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Suppression of anti-Candida activity of macrophages by a quorum-sensing molecule, farnesol, through induction of oxidative stress
Article first published online: 12 MAR 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2009.00128.x
© 2009 The Societies and Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd
Microbiology and Immunology
Volume 53, Issue 6, pages 323–330, June 2009
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How to Cite
Abe, S., Tsunashima, R., Iijima, R., Yamada, T., Maruyama, N., Hisajima, T., Abe, Y., Oshima, H. and Yamazaki, M. (2009), Suppression of anti-Candida activity of macrophages by a quorum-sensing molecule, farnesol, through induction of oxidative stress. Microbiology and Immunology, 53: 323–330. doi: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2009.00128.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 29 MAY 2009
- Article first published online: 12 MAR 2009
- Received 4 November 2008; revised 23 January 2009; accepted 8 February 2009.
- Abstract
- Article
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- anti-oxidants;
- pathogenic factor;
- terpenoid alcohol
Farnesol is well known as a quorum-sensing molecule of Candida albicans. To assess the pathological function of farnesol, its effects on macrophage viability and functions including growth inhibitory activities against C. albicans were examined in vitro. Murine macrophages, when cultured in the presence of 56–112 μM of farnesol for 1–2 hr, decreased their activity inhibiting the mycelial growth of C. albicans and lost their viability. This suppression of macrophage function by farnesol was neutralized by the coexistence of the anti-oxidants probucol and trolox. Macrophages cultured in the presence of farnesol for 2 hr displayed morphological change of nuclei and DNA fragmentation, which suggested apoptosis of the cells. Intracellular production of ROS in the farnesol-treated macrophages was shown by fluorescence of DCFH-DA and increase of peroxidized materials. These effects of farnesol were blocked by probucol or trolox. These results indicate that farnesol lowered viability of the murine macrophages and suppressed their anti-Candida activity, perhaps through induction of ROS.

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March 15 & 21- "LEGENDARY" at manhattan school of music
April 7 - "As ONE" AT UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY
MAY 1-3 - "heart of darkness" u.s. PREMIERE
Sunday, March 15 | 2:30 PM
Manhattan School of Music - Greenfield Hall
122nd Street and Broadway, New York, NY 10027
Saturday, March 21 | 8:00 PM
Manhattan School of Music - The William R. and Irene D. Miller Recital Hall
122nd Street and Broadway, New York, NY 10027
AOP First Chance returns to the Manhattan School of Music with excerpts from Legendary, an opera-in-development by Joseph Rubinstein and Jason Kim. The performances will feature a panel discussion with the artists.
1985. New York City. Famed drag performer Dee Legendary embarks on a passionate love affair with Officer John, whose fascination with Dee takes an unexpected and dangerous turn. Inspired by a true story, Legendary is an opera about double lives and destructive desires set in the glory days of New York City's underground drag culture. The opera began development in AOP's Composers & the Voice program in 2013-2014.
Performances by Kyle Guglielmo (AOP's Harriet Tubman, The Companion), Kalianthie Anastasiou, Jordan Rutter, Alaysha Fox
Music direction by Scott Rednour.
Directed by Knud Adams.
The March 15 performance is presented as part of the annual Opera Index series New American Opera Previews, From Page to Stage, with Q&A hosted by Midge Woolsey. It also features a performance of new music from Encompass New Opera Theatre.
The March 21 Q&A will be moderated by Mark Campbell (librettist The Manchurian Candidate, AOP's As One).
March 15: General Admission: $20 | Advance: $15 | Students/Seniors: $10; 212-706-9550 to order tickets
March 21: FREE
Composers & the Voice is made possible in part by a generous multi-year award from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Tuesday, April 7 | 8:00 PM
Caine College of the Arts, Utah State University
4030 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4030
"a piece that haunts and challenges its audiences with questions about identity, authenticity, compassion and the human desire for self-love and peace." – Opera News
In this chamber opera for two singers and string quartet by composer Laura Kaminsky, librettist Mark Campbell and librettist/filmmaker Kimberly Reed, a mezzo-soprano (Blythe Gaissert) and a baritone (Kelly Markgraf, pictured) depict the experiences of its sole transgender protagonist, Hannah, as she endeavors to resolve the discord between her self and the outside world. Tour of World Premiere production, directed by Ken Cazan.
