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Business and partners
Besides an attractive range of flights and a modern, highly efficient infrastructure, Dresden International Airport also offers a range of flexible transport, advertising, event management, property and IT services for business customers. The competence and friendliness of our staff and our impressive range of services and solutions are second to none. In this section we would like to introduce you to our business divisions. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us. We will be happy to advise you.
Check-in, aircraft handling, baggage sorting, air cargo: the Aviation Division coordinates the interplay between these and other key services. The staff of the Aviation Division also handle general aviation matters. The airport's VIP lounge is located in the General Aviation Terminal (GAT).
Aircraft handling
Advertising at Dresden International Airport
From posters, flags, pillars and display areas to internet banners, at Dresden International you can choose from a wide range of attractive forms of advertising. We will be happy to send you a tailor-made quote.
Advertising campaign on the baggage carousel tunnel
Exhibitions, conferences, co-working and social events at the Dresden Airport Terminal
The Dresden Airport Terminal is one of the most attractive and most popular events venues in Dresden. With its panoramic view of the runway, our Conference and Event Centre is the perfect place for exhibitions, conferences, co-working, concerts and private or business events.
Non Aviation Division - Exhibitions, conferences, co-working, social events
Exhibition at the Dresden Airport Terminal
Dresden Airport's Terminal is also an exciting multifunctional space for shopping, eating, drinking, booking holidays and working. Commercial units and office space are available for rent in the Terminal and in the nearby Airport Centre. Storage space and parking spaces are also available on the airport grounds.
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Information Technology
Business partners, passengers and visitors to Dresden International Airport all benefit from our expertise in telephony services, data network and radio communication solutions, electronic flight information and public address systems.
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Etymology 1Edit
First attested in 1678: from Latin sēcrētus ("[having been] separated").
secrete (not comparable)
- (obsolete, rare) separated
- 1678: Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe, book 1, chapter 4, pages 307 and 582:
- […] they ſuppoſing Two other Divine Hypoſtaſes Superiour thereunto, which were perfectly Secrete from Matter.
- […]
- This ſo containeth all things, as not being yet ſecrete and diſtinct; whereas in the Second they are diſcerned and diſtinguiſhed by Reaſon; that is, they are Actually diſtinguiſhed in their Ideas; whereas the Firſt is the Simple and Fecund Power of all things.
- 1678: Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe, book 1, chapter 4, pages 307 and 582:
Etymology 2Edit
First directly attested in 1728; attested as the past-participial adjective secreted in 1707: from Latin sēcrētus, perfect passive participle of sēcernō ("I separate"); reinforced by back-formation from secretion; compare secern; cognate with the French sécréter and the Spanish secretar.
secrete (third-person singular simple present secretes, present participle secreting, simple past and past participle secreted)
- (physiology, transitive, of organs, glands, etc.) To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function.
- Carpenter
- Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another urea, and so on, we do not know.
- 2008, Stephen J. McPhee, Maxine A. Papadakis, et al., Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, McGraw-Hill Medical, page 1202:
- Many tumors secrete two or more different hormones.
- Carpenter
- (transitive, figuratively) To exude or yield.
- 1863: Charles Kingsley (author), Frances Elizabeth Kingsley (editor), Charles Kingsley, his Letters and Memories of his Life (first published posthumously in 1877), page 156 (8th edition: 1880)
- If you won't believe my great new doctrine (which, by the bye, is as old as the Greeks), that souls secrete their bodies, as snails do shells, you will remain in outer darkness.
- 1887: James Russell Lowell, Democracy and Other Addresses, page 15 (1892 reprint)
- Let me not be misunderstood. I see as clearly as any man possibly can, and rate as highly, the value of wealth, and of hereditary wealth, as the security of refinement, the feeder of all those arts that ennoble and beautify life, and as making a country worth living in. Many an ancestral hall here in England has been a nursery of that culture which has been of example and benefit to all. Old gold has a civilizing virtue which new gold must grow old to be capable of secreting.
- 1863: Charles Kingsley (author), Frances Elizabeth Kingsley (editor), Charles Kingsley, his Letters and Memories of his Life (first published posthumously in 1877), page 156 (8th edition: 1880)
Etymology 3Edit
Alteration of verb sense of secret
secrete (third-person singular simple present secretes, present participle secreting, simple past and past participle secreted)
- (transitive) To conceal.
- 1914: The Pacific Reporter, volume 142, page 450 (West Publishing Company)
- Plaintiffs filed an affidavit for an attachment, alleging that defendant was about to assign, secrete, and dispose of his property with intent to delay and defraud his creditors, and was about to convert his property into money to place it beyond the reach of his creditors.
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 43 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN
- Whereas the Renaissance had allowed madness into the light, the classical age saw it as scandal or shame. Families secreted mad uncles and strange cousins in asylums.
- 1914: The Pacific Reporter, volume 142, page 450 (West Publishing Company)
Usage notesEdit
- The present participle and past forms secreting and secreted are heteronymous with the corresponding forms of the similar verb secret, and this can create ambiguity when the word is encountered in print.
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.
- "†seˈcrete, a." listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989) (adjective)
- OED (second edition), "secrete, v." (verb and figurative senses)
Etymology 1Edit
From the perfect passive participle sēcrētus ("sundered, secluded, hidden") + -ē.
Alternative formsEdit
sēcrētē (comparative sēcrētius, superlative sēcrētissimē)
Etymology 2Edit
Inflection of perfect passive participle of sēcernō ("separate; part; reject").
- secrete in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- secrete in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of secretar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of secretar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of secretar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of secretar
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of secretar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of secretar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of secretar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of secretar.

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Dietz & Watson, a Philadelphia-based premium meats and artisan cheese company, makes several stops in the greater Chicago area as part of its nationwide Four Generations of Flavor Tour to celebrate the company's 75th anniversary. Each stop includes games, giveaways, coupons and cooking demos and free samples of recipes.


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Take this 1931 8th grade test (you will probably flunk)
(Note: The link to the test has been fixed.)
The following exam was given in 1931 by the West Virginia Department of Education to students seeking graduation from eighth grade. For many students, that was the last year of formal schooling. The exam was sent to me by John N. Beall of Wilmington, N.C., who received it from his father, the teacher who administered the test in a one-room school in Gilmer County, W.Va.
Beall sent this to me and wrote:
"When I have shown the exam to people, including teachers, I am invariably asked if the teacher 'taught to the test.' The answer is 'no.' The students were given standard textbooks from which they studied as students do today. Two or three days before the day of the exam the school received a package from the state with directions not to open it until the day of the exam. In 1931, during the Great Depression, with work so difficult to come by, it is doubtful that any teacher would have risked the loss of their position by revealing the contents before exam day. My father certainly would not.
"The scope and depth of the exam speaks for itself. What is important to understand is that the students came from families that were very challenged financially, especially during the depression years. They lived on small family farms, and, just to make ends meet, every member of the family had to work on the farm. Each child had chores to do before and after school, and, as there were very few automobiles in that area, they walked to and from school each day, some of them walking several miles each way. At night after chores there was homework and then to bed. These young people were part of the 'Great Generation' that fought and died for freedom. Those who survived the war went on to build this great nation.
"You might want to take the exam yourself. I found it to be challenging."
Valerie Strauss
| November 23, 2010; 9:30 AM ET
Categories: History, Quizzes, Standardized Tests | Tags: education history, exams, great depression, great generation, standardized tests, testing, the depression, west virginia
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When I click on test a message comes up that the page cannot be found.
Posted by: educationlover54 | November 21, 2010 2:49 PM | Report abuse
There is a general feeling that the level of education from one generation to the next has been in decline for many years. It is difficult to argue against - certainly when I look at exams which were set for my parents for example, I know there is a significant discrepancy between what I knew at a certain age and what they were expected to know at the same age. I was educated in the British grammar school system, and I think the high standards of education in Britain (and indeed the US) of older generations is what made our countries great, helping produce some of the most forward thinking individuals of our time.
