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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Strawberry Santa Hats on Ganache-Frosted Chocolate Cake
It's that time of year again! Time to make Strawberry Santa Hats! These are the same basic concept as last year's version, but this year I made a chocolate brownie cake instead of a coconut milk cake.
This is actually not too much work, but there is a lot of waiting around for things to cool down.
This is no low-fat dessert. If all the fat scares you, you can always use another chocolate cake recipe and make the chocolate ganache with all oat/almond milk instead of coconut milk.
OK - here we go!
Stage 1 - Bake the cake
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup coconut milk (at room temperature)
1/2 cup milk (I used oat milk, soy or almond would work too)
1/4 cup oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
1- Preheat the oven at 350 degrees and spray an 8x8 baking dish with cooking spray.
2- In a medium sized mixing bowl whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, and chocolate chips.
3- In a measuring jar or small mixing bowl whisk together the coconut milk, milk, oil, and vanilla extract.
4- Pour the liquids on top of the flour mix and gently stir (without overmixing!) until everything is thoroughly combined.
5- Pour the brownie cake batter into the prepared baking dish and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Mine took 30 minutes, but the toothpick didn't come out 100% clean because I like mine a little on the fudgy side.
The cake needs to be at room temperature before you spread the chocolate ganache on top. I didn't bother transferring it to a cooling rack, I hardly ever do, so it's OK to leave in the baking dish until it's ready to be frosted.
Stage 2 - Make the ganache
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup coconut milk
1/4 cup milk (I used oat milk)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1- Place the chocolate chips in a medium sized mixing bowl.
2- In a glass measuring jar or mixing bowl, whisk together the coconut milk and the oat milk. Feel free to replace the oat milk with more coconut milk.
3- Microwave the milk mix for about one minute or just until it starts to boil.
4- Quickly stir in the vanilla.
5- Immediately pour the milk over the chocolate chips and whisk vigorously until the chocolate melts and becomes a smooth cream.
Does yours not look smooth? Nuke it into submission for 15 seconds and whisk it again until it surrenders!
6- Take the ganache to the fridge and let it get nice and firm for about an hour.
After you so patiently waited a whole hour, the ganache should be firm and it should look like this:
Stage 3 - Frost the cake
1- Transfer the cake to a large plate or platter or tray. A rimless cookie sheet would be even more convenient.
2- Whisk the cold ganache until it's smooth and pour it on top of the cake. Use a spatula or flat knife to spread it evenly.
Take the frosted cake to the fridge and let the ganache set for another hour (I know!)
The hour will fly by while you wash and stem the strawberries, and while you make the buttercream frosting. If you are going to cut the cake into nine squares then you will need nine strawberries, if you're cutting into 16 little squares then you will need 12 small strawberries.
Stage 4 - Wash and stem the strawberries and pat them dry with a paper towel, especially the bottoms.
Stage 5 - Make the buttercream frosting
1/4 cup margarine (I used soy-free Earth Balance)
1/4 cup powdered sugar (use more if you like it sweeter)
2 tbsp coconut milk
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1- In a medium sized bowl, cream the margarine and the powdered sugar for about one minute.
2- Add the coconut milk and vanilla extract and keep mixing for another minute or until soft and fluffy. Keep it in the fridge until you're ready to use it. It should look like this:
Sorry! Wrong soft and fluffy! Let's try that again:
Stage 6 - Assemble the Santa hats!
1- Remove the frosted cake from the fridge and cut it into nine squares. If you're making mini squares then go ahead and cut it into 16 squares. A long serrated knife works best for this job. You can trim the sides of the cake first if you want to make all the sides of all the squares be perfectly straight.
2- Transfer the buttercream frosting to a piping bag with a medium sized open-star decorating tip. Pipe a spiral of frosting in the middle of each square. The circumference of the spiral should be a little bigger than the bottom of a strawberry. Just eyeball it.
3- Place the strawberries, bottoms down, in the middle of each spiral and gently press the strawberries down.
4- Using the same decorating bag and tip, pipe the buttercream "pom poms" on top of each strawberry hat.
Transfer the finished squares to a serving plate and keep them refrigerated. This cake is best when eaten at room temperature. I hate cold cake, don't you? They get hard and dry. It's best to take it out of the fridge and let it come to room temperature about 30 minutes before you plan to eat it. Or even better, I like to eat the strawberry and the cream first, and then microwave the rest for15 seconds so the cake gets fudgy and the frosting gets ooey gooey. That's the best way! Unless you like cold cake. Then have it your way. Weirdo! :P
Next week I'm doing a whole post about how to make catnip cat toys! *meow*
33 comments :
I loved these last year, and making chocolatey, fudgey, ganachey brownie versions just makes me love them even more!
