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by Sarah De Heer in Shows, April 14th, 2013Earlier on FN Dish, we broke down the second round of Chopped All-Stars, including an interview with runner-up (spoiler alert).
If you missed the show and recorded it, don't read any further — FN Dish is about to break down the episode and chat with the winner.
The Baskets:
Appetizer: Black sea bass, wakame seaweed, cream soda and black garlic
Entree: Oxtail, labaneh, mustard greens and fruit cocktail
Dessert: Peanut brittle, Mexican chocolate, grape tomatoes and sponge cake snacks
Elimination Details:
First Round: Chuck Hughes
Second Round: Elizabeth Falkner
Final Round: Richard Blais
Winner: Gavin Kaysen
Judges: Chris Santos, Marcus Samuelsson and Maneet Chauhan
Gavin Kaysen, the executive chef of Café Boulud in New York City and a James Beard Rising Star Chef winner (2008), can add one more accolade to his wall of fame: Chopped All-Star Round 2 winner. He wowed judges with a refined entree and a nostalgic dessert to capture the win over Chef Richard Blais and advance to the finale.
What was the hardest basket you dealt with?
GK: Honestly, it was the dessert basket because of those sponge cakes — they're so sweet. I love the idea of Mexican chocolate and peanut brittle. They were no-brainers: Turn them into ice cream, done. But the sponge cakes and tomatoes threw me for a loop. I consider myself lucky, though. Throughout all three rounds, there was not one ingredient I didn't know how to use.
You said, "I don't look at dessert as a dish, but a complete meal." Explain this statement more.
GK: For me, and I say this with all admiration, I walked into the Chopped Kitchen thinking I was going to create a three-course meal for the judges. I didn't think about being chopped. I didn't think about being sent home after the first or second rounds. So in my mind, the first course was going to be a crudo, the second course is something a little more bold, and the final course is more homey and robust. I love to make food fancy — to make it worthy to the point of saying, "Of course I should have done that. Keep it simple, stupid." I told myself that all day: "Keep it simple, stupid."
You had a quarterback mentality throughout the show. There were a lot of wrestling terms being thrown around. Why the sports terminology?
GK: First of all, people can relate to it — when you talk about sporting events and competitions. But I think that there is a lot of sports analysis and psychiatry out there for a reason. Those people that are very good at what they do, for example, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, etc., they must go through some sort of analysis or strategy to become who they are. You don't just wake up and you have a gift. After going through The Next Iron Chef, I knew what it felt like to be the backup quarterback that never played, whereas today, I didn't come in with that same mentality.
Going into the finale, what are you going to take with you?
GK: I'm going to continue to bring the same mentality as I brought today because it's driven by Julian and the cause I'm playing for, Children's Cancer Research Fund. This is the reason why I'm here. It's the most important reason. I'm sure I made mistakes today. I'm going to reflect and focus on what I can do to make my dishes better.
You used both the blast chiller and the anti-griddle tonight. There are many chefs who are afraid to use the lesser-known pieces of equipment in the kitchen. What's your take on using these instruments during high-stakes moments?
GK: Well, it makes a difference when you've used them before — and I've used both. I don't know if I would have used them if I hadn't. If your techniques are on spot, then the blast chiller should do nothing but help you. These gadgets aren't supposed to save you; they're supposed to help you.
Going along with the theme of the show, who do you consider an all-star in your life?
GK: My parents are my all-stars, but my wife is my number one all-star. She takes care of our children. She's amazing.
More From Gavin Kaysen
- Gavin is competing for Children's Cancer Research Fund
Gavin joins Sunny in the finale on May 5. Who will join them next? Tune in to next week's episode, on Sunday, April 27 at 9pm/8c, to find out.
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This show was awesome! This is why we watch FoodNetwork.
I was so disappointed tonight. I really really felt that Elizabeth was not chopped in the first round simply because she is a wonderful chef and a friend to all the judges. They had very little good to say about her 1st round, she left bones in her fish AND they were all curled up like something dead….I am beginning to think it's not how it tastes but WHO cooked it.. what a bummer…
What is up with this show, you have rules for a reason right? So why now in both episodes so far we've had two chefs move on to the next rounds and in this episode a winner in which they failed to use all the basket ingredients together. The first was the mango jucie by Gabrielle and now Gavin not using the labaneh. The whole piont is to cook with them all. Hell, I could make each one by themselves taste good. The point is to combine them. It should be automatic DQ if they don't. I agree with Danielle on her post. The judges pick whom ever they like the best and not by the rules. You might as well just tell the next two rounds of chefs to do whatever they wish with the ingredients in the baskets. Not even worth watching the final episodes anymore, knowing they don't have to follow rules.
