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In the spirit of Thanksgiving, giving thanks in your career and job search can help you stand out from a saturated job-seeking market.
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"People love hearing from people who show gratitude and appreciation in your job, work and colleagues," says Scott Dobroski, community expert at career website Glassdoor.
When hiring managers were asked whether thank you notes made a difference, 64% said they were helpful, according to a survey from temping company Accountemps.
"In this job market, every little bit counts and gets noticed by the hiring manager," says Nicole Williams, LinkedIn's career expert.
Small gestures like a thank-you note after an interview can sway a hiring decision. "A lot of people don't send thank you notes and it's just another opportunity to sell yourself," says Julie Jansen, career coach and author of I Don't Know What I Want, But I Know It's Not This. It's a way to reinforce your strengths and clarify points in the interview disguised in a thank you.
Thank-you and follow-up notes give another opportunity to reinforce your experience and showcase your personality. "Recruiting and hiring managers stress that cultural fit is key and they want to know if you'll fit in with the team," says Amanda Augustine, job search expert at TheLadders. Fitting in well with a team is a huge deciding factor for your success at a new company.
What Should You Write?
Experts recommend keeping the note short—no more than three short paragraphs. "Thank whoever you met with for their time, what you specifically enjoyed about the discussion and point out follow up," recommends Dobroski.
Reinforce points from the interview and address any challenges or problems, says Augustine. This will help you advance your position among other candidates and give the company a reason to bring you back. "Take a moment after the interview and think if there are any objections or reluctance that you can clarify or elaborate on that will help advance you to the next round."
Don't forget to add a personal touch by mentioning a product, network or professional organization that may have been brought up in conversation and that you are following up on, advises Williams. "Add that you appreciate [his or] her time and admire [his or] her work—a little sincere validation goes a long way."
At the end of your note, Dobroski suggests including, "I look forward to speaking with you again. Thank you for the opportunity."
Proofread your note several times to make sure there are no spelling or grammar mistakes and be sure to include your contact information.
"Sending a message full of mistakes is just as bad as sending nothing," says Augustine.
How and When to Send the Note
The content of a thank-you note stays the same no matter the delivery method—but is it better to handwrite a note and send it in the mail or type an email?
"Startups expect something sooner than three to four days after the interview—email gives us that capability," says Augustine.
For electronic notes, send a simple email without any bells and whistles—do not send an ecard, says Dobroski. "When you're trying to make a professional impression on someone, cards with graphics and bright colors are unprofessional." Dobroski recommends sending an email within 48 hours.
Traditional companies will most likely expect handwritten notes, according to Augustine. "If you're not sure, do what you're most comfortable with and send something thoughtful."
Depending on the position your thank you note can help demonstrate your skillset, says Augustine. If you're applying for design positions, consider something creative that showcases your talent like a card that you designed.
If you decide to send handwritten notes, experts recommend using a card with a blank inside that says "Thank you" on the outside and mailing them the same day as your interview.
Don't Use Social Media
"Stay away from social media unless you're applying for a social media job," says Dobroski. If you do decide to use social media, send a direct message to that person.
Tweeting a thank you or sending a public message could disqualify you from a job. "For a majority of companies, hiring processes are kept private and hiring managers may not want to get called out by name."
What's Next?
Experts recommend following up with the hiring manager a week or two after the interview. "Add value in the follow up and keep the dialog going on a business level—mention something that's applicable to the job or company," says Jansen.


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HILLSBORO, ORE., May 4, 2012 – The bucolic campus of the Lawrenceville School, a centuries-old boarding school in Lawrenceville, N.J., is home to 6.1 megawatts of high-performance solar panels from SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer for more than 35 years. The sprawling photovoltaic system, ground-mounted on 30 acres of school-owned farm land, is believed to be the largest installed at a U.S. primary or secondary school. It will generate enough electricity to offset 90 percent of the high school's annual power needs and provide a centerpiece to the school's holistic approach to environmental stewardship.
The system features 24,934 SolarWorld solar panels, manufactured at the company's U.S. headquarters in Hillsboro, Ore., and mounted on single-axis trackers to maximize energy production. The array is designed to produce approximately 9,264,000 kilowatt hours of solar electricity each year, enough to power the equivalent of more than 800 typical American homes, and to offset 6,388 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually, the equivalent of taking 1,253 cars off the road. The Lawrenceville School solar farm is also home to nearly 900,000 resident honey bees, nourished by a special wildflower mixture planted among and around the solar panels.
The project was developed by TurtleEnergy of Linden, N.J., (formerly a subsidiary of Turtle and Hughes, Inc.). It was purchased in 2011 by KDC Solar of Bedminster, N.J., which completed the development and constructed the project. KDC Solar leased the land for the project from the school and owns and maintains all of the solar equipment. Through a power purchase agreement, the Lawrenceville School will buy electricity produced by the array over the next two decades.
"A solar installation of this magnitude serves as an inspirational reminder to the Lawrenceville School's students and the surrounding community that we have the technology and ingenuity to solve our planet's most pressing environmental challenges," said Kevin Kilkelly, president of SolarWorld Americas. "By securing the school's energy rates for years to come, the system represents a sound financial investment as well."
Today, Lawrenceville students, alumni, faculty and staff celebrate the system's completion with a dedication ceremony and tour. The solar farm is a pivotal element of the school's Green Campus Initiative, a holistic approach to sustainability that focuses on campus energy, materials, land and water use, applying methods that promote ecological literacy and involve the community outside of the school.
"The Lawrenceville School has become a national leader among secondary schools for its commitment to sustainability. We also look forward to the many learning opportunities the Solar Farm will provide to our students and the local community," said Head Master Liz Duffy. "The School community will have access to a wealth of real-time monitoring information ranging from where the panels are currently positioned, to how much power is being generated, to how much energy a specific campus building is using, and much more. I am excited about the creative ways our teachers and students will use that data to help build a healthier, more sustainable world for future generations," she said.
Founded in 1810, The Lawrenceville School offers a comprehensive, coeducational program for more than 800 students, grades nine through post-graduate, who come from 29 states and 35 countries. The School is located on 700 acres in the historic village of Lawrenceville, N.J.
Lisa M. Gillard Hanson
Director of Public Relations
The Lawrenceville School
2500 Main Street
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Phone: 609-620-6004
SolarWorld manufactures and sells solar power solutions and in doing so contributes to a cleaner energy supply worldwide. As the largest solar producer in the United States and Europe, SolarWorld employs about 3,200 people and carries out production in Hillsboro, Ore., and Freiberg and Arnstadt, Germany. From the raw material silicon to solar wafers, cells and panels, SolarWorld manages all stages of production ‒ including its own research and development. The company maintains high social standards at all locations across the globe and is committed to resource- and energy-efficient production. Headquartered in Bonn, Germany, SolarWorld was founded in 1998 and has been publicly traded on the stock market since 1999. For more information, visit www.solarworld-usa.com.
Devon Cichoski
Media relations manager
SolarWorld Industries America
4650 Adohr Lane
Camarillo, CA 93012
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Dawson hoping for England recall
Tottenham captain Michael Dawson hopes his recent good form will earn him a "dream" recall to the England squad.
Andre Villas-Boas made Dawson available for transfer last summer, but he chose to rebuff QPR's overtures and stayed at Tottenham, where he has since broken back into the first team. Reports on Wednesday morning suggested Dawson could be included in the Three Lions squad for this month's World Cup qualifiers against San Marino and Montenegro.
The 29-year-old has not played for England for almost two years and admits he would love to earn a recall. "It would be a dream (to be recalled)," the centre-back told TalkSPORT.
He added: "I got asked this question when I first got back in to the Spurs team. Then, I just had to concentrate on staying in the Tottenham team.
"Now I'm playing regularly for Tottenham...Fingers crossed. It would be nice to get that England call-up."
Villas-Boas recently admitted he made a mistake by letting Dawson speak to QPR, and the player himself is grateful to the Portuguese for giving him a second chance at Spurs.
"The gaffer has been very honest with me from day one," the former Nottingham Forest man said.
"I spoke to him after pre-season and he told me there might not be as many opportunities as I would have liked. It was my decision to stay and fight for my position.
"I was out there every day training hard and thankfully the manager has seen that and he has put me back in.
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The Java Message Service Specification requires that a connection provide a unique client identifier whenever the broker must maintain a persistent state on behalf of a client. Message Queue uses such client identifiers to keep track of durable subscribers to a topic destination. When a durable subscriber becomes inactive, the broker retains all incoming messages for the topic and delivers them when the subscriber becomes active again. The broker identifies the subscriber by means of its client identifier.
While it is possible for a client application to set its own client identifier programmatically using the connection object's setClientID method, this makes it difficult to coordinate client identifiers to ensure that each is unique. It is generally better to have Message Queue automatically assign a unique identifier when creating a connection on behalf of a client. This can be done by setting the connection factory's imqConfiguredClientID attribute to a value of the form
The characters ${u} must be the first four characters of the attribute value. (Any character other than u between the braces will cause an exception to be thrown on connection creation; in any other position, these characters have no special meaning and will be treated as plain text.) The value for factoryID is a character string uniquely associated with this connection factory object.
When creating a connection for a particular client, Message Queue will construct a client identifier by replacing the characters ${u} with ${u:userName}, where userName is the user name authenticated for the connection. This ensures that connections created by a given connection factory, although identical in all other respects, will each have their own unique client identifier. For example, if the user name is Calvin and the string specified for the connection factory's imqConfiguredClientID attribute is ${u}Hobbes, the client identifier assigned will be ${u:Calvin}Hobbes.
This scheme will not work if two clients both attempt to obtain connections using the default user name guest, since each would have a client identifier with the same ${u} component. In this case, only the first client to request a connection will get one; the second client's connection attempt will fail, because Message Queue cannot create two connections with the same client identifier.
Even if you specify a client identifier with imqConfiguredClientID, client applications can override this setting with the connection method setClientID. You can prevent this by setting the connection factory's imqDisableSetClientID attribute to true. Note that for an application that uses durable subscribers, the client identifier must be set one way or the other: either administratively with imqConfiguredClientID or programmatically with setClientID.


