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Quote from: Conservationist on March 15, 2012, 11:59:49 AMQuote from: Humanicide on March 14, 2012, 11:24:24 PMOr speak out against/destroy it?I'll pick this one. If you don't fight back, it takes over, because there are more people who cannot tell the difference between a turd and a hamburger than there are who know a good hamburger at first sniff.Most people believe that the music that gets played on the radio, is being played on the radio because its legitimately the best that music has to offer and that theres no need to look deeper or discover what else is out there. Even loads of metallers think like this, that Heavy Metal hit some sort of creative musical slump in the 90s and its only been from 2000 that metal has got its mojo back. Shit, Kerry King even said he hates death metal, see I find it hard to believe he's heard everything that's on offer to allow him to make such a sweeping statement about bands that in most cases were heavily influenced by his band. Even just Death Metal alone, just as a sub genre by its self is so diverse and intricate that to say shit like that about the music makes you a massive knob and an enemy of creatively and Heavy Metal. People, Metallers!!!!! think that the flag of metal was being held high by grunge, goths, nu-metaller and emos, that they were the cutting edge of that Heavy Metal had to offer. Just Death Metal on its own in the 90s but out works of brutal art but because it was underground and didn't make the bands the same sort of money that thrash made in the 80s they ignore it, put it down like its worthless.
Quote from: Humanicide on March 14, 2012, 11:24:24 PMOr speak out against/destroy it?I'll pick this one. If you don't fight back, it takes over, because there are more people who cannot tell the difference between a turd and a hamburger than there are who know a good hamburger at first sniff.
Or speak out against/destroy it?
I hope our aryan overlords will emerge form their l secret base below antartica and wipe all of those under 500 of IQ And don't have the ability to mindtravel into the Xerces Galaxy.
Then you say nothing, if you dont know what your talking about (he thinks he does)then you dont get a say, its irresponsible for him to condem death metal and put off his fanbase from exploring and listening to some of the best metal that heavy metal has ever put out. My point is even the people that we take for granted that they see metal in the grander picture are just as closed minded as people who think all metal is one noise.
His allegiance is to the 80s school. I can understand how he has come to that point. Close minded to heretical doctrines that evolved after his. We've seen that behavior before in humans I think.
I would stick with some far older: tradition itself.Live a sane life:* Work hard on finding a career that fits you.* Find a wife and start a healthy family.* Contribute only to good causes (fuck the girl scouts, etc)* Don't waste money on crap* Read the great literature and listen to classical musicYou don't need instructions for that: it's obvious.
fuck the girl scouts
So you really did mean to use the word antisocial.
... you lazy fucking wiener.
Hessians need to do more than "survive": we need to coalesce and raise our culture into the real world, instead of keeping it locked in the human world of ideas, dreams, and rubbish collection.
I only care about discovering better music and sharing it with those who actually care.
Having reviewed the thread, baby Jesus is most definitely weeping at this point.
If you're not into metal, you are not my friend

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#62401 - 03/25/02 10:02 PM You're all wet!
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How did the phrase "You're all wet" arise?
My daughter, asking me what it meant, brought my own question to mind. How nice that my daughter is now old enough to again believe that her dad might conceivably know a few things!
#62402 - 03/25/02 10:50 PM Re: You're all wet!
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How did the phrase "You're all wet" arise?
Someone fell in the water?
#62403 - 03/26/02 04:54 AM Re: You're all wet!
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I'll take a blind, silly stab at the phrase:
If a person's all wet, he's out-to-lunch, not on the right track, born yesterday.
And, if born yesterday, why not today? And if today, why not just now? And if born just now and extraordinarily naive about the workings of the world, then he's all wet as though just born.
Now, I know this is probably incorrect, but thought I'd throw a little absurdity into the etymological pool, in which I'm probably all wet.
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#62404 - 03/26/02 12:40 PM Re: You're all wet!
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Actually, I'm not so sure you're that far off the mark. I've always thought of new-born status being the image behind the metaphor "wet behind the ears," meaning brand new and totally inexperienced.
#203482 - 11/24/11 03:02 PM Re: You're all wet! [Re: wofahulicodoc]
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dripping sarcasm
#203591 - 12/01/11 03:28 PM Re: You're all wet! [Re: Keiva]
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A quote from the OED: A man is wet if he isn't a regular guy; he is wet if he isn't smooth; he is wet if he has intellectual interests+;
40 years ago, while I did a postdoc in London, a colleague repeatedly called me "wet" - but he refused to define the term..