i thought the first round was close between hughes and falkner….so i kind of feel falkner dodged a bullet there, but then she was chopped out of the entree round when she had the strongest dish. i didn't understand that at all….kaysen didn't incorporate all 4 ingredients together and with blaise, well the judges even admitted that he did something similar to falkner but that hers was better….and yet she gets chopped because of "poor presentation". this was just a confusing episode….i think they wanted to make the dessert round more exciting by getting rid of the chef with a pastry background.
and i agree with KLF18….gabrielle just putting mango juice in a shot glass and still surviving that round…that was brutal!!
I'm not understanding why the rules are different for the ALL Stars. During any other Chopped the chefs would've been chastised for taking a drink out of a container being used for a dish. Gavin took a drink out of the can of Cream soda before using it to cook., and another chef tasted a sauce with a spoon and then put the spoon back in the pan. Any other chef would have been Chopped for doing that. If the rules are good enough for regular chefs they should be good enough for All Stars.
I thought Richard had this one. Chris Santos practically licked Richard's appetizer and dessert dishes clean.
Just goes to show there is "politics" in the chef world as well as I believe Richard was far and above more creative and put it all out there with better dishes than all………………..
Richard got screwed.
Has there ever been an African American to win any of these contests? Just asking love watchingthe food network


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November 26, 2012, 10:57 am
Ive read a lot of posts saying this should be changed when servicing as it has a habit of collapsing.
Where does this live and is it a simple part to change ?
What symptoms would a collapsed valve give ?
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[i]Dont know if this helps:[/i]
November 26, 2012, 9:14 pm
1.8 petrol its at the front look at the thermostat housing above or next to it is a rubber hose a small one leading to the front where the manifold is it then attatches to the pcv valve which is in a rubber holder simply pull this out and thats the valve its the hose that has a problem with collapsing if you follow it round to the rear of the engine it bends and goes into the throttle with the engine running give it some gas and see i the hose collapses the pcv valve spring does go weak
November 26, 2012, 11:15 pm
In my 1.6 it's located just underneath the battery box.
If it collapses you'll usually get an engine light on with an error code. Not all the time though. Also, when you open your fuel cap, you'll hear the tank depressurising. The PCV is supposed to get rid of vapourised petrol that builds up in the tank, and if it fails, then it all just stays in the tank and leaks out with a depressurisation noise when you open the cap.
November 27, 2012, 10:11 am
Thanks arti ,gsm and btmaldon that will be very helpful when I have a look. I was hoping to have a poke around at lunch but the heavens have opened up here badly.
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November 27, 2012, 11:33 am
the fuel system is supposed to operate under a partial pressure so you should get a small hiss and has nothing to do with the fuel tank
The blow by vapors that end up in an engine's crankcase contain moisture as well as combustion by products and unburned fuel vapors. The crankcase is sealed to prevent the escape of these gases into the atmosphere, but the vapors must be removed to prevent oil contamination that leads to sludge formation. The positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) system siphons these vapors from the crankcase and routes them into the intake manifold so they can be reburned in the engine.
The main component in the PCV system is the PCV valve, which is usually located in the valve cover. A hose connects the PCV valve to the intake manifold. A second hose between the air cleaner and crankcase or other valve cover (V6 or V8 applications) provides fresh air to help flush the vapors out of the crankcase. Some engines have a separate air filter for the PCV breather hose located inside the air cleaner.
The PCV valve is a spring-loaded valve with a specific orifice size designed to restrict the amount of air that's siphoned from the crankcase into the intake manifold. This is necessary because air drawn through the valve from the crankcase has a leaning effect on the fuel mixture much the same as a vacuum leak. So air flow through the valve must be controlled within certain limits. At idle, air flow is reduced because little blowby is produced. When the engine is cruising and vacuum is high, airflow through the PCV valve is at a maximum to purge the blowby vapors from the crankcase.
It's important to note that PCV valves are sized for specific engine applications. The wrong PCV valve for an application can flow too much or too little air causing driveability problems. Varnish deposits can clog the valve, so replacement for preventative maintenance is recommended (every 50,000 miles usually).
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November 27, 2012, 6:01 pm
When you said PCV I thought you meant Purge Control Valve... seems I might have been talking about a completely different thing.