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Thanks to the Valerie Plame investigation, the First Amendment lies in tatters on the ground, and a chilling effect has already started to freeze out press sources.
That's what many reporters and academics would have you believe. But now that the Plame investigation has ended, and all the subpoenas and threats of subpoenas are history, I don't buy it. The press (including me) may have overreacted in regarding special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald as some sort of Torquemada, and our fears of a shredded First Amendment are starting to look a little overwrought.
If the press needs somebody to blame for the last four years of First Amendment anxiety, it need look no further than the vice president's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr. If he had told investigators the truth or even claimed Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination when they came knocking, the press would likely have been spared.
The Intelligence Identities Protection Act that prompted the investigation is an asinine law and should be repealed. Yet no discussion of the Plame inquiry is complete without noting that many in the press encouraged the government's wide-ranging investigations, particularly the New York Times editorial page. When Attorney General John Ashcroft finally recused himself from the investigation and his deputy appointed Fitzgerald as the case's special prosecutor at the end of December 2003, the Times editorial page clapped its hands and said, yeah! Only after Fitzgerald started questioning reporters did the Times have second thoughts.
Fitzgerald had evidence before him the day he took the case that some say should have ended the investigation right there. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage had already volunteered to the FBI that he was a source of the Plame leak to columnist Robert Novak, as first reported by Michael Isikoff and David Corn in their book, Hubris. But the day Fitzgerald took the case, he also had on his desk Libby's claim to investigators that he'd learned of Plame's identity from NBC News' Tim Russert and Russert's statement to FBI Agent Jack Eckenrode that he'd told Libby nothing. When Libby repeated that lie before a federal grand jury in March 2004, Fitzgerald had every reason to believe Libby was lying to cover up a crime or stymie the investigation. (Feeling confused? Print this Associated Press timeline of the Plame case and keep it by your side.)
Libby had two reasons to lie: One, he knew sharing Plame's identity may have violated the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, worth a 10-year prison term. If he lied, he might get away with it, as most leak investigations collapse and nobody gets prosecuted, not even for perjury. Gaming it out in his head, Libby might have thought, So, why confess? Two, he might have lied to protect Vice President Cheney from Fitzgerald's deeper queries. We still don't know what Cheney's complete role in the Plame outing was.
The popular image painted of Fitzgerald by the press (again, I'm one of the painters) is that he used subpoenas and threats of subpoenas to extract the leaker's identity from reporters. The Los Angeles Times' Tim Rutten expresses that view in a recent column that belittles Fitzgerald. Rutten writes that Fitzgerald didn't break the case with a "meticulous FBI investigation" or "brilliant courtroom interrogation." Fitzgerald "simply dragged the journalists who had written or reported on the Plame affair before a federal grand jury and threatened them with jail unless they revealed their sources of information."
That's not exactly true. Fitzgerald and the FBI had made serious headway in the case long before he subpoenaed journalists. Not until May 2004 did he call the first journalists, Russert and Time magazine's Matthew Cooper, to testify. Far from dragging all the reporters before the grand jury to spill the beans on their sources, Fitzgerald strove to reach what everybody—except journalists—might now call reasonable middle ground to collect the truth about the alleged crime. He took testimony from Washington Post reporter Glenn Kessler (see his statement), a deposition from subpoenaed Washington Post reporter Walter Pincus, and a deposition from Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward. How intrusive was Woodward's interrogation? Woodward, who got releases from his sources, said on Larry King Live, "I was able to answer every question."
Fitzgerald subpoenaed Judith Miller in August 2004 because he needed to prove that Libby had spoken to Miller about Plame weeks before his alleged conversation about Plame with Russert. (She fought the subpoena to the legal end and ultimately spent time in jail before accepting Libby's "waiver.") Cooper agreed to give a deposition about his Libby contacts—after which Fitzgerald famously demanded more information from Cooper with another subpoena.
I won't defend any of these subpoenas, but if it's motives and methods we're talking about, it now seems clear that Fitzgerald used that big club solely to prove Libby's justice-obstructing lies. Those lies gave him good reason to believe the scandal might extend up the chain of command to the vice president. If Libby was lying about Russert, was he lying about Cheney's role?
To put a finer point on it, was Libby consciously using the press as a shield, thinking no prosecutor would dare rile reporters by using subpoena power to puncture his lies? If Libby used the press consciously, he gives every reporter a paradox to consider: If journalists are in the business of finding and printing the truth, how tolerant should we be of liars, especially liars whose lies bring subpoenas down on the press?
Fitzgerald tried to make the case that he wasn't a runaway prosecutor at an October 2005 press conference where he announced charges against Libby. He claimed that his investigation wasn't an "exceptional case," that it was conducted on "narrow grounds," and that he had followed the Department of Justice guidelines that call for prosecutors to exhaust every alternative source before subpoenaing journalists. He reiterated his view at a post-conviction press conference, adding that "resorting to questioning reporters should be a last resort in the very unusual case." Lip service or his genuine sentiment? You be the judge.
After the Libby conviction, New York Times reporter Adam Liptak gathered distressing quotations from the First Amendment lobby about the case's chilling effect on journalism. Yet during the years that the Plame investigation lumbered on, shedding one reporter subpoena after another, rumors of a new big chill have not deterred the whistle-blowers who have helped newspapers break big stories about secret prisons, secret NSA surveillance, and secret bank-monitoring programs.
In the post-Libby era, confidential sources will still "need" reporters. It will always be risky for a source to leak to the press, but if I were one, I'd worry less about a subpoenaed reporter undoing me and a lot more about the usual polygraphs, phone records, physical surveillance, wiretaps, computer audits, and security cameras.
Why wasn't Karl Rove indicted? Hubris reports that he almost was, but proving Rove perjured himself because he couldn't recall a conversation with Cooper that he later recalled when an e-mail refreshed his memory would have been difficult. Libby, on the other hand, told investigators and the grand jury something very specific about what Russert told him, which could be disproved—and was to the satisfaction of a jury. Share your convictions at firstname.lastname@example.com. (E-mail may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise. Permanent disclosure: Slate is owned by the Washington Post Co.)


