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The archaeology of hybrid material culture
- Meeting
- Annual Visiting Scholar Conference (26th : 2009 : Carbondale, Ill.)
- Language
- English.
- Publication
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2013]
- Copyright notice
- ©2013
- Physical description
- xiv, 510 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
- Series
- Occasional paper (Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Center for Archaeological Investigations) ; no. 39.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction / Jeb J. Card
- Ceramic change in colonial Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Parsing hybridity: archaeologies of amalgamation in seventeenth-century New Mexico / Matthew Liebmann
- Of earth and clay: Caribbean ceramics in the African Atlantic / Mark W. Hauser
- Continuity and change in early eighteenth-century Apalachee colonowares / Ann S. Cordell
- Italianate pipil potters: mesoamerican transformation of renaissance material culture in early spanish colonial San Salvador / Jeb J. Card
- Worshipping with hybrid objects: assessing culture contact through use context / Melissa Chatfield
- Ethnicity and material culture in Latin America.
- Long-term patterns of ethnogenesis in indigenous Amazonia / Jonathan D. Hill
- Classic Maya ceramic hybridity in the Sibun Valley of Belize / Eleanor Harrison-Buck, Ellen Spensley Moriarty, and Patricia A. McAnany
- Hybrid cultures...and hybrid peoples: bioarchaeology of genetic change, religious architecture, and burial ritual in the colonial Andes / Haagen D. Klaus
- A change of dress on the coast of Peru: technological and material hybridity in colonial Peruvian textiles / Carrie Brezine
- Hybridity, identity, and archaeological practice / Kathleen Deagan
- Culture contact and transformation in technological style.
- The Châtelperronian: hybrid culture or independent innovation / Clare Tolmie
- The industrious exiles: an analysis of flaked glass tools from the leprosarium at Kalawao, Molokai / James L. Flexner and Colleen L. Morgan
- Innovation and identity: the language and reality of prehistoric imitation and technological change / Catherine J. Frieman
- Bones, stones, and metal tools: experiments in middle Missouri bone working / Janet Lynn Griffitts
- "Style" in crafting hybrid material culture on the fringes of empire: an example from the native North American midcontinent / Kathleen L. Ehrhardt
- Materiality and identity.
- The Kayenta diaspora and Salado meta-identity in the late precontact U.S. Southwest / Jeffery J. Clark, Deborah L. Huntley, J. Brett Hill, and Patrick D. Lyons
- Small beginnings: experimental technologies and implications for hybridity / Katherine Hayes
- Set in stone: on hybrid images and social relationships in prehistoric and Roman Europe / Christopher M. Roberts
- Architectural spaces and hybrid practices in ancient northern Mesopotamia / Sevil Baltal Trpan
- What, where, and when is hybridity / Stephen W. Silliman.
- Summary
- In recent years, archaeologists have used the terms hybrid and hybridity with increasing frequency to describe and interpret forms of material culture. Hybridity is a way of viewing culture and human action that addresses the issue of power differentials between peoples and cultures. This approach suggests that cultures are not discrete pure entities but rather are continuously transforming and recombining. The Archaeology of Hybrid Material Culture discusses this concept and its relationship to archaeological classification and the emergence of new ethnic group identities. This collection of essays provides readers with theoretical and concrete tools for investigating objects and architecture with discernible multiple influences.
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- Publication date
- 2013
- Copyright date
- 2013
- Responsibility
- edited by Jeb J. Card.
- Series
- Occasional paper ; no. 39
- 9780809333141
- 0809333147

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Students should impress upon their parents to drive vehicles carefully on road, to wear helmets and to not answer mobile calls as it may distract them, said Superintendent of Police M. Manohar.
Addressing a large gathering of students including NCC cadets at Thiruparankundram on Tuesday as part of the "road safety week," organised in association with the 108 emergency ambulance service, Mr. Manohar said that students' could emotionally reach the message to parents about the need for their safety.
The safety aspects should come voluntarily from every road-user. Quoting a slogan "It is a mission and not an intermission" on road safety, Mr. Manohar said that the youth should take this message to the masses.
The police booked cases on charges such as rash driving, drunken driving among others, but safe driving can be assured only by road-users.
Expressing concern over the rise in fatal road accidents in the district year-on-year since 2008, the SP appealed to the students to play a crucial role.
Thiruparankundram DSP Ponram, 108 emergency ambulance service officials including its regional manager Lakshmanan, Manager Thanikaivel Murugan among others participated.
Later, Mr. Manohar flagged off a cycle rally on the occasion.
Eye test
Transport Department, in association with the Aravind Eye Hospital conducted a free eye screening camp at the RTO (North) office. Deputy Transport Commissioner P. Kumarasami inaugurated the camp in the presence of RTOs T.G. Thomas, N. Ravichandran and Natarajan. A team of doctors screened 255 patients who had visited the RTO office seeking learners' driving licence and drivers who had come for fitness certificates for their heavy vehicles.
The doctors' recommended surgery for five persons and glasses for 25 persons.
Keywords: road accidents, road safety, drunken driving


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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program |
Laborer Fatally Injured While Cleaning Concrete Mixer - Tennessee |
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SummaryOn May 15, 1995, a 25-year-old male laborer (the victim) at a concrete-pipe-manufacturing facility died from injuries he received while cleaning a ribbon-type concrete mixer. The mixer is cleaned out each day at the end of the shift, by the laborer and the mixer operator. The procedure for cleaning the mixer is to shut off the power at the breaker box (approximately 35 feet from the mixer), push the toggle switch (adjacent to the mixer) for the mixer to determine if the power is off, and then enter the mixer to scrape down the inside and shovel the concrete debris out the front discharge chute. The event was un-witnessed; however, it is assumed that the mixer operator shut off the main breaker, and, instead of the normal procedure for checking the mixer before entry, decided to make a telephone call. The victim, a Mexican immigrant who spoke or read very little English, not knowing the mixer had been de-energized at the main breaker, turned the mixer back on, thinking he had shut it off. The victim then entered the mixer without first pushing the toggle switch to verify that the power was off and started cleaning. The mixer operator returned from making his telephone call, and pushed the toggle switch to check the mixer, and heard the victim scream. He proceeded immediately to the main breaker and shut off the mixer. The emergency medical services was called, arrived at the site in 30 minutes, and transported the victim to a local hospital, where he was then transferred to a local trauma center. He died at the trauma center approximately 4 hours later. NIOSH investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar incidents, employers should:
IntroductionOn May 15, 1995, a 25-year-old male laborer (the victim) died as a result of a ribbon-type concrete mixer being turned on while he was inside cleaning the mixer. On May 23, 1995, officials of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the State of Tennessee (TOSHA) notified the Division of Safety Research (DSR) of this fatality, and requested technical assistance. On July 11, 1995, a DSR environmental health and safety specialist conducted an on-site investigation, accompanied by the TOSHA investigator. The incident was reviewed with the TOSHA investigator, and employer representatives. Photographs were taken of the incident site during the investigation. The employer was a concrete-pipe-manufacturing facility that produced concrete sewer pipes of various sizes. The facility operated on one 8-hour production shift (7:00 am -3:30 p.m.) five days a week, employing 12 workers performing various tasks in the production of concrete sewer pipe. The company had 6 operating plants throughout the state, employing a total of 85 workers. The facility's safety department was comprised of an administrative manager, the plant manager, and a supervisor, all with collateral safety duties. The employer had hand-written safety procedures that included lock-out/tag-out procedures; however, the employer did not provide any formal task training to employees. Employees received on-the-job orientation training. The victim had worked for the employer for 11 months. Back to TopInvestigationOn the day of the incident, workers at the facility were manufacturing concrete sewer pipe. The workers at the facility began the work shift at 7 a.m., and ended production activities around 2:30 p.m., to perform clean-up operations, prior to quitting at 3:30 p.m. The process for manufacturing the concrete pipe starts with pre-measured/weighed cement, sand, and gravel being dumped into a "lolly" hopper; the hopper then travels via rail approximately 15 feet and dumps the cement, sand and gravel mixture into a ribbon-type concrete mixer (Figure 1). The 2-cubic-yard mixer is belt-driven by a 50 horsepower motor, is approximately 7 feet in length by 4 feet in diameter, and has two mixing blades. Water is added to the mixture during the 3- to 4-minute mixing cycle. The mixed concrete is dumped from the mixer through a front chute opening into a skip-hoist hopper, which is then hoisted up approximately 30 feet, and dumped into a surge hopper. From the surge hopper the concrete flows into a pipe mold which contains wire reinforcement and is located on a turntable. The round turntable holds two pipe molds, one empty, and one being filled. As soon as one mold is filled with concrete, the turntable rotates 180 degrees, the filled mold is removed by a fork lift and placed in the curing bay (approximately 30 feet from the turntable). The fork lift returns from the curing bay with an empty mold (with wire reinforcing inside), and places it on the turntable.
