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Friday, April 27, 2012
Daring Baker's Challenge Part I - Armenian Nutmeg Cake
The Daring Bakers' April 2012 challenge, hosted by Jason at Daily Candor, were two Armenian standards: nazook and nutmeg cake. Nazook is a layered yeasted dough pastry with a sweet filling, and nutmeg cake is a fragrant, nutty coffee-style cake.
Until this challenge, I had never heard of Armenian Nutmeg Cake. Little did I know my life was poorer for it. First off, this cake tastes amazing. The spices make something that your tastes buds will recognize as comfort food even if, like me, you have never bit into this peace of heaven before. Second, even though kids will love it, the flavours are quite sophisticated and filled with depth. Third, this cake is super easy to make!
This dessert is perfect for a tea party, a dinner party or a pity party! Try it. You're gonna like it!
Armenian Nutmeg Cake
Makes one 9"/23cm cake which yields 12 servings
• 1 cup (240 ml) milk
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups all-purpose (plain) flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
• 3/4 cup (1½ sticks) butter, preferably unsalted, cubed
• 1/2 cup walnut pieces or pumpkin seeds, may need a little more
• 1 to 1-1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg (try to grate it fresh yourself)
• 4 pods of green cardamom, seeds removed and crushed (discard pods) or ½ tsp ground cardamom
• 1 large egg
What to do
(using food processor, and a 9-inch spring form pan)
1. Preheat your oven to moderate 350°F
2. Mix the baking soda (not baking powder) into the milk. Set aside.
3. Put the flour, baking powder, and the brown sugar into your food processor. Pulse until uniformly mixed.
4. Toss in the cubed butter. Pulse until uniformly mixed into tan-colored small crumbs.
5. Pour HALF of the crumbs into your spring form (9"/23cm) pan. Press out a crust using your fingers and knuckles.
6. Crack the egg into the food processor with the rest of the crumbs still in it.
7. Toss nutmeg and cardamom into the food processor, too. Pulse until well-incorporated.
8. Pour in the milk and baking soda mixture. Continue to mix until a slightly lumpy tan batter is formed.
9. Pour the batter over the crust in the spring form pan.
10. Gently sprinkle the walnut or pumpkin pieces over the batter.
11. Bake in a preheated oven for 35-40 minutes. It's ready when the top is golden brown, and when it passes the toothpick test (comes out clean).
12. Cool the cake in the pan, and then dig in. Yum yum!
Freezing/Storage Instructions/Tips: Armenian nutmeg cake will keep (covered) at room temperature for 2-3 days. Taste better still warm from the oven.
Allow to cool completely before attempting to freeze. Armenian Nutmeg Cake will freeze fairly well if completely sealed. Can be frozen for up to 3 months.
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Wow! Awesome!ReplyDelete
This cakes goes anytime with anything :)) Wonderful photos and I love the pumpkin seeds, they provide great contrast and accentuate the texture.ReplyDelete
Great job!
LOVE the spices in this, and its gorgeous!ReplyDelete
What an interesting cake!! I've never thought to use nutmeg as the main spice!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 27, 2012 at 3:36 PM
Ahhh, so you are the creator of the pumpkin seed topped cake! I loved it when I first saw it earlier this month and I now love it again. Beautiful!ReplyDelete
Your cake turned out so well - it's gorgeous! Great job!ReplyDelete
Nice job! I like the look of the pumpkin seeds on top. I might have to make another one and try that.ReplyDelete
This cake sounds sooo good! I really wish I had the opportunity to make both challenges this month. Your cake looks lovely!ReplyDelete
Wonderful idea to add pumpkin seeds instead of nuts. Love the color of your cake. Nice one!!!ReplyDelete
Your cake is GORGEOUS! The pepitas make such a beautiful (and I'm sure, tasty) contrast. I'm so jealous!ReplyDelete
How creative! And I applaud you for taking on both of the challenges this month. I'm afraid I only completed the nazook, but will be trying the nutmeg cake later. Yours is beautiful!ReplyDelete
I really like the pumpkin seeds on top. Looks wonderful!ReplyDelete
The pumpkin seeds are such a beautiful contrast! Gorgeous looking cake.ReplyDelete
Beautifully done!! I've fallen off the Daring Bakers' bandwagon...but wish I could have a slice of yours :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 30, 2012 at 12:53 AM
Beautiful cake ! You are so right when you say this cake is sophisticated and can be enjoyed by kids as well. Great job on the challenge !ReplyDelete
I feel like I should have done this too, I will try it at some stage!!! The nazook looks really good too!!!ReplyDelete


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DISCLAIMER: By giving this information, I am in no way endorsing this type of behavior and don't want to be labeled as an "enabler." If anyone asks where you learned how to do this, just say "This guy I know in Poughkeepsie."
