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- Blade Length:3.50"
- Blade Material:CPM-S35VN
- Blade Style:Reverse Tanto
- Blade Grind:Flat
- Finish:Stonewash
- Edge Type:Plain
- Handle Length:5.50"
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- Color:Black
- Weight:5.80 oz.
- User:Right Hand
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The holiday season is here again, and with it has come the predictable attacks on Nativity scenes, Christmas trees — and Charlie Brown? That's right, Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown, the theatrical adaptation of a Peanuts holiday cartoon children and families have enjoyed for years, is under attack from an atheist group that caught wind that an elementary school in Little Rock, Arkansas, was going to take some of its students to see the play at a local church.
According to the Christian Post, teachers at Little Rock's Terry Elementary School sent a letter home duly warning parents that the play at nearby Agape Church might "expose your child to Christianity," so "if you prefer your child to not attend the program they may stay at school."
While the musical's storyline, which finds Peanuts mainstay Charlie Brown in search of the true meaning of Christmas, can hardly be termed an overt promotion of the Christian faith, it does include a scene in which Linus, another Peanuts regular, recites the Christmas story right out of the Gospel of Luke in an effort to shed light on the beginnings of the now-commercialized holiday.
Predictably, a parent or two took exception to the school taking their children to a church, and complained to the Arkansas Society of Freethinkers, a state atheist group, which ludicrously warned the school district that the innocent field trip might in fact be a violation of the First Amendment's supposed separation of church and state clause. "We're not saying anything bad about Charlie Brown," Anne Orsi, a spokesperson for the atheist group, assured local television station KARK. "The problem is that it's got religious content and it's being performed in a religious venue and that doesn't just blur the line between church and state — it oversteps it entirely." (The First Amendment states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof....")
In a followup prepared statement Orsi said that she and her group weren't "making war either on religion or Christmas. Rather, this is a case of a church forming an alliance with local government to violate religious freedom."
The pastor of Agape Church, the Rev. Happy Caldwell, noted that his congregation had sponsored similar free, kid-friendly programs in the past with no backlash about religion or First Amendment concerns. "We hope the complaint or question of a few does not override the opportunity for everyone," he offered in a statement. "This production also included a food drive for area pantries, and we hope that purpose is not lost as well."
Matthew Staver of Liberty Counsel, a conservative legal advocacy group, insisted that the school had done nothing wrong in providing the opportunity for its students. "It's perfectly constitutional for the school to afford students the opportunity to go to a Charlie Brown play," he said, "especially when they don't require it. It's optional; parents can opt out." He added that no one has "the legal right to stop the school and the rest of the parents from participating in this program."
Meanwhile, more weighty holiday legal issues are afoot, as a federal judge ruled against a Nativity display that has graced a Santa Monica, California, park for the past nearly 60 years. Last year a local atheist erected his own godless exhibit next to the massive Christian Nativity display set up each year by local congregations at Palisades Park, prompting city officials to put a stop to the whole tradition rather than have it marred by acrimony between the two groups.
The church-led Nativity Scenes Committee filed suit against the city, asking the judge to grant a temporary injunction allowing the tradition to continue undisturbed this year. But U.S. District Judge Audrey Collins ruled for the city, pointing out that the churches could still continue with the Nativity scene, but must do so on private property.
"It's a sad, sad commentary on the attitudes of the day," reflected Hunter Jameson, head of the Nativity Scenes Committee, "that a nearly 60-year-old Christmas tradition is now having to hunt for a home, something like our Savior had to hunt for a place to be born because the world was not interested."
While the committee's attorney, William Becker, had argued for the continuation of the Nativity display on First Amendment grounds, the city's attorney, Barry Rosenbaum, predicted that the ban would withstand further judicial scrutiny, since the ban "did not look at the content or subject matter of these displays."
A similar ban has gone into effect in Alsip, Illinois, this holiday season, as the Chicago suburb was the target of an attack by the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) over the 30-foot cross the town has displayed on its water tower during the Christmas season since the early 1970s. To avoid the costly lawsuit the FFRF threatened, city officials decided to simply throw in the towel and drop the tradition.
In a letter to residents and businesses in Alsip, Mayor Patrick Kitching wrote that he was "very saddened" by the decision he was forced to make, "and had hoped we would not have to change tradition. However, in these economic times, the village cannot afford to waste any tax dollars on a lawsuit that simply cannot be won." He noted that other cities "have been brought to suit regarding the very same issue and have lost. We have chosen not to waste taxpayer dollars to fight a losing battle in court."
FFRF president Annie Laurie Gaylor, who has carved out a nice living harassing individuals, communities, and other entities over contrived religious grievances, claimed that her group had targeted the city in response to a complaint by an unnamed Alsip resident. "We work to keep religion out of government," insisted Gaylor. "We try to resolve things through education and legislation, not litigation." But she went on to explain that in her universe towns such as Alsip "can't put crosses on public structures such as water towers because we have separation between religion and government."
Kitching told the Chicago Sun-Times that the decision to concede to the atheist group was personally galling, but "I know we can't win. There's no point in fighting it." He also said he was suspicious about the FFRF's claim that a local resident had complained about the cross. "I doubt that," he said. "I think they were driving down the tollway and saw our cross," deciding to make the city its next target.
Kitching said that in place of the cross, this holiday season the city will erect a lighted "holiday tree" on its water tower. "I thought about putting up a 30-foot Grinch, but I couldn't find one," he said.


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Third NIH Conference on Holoprosencephaly (HPE): Midline and Laterality Development - About Holoprosencephaly (HPE)
Third NIH Conference on Holoprosencephaly (HPE):
Midline and Laterality Development
This conference is supported by the NIH Office of Rare Diseases
and the Carter Centers for Brain Research in Holoprosencephaly
and Related Malformations
About Holoprosencephaly (HPE)
Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is a relatively common birth defect of the brain, which often can also affect facial features, including closely spaced eyes, small head size, and sometimes clefts of the lip and roof of the mouth, as well as other birth defects.
Not all individuals with HPE are affected to the same degree, even in families where more than one individual has this predisposition. This is why it is often helpful to discuss these issues with a genetic professional, who is trained to recognize features that might suggest that HPE is, or is not, likely to occur again in a family. The risk of reoccurrence is small in most families. The best diagnostic procedure is a brain scan (CT or MRI). There are a number of causes of HPE, including genetic alterations and environmental effects. The cause of HPE in any individual family is often unknown.
The researchers at the National Institutes of Health [nih.gov], and our colleagues in many universities worldwide, are trying to understand the causes of HPE so that we can provide better counseling to families with the genetic forms of HPE and to understand ways that might prevent this condition for future families.
