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In a part of the country that doesn't always respect its history, chef Kris Wessel's new Miami Beach restaurant, Florida Cookery, offers plenty to love.
As its name implies, the restaurant is an homage to all that was and is great about food and eating in the Sunshine State. Wessel calls it his "culinary love letter to the state of Florida."
While he's delighted to be part of the culinary explosion that brought name chefs and every kind of cuisine imaginable to South Florida, Florida Cookery came about for more personal reasons.
"As great as it has been to be part of this boom," Wessel writes on the restaurant's website, "I've also noticed that it has become harder and harder to find truly authentic Florida cuisine — the kind my grandparents enjoyed when they arrived in the state in 1925, and that I've been blessed to have passed down through the generations to me."
So on the top of the menu is an exquisite conch chowder ($14) based on a 1948 recipe served with what Wessel calls "fritter dipper," a bundle of old-fashioned, stick-shaped hush puppies that are indeed perfect for dipping. Kris's Biscayne Blvd. Shrimp ($10 small/$19 large) have a wonderful barbecue flavor heavy with Worcestershire. They are a holdover from his previous restaurant, Red Light Little River, a dinerlike spot in a Miami motel that was just a few years away from room-by-the-hour rentals. It closed in December after a four-year run.
Many of Florida Cookery's dishes reflect the increasing Latin influence on our cuisine. We had a trio of empanadas ($14), one of each filled with oxtail, oyster and alligator. They're served with lemon-cayenne rouille. Sticky guanabana-glazed ribs ($10 small/$19 large) are the kind of ribs you crave — fall-off-the-bone but still chewy, and deeply flavored but not spicy.
We shared the refreshing Royal Palm salad ($12) with hearts of palm, micro-sprouts, orange vinegar and shaved Brazil nuts. The CSA Box Salad ($12) is made from whatever is fresh from local farms. The night we dined, the ingredients were from Swank Specialty Produce in Loxahatchee.
For entrees, we had "Florida Is the South" pecan-dusted grouper ($32). Wessel knows when fish is done. It came with a cheese grits cake, string beans and citrus beurre noir. It was served on a sweet, old-fashioned plate with flowers around the rim. Slow-braised oxtail ($26) was served in a white stoneware baking dish. It arrived a little cold for my tastes, but was quickly reheated. It comes with coconut-water-steamed callaloo, a Caribbean leafy-green vegetable not unlike kale. Sherry-scented spiny lobster ($34) from Miami-Dade County came in a metal baking dish with old-fashioned spoon bread. It was loosened from the shell for easy eating.
Dessert was a highlight of the meal. Grandma Esther's Key lime pie ($8) was more of a tart than a pie. The filling met all my sour to sweet needs, but the pastry was a bit chewy. Banana-Southern pecan pudding ($9) with caramel-whiskey sauce was also good. But Puerto Rican pineapple rum cake ($9) was just amazing. The accompanying house-made coconut-pineapple frozen yogurt reminded me of what chef-made yogurt can be.
The James Royal Palm has its own history. Built in 1939, it was rebuilt and expanded in the '90s and recently renovated to the tune of $42 million. The art-filled lobby is gorgeous, while the Florida Cookery dining room is a comfortably cool mix of Danish modern meets "The Jetsons." The decor underscores the mix of old and new that is Miami Beach, as you sit eating from this homey-leaning menu among a glitzy redo.
Waitresses wear white blouses with a revealing slit open in the back. Waiters wear aprons, while runners and assistants have French sailor shirts and capri pants. While I couldn't figure out what the uniforms had to do with the measured theme of Florida Cookery, service was of the doting kind.
I want Florida Cookery to be a hit — an enduring hit. Because like Wessel, I believe the Sunshine State has lots of food to celebrate and explore.
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The James Royal Palm, 1545 Collins Ave., Miami Beach
786-276-0333, Florida-Cookery.com
Cuisine: American
Cost: Expensive
Hours: Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily
Reservations: Suggested
Credit cards: All major
Bar: Full service
Sound level: Conversational
Outside smoking: No
For kids: Highchairs, menu
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KHL Playoff Game Day: 4-4-13
KHL Playoffs (Russia):
Eastern Conference Finals
(1)Kazan 1 vs. (3)Chelyabinsk 2
Chelyabinsk Wins the Series 4-3
Nikita Nesterov, Chelyabinsk, 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 0 SOG
Playoff totals: 13 GP, 0-3-3, -1, 6 PIM
Regular season totals (KHL): 35 GP, 0-1-1, +6, 14 PIM
Regular season totals (MHL): 2 GP, 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM
Andrei Kostitsyn's goal with just 29 seconds left in regulation advanced Chelyabinsk to the Gagarin Cup Finals by virtue of their 2-1, Game Seven win over Kazan. Kostitsyn also had a helper in the match. The club completed a comeback from a 3-1 hole in the series against the top seed in the conference. Lightning prospect Nikita Nesterov played a sparing 4:08 in the match for Traktor.
Game One of the Gagarin Cup Finals is set for Sunday between Chelyabinsk and Western Conference Champions Dynamo Moscow.
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With warm weather finally here, the Coastal Water Garden Tour is ready to kick off its 2013 extravaganza.
With warm weather finally here, the Coastal Water Garden Tour is ready to kick off its 2013 extravaganza.
This year's tour, which is June 1-2, will include 11 gardens, with proceeds benefiting the New Hanover County Arboretum's Ability Garden. The Ability Garden provides therapeutic gardening instruction and activities for area residents with various disabilities.
New to this year's tour is Handmade Wilmington, which will be on site at the arboretum. The group will host a local artisan's market featuring music and food at the arboretum, which is on this year's tour. Booth fees from the market also benefit the Ability Garden.
Designers featured on this year's tour include Drew Thorndyke of Cape Fear Water Gardens. Thorndyke's home is one stop on the tour and showcases several water features, including a pondless waterfall.
The pondless waterfall provides the peaceful effects of running water by using natural waterfalls or streams while being low-maintenance. There is no need to run the pump continuously and the waterfall can be unplugged or set on a timer to turn off at night, making it more cost-effective.
Thorndyke's garden also features a 15-by-20-foot pond with a waterfall boasting a 10-foot stream. The pond is home to 17 large Koi fish, pitcher plants, water lilies and more.
"The pond area is one of our favorites," Thorndyke said. "It makes you feel like you are at a cabin tucked away in the mountains. My daughter loves to put her feet in the water and feed the fish."
Another stop on this year's tour is the home of Bobbie Anderson. Anderson's newest addition to her garden is the basalt "fountainscape" located in her front yard. It features water that disappears through the gravel into an underground reservoir and is then re-circulated through a submerged pump. Located in the back yard is a pondless waterfall.
"You can see the waterfall from the house," Anderson said. "We enjoy leaving the door open and listening to (it)."
Both water features in Anderson's yard were designed by Cape Fear Water Gardens.
Josh Rickards of Creative Cascades and Sue LoRusso of Hampstead Landscaping will also have designs featured on the tour.
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LAKEVIEW – F. Garry Layman, 71, of Lakeview, passed away Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at Mary Rutan Hospital, Bellefontaine, OH.
Garry was born on September 10, 1942 in Sidney, Ohio to the late Francis & Mary Shively Layman. From the age of 6, he was raised by the late Raymond & Sadie Harning in Sidney. He was also preceded in death by a son, Mark Layman.
On February 22, 2001, he married his best friend, the former Susie Yoder in Lakeview, and she survives. He is also survived by three children, Kim Schlup of Russells Point, OH, Brent (Mary) Layman of Greensboro, NC, Josh Layman of Lakeworth, FL, three step-children, Paul Karnes of Indianapolis, IN, Scott Hostetler and Matt Hostetler both of West Liberty, OH, seven grandchildren, Racheal Vom Baur, Jennifer Vom Baur, Sara Schlup, Hailey Prater, Emma Layman, Megan Figarro, Sidney Layman, and Grace Layman, two brothers, Richard (Linda) Layman and Jerry (Mary) Layman, both of Sidney, OH, and his "boxers", Ruger and Abby.
