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- It's blazing fast! Google's search results doesn't quite make it for me, but I could get to the "right" result in the list (even in other pages) really fast, so is was one of the biggest blockers for me in switching to other engines. No more :-)
- Official sites are labelled and displayed on top.
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Tuesday, 27 July 2010
DuckDuckGo, a *fast* and *awesome* web search engine (in Perl!)
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Google didn't have ads either when it first started. However, you can't do a search engine cheaply, someday you've got to make some money to at least cover theReplyDelete
costs. DuckDuckGo will have ads someday, in one form or another. Or it might get bought by Google ;)
Official sites are labelled and displayed on top.
Wonder how those are selected and, in case it's automatic, how soon scammers will learn to abuse the system.
Every other point is covered by Google already, no real reason to switch...
Oh, and a dealbreaker for many people: it doesn't work without JavaScript.
- Anonymous28 July 2010 at 03:51
Another perl based search engine http://blekko.com is comming :)ReplyDelete
@pronik: As for ads, I totally agree. Their promise is to not fake the ads as "first results", like Google does.ReplyDelete
I don't know how they manage to put official sites on top, but every automatic indexing system has potential errors and might be abused. Google itself was hit more than a couple of times by this very issue. The key thing is how they'll act on it, and only time will tell...
I don't think every other point is covered by Google search. Can Google test regexes for you? Does it let you browse results easily via the keyboard just by pressing up and down keys? Can it create a random password for you just by searching for "pw" (optional length)? Or show you your ip by querying "ip"? Or be as well integrated to Wolfram Alpha? I must confess I've been using it for a week know and don't plan on going back to google unless I have to. That said, google labs do offer some nice goodies that I look forward to seeing in dukgo too. But, to me, the zero-click info in particular is *the* killer feature =)
people are used to Google, and this is ok. Google search is a nice system. But remember when we used Altavista or other engines? I remember being very resistant to Google, what really got me was fair results and an amazing speed, and until a couple of weeks ago I couldn't see myself looking somewhere else.ReplyDelete
My point here is, we shouldn't be afraid or resistant to trying out new solutions to old problems. Who knows, we might actually like them! Google itself does it all the time, it's how we grow :)
@aero: awesome! I look forward to it, too! :)ReplyDelete
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It's late November, and the fact that the wool beanie that sits on top of Kevin Durant's head is there more for fashion than functional purposes means it is still too early in the season to delve into such matters. But as the Oklahoma City Thunder star sits back in his chair at the team's practice facility, his expression having grown longer than those outstretched legs when the conversation turned backward instead of forward or tried to look too far ahead, the topic of his own evolution is more than enough to get him excited again.
Enough with the questions about why he's so happy here in a day and age when NBA stars flock to big cities, or how he's been able to build a booming global brand in the country's 49th largest market. Enough with the Finals loss to Miami that still pains him but has also changed him. Enough about the James Harden trade that hasn't kept the Thunder from getting off to an impressive 15-4 start and he swears doesn't change the end game of winning it all here. And last but certainly not least, enough with the questions about Russell Westbrook and whether their styles can co-exist on a championship club.
Six years in, and the 24-year-old who is already on his way to becoming an all-time great just wants to talk about his growth and the game. With Durant, an old-school star who is changing the school of thought about NBA stars and whether they can shine in small markets, it's always about the game.
"My game, I just want it to keep evolving," Durant told USA TODAY Sports. "I've been more focused on being a better leader, and that's just getting everything I can out of everybody on the floor…That's the stuff that ignites me. I know the importance of winning, and I know what it takes to win."
The frightening proposition for the league now is that he's already dominating with such ease and grace, this reality that he's still getting better, more well-rounded, and more dangerous by the day. Through 19 games, and with the major adjustment that came with swapping Harden for Kevin Martin in the late-October deal with Houston that so many thought would slow the pace of this small-market story, Durant is posting career high averages in rebounds (8.5 per game), assists (4.4), blocks (1.6) and steals (1.6). And while the scoring of the three-time scoring champ is down marginally in total production (26.5 per game thus far this season as compared to 28 points per game last season), it's only because he's so busy getting better in every other part of his game. As evidenced by career-high percentages from the field (51.4), three-point range (45.5) and from the free-throw line (90.3), Durant has never been more efficient, more impactful, than he is now.
More like Bird than LeBron
Durant is, ironically, closing the gap on the game's best player – that being his arch-nemesis and friend LeBron James of Miami - by becoming more like him. But it's the game of another all-time great that he's using as inspiration to get to yet another level.
"Larry Bird is a guy I like watching," Durant said with a smile. "I watch film on him all the time. I like his approach to the game when he was playing. When I first started playing the game, my Godfather Taras Brown – who taught me how to play – he always was a Larry Bird guy, always used to look up his stats. Brown, nicknamed "Stink" was a trainer at a local gym, Seat Pleasant Recreation Center, just outside of Washington, D.C. where Durant grew up and was his coach there.
"So of course as I got older and started to watch NBATV, Legends games, and of course you hear the stories about the rivalries with him and the Lakers and him and Magic, so I like his competitiveness, how low-maintenance he was, how he just went out there and did his job. He played hard. He played for the love of the game, and that's what I've got."
What he doesn't have and so badly wants, however, is a 50-40-90 season like Bird had in the 1986-87 and 1987-88 seasons – 50% from the field, 40% from three-point range and 90% from the line. It has only been done 11 times by players who played the large majority of the season, with Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki the last forward to do it, in 2006-07, and Lakers point guard Steve Nash has done it four times.
It's the sort of goal that makes the grind of an 82-game season more manageable, the kind of statistical pursuit that both motivates him individually and raises the bar collectively. Sustained excellence requires projects such as these.
"That's something I want do, something I'm chasing," he admitted. "That's being efficient, taking good shots, taking what the defense gives you, not forcing…That's what I want to do. I just want to grow in that area."
The pursuit of James and the Heat last June wasn't nearly as rewarding, especially with all the what-ifs that lingered after the Thunder came so close to going up 2-0 before losing four of the next five. But even in defeat, Durant said the foundation for his next step forward was being laid.
It wasn't James' greatness or Miami's trio that left the lasting impression, but the fact that – even with that sort of star power – it was the Heat's supporting cast that ultimately played the most pivotal role. And so, as students of the game tend to do, he stole that part of the playbook and approached this season with a whole new perspective.
"(The Heat) didn't win it only because of them (their star trio)," Durant said. "They won it because of the Shane Battiers, the Mike Millers, the Mario Chalmers, the Norris Coles. They won it because of those guys.
"They gave (the role players) confidence from the beginning of the season, and I'm sure being on that stage and having those guys trusting them meant they were able to step their game up. That's the only thing I'm trying to do now."
When the Thunder hosted Harden and his new Houston team on Nov. 28, even Thunder coach Scott Brooks didn't understand Durant's thinking when he pulled him aside to question his decision-making. Passing up an open look to share the ball with Westbrook was one thing, but Durant had dished it to backup point guard Eric Maynor at the free throw line rather than fire away during one symbolic sequence. Durant, as is almost always the case, clued his coach into his master plan.