#203622 - 12/03/11 09:10 AM Re: You're all wet! [Re: wsieber]
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Now I've got over the shock of seeing a thread started by Keiva
I am reminded that, in my youth (i.e, the 1950s) the term 'a drip' was used to decribe anyone (actually, any fellow! - not usually applied to girls) who was deemed to be ineffective, non-athletic, socially inadequate, etc, etc. I am thinking that the term "wet" has similar conotations._________________________
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#203627 - 12/03/11 11:57 AM Re: You're all wet! [Re: Rhubarb Commando]
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The thread was started in '02.About 3 months shy of ten years ago.
Being a contemporary, I remember the use of the term as well.
Edited by LukeJavan8 (12/03/11 11:59 AM)_________________________
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#203631 - 12/03/11 03:39 PM Re: You're all wet! [Re: LukeJavan8]
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My brothers!
#205797 - 05/13/12 12:44 PM Re: You're all wet! [Re: Keiva]
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The end result of having adopted a flawed approach
In times past, when containers were handmade, the most basic test of reliability was whether it could be used to transport liquids, such as olive oil, without leaking. Just looking at a dry container would not be sufficient proof for being air-tight as flaws the size of pin-holes might escape detection.
If a container could pass the water test, it could then be used to transport more valuable liquids.
Thus, if your argument doesn't "hold water", then to continue the metaphor, "you're all wet".
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"I am a black woman, but I find more in common with characters in 'Seinfeld' than I do with the ones in 'House of Payne.' My world is neither all black nor all white, but a mix -- whether it be race, gender, socio-economics, weight or age."
This is the voice of that tribe that doesn't see itself in Tyler Perry, whose music choices tend to put us in places where there aren't many black faces. As Wyatt Cenac's character Micah put it in "Medicine for Melancholy," our Friday nights generally boil down to one question: "Black folks or white folks."
With that said, I think storytellers, first and foremost, must pledge their loyalty to the narrative as it comes to them. I don't believe in creating characters out of a desire to please your audience or even to promote an ostensible social good. I think good writing is essentially a selfish act -- storytellers are charged with crafting the narrative they want to see. I'm not interested in Lena Dunham reflecting the aspirations of people she may or may not know. I'm interested in her specific and individual vision; in that story she is aching to tell. If that vision is all-white, so be it. I don't think a storyteller can be guilted into making great characters.
This selfishness tends to ultimately serve the writer and the audience. "Friends" was repeatedly dogged by criticism of its all-white cast. When its creators finally relented, they cast two great talents -- Aisha Tyler and Gabriel Union -- but didn't even bother to write separate storylines. They simply recycled the same plot and plugged in a new black girl.
One of the writers on "Girls" responded to criticism of the show's lack of diversity by tweeting sarcastically, "What really bothered me most about 'Precious' was that there was no representation of ME." That comment understandably set off a new round of outrage. But it should also set off some reflection. I don't know Dunham or anyone who writes for "Girls." Perhaps that was a rogue comment that says nothing about the writer's team. Nevertheless, I think it's only right to ask whether you really want black characters rendered by the same hands that rendered that tweet. Invisibility is problematic. Caricature is worse.
Whatever the intentions of Dunham's writer, they are not ultimately the problem so much as the business in which Dunham and her writers find themselves. There has been a lot of talk about Dunham's responsibility, but significantly less talk about the people who sign her checks. My question is not "Why are there no black women on 'Girls,'" but "How many black show-runners are employed by HBO?" This is about systemic change, not individual attacks.
It is not so wrong to craft an exclusively white world -- a significant portion of America lives in one. What is wrong is for power brokers to pretend that no other worlds exist. Across the country there are black writers and black directors toiling to bring those worlds to the screen. If HBO does not see fit to have a relationship with those writers and directors, then those of us concerned should assess our relationship with HBO.
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Call me old-fashioned, but I believe in a beautiful black world unpremised on the random whims of rich white people. We exist -- whether HBO adapts our stories or not.
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Timothy sez, "This is a link to some photos I have took of Buzludzha (pronounced Buz'ol'ja) a very remote building in the Balkan Mountains. It is Bulgaria's largest monument to Communism which was left to ruin after the revolution in 1989. An incredible 70 metre tall, 1970's 'flying saucer' perched precariously in the snow on a ridge at 1500m. Full of beautiful communist mosaic frescos and an amazing central atrium complete with giant golden hammer and sickle. It took 6000 workers 7 years to build. I managed to fly over it in a microlight in mid winter to get some interesting pictures too. Such an amazing place."
