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UC Irvine Extension Offers New Online Course in Fundamentals of Green Spas, Hotels and Resorts
September 26, 2010
The University of California, Irvine Extension today announced the availability of a new online course titled, "Fundamentals of Green Spas, Hotels and Resorts" starting on Nov. 1. Taught by spa industry expert Janice Gronvold, a UC Irvine Extension Spa and Hospitality Management advisory board member and founder of Spectrec, provider of business and marketing development services for the spa, hospitality and healthy lifestyle industries, the six-week intensive course will provide a comprehensive guide to incorporating sustainability in a spa environment. "Having the right knowledge and tools to develop green business models that improve the bottom line sets a company apart...
Canyon Ranch in Tucson, Lenox and Hotel & Spa in Miami Beach All on 2010 List of Top Ten Destination Spas Voted on by Travel + Leisure Readers
September 19, 2010
Travel + Leisure has revealed its Top Ten Destination Spas (World's Best Awards 2010) and Canyon Ranch is thrilled to announce it has received this highly coveted accolade. Resort properties in Tucson and Lenox are once again joining the ranks, and Canyon Ranch Hotel & Spa in Miami Beach is making its debut. The 'World's Best Awards' are voted on by the readers of Travel + Leisure to honor the top hotels, destinations, airlines, cruises, spas and transportation companies in the world. In the annual survey, destination spas were rated independently by Travel + Leisure readers in five categories: accommodations/ambiance,...
Shangri-La's Tanjung Aru Resort And Spa, Kota Kinabalu Receives Condé Nast Travellers Readers' Award
September 12, 2010
Shangri-La's Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa , Kota Kinabalu received the Condé Nast Traveller Readers' Travel Award 2010 for being one of the "Top 20 Best Hotels in Asia and the Indian Subcontinent". The hotel was also named one of the "Top 25 Spa Hotels and Resorts" and "Top 25 Leisure Hotels and Resorts" in the Best in Travel Poll 2010 by Smarttravelasia.com. The resort was placed sixth in the Condé Nast Traveller Readers' Travel Award 2010 with an average index score of 86.71. The Readers Travel Awards questionnaire is based on criteria such as overall guest satisfaction with travel...
The International SPA Association Announces Officers and New Board Members for 2011
September 7, 2010
The International SPA Association is pleased to announce its board of directors for 2011, including three new officers and four new members. ISPA Board members volunteer their time to strategically lead the association and develop plans for enhancing membership and the spa industry through research, events and education. The new ISPA Board of Directors will begin their roles during the 20th anniversary celebration of the ISPA Conference & Expo, Nov. 15-18, at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in the Washington D.C. area/National Harbor, MD. The 2011 ISPA Board will be led by newly elected Chairman Deborah Waldvogel, director of...
Nationwide Wellness Week set for Sept 20-26
August 30, 2010
SPA TREATMENTS, YOGA, PILATES, AND MORE FOR ½ PRICE OR $50 Consumers encouraged to book appointments now before deals sell out New York, NY (August 31, 2010) - Spas, yoga studios, and Pilates centers throughout the country are slashing prices for treatments and classes by half, or offering flat-rate $50 deals, as part of a nationwide Wellness Week from September 20-26. Starting today at SpaFinder Deal Days, a Wellness Week www.spafinder.com/dealdays , consumers can book massages, facials, body wraps, and more exotic treatments, as well as participate in yoga and Pilates classes for ½ price or just $50. Hundreds of...
Six Senses Destination Spa Joins the Destination Spa Group
August 17, 2010
Six Senses Destination Spa, Phuket (Thailand) has signed on as the 26 th spa in the Destination Spa Group (DSG). "Six Senses Destination Spa, Phuket, brings to life everything Destination Spas represent," says Debra Koerner, executive director of Destination Spa Group. "In creating Six Senses Destination Spa, Phuket, Six Senses brought together 15 years as a global wellness leader to build what the company refers to as 'the premier destination spa of the 21 st century.' This spa is a wonderful addition to DSG's international brand and will help us increase consumer awareness of the healthy benefits of the Destination...
Global Spa Summit heads to Asia
August 16, 2010
Just announced! Bali has won the bid to host the 2011 Global Spa Summit! The main session days are slated for May 16-18 with pre- and post-trips available on either end. Check back with the Global Spa Summit website for more information as well as an official press release announcing the partnership between the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Indonesia and the Global Spa Summit.
Spa Director's Management Intensive Aug. 22-25 helps spas recover before the recovery
August 8, 2010
The Spa Director's Management Intensive, described as a 'four day spa MBA,' is being offered in the San Francisco Bay Area/Silicon Valley August 22-25, 2010. The California seminar is produced by Wynne Business Spa Consulting and Education, and team-taught by Lisa M. Starr and Peggy Wynne Borgman, both 25+ year veterans of the spa industry. The program is renowned for its in-depth modules on leadership, employee development and appraisal, quality management, recruiting and interviewing, financial management, program development, retail management, spa marketing, and sales skills. This year, the curriculum has been rigorously updated with recession-recovery tactics. Instructors will discuss strategies...