The responsibilities of the victim consisted of spot welding the wire reinforcing used for the concrete pipe, and general clean-up duties. On the day of the incident, at approximately 2:30 p.m., the mixer operator shut off the toggle switch operating control (Figure 2) to the concrete mixer, walked approximately 35 feet to the 440 volt breaker for the mixer (Figure 3), and shut it off. The normal procedure was to return to the mixer after turning off the main breaker to determine if it had been de-energized, by pushing the toggle switch that controlled the mixer. However, on this day, the mixer operator went to make a telephone call. During his absence, the victim, unaware that the mixer operator had already shut off the main breaker, went over to the breaker box and thinking he had shut off the breaker, turned it on. The victim then proceeded to the mixer room, and without depressing the toggle switch to determine if the power was off, entered the mixer and started the cleaning procedure. The mixer operator returned and depressed the toggle switch to the mixer to verify the power was off. Hearing the victim scream, the mixer operator went immediately to the main breaker and shut it off. The emergency medical services was called and arrived in 30 minutes. The victim was removed from the mixer and transported to a local hospital, where he was then transferred to a local trauma center. The victim died approximately 4 hours later at the trauma center.
Figure 3 shows the new 440 breaker box that was installed after the fatal incident. The new 440 volt breaker box was installed in the mixer room, and is similar to the old breaker box which was located approximately 35 feet from the mixer room, except the old box did not have a safety lock-out as shown in this figure.
During this fatality investigation, it was noted and brought to the attention of the employer that the operation of the forklift (from the molding operation to the curing bay, and back again) appeared to be a hazardous operation. Because the forklift operator is on a tight production schedule, he cannot lose much time. Therefore, someone walking in the path of the forklift is at risk of injury. There is a flashing light on the forklift (no alarm -which probably could not be heard because of the ambient production noise); however, there are blind spots in which the operator could not see a worker in time to stop. It was recommended this area be marked as "off limits" to workers, to prevent a possible serious injury. Back to TopCause of DeathThe medical examiner listed the cause of death as crushing lower trunk injuries. Back to TopRecommendations/DiscussionRecommendation #1: Employers should conduct a safety hazard analysis of all work locations in all plants, and imp1ement corrective action where necessary.Discussion: Many work locations present safety hazards that could cause injury to the worker. Each work location in each plant should be evaluated for the possibility of: electrical hazards, chemical hazards, release of hazardous energy (e.g., moving parts of machinery), fire or explosion hazards, moving equipment (e.g., forklifts, man lifts, etc.), excessive noise, heat stress, ergonomic problems (e.g., comfort of workers operating machines requiring a repeated task), falls from elevations or falls over equipment or objects on the floor, flying objects (e.g., eyes not being protected), or a combination of hazards. Once potential hazards are identified, corrective action should be implemented as necessary to reduce to risk of injury.
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With 82 stores worldwide, 35 more in the pipeline for 2013, a solid wholesale business and two consecutive runway hits under her belt, Tory Burch has become one of the most-talked about American designers. Her Reva ballet flats and handbags continue to lure fans to her stores, and the business community likes to speculate about an IPO, though the designer has denied this. Burch is also embroiled in a nasty legal battle with ex-husband Christopher Burch, who cofounded the company with her. He sued her in October, claiming she blocked him from selling his stake in the firm. She countered with a suit alleging he used his role at the company to source and develop "copycat" products and store furnishings for his C. Wonder retail brand. Most recently, she accused him of withholding documents pertinent to the case.


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MU Horn Choir to play at international symposium
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Hey guys,
I've been having a bit of a tough time lately and need to pay some rather unexpectedly high bills, so I've decided to open up some sketch commissions again.
Since they're rather fast and easy to do compared to full coloured ones, I hope to be able to draw them in my free time after work. u__u
As always, first the rules:
♥ prices are per character.
♥ originals and prints are not included.
♥ payment in advance through paypal only. (in US dollars)
♥ the art is for personal use only.
How to order
simply send me this filled out form via note:
Order: Type of drawing you want & total price
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Once I've accepted, send the payment via Paypal to Mikiko_ponczeck[at]yahoo.de make sure to mention your dA username when you send it!
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once completed, I will send you a high res version.
Chibi: $10
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EDM Superstar Avicii Made a Kazoo-Heavy Kinda-Country Record With 'True,' It's Awesome
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Label: Universal Island
Ralph Lauren Denim & Supply Co.'s executives must be thrilled. Avicii was already a star when he signed up as their brand ambassador last summer, but it remained to be seen whether the Swedish DJ's neon trance would clash with the mega-corporation's tastefully faded flannel and stonewashed denim.
But as anyone who has heard "Wake Me Up" can tell you — and with more than 165 million YouTube views for the song in just the past two and a half months, there are a lot of those people — we're no longer dealing with the Avicii of "Levels," the 2011 Etta James-sampling festival smash that turned the 24-year-old born Tim Bergling into one of EDM's biggest stars. And we're a long, long way from the kid who, in 2009, recorded a song called "Alcoholic" with the refrain, "Call it what you want to call it / I'm a fucking alcoholic."On "Wake Me Up" — which now opens his debut album, True —Avicii inhabits his newfound country-pop shtick so naturally that you may wonder whether he somehow internalized Ralph Lauren's aesthetic, or whether "going country" was part of the business plan all along. Guitars strum and twang, Aloe Blacc delivers a convincingly earthy warble, and the four-to-the-floor beat has more in common with country two-step than club music. (It's worth noting that the song's video doubles as an advertisement for the brand; in fact, director Mark Seliger lingers so lovingly on the fabrics of his actresses' garments that you wonder if he was also getting kickbacks from Cotton Incorporated. Come to think of it, that'd be another great endorsement match: "Avicii: The Fabric of Our Lives.")
Bergling had already begun this transformation during his much-guffawed-about Ultra Music Festival performance in March, where he brought a bluegrass combo onstage to enact EDM's version of the Dylan-at-Newport moment in reverse. That set was widely regarded as an ultra-clusterfuck, as the DJ zig-zagged through various remixes of Macklemore, Duck Sauce, and Florence and the Machine (plus "Levels," natch) before trotting out a full band, complete with banjo and kazoo, to premiere a string of True's down-homiest songs. Just as the main-stage crowd was coming up, Avicii turned it into a hoedown, and many of his fans were not amused. But he and manager Ash Pournouri stood their ground, promising that it would all make sense when the album dropped. And damned if they weren't kind of right.
