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Ipswich, Massachusetts: The Riverview
Editor's Note: Hey Slice'rs! Please welcome Andrew Janjigian, who will be chiming in from the Boston area with pizza reviews. Andrew is a writer and test cook for Cook's Illustrated, and he writes about his interests in bread baking, oven building, and mushroom cultivation on his blog, The Fermenter.
The Riverview
20 Estes Street, Ipswich, MA 01938 (map); 978-356-0500
Pizza style: bar pizza, sort of.
Oven type: gas
Notes: Cash only; Full bar. For a twist, ask for the pizza the "old way", with the sauce on top of the cheese.
Price: Full pies only (12"); cheese pizza, $5.30, "everything" pizza, $10.00
In 2007, The Riverview, a pizzeria in Ipswich, MA made Saveur's top 100 list, closely followed by a positive review in the Boston Globe. Ever since then, it's been high on my pizza to-do list.
But Ipswich is a 45-minute drive from my home in Cambridge, and frankly, if my wife and I find ourselves up on the North Shore, after spending the day at Wingaersheek or Crane Beach, we invariably end up eating fried clams at JT Farnham's in nearby Essex. But two weeks ago, with beach and fried-clam-eating season over for the year (alas), we finally made a special trip up to Ipswich to give the Riverview's famed pizzas a try.
The Riverview is an unassuming place, on the ground floor of a vinyl-sided apartment building just outside of town, tucked away on a quiet side street. We arrived right as doors were opening for business on a Saturday evening, and while the place was mostly empty when we walked in, it soon began filling with customers at a rapid clip. By the time we left an hour later, there was already a short line for tables.
We placed our order, and while our pizzas (one plain, one sausage) were being prepared, we peppered our friendly waitress with questions about the history of the place. It first opened its doors in 1947, serving pizza (and, aside from beer, wine, and cocktails, only pizza) to generations of local devotees ever since. The dance floor that once occupied the back area facing the Ipswich River is long gone, but from the mahogany-sided walls, red vinyl booths, and flickery neon beer signs, it seems little else has changed. And that includes the prices: in Debbie's 22 years of serving pies and beer at The Riverview, the price of the pizza (one size only) has only increased twice, from $4.00 to $5.30 for the basic tomato-and-cheese pie. (The most expensive pie on the menu, the "Everything", is a mere ten bucks.)
And what of the pizzas themselves? While the pies we ate at The Riverview were not quite what I would call my favorite type of pizza (I tend to favor New Haven-style neo-neapolitan pies with a puffy, chewy crust and loads of char), they were nevertheless delicious.
The mild-flavored, lean crust was thin from edge to edge, with almost no puff to speak of, and soft in the interior. Entirely lacking in char, it was delicately crisp on the very bottom, and around its decidedly less-than-circular perimeter. The chunky, canned-tomato based sauce was tart and a touch on the sweet side, but pleasantly so, and ladled on in just the right amount, serving as a nice foil for the slightly sharp tang of the cheese that topped it.
The crumbled sausage was fragrant with fennel seeds, light, and not in the least bit greasy. Since visiting The Riverview, I learned that locals often request their pies "the old way", with the cheese under the sauce, something we'll definitely try next time around.
I tried to get Debbie to spill the beans on how the pizzas were prepared, but other than revealing that they used sliced cheddar cheese on top, it was clear she was as much in the dark as the clientele. (The recipe has been in the hands of just two people in the restaurant's 63 years. The original pizza chef retired a few years ago, entrusting his secrets to the current one, who prepares his pies out of sight of prying eyes—even those of the staff—in a basement kitchen.)
Given the use of sliced cheddar cheese, the slightly sweet sauce, and the soft, pliant crust, the type of pizza this most resembled is a St. Louis-style "bar" pizza. This makes The Riverview something of a rare duck in northern New England, a region known mainly for puffy, oily-doughed "Greek" style pizzas.
Whatever the secrets behind The Riverview's recipes, it is easy to understand why the place has been in business so long and has such a large and loyal clientele. The pizza is tasty, light, and entirely satisfying, and a bargain to boot. Next time we find ourselves up that way and not in the mood for fried clams, we'll make our way to The Riverview for sure.
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Finished reading the new anthology already and interested in more stories? Now's your chance.
From now until June 3, you can pick up the ARC (Advanced Reading Copy) of a new anthology I've edited of some fellow WotF folks (including yours truly) for free from instafreebie.com .
Click the link and it will ask you for your name and e-mail. Then it will send you a file of your choosing. epub, mobi, etc.
The antho goes live on Amazon tomorrow, so if you want to support the writers that way, that's awesome. If you want a free copy to review, that's awesome. If you just want free stories, that's awesome, too!
Several of the stories were finalists, so I'll be posting an update in the "where to find finalists" thread tomorrow.
One note about the ARC. Sometimes the cover doesn't display properly in Kindle. It does in epub, and on Kindle for PC. Just some mobile Kindles...