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August 5, 2010
SATURNIA , ITALY – Located in the heart of the Tuscan Maremma region of Italy, Terme di Saturnia Spa & Golf Resort is proud to announce a unique partnership with one of the world's leading celebrity facialist, Michelle Peck of Intraceuticals. On August 21-27, 2010, the resort will host an on-site seminar directed by Ms. Peck in which she will divulge some of Hollywood's best kept beauty secrets and provide an educational overview of the oxygen-based products and treatments offered by Intraceuticals. In addition, Michelle Peck will offer her Oxygen Infusion Treatments to resort guests. Terme di Saturnia daily room...
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August 1, 2010
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Google Cavan Parishes. One of the listings is a map for the Catholic parishes.
For Mary MaGauran B 1857 +/- 2 yrs, Co. Cavan, with the father's forename unknown, I found 23 rcds with 8 in 1857 (exact).
Note - Drumbrick is found in Co. Leitrim, not Cavan. Drumreilly is also in Co. Leitrim.
For Mary MaGauran B ditto, Co. Leitrim, ditto, I found 8 rcds: 1855 Cloone, 1857 Cloonclare, 1857 Cloone, 1857 Kilasnet, 1858 Carrigallen, 1859 Kiltubrid, 1859 Kiltubrid, and 1859 Outeragh RC parishes. Father's respective forenames are Charles, Patrick, Patrick, James, Edward, Patrick, Thomas, and Patrick.
For Pat(rick) Fox B 1855 ditto, I found 9 rcds: 1853 Ballagmeehan, 1854 Gortletteragh, 1854 Gortletteragh, 1855 Ballagmeehan, 1855 Killasnet, 1856 Ballagmeehan, 1856 Bornacoola, 1856 Cloonclare, and 1857 Cloonclare RC parishes. Father's respective forenames are Patrick, James, Patrick, John, James, Eugene, Michael, John, and James.
For Patrick Fox M 1880 +/- 5 yrs, Co. Leitrim, I found 15 rcds - will leave it to you visit the database to find the associated parishes.
For Mary Magauran M ditto, I found ditto - ditto.
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Device for use in measurement of blood pressure, according to the intermediate blood pressure measuring method of RIVA ROCCI, which detects negative signals of Korotkoff sound pulses comprised in asymmetrical alternating current signal waves coming from a ceramic microphone through a band pass filter and a half-wave rectifier, and indicates the presence of the Korotkoff sound after shaping the negative signals in a monostable multivibrator.
1. A device, for indicating the presence and absence of Korotkoff sound in the measurement of intermediate blood pressure measuring according to RIVA ROCCI, comprising:
(i) a microphone composed of
(a) a housing having an opening;
(b) a support member of resilient material in said housing, said support member being an elongated single-piece body having a central recess and first and second longitudinal grooves formed symmetrically adjacent the respective ends of the body and opening upwardly and inwardly therein, said support member fitting snugly within said housing, in the lower part of said recess of said support member a support plate made of rigid material being secured by adhesive;
(c) a ceramic element positioned within said housing and having its ends engaged in said first and second grooves and with a major central part thereof intermediate said ends overlying said recess so as to be in spaced relationship from said support member;
(d) a diaphragm secured on said housing over the opening thereof, and a connecting element made of resilient material and disposed centrally of said ceramic element and positioned between and connected to said ceramic element and said diaphragm for transmission of vibrations of said diaphragm to said ceramic element;
(ii) a buffer amplifier electrically connected to said microphone for amplifying asymmetrical alternating current signals emitted by the microphone;
(iii) a bandpass filter electrically connected to the amplifier for passing only a frequency band of the output signal of the amplifier, by elimination of high frequency noise and very low frequency noise, such that said band substantially includes only the fundamental frequency of the Korotkoff sound signal;
(iv) a half-wave rectifier electrically connected to the bandpass filter for removing, from the passband signal, the positive pressure portions of the wave-form of the signal coming from said filter, thereby to provide a negative signal corresponding only to the Korotkoff sound;
(v) a monostable multivibrator electrically connected to the half-wave rectifier for shaping said negative-pressure signal; and
(vi) indicating means electrically connected to the monostable multivibrator for indicating the shaped negative-pressure signal.
This application is a Continuation-in-part of my co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 601,572 filed Aug. 1, l975, now abandoned.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to improvements in a device, for use in measuring blood pressure according to the intermediate blood pressure measuring method of RIVA ROCCI, which comprises for example a ceramic microphone, a combination of an air compressing means, and means for securing said ceramic microphone to an arm of the person whose blood pressure is to be measured, and other electronic device.
