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This cake is perfect for lemon-lovers: a light, subtle lemon cake paired with a very tart lemon filling. The light and fluffy boiled icing (a.k.a. Seven-Minute Icing) adds just the right amount of sweetness without weighing down the cake's flavors. If you want to kick it up for even more lemon flavor, I have added some options below the recipe.
3 cups Cake Flour
2 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 Cup unsalted butter, softened
1 3/4 Cups Sugar
2 whole Eggs + 1 yolk
1 1/2 teaspoons Pure Lemon Extract
1 Tablespoon Lemon zest
1 1/4 Cups Milk
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and line with parchment paper: three 6" or 8" pans (or you can use two 9" pans for a two-layer cake). If using 6" pans, your layers will be thick and you will have a little batter leftover. I usually make a few cupcakes for my kids when this happens.
In a large bowl mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt until thoroughly blended. Set aside.
In an electric mixer bowl, combine the butter and sugar. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy, about three minutes. Add eggs and yolk one at a time, beating for a few seconds after each addition. Add the extract and zest. Now add the flour and milk in alternating batches, starting and ending with the flour. Mix well after each addition. Scrape the bowl down and then beat on med-low for about one minute until fluffy (Do not overbeat).
Bake for 30-40 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. (Baking time will depend on the size of your pans).
This filling is the same as the filling for my Lemon Meringue Pie recipe, only a smaller portion. If you prefer, you can use a good-quality jar of pre-made Lemon Curd, found in the jam section of most stores.
3/4 Cups Sugar
2 Tbsp Cornstarch
1 Tbsp Flour
dash of salt
3/4 Cup Hot Water
1 Slightly beaten egg yolk
1 Tablesppon Butter
2 teaspoons Lemon zest
2 Tablespoons Lemon juice
Mix Sugar, Flour, Cornstarch, and water in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
Cook until boiling, then reduce heat and cook two minutes, stirring constantly, until thickened. Remove from heat. Mix a small amount (about 1 tsp) of the hot mixture into the egg yolks and stir. Add a little more and stir again (this is to temper the egg yolks so they don't cook and curdle). Then add the yolk mixture back into the pan and cook two more minutes, again stirring constantly, until even thicker. Remove from heat. Stir in butter and lemon zest, then slowly pour in the juice. Cool to room temp before using the filling.
Fluffy Boiled Icing:
Prepare one recipe Seven-Minute Icing
Options for increasing the lemon flavor: Bump up the lemon extract to 2 teaspoons (don't do more than that, though). You can also brush a simple syrup made from 1/4 Cup lemon juice and 1-2 Tablespoons confectioner's sugar over the cake layers before filling and stacking them.


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Author Notes: When I think about desserts, some that come to mind celebrate the luscious simplicity of fruit, ripe from the tree. And for a Thanksgiving dinner that celebrates the bounty of autumn, this one is a lighter dessert that can balance the heavier meal quite well. Best of all, in the chaos of coordinating a lot of dishes, this dessert is super easy to make and the figs can be made ahead, leaving you with only the Mascarpone Whipped Cream to quickly make. I used dried figs as they hold their shape so much better. You could use fresh figs but be sure to adjust your cooking time. The dried figs are macerated in brandy overnight to soften them and infuse them with a contrasing flavor. They are then simmered on the stovetop in a mixture of honey, anise seed and orange juice until the liquid reduces to a syrupy glaze. Paired with the mascarpone whipped cream, you get a combination that feels luxurious and decadent without the heaviness. You can serve this by spooning or piping the whipped cream beside some arranged honeyed figs or you can arrange the figs in small tartlet shell and pipe the whipped cream in the middle. I've got pictures here of both. Enjoy!! —TheWimpyVegetarian
Food52 Review: WHO: ChezSuzanne, a dedicated SF-based FOOD52er since the early days, is a seemingly boundless resource for seasonally inspired and often contest-winning recipes.
WHAT: Dried figs bathe in honey and brandy, to emerge plumped and bursting. A silky bed of lemony cream whipped with mascarpone awaits them.
HOW: The only trick is remembering to soak the figs overnight in honey, water and brandy. The rest is pretty breezy.
