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Life Technologies Announces Visionary Winners of the Ion Torrent PGM Grants Program in Europe
Winning Submittals Highlight Potential Breakthrough Applications to Advance Human Health
Feb 18, 2011, 07:30 ET
CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: LIFE), today announced Dr. Angel Carracedo and Dr. Mark Pallen as the winners of the European Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine (PGM™) Sequencer Grants Program.
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Each scientist will receive an Ion PGM and because of the ubiquitous nature of the Ion Torrent sequencing technology, these scientists will be able to give their labs sequencing capabilities that up to now were only prevalent in large, core sequencing centers.
In addition, Ion Torrent has awarded three runners-up an Ion PGM sequencer to support their exceptional proposals. This award will enable the visionary scientists to conduct further research at an accelerated rate.
"In all of the proposals we saw innovative, often potentially breakthrough applications that were on the shelf simply because there was not a technology that had the speed, throughput, affordability and read length to make them practical," said Dr. Jonathan M. Rothberg, Founder and President of Ion Torrent. "Ion Torrent is the only sequencing technology that offers the ability to do all your 'next-gen' research applications in your own lab, while enabling a new generation of research applications that need same day results."
Award Winners
Dr. Carracedo, Director of the Galician Foundation of Genomic Medicine in Spain, was awarded the grant for his proposal to create a fast and affordable method for genetic screening of research samples from newborns.
"Up to now newborn genetic screening efforts have been limited by high cost, slow run times and limited throughput of existing sequencing technology," said Carracedo. "Our research will be focused on developing a newborn screening based on Ion amplicon sequencing for Cistic fibrosis, Wilson disease, Hurles-Scheie disease and other congenital metabolic diseases."
Dr. Pallen, Professor of Microbial Genomics at the University of Birmingham, was awarded the grant for his proposal to identify, profile and type the healthcare-associated bacterial pathogens in hospital environments,– a huge and unmet problem that is now made solvable by the Ion PGM.
"The excessive run times and high costs of previous sequencing methods have severely limited the real-time use of sequencing in environmental microbiology settings," said Pallen. "The Ion PGM is already an order of magnitude cheaper and quicker with a performance enabled by years of compounded Moore's law. The ability to deliver cheap same-day results is essential to enable timely interventions in outbreak management."
Honorary Grant Winners Furthering Environmental and Ecological Research
Dr. Thomas Curtis, Professor of Environmental Engineering at Newcastle University, received an honorary grant for his proposal to routinely characterize the biology of waste-water treatment.
Dr. Howard Martin, Clinical Scientist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and team, received a grant for their proposal to develop DNA sequence-based human leukocyte antigen (HLA) research.
Dr. Ulf Landegren, Professor of Molecular Medicine for the Department of Genetics and Pathology at the Uppsala University, received a grant for his research proposal to run a multiplex proximity ligation assay (MultiPLAy) to measure protein biomarkers in the blood by antibody-mediated reverse translation of proteins to DNA sequences.
The Ion PGM Sequencer Grant Program was designed to foster the development of new research applications for DNA sequencing that leverage the instrument's unprecedented speed, scalability and low cost. These grants were also given in honor of the pioneering work of Drs. James Watson and Gordon Moore, which inspired the creation of the Ion Torrent semiconductor sequencing technology. The judges for the competition were Drs. Rothberg, Mathias Uhlen, George Church and Svante Paabo.
For more information about the grant winners visit: http://www.iontorrent.com/forum/
About Life Technologies Next-Generation Sequencing
Life Technologies is the world's leading provider of sequencing technologies, offering the industry's gold standard capillary electrophoresis technology with the 3500 Series Genetic Analyzers, next-generation sequencing technology with the SOLiD System, and the semiconductor-based sequencing technology with the recently launched Ion Torrent PGM.
About Life Technologies
Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE) is a global biotechnology company dedicated to improving the human condition. Our systems, consumables and services enable researchers to accelerate scientific and medical advancements that make life even better. Life Technologies customers do their work across the biological spectrum, working to advance the fields of discovery and translational research, molecular medicine, stem cell-based therapies, food safety and animal health, and 21st century forensics. The company manufactures both molecular diagnostic and research use only products. Life Technologies' industry-leading brands are found in nearly every life sciences lab in the world and include innovative instrument systems under the Applied Biosystems and Ion Torrent names, as well as, the broadest range of reagents with its Invitrogen, Gibco, Ambion, Molecular Probes and Taqman products. Life Technologies had sales of $3.6 billion in 2010, has a workforce of approximately 11,000 people, has a presence in approximately 160 countries, and possesses one of the largest intellectual property estates in the life sciences industry, with approximately 3,900 patents and exclusive licenses. For more information on how we are making a difference, please visit our website: http://www.lifetechnologies.com. Follow Life Technologies on Twitter @LIFECorporation and on Facebook.
Research Use Only
The Ion PGM Sequencer, 3500 Series Genetic Analyzers and SOLiD System are for research use only, and are not intended for animal or human therapeutic or diagnostic use.
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A Cross-Cultural Mosaic
Three artists from Tunisia and four from Germany are collaborating on an artwork in a Cologne exhibition hall in front of an audience. Each artist creates 10-14 (50X60cm) pasteboards. The result is a mosaic that will be exhibited on the floor and the walls. The artist's approach to the materials, their use of space and the rhythm of their work in this public space will become visible and accessible as an interactive/artistic dialog between two seemingly different cultures, writes Maria Schmidt Dionsko, artist and initiator of the project, in the catalog. The artistic dialog will be continued in Tunisia in the coming year as the city partnership between Cologne and Tunis celebrates its fortieth year of cooperation. The German artists will then be the guests of their Tunisian colleagues. Qantara.de spoke with Etienne Szabo, one of the participants for Germany.
How did you experience the collaboration with your Tunisian colleagues?
Etienne Szabo: There was a very nice working atmosphere. The entire afternoon was reserved for our work together and the time was used well. As an artist one has the advantage of sharing your work with others. This doesn't necessarily happen at a verbal level. We react to the various results of our work. It is up to you whether to engage in a discussion or not. I worked in a room together with a Tunisian colleague. There were constantly comments and statements to react to.
What was the result of your work during the collaboration?
Szabo: I worked with hair dyes. I understood this globally, that all hair colors come together. Those with black hair want to be blond, the blondes want to be black haired. The whole world comes together on this point.
What do you find is "Oriental" about the work of your Tunisian colleagues?
Szabo: The colorfulness I would say is Tunisian or Oriental or North African. One artist worked Arabic characters into his work, in an abstract form, but it was clear. Otherwise we are very similar in terms of figuration.
Tunisian artists know a lot about contemporary Western art. But the opposite is not true. Is the project able to change something about these unequal starting points?
Szabo: Next year we'll be working in Tunisia on a collaboration. Then those of us on the German side will gain a better understanding and will be confronted with the culture there. We'll be working on location and we'll find out how much freedom we have and to what extend we are accepted.
Etienne Szabo is of French origin and lives and works in Cologne. He works in the areas of painting, photography and installations.
Interview: Mona Naggar, Qantara.de
© 2003 Qantara.de
Translation from German: Patrick Lanagan
"Der bewegte Tisch," an exhibition project of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Internationaler Künstler Akt 1 e.V. Köln, until 17 October at the Kunstforum, Alteburger Wall 1, 50677 Cologne.
The following artists are participating in the project "Der bewegte Tisch": Etienne Szabo, Daniel Neumann, Abderrazak Sahli, Baker Ben Fredj, Maria Schmidt Dionsko, Peer Boehm, Sami Ben Ameur
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Consider the following hexagon with the shown vertices connected:
We now add additional connections:
i) e is connected to b
ii) c is connected to d
ii) a is connected to f
How many ways can we color each point either red, white, or blue such that connected points have different colors?
I am HORRIBLE bad with these problems. I was thinking casework but I cannot seem to ensure I have all the cases.


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Is your home in need of a spring makeover? Get inspired by good design at these events, which kick off today and go through the weekend.
