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A few key ingredients and techniques make for a gloriously flaky gluten-free pie crust recipe full of whole grain flours and free of gums. This dough works equally well in sweet and savory pies, tarts, galettes, quiches and turnovers. Adapted from my book Alternative Baker: Reinventing Dessert with Gluten-Free Grains and Flours.
My Best Gluten-Free Pie Crust + Pie Dough
Looking for a flaky gluten-free pie crust that tastes like it was made with whole grain wheat flour? I've spent years developing a recipe that tastes and feels like whole wheat pie crust.
This recipe starts with whole grain flours – oat and millet – blended with sweet rice flour, tapioca flour, and cornstarch for a flaky, shatteringly crisp texture. I nix the xanthan gum usually found in gluten-free pie dough recipes in favor of ground chia seed. A couple of classic pastry techniques help bring the dough together and create layers upon layers of flaky goodness. This pie crust can easily be made dairy-free and vegan by using plant butter (my favorite brand is Miyoko's).
Use this gluten-free pie crust to make pies, tarts, quiches, galettes, pot pies, hand pies, tarte tatin, and anywhere else you desire gluten-free pastry.
|Sweet rice, millet, and oat flours with corn starch, tapioca starch, chia seed, sugar, and salt
I adapted this recipe from an original foray into gluten-free pie making courtesy of this gluten-free apricot galette. I made a few changes along the way, detailed below, and eventually hit on a pie crust that I sometimes forget is gluten-free.
|Always start with cold, but not frozen, butter
Gluten Free Pie Crust without Xanthan Gum
According to About.com, xanthan gum is a polysaccharide (science speak for a carbohydrate made up of various types of bonded-together sugar molecules) that forms during a fermentation process involving the bacteria Xanthomonas Campestris and carbohydrates from corn, wheat, dairy, or soy. Xanthan gum has strong binding powers and helps to make gluten-free doughs extensible, or stretchy, mimicking sticky, gummy gluten.
|European-Style butter, such as Strauss, has a higher fat content that gives it a golden hue and makes the tastiest pastries
When you tell someone there's xanthan gum in the charmingly homemade baked good you've just given them, an odd look usually crosses their face. The baked good in question suddenly seems a lot less charming and homey. The name and process by which xanthan gum is made both sound kinda creepy. It can be hard to find, most folks don't have it lying around the house, and some can't tolerate eating it.
For all these reasons, I like to do without it when I can, using naturally sticky ingredients in its place. Inspired by many of the gluten-free recipes in Aran Goyoaga's Small Plates and Sweet Treats, I decided to try replacing the xanthan gum with ground chia seed, which, like xanthan gum, is full of polysaccharides. The seeds provide a more natural way to help gluten-free baked goods hold together, plus they're full of healthy fiber and omega 3s, and they add a pleasant nutty flavor to baked goods. (If you're chia curious, this article is a wealth of knowledge.)
|A sturdy pastry blender makes this dough easy as pie
As for making the galette dough into a pie crust, I tried this several times, with some successes and some fails. The dough was fairly brittle – easy to form into a laid-back galette, but a bit tricky to wrestle into a pie pan, tending to crack apart on its journey from the counter into the pan. Once pressed into place, it sometimes baked up perfectly crisp and flaky; other times, for no apparent reason, it
shrank and toughened in the oven. That would just not do.
|Big butter chunks make for a flaky, tender dough
I wanted a bit more dough in order to make a thicker crust, so I increased the flours, butter, and ice water. I tried varying amounts of ground chia seed until I hit on the right amount to help it hold together, but not too much to overpower things. To solve the toughness problem, I added a teaspoon of cider vinegar (and more recently buttermilk). And I increased the sugar a bit to cancel out the edge of bitterness that the millet flour adds.
|Add the ice water/vinegar mixture tablespoon by tablespoon directly to the dry bits until the dough will just hold together when you squeeze it
I had tried making the galette dough with tapioca flour in place of cornstarch, but didn't like the results. I found here, though, that a little tapioca flour in addition to the cornstarch helped to make a smoother dough that held together better. (I also tried potato starch in place of the cornstarch, but since potato starch is hygroscopic [science speak for grabbing water molecules out of the air], this dough became soggy quickly. The dough made with cornstarch browned more readily, and it stays crisp for days.)
|Using the fraisage method to create flaky layers and bring the dough together
To bring the dough together, I usually like using the fraisage method, an old-school French technique wherein portions of the dough get smeared quickly across the counter. This has the effect of flattening the butter chunks into thin sheets, in a puff pastry-like manner. When these many layers of butter hit the heat of the oven, they release steam, raising the layer of dough above it, making for flaky pastry. I wondered if this step could be skipped, so I tried simply kneading the dough 10 to 20 times in the bowl. This produced a crust that was not quite as flaky as the one using the fraisage method, but still pretty great, especially for a gluten-free dough.
For extra flake, I like to take a cue from laminated doughs (such as puff pastry) and roll the dough out once, fold it up in thirds like folding a letter, roll that into a loose spiral, and then chill it again before rolling it into a round to stick in the pie pan. Called "a turn" when making croissant dough or puff pastry, this helps smooth out the dough, making it easier to work with, and it also creates more flake and layers. I liked the dough that got fraisaged, chilled and folded the best, but you can simply knead the dough in the bowl to bring it together if you prefer.
|Folding the dough in thirds, then in thirds again, not only creates extra flaky layers, it also makes for a smoother dough that's easier to work with
I've been tinkering with this recipe since last fall, and I'm 99% happy with this version. It's a pleasure to work with – smooth and fairly sturdy. It bakes up crisp, with a texture akin to a whole wheat pie dough – a bit denser than a white flour pie dough, and with a nutty, whole-grain flavor. The texture is crisp and buttery, and it stays that way even after a few days of being filled and baked, a feat for any pie dough. I filled this one with a grapefruit custard kissed with St. Germain elderflower liqueur, inspired by The Four and Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book (recipe coming soon).
I may continue to tinker, but for now, this is by far the best gluten-free pie dough I've ever worked with or eaten. I'll be curious to know how it goes for you readers out there, and what modifications you try, so please leave a note if you give it a go, and feel free to ask any questions that may arise – I love answering them. Happy baking.
More Dough Recipes:
- Flaky, All-Butter Gluten-Free Pie Dough (version 1.0)
- Flakiest, All-Butter Pie Dough
- Quick(er) Whole Wheat Puff Pastry
- Rye Flour Croissant Dough and Pains au Chocolat
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Flaky Gluten-Free All-Butter Pie Dough (Whole-Grain + Gum-Free)Print Recipe / Pin Recipe
- 6-8 tablespoons ice water (from 1 cup ice cubes filled with cool water)
- 1/2 cup sweet white rice flour (mochiko) (2.75 ounces / 80 grams)
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons GF oat flour (1.25 ounces / 35 grams)
- 1/4 cup millet flour (1.25 ounces / 35 grams)
- 1/4 cup cornstarch (1 ounce / 30 grams)
- 2 tablespoons tapioca starch/flour (same thing) (.5 ounce / 15 grams)
- 2 1/2 tablespoons finely ground chia seed (I grind mine in a coffee grinder) (.5 ounces / 15 grams)
- 1 tablespoon sugar (.5 ounces / 15 grams)
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 8 tablespoons cold, unsalted butter (preferably European-style such as Straus), sliced 1/4" thick (4 ounces / 115 grams)
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
Make the dough:
- In a large bowl, combine the rice, oat, and millet flours with the cornstarch, tapioca flour, ground chia seed, sugar, and salt. Scatter the butter pieces of the top, and work in with a pastry blender or your fingers until the mixture resembles gravel, with lots of butter chunks the size of large peas.
- Stir together 6 tablespoons of the ice water with the apple cider vinegar, and drizzle the mixture into the flour mixture 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing the dough with a rubber spatula to moisten evenly. Add just enough water for the dough to hold together when you give it a squeeze, and add it directly to the dry floury bits that like to hang out on the bottom of the bowl; you may need up to 8 tablespoons of water, total.
At this point you can do one of two things:
- Knead the dough in the bowl 10-20 times to bring it together.
