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Anderson Cooper is not becoming a father to a Haitian orphan, the CNN host announced on his Twitter page.
"While the plight of children in Haiti has touched us all, stories about me adopting a baby are completely false," he Tweeted in response to a story in the National Enquirer that claimed otherwise earlier this week.
The silver-haired star has covered the earthquake crisis in Haiti from the field in the island nation itself, appearing on the "Hope For Haiti Now" telethon as well as reporting for his own "Anderson Cooper 360."
The Enquirer also claimed that Anderson and his reported boyfriend, Ben Maisani, would raise the baby. The newsman did not address his romantic status on his Twitter page and remains silent on his much-discussed sexual orientation, which has been persistently questioned by publications including Gawker and Out magazine.
In 2007, the mag ranked Anderson at No. 2 in its "50 Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America" issue and placed a cut-out of his face next to Jodie Foster's on the cover with the headline, "The Glass Closet."
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The lawyers son wanted to follow in his fathers footsteps, so he went to law school. He graduated with honors, and then went home to join his fathers firm. At the end of his first day at work he rushed into his fathers office, and said, Father, father, in one day I broke the accident case that youve been working on for ten years!
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Verdier 2012 to Celebrate Values; to Feature Panel Discussions, Quiz Bowl, Covenant Award Ceremony
Verdier 2012, the week-long celebration marking the 10th anniversary of the Covenant Award, the honor recognizing students who exemplify the College's five core values: Christian, Liberal Arts, Excellence, Community and Service, will be held April 16-20.
Throughout the week, the College will highlight service projects by Augustana students, faculty and alumni and the campus community will participate in panel discussions, a quiz bowl, the presentation of the 2012 Covenant Awards and more.
"We believe 'Verdier' is indeed a fitting name for this celebration. In Norwegian, its translation is "values; the moral principles and beliefs or accepted standards of a person or community," said Dr. Jim Bies, Vice President for Student Services and Dean of Students. "Verdier 2012 will celebrate the morals and ethics that have guided this institution and our students since 1860."
One of the College's core values will be celebrated each day during the week-long celebration. Verdier 2012 events include:
Monday, April 16: A Celebration of Christian Faith
10 a.m.: Major announcement by College officials in the Chapel of Reconciliation.
- 3 p.m.: Panel discussion on "Nontraditional Ministry" featuring Brian Hansen, State Director for the South Dakota Fellowship of Christian Athletes; Alan Greene, CEO & Founder of LifeLight Communications, the organization behind the annual LifeLight Music Festival; and Jessica Berg, Augustana class of 2003. Currently pursuing her Master's degree in Christian Leadership at Sioux Falls Seminary, Berg has spent time directing youth for a joint ministry between two different Lutheran Churches in Shakopee, Minn. The discussion will be held in the Siverson Lounge.
Tuesday, April 17: A Celebration of Excellence
- 7 p.m.: Student-Faculty Quiz Bowl in the Back Alley.
Wednesday, April 18: A Celebration of the Liberal Arts
10:30 – 10:50 a.m.: In celebration of the liberal arts, a harpist will perform in the lobby of the Gilbert Science Center; the Augustana Chemistry Club will conduct experiments in the rotunda of the Madsen Center; and the Augustana String Quartet will perform in the atrium of the Humanities Building.
3 p.m.: "Fast-Five" presentations on the "Power of a Liberal Arts Education" featuring Augustana faculty, administrators and staff in the Siverson Lounge. Participants will have five minutes to state their case on why a liberal arts education matters and what their liberal arts education means to them.
7:30 p.m.: Augustana Percussion Ensemble Recital in Kresge Recital Hall.
- 9 p.m.: All-Star Performance by the Augustana Brand Name Improv in the Back Alley.
Thursday, April 19: A Celebration of Community
- 10 a.m.: Gather your hall-mates, friends and colleagues and head to the Campus Green at 10 a.m. sharp for an all-campus aerial photo. Let's see if we can set the World Record for the most-ever bodies in the formation of an "A-C." The goal is for all students, faculty and staff to be included. Cookies and lemonade will be served on the Siverson patio following the photo.
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11 a.m.: Meals for Vets: Augustana students can donate a portion of their meal plan to provide lunch for a veteran of the U.S. armed services. Veterans from the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Sioux Falls will arrive on campus beginning at 11 a.m. and will join students for lunch in the 3-in-1 room inside Morrison Commons. In addition, the 3-in-1 room will feature stationery and letter-writing stations for students to write letters to servicemen and women overseas.
3-5 p.m.: Reading Adventure: Augustana students will spend time reading to elementary school students in various after-school programs throughout Sioux Falls.
- 7:30 p.m.: Covenant Awards Program, Our Savior's Lutheran Church: Join past Covenant Award honorees and celebrate the 2012 Covenant Award ambassadors and honorees. Entertainment provided by faculty, students, and staff. Reception to follow.


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TestNG MixedMode
Author: Lukas Jungmann (jungi (at) netbeans (dot) org)
Date: February 6, 2012
2/6/2012 - Announced on testng-dev mailing list read
2/20/2012 - Changes accepted and included in standard TestNG distribution
4/13/2012 - All changes are available in version 6.5.1 of standard TestNG distribution and newer
TestNG is getting more and more interest from developers due to its specific features which are missing in JUnit, such as ability to define dependencies between tests, define test groups, have parametrized test, parallel test execution and many others. It also provides a way to run JUnit tests. But as of version 6.3.1 this feature is limited only to JUnit 3 tests [read more] and even tough there are already tools helping developers to migrate from JUnit to TestNG the migration itself can be a bit painful and time consuming. This mainly applies for big projects which are not being developed using Eclipse, for example NetBeans.
- Sources: https://github.com/lukasj/testng available in official TestNG repository
- Binary: included as part of official NetBeans distribution since version 7.2, also available in TestNG, version 6.5.1 or newer
The idea is instead of providing a JUnit test 3/4 conversion tool to improve TestNG itself so it can automaticaly recognize JUnit 3 and JUnit 4 tests and run them if a user asks TestNG to do so and puts JUnit library on TestNG's classpath.
This is achieved through new TestNG option called -mixed. This option tells TestNG that it should also check files passed to it for presence of JUnit tests - be it a JUnit 3 test with suite method or a regular TestCase with test* methods or JUnit 4 test annotated with org.junit.Test annotation. The only requirement here is that TestNG is able to find JUnit library on its test classpath.