True isn't actually a country record, or even a "country" record, though it occasionally wears the American heartland on its sleeve — on "Wake Me Up," of course, and then again with "Hey Brother," a rootsy number featuring bluegrass musician Dan Tyminski, best-known from his work with Alison Krauss & Union Station and on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. But the album can't be pegged to a single inspiration. There's a shouty British Invasion vibe to "You Make Me," which pairs pounding piano chords and rousing Whoa-oh-oh-oh choruses with one of the catchiest melodies Avicii has ever written. The acoustic guitars and folksy harmonizing of "Hey Brother" are balanced by Stax-inspired horns and progressive-house whoosh. "Shame on Me" injects bluesy rock'n'roll with Zapp-via-Daft-Punk talk box, offsetting barroom piano with enormous trance-pop thunderbolts. Stranger still, "Liar Liar" kits out kittenish dance-pop with wheezy Hammond soloing and barrel-chested yowls, leading to the entirely unlikely impression of Ray Manzarek and Glenn Danzig getting down with Icona Pop.
It may be a sprawling hodge-podge, but all this works more often than you'd expect, especially if you're of the opinion that, until now, Avicii has been mostly lucky — a producer of serviceably adrenalized electro-house anthems (more or less interchangeable with scores of similar boom-wzzzzap-bramp fare) who stumbled his way into the zeitgeist via a particularly canny soul-rave mashup. It turns out that he's a smart, fun, and persuasive pop songsmith, closer in spirit to Bruno Mars than Swedish House Mafia.
Both True's eclecticism and its surprisingly tight execution are likely due, at least in part, to the fact that Avicii worked with such a staggeringly large (and diverse!) array of musicians. Long a predominantly solitary endeavor, electronic-music production is now more of a group effort where pop crossover is concerned, front-loaded with featured cameos and bolstered by journeyman songwriters. (Just consider David Guetta's 2013 single "Party Hard," which required the input of seven songwriters.) But the crew assembled here takes pop's industrial model of production to new extremes, at least for an artist with roots in the EDM scene.
It's a tangled web indeed: Aloe Blacc, the singer on "Wake Me Up," has recorded two albums for the crate-digging backpack-rap label Stones Throw. Guitarist Mike Einziger, who appears on four of this album's strongest songs, is a founding member of alt-rockers Incubus and moonlights as an atonal classical composer. Nile Rodgers needs no introduction, at least not after the carpet-bombing media campaign surrounding Daft Punk's recent retro-disco reboot; fresh from that project, he plays and writes on both the rockabilly-rave hybrid "Shame on Me" and the fizzy pop-disco tune "Lay Me Down," featuring American Idol alum Adam Lambert. (While we're on the topic of talent shows, Lennea Henriksson, who affects a Björk-like hush on "Hope There's Someone," came from Sweden's Idol 2010, while X-Factor's Josh Krajcik gets a writing credit on "Addicted to You.")
As far as credentialed country musicians go, there's not only Tyminski, but also Mac Davis, an esteemed songwriter and veritable legend who wrote Elvis' "In the Ghetto" and "A Little Less Conversation." He's essentially True's version of Paul Williams, the "Rainbow Connection" songwriter whom Daft Punk recruited for Random Access Memories' "Touch." (He also appeared opposite Nick Nolte in the 1979 film North Dallas Forty, which seems worth mentioning if only for the way it underscores the batshit worlds-colliding logic of Avicii's contributors list; it's almost as though he were gunning for a place on future editions of Trivial Pursuit or consciously trying to elbow his way into the "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" pantheon. Incidentally, Nolte was in Mulholland Falls with Chris Penn, who was in Footloose with Bacon. So Avicii→Mac Davis→Nick Nolte→Chris Penn→Kevin Bacon. Someone owes me a beer.)
Then there are less-familiar artists, including Swedish singer-songwriter Salem Al Fakir (who also sang on Avicii's earlier "Silhouettes") and his compatriot Vincent Pontare, who has written and sung for Swedish House Mafia ("Save the World"), Dada Life ("Kick Out the Epic Motherfucker"), and Sebastian Ingrosso and Tommy Trash ("Reload)." Session player Sterling Fox co-wrote Gym Class Heroes' "Stereo Hearts" and co-produced Lana Del Rey's "Video Games." And then there's relative newcomer Audra Mae, an Oklahoma singer who appears on "Addicted to You" and "Shame on Me." (Her resume includes guest vocals for Flo Rida and All American Rejects; she also wrote Susan Boyle's "Who I Was Born to Be.")
Some of these choices do feel like conference-room attempts to replicate tried-and-true formulae: Not to knock Audra Mae's considerable talents, but "Addicted to You" doesn't even try to disguise its Adele envy. The same could be said for "Dear Boy," in which the Danish singer Marie Ørsted (a.k.a. MØ) does her best Lana Del Rey impersonation over swarming kazoos and "Levels"-grade synth riffs, right down to the lyrics ("Oh dear boy, I wanna follow you / You're a wild one, I am a wild girl, too"). Less pleasantly, there's "Heart Upon My Sleeve," which slaps Imagine Dragons' toothless modern rock over a rudimentary dance beat, and adds see-sawing strings that bring to mind nothing so much as the cello-playing Metallica tribute act Apocalyptica.
With so many cooks in the kitchen, it's reasonable to wonder to what degree Avicii himself was the mastermind behind it all, or simply the excuse to bring so many creatives together. Sure, he supplies the whizzing synths and stolid dance beats, but those are often the least interesting aspects of True. (Complicating matters is the fact that his manager, Ash Pournouri, gets a writing credit on every track.) But it's possible to read the result as kind of pop Bildungsroman inspired by Bergling's own troubled backstory. The EDM golden boy's rise to fame hasn't been without its difficulties. His Le7els tour was plagued by soft ticket sales, leading even music-industry insiders to point to it as a sign of EDM overreach. (WME Entertainment's Marc Geiger called it "an irrational decision fueled by an irrational market"; Live Nation's CEO called it "one of the scars of the business"; and even Pournouri admitted that it was a "disaster.") In early 2012, just as the young star's popularity was skyrocketing, he was hospitalized due to alcohol abuse and the kind of hard living that accompanies a 300-shows-a-year schedule; it was Pournouri, reportedly, who helped him clean up his act.
Those trials indirectly inform True's lyrical content, from the lost-and-found confessional of "Wake Me Up" to the devil-on-his-shoulder accusations of "Liar Liar" ("Will you ever tell the truth?"). You could argue, in fact, that the whole album represents a re-telling of the Pinocchio story, casting Avicii as the button-pushing puppet who so dearly wants to become a real boy. Pournouri plays Gepetto, the kindly father figure who takes him in and sees him through his troubles. Fittingly, True feels as family-friendly as any Disney picture, and that's no slight. While EDM grapples with growing pains, beset by adult problems like drugs and money, Avicii has made an album with the kind of pure pop heart that's as likely to appeal to eight-year-olds as it is to amped-up ravers. Ever since the days of Smart E's "Sesame's Treet," rave has been about getting in touch with one's inner child, and Avicii pulls it off here with a virtual island of misfit (and slyly well-matched) toys where, to the surprise of everyone, no one comes out looking like an ass.


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Roberta Vinci reached the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the second straight year, beating fellow Italian Camila Giorgi and the rain today.
The 10th-seeded Vinci won 6-4, 6-2 in 67 minutes. Moments later, it started pouring, stopping all matches at Flushing Meadows.
Vinci had never made a Grand Slam quarterfinal before this tournament a year ago, when she was 29. Now Vinci has done it in consecutive U.S. Open trips. She lost to another countrywoman, doubles partner Sara Errani, in the quarters in 2012.
"It's obvious that I'm not young. I'm 30. But it can be a strength, because I have a lot of experience,'' Vinci said. "Against a player like Camila, who is very young, it can be an advantage for me and I think it was on the court today.''