Architectural Digest Home Show
Find just about everything imaginable for the home under one roof, with 300 exhibitors touting the latest in furniture, lighting, accessories, flooring and more. Don't miss the 1,600-square-foot "model apartment," decked out with chic Ligne Roset pieces. Today is for the trade and VIPs only, but starting Friday, everyone can take advantage of one-on-one design consultations by HomePortfolio.com, taste celebrity chef creations at the Culinary Pavilion and climb inside an Airstream tricked out in leather. Fri. to Sun. pass, $25. Pier 94, 12th Ave. at 55th St.; archdigesthomeshow.com
Dining by Design
This mash-up of interior design, art, architecture and fashion results in spectacular tabletops from the likes of David Rockwell, Vicente Wolf and Tracy Reese. The only requirement? People actually have to be able to eat at them — a seat at the Monday gala dinner (co-chaired by Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber) will set you back $500. Less expensive is the "Table Hop & Taste," where you can nibble on treats from top NYC eateries and purveyors while feasting your eyes on the delish installations (Sun., 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., $60). Events benefit DIFFA, Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS. Pier 94, 12th Ave. at 55th St.; diffa.org
Go Green Expo
Celebs are coming out of the salvaged woodwork for this event, which showcases eco-friendly products and services. Check out speakers Matthew Modine, Mariel Hemingway and green guru Ed Begley Jr., along with 200-plus exhibitors. Weekend pass, $25. Pier 92, 12th Ave. at 55th St.; gogreenexpo.com


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Recently I got to visit a really cool car collection and shoot video of an ultra rare Stout Scarab. How rare is ultra rare? This is one of 5 left in the world, and perhaps only 6 were made (although some sources say 9).
So, I interviewed my car-expert friend Mark Lieberman to get to some of the details of this mighty fine, mighty rare vehicle. It went something like this:
If you want to see more still photos of the vehicle, check out the write up I did on it with non-moving pictures as illustrations.
I'll post more pics from the collection - the non-Stout photos - a little later on. There were some really cool cars there. Like those two Maseratis behind my left ear.
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Xbox SmartGlass app to bring dual-screen entertainment to Xbox 360, mobile devices
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That Xbox SmartGlass rumor that we posted at the eleventh-hour has turned out to be true. During the Microsoft E3 Media Briefing this morning, the company gave all the details of the ambitious Xbox SmartGlass feature. SmartGlass is an app that will be available on Windows 8, smartphones, and tablets that will allow the user to view and use content that is tied to the game or video you're currently enjoying. SmartGlass is meant to be used as a second screen, and a great example was given using Game of Thrones. While watching the show on HBO Go on the Xbox 360, you can use the SmartGlass app to view an interactive map that shows where the action in each scene is taking place, offering content and more informational metadata about the show.
SmartGlass also works in games, and this is where developers will be able to enhance the gaming experience. An example was shown where a player could choose their plays in Madden, rather than doing it on-screen for all to see.
Microsoft implied, multiple times, that SmartGlass will be available on more than just Windows products. Specifically, it was said that SmartGlass will work on the "devices you already own, the tablets you already own, the smartphones you already own." If that doesn't imply Android and iOS support, then we don't know what does. One limitation though--the enchanced in-game content will be exclusive to Windows 8 and Windows Phone, but all the rest will work on all platforms. SmartGlass will ne available later this fall.
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CLEARWATER, Fla. — Cole Hamels warned everyone before the start of spring training that he wouldn't be ready for the start of the regular season thanks to wintertime shoulder tendinitis.
Thursday morning the veteran left-hander had news that all but eliminates him from getting on a big-league mound at any point in the opening month of the regular season.
Instead of throwing to hitting during a live batting-practice session, Hamels had to share the news that his shoulder and the rest of his body had reacted unkindly after his last bullpen session Saturday morning. While Hamels stressed it wasn't a full-blown recurrence of the inflammation he experienced in the offseason that required a cortisone shot and nearly two months of curbed physical activity with his upper body, the fatigue was enough that he and the organization are pumping the brakes and slowing down his progression.
"We are going to slow it up a bit," the three-time All-Star said. "I threw the last bullpen and everything felt great, felt good coming out, things were working. … But the way my body responded later in the day and the next day, it just fatigued out. I was trying to push it and obviously try to get back, and I think I pushed it a little too hard, too quickly, and I wasn't able to recover the way I'm used to or accustomed to."
There won't be an MRI or any further examination done in the next few days. Hamels equated the sensation to dead arm, except that he felt the deadness was more widespread. In his opinion, the inability to do weight training while he convalesced in the winter has caused atrophy that requires a rebuilding of strength overall in his torso.
"Dead arm or frozen arm," Hamels said. "That kind of pertains to the shoulder not wanting to throw the ball … with the strength you need to throw against hitters and in bullpens.
"I've talked with (team doctor Michael) Ciccotti. I've had all the tests done that they're required to do and everything checked out. I knew nothing has gone wrong (structurally). I think my body's telling me 'Hey, slow it down a little bit.'"
General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. tried to temper any concern about Hamels' long-term well-being, stressing that a little caution in April will be worth it in September.
"I want Cole for the long haul. I want him right," Amaro said. "It's a marathon of a season. When he's right, he's right. When his body allows him to move forward, then we'll have him for the long haul. That's what I want from Cole.
"We're comfortable with where he is. He's seen doctors. He doesn't have any structural damage. For us, we're just waiting for his body to bounce back."
The delay in Hamels' progression means a sixth starter will be needed to fill in for at least a few starts. That competition is wide open thanks to the shoulder issues plaguing Jonathan Pettibone and Ethan Martin, who combined to make 26 starts for the Phillies last season.
When the Phillies signed Cuban Miguel Gonzalez to a three-year, $12 million contract last summer, general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. expressed confidence the right-hander would be the No. 3 or 4 starter for the Phils this season. However, the 27-year-old has shown a lot of rust and expectations have been curbed significantly for him in the short term. Gonzalez was scheduled to pitch in Thursday's split-squad game against Detroit in Lakeland, but that was washed out.
The veterans with an inside track due to experience are right-hander Jeff Manship (1-5, 6.19 ERA in 10 big-league starts) and Sean O'Sullivan (9-15, 6.02 in 37 starts). However, a pair of non-roster invitees from the minor-league system, right-hander David Buchanan and southpaw Mario Hollands, have shown surprisingly good stuff and poise early in the Grapefruit League. The Phils also have B.J. Rosenberg stretching out, but the hard-throwing right-hander would have been considered more for a shorter-term need than the four or more starts the Phils probably will ask from the guy who gets the job.
"If you talk to 30 GMs right now, they're all looking for pitching depth," Amaro said. "We'll keep looking. … I would be hard-pressed to find guys who are throwing the ball better than some of our options. They've done a good job.
"The only thing that is a concern for me is we have to push (Hamels) back a little bit. … This is part of what happens. Sometimes it doesn't go in a straight line. As Cole stated, it's more a matter of fatigue. We don't have any issues about health as far as structure. We just have to be patient with his rehab, that's all."


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U.S. aviation regulators said they are considering a streamlined approval process for flights of small unmanned drones for film making, utilities inspections, farming and other low-risk operations.
With the first regulation allowing commercial drone flights at least a year away, the Federal Aviation Administration is looking at ways to grant approvals for limited applications before then, said Jim Williams, chief of the agency's unmanned aircraft division. The FAA is already fielding requests, he said in a speech in Orlando, Florida, today.
While such flights aren't yet permitted, businesses have already been using drones to film sporting events, promote real estate and map land. Industries including agriculture, film making and inspections of utilities and oil and gas facilities have now approached the agency and are considering asking for a formal process for expedited approvals to fly, Williams said.
"We applaud the FAA for working collaboratively with the industry and other stakeholders," Michael Toscano, president and chief executive officer of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, said in an e-mailed statement.
