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I'm probably the last person on Earth who would willingly give up my personal information to a marketing or advertising company. Would it surprise you to know that using Swagbucks changed my mind?
Well, maybe not completely. Swagbucks is an interesting way you can earn some moola on the Internet, and the cool thing about it is that you don't really have to change your usual habits while using the Internet, you just need to alter where you go to use it. Areas where you can turn your online actions into financial rewards includes web searching, watching videos, shopping, and more.
Signing Up and Earning Points
The moment you sign up with Swagbucks, you immediately start accumulating points or SB. 4 SB for starters, and a few other bonus SBs if you're willing to add the "SwagButton" to your browser, or use the Swagbucks search engine as your default search engine whenever you open your browser.
The Swagbucks search tool is powered by Yahoo!, and the search results are formatted pretty much how you'd expect to see them if you were using Yahoo! as your search engine – so you're using a high quality search tool here.
Also, the points (SB) will pop up under your search query, at seemingly random intervals.
So really it's like playing a lottery. Every time you run a search, you're submitting an entry to get points, and if you're lucky you'll land a winning search. I've seen this message pop up after 4 searches, and after 20 searches, so it's hard to see any pattern. However, considering how long it would take to accumulate 1-4 SB by doing things like watching videos or taking surveys, this is a fantastic way to accumulate points, especially if you use search a lot anyway.
The SwagButton allows you to easily earn SB when shopping online, plus a few other benefits. Couple things to keep in mind here, just so you know what you're getting into: If you do add the SwagButton, pay careful attention to the permissions that you're providing to the Chrome add-on How To Install Chrome Extensions Manually Google recently decided to disable the installation of Chrome extensions from third-party websites, but some users still want to install these extensions. Here's how to do it. Read More . You are essentially volunteering yourself Placing an Ad for Free? Affiliate Programs Don't Always Work Read More to marketers to measure online preferences and habits of people within your demographic.
Honestly, there's nothing terribly dangerous about doing this if you like to be a part of what drives online advertising and product development, but if you do consider your browsing history or data that you copy and paste to contain sensitive or private information 6 Books About Online Privacy & Security You Need to Read As online privacy and security continue to be spicy hot topics, a whole range of high quality books are being written on the subject. Here are just six we recommend you read. Read More , then you may want to forgo installing this add-on. It's completely up to you, and not required in order to use Swagbucks.
Get Paid to Watch Videos
The first area of Swagbucks that I was personally most interested in was "Watch", which is basically an area where you can click on video playlists to watch. If you watch all of the videos, then you get a certain number of points.
For example, I watched 17 news headline videos – things that I'd normally be interested in watching on YouTube anyway – and earned 4 SB.
To put this in perspective, about 100 SB are the equivalent of $1. Each of these videos took just under a minute to watch, so the total time to watch all of these videos was roughly 17 minutes.
The good thing is that the playlists play on their own, so if you use two screens, you can actually set up a playlist to run while you're doing other work while watching the news or whatever other playlists you're interested in.
There are also plenty of categories to choose from, so there are likely to be videos that you'll enjoy watching anyway.
My only complaint here is how hard it'll be to earn much money. If you try to do so just watching videos, in order to earn a $50 gift card, you'd have to watch a 4 SB playlist 1,250 times. I'm actually not sure there are even that many videos on Swagbucks to watch.
So, obviously you can't do everything in the videos section. It's good for earning a few cents doing things you enjoy doing online anyway, but the real money to be earned on Swagbucks is elsewhere.
Make Money Taking Surveys
Case in point, taking surveys. This is a whole different ballgame. You could spend the same amount of time it took to watch 17 one-minute videos, to instead take a single survey that can pay out anywhere from 20 to 300 or more SB. Now you're talking about being able to earn actual dollars rather than pennies, with an investment of your time.
However, there are still some considerations to keep in mind in this area as well. The "Gold Surveys" are the best ones to take. They appear to be tailored toward your demographics when you registered your account, so you're more likely to actually earn the SB amount that's promised when you take them.
You'll notice though, that there are different types of surveys along the left navigation bar, Gold Surveys, Partner Surveys, Peanut Labs Surveys, Polls and Tasks.
I personally tested taking 5 Partner Surveys, spending about 10-15 minutes on each one. In every case, after answering at least half a dozen to a dozen demographic questions about my age, gender, occupation and interests, I received an "Over Quota" warning.
You do get 1 SB every time this happens, but that's little consolation for wasting 5-10 minutes on a survey that ultimately didn't pay out what it promised. If I were to use Swagbucks over the long term (which I am planning to do), I would avoid Partner Surveys until they've done a better job only offering surveys that are not already over-quota for your specific demographic (which is already collected as part of your profile anyway).
The areas that I do think are worth your time are the Polls, where you can just answer some fun questions and accumulate points quickly.
And definitely the Gold Surveys. These are a bit more time intensive, and you'll find that you have to answer the same demographics questions (age, gender, occupation) over and over again, but the "Time to Complete" estimates are pretty accurate. The payouts here also seem very fair – 20 to 300 SB for 10 to 30 minutes of your time equates to up to $2 or $3 for half an hour just answering some fun questions about your purchasing habits and activities.
Gold Surveys are probably the best activity in Swagbucks to take part in if you don't want to actually have to invest any of your own money in order to receive rewards. This is a direct payout for your time.
Peanut Labs Surveys are a mix and match of activities and sign-up options where you can also build up a lot of points, but in this case most of the activities involve "signing up" for things like magazine subscriptions, free recipes, coupons or more.
The trade-off that you're making here is that in order to get some really good deals, you have to share more of your personal information than just demographics. You actually have to provide your home address and phone numbers.
You may be fine with this, or you might consider doing what many people do and put together a unique mailing address, phone number and email address just for the purposes of taking part in these promotions. The benefit of this is that you can take part in all of these promotions without littering your mailbox, getting email spam, and getting constant cold calls from marketers.
Discover Cool Stuff and Get Points
Another area of Swagbucks to explore is Discover in the navigation bar. Here's variety of offers and activities to explore for a variety of SB rewards.
An interesting area is the Mobile Apps category, where you can get points for installing and using a variety of apps on your mobile device. In most cases you get points for purchasing and installing an app, but there are a few free apps that you can install for points as well.
Under the Discover section, there are also Printable Coupons, an area that I highly recommend. If you think about it, by printing and using the rewards in this area, you're basically getting rewarded with points for simply printing coupons and saving money How To Start Saving Money And Stop Spending With 4 Easy Habits One of the top new year resolutions on many people's lists is to spend less and save more. It's easier said than done, but you can still rely on several apps and tools to help... Read More . You're getting paid to save money!
You won't get bored in the Discover area, with free trials, charity contributions and of course a large area for shopping, where you'll find discounts and deals off stuff you'd probably end up buying anyway – so it only makes sense to save money and get points in the process!
Cash In On Your Points
One thing I will say is that no matter what method you choose to accumulate points as you use the Internet, cashing in on them couldn't be easier (or more rewarding) — just check out some of the big name gift cards you can order.
There are Amazon and eBay gift cards, cards for various big brands, or shopping centers like Sam's Club. Or, if you can't decide on a specific card, you can always go for a VISA gift credit card that you can use anywhere in place of cash.
Truthfully, cashing in on big gift cards will take time. It isn't easy to earn a ton of money, but it isn't really impossible either – especially if you make using Swagbucks a regular part of your Internet experience, from searching the web and watching videos, to taking fun surveys and shopping.
Give Swagbucks a try and let us know what you think. Did you find it hard to earn a lot of cash, or did you have so much fun you earned a big value gift card before you even knew it? Let us know what you think in the comments section below!
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One of the problems with choosing a sanctimonious corporate motto like the one above (which may be loosely derived from the Hippocratic Oath) is that it opens you up to charges of hypocrisy when you inevitably fall short. After years of fudging the oath to comply with the dictates of the Chinese security state Google pulled back to a chorus of applause. Now in one stroke Google has squandered that goodwill with its disastrous launch of Google Buzz.
The arrogance of the implementation of Google Buzz is breathtaking. New users of Google Buzz found that Google preselected a list of contacts based on the people with whom they communicated with the most on Google mail and chat. See link. Also see here. Did the testers for the product not see the obvious flaw in the procedure and how Google's presumptuousness was likely to piss off people? Privacy concerns with social networking sites are hardly new. Its only been a couple of months since there was a brouhaha about Facebook's new options to reset privacy settings. See link. For suggestions to enhance your privacy on Facebook see here.
