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By: Christian S. Kohl
We've all been there. You set aside an entire, glorious weekend day. Arrive at the stadium hours before game time and enjoy a spectacular tailgate as the sun reaches its highest point in the sky. Head into the stadium, cheer until you're so hoarse you can no longer speak. Just a few short hours later, after thrilling victory or crushing defeat, there's little else to do aside from returning to the parking lot, spending three hours moving a total of 200 feet, and nosing the car out of the parking lot before heading back home. Unless of course, when you find your car again after that draining and exhausting game, there's another tailgate waiting there for you.
Think about it. A postgame tailgate. You're going to be stuck in that line of cars for hours anyway. Besides, it feels like forever since your last meal. It was morning then, and the sun is setting now. For all intents and purposes, it's dinner time, but it could be an eternity before you again find refreshments and food. Unless another magical spread is upon you as soon as you return.
The best part of the postgame tailgate is that it's appropriate no matter what happened during the game. An epic and triumphant victory for your team demands celebration. A bitter and costly defeat requires comfort, and a forum to discuss all that needs to happen for the season to turn around. What better place for all of that than huddled around a barbecue next to your car as you're cooking meat?
This particular form of tailgating requires a special kind of person, however. In order for this to be executed properly, you need a Tailgating Hero. You need a person in your crew who comes to the games for the food and the camaraderie, but doesn't live and die with the outcome or the score. Someone who feels like they need to stretch their legs even after halftime ends, and is content to listen to the radio, or get the live reports when you all return. Because that person, the Tailgating Hero in your crew, can leave in the third quarter and fire everything back up again. If every single one of you is a die-hard, this may be nearly impossible to pull off. Just remember though. Rooting with all your strength for your team is about hope, and belief. For the postgame tailgate to appear, and appear without a hitch: all it takes is one person.
I advise that this particular form of celebration best take place if your crew can all arrive in a single car, as the maximum number of people can enjoy the liquid festivities postgame as well. I would further advise that if that same person who takes the bullet and volunteers to set up the postgame tailgate also holds the keys and drives home, something very special has happened in your life. You have found the Tailgating Hero. Maybe not the hero your tailgate deserves, but the one it needs right now. And if you're ever looking to thank that person, don't even bother getting them an apron. Thank your Hero properly, and buy him a cape. For he has made the impossible a reality, and allowed all that is great about game day to truly last the entire day.
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Beef and Bean BurritosI really love a good homemade burrito on occasion and this is a great blend of seasonings.
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Recipe: Beef and Bean Burritos©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 15 min |Cook time: 20 min | Yield: 10 to 12 burritos
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 1/2 of a large onion, chopped
- 2 tablespoons of chopped jalapeno
- 1 pound of ground beef
- 1 teaspoon of kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon of freshly cracked black pepper
- 2 tablespoons of chili powder
- 1 teaspoon of cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon of Cajun seasoning (like Slap Ya Mama), or to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- 1 cup of beef broth or stock
- 1 (10 ounce) can of Rotel tomatoes, undrained
- 1 (4 ounce) can of green chilies, undrained
- 1 (15 ounce) can of refried beans
- 10-12 burrito size flour tortillas
- 1-1/2 to 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a medium skillet; add the onion and jalapeno; cook until onion is soft but not browned. Add the ground beef and cook, breaking up with a potato masher, until browned. Add the salt, pepper, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, Cajun seasoning and oregano. Stir together and continue cooking for about 1 minute. Add the beef stock and stir. Add the diced tomatoes and green chilies; stir and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and let simmer until thickened and reduced, about 20 minutes. Set aside.
Warm the refried beans in the microwave or on the stovetop; set aside. This just makes them easier to spread. Warm the tortillas so that they will roll easily and not tear. Spray a 9 x 13 inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
Spread a thin layer of the refried beans in the center of a tortilla. Top with cheese, and layer that with the beef mixture. Fold the bottom up, fold in the sides toward the middle and then roll up from the bottom. Place the burritos in the baking dish, seam side down.*
Cover tightly with foil and bake at 325 degrees F for 30 minutes, or just until warmed through. You can also warm them in the microwave - wrap one in a paper towel and microwave on medium about 1-1/2 to 2 minutes, or until hot.
If you are preparing these for the freezer, wrap the burritos individually in parchment paper and place them all into a large freezer bag to store. To reheat in microwave, remove parchment and wrap burrito in a damp paper towel. Microwave on high for 2 to 3 minutes, turning over halfway through. To reheat several, leave them wrapped on a baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees for about 25-30 minutes, or until heated through.
Cook's Notes: To turn this into a casserole, after placing all of the rolled burritos into the dish, pour a small can of enchilada sauce down the center of the burritos on top and sprinkle some additional cheese over that. Cover and bake at 325 for 30 to 45 minutes or until steaming hot. Garnish with additional chopped onion, chopped tomatoes and sliced green onion once you remove it from the oven.
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Pleasanton Blockchain Bootcamp
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Weekly Schedule
Every week,
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What is the potential of Blockchain?
First there was the industrial revolution which produced the locomotives and then there was the electricity, the last one was the internet.
Blockchain is the next generation, foundational and revolutionary technology after the Internet.
Life, Technology, this world will not be the same in the coming decade.
Learn all about Blockchain, before it is too late.
Why Learn Blockchain?
Blockchain is a revolutionary technology. It is simply a data structure where each block is linked to another block in a time-stamped. chronological order. It is the underlying infrastructure for bitcoin, a popular cryptocurrency. In near future, many companies will be adopting blockchain technologies for various purposes. Apart from bitcoin, it can be used for a wide variety of applications such as tracking ownership, digital assets, physical assets, or voting rights. It can also store and run computer code called 'smart contracts'. However, blockchain is still new and the communities are still exploring the best ways in which it can be used.
Why Blockchain Training?
Blockchain Training will help you understand the underlying mechanisms of Bitcoin transaction systems, Ethereum & Hyperledger. Together with learning to setup your own public/private blockchain environment, you'll also master the concepts like Cryptography & Cryptocurrency, Blockchain Networks, Bitcoin Mining & Security, Multichain, developing smart contract on Ethereum & Hyperledger Platform.
Why this course ?
World Economic Forum report predicted that by 2025 ten percent of global GDP will be stored on blockchain-related technologyBill & Melinda Gates Foundation aims to use blockchain technology to help the two billion people worldwide who lack bank accounts
About The Course
Our Blockchain Course is designed to introduce you to the concept of blockchain and explain the fundamentals of blockchain and bitcoin. The course will provide an overview of the structure and mechanism of blockchain. As a beginner, you will be learning the importance of consensus in transactions, how transactions are stored on blockchain, history of bitcoin and how to use bitcoin. Furthermore, you will be taught about the Ethereum platform and its programming language. You will setup your own private blockchain environment using Ethereum. In addition, you will develop a smart contract on private Ethereum blockchain and will be deploying the contract from web and console. Consecutively, you will learn to deploy business network using Hyperledger Composer. You will learn to set up private blockchain using Multichain platform. Towards the end of the course we will be discussing various practical use cases of blockchain to enhance your learning experience.
Course Description
Imagine it's 1994. The internet exists, but is still referred to as an "information superhighway." This may feel a long way off from the Digital Age that defines our lives today — where objects in our pockets power much of our activity, where we are connected to parts of the world previously unknown, and where our relationship to reality grows increasingly blended. We are well beyond websites. Blockchain technology is in that same 1994 moment, trying to imagine its own future.
Say goodbye to the Information Superhighway and hello to the Decentralized Economy. Blockchain is about to radically transform how humans and machines engage in economic activity, forever. While humans have been using formal institutions to reduce uncertainty in trade since the dawn of time, Blockchain is evolving this age-old model into something far more interesting: the distributed autonomous institution.
This course is designed to take you through from the basics of Blockchain Technology to an expert level. Even for the most informed technologists, Blockchain Technology is very difficult and often dense subject matter to fully internalize and understand. This course is here to help students unpack the ideas and better understand what the most important opportunities are in and around this new technology. We cover the Economics, Technology, and Business of Blockchain.
Who should take this course?
Anyone having zeal to learn new technology can take up the course. Students and professionals aspiring to make a career in the blockchain technology should opt for the course.
Banking/Finance professionals
Software developers
Corporate Executives looking to connect corproate strategy to technology
Government Executives looking to better understand Blockchain opportunities
High school & college students
Supply Chain Managers
CEO's, Boards, and Senior VP's
Entrepreneurs looking for something new
Consultants and Professional Service Providers
Technology Enthusiasts
Anyone looking to better prepare for long term career potential in the future
What will I learn in this course?
Define Blockchain Technology, in your own words
Understand how Blockchain could potentially impact your business and industry.
Write a thought leadership piece regarding use cases and industry potential of Blockchain technology.
