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Cocoa and Cream Cake
Total Time
Prep 30 mins
Cook 30 mins
This is a cake that has been made for birthdays for over 50 years in my family. It is 3 layers of dense chocolate cake with a smooth velvety truffle like filling and whipped cream frosting. Sure to please and impress any chocolate lover!
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 cups water, boiling hot
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 1⁄2 cups granulated sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1⁄2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 3⁄4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (clear if possible)
- chocolate shavings, and curls to sprinkle over top (optional)
- Cake:.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a medium bowl, sift cocoa into boiling hot water, mix well. Let cool completely. Can put in refrigerator to speed cooling.
- Meanwhile, grease and flour or line with parchment paper, three 9x1 1/2" layer cake pans.
- In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt and baking powder. Set aside.
- In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat together butter and sugar at high speed until well mixed. Add eggs and vanilla and beat at high speed, scraping the sides of the bowl until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
- At lowest speed on mixer beat in alternately starting and ending with the flour mixture in fourths and cooled cocoa mixture in thirds. Scrape sides of bowl after each addition. Do not overbeat.
- Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake for 30 minutes or until surface springs back when gently pressed with fingertips.
- Cool in pans 10 minutes. Gently remove from pans and cool completely on wire racks.
- Chocolate Filling:.
- In a small bowl with an electric mixer, cream butter until smooth.
- Sift in powdered sugar and cocoa, add eggs, and beat until filling is fluffy and smooth.
- Refrigerate until needed and until firmer.
- Frosting:.
- In a medium bowl, combine cream, sifted powdered sugar and vanilla; beat with mixer on high speed until stiff and of spreading consistency.
- Refrigerate until needed.
- To assemble cake:.
- On a cake platter, place one layer of cake, top side up, spread with half of the filling.
- Invert second cake layer on top of first layer and filling, spread with remaining filling.
- Place the third cake layer top side up over the second layer and filling.
- Frost the top and sides of cake with frosting.
- Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving.
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This recipe came at the most perfect time. I needed a gigantic chocolate fix for a few different girls. This hit right on. I sprinkled a little cocoa on top before I put the shavings on. Very pretty presentation with a delicious dessert inside. Thanks! Made and reviewed for Fall 2007 PAC.
Simply marvelous! I can see why this has been your family's go-to birthday cake for over five decades, Engrossed! :) I made this for my fiance's birthday, with only two minor changes: 1) I added 1/4 tsp. almond extract to the truffle filling to give it a subtle yet noticeable depth of flavor, and 2) instead of all vanilla extract for the frosting, I used 3/4 tsp. vanilla and 1/4 tsp. almond... we just find that a hint of almond does wonderful things to chocolate, but I already have in mind so many other flavors that would be phenomenal in this cake (raspberry? mmmmm...) and will experiment the next time I make it. Everyone *loved* this surprisingly easy cake, even our one guest who normally does not care for whipped cream frosting. The truffle filling was perfect, and really puts this cake over the top. Thank you for a cake that will surely become a tradition in our family, too! EDITED TO ADD: I used regular baking cocoa for the cake, but Hershey's Special Dark cocoa for the filling. The contrast of color and flavor was just right!
Excellent cake! It got a mumbled "yummy" from my resident chocoholic. I liked the lightness of the whipped icing. The filling was rich enough for me. I will absolutely make this delight again, Engrossed, thanks for posting a great recipe. Sue


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Re: Sea Kayaking southern Burma
Even before the current process of opening up, it was easy enough to ensure that your money went to the people. You could hire local guides, stay in private hotels and take private transport. I've never really understood the point of boycotting a country. Clearly it's not the government who suffers, but its people.
That said, the tourism industry is in the midst of tremendous growth. However, it has a long way to go. Specialty activities, like sea kayaking, are a long way off being "developed"
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I agree entirely with fluffy. I visited Burma in the "bad old days", and acted like he did to ensure maximum benefit for the people. Can you name me one country in the world where a proportion of your tourist money does not go to a Government? I certainly can't think of one. Be aware also that all is not completely rosy in the garden regrettably and, as I write this, there are problems that are nothing to do with the Govt. Try this link.
Dn't misunderstand this answer at all as I am not trying to put you off visiting, far from it. Burma / Myanmar still remains one of my favourite ever destinations and I do really want to return some day. Go, be careful where you spend your money if you are worried about ethics, and enjoy an absolute wonderland of a country.
Sorry but I can't assist with the kayaking part of the question as I didn't do it.
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JCPenney sends man gift card after 2 confused associates tell him to shop online instead
Crystal resident Jeff Kolb is known as being one of the more prominent local Republican voices among folks who talk lots of Minnesota politics on Twitter.
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But he's also developing a reputation as someone who knows how to use social media to publicly and effectively shame companies that megafail in his presence.
The latest example came last week after Kolb endured this experience while trying to buy a comforter at the Southdale JCPenney (the text comes from an email he sent JCPenney customer care):
I was asked to send an email to this address after venting frustration about a very bad experience at one of your stores.
I was at the JC Penney store at the Southdale mall in Edina MN on October 29 at around 3 PM. My wife and I were shopping for a new comforter. We found one that we liked but it didn't come with a bed skirt. We took the item to the cashier and asked her if she knew if there was a matching bed skirt for the comforter. She told us to go look it up online. We asked her to find someone who could answer the question, and she got what could only be described as a look of panic on her face. She stood there staring at us for several seconds. We told her to forget it.
Despite her unhelpfulness we decided to purchase the item anyway. There was a sign on the item that said Save $80 on any purchase of regular price merchandise over $200. The comforter was $230, regular price.
The item rang up for $180; $50 off. I showed the cashier the sign. She said that she didn't know what to do. We suggested she call a manager. She called someone on the radio, and that person called her on the phone. When she hung up with the manager she told us the manager told us we should go home and purchase the item online.
We informed the cashier this was unacceptable and that we would like to speak with the manager in person. She radioed the manager again. The manager called again.
A few minutes later a woman showed up and asked the cashier what the problem was. I asked the woman if she was the one who was on the phone, because that is who I wanted to talk to. She said she was not. We explained, again, what the issue was. After several minutes, the woman changed the price of the item, and we completed the sale.
This is not an atypical JCPenney experience. The pricing of items at the register is very often different than on the signs. This was our first trip to JCPenney in over a year for this reason. It's not fun to guess what price you'll be charged.
Please let me know how you plan to "make this right."
Thank you,
Jeff Kolb
When he was actually in the store, Kolb tweeted about the difficulty he was having:
How many @jcpenney employees does it take to make something ring up the price on the sign? More than 3, still waiting for final answer.
-- Jeff Kolb (@jpkolb) October 29, 2013
.@jcpenney manager says we should go home and buy online instead.