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Installation instructions for a MacBook Pro
Main steps:
1) Backup your data.
2) Partition your OS X drive.
3) Install boot loader.
4) Install (& update) Linux, first adding boot, Linux, and swap partitions.
5) PlanetCCRMA-lize your Linux.
Acquiring Fedora Media
You can borrow Install DVD's from SysAdmin anytime. You can also download your own to your Mac, by visiting Fedora. You can save a bunch of time and consternation by checking the media integrity right away. Use the following command line to determine the SHA1SUM checksum (takes a few minutes). Compare this output string to the one provided by Fedora [1]. Ignore the verify instructions on that page, they are for Linux, but you can find the checksums here: 'Install DVD/Rescue CD > i386' The checksums strings should match exactly. If not, you've got a corrupt download, and you'll have to try again. This doesn't happen often, but it's worth the extra few minutes.
openssl dgst -sha1 Fedora-9-i386-DVD.iso
Burn it to DVD with Disk Utility: Images > Burn ... Disk Utility can be found here: /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility
Prep the Mac, Start Fedora Installation
1. Update firmware (run software update or download latest OS from Apple)
2. Plug into power source; connect to internet via Ethernet.
2. Start OS X Disk Utility (Utilities menu): select top hard drive icon, click "Partition" tab.
Here's what it looks like before you do anyting.
You can now reduce the size of your Mac HD partition by selecting the target size of your new smaller partition. I chose a size of 50GB for PlanetCCRMA. You'll need at least 15GB for all PlanetCCRMA packages, plus some extra for your home directories. The choice is up to you. You have two options: Enter the target size (total HD size - 50GB, for me) directly in the field: 'Volume Information > Size' or drag the botton right corner up until your desired size shows in: 'Volume Information > Size'. Click "Apply", wait (can take some time).
You can see here the space for your new installation at the bottom of the 'Volume Scheme.'
3. Custom install rEFIt, making sure to select "rEFIt File System Drivers".
Restart to check rEFIt install (might take 2 reboots, rEFIt screen shows before OSX boot).
4. Start installation of Fedora 8 (32-bit version from DVD -- get from CCRMA sys admin) -- restart and boot from DVD (select Linux penguin as option from rEFIt menu). Note: beware of trackpad sensitivity. This part takes about 30 minutes.
On DVD installer boot: Select first option "Install or upgrade an existing system". Skip disk check. Fedora installation app starts. Choose language and keyboard.
Boot, Linux, & Swap Partitioning
5. Partitioning:
First dropdown menu: Create custom layout; click "Next". New window: click on free partition box; click "New".
Make 3 partitions:
1-Boot partition: /boot mount point, ext3 filesystem, select 200MB fixed size; click "OK".
2-Linux partition: /boot mount point, ext3 filesystem, select fixed size you want in MB (eg: 84000 = 84GB); click "OK".
3-Swap partition: swap filesystem, select fixed size (RAM size x 2); click "OK".
Click "Next", accept defaults for next few sections.
Finish Fedora Install & Update, PlanetCCRMA-lization
6. Finish Fedora installation -- click "Next" to install Fedora.
7. Reboot computer, choose Linux Penguin icon from rEFIt menu, boot into Linux, follow instructions to do system setup.
8. Update Fedora: while plugged into Ethernet internet, in a terminal as root (su) type:
~> yum upgrade
This can take two hours or more, depending on size & download speed.
8. PlanetCCRMA Fedora 8 installation
9. Soundcard detection via: System>Administration>Soundcard Detection.
rEFit boot loader What is EFI [2]?
Fedora8 on MacBook Pro (Santa Rosa 3,1)
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Séminaire (axe DALI) Virtual Worlds, Young Learners, and Language Learning (16/11/2012)
Conférencier invité : Randall Sadler, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Date : vendredi 16 novembre, 10h-12h, salle 112 à Gergovia
Thème : Virtual Worlds, Young Learners, and Language Learning
One of the main strengths of Virtual Worlds like Second Life is that they provide a multiuser 3-D environment that may be used for either classroom-based or autonomous language learning. While most of the research into the use of VWs has focused on older language learners, VWs also have great potential for young learners, for whom a 'virtual' life is now normal. While Second Life is one of the most popular VWs at the current time, there are a number of other VW platforms that, taken together, dwarf Second Life in terms of users. A few of these include : Active Worlds, Entropia Universe, Club Penguin ; and MMOGs like the World of Warcraft, Runescape, Lineage II, etc. In addition to these worlds, there are also more customized environments such as Croquet and OpenSimulator. This presentation will provide an overview of Virtual Worlds and their place in education, followed by a discussion of an ongoing (2 years so far) telecollaboration project that makes use of Second Life with groups of students located in Canada, Spain, and Austria. Starting when the students were six years-old the VW was used for a variety of functions ranging from teaching directions to creating custom machinima used by the students for a unit focused on healthy habits. The venues used for the research will be shown in the VW itself, and images and movies of the collaboration will be discussed.
Randall Sadler is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he teaches courses on Computer-Mediated Communication and Language Learning (CMCLL), Virtual Worlds and Language Learning (VWLL) and Teaching of Second Language Reading and Writing. His main research focus is on the role of technology in language learning, with a particular focus on how Virtual Worlds may be used to enhance that process. He has published in these areas in journals including the Journal of English for Academic Purposes, CALICO Journal, and Computers & Education. His latest book, Virtual Worlds, Telecollaboration, and Language Learning : From Theory to Practice will be published by Peter Lang. He is also the co-owner of the EduNation Islands, which are located in the Virtual World Second Life, where he may often be found in the guise of his avatar Randall Renoir.


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WTF? Moment Of The Week: Korean Man Marries A Pillow! (Of An Anime Character)
The first marriage between a korean man and his dakimakura (a body pillow with a picture on it) of the character Fate Testarossa from the majokko Anime series Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha.
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When you buy a new car, you generally know what you're going to get. When you tune that car, things can be a bit more of a mixed bag.
There are very reputable tuning shops around the world where you can trust that your car will be returned to you better, cooler, and faster than when you dropped it off.
Sometimes people leave their cars at their buddy's shop, and they end up with their battery held down with twine and their engine totally kaboomed. At least, that's what allegedly happened to a particularly hapless GT-R owner recently.
So to all you forum junkies out there - what's the most astounding tuning shop fuckup you've ever seen? To qualify there must be evidence of the damage, so don't just say that your friend got his 350Z turned into a rusty shitpile one time and you never got pics. Well, do say that, just go get pics, too.
(QOTD is your chance to answer the day's most pressing automotive questions and experience the opinions of the insightful insiders, practicing pundits and gleeful gearheads that make up the Jalopnik commentariat. If you've got a suggestion for a good "Question Of the Day" send an email to tips at jalopnik dot com.)
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Is Wikipedia As Important As The Great Pyramids?
Wikipedia is one of the most important websites on the internet. It's also one of the most self-important. Now, Wikipedians are trying to get the site listed alongside the Grand Canyon and the Pyramids on the UN's "world heritage list."
Wikipedia is launching a petition drive to become the first digital world heritage site. Founder Jimmy Wales tells the New York Times that "The basic idea is to recognize that Wikipedia is this amazing global cultural phenomena that has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people." All true!
The problem is that to be included on the World Heritage List alongside the Great Wall of China, Wikipedia must be found "to represent a masterpiece of human creative genius," which it's not. Now, we like dorking around on Wikipedia as much as the next person. And Wikipedia's startlingly complete entry on "The Muppets" is a masterpiece of… something. We would all be worse off without Wikipedia, for sure.
But Wikipedia resembles less the masterpiece of a genius than the fixation of an idiot savant. You know: grinding out articles through endless pedantic debate. Wikipedia's strength lies in thousands volunteers who care desperately about things most people have never even heard of. And this works great, most of the time! But making risky choices, demonstrating unorthodox thinking—the hallmarks of genius—are a quick way to get your Wikipedia edits swarmed by a thousand angry moderators and bombed into oblivion.
Wikipedia is about as much a "masterpiece of human creative genius" as 4chan. [New York Times, image via AP]


