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Devops is all the rage. If you believe what you read in the tech press, devops could even be IT's saving grace. And predictably, as with most hot IT buzzwords, devops is now being used to sell everything from consulting services to cloud services to software.
But devops is not for sale. In fact, it can't be sold, because it's not a product or a service. It's a leadership thing.
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Devops started as a bottom-up initiative to get development and operations personnel to work closer together in support of a more agile delivery cycle. Agile development yields better outcomes, but it also increases the burden on operations, which must keep pace with the increased volume of change agility brings. The devops approach pushes development and operations teams to collaborate and fix the organizational issues that were forcing them apart.
The devops challenge can only be addressed by aligning an IT organization's culture and performance incentives around end-to-end quality, agility, and time to market. Ultimately, the organizational issues raised by devops go beyond simply bridging the gap between development and operations.
Getting past the conflict
There's a long history of IT contentiousness between development and operations organizations. Development sees operations as an impediment to getting projects out the door quickly. Operations sees development as not being attuned to its needs for quality, availability, and ease of operations.
To bridge the divide, devops proposes roles that span both sides, such as the release manager, along with general blandishments about greater communication and collaboration. Those approaches may work well in smaller or less complex organizations, but in IT organizations that must serve the global enterprise, they often fall short. Most large companies are built on legacy technology that tends to be fragile -- and agile and fragile mix about as well as oil and water.
The devops leadership issue can only be addressed by changing the culture from a siloed mindset to a quality and time-to-market mindset across all the functions that make up IT. This must be driven through strong CIO leadership. The CIO needs to align functional leaders' goals to reduce time to market, improve quality, and break down the siloed functional incentives of the past. A decade ago these functional silos clarified accountability and had their place in the slower-paced, waterfall world of IT. Today, thanks to the consumerization of IT and today's warp speed of change, these silos now stand squarely in the way of progress.
For example, delivery leaders need to be measured by production quality, whether that's code related or system related. They need a seat at the table when quality issues are at hand, and they need to be locked at the hip with the operations' functional owner. Quality cannot be an operations issue alone. Similarly, the operations leader needs to understand the business drivers and must be incented to support the delivery of business value quickly and cost-effectively. This cannot be solely a delivery issue. If these functional leaders' compensation hinges on end-to-end value and quality delivery, then their organizations will also feel the need to align with their functional partners.


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Mr. A and I enjoyed a fun date night to celebrate our 13th wedding anniversary. It was a date of the classic dinner-and-a-movie variety. Dinner: Lovely atmosphere, killer glass of big red, but the pizza? Meh. I believe Queen Margherita pizza to be a victim of too much hype. Didn't live up. Mr. A agrees.
Then it was onto the next item on the night's agenda: Bond, James Bond. Skyfall, I assure you, lives up to the hype. It's fantastic fun. Here is my small tribute to some of the details that made it for me.
First, the star of the movie...Mr. Craig? No. That suit. Yes! God bless Tom Ford for that dinner suit. First of all it's midnight blue rather than black -- a stroke of genius on the blue-eyed Mr. Craig. Skinny fit, silk shawl lapel, piqué shirt (the texture of the shirt cloth reads beautifully on the closeups on the big screen). Some people appreciate the big screen for the sound, the special effects yada yada. Me, I relish how it reveals the fabric of a tuxedo shirt.
This is the real moment of glory for that tux. Choreographed like a fashion runway presentation. Methinks the Tom Ford team might have had a hand in that...ps remember how we first saw Mr. C in the suit in this vid (ah, bless):
Generally Bond women are clad in all sorts of trampy nonsense. So this was a refreshing sight. Silk blouse, camel belt, pencil skirt, and done. Beautiful and sexy and tasteful. This is Naomie Harris.
If you ask me the J. Crew No. 2 Pencil Skirt in Dark Poppy is a dead ringer.
The carpets in the market in Turkey: to die for! It's so hard to browse the merch when there's a motorcycle chase scene in he way. Oh well. Still, keep your eyes peeled.
And please join me to appreciate Judi Dench as M. The character is as icy and powerful as they come. It's so brilliant to have an older woman in this part. I just love Judi Dench - weirdly, she kind of reminds me of my Mom (who I assure you is not the least icy). It's the stature, short white hair, kind eyes (even when she's playing a cool character, Dame Judi cannot erase the softness and kindness of her eyes). Also, the role I most associate her with is Iris Murdoch, in the biopic Iris. It was a heart-wrenching movie about a brilliant mind destroyed by the ravages of dementia. In real life, Dame Judi is losing her sight to macular degeneration, my Mom is too. My Mom is also an M - Margaret Bernadette. This Bond pic is a great one for Judi Dench and for M.
Can you spot that little dude on M's desk?
You also might know I have a thing for bulldogs. Sure, my main occupation is with the French variety, but I pretty much love all the smooshy faced K9s. And I've been known to display a bulldog figurine or two...This dude is named Jack and he's made by the good people at Royal Doulton. I'll include the link, but don't bother, they are sold out, of course.
This is the new blood. He's all Jimmy-from-Quadrophenia-meets-Matthew Broderick-from-War Games and I think he's a doll. He also happens to drink Earl Grey tea and play Scrabble...This is Ben Whishaw.
A Black Watch tartan blanket plays a supporting role alongside, or on the lap of, M. Love it. Already own it.
...And then there's this. Aanother killer stone house, Duntrune Castle (known as Skyfall in the movie), dropped in front of my eyes - and this one nestled in the misty rolling hills of Scotland. Gorgeous.
I'm pretty sure there's a law in Britain that everyone must own a Barbour coat. Bond's Barbour fits just as snuggly as his dinner suit jacket. Perfect.

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Since 1966, our family-owned and operated business has enjoyed a reputation as being one of the only true trade printers in the industry. Over the years, consistent word-of-mouth advertising from satisfied customers has allowed us to operate without a single salesperson on staff, ever. This is a great source of pride for us. The care and attention to detail we place in every project has collected us over 350 PIAG awards, including a 2010 "Benny" Award for "Best of Category". Winning a Premier Print Award is one of the most coveted achievements for any printer. Simply put, quality printing is in our blood.
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Last week marked the 50th edition of one of the world's biggest technology spectacles – CES 2017 – showcasing the connected future of technology. With more than 3,800 exhibiting companies and exhibit space of more than 2.6 million net square feet, CES 2017 hosted some the world's biggest companies in addition to hosting more than 600 startups. More than 175,000 industry attendees, including 55,000 from outside the U.S., convened in Las Vegas to discover the latest and greatest in many segments of the technology industry.
Probably one of the big trends at CES 2017 was Amazon's Alexa assistant integrated into all sorts of gadgets everywhere, including cars! Not to be outdone, at this year's CES, though, no fewer than 56 exhibitors were under the 3D Printing banner – many that you've heard of and a few that you probably haven't. Although there were some basic retreads on previously released products, there were significant developments presented, and the ones that caught our eye were in the areas of materials (metals and ceramics) and affordability (sub-$500 machines).
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A 49 year old man arrested for inappropriately touching and licking two young girls' feet is blaming President Obama for being set up.
"I'm being set up by the President Barack Obama and the city and federal government," the man, Anthony Parri said, after he was charged with sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child, according to the Huffington Post." My family was killed here. My uncle was killed here. This is a set up… they had women following me in Wegmans."
The alleged separate incidents took place in the Penfield Library in New York. Court papers document that "Parri removed a shoe and fondled the foot, pressing it against his nose and mouth for the purpose of sexual gratification," according to rochesterhomepage.net.
WHEC reports that police were alerted by the library staff after "the mother saw a suspicious man having contact with her daughter's foot. The mother confronted the man and he left the library," where police later arrested him.
The Library Director, Bernadette Brinkman called the police and told the WHEC news station that, "I'm glad we responded as quickly as we did and something positive was done about it."
This is not the first time Parri has had run-ins with the law. WHAM-TV reports Parri was put twice in a state prison and also was placed in a psychiatric hospital for attempted self-injury.
"In 1988, he was convicted of robbing and shooting a man inside an ice cream store in Manhattan. Parri told the Parole Board he needed money to feed his cocaine habit," WHAM-TV said. "(He also) served time in state prison for first degree assault. Parri was paroled in 2004."
This case is just another of multiple weird foot crimes happening in 2012: one man sucked a woman's toe inside of a Walmart after claiming to be with America's Funniest Home Videos and another man touched the feet of high school teenagers.