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KennyTheKangaroo wrote:whats the deal with grape nuts, no grapes, no nuts?
Nonetheless, there was a rationale, however thin, for the name. The product contained maltose, known at the time as "grape sugar," and it did have a nutty flavor. Moreover, bearing in mind that the name is properly spelled "Grape-Nuts" and not "Grape Nuts," one might argue that while there were generic commodities known as grapes and nuts, there was nothing called grape-nuts, in the sense that there were cashew nuts, and thus the name could have no tendency to deceive. A fine distinction, I suppose, but that is what we have lawyers for.
Despite its name, the cereal contains neither grapes nor nuts. The cereal is actually made from wheat and barley, in later years, whole wheat so that the cereal could boast the nutritional value. Mr. Post believed that sucrose (which he called "grape sugar") formed during the baking process. This, combined with the nutty flavor of the cereal, is said to have inspired its name. Another explanation originates from employees at Post, who claim that the cereal got its name due to its resemblance to grape seeds, or grape "nuts." The cereal originally prepared by C. W. Post when he was developing the product, was a batter that came out of the oven as a rigid sheet. He then broke the sheet into pieces and ran them through a coffee grinder to produce the "nut" sized kernels.
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I drove over the speed limit coming into work this morning (until I hit the mess of traffic around 79 that is being talked about in another thread right now
I also fast forward through commercials whe using my DVR (How will I know what to buy!)
I put lawn fertilizer on my grass the other day even though the bag specifically said "do not apply if rain is forecasted in teh next 24 hours." There was a 20% chance that night, so I rolled the dice.
I should be working right now, but just got out of a meeting early and am taking a breather before my next meeting.
I recently had a child and even though they said only 4 people (including me) can be back in the waiting room area, I had both sets of parents, myself, and an occassional sibling or two in and out.
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Mustang MonthlyNews & Views
One Last Time, With Some Feeling - Hoof Beats
Editor's Letter
Back in the May issue I opened my first column for Mustang Monthly with a comment stating that this was the hardest editorial column I've ever had to write. At the time I thought so, but now I'd be lying if I didn't say that this issue's column is indeed the hardest one I've ever had to write. Why? Well, not only is it my last editorial column for Mustang Monthly, it will also most likely be my final written piece of an automotive journalism career that has spanned over two decades. Source Interlink Media has recently rebranded itself "TEN," which stands for The Enthusiast Network. This rebranding included the merging of our sister Ford/Mustang title Modified Mustangs & Fords with Mustang Monthly.
Over the course of 22 years in the magazine and media industry I've seen a lot of change. When I started at Dobbs Publishing Group in 1992 we utilized black and white prints, cropping the image and making production notes with a china marker. Paste-up boards were the norm and every week we received dozens of letters with event listings, technical questions, and of course new product releases from parts manufacturers. Today's media industry is more evolutionary than revolutionary. Emails have replaced printed letters, and digital imagery has replaced the dark room and black and white prints. Programs like Photoshop make all of our images better and desktop publishing software means no more paste-up boards, column line tape, or typesetting machines.
These changes, like any industry, often mean a better product due to increased production efficiencies; however in the media world things are much different. In this day and age of digital access it is tougher to sell a printed magazine on a newsstand at Wal-Mart or a grocery store. Let's face it, I'm writing this in early June and you won't be reading it until the first week of August at the earliest. That certainly makes it tough to write about time-sensitive material such as event coverage, contests, and the like. However, our new mustang-360.com website has really helped us with getting such materials in front of readers much more quickly. We've produced same-day coverage of major events, such as the Mustang 50th celebrations and most event coverage is posted within a week of the event now.
With that said, I feel print media is far from dead. We have a diehard core audience of readers who want to feel the paper between their fingers and be able to pick up or put down their copy of Mustang Monthly as needed and not have to swipe a tablet screen to get back to the story they were reading. I feel Mustang Monthly has done an admirable job over the years with a limited budget and staff of printing the best Mustang magazine for ALL years of Mustangs on the newsstand. Furthermore, we've really pushed new media, such as social media, our mustang-360.com website, and more of late, making great strides there as well. So no matter if you prefer print or digital you'll find your preferred reading method and content right here.
I've enjoyed bringing our readers such great Mustang content over the years. From event coverage to literally thousands of technical projects, building project cars, and being involved in the Mustang's continuing history, it is a career I will deeply miss, but will hold many great memories. Memories like meeting Carroll Shelby, Jack Roush, Larry Shinoda, and countless other Mustang superstars. Driving the '08 GT500KR with SVT engineers on track, spending the weekend with a Ford GT supercar (I put nearly 300 miles on that one!), and taking in the sights and sounds of so many SEMA, PRI, and other trade shows/events that I have a box crammed full of show and VIP badges from the last 20 years.
To close out my final column I want to thank all the Mustang owners I've met throughout the years. Getting out and meeting as many of you as possible, listening to your stories, and chatting about Mustangs was one of my favorite aspects of the job. To those who supported me throughout the years I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Please continue to support Mustang Monthly. All the best…


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California 'call girl killer,' Alix Tichelman, taken by ICE agents
Alix Tichelman, the woman who made international headlines as the "harbor hooker" and "call girl killer," was taken away by Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after she was released from a Santa Cruz jail last week, sources told KSBW.
ICE had requested that deputies place Tichelman on an immigration hold, but they refused, because doing so went against the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office policies with handling inmates who are illegal immigrants.
Somehow, ICE agents were still able to find Tichelman as soon as she was freed and took her into federal custody, sources told KSBW's Phil Gomez.
She could end up being deported, sources said.
Tichelman is Canadian.
At the time of her arrest, she had been living with her wealthy parents in Northern California. Tichelman's father is the CEO of a California technology company. She spent most of her childhood growing up in Georgia.
Tichelman served nearly two years in the Santa Cruz County Jail after she pleaded guilty in May of 2015 to felony involuntary manslaughter and administering drugs.
Santa Cruz police said Tichelman, 29, was responsible for the death of a millionaire Google executive, Forrest Timothy Hayes.
The 51-year-old married father of five lived on the westside of Santa Cruz before he died from a heroin overdose on his yacht in the Santa Cruz harbor on Nov. 23, 2013.
Police said Hayes hired Tichelman several times for drug-fueled sex after they met on the website SeekingArrangement.com. Surveillance video from the yacht showed Hayes extending his arm as Tichelman injected him. Police said it was obvious he was dying as he collapsed to the floor, but Tichelman never called 911.