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Flashman says:
In a few, very specific, areas, totalitarianism is awesome.
IsoTop says:
Unless you lived in such regime. (Or read 1984)
ultranaut says:
I want to live in the secret lair underneath.
miasm says:
hmm, with suitable renovations, this might be an appropriate venue for TED 2023.
kambo says:
It's awesome but it's falling appart for 22 years now. It's too remote to be used for anything, just bringing materials up there for renovations will cost too much to be worth it.
Brad Zimmerman says:
For some reason I agree with you, handsome.
Ivan Dimitrov says:
@twitter-97954989:disqus on the contrary, there is a road leading to it. Once restored it can be used for concerts, parties, exhibitions or made into a giant mall.
TWX says:
There's a certain irony, suggesting taking what was arguably a religious icon of economic communism and turning it into a religious icon of economic capitalism…
LightningRose says:
I vote for an indoor "6 Flags Over Bulgaria" theme park.
alex says:
its very nice country, you know
morkl says:
In a couple of hundred years, these buildings will be the equivalent of the ancient jungle cities of India or Mexico. Explorers will discover them and be amazed by the wonders of this long lost civilization.
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That thing will be dust in a couple of hundred years.
Daneel says:
Watch out for Blofeld's Angels of Death!
gorfulator says:
I was thinking it looked 60′s James bond-esque
Pinewood studios east!
Tami Chase says:
It looks like the Russian's lair from the movie Spies Like Us :D
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A couple of HDR images of the building here:
planettom says:
I feel like this is a level in a First Person Shooter game I played.
Or that one level in the movie INCEPTION.
niktemadur says:
Pictures of this place were floating around photoblogs a few months ago. Looking awesomely bleak in the snow, it strikes me as a lost opportunity for great Greek film director Theo Angelopoulos, this would have been an ideal setting for a sequence in his epic "Ulysses' Gaze".
xkot says:
Any Bulgarians reading this: please, PLEASE call UNESCO immediately!
Eat Bacon says:
Looks like it belongs on Hoth
TWX says:
This may be a dumb question, but am I simply not seeing equivalent grandiose monuments dedicated specifically to the ideology of revolution in democratic or capitalist nations that are somehow state-sponsored?
I know there's Mount Rushmore, and there are some fairly impressive structures in Washington DC. I can't, off the top of my head, think of any others in the United States outside of the purpose-built capitol city. It seems like the Communists and Facists both have always gone crazy building megastructures to celebrate themselves or their ideologies, even though the ideologies don't seem to last.
Luciano Medina says:
The Statue of Liberty.
HahTse says:
Every skyscraper ever.
Antinous / Moderator says:
Every Olympic stadium ever.
JB says:
Vincennces, Indiana – Conquest of the West monument is the only monument of its kind out side of D.C.
sean says:
God, it's strange and beautiful. Like something from a future that never occurred.
MarlboroTestMonkey7 says:
Join me there at 10pm for a game of Quintet
Brad H. says:
Wow, looks incredible with the frost. I hope to be that way next year. I'll take some halva and lukanka up there and have a picnic in the middle of it.
altaylor says:
When they got it into their head and unlimbered the rubber truncheons, commies could really pull off the gigantic edifice, massive dam, or huge underground military lair.
But all things decay. That's why the intrepid photogs at English-Russia have some of the best photo essays of mouldering Soviet stuff ever. Love that site
Adam Rozenhart says:
Crazy, I have a colleague at work from Bulgaria. When I emailed her the link to this post, she responded: "Hahaha – This is where I was born. My town is 20 km from that place. We used to play there a lot as kids:) "


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So long, Brett Favre: Four farewell questions for No. 4
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We've got a lot going on for what's supposed to be a dead time -- Michael Vick's on the block while in the cell block, Julius Peppers is trying to politely talk himself out of Carolina, Alex Rodriguez is lying about Selena Roberts (which enrages me), we're on the verge of another thrilling NFL Scouting Combine (how many of you brain surgeon college players are not working out this year?), a 10-year-old dog won Best in Show at Westminster ... and oh yes, Brett Favre retired. Again.
You probably figured I'd lead with Favre.
This is the ground I wanted to cover when we spoke for 40 minutes the other night: Is it real this time? Why wasn't it real last time? What the hell happened to his game in December? How does he know he won't act on the itch come August when camps are in full swing -- and we know the itch will come -- to return to play?