WHY WE LOVE IT: A fairly straightforward list of ingredients and an uncomplicated preparation belie the beautifully exotic nature of the final dish. If you're looking to seduce, look no further. —Food52
Serves: 8 tartlets
Drunken Honeyed Fig Tart
dried figs (I used white figs)
cup brandy, or enough to cover and macerate the figs
cup water
ounces plus 2 Tablespoons honey (I used orange blossom honey)
teaspoon anise seed
strips of orange peel (removed with a potato peeler)
ounces orange juice
juice from 1/4 of small Meyer lemon
pinch salt
bought or made tart shells (optional)
Lemon Mascarpone Whipped Cream
cup heavy whipping cream
tablespoons mascarpone cheese
teaspoons sugar
teaspoon vanilla extract
lemon zest from 1 large lemon
2 squeezes of lemon juice
pinch salt
- Macerate the dried figs in the brandy, water and 2 Tablespoons of honey overnight. There should be enough liquid to cover the figs.
- In a medium pot over medium-low heat, combine the rest of the honey with the orange juice, peel, anise seed, lemon juice and salt. Slice the figs in half and add to the honey mixture. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook until the mixture reduces to a glaze-like mixture. The figs should be very soft, but still holding their shape. Turn the figs carefully with a large metal spoon during the simmering process to completely cover them with the honey-orange juice. Let cool slightly in the pot.
- Either arrange several figs on a plate, for example in the shape of a flower or place them in a tart shell, and drizzle a little of the honey-orange syrup over them. (I show pictures of both.) Either spoon or pipe the mascarpone whipped cream beside them on the plate or in the tart. Drizzle a little of the honey-orange syrup on top.
- To make the mascarpone whipped cream, whip the whipping cream to a medium peak using a hand or standing mixer. Add the rest of the ingredients for the Lemon Mascarpone Whipped Cream and continue to beat for about 20 - 30 seconds until it is the consistency of whipped cream and can be piped.
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TV actress Maria Wasti has said that it was strange to see people's reaction on my personal photograph on beaches. She said that it was annoying and disturbing to see the commentary and captions on those photographs. Maria said this in her recent interview with a leading English newspaper of Pakistan.
"The commentary on those pictures was horrible. How do people behave on beaches? What do they wear? It saddens me to see how people twist things to fit their limited vision," Maria said regarding those photos which become viral on social networking websites.
Maria also said that it is double standard of our society that we see extra-marital affairs or domestic violence films/dramas of Hollywood and Bollywood but when any Pakistani production house showcase these issue people started to raise their voice against them.
Many Facebook users have once again criticized Maria Wasti on her bold views and are of the view that our society, cultural does not allow these type of thinking and one should remain in limit. What are your views regarding Maria Wasti please comment.
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Robert Appleby
Robert is the Class Correspondent for the Class of 1954.
He was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame in October 2008. His citation is copied below:
Football, Basketball, Track, Cross Country, Soccer, and Lacrosse Hall of Fame Citation
Perhaps no Washington College student-athlete has had as varied a collegiate athletic career as Bob Appleby. Bob first stepped on a WC playing field in the fall of 1950, playing as an end on the final football team in school history. By the time he graduated in 1954, he had played six different sports.
Bob was a top-notch special teams player on the football team as a freshman before moving indoors for the winter for basketball. To fill his spring, Bob went out for the track team, running the mile. As a sophomore, Bob made cross country his fourth sport, winning a few races. He then returned to basketball in the winter and track in the spring.
In the fall of his junior year, Bob tried out for the soccer team, making the team and becoming one of its top scorers. After another season of basketball, Bob went out for his sixth sport at Washington College and landed a spot on the national powerhouse lacrosse team.
During Bob's senior year, he represented five Shoremen teams. He was named an All-South All-American in soccer, finishing as the Shoremen's second-leading scorer. At the conclusion of the soccer season, he made a cameo cross country appearance, running in the conference championships. He spent his fourth basketball season as the team's captain and lone senior. In lacrosse, he earned a starting spot in the midfield for a team that became the school's first national champions, as the Shoremen were Laurie Cox Division Co-National Champions. During a two-week layoff in the middle of the lacrosse season, Bob ran in one track meet, finishing second in the mile.
Despite all of his time playing varsity sports, Bob was active in other activities, serving as student body president, Theta Chi fraternity vice president, Wesley Club president, and treasurer for the yearbook. He played intramural softball and tennis and was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa.
Bob's passion for a wide variety of experiences continued well past college. He served in the U.S. Navy before beginning a long career with DuPont. An avid basketball and racquetball player, he has been very active in the political process for 25 years and was inducted into the North Carolina Republican Hall of Fame in 2007. In addition, he has devoted 15 years to the promotion of affordable housing.