The AUVSI, which sponsored the conference at which Williams spoke, has estimated that the unmanned aircraft industry will generate 100,000 jobs and $82 billion in economic impact once the FAA begins approving commercial operations.
So far, the agency hasn't granted any approvals for commercial flights in the U.S. as it weighs appropriate safety standards for construction of drones and qualifications of pilots.
Expedited Process
It expects to propose a rule allowing commercial drones weighing less than 55 pounds (25 kilograms) by November, according to a schedule of rulemaking efforts.
The FAA is still evaluating how it would grant swifter approvals for small drones in situations that wouldn't cause safety concerns, Williams said, according to his prepared remarks.
The AUVSI, along with groups representing interests including ski areas and farmers, wrote to the FAA on April 8 seeking the expedited permit process. Congress in a 2012 law created a process through which the FAA can grant permits for commercial flights deemed to be low-risk.


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Communications breakthrough given a green light
25 March 2009
A seemingly impossible sparkle of green light from a silicon chip has opened up a whole new field of possibilities for communications devices, including exponentially shrinking the hardware needed to guarantee high quality internet connection.
"When I saw the green light on the camera, I was extremely puzzled," said Dr Christian Grillet from the School of Physics. "We were using infrared light, not green, and besides, silicon does not transmit light at that wavelength!"
Dr Grillet's colleague, Dr Christelle Monat, was in the Centre for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS) lab in the School of Physics at the time: "I didn't believe the camera. I had to look with my own eyes. It was as strange as seeing a house-brick suddenly emit light."
The effect was real, however, and was published in the journal Nature Photonics this week. Their infrared laser was being converted to green light - light of higher energy - in a process known as third harmonic generation.
Asked about the potential of this discovery, Dr Monat says: "One could imagine that a small green light indicator could help users of numerous internet applications. This could be used to immediately inform companies such as Skype of a problem in the clarity of their connections, thereby allowing them to fix this in real-time, all without the end-user even noticing."
The key to this unlikely event was a regular pattern of sub-microscopic air holes in the researchers' silicon chip, creating what is known as a photonic crystal. At the time of the discovery Dr Monat and Dr Grillet were assisting PhD student Bill Corcoran with experiments on slow light, itself a very novel and surprising phenomenon.
Corcoran explains: "The experiments use specially designed photonic crystals from our colleagues at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. They allow us to slow the laser light used for telecommunications to one fortieth of its usual speed.
"As the light slows down, the energy from the laser is greatly concentrated. This energy can be used like traffic lights on the road to control the movement of large amounts of optical data through networks much more efficiently."
The researchers work in a field known as photonics. They say that converting infrared to green light adds another important tool to the impressive suite of capabilities of silicon, already the material of choice for the micro-electronics industry.
"Being able to control light on a chip, along wires no wider than one hundredth of the width of a human hair, represents the first step to realise all sorts of operations with significantly better performance than electronics alone," Dr Monat explains. "And if we can do that in silicon, even more complex and exciting architectures become possible by integrating and marrying both the photonic and electronic worlds."
The research team's paper, 'Green light emission in silicon through slow-light enhanced third-harmonic generation in slow light photonic-crystal waveguides', was published online in Nature Photonics on 22 March 2009.
Learn more about the Centre for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS) at the University of Sydney at: www.physics.usyd.edu.au/cudos/
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Terribly Inappropriate
A few of you are aware that today is a kind of milestone for me, since it's the day John and I planned many months ago to end this blog.
I'm happy to report this is not goodbye, however. You'll be stuck with me - bad puns and all - for a while longer at least.
So, to celebrate the fact that absolutely nothing noteworthy is happening here today, allow me to present something really inappropriate:
See? It's seasonally inappropriate!
[head tilt] Er...among other things.
And really, wouldn't "Happy HooHoo" sound better? Or did the baker realize - as I just did - that that sounds like a new feminine hygiene product?
"Happy HooHoo: for all your salsa-dancing/horseback-riding/splashing-through-the-ocean-surf needs. Because you totally do those things. If you're a REAL woman."
Ok, that veered into unexpectedly inappropriate places. Sorry. Let's stick with seasonal impropriety, shall we? You know, like this:
"Hey. I'M UP HERE."
Something something dairy-free! Haha!
Feels good to get that off my chest.
The nuts, I mean.
The CRUSHED nuts, I mean. Jeez. Get your mind out of the gutter already. It's getting crowded in here.
Ok, forget seasonally inappropriate: this is just plain wrong.
Well, maybe more logs than stems...
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When WSJ Flunks Internet History, Blogs Step In To Educate
from the but-we-need-to-support-newspapers deptWe hear over and over again from traditional reporters how we need to "protect" newspapers and how, as newspapers fail, no one can step in and replace them -- especially not "new media" like blogs. In fact, we're told how newspapers are "trustworthy," but blogs are "amateurish" and prone to hyperbole and errors. It's a common story told over and over again -- especially by those supporting the idea of paywalls and the like. In fact, we wrote about yet another such example just recently. And yet... it seems that we just as frequently hear about newspapers making big mistakes, and blogs stepping in to correct them.
Today's example involves the supposedly venerable Wall Street Journal, who posted a column by former publisher L. Gordon Crovitz, trying to claim that the internet was really invented by private companies, without much government support. Except, of course, that's false. Ridiculously false. Thankfully, we had blogs to step in and debunk many of the factual errors made by Crovitz. Quickly into the breach stepped Steve Wildstrom at Tecpinions, who pointed out that Crovitz's version of history was way off and then Tim Lee at Ars Technica, who went even deeper in showing how Crovitz mangled the history.
Among the many, many errors in Crovitz's piece were the claims that Tim Berners-Lee (no relation to Tim Lee above) "invented hyperlinks." He did no such thing. He invented the web, which came long after hypertext and hyperlinks were well known and well-established. He also tries to downplay Arpanet, and worst of all pretends that because Vint Cerf (with Bob Kahn) invented TCP/IP, that it shows it was done without the government's help. He, of course, leaves out that both were employed... by the government. It also plays up the importance of ethernet, invented at Xerox PARC. This was a big deal (and I even have a photo of the first ethernet connection that I recently took on a tour of PARC), but that was for local networks and not "the internet."
To be fair, this is the opinion pages, not the reporting pages, but the WSJ is supposed to have a pretty high bar for getting facts right, isn't it? And I would assume that applies to the opinion pages as well. Of course, what's interesting is that Crovitz has a history of this kind of thing. A couple years ago, we wrote about another piece by him which misattributed a quote of mine to someone else's and then took three days or so to post a correction. This Crovitz piece has added one correction at the time of my writing this, but only for (another) misattributed quote (Crovitz apparently didn't realize that he was quoting a blog post by Tyler Cowen quoting someone else and attributed it to Cowen). Everything else is still in there.
Of course, even more ironic in all of this is that Crovitz helped found Journalism Online -- one of the leading companies pushing newspapers to set up paywalls, arguing that newspapers need people to pay, or all good reporting will go away. Everyone makes mistakes. It's not limited to either newspapers or blogs. I don't mean to pick on Crovitz or the WSJ in particular here (even though the mistakes in his piece were both plentiful and easily cross checked). It's just that the idea that newspapers have some sort of "lock" on factual, objective reporting -- whereas newfangled "blogs" are chock full of misinformation -- is an inaccurate position. Yes, there's plenty of misinformation spread on various sites, but the same thing shows up in "traditional" media too. The point is that the wider ecosystem seems to be pretty damn good at highlighting those mistakes (even if the WSJ is then very slow to correct them).
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It's been quite a while since I've found time to post and I wanted to let you know I haven't forgotten you. With the beauty of autumn wrapping us in fragrant glory, I thought you might enjoy my most recent projects, maybe even make one yourself for this fall and winter!
This last week my oldest daughter has been away on business. That left me cat-sitting my kitty grandbabies. Update: Her house is rebuilt and finally, as of Friday, finished replacing all the major furniture from the tornado a year and a half ago. Praise God! The lone tree left at the road has blanketed the driveway with acorns. I gathered up a bunch of caps and bought a two pack of styrofoam balls. I painted them brown to hide the parts that would peak through and hot glued away.