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7/15 All-Star memories
The All-Star Game was unbelievable. A couple lockers down from me was Albert Pujols, right around the corner, Chris Carpenter, Roy Halladay, Ubaldo Jimenez, the Great One. The whole experience was unbelievable. I think what really capped it off was after I made that throw, after the game, having the other All-Star outfielders come up to me and say that was a heck of a play. You go out there and just try to execute and play hard. It's the All-Star Game, and being recognized by your peers, them voting me in, and at the same time, great play, and you start realizing, "Hey, I can play this game a little bit."
I'm the guy who flies under the radar, I try to do small things to help the team. My defense has kept me in the game. The walk to keep the game going to let the MVP, Brian McCann, come through, just little things like that, it was fun. I was really glad I was part of it.
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Hi Marlon!
First and foremost, you were the story of the All-Star Game! I mean the broadcasters told your story, you came through and scored the third run…and everybody that's anybody was talking about that throw to get Big Poppy out at the water cooler on Wednesday morning! I know it's spelled "Big Papi" but writing it that way makes it easier for me to deliver my next line. I'll give you ten bucks if the next time you see him you call him "Big Poopy"!!!! I will too. Just let me know.
Let me tell you a little story, Marlon. I decided to show the kind of hustle you're known for on Saturday…I know it's confusing but our church league softball team had a game on Saturday last week to make up a game we missed due to inclement weather a few weeks ago on a Sunday. I know we usually only play Sundays, but this was an exception! So, anyway, there I am rounding first after a hit to right field and I don't know if the runner in front of me is going to third or not. Turns out he was so I head over to second, but they decided to try to get ME out! I had to slide Marlon, it was that or be out. I slid and we don't play on really nice dirt like you do. I imagine that Major League Dirt comes from heavenly clouds, but the stuff we play on comes from a concrete factory out in Jersey. Then they take some drying compound that's nothing more than sharp gravel capable of embedding itself deep into your dermis and lay it over the top. Anyway, Marlon, I left some skin on the field there that day. What? What's that you say? Oh yeah, Marlon, I was safe…and we won. We're starting to gel…like Ma-gel.
SOOOOOOOOOO…I have to coach this Sunday because my brother-in-law Andy is out traipsing across the midwest to visit his family. He just posted a picture on Facebook of some sweet Rex Kwondo pants he saw at a store. You midwesterners are CRAZAYYYY! You wouldn't remember because you were busy tearing it up in Texas, but Mr. T rocked some Rex Kwondos when he sang at Wrigley last year. The raddest part of my ensemble right now is an Ace bandage to cover up my oozing leg wound.
My brother-in-law Andy also posted a picture on Facebook of my sister-in-law Tara and their two kids (my niece and nephew…names withheld) as they were getting on the plane. It said something like "there's nothing like flying with two toddlers" and I said something like "sure there is, how about juggling cats?" Oh man, that's something, isn't it? Juggling cats!
Well, Marlon…I hope you find happiness. You seem like a good dude and the Lord has plenty of work left for you. Remember, when you're in shorts on hardpan, don't slide. Just take the out. What am I saying? You don't have that kind of quit in you! Keep on rockin! BOOYAH!
God bless you Marlon!!! You always seem to play your heart out in any game you play…thank you for representing the Chicago Cubs!! You made this die-hard Cubs fan proud!!
That was a hellluva play Marlon. Also, great AB working an 0-2 count into a walk that set the table for McCann's double. It's great to have you as a Cub. I'm looking forward to you guys running down that clown Votto and the Reds in the second half.
Marlon……well done, well done indeed! Are you having as much fun as you appear to be? It's a joy to watch you play the game.
Thank God for Marlon Byrd. You have been a bright spot in an otherwise bad season. Maybe the rest are finally going to follow. Keep up the good work. Forget Joey Votto. He is just a jerk!
I enjoyed the All Star Game immensely, especially when you got your chance to play. I will long remember the 0-2 walk, the THROW from right, and even your smiles in your last at bat when you got the pitcher to smile when he realized you weren't going to swing at his low garbage. Doesn't matter that you struck out. Showing how much you love the GAME and love playing in it every second, that was truly inspirational. Thank you Marlon for playing the way you do and thank you for the memories.
As another poster pointed out, you have been the bright spot in an, otherwise, disappointing season. The great AB and the heads-up play on the throw from RF are typical of the way you've played all season. It's refreshing to see someone in a Cub uniform playing the game the "right way".
Thanks, and have a great second half!!
Thank you for being the class act for the Cubs. Even with this season how it is, it always seems like you're smiling and having fun (I'd be smiling all the time too if I got to play for the Cubs) and that's how it should be. Like when you were at the plate against Jose Valverde in Anaheim, even the broadcasters made a note of the smiling.
It's easy to give the MVP to the guy who gets the hit to drive in the runs but if you wouldn't have worked that count into a walk the runs may have never scored. Plus, that play in right was an MVP moment because to me that killed any rally the American League was building upon.
Good luck the rest of the year, have fun, and we (the fans) will always have your back even after your playing days are done on the Northside.
While the play to throw out Ortiz was a huge deal, that wasn't your best play of the game. Your best play, in my opinion, was the key play of the game overall. It was that walk you took in the top of the 7th… coming back from being down 0-2, fouling off pitch after pitch after pitch, and eventually getting on base. Most All Stars would have simply shrugged it off had they managed to strike out after starting off the AB that way. You, however, fought long and hard enough to get on base which way you could. Doing that kept the inning going, loading the bases with 2 outs. Of course, 2 pitches later McCann brought everyone home…. including you… hustling around third.
I've come to love watching you play. Each time I see you hustling and bustling around the bases or to make a big play in CF, I say "Byrdman's flyin".
It is the small things you do that help the team most, and they amplify the big things you do. Keep up the incredible work, Byrdman!
First of all, you made all of us Cub fans very proud on the All Start field. You represented us well! We are so glad you are part of the Cubs team!
Secondly, your love of the game, your ability to bring your teammates together is what makes you the player I hope all little leaguers look up to.
Keep doing what you do Marlon. We love to watch you play!
Patty Winn
Taylorville, IL
Thanks so much for representing our team and our city with such class and spirit! You made me proud on Tuesday to be a Cubs fan. You will see in the future that you will have become a legend in this city to a greater or lesser degree, for playing the game the way the fans want to see it played. Thanks for helping to make baseball the great game that it really is.
Right now, as a Cubby, your are my favorite player. You have a .300+ AVG. You have some of the most hits in the NL. You are by far one of (if not the best) fielders at Wrigley. I've seen your performances this year, and i gotta say, I'm so glad you came here to boost our team. You are definitely All-Star material. And when you threw out Big Papi all the way from right field, I was not at all surprised. I may be some kid from Nebraska, but I will go with the Cubs all the way to the ends of the earth because of players like yourself. Congratulations, man!
It was great to watch you put just as mmuch heart into the All-Star game as you do any other. Even though, the Cubs will most likely not need to worry about home field advantage because we probably aren't going to the playoffs. I hope that whatever team does represent the NL in the World Series (hopefully not the Cardinals) will remember you're walk to set up the 3 run double and your fantastic play to nail Ortiz in the 9th as the reason they get the home field in the Series. You are a great player and a hard worker, both are appreciated by this fan, and from what I read, ALL Cubs fans. Keep it up Marlon, we love having you!
Joey Votto says "Hi"…no he doesn't…Go Reds!
Marlon you went out there at the AS game and made every die hard Cubs fan proud, it felt so good to see what was undoubtedly the defensive play of the game to be made by a player in a Cubs uniform, I think this is just the first of many AS appearances for you.


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"Romantic comedy" doesn't have to be a shameful term in the film world anymore, director Michael Mohan said.
Despite its stigma, the term didn't stop Cucalorus festival-goers from catching a screening Saturday afternoon of the director's new film, "Save the Date," a quirky romantic comedy that falls more in line with films such as "Reality Bites" and "Singles" than more formulaic examples of the genre.
"Romantic comedy has gotten to be such a dirty word," the indie director told audience members during a Q & A after the film. "I didn't think of it as a romantic comedy when we started and it didn't feel like a drama. Hopefully, we can hearken back to a period before they were known as this bad thing."
Mohan, whose short "Ex-Sex" played last year's festival, returns to Cucalorus with a comedy that follows a struggling illustrator and bookstore manager (Lizzy Caplan) who experiences emotional vulnerability in the run-up to her sister's wedding (played by "Community" star Alison Brie).
Other cast members include Geoffrey Arend, Martin Starr and Mark Webber. (Webber was in Wilmington this spring filming "Jessabelle," a indie horror.)
The story, which is based loosely on the life of artist and comic Jeff Brown (whose drawings also are featured in the movie), never changed during the 20-day shoot, Mohan said. In it, Mohan said he wanted to capture a sense of skepticism he thinks his generation has about commitment and marriage that he believes is partly due to the increase in divorce among his peers' parents.
"I wanted to keep the visual style and story simple," he said. "Our generation, I think we're kind of skeptics. To me, the core of the movie is, despite this horrible grey cloud that's hanging over us, we can't stop ourselves from being vulnerable. Because sometimes, it will work out."
Caplan, whose character seems to flee as soon as she gets too close to something real, has a tough time letting her guard down.
"There's no antagonists in my life and there's none in the movie. She's sort of her own antagonist," Mohan says. "I don't want it to be anti-marriage — in fact, I;m happily married — but I wanted to create that confusion."
The concept appealed to moviegoer Bill Vassar, who knows a little something about films (he's the executive vice president of Wilmington's EUE/Screen Gems Studios).
"I liked that there was no antagonists, except for the demons we have inside," he said.
Audience members Tracy and John Meyer said they were struck by the characters' relationships.
"The premise of the relationships is something we can all relate to," John Meyer said.
Cucalorus festival-goers have a second chance to see "Save the Date" at 7:15 p.m. Sunday at Thalian Hall, 310 Chestnut St. The film is available on iTunes and will hit theaters on Dec. 14. Its trailer can be viewed here.


text: AgWeb Exclusive: Soil Moisture Maps March 16, 2013 10:59 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Farm Journal Editors Email The following information is a Web Extra from the pages of Farm Journal. It corresponds with the article "Drought Probability?" You can find the article in Farm Journal's 2013 March issue. Maps that track rain, snow and other weather events are helpful planning tools. The Climate Corporation, a weather insurance company, has developed a similar map that tracks the depletion and replenishment of soil moisture throughout the season. This is the first of these maps, which tracks Illinois soil moisture through the 2012 season: "We created a video visualization of how drought swept across the state of Illinois this past year, starting in April and going through September," says Jeff Hamlin, Climate Corporation director of agronomic research. "It gives the very granular view of how the soil moisture conditions varied across each 2.5x2.5-mile square of land in the state for each day from April 15 through Sept. 30." The model assumes an April 15 planting date with 108-day corn, he adds. Back to news


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Stephen Curry's range appears to be limitless. Here's a video of the Golden State Warriors sharpshooter hitting a full-court shot, with ease, during practice.
He throws it like a quarterback going deep, nothing but net.
This isn't Curry's first practice-reel highlight, either. Earlier this season he hit a ridiculous amount of 3-pointers in a row.


