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Interview with Jonathan Oliver
Here in the UK we have some of the very best Editors and today I feel incredibly privileged to interview one of my favourites and one I truly look up to – as someone who recently published their own anthology and first short story – Jonathan Oliver.
For those unfamiliar with Jonathan, he is Editor-in-chief of both Solaris and Abaddon Books. As well as having edited novels by some of genre fiction's most successful authors he has published an array of wonderfully varied anthologies that include Dangerous Games (released this month, Dec 2014), End of the Road (2013), House of Fear, (2011) Magic (2012) and The End of the Line (2010); for these titles he has received 6 nominations for a British or World Fantasy Award and has taken home two of them.
In addition to his editing, Jonathan has written and had published two books in the Twilight of Kerberos series and composed many short stories (note: he'd probably write more, but, after working with words all day in the editing room, there is 'the desire to play Xbox').
In today's interview we shall be focusing on his latest anthology, Dangerous Games, which was released this month and where, in a world of chances, one decision can bring down the house, one roll of the dice could bring untold wealth, or the end of everything. It's an anthology of all new short stories where the players gather and feature in stories that are often dark, and always compelling….
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1. Undoubtedly you are one of the UK's most well-known editors – due to your collection of awards and authors acknowledging you in their work and on panels – however, I'm sure there's quite a difference between 'Jonathan Oliver The Novel Editor' and 'Jonathan Oliver The Anthology Editor' – could you talk us through the two roles and how they differ?
JO: That's very kind of you to say so. I suppose there's a different way of working on the different forms but the sensibilities that you bring are broadly the same. In each case you're looking to help the author make the best story they can. Though with short fiction that's usually a lot less involved than the work on a novel would be. The longer forms means just means that there is more to keep an eye on, to make sure you end up with a satisfyingly cohesive product…. And I just called a book a 'product'. Shoot me now! With anthologies, the challenge is taking all these little bits and pieces, that should be different from one another and present a diverse range of voices, but should all come together in one book like a strange symphony, if that's not playing too fast and loose with a simile. Yes, the reader is going to have his or her favourites within the collection, but they should also think of the work as a collection, rather than 'that book that had a couple of stories in it that I like.' So, the challenges in terms of short fiction are similar to the challenges of a novel, but what you're creating at the end of that process is quite different.
2. I really like the title, Dangerous Games. I know you've been asked this a ton in other interviews, but to get the question I kind of 'have' to ask out the way early: can you tell us a bit about how why you thought it would make such a good theme for an SFF anthology?
JO: Well, firstly, I'm a gamer myself. I've been a member of the same tabletop RPG group for well over a decade, and my gaming buddies are some of my oldest and closest friends. I also do occasionally play video games, especially as they're now way more narratively and dramatically satisfying than they were in my youth. Also, games are just so ubiquitous. Everybody these days is a gamer, whether they think of themselves as such or not. There are games on your phone and TV now. The majority of commuters I share transport with on my way to work are playing on their phones, rather than reading. Damn them. So, game and gaming effects all our lives and it just felt a natural area to explore via the medium of weird fiction.
3. I've spoken about this before on the Fantasy-Faction forums actually, but something I've noticed about Fantasy and Science-Fiction is the number of writers who play video games. Do you think that video games help create authors in any way?
JO: That's a good question. I'm not sure they create authors in the sense you and I would think of it, a novelist or short story writer say. They perhaps create the desire for people to get more involved in planning the narrative of a game. And, as I said, games are much more narratively complex now. Because the nature of gameplay has become much more involved, there has been more demand for story in games of late. One of my favourite stories in any medium recently was Portal 2. I just found the end of that jaw-droppingly clever. And prose writers are becoming way more involved in the industry now. Scott Andrews worked on one of the Sniper Elite games, for example. Rebecca Levene is involved in the fitness/app game Zombies Run. Story has begun to permeate games and vice-versa.
4. Speaking of themes… Almost all anthologies have one these days. Just how important do you think it is to have a theme, such as 'Dangerous Games', for an anthology?
JO: I think it makes it easier for the reader in a way. With a broad horror anthology you're just guaranteeing a collection of stories. Naturally they may all be great, but no expectation is given or met in such a volume. (This is not me knocking them, I have hundreds of collections on my shelves). With a themed anthology you have a hook to draw the reader in. An interesting enough theme will hopefully grab the attention of the reader and make it more likely that they'll stay for the ride.
5. You have some incredible names contributing: Chuck Wendig, Libby McGugan, Ivo Stourton, Paul Kearney, and so, so many more besides. Is it a tough task pulling authors away from writing novels to write short stories (which generally take a huge amount of time and skill, but aren't as lucrative)? How do you go about choosing which ones to approach?
JO: Yeah, it can be. There are authors who just won't write short stories, because, though short stories are well, short, they're no less challenging to write than a novel. So the financial compensation therein can be a stumbling block for some. Which is a shame, as there are writers out there who I'm convinced would produce blinding short stories. As to how I go about choosing my line-up: I'm looking for consistency, yes, but I also want stories that surprise and delight me. I'm keen to give new voices a chance and I'm keen to make my collections as diverse as possible, showing how broad genre is. There are authors I'll work with repeatedly, because I adore their work and feel they have a lot to say in the short form. But I also don't want to just keep the same names each time. Each collection should also bring something new to the table. Naturally, one does look for authors who will help the book to succeed commercially, because I want to keep doing them, natch. But it's also important to keep pushing the envelope and flying the flag for great short fiction. I love the medium, I even write in it myself occasionally, and I think it keeps genre fresh.
6. Once you have chosen your authors and they've signed up to the idea – how much interaction do you have with them before they start writing? Do you want to talk with them and make sure you are on the same wave-length or do you let them run with it?
JO: I do want them to write to the theme, but I don't want to lead them. After all, I'm signing up authors I'm confident will produce great work. Generally I advise that they write to the theme but think how they can subvert the theme or do something different with it. It's the approach I take when writing for themed anthologies myself. Take the brief, hit it with a hammer, and see how you can make the pieces fit back in an interesting way.
7. Have you ever had a story come in that really, truly didn't fit and have to turn it down or insist gets an extensive re-write?
JO: It's only happened twice. Once someone sent something in that was so far off brief I didn't buy it. They, unfortunately, didn't have anything else for me. Another time, an author wrote completely off brief again, but when I invited them to resubmit, they did, with a very strong story.
8. Similarly, are you ever surprised by the work that an author sends in? I.e. you choose an author expecting one thing based on their novels and end up with something totally different in their short story submission?
JO: Absolutely. Being surprised and delighted by the fiction I commission is one of things that keeps me going. I mean, you have an expectation that they'll be good, naturally, but getting something that is incredible is always a real pleasure. Sophia McDougall is a case in point. Her first story for me, 'Mailer Daemon', was just so clever and so rich and so moving, that one appeared in Magic. Her story for End of the Road, revisiting a character from 'Mailer Daemon', called 'Through Wylmere Woods', was, despite some of the subject matter, such a joyous and hopeful story that it had much punching the air in delight. Robert Shearman is another writer who always gives me something different, but something startlingly brilliant. 'The Dark Space in the House in the House in the Garden at the Centre of the World' in House of Fear, is an extraordinary story about love and faith. And his story 'Ice in the Bedroom' in Jonathan Strahan's Fearsome Magics is simply stunning, deeply moving and brutally honest. But it's wrong to say that I have favourites. The authors always exceed my expectations.
