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Saturday, March 17, 2001
Of The Post and Courier staff
The buttons found inside the Hunley this week may have come off a
coat worn by Cpl. C.F. Carlson, the last man to join the Confederate submarine's final
The two buttons, which sport an ornate "A" on their
faces, come from the Montgomery, Ala., company of Halfman & Taylor and were designed
for artillery unit jackets. Of the nine men on board the Hunley when it sank the Union
Sloop Housatonic and disappeared Feb. 17, 1864, two came from artillery outfits.
Early speculation is that the buttons could have come from James
A. Wicks or Carlson, Hunley Commission Chairman Glenn McConnell said Friday.
Post and Courier research on the Hunley crew indicates Carlson
may be the best candidate. Carlson joined the crew less than two weeks before its final
voyage, replacing former first officer Lt. William Alexander. (On Feb. 5, 1864, Alexander
was called back to his outfit, the 21st Alabama, in Mobile.)
If anyone on board was still wearing the uniform of a previous
assignment, it likely would have been Carlson.
The buttons, displayed for reporters Friday, are in remarkable
condition. Scientists say even the eyelets on the back are in good enough shape to sew
them onto jackets again.
"The buttons of the re-enactors are not in better
shape," Hunley conservator Paul Mardikian joked. "They still need to be
preserved, though."
On the back of the buttons is stamped the company name of
"Halfman & Taylor, Montgomery." Bob Bradley, chief curator at the Alabama
Department of Archives and History, said Friday that Halfman & Taylor was a wartime
company in the first capital of the Confederacy that distributed military wares
manufactured in Great Britain.
The company's supplies included buttons like those found in the
Hunley, made in England and imported, and calvary swords. Bradley said the Hunley buttons
appear to be regulation issue artillery unit buttons. The company was selling buttons to
the Confederate States Army as early as 1861.
On one of the buttons, Mardikian said, archaeologists detected a
substance that could be hemp or thread of some kind. The buttons, found on a port-side
bench for the crew, could have been attached to a coat that deteriorated.
The buttons are only part of a hugely encouraging week of
excavation by Hunley scientists. The wooden bench discovered attached to the port side of
the hull was as significant a find as the buttons.
The pristine condition of the wood makes it likely that the
submarine's interior was devoid of oxygen soon after it sank. What is surprising,
Mardikian says, is that no parasite ate the wood.
That means other artifacts and remains deeper in the submarine
may also be in good condition.
"The board is in great shape," Mardikian said. "We
still expect to find textiles and bones."
The bench has been uncovered in two of the three areas scientists
are excavating after removing a trio of hull plates. So far, the bench sits at the same
angle in the middle and aft-most openings.
The excavation resumes Sunday, with archaeologists led by Maria
Jacobsen continuing to dig in the muck that filled the submarine shortly after its
sinking. The scientists have now dug down about 2 feet.
Friends of the Hunley Chairman Warren Lasch, who spent some time
digging in the sub this week, said the sediment is like "Play-Doh clay." And in
that clay, Lasch said, archaeologists hope to find many more artifacts like those
discovered this week.
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Just how do they get these genies in a bottle?
Chilled Dills vodka
Oh, how a little tropical vacation can mess with the mind.
The idea for a pickle-flavored vodka was conceived on a family and friends vacation in Florida three years ago. The resident tiki bar offered a "shot of the week," and at the time the flavor was pickle. It was an instant hit with the group.
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Many months later, actually in the summer of 2012, the definitive answer came. Partners John Lloyd, Marty Lloyd and Neil Caruso finally had their Chilled Dills Pickled Flavor Vodka, thanks to Terressentia in Ladson, a private-label distilled-spirits manufacturer.
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The just-released Fat & Juicy Margarita Mix is on the shelves of Piggly Wiggly stores in South Carolina and Georgia and retails for about $6.
Good, a practicing attorney, and Glenn, who works exclusively for Fat & Juicy, now expect to roll out a new product every six to nine months.
Southern Accents
Firefly Distillery's Southern Accents line of liqueurs are all based on beloved desserts, and all of them have to pass the ultimate taste test: a dozen women in the office.
"When I think it's right, I bring it into the office and I've got 12 women here and all 12 women taste it, and if all of them give me the thumbs up, we go with it," says Jim Irvin, co-owner and flavor developer at the Wadmalaw Island distillery. "If not, I keep trying until all 12 of them say yes."
Irvin's latest creations are Coconut Cake and Chocolate Pecan Pie. They, like all products in the line, are made with all natural ingredients and took months of testing, Irvin says.
"You start out with them in your mind asking yourself, 'What's in the dessert?' You've got dough, different kinds of flour and flavors, and you need to figure out what that is. You get flavors by using the real thing and mix it with a little bit of alcohol and then distill it and then the flavor comes over the alcohol."
Irvin, who has a chemistry background, says the process can be frustrating, and sometimes he has to walk away from it.
"You'll be downtown shopping with your wife and then the idea will come to you what you need to do to it. So then you keep doing it and doing it until it's right."
The Southern Accents liqueurs are priced in the $15-$16 range and can be found in more than 200 stores statewide. They also are available at the distillery.
He's working on new Key Lime Pie and Red Velvet Cake flavors that so far are proving elusive.
"It tastes super when I make it, but when I taste it in a couple of days and it's married, it morphs into a different flavor. I have to figure out how to get it right."


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But now Just Say Cheesecake has begun offering lunch again, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Based on a recent visit Pat and I made there, it's well worth a trip for soup, salad, hot or cold sandwiches and panini.
The bakery and eatery is in a one-story building that houses three businesses along busy Sheridan Drive in Amherst. It's between Buckeye and Ivyhurst, and if you blink, you'll miss it. The door opens at the bakery counter, but if you turn to the left, you will be in a small dining room that holds a half-dozen tables set with tablecloths. A turn to the right leads to two other rooms, which can be set up for meetings or get-togethers. The front room had a few very elegant decorations flanking an interesting display of cakes.
