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This course surveys the core principles and techniques essential to building web sites for mobile devices. Author Joe Marini introduces the mobile context, sheds light on its unique coding requirements, and discusses interface design techniques that enhance existing sites for mobile viewing. The course shows how to approach designing for mobile form factors such as smaller screens and finger-based interaction, along with how to incorporate CSS3 and HTML5 capabilities, such as geolocation, local storage, and media queries.
If you're building a mobile web site and you're following the content adaptation strategy of either not doing anything to your existing content or using the multi-server approach where you're styling the content using media queries for the various form factors, you can usually get away without having to do any server-side detection. There are cases, however, where doing server-side mobile device detection is unavoidable. And if you're, for example, building a web site where you going to redirect the user to a mobile-specific version of your site based upon whether or not they're using a mobile device then doing server-side detection is something you need to look into, and we're going to cover how to do that in next few examples.
We're going to start off by taking a look at what's server-side mobile device detection actually is, and then in next few examples we'll see how to accomplish it using technologies such as PHP and ASP.net. Detecting a mobile device on the server is accomplished by examining the incoming user agent from the HTTP request, and you should to try to use this as a last resort. If you can do client-side capability detection and either use JavaScript or media queries to style your content for the mobile device, then you should try to go that route first, because using server-side user agent detection can be a bit tricky, and it's inherently backward looking and it's hard try to get right for future-proofing.
Depending on the level of detail your web site needs, there is two things you can do. You can either use the user agent information to create tiers of devices you support. In other words, you can look for devices like iPhones and Androids and Blackberries and Windows Phones and so on and put them in the top tier because they can support rich HTML5 and then detect older devices like Nokia s60's and various Samsung device and put them in the next tier down, because they support XHTML Mobile Profile. Or you can use a third part library like the WURFL, which is the Wireless Uniform Resource File, to get detail device data.
Sites like the WURFUL maintained a huge database of known devices and what those devices can do--how big your screens are, what their image capacity is all that kind of stuff--and we'll take a look that in a little bit. Based upon the user agent device, you can then redirect the user to a mobile- specific portion of your site, or you can customize the returned HTML. Now I should point out that even if you do server-side UA detection, you should do client-side detection too if possible. They're not mutual exclusive.
You can do client-side detection for features and you can do server-side detection for redirecting. Let's take a look at how user agent detection works. Suppose you're using a browser, one of these browsers here, and you've got a web server. When you make a request to the server for a web page, your browser essentially says to the server, "Hi, this is who I am, and this is the web page that I want to see," and the server takes a look at the incoming request and takes a look at the part called the user agent and can make intelligent decisions based upon what it sees in the user agent.
The user agent string identifies the browser that's making the request, so in the case of two separate browsers-- let's take IE and Safari as two examples-- the IE browser on the desktop would identify itself as MSIE 9.0, using the Trident 5.0 rendering engine, and running on this version of Windows. The mobile version looks a little bit different. You can see that the MSIE 9 tag is still there, only in this case the operating system is different--it identifies itself as Windows phone OS.
The rendering engine is the same, Trident 5.0, and it also includes a tag that says it's IEMobile version 9. It also includes some make and model information. In the case of Safari, the desktop version might identify itself as running on a particular OS. In this case, it's running on Windows, and is this version of Windows, and it's using this version of the WebKit rendering engine. And then here's the Safari version string right down here, it's the last thing, it says Safari, and this is the build number.
Now in the case of the mobile version of Safari, you can see that the user agent is slightly different. In this case, it identifies itself right upfront has being an iPhone and it's running on the CPU of iPhone type it gives an iOS version. It also says that using this version of the WebKit rendering engine, and it has the Safari version string down here at the end. So you can see that using user agent strings, they're pretty complex beasts, but by looking for key pieces, such as this iPhone keyword or this IEMobile keyword up here, you can make intelligent decisions of how to redirect the user to different portions of the web site.
As I mentioned earlier, there are some issues with user-agent-based detection, so let's take a look at those make sure we have to going to understanding of them. Although there is a generally accepted format to user agent strings, as you saw in the previous example, each one is different. And in fact, browsers can send whatever they want and pretend to be someone else. And in fact, we even saw this earlier in the course when we saw how to do mobile development using desktop browsers. Parsing user agent strings can be tricky. It usually involves writing some regular expression code, or some other advanced string manipulation code, and if you get one part wrong then you might mis-identify a browser or send the user to the wrong place.
Parsing user strings is not an exact science; there's some art involved there. It also inherently backward looking. If a new browser gets introduced, you need to update your logic to know how to look for it. So it's hard to take browser user agent detection and make it future-proofed. Because of these issues, there are some server-side detection best practices that you should follow, and I'll list some of those here. First, don't try to look for exact user agent strings. The strings may change from device to device and some user agent strings are generated dynamically, or include information that will change, based upon the device it's on.
Windows Phone, for example, sends a different user agent string with the make and model of the phone tacked onto the end of the string. So if you're looking for exact user agent string using a straight string compare, you might miss user agents that you try to look for. You should use the user information as just a first line of detection. Server-side detection is not a subject to for also doing client-side feature checking. In other words, just because you detect the fact that the request is coming in from the iPhone, you shouldn't make assumptions about what that phone can do or what features it has installed.
It may or may not have a gyroscope. It may or may not support some other feature. You should always check on the client side as well. You should use the information in user agents to try to group devices into classes of support, instead of trying to target each device with different specialized markup. You should just use different CSS if you're trying to deliver tailored experiences. So for example, if it's a business requirement that your web site look a bit more like an iPhone's native experienced when it's viewed under an iPhone and look a little bit different for Android and look little bit different for Windows Phone and look a little bit different for other phones like Blackberry, then it's okay to do that. Just make sure that you're doing it using separated CSS logic instead of specialized markup that's going to be hard to maintain.
And finally, you should strongly consider using a third-party solution instead of your own. In fact, let me show you a couple resources that are pretty good for this purpose. The first one I'm going to show you is the official homepage for the wireless uniform resource file, or WURFL and you can see the URL up here is wurfl.sourceforge.net. The WURFL database works on PHP, works on Java, works on ASP.net. It works across a verity of server architectures, and it's a pretty complex database that lets you detect features that are present on a lot of phones, by using their database.
You simply call the WURFL with the incoming user agent and the WURFL will come back and tell you what phone it is, what kind of capabilities it has, and so on and so forth. It is an open-source project and is available free for download, although there is a commercial support option if you're interested in that. Another good option is the Detect Mobile Browsers library, which you can see the URL here: it's detectmobilebrowsers.mobi. And again, this is free for personal use, and there is a slight charge for if you're using it commercially.
But again, this is code that will take incoming user agents and tell you whether or not they're mobile or not, and basically that's pretty much all it does. It doesn't do any kind of advanced database detection. It just says, "Hey this is a user agent and I know that this is a mobile device or a desktop browser or something in between." Now that we have a basic understanding of what user agent detection is and why you would use it, the next couple of examples in the chapter will show you how to implement this using PHP and ASP.net.