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36 year old mother of three, one teenage daughter who got me hooked on the whole Twilight series. Damn her black little soul, which is far too much like mine to make me feel comfortable.
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The link lists the field directory for the soccer clubs in Minnesota, but team abbreviations are listed so it makes sense to use them.
NUS = New Ulm
OTHER EXAMPLES: FMT = Fairmont, LSR = Le Sueur, STP = St. Peter, MNK = Mankato, etc.
You should then add age level and B, G, or C for Boys, Girls, or Co-Ed.
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George's Coronation Delayed
It's not just his glutting of the nation's treasury to furnish his illegal, immoral war in Iraq or all the corporate welfare he is doling out through tax breaks for the super-rich. Those are bad enough.
(George Bush, not yet quite King...)
So, U.S. District Court Judge Anna Diggs-Taylor has issued a ruling saying what was obvious to us all along, that the president's circumventing of the FISA Court to conduct his wiretapping program is illegal and unconstitutional. "It was never the intent of the framers to give the president such unfettered control, particularly when such actions blatantly disregard the parameters clearly enumerated in the Bill of Rights,� said Judge Diggs-Taylor, referring to the U.S. Constitution. Amen.
The president and his minions have argued that the secret program is needed to fight the war on terror. However, the FISA Court established in 1978 was designed as a secret court to authorize wiretaps for programs relating to national security concerns. Is the Administration saying that this court isn't secret enough for them? Or is it that these people feel that they shouldn't have to answer to anyone?
The judge astutely noted that "there are no hereditary kings in America and no powers not created in the Constitution.� It's good to know that there are still some folks in positions of power willing to stand up to this thuggish president. And Judge Diggs-Taylor hit the nail squarely on the head. Because this president by his unilateral, "go-it-alone, you are either with us or against us� policy has postured just like a despotic king, instead of a president.
And the far-reaching implications of his illegal policies remain to be seen. It's not just his glutting of the nation's treasury to furnish his illegal, immoral war in Iraq or all the corporate welfare he is doling out through tax breaks for the super-rich. Those are bad enough. But this president has set a bone-chilling precedence for presidential abuse of power. And to the extent that we have not drafted articles of impeachment against him, what will deter the next president who wants more power than the Constitution mandates?
This courageous ruling will surely be challenged. The president already made that very clear by whining that the judge's decision "was a terrible opinion.� Tell us mister president, just who is it terrible for? This case may well be appealed all the way to the Supreme Court. And if it does go that far, with a Court now firmly stacked after his appointments of Chief Judge John Roberts and Samuel Alito, our would be King George will continue to have his way.
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By Sara Strawczynski, KF11 Tanzania
Five months after boarding a plane to San Francisco, it's time to wrap up my Kiva Fellowship. For my last post, I'd like to honour a tradition set by past Tanzanian Kiva Fellows (see posts by Alec Lovett KF4; Jara Small, KF5; and Jennifer Gong, KF9) and share a few of my observations from this crazy and charming country. Hope you enjoy!
You know you are in Tanzania when…
- Handshakes can last several minutes –as long as it takes to get through daily greetings.
- If it takes under an hour to get a few kilometres by dallah-dallah (bus), you start to wonder why the traffic is so light.
- You hum along to the rhythm of clanging coins, the refrain of the bus conductor soliciting fares.
- You ask yourself: 'Why did the chicken cross the road?' because you see that daily, along with processions of goats and cows.
- Hair salons feature cartoons of Obama, Eminem, Che Gueverra, and Julius Nyerere (Tanzania's first and most beloved President) for stylish inspirations.
- You know all the best spots for chapatti (flatbread) and maandazi (donuts).
- Your colleagues are wearing sweaters and complain that it is freezing outside. As usual, you are still sweating.
- Many toddlers look at you and then run towards you at full speed to give your knees a hug. A few toddlers look at you and burst into tears.
- You try to work in Swahili time, which refers to hours since sunrise. Hour 0 is 6am, but you often forget, and this has caused you to miss events and reschedule meetings that should take place at 3:30 (9:30AM) because you think it will be too late to get started.
- You are invited and encouraged to attend celebrations (weddings etc) of people you just recently met, and they genuinely hope you can take part
And finally, Karibu (welcome) is the word you hear most often, which is fitting because since you first arrived, you've felt nothing but warmth and caring from all the wonderful people you've met!
Want to add to the list for Tanzania or start a new one from a different country? Consider becoming a Kiva Fellow and check out program details here.
Sara Strawczynski is finishing up her time as a Kiva Fellow where she served with four different Field Partners in Rwanda and Tanzania.


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(Photo courtesy: Harvard Athletic Communications).
BRONX, N.Y. – The Harvard men's and women's cross country teams each placed a runner in the top six as the women claimed fifth place and the men took sixth at the 2010 Cross Country Heptagonal Championships, Friday morning at Van Cortlandt park.
Princeton captured the men's and women's team titles, placing four runners in the top 10 in each race and claiming both the men's and women's individual titles as well. On the men's side, Dartmouth finished second behind the Tigers (33) with 55 points, and was followed by Columbia (94), Penn (118), Cornell (126), Harvard (141), Yale (149) and Brown (188). The Princeton women (33) were followed by Columbia (60), Brown (63), Cornell (98), Harvard (121), Penn (168), Dartmouth (177) and Yale (182).
Senior Daniel Chenoweth followed up his first-place performance from 2009 with a runner-up finish to lead the Crimson men. Chenoweth covered the 8K course in 24:14.0, placing second behind Princeton's Donn Cabral who ran a time of 24:03.8. Freshman Aaron Watanabe turned in a solid performance in his first Heps event, placing 22nd with a time of 25:11.1. Junior Michael Hoffman was the third Harvard runner to finish, running a time of 25:27.5, and was followed by rookies James Leakos (35th, 25:29.5) and Kellen Blumberg (49th, 25:51.4), the final Crimson scorers.
Sophomore Jeanna Mack fronted the Harvard women's effort with a time of 17:29.6 on the 5K course, good for sixth place overall. Junior Nicole Cochran worked her way into the top 15 with a 14th-place time of 17:53.4 and classmate Kailyn Kuzmuk wasn't far behind in 26th place, posting an 18:06.9 mark. Veteran Eliza Ives crossed the line in 36th place overall with a time of 18:25.5, and sophomore Sammy Silva's time of 18:28.1 was good for 39th in the standings.
Next on the schedule for Harvard is the NCAA Regional Meet, taking place at Hammonasett Beach State Park in Madison, Conn., Saturday Nov. 13 at 2 p.m.