When we got this house, I searched for a pussy willow bush for the yard. They have always been something almost magical since my youth. Sadly, a few years ago, a severe pruning by dh killed what had become a huge bush. Last year, or was it two years ago? I splurged on a bouquet of pussy willows. Just FYI, in the past I have I rooted my store bought bunch and had good results. Back to the story...Being one who doesn't like waste, I had carefully saved every catkin right before they bloomed. Ohhhhh how I LOVE catkins! So the idea of an entire ball covered with their gorgeous furryness really appeals to me.
Once I finished the acorn cap ball, I had a ball left and remembered my treasured dried pussy willows! I knew there wouldn't be enough to cover this big a ball, but it's what I had, so off I went. I had planned to use them with the dark husks they open out of, but they had become so brittle that I had to remove every one of them and just glue on the catkins. They covered all but a small part at the bottom of the ball. I sat it on a new cone of kitchen twine I'd bought from Bed, Bath & Beyond recently, just to keep it from rolling away. But, I LOVED how it looked! The natural elements worked together and so did the colors. Love it! Not so sure about the purply/blue of the cone, but next to my arrangement on the hearth, it looks like I did it on purpose! It would be a small thing to paint the cone another color for future uses. So, here are the two balls and a cluster of oak leaves with a group of three acorn caps in the center that also was on the driveway. Yes, I baked all the acorn/leaf materials on a foil lined cookie sheet an hour at my oven's lowest temp just to be sure they weren't bringing any icky friends in for the holiday! Oh what a delight to touch the pussy willow ball!
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As a baseball coach, you're an important person in your players' lives. You teach them the rules of baseball and you have a hand in developing them as players and as people. Use the tips in the following list to encourage your players:
Use the "sandwich" method for giving feedback to players by placing a critical remark between two encouraging comments.
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Nonstick cooking spray
12 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, cut into cubes
1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, plus 1 tablespoon flake sea salt, for sprinkling
2 teaspoons ancho chili powder
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
4 large eggs, at room temperature
3 large egg yolks, at room temperature
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup light brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
For Brownies:
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a 2 (24-count) mini muffin tins with nonstick cooking spray.
In a double boiler melt the chocolate with the butter and espresso powder until smooth.
In a large bowl whisk together the flour, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and the spices. In another small bowl whisk together the eggs, egg yolks and vanilla. Set both aside.
Remove the pot of chocolate from the double boiler. Stir in the sugars until completely incorporated. At this point the chocolate should be warm but not hot. Add the egg mixture and stir until combined. Fold in the flour mixture in 2 stages, being careful not to over mix. Using a small ice cream scoop divide the batter into the mini muffin tins. Tap gently to level batter. Sprinkle each with a bit of sea salt.
Bake for about 15 minutes until mostly set. A tester will not come out completely clean. Remove the pan from the oven and transfer the brownies to a serving platter when cool enough to handle.


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Yahoo Earnings: 3 Keys To Watch For
George Stahl looks at three key items investors should look for in Yahoo's second quarter earnings report, to be released Tuesday after the bell.
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If 'Just Metadata' Isn't An Issue, Why Can't Tech Companies Reveal 'Just Metadata' About NSA Surveillance?
from the simple-questions deptYou may have heard the news today that a bunch of big tech companies -- including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Twitter, Mozilla, Reddit, Tumblr and others -- have sent a strong letter to a variety of government officials, both in the administration and Congress, demanding greater transparency, and the ability to reveal more information about the government's various surveillance programs that compel the tech companies to participate:
We the undersigned are writing to urge greater transparency around national security-related requests by the US government to Internet, telephone, and web-based service providers for information about their users and subscribers.This follows on a somewhat somewhat similar letter from Reps. Jim Sensenbrenner and Zoe Lofgren to Attorney General Holder and Director of National Intelligence Clapper, urging them "to authorize U.S. companies to release information regarding national security requests for user data."
First, the US government should ensure that those companies who are entrusted with the privacy and security of their users' data are allowed to regularly report statistics reflecting:
Second, the government should also augment the annual reporting that is already required by statute by issuing its own regular "transparency report" providing the same information: the total number of requests under specific authorities for specific types of data, and the number of individuals affected by each.
- The number of government requests for information about their users made under specific legal authorities such as Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act, the various National Security Letter (NSL) statutes, and others;
- The number of individuals, accounts, or devices for which information was requested under each authority; and
- The number of requests under each authority that sought communications content, basic subscriber information, and/or other information.
As an initial step, we request that the Department of Justice, on behalf of the relevant executive branch agencies, agree that Internet, telephone, and web-based service providers may publish specific numbers regarding government requests authorized under specific national security authorities, including the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and the NSL statutes. We further urge Congress to pass legislation requiring comprehensive transparency reporting by the federal government and clearly allowing for transparency reporting by companies without requiring companies to first seek permission from the government or the FISA Court.
Both letters point out that they're just looking for the ability to reveal specific numbers about orders received and user accounts impacted, but obviously not further information that might reveal the details of any investigations. Basically, they're asking for "just the metadata."
You may have spotted the irony, pointed out by Ashkan Soltani: Defenders of many of the government's surveillance programs have repeatedly trotted out the "just metadata" argument for why all of this surveillance is no problem, claiming that mere metadata doesn't reveal anything important. Yet, when it comes to their own metadata about their own surveillance programs, suddenly it will reveal all their secrets? (And I won't even get into the fact that only some of the surveillance programs are "just metadata").
So, which is it, feds? Is "just metadata" nothing too important, or does it reveal everything?
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Dell has officially signed up Best Buy as a retail partner, the companies said Thursday. Several models of Dell's XPS and Inspiron PCs will be available at 900 Best Buy locations beginning after Christmas, including the very consumer-friendly XPS M1330 notebook, Inspiron 1420 notebook, and the XPS One desktop.
For a company that built its fortune and reputation on selling its products directly to consumers for more than two decades, the Best Buy deal marks a major historical shift.
"That's like going from being committed to one religion to being pagan," said Richard Shim, PC industry analyst at IDC. "They needed distribution, particularly to consumer retail, and Best Buy, that's center stage."
The move makes sense for Dell as, more and more, consumer retail sales are in the PC industry. At some point Dell was forced to choose strict adherence to its historical business model or go where the money is. Being in front of consumers so they can see and touch a notebook or desktop before they commit to the purchase is important in a technology world where, increasingly, image is everything.
Plus, most people buying computers aren't as focused on the specific graphics card or processor their computer has. Rather, they want to see and how durable and heavy a notebook will be.
Dell appears to recognize this. "We think people's shopping habits will mandate we have a presence at retail. People really want to see (the products)," Michael Tatelman, Dell vice president of consumer sales and marketing, said in an interview Thursday with CNET News.com.
While it's not the first retailer Dell has partnered with, Best Buy is decidedly different. It's the largest consumer electronics retailer in the U.S., and it epitomizes Dell's new commitment to putting its products directly in front of consumers, rather than just on a computer screen or in a catalog. Now Dell, which pioneered the model that cut out the PC retailer, will be just one of the other names on the shelf as consumers stroll the aisles--right next to Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Gateway, Acer, and Toshiba.
There are many reasons why this is a huge cultural shift for Dell. Among them, it's a whole different way of dealing with customers and selling them products, and most of the people in the company grew up on the direct model, with less experience in the PC retail market.
But it's also a necessary move.
"It's a big step for them. It's risky, but it's a gamble they had to make," said Shim. Dell has been ceding market share to HP for several quarters. As of the third quarter of this year, Dell shipped 27.8 percent of PCs sold in the U.S. HP is right behind with 24.1 percent of PCs shipped. And now it has to in the notebook category.
What it has going for it
Having Best Buy as a retail partner gives Dell deep coverage of all its target markets in the U.S.: Wal-Mart for the value-oriented customer, Staples for the small or medium business customer, and now Best Buy for mainstream retail customers.