Washington College considers it an honor and privilege to induct Robert H. Appleby into its Athletic Hall of Fame on this fourth day of October, 2008.


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Hey everyone. So I read the rules and I think I'm not doing anything wrong, apologies if I inadvertently do. I have a 4,600 word science fiction story that I am debating entering in the contest or not. I recently (following several rejection letters on said story) rewrote the majority of it and tried to add depth and make it a better story. If anyone has anything around the same word count or a little more and would like to trade critiques please PM me. I like fantasy works too so the critique trade does not have to be science fiction. Anyways, I am not sure if I want to submit it to the contest or to other publications or really what I want to do with it yet, so I am really just looking for some feedback. Thanks!
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Rain barrel and compost class offered
Marion County Economic Development and Kansas State University Research and Extension are sponsoring a rain barrel and composter class from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 28 at the Marion County Lake Hall.
Cheri Miller of the Wyandotte County Conservation District will present demonstrations on rain barrel use and composting, as well as information on storm water, watershed, backyard conservation, and native plants.
The $45 cost includes lunch and a rain barrel with a kit. Door prizes will be awarded.
To register for the class by March 22, call Teresa at (620) 382-8830 or (620) 381-3920.
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Farmingdale, N.Y. - The men's and women's cross country teams each finished in sixth place at the Skyline Conference Championship held at Van Cortlandt Park.
Freshman Jacob Kashani (Roslyn, N.Y.) was named Second Team All-Skyline after a ninth place finish at the championship in 29:37.10. The women were led by senior Melissa Bonilla (Massapequa Park, N.Y.) who earned a team-leading 19th place finish in 22:18.32.
At the ECAC Championships held at Colt State Park in Bristol, R.I., the women's team posted a program-best 33rd place finish out of 47 teams.
Bonilla and Kashani led the Rams at the St. Joseph's College Invitational as they each finished in 15th place individually. Freshman Kristen Starke (Bellmore, N.Y.) placed 27th in 23:32.7.
At the Mount Saint Mary College Invitational at Chadwick Lake Park, Kashani (33rd) and sophomore Dan Barrett (Wantagh, N.Y.) (39th) led the men, while Starke finished in a team-best 36th place for the women.
Sophomore Jordan Kohlman (Wantagh, N.Y.) recorded a 50th place finish at the LIU/Post Invitational and Bonilla led the women as she finished 38th out of 115.
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Trovagene Enters into a Strategic Alliance with the Lurie Cancer Center and the Northwestern Medicine Developmental Therapeutics Institute
SAN DIEGO, CA and CHICAGO, IL –June 30, 2014 – Trovagene, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROV), the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University (Lurie Cancer Center) and the Northwestern Medicine Developmental Therapeutics Institute (NMDTI) have entered into a strategic partnership to conduct a translational research program designed to assess the utility of Trovagene's urine-based cell-free oncogene mutation monitoring technology in clinical practice.
The Lurie Cancer Center and NMDTI will work with Trovagene on clinical protocols that incorporate oncogene mutation monitoring during the course of cancer treatment and will assess the impact on overall disease management and patient outcomes. "The Lurie Cancer Center is focused on advancing personalized medicine through collaborations with leading developers of state-of-the-art genomic technologies, such as Trovagene, to facilitate clinical decision making and improve patient care," stated Leonidas C. Platanias, M.D., Ph.D., interim director of the Lurie Cancer Center. "We are excited about the increasing opportunities to tailor cancer treatment to the specific genetic abnormalities that drive disease, and as leading institutes focused on translational research, we are dedicated to the rapid integration of technologies that will make patient-specific therapy an affordable reality," said Francis J. Giles, M.D., associate director for Translational Medicine and Developmental Therapeutics at the Lurie Cancer Center and director of the NMDTI.
Trovagene is engaged in clinical collaborations with leading academic institutions and integrated healthcare networks to demonstrate the clinical utility of its precision cancer monitoring platform for the detection of oncogene mutations, and the assessment of tumor dynamics and treatment response over time. The Company is focused on expanding the clinical evidence to support broad market adoption of its molecular diagnostic platform and to generate health economic data necessary to establish favorable reimbursement. Trovagene's precision cancer monitoring platform can detect cell-free DNA mutations in urine and provide physicians with a whole-body molecular view of the patient in order to determine mutational status, guide treatment selection, and to monitor disease progression over time.