May 1 & 2, 2015 | 8:00 PM
May 2 & 3 | 2:00 PM
Z Space, 450 Florida Street
San Francisco, CA
Opera Parallèle (OP) will present the American Premiere of the AOP-developed Heart of Darkness by British composer Tarik O'Regan and librettist Tom Phillips in its 2014-15 Season. The work will be performed at San Francisco's Z Space, a former warehouse that has been converted to a flexible performance space making this production space site specific.
Based on the novella by Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness is a powerful opera that portrays the greedy world of ivory smugglers in Central Africa as narrated by the central character, Marlow. The plot unfolds through a series of short, fast-paced scenes that gradually increase in tension, as Marlow's tale approaches its climax. MORE INFO
Initial research and development phases of Tarik O'Regan's work were supported by AOP and OperaGenesis, the opera development programme of the ROH2 . AOP received an NEA award for developing the opera in 2006-2011.
AOP's season is made possible by New Music USA's Cary New Music Performance Fund and with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
AME's "BLUE" AT SUBCULTURE
Tuesday, March 3 | 8:00 PM
45 Bleecker St New York, NY, 10012
AOP Composers Laura Kaminsky (As One) and Robert Paterson (Three Way) are featured on this program from American Modern Ensemble (Paul's Case, The Scarlet Ibis) celebrating the release of AME's newest album, Powerhouse Pianists II.
Margaret Brouwer: Lonely Lake
George Crumb: Vox Balanae
Amanda Harberg: Tenement Rhapsody
Laura Kaminsky: Full Range of Blue
Robert Paterson: Deep Blue Ocean
Frederic Rzewski: Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
Sato Moughalian, Flute; Benjamin Fingland, Clarinet; Regi Papa, Violin; Raman Ramakrishnan, Cello; Stephen Gosling, Piano; Blair McMillen, Piano; Matt Ward, Percussion; Robert Paterson, Conductor
March 4-14, 2015
HERE Arts Center
145 Sixth Ave. (enter on Dominick Street one block south of Spring)
New York, NY 10013
Join HERE March 4-14 for CULTUREMART, their annual festival for the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP), where process becomes the focus. This year's program features 12 workshop performances spanning topics and genres as varied as brainwashing and bureaucrats, opera and espionage, science and stardom, and everything in-between.
Featuring new works by AOP favorites Hai-Ting Chinn (Darkling, The Scarlet ibis, The Wanton Sublime) and Matthew Schickele (Marymere), Nick Brooke (Tone Test), and Kamala Sankaram (Tesla workshops).
$15 | Student Rush (Free with ID)
$5 for OFF-OFFten Club Members
March 7-15, 2015
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
345 Washington St
St Paul, MN 55102
Politics and paranoia collide in this heart-pounding new opera. An American soldier, decorated during the Korean War, is brainwashed into becoming an unwitting assassin in a conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. government. Can a fellow POW crack the code in time to stop him? This taut and suspenseful thriller is the highly anticipated second opera by composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell (AOP's As One, A Letter to East 11th Street), creators of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Silent Night.
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Draft Watch: NFC North
By Kevin Seifert
NFC Approach
Draft Watch
Biggest needs
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Schemes, themes
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Recent history
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Draft approach
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Dream scenario/Plan B
Each Wednesday leading up to the NFL draft (April 22-24), the ESPN.com blog network will take a division-by-division look at key aspects of the draft. Today's topic: Draft approach.