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Get. 20, 1970 J, PORTER 3,534,528:-
GAS WELL SULFUR REMOVAL BY DIFFUSION THROUGH POLYMERIC MEMBRANES Filed May 26, 1969 CH4 IO H28 MEMBRANE H28 I2 UNIT E NATURAL GAS 4 4 WELL Q I H28 I N2 FIG. I I
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g o 0 0 H28 -TO SULFUR RECOVERY PERMEATE Y L RICH IT r1 n if CH4 T0 METHANE RECOVERY SULFUR LEAN H28 3 CH4 34 3e 7 l6 H s A y A -CH4 |6 CH 4 CH 3o 4 I "f FIG.3 I 32 INVENTOR CH4 I JAMES H. PORTER FIG. 4 I
-' .ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,534,528 GAS WELL SULFUR REMOVAL BY DIFFUSION THROUGH POLYMERIC MEMBRANES James H. Porter, Boston, Mass., assignor to Abcor, Inc.,
Cambridge, Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Filed May 26, 1969, Ser. No. 827,511 Int. Cl. B01d 59/10 US. Cl. 55-16 7 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A method of separating hydrogen sulfide as a gaseous contaminant from a natural gas stream, a major portion of which comprises methane. The gas from a natural gas well flows under pressure into the feed zone of a membrane permeation unit comprised of capillary siliconecopolymer fibers. The hydrogen sulfide permeates through the membrane into the permeate rich zone. The partial pressure or activity gradient required to drive the hydrogen sulfide through the membrane is provided by the naturally occurring pressure of the well. The sulfur is recovered from the permeate rich stream and the methane is recovered from the sulfur lean stream.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION There are a number of natural gas wells which are not in production because of their high sulfur content (2 to 40% hydrogen sulfide). These wells generally remain capped off until it is economical to remove the sulfur from the hydrocarbon streams. Present techniques for removing the sulfur, particularly hydrogen sulfide, consist mainly of absorption of the hydrogen sulfide in monoethanol-amine in a scrubbing application. Typically, for every mole of hydrogen sulfide removed from the hydrocarbon stream, approximately 2.9 moles of mono-ethanolamine must be fed to the scrubber. With very high sulfur contents in the natural gas, this process generally becomes uneconomical.
One major cost associated with gas permeation processes is usually compressing the feed stream to a sufficient operating pressure to cause an activity (partial pressure) gradient across the polymer film for the permeating species.
In my invention, the sulfur portion of the hydrocarbon stream passes through a polymer membrane which selectively passes the hydrogen sulfide in preference to the hydrocarbons. The permeator may be constructed in a manner similar to a shell and tube heat exchanger with the tubes in this case being hollow capillary fibers made of a suitable polymer material. Since gas wells normally exist at pressures from 500 to 17,000 pounds per square inch, this pressure is supplied essentially free of cost and, hence, makes gas permeation a feasible process. The operating pressure for the membrane permeation unit is provided by the naturally occurring pressure in the gas well providing an economic and efiicient method.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic flow diagram of the process of my invention, and
FIGS. 2 and 3 are enlarged sectional views of the membrane separation unit, and
FIG. 4 is an alternative embodiment of my invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT(S) Referring to FIG. 1, the system is shown generally at and comprises a natural gas well 12- which has been capped and which well may be under a naturally occurring pressure at between 500 and 17,000 pounds per square inch. A pressure reducing valve 14 is disposed between the well 12 and a membrane permeation unit 16. The reducing valve regulates and maintains a constant pressure on the feed stream entering the permeation unit. The permeate or hydrogen-sulfide rich stream flows to a sulfur recovery unit 18 and the sulfur-lean or methane-rich stream flows to a methane recovery unit 20.
Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the permeation unit 16 is shown in greater detail. In FIG. 2, capillary bundles 22 of silicone-copolymer fibers such as poly-dimethyl-siloxane are contained within tubes 24, which tubes are in a generally parallel relationship. One end of each tube is. connected to a feed conduit or header 26 which carries the feed stream from the natural gas well. The other end of the tube is connected to a sulfur-lean conduit 28, which conduit is in fluid flow communication with the methane recovery unit 20. Located on the surface of the tube 24 is a nipple 30 which is connected to a permeate-rich conduit 32. The permeate rich conduit is in fluid flow communication with the sulfur-recovery unit 18. Referring now to FIG. 3, the capillary fibers 34 are disposed within the tube 24 as a bundle 22, the ends of the bundle being potted in a suitable potting compound. The feed stream flows into the feed zone 36 which is defined by the internal walls of the capillary fibers. The hydrogen sulfide permeates through the walls of the membrane and into the permeate-rich zone 38, which is defined by the external surfaces of the fibers and the internal wall of the tube. Of course, if desired, the feed stream may be introduced into the zone defined by the external surfaces of the fibers and the internal wall of the tube, and then the hydrogen sulfide would permeate through the membrane into the zone defined by the internal walls of the capillary fibers.
In the operation of my invention, the feed stream flows from a natural gas well which has been capped and is under a pressure of about 3,000 pounds per square inch. The gaseous feed stream contains many constituents such as hydrocarbons in the C C range, for example, methane, ethane, butane, isobutane, propane, etc.;- carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and sulfur-containing gaseous contaminants in various forms such as hydrogen sulfide and sulfur-hydrogen contaminants such as mercaptans. For the purposes of describing the preferred embodiment, the feed stream comprises from between 98 to 55% methane, say 70% methane from between 2% and 45% hydrogen sulfide, say 30% hydrogen sulfide. It is to be understood that my invention may also be used for the separation of other gaseous constituents from hydrocarbon streams, such as nitrogen, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, or any chemical species having a different permeability than the hydrocarbons.
The feed stream, which comprises 70% methane and 30% hydrogen sulfide, flows through the reducing valve 14 and into the feed zone 36 of the membrane permeation unit at a pressure of about 2,000 per square inch. Within the bundle 22 there are typically tens of thousands of silicone-copolymer fibers and the number of bundles in the permeation unit may range from several hundred to tens of thousands depending, of course, on the process requirements. The individual fibers may be from a few inches to several feet long, say, for example, about four feet, and the wall thickness may range from fractions of a mil to several mils. In the preferred embodiment, the inside diameter of the fiber is about 1 mil and the outside diameter is about 2 mils. The capillary fibers are uniquely suited for my invention since the geometry of the fibers provides a much greater surface area and structural strength as compared to flat membrane sheets. However, if desired, the capillary fibers may be woven or wound about a mandril having a plurality of flow passages therein. Further, fiat reinforced membrane sheets capable of withstanding the pressures involved may be used.
The activity (partial pressure) gradient across the polymer film is provided by naturally occurring pressure of the gas well. The hydrogen sulfide within the feed zone diffuses through the capillary walls and into the permeaterich Zone 38 and through the conduit 32 and to the sulfur recovery unit 18. The permeate-rich stream generally comprises 45% to 65% hydrogen sulfide, say, for example, about 55%.
The sulfur in the permeate-rich stream flows to the sulfur recovery unit where the sulfur may be recovered by any of several sulfur recovery processes such as the Claus process wherein a portion of the H 8 is oxidized and converted to S and the sulfur dioxide eventually converted to free sulfur. If desired, the permeate-rich stream may be processed through one or more membrane stages prior to flowing to the sulfur recovery unit as shown in FIG. 4. The methane-rich or sulfur-lean stream flows into conduit 28 and then to the methane recovery unit 20. The stream generally comprises 0.5% to 8% hydrogen sulfide, say, for example, about 2%. The small amounts of hydrogen sulfide left in the methane may be removed by absorption with mono-ethanol-amine.