Otherwise, enjoy!
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Genes Tied to Hair Loss Disorder
Findings may pave way for new treatments for alopecia areata, researchers say
WEDNESDAY, June 30, 2010 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have implicated eight genes in the development of alopecia areata, a disorder that causes hair to thin and fall out.
The genes are already associated with other autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 diabetes, meaning that drugs may already be in the pipeline that could benefit people with hair loss, the researchers said.
"This greatly accelerated our ability to think about new drugs for patients with alopecia areata because so much work has already been done in these other diseases," said senior study author Angela Christiano, professor of dermatology and genetics & development at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. "It is a huge advantage."
The study is published in the July 1 issue of Nature.
Alopecia areata affects more than 5 million people in the United States, according to the National Alopecia Areata Foundation, making it one of the most common autoimmune diseases. Hair loss may be confined to bald patches on the scalp, but in some cases it extends to the whole scalp or entire body, including eyebrows and eyelashes.
Men and women are affected equally, yet women are diagnosed more frequently because they are more likely to seek treatment. It's a misconception that men suffer less from it, said Vicki Kalabokes, president and CEO of the alopecia foundation, which helped fund the research.
"It's very traumatic for men, and it's harder for them to cover it up," Kalabokes said. "Hair loss is life-altering. You have lost your outward identity. You haven't changed inside, but that's not what's seen by the world."
The progression of the disease is unpredictable; some people may lose only a patch of hair, while others may lose all of the hair on their scalp over a few days, Kalabokes said. Hair loss can be especially difficult for children, she added.
The researchers discovered that the number of alopecia-associated genes a person had correlated with the severity of the condition. Those who carried 16 or more genes (the genes are in pairs) were more likely to progress to alopecia universalis, or total hair loss.
Researchers had expected that alopecia genes would be the same as those associated with other autoimmune diseases of the skin, such as psoriasis (in which the immune system signals the overproduction of skin cells, resulting in dry, scaly lesions) or vitiligo (loss of pigment to the skin when cells called melanocytes no longer function).
Yet alopecia and psoriasis had only one of the eight genes in common, Christiano said.
"We undertook this genome-wide association study to ask in an unbiased way, and to let the genes tell us, what are the likely associations with alopecia areata," Christiano said. "We were very surprised to find the genes that came up have a mechanism shared by type I diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis."
In people with alopecia, immune system T cells are present in large numbers in the hair follicle. Under a microscope, "it looks like the hair follicle is being swarmed or attacked by bees, which are the T cells," she explained.
What researchers didn't know was what attracted the "bees" in the first place, though the study hints at the answer.
Among the eight genes, one in particular -- ULBP3 -- has been shown to attract toxic cells that can invade and destroy an organ. In a person without alopecia, ULBP3 is turned off. But in people with alopecia, ULBP3 proteins are plentiful in the follicle.
"In people with alopecia areata, we see a huge expression of the ULBP3 gene in the outermost layer of the follicle," Christiano said. "ULBP3 is a danger signal that signals to T cells to come in and attack the follicle. It's like putting nectar on the hair follicle, then the 'bees' come in and do their damage."
When the follicle is attacked, the hair falls out. If the T cells remain, which they do in alopecia areata, the follicle goes dormant.
No treatments are currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for alopecia areata, Kalabokes said, although people sometimes pin their hopes on steroid injections into the scalp and other unapproved remedies.
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For more than a year now, the best minds in Washington have assured me (and you) that the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad is about to fall. These assurances are always delivered with great confidence, winks and nods oozing gravitas, and yet the wispy Assad, an ophthalmologist masquerading as a despot, hangs on, slaughtering his own people, destroying and despoiling whole neighborhoods, calling the bluff of the Arab League, the Turks and even the European Union, which just the other day — in a measure apparently intended to give Assad a fatal case of the giggles — banned his wife from shopping on the Continent. Sherman was right: War is hell.
Having sheathed his credit card, Assad pressed on with his war that has cost as many as 10,000 lives, produced well over 100,000 refugees and brought large-scale misery to Syria. But it has also lifted "the veil of fear" — a useful phrase coined by former assistant secretary of state James P. Rubin. He used it to refer to the once-widespread belief that the Assads were invincible and that to challenge them would bring the most horrendous consequences. This is no longer the case. A great many people have been challenging them for some time now. The costs have been great, but the insurrection goes on nonetheless. The veil has been shredded.
What has also been shredded is the naive belief that Assad would fall in Syria as did Hosni Mubarak in Egypt and wind up, to the delight of the vengeful, in a defendant's cage. But Mubarak either would not or could not use unrestrained force against his own people. Assad did, and will continue to do so unless and until the United States takes the lead in getting rid of him. As it turns out, neither the Saudis nor the Turks are up to the job.