Garry was a former truck driver for Rising Sun Express in Jackson Center, OH and had his own trucking company when he lived in Florida. He also was a photographer and had worked for Variety Attractions out of Zanesville, OH. He was an avid Miami Hurricane Football fan and closely followed college football, he was also a Tony Stewart NASCAR fan, and loved horses and traveling. Garry was a dreamer and always followed his dreams.
He was a member of Indian Lake FOE Aeries #3615 where he held several offices including secretary for 9 years, Indian Lake Moose Lodge #1533 and Doyle R. Miller Amvets Post # 39, all in Lakeview.
Per Mr. Layman's wishes, his body was cremated. A celebration of Garry's life will be at 2:30 pm, Sunday, July 13, 2014 at the Indian Lake Eagles Aeries #3615, 14011 Collingwood Avenue, Lakeview.
Memorial contributions may be given in his name to the Top of Ohio Pet Shelter, 2521 US Hwy 68N, Bellefontaine, OH 43311.
Arrangements are in the care of SHOFFSTALL FUNERAL HOME, Lakeview. Condolences may be expressed at shoffstallfuneralhome.com.
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A few weeks ago, we talked about how the rise of computing, a field wherein English is the primary language, is affecting smaller languages, and more specifically, the Dutch language (because that's my native tongue). Of course, it's not just the smaller languages that are affected - English, too, experiences the pressure.
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Typographic conventions
by Creap on Thu 3rd Dec 2009 13:24 UTC
I don't think newspapers and similar should care at all about what the logo or trademarks use for typographic decoration, but write it in the way that makes it as legible as possible.
iPod => Ipod
IKEA® => Ikea
I mean, what to do when even more companies start using : and _ etc in their product names? Newspapers would have to start using logo images instead of plain text...
...and I prefer OS News.
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If I'm not mistaken, these are based off of the vintage combinations which would not include that particular imperial combination. Too bad.
Has the DPCI number for this item shown up yet?
It's a very exciting time for Star Wars as the extraordinary Target exclusive Vintage 9-pack will be going on sale soon (Nov. 28th). There are two important things to note with this set. First, this set will be more limited than some of our other recent exclusives. Second, Target (and we) are so excited about the Vintage collection overall and these 3-packs that we have decided to keep this "collection within a collection" idea going at Target. Another wave of 3 3-packs will be coming in Spring and like these, they follow the Vintage character lineups. We think this an exciting development, and thanks to Target's support, hopefully fans will be treated to even more in this series. Thanks again for the support and be sure to get to Target soon. Happy Holidays - the Hasbro Star Wars team.
What's the price on this?
Quote from: ruiner on November 22, 2010, 04:00 PMWhat's the price on this?I don't know if its been confirmed anyplace, but during C-V, Hasbro said it was supposed to be an endcap item for around $50.
It seems to me that 9 figures for $50 is a hell of a deal. That's less than 6 bucks apiece and you get some killer packaging, so I sure plan on grabbing this set.
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Iron Man (UK - BD)
Chris didn't think there were enough Iron Man Blu-ray reviews on the site already...
Tony Stark, billionaire industrialist (read arms dealer) and renowned playboy is on a PR exercise in Afghanistan when his convoy is ambushed by a bunch of generally nasty guys who want him to build his latest advanced missile system for them. Mortally wounded during the attack, Tony's life is saved by a Afghani physician who implants an electromagnet in his chest to prevent shrapnel from reaching his heart. However, electronics genius Stark decides he can go one better and uses the equipment intended for missile production to construct a more advanced version of the device that also acts as a power source for a rudimentary suit or armour, which he uses to escape from his captors.
Upon his return to the US Tony, now a changed man, cancels all of Stark Industries' military contracts, much to the chagrin of his business associate, Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges). Instead of enabling death and destruction, Tony decides to right the wrongs of his life by putting a stop to the warmongers who are using his company's weapons to terrorise innocent people. To that end, Tony refines his armour design, producing a sleek battle suit powered by his chest-mounted arc reactor. So it is that Tony Stark becomes Iron Man, a secret known only to his best friend Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes (Terrence Howard) and personal assistant Virginia 'Pepper' Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow).
I think it's fair to say I enjoyed Iron Man's theatrical outing quite a lot more than I was expecting. Admittedly my expectations weren't particularly high to begin with, but I do like Robert Downey Jr. as an actor and my knowledge of the character is reasonable as I used to read a lot of Marvel comics in my younger days (although Iron Man was never one of my favourites). If I'm honest, I couldn't imagine anyone other than Downy Jr. playing Iron Man, because he literally makes the film with a fantastic turn as billionaire Tony Stark, striking just the right balance between arrogance and humility. He also has great comic timing, which helps to pull off a number of sight gags that might otherwise have fallen flat.
As an origin story, Iron Man does the business without ever getting too complicated. We've seen it all before—a character goes through a traumatic event that forces them rethink their life, before gaining tremendous power and emerging as a force for good. The difference here is that Tony Stark doesn't have his powers thrust upon him by way of a freak cosmic storm or radioactive spider bite, he actually chooses to become Iron Man in order to right the wrongs of past. He also seems to revel in it, which makes a welcome change from the angst-ridden Peter Parker's of the Marvel Universe.
The supporting cast do a decent job, although the very nature of an origin story limits the amount of screen time that can be allotted to supporting characters. However, I suspect that they'll be given a larger role to play in any sequels that might be on the cards. Jeff Bridges plays one of the least glamorous adversaries in comic book history, but he manages to make Obadiah Stane interesting beyond the limitations of the material. Unfortunately, while his Iron Monger is a thematic counterpart to Tony's Iron Man, it did mean that the end of the film played out like a deleted scene from Transformers. This was possibly the weakest point in an otherwise strong feature, as the 'cool' factor is somewhat offset by the fact that you're essentially watching a bunch of pixels wail on each other (a problem shared by finale of The Incredible Hulk).
Ultimately though, I really enjoyed Iron Man. Downey Jr.'s performance is great, both the practical and digital effects are brilliantly realised and there's a healthy dose of humour that's often missing from superhero movies. I also enjoyed the plentiful nods to the Iron Man's other incarnations and Marvel Comics in general (check out Jarvis, Rhodey's mobile ringtone and subtle references to War Machine). It's almost a shame that Marvel are pressing ahead with their Avengers movie, as it means we're going to have to wait for shell-head's second solo outing. What odds can I get on the Mandarin?
Iron Man arrives with a 2.40:1 AVC encoded 1080p/24 transfer that looks pretty damn good. Of course this is to be expected given the age of the feature, but it's nice to see that Paramount didn't drop the ball on such a high-profile release. Even so, Iron Man is a film of two halves, stylistically speaking. Because a lot of the action takes place either inside of a dark cave or in the scorching desert, the first half of the film is alternately muddy and blown-out. The image is intentionally grainy, while blacks are a little inconsistent and shadow detail slightly lacking. Perhaps the best way to describe it is 'gritty'. Once the action rotates back to the 'real world' the image softens considerably, contrast is much cooler and black levels are more stable.
Surprisingly for a film utilising such a lot of CGI, the filmmakers haven't shied away from showing Iron Man in the harsh light of day, which really highlights the quality of the digital effects used to create the Mark II armour. Although the palette is fairly muted, colour rendition is actually pretty good, even if the film's visual style means that colours don't pop off of the screen in quite the same way as the more outlandish comic book features. However, when things blow up the resulting brilliant orange fireballs look terrific. The transfer is very clean, but detail is slightly variable, with the brightly lit, digital effects laden sequences looking more impressive than the darker, more traditionally photographed scenes (which looked a little soft on occasion).