"We look forward to working with the Lurie Cancer Center and NMDTI as Trovagene continues to expand the number of top healthcare institutions evaluating our precision cancer monitoring technology for implementation into the clinic," said Antonius Schuh, Ph.D., chief executive officer of Trovagene. "Their world-class translational research organizations have a strong track record for bringing cutting-edge healthcare technologies to patients, and we are pleased that they are now among our clinical collaborators."
About the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University and Northwestern Medicine Developmental Therapeutics Institute (NMDTI)
The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University and NMDTI have launched a discipline-defining research program devoted to uniting and expanding their investment in the field of developmental therapeutics. This field creates a continuous synergistic loop linking preclinical basic science breakthroughs to the use of novel approaches to prevent cancer, to better predict its causes and behavior, and to develop better treatments for patients who suffer from cancer. Today, the Lurie Cancer Center is one of only 41 NCI-designated "Comprehensive" cancer centers in the nation. In addition, the Lurie Cancer Center is a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), an alliance of 25 of the world's leading cancer centers dedicated to improving the quality and effectiveness of care provided to patients with cancer and part of the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium, a network of academic institutions working together on highly translational clinical trials using the expertise of Big Ten universities. The Lurie Cancer Center is affiliated with four leading teaching hospitals in Chicago — Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, and the Jesse Brown Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, treating more than 10,000 new cancer cases each year.
The Northwestern Medicine Developmental Therapeutics Institute (NMDTI) provides the infrastructure, expertise, and people to accelerate the developmental therapeutics process. With dedicated patient care facilities, experienced physician scientists, and specialized advanced practice providers, pharmacists, and allied staff, NMDTI brings a large external pipeline of investigational agents to our patients while accelerating the development of Northwestern University's internal pipeline of novel therapies. The NMDTI Developmental Therapeutics Fellowship, supported by the Woman's Board of Northwestern Memorial Hospital, focuses on nurturing physician scientists whose career is dedicated to curing cancer.
About Trovagene, Inc.
Headquartered in San Diego, California, Trovagene is leveraging its proprietary technology for the detection and monitoring of cell-free DNA and RNA in urine. The Company's technology detects and quantitates oncogene mutations in cancer patients for improved disease management. Trovagene's precision cancer monitoring platform is designed to provide important clinical information beyond the current standard of care, and is protected by significant intellectual property including multiple issued patents and pending patent applications globally.
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I was wondering, sitting in traffic for 4 hours a day, what practical hand and forearm exercises are there that you can do in the comfort of the driver's seat while you wait for the light to go green?
I have pinch gripped the steering wheel till bits of the padding have come off and think I can do better on something else – but what?
Hand exercises
General climbing discussions. Climbing, Bouldering, Mountaineering. Anything!!
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forearm exercises!
Try those rad gyro gadgets, palm springs, putty or a jar of Vaz and Mrs Palmer! Good Luck and take it easy on that steering wheel!
Here's an idea... grab a tennis ball and drill a hole in it, or get hold of a nice stiff stress ball (you might want to add some extra balloons to it by the sound of your steering wheel). You can play with this in traffic, at work and even at home. Take it with to the crags and you have a Hakkie Sak! If anyone has some more ideas PLEASE let me know. I also sit alot in the traffic and sort of run out of things to do.
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Congress Grandstanding Over Google Glass 'Privacy' Concerns; Next Up: Privacy Concerns Over Your Eyes
from the oh-come-on deptWe should have know that once the press started picking up on the ridiculous moral panic over Google Glass that Congress would be quick to follow. In a move that smacks of traditional political grandstanding, a group of Congressional Representatives have sent a letter to Google raising a bunch of questions about the supposed "privacy concerns" of Google Glass. I'm wondering if next they'll summon a representative of the seeing public to discuss the privacy concerns of your own two eyes.
First, they jump to the go-to point that any anti-Google privacy activist goes to: the data collection from open WiFi. What no one ever seems willing to discuss is the fact that this is the nature of open WiFi. Anyone can see any of the unencrypted data traveling over that access point. Why that gets blamed on Google makes no sense. They also worry about privacy of non-users, which is definitely a point that others have raised. But, how is this privacy issue different than one of basic sight. Google Glass sees what a user sees. If they can see you doing something you don't want exposed, they can reveal that as well. How is that a privacy issue specific to Google Glass? There are a number of other odd questions, including whether or not Google considered the privacy implications of the NY Times' Google Glass app. Huh? First off, if there were privacy implications, shouldn't they be the NY Times' concern on that issue? And second, can anyone explain why possible privacy issue could be in play here? It's a news app on a tiny screen. So what?