As with Libya, there are reasons to stay out. In the strictest sense, Syria is not our fight. But a good many lives are at stake and there is nothing wrong with using American might in a humanitarian cause. The United States had no dog in the fight in the Balkans, to recall James Baker's felicitous phrase, but it ended the horror there by bombing Serb military positions and then Serbia itself. That operation was hardly brief — it lasted for 78 days— but it cost not a single American life. The same was true for Libya. No American lives lost.
U.S. air power can make the difference in Syria. It can limit or eliminate the damage being done by Assad's helicopters and tanks — although the regime's reported practice of using human shields and placing children on tanks makes this a bit harder. Nonetheless, this is a regime that in a year has not been able to dispatch a divided and disparate opposition. It can be defeated, maybe easily.
If the United States finally acts, Russia will throw a fit. Pity. But more importantly, so will Iran. Syria is virtually its puppet state. The demise of the Assad regime would be a heavy blow to Iran. More pragmatically, it would be a boon to Israel. Iran supplies Hezbollah and Hamas through Syria. You can predict anything other than the future in the Middle East, yet bloodying Assad's nose has nothing but favorable consequences for America and its allies in the region, not only Israel but Saudi Arabia as well.
The argument against the United States taking action — arming the rebels, establishing a no-fly zone or even bombings — is that the slippery slope looms. But Bill Clinton did not slip on that slope in the Balkans — no boots on the ground there — nor did President Obama in Libya. These operations can be contained.
Pathetically, the lessons of Bosnia are being ignored. Refusing to arm the opposition will not end the conflict or limit it; it will drag on. Establishing safe havens means inserting possible hostages and establishing killing fields — remember Srebrenica (8,000 Muslims massacred)? Assad, chillingly, has plenty of chemical weapons. They need to be secured.
The West has imposed sanctions on Syria. They undoubtedly hurt. The currency is worthless, and soon smuggling will become the country's No. 1 enterprise. America has now announced it will provide non-lethal supplies to the opposition. This will undoubtedly help. But the creep toward real involvement — a virtual plea to the black-hearted Assad to have a heart — has to stop. Obama dawdles, and lives are being lost. In Libya, Obama led from behind. In Syria, he's not leading at all.


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Housing Market Dips, Stock Futures, Banks Tick Up
WSJ's Alexandra Scaggs joins the News Hub to discuss a dip in housing data and an uptick in stock futures. Photo: AP Images.
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This post is the latest in the World of Dances series, which profiles ballet and dance photography in iconic, architectonically unique, culturally emblematic, rapidly vanishing landmarks or simply unexpected locations, that Kike captures about during his travels.
I photographed Cuban dancers Cynthia and Patricia in an old house in Vedado neighborhood in Havana during a break during a National Geographic Expedition I was leading in Cuba last week. They both dance Alicia Alonso's Cuban National Ballet.
Dancers: Cynthia and Patricia
Company: Cuban National Ballet
Location: Havana, Cuba
Selected reading:
Art and Dance in the Drone Age
So You Want to Fly Drones?
So You Want to Shoot Aerial Photography using Drones?
Abigail Sartin : Dancing Through Adversity
Kike Calvo Ballet Gift Collection
Explore a selection of Ballet books
National Geographic Book "Stunning Photographs"
World of Dances Collection
National Geographic Online Store
Great Canvas Online Store
Books on Dance and Ballet:
Dancers: Behind the Scenes with The Royal Ballet
Darcey Bussell
Dancers Among Us: A Celebration of Joy in the Everyday
Anna Pavlova: Twentieth Century Ballerina
(Anna) Pavlova: Portrait of a Dancer
Dance of the Swan: A Story about Anna Pavlova (Creative Minds Biography)
The Dancer's Way: The New York City Ballet Guide to Mind, Body, and Nutrition
Dance Anatomy (Sports Anatomy)
The Dance Bible: The Complete Resource for Aspiring Dancers
American Dance: The Complete Illustrated History
Dance (Dk)
The Ballet Book
Selected Reading for Children:
Marie, Dancing
Degas and the Little Dancer (Anholt's Artists Books For Children)
Marie in Fourth Position: The Story of Degas' "The Little Dancer" (Picture Books)
What Makes A Degas A Degas?
DK Eyewitness Books: Dance
Ballet Training for Girls


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Former world No.2 announces withdrawal from opening grand slam of 2013
The 28-year-old Russian has a injury to right shoulder
Follows a 2012 season marred by injury and illness where she played only 10 events
Former world No.2 Vera Zvonareva has withdrawn from next month's Australian Open because of a shoulder injury.
The 28-year-old Russian, twice a semi-finalist in Melbourne and defending women's doubles champion (with compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova), announced on her Facebook page that she was pulling out of the event which starts on the January 14.
"Hey everyone … some bad news. I will not be able to go to Australia this year," Zvonareva said.
"My body is not 100% recovered yet and I want to start when I know I can play the rest of the year. I keep working hard to get healthy. Thank you for all your support!"