While the transfer might not be as impressive as the very best on the format, a lot of that is down to the visual style of the film. This leaves me with a tricky decision. Do I accept that the transfer is faithful to the source material and go with the higher score, or do I play it safe and go with a more conservative option? It's times like this I wish we didn't have to substantiate our opinions with a numerical value. In lieu of 'half marks', it seemed only fair to opt for the slightly higher score.
The only English audio option is a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track, which is also very impressive. Things get off to a literal bang with the attack on Tony Stark's military convoy, and although brief it's actually a pretty good indicator of things to come. Iron Man has four of five 'event' scenes; big action set-pieces that allow the TrueHD track to flex its muscle. Stark's escape from his captors in the prototype suit is one of the best from an aural perspective, as it features plenty of directionality and great dynamic rage. You can pick out individual shell casings as they hit the floor, and the bass from his footfalls when he emerges from the cave is simply Earth-shattering. Other highlights include the Mark I test flight, the Mark II taking out the weapons cache in Gulmira and, to an extent, Iron Man's face-off with Iron Monger.
As well as handling the bombastic moments with aplomb, the track aslo handles the subtitles well. Little things like the whirring of servos, or the bleeping of Iron Man's H.U.D. really sell the on-screen action. Hands up anyone who noticed the sound of a Space Invaders arcade machine being used in the Mark I H.U.D.? The various different elements of the mix are blended together well, although there were one or two instances where dialogue was masked by the effects. However, these moments were few and far between. Ramin Djawadi's score, a mix of traditional orchestral and heavier, almost industrial music, isn't as memorable as those for other Marvel or DC properties, but it's solid enough. I did enjoy the renditions of AC/DC's 'Back in Black' and Black Sabbath's 'Iron Man', which played during the opening and closing credits respectively.
Although I've read quite a few reviews of the American disc which proclaim the audio to be 'reference quality', I'm not totally convinced. I thought more could have been done with the sound design, particularly during the climactic battle, and I just didn't find the track as 'immersive' as I'd hoped. I'm also taking the occasional instance of muddied dialogue into consideration. I'm not calling this a bad track, not at all, but it's not the best I've heard this week (*cough* Casino Royale *cough*). It's for this reason that it narrowly misses out on a 'DVDActive Audio Award'.
Disc one kicks off with a 'Hall of Armor' feature, which offers 360 degree CGI renderings of the three main suits of armour featured in the film. Each rendering includes information on all of the suit's different components and sub-systems, so it's actaully fairly enlightening for a relatively 'fluffy' piece.
'The Invincible Iron Man' (47:05) is a six-part documentary that is intended to introduce the character to the uninitiated. As is usual for these Marvel documentaries, there's plenty of interesting information about the character's origins, as well as interviews with leading artists and writers. Of course no Marvel doc would be complete without an appearance by Stan 'the Man' Lee, and sure enough he shows up here. Not being the world's greatest Iron Man fan, I actually learned a fair bit from this documentary, especially about the evolution of the character in recent years (I don't read many comic books these days).
There are also eleven deleted/extended scenes (23:56), most of which are in time-coded. There are a couple of amusing scenes that expand on the billionaire playboy side of Stark's character, even if they add little to the plot, but all things considered it's easy to see why most of these scenes were trimmed or removed. Exposition is one thing, but unnecessary exposition just bogs a film down.
Finally on disc one is a BD-Live trivia challenge called 'Iron Man I.Q.'. The idea is basically to watch clips from the film and answer predetermined questions from the 'featured quizzes', but the disc also claims that you'll eventually be able to create and upload your own quizzes. Now I've been very critical of BD-Live features in the past, but this one is actually quite entertaining. I imagine it will only get better once the expanded version comes on-line.
Disc two opens with 'I Am Iron Man' (01:49:00), which is just about as comprehensive a making of doc as you could reasonably ask for. Every facet of production is covered in detail, from the inception of the project to the design and creation of the Iron man suit by Stan Winston Studios. Stan Winston himself shows up periodically throughout the documentary, which is great in a bitter-sweet sort of way. He clearly wasn't well during the making of the film, even going so far as to reference his illness himself. His contribution to the field of special effects is legendary and he will be missed. The doc also features plenty of behind the scenes footage with director Jon Favreau and actors Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow and Terrence Howard. Favreau and Downey Jr. have much of the screen time, which is lucky as Favreau is very congenial and Downey Jr. is quite a character. All things considered, this is probably the best Marvel making of documentary yet.
Moving on we come to 'Wired: The Visual Effects of Iron Man' (27:01), which is a decent look at the lengths the creative teams went to when designing every minute detail of the various suits of armour. When watching a film it's easy to get caught up in the story and just take everything at face value, but this featurette does an excellent job of reminding you that someone had to create all of the on-screen visual splendour to begin with. I'm not just talking about the obvious things like the CGI Iron Man, but little things like the design of his armour's HUD and the digital matte paintings.
Next up is a 'Robert Downey Jr. Screen Test' (06:03), which mostly consists of the actor riffing with some stand-ins and generally mucking around. If nothing else it showcases his playful sense of humour, but that's about it. 'The Actor's Process' (04:13) shows Robert Downey Jr. and Jeff Bridges rehearsing a scene for director Jon Favreau. It's quite rare to see two actors spit-balling ideas around on the set, which is a pity. It would be good to see more of this sort of thing on DVD/BD releases, rather than the usually EPK nonsense.
The Onion 'Wildly Popular Iron Man Trailer to be Adapted into Full-Length Film' (02:38) is a strange little feature that satirises the recent trend in films failing to live up to expectations generated by their trailers, at least from a fanboy's point of view. There are a few giggles to be had (the line about the film 'alienating the trailer's core fan base' made me chuckle), but there's little re-watch value. It's also the only bonus feature presented in standard definition.
Ironically, a series of trailers comes next. There are four in total, including the teaser, which is great if you like that sort of thing. Four galleries are also included, showcasing a variety of production sketches and pre-viz designs.
Iron Man's theatrical debut is a success on par with the first Spider-Man and X-Men movies, and it's a testament to the skills of all involved that they've managed to deliver a well-paced, exciting film based around a lesser-known character from the Marvel stable. The film isn't without its faults—an unfortunate side effect of having to cram so much into a two hour origin story is that the villain isn't as fully developed as he might have been—but the good definitely outweighs the bad. I just hope we get something on the level of Spider-Man 2 or X2 for the sequel.
This is the first Paramount UK Blu-ray release that I've encountered, and it sets the bar extremely high. Putting aside the superb audio-visual quality, the disc almost earns its retail price tag with a collection of interesting and informative bonus material presented almost entirely in high-definition. In fact, if there had been a commentary track and a few more interviews with the cast and crew, this could have been a true reference disc. As it stands it's still an excellent release and one that I can wholeheartedly recommend to both die-hard fans and those looking for a great demo disc.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Chris Gould
Suitable only for persons of 12 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 27th October 2008
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Italian
Subtitles: Danish, Dutch, English, English SDH, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish
Extras: I Am Iron Man, The Invincible Iron Man, Wired: The Visual Effects of Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. Screen Test, The Actor's Process, The Onion Spoof, Image Galleries, Trailers, Hall of Armor, BD-Live
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Jon Favreau
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow,Terrence Howard,
Genre: Action, Comedy and Sci-Fi
Length: 126 minutes
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Randomized Control Trial Copper Intrauterine Device and Depo-medroxyprogesterone Acetate (DMPA) of HIV+ Women in Malawi
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01191203
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 30, 2010
Last Update Posted : October 25, 2013
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The IUD is an extremely effective method of contraception yet few women use it worldwide. Considered safe to use in HIV+ women, few studies have evaluated its use among those using antiretroviral therapy. The only prior randomized trial looking at the IUD compared to hormonal contraception noted a high rate of IUD discontinuations. Understanding IUD acceptability and continuation is critical to improve utilization.