You have made me sriously hungry with this post ~ I really wish I had one of those right now (for breakfast!).
I have never made ganache, which is crazy as it always looks so good! *Must make ganache, stat!*
Looking forwards to your catnip kitty toy post :)Liz - Fa la la la la la la la YUM! :-D
Jessy - Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy the step by steps! It's a lot of work to put together and it's nice to hear when someone likes it! :-)
Tara - I am probably more kooky than crafty! ;-)
Joanie - YAY! I hope everyone at the party likes them! They are probably my favorite thing I ever made for Wing-It (that and the strawberry love bugs!)
Lisa - YAY indeed! My two favorite things combined = chocolate + strawberries!
Katie - Thank you so much! I am sure there are some hard core French chefs despairing at my microwave ganache shenanigans, but c'est la vie! :-D
Becks - It's Festivus month! If we don't have this kind of stuff for breakfast, then when?! Right? I agree, you must make ganache! It's so rich and chocolatey! *mmmm ganache* :-)
Sal - Thank you! I hate to say it myself but it really was fudgy and yummy! :-P
Jes - Hear, hear! This is the time to indulge in fatty and sugary goodness! Blame it all on that creepy old guy in a mothball smelling suit! :-P
Ricki - Meow! I think I'll take the furry fluffy over the other fluffy any day! :-)Shelby - Thanks! I didn't do anything special to the ganache, but nuking it for 15 seconds after pouring the milk on the chips and stirring seemed to make it extra smooth!
Jenny Lee - I did some research for you and found that Celine has a recipe for gluten free brownies here. I haven't tried it myself but Celine rocks, so it should be awesome! Also, I think Trader Joe's sells a gluten free brownie mix which might be worth a shot!
Michal - Thank you! Dainty and elegant! You just made my santa hats blush! :-D
Natalie - Thank you! The ganache was actually the easiest and quickest part of this!
Diann - Aww, you remember my santa hats! Now both the santa hats and I are blushing! :-)
Swee San - You're very welcome! This really is pretty easy and simple... if only we didn't have to wait all that time for things to cool!
Melisser - I want that orange fluffy too!! Isn't his/her little face the sweetest ever? *LOVE*
Denny - You may indeed drink the ganache! Even better - let's forget the cake and the buttercream and just dip fresh strawberries in the hot, melted chocolate! Mwahahahaha! *evil face* :-DMike - Thank you! The shelter never replied to my email, so I didn't get a chance to bake the treats. We are going to deliver the cat toys today so I'll ask them in person while we're there. I did make a batch for my mother in law's pup and he loved them! :-)
Jenn - I love that laundry kitteh too! Funny Furry Feline! I spend way too much time on LOLcats! :-D
Mo - I am no ganache expert! The extra 15 seconds in the microwave took care of the smoothness for me. All I had to do was stir it good!Oh nom, nom, nom! I loved making and eating Santa Hats last year! With your coconut cake base. This looks very naughty with the chocolate. ;)
I was going to make Santa Hats along with so many other yummy festive baked lovelies (including those adorable reindeer cupcake) this yea but I got sick and so have baked nothing! Woes.- Gauri Radha गौरी राधाFebruary 17, 2011 at 11:55 PM
Wow your cake looks extremely delicious :-)


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Hearing loss is being partly or totally unable to hear sound in one or both ears.
Decreased hearing; Deafness; Loss of hearing; Conductive hearing loss; Sensorineural hearing loss; Presbycusis
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Baloh RW, Jen J. Hearing and equilibrium. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 430.
Hildebrand MS, Husein M, Smith RJH. Genetic sensorineural hearing loss. In: Cummings CW, Flint PW, Haughey BH, et al, eds. Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby Elsevier; 2010:chap 147.
Arts HA. Sensorineural hearing loss in adults. In: Cummings CW, Flint PW, Haughey BH, et al, eds. Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby Elsevier; 2010:chap 149.
Lonsbury-Martin BL, Martin GK. Noise-induced hearing loss. In: Cummings CW, Flint PW, Haughey BH, et al, eds. Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby Elsevier; 2010:chap 151.
Bauer CA, Jenkins HA. Otologic symptoms and syndromes. In: Cummings CW, Flint PW, Haughey BH, et al, eds. Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby Elsevier; 2010:chap 156.
El Dib RP, Matthew JL, Martins RHG. Interventions to promote the wearing of hearing protection. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012;4:CD005234. DOI: 10.1002/14651858. CD005234.pub5.