-- Jeff Kolb (@jpkolb) October 29, 2013
Kolb attributes his social media shaming as part of the reason a JCPenney representative got back to him quickly and offered him a $50 gift card as compensation for his "inconvenience." ("Please know that the experience you had with us is definitely not typical of JCPenney," the representative wrote, adding that she "forwarded your feedback and concerns to the store team leader so we can look into the pricing issues and use this as a training opportunity with our associates.")
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Effectiveness of risedronate and alendronate on nonvertebral fractures: an observational study through 2 years of therapy
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- , J. L. LangeAffiliated withProcter & Gamble
- , P. D. DelmasAffiliated withINSERM Unit 403, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
- , S. L. SilvermanAffiliated withCedars-Sinai Medical Center and University of California
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This observational study showed that after 2 years, both risedronate and alendronate lowered the risk of hip and nonvertebral fractures compared with patients filling in a single bisphosphonate prescription.
Post hoc analyses of the placebo-controlled trials suggested earlier effects for risedronate (6–12 months) than for alendronate (18–24 months). The present study extends our 1-year observational data that confirmed an earlier fracture reduction with risedronate and evaluated the absolute and relative effectiveness of alendronate and risedronate in clinical practice over 2 years.
We observed three cohorts of women aged 65 years and older who initiated once-a-week dosing of bisphosphonate therapy; (1) patients adherent to alendronate (n = 21,615), (2) patients adherent to risedronate (n = 12,215), or (3) patients filling only a single bisphosphonate prescription (n = 5,390) as a referent population. Proportional hazard modeling compared the incidence of hip and nonvertebral fractures among the cohorts over 2 years after the initial prescription.
In this cohort, we previously showed at 12 months a significant reduction of hip and nonvertebral fractures with risedronate but not with alendronate. At the end of 2 years, the cumulative incidence of hip fractures in the referent cohort was 1.9 %, and incidence of nonvertebral fractures was 6.3 %. Relative to the referent, 6 months after initiating therapy and continuing through 2 years, both risedronate and alendronate cohorts had approximately a 45 % lower incidence of hip fractures and a 30 % lower incidence of nonvertebral fractures.
These observations suggest that both risedronate and alendronate are effective at reducing the risk of hip and nonvertebral fracture after 2 years of treatment and support the post hoc analyses of placebo-controlled trials indicating an earlier effect of risedronate.
KeywordsAlendronate Effectiveness Fracture Osteoporosis Risedronate
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- Title
- Effectiveness of risedronate and alendronate on nonvertebral fractures: an observational study through 2 years of therapy
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Osteoporosis International
Volume 24, Issue 8 , pp 2345-2352
- Cover Date
- 2013-08
- 10.1007/s00198-013-2332-7
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- Online ISSN
- 1433-2965
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- Springer London
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- Keywords
- Alendronate
- Effectiveness
- Fracture
- Osteoporosis
- Risedronate
- Industry Sectors
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- R. Lindsay (1)
- N. B. Watts (2)
- J. L. Lange (3)
- P. D. Delmas (4)
- S. L. Silverman (5)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Helen Hayes Hospital, 51-55 Route 9W, West Haverstraw, NY, 10993, USA
- 2. Mercy Health Osteoporosis and Bone Health Services, Cincinnati, OH, USA
- 3. Procter & Gamble, Mason, OH, USA
- 4. INSERM Unit 403, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
- 5. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA


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Living on Campus is cool, you are around friends and have a family of friends and people who are there when you need them. The dorms are quite small for roommates, hence why there are better yet a bit more expensive options.
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Campus housing is ok. Austin College forces you to live on campus for the first three years which sucks. I can only comment on the dorms, because I haven't lived in roo suites or apartments. Dorms are not clean. The bathrooms are consistently unclean, people don't flush the toilet, there is vomit on the floor etc. Several dorms are loud even during "quiet" hours. Rules are not enforced, boys and girls sleep in each others rooms over night, people smoke and drink in the dorms, the area coordinators are useless to go to if you have problems. Building isn't great quality, dorms are old and tired, community bathrooms. There are no perks to living in the housing.
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At bigger schools, you might make it to class on time if you wake up ten minutes before class and run as fast as you can. However, at AC you can wake up at the same time and saunter your way over to your class after brushing your teeth, and you will still have time to spare. No matter what dorm you live in, you'll only be a five-minute walk from everywhere on campus, which is amazing. While Caruth, an all-girls dorm, may be the most convenient because of its central location, you won't be slighted by living in any of the other halls. Students are required to live on campus for three years, but this isn't all that bad when looking at the convenience of the living situation.There are many apartments and small houses called The Cottages on campus for students to take advantage of as upperclassmen. Your first year and second years will most likely be spent in a dorm. Many students make their closest friends in the ready-made selection of people in their "cluster" freshman year. First-year students are assigned to a cluster of about 20 other freshmen with an upperclassman RA, so your new best friends will most likely also be your next-door neighbors.
The dorms are all pretty equal as far as cleanliness and updated features go, but you might sacrifice extra space for in-room temperature control. The halls are traditional in most senses—you will have roommates, communal bathrooms, and overseeing RAs with rules. That's all part of the living experience, and most students just accept it. Once you survive two years in the dorms, you can look forward to the Roo Suites, Bryan Apartments, The Flats, or The Cottages, where you gain freedom, a private bedroom, and semi-private bathrooms.
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May 12 news: French lean toward fracking ban; Gas prices push commuters to the train
French Lean Toward Ban of a Controversial Gas Extraction Technique
French lawmakers opened debate on Tuesday on proposals to ban a method for extracting oil and gas deposits from shale because of environmental concerns, throwing up the first serious stumbling block to firms that want to use the practice.
Looking with alarm at the experience in the United States, where shale gas is booming, even members of President Nicolas Sarkozy's governing conservative party have come out against the practice, known as hydraulic fracturing, in which water, sand and chemicals are pumped deep underground under high pressure to free scattered pockets of oil and gas from dense rock formations.
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, "is not something we want to use in France," Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, the environment minister, said on RMC Radio.
"Shale gas is the same as any other gas," said Ms. Kosciusko-Morizet, who in February announced a halt in all exploration, pending the results of a study. "What poses a problem is the technology used. Today there aren't 30 technologies, there's only one for extracting shale gas "" hydraulic fracturing."
Gas prices push commuters to the train
Rising gas prices are helping drive big growth in ridership at several public transit systems across the country.
In Miami, passenger counts on the regional rail service connecting the city to the northern suburbs were up more than 12% in April from a year earlier, according to the American Public Transit Association.
In New Mexico, the "Rail Runner," a commuter train that runs from south of Albuquerque to Santa Fe, attracted 14% more riders last month.
And in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area of North Carolina, ridership on the express bus service connecting the three cities is up 18%.
The spike is being attributed to people going back to work after the recession, and a steady rise in gas prices that's taxing the budgets of many motorists.
"Transit can be one of the quickest ways to avoid those high costs," said William Millar, president of the transit association.
