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Nadal Reaches First U.S. Open Final
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Top-seeded Rafael Nadal blew through No. 12 Mikhail Youzhny 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 to reach his first U.S. Open final on Saturday and set up the first half of his sport's dream matchup - Nadal vs. Roger Federer for a Grand Slam title.
Nadal is 5-2 against Federer in Grand Slam finals but they have never met in Flushing Meadows, where Federer - who played No. 3 Novak Djokovic in the later semifinal - has five championships but Nadal had never even reached the final.
Until now.
"For me, is a dream," Nadal said. "I'm going to play for the first time in the final here, in the biggest center court in the world."
Looking to complete the career Grand Slam, Nadal came to the U.S. Open as fresh, both mentally and physically, as he's ever been. He also came with a serve that's been either revamped or tweaked - or something in between - and it has made a difference, allowing more easy points for tennis' ultimate grinder. Nadal won 13 of his 14 service games against Youzhny and, through six matches, has been broken only twice in 91 games.
He still hasn't lost a set, either, and Youzhny barely pressed him.
The Russian, playing in his second career Grand Slam semifinal, was coming off a 4½-hour, five-set win over Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland in the quarterfinals. He came in with a respectable 4-7 win-loss record against Nadal, but from the beginning of this meeting, he never looked like he had the legs to position himself for an upset.
There was a brief delay midway through the second set while Nadal had his left foot retaped. A slight opening? Well, no. Nadal came out and held the next service game at love, then pinned Youzhny deep, forcing the Russian to hit a forehand long on break point to make it 5-3. He said the new tape job was no big deal.
Nadal and Youzhny played on a day where the flag above Arthur Ashe Stadium flew at half-staff, on the nine-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks across the river in Manhattan. In his post-match interview on court, Nadal expressed his "support for the victims of 9-11 and their families."
"This is a very special day for everybody," he said.
On a day when the wind that has plagued the tournament finally eased up, Youzhny got his single break of serve to pull to 4-4 in the third set. Just as quickly, Nadal broke back, then served it out for the win and found himself one victory away from becoming the seventh man to round out a collection of major championships. He has eight so far: five at the French, two at Wimbledon and one at the Australian in 2009, where he beat Federer in five sets - the last time they met in a Grand Slam.
Nadal is seeking to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to win the French, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in the same year.
Federer sought to make his seventh straight U.S. Open final and brought a 10-5 career record against Djokovic into their semifinal, including a straight-set win in last year's semis.
Federer also advanced to the semifinals without losing a set.
After the Federer-Djokovic match, No. 7 Vera Zvonareva was scheduled to play No. 2 Kim Clijsters in the women's final, with Clijsters going for back-to-back titles.


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How Genes Are Controlled In Mammals
Scientists at the Omics Science Center (OSC) of the RIKEN Yokohama Institute in Japan – along with researchers from McGill University and other institutions worldwide – are challenging current notions of how genes are controlled in mammals. Three years of intensive research by members of the international FANTOM consortium will culminate with the publication of several milestone scientific papers in Nature Genetics and other journals.
FANTOM4, the fourth stage of the Functional Annotation of the Mammalian cDNA collaboration, is led by Dr. Yoshihide Hayashizaki of OSC. Dr. Josée Dostie, a biochemist at McGill's Faculty of Medicine joined the FANTOM4 collaboration in 2007 and is its only Canadian member.
For several years, FANTOM researchers have provided the scientific community with extensive data on the genome of mammals, including detailed information on molecular function, biology and individual cell components. Now, the FANTOM4 stage of the collaboration has culminated in a breakthrough that will alter the way scientists understand transcription, the process of cellular copying and reproduction.
"This study really challenges the way we understand cellular differentiation," explained Dr. Dostie, who participated in the primary FANTOM4 research and also authored a satellite paper for publication in the journal Genome Biology. "The dogma right now is that there are so-called 'master regulators,' a series of protein switches that sit in specific places on the genome and induce genes. This is supposed to lead to a cascade that leads to cellular differentiation.
"The FANTOM4 studies show that this thesis is incorrect and there are no master regulators at all," she continued. "It's not like turning everything on like a switch. Instead, it looks like the expression of some genes needs to be decreased while others are increased in a more subtle, but coordinated way."
FANTOM4 is the first report of a large-scale gene network based on an experimental data-set and is likely to generate considerable excitement in the scientific community. The information is important for life science and medical researchers trying to uncover the processes by which cells undergo conversion or become cancerous. It is also related to controlling the growth and differentiation of stem cells and ensuring their safety for use in regenerative medicine.
"We are proud that we have created groundbreaking research in understanding more about how genes regulate cells at the molecular level and we want to acknowledge all consortium members for their great contribution to the research effort," said Dr. Harukazu Suzuki, scientific co-ordinator of the FANTOM4 consortium.

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Hieromartyr Pancratius, Bishop of Taormina in Sicily - Troparion & Kontakion
Troparion — Tone 8
As a flaming arrow You were sent from on high / to the throne of Taormina to wound godless impiety / and to illumine the hearts of the faithful, / confirming them in the faith through the word of God. / And having completed your course You did suffer unto bloodshed. / O Hieromartyr Pancratius, pray for all who praise your memory.
Troparion — Tone 4
By sharing in the ways of the Apostles, / you became a successor to their throne. / Through the practice of virtue, you found the way to divine contemplation, O inspired one of God; / by teaching the word of truth without error, you defended the Faith, / even to the shedding of your blood. / Hieromartyr Pancratius entreat Christ God to save our souls.
Kontakion — Tone 8
You were a brilliant star in Taormina, O blessed Pancratius, / and You became a hieromartyr for Christ. / Standing before Him now, pray for those who honor you.
Kontakion — Tone 4
Pancratius, you were revealed as a brilliant star for the people of Taormina; / you were also shown to be a sufferer for Christ. / Since you now stand before Him, O blessed one, pray for those who honor you.


