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Easy French Dessert Recipes
Matcha Green Tea Pot de Creme Recipe
We gave another dinner party last night. Daddy (my father-in-law) had new friends over; they're a delightful couple who recently moved from Boston to the Bay Area. We had a lovely, fairly light meal consisting of lots of seafood, such as crab cakes with muhammara (pomegranate sauce) accompanied by seafood Israeli couscous salad, then roasted Chilean seabass with homemade preserved citrus hollandaise sauce. I wanted to keep the same delicate mood for dessert, so I prepared lightly sweetened matcha green tea pot de creme. I believe that food should be a visual experience, so I decorated the sweet treats with whipped cream and fresh raspberries.
I was so excited to have been given a tin of matcha green tea powder in my Christmas stocking stuffer and couldn't wait to make use of the unique, distinctive flavor of this tea. Its lovely, natural jade color is very subtle, but subtlety can actually be quite a stimulating experience for the palate.
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Coffee Pot de Creme Recipe
This week has gone by so fast. And it's already that time of the week when I share another dessert recipe with you. I prepared a French dessert I make often during the winter season because it doesn't require any fruit. I simply raided my pantry and used vanilla beans, instant coffee and Kahlúa, which is a coffee-flavored, rum-based liqueur. Yes, you probably already guessed it; I prepared pot de creme.
I love how easy and simple they are to make. The texture is velvety and lightly sweetened. In my opinion, pots de crème are the quintessential representation of decadence one can find in French desserts.
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Apricot Pot de Creme Recipe
When Lulu and I attended my older sister's wedding in 2007 in Paris, I recall the most delicious store-bought dairy dessert I discovered at my very dear friend Nathalie's house. We had a lovely dinner and finished the meal with Bonne Maman brand miniature jars of petits pots de crème. But unlike the ones I usually prepare, these pots de crème had a much heavier, thicker, smooth and creamy texture. Unfortunately, this product has been discontinued; Lulu and I searched for it during our most recent trip to France without success.
This is my attempt to recreate that lovely French dessert. The dessert is made with a lot of white chocolate, a fair amount of heavy cream, butter and eggs. I flavored it with apricots from our garden and amaretto to enhance the apricot flavor.
I served the dessert with a fresh fruit salad and a small scoop of rum raisin ice cream for a little temperature and texture contrast.
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Pistachio Dessert: Pistachio Creme Brulee Recipe (+Giveaway)
If you've been following my culinary adventures, you've probably noticed how much I love pistachios! Daddy (my father-in-law) went to visit one of his friends in Sacramento who grows orchards of pistachios. Daddy brought bags filled with fresh pistachios back for me to have fun with. I had never seen or tasted the raw product and it was amazing. The color is richer and greener. Daddy said raw pistachios are very common in India and picking the pistachios brought him back in time. There were so many pistachios that I had to come up with creative ways to make use of them. I immediately thought of making pistachio paste by grinding and blending them raw with a little Bourbon Barrel Vanilla Sugar. I also added pistachio oil to make the paste smooth and creamy because pistachios contain very little natural oil compared to other nuts. I also added a touch of almond extract to give the pistachio paste a nice aroma.
I didn't stop there. I used the paste to flavor a typical French dessert: crème brûlée. I've made crèmes brûlées so many times (lavender, banana, cherry, masala chai, matcha green tea, lemon, chocolate, vanilla, butterscotch, even a savory garlic flavored-one!) that after checking back on PhamFatale.com, I was surprised to see that I never posted this particular version! The pistachios were so fresh that it was almost guaranteed that the crèmes brûlées would be divine. To accentuate the dessert, I used vanilla sugar from Bourbon Barrel in the pistachio paste, the custard mixture and the brûlé part itself. It's just more evidence that a few exquisite ingredients can transform the simplest foods (eggs, milk, cream and sugar) into something extraordinary.
In addition to tasting incredible, this naturally green-colored dessert can be part of your Halloween table. The kids can have their Snickers and Twix; I'd rather have one (or three) of these pistachio crèmes brûlées!
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Pumpkin Creme Brulee Recipe
We recently hosted a dinner party and I wanted to bring a little flair of the Fall season. With Thanksgiving coming, I decided to make a pumpkin crème brûlée. I would consider myself an expert when it comes to make these cute French desserts. I've made crèmes brûlées so many times (lavender, banana, cherry, masala chai, green tea, lemon, chocolate, vanilla, butterscotch), I could make them with my eyes closed, except the brûlée part . That would end badly, I'm sure.
The result was predictably delicious. Crème brûlée flavored with just about anything tastes great, but that doesn't give you license to make a turkey-flavored version. If it was made savory though, it might be interesting. Something to think about. At any rate, pumpkin crème brûlée is a familiar, yet fresh take on Thanksgiving dessert that deserves a place at your dinner table.
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Pet Therapy Pig at Center of Local Law Dispute in Florida
(CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.) -- Hoping to help their son, Kason Ray, 8, cope with the emotional problems that result from Down's syndrome, his parents got him a therapy pet. Because his father and older brother are severely allergic, they couldn't have any animals that could set off a reaction. After lots of research, the Coral Springs, Fla., family settled on a Juliana pig to help their son, who has significant developmental and speech delays, and has the mental age of a 4-year-old.
Three weeks ago, the tiny spotted piglet joined the family. Kason's mother, Heather Ray, named the animal Twinkie, and she said the pig has already had a big impact on her son's life.
"You know, he does get mad. He throws fits. He doesn't like things, and Twinkie has a very calming effect on him. It mellows him out, it calms him down," she said. "It's so good for him. He loves her so much."
Twinkie has become a beloved member of the Ray family, but the city of Coral Springs has strict ordinances prohibiting the keeping of pigs.
Ray told ABC News on Sunday that she did her research on local laws before she bought the pig. She found out that Broward County and several cities surrounding her own allowed pet pigs to be kept, and when she learned of Coral Spring's rules, she contacted city officials to request a waiver or special exemption because of her son's disability. On Oct. 15 officials said they couldn't grant her request.
In a written statement to ABC News on Monday, the city's communication and marketing director, Bob Goehrig, wrote: "A city ordinance does not allow pigs as pets. Pigs are considered livestock. If the Rays can show us there is a medical necessity and can bring documentation, we'll be glad to look into it."
But Ray said she's already sent the city all the documentation they've requested, including a letter from her son's doctor supporting the recommendation for a therapy pet for Kason.
In the letter, a copy of which Ray provided to ABC News, Dr. Juan Carlos Millon wrote on Oct. 23, 2012, that Kason had "certain limitations coping with stress and anxiety…I am prescribing an emotional support animal that will assist Kason in coping with his disability."
Ray even spoke with the U.S. Department of Justice, which told her she could have grounds to keep the pig under federal laws that protect Americans with disabilities.
Twinkie cannot be registered as a therapy animal until she is 1 year old, but Ray says she intends to complete the process when the animal is eligible, adding that she is already taking a course to become a registered therapy pet handler.
Now 7 weeks old, Twinkie weighs just 3 pounds. When she grows to adulthood, she will measure about 12 inches tall and weigh between 20 and 40 pounds.
She is strictly an indoor pet, Ray says.
Juliana pigs are gentle, affectionate animals that can be litter-trained.
Ray said having Twinkie around has helped enhance Kason's speech. He can talk about how the pet looks and what she does. In addition to that, Twinkie gives Kason the total acceptance he may not always find in society, Ray added.
"For children with special needs, anyone with special needs, acceptance is a big deal," she said. "Unfortunately in our society, you know, people with special needs just are not always accepted…an animal loves you no matter what. They don't care what you look like, they don't care how you talk, how you walk, you know, they don't care, as long as you love them they love you unconditionally, so that's very important to him, for us to have that for him."
So far Ray says the city has not imposed any penalties because of Twinkie's presence in the home, which the family owns.
"They haven't threatened us with fines, not yet, no, not yet," she said. "However they've made it clear that a person could be fined up to $500 a day."