November 27, 2012, 7:16 pm
Lol positive crankcase ventilation valve you get them cheap enough on ebay the hose though is a ford job but less than £10 if you do need the hose a good tip is on the bend right up to where it goes into the throttle body wrap around 6 layers of tin foil that stops the heat softening the rubber which causes it to collapse
December 5, 2012, 10:23 am
Thanks arti,
that was an excellent guide. The PCV had collapsed managed to change it, added the foil aswell, working fine now.
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The commission voted Monday night to appoint Darton College economics professor Aaron Johnson to fill the void left by Don Barfield, an appointee who resigned last year for personal reasons. McKinney, who was initially appointed to the EDC by the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce, was applying to be an appointee of the city because his term as a chamber appointee had expired.
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So, I informed the landlord about the problem, and she told me she would have her husband come and look at it. After he came to see it, he discovered that it was never connected and that he would need to call an electrician. He told us that he would let us know when they would come to install it.
This was about 3 weeks ago and I have heard nothing. I spoke to the woman a few times and she told me that they are playing phone tag with the guy and would get back to me. She seems like she is telling the truth, but I canÂt be sure if she is just pacifying me to get me to leave her alone. She told me (on the 1st when she came to get the rent) that if they couldnÂt get the guy they know, they would call someone from the yellow pages.
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I really wish that there was some kind of screening for landlords before you move (the same way they like to screen us). LOL I just seem to have the worst luck with these situations..
Jen, you moved in without a lease, that means you have no guarantees or protection and the landlord doesn't have to fix a thing. If I were you I would just leave her alone then look for a new place to live after Christmas.
If you really like the apartment and want to stay. The door bell would be what I would I would fight for.
After 20 years of apartment life I can tell you that landlord bought dishwashers are only good for two things. First is a place to store oversized things. The second is when someone in the home is sick, you wash the dishes then put them in the dishwasher and it sterlizes them.
Absolutely DO NOT contract repairs on the hopes that you can turn the receipt in for rent credit. Not only will you not get your rent credit, but you could find yourself in some very hot water for a number of reasons:
1. You are not the owner or bonafide representative of the owner, therefore you cannot legally enter into a contract on behalf of the owner.
2. Landlord/Tenate laws prohibit tenants from making any repairs or alterations to the attached real property portions of the structure. Not only can the landlord refuse to pay your bill, they could evict you for property damage.
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You HAVE RIGHTS! Look up "residential landlord and Tenant" and the name of your state at Google.
Lease or no lease, the landlord has obligations ... depending on state laws, you might be able to send them a notice that the DW needs repair, and then have the thing repaired and repairs deducted from the rent if they don't fix it.
I do not know this to be true in your case, but I can tell you that we know several electricians (dh in construction trades) and we have had a very difficult time getting someone to come out and rewire an old house we just bought. They are willing, just very busy. It is difficult to get someone to come out for a small job, i.e. fixing a dishwasher. They will do these things, but they do it at a time that is convenient for them. This time of year, tradesman are backed up with work as people prepare for the holidays and winter. They may not be giving you the run around, they could very well be having trouble lining someone up. In addition, I would hazard a guess that having a dishwasher is not essential to your habitability and would not constitute a reason to withhold rent.Beware of those that suggest you do this. In many cases that is just cause for eviction. Your LL didn't know about the dishwasher and says they are trying to fix it. If you were my tenant I would do everything I could to take care of it. I like someone that wants to keep the place clean and it is likely your LL feels the same way. But don't lose hope, our electrician called today and said that due to the extreme cold he wouldn't be able to do the job he had scheduled and could fit me in- woohoo, maybe something similar will happen for you soon.


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Kraus Clear 34mm edge Glass Vessel Sink and Riviera Faucet
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- Glass sink is constructed from solid tempered glass
- Sink features polished glass interior and exterior
- Designed for above counter installation with standard US plumbing connections
- Solid brass umbrella pop-up drain and mounting ring are included in the same finish as the faucet
- Sink dimensions: 17 inches Dia x 6 inches H
- Glass thickness: 0.75 inch (19 mm) with 34mm edge
- Mounting ring adds 0.5 inch
- 1.75-inch standard drain opening
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- Riviera vessel faucet is constructed from solid brass
- Available in chrome, satin nickel and oil rubbed bronze finishes
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- Standard US plumbing connections
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Spout Reach: | 5½ inches |
Bowl Depth: | 6 inches |
Faucet Height: | 13.13 inches |
Diameter: | 17 inches |
Liters per Minute (Max): | 5.69L |
Gallons per Minute (Max): | 1.5gal |
Center to Center: | 11 inches |
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My new 46-page zine, TRANSGENDER PEOPLE of the BIBLE, is now available for free on Issuu.com. This e-booklet focuses on common sense references to transgender people found throughout the Bible, and also provides some transgender 101 terminology and a list of 21 ideas for Christian transgender allies.