With -mixed option on, TestNG internally creates and runs following test suite based on user input for -testclass or -methods options (or their Ant task's counterparts):
- xml suite created from -testclass option:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd"> <suite name="Command line suite"> <test name="test.mixed.JUnit3Test1" junit="true" preserve-order="false"> <classes> <class name="test.mixed.JUnit3Test1"/> </classes> </test> <!-- test.mixed.JUnit3Test1 --> <test name="test.mixed.JUnit4Test1" junit="true" preserve-order="false"> <classes> <class name="test.mixed.JUnit4Test1"/> </classes> </test> <!-- test.mixed.JUnit4Test1 --> <test name="Command line test" preserve-order="false"> <classes> <class name="test.mixed.TestNGTest1"/> </classes> </test> <!-- Command line test --> </suite> <!-- Command line suite -->
- xml suite created from -methods option:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd"> <suite name="Command line suite"> <test name="Command line test" preserve-order="false"> <classes> <class name="test.mixed.TestNGTest1"> <methods> <include name="tngCustomTest1"/> </methods> </class> <!-- test.mixed.TestNGTest1 --> </classes> </test> <!-- Command line test --> <test name="test.mixed.JUnit4Test1" junit="true" preserve-order="false"> <classes> <class name="test.mixed.JUnit4Test1"> <methods> <include name="atest"/> </methods> </class> <!-- test.mixed.JUnit4Test1 --> </classes> </test> <!-- test.mixed.JUnit4Test1 --> <test name="test.mixed.JUnit3Test1" junit="true" preserve-order="false"> <classes> <class name="test.mixed.JUnit3Test1"> <methods> <include name="testB"/> </methods> </class> <!-- test.mixed.JUnit3Test1 --> </classes> </test> <!-- test.mixed.JUnit3Test1 --> </suite> <!-- Command line suite -->
This solution affects curent -junit option if JUnit 4 library is found on tests' classpath - if it is found then org.junit.runner.JUnitCore is used for running all found JUnit tests. Other than that current behaviour of TestNG with changes described in this documment is not affected.
Note that using -mixed together with -junit is not permitted - TestNG will not start if both options are set.
Example: Migrating standard NetBeans Java SE project from JUnit to TestNG
Assume we have created an Ant based Java SE project in NetBeans and we have there some existing JUnit tests - version 3 or 4, that is not important at this point - and we decided to switch our project from JUnit to TestNG. How can we do that?
Basically we have 3 options:
- rewrite existing tests to TestNG and update our build script(s)
- use a JUnit -> TestNG conversion tool and update our build script(s)
- update our build script(s) to call TestNG in new mixed mode - this is what TestNG plugin for NetBeans does
So let's choose the last option as it looks like the easiest one:
1) Put TestNG binary on project's run.test.classpath (IDE will do this for you when you add TestNG library to project's Test Libraries, otherwise do that in nbproject/project.properties).
2) Open nbproject/build-impl.xml file in some editor and find following snippet there:
<target name="-init-macrodef-junit"> <macrodef name="junit" uri="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/j2se-project/3"> <attribute default="${includes}" name="includes"/> <attribute default="${excludes}" name="excludes"/> <attribute default="**" name="testincludes"/> <sequential> <property name="junit.forkmode" value="perTest"/> <junit dir="${work.dir}" errorproperty="tests.failed" failureproperty="tests.failed" fork="true" forkmode="${junit.forkmode}" showoutput="true" tempdir="${build.dir}"> <batchtest todir="${build.test.results.dir}"> <fileset dir="${test.src.dir}" excludes="@{excludes},${excludes}" includes="@{includes}"> <filename name="@{testincludes}"/> </fileset> </batchtest> <classpath> <path path="${run.test.classpath}"/> </classpath> <syspropertyset> <propertyref prefix="test-sys-prop."/> <mapper from="test-sys-prop.*" to="*" type="glob"/> </syspropertyset> <formatter type="brief" usefile="false"/> <formatter type="xml"/> <jvmarg line="${endorsed.classpath.cmd.line.arg}"/> <jvmarg value="-ea"/> <jvmarg line="${run.jvmargs}"/> </junit> </sequential> </macrodef> </target>
3) Now replace it with following code
<target name="-init-macrodef-junit"> <macrodef name="junit" uri="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/j2se-project/3"> <attribute default="${includes}" name="includes"/> <attribute default="${excludes}" name="excludes"/> <attribute default="**" name="testincludes"/> <sequential> <fileset id="mixed.tests" dir="${test.src.dir}" excludes="@{excludes},${excludes}" includes="@{includes}"> <filename name="@{testincludes}"/> </fileset> <taskdef name="testng" classname="org.testng.TestNGAntTask" classpath="${run.test.classpath}"/> <testng mode="mixed" classfilesetref="mixed.tests" workingDir="${basedir}" failureProperty="tests.failed" outputdir="${build.test.results.dir}"> <classpath> <pathelement path="${run.test.classpath}"/> <pathelement path="${j2ee.platform.classpath}"/> <pathelement path="${build.test.classes.dir}"/> </classpath> <propertyset> <propertyref prefix="test-sys-prop."/> <mapper from="test-sys-prop.*" to="*" type="glob"/> </propertyset> <jvmarg line="${run.jvmargs.prop}"/> <jvmarg line="${endorsed.classpath.cmd.line.arg}"/> </testng> </sequential> </macrodef> </target>
4) And as the last thing - create some simple TestNG test, Test the project and see what happens:
compile-test: [TestNG] Running: Ant suite JUnit 4 PASSED: hello on hello(test.JUnitTest) =============================================== test.JUnitTest Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Skips: 0 =============================================== TestNG PASSED: aTest =============================================== Ant test Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Skips: 0 =============================================== =============================================== Ant suite Total tests run: 2, Failures: 0, Skips: 0 =============================================== [TestNG] Time taken by org.testng.reporters.jq.Main@67006d75: 43 ms [TestNG] Time taken by org.testng.reporters.JUnitReportReporter@27ce2dd4: 6 ms [TestNG] Time taken by org.testng.reporters.SuiteHTMLReporter@aaf8358: 8 ms [TestNG] Time taken by org.testng.reporters.EmailableReporter@10b61fd1: 1 ms [TestNG] Time taken by [TestListenerAdapter] Passed:0 Failed:0 Skipped:0]: 0 ms [TestNG] Time taken by org.testng.reporters.XMLReporter@33c1b02: 3 ms test-report: test: BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 0 seconds)
Now we can test the project and all JUnit tests as well as new TestNG tests will run both at the same time using TestNG.
Known issues
- forkmode - JUnit's Ant task allows one to define VM forking modes - perTest, perBatch, once. TestNG Ant task currently works in forkmode="once".
