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Android/iOS Developer
Russia - Last active: 4 days ago - Tests: 4 - Portfolio: 2
I specialize in Android and iOS app development. In addition my past projects also included working with complex UI with custom views and animations, web services and REST API's, Push notifications/Google Cloud Messaging, SQLite databases/Content providers, background services, synchronisation (Sync Adapters), and integration with social networks (Facebook, Twitter), billing and in-app purchases. I have experience in using GIT, different crash reporting and analysis tools like Crashlytics, Flurry, Crittercism. I have also successfully developed several mobile applications, among them Chess.com mobile app (as a team member) and Easy Call launcher app. My strong suit is experience in designing architecture of applications, choosing best suited technologies. I pay special attention to the code readability and expansibility. I like to produce good, bug-free code and software.
Developer Android, Java ,J2EE
Peru - Last active: 11 hours ago - Tests: 10 - Portfolio: 39
Over the last 5 years, I have developed a wide range of android applications and 2 in iphone, and I have 12 years from experience development in java and Java Applications Server . I am seeking opportunities to build new android apps. Android Skills: Advanced UI Design , SQLlite, Google Map Api1, Api2, In App Billing, Fragment, Sherlock Fragment, Facebook Api, Twitter API, Json , Rest Webservice Integration, QR Code, Background Service, GPS Service, Bluetooth Integration, Admob, OAuth, Urbain Air Ship, Push Notification, FTP Server API, Photo Gallery, RSS Feed Reader, Widget Api, WallPaper Live Framework, IME Keyboard, Audio/Video Steam, Git, SVN, LibGdx, Eclipse, etc
- Android App Development
- iOS Development
- Java
- Facebook Development
- SQLite Administration
- xml web services
- Apache Struts
- Java Servlets Development
- Dropbox API
- JBoss
- IBM WebSphere
- Oracle PL/SQL
- Hibernate
- Oracle WebLogic
- GlassFish
- Swing
- Apache Tomcat
- Oracle Application Server
- PostgreSQL Administration
- MySQL Administration
- Linux System Administration
- JasperReports
- Spring Framework
- Unix shell
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United Kingdom - Last active: 2 days ago - Tests: 1
I have a UK university PhD, in Artificial Intelligence, and the business management skills to match, together With 15 years of Delphi, C++, Java, SQL, and Object-oriented analysis and design experience. I specialise in development including protocol specification, thread management, distributed communication and database transaction management. I have retro-fitted software in tasks ranging from installing improved modules to sophisticated Artificial Intelligence sub-systems. I can provide the often essential empathy with the contract holders, and the pragmatics to satisfy the demands of management. I have 20 years of competency in the software industry, and have a proven track record that will guarantee the successful realisation of your system requirements. I have designed and implemented systems used by multi-billion turnover corporations around the world, saving millions of pounds savings per year. My scope in system design and development ranges from individual utilities and embedded operating systems, through to large-scale corporation-wide distributed architectures. I am also able to provide a code debugging and fixing service, either onsite or online. I can give workshops and can facilitate training of new software developers, both in-house and online. I have managed my own team and maintained their skills matrices, ensuring training has been current. I have defined and managed new product releases and have written instruction manuals for new and "super" users at the customer end of the project.
- Artificial Intelligence
- JBoss Seam
- MySQL Administration
- JBoss
- Object oriented design
- Business Analysis
- Hibernate
- Java
- Natural language processing
- Recommender Systems
- Genetic Algorithms
- JavaServer Faces (JSF)
- API Development
- Selenium
- Grails
- Oracle database
- Data scraping
- Database design
- Project management
- Android App Development
- Algorithms
- Oracle PL/SQL
- XQuery
- Apache Nutch
- Apache Solr
- Artificial Neural Networks
- Performance testing
- Black Box Testing
- Automated Testing
- Manual Test Execution
- Lisp
- Prolog
Analyst and programmer
Russia - Last active: 26 days ago - Tests: 47 - Portfolio: 7
Expert in VBA/Excel/Visual Basic 6/SQL, interested in Cuda, Python. Have some C++ and ASM experience. I'll be glad to help with: Optimization and automating of business-processes. Developing of decision support systems, E-commerce systems, including data interchange between Ebay/Amazon/SmugMug/ custom CRM systems. Web scraping/crawling, automated retrieval of weakly-structured data. Implementing methods of artificial intelligence (expert systems, artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms),data mining. Natural language processing tasks (intellectual textual search, natural language generation, etc). Imitational modeling (especially financial models, gaming), prediction of complex systems. Distributed applications, high performance computing (scientific computations), cloud computing (Azure/Amazon). Software reverse engineering.
- database programming
- Economic Analysis
- Website Development
- Oracle PL/SQL
- Visual Basic
- X86 assembly language
- VBScript
- Maple
- Data mining
- Windows App Development
- report writing
- Business Analysis
- Data Analytics
- Financial modeling
- Artificial Neural Networks
- Cluster Computing
- Distributed computing
- Machine learning
- Microsoft Access Administration
- Microsoft Excel
Freelance Project Manager / Software Engineer / Web Developer
Pakistan - Last active: 18 days ago - Tests: 5 - Portfolio: 14
I am seeking a challenging role to utilize my proven project management (Software design, development and deployment), software design and development(VISUAL BASIC.NET, VISUAL C#.NET, ASP.NET, SQL, AJAX, HTML5, CSS, jQuery, SMARTY, CodeIgnitor, RoR, AS 2.0, 3.0, Joomla, Wordpress, Drupal), system and network administration(SQL SERVER 2000, 2005, 2008, WINDOWS SERVER 2000, 2003, 2008) skills with devotion and responsibility to consciously contribute to the client's satisfaction.
- Hardware Troubleshooting
- MS-DOS Administration
- Windows XP Administration
- Windows NT Administration
- Windows Administration
- Fedora
- CentOS
- Internet Information Services (IIS)
- Apache administration
- Apache Tomcat
- ISA Server
- Microsoft Exchange Server
- Fortran
- Visual Basic
- Visual FoxPro
- Microsoft Visual Studio
- Microsoft Outlook Development
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Access Administration
- Microsoft Publisher
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft SQL SSRS
- SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
- SAP Crystal Reports
- JavaScript
- Joomla!
- WordPress
- Microsoft Word
- Transact-SQL
- Oracle PL/SQL
- CorelDRAW
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe Flash
- ActionScript
- ActionScript 3
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Sr. Software Developer (Python&Django, Node.js)
Ukraine - Last active: 1 day ago - Tests: 10 - Portfolio: 2
* Have production experience w/ following programming languages: Python, JavaScript (node.js), PHP, Perl. * Skilled in web applications back-end & RESTful APIs development, distributed architecture. * Have experience in both relational DBs (MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL solutions like MongoDB (have certificates from 10gen), Redis. * Feeling comfortable with such cloud computing platforms as Amazon EC2 and Rackspace, Heroku and OpenShift.
Senior Dev: Perl/Catalyst/Moose/DBIC/NoSQL+AJAX/jQuery, shell+sysadmin
Ukraine - Last active: 1 day ago - Tests: 19
Seeking opportunities in Perl oriented (Catalyst DBIC preferred) application development, shell and perl scripting, and BSD/Linux administration projects - to build sites and setup servers for your business or pleasure.In my mind, LAMP more often reads as LASP - Linux, Apache, (any|no)SQL, Perl - of course, with Catalyst, Template Toolkit and DBIx::Class/KiokuDB in pair with some RCS (git is preferred, but subversion, mercurial and others also possible). And of course, all can be integrated with AJAX libraries such as jQuery, Prototype, MooTools and other to create Web2.0 apptications.Great knowledge of regular expressions (regexp). Have real experience with MySql, Postgres, Oracle, CouchDB, LDAP, also worked with CPanel, Plesk and Ensim. And of course, have experience with Apache, SMTP (exim, postfix, sendmail), IMAP/POP (Cyrus, UW, Dovecot), firewalls (bsd/ipfw and linux/iptables), Samba and misc ftp and proxy solutions.I can work well as alone and as a team member.
