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Scientists Find Huygens Probe Landing Site
Arizona — Cassini/Huygens scientists have discovered exactly where on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Huygens probe landed last January. Knowing the landing location will allow them to directly compare data from Huygens with remote sensing data from NASA's Cassini orbiter.
"Based on a truly project-wide collaboration among a number of members of the extended Cassini/Huygens community, we feel we are finally in a position to announce a definitive correlation between a section of radar data taken on the T8 (the Oct. 28, 2005 Titan flyby) and a DISR high-altitude mosaic," Bashar Rizk of the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL) and Steven Wall of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory told project scientists earlier this month.
"DISR," or the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer, was the eyes for the Huygens probe on its descent to Titan's surface on Jan. 14, 2005. The Huygens landing was the most distant touchdown ever made by a human-built science probe. DISR took photographs during the probe's descent, and those photos show that Titan is more like the Earth than any other world seen yet. UA's Martin Tomasko, an LPL research professor, leads the international DISR team.
Expressed in Titan longitude and latitude, the Hugyens probe landed within about 5 kilometers (1.4 miles) of 192.4 degrees west longitude (or 167.6 degrees east longitude) and minus 10.2 degrees south latitude, Rizk and Wall said. That's a mere 7 kilometers (4 miles) away from where Cassini/Huygens scientists predicted the probe would land, they noted.
Locating the landing site required the joint effort of members of the radar, imaging, visual and infrared mapping spectrometer and DISR teams, as well as the essential participation of Larry Soderblom and Randy Kirk of U.S. Geological Survey astrogeology division in Flagstaff, Ariz., Rizk and Wall said.
The DISR team scientists analyzed landform features and albedo (brightness) patterns in both the radar and optical (DISR) images by making overlays to locate boundaries and match landform orientations and shapes. It took considerable skill, patience and some luck.
"It's important that we know from an orbital perspective what kind of terrain the Huygens probe landed in," Rizk said. "It allows us to connect what Huygens found in detail about a small patch of Titan's surface to what the orbiter is accumulating now. We had a pretty good notion of what the landing site was before, but connecting it with the radar data allowed us to use the magnificent, absolute knowledge of the location transferred through the Cassini orbiter."
Last week Rizk made a minute-long animation, Titan descent movie, from images taken during the Huygens probe's two-and-one-half hour alien-world plunge. The animation is online at the DISR Website, http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/DISR/. Rizk created the animation from Cassini imaging, radar, and visual and infrared mapping spectrometer data as well as DISR data. It traces the actual descent profile that the probe took as it swung and spun east down to Titan's surface.
LPL Professor Jonathan I. Lunine presented the movie earlier today at an ESA press conference in Paris. "The combination of DISR and Cassini remote sensing data provide a tantalizing hint that the action of liquids eroding and shaping the landscape near the landing site is repeated elsewhere in the much larger region covered by the orbiter data," Lunine said.
The new Huygens descent animation starts at an altitude of 300 km (about 186 miles) and moves eastward along the trajectory that the Huygens probe traveled on its journey to Titan's surface. Data from the imaging system, radar and the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer on the Cassini orbiter are displayed in quick succession, followed by DISR mosaics from increasingly lower altitudes. The surface color is about what a human observer riding on the probe would see if it were possible to see the surface through Titan's atmospheric haze. The longitude and latitude grid lines are separated by 2 degrees. Near the end of its descent, the probe reversed direction, setting almost straight down until, finally, it landed, facing south on a dry lakebed strewn with ice cobbles.
Overall, the entire set of DISR observations from 150 kilometers (93 miles) high in Titan's atmosphere through landing outlines the major role methane plays in shaping Titan's surface and controlling its meteorology, said Bruno Bezard of Observatoire de Paris, France, a co-investigator on DISR, at the ESA press conference.
DISR was enveloped in thick haze as soon as it began taking data at 150 kilometers (93 miles) altitude, Bezard said, and the haze reaches undiminished all the way to the surface. The haze was so thick that DISR's three different cameras began discerning surface features only at about 55 kilometers (34 miles) altitude.
DISR scientists used the different camera views to reconstruct the probe's descent trajectory and measure wind velocities. At 50 kilometers high (31 miles), 90 kph (60 mph) winds swept the probe eastward. But at about 7 kilometers altitude (4 miles), windspeed dropped to less than 3kph (less than 2 mph) and the winds changed direction. This may be a convective region where local winds disconnect from Titan's main jet-streams, the scientists said.
At 700 meters altitude ( about 1/2 mile), DISR turned on a landing lamp so spectrometers could analyze light reflected from the near-surface atmosphere and the surface itself. The spectrometers measured five percent methane in Titan's mostly nitrogen atmosphere at 20 meters (66 feet) altitude. That's three times more methane than in Titan's stratosphere and confirms that methane is condensing near Titan's surface, DISR scientists concluded.
The team had planned to measure light reflected from Titan's surface to learn just what that surface is made of. The dark, frigid surface would look reddish to the human eye. It reflected no more than 15 percent to 20 percent at infrared (longer-than-visible) light wavelengths. Light reflected from Titan's surface showed there are organic materials (carbon-and-hydrogen containing compounds) and water ice, but also water ice laced with an unknown constituent. Scientists will have to further analyze DISR data and organic materials manufactured in the laboratory to identify the unknown constituent.
But it's the DISR images of Titan's striking landscape that have thrilled millions of people worldwide. When DISR scientists assembled the descent images into panoramic mosaics, they saw bright, high terrain cut by deep channels and flat, darker, lower terrain that resembled a dried lakebed. It is Earth-like desert topography clearly marked by fluid flow.