Chicago Bears
General manager Jerry Angelo's background is a scouting director, so for most of his Bears tenure he accumulated and guarded draft picks as if they were gold. In his first seven drafts with the Bears, he made 28 picks in the first three rounds (an average of four per year). But Angelo has changed his team-building process in the past two years, releasing that grip when offered the opportunity to acquire more established players. He gutted the top of the 2009 and 2010 drafts in trades for quarterback
Jay Cutler
and late defensive end
Gaines Adams
, supplementing those losses by signing veteran free agents to fill individual needs. It's not a bad idea when considering Angelo's current situation. The more immediate approach will either work or, after already missing the playoffs for three consecutive years, it will be a mess someone else has to clean up.
Detroit Lions
The talent gap in Detroit remains wide enough that the Lions will continue following their new mantra under general manager Martin Mayhew and coach Jim Schwartz: Talent must trump need at every pick. That was the case last year, when the Lions considered tight end
Brandon Pettigrew
the best player on their board at the No. 20 overall pick, and will resume in 2010. It is the Lions' luxury and curse. Although some positions are more dire than others, the team needs help at all of them except quarterback. So while the Lions' ideal scenario would be to grab multiple linemen in the first three rounds, they can't afford to force it by passing up players they consider more talented -- no matter what position they play.
Green Bay Packers
The Packers have largely sat out the free-agent market over the past four years, leaving them to fill all of their needs through the draft. As a result, general manager Ted Thompson hasn't been afraid to trade down to accumulate additional picks and provide maximum depth on his roster. This tack values volume over elite pedigree but has brought players like receiver
Greg Jennings
and defensive tackle
Johnny Jolly
to the team. Thompson did trade up last year to grab linebacker
Clay Matthews
in the first round, but in general that has been an exception to his rule. I'm guessing the Packers wouldn't be opposed to moving below their No. 23 overall pick this year if it means an additional choice in the late second or early third round.
Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota vice president Rick Spielman inherited a relatively talented roster in 2007 and thus has used the draft to target individual players his scouts have identified for specific roles on the team. By my count, Spielman has made seven draft-day trades to position himself to take the players he wanted over the past three years. Those players include receiver
Sidney Rice
(2007), safety
Tyrell Johnson
(2008) and linebacker
Jasper Brinkley
(2009). Expect more of the same this year from Spielman, who has the luxury of drafting purely for value rather than need.


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Whichever the case, I'm suddenly feeling a burst of "Moon... EXCITED... POWER!!!" (Changes form, morphs into hero)
Just buried the Sailor Scout tranformation chant. God love me. lol
!?\ My Wi-Fi! It's gone out . . .\!
Will our favorite lesbian "cousins" be in the new series?
I'm super super excited I can't wait
What are they going to do about Pluto?
!?\My Wi-Fi! It's gone out. . .\!
For those who could use a refresher on the original
*Rips hair out* OMG! If this turns out to be another "re:imagining" like Dragon Ball Z Kai (sans its opening music, which I got used to and LOVE!!) then I think I'm gonna' SCREAM!!
A NEW Version/Remake, Please!! *Shuts the door on childhood-robbing old English dubs fitted with new graphics for the next generation*
My Wi-Fi, it's gone out . . .
The original song this is a parody of actually mentions Sailor Moon
It's funny cause it's true.
I just wish they would hurry up and dub it so Toonami can play it for me.
I hear they pushed it back to 2014 now. ><
That pisses me off.
Yeah, me too. >x< I really wanted to see what they were going to do with it.
Seems it was due to issues with the voice cast, other sources says its because theyre unsure of what they want their target audience to be [theyre considering making it a more 'mature' series, more action and violence kinda thing]
2014 is a probability date, the show could be pushed back even further than that
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Publishers Namco Bandai have now released a trailer for the recently announced RPG, Fragile-Dreams-Farewell-Ruins-of-the-Moon.
It features a little gameplay footage and a lot of Japanese jabberings.
Ah Hotaru. This Star, it's this sort of vastness the Earth is overflowing with people, but every person thinks "why am I alone?".
It's because their mind is wrought with madness. To end this madness I must destroy that world, and to do that, I must locate the virus.