The menu, without being enormous, has a good selection of interesting choices, none of which are more than $10. Soup, which always includes co-owner Jim's homemade chicken and a soup of the day, is $3 for a cup and $5 for a bowl. The salads range from a house with mixed greens, tomato, cucumber, croutons, red onion and black olives tossed with homemade balsamic dressing ($6.95) to a portabella salad, made with greens topped with a goat-cheese-stuffed portabella mushroom, or a mandarin chicken salad with a grilled chicken breast, each for $9.95. There are carving board sandwiches, which can be made with ham, turkey, roast beef, pastrami, tuna, egg or chicken salad ($6.95). A hot pastrami sandwich is $8.95. Hot sandwiches (each $8.95) include pulled pork, beef on weck, Monte Cristo and a Reuben. Finally, panini range from a white cheddar and Swiss grilled cheese ($7.95) to a chicken pesto, made with grilled chicken breast, goat cheese, roasted red peppers and pesto ($9.95).
The weather was a bit raw, so Pat and I started with soup. The day's choice was cream of broccoli, which Pat loves, and the chicken, which I love, so we each got a cup. If we weren't designing our lunch carefully to leave room for cheesecake, we would have each ordered a bowl.
Both soups came out steaming, far hotter than usual. The chicken soup was extremely good, packed with shredded, flavorful meat, bits of carrot and onion and kluski noodles. It became my new "get me a quart of this when I have a cold" choice. The cream of broccoli was equally good, creamy and delicious.
The sandwiches were served on gold-rimmed china. Pat's turkey cheddar ($8.95) was made on white bread grilled to perfection in a panini press, with deep toasted grooves. The sliced turkey was very good, but the white cheddar was superb. Many times cheese gets lost; in this case, it contributed a lot of flavor. The combination, topped with cranberry-accented mayo, was delicious.
The Monte Cristo ($8.95) is a classic grilled creation of ham, turkey and Swiss between slices of bread that have been dipped in egg and grilled. This sandwich was made with three slices of the egg bread, cut into segments and dusted with a bit of confectioner's sugar. Along with the ruffled chips on the side, the Monte Cristo was served with a small cup of sweet semi-gelled raspberry sauce.
We each ate half of our sandwiches, asked for to-go boxes and shamelessly asked for the list of cheesecake. (Our server said we were not the first people to do this and probably wouldn't be the last.) There are more than 30 on the menu, with close to a dozen available in slices ($3.50). We sampled the chocolate chocolate chip and the raspberry swirl, and as might be expected at a place with "cheesecake" in the title, both were excellent. They were rich without being too sweet; the raspberry flavor was swirled into the cheesecake with a delicate touch.
Although nobody else came in to eat while we were there, we saw several orders boxed up for takeout. But our experience was so much fun that we'll be back – and not for just cheesecake.
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Low carb and gluten-free people, I'm sorry, but this one is not for you.
Everyone else, I think this is about to blow your mind.
During our CSU days, Matty and I used to spend Sunday mornings at the counter of the Silver Grill restaurant in Fort Collins, having brunch and reading the paper.
College was such a fun time. We thought we were soooo busy back then!
The Silver Grill's specialty is cinnamon rolls, and my favorite order was cinnamon roll French toast with sausage and eggs. You heard right. French toast, made from cinnamon rolls. Heaven on a plate.
Then we had kids and got a mortgage and there was no longer time or money for brunch every Sunday.
Years went by.
This week, I used the leftover dough from my dinner roll recipe to make cinnamon rolls. The next day, I used those cinnamon rolls to make French toast right here in my own house. I am very popular with my children right now.
It's one of those cook once, eat twice deals that we all love. I promise it is less difficult than it sounds, even if you don't use yeast very often in your kitchen. I think experienced mommy cooks out there will agree with me that this one works for beginners, too. Be brave!
Step one: Dinner rolls (adapted from my Kitchen-Aid stand mixer cookbook)
Combine 1/2 stick of butter (save the other half, you need it in step two), 1/2 cup milk, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 tsp. salt, and 1 1/2 cups of warm water in a small saucepan and heat to between 105 and 115 degrees. You could also microwave, if you are lucky enough to have one. Attach the dough hook to the mixer and combine in the bowl 5-6 cups of flour and 3 packages of yeast. Turn on medium low and mix until the dough cleans the sides of the bowl and hangs together in one elastic ball. It should be slightly sticky. Place in a greased bowl and let rise 15 minutes, then punch down and cut in 1/2. Divide one of those halves into 12 small rolls, let rise in a muffin tin for 15 more minutes, and then bake at 425 degrees for 7-9 minutes.
Step two: Cinnamon rolls
Roll the other 1/2 of the dough into an 8X13" rectangle (or close, rulers are unnecessary here). Melt the other half of the stick of butter and brush the rolled dough with it. Cover the rectangle with 2 cups or so of brown sugar mixed with cinnamon. Roll the long side of the rectangle into the middle so that the dough forms one rolled log, and slice this into 12 equal pieces. Place the pieces flat in a 9x13 glass baking pan, let rise until doubled, and bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
Step three: Cinnamon roll French toast
Whisk together 5 eggs, 1/2 cup of milk and cinnamon and vanilla to taste. Soak the cinnamon rolls in this custardy goodness, and then cook in a skillet on medium low until egg mixture is cooked through. I suggest serving these with butter, a fruit salad and sausage patties to cut the sweetness, but you really haven't lived until you've tried this.
Happy brunch, Greeley!
Claire Boyles is married with two children. Read her Thursdays on Greeley Moms.
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Viktor Taransky is an Oscar-winning director whose last couple of films tanked. And in the ruthless, get-'em-into-the-theater atmosphere of Hollywood, "decorated" and "awarded" don't mean a thing unless it happened this morning. Taransky's current project, Sunrise Sunset, is almost finished when its ultra-diva star, Nicola Anders, walks off the set, suing the bewildered director for breach of contract (her trailer isn't bigger than everyone else's) and forcing him to purge her from every frame of the film. Taransky soon finds out how last-month's flavor he is when he can't even get C-list actresses to step into Anders' role. He's a director without respect, bankrupt and finished.