One indication that gas prices are playing a factor: Ridership is increasing on trains and busses that serve suburbs, where gasoline usage is more intense.
Nationwide statistics are not yet available, and such percentage jumps are not expected in the larger transit systems in New York, Boston and Chicago.
Clean Energy Investment 'Bank' Has Bipartisan Support, But No Money
Two top senators are again toying with the fancy of enhancing the Department of Energy's ability to finance clean energy projects.
Those in the business are certainly eager to embrace the resurrection of what is called the Clean Energy Deployment Administration (CEDA).
However, they're jittery that it will emerge as a piece of "all hat and no cattle" legislation if the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee can't definitively map out where to find an estimated $10 billion in upfront costs.
Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman is talking about having a piece of legislation "" likely without accommodations for offsetting the cost "" prepared this month. It's possible that the committee could mark it up and vote on it within the next few weeks.
With gas prices above $4 a gallon in much of the country, Democrats and Republicans are squaring off over whether to cut tax credits for oil companies enjoying a banner profit year.
Senate Democrats plan to grill the CEOs ofExxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp.,ConocoPhillips and the U.S. units of BP PLC and Royal Dutch Shell PLC about the taxes they pay at a Finance Committee hearing on Thursday.
Republicans, who have criticized the Obama administration for not acting faster to approve more offshore drilling, won passage of a House bill Wednesday that would require decisions to be made about offshore-drilling permits within 60 days.
The vote took place hours after the Obama administration approved a proposal by Shell to drill five new exploratory deepwater oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico, the second such approval for the gulf since the lifting of a federal moratorium on deepwater drilling last October.
Exxon CEO lays out industry defense
The head of ExxonMobil says Democratic efforts to curb incentives for it and the other four largest private U.S. oil companies "discriminatory" and "counterproductive."
ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson "" likely echoing the message of the heads of all five companies "" is pushing back against a Senate Democratic proposal to repeal $21 billion in incentives for the companies over 10 years.
"It is not simply that they are misinformed and discriminatory. They are counterproductive," Tillerson will tell the Senate Finance Committee Thursday regarding tax changes Democrats are pushing according to his prepared testimony.
Shed reliance on oil to upgrade strategy
The death of Osama bin Laden is good news but will not make the United States safe enough. One real danger of Al Qaeda is that it has no central leadership. Instead, it is a widely dispersed, anti-hierarchical group of franchises and agents, funded by loose petrodollars in the Middle East.
These Al Qaeda-inspired agents pose the immediate danger "" and they still exist. They know they can't beat us on the battlefield, so they target critical infrastructure and soft targets. Petroleum facilities are high on Al Qaeda's hit list, as they seek to wreak economic damage in the U.S.
Our best strategy for follow-up is multifaceted: Continue to hunt and kill terrorists, and reduce our dependence on petroleum, a commodity for which there is no free market.
Middle East Oil Rises as Processing Profits Boost Refiner Demand
Middle East crude oils for sale to Asia rose against their benchmarks as higher-than-average processing profits drove demand from refiners.
Murban for July loading, produced in Abu Dhabi, climbed 18 cents to a premium of 63 cents a barrel above its official selling price, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Lower Zakum, also produced in the emirate, advanced to the same level. Qatar Marine climbed 10 cents to a premium of 23 cents a barrel.
Middle East crudes have been supported by a surge in refining profits for middle distillates including gasoil and kerosene. Gasoil's premium to Dubai crude was at $18.20 a barrel, about 58 percent higher than a year earlier, according to data from PVM Oil Associates Ltd., a London-based brokerage. Murban, Lower Zakum and Qatar Marine is prized by refiners for their higher yield of middle distillates compared with heavier Middle East crude such as Saudi Arabia's Arab Medium.
UN climate services eyed for vulnerable nations
The global economy could reduce $100 billion a year in climate change-linked losses by providing the most vulnerable countries with "climate services" to help them prepare, a United Nations expert panel recommended Thursday.
The panel proposed creating a $75 million-a-year U.N.-administered agency, or program, to help developing nations deal with an increasing onslaught of tropical cyclones, storm surges, floods and droughts.
The World Meteorological Organization "" the U.N.'s weather agency "" said most of the funding would come through development aid, and then be handed out for specific projects in the most vulnerable nations.
It said in a statement that more surveillance and early warning information is needed because about 90 percent of disasters in recent decades were caused by weather or climate-related hazards. It said the findings were based on concerns raised at a 2009 world climate conference
Sierra Club calls on Gov. Brown to revise global warming plan
The Sierra Club of California, the state's oldest and largest environmental group, called on Gov. Jerry Brown this week to substantially rewrite the cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases that former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger considered to be his greatest legacy.
The trading system, which would curb emissions from 600 California industrial plants, is the centerpiece of the state's 2006 global warming law, AB 32. Scheduled to take effect in January, it would be the nation's most extensive program to cut carbon dioxide and other gases that are trapping heat in earth's atmosphere.
However, in a letter to the governor released Wednesday, Sierra Club California Director Bill Magavern called Brown "well-suited to the task of scrutinizing and revising the cap-and-trade rule adopted by the previous administration. The rule has some serious flaws that will limit its effectiveness in reducing emissions and generating green jobs."
Texas grid says EPA rules force gas-plants to shut
The electric grid agency for the state of Texas said on Wednesday that stricter federal air, water and coal regulations could force the retirement of more than 8,000 megawatts of natural gas-fired power generation in the state, making it difficult to meet electric demand in 2015.
The report, requested by the Public Utility Commission of Texas, looks at four proposed rule changes proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Arctic Council to address role of soot in global warming
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton touched down Wednesday on Greenland's rocky, snow-flecked coast for two days of talks on the Arctic, as the Obama administration seeks to draw attention to the rapidly accelerating loss of sea ice and surging interest in the region's natural resources.
Rapid warming above the Arctic Circle has led to shorter winters and a dramatic thinning of Arctic ice in the past two decades, and new scientific data suggest that the rate of polar melting has accelerated far beyond what scientists had forecast a few years ago. One study, the conclusions of which were released last week, predicts that the resulting rise in global sea levels could reach as much as five feet by the end of the century.
WH opposes expanding offshore drill area
The Obama administration said it opposes a U.S. House bill that would increase the area available for offshore, deep-water drilling leases.
"The administration is committed to promoting safe and responsible domestic oil and gas production as part of a broad energy strategy that will protect consumers and reduce our dependence on foreign oil," the Office of Management and Budget said Wednesday in a statement. "The administration opposes H.R. 1231, which would undermine and circumvent the transparent public process for determining which new areas are appropriate to lease."
The bill is sponsored by Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash., and has 69 co-sponsors.
16 Responses to May 12 news: French lean toward fracking ban; Gas prices push commuters to the train
Let's say you end up with Rex Tillerson in a lifeboat after some random weather extreme. What would you ask him?
When Will We Get Serious?