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So he's a communist?
Nova said:
Kind of short. But from the few pieces of footage it's easy to see that this game won't be graphically enhanced.
sidkid004 said:
WHOO-HA!- Al Pacino. The translation is really making me scratch my head. Are you looking for a cure for a virus? Anyway I'm still interested.
Keranu said:
Thanks for posting the translation, which is quite interesting and confusing. Is she going to kill the whole world by finding a deadly virus? If so, that sounds pretty awesome.
Nintendoof said:
Oh. Hotaru's a girl?! Or what?
Wiimaster said:
She is killing the land and population with the virus while you (seto) must locate her and kill her. Looks great.
WiiNinja said:
Oh, I figured it out! So when he says "destroy that world", he really means to end loneliness for everyone (because they're all alone).
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Gold Mario Amiibo is a Wal-Mart Exclusive
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Nintendo Confirmed As Sponsor For APEX 2015
Another positive step for the Smash competitive scene
Majora's Mask 3D Collector's Edition Contains Skull Kid Figurine
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I have been sort of ramping up physical activity since the hospital procedure, and needed a way to track this. I started looking at the horrible world of fitness apps, and thankfully before I invested any serious time into it I was delighted to discover that my iPhone6 had been quietly tracking this without me having to install anything. Love that new motion co-processor!
1 Year Old
An amazing year, both exhausting and exciting. Polly is about ready to walk, but can't really be bothered since she still gets about pretty quick by crawling. She is already able to grab stuff off the kitchen benchtops by standing on tippy toes, and there is a sort of high water mark becoming obvious in the house, as lower shelves and drawers are becoming conspicuously jumbled and emptied of pointy stuff. Basically she wants ALL THE THINGS.
A couple of weeks back I had a CT scan of my heart to check for early signs of coronary artery disease, for purely precautionary reasons. Most people in my shoes would not have bothered with such a test, having not experienced any chest pain, tingling etc, nor would doctors generally recommend a test without some evidence of a problem.
Although I had already had a normal ECG and a stress test appeared to show normal heart function, after some discussion with my cardiologist of my personal risk factors (high blood pressure, high cholesterol, family history) we decided to go ahead and check anyway, just to be sure.
Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), the CT scan revealed a surprise blockage in my LAD (an artery also known rather grimly as the Widow Maker). It appeared quite severe, so last week I checked in to hospital for an angiogram (the gold standard test where they actually feed a catheter into an artery and squirt radioactive dye in).
Part of me still expected it could turn out to be no big deal, since after all I was experiencing no actual symptoms. But of course the angio confirmed what the CT has implied: a major occlusion, greater than 80%. Standard procedure was followed at this point, which is that a stent was inserted immediately via the same catheter, and expanded to push the artery open at that location.
All this means that even though I felt pretty much fine before (although perhaps a little easily fatigued?) I am now basically enfeebled while I wait for the stent to properly 'bed in'. Because of the location and form of the blockage, my surgeon elected to use a drug-eluting stent which, although more expensive and high tech, actually carries higher risk of short term problems (namely thrombosis aka clotting) as it takes longer to be incorporated as part of the arterial wall.
Some things I am apparently not able to do safely right now:
- Bend down and pick up my baby daughter
- Run up stairs
- Mow lawn (not that I care about this one)
- Go more than a day without taking blood thinning medication
- Any kind of home maintenance
- Anything that might significantly raise my blood pressure or heart rate
The problem with that last point is that not being able to do certain things is itself a major source of stress and therefore a potential problem. This is probably why depression is so common after heart procedures; you basically look fine, but feel useless, and can't do anything fun (and of course you're acutely and persistently aware of your own mortality).
Cue lots of mindful breathing and trying not to focus on things that make me cross (not a good time to be following Australian politics right now). Ideally I'd like to be placed into a deep restful sleep and submerged in a nutrifying gel for a few months while my body fully heals itself, but apparently that treatment won't be available for at least a few decades.