The fact that the exam in the article was given to students of a one room school is somewhat irrelevant - it was a standard exam for all school children (the article doesn't indicate how many in the school actually graduated from the eighth grade, but we shall assume some, if not most); however, it does show the depth of education that these generally poorer, supposedly "less intelligent" children were meant to possess. They were certainly generally more worldly than any of those of today. Having just finished editing a book for local Ottawa author Joy Forbes entitled "Perseverance, Pranks and Pride - Tales of the One Room Schoolhouse" (www.oneroomschoolhouses.ca), I am astounded at the hardships these rurally educated families faced. Certainly the kids of today's modern education system with their "fail free" environment, coupled with the general decline of the community and the emerging egocentric attitudes, would not be able to cope given the same set of circumstances.
The way things are going, it may be some time until our nations are truly great again. Don't hold your breath.
Posted by: willh73 | November 21, 2010 3:42 PM | Report abuse
The link isn't working.
Posted by: UrbanDweller | November 21, 2010 8:19 PM | Report abuse
Here's the correct link:
Posted by: HilaryA | November 21, 2010 9:38 PM | Report abuse
It's interesting - as the parent of both an 8th grader and 9th grader this year I have a relatively good feel for the comparison to current instruction.
It's easy to forget that this specific material is what the students had been studying - I would suggest that if I took *any* of the tests my children have taken this year and posted them here most adults would find them challenging.
Moreover, look at what *isn't* on the test that we would assume students in 8th grade would have covered. The math is very elementary - it includes no geometry, very little algebra, no statistics or probability. The science is even more sparse - other than 'hygiene', there is no coverage of basic biology, chemistry or physics.
Posted by: FYIColumbiaMD | November 22, 2010 7:55 AM | Report abuse
Also, much of the history that we now might find difficult was recent history in 1931. Nothing on the list happened more than 30 years prior... like a history class from 1980 onward.
Also, like FYIColumbiaMD, lets look as that isn't on the test: nothing on the test about any world history, or foreign languages.
Posted by: someguy100 | November 22, 2010 8:18 AM | Report abuse
Refreshing. Tweak this 8th grade test a bit and administer it across the land following several years more of Duncan & Company's doomed reform. The US Dept. of Education can then count all of the Jethro Bodines, without a calculator.
Posted by: shadwell1 | November 23, 2010 9:58 AM | Report abuse
The scope of what young people are required to learn has expanded so much since 1931 that there are no meaningful comparisons to be made here. Ask an 8th grader from 1931 to open an Excel document and they'll be as stumped as today's 8th graders trying to figure out the biggest "health resorts" in the US.
Posted by: reiflame1 | November 23, 2010 11:09 AM | Report abuse
Interesting. I like the questions in the Civics part:
-Show how good home life tends to decrease the need of government.
-What does the family do for the education of the children that the school cannot do? What does the school do that the family cannot do?
What? Families have responsibilities in education? How refreshing. Here I thought the school was supposed to do everything!
Posted by: rrap1 | November 23, 2010 1:30 PM | Report abuse
This does look like the revision of a hoax that has passed through the email circuits for years.
Posted by: jbeeler | November 23, 2010 1:44 PM | Report abuse
It would really be fascinating to see a grading key for this test. There is so much writing and so many of the questions could have many different correct answers. Did the children's teacher grade the exams, or were they sent in to some central team to ensure standard grades across all schools?
Posted by: JapanKate | November 23, 2010 10:04 PM | Report abuse
Amazing that students were expected to know this material, written in longhand, before there was a Department of Education to ensure resources were distributed equitably or that teachers unions were properly nurtured. Imagine...
Of course, today, a few days spent with Howard Zinn's textbooks would provide everything the student needed to answer subject questions. Sprinkle answers liberally with descriptors like 'exploitation;' imperialism; 'genocide' and why, the kid'd be in like Flynn. Forget that math and geography stuff - it's irrelevant and so not outcome-based. Somewhere, an unemployed Ward Churchill would have something about which to smile....
And I would gladly put the coping skills of a student able to tackle this level of material against those sad 21st century specimens who, unable to read nor write (I see it at the master's degree level), but who possess a veritable haversack of talent in sending text messages or 'opening an Excel document.' Give a month with both. Care to take bets which group masters the others subject skill sets? (reading/writing/comprehension vs using a PC or cellphone keypad)
Posted by: oldcorps76 | November 25, 2010 9:58 PM | Report abuse
If the writer of this article is finding the test from 1931 difficult to complete, then she would most certainly fail the state tests that are now in place. Since NCLB began, states have had to design tests to show knowledge measured meets the standards and having administered the tests, I know first hand that they are so far beyond what anyone my age learned in the 60's. I would suggest the author ask to take a state test and in doing so, would walk away amazed. She would no longer question the education in our country today. I remember third grade math. We learned our multiplication tables. Today's kids are also expected to understand, and compute area and volume as well as basic geometry and algebra. I was not doing algebra until the 7th grade and my teacher got permission to teach it in 7th grade instead of making us wait until 8th grade. It has moved all of the way down to 3rd grade now!
Children are further advanced in science, health, geography, history, and reading too. I learned to read in first grade and now kids are entering Kindergarten reading, and reading more than "Dick and Jane" books.
The one area that is not covered as in depth as when I was in school is penmanship. This is ok by me. Some hands are neater than others. My only "D" was in penmanship and to this day I cannot make a pen flow as I would like. Why punish a child when they do not have the physical ability to write at perfect levels?
I would absolutely love to see a team of writers come to my state and take our exam. The 4th grade test would be difficult, and the 10th grade test almost impossible for the average adult to pass, and impossible for someone who was not a college graduate unless having furthered their knowledge in other ways.
Yes I often hear how kids today leave high school unable to do math or to read. Maybe it is due to how high our standards are set. They may just feel lost that they tune out early on in their education. It could also be due to the number of foreign born children where they have left countries where education ends in the 8th grade or so.
There was a time when an 8th grade test was taken, and a diploma was given. Montana still does it, but we do not in Washington. This test was because that is where one's education ended. (Remember Laura Ingall's was a teacher following 8th grade.) To succeed today, education must go further and it does. We expect more from all industries. Cars are better made, medicine has advanced greatly since the 30's, and even our homes are better constructed.
Anyone thinking today's kids are not better educated are fooling themselves. Every time someone makes a negative statement about education they are the same as bullies. They speak of what they know nothing of and perpetuate myths.
One last comment, do not even begin to say that youth in other countries are testing at higher levels than in the U.S. Name a country that tests Special Needs and non-native speakers in their tests?
Posted by: lorrieann123 | November 28, 2010 9:34 AM | Report abuse
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In case you didn't know it, I've been spending quite a bit of time in New Mexico since last year. I didn't know much about New Mexico before I came aside from the fact that it was, in fact, in the USA (apparently a leg up on some other US residents who don't even know that!). One of the most impressive things to me about New Mexico is not its dramatic sunsets or majestic mountains or even the fact that it's where that sandy desert Boyz II Men Video was filmed, but its unique desserts. I thought it would be interesting to give you an in-depth look at the desserts of the "land of enchantment", including a little cultural context and a look at the ingredients which are commonly used in dessert here.
New Mexico: a brief culinary background
Many believe that the dramatic, sweeping sunsets and ruggedly beautiful landscape of New Mexico, which has inspired artists for centuries, is the reason behind the state motto "the land of enchantment". Not to put down Georgia O'Keeffe and company, but I do respectfully submit that the cuisine is equal if not greater in terms of enchantment level.
New Mexico's sun-baked soil and chilly desert nights provide a unique growing climate. While many crops are grown in the state, the short growing season, dry climate, and temperature variances lead to extremely concentrated flavors. Whether it's a red-hot chile or a supersweet apple, the flavors are alive.
The colorful and zesty nature of the cuisine is certainly evident in its enchiladas and famous green chile cheeseburgers, but it carries over to the dessert course, too. They're not afraid to embrace flavor in their dessert: let's say New Mexico was doing chile-infused chocolates way before it was trendy.