Sr Java Developer
Australia - Last active: 3 days ago - Tests: 4 - Portfolio: 1
Over the last 12 years I have been working on Java/J2EE, Struts, Swings, Xml Api's and mobile technology related projects. My core competency lies in most of the Java Api's as well as in developing new applications as well as providing expert support for maintaince applications. I am very good at coming in at any stage of the application development and getting on with providing expert assistance. I am seeking oppurtunities to work on Java and web technologies. I have been involved with a variety of projects ranging from taxation/accounting applications to telecom projects to enterprise asset managment applications. Thanks and Regards
Highly skilled API integrator, PHP (ZF) Coder and Project Manager
Poland - Last active: 1 day ago - Tests: 7 - Portfolio: 6
Goal: Project and develop high quality apps for your success. Profile: OOPHP & Zend coding, IT consulting and business analyst, project coordinator and manager, Other skills: Apache, Bind, SSH, bashscripting, Memcached, Github, Solaris, Oracle, MySQL, Radius, AD, expert knowlegde of many *ux and windows systems Advantage: Project and implementation of many web apps. Most of it projected and developed by myself using Zend Framework, Google API (youtube, gdata), social API (twitter, facebook). Some of it integrated with operating systems or AAA software (radius, ldap). Usually Design Patterns were used (like Template Method, Version of Control, DAO, Dependency Injection, Decorator and so on). Some application built upon a structure of web services (XML, REST, JSON), some using jQuery and AJAX. Tools and technologies: Apache, radius, bind, ldap, Zend Framework, XML, SOAP, Linux, Linux daemons, Memcached, Sockets, REST, JSON, Oracle, MSSQL, MySQL, Design patterns, MVC, SVN, BASH, PHPUnit, Xdebug, Unit testing, Google Youtube API, Google Gdata API, Google Maps API, Facebook API, PayU API
- Business Analysis
- API Development
- technical analysis
- Network Security
- Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
- MySQL Administration
- Unix System Administration
- Zend Framework
- Apache administration
- Unix shell
- Windows Administration
- Mail Server Implementation
- Microsoft Small Business Server Administration
- Oracle Application Server
- PostgreSQL Administration
- Oracle PL/SQL
- LAMP Administration
- Database Administration
- Network Administration
- Solaris Administration
- phpMyAdmin
- Database design
- database programming
- Oracle database
- JavaScript
- jQuery
- Mootools
- Java
- Swing
- Bash
- Symfony
- openSUSE
- Qmail
- Audacity
- IPsec
- Firewall
- Custom CMS
- Voice Talent
- Teaching Physics
- Teaching Mathematics
- Quantitative Analysis
- Data Analytics
- Fraud Analysis
- System Automation
- Systems Development
- Operating Systems Development
- Linux System Administration
- Investigative Reporting
- Load Balancing
- Memcached
.NET / Oracle / Java / HTML / CSS
United States - Last active: 1 month ago - Tests: 1
Objective: To work as a software engineer for your custom project, mobile app, or website. Whether it is an entirely new project or stabilizing an existing application. Why choose me: I have more than 5 years of professional experience in the financial and industrial sectors utilizing best business practices for user interface design, application maintenance, and new large, corporate, enterprise applications. I am responsible, highly resourceful, detail-oriented, reliable, goal-oriented, relentless, self-motivated, open-minded, and willing to learn.


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I was born and bred in Singapore, and moved to L.A a decade ago. I am the quintessential Singaporean girl - cosmopolitan, modern, well traveled, cultured and witty. Having grown up in a vibrant Asian city with Eastern and Western cultures, I am adaptable to anything…which makes life sweeter for me. Although I've lived in L.A for some time, I am still finding new things about this city to fall in love with - which says a lot about me. It is hard for me to get sick of anything. Although I love spontaneous change, I appreciate what's constant as well. I am someone who optimistically tries to make every day count, finds the best in people and basks in the simple pleasures of life. Walking on the beach, watching an intelligent film in bed or taking a spontaneous scenic drive to Nowhere Land…these are things that agree with me. Life is short, and I don't hesitate to live it to the fullest. Although I work in the film industry and am passionate about my job, I am also a dancer. Fitness is a key part of my life…health is wealth. I get an adrenaline rush from connecting with music when I dance or perform. I'm not afraid to be sensual, curious, womanly yet girlish...rolled into one hot spluttering mess. I am also a vegetarian. I primarily eat healthy, clean food with an occasional nod to indulgence...hello sexy sweet potato fries, come to mama! I have the odd habit of cooking meat for friends or guests who I throw dinner parties for. (Except I don't eat the meat I have cooked... and ironically, I have been told that I roast a mean chicken). I respect everyone's lifestyles, and I don't try to impose mine on others. I have a closet fantasy of becoming a chef, and I love whipping up exotic dishes. I sometimes talk to myself when I cook, pretending to be a chef on the Food Network on my own cooking show. I can be such a dork, but I'm unapologetically proud of it. I own it. Being the romantic and spirited individual that I am, I'm looking for a man who would like to be shamelessly spoiled to the ends of the earth…and will spoil me in return. No worries, I'm no high maintenance woman here, I just wanna enjoy life...with you. It takes two to tango, and has to go both ways. Wouldn't it be fantastic to bring out the best in one another? What's ideal for me is a long-term relationship with a soul mate I can grow with and laugh with. A man's wicked sense of humor is beyond sexy to me. Make me laugh, and I am weak in the knees. I might do almost anything for you if I am tickled enough...and I will leave that to your imagination. I am also immensely attracted to a man who is passionate about something. I don't care if it's about his career, a hobby like fantasy basketball, or something random like car exhaust pipes. Just exude that passion in front of me, and man...all hell will break loose on my end here. So, come on...take life by its horns and dare to serenade me.
Coffee and conversation , Cooking , Dining out , Movies/Videos , Museums and art , Music and concerts , Exploring new areas , Performing arts , Travel/Sightseeing
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I exercise 5 or more times per week.
I always love a trip to the Getty Musuem - good art and great view of L.A. Also enjoy Point Dume in Malibu for hiking and the laid back Abbot Kinney district in Venice.
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
I love arthouse films - such as A Clockwork Orange and Jiro Dreams of Sushi. Also a serious music junkie with an eclectic taste in music, such as Indie Electropop and alternative rock. Love going to concerts and museums. Ok, and I love guacamole.
In my free time, I like exploring L.A...be it finding a new restaurant, or going to see a film, going to a concert, or hiking...I am all about learning while having fun. I also like traveling - recently went to Dubai, Cambodia, Thailand and Bali.
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I am a film editor and post supervisor in the film industry.
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32 year old woman | Astoria, NY, USA | Seeking men 27-45 within 50 miles
If you take life too seriously, you miss out on the good stuff.