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President Barack Obama began his second term with a ringing pledge to tackle climate change — saying that "the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations."
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Instead of taking bold steps, Obama's environmental regulators are dodging questions about how they intend to rein in the nation's largest sources of greenhouse gases. They missed a major deadline last month for rolling out rules for future power plants, prompting environmental groups and several states to threaten lawsuits. And the EPA has insisted to Congress that it's not even working on regulations for the next piece of the carbon puzzle — the nation's vast fleet of existing power plants.
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Meanwhile, signs are growing that the administration is poised to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada, despite pleas from his green activist supporters.
Climate advocates say they still believe the president's heart is in their cause, and they're looking for him to use his executive authority to bypass a long-stalemated Congress. But they've also watched issue after issue compete for the White House's attention this year — from gun control, budget cuts and immigration to Syria, Benghazi and the IRS. And they fear Obama is already running out of time.
Given the complexity of addressing greenhouse gas pollution across the U.S. economy and the usual long haul of the regulatory and judicial process, Obama's window for taking action will shut soon, advocates fret. Wait too long, they say, and the next president will be making the final call.
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"Every day, more sand passes through the hourglass of this administration," said David Doniger, climate policy director at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Doniger and others who follow the issue say crafting the complex regulations needed to make a serious dent in carbon pollution could take every moment left in Obama's presidency, along with considerable use of his bully pulpit. The administration needs to make it clear that "this has the backing of the man at the top," Doniger said.
"There needs to be a public plan," he said. "There needs to be a schedule — what's going to get done and when."
"It's going to be a long conversation, so he should get started," said Eric Pooley, the Environmental Defense Fund's senior vice president for strategy and communications.
Despite the lack of obvious action on a second-term climate agenda, advocates closest to the administration say Obama means what he says.
"President Obama is absolutely committed to tackling climate change," said Carol Browner, Obama's former top energy and climate adviser, who is now a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. "This is a legacy issue for him that he really believes in."
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Per the Hattiesburg American, severe weather in the area resulted in a tornado touching down and causing damage along Southern Miss' campus. So far, there haven't been any reports of injuries or death. Still, it's a scary situation. We hope everyone's alright.
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STANWOOD — To advertise a month-long series of lectures on Bible prophecy, Cedarhome Seventh-day Adventist Church did something eye-catching.
In the front garden of the church on Cedarhome Road, church members set up a 30-foot inflatable metallic man, a character in King Nebuchadnezzar's dream recounted in the Old Testament book of Daniel.
Held down by guide wires, the figure stands in a spotlight that makes it visible even during dark January nights.
"It's an attention getter, that's for sure," said Greg Howell, who serves as pastor of the church.
Beginning next Friday, the church is hosting speaker Jac Colon of the Lewis County-based ministry called Revelation Now. Colon plans to speak from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. five nights a week — Fridays through Tuesdays — through Feb. 9 at the church, 28505 68th Ave. NW, in the northeast corner of Stanwood.
Bible scholars have written that the nature of apocalyptic chapters in the Old Testament was to offer encouragement to the righteous to remain true and faithful. Dreams and visions were interpreted as predictions concerning the rise and fall of nations from the time of the Babylonian captivity of the Jews to the establishment of the messianic kingdom. In King Nebuchadnezzar's dream, he sees an image of a great statue with a head of gold, chest and arms of silver, a belly of brass, legs of iron and feet of iron mixed with clay. Nebuchadnezzar demands that people tell him what the dream means.
Colon, a former Wall Street banker and Vietnam veteran, has taught Bible prophecy for nearly 40 years. His series of messages at Cedarhome is called "Unlocking Revelation." Colon's lectures deal primarily with the Book of Revelation, Howell said.
David Johnson of Stanwood arranged for Colon to speak and to have the inflatable figure put up at the church.
"The reason we obtained the inflatable statue is to generate interest and curiosity as to what the Bible and the metallic man have to say and how it affects you," Johnson said.
Colon plans to talk about increasing violence, tensions in the Middle East, economic problems and environmental upheaval, Johnson said. The prophecies of the Bible bring personal peace in the midst of uncertain times, he said.
Colon, has a powerful personal story to tell, Howell said.
"We would love to have people come out and check out the metallic man and what the books of Daniel and Revelation have to say about the future," Howell said.
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In taking a look at some key indicators for GATX Corporation (NYSE:GATX), we note that the current Book to Market value for the firm is at 0.637180. The Book to Market or BTM is calculated as Market Value (or Stock Price)/Book Value. Investors often look for shares with high Book to Market value as this could indicate that the equity is priced below market value and underpriced.
A ratio of a publicly-traded company's book value to its market value. That is, the BTM is a comparison of a company's net asset value per share to its share price. This is a useful tool to help determine how the market prices a company relative to its actual worth. A ratio greater than one indicates an undervalued company, while a ratio less than one means a company is overvalued. Value managers seek out companies with high BTMs for their portfolios.
Some traders may be using technical analysis to try and beat the stock market. There are many different indicators that traders have at their disposal. The sheer amount of indicators may leave the trader wondering which ones to use. Studying different technical indicators and signals may be worthwhile and educational, but the average investor may only end up focusing on a couple different indicators that actually work. Finding which indicators to follow and trade on may take some time and effort. Scoping out the proper signals and figuring out which ones tend to work the best may be on the minds of many traders. Trying to follow too many technical indicators might not be the best idea, and it may even cause more confusion. Once the signals have been chosen, traders may spend a lot of time back testing strategies before diving into the market.
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There are many different tools to determine whether a company is profitable or not. One of the most popular ratios is the "Return on Assets" (aka ROA). This score indicates how profitable a company is relative to its total assets. The Return on Assets for GATX Corporation (NYSE:GATX) is 0.027443. This number is calculated by dividing net income after tax by the company's total assets. A company that manages their assets well will have a higher return, while a company that manages their assets poorly will have a lower return.
Looking at some ROIC (Return on Invested Capital) numbers, GATX Corporation (NYSE:GATX)'s ROIC is 0.040508. The ROIC 5 year average is 0.050790 and the ROIC Quality ratio is 6.682900. ROIC is a profitability ratio that measures the return that an investment generates for those providing capital. ROIC helps show how efficient a firm is at turning capital into profits.
In terms of EBITDA Yield, GATX Corporation (NYSE:GATX) currently has a value of 0.081905. This value is derived by dividing EBITDA by Enterprise Value.
The Current Ratio of GATX Corporation (NYSE:GATX) is 2.54. The Current Ratio is used by investors to determine whether a company can pay short term and long term debts. The current ratio looks at all the liquid and non-liquid assets compared to the company's total current liabilities. A high current ratio indicates that the company might have trouble managing their working capital. A low current ratio (when the current liabilities are higher than the current assets) indicates that the company may have trouble paying their short term obligations.
The Leverage Ratio of GATX Corporation (NYSE:GATX) is 0.671845. Leverage ratio is the total debt of a company divided by total assets of the current and past year divided by two. Companies take on debt to finance their day to day operations. The leverage ratio can measure how much of a company's capital comes from debt. With this ratio, investors can better estimate how well a company will be able to pay their long and short term financial obligations.
Piotroski F Score
The Piotroski F-Score is a scoring system between 1-9 that determines a firm's financial strength. The score helps determine if a company's stock is valuable or not. The Piotroski F-Score of GATX Corporation (NYSE:GATX) is 5. A score of nine indicates a high value stock, while a score of one indicates a low value stock. The score is calculated by the return on assets (ROA), Cash flow return on assets (CFROA), change in return of assets, and quality of earnings. It is also calculated by a change in gearing or leverage, liquidity, and change in shares in issue. The score is also determined by change in gross margin and change in asset turnover.
Checking in on some valuation rankings, GATX Corporation (NYSE:GATX) has a Value Composite score of 30. Developed by James O'Shaughnessy, the VC score uses five valuation ratios. These ratios are price to earnings, price to cash flow, EBITDA to EV, price to book value, and price to sales. The VC is displayed as a number between 1 and 100. In general, a company with a score closer to 0 would be seen as undervalued, and a score closer to 100 would indicate an overvalued company. Adding a sixth ratio, shareholder yield, we can view the Value Composite 2 score which is currently sitting at 22.