"Two years ago, he wouldn't have thought that," Brooks said. "He's maturing, and he's seeing other things on the floor that he's never seen before. Those are the moments that, as a coach, you say, 'Oh man, he's getting it.' There are a lot of those moments."
Durant said having everyone involved is important.
"That's just giving guys confidence that will help us down the line," he explained. "I can't win a championship by myself.
"I can score 30 points a game, get eight rebounds, five assists, two blocks. I can do that, and if I do that every game from here on out, and nobody else is getting better, than that's not making us better as a team. I learned that playing in the Finals, just seeing how those guys stepped up and made shots."
Said Brooks, who played 10 seasons as a hard-nosed backup point guard and whose teammates included Charles Barkley, Hakeem Olajuwon, Jason Kidd, and Patrick Ewing and Shawn Kemp: "I've never seen a player like him, just from the skill set. At 6-10, being able to shoot and put it on the floor, post-up. And now he's passing the ball at better efficiency? I don't know. I've been thinking for a long time (about who to compare him to). I don't think there is one (player)."
As for whether Durant will ever be known as the greatest player of his generation, TNT analyst and former NBA forward Charles Barkley offered an emphatic "no" because of James' superior versatility on both ends. But he considers Durant the second-best in the game, with even more room for improvement.
"The one hole in his game that I always criticize is that he's got to learn to post up more," Barkley told USA TODAY Sports. "I talked to Dirk Nowitzki earlier in his career, and said 'the only thing you need to add to your game is to learn to post up.' Because you see, they still guard Kevin with little guys, and he still gets the ball out on the floor.
"And Dirk Nowitzki didn't cross over (into super stardom) until he started posting up, and then that takes little guys out of the game and that's when you can start making your teammates better, because then they have to double you ... (But) he's great for the NBA, and I think it's great for Oklahoma City to have a player of that caliber."
Going global from a small market
The league has seen plenty of smooth superstars before, and the latest comparison to one such fellow came just the other night when Durant's finger-roll in a win at Brooklyn prompted commentators to remember the one and only George Gervin. But Durant is a different sort of smooth, his career a wondrous series of counter-intuitive progressions that have continued in this season that's on pace to be his best.
His lack of strength was supposed to stop him, those gangly arms and frail frame that garnered so much attention when he came out of Texas as the No. 2 pick in 2007 but didn't stop him from becoming the youngest three-time scoring champ in the game's history. The small-market was supposed to frustrate and limit him, yet there he was signing a five-year deal with the Thunder in the summer of 2010, later declaring he never wanted to leave, and now well on his way to becoming one of the most well-recognized figures in pro sports. His occasional clashes with Westbrook were supposed to be their undoing, yet here they are serving as elder statesmen of this team that – even with their basketball brother opting for the lead role in Houston now - remains elite.
But above the rest, it may be his ability to succeed in both basketball and business on this Oklahoma City stage that's most remarkable. He is the NBA's version of the NFL's Peyton Manning – beloved on his adopted hometown and embraced by fans and companies worldwide as the sort of humble, wildly-talented star who embodies all that is good about pro sports. And with players like Kobe Bryant and James spending so much of their careers splitting the room of public opinion with their play and personalities, Durant – who was listed by Forbes as the 34th highest-paid athlete ($25.5 million in total earnings; $12.5 million in salary and $13 million in endorsements before he was given a $5-million raise this season) – is doing it with a relative approval rating that surpasses both.
A recent Nike shoe event in Oklahoma City sparked the expected response from the Durant faithful, with Thunder fans screaming for their star as if he were Justin Bieber on the upper concourse of the Penn Square Mall. They were there to see their star who has been a fan favorite here since the team arrived from Seattle in 2008, and maybe take a peek at the fifth signature shoe that was being launched too.
"The city of Oklahoma just fits him so well," said Durant's longtime friend and manager, Charlie Bell, who also lives in town. "It fits his reputation and everything he's about. He loves the fans. He loves the people. He can just go out and just be himself here. It's a small city, so you can walk around a little more – rather than LA or New York. It just fits his personality."
But that's hardly the perfect fit when it comes to building a player's brand. Nike, which heads his list of key sponsors that also includes Gatorade, 2K, Sprint, GE, Skullcandy, and Panini, didn't make Durant one of its three signature players (with James and Bryant) because of his local celebrity. Mass appeal is the name of that game, and their decision to feature Durant as one of their select few athletes whose reach and product pushing goes beyond basketball says everything about their confidence level in him as a client.
It's moments like Sunday in the New York area that are making the company look so smart, as Durant was the main attraction at two more, "House of Hoops" sneaker launch events in the New York area where the crowds and the chaos trumped the reception in Oklahoma by a country mile. It was the continuation of this effort to spread his brand on the largest of platforms, one that began when he signed a seven-year, $58 million Nike deal in 2007 that - like the majority of deals he has done - was negotiated by his former agent, Aaron Goodwin. Durant's brand was improved again last summer when he starred as himself in a Warner Bros. film called Thunderstruck, which was released on DVD this week (the family flic was a modern-day version of Michael Jordan's old "Space Jam" movie in which his talent is mysteriously stolen by a 16-year-old who suddenly becomes the star of his high-school team).
While the Thunder's plight and representation will factor heavily into Durant's ability to continue his commercial ascent, the next few years will certainly be key. His is the next big shoe deal to be up for grabs, as it is set to expire after next season. His current agent is Rob Pelinka, who also represents the likes of Bryant, Harden, and Eric Gordon.
"I don't think the small market is necessarily going to hold him back," said sports marketing analyst David Carter, the executive director of the Sports Business Institute at the University of Southern California. "With top athletes, it's really about performance, it's really about how they communicate, and it's really about their charisma and how they go about it. So whether it's the Aaron Rodgers of the world or Peyton Manning, who has been in multiple small markets and done just fine, you can do it."
Durant's humbleness and genuine manner, while not as provocative as more-controversial athletes, are appealing qualities to plenty of consumers.
"So few athletes of that level of prestige, of that level of success and notoriety, handle themselves the way he does that it's really refreshing," Carter said. "And in this era of athletes behaving badly on and off the court, he's just really very refreshing."
Still, he has a ways to go when it comes to being as widely known as some of the game's bigger names. Entering the Finals, Forbes – citing Nielsen numbers - reported that while Durant had bested James and Bryant in terms of his popularity among those who knew him (56% liked him compared to 30% for James and 23% for Bryant), the percentage of people who knew him paled in comparison (12% for Durant compared to 63% for Bryant and 46% for James). The evolution continues on that front too, as Nielsen reports increases in his "like" popularity to 66% and his awareness to 18 percent as of September.
The question of whether Durant is an aberration or a trend-setter remains to be seen,though the recent smaller-market-to-bigger-market exoduses of players like Carmelo Anthony (Denver to New York), Deron Williams (Utah to Brooklyn), Chris Paul (New Orleans to the Los Angeles Clippers) and Dwight Howard (Orlando to the Los Angeles Lakers) would suggest he's simply unique. Still, his global experience as a gold-medal winning Team USA member (in both the FIBA championships in 2010 and the Olympics last summer) has helped bring his game to audiences worldwide.