"My body is not 100% recovered yet and I want to start when I know I can play the rest of the year. I keep working hard to get healthy— Vera Zvonareva
The Russian was troubled by a series of injuries (left hip and right shoulder) in 2012 which saw her compete at just 10 events.
Her last appearance in a grand slam was at Wimbledon in June, where she reached the third round before retiring with an upper respiratory illness.
Her absence from all tournaments since the London Olympics has seen her slip down the WTA rankings to No.96.
Zvonareva is a two-time grand slam finalist reaching both the Wimbledon final and the U.S. Open final in 2010 losing to Serena Williams and Belgium's Kim Clijsters respectively.


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He was blessed with abundant natural talent and was discovered running in an eighth-grade gym class.
She was a perfectionist who didn't possess much natural athletic ability, but chose early on to do everything she could to make herself an athlete.
Those two different paths taken at the same high school spawned this year's Daily Press male and female Athlete of the Year honorees.
They are Lafayette seniors Seneca Lassiter, regarded by veteran observers as the best middle-distance runner this area has had, and Karen Castle, who captained the field hockey, basketball and softball teams while maintaining a 4.37 grade-point average, which ranked fourth in her class.
Lassiter earned a full scholarship to the University of Arkansas, which boasts one of the nation's premier track programs.
Castle, who played three sports all four of her years at the Williamsburg school, earned an appointment to the United States Naval Academy.
As a senior, Lassiter heightened the national prominence he achieved as a junior.
In March, he won the mile at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships in Syracuse with a 4:08.6, the eighth-fastest high school indoor mile ever. The following month, Lassiter won the 1,500 meters at the prestigious Penn Relays in 3:54.5.
In his final state Group AAA outdoor meet, he broke his own record to win the 800 in 1:49.40. He won the state indoor 1,600 title in a meet-record 4:14.68.
He fine-tuned for those efforts by winning the Peninsula District and Eastern Region cross country titles and finishing second in the state meet last fall. His best time was 15:15.
Castle's achievements included earning all-Peninsula District and all-Daily Press first-team honors as a halfback in field hockey. She also led the basketball team in scoring (12.3) from her guard position. In softball, she made the all-Peninsula District second team after batting .467 and committing just two errors at first base.
Those efforts, coupled with her academic excellence, earned Castle Lafayette's Gordy Putman Award, given annually to the best student-athlete on a vote by all the school's coaches.
``One of the nice things about both Seneca and Karen is that they've remained humble kids despite all their success,'' Lafayette teacher and baseball coach Tom Dolan said. ``You wouldn't know Seneca was an outstanding athlete on a national level if you first met him in the hall at school.
``He's polite and outgoing, but their is no sign of the negative cockiness that you see in some athletes that have achieved the kind of success he has.
``Karen is a very complete person who has improved so much athletically by hard work on her own. Unlike Seneca, she didn't have a lot of natural athletic ability.''
Lassiter is most proud of the fact he earned the scholarship to Arkansas. He said it wouldn't have been possible without the guidance of his mother, Lillian Graves, and the coaching of Allen Overton, the one who discovered him in eighth grade, and Mel Jones.
``That was what all the hard work was aimed at,'' he said. ``There was no money to go to college without a scholarship.
``In elementary school, I was a fat kid who thought about playing basketball. But I thinned out in middle school, and Coach Overton encouraged me to be a runner. Without him and Coach Jones, it never would have been possible.
``That goes for my mother, too. She kept me straight and away from the streets.''
Lassiter said that the realization that he could be successful enough to get a track scholarship set in when he was a sophomore, and he began pushing himself more then.
Area track coaches, like Denbigh's Al Dorner, knew that Lassiter was something special early in his career.
``When he won the mile at the Peninsula District meet his freshman year, I knew he had a lot of talent,'' Dorner said. ``He can run an incredible range from 400 to 5,000 meters. People don't realize how really, really good he is.
``The proven success of the Arkansas program with middle-distance runners, coupled with his mental and physical ability, makes me think he'll be one of the nation's up-and-coming runners. He's an amazing athlete and has an excellent chance to represent this country in the Olympics in 2000.''
Lassiter said that competing in the 2000 Olympics is a definite goal and that he hopes to get a chance to perform next summer in the trials for the 1996 Games.
``In the Arkansas program, I'll have a chance to do all the little things that I didn't do at Lafayette,'' Lassiter said. ``That has to make me better. I'll eat right and get stronger. I'd like to get up to 145 pounds. I'm 138 now.''
Jones agrees that participating in the Olympics is well within Lassiter's reach.
``He's the best distance runner I've seen in my 22 years of coaching,'' Jones said. ``His mental toughness and his will to win is what impresses me the most. Arkansas will probably almost double his training miles. That, coupled with his ability, and it's scary what he might do. He'll be there at the Olympics in 2000.''