What you have in New Mexico is a unique mash-up of cultural cuisines. Initially settled by Native Americans, colonized by the Spanish, home to many Northern seeking Mexicans, and now home to many aging hippies. Each contingent has made distinct contributions to the cuisine of the area, which shows traces of each of the aforementioned sources but is not quite any of them--New Mexican cuisine is a thing all its own. This is true of the desserts, too. Gluten-free wild blue corn pudding with Mexican spices? It wouldn't be unheard-of.
It's important to remember that the Native Americans were there first, and the mentality of using what the earth provides still certainly pervades the culture, including that of dessert. Early sweets would be likely to employ ingredients that were simply there: eggs, corn, honey, lard, spices, and milk--in the earliest days, goat milk, but as the industrial revolution came about, dairy from cows, too.
The influence of the Spanish and Mediterranean explorers added cooking methods and ingredients that would not have been around otherwise, making for a fusion of Spanish recipes with native ingredients: that's where we get such dishes as bunuelos, biscochitos, and natillas.
As a side note on Native American sweets, this is one of the most difficult parts of the dessert scene to pinpoint, as many of these treats are baked at home rather than as offerings in a commercial setting. I did my best, as you will see below.
Some of the cuisine in New Mexico can be confused with the food of Mexico, because both can tend to earthy and rich in flavor. In New Mexico, the cuisine is particularly chile reverent, and the fiery pods are used even in desserts such as New Mexican apple pie with green chile or brownies scented with red chile.
Since the 1900s, New Mexico has been a hamlet for artists of all types. This has brought an air of sophistication to the state's dining, which has over the years led to city and hipster type interpretations using locally harvested ingredients. Trendy doughnut shops featuring blue corn and chile on their (gluten free) holey treats? Hey, it could happen.
Key ingredients
Here's a look at some of the key ingredients which are used in New Mexico sweets. Not all of the ingredients are exclusive to the area, but you're very likely to see them play a role in the sweets of the region. They can also give a deeper look at the way ingredients may play into desserts, giving a local flavor to even desserts or sweets such as cookies, cakes, or doughnuts. For instance, a doughnut is not a regional treat in New Mexico, but a blue corn doughnut could be unique to the area.
Blue Corn
Blue corn? Yep. This is a variety of maize which is grown in New Mexico. Mild, nutty, and lightly sweet in flavor, perhaps its most distinguishing characteristic is its color, which is indeed an indigo hue. The cornmeal is a frequent part of sweet recipes, making its presence known in quick breads, doughnuts, pancakes, and bundt cakes.
To say that chile is a vital part of New Mexican cuisine would be an understatement. Beyond condiment, chiles are sold directly from roasters on the side of the road, and are present in just about every meal. The big question is red or green? Or "christmas" - both? They are added to desserts too, including Pumpkin Green Chile pie, Red Chile Brownies, and a famous apple pie with green chile.
The importance of cinnamon in New Mexico desserts cannot be underestimated. It is the dash of something that makes natillas sing; it is the extra spice that makes biscochitos warm and fuzzy in your mouth.
Everyone knows that Spanish explorers loved drinking chocolate (at least, that was an interesting tidbit I remembered from History class). Chocolate remains a rich tradition in the area, with traditional drinking chocolates readily available and a wide variety of locally made chocolate available. In Santa Fe, there's even a self guided "chocolate trail" including a number of fine local purveyors.
One of the state's largest sources of income is through its dairy products. This translates into the dessert arena, where many dairy-rich desserts can be found regularly at restaurants. It wouldn't be New Mexico without flan or tres leches cake (or both) on the menu.
You may call it a pine nut, but in New Mexico, this is not reserved as an ingredient for pesto. It's a way of life, with the scent of piñon roasting a part of the landscape and street vendors advertising the new batch. Though fairly expensive as an ingredient, it's not unlikely to see it used in desserts, such as chocolates, pancakes, or ice cream.
The conditions for growing Valencia peanuts--characterized by three or more small kernels to a pod and a bright red skin--are a small, sweet peanut which can be roasted or boiled. If the baker is using local ingredients, these unique peanuts contribute a slightly different peanutty flavor in New Mexican sweets.
Although we usually will think of Louisiana when we think Pecans, it's one of New Mexico's top agricultural crops. This makes pecan based desserts a stronghold, whether it's a rich pecan pie, pecan-studded cookies, or a rich caramel turtle chocolate cake.
This is a type of unrefined cane sugar which resembles brown sugar in color, but has more similarity flavor-wise to palm sugar. It is purchased as a cone, which can be shaved or cut.
Grown in the desert, pistachios are actually one of New Mexico's top harvests. Though a popular ingredient globally in dessert, its presence is prominent in New Mexico desserts, from lemon pistachio white chocolate doughnuts to delicious and unique pistachio brittles.
Prickly Pear
Nicknamed "indian fig", the prickly pear is the sweet-tart reddish fruit from a cactus which grows in the dry areas of the southwest (prominently in New Mexico and Arizona). It is a key ingredient in imbibements such as margaritas, as well as in dessert course treats such as sorbets, ice creams, and sauces.
Sweet Specialties of New Mexico
These are the treats you'll see often enough to take notice in New Mexico. Some are unique to the area, and others simply proliferate in a big enough way to bear mention.
Apple pie with green chile
In New England, there is a saying that "apple pie without the cheese is like a kiss without the squeeze." In New Mexico, it's green chile that adds a little spice to the life of apple pie. It's a commonly seen specialty in restaurants and cafes, and a recipe has even been shared in the Smithsonian.
Arroz dulce or Arroz con leche
You'll recognize this dish if you see it: it's rice pudding. The version favored in New Mexico has a distinctly Mexican inspired flavor; it's almost like the pudding version of horchata. It's made with milk, sometimes raisins, and always spiced with cinnamon.
Corn is the base of this traditional beverage of Mexico and Central America. Corn flour is combined over heat with water, piloncillo, cinnamon, vanilla and optional chocolate or fruit to make an earthy, hot beverage which is commonly served as an accompaniment to tamales during the holiday season.
As the Official State Cookie of New Mexico, this delicately flaky anise-scented cookie demands civic respect. There are variations on the recipe: sometimes they're made as circles, sometimes as diamonds, sometimes trefoils. The spelling is sometimes of debate, too: you'll see them as biscochito or bizcochito (see lore, below). But most old-school bakers will agree on at least one thing: the secret to the melt-in-your-mouth texture, which simply cannot be substituted without sacrificing authenticity, is lard.
Blue corn pancakes
Using blue corn in pancakes is a trend which is generally credited to Tecolote Cafe, whose atole pinon pancakes have been featured on the Food Network and beyond. It has spread far and wide, though, and is a frequent occurrence on breakfast menus.
These lightly sweetened doughnut-esque fried bits of dough are not unique to New Mexico; you'll find variations of them as widely flung as the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. In New Mexico, you'll often see a version which seems like a relative of the sopaipilla; the terms are sometimes used interchangeably. They are typically sweetened with sugar and cinnamon; sometimes, a sugar cane glaze is employed for maximum deliciousness.
Photo via Flickr member Joel Kramer
This variation of bread pudding is characterized by its addition of cheese and spices--a cinnamon-rich mixture which makes it sort of like bread pudding meets cheesecake with a dash of horchata. There's no part of the equation that is wrong.
Chile chocolate
Chocolates scented with chile are an everyday occurrence in New Mexico. All chocolate shops will stock some variation on the theme, whether it's straight-up dark chocolate with ancho chile or a more involved confection with pinon, caramel, and chile. Brownies will also commonly contain chile.
Apparently "chongo" is a Spanish term used similarly to the term "chignon" which is referred to a particular twist of women's hair. Certainly there is a twist involved in the dessert, which is made with cheese curds which are "twisted" and served with a sweet syrup.