"I'm sitting here watching American Idol, '' Favre said over the phone a few hours after he made everything official. "Tonight at dinner, [daughter] Breleigh said, 'So, no more football, huh?' I said, 'Yeah, no more football. It's over.' She said OK, then she went to chase Charlie around the house.'' That's the family dog.
Life goes on. As I wrote the other day, I'm fairly close to Favre, yet I've made so many mistakes trying to predict what he'll do that you shouldn't take anything I say here as gospel.
This is what I believe: Favre will never play football again. He'll be tempted to, as one of his quasi-advisers, Troy Aikman, has warned him will happen. And it may be harder for Favre than for any other player, because never in the past 17 years, spanning 291 regular season and playoff games, has he had to sit and watch. As Aikman told me Sunday afternoon: "Most of us, sometime in our careers, get hurt and have to watch the team get along without us. In '91, I missed four games with an injury, and the Cowboys went on and made the playoffs, everyone's celebrating, and I really didn't feel like a part of it. And you realize the game goes on without you. That's hard. It's going to be hard for him, I guarantee it.''
So let's get into the questions of the day.
1. What will he do now?
"I have no idea," he said. "I do know this: I've gotten bored with everything in my life at some time. I love to hunt, but I get tired of that. I love to work on my property, but I get tired of that. We'll see.''
Favre knows Aikman is right about missing the game. His life has been a neat grid over the past 17 years -- six months of being Favre the football player, then when being Brett Favre has gotten oppressive, six months of being Favre the nobody farmer/hunter/fisherman. Good life. Great life. He told me he'll be looking for something to do -- maybe in TV, though probably not in play-by-play. The best thing he could do, I think, is interview players informally. Not in a sitdown setting, necessarily, but ambling around the house or the field with wireless mikes, just talking. Forget the scripted questions; he needs to simply talk and swap stories. Having been in those settings with Favre, I can tell you it's the perfect setting for him to get his subject to talk.
I get the feeling he won't rush into anything. Nor should he. He needs to sit back, consider his options and not rush into the first things someone offers. My guess is ESPN would want him in its massive stable, and maybe it's the best place for him. But he won't know that until he actually gives himself time to figure out if it's the best thing for him.
2. How does he know he won't come back, somewhere, in August?
It comes down to the high regard he has for Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum, dating back to last August. Let's go back to my visit to Favre's Mississippi house late last July, when it was apparent he wanted to play for one team and one team only -- Minnesota -- after he became convinced the Packers wouldn't give him his job back, but would give him permission to talk to teams of their choice in hopes he could be convinced to go somewhere else. Tannenbaum wanted Favre badly. I said to Favre he should at least talk to Tannenbaum; why wonder sometime down the road if it might have been a smart way to spend one or two final years in the NFL? A few nights later, Tannenbaum and Favre finally spoke and Tannenbaum began the sales job on Favre. Though this one-year trial didn't work out the way Favre or the Jets wanted, the quarterback is grateful he listened to Tannenbaum, and he knows he can't change his mind now. That would leave the Jets -- who will pay the Packers a third-round pick in the 2009 draft for the five-month Favre rental -- trying to get compensation for Favre, or releasing him so he could sign with a team of his choice. Which would put the Jets in a very difficult position. They'd either have to block Favre's release and have the same kind of Mexican standoff with Favre that the Packers had, or they'd have to find a trading partner. And which team, outside of perhaps Minnesota, would want to sniff around Favre now? (Keep in mind the Jets would have to send Green Bay three first-round draft picks if it traded Favre to Minnesota, per a clause in last year's trade language between the Jets and Pack.)
"I foresee getting the impulse to play,'' Favre said. "But as good as Mike Tannenbaum has been to me, I could never bring myself to do it. I know I won't do it. If I did, I'd be putting the Jets in a tough spot, because I know they can't release me.''
This year, he respects the team he's retiring from. Last year ...
3. Why wasn't his retirement real last time?
The reality, Favre knows now, is he not only wanted to play again, but he wanted to show Green Bay -- particularly general manager Ted Thompson -- that it was making a big mistake in going forward without him. "Part of me coming back last year, I have to admit now, was sticking it to Ted,'' he said in a rather startling admission.