Giorgi, a 136th-ranked qualifier, was trying to reach her first major quarterfinal at age 21. In her third-round upset of sixth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki, she crushed the ball on point after point, with 46 winners and 45 unforced errors.
She jumped to a 4-1 lead in the first set Monday, but Vinci stayed poised and patient. Vinci, who had never faced the younger Italian before, started attacking her forehand, and Giorgi's mistakes mounted. She finished with 35 unforced errors to 20 winners.
"The problem wasn't the opponent,'' Giorgi said. "The problem is that I wasn't myself on court today.''
Vinci is one of only two players seeded in the top 10 left in her half of the draw, along with No. 2 Victoria Azarenka.
About two hours after play was halted, the courts had been dried but the players weren't warming up. Sure enough, rain started to fall again. The forecast for the rest of the day didn't look much better, threatening to postpone matches involving Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Azarenka.
Arthur Ashe Stadium is finally getting a roof, the U.S. Tennis Association announced last month. But that won't happen until 2016 at the earliest. For now, rain delays are the reality at Flushing Meadows.
If Nadal and Federer win their fourth-round matches whenever they're actually played they'd meet in a quarterfinal of 29 combined Grand Slam titles. The great rivals have met 10 times at major tournaments, but never before the semis.
The potential matchup in the quarters is a byproduct of Federer falling to a seeding of No. 7. His fourth-round opponent is 19th-seeded Tommy Robredo.
The second-seeded Nadal is scheduled to take the court after Federer, facing No. 22-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber.


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Female European green lizards (Lacerta viridis) prefer males with high ultraviolet throat reflectance
- Katalin Bajer,
- Orsolya Molnár,
- János Török,
- Gábor Herczeg
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The role of ultraviolet (UV) signals in intraspecific communication has been identified in a number of vertebrate taxa. In lizards, the signalling role of UV has only been shown in male–male competition and male mate choice. Here, we investigated whether male UV colour can be a basis of female association preference in European green lizards (Lacerta viridis), a species where males develop blue nuptial throat colouration with high UV reflectance. We experimentally manipulated the UV colour of male pairs, where the members of the pair did not differ significantly in body length, body weight, head size, throat UV chroma and brightness or throat blue chroma and brightness measured prior to colour manipulation. By providing these pairs of males to females (only visual stimuli could be perceived by the females), we assessed the role of UV in female association preference irrespective of other potentially important visual traits. We found that unmated but receptive females preferred males of higher UV reflectance. Our results show for the first time that UV colour can be an important male signal in female preference in reptiles.
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- Title
- Female European green lizards (Lacerta viridis) prefer males with high ultraviolet throat reflectance
- Journal
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Volume 64, Issue 12 , pp 2007-2014
- Cover Date
- 2010-12-01
- 10.1007/s00265-010-1012-2
- Print ISSN
- 0340-5443
- Online ISSN
- 1432-0762
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- Lacerta viridis
- Mate choice
- Mate preference
- Sexual selection
- Signalling
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Katalin Bajer (1)
- Orsolya Molnár (1)
- János Török (1)
- Gábor Herczeg (1) (2)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Behavioural Ecology Group, Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/c, 1117, Budapest, Hungary
- 2. Ecological Genetics Research Unit, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 65, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland


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If any food deserves its own holiday, it's burgers! May 28th is National Burger Day. I'm sure none of us need any prodding to fire up our Traeger and load it with a smorgasbord of our favorite burgers, but now at least you've got another excuse. Here are a few ideas to complete your homage to burgers.
Start stretching your forearms and get to flipping!
STEAK "BURGERS"(on page 26 of our From Pulled Pork to Peach Pie cookbook)
PELLETS: Any | PREP TIME: Less than 5 min | COOK TIME: About 10 min. | SERVES: 4
THINGS YOU'LL NEED4 cube steaks (see above), each about 5 ounces and 1/2-inch thick Traeger Prime Rib Rub or your favorite seasoning(s) 4 Kaiser rolls, for serving (buttered and grilled, if desired) Sliced ripe tomatoes, onions, pickles, lettuce, etc., for serving Bottled steak sauce, for serving
1. Season the cube steaks with the Traeger Prime Rib Rub. Pat gently with your fingertips.2. When ready to cook, start the Traeger grill on Smoke with the lid open until the fire is established (4 to 5 minutes). Set the temperature to 450 degrees F (High) and preheat, lid closed, for 10 to 15 minutes. 3. Grill the steaks, turning once with a spatula, 5 to 6 minutes per side, or until cooked to your liking. Serve on the rolls with your favorite condiments.
GRILLED REUBEN BURGER(on page 23 of our From Pulled Pork to Peach Pie cookbook)
PELLETS: Oak | PREP TIME: 10 min. | COOK TIME: 45 min. | SERVES: 3 to 4
THINGS YOU'LL NEED2 pounds ground chuck 1/2 pound thinly sliced corned beef, chopped into bits 4 1-ounce slices Swiss cheese Traeger Prime Rib Rub 4 good quality hamburger buns or Kaiser rolls, sliced and buttered 1/2 cup Thousand Island dressing 1 cup sauerkraut, well drained Dill pickle spears for serving
1. Form the ground chuck into 8 equal balls, and then into patties. Top four patties with some of the corned beef. Top with the remaining patties, and press and pinch the edges carefully to seal in the filling. Reshape the burgers if necessary so they are of an even thickness. Just before grilling, season the patties with Traeger Prime Rib Rub. 2. When ready to cook, start the Traeger grill on Smoke with the lid open until the fire is established (4 to 5 minutes). 3. Arrange the burgers on the grill grate and smoke for 30 minutes. Increase the temperature to 300 degrees F and continue to cook until the internal temperature of the burgers reaches 165 degrees F, about 30 minutes. (Put the temperature probe into the burgers from the side, not the top, for an accurate reading.) 4. Arrange the buttered bun halves on the grill (try to keep "mates" together) the last 10 minutes of grilling, and toast the buns. Meanwhile, top each burger with a slice of Swiss cheese. Let the cheese melt. 5. To serve, spread the cut sides of the toasted buns with Thousand Island dressing. Put a burger on the bottom half of each bun, and top with sauerkraut. Serve immediately with dill pickle spears.
CARAMELIZED ONIONS(on page 98 of our From Pulled Pork to Peach Pie cookbook)
PELLETS: Apple, Maple or Cherry | PREP TIME: 10 min. | COOK TIME: About 2 to 2 1/2 hours | SERVES: Makes about 2 1/2 cups
THINGS YOU'LL NEED4 to 5 pounds of large sweet onions, peeled 6 tbsps. butter (3/4 stick), melted 2 tsps. sugar Salt and freshly ground black pepper Balsamic vinegar to taste (optional)
1. Slice the onions in half lengthwise through the stem. Lay each onion half flat on a cutting board and cut into 1/4-inch slices. (Alternatively, you can use the slicing disk on your food processor or a mandoline, if you own one.).2. Transfer to a heatproof pot, like an enameled Dutch oven. Pour the butter over the onions and season with the sugar and salt and pepper. Stir well with a wooden spoon. (Leave the lid off so the excess moisture can evaporate. Otherwise, you will steam the onions and they won't develop that rich, sweet flavor.) 3. When ready to cook, start the Traeger grill on Smoke with the lid open until the fire is established (4 to 5 minutes). Set the temperature to 300 degrees F and preheat, lid closed, for 10 to 15 minutes. 4. Place the pot on the grill grate and cook the onions for 2 to 2-1/2 hours, stirring every 30 minutes, until they are very tender and golden brown. Flavor with a restrained pour of balsamic vinegar, if desired. Serve immediately, or let cool and store in the refrigerator in a covered container.