"Titan's surface is shaped by winds, liquid and tectonic forces as on Earth, but under exotic conditions and involving organic deposits as well as water ice," Lunine noted at the press conference.
There appear to be two types of channel networks. Steeply sloped main drainage channels from 100 to 200 meters wide (roughly 300 to 650 feet) and 50 to 100 meters deep (roughly 150 to 300 feet) branch through the bright highlands. They are believed to have been cut by rapidly flowing rivers of liquid methane. A second type are the short, stubby channels that often begin – or end – in dark circular areas. They are thought to be spring-fed channels.
One of DISR's most memorable images is the well-known view from Titan's surface taken after landing. Fifteen-centimeter (six-inch) rounded water-ice cobbles lie scattered over a darker, fine-grained "ice gravel." It's more evidence for powerful erosion by flowing liquid.
The British science journal Nature will publish an issue on Huygens probe results, including an article on DISR results, on Dec. 8.
The Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan is a joint mission of NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Italian Space Agency (ASI). ESA supplied and manages the Huygens probe that descended to Titan's surface Jan. 14, 2005. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington, D.C. NASA funded the Descent Imager-Spectral Radiometer, which was built by Lockheed Martin.
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Date Reviewed: February 10, 2010
Strengths: Solid, very light aluminum (rust free) frame frame.
Hydraulic brakes don't freeze in the winter.
Dependable and durable and -- except for some low-grade components -- excellent quality.
Weaknesses: The base-level Deore components are high maintenance and are out of place on this otherwise durable, high-quality product. The low-end Deore front derailleur and rear hub are the only parts that have failed on this intermediate-level bike. I have switched them out for XT wherever possible.
Terribly uncomfortable seat!
Bottom Line:
A quality workhorse for weekend warriors and those who need a dependable commuter.
For the price, I would have liked XT components across the board.
Once the components have been upgraded, this bike has been a solid responsive performer in all kinds of conditions. This bike is my daily driver in a city of climatic extremes. It gets as hot as +40C (104F) to -40C (-40F).
I would recommend this bike to anyone, except the high-end racing. For entry-level racers, you have to up grade the components.
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Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid: $900.00
Purchased At: Olympia Cycle and Sk
Similar Products Used: None.
Bike Setup: Paid extra for the SLR (Super Light Racing) frame and the hydraulic disc brakes.
XT dual shifters
Saint 180mm crankset
Crank Brothers egg-beater pedals
Hybrid tires for summer street and light trail commuting.
Nokian Extreme 294 studded rubber for the winter.
Date Reviewed: November 28, 2007
Strengths: Price, paint scheme, Disk ready hubs,
Weaknesses: Seat broke on first hard ride. The lower water bottle screw "spun" and I cannot get it off or tighten it fully.
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $325.00
Purchased At: Byron Lake
Similar Products Used: Giant, specialized other bikes in the price range I will pay
Bike Setup: Added WTB Rocket V, Avid BB5, Carbon fiber Bar Ends...along with some goodies.
Date Reviewed: July 8, 2007
Strengths: Durable (not one major repair in 7yrs, light (only 26.5 lbs, tossible, great shifting, decent braking.
Weaknesses: Pedals like most bikes in this price range.
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Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid: $1100.00
Purchased At: Cyclepath
Bike Setup: TruVativ pedals, Panaracer rear tire
Date Reviewed: May 6, 2007
Strengths: Good price, strong and light. Can handle about anything I dish out. Very cool orange/black paint job for 2006.
Weaknesses: Seat. If you get this bike, change out the seat right away
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Price Paid: $475.00
Purchased At: Bike America Olathe KS
Similar Products Used: KHS, Trek 4300
Bike Setup: Stock.
Date Reviewed: October 16, 2006
Strengths: Frame build quality and rigidity, good component package for the price, great paint job.
Weaknesses: Stock Bontrager seat is brutal. Bottom bracket didn't last long.
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Price Paid: $435.00
Purchased At: Ebay (used)
Similar Products Used: Trek 930, Cannondale M600
Bike Setup: Stock except pedals and seat.
Date Reviewed: April 3, 2006
Strengths: Great front suspension bike. Tough as nails. Will take you anywhere if you're up to the challenge.
Bontrager design.
Weaknesses: a hardtail
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Never had a problem with the frame, even with the wicked abuse I offered.
The bike is great for a lightweight cross-country, and offered me one last summer on hardcore downhills.
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Price Paid: $400.00
Purchased At: used from a Sun Valley, ID rental shop
Date Reviewed: December 28, 2005
Strengths: It kicks ass up hill it is a very tough bike good its also it very responsive. The Bontrager tires grip good Its very fast. It was partucaly runover by a S10 pickup ended up bending the rim. But i got a new rim and the buke was good as new. The bike blowes through mud its hard to get it stuck. Its got excelent disc Hayes brakes they stop on a dime I put 911 Miles on it i after owning it for 8 months now im rebuild in it after wareing out the parts on it.
Weaknesses: The tires hold up terrible one of the has a small slice on the side wall. The tread wares down quickly on them.
The paint holds up horabaly (scratches easily). The Shimono IG chain is crapy it snapped 3 times. I recomend you switch the chain when its new to a sram-p68 chain or do what i did and ware out the componets on it and in the winter rebuild it.
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Its a good bike for the buck.