I still maintain Favre meant it when he said he was retiring. I've saved the four-minute voice-message from him on my cell phone the day he quit, and when I've played it for people, I've asked, "Does that sound like a guy who was retiring with a lot of doubt in his mind?'' And everyone says no. Fifty weeks ago, even if he was mad at Thompson -- and, as he told Ed Werder in his weekend ESPN interview, all he heard from the Packers after the 2007 season was "crickets,'' meaning he thinks they wanted him to walk away -- he was a convincing retiree.
4. Why did he stink it up in December?
The Jets started 8-3, and in that 11-game stretch, Favre did something he'd never done in his long career: He completed 68 percent or better of his throws in 10 out of the 11 games. But he was starting to feel the effects of a strained shoulder dating back to Week 6 against Cincinnati, and a partially torn biceps muscle in his right arm that may have come from straining his arm trying to throw differently. That led to the Jets' 1-4 finish. Favre had no zip on the ball. He couldn't throw downfield in an embarrassing loss at Seattle Dec. 21, and in the finale against Miami, he was short-arming throws he'd nailed for years. "I was miserable that last month,'' he said. "I altered the way I threw, and it cost me. I just couldn't throw it well enough.''
This is what I think: Before the 2007 season, Favre spent eight weeks with Ken Croner, a trainer from Athletes Performance Institute; Croner actually lived in Mississippi and trained Favre in his home. When Favre went to camp in Green Bay in late July 2007, he went knowing he was in the best shape of his life by far. Last summer, Favre thought he wasn't going to play, and so he didn't do any physical training in the off-season. As time drew close to camp, he threw with the local high school team a few times, but that was too little, too late. Looking back, you could almost predict that, at 38, something would go wrong with him physically at some point of the season, and it did. The only way Favre could have ensured peak performance -- or at least given himself the best chance -- was if he had another two months with a trainer like Croner. At that age, the only way a great player has the chance to be great for one more year is through off-season dedication. That's the biggest hidden factor in why things spiraled downhill so fast for Favre after Thanksgiving.
"John Elway, as long as he's been out of the game, could go out and win a game tomorrow, no question,'' Aikman said. "One game. But that's not the test of a quarterback. The test is being out there for 16 games, then hopefully the playoffs. That's what Brett found out this year. He made it through, what, 11 games? But football's a long season.''
"When I talked to Troy last summer,'' Favre said, "he told me, 'You're going to get the bug. I still get it.'''
I asked Aikman how Favre would feel on the first day of the 2009 football season.
"Are you saying he'd be in uniform, or out of uniform?'' Aikman asked, laughing.
"Out,'' I said.
"It's going to be tough,'' he said. "The first training camp will be hard, because he'll see, 'Hey, the train's left the station, and they're doing fine without me.' The first few months will feel great, because he'll see he can do some of the things he never had a chance to do. Maybe go to a game at his alma mater. But there's a reason why he was so good for so long -- because he's competitive. And what will there be to fill that void? I mean, this guy played every week. He never DIDN'T play. That's the thing that'll be tough.''
Favre knows.
"I'm not going to replace throwing touchdown passes by cutting down three trees tomorrow,'' he said.
And then he didn't say anything for a few moments.
There's no cute final quote to this story. It's a story of uncertainty. Favre doesn't know the end to the story. All he knows is he's 39, and he's like an awful lot of unemployed people in America right now, other than he's got a bazillion in the bank and they don't. He's got to find something to do with his life.
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Once Thanksgiving dinner is cooked, served and eaten, you'll want a pat on the back, a nap and maybe some sweatpants. With no more timers to set or turkeys to roast, it's time to relax and enjoy time with friends and family.
Come Friday, though, you'll probably get hungry again -- and you'll probably have a fridge full of leftovers. We've rounded up eight ways to turn your turkey, mashed potatoes, and stale bread into dishes that will give them new life rather than make you feel obliged to eat sandwiches for four days straight. Get creative and embrace your leftovers: fewer trips to the grocery store is always a good thing.
Butternut Sage Scones from mrslarkin
Don't Hold the Anything Breakfast Bread Pudding from aargersi
Sour Cream Dinner Rolls from AntoniaJames
Sweet Potato-Cornmeal Sandwich Loaf from Nicholas
Bonus points if you use this loaf for your turkey sandwiches!
Roasted Carrot Soup from Reeve
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Turkey Pot Pie for Another Day from jennifer_ann
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Hope everyone had a great weekend, Mondays' seem to come so quick, don't they? I had a LONG weekend of Pilates training that I travel an hour each way to, (finally almost done!!) and my oldest son lost his first tooth. As a hygienist, I was excited to be the one to yank it out after my little guy decided that by kicking him in the mouth, it would loosen it even more! I just love boys! The tooth fairy came and it was a huge success!