But that's before Simone.
A string of ones and zeros stored on a computer hard drive, Simone is a gift of incalculable value. Taransky uses her digital image over the top of Anders' unusable one, and releases the film to wild applause. Insiders, critics and moviegoers alike love this unknown actress with the perfect hair, sensual lips and glowing personality. She's a star. Using computer trickery, Taransky has Simone do press conferences, the talk show circuit and even a live stadium concert of her newly released music. That's when things begin to go wrong. . . .
positive elements: Simone pokes wry fun at the cult of celebrity: America's obsession with it, and Hollywood's creation of it. "Our ability to manufacture fraud exceeds our ability to detect it," says Taransky. He's talking about his digital woman, but the implications are far wider than that. Even better, the film takes the next step and decries our unwillingness to care whether something is real or not. "It's a phony-baloney world," Taransky tells Simone. "You're more authentic than all these people who worship you. And that's the problem."
On a less philosophic note, Simone also shines a light on the value of an intact family. Taransky is divorced from studio head Elaine Christian. Undaunted, their daughter, Lainey, keeps rooting for them to get back together. As do you while watching the film. Elaine is convinced that her ex will never pick her over the perfect Simone. And the script carefully studies whether she's right or not.
There's also a sense here of, "Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it." Taransky creates Simone out of selfish ambition to satiate his starving ego. The results are ultimately not to his liking.
nudity and sexual content: Simone doesn't have any hang-ups about nudity. She's digital, after all. She is therefore seen posing nude on a couple of occasions. For example, she's seen on the cover of Playboy, and the artwork for her music CD has her sitting nude, her limbs barely concealing "sensitive areas." She also frequently wears revealing blouses. Elaine pounces on Taransky in one scene, and the two roll about, kissing passionately. Simone's body-double seduces Taransky (not that's he's all that reluctant) and the pair tangle it up until she reveals that she's only attracted to him because she thinks he is sleeping with Simone. Fortunately, that puts a damper on things for Taransky. A tabloid reporter, infatuated with Simone, writhes around on a hotel bed he believes she slept in. He also fondles the lingerie that is lying around the room. A picture is seen of a nude statue.
violent content: A gunshot goes off in one of Taransky's movies (no blood, but a character falls down). A mob of people knock down a woman they think is Simone.
crude or profane language: One s-word and a handful of milder expressions. Jesus' name is used as an exclamation twice. "God" is misused a half-dozen times.
drug and alcohol content: Taransky smokes and drinks. Nicola and Simone also smoke. Others drink socially.
other negative elements: A man kisses a toothbrush after it's fallen in the toilet (he thinks it is Simone's).
conclusion: Having written and produced The Truman Show, and written and directed Gattaca, Andrew Niccol has positioned himself as a filmmaker with something to say. This is not a man given to fluff. Simone proves true to form, but its execution is weak around the edges. The story is more predictable and the character development less compelling than in Truman and Gattaca. On a techie note, it's exceedingly difficult to suspend disbelief while watching a self-described computer illiterate (Taransky) blithely mold the CG image, motions and speech of a human woman. Not to mention it only takes him nine months to fully flesh her out. Sure, I get the symbolism, but one man plus nine months does not a digital human make. Especially when he's using computer equipment more reminiscent of the early '90s than 2002. A key scene actually has him confidently accessing an ancient 5 1/4 inch floppy disk. One can barely store a phone number on those disposable coasters, much less super-high tech surrealism. You can be sure the real guys over at BUF, Inc., Grey Matter and Blackbox Digital (the companies responsible for the film's visual effects) were using much cooler machines than were shown on the screen. Why didn't somebody speak up and tell Niccol it looked dated and silly?
That bit of criticism aside, Simone is an entertaining journey (it's not Pacino's crowning achievement, but it's not underwhelming either) and a reasonably clever morality tale that directs the majority of its barbs at celebrity hounds. "You have to realize digital work is done to real actors now," Niccol says. "I've done it to actors in my films—such as erasing unsightly blemishes, making limbs smaller or an actor's girth narrower, even face replacement if needed. . . . There are a lot more digital tricks being used today than audiences realize. Very soon we will reach a point when we switch on a television or a computer, see an actor or newscaster, and not know if they are flesh and blood and what's more . . . not care." Well said, Mr. Niccol.
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Al Pacino as Viktor Taransky; Rachel Roberts as Simone; Catherine Keener as Elaine Christian; Evan Rachel Wood as Lainey Christian; Jay Mohr as Hal Sinclair; Winona Ryder as Nicola Anders
Andrew Niccol ( The Host, In Time, Lord of War)
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Delight your family and friends with endless vibrant frozen slush drinks in this 1950's diner style Retro Slush Machine. Reinstate your childhood memories of colourful, mouth-watering slushy drinks on a hot summer's day!
The Retro Slush Machine is part of Giles and Posner's unique Retro Range, a selection of stylish kitchen gadgets that create a feeling of nostalgia, but with the benefits of modern technology. This product looks stylish, in classic red and white colours that will bring a touch of class to your home.
Watch the process of the '50s style Slush Machine creating slush drinks in minutes, then serve your frozen drink through the easy pour spout. The Retro Slush Machine is perfect for indoor or outdoor entertaining and will give you a refreshing drink on a hot day.
How to make the perfect Slush drink:
Create frozen drinks for everyone as a treat. Follow the recipe ideas, or invent your own cocktails! Use crushed ice or small ice cubes from your freezer, a small amount of water and some salt in the inner chamber to start the freezing process. Add your favourite fruit juice to the main chamber and the machine will blend, and freeze before allowing you to serve via the easy-to-use dispenser. Giles and Posner's Retro Slush Machine can be a fun addition to family parties, group gatherings, or events.