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Purchased At: Wheelworks Belmont MA
Bike Setup: Removeable dropout, Hayes disc brakes, Thumb shifters, good cranks,stem,bars.
Date Reviewed: August 4, 2005
Strengths: Great, strong bike that can handle alot of crap from any rider.
Weaknesses: Needs "Stomp" Pedals and a new fork for a better ride.
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid: $500.00
Purchased At: FleaMarket (Most likely stolen)
Similar Products Used: Swhinn Moab 2
Bike Setup: XC, Drops, Race
Date Reviewed: May 5, 2005
Strengths: Great Bike, love the weight, and price point.
Weaknesses: Seat is horrible. Please go buy a new Seat@!!!! its an A$$$ killer. The front shock needs to be replaced if your over 200lbs.
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $700.00
Purchased At: The Bicycle Shop
Similar Products Used: first bike
Date Reviewed: January 3, 2005
Strengths: Good geometry, light frame, nice paintjob.
Weaknesses: Trek sponsors that guy George W. B. (But then again, also Lance.)
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Price Paid: $500.00
Purchased At: Some guy in New Jersey
Similar Products Used: ´1999 Specialized Hardrock A1, Cannondale F400, 1996 Gary Fischer Paragon.
Bike Setup: I bought the frame from some trial riding guy in NJ, and added parts to it that i already had. Fork is a 2002 Sid race titanium. Drivetrain and brakes are a mix between Sram 9.0 and Deore LX. Wheels are Mavic 221´s with XT hubs. Tires are Hurchinson mosquito gold´s.
Date Reviewed: June 15, 2004
Strengths: Lightness, Frame Strength, derailleurs
Weaknesses: cranks, shocks(too hard i have the 04 version of the 6500 and that comes with pilot c's) rims are weak
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid: $750.00
Purchased At: southend cycles
Similar Products Used: fuji(piece of s**t)
Bike Setup: the same shorter stem and new crank
Date Reviewed: June 2, 2004
Strengths: Nice Colour. Fantastic Light Frame. Good value for Money when purchased.
Weaknesses: Seat took a bit of getting used to. Brakes seem to be getting worse with time. Front shifter dosen't like being crashed.
Bottom Line:
End of day, love the bike because it loves to be ridden.
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid: $700.00
Purchased At: A Bike Shop
Similar Products Used: My last mountain bike, can't remeber name.
Bike Setup: Standard except for shimano clipless pedals.
Date Reviewed: May 24, 2004
Strengths: Pretty light bike. It sure does take a beating but then again I weigh only 140. It was a great value bike for when I bought it.
Weaknesses: Other than crappy brakes it hasn't really been in the shop.
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Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid: $750.00
Purchased At: Bike Rack
Similar Products Used: Gary Fisher Sugar 4
Bike Setup: Stock except Shimano Deore brakes and levers. Shimano 515 clipless.
Date Reviewed: August 16, 2003
Strengths: Love the Frame, and the handle bars, tires aren't bad. And super Light. Also is great looking, I also don't mind the seat that much.
Weaknesses: My derailer needs to be adjusted alot, from what I see the front shocks are a little soft but for my weight of 130, they work really good.
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Price Paid: $460.00
Purchased At: From some that works at Trek
Similar Products Used: lots
Bike Setup: all stock but i took off anything that i didn't need like the seat, right now i'm using it for some in town Trails stuff, and it holds up good
Date Reviewed: May 19, 2003
Strengths: Great Frame that is light,strong,rigid and A1 paint.
Weaknesses: Hard Seat,Manitou Fork to soft,(I Weigh 225),Brakes sorta cheap looking but work fine.
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid: $699.00
Purchased At: Right Gear Concord N.C.
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Bike Setup: Replaced seat 1st with more comfortable Trek seat,Installed Rock Shox Duke XC Fork,Rock Shox susp. seatpost,Shorter handlebar stem,XT rear Der.,Presently looking for new brakelevers,Everything else stock.
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Break out the champagne — the Wizards win!
Jan 11, 2012, 12:49 AM EDT
It all came together for one night.
At home, against a tired Toronto team on the second night of a back-to-back. Flip Saunders put in a new starting lineup of guys playing with some grit — Chris Singleton and Trevor Booker start, and Andray Blatche comes off the bench.
It worked — the Washington Wizards picked up their first win of the season, and quite easily at that, 93-78.
This was by far Washington's best game of the season, particularly on offense. For eight games their offense had been simplistic, with pick-and-rolls or isolations on the strong side and a lot of standing around. But against the Raptors there were weakside cuts occupying defenders, slowing help, all the things you see in a good offense. It gave them room to attack the basket and they did, it was not a jump shot fest. It wasn't consistent, it certainly wasn't perfect, but it was a vast improvement over past games.
Meanwhile the Wizards defense was more aggressive, although it was certainly helped by a hesitant Raptors offense that did not attack aggressively. DeMar DeRozan has not found his groove for a couple games now. Jose Calderon has been aggressive off the pick and roll the last few games but tonight was pausing, then forcing some ugly passes that led to turnovers (the Raps had 22 on the night). Toronto only had 52 points through three quarters, the Wizards deserve credit for some of that but the Raptors do as well.
The Raptors are not a good team — they start Rasual Butler (1-of-6 shooting). They need Andrea Bargnani to generate the offense, and while he finished with 22 he was not as sharp as he has been in previous games. They are a team that is going to have nights like this.
The Wizards are not a good team either, but they were better for a night. John Wall had more assists than point (9 to 8). Rashard Lewis and Nick Young had 15 points each as the Wizards showed some balance. They had good bench play.