2. The Prior Art
Conventionally, in such a device for use in measuring blood pressure by detecting the Korotkoff sound in the blood circulation by means of a microphone, it is a troublesome problem to eliminate extraneous noises of various kinds entering the detecting devices. It is especially difficult to eliminate a pressure pulse which coexists with said Korotkoff sound, and many devices and methods for eliminating said pressure pulse have been proposed. In the prior art devices attempts have been made to discriminate Korotkoff sound and said pressure noise, for eliminating the latter, by utilizing a difference in frequency between them, and a device has been provided comprising appropriate filter circuits to discriminate and eliminate the pressure pulse, and to lower the crest value (peak value) of the wave form of the pressure pulse from that of the Korotkoff sound, and means for eliminating the pressure pulse by determining a suitable threshold level.
However, there have not so far been proposed any effective methods or devices for eliminating the pressure pulse from the Korotkoff sound. The reason is that among the Korotkoff sound and the other various sounds (noises, including the pressure pulse above-mentioned) there are conspicuous individual differences which greatly influence the results obtained.
A first object of the present invention is to provide a device for use in measuring blood pressure which comprises a ceramic microphone, a combination of an air compressing means and means for securing said microphone to an arm of the person whose blood pressure is to be measured, and other electronic circuits, and which can discriminate the pressure pulse from the Korotkoff sound so as to be able to detect only the negative signal of said Korotkoff sound by utilizing the difference between the signal wave forms of said Korotkoff sound and said pressure pulse.
A second object of the present invention is to provide a compact device for use in measuring blood pressure.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 shows wave shapes illustrating features of the present invention, and
FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a ceramic microphone of the present invention.
The present invention will now be described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Referring to FIG. 1, reference number 1 is a wrapping cloth for fixing the device for use in measuring blood pressure to an arm of a person whose blood pressure is to be measured, 2 designates an air supply device (small air compressor having a rubber bulb, or a pump) for adjusting exterior pressure in the device, and 3 is a ceramic piezo-electric microphone to be described in greater detail hereinafter.
4 is a buffer amplifier which amplifies asymmetrical alternating current signals coming from said microphone 3. 5 is a band pass filter which eliminates both high frequency noises and very low frequency noises, and it is used for wave form shaping (to confine the filtered wave form to a fundamental frequency band of the genuine (Korotkoff sound) pulse form). 6 is a half wave rectifier (rectifying circuit) which selects the negative side of the wave form of the signal coming from said filter 5. 7 is a monostable multivibrator for shaping the signals transmitted from the half wave rectifier 6, and 8 is an indicator means such as a buzzer or a light emitting diode which functions with the signals from the monostable multivibrator 7 and gives indications which either a measurer, or the person being measured, or both, can perceive.
Referring to FIG. 3, description is now made in greater detail of the ceramic microphone 3. The ceramic microphone 3 is an improvement in the microphone invented by the inventor of the present invention for the purposes of improving pressure sensitivity of a hemadynamometer microphone so as to be able to respond to diaphragm oscillations and also for improving its physical resistance to heat and shocks, and the prior ceramic microphone was patented under U.S. Pat. No. 3,868,954.
Reference numeral 16 designates a microphone housing. Reference numeral 11 designates an oscillatable diaphragm mounted on the microphone housing 16 with its flange 11a in contact with the outer periphery of the housing 16. The flange 11a of the diaphragm 11 is provided to reinforce the mechanical strength of the diaphragm 11, and serves to prevent excessive strains in the housing 16. Reference 13 designates a ceramic element utilized as a transducer for converting sounds into electric oscillations. Unlike the usual piezo-electric crystal element, it is strongly heat-resistant and has good oscillating performance. On the other hand, the ceramic element is very fragile. This drawback is effectively overcome by the following construction utilizing a resilient relay member 12 and a resilient support member 14. The resilient relay member 12 is made of resilient material such as sponge, rubber or the like.
It has been experimentally found that Neoprene rubber with a hardness of 50 is most suitable as the resilient material for them. These resilient rubber members also absorb external shocks and thus protect the physically fragile ceramic element 13 supported between them. The resilient relay member 12 between the oscillating diaphragm 11 and the ceramic element 13 transmits the oscillation of the oscillating diaphragm 11 to the ceramic element 13. The resilient support member 14 supports the ceramic member 13 within the microphone housing 16. The resilient support member 14 has its lower portion snugly fitted into the lower part of the cap 16. With the above construction of the microphone 3, the ceramic element 13 can be readily positioned in the center of the cap 16 to greatly simplify the assembly. Further, because the support member 14 consists of only a single part, rather than two parts as in the prior art, the number of parts can be reduced, so that the assembly can further be facilitated, while nevertheless ensuring reliable positioning.
Support member 14 is formed with support grooves 17 for supporting the opposed ends of the ceramic element 13. The resilient support member 14 is characterized by its configuration; it consists of a centrally recessed elongate body comprising a pair of upwardly and inwardly opening grooves 17, 17 longitudinally and symmetrically formed near the ends thereof, so that the ceramic element 13 may easily be supported on the support member 14 with its opposite ends fitted in the grooves and its major central portion spaced from the support member 14.