Volatility/C Score
Stock volatility is a percentage that indicates whether a stock is a desirable purchase. Investors look at the Volatility 12m to determine if a company has a low volatility percentage or not over the course of a year. The Volatility 12m of GATX Corporation (NYSE:GATX) is 28.007900. This is calculated by taking weekly log normal returns and standard deviation of the share price over one year annualized. The lower the number, a company is thought to have low volatility. The Volatility 3m is a similar percentage determined by the daily log normal returns and standard deviation of the share price over 3 months. The Volatility 3m of GATX Corporation (NYSE:GATX) is 28.256500. The Volatility 6m is the same, except measured over the course of six months. The Volatility 6m is 28.239100.
GATX Corporation (NYSE:GATX) currently has a Montier C-score of 3.00000. This indicator was developed by James Montier in an attempt to identify firms that were cooking the books in order to appear better on paper. The score ranges from zero to six where a 0 would indicate no evidence of book cooking, and a 6 would indicate a high likelihood. A C-score of -1 would indicate that there is not enough information available to calculate the score. Montier used six inputs in the calculation. These inputs included a growing difference between net income and cash flow from operations, increasing receivable days, growing day's sales of inventory, increasing other current assets, decrease in depreciation relative to gross property plant and equipment, and high total asset growth.
Novice investors might be striving to create a trading strategy that produces results in the equity market. Once all the research is complete and the stocks are picked, they may need to decide what kind of time frame they will be working with in terms of buying and selling. Some investors will be making longer-term term plays, and others will be trying to make shorter-term moves. At some point, every investor will have to decide when to sell a winner and when to cut loose a loser. This can be one of the most difficult decisions to make. Investors may find it really hard to sell an underperforming stock when they still believe that it will turn around and move to profit. Waiting around for a turn around that may never come can lead to the undoing of a well crafted portfolio. Regularly staying on top of the markets may allow the investor to make educated buy or sell decisions when the time comes. This may involve following major economic data, studying company fundamentals, and checking in on historical price movement and trends. Investors who are able to keep their emotions in check might find themselves in a better position than those who let emotions get the best of them.
Here we will take a look at several key ratios for Navistar International Corporation (NYSE:NAV), starting with the Book to Market (BTM) ratio. Value investors seek stocks with high BTMs for their portfolios. The ratio is a comparison of the firm's net asset value per share to it's current price. This is helpful in determining how the market values the company compared to it's actual worth. The Book to Market value of Navistar International Corporation currently stands at -1.273913.
Successful traders and investors often learn how to develop disciplined strategies. Trading strategies can range from very simple to highly complex. Whatever the strategy choice, investors who stay the course may have a better chance of coming out a winner in the stock market. Traders may try to avoid getting trapped into a sour situation. Being able to stomach some losses along the way may not be easy, but it may help sustain profits in the long run. Making the best possible decision is typically what many investors attempt to accomplish. Often times, it may take some bad trades to get to the good ones. Combining the study of company fundamentals with technical stock charts may lead to increased overall knowledge about a particular name. Technical analysts will often be following price action tick by tick with the hopes of capitalizing on a defined trend.
In terms of EBITDA Yield, Navistar International Corporation (NYSE:NAV) currently has a value of 0.116375. This value is derived by dividing EBITDA by Enterprise Value.
Navistar International Corporation (NYSE:NAV) presently has a current ratio of 1.40. The current ratio, also known as the working capital ratio, is a liquidity ratio that displays the proportion of current assets of a business relative to the current liabilities. The ratio is simply calculated by dividing current liabilities by current assets. The ratio may be used to provide an idea of the ability of a certain company to pay back its liabilities with assets. Typically, the higher the current ratio the better, as the company may be more capable of paying back its obligations.
The Price to book ratio is the current share price of a company divided by the book value per share. The Price to Book ratio for Navistar International Corporation NYSE:NAV is -0.784982. A lower price to book ratio indicates that the stock might be undervalued. Similarly, Price to cash flow ratio is another helpful ratio in determining a company's value. The Price to Cash Flow for Navistar International Corporation (NYSE:NAV) is 5.193072. This ratio is calculated by dividing the market value of a company by cash from operating activities. Additionally, the price to earnings ratio is another popular way for analysts and investors to determine a company's profitability. The price to earnings ratio for Navistar International Corporation (NYSE:NAV) is 9.371211. This ratio is found by taking the current share price and dividing by earnings per share.
Looking at some ROIC (Return on Invested Capital) numbers, Navistar International Corporation (NYSE:NAV)'s ROIC is 0.236273. The ROIC 5 year average is 0.003274 and the ROIC Quality ratio is -0.734572. ROIC is a profitability ratio that measures the return that an investment generates for those providing capital. ROIC helps show how efficient a firm is at turning capital into profits.
Free Cash Flow Growth (FCF Growth) is the free cash flow of the current year minus the free cash flow from the previous year, divided by last year's free cash flow. The FCF Growth of Navistar International Corporation (NYSE:NAV) is 2.414162. Free cash flow (FCF) is the cash produced by the company minus capital expenditure. This cash is what a company uses to meet its financial obligations, such as making payments on debt or to pay out dividends. The Free Cash Flow Score (FCF Score) is a helpful tool in calculating the free cash flow growth with free cash flow stability – this gives investors the overall quality of the free cash flow. The FCF Score of Navistar International Corporation (NYSE:NAV) is 2.713802. Experts say the higher the value, the better, as it means that the free cash flow is high, or the variability of free cash flow is low or both.
The Gross Margin Score is calculated by looking at the Gross Margin and the overall stability of the company over the course of 8 years. The score is a number between one and one hundred (1 being best and 100 being the worst). The Gross Margin Score of Navistar International Corporation (NYSE:NAV) is 5.00000. The more stable the company, the lower the score. If a company is less stable over the course of time, they will have a higher score.
At the time of writing, Navistar International Corporation (NYSE:NAV) has a Piotroski F-Score of 7. The F-Score may help discover companies with strengthening balance sheets. The score may also be used to spot the weak performers. Joseph Piotroski developed the F-Score which employs nine different variables based on the company financial statement. A single point is assigned to each test that a stock passes. Typically, a stock scoring an 8 or 9 would be seen as strong. On the other end, a stock with a score from 0-2 would be viewed as weak.
Shifting gears, we can see that Navistar International Corporation (NYSE:NAV) has a Q.i. Value of 17.00000. The Q.i. Value ranks companies using four ratios. These ratios consist of EBITDA Yield, FCF Yield, Liquidity, and Earnings Yield. The purpose of the Q.i. Value is to help identify companies that are the most undervalued. Typically, the lower the value, the more undervalued the company tends to be.
Watching some historical volatility numbers on shares of Navistar International Corporation (NYSE:NAV), we can see that the 12 month volatility is presently 48.311500. The 6 month volatility is 49.502300, and the 3 month is spotted at 55.455300. Following volatility data can help measure how much the stock price has fluctuated over the specified time period. Although past volatility action may help project future stock volatility, it may also be vastly different when taking into account other factors that may be driving price action during the measured time period.
Successful traders and investors often learn how to develop disciplined strategies. Trading strategies can range from very simple to highly complex. Whatever the strategy choice, investors who stay the course may have a better chance of coming out a winner in the stock market. Traders may try to avoid getting trapped into a sour situation. Being able to stomach some losses along the way may not be easy, but it may help sustain profits in the long run. Making the best possible decision is typically what many investors attempt to accomplish. Often times, it may take some bad trades to get to the good ones. Combining the study of company fundamentals with technical stock charts may lead to increased overall knowledge about a particular name. Technical analysts will often be following price action tick by tick with the hopes of capitalizing on a defined trend.