9. Back towards this specific anthology, do you have a favourite story or one that you think truly sums up Dangerous Games that you can tell us a bit about?
JO: Oooh, tricky, as that's back to picking your favourites. I think the anthology is best summed up in how diverse it is. It shows how much rich material can be got from that one theme. No story is alike. It's terrific to bring some folk who don't often tinker in the short form into the collection. So we have Hilary Monahan's very first, as in the very first she's written, short story with 'The Bone Man's Bride', and my faith in Hilary as a writer has totally paid off with something that's deeply creepy and pure Americana. The same is true for Ivo Stourton's 'Two Sit Down and One Stands Up' which beautifully portrays Ivo's economy of prose and pacing of plot, a talent he displays in his excellent novels. And there's Nik Vincent's 'The Stranger Cards' which is a great supernatural police procedural. Every single story works, though, and each voice added deepens, I hope, the enjoyment of the reader.
10. If I mention 'Joe Abercrombie', it will likely bring to mind those prose of his that drip with sarcasm and brutal matter of fact or his complex, fascinating characters. Do you think editors – such as yourself – can have a style?
JO: It's not something I consciously aim for. I'm sure my interests and passions come through in my choice of themes, but really the aim is to showcase the best short fiction I can. I think it's up to others to decide whether I have a style or not.
11. Speaking of Joe Abercrombie (one of my favourite authors), as a genre fan yourself, how have you found working with some of the bigger names in the Fantasy and Science-Fiction? Do you manage to keep it professional or have you had fanboy moments?
JO: Generally, I'm very good at keeping the enthusiasm but also keeping the professionalism. It was a delight to meet Audrey Niffenegger in person, and she's kind of a huge deal, but it was pretty much just two like-minded people having a nice meal and a great chat. The only person I've 'fan boyed' at since working in the industry is Peter Straub. I met him at World Horror once and my mouth stopped working. It was all 'and and, you're Peter Straub, and I love your books, and your work means a great deal to me, and now I'm going to stand over there, bye.' I've since seen Peter at many conventions, so have managed to make myself less of an idiot. The very first convention I went to, when I was 17, I ran up to Ramsey Campbell and said, 'You're Ramsey Campbell aren't you? You're the reason I'm here!' Thankfully Ramsey didn't call the police and we've remained friends. It's a real delight and privilege though to work with the people I do. I'm all too aware of how immensely lucky I am.
12. There is a belief that Fantasy short stories don't work (some would even tell you they don't exist!). I guess that is because Fantasy, as a genre, has an image so tightly linked with Tolkien's Lord of The Rings that people find it hard to accept an author could introduce a new world, fantastical concepts and characters in such a short space. For you, what is it that keeps you bringing anthologies to market and promoting the short story as a genre?
JO: Fantasy short stories can be a bit of a hard sell yes. Because fantasy is a genre where the books are often sold by the pound. Nothing necessarily wrong with that, I'm a huge fan of Steven Erikson's books and they weigh in at a 1000 pages or more. So, the challenge with the fantasy short story anthology is to keep the core of what makes those stories great, but do so in a short form. You can be epic, without being epic. What keeps us at it, though? We love short stories, there are a lot of good short story writers out there, and there is a market for short fiction.
13. What's your opinion on ebooks both in terms of the publishing industry and for short stories?
JO: I think that the advent of digital publishing and the proliferation of ebooks has created a lot of fantastic opportunities. Works that have been languishing out-of-print for decades are now getting a new lease of life. Authors are able to experiment more with self-publishing and potentially reach a huge audience. And the publishing industry has been wise not to react to the digital revolution in the same manner as the music industry. At heart, I'll always be a paper fiend, but e-books are a good thing, on the whole, and present more opportunities than they do problems. For short stories, the opportunity to consume fiction in smaller chunks is there, which is nice, as that's all some folk have time for.
14. You've had a pretty extensive career, can we ask you what your three highlights – things that stand out most to you or that you are most proud of – are so far?
JO: I'm proud of establishing Abaddon Books and am greatly looking forward to our 10th Anniversary next year. I'm so proud of what David Moore has done with the imprint too, the books continue to be terrific. I'm proud that I got asked to take on Solaris. It was a great list when we inherited and we've managed to put our own spin on it and keep it fresh and entertaining. And I'm naturally very proud of my anthologies. I'm steeped in short stories, a huge fan of the form, and it was always my intention when we took over Solaris to make it a real flagship for the short form.
14. I know you've been asked your favourite short story writers, your favourite short stories and things like that in recent interviews – so I will suggest readers check google for those choices. However, I'm going to ask instead: If you could have any author write a short story for Dangerous Games or any of your previous anthologies, who would you choose, why would you choose them and what anthology would they write for?
JO: That's another terrific question. Okay, Shirley Jackson, who would naturally be a perfect fit for House of Fear. Jackson manages to create stories that are deeply creepy and often genuinely frightening, but never anything less than entirely human. I think Ursula Le Guin would be a perfect fit for Dangerous Games, her fiction is philosophical without being dry, and she's always such a great source of incisive and challenging ideas, and, it sounds obvious, but Stephen King, probably for End of the Road. I grew up reading his novels and he was one of the writers who really ignited my passion for genre.
15. Finally, I guess this will be one of your last projects of the year. Is there anything you are working on short story or novel-length we should be looking out for in 2015?
JO: I'm in the process of bringing together my next anthology, which will feature five very exciting things. More on that later. Writing-wise I have a story in Jonathan Green's Sharkpunk anthology next year called 'Peter and The Invisible Shark' which I'm very proud of. Novel-wise, well there is the continuing roster of great works with Solaris, Abaddon and Ravenstone.
Fantasy-Faction would like to say thank you again to Jonathan Oliver for taking the time to answer our many, many questions. This certainly feels like one of our most insightful and interesting interviews to date! I encourage you all to check out Jonathan's latest anthology, Dangerous Games (which you can find here), and give him a follow on Twitter too (here!).


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The Linux Essentials exam covers the topic of using the Command line to get help. The table shows the subtopics, weight, description, and key knowledge areas for this topic.
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Regular expressions – often referred to as globbing – can be used with the shells available in Linux to match wildcard characters. Among the possible wildcards, the asterisk (*) will match any number of characters; the question mark (?) will match only one character.
Linux is a case-sensitive operating system.
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It's happened. My first trade review. And with one of the toughest reviewers known to publishing.
There are a lot of feelings that went through my head while anticipating this review. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, all of that. What happens if they hate it? Would it hurt my heart even though I'm mentally preparing for the negative? Would it keep people from buying it? But really ... you can't let that stuff freak you out because it will stunt your creativity. The only thing I have control over are the words I write. That's all I need to concern myself with.