So, onto the soup of the day…There's just something about a good homemade soup that just makes you feel so good. This hearty Chicken Corn Chowder is no exception. It is full of fresh vegetables and packed with flavor.
This is my own recipe that I created and keep close by anytime I'm in the mood for a good hearty soup. The best thing about it is, it's a breeze to whip up. Are we seeing a trend in my recipes yet?!!
The avocado and tomato topping are so good mixed in the soup. I love avocado with everything, creamy and delicious. Enjoy!!
Chicken Corn Chowder Topped with Avocado and Tomato
2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
3 large carrots, peeled and chopped
3 stalks of celery, diced
4 cloves fresh garlic, minced
3 14 oz cans chicken broth
2 lb bag frozen corn or 8 fresh ears of corn, kernels cut off
2 large boneless skinless chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
½ Cup heavy cream
8 oz sour cream
Salt and pepper to taste
1 avocado, diced
1 tomato, seeded and diced
Fresh ground black pepper
1. Heat oil into a large dutch oven over medium heat. When hot, sauté onion, carrots and celery until slightly softened, about 5-8 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook for for 1 minute then add chicken broth, corn and chicken. Cook for 5 minutes, until heated through. Reduce heat to low and stir in cream, sour cream, salt and pepper to taste.
2. Top with avocado and tomato. Add fresh ground black pepper if desired.
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Yum! This looks wonderful! I've been into soups lately and I've got to get my fill since it'll be getting hot around here real soon.
My little one loves tomato and avocado but I never thought of using them as soup toppings. Thanks for the great idea!
i will eat anything topped with avocado and tomato
Looks great- filling and comforting
First tooth! That's a big deal. Hope the tooth fairy was generous.
I love making soups. This one sounds delicious. Especially with the creamy avocado.
i agree, a little avocado can improve anything! this soup combines lots of my favorite flavors–corn, avocado, sour cream…
thanks for sharing!
That soup looks so good. I love corn chowder and topping with avocado is brilliant. I can't wait to try this!
This soup sounds absolutely delicious! I can't wait to try it out!
Thanks Christine,
I was thinking the same thing, soup season is close to being over! I still make it in the summer too, I'm crazy!
Hi Beth,
I love the picture of the baby in your post, too cute. I bet your little one would love this. My boys ate it up no problem.
Hi Jamie,
Me too!
Thanks RecipeGirl!
Hi Emiline,
The toothfairy was pretty generous considering I used to get a buck back in the day!
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Hope you Enjoy Bakingblonde!
You'll love this Steph!
I love that it has chicken in it – yum!
That looks so comforting! I may wait until I can get some really fresh corn on the cob before making it though… and unfortunately, for me, Jersey corn doesn't come in until July/August! May have to freeze some this year so I can make it in the winter next year! Thanks for sharing.
Oh yum! Another avocado fan here. Why did I spend so many years when I was younger never even trying it? haha.
Me too Deborah!
I was weiry about using frozen corn, but was pleasantly surprised at the great fresh flavor. I think next time I might use fresh corn as well!
Hi Kandi,
Glad to hear from another avocado fan, it's the best isn't it?!!
This soup looks wonderful! I love your pictures too!
This looks fantastic. There are so many words in that title that I love: corn, chowder, avocado……
You take such great photos too!
I would dig right into your chicken corn chowder right now! Looks delicious, as usual.
Hi Jenny!
Thank you so, so much for this recipe! I made it for dinner tonight, and it was so absolutely incredibly delicious! We loved it!
I made a few slight variations based on our tastes, but pretty much stuck to your original recipe. I did a post on your recipe and noted the variations I made on my blog (www.lmridgely.blogspot.com).
I'm a new reader, and I'm really enjoying your blog!
Thanks again.
That looks tasty! I like the avocado topping.
Thanks Melanie, Julie, Marie, Lisa and Kevin!
Lisa, I just checked your blog and love all of your variations!
Hi Jenny!
I am a new reader too. I have made three of your recipies this week and they all turned out great. This soup was easy and tasted great! Your egg and avocado sandwich was so yummy. I also made the buffalo chicken sandwich. It will probably be back on our table very soon. My three year old loved all three. I have loved looking at all of the recipies on your blog. I am planning on using three more next week.
Thank you!
I am in the process of making it myself! I cant wait as yours looked so inviting. I also made a few changes. I will add some fajita seasoning that I had made up some time ago.