An example of the privacy maelstrom Google kicked up see this expletive laden blogpost from a blog dedicated to women's violence issues (the blog itself appears to be offline). Also as Evgeny Morozov in Foreign Policy points out Google's new system could be manna from heaven for authoritarian regimes hunting down dissenters. See link.
With Google's Orkut not having a huge following in the United States, Google appears to have tried to jump start its new networking tool to allow it to catch up with Facebook and others. See link. Google is right in how tedious it is to populate a new list of friends on a new social network. The proliferation of these sites makes it very difficult to follow all of them and most users trim the amount of sites they follow. But Google should still have given people the choice whether they wanted to toss their privacy to the winds (something Facebook in its pursuit of Twitter and a positive revenue stream needs to remember as well). The brouhaha makes me glad that logistical reasons prevented me from switching my primary email use to my gmail account a few years ago.
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I have personally checked Gmail Buzz for security flaws. THe onl address you see with Buzz are the people you already have in your address book.
You cannot look someone elses Email address up even if that person is a follower of someone following. You can only see the name.
The whole complaint of Buzz allowing people to look up everyones email is nothing but jumping the gun by many experts.

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My son's 4-H club worked on Mother's Day crafts at their meeting last Sunday.
Silk was pre-sewn into approximately 4x6" rectangular sacks with an inch gap opening in the corner. The children then spooned flaxseed (infused with lavender water from spray bottle) into the sacks.
Needles were double threaded pre-knotted in matching colors.
The children, with some help, whip stitched the inch gap to close off the pillow to complete the project.
Mom can enjoy her new lavender scented eye pillow with her feet up and Dad and the kids cleaning the house and making dinner. (hint hint)
The second project is a picture or recipe holder.
Multiple colors of pre-cut 12 gauge aluminum craft wire and a collection of large hole colorful beads were provided for the children to choose. The children bent the wire using pliers or strong hands.
Wide circle bases looped up to a small spiral at the top with a variety of beads through out the piece.
The children drew notes to mom on note cards to be tucked into the the spiral as part of the gift presentation.
This cute little craft can be used to display a photo or a recipe card.
4-H is a wonderful youth program for children ages 5-19. I was a member of the Rolling Hills 4-H club in L.A. County from the age of 10 - 18. It gave me confidence in public speaking, knowledge about leadership and taught me the responsibility of community service. Daylene Moss, leader of the Pinion Pines 4-H club here in Reno also teaches art camps over summer vacation.


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When I first heard about this book, I contacted Julie to see if I could interview her. After reading A Passion Most Pure, I can hardly wait for the sequel.
Welcome, Julie. Tell us how much of yourself you write into your characters.
Probably more than I should! :-) There's definitely a part of my personality in each of the three sisters in the series. Faith, the sister heroine of A Passion Most Pure, is my spiritual self. Faith has an intimate relationship with God—she talks and prays to Him as naturally as if He is her best friend, but she gets angry with Him too. You might say she (and I) are emotionally engaged with the God of the Universe—we laugh with Him, tear up at His goodness to us, and worship Him with all of our hearts.
Charity, the sister heroine of Book 2, is my rebellious and "passionate" self, before I came to the Lord. I was a wild child of the seventies, you know, like so many of us. Thank heavens that Jesus got a hold of me (as he does Charity in Book 2)!
Lizzie (or Beth), the sister heroine of Book 3 is my dreamer self. Lizzie is a bookworm bent on fairytale romance, just like I used to be as a little girl, sneaking downstairs to watch romantic movies after my parents went to bed. In her story, Lizzie has to learn (just like I did) that true romance, the kind that really satisfies, comes from following God's precepts, not the world's.
What is the quirkiest thing you have ever done?
Mmm … there's so many things I could say! I guess one of my quirky tendencies is that I lay out in the sun—in as low as 45-degree weather!! You see, I've had a skin condition since I have been a little girl, and it needs sunlight. I actually had someone take a picture of me in my twenties because they couldn't believe I was lying out on a blanket next to a patch of snow! For me, the sun is so therapeutic, both physically and mentally, that I still lay out in my driveway today while listening to oldies. Only now … ahem … since I AM an "oldie," I make darn sure I park both my car and my husband's to block me from the street and the neighbors. Oh, and I also wait until the temperature gets a wee bit higher than 45 … say 60 or so. :-)
You need the sun, and the sun causes skin cancers on my husband. We are all so different. When did you first discover that you were a writer?
Oh, from the moment I read Gone With the Wind! That amazing book inspired me to begin my own novel at the age of 12, a 150-page, single-spaced manuscript that is actually the basis for my debut novel, A Passion Most Pure. In fact, I was so hooked on romance after reading GWTW, that when I was in high school, I actually dressed up as a nun to go to a free showing of GWTW for the local religious and clergy. One of my friends had a sister in the convent, so she loaned us novice habits and off we went! I sat there mesmerized, shoving free popcorn into my mouth as I watched the tug-o-war between Rhett and Scarlett. It was one of the most fun times of my teens … until we ran into the nuns from our high school! Whew, we got into trouble … but it was soooo worth it (at least at the time!).
Tell us the range of the kinds of books you enjoy reading.
Oh, I'm pretty set in my ways, meaning I read mostly romance, although a good mystery can lure me away now and then. I'm more of a "Calgon, take me away" type of writer/reader rather than "slice of life," so I read more romance than women's fiction. But there are a number of women's fiction writers I do love (i.e. Francine Rivers, Deb Raney, to mention a few) and one of my all-time favorite books is To Kill a Mockingbird (not a shred of romance in there!). But most of my reading is Inspirational romance/fiction. Oh, and a rare nonfiction book here and there, although I have to admit, I usually have trouble getting all the way through. Sigh.
What other books have you written, whether published or not?
Only the three in The Daughters of Boston series: Book 1—A Passion Most Pure, Book 2—A Passion Redeemed, and Book 3—working title A Passion Denied.
How do you keep your sanity in our run, run, run world?
I RUN … not walk … to the throne of God! He is my high tower, my place of refuge in ANY storm, be it professional or personal. For me, He has never been a last resort, but the FIRST thing I do when life's hurried pace overwhelms me. A good example is a story on my Web site about when a doctor told us he thought our college-age son had cancer. Now I am a wired individual under the best of circumstances, so this had the potential to fell me like a tree. But I sprinted to God faster than Jackie Joyner Kersee going for the gold, and the prize was God's peace. You can read the steps I took in maintaining my sanity at http://julielessman.com/from-the-heart/.
How do you choose your characters' names?
Mostly, I just go with what feels right. For instance, in the original manuscript I wrote at the age of 12, the heroine's name was Faith O'Connor, just like in A Passion Most Pure (which, of course, is based on that early manuscript). Of course, I wasn't a girl of "faith" then, so I'm not sure why I named her that, but I did. Ironically, it suits her perfectly in A Passion Most Pure because she is the consummate woman of "faith."
Both of her parents' names, Marcy and Patrick, were also from that early manuscript, but I renamed Faith's rival sister, Charity, and the bad-boy hero, Collin, because there names were … are you ready?? Del, short for "Delatha," and "Bart." Don't even ask me what I was thinking at the age of 12 except that I do remember liking the TV show Maverick, which featured a handsome character named Bart Maverick. I chose Charity's name because Faith had a twin named "Hope" who died at the age of 9, and I was going for "Faith, Hope and Charity." And Collin's name, pure and simple, came from a listing of Irish male names.
What is the accomplishment that you are most proud of?
Professionally, that would be the third book in the Daughters of Boston series, (working title A Passion Denied). It was difficult to write for a number of reasons. First of all, I hit the wall on this book because I was reading another author whose incredible talent made me feel like I wanted to puke on my keyboard whenever I read my own writing. :-) And secondly, because I was attempting not only to tell a very complicated and dark love story about the third daughter, but also weaving in second-tier stories about the parents and each of the other daughters.
Whenever I read a first book in a series, I generally fall in love with the hero and heroine and don't want to say goodbye to them. So in my Daughters of Boston series, each book continues to grow and becomes more complicated and layered. As a result, I worried that book 3 would end up seeming like a bunch of disjointed stories, but everyone who has read it so far (quick prayer here!) says it's seamless and the best of the three books. So I'm very proud of that accomplishment.