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Olivia Wilde is engaged to marry Jason Sudeikis after the funnyman proposed over the holidays.
The "Tron: Legacy" star began dating Sudeikis in late 2011, and Wilde's spokeswoman, Joy Fehily, has now confirmed to the Associated Press that the couple is planning to marry.
The news comes just weeks after Wilde dismissed previous rumors of an engagement. She took to her Twitter page last month to clarify her relationship status, writing, "No I'm not engaged but I AM at the (Rolling) Stones show."
Wilde was previously married to Tao Ruspoli, but they divorced in 2011, while this will also be Sudeikis' second trip down the aisle. His marriage to screenwriter Kay Cannon ended in divorce in 2010.


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On a quiet street in a commercial section of Irvine, Aria Group builds an over-the-top array of vehicles: concept cars destined for auto shows, custom Porsche replicas, functional movie props.
And now, maybe their wildest offering yet: the Warthog.
The name will sound familiar to anyone who's played "Halo" on Microsoft's Xbox gaming console. The Warthog is a massive open-topped, all-terrain vehicle -- a mashup of dune buggy and monster truck -- that players navigate through a futuristic, first-person shooter landscape.
Built on the chassis of a Hummer H1, this real-life Warthog is almost 8 feet high, more than 8 feet wide and more than 17 feet long. The body matches exactly the proportions of the Warthog in the game and rides on immense 49-inch tires. A brief test drive put the driver of a UPS truck at eye level.
The vehicle was commissioned by 343 Industries, a subsidiary of Microsoft responsible for making "Halo 4." This latest chapter in the Halo series came out on Nov. 6 and quickly racked up $220 million in sales in its first 24 hours of release. To date, the "Halo" franchise has pulled in $3.5 billion in sales and sold 50 million copies since the first "Halo" was released in 2001.
"We really just wanted to build something that people could literally see and touch and reach out and enjoy," said Frank O'Connor, franchise development director at 343, who has worked on the "Halo" series for a decade.
O'Connor says his team had to persuade the marketing department to approve the idea and the budget. Pat Devereux, the chief executive of Antenna, the L.A.-based marketing company that 343 Industries hired to make the Warthog a reality, says that budget ran "hundreds of thousands of dollars."
Devereux says 343 sent him "gigabytes and gigabytes" of data on the Warthog from the Halo games, which he then took to Aria Group to see what was possible. "With these guys, the answer is always yes, " he said of Aria.
Aria is the force behind numerous concept vehicles shown at events like the Detroit Auto Show and Los Angeles Auto Show. Automakers including Kia, Hyundai, General Motors and Honda have all had Aria build concept vehicles for this purpose. Such concepts are often used by automakers to gauge public reaction to a design before bringing it to market. So the precision and build quality of these concepts needs to be perfect.
Aria also makes carbon-fiber bodies for replica vintage Porsche for Singer Vehicle Design. The company has also made cars for films: It designed and built the NASCAR vehicles in "Transformers 3."
Mark Ferrara, chief project manager at Aria, says this kind of experience made the Warthog project relatively easy.
"We build so many prototype vehicles," Ferrara said. "This was not a particularly challenging vehicle for us."
Ferrara's team spent six months creating a Warthog body identical to the video version, down to the smallest detail: fake rivets on the industrial-grade foam or plastic reinforced fiberglass body panels, hand-holds to get into the vehicle, and the gauges in the Warthog's interior with static readouts. Even the horn has been lifted from the game and attached to a speaker.
The vehicle is essentially a pickup, with two conventional seats in the cabin and a truck bed. There are no doors, just a low sill. Mounted in the bed is a fake 50-caliber machine gun.
Underneath the hand-assembled skin is the chassis, transmission and engine from a 1996 Hummer H1. It has a 6.5-liter diesel V-8 engine and a four-speed automatic transmission. For safety purposes, the Warthog has a top speed of only 25 mph. But it can do more.
"We happen to know on good authority it will exceed the in-game speed limit too," O'Connor says. That in-game limit is 68 mph.
There are only two notable differences between the real and digital Warthogs. First, the in-game version has four-wheel steering, which would have cost far too much to build from scratch. Second, the real version is 12% smaller than it would have been had Aria made it on a 1:1 scale. Shrinking it was necessary because the Warthog needed to fit onto a trailer narrow enough for use on public roads.
Still, the Warthog dwarfs anything -- and anyone -- around it. Sitting in the drivers seat gives a view of only the fixed gauges and the bottom of the steering wheel. The actor hired for public appearances as "Halo" protagonist Master Chief is 6 feet 10. In costume, he stands at a full 7 feet 2 -- and fits perfectly in the driver's seat. For those less vertically inclined, driving the Warthog requires sitting on the seat's front edge while peering over the steering wheel.
Despite its mass, the Warthog actually moves about with ease. Underneath the faux (but proportionally accurate) shift lever is the actual transmission shifter. Pop it into gear and you're on your way, with more road presence than a Panzer tank.
The steering has a surprising amount of feedback and the diesel motor can handle the Warthog's 7,200-pound weight. Turning is tricky with the poor visibility, but it's unlikely you'd feel anything if you hit it.
The few minutes that the Warthog was parked on the street saw half a dozen young men materialize out of neighboring buildings, picture-taking phones in hand, questions ready. O'Connor said this is the reaction that fueled the creation of this working model.
"The first time people set eyes on it in real life, that's when you see where the value is," he said. "When somebody is standing next to the tire, and it's coming up to their shoulders, they're getting a sense for this thing they've grown up with."
The Warthog will make appearances at events including the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) and ComicCon, as well as at internal events at Microsoft's headquarters in Washington.
Buyers with deep pockets may even be able to take home a version of their own, Devereux said. With the hard work of developing the concept done, Aria is equipped to build fully capable iterations. The company has already had some interest from prospective customers in the U.S. and abroad.
"We're talking to Microsoft about possibly licensing it," Devereux said. "What says 'I love you' like a real Warthog? If you have a lot of money and your son plays 'Halo,' Christmas could be nuts."


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Since succeeding Ricky Ponting as skipper, Clarke has built an impressive record with nine wins, three draws and just two defeats in 14 Tests.
"A lot more grey hairs, but I've really enjoyed it," said Clarke, after Australia wrapped-up their Caribbean series 2-0.
"I've been very lucky to have some other great leaders around me, wonderful support staff who have played a part in me having success. And the captain is only as good as his stock.
"Come our next tour to England, the one-day series, we'll be looking to continue to play some really good cricket and keep Australain cricket in the right direction."
Clarke has been through the mill during his time in charge, with a series of great highs and embarrassing lows.
He led Australia to an impressive 4-0 home win over India, scoring 626 runs at an average of 125.20.
He also became only the third player after Don Bradman and Wally Hammond to have made a triple century and a double century in the same series.
But he also saw his team bowled out for just 47 by South Africa in Cape Town, before squaring the series in Johannesburg just days later.
Then came the shock defeat to New Zealand in Hobart in December last year.
Those ups and downs have forced Clarke not to get too carried away by making predictions over what the future may hold for Australia.
"Cape Town showed us how quickly things can change for the worse and then to be able to pull off a win in Jo'burg -- and we're talking about a very strong Test team in their own back yard -- so to be able to level that series was a great learning curve for us.
"And we continue to learn, especially, from those two games, Cape Town and Hobart.
"I still think we're a way off the number one spot. We have a lot of improvement to become the number one team. It's not just about one series or one summer. It's about consistency over a period of time."
Australia's South African coach Mickey Arthur praised the contributions of Matthew Wade, who made a maiden Test century here and spinner Nathan Lyon, who was his team's leading wicket-taker in the series with 13.
Ed Cowan also won plaudits from Arthur after the opener made a battling 55 in the first innings of the final Test.
"It's been excellent for the development of a lot of players who haven't played out of Australia before. I'm thinking of the likes of Matthew Wade, Ed Cowan, Nathan Lyon," said Arthur.
"I think we've played solid cricket, we've had a lot of young players that are playing in these conditions for the first time and I think they all go back to Australia better players.
"We go back to Australia with a lot of answers as to where we're going as a squad and I'm very, very happy that we're just creating depth within our structures because with the amount of cricket we play these days there's going to be injuries and we've got guys that are going to be match-hardened and ready to step up to the plate."