Explain Blockchain Technology to your clients, friends, and business colleagues
Set a strategy to prepare your business or your clients for the emerging Decentralized Economy
Join a community of economists, business leaders, entrepreneurs, and technologists that are shaping this technology as we speak.
Identify which aspects of Blockchain Technology seem most important and relevant to you
Walk away with a strong foundation in where blockchain is going, what it does, and how to prepare for it
What is the focus of this course?
The online Blockchain training course provides you with a detailed understanding of Blockchain technology beginning from Blockchain origin, objectives, and challenges, slowly progressing to Bitcoin Data structures.The course teaches you to create Blockchain using Mining methodology.You also get to know about Bitcoin wallets and how to go ahead with buying and selling of Bitcoins.It further makes you aware of the emerging trends in Blockchain and Blockchain innovation.
What are the pre-requisites for this Course?
Development experience with an object-oriented language is required. Also, fundamentals of networking and basic knowledge of command line & Linux would be advantageous.
Experience with JavaScript, git will be beneficial.
Linux Fundamentals
NodeJs Fundamentals
JavaScript training
A basic understanding of the internet.
Have an open mind and be prepared to get very curious
Course Objectives
After completing this Training, you should be able to:
Comprehend the cryptography and cryptocurrency concepts
Encompass the concept of blockchain
Understand the importance of blockchain technology
Have a deep insight into bitcoin and its network
Perceive, how bitcoin transactions are validated by miners
Create and use bitcoin account effectively
Understand Ethereum blockchain
Learn Solidity: Prominent language to develop smart contracts
Deploy your private blockchain on web where you can visually see your chains
Send transactions between nodes
Infer Hyperledger project
Install and run Hyperledger Composer Playground locally
Deploy and test business network using Composer
Develop private Blockchain in MultiChain
Discuss the compelling use-cases of the blockchain
Interpret the prospects of blockchain
Assess, how blockchain can improve your business standards
Course Curriculum
1. Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin and Ethereum Overview
2. Blockchain Technology and Architecture
3. Blockchain Data Structure, Distrubuted Ledger, Decentralization, Storage and Mininig, Security & Encryption
4. Software Development with Blockchain and Ethereum
5. Build a Blockchain app
6. Blockchain Use cases and applications
7. Blockchain and Digital Wallet
8. Blockchain and Smart Contracts
9. Private and Public Blockchain
10. Blockchain and Hyperledger
11. Blockchain SWOT Analysis
12. Blockchain Disruptive Use Cases and applications
Refund Policy
1. There are no refunds.
2. If for any reason the course has not been taken, class is cancelled or rescheduled, the payment can be applied towards any future course by Omni212.
As per GARTNER:
The Blockchain Revolution Promises to Touch Every Industry.
The blockchain revolution began with bitcoin, which used distributed ledger technology to foster trust in a currency and transaction mechanism not backed by any government or traditional institution. Visionary entrepreneurs and CIOs building and expanding digital businesses are keeping the flow of transformation going. Their goal is to reinvent the very nature of commercial activity by removing intermediaries and enabling more-fluid business processes to be conducted in diverse ecosystems.
What is Blockchain Technology?
Blockchain is the digital ledger of economic transactions worldwide.It is the world's leading platform for digital assets.
A blockchain operates within a decentralized network of users that constructs a globally secure consensus ledger
Anyone can access the blockchain's record and audit the activity of its network
The blockchain is comprised of blocks of the network users' activity or transactions, each block is chained to it's parent's ID (cryptographic Hash), so the longer the grows, so grows the truth.
Blockchain technology is the foundation for Bitcoin. However if the blockchain were the island of Manhattan, Bitcoin would be but one building on it…there can be so much more
Why Blockchain?
The Blockchain is a foundational technology, like TCP/IP, which enables the Internet. And much like the Internet in the late 1990s, we don't know exactly how the Blockchain will evolve, but evolve it will.
Similar to the Internet, the Blockchain must also be allowed to grow unencumbered. This will require careful handling that recognizes the difference between the platform and the applications that run on it. TCP/IP empowers numerous financial applications that are regulated, but TCP/IP is not regulated as a financial instrument. The Blockchain should receive similar consideration. While the predominant use case for the Blockchain today is bitcoin currency exchange that may require regulation, this will change over time.
Had we over-regulated the Internet early on, we would have missed out on many innovations that we can't imagine living without today. The same is true for the Blockchain. Disruptive technologies rarely fit neatly into existing regulatory considerations, but rigid regulatory frameworks have repeatedly stifled innovation. It's likely that innovations in the Blockchain will outpace policy, let's not slow it down.


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At the northern tip of the Spreeinsel lies a museum quarter known as Museumsinsel (Museum Island), which was added during the nineteenth century by the Hohenzollerns and which really took off when German explorers and archeologists returned with bounty from the Middle East. Despite war losses and Soviet looting, some of the world's finest museums reside here and they are becoming ever greater, thanks to a large-scale reorganization and remodelling that's due for completion in 2015. Some sections will be temporarily closed as part of this process in the meantime. Covering any more than one of these museums in any depth in a day is a real challenge, so choose carefully before you set out – note too that you have to book a time to visit the Pergamon and Neues Museum at their ticket desks, so arrive early to ensure you can go at the time you want.
The Altes Museum
Overlooking the lawns of the Lustgarten, a former parade ground, lies one of Berlin's most striking Neoclassical buildings: Schinkel's impressive Altes Museum with its 87-metre-high facade and Ionic colonnade. As host to the city's classical antiquities collection, this is the place for fans of ancient Greek and Roman pottery and sculpture. Many are small works but nonetheless captivating, such as The Praying Boy, a lithe and delicate bronze sculpture from Rhodes dating back to 300 BC. The Vase of Euphronios, decorated with athletes in preparation, is among one of the finest surviving Greek vases in the world.
The Neues Museum
After decades on the move around Berlin, the city's impressive Egyptian Collection moved back into its original home in the Neues Museum in 2009. Built in 1855, the museum was badly damaged in the war then extensively rebuilt and remodelled under British architect David Chipperfield. He took pains to preserve as many original features as possible, including fluted stone columns and battered faux-Egyptian ceiling frescoes, as well as adding a few tasteful features – like the huge central staircase – to replace irreparably damaged parts of the building.
The museum's greatest prize is the 3300-year-old Bust of Queen Nefertiti, a treasure that's become a city symbol. There's no questioning its beauty – the queen has a perfect bone structure and gracefully sculpted lips – and the history of the piece is equally interesting. Created around 1350 BC, the bust probably never left the studio in Akhenaten in which it was created, acting as a mere model for other portraits of the queen (explaining why the left eye was never drawn in). When the studio was deserted, the bust was left, to be discovered some three thousand years later in 1912.
A bit of a comedown after all the Egyptian excitement below is the Early and Prehistory Collection in the museum attic, encompassing a mainly underwhelming collection of archeological discoveries from around Berlin.
The Alte Nationalgalerie
Tucked just behind the Neues Museum, the Neoclassical Alte Nationalgalerie is a grandiose interpretation of a Corinthian temple that houses a museum of European art that's particularly strong on nineteenth-century German Romantics, like Liebermann, though it also has great works by Cézanne, Rodin, Monet and Degas.
The Pergamonmuseum
The largest of the Museum Island museums, the massive Pergamonmuseum was built in the early twentieth century in the style of a Babylonian temple, primarily to house the city's vast Middle-Eastern treasures. Highlights include the Pergamon Altar – a huge structure dedicated to Zeus and Athena, dating from 180 to 160 BC, and depicting a furious battle between the gods and the giants – as well as the enormous, deep-blue-tiled Ishtar Gate, a sixth-century-BC processional way from Babylon. The collection also numbers hundreds of other fascinating smaller items from as far back as 2000 BC.
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The stocky, neo-Baroque Bode-Museum at the northern tip of Museum Island suffered such heavy World War II damage that it was scheduled for demolition, until Berliners protested in the streets. Subsequent waves of renovation have resulted in opulent interiors that form a seamless backdrop for one of Europe's most impressive sculpture collections, which spans the third to the nineteenth centuries. A particular strength is the early Italian Renaissance, though the German collection is equally authoritative. Also in the building is a solid collection of Byzantine art, notably early Christian religious items; ornamental Roman sarcophagi and several intricate mosaics and ivory carvings; and around half a million coins of the city's Numismatic Collection.
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Iron Sky is a film based on the theory that the 3rd Reich had bases in Antarctica and the moon in 1945 and have the technology to build UFO's at the end of World War 2.