But I won't lie. Getting a nice review is ... nice. The day before my birthday I got word that Kirkus, in fact, found my book to be "an ideal beach read." I'm really so very happy about this. I've been known to form very fond attachments to books I read on trips, so one of my hopes is that people will take it on their own vacations and perhaps read it on the beach!
I'm also happy my love for Italy came through my words. "While Rae presents an appealing character in Pippa, her evident love of Italy dominates the narrative, making the story feel like an enthusiastic travelogue."
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Kirkus Liked My Book!
Posted by Kristin Rae at Thursday, February 27, 2014
Labels: Bloomsbury, Contemporary YA, Kirkus, Kristin Rae, Review, Wish You Were Italian
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Congratz!! I really can't wait for Wish You Were Italian!ReplyDelete
That's awesome, Kristin! Congratulations. =o)ReplyDelete
Yay!!!! It's finally up, which means I'll be on the lookout for it in our collection lists. :D And should it not be there in the next couple of lists, I can add it. ;) I'm really excited for your review, Kristin, and can't wait until the release date in May!ReplyDelete
It really was a nice review!ReplyDelete
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little joys
liz lamoreux
here comes the sun. it was out all day today.
a visit with a dear friend (how lucky i am that every few months she travels from indiana to seattle for work).
pizza and beer.
watching grey's anatomy. i am still thinking of last week's episode. i cried through the last 10 minutes. and yesterday's episode. wow. wow. wow. i am a little too close to this show because i almost wrote "i should pray for bailey's husband." yes, yes, i know. it is not real.
finishing the book wicked. it was good. odd. interesting. the idea that we are often misunderstood as we carry our baggage.
a crocus is blooming. already. one little purple crocus. makes me so happy.
that my brother was signed to a record deal with a band he plays with. more details to come as i learn more.
curling up with millie and taking a nap.
the fact that my husband is dressing up like professor plum for school tomorrow. (the different advisory groups have to dress up with a theme - it's spirit week. his students came up with clue. so we were at macy's tonight searching for a purple shirt and tie. 30% off the already marked down 50% off. what more could you want?)
that my yoga students are sticking around after class to connect, ask questions, talk with me and each other.
singing songs with the weepies as i work.
that i am finally catching up on reading blogs.
that my editing work is starting to increase (oh please, please let this continue)
little moments when i can remind my husband that he can do anything and he hears me.
feeling really alive.
remembering that maybe, just maybe, i can do anything.


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Modern Prefab Gingerbread Houses
all photos by David Cooper at the Star
We often say that one of the virtues of modern prefab is that it lets the most talented architects work on smaller projects. We see proof of this in the city of Gingerbread houses commissioned by the Toronto Star from the City's best architecture and design firms. Will Alsop, known for his "legs and blobs," modelled this on "the renowned English architect's Peckham Library in southeast London."
More Alsop- I really liked this one.
Johnson Chou's creation is called The Rapunzel Tower and features a small window near the top with a shock of hair hanging from it. Pull the hair and some Smarties fall to the bottom of the tower.
See others by KPMB, Diamond Schmitt, Moriyama Teshima, 3rd Uncle and Plant at :the Star


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|"Hoe, hoe, hoe..." By Notforgotten Farm
It was so quick! I had most of the dense stitching complete already, however, there was no reason for this piece to be waiting so long. I am planning this as a Christmas gift and will need to think a little more about how I want to finish it. It is stitched on what I believe is an 18 count linen, over one. This linen is very rough and rustic feeling. Although my arm would feel scratched after a bit of stitching, I loved the prim look. The linen threads vary in size and I don't fuss about trying to make them look even. The pattern called for slightly different orange- reds. I choose DMC colors that matched the Christmas stockings hats I knit for my friend years ago.
So now it is back to the WIP pile to choose another piece to focus on before the next FPS block. This time I pulled "A Quaker Study" by Carriage House Samplings from the bag. I started this piece as part of a Crazy January Challenge in 2012. I worked on it once... There is a lot to do. I am stitching on 35 count Straw by Weeks Dye Works using the called for NPS. There are only two colors so it was a pretty affordable project in silk.
Off to work I go!


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Its been a fresh few days at sea this weekend strong NE wind since we left
Newlyn on thurs, we have done 3 hauls so far for 100bxs hake 40bxs w/fish,
we working more west now 50.00N..008.37W the French prawn trawler Ar Zantez
still here east of us also, other than that no boats around. Weather is fine
tonight light winds but we have 5-7 SW tomorrow. Going to try and do
another couple days but the tide is very strong after tomorrow we will see.
Hake are good run 2-4kg fish. We will be in for wed/thurs


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Inflammation and immunity are regulated by neural reflexes. Recent basic science research has demonstrated that a neural reflex, termed the inflammatory reflex, modulates systemic and regional inflammation in a multiplicity of clinical conditions encountered in perioperative medicine and critical care. In this review, the authors describe the anatomic and physiologic basis of the inflammatory reflex and review the evidence implicating this pathway in the modulation of sepsis, ventilator-induced lung injury, postoperative cognitive dysfunction, myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury, and traumatic hemorrhage. The authors conclude with a discussion of how these new insights might spawn novel therapeutic strategies for the treatment of inflammatory diseases in the context of perioperative and critical care medicine.
Neural reflexes modulate systemic inflammation in clinical conditions encountered in perioperative and critical care. This review discusses how recent studies in this area are leading to new therapeutic strategies for the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
Benjamin E. Steinberg, Eva Sundman, Niccolo Terrando, Lars I. Eriksson, Peder S. Olofsson; Neural Control of Inflammation: Implications for Perioperative and Critical Care. Anesthesiology 2016;124(5):1174-1189. doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000001083.
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26 Nov 2018
Can Shark Toothbrushes or Stay-On Socks Topple the Mighty Unicorn?
- Photo: Jaws: The Clean-Up – the Sharkey tots training toothbrush.
- Photo: Sticky Lickits: Making fruit fun. Allegedly.
- Photo: Squid Socks: Cephalopod-themed footwear.
- Photo: The ABC Kids Expo: North America's biggest and bounciest kid and baby show.
Replacing the ubiquitous unicorn in the affections of the under-fives was the aim of many exhibitors at this year's ABC Kids Expo, but could the one-horned wonder still outshine all the cuddly lemurs and licensed fruit labels on offer?
Just which unique creature is set to supplant the unicorn in the hearts of children the world over? That was, perhaps, the most pressing existential issue for many exhibitors at this year's ABC Kids Expo, North America's largest trade event dedicated to the babies and younger children sector.
Now in its 15th year, the show continues to highlight innovation, with two specialist areas the New Product Showcase and the Invention Connection (an area reserved for products still in the conceptual / prototype stage) – now doing the heavy lifting in this particular regard. Meanwhile, a new generation of green-minded parents has seen the organically-ethosed Naturally Kids Zone prove eminently sustainable.
Overall, products aimed at younger children are continuing to do well across the US. At the same time, growing parental awareness of the range of health, wellness and nutritional issues has reshaped demand for baby-care products. If that wasn't enough, the industry also has to contend with aggressive incursions from the world of e-commerce and the continuing need to keep abreast of the many innovations that are changing both just what is deliverable and what parents expect.