It's a start. The Wizards have a long way to go, but for a night things were better. That is worth celebrating.
- verytalldad - Jan 11, 2012 at 2:24 AM
Maybe I should have bought one of the hundreds of tickets that were going for 50 cents on stub hub.
Probably overpriced.
- doctorfootball - Jan 11, 2012 at 3:20 AM
50 cents?!?!? How could they be so expensive? The Wizards should pay people to watch that tragedy they call basketball.
- tomshoe - Jan 11, 2012 at 6:31 AM
Hmm…The Wizards win when Andray Blatche and Rashard Lewis come off the bench.
- nagidac - Jan 11, 2012 at 7:02 AM
Since it was against the Raptors, it only counts as half a win.
- thebigkahuna23 - Jan 11, 2012 at 10:59 AM
At least we got one on the board. Honestly depending on where we get to draft we're a few good picks and a solid vet or two away from the playoffs.
- jagwar73 - Jan 11, 2012 at 1:24 PM
I thought Singleton should have been starting all along. He is an effort guy, which is something Washington needs. He's underrated and plays good defense. He's only going to get better also.
- cluelessdufus - Jan 11, 2012 at 7:19 PM
there throwing a party its only win there gonna get i mean there playing my chicago bulls this gets us a easy win i started being a fan after jordan left so after that so many bad seasons they finally got champion caliber team im a real bulls fan i hate people that change there favorite team based on how good a team is thumbs up if you agree
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LAWRENCEVILLE -- She wasn't there.
Amy Robinson never imagined getting married without her big sister. It had never struck her as a possibility.
But on May 11 -- one year, nine months and 25 days after that sister, Nique Leili, was found naked and decomposing in the woods -- it happened.
"There were so many little things that I would've loved to have had her input on, or had her there to share in," Robinson said. "And she wasn't there."
She wasn't there because, on July 11, 2011, she was reported missing and, five days later, found among leaves and twigs near the entrance to her Lawrenceville neighborhood, the cause of death undeterminable but almost undoubtedly homicidal. Amy Robinson's sister was dead -- murdered -- but she would have to carry on with life.
Even if the killer was still out there.
"We missed Nique," the father of both women, Doug Chatham, said of Amy's backyard wedding. "But we didn't let it ruin the day."
'Not close'
It's now been two years since Nique Leili was killed. Aside from her sister's last name, not much has changed.
Matthew Leili, Nique's husband of 13 years, is still the only suspect ever named in the case. Any publicly released leads point to him, mention his strange demeanor and alleged lack of cooperation with authorities. They reference the June 28 911 call, during which Nique told an operator that Matthew refused to let her leave the house; his filing for divorce three days before her body was found; the contentious battle over her remains.
In the court of public opinion, Matthew Leili has been tried, convicted and hanged.
"It feels rather obvious to anybody who has read the stories and looked at the case even from like a 3,000-foot view," Robinson said.
In the real world, there's not enough evidence, against him or anyone else.
"We haven't eliminated (Leili) from suspicion," Gwinnett County police spokesman Cpl. Jake Smith said this week. "But we are not close to charging him at this point either."
Lead homicide Det. John Richter declined an interview, issuing a statement instead.
"Investigators continue to follow up on all leads generated, however there is nothing new that they are able to release at this time," he said.
'A whole lot harder'
Last February, Matthew Leili moved to tiny Londonberry, Vt., about 90 minutes northeast of Albany, N.Y. Moving in with his brother, he took his (and Nique's) young daughters with him.
For the 18 months or so since, Robinson said, the trio has been incommunicado. Chatham and his wife initially put up a fight for custody of the girls -- Rebecca, almost 12, and Amanda, who turns 15 in September -- and ultimately won visitation rights.
But they're now 1,000 miles away and seemingly in their father's corner.
"We haven't seen them since," Robinson said. "We haven't heard from any of them at all ... The girls' demeanor was that they didn't want to be here."
"That makes it a whole lot harder," Chatham said.
Matthew Leili has ignored requests for interviews since his wife's death, and attempts to reach him via cellphone this week were unsuccessful. Attempts via Lawrenceville attorney Lyle Porter were also unfruitful.
Over two years, Leili's only public voice has come through a statement Porter released four days after Nique's body was uncovered.
"Contrary to the allegations as reported, Mr. Leili cooperated with the police and provided every known fact and circumstance regarding his wife's disappearance," Porter wrote, in part. "(He) has done nothing wrong, and as such, is refusing to respond to the allegations as reported in the media."
'The end result'
In Gwinnett, life continues.
Robinson has tried to distance herself from the legal side of things, believing it will happen when it happens. Though Chatham still speaks with Richter occasionally, their conversations are brief and irregular.
"I don't want to take up much of his time," Chatham said.
Alexandra Page, the 21-year-old child of Nique Leili's first marriage, also keeps tabs on the investigation. The case is not a cold one, at least in terms of effort. Chatham has faith.
"The indications are that (Richter) has some evidence, and we don't know what that is," he said. "I wouldn't ask him. I don't want him to tell us. I told him I just want to know the end result."
They all know nothing will bring Nique back, that not even a conviction would've put her alongside Robinson as she took her wedding vows. But still there's hope for closure.
"Something could happen tomorrow," she said. "You never know."
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dmchatham 1 year, 10 months ago
Mr. Estep, Thank you for this article. My greatest fear at this point is that it will happen again to somebody else's daughter.