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I started growing fodder by sprouting oats, then changed over to barley. Since doing so I have come across some differences between the two. Due to my region of the US oats are less expensive than barley. While barley sprouts much faster than oats, I have been getting denser root bases, as well as less mold with oat fodder. The barley in the area seems to have a lot of chafe in it, and when soaking the seed it is difficult to remove the debris from the barley. Once I switched to straight barley, I was losing every other biscuit to mold contamination. After I made the switch back to oats, 100% of my fodder biscuits are healthy, and feed-able to my horses!
Part of the mold issues are attributed to I was not using seed quality barley. I raised the amount of bleach concentration in my initial seed soak from 3% all the way to 10%, all this did was reduce my seed germination rates. I used cold water for all watering of the fodder, and increased the room ventilation. Next I switched barley feed I was purchasing and the new stuff I got my hands on was much cleaner which in turn meant less chafe, and less overall contaminated. Lesson learned here was to stay away from Ranch-Way grains, which come from a mill in Fort Collins, Colorado. It is the standby feed manufacturer in the west unfortunately, and typically is less expensive. It by far is an extremely dirty seed source and I tried for over 3 months getting mold under control with their grains with no luck. The discounted price is nothing more than an illusion as most of the seed I purchased that came from Ranch-Way molded once I tried to sprout it.
The only thing that stopped the mold was a product called Aqua Kleanse. The Aqua Kleanse stops mold without the use of harsh and dangerous chemicals. It is also a green product that is completely safe to use on fodder. While I have access to this product, I don't like to use it mainly because you should be able to grow mold free fodder easily without the use of anything other than water, fertilizer, and clean seed. Every product you bring in affects your cost input into your fodder. For awhile Ranch-Way Feeds was all I could get my hands on in my region until Tractor Supply Company opened up a new store in my neighborhood. Once I switched to Nutrena whole grains I had zero issues with mold in either my barley or oat fodder.
Overall my horses seem to like the oat fodder better than the barley fodder. With the extended grow time of up to 12 days its worth it to end up with a heavier fodder biscuit in the end. I would encourage all of you to experiment with different grains and grain combinations. If you horse does not like one type of fodder try sprouting something else. If you can not find a clean barley source, I would recommend switching to oats. Oats tend to be cleaner overall than many other grain products. In the next few months I plan seeing how well wheat works for fodder and will keep you all updated.
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December 12, 2008 — The orangutan Bonnie began whistling spontaneously, giving scientists new insights into the evolution of speech. Science Daily.
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December 4, 2008 — Ruth Ellis Center is home away from home for LGBTQ teens. By Tracey M. Henry, The Michigan Citizen.
Affirmations Café reopens
October 28, 2008 — Freep.com
Divide and Conquer: Five LGBT organizations that are making a difference
June 12, 2008 — Frontiers magazine profile of David Bohnett and the Foundation.
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I am interested in addressing the connectivity of humans through the use of modern technology. The internet has clearly revolutionized the free exchange of ideas and information (in some countries) and the availability of the required technology is increasing and improving. However, the actual networking involved tends to simply rely on the internet as the sole median between people and as we all know this can clutter the exchange. The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC http://laptop.org/laptop/hardware/specs.shtml) has made strides to narrow this gap by creating an affordable basic laptop for children in developing countries or underprivileged areas throughout the world. The OLPC addresses the connectivity of these basic laptops by connecting to networks wirelessly or by creating an ad hoc (802.11s) network between individual computers. Although this aims to create a greater area of connectivity for these computers it is lacking a centralized server. If the computers are out of range of an active internet connection then all they are left with is the ability to communicate from laptop to laptop. Even if you were able to relay the internet from one pc to the next, the amount of collision points involved would essentially make the connection worthless. Typically a network server is the most expensive part of the network infrastructure. If you want to heighten the OLPC from a learning tool to a networking tool than the issue of One Server Per City is a viable project to undergo. By creating a centralized database and server the reliability and flexibility of a product such as the OLPC greatly increases. Centralized databases could relay stored information regardless of an active internet connection, greatly increasing the effectiveness of using each laptop as a learning tool as well as a networking tool.