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Like most things French, the Tour de France starts and ends around a lunch or dinner table.
In 1903, when Geo Lefevre told Henri Desgrange, his boss at sports newspaper L'Auto about his idea of a cycling Tour de France, Desgrange summoned him to explain the details of his plan at Zimmer's, one of Paris most famous Alsacian brasseries.
The deal was struck between cheese and desert and the crazy idea, probably fueled by a little bit of wine, was so good that it celebrates its 100th edition this year.
The start of the first Tour was in front of a bar, Le Reveil Matin in Montgeron, near Paris, and several of the race's most famous episodes took place around a good meal or a few glasses.
The greatest cycling show on earth lost its innocence in 1924 in a restaurant in Coutances, in Normandy, when the Pelissier brothers, and among them defending Tour champion Henri, decided to call it quits in protest at what they believed was the harsh treatment imposed on them by Desgrange.
At the table was also renowned French reporter Albert Londres — he gave his name to the most prestigious journalism award in the country — who listened to what the Pelissiers had to say.
While the menu and wine list have been long forgotten, the contents of the Pelissiers' bags have not: strychnine, cocaine and various doping substances to help the riders face their ordeal.
"We ride on dynamite," Henri Pelissier told Londres as the world discovered doping, 80 years before the Lance Armstrong scandal.
In 1998, doping almost cost then-Tour director Jean-Marie Leblanc a presidential invitation.
Leblanc was about to attend dinner with then-French president Jacques Chirac in his family castle in Bity when news broke that Festina team director Bruno Roussel had confessed to organized doping within the French outfit.
"We decided to kick them out of the Tour and I arrived at the presidential table at 11pm. Chirac still insisted on cooking me a big steak to hear all the details of the case," Leblanc said.
Food is, and always has been, a vital part of the race. Decisions are made over a glass of wine at dinner or a cup of coffee at breakfast.
Gastronomy is such a part of the way of life in France that a tour of the country's regions has to reflect the diversity of the cuisine.
Every morning at the Village Depart, riders in their racing gear, VIPs in suits and journalists in shorts and T-shirts gather around huge buffets for a taste of the local specialties and wines — the cheese of Corsica, the oysters of Cancale, the foie gras of the Pyrenees or the fondue of the Alps.
And every evening, when the race is over, the whole Tour crew — known as suiveurs or "followers" — stage their own race to make it to the best local restaurants before closing time.
It cannot be totally fortuitous that Michelin Guide editor-in-chief Jean-Francois Mesplede used to be the Tour de France correspondent for Lyon daily Le Progres.
Culinary surprises along the road are often delicious, but sometimes less so. One year, French novelist Antoine Blondin, arguably the best writer the Tour has known, found himself treated to guinea fowls at three dinners in succession.
"We should give this bird a bike and a bib," he said.
Riders, by contrast, are supposed to follow a strict diet and rely mostly on omelettes and pasta. They should be happy to reach Mont St Michel home of France's most famous omelette at restaurant La Mere Poulard.


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The Hubble Space Telescope has spied one of the smallest objects ever detected around a normal star. The object further blurs the line between stars and planets and raises new questions about how planets should be defined outside our solar system.
Announcement of the discovery comes two weeks after the International Astronomical Union approved the first official definition of "planet" for our solar system and downgraded Pluto to dwarf planet status.
The newly spotted object is a companion to CHXR 73, a low-mass red dwarf star located 500 light-years from Earth, and is itself called CHXR 73 B.
With 12 times the mass of Jupiter, CHXR 73 B straddles the line between the largest planets and the smallest stars. The latter, called brown dwarfs or "failed stars," don't have enough mass to sustain the types of thermonuclear reactions that keep larger stars alight for billions of years.
The finding will be detailed in the Sept. 20 issue of Astrophysical Journal.
Formation history
CHXR 73 B is located about 19.5 billion miles (31.3 billion km) from its parent star, or roughly 200 times farther than Earth is from our Sun. This distance is so great that even though CHXR 73 B has about the right mass to be a planet, it likely didn't form in the same way that planets in our solar system did, scientists say.
According to standard planet formation theories, planets are created from the disks of gas and dust surrounding newborn stars. But the circumstellar disks of red dwarf stars are typically no more than 10 billion miles (16 billion km) in diameter. Furthermore, theory predicts that gas-giant planets like Jupiter should form no more than about 3 billion miles (4.8 billion km) from their stars. CHXR 73 B is located far beyond both these limits.
"This object is too far from the star to have formed within a disk of gas and dust," said Kevin Luhman of Pennsylvania State University, leader of the international team that discovered CHXR 73 B.
More likely, scientists say, CHXR 73 B formed in the manner of stars: from the gravitational collapse of large, diffuse clouds of hydrogen gas.
For this reason, Luhman believes CHXR 73 B should be regarded as a brown dwarf. Luhman believes an extrasolar object's formation history is more important than mass when determining whether it is a planet or not.
Planet or Star?
In a twist that surprised many astronomers, the definition of planet recently adopted by the IAU is not meant to apply to objects around other stars. Also, it does not take formation history into account. According to the new definition, an object is a planet if it is round, orbits a star but does not orbit a planet, and clears a path around its star.
CHXR 73 B "certainly fulfills all three of those criteria, but the IAU definition was never meant to be applied to other solar systems," Luhman told SPACE.com. "It was just for our solar system."
The new discovery is a reminder that objects in nature do not always fit into the neat categories created by scientists. Recently, astronomers spied even stranger planetary-mass objects that drift freely through space, far away from any star. Some scientists are calling the bizarre objects "planemos," but Luhman says the name is unnecessary and that the objects are really just brown dwarfs.
Next step
Scientists say the question of whether or not CHXR 73 B is a planet could be settled when the James Webb Space Telescope launches, sometime around 2013. The high resolution Webb telescope would be sharp enough to determine if, like some other brown dwarfs, CHXR 73 B has a circumstellar disk of its own.
"If it does, it's clearly an object that did not form in a disk around the star, because it wouldn't have a disk by itself then," Luhman said.
He added that if CHXR 73 B does have a disk, it would be some 5 AU in diameter, much wider than the debris rings found around gas giant planets like Saturn and Jupiter. One AU is equal to the distance between Earth and the Sun.
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Sunday Sweets: Game On
Thanksgiving is coming up (for us Americans, anyway), which means a lot of us are about to spend a lot of time with our families. When my family gets together we like to cook, eat, laugh, eat, and play a whole lot of board games. Then we eat again.
So, in the spirit of two of our favorite activities, let's get our game on!
Scrabble ALWAYS makes its way to our coffee table during the holidays:
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And it stays on the table for days because we all take hour-long turns. I'm serious. One Christmas, I played a game of Scrabble with my aunt that lasted two and a half days. (And I totally won.)
Chess, anyone?
Submitted by JH and made by The Chocolate House
I love how the tiers and floating pieces add dimension to a traditionally flat board game. Very cool!
My aunt and uncle just informed me that Settlers of Catan will be a big part of Thanksgiving this year. So I guess I should figure out what that is.
Submitted by Emily P. and made by Ann Zeleny
Meanwhile, I'll just eat these adorable cookies.
Here's an old favorite:
Submitted by Jenene D. and made by Fields of Cake
Chinese Checkers is kinda like that game at Cracker Barrel where you have to jump the pegs, right? Except it's much harder and doesn't come with dumplings?
Ah, here's a game I'm very familiar with... on the computer. Mah jong!
Submitted by Miriam M. and made by Blackmarket Bakery
Unfortunately I have no idea how to play this in real life, though. Anybody want to teach me? Or make bracelets out of the tiles with me?
This colorful cutie has nothing to be sorry for!
Submitted by Crystal R. and made by The House of Cakes
That's "sorry," as in, "I'm sorry for eating all of the leftover pecan pie."
Here's a perfectly piped way to show the meaningful moments in a couple's life together:
Submitted by Jenn F. and made by Sweetest Perfections
So sweet! And I'd play this game a lot more if "GO TO JAIL" was always replaced with "GO TO JAMAICA."
Here's another couple who thought outside the box:
Submitted by Jenene D. and made by MichelleSugarArt
Yep, guys. That's really cake.
Make room for a childhood favorite:
Submitted by Evan N. and made by Dolce Designs
This cake makes me hungry, hungry!
And another kids' game everyone loves:
It even has gum drop mountains!
Of course, if you can't decide which game to play, why not play them all?
Submitted by Kari W.; baker unknown.
Just remember: be nice, let your little brother win, and never - NEVER - sell Boardwalk.
Have a Sweet to nominate? Then send it to Sunday Sweets (at) Cake Wrecks (dot) com.
Hey Houston! We'll see you at 2pm. WOOHOO!!!