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Chocolate Raspberry Gratin
Serves 4
This gratin of raspberries is a cinch to make. I always have IQF (Individually Quick Frozen) berries in my freezer and cookies in the pantry. When unexpected guests show up, this is ready to eat in minutes with spectacular results.
2 cups IQF or fresh raspberries
1 1/2 cups coarsely crumbled shortbread cookies
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup Scharffen Berger bittersweet chocolate morsels (about 1/2-inch size)
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 cup sour cream, for garnish
Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Spread the frozen berries in a 4-cup gratin dish and distribute the crumbled cookies on top. Sprinkle on the sugar and Scharffen Berger chocolate morsels, dot with the butter, and bake in the 375-degree oven for about 20 minutes, until lightly browned on top. Serve lukewarm with the sour cream.
This recipe is adapted from a recipe in "Jacques Pepin: Fast Food My Way," published by the Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004.
Jacques' Chocolate Roulade
Yield: a 15-inch cake roll, for 10 to 12 servings
"This is the best chocolate roulade I have ever had, it really is. Sometimes I find that sponge roll cakes can be dry, but this one has a moistness that is lovely. Using the ganache as a soufflé base is a marvelous idea." -- Julia Child
For the soufflé
1 cup heavy cream
8 ounces Scharffen Berger bittersweet chocolate, in small pieces (70 percent cacao bittersweet)
7 large egg whites, at room temperature
2 Tbs granulated sugar
For the crème chantilly filling
1 cup heavy cream, well chilled
1-1/2 Tbs granulated sugar
1 Tbs cognac
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 Tbs butter for the pan and parchment
1 Tbs or so Scharffen Berger unsweetened cocoa powder
Powdered sugar
Scharffen Berger Cocoa
Special equipment
An 11-by-17-inch jelly roll pan; baking parchment; large oval or rectangular serving platter (at least 15 inches long)
Getting ready
Preheat the oven to 350°. Line the baking sheet with buttered parchment paper.
Making the ganache and batter
Heat the cream to the simmer in a medium saucepan (1-1/2 quarts). Add the chocolate pieces all at once, lower the heat, and stir briskly with a small wire whisk to melt the Scharffen Berger chocolate thoroughly. As soon as the ganache is completely smooth and a uniform dark color, remove the saucepan from the heat and let cool for a few minutes.
Whip the egg whites and the 2 tablespoons of sugar either by hand or in an electric mixer until they have formed stiff peaks with a glossy sheen—don't let them become dry or grainy-looking.
Scoop about one fourth of the beaten whites into the saucepan of ganache and stir briefly with a wire whisk to blend. Pour the lightened ganache back onto the remaining egg whites in the mixing bowl and fold them together gently with a rubber spatula. Work quickly, breaking up any lumps of egg white until the ganache is thoroughly incorporated.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and spread it in an even layer with a rubber spatula, against the rims and into the corners of the pan.
Baking the soufflé sheet
Place the pan on the middle rack of the preheated oven to bake for 10 to 12 minutes. When done, the cake should be nicely set and puffy. Remove the pan from the oven to a wire cooling rack, and allow the cake to cool, still in the pan, to room temperature.
Filling and forming the roulade
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Congress today raised the pitch on the issue of Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha with Sonia Gandhi asserting the party was "entitled" to it and UPA MPs deciding to write to Speaker Sumitra Mahajan seeking an immediate decision.
"We are the single-largest party. We have got a pre-poll alliance. Hence, we are entitled to the Leader of Opposition's post," Gandhi, who is also the Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson, said today in her first comments on the issue that has seen the party at loggerheads with BJP and Narendra Modi government.
Shortly after Gandhi's remarks, party spokesman Anand Sharma said Congress would exercise all options to ensure a "democratically correct and logical conclusion" to the issue and did not rule out approaching courts in the matter.
Sharma said the letter to the Speaker is ready and will be sent to her after all UPA MPs sign it.
"Government's intention is not correct. The thinking is undemocratic... Government is trying to subvert the appointments of Lokpal, CVC and to other key posts by denying the Leader of Opposition status to Congress. We will not allow that to happen. We will take all the steps in Parliament and agitate in whatever forum is available. But let the reply of the Speaker come first," he added.
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Medi-Solve Coatings LLC will present a webinar on typical properties of hydrophilic coatings, how to measure and maximize adhesion, typical processing parameters and application equipment, expected FDA requirements and coating limitations.
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Medi-Solve Coatings, LLC announces a live webinar for medical product design engineers on November 8th. Medical devices are being required to reach ever more distal areas of the body. Hydrophilic coatings are a key component in helping gain this access and have quickly become an essential tool in the design engineer´s toolbox. This presentation will give the audience a complete understanding of these coatings, and why it is a competitive advantage in today´s marketplace.
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This diamond-shaped wall mounted CD rack is an eyecatching way to display and store your collection of CDs. Place Bob Dylan, the Bee Gees, and Alison Krauss all in plain sight, and create an intriguing pattern on your wall with this CD rack.
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Is Tulisa the new Cheryl?
It seems to me the media always have to have one person fitting into a certain role. We had Cheryl Cole, famous for once being a singer, then famous for, well, being famous (stuff about her private life, paparazzi snaps in the trash mags all the time, etc). People more or less forgot she was once a singer and she became known as a 'celebrity'. The Cheryl thing was done to death, magazines saturated for years with photos every week, the tabloids too, appearing on TV shows, books written by her and so on (well, she didn't write them but she claims she did).