- Dump the dough out onto the counter and fraisage by dragging portions of the dough across the counter with the heel of your hand (this makes for a flakier dough). Either way, gather the dough up into a ball (a metal bench scraper helps if using the fraisage method) wrap it loosely in plastic wrap, and flatten it into a disk. Chill the dough 30 minutes.
Optionally, for extra flake, roll, fold, roll, or "turn" the dough:
- On a lightly floured surface, roll the chilled dough out into a rough square that is about 1/4" thick. Fold it in thirds like you're folding a letter, then roll up from a skinny end into a loose spiral. Gently press to flatten it slightly, and chill for 30 minutes. Optionally, repeat this step once more.
Shape the crust:
- Remove the dough from the fridge, unwrap, and place on a lightly floured surface. Roll out the dough into a 12" circle, dusting the dough lightly with oat flour flour as needed, rotating and flipping it to prevent it from sticking. Ease the dough into a 9" glass pie plate, fit it into the corners, and trim it to a 1" overhang. (Save the scraps to patch any tears in the dough post-parbaking.) Fold the overhang of the crust under, and flute the crust by pressing it between the thumb of one hand and the index finger and thumb of the other hand. Prick the bottom of the crust all over with the tines of a fork. Chill the crust for 20 minutes, then freeze it for at least 20 minutes, until solid.
- Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 400º. If you have a baking stone, put it on the rack. Place the frozen crust on a rimmed baking sheet. Line it with a piece of parchment paper, and fill to the top with pie weights, dry beans, or clean pennies, pressing the weights into the sides and corners of the crust. Bake the crust for 15-30 minutes (shorter for a metal pan, longer for a glass pan), until the dough will hold its shape when you lift off the parchment. Carefully remove the weights and parchment and bake until the bottom is dry and lightly golden, about 8-12 minutes longer (for a parbaked crust) or until deeply golden, 15-20 minutes (for a fully baked crust). Use the saved scraps of dough to patch any holes, cracks, or tears in the dough, baking for a few more minutes post-patching.
Omit the vinegar. For the liquid in the recipe, stir together 4 tablespoons cold buttermilk with 4 tablespoons of ice water. Proceed with the recipe, adding more ice water if needed to moisten the dough after all the buttermilk mixture has been added. Variation with sorghum flour:
Omit the millet flour, using 1/4 cup (30 g) sorghum flour in its place. Variation with buckwheat flour:
Omit the millet flour, using 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons (45 g) buckwheat flour and decreasing the oat flour to 1/4 cup (25 g). Variation in a food processor:
Once you've made this dough a few times by hand and have a feel for how it comes together, you can throw caution to the wind and make it in a food processor. Add all the dry ingredients to the bowl of the processor and scatter the butter slices over the top, but don't pulse them in yet. Place the bowl on the food processor, put the lid on, and open up the pouring spout. While pouring in the ice water mixture, pulse the processor in short bursts. By the time the liquid is added, the butter should be broken down into the size of peas. Give the dough a squeeze to make sure it's properly hydrated, pulsing in more ice water if needed. Wrap and chill the dough, making the turns if you like for extra flake. A few notes on ingredients:
This is the flour blend that works for me, but do feel free to experiment as you see fit. If you can't find sweet rice flour, which is widely available in Asian markets, try a GF all-purpose blend in its place, such as Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 baking mix, which is made largely of sweet rice flour. (I would hesitate to substitute regular rice flour, which is less sticky and will make for a brittle dough). Chia seed can be found at any health food store or upscale market; I use the lighter colored seeds, grind a bunch ahead of time, and keep them in a jar to use as needed. If you can't find chia seeds, try using an equal amount of ground flax seed (these have a slightly stronger flavor), or 1/2 teaspoon xanthan or guar gum in their place. European-style butters have more fat and less water, and will make for the most rich and tender crust; Strauss and Plugra are two widely available brands. A few notes on timing:
If your dough has chilled for a while and cracks when you go to roll it, let it warm up a bit; this will make it easier to work with. Give yourself three hours to complete a parbaked crust if you plan to give your dough a puff pastry-esque turn (which I call roll, fold, roll), or two hours if you're skipping this step. Most of this time is inactive. The ideal timeframe for making this crust is as follows:
10 minutes to mix and fraisage the dough
30 minutes to chill 10 minutes to roll out and fold 30 minutes to chill
10 minutes to roll out the dough, get it in the pan, shape it, and dock it
20 minutes to chill
20 minutes to freeze
30-40 minutes to par-bake the crust Do ahead: You can make the dough up to two days ahead; let it soften up a bit before rolling it out. You can also wrap a frozen shell, baked or unbaked, for up to several months. Nutritional values are based on one of nine servings.


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We've all heard our parents or maybe our grandparents tell us about the good ole days. A time when things were simpler and people more friendly. Perhaps as teenagers, like I know I did, we rolled our eyes at them and thought crazy ole people, don't they see how far we've come? The advancements that have made our lives better, faster and more efficient? Maybe we still rolled our eyes at them in our 20's, because look at all the amazing things that have even happened just in the last two decades. Internet, email, touch screen, smart phones, smart TV's, Hybrid cars, medical advancements in treatments, surgical advancements, social media, and all the like. The ability to access and publish information quickly to a large portion of people. And now as a parent and only since then do I see things in a different light. All of these things have their benefits for sure, but I think there is something to be said for keeping it simple, less is more, and simple pleasures, especially when it comes to the pressure these things place on us.
I'm talking about the pressure to know things, to be informed, to share, to do the "right" things, wear the "right" things, say the "right" things and be with the "right" people. Again all of these can be good sometimes too, like knowing what your buying, or what options are available, but with all things, too much of a good thing can be bad. I'm sure we could all write a blog about how too much TV or Video games is bad, but today I want to focus in on a different issue I see that keeps recurring.
With internet and social media, parents have access to information like never before. Parenting sites, blogs, pages, support groups and research information is everywhere. We are constantly bombarded with articles, letters and posts on parenting. Again good in moderation, but how do all those articles we read and posts we see about parenting make us feel?
More and more often I am reading encouraging blogs about not worrying if your not a perfect parent or a perfect mom. Articles about enjoying the simple things in life, or letting your kids have more independence and saying no to attachment parenting. And the scary part….. we need to read those articles, we need to be reminded to not be so hard on ourselves. So that got me thinking…. Why do we need to be told these things?
It would seem that sometime in the last two decades something happened to the standards of parenting. Socially have we expected too much, set the bar too high, and made it our business to be in everyone else's business? Parents are scrutinized and measured up to some kind of standard set by "THEM". And when we don't measure up we feel guilty. It seems now that as parents we are taking a stand and saying no to this. More and more I'm reading about being a good mom is being true to yourself and trying your best. How not to be so hard on yourself if there's toys everywhere and your home does not look like the IKEA catalouge. A reminder that our kids wont remember the clothes we wore, or the color we dyed our hair, but the times we sat on the couch and read them a bedtime story. Those articles truly encourage and inspire me. They remind me that if we really do try our best, show respect and don't be so quick to judge, that we don't have anything to be guilty about, except for being human. And maybe that is what we are realizing…. that we are just that Human. We make mistakes and that's okay. Reading these things makes me hopeful that we have not lost touch with a simpler time, and that maybe we can continue to make our world a better place for our own children's children.
Gone are the days when Mom gave you $0.25 to go see a double feature at the theatre downtown with your brother on a Saturday and told you to not to come back till supper (True recollection from my Father-in-Law) but is organizing every minute of the day being with your child and then trying to cook, clean, dress and look perfect better? I think we are desperately searching for a happy medium right now, and we are looking for other parents who feel the same way. I know I'm not the only one out there as I have found friends who share this view. Right now I believe we are in the process of trying to learn from the past and grow in the future taking the good things from both. I think we now recognize the benefits of encouraging independence but know the importance of guidelines. I want my children to be aware that people watch everything they do and say but to also not be trapped by this. I wonder what the world is going to be like for my children in two more decades, a thought I never worried about till now. Will it truly be a better place? Only time will tell.
This mom is going to try putting her guilt and judgement out with the trash, and set realistic expectations. Live by example and not worry if my floors are sticky. I can clean them tomorrow. I will also not try to stress about those 10lbs and remember that my kids care more about hugs then my love handles. As long as I stay healthy and keep my kids feed and healthy, clothed and happy, then the rest can follow. We need to start with the simple things which are the most important. Love, food, shelter and grow from there.