When regular cameras first came on the scene, there were similar scare stories and people worried about the privacy impact of still photo cameras. We pretty quickly learned how to cope and adapt to that. Why do people think we can't learn and cope with Google Glass?
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Do Tablets Signal Extinction for Desk Phones?
I read an interesting post on No Jitter yesterday that poses the question, "The End of the Desk Phone?" The author suggests that the era of the desk phone is coming to a close. The gist is that tablets are essentially going to take over the known universe and send desk phones the way of the Studebaker.
Like a lot of people, the author is particularly fond of Apple iPads and positions them as the ideal phone eliminator. Once upon a time a lot of people said the same thing about microwave ovens vs. regular stoves. Didn't happen. Sure, I can make popcorn with a lot less fuss and muss, but convenient though it may be, it's not the tool for baking a chicken – or better yet, chocolate chip cookies.
One of the things I like about working in the technology industry is that there's always something new. And sometimes that something new has a big impact, but rarely does it completely obliterate everything that came before it. It takes awhile to figure out how the latest bright shiny object really fits into the mix. During the front end of that figuring-out process, the expectations are often set pretty darned high, along the lines of "the most incredible knife offer ever," Ginsu knives. But do you really want to cut a tin can and slice a tomato with your tablet?
I shared the article with Roberto de la Mora, a senior director on our team, to get his thoughts. Here's a bit of our exchange:
This isn't the first time someone decided the desk phone was slated for extinction. Do you think it's time for me to rearrange my desk to make way for an iPad instead of my desk phone?
Roberto: In 2001 or so when the first commercially available softphones came to market, lots of people thought that the desk phones were done. The prediction was that most people just would have a softphone in their PC and a headset — that's it. It didn't happen that way.
Fifteen months ago, Cisco announced the shipment of our 30 millionth IP phone. Soon we'll reach the 50 million mark. We're shipping about 3 million units per quarter. There are those who think that the desk phone is done, but the statistics are not on their side.
We can't argue the fact that voice technology is moving onto more devices.
Roberto: Agreed. There is no question there. With the availability of more and better instant-messaging clients, the softphone is getting a boost, not only on PCs but on mobile devices as well.
From smartphones to tablets, clients like Cisco Jabber are making inroads and IM and presence are quickly becoming the "dial tone" of this new age. But for those applications to work you still need to have your device on, and the software running (true from the PC to the smartphone).
So what happens when you are not working with your tablet or your smartphone and someone wants to call you? What if you are indeed working with your device but you do not have the application running? Most smartphones and tablets let you have a small number of apps running in the background, so if you switch back and forth between several applications, your client may stop working without you knowing about it.
I do like the ability to jump into a voice session from an IM chat though.
Roberto: IM is one thing, and enterprise-grade telephony is another. Gartner just released a report commenting that users of IM clients are quickly realizing that having voice in the IM client is not the same as having telephony, particularly enterprise-grade telephony.
Voice is point to point. Telephony is much more than that. From simple things like caller ID to integration to with company directories and a corporate dial plan, toll bypass, long-distance calling, class of service, class of restriction, function-specific features, conferencing, transfers, hold, and beyond.
Telephony features do not exist without a reason. They respond to the needs of many different types of users within a company, to think that one-size-fits-all is the strategy to follow is not only limiting, but can be dangerous. The features that I need as an information worker are different from the those a contact center agent needs, different from those an executive assistant needs, a lobby ambassador, an operator, etc.
People put a lot of faith into their tablets and put a lot of "stuff" on them. To me, it's a lot of eggs in one basket.
Roberto: Always-on access to a reliable device that does not share memory or processing power with other applications looking to grab as much resources as possible from the device is not a minor thing. If you need to call an emergency number, are you going to take your tablet, swipe, look for the app, log in, and then dial? Good luck with that.
We are living a post-PC era, but that does not mean that now we are going to live in the tablet-only era. Just like the PC is not the only device, the tablet is not "it" either.
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A tablet can be used as a deskphone even for video
this is less handy but you have a unique swiss army knife.
This is a new option for nomads, mobility changes the picture.
You have audio, im and VIDEO at your fingertips.
Jakayla Altom
Very neat article post.Much thanks again.
There would be a substitute, but extinction is still questionable
Philipp Bohn
Thanks, interesting discussion. Could you please let me know which Gartner report Roberto is referring to?
