the market during the past year.
The IoT Innovation Vendor of the Year Award is part of the A-List in M2M/IoT awards category and is voted on by more than 60 industry-leading press and analysts based upon a range of criteria, including vision, strategy, leadership, and financial success.
In the view of the award presenting organization PTC has become a leading provider of technology that enables its customers to realize the value inherent in the Internet of Things. As well, in their opinion, PTC's CEO, Jim Heppelmann, has become a major thought leader, having coauthored two seminal HBR articles that describe the implications of the IoT and offer companies a blueprint to get started on their own IoT journeys.
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Goodbye 2015; Hello 2016 From MCADCafe
December 31st, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
The end of one year and the beginning of another always makes me give pause to what has transpired in the recent past as well as what might occur in the future. For me, 2015 was no different in this regard.
Below are some of the highlights of 2015 in the MCAD arena. Keep in mind they are in no particular order, and I know there are others I could have chosen, so if I missed any, let me know.
The Cloud — It's not just for storage anymore. As a matter of fact, 2015 saw some real innovation for cloud-based computing horsepower and applications, such as those from Onshape and Autodesk. While there are still definite concerns about cloud security and IP, the volume level isn't quite as high as it had been in the recent past. We consider cloud-based apps to be the most significant MCAD-related technology for 2015.
Continued Consolidation — The acquisition trained continued to roll this year in many areas, including augmented reality, simulation, rendering, and Internet of Things (IoT). While consolidation does mean fewer companies for the short term, it diversifies the acquiring companies with different results for customers — some good, some not so good.
Creating Excitement and Closing Skills Gap In Manufacturing
December 16th, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
My late father-in-law (and his father) were master machinists who made excellent tools and decent livings over the course of their careers. I chose not to follow in their footsteps, but rather, to go to college instead. However, I have always considered tool making and manufacturing to be noble professions and ones that have contributed immensely to the quality of our lives.
With all the news we continue to hear today about product design, engineering, and manufacturing increasingly being outsourced in every direction away from North America, surprisingly little coverage seems to be given to one of the foundational pillars of product manufacturing, namely, tooling and tool making.
Although most of our readers are manufacturing-savvy, let's first define what we mean by "tooling," because it's often a misunderstood term by those outside manufacturing. Simply put, tooling entails the tools, machines, or other devices required to manufacture products – everything from car fenders to detergent bottles. The two most prominent groups of toolmakers are die makers whose tools stamp out metal parts, and mold makers whose tools mold plastic parts.
Breaking Tool Making – Is Tool Making Your Passion?
The transportation sector (primarily automotive) still dominates the tooling industry. Because the automotive sector is outsourced much of its manufacturing overseas, it has become very clear why tool and die makers, especially the family-owned small ones with five to 100 employees have suffered the most. It's estimated that approximately 60% of stamping dies and 40% of plastic molds are used directly or indirectly by automakers worldwide, so it's no wonder that the smaller tool shops are bearing the brunt of offshore outsourcing. This offshore outsourcing has cost a huge number of tooling jobs in North America, according to estimates from several sources.
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Just One Word . . . Graphene
December 10th, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
Almost 50 years ago, The Graduate, a 1967 film about Benjamin Braddock (played by Dustin Hoffman), a recent college graduate who is talented, but aimless, premiered. It's a good movie even today, but one of the better scenes is one when Ben is asked and advised about his future plans. Remember this one?
Mr. McGuire: I want to say one word to you. Just one word.
Today, I see a potential parallel to a material beyond plastics – graphene.
Conductive Ink Expands Electrical Design Possibilities
December 3rd, 2015 by Jeff Rowe
This week Nano Dimension Technologies announced that it had filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a proprietary copper ink that is used for printing electronic conductors.
The copper nanoparticle-based ink provides improved oxidation resistance with the ability to print copper with industrial 3D digital printers.
Copper, of course, is an electrically conductive metal, and its low price gives it a significant advantage when compared to silver (although copper is more electrically resistive than silver). However, copper nanoparticles rapidly oxidize upon contact with air that impairs electrical conductivity.