Numeral 19 designates a microphone cord electrically connected to the ceramic element 13. The coupling of the above parts, for instance the coupling between microphone housing 16 and resilient support member 14, and the coupling between the microphone housing 16 and the oscillating diaphragm 11, are all obtained by means of bonding. A typical example of the method of assembly consists of mounting the resilient support member 14 in the microphone housing 16, mounting the ceramic element 13 in the support member 14, soldering the element 13 to the microphone cord 19, bonding the relay element 12 to the ceramic element 13, and mounting the oscillating diaphragm 11 on the microphone cap 16 with the diaphragm bonded to the microphone cap 16 and to the relay member 12 in the abovementioned order.
Under such a structure of the microphone of U.S. Pat. No. 3,868,954, in accordance with the improvement of the present invention, in the lower part of the recess 18 of the resilient support member 14 a support plate 15 made of metal or other rigid material is secured by adhesive. Thus, even if the microphone 3 should be inadvertently dropped, or any strong blows administered to it, distortion caused by the shock on the resilient supporting member 14 is completely prevented within predetermined limits by said support plate 15.
The use of the device in measuring the blood pressure is described hereinbelow.
As is well known, using a wrapping cloth 1 and the air compressor 2, the output of the ceramic microphone 3 is electrical signals which are transmitted to the buffer amplifier 4.
The buffer amplifier 4 amplifies said electrical signals.
As shown in graph (a) in FIG. 2, the amplified signal output from the buffer amplifier 4 (i.e. the output signal of the ceramic microphone 3) is an asymmetrical alternating current signal including positive and negative signals of Korotkoff sound as well as positive pressure pulses and other noises with respect to the base line G. Here, the positive signal means a signal appearing on the positive pressure side (+) (i.e. the upper side from the base line G); similarly, a negative signal means a signal appearing on the negative pressure side (-) (i.e. the lower side from the base line G.)
The graph (a') in FIG. 2 shows the wave form of the pressure pulse.
The present invention shows remarkable differences between the wave forms (a) and (a') shown in FIG. 2 obtained and ascertained by the experiment. The essence of the present invention lies in the improvement of the device for use in measuring blood pressure, based on the intermediate blood pressure measuring method of RIVA ROCCI, by which the present inventor has succeeded in eliminating various kinds of noises such as the pressure pulse, and selecting only the Korotkoff sound by a ceramic microphone 3 and other electronic means.
The fact that the wave form of the output signal detected by the ceramic microphone 3 is as shown in FIG. 2(a), and that the wave form of the pressure pulse which is the most troublesome obstacle for selecting Korotkoff sound from the output signal is as shown in FIG. 2(a'), can be ascertained by experiment.
As will be apparent from a comparison of said wave forms (a) and (a') in FIG. 2, in the wave forms of the sounds comprising Korotkoff sound and other various sounds (noises) shown in graph (a) in FIG. 2, there are amplitude variations on both the positive and the negative pressure sides (i.e., upper and lower pressure sides with respect to the base line G) of the base line G of the graph. However, in graph (a') showing the wave form of the pressure pulse there is scarcely any amplitude variation in the negative pressure side of the graph, and scarcely any differences can be recognized among individuals.
In view of this, the present inventor devised the compact electronical device for use in measuring blood pressure capable of obtaining exact measuring value of sound composed almost only of Korotkoff sound, by selecting wave forms in which scarcely any individual differences can be seen.
After passing through the band pass filter 5, the high frequencies and the very low frequencies are filtered, and only the fundamental frequency band of the genuine pulse is selected.
Thus, the wave form shown as graph (b) in FIG. 2 is obtained.
Then, by passing through the half wave rectifier 6, the positive signal of the Korotkoff sound as well as that of the pressure pulse and the other various noises are removed, and only the negative side of the wave form of the signal coming from said filter 5 is selected. This appears as graph (c) in FIG. 2. It is apparent from the graph there cannot be seen any signal of the pressure pulse and other noises in the graph. The wave form shown as graph (d) is the rectangular wave form of the signal filtered by the half wave filtering circuit 6 and shaped by the monostable multivibrator 7. The rectangular wave form (d) is then transferred to the display means 8, such as a buzzer or a light-emitting diode.
Blood pressure measurements on 200 persons have been carried out by employing both the present device and a stethoscope and sphygmomanometer at the same time, and the results of the measurements verify that the present device has very excellent precision when used in method of measuring blood pressure, that is, there are scarcely a little difference between the values measured by these two devices. For example, in the mean values of maximum of blood pressure, they differ only by 0.6, and in the standard deviation values there are differences of only 4.8 between them. Further, in the mean values of the minimum of blood pressure there are only differences of 0.06, and in the standard deviation values between them they differ from each other only by 3.2.
It is found that the most effective microphone used in the present invention is a ceramic type of which the frequency characteristic curve is as follows; in the frequency range from 100 Hertz to 10K Hertz the frequency characteristic should be nearly flat, and at other frequency ranges (higher than 10K Hertz and lower than 100 Hertz) it should attenuate 6dB/Octave.