Suposely Adolf Hitler, a large contingent of SS, the greatest German scientists and mediums have fled to Antarctica and then to the Moon creating bases in both places that are active to this day ... preparing the return in a near future, this theory is largely based either in documentation or in testimony and I will address that issue in an article that will be shared on this blog in the near future
This movie provides already some amasing images and fotos that we are sharing here, but remember, this is a comedy, based on a probable theory that many of us belive and investigate, dont think you are going to get a cult movie about the German Antartida and Moon bases, you are going to get for shure are some amasing images of somethyng that is many people minds for a very long time
Hyperborian Greetings
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The Story of Iron SkyTowards the end of World War II the Nazi scientists made a significant breakthrough in anti-gravity. From a secret base built in the Antarctic, the first Nazi spaceships were launched in late '45 to found the military base Schwarze Sonne (Black Sun) on the dark side of the Moon. This base was to build a powerful invasion fleet and return to take over the Earth once the time was right.
Now it's 2018, and it's the time for the first American Moon landing since the 70′s. Meanwhile the Nazi invasion, that has been over 70 years in the making, is on its way, and the world is goose-stepping towards its doom. The three main characters of the story are Renate Richter (Julia Dietze), Klaus Adler (Götz Otto), and James Washington (Christopher Kirby).
About the FilmIron Sky is a science fiction comedy being produced by Blind Spot Pictures and Energia Productions in Finland, and co-produced by 27 Films in Germany and New Holland Pictures in Australia. At the moment, the production is gearing up with costumes being made, sets designed and plans being finalized. We started shooting on November 17th 2010 in Frankfurt, Germany. We'll take a break for Christmas and continue in Australia in January 2011. After the shoot we will enter a year long post production process.
The primary language of the film will be English with worldwide distribution, through theaters and via the Internet... join the community!
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As any seasoned professional can tell you, winning at video games starts way before you take controller in hand. GamesRadar has posted some key strategies for defeating your opponent using man's greatest weapon - the power of the mind.
Some would say the human mind is what separates us from wild animals. Others would say that wild animals are what separates us from the human mind, but they generally live in really bad neighbourhoods, like the jungle. I subscribe to the notion that our power to deceive and misdirect is what separates us from wild animals. It's also what helps us excel at video games, as GamesRadar UK's David Houghton points out in his article "How to win games with the power of your mind."
His first two examples are ones that I've long utilised myself. Pretending I am either completely amazing or ridiculously incompetent is a tactic I've used not only to psyche out competitors in video games, but is one of the main reasons I have such a lovely girlfriend, at least until she reads this post.
I've used some of his other suggestions almost accidentally. For instance, remaining aloof and not talking is something I do because I am slightly shy, while switching up tactics is mainly a result of my overall lack of tactics.
His most useful bit of advice? Know when to quit.
With so much of the psychological approach to gaming based around the impression you create rather than your actual play level, knowing when to quit is vital if you're going to have your dark legend live on. Maintain a good run for as long as you can, but as soon as you suspect someone's getting wise to you, get out of there.
He could have just typed the chorus from Kenny Roger's "The Gambler", but I appreciate the extra effort. It's what separates us from wild animals.
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Stockton, CA
Rosario C. Gapasin
October 3, 1926 - May 16, 2013
Rosario Caacbay Gapasin of Stockton, passed away peacefully amongst her
loving family on
Thursday, May 16, 2013 at the age of 86.
She was born in Tupa Bolinao Panggasinan
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October 3, 1926. She was the youngest and only girl among three siblings to the late Felix and Rufina Caacbay.
Rosario was preceded in death by her husband Carlos Laguisma Gapasin and six children Teopilo,
Benjamin, Elizabeth, Jesus, Perla and Rosalinda. She leaves
behind five more children Leticia
(Arturo Repancol) (Philippines), Adelaide/Aida (Gerry Espinoza), Beth (Roger Low), Gary Dave (Tess) and Bernard (Cora); 41 grandchildren, 74 great grandchildren and 6 great-great grandchildren.
Visitation for Rosario will be held at Deyoung Shoreline Chapel, 7676 Shoreline Drive, Stockton, CA on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 from 9 am to 4 pm, Thursday, May 23, 2013 from 9 am to 6 pm,
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The Buffalo Niagara region added 4,000 jobs in June from a year ago, a 0.7 percent increase that continued the recent pattern of a slowing strengthening employment market that isn't improving nearly as fast as the rest of the country.
The region's rate of job growth was lower than the statewide increase of 1.1 percent and the 1.7 percent rise nationwide. Among nine metro areas in the state, Buffalo Niagara's rate of job growth was fifth-best.
Even so, Buffalo Niagara kept up its trend of steady, modest year-over-year job gains. In private-sector jobs alone, the region recorded a 1.3 percent increase, marking the 39th straight month of year-over-year gains in that category. And in overall jobs since the start of 2011, the region has recorded year-over-year gains in 29 of the 30 months.
The growth varied by job category. Financial activities jobs were unchanged from a year ago, at 32,400, while professional and business services jobs, including temporary positions, rose by 3.1 percent, to 76,700.
Scott R. Stenclik, president and CEO of Superior Talent Resources, said he has seen increased demand in the last several months from area companies wanting to hire workers on either a contract or direct basis. In fact, he said, it is not uncommon for some applicants to have more than one job opportunity to choose from.
"Demand for talent is strong," he said. And if candidates have the right skills and a good work ethic, they are in a good position to get hired, he added.
Leisure and hospitality jobs increased by 2.4 percent from last year, to 59,700.
Manufacturing jobs here declined by 0.9 percent, to 50,900. That was the best total for any month this year, but it was also the lowest total for the sector for June since 2010. Government jobs declined by 2 percent, and construction jobs dropped by 4.2 percent.
Stenclik said demand for workers is coming from multiple categories, including customer service jobs being filled by GEICO and Yahoo, information technology jobs, and leisure and hospitality positions. He noted that a number of hotels are opening in the region, each requiring a good-size workforce.
Stenclik said his firm also sees opportunities emerging at the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and at the Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences.
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The roots of Samuel Merritt University (SMU) go back more than a century. On January 26, 1909, Samuel Merritt Hospital opened its doors - along with a new School of Nursing. During its first 75 years, the Samuel Merritt School of Nursing prepared hundreds of men and women for nursing careers. Over the years, Samuel Merritt maintained affiliation agreements with other local colleges so that students could complete foundation science and liberal arts courses. These institutions included Mills College, California State University Hayward (now CSU East Bay), and the College of Alameda. In 1981, the School discontinued its nursing diploma program, became a college, and initiated an innovative four-year baccalaureate nursing program in cooperation with Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga. Samuel Merritt College (SMC) thus became the first - and one of the few hospital-based nursing schools in the nation - to make a successful transition to a four-year accredited degree-granting institution.
A new era of program expansion and enrollment growth began in 1990 when the College diversified its programs beyond undergraduate nursing by establishing an entry-level Master of Physical Therapy degree program. In 1992, SMC began offering a Master of Science degree in Nursing, which developed several specialty tracks to prepare nurse anesthetists, family nurse practitioners, and case managers. The institution admitted its first Master of Occupational Therapy students in 1994, and in 1999, it established the first Master's degree program for Physician Assistants in the western United States.
In 2001, the College began expanding its programs to regions well beyond the East Bay. For example, it began offering graduate nursing education at its Sacramento Regional Learning Center. In 2005, a grant from the Betty and Gordon Moore Foundation enabled the College to develop additional learning centers in San Francisco and San Mateo to address the critical nursing shortage through the expansion of its innovative 12-month Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. It also began offering a number of courses online and a degree program to serve students from a distance.
SMU became a doctoral granting institution with the merger of the California College of Podiatric Medicine (CCPM) and the development of a clinical doctorate in physical therapy in 2002. CCPM, now known as the California School of Podiatric Medicine (CSPM), was originally established in San Francisco in 1914.
Finally, in 2009, Samuel Merritt College was officially renamed "Samuel Merritt University" to recognize its growing contribution to research and its success in broadening its mission to provide baccalaureate-, master's-, and doctoral-level programs in multiple health disciplines, preparing tens of thousands of students for entry-level and advanced professional practice in a variety of critical health disciplines.
In 2008, SMU and Saint Mary's discontinued their historic joint degree program. The University developed a new program in collaboration with Saint Mary's, Mills College, Holy Names University, and Notre Dame de Namur University. Students enrolled in this program complete course work at one of the partner schools and then transfer to SMU to complete nursing courses and obtain a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
Over the past three decades, the University corporate oversight has undergone a series of beneficial changes. In 1982, Samuel Merritt Hospital - SMU's original parent organization - merged with Peralta Hospital to form "Merritt-Peralta Medical Center." Ten years later, Providence Hospital and Merritt-Peralta Medical Center combined to form "Summit Medical Center." Finally in 1999, "Alta Bates Summit Medical Center" was created by the merger of Summit Medical Center with Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley.