SWEET POTATO FRIES(in our new kids' cookbook - From Tots to Teens - Recipes Kids Love SOON to be released!)
PELLETS: Pecan | SERVES: 4 | PREP TIME: 10 min. | COOK TIME: About 30 min.
THINGS YOU'LL NEED 3 sweet potatoes 3 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 teaspoons cornstarch 1 tablespoon Traeger Pork and Poultry Shake, or your favorite rub, or more as needed
1. Put a wire cooling grid in a rimmed baking sheet and set aside.2. Peel the potatoes with a vegetable peeler. Slice the ends off the potatoes, then cut the potatoes in half lengthwise. Lay each half cut side down and slice into wedges. (Or slice each potato into lengthwise slices, and cut each slice into fries that are about 1/2-inch per side.) 3. Put the fries into a large resealable plastic bag and add the oil. Make sure each fry gets coated with oil. Then add the Traeger Pork and Poultry Shake and the cornstarch and toss the potatoes until they're evenly coated. Arrange the fries in a single layer on the cooling grid. 4. When ready to cook, start the Traeger grill on Smoke with the lid open until the fire is established (4 to 5 minutes). Set the temperature to High to 400 degrees F and preheat, lid closed, for 10 to 15 minutes. 5. Put the baking sheet with the fries directly on the grill grate and bake the fries until they are cooked through and nicely browned, 25 to 30 minutes, depending on their thickness. 6. Use a spatula to transfer the fries to a serving bowl or plate.
TANDOORI CHICKEN BURGERS WITH CUCUMBER SAUCE(on page 45 of our From Pulled Pork to Peach Pie cookbook)
PELLETS: Apple | PREP TIME: 20 min. | COOK TIME: 1 hour | Serves: 4
THINGS YOU'LL NEED1/4 cup plain yogurt, preferably the thicker Greek style, or sour cream 2 tbsps. mayonnaise 2 tbsps. finely diced cucumber 2 tsps. fresh lemon juice 1/2 tsp. ground cumin 1/2 tsp. salt 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper, or more to taste For the chicken burgers: 1-1/2 pounds ground chicken, well chilled 1/4 cup plain yogurt, preferably the thicker Greek style, or sour cream 1 scallion (green onion), white and green parts minced 1 tbsp. minced fresh cilantro or parsley 2 tsps. minced fresh ginger 1-1/2 tsps. garam masala 1-1/2 tsps. salt 1 tsp. freshly ground black pepper 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper, or more to taste Pita breads, leaf lettuce, and sliced onions and tomatoes, for serving
1. Make the sauce: Combine the yogurt, mayonnaise, cucumber, lemon juice, cumin, salt and cayenne in a small mixing bowl and whisk to mix. Cover and refrigerate until serving time. 2. Line a rimless baking sheet with cooking parchment or oiled foil. 3. Make the burgers: Put the chicken in a medium mixing bowl. Add the yogurt, scallion, cilantro, ginger, garam masala, salt, and pepper. Form your hand into a claw and mix lightly but thoroughly. The mixture will be rather wet and loose. Wet your hands with cold water and form four equal-sized patties directly on the cooking parchment or foil. (If not cooking right away, cover and refrigerate.) 4. When ready to cook, start the Traeger grill on Smoke with the lid open until the fire is established (4 to 5 minutes) 5. Carefully slide or lift the parchment paper with the burgers onto the grill grate. (The meat will not come in direct contact with the grill grate.) Smoke for 30 minutes. Increase the temperature to 325 degrees F and cook the burgers until the internal temperature is 165 degrees F, about 30 minutes more. 6. Remove the burgers from the parchment paper and serve with pita breads, lettuce, onions, tomato, and the sauce.
PELLETS: Hickory | PREP TIME: 5 min. | COOK TIME: 30 min. | SERVES: 6
THINGS YOU'LL NEED 3/4 cup mayonnaise (for the dressing) 1/2 cup sour cream (for the dressing) Juice from one lemon, about 1/4 cup (for the dressing) 2 tablespoons Dijon-style mustard (for the dressing) 1 to 2 tablespoons sugar (for the dressing) 1 to 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish (for the dressing) Salt and pepper to taste (for the dressing) 8 to 10 cups finely shredded cabbage (for the slaw) 1/3 cup diced red onion (for the slaw) 1 large carrot, grated (for the slaw) 1 red or green bell pepper, seeded and finely diced (for the slaw) Smoked paprika or regular paprika (for the slaw)
1. Combine the ingredients for the dressing in a small mixing bowl, cover, and refrigerate. Put the cabbage in a metal kitchen colander or spread it out on a rimmed baking sheet. 2. When ready to cook, start the Traeger grill on Smoke with the lid open until the fire is established (4 to 5 minutes). Smoke the cabbage for 30 minutes. 3. Transfer to a large mixing bowl. Add the dressing and stir to coat the cabbage. Taste for seasoning, adding more sugar, horseradish, or salt and pepper as needed. Dust the top lightly with paprika. Refrigerate until serving time.
Nothing goes better with burgers than A SHAKE. Dana from danamadeit.com shows how you can put together a milkshake bar so guests can easily create their own milkshakes. Simple and delicious!
We know that there aren't very many things worse than having flies and other obnoxious bugs flying into your house while you're working on your Traeger creations. One of the best tools that you can have in your back pocket (or backdoor) is a Bug Off Instant Screen Door. The screen door is extremely easy to put up (it uses a suspension rod) and the magnets down the middle of the door allow you to walk in out, hands-free while leaving the pesky bugs outside.
Now go enjoy some ground meats! Thank goodness for burgers!!
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6/6/13-6/9/13 get $30 off your Power Inverter! With tailgating and camping season right around the corner, it is time to start prepping your Traeger for all of your summer travels. We know it is part of the family, so why would you leave it behind while you go out and have all the fun?? With Traeger's Power Inverter you can bring your Traeger with you. Easily hook it up to your car, truck, boat, or RV batttery and you're well on your way to some amazing Traegered food anywhere you would like!
Here are some details and specifications:
-Powerful 400 watt unit connects to any Traeger Model equipped with a Digital Thermostat Control
-This inverter has perfect protection function, such as soft start, over load, peak power, output short-circuit, output leakage, and temperature protection.
-It can convert standard 12Vdc power (such as cars, ships, battery) to 110V/60HZ AC.
-Our power inverters are suited to consumer electronics, computer/mobile, office, household appliances; lighting, electronic tools type load, etc.
So, what are you waiting for, Traeger Nation? Grab yourself a High Efficiency Power Inverter and get your Traeger ready for all of you summer adventures! While you are chopping, be sure to check out all of Traeger's awesome accessories, specifically designed for camping and Tailgating like the PTG (Portable Traeger Grill), the Junior Tailgating Kit, or the PTG Grill Stand.
The showstopper steak has not only that perfect juicy, rosy-pink interior, but also the reward and proof of dedicated time maintenance with dark caramelized branding from the grill. Sometimes it's hard to get those grill calling cards with your Traeger, so we enlisted the help of a cast iron grill grate to give us a foot-up in accomplishing the dream steak.
The ideal steak to grill for this worthwhile endeavor is our Beef Denver Steak. It's quick, easy to pull off and has an unbelievable marinade/wet rub.
Beef Denver Steak
Prep Time: 5 minutes plus several hours for marinatingCook Time: 15-20 minutesRecommended Pellets: Hickory, Mesquite or Maple
2-4 Denver Steaks 1 tablespoon Olive Oil 1/4 cup Brown Sugar 1 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce 1/4 cup Dijon Mustard 1 teaspoon Traeger Beef Rub 1 teaspoon Traeger Blackened Saskatchewan Shake
Tenderize steak with a wooden mallet. Mix the remaining ingredients together and use to marinade the meat overnight.