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U.S. National Register of Historic Places (1976); U.S. National Historic Landmark (1966)
Situated above a waterfall in Mill Run, Pennsylvania, Fallingwater has become one of America's favorite houses because of its organic, modern design that blends in with its surrounding nature and its cantilevered construction technology that leaves visitors in awe. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 to be a summer house for Pittsburg millionaire Edgar J. Kaufmann and his family.
The entire house is divided in two structures, the main house and the guest wing, that are connected by a semi-circular stone walkway protected by a cantilevered canopy of reinforced concrete. The main house is situated above a twenty-foot drop waterfall, the largest Bear Run waterfall; and the guest wing is located on a hill, north of the main house.
The main house, completed in 1937, is three-story high. The first story includes a large central living room with a kitchen and a dining area, two terraces one on the east and the other on the west, and glazed hatch leading down steps to the stream. The second story is comprised of a master bedroom opening into a large terrace, a guest room, a dressing room and two more terraces. The third story includes a bedroom, a study and a gallery opening onto a terrace above the center of the house.
The guest wing, built in 1939, is two-story high. The first story includes a living room, a bedroom, a swimming pool, servant's quarters, a laundry and a garage. The second story includes three bedrooms and a terrace.
The house is located on acres of rolling woodland on the north of Bear Run, above the upper waterfall in Mill Run, Pennsylvania. Anchored in four giant sandstone boulders, the cantilevered reinforced concrete balconies of the main house float in the space over the moving stream. Native sandstone walls, piers, chimney core, and floors of cantilevered slabs of reinforced concrete make up the main house structure. Floors, indoors and out, are finished with two inch flags of native sandstone. Millwork is of black plywood, and windows and doors are of steel and glass.
Fallingwater's cantilevered design stretches out like branches of a tree and is covered in materials and colors inspired from surrounding wilderness. Its long and horizontal reinforced concrete slabs express horizontality of giant sandstone boulders underneath the structure and linearity of Bear Run Creek, while the vertical sandstone wall intrusions mimic heights of surrounding trees and flow of the waterfall. The entire house is a fine harmony of modern geometry and curvaceousness of nature set within the tapestry of changing seasons. The open floor plan of the house bordered by large panes of glass windows and infinite amount of terrace space heighten the experience of enjoying surrounding environment and make Fallingwater a very unique summer retreat.
Fallingwater. National Historic Landmark's Program. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1483&ResourceType=Building.
Hoffman, Donald. Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater: the House and its History. 2nd, revised ed. New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1993.
Lind, Carla. Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. Pomegranate, 1996.
U.S. Department of the Interior. National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form, Fallingwater. Washington, DC: GPO, 1976.
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. Fallingwater. Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, 1988.
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This wonderful cake can be made with little effort. If you like bananas, this is a cake you'll definitely love - it's very banana-y. I didn't bother frosting it but decided to create some swirls on the surface of the batter instead for a pretty finish. I baked this late one night and took it in to work the next day - it disappeared pretty quickly.
My cake was inspired by this recipe from Week Of Menus. I made a few changes to come up with a slightly healthier alternative.
Here's what needs to be done:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9-inch cake pan.
In a bowl, mix together these dry ingredients-
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
In another bowl, beat together:
- 5 Tbsp softened butter
- 2 oz melted semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 ripe bananas, mashed well
- ¾ cup yogurt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp rum extract
Combine the dry and wet ingredients together. Mix well. The batter will be a relatively thick one.
Add 2 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips to the batter and mix again.
Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan.
Melt 2 ounces of white chocolate. Drop small blobs of the melted chocolate all over the surface of the batter and run a toothpick through it to create beautiful swirls.
Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out relatively clean.
Cool, slice and serve.
Notes: I was a little disappointed that I could not taste the rum or vanilla flavors in the cake. I could not even taste the chocolate in the cake though I'd added almost 6 ounces of it in addition to the cocoa powder. The banana flavor had overpowered all of the other flavors in the cake. Next time, I'd like to try adding some coffee to the cake for a different taste.


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Old Glory Daze
Today, we celebrate...the American Flag.
O-oh, say can you SEEEE? BYYY the bakery light?
How so soundly they failed... to give our flag any meaning:
Those brown stripes and blob "stars" ARE a scurr-i-lous sight!
And the RED parts they botched... are so def'nitely leaning:
And what's that O-VER THEEEERE?!
[cymbal crash!!]
Did the BAKER NOT CARE?
[slide whistle!]
A goof, what a sight - it's more THAN I can bear.
(Yes. Really.)
No WAY does thi-is new-fangled airbru-ush yet blaa-aaaave!
[You know, "to blave?" It means "to bluff."]
[Now, someone fetch me an MLT!]
For the BAND of the THREEEEEE (red stripes)...
And the hoooome...of theeeee....WAAAAAAAVE!
(Before you ask: all of today's wrecks were sold right here in the good ol' US of A, on or around American holidays. I also have LOTS more where these came from. [proffering tissue] Tissue, teachers?)
Thanks to ToniAnn B., Trace L., Stephanie P., Sarah C., Kelly S., Sharon E., Lori A., Lin Q., & Daniel K. for their flagging enthusiasm.
Happy Flag Day!
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Set to Jason Segel's You Just Got Slapped, this emotional clip tips a cap to the brave men and women who have risked life and limb to slap the truly awful Prince Joffrey in the face (or throw shit at him).
Joffrey Baratheon Slap Tribute feat. Marshall Erikson (Jason Segel) [YouTube, via TDW]


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Heat oven to 425 degrees. On two baking sheets,
arrange carrots, onion, and squash; drizzle
with 2 tablespoons oil, and season with salt and
pepper. Roast, turning once, until caramelized
and tender, about 30 minutes.
place lentils and shallot in a medium saucepan
and cover with water by two inches.
Bring to a boil, then simmer, covered, until
lentils are tender, about 20 minutes. Drain;
discard shallot. Season with salt and pepper.
Combine vinegar and mustard. Pour remaining
3 tablespoons oil in a slow steady stream,
whisking constantly. Toss lentils and celery
with vinaigrette and season with salt
and pepper. Spoon over roasted vegetables.
Garnish with celery leaves.


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Police arrested a man dressed as Cookie Monster in Times Square for allegedly pushing a 2-year-old boy after becoming angry the child's mother didn't give him a tip, the mother said.
The mother told police the costumed Sesame Street character became aggressive after she snapped a photo of him with her son, although she told NBC 4 New York they were approached first by the man in the costume.
"We were walking in his direction, but we did not approach him. We did not speak to him," said Parmita Kurada of Stamford, Conn. "He just came and he just picked up Samay and said, 'Come, come, come. Come take a picture with us.'"
She said the man in the Cookie Monster suit demanded $2 and started pushing her boy. When she told him her husband needed to get cash, he began to verbally assault the woman, according to Kurada, cursing at her and calling her son offensive names.
"I cannot even repeat what he was saying," said Kurada. "I've never had anyone say that to me. And worse was he was cursing at my kids."
The man in the suit then allegedly pushed the boy's stroller so hard he tumbled out onto the ground. The boy was not injured.
The man in the suit, 33-year-old Osvaldo Quiroz-Lopez, was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child, law enforcement sources said.
He was arraigned Monday and his lawyer denied the charges, saying there was no evidence of injury to the boy.
Quiroz-Lopez's work partner, who dresses in an Elmo costume, did not give his name but said at the arraignment that Quiroz-Lopez "didn't do this."
Kurada said her young son can no longer bear to see or play with Cookie Monster. When asked why he didn't like the big blue friendly monster as portrayed on Sesame Street, the boy told NBC 4 New York, "Because Cookie Monster gave me a boo boo."


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Doughty, Green And Keith Named Norris Trophy Finalists
Article By:From chicagoblackhawks.com: (link)
Drew Doughty of the Los Angeles Kings, Mike Green of the Washington Capitals and Duncan Keith of the Chicago Blackhawks are the three finalists for the 2009-10 James Norris Memorial Trophy, which is awarded "to the defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position," the National Hockey League announced today.