Please remember to add postal time (2-3 working days) to obtain a complete estimate of delivery to your door.
You will receive an email to confirm when your item has been sent.
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Please allow 10 working days from dispatch of your order before notifying us of any late deliveries.
It may be advisable to check with your neighbours to see if a parcel has been left with them, check any outhouses you might have where it may be left if it cannot fit through your letterbox and contact your local sorting office to see if the item has been returned to the depot as undelivered and awaiting collection.
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As soon as I saw this I knew I had to have it.. it bought back so many memories of a Mr Frosty Machine that I had as a child, although the main purpose of this one was to add booze! Its a tad noisy and will really only slush up good if you use really sugary drinks, so be aware, fizzy drinks work the best, and make sure you stock up on rock salt as this is how the magic happens. The delivery was fast, so I was very pleased with that, as I could have a frozen margarita on Tuesday night.. winning I would recommend this machine in a heart beat... buy buy buy!!
Amazingly brilliant, All the family love it perfect for kids and juice down to adults slushie with the tipple :-P
I bought this as I have always loved slushies and fancied making it myself. It uses quite a lot of salt and ice to create the freezing effect on the syrup and is quite noisy while it is working but a lot of fun and the slushies came out really nice. Wash straight away to avoid staining.
Excellent next day delivery, easy to set up, slightly loud but makes excellent slushy. Carbonated drinks don't slush as well as diluted drinks the higher the sugar content the quicker it freezes.p.s add alcohol after you have poured the slush.
Absolutely fantastic bought this for the Mrs and she was over the moon
So far we are yet to get a proper slush! unsure if not enough salt, need more ice or what it is. The machine itself seems a bit plastic and cheap. The lid does not seem to fit properly and from that I am awaiting a response from customer service. I would not buy this item again!
I ordered this product on the 27th dec '13,the website was very easy to navigate and I had no issues! I recieved a confirmation e-mail within the hour and a despatch e-mail shortly after. The product was delivered the next morning which I was quite impressed with bearing in mind that it was just after christmas! Iv had no problems with the product and am very happy with the whole process!
This machine is brilliant, i received mine just before new year, and the alcoholic slushy's we made were a big hit at the new year party. Easy to use and quick to get going. Delighted with it.
Machine works perfectly, makes a brilliant slush with fruit juices. No need for the syrups but this machine is VERY noisy! It like having the blender on for 25 minutes straight!
very fast delivery, not used yet as it's a christmas present for my husband A++
Very good product. Does everything it says on the tin but is very noisy
I am so plased with my purchase of a slushie maker. It makes the perfect slushies! The delivery was fast and i even got a free tooth brush holder! Will definately use this website again!
bought one of these for my daughters birthday. It arrived well packaged and very quickly. It looks good tho not as sturdy as expected and the slushys we have managed to make (after a few hours of trying) were marvellous. Its fairly noisy but bearable, the syrups are quite expensive so my advice is to test out different juices etc. Altogether an ok buy. Good transaction with no problems.
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It took ages to arrive, although I did get emails telling me I had not been forgotten. I did not get a date of when I could expect delivery. The Slush machine itself was an anniversary present for my wife, and she is thrilled to bits. It takes approximately 200g of salt each time you use it, but this is just in with ice it does not go into the slush. Reading the reviews I thought it would be really noisy but it isn't that bad and you get a good slush at the end. Overall we are really happy with it, just not the time it took to arrive
The Retro Slush Maker is a brilliant machine with fast delivery, would buy from again here, thanks.
This Retro Slush Maker is a great slush machine really easy to use. Bought some blue raspberry syrup and the kids love it, just like the one from the shops and a great price too. I would really recommend this to family and friends, great for the adults as well as the kids .
The Retro Slush Maker is great fun and a funky looking machine.
The Retro Slush Maker is fantastic value for money, and the machine looks great too. Would definitely recommend IWOOT for great savings and lots and lots of choice of gifts for everyone.
The Retro Slush Maker is quite tricky to use, time consuming and noisy. Also, it doesn't keep it frozen so once it is made it has to be consumed straight away!
The Retro Slush Maker is so cool. It's a bit noisy but it makes a great slushy. The kids are obsessed with this and whilst we have had a few drinks that don't work, it really is pretty simple to use. Would highly recommend to anyone but do be prepared for a bit of noise for the 10 minutes it takes to make.
I bought the Retro Slush Maker for my 11 year old son's birthday, and he was thrilled! It is easy to use and clean and makes slushies just like you'd have at the the cinema.
Looks solid, well made and attractive. Quite good value.
Best home made slush maker I have had, and great that you can choose your own flavour. Does take quite a lot of salt and ice and rather noisy but worth it!
Fantastic item and brought me back to the good old days.
Very very good product does exactly what it says it does. I would recommend this to anyone.
I saw this and I immediately wanted one and could not wait for it to arrive. The day came and I took it straight out of the box and had a go. This is so easy to use and clean. Only downside is the noise but you do forget about it while watching the drink go round and round. I would recommend this for people thinking of getting one.
My wife picked up this Retro Slush Maker for me as a birthday present - knowing I have always been a slush addict. It doesn't disappoint and it turns most things to slush. Alcoholic beverages are hit and miss. A cider you can get away with due to the high sugar content but adding spirits doesn't really give the desired effect. I find it's best to make your slush and then add the booze. My sister came over and we sunk a pack of WKD blue into it and it worked a treat! It tastes much better frozen than it does normally so that's a bonus. Two negative things to mention are that you have to clean it almost immediately after use or it will rust. The noise is almost unbearable for me. If it was quieter I admit I would use it more. I have to leave the room generally when it's on. Plus it scared the heeby jeebies out of my rabbit. I would appear the bunny isn't a slush fan. I cannot see it lasting, the build quality is very poor but for the immediate future you will have slushy good times.