Defense attorney Larry Biggam said Tichelman injected herself with heroin before she injected Hayes, and the drugs clouded her judgment at the time.
"This case is about two adults who were engaged in mutual consensual drug usage in the context of a sexual encounter initiated and encouraged by Mr. Hayes. There was no intent to harm or injure, much less kill, Mr. Hayes. Why would she? He was a lucrative source of income to her," Biggam said in 2014. "To demonize, and sensationalize, and totally blame Alix Tichelman for his death is misplaced, unfair, and simply wrong. She's like a wounded bird."
Police originally recommended homicide charges.
Several charges were later dropped or reduced by prosecutors, she pleaded guilty before the case went to trial, and a judge sentenced her to serve six years in jail.
According to her Facebook profile, Tichelman went to high school in Atlanta, Georgia, majored in journalism at Georgia State University, and worked as a dancer, makeup artist, and model. A YouTube video uploaded in 2012 shows Tichelman giving a makeup tutorial.
Her ex-boyfriend, 53-year-old monkey trainer Dean Riopelle, died from a heroin overdose in Georgia two months before Hayes' death. Riopelle's death was ruled as accidental.


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Man Says Prayer Group Leader Told Him to Kill Wife
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Kansas City man who told police he killed a woman to prevent her from telling someone she had been sexually assaulted by men in her prayer group is set for arraignment Wednesday on a first-degree murder charge.
Investigators say 23-year-old Micah Moore also told them that he killed 27-year-old Bethany Deaton on Oct. 30 at the request of her husband, the prayer group's leader.
Tyler Deaton has not been charged, but the Jackson County prosecutor says he is being investigated in connection with her death. Deaton did not respond to messages left by phone and social media, requesting comment.
Bethany Deaton's death initially was considered a suicide. That changed when Moore confessed to police Nov. 9.
His attorney declined to comment on the case.
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Brown replaces Sturrock at Southend
Southend have confirmed Phil Brown's appointment as manager after it was revealed on Sunday that Paul Sturrock would be leaving the club.
Brown has joined the npower League Two club after previous spells in charge of Derby, Hull and Preston, with the Shrimpers currently six points off the play-off places with seven games to play.
The club earlier confirmed Sturrock will return to lead the side out at Wembley for their Johnstone's Paint Trophy final against Crewe.
Brown told the club's official website: "I'm delighted to have been given the opportunity here at Southend and it's a challenge I'm really looking forward to.
"We've got seven league games between now and the end of the season, hopefully we can put a winning run together and give ourselves a chance of reaching the play-offs.
"We've got a few days of training between now and the game against Bradford that will give me a chance to take a look at the players."
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In 2010 coincides with the 70th anniversary of John Lennon's birth, Cheap Mont Blanc Pens presented a series of John Lennon writing tools to its long-term immortal achievements in lyrics, music, and art The pursuit of freedom and peace of life philosophy. The most expensive of these mont blanc pens series is the limited edition of 70 John Lennon limited edition 70 to represent the 70th anniversary of Lennon's birth. White gold pen engraved "Imagine" 7 English letters; pen and cap under the transparent blue resin and a pencil sapphire, a symbol of Lennon often wear signs blue round glasses; pen on the three diamonds, on behalf of The "Imagine" a chord; mont blanc pens tail black and white piano paint decoration symbol Lennon's musical talent; 18K gold pen mouth engraved with Lennon's self-portrait.
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Lady Gaga, 30, revealed Friday in an Instagram post that she had obtained her driver's license.
The singer shared a photo of her behind the wheel of what appears to be a used Ford F-150 SVT Lightning pickup truck, with a female friend in the passenger's seat, situated alongside a dry, grassy and rocky hill. Lady Gaga sported denim overalls over a black crop top and wore a black trucker's hat backwards.
"Thelma and Puhleaaaze (And yes I FINALLY got my license after years of driving w an adult present and a learners permit)," she wrote. "I'M FREE...Rollin w the homies."
In 2011, Lady Gaga said on Elvis Duran's Z100 radio show she was given a car as a gift, but had no license and didn't drive. A year later, she was photographed in Beverly Hills, behind the wheel of a new silver Audi R8 GT, along with a friend. The singer ranted online about the paparazzi following her during a driving lesson.
"Maybe while I'm learning to drive you don't need to sneak up on me and stick your GIANT camera IN A MOVING VEHICLE," she tweeted.
Lady Gaga has been photographed driving other cars over the past few months. This past March, she posted on Instagram a photo of herself behind the wheel of a black Chevrolet El Camino.
"Some things never go out of style," she wrote.
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This month we added a new member to Oiselle Team: Regina Joyce. Regina has been a pillar of consistency in the Seattle running scene since she came to the University of Washington as a college runner. She was the NCAA champion in the 3k in 1981 and the NCAA runner up in 1982. In 1984 she competed for Ireland in the Los Angeles Olympics and finished 23rd in the marathon. After becoming a US citizen in 1993 she competed in US Olympic Trials marathon in 1996 and again finished 23rd. She held the 3k, 5k, and 10k records at the
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The R&S®SMW200A vector signal generator combined with the R&S®FSW signal and spectrum analyzer offers fast and simple power amplifier testing including envelope tracking and digital predistortion, effectively replacing complex test setups.
This application note provides an application program for level alignment, test automation and reporting with PESQ, POLQA and delay measurements on the Audio Analyzer R&S®UPV or R&S®UPV66.
Integrated end-to-end data solution with IP traffic analysis and protocol statistics allows detailed analysis of data traffic generated by IoT and mobile devices.
This application notes introduces the Multi-Standard Radio Analyzer function of the R&S®FSW and shows how it performs the measurement on multi-standard radio transmitters. It reveals interactions caused by the coexistence of signals of different cellular standards and localizes the root cause. With an example of a base station signal consisting of three radio access technologies (GSM/WCDMA/LTE FDD) it shows how easy interactions can be found. The R&S®FSW is the ideal tool for trouble shooting tasks with its combination of a large bandwidth and the versatile Multi-Standard Radio Analyzer in one measurement instrument.
3GPP Release 9 Technical Specification (TS) 37.141 covers multistandard radio base station conformance testing. Multistandard radio includes four standards of mobile communications: GSM, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, and LTE. This application note introduces the concept of multistandard radio base stations as well as solutions for transmitter and receiver tests based on Rohde & Schwarz signal generators and Rohde & Schwarz signal and spectrum analyzers.