Originally from Kansas and I've heard pretty much every "Wizard of Oz" joke imaginable. I work as a freelance personal assistant/personal organizer/event coordinator. In my spare time I write, sing in cabarets, and workshop new songs. I love to travel and surround myself with people who inspire me and appreciate my sense humor. Seriously, I'm really funny. Love Cards Against Humanity, a sensible glass of vino, live music, and theatre. I'm always up for a last minute adventure. I'm looking for a man who knows what he wants, isn't afraid to ask for it, and appreciates my independence and companionship.
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Living in a city with access to 3 major airport hubs, anything with truffle oil, summer in this city, beaches, gorgeous landscapes, sunrises, sunsets, karaoke, pickles, spending time with my friends.
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34 year old woman | Westminster, CO, USA | Seeking men 28-40 within 150 miles
Busy graduate student hoping to find a better balance between studying and playtime...
I moved out here three years ago to get my PhD. I find teaching to be the most rewarding, fun, and challenging thing I've ever done. Amidst the challenges of grad school and teaching, I still try to maintain some semblance of a social life. This usually entails hanging out with friends, playing card games and board games, or going out for the occasional drink out on the town. Starting last summer, I've embraced regular exercise and a healthy diet into my life. Not only have I lost weight, but working out boosts my energy and keeps my stress down. I try to exercise 5-6 days a week and its something I'd enjoy sharing with a special someone. Besides hitting the gym and the pool, I've gotten into biking on a regular basis on the trails around my neighborhood. I would like to explore more outdoor activities like camping, rafting, or hiking. Some random facts about me? I love pepsi and macaroni and cheese. Hell, all pastas are fabulous. I play the cello, do improv, make live theater. I love to bowl, play rock band, and sit around shooting the shit with friends. Museums are my jam, random trivia nights are my bliss, and seeing any TV show or film with any cast members from The State just plain rocks my world. I would happily spend the rest of my days hip hop dancing if it weren't for the nutty ideals of personal success and my overwhelming passion for creating art. Recently, I've gotten around to watching the entire Breaking Bad series and also House of Cards. Excellent acting and writing really is addictive. My match? A guy who's tall, somewhat offbeat, quirky and fun. Anyone who defines themselves as a nerd and/or geek would probably be quite suitable; goofy is also acceptable. Interests outside of the superficial and financial are always nice. I do not need a man to complete me, I am whole already. But I would like someone who's personality and path complement mine and our lives are better together. Ultimately, I want to find my buddy, that someone who knows me better than I know myself. Yes, it takes time for this, but with the right person, it seems you know each other instantly. The most romantic and passionate relationships are rooted in this, I think.
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I love big dogs, because that's what we always had growing up. I had been a volunteer dog walker at an animal shelter in NYC. It was great fun. I miss 'em already!
smashburger, curious theater, downtown pearl street, black hawk casinos, bowling alleys of any kind, dave 'n' busters, the gondolier
Waiting for Guffman, Wet Hot American Summer, American Beauty, Fight Club, Once, Inglorious Basterds, Secretary, The Town. Fringe, Modern Family, The Office, Breaking Bad, House of Cards. Theater, hip hop, dark chocolate, basil pesto, laughing a lot.
I never get tired of bowling, movies, plays, or comedy shows. I'm very old school and love traditional board games and card games. I enjoy volunteering. Just getting outside and breathing in the fresh CO air...
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A New Ulm man faces multiple counts of felony theft for allegedly taking nearly $100,000 from the Brown County Agricultural Society and the New Ulm Baseball Association while serving as Treasurer of the organizations. 59-year-old Robert J. Reinhart has been charged with 16 counts of felony theft, and is scheduled to make his first appearance in court on June 5th. Reinhart had served as Treasurer of the Ag Society since the 1990s, and apparently wrote over $91,000 in checks from the organization to himself and his business. He also allegedly took out a $30,000 unauthorized loan in the Ag Society's name, and took around $10,000 from a hail damage fund. Nearly $21,000 had been repaid in recent years. Reinhart is also accused of writing nearly $8,000 worth of checks to himself from the New Ulm Baseball Association account. He reportedly told police that he planned to pay back all funds owed to both organizations, and admitted to using the money to pay business and personal debts.
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London, UK (PRWEB) August 01, 2014
The market for distribution switchgear up to 50kV declined worldwide in 2009 on the back of the economic slump and was not back on track till 2012. The demand for switchgear at higher voltages kept on increasing during the period but has practically flat lined from 2010 and is expected to grow at very moderate tempo until 2022. The Western European market fell sharply in 2008, but is expected to increase gradually over the forecasted period. The very same pattern is mirrored by Asia (with China being exception) but commencing in 2009. The market in North America also fell in 2009 but is projected to grow at a higher tempo. China's market stagnated during 2008-2009, increased through to 2011 to then slow again in 2012. The growth through to 2022-end will be around half the rates witnessed up to 2008.
The supplier base keeps on evolving in reaction to the markets. ABB is the leading producer of HV switchgear with products across the entire spectrum of the high voltage range. Siemens comes second and Alstom remains in third place as the amalgamation of the old Areva T&D business into Alstom and Schneider (HV and MV parts respectively) unfolds. The Schneider share has now increased to over 6%. How much is due to their increased market penetration and how much is due to the distribution switchgear sector increasing remains unclear.
New research study "The American Markets For High Voltage Switchgear 2012 - 2022" prepared by Goulden Reports is now available at MarketPublishers.com.
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The research report analyses the world market for HV switchgear alongside providing granular forecasts to 2022. It discusses the major high voltage switchgear manufacturers, covering the sales of HV switchgears globally and across individual regions for the year of 2012. Historical (2008 - 2013) analyses and forecasts (to 2022) of regional markets for HV switchgear with further by-country market analyses with comprehensive breakdowns by equipment type, voltage, location, type of use, end use customer are included. The study provides a scrupulous examination of the top 25 HV switchgear producers 2012; offers a trade analysis – the top 25 exporters of HV switchgear, top 25 HV switchgear exporters, export values, export percentages, import values, HV switchgear imports by country and by region for 2012. In-depth country profiles by region are provided.
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Kanye West isn't known to be the most friendly with paparazzi. In fact, he rather despises them as much as he despises metal poles. Which makes this recent run-in with a roaming photog all the more shocking.
As Kanye exits a building in LA to get to his waiting ride, a paparazzo asks him a question, which is generally all it takes to get Kanye up in arms. Except he doesn't. Instead he does the unthinkable.
Before closing his door, he acknowledges the question with a stare, one that looks into the deepest corners of the photographer's soul, and that's when Kanye West does the most surprising thing a Kanye West could do in this situation…
He took a deep breath.
He was peaceful.
There really might be a light at the end of the tunnel, you guys.


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Problems with in-vehicle technology top the list of the 10 most frequently reported new-vehicle problems from the 2015 IQS.
During the past week, various automakers, including Ferrari, Ford, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and Toyota, issued recalls affecting a total of just under 1.5 million vehicles. Issues include air bag deployment, tire-pressure monitoring, and braking systems.
These are the 10 models with the highest levels of initial quality, as measured in the J.D. Power 2015 IQS...
In conjunction with its sponsorship of the annual Black Entertainment Television (BET) Experience at the L.A. Live sports and entertainment complex in downtown Los Angeles, Nissan has unveiled a special edition of the redesigned 2016 Maxima called the SR Midnight.
U.S. new light-vehicle sales in June are expected to remain robust, with retail deliveries setting a new pace and reaching their highest levels for any June since 2005, according to a monthly auto sales forecast update from J.D. Power and LMC Automotive.