I have a picky five year old that I will puree the soup for… and hope for the best. Definitely without the fajita seasoning.
I always enjoy reading your blog. I use to live in Mesa. I miss the SW so much!
Loved the Chicken Corn Chowder! Even my picky 5-year-old loved it. She even asked for some of the leftover soup for lunch the next day! Thanks for the great recipe. I blogged about it at my blog http://imrunningtoeat.blogspot.com
I have had this recipe bookmarked for quite a while now. I had some extra sour cream on hand and did a search of my saved recipes involving sour cream and this came up. I'm eager to try it with so many good reviews but I was wondering if you could recall how many it served. I know you have a family of 4 but I wondered if there was enough for leftovers. Thanks!
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Also, revenue forecasts and competitive analyses of the market's key stakeholders for the total global market and its segments are provided.Executive Summary•In 2012, the total global wireless test equipment market witnessed a growth rate of X% over 2011 and generated a revenue of $X million. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) is expected to be X% from 2012 to 2019, and the market is likely to generate $X million by the end of 2019.•The growth and evolution of the wireless test equipment market is influenced by developments in the wireless communications industry. Internet access and the ability to download videos through mobile devices are expected to continue driving demand for wireless test equipment solutions.•Rapid deployments of smart devices, increased mobile data usage, and long-term evolution (LTE) deployments are expected to continue driving the wireless test equipment market.•Wireless is more complex than wire line technology, and wireless networks are much more prone to impairments than are fixed networks. The overall complexity of wireless technologies prefigures the need for test equipment, especially with newer technologies such as LTE and LTE-advanced (LTE-A) that amplify network complexity.•Testing is integral to early-market delivery of devices and services and critical to both comply with industry standards and to provide high-quality products and services that not only meet, but exceed customer expectations.•Test equipment supports the entire supply chain: component manufacturers, handset manufacturers, operators, and laboratories that conduct compliance testing, helping them get through the R&D cycle as quickly as possible while ensuring quality.•Staying ahead of wireless operators in order to provide cutting-edge test equipment for new technology deployments presents a challenge for wireless test equipment vendors. A test equipment vendor can either be ahead of the technology curve or compete in a commodity-type environment by producing low-end equipment.•Maintaining robust support for existing technologies while pushing forward with new technology support is a challenge for service providers (SPs) as well as for wireless test equipment vendors. SPs cannot simply move forward at the expense of existing technologies—they must ensure positive quality of experience (QoE) and quality of service (QoS) by supporting existing technologies while exploring new and emerging technologies such as LTE and LTE-A.CEO's Perspective1. LTE and LTE-A technologies drive demand for test equipment.2. Increasing mobile data requirements attributed to the high adoption rates of smartphones provide market opportunities.3. Quality, reliability, and technology are the key competitive factors in the wireless test equipment market.4. Companies are adopting direct distribution channels for sales due to an increasing global-presence strategy and growing demand for wireless test solutions.5. It is important to identify and focus on the growing and changing end-user requirements.Market Overview—DefinitionsThe evolution of the wireless test equipment market is influenced by developments in the wireless communications industry. Current trends, such as increased mobility and explosive mobile data traffic growth, coupled with increasing adoption of smart devices and imminent LTE and LTE-A deployments, are expected to continue driving the demand for wireless test equipment.The wireless test equipment market experienced a number of hurdles in the past; however, it fully recovered in 2011, mainly driven by an improved global economic situation and technological developments such as increasing 3G adoptions and, most recently, LTE technology. The market is likely to continue growing at a X% CAGR from 2012–2019 as the telecommunications industry rapidly moves toward 4G technologies.This study discusses and analyzes the various types of test equipment and technologies that are likely to drive the wireless test equipment market.The market is divided into the following segments by product type:•Mobile device test equipment•Base station test equipment•Drive test equipment•Mobile backhaul and wireless core test equipmentMobile Device Test EquipmentTest equipment covered in this section includes systems used in testing mobile user equipment and services. These devices include benchtop and single-box testing systems used to test the performance, protocol, and capability of cellular access devices such as feature phones and smartphones, as well as connected devices such as laptops, netbooks, notebooks and tablets, and wireless-enabled PDAs.There is a sub-segment called one-box testers, which are simple performance protocol testing solutions.Conformance or certification testers are also included in this section. These solutions are used to test protocol implementations and to check for equipment conformity to standards. This segment also includes