The patent application that the company has filed is an approach for overcoming the problem of copper nanoparticle oxidation. Overcoming this challenge introduces an effective and less costly method for industrial additive manufacturing of printed electronics by 3D printing.
Amit Dror, CEO of Nano Dimension, said, "Our conversations with companies across different industrial sectors indicate a strong demand for our 3D printed electronics technology. The demand is not limited to prototyping, but also includes industrial scale manufacturing applications.
The current global PCB market is estimated to be larger than $70 billion and is expected to reach about $100 billion in coming years. A high-performance copper nanoparticle ink presents an opportunity to significantly impact this huge market."


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Just scrolling through some of the broadcast bands this morning from 4am to 6.30am on my Tecsun S2000 receiver, I did not use my random wire antenna, I used my my scanner antenna (1300 Discone). These are some of the stations received loud and clear on the Romney Marsh. Some stations have more powerful transmitters than others. The stations are quite a distance away and in various directions. On another day receiving might be different again with other stations being louder and clearer. I will try the same exercise with the random wire antenna and see what goes on. I have to say the Discone is a lot quieter than the random wire as far as RFI goes. I did change the wire arrangement and took the 40 foot loft section wire out as it might be picking up a lot of junk from the AC wiring running around the loft. Thanks to Alan m0Isx for that advice. I terminated the wire at the entrance to the loft and joined a length RG213 coax I had laying around in the workshop, to the radio via the ATU I made. Haven't a clue about baluns and the like yet, so I put a 2 metre length of 6 mm cable from the shielding of the coax to a big tub with a bay tree in it that is quite damp all the time. I also have a set of copper stakes outside the radio room and a connection to the radiator pipe which has continuity to the street stop tap. The Discone still seems quieter. The random wire is not so noisy now that the loft bit has been snipped off. I suppose what I am trying to say is is it worth all the random wire and stuff and maybe a balun, when the Discone seems to be doing the job on it's own without a matcher. Any advice will be appreciated. Mike.
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7390 Radio France International-Issoudun
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7435 Radio Marti-Greenville USA
7445 BBC World Service
9400 Radio Yoya-Denge Kurdistan
9790 Voice of Turkey-Emirler
9830 WHRI-Cypress Creek USA
13820 Voice of Islamic Republic Iran
15380 Radio Saudi-Ryhad
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Be a Beach Beauty: Tips for Summer Hair and Skin
Amy Postle
Melt-Proof Makeup
Keep your face looking fresh even on the steamiest days with these secrets from Mathew Nigara, a N.Y.C. New York Color makeup artist.
Make Lip Color Last
Toss the goopy glosses. Instead, opt for a long-lasting stain, like Revlon Just Bitten Lipstain by ColorStay ($8.99, drugstores). It has a balm on one end for when you need a burst of moisture.
Go Easy on the Eyes
Prevent the raccoon look by pairing a waterproof mascara, like CoverGirl LashBlast Length Waterproof Mascara ($7.29, drugstores), with a smudge-proof shadow. A new one: Avon SuperShock Vivid Liquid Eyeshadow ($7, avon.com).
Glow for It
Get a healthy flush by dabbing a gel blush on your cheeks with a sponge. Try NARS Multiple Tint ($38, narscosmetics.com), which is bright yet translucent for a lit-from-within pop of color.
Amy Postle
Shiny, Happy Hair
Exercising in the scorching heat or swimming laps in the pool can zap the radiance right out of your locks. Boost your shade with these DIY tips from Lorri Goddard-Clark, a colorist in Los Angeles.
Counteract brassiness and remove product buildup by mixing together a quarter cup of baby shampoo and one tablespoon of baking soda. Coat dry strands with the paste, leave it on for 10 minutes, and then rinse.
After shampooing and conditioning hair, combine a quarter cup each of white distilled vinegar and distilled water and two drops of peppermint oil (to offset the vinegar scent). Saturate damp hair with the leave-in mixture before blow-drying to add instant vibrancy.
To reignite your hot hue, boil a quart of water and drop in three chamomile tea bags; steep for five minutes. Remove bags and cool the liquid in the fridge. Then spray the infusion on clean, damp hair and sit in the sun until hair is dry.