"It's unheard of in this day and age, with superstars," Brooks said of Durant being happy in Oklahoma City. "And he is a true superstar to be so selfless, and so thoughtful of other people around him. He treats everybody like they're the most important person he's met. That is not picking and choosing those moments. He does it every time."
And as Barkley was quick to point out, the Thunder's success - from their first-round playoff appearance in 2010 to a Western Conference Finals appearance in 2011 and the Finals appearance in June - has likely played a major part in Durant's happiness level.
"It's all about talent," Barkley told USA TODAY Sports. "He's a great player, and he's a great kid. He could (succeed) anywhere as great a player as he is. If the team wasn't any good, he might have a totally different mentality."
The endearing part about Durant, of course, is that he seems far less worried about the off-court portion of his program than he does the on-court progress.
Building a championship team
Just because Durant doesn't want to talk about the more-controversial topics doesn't mean he is naïve to their existence. He hears it all, from the bashing of Westbrook because of his score-first style to the summer proclamations that the new-look Lakers would unseat the Thunder as Western Conference champs to the widely-held view that the Harden trade was the beginning of the end for him and his team.
And eventually, as he slouches back down in his chair and looks far less interested than when he was discussing the importance of Eric Maynor, he weighs in on those matters too. Westbrook has made the argument less relevant of late, not only because the Thunder are winning but because they have the league's top-ranked offense and Westbrook's assist numbers are up more than three per game (8.7 per this season; 5.5 last).
Still, Westbrook is also taking more shots than Durant -- 17.9 per for Westbrook; 16.6 for Durant -- and will surely take shots from the fans as a result. That was the case on Tuesday night, when former Sacramento forward Chris Webber was highly critical of Westbrook on NBATV and fellow analyst and former player Greg Anthony came to his defense. The ever-loyal Durant rolls his eyes at the discussion that has become a constant hot topic among NBA fans.
"When he was getting killed (by the public last season), he was averaging 25 and eight, 24 and five and five," Durant said. "What are we arguing about? What, that I ain't taking more shots? If I take more shots, then what are you gonna call me? What do you want me to do, man?
"I've learned to just say, 'Man, some people just don't know what they're talking about.' Some people are going to love you, some people are going to hate you. So what? We need Russell to do what he does. We made it to the Finals that way, were three games away from winning a championship."
To the key question of whether Westbrook finds Durant enough, it speaks well of him that – according to NBA.com - he entered Tuesday night leading the league in assists distributed to one player (53 to Durant). Westbrook also held the second spot, with 47 assists to forward Serge Ibaka, followed by Boston's Rajon Rondo-to-Kevin Garnett combination in third with 45. What's more, the Thunder are seventh in the league in assists per game (22.6) after finishing 30th last season (18.5).
"I know where (Westbrook) loves the ball; he knows where I like the ball, so we're reading each other very, very well this year," Durant said. "He's doing a great job of getting everybody involved all the time, making the right plays, and just being better. His turnovers are down, his assists are up. For any point guard, that's what you want to do. That's the goal."
As for the Lakers and their underwhelming 8-10 record entering Wednesday, Durant isn't ready to underestimate them just yet.
"Everybody is going to be in the mix (in the playoffs) that's supposed to be in the mix," Durant said. "They're a championship…uh, a championship-caliber organization. You never know. They've got champions on their team. You can't discount a champion."
The Thunder looked destined for a championship of their own until the Harden trade, when the core that had led this relentless progression in the last three seasons was shattered after failed extension negotiations between Harden and Oklahoma City led to the unexpected deal. But Durant, who is quick to laud Martin for the way he has fit in so seamlessly, said the personal aspect of the trade was tougher than the professional.
"Forget the basketball –just to see him leave (was hard)," Durant said. "I was close to his family, his brother, his sisters, his nephew. That was the difficult part, because I get so attached to these guys. I put my heart into it, and I think of all these guys as my brothers."
The Thunder family has changed now, but the goal has not. The title talk, while premature in Durant's eyes only because there's such a long ways to go, remains.
"The hunger is always there," he said. "I play to win, man. I play to win. I play to compete, and I play to win. It's not like I'm satisfied or anything. That's my goal every year, is to get to the top of the mountain. Unfortunately we got there last year but we didn't finish the job, so of course that's my motivation this year – that's our motivation, is to get back. We know it's a long road."


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Canon Digital Ixus 700 full review
We've seen mixed results from Canon's Ixus range, but this latest addition has to be the best point-and-shoot compact model yet - and we don't just mean from Canon. While keen hobbyists may baulk at the lack of manual exposure options, everyone else will admire its durability, speed and beautiful shots. And you can even find it online for
a lot less than £399.
It's good to see the Ixus range get curvaceous. The lack of angularity is pleasing on the eye, and there's an ergonomically satisfying feel. We occasionally knock Canon models for their cluttered jog-dials, but the Ixus 700 avoids this by only using the jog-dial in tandem with a context-sensitive function button and four-way navi-pad, for a much cleaner and more user-friendly interface.
Also impressive is the 2in LCD. It handles the light/dark and panning/zooming transitions beautifully.
Canon's Digic II processor makes the 700 one of the fastest compact cameras around, speeding up startup time, focusing, playback, onboard editing, image erase and write speeds. We spent a good five minutes turning the Ixus on and off - we couldn't believe how quick it was.
Also of note is the lithium battery, which can manage 550 shots with the LCD off - although you'll need far more than the 32MB Secure Digital card if you want to take that many at the maximum resolution.
Image quality was mainly first-class. Shots taken in natural indoor light produced a misty finish, but flash and outdoor light offered vibrant natural colours. The CCD has enough pixels to clearly fill A3-size posters.
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We're officially at the point now where, if you are a famous musical artist not named Radiohead and you do not allow your songs to be used for the Fox smash hit "Glee," you are dumb. In an era where the music industry's business model is dependent upon the honor system, musicians need every available marketing vehicle they can get their hands on. And so it is that Coldplay, those croony English balladeers, have granted the "Glee" folks license to use their songs for what I presume will be some sort of very sad breakup scene that takes place near a pond. From Reuters:
As Fox's "Glee" became a breakout hit, bands lined up for a chance to have their music performed by the William McKinley High kids.
Well, not every artist. Notably, Canadian power-ballad master Bryan Adams and British soft-rockers Coldplay said no.
But writer-producer Ryan Murphy told the Hollywood Reporter that not only has Coldplay changed its collective mind, the band's entire catalog has also been made available to the show.
Okay, someone needs to explain to me why Bryan freakin' Adams thinks he's too good to let his songs be used for "Glee." This is the guy who made arguably the worst video of all time, and that isn't even the one he did for "Don Juan DeMarco." GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE, YOU SYRUP SWILLER!