I bought the Retro Slush Maker for the kids and to be honest my first impression wasn't very good. The instructions were a bit vague and the salt would glump at the bottom then stop working. Once I got the hang of it we really enjoyed it. I really liked that you can just buy ordinary juice for it and not special syrups or flavours. Great for the summer and for parties, it only takes 20 minutes for it to slush.
We got my girls one of these for Christmas (with the secret intention of also using it ourselves) It's great it makes slush quickly but the only downside is it is slightly noisy. We used soda stream syrup with it which worked well!
For anyone who is considering this... go for it! Ive bought two of these and can say 100% they do what they say, so if you love a slush your going to love this. My aunty got one for her birthday and after trying it I fell in love, so I bought one for my mums birthday. She loved it, we all did. So I've now bought my sister in law one for Christmas and I'm sure she will love it to. As soon as the children come round it's the first thing they ask for. Do be warned they take alot of ice but they are not like your average slush from the shop down the road. No these are like the original american slushes. The ice you put in doesn't go into your slush, it freezes the metal pot inside causing the liquid on the outside to freeze and within 12 minutes you have a perfect slush. Overall a must have!
It's a nifty little machine looks great but it is really quite loud to use. Takes some time to make a small amount, but once we got going we loved it. Found the instructional video quite amusing too.
The awesomeness of this slush maker is off the chart. LOVE IT!!!!
The Retro Slush Maker is amazingly easy to use, even after you've already had a couple of strong cocktail slushes!
This Retro Slush Maker is fantastic; I love the retro style and look of the product. It was great for making slushy drinks which took me back to my childhood and brought back some great memories. It gives you a chance to mix mind blowing concoctions of fruity flavours with juice or even mix a cheeky cocktail. Great for parties and entertaining friends, I would definitely recommend it to anyone wanting a blast from the past!


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There seems to be a tendency to stub or mock classes when writing integration tests for basic http services. I'm actually not a big fan of this approach. By definition, the integration test should truly integrate with another subsystem. In the case of a http service, the tests should probably integrate over http, agreed?
Here's one approach for testing services without stub or mocks...
Imagine a reservation booking system that integrates with a 3rd party API. By default, you might create a Rails model that extends ActiveModel, ActiveRecord or even ActiveResource. Although you stop, after reading this blog post, and create an unbuilt Gem that reaches out to the 3rd party service. Your service might look something like this...
require "rack"
require "nokogiri"
class ReservationService
def create_reservation(reservation)
url = URI.parse('http://localhost:9393/')
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
response, body = http.post(url.path, reservation.to_xml, {'Content-type' => 'text/xml; charset=utf-8'})
reservation = Reservation.from_xml(body)
More important, your immutable model might look something like this. (Note: I'm not inheriting from a Active* base class, although I'll save the inheritance discussion for another blog post)
class Reservation
attr_reader :name, :date, :duration, :booked
def initialize(name, date, duration, booked = false)
@name = name
@date = date
@duration = duration
@booked = booked
def to_xml
doc = <<XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
def self.from_xml(xml)
doc = Nokogiri::HTML(xml)
doc.xpath("//reservation").each do |reservation|
reservation.children.each do |child|
case child.name
when "name"
@name = child.text
when "date"
@date = Date.parse(child.text)
when "duration"
@duration = child.text.to_i
when "booked"
@booked = eval(child.text)
Reservation.new(@name, @date, @duration, @booked)
Then you start writing tests. You stub the service, then you stub Typhoeus. You might pull Typhoeus and use Artifice or rack-test. Sure the approach works, although are you really testing the full integration (they do stub at the lowest level)?
You could argue a more complete integration test might include the http layer. One approach might be to fire up a simple rack handler that matches the API specification.
Here's an example...
require "test/unit"
require "date"
require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "reservation_service"))
class TestServer
def initialize(response_code, response_body, response_headers = {})
@response_code = response_code
@response_body = response_body
@response_headers = response_headers
def start
@thread = Thread.new do
Rack::Handler::WEBrick.run(self, :Port => "9393", :Host => "localhost")
sleep 1
puts "started server."
def stop
puts "stopped server."
def call(env)
[@response_code, @response_headers, [@response_body]]
class TestService < Test::Unit::TestCase
def test_create_reservation
expected_reservation = Reservation.new("John Brown", Date.today, 3, true)
server = TestServer.new(200, expected_reservation.to_xml, {})
service = ReservationService.new
actual_reservation = service.create_reservation(Reservation.new("John Brown", Date.today, 3))
assert_equal(expected_reservation.name, actual_reservation.name)
assert_equal(expected_reservation.date, actual_reservation.date)
assert_equal(expected_reservation.duration, actual_reservation.duration)
assert_equal(expected_reservation.booked, actual_reservation.booked)
(Typhoeus actually uses a similar approach via TyphoeusLocalhostServer.rb within their own test suite)
You might ask why not just integrate with the 3rd party's API sandbox environment. Because doing so could impact test performance as well as your ability to run tests - you become too dependent on their service's availability.
A similar approach might be to VCR, although VCR might not work without an actual sandbox environment.
You might call this post Part 2 in a component based architecture series. The first post describes a solution for better organizing loosely-coupled, highly-cohesive components within a singe Rails application.
This post describes a component based solution that aims to support vastly different user experiences and client side strategies across multiple web applications that share a common domain while allowing developers to work independently within individual web applications or components.
Here's the scenario...
You're tasked with building a fairly large web application, several user roles each packed with handfuls of high-level activities. The larger application could clearly be broken apart into smaller web applications. It's a clear win to break things down. The smaller applications would have unique responsibilities and developers could work within the context of one application without worrying about introducing breaking changes across applications. However, the smaller applications, although independent, share a common domain or database.
You start thinking about how you'd expose subsets of the domain as RESTful services and maybe introduce a single sign-on approach, although you're concerned about managing, versioning, and deploying multiple web applications and services, not to mention how this might impact the early development rhythm. There's no clear path to success, so you write the classic uber app.
The tide could be changing in your direction. Here's a solution that's shown early success for developing and deploying large Rails applications: move loosely-coupled, highly-cohesive web applications and components to a components directory within a container Rails project.