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I had the privilege of cooking for my father's birthday last weekend.
The Menu
Rocket salad
Chocolate soufflés
The paella was his request. The salad was to ease our guilt over the rich dessert to come. The soufflé was an obvious choice. Back when I was a Sydneysider on a visit to Melbourne, it was the perfect ending to a dinner I shared with my father at Scusa Mi. It's a restaurant I don't find particularly memorable generally but their chocolate soufflé with espresso ice cream has been on my mind lately.
I am a big believer that paella should be a dish of strong flavours- smoky paprika and seductive saffron. I like to play up both of these flavours in the way I prepare my ingredients. By slicing the chorizo and grilling it before adding it to the rice you prevent the addition of excess fat but also add an extra dimension of smokiness. Of course you can add whatever you want but I do prefer pork to chicken as it seems to work so well with the seafood. By marinating the pork in paprika and chilli powder you give it a huge flavour boost and how could that possibly be a bad thing?
½ tsp chilli powder
4 tsp smoked paprika ( I strongly recommend Casa Iberica)
1 tbsp oil
1 pork chop
1 chorizo sliced
12 mussels
8 prawns (peeled and headed)
1 onion diced
1 clove garlic
1 tomato diced
½ cup white wine
2 pinches saffron
2.5 cups Calasparra or Arborio rice
5 cups stock
Combine the chilli powder and 1 tsp paprika with the oil and rub over the pork. Season well with salt and allow to marinate for several hours.
Over a skillet or grill plate cook your sliced chorizo for 1-2 minutes on each side. Place aside. Now cook the pork chop for 3 minutes on each side. Place aside to rest a few minutes before slicing the meat into thin strips. Discard any excess fat but retain the bone.
In a large pot place your stock over a low heat so it stays warm and ready to be added.
Now for the paella itself I strongly recommend a copper based pan. It is the best way to get that perfect crust on the bottom.
In the copper based pan begin by cooking the onion in a little olive oil. When translucent add the garlic and then the diced tomato. Add the remaining 3tsp of paprika and the rice. Stir until the rice is coated well and blushing a brilliant red.
Add the ½ cup wine and deglaze the pan before adding the pork and chorizo. Add the pork bone for flavour but remember to remove it later.
Add 2 cups of stock and the saffron and allow to simmer on a low heat for 10 minutes. Add another 2 cups stock and allow to cook for another 10-15 minutes. You may need the final cup depending on how quickly your rice absorbs liquid.
Add the mussels and prawns and allow 8-10 minutes for them to cook through. Remove them when ready so they don't overcook and allow the rice to finish cooking. Leave it to stand for 10 minutes before serving. Top with the seafood and bring the pan to the table to serve.
Chocolate Soufflés
1/3 cup cream
¼ cup cocoa
150 g dark chocolate
6 egg whites
½ cup icing sugar
Preheat oven to 180 C. Grease 4 individual ramekins with butter and dust with sugar. Shake out the excess sugar and set aside.
In a heat proof bowl over a pot of simmering water melt the chocolate, cocoa and cream. When smooth set aside to cool.
In a large bowl beat the egg whites to stiff peaks. I almost insist you do this by hand. In a clean metal bowl it doesn't take as long as you'd imagine and the arm workout you get almost makes up for the rich dessert you're about to consume. Add the sugar slowly and continue to beat until glossy.
Add 1/3 of the egg white mixture to the chocolate before folding through the rest.
Pour into ramekins and bake for 12-15 minutes. Don't open the oven prematurely lest the delicate things collapse. Top with a dusting of sugar and serve immediately with cream.
I promise these are practically fail proof and sure to rise but due to our greediness and desire to eat them in their fully inflated state I wasn't quick enough whipping out the camera.
Monday, 23 April 2007
5 comments:
- Patricia Scarpin said...
Wow, Truffle - I'd love to have wonderful food like this cooked for my on my birthday!
Actually... I'd love that any day. ;)
- 24 April 2007 at 7:33 am
Happy belated birthday to your father! What a lucky dad to have a feast like that on his special day. :)
Ari (Baking and Books)
- 24 April 2007 at 4:57 pm
- Truffle said...
Thanks so much Patricia :)
Thanks for the kind words Ari.
- 27 April 2007 at 4:41 am
- Little Foodie said...
My husband grew up in Spain and I'm a big fan of all things Spanish myself. Love the way you've done the paella!
- 28 April 2007 at 7:44 am
- Truffle said...
Thanks very much Little Foodie. Hope hubby cooks you lots of Spanish treats!
- 28 April 2007 at 7:17 pm
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American Academy of Quantum Medicine (AAQM) is said to "promote the study of the bioelectrical and bioresonance systems and subsystems in the human body with the purpose of correlating appropriate therapeutic protocols that promote the human body's own self-healing and self regeneration capacities." Its president is Paul Yanick, Jr., Ph.D, N.D, C.N.C., C.Q.M., Its mission is:
No address is given, another Web site gives its location as Iselin, New Jersey [2]. The site is registered to Yanick, doing business as Quantum Energy with an address in Highland, New York. Another Web site describes Yanick as "an expert in the emerging field of Quantum Medicine, with over thirty years of extensive clinical experience . . . a board-certified naturopath, nutritional consultant and practitioner of Quantum Medicine." The "CNC" stands for "Certified Nutritional Consultant," a questionable credential issued by the American Association of Nutrition Consultants. I assume that "C.Q.M., means "certified in quantum medicine."
During the 1980s, Yanick did business as the executive director of the Hearing and Tinnitus Help Association (HTHA) and claimed to have helped thousands to overcome tinnitus and other forms of hearing and balance disorders through nutrition methods. Contributors to HTHA were eligible for a discount on the $200 price of "The Comprehensive Nutrient and Lifestyle Program," which Yanick helped design. A flyer distributed by HTHA described this program as a computerized analysis that recommends nutrition supplements after analyzing information on dietary and exercise habits, "tissue mineral analysis," tests on pH, urine, stool and saliva, and "over 400 questions relating changes that take place in your body when a nutrient becomes deficient." [2] As far as I know, no nutrition-related strategy has any effect on tinnitus.
AAQM Membership
On June 26, 2002, the AAQM Web site listed 31 associate members and 5 corporate members. The corporate members include:
A description of Yanick's book, Quantum Medicine states that he "has brought together multidisciplinary research with the insights of quantum physics to show that the human body is controlled and regulated by the human energy system." The most detailed explanation I have found is an article by Stephen Linsteadt, N.D, published in an ANMA newsletter, which states:
The quantum level possesses the highest level of coherence within the human organism. Sick individuals with weak immune systems or cancer have poor and chaotic coherence with disturbed biophoton cellular communication. Therefore, disease can be seen as the result of disturbances on the cellular level that act to distort the cell's quantum perspective. This causes electrons to become misplaced in protein molecules and metabolic processes become derailed as a result. Once cellular metabolism is compromised the cell becomes isolated from the regulated process of natural growth control.
The quantum naturopath recognizes that quantum coherence provides the fundamental resonance communication system of the body. All quantum naturopathic therapies must, therefore, be aimed at re-establishing cellular resonance. Quantum naturopaths are experts in bio-energetic nutrition with an emphasis on providing adequate defenses for free radical damage and re-establishing the body's bio-electric communication system by detoxifying the connective tissue matrix [4].
It appears to me that "quantum medicine" practitioners—many of whom are not licensed as health professionals—have concocted a nonexistent "energy system" to help peddle products and procedures to their clients. "Quantum medicine" uses scientific terminology, but it is nonsense.
On October 23, 2002, the research director of ELF Laboratory notified me that the writer that they had hired had made some misstatements and that they had "changed the verbiage to better state the 'capabilities' of the technology" and that the only claim they make is that the LBG is "a method for facilitating lymph movement using electrophoresis." [5] It appears to me that the new wording is no more valid than the original. You can judge this for yourself by reading their letter .