Although my invention has been described in reference to the separation of hydrogen sulfide using a poly-dimethyl-siloxane membrane, many membranes including polymeric membranes may be used to effectuate similar separations with my invention such as: C C polyolefins such as polyethylene and polypropylene; polyamides such as nylon; acrylic resins; polar membranes such as acrylates; rubbers as Neoprene, chloroprene, butyl rubber, etc.; and other natural and synthetic elastomers, and cellulose derivatives such cellulose ethers and esters. Also other silicone-copolymer membranes other than the one described in the preferred embodiment may be used, for example, silicone rubber membranes such as the homopolymeric dialkylsiloxanes and copolymers of dialkylsiloxane and siloxanes of the type RR'SiO where R is a monocyclic aryl radical and R is alkyl or monocyclic aryl. The alkyl group may include other silicone-bonded groups like vinyl, phenyl, ethyl etc., organic groups.
Generally, the membrane selected will depend upon operating conditions and the particular component in the gaseous stream to be separated and its solubility in the membrane.
In other embodiments, the membrane unit 16 may be placed upstream of a process employing catalysts such as metal catalysts; for example, platinum, rhodium, etc., to remove the sulfur, which would normally contaminate the catalyst, from the process stream. Also, it may be successfully used to remove sulfur from other process streams to prevent corrosion and to inhibit air pollution. Also, it may be used in fuel processing to lower the sulfur amounts and thus reduce the amount of antiknock additive required to negate the effect of the sulfur contaminant.
Having described my invention, what I now claim is:
1. A method of separating hydrogen sulfide from a naturally occurring high pressure source of a gaseous stream containing methane, which comprises:
(a) providing a membrane device having a feed zone for the introduction of the gaseous stream, a semipermeable membrane material comprising siliconecopolymer or olefinic resin capillary fibers which are capable of separating the methane from the hydrogen sulfide, and a permeate-rich zone for the recovery of the hydrogen sulfide;
(b) introducing the high pressure gaseous stream comprising 55% to 98% methane and 2% to 45% hydrogen sulfide into the fee-d zone of the membrane device between 500 and 3,000 pounds per square inch;
(c) diffusing a portion of the hydrogen sulfide through the membrane into the permeate-rich zone;
((1) withdrawing the permeate-rich stream from the membrane device;
(e) recovering the sulfur from the permeate-rich stream; and
(f) withdrawing a methane permeate-lean stream from the membrane device.
2. The'method of claim 1 wherein the silicone copolymer is polydimethylsiloxane and its copolymers.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the membrane device comprises a series of staged membrane devices wherein the permeate-rich stream is processed through one or more membrane stages prior to recovering the sulfur from the permeate-rich stream.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the small amount of hydrogen sulfide left in the permeate-lean membrane stream is removed by absorption with monoethanol amine.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the permeate-lean stream is employed in a process involving metal catalysts, which catalysts would normally be contaminated by the sulfur in the feed stream.
6. The method of claim 1 which includes recovering the methane from the permeate-lean methane stream.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the olefinic resin is polyethylene or polypropylene.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,617,493 11/1952 Jones 55-16 2,966,235 12/1960 Kammermeyer 5516 3,228,877 1/1966 Mahon 55-158 3,274,750 9/1966 Robb 5516 REUBEN FRIEDMAN, Primary Examiner C. N. HART, Assistant Examiner U.S. Cl. X.R. 5573
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Just yesterday I renewed my GameStop membership for the discount which I knew would come with the GI subscription that I hardly read before. I chose the digital version so I wouldn't end up with a stack of unexciting magazines full of information I could get for free elsewhere online.
Unfortunately, I quickly found that the digital viewer is entirely unusable on my iPad and there's no newstand or PDF version. Wish I could just get GameStop Powerp rewards without the magazine.
Okay what is the fastest way to switch to the print edition. The digital edition is completely worthless to me. I was TOLD that you get pdfs so I thought it was perfect for my touchpad to read at work. I can't get online at work so this was a huge waste of time. Searching the forums seems like GameStop has been lying about this for months to people and they do nothing about it. How about a little corporate responsibility?
should be called an online edition not a digital edition.
Agreed. This is simply an online edition. Give us a download!
yes i realy need to downlaod the magazine the online vie is dont work for me and is more easy if can download them
A gaming mag without an iPad app is shameful. There is not much more I can say. Represent the technology that you cover.
a PDF should be readable by Ipad, no need for app.
Yes, this is absolutely ridiculous that we cannot read the magazine on our iPads....after all it is the top selling tablet. AND yes we need to be able to download the magazine so we can read it on the go. I travel a lot and don't have a internet connection everywhere i go so no internet = no magazine. PDF's or publish them so we can read them on iBooks. PLEASE! i might just not renew my power up card when it expires since i can't read the magazine except for when I'm at home......
There's no way in hell I'd ever give up my print subscription for a digital one that I can't even store on my hard drive.
Simply put we need a "Digital" version not an "Online" version i cant even read it anymore cause i thought i would be able to download a pdf into my ipod and read it later no i cant read it at all.
I would like to have a downloadable version for my Kindle Fire also. I am a police officer that spends 12 hours a day inside a patrol car with no internet connections or hot spots in the zone I work, so I agree with everyone above and would like to have an offline .pdf version to read while I am sitting running radar ,slow days, or when it is raining etc. Also I saw some comments above saying there was printed version. How the heck do you get signed up for that??
how do you switch back to the rpint copy because i really want to do that
Contact there customer service number and they should be able to help you.
I totally agree on having a downloadable version, so that I can read it on my Nook. I'm all for saving paper, but if I switch to the digital version on the computer I won't be able to read for too long since being on the computer too long makes me nauseous :-(
Man, I just switched to the digital edition as well. I mean, I guess it's my fault for not researching it but I'm sorry, when books and magazines are available on nook tablet and iPad and everything else, your average person is going to assume "digital" means "downloadable." If I knew I could ONLY read the digital magazine if I have internet, I wouldn't have bothered with it.


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Letter: Americans voted their conscience, and made unconscionable choice
The election is over, and I believe the people have chosen tyranny over liberty. If that seems harsh, so be it. Now we have to brace ourselves for what lies ahead.
What is disturbing about this election is the exit polling, which showed 50 percent of Catholics, in addition to other denominations, voted against their faith and God's law. I realize there are other issues to consider when choosing a public official, but sometimes you have to take a stand.
To those who re-elected President Barack Obama: You spoke loud and clear. Religious liberty and our Bill of Rights are not high on your priority list. I wonder though, how many of you attend church, sing your praise of the Lord, take communion and make the sign of the cross. Jesus warned us of the hypocrites in Matthew 6.
It is not my intention to preach, and I am in no way perfect. People voted their consciences and I have no problem with that. But, when the tsunami hits in the form of Obamacare, regulation, taxes and inflation just to name a few, they will not be immune to the destruction it will leave in its wake.
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Microcosm, by George Gilder
There is no negotiating with Prophets. With them, the future is all-or-nothing: revelations, accusations, salvation, damnation, finger-pointing, truth or consequences. The best sort of people usually shun them. Sometimes, the authorities have to be called in . . .