- Objective 1: Determine WHO medical eligibility and the willingness for IUD placement
- Objective 2: Compare method-related side effects and adverse events
- Objective 3: Assess the 1-year acceptability and continuation rates
Methods: To address our objectives the investigators have designed a two Phase Study:
- A cross-sectional screening to evaluate contraceptive medical eligibility and desirability
- A randomized controlled trial that will compare acceptability and adherence to DMPA compared to the Copper IUD: enrolling 200 women stable on antiretroviral therapy to follow for 1 year
|Condition or disease
|Drug: Copper IUD Drug: Depo Medroxyprogesterone acetate
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|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|200 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
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|Prospective Assessment of Acceptability and Adherence Associated With Use of the Copper Intrauterine Device (CuT380A-IUCD) Compared to Depo-medroxyprogesterone Acetate (DMPA) Among HIV Positive Women in Lilongwe, Malawi
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|July 2010
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|December 2011
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|December 2011
|Active Comparator: Depo Medroxyprogesterone Acetate
Drug: Depo Medroxyprogesterone acetate
DMPA 150 mg IM q 3 months
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|Active Comparator: Copper IUD (CuT360)
Drug: Copper IUD
Copper IUD (CuT360)
- Adherence [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Number of clients continuing with method at 1 year
- Adverse Events [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
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- No known uterine anomalies based upon history
- Greater than or equal to 4 weeks post partum
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- Based on clinical assessment, no condition that would preclude start of study intervention
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- Women ages younger than18 or older than 45
- Known HIV + status on antiretroviral therapy less than 6 months or not on antiretroviral therapy
- Pregnant
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- Less than 4 weeks post partum
- Suspected genital tract cancer
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|Lilongwe, Malawi
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|Emory University
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It is being reported that the new sensor will provide better detail, no? Therefore, if I crop 50% to 12MP I should have a better picture than a native D-300 shot as long as I have clear water, no? Being further away I have more flexibility in strobe placement, no? I also can simply keep my focus point in the center and crop later to get the presentation I want, no? In addition edge diffraction will be minimized, No?
I other words, if I simply give up some outdated idea that 1:1 and "composed in the camera" is importent, I should be able to get a better shot whith this camera than my old D-300. Or am i kidding myself?


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I had honestly hoped that I was wrong with my concerns over Secure Boot. Really, I hoped so hard. Sadly, 'tis not to be true. It turns out Microsoft has been lying to us all this time (shocker, right?), and despite their sugared words, they're definitely going to force OEMs into not allowing anything but Windows to be installed on ARM devices.
In response to the initial concerns over Secure Boot's potential anti-alternative operating system nature, Microsoft stated it would not force OEMs into anything. "OEMs have the ability to customize their firmware to meet the needs of their customers by customizing the level of certificate and policy management on their platform," Redmond promised, "Microsoft does not mandate or control the settings on PC firmware that control or enable secured boot from any operating system other than Windows."
Well, dip me in white chocolate and call me Lorelai, but the company has amended its Windows Hardware Certification Requirements, stating that OEMs are not allowed to disable Secure Boot on ARM machines, or even offer the option for users to turn it off (emphasis mine).
This effectively makes it impossible to boot anything but Windows 8 on these ARM devices, rendering these devices entirely useless as general computing devices. Qualcomm has already announced ARM chipsets specifically for Windows 8 ARM ultrabooks, meanign you're going to be buying a laptop that won't be able to run anything other than Windows 8.
And so, step by step, the power over our own machines is taken away from us. It started with PDAs and smartphones - entirely capable of running whatever we want, but locked down by either device makers (Apple), software makers (Microsoft), or carriers (most Android phones). Then came tablets - devices which resemble general purpose computers even more closely. Also entirely locked down. And now, they're coming for our laptops.
Well, screw ARM laptops and desktops, then. I'm not going to buy one of them if I'm stuck to Windows 8 and its My First Computer™ Metro interface - I already have a My First Computer™ (it's called the iPad 2).
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Watch the video and take the pledge -- this call to action comes from a local citizen's group that used video to raise awareness of climate change. Shared with CEC by John Francis, CEC Regional Vice-Chair for North America and the Caribbean.
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On Tuesday, June 8, from 7am - 7pm, we will have a campus-wide network outage while we install a new power backup system for our server room. During this work, phones will remain in service but all computer network systems will be down, including Internet access, email, the Wabash web sites, Moodle, and campus file servers (Tuttle, Wilson, and Caleb). These services will be unavailable whether you are on or off-campus on that date. Offices will remain open on June 8.
During this outage, electricians from Vaught Electric and Liebert Systems, in coordination with Campus Services, will install a new power backup system for our server room, replacing the one that failed in February. This critical system component keeps electrical power to our server room even when the power goes out. This reduces system downtime, and reduces the changes of system damage or data loss that can be caused by hard system crashes.


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Trevor Varney of Cary, a member of Boy Scout Troop 152, earned the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest achievement in Boy Scouting. He built a pair of large storage shelves for Dorcas Ministries, where he worked as a volunteer last summer. Trevor, a junior at Holly Springs High School, is the son of Kathy and Victor Varney.
Cary Girl Scout is a top cookie seller
Xena Gray, a member of Girl Scout Troop 15, is the top cookie seller of Girl Scouts - North Carolina Coastal Pines this year. She sold 4,750 boxes of Girl Scout cookies this year. She is a seventh-grade student at East Cary Middle School and the daughter of Haley and Richard Gray.
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There is no better time than now to assess the values which are worthy of your time and effort. The accumulation of wealth is an insufficient reason for living. Nor is fame of any lasting benefit. But investment in the lives of people, including your family, and an earnest attempts to serve the God who made you, is eternal. –What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Women.
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Wordless Wednesday: States Allowing Girls to Marry Before Eighteen, 1895
The black list of states.
Newspapers: Kentucky, Louisville, 1890-1900
Published: 1895 March 27
Repository: Library of Congress Newspaper and Periodicals Reading Room, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
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Okay, okay! I really did notice that this image has words IN it, but technically, I didn't write them. All I wrote was the citation, not even a transcript. JuliaReplyDelete
ROFL, Julia! That's a "gotcha," isn't it?ReplyDelete
Interesting article, and thank you for posting it. Seven years? They were weird in Delaware at that time. I'm surprised Florida, where I live, had the oldest, really. Though I knew a girl in high school (mid-1960s) who married at 14. I hope it turned out well, but odds were and are against it.
How could anyone possibly believe a SEVEN year old child was ready for marriage and all that it wifely entails???ReplyDelete
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"The courier-journal". Louisville [Ky. : Louisville Courier-Journal Print. Co.], 1895 March 27.
It's held at the Library of Congress Newspaper and Periodicals Reading Room, Washington, D.C. 20540, USA.
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|2011-10-30, 21:21
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I still have mixed feelings about this OVA.
I understand that they did not have any material left to make something like the first two seasons, but sometimes I can't help but wonder why they even bothered making this new OVA? So far, it's just been a lot of fan service and randomness. It just doesn't feel like Higurashi. The first Kira episode was degrading and the second one of this OVA was an improvement but still not really anything significant.
Really hope it doesn't seem like I'm bashing or anything, because I have no such intentions. I'm just not very happy with these last two new episodes. I'm still grateful to get new Higurashi episodes and all, though.
|2011-11-05, 10:05
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This was a very nice episode.Best of Kira and actually better than the Rei season IMHO.I really wanted to see a slice of life from Hinamizawa after the conclusion of Matsuribayashi. Like Kokoroiyashi-hen. I believe this 3rd episode qualifies for that.