Despite such dynamics, in 2017 diapers still reigned supreme as the highest value product category in the US baby-care market, with sales totalling US$4.7 billion, according to Statista, a Germany-based research firm. In second place – and way behind – was feeding / care / travel accessories ($2.2 billion), with baby gifts and toys trailing along in a very distant third ($638 million). In total, the revenue from all baby-care products sold in the US is expected to reach $11.1 billion by 2025.
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While it's the larger companies that have long been the backbone of the event, much of the most striking ingenuity on show has often come from further down the pecking order. Typically, this tends to have been routed by start-ups established by parents or teachers who have found a novel way of tackling a particular problem. This year proved to be no exception.
Indeed, heading things up on the notable-newcomer front was Los Angeles-based Sticky Lickits, purveyors of edible stickers for fruit-shy kids. A nutritional researcher by trade, the company's founder Linda York had long been on a mission to find a playful way to get children to eat more fruits and vegetables, when suddenly inspiration struck.
Outlining what led to her Eureka moment, she said: "While I was working with the National Institute of Health, it became apparent that kids as young as nine or 10 were having cholesterol problems. As a society, we now know so much about nutrition and health, but many of us are still unhealthy or overweight. So, the problem isn't one of knowledge, it's actually about getting children opting to eat something healthy.
"During the course of my research, I observed that children would often choose an apple with a sticker on it in preference even to a chocolate chip cookie, maintaining that the labelled fruit actually tasted better. Armed with this insight, we created fun stickers that kids could lick and then attach to a piece of fruit, which they can then eat. As with anything, if you can make a game out of it, children tend to go for it."
The company's stickers now come with a choice of licensed images – notably SpongeBob or Paw Patrol or a selection of proprietary faces and creatures. Explaining the technical side, York said: "Our stickers are all sugar-free. They are made from tapioca starch and then coloured with a vegetable-based dye, such as red cabbage or turmeric. We deliberately don't give them much flavour as we want kids to taste the fruit itself and then grow to like it."
As well as finding a tear-free way to smuggle fruit down the throat of toddlers, promoting fine motor skills was a priority among many exhibitors, including Kentucky-based Barbara Lee. Forsaking her role as a Special Education Teacher, several years ago she took the decision to launch her own business – Crayon Rocks, a specialist provider of pebble-shaped, soy wax crayons.
Explaining just how a project she had idly mulled in her garage ultimately became a national business venture, she said: "Over the course of my career, I sat in hundreds of meetings with parents whose children had problems writing. Often they were designated as having special needs, when often all they really needed was the appropriate tools.
"My solution was, instead of giving such students the standard issue, easily breakable crayons, which were often hard to grip properly, I would provide them with pebble-shaped crayons. This helped them learning how to properly hold a writing implement, while also giving them the satisfaction of getting lots of colour onto their papers."
It was something generally regarded as less of a problem than incipient illiteracy that led Gabe Miller, a Seattle-based father of two, to launch his own business – Squid Socks. Explaining his own route to entrepreneurdom, he said: "My goal was to create something that stopped kids losing their socks all the time. This led me to devise a sock that stayed on but that wasn't constrictive in any way.
"It was obvious that a solid silicone band around the top of the sock wouldn't be good for circulation so, instead, we designed a 'squiddy dots' pattern, complete with gaps between each dot that facilitated free blood flow. The finished look resembled the suction cups on a squid's tentacles, so we styled them so it was as though it was a squid's arms that held the socks up. We've only been in business for four months, but we already offer 10 different collections with a choice of dye-sublimated prints or monochrome designs."
Preventing the loss of a molar or two rather than keeping an eye on fast-vanishing foot-coverings is the raison d'être behind Utah's Baby Banana, suppliers of nautically themed training toothbrushes for the recently incisored. Heading its product range is Sharky, a baby-ready silicon brush, complete with strategically placed anti-swallowing fins.
Outlining the company's marketing strategy, Sales Manager Ryan Phillips said: "We have found that people like to buy it as a gift, but tend to feel its low price point obliges them to purchase two or three additional things to go with it. To cater for this, we now sell the Sharky in a gift box, which also contains a blanket, a plush toy and a brush with a carrying case."
Hygienic, fun and giftable as it may be, the Sharky is clearly not set to dislodge a magical pink mono-horned horse from the affections of four-year-olds the world over any time soon. Kim Ryon, though, a Sales Rep with Squishables, a New York-based toy manufacturer, believes she may have the answer…
Pushed as to her company's best-sellers, she says: "Avocadoes, well avocado toys. People love them. It's a real pop culture thing. People of all ages buy them.
"Sloths and hedgehogs have also been doing well, but lemurs are probably the Next Big Thing. Or, maybe, kangaroos."
It could just be that unicorns get to hang on to their hard-to-balance crowns for another 12 months. At least.
The 2018 ABC Kids Expo took place from 9-11 October at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The event featured about 2,700 exhibitors and attracted some 12,000 attendees.
Anna Huddleston, Special Correspondent, Las Vegas


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Inside Passage School of Fine Woodworking is proud announce the appointment Juan Carlos Fernandez to our faculty. Juan Carlos originally from Caracas Venezuela is a two year graduate of Inside Passage School of Fine Woodworking and will teach afternoons from Monday through Friday. He joins Ian Godfrey another two year graduate of the school who will be going into his third year of teaching and will continue to teach Saturdays. Robert will continue to teach mornings and work at his bench during the afternoons. Gary Kent will continue to act as our relief teacher.
Yvonne and I are very grateful to have such a fine group of Craftsman & Teachers at our school.
Artisan C - Dovetails & Tool Making
Sorry we do not have a group photo
Artisan D - Joinery
from left Uri, Doug, Sascha, Brian, Unknown Craftsman, Lisa, Grig, Beatriz, Juan Carlos, Jason, Hannah & Robert
JK Lectures
As promised we have included a excerpt from Jim's lecture this past week on joinery. We will continue research a way to get the actual audio files on the website but hope that you enjoy his words in the meantime.
"...I think that I have talked many times with you and had a lot of enjoyment out of it and hopefully you know, made you laugh once in a while or remember something. Remember that furniture is made to be used and should have a good feeling about all the moving parts...the edges, the corners, the details...you be good all of you, and be happy, your in a wonderful place and I am in a way envious of all of you because I did not have a young and generous you know friendly teacher. I had a good teacher, but I did not have the enjoyment that some of you have..."
Artisan Program
Uri from Caracas Venezuela chopping the pins for the half blind dovetails in ash for his drawer making and fitting exercise. Uri treated all of us to a barbeque in celebration of Juan's appointment. This was Uri's final week at the school. His generosity and humor will be missed by us all.
Fine neatly cut and shaped dovetails by Brian from Saltspring Island British Columbia. Brian is a fine craftsman and carver. In addition to his exercises he has taken on the carving of the sign for the gallery on a fine piece of red cedar we picked up from Bradley Hunt. We are very grateful to have this fine you craftsman with us.