But I digress. I can only assume Coldplay granted Murphy license to use the songs so long as Gwyneth Paltrow was allowed to do a cameo and show off her singing chops and oily legs. "Glee" is best known for putting out musical arrangements that are extremely loud and boisterous, with all the jazzy hands that entails. Coldplay's music goes against that kind of exuberance. It's sad, and mellow, and best used as the score to a Zoloft ad. So Murphy will go one of two routes with the band's music. One: He'll keep it in its proper context and use a Coldplay ballad for a comedown scene, where a character is all sad and lonely (Hello, "The Scientist"). Or, he'll go the complete opposite direction and try and jazz up a Coldplay song with some kind of funky new arrangement. The "Viva La Vida" title track, already hyper by Coldplay standards, is a likely target.
It's possible Coldplay will get an entire episode of "Glee" to themselves, as Madonna did earlier this year. Those theme nights are a big draw for the show, and since Coldplay is arguably (ugh) the biggest band on Earth, their music on the hit show could deliver boffo numbers. Not so yellow anymore, are you, Chris Martin?


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Chevrolet is focusing on small cars this year at the SEMA show, with a substantial part of its display lasered in on Cruzes and Sonics. But let's be real--the Corvettes and the Camaros, with their honkin' V8s and eye-catching paint schemes, are sure to be the fan favorites in Las Vegas.
While the smaller cars focus on aero and aesthetics, Chevy's sports cars are loaded with carbon fiber, impressive and angry body treatments and themes that honor the long and powerful heritage of the brand.
"Chevy has a long, proud history at SEMA," said Jim Campbell, vice president of performance and motorsports. "It goes back to the small-block V8."
Obviously that predates the Sonic. Here's a look at some of the most striking Camaros and Corvettes headed to Las Vegas.
The Camaro ZL1 carbon concept takes the ZL1--set to arrive in 2012--and dresses it in layers of carbon, including the so-called "mohawk" air vent in the hood, spoiler and interior. It packs 580 hp from a supercharged V8 and is fortified with Brembo brakes and magnetic ride control. There's a good chance that the carbon-fiber hood piece could make it to production.
The Camaro 1LE concept is a brake-and-performance pack that draws from the ZL1's parts bin, getting that speed demon's black hood, splitter and rocker panels.
The Camaro Red Zone concept has a new shade of red and a silver heritage strip on the side. It's reinforced with suspension and interior upgrades.
The Corvette Ron Fellows Hall of Fame tribute is a salute to the famous race-car driver for his exploits in the American Le Mans Series, NASCAR, Trans-Am and other series. He was honored this year with induction into the Corvette Hall of Fame in Bowling Green, Ky. The car is painted Torch Red, gets the Z06 performance pack and is enhanced with carbon-fiber treatments.
The Carlisle Blue Grand Sport concept is a soft shade of Carlisle Blue and celebrates 30 years of the famous event. The car draws power from a 6.2-liter V8 paired with a six-speed manual.


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Series 1. Sierra Miwok, 1930-1972
Scope and Content Note
Incoming, n.d., 1948-1967, 1969-1972
Ezra Pound to Nancy de Angulo [L.S. Freeland], 11/30/1953
Outgoing, 1970
Research material
Linguistic maps
Miwok Case system - first draft,
Chichimeco notes
Miwok songs
Sierra Miwok
Autobiographical Sketch (Central District, West)
Northern Dialect
Text with Analysis (I. Southern Dialect)
The Story of the Giant (Central District, West)
Translation pages
VIII. The Waterspirit and the Married Man (Central District, West)
IX. The Old Woman and the Monsters
XI. The Story of Cotcotco, The Giant
XII. Evening Star in the Land of the Deer People
XIII. Adventures of the Two Brothers
XIV. The Adventures of Hawk in the South World (Central District, West)
XV. The Theft of Fire (Central District, West)
XVI. Shamanistic Experience (Central District, West)
XX. The Story of Bear and Deer (Central Dialect, East)
XXII. Fragments of Stories
XXIII. The Journey of the Sun
XXIV. Fragments of Stories (Southern Dialect)
Karok Texts by Jaime de Angulo, L. S. Freeland, 1931
The Zapotekan Linguistic Group by Jaime de Angulo, L.S. Freeland, 1934
A Practical Scheme for a Semantic Classification - Jaime de Angulo, Anthropos, v.25, 1930
Western Miwok Texts with Linguistic Sketch - L.S. Freeland, International Journal of American Linguistics, v.13:1, January 1947
[Pomo Doctors and Poisoners] - photocopy n.d.
Central Sierra Miwok Dictionary with Texts, by L.S. Freeland & Sylvia M. Broadbent, UC Publications in Linguistics, v.23 - photocopy 1960
"Miwok and Pomo Myths", by Jaime de Angulo, L. S. Freeland; Journal of American Folk-Lore, v.41:160 April-June 1928
Series 2. Charles d'Orleans, 1953-1972
Scope and Content Note
Incoming, n.d., 1953-1969
Outgoing, n.d., 1962-1969
Chapter 1
Introduction, Table of Contents, Foreword
Childhood (Old)
Chapter 3
The Assassination of Louis d'Orleans
The Royal Marriage
Chapter 4 - The Patched-up Peace (old)
Chapter 5 - Pontefract
Chapter 6 - Fotheringham
Asti affair
Chapter 7
Battle of Agincourt, 1415
Burgundy and Granlieres
The New Reign (early draft), 1422
Chapter 8
The English Paison
Siege of Orleans, 1428-1429
Chapter 9
Earl of Suffolk
Charles and the Earl of Suffolk, 1432
Chapter 10 - The New Allegiance
Chapter 11
The Release from Captivity
Charles and the Duke of Burgundy
Chapter 12
Conference at Gravelines
After the Congress of Arras (first version)
The Return to France
Chapter 13
The Years of Activity, 1441-1447
The Release (first draft)
Drafts, typescripts, and notes
After the Duchess was gone, 1409
Burgundians and Armagnacs - end of 1410, 1410
Gien - Garncieres appointment, 1410
Charles and Armaphaus at Gien, 1410
Cabochiens, 1411-1413
Charles's life in London (pg. 11-15), 1415
Charles's life in London - early captivity to money (pg.22-45), 1420
Charles receives Duke Louis of Guienne, Dauphin (pg.31, 67-72)
Charles and his Allies at Chartres, 1483
Charles gives Jean as hostage, 1415
Buzancais, 1412
Charles in Paris, 1413
Jean sans Peur, 1414
English and Burgundians (pg.61), 1415
Early captivity, 1415
John Stomton - Capture of Jean, 1415
Battle of Algincourt, 1415
To Calais - Agincourt and after, 1415
Pontefract, 1417
Double Marriage, 1420
Charles and Jean in England, 1417
Early Angoleme notes
Angouleme - remittances, etc.