The question came up again today, this time from my buddy Jimmy Hines in Houston, TX: "
No. Nope. Can't.
You can Print and Distill a separated PDF from InDesign, however, and that's probably what you are really asking since you NEVER could export a separated PDF from InDesign.
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Why am I so harsh? Printers have been able to print separations from Acrobat from version…um…six (don't quote me on that, but it's been a long time). Which means you can give them a composite PDF and they can control the color separations on their end. So if they are still asking for separated PDFs, they are either using older versions, didn't know they could do that or [advance to next paragraph].
Some printers have workflows where PDFs are simply dropped in a hot folder and it zips through the RIP to output. If this is the case, they must not have an output device that can handle in-RIP separations. Printers in the room, help me on this…name some RIPs that cannot separate as part of the imaging process.
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I got invited to a meeting about a month ago to help plan a party/fundraiser/raffle to help celebrate Flying Object's second anniversary. There's going to be a great party on Oct. 13, and everybody is invited. Information about said party is here and here. CA Conrad, Dorothea Lasky, and Ben Hersey are going to be reading/performing/fortune-telling. I have every confidence that it will be a wonderful event. At the meeting to plan this party, I volunteered to help out with the Raffle portion of the event, because I love raffles.
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Along with other raffle committee members, I started emailing presses to see if they might donate books, broadsides, chapbooks, ephemera, or anything else for this raffle. The response really amazed and surprised me: many of the presses I got in touch with responded enthusiastically and wonderfully. Presses both small and large were thrilled that a place like Flying Object exists, and wanted to help out. Soon, I began receiving 4 or 5 boxes of books a day. Presses have been sending rare things, beautiful things, surprising things.
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Retainers made wrong?
About 2 years ago I got my braces off and started wearing retainers. I wore them almost all day and most nights. I noticed that the front of my bottom retainers didn`t touch my teeth like my top retainer, there was a slight gap. There was only a metal bar running across without the clear plastic. Within a few months I saw some movement in my lower teeth although I was wearing them but disregarded it a little bit. A few months later I stopped going to the ortho (it was a university) for about a year and about the same time I started to wear the retainers less often. About a year later I went back but my teeth lower teeth now started to stick out so that it pushed against the top teeth (my molars wouldn`t touch when I bit in the morning because of this). And it kept moving the top teeth out, but the retainer pulled it back in. So it was an almost painful endless cycle everytime I wore it (almost everynight). After I went back I started to wear my retainers more often, while the bottom it couldn`t quite fit. But then I lost the bottom retainer. And got a new one (using a new impression) with the clear plastic part that covered and touched my bottom teeth. Now my current dentist suggests me to get retreated to retract the bottom teeth. But I pondered about what has happened in the past few years to set me up in my current situation. I didn`t really say anything at first because they are the dentist and know what they are doing. But as for the bottom retainer, is the front part of the retainer suppose to touch the teeth to hold them in? And what if they don`t touch your teeth? Could they have made a mistake? As for proving that the retainers were maybe made wrong to get retreated/find another option for free I don`t think I can anymore. My budget is very tight. Any suggestions?
It is not uncommon to have some movement of teeth following orthodontic treatment. Since teeth are not set in stone and our faces change throughout life, it is possible for the muscles and bone around the teeth to change enough to affect the teeth.
It seems to me that you should return to the orthodontist or clinic where you were treated for an evaluation. What concerns me is that you say it affects the upper teeth as well. It may be that you will need a short stage of re-treatment followed by retainers. It seems you were faithful in wearing your retainers, so there must be something else going on.
I hope this helps.
For more information:
Go to the Braces health topic.