Reading Rex Tillerson's prepared testimony to the Senate Committee just now made me "weep" and nearly blow a gasket.
But we can't expect (or wait for) him to change. We have to ask ourselves when WE'RE going to get serious.
We are (apparently) ineffective at getting through to enough of the politicians. (This is frustrating given that a Democrat is in office and hasn't been able to communicate effectively to the public on these matters.) Meanwhile, the supposed "paper of record" has been (and most likely will continue to be?) ineffective at educating the public about the ExxonMobil BS. And so on and so forth.
SO, are we just going to continue to tell each other to "hang in there" and "have heart", or are we actually going to do something differently and EFFECTIVE for once?
Relevant tax and policy experts (at CAP, in the White House, in leading universities, and etc.) should do nothing less than entirely "dismember" the arguments being made by Tillerson and Company, in light of all things considered, and President Obama should be able to communicate EFFECTIVELY and repeatedly to the public why such arguments are nonsense, all things considered. The New York Times should also dismember Tillerson's arguments — although my guess is that it doesn't have the talent, depth, time, or will to do so.
A change in strategy is fast becoming necessary. Does anyone disagree?
I think that's good news about the French consideration of a ban on fracking.
Beyond our current CO2 based warming lies a massive potential for methane based warming. As methane concentrations in the atmosphere rise, concentrations of the hydroxyl radical fall, generally, although recent results show a more complex response, with hydroxyl radical increased in some areas and decreased in others. The hydroxyl radical is what oxidizes methane into CO2. Most or all modelers I am aware of project a longer residence time for methane in the atmosphere, increasing its greenhouse potential.
It turns out, though, that increasing methane emissions greatly is projected by one recent paper to cause indirect warming 250% to 400% greater than the warming caused by the methane itself. This warming, according to the authors, would result from increased production of water vapor, CO2, and ozone.
Water vapor, with methane concentrations 13 times the current levels, would increase in the stratosphere by up to 700%.
Hydroxyl radical, according to the authors, would decline in the troposphere, where most methane oxidation takes place, but increase by up to 250% in the stratosphere.
Ozone, which itself is a strong greenhouse gas, would decrease in the stratosphere, but increase by up to 100% in the tropical troposphere.
Methane lifetime in the atmosphere, at 13 times current methane concentrations, would increase by 2.85 years, according to their models, an increase of roughly 20%.
The authors claim to have exaggerated realistic methane increases, but considering methane production from permafrost and methane hydrates, their high projections might turn out to be more realistic than they think, and might come sooner than they think, IMO.
Overall, it seems like a lot of drastic changes. Methane is projected to be more dangerous due to its indirect effects, such as water vapor increase in the stratosphere, general CO2 increases, and tropospheric ozone increases, than it is directly. These indirect effects make the past methane catastrophes such as the PETM and the End Permian more understandable, perhaps.
I wonder, for example, what a 100% increase in tropospheric ozone near the equator would have on tropical forest biomass production? Ozone is great in the stratosphere, but damaging to human health and plant life on the ground. The hydroxyl radical is reactive, too.
If we are going to use natural gas, which is mostly methane, we need to burn it using something like oxyfuel combustion, and then deep inject the resulting CO2 into the earth, I think. We may be forced to do this, to get rid of methane from methane hydrates.
And if fracking causes significant indirect loss of methane to the atmosphere, which it seems to do, we should not frack, I think.
One problem with methane production from hydrates is bubbles.
Big bubbles rise to the surface. Small bubbles are more likely to transfer their methane to the surrounding sea water, for oxidation by methanotrophic bacteria.
I wonder if we could partially remediate methane plumes just by putting screens or perforated sheets over the plumes, and making small bubbles out of the big ones?
Of course, this would likely increase ocean acidification, while reducing atmospheric methane, if it works.
Oh, brave new world and the wonders in it! What lovely decisions we are forced to make, in our brave new radically screwed up world!
Better would be to capture the methane from the hydrates, burn it via oxyfuel combustion, export the electricity to shore to pay for the whole program, and inject the resulting CO2 below the ocean floor into fractured basalt formations for in situ mineral carbonation, I think.
Much, much, much better to be wise, and avoid the whole fracking problem, by decarbonizing our energy sources ASAP, and by using BECCS to put carbon back underground.
The atmosphere speaks the language of billions of tons of carbon, and we better start talking to it in very effective ways, very soon, if we want to avoid totally destabilizing the whole system.
"One problem with methane production from hydrates is bubbles. "
I read that high methane concentration can make ship sink. (One explantion of the bermuda triangle)
An explanation for some of the disappearances has focused on the presence of vast fields of methane hydrates (a form of natural gas) on the continental shelves.[28] Laboratory experiments carried out in Australia have proven that bubbles can, indeed, sink a scale model ship by decreasing the density of the water;[29] any wreckage consequently rising to the surface would be rapidly dispersed by the Gulf Stream. It has been hypothesized that periodic methane eruptions (sometimes called "mud volcanoes") may produce regions of frothy water that are no longer capable of providing adequate buoyancy for ships. If this were the case, such an area forming around a ship could cause it to sink very rapidly and without warning.
Publications by the USGS describe large stores of undersea hydrates worldwide, including the Blake Ridge area, off the southeastern United States coast. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle#Natural_explanations
From Tillerson's testimony:
"They [cutting tax breaks] would discourage future investment in energy projects in the United States and therefore undercut job creation and economic growth. And because they would hinder investment in new energy supplies, they do nothing to help reduce prices.
That's a threat. Cut our tax breaks and we will refuse to develop oil and gas in the U.S., is what he is saying.
So, he's using the economic power of ExxonMobil to fight back against Congressional regulation. If ExxonMobil was a country, it would be the fifth largest carbon emitting country on earth. If ExxonMobil was a country, their gross revenues of around 400 billion dollars per year are more than the GNP of all but a handful of countries.
Countries of the world need to band together, and nationalize ExxonMobil. All of their assets should be seized, I think. The executives should have all of their past wages seized, and be tried in a World Court for crimes against humanity. The Rockefeller family, which has traditionally controlled ExxonMobil and its parent corporation Standard Oil, should also have its wealth seized, and be tried for crimes against humanity.
Until we destroy the power of ExxonMobil and other supremely rich corporations and dynasties which refuse to deal with the reality of climate change, real progress will be very difficult- perhaps impossible. Consider the success of the ExxonMobil and Koch covert climate change denier and propaganda network, financed with a tiny fraction of their tens of billions of dollars per year in profits.
No unelected power should be this powerful.
Epic Flood Flows Into the Delta http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_rBuRXkuxY&feature=player_embedded
Prokaryotes @ 8,
If only we could pump some of that water to China…
Drought on China's Yangtze river has led to historically low water levels that have forced authorities to halt shipping on the nation's longest waterway, the government and media said Thursday.
The 6,300-kilometre Yangtze is China's longest waterway and is indispensable to the economies of many cities along its route.