Pucelle returns to land in Brittany (pg.441-443)
Charles and Pompondian Ambassadors (pg.7, 10-22)
Charles's treaty w/English] begins with pg. 19 Chapter 10 "The New Allegiance")
Dealings with English, 1412
Grey Friars, Cornwall and the hostages
Charles and the Earl of Suffolk, 1432
Siege of Orleans - Jeanne (1st draft), 1428-1429
Congress of Arras
After the Congress of Arras
Charles and Jean sans Deur - reconciled again
Sir Reginald Cobham, 1435-36
After the Congress, 1438
Conference at Gravelines
Trial of the Duke of Alencon, 1456-1458
Villon, 1460
Prospect of War
The New Reign
End of Story I - [The Princes location]
End of Story II - Conference at Tours
End of Story III - Royal Marriage
End of Story IV - Asti Normandy Guyenne
Research Notes
Baron de Joursanvault archives
Champollion Figeac, 1418
Chastellian, Cartellieri, Martin le Franc, Wavrin
Laborde, also Inventaire 1420
Kingsford, C.L. - Historical Notes on Mediaeval Lodon Houses in London Topographical Record, v.10-12
Leland, Pomfret and Stourton
London IV -Tiptoft letters - view of King of London
Stow - Memorials
Stonor - letters and papers
Texts of letters
Wylie - Early English
Maulde, Fenin notes
Stubb's notes
Notes on Charles d'Orleans
[French persons]
French background, hotels, etc., 1394
Castles, Manors, Foundations
Military Organization and Attitudes to War, Algincourt and Battles
Clothing, Armor, Heraldry
Bourgeois de Paris
Great Frost, 1434-35
John Cornwall - Biographical Notes
Fausse Pucelle
Jacques de Peschin
Robert Waterton
Sir John Cornwall, 1417
Thomas Combworth (Cumberworth), 1431
Murder/After - Louis d'Orleans, 1407
Armagnacs a Burgundians, 1406-1411
Charles and Burgundy
After Chartres, 1409
Additions to the "Beginning", 1410
Dealings with England - 1412 up to Buzancais
Jean Louvet, 1412
Siege of Bourges - Auxerre, 1412
Before Cezuncourt - the Battle
Seige of Harfleur, 1415
Fall of Paris, 1418
Charles' lands, 1422
Raol de Gaucourt, 1424
Siege of Orleans, 1428-1429
Charles and the Earl of Suffolk, 1432
Somerset and the Duchess of Clarence, 1438-39
Charles - Gravelines
Les Collection de Bastard - d'Estaug a la 13.N
Late Suffolk and the English, ca. 1445-1448
End of Charles
Trial of Alencon, 1456-1458
Fragments relating to 1461, 1461
Charles d'Orleans and Parliament
Pierre de Mornay - Sire de Galles
Cartulaire de la ville de Blois, 1437
Some comments on the English Poems sometimes attributed to Charles d'Orleans
[Lost pages - unidentified]
Research notes - unidentified
Research materials, articles
Nouveau Plan die Paris avec les Augmentations et Changemens qui ont ete faits pour son Embellissement , 1783
A Propos des Manuscrits Autographes de Charles D'Orleans Identifies en 1955 a la Bibliotheque Nationale:Hypothese" Ingenieuse" ou Certitude Scientifique? by Gilbert Ouy, 1960
Un Poeme Mystique de Charles d'Orleans - Le "Canticum Amoris" by Gilbert Ouy, 1959
Concerning some Poems of Charles d'Orleans [possibly part of an article by L. de Angulo]
Charles and Jean d'Orleans, L. de Angulo, n.d.
Series 3. Biographical, 1903-1945
Scope and Content Note
Helen Freeland Gibb's family photograph albums
Freeland family photos and diary pages, ca. 1903
England trip photos, ca. 1903
Vassar College Reunion, NY; Edgartown, NJ; New York, Yellowstone Park, WY; Idaho, Hood River Valley, ID; Portland, OR; Medford, OR; San Jose, CA; Carmel, CA; Big Sur, CA; San Francisco P.P.I.E., CA, ca. 1914-1915
Tucson, AZ; Grand Canyon, AZ; Carmel, Pt. Lobos, Monterey, San Jose, P.P.I. E., Pebble Beach, CA; Hood River Valley, OR; Pendleton, OR; San Francisco, CA; Berkeley, CA; Mt. Tamalpais, CA; Colorado, Edgartown, NJ; Washington D.C., ca. 1915-1916
Santa Fe, NM; Berkeley, CA; Orange, NJ; Carmel, CA, ca. 1916-1917
California: Berkeley, Carmel, Lake Independence, Lake Tahoe, ca. 1918-1919
California: Berkeley Hills, Santa Cruz mountains, Carmel, Big Sur, ca. 1918-1919
California: Berkeley, Yosemite, Carmel, Lake Independence, ca. 1918-1919
California: Lake Independence, Berkeley, Carmel, Big Sur, ca. 1919-1925
Obituary for Theodore Hart Freeland - photocopy ca. 1912
Miscellaneous reprints by others ca. 1926-1945
Freeland Family Photographs, ca. 1926-1945
Helen Stansbury Freeland's European diary, October 1912
Unpublished memoir - typescript & photocopied pages ca. 1890-1977
pt.1 "The Geers - Life in East Orange"
pt.2 "Glorious Fourth"
pt.3 "Helen leaves for Hood River: Nancy and Caroline; Trip to Europe; War"
pt.4A "New York; Miss Tomlins amp; drama; Hood River - Big Sur; Pay; Bed & Breakfast"
pt.4B "Tea House in Carmel"
pt.4C "Carmel; Cary; Jaime; Henrietta; Theater"
pt.5 "Looking for a Tea Room; Jaime's influence in UC; Berkeley getting settled in; trying acting again"
pt.5B "Winter in Calif.; Operation; Santa Fe & Helen; Green Corn Dance"
pt.6 "New Buick; Gui's Birth - whooping cough; Jaime gets grant from Boas; Nancy gets to decipher Dixon's notes"
pt.7 "Malinowski; Biche"
pt.8 "Life in Berkeley; A Play"
pt.8:2 "Jaime gets Kalapaya; Jung visits UC"
pt.9:2 "Big time at Ione; Brick; Karok"
pt.10:2 "Trial in Monterey"
pt.11 "The Uldalls"
pt.12:2 "Cary, Peter Baynes who came to Berkeley; Jaime's drunk drive to Richmond; Cary in Carmel and Ximena"
pt.13 "Kern River to see Voeglin on way to Hamburg"
pt.14:2 "Jaime's trip to Mexico, Spain; Holland to see Dutchies"
pt.15 "Bice in Berkeley; Gui to Miss Munn's school; Anita . . . cult"
pt.16:2 "Starting the house in Big Sur"
"Miwok & Pomo Myths" by Jaime de Angulo, L. S. Freeland; Journal of American Folk-Lore Apr-Jun 1928
Notebook pages - Freeland's Miwok transcriptions - original pages (very brittle) ca. 1910-1915
Photocopies of Freeland's Miwok transcriptions ca. 1910-1915
L. F. de Angulo's diary/notebook on History of Louis XII Roi de France, Pere du Peuple - pg. 1-37 only ca. 1953


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My theory is this ...