Start your Traeger on Smoke (or Low) with lid open for 5 minutes to get the fire started. Put the cast iron grill grate in the Traeger. Set the heat to High and let the grate preheat with the grill for 10-15 minutes. (It is essential to let the cast iron grate heat up before you throw that meat on if you want those coveted grill marks.) Right now by clicking the cast iron grill grate link above you can get 10% off from Steven Raichlen when you enter coupon code TUSCAN10.
Place steaks on the grate and turn back to Smoke (or Low) for 15 to 20 minutes.
Remove from grill and enjoy! It is seriously as simple as that.
I couldn't resist adding some Traeger Roasted Asparagus and baked potatoes to play a supportive role to the picture-perfect steak. (The grate grilled those like a boss, too!)
Check out those beautiful grill marks. Good enough to make even your toughest grill critic proud. You can get your own cast iron grill grate here.
There is a pride and satisfaction to be had in cooking a beautiful whole fillet of fish. It makes you feel like the fish has been taken fresh out of the river and put on your plate. (for some of you avid fishermen, that just may be the case!) The problem is trying to figure out how to handle that big slab of fish without either juggling it between two spatulas or ending up with a massacred piece (or pieces) of fish.
Don't you know that Traeger has you covered with our Salmon Spatula.
Of course it's perfect for moving large fillets or a whole fish but it's also great for those 'big daddy' burgers, pork tenderloins, briskets and basically all those larger cuts of meat that are tricky to maneuver.
We had to showcase this bad boy by grillin' up some Blackened Saskatchewan Salmon (try saying that three times fast) using our incredible Blackened Saskatchewan seasoning. The peppery flavor notes pair perfectly with the sweet honey drizzle on the salmon. This is a recipe from our Guilt Free - Love, Laugh, Grill cookbook that we tweaked just a little.
Blackened Saskatchewan Salmon
Recommended Pellets: Hickory, Mesquite or MaplePrep Time: 5 minutesCook Time: 25-30 minutesServes: 4
1 whole fresh salmon fillet, cleanedOlive oilTraeger Blackened Saskatchewan seasoningHoneyCooking Spray
Start with a beautiful piece of salmon. When you're shopping for fresh fish, there are a few things you should check. You want the flesh to be shiny, firm and 'springy' to the touch. The color should be bright without any discoloration. And it shouldn't smell fishy. Fresh fish should smell more like the ocean than a stinky fish. If it passes those tests, then this specimen is good to wrap up and take home!
Set your Traeger on Smoke with the lid open for 4-5 minutes, or until the fire is established. Preheat to 350 degrees F.
Rinse and pat dry the salmon fillet. Drizzle lightly with olive oil. Season the fish moderately with the Blackened Saskatchewan and lightly rub it in.
Flip the fish and repeat.
Tear a large sheet of foil and spray with cooking spray. Carefully move the fish to the foil.
Drizzle the top of the fish with a generous amount of honey. (don't rub it in)
Wrap the foil around the fish and cook for 15 minutes on the Traeger.
Unwrap the fish and take out of the foil, using the marvelous Salmon Spatula and put the fillet directly on the grill grate. This will let the outside caramelize and give it a little crispy crust on the exterior.
Grill for an additional 5-10 minutes (The time depends on how done you like your salmon. I like a little bit of rawness in the middle, so I only cooked it for 5 minutes more.)
If you like a little flair, garnish the salmon with some chopped chives and pause for the 'Oohs' and 'Aahs'.
*If you want a great side, pair it with some creamy mashed potatoes. I quickly whipped some up using the potato that I had scooped out and saved after making the Pizza Potato Skins. I heated them up along with 3 tablespoons of half & half, 2 tablespoons of butter, 3 tablespoons of onion and chive cream cheese (Love this stuff! You can use any kind of herbed cream cheese.), dill, and salt and pepper to taste. Just mix it together using a hand mixer (or by hand) and you're ready!
Summer is upon us and that means camp-outs, cook-outs, competitions, and uhh... other stuff outside. Traeger is here to lend you a helping hand with a must-have list to make sure wherever you are Traeger'ing, you and your guests will be relaxing in comfort and style.
1- The Traeger Canopy Tent- This is our number one pick for the must-have outdoor accessory item. Bright red and proudly sporting the TRAEGER logo, people from all around will know what you are grilling on and be sufficiently jealous. Perfect for tailgating, camping, sports events, or competition BBQing!
2- The NEW Traeger Grill Pad- Let me tell you, this was a serious contender for the number one spot. At 32X42 inches, this rubber grill pad will protect anything you put your Traeger on. It is the perfect Traeger companion when you are out Tailgating with your PTG or your Junior Tailgating Conversion Kit (also awesome picks for summer grilling)
3- The Pellet Hopper Label Set- So ingenious and so handy. If you are out grilling, people will come over. People will look at your awesome canopy tent, smell your delicious food, and start asking questions. These little magnets might save you a few of those questions so you can focus your enegry and attention on relaxing while your Traeger does all the hard work for you.
4- Pellet Caddy- We all know it is imperative to keep your pellets dry. The Caddy is useful for this. It is also large enough to help you transport all of those little items that are a pain to haul around when you are heading out with your equipment. Spare the car behind you from getting hit with loose pellets or the rogue set of tongs flying out of your truck by keeping it all in the Caddy.
5- Traeger Apparel- This makes our list because wearing Traeger apparel is (not) Scientifically Proven to make you a better cook! It is also Scientifically Proven to make you look 100% more awesome (also not Scientifically Proven, but true nonetheless).
So there you have it, our best of the best for outdoor Traeger'ing! Feel free to leave a comment and let us know your top picks or tips for making your outdoor grilling experience easier. We love to hear from you, Traeger Nation!
When you bought a Traeger, you knew you were buying an experience as much as a grill. The first time you pull off that perfect pulled pork or rack of ribs, your life is changed for the better. We know the feeling, we breathe Traeger. Our feet hit the floor each morning and we start thinking about what we are going to put on the Traeger next.
Because we spend so much time thinking, planning, and Traeger'ing we have learned there are a few things that make the whole experience better. I am going to introduce you all to a few of the most efficient and effective Traeger accessories. These tools are the real workhorses around our Traeger, and hopefully you can get some use out of them too. 4/12/13 through 4/14/13 get 20% off a $200 order of Traeger accessories and 10% off $100 order.
The BBQ Mitt: my personal favorite, and most used accessory. This BBQ Mitt is different than the quilted, insulated fabric varieties you typically find and your superstore. Traeger's BBQ Mitt is made out of heavy duty red silicone to give you unparralled grip and easy clean-up. The inside of the mitt is lined with 100% cotton and is seriously cozy.
The Salmon Spatula: Don't let the adorable fishy cut-out fool you. This is a serious spatula that is made for moving your lovely Traeger goodies. I have used mine for all sorts of things from fish to focaccia. It is a wide stainless steel spatula with a long handle to keep your hands out of the heat. My favorite feature is the slightly sharpened edge on the front of the spatula. It makes it so easy to slide under your food instead of just pushing it around on your grill.
The 3-Piece Grilling Tool Set: Now you wouldn't think these need an explanation. Everybody know about tongs, a spatula, and a giant fork, right? Maybe you know what they are, but these tools have some special features that deserve some conversation. Look at the handles on these bad boys. They are wide and rounded to give you the perfect grip while feeling comfortable in your hand. They are also all heavy duty stainless steel, which means alot for longevity. All of which is fantastic, but do you want to know my most favorite feature?? They are one piece! No rubber handles to catch water when you are washing or cracks to keep in germy grossness. Overall, my favorite accessories kit in the Traeger Line-up.