With the present device, for use in measuring blood pressure, only the negative signal of the Korotkoff sound can be effectively selected from those sounds detected by the ceramic microphone 3, so that measurement of blood pressure can be easily and precisely performed.
Further, the present invention permits the making of a compact device for use in blood pressure measuring which can give precise blood pressure readings at low cost.
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Molly has a unique personality in that she always protects and guards the "underdog". We also have a special needs granddaughter, Sydney, who Molly will guard from our other dogs viciously. She will always lay between Sydney and anyone or anything that comes into the room where she is. Also, once we had a baby calf who had to be bottle fed because the mommy cow couldn't. Molly also guarded the helpless little calf with a passion! She is loyal, loving, obedient and a faithful friend.


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If it takes 300 powerpoint slides to make the point about
choosing-the-single-direction to convince others ...then
either you are trying to sell a bridge to them or you got the
direction wrong IMHO! Sometimes less-logic works the best ...
Lawrence Krauss's book "A Universe from Nothing" is an
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make money in HLF-shorted- life, you need the motivation from
the 300-slide presentation?? Give me a break! LoL! :-)
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Instead of such an elaborate 300-slide presentation, if Mr. "Barkman" had just paid more attention to manage his portfolio better ... and not load it up with some klunkers like just-cause-penny... the world would have been a better place! LoL! :-) $50 here we come now in a snap for HLF! The fun has just started.
Perhaps Ackman isnt familar with Hamlet Scene 111 ....the lady doth protest too much. Everyone knew he didnt have the FTC in his court if he dad to do a 300 plus powerpoint to "try" and convince the world of his thesis. Ichan has an attorney that spent years with the FTC and he confirmed to Ichan that the FTC tweaks things from time to time but most certainly isnt going to shut down Herb
Mother of all short-squeezes starts now.... all weak-hands have sold... old-shorts trapped for good... by dangling some small-carrots in the past few days, new small-time-Joe-shorts have also been corraled together and brought-in-the-compound! Now HLF will squeeze them hard... a beautiful report indeed tonight! The door is so small... smaller than a Colgate tooth-paste tube hole ... lets squeeze them after brushing tomorrow morning! LoL! :-)
Greater than $700,000,000 buy-backs will be on the bid-side constantly ... plus all those zillions of bullish hedge-funds ... plus the Big Captain IC .... Rocket starts shooting UP now ....
Going to $69 shortly ... breakout of HLF as expected. Also, check out BVSN ... next to break out like this ... extremely low-float ... started rising today. Take this as my V-day gift -- all my HLF fellow longs!! Cheers!
As expected, some one's 300 slides deck didn't do diddly for keeping
the the gem compressed down for too long. Now, just to get the fair
valuation, we ascend towards $55 first. Then imagine, if we climb
just one point for every stack of 10 slides in the deck, you tack on
additional $30 to the HLF pps == $85 here we come! LoL! :-) Of
course, any LBO-attempt below $60 is just ruled out! My float
calculations indicate that, most of the float now got transferred
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- specifically, a person who is not a skateboarder but pretends to be one.
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- a person who is posing as a gang member.
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I had these old shoes from my mom, I didn't like the colour and the leather wasn's nice anymore, but they were so comfortable. So what to do? I decided to pimp them up and give them a chance to glitter. I used the tutorial of themisslinds which you can find here on burdastyle (http://www.burdastyle.com/blog/diy-to-try-glitter-shoes). You can also find several tutorials everywhere in the internet. I had to change the rubberband, too, of course, but hopefully I found a perfect nice velvety rubberband at a flea market lately.
When taking the pictures I realized that the paste starts to break at one or two places. I'm afraid it will break up completely sooner or later. Well, I will see. That's probably because I made about 4 layers of paste and now the surface is rather hard.
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You did.a fab.job with.these..i love doing things like this as well x
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- Paulustrious Jul 14, 2010 08:42 AM
I am congenitally incapable of following a recipe. At some stage of the prep I will add lemon rind, ground cardamom, hot sauce, mint, cream or some other bastardisation of the tried and tested.
Anyone else with a similar fault?
Depends on the recipe. If I'm baking, I follow it 99.9% of the time, unless I've made it before and I know a bit extra lemon zest or whatever isn't going to hurt the final product.
If I'm cooking, unless it's a Julia MtAoFC recipe or something I *want* to try exactly as written, based on my knowing the ingredients will just work right together, I'll change it up a bit.
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Yep, same here.
I have the opposite fault. I tend to think procedurally and adhere to recipes as to a lab manual. It's only recently that I've begun to outgrow my lack of imagination and revel in deviating from the rules.
Nope. First time I cook a recipe I follow it to the letter. Afterwards, then it's either ditched as not worthy of being kept or has notes scribbled on what to do with it next time.
Depends. For a novice food I have never tried, I will stick to the recipe. However, if I had eaten the food several times before, then I may add things which I think is needed.
For example, I will probably add onion to my beef chow fun, even if the particular recipe does not call for it. This is because almost all the beef chow fun I had in the restaurants have slice onion.