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I just want to let everyone know that I have posted "real" job links on my blog. I have worked for several of the companies over the years on these links. I promise they are free and I did this to try and help. There are so many without work. I pray I could just help someone find work.
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Rise BYOA: Bring Your Own Apps posing new challenges for Australian IT departments
Friday July 27, 2012
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – As more Australian businesses allow staff to bring their own device (BYOD) to the workplace, another significant trend – bring your own apps, or BYOA – is gathering pace as people use publicly downloadable applications for work purposes, according to new research from emerging technology analyst firm Telsyte.
Popular BYOA software used for business include: data backups and storage (Dropbox, iCloud); calendaring; collaboration (GoToMeeting, WebEx); voice communications (Skype); project and task management (Remember the Milk); productivity (Pages, QuickOffice Pro); multimedia; and note taking (Evernote).
Telsyte found that 28 per cent of Australian businesses allow some form of BYOA (business apps), with this trend expected to rapidly grow over coming years. However, the unsanctioned use of BYOA is expected to be significantly higher.
BYOA is a closely related trend of BYOD in the workplace. Some 43 per cent of Australian businesses allow BYOD for notebooks, 40 per cent for media tablets and 54 per cent for smartphones, according to Telsyte's latest research.
Telsyte surveyed more than 800 CIOs and senior IT decision makers and a key finding was BYOA is now becoming part of the working life of many business people, as more people use personal devices that are often tightly integrated with mobile and cloud apps.
The purchase of public cloud services by staff without company IT intervention is sometimes referred to as "credit card IT", where end-users in business divisions purchase apps and services to manage their information needs unilaterally.
Telsyte senior analyst Rodney Gedda says the amount of apps people can bring to a work environment is being driven by SaaS and mobile offerings, with Apple's iOS and Google Android mobile operating systems putting thousands of easy to use apps at people's fingertips.
"It is inevitable people will use these apps for personal and business use," Gedda says.
"The challenge for enterprise IT departments is balancing the productivity gains of BYOA with the security and business continuity risks."
According to Telsyte, BYOA will become the focal point for businesses and even outstrip BYOD as cost of smartphones and media tablets decreases and the diversity of consumer cloud apps increases.
"BYOA is a significant trend in the consumerisation of IT, but IT departments can also work with many of the public apps to investigate wider corporate deployments if the apps are popular and meet company objectives" Gedda says.
BYOA benefits include a low barrier to entry as many public apps are free or low cost and generally users experience high levels of reliability and usability.
Conversely, BYOA has its own set of risks, including the security of the information in addition to providers not being able to guarantee the long term viability of a product, or offer enterprise level service level agreements (SLA).
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Volume 21.5
December 8, 2014
Vivian Maier Documentary
See the Vivian Maier Newsletter
for the story about the new documentary. Our review of Vivian Maier's work is here.
The most important thing I could say to you about
this show would be something that would get you down
there to look at it. (It will be up until December
21, so there is still time!) If I say 'dolls'
or 'Expressionism' or 'transgender' or
'Egon Schiele' or even 'horror' -- some of the work is
well and truly horrific -- I will not be conveying
much. Many of these categories have been flogged
pretty hard in recent years. Greer Lankton was
well ahead of the current wave.
If you can't get to Participant, you're mostly out
of luck -- the significant part of the show (to me)
is mainly sculpture, that is, the dolls and figures
she made -- but you can get some idea of it looking
at the
I provide here and on the sites
linked to below. These sites also contain analyses
and memoirs for those who like that sort of thing.
This work particularly reminded me that, just as the
poetry in poetry is the part you can't translate,
so the art in art is the part you can't analyze
or define. The photographs here are basically
random snapshots and are by no means a definitive
record of the whole show; they are what someone
took with a medium camera one afternoon as he walked
through the exhibition. They are mostly as taken,
not edited, straightened out, hyped.
In honor of the old Downtown aesthetic, I have taken
care not to title them or describe their contents,
obvious and not so obvious. Some of this work comes
from a sort of central collection currently resident
at the Mattress
Factory in Pittsburgh; some was drafted recently from
local people. The offical lender for the show is
the Greer Lankton Archives Museum (G.L.A.M.)
The show is as well (although this is not explicit)
a sort of memorial to that bygone age, the 'Downtown
Scene' of the 1980s, which had a lot to do with the
level of pre-gentrification rent in what is now the
ever-expanding, ever up-and-coming real estate domains
of Soho and the East Village. You can get a sense
of what life was like then from some of the work,
some of the memorabilia. But the past is not only
another country, it's another planet. It is true
that a few extraterrestrials remain in the area,
not quite yet all scourged out, but it's significant
the ultimate repository of Ms Lankton's work is an
'alternative space' in Pittsburgh.
This is your chance to see it here and now.
Some URLs:
Wikipedia article:
2007 life & work article:
A memoir:
Participant curator Lia Gangitano's account:
Particpant press release:
GL archives museum (on Facebook):
Collection of photos:
Review of present show:
video:Interview at Whitney Biennial, 1995:
video: From the Mattress Factory:
video: Ad for 2011 Hollywood show:
GL Times obit http:
Mattress Factory:
Participant, Inc:
Many of the images below include graphic, explicit
depictions of sexual body parts, situations, and
activities. Some include depictions of surgical
operations. And there is some overlap between these
two sets. If you find such material disturbing
or offensive, don't look at it.
Judith Schaechter's 'Dark Matter'
Judith Schaechter's Dark Matter is a show
of stained-glass light-boxes and sculpture at the
Claire Oliver Gallery in Chelsea at
513 West 26th Street, New York, presently
up and open until Saturday, October 25.
Our Publisher Becomes A Conceptual Artist
[permanent link to this article]
The Draughtsman's Congress
Announcement and Preview
by Susan Roecker
Read the PDF here....
Exhibition opening
Sunday, November 17th, 2013 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm
368 East 8th Street, NYC (between C & D)
or see
Sara Schneckloth
at Soho20 and the Fowler Arts Collective
In late June and early July of this year, Sara
Schneckloth, an artist currently working in South
Carolina who should be known better here (and in
the world) visited the Fowler Art Collective
in Greenpoint to do several days of intense work
(ten hours a day, according to the artist) on her
characteristic drawing. A few months previously
(in March) she had a brief show at Soho20 in Chelsea,
sharing the space with some other artists.
A war of sorts has broken out between two
improbable belligerent parties around a little-known
pocket park in Lower Manhattan, Petrosino Square.
On the one side are some of the immediately local residents
of the rather unusual neighborhood that surrounds the park; on the other,
the Greenwashing Department of Citibank. The central issue
is the Citibike installation in the park's plaza, which has
preempted a space intended and used for large public works
of art.
Judith Schaechter: Battle of Carnival and Lent
At Claire Oliver Gallery, NYC
This is not a review, but a pointer to the
announcement of Judith Schaechter's upcoming show
at the Claire Oliver Gallery in New York, where
you can see the works
we reviewed while they were
still at the Eastern State Penitentiary site in
Philadelphia. The show will be there from May
23d until June 29, and there is a reception with
the artist on May 23d from 6 to 8 p.m. The
Claire Oliver Gallery is at 513 West 26th St.
in New York.
For more information, see
the announcement,
see the
Artezine article for an idea of what
to expect.
'Shell Game': Molly Crabapple
At Smart Clothes Gallery
This is not a review, just a pointer to this show
and artist, whose most recent works have been noticed
in Wired, The New York Times, HuffPo, The Village Voice, and so forth.
The public show opening is at 7 p.m. April 14th (this
evening as I'm writing this) and is to be an Event.