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Downing's arm helps in two ways for Hays Sr. Legion
By CONOR NICHOLL
In two different ways, Hays Senior Legion's Layne Downing's arm helped carry the Eagles to a pair of victories on Friday at Larks Park of the first day of the Wild West Fest tournament in Hays. In Game 1, Downing threw a no-hitter in a 11-0 victory against Junction City that was called after four innings because of the run rule. It marked Downing's second no-hitter of the year; he had thrown one this spring for Hays High School against Liberal.
"We just want our guys to challenge hitters, and with the wood bat, and especially with the wind today, balls weren't going to travel very far," coach Brad Kelly said. "It's just locating fastball. It's just getting ahead of hitters, and then once you get a strike or two on them, you can do a lot of things. You can go hard, or you can try and throw offspeed at them. Layne did a good job of basically attacking hitters first pitch of the at-bat."
In the second contest, Downing, solid at third base all year, made five assists and a putout, including several nice plays. Hays defeated the Colorado Bandits, 9-4, and made just one error to the Bandits' six. Marcus Altman threw a complete game victory for the win. Hays moved to 17-11 and has won six in a row.
"If we don't make those errors, we have a different ball game," Bandits coach Scott Bland said. "You can't make five or six errors and expect to win a ballgame. Errors have hurt us (this year). Hitting the ball is what has really hurt us. We don't hit the ball well."
The Eagles knew little about most of the teams before the tournament, but had a good grasp of Junction City before Friday. On May 10, Junction City and Hays High split a doubleheader. Junction City won the first game, 1-0, behind a shutout from Tate Zimmerman. Before Friday's game, Hays knew Zimmerman was going to pitch again. This time, Zimmerman worked just three innings and allowed three runs (one earned) on five hits. Hays tallied two runs in the first, one in the third and eight in the fourth. Hayden Hutchison finished 3 of 3 with two doubles, two RBIs and three runs scored. Downing struck out seven. The only batter that reached base came on the first batter of the game when catcher Jake Sedbrook made an error after a strikeout.
"It was pretty laid back," Downing said. "They weren't real great hitters, but our defense was making plays when we needed to."
Downing had thrown several one-hitters last summer before he worked the no-hitter in a 9-0 win against Liberal on May 7. Downing threw 57 pitches, 27 in the first inning. He used a four-seam fastball effectvely. The right-hander moved to 3-2 with a 1.94 earned-run average in 39.2 innings. He is tied for the team lead in victories and paces the squadd in innings pitched, strikeouts (32), appearances (nine) and starts (six).
"My cutter wasn't really locating very well, but my fastball was working in and out good," Downing said.
In the second game, Downing, Hutchison and Clayton Basgall again played well in the infield. The trio has played together for many years dating back to the Hays Indians, a strong team that won a K-18 championship. When they were younger, Downing played second, Basgall was at shortstop and Hutchison played third. When they entered high school, the coaches did some shifting. Now, Basgall mainly plays second, Hutchison at short and Downing at third. Downing has well thrown well from the three-quarters slot -- a throw he developed at shortstop - and over the top. Downing has five errors and 56 assists this year. He had six errors and 42 putouts in high school.
"Natural," he said. "I have always had kind of a strong arm, but I think since high school started, throwing a lot of long toss has really helped it out that much more. ... The improvement is amazing to see."
"Good third baseman," Bland added. "Plays very well."
Altman (3-1) worked a complete game with just one strikeout against three walks. He coaxed 14 infield outs, including a double play. Hays scored three runs in the first, two in the second and four in the fifth. John Griffith delivered a key hit with a bases loaded, two-out opposite field double to left-center in the first.
"Marcus has all the tools to be a really good baseball player," Kelly said. "How he develops is going to be kind of up to him. The work that he puts in, just not during the season, but even in the offseason. He is young enough where he still has three years left to play, and his potential is really high. I know we are going to continue to work with him. I know the coaches at the high school are going to continue to work with him. We hope to see improvement every single year."
In the third inning, Hutchison made a nice play when he dove in the hole and threw to Downing at third for an out. Downing displayed a nice arm on a ground ball on the final out of the fourth. He ended the sixth on a ground ball and the seventh on a play where he fell down and made the out from deep in the corner.
"I really don't know what happened," Downing said. "I knew I was on my knee and I was like, 'Why not?' One run scores. We still have got four more. There's a chance for an out, why not go for it?"
One of the tournament rules is teams can bat 10 with a designated hitter and an extra hitter. However, Kelly decided to just use nine, but the Bandits batted 10. Kelly used Griffith as the DH for right fielder Brady Bieker. The top four hitters in Hays lineup are Basgall (.441 average), center fielder Dan Bittel (.346), Hutchison (.567) and first baseman Chandler Rule (.326), who are also the team's top four hitters in batting average.