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{Nature_and_Environment.56.1}: James River Martin {rivertree} Tue, 20 Sep 2005 13:35:22 CDT (21 lines)
I just returned from "car-camping" (not backpacking) in what I later learned was designated wilderness (Chama River Canyon Wilderness - "http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm? fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&wname=Chama%20River%20Canyon%20Wilderness" There was evidence of cattle grazing in this delicate area with little-to-no topsoil and a very low annual precipitation. So I thought to find out just what "designated wilderness" is. It isn't what I had previously thought. Some wilderness areas were "wilderness" (roadless, mineless, non-grazed, etc.) when they were declared, but, surprisingly to me, mining, grazing, and other high-ish impact activities can continue in some designated wilderness areas. http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=manageIssues Should we treat designated wildnerness differently than we presently do?
{Nature_and_Environment.56.2}: rusty {modig} Fri, 09 Dec 2005 01:13:45 CST (19 lines)
virtually, to me it seems, that all our lessons must be learnt the hard way. when does hardly anyone these days pay attention to those wise little voices? Calves in the darkness. how fortunate then do we sometimes have the fortune to receive an individual or more that advise strongly to the right directions in crisis. not military. no. something else. people say i'm optimistic. maybe that is truth. but it's worth it to hope.
{Nature_and_Environment.56.3}: ... {wren1111} Thu, 15 Jun 2006 03:19:38 CDT (HTML)
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands as important as Yellowstone, activist says President Bush on Thursday is expected to announce plans to create the world's largest marine protected area a group of remote Hawaiian islands that cover 84 million acres and are home to 7,000 species of birds, fish and marine mammals, at least a quarter of which are unique to Hawaii.
The proposed sanctuary encompasses the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, which conservationists describe as the most intact tropical marine region under U.S. jurisdiction.
"This an unprecedented win for endangered Hawaiian monk seals, green sea turtles, black-footed albatrosses, tiger sharks, the incredible reef corals in these waters, the people of Hawaii and all Americans, now and in generations to come," Elliott Norse, president of the Marine Conservation Biology Institute, said in a statement ahead of the announcement. "Its the start of a new era of protecting places in the sea before theyre degraded beyond recognition. In my opinion, this is the best thing President Bush has done for the environment."
{Nature_and_Environment.56.4}: LT Shivers {ltshivers} Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:13:00 CDT (1 line)
People want to eat, cattle have to graze.
{Nature_and_Environment.56.5}: James River Martin {rivertree} Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:47:33 CDT (6 lines)
Announcement and invitation: New topic: Backpacking & Wilderness Trecking {Sports.220.1-}
{Nature_and_Environment.56.6}: James River Martin {rivertree} Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:49:05 CDT (3 lines)
Outdoor recreation enthusiasts may like to look at this: {Cafe_Improvements_and_Feedback.6.377-}
{Nature_and_Environment.56.7}: James River Martin {rivertree} Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:49:06 CDT (38 lines)
{Cafe_Improvements_and_Feedback.5.543}: James River Martin {rivertree} Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:47:37 EDT (33 lines) Do we have anyone at the moment who is acting as "Cafe Manager"? I'd like to ask a question of all in the Cafe.: Should the Cafe implement a new forum (or sub-forum) titled "The Great Outdoors"? It would be a general forum or sub-forum on all sorts of outdoor recreational activities, camping, canoeing, backpacking, horseback riding, mountaineering, bicycling, etc.... Here, we could discuss techniques, skills, equipment, know-how, places/locations, stories of our journeys and experiences, etc.... Were it to be a sub-forum, it could fit in a number of places, such as in {Sports} or in {Nature_and_Environment}. It should be pointed out that neither of these two existing forums are a perfect or ideal fit, unless a sub-forum were created. This is so because N&E is devoted -- in its sub-title -- to socio-political issues and activism, not to recreation, while {Sports} is devoted mostly to competitive team sports and non-trem competitive sports like golf. Outdoor recreational activities, on the other hand, are typically very non-competitive, and more recreational. Some background on this discussion can be found in {Sports.220.1-}. I think it would be good if we could announce to the wider Cafe community that a discussion of this proposal is underway, and provide a space for all to offer input. ================================================================== {Sports.220.16-}: River: I might do that, but I'd like to find out what people in the Cafe think of forming a new "Great Outdoors" forum, first. I'm at least 51% decided that having a "Great Outdoors" forum would be the better choice between these two. What do you think?
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MONTREAL – He was the well-to-do construction boss who rubbed elbows with a Mafia don, and counted stacks of cash in the back room of an Italian cafe that was a noted Cosa Nostra hangout.
But Nicolo Milioto says, to him, old Nicolo Rizzuto was just a pal. Known to the rest of the world as the now-deceased patriarch of the Rizzuto crime family, Milioto remembers him as a guy to share espresso, play cards and count cash with.
Two days into his long-awaited testimony at Quebec's corruption inquiry, the 64-year-old is disputing characterizations of him as some shadowy figure linking political parties, the construction industry and the Mob.
Milioto has been described as a key hub in a wheel of corruption – the person who connected the Mafia, a major municipal political party and certain parts of the construction industry.
But the businessman, who apparently dubbed himself "Mr. Sidewalk" according to a previous inquiry witness, steadfastly denied ever collecting money on behalf of the Mob.
Milioto said he isn't a member of the Mafia. If he was seen on police video delivering money to the Rizzutos, he said, it's because he was only doing it as a friendly service.
"It's been 45 years that I've lived in Canada and it's been 45 years that I worked 60 to 70 hours a week," said Milioto, who has just retired.
"I raised five children and put five children through school … and I'm not a member of organized crime. I was the owner of a construction company."
Milioto said he'd never even heard of the Mafia. He was unaware of people in Canada paying the so-called "pizzo" – protection money.
But he did admit to being aware of the "omerta" principle, the Mafia's traditional code of silence and order not to speak to authorities.
His stated awareness of omerta prompted a wry response from the inquiry judge, France Charbonneau: "So that, you know," she retorted dryly.
The series of vague answers twice prompted Charbonneau to remind the witness that he risked being found in contempt of court.