The UK seemed to be tiring of Cheryl in this role later on and needed someone knew. Cheryl was in her late-20's by then too. Who could the media promote to the level of the nation's sweetheart, media savvy, etc? Step forward Tulisa. She is 6 years younger than Cheryl (I think). Cheryl is now 30 which is old in the eyes of many. Tulisa is, I believe, 24. So Tulisa now has that crown which Cheryl once had and Cheryl is heard about less and less nowadays. These things go in cycles and just think there is some girl out there who might not be known at all, yet, who is like 17 or 19 years old today, and the baton will pass to her once the media are done with Tulisa, everyone is bored with Tulisa, and once Tulisa gets too old, and this girl will be super-famous. It's a funny world. Do people think Tulisa wears the crown as well as Cheryl did, or did you prefer Cheryl in that role?
Is this showbizzzzzz?
I just want Tulisa to go away. Forever.
Billy must be offline.
This threads been here for 6 minutes now.
No Biffa hits people Tulisa brokers drug deals bit of a difference surely?
If there is any justice in this world, Tulisa won't be releasing any more awful music for a good couple of years. Well unless HMP service has installed recording studios...
Tulisa apparently wanted to be a singer more than anything else, and she buddied-up with her cousin and their friend and formed N-Dubz. They credited her cousin Dappy's dad with helping them along the way and after he died they recorded a song about him. I imagine they anticipated the band to go on for many years. But when the TV panel shows and trash mags come knocking and offer people deals to appear, then the singing career gets forgotten and Tulisa then elevates herself up to the level of celebrity rather than star. Someone who is famous for being famous, rather than famous for having a career she is known for (singing, acting, writing, or whatever). I think it is because of the media's focus on Tulisa now than Cheryl has kind of disappeared. They both occupied/occupy the same role in society.
tulisa is FAR MORE ANNOYING
Given the overwhelming importance of this situation to the well-being of the nation as a whole I was going to type out a rather long-winded reply outlining the pros and cons of each point. However, it's pretty warm here and I have mead to quaff, so I'll just answer this most intellectual of queries with a short and simple video response.
In answer to my OP, I would say Tulisa IS the new Cheryl. I wonder if Cheryl ever considers that her waning popularity is down to someone else, Tulisa, stealing her crown.
I've always thought Cheryl is very pretty, but she is very skinny. Quite a nice bum, but the rest of her is very lean. Tulisa on the other hand has a really nice shape, curves in all the right places and an amazingly toned stomach! Wow!
If you mean two talentlesss, here today gone tomorrow, non-entities, yes.
Cheryl is lovely....
I think Tulisa has ruined her chances, to be honest. But then it seemed Cheryl might have too after her assault case, yet her career not only survived but grew and prospered.
Tulisa makes Cheryl look quite classy.
Tulisa's a good looking lass but unfortunately, she's now caught the 'I have decided to go on a diet because I think I'm too weighty' trend. There was absolutely nothing wrong with her before. Tulisa was nice and curvy before. I think she's very close to Cheryl in terms of looks.
One Cheryl is more than enough, and one Tulisa is too many.
Someone mentioned Cheryl's Court Case, when she beat up that woman in the toilets in a nightclub. She got a light sentence but had she have been sent to prison she would have been sacked from Girls Aloud and would have disappeared without a trace after that. She had only been famous for about a year and was not nearly as famous as she became later. It's funny how things go, had that have happened she would have been gone from the limelight and would probably now be living in a small flat in Newcastle and working as a hotel receptionist or something. Catching the bus home next to lots of other ordinary people - not one of whom would realise that the person next to them would have been Britain's most famous woman but for a small turn of events. One little thing in life can change everything.
Tulisa, although not having been around as long, she has been around for 6ish years
I think it goes back to Tulisa being Cheryl's replacement on X Factor, and with them looking quite similar and having a similar background the press and the public caught onto it at first and just accepted it.
Fast forward a year and Tulisa was exposed as having a millionaire father (and so didn't have the same background people thought she had), her music was truly awful, failing to chart high despite being promoted on X Factor, the sex tape leak, and now the cocaine thing. She has become a bit of a laughing stock which never happened to Cheryl. Whilst Cheryl has a lot of fans and at one point seemed untouchable, she still has her detractors but doesn't seem to generate anywhere near the same level of hate as Tulisa does. And a lot of anti-Cheryl comments were due to overexposure.
There was the expectation of her being the new Cheryl, and she probably could have been, but ultimately poor management and has insistence to be "real" has ruined her and her career.
If you mean that they were low class young women given great opportunity who let it go to their head until their little bubbles burst when opportunity stopped knocking and people started to get tired of their attitudes and arguable "talent", then yes, Tulisa is the new Cheryl since Tulisa has stated N-Dubz will reform just as Girls Aloud did. Oh, also they both share an affection for black men who later publicly embarrass them, although Cheryl got off light since Ashley was the one sending pictures of his penis to girls he met in Chinawhite and having sex with other women while it was Tulisa who had her oral sexploits uploaded to the internet.
So yeah, you have a solid argument in that way.
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The Middlesboro Yellow Jackets concluded their spring practices with an appearance in front of their fans at Bradner Stadium on Thursday.
While the event was more of a controlled practice rather than a full-blown intrasquad scrimmage, it was an opportunity for the players to get dressed out and be introduced to the crowd and show off some of the plays they've been working on the past two weeks.