Jack Miskell
Dry Ideas
FITNESS staffers put new antiperspirants to the sweat test: a 10-mile run, two hours of kickboxing, and a cross-training session. Here's how they fared.
The Stick: Secret Clinical Strength ($7.99, drugstores)
The Claim: It stops sweat with a near-prescription-strength active ingredient and soothes skin with hydrating petrolatum.
The Results: "This is the first time I've gone through an entire workout with no underarm marks."
— Julia Savacool, articles director
The Stick: Degree Women Clinical Protection ($10.99, drugstores)
The Claim: Applied before bed, it blocks sweat throughout the following day and calms sensitivity with skin-softening dimethicone.
The Results: "I loved that I didn't have to reapply it after my workout. This kept me dry from morning to night."
— Elaine Roake, photo director
The Stick: Lady Speed Stick Stainguard ($3.49, drugstores)
The Claim: It contains moisturizing soybean oil and is formulated to prevent yellow marks and smudges on clothes.
The Results: "I stayed odor-free, and it kept icky flakes from showing up on my favorite black workout tee."
— Chee Gates, features writer
Jack Miskell
Chill Out
If a day at the beach has left you sun parched, quench your skin with one of these soothers.
Vaseline Aloe Fresh Moisturizing Gel ($5.99, drugstores), made with 100 percent natural aloe vera, revives skin on contact.
Spritz pulse points with Dove Go Fresh Body Mist in Cool Essentials ($4.88, drugstores), which contains invigorating cucumber.
Biore Blemish Fighting Ice Cleanser ($7.99, drugstores) feels like an icy blast, and its salicylic acid helps banish blackheads.
Olay Total Effects Cooling Hydration ($19.99, drugstores) is packed with mint and water to drench your face in moisture.
Amy Postle
Cool Rules
Some of the best hot-weather how-tos came straight from you. Here, our faves.
"Swap out your regular perfume for a scented oil or roller ball; the fragrance doesn't evaporate as you sweat."
— Amber Hermann, Abingdon, Virginia
"Splash your face with cold water before applying makeup. It shrinks pores and stops perspiration, so your base goes on smoothly."
— Lauren Hare, New York City
"Refresh skin by spritzing an equal amount of water and witch hazel on your face and neck. It's stimulating and helps absorb oil."
— Patricia Hubbard, Daytona Beach, Florida
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Summer Bummers Solved!
Don't let an unexpected beauty oops ruin your fun in the sun. Here are three quick fixes.
Yikes! Frizzy Hair
The Save: Smooth your strands by massaging in a quarter-size dab of leave-in conditioner, such as L'Oreal Paris EverPure Moisture Leave-In Conditioner ($8.99, drugstores), from your ears down to your ends. Then run a tiny dot of the same conditioner all over your crown.
Yikes! Foundation That Cakes
The Save: Sweep a clean tissue over your face. "This will remove any patches but not your makeup too," says Raychel Wade, a La Prairie color ambassador.
Yikes! An Accidental Sunburn
The Save: Soothe skin with a cold compress of equal parts whole milk and ice water until the stinging subsides. The proteins in the milk will calm inflammation, says Ranella Hirsch, MD, a dermatologist in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Jack Miskell
Beach Bag Essentials
Pack right with these never-leave-home-without-'em beauty finds.
Tress Treat
Detangle hair with Fekkai Marine Summer Hair Beachcomber Leave-in Conditioner ($23, fekkai.com), a light mist with hydrating peptides.
Bug Blocker
Keep mosquitoes at bay with SmartShield Sunscreen Insect Repellent Towelettes ($20, smartshield.com); the handy sheets also contain SPF 30.
Pout Protector
Along with UV-blocking oxybenzone, Nivea A Kiss of Protection SPF 30 ($2.99, amazon.com) is pumped with moisture-boosting jojoba oil.
Solid Shield
SPF touch-ups couldn't be easier: Kiehl's Cross-Terrain UV Skin Protector SPF 50 ($25.50, kiehls.com) is a spill-proof beeswax balm.
Jack Miskell
Bronze Winners
Give your face a natural-looking glow with these SPF-rich bronzers. Find the best shade for your skin tone below.