RIP Mc2009
My Late 2009 model iMac is now late late, having died this morning after almost 5 years of faithful service. First the graphics got flakey, now it won't even start up. I was going to either sell it cheap, or keep it as a spare/guest computer, but now it looks like it's just a huge block of aluminium to be cannibalised for parts.
Workspace 2015.1
Last week I picked up a 42″ UHD TV for pretty cheap (Hisense 42K320UW, discounted because generally no one interested in a UHD TV is bothering with anything below 55″). It's packed with functionality like most modern TVs, but of course the UI and remote are unbelievably shit, as I have come to expect from most electronic gear, especially cheapie brands.
Since the Panasonic plasma TV it is intended to replace is still mostly working (although some glitching on HDMI signals) I thought I'd give this one a tryout as a monitor first, replacing my old 2009 iMac which I was only really using as a display for my work laptop anyway.
Using a DisplayPort to HDMI converter (newish one supporting 4K via HDMI 1.4) I can run this TV as a monitor in full native UHD resolution.
- At only $550 this was cheaper than the cheapest 4K monitor I could find.
- 3840 x 2160 resolution!
- Feels excitingly huge!
- Feels uncomfortably huge! 42″ is just too damn big for a desktop monitor.
- HDMI 1.4 only allows UHD resolution up to 30Hz refresh rate, meaning there's noticeable juddering and lag on cursor movements (the screen itself doesn't flicker though)
- Unbelievably terrible UI… eg just adjusting brightness means about 5 or 6 clicks through the crappy menu.
- Using it in standard HD mode (1920 x 1080) results in higher refresh (60Hz) but weirdly much greater latency, even in "game mode" with bullshit features turned off. This would actually be a really bad TV for gaming.
Workspace 2015
So, it's taken an awful lot longer than originally expected, but I have finally moved in to my new workspace.
This means I no longer share a room with babby, and also that I can't just step out of my office to snack in the kitchen, so hopefully I will stay a little more focused on my work.
Hard to say if this will actually be the case, as I've only just moved in, am still in 'holiday' head space, and am still surrounded by piles of clutter.
Bought myself a new camera recently, after an awful lot of vacillating about it (since iPhones are almost always good enough for anything I would want to shoot).
As with so much technology, I find myself simultaneously impressed by the hardware while being annoyed by shitty software and firmware.
The Good
- Basically this is a really nice 'enthusiast' level camera, and I've barely even started to understand most of the functionality, so best just to refer you to DPReview (the place to go if you're researching cameras to buy).
- It has that classic silver and black look that makes no difference to the photos, but makes it somehow feel more… authentic?
- It has amazing image-stabilisation built in (sensor based, 3-axis), which is rather important for Mr Shaky Hands here.
- I got it for 20% off (or 36% off if you believe the nonsense RRPs that camera manufacturers stick on their product pages)
- I can take extra nice Polly pics now.
- It gives me something to hide behind at social events where I don't know many people.
The Bad
- Doesn't charge from USB, so you have to actually pop the battery out and stick it in its own custom charger. Can't believe this is still a thing.
- On a related note: NO EXTERNAL POWER OPTION. Again, could have been solved by using USB power.
- Host only Wifi. One of the cool features becoming standard with digital cameras is Wifi, which sounds great (in the picture above I am actually taking the photo remotely, using my iPhone to control the new camera), but there's a major pain about the way Olympus (and others?) implement wireless connectivity; namely that it's host only, ie: your camera becomes a wifi hotspot and you connect to it with your phone. See the problem here? In order to connect to the camera you first have to disconnect from any regular wifi, thereby losing internet access (at least if you're using iOS). In typical tech journo fashion, this article neglects to point out this limitation, while going on to praise…
- OI.Share – the app for controlling the camera remotely is probably the ugliest, flakiest app I currently have installed on my iPhone.
- Olympus Viewer 3 – probably the ugliest, least intuitive application I have installed on my iMac.
Hello World!