First two episodes were pretty pointless for "official" works,but I'm going to add this episode to my archive as the 25th episode of Kai =)
|2011-11-23, 02:08
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So extremely young Rika and a Hanyuu with no horns. Hmmm.
Plus serious/peaceful music for the entire trailer. The closest thing to ominous was the closing doors and the red flash from the series name.
|2011-11-23, 02:10
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Serious... I mean- maybe a little sad? Just a guess! Hanyuu's likely going to have to part ways with little Rika after all. Just judging from appearance of the preview, it seems like that Rika doesn't have the same knowledge the current Rika has... she's more like a child.
Lol starting to look for Hanyuu's horns now that you mention it. I can't find them either.
|2011-11-23, 02:16
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The saddest part with me is the closing door... It's really like a last ending (not only for Kira, of course).
This episode may will make me remember so much about Higurashi (anime), and peaceful signs in Hinamizawa village.
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Graded EX 5 by PSA. Only one graded at this level by PSA with just one graded higher. 1887 N172 Old Judge portrait of Hall of Famer "J. Ward, S.S., New Yorks." There are very few portraits in the N172 Old Judge series, let alone of Hall of Famers, and this card of John Ward has a particularly striking and unusual design as it includes Ward's identification and team affiliation in large white letters in an arc across his chest as well as along the bottom of the card. This is the only portrait of John Ward in the Old Judge series among the ten poses in which he appears in the set. This a very attractive card, with the photo just a hint light (as is typical for this card), no creases, strong corners with a little wear in the lower left, and a perfectly clean back, with a slight roughness to the surface of the reverse that suggests that the card may have long ago been removed from an album. The Ward portrait pose is much rarer than most other N172 Ward poses, and is universally recognized as by far the most desirable and distinctive of the ten Ward poses. This is a very highly graded PSA example of one of the classic cards of the nineteenth-century and one of the key Hall of Famer cards of the entire N172 Old Judge series. Reserve $500. Estimate $1,000/$2,000. SOLD FOR $1,410
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The biggest question mark for the 2012 season will be the offensive line and special teams. The biggest specific area of concern is offensive tackle. It's damn bad luck when your program loses three elite left tackle recruits in three consecutive classes. Sturdivant was injured, Benedict was lost to rehab related arguments and Long isn't an offensive tackle following his injuries.
The OT prospects for 2012 are:
-- W. Dantzler -- playing mop up minutes as a FR
-- K. Gates -- currently a guard
-- Z. DeBell -- currently injured
-- Unnamed Juco -- statistically likely to be fat and/or dumb
I really wish the coaches would consider bulking up Artie Lynch a bit more and trying him at OT. He's already 275 lbs with great feet. Adding another 15 pounds isn't asking that much. Move him before the bowl game, and he would have time to learn the position. Besides, UGA has a good history of moving high school and college tight ends to the offensive line.
We would be thin at TE, but it's a dramatically easier to find tight ends than offensive tackles. Especially considering we have plenty of plays that call for zero tight ends in the formation, but no plays that call for less than two offensive tackles.
What's in it for Artie? NFL tight ends make a helluva lot less in the NFL than OTs.
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|2004-03-31, 16:58
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yea, I guess we can never reach a conclusion unless the producers themselves give an official answer... which they won't...
or a sequel comes... although that'd prove me wrong, I'd still love to see a Noir 2
|2004-03-31, 21:04
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the action was very good but the way they ended up was very much a let down i mean why go through all that if they were going to retire or give it up and my personal favorite was chloe she did have kirika and mireelrerel or whatever taken at the same time twice until she didn't want to kill kirika very much a let down but the action was very good.
|2004-05-19, 16:51
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ok, i just saw more than half of that series (up to episode 16). i'm pretty amazed, that you all actually think the action is good. no freakin way. it's terrible imho. i don't mind the absence of blood. what really gives me headaches is the idiocy of the action.
now it's not that i can't live without action. it's just that in noir, a big part of the episodes are those shootings. and the action is just ugly.
and the story: *sigh* after 16 episodes they still don't know shit. allthough i still liked some eps, where there was no progression of the main story arc. i will watch the show to the end just to know how it ends. there isn't much more than that that's keeping me from stopping to watch this. (actually, i allready have to force myself) i'll definatly won't recommend this show. it's mediorce at best imo.
there's much better stuff out there, that one should consider to buy the dvd's of.
|2004-05-19, 17:31
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While I'll agree that it's dumb the bad guys can't hit anything, it's still my favorite action series. Actually, it's the only show I like the action from. I am not an action fan without some substance behind it, and even then I'll like the series for that substance. I think Noir has a good story and good action. It's the only show I'll say that about.
|2004-05-19, 19:16
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well I totally agree that the main plot of Noir moves really really slowly... that's why I think Madlax is quite a refreshing change of pace for a Bee Train anime but that's another different matter... but for Noir I really love some of the side stories. the main plot is a bit lame IMO, except for Altena... and Chloe before episode 24... though I love her greek costume... there are some brilliant side stories, I love the nice touches and the awesome gunfight in Assassin's Game, I love the little details in A Stray Cat, I love the ending of Sound of Waves, and I love how Kirika interested in drawing in Season of Hell (which is also the name of the song at the ending of Avenger), I like Mireille best in A Bonquet For Mireille, and Chloe is best in Assassin training.
|2004-05-19, 21:12
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Hmm? No one started a thread about Noir yet? Anyways, while it has a lot of flaws, overall I really liked Noir, and to date it's one of my favourite titles. As a lot of people said, the fight scenes were very well done but unrealistic. Why does it just so happen that every male character has a lousy shot? And some of these guys (ie. The Soldats "Best Knights") are supposedly trained to be the best of assassins. There really is no story until 2/3rds of the way through. Before that the anime is quite episodic (meaning none of the episodes tie in with the others). For me, the music is where it's at. Noir IMO has one of the best soundtracks in an anime to date. I have both OST's and I love just about every track. The DUB is also very good, but then again, you'd have to be completely brain-dead to f**k up a DUB like this. Kirika Mirielle & Chloe are some of the most emotionless and cold-blooded characters that I've seen, hence the Voice Actors don't have to worry too much about emotion. It doesn't matter anyways cuz ADV's IS&M did the DUB so you know it'll be good regardless. My advice in general would be to see it for yourself and draw up your own conclusions. Honestly I think it's very easy to hate Noir but that all depends on your tastes and tollerance.
|2004-05-22, 17:43
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Obviously you have not played dynasty worrior 3 muhahahahahahah
|2004-05-23, 22:17
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Another controversial anime that made it to my top 10
I love Noir, I own the 7 discs and I dont regret it at all. Yes its slow to get going, theres no blood, and its over stylized, but to be honest, no anime is perfect and thats part of their charm. It is, after all, a fantasy regardless of realistic scenes or characters, and at the end of it all, its for entertainment. As for the ending, my theory is close to some others in that
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April 26, 2013, Portland, OR (ISN) – The Winterhawks won their third straight Western Conference championship with a 4-1 Game 5 victory Friday over the Kamloops Blazers at the Rose Garden in front of 9,742 fans.
The Hawks advance to the WHL championship series, and await the winner of the Eastern Conference Final between the Calgary Hitmen and Edmonton Oil Kings, with Edmonton holding a 3-2 series lead. The championship series will begin next Friday, May 3 at the Rose Garden at 7 p.m., followed by Game 2 on Saturday, May 4 at 7 p.m. at the Garden.
The Hawks are the first team to win three straight conference titles since the Red Deer Rebels did it from 2001-03.
Ty Rattie was named series MVP after he posted four goals and eight assists for 12 points in the five-game series.
Portland got on the board first 7:53 into the first with a power play marker when Seth Jones fired a blast from the point through traffic that beat Kamloops netminder Cole Cheveldave to make it 1-0. It remained that way until there were just 36.2 seconds left in the period, when the Blazers' JC Lipon scored from the side of the net to make it 1-1 going into the second.