"For one, my stat program goes nine," Kelly said with a laugh. "It's easier for me to keep stats that way. I can't throw an EH in there. I like DHing for guys and especially playing high school rules, you can DH for anybody in the lineup. Personally, I like getting back to the top of our order as quick as we possibly can. Hitting nine makes sense for us."


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Colostomy is a surgical procedure that brings one end of the large intestine out through an opening (stoma) made in the abdominal wall. Stools moving through the intestine drain through the stoma into a bag attached to the abdomen.
The procedure is usually done after:
The colostomy may be short-term or permanent.
Colostomy is done while you are under general anesthesia (asleep and pain-free). It may be done either with a large surgical cut in the abdomen or with a small camera and several small cuts (laparoscopy).
The type of approach used depends on what other procedure needs to be done. The surgical cut is usually made in the middle of the abdomen. The bowel resection or repair is done as needed.
For the colostomy, one end of the healthy colon is brought out through an opening made in the abdomen wall, usually on the left side. The edges of bowel are stitched to the skin of opening. This opening is called a stoma. A bag called a stoma appliance is placed around the opening to allow stool to drain.
Your colostomy may be short-term. If you have surgery on part of your large intestine, a colostomy allows the other part of your intestine to rest while you recover. Once your body has fully recovered from the first surgery, you will have another surgery to reattach the ends of the large intestine. This is usually done after 12 weeks.
Intestinal opening, stoma formation
Reasons a colostomy is done include:
A colostomy is temporary or permanent depending on the disease or injury. In most instances, colostomies can be reversed.
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You will be in the hospital for 3 to 7 days. You may have to stay longer if your colostomy was done as an emergency procedure.
You will be allowed to slowly go back to your normal diet:
The same day as your surgery, you may be able to suck on ice chips to ease your thirst.
By the next day, you will probably be allowed to drink clear liquids.
Thicker fluids and then soft foods will be added as your bowels begin to work again. You may be eating normally within 2 days after surgery.
The colostomy drains stool (feces) from the colon into the colostomy bag. Colostomy stool is often softer and more liquid than stool that is passed normally. The texture of stool depends on which part of the intestine was used to form the colostomy.
Before you are released from the hospital, an ostomy nurse will teach you about diet and how to care for your colostomy.
Fry RD, Mahmoud N, Maron DJ, Bleier JIS. Colon and rectum. In: Townsend CM, Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL, eds. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 52.
Cima RR, Pemberton JH. Ileostomy, colostomy, and pouches. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2010:chap 113.
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11 Recipes for Homemade Jam and Jam-Filled Eats
Whether you want to use fresh produce to make a sweet, homemade jam or just want to enjoy a store-bought jam in a fabulous dish, we've got plenty of recipes for you to try. So get jammin'!
Before you start making jam, learn how to properly water-bath can butter, jam, and chutney.
Fresh Fruit Jam
Nothing beats the taste of fresh fruit jam. And when you make it yourself, you can control the amount of sugar used.
Recipe: Fresh Fruit Jam
Pear Jam with Green Cardamom
To vary the pear jam here, add a split vanilla bean or a cinnamon stick in place of the cardamom.
Recipe: Pear Jam with Green Cardamom
Mixed-Berry Jam
Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries are all combined in this sweet jam perfect for sweet scones or whole-wheat toast.
Recipe: Mixed-Berry Jam
Smoky Roasted Cherry Jam
This is not a sweet jam to eat on your peanut butter sandwich; it's a smoky, roasted cherry jam that goes well with savory foods like cheese, grilled pork tenderloin, or roasted chicken. Try it on a grilled cheese sandwich with extra-sharp Cheddar or fontina cheese.
Recipe: Smoky Roasted Cherry Jam
Raspberry Jam
Before the advent of refrigeration, home cooks made big batches of jam so their fruit would last longer. That meant "processing," the time-consuming method of heating food in jars to kill the microorganisms that cause spoilage. Thankfully, times have changed: Our easy cheat relies on a regular skillet and much less sugar and it comes together in a jiffy. Store in the fridge; it will keep up to 3 weeks.
Recipe: Raspberry Jam
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Turkey Meatloaf with Spicy Tomato Jam
This classic comfort food is redone here using ground turkey instead of ground beef, which lowers the fat content of the dish considerably. The spicy tomato jam that tops the finished meatloaf puts a sophisticated twist on this traditional meal.
Recipe: Turkey Meatloaf with Spicy Tomato Jam
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Grilled Ham and Cheese with Strawberry-Red-Wine Jam
The secret to Chris Kronner's delectable sandwiches is the jam spiked with Pinot Noir. Kronner got the idea when he was helping Elisabeth Prueitt test jam recipes while they drank wine.