Castle, who will be seeking new opportunities in the Navy in the year 2000, is most pleased that she has proved academics and athletics can complement each other very well.
She used athletic practices and games throughout high school to provide relaxation time from the constant demand of her studies.
``I love sports because they give me time to get my mind off academics,'' Castle said. ``Combining academics and athletics has helped me manage my time and be structured.
``The thing I want people to remember is that you can do all the things you want academically and athletically. I'd like to be a role model in that sense.''
Castle will pursue only basketball at Navy because field hockey and softball aren't offered as varsity sports.
Her future, like Lassiter's, appears bright.
``Karen is smart, intense and learns quickly,'' Lafayette field hockey and softball coach Judy Brinsfield said. ``She is an exceptional person who can handle the pressure of the much different atmosphere she'll face at the Naval Academy.''
He was blessed with abundant natural talent and was discovered running in an eighth-grade gym class.


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- Work well with steep and shallow-pitched roofs
- Properly installed ribbed panel roof systems can last anywhere from 40-50 years on average, which is still 25-35 years longer than your average asphalt shingle roofing system.
- Lightweight
- Environmentally-friendly
To learn more about ribbed panel metal roofing go here.
Standing Seam Roofing in Woodstock
Standing seam metal roofs are much like ribbed panel roofs in that they are continuous runs of metal from the ridge to the eaves. The main difference between these two different styles of roofing is the raised or standing seams and hidden fasteners that come with standing seam metal roofs.
Standing seam roofs are growing in popularity because of their clean profile and ability to be used on either traditional or modern homes. Also, the hidden fastener system means that the panels are always watertight and, if installed properly, one of the easiest roof systems to maintain. Standing seam metal roofing sometimes requires more of an upfront investment, but its durability and low cost to maintain means that the initial investment can be amortized over the long life of the roofing system.
Why standing seam metal roofing?
- Better protection against rain than ribbed panel metal roofing
- Easily maintained
- Available in many colors
- Lightweight
- Can be used on modern and traditional homes
- Lasts twice as long as asphalt shingle roofing
Metal Shingle Roofing in Woodstock
If you desire the durability of metal and the traditional style of asphalt roofing systems, metal shingles are the option for you. Metal shingles can be ordered in almost any color that a traditional shingle can, and their ease of installation and lightweight structure are advantages that make this option excellent for Woodstock roofing.
Why metal shingles?
- Look more like traditional roofs
- Come in various styles to mimic different textures and materials such as slate, asphalt shingles, and wooden shakes.
- Long-lasting and durable
- Lightweight
- Shingles are easily replaced if damaged
- Easily installed
- Environmentally-friendly
Stone Coated Steel Roofing in Woodstock
Stone coated steel roofing is a metal that has been coated with stone granules found on traditional asphalt based shingles. This dual approach allows for a truly unique roofing system that mimics tile or slate while providing the durability of steel. Like almost all metal roof options, stone coated steel roofing is considered a "cool roof" option and provides efficiency, durability, and great curb appeal in Woodstock neighborhoods.
Why a stone coated steel roof?
- Many insurance companies in the US will lower your homeowner's insurance premiums by as much as 35% because of the durability and protection of stone coated steel.
- Looks beautiful on all types of homes
- Lasts twice as long as non-steel roofs
- Lighter colored roofs reflect the sun and can keep your home cooler in summer
- Boosts resale value
- Environmentally-friendly
Fowler Homes: The Preferred Roofers in Woodstock, GA
When you contact Fowler Homes for your new roof in Woodstock, GA, you can be sure that we will take time to listen to your ideas and concerns from the very start, assuring you are 100% satisfied that you choose us to be your contractor. Fowler Homes realizes there are many contractors in Woodstock Georgia that you could have chosen from, and we are always thankful when homeowners give us the opportunity to serve them. From the very start our team will assist you in your roofing choice, providing you with the information available, assuring that you make the best possible decision regarding your home.
Years of installing new roofs and replacing old roofs throughout the Woodstock area has allowed Fowler homes to build up a great team of highly skilled and experienced roofers. Contact us today to discuss your roofing project and we will be happy to come out and go over your plans with you.
All of our meetings are stress free environments where you will never be pushed to make a decision right away and all of your questions can be answered. Our team will perform an entire roof inspection and let you know what we find. If you have an emergency roof issue in Woodstock please call now at 770-744-5992 or go here to learn about how we can help.
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Donna's Delectable Honey Oatmeal Bread – with raisin cinnamon swirl
My good friend Donna gave me this recipe and its one of the best breads I've tried! This time I decided to add the raisin cinnamon swirl and it went perfectly together, no added sugar needed. I do think I should have been a little more patient on the second rise, and maybe should not have used a larger pan, so the bread would have had more height. I also read that "bark" spices like cinnamon can inhibit the yeast. With or without the raisin cinnamon swirl, this bread is really tasty. Soft and slightly sweet, great reheated, and fun to know you can make bread this easily!