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Post subject: Things that would be cool (Sanna's suggestion thread)
Since I sort of kind of made my own bug thread, I'll sort of kind of make my own suggestion thread. And since there may or may not be discussion generated about them, I'll put each idea in its own post and then this first post will be an index of sorts. Also this way, whenever I have silly-or-useful ideas, I'm not cluttering up the forum with a ton of separate threads to annoy people. Just one thread to annoy people!
Two rows for races
Datestamp the expected update time on individual census.php
Red everywhere doesn't tell you anything useful enough
Censusing: Mostly Bronzebeard, Aggramar, Elune; sometimes Alleria, Icecrown, Scilla, Kel'Thuzad, Mal'Ganis, Draka, Staghelm, Nathrezim, Stonemaul.
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Problem: The current layout of the races in census.php is not working out; not all the races are displayed due to insufficient width.
Suggested Solution: Have two rows of races, one for Alliance and one for Horde.
(I mentioned this briefly in my bug thread, but since the display problem is really less of a bug (something breaking) and more of a... ok I dunno, it just feels more suggestion-y to me.)
Censusing: Mostly Bronzebeard, Aggramar, Elune; sometimes Alleria, Icecrown, Scilla, Kel'Thuzad, Mal'Ganis, Draka, Staghelm, Nathrezim, Stonemaul.
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Problem: I refresh a server's census.php page, but no data updates because it's not dynamic - I think the system 'creates a static page' once (twice?) a day in order to reduce server load.
Suggested Solution: Put a line of text on the page that says "This page last created on DATE TIME. Next expected update: DATE TIME." That way I can stop hitting refresh on pages when I'll know I won't get any new data, and only refresh when the text tells me I should be expecting a change.
(What's that you say? I'm the only person who sits with tabs open for all the servers she censuses and refreshes to watch the censii-count numbers go up? Well ok, I can accept that my habits are weird. I still think it's a useful suggestion, though.)
Censusing: Mostly Bronzebeard, Aggramar, Elune; sometimes Alleria, Icecrown, Scilla, Kel'Thuzad, Mal'Ganis, Draka, Staghelm, Nathrezim, Stonemaul.
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Problem: The color Red being used on the realmstats.php page to denote 'this realm has 49 or fewer censii taken in the last 30 days' with no corresponding censii counter is insufficient information.
Suggested Solution: These are kind of a pick-one set of suggestions... implementing any one would sort of render the others unnecessary enough that it probably wouldn't be worth bothering with. These are listed in decending order of my personal preference.
-- A ) (realmstats.php only) Remove the 'Language' column and shift 'Alliance', 'Horde', and 'A/H Activity Ratio' to the left (and possibly remove the coloring from the Ratio column). In the space between Ratio and 'Overall', add a column titled something like 'Census Count', that would display the "30:44" or the "22:212" (with appropriate colors), or even the "0:0".
-- B ) (whole site) Add a 4th 'census count color', let's say orange, to go in between red and yellow. Red would denote 1-19 censii in last 30 days, Orange would be 20-49, and Yellow and Green would be the same as they are now (50-100 and 101+).
-- C ) (whole site) Shift the Red>Yellow/Yellow>Green threshholds to be 20/60 or 25/75 censii-last-30-days instead of 50/100.
-- D ) (whole site; this suggestion is about 50% only here to be funny) Red till 15/Orange till 29/Yellow till 49/Green till 99/Blue at 100+.
Reasoning: "Realmstats says this server has a total of 68 players... is that because the realm really is dead or because nobody's censused? The numbers are red, but does that mean there's been 4 censii or 49? Do I want to open all these pages to see what realm I feel like making a lvl1 on to census?" When looking at realmstats.php, the huge swaths of Red don't really do you much good except to say 'there's just too much information that isn't known' (with the strong followup connotation of 'this site isn't useful, so why should I [a theoretical site visitor who is pondering whether or not to begin to take censii] spend my time, trying to fill an ocean with an eyedropper?'). Obviously more censii are better, but I would say that even after 50-60 censii in a month, ie, assume 2 censii/day, the 'quality' of the information you get after 60 isn't going to go up drastically (compared to the 'quality' of the info gained by the first ~15).