I do the exact same thing! I know a lot of hounds insist on sticking to the recipe the first time through, and I absolutely understand and agree with them. I just cannot bring myself to do it. I will start a recipe fully intending to follow it to the letter and then I start thinking to myself, "But it would be simpler if I did it this way... oh, I have parsley in the fridge that I need to use up... hmm, I haven't tried it yet, but something tells me it would be even better with chopped walnuts!" About half the time the result is inspired and the rest of the time I kick myself for being incapable, yet again, of following the recipe.
The why bother consulting a recipe in the first place?
My only request is that you never complain about the quality of the recipe. Epicurious and other food sites are chock full of examples of people who complain about recipes only to disclose at some point that they substituted or did things differently, et cet. It's a whole genre of stupidity out there.
My own take is that, if one is bothering to consult a recipe, one should have the decency to follow it faithfully the first time. That, and only that, can tell you the merits of the recipe for future reference.
re: Karl S
The decency? Wow, you have very high moral standards! ;)
re: visciole
Well, that's modified by the paragraph that precedes it - what I meant is that, if you want the right to credibly complain about a recipe, you'd better have the decency of first trying it at least once as written. Like I've said, the phenomenon of people not having such decency but whining anyway is pretty widespread.
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Have to agree with Karl on this, visciole. You can't post all sorts of changes to a posted website recipe and then complain in the comments section that it wasn't that good. Well, strike that. You CAN post that it sucked after you made all sorts of changes. But then any credibility you might have had is shot, IMO, as you've essentially made a different recipe than what was posted.
It's rather like someone who comes and posts on CH how crappy a favored restaurant is because of this or that, and it's their first post. We have no history of what foods that poster likes - just that they seem to be posting a slam just to post a slam. No credibility. But if they'd eaten at a very similar restaurant, and had the exact same dish, and can use that as a comparison as to what they had and disliked at the favored restaurant, then perhaps their post would be more credible.
Make it FIRST as written. If you like it, make it again with your changes. Then if it sucks, complain away.
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I was just commenting on the use of the word "decency." So much amazingly horrid stuff exists online, that I was just tweaking Karl for impugning these terrible non-recipe-followers' decency.
But I do understand the point.
Can't follow a recipe to save my life, which is probably why I don't ever use recipes. (Except for choux pastry. That's the one thing I always follow a recipe on ... except for the add-in flavourings since those don't count.)
I'll always add/subtract something. In a cookie recipe, I'm likely to add more flour than called for because the proportions look like it'll yield a crispy cookie, which I hate, and then I'll do something strange like add saffron or sub out sugar for honey powder. In a Thai recipe, I might sub in some Italian herbs. (My kitchen acknowledges no international borders.)
I think of recipes in cooking as sheet music when playing jazz piano - improvisation is key - doesn't matter if you're cooking or baking.
I own cookbooks. I've yet figured why. (I don't cook from them, and as stated, I can't follow a recipe.)
re: c oliver
Nope. Don't follow directions then either, or at least not the written directions given - setting anything up any piece of machinery these days is really just a matter of matching colours, no? ;-)
I am capable of following directions in certain contexts - e.g., chemistry class, disecting a frog/worm/cat/whatever, writing a computer program. (In fact, in certain aspects of my life, I'm obsessed with doing things "right" and consistently.) In other contexts, I'm just hopeless - e.g., following a recipe, playing classical piano, not wearing white after Labor Day. I have tried to follow recipes, and I always like having a recipe to start with, but the end-result is somehow always uniquely me. I can't seem to help this senseless egocentrism.
Conversely, I can make up a recipe, be it cookie or curry, and have it come out exactly how I want it (1/4 tsp here, 2 tbsp there, and the whole thing). It's weird, especially weirder when you consider I can't follow my own recipe either.
re: Ali
I applaud you for acknoledging that it's egocentric! Good for you. I often wonder when this topic comes up, after one has tweaked it to perfection, then I guess you have to continue to tweak since you can't follow instructions and that would be instructions :) It's also been brought up on CH that all that adlibbing may only cause the adlibber to think it's better. Those who eat the food may not.
Yup. In fact, I have a hard time even saying which recipe I am (not) following as I usually have several that I am working from at the same time. I like to get an idea of the basic proportions and general ingredients in a variety of different recipes for the same/similar dish and then take the "best" parts from each and maybe add my own flare. :)
Maybe check with the friend of the person who posted this:
re: KTFoley
I follow a new recipe for something I've never cooked before pretty closely the first time, and then tweak it subsequently if I think changes might improve it for my own taste. I am terrible at remembering proportions and ratios which is crucial to cooking without recipes I think (would never had made it as a cook/professional chef) but I can tell by reading a recipe whether it will work for me, both procedurally and taste-wise, which is kinda nice. I am also an avocado whisperer, rarely getting a bad one, FWIW :-). My friends and family consider me a good home cook which is very cool, except when they worry I am not going to like what THEY cook for ME. I like everything that is cooked for me!
re: beevod
A recipe for disaster.