My mom who inspires me always gave me a gift for mother's day and I think it is a really good reminder…. GOOD MOMS HAVE STICKY FLOORS, DIRTY OVENS AND HAPPY KIDS. My dad who cares about my happiness with all his heart gave me another gift that says: In this house we do real, we do loud really well. we do sorry. we do fun. we do mistakes, we do second chances. we do hugs, we do family. we do love…… So my parents really get it. They know what its like. And these pictures and sayings are out there to purchase, so that tells me deep down our whole society believes it too and we want to bring it back to the forefront. We want to live it daily and for that I am glad.
Cheers to all the moms and dads out there who are trying to keep it real and simple. Be proud, Do your best, Learn from your mistakes and let your kids be kids, so in turn they can do the same.

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Perhaps it isn't fair to pass judgment on a movie based on its promotional campaign, but it'll probably come as no surprise that the first set of posters for Gods of Egypt that dropped back in November are a pretty good representation of the quality of the final film.
The movie takes place in ancient Egypt and centers on the rivalry between Horus (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and his uncle Set (Gerard Butler). When Osiris (Bryan Brown) decides to bestow the crown upon his son instead of his brother, Set ruins Horus' coronation by sparking a battle during which Set robs Horus of his most prized possession, his all seeing eyes. Defeated and powerless, Horus goes into hiding while Set plunges the empire into chaos. However, all hope is not lost thanks to one especially gutsy mortal named Bek (Brenton Thwaites). With Bek's help, Horus might be able to pull himself back together and take the throne from Set.
Gods of Egypt is a terrible movie, but it could have fallen into "so bad, it's good" or perhaps "so ridiculous, it's fun" territory had director Alex Proyas embraced the absurdity of the material and reassessed the tone of the film. For the most part, Gods of Egypt takes itself very seriously, drowning in scowls and all-business talk regarding how the gods rule the world. Had this been a more faithful or thoughtful representation of Egyptian mythology, perhaps that approach might have worked, but we're talking about a movie with Iron Man-like gods, giant sand snakes and Geoffrey Rush riding a space boat. If you don't go all out and have some fun with it, all that's left to do it laugh at it.
And it certainly doesn't help that the film's heroes are painfully one note. Coster-Waldau has absolutely no charisma as Horus. Before Set steals the crown, all we see him do is take a bath with the Goddess of Love, Hathor (Elodie Yung). After Set takes control, he walks around with a huge frown on his face while incessantly picking on the only person who bothers to help him out, Bek. There's no reason to like Horus or think that, as a leader, he'd have the mortals' best interest in mind. However, I still much prefer Coster-Waldau's lifeless performance to Thwaites' mindless nonsense.
There's a big difference between bravery and stupidity, but no one working on this movie took that into account. Bek is supposed to be the heroic mortal who's willing to risk his life to help Horus restore order to Egypt, but Bek's achievements don't stem from smart planning or a unique physical prowess. He just keeps getting lucky, and it's impossible to get a thrill out of it because not only is it absolutely ridiculous, but also because the character is so obnoxious. Whereas Horus is sullen and dejected for the large majority of the film, Bek is supposed to be brimming with determination and hope, but Thwaites takes it way too far, stripping the character of all other emotions.
Butler's character certain isn't anything special, but he does make an effort to sell Set as a formidable enemy while hamming it up to make him feel appropriate amidst this nonsensical CG romp. The only cast member who really seems to understand the movie he's in is Chadwick Boseman. Despite the fact that he's forced to strut around in a costume that looks like it belongs in a completely different film, Boseman still shines as Thoth, the god of wisdom. His character's abilities are the most interesting and his genius also lends itself to some of the best jokes in the film. Yung also manages to make an impression as Hathor because her powers are far more complex than Horus' and also because Yung strikes an appealing balance between her strong, steely edge and also respecting the fact that her character has feelings.
Again, it's probably no surprise that the movie is a technical mess as well. All of the settings and creatures look fake and cheap, and while there is some fun to be had while watching Rush become engulfed in flames and fight a giant monster from his space boat, it's hard to forget the fact that the filmmakers funneled so much cash into such nonsense. Rather than put the focus on creating a few fantastic creatures and sets, the team behind Gods of Egypt opted to make a road trip movie with an abundance of awful looking monsters. As for the action, most fight scenes have this odd mix of photo real shots and others that feel entirely digital. They don't match and wind up highlighting the flaws in the CG work. There's also countless shots where it's impossible not to picture the actors surrounded by green screen, the worst of which comes when Bek tries to escape an enemy on a horse drawn carriage. It looks more like a green screen party gag than a scene from a big budget film. And don't even get me started on the terrible decision to make the god characters twice as tall as the humans.
I wanted to have fun with Gods of Egypt, but there's a limit to the "so bad, it's good" appeal. For example, Jupiter Ascending isn't a good film, but it's still possible to enjoy watching it because there's an intense and very palpable passion to it that draws you in. Gods of Egypt, on the other hand, feels lazy and hollow.
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In addition, mercury tightly binds to sulfur in proteins and this sulfur is extremely important to make selective membranes that protect your cells, arteries or brain. Mercury causes tight membranes to become leaky and unable to contain the compartmentalization of organs that are required for good health and this can lead to artery disease even headaches and food allergies associated with leaky gut syndrome. Mercury will also attack proteins such as enzymes that have sulfur to sulfur bonds causing it to unravel be misfolded i.e. change their shape leading to either enzymes that do not function or autoimmune disorders. Some have proposed that he immune system sees these partially misfolded protein and forms antibodies to them but since they are actually your own tissues your immune system mistakenly attacks you.
Many processes in brain need sulfur bonds. Once non-reactive and non-toxic Hg0 vapor is inhaled it can easily pass into the brain area through the blood brain barrier. Once inside it will likely encounter catalase, an abundant enzyme. Catalase strips off two electrons to form reactive and toxic Hg++. This aggressive heavy metal will knock out new nerve growth and even remove myelin from the axon sheath. It also causes the abnormal aggregation of microtubulin and the formation of neurofibillary tangles and other abnormal biochemistry associated with neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.
In summary non-reactive mercury vapor (Hgo) is capable of easily passing through all biomembranes and entering the cells of the central nervous system. There it is rapidly converted into the very toxic and reactive Hg2+ which inserts itself in many normal processes to break them and turns your own body and brain into a non-functional biochemical train wreck. How bad and how soon a wreck occurs depends on a number of other factors such as susceptibility, genetics, how much mercury you are/were exposed to (dose), your concurrent burden of other heavy metals and likely several other factors not yet discovered. The best policy is to avoid all exposure to mercury. Emeramide® has been shown also pass through biomembranes and to bind Hg2+ rapidly (Clarke 2012) and may help those exposed to recover some function if given soon after exposure before the damage becomes permanent.
One can think of Emeramide® as a very small trap for most heavy metals especially mercury. It's structure consists of two natural substances. The body looks like a stop sign as it is made from a dicarboxybenzoate. This can be found in foods such as cranberries. The body has two arms spaced far apart made from a common amino acid found in most proteins called cysteamine. cysteamine is a two-carbon molecule that ends in a sulfur. Both the amine nitrogen and the carbons freely rotate allowing the molecule to change configuration with ease.
Think of the blow-up man in front of the oil change gas station with long floppy arms. When this molecule floats by a reactive mercury atom that has wedged itself into a membrane or protein it presents beautiful sulfur hands that open and available for the mercury to bind to. As a result, mercury will let go of the membrane sulfur and happily hook up with Emeramide® which provides a second sulfur that forms the most stable (see Cinnabar structure above) -S-Hg-S structure of mercury binding. The two together form an inert particle that is gradually removed by the P-450 detox pathway for removal through the bowel, but in the mean time, due to its non-reactivity it causes no injury. Animals fed very large quantities of Emeramide®-mercury complex (e.g. Hg=S) suffered no injury even though the two flowed into every tissue and then came out again. It was without measurable toxicity.
Why? Emeramide® forms a two semi covalent bonds with Hg2+ and these are two very strong bonds that cannot be broken under normal physiological conditions as exist in the mammalian body. To break the bond you must heat it to 2370 C (458.60 F) to bust apart the body. The aggressive bullying of the heavy metal stops because it is totally happy bound up with Emeramide®.