Taking Suggested Solution A is, I'm not positive but guessing, the most code/database intensive solution, but also the most clarity-of-data solution. The others offer some increased clarity of data (mostly in regards to users viewing realmstats.php), enough to be worth the effort of implementation.
More is always better, but the biggest differences in overall quality of body-of-data are going to come in the first 30 censii per month. Having Red denote everything 49 and down is not helpful enough.
Censusing: Mostly Bronzebeard, Aggramar, Elune; sometimes Alleria, Icecrown, Scilla, Kel'Thuzad, Mal'Ganis, Draka, Staghelm, Nathrezim, Stonemaul.
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The whole color coding of census counts is an arbitrary and somewhat meaningless factoid. For example you can have two realms..
realm A has 10:10 census runs in a month
realm B has 100:100 census runs in a month
Which is better covered by CensusPlus and gives the best indication of population and activity? The normal thought would be obviously B
But this could be wrong...
Realm A might be a high pop realm (long census run) and have all of its census runs at different times of the day and therefore have a good overall view of how the realm is going.
Realm B might be a small pop realm and have all those runs as quick spurts of short runs (back to back quick census runs)... where ten back to back census runs takes as much time as a single Realm a run.. and each batch of census runs happen at the exact same time of day. This would be a very poor view of realm activity and population.
What I see as needed update for the census.php generated page is widening of the page box... with the desire to keep the data on the same visible screen.. we can expand side to side easier then top to bottom.
Allow the ability to add another couple of races beyond the current 14 race/faction spots (I have no guess as what Blizzard will add... but I expect they will add another neutral -> faction race within the next two expansion packs.
making room for more classes
Add a Time bar... 1,2,3....24 with bars like the level bars where the count is the number of submissions that happen within that hour over the month. This with the count would give a much better idea of how well a realm is covered.. and the time frame that needs better coverage.
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Hey, looks like Orak is trying to get ANOTHER good 1v1 thread locked/deleted.
Hey, looks like Orak is trying to get ANOTHER good 1v1 thread locked/deleted.
Ocrack rant Part II
Banenakh remains undefeated at the 1vs1 Circle
Reavers who burn Dying Rage forfeit their "victory"
I remember when Orak was a chill dude. Anyone else remember those days? Good times.
The Squash
He is representing E well on BW
Anyway... This probably doesn't belong in the 'Good 1v1' thread, but I don't care. Thank you to the freep group for the fun fights last night, especially the late night battle we had in the Grimwood area. Occa might have been leading, but I'm not sure. We had around 7 vs 7 at one point and each group would get occasional kills but it wasn't really going to be a win for either side because of great heal coordination. Our timer said it lasted 24 minutes before we finally said 'EFF IT' and bailed out. I really enjoy fights like that.
Hope to see more like it.
Now I sit and wait for Bane's awesome GIF response.
Most freepies I run with are still getting to know my style, and quiet a few are keen to improve as a team, so I hope for the best.
Vercetorix: R12 Warden- Arkenstone - formerly Vercingetorix of Windfola & Elendilmir
Epiales: R9 Defiler- Arkenstone, formerly of Elendilmir
World first - Ost Dunhoth t2 Challenge mode clear, Misadventurers kinship
Unlike you, when I join someone elses raid, I will take the back saet and let the leader lead.
You have no idea how ####ed up you are to do that. I give some a longer leech, but you just run away with it. When I lay down a plan, seconds later you ignore it totally and bark new orders. And hilariously when im the leader mapping in you run the other people off, and I actually have to say, -ah wait for me?- As I a leader should have to say that. Your out of your mind.
Edit- And lastly, you praise my leading on the forums, and say you enjoy learning from me. Tell me, how can you learn something from me, when you dont listen?
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Edit #2 and counting
Edit #3...embarrassing...
It was also Rakh that called BS on your "plan" also that night, but I think your response was "F---k that F---k that F---k that F---k that F---k that F---k that F---k, get F--ked get F--ked get F--ked get F--ked get F--ked" to him as well.
I am saddened there weren't 15 paragraphs in your response with thousands of words.
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World first - Ost Dunhoth t2 Challenge mode clear, Misadventurers kinship
Your totally wild in groups and seem to grow two heads, one pretending to listen to the leader, the other overruling the leader. I allow more input from players alot more then other main leaders, but its pretty bs when I goto the time to explain something for 5mins and then when we've found the freeps you say - #### that idea do this, everyone follow me lets go!