Dulce de calabaza
Pumpkin is treated with a method somewhat similar to making candied citrus to make this unique confection. It's candy-like on the outside yet remains soft on the inside, making it a singular dessert. You won't so much find it at bakeries as you will as a snack at flea markets, or if you're lucky, someone's grandma made it for you.
Dulces membrillo
From the Spanish by way of Portugal, Dulce de membrillo is made of quince fruit, sugar and water, cooked over a slow fire. It is sweet and mildly tart, and similar in consistency, flavor and use to guava cheese or guava paste. It is sold in squares or blocks, then cut into thin slices and spread over toasted bread or sandwiches, plain or with cheese, often served for breakfast or as a snack, with manchego cheese or mató cheese. It is very often used to stuff pastries.
Empanadas dulces / empanaditas
Hand pies stuffed with all manner of sweet fillings are a common sight in New Mexico. Typical fillings include dates, apples, peaches, or quince. They can be small or quite large.
You know flan: a decadent cooked caramel cream custard which is popular in a variety of cultures. Perhaps owing to the combination of dairy production and Mexican and Spanish influence in the state, flan is extremely popular in New Mexico. It's as standard on dessert menus as chocolate cake.
Fry Bread
Also called Navajo fry bread, this is a staple that comes with a sad story. After being ousted from their land, Native Americans had to make due with what they had. Government supplies of staples were often rancid; making due with the minimal ingredients they had, fry bread was born. It has become a sacred tradition, and some say "it is to be consumed by the people until the earth has again become purified."
You'll see your fair share of horchata in New Mexico. This beverage made from soaked ground rice comes across as "milky" but it's typically not made with actual dairy. It's typically sweetened with sugar and scented with cinnamon. It's a common street vendor beverage and is a common beverage offering at restaurants in New Mexico.
Hot chocolate
Sure, you can find the Starbucks or Swiss Miss types of hot chocolate in New Mexico. But you can also find a more exotic and luxuriant Mexican/Spanish style of drinking chocolate. According to cuisine expert Gwyneth Doland, "Both hot chocolate and atole are traditional accompaniments to tamales. Mexican hot chocolate is far, far superior to the American version. First, they make it from real chocolate. Then, they spice it up with canela, vanilla and sometimes a kick of chile. If you can't find ancho chile powder, try regular old red chile powder; just don't use a powder that contains anything except ground chile peppers."
Have you ever heard of milk fudge? Or perhaps penuche? If so, you have an idea of what jamincillo is; if not, let me explain. It's made with milk, sugar, butter, vanilla, and pecans. The first four ingredients are heated and lightly caramelized; once they reach a level of firmness, they are either rolled or pressed into a pan to form confections.
This is a simple and classic sweet in Mexican and Salvadorean traditions. Made with yeast, it's sweeter than a typical bread, and with a more delicate crumb owing to cornstarch, but less sweet than a cake (so it is often called "Mexican cake bread" which seems to tell it like it is). It can be served simply, with confectioners' sugar as a breakfast item, or gussied up with fruit or syrups. You'll often see variations on this type of cake bread in the panaderias which are so common in New Mexico.
Mexican wedding cakes
They exist under many names and in many different cultures: Russian teacakes, snowballs, kourabiedes, Armenian sugar cookies.
They're extremely popular in New Mexico; bakeries and restaurants always seem to stock them. Variations will include Bocaditos de miel de abeja (honey drops) and yemas de nueces (nuts and yolks, referring to some key ingredients).
Molletes are better known as a sort of open faced breakfast sandwich, but there is a lesser-known dessert version. Sometimes referred to as molletes de coco, these are sweet buns filled with a sweet mixture, usually a creamy custard. They can be appointed and garnished with rum, coconut, icing, and pumpkin seeds.
In my opinion, the best way to describe natillas is to call it "rice pudding, but without the rice." It is a relative to the French îlles flottantes, or floating islands. Cooked on the stovetop, natillas have more milk and fewer eggs than their French cousin, which makes it thinner and creamier.
To call paletas "ice pops" would be a disservice and an understatement. Far from the frozen sugar water sticks of color, paletas are rich in flavor, made with fresh juices. They're extremely vibrant both color and flavor-wise. They're a popular item in the summer in New Mexico.
Panaderia fare
Conchas, pan de huevo, marranitos, bigotes: all of your favorite pan dulce favorites from Mexican panaderias can easily be found in New Mexico.
Panocha is a pudding made from ground sprouted wheat and piloncillo. It is traditionally eaten during Lent. The sprouted-wheat flour itself is called "panocha flour". But listen to me right now. Do not google images for it, because you'll learn that it's also slang for something else.
Pastellitas Indios
Almost like a garibaldi biscuit, this pastry is like a pie that has been flattened on purpose: it has dried fruit condensed to a sticky-sweet filling between flat pastry crust. It's way better than it sounds.
A signature New Mexican treat, this is not necessarily sweet. Literally "little pillow", this fried bread is typically served with honey, which is why I give it honorary sweet status. It's served alongside savory meals, though, but I consider it sort of like a sweet respite during a savory meal.
True, they're more famous for being a savory dish, especially popular around the holidays. But here's a secret: give them a sweet filling and they're a dessert! You'll find fruit-filled varieties throughout the state, with fillings ranging from cheese to fruits.
A particularly interesting variety of tamale is called kneeldown bread. Also called Navajo tamales, this is a sort of sweet tamale, but don't be misled by the name. Made from corn, fat, and water, it derives its sweetness naturally, from corn, but is baked hard, like a cracker, and sometimes stored all winter long. It's named for the prone position assumed to make it.
Tres Leches Cake
Literally "three milks", this cake is beloved all over, but has a strong presence in New Mexico--along with flan, it's as ubiquitous as chocolate cake on dessert menus. The style can vary, but if you ask me, a good one is made with a spongey cake to absorb all of the milk, and is so saturated that it almost sops a bit when cut into.
Pastry profiles
A sampling of regionally famous and interesting desserts I've sampled or heard about from trusted sources in New Mexico. I believe that these desserts are unique in that they all offer a distinct sense of place while you're in the Land of Enchantment.
Atole Piñon Pancakes, Tecolote Cafe, Santa Fe
Though the restaurant is closed for the moment (they lost their lease and are looking for a new spot), their pancakes are legendary. As wide as a salad plate and satisfyingly thick, one pancake really will do. It's flecked with plenty of blue corn and studded with piñon.
Apple Pie with Green Chile and piñon, Daily Pie Cafe, Pie Town
This is probably the most famous pie in New Mexico, as it is the only one I can think of which has been featured in the Smithsonian. A thick double crust plays house to spicy apple slices flecked with green chile and pinon.
Blue Corn Doughnuts, Whoos Donuts, Santa Fe
Picture a cake doughnut. Now, change everything: make it with blue corn to give it an ever so slightly gritty texture and nutty flavor, and top it with a sticky sweet raspberry jam spiced with a whisper, not a shout, of jalapeno. It sounds a bit much but truly, it's a thing of delicious beauty.
Caramel Pinon Ice Cream, Taos Cow, Taos
If you like dulce de leche ice cream, chances are you'll love this creamy, mellow yet sophisticated flavor. Caramel ice cream gets a rich expansion of flavor thanks to a smattering of pinon nuts, which round out the flavor and make it more interesting.
Chocolate Pecan Pie, Cafe Pasqual's
Pecan pie is great, but like a great many things, it is improved by chocolate. The name may not insinuate its greatness, but one taste of this sweet and flavor-filled pie will make you a believer. It's a beloved dessert at a beloved restaurant.
Custard empanadas, Leo's Bakery, Las Cruces
Fruit empanadas are one thing. But fruit and custard? Amazing! The custard empanadas are a popular and interesting item to try at Leo's Bakery in Las Cruces.
Eclairs, Charlie's Spic N Span Cafe, Las Vegas
A giant cream puff sign will put you in a pastry mood even before you walk in the door, but the eclairs are what keep the crowds coming. Technically, these are not eclairs, but large, elongated cream puffs with chocolate icing...but really, who's complaining?