The inquiry watched several videos of Milioto dropping off and, in some cases, counting cash in the back room of the now-shuttered Cafe Consenza in east-end Montreal.
Milioto was caught on police sureveillance a whopping 236 times at the club over a two-year span while the RCMP investigated the Rizzuto clan. There was no audio to accompany the video because construction meetings fell outside the scope of the RCMP investigation, which at the time was focused on drugs.
But Milioto offered little help in revealing what was discussed as the cash was counted. He offered up a steady diet of "I don't remember" and "I don't know."
Milioto continued to insist that the money he brought to the Rizzutos either came from fellow construction boss Lino Zambito, who has admitted to corruption, or from fundraising for community events.
He also said he borrowed money from Rizzuto on one occasion, despite the fact that he owned a multimillion-dollar business.
He said the loan was interest-free. He originally said that it was for his daughter's wedding or for his house but, since neither event matched the timing of the cash exchanges, he said he couldn't remember what the money was for.
"He (Rizzuto) gave me money. For what? I don't know, I don't remember what I did with that money," Milioto said.
Earlier Tuesday, the retired construction boss said he didn't even know if the Mafia exists, or what it is, and he couldn't define the Cosa Nostra if he tried. He told the corruption inquiry that he's only ever read about the Mob in Canadian media sources.
"The Mafia, is it someone who kills? Someone who steals? Someone who sells drugs? I don't know," Milioto replied.
The tension was palpable between the inquiry counsel and Milioto for a second day.
At one point, Milioto appeared to threaten lawyer Sonia LeBel as she questioned him.
"If you respect me, I'll respect you," Milioto said.
"If you mistreat me, I can mistreat you the same way."
Asked to clarify, he denied having made any threat.
Charbonneau grew tired of Milioto's answers.
She angrily advised Milioto to have a discussion with his lawyer about contempt of court and perjury during a break, before returning to the stand. In the afternoon, she reminded him that vague answers could also be construed as contempt.
Milioto said he read about Rizzuto's Mafia ties in the papers but knew nothing more about it. This despite the elder Rizzuto's arrest 2006 and his son's incarceration in the United States that only ended late last year.
"I'm not aware and I don't know," Milioto said, testifying in French. "To me, he was a family man and a good person."
Milioto said he didn't know if the family's involvement in organized crime was simply an invention of the media.
"What is the Mafia? It's difficult to define," Milioto said.


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Thursday, 22 November 2012
Paper pieced kaleidoscope update
The paper pieced kaleidoscope wall-hanging is growing again. For a brief moment it was squared up and could have been framed and left there, but I decided to carry on and it morphed again, this time into a shallow-pointed star.
It is a complete delight to work on something that takes on a different and interesting new guise each time a new round of pieces is added. It provides a form of instant gratification that belies the reality that this piece is taking a horribly long time to complete (I started the sewing on this three weeks ago).
And here you can see a little more growth of a round yet to be completed. It will measure just over 32" when it's finally completed and the end is now feeling so near that I'm starting to think about a trip to my favourite local antique shop to source a frame. My only worry is that frames this big tend to be quite difficult to find and they also tend to be rectangular, rather than square. I'm wondering whether I will have to compromise and create wider panels at the top and bottom to fit it to the right frame. I think for this I'd prefer something old, rather than having a frame made especially for it.
Thank you so much for all the lovely entries to the Christmas fabric giveaway in the last post - it was so lovely to read through all your Christmas traditions. The winner is Rachel of Contented who said: What gorgeous fabrics! This will be our first Christmas since we started homeschooling our son, so I am looking forward to doing lots of Christmassy crafts and activities with him this year! Congratulations, Rachel. Just let me know your address and which bundle of fabrics you'd most like and Dragonfly will be in touch.
I decided it was best to wrap this giveaway up quite quickly as I suspected that whoever won the fabric would probably appreciate receiving it in November and having a little more time to put it to use - all apart from Jane, who (shockingly, but delightfully!) admitted to not having taken her tree down from last year and so who would have surely been the best candidate to have made use of the fabric all year round! Jane is an inspiring example of what can be achieved with this curiously unflinching attitude to what really does and doesn't need doing, as she is a prolific maker of very beautiful quilts. However, ultimtely, I felt that as Jane has had the fun of bucking social norms and conventions for the last eleven months of the year, the joy of free fabric ought to go to someone else, even though my initial inclination was to stop comments the moment hers came in and declare her the winner. Just think how quickly I could have done this damn paper pieced kaleidoscope if I were Jane. Today I am not going to vacuum the house in her honour. Thank you for the inspiration, Jane :).
Florence x
Ps. I feel compelled to say that this is not meant to imply Jane's house isn't spotlessly clean or that Jane doesn't use a vacuum cleaner herself. My lack of hoovering is simply my own rather insipid take on her carefree attitdue to freestyling with expectations.
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The project is looking lovely Florence. I really do think you should leave that vac alone and finish it!ReplyDelete
My attitude to vacuuming is even more casual... I bought a Roomba and let it seek and destroy to its heart's desire while I work/sew (okay mostly sew).
I've just completed a scrappy quilt top but can't now decide if it needs a border or not, I guess this will be the dilema of the day.