Interestingly Emeramide® does not deplete your normal minerals as most other chelators have been shown to do. It also does not engage in any essential physiological process or enzymatic actions as it does not alter any normal functions. Because Emeramide® is lipid (fat) soluble it can easily pass through the blood brain barrier, arteries and even through cell membranes. It goes everywhere and when it finds mercury it places one sulfur on each side to form a stable inert molecule as exists in the non-reactive mineral form stored in the environment.
That depends on whether the damage is permanent. In the clinical study of the mercury intoxicated gold miners the majority recovered from tremors. Damage to the nervous system by mercury is a serious injury. Now that we've had considerable experience with mercury intoxicated dentists and Emeramide® we can say that some if not all the symptoms abate to a very large degree if caught early. This explains why the majority of investors in EmeraMed LLC are dentists and physicians who actively used this compound on themselves or their patients.
If you are a non-US citizen: yes.
If you are a US citizen: Possibly yes but only if you are what the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) calls a sophisticated investor. EmeraMed LLC is not a publicly traded stock and as a result it is not on any stock exchange in the world. A Sophisticated Investor is a classification of investor indicating someone who has sufficient capital, experience and net worth to engage in more advanced types of investment opportunities. For those selling stocks in companies that are not publicly traded the SEC is concerned about scammers taking the unsophisticated investors money. To prevent that they limit how many and who can invest.


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smuggle (someone or something) across
To transport someone or something across (some place or border) in a surreptitious or hidden manner, especially when it is illegal to do so. A: "I really miss the fresh salami they make back home, but I can't bring it through customs with me." B: "I'll try to smuggle some across for you the next time I come to visit." The man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for smuggling people across the border.
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Why 3D Touch Might Make You Switch to an iPhone
I have used an Android as my primary smartphone for 5 years now. I also own an iPhone 5, given the nature of my job, but that's not my daily driver. The iPhone has never tempted me in all these years—until I tried the iPhone 6s complete with 3D Touch. Android fans: we can no longer claim we have the best smartphone.
Android still has plenty of things going for it. Apple's closed ecosystem annoys me, and Android's customisability (especially when rooted The Complete Guide to Rooting Your Android Phone or Tablet So, you want to root your Android device? Here's everything you need to know. Read More ) is an absolute delight. There were always tradeoffs in the Android vs. iOS argument when it comes to app availability, openness, hardware limitations, and so on. But 3D Touch shuts down the pro-Android arguments more firmly than any other feature.
The iPhone 6s is now the best smartphone thanks to 3D Touch, and Android is nowhere close to emulating that experience yet.
What Is 3D Touch?
When Apple launched the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, we noted that 3D Touch was the only real innovation A Hype-Free Guide to the Latest Apple Event... [Tech News Digest] It's an all-Apple edition of Tech News Digest, with a look at everything Apple revealed at its latest event. Albeit minus the hype lumped in by other publications. Read More , adding an additional layer of functionality not found on the iPhone 6. On a pure hardware level, it wasn't a dramatic step.
3D Touch is an evolution of Force Touch on the Apple Watch and new MacBook trackpads. The iPhone screen now has a layer of circuits which can detect the pressure your finger is applying. It registers two types of pressure — light taps and hard taps — and a small current or vibration provides haptic feedback to give you a feel of the pressure you're putting. It sounds complex, but in actual usage, it feels natural and I got used to it within minutes.
The secret to 3D Touch isn't the hardware alone. It's how Apple has married its software to the hardware to make for a new way of interacting with your screen. Craig Federighi, Apple's Senior VP of Software Engineering, told Bloomberg that the hardware measures the force and the software figures out the intent of the user.
What Can You Do With 3D Touch?
As you can see in the video above, a light tap can let you preview the contents of a link without opening it in a new tab or app. You could look at a photo in Instagram without actually visiting it. And if you do want to visit it, a little more pressure will do that. Apple calls this "peek and pop", a fancier way of saying preview and launch.
On the homescreen, 3D Touch works a bit like a right-click button does on Windows or Mac, although that's a simplistic explanation. When you hard-tap an app, you'll get shortcut actions. For example, hard-tapping the Phone icon will show your favourite contacts so you can quick-dial. Hard-tap Apple Maps and you'll get a shortcut to find directions to your home.
To put it simply, 3D Touch refines your workflow. It saves you taps, and it saves you from going away from a screen you're looking at. Smartphones show one app/window at a time, and 3D Touch actually is an ingenious way of fully using your app without leaving it.
For more, check out the full list of 3D Touch features by Apple.
It's Not Right-Click, It's Middle-Click
The simplistic explanation goes: "3D Touch is right-click for your iPhone" — but the better explanation is that it's a new way of interacting with your phone. Remember when the computer mouse had only left-click and right-click? And then middle-click came along to open up several shortcuts, let you scroll faster, and generally saved you clicks. That's what 3D Touch is — it's a new button. In fact, it's two new buttons.
Here's a quick comparison to show the difference between Android smartphones and iPhone 6s or 6s Plus now:
The iPhone 6s and the bigger iPhone 6s Plus Should You Buy The Bigger iPhone 6 Plus? The term "phablet" very much applies to Apple's recently announced iPhone 6 Plus, but there's more to it than just a bigger screen. Read More , in essence, adds three new modifiers to how you can interact with what's on your screen. As iOS architect Kevin Harwood explains, developers can add four new types of interactions with 3D Touch:
- Quick action support: More options when 3D tapping icons on your homescreen.
- Peek and Pop: Previews and app launching when you are already inside an app.
- Custom gestures: Swiping will have two layers, hard and light, to enable multiple gestures.
- Enhanced web viewing: Web developers can customise how their website behaves when viewed from a device that supports 3D Touch.
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Apple itself uses 3D Touch in limited apps right now, but third-party developers have shown great enthusiasm in supporting the feature in their apps. "I feel like it's just getting started," writes veteran journalist Walt Mossberg. "I believe that 3D Touch is a big deal and can be a bigger advance once developers, and Apple itself, starts expanding its uses."
Tech Reviewers Love 3D Touch
Most reviewers are in agreement: 3D Touch is one of the best new features in the iPhone 6s Here Comes the iPhone 6S: What's New & Should You Upgrade? The good news: the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus has just been announced. The bad news: your iPhone is now out of date, and you'll need to sell a kidney for the latest model. Read More .
Mossberg dedicated a significant portion of his iPhone 6s review to 3D Touch and its many uses, and noted that while the technology was already tried on the Apple Watch and Macs, it does much more on the iPhone.
John Paczkowski has been writing about technology longer than I have been able to construct coherent sentences, and he feels 3D Touch justifies an iPhone upgrade or purchase.
Personally, I only got to spend a couple of hours playing with a friend's iPhone 6s (it hasn't yet launched in India), but I'm thoroughly impressed. It's exciting technology, and as Apple's VP of User Interface Design put it to Bloomberg, it feels inevitable. This feels like how we would all be using smartphones five years down the line, irrespective of platform or brand.
3D Touch Beats Huawei's 'Force Touch'
Speaking of platforms and brands, it should be noted that Apple wasn't the first to come up with pressure-sensing screens. Huawei actually beat Apple to the punch with the Mate S, an Android smartphone that has "Force Touch" pressure-sensing screens.
However, Huawei was unable to cohesively tie the feature to the software and make it a seamless, intuitive experience. The only really useful aspect was magnifying a part of the screen with a hard tap, as pictured above. Android Authority called it a "limited implementation" and that's how it will continue to be till Google officially rolls out a standardised way for developers to make apps for phones that have Force Touch, whether made by Huawei or someone else.
Given Android's current fragmentation, the near future is unlikely to see a standard feature set that offers the same experience across different types of hardware.
As it stands, Apple has a big lead on Android when it comes to pressure-sensing touch interfaces. Since the iPhone's 3D Touch is limited to just two phones, it's easier for a developer to predict how his or her app will perform on any user's phone because it's a standardised hardware and software experience. That's not the case with Android.
Eventually, some pressure-sensing screen technologies will come out at the top of the Android hardware world, and over time, become inexpensive enough to be used across phones of all budgets. Meanwhile, Google will need to figure out how to standardize the technology in a way that developers can make apps using such technologies.