So yes, #### you after I went to all that effort to set a plan making my time and effort to lead a group a total waste of time. You should lead a group and see what its like when you have game plans and someone makes all your effort wasted. Its ####ing annoying and disrespectful. I join groups that are failing and ill take the back seat just to look and listen, its good to be a minion once and a while, you should try it, maybe leaders wont get so pissed at you. I once did it to a creep leader, but I dont make a habit of it because its TOTALLY impossible to have a leader and anti leader in the same group.
I think you'd be a good leader/co-leader in raids and groups, which is something i never had when I was leading ANV time, but thats only if your standing beside the leader working with him, and visa-versa. But when your with me, your standing the opposite way contradicting every aspect, and im confidant you've got no idea how annoying that is. In that situation we probably would have gone better if we charged in, but the biggest problem was having most people confused at what to do. Its better to have everyone follow one plan even if its bad one, instead of people trying to follow 2-3, and -thats- that my point. Yes, I was pissed off, because this was a build up over the entire night. Constantly being patient while im suppose to be leading, yet im not at all in control of FOUR people. Its mind boggling to think I cannot get four people to work as a team, and its because your not working with me, but against.
Theres your essay, enjoy.
And I grew another head because I saw an advantage in the fight.....ah you know what, I don't have time to explain myself on a video game forum. It's pointless anyways.
Good day
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Epiales: R9 Defiler- Arkenstone, formerly of Elendilmir
World first - Ost Dunhoth t2 Challenge mode clear, Misadventurers kinship
Fun 1v1s Disaac, those were some serious nail-biters when I stopped using impale.
I got a bit lucky against you the first time, Nirn, sorry about the second, didn't see the horde behind me.
To every one else; you're all bad and should feel bad about it. No wonder I had to go 3/4s of the way down the second page of this forum to find this thread. Azsouth would be proud.
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Not necessarily "good", but definitely enjoyable 1v1s today Slowand, Fragout, etc...
Still have 3.5 hours left, so hopefully I'll be seeing more of yall out there!
good fight Garstick (?) guard, was my 1st 1v1 fight since I ranked well over a year ago, sorry I used the pot, didn't realize how op they had become.
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Arroyo guides Reds past Brewers
Cincinnati, OH – Bronson Arroyo fired 6 2/3 shutout innings and Donald Lutz hit a historic three-run homer that carried the Cincinnati Reds to a 5-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers and a sweep of the three-game series between the NL Central foes.
Lutz became the first German-raised player to homer in a major league game when he connected off Brewers starter Wily Peralta in the bottom of the second inning. It provided more than enough support for Arroyo (3-4), who held the reeling Brewers to five hits while striking out five to earn his first win since Apr. 15.
Xavier Paul added a pinch-hit solo homer later on in the triumph, the Reds' seventh in nine games.
Jean Segura and Yuniesky Betancourt each had a pair of hits for Milwaukee, which fell to 1-9 in May. Peralta (3-3) lasted six innings and was reached for four runs -- three earned -- on five hits.
"Things are not going well for us," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke stated. "The other teams are doing everything right, and we're not playing well."
Lutz's line drive off the foul pole in right staked Cincinnati to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning, with Brandon Phillips and Jay Bruce scoring on the rookie's blast after each had reached via singles.
"Obviously, it's a big one and helped us win the game and stuff," said Lutz, who was called up from the minors in late April. "It wasn't like 'OK, I have to hit one now'. I told everybody 'whenever it happens, it happens.' I already had more singles here than I had in the minors the whole six weeks."
Aided by a pair of Milwaukee errors, the Reds tacked on another run in the third.
After Joey Votto singled with one out, Peralta threw wildly to second after grabbing a comebacker off the bat of Phillips to put runners at the corners. Bruce then bounced into a force play that brought home Votto, and wound up on second after Segura misfired on the relay throw from shortstop.
Arroyo encountered little trouble during his stint, with Milwaukee's best threat against the veteran coming when Segura doubled to lead off the fourth and Betancourt singled two batters later. Arroyo prevented any damage, however, by inducing a double-play grounder from Martin Maldonado to end the inning.