Until recently such an approach might be difficult to imagine. Although, with the addition of mountable engines in the latest versions of Rails, the approach is now possible. Here's an example that describes the project structure...
The container application simply mounts dependent web applications as Engines, exposing each with their own context or url. Engines in turn reference in any Engines or Gems they depend on.
However, there is one twist, we keep everything in a single Git repository.
Engines are organized as prescribed within their corresponding directories, although they're not built nor do they have their own Git repository. They're referenced directly from the containers Gemfile.
As database migrations trigger sweeping changes, the refactorings become simpler and you don't need to worry about deploying updates to multiple applications/services as all your code is in one place, versioned together.
As important, each Engine or Gem has it's own Gemfile, test_helper, test suite, and continuous integration environment. As mentioned in the first post, the unique Gemfile and test helper allows you to remove unnecessary dependencies while the individual test suite and continuous integration environment helps to avoid circular dependencies.
I'm sure a few of you have encountered this scenario...
You're a year in and your Rails application is growing in size as well as complexity. It's becoming increasingly difficult to navigate through a sea of models, not to mention that your test suite is grinding to a screeching halt.
You have a handful of 3rd-party services you integrate with so you start thinking about extracting Gems. Although you're nervous, as you'll now need to manage and version multiple Gems. You're looking at a mountain of work with little feature development.
Here's a solution that has worked on several projects that might help to avoid this scenario: move loosely-coupled, highly-cohesive components to unbuilt gems within your lib directory while maintaining a single Git repository.
Sounds strange? Here are a few important facts that might help clarify the solution...
There's only one Git repository and dependent gems are never "built", their gemspec is simply referenced via your Rails Gemfile. This defers the need for a Gem versioning strategy as you Rails application moves forward with multiple dependent components all under the same umbrella.
From within your Gemfile...
gem 'component_1', path: "lib/component_1"
All your source is in one place. This allows you to continue to develop within a single environment with cross-component refactorings, which is now supported by tools like RubyMine.
Components have their own Gemfile, test_helper, test suite, and continuous integration environment. The unique Gemfile and test helper allows you to remove any unnecessary dependencies (Rails for example). The test suite and continuous integration environment helps to ensure downward dependencies and avoid circular dependencies.
As a result, you tend to end up with loosely-coupled, highly-cohesive components and avoid accidental design. In addition, test suites tend to run faster as they're loading far fewer Gems and you've honored the timeless way of building large applications.
Here's an example that describes the project structure...
Probably the most compelling argument is prematurely trying to identify and extract components. 3rd-party service integrations seem like a reasonable place to start, however, more recently we've been teasing out a variety of components very early within the development lifecycle with much success.
Cory Flanigan and Justin Searls are hosting a two day Jasmine workshop very soon in Denver on 9/8 & 9/9 at Uncubed. Details here: http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventId=1004029
The event is non-profit. There's a fee of $120, but it is intended to only cover costs. If proceeds manage to exceed our costs, they'll be donated to charity.
Their objectives are to introduce people to Jasmine, pair on a basic kata, pair on spec'ing some behavior that would involve DOM interactions/jQuery, illustrate patterns for using spies on dependencies and callbacks (like AJAX), and also to spend time working through methods for rigging up Jasmine specs in CI.
In addition, they're inviting everyone who attends to bring some of their own existing JavaScript (especially if it's untested). As time permits on the second day they'd like to mob program on these real-world examples by characterizing legacy JavaScript code with Jasmine and then refactoring with our tests as a safety net.
At Pivotal Labs, one of the services we provide our clients is helping them interview and hire. Pivotal Labs and our clients place a strong emphasis on Agile development and its many aspects: Pair Programming, Test-Driven Development, rapid iterations, and frequent refactoring.
We're looking for a brilliant Rails developer to join our star team in Boulder, CO and take the lead on all web development projects. If you want to share your knowledge while learning from others, work smart, and contribute to some awesome projects, we think you'll have a blast with us. As a bonus you'll get to play with robots, games and mobile devices all day long.
Although you are encouraged to send a traditional resume, a resume will not alone won't make you stand out. So along with your resume please send a brief explanation about who you are and why you would be a good fit for Orbotix. Include pictures, videos, or screenshots of your previous projects, both professional and personal. We're just geeks like you so don't hold back. Email us… jobs [at] orbotix (dot) com.
Orbotix is a venture backed startup with the vision that you shouldn't be limited to emailing, getting directions, and playing a game of scrabble on your mobile device. You should be able to just as easily download an app to control all of the physical devices around you. No more remotes. No more clunky interfaces. No more keys. Everything is done with the powerful mobile device that you already carry with you. We're looking for someone great to join our small but hardcore engineering team to help design and implement our products, starting with Sphero, a powerful robotic entertainment device.
Sure it's a noop test and running on a iMac i7, but 80K requests per second is pretty impressive for 40 lines of code.
package manual; import java.io.IOException; import javax.servlet.ServletException; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse; import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Request; import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server; import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler; import org.eclipse.jetty.server.nio.SelectChannelConnector; import org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool; public class NoopHandler { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { QueuedThreadPool pool = new QueuedThreadPool(); pool.setMaxThreads(50); Server server = new Server(); server.setThreadPool(pool); server.setGracefulShutdown(1000); server.setHandler(new AbstractHandler() { @Override public void handle(String target, Request baseRequest, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException { response.setStatus(200); response.getWriter().write("noop"); baseRequest.setHandled(true); } }); server.start(); SelectChannelConnector connector = new SelectChannelConnector(); connector.setPort(8080); server.addConnector(connector); connector.start(); } }
Here's the apache benchmark information.