Short measurement time in conjunction with high accuracy and repeatability of results are essential for efficient testing of mobile phone power amplifiers. Power Meter R&S®NRP, Signal Generator R&S®SMIQ, Spectrum Analyzers R&S®FSP/FSU/FSQ and Power Supply R&S®NGMO2 offer optimum characteristics such as high accuracy, fast settling speed and short measurement time in programmed mode. This application note concentrates on testing GSM/EDGE mobile power amplifiers and shows typical test setups and programming examples for Signal Generator R&S®SMIQ and Spectrum Analyzer R&S®FSP/FSU/FSQ, benchmark numbers and repeatability results.
Recent mobile test methods could not evaluate the quality of data reduced speech signals with different coded and decoded signals. The Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality (PESQ) provides the solution for this measuring problem. GSM PESQ is an add-on tool for CMUgo for automatic measurement of the PESQ for GSM mobile phones according to recommendation ITU-T P.862.1 featuring selectable fading profiles, frequency hopping sequences and variable Additional White Gaussian Noise (AWGN).
The R&S®CMW500 and R&S®SMBV100A are the ideal team for motor vehicle type approval testing of your eCall and ERA-Glonass cellular modems and their GNSS receivers in line with the (EU) 2017/79 regulation.
Existing GSM mobile communication systems have the potential to double voice capacity by adding the "Voice services over Adaptive Multi-user channels on One Slot" (VAMOS) feature as specified in the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network (GERAN) Release 9 specifications. This application note describes the VAMOS feature from an air interface perspective in detail and specifically illustrates the VAMOS testing solution offered by Rohde & Schwarz test equipment.
GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) and EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution) provide data capabilities in widely deployed 2G networks reaching peak and average data rates of 384kpbs and 200kbps, respectively. Within 3GPP Release 7, further improvements to GPRS/EDGE have been specified in the context of EDGE evolution. This application note introduces key features of EDGE evolution and outlines the changes to the radio interface.
This application note describes how to generate GSM signals for wide ranging receiver tests under fading conditions for GSM/GPRS/Edge. The test setup requires an R&S®CMU Radio Communication Tester with IQ-IF interface option CMU-B17 and an R&S®SMIQ vector signal generator or baseband fading simulator ABFS for generating GSM. The GSMFadLevCor program included with this application note performs a semi automatic level correction of the power fed to the Device Under Test (DUT).
As well as static tests, modern mobile communication standards also stipulate measurements under fading conditions, sometimes with additional white gaussian noise AWGN. Rohde & Schwarz supports these tests with the combination of the R&S®CMU200 Radio Communication Tester and the R&S®SMU200A or R&S®AMU200A Vector / Baseband Signal Generator and Fading Simulator. Applying fading and noise always raises the crest factor of a signal considerably. Thus, automatic path attenuation inside the Rohde & Schwarz baseband fader prevents the new signal peaks from being clipped at I/Q full scale. Any additional attenuation in the baseband, however, makes the RF output fall below its intended level. This application note shows how to achieve an accurate RF output level by compensating for the I/Q attenuation - without modifying the test setup or using additional instruments.
R&S®NRPView has been replaced by software Power Viewer Plus, which is provided together with software R&S®NRP Toolkit.
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This Application Note describes how to test and perform measurements on mobile phones in compliance with the GSM standard using the R&S®CMU200 by means of the remote-control program CMUgo or manual operation.
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When Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Tax-Free NY plan was rolled out this spring, supporters said little or nothing about what the program might cost. The implication was that the plan would draw only companies that otherwise would not relocate or expand in New York.
The memo attached to the rebranded START-UP NY legislation said only that starting in fiscal year 2014-15 "there is a potential 'loss' resulting from forecasted future revenue growth."
The bill, the memo added, "does not include any direct costs to the state."
Little more than a month after Gov. Cuomo signed the bill into law, however, his Budget Division acknowledged that START-UP NY would indeed reduce growth in state tax receipts-and tax officials produced specific cost estimates.
In the three fiscal years ending in March 2017, state budget analysts estimate START-UP NY will reduce expected tax receipts by $68 million, $105 million and $150 million-a total of $323 million.
But the program allows eligible businesses and their employees to avoid paying an array of state and local taxes for a decade, so $323 million clearly is not the full cost. (Nor does it account for the impact on local government finances.)
When the governor and legislative leaders announced an agreement on the START-UP NY legislation, Mr. Cuomo said, "we desperately need to jump-start the upstate economy, and these new tax-free communities will give New York an edge like we've never had before when it comes to attracting businesses, startups and new investment."
Count us among a skeptical minority that has doubts about a program that favors relatively few businesses-out-of-state firms, startups and a limited group of others willing to locate in "tax-free communities" at SUNY campuses, some private universities and "strategically located" state-owned properties. As we asked before the bill was passed, if New York's problem is onerous taxes and regulations, why not reduce them for all businesses?
Others clearly think START-UP NY will do great things for upstate. Let's hope they are right. But New York taxpayers should not be told what such legislation is likely to cost only after it is enacted.