Secondly, another area of conflict is the availability and distribution of electricity. Even if every child has a laptop it quickly becomes irrelevant if all of their laptops are dead without the availability of electricity. The OLPC does support off the grid power supplies such as a foot pedal, pull cord, and hand crank. If other laptop users don't have to wind their computers several times per use why should developing areas be relegated to such measures? Modern electrical systems are nothing more complex wired networks. Instead of routers and severs you have relay stations and power plants. Ideally the gains in solar and fuel cell technology could help remedy this issue in most remote areas (sorry Antarctica) by the use of local bio materials and the sun. Luckily we quickly entering the era of power over wi-fi in which the very network you connect to with your computer can actually supply the power to run the machine wirelessly. Nikola Telsa was able to broadcast direct current electricity over great distances to power product far less electrically efficient than modern technologies. The newly developing "WiTricity" (http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-01/electricity-air) could be tremendously beneficial to areas in which the electrical infrastructure is simply not present.


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Composer (1792 - 1868)
Rossini was born on February 29th, 1792 in Pesaro, Italy to musical parents. His father was a trumpeter in various small bands and orchestras and his mother was a singer so Rossini grew up knowing music and life in the theatre. The child was frequently left with his maternal grandmother while his parents toured opera houses in the region. Gioachino sang and played music with ease. In 1802 the family moved to Lugo and then after a period of time they moved to Bologna where they established permanent residence. In Bologna, Rossini studied music privately. His progress was rapid and in 1806 he entered the Liceo Musicale where he attended courses in singing, the cello, piano and counterpoint. In the same year he followed his father into the Accademia Filarmonica, which was a great honour at such an early age. During his student years Rossini wrote very little. He composed some instrumental pieces, some sacred music and a cantata which although of poor quality, won a prize at the Liceo. The composer's first opera was Demetrio e Polibio, which was staged only in 1812 after four other works had brought the composer advance publicity. In 1810 the composer's career in opera began for real when he was commissioned by the Teatro S Moisè in Venice to compose the music for Gaetano Rossi's one-act farsa, La cambiale di matrimionio. Five of Rossini's first nine operas were written for the same theatre. Rossini's next opera was L'equivoco stravagante which was performed in Bologna in 1811 and in 1812 the première of L'inganno felice took place in Venice which was Rossini's first truly successful piece of work. Commissions from other theatres followed rapidly. He then composed his sacred opera Ciro in Babilonia which was followed by La Scala di seta. The première of his two-act La pietra del paragone followed in Teatro alla Scala in Milan in 1812. Probably the best of Rossini's farse was Il Signor Bruschino which was composed shortly after La pietra del paragone. Rossini's first two operas to win international acclaim were written consecutively for Venetian theatres and were Tancredi, performed in 1813 and L'italiana in Algeri which also premièred in 1813. From then on the composer's fame was assured. He spent a period in Milan mounting and revising his two Venetian successes for the Teatro Re and composing two new operas for La Scala, Aureliano in Palmira (1813) and Il turco in Italia (1814). By 1815 Rossini's operas were played almost everywhere except for in Naples. Here the natives were loath to welcome a northerner into their world of Cimarosa and the still-living Paisello. However, the powerful Domenico Barbaia, impresario of the Neapolitan theatres, seeking to revitalize operatic life in Naples, invited Rossini to the city to work as musical and artistic director and also to compose for his theatres. Rossini's period in Naples opened with his opera Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra (1815) but during this period he also wrote several other major works for other cities including two comic operas, Il barbiere di Siviglia (probably the greatest of all comic operas) and La Cenerentola and two semiseria operas, Torvaldo e Dorliska and La gazza ladra. The composer went to Rome soon after the première of Elisabetta and Torvaldo e Dorliska opened the Carnival season there at the Teatro Valle in December 1815. From 1817 to 1822, most of Rossini's significant operas were written. These include Armida in 1817, Mosè in Egitto in 1818, Ricciardo e Zoraide, again in 1818, Ermione and la donna del lago in 1819, Maometto II in 1820 and Zelmira in 1822. The work composed for Naples was by far superior to all others. Matilde di Shabran, performed in Rome in 1821, is an exception and was also considered to be of high quality. While in Naples, Rossini began to have personal relations with Isabella Colbran, a soprano who sang in his operas and who appears to have been Barbaia's mistress when the composer arrived in the city. In 1822 Colbran and Rossini were married in Bologna. Around this period both France and England were bidding for Rossini's services as his operas had gained international acclaim. With Barbaia's help, a Rossini festival was organized. He travelled to Vienna and then returned to Italy for a year until the autumn