Recipe: Grilled Ham and Cheese with Strawberry-Red-Wine Jam
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Jam Sandwich Cookies
These jam-filled delights capture summer's sweet flavors between buttery sugar cookies. Add fresh rosemary to give the cookies some bite.
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Caramel-Iced Blackberry Jam Cake
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North Evo Shoot 2013 - Update I
We have been quite busy here in New Caledonia. Got a bit unlucky with swell, but at least this amazing country made us a warm and windy welcome…
here are some making of pictures from the last days!
Fotocredits: Florian Panther
Categories: General / Angela Peral / Tom Hebert / New Caledonia / North Evo / Evo Shooting / Airton Cozzolino


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Did you ever teach in college/grad school?...I am betting yes
Id have to take some exception to this. Im not saying it doesnt happen, but it doesnt happen often in my experience. Ive been to many pig farms, and Ive never seen it. In most of the places Ive been, pig feet never touch dirt. They live on a cement grate and the waste falls through the grate, and they are washed regularly. Visibly sick animals do not get processed into food for humans.
It is absolutely not accurate to say that most Americans are eating sick animals on a daily basis. I also doubt it is accurate to say that animal B is necessarily cleaner than animal B (we dont eat cows, by the way, we eat steers and heifers).
Craig, did the farms you visited know you were coming beforehand? What is the guideline for a "visably sick animal"? Is the guideline possibly worse than what a normal person may feel comfortable with....if they were allowed to make a decision themselves (not that we should even entertain the red tape involved in that process on a large scale)?
BTW, before this potentially devolves into a many paged back and forth, if I am ever in your area of Texas I would very much like to go hunt for a Wild Boar, butcher it and eat it in various forms with you are yours. That would be a meat-tastic event I would enjoy very much. --k
I can (and would love to) make that happen - but don't think they will be clean. Caked in mud is more likely. Darn tasty though. CL
Yes, I teach a graduate-level class on Pricing and Revenue Management from time-to-time at the University of Houston.
Hey Craig,I have a jet boat and me an the guys over on the Vintage Jet Boats forum are trying to figure out how to section/customize my windsreen....would you mind coming over an "handling" this for us?! You can spare 5 min. ,right? Thanks!Bob
Durham, Craig...yes it is great here,many different choices for weekend fun and all within easy reach. Been here 22 years now from Aurora, Ill....yes, right next to Naperville!
Does this mean I'm going to end up in Texas now? Actually, if it weren't for the heat there I would not mind it a bit. My older sister has lived in Houston now for about 25 years....small world sometimes.


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I ordered 6 of these for my mother, who had 6 8x10 prints to frame. The frames are in great shape, sturdy and beautiful BUT they do not fit an 8x10. The pictures have to be cut down, which is not what I would have liked at all. For almost 200.00 I would expect that i could put my art or pictures in the frames the size they are (since it says these frames are 8x10's) without having to ruin them by cutting them down. Had no problems with the blue color, so not sure why the gray is a smaller frame.
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11. How can US dollar stands strong when oil price going down? (12/3/08)
The oil price now drops below $50/barrel. To my theory, the dollar should drop too. Because the buyers now have excessive petro-dollars. But dollar stands strong. What happens?
1. The speculators - which I think are controlled by intelligence, so they could influence central banks of western nations - are manipulating the exchange rate of Euro. When the oil price was at $145/barrel, the exchange rate of Euro/dollar was 1.6:1. When the oil price went to $110, the Euro rate became 1.36:1. When the oil price went to $90, it became 1.26:1. Euro devalued 20% against dollar followed the oil price dropping. It's abnormal. Because US suffers a sub-prime crisis. The downward oil price would release excess petro-dollar.Capital should escape from US. Dollar should be dumped and de-valued. But the unusual weak Euro prevented the capital escaping from dollar country. Dollar stands firm.
2. Driving the capital back into USA. Here is a typical report: "Speeding out, foreign capital net remittence output. From 9/1 to 9/5, the net remittence output of foreign capital reached 2.77 billion US dollars, compare with the net remittence output of 5 billion in whole month of August, the foreign investors having a tendency of accelerated leaving after they pour out the stock investment in Taiwan.market. "World Journal, 9/13/08)
Be noticed that the money back tendency started from August, the time when 8/8/08 planned Iran war went soured. The phenomenon was world wide. The stock market collapsed everywhere in Europe, South America and Asia. Singapore, Hongkong, South Korea, Japan.... they used to have a big foreign currency reserve, mainly dollar. The reserve unusual reduced these months. The money, goes back to the investor - the US.