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text: Srihari, There was some discussion a while ago (2001) about the pros and cons of using NIS for clusters (it was on this mailing list). I can't put my finger on it right now. I hope Don and Greg chime in. However, we have not found there to be a problem copying files. There are simple scripts for copying files across a cluster and they can be made reasonably efficient via some tree algorithm. I'm not sure how well it scales to thousands of nodes, but it works well for us for all of those clusters Imentioned (and a few more). There are lots of little tricks you can do to automate the process. You can write a wrapper to allow users to change their passwords and then the new files are propagated (warning - be careful how you do this since there are some security implications). There are some other things that people have done as well. Has anybody explored LDAP in a cluster? How does it compare to NIS? Thanks! Jeff >Is there any serious performance/scalability issue to using NIS, as >opposed to copying the individual files to each and every node on the >cluster? Is this even a desirable option for large clusters, for >example? What if I need to add more accounts? I have to copy the files >all over again, right? Of course I can write scripts to automate the >whole process, but why not maintain a central user account database >using NIS? Can someone please elaborate on what the side effects are to >using NIS? > >Srihari > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: beowulf-admin at beowulf.org >>[mailto:beowulf-admin at beowulf.org] On Behalf Of RANGI, JAI >>Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 5:42 PM >>To: 'Jeffrey B. Layton' >>Cc: 'beowulf at beowulf.org' >>Subject: RE: Creating user accounts.... >> >> >> >>Yeah this is also a good idea, >> >>one line ftp can be done this way >>Root $ scp /etc/passwd root at node1:/etc/passwd >>it will ask for a password type the password and your done >> >>and do the same for all three files and on all nodes.. >> >>I was thinking of writing a script for this and run the >>script for that I >>was thinking of using scp command in batch mode by using the >>options -B like >>this and should not ask for password >> >>root $ scp -B /etc/passwd root at node1:/etc/passwd >>//but it says >>Permission denied (publickey,password). >>lost connection >> >>Any idea how to fix this >> >>Jeff: are you doing the same or do you have some better way >>to do it ?????? >> >>Jai Rangi >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Jeffrey B. Layton [mailto:laytonjb at bellsouth.net] >>Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 2:33 PM >>To: RANGI, JAI >>Cc: 'beowulf at beowulf.org' >>Subject: Re: Creating user accounts.... >> >>Jai, >> >> I personally prefer files. You make the account on the master >>node and then copy /etc/passwd, /etc/group, /etc/shadow, etc. >>to all of the nodes. It's worked well for us so far on several >>clusters (16 nodes, 64 nodes, 65 nodes, 26 nodes, 288 nodes). >> >>Good Luck! >> >>Jeff >> >> >> >>>What is the best way to create and manage user accounts on Beowulf, >>>Is there a way that you create account on Master node and >>> >>> >>all the slave >>node >> >> >>>will get information from Master node only. >>> >>>I was thinking of NIS, if you use NIS then still so you have >>> >>> >>to create >> >> >>>account on all the nodes. >>> >>> >>> >>>Jai Rangi >>>Unix System Administrator, Computing Services, >>>South Dakota State University >>>Brookings SD 57006. >>>email: jai_rangi at sdstate.edu >>>Ph: 605 688 4689 >>>Fax: 6056884605 >>>------------------------------------------------------- >>>In the world with no fences, why would you need Gates ? >>> - Linux >>>------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org >>>To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >>> >>> >>http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org >>To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) >>visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >> >> >> > > > >


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Over a year ago, not long after an early tweet from the event's twitter account, locals became aware that TED was coming to Bloomington. Thirteen months and countless meetings later, TEDx Bloomington materialized at the Buskirk-Chumley as a joyous celebration of the inspiration and experiences that flow through my Indiana hometown.
The content and sense of community exceeded expectations. The interaction with the TEDx national organization, however, made for a bittersweet experience. Without question, I'll attend any future TEDx events here, but I won't be organizing one again until the rules better integrate with local communities.
The Good
You didn't have to look very hard to see the immediate impact TEDx Bloomington had on our community. Although organizers were nervous about sales at the start of May, a surge in the final week got us to a break-even point and gave Buskirk-Chumley a lot of life in the process. The crowd was diverse, bringing together a number of niche groups in Bloomington that might not have been in the same room otherwise. Like the Combine before it, the lunch voucher program sent hundreds of people into downtown restaurants for a couple hours midday to make new connections and process the morning sessions. Online, our active Twitter community created a trending topic in #tedxbtown, equally alive with real-time commentary and the promise of turning these ideas into action.
From top to bottom, the lineup was brimming with interesting and engaging speakers, wonderfully curated by Luci McKean and Christian Long. One topic moved nicely into the next, bridged and augmented by the videos from other recent TED events. Sarah Smith-Robbins, aka @intellagirl, was tremendous as the day-long host for the four sessions. She was everything one would hope for from a host: poignant, funny, articulate. One of the reasons the day seemed so effortless was the quality of Sarah's transitions.
Spontaneous dance at the Buskirk-Chumley (video: Bob Molnar)
The talks with the greatest personal impact came in the "Learning" session. Most notable: Gever Tulley, author of 50 Dangerous Things, shared a philosophy of education that made my wife cry. The holistic arc Tulley described—exploring a broad topic, proposing and iterating a project, sharing the results, and reflecting on the process—would be ideal if it could be found in the public school across the street. This kind of educational opportunity is rare in Bloomington, unfortunately, and my family doesn't possess the means to seek out a place like Brightworks.
TEDx didn't let the talks live long on UStream, but high quality final cuts of all the talks will be uploaded to a YouTube channel by mid-June. That's where you can find Steve Volan's talk about living with Aspergers, one of a handful of strong candidates to be promoted to the rest of the world by the TED channel this summer. Ultimately, this is the biggest benefit the TED brand provides: the ability to showcase local minds on an international stage.
For me, spending all of those months in regular meetings gave me a wonderful perk: Most of the members of the local team of organizers are new additions to my life. I love listening to Kalynn Brower talk, because everything she says has an underlying energy that is infectious. Maarten Bout is certain to cross my path again and again, as his interests in parenting, theatre, and now the Combine overlap with mine. I got to spend some time with Gail Hale in her wonderful studio space, too. It is a sure thing that she'll find me volunteering to help build the whatsits and whodads that comprise her sets for events like Lotus. Deeper roots in Bloomington is a great ROI for a year's worth of work.
The Bad
My interest in TEDx Bloomington was to celebrate local community. That celebration began by helping co-curator Christian Long understand how the local tech scene had improved over the past several years*. I was delighted by how he embraced local organizers and our role in launching such a great event.
The other part of my mission was to find ways to include a broad swath of Bloomington beyond what we could fit in a theatre. Here, confusion and hand-tying created barriers that kept these activities, "Wisdom of Play" (WoP), from becoming what was envisioned:
The Wisdom of Play is a suite of community engagement activities designed around the theme of our local TEDx event, scheduled May 14. During the month of May, we plan a variety of public activities that explore play, experimentation, insight, risk, adventure, wonder, perception, and curiosity.
From conception, these public projects were intended to supplement the topics of conversation on Saturday. We wanted WoP to spread the ideas embedded in the theme in advance of the talks, allowing more people to participate in the community-wide discussion with some hands-on play. In addition to the projects that preceded—but did not compete with—TEDx Bloomington, an unconference facilitated the day after the main event would allow people to process their experiences and turn ideas into action. In short, the purpose of WoP was to help spread the ideas worth spreading.
WoP produced a smaller impact than expected. Planning was delayed as we tried to sort out the relationship between these activities and the organizing entities around TEDx Bloomington. The late start made it difficult to fund and grow awareness. When organizing something for the first time, there is always room for improvement. However, many of the hurdles were the byproduct of an unwillingness by TEDx national to embrace other local events.
TEDx has many rules guiding what the license holder can and cannot do. A lot of attention is paid to controlling their logo and domain name, of course, but WoP relied on neither. The rules are largely motivated by one fundamental TED concept: The event is free from corporate bias. Ignoring the gray area created by the corporate origins of many ideas worth spreading, it is pretty easy to accept this as a noble goal that should be supported.