While it's tough to compete with companies like HP and the fast-rising Acer that prove they understand the retail market, particularly in regard to notebooks, Dell does have a few things going its way: brand-name cachet and a that will make customers--used to seeing boring black or gray notebooks--give products like the XPS M1330 a second look.
An ambitious turnaround plan has been in the works since company founder Michael Dell returned to the chief executive's office in January. In April, he told employees that the company's direct model "has been a revolution, but is not a religion."
"Emotionally, the company was ready for it," Tatelman said. "The message was loud and clear that we were going to go and execute a multichannel strategy."
Since then, there have been deliberate changes to get a new consumer-focused business off the ground, including hiring high-level people with experience selling products in a retail environment.
The new retail strategy was first unveiled in May, when the company announced that some lower-end desktops and notebooks would be available in Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores. In the past six months, they've continued to add to the list of retail locations worldwide, including Carphone Warehouse in the United Kingdom, Bic Camera in Japan, Gome in China, and Staples.
Michael Dell during the company's earnings call with investors that more retail partners would be announced in some of the largest countries in the world. Best Buy is certainly not the end of this. The Best Buy deal brings the number of retail locations that sell Dell PCs to more than 10,000 worldwide. Dell's Tatelman said there will be another announcement regarding the retail availability of the XPS One before the Christmas holiday and it won't be a consumer electronics outlet. He declined to provide further details.
Though Dell did try retail back in the early '90s, the experiment didn't last long, chiefly because the consumer PC market was nowhere near as robust as today. So having to compete for consumer attention on the same shelves as its top competitors is new territory for Dell.
"It's going to be hard for them to make this change," said Shim of IDC. Dell is "used to having a very intimate relationship with customers."
Part of that relationship is having the exclusive attention of its customers buying a PC to upsell them on additional Dell items when they come to the company Web site. "Now it's no longer Dell saying, 'Hey, buy our printer.' Now it's a retail sales guy saying that if you buy a Dell system you can buy any one of these (other) printers," Shim said.
Other questions remain too. Like, how much will this cannibalize Dell's current direct customers? Dell says it expects a "pretty broad mix of folks" shopping both in retail partner stores and on its own Web site, but declined to say what kind of overlap there will be.
Because Dell has only been selling through the retail channel in volume for a couple months, there's not enough data to tell if retail sales are affecting its direct sales, observed Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis for The NPD Group. The cannibalization "will happen, but the level of it is really undetermined," he said.
Also, the timetable may be off for Dell to truly cash in on PCs sold at retail. HP has been enjoying the spike in consumer retail sales for two years now, and growth does appear to be slowing. So did Dell miss the boat?
"There's plenty of growth left in (the) consumer (retail market), however I do think that the biggest growth is by the boards already," said Baker. "So to some extent they're a little late...There was a huge demand for notebooks for a whole bunch of reasons and Dell missed a big chunk of that."


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Taylor Swift and Harry Styles have only been broken up for a hot second, but the One Direction frontman is probably shaking in his oxfords, because she's already reportedly working on breakup songs.
"Back in the studio. Uh oh," Taylor cryptically tweeted last week. If British tabloid The Sun is to be believed, she's already written five (!) songs about her former Dirty Dancing lift partner. We took the liberty of imagining what they might sound like:
Track One: "Get Off My Stage," a high-powered, vitriol-spewing rock anthem telling off Harry, inspired by their backstage flirting session at The X-Factor.
Sample lyrics: "Imma let you finish, but no! get off my stage!/You're immature, so insecure, such a waste of time/Feel my RAAAGE/get off my stage."
Bonus knife twist: Taylor invites One Direction rival The Wanted's Steve Barney to join her as guest drummer.
Track Two: "Wrong Direction," a breathless, uptempo pop jam in the vein of "I Knew You Were Trouble," calling out some of Harry's most romantic gestures, and one memorable Central Park date.
Sample lyrics: "Just because you sent me a singing telegram/Doesn't mean you know who I really am!," and "Maybe, just maybe, when you saw me holding that baby, baby, it made you get lazy, lazy."
Track Three: "Lame," a kicky country tune in which she chastises Harry's terrible tattoo choices.
Sample lyrics: "And I forgot to mention that your ship tattoo is LAME/Sat there and watched you get it while you winced in pain/Just can't stop laughing now, all your tats are lame."
Bonus dig: Tattoo drill noise is sampled during the bridge
Track Four: "Graduate," a thoughtful, introspective ballad in which she decides that not only should she take some time for herself, she should stop dating high schoolers.
Sample lyrics: "I believe in love, so why do I waste my time/On little boys who just chase the spotlight/Prom is over and I need to graduate/Gonna work on myself so I can stop feeling contrite."
Track Five: "Happy New Year", a multitasking single song that kisses off both Harry and her BFF Selena Gomez's bad romance, Justin Bieber, with allusions to their double ski date in Park City, Utah.
Sample lyrics: "You boys were bad news, be gone, gotta move/It's time for girls time, our time, and we won't cry/New year, new me, blow a kiss goodbye!"
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The 2011 one-day event will take place in New York and Los Angeles, organized and hosted by Pat Mitchell and the Paley Center for Media. Among the speakers: Barbara Walters, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem.
Can't attend on either coast? Get involved by hosting a TEDx viewing event around TEDxWomen in your own community. It's a great way to meet other women interested in public speaking and in issues about the future of women and girls. Share a note in the comments if you're hosting an event, so our readers can find you!


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Happy to experiment with his roles, actor Ranbir Kapoor Tuesday said he could never be in the same league as the three superstar Khans of the industry - Shah Rukh, Salman and Aamir - as they are the "true superstars".
"I can never compete with the Khans (Shah Rukh, Salman, Aamir)...they are the true superstars," said Ranbir who was in the city to promote his movie "Besharam" releasing Wednesday.
"Besharam", which also features Ranbir's actor parents Rishi and Neetu Kapoor, is directed by Abhinav Kashyap. It shows Ranbir in a new light - a "flamboyant", "loud" and street smart character.
"It is a very 'besharam' role...uninhibited role. I took a risk with the role. As an actor, it is my responsibility to do every genre. I am excited, anxious and nervous," said Ranbir, who will start shooting for Anurag Kashyap's "Jagga Jasoos" next month.
"Jagga Jasoos" stars Katrina Kaif, rumoured to be his off-screen love interest. However, Ranbir refused to comment on his personal life.
"I am trying to protect my personal life before it becomes a reality show," said Ranbir, who will also be seen in Anurag's "Bombay Velvet" in 2014.


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I just found this clipping in my stack of papers. In a USA Today letter written by Dan Wolf (9/29/09) he responds to an article entitled "Will Americans accept Islam?" I think his comments are brilliant so I am reproducing his letter here:
The question should be, "Will Islam accept America?" Today the answer to that question appears to be no.
Our forefathers understood the need for separation of church and state. Religious tolerance was imperative in our country's creation. They also realized that society much have a moral foundation to retains its liberties. Our forefathers realized that for a people to remain free, they needed to understand the languages of reason and faith.
This is not true of Islam, where religion and the government rule are professed to be one. This is a direct threat to our representative form of government and our religious freedom, regardless of whether your beliefs are Christian, Jewish , Hindu, Buddhist, pagan or atheistic.
The issue is not America's bigotry toward Islam, but Islam's hostility toward America's core values.
One thing I would add. Many European countries opened their doors wide to immigrants. Most of the immigrants have assimilated into European culture. Almost all. Muslims in general do not. For a clear example just Google "Sweden-Muslim-Integration" and read some of the articles how their immigration policies, the most lenient and accepting in the world, have been rewarded with riots and refusal to integrate. If we think Islam is not bigoted toward our Western forms of government, then think again.
Sure, you may be friends with some Muslims or may work with a few who seem like nice and decent folks – and many may be. But Islam flows deep in the Muslims psyche and watching Europe will inform us what will happen when Muslims gain ground in America. Water and oil do not mix. You can shake them up for a brief uncomfortable integration, but soon they inexorably separate again.