Though the oil price drops 70%, US dollar seems not been affected. It stands strong. Because an unusual weak Euro, and a big retreat of US foreign investment that drove the dollar back into US. But the price is high - US suffers a financial tsunami. You may have noticed, the tsunami started in August too - the time when the planed Iran war went soured.


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Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
My wife is set to begin chemotherapy treatment. We are working with a nutritional advisor. We will be following his 10-step program, which advocates exercise, low fat high fiber diet, meditation, and vitamin and mineral supplements. He is advocating continuing to use the vitamins during chemo because there is no study that shows an anti- affect on the treatment. While there are many studies supporting the use of antioxidants. What are you thoughts on this difficult decision we have to make? Should my wife continue on the vitamin regimen during chemo or not?
Thank you for your thoughts in advance.
Katrina Claghorn, MS, RD, registered dietitian at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, responds:
Actually there are studies showing that some antioxidants can interfere with chemotherapy. There have also been some studies showing benefit from combining antioxidants and chemotherapy. However, the problem is that we are still trying to figure which antioxidants and which chemotherapies can be combined. So far there isn't enough information to substantiate either claim. Your wife's medical team will develop a treatment regimen based on sound science and they will always lean towards the side of caution. The regimens they use have been tested and the potential problems identified. The effect of using antioxidants with these treatments have not received the same scientific scrutiny, which is why there is hesitancy to combine them outside of clinical trials. If she is receiving radiation therapy, she should hold off on using antioxidants. Radiation therapy kills cancer cells by generating oxidants. If high doses of antioxidants are present, this could theoretically decrease the effectiveness of radiation treatments.
Labriola D, Livingston R. Possible interactions between dietary antioxidants and chemotherapy. Oncology 1999; 13:1003-1012.
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I can imagine not unlike the war of the worlds radio program. there were
instances of individuals panicking , and heading for the high ground. (hills)
we can not continue to have an conflict w/ popular media and their penchant
for sensationalism. this is not to suggest we muzzle freedom of expression.
but as an constant w/out an healthy balance. humankind will be subject
to harmful manipulation.
forward into the future. the key in this segment is multiverse. not ready
for primetime. this premise acknowledges former and present physics
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Mentor Graphics CEO to Keynote at Indian Conferences
WILSONVILLE, Ore., December 5, 2007 – Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) today announced that Walden C. Rhines, chairman and CEO, will present keynotes at two upcoming conferences in India. The first presentation will take place at the joint 21st International Conference on VLSI Design and 7th International Conference on Embedded Systems to be held on January 6, 2008 in Hyderabad, India. Then, on January 9, Rhines will speak at the India Semiconductor Association (ISA) Thought Leadership forum in Bangalore.
At the joint 21st International Conference on VLSI Design and the 7th International Conference on Embedded Systems, Rhines will present "About the New Paradigm Within India - Why Experience is Sometimes a Bottleneck." The talk will examine three areas—semiconductor place and route, low power design and verification—that are undergoing major transformations, offering India its greatest potential to move to the vanguard of design. Rhines' presentation takes place Sunday, January 6, at 9:00 a.m. local time The conference takes place at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre and Novotel Complex, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India and runs from January 4 – 8. For more information, please visit: http://vlsiconference.com/vlsi2008/.
Rhines will present "Multi-Nationalization of the Product Development Process" at the ISA Thought Leadership forum on Wednesday, January 9 at 9:00 a.m. local time. The one-day conference takes place at the Leela Palace, Bangalore, India. For more information, please visit http://isaonline.org/images/tlf-mentorgraphics.gif http://isaonline.org.
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Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) is a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products, consulting services and award-winning support for the world's most successful electronics and semiconductor companies. Established in 1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of over $825 million and employs approximately 4,300 people worldwide. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/.
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Play a young detective confronting an ancient evil Egyptian cult; meet King Arthur, Cleopatra & Marcus Antonius; explore a mystical old castle; search the "underworld" & discover the supernatural
Category: Review
Written by Robert Washburne on July 7, 2012
Developed by Cateia Games
Platform: Mac, Windows, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch
Genre: Adventure Detective Fantasy
Release Date: June 8, 2010 (PC/Mac)
Platform: PC (reviewed), Mac, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad
OS 3.0 or later
Note: Originally published 11 October 2010
When I first saw the plot for Hotel I rolled my eyes. Beautiful NYPD detective with psychic sensitivities is sent to an old castle in France built by the Knights Templar where she discovers an ancient cult and a mystical artifact which will allow its owner to rule the world. Gee, that's never been done before...TO DEATH!
