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JavaOne 2013: GPU Is Coming Whether You Know It or Not
Subject: General Tech, Shows and Expos | September 23, 2013 - 09:38 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: JavaOne, JavaOne 2013, gpgpu
Are the enterprise users still here? Oh, hey!
GPU acceleration throws a group of many similar calculations at thousands of simple cores. Their architecture makes it very cheap and power efficient for the amount of work they achieve. Gamers, obviously, enjoy the efficiency at tasks such as calculating pixels on a screen or modifying thousands of vertex positions. This technology has evolved more generally than graphics. Enterprise and research applications have been taking notice over the years.
GPU discussion, specifically, starts around 16 minutes.
Java, a friend of scientific and "big-data" developers, is also evolving in a few directions including "offload".
IBM's CTO of Java, John Duimovich, discussed a few experiments they created when optimizing the platform to use new hardware. Sorting arrays, a common task, saw between a 2-fold and 48-fold increase of performance. Including the latency of moving data and initializing GPU code, a 32,000-entry array took less than 1.5ms to sort, compared to about 3ms on the CPU. The sample code was programmed in CUDA.
The goal of these tests is, as far as I can tell, to (eventually) automatically use specialized hardware for Java's many built-in libraries. The pitch is free performance. Of course there is only so much you can get for free. Still, optimizing the few usual suspects is an obvious advantage, especially if it just translates average calls to existing better-suited libraries.
Hopefully they choose to support more than just CUDA whenever they take it beyond experimentation. The OpenPOWER Consortium, responsible for many of these changes, currently consists of IBM, Mellanox, TYAN, Google, and NVIDIA.
Video News
If you're worried about performance, you've already failed by coding in Java.
"You're holding it wrong."
Sometimes Java is the acceptable compromise between performance and manageability.
I mean, heck, many websites are still coded in PHP.

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The East Central University softball team earned a sweep of Southern Nazarene in the first day of a two-day series with the Crimson Storm (11-23, 4-16 GAC) at Cypert Athletic Facility. The Lady Tigers (26-8, 12-4 GAC) earned an 8-0 win in five innings in game one and then 8-1 in game two.
ECU was led by senior Shelby Simmons, who went 6-of-7 (.857) at the plate, scoring three runs and adding four RBIs. Sophomore Laruen Bancroft added a .600 average, with three hits and an RBI.
"Shelby had a great day at the plate going 6-for-7 with a triple and several RBIs," said head coach Destini Anderson.
Freshman Lacey Paulk had a strong day in the circle, going 2-0 and pitching all but one inning in the two games for the Lady Tigers. Paulk improved to 12-1 on the season, allowed five hits, one run, two walks and struck out nine batters.
"Lacey Paulk did a great job in the circle only giving up one hit in the first game and shutting down a good hitting team all day," added Anderson. "Overall I was happy with our intensity today."
As a team ECU, hit .429 and allowed just a .128 average by SNU after boasting a 24 to five hitting advantage.
The teams will continue the Great American Conference series, Saturday, March 29 starting at noon.
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The Lady Tigers opened the scoring in the first inning, taking a 1-0 lead. Freshman Autumn Suydam started ECU off with a bunt single to third. Suydam then stole second and advanced to third on an error by the short stop, which put her in scoring position when Simmons hit a single to left field.
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Sophomore Lauren Bancroft added a second run with a single down the left side. Suydam was walked for the third run and Simmons singled down the right side for the fourth run of the inning. Senior Ali Manship sent the final two runs home with a single to center field for the 7-0 lead.
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Riyadh, December 10, 2012
Leading real estate developers, consultants, architects, and industry experts were honoured with the Cityscape Awards at a special ceremony held last night alongside the Riyadh Urban Development and Real Estate event.
The community, culture and Islamic architecture award went to Al-Andalus Schools for their new 50,000 sq m educational complex project in north Jeddah, while the residential project award (future) went to Reyadah Investment Company for its housing complex project.