Until that happens though, app and game developers will largely support 3D Touch on iOS, and if you want the best possible user interface experience on smartphones, you'll need an iPhone.
Are You Ready to Switch for 3D Touch?
So Android user, are you ready to make the switch to the new iPhone 6s or 6s Plus to get your hands on 3D Touch? Just remember, don't buy the 16GB model! Live Photos & 4K: Why You Shouldn't Buy a 16GB iPhone 6s If you want to take advantage of the new iPhone 6s camera, you'll probably want to avoid picking the 16GB storage option. Read More
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So today I learnt that I can't to splatter manis. Absolute disaster. I don't get it...I have no idea what I was doing wrong. And then I got a bit light headed from all the blowing lol. So in the end I went for blobbing polish on and blowing it across the nail. Didn't really work at all because it spread out far to nice and evenly. But here's what I ended up with anyway!
I used Barry M Grey, then 'splattered' with Jessica Ruffled Bottoms and GOSH Holographic Hero. I've probably managed to take the only photos in existence of this polish where it doesn't look holographic...that's an achievement right?
Don't forget to check out all the other (certainly more successful) day 11 manicures!


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By Dian Hasan | December 20, 2009
Ever since the arrival of Habita Hotel Mexico City, the term boutique hotel has firmly entered Mexico's hospitality industry vocabulary. That first move by Grupo Habita has now expanded into a slew of boutique hotels across the country. And now it's Mexico's second city of business and trade, Monterrey to get a taste of chic hotel experience. Bienvenido, Habita Monterrey!
Habita Monterrey is sleek and spare but comfortable. All rooms are furnished with riffs on Midcentury Modern pieces by avant-garde designer Rick Owens. Continue reading


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Introduction: DIY Etch Tank
In this instructable I am going to show you step by step how I made my own etch tank for doing my own PCB's. I use the etching solution I saw here on Instructables mixing the muriatic acid with hydrogen peroxide. It has a greenish tint because I added the little bit of ferric chloride I had left to it.
Parts list
- Plexi-glass ( 1/4"- 1/2")
- PVC pipe ( 1/2" I.D)
- PVC shut-off valve
- PVC elbow
- Small aquarium pump
- Plastic tubing for aquarium pump
- End cap for PVC pipe
- Super glue
- Water resistant siliconelectrical tape or duct tape
- Styro-foam or wood
Step 1: Prepping Materials
Cut the plexi-glass to the size you want to make your tank. Make sure you cut the sides the same outside diameter as the PVC. The PVC is going to be the bottom of the tank so it HAS to be a tight fit! I chose to keep my tank relitivly small because I never etch PCB's more than 5 inches square anyway. Once you have the 2 sides and the front & back done cut your PVC pipe to length, I cut my PVC 3/4" longer than the tank length to fit into the shut off valve then the valve should sit right on the edge of the side of your tank.
Step 2: Prepping Materials
At the bottoms of the front & backs of the plexi-glass I had to round out a little spot where the end cap and the shut off valve sits. Because it is larger diameter than the PVC itself we will need to round it out. Be patient when doing this it is just doing a little bit and checking to make a tight fit all along the bottom of the tank. I temp fitted the end cap and valve on just to check the notch was done right and the PVC sat nice and tight along the front and back of the glass. Also round the bottoms of the sides where they will sit on the PVC. These must be rounded to ensure a tight seal.
Step 3: Prepping Materials
Drill 1/16" holes along the PVC pipe spacing the holes 1 1/2" - 2" apart. this is for the air bubbles. You can stagger the holes or make them in a straight line. Then you can go ahead and put the end cap on.
Step 4: Assembling the Tank
When you have everything all prepped, go ahead and start fitting it all together. I super glued the PVC into the grooves in the front & back panels, then glue the sides in place. With the front still off you can go ahead and silicone everything you can inside and out. Once you have it all siliconed and it looks good, Super glue the hell out of the spots where the front piece will sit now fit the front piece of plexi-glass on. Letting the glue sit for a minute or two, silicone the rest of the tank. I know you're probley saying " What about the inside of the front panel"? It can't be done because the tank is to thin, but truthfully I havent had a leak, as long as your glue job has been done right and you do a nice, consistant job with the silicone it will be just fine!
Step 5: Supports
Now after I have it all together I took coloured electrical tape and taped around the sides of the tank as you can see in the pictures. Now this can be done with duct tape and really you don't even have to do it, I just thought it would add a little stregth to the over all design.
Next I made some supports for the tank...FEET! I just cut some styro-foam into rectangular pieces and notched them in the center half way down the thickness of the tank. I also went crazy with the electrical tape on them as well. But it is neccessary to add stregnth to the feet because the styro-foam is brittle and will break. Adding tape beef's them right up though! Now the tank will be able to stand upright.
Step 6: Retro Fitting the Hose
Now from the plastic elbow that connects to the shut off valve, the inside diameter is a little larger usually than the aquarium hose attched to the pump. I just added a little tape to the hose untilI could fit it into the elbow tightly. I let my tank sit for 24 hrs. to make sure the silicone had a chance to dry and set. The next day try it out with water to see if you have any leaks. If you are anything like me you over do everything (silicone, glue, tape, etc.) and not find a leak the first time trying. Now your tank is ready to use!
Step 7: Completed DIY Etch Tank
Now you have a great working printed circut board etch tank. Having the bubbles makes a huge difference in the time it takes to etch a PCB. You can also add a small aquarium heater if you want too!
Step 8: Drainage
I always drain my etching solution after use and keep it stored away out of reach where there can't be an accident with it! As clumsy as I am I just know leaving it sitting on my work bench in the tank I'm just asking to wear it! The elbow I installed is there for a reason and having fit nice and tight there was no need for it to be glued in so, I remove the elbow (making sure the valve is closed) and drain the tank into a tupperware container where I cant put it where it can't be spilled. I would recommend this to everyone who wants to make an etch tank.
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You should have a picture or video with a PCB inside. I have never seen or known about something like this and I an curious how it works. By the way 5 star project you have there!
thanx, it works quite well. It speeds up the etching process by about 4 times.
How well does the silicone hold up to the acid, and what type of silicone did you use?
I plan on making one of these and I don't want any leaks.
Great instructable. I have been wanting to make a tank for ages and this has given me some inspiration to do it. As an alternative to having the ball valve, perhaps a right angle bend could go there pointing up and then another piece of PVC pipe could go to the top of the tank. This would mean you have no chance of acid or other baddies coming out in the event that the pump tube came loose or disconnected and negates the need for the valve.
as for the elbow, it stays loose, fits snug in the valve so I cxan remove it to drain the tank if I want to. I can in fact point it upward, good idea!
It also makes a great looking desk accessory lol . . .you ought to light it to really kick it up a notch! Kudos


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Free home security systems for pols and AIG derivitives unit employees?
Home security was all over the news today. There were a bunch of stories yesterday about the former Ohio AG, Marc Dann, using campaign funds to pay for his $27,000 home security system. Must be a nice system. The Ohio Elections Commission decided to fine Dann $1,000 and his treasurer $250 for signing off on the security system. The story does not say whether he'll refund the $27,000 to his campaign war chest, but the story's not over yet. He's facing a bunch of other charges of using campaign funds for family trips and other unauthorized uses. Guess who else is looking for home security? The New York Times this morning reported that the guys from AIG derivatives department are looking for more security, and some have received death threats. That same story says former Merrill Lynch employees are also looking for private security.
A.I.G. employees are not the only ones seeking protection: An executive at Merrill Lynch, where bonuses have also come under fire, said that some employees had asked whether the firm would cover the cost of private security for them. Scott Silvestri, a spokesman for Bank of America, which bought Merrill in December, would not respond to that claim, but said in a statement, "The safety and security of our associates is paramount, and we will always take the appropriate steps.â€I think these guys are absolutely entitled to be protected. I also think that anyone who keeps even part of those bailout bonuses should be required to volunteer in an unemployment office. Might help them understand the anger.