- posible ClassNotFountError from org.testng.internal.ClassHelper - this class in IJUnitTestRunner createTestRunner(TestRunner runner) method instantiates classes depending on JUnit binary and if it is not found Error is thrown, to avoid/fix this 'Class.forName("Test/TestCase")' needs to be called before '(IJUnitTestRunner) ClassHelper.forName(JUNIT_TESTRUNNER).newInstance()' - this will allow TestNG to recover from the state when "-junit" (or "-mixed") is used and no JUnit is found on the classpath - FIXED (44c68b0)
- abstract class with suite method is not recognized as valid JUnit test - FIXED (2932bb8)
This part discribes all differences between official TestNG distribution (as of v. 6.4beta from February 2, 2012) and modified TestNG library included as part of TestNG plugin for NetBeans
Full diff between both repositories: testng-6.4beta.diff.zip
Particular changes:
- ad72beb - unrelated - a fix for building TestNG distribution to contain additional artifacts in a common location
- 89f3b06 - update JUnit library used for building TestNG to JUnit 4 and support for running JUnit 4 tests - this affects current junit="true" option in a way that it is able to run also JUnit 4 tests
- f5c4b35 - provide two versions of testng.jar - one with rebundled JUnit classes and second without JUnit classes
- 1522307 - fixing compilation errors after pulling from official repository
- 71126c8 - initial checking of mixed mode
- f258209 - separation of JUnit3 and JUnit4 runners and improved test results reporting
- 1876355 - previous 2 changesets (71126c8 and f258209) merged into one for better review
- bf04c20 - (empty) merge
- 543fc9c - a typo
- 77de21b - making sure that TestNG runs with JUnit on its classpath as well as without it without any errors
- efa11aa - merge with official repo as of February 2, 2012
- 2e805d9 - fixing compilation errors after pulling from official repository
- 44c68b0 - avoid ClassNotFoundError (as mentioned under #Known issues)
- 2932bb8 - abstract class with suite method is not recognized as valid JUnit test (as mentioned under #Known issues)


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Well, not the entire world, but robots are certainly having an impact on the way business is being done in the dairy industry.
Since the 1990s, robotic milkers have been slowly picking up steam globally. Dairymen in Europe were some of the first to adopt this technology, but it's those American producers who have gone across the pond to learn about the technology who have taken it to another level.
Mason Dixon Farms in Gettysburg, Pa., is a shining example of what can be accomplished through hard work and ingenuity.
"In the year 2000, two of my brothers went to Germany to visit with Claas equipment because they were custombuilding a forage harvester for us," said co-owner Doyle Waybright.
During that visit, Waybright's brothers did what most farmers would — they stopped at other operations to learn about European agriculture.
"They found this new way to milk cows with robots," related Waybright. "They came home talking more about that than the new, very expensive forage harvester we were about to acquire."
It also happened that Mason Dixon Farms was looking at building a new barn with a parlor. This led to Waybright making his own trip to Europe to see robotic milking in action. Right away, he knew this was the direction he wanted to go and he attempted to order 40 robotic milkers. However, he could not get the company he was interested in to make the commitment to that many units in such a quick time.
Instead, Mason Dixon Farms purchased a single unit in 2001 to experiment with the technology. Four years later, the farm invested in robotics more heavily with 10 units in a single barn and now the farm is up to 20 DeLaval VMS robots milking 1,050 cows.
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Dale Hemminger, owner of Hemdale Farms in Seneca Castle, N.Y., has been gradually increasing the size of his operation, moving from a 120-cow dairy more than 20 years ago, to 300 cows, then 500 cows and now a milking herd of 800 cows.
During that growth, Hemminger has looked at many different parlor and milking systems. Robotic milking systems were something that intrigued him because of the flexibility with the units. For instance, it is easier to fit multiple robotic units into an existing barn rather than installing a large parlor.
Before even getting invested into robots, Hemminger made some visits to dairies using robotic milkers. He looked at a robot in a New York museum farm several times, made a trip to Canada to see the newest Lely milker, and went to Waybright's operation, as well.
"I actually visited and have a great friendship with Mason Dixon Farms that at the time had 10 robots," said Hemminger.
"We decided in 2007, and we built a four-robot barn perpendicular to the existing barns with a vision if we stayed robotic we could tie this all together, which we ended up doing," shared Hemminger.
Eighteen months later, Hemminger made the move to shut down his existing parlor and began milking with 12 robots. The dairy later added another robot for a grand total of 13 Lely Astronaut A3s.
Finding access to quality labor had been an issue for Hemdale Farms. But, with the addition of robotic milkers, the dairy has been able to increase its labor efficiency.
"We were shipping 1.2 to 1.3 million pounds of milk per man equivalent per year with the parlor operation and had more than half our heifers boarded out," said Hemminger.
"Today, with the robots, we're at 2.1 or 2.2 million pounds of milk per man equivalent and we've got three-fourths of our heifers home again."
Labor savings
Gingrich Meadows Dairy in Leroy, Mich., was one of the first farms in the U.S. to use GEA Farm Technologies" MIone multi-box automatic milking system. The 300-cow dairy is currently using two GEA MIone four-box units which were introduced to the European markets in 2005 and recently became available in North America.
For co-owner Amy Martin, the move to robotic milking has been a positive one, especially when it comes to spending time with family.
"We have more family time; for example, it's me and my brother who own the farm, and we were actually able to take a vacation together this spring," said Martin. "We left my oldest son and two employees to run the entire farm —all of the heifers, all of the cows, everything — for a week, which was great."


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MONTREAL - Third period goals by Edmonton's Jeff Petry and Ryan Jones gave the Oilers a 4-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night at the Bell Centre.
Ales Hemsky and Ladislav Smid also scored for Edmonton (3-6-1), while Devan Dubnyk made 29 saves.
Tomas Plekanec, Brendan Gallagher, and Brian Gionta scored for Montreal (5-4-0). Carey Price made stopped 28 of 32 shots.
The teams were even on shots at 32.
Tuesday's game was Edmonton's sixth straight on the road. They went 2-3-1 on that stretch and sit in last place in the Pacific Division.
The Habs were coming off a tough 2-1 loss to the Predators.
Plekanec put the Canadiens on the board first when he scored a power play goal at 16:36 of the first period.
Andrei Markov started the play, showing great vision with a diagonal cross-ice pass from the blue line. Plekanec made no mistake slotting home his fourth goal of the season between Dubnyk's legs. Rookie Michael Bournival got an assist on the play.
Gallagher increased Montreal's lead less than two minutes later. Gallagher intercepted a poor clearance by the Oilers' Jones and beat Dubnyk glove-side with a quick wrist shot.
The Oilers answered with two goals of their own in quick succession. Hemsky scored the first at 12:50 of the second period, getting around Alex Galchenyuk with ease and beating Price above the shoulder.
Smid then tied the game 2-2 with his first of the year, when he put the rebound of a Ryan Nugent-Hopkins shot into a gaping net at 15:37.
Edmonton completed the comeback when Petry scored at 7:59 of the third. Nugent-Hopkins pretended to shoot on a 2-on-1, but instead dished the puck to Petry who made no mistake from close range.
Jones put the game out of reach, scoring the eventual game-winner at 9:57. Gionta scored a late consolation goal for the Canadiens with two seconds remaining.
The injury-plagued Canadiens were without the services of Max Pacioretty, Brandon Prust and Daniel Briere. All three forwards sustained injuries last week.