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How amazing, although scary too - I frequently only just spot vital things in the moment before they are sucked up!Delete
I think I've seen your quilt top now - gorgeous! x
I love how much depth it has, the colours really work well together :)ReplyDelete
My attitude to cleaning is to do little bits when I can - I'm the person who wipes down counter tops and puts away dishes while the kettle boils, and scrubs tiles while having a shower.
holy moly, this is an amazing design, impeccably executed. whoa!ReplyDelete
It's stunning!!!ReplyDelete
Congrats to the winner!ReplyDelete
And your piece is beautiful! I'm envious of your ability to design the pattern and select fabrics for something like this--it all looks so cohesive and meant to be. I must resort to a very scrappy look with my things as I couldn't achieve what you do no matter how very hard I tried :)Replies
I don't think you do at all! Although, that's a look that's a skill in its own right - the few times I've tried to make something appear nonchantantly scrappy I realise what an art form it is and that there's a lot of intent in what at first impression looks carelessly thrown together.Delete
I absolutely love your wall hanging! I can only imgine how amazing it looks in the 'flesh'. I'd definately like to work on a piece like this one day that could be passed down through the family. Do you intend it to become a heirloom piece Florence?ReplyDeleteReplies
It's odd, isn't it. I'd love it to be, but you can never tell quite what will be valued by generations to come or what will suddenly look dated and unattractive to their eyes.Delete
Oh my goodness, I nearly fell off my chair when I saw my name there! Emailing you now, thank you so much!ReplyDelete
PS. Your kaleidescope is amazing, I'm really enjoying seeing it "grow"
Rachel x
This becomes more stunning with every stage. We can, as the branding goes, make a quilt in a day, but at a cost. You're creating something that will be appreciated for generations. I am enjoying the process!ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm so pleased - thank you. xDelete
Stunning! Nothing more to be said (although if you ever fancy giving it away.........)ReplyDelete
WAUW !!! Lovely patternReplyDelete
Have you thought about making a frame from old wood instead? Fence and barn wood can be gorgeous.ReplyDeleteReplies
What a lovely idea - although now have the frame sorted - I think!Delete
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I am not getting the connection between leaving the tree up and having lots more time - or the connection with not vacuuming. Presumably everyone else does!ReplyDeleteReplies
Well, I don't know about others, but to pack the tree away at the end of Christmas tends to take nearly three hours by the time we've untangled the many sets of lights and hoovered up all the dropped needles and put it all back up into the loft...to me that seems like a fair amount of time Jane has saved! It was a rather tongue-in-cheek comment though and not intended to be taken literally.Delete
Wow, it just keeps getting lovelier! You could put a square piece in a rectangular frame, couldn't you? You'd just have to put something behind it that would show more in some places than others. But I'm wondering why you don't hang it like a quilt, with no frame. My parents have various textiles hung on their walls, and I think it's nice for fabric not to be behind glass - you can see the texture much more. How did you solve your fabric crisis in the end, by the way?ReplyDeleteReplies
Nina, hanging it without a glass frame would be so stressful with my Monica tendencies! My husband would accidentally knock and then it wouldn't hang straight and I would sit talking to people at dinner unable to focus on the conversation, just wanting desperately to straighten the wallhanging. It would be awful and I would end up loathing it. In my head a wallhanging is a very different thing from a quilt - I actively enjoy seeing quilts being used, dragged around the house and becoming part of a den...wall hangings fall into a different category for me where I want them to be neat and lie perfectly flat!Delete
You can get 'old' frames made too. Frinton do mouldings in lots of ornate styles that I'm sure a local framing shop would be able to source for you. I think, having spent so much time designing and sewing this, it would be a shame to spoil it by putting it in a rectangular frame!ReplyDeleteReplies
You're so right - a rectangular frame was a horrific idea. Sometimes I need to be saved from my own bad ideas. Thank you. xDelete
It;s gorgeous. I would want to protect it too. Colours are sumptuous.ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a message - it's always really lovely to hear from people.
I now tend to reply within the comments section, so please do check back if you've asked a question or wish to chat.
Florence x


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Governor Cuomo Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement for New Bridge to Replace the Tappan Zee
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced another major milestone in the project for building a new bridge to replace the Tappan Zee with the release of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), a document compiled by agencies on all levels of government with comprehensive responses to thousands of comments from the public. A summary of the FEIS is available at http://www.newnybridge.com/documents/feis/feis-summary.pdf and a full copy of the FEIS is available at http://www.newnybridge.com/documents/feis/.
Building this new bridge is one of our states the largest infrastructure projects and, as we move forward, we are making every effort to limit negative impacts on residents and the environment, said Governor Cuomo. The Final Environmental Impact Statement is our comprehensive plan for protecting the local environment and the well-being of nearby communities during the construction process. From requiring extensive environmental protections to providing real-time online monitoring of construction activities, our goal is to have a responsible, effective and open process for building a new better bridge.
The FEIS includes extensive actions that will be taken to mitigate public concerns, including installing 24-hour video cameras to document the project, noise monitors to measure construction noise and air quality monitors to assess emissions. The public will be able to access real-time video, construction noise levels and air quality measurements at www.newNYBridge.com.
Separate from the FEIS process, Governor Cuomo and his team are taking steps to open the design and procurement process to the maximum extent allowable by law. In order to ensure transparency and solicit public feedback, all bidders will be invited to voluntarily make a public presentation of their general design concepts subject to Federal approval. In addition, a Blue Ribbon Selection Committee will be formed with representatives from Westchester and Rockland counties to engage public input and weigh in on the final selection.
The FEIS was compiled from over 3,000 public comments and public hearings that were attended by over 1,100 people. The majority of these comments involved the following four areas:
- Construction Impacts: Noise, Air/Dust, Traffic
- Design Aesthetics of the New Bridge
- Impacts on River Environment
- Additional Transit Capability
The following is a summary of mitigation efforts that will be taken in building a new bridge to mitigate these concerns.
Concerns Regarding Construction
Through the installation of noise monitors in areas around the project, the public will be able to track in real-time the noise being produced by construction. Residents will be consulted on location of noise monitors before, during and after the project. They will also have 24-hour access to real-time data from the monitors at www.newNYBridge.com.
- This extensive monitoring, internal reporting, and management of noise levels will ensure that the Design-Builder does not exceed strict noise level requirements:
- Any time noise levels exceed the maximum noise permitted, the Design-Builder is required to identify them within 30 minutes of the occurrence;
- The activity causing the excess noise will be mitigated within one hour of the first occurrence to ensure its not repeated.
Concerns Regarding Environmental Impact
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a biological opinion on 6/22/12 stating the project will not be likely to result in jeopardy to the endangered shortnose or Atlantic sturgeon.