If you were an animal, which one would you be, and why?
You mean an animal that describes my nature best? Well, I'd love to say a sweet-natured golden retriever, but then a bolt of lightning would singe my computer! You stumped me on this one, Lena, so I just called my husband to ask him, and he immediately said "pit bull." After I hung up on him :-) and he called back, he said "a shark" because I never stop moving. Mmm … I think I would have to go with a hummingbird, though, because I do everything fast—eat, talk, brush my teeth, drive, you name it. And I have been known to sip some red nectar on occasion! :-)
What is your favorite food?
Hands-down, turkey and dressing! Second favorite food: Spanish rice.
What is the problem with writing that was your greatest roadblock, and how did you overcome it?
For me, it was definitely a "Nike" thing—just do it! It took me almost forty years to sit down and finish what I started after Gone With the Wind impacted me at the age of 12. But it finally happened when God inspired me in a beauty shop. I was waiting for a haircut while reading a Newsweek 2001 cover article about Christian books, movies and music. It said they were on the threshold of exploding, and my heart jumped. Something in my spirit said, "It's time to write your book," and the pull was SO strong, that I started writing A Passion Most Pure one month later. From the moment that I wrote the first line, all roadblocks were gone, and I was off and running into the world of the O'Connors!
What advice would you give to an author just starting out?
Basically the same advice that published authors gave to me:
1.) Join ACFW, FHL and RWA, both to get connected with other like-minded writers and to learn a lot about your craft.
2.) Take a fiction-writing class or attend a writing seminar or conference.
3.) Join a critique group.
4.) Purchase and study writing books such as Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King or Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maas, AND invest in a great thesaurus such as The Synonym Finder by Rodale Press (my writer's bible!!).
5.) Go for an agent first, publisher second.
6.) Then pray your heart out and put it in God's hands.
Very good advice.
What would you like to tell us about the featured book?
That this story is basically a love letter from me to my God, who took me from the darkness into His incredible light. Jesus Christ transformed a hard, cynical agnostic (like Charity, the rival sister in A Passion Most Pure) into a person of joy and hope and love (like Faith, the heroine). This is a story I will never tire of telling, and hope to continue to do so in all the books I am privileged to write.
How can readers find you on the Internet?
Thanks for asking, Lena! Visitors can find me at http://www.julielessman.com/ or at The Seekers group blog at http://seekerville.blogspot.com/. In the next few months, I plan to have a newsletter that will be e-mailed to anyone who signs up on my Web site. It will keep readers updated on the progress of my books and their release dates, plus all the fun things that go on such as title selection, promotion and cover design. YOWZA, wait till you get a glimpse of the male cover model for Book 2—guaranteed to make this book sprout wings and fly off the shelves! :-).
Thanks so much, Lena, for hosting me on your Web site. I had fun, and I hope your readers do too!
Thank you, Julie for spending this time with us. I can hardly wait for the next book to release.
Readers, you won't want to miss this one. Leave a comment for a chance to win a copy, but if you don't win, get your hands on one as quickly as you can. The book is a really good read with lots of layers and lots of depth as well as lots of romance.


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Saturday, April 30, 2011
A commission for my awesome hockey-loving pal, Yen_san. ♥
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Sunday, April 24, 2011
Papercut Magazine Design
A few sketches and a quick color study for a collaboration project Nicole, Meg, Erica, and I are working on.
Erica, Meg and I created designs based on a mood board Nicole sent each of us, then Meg lovingly sewed (from scratch!) all three of the outfits that each of us designed. Afterwards Nicole picked models and scouted a location to photograph everything in. The final product will be featured in Papercut Magazine sometime soon; I can't wait to see the results!
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Ventuz powers Live Medal Count for VOLKSWAGEN Group Russia at Sochi Winter Olympics
|Date: 28th April 2014, Location: Russia, Sochi, Event: Events, Live Medal Count, Winter Olympics
|Agency: Luxoom, Customer: VOLKSWAGEN
|Technology: Data Visualization, Video Wall
The medal count presents one of the essentials for both Winter Olympics and Paralympics and always assures worldwide media and public frenzy.
The athletes' and countries' competition to score one of the top five ranks was converted by VOLKSWAGEN Group Russia into an exciting interactive show combining impressive design, live data feed and dynamic real-time content as well as a powerful dance show with up to sixty dancers on five floor levels in front of the LED. Additionally, highlights of the day were displayed in between shows showing the names of medal-winning athletes, live tickers and facebook comments.
The digital content for this extraordinary show was created and developed by Luxoom Medienprojekte GmbH in cooperation with Avantgarde Munich using Ventuz as their programming tool of choice for all live data feed integration.
Luxoom Medienprojekte GmbH decided to use Ventuz due to the software's easy process of adjusting animations with short reaction time. "When dancers, music and content have to work together, timing is essential", said Tobias Sievers, Creative Director of Luxoom Medienprojekte GmbH. "With Ventuz we had complete freedom until the last days before the big kick-off, which was very important in order to create a perfect show."


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Under the Radar Conference – May 22-23 in San Francisco: Get the Early Bird price (limited # of tickets available!) >>> http://undertheradar.eventbrite.com/
The Consumerization of IT
People are accustomed to using their beautifully designed and easy-to-use productivity tools in their everyday life. As employees, they have the same expectation for their experience in their work environment. Enterprises are now embracing this change and allowing employees to bring their own devices to work (BYOD) and to adopt low-cost SAAS-based solutions, saving substantial costs in the IT department but rendering concerns around security and compliance.
The opportunity is for the companies who can couple simplicity, good design, ease-of-use, and speed with enterprise-level security and compliance. These enterprise products will benefit both the CIO and CMO in delivering a flawless experience for both the employee and the company. Smart startups that have met this challenge will be presenting at Under the Radar: The Consumerization of IT.
Right now Under the Radar is calling for companies (http://www.undertheradarblog.com/nominate-to-present/) to apply who specialize in the Cloud, SaaS, infrastructure, security, mobile, Big Data, BYOD, Developer and Enabling Tools.
Under the Radar is Silicon Valley's most effective business development conference. While it is NOT a funding event, in the past three years alone, 68% of presenters have gone on to raise major funding and/or be acquired by companies such as Google, Yahoo!, Cisco, BT, Microsoft, Twitter, Fox Interactive, and others. It's inevitable with so many dealmakers in one room.
HOW UNDER THE RADAR WORKS: A handful of the industry's most compelling startups are selected to present to experts and technology executives who are specifically looking to partner with and acquire new technologies. For the sake of making it fun for all attendees and participants – it's rolled out "American Idol" style. See the presenting companies and judges below. Alumni include LinkedIn, Box.net, Wufoo, Tungle, and hundreds more. http://www.undertheradarblog.com/
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Puttanesca is one of the most characteristic recipes of the Italian gastronomic tradition. The cities that compete for it are two, Naples and Rome. It is a sauce made from tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, black Gaeta olives, capers and oregano. In the Roman version the salted anchovies are added. For the Capital, in fact, it is […]Read more
The Arrabbiata Sauce is a typically Roman sauce. Born from the combination of simple ingredients, like fresh tomatoes, oil, garlic, chilli and pecorino cheese, the arrabbiata sauce is one of the specialties of the Roman and Lazio cuisine. Its explosive taste, mainly due to the use of chilli, triggers an immediate redness on the face […]Read more
We all know what photography is and just for the sake oftrying we got closer to this form of art. Literally the word comes from two Greek terms: phos (photo) and graphis (spelling). So in some ways the hidden meaning of the word photography is to write with light. After all, light is the fundamental element […]Read more
The artichokes are a complex vegetable. Many poets have spoken and extolled its praises. With the words of Pablo Neruda in his Ode al carciofo we find a precise description: "The tender-hearted artichoke was dressed as a warrior". The artichokes are a vegetable with a unique shape, extremely generous. It can be cooked in many [...]Read more
Gnocchi are one of the most popular dishes in the world, prepared in all the regions of Italy with the usual small differences. They are a very simple dish and they could be combined with any type of seasoning. In Rome they are one of the most served dishes along with Amatriciana and Carbonara. Due to […]Read more
Polpette are one of those dishes that accompany the life of an Italian from childhood to adulthood. In fact, many Italians would say that it was their grandmother who created the recipe for polpette. Depending on the city and the region, there are different kind of meatballs, flavored with several spices, with sauce or in white: […]Read more
Saltimbocca alla Romana (Roman style veal slices) are a typical dish of the Roman cuisine: tasty slices of veal with raw ham and sage with a flavor so good that they jump directly into the mouth! A quick and appetizing treat: the name probably comes from its unmistakable taste. However, the origin of this dish […]Read more
Pesto is one of the sauces of the Italian culinary tradition typical of the Liguria region, a jagged arch on the sea, cradle of aromatic herbs. The original pesto is a cold sauce made from basil and cheese, enriched with pine nuts, garlic and extra virgin olive oil. As every recipe has undergone many transformations, […]Read more
The simplicity in the kitchen always wins and the bruschetta is one of those simple dishes that are also rich in flavor and authenticity. A delicious appetizer, a poor dish that is a must in restaurants throughout Italy. The bruschetta was born as a hymn of the Tricolor, the Italian flag, thanks to the colours of the three […]Read more


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William Pittman (IAC/NMC 51-52) is a retired intellectual property lawyer. Before retirement he worked for General Electric Global Research in Schenectady, New York, where he still lives with his wife, Meme. Bill was recognized by the Joslin Diabetes Center for living with type 1 diabetes for 75 years without serious complications.