Portland regained the lead 4:23 into the second when Oliver Bjorkstrand fed Taylor Leier on a 2-on-1, who beat Cheveldave to make it 2-1 for the lone goal of the period.
Midway through the third with the Hawks killing a penalty, Rattie picked off a Kamloops pass and went in alone on a shorthanded breakaway, beating Cheveldave to make it 3-1. Nic Petan added a power play goal at the 13:58 mark to give Portland the 4-1 win.
Mac Carruth was terrific in net for the Hawks, stopping 22 of the 23 shots he faced. Cheveldave finished with 37 saves on 41 Portland shots.
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Re: "Internal" and "External"
Kevin Leavitt
Hunter, good stuff I really like the way you explain these concepts in your previous post! Thanks.
Just some thoughts....
As you know, I am a proponent of the "IS" methodologies and have found value...so I do want to make that clear to folks out there. I don't find the over simplification of methodologies or fundamentalist discussion (external vs internal) helful though. You have a good way of explaining this stuff.
Lots of good points brought up by many...someone said earlier about martial focus/intent. That is the basis of my concern for doing this stuff...whatever I do in budo so I suppose that should be clear to. I don't do it for the sake of doing it or because I am fascinated by a one inch punch. For me it is about efficiency.
Sometimes efficiency can be expediency. Which I suppose is why I stated "it doesn't matter how you move 200 lbs as long as you do it." I suppose you need to caveat this further and say "do it in a matter that is acceptable". or "do it in a manner that accomplishes your goal."
As Chris has clarified. We have to have a baseline or a goal in order to really have a discussion about efficiency, effectiveness, or appropriateness. I think that is really the sticking point on why it is so hard for us to agree on much here on aikiweb. We all have different perspectives on why we do what we do.
So, when I meet up with an "IS guru" I am simply evaluating how what he is showing me will improve what I do martially? how does it fit in my kit bag?
Phi talks alot about his goals with old age and treachery and yeah I agree with that. I think as I get older I find that continuing to refine my practice and finding different ways to do things that are more efficient extend my ability to be relevant.
I don't fear getting old, I fear losing relevancy so hanging onto that is important to me!
Personally I don't think you HAVE to. I think we do. I think we do this in training because it is so damn hard to get folks to learn the principles that we end up using techniques to provide a frame work for principles. Folks simply can't get principles and it is a struggle to communicate it to them so we have to develop constructs and frameworks for them to learn. The IS exercises are frameworks designed to teach the principles. What I like about them is they don't pretend to be martial techniques thus they tend to focus on developing the principles and I think they tend to confuse folks less about what is really going on. Of course, as we have seen in most practices like Tai Chi and Ba Gau, much gets lots and dies in methodology without good teachers that understand how to teach correctly.
Martial Waza I think makes it more complicated cause we are also trying to teach "martial effectiveness" at the same time, thus back to what Phi is saying....the Young can use speed and strength and get by just fine. Old guys like us...well we need to find some new tools.
However, I want to clarify that for me, this has nothing to do with "good" or "bad" nor do I think you can say that speed and muscle strength is less efficient than internal strength. It is not that simple martially speaking. For a 18 year old, IMO, his speed, agility, and muscular strength is quite possibly the best and most efficient and economical use available to accomplish a goal.
The conversation concerning what basically constitutes a hierarchy of from best to worst in use of something is illogical. Its like saying a Nuke is more efficient than a AR-15, that is more efficient than a knife, that is more efficient than your fist. It simply depends on your goal and endstates.
I lament on this very thing all the time with my BJJ students. White and Blue belts spend most of their time learning techniques that are independent. I have in my curriculum I think close to 1000 videos that we teach over a period of a couple of years to develop the framework they need to be martially successful in BJJ. In about 3 or 4 months the White Belts have enough tools in their tool box to defeat new white belts and blue belts can defeat all white belts and some blue belts, but not higher belts. This goes on for about 2 to 3 years...then I'd say 80% of them quit.
Why? My hypothesis is that they learn all the independent techniques but cannot take the next step which is synthesis. You simply cannot get better by continuing to have one specific movement for a particular situation. You must abandon the techniques and begin to do things differently. At the purple belt level it should start to become what I would equate to free form jazz. You simply have to begin to understand the principles behind the techniques in order to move to the next levels.
These principles are universal. I also believe that given the goal and context of training that you will tend to gravitate to efficiency towards that goal. Baseball pitchers will do it. Boxers will do it etc. They will advance far enough to where they achieve success. There is no reason to advance any further. However, if you don't really have a goal in mind, I would think you would tend to be all over the place in what you are doing and studying....like no real endstate of focus per say. That would make me very grumpy personally.
So I find the debates that attempt to say that professional athletes use IS/IP or they don't pointless. I think they use what works for what they are doing and to try and establish a dichotomy or a percentage of what they do or don't do futile.
Of course, we are learning things all the time and I do have hope that many of the methods many of us are experimenting with and apparently getting better at understanding and transmitting encouraging and I do positively believe that humans will continue to push the boundaries of efficiency to exploit things that are exploitable.
I hope some of this makes sense and is relevant!
So, if I get with Hunter and I place a condition or constraint on him and then he can show me how to defeat it or move in a "efficient/effective" way...then naturally I am gonna say..."hey Hunter, how'd you do that?" Then Hunter says, "well I do x,y,z". If I can't do that, maybe he says..."well its because you haven't developed "a,b,c". and then I say "Well how do I develop a,b,c?" and Hunter says, "by doing d,e,f?"
Well I think that is a productive conversation and one that matters.
All the other conversation about what Johnny is doing is external and what Don is doing is internal means jack squat. Same with the conversations about what O'sensei did or didn't do. Sure it is entertaining, but the guy is dead and can't really do much for me, but then again I tend to be a realist so I do have that bias.
Back to my original comment earlier in the thread. I simply meant to say that I don't find the over simplification of internal versus external helpful in explaining anything. In short I think if you have goals and end states for what you are doing, then you can seek out methodologies that are helpful in achieving those goals. I think the biggest problem many martial artist face is they don't really have a good understanding of them thus the flounder with various methodologies in an attempt to latch on to something.
When I have been with the various "IS gurus" I have walked away with a tremendous amount of respect and found meaning and application in what they taught me. I have found all of them to be generous. I have found them to be VERY effective at teaching the concepts I came to aikido to learn, but did not. Maybe it was the failure of my teachers, maybe it was my failure to learn, maybe I was not ready or worthy at the time. Who knows!
Anyway, I have found none of them to be a waste of time...not like some of the wack-a-doos I encountered 20 years ago doing no touch ki throws, or pressure point knock outs.
The biggest problem I have is "relative value". That is, what do you spend your time on in training. It boils down to priorities and time. Do I spend time with my kids and family? my profession? Time doing BJJ drills and coaching to develop my organization? or do I spend time doing IS exercises? what are the trade offs and what will give me the best gains for my time spent with what I have time to do?
In the end it all boils down to efficiency and effectivenss...however, that will mean different things on different days.
Guys, my only advice to anyone is...have an open mind and drop the fundamentalist "one right answer", find the holy grail...over analytical thinking and get on with life and enjoy the ride.
I like Phi's attitude to life...he always makes me smile when I read his post. His internal strength is strong! or maybe it is the Kim Chi I don't know.
Kevin, I think you raised a number of excellent points here, applicable both to IS and martial arts in general. Much of it certainly mirrors my experiences.
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I have packed numerous vegetarian/vegan sandwiches in the past with any number of variations on cheese and vegetable sandwiches in addition to the ever present peanut butter and/or jelly sandwich.
I was wondering if anyone had any other ideas for vegetarian/vegan sandwich fillers that pack well?