I'm of the devil's party too, P, almost never ever follow a recipe exactly (which drives himself crazy, his mother follows recipes to the last 1/8 teaspoon). Up the garlic (almost always), more or less hot pepper, no marjoram use oregano kind of thing. Even with baking, unless it's something really tricky, I am a tiny bit slipshod in measuring (since I've been baking for ages, I can eyeball things and know the proper feel of the dough / batter).
re: buttertart
I think that's part of the issue here....how long we've been cooking or baking.
If you're new to cooking, you're much more likely to follow recipes, whereas once you get comfortable with foods, herbs, spices, and how things go together, and what particular flavors you personally like, you're more willing to wing it and add, deduct, change quantities of ingredients.
re: LindaWhit
You're probably right. My mother was raised/taught to cook by a grandmother who was a great cook and she never cooked from a recipe, but she baked from them (and took the kind of liberties I do). My mother-in-law on the other hand, by her own admission, could barely boil water when she got married (her mother was a rotten cook) and taught herself to cook from books - and 60 years later she always always refers to and follows recipes when she ccooks, even things she must have made hundreds of times.
re: buttertart
+1, Linda. My mum makes pie crust without measuring anything; she can tell by the feel when it is "short" enough. Which results in perfect pie crust everytime (verified by people who are not related to her) and perfect frustration for moi, trying to learn how to recreate that faboo crust :-(.
re: grayelf
I am convinced you need to have the touch for pie crust. I can make a decent one but it's never as good as the one my mom knocked out in whatever weather (unairconditioned house) and just made and rolled out, no resting. She said it was because her hands were always cold.
re: buttertart
Okay that made me laugh out loud, buttertart. I wonder if your mum and mine are secretly related. My mater does do a little trick with some ice cubes in the pastry water but otherwise it just seems like hocus pocus. BTW, does your handle provide any added incentive in your crust making endeavours? ;-)
re: grayelf
Maybe they were (she did sometimes use ice if it was really hot). The handle is an homage to her, plus I love butter and have been known to be just a little tarty once in a while!
My father is an experimenter, with some infamously disastrous results. So the first time through with a recipe, I'll follow it exactly as written, and then start to make subtle tweaks from there if we decide the recipe is a keeper.
It depends. If the recipe contains a collection of ingredients so interesting (or an uncommon combination of things) that I cannot begin to envision what it would taste like, then I make it by the book. I want to know the "founder's intent." After tasting it, if I decide there is an imbalance of flavors (usually involving acid), then I go to town.
For most things, I use the recipe as a guideline as to ratios. And this is true for baking as well as cooking.
Oh yes. Although, there are a few exceptions. I followed a very involved (for my standards, at least - something that needs to be prepared a day ahead is part of it) but promising recipe for caponata to the tee the first time I made it. Ever since, I have been reducing the ingredients to get closer to that one perfect caponata I've had... and I am getting closer each time, which is nice.
I mostly don't cook with recipes, tend to throw ingredients together and stuff comes out nicely (and sometimes not so nice, but still more than edible).
If I'm really unfamiliar with the task at hand, I will consult a cookbook or two or the interwebs and read up on it. But instructions are not my thing -
Interesting! I wondered how divisive this question would be. I wasn't expecting the 'moral high ground'.
Nobody put forward the argument that following recipes v. ad-libbing (thanks for that one Cath Oliver) is like comparing arithmetic with mathematics.
Reminds me of some sage advice from an old sales boss....
Always rehearse your ad-libs before the meeting.
re: Paulustrious
It is possible that your question brings back bad memories for others. For example, some people may have bitter experience with those who don't follow recipes (I am not talking about myself).
I realized last night that you DO use recipes but you add and subtract. IMO that does qualify as "following instructions," just not being a slave to them. I kinda/sorta fixed a recipe the other night, omitting two ingredients that I didn't have and one that I just thought it didn't need. I consider that using a recipe.
re: c oliver
That's my MO too, c o. Or add/subtract steps if I think it's a good idea (microwaving eggplant to precook it before frying for example).
re: buttertart
True dat buttertart -- I have a lot of older recipes that predate the advent of kitchen microwaves, so I often deek in a short cut for them. But never if it involves anything that resembles bread or pastry, much to my SO's chagrin when he wants to reheat some of Mum's pies (see above).
re: grayelf
Oh no, maybe 15 sec but I try to avoid anything flour-based in the mic.
There are techniques you learn from experience, a mentor or by accident that define your very basic capacity to cook something that tastes good. Following ratios, procedure and temperature then becomes important to get consistent textures. Apart from that I use recipes only as an inspiration to invent new ones...;)
Guilty as charged, and maybe it's my subconcious way of thumbing my nose at authority. The only time I must follow exactly is when I think I could be messing up some sort of chemistry that will affect the end result -- like with a bread recipe. I find that with soups, stews, and other such concoctions, I am of the MIB (more is better) school -- more onions, more garlic, more veggies. If it doesn't work out, though, I will own up to the fact that I am the one who screwed up, and not the person who created the recipe.