Violist Patricia McCarty (IAC/NMC 67, 69-70; UW 71-74; IAC/NMC Fac 77, 79) released two CDs on the Ashmont label. One features works by Robert Fuchs, Joachim and Dvorak, and the other features sonatas by Julius Harrison, Arthur Bliss, and Arthur Benjamin. Formerly assistant principal viola with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, she currently teaches at the Meadowmount School of Music and divides her time between upstate New York and Montana.
Tim Martyn (IAA 68-70) won the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Classical Album on January 26. The album, "Winter Morning Walks," which is a song cycle composed by Maria Schneider and performed by soprano Dawn Upshaw, the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, also won for Best Classical Vocal Solo and Best Contemporary Classical Composition.
Since July 2013, Candice Agree (IAC/NMC 70-72) has been "Chi-coastal," dividing her time between Chicago and New York City. She is host/producer at Chicago's Classical WFMT 98.7fm, where she created, hosts, and produces a new early music program called "Baroque & Before" and hosts the live concert series "First Mondays." Candice continues as off-camera announcer for CBS News "Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours," host/producer of "The Spanish Hour," and music director of "Concierto."
Kimberly (Shlain) Brooks' (IAC 79-82, IAC St 85) solo exhibition, "I Notice People Disappear," opened at ArtHouse 429 in West Palm Beach, Florida, last month. Her paintings will be featured through March 6.
Robin Zimpel-Fontaine (IAC/NMC 84-87, IAA 87-89) is a partner at the Cherundolo Law Firm, specializing in complex products liability and medical malpractice litigation. She lives in Jamesville, New York.
Morry Matson's (IAC/NMC 88) production company presented the world premiere of the first English translation of the 1902 French play "Our Two Consciences" by Paul Bourde. The semi-staged dramatic readings were performed February 28 and March 1 at Edgewater Historical Society & Museum in Chicago. Paul Bourde's most famous play, it was the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's 1953 film "I Confess."
Kate Yohay (IAC 93-96, 98-99, 02; IAC St 07-08) and Alex Walker (IAC 03-04, IAC St 05-09) were married on June 30, 2013, amongst many Interlochen alumni and friends. The wedding party included Jen Panhorst (IAC 2000, IAC St 02-08); Lydia van Hoven Stoye (IAC 92-97, IAC St 01-11), who introduced the couple and performed the ceremony; and the bride's cousin, Adam Glaser (IAC/NMC 84, IAC St 90-92), who played "Sound the Call" as the newlyweds recessed down the aisle.
Alexandra "Al" Silber (IAC 95-99, IAA 99-01, IAC St 01-02) appears in the one-woman show "Arlington" at the Vineyard Theatre in New York through March 23. She was the subject of a feature story in the New York Times Arts section on February 12.
Martha Cluver (IAC 97, IAA 97-99) is a member of the vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth, which won the Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance on January 26.
Walker Jermaine Jackson (IAC 02-04, IAA 04-05) will be singing the role of Mingo in Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" with the Princeton Festival in Princeton, New Jersey, in June.
Brody Gusar (IAC 02, IAA 02-03, IAC St 03-06) edited the film "Cheap Thrills," which will be released on March 21. He also edited "Starry Eyes," which will premiere at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas, on March 9.
Lora Lee Gayer (IAC 02-03, IAA 03-06, IAC St 06) was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for her performance as Philia in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" with the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC. Winners will be announced on April 21.
Adam Rongo's (IAA 05-06, IAC St 06-09) debut recording, "Tell Your Story," was released by D-Clef Records last fall. An alto saxophonist, Adam performs with jazz groups around New York City.
Violinist Clayton Penrose-Whitmore (IAC 05-06) and cellist Nicholas Mariscal (IAC 08-09, IAC St 11) finished second and third in the senior division of 2014 Sphinx Competition.
Mishka Hoosen (IAA 09-11) completed an MA in creative writing at Rhodes University in South Africa and will graduate in this spring with distinction. Her first book of nonfiction, "Hollow the Bones," will be published by Deep South Press this fall.
Olivia Millerschin (IAC 10-11) was nominated for an LA Music Critic Award in the rising star category and was named a "Star to Watch" by Lemonade Magazine. Her song, "Screw Valentine's Day," was heard in Kohl's stores nationwide in February. She is a student at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
Sam Woolf (IAC 12) is a finalist on season 13 of "American Idol."
Bassoonist Katie Scheerer (IAC 12-13) won the 2014 Tacoma Concert Band Student Soloist Competition.


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Amply illustrated throughout with the colour paintings of esteemed local artist Eric Leslie. Take a descriptive journey from Barnstaple to Lynton in the railways hey-day and imagine a future time when this will be a possibility again. Proceeds from the sale of this book will all go towards restoring the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway.


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Every time we walk along a beach some ancient urge disturbs us so that we find ourselves shedding shoes and garments or scavenging among seaweed and whitened timbers like the homesick refugees of a long war. . . Mostly the animals understand their roles, but man, by comparison, seems troubled by a message that, it is often said, he cannot quite remember or has gotten wrong. . . Bereft of instinct, he must search continually for meanings. . .
In a pool of sand and silt a starfish had thrust its arms up stiffly and was holding its body away from the stifling mud.
"It's still alive," I ventured.
"Yes," he said, and with a quick yet gentle movement he picked up the star and spun it over my head and far out into the sea. It sunk in a burst of spume, and the waters roared once more.
…"There are not many who come this far," I said, groping in a sudden embarrassment for words. "Do you collect?"
"Only like this," he said softly, gesturing amidst the wreckage of the shore. "And only for the living."
He stooped again, oblivious of my curiosity, and skipped another star neatly across the water.
"The stars," he said, "throw well. One can help them."
The Star Thrower is part of a sixteen page essay of the same name by Loren Eiseley (1907–1977). It was published in 1969 in The Unexpected Universe. The Star Thrower is also the title of a 1978 anthology of Eiseley's works (including the essay) which he completed shortly before his death.
Loren Eiseley has been described as the 20th century's answer to Henry David Thoreau. He writes in a thought-provoking, almost mystical style. He is a naturalist, poet, realist, existentialist, haunted mystic, evolutionary anthropologist, environmental advocate, historian, and human being.
This book is an anthology of his best work, selected from several past publications including some of his poetry. His reflections on humankind, time, evolution, the Earth, the natural world, the unknown, and even the very nature of existence itself are more powerful than the most dense scientific formulae or the most sacred tomes of Scripture. He looks at our mysterious universe with the eyes of a human being, and he looks at his own soul in the process… This is not the work of a theologian or a secularist; these are the stories of a complex human being who admits that there is far more in heaven and earth than we dream.