Scoring a double win, the Heart of Jeddah developed by Jeddah Development & Urban Regeneration Company (JDURC) bagged both Best
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Commenting on the remarkable achievement, Greg Mackowiak, the vice president (Development) at JDURC said, "This is great news for the project, not only we have won two very important awards, but also got shortlisted for the Cultural and Islamic Architecture Award which we hope to win next year."
In its third edition, The Cityscape Riyadh has been getting an overwhelming response. "Day One was a great success, which allowed exhibitors to showcase their projects to a wide variety of stakeholders and benefit from the unique product mix Cityscape Riyadh offers," said Hussain Al-Harthy, the managing director, National Exhibitions Company, organizers of the event.
Tanween Arabia also had a dominant presence at the event where it showcased its new high-class residential community, Juman Village. Located within the Ramlat Juman Masterplan of Al-Azizya, south of Al-Khobar City.
The project offers an integrated neighborhood supported by an advanced infrastructure featuring good quality facilities and services. Al-Azizya District is fast becoming the natural extension of Al-Khobar, just minutes from the King Fahad Causeway, connecting the Kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
In addition, the project is in close proximity to Al-Aziziya beach, the popular destination for family gatherings and preferred leisure destination, boasting a wide variety of family entertainment and activities.
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Rebuilding Together is the nation's leading nonprofit organization working to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize neighborhoods. We provide 10,000 extensive rehabilitation and modification projects per year for those in need - at no cost to those served. Every year Rebuilding Together affiliates in America's largest cities and smallest towns - with the help of everyday citizen volunteers, skilled trades people, the support of local business and major corporate partners - make life considerably better for thousands of low-income homeowners and the communities in which they live . Rebuilding Together has programs dedicated to energy efficiency, veteran's housing, aging in place and Gulf Coast reconstruction.
Rebuilding Together works with Corporate Partners, Individual Donors, Skilled Trades Organizations, Government and Non-Government Agencies, our Affiliate Network and Grass-roots/community volunteers. The landing page for the site should welcome all, and then the three additional pages should reflect the interests of 1) Corporate Partners, Media, and other larger organizations 2) our Affiliate Network and 3) Individuals interested in information or making a donation.
The primary audiences are the Corporate Partners and Individual Donors, who will expect to see a sophisticated, clean site with regular updates and fresh content (including photos and videos) that highlights their participation on a rotating basis.
At the same time, the site should be simple to navigate, true to our brand, and intuitive for our Affiliate Network, Skilled Trades Partners, and Volunteer Groups
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Please incorporate our brand color palette; Black, Pantone 368 (web#62bd19), Pantone 541 (web #003c79), Pantone 143 (web #efaa22), Pantone 1795 (web #d81f2a) and Pantone 639 (web #009acf).
A video player on the home page is must, but should not be overwhelming nor overshadow any other piece of the design.
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From a common landing page we expect different audiences to be able to navigate quickly to the content specific to them.
News and updates are a must, probably a rotator like on our current site and a small updating headlines/blog section. Two or three call to action buttons that are attention grabbing (as on http://liveunited.org ) as well as links to social media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, RSS, or similar).
The design of the landing page should stand out, but be something we can carry through in all subpages at least in the overall feel.
-Navigation to About Us, Sponsors, Affiliate Login, Events
-Highlighted buttons to Donate, Volunteer, Learn More
-News/Blog Section
-Top stories Rotater
-Sponsor Rotater
-Social Media Links (Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, RSS)
Corporate Partner and Media Homepage
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-Benefits of Partnership
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-Social Media Links (Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, RSS)
Affiliate Homepage
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-Internal News/Blog
-Calendar of Events
-Photo Gallery
-Social Media Links (Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, RSS)
Individual Homepage
-Focus on About Us, Housing and Community Revitalization, Finding an Affiliate or Other Resources near you, etc
-Strong call for Individual Giving
Looking for ideas we haven't even considered yet. Overall themes should be consistent, but not identical. All above are guidelines, not rules. Priorities are corporate and individual giving, media friendly, intuitive, clean interface, showing who we are more than telling who we are.
http://www.rebuildingtogether.org It is a relatively clean design, but the navigation is cluttered and not intuitive. The rotator is nice, but much of the site looks tacked together a little at a time instead of like it's a seamless whole.