Here is the recipe as she gave it to me:
- 1c old fashioned oats
- 1c boiling water
- 1/3c honey
- 1/4c/4tbs/half stick of butter, melted
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 envelope/.25 oz quick rise yeast
- 1/4c of warm water (105-115 degrees F)
- 3.5- 4 c flour (I use half bread flour when I have it)
- 1t milk and 1Tbs oats for topping the bread, optional
Combine oats with the boiling water and let it sit 5 mins. Add yeast to the warm water, and let it activate, also 5 minutes or so. To the oats (you can do this in the bowl you will mix the dough in itself) add honey and butter and salt. Then pour in the yeast mixture. Then add 3 c of flour and blend it in. Knead in an additional 1/2-1 c of flour as needed to make a soft dough. Knead until smooth for 6-8 minutes. Cover and let it rest 10 minutes (I did a traditional "double rise"(let the dough rise to double its size in about 1-2 hours) because I was going out, so if you let it rise longer thats also fine. She says the short rest works for her too). Grease a 9×5 bread pan. Roll the dough out to a 8×15 inch rectangle. (This is when I added the swirl. I just sprinkled raisins on top of the dough and pressed them in firmly. Then I sprinkled some cinnamon powder. Thats it!) Roll it up from the 8 inch side jellyroll style. Pinch the ends and tuck them under the bread. Place it seam side down in the loaf pan. Cover with a damp cloth and let it rise to double its size (at least 45 mins).
Preheat oven to 375. Brush a tiny bit of milk over the top and sprinkle on the oats – optional but it will look pretty. I forgot to do this. Bake for around 40 minutes, until the top is golden brown and the bread sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom. Remove from the pan and place on a cooling rack. Try to resist the urge to cut into it while hot, hehe. You can reheat this in the microwave or toast it and have with butter, that's how I like it.
I am submitting this to BBD#34: Breads with Grains hosted by Swathi and originated by Zorra
Also submitting this to Yeastspotting.
And to Tasty Tuesdays.


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ZAGREB, Croatia - Defending champion Marcel Hirscher reclaimed the overall World Cup lead Sunday by winning a slalom for his third victory of the season and 15th in total.
The Austrian trailed Jens Byggmark by 0.01 seconds after the first leg but took advantage of the Swede's mistake in the second to win in a combined time of 1 minute, 56.17 seconds.
Andre Myhrer of Sweden was 0.57 back in second, and Hirscher's Austrian teammate Mario Matt came 1.09 behind to take third.
"This result makes me really happy," Hirscher said. "I saw Andre's run from the start, it was brutal so I knew I had to push from top to bottom to have a chance. I managed to do just that."
Byggmark nearly skied out in the final part of his second run and finished 26th, 3.46 seconds off Hirscher's winning time. The Swede has been chasing his third career victory since winning two slaloms in two days in Kitzbuehel, Austria, in January 2007.
Hirscher overtook Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who usually skips slalom events, atop the overall standings. Hirscher has 740 points, followed by Svindal with 689 and American Ted Ligety, who skied out in the first run Sunday, with 552 points.
"It's not the right time to discuss the overall title," Hirscher said. "I think we have about 20 races left, so that's still 2,000 points up for the grabs. It's no use talking about the standings now."
Hirscher has been on the podium in all four slaloms this season and extended his lead in the discipline standings to 79 points over Felix Neureuther.
The German, who won the Munich city event on Tuesday and is runner-up to Hirscher in the discipline standings, finished 1.31 off the lead in fifth. Neureuther wasn't skiing freely after hurting his back in a slalom training crash on Friday.
The race took part in rainy and partly foggy conditions, while mild temperatures further softened the course. Despite the poor weather, 17,000 cheering fans were lined up on the slope and in the finish area.
"It's so great to race here, the crowd really loves skiing and celebrates a super party," Hirscher said. "It was very emotional for me that the crowd was so respectful and cheered for me also."
The Austrian's season is showing a remarkable resemblance to last year's. He also won the 2012 Zagreb race for his third victory of the season to take the overall lead. Hirscher then went on to become the first Austrian overall champion since Benjamin Raich in 2006.
Ivica Kostelic of Croatia was fourth after the opening leg but dropped to eighth, 1.78 behind Hirscher.
Kostelic, the 2011 overall champion, finished on the podium of his home race four times in the last five years but is yet to win it.
Ligety was 0.47 off the lead when he straddled a gate about a third into his opening run.
"Straddling is part of the sport," said Ligety, who slammed the conditions. "Not good. It was really rough already at (starting number) 11 ... It's definitely a surface that is not easy to push on and when it's foggy too, that makes it pretty difficult."
David Chodounsky was the only American to make the flip. Despite a costly mistake, he posted the sixth fastest time in the final run to finish 18th.