These may be modern times, but something akin to that feeling of secular unease has been stirred by the publication of the latest book by George Gilder, the indefatigable author of Wealth and Poverty and The Spirit of Enterprise, Reaganaut exponent of entrepreneurial populism, devout Christian. Most of Microcosm looks to be no more than a journalistic examination of the expanding computer revolution, a topic on which Gilder writes with considerable ability and expertise. But the book wants to be much more than that. It is an ambitious and provocative attempt to link physics, technology, capitalism, and politics within a revelatory framework that is ultimately religious in inspiration (and Christian in content). Gilder believes, and herein attempts to show, that the computer is also a proof of the existence of God.
Actually, if he had put the proposition in those terms, he might have caused less of a stir, by offending a smaller audience. But instead, prophet-wise, he takes on nothing less than what he perceives to be the conventional wisdom of the entire secular, rationalistic order, the prevailing philosophy of scientific materialism which has, he writes, choked the world with bad physics, bad economics, bad politics, and bad computer design. This is the wisdom which is being blown asunder by the advent of the Microcosm, a catch phrase that Gilder uses to describe the subatomic playing field of the people he most deeply admires, the entrepreneur-inventors of Silicon Valley, avatars of a global information revolution. Their efforts are sweeping aside old, "superstitious" verities in the physical universe, and also clearing the way for global entrepreneurialism, a new era of individual and spiritual freedom, and, finally, a return to morality and the contemplation of the universal mind of God.
If all this sounds transcendental, it is. As Gilder puts it:
Overthrowing the superstitions of materialism, . . . modern man is injecting the universe with the germ of his intelligence, the spoor of this mind. . . . Thus the triumph of the computer does not dehumanize the world; it makes our environment more subject to human will. . . . Giving up the material idols and totems in his ken, [man] is gaining at last his promised dominion over the world and its creatures.
Hence the unease. In the New Republic, Robert Wright has argued that Gilder's Microcosm represents muzzy-headed New Age thinking for conservatives, pop-spiritualism for the supply-side crowd to match the competing, vaguely leftish chorus of Zen-physicist futurists. But is there really no difference between Gilder's technology-driven spiritualism and the millenarianism of the pyramids and channeling set?
Sandwiched between such classic Gilderisms as "The central event of the 20th century is the overthrow of matter," or, "To comprehend nature, we have to stop thinking of the world as basically material and begin imagining it as a manifestation of consciousness," is an exhaustive examination of the computer revolution, a U.S.-focused capitalistic explosion that rivals any industrial revolution of the past. Gilder tracks this revolutionary movement out of the classrooms at Cal Tech into the entrepreneurial hothouse of Silicon Valley. Much of Microcosm is an attempt to show, through the efforts of such pioneers as Carver Mead, a founding giant of computer-chip design, and Robert Widlar, a strange, alcoholic genius of analogue-computer miniaturization, that the logic of subatomic physics is itself a driving force behind the physical shrinkage, accelerating power, and growing decentralization that increasingly define computer development. This logic is also curiously and fortuitously aligned with the free-wheeling creative mayhem of Silicon Valley, the exact opposite of the cumbersome, centralized planning bureaucracies of IBM and other mainframe behemoths.
Others, less wedded than Gilder to technological determinism, might see the workings of analogy here. Gilder sees an ordained relationship between content (realized laws of quantum physics) and form (entrepreneurial activity). He thereby underlines at least one fact alien to advocates of economic planning and industrial strategies: that entrepreneurial activity is real, and effective, and that it has logical implications for the economic future.
Gilder's argument leads him to some provocative conclusions. The loss of American economic leadership, he writes, has been overstated by those who do not understand that objects like advanced semiconductor chips have become no more than commodities in the exploding world of sophisticated computer design. With convincing force he maintains that the U.S. is in a good position in the 1990's to exploit a continuing advantage in the automation of micro-designs—so long as protectionism and managed imports do not upset the advantage. As a fervent supply-sider, Gilder believes that the U.S. trade deficit of the 1980's masked a healthy importation of capital goods (personal computers) that will power the desk-top revolution of the future. All planning bureaucracies, from IBM to the Soviet Union, are dead, permanently marginalized by the continuing technological breakthroughs coming from small, entrepreneurial firms. For in the computerized universe, "Rather than pushing decisions up through the hierarchy, the power of micro-electronics pulls them remorselessly down to the individual." Technology is democratic, even libertarian, in its most efficient application.
Contrary to his critics' assertions, Gilder's vehemently anti-"materialist" point of view represents not some new Tao-influenced trendiness but an older, more mainstream form of Western thought. His notion of an identity between the laws of the subatomic universe and the "overthrow of matter" are a recrudescence of neo-Platonism, of the kind made popular by another modern conservative guru of global techno-consciousness, Marshall McLuhan. And how did computer science and theology become so intertwined in the first place? The answer lies not in Eastern karma but in a Western search for religious certainty which has gone hand in hand with the growth of mathematics for more than a millennium, from Leibniz and Descartes back to St. Augustine, who declared that it was his knowledge of "numbers and places" that brought him closest to awareness of God. However debatable may be George Gilder's conclusions, his pedigree is a long and honorable one.


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Colombian-Style Red Beans with Plantains
I have been patiently waiting for Rob to post our Colombia photos. I wanted to be able to share some of my photos and tips from the trip. The full albums from Bogota and Salento are here and the Lost City and Cartagena are here. I have included a few of my favourite photos, though.
We were in both hot and cold places, with big banana leaves and small mushrooms… and enjoyed a wonderful cooking class in Bogota.
We saw lots of beautiful scenery, especially in Salento, where we rode horses in the valley and I was able to play with our guide's machete!
With tons of hiking! In and around Bogota, Salento and the biggest of hikes- to the Lost City which is patrolled by the Colombian army.
This is my first Colombian meal I have prepared in my own kitchen- red beans with plantains. Although I will admit that I never came across this dish while in Colombia. Red beans, yes. Plantains, yes. Never together which is why I was intrigued to try out this recipe from Viva Vegan.
Who would have thought there would be even more beans that I do not yet have. I had to restrain myself from bringing home too many new beans from Colombia. I figured they may be more easily found once we move to the southern US, so I don't have many Colombian bean souvenirs. The standard Colombian bean (that is not the coffee bean), is the bola roja. Another standard is the Cranberry bean (also known as Borlotti or Cargamanto), which I have cooked before. They are a bigger creamy bean although a bit dry. However, within my Rancho Gordo stash, I had Sangre de Toro beans which I used instead. Dense and almost chewy, they are Mexican beans that can be substituted for any recipe calling for red beans.
Here, the red beans are cooked with a sofrito of onions and red pepper, then spiced with smoked paprika, cumin and Mexican oregano. The plantain adds a hit of sweetness along with the red pepper sofrito. This recipe was more complex than what I learned at my cooking class, but I think I will also be revisiting my bona fide Colombian bean recipe, since it was so good. Next time, I will break out the bola roja beans! :)
This is my submission to this month's My Legume Love Affair, hosted by Simona, and to this week's Weekend Wellness.
Turkish Cranberry Beans and Tomatoes Simmered in Olive Oil (Barbunya Pilaki)
I could be described as quirky. I don't think that's a bad thing.