A Rickie Weeks single that followed a hit batsman ended Arroyo's day with two outs in the seventh, but Sam LeCure struck out Jeff Bianchi looking to keep the shutout bid intact.
"I was laboring every inning," Arroyo admitted. "It probably didn't look like that. After the sixth, I told them those 65 pitches felt like 90 and to just be aware of that to have somebody ready to go. I knew I was getting away with some pitches I normally wouldn't, and that game could get out of hand quicker than you thought."
Paul put the finishing touches on the sweep by greeting Mike Fiers with a shot into the right-field seats to begin the bottom of the seventh.
Milwaukee finally got on the board with an unearned run in the eighth. Alex Gonzalez laced a leadoff single off Jonathan Broxton, reached third on a Segura base hit and came around on a passed ball by Cincinnati catcher Ryan Hanigan.
Game Notes
Arroyo produced the first quality start by a Reds hurler since he tossed seven innings of two-run ball at St. Louis on Apr. 30, ending the team's stretch of nine straight outings without one ... Lutz is now batting .462 (6-for-13) during a six-game hitting streak ... Segura finished the series 8-for-12 with a pair of solo homers ... The Brewers fell to 2-10 at Great American Ball Park since the start of the 2012 season.


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Stretching the Field: There's nothing for Howard to mull over
Philadelphia, PA – Dwight Howard may or may not know who he wants to lace up the high tops with next season, but there are legitimate reasons why he should opt to stay with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Think back to when former NFL star Terrell Owens' publicist said this: "Terrell has 25 million reasons why he should be alive."
That is reason No. 1 why Howard belongs with the Lakers. The relationship Howard has with Owens, who was then clearing up an alleged suicide attempt, is that money talks. Zack Greinke admitted it when he signed a megadeal with Howard's neighbor, the Los Angeles Dodgers, in the offseason.
Howard is a free agent this summer and can sign with any team he deems worthy of his talents. His first and only alternative should be to stick with the Lakers because no other club has the power to offer him a bigger contract. The Lakers can hand him more than $100 million over a five-year period to keep the monster center around.
It's easy to decipher the money issue with Howard, but what else is so attractive that would keep the three-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year in purple and gold?
Playing with future Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant this season had its ups and downs for Howard, who quarreled with the five-time NBA champion at times. Bryant possesses that killer instinct the likes of which have never been seen before and has one goal in mind: winning. It was up to Howard during the soap opera that was aptly termed "Dwightmare" that he was dealt to L.A. from Orlando, and Bryant's elite status cemented the opportunity to go west.
"He's at a crossroads in his career," Bryant said during his end-of-season presser. "I think Los Angeles is the perfect spot for him to assert himself and put his foot down and have his career really take off and be what it should be. There's no greater place for a center to play than Los Angeles."
Bryant's right. George Mikan, who played with the Lakers in Minneapolis, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O'Neal and Howard are some talented bigs. It's only destiny if Howard stays put and grabs a couple of titles before calling it quits, which, at times, looked as if it would come to fruition this season. Howard wants to have fun on the court and it wasn't all smiles until the Lakers started to click.
Like most humans, Howard seeks happiness. His toughness was even put into question this past season and that's something Howard was never used to from his days with the Orlando Magic, a team he put on his back en route to the 2009 NBA Finals. Howard is used to having the offense run through him, but playing alongside Bryant limits his touches. Howard, though, knew coming in that Bryant runs the show in Tinseltown.
Besides playing with Bryant, Howard can build on the relationship he started with fellow big man Pau Gasol, who could be on his way out of L.A.
Having Howard and Gasol on the floor gives the Lakers a modern version of the "The Twin Towers," which came to light in San Antonio with David Robinson and Tim Duncan. And what did they accomplish? Ummm, two NBA titles. Much like Bryant has been doing, Howard should start lobbying for Gasol's return.
"I was pretty clear: I want Pau here," Bryant said. "It's not even a question. It's not even a discussion. I think he gives us the best chance to win a title. You bring Dwight back, and we're off and running, but you also have to look at how well they started playing together. That puzzle finally got solved. We were all just clicking and rolling."