The Oilers were also missing star forward Taylor Hall and veteran Ryan Smyth. Hall, who injured his knee on Saturday in the Oilers' win over Ottawa, is expected to be out four weeks. Jones replaced him in the lineup.
Rookie defenceman Nathan Beaulieu, who was sent down to Hamilton on the weekend, was recalled by the Canadiens and played in place of Jarred Tinordi. Beaulieu finished the game with three blocked shots and 10:21 of ice time.
The Oilers lost 4-1 to the Canadiens on Oct. 11 in Edmonton - the Oilers' last home game before their two-week road trip. They welcome the Washington Capitals to Rexall Place on Thursday night.
Montreal hosts the Anaheim Ducks next on Oct. 24.


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How the EU's Strategic Partnerships with East Asian Countries Strengthen and Delimit Representations of the EU as a Global and Regional Security Actor
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Image restoration and enhancement methods that respect important features such as edges play a fundamental role in digital image processing. In the last decades a large variety of methods have been proposed. Nevertheless, the correct restoration and preservation of, e.g., sharp corners, crossings or texture in images is still a challenge, in particular in the presence of severe distortions. Moreover, in the context of image denoising many methods are designed for the removal of additive Gaussian noise and their adaptation for other types of noise occurring in practice requires usually additional efforts. The aim of this thesis is to contribute to these topics and to develop and analyze new methods for restoring images corrupted by different types of noise: First, we present variational models and diffusion methods which are particularly well suited for the restoration of sharp corners and X junctions in images corrupted by strong additive Gaussian noise. For their deduction we present and analyze different tensor based methods for locally estimating orientations in images and show how to successfully incorporate the obtained information in the denoising process. The advantageous properties of the obtained methods are shown theoretically as well as by numerical experiments. Moreover, the potential of the proposed methods is demonstrated for applications beyond image denoising. Afterwards, we focus on variational methods for the restoration of images corrupted by Poisson and multiplicative Gamma noise. Here, different methods from the literature are compared and the surprising equivalence between a standard model for the removal of Poisson noise and a recently introduced approach for multiplicative Gamma noise is proven. Since this Poisson model has not been considered for multiplicative Gamma noise before, we investigate its properties further for more general regularizers including also nonlocal ones. Moreover, an efficient algorithm for solving the involved minimization problems is proposed, which can also handle an additional linear transformation of the data. The good performance of this algorithm is demonstrated experimentally and different examples with images corrupted by Poisson and multiplicative Gamma noise are presented. In the final part of this thesis new nonlocal filters for images corrupted by multiplicative noise are presented. These filters are deduced in a weighted maximum likelihood estimation framework and for the definition of the involved weights a new similarity measure for the comparison of data corrupted by multiplicative noise is applied. The advantageous properties of the new measure are demonstrated theoretically and by numerical examples. Besides, denoising results for images corrupted by multiplicative Gamma and Rayleigh noise show the very good performance of the new filters.
Minimization and Parameter Estimation for Seminorm Regularization Models with I-Divergence Constraints (2012)
This papers deals with the minimization of seminorms \(\|L\cdot\|\) on \(\mathbb R^n\) under the constraint of a bounded I-divergence \(D(b,H\cdot)\). The I-divergence is also known as Kullback-Leibler divergence and appears in many models in imaging science, in particular when dealing with Poisson data. Typically, \(H\) represents here, e.g., a linear blur operator and \(L\) is some discrete derivative operator. Our preference for the constrained approach over the corresponding penalized version is based on the fact that the I-divergence of data corrupted, e.g., by Poisson noise or multiplicative Gamma noise can be estimated by statistical methods. Our minimization technique rests upon relations between constrained and penalized convex problems and resembles the idea of Morozov's discrepancy principle. More precisely, we propose first-order primal-dual algorithms which reduce the problem to the solution of certain proximal minimization problems in each iteration step. The most interesting of these proximal minimization problems is an I-divergence constrained least squares problem. We solve this problem by connecting it to the corresponding I-divergence penalized least squares problem with an appropriately chosen regularization parameter. Therefore, our algorithm produces not only a sequence of vectors which converges to a minimizer of the constrained problem but also a sequence of parameters which convergences to a regularization parameter so that the penalized problem has the same solution as our constrained one. In other words, the solution of this penalized problem fulfills the I-divergence constraint. We provide the proofs which are necessary to understand our approach and demonstrate the performance of our algorithms for different image restoration examples.


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Ever since his 2008 record-breaking solo speed ascent of the north face of the Eiger in 2h 47m 33s Ueli Steck has been regarded as one of climbing's most spectacular talents.
Afterwards Steck declared he would dial back on the fast solo climbs that led to him being nicknamed the "Swiss Machine" but his climbing feats have continued to amaze and inspire. In 2013 he was back in the limelight after making an incredibly bold solo ascent of the south face of Annapurna (8,091 m) in 28 hours – a new record. The ascent won him the Piolet d'Or, one of climbing's most prestigious awards.
"I was at the limits of my physical and mental ability. To go to such limits changes your consciousness, " he said at the time. Climbers regard it as one of the most significant climbs in the Himalayas in a generation.
The older, smarter Steck is not the same climber he was as a daring youth, pushing the limits of human capability. "I feel a difference between now and 10 years ago," he says. "My body needs more time to recover, and I have to be more careful with training. But I'm more confident, and this gives me a lot of freedom. But the fire still burns!"
As a purist, Steck climbs without using bottled oxygen and has so far summited five 8,000m peaks without doing so. Everest is one of those peaks, which, he says, was one of the most physically demanding undertakings in his life. "It's out of the question for me to use bottled oxygen," he says. "I either make the summit without it or I turn back, go home and train more."
Steck is also noted for his rigorous and professional approach to training. He spends up to 30 hours a week working-out, running, climbing, cross-country skiing and doing endurance and strength work. He never travels anywhere without a pair of running shoes and is always scouting for something to get to the top of, whether a mountain in the distance or the top of a building if he's city-bound, such as the One World Trade Center in New York City.
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Nanoscience and nanotechnology certainly are buzz words in the 21st century, and much hype is associated with activities in these areas. What is it that has brought about the interest in this field? Billions of dollars are being invested worldwide by governments, including the South African government, in nano-activities.
The best way to understand what 'nano' is all about is to consider the following. Individual copper atoms do not conduct electricity. Nor do two, three or four copper atoms. Yet copper metal does so where do the properties of copper change over from being non-conducting to conducting? This transition takes place in the nano range, with particle sizes typically <100 nm. The development of various modern techniques that allow us to 'see' atoms, and so investigate particles in this range, have now opened up this regime for study. And now that studies have commenced, a rich world of atom interactions leading to new materials and devices has become possible.