In any game where the chances are random, I believe the outcome has already been set BEFORE you do the first thing. And this doesn't just pertain to MC.
I tend to agree. The moderators confirmed on the BF forum site that when you open an HOS, the item received is selected at that time. It matters not how fast you complete the room.
I just changed 2 of my games to Bloody Mary (pc & ios) and beat the Chamberlain.
pc - 3 wins.
ios 1 tie - 3 wins.
I dunno.. but I think she scares him!


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Shortly afterwards I began getting emails that "a patient has sent you an appointment request." Figuring it was a prospective patient, I checked them. My plan was that I'd forward the info to Mary to call and schedule them.
To my horror (I guess I'm naive) people who used the site had absolutely no interest in actually coming to the office. They just wanted medical questions answered online. For free (of course).
Examples of typical questions I received included:
"I've been dizzy on and off for years. I've had lots of tests and seen many doctors, but none of them can find the cause. Can you tell me what's wrong?"
"I can't afford my medications. Can you please put samples with my name on them out in your front office? 3 months worth would be good."
"I don't have time to go to a surgeon, so can you tell me if I need back surgery? MRI images attached."
"I live in Farfaraway, but am willing to travel to Grumpyville if you can cure me. I'll do this only if you offer a money-back guarantee, and cover my plane fare."
"I think my husband is more sick from taking his pills than he is without them, but he will only stop if a doctor tells him too. Can you call him and tell him to stop?"
NONE of these people were established patients of mine. As best I can tell, of the 200+ messages I received over time, fewer than 5% were within 100 miles of my office. Some were from overseas.
Besides the obvious money issues here (I have a family to support. I am not free.) is the legal one. This basically amounts to treating a patient without actually seeing or examining them. I worry enough about getting sued by patients that I do see, and don't want to add ones I don't to the list.
I finally deleted the account last year.
So here's today's advice from Dr. Grumpy: Don't even bother with these sites. Unless the idea of practicing free, legally dangerous, medicine appeals to you.


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We suppose people like to wear jewelry for a variety of reasons, but very often it's to denote a semblance of affluence. Sure, it doesn't have to be about that… a lot of people like quirky adornments. Case in point: the Sloth Ring, pictured above. Made by hand in polymer clay, the lovely sloths attach themselves to your fingers and do what sloths do: just stay there. Letting yourself be seen wearing one could mean anything from "you're a sloth lover", to "this is how lazy I am, and I'm proud of it." Whatever your inclination for wanting one, it'll set you back $20.
Hit the jump for one more pic, and links.
[ Product Page ] VIA [ IncredibleThings ]
[ Make a fashion statement each time you step out with a unique ring. ]


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Viburnum Tinus Eve Price 18Ltr
Viburnum Tinus 'Eve Price' is an attractive evergreen shrub with small white flowers in winter and spring. Viburnum Tinus has dense dark green foliage and flowers which appear over a long period from late winter to spring.
Leaves of Viburnum Tinus are broadly oval, leathery and dark green in colour. From late winter, flattened clusters of deep pink buds open into small, starry white flowers. Deep metallic blue berries follow. Viburnum Tinus provides an excellent evergreen backdrop for feature or ornamental plants, also suitable for a low-medium height hedge.
Awards: RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
If the plant size you require is not listed please call for
current availability and delivery options as we are always updating the
stock we have for sale at our tree nursery in Essex.
- Pot Size : 18 Litre
- £54.00
Availability: In Stock
Viburnum Tinus Eve Price 18Ltr
Plant Information
- Size: 18ltr pot container grown.
- Botanical name/s: Viburnum Tinus
- Common name/s: Eve Price / Laurustinus 'Eve Price'
- Flower / Foliage: Viburnum Tinus or 'Eve Price' is an evergreen shrub. Medium in size it's leaves are oval and dark green in colour. They have a leathery look to them. Clusters of deep pink buds which open into pretty white flowers appear. Following this come deep metallic blue berries
- Plant type: Evergreen
- Flowering period: Winter and spring
- Mature height: 2.5m
- Mature spread: 2.5m
- Growth Rate: Medium
- Recommended usage: Suitable for a medium to low hedge height
- Nursery grown: Yes
After Care / Plant Maintenance
- Once planted, Viburnum will need watering throughout the first growing season, but make sure not to over / under water.
- Check tree tie / stake isn't rubbing and / or too tight or too loose on the trunk.
- Check for and remove any dead, decaying, diseased or crossing branch.
- Remove any weeds from around the base of the Viburnum plant (including grass).
- Position/Aspect: Prefers a full sun/partial shade and sheltered spot.
- Soil: When planting this shrub be sure that the soil is moist but well-draining, it will tolerate most soil types.
- Hardiness: Hardy in most places throughout the UK.
- Plant maintenance: Requires light pruning in late winter or early spring.
How do I order from King & Co?
Order online
Your order may be placed via our Online Shop, which is fast simple and secure.
After your Online Shop order has been placed we will send an order confirmation email to the email address provided. This will provide you with details of your order, including the order number, which you should check and retain for your records. If there is an error in your order requirement, please contact us as soon as possible quoting your order number, so that we can rectify prior to dispatch.
Phone us
We will take your credit or debit card payment over the phone. Simply call us on 01376 340469 and one of our experienced team are always available to discuss your order 7 days a week.
From our Nursery
Collect your trees or shrubs from our Nursery in Rayne.
We accept all major credit cards including: Maestro, MasterCard, Visa Credit, Visa Electron and Visa Debit.
How can I expect delivery from King & Co?
Overnight to your door
We can delivery to you anywhere in England and Wales via an overnight courier service (two days for Scotland & Ireland).
Via Online Shop
Orders placed via our Online shop if placed by 12 noon Monday –Thursday can be delivered to you the very next day. If placed on a Friday - Sunday delivery would be on Tuesday.
We deliver by national overnight courier service.
Should you require a specific delivery date, let us know in advance and we will arrange for your delivery to arrive on your required date.
Every tree and plant is packed to ensure your order arrives safely.
For large trees or quantities of trees and plants
Please phone us to discuss, we are usually able to deliver to you via a dedicated vehicle.
For local deliveries
We will deliver to you in our local area and we will be pleased to arrange this with you whilst you are visiting our Nursery or via the phone. We also provide a planting service.
Planting service
We have our own installation teams to carry out planting in Southern & Eastern England. Please call us to discuss, we are always happy to provide you a quotation.


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Impanel(redirected from empanelments)
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus.
The act of the clerk of the court in making up a list of the jurors who have been selected for the trial of a particular cause. All the steps of ascertaining who shall be the proper jurors to sit in the trial of a particular case up to the final formation.
v. to select and install a jury. (See: impaneling, jury)
TO IMPANEL, practice. The writing the names of a jury on a schedule, by the sheriff or other officer lawfully authorized.