A co-worker shared this with me after reading the post. While iPads don't quite slice and dice, apparently they're great in the kitchen anyway: http://www.wimp.com/dadipad


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Chicken Pesto Salad with Roasted Red Pepper and Peas
Speaking of creativity, thanks to my brother Rand for the new blog header, celebrating the arrival of summer. I do realize how blessed I am to have a talented designer for a brother (not to mention, Rand is a pretty great brother in lots of other ways!) It's not quite summer for me; I have four more school days and then I'm looking forward to having time to catch up. I always have a long list of blog-related projects I can't get to during the school year, but this weekend I finally added a button for Food Blog Search as part of my recipe index over in the left sidebar. Thanks to my friend Elise from Simply Recipes for creating the search engine, which makes it so convenient to search for recipes on food blogs.
Pesto Chicken Salad with Roasted Red Pepper and Peas
(Makes about 4 servings, recipe created by Kalyn as a new version of Leftover Chicken Pesto Salad.)
(Edit – this salad is great with roasted peppers from a jar, but if you want to bump up the flavor with freshly roasted red peppers, here is How to Roast Red Bell Peppers on a Barbecue Grill.)
3 cups leftover cooked chicken, diced into 3/4 inch pieces
2 cups frozen peas, thawed
1 jar (12 oz.) roasted red peppers, diced into 3/4 inch pieces
1/3 cup mayo (can use light mayo, but don't use fat free)
3 T basil pesto (other types of pesto also might be fun)
1-2 tsp. fresh lemon juice
salt to taste (I used Vege-sal)
Remove drained peppers, rinse out the colander, then put frozen peas into colander. Rinse peas with cold water and let them thaw and drain while you cut up peppers into 3/4 inch pieces and add them to the bowl.
If peas still seem wet, blot dry with paper towel, then add to bowl. Mix together mayo, pesto, lemon juice, and salt. (You might want to put half the lemon juice, then taste to see if you want to use the larger amount.) Gently combine dressing with salad ingredients. (You may not want all the dressing, depending on how wet you prefer your salads and how much you like mayo.) Serve immediately or chill for an hour or two. This will keep in the refrigerator for a day or two, but not longer.
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Two Men Arrested For Stealing Parts of Paul Walker Wreckage
The L.A. County Sheriff's Department has busted two men accused of stealing part of the destroyed Porsche from the wreck that killed actor Paul Walker last weekend.
TMZ reports that the alleged thieves stole a t-top from the wrecked Porsche Carrera GT at a stop light while it was being towed away from the scene of the accident. The tow truck driver saw the two suspects and helped police to identify them. 18-year-old Jameson Witty was arrested yesterday (12/5), and the other suspect, who is currently out of the state, has reportedly been contacted and agreed to surrender to authorities. Both are expected to be charged with felony grand theft and tampering with evidence. The T-top was discovered at Witty's home, and investigators even found that Witty posted pictures of it on Instagram with the caption,
Piece of Paul walkers car, took it off a tow truck at a stop light.
Similar incidences happened a few years ago when 'Jackass' star Ryan Dunn was killed in a similar wreck and fans took pieces of the wreckage as mementos, some even attempting to sell it online.


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I found this lovely Christmas postcard at one of my favourite antique shops nearby. Here's the reverse of the card:
I checked the Censuses for Manitoba. I had no idea there were so many Arnasons living Manitoba, especially in the Gimli and Selkirk areas. Arborg was first settled primarily by Icelanders and before 1910 was called "Ardal." Not long after, Ukrainian and Polish newcomers to Canada settled there as well, along with people of other ethnic backgrounds.
The writer of our postcard is clearly of Icelandic descent. It reads, "To Ingibjargar from Gunnu(?). While I didn't have much luck with the censuses, I think it might be worth it to track down a copy of A Century Unfolds: The History of Arborg & District, by the Arborg Historical Society, 1987. It's a fairly small town, just over a population of 1,000 today. I wonder what it was like in the 1910s or 20s, when this card might have been sent.


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January 2014 bSa Challenge: Chinook System Inc.
by Mariangelica Carrasquillo-Mangual - Engineer Research and Development Center, U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers
Information exchange standards developed by the buildingSMART alliance (bSa) streamline the delivery of building information through the life of capital projects. bSa Challenge events allow software companies to demonstrate how their products meet these standards. Challenge criteria requires that software companies produce and/or consume the required information exchanges in accordance with the format and content of information that would be provided in the equivalent contract deliverable. The mantra "data must match deliverables" is the fundamental standard of a bSa Challenge.