Although the field of nanotechnology is a relatively new one in this country, isolated projects in related areas have been going on for more than a decade. Metal particle sizes of 100 nm and less, for example, had been observed in catalysts before the word 'nanotechnology' came into use. The formation of the South African Nanotechnology Initiative (SANi) in the year 2002 ushered in a period of intense activity, and a unity of purpose that has accelerated the growth of nanotechnology as a research area in South Africa. The active involvement of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) in this initiative was a welcome development, and led to the adoption of a South African nanotechnology strategy and an associated 10-year plan for nanotechnology.
Since then, five national priority areas have been identified and towards this end, the National Research Foundation is currently supporting ongoing work on the use of nanotechnology to aid the provision of clean water; the synthesis of new electrocatalysts for use in fuel cells and other sustainable energy sources; the development of biosensors and biolabels for medical applications and the improvement of drug delivery systems (see SAJS 105, 89; 2009); the use of nanotechnology in green chemistry and the synthesis of novel materials; and advances in the mining and minerals-processing industries and in the beneficiation of materials.
Virtually every higher education institution in South Africa has an active nanotechnology research group, and iThemba LABS, the Council for Minerals Technology, the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research are some of the other institutions involved in 'nano' studies. Evidence of activity in the private sector includes companies such as Sasol and De Beers. Bilateral and multilateral relations with countries are in place to ensure that this sector in South Africa benefits from cooperation with more established centres in the developed world, as well as in other developing countries. These include a flagship IndiaBrazilSouth Africa project on nanotechnology as well as agreements with Russia, Japan and Iran.
At the NanoAfrica '06 conference held at the University of Cape Town in 2006, South African scientists presented ongoing studies on many 'nano' topics. The publication of papers from this conference is long overdue, and we are indebted to SAJS for publishing them in this issue. They give some idea as to directions that 'nano' studies are taking in South Africa. More information on SANi can be obtained from the SANi web page: www.sani.org.za
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Now the fireworks can begin for NFL fans. Brett Favre has signed and faxed to the NFL his intent to return to play football for the upcoming season.
Now the fireworks can begin for NFL fans. Brett Favre has signed and faxed to the NFL his intent to return to play football for the upcoming season.
The former, and he hopes current, No. 1 quarterback for the Green Bay Packers returns a few months after an "emotional" press conference saying he was through keeping his team in a state of "siege" for the past two seasons.
Now one of the best quarterbacks ever to play the game again takes the team that has backed him up as hostage.
It's a saga almost like "The Godfather" where Favre plays Vito Corleone as he got shot on the street and the Packers playing the part of Freido — knowing they have to do something, but too afraid to pull the trigger.
Then Vito comes back to a meeting of the five families and, eventually, kills the other mob bosses. Favre hasn't done that, yet, but in Packer Land, that would be Green Bay's general manager (Ted Thompson), head coach (Mike McCarthy), offensive coordinator (Joe Philbin) and the chief executive officer (Mike Murphy).
I am a big Favre fan even though I didn't think much of him when I saw him play college ball at Southern Mississippi. He proved many people wrong with the way he was able to turn the Packers into a contender, even last year when most people said then he should hang up his cleats.
I also think he can still be considered one of the top five quarterbacks currently in the NFL. Not along the lines of Peyton Manning (Eli still has work to do) and Tom Brady. I would still put him in front of Eli Manning and Tony Romo.
But he again puts the Packers in a very uncomfortable spot. Green Bay has been grooming heir-apparent Aaron Rodgers to be the new leader of the Packers' offense, and it drafted two quarterbacks to be his backup. Now Favre has been allowed to come back to training camp, and things in Wisconsin will be like a three-ring circus.
Favre could get an offer from the Packers he can't refuse. Green Bay could trade Favre — there were rumors that Minnesota and Tampa Bay are or were interested in him — and get a player back that would help the team like a running back.
And if they can't trade Favre, the Packers should just plant him and his cleats in cement and throw him out into Lake Michigan.
After all, it wouldn't be anything personal; just business.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Tyreke Evans has been a solid scorer throughout his four-year NBA career. Still, the one thing he's always lacked is a consistent outside shot.
Evans made two consecutive 3-pointers late in the game and teammate DeMarcus Cousins had 25 points and 13 rebounds to help the Sacramento Kings beat the struggling Toronto Raptors 107-100 on Wednesday night.
The Kings used strong fourth-quarter play from Cousins and Evans to earn a rare victory. Sacramento had dropped nine of its previous 11 games, including an embarrassing 35-point loss Sunday against the Los Angeles Clippers.
Evans, back in the starting lineup after missing the past two games with a bruised left knee, scored 10 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter. The point total wasn't a surprise, but hitting back-to-back 3s was unexpected. Evans entered the season as a 25 per cent career shooter from 3-point territory and had made six of 22 attempts this season.
With the game tied at 95, Evans put the Kings on top for good with a 3-pointer, then connected on another one from the same spot 30 seconds later, giving Sacramento 101-95 lead with 1:43 remaining. Both times Evans stared at the Toronto bench defiantly after sinking his shot.
"I'm happy for him, especially on his outside shooting," said Cousins, who scored seven points in the final 5:28. "If Tyreke gets confidence in that shot he's going to be an incredible player."
Kyle Lowry had a huge second half, scoring 29 points. He pulled the Raptors within four on his fourth 3 of the game with 18 seconds left, but the Kings made free throws to secure the victory.
"Tyreke made two huge 3s and pretty much put the game away," Lowry said. "He's just coming off an injury, so I know he's not 100 per cent. But those 3s showed how he is a big-time competitor. And Cousins is just a bull. He's very talented and everyone knows that."
It's been a rare occurrence this season when both Cousins and Evans are major offensive contributors.
But that was the case against the Raptors.
"That's very important. I think it starts with us two. DeMarcus in the post and me in the pick-and-rolls getting into the paint," Evans said. "That's one of the things I wanted to do tonight, drive the ball and get fouled."
Evans started slow, missing his first four shots in the first quarter. He had seven points at halftime but began connecting in the third and finished 7 of 16. He struggled a bit from the free throw line, shooting 7 of 12.
"I thought he was pressing in his first game back," Kings coach Keith Smart said. "But he settled down and he didn't force the issue."
Jason Thompson added 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Kings, while John Salmons scored 12 and Aaron Brooks 11.
Lowry had a season-high 34 points, two below his career best. He also added 11 assists and five rebounds for the Raptors, who have lost two straight and eight of nine.
Mickael Pietrus scored 21 points, DeMar DeRozan added 14 and Ed Davis chipped in 13 points and 11 rebounds.
"That's the ballgame right there: They had 56 points in the paint," Toronto coach Dwane Casey said. "They had their way with us in the paint. Everybody's going to look at Tyreke Evans. He hit two 3s and he hit six all season. We did the right thing trying to protect the paint."
After Lowry hit a 3 and followed with a shot from close range, Cousins responded with a three-point play and a jumper, tying the score at 91 with 4:31 to go. A left-handed shot off the glass by Cousins put the Kings ahead 95-93 with 2:36 left.