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C-5 DNA methylation is an essential mechanism controlling gene expression and developmental programs in a variety of organisms. Though the role of DNA methylation has been intensively studied in mammals and Arabidopsis, little is known about the evolution of this mechanism. The chromomethylase (CMT) methyltransferase family is unique to plants and was found to be involved in DNA methylation in Arabidopsis, maize and tobacco. The moss Physcomitrella patens, a model for early terrestrial plants, harbors a single homolog of the CMT protein family designated as PpCMT. Our phylogenetic analysis suggested that the CMT family is unique to embryophytes and its earliest known member PpCMT belongs to the CMT3 subfamily. Thus, P. patens may serve as a model to study the ancient functions of the CMT3 family. We have generated a ΔPpcmt deletion mutant which demonstrated that PpCMT is essential for P. patens protonema and gametophore development and is involved in CHG methylation as demonstrated at four distinct genomic loci. PpCMT protein accumulation pattern correlated with proliferating cells and was sub-localized to the nucleus as predicted from its function. Taken together, our results suggested that CHG DNA methylation mediated by CMT has been employed early in land plant evolution to control developmental programs during both the vegetative and reproductive haploid phases along the plant life cycle.
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Three Schools - One Park -- serving the communities of Canton Township, Plymouth, Plymouth Township, Northville Township, Salem Township and Superior Township -- Plymouth-Canton Community Schools is located in the state of Michigan, U.S.A.
The Plymouth-Canton Educational Park (P-CEP), a 305 acre campus site in western Wayne County, is the home of three large comprehensive high schools—Canton, Plymouth and Salem High Schools. Completed in 2002, the buildings house 280 teachers, counselors, administrators, human services, learning specialists with a student population totaling more than 6,200 in grades nine through twelve.
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Every student will master the knowledge and skills necessary to be a productive citizen and lifelong learner. The unique environment at Plymouth-Canton Educational Park supports academic excellence, personal success and community participation.
Educational Excellence = Student Success
Intellectual growth, physical and emotional health, awareness of one's responsibility to self and to the larger community, including preparation for the world of work, are essential elements of this belief. Through the school's formal instructional programs, its specialized human and materials resources and with the commitment of students to be active participants in the learning process, the mission of P-CEP can be accomplished.
Park facilities include laboratories, practice areas and a large auditorium for the performing arts and modern laboratories for the sciences, business, life management and technology education.
Found in all three buildings are Library Media Centers and Counseling & Guidance Centers that provide all students with college and career information.
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Deadline on Tom Hollander's BAFTA Win; Tom Hiddleston Talks to Radio Times
This week, Deadline announces Tom Hollander's BAFTA win for his portrayal of Major Lance Corkoran, while Tom Hiddleston talks to Radio Times. Plus, Hollander discusses his award with Gold Derby. Read on for more:
• Deadline reports that The Night Manager's Tom Hollander won the BAFTA TV award for Best Supporting Actor.
• According to Radio Times, Tom Hiddleston reveals that Jonathan Pine "centers on the malleability of identity. The idea that somehow there is something blank and broken about Pine is something that is unique to him. That something is repressed in him from his military service, his tragic love affair."
• Speaking with Gold Derby, Tom Hollander calls The Night Manager "very visible and glamorous and, socially, very happy as well – I had a really fun time making it. And then it was received rapturously by the audience – all that is amazing and it's just gone on and on, which is unusual."
• Deadline's live BAFTA blog notes that Tom Hollander calls The Night Manager "a very happy time" in his "brief" acceptance speech.
• According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Night Manager won two BAFTA TV Craft Awards, for Editing: Fiction and Sound: Fiction.
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In The Name of God (Allah)
Most Gracious Most Merciful
Say (O Muslims): We believe in Allah (SWT) (God Almighty) and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and that which Musa (Moses) and Isa (Jesus) received, and that which the prophets received from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have surrendered.
History of ancient Lebanon
Evidence of the earliest known settlements in Lebanon was found in Byblos, which is considered to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, and date back to earlier than 5000 BC. Archaeologists discovered remnants of prehistoric huts with crushed limestone floors, primitive weapons, and burial jars left by the Neolithic and Chalcolithic fishing communities who lived on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea over 7,000 years ago.
Lebanon was the homeland of the Phoenicians, a seafaring people that spread across the Mediterranean before the rise of Cyrus the Great. After two centuries of Persian rule, Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great attacked and burned Tyre, the most prominent Phoenician city. Throughout the subsequent centuries leading up to recent times, the country became part of numerous succeeding empires, among them Persian, Assyrian, Hellenistic, Roman, Eastern Roman, Arab, Seljuk, Mamluk, Crusader, and the Ottoman Empire.
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VETERAN coach Warren Ryan called it "a try for the ages" – and it kept alive Melbourne Storm's bid to complete an unbeaten run which will be remembered for ages.
The Storm's bid for their 15th consecutive win, and edge closer to the record of 19 by the 1975 Eastern Suburbs side, looked doomed when they trailed the Warriors at AAMI Park last night 18-16 with nine minutes left.
But centre Will Chambers made a break deep in his own half and finished if off himself after a pass near halfway by Cooper Cronk after before Cameron Smith goaled from the sideline to edge the premiers back in front.
"I just saw a bit of space down there and thought I'd try my luck. I actually thought it was Billy inside but it was Cooper," Chambers said.
Billy Slater then scored a sizzling try from a scrum to make sure of it in front of a 25,480 Anzac day crowd
A thrilling first half concluded with Warriors winger Bill Tupou crossing in the corner within seconds of the siren sounding, the conversion waved away to leave the scores at 10-10.
Each side made late changes for the Anzac Day clash, Justin O'Neill coming into the centres for Melbourne's Junior Sau and the Warriors also omitting a participant in last Saturday's Tonga-Samoa Test, Glen Fisiahii.
Melbourne were the first to breach the opposition defensive line, with Slater slicing through but the Warriors big contingent in the capacity crowd roared its approval when the Aucklanders scored first.
Video referees Steve Clark and Justin Morgan had to make sure there had not been a knock-on in the air before back rower Ben Henry claimed a bomb to plunge over, with halfback Shaun Johnson adding the extras.
Storm coach Craig Bellamy would have been pleased Chambers hit back at 11 minutes but less impressed that the dual-code star ignored supports inside and out before touching down off a Cronk cutout pass.
Captain Cameron Smith converted for 6-6 and Matthew Elliott's men went on to blow chances on each side of the field when Ngani Laumape and Tupou were unable to take passes when faced with clear air.
A hit from Kevin Locke jolted the ball from Mahe Fonua's grasp just as he was about to score in the corner at 30 minutes but he soon made good on his mistake by following up his double for Tonga the previous week with another touchdown.
After Laumape spilled a Gareth Widdop bomb on one side, Fonua scrambled over on the other for 10-6.
Five-eighth Widdop executed a magnificent ankle-tap of a flying Johnson just before halftime but it was to no avail as Tupou negotiated a narrow corridor for a touchdown which could not be converted.
The deadlock was broken 13 minutes into the second half, visiting fans cheering home Johnson on a 60 metre run to the line which finished with a converted try between the posts.
Melbourne had managed just five wins from their last 11 starts against the Warriors, who had fallen to a second half collapse in their previous start against Canberra.
The Warriors' chests were briefly puffed out – but the lead was short-lived, however.
A couple of minutes later, Cronk kicked into the right corner and the Warriors defence seemed to have the bouncing Steeden well-covered.
But the kick bisected the two scrambling Aucklanders and bounced almost miraculously into the arms of Storm winger Sisa Waqa, who bagged his second try of the year.
The conversion tied the scores in an epic struggle, 16-16
Johnson's 77th minute penalty goal kicked from around 15 metres to the left of the souther posts, edged the Aucklanders in front once more.
After another superb display, Cronk gave credit to the decisive tryscorer, "We've got some speed out there and Will played fantastic tonight"
"It just comes [down] to the intensity of our training".
Warriors captain Sam Rapira remained positive despite the loss, saying "it's there for us but we keep bringing ourselves undone with silly errors".
MELBOURNE 28 (W Chambers 2 M Fonua B Slater S Waqa tries C Smith 4 goals) bt WARRIORS 18 (B Henry S Johnson B Tupou tries S Johnson 3 goals) at AAMI Park. Referees: M Cecchin/H Perenara. Crowd: 25,480.