An independent quality control and/or quality assurance process was conducted by the author to verify software claims of compliance. Software vendors are required to demonstrate their products and provide sufficient configuration information to allow users to repeat this process on their own.
Product Information
Files tested in the bSa Challenge are required to be produced from software that can be commercially purchased on, or before, to the date of the Challenge. The table below provides information about the product tested and links to user guides and support hotlines.
Deliverable Information
Software companies were required to provide a set of files to demonstrate their products compliance with the requirements of the bSa Challenge. The table below provides a link to these files. As appropriate, notes are provided below the table.
Test Procedure: Construction Phase
The COBie design stage model can be thought of as an outline that is filled-in during the construction process. While there are minor deviations resulting from change orders, the essential process of construction software that supports COBie is to support the contractor to add detail to the designer's model as construction progresses. To meet this goal, construction software must import design model data correctly, allow the contractor to update the changed information, and then export that updated set of information to the owner. Testing of COBie construction files was based solely on the ability of the construction software to produced properly formed COBie files. COBie construction files were not tested against the quality of the design models, only if the data updated during construction was found in the correct location in the completed COBie file. The testing of these files was based on the COBie Tool Kit Construction Quality Control report.
The COBie Construction Challenge also contained several participants whose software supports only a portion of the construction workflow. For these companies, the specific COBie data related to their applications were the only worksheets evaluated. As a result, there may be differences between the worksheets exported by one construction software firm and another. For COBie worksheets that are within the scope of a given software's business case, each COBie data row that contained deviations, that could not otherwise be explained, was assessed a one-minute penalty. This penalty is a low estimate of the time required for someone to manually correct COBie construction files.
Note that some vendors are able to "pass along" information provided from design. This means their output file will contain information provided from design although this information can't be modified by the software. Although present in the file the test result and checked by the construction QC report the test result section will not account for pass thru information.
Test Results
Submissions for the bSa Challenge for COBie in January 2014 were tested to ensure compliance with the COBie format, meeting business rules for design and construction deliverables, and the data quality standards, as noted in the previous paragraphs. The table below provides the results of these tests and evaluations. The first column, "COBie Sheet," identifies each worksheet in a COBie file. The second column, "In Scope," indicates if that a given worksheet (or its equivalent IFC formatted) data was required, meaning the software vendor is able to modify information in the identified worksheet. If the information was in scope, the column contains the value of "Yes." If the information was not in scope, the column contains a value of "No" and while present in the file should be empty (or contain only the first row containing the column headings).
Construction Software Results
The next three columns in the table below describe the accuracy of the vendor's construction model submissions. Quality Control Errors identify technical errors found in the file provided by the vendor. In some cases, the COBie Tool Kit reported errors that required additional explanation, in these cases notes are provided.
The next column indicates the number of errors reported by the COBie Took Kit Quality Control Report. In cases where errors were not properly reported additional notes may be provided. The next column, "Record," identifies total count of records found in the vendor's file. Finally, attributes of Spaces, Types, and Components represent the count of attributes for these worksheets found in the vendor's file. Both the record and attribute count were compared to the count in the test file during the checking process; values for the test file are shown in parenthesis in both columns.
This company successfully completed the construction COBie challenge by consuming the handover COBie file of the Medical Clinic model and exported an updated data set using the COBie format. No errors were encountered based on the construction quality control report, therefore no penalty was applied. This means that a user utilizing Chinook System's software will not have to spend time cleaning/fixing the COBie file.
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With Place on National Trust's Endangered List, Dallas' Statler Hilton Isn't Going Anywhere
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
By DAVID FLICK / The Dallas Morning News
Dallas' Statler Hilton Hotel has achieved some national visibility that supporters hope will keep the historic building from becoming history.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation will publicly announce today that the 52-year-old downtown structure has been included on its 2008 list of "America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places." The hotel's survival is already considered the top priority of local preservationists.
The inclusion on the national list not only raises the stakes in the preservation battle but is further evidence of the emerging importance of midcentury-modern architecture, a style that even its strongest supporters acknowledge is often a tough sell. "The Statler Hilton Hotel is a reminder that landmarks of modernism and the recent past play an important role in telling the story of the 20th Century," Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, said in a prepared statement announcing the list. "It would be tragic to lose places that were designed and built during our own lifetime."