Sweep water-resistant Dior Bronze Matte Sunshine SPF 20 in Honey Matte ($42, sephora.com) on your face; its tan-beige tones won't streak or overpower paler skin.
With two suntan shades, oil-free Clinique Almost Bronzer SPF 15 in Medium/Dark ($28.50, clinique.com) evens out sometimes sallow medium skin and creates a sexy tawny color.
Lorac Tantalizer Baked Matte Satin Bronzer SPF 15 ($30, ulta.com) has just the right amount of light-reflecting glimmer particles to instantly brighten your complexion.
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Chapel Carnival celebrated its best attendance yet on Saturday, thanks to sunny weather and great participation.
Unlike other festivities in High Peak, the annual event in Chapel-en-le-Frith doesn't have a theme, prompting many floats, businesses and school children to embrace the World Cup or World War One attire and decor, in honour of the centenary.
One of the organisers, Jeanette Saxby, said: "It went really well. The weather was on our side for a change and we had our best-ever turnout to the ground. We think there was about 1,500 people. Normally, we get about 1,000. I think it was due to the weather."
She added: "The standard of businesses entering was very high and we had more entries than usual, about 30. The Roebuck Inn was definitely the best decorated. It was outstanding.
"We had about 30 items, including floats, bands and walking groups, in the procession this year. It was great, it took about 20 to 25 minutes to go past. We're hoping to have a longer parade next year.
"It was a really lovely atmosphere, a great day for the family, full of community spirit with no trouble."
Next year's Chapel Carnival will take place on June 20.
Best dressed public house: The Roebuck
Best dressed private house: Connie's on Elmfield
Best dressed lamp post: 1st Chapel Girls' Brigade
Best dressed Residential Home: Ecclesfold
Best Dressed Shop Window large-themed: Reading Matters
Best dressed Shop Window small-themed: Frankies
Best Dressed Shop Window goods: Halls Mica
Best Dressed Float: Sparrowpit WI
Best Dressed Youth Float: Chapel-en-le-Frith Cubs and Beavers
Best Kept Commercial Vehicle: Lomas Distribution
Best Classic Vehicle: Hardy's Fruit and Veg
Best Dressed Queens Tableau: Joint first: Buxton Wells Dressing Royalty
Best Dressed Car and Trailer: Meningitis Now Royalty
Junior Queen's Car: Arthritis Research UK Junior Queen - Della
Princess Car: Stockport Princess - Joanna
Petal Car: Arthritis Research UK Personality Petal - Charley
Overall Vehicle: Buxton festival royalty
Fancy Dress: Skye Morten
Best Senior Walking Royalty: Arthritis Research UK Queen – Hannah
Best Junior Walking Royalty: Joint winners: Phils Freedom Little Miss Sunshine and Page boy – Ellie-Grace and Rhys
Queen and retinue: Hayfield May Queen Ruth
Queen: Joint winners – Buxton Festival Personality Queen Tamara and Arthritis Research UK Queen Hannah
Junior Queen: Hayfield Junior Queen Hannah
Princess: Meningitis Now Personality Princess Temeka
Rosebud: East Cheshire Hospice Rosebud – Harleigh-Jai
Petal: East Cheshire Hospice Petal Violet
Female Attendant: Meningitis Now Molly
Male Attendant: Meningitis Now Louie
Senior Personality of the Day: Buxton Personality Queen Tamara
Junior Personality of the Day: Phils Freedom Little Miss Sunshine Ellie-Grace
Personality of the Year: Ashgate Hospice Personality Queen Alexandria
Special mention to Oliver Jodrell from Chapel-en-le-Frith Primary School who was the winner of the programme cover competition.


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Before & After: A Brooklyn Kitchen Remodel
Laura and Ben moved into their home a couple of years ago, and recently tackled their kitchen renovation before the arrival of their new baby. Originally an old butcher shop, the space had high ceilings and an open plan to work with. Using Google SketchUp to design the layout, they filled in their kitchen with new cabinets, countertops, and appliances, and put down a new floor. Check out the results:
Resources of Note:
• Countertops are soapstone
• Farmhouse sink is from Franke
• Shaker cabinets by Schuler from Lowes
• Floor is Marmoleum in spa from Green Depot
• Stove and hood are from Bluestar
• Light fixtures are from Schoolhouse Electric
• Refrigerator is the Active Smart model from Fisher & Paykel
• Bridge faucet is by Hansgrohe from Amazon
You can see more pictures of the renovation here, and the sketches here, on Laura's blog, WREN handmade.