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How to Start a Flower Garden in 3 Easy Steps
Surround your outdoor living space with color and fragrance this year by planting a new flower garden. Whether your space is a window box, a porch container, or a flower bed alongside your house, take time to plan your planting this spring for three seasons of blooms and foliage.
Before you go the the Garden Center and buy a cart full of plants, take some time to review these planting basics. Plan the flower bed, prep the soil and research the plants that will grow best in your climate. Getting it right the first time means less work and expense in the long run.
These three basics are essential for new gardeners and a timely refresher for experienced green thumbs.
Your flower garden can be as small as a window box or a container on a patio. It could be a raised garden bed or a brand new flower bed. Whatever the size, know the sunlight in your chosen location. Spend time outside and note the light and shade in the chosen spot throughout the day.
Remember that more sun equals more blooms. A south-facing flower bed that gets six hours of sunlight is ideal for drought-resistant perennials like coreopsis and coneflower. Filtered light works, too, you can just choose from a different group of plants like shade-loving hosta and heuchera.
Flower borders can be narrow or wide, from two feet up to eight feet. A wider flower border offers more opportunity to layer plants in clumps for a cottage garden look. Just be sure to build in room to maneuver when you need to prune, deadhead, or divide perennials.
Once you determine the location, amend and improve the soil before the plants go in the ground. If this is a window box or container, buy a well-draining, moisture-retentive potting mix for the best start. Raised garden beds need a special mix of organic material and nutrients. Buy a raised garden soil or mix your own from ingredients at the Garden Center.
In a flower border, remove weeds and amend the soil. If this is a new bed, put down a layer of landscape fabric to block weeds and top with six inches or more of garden soil or top soil. In an existing bed, amend the soil with composted manure before planting.
The ideal location will need adequate drainage. A swampy site is good for water-loving plants, but most perennials like dry feet. Consider, too, how you will water the garden. Is a garden hose nearby, or will you need a watering can to water by hand? An irrigation system may make things easier, and this may affect your choice of plants.
Prioritize and plan your garden according to height, color and spacing. Place taller plants and shrubs in the back, smaller plants near the front.
Consider ornamental grasses like Muhly grass and Fireworks Pennisetum to add height and structure. Use small shrubs like distylium, nandina, loropetalum, and ligustrum to anchor a flower bed and contribute evergreen interest in winter.
For help planning plant lists for your region, check out these stories:
- Perennials for Northern gardens
- Perennials for Southern gardens (including the South Texas Valley area)
- Perennials for Western gardens (including Western desert regions)
- Perennials for South Florida gardens
If you're planting a container or window box, this is the thriller, spiller, filler formula. Set the taller element near the back and fill in with colorful elements and a final fillip draping over the edge.
Plant low-maintenance, low-water perennials and annuals that will look good all season long. This is a garden, and even more than that, it's your garden. It's ever-evolving and will reward for years to come. Adding and subtracting plants is part of the process.
One way to keep it simple is to begin with a few colors and add as you go along. When you select flowers, stay within a limited color palette. Three colors is a good place to start. For example, shades of yellow, orange and red can create a monochromatic look, as can a serene selection of pinks and pale purples.
In the fall, you can add bulbs either in the ground or containers, for spring blooms. As you learn more, you may want to expand by adding edibles like kale and herbs to your flower bed. You can try growing from flowers from seed; zinnias are easy and provide a fiesta of color in the summer heat.


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In the new millennium, computers have assumed as strategic importance in this corporate world. Today there is a great demand of highly qualified IT professionals. The responsibility of an IT professional is to involve in data management, computer hardware, database and software design, management and administration of the entire system and much more. In Bachelors in computers, there are two branches of engineering i.e. Computer science and Information Technology. In computer science, we study the principles of engineering that involve in the design, engineering, development, integration and testing of a computer system at almost all levels. This branch of engineering also involves applied areas of Maths and science, electrical and electronics theory, materials engineering and programming fundamentals. On the other hand, in Information technology, we study the usage of computers and similar devices like electronic and communications for processing and distributing information by many different means. Here, we are trying to provide you some information about these engineering branches that may help you in selecting the right branch for you.
B.Tech (Computer Science) is basically a study of computers where we learn about hardware and operating systems like multitasking kernels, data buses, registers, address buses etc. On the other hand, Information technology involves in information manipulation and the business requirements.
B.Tech (computer science) concerns with the principles and concepts that are essential for the growth of IT and it is an academic study of software and hardware concepts. In B.Tech (information technology), some specific purposes may have to be studied.
With computer science, we can better understand how to solve the computer problems and information technology is the study of technology which drives information systems for business.
Computer science actually tells what is a computer and how it works whereas information technology is what and how can I do with computers?
Sharda Group of Institutions also provides B.Tech (computer science) and B.Tech (Information Technology) programs. At this institute, B.Tech (Computer science/Information Technology) 2009 admission has been started. The eligibility criteria for this program is class 12 with minimum 50% marks. The selection of a candidate will be based on Online exam (SURE)/Sharda Scholarship Carnival . The SGI Institute believes in delivering high quality education with the help of its accomplished teaching staff.


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One big part of Star Wars' appeal — for myself, and for many fans, I'd imagine — is the sheer invention and creativity seen in the films. It's the ships and models filled with details, like scorch marks on X-wings and the unique look of every lightsaber hilt. It's the costumes that blend samurai influence and 1960s comic book art, but look timeless. It's the beauty of the designs, for characters and locales both good and evil. The magic of Star Wars is how all of that comes together to create an amazing world, inspiring wonder about how it was made — and, to a greater extent, if Star Wars technology could be made real.
Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination, an exhibit currently installed at San Jose's The Tech Museum of Innovation, addresses lightspeed, droids, and all the technology from a galaxy far, far away. It also has many, many original artifacts from the entire saga on display, resulting in a hybrid movie history/future tech exploration of where art combines with science in Star Wars, and it excels at both. One exhibit looks at how a droid like R2-D2 might actually "see," and how it would be able to understand the number of people in front of it. (It converts raw data picked up from a camera into shapes, and is programmed to interpret those shapes in a very specific way. The robot on hand also has some choice pick-up lines, which is maybe more impressive.)
Another display shows Sebulba's Podracer model, which has an accompanying card explaining that its garish color scheme and huge engines were intentional design choices, meant to make it easier to pick out on the racetrack in The Phantom Menace. Nearby is an interactive lab where you're tasked to build an actual floating car; the lab explains that while Star Wars' repulsorlifts — used in Podracers — are fantasy, magnetic levitation (or maglev) is a potential technology for creating hovering vehicles in real life. Very fun, very cool stuff, and it's nice to know that maybe, someday, we might just have flying cars and craft. (Though I'd imagine traffic on the Brooklyn side of the BQE and on the Bay Bridge will still be terrible.)
As dual science/Star Wars experience, the exhibit has attracted fans for different reasons. Christopher Salcido, 39, from San Jose, came for the chance to see certain original props for the first time. "I've seen a lot of different Star Wars exhibits all over the place," he says, "but I don't think I've seen the landspeeder that close. I enjoy the detail. You look at all the models, you think of all the kit-bashing that went into making them way back, it's really cool. I think that anyone who has a chance to come check out the exhibit should."
But does getting so close to what was seen on screen run the risk of ruining the illusion of the films? It doesn't seem so. "It makes me more of a fan," says Gregory Parks, 31, from San Jose. "I like to be able to see where they start from. When you see the landspeeder in person, and you see it with wheels, you realize they had to delete them. How did they do that? That's really interesting."
For longtime fans, the various displays offer lots of surprises. Parks was particularly impressed with the models from the prequel trilogy, not having realized that those films — known for their CGI — even used practical effects. The exhibit features Podracer models, droidekas, C-3PO's "naked" form puppet from Episode I, Queen Amidala's various costumes, and lots more.
"I thought it was pretty awesome," Parks says. "There's a lot of stuff I haven't seen before. The models look amazing, and I love the way they incorporated showing the real technology that goes along with it. It makes Star Wars more accessible, and sparks people's imaginations to say, 'This is what we have in the movies. This is what we have now. How do we make those things come together?'"
That's the question posed at Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination. And hopefully, it inspires someone to make a real landspeeder or speeder bike. I know I'd love one, even if traffic still exists in the future.
Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination runs until Sunday, February 23, 2014.