Today, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center serves as the University's parent organization and is the East Bay's largest private, nonprofit provider of tertiary care for the healthcare needs for more than two million residents. Moreover, the Medical Center is an affiliate of Sutter Health, one of the nation's leading nonprofit, community-based health systems, delivering high quality medical services in more than 100 Northern California communities.


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I decided to invite Julia Child to my Oscar Night celebration. And why not? I know, I know. She never won an Oscar. But. Easy and Elegant are two qwords which define her cooking. Perfect for the Oscars!
I love Julia Child. I often pause in my kitchen and repeat the phrase that Christians coined: WWJD? – but when I'm in my kitchen "WWJD" means "What Would Julia Do?" Whenever I feel discouraged about my cooking prowess, I snuggle on my couch late at night and watch an episode of The French Chef. I laugh out loud every single time, and am instantly strengthened and renewed. When truly serious discouragement hits me, I bring out the big guns: Saturday Night Live's French Chef Skit: "You'll need a knife . . . a very, very, very sharp knife. . ." I dare any cook who watched Julia to watch this and not laugh out loud! It was during one of those late-night couch sessions that I saw her make cheese tartlets. I took copious notes, and I'm glad I did, because I have not been able to find this recipe written down anywhere. It's not in any of her cookbooks! You'll just have to trust my note taking on this one.
For my Oscar Night celebration this year by making her cheese tartlets. Yes, I know. They are neither low-fat nor low-calorie. But. It's the Oscars! Let's Celebrate! I am certain that Julia would agree.
These are a masterpiece. Truly. I dare you to make appetizers that are as simple and yet sophisticated as these. It is impossible. They are the perfect blend of rich, satisfying flavors and melt-in-your-mouth comfort. If you have a favorite pie crust recipe, use that, or check out my miracle Never-Fail Pat-in-the-Pan Pie Crust. The best pie crust I've ever eaten!
Bonus: they take only minutes to throw together. Another bonus: they are very forgiving, and can be served warm or at room temperature. Add these mini-tarts to your Hostess Bag of Tricks. I promise you won't be sorry.


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The federal shutdown may be over (for now), but President Barack Obama's new health care law continues to be one of the nation's hottest topics. In this week's edition of Elevator Pitch, we ask health-tech investor Lisa Suennen what the law means for Silicon Valley.
Suennen is a co-founder of Psilos Group, a 15-year-old firm with some $600 million under management. Based in Corte Madera, she focuses on health care IT.
Q: How'd you get into this racket?
A: I worked at a health-care company (Merit Behavioral Care) that delivered and managed mental health and substance abuse care to over 35 million people. I joined when it was a startup and left when it had grown to $800 million a year in revenue, and we sold it to a competitor. The focus of the company was taking a nontraditional model that emphasized matching people to the right care at the right time, regardless of benefit design, etc., to minimize cost and maximize clinical outcome.
It worked. We saved our clients an average of 15 to 30 percent on these health care costs, and patients got better care. After we sold the company, we decided that this approach of aligning the incentives of patients, payers and providers could apply to all of medicine, not just behavioral health. Psilos was started by several of us who had worked together to implement that philosophy at a time when it was considered a particularly strange idea. Today it is the story on everyone's lips.
Q: What kinds of pitches are you looking for now?
A: We are particularly interested in products or services that reduce costs while improving quality. It is a uniquely transformative time in the health care system. The combination of stress on the economy, Obamacare and readily accessible cheap technology makes new solutions possible to help us remove the waste, error and poor quality that is too often the product of the system we have come to know.
Health care technology and service solutions that enable these great leaps forward in quality of care, value of care delivered and engagement of consumers in a changing system are very attractive to us. Also we want to see revenue-stage companies; we don't do Series A or early stage.
Q: What's the next big thing going to be?
A: In health care, it is going to be the dramatic changing role of the consumer with respect to purchasing health insurance and health services. In the past, people with health insurance had no role in purchasing it, by and large. Insurers sold to business and consumers spent the money, usually not caring much about how much things cost or what value was being had for money spent.
As the world shifts toward consumers purchasing through health insurance exchanges, combined with the significant cost-shifting that has happened as employers put more and more of the cost burden on employees, the insurers are going to have to think of themselves for the first time as business-to-consumer companies, not business-to-business companies. And the patients/consumers have to get savvier about how their own money is being spent, by having access to information about how much care costs and what they are getting for their money.
This opens up a whole world of products and services that facilitate the transition and, hopefully, get consumers to think more proactively about their health … although that last part isn't easy.
Q: Talk about the challenges of health care investing. On the one hand, lots of VC firms have shut their life sciences practices in the recent past. On the other hand, it's been a good year for biotech IPOs.
A: Unfortunately, health care investing has become very unpopular among the institutional investors. They view it as very risky, given the changing market dynamics, reimbursement pressure, regulatory complexity, health reform etc. Their view has too often become, "Why take a chance on health care when the next Instagram may be around the corner?" It's a shame, because the type and amount of transformation going on in our health care system has created a rich opportunity for innovation to support those changes, and that innovation needs capital.
Fortunately, there are a number of strategic investors — mainly companies in health care and adjacent sectors — that see the opportunity and are helping fill the capital gap for an industry that represents 20 percent of our national economy. I simply cannot understand how people can avoid this large an opportunity out of lack of industry knowledge or out of fear of risk — it is a profoundly missed opportunity.
Q: Is the president's new health care law good for Silicon Valley?
A: Absolutely yes. Obamacare, love it or hate it, has been a catalyst for changes we simply must make in our health care system if the nation is going to remain competitive as an international player. We cannot continue to spend money in the health care system the way we do and get very little to show for it.
We spend more than twice what the next closest nations do on health care and rank way down the list on actual health. It is time to bring efficiency, quality and consistency to this system that is so essential to our quality and way of life. Innovators with both health care and technology backgrounds have realized this, and increasingly so has everyone else engaged in the system.
This creates huge opportunities to build meaningful companies that deliver on the promise of health care value for dollars spent — and that deliver outsize financial returns to investors who are brave enough to wade into the swirling health care sea.
Contact Peter Delevett at 408-271-3638. Follow him at Twitter.com/mercwiretap


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If We Don't Talk About Last Night's South Park The Terrorists Have Already Won
The parallels between the discovery of Eric Cartman's identity, and the loss of Muhammad's were highlighted in the uncomfortably censored conclusion to South Park's 200th episode. The show asked why something already seen on television cannot be seen again.
The Trey Parker/Matt Stone philosophy has always emphasized that the best process in breaking down the boundaries of the suburban middle classes in America is done with humor. This philosophy has lead to an unmissable media franchise that has every right to sell out or slow down, but cannot because of the political substrata it was founded upon. While death threats may be an unwanted tier of the creators' business model, and rejection may come to some of their best work, the pure satire of South Park keeps the show running years after it's first broadcast. It also keeps viewers watching, even the people that don't "get" it.
Most "haters," refuse to take the show at more than face value, and they can't be faulted for that. If humor isn't to your liking the last thing your going to do is dig deeper than anyone ever intended, but many of us fanboys out there know that the reason South Park wanted to show Muhammad entailed the context in which they showed him before:
He was equal to all the other "Gods" in television-land, or so suggested South Park in Season 5's episode "Super Best Friends." And those that still find offense at the parody of deities most likely are going to try and demand that these men have no respect for any religion, which is not true, as Parker and Stone attempt to explain to Nightline in 2006:
The issue with not being allowed to show Muhammad is not that it's such a huge deal to not be allowed to show Muhammad on television (though obviously it is, just look at this article from yesterday's New York Daily News), but that it looks as though more reverence is due to Muhammad than any other religious figure, and this is the antithesis of Trey Parker and Matt Stone's argument, that being that satire should be honest parody, the kind where nothing is off limits, not even feeding your own father to your half brother.
That's right, Cartman not only fed a kid's parents to him in retaliation for being a playground bully, but last night's episode revealed that his own father was the man in Scott Tenorman's chili, and the expected result would be, of course, a tragic realization that the boy had murdered his father... but no, the revelation had by Eric Cartman was that he was tragically half-ginger, but being half Denver Bronco miraculously and offensively canceled it out. It was Team Parker and Stone's way of saying that they are not worried in the slightest about shooting themselves in the foot.
There is no doubt, if you ever watch a South Park DVD commentary, that there are shows that Parker and Stone are sorry they made, but not because the shows offended you, rather it was because they didn't match the comedic criterion the creator's hoisted so early in the game.
And for those of you who missed last night's "big reveal" of Muhammad, here's the clip below:
RIP Pip, and Kevin? We missed you.


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The Physics Force will perform at the State Fair, at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 31. The shows will take place on the U of MN stage, on Dan Patch Ave.
On August 30, the School of Physics and Astronomy will be featured in the state fair.