The members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association submitted ballots for the James Norris Memorial Trophy at the conclusion of the regular season, with the top three vote-getters designated as finalists. The winner will be announced Wednesday, June 23, during the 2010 NHL Awards that will be broadcast live from the Pearl Concert Theater inside the Palms Hotel Las Vegas on VERSUS in the United States and on CBC in Canada.
Following are the finalists for the Norris Trophy, in alphabetical order:
Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings
Doughty, who won't turn 21 until Dec. 8, is vying to become the second-youngest Norris Trophy winner -- Bobby Orr won his first of a record eight at 20 years, 3 months of age. With 59 points, Doughty ranked third in the NHL in scoring among defensemen, behind fellow finalists Mike Green and Duncan Keith. Doughty's 16 goals -- including five game-winners, tops among NHL defensemen -- tied him with Nashville's Shea Weber for second most among League blueliners behind Green's 19. He logged 24:58 of ice time per game, which led the Kings and ranked 13th among all NHL players, and posted a plus-20 rating.
Mike Green, Washington Capitals
Runner-up to Zdeno Chara for the 2009 Norris Trophy, Green followed up his 31-goal 2008-09 season by leading NHL defensemen in both goals (19) and points (76) for the second straight year. He led the League's blueliners in assists (57) and power-play goals (10), quarterbacking the NHL's most lethal man-up unit -- Washington's 79 power-play goals were nine more than any other team and its 25.2-percent success rate easily outpaced the competition. Green also ranked among the League's top 10 defensemen in plus/minus (second, plus-39), game-winning goals (second, four) and average ice time (ninth, 25:28).
Duncan Keith, Chicago Blackhawks
Keith played all 82 games this season for the third time in his five-year NHL career. In doing so, he logged a total of 2,180:24 of ice time, the most among all NHL players. Having steadily increased his production each year, he took his offense to another level this season, registering career highs in goals (14), assists (55) and points (69). Keith ranked second to Washington's Mike Green among NHL defensemen in assists and points. He posted a plus-21 rating and is plus-84 over the last three seasons.
The James Norris Memorial Trophy was presented in 1953 by the four children of the late James Norris in memory of the former owner-president of the Detroit Red Wings.
Announcement Schedule
The NHL will announce the three finalists for each of its awards daily. The remaining announcement schedule:
Monday, April 26 - Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
(perseverance and dedication to hockey)
Tuesday, April 27 - NHL Foundation Player Award
(contributions to charitable causes)
Wednesday, April 28 - Jack Adams Award (top head coach)
Thursday, April 29 - Hart Memorial Trophy (MVP)


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brink needed a new t-shirt design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 64 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
We need 2 tee shirt designs. The first is a Mardi Gras themed event tee and the second is a sports themed shirt. Keep reading...
Desired Color Scheme:
Desired Style:
open, see Nectar's logo
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
1st design: Mardi Gras themed shirt with the Nectars logo (see http://www.liveatnectars.com), this is wide open. Creativity is needed but think festive, beads, music and Mardi Gras! Of course the Nectars logo needs to be the center piece.
2nd Design: Simple logo with NECTAR'S but in Boston Red Sox like script and 08 will be on the reverse of the tee. The NECTAR'S will be arched on the front of the shirt.


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Securities regulators charged Goldman Sachs with fraud Friday, in a case that could hold Wall Street's most prominent firm legally accountable in the collapse of subprime-mortgage investments.
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged the firm and one of its vice presidents with failing to disclosure key information to investors in one supbrime-mortgage deal.
Specifically, the SEC says that Goldman failed to tell investors that it had allowed a hedge fund that was betting against the housing market to help structure the portfolio.
The civil lawsuit focuses on a single allegation, rather than a broader case against Goldman's mortgage-product activities. But it amplifies a long-running debate regarding the financial crisis: Did illegal and fraudulent activities on Wall Street play a big role in causing the crisis?
Many financial experts say that the main roots of the crisis lie elsewhere -- including in behavior that was reckless and greedy but not illegal. But federal investigators implied that more lawsuits could come.
"The SEC continues to investigate the practices of investment banks and others involved in the securitization of complex financial products tied to the US housing market as it was beginning to show signs of distress," said Kenneth Lench, chief of the agency's unit focused on so-called "structured products," in a statement accompanying the charges.Goldman's stock fell about 12 percent Friday, while an index of financial stocks was down 3 percent.
Some industry analysts say that the sharp reaction in lower share values reflects the possibility that legal troubles will reach deeper at Goldman and throughout the industry. "I think this is going to be the first of many" cases involving US banks and the crisis, Matt McCormick, a banking analyst at Bahl & Gaynor, said on CNBC.
Goldman, America's largest investment bank, issued a statement saying it would "vigorously contest [the charges] and defend the firm and its reputation."
Short seller influenced collateralized debt obligation, SEC charges
The case in question involves a Goldman client, the big hedge fund run by investor John Paulson. The SEC alleges that in 2007, as a bubble in US housing markets was showing signs of weakness, the hedge fund "paid Goldman Sachs to structure a transaction in which Paulson & Co. could take short positions against mortgage securities chosen by Paulson & Co. based on a belief that the securities would experience credit events."
In other words, the design of this investment product was influenced by someone betting against its success (a "short seller," in Wall Street jargon), and other investors in the product were not told.
The SEC charges that Fabrice Tourre, a Goldman vice president, failed to disclose Paulson & Co.'s role to other investors. The product was a collateralized debt obligation (CDO), a multilevel complex of debts tied to underlying loans including subprime mortgages.
Such CDOs played an important role in the housing boom and bust. During the boom, investor appetite for these seemingly attractive products helped feed the supply of credit to borrowers with poor prospects of repaying their loans. Then, as the risks of subprime loans began to emerge, the implosion in CDO values became a source of financial-industry instability. What had been a key source of credit in the economy quickly dried up.
News reports have documented how both Goldman Sachs and John Paulson made a great deal of money betting on a housing collapse at the right time, after the market peaked in 2006. Neither party faces charges of wrongdoing in those wider profits. And the SEC filed no charges against Paulson or his fund Friday.
The outcome of the SEC lawsuit remains to be seen, but the charge puts at least a dent in Goldman's reputation while the case is hashed out. The firm has also been tarnished recently by criticism that it helped Greece to hide the extent of its national debts.
Political fallout
Friday's charges also come at an important moment politically for the financial industry. President Obama is pushing for new regulation of Wall Street to prevent another financial crisis.
"We can't allow history to repeat itself," Obama said Friday. He didn't mention the SEC action against Goldman, but called for reforms so that taxpayers wouldn't be on the hook for "risky speculators on Wall Street."
In a 2007 e-mail cited by the SEC, Mr. Tourre appeared to talk openly about the risks that were rife at the time. "The whole building is about to collapse anytime now," he saids, citing "more and more leverage in the system."
Meanwhile, the SEC is also fighting to defend its own reputation as a vigilant regulator.
The agency released a report by its own inspector general Friday concluding that the SEC knew since 1997 that R. Allen Stanford probably was operating a Ponzi scheme. The report attributed the failure (until recently) to prosecute Stanford to a managerial culture that was wary of taking on complex cases.


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Once again, Speaker Boehner seems a prisoner of his caucus
WASHINGTON — Once again, Republican conservatives in the House of Representatives look like they're insisting upon a rigid stand that's shackling Speaker John Boehner's efforts to compromise and pass a payroll tax-cut extension.
And once again, the question being asked all over Capitol Hill is: Is Boehner a pragmatic leader adept at keeping renegade Republicans unified — or is he being led by a band of staunch ideologues who are driving the party deep into a political ditch? The Ohio Republican has faced those questions all year, ever since his party took control of the House in January, its majority swollen by tea party-backed idealists averse to compromise.
The latest turmoil Monday involved the surprise rejection of a bipartisan Senate deal to extend beyond Jan. 1 a 2 percentage-point Social Security payroll tax break, plus long-term unemployment benefits and current Medicare payment rates to doctors. It was assumed Boehner would go along with the deal, but upon hearing blowback Saturday from his caucus, he announced he was opposed to the plan.