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By Sam Morateck and Jerry Bader
After four hours of criticism, including being called racists and a threat to safety, a conservative group was denied recognition as an official campus organization by the UW-Stevens Point student senate Thursday night. Representatives of various student organizations took to the podium to attack Turning Point USA (TPUSA). The groups argued that TPUSA isn't non-partisan as it claims, would bring radical speakers to campus and is affiliated with the alt-right. TPUSA Midwest Field Director Timon Prax forcefully rejected those characterizations in an interview Monday with Media Trackers Communications Director Jerry Bader. Prax says TPUSA's mission is to educate students about the importance of fiscal responsibility, free markets, and capitalism through innovative campus activism and non-partisan, thought provoking discussion. The organization's goal, Prax says, is to promote, free speech, capitalism and limited government:
"All we were requesting was to be recognized as an official organization on campus so that we would have access to student government funding, we would have access to reserving different rooms for meetings and different events. At the end of the day I will stand behind the statement that if Turning Point USA is recognized on campus, which we will not give this fight up anytime soon and if UW Stevens Point administrators think otherwise they are sadly mistaken, we will increase the amount of discourse on campus and we will ultimately benefit many students by being able to hear opposing viewpoints. At the end of the day people may cry and shout racist when they hear a conservative, or when they hear a libertarian, or when they hear an opposing viewpoint on campus, and that may work for them for the four years they are at college or the eight years they go for grad school, but I promise you if you try to do that once you enter the real world and when you have a job, you're going to get one thing in return and that's a pink slip."
Prax says the nature of Thursday's meeting was unprecedented in his experience:
"The people who came to that four hour session, completely unheard of in my time, my year and a half working with Turning point, only to grill and degrade Emily (local organizer Emily Strangfeld) for her viewpoint along with the other chapter members who were brave enough to show up, my major concern is this, how intolerant will these people be. Are we going to be putting ourselves in a situation where someone like Emily may be endangered on campus? Are we going to be in a situation where her grades may suffer as a result? I've had over ten students from Stevens Point reach out to me since this happened Thursday night over the weekend, and they have told me we (the students)Â are deathly afraid of being open conservatives on campus, we have to hide our beliefs all the time. Our professors will fail us, we will be ostracized by the community. I think we saw absolute evidence of that Thursday."
Prax also rejected claims that the The national TPUSA organization is affiliated with the alt-right:
"I think that's a hilarious accusation. I'll take the time to personally denounce the alt-right. We don't subject ourselves to identity politics as conservatives, I think identity politics is actually the degrading of civil discourse. The absolute advancement of identity politics, if you have a conservative view point your parents must be rich, they must be middle class, you must be white, that is the complete degradation of the American political system."
The student representatives of the conservative group at the meeting spoke against claims that this group might create an unsafe feeling on campus for certain individuals, and that they just want to create a place where they can express their views and foster open debate about these subjects:
"We do not want anyone to feel targeted, we're not going to go out and hurt people. We want to talk about these ideas because it's in our best interest of freedom that we promote capitalism, because we don't feel that socialism is a good form of government that will give us freedom."
"What we would like to do is open up a conversation to talk to people about the differences of capitalism and socialism, we want to be able to educate students about it and not just sit there and say oh this is amazing, this is how it has to be. We want to be able to open up the conversation with students and be able to talk about it civilly, we don't want to have any violence, we don't want to have any name calling, any personal harassment, we just want to be able to talk to other people about it."
If approved, the UW-Stevens Point TPUSA organization would be independent in its decision-making in accordance with the national TPUSA organization. One of those speaking in opposition was Co-chair of the Alliance for Multicultural and Diverse Organizations on Campus, saying TPUSA's presence would be a reason for students of color to be fearful on campus:
"Although in our time free speech is something important and something that we cherish, our safety as students and connectedness and feeling of inclusivity on campus is really what we came here to college for. Allowing this organization to be recognized by student government with their constitution the way that it is just shows a statement to students of color that this campus is a place that we also can still remain fearful of."
Prax rejected that notion:
"I think that's a very unique claim, we have over 350 recognized campuses across the nation, one in each of the 50 states. I would encourage them to see the campuses we are official on and see that often times we are encouraging open debate, we're having debates with opposing groups, we've debated democratic socialist clubs on campus, we've done different initiatives to encourage free speech and dialogue. I'll put it out there if anybody disagrees with my conservative viewpoint, more power to you, I would love to meet anyone who disagrees with me for coffee, and we can talk about not just the issues, we can talk about the world and how we view different things. I think that's the most powerful thing Turning Point stands for is we want to be open, we want to increase the amount of civil dialogue that is going on in our country, but clearly that hasn't been understood well by Stevens Point. Honestly I don't think they cared at all to understand anything that we stand for."
At least one speaker challenged TPUSA's claim that it is nonpartisan, because of its obvious conservative leanings. Prax contends the group can be both non-partisan and conservative:
"Absolutely, because at no point does anyone in our organization on company time go out and explicitly say I support x,y,z candidate. That's part of the wonderful things about the 501(c)(3) tax exempt status is that we are able to maintain our nonpartisan status, and our tax exempt status while being conservative. There's nothing inherently partisan about being conservative. My question really to UW-Stevens Point is, can higher education like UW-Stevens Point be tolerant of opposing viewpoints without trying to silence them. My other question is can taxpayers, and parents of student, and can donors live with the fact that UW-Stevens Point is attempting, and there are obvious attempts, to suppress conservatives on campus, can they live with that."
Prax says no liberal group has been subjected to the type of treatment TPUSA's local organizers faced:
"No absolutely not, they are actually paraded in the name of diversity, and in the name of inclusiveness to be represented communities on top of that they are actually given their own weeks on campus where they have unlimited tabling time where they can parade their posters around as much as they want in the name of diversity. University of Wisconsin Stevens point actually has a diversity and inclusiveness statement on their website. They actually broke their own statement by having a very obvious attempt to silence conservatives on campus, we're as part of this diverse student group as any other member, and just the fact that we're conservatives does not mean we are not human inherently anymore, despite as much as higher academia would want to say so. "
Prax says he has  reached out since to the dean of students among other faculty members and has yet to hear back. As for a possible appeal of the student senate decision:
"We're looking into that right now, again this whole process has been completely mind-blowing to me. It's embarrassing, I would be embarrassed to be a member of the Stevens Point community right now because of what is going on. Honest to God, Thomas Jefferson and the founding fathers, they are rolling in their grave on this attack on the first amendment."
In the meantime, Prax says the students involved with TPUSA will continue to make their presence known on campus:
"We absolutely will; it's a public university, we know our rights. We will continue to have different recruiting initiatives and ways on spreading our views on limited government, lower taxes, and free market, even if the higher administration doesn't agree with our views, and frankly is attempting to ostracize conservatives on campus. We're still going to be active."
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The Mac mini has been Apple's on-again off-again de facto low-budget desktop, but recently it hasn't received the love many have hoped for. Then for the holiday season Apple upgraded the processor, chipset, hard drive, and everything else. That includes the price. The Mac mini now starts at $499. Full stop.
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Release details for the upcoming "Wu-Tang" Foams.
Wu-Tang Foams ain't nothing to f*ck with. Seriously, I can not f*ck with this gaudy colorway but that's just IMHO. They'll surely do numbers when they officially release tomorrow, June 24th.
Built on the Wu-Tang Clan's signature hues, the Nike Air Foamposite One silhouette is draped in optic yellow, grounded by a black sole, tongue and lining.
The kicks have no official affiliation with the iconic hip hop group but the "Wu-Tang" moniker is definitely going to influence many sneakerheads to seek out a pair next week.
These definitely aren't for everyone but if you're a die hard Wu-Tang fan or if you think you can pull off the beaming yellow look, set aside $230 and be prepared for tomorrow's 10am drop.


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iWatch Concept Melds Classic Watch Looks and High Tech
An amazing new iWatch concept delivers a beautiful looking iWatch design that marries a classic watch look with the high-tech connectivity consumers expect from an Apple iWatch.
This isn't the first iWatch concept we've seen, but it is one of a few that we could see in an Apple Store or on the wrists of watch lovers and tech fans.
MacUser magazine partnered with Martin Hajek to design an iWatch that borrows from rumors, Apple patents and classic watch design.
The result is the iWatch concept below, complete with a modified version of iOS, Bluetooth connectivity and gesture controls.