It will be up for only a short time. I strongly
recommend it; the artist's combination of a sensuous,
indeed luscious graphic style, sharp wit, surrealism,
humor, and political consciousness are not to be missed.
See the artist's
web site for further information.
The gallery is at 154 Stanton Street (corner of Suffolk
Street in the Lower East Side) and the opening
is at 7 p.m. April 14.
Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt at MoMA/PS1
Entering this exhibition, which occupies one of
the larger spaces at MoMA/PS1, was overwhelming.
I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like
it. The entire space is filled with numerous,
mostly shiny artifacts, made of the most diverse
materials, mostly things one might obtain from a
99-cent store or a trash pile. Several themes and
concerns come together: formal pictorial and
plastic values; religious sensibility and
aesthetics; Gay and general sexuality; class
politics; diverse cultures; the conflicts and
cross-pollination between these elements.
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Judith Schaechter
at Eastern State Penitentiary
by Gordon Fitch
On a chilly day late in November, as the sun was
already declining towards the horizon, I found myself
within the heavy, gray stone walls of a prison,
or rather the ruin of a prison....
Read about it here!
Susan Roecker's Cat(s)
at Avenue C Gallery
-- read about them here --
Like a figure in a dream, Vivian Maier begins to
disappear even as we catch sight of her. With one
ambiguous gesture she points out our world and
shows us things that were always there, but which
we had never seen; with another, she declines our
questions and steps back into the darkness. We
want to call out to her to wait, but the dream
silences us, and then she is gone forever. We
turn and, scattered all around us, see the objects
of her work, an enormous treasure we will spend
years, even lifetimes, trying to order and decode.
About Maier herself, we can mostly only guess. ...
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The Real DealDecember 13, 2012 at 09:47 AM — Wine Guy
The real deal. The goods. No, fooling, no bs. There are a whole slough of ways to say it, yet probably not a single good definition. But you sure can tell when you're in its presence, listening to who-knows-how-many year of accumulated knowledge and observations, walking the rain – soaked rows of a vineyard, tasting wine that's an inspired alliance of vine, soil and the fruit of the four seasons.
The Accomplice and I pointed the carriage south toward Jacksonville, (Oregon, that is) a few days back for a dinner featuring the uniformly outstanding wines of Quady North, then to spend following day "tromping" with winemaker Herb Quady. As fine a 24 hour stretch as a a pair of generally jaded wine biz folks could ask for.
I've discovered over the years that the wines I find to have the most character, the most depth, the most authenticity, are the work of people who are only "winemakers" because the English language doesn't have a better term for what they do. Rather than "make" wine, they orchestrate it, or "raise" it, as the French would say. Herb Quady says that the "impact of the person" is in the decisions made in response to the variables of vine, soil and climate. Take the voices nature gives and weave it into the most delicious, authentic harmony possible.
It's a question of character over ego, quality over quantity, and being an all-around reasonable human and doing the right thing. Herb has it wired. You can taste it in the wines – and pretty much guess that they're scrupulously made, from pruning to bottling.
Start with the rosé (lovely!), made from a designated vineyard block that's just for pink wine, harvested early and direct-pressed. Or the syrah—syrah that tastes like syrah, sleek, spicy, balanced and delivering the sort of depth you find in the legendary reds of the northern Rhône, albeit with a State of Jefferson accent. Or, better yet, the cabernet franc – real cabernet franc, not some fleshy stand-in for over-the-top cabernet sauvignon. Nope, Herb's is the real deal, with Chinon-like structure, balanced, focused, edgy energy, notes of red fruits (pomegranates, red currants), tobacco and spice… Impossible to do them justice here (more later, stay tuned), save advising that you take a flyer and treat yourself to what I humbly assert are, without exception, some of the loveliest wine being made in the New World these days.
Oh, and there's Jacksonville, once the biggest city north of San Francisco -- reincarnated "mighty damned cute" in the estimation of the Accomplice. Until this past weekend, Southern Oregon was that place that I either flew over or drove past on the way to California. Pretty, but pretty much a question mark beyond the off ramps. Just a couple rain-soaked days (highly unusual) had me dusting off my trusty adverb "enchanting" and plotting with the Accomplice to go back. The wine biz is thriving, with some truly exceptional, character-driven wine being produced. We'll be back. Stay tuned for the sequel.
The World is Your Oyster ... Surrender to the Pink!November 26, 2012 at 04:14 PM — Wine Guy
You just never know, do you? On one of those cold, dark, rainy evenings that define both the autumnal fading of the light in these parts, La Copine (a.k.a. "the Accomplice") and I were settling into a pre-symphony repast at one of our favorite haunts. With a couple glasses of white wine (a flinty Petit Chablis and an Albariño from Rias Baixas) to awaken our palates while awaiting the arrival of the first morsels of sustenance, we turned to the evening's truly important decision: what bottle to both satisfy our thirsts and feed our souls?
Given that the evening's first departure from the usual was already gracing our glasses, the stage was set for new adventures, the taking of a left where one might general take a right... Further, the turn-up-the-collar nature of the evening, the creases in my gray matter would generally have had me drinking something red and Mediterranean, right from the proverbial "get." But the Accomplice, possessing not only a more refined palate, but a willingness to step out of well-worn habits in just about everything, expressed a desire for something racy, bright and minerally. The resulting lovely, eclectic beverages were proving with each sip to be as delicious as they were from well off "the usual" route.
"Aha!" "I love it!" "that's perfect!" she said, pointing at the Domaine Tempier rose on the list. "And I'd love to try it with the oysters…"). Hmmmm, really? Well, yeah, I supposed, that wine is always fine-superb even, and great rose is truly delicious in any season. But with oysters? Briny, cold Northwest meets sunny Provence? I wasn't entirely convinced, but given that the Accomplice has an amazing sense for such things, I thought, "why not?" After all, Bandol sits just over the hill form the sea—and the rosé would be perfect with the pork chop we were set to share – even if it didn't pan out with the oysters.
It was splendido, on all counts, but especially with the briny bivalves. While the pale, pale salmon hue suggests a delicate wine, it's actually quite rich, with hints of bright peach and pomegranate fruit accented with notes of spice. Zippy acidity and a kiss of salty sea air made the link of wine and oysters, the fruits of two far-flung seas, a luscious, if unexpected marriage.
It just goes to show that you never know. Even when you (or I should say I) think that you're someone who thinks outside the proverbial box, there's always another horizon -- and it's always a good idea to try something seemingly out of the blue. And then there's the real moral of the story: always trust your accomplice…
A Beaujolais Kind of Day...November 15, 2012 at 10:40 AM — Wine Guy
Funny how some of the most wonderful flavors in the world are often also the most misunderstood. Flavors with character, the distinct accent of their particular home terre – and more soul than the waiting room in purgatory – flavors that have been unjustly tarred with bad press in the forum of conventional wisdom and that bear the ignominy of the of pseudo-sophisticate's scorn.
I've had Beaujolais on my mind these days. New releases from some of the region's best producers have been showing up in town almost weekly, and as our thirsts have been whetted, La Copine and I have had the opportunity to open a bottle or two. It's been a treat, as always – one of those little pleasures that don't cost a heckuva lot, but that provide a unique kind of loveliness that is beyond quantifying with any price tag.
Think ripe fruit. Not bursting with sugar ripe, but the almost tangy, vibrant flavor of berries or cherries when they're at that solstice – like instant when sweet fruit, the earth it grew in and the sun that nourished it all seem to come together in a harmony so delicious that it's best enjoyed at mezzo piano. Just enough volume to hear, the intrigue and allure of the flavors prompting you to open your senses and "listen" more intently.