Hannah from England gets a pop on her stub mortise and tenon joint in eastern maple. Students are exposed to a variety of woods during the Artisan Program so that they have the opportunity to experience the different working properties. In this case with eastern maple students must get the fit just right as their is very little compression. Hannah is a fine you craftsman and has a very promising career ahead of her. Not to mention she is fun to have at the school.
Sascha from Germany completes the final cleanup of the pins of his drawer in ash last week. This past week he went on to cut some fine mortise and tenon joinery. Sascha is a perfectionist and has done some very fine work since arriving at the school.
Lisa from Bowen Island British Columbia uses a block plane from one of our student tool kits to put a very fine chamfer on the inside edge of the tails of her drawer sides. Lisa continues to take full advantage of her time here at the school utilizing all the additional hours made available to her. She also rides six kilometers each way to and from her campsite each day. She is a fine young craftsman and we have enjoyed having her at the school very much.
Grig from Romania fine tunes a small wenge edge plane. Grig lives at the school, he arrives shortly after I do each morning and is nearly always the last to leave. He said that if the benches were more comfortable he would move in. He loves the work and it shows. He is a fine craftsman who intends to return for next years craftsman program. I wish we had room this year as he really embraces the craft and the philosophy taught at our school. We have also discovered that he is a wonderful cook treating us each week to fine Romanian dishes.
Shannon from Tsawwassen British Columbia returned for her second week after taking Artisan A - Hand & Machine Tools back in May. She told me the first day that she has already put the skills taught in the first week to use in her own shop. She found and restored a very sweet hand grinder. She arrived with all of her tools ready to go and eagerly cut some of the finest first dovetails I have ever seen. She made and fit a drawer, a chisel, a bevel gauge and diagonal sticks during the week. I would like to send her a special thank you for coming in early to wash the dishes the morning after Juan Carlos & Beatriz celebration. Her partner Moraine made trip with her this time. We enjoyed having them both very much and look forward to there return next summer!
Michael from Edmonton Alberta referred to our school by George Heagle. Shown here planing his Drawer front of French walnut to fit his drawer pocket using one of our student wooden jointer planes. Thanks George, we will be happy for more students like Michael. Michael cut some fine joinery during his week here and even started to develop his own system for refining his joints. Students are encouraged to take skills taught and develop their own way of working. Our school has been very fortunate to attract such a diverse group of nice people. Our six week students have always found a special bond, this group I think perhaps even more so than past groups. What is so nice is to watch our one week students become part of the group so easily.
Michael from Maine works in the library for Thomas Moser. This gentle and patient craftsman from the beautiful eastern sea board did some very fine work last week. After tuning up his tools, he made and fit a lovely drawer in an exceptionally stringy piece of cranky ash. Made a chisel with a sweet handle in doussie, a small piece from JK through Robert. Michael and his wife will be heading to England next summer to spend a few days with David Charlesworth. As a student at the College of the Redwoods Fine Woodworking Program, one of my classmates Dirk Lange had studied with David, small world with a lot of nice people.
Jason from Montana uses a scribe from one of our student tool kits to mark the centerline for his doweling jig. Jason was referred to us by John Bowman a craftsman who had taken a class with Robert when he was teaching out east. Thanks John, it was a real treat working with and getting to know Jason. Jason managed to get through each of the joints covered this week with improvement with each joint. Jason had the luxury of a sweet ride down the hill from Up the Creek backpackers B & B on his long board each morning. He and Juan Carlos managed to get out a lunchtime on a few days on Roberts Creek Road in front of the school. A special thank you for taking the photographs during the optional Chainsaw Milling. We enjoyed very much having this fine young craftsman at the school.
Optional Activities
Hannah and Grig cut a 6/4 slab of local pecan
Brian and Uri take the final slab from our small pecan log with crotch.
Jason and Sascha make initial cut on a small half log of curly spalted maple donated by a local resident and friend of the school.
Hannah takes her turn at sharpening, holding the file at precisely the correct angle.
This past Saturday Robert guided students through the making of Chair Scrapes. A very effective tool made with simple tools and readily available materials. Many of our students take full advantage of the bonus Saturday and evening hours made available to them.
Resident Craftsman
Resident Craftsman Doug Ives uses one of his wooden smoothers to fair the curve of each leg of fir vanity stand while dry fit. I like to watch Doug work as he really embraces and practices not committing until you have to and flexible accuracy. Doug continues to contribute to the teaching without committing until he has to. This week he shared with this weeks class the joinery for his stand which include twin live tenon mortise and tenon, one of the joints demonstrated this past week.
Resident Craftsman & Teacher Juan Carlos Fernandez demonstrated the carefully fitting and shaping of a through and wedged mortise and tenon joint in eastern maple. Juan is a fine young craftsman & teacher and our students, Yvonne and I are grateful to have him. No one more than I as this will lead to time at my bench this fall.
Resident Craftsman & Teacher Robert Van Norman shared with the group the subtleties required in cutting fine joinery by hand which he enjoyed very much. We have recently installed a mirror above the teacher sharpening station to better facilitate viewing during sharpening demonstrations, to the right of the mirror we see Doug's fine trim work on the window installed this past spring.
In an effort to continually improve the school, Juan carlos organized our shorts above the vacuum press and kiln. Much of our locally harvested Arbutus is ready and we have just purchased a log of Chinese Elm from our friends at A&M. You can never have too much wood. Please be sure to remind Yvonne of this when you call.
Friends, Hannah and Uri
Grig and Hannah anticipate the pop!
All that work can be tiring.
Shop Dog Chi Chi enjoys the shade in the afternoon sun.
This week we had nearly a dozen alumni come by the school this week including Federico Mendez Castro, a regular. With the upcoming opening of our gallery in September, our students will have opportunity to showcase their work in our gallery currently under extensive renovations. A special thank you to Bruce Rigby who has been doing a number of jobs at the school and gallery. Please make plans to join us for a weekend of activities at the school and in our community.
Artisan & Craftsman for Programs 2008 -2009
We are accepting registrations for our Artisan Programs for 2009. If you would you would like more information or would like to register call Yvonne toll free at 1.877.943.9663. Alternatively registrations may be faxed to 1.604.885.9711.
We have confirmed our first-year students for the 2008-2009 Craftsman Program. The group consists of men and women from Japan, Ireland, Columbia, United States & Canada. We are currently accepting applications for the 2009-2010 Craftsman Program.
Artisan Program Schedule for 2009


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The transition to college life brings with it many joys and stressors. Leaving home, making new friends, academic pressures and searching for a sense of belonging can lead to increased stress and anxiety. This may also be a period of development when negative body image or disordered eating arise, recur or worsen for many students. Research shows that many college students have attempted to control their weight through dieting (Walden Center) and that dieting can often lead to a full blown eating disorder. Eating disorders typically begin between the ages of 18 and 21 (Hudson, 2007) and affect all races, ethnicities, and genders.