Not vegan, but egg sandwiches are nice. Eggs are a standard filling here, but I have a feeling that I read that this is not so everywhere. So just in case you don't know how to make one: You hard boil some eggs (usually one per 2 slices of bread, give or take) When they are cooked but still warm you peel them and mash them, add salt and any or several of: butter, mayo, cream cheese, curry powder, chopped spring onions, ditto parsley or other fresh herb. You need enough of the butter, mayo or cream cheese (or sour cream now that I think of it) to get the mashed egg to a spreading consistency. Then you use it as if it were peanut butter. But not with jelly. It is nice with lettuce or cheese though.
A couple of other suggestions, that my Mum used to put in my sandwiches when I was small: squashed dates; sultanas; Marmite and walnuts. You probably won't understand that last one - Marmite is a yeast concentrate spread. It's dark brown and very salty and should be used sparingly. NOT like peanut butter. Vegemite is similar. You can maybe buy these things in specialty shops in places where there are lots of Australians and New Zealanders. The English like Marmite too, but their Marmite is a little different. Still goes well with walnuts though.
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Hummus is nice! I have also seen idea for other types of bean spreads though I have not tried any myself.
Hummus is also good instead of cheese for vegan or dairy free pizza.
Go to Vegan Yum Yum blog and search out her eggplant and tomato sandwiches, also check out "What the Hell does a Vegan eat anyway ?"Blog they have sandwich ideas that would make non-vegans convert.
How about one of my favorites? Toasted english muffin spread with avocado, thinly sliced tomato, and alfalfa sprouts. Spread muffin with avocado, add tomato and sprouts, put top on and enjoy! You can pack the ingredients separately so the muffin doesn't get soggy. I have these all the time and love them.
How about one of my favorites? Toasted english muffin spread with avocado, thinly sliced tomato, and alfalfa sprouts. Spread muffin with avocado, add tomato and sprouts, put top on and enjoy! You can pack the ingredients separately so the muffin doesn't get soggy. I have these all the time and love them.
Ohh - and with Lent on the way I will definitely try this out!!!! Thanks for sharing!
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A nice pesto spread with asparagus or other veggies is good too. Or a pita pocket filled with veggies/salad.
A local chain of patisserie/confectioners makes a great vegetarian sandwich. It consists of asparagus spears cooked until they are quite soft and then dressed in some secret dressing, sliced boiled egg, and a little mayonnaise, all on a multigrain roll with pumpkin seeds on the outside. I love it to death and have been trying to figure out that dressing. The trick also is to cook the asparagus until soft - they form a sort of paste which is really nice, though it goes against the 'asparagus must be crispy' thing you hear all the time.
If you can eat cheese, there are a zillion variations of cheese sandwich. A favorite of mine is a Brie with lots of watercress and a little Dijon mustard.
As far as vegan sandwiches go, grilled vegetables are great. A properly made ratatouille is heaven on bread. Hummus is a must. Grilled or panfried seitan, tofu, all work. You'll find a lot of vegan burger-type things and spreads and dips on the main site too.
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Ah, that reminds me of the great asparagus roll. This is another New Zealand staple, and used to be trotted out by mothers and grandmothers, along with brandy snaps and the best china, when they were having ladies around for afternoon tea or bridge. Far too fancy to feed to the kids. (I'm talking about 50 years ago here, you understand.) They are still available in every tea shop worth its name in the country.
An asparagus roll is one slice of thinly sliced brown bread, crusts removed and thinly buttered right to the edges. A spear (or two if they are thin) of tinned asparagus (it has to be tinned, for the softness) is placed diagonally across one corner and rolled up. I have Googled, but cannot find a picture. It may or may not have salad dressing on it, but if it does it has to be another old Kiwi staple; made from sweetened condensed milk mixed with malt vinegar and mustard powder. Sounds disgusting, but is actually quite nice, and is a taste from my childhood. Also, we kids got to lick the condensed milk tin.
Nowadays, of course, there are fancy pants asparagus rolls made with crispy blanched asparagus and proper mayo. They are delicious too, but not traditional!
A properly made ratatouille is heaven on bread.
Totally. Totally. Totally. And with white rice it's great, too!
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I don't understand crispy asparagus. I don't think the flavor develops fully until it's a bit soft. Crispy asparagus just tastes kind of wood like to me.
Of course, you can over do it and make it like pudding( though that may be what Maki's sandwich is made of, lol.)
but too hard isn't tasty to me. One of my sister-in-laws basically just warms them up for like less than a minute, yuck.
That avocado sandwich sounds good! My mom used to make an open faces sandwich with mayo on an english muffin and top with chopped red onions, then pop it under the broiler for a couple minutes. Sounds weird, but it's really good!
I don't understand crispy asparagus. I don't think the flavor develops fully until it's a bit soft. Crispy asparagus just tastes kind of wood like to me.
Of course, you can over do it and make it like pudding( though that may be what Maki's sandwich is made of, lol.)
but too hard isn't tasty to me. One of my sister-in-laws basically just warms them up for like less than a minute, yuck.
That avocado sandwich sounds good! My mom used to make an open faces sandwich with mayo on an english muffin and top with chopped red onions, then pop it under the broiler for a couple minutes. Sounds weird, but it's really good!
hmm - another one to add to the Lenten menu options!
My husband does like onion sandwiches sometimes but not with mayo
Onion sandwich reminds me...this is not really suitable for bentos/lunchboxes I guess, but the late great James Beard (American cookbook author and bon vivant) suggested serving these sandwiches for cocktail parties: plain sliced bread of your choice, very thinly sliced raw onion with a sprinkle of salt, and tons of butter. It is absolutely delicious and really goes well with ehm, booze. A variation that I also love: butter, thin scrape of Marmite, plain onion slices on puffy white bread slices. Delish! Not at all healthy. ^_^
vegetarian, not vegan: frittata or omelette!
"il panino con la frittata" is quite tipical in Italy. Usually made with a bread roll or slices of bread rather than sandwich bread however. I don't particularly like it but a lot of people are fond of it.
You can make a simple frittata with just eggs, or add vegetables (I'm fond of spinach frittata)
This is my favorite sandwich of all time:
sourdough baguette sliced horizontally in half, or sourdough bread, pesto, fresh tomatoes, and cherve (goat cheese). If you don't like goat cheese, try fresh mozzerella.
Spread the cherve on one slice of bread and shake some black pepper onto it. Put the pesto on the other slice. put the tomoatoes on top of the cherve. Put the pesto bread on top.
-also, try adding in grilled asparagus, or grilled eggplant
I just came up with a great recipe for vegan schmear. It's yummy on sandwiches. Spread it on thickly with tomato, spinach, and carrot or make a sweet and savory sammy with banana, berries, and schmear. The recipe is on my blog: http://seesawfodder.blogspot.com/2009/02/vegan-schmear.html
I'm picking out a thermos for you.
I had to move because of my job for 5 months from my hometown to Alicante (in the eastern coast of Spain) and I had for dinner the same sandwich everyday: (not vegan but I guess you can make some variations and it's quite healthy anyway):
- toasted brown sandwich bread
- fresh cheese
- tomato slices
- turkey or ham
It was so delicious. I had it with a little salad and some fruit and had sweet dreams every single night!
Probably you can add it to a bento if you include every part separately or the bread will get soggy because of the tomato.
Marinated, baked tempeh makes a lovely replacement for sandwich "meat," and it's not overly processed like commercial sandwich meat replacements. There are several recipes out there for googling, but if all you want is tasty nutrition to boost your mustard and lettuce (and Marmite, if you're up to it), it's fine plain, too.