One thing that still baffles most people is that I don't own a cell phone. I have a landline, but refuse to convert to a cell phone until the reception and reliability have improved. For now, I am content with my landline.
I definitely see advantages to having one of those 'do everything' phones. Like when you want to check the ingredients of a recipe you hadn't planned on making. (You can tell what is important for me, ha!)
When I serendipitously stumbled upon fresh cranberry beans the other week, I couldn't remember how many I needed. 1 cup? 2 cups? Well, I bought 4 cups just to make sure I wasn't short. Suffice it to say, the cranberry bean mole with roasted butternut squash only needed 2 cups of beans.
So I searched out other ways to use my creamy fresh cranberry beans. It turns out they are also common in Turkish cuisine, which is one of my favourites. Beans simmered in tomato sauce may sound bland, but I knew it would be anything but if it were a Turkish recipe. I worked with Esra's recipe at Carte du Jour and modified it slightly to use less oil and added more garlic. Her recipe is fantastic because it includes a lot of possible substitutions.
A plate of beans may not sound that exciting, but I enjoyed them. This was a lighter dish, and while other recipes don't necessarily add the water during the simmering, it made it a bit more saucy which I enjoyed. It would be nice to try this again without the extra water and without the sugar. Keeping with the Turkish theme, I paired the beans with fine bulgur for a complete meal. I have talked about the nutritional superiority of bulgur compared to brown rice before, and it is incredibly easy to make as well (7 minutes to "cook" in boiling water). Mixed all together, the sauciness coated the bulgur nicely for a light yet hearty meal.
This is my submission to this round of Blog Bites 9, holiday buffet, potluck-style!
Creamy Bean Mole with Roasted Butternut Squash and Kale
I love to know how people choose their recipes. Especially food bloggers who tend to try a variety of food.
I scooped up a few butternut squashes when they were on sale, and they are great because they don't take up coveted refrigerator space. I can plot and determine a strategy to use them in my cooking. What will I make first? Ina Garten's Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with a Warm Cider Vinaigrette? Smitten Kitchen's Squash and Chickpea Moroccan Stew or her Spicy Squash Salad with Lentils and Goat Cheese? The New Spanish Table's Lentil and Pumpkin Stew with Roasted Garlic? Joanne's Tofu, Tempeh and Squash Peanut Butter Mole? Ottolenghi's Roasted Butternut Squash with Burnt Eggplant and Pomegranate Molasses? Fat Free Vegan's Lemony Quinoa Salad with Butternut Squash? 101 Cookbook's Borlotti Bean Mole with Roasted Winter Squash? There are so many options to mull over as squash season starts up again.
So how did I narrow my choices? I didn't have all the ingredients for any of the recipes, so I kept my eyes out for the missing links. While I was walking around the St Lawrence Market, I stumbled upon fresh cranberry beans (borlotti beans). I had bought some dried Romano beans earlier to make the dish, but when I spotted the fresh beans, I couldn't resist! The Borlotti Bean Mole was the chosen one. How could I not have chosen it initially? It has lots of great ingredients – caramelized onions, roasted butternut squash, ground almonds, some kale is thrown in for greenery and it is smothered in a spicy chocolate mole sauce. Now, all I had to do was also find some kale. :)
My favourite part of St Lawrence Market is the Saturday morning farmer's market in the North building. For early risers like me, it is great because it is probably one of the only places to buy groceries at 6am in the morning! :) I spotted a bunch of kale for $2. Let me not fool you, this bunch was HUGE. It could not fit into my bicycle pannier, it was that big. It did not even fit in my refrigerator. I had to store it outside on my balcony! And when I measured out 3 oz of kale for this recipe, I needed one leaf. Just one leaf!
I have never had a Mexican mole before. For the other newbies out there, it is pronounced mo-lay, not mole like the skin lesion. I was corrected, thanks Rob! My Mexican modesty was revealed! ;)
While I generally am a bit apprehensive with traditionally spicy dishes, I really enjoyed this. I modified Heidi's recipe (who in turn adapted it from Wild Garlic, Gooseberries and Me) to increase the beans and squash, and I used Aleppo chili flakes instead of the jalapeno peppers. The chocolate softens the spicy kick. I otherwise kept things the same and really enjoyed it. It takes a while to make, at least an hour prep, with a further 2 hours of slow cooking, but you have a wonderfully fragrant meal. I think you could skip the 2 hour cooking time, if you really need to. It would still taste great. Everything was basically cooked before it went in and when I snuck in a lick before I popped it into the oven, it was very tasty. It was also slightly colourful at this point. Two hours later, the flavours were more robust, deeper, darker and savoury but it was still great beforehand. The cranberry beans are creamy, the squash is sweet, the kale has a slight bite to it and it is smothered in a spicy chocolate sauce. Who says you can only have chocolate as a sweet treat? It is wonderful savoury as well. :) Enjoy!
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HUNTINGTON -- The Healing Place of Huntington will receive $750,000 in federal funds to assist in operating additional beds and expanded services at its residential addiction recovery facility at 2425 9th Ave.
The announcement came Wednesday via a press release from Cabell County's congressional delegation. The award provides $250,000 annually for three years as long as The Healing Place makes annual progress in meeting goals set forth in its grant application.
Rebecca Stanley, the center's development director, said the federal dollars will assist in expanding the center's capacity from 46 to 100 beds and implementing a region-wide training program for peer mentoring.
"As I was on the phone, I was jumping up and down with excitement," she said of her reaction to winning the grant. "It's just amazing to know that we're going to be able to help that many more people."
U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., issued Wednesday's press release, which applauded The Healing Place's effort to find solutions to assist those battling drug and alcohol addiction. He serves as co-chairman of the Congressional Prescription Drug Abuse Caucus.
"I am pleased to have supported this funding," Rahall in the prepared release. "Expanding access to such treatment facilities is essential in addressing substance abuse, and I will continue pressing the Congress for the federal resources necessary in that regard."
West Virginia has just a few hundred beds available for addiction treatment programs, yet tens of thousands of state residents are believed to have untreated drug and alcohol abuse problems.
The federal funds will be distributed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. It requires recipients to make annual progress in meeting goals set forth in their grant applications.
The Healing Place's first goal will be to garner an additional $360,000 to construct the 54 additional beds, which the SAMHSA funding will help operate. Stanley said the center hopes to secure that funding through individual and corporate donations, along with additional grants.
"It's kind of a double-edged sword," she said. "Yeah, we got this money, which is great, but we can't fulfill the requirements to get this money unless we get construction money to finish the facility."
A portion of this year's $250,000 allotment gives The Healing Place operational funds to provide the necessary stability and additional staff needed to operate the 100-bed facility. It also provides money to establish a training program for peer mentoring.
That program will enable The Healing Place to educate recovered addicts, regardless of where they received treatment. Stanley said that training will each secure a job as a peer mentor specialist, a skill needed throughout the region.
The Healing Place's goal is to provide that training to 25 men and 25 women.
The Healing Place of Huntington grew out of a grassroots effort sparked several years ago by widespread drug abuse and addiction and associated crime and violence, including the killing of four teens in 2005. It opened in 2011 in the former Lincoln Elementary School building.