Thanks, Laura!
• Before & After: Upgrading a Builder's Grade Kitchen
• Before & After: Transforming a Dark Kitchen with a DIY Cabinet Makeover Kit
• Before & After: Ashley & Greg's Kitchen Remodel
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Villanova attackman Kevin Cunningham takes a shot against Lehigh goalie Matthew Poillon
V is for Villanova, an NCAA tournament team in 2011 looking to take the next step this spring. Offensive innovation is the Wildcats' calling card; they use a circle formation with tons of picks. They tattooed Lehigh for 17 goals in their opener and face Bucknell on Saturday.
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Five Easy Ways to Make Money This Year
Forget resolutions. Instead, commit to making these small changes in your financial behavior, says MarketWatch's Rex Crum. (Photo: Getty Images)
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I ... what started the year people are looking at the New Year's resolutions but as the expression goes resolutions are a quitter so why bother making ... I'm Rex Crum MarketWatch ... our columnists Jennifer Waters is taking a look at some of the UC resolutions that you might actually be considering to make or save a little bit more money this year ... first off its track your spending on might seem like a little art works to write a note now that when you ... look like baths for some lunch ... but you can use sites like Mint dot com or quicken ... of that offer services to help you track the son wills ... to nickel and dime spending the seats are ... in many banks also offer online services people keep track of what you're spending on it ... it's it's another thing to keep in mind is actually be realistic about her CV or paying off debt your goals for those ... offered sample sleeves of a twenty five hundred dollars visa payment ... it's probably going to be user to view that as a four hundred and five hundred dollars a month in what's post to one large ... payments to interface ... with your safe money for a fifty dollars week instead of two hundred dollars a month ... will bids are due to the small them a big ... piece of the top ... well I can attest to this one here our cable bill was actually yesterday Jane were first collected that day but forgot to pay a well one way to alleviate the problem the future ... to automate things like monthly payments about we just ... on a Mac we haven't done so you don't have to worry about forgetting about ... him making that payment of a deposit slip ups like on certainty every month this bill gets a ... we've all probably been in a position where we have use an ATM that wasn't our bank and then got socked with a bunch of fees for using that ... one easy thing to do just to try to avoid anything involving fees whether it's your checking account on your credit card as a monthly fee ... look for ways to switch those over to other institutions ... for those fees aren't there in you might save a few dollars every month ... one Qassam of the proposition is often the cable TV bill but a lot more people are looking at ways of cutting the cord on cable ... TV services such as Netflix clue and be able to buy season passes shows safer ... places like Apple's iTunes ... even if you don't want to cable unfairly because of things like like sports ... it's worth talking to her cable company were looking at other TV providers seeking the same package ... of that's going to cost less than perky benefit solely for your ...


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Mayor's Office
Mayor Chris Beutler and Block 38 LLC will participate in the grand opening and naming announcement for the downtown Catalyst building at 10 a.m. Monday, July 23. The ten-story building is on the north half of the block bounded by 13th, 14th, "Q" and "P" streets. The $31 million project includes 17,000 square feet of first-floor retail, six floors of City-operated parking, 52 units in the Parkhaus residential complex on the top three floors, and a green roof.
"Retail tenants are getting ready to open, the garage is open and the residential units are all leased," Mayor Beutler said. "This major public-private investment in downtown Lincoln is the downtown 'catalyst' envisioned by planners. I congratulate all parties involved in this successful redevelopment project."
Mutual of Omaha and Chipotle are current first-floor tenants, and Scott Woodbury Wiegert are negotiating other leases.
This site on City block 38 was originally identified in the 2005 Downtown Master Plan for a major project that would tie into the Civic Plaza at 13th and "P"and provide additional parking. In 2007, the City began negotiations on a redevelopment agreement for the site, but negotiations ended due to the economic downturn. The City chose Block 38 LLC as the developer in 2009, and the groundbreaking for the project was in December 2010.