As posts here get a little sparse, I'm switching to the Disqus comment system, mainly because it means you can sign in with your preferred network and track replies etc more easily. Disqus seems to be pretty ubiquitous lately, to the point where if you want to have a reasonably functional comment and threading system which people will actually use, it's either this or Facebook.
Note that all past comments have been imported into the new system, but currently show up with generic avatars. If you have commented here in the past (with a valid email) please consider doing a 'merge' as described on this page. If you do so your avatar (and name if you choose something different) will be updated in all the old threads and you will be able to track upvotes, replies etc.
It's really not that tricky, you just need to sign in with the same email and then choose to "Merge" the comments attributed to that email address. Another benefit of doing so is that you get to edit or delete your own comments.
I know this
Hey, did you hear they're going to make invisible planes soon? How cool eh? Just like Wonder Woman's stupid jet. Here's an incredibly convincing picture from an equally convincing article:
You see it's apparently totally possible because it's not actually invisible, it's just magic technology projecting the scenery on the interior of the plane. Brilliant!
Except actually stupid!
The reason this is a stupid idea is not because it is expensive, unnecessary and unnerving, but because it simply can't be done, and anyone who suggests it can obviously has not sought the opinion of anyone who has a clue about optics or aircraft. After checking the comments on this article, I realised that no one had really pointed this out, so I decided to do so.
The problem with saying something smart on the internet, is that some people are so used to everyone else being wrong, that they often don't think about it much before assuming they know better.
Sturla Molden, he gets it. But then there's this th3r0n guy. I mean, he has numbers in his name so he must be some kind of nerd genius right? Not about this he's not. I am somewhat annoyed at his poorly reasoned dismissal of my criticism, and so feel it's now extra important that people understand just how stupid the 'project exterior onto interior' idea is. It's like, REALLY stupid, and yet no one seems to understand this!
I attempted to add a reply to further clarify the issue, but it turns out this is one of those terrible comment systems that only tells you the thread is closed AFTER you have entered your comment and clicked POST.
And so, because I have to record it somewhere or I will go mad, here is my [attempted] reply to the incorrect correction, further elaborating on my original, actually correct criticism:
I don't know what led you to make this assertion, but it is not correct.
Imagine sitting in your seat, enjoying what seems to be an amazing panoramic view. You look to your right, at the horizon projected on the wall beside you. Place your finger on the wall so it's touching the horizon. Now realise that a person standing up should see the horizon at their eye level, but instead will be looking down at the level of your finger. The distortion for all the other viewers in the cabin would be ridiculously bad.
Another example, imaging you are sitting towards the back of the plane, heading east, and you see a beautiful full moon rising. From where you are sitting it is superimposed over an exit door near the front. Hold your thumb up and you can obscure it. Now imagine what the person next to the exit door sees. An entire wall of bright shiny (distorted) moon blasting at them.
If I seem a little pedantic and/or smug, then fine, I don't care. This is an area in which I have earned that right. I know the rules about projection and parallax and occlusion.
You know how words on a t-shirt are flipped in a mirror, but only left-right and never up-down? I KNOW WHY THAT IS.
How the moon seems bigger on the horizon? I CAN EXPLAIN THAT.
How the eyes on a well painted portrait seem to follow your around the room? TOO EASY!
More store room than office right now
Unsurprisingly, I haven't managed to complete my mini-office build, but at least I've got the wall and door in place now. My plan to avoid cornices and skirting board may need revising though, as the alignment of the perfectly rectangular door panels shows up the crookedness of the ceiling and floor more than I'd like, and adding a bit of trim is a way to hide that.
I had to temporarily remove the center panel because within five minutes of fitting the door lock and handle I (of course) managed to accidentally lock myself out. Luckily I hadn't yet fixed all of them in place from the inside, so didn't actually have to break down my brand new door.
(At least it's not a dead-lock, so there's no danger of accidentally locking myself in my tiny storeroom/future office)
I took this last week off to try to catch up on sleep and a few odd jobs. My main project is the construction of a new mini-office space, as my current office does double duty as Polly's bedroom and it's just a bit awkward to juggle that. If all goes to plan, she will have her own room (nursery?) soon, and I'll be commuting to work by walking downstairs (exercise!).