So, Traeger Nation, get some new accessories and get to Traeger'ing!
Have you ever wished for an extra hand (or two) when trying to handle your brisket/ribs/chicken and your thermometer/sauce/rub on your Traeger?? And do you also wish that hand was big, and metal, and sturdy?? You might have even wished that hand would be retractable so you wouldn't be walking around with an extra hand all of the time (awkward).
We are here to grant your wishes!! Except we don't make extra hands. We do make awesome products that can make it feel like you have one, though.
Introducing the new Folding Front Shelf: A versatile extension for your favorite Traeger. It is sturdy enough to hold whatever you put on it, and folds away neatly enough to fit under your cover. It's on sale now Friday, April 5th through Sunday, April 7th.
Maybe we should mention that installation is a breeze?? Check out this quick picture guide to see just how simple it can be to add the folding front shelf to your Traeger.
Unscrew the bottom two nuts/bolts on one front leg.
Align the holes on your brace with the holes on your front legs and reattach the nuts/bolts. Repeat on the opposite side.
Unscrew the bottom bolt on the top of each brace.
Slide the top two bolts of each brace into the open notch on both sides of your folding shelf. Screw in the bottom bolts to secure your shelf.
Voila! You are done in less than five mintues! Enjoy!
If you are a Proud Owner of a PTG, Junior, or Lil' Tex Grill, then you are familiar with the classic smoke setting switch that came standard on your grill. (Smoke, Medium, High... yay!) While your original switch will get the job done, when you are ready to start taking your Traeger experience to the next level, it is time for an upgrade.
The Digital Thermostat Kit can be the single best accessory investment you can make for your Traeger Grill. Say you are Traegering some Pulled Pork and you need your grill to maintain a consistent 225 Degrees (also, it is snowing), the Digital Thermostat Kit will be your best friend. The Digital Thermostat has a built in sensor that automatically adjusts the temperature if the weather changes or the wind picks up.
Essentially, the Digital Thermostat Kit gives you ultimate control over how your Traeger cooks. From low and slow to hot and fast, an upgrade to a Digital Thermostat is a long-term investment with a delicious pay-off.
Here are links to both of the Digital Thermostat Kits that we offer. Take a few minutes to check them out. Your tastebuds will thank you.
Digital Thermostat Kit
PTG Digital Thermostat Kit
Whether you are a seasoned Traeger veteran ot the new kid in town, we are here to give you a few tips, pointers, and guidelines to make sure you get the very most out of your machine. Your Traeger is much more than just a smoker or even a grill. It is a versatile cooking tool in a class all its own. Below, we will be looking at 6 different cooking techniques that your Traeger has mastered. So brush up on your skills or branch out into some new flavor territory and try a recipe or two that you haven't attempted yet.
This information can all be found on page 3 of Traeger's eCookbook Pulled Pork to Peach Pie
GRILLING As most people know, grilling is a cooking method where food is placed on a grill grate and exposed to dry radiant heat. There are two forms: direct and indirect. An example of direct grilling is holding a marshmallow on a stick over an open fire. A Traeger, on the other hand, is designed primarily for indirect grilling, which meaans food is not exposed directly to a fire. Instead, the heatis evenly dispersed throughout the Traeger's cooking chamber, eliminating flare ups and reducing the potential for charring and moisture loss. Grilling works best on foods that are fairly small and not much thicker than the palm of your hand: hamburgers, hot dogs, fish fillets, shrimp, chicken breasts, pork chops, peppers, summer squash, pizza, etc. Use the highest heat your Traeger is capable of.
Check out this recipe for Grilled Lemon Chicken Breast and enjoy a fast weeknight meal on your Traeger.
BARBECUE In North America, the term "barbecue" has become both verb and noun, variously meaning an appliance (i.e., barbecue grill), a cookout (join us for a barbecue Sunday), meat (we'll be serving barbecue at the party), and a verb (food cooked for a relatively long time over low heat). Low and slow cooking is one of the things a Traeger does best. It is capable of maintaining low, evenly distributed heat for hours and can render even the toughest cuts of meat (brisket, pork shoulder, ribs) tender and juicy. It is often combined with smoking.
If you have a lot of time to cook low and slow try this recipe for a Midnight Brisket that cooks on a low temperature for 14 hours.
ROASTING This term refers to cooking meat, poultry, seafood, or vegetables using dry heat without the addition of liquids. Whole birds such as chicken, turkey, duck, or game hens are good candidates, as are larger whole fish, pork loin roasts, trimmed beef tenderloin roasts, prime rib, and leg of lamb. Dense vegetables such as potatoes, beets, turnips, yams, whole onions, carrots, winter squash, Brussels sprouts, and cauliflower are also excellent when roasted.
We love roasting vegetables on the Traeger. The heat from roasting brings out the natural sweetness of pretty much anything, especially these Sherry Roasted Root Vegetables.
BAKING We never say we're going to bake a prime rib or roast chocolate chip cookies. But technically, roasting and baking are parallel cooking methods; both use dry heat to cook food. But Traeger's unique ability to bake is one reason women love their pellet grills! Imagine having the equivalent of a second kitchen when producing that all-important Thanksgiving dinner. (With the turkey on the Traeger, you can stop choreographing the dance of side dishes through your crowded indoor oven. Or bake the smokiest, tastiest pumpkin pie your guests have ever had on your Traeger.) Think about those hot summer days when you hate to heat up the kitchen, but the kids want to bake a cake and the husband's craving meatloaf or lasagna. Try making those things on a gas grill!
We are very open about the fact that since becoming proud owners of a Traeger, we have not used our oven. We bake everything on the Traeger. Branch out and try a sweet dessert like this Blueberry Bread Pudding.
BRAISING Braising is similar to roasting, but with the addition of liquid or the capture in a covered roasting pan or foil pouch of steam and natural cooking juices. It is typically done at lower temperatures than roasting—usually around 300 degrees F. It is the preferred cooking method for drier, tougher meats like beef eye of round roasts, hams, brisket (which can be smoked first, then braised), lamb shoulder or leg, pork shoulder or Boston butt, beef short ribs, pheasant, or turkey breasts or legs. The addition of liquid impedes browning, so sometimes, foods are seared on High first before being transferred to a covered roasting pan with liquid or enclosed with foil.
If you are looking to really tenderize and flavor infuse a piece of tough meat, give this Pot Roasted Beef Brisket a try. It is a hearty and delicious meal that feeds a crowd.
SMOKING Although deeply rooted in America's grilling culture, smoking was once impractical for most men and women because it involved building pits, chopping wood, and tending nighttime fires. Then Traeger invented pellet grills, and a whole new world opened up to backyard grillers. Most smoking is done at temperatures between 180 and 250 degrees F, easy to maintain on a Traeger. Smoking is both a method of low-temperature cooking as well as a flavor enhancer, and is suitable for most proteins, especially larger, tougher cuts of beef and pork: Use it for meat, poultry, seafood, cheese, tofu, nuts, and even hard-cooked eggs. You can combine smoking with other cooking methods, too. For example, we smoke brisket and pulled pork for 3 to 4 hours, then foil the meat for the remainder of the cook. Even burgers benefit from 30 minutes of smoke before being finished on higher heat.
If you never use your Traeger for anything else, it will have been worth the purchase if you take the time to smoke your own jerky. Follow this step by step recipe guide for Coffee Break Jerky and never buy that expensive stuff from the store again. (Yours will taste better, too!)
You were really excited about this new recipe until you read salad at the end of the title, weren't you?
Now, some people love a good salad. Some people love meat.
Some of both of those people may live in your house.