Fruit filled burritos, Michael's Kitchen, Taos
Pretty much exactly what it sounds like. But sweet, not savory.
Ice cream sundaes from Vanilla Moose Ice Cream, Aztec
To call the owner of Vanilla Moose "zany" would be an understatement. She concocts a mile-long list of mini sundaes with any number of toppings from pretzels to pineapple upside down cake, and serves them with a smile. Free mini cones for babies and dogs.
New Mexican wedding cake, Mary and Tito's, Albuquerque
I know I just spent all this time explaining that Mexican wedding cakes are actually cookies, but this exceptional cake happens to have almost the same name as the cookie but actually be a cake. Confused? Don't be. Focus on the cake, which is really quite incredible. I'd describe it as being like hummingbird cake, but without the bananas.
Peanut mexican wedding cakes, Glenn's Bakery, Gallup
Typically, mexican wedding cakes are made with almonds or pecans, but this interesting version makes use of New Mexico's peanut bounty. Not many cookies feature peanuts--they all seem to have peanut butter--but these make a case for more peanut usage in cookies.
Pinon biscochitos, El Meze restaurant, El Prado
Looking for a fancy version of the state's down-home official cookie? Look no further. Delicately flavored with pinon, the biscochitos at El Meze restaurant, owned by famed NM food historian Fred Miller, are really something else.
"Potato" ice cream, Cowgirl Cafe, Santa Fe
There's no actual potato in this dessert, which is named for its looks rather than its flavor. Ice cream is rolled in cocoa and presented as a baked potato, down to trompe l'oeil pat of butter. It's a favorite with children, but beloved by adults, too.
SPAT (pinon caramel truffle), Chocolatesmith, Santa Fe
Named for the shoe covers favored by turn-of-the-century dandies (I don't really see the resemblance but I can let it go), these chocolates are rich in caramel and slightly salty pinon. They're a unique treat at a purveyor which features many New Mexican ingredients in their delicious chocolates.
Tres leches cake, The Pantry Restaurant, Santa Fe
The Pantry restaurant is famous for breakfast in Santa Fe, but here's a little known fact: one of the employees' wives makes their tres leches cake in small batches at home and supplies the restaurant. This cake tastes like love, and oozes milky goodness when the tines of your fork hit the cake.
Lore and interesting bits from New Mexico
The curious case of the biscochito
Pretty much everyone I've emailed or spoken to spells the state cookie "biscochito". But we're all doing it wrong: the official word is that it's "Bizcochito". As I learned here,
In 1989 New Mexico House Bill 406 declared the bizcochito as New Mexico's Official State Cookie. The battle over the state cookie was not about adopting it but how to spell it. Several lawmakers got on the House floor to press for the "s" or"z". Eventually the Senate returned it as "bizcochito". To this day the Senate version prevails, but as we all know, it's the taste that gives a biscochito the name, no matter how you wish to say it.
Pastry Pilgrimage: Pie Town
Pie Town is located in a relatively remote part of southern New Mexico, and is very much the small frontier town. When I went there, I was told jokingly that its name is inspired by the fact that the town is "exactly 3.14 miles from the middle of nowhere."
As the legend goes, the town gets its name from an enterprising local who began to sell sundries and snacks, notably pies, to travelers passing through. Without much else to discern the town, it began to be referred to as "Pie Town". The name caught on, and has held strong.
Interestingly, pie has not been a constant in the town that bears its name. There have been long stretches when no pies, or worse, not very good pies, have been sold.
Today, two of the small handful of retail businesses in Pie Town are pie related: the Good Pie Cafe and the Pie-O-Neer. The former is only open seasonally, so you'll have to wait until spring to sample their pies; as the Pie-O-Neer advises, "our days and hours change like the weather"—that is to say, call ahead if you're planning a trip to try them out.
A recipe for the road
It would be inhuman to close without at least one recipe, right? So here's a recipe for some biscochitos!
Pinon Biscochitos - from Fred and Annette of El Meze Restaurant
- 1 cup butter; softened
- ½ cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tsp anise seed; finely ground
- 2 eggs
- 4 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 cups pinon nuts; finely ground
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ cup water
- Preheat over to 375 degrees.
- Cream butter and shortening together with mixer or in food processor. Add sugar and anise seed and blend until mixture is light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
- Mix flour, baking soda, ground nuts and salt together. Add flour mixture to butter mixture and mix until smooth.
- Add enough water to form a stiff cookie dough. Chill dough for 1 hour or longer.
- Cut chilled dough into 6 pieces (keeping pieces in the refrigerator until ready to use). On floured surface, roll out cookie dough until 1/8" thick. Cut out with 1-1/2" round cookie cutter. Press pinon nuts on top of each cookie. Sprinkle heavy with raw sugar.
- Bake in oven for 10 minutes. Cookies need to soft brown color, not white.
Well, that was a totally sweet tour of New Mexico sweets, sweeties! If you have anything to add or thing I got something wrong, please feel free to chime in to make this guide even better!


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Andy Czuchry received his Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut in 1969. His concentration was in guidance and control systems engineering. He has more than twenty years experience as a professional manager in technical innovation and the electronics manufacturing industry. Dr. Czuchry has been the holder of the AFG Industries Chair of Excellence in Business and Technology since joining East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in 1992.
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The Association for Global Business (AGB) has presented an award to East Tennessee State University's Dr. Andy Czuchry, holder of the AFG Industries Chair of Excellence in Business and Technology, as well as professor both in the Department of Engineering, Engineering Technology, and Surveying and the Department of Management and Marketing.
AGB is a worldwide, non-profit organization created in 1989 to foster education in the fields of business and related areas of global concern. The organization encourages and facilitates an exchange of information, ideas and research activities among people in academic life, business and government, or involved in many aspects of business and global enterprises.
Every two years, AGB recognizes an outstanding individual who contributed extensively to promote global education in cooperation with business concerns. Czuchry was chosen for the 2012 award. Czuchry was presented with a plaque for his contributions and devotion to AGB, as well as for his outstanding publications.
Among his achievement mentioned in connection with the award were his research papers and presentations which frequently receive "best paper" awards. In addition, during 2012, he initiated and served as chair and moderator of a panel discussion entitled "Corporate Global Sustainability: A Role for Partnership with Higher Education," with panelists consisting of four chief executive officers of major industries. Mentioned as Czuchry's most important asset was his devotion to and partnerships with his students in building a bridge between academic work and private enterprises.
ETSU's Dr. Andy Czuchry receives the 2006 Ned R. McWherter Leadership Award
The Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence (TNCPE) selected Dr. Andy Czuchry to receive the 2006 Ned R. McWherter Leadership Award. The award was created to recognize one individual each year who exemplifies outstanding leadership in pursuit of performance excellence, is dedicated to principles of excellence, has furthered performance improvement beyond his organization, and is committed to the core values of the TNCPE program.


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Potential Egyptian presidential nominee Bothaina Kamel turned down the nomination of the world's bravest woman award, presented by the American government.
Kamel said her name was added to the list of candidates for the International Women of Courage award, but refused to be nominated.
The award celebrates women's achievements and bravery.
"The International Women of Courage come from all walks of life and share the same deep felt commitment to promote the rights and freedoms of women and children," the award organizers said on their website.
"The awardees are committed to helping women improve their lives in the workplace, gaining freedom of education and improving the status of women around the globe," it added on the US State Department's website.
The award is to be given on Women's International Day on March 8, 2012.
"The award comes from the American administration [and] that is why she turned it down," Amr al-Ansary, general coordinator of Kamel's presidential campaign told Bikyamasr.com via phone.
"They participated, even if indirectly, in the crackdown on the revolution, importing weapons that were used on Egyptian protesters," he added.
"She cannot accept an award stained with the blood of the martyrs," Ansary added.