Throughout the day graduate students, undergraduate students, and post-docs from Hanany's groups will occupy the College of Science and Engineering (CSE) booth at the University of Minnesota building. They are featuring cool demonstrations related to the group's research into the beginning of the Universe. Graduate students Kate Raach and Chaoyun Bao coordinated the event with CSE. Stop by the booth and see the demos!


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|2010-09-19, 18:06
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Age: 30
Question : My parents are driving me nuts. They want me to go out and work, which unfortunately, even after 3 weeks of job-hunting, I was unable to even find a part-time job.
I am currently schooling full-time at a cert-mill, in which every module requires a minimum IQ of 80 to sit in. I was bored out of my skull for every semester, yet I am still able to pass everything without having to study. Tutorials are no different from primary school work - only projects are a problem for me.
I can handle work and school at the same time, but the problem is the school is so asinine not to let me swap sessions from afternoon to morning so I can find a decent job. My mother is screaming over the 10k she gave to me for school and yet she hasn't seen a cert (due next year June).
I am throughly annoyed by the bad parenting they have shown for the past 9 years and treating me as a verbal punching bag. They never gave me encouragement, be it for whatever activities I do in school, and constantly set unrealistic expectations for me (I have yet to sue Mensa for misappropriating that fucking 146 to my IQ - it totally turned my life upside down and everyone who knows about it expects way too much from me). No matter what kind of astounding results I make, I always get that "you are just doing the bare minimum" or "why can't you do better?". With a complete lack of self-esteem, I just do the bare minimum knowing that I would pass, any more than that won't make a difference because not even my closet kin cares.
Should I just lodge a dispute to the family court on both of them? I am really tired of having my self-esteem buried six feet under a pile of insults and verbal discouragement.
P.S My father is an irresponsible womaniser who grubs family funds and refuses to contribute to me or my sister's school fees, which the local law refuses to let me disown. I have a good mind to bomb the subordinate courts with a bag of nitrate fertiliser soaked in diesel and petrol, but that won't change anything. Hopefully he gets cancer and die quickly.
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|2010-09-20, 00:36
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Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
You are in Singapore, right? I imagine "family counseling" isn't quite the panacea it is in the US. Public embarrassment via the family court system might be interesting... but you should check with a counselor/lawyer who could help you frame it in an effective way.
Sounds like your parents are on the far dysfunctional end of the scale of "Asians never get a break from their parents". My wife never got a good word from her mother despite a lifetime of going way beyond the pale in her career or in taking care of her. It was never good enough.
Fortunately, her dad was far different - but sadly he died pretty young.
|2010-09-20, 04:59
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Asuki-tan Kairin ↓
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Fürth (GER)
Age: 38
so if I understand correctly you just have to bear with this situation for another 10 month or so. What is most important now, is that you find a hobby or sport where you can unleash all the hatered/bad mood that builds up over the day/week. It is extremely important for your mental health. I strongly recommend it - I really mean it! As far as I understand you cannot change much about the current situation, you are somewhat trapped in these circumstances.
Your connection to your father seems pretty much in shambles (beyond fixing), but your mother... I know next to nothing about her, but I want to ask you something:
Try to think about this as unbiased as possible.
She seems to project a part of her hatred and uneasyness onto you. She might not do it willingly, but this situation could be too much for her. It could be, that you are like an emotional pressure-relief valve for her. Provided I am not too far off here... that will make an interaction between both of you increasingly unpersonal. Both of you will increase the distance of social bonding until only material matters and rudimentary interest is a defining factor of your social interaction.
If (and only if) what I was saying is the actual reality. Then, as a result, you both lack to see the potentialy better personality in each other. You think as much that you cannot trust her and that she is useless as she thinks you are useless and just like your father (essentially "betraying" her).
In that case both of you will distance each other more and more if the vicious circle isn't broken. This would require a lot of devotion from either your or her side to break through. But that begs the question, are you even able to feel anything positive for your mother anymore (just playing nice won't help). Now, if you could imagine there is another side in her that you can reach, try to go for it. That won't work without communication though. And most important both sides need to understand what hurts them, what makes you and her feel uneasy about each other. Then there is a need to find understanding of each others fears and an understanding of mutual emotional and everyday life's support.
But be warned such a debate can be incredibly emotion-laden and might not bring the expected results.
Disclaimer, I know nothing about your mother. My second part of the advice is based on pure speculation. I try to help with my best intention, but that won't work when my understanding of your situation is wrong.
|2010-09-21, 07:05
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Location: The Netherlands
Age: 42
|2010-09-21, 09:36
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Komrades of Kitamura Kou
Join Date: Jul 2004
Age: 34
"When's it gonna stop Ash?
"..... when I've caught them all."
Question: Why isn't this in production yet? And would you watch it if it were?
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|2010-09-21, 21:37
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|2010-09-22, 09:13
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: event horizon
I think he just wants to know what you need to know to creat that do-thingy. Unless the proportions are really small, you should be able to do it after a few failed attempts and some small planing. Practice makes perfect.
|2010-09-23, 04:51
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Hardcore meets Casual
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Age: 30
I have a silly question!
Can you make a paintball sniper rifle? I'm only asking because my friends want to go paintballing within the next month or so, so I wanna know if I can buy that or not...
|2010-09-23, 15:18
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Asuki-tan Kairin ↓
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Location: Fürth (GER)
Age: 38
|2010-09-24, 01:46
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Location: 28° 37', North ; 77° 13', East
Age: 29
Alright.. this is a really strange question, but bear with me
I want help trying to identify a problem I've had since.. well forever.
Its kind of a fear.. but not really. When I look at certain things, particularly certain patterns, I start feeling a heavy nausea, but I never actually puke. Instead, it seems like I get fixated on the pattern, like my mind is trying to force itself to get used to it, but it never does, I just stare at it for a while, feel nauseous, look away and shudder, trying to not look back again.
The best example I can think of is looking at the inside of a beehive full of bees. I'm not exactly grossed out by it; its inexplicable, just a really unpleasant feeling that I get fixated on. Another good example, (though a little specific) is if any of you played RA2, the animation of the chronosphere structure when it was charged did the same thing.
Its not stills mind you, normally moving things. Usually its complicated patterns, but that doesn't exactly explain it either.
Well, I'm not sure if that matters. Any ideas on what I'm experiencing (i.e. this type of reaction to seeing certain images or patterns)?
|2010-09-24, 02:51
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Feeling comfy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 44
|2010-09-24, 09:27
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: 28° 37', North ; 77° 13', East
Age: 29
Thats pretty interesting, though it may be one of the other conditions listed on the site. The wikipedia article has been updated since like 6 years ago when I last checked; I don't think the related syndromes were listed, or I just missed them.
At any rate, I'm not going to get it checked out because it occurs so rarely, and even when it does, never does anything. Just wanted to know if anyone knew what might be going on; I had been redirected to photosensitive epilepsy a long time ago when I first tried to research this, but I was under the impression that that had more to do with flashing lights (i.e. there are a lot of youtube videos with 'SEIZURE WARNING' on it etc.).
Thanks anyways.
|2010-09-24, 09:41
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Komrades of Kitamura Kou
Join Date: Jul 2004
Age: 34
I would have to disagree with TRL. While your symptoms are some of the accompanying signs of a mild epileptic episode I wouldn't call it photosensitivity just yet. Likewise the triggers for epilepsy are usually consistent because they point to the neural connections in question, specifically because the great amount of synapses causes the neurons in the system to overfire excessively. If it isn't giving you problems on a consistent basis, epilepsy seems unlikely. Depending on your age you'd have likely have had full on tonic-clonic seizures at some point in your life if it were epilepsy (epilepsy starts early) and diagnosed a long time ago.
If you say it's more particular for moving objects, it might be vertigo. Have you had hearing issues along with it?
|2010-09-24, 09:50
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: 28° 37', North ; 77° 13', East
Age: 29
Hmmm how should I describe it.. it has to do with complicated patterns, but the elements in it should be moving close to randomly, or at least seemingly so. Thats why a beehive causes it, or if you've ever seen an accelerated video of cell reproduction, beyond a point (when the screen is covered by cells) the feeling begins to kick in.
Well.. it was definitely worse when I was younger. I would get pretty strongly fixated on it, and would always feel more nauseous. I remember that there were a couple of times when I told my parents (over the space of 2-3 years probably), but it looked like they got really worried so I always managed to shrug it off as nothing, and get out of going to a doctor. As it turns out, it never actually caused a problem ( I had totally forgotten that I even had it, till just the other day it kicked in watching some documentary on bees). Now when it happens ( it happens pretty rarely) its fairly easy to shrug off, as I know what happens, and just think about something else.
|2010-09-24, 09:57
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Komrades of Kitamura Kou
Join Date: Jul 2004
Age: 34
1. Does it happen more if you focus on a particular moving element that would require your eyes to move along with it?
2. Is it alleviated by shifting your head or closing your eyes?
3. Do you suddenly get some vision problems with it, like sudden flashing lights or sudden loss of sight?
From the looks of it, if it isn't with hearing problems it's not likely an inner ear labyrinth problem. It looks primarily a problem with the optic tract, and without primary vision impairment it seems like a brain stem or cerebellum problem.