House conservatives' refusal to go with the plan "makes the speaker look ineffective," said Gary Jacobson, a professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego.
Not to everyone, though.
"This is a pleasant surprise," said Judson Phillips, founder of Tea Party Nation, one of the conservative grassroots groups that helped elect dozens of House Republicans last year.
And Chris Edwards, an economist at the libertarian Cato Institute, thought Boehner was "doing his job — getting a majority within the Republican caucus."
But any congressional leader must build consensus to get laws enacted.
Newt Gingrich, speaker from 1995 to 1998, usually made sure that GOP moderates were consulted. Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Democratic speaker from 1977 to 1987, often said he built majorities with like-minded lawmakers from both parties.
Today, the parties are far more ideologically strict, creating problems for Boehner, a strong conservative also known as a consensus-builder. He won his leadership post in a mild upset in 2006 after scandals forced a shakeup at the top of House GOP ranks. Even then, conservatives were wary of his willingness to compromise — he and liberal icon Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., had joined together to craft a major education bill.
But Boehner's collegiality, as well as his distance from the disgraced leadership, proved irresistible to many Republicans, who made him their leader. Since then, of course, hard-core conservatives have gained strength — and complicated Boehner's life.
The divide between Boehner and his hard-charging conservatives became clear quickly in 2011. He and President Barack Obama agreed on a deal to cut $38 billion in current federal spending, but 59 House Republicans opposed the effort, which won approval only because of Democratic support.
During the summer, Boehner came close to a mega-deal with Obama on deficit reduction before conservative opposition forced the speaker to pull back. A lesser deal was finally reached, but it included punting the major issues to a bipartisan "supercommittee," which wound up unable to agree. And 66 House Republicans opposed that bill.
In the latest round, Senate Republican leaders thought they had mollified the right on the payroll tax deal, thanks to its inclusion of an expedited review of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which conservatives support and environmentalists oppose.
Boehner was "aware but not involved" in those negotiations, said his spokesman, Michael Steel.
It was assumed he'd go along — until a Saturday conference call with House GOP rank and file, who objected to the package, turned him around.
To some analysts, Boehner's behavior shows that he's largely at the mercy of the conservatives. Meanwhile, major battles loom before this Congress expires, notably whether to adjust or cancel the across-the-board spending cuts scheduled for January 2013, as well as expiration of Bush-era tax cuts.
Conservatives remain wary of Boehner.
"The tea party came in with a huge mandate, and he's done nothing," Phillips said.
In the Senate, some Republicans are furious.
"The House Republicans' plan to scuttle the deal to help middle-class families is irresponsible and wrong," said Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass. "We cannot allow rigid partisan ideology and unwillingness to compromise to stand in the way of working together for the good of the American people."
Ironically, Boehner's payroll tax-cut position could jeopardize the House GOP majority next November, particularly if the current impasse leads to higher taxes next month.
As Jacobson put it, "Republicans are putting themselves in a position to be blamed if taxes go up next week."
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New Construction Updates
Campus Emergency Guidelines video 2013
Active Shooter Information
Surviving an Active Shooter Event video
Active Shooter Survival video
Active Shooter Procedures
Facilities / Safety Committee
Type of Committee: Participatory Group – with specific areas being represented
Committee Reports to: Historically this was an advisory committee to the president. Now to GAP
Charge: FSC oversees college facilities related issues including maintenance, space allocation, remodeling and construction. The committee will facilitate the college's emergency preparedness plan. FSC will assist the college in determining its response to the accreditation self study and will make recommendations GAP regarding how the college can better meet the facilities mandates.
- Recommend, monitor and review policies and procedures that affect the health and safety of the college community to the president.
- Continually evaluate the effectiveness of the policies and procedures which affect the health and safety of the college community.
- Develop and update a Facilities Implementation Plan, an Emergency Preparedness Plan and a Facility Rental Plan for the President's review and approval.
- Identify and prioritize facility and grounds maintenance, modification and signage projects for funding by CBAC or District Facilities.
- Identify and prioritize American's with Disabilities Act facility and grounds projects that make Mission College more accessible to students with disabilities.
- Conduct regular inspections of our facilities and grounds and make recommendations to correct deficiencies noted to District Facilities or develop budget proposals to submit to CBAC.
- In consultation with District staff, identify ergonomic furniture needs.
- Identify and prioritize the upgrade of existing office furniture.
- Receive and resolve complaints about facilities and grounds from the college community.
- Keep the college informed about facility and grounds issues.
- Review safety related incidents and accidents as reported by Student Health Services and Public Safety.
- Monitor, recommend and manage space allocation, including faculty offices, and space conversion and "infill".


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I'm quoting this for posterity. It's a joke, as I'm sure you all know. Hence, the poster's 'Sucker'.
Everyone, just move on. Nothing to see here. You would know that by his statement when he mentioned seeing someone peering out from a window behind a red curtain at 300-400 yards. That's 900-1200 feet. You'd better be a sniper with a Barrett Light .50 looking through a ****ing proper scope to see that ****.
I think you need to learn how to read, couch potato. It really happened and the sun glinting off of a rifle barrel can be visible from a ++very++ long way.
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Taking the Maven 2 Plunge
Make was quite a handy tool in its day. Ant has revolutionized automated builds. Maven has taken build transparency and automated development and deployment to a whole new level. If you haven't caught the maven bug yet, it's time to take a deeper look now that the next generation—Maven 2—is available. If you're already working with Maven but are interested in M2, scroll down a little and get started!
Why? Ant Works for Me!
If you hang out with the types of developers I hang out with, you have probably come into contact with a John at some point. John is a friend and coworker—a mentor. as a matter of fact. One word can sum up his reaction the first time I introduced him to Ant several years ago. Why?
Maven is to Ant what Ant was to Make. Maven supercedes Ant. Maven provides the same functionality that has been traditionally present in a build tool but introduces new concepts that haven't been considered in previous build systems. So, what are these new concepts? Why is Maven so great? You should explore.
Understanding Maven Concepts
Centralized Descriptor
Unlike Ant, Maven projects do not require the development of one or more build files. Instead, Maven introduces the concept of a project descriptor, or POM. The POM (Project Object Model) describes the project, providing all of the information needed to perform a series of prebuilt tasks. These tasks, or goals as their are called in Maven, use the POM information to execute appropriately. When necessary (almost never for a typical project), plugins can be developed and utilized across multiple projects in the same manner as prebuilt goals.
A project's POM consists of very basic information about a project, such as the type of project (a jar library, war, and so forth); however, this simple concept of centralizing this information into a single XML file is very powerful. As you will see, by centralizing this information, Maven is able to provide goals that build, assemble, deploy, document, report, produce metrics, and do much more with your project. The POM is often referred to as pom.xml.
Goals, What not How
By introducing a project descriptor, Maven requires a developer to provide information about what is being built. This differs from traditional build systems (like make or ant) where developers instruct the system how to build. This change eliminates the need for developers to rebuilt the same functionality over and over again.
Imagine how many people in the world have written a compile target for ant. Think you're the only one to write a war target? Think again! By providing customizable goals, this duplication is eliminated and developers can focus on developing business logic rather than developing a build system. In maven, once your POM is defined, add a source file and run the compile goal. Boom! Compiled!
Utilize Best Practices
Have you ever checked out a clean version of a project from source control only to spend the next 15 minutes trying to figure out where the source code is located, how the build file pieces everything together, and what version of jdom is supposed to be in your class path? If not, you're lucky. You either only work for with projects that all have the same build practices or you have some great documentation. For the rest of us, there's Maven.
Maven does not enforce best practices for projects. It strongly supports them. Typically, you will find that Maven projects are very consistent in their project setup. They mirror the same directory structures and utilize the same goals. This consistency, along with the centralized dependencies (discussed below), makes it easy to check out a project and work with it immediately. Want to find the Java source code for a Maven project. If it follows conventions, look under src/main/java. Looking for the Java test code? Take a peek at src/test/java. Want to build a distribution? Check out the assembly plugin and run assembly:assembly. How about running the tests? The test goal should do it.