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Let's see lately we've seen the helmet law repealed, attempts to loosen multiple firearm laws, tightening up voter access, and now we "might" get "some" tax breaks, but the details will not be available until next year???? YUP it's an election year and which party is beating the bush for votes??????
Hahaha this is too funny, I can see what is coming next. Hmmm so we got this passed how do we hedge our odds even more (keep more people who might vote against us away from the polls)? I know lets propose some legislation requiring a person to have $10,000 in savings before they can vote. The it will be $100,000, and before you know it we'll be told we no longer need to vote that will be done for us as well. It's funny what parties will try to do when in power. I'm hoping to see some of the mistakes reversed come November…..
I think it's GREAT the Canadian government banned him from hunting for a year, and I wish it had been for more time than that. As far as "our " government I wish he could have been sanctioned here in the states as well.
You're doing a fine job and I think it's funny to read some of the complaints from people on here regarding what is being reported on. One would almost think it was their money being spent and that they have some vested interest. I think your comment about "having a nickel" was spot on and gave me a good laugh.
Keep up the good work reporting regardless of story or political party affiliation.
I can see either side being truthful, and both have reasons to lie depending on whose version you believe.
Nurse: Nurse she doesn't like Republicans or the specific agenda that was discussed with regards to collective bargaining so she is going to ruin the barbeque with her lawn mower. I can see that, but then why go the extra mile, that I don't really get.
Politician: I really want that lawn mower to stop so I'll ask, and get a "no". Hmmm alright I'll approach this a different way and use a child as the reason the lawn mower needs to stop, and that does not work either. Being upset after the fact and getting into a confrontation I can also see from a politician they are after all above the common person and used to getting their way.
So people might ask where does the kid come in? Well I wonder since he is not married if he is dating. Then I wonder if he is dating does his girlfriend have a kid……. Hmmmm now I'm really wondering if that might be how the child was introduced into this, but if this is the case it will only be a matter of time before the facts come out.
It does not matter posts as longwinded as your are not read anyways, but thanks all the same for the clarification.
agree Marty, I think Mike O'Brien offers some hope for really changing things and helping everyday Michigan citizens like you and me, not oil millionaires. I can't help but remember the definition of insanity: doing things the same way over and over and expecting different results. Fred Upton has been the representative of this district for 25 years, and where has it gotten us? Well, our taxes haven't dropped as he'd promised, our roads and bridges are going to heck, and our once highly-rated public schools have dropped well down the list of American school systems.
I voted for Fred several times, but that was a different Fred Upton. Conservatives (like Club for Growth), Democrats, and independents agree that he's changed. And not for the better.
No amount of enlightenment will help you, but here goes. I'm only focusing on one of your multiple rants. You mentioned the people dying after Jones burned his Quran by extremists which they are just that extremists. He was told what would happen if he went through with his stupid stunt, but of course he had to do it anyways to show his lack of understanding and tolerance for other peoples ways and beliefs. HE just as much as the people who did the actual killing are at fault. That blood is on his hands and I hope someday he pays for it. If you needed a simple analogy of it he is standing in the woods with some strangers and decides to kick a live hornets nest, should anyone be surprised that people got stung? Would he if he were with his family have done the same thing? I doubt he would so what does that say about him?
While I certainly agree that freedom of speech is a cornerstone of our constitutional rights it does not mean we can say anything we like. Holmes Jr wrote "The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater. . .". People like Jones have an agenda and only look to chip away and find faults to exploit. While my opinion of him is as low as it gets as long as he does not stray from what is legal he should be fine. I have a bigger question with regards to what he was asked to sign and why he would not sign it…..
As a gun owner I hope they repeal the stipulation that allows for a open carry in locations where concealed is currently illegal. What the little fruit cake did earlier this year with open carry into the school after voting surly did not win your movement any votes that's for sure. I hope they take this vote away from the legislators who obviously have agendas and make it a public one.
Great post, thanks.
How many of the fools posting on here about how you can still have a union ia a right to work state, but the worker gets to pick whether they want to pay dues to be in the union would pay their taxes if they were optional???? I doubt most people would pay their taxes if they were not forced to, but then when they needed the police or fire department would cry cry cry because they were not there to help. The point is by paying my taxes I get all of the work that was done in the past as well as the structure and security that the present holds. These are probably the same whiners that complain about having to have insurance even though if they did not then they would just go to the emergency room and get treated, which would be paid for by all of those people who do have insurance. Get over it if a person does not want to be in a union shop they have many other options out there to them. Maybe the options don't pay as well, but that is what the union has negotiated for. As for any "career" that has union ties choose a different career or find a way to make it work . I don't believe charter teachers belong to a union, the point is they knew going in and I doubt they are the ones crying. It is again as usual politically driven rubbish.
Blah blah blah whine whine whine….. let me see we are what the 3rd largest producer of oil in the world so how much more should we produce? Since 2007 American have been using less and less oil. Last year we shipped out a record amount of refined product, actually our biggest export. Not nearly as much as we imported of crude, but again something to think about. To me there is nothing more stupid than the term "drill baby drill" because that will get you nowhere. The fact that oil can be traded now without being regulated is one of the biggest reasons speculators are able to play games with the price of gas. I've heard as much as 50%-60% is just that speculation.
As for the oil subsidies you Republican make me laugh so much sometimes. I don't typically go partisan, but I can't help this time. So there is talk about ending subsidies to the oil companies right? What are the subsidies for? Research, development, and exploration? So how is that any different than the money given to "green" energy sources?????? Let me look at it from different point IT IS GOVERNMENT WELLFARE isn't it? I know how much you guys hate that concept when it comes to people, but it must be different when it comes to companies huh? So we're afraid taking the subsidy away will raise price on us??? Well then how about we triple the subsidies to have the prices lowered at the pump how does that sound to you? Cheap gas for everyone……. Ohhh wait someone has to pay for those subsidies I wonder who they are???? Us that's who, does it matter out of which pocket I pay from I'm still paying right?
Yeah keep telling me, yourself, and everyone else this is the presidents fault, but intelligent people get the information to make their own choices. See you all in November…
In the first place where did I state that 50% of the oil we consume comes from Canada? I stated we produce roughly 50% of the oil we consume. The country we import the most from is Canada about 20%, Mexico 10%, Saudi Arabia 10%, Nigeria 10% and it gets smaller and smaller from there. I believe we're even in the top 5 for oil producing countries, but don't ask me to list them out for you I never claimed to be an expert.
Speculators drive up the prices of oil even more than normal when there are issue around the world involving any country that is a major producer of oil and why wouldn't they if they can make an extra billion off of you and I in doing so?
I can't actually believe one of you wrote that the president "put a stop to all domestic drilling" really???? So my brother who works in Alaska every other two weeks on the north slope DRILLING OIL hasn't really been doing that for 5 years now? I wonder what he has really been doing with all him time and where does he get his money I wonder. I read an article not too long ago mentioning that either S. Dakota or N. Dakota has like tripled its oil production over the last few years, and then you always have California and Texas. Are you going to tell me they're not producing oil either? The only time I read MSNBC would be to get the Wings or Lions scores. Where do you get your info if the US is not drilling for oil?
The jobs are a nonfactor because there would not be many of them and of those 95% are short term construction not long term.