But I set my prejudices aside for the moment and started playing. And I found a very nice game.
The first thing you will notice from the screen shots is that the graphics are very nice. I can't say that they're especially atmospheric, but they are very pretty. Good, professional effort.
The sound is also pretty and attempted to set the mood. No great orchestration, just simple background ambient chords. There are attempts to sound dramatic in places, but for whatever reason I was not particularly moved. But, as I said, it's nice and there's nothing audible to distract from the game.
There is no voice acting, all dialog is through captions. This worked just fine and I personally prefer this to voices which don't quite get it.
The puzzles are a combination of logical and inventory and they are all fair. Clues are there to be found and if a hot spot is rather small, it's helped along with a small sparkle. Overall, they're quite enjoyable.
The game play is very good. The interface is point-and-click. The hot spots are generous, but just in case there are two helps. If a spot is particularly small, there is a small star which occasionally blinks over it. There is also a Hint button which highlights all hot spots on the screen.
The game progresses very nicely – it is usually obvious what needs to be done next. There is a bit to explore, but it never overwhelms and you don't have to cross the entire country time and again on errands. The story, such as it is, unfolds at a good pace.
It is the storyline where the game gets a little silly. I won't get into many details, but there are many plot devices brought into the game which are never developed. For example, the detective is supposed to be sensitive to psychic phenomena. Good, there are games out there based solely on this premise. But her ability allows her to have a couple of lucid dreams at the beginning and that is it. We never see it at work again. The result is a story which feels rushed and trite in several places. However, it does hold your interest and the ending is fine.
The biggest complaint you could bring against Hotel is that it is a bit short – it can be played in ten to fifteen hours.
Putting it all together, you have a very nice, short, game. It's fun to play and I would like to see more from Cateia Games.
Final Grade: a solid B
Note: This review is of the Standard Edition, not the Collector's Edition.
The Collector's Edition includes bonus material:
- Characters Biography
- Integrated Strategy Guide
- Bonus Art and Desktop Wallpapers
- Bonus Music
PC System Requirements:
Operating system: Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7
350 MB Hard disc space
Sound: Any Sound Card
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The beta of version 1 is now up on the Windows Phone store, while BlackBerry is already working on version 2.
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Windows Phone users who signed up for the BBM beta tester program can now download and install the app.
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I love this culture. When I started researching ancient civ all those years ago, I merely thought about Egypt and the pyramids. I've since learned how naive I was about the "oldest" cultures on this planet. And they weren't as backwards and uneducated as one might think, either.
Here's a bit of history from just one culture:
* India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.
* Aryabhatta was the first to explain spherical shape, size ,diameter, rotation and correct speed of Earth in 499 AD.
* The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. Students from all over the World studied more than 60 subjects.
* The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
* Sanskrit is considered the mother of all higher languages. Sanskrit is the most precise, and therefore suitable language for computer software - a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987.
* Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.
* Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in civilization.
* Christopher Columbus was attracted India's wealth and was looking for route to India when he discovered the American continent by mistake.
* The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago. The word 'Navigation' is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.
* In Siddhanta Siromani (Bhuvanakosam 6) Bhaskaracharya II described about gravity of earth about 400 years before Sir Isaac Newton. He also had some clear notions on differential calculus, and the Theory of Continued Fraction.
* Theory of Continued Fraction was discovered by Bhaskaracharya II.
* Indians discovered Arithmetic and Geometric progression. Arithmetic progression is explained in Yajurveda.
* Govindaswamin discovered Newton Gauss Interpolation formula about 1800 years before Newton.
* Vateswaracharya discovered Newton Gauss Backward Interpolation formula about 1000 years before Newton.
* Parameswaracharya discovered Lhuiler's formula about 400 years before Lhuiler.
* Nilakanta discovered Newton's Infinite Geometric Progression convergent series.
* Positive and Negative numbers and their calculations were explained first by Brahmagupta in his book Brahmasputa Siddhanta.
* Aryabhatta also propounded the Heliocentric theory of gravitation, thus predating Copernicus by almost one thousand years.
* Madhavacharya discovered Taylor series of Sine and Cosine function about 250 years before Taylor.
* Madhavacharya discovered Newton Power series.
* Madhavacharya discovered Gregory Leibnitz series for the Inverse Tangent about 280 years before Gregory.
* Madhavacharya discovered Leibnitz power series for pi about 300 years before Leibnitz.
* Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: (5th century) 365.258756484 days
* Infinity was well known for ancient Indians. Bhaskaracharya II in Beejaganitha(stanza-20) has given clear explanation with examples for infinity


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Sugar tax may be necessary, England's chief medical officer says
A sugar tax may have to be introduced to curb obesity rates, the chief medical officer for England has said.