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echo 1;inside the loop-- if you get thousands of 1s, then you know it's an infinite loop that times out after probably 30 seconds (depending on server settings).
By the way:
Should be die, not died. (Technically it's exit 'Message'. The other forms are aliases, which work but aren't standard. That's not too important though.)PHP Code:
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One man was arrested in Orange on Sunday after a report that he was jumping in front of cars and disrupting traffic as he walked alongside North Highway 87.
According to police, Officer Corey Foreman of the Orange Police Department was dispatched at approximately 9:33 p.m. regarding a man in a plaid jacket walking into the roadway. Foreman reported he saw a man matching the description given to dispatch in the 10400 block of the highway and made contact with the subject. The man identified himself to Foreman as Karl Lilyquist, 61, of Orange. The officer then asked Lilyquist if he had been walking out into traffic, and the man reportedly replied, "Yes, to prove a point."
Foreman stated that the man seemed to be off balance and jittery, so the officer asked Lilyquist if he had been drinking or using drugs. Foreman reported that at that point Lilyquist admitted he consumed "some wine coolers" earlier in the day. Officer Foreman felt the man was intoxicated causing a danger to himself and others. Lilyquist was arrested for public intoxication and transported to Orange County Jail.


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Chanel has recently released two new Rouge Coco formula lipsticks in Avant Garde and Culte ($32) each, together with a re-release of Chanel Rouge Coco in Magnolia (previously reviewed here). Both are pretty neutrals with a very vague touch of coolness that gives them a pretty edge. This formula combines opacity with a moisturizing quality.
Chanel Rouge Coco in Avant Garde is a soft shimmery nude.
Close up:
Here is the soft Avant Garde shade on Megan:
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A one acre Sub Tropical garden situated just east of Brisbane. We have opened our garden to the public for 14 years. We open in November to aid a specific charity. On this weekend get a lot of pleasure meeting fellow gardeners. Judy sells many rare plants and this helps us to do more projects and buy more plants. Judy and I are 'plants-people'and cannot resist buying something rare that we do not have. It has been very hard gardening as we seem to be in a severe drought most years.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
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This track covers the whole range of issues associated with contract negotiations. This is not geared only for mem-bers who are on the Union Negotiating Team, but rather it is for any and all who are interested. The goal is to provide an understanding of the bargaining process and to demystify what happens at the bargaining table. A key focus of the course is on "contract campaigns" that run parallel to the process at the table. The Robert Schwartz book, No Contract, No Peace: A Legal Guide to Contract Campaigns, Strikes and Lockouts is provided.
Classes run from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the regional office, with a light meal provided at 5 p.m.
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Westlake Medical Center Looks to Community to Keep Doors Open
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GRAVOIS MILLS - If you are in the Lake of the Ozarks area and become ill, there are a couple places you can go to seek medical attention. You can check in to the emergency room at St. Mary's Clinic in Lake Ozark, or for non-emergenices, you can visit the Westlake Medical Center in Gravois Mills.
But according to head physician Dr. Kenneth Derrington, visiting the Westlake Medical Center may not be an option for much longer. The Westlake Medical Center is in jeopardy of closing its doors due to a lack of federal reimbursements from the government.
Derrington says the future of the clinic relies heavily on Congressional action, and while the fiscal cliff may have been provided some sort of protection for the next 12 months, he says the center is still in jeopardy.
"A lot of our clients are Medicare patients, and elderly patients. So they are scared about what might happen if the center closes its doors," Derrington said.
But it's not just elderly patients that will lose access to care if Westlake Medical Center closes its doors.
"We are also one of the only medical centers between Osage Beach and Versailles, so if we close, there may not be a lot of options for those sick patients," Derrington said.
Dr. Kathleen Robbins, another physician at Westlake, announced she will leave the clinic March 1 to begin another job at St. Mary's Clinic in Lake Ozark. When KOMU asked the reason for the move, Derrington said it was due to financial instability.
Derrington said there were years when the center would have between three to four physicans on staff, but in recent years, the number has gone down due to financial instability and personal choices.
Office manager Becky LaRock said she is most worried about what will happen to employees should the center actually close. She said that the medical center is a not-for-profit center, and therefore does not receive any financial aids from nearby hospitals.
However, La Rock wants residents to know that the center is doing all it can to keep the doors open for the community and lake visitors.
"We just want everyone to know that we are working as best we can to keep the doors open, and we will still be here for the community all we can, no matter what," La Rock said.
When asked if Westlake had any plan in action should the center not raise enough money, Derrington said since he would be the only physician left in the practice, he would just retire due to old age, but "would not even want to think about that."
All donations for the center are being collected by the Community Foundation of the Lake. If you would like to donate to the Westlake Medical Center, click here.