Of course, not all projects are exactly the same, and any build tool needs to be customizable. Maven supports projects with unconventional layouts. Even in these instances Maven can help. Directory locations and custom goals can be discovered by simply looking at the POM.
Centralized Dependencies
Configuring dependencies within a build system is often a nightmare. If your build depends upon specific library locations, each developer must maintain the same directory structure and libraries. Libraries that are required for multiple projects often get duplicated throughout the file system. Another alternative, checking dependencies into the source code repository, requires placing compiled binaries, which may be under development themselves, into the repository.Maven introduces the concept of centralized managed dependencies. In Maven, the build system itself is responsible for downloading and adding dependencies to the appropriate classpath. Projects define their external dependencies in their POM. Maven's dependency mechanism is then responsible for retrieving the dependency when necessary.
To optimize performance and reduce storage requirements, Maven stores all retrieved dependencies within a single repository. When it encounters an unknown dependency, it searches its external repositories, downloads the dependency, and places within its local dependency.
What's New in Maven 2
Maven 2.0 is a rewrite of the popular Maven application to achieve a number of goals, and to provide a stable basis to take it into the future. It is currently available as a Technology Preview (from the Maven 2 Web site).
Dependency Scopes
Maven 2 project descriptors allow for the scoping of project dependencies. Scopes allow for dependencies that are not needed in every environment. The four available scopes are:
- compile indicates that the dependency is required for compilation and execution. These dependencies often will be provided with distributions and bundled with deployments.
- provided indicates that the dependency is required for compilation but should not be bundled with deployments and distributions. These dependencies should be provided by an external source (typically a container) during runtime. Most Java extension API dependencies (such as servlet-api) will be defined in the provided scope.
- runtime indicates a dependency that is not needed for compilation but is needed at runtime. Many runtime dependencies are implementations of other APIs. Often, these dependencies are injected or configured. A good example of a runtime dependency is a JDBC driver implementation.
- test dependencies are required for the execution of unit tests. These dependencies are not made available in distributions and deployments.
Transitive Dependencies
Maven 2 introduces the concept of Transitive dependencies. Direct dependencies are those upon which a project explicitly depends. Typically, a project will not compile without direct dependencies. Transitive dependencies are those which direct dependencies themselves depend upon.
Consider the following example:
+-- mavenized-webapp + -- struts + -- commons-logging + -- castor
In this example, the mavenized-webapp project has two direct dependencies, Struts and Castor. In this example, the commons-logging dependency would be considered a transitive dependency because it is not directly required by mavenized-webapp.
When utilizing Maven 1, transitive dependencies must be explicitly defined as a dependency to be included within testing and execution classpaths and distributions. Maven 2's dependency mechanism will take care of determining transitive dependencies. This eliminates the need for the dependency to be defined within the project descriptor.
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Notice of Meeting - February 3, 2005
NOTICE OF MEETING A regular meeting of the San Francisco Public Library Commission will be held as follows: Date: Thursday, February 3, 2005 Time: 4:00 p.m. Place: Koret Auditorium, Main Library, lower level The meeting will be called to order. 1. PUBLIC COMMENT (This item is to allow members of the public to comment generally on matters within the Commission's purview as well as to suggest new agenda items for the Library Commission's consideration.) 2. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES - ACTION Presentation of, discussion of, and possible action to approve the Minutes of the regular Commission meeting December 16, 2004. Explanatory document:
3. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES - ACTION Presentation of, discussion of, and possible action to approve the Minutes of the regular Commission meeting January 6, 2005. Explanatory document:
4. EUREKA VALLEY-HARVEY MILK MEMORIAL BRANCH - ACTION (Continued from the January 20, 2005 Regular meeting for additional public comment and Commission action) Presentation of, and discussion of, and possible action to confirm current scope and schedule for Eureka Valley-Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library renovation, to suspend renovation plans, or to amend the scope, budget, and/or schedule to add a museum/research center as proposed by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society. 5. 2005/06 BUDGET UPDATE - DISCUSSION Presentation on and discussion of Library 2005-06 Budget issues. Explanatory documents:
2005-06 Proposed Budget (Revenue)
Report on the 2005-06 Budget
6. CITY LIBRARIAN'S REPORT - DISCUSSION by Acting City Librarian Paul Underwood (This item is to allow the Acting City Librarian to report on recent Library activities and make announcements) The Acting City Librarian will report on the following subjects: new Chief of Technical Services; Legislative Day in the District activities; and exhibitions and programs. 7. FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY REPORT - DISCUSSION (This item is to allow the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library to inform the Commission of their current and proposed activities.) 8. LABOR UNION REPORT (This item is to allow members of library labor organizations to report on employee matters within the Commission's purview as well as to suggest new agenda items for the Library Commission's consideration.) 9. NEW BUSINESS (This item is to allow Commissioners to introduce new agenda items for consideration.) 10. ADJOURNMENT - ACTION (requires motion and public comment) 1/28/05 - M. Housh, Commission Secretary Explanatory documents: Copies of listed explanatory documents are available as follows: (1) from the Commission Secretary/Custodian of Records, Main Library, 6th Floor, (2) in the rear of the Koret Auditorium immediately before and during the meeting, and (3)to the extent possible, on the Library's website at http://sfpl.org/. Additional materials not listed as explanatory documents on this agenda, if any, that are distributed to the Library Commissioners prior to or during the meeting in connection with any agenda item will be available to the public for inspection and copying in accordance with Government Code Section 54954.1 and Sunshine Ordinance §§ 67.9, 67.28(b)& 67.28(d).
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In order to increase our storage infrastructure while gaining stability, OVH has chosen the ZFS technology, combining robustness, ease of migration, smart cache management and encryption, etc. The Dedicated Cloud and NAS-HA storage solutions both rely on this technology.
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK--(Marketwire - Dec. 31, 2012) - Electrum Global Holdings L.P. (the "Offeror") announces that as part of an internal reorganization involving GRAT Holdings LLC ("Holdings"), which principally controls each of Leopard Holdings LLC ("Leopard"), The Electrum Group LLC ("TEG Services"), the Offeror, the sole general partner of the Offeror, TEG Global GP Ltd. ("Global GP"), and Electrum Strategic Resources L.P. (formerly Electrum Strategic Resources LLC) ("ESRL"), which occurred on December 28 and 31, 2012 (the "Closing"): (i) 5,000,000 common shares (each, a "Common Share") in the capital of NovaGold Resources Inc. (the "issuer") of the 53,232,201 Common Shares then held by ESRL were transferred to Holdings, leaving ESRL holding 48,232,201 Common Shares and warrants (each, a "Warrant") to purchase up to 31,337,278 Common Shares; and (ii) 100% of the interest in ESRL was transferred to the Offeror. Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof, upon payment of the exercise price of $1.479, to acquire one Common Share and one-sixth of one common share in the capital of NovaCopper Inc. ("NovaCopper").
In addition, on December 31, 2012, ESRL exercised all 31,337,278 Warrants and acquired 31,337,278 Common Shares and 5,222,879 common shares of NovaCopper (the "Warrant Exercise").
Following the Closing and the Warrant Exercise, the Offeror (through ESRL) and Holdings hold 79,569,479 and 5,000,000 Common Shares, respectively, or 25.6% and 1.6%, respectively, of the issued and outstanding Common Shares, with the result being that Holdings has direct and indirect control over 84,569,479 Common Shares, representing 27.2% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares.
The Common Shares referred to above are held for investment purposes and the Offeror and/or one or more of its joint actors (Holdings, Leopard, Global GP, TEG Services and ESRL) may, depending on market and other conditions, increase or decrease its beneficial ownership of Common Shares or other securities of the issuer whether in the open market, by privately negotiated agreement or otherwise.
The Offeror is located at 535 Madison Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY, USA 10022. A copy of the early warning report relating to the Closing and the Warrant Exercise can be obtained from Michael Williams (646-365-1600) or on the SEDAR profile of the issuer at www.sedar.com.