You may want to read my article "Living with Muslims: Prepare for the Skyline of the Future."
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The quadratic shape provides, with the exception of common drawing techniques, the possibility to cover large areas using the technique of longitudinal edge drawing. In addition, it enables fine drawing. The square shape therefore provides inspiration and fosters the development of new styles in art technique. The basic characteristic of the square soft pastels is simple distribution in sufficient quantity within an appropriate medium, which allows the consequent distribution of colour dust particles. This technique provides unlimited possibilities of change of the richness and tone. By distribution we can achieve shading of the drawing more simply. After finalization of the artwork, use of a preparation fixative is recommended (prevents subsequent blurring).
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Welcome to Vale Royal Abbey
Set amidst beautiful Cheshire countryside Vale Royal Abbey is a breathtaking backdrop to any occasion, and one that is sure to impress. Dating back to the 13th Century, the Abbey was lovingly restored in 1998 under the guidance of English Heritage. Retaining all of its historic splendour, it now provides a unique venue and one that truly exudes grandeur befitting any special occasion.
Vale Royal Abbey dates back to the 13th century when it was founded by Prince Edward, the future King Edward I. In 1263 – Prince Edward, the future King Edward I, was undertaking a sea voyage from France when his ship was caught in a terrible storm. He made a vow that if he came safe to land he would found an Abbey of unprecedented size and grandeur as a thanksgiving to God for saving him.
Now Present Day – Nothing remains of the great church, though archaeological work has revealed many details of its structure. A stone circular monument, known as the 'Nun's Grave', traditionally commemorates a fourteenth century Cheshire nun, Ida, who tended a sick Vale Royal abbot, and on her death was buried at the site of the high altar.


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The drama in Wednesday's booting of three outspoken critics from a public meeting by state troopers nearly overshadowed the fact that a contract between a private firm and the state to manage and toll U.S. 36 for 50 years is all but sealed.
The High Performance Transportation Enterprise board voted unanimously for three parts of the U.S. 36 Managed Lane project agreement: the U.S. 36 concession financial close document; bond documentation; and a federal loan for the first phase of the highway's improvements.
The state's transportation commission at noon Thursday will consider — and most likely approve — the pact between the Colorado Department of Transportation and Plenary Roads Denver.
The deal is expected to close next week.
Heated rhetoric has marked the final month of negotiation, with some claiming that the deal was made in secret and will siphon tax dollars away from Colorado.
The protesting continued into Wednesday's hearing before the HPTE board, which will oversee Plenary Roads' performance on the second phase of the overhaul of U.S. 36.
"This is just wrong," said Westminster resident Joe Stepniak, who asked that the state legislature be given more time to review the final contract. "At least give us 60 days, so people won't get screwed by this."
But others argued that residents and elected officials along the U.S. 36 corridor have worked for years for major improvements on the highway. A public-private partnership between Colorado and Plenary Roads was the only way to fund the project, they said.
"We have to do something, and a public-private partnership is our best option," Westminster Mayor Herb Atchison said.
The confrontation that led to the tossing out of the three critics began when CDOT announced it was shuffling the agenda to expand the allotted time for public comments during the HPTE meeting.
Lawyer Karen Hammer objected. Two members of the clean-energy advocacy group Drive SunShine Institute then tried to donate their allotted speaking time to Hammer, who said she represents the group.
Board chair Tim Gagen several times said time donation was not allowed. That prompted Hammer, Cliff Smedley and Ken Beitel to loudly protest. When they refused to leave the lectern, Gagen ordered them removed.
"I spent nine years in the National Guard to try and uphold the law, and today all that was smashed," said Smedley, whose arm was twisted behind his back by a trooper.
After the hearing, Hammer said the HPTE board violated the law by not allowing her to speak on behalf of her clients.
Drive SunShine Institute has led the effort to block the signing of the contract, and members of the group have said they will sue to stop it.
CDOT spokeswoman Amy Ford said the three did not follow long-held rules about addressing the HPTE board.
"It's unfortunate this happened," she said. "We wanted all participants to follow procedures so they can speak their minds."
Plenary Roads, a consortium of six companies with expertise from finance to construction to road design, was picked last spring by CDOT to complete the second phase of the $425 million U.S. 36 Managed Lanes project and maintain the entire corridor, including ice and snow removal, until 2063.
The company also will also maintain I-25 between U.S. 36 and downtown Denver.
Under the deal, Plenary will collect all revenues from the toll lanes being built in each direction of the turnpike.
General-purpose lanes, which already exist on the highway, will be widened for toll-free use by motorists.
CDOT says the proposed agreement is needed because there are no other financial options available to improve the highway. The contract, officials say, protects taxpayers while allowing Plenary Roads to assume all the financial risks of operating a toll road.
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Leeds United sign Oldham cup hero
Oldham Athletic's FA Cup hero Matt Smith has joined Leeds United on a two year deal.
The striker, who scored against Everton and Liverpool for Oldham in this year's FA Cup will officially move to Elland Road on July 1.
The 24-year-old rejected a new deal to stay at Boundary Park where he has been since Oldham signed him from non-league Solihull Moors in 2011.
The six feet and six inches tall forward shot to fame this year with two goals to take Oldham past Liverpool into the fifth round of the FA Cup, where they were defeated by Everton via a replay. Smith scored in both matches against Everton.
In total, Smith scored 14 goals out of the 75 games he featured in for Oldham, although 54 of these appearances were as a substitute.
Smith becomes Leeds boss Brian McDermott's first signing since taking over at Elland Road in April.
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I saw this tree skirt on a blog (FreshLemons) last year. This year I found one on Flickr by LolaBlueOcean. Apparently, there was a pattern published in the 2010 issue of Fat Quarterly by Brioni Greenberg. I think all of the variations are adorable. When my daughter asked me to make her a tree skirt, this is the one that popped into my mind. Then she said maybe just blue stars. Really? I showed her the picture on Flickr. She said it looked too complicated.
I decide to make this one for us. We have had the same tree skirt for over 30 years, I think. My mom bought it. It is a weird mix of country and tacky, with two inch wide lace around the edges. But the presents cover it.
I start cutting and placing some of the houses and send my daughter a picture.
She liked it.
So, about 10 hours of work later, her tree skirt is done!
I had a lot of fun making the houses and trees and stars. I even made a house with their name in it next to a Christmas tree.
|The Christmas lights are up early this year because my husband actually did them (for the first time, I think). Aren't they pretty? Well, it is daytime, so not so pretty right now but beautiful at night!)
|Here is the Christmas tree! I quilted their name onto the blue house.
|Swirly quilting! I outlined the houses and trees with the darning foot, too.
|This part will be under the tree, of course.
|I made wide stripes on the back and used the same fabric for the binding.
The houses and trees are on my quilt. I just need to sew a backing, baste it, quilt it, and bind it. We will be getting our tree on Saturday. Hmmm... I wonder if there is any chance I will be done?
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No Croutons Required - The Winner of the May Berry Challenge
Jacqueline (otherwise known as Holler) will be hosting the June edition of No Croutons Required. The challenge this month is to make a soup or salad featuring leaves. Think leafy green veggies, earthy herbs ... if it's leafy, and its a vegetarian soup or salad, we encourage you to submit your creation.
11 comments:
- Happy cook said...
Congragulations to Frances.
- May 31, 2009 at 1:48 PM
- Ivy said...
Congrats to the winner and looking forward to your next challenge.
- May 31, 2009 at 1:52 PM
- Jacqueline said...
Congratulations to Frances, it is such a delicious looking dish! Mmmmmm :P
- May 31, 2009 at 2:27 PM
- Parita said...
Congrats to Frances...the dish looks delicious :)
- May 31, 2009 at 2:56 PM
- Soma said...