The project will be constructed using a number of resource protection measures and conservation measures which will minimize any adverse effects on fish such as:
- Limits on the time of year that dredging can occur in order to avoid times of peak fish migration and spawning in the river (dredging will only be done August 1-November 1);
- During the dredge operation, a NMFS approved species observer will be present to ensure that any sturgeon captured by the dredge are documented and released;
- Use of silt curtains and cofferdams to minimize the discharge of sediments into the river;
- Use of bubble curtains and other technologies to minimize acoustic effects of piles driving on the fish;
- Builders will be required to use vibration techniques to install pilings in river bed whenever possible instead of much louder pile driving resulting in less impact on fish and other aquatic life.
Concerns Regarding Transit Capability
The Replacement Bridge Alternative will be designed so that it could accommodate transit in the future. The proposed project will not preclude any future planning for, or implementation of, a mass transit system.
Consideration for future transit is being incorporated into the design of the project by the addition of likely transit add-on space and extra strengthening of the structure to accept the increased loads of transit which is estimated to cost $300 million.
The new bridge could support the ability for express bus services to utilize the extra wide shoulders on the bridge. Use of the extra wide shoulders could occur during peak hours to reduce travel time across the bridge.
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Kate Upton doesn't miss a beat when asked what she wants in a man.
"I look for someone with a sense of humor and someone I could be myself with," the model-actress told E! News last night at the premiere of her new comedy, "The Other Woman."
The Nick Cassavetes-directed film stars Leslie Mann as a Connecticut housewife who, after finding out her husband Mark ("Game of Thrones'" Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) is cheating on her, teams up with two of his mistresses (Upton and Cameron Diaz) to seek revenge on his womanizing ways.
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It seems that everyone and their granny is trying to create some sort of stack offering these days. Look at all the brouhaha – HP buying 3Par, Dell buying Compellent, all kinds of partnerships being formed left and right. Stacks are hot.
To the uninitiated, a stack is what you can get when a vendor is able to offer multiple products under a single umbrella. For instance, being able to get servers, an OS, a DB, an email system, storage and network switches from a single manufacturer (not a VAR) is an example of a single-sourced stack.
The proponents of stacks maintain that with stacks, customers potentially get simpler service and better integration – a single support number to call, "one throat to choke", no finger-pointing between vendors. And that's partially true. A stack potentially provides simpler access to support. On the "better integration" part – read on.
My main problem with stacks is that nobody really offers a complete stack, and those that are more complete than others, don't necessarily offer best-of-breed products (not even "good enough"), nor do they offer particularly great integration between the products within the stack.
Personal anecdote: a few years ago I had the (mis)fortune of being the primary backup and recovery architect for one of the largest airlines in the world. Said airline had a very close relationship with a certain famous vendor. Said vendor only flew with that airline, always bought business class seats, the airline gave the vendor discounts, the vendor gave the airline discounts, and in general there was a lot of mutual back-scratching going on. So much so that the airline would give that vendor business before looking at anyone else, and only considered alternative vendors if the primary vendor didn't have anything that even smelled like what the airline was looking for.
All of which resulted in the airline getting a backup system that was designed for small businesses since that's all that vendor had to offer (and still does).
The problem is, that backup product simply could not scale to what I needed it to. I ended up having to stop file-level logging and could only restore entire directories since the backup database couldn't handle the load, despite me running multiple instances of the tool for multiple environments. Some of those directories were pretty large, so you can imagine the hilarity that ensued when trying to restore stuff…
The vendor's crack development team came over from overseas and spent days with me trying to figure out what they needed to change about the product to make it work in my environment (I believe it was the single largest installation they had).
Problem is, they couldn't deliver soon enough, so, after much pain, the airline moved to a proper enterprise backup system from another vendor, which fixed most problems, given the technology I had to work with at the time.
Had the right decision been made up front, none of that pain would have been experienced. The world would have been one IT anecdote short, but that's a small price to pay for a working environment. And this is but just one way that single vendor stacks can fail.
How does one decide on a stack?
Let's examine a high-level view of a few stack offerings. By no means an all-inclusive list.
Microsoft: They offer an OS (catering from servers to phones), a virtualization engine, a DB, a mail system, a backup tool and the most popular office apps in the world, among many other things. Few will argue that all the bits are best-of-breed, despite being hugely popular. Microsoft doesn't like playing in the hardware space, so they're a pure software stack. Oh, there's the XBox, too.
EMC: Various kinds of storage platforms (7-10 depending on how you count), all but one (Symmetrix) coming from acquisition. A virtualization engine (80% owner of VMware – even though it's run as a totally separate entity). DB, many kinds of backup, document management, security and all other kinds of software. Some bits are very strong, others not so much.
Oracle: They offer an OS, a virtualization engine, a DB, middleware, servers and storage. An office suite. No networking. Oracle is a good example of an incomplete software/hardware stack. Aside from the ultra-strong DB and good OS, few will say their products are all best-of-breed.
Dell: They offer servers desktops, laptops, phones, various flavors of storage, switches. Dell is an example of a pure hardware stack. Not many software aspirations here. Few will claim any of their products are best-of-breed.
HP: They offer servers desktops, laptops, phones, even more flavors of storage, a UNIX OS with its own type of virtualization (can't run x86), switches, backup software, a big services arm, printers, calculators… All in all, great servers, calculators and printers, not so sure about the rest. Fairly complete stack.
IBM: Servers, 2 strong DBs, at least 3 different OSes, CPUs, many kinds of storage, email system, middleware, backup software, immense services arm. No x86 virtualization (they do offer virtualization for their other platforms). Very complete stack, albeit without networking.
Cisco: All kinds of networking (including telephony), servers. Limited stack if networking is not your bag, but what it offers can be pretty good.
Apple: Desktops, laptops, phones, tablets, networking gear, software. Great example of a consumer-oriented hardware and software stack. They used to offer storage and servers but they exited that business.
Notice anything common about the various single-vendor stacks? Did you find a stack that can truly satisfy all your IT needs without giving anything up?