Meanwhile, Beaujolais Nouveau is days away from making an appearance. Traditionally, this is the first red wine of the just completed vintage – and an opportunity to taste what a season in the vineyard has bestowed upon the region's growers. Nouveaux or "primeur' wines from honest, scrupulous growers can be lovely, youthfully bright expressions of the vintage that give a good idea of what the growers more "serious" wines will be like(although Nouveau from many of the region's best growers are plenty "serious" in their own right).
Sadly, however, the good name of Beaujolais Nouveau – and the region in general -- has been trashed by the exploitation and marketing wizardry of Georges DuBoeuf, whose ersatz, factory-made, manipulated, wine-like product has come to virtually define the region by dint of its ubiquity. (If I were a Beaujolais grower, I'd lobby for M. DuBoeuf to be exiled for treason. Stripped of his French citizenship and given the boot. Adieu, pour toujours.)
But enough trash – talking. We're here to talk about real wine. The nouveaux arrive today, and will vanish into waiting glasses before the year is done – but there's plenty of gorgeous Beaujolais to be had year-round. And while great Beaujolais is delicious in any season, the contrast of its bright sunny fruit, with the smell of fallen leaves and the early dark and chill of an early evening is soul-warming. We're thirsty now – and counting the minutes 'til the day's work is done…
Enjoy. Life is short – make every glass count!
Words, Wines, Whales and Winning,November 05, 2012 at 04:19 PM — Wine Guy
I love words. From the cadence of a well – turned phrase, to the absurd randomness of surrealism, to a wicked double-entendre, to a metaphor that keeps on delivering in several dimensions, words can be as delicious to the brain as a good glass of wine is to the senses. How cool is it, then, when the name of a place seduces you like the waft of savory things in the kitchen, delivers in spades on the intrigue – and serves up astounding food and wine, to boot?
La Copine and I got together a few nights ago with some of our favorite Friends in the Wine Business to check out Renée Erickson's cool new joint on Stone Way. That's some mighty damned fine food, I tell you, and a wine list nothing shy of brilliant. Perhaps the only problem I could dream up is that it's nigh on to impossible to choose from lists where everything makes you salivate. Tough, tough decisions, believe me – although we did manage to soldier on...
And then there's the name. "The Whale Wins" is plenty clever enough on its own, fetching your curiousity with a quirky, not-too-stuck on itself kind of whimsy. It gets your brain a-wonderin' -- then delivers the aforementioned fine victuals and potables (brilliantly) and keeps right on riffing.
Soooo… If the whale wins, then who loses? Judging from the 18th century era print that hangs in the dining room (and graces the web page), the short end of the stick goes to the whalers. The painting shows a whale shattering a whale boat, tossing occupants and gear aside like so much flotsam and jestsam. Damn, but I love that.
To my way of thinking, the whale represents inspiration and the pure, unabashed goodness of quality, honestly – raised food and wine. The whalers, on the other hand, represent the cyncicism, homogenization, and the drive to commodify pleasure, to turn food and wine and the joys of the table into widgets. The whale is the wine you can only describe in words, while the splintered boat is the 100 point rating system. The soon-to- drown guys and their harpoons are the big, belligerent distributors—the kind who tell you that you hafta have their products to be successful, the ones who'll tell you that you can't have a restaurant in Seattle without a bunch of big name Washington wines on the list – while the whale is a wine list that offers wines with soul, with character and a sense of place – and matches them with the foods they actually complement.
I could, as always, go on (and on). But I'll cut to the end and just say to hell with the harpoons and that my money's on the whale. And bravo to Renée. We'll be back. Soon…
The enologist has no clothes...I'm just sayin'...October 19, 2012 at 02:13 PM — Wine Guy
It happened again yesterday evening. La Copine and I had a couple sips of the Priorat, the fruit of ridiculously low yielding hillside vineyards, resplendent in its raiment of polished tannins and adornment of spendy French oak. Proceeded to dump our glasses in prder to refill 'em with the sample bottle of eleven dollar Carinena, straightforward, unadorned, and as amiable as some character down at the corner tavern. You know, wine that's just wine. Wine that has the local accent of its birthplace. Wine that's not self-conscious, wine that's made for people to drink, inconspicuously, just because it tastes good and goes with food and friends. Just a beverage.
It's gotten to be damned near a habit, this business of dumping out the fancy – pants, big points, high dollar, rock-star-enologist bottle in favor of drinking the modestly priced vino from some hard working grower who toils in relative anonymity. Last week it was a bottle of Rosso from one of Friuli's most revered estates, where the wines are spendy, practically impossible to get, and whose owner routinely blows off appointments with the likes of Robert Parker (a practice we applaud). Same story, the wine was technically correct, with all the parts executing their roles at virtuoso level. But there just wasn't any "there" there. No soul, no character. And interestingly enough, the estate is farmed biodynamically, producing lovely, lovely fruit—grapes that should express their terroir with profound focus and depth.
So what's the deal? Where did all that goodness go? I lay it at the feet of the idolatrous idea that anyone can make wine. Take great fruit and try to craft it to hit some sort of paparazzi-pleasing, points-garnering, popular "profile" –and the result is character turned to soulless, buffed-up, innocuous product. (Think Coltrane, teamed up with Kenny G's producer. ).
And so it goes. La Copine and I have the fortune to both work "in the biz", hence exposure and the opportunity to taste lots of wines. It's astonishing how, given all those choices, how often we find ourselves loving the unheralded, un-ranked wine made by blue-collar, salt-of-the-earth farmer types. In the end, not only do we get a heckuva lot more pleasure from the deal, we save a few ducats – and those ducats get to support families, rather than big egos.
More on this topic later. Meanwhile, open your bottles--they're for drinking, not saving.
A Virtuoso PerformanceSeptember 28, 2012 at 09:10 AM — Wine Guy
If it were a car, it'd be a Rolls Royce. No, make that a Bentley. Every bit the luxury ticket, but a bit more eclectic still. Just off the sleepy two lane highway that winds through vines and farmland at siesta in the baking heat, a simple, but all-business gate is the looking glass to one of the wine world's wonderlands.
Vega Sicilia. Big ticket stuff. One of Spain's most prestigious, expensive and generally unavailable wines. As Hugh Johnson once noted, if Marques de Riscal and Marques de Murietta are the Lafite and Mouton of Spain, then Vega Sicilia is the Latour, albeit from a "vintage that has rasined the grapes and fried the picking crew." A beverage for those don't have to ask the (considerable) price.
Heady stuff. They're mighty proud of it, too -- as well they oughtta be. Behind the unassuming gate is a campus devoted to the study and creation of luxury. Manicured lawns, gardens, gleaming state-of-the-state-of-the-art crush facilities, fermenters and cellars that are part shrine, part museum.
The wine is everything it's touted to be. Lavish, focused, precise, polished. You can damned near taste all that attention to detail and every ducat of the expense that wasn't spared. It's wine that studiously extracts any hint of the ordinary. Imperfection? Not a word that's uttered in those hallowed halls.
Which is perhaps why this wine just ain't got no soul. It's like seeing a virtuoso singer, violinist, or pianist perform—countless yours of practice make for flawless technique, with years of study providing a researched interpretation of the work. But often the pursuit of technique and perfection elide passion right along with technical shortcomings.