"The first run was really tough, I did all I could and tried to be solid," said Chodounsky who started 33rd. "In the second run, I tried to charge. The top was pretty good and I let it run on the flats. But I lost time on the flat where you don't want to."
The men's World Cup travels to Adelboden, Switzerland, for a GS and a slalom next weekend.


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European Commission
Commissioner responsible for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-fraud
Statement on Statistics
ECON Committee (European Parliament)
Brussels, 12 November 2012
Madam Chair,
Honourable Members,
It's almost one year ago that I addressed you after taking up the responsibility for statistics within the European Commission. It is a very good moment to summarise the progress achieved and to look over forthcoming challenges to European statistics. The Commission is pursuing its objective to build a genuine European Statistical System which is independent, strong and efficient in producing high quality European statistics.
Taking stock
Since our meeting on 23 November last year, the Commission has implemented a number of initiatives I presented to you. In particular, we progressed in improving the credibility of European statistics.
Let me shortly mention these important legislative steps.
First, the Commission adopted a proposal for amending Regulation on European statistics. I am very happy that the Parliament shares our firm belief that credibility of European statistics cannot be secured without courageous reforms. These reforms are necessary in the field of the statistical governance both at national and European level. This was evident already in the Resolution of European Parliament on quality management for European statistics adopted on the 13th March.
Your continuous support will now be particularly important in view of the discussions of the European Statistics regulation with the Council. Notably, it concerns professional independence of statistical authorities; their coordinating role in the respective statistical systems; and the 'Commitments on Confidence in Statistics'.
Second, at European level, the recently adopted Commission Decision on Eurostat strengthens the professional independence of Eurostat and its coordinating role within the Commission. We apply to ourselves the same standards as those we expect from Member States. At the same time this decision in many aspects already responds to the recommendations of the European Court of Auditors from its report on Eurostat and the ESS, published in September.
The new Decision on Eurostat also incorporates the Commission's Commitment on Confidence in Statistics. In this way we have set a good example for Member States to follow with their national Commitments which they are quite reluctant to do for the moment.
There is no more time to wait. European statistics needs data producers independent from political interferences. I know this conviction is shared between the European Parliament and the Commission. Member States must get the same understanding. They should secure the professional independence of their statistical offices even if this may require changes in their internal organisation or even in their legal framework. The Commission will continue transmitting this message to the Council. I hope that this will be reflected in the tomorrow's ECOFIN conclusions.
Third, the delegated decision on investigations and fines related to manipulation of statistics will enter into force very shortly. The Commission will now be able to use all its powers granted by the legislator with respect to public finance data. Eurostat has also strengthened its cooperation with the Supreme Audit Institutions in Europe. It will help to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of data quality checks.
Finally, responding to the call of the Council of November 2011, the Commission is now preparing a solid legal framework for the statistical indicators underlying the Macroeconomic Imbalances Procedure. A legislative proposal ensuring the statistical procedures and quality control mechanisms is to be tabled shortly.
Future steps
Madam Chair,
Honourable Members,
We all know that the current political and financial environment is unfavourable for any reforms and changes requiring additional efforts and resources. But it is now that Europe needs even more accurate, timely and credible statistics for the enhanced economic policy coordination.
I will shortly brief you on the projects and initiatives to be undertaken by the Commission in the years to come.
First, the Commission is determined to further optimise the quality of European statistics. For this reason the second round of peer reviews with regard to their compliance with the Code of Practice will be launched within the ESS. In this way the current situation will be re-assessed and actions to take by all players involved, identified.
Much attention will be devoted to the quality of data underlying the Excessive Deficit and Macro-economic Imbalance procedures. The Commission will continue applying all its powers in this regard, whenever necessary. Furthermore, long-term solutions could be proposed. In particular, the implementation of European standards for accrual based public sector accounting would enormously improve the comparability and transparency of public accounts across Europe.
Second, I will continue supporting and promoting the ambitious projects proposed by the Commission in its 2009 Communication 'On the production method of EU statistics: a vision for the next decade'. The implementation of these innovative concepts is now about to finish the phase of taking inventory, pilot studies and multilateral consultations. Next, the Commission will gradually put forward legislative proposals laying grounds for an operational frame for new ways of collecting, compiling, storing and disseminating European statistics. I strongly believe that in a mid-term this 'Vision' will become reality and part of daily routine.
The European statistical programme for the years 2013-2017 proposed by the Commission is fully consistent with this vision. Its implementation will be a challenge for both the Commission and Member States. However, there can be no progress without efforts. We are committed to responding to challenges we face with swift and consistent actions.
Madam Chair,
Honourable Members,
Concluding my intervention, I would like to note that the role of statistics has immensely changed in the last 20 years. Official statistics are not anymore only a basis for strategic planning and policy considerations. Starting from Maastricht criteria statistics have become used for benchmarking of countries' economic performance. Since then more and more target values and policy thresholds have been based on statistical results. Given the dynamics of contemporary financial markets a statistical release may change the perception and future of a whole country. There is no surprise that the political and public pressure on official statistics is growing.