Kamel's decision was hailed from people and her popularity is growing among Egyptians in the street, who find standing up to American policies a step in the right direction.
"She is braver than 100 men, she is courageous," said one supporter on the social networking site Facebook.
"I truly respect her position, even if it was for election reasons, she at least appreciates and respects our minds," said another.
Kamel, who has dubbed herself as a "corruption fighter," has a constant presence at all protests and is widely known for supporting the revolution and its youth. Forming human shields upfront to protect the back rows at protests or standing close to the line of fire, she has won the hearts and the minds of the revolution.
Kamel was recently arrested by police during the 6 days of violence against protesters in Mohamed Mahmoud street, near Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square, and she reported being sexually harassed by police officers and soldiers.
She was arrested with her daughter, who also reported being harassed by the security forces, who arrested them both not far from Tahrir Square.
Kamel, Egypt's first woman to run for the presidency, is not a stranger to activism. She started a watchdog committee called Shayfenkoum, or "we are watching you" to monitor the 2006 elections.
She also participates and advocates against corruption regularly in Egypt.
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Their work is key to understanding fundamental biological processes and mechanisms of disease pathogenesis, and it has been critical to preventing, diagnosing and treating diseases and conditions that afflict millions of people. FASEB's symposium featured a number of basic investigators who benefitted from pursuing the translational applications of their work. They described how they learned new methods, expanded their insights into biological mechanisms of disease and even improved their publication rates. In spite of these benefits, numerous factors can impede or prevent basic researchers from embarking on translational research projects. The physical and cultural separation of basic and clinical departments limits opportunities to interact and collaborate, basic scientists may not have access to the research resources, funding and support systems needed to conduct translational science, and unfamiliar and complex regulatory issues can deter them from moving a project forward. 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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 155 diseños de 31 diseñadores freelance.
Our site focuses on software applications that help new mums and dads monitor the progress of their baby. We aim to make it simple to keep track of those everyday events like the last feed, sleep, nappy changes etc.
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4. We like the site name to be in lowercase and as one word - "bubslife" - possibly need to distinguish the two words "bubs" and "life" in different colours or styles.
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Characters part 14
Street Fighter IV Characters[edit]
|Character Select
|Complete arcade mode as every other character to unlock Seth.
Fighter Overview
We're still unsure if Seth is supposed to be a balanced part of the roster or is simply an overpowered boss character that only a jerk would use. By our guess, he's a bit of both. While Seth has some very effective tools and questionably fair strategies, he also takes more damage than anyone else in the game—roughly double the damage Zangief takes—and his ultra combo is laughably weak.
But while Seth's ultra, the Tanden Stream ( + PPP ), does very little damage, it is actually pretty easy to connect. If the opponent so much as farts on the other side of the screen, Seth can grab him/her with the ultra for guaranteed damage. It's also good as a counter to jump-ins as it'll beat anything the opponent has to offer. There are ways to combo into the ultra but we think they're a bit of a waste—if you open up a combo opportunity, finish it with a non-ultra combo and save your ultra for guaranteed damage on its own. It may not do much damage, but it's still a solid thread that should make the opponent think twice about doing anything. For this reason, it's a good idea to use lots of Focus Attacks to absorb your opponent's attacks and build your revenge meter.
The borderline-cheap ultra isn't Seth's only weapon. His Yoga Teleport ( or + PPP or KKK ) is very quick and has only a few frames of recovery, so it's good for near-instant Spinning Pile Drivers ( + P ) from anywhere on the screen. If the opponent gets fireball crazy from afar, just teleport behind him/her and go for the SPD. The teleport is also good for running away when you're fighting an opponent that has an advantage up close.
Seth thrives on distance, with a great projectile in the form of his slow Sonic Booms ( + P ), his teleport to SPD, and the speed of his wall jump. The wall jump is really surprisingly good, as Seth clears the length of the screen much quicker than any wall jumper. After the wall jump, attack with Seth's j.HK which is a great jump-in and acts as an excellent cross-up attack, good for setting up virtually any combo. And his s.HP is similar to Dhalsim's, reaching far across the screen to hit underneath incoming fireballs.
|j.HK c.LK c.LP c.MP xx + K
|This is a decent way to capitalize on connecting a j.HK from Seth's wall jump to punish an opponent's projectile. The ground string is also a decent way to poke, canceling into the Hyakuretsukyaku ( + K ) if it connects or into a Sonic Boom if it gets blocked.
|j.HK ( cross-up ) s.HP xx + P xx + P
|A clean, simple way into Seth's super combo. His super isn't very powerful on its own, similar to his ultra, but in this combo it actually does pretty solid damage. The super is good enough in combos that it's worth shying away from using Seth's EX attacks so that you can build the super meter.
|c.MK xx + P xx MP + MK s.HP xx + HP xx FADC xx + MK + MK + MK + HK
|We'll say this one's a bit more flash than practicality, but it does pretty solid damage and isn't a terrible way to burn a full super meter. Seth is pretty unique in that he can combo into a stage two Focus Attack off of a non-EX move, and he can do it anywhere on screen (not just in a corner). After crumpling the opponent, move in and FADC a Shoryuken to pop him/her into the air, at which point you can jump straight up and connect the full series of Seth's air stomps.
Moves List
|+ MK ( in air )
|Similar to Chun-Li's + MK air kick, this'll trigger with any sort of jump (forward, backward, straight up) and even has decent air-to-air priority. After three of the + MK you can also follow with a + HK for a possible four-hit air combo.
|+ HK ( in air )
|It's possible to combo off of this as a jump-in, though you've got to hit pretty deep with it. Use the Tenmakujinkyaku to interrupt a jump that would otherwise yield a cross-up and get from it instead a regular jump-in. You can use this to mess with your opponent's anticipation of a cross-up.
|Sonic Boom
|Very good projectile, the LP version being pretty slow and staying on the screen a long time. You can throw out a LP Sonic Boom and then teleport behind the opponent for a cross-up and combo. Use the Sonic Boom to lure opponents into projectile wars and then beat 'em with a wall jump combo.
|+ P ( x3 )
|Very similar to a shoto Shoryuken, though the damage isn't as good unless you chain the full three hits. EX version gains some invincibility so it's especially good for a wake up.
|All versions are easy to combo into, though LK and MK are especially. Knocks down on hit and is pretty demoralizing, letting you reset your positioning to suit the opponent. The EX version will even go through projectiles so use it as a counter to fireballs from mid-range.
|Tanden Engine
|Sucks the opponent to you and, depending on how far away he/she was, gives you a frame advantage so you can combo off of it. Use it to punish whiffed attacks from a distance, like lazy pokes or random Shoryukens. It's a bit dangerous if you whiff the attempt, but it's a great tool when you know to use it.
|Spinning Pile Driver
|Better range and damage than Seth's regular throws. Check out our strategies for Zangief for extensive tips on connecting the Spinning Pile Driver—they all apply here.
|Yoga Teleport
|or + PPP or KKK
|Fast teleport with solid recovery so you can use it offensively. Get close to the opponent and grab him/her with an SPD, then teleport away and set up Seth's runaway game. Teleports with PPP will warp behind the opponent, while KKK teleports warp you in front. Generally, you want to go behind.
|Tanden Storm
|A pretty good super that's easy to combo into and easy to connect all by itself. It's a good counter to fireballs, and since Seth has trouble dealing damage (and this is good for damage) it's worth using EX attacks sparingly so that you can build up a full super meter.
|Tanden Stream
|Amazingly easy to connect, and also amazingly weak. The ultra doesn't do much damage at all, but it will keep opponents from jumping in at you or otherwise fooling around. It's so easy to connect that it may be worth holding onto it even if you do get a chance to land it 'cause it'll have a psychological effect on the opponent. If the ultra will win you the match, then by all means...