The problem: the rules also broadly exclude participation in and reciprocation of other events in the community. It is telling that "other conferences and seminars" are lumped in with weapons manufacturers, ammunition and cigarette companies, online gambling, and sex-related businesses as unacceptable content for the official website. Ultimately, what prevented that site from acknowledging WoP projects in any way was a co-events clause emphasizing that TEDx events are stand-alone and not to be combined with other things.
Admittedly, WoP was pushing the envelope (although, there was precedent for it). Any attempt to operate outside of the prescribed TEDx window brought self-inflicted pain. We anticipated a clear separation of funding and parallel tracks for organizing, but not what amounted to a gag order. The assumption was that TEDx saw itself as becoming part of the local community. From my unique perspective as coordinator of this suite of seven projects, it doesn't appear the rules are interpreted that way.
When our first attempt at grassroots funding failed—Kickstarter is another odd thorn in the TEDx side, btw—WoP lost a couple projects and had to scale back a few others. Thanks to the generosity of a couple dozen people, who donated money and time to the effort, we still managed to play a week-long game, decorate some t-shirts, build an arcade, create a comic, and convince thirtysomething people to talk about what they can do with the wisdom they picked up this month. All of the projects were worthwhile endeavors that didn't get the opportunity to demonstrate their full worth.
The TEDx rules demand that "[y]our event must maintain the spirit of TED itself: cross-disciplinary, focused on the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world." WoP shared that vision, with the added motivation of cultivating an engaged, playful and reflective audience for the Bloomington talks. The question isn't whether TEDx was right to disassociate from these community projects, but why they would want to do so.
Next Year
The response to TEDx Bloomington has been overwhelmingly positive. Those who attended will likely rave about the on-site experience when tickets are available next year, and those who cannot go may again benefit from the high production value of the streaming video. The national speakers liked being here, as I'm certain you will see in the testimonials that will surface in the coming months. With a DVD to share, it will be much easier to explain and thus recruit sponsorship dollars in 2012. I'll be shocked if the Buskirk-Chumley doesn't sell out. In other words, there is no good reason not to expect another successful iteration of TEDx Bloomington in the future.
My added hope is that the quality of our event lends a voice to a conversation with TEDx national about developing new interpretations of their rules, to allow for mutually beneficial events to co-exist alongside the main talks. If they truly believe in their mission—ideas worth spreading—then it would help to acknowledge that doing so is a process that extends in both directions away from the stage with that familiar big red logo.
* For me, eyes opened in 2007 when we started organizing Bloomington Startup Weekend. We didn't get a new company out of it, but many of the connections initiated during that three-day weekend are still strong today. Since then, Twitter has helped keep our local network engaged.


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Affected versions
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Affected is PHP 5.3 <= 5.3.2
The vulnerability was discovered by Mateusz Kocielski with his Minerva PHP Fuzzer.
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Proof of concept, exploit or instructions to reproduce
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It is recommended to fix this vulnerability by using ecalloc() instead of emalloc() to allocate clean memory.


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\"It was really cool. It was kind of like a space-age experience,\" said Thida, one of the lucky few who got to take Google\'s prototype driverless car for a spin in the video above. The wraps were officially taken off the two-seater by the company\'s co-founder Sergey Brin late Tuesday, when Google revealed plans to start building hundreds of its prototype self-driving cars.
\"You\'re going to start seeing these driving around, and we want to explain what it is,\" Brin said at ReCode\'s Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., according to The Wall Street Journal. The cars are one of eight projects under development at the secretive Google X labs, the producer of Google Glass.
One thing you won\'t find is a steering wheel. Nor does it have mirrors, an accelerator pad or brake pedal, with software and sensors doing all the work and taking passengers where they want to go \"at the push of a button,\" explained Chris Urmson, director of the Self-Driving Car Project, in a blog on Google\'s website.
Safety is the most important aspect of this car, said Urmson. Sensors remove blind spots and can detect objects more than two football fields away in all directions.
But don\'t expect to go speeding down the freeway, wind blowing in your hair. You\'ll be lucky to get a gentle breeze as speeds for this car are capped at 25 mph. The inside is bare bones: two seats with seatbelts, a space for belongings, buttons to start and stop, and a screen that shows where passengers are going. It\'s light on creature comforts, as it\'s not designed for luxury, Urmson said.
The front of the car is built with foam, and the windshield is flexible to reduce injury in case of a collision, Ron Medford, director of safety for the Google project and a former U.S. Department of Transportation administrator, told Re/Code. If it malfunctions, a built-in redundant mechanical system takes over from the one that\'s failing.
And in a nod to smart-home technology, Google\'s Brin said in the future, anyone should be able to summon a self-driving car via their smartphone and have it arrive in minutes. He noted possibilities of partnerships with auto makers and app makers like Uber. Google\'s rival in technical wizardry, Apple , reportedly will reveal smart-home technology next week, in which your iPhone tells your house to turn the lights on when you get home.
So as not to take unsuspecting fellow drivers by surprise, Google said early test versions of the cars, with manual controls, will be cruising around California later this summer. If all goes well, a small pilot program could be launched in California in the next couple of years.
Google is not new to self-driving car technology, and its software systems have been used on Toyota Priuses and Lexus models. (Over 5 million people have watched this March 2012 video of legally blind Steve Mahan being taken for a ride in a self-driving Toyota Prius.) Plus, Google engineer Sebastian Thrun developed a robotic vehicle, Stanley, which won a $2 million prize from the U.S. Department of Defense. Urmson is also on that team.
But where might you be able to \"drive\" these? Nevada was one of the first to issue a license for an autonomous car in March 2012. Florida became the second in May of 2012, and California legalized the use of the cars in September 2012 for testing purposes.
As for reaction to the Google\'s self-driving car, some say it looks vaguely familiar:
There was also some carping about the design, with some unnerved by the \"bubble\" look.