Pietrus made a pair of free throws early in the fourth quarter, concluding a 22-5 run that began midway through the third. But the Kings rallied quickly, taking an 85-84 lead on Jimmer Fredette's runner in the lane at the 8:09 mark.
"You can't explain in words how frustrating it is," DeRozan said. "We try to work as hard as we can, but the ball doesn't bounce our way, the ball doesn't go in when you need it to go in. It's everything you can think of."
Salmons made a pair of 3s early in the third and scored eight points as Sacramento built its lead to 73-60 midway through the period. Lowry helped bring the Raptors back, scoring 15 points in cutting the Kings' lead to 78-76 entering the fourth.
Cousins scored 14 points and Thompson had 11 in the first half, helping the Kings take a 55-47 lead.
Operating exclusively inside, the struggling Cousins got going early, scoring 12 points in the first quarter. Pietrus had 11 for Toronto, which was outscored 26-18 in the second.
NOTES: Pietrus has started two of the three games since he was signed by the Raptors as a free agent on Nov. 30. ... The Kings are 4-1 this season when they score 100 or more points. ... Former Raptor James Johnson came off the bench to start the second quarter and quickly made a 3-pointer, his first of the season after missing his first eight tries. He finished with six points, eight rebounds and five fouls in 14 minutes. ... Raptors reserve forward Linas Kleiza (sore left hip) missed his second straight game.


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– Molly Clause, an office assistant with a swoop of salt-and-pepper hair and a good-natured laugh, wrestled for months over which Democrat to caucus for Thursday night.
But when she finally decided two weeks ago to back Sen. Joseph Biden Jr., she knew that her real work as an Iowa citizen was still ahead of her.
Republican caucusgoers here have it easy. It's one person, one vote, usually taken by secret ballot. But for Democrats, particularly those supporting underdog candidates, the caucus is a public crucible, a test of stamina and persuasion that unfolds in front of friends and neighbors and can leave participants exultant or crestfallen.
Senator Biden of Delaware had been polling at just 4 or 5 percent in recent polls in Iowa. But to have her support for him count under the byzantine rules of the state's Democratic Party, Ms. Clause knew she'd need to persuade at least 15 percent of the people in her precinct to back him.
If Biden failed to meet this test of "viability," she would face a stark choice: abandon him for a candidate with more than 15 percent support or leave the caucus.
"I'm getting scared," she said at her home in farm country west of Des Moines Wednesday night, as she thought about the next evening. "I can do it when it's just me. But trying to get others to join me, that is different."
She turned toward the logs crackling in the fireplace and sighed. "We'll see what tomorrow brings."
'I want skill'
Raised by farmers in southeast Iowa, Clause, who works for the state, had long ago decided to judge the candidates on their ability to restore America's standing in the world. She had worked as an Army nurse during the conflict in Vietnam, but scolded herself afterward for not taking more time to understand the war's moral dimensions.
She worried America was on a similar path in Iraq and was fed up with what she saw as the Bush administration's lack of credibility. Vowing to do her research this time, Clause drove through summer blaze and winter ice to see Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama, and Christopher Dodd. She compared notes with friends at Christmas parties and church coffees. She mulled over her list of favorites with her husband, Tom Clause, an ardent Obama supporter.
In her many years of caucusgoing, she says, no decision had been this difficult – not just because of what she sees as the strength of Democratic field, but because of what she believes is at stake for the country.
"I don't view this as a choice between experience and change," Clause, who is a grandmother, recalls telling herself. "I want skill."
In the end, she decided that Biden, the tough-minded, internationally seasoned chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, had the right stuff.
She meets her candidate
On New Year's Day, Clause fastened a "Biden for President '08" button to her cap and drove to a Biden campaign stop at a snow-flecked county building in Indianola.
"I like the hat, kid, I like the hat," the senator said, noticing the button as he strode into the room and reaching to shake her hand. Clause couldn't stop smiling.
"Folks, this race is in your hands," Biden, in a crisp blazer and white shirt, boomed to a conference room of supporters, on a day temperatures never made it out of the teens. "On caucus night, if you stand up for Joe Biden, you're going to be surprised how many people stand next to you."
He discussed the growing threat of Pakistan and spoke of meetings with foreign leaders. Clause walked away more convinced than ever of her choice. "He hit on all the things I care about," she said.
The Biden campaign asked her to volunteer as a "precinct co-captain." She spent the next two nights on the phone in her home office, urging friends to caucus for the senator.
Quest for five more votes
Patterson is a small town that juts out from the corn fields in Madison County, famous for the novel inspired by its covered bridges. The town has a weather-lashed one-room community building, and it had been designated one of the 1,781 caucus sites across Iowa.
A little after 6 p.m. Thursday, Clause parked her Jeep Liberty on the snowy road outside and burst through the door with a Biden sign and a wicker basket of Chicken McNuggets she had picked up on the way from work.
"Dan, have you had dinner?" she asked one man, as she bobbed through the growing crowd with nuggets and sweet-and-sour sauce to woo the undecided.
"Consider Joe Biden," she pleaded. "Consider Joe Biden."
By 7 p.m., 116 caucusgoers had jammed into the room – any US citizen and Iowa resident who turns 18 by the general election and registers as a Democrat can take part. Someone had already plugged in a coffee urn. Others had covered a row of tables with plates of home-baked cookies.
The precinct chair, a farmer named Daniel Ryner, called the caucus to order and announced that given the turnout, candidate preference groups would need at least 17 people to be viable. Clause, in the same cap with the pin that Biden had noticed two days earlier, winced and shook her head.
There was a moment of clamor and chaos as people sorted into groups in separate corners of the room. Senator Clinton, Senator Obama, and John Edwards had clearly met the threshold for viability. A minute later, a roar went up from under a Bill Richardson sign as his supporters realized they were over the line; the sole Dodd supporter, a brawny man in a Kruseman Cement cap, had left his lonely spot and helped put them over the top.
When Clause took a head count in the Biden corner, she realized they were just 12 – five short of viability. She implored Clinton's precinct captain, Judy Hensley, to spare a couple of her people, then went to the Obama camp in search of ambivalence. Nothing. Even her husband wouldn't budge.
"Tom, would you help us?" she asked him. He couldn't. The number of delegates each precinct sends to the county conventions is based on the size of each preference group. To leave, he told her, risked depriving Obama of a second delegate.
The preference groups have 30 minutes to find additional supporters. Those unable to meet viability must disband. As the minutes ticked with no change in the Biden head count, the supporters Clause was trying to hold together grew restless. Clinton backers, sensing the group's vulnerability, walked over to pitch their candidate.
As members of other rival camps moved in to scavenge, Clause at last relented. "Your choice," she told the other Biden supporters. "Go to the candidate you want."