of 1823. He composed two cantatas for the Congress of Verona at the end of 1822, at the invitation of Prince Metternich. His opera Maometto II was revised and performed in Venice and he also wrote his last opera for Italy, Semiramide. In the autumn of 1823 the Rossinis departed for Paris where they stopped briefly and then they continued on to London where a Rossini season was organized at the King's theatre. Many of his operas were unsuccessful however in the British capital. The composer made money by participating in the household musical gatherings of English Aristocrats who paid him for his company and who also employed him to teach music to their children. By the summer of 1824 the Rossinis were in Paris, where Gioachino agreed to become director of the Théâtre-Italien. He was also contracted to produce his older operas there, introduce other Italian operas and compose new operas for both this theatre and the Opéra. They established residence in the French capital and learned French. For the theatre he composed Il viaggio a Reims, performed in 1825 and then in 1828 he wrote Le Comte Ory and in 1829 Guillaume Tell. Italian and French operatic styles are combined in these last two operas. The latter was to be the composer's last opera and was followed by a long period of silence from him. Relations between the composer and his wife were becoming strained and after having been on vacation in Bologna after the launch of Guillaume Tell, Rossini returned to Paris alone where he spent a great deal of time over the next number of years due to negotiations with the courts about his financial affairs. These affairs were relating to an agreement signed by the government of Charles X which was dethroned in the 1830 revolution. In Paris he composed the Stabat mater and the Soirées musicales but little else of any significance. By 1832 the composer was unwell and his ailments lasted for a period of more than 25 years. In 1836 Rossini left Paris, after having tidied up his affairs, and returned to Bologna. During the time of Rossini's lengthy illness he was nursed by Olympe Pélissier with whom he had been having an affair since early in the 1830s. She followed him to Bologna at the beginning of the following year. During the winter of 1837-1838 Rossini and Olympe established a music salon in Milan and gave a number of musical soirées. However, his father's death in 1839 furthered weakened the strength of Gioachino and so the only activity he carried out in this period was as honorary consultant to the Bologna Liceo Musicale, regenerating the conservatory and developing its curriculum. Although he played at least a small role there, his poor health required constant attention and treatment. Rossini's affair with Olympe culminated in marriage in 1846, following the death of Rossini's first wife, Isabella. They moved to Florence when Rossini found himself out of favour with many of the people from Bologna, following the revolutionary movements which swept through Italy in 1848. Finally, after a number of years, the Rossinis made the decision to return to Paris in 1855 and here, his health improved dramatically. He bought some land in the suburb of Passy and there he built a villa. He also governed an elegant salon in Paris and began to compose again. He wrote over 150 piano pieces, songs and small ensembles. He referred to these pieces as his Péchés de vieillesse, the 'Sins of Old Age'. Included in these pieces was his Petite messe solennelle which was his finest work of his late years. It was written for twelve voices, two pianos and harmonium. The influence of Bach can be detected in this piece of work. In his final years Rossini lived in honoured retirement, a composer whose fame was based on work completed 40 years before. His work after his lengthy silence, was however, greatly acknowledged and pieces like the Petite Messe Solennelle are still played internationally. Gioachino Rossini fell seriously ill in the autumn of 1868. He died soon afterwards on November 13th in his villa in Passy. Thousands attended his funeral and memorial services were held throughout France and Italy. Initially he was buried in Père Lachaise cemetry in Paris but his remains were transported to Santa Croce in Florence in 1887. The composer left a large endowment to found a conservatory in his birthplace, and also left his remaining autographs to Pesaro. No composer in the first half of the 19th century enjoyed the measure of prestige, wealth, popular acclaim or artistic influence that belonged to Rossini and his contemporaries recognized him as the greatest Italian composer of his time.


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Crown takes the quality of our products very seriously and stands behind every product we sell. We have been made aware of a quality problem in a part provided to us by one of our suppliers which has been shown to cause certain amplifiers within the XTi, CDi & DSi series families to fail. While we have rectified this quality issue for all current and future production, a number of the affected amplifiers have been shipped and are currently in use.
As a result, Crown is today announcing a a corrective action program for certain CDi, DSi and XTi amplifiers. If you purchased a CDi, DSi or XTi series amplifier between September 1, 2009 and April 30, 2010, your amp may be affected. To confirm, please locate your amplifier's serial number. It is a 10-digit number on the back panel of the amplifier near the power inlet and it begins with "8500".


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Please see results from our men's weekend Single Stableford competition;
1st Jason Ryan 45 pts.