MacUser explains the design of this iWatch concept to The Daily Mail, saying, "We came to the conclusion that Apple's most likely play would be to keep its watch as conventional as possible, with the feel of something classic rather than excitably innovative," according to
Read: What the Apple iWatch Could Look Like
Rather than use the iWatch slap bracelet concept like we've seen before, MacUser opted for a more traditional leather strap. If Apple were to use such a design we could see a thriving market for third-party iWatch wrist traps, similar to the craze that popped up after people decided to use the iPod Nano as a watch.
The front of this iWatch concept offers a curved glass design that almost looks like someone heated up an iPhone 5 and bent it partway around a hand. The back of the iWatch concept is not curved, but juts out. Presumably this is to provide space for the components and battery.
The iWatch design uses style similar to the iPhone 5, with a beveled edge, which allows it to look like a piece of jewelry or high fashion as well as a high-tech device. A mass-market iWatch would need to look better than some of the bulky smart watches already on the market.
When it comes to keeping the iWatch powered and using the iWatch, the team believes Apple could use motion to light up the display based on the act of lifting the hand and turning it to the face. In addition to gestures, the iWatch concept would respond to Siri Voice control and offer touch a touch screen experience. The modified version of iOS would show Tweets, weather and downloaded apps. In one concept image we see a notification for Tweetbot suggesting Notification center integration could be a key feature.
This iWatch concept relies on the iPhone's data connection and does not feature a webcam.
Rumors point to a team of 100 Apple employees working on an iWatch. If Apple is investigating an iWatch for release in 2013, these eight people likely know what it looks like, at least in an early prototype form, even if Tim Cook won't talk about it.
One report claims Apple is preparing for an iWatch release date in 2013, and that it could be more profitable than an Apple HDTV set.
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Jared Leto Doesn't Mind When People Call Him 'Queer'
Please open to page 345 in your Jared Leto Is Like So Whatever textbooks and take down the following notes on being totally cool, f'real chill, and [shrugs shoulders apathetically]. According to E! Online, The Dirtbag Jesus of Brooklyn was asked by Four Two Nine magazine if he and his brother, Shannon Leto (aka the Hot Topic version of Chaz Dean) would be verse to people defining them as 'queer', not in a sexual way but a cultural way:
Shannon: "I wouldn't care."
Brooklyn Dirtbag Jesus: "I don't think we'd care at all. We certainly identify with people who are different."
At which point, people who are different came forward to admit that they're still having trouble identifying with a rich, handsome 42-year-old Academy Award-winning actor who gets invited to Paris fashion shows and hangs out with Uncle Terry. And don't tell Beyoncé that Jared is trying to own 'queer', because she'll be super disappointed she didn't discover it first.
Here's more of His Royal Queerness proving just how relatable he is at Coachella by looking like if the Son of God was a runway model for a hipster Magnum P.I. fashion house:
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text: Golfing phenomenon Woods is one of the most recognisable athletes in the world [AFP] Tiger Woods has announced he won't be playing in the golf tournament he was supposed to host this week because of injuries sustained in a car accident that has grabbed headlines all over the world. Woods was due to be the star attraction at the Chevron World Challenge beginning on Thursday. It's a lucrative end of season invitational event that he helps to organise. But the world number one has decided he's not fit to compete, after suffering cuts to his face when his car hit a fire hydrant and a tree outside his house in Florida. By missing the event, Woods will also avoid having to face the media, which is keen to find out more details surrounding the crash and which has been maintaining a watch on his property ever since. One fellow pro also calling for full details of the incident to be released is double Major-winner John Daly. Daly had said he didn't want to know the details of the accident. But in a fresh statement in Australia on Tuesday, Daly said he should tell his story. 'Tell the truth' "The thing that Tiger needs to look at is, whatever happened, just tell the truth," said Daly, who will play the Australian Open at the New South Wales Golf Club from Thursday. He also called on Woods – who said he would not compete again until next year – to attend the Chevron event. Woods said on Monday his injuries would prevent him playing in the tournament and he would not compete again until next year. "I am extremely disappointed that I will not be at my tournament this week," Woods said on his website on Monday. "I am certain it will be an outstanding event and I'm very sorry that I can't be there." "I am extremely disappointed that I will not be at my tournament this week. I am certain it will be an outstanding event and I'm very sorry that I can't be there" World no1 Tiger Woods His decision to withdraw comes after a car crash left him with cuts and bruises when his SUV hit a fire hydrant and a tree at 0225 local time on Friday outside his home in an exclusive, gated community near Orlando. Woods was treated and released from a hospital after the accident, and has not been seen in public since. By skipping the tournament, Woods will escape having to face TV cameras and a horde of media seeking more details about the smashup. Only a few players were at Sherwood Country Club – where the tournament is being held – late on Monday afternoon. Padraig Harrington was on the golf course and didn't get word until later that the host was not going to be there. 'Not to be' "It would be a nice opportunity this time of year to go head-to-head with him, but it's not to be," the Irishman said. He said Woods' absence would be felt all week, until the back nine on Sunday when the focus probably will shift to who's winning the event – and the $1.35million prize. Though he cited injuries from the accident in withdrawing from the tournament, Woods didn't specifically say what those injuries included. A neighbour, who called 911 after Woods ran over the hydrant and hit a tree, said he was unconscious and lying on the ground outside the vehicle. His wife Elin Nordegren told police she used a golf club to smash the back windows to help him out. Woods' only public comment has been via two statements released on his website, one saying the accident was his fault alone and the second saying he was withdrawing from the tournament. The incident has caused a mass of media speculation, with unfounded allegations that Woods was attacked by his wife following press rumours that he had been spending time with nightclub hostess Rachel Uchitel. SOURCE: Al Jazeera and agencies Sport


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Dignity can not be taken away, unless we allow it to be.
Staying on my side of the centerline. This is a semi-serious story about the process of writing and other things. Wait a minute–the process is serious. A process that reflects on everyone and everything in this room.
In every boardroom, backroom, penthouse, hovel, and hacienda–it's all anyone wants to talk about today. Did you know it was worse than what everyone thought it was? I'll stay in the shallow water, as to the seedy aspects of this subject.
The resignation of this state's governor, is plastered across the headlines. Thanks goodness, former Governor Bentley, had enough dignity left to do the right thing and resign. Everyone, including myself, breathed a sigh of relief. Kay Ivey will do a good job as the new governor.
An Indian girl was alleged to have been, or not been, raised by monkeys. There should be a new time zone–called "Giraffe Standard Time." That's not as weird a suggestion, as one might think; considering someone suggested that April the Giraffe run for Alabama governor.


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This is one of those chance recipes that just click into place and become favourite. I was investigating the range of chilled puff pastry dough in Waitrose (as you do) and my recipe radar went beep when I spotted the one on the back of JUS ROL All Butter puff. Go figure:
375g JUS ROL All Butter Puff pastry
150g prawns – cooked and peeled (I used frozen tiger prawns)
2.5cm piece root ginger – peeled and finely chopped
3 medium tomatoes
small bunch of watercress – stalks removed (I used chives from my garden)
beaten egg
1 fresh chilli green or red finelly chopped
handful of petite pois
(the last two are my additions, not part of the original recipe)
Preheat over to 220C (200C for fan assisted over)/Gas 7
Divide the pastry into 4 and roll each part into a square approximately 12.5cm across
Combine the prawns, ginger, tomatoes and watercress and divide between the pastry squares, piling into the centre.
Brush the edges with beaten egg. Bring corners to the centre to meet over the filling. Pinch the parcels firmly at the corners to seal and fold back the point of the pastry from the centre to reveal the filling.
Brush pastry with egg and bake for approximately 15 minutes until pastry is risen and golden.
Having piled on more stuff than could fit the result was more flat than parcel-like. However, it was delicious and next time I will try to be less generous with the filling.
As it happened the king prawns were 20% off at Waitrose meat & deli counter, I had just the right amount of ginger left over, my tomatoes were ripe and in sufficient quantities to use them for cooking – the augaries were good and I obviously needed to make this that night. The sticky chicken I was planning to make that night could happily marinate in its juicy goodness for another day…


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After hearing countless raves about tarte's Amazonian clay 12-hour full coverage foundation, I decided I had to try it myself! In the colder, winter months I prefer a medium to full-coverage foundation to hide any blemishes, acne scaring and discoloration in my skin so just the name of the foundation caught my eye.