Sampson Construction oversaw the bidding and construction of the project, which includes $14.5 million in private investment and $16.5 million in public funding, including about $1.7 million in tax-increment financing for the parking garage. The development team also included Scott Woodbury Wiegert; Colmena Capital; Sinclair Hille Architects; Engineering Technologies; Desman Associates; Olsson Associates; and Structural Design Group.


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Forum Post: New farm bill gives Monsanto carte blanche
Posted 5 years ago on Jan. 22, 2013, 4:11 p.m. EST by john32
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"(NaturalNews) Imagine judicial review for protecting consumer rights and the environment going up in a puff of smoke and biotech corporations like Monsanto having complete immunity to plant whatever they want, whenever they want -- without testing. This is exactly what a small amendment in the proposed new farm bill guarantees.
The fine print
H.R. 5973: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 is legislation that will form agricultural and food policy in the U.S. if passed. According to American Farmland Trust:
"The farm bill is a package of federal legislation enacted every five to seven years to set the general direction for America's farm and food policy. Congress enacted the first farm bill in the wake of the Great Depression with the dual goals of supporting America's farmers and ranchers and helping them to maintain their land."
H.R. 5973 (otherwise known as The Monsanto Protection Act) carries a small rider in section 733 that grants biotech companies free reign with little oversight. The legal team at the Center for Food Safety translates section 733 as a "dangerous assault on fundamental federal and judicial safeguards" and "would create a precedent-setting limitation on judicial review." Food Democracy Now states that, if allowed to pass, The Monsanto Protection Act "fundamentally undermines the concept of judicial review and would strip judges of their constitutional mandate to protect consumer rights and the environment, while opening up the floodgates for the planting of new untested genetically engineered crops, endangering farmers, consumers and the environment."
Vote delayed in the House of Representatives
As of December 2012, H.R. 5973 has yet to be presented in the House. An extension has been approved, pushing the vote into 2013. This is good news for food safety advocates -- more time is available to mobilize and make voices heard. To take action and express concern over this proposed legislation, a directory of House members can be found here......


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Operations on a Graph Database (Part 7 – Sets)
Graph Database Tutorial
Part 7: Sets
Sets are a core concept of most databases. For example, any SQL SELECT statement in a relational database produces a set. Sets apply to Graph Databases just as well and are just as useful:
The most frequently encountered set of nodes in a Graph Database is the result of a traversal. For example, in InfoGrid, all traversal operations result in a set like this:
MeshObject startNode = ...; // some start node MeshObjectSet neighborNodes = startNode.traverseToNeighbors();
We might as well have returned an array, or an Iterator over the members of the set, were it not for the fact that there are well-understood set operations that often make our jobs as developers much simpler: like set unification, intersection and so forth.
For example, in a social bookmarking application we might want to find out which sites both you and I have bookmarked. Code might look like this:
MeshObject me = ...; // node representing me MeshObject you = ...; // node representing you TraversalSpecification ME_TO_BOOKMARKS_SPEC = ...; // how to get from a person to their bookmarks, see post on traversals MeshObjectSet myBookmarks = me.traverse( ME_TO_BOOKMARKS_SPEC ); MeshObjectSet yourBookmarks = you.traverse( ME_TO_BOOKMARKS_SPEC ); // Bookmarks that you and I share MeshObjectSet sharedBookmarks = myBookmarks.intersect( yourBookmarks );
Notice how simple this code is to understand? One of the powers of sets. Or, if you know what a "minus" operation is on a set, this is immediately obvious:
// Bookmarks unique to me MeshObjectSet myUniqueBookmarks = myBookmarks.minus( yourBookmarks );
This is clearly much simpler than writing imperative code which would have lots of loops and if/then/else's and comparisons and perhaps indexes in it. (And seeing this might put some concerns to rest that NoSQL databases are primitive because they don't have a SQL-like query language. I'd argue it's less the language but the power of sets, and if you have sets you have a lot of power at your fingertips.)
To check out sets in InfoGrid, try package
org.infogrid.mesh.set. Clearly much more can be done than we have so far in InfoGrid, but it's a very useful start in our experience.


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