The drought has left 400,000 people in Hubei province without drinking water and has threatened nearly 870,000 hectares (2.15 million acres) of farmland in the grain-growing region.
Or pump it to Britain – much closer…
Parts of southern Britain are suffering from drought conditions following the warmest April on record amid a heatwave sweeping across northern Europe, researchers said on Thursday.
England and Wales received the lowest March and April rainfall since 1938 with some regions getting the lowest rain in records dating back more than 100 years, according to the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH).
The Taimyr is one of two nuclear icebreakers built for the Soviet Union by Finland in the late 1980s.
It's backup diesel generators allowed it to limp back to port earlier this month after a "micro-fracture" that resulted in the leakage of 6,000 litres of nuclear reactor coolant, the second such incident to inflict the craft in the last year.
The US-based GlobalSecurity.org research organisation said the two Finnish ships were "originally designed for 100,000 hours of reactor life, but this was extended first to 150,000, then to 175,000.
Russian authorities have announced plans for a quick repair job in order to send the vessel back out to sea.
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Volkswagen plans to invest in wind
As of 2008, Volkswagen was ranked as the world's third largest motor vehicle manufacturer and Europe's largest.
"We will produce electricity, hydrogen and methane gas – the fuels for our cars," said project manager Reiner Mangold, according to Audi's "FTD".
For the automakers, the subject of green energy more attractive. By the politically required entry into the electrical mobility, manufacturers can sell their cars in the packet stream. VW plans to launch its electric car "Up" 2013 on the market. The Group will thus take over the e-mobility lead. The Group also promotes the use of renewable energy in production – for example, in Emden.
Guide "Renewable Energies"
Germany, your wind turbines
Solar Ferry, biogas plants and wind farms: the Attractions, the new Baedeker guide for Germany are a listing, unusual and highly explosive. Martin Frey, the author takes his readers on a journey through a land of opportunists, visionaries – and opponents.
Martin Frey sees the world through different eyes. If the 40-year-old sits in the shade of a cafe and marvel at the small solar cells that cover the whole roof, then he finds the "simply beautiful". And when he talks about the solar panels on the roof of his house in Mainz, it is sometimes the word "romantic".
Because the solar energy in the eyes of geographers and journalists is studied in comparison to all other renewable energies. It is quiet, easy to work without gigantic structures such as wind power and geothermal energy they demand, and it's available anywhere in the world. It has only one catch: The solar panels are still relatively expensive. Exactly what needs to change, calls Frey. Preferably immediately. And also the same for all other renewable energies.
In order to rethink many people as possible as quickly as possible and obtain their power from alternative energy sources, Frey has now written a guide: "Germany – Explore renewable energy" is the small Baedeker. The idea was created six years ago, says Frey. Since then, the journalist has collected notes on some 160 locations and projects throughout the Federal Republic. Sense of the guide is to inform people on the different options off to make use of nuclear energy and fossil resources carefully.
@Vic #9
Earlier this year china used cloud seeding techniques to end drought, as we see today – not much effectiveness, my guess is it yield rather some opposite results.
Ohhh, china proceeds with cloud seeding …
Drought turns southern China into arid plain
The government has embarked on a massive rain-making operation, firing thousands of cloud-seeding rockets into the sky http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/apr/07/drought-southern-china
The chinese government might very well rate this situation as uiet critical, given the historic proportions, as was re-assessed from the so called Great Chinese Famine during the 50s.
Great Chinese Famine
was the period in the People's Republic of China between 1958 and 1961 characterized by widespread famine. Although some degree of drought and weather conditions contributed to the disaster, most of the deaths can be attributed to policies of the Communist Party of China which was led by Mao Zedong.
According to government statistics, there were 15 million excess deaths in this period. Unofficial estimates vary, but scholars have estimated the number of famine victims to be between 20 and 43 million.[1] Yang Jisheng, a former Xinhua News Agency reporter who spent over ten years gathering information available to no other scholars, estimates excess deaths of 36 million. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine
Today there are more mouth to feed and the onslaught of natural disasters will keep rising.
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Released: Feb 01st, 2006
Running Time: 86
Company: Twisted Pink
Distribution Companies: Addictive Entertainment
Cast: Billy Glide, Domino (I), Destiny Summers, Sofia Sandobar, Rick Masters, Megan Martinez, Alexis Amore
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
Genre: Gonzo
Lola hosts this Latina feast from behind the camera, interviewing each of the five girls before their respective scenes - then setting these spicy Latina babes loose on some pretty big porno cocks.
Domino gets her pussy pounded by a tireless Billy Glide, who ends up greasing her big smile with a load. Sofia Sandobar has to use two hands to grip the big stick shoved in her face. Newcomer Destiny Summers gets a hammering from Rick Masters. And in the final scene with Megan Martinez, she can barely fit more than the head of that cock in her mouth.
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Mmmh - I'm a lover of hot foodstuff and I enjoy it - made enough to give some away to my extended family. thanks! Update: all five jars are empty already! I found another weird way to use zhough: Mix with mayonnaise, add some white balsamico vinegar and some grainy dijon mustard, mix well and use as a zesty salad dressing. I love it.
Excellent, this zhoug is extremely spicy, just the way we like it! Thanks for posting this recipe Aviva, it's destined to become a staple in our home.
This is terrific! I used mostly serranos but added in 2 red jalepenos and 2 habeneros for some extra color/flavor. I misread the recipe and thought that it called for only 5 *cloves* of garlic, so I did not have enough on-hand. I made a half recipe and only added 1 head of garlic, but I think that the garlicy flavor still shines through quite well. This is not a condiment for the faint-of-heart! It is spicy stuff. It also works well as a spice- BF added some to some homemade salsa, and it added great flavor and lots of heat. I'm glad I have a whole jar of this in the fridge- its got great flavor and I'll be using it often when I want something with a kick!
Oh boy! I just love this. It has all my favourite things in it. (And threatens to help me put on more pounds I don't need eating malawah and pita. Oh, I'm in trouble.)
woah nelly this is hot! just what i was looking for to top off my falaffel with tahini sauce. i was only able to buy 6 oz of serranos, red and green, and i used 2 heads of garlic, halved the other ingredients. this brought back memories of my youth, and is a keeper!
This is such a fresh, spicy, different kind of condiment... I love it! So easy to make, just dump it in the food processor. I halved the recipe and only put in 2 heads of garlic because I was afraid of so much raw garlic. Hey, if you're a raw garlic fan, I say go for the full amount. I put some in my home-made tomato soup and we used a bit on fahitas. Can't wait to try it on other dishes! Maybe I'll add it to the pan when I fry fish. Mmmmm!


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Released: Jun 25th, 2008
Running Time: 99 Min.