They scattered, and when Clause met her husband's eyes through the standing-room-only crowd, he broke through to embrace her.
"Bringing her in," he said, gently steering her into the circle of Obama supporters. "Bringing her in."
"OK," she said, looking resigned. "Made my choice. Saved my marriage."
Doing the math
The caucus mathematician, a gray-haired grain and livestock farmer named John LaFratte, sat beside Mr. Ryner and inked the final tally onto a broad sheet of paper titled "Caucus Mathematics Worksheet and Reporting Form": 45 votes for Edwards, 26 for Obama, 24 for Richardson, and 21 for Clinton.
To divide the precinct's nine delegates among the candidates, Mr. LaFratte punched numbers into a calculator, using a mathematical formula supplied by the party that factors in the size of each preference group and the number of caucusgoers. Three delegates would go to Edwards and two each to Obama, Richardson, and Clinton.
"We tried," Mike Brenner, a sales manager who left Biden for Mr. Richardson after the breakup, said to Clause.
"Yes," she said. "We tried."
Clause rose on her tiptoes and peeled the "Biden for President '08" sign off the wall. "Still proud of him," she said, pressing it to her chest.
Then, at 8:30 p.m., Ryner adjourned the caucus, and Iowa's citizens, their duty done, streamed into the freezing night, under a sky full of stars.


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Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Revisiting an old favourite: Salmon with a Creamy Orange Sauce and Rosemary
I already posted a recipe for this dish during my early foodblogging days (in July 2005, to be precise). However, it never had a decent photo to illustrate it, plus I've changed the cooking temperatures a little, so I hope you don't mind me writing about it again. Also, I do believe that this fish dish deserves attention. It is an elegant salmon dish, you see, with a lovely creamy, sweet and herby sauce dressing the fish. We had it for dinner last weekend, eating it with some steamed quinoa, and it was a thoroughly satisfying simple meal.
Do try it as well. Oily fish is good for you, you know...
Salmon with a creamy orange sauce & rosemary
(Rosmariini-apelsinilõhe; original recipe: Apelsin- och rosmarinlax, Arla Sverige)
Serves 4 (can be easily halved)
4 pieces of salmon fillets (ca 500 g in total)
1 tsp salt
freshly ground black pepper
1 tsp fresh rosemary, finely chopped
250 ml (1 cup) single cream
3-4 Tbsp orange juice
First, remove any pin-bones from the salmon fillets with pliers (see photo below).
Put fish fillets into an ovenproof dish, season with a mixture of salt, pepper and rosemary. Cover and let marinate for 30 minutes in the fridge.
Mix the single cream with orange juice and pour over the fish.
Grill in a pre-heated 200˚C oven for 15 or so minutes, until fish is cooked through and the creamy orange sauce has thickened a little.
Transfer the fish onto warm plates and serve with plain rice or quinoa, spooning the extra sauce over the fish.
22 comments:
- Coffee and Vanilla said...
Very nice recipe, I'm adding to my favourites to try later :)
I make Baked Dill & Lemon Salmon quite often:
Greetings, Margot
- 1:23 pm, January 08, 2008
- K and S said...
that looks really healthy and delicious! I think I may have to go out to buy some salmon :)
- 1:29 pm, January 08, 2008
- Meeta K. Wolff said...
Oh boy! i do love the flavor of orange in the sauce. Pille I hope you had a great start to 2008! I love salmon and I think I will try this out soon!
- 1:29 pm, January 08, 2008
- Lydia (The Perfect Pantry) said...
You can never have too many salmon recipes in your repertoire! It's always elegant, and it pairs so well with citrus to help cut the fattiness of the fish. Lovely recipe, Pille.
- 2:13 pm, January 08, 2008
- Mariajaan said...
Wow! I am very pleased not only about the delicious recipe but also about the availability of quinoa in Tallinn! I am also surprised for it grows in the Andean mountains only from 2500mts above the level of the sea, and being such an ancient-traditional-indigenous "pseudo"cereal of countries so very far away from Estonia (Peru, Bolivia, Colombia) I would have never imagined that anybody there would have even tried it. Of course I am not a big foodie so I do not know what is really up...My 11yo son was the one who introduced me to this world of blogs on food. ANYWAY I must say that I was fascinated by your choice! Not a day passes without me looking for your new posts!
- 3:22 pm, January 08, 2008
- Karolina Beaudet said...
I love salmon, my favorite way of serving salmon is with raspberry sauce, but I'm sure the orange sauce must be delicious too. I'll try that out some day:)
- 6:41 pm, January 08, 2008
- Rachael Narins said...
You sure are good with salmon!
- 8:21 pm, January 08, 2008
- Wendy said...
Steamed quinoa? I didn't know it could be steamed!
- 9:46 pm, January 08, 2008
- Katie Zeller said...
I also didn't know quinoa could be steamed. I am really intrigued by the orange sauce. I pair lemon with salmon a lot but orange...must try this!
Oh, I loved the last post with all that gorgeous salmon roe!
- 10:31 pm, January 08, 2008
- Dagmar said...
The salmon looks really good. I've never paired salmon with orange, only with lemon and lime, but it sounds lovely so I'll try this out!
- 10:49 pm, January 08, 2008
- Nora B. said...
That looks so elegant and the steamed quinoa also adds to the lovely look for the final presentation.
- 4:50 am, January 09, 2008
- lobstersquad said...
I like the professional touch of the glove and the pincers! maybe you´ve been working in a restaurant lately?
- 11:22 am, January 09, 2008
- Annemarie said...
I saw a link to this recipe on Blogher and thought: mmm, lovely, and just the sort of thing Pille would do. Follow the link and where does it take me...? :)
- 4:54 pm, January 09, 2008
- Bradley said...
I enjoy salmon but I must admit to the sin of over cooking my fish. I grew up with fish that was always way over done and adjusting to fish cooked properly is something I have never been able to manage. Yours looks great!
- 5:17 am, January 10, 2008
- Kevin Kossowan said...
You had me at 'salmon'.
Nice to see the pin-boning shot too..
- 6:05 am, January 10, 2008
- Mike of Mike's Table said...
Sounds like a tasty combination
- 6:31 am, January 11, 2008
- Kerstin Klein said...
So simple and it sounds delicious. I´ll try this recipe today.
- 3:52 pm, January 11, 2008
- Dori said...
Salmon...my favorite, anyway that it is made! Creamy orange sauce and rosemary...I'm craving some right now!
- 8:17 pm, January 12, 2008
- Kerstin Klein said...
just as expected the salmon was delicious. thanks!
- 11:36 pm, January 12, 2008
- Pille said...
Margot – dill and lemon are wonderful with salmon indeed!
K&S – that's kind of you :)
Meeta – orange gives a nice sweet touch to the dish – a nice and refreshing change from lemon!