The fact of the matter is that none of the above companies, as formidable as they are, offers a complete stack – software and hardware. You can get some of the way there, but it's next to impossible to single-source everything without shooting yourself in the foot. At a minimum, you're probably looking at some kind of Microsoft stack + server/storage stack + networking stack – mixing a minimum of 3 different vendors to get what you need without sacrificing much (the above example assumes you either don't want to virtualize or are OK with Hyper-V).
Most companies have something like this: Microsoft stack + virtualization + DB + server + storage + networking – 6 total stacks.
So why do people keep pushing single-vendor stacks?
Only a few valid reasons (aside from it being fashionable to talk about). One of them is control – the more stuff you have from a company, the tighter their hold on you. The other is that it at least limits the support points you have to deal with, and can potentially get you better pricing (theoretically). For instance, Dell has "given away" many an Equallogic box. Guess what – the cost of that box was blended into everything else you purchased, it's all a shell game. But if someone does buy a lot of gear from a single vendor, there are indeed ways to get better deals. You just won't necessarily get best-of-breed or even good enough gear.
What about integration?
One would think that buying as much as possible from a single vendor gets you better integration between the bits. Not necessarily. For instance, most large vendors acquire various technologies and/or have OEM deals – if one looks just at storage as an example, Dell has their own storage (Equallogic and Compellent – two different acquisitions) plus an OEM deal with EMC. There's not much synergy between the various technologies.
HP has their own storage (EVA, Lefthand, Ibrix, Polyserve, 3Par – four different acquisitions) and two OEM deals with Dot Hill for the MSA boxes and HDS for the high-end XP systems. That's a lot of storage tin to keep track of (all of which comes from 7 different places and 7 totally different codebases), and any HP management software needs to be able to work with all of those boxes (and doesn't).
IBM has their own storage (XIV, DS6000, DS8000, SONAS, SVC – I believe three homegrown and two acquisitions) and two different OEM deals (NetApp for N Series and LSI Logic for DS5000 and below). The integration between those products and the rest of the IBM landscape should be examined on a case-by-case basis.
EMC's challenge is that they have acquired too much stuff, making it difficult to provide proper integration for everything. Supporting and developing for that plethora of systems is not easy and teams end up getting fragmented and inconsistent. Far too many codebases to keep track of. This dilutes the R&D dollars available and prolongs development cycles.
Aren't those newfangled special-purpose multi-vendor stacks better?
There's another breed of stack, the special-purpose one where a third party combines gear from different vendors, assembles it and sells it as a supported and pre-packaged solution for a specific application. Such stacks are actually not new – they have been sold for military, industrial and healthcare applications for the longest time. Recently, Netapp and EMC have been promoting different versions of what a "virtualization stack" should be (as usual, with very different approaches, check out FlexPod and Vblock).
The idea behind the "virtualization stack" is that you sell the customer a rack that has inside it network gear, servers, storage, management and virtualization software. Then, all the customer has to do is load up the gear with VMs and off they go.
With such a stack, you don't limit the customer by making them buy their gear all from one vendor, but instead you limit them by pre-selecting vendors that are "best of breed". Not everyone will be OK with the choice of gear, of course.
Then there's the issue of flexibility – some of the special-purpose stacks literally are like black boxes – you are not supposed to modify them or you lose support. To the point where you're not allowed to add RAM to servers or storage to arrays, both limitations that annoy most customers, but are viewed as a positive by some.
Is it a product or a "kit"?
Back to the virtualization-specific stacks: This is the main argument, do you buy a ready-made "product" or a "kit" some third party assembles after following a detailed design guide. As of this writing (there have been multiple changes to how this is marketed), Vblock is built by a company known as VCE – efectively a third party that puts together a custom stack made of different kinds of EMC storage, Cisco switches and servers, VMware, and a management tool called UIM. It is not built by EMC, VMware or Cisco. VCE then resells the assembled system to other VARs or directly to customers.
NetApp's FlexPod is built by VARs. The difference is that more than one VAR can build FlexPods (as long as they meet some specific criteria) and don't need to involve a middleman (also translating to more profits for VARs). All VARs building FlexPods need to follow specific guidelines to build the product (jointly designed by VMware, Cisco and NetApp), use components and firmware tested and certified to work together, and add best-of-breed management software to manage the stack.
The FlexPod emphasis is on sizing and performance flexibility (from tiny to gigantic), Secure Multi Tenancy (SMT – a unique differentiator), space efficiency, application integration, extreme resiliency and network/workload isolation – all highly important features in virtualized environments. In addition, it supports non-virtualized workloads.
Ultimately, in both cases the customer ends up with a pre-built and pre-tested product.
What about support?
This has been both the selling point and the drawback of such multi-vendor stacks. In my opinion, it has been the biggest selling point for Vblock, since a customer calls VCE for support. VCE has support staff that is trained on Cisco, VMware and EMC and can handle many support cases via a single support number – obviously a nice feature.
Where this breaks down a bit: VCE has to engage VMware, EMC and Cisco for anything that's serious. Furthermore, Vblock support doesn't support the entire stack but stops at the hypervisor.
For instance, if a customer hits an Enginuity (Symmetrix OS) bug, then the EMC Symm team will have to be engaged, and possibly write a patch for the customer and communicate with the customer. VCE support simply cannot fix such issues, and is best viewed as first-level support. Same goes for Cisco or VMware bugs, and in general deeper support issues that the VCE support staff simply isn't trained enough to resolve. In addition, Vblocks can be based on several different kinds of EMC storage, that itself requires different teams to support it.
Finally – ask VCE if they are legally responsible for maintaining the support SLAs. For instance, who is responsible if there is a serious problem with the array and the vendor takes 2 days to respond instead of 30 minutes?
FlexPod utilizes a cooperative support model between NetApp, Cisco and VMware, and cases are dealt with by experts from all three companies working in concert. The first company to be called owns the case.
When the going gets tough, both approaches work similarly. For easy cases that can be resolved by the actual VCE support personnel, Vblock probably has an edge.
Who needs the virtualization stack?
I see several kinds of customers that have a need for such a stack (combinations are possible):
- The technically/time constrained. For them, it might be easier to get a somewhat pre-integrated solution. That way they can get started more quickly.