When it opened in 1956, the 1,001-room hotel was considered state of the art, with individual room air conditioning, a rooftop pool and elevator music. Guests including Elvis Presley, Elizabeth Taylor, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Liberace added to the glitter. Later renamed the Dallas Grand Hotel, it fell behind the times and was closed this decade. Since then, there have been periodic announcements of plans to reopen it either as a hotel or condos, but all deals have fallen through.
A spokesman for the current owners, Hampshire International Limited, said publicity surrounding its "most endangered" status may not help. "Anytime something like this happens, it puts more restrictions on the ability of the owners to sell it," said Tom Keen, an attorney for the company, which is a subsidiary of a publicly held fund based in China. "It's probably harmful." Mr. Keen said the building is under contract with a prospective buyer, but he declined to give details. He said if the owners are unable to sell the property, they may reopen it as a hotel. Katherine Seale, director of Preservation Dallas, said the building's rehabilitation has been hampered by a number of structural problems and by the lack of adequate parking.
A city park planned across the street is designed to include underground parking on its eastern end. Ms. Seale, whose organization included the Statler Hilton on its local most-endangered list in February, said the higher visibility might attract a white knight. "It's such an enormous project that a lot of the local guys are deterred by it," she said. "We hope that with the national attention, we can get someone from outside the area to show interest."
Daniel Carey, who heads the National Trust's regional office in Fort Worth, said the national list was highly competitive, with 10 times as many nominations as there are places on the list. Although the Statler Hilton is not the first midcentury building to make the national list, that style has only recently attracted the respect of preservationists. "Each generation that comes along appreciates things that began appearing early in their life," Mr. Carey said.


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Barry Siegel's book " Manifest Injustice" chronicles the saga of Bill Macumber, who was falsely was imprisoned for 37 years for the murder of two people in Scottsdale, Ariz.
What's most galling about this tragedy is that it could have been avoided if not for a legal technicality.
A man named Ernest Valenzuela had confessed the crime to his attorney—before later dying in a prison fight. The attorney's testimony could have vindicated Macumber. Instead, a judge protected the attorney-client privilege of the dead man and let the innocent man go to jail.
When Macumber came to trial in 1975, Valenzuela's former public defender Thomas O'Toole wrote to the trial judge asking to testify about his now-dead client's confession.
However, Judge Charles Hardy wouldn't allow the confession to be heard.
"Let the record show the Court has ruled that the proffered evidence isn't admissible," Hardy said in his ruling, according to the book. "First because the communications to Mr. O'Toole and Mr. Petica [another of Valenzuela's defense attorneys] were privileged because of the attorney-client relationship. There's no waiver of the privilege."
After Macumber was sentenced to life behind bars, his defense team appealed the case all the way to the Arizona Supreme Court.
The state Supreme Court ultimately gave him a retrial because of issues with ballistics evidence.
But in its ruling granting him a retrial, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled the trial court could still "assert" the attorney-client privilege on behalf of the dead man and exclude his testimony if it wanted to.
But yet again, the court ruled against Macumber, with Judge Robert Corcoran saying attorney-client privilege prevented the testimony. Macumber was convicted a second time.
After reading the book, we were shocked that a dead man's rights would supersede those of a living man who was fighting for his life.But according to legal ethics expert Andrew Perlman, who teaches procedure and professional responsibility at Suffolk University Law School, the court made the right decision with respect to the law.
" It is not shocking to me that a court would uphold the privilege here, even though doing so might have produced an unjust outcome in this particular case," Perlman said in an email to Business Insider. "The problem is that if courts reject the privilege any time it might be perceived as necessary to uncover the truth, clients would become quite concerned about sharing any information with their lawyers. Although I believe that there should be an exception to the duty of confidentiality to permit lawyers to disclose information necessary to prevent the wrongful execution or incarceration of an innocent person, I am not convinced that such a disclosure should have the effect of waiving the attorney-client privilege."
Macumber was released from prison in November 2012 after the Arizona Justice Project got involved and filed motions that successfully questioned the judges' decisions to not allow Valenzuela's testimony, The Republic reported at the time.
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Previously known as Mary Black Family & Internal Medicine West, our practice is now a member of Medical Group of the Carolinas (MGC), a large multi-specialty physician group serving Upstate South Carolina and parts of North Carolina. MGC doctors are dedicated to meeting your healthcare needs, from wellness and prevention to the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses.
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