Lydia – I know :) I made another salmon dish this weekend, using lime. Not sure which citrus I love best with salmon – lemon, orange or lime..
Mariajaan – I bought my quinoa from Scotland last September, but it's easily available in Tallinn too, at least in the health food/organic shops that seem to be mushrooming these days!
Karolcia – I must admit I would have never thought of pairing salmon with raspberry sauce. Most intriguing…
Rachael – thank you :)
Wendy – well, when I first searched for quinoa recipes, then these always spoke about steaming as opposed to boiling. Basically I take 1 part rinsed quinoa and 2 parts water, add some salt, bring to the boil and simmer for 15-20 minutes, until the water has absorbed. Then fluff it up with a fork..
Katie – lemon would be my 'classic' choice for salmon, but orange works well, too, as does lime. Haven't tried with other citrus fruit yet :)
Dagmar – oh, please do give this a go!
Nora B – I've actually paired quinoa with salmon before – they make a lovely pairing, I think. Rice can be too heavy, I find.
Lobstersquar – aye :) Salmon is a rather oily fish, so gloves help. The pincers I bought for the fish handling class at the cookery school last autumn. And yes, I learnt to love these gloves while interning at the restaurant :)
Annemarie – that's hilarious :)
Bradley – I cook mine at 200 celsius and hardly for longer than 15-20 minutes, depending on the thickness. It tends to cook perfectly when sticking to these times/temperatures..
Kevin – K. is taking lots of action shots in the kitchen these days :)
Mike – it is tasty indeed!
Meeso – salmon (and trout) are some of my favourite fish, too, though I did love a good seabass and haddock in Scotland, where I knew a brilliant fishmonger.
Ksklein – I'm so happy you enjoyed the dish! I was worried you'd never try another one of my recipes after the cabbage cake incident :)
- 10:29 am, January 14, 2008
- Kerstin Klein said...
:D well, the cabbage cake was delicious even if i i did a mistake. and i´m a fan of your blog and recipes. even if something wouldn´t be my favorite food, i would still try out new stuff here.
- 10:58 am, January 14, 2008
- Abitofafoodie said...
What a lovely salmon recipe. I was served a salmon en croute recently at a dinner party which incorporated orange and was surprised how well the flavours went together.
- 11:28 am, January 14, 2008


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I got asked offlist how to decide if a shadowpriest is pulling his weight. There isn't a black and white answer to that, but there are (in my opinion) some guidelines.
First, I need to note that measures for a 70 in a raiding guild are different than those of a 29 in a twink battleground guild are different for a level 68 in a progression guild that hopes to become (or be part of) later raids. This increases the complexity, of course. Having mentioned that I'm going to simplify a bit by only considering level 70 raiding shadowpriest.
With talents but no gear, a shadowpriest should be able to top 300 dps. If they are "only" able to reach 250 they need more looking. If they're 200 or below, then they either need training or a pink slip — basically, "get it fixed, or leave. We're offering you advice on how to get it fixed because we'd rather keep you, but you have to take the advice." But that seems awful low – what about gear?
Generally, I add 1/3 of the bonus to the target. So if they're 450 spelldamage bonus, I'm expecting a FLOOR of 250+150=400, and really want them over 450. Oh, yes, I know experienced shadowpriests are going to tell me much higher is possible – and I agree. This is my floor for qualification. Improvement is possible and desirable, but if they can't reach THESE levels it's time to review retention of the player.
Equally important is what they're bringing to the table. I do not insist on improved Vampiric Embrace (though I think that's actually very important, all things considered). I do insist on Vampiric Touch, because even though good shadowpriests do good DPS others do more — we're taking SPs for their extra good. Which means a major question is whether they are USING VE and VT? If VE is up less than half the time (which I can check with WWS), we might have a problem. If VT is up less than half the time, we DEFINITELY have a problem. With a nod to Mana Bitch Battery, that's the big reason we have that character instead of a warlock.
Third, and more subtle, is guild support. When the party or raid loses members, does the shadowpriest help with the rezzes? Is he sharing the effort of getting the fortitude buff to everyone?
There are other issues, of course, but they're more general and can apply to all members. Is he coming with buff food, reagants, potions, flasks, and so on and so forth? Is he on time (at least most of the time)? Is he working on his character outside the raid to be better prepared and supplied? Is he being a sustaining member, or a leech?
But as far as measuring a shadowpriest's performance – as a LEVEL 70 in a RAIDING guild – the evaluations boil down the three points mentioned.
- Is the DPS satisfactory?
- Are VT and VE up a significant part of the time?
- Is he supporting the raid with the other priestly skills that he's got?
If not, you could just ignore it (and that'll lead to guild drama). But more typically, you make him an offer. Fix it, or leave.
By the way, shadowpriests reading this? Beat the evaluation to the punch. If you're not meeting these three objectives, ask for help if you need it, or change it if you know what to do. Because some guilds won't ask you to fix it, they'll just say goodbye. And that sucks for a long, long time.
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I would have to disagree with you a bit. First, VE seems to e somewhat situational nowadays. A good shadowpriest with an average tank will know not to keep it up all the time, as threat can easily become an issue. S/he should be able to evaluate the situation and use as appropriate. Second, being able to put out decent DPS for your gear is only half the job as a DPSer. Knowing how to gear (and spec) is the other half. Sure, you may rock the house with your 600 DPS, but could you really be cranking out 800 if your gems, enchants, and gear choices were better selected?
You hit the nail on the head there with requiring VT, it is essential for a Shadow Priest to be able to sustain DPS for any period of time, and is the main reason why they deserve a raid spot.
Your minimun acceptable Shadow Priest DPS equation is definitely a good benchmark. A nice way to know how hard your Shadow Priest is pushing their DPS is to use Recount, and look at the %damage done by spell (<3 the pies). If the priest prefers to Mindflay over nuking, the damage from mindflay should be greater than the damage from VT and SW:P no questions, if it isn't ask about mana management issues. If the priest prefers nuking, and has 4-5 points in Improved Mind Blast, it is actually possible for that spell to have the highest % damage done (I've personally seen as high as 27%) if they spam Mind Blast and Shadow Word: Death every cooldown, keep while keeping VT and SW:P up and Mindflay in between.
I am a s.priest (14/0/47 build) and I do not have Imp VE. In fact I only recently dropped it and I have noticed an increase in my dps which I assume is because I am less concerned about threat than I was previously. I dropped it for the benefit of the raid and I truly believe that it is of greater benefit to the raid in that I can go a little harder and those extra two points are in shadow power (I have 4/5 in imp MB).
Personally, I would prefer to have imp VE as that would benefit me more solo, but raiding is not about me: it is about the raid as a whole and not having improved VE serves the raid better. That said, I do hope the CO tells me otherwise… That is not likely to happen as he is thinking of dropping it himself.


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[January 28, 2013]
new book entitled "Neighborhoods, Lincoln, IL" is being published by the
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