Current Affiliate website: affiliates.rebuildingtogether.org Username: test, Password: test
For sample images, there are some at facebook.com/rebuildingtogether
http://liveunited.org The landing page is strong, but then the subpages go back to looking clean, but out of date.
http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/gall…-websites/ has a lot of nice non-profit designs.


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Johngeades needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 52 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
Aguila Apparel
Aguila Apparel is new start up aiming to make great crossover shirts/belts/pullovers. We are a group of three former professional golfers that want to make better more well fitting clothing. All of the material for the clothing line will be synthetic and breathable. We specialize in fitted shirts that can go from the golf course or a night out on the town.
Men and Women ages 16-55. We aren't trying to be some new outrageous clothing line with crazy designs. We will sell them both online and in private pro-shops all across America.
We would like the logo to be versatile, being able to go either on the chest or on the sleeve maybe even at the top of the back. Aguila is the Spanish word for Eagle. We would like the logo to be a side view of an Eagle head. We are leaning towards having the logo embroidered so stick art of the side view of the eagles head would be what we are looking for. We aren't against a logo that would go on the top of the shirt like the Lacoste logo. So even an eagle logo we would be open too. We are trying to avoid something that looks like a private country clubs logo, (ex. a palmetto tree or lamp post.) The reason I am posting this is because creativity isn't our specialty. Be creative and give us the best you have. Hopefully this will add to future logo's for other business ventures.
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Burned Biscuits - A lesson we all should learn.
When I was a kid, my Mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work. On that evening so long ago, my Mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burned biscuits in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed!
All my dad did was reach for his biscuit, smile at my Mom and ask me how my day was at school. I don't remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him smear butter and jelly on that ugly burned biscuit. He ate every bite of that thing...never made a face nor uttered a word about it!
When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my Mom apologize to my dad for burning the biscuits. And I'll never forget what he said, "Honey, I love burned biscuits every now and then."
Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy good night and I asked him if he really liked his biscuits burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said, "Your Mom put in a hard day at work today and she's real tired. And besides--a little burned biscuit never hurt anyone!"
As I've grown older, I've thought about that many times. Life is full of imperfect things and imperfect people.
I'm not the best at hardly anything, and I forget birthdays and anniversaries just like everyone else. But what I've learned over the years is that learning to accept each other's faults and choosing to celebrate each other's differences is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship.
And that's my prayer for you today...that you will learn to take the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of your life and lay them at the feet of God. Because in the end, He's the only One who will be able to give you a relationship where a burnt biscuit isn't a deal-breaker!
We could extend this to any relationship. In fact, understanding is the base of any relationship, be it a husband-wife or parent-child or friendship!
"Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket--keep it in your own."
So, please pass me a biscuit, and yes, the burned one will do just fine.
And PLEASE pass this along to someone who has enriched your life--I just did!
Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
"Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil--it has no point"
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"learning to accept each other's faults and choosing to celebrate each other's differences is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship."
"Because in the end, He's the only One who will be able to give you a relationship where a burnt biscuit isn't a deal-breaker!"
So great are our personal relationships that they somehow don't compare to the one we can have with god. Sounds like somebody forgot the point they were trying to make halfway through the letter. Not uncommon at all. To some people, everything has to have a connection to god, jesus, whatever. Even when there's no reason to bring it up, it somehow gets injected into a conversation. My in-laws are that way. They've somehow managed to tone it down as of late. Probably started getting obvious that it wasn't being well received when all they got for their efforts was an awkward silence.
you're close. you hit on the key sentence. read the husband's reaction when his daughter asks him if he really liked the burnt biscuits again.