So far it's not much to look at, but at least I finally made some tangible progress today, putting up a frame and hanging the door.
All that crap on the other side of the wall frame is where my new office will ultimately be (in theory by Monday!). On the near side of the wall will be the now-truncated rumpus room, where visiting nieces will continue to be welcome to play Lego Batman on Xbox and scatter corn chips about.
This is my first ever wall building project, and a truly vast amount of my time and energy this week has gone into making plans, visiting the hardware store, and then totally changing my mind. It was originally to be a classic stud wall with gyprock cladding (drywall), but kind of morphed as I thought about the different materials involved and how little I was into the idea of plastering and painting, so now it's going to be a semi-permanent wall using doors as panelling instead of plasterboard. This should make it stronger and easier to remove if/when it's no longer needed, while giving the whole thing a retro minimal vibe from outside.
Although the idea of an office with no actual windows might seem like a really bad idea, even when I do have a window in my office I always end up leaving the blinds closed anyway, so I'm treating the absence of natural light as a challenge to be solved with various flavours of LED trickery. I may even attempt something like a fake window effect, but that's probably a project for some other weekend. (Adequate ventilation on the other hand is something I need to finalise before I start working in there.)
Worst case scenario: it turns out to be a terrible space to work and so we just use it as a store room, so my efforts aren't completely in vain.
6 Months
Polly is 6 months old now. Jolly and chubby, a little sooky, and we still love her to bits! I keep meaning to write at length about my experience as a new dad, but it's all going by so fast I feel like by the time I compose something coherent it will be out of date. Too busy doing it to write about it, basically :-/


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RECIPE: Velvet pound cake
A delicious, ultra rich, old fashion, southern pound cake recipe from my grandmother. http://home.earthlink.net/~ktkfolmar/
Ya know, I hate to sound like a complainer, but this forum is used to post recipes you think might be enjoyed or to ask for a specific recipe. This is not the place to repeatedly post a link to your home page with pictures of your family and your personal convictions.
And if, for some reason you do want people to visit your page, the place for the link is at the bottom of the message, as below.
Please copy and paste your recipes here if you want to share.
This forum is called "The Dessert Recipe Exchange".
Linda C
Here is a link that might be useful: Pound cake
The "rules" are at the top of this page.."This is the place to share your favorite confection, or maybe ask someone else for the perfect pound cake. This forum is guaranteed to be nonfattening!"
If these forums contained only messages stating that "there is a recipe you might be interested in" and posting the URL to the site, there would soon be a lot of people ceasing to visit.
If you follow the links, you will discover that it doesn't lead to a recipe but to a page with the option of "reading my resume" and a notice that he is seeking permenant employment.
I think the links are self serving, rather than sharing a recipe.
Linda C
The link leads to the poster's home page which includes a link to recipes. For me, the recipe pages display HTML code and do not render well on my computer or browser. If that can be fixed, then I'd love to try the recipes. Maybe this poster just needs a little help in the way to correctly post a recipe on this site. Each page should be an HTML text file.
Kassie, all you have to do when you want to post a recipe is go to the recipe on your site & copy the address. Then make your post & when you hit "Preview" paste the address you've copied in the "Optional Link Url" below & give it a title (in this case "Velvet Pound Cake."
The more recipes around here the better so I'm glad you're sharing yours.
Here is a link that might be useful: Velvet Pound Cake
Then maybe we should ALL stick to posting an exact recipe and not try to tell someone to add this or that to a recipe or try this or that to whatever they are asking about about. There is a lot of that going on by certain people who post and not everyone has the know how to do that type of cooking. I would assume if someone asks for a recipe, they are not asking for someone to tell them to add a handful of this or a pinch of that.
I hardly think anyone is looking for a job by posting a resume on a Dessert Exchange but here are Kassie's recipes which she has on her home page although I know you seldom use recipes, Linda.