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I am happy to hear that Regkeeper 2.0 had been released
. Many computer users know that MS Access DB format has some problems when the records getting more and more. And since Regkeeper 2.0 supports new DB format, so can I convert/migrate my Regkeeper v1.9 DB format to 1 of the v2.0 DB format ? It is very important for my decision to purchase a full v2.0 license. I feel that this is great product even I haven't tried it but it can be sensed from previous versions.
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Yes, you can use your 1.x database in version 2.0. To do this you can do either:
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2.4. On the last page check tables which you need to re-use.
2.5. After wizard completed all your data from currently opened DB will be moved to new database.
With the only exception: Custom Fields must be re-created manually in new DB!
Important note : Before opening your working 1.x version database in new version I would recommend to make a backup of it just in case you will need it in 1.x later. Because version 2.0 DB is not compatible with 1.x!
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Hi Igor,
I have installed the new version of RegKeeper, in the hope of migrating from Armtracker which is now a dead product.
1. The feedback that is displayed upon uninstallation doesn't work. There's a (scripting?) error when you click on the Submit button.
2. So here is the feedback:
I cannot easily move my existing Armtracker data to RegKeeper because of the very different database structure. The import wizard can't do much about this. I would have to write a program to migrate the data and I have no time.
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I meant "the feedback page". Sorry.
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Yes, we've fixed the issue with our feedback page. Thank you for reporting this.
As to the Armtracker issue: as we have the only one request for this (yours one
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As to the Armtracker issue: as we have the only one request for this (yours one
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Hi Igor,
I understand. I'm not in a hurry anyway. Please spend your valuable time on the most urgent things. Just, the latest version of Armtracker is now more than 2 years old and they don't even answer on their forum. Time to migrate (or to write another interface to their Access database).
Also, I have noticed that Silicon Realms (Digital River) is now licensing the source code of their key generator and the use of the new version of their CodeGen.dll (50$ for 10 000 keys). How are you dealing with this? I guess it's up to the Regkeeper user to update his Codegen.dll?
The old version of the DLL is not licensed (I think), so if you are still using it in order to generate Armadillo keys, this is not a problem for those who didn't upgrade to the latest versions of Armadillo / SoftwarePassport.
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The end of the book is all about finding the real Narnia, and how things in the other Narnia were just shadows that reminded them of the real thing. The copy vs. the original: The copy is nice while it lasts, but a true happy ending can only be found in the original. In the case of Narnia, the copy was temporary (we saw it perish), while the original will last "for ever: in which every chapter is better than the one before."
Where does Susan fit into this? Well, here's what Polly says: "Her whole idea is to race on to the silliest time of one's life as quick as she can and then stop there as long as she can." The problem with lipstick and invitations is that they are temporary pleasures. They don't last, and therefore can't bring lasting satisfaction.
And that's what the end of the book is all about. "The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning."
People talk about Susan's absence like it's a totally random detail thrown in at the end. Maybe it could have been setup better, but it does bring more depth to a key idea in The Last Battle.
Has anyone else read Lewis' short story "The Shoddy Lands"? Some similar themes, I think.
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All week long Deadspin will be celebrating the phenomenon of American Spring Break. There's much to come, but for now, please watch this educational video put together by hairypalmed intern David Matthews, documenting the effects of water on cotton apparel.
What else is in store? Pat Jordan, of course, who this very morning sent 25 pages over the mojo wire. We'll also have a guide to tapping a keg, lots and lots of thematically appropriate hookup failures, and a behind-the-scenes look at that famous piece of cinéma vérité, MTV's Spring Break. And we'll have you, gentle readers. Send us your Spring Break stories, your photos, your arrest reports, the letter you received from the clinic one month after South Padre — anything you have, we'll take. E-mail us at firstname.lastname@example.com, subject "Spring Break." Our favorite submissions will get a free copy of the Harper's Magazine anthology we excerpted earlier today, Rules of the Game.


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Dear fellows, I just registered in this forum b/z I found so many nice guys and helpful solutions in here.
I have a question and hope someone could give a solution.
I am looking for an orthogonal basis for {u: Au=0}, where u is in R^n, A is a matrix m*n (m<<n), with rank m.
One way is to do QR factorization for A^T (transpose of A), the last n-m columns of Q will be the orthogonal basis for the null space.
That is, if written Q=[Q1,Q2]. Q2 is what I need.
QR factorization can be done with LAPCK subroutine DGEQRF, then the orthogonal Q matrix can be found with DORMQR.
However, after done this, I tested that when apply A to one column of Q2, it's not zeros (as large as ~1.e-2). So, Q2 is not exactly the basis for the null space.
It really confuses me...could someone suggest the possible reasons?
Thanks a lot!


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Whey protein from milk is a so-called complete protein, because it provides the body with all necessary amino acids, including the 9 amino acids (i.e. Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Methionine, Phenylalanine,Threonine, Tryptophan, Valine) that are considered essential for life, because the body cannot synthesize them. Determination of the nutritional efficiency of protein in the diet is in most cases based on estimating the extent to which dietary protein nitrogen is absorbed and retained by the body and is able to balance daily nitrogen losses. Net Protein Utilisation (NPU) is the percentage of ingested nitrogen that is retained in the body, and the Biological Value (BV) gives the percentage of absorbed nitrogen that is retained. Biological Value is the product of NPU and digestibility
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Volumass 35 has extra ingredients, Creatine and Taurine. At least a 3 g daily dose of Creatine is scientifically proven to increase performance in successive burst of short-term, high intensity exercise like weight training and interval cardio.* (A 120 g daily serving of Volumass 35 is needed to take in 3 g Creatine!)
For one full serving mix 50 g with 250 ml water or skim milk. For best results drink within 30 minutes after your workout. Consume at least a total of 120 grams to per day if you wish to enjoy the full benefits of Creatine (3 g daily dose)! This is not a meal replacement product, use only as a food supplement.
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Whey protein blend containing lactoglobulin, lactoferrin, lactalbumin and immunoglobulin protein fractions (ultrafiltered whey protein concentrates and whey protein isolate), maltodextrin, creatine monohydrate, dextrose, di-Sodium hydrogen phosphate, taurine, magnesium hydrogen phosphate, potassium dihydrogen phosphate.
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Double dutch chocolate: cocoa powder 10-12%, natural and artificial flavor (bitter chocolate), aspartame*
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|24 g
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|3.6 g
|19 g
|38 g
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|2210 mg
|250 mg
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|400 mg
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James O. Lykins
J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, LLC
(502) 588-1799
American Water Works (AWK) reported ongoing Q2'11 EPS of $0.46 versus $0.42, compared to our estimate of $0.41 and the consensus of $0.46. GAAP results for the quarter were $0.48, which includes approximately $0.02 related to cessation of depreciation from the sale of assets. During the quarter, the company received rate awards totaling $10.7 million, and after quarter's end received an additional $4.8 million for a Virginia rate case. Pending rate cases total $314.6 million.
While the Market-Based Operations segment has more of a nice complement versus a significant EPS driver, there are two things we believe have the potential to be more meaningful: The first is the company expanding with service warranties on the commercial side, while it is also looking to do the same with gas and electric. The second is opportunities in the Marcellus Shale related to hydraulic fracturing, and whether the company would clean up water, supply it to producers, or both.
This past June AWK announced a 5 percent dividend increase, raising the quarterly payment from $0.22 to $0.23 per share. Management reiterated FY'11 EPS guidance of $1.65-$1.75 (exclusive of the $0.09 related to cessation of depreciation) with an emphasis on the upper end of the range.
We are increasing our FY'11 EPS estimate by $0.12 to $1.81 and our FY'12 EPS estimate by $0.08 to $1.93. The stock is trading at what we consider a very compelling 15.2x and 14.3x our FY'11 and FY'12 EPS estimates, respectively. We are also raising our price target by $4 to $35, and note that our price target implies a multiple of just 18.1x our FY'12 EPS estimate.
Ryan M. Connors
Janney Capital Markets
(215) 665-1359
As macro storm clouds gather, American Water represents a compelling way for investors to play "offense" and "defense" simultaneously by owning a company that possesses a defensive business model, but also boasts a growth story largely decoupled from the major issues driving concerns about U.S. and global economic growth. Water is the ultimate non-discretionary item, and cyclical oscillations in GDP have little impact on volume sales for American Water, the nation's largest private water provider. Meanwhile, American Water continues to work its way out from "under-earning" status under its prior owner RWE, providing the opportunity for above-trend growth. In addition, the company continues to optimize its portfolio via asset sales and "swaps" with peers, setting the stage for further profitability improvement. Overall, we view American Water as a quality, top-tier player in the water utility space whose discount valuation creates an attractive entry point.
AWK posted adjusted 2Q earnings of $0.46/share, in-line with consensus. Though in-line, we view the results favorably, as wet weather in many parts of the company's territory negatively impacted volumes (notably the Midwest, where flooding not only impacted irrigation demand, but also took industrial facilities off-line altogether).
American Water's trailing four-quarter return on equity now stands at 7.3 percent, the highest level since the company re-entered the public markets in 2008. The ROE improvement is driven by a combination of rate catch-up and internal improvements, and while "parent debt" (payments on which regulators do not allow the company to pass through to ratepayers) will preclude AWK from reaching industry averages in the near term, we believe there is at least another 100 basis points of upside to ROE.
Showing steady growth, consistently increasing the dividend, and offering the opportunity for modest multiple expansion (something that cannot be said for all peers in the space), AWK offers investors a compelling risk-adjusted total return opportunity This is particularly the case in these uncertain markets, where the company's defensive business model provides a safe haven. We reiterate our Buy rating.
James O. Lykins
J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, LLC
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Aqua America (WTR) reported GAAP Q2'11 EPS of $0.27 versus $0.22 in the year ago period. However, after stripping out the benefit from bonus depreciation, EPS for the quarter were $0.25, compared to our $0.23 estimate and the $0.24 consensus. Revenue rose 5.5 percent to $188.2 million, due largely to favorable weather.
O&M (Operations & Maintenance) expenses rose just 1.6 percent to $70.4 million and as a percentage of revenue improved 140 basis points to 37.4 percent. For the full year, management believes it may be able to keep O&M below 38 percent, and possibly even get into the 36-37 percent range beyond 2011. Depreciation increased 2.9 percent to $27.6 million and operating income was up 13.3 percent to $74.8 million.
Long-term debt decreased 4.0 percent from the sequential quarter to $1.5 billion, and as a percentage of total capitalization decreased 140 bps to 55.8 percent. The company's target equity ratio is approximately 45 percent, and there are no debt borrowings or equity raises planned over the near-term.
Moreover, this may be the first year for the company to have cash flows in excess of capital expenditures. During the quarter WTR invested over $74 million in infrastructure improvements, and expects to invest over $325 million (up from $300 million) for the full year.
On August, 2 WTR announced a 6.5 percent dividend increase, the 21st time the company has raised its dividend over the past 20 years.
We derive our $25 price target using a multiple of 24x to our 2012 earnings estimate, which is at the low end of multiples where the company typically trades. The stock is currently trading at 20.8x and 20.4x our 2010 and 2011 EPS estimates, respectively.
Ryan M. Connors
Janney Capital Markets
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Aqua America's (WTR) business [has been] impacted little by recessions, even "The Big One." In 2008, as earnings for the S&P 500 declined 40 percent, Aqua America grew earning by a 2.2 percent, not mind-blowing in absolute terms but a dramatic relative outperformance that underscored the defensive nature of the water utility business model.
The reason is simple, as water is the ultimate non-discretionary item, and residential consumption declines little in recessions. We expect the same will be true this time around if the economy double-dips.
[The] 2Q earnings report shows [the] company [is] executing well. Evidencing Aqua's status as a top-notch operator in the space, the company's second-quarter earnings were well above expectations, impressive during an earnings season where unfavorable weather has been a headwind for many peers. Overall, Aqua continues to execute well, and we expect further earnings strength going forward. n