The "a little burned biscuit never hurt anyone!" part is a little bit inconsistent. It is supposedly a key component in making relationships work yet at the same time ONLY god will love you if you're less than perfect.
uh-huh. More examples of people who yearn for the unattainable, even if they have to resort to imaginary scenarios and deities to get there. Sadomasochism, it's what's for breakfast.
you're still missing it. it says that God is the only one for which a burnt biscuit isn't a deal breaker. isn't there someone else in this story that feels the same way?
One of the most refreshing things about the relationship I have with my wife is that we are OPEN with each other. We are tolerant of each others' quirks and peculiarities, and if something isn't right, one of us will point it out to the other, though I have to say, that doesn't happen very often. Positive feedback is offered often (usually avec smooches!) and negative feedback given gently and without rancor. Neither of us lay ANYTHING at the feet of any god, because neither of us subscribe to such a belief and such a practice would not help if we did use it. What we have is US, and we both recognize that WE are the ones who are going to make this relationship work. No god is available to ameliorate a problem or soothe hurt feelings. If we don't do the work, the work doesn't get done.
As for that last comment about life without god, I had my own run-in with that phrase some time ago and documented my reaction to it here. I didn't like that bullshit back then and I like it even less now.
regarding life without god, it bothers me too. i think it pisses off all atheists. my mom knows my beliefs full well but she's not gonna stop trying. i get an email about god pretty much every week. i don't let it bother me b/c i know it's b/c she cares. still, some of them really get my goat.
honestly, i would never.
as a non-christian i follow the golden rule.
I actually liked that story up to the point she mentioned God. The story is cute and has an equally secular application (don't nitpick at peoples' small imperfections or mistakes because we're human and they happen, and it's not worth causing tension in a relationship over - try to understand their position). But as soon as she stuck God into it, I was like 'nope'. I find that these sorts of understandings in relationship have literally nothing at all to do with any deity or religion at all. This is simply something people (as human beings) should learn - to be more patient with one another.
i totally agree. it's a very nice story. personally, i love biscuits but cannot eat a burned one. that man is a hero :)
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It is interesting to hear person's reactions to the idea of wearing a hearing aid. The comments vary widely from eager anticipation to total rejection. Those people who look forward to their new hearing aid are generally people who understand how much they are missing in day to day commnication, and are willing to do anything to get "back in the game." They don't mind how a hearing aid might look, and know that the financial costs outweigh the social costs of not hearing. Persons who do not look forward to a hearing aid are generally those who are "sent" by their families who are burdened by the person who is not hearing, or are worried about how much they see the hard of hearing person missing. The difference seems to be who is initiating the visit.
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When getting a new hearing aid it is usually necessary to have to go back to the audiologist to fine tune the setting. Modern hearing aids have an enormous number of possible settings because they are computer chips that can be programmed. This allows thousands of possible combinations of settings. The result is that your hearing aid will probably need adjusting before it works optimally for you.
Another consideration is that people who have had a hearing loss for some time need a while to re-adjust to hearing again. We have a fancy name for this called "acclimatization." It means simply that it takes time to re-acclimate to hearing. The adjustment may be complete in a few weeks, but for some it may take some months before the nervous system adjusts to being stimulated in this new way. The important thing for new hearing aid users to do is to stay with their instrument, do not give up too quickly and you will adjust. If you cannot adjust to amplification go back to your audiologist, perhaps some change in the hearing aid will make it more acceptable.
Finally, the family can help by being understanding about what the person is experiencing. Hearing aids are not new ears, they are an aid. They will not be perfect, just as your glasses aren't perfect, and they may not do well under certain circumstances. Be patient and supportive. It will help a great deal.