design validation as well as compliance testing that is performed during the R&D stage of the product life cycle.Interoperability testers are used during the R&D stage of the product life cycle and are used to verify if the equipment works as intended. These solutions also check equipment compatibility with network equipment from various vendors.Radio frequency (RF) conformance testers are included in the scope of this study. The main RF function is to verify if the radio implementation or physical layer implementation conforms with standard requirements. This type of test equipment represents a rather small part of the overall wireless test equipment market for R&D applications. These systems are expensive, thus they are purchased in small volumes.Base Station Test EquipmentA base station is a fixed transmitting or receiving station for cellular phones, paging services, and other wireless transmission systems. A base station is also known as an access point or transmitting/receiving location in a wireless local area network (WLAN). RF spectrum analyzers and signal generators are examples of base station test equipment. Base station test equipment encompasses feature and functional testers and protocol conformance testers that are used during the R&D stages of the product life cycle. Such equipment usually includes an antenna tester and a spectrum analyzer, which is often a GPS receiver.Drive Test EquipmentDrive test equipment refers to portable tools used for indoor and outdoor diagnostics and troubleshooting of wireless networks. These testers obtain RF coverage and service performance measurements, provide wireless data measurement options, and enable optimization for data applications. They also enable early verification of network deployments and provide true cross-technology scalability on a single platform.Besides benchmarking and trend analysis, drive tests assess several other applications. These include network optimization, acceptance testing expansions, new technology implementation evaluation, and scan drives for engineering maintenance. Even at the early stage of network construction, drive testing is a major way to evaluate network conditions.Mobile Backhaul and Wireless Core Test EquipmentThe mobile backhaul and wireless core segment covers test equipment including fiber optics used to test Ethernet and IP switching and routing-transport mechanisms between radio base stations and the wireless core network.The key areas that require testing and validating are:•Layers 2 and 3: While the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) does not require a specific configuration, it allows various network and transport-level options to be used. At the initial stage of the deployment process, there is a need for multi-technology testing and validation of transport layers.•Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) Deployment: Even though IPv6 is required for LTE, networks continue to use IPv4; therefore, development of combined IPv4 nodes and possible dual IPv4/IPv6 stack systems for deployment is expected in the industry. Today's mobile devices are expected to support both IPv4 and IPv6 and to connect at the same time to IPv4/IPv6 packet data networks, so IPv4/IPv6 integration must be carefully tested.•IP-routing: Network addressing is a challenge in the IP realm. Mobility management entities (MMEs) are expected to support thousands of evolved node B (eNodeBs) positioned across numerous private or public networks. Random and methodical addressability tests are necessary for the evolved packet core (EPC) architecture.Segmentation by geographic region:•North America: The United States and Canada.•Europe: Belgium, France, Denmark, Scandinavia, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine.•Asia-Pacific: Countries on the Western border of the Pacific Ocean, including those on the Indo-Chinese peninsula, the Pacific Islands and Central Asia.•Rest of World: Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, and Central and South America), and regions not mentioned above, particularly the Caribbean islands, the Middle East, and Africa.CompaniesThe Tier I companies covered in this research service include Agilent Technologies, Anritsu, and Rohde & Schwarz.Tier II vendors consist of LitePoint/Teradyne, Anite, Spirent Communications, Ixia, Aeroflex, JDSU, and National Instruments.Other participants include Azimuth Systems, EXFO, Tektronix, Keithley Instruments, Fluke Networks, and DingLi. This list is not comprehensive.Key Questions This Study Will Answer• Is the market growing? How long will it continue to grow and at what rate?• Does the wireless test equipment market present future opportunities for vendors?• What are the key drivers and restraints that will affect this market during the forecast period? • What are the technology trends in the global wireless test equipment market?• Does the existing wireless test equipment meet end-user needs?• Which are the market participants to watch?Table of Contents1. Executive Summary2. Market Overview3. Total Wireless Test Equipment Market• External Challenges: Drivers and Restraints• Forecasts and Trends• Geographic Analysis• Market Share and Competitive Analysis• Segment Analysis• Mobile Device Test Equipment Segment Breakdown• Base Station Test Equipment Segment Breakdown• Drive Test Equipment Segment Breakdown• Mobile Backhaul and Wireless Core Test Equipment Segment Breakdown4. The Last Word5. AppendixRead the full report:Global Wireless Test Equipment Markethttp://www.reportbuyer.com/computing_electronics/networking/wireless/global_wireless_test_equipment_market.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Wireless_Technology
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