- The customers needing to hide behind contracts for legal/CYA reasons.
- The large. They need such huge amounts of servers and storage, and so frequently, that they simply don't have the time to put it in themselves, let alone do the testing. They don't even have time to have a PS team come onsite and build it. They just want to buy large, ready-to-go chunks, shipped as ready to use as possible.
- The rapidly growing.
- Anyone wanting pre-tested, repeatable and predictable configurations.
Interesting factoid for the #3 case (large customer): They typically need extensive customizations and most of the time would prefer custom-built infrastructure pods with the exact configuration and software they need. For instance, some customers might prefer certain management software over others, and/or want systems to come preconfigured with some of their own customizations in-place – but they are still looking for the packaged product experience. FlexPod is flexible enough to allow that without deviating from the design. Of course, if the customer wants to dramatically deviate (i.e. not use one of the main components like Cisco switches or servers, for instance) – then it stops being a FlexPod and you're back to building systems the traditional way.
What customers should really be looking for when building a stack?
In my opinion, customers should be looking for a more end-to-end experience.
You see – even with the virtualization stack in place, you will need to add:
- OSes
- DBs
- File Services
- Security
- Document Management
- Chargeback
- Backup
- etc etc.
You should partner with someone that can help you not just with the storage/virtualization/server/network stack, but also with:
- Proper alignment of VMs to maintain performance
- Application-level integration
- Application protection
- Application acceleration
In essense, treat things holistically. The vendor that provides your virtualization stack needs to be able to help you all the way to, say, configuring Exchange properly so it doesn't break best practices, and ensuring that firmware revs on the hardware don't clash with, say, software patch levels.
You still won't avoid support complexity. Sure, maybe you can have Microsoft do a joint support exercise with the hardware stack VAR, but, no matter how you package it, you are going to be touching the support of the various vendors making up the entire stack.
And you know what?
It's OK.
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Joined: 24 Sep 2004
Posts: 443
Location: Paris, France
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:26 pm
Post subject: JANUARY '09 DISCUSSION: Food/Cooking Resolutions
First of all, let me wish you all a
Happy and Delicious New Year!
As we ease into 2009, I'd like to ask you about the
food or cooking resolutions
you may have formulated for the new year. Do you have specific
to reach, things you'd like to achieve, change, or overcome? Any
you'd like to pursue,
you'd like to master?
I have two. Number 1 is to throw
dinner parties
more regularly: Maxence and I really enjoy having friends over for dinner, but because we've been particularly busy lately, we've let the weeks fly by and haven't been as zealous as we'd like with our invitations.
Number 2 is to keep exploring
Japanese cuisine
: I've long been drawn to it and have played around with a few recipes in the past, but thanks to a few helpful books and blogs, I've recently started learning about it more seriously. (I hope to be able to share the result of those forays on C&Z sometime soon!)
What about you?
Please chime in!
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 4:39 am
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I'm pledging to be ever more vigilant about using local products. I've recently discovered that indeed the beef grown 8 kms from home tastes infinitely better than that grown a thousand kms away. And I add to my local economy and build community as well. Admittedly I'm not going to be overly vigilant in the winter months or I'd be reduced to root vegies (not all that bad a thing but hey, I deserve some variety!!) But there is no reason I cannot assuage my needs for meat, dairy, confiture etc. without going out of my local area---and in these times more than in the recent past it is incumbent upon us to shore up our local commercial enterprises. Without the family farm we will be reduced to BEING the sheep, not just eating them.
Vivant Linguae Mortuae!!
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Posts: 368
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:42 pm
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This is a great question, and I've been thinking about my response since it was first posted.
I know that I want to be
more thoughtful about menu planning
. I love to cook things on the spur of the moment, but better menu planning will ease the stress on those days work has exhausted me beyond the point of creativity.
I want to
create a group of recipes
- actual recipes - that work well and are clear enough to be shared. I'm interested in the discipline required to think through a recipe and communicate it clearly. Clotilde does it so beautifully here, and I would like to hone that skill.
I want to try new recipes, mostly to
expand my repertoire of meals
. One of my Christmas gifts was a Jamie Oliver cookbook, which already inspired a wonderful New Year's Day dinner. Clotilde's exploration of Japanese cuisine will be fun! My sushi class was a real treat, but I've never felt secure enough to make it at home.
I love photography, and I'd like to
take food photos
that make the food look as good as it tastes. I've played around with this in the past, but I'd like to be more deliberate about it this year.
Golly, there are so many more food resolutions that I'd love to make - like learning how to flip a pancake in one motion, throw a dinner party for 8 at the drop of a hat, or have perfectly sharp knives all the time - but
there's always next year!
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:44 pm
Post subject: New year resolution
After reading up about egg production, I am determined to check whenever I buy and never to buy battery eggs again.
For info:
French eggs are stamped with a code indicative of the hens rearing method.
0FR = free-range and organic (poules élevées en plein air et bio)
1FR = free-range (poules élevées en plein air)
2FR = indoors with access to the ground, no cages (au sol, à l'intérieur, sans cages)
3FR = battery hens kept in cages (en cages, sans accès au sol ou à l'extérieur)
Most eggs sold loose (en vrac) in shops, supermarkets or markets are issues from battery hens and are coded 3FR.
It's about shopping with knowledge.
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Posts: 7
Location: hamden,ct.usa
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 4:09 pm
Post subject: new year's resolution
my resolutions deal with discipline in the kitchen: 1) portion control: (ex.)when the recipe calls for rounded teaspoons for the cookie batter, that is what i will use--even when it looks laughably small! 2) learn actual techniques. instead of merely following the directions, understanding the technique behind the directions first! think i will start with martha stewart's latest: martha stewart's cooking school.
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Location: Dublin,Ireland
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 4:54 pm
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Love the idea of more dinner parties.I'd really appreciate suggestions for dishes that will hold well and don't require last minute attention .All suggestions welcome.
Here for a good time,not a long time.