3rd Paul McDaid 39 pts
4th Tony Cleary 38 pts
Jnr. Cormac O'Neill 33 pts.
Next weekend's men's competition Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd July is a Singles Stableford competition and Golfer of the year competition.
Please note entries are now being taken for Scotch Foursomes and will be closing this week.
The Dromoland intermediate Scratch Cup took place on Sunday 22nd July. Results are as follows;
1st Gross Dermot Walsh Tralee 82 Gross
1st Nett Jackie Mulvihill Listowel 71 Nett
2nd Net Noel O'Connor Dromoland 72 Nett
3rd Nett Sean Donnellan Dromoland 73 Nett
Please see results from our Ladies Medal competition;
1st Maureen McKeogh 70 nett
2nd Mairead Bergin 71 nett
3rd Suzanne McConway 73 nett
Next weekend's competition is Mrs Maureen McKeogh Lady's Captain's Day on Saturday 28th July, tee-time is 12 noon to 2.30 pm. Lady Captain's Prize to the Men takes place at 6.00p.m that evening.
Dromoland's Course Record Week takes place from Monday 23rd July to Friday 27th July. Play as many times once a day from Monday to Friday. Visitors €55.00 & Members €10.00. GUI/ILGU cards required.
Please see results from our men's weekend 3 ball scramble competition;
1st Declan O'Leary, Alan Ryan, Brian Arthur 54.18
2nd Stephen O'Mullan,Alan Larkin, Tim Mullane 56.66
Next weekend's men's competition Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th July is Monthly Medal.
Our Senior Cup Team competed well in Mitchelstown and were unlucky not to progress further.
Please see results from our Ladies Stableford competition;
1st Dervla O'Neill 38 points
2nd Linda Kochhar 36 points
3rd Julie Newman 34 points
Next weekend's competition is the Captain's Prize to the Ladies on Saturday 14th July from 2.30p.m to 4.30p.m.
Dromoland Castle Golf Club is hosting the 2nd & 3rd rounds of the ILGU interclub matchplay junior foursomes on Sunday 15th July and would like to wish all the teams involved the very best of luck.
Dromoland's Course Record Week takes place from Monday 23rd July to Friday 27th July. Play as many times once a day from Monday to Friday. Visitors €55.00 & Members €10.00. GUI/ILGU cards required.
1st Brian Shally & Jason O'Leary
2nd Flan Sheedy & Ronan Mullane
Our Crystal Competition Winner is Yvonne Shanahan with an overall score of 68
Day 1 Winner Maria Nolan 34 pts
Day 2 Winner Katrina O'Neill 37 pts
Overall Junior Dervela O'Neill 47 pts (comb)
Overall Gross Mairead Bergin 33 gross
Overall 2nd Mary O'Donnell 64 (comb)
Photo is of Dervela O'Neill with our Lady Captain Maureen McKeogh and Rita Gleeson
Dave Foley competed in the 4th of 8 PGA winter series in Killarney on Monday. We are delighted to announce that Dave finished 2nd in the event and has moved up onto 2nd in the overall order of merit.
Well done Dave!!!
The ILGU Interclub Championship takes place on 27th of August 2011 at Clonmel Golf Club.
Dromoland Ladies will play in the 'Munster Division Finals'. Dromoland Minor team will play Templemore and the Challenge Team will play East Cork. This is the first time Dromoland Ladies have made it to the finals. If either team win, they will qualify for the All Ireland National Final which takes place at Ardee, Co. Louth in September 14th -17th of September.
Our Minor Team
(Missing from photo is Maureen McKeogh!)
Front row from Left: |
Julie Newman |
President Tom Delaney |
Lady Captain Sandy Smyth |
Captain William Fitzgerald |
Mary O'Donnell O'Brien |
Back row from left: |
Sheila Kent |
Maria Nolan |
Collette Colleran |
Mary Keane |
Carola Wixted |
Yvonne Shanahan |
Our Challenge Team
Front row from left: |
Dorothea Madden |
President Tom Delaney |
Lady Captain Sandy Smyth |
Captain William Fitzgerald |
Julie Fitzgerald |
Back row from left; |
Annette Ryan |
Anne Murphy |
Mary Ann Sheils |
Tina McGuire |
Majella Cotgreave |
Katrina O'Neill |


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Industry analysts, like the rest of IT, speak in code. It's come to my attention that the word "productivity" may have acquired some baggage as it was picked up by vendors making general purpose software like word processors that couldn't find a better way to name this category. So it was used predominantly to refer to vague, back-of-the-napkin calculations of savings that never find their way to the bottom line. For example: "if we save five minutes a day for every sales people, and there are x salespeople who make $y per hour, we're saving $z".