Director: Brad Armstrong
Company: Wicked Pictures
DVD Extras: Alternate Languages, Behind the Scenes, Bonus Scenes, Dolby Digital, Music Video(s), Still Gallery(ies), Trailer(s)
Cast: Justice Young, Niko (I), Eric Masterson, Jennifer Dark, Lexxi Tyler, Stephanie Swift, Michelle Avanti, Lichelle Marie, Michelle McLaren, Brad Armstrong, Nick Manning, Alektra Blue, Victoria Sin, Kirsten Price
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
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Take a walk on the wild side with award winning director Brad Armstrong as he takes us on a musical and sexual odyssey.
Kirsten Price is your hostess as a superb blend of sex and harmony fill the screen with the sights and sounds of both orgasm and crescendo.
From heavy metal to jazz, hip hop to rap.
Mostly wordless vignettes about different kinds of rock bands. Kirsten Price, Alektra Blue and Lexxi Tyler are a girl rock trio who get into each other with band accessories and strap-ons. Longhaired guitarist Brad Armstrong fronts a goth-rock band and has sex with two members, Stephanie Swift and Michelle Avanti — anal on the latter.
Kirsten, Lichelle Marie, Eric Masterson and Justice Young are a pop rock quartet who sing "yeah yeah yeah" a lot, then pair off for sex.
The only scene with much heat is with Jennifer Dark, that potty-mouthed Czech import, who brings her usual intensity, plus anal expertise, to a tryst with record producer Niko. The rest of the movie is nicely photographed but not real hot.
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Is Noah's Ark still in business? Can you just stop and eat there?
They just demolished the site within the past year. Was sad to see it go. Within the past month on I-70 as you approach the eastbound bridge, an old billboard has been exposed showing part of an old advertisement for the Best Western that I think was part of the ark complex. It brough back memories.
I wish I could help on the Dogs & Suds but I'm sorry to say I can't. I'm sure someone will have some information.
Believe it or not, there is actually a Dog-N-Suds still open in Cherokee Pass, Missouri (South of Fredricktown). About 90 miles south of St. Louis on US-67. A little town of about 200 people. Same great food, service, and of course, root beer. I have family in NE Arkansas and this is always a stop when driving through.
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The Peacock Brothers saga needs closure, dammit.
The stand-alones were top-notch. These days I'm reminded of those interminable alien-hunting detours, sadly, by the "explanatory" flounderings on Lost.
I think Song of the South should be released on DVD, but not marketed as a film for children, but for its historical importance, and it should include documentaries/debates from historians of both film and race.
Warner Brothers is going to do something similar with the racist cartoons from their past.
Flukeman was awesomely gross, but the El Chupacabra episode was the best - combining actual Mexican folk legend, freaky space rain, and familial horror. More burning pee from the sky that makes mold that turns you into an alien-looking dude!
The alien episodes were around from the beginning, with several in the first season, but the strength of the show was always the stand-alone episodes.
For a brief glorious time in about the fourth season, I actually thought they could make a connection between the main arc and the other episodes, but instead the show jumped the shark big time as it became clear Chris Carter was making it up as he went along.
The best episode of all, though, was "Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'". Alex Trebek as a man in black!
@5: The alien episodes were there in the first season, but the through-line alien conspiracy storyline was not.
My favorite X Files episode had Peter Boyle in "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose".
Guess my mom was way ahead of you. I had never even heard of such a movie, and I am kinda glad I didn't. I did hear Zipity do dah a few times on the Disney Channel though when I was really little but never knew where it came from.
Yes, the stand-alone episodes were the best and the old fans will love a movie with a supernatural "monster of the week" mystery. It doesn't have to be about aliens. If they bring some humor into it, like Bad Blood (the vampire episode), Jose Chung, Clyde Bruckman, Small Potatoes, etc, then it'll be golden. I'd like to see Morgan/Wong on the writing credits, thanks.
My grandparents had a VCR cassette of Song of the South. Could never get that song out of my head. Also, I have a Disney CD with the song on it.
Still listen to it for my childhood nostalgia.
(try to disprove it)
I know I saw it as a kid, probably on TV's "Wide World of Disney" sometime in the early 70s. But the racial subtext didn't leave much impression in my northern home, where the holy trinity --according to my mother -- was Louis Armstrong, Martin Luther King, and Muhammad Ali.
That (banned for several years from re-runs) episode with the in-breeding family is still more frightening than some of the horror films released to theatres today...
I actually still have the "Song of the South" album along with many other Disney albums. I got them all in 78 when i was 4. oh the memories
I fully agree with the stand-aloners: some of those episodes were the best written and wryest in humore. The Jose Chung episode (better known as the Frickin' Aliens) is still one of the dryest comedy episodes of any show. Also, Jesse Ventura as a MIB is great. And Alex Trebeck. I'd take it over their first movie any day.
And the Peacock's episode (Home) is still banned from daytime showings, they can only show it after 9 and then only with a viewer's discretion warning 24 hours in advance. America's not keen on rampant incest, I guess.
As racist as my grandparents were I'm surprised I've never see Song/South but like everyone else I do remember Zippity Do Da... but more from Blazing Saddles than anything else.
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Grand Avenue Baptist Church, 904 N. Grand St., will have a "Garage Free" from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Items offered are quality garage-sale items that are free to anyone who needs them. Donations are appreciated but not required. All that is asked is that people take only items they need or can use. Information: (806) 383-7388.
The Light of Hope for Abused and Neglected Children, support organization benefiting Amarillo Area Court Appointed Special Advocates, will kick off its membership drive July 26 with a Mothers and Daughters Membership Tea at the home of Pattilou Dawkins. The tea will feature a variety of teas and pastries, and membership renewal and new member sign-ups will be available. The Light of Hope auxiliary promotes a better quality of life for abused and neglected children in the Amarillo area through the efforts of CASA. Funds raised through membership and special events benefit training and special services. Information: Rita Bryant, (806) 352-7425.
Trinity Fellowship will host the "Legacy Ladies Banquet" at 6:30 p.m. July 26 as a fundraiser for the Downtown Women's Center at Trinity's North Ministry Center, 5000 Hollywood Road. Dinner and entertainment are free, with an opportunity to make a contribution to benefit the DWC. The event is open to any woman age 50 and older. (806) 355-8955 to RSVP.
Amarillo Women's Network will present a variety of speakers and business tips at its monthly luncheon at 11:45 a.m. July 27. Each speaker will offer a short discussion on various business topics and will rotate to each table during the luncheon to present their topic and encourage networking among the participants. The meeting will be in the Sunburst Room of the Amarillo Club, 600 S. Tyler St. Cost is $11 and reservations are requested by Tuesday to Loretta Williams, (806) 374-5058.
The last day of Camp Fire USA - Panhandle Plains Council's food drive, created and presented by the children in its summer program, will be 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday at Ridgecrest Elementary School, 5306 W. 37th Ave.
The kids in the A Gift of Giving community service program chose to do a food bank to better the community. The drive benefits the High Plains Food Bank. Anyone wishing to contribute food can come by Ridgecrest Elementary at the hours above. Information: Terra Ellerbrook. (806) 373-7922 ext. 202.