Photos by Jennifer Giarratana Brooks.
Dan Brooks is Lucasfilm's senior content writer, and spends his days writing stuff for and around StarWars.com. He loves Star Wars, ELO, and the New York Rangers, Jets, and Yankees. Follow him on Twitter @dan_brooks where he rants about all these things.


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In case the Asus-made Google Nexus 7 does not meet all your tablet needs – with screen size being one possible issue for the only Jelly Bean-running tablet in the world so far – then you may be interested in different Android offerings from Asus.
One such device is the Transformer Pad Infinity TF700, and the tablet is available for sale from Amazon right now, in various colors and capacities – well, okay, just two colors and two memory capacities are available right now, as follows:
- 32GB Transformer Pad TF700 in Gray – retails for $499 and ships in 3-4 weeks
- 32GB Transformer Pad TF700 in Champagne – retails for $499 and ships in 1-2 months
- 64GB Transformer Pad TF700 in Gray – retails for $599 and ships in 3-4 weeks
- 64GB Transformer Pad TF700 in Champagne – retails for $499 and ships in 1-2 months
In case you need a quick reminder on what the device is ready to offer you, we'll remind you that the Transformer Pad Infinity TF700 packs a 10.1-inch touchscreen display with a 1920 x 1200 resolution, 1.6GHz quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor, 1GB of RAM, 32/64GB memory, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, 8-megapixel camera, 2-megapixel front-facing camera, HDMI support, microSD card slot and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
Unfortunately for you, we have no idea when the device will receive its Jelly Bean update, but we'll keep you in the loop.
In addition to the four Transformer Pad Infinity models, Amazon also lists two keyboard docks that work with the tablet – both of them retail for $149.99 and ship in 1-2 months. The docks come either in Gray or Champagne to match your chosen tablet color.
Are you buying a Transformer Pad Infinity TF700 or an Asus Nexus 7?
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Research Thrusts
The Guam Ecosystems Collaboratorium (GEC), funded by a $6M Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) grant from the National Science Foundation, was formed in 2015 following the aftermath of the island's largest coral bleaching event on record. During the bleaching event, University of Guam Marine Laboratory scientists noted a difference in bleaching susceptibility among the affected corals. Today, GEC researchers seek to understand what accounts for the differences by studying the genetics of Guam's coral species and the physical oceanography of the island's marine habitats. This insight will ultimately inform local, regional, and global coral research, which the GEC aims to share through the creation of a GEC Biorepository.
Pago Bay Overlook.
· Guam Ecosystems Collaboratorium Biorepository
· Coral Genetics
· Coastal Oceanography
Guam EPSCoR Field Research Sites
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number OIA-1457769.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.


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So awesome right? I really can't believe my first time attempt worked! Here they are before...I can see why they got passed up. They had big, disproportionate "vintage" laminate tops.
After I unscrewed the top from the base, they already looked better.
I thought about buying round wooden tops for them. Those would have cost me about $7 a piece which isn't a huge deal but I knew that if I wanted them to live outside, the wood wouldn't stand up to the test of time. So then I thought... Aha! CONCRETE. I also thought, I have no idea how that works...
Turns out, it's pretty darn easy. You just need patience...Which I also don't know much about.. Anyway, I jumped on Pinterest and quickly found this easy tutorial from The Casual Craftlete.
Look at that cute table! For her table top, she just poured and mixed her concrete right into a 5 gallon bucket and let it set up in the bucket. I love a good one pot recipe so this was the tutorial for me. I bought spray paint and a bucket. Then, I was actually looking for the concrete she suggested but I asked the Lowe's lady and she suggested this Quickcrete No. 1004 quick-setting concrete mix. I don't know what's better or worse but it worked for me...
First, I sprayed the bases this amazing turquoise color. It's Valspar Primer + Paint in "moonlit surf". Sounds dreamy huh?
If you follow me on Instagram, you saw this pic that I posted a couple weeks ago. I think I might have said something about everyone needing giant pineapples in their lives...I still believe this to be true.
I knew these tops wouldn't be big but I did want to reinforce them somehow so I reused this little circular piece that was hiding underneath the laminate top. (don't mind the beautiful chalk art in the background)
I poured the concrete mix to the depth that the table needed to be. Added water with my good ole watering can and mixed it with a stick.
I tapped the side of the bucket for a while to get air bubbles out. Turned the pineapple upside down
I even leveled the tables to make sure they'd dry straight. I think my husband would be proud of me for that detail. Honey, make sure to commend me. ; )
And here it sat....actually, confession, I messed with the first one WAY before I should have. I should have left it for at least 24 hours but I told you, patience with this kind of stuff is not my strong suit. I let the first one sit upside down on the garage floor while I began the other table. Was more patient with the second table and then let them both sit for a few more days.
Ta-dah! I LOVE THEM!
The other? I think I'll use in the back yard for water with a silly straw.
I just love the way they turned out. They are so funky and I'm so glad I didn't use an obvious/ traditional option for the top. Plus, they cost me $10 and I have tons of concrete left over AND a perfectly good bucket.
And just to prove that they both survived, here they are together. The pot of the left was painted by my crafter-in-training, Nickerbean 1.
Maybe you don't exactly have large pineapples to make tops for but think outside the box, is there anything you could repurpose with a concrete top? If you do, let me know! Thanks for reading, friends.
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1. Magic JohnsonDiagnosed in 1991, his story was one that hit home for many Americans. He showed the world this wasn't just a "gay" problem and that it needed to be addressed as quickly as possible.
2. Greg LouganisDiagnosed in 1988, he has been an outspoken ambassador for HIV and AIDS awareness.
3. Viktor LunaThe fashion designer was first diagnosed in 2006, but did not go public with the diagnosis until 2013.
4. Jim J. BullockFirst diagnosed in 1985, he has now lived for 30 years with HIV.
5. Jerry HermanThe Broadway composer (who wrote the score for "Hello, Dolly!") was also diagnosed in 1985. He likes being an example to show that people can live a long life with the disease.
The "Who's the Boss" star was diagnosed in 2003. He claims he caught HIV orally.
6. Danny Pintauro
7. Andy BellThe Erasure frontman was diagnosed in 1995.
8. Chuck PanozzoThe Styx bassist was diagnosed in 1991. He still tours with the band and doesn't miss a show.
9. Andrew SullivanThe blogger was diagnosed in 1996. He has been an advocate for the HIV community.
10. Holly JohnsonThe singer was diagnosed in 1991. He says that he has lost many friends to the disease, so his life is a testament to their memory.


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Silly Wizard was a Scottish folk band formed in 1970 in Edinburgh. The founding members were Gordon Jones, Johnny Cunningham and Bob Thomas.Thomas credited the name "Silly Wizard" to a roommate who was writing a book of children's stories, and the group first performed under that name in the summer of 1972.
With the additions of Andy M. Stewart as lead vocalist (and composer of classic songs like Queen of Argyll and Ramblin' Rover), Johnny's brother Phil Cunningham on accordion and Alastair Donaldson on bass, the group recorded their first album – Silly Wizard.
Silly Wizard played a variety of Scottish folk music – jigs, reels, and airs along with original tunes and songs. "Contemporary music that is firmly based in tradition," was how one reviewer put it.
Stewart told Dirty Linen Magazine in 1991, "I think that it's the general love of traditional music, interest in songs, and interest in things, not just Scottish music; certainly a big interest in Irish music and songs, which accounts for my interest, I think, across the board…"
Dougie MacLean, who had once been in a band with Andy Stewart, was a member of Silly Wizard for about six months, contributing to their fourth album, Wild & Beautiful.
They continued touring and recording until the late 1980s, weathering numerous personnel changes, when the band decided to dissolve after performing for seventeen years and releasing nine albums.
In December 2012, Silly Wizard was inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame, and a remastered album of a 1983 concert in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Live Again, has just been released.


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Definition of Cusp:
Seaward bulge, approximately parabolic in shape, in the beach contours. May occur singly, in the lee of an offshore bulk or island, or as one of a number of similar, approximately regularly-spaced features on a long straight beach.[1].
This is the common definition for Cusp, other definitions can be discussed in the article
- ↑ CIRIA (1996). Beach management manual. CIRIA Report 153.