Internet medical diagnosis is hard.
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Fans of pop superstar Cher flew into a panic on Monday when a Twitter hashtag related to Margaret Thatcher led them to think their singing idol had died.
The former U.K. Prime Minister passed away on Monday after suffering a stroke, and a topic titled #nowthatchersdead began circulating on the social networking website.
However, fans of Cher misread the title and began flooding the forum with tributes to Cher.
British funnyman Ricky Gervais became aware of the massive mix-up and tried to clarify the confusion for his followers, writing, "Some people are in a frenzy over the hashtag #nowthatchersdead. It's 'Now Thatcher's dead'. Not, 'Now that Cher's dead'. Just sayin'."
Cher seemed unaware of the controversy on Monday and continued to update followers on the progress of her latest recording studio sessions, even posting a picture of herself on her Twitter.


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Dodgers eye back-to-back wins, series triumph over Marlins
The albatross that was an eight-game losing streak has been lifted by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
April showers did not provide May flowers for the Dodgers, who look to string together back-to-back wins Sunday and post a series win over the Miami Marlins in the finale of a three-game set.
The Dodgers ended the season-high skid with Saturday's 7-1 win over the Marlins and rebounded from a 5-4 loss in the series opener. Dee Gordon homered, Skip Schumaker drove in three runs and Andre Ethier came alive with a 4-for-4 effort and three runs scored.
"Those were four great at-bats, four great swings," Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis said of Ethier, who has been making adjustments at the plate. "When he's squaring the ball up and doing that, it's fun to watch. He's been grinding and working so hard in the cage to get his swing right."
L.A. rookie Hyun-Jin Ryu pushed his record to 4-2 by holding the Marlins to a run in 6 2/3 innings.
"He was really good tonight. He set the tone, putting up all those zeroes," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said of Ryu. "It's been a battle for us, but it's win and hopefully this will start us in the right direction."
Mattingly could get another arm back soon, as starter Zack Greinke is eyeing a return to the mound. Fully recovered from a broken collarbone suffered in a scuffle against the San Diego Padres, Greinke threw his first rehab assignment Friday at Class A Rancho Cucamonga. Whether his next start is in the bigs or in the minors has yet to be confirmed.
"It won't be his decision," Mattingly noted on the team's website before Saturday's game. "It's not so much that he's ready to pitch here, it's that they're willing to take the risk of everything that could happen while he's pitching here. I think we would all like it to be here. But I'd also like him to be totally ready."
Los Angeles is 1-4 on a nine-game homestand and will welcome the Washington Nationals to Chavez Ravine on Monday.
Chris Capuano gets the nod for the Dodgers Sunday and he has lost his last two appearances, including a 9-2 setback versus Arizona on Monday. He was tagged for six runs -- five earned -- in only four innings. Capuano has allowed 10 earned runs over his recent funk.
The left-hander, who is 0-2 with a 10.38 earned run average in four games (2 starts) this season, has faced the Marlins 15 times (14 starts) in his career, going 5-5 with a 3.68 ERA.
Miami hopes to end its 10-game junket on a positive note and is 3-6 on the journey. The Marlins, who posted the win in this series opener, fell back into the loss column on Saturday when Kevin Slowey was saddled with defeat for giving up 11 hits and five runs over 4 2/3 frames.
"Kevin was battling from the start. He tried to keep us in the game, but nothing was easy for him tonight," noted Marlins manager Mike Redmond. "Other than Miguel's home run, we were pretty quiet."
Miguel Olivo posted the club's only run with a leadoff homer in the top of the seventh inning. Placido Polanco had a team-best two hits for the Marlins, who will return to south Florida this evening for a nine-game residency versus Cincinnati, Arizona and Philadelphia.
Hoping to pitch the Fish to their first road series win of the season Sunday will be Tom Koehler. The righty has made only one major league start in his career and has no record and a 3.18 ERA in six relief assignments in 2013. He has pitched no more than three innings in a game this season and will take on the Dodgers for the first time.
Miami has lost five of the six games Koehler has appeared in.
L.A. won four of six games against the Marlins a season ago.


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More than half of Europe's online gadget sellers failed to provide buyers with correct sales information or misled punters over pricing, an European Commission investigation has concluded.
EC investigators visited 369 European websites selling "six of the most popular electronic goods": compact cameras, phones, MP3 players, DVD players, computer equipment and games consoles in May. The sites investigated included 200 of the biggest retailers and "more than 100 websites... targeted on the basis of consumer complaints".
Just over 200 of the sites investigated were found to be misleading consumers on some way, the EC said. Of these, 66 per cent gave incorrect details about customers' consumer rights, such as their right to return goods bought online or by mail within a minimum of seven days without giving a reason. Some sites presented statutory rights as special offers.
Forty-five per cent of the "problem" sites misled buyers about a gadget's total price, the EC alleged, by - for example - promising free postage but then charging for delivery.
A third of the sites that troubled investigators failed to provide complete company contact details, the EC said.
Of all 369 sites examined, 14 were based in the UK. Six of them were marked for further investigation, which will be carried out by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). They will be asked to clarify their position or correct the alleged errors highlighted by the investigation.
"Failure to bring a website in line with the law can result in legal action leading to fines or websites being closed", the EU warned.
None of the 14 UK sites were named in the report, but Iceland and Norway, who both joined the EU probe, have since named local online retailers investigated by the EC.
For example, Vodafone's Icelandic website and Pixmania.com's site in Norway were both revealed to have been flagged for further investigation.
Enforcement results will be published next year
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RADFORD – A potential game-tying pass was batted down in the end zone on fourth down with 1:16 to play, thwarting an upset bid by Galax as the Maroon Tide fell to Radford 27-21 Friday.
Radford scored 27 unanswered points to lead 27-14 before Galax cut the lead to 27-20. A defensive stop gave the Tide one last chance, and Galax drove as far as the Radford 15 before two passes to the end zone fell incomplete.
Carroll County 50, Tazewell 13
TAZEWELL – The Cavaliers got 94 rushing yards and two touchdowns from Blake Bowman and two more rushing scores from Ulises Moreno as they swamped the Bulldogs in a Southwest District game.
Both of Tazewell's touchdowns came on returns of fumble recoveries.
Glenvar 27, Grayson County 7
SALEM – The Blue Devils suffered their first loss off the season in a nondistrict game at Glenvar. The Highalnders jumped out to a 20-0 halftime lead before the two teams battled evenly in the second half.
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ENNIS, Texas --
Taylor and his Jeffers Pro Cars Corvette put together the quickest run in ADRL history and broke the world speed record, going 3.577 at 212.19 mph during the third and final qualifying session at the ADRL World Finals VIII presented by CarSafe.
It gave Taylor, who holds the world E.T. record (3.581) in PX, the No. 1 qualifying spot and the speed record he had long been chasing. "We finally got that speed record. We've been after that for a long time, and it just feels awesome to put together a run like that," Taylor said. "The car was really great out the back.
"It's a cool deal because this is the first 3.50 we've had this year and it just felt good to have a run like that. It's always exciting to get back out there and get another one in the 3.50s."
The final qualifying session takes place at 12 p.m. local time on Saturday at the Texas Motorplex, with eliminations for the World Finals VIII presented by CarSafe to follow.
Brandon Pesz started Friday in Pro Extreme with a career-best 3.587 and Tommy D'Aprile topped it with a career-best 3.580 under the lights before Taylor delivered his record-breaking run.
"It was just a very smooth run. We had it stepped up a little bit and we were trying to go a little quicker, but that just cruised right down the track," Taylor said.
Meanwhile, the Pro Extreme championship points race between Mick Snyder and Jason Scruggs continues to be intense. Scruggs is currently qualified fifth with a 3.613, while Snyder and the Powersource Transportation team is right behind in sixth with a 3.627, meaning Snyder will take a 5-point lead into Saturday.
Jim Laurita is currently second with a 3.795 at 196.73 mph in his Tim McAmis Race Cars '70 Camaro, which is a career-best for him as well.
"It was just so smooth and so straight, and to run 3.76 was just really cool," said Stoken, who also thanked Reher-Morrison Racing Engines and Switzer Dynamics. "I can't say enough about that run and everyone who helped make that happen. A run like that puts you in real good company and that feels good."
Of course, Bob Rahaim clinched his first ADRL world championship in the class with his car passing tech earlier in the day. Rahaim is currently qualified No. 3 with an impressive 3.804 at 198.41 mph.