text: New Hay Making Technology from Harvest Tec May 2, 2011 05:03 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By MILK Editors Email Livestock feeders, hay producers and exporters now have access to additional leading-edge technology for harvesting and identifying premium quality hay. Harvest Tec, Inc., has expanded its line of automatic hay preservative applicators by introducing a new system with greater features and new capabilities. Also, a new dye sprayer marking system provides a simple, practical method for visually identifying areas of high-moisture hay in bales. Over the years, Harvest Tec has led the industry with its automatic preservative application systems that sense hay moisture on the go during baling and continually adjust the amount of preservative being applied. Now the company has introduced its new 500 Series Automatic Applicator that further improves on Harvest Tec's process by providing several additional benefits for the hay producer. For example, the new system allows operators of round balers to calculate baling rate or tonnage, which was previously not possible. For small square balers, a stroke count is now recorded for each bale. The new 500 Series Automatic Applicator has capabilities for downloading baling records via a USB port. It can store data for up to 300 job records including individual information on as many as 32,000 bales. These valuable records can be downloaded to a memory stick and managed in a spreadsheet on an office computer. The data collected by the new system includes an identifying number for each bale; date and time it was baled; the field, bale weight, average and high moisture of that bale; and the amount of preservative used. For added convenience, system software updates can be made via the USB port. For the first time, the automatic control system is now available for fixed chamber round balers. Harvest Tec has also introduced a new dye sprayer marking system that applies red food grade dye to show any sections of high-moisture hay in small or large square bales. The marking system works hand in hand with Harvest Tec's new 500 Series application systems. It allows anyone handling the baled hay to visually sort it for feeding or storage purposes, and provides the assurance that wetter bales are easily identified. The moisture level at which the dye spray is applied can be adjusted anywhere from 8% to 76%. The dye can be set to spray on the top or both sides of the bale. These products are available through dealers of all major baler manufacturers. Contact Harvest Tec at (800) 635-7468 or visit www.harvesttec.com for further information. Back to news


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Blum's Coffee Crunch Cake
Sweet revives an iconic cake with this recipe. A coating of coffee-flavored honeycomb candy adds a melting crunch that contrasts beautifully with coffee whipped cream.
Excerpted from Sweet by Valerie Gordon (Artisan Books). Copyright 2013. Photographs by Peden and Munk.
Read more: Bake the Book: Blum's Coffee Crunch Cake
- Yield:serves 8
- Chiffon Cake
- 1 1/4 cups (6.25 ounces) all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups (10.5 ounces) sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 5 large eggs, separated, plus 2 large egg whites
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1/4 cup (2 ounces) canola oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Coffee Crunch
- 2 1/4 cups (15.75 ounces) sugar
- 1/3 cup (2.66 ounces) strong brewed coffee
- 1/3 cup (3.75 ounces) light corn syrup
- 1 1/2 tablespoons baking soda
- Coffee Whipped Cream
- 2 1/2 cups (20 ounces) well-chilled heavy cream
- 2 1/2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 teaspoons instant coffee granules
To Make the Cake: Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 350°F. Coat the bottom and sides of a 9-inch round cake pan with a removable bottom with nonstick baking spray.
Sift together the flour, 3/4 cup of the sugar, and the salt into a medium bowl.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment (or in a large bowl, using a handheld mixer), whip the yolks and 1/4 cup sugar on medium speed until thick and pale yellow, about 4 minutes. Gradually add the water, oil, and vanilla, mixing well. If using a stand mixer, transfer the mixture to a large bowl and wash and dry the mixer bowl and whisk (or wash the beaters).
Add the egg whites to the large mixer bowl (or another bowl) and beat until frothy. Add the cream of tartar and continue beating until the egg whites form soft peaks. Add the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and beat until stiff, glossy peaks form. Add the lemon zest and juice and beat just until incorporated, about 15 seconds.
Using a rubber spatula, fold the yolk mixture into the egg whites. Gradually fold in the dry ingredients, approximately 1 cup at a time, until fully incorporated.
Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and smooth the top with a spatula. Bake the cake for 55 minutes to 1 hour, until it is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Let the cake cool completely on a cooling rack, about 45 minutes (removing the cake when it is still warm will cause it to deflate and likely tear).
Run an offset spatula around the sides of the cake to loosen it from the pan. Holding the rim of the pan with one hand, press the bottom of the pan up and out. Run an offset spatula between the cake and the bottom to release it. Wrap the cake in plastic wrap and refrigerate until you are ready to assemble the cake.
To Make the Coffee Crunch: Attach a candy thermometer to the side of a 4- to 6-quart heavy pot. Add the sugar, coffee, and corn syrup to the pot and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally with a heatproof silicone spatula until the mixture reaches 270°F, about 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, heavily coat a 13-by-18-by-1-inch baking sheet with nonstick baking spray. Measure the baking soda into a ramekin or cup and place near the stovetop, along with a large whisk.
When the crunch reaches 270°F, increase the heat to high and stir constantly until the crunch reaches 305°F. Remove from the heat and quickly whisk the baking soda into the crunch; the mixture will expand and aerate quickly, in a matter of seconds. Pour the crunch onto the baking sheet. Allow the crunch to cool, undisturbed, for at least 30 minutes.
Using a cleaver or other heavy knife, chop the crunch into quarter-sized pieces. (The crunch can be made ahead and stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 weeks.)
To Make the Coffee Whipped Cream: Combine the heavy cream, sugar, vanilla, and coffee in a large bowl and whip with a handheld mixer until medium peaks form.
To Assemble: Place the cake on a turntable or cake stand and, using a long serrated knife, slice the cake horizontally in half. Remove the top half and place cut side up on a plate. Cover both halves with whipped cream, using approximately 1/2 cup per side. Scatter 1 cup of the crunch evenly to cover the bottom half. Place the top half, cream side down, on the top of the crunch layer and press gently to even the layers. Frost the sides and top of the cake with the remaining whipped cream. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
When you are ready to serve the cake, cover the sides and top with the remaining crunch (if you apply the crunch in advance, it will start to melt and lose its bite).
This cake is best enjoyed the day it is assembled. Store it in a cake box or under a cake dome in the refrigerator.
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Wishing everyone a belated Happy Easter! Having consumed half my eggs I have officially lost the will to eat any more chocolate in the foreseeable future. These photos were taken a little while ago but I've only just got round to putting them all together. The dress was gifted from Dress Lily and I decided to pair it with all black because I wanted to keep it quite simple. I've put a link to it above and at the bottom of this post, it's perfect for the Spring/ Summer transition. Hope you like the photos xoxo
Dress: DressLily


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Few people have the supernatural powers of persuasion of Margaret Cho. After collaborating on music for Cho Dependent, she got me to strum the very exotic and scatological "Shit-Tar" in her music video Eat Shit & Die while three dancing turds did high kicks about the stage. This summer I found myself in a small cage dressed in leather, on a sushi table wearing an octopus and finally with Margaret, reenacting scenes from Miss Saigon on a dolly. That's just one day in the life with Margaret.
As a professional, I had certain concerns before I went in. I asked if my hair would be ironed. Margaret assured me that it would and we were good to go! I never had it done before but this was going to be a big video production with dancers and smoke and catering. They'd definitely have a flat iron on set. This obsession began months earlier when Margaret casually mentioned wanting to make a video for Asian Adjacent and that I could be the Ryuichi Sakamoto character, like in Madonna's Rain video. That guy's got amazing hair. Damn him! This was going to require some incredible acting on my part to summon that kind of whale bone straightness. A wig was never an option for a Method guy like me.
The other thing you realize when you make a music video is how you really feel about a song. You're going to lip-sync to it a few thousand times before you're allowed to take off whatever harness you're hanging from and they give you food. It helps to love the song. I LOVE Asian Adjacent. The fact that it was inspired by Margaret's mistaken assumption that I was of some Asian ethnicity ( I'm actually Creek ) makes it all the more genius and flattering. It's a seductive recording that could hold it's own on any dance floor. Margaret delivered an incredible vocal to begin with. It's was a dream to write with her and a delight to produce the track. Carmen Rizzo also brought it up to a whole other level, with his beats and exotic textures. Enter Tani Ikeda who directed the video. Tani found in Asian Adjacent equal portions of beauty, absurdity and bite. She even cut out my fat parts! If you're going to spend a day in cage you couldn't find funnier, harder working people to share it with.
Adjacently yours,
Grant-Lee Phillips
Margaret Cho – Asian Adjacent – featuring Grant Lee Phillips from Margaret Cho on Vimeo.
"Asian Adjacent" is from Margaret's Grammy-nominated comedy music album, "Cho Dependent."
Get the song on iTunes here.
Get it on CD or Vinyl with automatic download of the whole album, from Margaret!