That's too bad since a broad understanding of productivity is needed for IT to address the full spectrum of it. Remember how "knowledge management" was forced to spend 15+ years wandering in the desert after overzealous promises were broken in the 1980's? KM is just now making a return. It took literally a generation to pass before finding a new audience that didn't have a bad impression of the term.
Is "productivity" also damaged goods?
Productivity is output per unit of input. The digital world offers less tangible versions of what outputs and inputs can be. Output could be "better online customer experience" or "hopefully resulting in higher future purchases". Inputs could be "expertise and time spent on improving the web user interface". But the formula is unchanged.
In common usage, being more productive means doing more of the thing the measurer cares about. Therefore, productivity is in the eye of the beholder. Getting employees to care about the things that matter most to the business is the job of management. Once IT knows what that is, they can determine what a "productivity tool" looks like.
Software vendors are making broad assumptions when they declare that a tool helps productivity without knowing what it is you're trying to do. For example, helping you quickly add fun animations to your slide presentations may count as productivity if that's what you need to do and were spending a longer time doing before. It counts as zero additional productivity if that's not involved in the goal being measured as "output", and is just decreasing your "input" (time) as you mess around with it. I can just picture some of my old bosses saying "unless you're a clown, fun is not an output."
Own your definition of productivity. It should be based on what matters to the people you work for and what the "output" is. Once you know that, productivity can be pulled in from the proverbial desert and regain a comfortable place in the office.
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Kuala Lumpur: The Shariah-compliant banking assets have surged in Asia in the last year which assures that the next decade will see 15 percent increase every year in the Islamic Finance industry.
According to the estimation by a global standards-setting body, the Islamic Finance industry will grow at rapid pace of 15 percent annually due to surge in the Islamic banking assets in Asia.
As per data of the central bank, holdings in Malaysia rose 27 percent to RM344 billion during the 12 months to April 30, 2012.
The official figures show that in Indonesia, they climbed 43 percent to 144.3 trillion rupiah ($15.2 billion).
The Secretary General of the Kuala Lumpur-based Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB), Jaseem Ahmed, said last month in an interview that rising consumer demand for banking services is helping drive the market.
The CEO at HSBC Amanah Malaysia Bhd, Rafe Haneef, said, "Government spending programs in the key Islamic centers of Asia and the Middle East are bolstering economic growth and bringing in more funds for lenders."
According to a report from Ernst & Young LLP, Industry assets may reach $1.1 trillion in 2012, compared with $826 billion in 2010.
Haneef said in an interview, "Islamic banking assets worldwide have been growing at an average rate of 15-25 percent annually."
"More and more countries, such as Egypt, are shifting to Islamic banking," he added.
The data from the monetary authorities show Shariah banking in Indonesia accounted for 3.8 percent of the total in April, while the ratio was 24 percent in Malaysia.
The Deloitte Middle East Islamic Finance Centre in Manama, Bahrain, issued a report last month which showed that Saudi Arabia's $94 billion of financial assets that comply with religious tenets represent 26 percent of the market in the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
A law firm, Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill, claimed that the lenders' assets have potential to grow further as more countries adopt Islamic financing and sell sukuk.
HSBC's Haneef stated, "Oman and Hong Kong are in the process of drafting legislation, while Turkey, Afghanistan and South Africa are planning sukuk sales. Egypt is looking to introduce Islamic banking in a big way."
Issuance of bonds that comply with Islam's ban on interest climbed to $20.8 billion in 2012 from $14 billion in the same period in 2011, led by the Middle East. HSBC Bank predicts full-year offerings will surpass 2011's record of $36.7 billion.
A partner and Head of the shariah-compliant finance practice at Hishammuddin Allen, Megat Hizaini Hassan, said, "The outlook is positive for Islamic finance, with growth being primarily focused on consumer demand. The emergence of new markets would be the main driver."
The IFSB predicted in 2007 that the global Islamic Finance industry would reach $2.8 trillion by 2015. Jaseem declined to give a new prediction. He said, "The industry is strong and growing and it's expanding geographically."
The Executive Director for Islamic capital markets at the Securities Commission, Zainal Izlan Zainal Abidin, stated, "Islamic finance has developed not only in traditional Muslim markets like Malaysia and the Middle East, but also in conventional markets."
"There are a growing number of jurisdictions across the globe at various stages of developing their capabilities in Islamic finance," he concluded.