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Firem'n Chit
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This certification grants a Scout the right to carry matches and build campfires. The Scout must show his Scout leader, or someone designated by his leader, that he understands his responsibility to do the following:
- 1. Read and understand fire use and safety rules from the Boy Scout Handbook.
- 2. Secure necessary permits (regulations vary by locality).
- 3. Clear all flammable vegetation at least 5 feet in all directions from fire (total 10 feet).
- 4. Attend to fire at all times.
- 5. Keep fire-fighting tools (water and/or shovel) readily available.
- 6. Leave fire when it is cold out.
- 7. Subscribe to the Outdoor Code and Leave-No-Trace.
The Scout's "Firem'n Rights" can be taken from him if he fails in his responsibility.


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At long last, we come to the final boss of the normal Firelands raid instance, Ragnaors.
For those of you familiar with his original Molten Core incarnation, this reunion will either be a fun one or something that sends you away screaming, all depending on what type of guild you were in back in vanilla WoW.
As this fight is split into a number of phases and is arguably the most complex of the boss fights in this raid instance, we'll be splitting this fight up into two articles to help deal with some of the complexities in a bit more depth.
For starters, a tank specific portion of the fight is the stacking debuff that he'll put onto his current target. It behaves in a similar manner to other stacking tank debuffs that you've seen in the past. It ramps up as it stacks and will require a tank switch at regular intervals to help the tanks keep their stacks low enough to keep themselves alive. To this end, you'll likely want to switch off with your offtank around 3-4 stacks of the debuff, depending on your hardiness and the strength of your healers, though as the healers will be very busy this first phase, it might be better to just play it a little safer and switch off a tad more frequently than you think you need to.
Ragnaros also uses his smash attack where a random raid member will be targetted and three waves of lava will move away from their location. They're not too hard to see coming so it shouldn't be too hard to avoid them provided that there isn't a huge amount of craziness going on so keep an eye out for it, just on the off chance it comes close enough to hit.
There will be a periodic knockback that shouldn't be too hard to deal with as well as the flame traps that he'll set around the raid. The traps have to be set off to keep them from getting too numerous and every trap that's set off will deal a decent chunk of damage to the entire raid. Keep a good line of communication open with your raid and don't let that spike damage take you unaware. Keep a close eye on your health and if you think there's a chance that the spike of damage could be dangerous, pop those cooldowns preemptively and you should ride through it.
Once the boss hits 70%, the intermission phase will begin. During this phase, Ragnaros will submerge under the lava and summon a number of fire elementals that will run from the edge of the platform in towards Ragnaros and if any of them reach him, they'll basically explode and hit the raid for a huge chunk of damage.
While you won't really be able to do too much damage to them as a tank, you can help as much as possible. Use any stuns you have smartly and apply your debuffs to whatever targets you can reach easily to assist your DPS when it comes to burning them down in time.
Next week, we'll be covering the remaining phases of this fight and hopefully, the end of your trip through the normal Firelands raid.


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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — China stocks struggled unsuccessfully Thursday to sustain a second day of gains, while Tokyo markets outperformed as a weaker yen supported exporters and as investors looked toward the nation's general election later this month.
More broadly around Asia, stock markets were split between gainers and losers, while a composite index for the region, the Asia Dow, was up 0.2%.
Japan's Nikkei Stock Average NIK, -0.18% rose 0.8% to close at its highest level since April 26, while South Korea's Kospi 180721, +0.41% ticked up 0.4%.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index HSI, +0.04% traded basically flat, retreating 0.1% after gaining 2.2% on Wednesday to close at a 16-month high.
The Shanghai Composite Index 000001, +1.19% slipped 0.1%, paring an almost 3% gain from the previous day, when it rebounded from a 46-month closing low.
Singapore's Straits Times Index STI, -0.31% rose 0.1%, while Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index XJO, -0.20% dipped 0.3%.
Japan politics
Japanese political news appeared better received by the local market, after a Nikkei opinion poll Thursday showed the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party on track to reach a majority in the election on Dec. 16.
The LDP and its leader, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, are broadly in favor of applying looser monetary policies.
"Every time there 's a change in leadership in Japan, a little bit of optimism gets thrown in because it's assumed that policy will have to change," said Louis Capital Markets' head of Japanese equities, Ben Collette, in Hong Kong.
Collette said he expected a mild correction in Japanese stocks, as the yen was overdue for a rebound following its sharp decline in recent weeks.
In the coming year, Collette expects further weakness in the Japanese currency to underpin gains in Tokyo stocks.
"Once the yen pushes back to 90 [to the U.S. dollar,] you are going to have a hard time buying enough stock in the names that everyone knows," Collette said. He adds that he's been advising clients to look toward consumer-oriented exporters such as Sony Corp. and Sharp Corp.
Chris Weston, chief market strategist at IG Markets, added: "Talk in Japan that certain polls had the LDP party romping home in the upcoming lower house election saw dollar/yen and yen crosses predictably attracting strong buying interest."
The dollar USDJPY, +0.07% changed hands at ¥82.5, up from ¥82.35 in late North American trading Wednesday.
Currency-sensitive exporters picked up on the yen move, with Sony Corp. 6758, -2.22% SNE, -0.05% up 3.4%, Honda Motor Co. 7267, -1.06% HMC, -0.07% improving by 1.6%, and Sharp Corp. 6753, -3.36% SHCAF, -6.66% surging 10%.
Toshiba Corp. 6502, -2.32% TOSYY, +0.16% rose 0.7%, but Panasonic Corp. 6752, -0.08% US:PC slipped 0.5%. The two firms were among six slapped with fines by the European Union on Wednesday for allegedly fixing prices on television and computer-monitor cathode-ray tubes.
LG Electronics Inc. 066570, +0.76% LGEIY, +0.00%, down 1.5% in South Korea, was also fined by the European Union, though it planned to appeal the decision. Read: LG Electronics to appeal European Union fines
Still, a 1.3% gain for Hyundai Motor Co. 005380, +1.19% HYMTF, +0.00% helped support the Seoul market. The auto maker's U.S. unit has exceeded its record 2011 sales, the company said.
HSBC Holdings PLC 5, +0.17% US:HBC underperformed the Hong Kong market with a 0.5% decline after Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the situation, that the banking giant might pay a $1.8 billion fine over money-laundering control lapses. Read: HSBC reportedly may pay $1.8 money laundering fine
Meanwhile Standard Chartered PLC 2888, +1.88% STAN, +1.04% said that it would likely pay around $330 million in fines to settle with U.S. authorities over transactions with Iranian clients that may have violated U.S. sanctions.
Shares climbed 0.6% in Hong Kong after the emerging-markets-focused U.K. bank also said it was on track to deliver strong results in 2012, even as revenue growth slows. Read: StanChart expects lower revenue growth for 2012
Meanwhile, Chinese equity analysts said the failure of Shanghai to sustain the prior day's rally was a reflection of investor wariness towards chasing stocks after a nearly three year slide in the stock index.
Mainland property companies, extended gains after helping to lead the market higher Wednesday — when investors drew optimism from signs that Chinese leaders will continue to promote supportive economic policies.
China Resources Land Ltd. 1109, +1.07% CRBJF, +0.00% rose 1.7%, while China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. 688, +0.98% CAOVY, -0.97% advanced 2%.
Property-sector gains extended to the Chinese mainland, with China Vanke Co. 000002, +0.45% US:CVKEY up 1.4% in Shenzhen, and Gemdale Corp. 600383, +2.07% up 1.4% in Shanghai.
In Australian share action, the relatively high-yielding telecom and banking sectors were lower, paring gains made this week after the Reserve Bank of Australia cut its policy interest rate.
Widely owned telecom Telstra Corp. TLS, -0.56% TTRAF, +0.00% edged down 0.2%, while Commonwealth Bank of Australia CBA, -0.61% CBAUF, +5.09% moved lower by 1.2%.