Los Angeles is a large market. It's large enough to hold Howard and all the intricacies of his personality. Howard said he will get away from the game to clear his head and decide what the future holds.
"I'll do what's going to be best for myself, what's going to make me happy," Howard said at his recent press conference. "I can't control who likes me, who dislikes me, but I have the right to be happy."
You're absolutely right, Dwight.
But wouldn't the chances of consistently competing in the playoffs and for your first NBA title make you happy, too? He will have that with the Lakers and playing with Bryant in his remaining years in the NBA. Rumors have been swirling that Bryant's days in L.A. could be over. Oh please, as if the Lakers would amnesty the fourth-highest scorer in NBA history. Bryant will be back and hopes Howard will be right beside him.
What else could Howard do if he chooses to go elsewhere? There's no doubt there will be some heavy suitors with cap space hoping to grab the services of the seven-time All-Star. Howard can only get a four-year deal worth around $90 million outside of Hollywood.
"I think he understands that the sooner he makes a decision, the better it is for everybody," Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said. "I don't know if that means a week, a month or seven weeks."
Kupchak is optimistic Howard will make a decision soon and return to the Lakers. History tells us that Howard could string the Lakers along, and that may take a hit on his pocket book and the chances of hoisting the prominent Larry O'Brien championship trophy.
As we all know, money talks, so Lakers fans better hope Howard is all ears.


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|The bikes at the beach shack are not in the best condition.
a. tired b. lazy c. sick as a dog d. loss of interest in blogging e. busy at paid work f. all of these excuses
The answer is "f".
Byron Bay seems so long ago that it's going to be hard to extract the highlights from my wispy memory.
As is tradition, Ms Onyabike, Mr and Mrs Snorkel and I gathered at our rented beach house out the back o' Byron on the first weekend of May.
Because Ms Onyabike didn't arrive until Saturday night, the Snorkels and I went hard at it on Friday night and all day Saturday (so she'd feel like she'd missed out on a really good time).
We went to a lovely little Japanese restaurant, O Sushi, that has alfresco dining plonked in front of the camping shop next door. The food was so good that I soon forgot about our surroundings.
On Saturday I scooted down to the Byron Bay Surf Life Saving Club at 8.07am - just in time to join the tail end of the large group of swimmers who stroll along the sand to Clarke's Beach and the Pass where they peel off into the ocean for the swim back to the club, jettisoned by the north-running current.
Because I arrived after the hour I trotted along the beach until I caught up with Mr Ocean Swims himself. We had a chat about his double hip replacement and peripatetic life that involves running swimming safaris around the world. Go to www.oceanswims.com for details.
Mr Ocean Swim's first stop is Vanuatu in June, and from there he and his partner Mrs Sparkle jet off to Europe where they head up tours around the Mediterranean. I am NOT jealous. I am jealous. I am NOT jealous... I am...
I enjoyed the swim back to the club at a cruising pace but later learned there were nine green turtles "chilling" off the Pass. Arrrrrrghhhhhhhhhh.
|Saturday at Main Beach
|Sunday at Main Beach
I can just imagine me swimming over the top of nine turtles frozen into a mandala. "La de da da da... mmm? What was that? It looked like a mandala. No way. I need more sleep. Just keep swimming, just keep swimming..."
God, George Clooney could be next to me doing breaststroke and I'd miss him. "That debonair grey-haired bloke with the blue eyes and extra super white teeth who kept winking at me? You're pullin' my leg?"
A fellow swimmer swore he saw a couple of wobbegong sharks amongst the turtles. Go'orn, pull the other one.
I didn't see a thing except a school of silvery fish (could have been bream) on my way back to shore.
I dived into the ocean on two more occasions that day - the experience was made more pleasurable by the absence of the unpleasant current that often hugs the shoreline and makes it nigh impossible to play in the shallows.
Ms Onyabike flew in (off the broom) on Saturday night. We went to the pub and fuelled up on carbs - strictly no booze - for the 2.4km Sunday hike.
Sunday morning was typical Byron Bay weather - a bit cloudy, possible squalls, intermittent sunshine.
The air temperature would have been mid 20s. Pleasant enough. No probs hanging around on the grass in our cossies before the buses arrived to deliver us and the other (mostly old codger by the looks of it) punters to the starting line at Wategos Beach.