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Restaurant Review
Budai Gourmet Chinese
It'll rub your belly the right way
Even before I learned of the secret menu at Budai, I was already recommending the small, Taiwanese-owned eatery for the element of surprise its regular menu brings. The non-secret menu is a long and interesting read, full of familiar and unusual Taiwanese and Chinese dishes. If you ask questions about the food, you might get a history lesson from Elsa Fang, who handles the front of the restaurant while her husband, Hsia, does the cooking. And, if you ask her to, she will translate the secret menu from Chinese. But she will do so selectively.
ABQ Beer Geek
The New O'Niell's Pub: No Moe's Family Feedbag
I like my neighborhood. It's got most of the things I want in a neighborhood, such as a park I never visit and a liquor store I always visit. I don't know or even think about my neighbors, which makes for the best kind. The only thing missing that would make it a perfect place to live is a good beer bar within walking distance. Since this is Albuquerque, I know that unless I move Downtown or to Nob Hill, I have to drive a ways to anywhere worth drinking. I wouldn't live in Nob Hill because there's too much to do, and I'd be out spending my Alibi paycheck every night. I can't live Downtown because, well, I'm not really allowed there anymore. (I don't want to get into it. It involves drinking.)
Chowtown Restaurant Guide
Chowtown Chowdown
It's another week, and you know what that means! Time to tell you about more places to go order take out from. Keep supporting local is all I can say.


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This blog used to basically be a muffin blog. I ate a muffin a day. Muffins and eggs, muffins and greek yogurt, muffins for dessert, muffins for snack.
And then I got muffined out.
And then I got more paleo.
And now the muffins are back.
Cheesy Apple Bacon Muffins
Recipe: Makes 6 muffins – Gluten free, Primal adaptable, Sugar free
- 1/3 cup coconut flour
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup oat flour (you can make your own!)
- 1/4 cup real or sugar-free maple syrup (depending on your needs…and politics)
- 1 cup diced pink lady apple
- 1/2 cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded + extra for topping
- 4 slices crispy bacon, nitrate free
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
Primal version: 6 eggs and 1/2 cup coconut flour, no oat flour.
Directions – Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Microwave the bacon until crispy, about 5-6 minutes. Pour the grease into a jar and lay the bacon on a paper towel to dry. Dice the pink lady apple and set aside. Grate the cheddar cheese and set aside. In a large bowl, beat the eggs with the coconut flour. Add the oat flour (I simply ground up oats in a blender until powdery) and maple syrup (I use Joseph's Sugar Free with malitol) and beat again. Sprinkle the salt and baking soda over the batter and stir. Crumble the bacon into chunks and bits. Fold the apples, cheese, and bacon into the batter. Bake for ~20 minutes, or until the muffins have risen and are just lightly browned.
I'm on a bit of a life high right now. Yesterday was my first day at my LINC (low income housing) volunteer position. I got there early and helped my supervisor set up the room for the after school/summer program for the kids. The kids trickled in around 2:15 and had Enrichment until 4. I helped the cutest pair of 6 year old twins I have ever seen with their reading and writing. One of them has an afro mohawk and was really into his work and getting as far through the workbook as possible. The other was completely disinterested in working and just kept gazing off at the other kids who had already finished. He simply didn't believe in himself! He thought everything was too hard for him. I kept telling him that he could do it – he could do whatever he wanted to accomplish as long as he didn't give up and worked at it. We got through a few pages, but then it was snack time. During snack, my supervisor introduced me and we had the kids go around and introduce themselves. They ranged in age from 6 to 14 and were all very lively. Next, I had an hour to teach them anything. I started out with asking them to name a food they like and a food they don't like.
They liked chicken, carrots, pizza, mashed potatos, tamales, fish, and chocolate. They didnt like broccoli, sea food, peppers, peas, onions and more broccoli.
Next, I asked them to name a food they thought was healthy and a food they thought "wasn't good for them." They thought carrots, lettuce, broccoli, watermelon, and olives (?!) were healthy. They thought cake, chocolate, gravy, bacon, cupcakes, ribs, and pizza was not good for them. I told them that we needed to move ribs to the good list because it was such a great source of protein. That lead to a great little conversation on why and how protein helps us grow up and get stronger.
The main thing I wanted to get out of this first session was seeing how much they knew about the food groups, what the thought was healthy versus not, and what kinds of foods they liked.
The most successful part of the lesson was when I asked them to look at the list of foods they said were bad for them and figure out what the cake, chocolate, and cupcakes had in common. Silence. Eventually, one of the older boys screeched SUGAR!!!
I asked them why sugar was bad for them… Silence again. Come on you guys, why is sugar bad for you? A boy in a 49ers hat raised his hand and mumbled "because it makes you fat." This gave me a way to talk about how eating too much sugar and not moving around enough can make us gain weight because our cells aren't eating all of the food we are giving them. The more we move around, the more our cells will eat the food that we eat. It we eat too much sugar and don't do anything, the food will become fat on our bodies. Also, sugar may give us energy at first, but then it will make us sleepy and leave us with less energy than we had before. They all seemed to understand and were particularly interested in why sugar leaves us tired and why protein helps us get stronger. I did my best! They also wanted to know what was wrong with my foot (I didn't drink enough milk and yogurt growing up and didn't wear proper shoes to work out in) and what that thing on my arm was (its a machine that measures my heart rate and steps every day to make sure I am active enough).
I have three more sessions with them, so I'm thinking of theming one veggies, one fruits, and one protein/dairy. I contacted Chobani and they are going to send me yogurt to give the kids! I am so excited – I am sure that none of them have been exposed to greek yogurt!
Thank you to the couple of you that gave me suggestions. I really appreciate it. Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!


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We were flummoxed by the original teaser, so you can imagine what this new full-length trailer for "Real Steel" is doing to our brains.
It appears that "Real Steel," starring Hugh Jackman, manages to beg, borrow and
steel steal from "The Champ" (a super cute mop-headed son pushing his dad to greatness) and "Rocky" (washed-up underdog) and a dash of the Bible. Just add water and voila--tear-jerking blockbuster!
Here's the official synopsis:
U.S. & World
A gritty, white-knuckle, action ride set in the near-future where the sport of boxing has gone high-tech, "Real Steel" stars Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton, a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max (Dakota Goyo) to build and train a championship contender. As the stakes in the brutal, no-holds-barred arena are raised, Charlie and Max, against all odds get one last shot at a comeback.
The folks at DreamWorks are so sure they've got a monster on their hands they've already begun work on the sequel.
"Real Steel," which also co-stars Anthony Mackie, Evangeline Lilly and Hope Davis, and directed by Shawn Levy, opens Oct. 7.


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One Big Bottle: New Glarus Unplugged Cran-bic
The brews we're sipping, one by one.
Editor's Note: So many beers, so little time. One Big Bottle spotlights the brews we're sipping, one by one.
The first sip of Cran-bic sets it apart from New Glarus' other terrific fruit beers. While the brewery's Belgian Red and Raspberry Tart are object lessons in how much fresh fruit flavor a brewer can pack into one bottle, Cran-bic does that and takes a sour step further.