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I keep my image database on and external drive (X:\). This is a drive I have not used for other purposes and set up to store images a while ago.
I mostly work with Photo Supreme in a catalog view (most commonly by date).Situation:
1 I imported some new images today from the external drive X:\ and then checked both Catalog-date-view and Folder-view.
2 Both Catalog-date-view and Folder-view tell me I have 43764 images (good news), but ...
3 The Folder-view told me I have:
- 42929 images on X:\ Toshiba Images 3671-993E (being the drive name and volume serial number [VSN] respectively); and
- 835 images on X:\ Toshiba Images 5208-CDFE.
4 I checked X:'s VSN via the DOS prompt and 5208-CDFE is the correct current VSN;
5 In Folder-view, all folders for both 3671-993E and 5208-CDFE are shown as accessible (no red folder symbols] and, indeed I have accessed a sample of images in each of two X:\ options.
6 In Catalog-date-view, I can access the same images as I checked in step 5.
7 Some folders appear under both and 5208-CDFE. For example, the folder: ".../media_2014/2014 12". This folder has 385 media items according to Windows explorer.
- the Folder-view of 5208-CDFE's folder ".../media_2014/2014 12" shows 14 images. If I verify that folder, Id imager throws up 371 files that needed to be added to the catalog.
- the Folder-view of 3671-993E's folder ".../media_2014/2014 12" shows 371 images. If I verify that folder, Id imager throws up 371 files that needed to be addes to the catalog.
8 When I re-mapped 3671-993E's folder ".../media_2014/2014 12", the result is:
- a message 'Mapped 0 folders';
- 3671-993E's folder ".../media_2014/2014 12" now shows 0 images; and
- 5208-CDFE's folder ".../media_2014/2014 12" still shows 14 images
9 I stopped and re-started the program. The folder view now showed
- Only X:\ Toshiba Images 5208-CDFE (43764 images);
- 5208-CDFE's folder ".../media_2014/2014 12" shows 385 images;
- when i verified the 5208-CDFE's folder ".../media_2014/2014 12", the message is 'No changes were found for etc..'
I have no idea how there two VSNs have been picked up ([3671-993E] and xx) ... but accept this happened. Everything looks right now (although I seem to have done nothing other than re-start the program).
My questions are:
- Do I have a problem and what should i do? or
- Is everything OK (be happy and leave things alone)? or
- Is there some housekeeping that I should do (I did a back-up before the latest re-start when the problem still existed)?
Any recommendations on the actions I need to take to regularize the situation are appreciated. Thx
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Frontiers in Biomolecular Sciences: From Molecules to Cells
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
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To perform a specific function, biomolecules usually interact with many other molecules and often undergo large conformational changes. Structural changes at the molecular level can affect higher order structure and vice versa, as for example the mechanical properties of actin filaments are governed by the intricate details of the subunit interactions. Understanding this interplay between the molecular and cellular level is one of the grand challenges in biology, as this requires covering a wide range of length and time scales. Simulation and computational modeling are essential tools to address these challenges. Here, the interplay with experiments is crucial, in particular for the interpretation of experimental results and the integration of different experimental techniques.
This workshop will bring together both experimentalists and theorists with the goal of identifying and discussing the state-of-the-art and emerging techniques for the characterization of biomolecular structure and dynamics from the molecular to the cellular level. The workshop is on the one hand an opportunity for theorists to learn about the challenges, the limitations and the potential of a broad range of biology driven experiments, which should help to identify key questions where simulations can have a great impact on biomolecular research. On the other hand, the workshop is intended to encourage experimentalists to explore the potential of molecular or mesoscale simulations. The development of novel simulation techniques requires close interaction with the experiment to understand which properties of biomolecules and higher order structures are important, which approximations are justified, etc. The workshop is aimed to initiate and foster the interaction of theorists and experimentalists to eventually stimulate new simulation approaches.
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European finance ministers opened the way for looser budget policies after a backlash against austerity thrust Italy into political limbo and shattered months of relative stability in European markets.
Italy's deadlocked election, France's refusal to make deeper budget cuts and protests against the shrinking of the welfare state across southern Europe escalated the rebellion against the German-led prescription for fighting the debt crisis.
Economic strains "may also justify in a certain number of cases reviewing deadlines for the correction of excessive deficits," European Union Economic and Monetary Commissioner Olli Rehn told reporters late yesterday after a meeting of euro- area finance ministers in Brussels.
The euro-zone economy will shrink 0.3 percent in 2013, making for the first annual back-to-back contraction since the currency's birth in 1999, the European Commission forecast last month. The currency-bloc prediction masked a widening north- south divide, with growth in countries like Germany, Finland, Belgium and Luxembourg set against dwindling output in Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal.
France is straddling the middle, set to eke out a 0.1 percent expansion after the economy stagnated in 2012, according to the commission. Deeper budget cuts are out of the question, French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said.
'Right Rhythm'
"We do not want to add austerity to recession," Moscovici said. "If our rules are intelligent, they are also flexible. We have to find the right rhythm and the right balance without weakening the little growth left."
France is counting on estimates that it has made sufficient reductions in the "structural" deficit — a figure that factors out the effect of the economic cycle — to escape a European order to cut more.
French President Francois Hollande became a spokesman for southern European opposition to belt-tightening last year after ousting Nicolas Sarkozy, who toed German Chancellor Angela Merkel's anti-crisis line.
"The cure is not working, and there is no hope that it will — that is, without being worse than the disease," Joseph E. Stiglitz, the Nobel Prize-winning Columbia University economist, said in a posting on Project Syndicate. "Germany has consistently rejected every policy that would provide a long- term solution. The Germans, it seems, will do everything except what is needed."
Financial Crisis
Italy's political stalemate — with a quarter of the vote in the Feb. 24-25 election going to a protest movement headed by Beppe Grillo, a former comedian — dramatized the stakes in the recession-hit European economy that has yet to shake off the financial crisis.
Bond investors continued to shun Italy yesterday, as the biggest vote-getter in the lower house of parliament, Pier Luigi Bersani of the Democratic Party, sought to outmaneuver Grillo's blocking minority in the upper house.
Ten-year Italian yields rose 9 basis points to 4.88 percent, putting the extra borrowing costs over German levels at 345 basis points, the highest since Dec. 10. A second election – – analogous to Greece in 2012 — figured as a possibility.
Italians revolted against the budget cuts spearheaded by technocratic Prime Minister Mario Monti, even though no one in Europe called for additional savings. The apolitical Monti, tapped to head a unity government in November 2011, picked up 10 percent of the vote.
Two Audiences
Germany's Merkel indicated that she is sensitive to criticisms that budget cutting has been overdone.
"We've done quite a bit to consolidate budgets, but we always have this discussion about growth, and don't quite have the answers for where the growth should come from," Merkel said late yesterday at the CeBIT technology fair in Hanover.
Messages from the Brussels-based commission have catered to two audiences, with pro-austerity rhetoric aimed at northern Europe contrasting with policy decisions to ease the strains on the unemployment-plagued south.
With the northern public in mind, Rehn said it is wrong to characterize the more flexible approach as "leniency." He said the budget rulebook "is not stupid, but it focuses on the structural sustainability of public finances."
The commission last year recommended — and governments including Germany endorsed — extensions of deficit-reduction deadlines for Portugal, Greece and Spain. It is considering giving France extra time to get its deficit down to 3 percent of gross domestic product, the euro-area limit. Portugal and Spain are also clamoring for additional relief.
"Merkel and her allies have exhibited more flexibility toward the troubled countries of southern Europe than is often acknowledged," Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, said in a blog post yesterday. "The euro area has considerable leeway in its new fiscal surveillance framework."