Robert W. Keith, Ph.D., FAAA; Professor of Otolaryngology; Division of Audiology;University of Cincinnati Medical Center
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For the past ten years, our math learning center has offered a program called Stay Sharp! to help students maintain fluency with basic math facts during the summer months. We convert one of our larger classrooms into a math arcade and provide a variety of learning games and challenges. Students may opt to work in teams or attempt the challenges on their own. This is a favorite among children who attend the math center and they feel quite proud when they return to school with instant recall of all their math facts.
Many of the activities on Math Playground mirror the approaches and teaching philosophy we support at the learning center. Math Playground partnered with a developer of educational games to bring the excitement and benefit of our Stay Sharp! summer program to students who visit the website year round. The Stay Sharp Math Arcade contains practice games that help students with both basic and advanced math skills. Students may compete against other players or they may choose to play against the computer. The games address very specific math concepts and provide engaging learning environments that children enjoy. We currently offer games that reinforce math concepts related to addition, subtraction, time, money, multiplication, division, fractions, ratios, proportions, decimals, integers, and pre-algebra.


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Love Spell, Aug 2003 ISBN: 0505525496 Finance expert Frankie McGee takes a leave of absence to help save her Uncle Joe's professional wrestling business. However, she learns the business from the inside when the six-foot giantess portraying the amazonian character Tatiana the Tigress leaves for Hollywood just before a critical performance. Frankie takes over the role. Wrestling superstar Black Jack Hudson is nearing retirement time, but woul...
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Love Spell, Sep 2004 ISBN: 0505526093 Wrestling promoter Cosmos Perini needs a hero like the Hulkster was in the 80s if his association is to remain competitive with anything goes including XXX Steel's Outrageous Wrestling. In desperate straits, he hires single mom public relations specialist Alexandra Hayes to a three month contract to change arrogant Luke �Loverboy� Silver from a bad guy to a good guy over Silver's violent objections. Alex ...


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Charged with holding Astros' late lead, Ambriz falters
Reliever Hector Ambriz prides himself on remaining steady throughout the year, never getting too high nor too upset. Nonetheless, his performance definitely ate at him Wednesday night.
Brought in to protect a one-run lead with a runner at second in the eighth inning, Ambriz paid dearly for hanging a slider to Rickie Weeks.
With one swing, Weeks soured Erik Bedard's impressive outing and propelled the Brewers to a 3-1 come-from-behind victory before a crowd of 15,866 at Minute Maid Park.
"Bedard went out there and did a hell of a job," said Ambriz, who had not given up an earned run in 12 of his previous 13 appearances. "They called me in to do my job. I didn't and we got that loss. There's nothing to be happy about there."
Bedard didn't have much trouble with the Brewers through seven innings, but righthander Kyle Lohse kept the Brewers close with six innings of one-run ball.
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Wednesday: Brewers 3, Astros 1.
Record: 27-46.
Today: Milwaukee at Minute Maid Park, 1:10 p.m.
Pitchers: Lucas Harrell (5-7) vs. Yovani Gallardo (6-6).
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It all unraveled for the Astros after Bedard lobbied Astros manager Bo Porter to let him go out for the eighth.
Bedard promptly issued a leadoff walk and ultimately was taken out of the decision after the Brewers pounced on two hanging breaking pitches. Weeks hit a two-run home run in the eighth, and Aramis Ramirez added a solo shot in the ninth.
Bedard's gem wasted
"My pitch count was low enough, and I felt like I had some left," Bedard said after holding the Brewers to four hits, one run and two walks with eight strikeouts over 71⁄3 strong innings. "I went out there and gave it the best I could."
It wasn't enough, though.
After Josh Prince drew a leadoff walk in the eighth and Logan Schafer sacrificed, Porter called Ambriz out of the bullpen to protect the slimmest of leads.
"Bedard was outstanding, and he gave us everything he had," Porter said. "He went out and started the eighth with the notion that we were going to take him through Weeks. He did a tremendous job and pitched well enough to get the win.
"Unfortunately, we were not able to hold the lead, and he ended up getting a no-decision."
Weeks greeted Ambriz with a two-run homer into the Crawford Boxes. Ramirez deposited his blast into the Crawford Boxes an inning later.