It pours an orange-tinged blush, with just a trace of head. Aromas of Wisconsin cranberries and tart pie cherries lead a bit of funk, nuttiness, and wet oak. The flavor is dominated by tart, juicy cranberries. The beer was brewed in the traditional Lambic style, but the end result is much cleaner. The signature barnyard characteristics of Belgian Lambics are absent. Cran-bic spent five months outdoors in oak barrels, which rounded out any rougher edges and added a layer of complexity.
Some malty sweetness becomes more prominent as the beer warms and its ample carbonation subsides. It's not at the far end of the sour spectrum, but there's enough acidity present to slow you down to savor speed. Cran-bic fits well within New Glarus' house style for fruit beers. This would please die-hard pucker people as well as the uninitiated.
Disclosure: Sample provided for review.
About the Author: Jonathan Moxey is a Harlem-based homebrewer and BJCP beer judge. He hosts private beer tastings for Tapped Craft Beer Events.
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"This mock wedding is inspired by the book and movie Water for Elephants."
A few weeks ago Marilyn (who we first met when we shot her wedding) contacted us and wanted to know if we wanted to do a mock vintage wedding shoot. Of course we said "heck yeah!" We didn't know much more than that until the day before the shoot. She emailed us the location which happened to be not to far from us, Orange Empire Railway Museum. When we first got to the train station, it was like finding a hidden treasure, we were all looking around in disbelief. We had no idea something so amazing was located so close to where we live. Once we found Marilyn she walked us around and told us that the movie "Water for Elephants" actually did filming there not too long ago for part of the movie, which is where the inspiration for this whole shoot came from. What was most amazing to me out of the whole day was how excited all the vendors were to get together out of their own free time and make something amazing. It was a pleasure to work with all the amazing talent that went into the making of this extra ordinary day.
Quote from Marilyn's Blog
"This mock wedding is inspired by the book and movie Water for Elephants. It's not necessarily trying to mock the look of the movie but rather how we imagined what the main characters,Jacob and Marlena played by Rob and Reese, and how the wedding would have been like. It's almost as if they had collected things they found in their homes and brought them outside, set their furniture on a nearby grassy area with the trains in the background.
"The ceremony area was created with a iron-wrong gate intertwined with moss and wood to bring a simple and rustic feel. The reception tablescape included centerpieces with pops of color against soft creamed colored flowers to tie in a bit of the whimsical circus element. We chose to use vintage mismatched china, platters and colored goblets along tea light candles against intricate beaded table linens to create a soft intimate glam in an outdoor setting.""
The shoot got picked up by the Green Wedding Shoes website and got an article featured there.
Marilyn has her pictures up in two sections:
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS INSPIRED ENGAGEMENT SESSION – PART 1 and WATER FOR ELEPHANTS INSPIRED MOCK WEDDING – PART 2
For us it was such an amazing experience because we shoot exclusively weddings, which are always pressed for time. We were able to set up shots and get a few takes before moving to the next location. I'll be doing a behind the scenes edit soon with a full write up on the technical side of this shoot, so make sure and check back or subscribe to our blog!
Don't forget to check out all the vendors below that were a part of the day!
Photographer: Marilyn Nakazato // Venue: Orange Empire Railway Museum // Event Stylist + Wedding Gown Designer: Miss Tashina // Wardrobe Stylist: Heather Skelton // Jewelry: Jenny Dayco // E-Session Hat: Sweet Evie // Florals: Ambiance Designs // Coordinator: A Classic Touch Events // Hair/Makeup: Nicole Valentine // Vintage Rentals: Pow Wow Vintage Rentals // Rentals: Premier Party & Tent Rentals // Paper Goods: Copper Willow Paper Studio // Calligraphy: Jill Velez Calligraphy // Cake Truffle Favors: Velvet Rope Bake Shop // Dessert Bar: Summit Events Catering // Cotton Candy: Tasty Clouds Cotton Candy Company // Cake: Tasteful Cakes // Models: Harrison Muncaster, Kaylie Renee Wilson


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Meet & Eat: Hayley Daen, Serious Eats Intern
Getting to know the folks behind the food and drinks you love.
It's time to meet another new SE intern, Hayley! Originally from South Carolina but studying in Scotland, Hayley will be with us all summer at the office. She's already helped us alphabetize our cookbook library (phew), organize taste tests, and shared tasty snapshots from her travels. You'll be seeing many more posts from Hayley, but in the meantime, learn more about her, check out her blog bakingthebook.blogspot.com, and say hello! —The Mgmt.
Name: Hayley Daen
Location: NYC this summer
Occupation: Student at St. Andrews
Website/Twitter: bakingthebook.blogspot.com
Guilty pleasures? Dry cereal straight out of the box and pork scratchings.
Describe your perfect meal. Hmm, can't really say I've had a perfect meal, but the meal I'd most like to recreate was one I had while in Dubrovnik, Croatia. After my brother and I finished kayaking in the Adriatic Sea, our tour guides served up freshly caught fish, grilled and drizzled with fresh lemon juice, a pinch of salt, and a bit of pepper. Alongside the deliciously fresh fish, they gave us miniature potatoes, cut into wedges and tossed in butter, a few tiny tomatoes cut in half topped with a sprinkle of sea salt, and a shot glass full of homemade limoncello.
What food won't you eat? As trite as it sounds, there isn't anything I would point-blank refuse to eat; however, cherries and avocado are unlikely to appear on my plate.
What would you like to try but haven't yet? I would love to have a real, authentic bowl of ramen, in Japan, of course.
Favorite food person? That's tough. I love Donna Hay's books, but Nathalie Dupree is a blast to work with.
When did you first realize you were a serious eater? Probably when I was in Oaxaca around age 10; I noticed that the other members of my family weren't quite as happy to munch on fried grasshoppers as I was.
What do your family and friends think of your food obsessions? They are thrilled. They get to benefit from all of my kitchen experiments! Though I'm sure some of them would complain of my contributions to their waistlines.
Favorite food sites or blogs (besides SE, of course)? Is it wrong to say my own? (only because I enjoy writing and baking so much). I also frequently drool over the recipes and photos on Tartelette and A Chow Life.
Everyone has a go-to person they call for restaurant recommendations. Who's yours? It really depends where I am. In New York, I always ask my friend Lizzy, but I often get recommendations from blogs and guidebooks.
And what's the best recommendation she's ever given you? My favorite place Lizzy recommended is Kittichai—amazing Thai food and a wonderful atmosphere.
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Mo. Bill Tightens Criteria for Election Recounts
JEFFERSON CITY - Losing political candidates could find it harder to get a recount under legislation sent to Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon.
A bill given final approval Tuesday would tighten the margin of defeat necessary to trigger a recount in Missouri elections. Under current law, a candidate who loses by less than 1 percent can seek a recount. The legislation would require a margin of less than one-half of a percent to request a recount.
The legislation also includes an amendment that seeks to reinstate local taxes on vehicles bought from out-of-state dealers or in person-to-person sales. Similar wording has been included in other bills sent to the governor. Lawmakers are trying to get around a 2012 state Supreme Court ruling that invalidated some of the local vehicle taxes.