"The kids looked rusty and we are, it's spring. But our knowledge is improving daily and our work ethic is improving," new Yellow Jacket head coach Zach Massengill said. "The kids are excited about what we're doing, that's the biggest thing."
A crowd of several hundred Yellow Jacket supporters attended the practice. In addition to football, many of them participated in a silent auction and cake auction. Also, with election day coming up several local candidates in attendance were recognized in front of the crowd.
"I was really pleased with the turnout. I thought we had a lot of people here and a lot of excitement," Massengill added. "We were also able to raise a little bit of money."
While much of the spring work has involved Massengill and his staff getting to know the players and the players getting familiar with their new coach and his expectations, the Jackets have been able to install their basic offensive and defensive packages.
The coach continues to be pleased with how quickly the players are picking up his system.
"I'm impressed that we've learned as much as we have in basically nine practices. Their learning curve has really shocked me," he said. "We've had to keep things pretty simple so far with all the new stuff, but they're coming around and they're starting to understand why we're going to do what we're going to do. That's the important thing right now is that know what we're doing and why we're doing it."
Middlesboro, coming off a 9-3 season that included a district championship, will open the 2014 campaign at Grant County on the next to last weekend of August. The Jackets will scrimmage at Corbin the week before the season starts in the SEKC Gridorama.


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A federal appeals court has ordered Planned Parenthood to pay Kansas the costs of an appeal over family planning funds.
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals awarded the state $1,350 Wednesday for its costs of appealing a district court order.
An appeals court panel ruled in March that Kansas can strip two clinics of federal family planning money while Planned Parenthood moves forward with its challenge of a state law it calls retaliation for its advocacy of abortion rights.
Gov. Sam Brownback and Republican legislative leaders are resisting a group's effort to include an "fetal heartbeat" abortion measure on the agenda for legislators in September.Gov. Brownback is calling lawmakers into special session on September 3 to rewrite the state's "Hard 50" criminal sentencing law.
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In June, two different lawsuits were filed in Kansas over a new state abortion law. But the lawsuit that Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri filed on June 20 isn't about the freedom to perform abortions. It's about freedom of speech.
The chief federal judge for Kansas has set what she considers an aggressive schedule for a lawsuit by Planned Parenthood against parts of a new state abortion law.
Kansas is heading back to court to defend new restrictions on abortion providers. The state has already spent more than $758,000 on private attorneys in lawsuits over anti-abortion laws.
A federal judge in Kansas will hear arguments this week on Planned Parenthood's request to stop parts of the state's new abortion restrictions from taking effect in July.Chief Judge Kathryn Vratil has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan.Planned Parenthood wants Vratil to issue a temporary order against enforcement of parts of the new law.
The state House has given final approval to a bill that restricts funding, access to schools, and further regulates abortion providers.
House bill 2253 passed on a 92-31 vote Wednesday and now heads to the Senate. Republican leaders there are promising their chamber will now consider the bill quickly.
The Dodge City Family Planning Clinic is trying to withdraw from a lawsuit that challenges a state law that strips federal funds from family planning clinics in Wichita, Hays and Dodge City.
A filing with the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals Monday shows the parties have entered into an agreement to dismiss the Dodge City clinic from the suit. The clinic closed on December 31.
The move has no effect on the claims by Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri.


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raspberry chia seed jam
Poor Mr. Picky was crying a little when I put him to bed last Sunday night. I thought it was because his baseball team got walloped in their playoff game which then ended their season. That wasn't it. I thought it might be because his pitching was lousy and he felt bad it. Nope, apparently he had forgotten about his performance already. Oh, wait. It's because I forgot to pick him up from religious school. "No, Mom! And who cares? I only had to wait like 20 minutes." Bless his heart. Then what's the matter? "The weekends are too shoooooort," he sobbed and buried his face in his pillow. Ahhhhh, you are quite right, Mr. Picky. Quite right indeed. That made me a little bummed out since I don't think I felt time fly until I was much older than his 9 years. Is life more fast-paced now than it used to be or does my family have too much going on? I don't know. But I have good news, Mr. Picky — it's a 3-day weekend! Hooray! And not only do we get an extra day of leisure, there are no practices or tournaments or stuff like that. We're on easy street.
I remember when I was a stay-at-home mom, I used to think, "Oy, the weekend!" Weekends were so much more work for me to coordinate the kids and naps and birthday parties and soccer games. I loved Mondays! Mama got some quiet time. But now, it's a different life and even though I love my work, I also love a little break from a 5:30 am alarm clock and not having to face LA traffic in the morning, which has anyone noticed gets WORSE every year?
I've mentioned before that I so look forward to leisurely breakfasts on the weekends and vacations. I just made a double batch of this raspberry chia "jam" and I can't stop day dreaming about all the ways I'm going to enjoy it this weekend! I have never made "real" jam in my life because it just seems like a bit too much work and sugar. But this is a raw jam that requires nothing more than a quick stir and some patience as it needs to sit a bit to thicken. And it's so much better for you than the cooked sugary kind!
The secret ingredient here is chia seed, which is such a little miracle food. They're naturally rich in Omega-3 fatty acids, which are super anti-inflammatory, as well as chock full of fiber and calcium. When chia seeds come into contact with liquid, they become very gelatinous and thick. So they make an awesome "pudding" when mixed with almond milk and help thicken up your morning smoothie. They have no taste at all which makes them very easy to use. They key is just knowing the right ratios of chia to liquid so your pudding or smoothie doesn't get too thick or too thin and giving the chia seeds a little time to work their magic.