Given that eating disorders are the mental illness with the highest mortality rate (Arcelus, 2011), early detection, intervention and treatment is extremely important and gives an individual the best chance of recovery. Help-seeking decreases significantly when people are not aware of the options available to them (Ben-Porath, 2002; Friedman, 2009; Nolen-Hoeksema, 2006; Gould, 2007). Taken from: National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)
Getting help can be scary yet it is essential to recovery. Please contact UNK Counseling at (308) 865-8248 for an appointment with a mental health counselor. Or, if you believe you may have an eating disorder, please take this free and confidential screening: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/screening-tool
Many people are affected by someone in their life who has an eating disorder and knowing how to help them is difficult. We recommend you take some time to read the following information in the link provided on how to help a loved one with an eating disorder: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/learn/help
For more information on eating disorders, please visit the National Eating Disorders Association website at https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/
"Human trafficking is a form of modern slavery that occurs in every state, including Nebraska. The NHTRC works closely with service providers, law enforcement, and other professionals in Nebraska to serve victims and survivors of trafficking, respond to human trafficking cases, and share information and resources." Taken from The National Human Trafficking Hotline
For more information and resources about human trafficking, please visit the following websites:
National Human Trafficking Hotline: https://humantraffickinghotline.org/state/nebraska
Polaris Project: http://polarisproject.org/resources/NowWeKnow
Nebraska Human Trafficking Task Force: https://ago.nebraska.gov/combatting-human-trafficking
The Women's Center is a safe space for all students, including LGBTQ students. The Women's Center is an ally for the LGBTQ community and actively advocates for the inclusion of all students. At the end of the spring semester each year, the Women's Center hosts a Lavender Graduation reception, to honor and to celebrate, the accomplishments of our LGBTQ students who are graduating. For more information about the origin of Lavender Graduation, please visit: https://www.hrc.org/resources/lavender-graduation
The Women's Center engages male students as allies in preventing gender violence, through the UNK Men's Project. The Men's Project consists of students, identifying as male, who are viewed as leaders on our campus and in our community. Participants meet weekly for eleven weeks during the spring semester. to self-reflect on and discuss issues such as: toxic masculinity, male privilege, dating violence, rape culture, and other related topics. Participants are chosen through a nomination process. For more information, please email the Women's Center at firstname.lastname@example.com
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This morning I got a chance to chat with the Google folks about their blog post announcing an inside look at their data centers. Google had successfully used video to tell the story of send. Videos are good, but I've always been a still image type of person. One of the ideas we discussed is the power of images. The images are a status of what is seen. When you show images people use their own perspectives to evaluate the truth of the image.
If you go to the original Google post by Urs Hoelzle it is not long. The images shared tell a much bigger story.
One image from street view is this blue curtained area. What is behind the curtain?
One of the funnier ones is where the writer focused on the stormtrooper.
Google Stormtrooper Guards Company's Data Center Secrets In Street View (PHOTOS)
The Huffington Post | By Catharine Smith
Upon closer inspection, the trooper appears to be accompanied by a miniature R2D2. (Google, you old prankster, you.)
Here are a few more links that give you an idea of the range of interpretations.
Google Throws Open Doors to Its Top-Secret Data CenterWired - 13 hours agoTechSpot - 4 hours ago
A Google technician working on some of the computers in the Oregon data ...Sydney Morning Herald - 48 minutes ago
Google Razzle Dazzles With Data Center DisplayTechNewsWorld - 2 hours ago
Finally, We Can See What Google's Brain Looks LikeBusiness Insider - 10 hours ago
Google Reveals Data Center PhotosGovernment Technology - 8 hours agoPetaPixel - 6 hours agoThe Atlantic Wire - 6 hours ago
Google opens data center Kimono: Why cloud players will followZDNet - 11 hours agoSlashGear - 3 hours agoLatinos Post - 59 minutes ago


text: The organisation of the network is under review. The network will be aimed at social enterprise and co-operative organisations in Wales. More information will follow shortly. In the meantime if you are interested in finding out more, please contact Ceri-Anne Fidler Jones at the Wales Co-operative Centre- email@example.com The current issues for social enterprises in Wales include: • a need to improve awareness about the sector, particularly in the education system and careers service as well as amongst the general public • the need for appropriate and available finance to support the sector to grow • a continuing need for specialist business advice for the sector to meet its specific requirements. Specialist business and advice services should be secured and extended to specific sectors with growth potential. • the need for improved commissioning and procurement practice to help to develop a market of more socially responsible public service providers, for example by educating commissioners and procurement officers about the added value of social businesses delivering public services • influencing legislation and policy to create a positive business environment for social enterprises, for example the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act and the Future Generations Bill.


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Did you know…. according to a new report by RetailMeNot, 25% of US adults have at least one restaurant app on their phone? The report analyzed data from two separate surveys. Other cool findings: 13% of respondents learn about new restaurants through dining apps, and 25% use their phone to make a reservation.
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Why it's important to you: Technology is vital for growth but you don't want to waste your money
In order to help you navigate the sticky world of restaurant tech, GetOrdlery tackled the five most common restaurant tech rip-offs in the industry. Make sure you're doing what's best for your business.
Why it's important to you: Food trucks are a competitor and should follow the same rules that you do
You've seen them in every big city, lined up waiting for YOUR customers to stop by and try their fare. From cupcakes to carnitas, food trucks deliver limited menus in a mobile format. What has been lost in the euphoria about these mobile food outlets is that they are actually restaurants on wheels.
A recent report out of Los Angeles reveals that these food darlings are more like food demons. The LA Times did an analysis that shows 27% of food trucks earned less than A grades on their health inspections and more than 4% of food trucks inspected were actually closed. Compare this to only 1% of restaurants and you see a great opportunity to convince your guests to stay safe with you.
Why it's important to you: It's in the food you serve and your guests are asking about it
You have likely heard someone railing on that GMOs are destroying our food supplies and risking our health. There may be truth in some of those claims, but not as far as the National Academy of Sciences is concerned. They just released report that concludes that genetically engineered (GE) corn, maize and cotton have shown no provable impact on human health, while greatly increasing insect and drought resistance along with dramatically increasing yields. Given that corn is a staple feed for almost all forms of livestock, this conclusion is extremely important.
At this point only about 12% of the crops in service are GE based, but that allowed for a wealth of data to include in their research. The irony is that these crops need less insecticide treatment, thus making them safer than crops that require significant chemical applications to ward off insects. This doesn't mean that Monsanto and the likes are off the hook for colony collapse disorder in bees, but it does mean that you have less to fear about GE crops than you may have believed.
The National Academy of Sciences was established by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 to provide independent objective advice to our country on matters related to science and technology. Consequently, when they offer their opinion, it's based on evidence and research and not politics and conjecture.
Why it's important to you: ESPN/FOX proves why you need digital signage
Take a moment and look around when you are really busy and observe your guests. Are they watching a game on your TVs? Are they looking at their phone? Or maybe scoping out the next Mr./Mrs. Right? Well, ESPN and FOX think that anytime they are in your building while their programming is on, they should count as a viewer for their Nielsen ratings. In fact, ESPN points to some really compelling numbers as proof that they aren't being correctly credited.
So, if ESPN and FOX think the eyeballs in your location have value, then why don't you? Digital signage gives you proven method to impact guests' buying choices and total spend, yet only a tiny fraction of operators include digital signage in their entertainment delivery. Given that these big players want to get paid for your guests' attention, shouldn't you cash in as well? It's no mystery why digital signage hasn't done well in restaurants. We simply aren't committed to making it work. Implementing effective digital signage is a challenge, but clearly one worth accepting.