This trend will continue and statistics will not be less sensitive anymore. Therefore, the context of the possible future reforms concerning the Union's economic and monetary policy coordination will become a driving force to think ahead. We must secure such instruments and environment for European statistics that it can always stay independent and reliable. Consequently, it may become necessary to adjust yet again the legal framework for statistics, including even the Treaty in case of major institutional reforms. The Commission will be prepared to propose adequate and efficient solutions.
In all these future projects contribution and support of the European Parliament will be of utmost importance.
Thank you for your attention.
Meer over ...


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Explains why Taupe Jennifer Garner is so taupe. Turns out she was storing. Saving up everything interesting, all personality and charisma, for her daughter Violet. Violet is not Taupe. Even from the pictures you can see it: Violet is spicy. Violet is my favourite. Have always said that Violet is my favourite.
And this story told by her father Ben totally cements it.
Ben Affleck is on press circuit right now for State of Play. Last night he popped in to visit Leno.
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Why do I like her?
Because she's not my kid. So entertaining, totally adorable, and I don't have to clean up the mess. Or apologise for the mess. While we're at it though, even though you'll be mad at me for saying it, if they can offer "family" restaurants these days, why can't they offer "family" flights? I would pay more for the non-family option. I am willing.
Anyway, Ben will be on Jimmy Kimmel tonight. They kiss. And they also talk about Matt Damon.


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Greeley Wildlife Area
This property consists of 900 acres of CRP grassland with a dry creek bottom running the length of the property. This drainage is flanked on both sides by native shortgrass prairie. A single parking area is located in the SE corner of the property.
Primary game species found on the property include ring-necked pheasant, cottontail and black-tailed jack rabbit, mourning dove, white-tailed and mule deer.
Area News
Area Manager: Tom Norman
Phone: 620-276-8886 or
KDWP Reg 3 Office Phone: 620-227-8609
Located eleven miles North and five miles East of Tribune, KS.
Area Manager: Tom Norman
Phone: 620-276-8886 or
KDWP Reg 3 Office Phone: 620-227-8609
Located eleven miles North and five miles East of Tribune, KS.
- This property is open to public access Sept 1 through January 31 only.
- Ten acres in the southwest portion of the property containing the homestead, barns, out buildings and corral are not part of the easement and therefore not open to public hunting. Please do not trespass on this portion of the property.
- Vehicles must remain on established gravel roads or parking areas. Any two-wheel trails around the boundary of the property are private and not for public use. Off-road driving is prohibited.
- A no-trash policy is in effect for the area. Therefore, no trash receptacles are available.
- No camping is permitted.
- Consult area information boards or the area manager for additional information concerning rules and regulations.
Here is a complete list of Public Land Regulations or you can download the regulation summary.
Obtained in 1990 as a 50 year conservation easement the property was acquired to supplement the limited amount of public hunting property located in western Kansas. The easement will remain in effect until the year 2039, at which time it will return to the heirs of the current landowner.


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Connecticut's Sen. Murphy praises mental health coverage under Obamacare
HARTFORD >> Connecticut's U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy is praising President Barack Obama's new rule that requires insurers to cover treatment for mental health and substance abuse no differently than they do for physical illnesses.
The rule puts into effect legislation signed into law five years ago. The administration says nearly 60 percent of people with mental health conditions and nearly 90 percent with substance abuse disorders don't receive the treatment they need.
Murphy describes the rule announced Friday as historic, saying it is a huge achievement for millions of Americans who have been unable to receive treatment due to administrative burdens and a lack of acceptance for their illness.
Murphy says the new rule confirms that mental health needs are just as significant as physical health needs.
Mental health parity also is required under the new Affordable Care Act.


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作者:Paulo Coelho
備註: 最末頁有祝福語
From Paulo Coelho, author of the international bestseller The Alchemist, comes a poignant, richly poetic story that reflects the depth of love and life.
Rarely does adolescent love reach its full potential, but what happens when two young lovers reunite after eleven years? Time has transformed Pilar into a strong and independent woman, while her devoted childhood friend has grown into a handsome and charismatic spiritual leader. She has learned well how to bury her feelings . . . and he has turned to religion as a refuge from his raging inner conflicts.
Now they are together once again, embarking on a journey fraught with difficulties, as long-buried demons of blame and resentment resurface after more than a decade. But in a small village in the French Pyrenees, by the waters of the River Piedra, a most special relationship will be reexamined in the dazzling light of some of life's biggest questions.
Paulo Coelho, born in Rio de Janeiro in 1947, is one of the bestselling and most influential authors in the world. The Alchemist, The Pilgrimage, The Valkyries, Brida, Veronika Decides to Die, Eleven Minutes, The Zahir, The Witch of Portobello, and The Winner Stands Alone, among others, have sold 115 million copies in more than 160 countries.