All you do here is defrost some frozen raspberries, which are good and mushy and already a little seedy, and mix with the chia seeds and a little maple syrup to sweeten. Feel free to use a couple drops of stevia if you prefer. After at least 6 hours in the fridge, you have a lovely, spreadable jam which is perfect for nut butter sandwiches (excuse the not-whole-grain bread here), pancakes or stirred into yogurt. You could even do a yogurt-granola parfait with a layer of this raspberry -chia jam. It's always a nice idea to start your day off with a healthful breakfast during a holiday weekend, especially if you're going to a BBQ later and you want to indulge a little. Here's hoping your Memorial weekend is a restful and restorative one!
raspberry chia seed jam
adapted from eatgood4life.com
makes about 1 cup
2 Tablespoons + 2 teaspoons chia seeds
10 ounce package frozen organic raspberries, thawed (drain the raspberries if you want a very thick jam)
2 Tablespoons pure maple syrup or more to taste
Place all the ingredients in a medium bowl. Stir to mix, making sure all the chia seeds have been moistened with the juice from the berries.
Cover and allow jam to thicken in the refrigerator for at least 6 hours. Lasts for 2-3 weeks in the refrigerator.
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Can you use fresh rasnerries?
My friend and I canned some of the jelly to give as gifts. Absolutely fabulous half pint containers. What an excellent way to e pose more people to the pleasures and wonder of the miracle chia seed.
This looks delicious! I just picked a flat of raspberries this morning and was wondering if you could freeze the jam after letting it set up?
Thanks Pamela. This really could not be any easier and it is delicious. It makes the prettiest pink swirly color in plain yogurt or cottage cheese. I love that I can decide how tart or sweet (I am a tart person) just by playing with the amount of maple syrup. Thanks.
Maybe you will appreciate that I sent a link to this recipe to a dear friend. She can do anything. She became an RN as a young woman, raised two children as a single adoptive parent, served in the mission field in the medical aid capacity. But one day shared with me her many attempts to make raspberry jam that ended in raspberry syrup. I love her and it means the world to me to be able to send to her a recipe that will undoubtedly be a success. <3 PS she is pre- diabetic and will enjoy being able to use no or much less sugar too!
I adore the chia seed pudding. I can't wait to try this! Using raspberries is brilliant so the seeds meld with the texture of the chia seeds.
This may be the recipe that finally inspires me to try chia seeds! Sounds and looks so good. Thank you!
I'm always looking for ways to use raspberries as they are my favorite. This is so simple and sounds both delicious and nutritious. Can't wait to try!


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KOLKATA: Vishnu Vardhan survived two set tie-breakers to beat qualifier N. Prashanth in the pre-quarterfinals of the $15,000 ITF men's Futures tennis tournament, here on Wednesday. Rupesh Roy and Rohan Gajjar joined Vishnu in the quarterfinals by winning their respective pre-quarterfinal matches as the rest of the Indians bowed out of the singles event.
Vishnu, the National grasscourt champion, got into trouble early, losing the first set 4-6 against a hard-serving Prashanth. He, however, managed to tackle his inconsistency in the crucial moment as he levelled scores by winning the second set tie-break 7-6(5).
The decider also went to the tie-break again where Vishnu managed to hold his own again against his younger opponent.
Roy, who beat Purav Raja in straight sets, will take on top seed Alexander Satschko of Germany in the quarterfinals, while Vishnu comes up against Gajjar, who beat wild card Vijayant Malik in the pre-quarterfinals.
The results (prefix denotes seeding, all Indians unless specified): Singles: First round: 1-Alexander Satschko (Ger) bt V.M. Ranjeet 6-4, 6-3; Rupesh Roy bt Purav Raja 6-2, 7-6(1); Vishnu Vardhan bt N. Prashanth 4-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(4); Rohan Gajjar bt Vijayant Malik 7-5, 7-6(4); 6-Daniel Lustig (Cze) bt Mario Eckardt (Ger) 6-1, 5-7, 6-2; 3-David Savic (Srb) bt Rohan Gide 7-6(1), 6-0; Rifat Biktyakov (Uzb) bt Ronak Manuja 6-2, 6-0; 2-Nathan Thompson (USA) bt Navdeep Singh 6-3, 7-6(3).


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This weekend I am playing 4.0 doubles in a tourney and I looked at the competitors and two 4.0 guys I have never beaten and I have won all my 4.5 matches this year so I am a very strong 4.0. Why haven't these two other guys been bumped up already? One used to be 4.5 but asked for a medical exemption and has since been hiding out by playing doubles where the scores are closer but he still wins most every match even with a weaker 4.0 player. These guys won't play 4.5 because they would win a fair share there and get bumped up. The system is screwed because it allows for too large a range of players within one level and doesn't bump people up fast enough. It should be more fluid and allow people to move down more quickly too. Every one should find their level within about 10 matches or so.
If you are just looking at wins and loses, that's not really any sort of basis for getting moved up or down.
It's a skill level, not a ranking. You can be within a certain group of people's skill level and lose everytime (but close), that's why it's based on games, not matches won or lost....
That's why it seems that the levels are really huge. (because they are...)
If you want to blame someone, you should blame the people who constantly work the system because they care more about winning matches then playing competitive tennis, and blame the people in the league who water down the rules to cater to them (which is what causes the inconsistancys).
If the league cant get past that, they arent going to do it your way either. (because people will never want to "quickly" move from one level to another, and certain people in the league will always cater to that and call it being "player friendly")
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