The US produces more than 50% of the oil we consume and Canada is our biggest importer. Last year our biggest export was fuel, once again our biggest export was fuel. Less than 2% of our imported oil come from countries we might deem as less than desirable. FACT a majority of the oil from the XL if it were built which I hope it never will be is destined to be shipped outside the United States. So help us understand again how Fred is helping anyone but his campaign fund and big oil??????
If that post was not sarcasm you really really need to lay off the lead paint you've been sprinkling on our Wheaties.
What a couple of clowns, I'm not sure what scares me more the fact they are blatantly trying to be deceitful or the fact that people actually buy into it. Just a few points that others have alluded to.
1. Our biggest export last year was fuel driven by world demand and the fact they were willing to pay more for it. Our oil companies are all about profits not the people on whose land the product was procured from.
2. The U.S.A. supplies as a percentage the most oil to itself more than 50%, Canada is our next biggest supplier, and the middle east waaaaaaaay at the bottom.
3. I've read that speculators can contribute to as much as 60% of the price at the pump. These are not just single people more times than not they are groups pension and investment funds being two of them.
The comment Huizenga made concerning not having the gas to drive to our small local businesses is comical in that I'm sure he is taking big oil contributions so that fact that they have as much or more of a role to play in this is ironic. He couldn't do anything like make them rethink how they do business to help the small business owner see more traffic right???? Come on Huizenga you guys can't have your cake and eat it too, especially when the rest of us rarely get to see any cake at all….
It is about time you guys give us more credit than you do.
Excellent idea!!!!
Not sure if that's was taken before or after the Oxy kicked in.
Since you said disgrace it sounds like the two have more in common than you think, which is not surprising…..


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Chapter 2: Alexis
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Alexis was loved throughout the years she lived with the family as well have a best friend in Staia while, Alexis's necklace seen to give them luck in ways like the food growing faster and more delicous to them. Staia and Her became best friends as sisters to one another but, not knowing the truth of Alexis's life and birth also, Staia was a horse so she was more serious than her sister's playfulness and tricks.
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I sit carefully on the tree branch that rubbed against my smooth thighs while, i watched the area slowly waiting for dinner tonight. "hmm...about another hour." Alexis stated,quietly not wanting to disturb the peace in the forest as she toke a bite into her red delicous apple with her eye teeth making a clear mark of her mouth. "Squrriel, Are you enjoying yourself?" Staia teased, as she walked up to the base of the tall pine tree with a smirk on her fair face. "Yes I am, My Horse. How is your loud foot?" Alexis said, with an evil smirk on her face. Staia was use to her sick humor when, it showed. "well, help me with my loud feet. Would you." Staia said, with a warm smile.
Alexis brushed her finger against her squrriel as the wind suddenly picked up from the sky while, the leaves danced around Staia playfully caressed her body as she was picked up about a few feet from the ground. Alexis smirked as she sensed a smell of new dirt and earth as Staia landed on the branch smiling. "Thanks sis. So Anything good come by?" Staia asked, stealing her apple from me as i laughed. "Nope but, something will probably come by in a hour. if we are quiet for once together." I teased, making my sister smile more.
About a hour later, a werewolf was slowly pawing at the fresh dead raven that was on top of a trap that i set as the tenison in the air became musking to the my body while, finally the werewolf stepped with his power behind the leg into the trap. He made a sudden cry in pain and for help to any other werewolves around but, werewolves now a days traveled alone cause they couldn't trust one another for ratting them out to the Leader of Thair. "Got chu." I whispered to the wind, as i swinged my leg around the branch with Staia following.
Staia and I landed on our feet onto the musky earth that filled their noses as Staia started to walk over to the werewolf carefully when, the werewolf immedately looked over at them knowing what was going to happen as he became in rage. "Steady,Staia. Remenber what father teached us about werewolves." I calmly stated, as i pulled my silver sword out from my waist band making a sweet sound that i loved so much while, Staia nodded taking out her sword that shined against the werewolf.
He growled with rage and pure hate in his brown sandy eyes while, his broken ankle kept bleeding out onto the wet soil knowing if he didn't die from their hands then, he would die from infection sooner or later in the weeks to come. He swinged his overgrown claws at Staia while, Staia bend back enough to dodge the hit as she stabbed into his neck with her sword hearing some bones break from the sword impact. "Now Alexis!" Staia yelled, as I jumped up with her heel into the air flipping over the animal as Staia suddenly got hit with his backfire of his arm swinging back. "Staia!!" I screamed, as i toke my sword with all my strenght behind it taking the werewolf's head off.
Staia crashed back into the base of the pine tree with blood running from her neck like a slow poem playing out. "Staia, everything will be ok! Stay with me...ok" I said, not even trusting my own voice as Staia smiled a knowing smile at me as i lifted the hided the extra trap trigger as the dead werewolf was tied in a large net and flyed 20 feet from the ground. "ok sis. let's go home to our parents." I said, trying not to think much as i picked up her throwing her over my shoulder. "Man, you are heavy sis. but, that's alright." I said, trying to put up a strong side for her as i tried to run home as fast i could with the weight of my sister on me. "Let The Squrriel be with me.." I whrispered, as i prayed for my sister....
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I doing a braised short ribs over fried polenta for a dinner party and trying to prepare things ahead in order to bring over to a friend's house. Wondering if I fry the polenta a couple hours ahead of time and reheat whether it will taste good. Anyone have experience with this?
Dec 10, 2014bayarea_longhorn in Home Cooking
Bored Palette! Need new recipe ideas.
Thanks everyone for the replies! Sorry if anyone thought I was giving up on some lifelong dream of becoming an artist, I meant palate not palette.
There were some wonderful suggestions. The combined ideas of checking out cookbooks from the library and cross-referencing agains COTM threads is brilliant. When I step back and think about my problem though, it isn't just finding things that are different but that are also good (or at least good to me). Having limited time and money makes experimenting a lot more daunting.
This reminds me of what Chris Anderson talks about in his book The Long Tail and I think the phenomena applies to the food world. The theory describes how culture and markets are moving away from the small number of "hits" (things that are mainstream) towards the larger number of niches in the long tail. The food world is a lot like this where things like hamburgers and enchiladas appeal to the mainstream whereas things like Larb and Shakshuka appeal to a smaller segment (at least from a US-centric view).
In this age of internet technology and social media, I wish there was a better way to help people find the good stuff in the "long tail" of food. I know forums like Chowhound are great but not exactly the most efficient. Blogs are great but there are so many of them (not all are great).
Oh well, to the library!
Jun 10, 2014bayarea_longhorn in Home Cooking
Bored Palette! Need new recipe ideas.
HAHAHA! Well played...well played. I didn't notice my slightly embarrassing mistake until I saw the first email notification of a reply for this thread.
Thanks for the larb recommendation. I've had this somewhere before and remember it being tasty but never made it before.
Jun 10, 2014bayarea_longhorn in Home Cooking
Bored Palette! Need new recipe ideas.
First, I have to start off by saying that this truly a first world problem and I am very grateful for all the food that we're able to eat. Having said that, my dilemma these days is feeling like I'm cooking the same things over and over again, and even when there's some variation it's basically the same flavor profile. When I go online to find inspiration it seems I come across more of the same ole. It's tedious to wade through all of the same stuff on sites like Tastespotting to find those few dishes that stand out from the rest. Recipe sites like Epicurious or even Google show mostly popular dishes at the top of the search results.