Dame Sally Davies told a committee of MPs that unless the government was strong with food and drink manufacturers, it was unlikely they would reformulate their products.
She said she believed "research will find sugar is addictive", and that "we may need to introduce a sugar tax".
The food industry said it was working on reducing sugar in products.
Speaking to the health select committee, Dame Sally said: "We have a generation of children who, because they're overweight and their lack of activity, may well not live as long as my generation.
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Education urgedShe said being overweight had been "normalised", adding: "I worry that we have re-sized a women's dress size so that a size 14 now was a size 12 when I was student.
"We have to find a new way - not of ostracising people who are obese and making them feel bad about themselves - but somehow of helping them to understand this is pathological and will cause them harm."
She said she thought researchers would find that sugars were addictive, and the public needed to have "a big education" over how "calorie packed" some smoothies, fruit juices and carbonated drinks were.
She said: "People need to know one's fine, but not lots of them.
"We may need to move towards some form of sugar tax, but I hope we don't have to."
Earlier this year, doctors called for a soft drinks tax to reduce sugar intake.
'Voluntary pledges'The charity Sustain, which advises the government on the food and farming industry, says the UK consumes more than 5,727 million litres of sugary soft drinks a year. Adding a 20p tax for every litre sold would raise more than £1.1bn.
The Department of Health already has a "responsibility deal", which is a series of voluntary pledges by industry designed to tackle issues such as obesity.
Facts about sugar
- Evidence shows most adults and children in the UK eat more sugar than is recommended as part of a healthy balanced diet
- Food and drinks that have a lot of added sugar contain calories, but often have few other nutrients
- Sugary foods and drinks can also cause tooth decay, especially eaten between meals
- Sugar found naturally in whole fruit is less likely to cause tooth decay than juices or blends because the sugar is contained within the body of the fruit
- Source: NHS Choices
Much of the focus of those pledges is on reducing salt and calorie count rather than sugar per se.
And ministers are also pushing ahead with front-of-pack labelling, which includes information about sugar, but again, this will be voluntary.
Front-and-back labelling will include a combination of colour coding and nutritional information that will be used to show how much fat, salt and sugar and how many calories are in each product.
A Department of Health spokesperson said: "To help the nation to be healthier by eating fewer calories, including sugar, we are working with industry through the Responsibility Deal.
"This work has already delivered results but we have always been clear that, if food and drink companies fail to act, we will look at other options and are keeping all international evidence under review."
Terry Jones, of the Food and Drink Federation, said any extra tax on sugar would "hit the poorest families hardest at a time when they can least afford it."
Sugar content was already clearly labelled among products' ingredients, Mr Jones said.
He said: "Food and drink producers in the UK have taken action to reduce salt and saturated fat in the diet, in line with robust evidence linking excessive consumption of these nutrients with a negative impact on health."
Prof Barry Everitt, Professor of Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, said pinning down whether sugar was actually addictive was a complex matter.
He said sugar - and fats - did impact on the chemistry of the brain's reward circuits - but in a much smaller way than drugs such as cocaine.
He said: "The important issue is that some individuals lose control over their food, especially sugar (and junk or fat-rich) food. This small sub-group might, then be viewed as 'addicted', but it may also be discovered that the loss of control in this sub-group might have a predisposing condition.
"The message that 'we'd better watch out for this sugar stuff is misleading', as far as I am concerned, because it suggests if you eat it you risk becoming addicted and the evidence does not support that."


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The iconic Roma bag combines timeless elegance with exceptional versatility. This jewel of artisanal craftsmanship is made of light intrecciato calf weave. Designed for maximum practicality, the piece comes with hand-woven leather handles and a removable leather shoulder strap accented with silver-tone details. The highly organised interior features three generous compartments and a zip-pocket with leather zip-pulls. The offer is completed by a stylish leather pendant for safely stowing the padlock keys.
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Inn on the Riverwalk
Have you been to the Riverwalk lately? The best thing about the Riverwalk is all the year long activities ...incuding this weekend there is an arts and crafts show running all memorial day weekend. To read more click here
We are participating!!!! yeah!!! you can between Apr 1st and May 31st get up to $50 OFF your reservation by bringing in a gas receipt dated within the past 3 days of check-in.
Thanksgiving Happenings 2011 Spending Thanksgiving on the River Walk? Check out this directory of restaurants open for business this year on Turkey Day. Biga on the Banks – Brunch-style Thanksgiving that will have traditional offerings like turkey with cranberry sauce and cornbread stuffing.