Komen for the Cure in Amarillo will be host to the 11th Annual BMW Ultimate Drive from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 3 at BMW Autoplex, 4700 Canyon Drive. BMW donates $1 for every mile driven by participants to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a nationwide program designed to raise money for breast cancer research. For reservations, call 1-877-4-A-Drive.
Party Stop is sponsoring a "Guitar Giveaway" of an autographed electric guitar with proceeds to benefit Amarillo SPCA.
The guitar, signed by Motley Crue lead singer Vince Neil, is currently on display at the Party Stop near Tascosa Road and West Amarillo Boulevard. Tickets are $1 each or six for $5. The tickets will be sold at all Party Stop locations: 33rd Avenue and Bell Street; 45th Avenue and Coulter Street; and 45th Avenue and Western Street. The drawing will be Sept. 27.
All proceeds will go to the ASPCA to help with the cost of running the new shelter on South Coulter Street and to find good homes for homeless dogs and cats.
The 2007 Panhandle Walk to Cure Diabetes will be at 10 a.m. Sept. 8 in Thompson Park, rain or shine. Check-in for the 5K fundraising walk will be at the starting area, Picnic Area 17, beginning at 9 a.m. Information: (806) 356-6042 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
BritKare Home Medical will conduct a food drive to benefit the High Plains Food Bank from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the United Supermarket parking lot, 45th Avenue and Bell Street. For a contribution of three cans of food or $4, donors will receive a hamburger, chips and a soft drink.
The Olin E. Teague Chapter 553 of the Military Order of the Purple Heart is raising funds to erect a monument at the Panhandle War Memorial to honor Purple Heart recipients. Local businesses and others can take part in this effort, and the group seeks Purple Heart recipients to join the organization. Information: (806) 358-8465 or (806) 341-2150.
The Texas Cooperative Extension Office in Randall County is collecting 100 percent cotton knit fabric that will be made into caps for children and adult cancer patients. The Extension Office, 200 N. Brown Road in Canyon, is open 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Texas Extension Education Association members will host a sewing session at 12:30 p.m. Aug. 27. To help, call (806) 468-5543. Sewing skills aren't needed.
The Panhandle Down Syndrome Guild is planning its sixth annual Buddy Walk for Oct. 6 at Sam Houston Park and is seeking sponsors to help the Guild reach its goal of more than 1,000 participants. Last year, more than 925 people took part. The Guild would like to have sponsors reply by Aug. 15. Information: (806) 382-2326; (806) 670-1568; (806) 468-6277 or e-mail email@example.com.
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New York Times Called Out for Saying Michael Brown Was 'No Angel'
"He had taken to rapping in recent months."
The New York Times has come under fire for calling Michael Brown, the unarmed teenager who was killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 9, "no angel." The evidence for this diagnosis? Brown once got into a scuffle with a neighbor, had taken to writing "vulgar" rap lyrics, and "dabbled in drugs and alcohol." Does this make Maureen Dowd no angel, too?


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The owners of Dharma feel an obligation to help those less fortunate. Life is unfair. Some have much, others little. We believe in "Social Entrepreneurship", which for us means "helping others help themselves". We also like the idea of giving children a fair chance at a full life. The projects below are what we have been and are doing along those lines. It is the efforts of the Staff at Dharma and the support of our customers that makes these projects possible.
Surgeries With New Heart/Lung Machine Are Now Underway
Monday August 31st, the first children's heart surgery case using the donated heart-lung machine was done in the first public cardiac surgery unit of Bolivia. The child is extubated and recovering well.
This has been a difficult and challenging, but fruitful, collaboration between Solidarity Bridge, the Children's Hospital of Santa Cruz, the State Government of Santa Cruz, the Belga Hospital, Lurie Children's Hospital, Medtronic, the many professionals from the Incor Hospital in Santa Cruz and the generosity of Isaac and Renee Goff and Dharma Trading Co.. This is who we are at our best and this effort is one of the deepest expressions of solidarity in which we have engaged. When first proposed, some years ago, that we create this partnership with the Children's Hospital of Santa Cruz, it appeared quite unlikely to many that we would succeed. The public hospitals had tried to create cardiac surgery units for adults (easier than children) resulting in failure after failure because of the death of patients.
Why is this effort succeeding? There are many reasons, but these are key.
Timing - it's all about timing - which in this case is now.
The Hospital needed Solidarity Bridge to be catalytic with the right partners and provide the basics in terms of equipment/supplies/instruments.
Isaac and Renee Goff agreed to donate the Heart/Lung machine and provide the ongoing financing.
The collaboration that is referenced above.
There may be future setbacks, but I believe this milestone bodes very well for the future. The service is now operating one child a week. As they continue to grow in capacity, we hope that number will increase. We look forward to hundreds of young lives being saved and for the fruitful and healthy lives these children will lead.
Donated Heart/Lung machine finally arrives
Last year Dharma purchased a Heart/Lung machine for donation to the Children's Open Heart Surgery program we are helping to establish at the public hospital in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The machine has been stuck in customs all these months but has finally been released.
This machine will help us reach the goal of performing as many as 50 surgeries each year which translates into 50 little lives saved or improved.
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Year 3 papers in Early Childhood Teaching (60 credits)
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I've installed wordpress on my blog (http://honeybeemanor.com), and I would like to blog about my dreams, BUT I don't want it to be displayed on my main page. I want the average user to read my regular blogs and then click the dream category to the left if they wish to.
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Here is the latest cool comic book moment in our year-long look at one cool comic book moment a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here's the archive of the moments posted so far!
Today we continue our look at what is most likely the greatest Daredevil story ever told, Born Again, by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli. It might last longer than a week, as there are a lot of cool moments, and they just keep coming with greater frequency as the series continues its slow build towards the ending.
The problem with doing Born Again by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli is that there are certain moments that I think you "have" to mention, but at the same time, they're only, like, one page deals, so I almost feel bad to take up a whole installment just for what essentially amounts to a couple of really cool lines. But you know what? Those lines are just so darn cool that I have to do it.
At the end of Daredevil #229, there is a series of vignettes where we catch up on all of our characters.
We see that Foggy Nelson and Glorianna O'Breen are, amusingly enough, actually seeming to enjoy life MORE now that Matt Murdock is out of their lives. That's a particularly cruel bit that Miller does – a sort of reverse "It's a Wonderful Life," where Foggy becomes a lot happier when he is without his partner, who does seem to bring down a whole lot of crap down on Foggy (see the latest issue of Ed Brubaker's Daredevil for an examination of this same theme).
Matt Murdock is trying to reconnect to his boyhood memories – first by trying to visit the home he grew up at and next by going to the gym that his father worked out at (his dad was a boxer, in case you didn't know). This ends with Matt being revisited again by the mysterious nun who helped him at the beginning of this issue (in a beautiful sequence by Mazzucchelli and Miller that I just don't have space to feature – that's how good this storyline is – there are really great bits that just can't make the cut).