Why it's important to you: The landscape for TV and Internet providers are changing rapidly and will impact you in many ways
Our industry has become incredibly reliant on the Internet. When we started sending the SportsTV Guide, more than 50% of our subscribers were via fax. Today that number is less than 3% and shrinking. Now our POS, marketing, communications and administration all rely heavily on an Internet connection that is fast, reliable and, hopefully, affordable.
Charter's purchase of Time Warner and Brighthouse means a further consolidation of power when it comes to broadband access. There is one bit of good news: the FCC wouldn't approve the merger unless they committed to no changes in Internet usage policies for seven years. This mean no "metered" usage charges or Internet throttling. This is crucial for both your business usage, but also to insure providing reliable Internet service for guests.
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Dear Colleague:
I am pleased to report that I have just finished making operational a new website service entitled "Some Biogeographers, Evolutionists and Ecologists: Chrono-Biographical Sketches" which provides about 250 profiles of leading naturalists of the past. It can be accessed at:
This new site is meant to stand on its own as a biographical source, but it is also linked to from the entries at my already-existing "Early Classics in Biogeography, Distribution, and Diversity Studies" sites, at:
http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/biogeog/ http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/biogeog/index2.htm
A few finishing touches remain to be added, but basically it is ready to go. I would appreciate your helping to get the word out in any way you can, to colleagues or students, or possibly to any appropriate review venue. Any kind of feedback (including pointing out any mistakes) is of course welcome!
–Charles H. Smith, Professor and Science Librarian, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green


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This gorgeous golden fruit blushed with pink by the early summer sun arrived in Europe from the East – China, perhaps, or India. Later it made its way across the Atlantic to the New World in the pockets of English settlers.
Apricots are now firmly established on both sides of the Pond in continental climates – Mediterranean regions and California are noted producers, both of which offer the right combination of cool winters and intensely hot summers. My favourites in our part of the world come from Switzerland's Valais region, where they bask in the sunbaked foothills of the Alps on the southern side of the River Rhone.
Sometimes – though not reliably – apricots are fine to eat raw, with the advantage that the pit or stone comes away cleanly from the flesh. You don't even need a knife: Just pull apart the two halves with a gentle tug and the pit will come free. All too often, though, they are either unripe or woolly. These are the ones to use in jam, or baked in a tart, or baked in the oven with sugar and spice. You can compensate for their lack of ripeness by judicious sweetening, while woolliness works just fine in jam.
If you have happened on some in your farmer's market, or been the lucky recipient of a tray of ripe fruit from a neighbor whose tree has fruited bountifully this year, turn them into jam, or bake them in a fragile pastry shell, or poach them in juice with a scattering of fragrant cardamom seeds and serve them cold with ice cream.
Apricot Jam with Lavender
A lightly set jam – more of a conserve – that sings of summer. Apricots, especially if fully ripe, have little pectin of their own so it's best to use quick-setting jam sugar with added pectin, which insures a good set in a shorter cooking time, thus preserving all the jam's fresh fruitiness. Store this one in the fridge – with so little sugar, it doesn't keep as well as highly sweetened, longer-cooked jams.
Makes 8 x 450g jars
2kg apricots
1.5 kg quick-setting jam sugar with added pectin
Juice of 1 lemon
8 fresh lavender sprigs
- Put a saucer in the freezer for testing the jam later.
- Cut apricots in half and remove pits (stones). Cut in half again if very large.
- Place apricots in a large preserving pan with the sugar, lemon juice and lavender sprigs.
- Stir to mix well and leave for a few hours or overnight until the juices run and the sugar is dissolved.
- Bring the mixture up to a boil, stirring. From the moment it reaches a vigorous boil, count 5 minutes (be careful it doesn't boil over — reduce the heat a little if necessary).
- Then start testing for a set: Remove the saucer from the freezer, pour a little into the saucer, let it cool slightly and then draw your finger through the jam: A distinct channel should form, and remain formed. If it does, setting point has been reached; if not, give the jam a little longer – up to 5 minutes more. Then test again.
- Once the jam has reached setting point, transfer it into warm jam jars, cover tightly and label.
Apricot Tart with Redcurrants or Alpine Strawberries
Apricots make plenty of juice when baked so take a leaf out of the Swiss bakers' books: sprinkle a layer of ground nuts in the bottom of the pastry to give a waterproof layer, as well as great flavor and texture.
Serves 6
I kg apricots
1 x 230g ready-rolled round of puff pastry or piecrust, or 250g puff pastry or piecrust
A little butter for the pan
3 tablespoons ground almonds or hazelnuts
3 tablespoons granulated or light brown sugar or to taste
Garnishes: 5 to 6 spays of redcurrants or a handful alpine strawberries
Icing sugar to dust the tart
- Cut the apricots in half, remove pits (stones), then cut in quarters if very large.
- Lightly butter a 12-inch (30-centimeter) quiche pan with removable base
- Unwrap the round of puff or piecrust (or roll out the puff pastry or piecrust to a circle slightly larger than the quiche pan) and lay it in the buttered pan, pressing it gently into the corners with lightly floured knuckles.
- Prick the pastry bottom with a fork and sprinkle with the ground nuts.
Arrange the apricots tightly in the pan in concentric circles, face upwards, sitting them up pertly like little cocked ears.
- Sprinkle the fruit with sugar.
- Heat the oven to 200C (400F) and bake the tart for 30 to 35 minutes or until the fruit is tinged with gold and the pastry golden-brown.
- Remove tart from the oven and set it on a rack. Let it cool.
- To serve, remove the outer ring from the pan leaving the tart on its base and place the tart on a serving plate. Garnish with redcurrant sprays or alpine strawberries and shake some icing sugar on top through a sieve or tea strainer.
Baked Apricots with Orange Juice and Cardamom Seeds
If you find that your apricots scored at the farmer's market are a little tart and/or not especially well-flavoured, here's the way to go: cut the fruit in half, bake them in orange juice with a sprinkling of sugar and some cardamom seeds and serve well chilled with a sprinkling of chopped pistachios and lightly sweetened crème fraiche or vanilla ice cream.
Serves 6
1 kg apricots
250ml (1 cup) orange, grapefruit or pink grapefruit juice
6-8 cardamom pods, split, seeds only
4-5 tablespoons brown sugar
Vanilla ice cream or crème fraiche to serve
Optional garnish: 2 to 3 tablespoons chopped green pistachios
- Cut the apricots in half and discard the pits (stones).
- Arrange them in one layer in a large ovenproof dish, cut sides down.</li
- Pour on orange juice and sprinkle with cardamom seeds and sugar.
- Heat oven to 220C/425F.
- Bake the apricots until soft but not collapsed – 15 to 20 minutes depending on ripeness.
- Remove from the oven.
- Tip the juice into a shallow pan and boil down hard to reduce by half.
- Pour reduced juice back over the apricots, let cool and then refrigerate.