Yaaa! For Frances. Congratulations! That groat deserved the win right from the beginning:-)
- May 31, 2009 at 4:21 PM
- frances said...
wow everyone - thanks so much for your support. i always love following no croutons required each month, so many thanks to lisa and jacqueline for being such gracious and imaginative hosts and to all the other participants as well. I hope that people enjoy trying out this recipe themselves!
- May 31, 2009 at 4:28 PM
- Pooja said...
Wow hats off to Frances! A must try recipe for sure!
- May 31, 2009 at 5:34 PM
- Suparna said...
:) congratulations to Frances!! well deserved win.
- May 31, 2009 at 11:42 PM
- Priya said...
Congrats to Frances!!!well deserved it!
- June 1, 2009 at 9:18 AM
- Aparna said...
Congrats to Frances. Greens in a soup?
- June 2, 2009 at 9:34 AM
- chow vegan said...
Congratulations to the winner! I totally forgot to vote, all of the entries looked great though! :-)
- June 3, 2009 at 12:23 PM


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Modern Family stars the Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan, a wonderfully large and blended family. Together these three families give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.
season 6
When Alex returns from a humanitarian trip, the family dynamic shifts.
Jay and Gloria can't agree on what kind of anniversary gifts they want to exchange.
Wedding video footage reveals that Phil is responsible for a cold that has plagued the family.
Cameron wants to maintain his team's winning streak but fears Mitchell is a jinx.
Phil and Claire panic when an obnoxious couple looks at the house for sale next door.
Phil decides to do something for Halloween that's different than Claire's usual fright-fest theme.
Phil and Claire aren't sure what to think when Haley and Andy begin spending a lot of time together.
With Phil and Luke cooking Thanksgiving dinner, Claire decides to prepare a secret back-up turkey.
Claire and Phil fear that Alex's boyfriend is imaginary; Manny may ruin Jay's plan to avoid a party.
The whole family takes Haley to a bar to celebrate her 21st birthday.
A near-death experience leads to several members of the family deciding to make life changes.
Phil calls in his father and his retired friends to help in a war with the neighbors.
When Phil thinks Luke is giving him the cold shoulder, Andy becomes Phil's new right-hand man. Joe might be allergic to Stella.
Claire senses Phil may be more into "Juliana'' than her; Gloria's sister visits.
Jay teaches Manny how to defend himself; Mitch and Cam throw Sal a belated baby shower.
Claire partakes in online snooping that creates drama with the rest of the family.
When their competitor releases a catchy ad, Claire and Jay race to shoot a commercial of their own.
Claire tackles spring cleaning; Haley tries to distract Alex by taking her to a music festival. Will Sasso guest stars.
Phil is excited to give Jay a high-tech outdoor grill for his birthday; a lesson about drinking.
Jay agrees to sub in on Cam's bowling team, not knowing it's an all-gay league. Oliver Platt, Steve Zahn and Andrea Anders guest star.
Haley wants to stand up for herself at work; Claire attempts to bribe the school principal.
Alex competes in a one mile run to break the tie for the title of Valedictorian. Benjamin Bratt & Andy Daly guest star.
Phil, Luke and Haley force Alex to celebrate senior ditch day; Claire gets a job offer.
Only Phil would show up in robot form for Alex's graduation. Horatio Sanz and Adam DeVine guest star.


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TUSCALOOSA — AJ McCarron, Eddie Lacy and Alabama settled this one in the opening minutes instead of waiting for a tense final�.
TUSCALOOSA — AJ McCarron, Eddie Lacy and Alabama settled this one in the opening minutes instead of waiting for a tense final�.
Lacy rushed for three first-half touchdowns and McCarron set the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide's single-season record for passing touchdowns in a decidedly drama-free 49-0 victory over Western Carolina on Saturday.
Alabama (10-1) rebounded from a loss to No. 9 Texas A&M by building a 42-0 halftime lead against the Catamounts (1-10), a Football Championship Subdivision team with two wins in as many seasons. It was the Tide's third shutout this year.
"I was pleased with the way our guys competed in the game," Alabama coach Nick Saban said. "We went out there and tried to play to a standard and executed fairly well. Western Carolina, those guys played hard and they were a little bit outmanned, and our guys played the way we want them to play.
"Everything is ahead of us as a team."
Alabama still left Bryant-Denny Stadium needing a couple of upsets to make a return trip to the national title game, and it happened.
Kansas State, No. 1 in the BCS rankings entering Saturday, fell to Baylor 52-24. Oregon, No. 2 in the BCS, lost to Stanford 17-14 in overtime later in the night, which means Alabama could move up to No. 2 into today's BCS standings.
Before all that went down Saturday night, the Crimson Tide cruised against Western Carolina.
McCarron completed all six of his attempts for 133 yards and his 21st touchdown before exiting midway through the second quarter. Lacy ran for 99 yards on 10 carries with two 7-yard touchdowns and a 3-yarder. Neither played after halftime.
"It's not about them, it's about what you do, so we had to go out there and take care of business and not worry about everybody else," McCarron said.
Cornerback Deion Belue returned a fumble 57 yards in the final seconds before halftime.
The 42 points were the most Alabama had scored in the first half since producing the same amount against Georgia State on Nov. 18, 2010.
Still hoping for a shot at a second straight national title, the Tide can secure a spot in the Southeastern Conference championship game against No. 5 Georgia with a victory over rival Auburn.
This one was a welcome respite for Alabama after games against No. 8 LSU and the Aggies went down to the final minute. It followed three straight against opponents ranked in the top 15 at the time of the game, including Mississippi State.
"You're coming off a loss; it's easy to get distracted," Belue said. "We handled that real well, just coming in and staying focused on what we need to do."
Alabama outgained the Catamounts 463-163 in total yards and outrushed them 300-70. The Catamounts have lost all 14 meetings against SEC teams and haven't beaten a Division I (FCS or FBS) opponent since topping The Citadel on Oct. 2, 2010.
"There's a reason this place is where it's at, at the top," Western Carolina first-year coach Mark Speir said. "Excellent football team that we could not stop, obviously. Defensively, they pretty much had their way. They knocked us off the ball."
Alabama reached 10 wins for the fifth season in a row, the longest such streak since the 1971-75 teams.
McCarron, who threw his first two interceptions of the season last week, broke the single-season mark set by Greg McElroy in 2010. He hit Christion Jones on a 29-yard touchdown with 8:15 left in the second quarter to cap a 99-yard drive and then became a spectator.
The junior also moved past McElroy into third place on the Tide career list with 40 touchdown passes, behind Brodie Croyle (41) and John Parker Wilson (47).
T.J. Yeldon ran for 55 yards and a touchdown on seven carries before leaving with a sprained foot. Saban said he could have returned.
Backup quarterback Blake Sims was only 2 of 6 for 27 yards in his most significant action but also rushed for 70 yards, including a 5-yard touchdown.
Wide receiver Kevin Norwood was held out of the game for an unspecified injury and backup tailback Kenyan Drake was suspended for violating team rules.
Even Alabama's mistakes turned into Tide points. Western Carolina fumbled it right back after Jones lost the ball on a punt return, and Belue scooped it up for another score with 14 seconds left before halftime.
Alabama also drew a roughing penalty on the punt, prompting Saban to make a furious leap into the air on the sideline even with the huge lead.
Western Carolina backup quarterback Eddie Sullivan set up the Catamounts' best scoring chance before Alabama made a fourth-down stop from the 14 late in the third quarter.
"We should have gone for the field goal and got some points," Speir said. "That's stupid. That's my fault."
Sullivan rushed for 28 yards and was 4 of 12 for 63 yards after replacing freshman Troy Mitchell.
The Tide didn't punt until the fourth quarter. Plus, a bunch of reserves got into the game.
"We were trying to get as many guys in the game as we possibly could," Saban said.


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Ok If there is going to be a list about Pizza Boxes Hell Pizza cannot be left off.....