Ben Urich is investigating Matt Murdock's frame job with the main witness against Matt, an "honest" cop. In a striking sequence, the Kingpin sends someone to put a crimp in Urich's investigation.
Finally, Karen Page has taken up with a crazy crook because she figures he will at least protect her from Kingpin's goons, who are out to kill her because she is a connection to them (for selling Matt's secret identity). She is just totally zoned out, as all she cares about now is doing whatever it takes to get to New York, where Matt will "save her."
Okay, so Miller and Mazzucchelli give us an update on all the characters, and then, for the first time since Kingpin said to himself "There is no corpse" last issue, we see Kingpin. It's beautifully paced by Miller – we can tell that the Kingpin has been thinking this to himself constantly since we last saw him. "There is no corpse."
And Miller possibly tops himself with his great "There is no corpse" line from last issue with today's "And I — I have shown him…that a man without hope is a man without fear."
You'd think the Kingpin would try some sit-ups to go with bench-pressing a big-block engine.
that line right there a man with out hope is a man without fear proves why born again should be considered one of the best daredevil stories for the kingpin figuring out that all he did was make daredevil have to up his game and that sooner or later daredevil will turn the tables is the moment that makes the story stand out. even if frank miller could have had the kingpin wearing some sweats
The more I read about this story, the more I dislike Karen Page's function in it.
So many characters, all with their own voice.
"The more I read about this story, the more I dislike Karen Page's function in it."
Yeah, that is the one thing about the arc I am not crazy about. I was not a big DD reader at the time, so I didn't have a huge emotional connection to Karen, but it does seem a bit out of character for her and it seems to me she was put in that situation to shock us and to betray Matt, which doesn't ring true to me.
Maybe someone who is more familiar with Karen's character pre-Born Again could weigh in?
It's Miller, after all, so there's always something a little off with his portrayal of women. But I think Karen's role in "Born Again" is important and necessary. It's a story about redemption and new beginnings, after all.
I am not sure, but it seems like this might be the first use of differently styled letterboxes to indicate different internal voices style. Miller does a good job keeping the voices distinct anyway, but it really was an innovative and influential technique. Maybe Brian could do an Urban Legend on the use of that technique, since it would good to know who to credit.
On the actual pages seen here, I love the body language of the Nurse-Enforcer as she stems up. You can really see her arms pumping like a steam engine just from the one panel. It is just great character work by Mazzucelli. As with the internal voices, everybody is kept clear and distinct. Look at Murdoch in the first panel at the gym. The way that he stands in front of the punching bag mirrors DDs pre-fight posture in other parts of the arc. It reminds the reader that they are the same guy.
It hammers home the point Miller is making in the whole thing that unlike many superheroes Matt Murdoch and Daredevil are the same guy. He fought as a kid. He fights as a lawyer. He fights as a vigilante. He fights when he is winning and fights when he is losing. Take away everything from him and that is all there is left.
Karen Page – the original "woman in the refrigerator."
It is so very weird to go back and read the old Lee/Everett and Lee/Colan issues and try to imagine her going from being so sweet, innocent and smart to to the heroin-addicted porn star Miller gave us. She hooked up with Johnny Blaze in the first Ghost Rider series and even then was portrayed a lot more like Mary Jane Watson later was when she was acting in soap operas.
That is still the one single part of "Born Again" that I never liked, although, like pretty much everybody else, I think it is the single best Daredevil storyline ever. Miller was telling a film noir story with super-heroes, and in noir stories, that's the way a lot of female characters are. At least, she, like Matt – spoiler alert – eventually found some happiness at the end of the story.
I just loved Foggy and Glorianna coming together. They seemed made for each other. Pity Ann Nocenti made them split later.
I just hated when a further writer Glorianna out of the series by means on one of the most gratuitous killings ever in a comic (and it didn't even make a good story!).
Mazzuchelli is one of the greatest DD artists ever… possibly the greatest!
If you're mentioning small moments that probably wouldn't take the whole feature, let's start with the splash panels from the first three parts which illustrate Matt's descent in a simple yet brilliant way.
Agreed on Mazzuchelli's art. He does make Matt and DD look like the same man even when not in costume. Everything that Ben Urich goes through from here on is just downright nasty. I don't think any other artist could have portrayed it as such, not even Miller himself.
These final lines regarding hope and fear equal Lee's reflections on great power and responsibility. Brilliant work!
Mazzucchelli is a spectacular artist… I'm hoping for some John Totleben moments down the line, another favorite.
"And I… I have shown him that a man without hope is a man without fear."
Second best line Miller ever wrote.
Alan Moore did a great riff on the "Karen Page as junkie" thing in his run on Supreme where Supreme meets grim and gritty 80's characters who are addicts and emotional wastoids…
Isn't the nun DD's mother?
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From Bon Appétit, August 2009 (by Maria Helm Sinskey). Halloumi is a pleasantly salty Greek cheese that grills well. Posted for ZWT6.
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- 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped of fresh mint
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1⁄2 lb halloumi cheese
- 16 mini pita pockets (white or whole wheat)
- 2 ripe medium tomatoes, cored, halved, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
- sea salt
- Whisk 1 teaspoon oil, mint, cumin, and pinch of freshly ground black pepper in medium bowl to blend.
- Add cheese slices; toss to coat. Marinate at room temperature at least 30 minutes and up to 2 hours. DO AHEAD: Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover; chill.
- Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat).
- Grill pitas until warm and grill marks appear, about 1 minute per side.Transfer to serving plate.
- Grill cheese until grill marks appear and cheese begins to melt, about 1 minute per side. Stack each warm pita with slice of tomato and cheese. Drizzle with oil and sprinkle tomatoes lightly with sea salt.
- NOTE: * Halloumi cheese is available at some supermarkets and at specialty foods stores, natural foods stores, and Greek markets.
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These were absolutely DELICIOUS ! Made recipe with no changes, except added a little more tomato. This is a definate repeat recipe here , so simple and tasty. Made for your win in Football Pool.
Yum! I couldn't find any mini pita pockets, so I just made some smaller ones from Pita Bread -- Using the Master Recipe #309834 to use instead. I mistakenly added some chopped garlic to the oil mixture because I found myself reading two recipes at once (totally different recipes that just happened to be on the counter together, and the first couple of ingredients were pretty similar, so I ended up adding the garlic to this from the other recipe before I caught myself, lol). I actually really enjoyed the garlic in it, so my screw-up worked out quite well, lol! I don't have a real grill, but my ridged grill pan on the stovetop worked like a charm. This would be a perfect light summer lunch with a big glass of iced tea and some fresh fruit to round it out. I would definitely make this again, thanks for posting :)! Made by a fellow Queen of Quisine for ZWT6 Greece