I found a set at Sephora that had a sample of the foundation along with the Pure Maracuja Oil and tarte's Gifted mascara so I thought this would be a more economical way of testing the foundation, while receiving a few extra goodies at the same time!
I was so happy to see the box and bag that came with the 3-piece set! The beautiful design reminds me of spring, which immediately put a smile on my face as it is dreary and cold outside today! I can't wait to put my everyday makeup essentials in the clutch-size bag to keep in my purse.
Now, on to the products included in the set.
This foundation is definitely a medium to full coverage foundation and the finish is a natural satin finish.
Look out for my First Impression post on this foundation later tomorrow as I'm wearing it throughout the morning and evening today to see how I like it.
This oil is super hydrating for the face and neck and has essential fatty acids and Vitamin C to brighten and tone skin. It is not greasy feeling whatsoever. The silver roller ball is cold to the touch so it feels soothing when applying the product!
This mascara is the first I've tried from tarte's collection and I LOVE it so far. The wand has densely packed bristles and doesn't leave my lashes clumpy at all and I found it was super lengthening as well.
Here is a demo.
Overall, I'm happy with this purchase from Sephora! Everything that came in the kit seems to live up to what it claims. As said before, check back tomorrow for my First Impression review of the Amazonian Clay 24-hour full coverage foundation.
You can find this set together at http://www.sephora.com/discover-the-amazon-3-piece-kit-P378005. It's a new addition to Sephora's site and is sold for $34.50. Everything included is originally a $68 value, so well worth the price!
You can also check out the tarte website at www.tarte.com to purchase these items individually.
I hope this helps you all out when thinking about purchasing any of the items discussed!
If you have tried any three of these products, or all, please leave a comment below and let me know what you thought about them!
See you soon, for my First Impression review tomorrow!


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I wish I could teach the dogs a little math. Maybe if they could count, they wouldn't constantly return to their bowls looking for dinner ten minutes after I just finished feeding them. Maybe if they could put two and two together, they would realize that barking while I am trying to write is not the best way to get additional treats. Sometimes I wonder how I get anything done at all with these two underfoot.
I didn't feel like cooking today so I picked up some chicken salad, potato salad, walnut grape and blue cheese salad, and Caesar salad for dinner. I wouldn't recommend an all salad meal every day, but sometimes it is exactly what is needed. I added a little sushi for variety, but didn't go near anything that required me to turn on the stove.
More of Dot's lab results came back today. The results weren't perfect, but they were a lot better than I expected. We'll have to monitor her every week for a while to make sure the new blood pressure medication is working and take her back in a month for new blood work. We still haven't decided whether to resume Dot's chemotherapy again. I guess it depends on how fast the tumor is growing. She had a bad reaction to chemotherapy the first time we tried, but maybe a much smaller dose would be OK. The good news is that she can continue eating her current food. The oncologist thought that Dot's current diet was just fine.
I made sure my cameras were functioning properly today and charged all the batteries. I'm not really looking forward to working on Saturday, but sometimes weekend jobs are unavoidable. Hopefully, I can get everything finished in time to give the dogs their evening walk. Janet has an office function in the evening, but the photoshoot couldn't possible take that long. If it were just me, I'd be done in an hour, but since there are lots of people involved, it will probably take all afternoon. Lets hope that everything goes smoothly.
Dot almost caught me by surprise several times today. I managed to get her outside both times before she pooped, but it was a close call. I've learned that you've got to watch Dot's tail. When the tail starts to twitch, you've got to get her outside in a hurry. It's a weird life when your main activities are cleaning up dog poop and watching the humidity levels. Janet went back to work because she said the isolation she felt just hanging around the house was driving her crazy. By those standards, I probably went crazy ten years ago.
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Straight Path Communications Inc. (STRP)
A Critical Look at 5G
We are short shares of Straight Path Communications Inc. Please click here to read full disclosures.
We remain short shares of Straight Path Communications. As we argued earlier this month, Straight Path is dramatically overvalued relative to the most appropriate comparable transaction: Verizon's potential future acquisition of XO Holdings' millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum. Reaching this conclusion does not require any particular skepticism about the prospects of mmWave 5G. However, some investors – apparently taking marketing fluff at face value – insist that mmWave 5G matters so much to the future of mobile networks that carriers will eagerly pay a premium for Straight Path's holdings, even when so much similar spectrum will soon be put up for auction.
This unquestioning attitude toward the industry's most ambitious claims about mmWave 5G makes little sense. 5G research and standards-writing are still in their earliest phases, and no one actually knows yet whether large-scale mmWave deployments will generate enough value to attract customers and produce acceptable returns on investment. Indeed, just last week, Verizon – the carrier that has made the loudest noises about mmWave 5G, albeit with a strong emphasis on non-mobile applications – confirmed that its efforts still amount to nothing more than "precommercial pilots," aiming to answer basic questions like "what's the cost to roll out…how many homes can you cover from any particular node, what speeds can you get." Far from committing to an aggressive build-out, Verizon's CFO was noncommittal:
[W]e'll see how those trials go. It's the same as any investment…We're going to look at the revenue opportunity we think we can get based off of the results of the tests that are underway right now and compare that with the cost.
Verizon's wait-and-see approach helps explain the structure of its spectrum deal with XO: not an outright purchase but a more cautious short-term lease coupled with an option to buy. If even the most aggressive 5G promoter in terms of rhetoric is this tentative in terms of behavior, it doesn't bode well for Straight Path's mandatory spectrum sale.
Here, as a corrective to all the uninformed 5G hype circulating in the market, we review recent independent, third-party analyses that call into question whether mmWave 5G will ever flourish commercially. This viewpoint is no short-seller's fiction; it's shared by many seasoned telecom veterans. The high costs and unclear benefits of mmWave 5G will translate to slow, patchy deployments at best, tightly circumscribing Straight Path's value. Talk is cheap, but when the time comes for carriers to open their checkbooks, reality will prevail, and the Straight Path bubble will deflate.
Q: Why is everyone talking about 5G now?
A: Because the equipment vendors want to. Honestly, that's the whole problem with our industry — they have to be real careful. I know they are hungry for business, but the trouble is they are driving the industry into the ground. We're barely recouping our investments, and now they're asking us to plow more money in there for a purpose that is not yet entirely clear. It's based on speculation about the Internet of Things, or whatever else comes along, and all this hype about speed. Please! What is the biggest growth in mobile networks? Everyone knows it's video, but can you watch a video quicker? Do you want to fast forward to view it? No you don't. You don't need that much bandwidth.
—Douglas Li, former CEO of the billion-dollar Hong Kong–based carrier SmarTone, August 31, 2015
I'm concerned that the spectrum all looks pretty horrible, and I can't see how the economics of 5G are going to look very attractive.
—Richard Feasey, telecom consultant and 25-year industry veteran, at the second Cambridge Wireless 5G debate, November 8, 2016
AT&T's Vision of Ultrafast Wireless Technology May Be a Mirage
—New York Times headline, October 26, 2016
When we released our first report on Straight Path in October 2015, 5G hype had yet to spread very widely. Today, the term "5G" is on everyone's lips, whether during quarterly earnings calls or industry events like the annual Consumer Electronics Show. Predictably, snazzy demonstrations and utopian pronouncements have edged out critical assessments. Recently, however, one industry participant has clearly set forth the limitations and shortcomings of the prospective technology in a book entitled The 5G Myth: When Vision Decoupled from Reality. The author, a telecom consultant named William Webb who previously served as head of R&D for Ofcom (the UK equivalent of the FCC) and has also been deeply involved in IoT technology in the private sector,[1] makes a series of stark claims that he summarizes as follows:
5G as currently envisaged will not be realised. …
a. Demand for higher speeds is unlikely to continue to grow.
b.Technological improvement will no longer be able to deliver higher speeds without huge increases in cost.
c. Users are unwilling to pay more for their mobile communications limiting the appetite of mobile network operators (MNOs) for investment.
d. Alternative futures are more appealing, such as delivering consistent connectivity which would both be preferred by users and more likely to improve productivity than the 5G vision.