I guess I just don't get it. Maybe I'm a hayseed, or a tariff well beyond my everyday means gives me a case of sour grapes (pun intended), but I'll take passion over perfection, any day. While I can't deny that this is mighty impressive hooch, it nonetheless fails to make my heart sing. Give me soul, give me warmth, give me imperfection. Give me a bottle of wine made with humility, with a story to tell – and with a price tag that'll let a mere proletarian drink daily.
Alright then. It's Ontañon Crianza. Sould, pleasure and damned good wine, to boot. Plenty good for me.
A Ribera Runs Through ItAugust 17, 2012 at 03:46 PM — Wine Guy
Montana got nothin' on this sky. You know you're in a big, wide open place when the earth tips up and you climb a few thousand feet without the slightest sensation of having gained a single meter. It's a sky so big that the mountains seem like little more than gentle rollers, the highway signs warning of winter snow the only obvious clue that you're ascending.
Over yet another scarcely perceptible pass the horizon falls away a few degrees and the Citroën Steed gallops downward* through a broad swath of those cool – looking pines that you never see in our neck of the nuevo mondo. At Aranda de Duero, we take 90 degree left and head west, through what could easily pass for the high desert agricultural land of Eastern Oregon or Washington on a sultry hot summer day. Sort of.
Just a few kilometers further the road bends a few degrees further left and another subtle transformation takes place. We pass from flat, high desert farmland into a broad bottom land, soft shoulders at the sides of the draw showing the imprint of millennia of water. This is it, the storied Duero, that further on up the road goes all chameleon, slips into Portuguese and calls itself the Douro. Heading west, we're literally listing to Port.
Mere instants later, around another bend, we pass vines. I can smell them. Jon scoffs, says that I'm hallucinating (although he doesn't phrase it nearly so kindly). It occurs to me that Jon looks a lot like the cartoon character, Butthead (this explains a lot). In any case, my eyes confirm what my nose knows -- vines, baby, vines. We've entered Ribera de Duero, among the viticultural world's more storied rising stars. Refreshingly, there's not a faux castello or high-end SUV in sight. Jon sums it up perfectly, in words any adolescent could grasp -- Spain is cool.
Soon, the highway dovetails with the river, cloaked in lush greenery that stands in sharp contrast to the surrounding, dun-colored, parched hills. We roll west, through a nearly deserted river bottom strangely reminiscent of Texas. Nothing stirs, the entire landscape is in a torpor, baking in the mid-day heat.
Soon, we're passing wineries. Interestingly, they bear no resemblance whatever to the Old World knock-offs that line such storied thoroughfares as Highway 29 or Silverado Trail back home. Makes sense. After all, this is the old world (been there, done that, invented it a few centuries back, moved on). These aren't cover tunes, they're originals, architectural statements (occasionally a little grandiose, but don't tell me that Napa or Walla Walla's most grandiose edifices aren't built on ego, more often than not without an original thought to stand on).
Whatever. Any similarity to the American Southwest or the New World (period) vanishes as canter into Peñafiel. Hi-ho Silver, forget the Alamo, this sure don't look like Texas, amigas y amigos. This is the madre of real deals. We have an hour to kill before we're due at Vega Sicilia, so we head on up the hill to the castle, to have a look around…
*Conrado, despite his avowed disdain for anything French, drives the Citroën stagecoach like John Wayne. Perhaps it's an Iberian thing, a way with horses, or maybe Conrado would say that the Spanish were meant to master the French, who knows…
Uno día, dos mañanas!July 23, 2012 at 10:54 AM — Wine Guy
Who can argue with two mornings in one day? Particularly when the first is one of those incomparable Seattle summer mornings that nearly defy description – and the second dawns on you in someplace you've never been. A little bleary, a little worse for the wear and the tear, sure. But I get my second (third? fourth?) wind when Conrado, Laine and Jon(athan) are there to meet my new amigas, the dynamic duo of Portlandians Annie and Toni, and me.
In mere moments we've mounted our Citroën steed and accelerated onto the autopista, leaving Madrid and a cloud of metaphoric dust in the rearview. All we lack now is sustenance… but we're not lacking for long, as Jon, ever the prepared Boy Scout soon provideth. Jamon and Sherry, baby. Does it get any better? (Perhaps, but if it does, this'll do just fine until better gets here.) Sure, prosciutto is pretty fine stuff, but when it comes to ham, jamon is the goods, the acme, the ne plus ultra. Add a glass (or two) of Manzanilla Amontillado, bewitching, yeasty, slightly nutty, a dry hint of sea salt, marine and arid all at once. As close to heaven as you can ask for, on a Tuesday morning. I renew my new year's vow to drink more sherry.
Until now, my impressions of Spain are a collage of scraps from a few history books, a Hemingway novel or two, synopsis and a few tunes from Carmen, and an old movie version of Man of La Mancha (don't even ask which one). Pretty standard stuff for an Americano – and quickly re-filed in the fiction stacks of my cabeza as the real thing unfolds in front of my sunglasses.
Think arid, high desert – sort of. It's hard to say whether it's more verdant with an arid accent or more arid with strong notes of greenery. Whatever, while it's essentially a vast mesa, it's a mesa that's liberally punctuated with undulations, folds, creases, river valleys and a relief of mountain ranges, sudden, looming granite fortresses. Part Okanagan, part Palouse, part high desert, eastern slope of the Cascades, part Yakima Valley. All stitched together into an expansive, intricate tapestry of terra firma.
Real-time, in-person geography has a way of making you mighty hungry and thirsty. Lucky for us, there are tortillas de patatas¸ that oh-so-satisfying alliance of eggs, olive oil and potatoe-y goodness, that's as ubiquitous as jamon. And zumo de naranja—the most delicious orange juice I've ever had. Anita Bryant eat your heart out. This ain't the Texaco off the interstate, and we're sure as heck not in Kansas anymore, Toto. Café all around and we're good to go. The morning is still young, and the day's vino is still down the road a stretch. Onward!
Iberian ImpressionsJuly 13, 2012 at 08:37 AM — Wine Guy
We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost.
Ray Bradbury
Travel. There are as many reasons to budge from home and hearth as there are means of conveyance and places to go. But the accumulated miles in my rearview have led me to the notion that travel is best when the magic carpet yanks the proverbial rug from under your world, sets you adrift, throws open the doors and windows in your brain and leaves you more than a little bit lost, bewildered and flying by the seat of your intellectual and emotional pants. It should leave you speechless, lacking appropriate, adequate or accurate adjectives to begin to seize even a drop of the flood that breaches your mental seawall.
Spain… Miles Davis did "Sketches of Spain" -- not essays, not pictures, documentaries nor anything finished or in at all definitive. Sketches. Ideas, notions, impressions. If it worked for Miles, damned if it doesn't work for me.
Iberia… It's Europe, but just barely. The Pyrenees throw down a gauntlet at the peninsula's point of attachment to the continent --a dramatic geographic, cultural and linguistic barrier. At the edge of the Old World, romance language wears a sultry, syncopated rhythm, shedding latin formality like a veil, while the dancer weaves between the Old World's cold reason and the hot breath of Africa.
España… Soul in a rainbow of colors, a pocket Babel of dialects, a heady palette of flavors, and passion that neither the Inquisition nor Franco could dampen…
Wine… when you have to stick close to home base, choose well and it's travel in a glass. When you're travelling, it's the extra dimension, high harmony, subtlety of texture and richness of color that tells the rest of the story.