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Sangeeta had named four people as her torementors in the stripping case.Sangeeta and her alleged toremenotrs and also the two youths whose bodies were found last week are from the same upepr caste of central Bihar,notorious for jail break in 2005
Pirbahore police station said Sangeeta Devi was not in the custody of Patna police,but under Jahanabad police custody.Hospital authorities informed Patna police about disappearance of the woman from hospital ward.i
Sangeeta Devi in her statement to the police had named four people as main accused .They too were arrested by Jahanabad police.
Police said the relatives of two youths who had disappeared from Jahanabad had raided her house alleging she had kidnapped them.Bodies of the two youths were later found from a village in Patna district.
Since her admission in the hospital,many RJD leaders had visited her as she was a RJD leader of Jahanabad.She was stripped naked in presence of the SP and inspoector of Jahanabad .She was pulled out of her house in the town by a mob .
Police is investigating the case of her mysterious disappearance and said seeing the conditon of her hospital bed and talks with other patients and their attendants in the ward,hr kidnapping from hospital under police custody is not ruled out.
According to police,the woman mystersiouly disappeared from the general ward where more than a dozen patients were also admitted and eight policemen posted inside and outside the ward.
Intensive patrolling has been started in Jahanabad and town put on alert as the news of her disappearance from the hospital reached the toen,60 kms from Patna.
Sangeeta was accused of kidnapping and murdering two youths in Jahanabad last week.She was under detention in PMCH's emergency ward till Sunday and shifted to general wardlast evening.
Inspector of Pirbahore police station confirmed the disappearance of the woman from her bed in general ward of Patna medical College Hospital where she was admitted since Wednesday.
The 40 -year-old woman Sangeeta Devi who was stripped naked and assaulted by a mob at her residence in jahanabad on Wednesdat last mysteriously disppeared from Patna Medical College Hospital in the wee hours of Monday.
A Charles, three-time MP from Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency passed away here on Sunday. He was 84. The burial will take place on Monday at 11.30 am at CSI Church Kannammoola.
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MessyNessyChic, a blog about libraries and books, recently featured the old Cincinnati Main Library, built in 1874 and demolished in 1955, less than a century later. The period photographs show a building of subtlety and sophistication. The four-story facade on downtown's Vine Street is pragmatically built up to the sidewalk (like Chicago's Harold T. Washington Library), and gives nothing away about the extraordinary space within. It is a "room full of books" what better image for a library than that? The architect was James W. McLaughlin (1834-1923). Born in the city, he apprenticed with a prominent local architect, James Keys Wilson (1828-1894). In addition to the library, McLaughlin also designed the city's art museum and zoo. The most prolific Cincinnati architect of that period was probably the British-born Samuel Hannaford (1835-1911), who designed the city hall and the Music Hall. By the second decade of the twentieth century, there seems to have been a sense that outside architectural expertise was required, especially for the new building type: the skyscraper. Cass Gilbert was brought in to build what was then the tallest office building outside New York City, Delano & Aldrich designed a soaring moderne slab that anticipated Rockefeller Center, and Paul Cret was consulting architect on the beautiful Art Deco railroad terminal. Since then, this trend has continued as many civic buildings have been designed by imported stars: Michael Graves, Cesar Pelli, and Zaha Hadid. This sometimes makes for good buildings, but one can still look back fondly to a time when local architects produced splendid designs like the old Main Library.
I spent a weekend in Seaside, the emblematic small beach town that launched a thousand traditional neighborhood developments. Seaside is now more than thirty years old and looks it—in a good way. It is not merely a question of mature landscaping and weathered materials, but also of the indefinable small adjustments that take place when a place grows into itself. Unexpected things have happened, of course, not least a real estate bonanza. At Seaside, modest wood-frame houses on small lots regularly go for well over a million dollars. A beachside house designed by the late Aldo Rossi—nothing spectacular—is on the market for $11 million. And the town center is a runaway commercial success; it was crowded with people on a Sunday in November, which is not the high season in this part of Florida.
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There are many problems with 1, World Center, its brutal and uninspiring silhouette, the rather bland curtain wall (that of 7, World Trade Center, by the same architects (SOM), is much better), its weak-kneed mast. But what scuttles it as a skyscraper is the chamfered geometry of its form. It leads the eye up and down at the same time. Towers should soar; in this one, the upward thrust of one facade is cancelled out by the downward thrust of the next. As a result it looks like an object, rather than a spire.
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Grandmas rejoice! ZyXEL has announced the X105N, a full-fledged 802.11n wireless router that the company touts as requiring "virtually no maintenance or support." After an easy set up requiring 'no technical background,' the router offers 150MBps speeds and one button encryption. I, for one, applaud a company that markets a product like this, so Best Buy/Geek Squad can't overcharge like scoundrels on installation fees.
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As new technology products are being added to home networks, resources may not be available to properly install them. With the X150N, ZyXEL has provided a high-quality, powerful yet simple means to enjoy wireless connectivity, requiring little setup time and no technical background.
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