Though Webb's argument flies in the face of conventional wisdom, his logic is sound. Video is already the main driver of cellular traffic today, but the vast majority of wireless viewing takes place in the home using Wi-Fi; there are only so many hours in the day when the typical user has the ability and willingness to consume video on the go. While high-resolution video can require high data rates, the success of T-Mobile's Binge On and AT&T's copycat Stream Saver, both of which convert video streams to lower resolutions in order to reduce traffic, clearly show that few consumers actually care about getting the highest possible resolution. (The human eye often can't even discern high from very high resolution when looking at screens as small as smartphones.) Beyond the 1 to 5 megabits per second necessary to sustain a basic video stream, then, users see little value in ever higher speeds.
Yet the main appeal of mmWave 5G is supposed to be extremely high speeds enabled by very wide bandwidths. Straight Path, for instance, has labeled its small research facility the "Gigabit Mobility Lab," an allusion to the fact that 5G will deliver data rates on the order of a gigabit per second. Yet as recent announcements from T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint show, the existing 4G LTE standard already supports gigabit speeds, and every major US carrier will provide them in at least some markets in 2017 and beyond. If real-world users are satisfied with a few megabits per second and LTE can reach a thousand, how much additional value will exotic 5G technologies really offer? It's no wonder T-Mobile's CTO recently emphasized that "LTE has massive legs. This industry is going to compete around LTE for much of the next decade."[2]
But if users ascribe little value to speeds beyond those of LTE, large-scale mmWave deployments are never going to make economic sense. While mmWave propagation may vary widely from place to place (and even from time to time within a given place, affected by phenomena like rainfall and plant growth), coverage radii will be on the order of 100 meters – tiny by traditional standards. Either carriers will have to build out enormous quantities of small cells, which in turn will require ubiquitous high-capacity backhaul, or mmWave service will never be available in many places and thus can never be an important part of a carrier's business or marketing. Why bother incurring huge capital expenditures with no realistic prospect of higher revenues?
In laying out his case that mmWave 5G as currently conceived will fizzle out, Webb anticipates and rebuts the objection that, if the technology was so unlikely to pan out, the industry wouldn't be working on it:
The manufacturers and operators are powerful companies. … Many believe that if such large companies state that they are going to pursue a particular vision or object then this is certain to occur. History suggests otherwise. MNOs have in the past declared strong support for:
- Video calling
- Picture messaging
- Location-based services
- Femtocells
- Internet/walled-gardens/WAP
- Widgets/own-brand apps stores
- eHealth
- Mobile payment
None of these came to be provided by the MNO. Video calling was delivered over-the-top (OTT) by Skype. Picture messaging became part of Apps with increasingly easy ability to embed pictures in Tweets and emails. Location-based services were delivered by Google using data gathered by the phone and eventually GPS location. Walled garden Internet was rapidly overtaken by devices like the iPhone able to access mainstream sites. Widgets became redundant with the advent of the Apps store. MNOs proved unable to make headway into eHealth and mobile payment was eventually delivered by the banking sector and device manufacturers. Simply because the industry declares it supports a vision does not imply it will happen.
(Other examples would include abortive yet initially much heralded technologies like WiMAX and LTE Broadcast.) But Webb views 5G more cynically than past failures: "In this case…it seems likely that the MNO support is lukewarm. While they indicate a desire for 5G they will await its emergence before making decisions as to whether to invest. Major players can be wrong, but here it is more a case of them sending out stronger signals of support than they believe internally." In other words, while past disconnects between MNO rhetoric and real-world outcomes arose from blunders, here MNOs privately understand the problems even as they publicly endorse the vision.
Why? Webb points out that, at this early stage, almost everyone in the industry benefits from happy (if unrealistic) talk about 5G. Equipment vendors hope to sell cutting-edge tools. Carriers and regulators hope to portray themselves as facilitators of innovation. Academics and other researchers get funding to investigate fascinating technical problems. In short, "[i]t is in nobody's interest to rock the boat." While that may suffice to keep the 5G myth going for a few more years, it doesn't mean that operators will actually commit real money to the technology (for instance, by purchasing Straight Path's spectrum at a price of $500 million). With so many question marks looming over the whole enterprise, operators have every incentive to bide their time.
While Webb's 5G Myth is unusually clear in its debunking of industry hype, others have made similar points. Kim Larsen, a senior vice president in the technology group at Deutsche Telekom (the large German operator that owns a majority of T-Mobile), recently released an essay on "5G economics" that also throws cold water on mmWave 5G (emphasis not added):
Clearly, ubiquitous 5G coverage at those high frequencies (i.e., >3 GHz) would be a very silly endeavor (to put it nicely) and very un-economical.
5G, as long as the main frequency deployed is in the high or very high frequency regime, would remain a niche technology. Irrelevant to a large proportion of customers and use cases.
…In my own opinion, if 5G will be launched primarily in the mm-wave bands around and above 30 GHz, I would not expect to see a very aggressive 5G uptake.
… Would it not be economically more relevant to boost the customer experience across our macro-cellular networks, that actually serves our customers today? As opposed to augment the existing LTE network with ultra hot zones of extreme speeds and possibly also an extreme number of small cells.
If 5G would remain an above 3 GHz technology, it would be largely irrelevant to the mass market and most use cases.
… Maybe more importantly, will the 5G customer experience from the very high speed and very low latency really be noticeable to the customer?
Straight Path bulls, often unaware of this skeptical perspective on 5G, simply cite positive comments from leaders at Verizon and AT&T that seem to signal strong faith in the technology. But much of what these companies are pursuing – still in very small-scale trials – is fixed wireless access (FWA), which, by definition, doesn't involve mobile devices and thus pertains to a much smaller target market. Fixed wireless can, in principle, enable wireline providers to connect to homes that are too expensive to run fiber to – for instance, in protected historic neighborhoods. But the history of fixed wireless is littered with failures (as well as excuses for why this time was different). Indeed, the 28 and 39GHz bands now authorized in the US for mobile use were originally viewed as domains for fixed wireless access but fell into disuse precisely because the technology could not successfully compete with wireline broadband.
Whether or not Verizon moves forward with the pre-standards 28GHz fixed wireless service it's now piloting, the company already has enough spectrum locked down via the XO transaction to support its ambitions. For Straight Path, then, that leaves AT&T and T-Mobile (in light of Sprint's continued financial weakness and spectrum surplus). But many observers believe that AT&T's newfound optimism about fixed wireless is, at least in part, a ploy aimed at securing approval for its acquisition of Time Warner. By claiming it's going to create an alternative to wireline broadband and challenge Charter and Comcast, AT&T casts itself as a pro-competitive force, not a potential monopolist.
Even setting aside the question of ulterior motive, AT&T's fixed-wireless efforts already demonstrate a strong willingness to consider any source of spectrum, including unlicensed bands (used in the company's "5G business customer trial" in Austin) and the lightly licensed 70/80 GHz bands (used in separate fixed-wireless trials, including one in Minneapolis). Google, for its part, is testing fixed wireless service in Kansas City using the shared 3.5GHz band. With so many other options available to it, a player like AT&T just doesn't need Straight Path's spectrum to provide fixed wireless service, even if that is its genuine goal. As for T-Mobile, a recent FierceWireless headline put it well:
T-Mobile reiterates apathy toward fixed 5G services
As much as spectrum bulls like to fantasize about new entrants shaking up the wireless market, it would be economic suicide for anyone to build a de novo network on a mmWave foundation; it would be a nightmare to deploy and, outside of select hot spots, it would offer no coverage. Besides, if any new entrant had serious plans to go toe-to-toe with the incumbents, the best opportunity to achieve scale would be by acquiring low-frequency spectrum in the 600MHz incentive auction – yet as the (still unfolding) results of that auction show, there's little demand for such spectrum.
For Straight Path, then, AT&T and T-Mobile are the only realistic buyers for the bulk of its spectrum, and their only realistic motives would be to provide mmWave mobile service. As Webb and Larsen's analyses indicate, however, mmWave mobile networks pose such enormous difficulties and promise such modest benefits that they will likely never take root outside of small niches. For major carriers, small-scale mmWave experimentation may nonetheless make sense as a hedge, but with large mmWave auctions on the horizon and additional bands in the pipeline, there's no reason to pay up for Straight Path. To be sure, Straight Path is egregiously overvalued even if 5G succeeds commercially, but no one should take that outcome for granted.
[1] For the avoidance of doubt, Kerrisdale has no relationship with Mr. Webb.
[2] T-Mobile call, January 5, 2017. Transcript source: Capital IQ.