- To serve, arrange 3 to 5 apricot halves (depending on size) face down in small bowls and spoon some juice over. Place a blob of crème fraiche or a scoop of ice cream in the middle and sprinkle with chopped pistachios if wished.
[A version of this article was first published here on Zester Daily]


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on 27-11-2018 02:39 PM
My 3G and 4G has been so slow my phone is unusable this past 2 months. I have contacted threecare on twitter who have advised each time that someone is working on the mast. This is a daily occurrence and speed tests have shown that the speed is between 0.2 and 1.6 mbps. On a number of occasions the data is so slow that the speed test will not even work.
Also, on most of my calls the phone doesn't even ring, I get a message 10minutes later to say I missed a call. This is despite have full 3G or 4G bars. I'm beyond frustrated with a network that up until the end of the summer I had no issues with.
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same here joined three 2 weeks ago . everything ok until 2 days ago .network data might as well not exist. if not on just too slow to download anything
on 31-12-2018 10:07 AM
Hi Liam00 👋 Is this happening everywhere you go or just in a particular location? I would also recommend a replacement SIM to rule out any possible fault with it. If you can PM me your number, full name, address and date of birth I can check how old your current SIM is? Susan
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Hi @ann11 👋 Can you also let me know if this is happening everywhere or just in one location? Is your phone from Three or is it an unlocked phone? Susan
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hi ..not sure but was working in home when i 1st joined three data was fine in home . since 3/4 days now no data . checked all inputs on phone all correct . its a sim free phone
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My friend Liz recently put down some new floor that's beige with black-and-white speckles, so I told her I'd do my nails to match it. And then I did my nails to match it! True story!
My base is the gorgeously greige NOPI My Jay or the Highway! (exclamation point included in the name at no extra charge). It is another one of those putty/taupe neutrals I absolutely love, even more grey than my usual faves, and while the Modern Family Collection isn't the most recent, it's a fantastic shade for fall.
The matte, black and white glitter on top is Claire's Splatter Paint. It has multiple sizes of the black and white, along with some small, black bars. I'm not usually that high on bar glitter, but from just a little bit away these really blend in to add to the "splatter" effect. Coverage was good too; this is just one coat, plus a little extra dabbing, no trouble at all. If you've been wanting one of the indie black and whites, definitely check out Claire's Splatter paint. It looks like Liz's new floor!
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App Store shoppers downloading 2.2 million apps per dayThough arguably still in its infancy, Apple's App Store has already reached a daily run rate that's seen iPhone and iPod touch users combine to download approximately 2.2 million applications every day.
Apple hasn't announced that figure outright, but CNBC's Jim Goldman drew attention to one of the company's advertisement in the New York Times today that says iPhone users have "downloaded over 300 million" applications from the App Store since it launched in July.
The last time the iPhone maker provided an update on App Store downloads was October 21st, when it noted that users would download the 200 millionth app the following day. That means that in just 45 days shoppers have downloaded another 100 million apps, or well over 2 million per day.
Meanwhile, market intelligence firm comScore said Thursday that Apple.com was the 5th most trafficked retail site on Cyber Monday —the Monday immediately following Black Friday —with 3.68 million shoppers hitting its store pages, a 43 percent increase from average daily traffic during the month of November.
eBay (12.9 million) took top honors, followed by big-box retailers Amazon.com (9.2 million), Wal-Mart (6.76 million), and Target (4.8 million).


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SKF Asia Pacific
Previously known as, SKF South East Asia & Pacific Pte Ltd, was inaugurated on 7 February 1973 operating out of suite and a shop in the Marco Polo Hotel, Singapore with a staff of 15 people. In 1974 the company moved to Jurong and two year's later Singapore became SKF's regional hub with the opening of an area office responsible for operations in Asia Pacific. Over the next 15 years a number of expansions eventually saw the company operating out of three locations in Singapore.
In August 2000, we moved to a purpose-built state-of-the-art warehouse and office building close to Changi Airport. The facility serves 22 countries and holds about 19,000 items. Annual turnover in Singapore is 4% of the group net sales. SKF Vehicle Parts has its own office, warehouse and kit assembly facility under the same roof.
In recognition of our quality-oriented systems and procedure, SKF Vehicle Parts and Domestic Sales were awarded ISO 9002 in 1994. SKF South East Asia & Pacific Pte Ltd in 1996 received ISO 14001 certification. Subsequently, SKF also attained the following awards, ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001 and awarded Zero Accident Awards 1729 ( for the year 2010-2011).
Currently, our staff of 210 (as of 2012) employees in Singapore includes a team of experienced Application and Service Engineers capable of providing assistance in areas such as machine condition monitoring, application engineering and design, trouble shooting, maintenance training and support.
With effect from and since 1st April, 2008, our company name has been changed to SKF Asia Pacific Pte Ltd.
Singapore, is an island city-state and the smallest country in Southeast Asia. The Republic of Singapore is made up of 60 islands with combined landmass of 646 sq. km. The main island is 42 km from East to West and 23 km from North to South and is located just 137 km north of the Equator.
Sunshine is abundant throughout the year, average daily temperatures range from 23 to 33 degrees Celsius, the average humidity level is 85% and there are occasional tropical thunderstorms.
Singaporehas a population of approximately 5.07 million, and is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Chinese make up 77 percent of the population. Malays, Indians, Eurasians and foreigners working and residing here make up the balance.
Singapore is a multiracial, multicultural and multi-religious society where people of all races live in peace and harmony. Malay is the national language, but English, Chinese, and Tamil also are official languages. English is the language of administration and also is widely used in the professions, businesses, and schools.
The island city too has an excellent infrastructure that comprises an excellent postal network, telecommunications and IT network and not forgetting the public transport system. Singapore has one of the best harbour and airports in the region. Singapore Airlines has been constantly nominated the top airline by travel magazines.
The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) is among the busiest port for cargo transshipment business, handling more than 17-million TEU per year. PSA has over the years, been aggressively investing in port management or development stretching from East Asia, South Asia, Middle East and into Europe. It can now provide its customers a seamless destination to destination or dropped shipment of cargo from Far East to Europe.
The GDP growth for the year 2011 was about 4.9%
Major Industries include:
- Marine, shipping, ship-repairs, shipbuilding, ship-conversion, offshore oil-rigs building & conversion.
- Electronics and electrical manufacturing activities include media storage, printers, TV & LCD display, telecommunication, wafer & chips production, wire-bonding equipment, photonics production.
- Phamarceutical, bio- & life-science R&D.
- Petrochemicals, oils & gas refining, specialty chemicals.
- Service industries include : IT, banking & finance, hospitality, transportation, logistics & supply chain management, education & training services.
Singapore's manufacturing industries churn out:
- 70% of the world's offshore oil rigs.
- 70% of the world's impact printers.
- 60% of the world's container chillers.
- 50% of the worlds' flash lights for cameras.
- 40% of the world's disk drives.
- 10% of the world's refrigerator compressors.
In Asia, Singapore is:
- The top aerospace maintenance, repairs and overhaul center.
- The largest flavors and fragrance center.
- The top producer of oil field equipment.


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