I tried a recipe for a French Tartine on one of my days off last month and it turned out to be really tasty. I remembered the recipe from the Two Fat Ladies television show from years ago. The original had anchovies, which I didn't use, but it was really, really good. It's a pressed sandwich, with fresh tomato and green beans (I used sugar snap peas because they were the freshest) similar to a ratatouille sandwich like Maki mentioned, but uncooked. It was very filling, but I didn't feel overly full afterward, and I made a pretty big sandwich. I think it would perfect for using up really ripe tomatoes that are getting soft.
Here is a link to the recipe (can we post links?)
I kept the sandwich wrapping in foil and just unwrapped it as I ate it, and had no problems with tomato stains (I am a stain magnet).
This Tartine sandwich sounds good x 10,000! I should prolly make dinner soon... *ahem* Seriously, sounds like great lunch to take kayaking; make it just before heading out and it'll be tasty by the time it's eaten. Thanks! Loved those two fat ladies..
No mayo, it should work pretty well. It was like eating the perfect pizza, without the cheese. I'm definitely making it again. No tasty Romas lying around atm.
I loved that show too, especially the desserts!
I might try to use my leftover lentils and make them into patties and fry them. I made way too much last time, and the last cup or so sat in the fridge for weeks. They were cooked until they fell apart, so a little flour should be all they need, maybe some extra onion. That might work.
Thanks to you guys and my own lack of planning before going to to grocery store, I came up with a delicious vegan sandwich. It was a curried chickpea mash (I used between 1/4 and 1/2 T of olive oil just enough for it to hold together and keep the bread from getting soggy) and soft asparagus on a whole grain and nut bread.
That does sound delicious. Like a sort of curry flavoured hummus.
Exactly, but I left it a bit drier to avoid soggy bread. One of the many uses I have found for the ton of curried chickpeas I made and have been trying to use up, this one it would definitely worth making again (on my next curry kick).
A delicious option I rediscovered while tail-gating in Napa (gourmet style!):
Sourdough baguette
Chevre/goat cheese
Dried fig
(and if you're not vegetarian add a slice of prosciutto!)
You get crusty bread + tang of the cheese + sweetness from the fig and saltiness of prosciutto. So good!
For vegetarian and vegan sandwiches you have a tons of solutions.
If you think pâté then you can do spreads as humus, or any pulse base spread that you can flavour with spices onions, garlic and so on.
Vegetable spreads are wonderful too: carrot and nutmeg spread, apple and onions, radish spread, mushroom spreads...
If you think ham alike: go for seitan. Make a big log of seitan that you flavour as preferred and slice very thinly thanks to a sashimi kind of knife.
Don't forget that marinated tofu can also be an option. Or dumplings made with them.
Now you have your base add salad, tomatoes, sprouts, mushrooms, spinach leaves,...
Don't forget to add a little spices and maybe some sort of mayonnaise, butter, mustard or tomato sauce.
With this in mind, you can make tons of great vegetarian and vegan sandwiches!
So, not particularly creative, but does anyone else love the simplicty of a simple sandwich of butter and cucumber slices?
They're like comfort food and kind of remind me a lot of when I was a little kid ^_^
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I love a cucumber sandwich, though in the US it is usually done with mayo. But personally I skip both mayo and butter and go for some mustard (the better the mustard, the better the sandwich).
ewwww. Cucumber makes me sick, so no, not at all.
I've taken to eaten pumpkin sandwiches in the past few months - sort of a Sunday afternoon comfort food when there's not much else in the fridge. Slices of pumpkin (I parboil, then grill them with some paprika, olive oil, salt and pepper) on soft bread. I'm still experimenting with accompaniments - sour cream, mayonnaise, grated cheese, spicy salad leaves, mustard etc. Most recently I had it with goats cheese and toasted pine nuts, which was pretty nice.
I also took it to work and the pumpkin didn't go soggy!
I rememered this:
take hamburguer bread, open it and make a mixture of tuna+mayo+onion. Put it on the bread slices and put in the oven until done. It tastes great but I don't know if it will be good for a bento...
but the tuna makes it pescetarian rather than vegetarian ;)
Aw you're right. I've been a pescetarian for a long time (not anymore) and I put "fish" into vegetarian dishes ^^
But I guess you can cook it without the tuna :)
I don't like cucumber either. However, if I slice cucumbers, add salt, let osmosis remove some of the fluid and rinse the cucumbers again, then I really DO like cucumbers. I use cucumber an awful lot now, particularly for quick tsukemono pickles. It's just when they are raw and 'unsalted' that they have whatever it is that cucumbers have that makes me dislike them so.
If you hate cucumbers but enjoy dill pickles I'd urge you to give it a go before you dismiss this vegetable entirely (and it doesn't have to be salted for long. 4-5 minutes in a colander usually does the trick).
As for vegan sandwich ideas:
- Bagels (any bread will do, but bagels are great for this) hummus, grated raw carrot and toasted sesame seeds are a delicious combination.
- Pitta bread with baba ganoush and salad is divine (if you have them to hand or can be bothered making them, then chargrilled or roasted peppers are great with this). Also rather nice is sliced beetroot (and sliced beetroot goes well with hummus also)
- Occasionally I make a Spanish style vegetarian lentil stew with flat brown lentils and tomatoes. The result is quite thick and tastes wonderful the next day when added to a sandwich (my omnivore husband loves these too, but he'll add chorizo slices if he has them). Mooncake mentioned lentil patties, but as long as you can spread what you've made it should work.
- I posted a recipe for a vegan bean mash that makes a wonderful 'wrap' when enveloped in flat bread. It can also be stuffed into a pitta pocket.
- You can make your own tapenade without anchovies (just mash together olives, capers and garlic with a bit of olive oil and lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste.) It lasts in the fridge for at least a week (keep a film of olive oil over it) and will add a satisfying punch of flavour to almost any sandwich.
And for vegetarians, there's the classic Spanish Omelette in a baguette with some salad.
Thank you for the tips, but when I wrote that they make me sick, I meant it literally :)
They upset my stomach so bad that I really feel sick after eating cucumber, or even something that has been in contact with them :( And it happens whether they're fresh, cooked or pickes.
I don't know if this has come up or not but Maki-san's "Cooked-to-death hot sweet peppers", "Red peppers with maple syrup and chilli" and "Sweet pepper and Onion Confit" should work well on sanwish when cooked till dry..
I've tried "Red peppers with maple syrup and chilli" (plus thinly sliced onion for extra sweetness) on bread and they tasted good.. Sadly, I did not have maple syrup at that time so I used Hoisin sauce and chilli sauce ^^; Still works, but I think the original would taste even better.
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Yeah, webos really was a good concept. Too bad the implementation wasn't there. Now on a Nokia N9 due to really poor battery life, bad reception, slowness of my pre 2. 'Though I love the looks of the N9, its reception and it's apps are a lot better than the webos apps (drive, maps, sorely lacking on webos, especially since the move to bing maps, it's one of the reasons why I wanted N9...). The N9 got more RAM and feels a lot snappier than any webos unit I used, it does however fall short in user experience to webos:
The swipe UI is just horrible conceptwise. The 'feed' looks and acts like similar apps, but you can't swipe it down to close, a mistake I often make, perhaps due to being addicted of swiping cards directly away, created by webos). The notifications that popup in the 'feed' view should better be popping up in the drop down menu (which, just like the keyboard has a great haptic feedback, that is something they really did right).
It takes sometimes three swipes to get to the multitasking screen when you are in a program. There is no universal search, or if it's there, it's not as easy to access as on webos, I used that a loooot on my pre2. The messaging of webos was truly a shining example of how to do it right. Too bad for them they chose a slow platform to work on.
I'm really starting to understand why Nokia went for WP, the user experience for non techies on meego is just broken. They should have gone for either a maemo copy, or a webos' copy on their N9 (considering MS borrowed just the right stuff from palm in it's WP7 incarnation it counts to me as going for the webos clone, but I'll never give my money to MS again).


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