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I'd like to congratulate my friend, and resident Food Wishes beer consultant, Jesse Friedman, who has recently taken the plunge into the wild and wacky world of self-employment. You may know Jesse as the publisher of Beer & Nosh, but very soon, you'll also know him as the wildly successful co-creator of Almanac Beer. By the way, if you're going to quit your day job, and say goodbye to all the safety and security it affords, then having lots of craft beer around is probably not a bad idea.
After years of hard work and experimentation, Jesse and his partner Damian will be officially releasing their "farm to barrel" brew on Thursday, June 30. I had the pleasure of tasting some this spring, and was quite impressed. I've just returned from LA after three grueling weeks, and way too tired to come up with the appropriate adjectives to describe the beer, so instead I'll simply invite you to watch the video below, and then give the Almanac Beer blog a visit for more information.
FYI: I'm back in the kitchen tomorrow and should have a long overdue video recipe up by the end of the day. Stay tuned!


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Israeli Vice Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz last month declared that a "new spirit" had taken hold in the Israeli Arab Christian community after meeting with a group of young Arabic-speaking Christians determined to be a part of and to serve the Jewish state.
"Civil courage is a very important thing," Mofaz told Israel's Channel 2 News. For decades Israel's Christian community were too cowed by their Muslim neighbors to openly stand with Israel. "The Christian population is very special," and it is great to see them opening up like this, Mofaz continued.
The minister and leader of the Kadima Party made his remarks following a personal visit to the home of Nazareth-area priest Gabriel Nadaf, who has been actively encouraging young local Christians to join the Israeli army and fully integrate with Israeli society.
During the visit, Mofaz met Regda Jerisi, a young Christian woman who has become outspoken in her intention to voluntarily defend the Jewish state, and has even publicly taken to task hostile Arab Knesset members who dare to speak in her name.
"I am proud of this position, because I feel that I am a part of the nation, I am Israeli, and with God's help, after I marry, my children will also join the IDF," Jerisi said in an interview with an Arabic newspaper.
Taking aim at Israeli Arab Knesset members who constantly attack the Jewish state, Jerisi said, "I do not understand these extremists who receive everything from the state, but can still betray her."
One Arab MK in particular, Hanan Zoabi, has been on a mission to silence Father Nadaf and put an end to his movement to bring Jews and Christians closer together.
Jerisi responded to Zoabi in an open letter that made waves in the Israeli media:
"Shalom MK Zoabi,
"My name is Regda Jerisi. I am a Christian who speaks Arabic, but not an Arab. I request with all due respect that you not state in the name of the Christians that we are 'Palestinians.'
"Listen well - we are not Palestinians. We are Israeli Christians, and our hearts and spirits are covered in blue and white [the national colors of Israel]."
In his interview, Mofaz said he was "very impressed by the character of Father Gabriel and the young people with him," in particular young Regda.
"Regda and the rest of these young people represent a new spirit in the Christian population," said Mofaz. "Regda and the young Christians are making themselves heard on this matter, and we bless them for it."
That recognition and hope of support from Mofaz and other Israeli officials is exactly what Father Nadaf had been pressing for. The priest warned that if Israel itself did not support this "new spirit," antagonists like Zoabi would ultimately be successful in squashing the movement.
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Orlando Magic Team Report – November 8
=== Orlando Magic Team Report – November 8 ===
(Sports Network) – The Orlando Magic finished 0-5 on their five-game
homestand after suffering a 100-71 setback Friday to the Minnesota
Tyronn Lue tied a career high with 25 points for Orlando. He also handed out
seven assists. Drew Gooden netted 14 points and Juwan Howard ended with 13 for
the Magic, who never led in the contest.
Tracy McGrady managed just four points on 2-of-10 shooting for Orlando.
Orlando activated forward Pat Garrity from the injured list and placed guard
Gordan Giricek on the IL with a strained right arch. Garrity, who was
sidelined with a right knee injury, saw his first action of the season and
scored two points in 17 minutes.
Rookie guard Keith Bogans was also activated by the Magic and had three points
in 24 minutes against Minnesota. He missed the first five games of the regular
season with right knee patella tendinitis.
Orlando (1-5) is off to its worst start since 1990-91, when the club began
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To the casual passerby, there's nothing remarkable about the 120,000-square-foot former printing plant fronting a sun-baked stretch of Vanowen Street in North Hollywood. There's nothing to indicate that, just beyond the double doors, gangsters are earning their stripes, "Mad Men" are being made and entire armies are getting outfitted in a rabbit warren of rooms flanked by a cavernous warehouse crammed with period clothing from multiple eras.
Few would guess that, just upstairs, Christopher Plummer's jacket from "The Sound of Music" is rubbing elbows with Vivien Leigh's Walter Plunkett-designed buckboard dress from "Gone With the Wind," not far from a feathered headdress once worn by Cary Grant in "To Catch a Thief." The latter's outsized plumage brushes against both a dress worn by Mitzi Gaynor in "South Pacific" and the colorful jackets worn by the brothers Gibb in "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
There's a tumult of top hats, tank tops, tunics, '20s-era trousers, breastplates, bowlers and beads that have circulated in and out of the low-profile building to high-profile appearances on television and movie screens, theater stages and video-game consoles for nearly 100 years.
June 30 will be exactly a century since L.L. Burns and Harry Revier signed papers establishing a business to supply Los Angeles' fledgling motion picture industry with stages, props, sets and costumes. The business, in short order operating under the name Western Costume Co., would eventually become one of the largest costume houses in the world, responsible for sewing the sequins on Dorothy's ruby slippers, making Leigh's dresses and Clark Gable's suits for "Gone With the Wind" and providing clothes for hundreds of thousands of screens, dating from Cecil B. DeMille's 1914 feature-length film "The Squaw Man" to the current season of AMC's "Mad Men."
"Western really represents the pantheon of Hollywood," says Deborah Nadoolman Landis, David C. Copley chair for the study of costume design at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. "[It] is the cultural and institutional memory of the field of costuming in Hollywood."
Consider the breadth of her own experience with Western. Landis initially worked with the costume house in 1976 while designing the wardrobe for her first movie (1977's "The Kentucky Fried Movie"), later turned to Western Costume's head tailor Ruben Rubalcava to make the prototype for Indiana Jones' costume for"Raiders of the Lost Ark" and was back just a few weeks ago to pick up a re-created pair of"Wizard of Oz" ruby slippers for an upcoming exhibition titled "Hollywood Costume" she helped curate for the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
Since its co-founding by Burns, who is often characterized as a "trader in American Indian goods," Western Costume Co. has had numerous owners (from salvage operators to a coalition of movie studios) and relocated several times. But the most critical change came in 1988 when Paramount purchased Western, which was located adjacent to the studio's lot on Melrose Avenue, for the real estate beneath it. Ten months later, Paramount sold the company — sans the land and building — with the stipulation that the new owner move the vast collection within a year.
That new owner — AHS Trinity Group, a trio of businessman composed of CAA co-founder Bill Haber, author Sidney Sheldon and businessman Paul Abramowitz — tapped a costumer by the name of Eddie Marks to coordinate the colossal 30-day move over the hill to the current North Hollywood location in 1989.
"Those were some of the toughest years — 1989 to 1992," says Marks, who has been president of the company for the last 20 years. "Business was down, the company was sold and part of the deal with Paramount was that the company had to move."
On a recent tour, Marks points out eight miles of hanging pipe stacked two stories high that contains 3.5 million to 5 million pieces of clothing, pairs of shoes, hats and accessories. Most of the apparel is divided among three airplane-hangar-like rooms. One holds women's period costumes, another has men's period costumes and the third contains all manner of uniforms, from those of ancient Rome to theU.S. Navy's most up-to-date camouflage. A map tacked near the entrance of the uniform room describes the contents of one rack with notations such as "Togas," "Ancient," "Arabic," "Egyptian," "Roman," "Greek," "Armor," "Vikings," "Kitchen," "Hospital," "Confederate Civil War" and "Union Civil War." What can't be found in the stacks, Marks explains, can be custom-made in one of the adjoining rooms, which include a men's tailor shop, a women's made-to-order workroom, a millinery shop and a shoe and boot shop.
Western is not the only local costume house serving the entertainment industry (other major players include Palace Costume Co., American Costume Corp. and Costume Rentals Corp.), but, over the years, it has carved out a niche.
"Western's strength is American clothing of the '20s through the '50s, maybe the '60s," Landis says. "If you were doing anything — a gangster movie, film noir, any period film — you would just have to walk around to know it'd be your first stop."
Although Marks likes to frame it as a wider period of "anything from the 1200s up to about 2000," he says that's about as contemporary as they get. "We stay period, for the most part, and the studios stay contemporary."
Another of Western's strong suits is garbing the masses — being able to transform thousands of background actors into authentically costumed occupants of a Parisian train station circa 1931 (as Western did in"Hugo"), a modern-day naval carrier (for"Battleship") or the halls of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce ("Mad Men"). Costuming a period movie's low-profile players may not seem as glamorous as dressing the principal actors, but since each weekly costume rental averages $100 to $200, it does make good business sense.
Marks won't discuss revenue of the privately held company (of which Haber has been the sole owner since 1995), but says 2011was the best year it's had in 20-plus years, pointing to the boom in period television as a major factor. "We did a lot of those shows — 'Mad Men,"Boardwalk Empire,"Magic City,' 'Playboy' and 'Pan Am.' If those had been contemporary shows, we probably wouldn't have been on their radar."
Western's collection of period costumes is complemented by a 50,000-volume research library stocked not only with books but also with personal papers, costume designers' sketches and vintage issues of style magazines such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Godey's Lady's Book.
Just beyond the library is a small room containing Western's crown jewels, part of the 6,000-piece "star collection" archive. It's a rarefied fraternity of frocks that includes Rudolph Valentino's robes from "Son of the Sheik," Plummer's jacket from "The Sound of Music," Leigh's buckboard dress from "Gone With the Wind" and the striped prison garb from "Papillon."
Those iconic pieces hammer home just how much the company has become part of the fabric of Hollywood over the last 100 years.
For the last few weeks, the company's 60 employees have been hard at work putting together a selection of looks that will convey Western's place in the pantheon of costume design as effectively as the clothes in that room do. These will be part of a gala event Wednesday in conjunction with the Costume Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art that will include a panel discussion and pageant-like presentation of costumes.
Some models will be wearing the genuine article (a fur-trimmed polka dot jacket worn by Bérénice Bejo in "The Artist"is expected to make an appearance, for example). Others will be garbed in replica wardrobe pieces. Shoemaker Mauricio Osorio spent the better part of three workdays re-creating from grainy screen shots the brown suede lace-up boots Errol Flynn wore in 1938's "The Adventures of Robin Hood," using a 100-year-old industrial-size Singer sewing machine that, in all likelihood, was the same one that stitched together the first pair.
Research librarian and archivist Bobi Garland is quick to point out that when it comes to authenticity and accuracy, no expense has been spared. She holds aloft a photo of Leigh's green velvet "curtain dress" from "Gone With the Wind" — perhaps one of the most recognizable dresses in cinema history and now residing in the collection of the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. She motions to the belt of heavy, braided cord.
"We're re-creating this dress for the event," she says, "right down to the perfect tassels."