Here is a link that might be useful: Kassie's Recipes
Well I can't open the recipes on Kassie's or on the link that Ginger so kindly posted.
But if the recipe for the Velvet Pound Cake is similiar to this one that David posted a few years ago then I'm sure it is wonderful.
Home Cookin Chapter: Recipes From Thibeault's Table
Posted by: lakeguy35 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 13, 04 at 23:50
Here is the recipe y'all, everyone I have shared this with loves it. I know there are alot of recipes floating around out there, but this one is my and many others favorite.
Janelle McComb,who was Elvis's friend from the time he was a boy in Tupelo Mississippi used to bake two loaves of this cake every Christmas and bring them to Graceland. On a good day, Elvis could eat one all by himself. He shared the other with his entourage.
3 cups sugar
1/2 pound of butter softened
7 eggs room temperature
3 cups cake flour, sifted twice
1 cup heavy cream (not whipped)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Thoroughly butter and flour a 10-inch tube pan. Cream together the sugar and butter. Add eggs one at a time, beating extemely well after each addition. Mix 1/2 half of the flour, then the whipping cream, then the other half of the flour. Beat 5 full minutes. Add vanilla. Pour batter into prepared pan. Set in cold oven and turn temp to 350 degrees. Bake 1 hour to 90 minutes, until a sharp knife inserted in the cake comes out clean. Cool in the pan 5 minutes. Remove the cake from the pan and cool thoroughly. Wrapped well in foil, this cake keeps several days.
Marigene, I don't know if you were referring to anyone in particular, but I know that I'm often guilty of posting just a general outline for a recipe. It is basically the way that I cook. I didn't realize that there were some people that might find that annoying. So if I've ever posted a recipe this way to a request of yours I'm sorry.
I think it makes a difference which browser you are using. In IE, I can view the recipes just fine. In Firefox, the recipe is just a big page of HTML code and difficult to find the recipe components.
If you cannot properly view the recipe, then try using IE.
Let's give the OP the benefit of the doubt, shall we?
Here, Ann. I'm happy to post the recipe so you can see it.
Velvet Poundcake
2 Sticks of butter, softened
¼ Cup shortening (that's 1/4 cup)
3 Cups sugar
5 Eggs
2 t Vanilla
3 Cups flour, sifted twice
1 - 5 oz can evaporated milk mixed with enough whole milk to make one full cup.
Cream butter, shortening and sugar together. Add eggs one at time. Mix in remaining ingredients. Bake in greased and floured tube pan at 300° F for 1½ hours, or until the cake leaves the side of the pan
I have been looking for a good pound cake recipe. I have tried several but they always seem dry or have no flavor. I am gonna try this one tonight for dessert. As far as everything else we are discussing. I found this forum a few months ago. I have since visited everyday. One of the things that attracts me to these forums is that people want to share with each other not only recipes, but stories and pics of their families. It seems to me like alot of people consider this a "little family" and want to share a little of their lives. Maybe we should start a forum where we can share family stories and pics.....Or is there already one I am not aware of?
msprettyky, we have a Conversation side to our Cooking Forum. It is for off-topics and we discuss just about anything and everything there, including family stories and pics. We also have a Gallery for photos.


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Trader Joe's RIVERHEAD NY Location Request
We, the people of the Eastern end of Long Island, New York respectfully request that you open a store closer to us. Riverhead, NY is ideal for both the North and South Fork as well as the surrounding towns further west of Riverhead. Many of us now have to dedicate a day (once or twice a month - maybe more) to drive about an hour (some of us more) loaded w/our bags and coolers to stock up at the Lake Grove, NY store. Please take note of the many dedicated Trader Joe shoppers in the attached petition. We love your store enough to request our own!!
Nancy DiGirolamo
Please open a Trader Joes in Riverhead. We are really in need of one.
Jennifer hermanns
Please please please!!!!
We need TJs in Riverhead; perfect location!
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