juniper:~ pivotal$ ab -n10000 -c20 -k http://localhost:8080/ This is ApacheBench, Version 2.3 <$Revision: 655654 $> Copyright 1996 Adam Twiss, Zeus Technology Ltd, http://www.zeustech.net/ Licensed to The Apache Software Foundation, http://www.apache.org/ Benchmarking localhost (be patient) Completed 1000 requests Completed 2000 requests Completed 3000 requests Completed 4000 requests Completed 5000 requests Completed 6000 requests Completed 7000 requests Completed 8000 requests Completed 9000 requests Completed 10000 requests Finished 10000 requests Server Software: Jetty(7.2.2.v20101205) Server Hostname: localhost Server Port: 8080 Document Path: / Document Length: 4 bytes Concurrency Level: 20 Time taken for tests: 0.127 seconds Complete requests: 10000 Failed requests: 0 Write errors: 0 Keep-Alive requests: 10000 Total transferred: 980392 bytes HTML transferred: 40016 bytes Requests per second: 78840.73 [#/sec] (mean) Time per request: 0.254 [ms] (mean) Time per request: 0.013 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests) Transfer rate: 7548.32 [Kbytes/sec] received Connection Times (ms) min mean[+/-sd] median max Connect: 0 0 0.0 0 0 Processing: 0 0 0.1 0 3 Waiting: 0 0 0.1 0 3 Total: 0 0 0.1 0 3 Percentage of the requests served within a certain time (ms) 50% 0 66% 0 75% 0 80% 0 90% 0 95% 0 98% 0 99% 1 100% 3 (longest request)
I've also been playing around with Mizuno and jruby-rack quite a bit recently. We're hoping to find a high-performing solution for jruby.
As some of you may know, I've been writing a bit of Java in Boulder recently. Overall, it's pretty exciting and a nice change from Ruby.
That being said, I've somewhat isolated our Java development to server-side components. I still consider Ruby/Rails to be the best solution for web application development, although recently had a need for Java.
Anyway, I've been playing around with Avro and I thought I'd share a small example that marshals a domain object to bytes. The bytes are later passed around several queues within application.
package com.barinek.devourer.avro; import com.barinek.devourer.rest.resources.Activity; import org.apache.avro.Schema; import org.apache.avro.file.DataFileWriter; import org.apache.avro.reflect.ReflectData; import org.apache.avro.reflect.ReflectDatumWriter; import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; public class ReflectMarshaller { private final Schema schema = ReflectData.get().getSchema(Activity.class); public byte[] marshal(Activity activity) throws IOException { ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); ReflectDatumWriter< Activity > reflectDatumWriter = new ReflectDatumWriter< Activity >(schema); DataFileWriter< Activity > writer = new DataFileWriter< Activity >(reflectDatumWriter).create(schema, outputStream); writer.append(activity); writer.close(); return outputStream.toByteArray(); } }
The interesting bit is that I don't have a .proto file or .json representation of the type. The Activity class is a Plain Old Java Object.
The above snippet is a candidate to replace some proto files, assuming the MicroBenchmark test suite passes.
Look for more Java posts in the near future.
Recently, we have been experimenting with a few new pairing configurations in Boulder, I thought I would share an early photo.
These are 27-inch iMac's paired with 27-inch Apple Cinema Displays.
We've experimented with both side-by-side configurations as well as a variety of angles between 15-90 degrees.
I have to admit, I really like the angled configuration. +1 for not always needing to stretch to see opposite corners of the screen.


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Due to advances on many fronts, from microfluidics to software, flow cytometry is being simplified so that it can be more readily used by a wider range of scientists and clinicians without special expertise.
GEN recently spoke with technical representatives from a number of leading flow cytometry companies to get a sense of the latest instrument trends and to find out about the emergence of novel applications.
William Godfrey, Ph.D., manager of research application development, and James Tung, Ph.D., senior staff scientist, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, both described a current move toward simpler, less expensive, benchtop instruments that offer robust and routine operation.
Simplification involves the creation of kits for common applications and the use of combinations of markers and fluors, algorithms, and software that take the judgment out of pattern recognition and make the interpretation of results less complex. In addition, companies are trying to provide detection of as many colors as possible in the simpler instruments. Dr. Tung noted that this goal is being helped by the arrival of new off-line analysis software to analyze the data, such as his company's Kaluza® product.
New reagents are enhancing the ability to cover spectral overlap of multiple fluors. An example is Beckman Coulter's VersaComp antibody capture bead kit, which can be used to set compensation for multicolor flow cytometry experiments, and will enable scientists to establish color compensation on research analyzers utilizing the same reagents found in their experiments.
Dr. Tung pointed out that a particularly hot area involves work on flow cytometry analysis of microparticles that represent membrane fragments of dying cells or cancer cells. The company's current flow cytometry offerings include the Gallios™, a mid-range benchtop instrument that provides acquisition of data from up to 10 colors. An option available for new 561 nm laser-ready Gallios systems provides researchers with the ability to analyze a greater range of fluorescent proteins and to more efficiently excite PE/PE tandems, according to Dr. Tung.
Yellow-green excitation provided at 561 nm produces less autofluorescence in cells, increasing the signal-to-noise ratio for PE and DsRed detection, added Dr. Godfrey. He sees applications coming down the road that include the use of flow cytometry to detect minimal residual disease and to sort cells that will ultimately be placed back into patients.
At Bio-Rad, Steve Kulisch serves as the manager of the cell biology business unit, which is responsible for the company's S3™ cell sorter. Kulisch explained that when Bio-Rad surveyed the cell sorter space about four years ago, the company found the technology was used essentially only at core labs. This was primarily due to the expense and sophistication of the instruments needed for immunologists, whose applications had dominated cell sorting work in the past.
Kulisch added that as emerging sorting applications from a wider range of scientists have increased demand, these same core labs can now have wait times of up to three weeks. But "biology never waits," continued Kulisch, and Bio-Rad viewed this situation as an opportunity to provide a high-performance, user-friendly cell sorter to handle less complex work. It also would be readily usable by scientists, who were not necessarily experts in flow cytometry.