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BRISTOL — The board of the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union last week approved a 6.2 percent increase in spending for the 2007-2008 school over the current year. But thanks to a projected budget surplus and additional state and federal funds, the portion of the budget coming from the five towns in the school district — Bristol, Starksboro, Monkton, New Haven and Lincoln — will rise by less than 1 percent.
ADDISON COUNTY — Two Vermont transit organizations soon will begin offering weekday bus service between Middlebury and Rutland.
Officials from Addison County Transit Resources (ACTR) and the Marble Valley Regional Transit District (MVRTD) said the service, which will run several times a day during the workweek beginning Dec. 4, will make it easier for people to commute to and from both towns.
ADDISON COUNTY — Many people have been glad to see a break in the rain that has seemed almost constant over the last month. But for those who till the soils and milk cows the wet weather has combined with depressed milk prices and high fuel costs to create what some are referring to as a perfect storm for swamping Vermont's dairy industry.
Gov. James Douglas this week called for federal disaster assistance to aid dairy farmers and said he would convene a special dairy summit by the end of the month to see what more could be done.
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Arkansas deputy, 2 others killed; suspect in custody
A suspect in the deaths of a sheriff's deputy and two women in western Arkansas' Yell County was in custody Thursday afternoon after a standoff with authorities, state police said.
Lt. Kevin C. Mainhart, 46, was fatally shot Thursday morning when he pulled over the suspect in a traffic stop, officials said.
The women were found dead outside a rural home nearby, Arkansas State Police said. The suspect, James Michael Bowden, 32, took shelter in the home, about 5 miles southwest of the small city of Dardanelle after the deputy was shot, police said.
Sadler said Bowden released a female hostage before he surrendered about five hours after the standoff began. Bowden was taken into custody about 2:40 p.m. local time, police spokesman Bill Sadler said.
Bowden faces three counts of capital murder, said Col. Bill Bryant, head of Arkansas State Police.
Authorities said Mainhart was on his way to check a disturbance call on rural Gum Springs Road when he identified a vehicle believed to be associated with the incident.
Mainhart was fatally shot on State Highway 27 near Slo Fork Road, Sadler said. He died at a local hospital.
When other officers arrived at the Gum Springs Road home, they saw the two bodies outside, Sadler said. It wasn't immediately clear how the two victims died. They were not immediately identified. Their possible connection to Bowden was not immediately known.
Suspect's sister talks about his mental state
Bowden's sister told CNN affiliate KARK in Little Rock that her brother "didn't want to come out. He thought that he would be shot."
"Jamie has been mentally ill for a little while now. He has been in and out of the mental hospital. We didn't expect anything of this caliber to happen," Julie Bowden Inmon told the station.
She added: "We're very sorry for what happened ... My brother actually told me on the phone that he wished things hadn't happened this way."
'Our hearts are saddened'
Mainhart was a five-year member of the Yell County Sheriff's Department, authorities said. He had previously retired from the West Memphis Police Department after a more than 20-year career.
Yell County Sheriff Bill Gilkey said Mainhart was respected among his colleagues and was a leader.
"He was an extraordinary example of what a law enforcement officer should be," Gilkey said. "He had a great work ethic. He was fair-minded."
Gilkey added: "He was also a great father and a husband, as well as a great friend to all of us in law enforcement and the community."
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said: "Our thoughts, prayers and gratitude are with the Mainhart family."
The fatal shooting "highlights the dangers that are facing law enforcement officers across this country, " Sadler said. "This deputy checked in for duty this morning not even realizing that this would be his last call."
On Thursday evening in Dardanelle, about a dozen people gathered along the Arkansas River, joined hands in a circle and prayed in remembrance of the victims.
CNN's Tina Burnside, Jeremy Grisham and Chuck Johnston contributed to this report


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Today, President Obama and I met to discuss the way ahead on North-South issues and also Darfur. The President made clear that we have his full support and confidence, and reaffirmed his commitment to fully implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and to reaching a definitive end to conflict and human rights abuses in Darfur. I am grateful for his leadership and for the sustained commitment that he and Secretary Clinton have demonstrated throughout the course of our intensified diplomatic and development engagement in Sudan. I promised to keep him fully informed on our work in both Washington and the field.
Tomorrow, I depart for Ethiopia and Sudan to support Sudanese leaders as they work to reach agreement on arrangements that will define the future relationship between North and South. With only 99 days until South Sudan emerges as an independent state, this is a critical period in Sudan's history. The decisions made in the coming months by the leadership on both sides will have profound implications for the people of Sudan, East Africa, and the world.
The coming weeks will involve tough negotiations -- but I have every confidence that by drawing on the spirit of cooperation that led to a peaceful Southern Sudan referendum, the parties can create the conditions required to ensure a peaceful transition to two separate, viable states living at peace with each other. President Bashir and First Vice President Kiir must demonstrate the political courage to finalize key post-referendum arrangements, including security and economic issues, Abyei, citizenship, and border demarcation, among others, prior to July.
Recent developments in the Doha talks on Darfur show new promise, and Ambassador Dane Smith will travel to Qatar next week to encourage the parties to reach a political settlement that includes an immediate ceasefire. The Darfuri people have suffered too long -- and as Secretary Clinton said yesterday, the Liberation and Justice Movement, the Justice and Equality Movement, and the Government of Sudan must engage in direct negotiations and translate that dialogue into concrete improvements in the security and humanitarian situation in Darfur.
As we work to positively shape this period of transformative change for Sudan, we are grateful for the sustained commitment of our many partners and allies -- other states, regional and multilateral organizations, NGOs, and advocacy groups alike. I have had the opportunity to meet with many of you this week -- and look forward to future opportunities to keep all of our stakeholders apprised of our sustained efforts to ensure a more peaceful and prosperous future for all Sudanese.


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