Stoken, meanwhile, is after his first ADRL win after his first trip into the 3.70s in his RJ Race Cars Camaro. "We've got to have a little luck on race day and we haven't had that yet," Stoken said. "This RJ Race Cars car is just great. Hopefully we can get all the pieces working together."
Pat Musi is doing everything possible to finish on top in his championship chase in Aeromotive Fuel Systems Pro Modified, and his Friday got off to a good start with a 3.873 at 193.54 mph, which puts him as the No. 1 qualifier.
"We're going after (the championship) and so far things are going well," Musi said. "We've got the car repeating and that's what we're after. We're pretty happy with how things went today."
Mike Castellana, who trails Naiser by just 129 points, is currently second with a spectacular 3.875 at 193.99 mph in his Al-Anabi Racing 2012 RJ Race Cars Camaro. Naiser is currently not qualified, as his 4.126 currently has him 13th in an eight-car qualifying field. Naiser has one shot left to get in the field or his championship hopes will suffer greatly.
The class excitement didn't stop there, either, as Clint Satterfield set a world speed record in the class, going 198.09 mph on his pass of 3.91. "This car is a handful to drive. It makes a lot of power, but the crew has been doing a great job," Musi said. "Now we just have to try to run our race, and hopefully it will all come together and we can get that win."
Joshua Vettel appears on track for his second straight No. 1 qualifier in Summit Racing Equipment Top Sportsman thanks to his 4.011 at 184.07 mph in his RJ Race Cars '70.5 Camaro to set the track record.
An event after breaking the world E.T. record with the first 3-second pass in the history of the class, Vettel delivered another fabulous performance to jump to the top of another loaded Summit Racing Equipment Top Sportsman field.
In an interesting championship race twist, current points leader Marco Abruzzi (4.214) is currently qualified No. 9, while William Brown III, who is second in points, is No. 8 with a 4.208. If that holds up they would meet in the first round, which would have huge championship implications.
Brown currently trails Summit Racing's Abruzzi by 278 points.
Ronnie Davis, who is third in points and still has a shot at the championship, is currently qualified third with a strong 4.094.
Through three qualifying sessions, McKinney is the No. 1 qualifier, running a 4.068 at 174.73 mph, putting him in a familiar spot.
"We came down here with the same mindset we always do, and that's to try to win the race," McKinney said. "We might have the championship wrapped up, but we want this one, too, and we'll do whatever it takes."
Dave Norris is right behind with a 4.077 at 171.71 mph, but McKinney is gunning for his fifth straight win to end the year, seventh overall and a possible ninth trip to the finals in an unbelievable 2012 campaign.
"We would love to keep that streak going," McKinney said. "Everybody wants to win the last race of the year, but it's going to be tough. Anything can happen and there's a lot of good guys out there."
In his 2012 Camaro from Jerry Haas Race Cars, John DeFlorian improved his world speed record in Extreme Pro Stock, going 179.95 mph. It's also enough to give DeFlorian the No. 1 qualifying spot, thanks to his impressive run of 4.04.
If it holds, it will be DeFlorian's fifth No. 1 qualifier in an excellent 2012 season, his first in Extreme Pro Stock with the Black Diamond Motorsports team. "Coming down here, I thought we could go 180 mph and I still think we can," said DeFlorian, who also thanked Sonny's Racing Engines. "The weather has been consistent and conditions are exceptional out there. We couldn't be happier.
"Sonny's have given us great power and the car is working really well. This team is amazing and the guys just work their tails off."
Pete Berner and his Summit Racing team are currently qualified second with a 4.051. Cary Goforth, the current XPS points leader, is third with a 4.055 at 177.32 mph in his Jerry Haas Race Cars GXP, putting him closer to a second straight championship.
Richie Stevens Jr., who is second in points, will need a spectacular Saturday to make up the current 435-point gap. Stevens and the CarSafe team are currently qualified No. 9 with a 4.075 at 177.07 mph in their Jerry Haas Race Cars Mustang.
In Mickey Thompson Extreme 10.5, Billy Glidden, who is seeking his ADRL-record 15th career win, is currently qualified No. 1 with a 3.915 at 190.59 mph.
Alan Pittman clinched his first ADRL world championship earlier in the day when his car passed tech. He is currently qualified No. 2 with a 3.948 at 197.19 mph.
Fred Henson is the top qualifier in the SuperCar Showdown, going 5.843 at 118.49 mph in his 2013 Ford Cobra Jet.
In Pro Junior Dragster, Kyle Dvorak is the current No. 1 qualifier with a 7.906.


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The Zen of CSS DesignOctober 12, 2004
A few details about the forthcoming collaboration between Molly and me.
"The Zen of CSS Design" was officially announced over a week ago at WE04 in Sydney. I expected that word would leak, so a quick mention on my Update got the message out to everyone else. Molly made mention of it as well, and filled in a few details in her comments.
But we haven't spent much time talking about the book yet, and now that I'm back (good to be home) and with connection (which I didn't miss nearly as much as I thought I would) I figure it's a good time to share what the book is, and isn't.
Those who caught the Keynote in Sydney (slides available) caught a preview, but only of the first 30 or 40 pages. Both were written concurrently, and the first chapter covers the same major points that were touched on in the keynote — the early web and slow adoption of CSS, the inspiration and building of the Zen Garden, what the site teaches, and what the site has taught me.
But this is just the first chapter; we weren't going to spend the whole book talking about something I did a year and a half ago obviously, so what we did was take 36 designs from the Zen Garden and pull out core concepts demonstrated in each. The concepts are roughly grouped into 6 chapters focusing on major design and CSS issues: Design, Layout, Imagery, Typography, Special Effects, and ?. (The last chapter is still undergoing some refinement, so I'll hold off on talking about it for now.)
The focus is about using CSS as a design tool. Some chapters are even largely code-free, for that matter. This is a web design book first and foremost, and a CSS book second. We're not writing an in-depth tech manual — Eric has already written a great one. That means that if you're expecting an advanced CSS book, this probably isn't the one for you. Most readers of this site will find familiar material, although Molly and I are both writing everything from scratch. Some concepts are new, and will hopefully prove beneficial to even the most experienced — I'm particularly fond of some of the typography segments, myself.
Where did all this come from? By way of explanation, here's a story. I started out doing web design because of one particular book I picked up sometime in the late 90's. I was doing a bunch of programming at the time, but I found I liked building the graphics for the programs more than writing the code. That book showed me a great way to combine the two practices, while focusing more on the visuals. The author of the book was, you guessed it, Molly E. Holzschlag.
She was the one that got me started with all of this, and late last year we thought it would be really cool to collaborate on a book. The ideas we had at the time didn't mesh (though who knows what will happen to them later). Things were put on hold until sometime in April. After returning from a publishing industry conference, it was obvious to Molly that a book about the Zen Garden was a hot idea. We decided to go for it, we submitted a proposal for something completely different than what we were originally thinking, and 5 months later here we are.
There are still a few months until it ships, and you can expect to hear even less out of me over the next while as we finish up. We're more than half way done at this point, so it's been tough to keep so quiet about it since June. Shaun Inman has been doing an excellent job as our technical editor, and a big thanks to all the designers we've tapped into for keeping things under wraps.
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A guided experience through the garden sounds like an engaging and innovative way to approach the subject matter — especially one that could become unwieldy like web design.
I guess what I would hope for out of a book with such potential is something that can take design elements, like the ones you mention as chapters, and bring them to people like me; someone who can see elements of design she'd like to reproduce (not copy), but still fails in achieving something she's 100% happy with — due to issues that arise either aesthetically or technically. Like, for example, when I create a site where I'm excited about specific elements but hate the overall effect; or vis versa.
At any rate, what you described sounds really promising and best of luck to all involved as you sprint to the finish!
Well I have to admit I am looking forward to this one - I am an eager follower of the zen garden and an in depth book about it could be pretty darn good. It could be also good to see a bit less code in it as well; yet with that theres the inariable problem of perhaps excluding beginers. But anyway, I for one look forward to reading this one, and please don't rush it! Good luck.
I'm really looking forward to this. Now that I can actually use CSS without having to look up the specs every 10 mins, I was looking around the Zen Garden and kept getting discouraged at the sheer amount of technique that is displayed there that probably only comes from experience (design, layout, special effects). Awesome idea.
There are enough beginner CSS books out there already so I'm glad to hear that you've approached this one a little differently. With the accelerated adoption of CSS for mainstream sites by the time January 2005 comes around you should have an eager gaggle of intermediate-advanced CSSers ready and waiting, cheque book in hand. Best of luck!
By the way, which designs did you go for? I'm guessing that Messers Hicks and Inman are well represented?
i'm eagerly awaiting this…i'm sure it will be fabulous.
I am looking forward to this book as well. Gonna pre-order it. Keep up the good work.