The result: the S3, which is a benchtop cytometer that can be used to supplement larger instruments at core facilities, or as an instrument for the individual research lab. Kulisch said the S3 is much less expensive than previous cell sorters, more compact, and comes with sophisticated software that permits automatic instrument calibration and setup with minimal training.
The S3 is equipped with one or two lasers (488 nm, 561 nm, or 640 nm) and up to four fluorescent detectors plus scatter detectors utilizing established jet-in-air technology.
"It is ideal for high-speed enrichment of cell populations expressing fluorescent proteins, high-purity isolation of rare cells labeled with fluorescent markers, and the isolation of single cells for single-cell biology," said Kulisch.
At EMD Millipore, GEN spoke with both Bob Smith-McCollum, director of marketing for open cell analysis systems, including the Amnis® FlowSight® and ImageStreamX Mark II Imaging Flow Cytometers and the Guava EasyCyte™ Flow Cytometry System, and with Jason Whalley, director of marketing for cellular analysis. Smith-McCollum noted two important trends.
One was the provision of actual images of the cells as they move through the flow cell, which is offered by EMD Millipore's use of CCD cameras in place of photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) in its Amnis imaging flow cytometers.
Another was the growing interest by a broad range of scientists in compact, "personal" flow cytometers that can detect one to six colors. Smith-McCollum pointed out that new applications are enabled by imaging flow cytometry on the Amnis instrument. These include observation and analysis of nuclear translocation, morphometric applications, quantitation and location of fluors, and the trafficking of markers through different cellular organelles.
Whalley emphasized the simplification and miniaturization offered by the company's Muse™ cell analyzer. According to Whalley, Muse is an entry-level cell analyzer that characterizes cells, performs direct cell counts, and quantifies protein-expression levels.
"The platform enables researchers to have access to the analytical analysis of flow cytometry at their lab bench or in the cell culture hood without any prior experience of the technology. It is a true plug and play system," he said.
Mike Olszowy, Ph.D., head of R&D for Life Technologies' flow cytometry business, reported that at recent flow cytometry meetings he noticed a trend away from an engineering focus on lasers and PMTs to more of an emphasis on biological questions. He has also observed a major trend toward simpler, smaller, and less expensive instruments. This is leading, he said, to a "democratization of flow cytometry."
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How to Get Rid of Roaches (or) How to Kill a Cockroach Invasion
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Cockroaches are gross. I don't know if it's their relatively large size, their long antennae, those creepy looking legs, or the fact that their backs so disgustingly shiny. Oh… and they're almost indestructible. It's like you kill one and three more appear within days, each one having been grown from the pieces of the one you smashed with your shoe! As the saying goes, if you see one wandering around, chances are you have dozens more crawling around in your walls. It's a disgusting thought that gives me goosebumps and fortunately we've been (knock on wood) lucky enough not to have any problems with roaches. (there's a reason why this post has no picture :))
However, we live in a townhouse, which means our house is physically connected to our neighbors on two sides. One of the first lessons you learn when you live in a townhome is that your neighbor's problems soon become your own. If your neighbor has his or her house treated for an infestation, like a roach invasion, chances are you have the same problem, even if you don't know it. If you don't yet have an infestation, the survivors of your neighbor's treatment may find themselves moving in.
So while we don't have a roach invasion just yet, an ounce of prevention is said to be worth a pound of cure.
Preventing a Roach Invasion
There isn't anything you can do that 100% prevents an infestation but there are some steps you can take that make your home less appealing to a roach family. Like killing ants, the key to preventing infestation is cleanliness. The kitchen is the number one room in your home where this is crucial because it's like a buffet for them. Put food away, keep your counters clean, and empty your trash regularly. We keep our trash outdoors (we have a sliding door that opens to a "reviewing stand," we keep the trash bin there) in our attempt to battle back against ants.
Put naphthalene balls (also known as moth balls) in the corners of your kitchen, little critters hate that smell and try to avoid it. Finally, if you can invest the time, try to seal all the external and internal cracks in your home. If they want to get in, they will, but doing this will make it just a little bit trickier for them.
What if the cockroaches have already invaded?
How to Kill Cockroaches
The big problem with cockroaches is that they reproduce very quickly and are notoriously difficult to kill. Each female roach can lay up to forty eggs at a time and produce over four hundred roaches in her lifetime, which is about a year. They can go a month without food, though they eat almost anything (like your dead skin flakes), and breathe using a series of tubes (trachea) in their body so you can chop off their legs or even their head… and they won't die. Resilient little buggers. Heck, they can even survive the fallout of a nuclear explosion. So what can you use to kill these critters?
Borax. (or boric acid) The treat involves mixing borax with a lure that makes the roaches eat it. With ants, you can use a jelly or jam (we found they loved peanut butter) mixed with about 5% borax. They take the jelly poison back home, share it with their friends, and everyone dies. I've seen recipes that call for boric acid with flour and cocoa, I've seen it with jelly, and I've quickly learned the key is to mix it with something that is both sticky and appealing to the buggers. You want it to be weak enough (5%) so that it doesn't kill them instantly, you want them to bring it back home and feed it to their friends.
Boric acid is going to be one of the least toxic (though it is still mildly toxic, just not highly toxic) option and is better than insecticides or other purchased remedies like sprays and roach bait. The tricky part about all these remedies is that pets (and kids) are liable to eat them. We have a pet beagle and the little guy absolutely loves all kinds of food, especially bread products, so anything that uses a jelly or a flour is out unless we are cordon off the treatment area.
Water Jars
Water jars have been said to provide a nice alternative. Put a jar with water and some coffee grounds (as bait) beside a wall. Stale beer is said to be a good lure too. Cockroaches feel most comfortable when they can touch a wall so you keep them in that comfort zone when you put the jar beside the wall. The water and the coffee grounds act as bait and the idea is that they crawl in but can't crawl out (the glass jar's walls are too slippery). This remedy is the safest but you need to remember to empty out the jar periodically.{ 49 comments, please add your thoughts now! }