If you scanned my blog about last year's swim, you'll know it was cancelled because of the dangerous conditions (I swam the course anyway, along with 600 other eejits).
This year's conditions were supposed to be challenging, but fortunately the surf was mild and the shore break far more gentle than 2012's neck breaker.
|At the Pass
I don't know if it had something to do with last year or if the punters were revolting over the $65 entry fee, but numbers were down. Around 1750 signed up for the event but fewer made it to the start line.
Ms Onyabike and Mrs Snorkel opted to swim with toys - snorkels and fins - while Mr Snorkel swam with the snorkel, which he refuses to declare to the organisers because he wrongly claims that it doesn't give him an advantage*.
At Wategos we were greeted by a pod of eight frisky dolphins surfing the bombora that often forms close to the Pass. These stars of the sea put on a show, leaping and diving over and into the waves. They made my heart burst with joy. Oh to be a sleek shiny grey dolphin with fins, powerful tail, smiley eyes and snout and an optimistic disposition.
Alas, I am not a dolphin but a mere human. For me, this year's swim was a challenge. I hadn't trained for three weeks leading up to the event because of a dreadful lurgy that lingered for the duration of April.
I ploughed through the ocean, doing the best I could but feeling like rubbish from the very first buoy.
Thank goodness the current carried me - and everyone else, mind you - up the coast towards Main Beach. Turning in to the shore, I bore the full brunt of exhaustion. It was a long swim in.
Afterwards, I checked my time to find I'd finished in 39 minutes. Not too bad. That's 38th out of the 83 women in my age category.
In the ladies change rooms after the swim I met Irene, 71, from Brisbane. This amazing woman has swum the English Channel three times in a relay team and plans to do it again this year.
Irene began her swimming journey aged 57.
If that's not inspiring, and awe-inspiring, I don't know what is.
*Whatevs. Let the old fella believe what he likes. I beat him by a good nine minutes.


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Imagine traveling around the world on bicycles! That is what two British cyclists are doing. They traveled through Marion County last Wednesday after spending the night in a camper on Brad and Amy Pagenkopf's farm north of Lincolnville.
Matt Andrews, 26, and his friend Anthony "Ant" King, 27, of London, England, are taking a bicycle trip around the world in honor of Matt's friend, Tony Young, who died at the age of 41 in June 2010, four or five months after being diagnosed with a brain tumor.
Before his fatal illness, Young, an avid cyclist, had planned to ride from London to his homeland in New Zealand and then around the world. Andrews recruited King to join him in fulfilling Young's dream and in raising money for brain tumor research.
Outfitted with a portable stove, a tent, and a few personal essentials, they left London on Sept. 2 and traveled 1,500 miles through France and Spain before flying to New York City on Oct. 5.
Since then, they have traveled another 1,500 miles across America. They appreciate the fact of no language barrier here.
Their visa runs out Dec. 31. They are hoping to reach San Francisco by Dec. 12, spend a week in California, and then fly to New Zealand to meet with Young's family.
From there they will travel across Australia, Asia, and Europe, eventually arriving back in London. They said they had 16,000 more miles to go.
Andrews is carrying Young's ashes in a small cylindrical case and is scattering his ashes here and there along the way.
King said people have been helpful all along the route, contributing food, coffee, lodging, and money.
"It's been really good, actually," King said. "We've really enjoyed it."
They have raised $10,000 so far for Brain Tumour UK. Their blogs and route map can be found on the Web at http://www.travellingyoung.co.uk.


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mmmk wrote:On Lisp is missing from the list
dlweinreb wrote:You might add "Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computing" by David Touretzky, which is particularly good for beginners. However, "Practical Common Lisp" by Peter Seibel is what we give new hires at ITA Software when they arrive and don't know Common Lisp yet. I voted for that (despite my obvious interest in "Common Lisp: The Language", the first edition of which I am a co-author). If you know how to write software and want to learn Common Lisp, "Practical Common Lisp" is your best bet. See http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/.
Jacques Chester wrote:I'm working through ANSI Common Lisp as my holiday project. What it has over PCL is exercises, but the two books have different coverage of what is a pretty ginormous language.
I've found this site useful as a reference when I've finished my own solutions to the exercises.
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