This is precisely the type of book I've been waiting for, and knowing how brilliant you, Inman, and Molly are, I'm certain I won't be disappointed. As such, my copy's been ordered. Congrats. Can't wait to see it.
And if I wasn't already kicking myself for not doing a Zen Garden design yet, I definitely am now. :)
Awesome! I am very ready for this book. Now if you can only get Big John to write a companion "how to fix every rendering bug known to man" novel, I'd be set for life!…or at least until IE7 comes out with a fresh crop of problems :-)
Congrats on the book Dave; I'll be picking up one of the first copies, I'm sure.
Now I'm kicking myself for not getting something submitted to Zen Garden earlier… I've missed my chance. Hopefully I learn a valuable lesson about procrastination! :)
(Seeing that the book was coming out was enough to send me digging through my photos for the ones of my visit to a real Zen garden in Japan; I'm hoping they will be inspiration for something for a Zen Garden submission!)
I just hope it's not another one of those 'how to create CSS sites' books; we have enough of those.
It's quite a bit different from that type of book. The focus is on using CSS as a design tool, which means we skip a lot of the basic stuff. There's no typical box model illustration, for example.
The danger in moving too far away from covering that material is that it's only relevant to those who are armed with two or three other books already, which is a genuine problem. We're trying to keep that in mind. You may find some material that's far too beginner-level, but you also may find material that's way advanced. We're hoping to strike a nice balance.
Looks like it should be pretty interesting. I think I'll pre-order. The slides for WE04 are awesome. Sure wish I could have attended to see yours, and others, great presentations.
I look forward to seeing this book, too. I've been pretty much a lurker on your site, but have enjoyed much of what you've provided here since I first came over from an early article put on alistapart.com. One of these days, I'll get around to doing something for Zen Garden. I hope the book is successful.
the title should read "…molly and me." you are the object, not the subject.
please don't hate me :)
Hey Dave, congrats on the book. Its alot of work to pull something like this off but I am 100% behind you and Molly.
I agree with the others about a book based on design and examples. Sometimes, I learn quite a bit more in seeing case studies and the "implementation" side of things.
Like thousands of others, Zeldman's book really hit home with me and then Cederholm's book (Web Standards Solutions). This book will sit on the shelf right next to the other treasures.
I think your approach to the book is wise and timely. CSS ZenGarden is a unique site that promotes thinking and opens the imagination to whats possible. Your book will supplement the ZEN site and offer an insight that will be valuable to many. Again, I applaud your efforts…writing is not easy and your hard work will pay off.
Good luck and lets plan for a big book launch in Vancouver. I will fly down…maybe a night out at the Pan Pacific or Yaletown! Sushi anyone?
Gordon Currie
I just want to say "thanks" for all the great CSS resources you've provided. It looks like I'm going to be leading a small team of web developers on a project pretty soon. They are all great people, but from what I've seen of their HTML so far, they're still in a 20-nested-tables and spacer-gif mindset. I'm going to send them some of your articles and see if I can change some minds.
I got mine pre-ordered, and I'm glad there's finally a new CSS book out that isn't just a tutorial… this should be awesome!
Making a Zen Garden design is a lot of fun; I had a great time making mine. It also helped me take a hard look on how I was writing stylesheets up to that point.
Overwriting rules with newer selectors is very powerful technique but can also be a bit tricky to use if you don't stick to a disciplined process. Stick to what you know and be prudent about applying new stuff you've learned.
Can't wait to see the book and see how others can open my eyes to take another hard look on how I do things! :)
Having a launch party in Vancouver is a fantastic idea! I would love to meet more people in Vancouver who are interested in CSS and standards. Some days I think that maybe I should have stuck to tables and dreamweaver… Clients sure don't seem to care about standards and just don't get it.
Hopefully this book will be so successful that it will be picked up by more than web designers.
You can bet your ass I'm gonna get this book! Looking forward to it, Dave.
Dave, if we put the word out on the GDC mailing list, I bet you'd get a lot of local designers; there has been a lot of buzz about standards-based design and CSS on the list lately, and almost everyone mentioned your sites when people were ticking off the best references to learn CSS.
Maybe a little party at the usual design community haunt, The Alibi Room (www.alibiroom.com), would be a good way to do it, or perhaps a Japanese restaurant to celebrate the Zen-ness? :)
Anyway, I guess we'll talk more in December as the date grows near!
I like Gordon's idea for a launch party here… it would be nice to do something for Dave, and it would be a great chance for all of us to meet other people in the area who are involved in CSS-based design…
Dave, are there any plans for an event already in the works?
No plans yet. It might be nice to do something local, that's a great idea. I still haven't met half of you that are around Vancouver. Let's try and swing something a little closer to the time, maybe after I have a few copies in hand.
Congratulations to Dave and Molly for the forthcoming book, I will surely preorder it asap.
I always browse the Garden and think about how some designs were created, of course I have studied many of them, but having a book that tells us the story and process of some will be great.
I really enjoyed Douglas explaining his submission:
Will we have that kind of content on the book? I mean, from how the idea of the design is conceived to implementation?
A launch party/gathering in Vancouver sounds great! I live in Calgary, but Vancouver's a short flight away. Someone should organize this!
I propose changing the title to 'Zen and the Art of CSS Design', along the lines of 'Zen and the Archery', 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance', and 'Zen and the Art of Poker'. It would add a nice satirical touch to the book! At any rate, I am looking forward to the book!
Is there a place I can preorder the book? I'd really like to get my hands and eyes on it :) I am a big fan on CSSZG!
Dave, I think is a good approach to write about web design concepts.
Ottawa Web, there's a link at the end of the article.


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Dear SOS: I recently visited the beautiful little town of Capitola, next to Santa Cruz on the California coast. Gayle's Bakery & Rosticceria is a special place. Along with mouth-watering baked goods, I enjoyed two delicious dishes: a kale and quinoa salad and a very yummy artichoke frittata. Could you please try to get the recipes?
Donna Sloan
Los Angeles
Dear Donna: Gayle's was happy to share both recipes with us, which we've adapted below.
Quinoa and kale salad
40 minutes, plus cooling times. Serves 4 to 6
1 1/4 cups quinoa, well rinsed under running water
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
3/4 cup drained canned garbanzo beans
1 tablespoon plus ½ teaspoon ground cumin
Kosher salt
1 cup kale (preferably dinosaur or dacinato), stemmed and cut in ribbons
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/3 cupcurrants
1/4 cupcut jarred piquillo peppers, drained and cut into strips
3 tablespoons chopped green onions
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
Zest and juice of 1 lemon
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook the quinoa until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain well, fluff on a rimmed baking sheet and set aside to cool.
2. In a sauté pan heated over medium-high heat until hot, add 2 tablespoons olive oil and the garbanzo beans, sprinkling over the ground cumin and a pinch of kosher salt. Sauté until the beans are lightly colored and aromatic. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
3. In a large bowl, toss the quinoa with the garbanzos, kale, celery, currants, piquillo peppers, green onions, parsley and lemon zest with quinoa.
4. To make the dressing, whisk together the remaining one-half cup olive oil, red wine vinegar and the juice from the zested lemon, three-fourths teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste, and black pepper.
5. Add the dressing to the salad, a few tablespoons at a time, tossing to coat. You may not use all of the dressing. Taste and season if desired. This makes about 5½ cups salad.
Calories 399
Protein 8 grams
Carbohydrates 36 grams
Fiber 5 grams
Fat 26 grams
Saturated fat 3 grams
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sugar 8 grams
Sodium 291 mg
NOTE: Adapted from Gayle's Bakery & Rosticcera.
Artichoke and sun-dried tomato frittata
About 1 hour, plus cooling time. Serves 12
3 cups drained, coarsely chopped canned artichoke hearts (canned in water)
1 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes
1/3 cup chopped fresh chives
1 cup julienned basil
1/3 cup chopped fresh parsley
3 cups grated sharp white cheddar cheese
1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan
15 eggs
2 cups heavy cream
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 12-by-9-inch casserole dish.
2. In a bowl, toss the artichokes, tomatoes, chives, basil and parsley, and cheddar and parmesan cheeses together gently. Spread evenly in the dish.
3. Whisk together the eggs, cream, salt and pepper. Pour over vegetable mixture.
4. Put the frittata in a larger pan, and add enough hot water to reach halfway up the side of the frittata dish.
5. Bake until the top is lightly golden, then cover with foil and continue baking until the frittata is set (a knife inserted should come out clean), 40 to 50 minutes. Cool slightly before slicing. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Calories 388
Protein 19 grams
Carbohydrates 8 grams
Fiber 1 gram
Fat 31 grams
Saturated fat 18 grams
Cholesterol 320 mg
Sugar 2 grams
Sodium 538 mg
NOTE: Adapted from Gayle's Bakery & Rosticcera.