"It was a 1-2 slider (to Weeks), and I just hung it," Ambriz said. "I didn't execute my pitch, and he did what he was supposed to do with it. It was a 1-0 hanging curveball (to Ramirez). I didn't execute the pitch and he did what he's supposed to do with it."
Late rally fizzles
Jose Altuve gave the Astros the lead in the first inning. After he hit a one-out, infield single to short, Jason Castro drew a walk.
Altuve stole third to put runners at the corners. J.D. Martinez capitalized with a sacrifice fly to right field to score the game's first run.
The Astros mounted a final threat in the ninth, when Carlos Pena singled to right and Justin Maxwell followed with an infield single to short off closer Francisco Rodriguez.
Milwaukee shortstop Jean Segura tripped after fielding Maxwell's grounder, giving Maxwell enough time to beat out the throw to first. Matt Dominguez popped out to first for the second out, and Ronny Cedeno struck out to end the game.


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I've said it before and I can't help but say it again. I love living in the Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon. And, if you have a few minutes, I'll give you three reasons why. First of all, it's a beautiful place. There are mountains, lakes, and rivers just minutes away. Second, it's not crowded like large metropolitan cities such as Portland or Seattle. You can drive 20 minutes in any direction and end up somewhere in the beautiful Southern Oregon countryside. Third, I think that it has the best of both worlds. There's plenty of outdoor activities such as hiking, fishing and camping and also there's the nearby Oregon Shakespeare Festival, dozens of vineyards and microbreweries, and a number of wonderful restaurants that feature spectacular local ingredients.
The Rogue River in Southern Oregon
I always love visiting the Rogue River. Whether it be for hiking along the banks, rafting or my favorite river activity, fishing. One day on my lunch hour, I briefly stopped by the Rogue River near Touvelle State Park and decided to snap a few photos. It was a bit overcast that afternoon but the temperature was nearly perfect. Not too hot, not too cold. Looking down at the river from the top of the bridge, it's easy to imagine large fish swimming in the cold deep water below the surface. And, if you are lucky, you might even see one!
A fly fisherman on the Rogue River
Many types of fish inhabit the Rogue River. There's steelhead trout, Chinook salmon, rainbow trout, green sturgeon, coho salmon, and so many more species of fish. My two favorites are steelhead trout and Chinook salmon. I prepare those varieties of fish quite often for my family. As a matter of fact, I serve fish for my family at least once a week. When selecting fish, I prefer to prepare wild caught fish as opposed to farm raised fish. In my opinion, the flavor is better, there are no chemicals or additives, no color enhancements or antibiotics. If given a choice between wild and farm raised fish, the decision is easy. Wild caught fish is your best bet.
My Smoked Steelhead Chowder is a deliciously creamy soup made with smoky bacon, roasted russet potatoes, tender onion, fresh thyme and a splash of heavy cream. It's prepared similarly to a New England style clam chowder but with smoked tender steelhead instead. It's great with a slice of warm crusty bread, a crispy green salad or a hot grilled sandwich. If you are not able to obtain smoked steelhead where you live, feel free to substitute the smoked steelhead with some good quality smoked salmon instead. Enjoy! Tessa
- 1/4 pound Smoked Steelhead Trout (skin and bones removed, chopped coarsely)
- 5 cups Milk
- 1/2 cup Heavy Cream
- 2 Tbs. Butter
- 1/3 cup Flour
- 2 Tbs. Tomato paste
- 1 pound Russet Potatoes – peeled and diced
- 1 large White Onion – peeled and diced
- 4 oz. Bacon – chopped
- 1 tsp. fresh Thyme
- 1 – 2 tsp. Olive Oil
- 1 tsp. Seasoning Salt (or to taste)
- 1 tsp. Old Bay Seasoning (or to taste)
- 1/4 tsp fresh ground Black Pepper (or to taste)
- fresh minced Parsley for garnish
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. On a sheet tray or baking pan toss together diced potatoes, diced onions, 1 to 2 tsp. olive oil and seasoning salt. Arrange potatoes and onions in a single layer to ensure even cooking. Bake until the potatoes and onions begin to turn golden brown or about 30 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside.