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The AAVSO has a long tradition of mentoring its new observers. Since the earliest days of the AAVSO, experienced observers have helped new observers by corresponding, answering questions, and even providing personal guidance at the telescope.
The Mentor Program is primarily designed to pair new observers with experienced partners who can teach them about observing techniques, tools, methods, etc., as well as give them advice on target selection and interesting projects they might pursue.
We teach visual, CCD and DSLR observers how to do everything from printing comparison star charts, to finding the variables in the sky to reporting uncertainty in their CCD/DSLR observation reports.
Because it is carried out entirely by volunteers, and their time and effort are a precious resource, the Mentor Program is a member-only benefit. This is primarily to vet newcomers, assuming that they are generally more inclined to stick with it if they are willing to invest in the AAVSO and their hobby by paying annual dues.
Ideally, we will be able to provide you with names, addresses, and phone numbers of active AAVSO observers near you. More often, mentoring happens via email, instant messaging, Skype and telephone calls with remote mentors these days. A simple chat with an experienced observer may provide all the feedback you need to continue progressing as an AAVSO observer.
If you would like to "talk shop" with an experienced variable star observer, contact the AAVSO. Just send us an email (email@example.com) to let us know you are interested in this program.
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Links to online resources for beginning observers can be found in the New Observers section of the "For Observers" page.
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The general sessions on the second morning of SolidWorks World 2013 were all about robots – flying robots. Two expert designers discovering new approaches to human/robot interaction and behavior shared their unique experiences. Last time we featured Festo's SmartBird that flew over the audience.
Earlier that same morning, Dr. Vijay Kumar, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, showcased the potential of agile aerial robots flying in a swarm.
Dr. Kumar's Scalable sWarms of Autonomous Robots and Mobile Sensors (SWARMS) project brings together experts in artificial intelligence, control theory, robotics, systems engineering and biology, attempting to understand swarming behaviors in nature and applications of biologically-inspired models of swarm behaviors to large networked groups of autonomous vehicles.
Video highlights of Dr. Kumar's presentation include (minutes into the video):
12:00 20 robots flying in formation
13:00 Flying robots collaborating to carry payloads
14:00 Flying robots collaborating and building a structure
19:45 A swarm of flying robots play the James Bond theme song
The project attempts to answer such questions as:
- Can large numbers of autonomously functioning vehicles be reliably deployed in the form of a "swarm" to carry out a prescribed mission and to respond as a group to high-level management commands?
- Can such a group successfully function in a potentially hostile environment, without a designated leader, with limited communications between its members, and/or with different and potentially dynamically changing "roles" for its members?
- What can we learn about how to organize these teams from biological groupings such as insect swarms, bird flocks, and fish schools?
- Is there a hierarchy of "compatible" models appropriate to swarming/schooling/flocking which is rich enough to explain these behaviors at various "resolutions" ranging from aggregate characterizations of emergent behavior to detailed descriptions which model individual vehicle dynamics?
According to Dr. Kumar, for collaborative swarming to work, three conditions must be met:
- Must have the ability to sense local information
- Must have ability to act independently
- Must have ability to perform anonymously, agnostic to who or what is next to you in performing a collaborative task
Dr. Kumar said the main goal of the project is to develop a framework and methodology for analyzing swarming behavior in biology and the synthesizing bio-inspired swarming behavior for engineered systems. During his presentation Dr. Kumar demonstrated some amazing things with amazing possibilities courtesy of his aerial robot swarms.
Attempting to find answers to some very complex problems by bringing together a wide variety of experts is what makes science and engineering fascinating and provides compelling reasons to get involved with the design and engineering community.
These two presentations on aerial robotics were among the highest of highlights for me at SolidWorks World 2013 – very entertaining and inspiring.


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I'm new to Ubuntu... I went to the downloads page and downloaded the Windows Installer as I am hoping initially to have a dual boot on my currently Win 7 PC (I would consider preserving my Win7 install as a VM under Ubuntu instead - advice?)
It's asking me to choose an "Installation size" but there's no explanation as to what the significance of this is. Is this a disc partition? Can I increase it easily later if it's too small?
I came here to ask these questions and now I see a bunch of threads about 'WUBI' and possible downsides of installing Ubuntu this way. Is the Windows Installer I just downloaded going to give me WUBI?