Yep, just back from a week of being thoroughly enchanted in Rioja, Ribera del Duero and a tease of the Basque country. (And I do mean enchanted, in the most awe-struck, blown-away, bewitched sense of the word). And after all, as a writer, Quixotic tilting at wordmills is what it's all about -- the part where the rubber meets the road, that speechless, no-words-to-describe-it place where you stare at the blank page and find a way. Onward, then. Stay tuned…
A Simple Labor of LoveJune 18, 2012 at 02:40 PM — Wine Guy
Risotto is not a solo affair. Not that it can't stand alone, can't deliver sustenance and satisfaction sotto voce. Quite the contrary. But it's at its best, sings the most expressively in its role as primo pare excellence, a bridge between the antipasto's summoning of palate and appetite and the savory, satiating majesty of the secondo. It offers creaminess as counterpoint for bright flavors and savory richness alike, who return the favor by bookending its lovely, nuanced simplicity. Elegant, simple, eloquent. Art in the kitchen, with inimitable Italian style.
Just as risotto shines in the company of other dishes, its charms are all the better enjoyed (and prepared) in good company. It's a labor of love, and as we all know, the fruits of love need to be shared (which applies to the stirring as well as the savoring). What could be better than a glass or two of lovely wine and a great friend to laugh with (and spell you at the stove while you fire up the grill) in anticipation of a feast?
It's been ages. Maybe it's the effort, the vigilance and the uninterrupted attention that good risotto requires. Perhaps it's the possibility of failure, the chance of chalky mediocrity or a gooey mass of glop, that make the task seem daunting. But, the idea dawned the a few weeks back while tasting an enchanting pinot nero vinificato in bianco (pinot noir vinified as white wine) -- and it won't go away. It's haunted me, along with fantasies of morels and white truffles, for days now. Finally, I'm hungry as hell and can't take it any more. The funghi can wait, but risotto can't. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Time to learn, practice, perfect. And to eat and drink along the way.
The table is set. literally and metaphorically. My good friend Brooke (aka The Teacher) is en route, with what turns out to be an astounding assortment of vividly flavored verdura from her garden (and the critical stick of butter I forgot). The shallets are minced, the stock is a-simmering, the Parmigiano Reggiano is grated and the rice awaits, shimmering like a dish of small, ovoid pearls. There remains but one box to check, one puzzle to solve, a small riddle, but nonetheless quite likely the crux of the affair: what shall we drink?
Stefano Inama's lovely, lovely Vin Soave? Or Cleto Chiarli Lambrusco Vecchia Modena? Something to refresh our palates and offer a just-so accompaniment to the rice, while setting the stage for grass-fed beef on the grill ... which of course begets another set of delicious possibilities to ponder.
A fine dilemma, non? How lucky are we?
Stay thirsty, amici. Ciao.
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2 tablespoons
1 cup
finely chopped onions
1 cup
thinly sliced fresh mushrooms
1/2 cup
white wine
1 (24 fluid ounce) bottle
Ranch dressing
3 teaspoons
garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon
dried oregano
1 tablespoon
Cajun seasoning
1 teaspoon
ground cayenne pepper
2 tablespoons
butter, melted
eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup
crushed crackers
skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
I wanted to make a decent dinner but I was low on ingredients. I took a quick look around the kitchen, came back and plugged in some ingredients, and up this popped. To be honest, I didn't have mushrooms and I didn't have white wine. I went ahead and just doubled the onions and used red wine instead(I know). When everything was mixed together before baking I was a little worried that my "batter" mixture was like dipping the chicken in oatmeal. However, I shrugged off the texture and gave it a go. I was actually pleasantly surprised. It bakes up like a casserole and is excellent over rice. The chicken came out moist and the sauce was more like a tangy stuffing with all the crushed cracker.
One addition made a big difference. Before I put the "casserole" in the oven I crushed half another packet of crackers over the top. At first I thought I made a mistake because these seemed to burn, but in the end it actually added a good crunch.
I agree with those who said that this is basically a crustless chicken quiche. The spice blend is delicious. Will make again, but in a crust and with the chicken chopped up.
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I made some changes. I can't have spices so I left off the cajun season and ground cayenne pepper. I didn't have any mushrooms so they were left off too. But the chicken came out DELICIOUS.
I agree about cutting down on the butter and I would maybe add more cracker crumbs to make it a little crispier. The sauce that it makes is wonderful. My daughter who eats like a bird, had two helpings. I served it with rice.
I fixed Eric's baked chicken last night and my family told me it was the "best" chicken dish they've ever had and that I could fix it again anytime! And to top it off, it was EASY!!
Tasty, but I would probably cut the butter next time. Left out the mushrooms. Used minced garlic instead of powder, cooking lightly with the onions first. Easy enough and good flavor.
I don't know who Eric is but Thanks this is a great recipe and will become one of our weekly meals. I replaced some of the butter with olive oil and one of those heart healthy spreads and fat free ranch dressing and it was super. I take this to pot lucks and ect. Thanks again
I guess I must have cooked this too long....it was like eating a piece of not very flavourful chicken surrounded by some quiche. I had no sauce left, just crust. I may try this again and reduce the eggs to one.
Aside from forgetting to halve the breasts, this turned out very well! My boyfriend and I cleared our plates, and didn't feel overly stuffed. I will say though, I was concerned about the actual amount of Ranch dressing I consumed, and next time will use a substitute (fat-free, homemade?). Based on previous comments, I reduced to one egg which worked perfectly, and I did sprinkle some crumbs on top for that added crunch.
NOTE: You do not need a side dish for this meal! We almost made rice, but were SO glad we didn't. Maybe a salad? But nothing that takes up space ;)
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Serving Size: 1/8 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 8
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 720
Calories from Fat: 525
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Whitney Brothers Crib Sheet
Whitney Brothers Crib Sheet
Weights & Dimensions
|Product Type: Sheets
|Color: White
|Material: Cotton blend; Synthetic fabric
|Number of Items Included: 1
|Wrinkle Resistant: Yes
|Lead Free: Yes
|Crib Type: Mini crib
|Pattern: Solid
|Embroidered: No
|Gender: Unisex
|Organic: No
|Ventilated: No
|Reversible: No
|Burp Cloth Included: No
|Bib Included: No
|Ply Count: Single-Ply
|Sheets Included: Yes
|Pillows Included: No
|Pillowcase Included: No
|Window Treatments Included: No
|Wall Hangings Included: No
|Diaper Stacker Included: No
|Toy Bag Included: No
|Tassels Included: No
|Washing Method: Machine wash
|Drying Method: Tumble dry
|Country of Manufacture: United States
|Assembly Required: No
|Additional Parts Required: No
|Product Warranty: 1 year limited warranty
About the ManufacturerWhen you order from Whitney Brothers, you're not dealing with a subsidiary of a multi-national wood products conglomerate; you're doing business with a New England tradition. Since 1904, Whitney Brothers has been using classic cabinetmaking techniques to produce safe and sturdy educational toys. Now, they're also a leader in developing versatile, innovative furniture and storage systems for schools, day-care centers, and private homes.
Whitney uses the finest hardwoods and veneers and traditional joinery methods for strength. Edges and corners are always rounded smoothly and finished by hand. And, of course, all glues, paints, and finishes are nontoxic and clean up quickly. Whitney Brothers makes it easy for you to decide which products are best for your classroom, and they're dedicated to making sure each product can be used safely by generations of children.
Whitney Brothers Crib Sheet
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OUR SKU # WJ1169Crib Sheet is also sometimes listed under the following manufacturer numbers: 112-770