As their box folds into a coffin for "your remains" those few slices not eaten. Basically as the pic will not display you punch and pop out your pizza box to form a coffin.
or more recently "a world-first 3D zombie shooter on a pizza box"
Hell pizza rocks ever since I met the owners I've been a super fan. Hell they deliver the pizza's via hearsts. They had one of the first ever chose your own adventure Youtube video's as you try to deliver pizza during a Zombie attack.
They created Pizza Roulette for College students. Basically they put Ubers super ho... Very Hot sauce on one and only one slice of pizza. So one unlucky college student would find themselves sweating to no end... lol
http://www.bestadsontv.com/files/print/2012/Mar/43324_BAR6088%20-%20Pizza_Roulette_Poster_A1_LR_P age_1.jpg
They jumped on the opportunity to rent the neighboring billboard to a PETA billboard winning them many awards
and seriously this barely scratches the surface... Like to join their loyalty club you must sell your soul... as the website asks when was the last time did anything for you like order a pizza get you laid or keep you out of trouble.... just saying
When Bush did the surveillance it was clearly illegal to the point that retroactive immunity had to be drummed up..... and Republicans were still very much in favor and support.
But when Obama continued and didn't stop the Republican spying programs... under newly created Republican laws.... thus having legal cover. Oh hell no.. Republicans now are pissed... and he is doing what their laws gave him cover to do, not blantaly illegally as Bush did.
Despite above my feelings are that the surveillance is highly questionable, illegal and useless.
Who makes the revenue while in question??? After all Wall Street makes it's money on micro-trading just imagine if a company contests everything and makes money during the contested time....
This begs the question how many terrorists were overlooked or let go because....They didn't have a Mac???
The missing technology is the ability to buy a digital item and then have the ability to recode in a way that locks it to you and no longer allows studios to muck with. Kind of like being able to change the locks on the front door of your house differently than the the key the builder handed you. Which is a moot point as the studios will never use such and it's easier to utilize an open source solution.
Wait the Telco monopoly for this area doesn't want to disclose costs. What competition would there be to this legacy monopoly system of copper wires?? They aren't being asked to disclose costs on fiber and other such that may garner some competition.
I kept reading thinking any second the part where he got sued or in trouble for doing the fix would be part of the story
It's ironic that they're trying to use a disability to justify their work. Kind of like using Child Porn to justify censoring etc... I don't see why an app cannot be created nor would be denied approval, to do many of the very things they're attempting to do in the name of "disablement"
The whole statement can be reversed if this is all legal then the government has nothing to hide. Thus all details should be revealed.
Murders still occur despite uncountable movies and tv shows and court tv that shows us daily how the person can be tracked down and singled out. I know that a traffic cop will azp me with a fancy radar gun yet I still speed.
I also heard they found a Google Map printout which showed where in New York the Twin Towers where.... Which begs the obvious question where does the line of something that Bin Laden reads while sitting on the toilet end and actually aiding him/terrorists begin???
the money laundering comments are unwarranted and have no basis in reality anyone can take a lot of money and pour it into a restaurant as long as they want to keep losing the money. there has never been a debate about how he made his money.
What is interesting though is Amy was sentenced to 14 months in jail for apparently taking out a corporate credit card in the amount of $15k in someone elses name.
Gordon Ramsey can come across as really harsh... I didn't like that he always yelled until i learned why. He has figured out that the owners typically have given up they know better but let place become filthy the quality of the food fail and service to no longer become a reality. thus he typically gets in the owners face trying to piss them off.... once they show their anger he is able to use that and shape it into caring about making the business succeed.
The Restaurant Makeovers on the BBC are by far his best and aren't over dramatized often he spends a week onsite with the family that owns the typical pub or small family restaurant.
I was actually going to submit this story but for a differing reason... the reason the Justice department was so upset with the AP was it revealed yet one more US Government would be bomber... as in the bomber was actually a good guy the whole time planted by the US.
"It was later revealed that the "would-be bomber" was actually a U.S. spy planted in the Yemen-based group Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. On May 18, U.S. and allied officials suggested to Reuters that the leak to the AP had forced the end of an "operation which they hoped could have continued for weeks or longer."
How long was The Sony Playstation Network down??? Wasn't it something like weeks.
How about all those people stuck at home during hurricane Katrina but still had power but no Internet.
I thought it was interesting that she spent almost as much as she made on things like makeup and shoes.... Acting sounds more like a hobby than a career.
Kind of hard to sue for damages when when she couldn't show she was making much if anything prior to the real age issue.
Sounds like there is a strong case for breach of contract. With accounting errors and royalties not being paid.
As many of you are aware, on July 8, 2010 the SFWA board of directors voted unanimously to place Night Shade Books on probation for a period of one year, following concerns about contractual issues with their authors.
As part of the process, SFWA asked Night Shade to meet a series of benchmarks as a measure of a good faith effort to return to a solid standing. After a review of Night Shade Books and after requesting information from our members about the publisher�s activities during the period of probation, based upon the information currently available, the board believes that Night Shade has met the following conditions for it to remain on the qualifying list after its probation period:
a. That it examined its catalogue to ensure it is no longer offering fiction in formats for which it has no rights, and makes whole those authors whose rights it has violated;
b. That it instituted procedures and hired sufficient staff to ensure accurate record keeping for contracts and payments, both for previously published and future authors;
c. That there are no instances of contractual violations on the part of Night Shade Books against authors signed to publishing deals after the start of the probationary period.
d. Night Shade Books fulfills its contractual and financial obligations to the authors it has already published, including full and accurate accounting of royalties per contract, with payment of any royalties outstanding.
Therefore, the term of probation for Night Shade is lifted. Fiction contracted during that term is acceptable for qualification for SFWA membership. It may remain on the list so long as it continues to fulfill its contractual obligations to its authors and meets SFWA�s qualifying market standards. SFWA remains interested in the health of Night Shade books and will act at any time to deal with a member complaint against Night Shade.
The story is actually much worse...
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2013/04/08/night-shade-books-puts-assets-up-for-sale-to-avoid- bankruptcy-offers-authors-a-deal-that-rates-a-full-wtf/
But as bad as that sounds, this story gets worse.
Night Shade Books has also decided to sell the print and ebook rights separately. The print rights would go to Skyhorse Publishing, a small publisher that specializes in nonfiction. As strange as it may sound for a nonfiction publisher to suddenly develop an interest in SF and Fantasy, the ebook situation is even crazier.
At this point I hope you�re sitting down.
Night Shade Books wants to sell the ebook rights contracts to Start Publishing LLC. Start Publishing is a relatively unknown firm with obscure ownership, at least one division run by a literary agent, and questionable experience in publishing ebooks. In fact, Start Publishing�s total current catalog consists of some hundreds of public domain titles.
But wait, there�s more.
Jarred Weisfeld, the literary agent in question, is a principle agent at Objective Entertainment. That agency has in the past rejected authors while suggesting that the authors consider self-pubbing with AuthorHouse (now a part of Author Solutions). Why did Objective do this? Because they got a commission from AuthorHouse. Here�s more about that story:
But Objective isn�t just suggesting that rejected clients check out a self-publishing service�it�s encouraging them to do so in a wholly misleading manner. Not only is AuthorHouse described as a �publisher� they �trust,� it�s described as �our Publisher� and an �amazing opportunity for you.�
So Night Shade Books wants to sell the ebook rights to a sleazy literary agent with questionable ethics and no real experience in publishing. Yeah, I�m sure that�s going to go well.
This sounds like the Red Coats who lined up on the battlefield who got their asses handed to them when the Americans said screw this lining up and get killed part.... lets just fight these guys anyway we can
Gorey spoiler alert here is what happened on live National TV:
His bone snapped in half and six inches of the bone was visible protruding through the skin.
Many of his teammates almost lost there lunch they wanted to halt the game and were visibly distraught with tears.
I think CBS should be commended for not going for the ratings and showing through replays or such the injury. They handled it very well.
The Tagatose article is a bit old and prior to the first company and time it was introduced.... eventually a commercial failure and is now being relaunched... More details here:
http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Market/Could-it-be-second-time-lucky-for-low-cal-bulk-sw eetener-Tagatose