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Posts: 5
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 6:05 pm
Post subject: Two food-related resolutions
I have two food-related resolutions:
The first is to make my baby's food at home from our organic fruit and vegetable bin service, which I love. He's tried avocado, banana, sweet potatoes already and enjoyed them.
The second is to really focus on the portions of food we serve. We spent last Christmas and New Year in Paris and enjoyed many lovely meals without gaining a single ounce. In fact, we were much more trim when we came home. We purchased smaller dishes for everyday service at home and really marvelled at how enormous North American servings are in comparison to French servings. Not sure if you have posted about this issue before Clothilde but would love to hear your thoughts on what an appropriate serving size should be and how to make sure you don't exceed it.
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 6:11 pm
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msue wrote:
I want to try new recipes, mostly to
expand my repertoire of meals
. One of my Christmas gifts was a Jamie Oliver cookbook, which already inspired a wonderful New Year's Day dinner. Clotilde's exploration of Japanese cuisine will be fun! My sushi class was a real treat, but I've never felt secure enough to make it at home.
To celebrate Penguin Books 70 years in publishing, Jamie Oliver produced a little paperbook book a few years ago called "Something for the Weekend". We really enjoy it, particularly the "Lovely lemon curdy pud", which as he describes it is "a sort of lemony curdy custard at the bottom and a spongey meringuey top".
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Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 6:14 pm
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One of my resolutions this year is to eat better quality food that I make myself. I don't really eat out that often, but I do tend to eat junk sometimes and I'd really like to stop that and eat more fresh, local food as well as healthier food in general. Also to stop drinking soda and drink more water and those funky protein juices haha.
I'd also really like to delve into cooking and experiment with it a little more. Desserts are my passion so I would like to dabble into finding ways to make desserts a bit more healthy without them tasting terrible (what's the point in eating it if it tastes like crap?). So those are my food resolutions
I really like everybody's, especially the thing about the eggs, that's pretty interesting.
Oh! And also to come on this website more often because there are always such good recipes and ideas!
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Posts: 194
Location: San Diego, CA
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 6:57 pm
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I have one food related resolution and it's a shame I've waited this long to do it:
Try and learn to cook Chinese food.
And by Chinese food, I mean the steaming hot stir fry and hot pot dishes with nondescript names like "Buddah jumping over the wall" and the garlicy and gingery crab you can only find in Hong Kong style restaurants. I'm half Chinese but with a Japanese mom, it's impossible to learn to cook decent Chinese food. Cooking Chinese food requires learning to maneuver a giant cleaver as your one knife, understanding the rapid fire cooking nature of a carbon steel wok, and acquiring a vocabulary for sauces and fermented products that can be identified only by their Chinese characters (thanks goodness for those 2 years of Mandarin Chinese in college).
My only advantages in this undertaking are:
A ridiculous
with food and eating (which according to the article cited below, makes me very Chinese)
A good source for a sturdy, carbon steel
and related tools
Chinese palate
trained from infancy that intuitively knows what traditional Cantonese dishes are supposed to taste like.
And of course,
via Ang Lee's
Eat Drink Man Woman
. I dream about those dishes every time I see that movie.
By the way, for anyone interested in joining Clotilde in
exploring Japanese cooking
Japanese Homestyle Cooking
by Tokiko Suzuki is an excellent reference. It explains the tools, ingredients and homestyle recipes arranged by cooking technique and season all in full color and with a ton of pictures. It also shows you how to arrange your food, which is really important in formal Japanese dining.
"Help! Help! I'm being repressed!" --- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 7:45 pm
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Cut back on the salt and butter. I have been a little too generous with these ingredients lately and I need to curb this habit quickly.
As far as eating locally etc., it is incredibly easy to do that where I live and I get a wonderful feeling walking to and from the market knowing that I literally just went the extra mile. However, I am moving in six months (still don't know where), and I am not so sure this will be such an easy thing to continue. I think then it will actually take some sort of effort. Wish me luck.
"It's watery....and yet there's a smack of ham."
"It's hot ham water."
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 2:21 am
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Well, this topic inspired me to join the forum! I've been thinking about this the past few weeks and my husband and I have decided to focus on reducing the refined carbs and sugars in our diet. Personally I want to focus more on self-sufficient living, growing my own produce, raising chickens and goats, canning more, and getting over my fear of making bread.
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Joined: 03 Jan 2009
Posts: 5
Location: Sarasota, FL
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 2:55 am
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My 2009 food resolutions include:
* To learn how to make Celeriac Remoulade
* To learn how to make macarons (am completely intimidated though, which is why I'd like to try.)
* To eat more artichokes!!!
Amy J ~
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Posts: 1654
Location: Penrith (where jacarandas remind me of change), New South Wales, Australia
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:43 am
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Well now, what a lovely collection of newcomers...a big warm welcome to you all! Chocolate & Zucchini is simply a lovely place to visit...thanks to Clotilde!
ok..to the question:
* to lose my fear of cooking with yeast ~ I'm going to be The Sticky Bun Queen
* during our coming Winter months to more than dabble in Russian recipes
* 'n open the door more often to party party party...
* make various sausages from scratch...
* to bake a different cake recipe each week...however I'll continue to make Clotilde's wondrous chocolate cake if chocolate is the must-have ingredient according to the birthday person
am enjoying all the replies...
'n once again, welcome to the new posters
"I've never accepted the external appearance of things as the whole truth. The world is much more elaborate than the nerves of our eye can tell us." - James Gleeson
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Location: Gold Coast Australia
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:39 am
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Happy New Year Clotilde and forum members.
I'm going to try to waste less food. Having spent the last 12 months in a warmer climate I've wasted a lot of fruit and vegies. I've learn't the hard way I can't have a bowl of peppers on the bench looking pretty. In this heat they go bad after a few days. At this time of the year I even have to keep my tomatoes in the fridge. I like to buy them at the weekly Farmers Market but have discovered they don't last the week on the bench.
You'd be staggered to know Australians waste $6 billion of food per year. Imagine adding the rest of the world to that figure.
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