This is a meal to suit all food lovers and it is hearty enough to satisfy that dinner time appetite. Layers of fresh greens, flavorful toppings, satisfying chicken, and the most delicious dressing you have ever tasted come together to settle all veg vs. meat disputes you have ever had. Don't be intimidated by the ingredients list. All of the components can be made in advance, which makes this a perfect meal to throw together at the last minute on a hurried weeknight or when you are cooking for company. On top of the make-ahead benefit of this meal, we have a cool little kitchen gadget to introduce you to in just a minute that will make assembling the diced components a lot easier.
Serves: 6-8Recommended Pellets: Mesquite or HickoryPrep time: 30 minutesCook Time: 15 minutes
1 whole head of romaine, rinsed and chopped3-4 cups spring mix lettuce blendToppings:5 peeled, hard cooked eggs6 slices of bacon1/2 cup shredded cheddar or pepper jack cheese (smoked using this method if you have access to a cold smoker)Black bean & corn salsa:1 can black beans drained and rinsed1 cup sweet corn kernels1/2 sweet onion, finely diced1/3 cup cilantro, coarsely choppedkosher salt and cracked black pepper to tasteSmoked avocado guacamole:2 smoked avocados1/3 cup cilantro, coarsely chopped1/2 teaspoon garlic powderdash cayenne pepperjuice of 2 limeskosher salt and cracked black pepper to tasteYellow pepper salsa:1 yellow bell pepper, cored and seeded1 small tomato, seeded and diced1/2 sweet onion, finely dicedChicken marinade:(We adapted this Traeger recipe for a whole bird to make a fantastic marinade)2-3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, trimmedjuice of 1 orangejuice of 2 limes 1/2 small onion, thinly sliced 1 clove garlic, minced 1-2 teaspoons Mexican-style hot sauce, or more to taste 1 teaspoon dried oregano, preferably Mexican 1 tablespoon kosher salt2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 to 2 tablespoons Traeger Cajun Shake, or your favorite fajita or taco seasoningSpicy Buttermilk Dressing:1/2 cup sour cream 1/2 cup mayonnaise 2 tablespoons buttermilk, plus 1-2 tablespoons extra as needed1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1 bunch green onions, white and green parts 2 tablespoons cilantro 2 tablespoons flat-leaf parsley 1 teaspoon sugar 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1-2 teaspoons (or more to taste) cayenne pepper or your favorite hot saucePreparation:In a gallon zip-top bag, lime juice, orange juice, onion, garlic, hot sauce, oregano, salt, and vegetable oil. Add the chicken, press out the extra air, and seal. Refrigerate for at least an hour or overnight.
Start your Traeger on smoke with the lid open for 4-5 minutes to establish the fire. Put your peeled, hard cooked eggs directly on the grill grate and smoke for 30 minutes. Your eggs will brown slightly from the smoke.
While your eggs are smoking, begin assembling your toppings. Combine the black beans, corn, cilantro, onions and salt and pepper in a bowl and set aside. Combine the yellow pepper, tomatoes, and onions in a bowl (using this crazy awesome onion/vegetable chopper from Zyliss) and set aside.
In a blender, add the mayo, sour cream, buttermilk, vinegar, Worchestershire sauce, green onions, cilantro, parsley, sugar, salt, pepper, and hot sauce. Blend to combine, adding the extra 1-2 tablespoons of buttermilk as needed until desired thickness is achieved.
When your eggs are done smoking, chop them and set them aside. Turn your Traeger up to 350 degrees, close the lid, and let it preheat for 10-15 minutes.Take your chicken out of the marinade and sprinkle with Traeger's Cajun Shake. Discard the marinade. Arrange your chicken on the grill with the bacon and avocados. Remove the bacon and avocados after 5-7 minutes and flip the chicken.
While the chicken cooks to an internal temperature of 175 degrees, crumble your bacon and make your smoked avocado guacamole. Cut the avocado flesh into a 1/4 inch dice and combine with cilantro, onions, garlic powder, salt, and lime juice. Set aside.
Slice your chicken and begin to assemble your salad in a big bowl or on a large platter. Start with the lettuce and arrange all of your toppings starting with the chicken in a line across the middle. Pour the dressing directly on the salad, or serve on the side.
The onion and vegetable chopper really made assembling this dish a breeze. If you are interested in getting a Zyliss Onion Chopper for yourself, you can buy one here.


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text: Apple: School should center on the iPadBy John D. Sutter, CNNUpdated 3:24 PM ET, Wed January 25, 2012Just WatchedApple wants schools to center on iPadreplayMore Videos ...Apple wants schools to center on iPad 02:01Story highlightsApple announces digital textbook publishing appThe free app is called iBook AuthorThe company says anyone can make a digital textbook in five minutesMoves are part of Apple's larger strategy to remake the textbook industryApple on Thursday lifted the veil on its plans to remake the educational landscape in a way that centers on its best-selling tablet computer, the iPad."Education is deep in Apple's DNA and iPad may be our most exciting education product yet," Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of marketing, said in a statement. At a press conference in New York, the company announced three products that aim to get students and teachers to use the iPad's touch-screen interface to read, write, plan classes and communicate with each other.First, a free app called iBooks Author lets anyone create a digital, interactive textbook. In a demo at the event, an Apple employee created an e-book with the app in about five minutes, according to live blogs.Second, an update to a piece of software called iTunes U lets teachers plan their curriculum and communicate with their students over the iPad. Just WatchedIsaacson gives insight into Jobs' lifereplayMore Videos ...Isaacson gives insight into Jobs' life 02:14PLAY VIDEOThe new iTunes U, which also is free and available on Thursday, will "allow anyone, anywhere, at any time to take courses for free," Schiller said, according to Fortune.com's Philip Elmer-DeWitt, who was live blogging from the event. Fortune is a partner site of CNN.com."If you're an educator at a university, college, or K-12 school, now you have an easy way to design and distribute complete courses featuring audio, video, books, and other content," Apple's website said Thursday. "And students and lifelong learners can experience your courses for free through a powerful new app for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch."Finally, a new textbook store called iBooks 2, also a free app, will feature digital e-books for schools.Apple said it is partnering with several major textbook companies -- including Pearson, McGraw-Hill and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, who will make e-books for the store, according to Fortune. High school textbooks will cost up to $14.99, the company said.In another demo, Apple's Roger Rosner showed off textbooks for the iPad that allow students to zoom in on pictures of cells, dissect digital frogs and make notes and highlights on the e-book pages."I don't think there's ever been a textbook that made it this easy to be a good student," Rosner said, according to Fortune.All of these moves are part of Apple's larger strategy to remake the textbook industry. The company reportedly has been courting schools to make use of its popular tablet computer. At the press conference, Schiller mocked paper textbooks, saying, "They're not portable, not durable, not interactive, not searchable." Books on the iPad are all of those things, he said, according to live blogs covering the event.Some educators seem to be excited about the changes."Apple has recognized that learning for students is not a one-way street," Jed Macosko, an associate professor at Wake Forest University, said in a statement. "Until now, most traditional e-textbooks have focused on linear content delivery, which is not the way people learn. Research shows that we learn by asking questions," said Macosko, the author of an interactive biology textbook.Others questioned whether the move could give Apple too much control over educational content."(It's) not clear so far whether Apple's new textbooks will be open formats (ePub etc.) or only in Apple format," Mathew Ingram, a senior writer for the blog GigaOm, posted on Twitter after the event.Or they mocked the fact that Apple is trying to take such a big role in education."For a small upcharge, Apple will put a huge logo on your school and tattoo an Apple on each (student's) forearm," user @irasocol wrote on Twitter.More from techLaser procedure can turn brown eyes blueThe balloons that could fly tourists to the edge of spaceWill.i.am launches sustainable fashionPowered by Livefyre