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This year we found inspiration for our Michaelmas Nature Table at school in the Waldorf kindergarten next door to our own. (For a view of the aforementioned inspiration click here.) When I first presented the idea to Ryan he thought I was a little crazy. A Michaelmas sandcastle in our living room? All kinds of crises unwanted are sure to arise from such an endeavor. (Sand everywhere, cats... child horrified at the imminent crumbling, cats... child throwing sand in the house, cats... you get the idea.)
Well, I decided to do it anyway. So entranced by the idea I was.
After a week or so of looking up methodology on Google, I finally had the brilliant thought to ask the actual creator of my inspiration how such a thing were possible in a room full of young children. "Cornstarch", she told me. It's the magic that makes it all possible. Cornstarch keeps the whole thing from just crumbling into a heap when the children bump the table or prod at the final glory.
And so I began...
All I used was:
-corn starch
-old plastic cups and yogurt containers
-a palette knife (any kind of knife or even a popsicle stick would have worked)
I filled a bucket with play sand that I harvested from our summer sand box. (I understand that fine beach sand is always better for making castles but I don't have a beach handy and after I sifted out the larger gravelly bits from the sand with a sieve, the play sand seemed to work just fine.)
To the half bucket of sand I added the whole box of corn starch and really stirred this together before the next step.
I then added enough water and really stirred it in to make the mixture very wet but not overly soupy. (About a gallon?)
Now, what does a castle look like? The first one I started looked like a sheet cake with a strange disease and I swept it all back into the bucket and started over. I'd suggest looking up castle images online or in children's books. Have a plan and then proceed... Your castle certainly doesn't have to look like mine!
I happened to have a piece of plywood laying around that just fit my Nature Table so I used that for my base. (I did this messy work outside and then carried the completed castle in once it was finished.)
I started the actual castle sculpting by making turrets. I squeezed the sand in my hands to draw out as much water as possible before dropping tennis ball sized globs into my forms.
I then patted them down hard with the palms of my hands.
A lot of water oozed out the bottom of the forms as I did this and that was soaked up with an old towel.
It's important to really compact the sand and dry it as much as possible so that the sand holds when the form is removed.
To make taller turrets, several cup forms were stacked, filled and patted. (The lower cups should still be in place when the upper cups are put on top.)
After the proper height was reached, the forms were gently pulled away.
(If things start to go awry and fall apart, don't worry. It's sand! Just throw any disasters back in the bucket and start again.)
When all my turrets were in place, the walls were built by again dropping tennis ball sized clumps of sand in a line. I patted them down, formed them a bit with my hands and then did more precise cutting with my palette knife. It was kind of like slicing cake. (Of course, not all castles will even have these kind of stark edges and lines. The castle that inspired this all, for example, was much more organic and natural looking.)
To make that classic castle wall edge (there's a name for this but I have no idea what it is), I again used my palette knife and sliced and lifted out the little rectangular pieces.
For windows, I simply carved into the turret walls with my trusty knife.
(One could get really detailed and carve "bricks" or more elaborate windows into all the walls but I didn't really have it in me... with all the possible cat and child destruction on the horizon... know what I mean?)
I added a little stairway between the lower and upper levels and then had to give a fair amount of thought to how to top the whole thing off.
I remembered when I was a kid how at the beach we used to make these cool drip castles using very sloshy, wet water. I thought that would make a neat pointy roof for the turrets, so I added more water to my remaining sand mixture
I transferred some of that into a smaller cup that I could hold closer to my project and scooped up and dripped the wet, slushy water from my hand onto the tops of the towers.
I thought it gave the classic castle a more whimsical, natural look which fits into my daughter's gentler, fanciful style of play.
More on Michaelmas in the days to come...


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The same week the House voted 280-141 to approve the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, USDA officials were at a county FSA office in Virginia, watching a demonstration of new computer software designed to quickly update producer bases according to the new farm bill's provisions.
"We have been doing everything we can to prepare for the implementation of the new legislation," said Hunt Shipman, deputy under secretary of agriculture for farm and foreign agricultural services, who observed the new software along with Under Secretary J.B. Penn. "And we think we will be ready.
"There were some things we couldn't do because there were too many differences between the House and Senate versions of the farm bill. If we had picked the wrong version, we would have been no better off than if we had not started."
Shipman said USDA's first priority would be to update the crop bases of producers who elect that option under the new law. USDA will make the balance of this year's Agricultural Market Transition Act or AMTA or direct payments due producers under the new 2002 farm bill using the updated bases.
Under the 2002 law, producers may retain their current AMTA base acres and add oilseed acres or update bases using 1998-2001 acres planted and prevented planted for all covered commodities. This fall, farmers who have already received their 2002 AMTA payment will receive a second check for the difference in the latter and the new direct payment rate.
"We already have software in the county offices to 'scour' our existing records and help us put together an easily digestible report on what we know about a producer," says Shipman. "That will enable us and him or her to figure out where there is missing information or if he has information that he needs to come in and provide us."
The new Farm Service Agency computer software will generate a letter advising farmers of the missing information and schedule an appointment for them to come in and provide their updated crop acreages.
One reason farmers may have to fill in the gaps in planting history is that the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 or Freedom to Farm stopped mandatory acreage certification by producers.
"It (mandatory certification) will be part of this new farm bill, and that's something that we will get started on soon as well," said Shipman, who served as a legislative aide to Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi before moving to USDA to help with the transition to the new administration in January, 2001.
"We think we can do that at the same time the producer comes in to upgrade his bases. There is a question of whether we can have the new rule – the formal Federal Register notification process – in place in time to do that, but we would like to do that if we can."
USDA officials surprised many critics of the federal bureaucracy when it issued checks for the 2001 supplemental AMTA payments the day after President Bush signed the legislation authorizing those payments last August.
Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman was referring to that quick action when she told reporters farmers should not anticipate receiving the new payments in August this year.
"I think it's too early at this point to give any kind of time frame," she said. "But I think what's important is that the farmers will have the certainty that there will be supplemental assistance coming. While we can't give an exact date, there is that reassurance that there will be that assistance."
"Those (last August's) payments really were the result of an ability to just push a button and utilize the records we already had in place," said Shipman. "The new bill will be more complicated because of the base and yield updates."
At the same time the Farm Service Agency is updating producer bases and beginning to work on yield updates, it will also be issuing the remaining payments due under the 1996 farm bill. For several reasons, about 15 percent of the $4 billion in payments for 2002 under the 1996 farm bill haven't been made.
Completing those payments will allow USDA to begin calculating the balance of the AMTA payments that are due producers as a result of the new farm bill.
"The new farm bill basically makes another $1.2 billion in fixed, decoupled payment funds available or about $5.2 billion total for FY 2002," says Shipman. "We've been calling that additional amount the 2002 top-up.
"That additional payment would be made on an updated base if a producer chooses. It will be a complicated process, but we think we have figured out how to do it. We have a group of state and county FSA employees from around the country who we have been working with to get their insight and work through the necessary steps to anticipate this process."
USDA will then turn to payment yields, which producers may update for the counter-cyclical payments authorized in the new law. Those payments cannot be made until six months after the beginning of the crop-marketing year to allow time for USDA to project the National Average Selling Price for each crop.
"The first counter-cyclical payment that the law prescribes for us to make would be October of this year," says Shipman. "The law is very prescriptive about when these payments can be made, so it's not USDA dragging its feet. In many cases, we may be able to get these programs up and running quickly, and, in others, it will take a tremendous amount of time to implement them and to give producers time to come into the county offices and provide needed information."
When they were in the FSA offices in Virginia, Shipman said, "we saw farms that were 700 acres that had eight different crops in 40 units. When you think about farms with tobacco and peanuts in small acreages, it can be very complicated."
USDA will also continue to make loan deficiency payments or LDPs while it implements the new law, "and those payments will be made on the new loan rates."
Shipman would not predict how soon that might be. "I don't want to say that it will be within the month, but we will make it as soon as possible," he noted. "I don't want to create unrealistic expectations for producers.
"We will be aggressively trying to keep producers informed so that they know what to expect; so that they don't get surprised; so they don't think checks will be in within the next few weeks or even the next few months because this process will be somewhat lengthy."