Meanwhile, grab a large heavy pot and place it on the stove. Turn burner to medium high heat. Add chopped bacon and cook until the bacon is crispy. Remove bacon with slotted spoon and set aside. Turn down heat to low, add 2 Tbs. butter and 1/3 cup flour to the remaining bacon fat to make a blonde roux. Whisk flour mixture constantly, taking care not to burn, and cook until a very light golden brown. Whisk 5 cups milk and 2 Tbs. tomato paste and cook until almost ready to boil, whisking constantly. Add smoked steelhead, bacon, potatoes, onions, 1 tsp. fresh thyme, 1 tsp. Old Bay Seasoning. Cook, stirring often, until the mixture has thickened and the flour taste has disappeared, for about 1/2 hour. Add heavy cream, taste and correct your seasonings. Ladle into bowls and garnish with chopped smoked steelhead trout and fresh minced parsley. Makes about 2 quarts or 8 servings.


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Alex Cross has Washington, DC. The Women's Murder Club has San Francisco. Detective Michael Bennett has all of New York City—chaos capital of the world.
Best case: Survival
The son of one of New York's wealthiest families is snatched off the street and held hostage. His parents can't save him, because this kidnapper isn't demanding money. Instead, he quizzes his prisoner on the price others pay for his life of luxury. In this exam, wrong answers are fatal.
Worst case: Death
Detective Michael Bennett leads the investigation. With ten kids of his own, he can't begin to understand what could lead someone to target anyone's children. As another student disappears, another powerful family uses their leverage and connections to turn up the heat on the mayor, the press—anyone who will listen—to stop this killer. Their reach extends all the way to the FBI, which sends its top Abduction Specialist, Agent Emily Parker. Bennett's life—and love life—suddenly get even more complicated.
This case: Detective Michael Bennett is on it
Before Bennett has a chance to protest the FBI's intrusion on his case, the mastermind changes his routine. His plan leads up to the most devastating demonstration yet—one that could bring cataclysmic ruin to every inch of New York City. From the shocking first page to the last exhilarating scene, Worst Case is a nonstop thriller from "America's #1 storyteller" (Forbes).
Prologue | GIVE PEACE A CHANCE...OR ELSE
THE STOCKY MAN with the salt-and-pepper hair felt light-headed as he crossed beneath the marble arch into Washington Square Park. He dropped his backpack, took off his circular glasses, and blotted the sudden tears in his eyes with the sleeve of his ancient jeans jacket.
He hadn't planned on breaking down, but My God, he thought, wiping at his rugged, lined face. Now he knew how Vietnam veterans felt when they visited their Wall down in Washington, DC. If veterans of the antiwar movement had a monument—a Wall of Tears—it was here, where it all began, Washington Square Park.
Staring out over the windy park, he remembered all the incredible things that had occurred here. The antiwar demonstrations. Bob Dylan in the 4th Street basement clubs, singing about which way the wind was blowing. The candlelit faces of his old friends as they passed bottles and smoke. The whispered promises they had made to one another to change things, to make things better.
He looked out over the Friday-afternoon crowd by the center fountain, the people hovering over the chess tables, as if he might find a familiar face. But that was impossible, wasn't it? he thought with a shrug. They'd all moved on, like he had. Grown up. Sold out. Or were underground. Figuratively. Literally.
That time, his time, was almost completely faded now, just about dead and gone.
Just about, he thought as he knelt and removed the box of flyers from his knapsack.
But not quite.
On each of the five hundred sheets was a three-paragraph message entitled LOVE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.
Who says you can't go home? he thought. A quote from Keith Richards popped into his head as he stacked the sheets.