And then there\'s this from the party-pooper crowd:
— Barbara Kollmeyer writes for MarketWatch. Follow her @bkollmeyer
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I'm a little concerned here about the "a" in "a markup result". I think it should say something like that it produces one or more responses directed to one or more recipients. I think that it might be useful to say that all participants in the transaction (requestor, responder and all recipients of responses) are identified by URI's and that all information flows are addressed via these URI's. Could you please tell me whether the following are web services? (Unless otherwise stated information flows are via XML addressed via URI's and all participants are identified by URI's). All scenarios start with "A sends a request to B". Then ... 1 - B sends a single response back to A. 2 - B sends an immediate response back to A, then another response two weeks later. 3 - B sends a request to C, receives a response from C and on the basis of that information sends a response to A. 4 - B does something but does not send a response to anyone. 5 - B sends responses to A and D. 6 - B sends multiple reponses to D and nothing back to A. 7 - B makes a telephone call to C and on the basis of that information sends a response to A. 8 - B sends a request to C, C sends a response back to A. 9 - B telephones C, C sends a response to A. My answer, and I really hope that we will agree on this, is that 1-7 are web services, 8 is an orchestration composed of two web services and 9 is a work flow outside the scope of web services. If we are agreed on this, it seems to me that it might be useful to call #1 a "simple web service", since a lot of the time I think that's what people are thinking of and there might be some designs, architectures or techniques that will only apply to that case. I would be very unhappy, however, if cases 2-7 were excluded without some really good reason. -----Original Message----- From: David Orchard [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 5:05 PM To: email@example.com Subject: RE: Web Service Definition [Was "Some Thoughts ..."] Now you're cooking! However, I think that the coupling to the web should a little explicit. How about: "A web component is a component accessed over HTTP or other messaging protocol, identified by a URI, and producing a markup result" "A web service is a web component that: is invoked using an XML message such as a SOAP message, via a well-defined message exchange pattern; and is defined by a description of the data required to invoke the service, such as a WSDL document; " So we refine the web component into a web service by mentioning SOAP and WSDL. I took some of your web service text and refactored it into the web component definition I'm not too keen on the addition of "usefully processed by conventional software without human intervention." because I can't figure out how to define "conventional software" nor "usefully" processed". I got rid of the term "unambiguous". This does beg the question of how to differentiate web services from xhtml, xslt, SVG - certainly HTTP is a well-defined MEP ;-) It seems to me that if you don't use SOAP AND you don't use WSDL, you probably don't have a web service. One criteria that I tend to like is that a Web service must have at least one of SOAP or WSDL. If somebody creates a non-soap XML document and ships it over HTTP to a URI that doesn't have a WSDL, that's just a web document/component. Question: Is anything describable by WSDL, like an XHTML page described by WSDL, a web service? I tend to think not, but it does fit in the WSDL definition. An xhtml document could go from a web page to a web service by simply being described in WSDL if this is the case - note the runtime messages didn't change at all. I thought about trying to differentiate soap/xml-rpc etc. from xhtml/xslt/svg, by saying that soap/xml-rpc are frameworks that "verticals" define. W3C defines xhtml/xslt/svg, whereas the contents of soap messages are defined outside the W3C. That is there is a separate namespace name that is required for the message to be meaningful. But this fails with the SOAP because a complete message could use just SOAP encodings. So the closest I could get on the "vocabulary" axis is that the XML exchanged is defined by SOAP or defined by a non-w3c xml vocabulary. This would exclude xhtml, svg, xslt and allow xml-rpc, ebXML, others. A bit tortuous, and I'm sure there are some xml vocabularies that people wouldn't think are web services. Maybe we should come up with a spreadsheet listing different xml vocabs/definitions and see if people think they are in scope of web services or not, like: xhtml, nowsdl: web xhtml, wsdl: web or web service? soap: web service myvocab, smtp, nowsdl: web or web service? myvocab, http, nowsdl: web or web service? myvocab, wsdl: web service. Then we do the karnaugh map for our web service definition. Cheers, Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: firstname.lastname@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com]On > Behalf Of Champion, Mike > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 2:09 PM > To: email@example.com > Subject: RE: Web Service Definition [Was "Some Thoughts ..."] > > > > Starting with the strawman proposal, and then applying some comments > that came up in email and the teleconference. > > > "A web service is is a software application or component > that can be > > accessed over the Internet using a > vendor/platform/language-neutral data > > interchange format to invoke the service and supply the response, > > using a rigorously defined message exchange pattern, and > producing a > > result that is sufficiently well-defined to be processed by > a software > > application." > > Comments (sorry, I'm in brain dump mode and won't cross-reference the > archives): > > First, how do we distinguish Web services from "the web" itself? A > sufficiently generic definition would imply that an arbirtrary web > page is a "web service" that supplies an HTML document. That is too > broad to be useful, IMHO. I just noticed that Microsoft has a "Global > XML Web Services > Architecture" that they refer to. > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en- > us/dngxa/html/ > gloxmlws500.asp > I'm not sure that this is meant as a definition, but this > says "XML Web > services are built on XML, ... (SOAP),... (WSDL), and ...(UDDI) > specifications." We should probably discuss each point > individually. I'm > willing to say that we are talking about *XML* web services > in which the > service is identified by some combination of URIs and XML, > and the result is > an XML instance. On the other hand, I'm reluctant to say > that "web services > *require* SOAP, WSDL, or UDDI, although each obviously is an > *example* of > role that might be critical to our definition. > > Is SOAP critical to the definition of a Web Service? There are two > very distinct positions on this question, as far as I know. One > is the SOAP-RPC > approach, which says that a URI identifies a fairly generic "endpoint" > (sortof like a function library) and the contents of the SOAP envelope > identify the specific function to be invoked and the parameters to be > passed. The other is the REST approach, which says that the > web service is a > "resource" as understood in the Web Architecture and the URI should > completely identify the service, the function, and the > parameters. SOAP > might be useful in a REST-ful web service (especially since > it is defined on > the InfoSet and not XML syntax, so could be encoded in URI > syntax ... and > could obviously be used to package up the result, but it is > not critical to > the *identification* of a REST web service. Do we want to > take sides in > this? I hope not ... we'll lose the W3C Director if we insist > on one, and > half the vendors if we insist on the other! <grin> So, I'd > say that a web > service is "unambiguously identified using Web technologies, > including a URI > and optionally an XML description such as a SOAP message". > > Next, WSDL is integral to IBM's definition, and an official W3C WG > now, so some imply we should explicitly reference it. This is a > show-stopper politically, in my humble opinion. The scripting people, > most notably Dave > Winer [a co-author of the original SOAP spec] are adamant > that an informal > document describing how to access a web service is > sufficient. I'd amend > the strawman to say that a web service must have a "clear > description of the > data required to invoke the service, such as a WSDL document." > > Someone mentioned that a machine-processable result (as opposed to a > human or an artificial intelligence) is integral to the definition. > The strawman > says "producing a result that is sufficiently well-defined to > be processed > by a software application." How about saying that a web > service must, by > definition, "produce a result that can be processed by conventional > software without human intervention." > > We talked about "orchestration" on the call. I got distracted for a > couple of minutes, but it appeared that we think this is not integral > to the definition of a web service, although potentially a topic that > the architecture should cover. > > So, here's the "son of strawman" definition (stickman?): > > "A web service is is a software application or component that: > > Is accessed over the Web (broadly defined) using HTTP or another > standard messaging protocol; > > Is identified and invoked using using Web technologies, including a > URI and optionally an XML description such as a SOAP messagem, via a > well-defined > message exchange pattern; > > Is defined by an unambiguous description of the data required to > invoke the service, such as a WSDL document; > > and Produces an XML result that can be usefully processed by > conventional software without human intervention." > > > > > > >Received on Friday, 22 February 2002 11:11:36 UTC
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Revision as of 09:59, 2 October 2012 by Andypiperuk.gmail.com (Talk | contribs) (→0.1 Build (4Q12) "M1": m1->m0)
Open Task list
- list of open Paho bugs
- Binary releases of C and Java clients for download
- LuaRock release of Lua client for download
- Tutorials for C and Java clients
- How to build and use C client on iOS
- Test suite
- Protocol compliance suite for reference implementations
- Raise MQTT Lua client to the same functional level as the C and Java client
- Update MQTT specification with mqtt.org / mailing list clarifications
- Some idea of potential code additions are on the page discussing the Repository structure.