As part of that effort, Shipman said, USDA has established a new Web site aimed at helping farmers, ranchers and the general public learn the latest information about the new farm bill.
The new site can be directly accessed at http://www.usda.gov/farmbill or by clicking on the 2002 Farm Bill icon on USDA's main website: http:www.usda/gov>


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Puddin just think what e were doing last time their was a season finale.Damn that was a freaking awesome day.This place is going to be lonesome next week, then we have the official CBS pickup announcement on the week of hte the 15th (or so).AND THERE BETTER BE A PICKUP NOTICE!!!And then the wait for seasons 12's (hopefully) start up.God, I might have to start watching Big Brother... Now that this season is winding down, still thinks eason 10 was the most spoiled?
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Ahh Puddin, Hendrick Motorsports is winning all the COT races....it's getting tiresome.
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Being a big Hot Toys fan, I'm super impressed with the company's line of recent Batman figures. Yet realistic isn't the only way to go about making incredible Batman toys. You can also take the stylish route.
Based on comic artist Jim Lee's recent interpretation of the Dark Knight, this figure's torso, arms and legs are made out of "die cast metal alloy". It has 50 points of articulation. And at 1/6 scale stands 12 inches tall. It's even magnetic, so it just "sticks" to that badass gargoyle base.
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Mem-giant Micron laments a doleful year despite cutting costs
Boys from Boise didn't do good
Memory and flash fab operator Micron has reported disappointing results for its fourth fiscal 2012 quarter and the full year.
The basic revenue stats are quarterly revenues of a straight $2 billion, $172 million down on the previous quarter and $140 million down on the year ago quarter. Micron, headquartered in Boise, made a net loss of $243 million, better than the prior quarter's $320 million loss but worse than the year-ago quarter's $135 million loss.
The chart shows the overall picture over the last few quarters, revealing a business that was flatlining after a terrific 2010 year with rising revenues and profits each quarter. We see recent variability with a nice steady curve of losses showing them deepening but now decreasing in the fourth quarter. Although revenue is down 8 per cent on the prior quarter the loss has decreased by 26 per cent.
The full year revealed revenues of $8.2 billion, 1 per cent down on last year, though at this level 1 per cent means $400 million less; these are big numbers. There was a net loss of a massive $1.03 billion which contrasts with the $167 million profit in fiscal 2011. As the chart shows Micron has made a loss in each 2012 quarter.
What did management say about this?
CEO Mark Durcan said: "In 2012, despite difficult market conditions and lower average selling prices, we continued to execute on our technology and manufacturing roadmaps and moved our products increasingly into premium segments. Our focus throughout 2013 is to drive additional cost reductions and advance our leading-edge memory technology to achieve increased manufacturing efficiencies."
Translation: We didn't sell enough product and what we did sell was priced too low because of the dratted competition. That's high-volume semiconductor manufacturing; you have to make chips at lower cost than your competitors, sell them in markets where you can underprice your competitors and still make a profit. Micron didn't. Yet, according to Stifel Nicolaus analyst Aaron Rakers, Micron's flash costs per bit declined by 45 per cent year-on-year in FY2012.
This is a damned difficult business to run.
We're told revenues from sales of NAND products were 14 per cent higher in fiscal 2012 compared to 2011 because the IM Flash Singapore wafer fab ramped up volume 106 per cent. But there was a killer 45 per cent decrease in average selling prices.
NAND represented 43 per cent of Micron's revenues in the year. Of that MLC accounted for 70 per cent of sales, SLC for 15 per cent and TLC also for 15 per cent. Micron expects annual flash bit growth to be in the 50 per cent range from 2012 through to 2016.
Micron is making good progress with its SSD sales, with revenue up 33 per cent on the third quarter. It is shipping client SSD product to five of the top global OEM customers, and its enterprise SSDs are being qualified at leading OEMs. Rakers thinks, contrary to LSI claims, that Micron is the main shipper of PCIe flash cards into EMC for its VFCache product.
He also thinks that Micron may be supplying PCIe flash cards with Virtensys server-area networking via IO virtualisation for use in the EMC Thunder project, a shared flash cache appliance.
Micron is also preparing enterprise SAS and SATA interface SSDs for launch.
DRAM sales revenues 12 percent lower in 2012 compared to 2011. There was a weakness in PC DRAM demand while server demand remained pretty constant. Windows 8 and ultrabooks could drive demand up. Although Micron pumped up DRAM unit sales 59 per cent average selling prices went down 59 per cent. General chip over-production is terrible for fab operators.
The 2013 focus is to cut costs through manufacturing efficiency improvements and to focus more on markets for high-value products, meaning premium pricing. Micron has to have price-cut headroom while retaining profitability and this has to be enabled by lower cost manufacturing. For the next quarter Micron is confident that increased manufacturing efficiencies will cut costs while demand will be high enough to sustain higher prices. The size of any Windows 8 and ultrabook DRAM demand increase is hard to predict.
In the background Micron's Elpida acquisition is progressing although facing opposition from some Elpida bondholders opposed to the losses they will have to incur.
Glory days are not coming back anytime soon for the boys from Boise. ®
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Rotocade necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 157 diseños de 38 diseñadores freelance.
Rotocade (http://www.rotocade.com)
Our brand DNA is to offer men deals on product marketed by hot girls. We record infomercials which show cool products being used by sexy women (these are tasteful videos, PG-13). Our brand name, product selection, videos, color schemes should all be implicitly male. Most deal sites are implicitly female. We want to be exclusively for men without coming out and saying that we are exclusively for men.
Some of the things we will sell: electronics, tools, sports equipment, bar equipment, printable coupons to venues offering male entertainment (Dave and Buster's, sports bars, strip clubs etc.)
Men ages 18 to 40. Dudes without a feminine bone in their body. Our guy has always been a ringleader. Played sports in school. Belonged to a fraternity. Works in a white collar job (sales) or masculine hierarchy (Police, Marines). Loyal to the male lifestyle: drinks beer, plays in a local sports league, goes to Las Vegas for his bachelor party, shops at Best Buy, goes drinking in packs.
Rotocade needs a clean, word logo. The word "Rotocade" conjures the brand, so the logo should focus on the word. There should be an icon built into the logo (e.g. the Nike Swoosh) which can be extracted and displayed on its own. Masculine color and masculine finish is a must. The logo is meant to inspire action and movement.
The logo will fit into the upper left hand corner of our website and should be sized accordingly. See Woot.com, Groupon.com for size and placement. See Maxim.com, thesmokingjacket.com for male-inspired logos.
Finally, the company's logline is: "The Deal Is Yours" -- the logline should be in place near the logo.
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UN agency dismisses reports of explosion at an Iranian nuclear facility
VIENNA – The U.N. nuclear agency is dismissing reports of a major explosion at Iran's fortified underground nuclear facility.
International Atomic Energy Agency spokeswoman Gill Tudor told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Iran's denial of "an incident" at the Fordo uranium enrichment plant is "consistent with our observations."
Some news organizations have cited Israeli intelligence reports of a blast at Fordo.
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November Ballot Takes Shape: Calitics has a look at what we can expect to see on the November ballot. [Calitics]
Whitman's New Ad: As for what to expect on TV Wednesday, Meg Whitman is rolling out an ad that targets her opponent. [Capitol Weekly]
Emissions Law Rollback Measure: An AB 32 rollback qualifies for the November ballot. AB 32 is the state's landmark greenhouse gas emissions law. [Political Blotter]
Borrowing Plan Scaled Down: Assembly Democrats downsize the borrowing plan in their budget proposal. [Capitol Alert]
Increase in Community College Fees: Some lawmakers are backing a plan to bump community college fees to $40 per unit. [California Watch]
School District's Employee of Year Laid Off: LA Times columnist Steve Lopez tells the story of library technician who was named the district's employee of the year. He was laid off two days later. [LA Times]