"I got news for you. We're still a bunch of tough bastards. String us up and we still won't die." You said it, Keith, he thought, giggling to himself. Right on, brother. You and me both.
More and more over the last year, his thoughts kept coming back to his youth. It was the only time in his entire life when he'd felt like he meant something, when he'd felt he was making a positive difference.
Was coming back now after all this time a midlife crisis? Maybe. He didn't care. He'd decided he wanted that feeling again. Especially in light of recent events. The world now was in even more dire straits than the one he and his friends had fought to affect. It was time to do it again. Wake people up before it was too late.
That's why he was here. It had worked once. They had, after all, stopped a war. Maybe it could happen again. Even if he was a lot older, he wasn't dead yet. Not by any means.
He licked his thumb and took the first sheet from the stack. He smiled, remembering the countless flyers he'd handed out in Berkeley and Seattle, and in Chicago in '68. After all this time, here he was. Unbelievable. What a crazy life. Back in the saddle again.
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By Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ
Special to Catholic News Service
Another lesson that stars in the Bible tell us is that we are not alone. The universe is more than just us, and God is responsible for more than our own narrow neck of the woods. First and foremost, we need a dose of humility when approaching that God, as Job discovered:
Jb 38:1-7 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: "Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up your loins like a man, I will question you, and you shall declare to me. Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements – surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone when the morning stars sang together and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy?"
It is easy to see in those words of Job a reproach for thinking we know it all; clearly we don't. In the list of the things we don't yet know, however, I find such an enticing description that I feel I am also being invited to know those things. The Bible's description of creation is inevitably so beautiful that it makes studying nature — being a natural scientist — the answer to a call from God. It is a holy act.
But what I like most about this passage from Job is the way it personalizes the stars — who are described singing together with all the heavenly beings. Who are these heavenly beings? We don't know — and, of course, that's exactly the point.
But they, too, whoever, they are, do take delight in praising God:
Psalm 148
Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise him in the heights!
Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his host!
Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars!
Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens!
Let them praise the name of the LORD, for he commanded and they were created.
He established them forever and ever; he fixed their bounds, which cannot be passed.
What does it take to praise the Lord, or to choose not to praise? Such a creature must have the intelligence to be aware that it, and the object of its praise, exists; and it must have the freedom to choose to praise, to choose to love. Intellect and free will are the marks of the soul, the way in which human beings were formed in the image and likeness of God. The writer of the Psalm has no problem postulating such souls in the heavens. Shades of ET!
There are many places where the Bible makes almost off-hand remarks to other intelligences who love and adore God … or who, in some cases, perished for not recognizing their right relationship with him. In a sense, this science fictional speculation about other creatures in space and time is as old as storytelling, a part of the mythology of all ancient cultures. But if the Odyssey had one-eyed Polyphemus or the twin perils of Schylla and Charybdis, it never bothers to wonder where they came from.
The biblical writer Baruch does wonder, however. And he ends with a delightful vision of the stars, these worshipers in the sky, singing with their bright light to their Creator:
Bar 3:24-35 O Israel, how great is the house of God, how vast the territory that he possesses! It is great and has no bounds; it is high and immeasurable. The giants were born there, who were famous of old, great in stature, expert in war. God did not choose them, or give them the way to knowledge; so they perished because they had no wisdom, they perished through their folly.
Who has gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds? Who has gone over the sea, and found her, and will buy her for pure gold? No one knows the way to her, or is concerned about the path to her. But the one who knows all things knows her, he found her by his understanding.
The one who prepared the earth for all time filled it with four-footed creatures; the one who sends forth the light, and it goes; he called it, and it obeyed him, trembling; the stars shone in their watches, and were glad; he called them, and they said, "Here we are!" They shone with gladness for him who made them. This is our God; no other can be compared to him.
"Here we are!" shout the stars. How unlike those humans, Adam and Eve, who hid at the sound of God's arrival.
(Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, ©1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U. S. A. All rights reserved. Used by permission.)