The Paho project will target the Eclipse Kepler release (June 26th, 2013) with a 0.9 release under Incubator status, and two intermediate releases in 4Q12 and 1Q13.
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- C client line items
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Movies starring Vanessa Hudgens, Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner have begun filming in Los Angeles, adding some celebrity sizzle to brisk feature film activity this quarter.
Sony's Columbia Pictures has started production on "The Kitchen Sink," a movie starring Hudgens ("Sucker Punch" and "High School Musical") about teens who face an army of aliens with help from a group of vampires and zombies.
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Recipe: Apple & Cinnamon Whole Grain Breakfast Strata
I am so excited to present to you the winners of our Best Healthy Casseroles recipe contest! A quick overview: we asked you to share your favorite healthy casseroles. I picked my five favorites (which was very difficult!), and each will get a new Emile Henry casserole dish, and a copy of my new book, Not Your Mother's Casseroles. Our first winner is from reader Coco of Opera Girl Cooks, and it is a delicious yet not-too-sweet breakfast casserole, made with toasty whole grain bread and a filling of apples. Read on for the recipe, and why I liked it so much.
Why I chose Coco's casserole
Now, I love breakfast casseroles. I especially love those sugary, cream-laden casseroles that we all love to eat on Christmas morning and for weekend brunch. But I'm not going to eat these every week. Too rich! So I was very happy to see Coco's casserole, which called for only a very small amount of sugar. (If it's not sweet enough for you, serve with maple syrup!) The sweetness mostly comes from a layer of apples that soak into the bottom half of the casserole. So delicious! I did update the casserole, though, to use multi-grain bread. Use the heartiest, chunkiest stuff you can find; any additional good texture will just make the casserole better.
Also, a tip: I instruct you in the recipe to cut off the crusts of the bread. This will make for a smoother, more consistent texture in the final result. But don't worry — those crusts should not go to waste. In fact, doing this will help you get two-for-one out of one loaf of bread. Simply dry the crusts in the oven and make bread crumbs out of them. (You'll find plenty of uses for yummy homemade bread crumbs in this week's casserole recipes!)
This was just such a treat. My husband and I ate it for three days straight; it lasts beautifully in the fridge. It's also firm and cohesive enough that you could cut it in big slices and wrap them in wax paper for eating on the go.
I loved the mild sweetness of the casserole and the wonderful flavor of cinnamon and apples. It's a great way to start your morning.
Look for the rest of the casserole contest winners this week — we are posting one each day!
Coco's Notes
• What makes this recipe so great?
A special casserole deserves a special name, and so I'm calling this delicious creation a strata. Made from similar ingredients to French toast, but layered with care, it makes for a beautiful presentation whether served from a buffet or in individual slices. It's flavor lies somewhere between French toast and bread pudding, taken over the top with a filling of perfectly cooked, cinnamon-y apples and a not-too-sweet cream cheese glaze on top.
After you layer the ingredients into a baking dish, the unbaked strata can sit in the fridge for up to 24 hours, ready to pop into the oven about an hour before your guests arrive. And so, there is no need to scramble while you have company, doing that harried short-order cook routine that most egg dishes require. Simply remove your beautiful casserole from the oven, slice, and serve to your appreciative and impressed audience.
• What makes this casserole health(ier)?
When I set about making a sweet strata, I found lots of recipes for French toast casseroles and bread puddings online. Most of these were packed with sugar and butter, making for an awfully heavy way to start the day! By using only 1/3 cup sugar and adding sliced apples, I created a casserole that's just sweet enough to taste like a breakfast treat. To lighten up things even further, the recipe contains no butter or oil (save for a dab to grease the casserole dish) and uses 1% milk.
Apple & Cinnamon Whole Grain Breakfast Strata
Serves 6 to 8
2 cups
1% milk
1/3 cup
organic cane sugar OR dark brown sugar
2 teaspoons
vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons
cinnamon, plus extra for dusting
1/2 teaspoon
2 pounds
whole-grain loaf, sliced 1/4-inch thick crosswise
medium firm apples (about 1 1/4 pounds), cored and sliced 1/4-inch thick
- For the glaze:
3 ounces
cream cheese
2 tablespoons
agave syrup
2 tablespoons
1% milk
1/2 teaspoon
Lightly butter or oil a 9x13-inch casserole dish. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk the eggs thoroughly. Whisk in the milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg until thoroughly combined.
Cut the crusts off the bread slices, cutting each slice into a rectangular shape. Layer half of the bread slices in the bottom of the baking pan. Layer all of the apple slices on top of the bread. Top apple layer with the other half of the bread slices.
Pour the egg mixture over the layered bread and apples. Cover refrigerate overnight. (Note: The casserole can be baked immediately, but expect it not to be quite as dense and uniform in texture.)
When ready to bake, heat the oven to 350°F. Cover the strata with aluminum foil. Bake for 35 minutes, then remove foil and bake another 15 minutes. (Note: If your strata is coming straight out of the fridge, still cold, add an additional 10 minutes to the covered baking time.)
For the glaze, warm all of the ingredients together in the microwave or on the stovetop until quite soft. (I microwaved mine for 45 seconds.) Whisk thoroughly in a fork, then drizzle over the warm strata. Dust lightly with cinnamon.
Let the strata stand for 10 minutes to firm up, then serve with maple syrup and fresh fruit.
Recommended Side Dish
• Recipe: Lemon and Honey Fruit Salad
Winners receive:
• A copy of Faith's new book: Not Your Mother's Casseroles (Harvard Common Press, January 2011)
• A new casserole baker from Emile Henry's Urban line
(Images: Faith Durand)