I have to think, given how vast and diverse the food world is, that there are a large number of dishes out there I haven't tried. Just thinking about all the possible combinations of ingredients and cooking techniques! Lately, I've started doing more ethnic cooking but finding recipes beyond those top 5-10 popular dishes for each ethnicity is hard (at least finding good ones is hard). There's got to be more to Chinese cuisine than stir fries or more to Mexican food than tacos and enchiladas.
So I'm asking fellow Chowhounders for recipes that they think 80% of the cooking population haven't tried. These would be recipes for weeknight dinners that can be prepared in about an hour or so. They would have to be online recipes as we don't have the budget to buy anymore cookbooks. My wife and I are pretty decent cooks and since we live in a major city we have access to a variety of ethnic grocery stores. Thanks in advance!
Jun 08, 2014bayarea_longhorn in Home Cooking
This also made me think of Mexican flavors. There's a dressing that I like on a green bean corn salad. Basically, garlic, shallots, cilantro, jalapeño, avocado, olive oil, cider vinegar and blend everything together. You end up with a creamy dressing that has tons of flavor.
May 20, 2014bayarea_longhorn in Home Cooking
Where can I find local, natural beef in the South Bay?
Thanks for the replies.
I actually meant to ask about other places then Wholefoods. I think their beef is a bit too pricey and inconsistent in terms of quality.
Found this place on yelp, that has a type of beef called piedmontese....sounds interesting.
Speaking of CSA's, I saw this one but not looking to buy that much beef and would prefer it not frozen.
May 24, 2013bayarea_longhorn in San Francisco Bay Area
Where can I find local, natural beef in the South Bay?
Where can I find local, natural beef in the South Bay?
May 23, 2013bayarea_longhorn in San Francisco Bay Area
i've seen some guys on the internet rig up a kamado grill to do tandoor. not sure how it compares to the real thing, but i'll give it a try.
Apr 26, 2013bayarea_longhorn in San Francisco Bay Area
Thanks! Didn't even occur to me to look there. There are a couple I know of in the south bay. Will check them out.
Have you had any experience doing these at home?
Apr 25, 2013bayarea_longhorn in San Francisco Bay Area
Anyone know where I can buy tandoori skewers in the South Bay? Just got a kamado grill and want experiment with tandoori.
Apr 24, 2013bayarea_longhorn in San Francisco Bay Area
HillJ - is this report published somewhere? I'd love to read it.
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HARTFORD, Conn. — Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck, whose pioneering style in pieces such as "Take Five" caught listeners' ears with exotic, challenging rhythms, has died. He was 91.
Brubeck, who lived in Wilton, Conn., died Wednesday morning at Norwalk Hospital of heart failure after being stricken while on his way to a cardiology appointment with his son Darius, said his manager Russell Gloyd. Brubeck would have turned 92 today.
Brubeck had a career that spanned almost all American jazz since World War II. He formed The Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1951 and was the first modern jazz musician to be pictured on the cover of Time magazine, on Nov. 8, 1954, and he helped define the swinging, smoky rhythms of 1950s and '60s club jazz.
George Wein, a jazz pianist and founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, had known Brubeck since he first worked in Wein's club in Boston in 1952.
"No one else played like Dave Brubeck," he said. "No one had the approach to the music that he did. That approach communicated."
Brubeck "represented the best that we can have in jazz," he added. "The quality of his persona helped every other jazz musician."
The seminal album "Time Out," released by the quartet in 1959, was the first ever million-selling jazz LP, and is still among the best-selling jazz albums of all time.
It opens with "Blue Rondo a la Turk" in 9/8 time — nine beats to the measure instead of the customary two, three or four beats.
A piano-and-saxophone whirlwind based loosely on a Mozart piece, "Blue Rondo" eventually intercuts between Brubeck's piano and a more traditional 4/4 jazz rhythm.
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"When you start out with goals, mine were to play polytonally and polyrhythmically, you never exhaust that," Brubeck said in 1995. "I started doing that in the 1940s. It's still a challenge to discover what can be done with just those two elements."
After service in World War II and study at Mills College in Oakland, Brubeck formed an octet with Desmond on alto sax, Dave van Kreidt on tenor, Cal Tjader on drums and Bill Smith on clarinet. The group played Brubeck originals and standards by other composers, including some early experimentation in unusual time signatures. Their groundbreaking album "Dave Brubeck Octet" was recorded in 1946.
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Not long before Christmas, one mother and her children desperately needed help. Life at home was never easy, but now it had turned violent — and dangerous. So dangerous, in fact, that the Department of Social Services and courts had to get involved.
But that didn't end the threat, so she had to find another way to escape.
Their first option was a homeless outreach, which was certainly better than staying in the home. But when HAVEN in Lee County finally reopened in December after overcoming some financial challenges, it was the perfect blessing.
At HAVEN, this mother and her children found exactly what they needed.
First, they found a safe refuge. Mom then attended support groups to cope with all of the difficult challenges they were facing, and she received practical help to figure out what to do next.
Most important of all, they found real hope.
Earlier this month, mom and her children found a new place to live, leaving the shelter behind for a fresh, new start.
And none of this would have happened without volunteers.
HAVEN is now home for six women and 12 children, and it has recovered financially thanks entirely to volunteers. Some of that is changing now — the organization did just hire a part-time office administrator to manage the finances, though that office administrator remains their only paid staff member.
Susan King volunteered to serve part-time as executive director while HAVEN got back on its feet again. Everyone answering the 24-hour hotline is a volunteer. Everyone operating the shelter is a volunteer. Everyone serving as receptionist is a volunteer.
I recently asked Susan what she'd do without all of the volunteers. She paused for a moment and then simply said: Oh dear! After getting over that initial, frightening thought, she concluded the only thing that would be happening in the entire outreach is that somebody would be writing a check now and then to cover some essential expense.
Just imagine what that would mean for all of these women and children!
Schools, churches and nonprofits have countless stories about how important volunteers are in our community. But what you may not have thought about is how valuable they are as well.
Every year, the nonprofit Independent Sector estimates the monetary value of a volunteer hour, a figure that's used by charities to estimate the overall economic contribution their volunteers make. Right now, the estimated value of volunteer time is $22.14 per hour.
Just think about that! If you volunteer five hours per week, you're contributing almost $5,800 worth of services to a local organization during the year!
Or, you can look at it from the perspective of nonprofits. National statistics are simply staggering. It's so early in the new year that numbers haven't been released yet for 2013; but the year before, 64.5 million Americans volunteered about 7.9 billion hours. That comes to roughly $175 billion dollars contributed by people all over this country.
While chatting with Susan, she simply gushed about how invested locals are in our entire community — not just in the domestic violence shelter, but every other area of civic life. She mentioned one woman who moved to Lee County and was absolutely amazed at how much support our nonprofits get from so many businesses and individuals.
Who knows how many of our neighbors have had their lives changed by a volunteer — whether it's someone reading with a child in school, singing in the church choir or serving lunch to the homeless. Perhaps even helping a family recover from domestic violence.
There's no doubt: We truly are living in a special community and it's largely thanks to volunteers. It's thanks to generous people like you.
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Metallothionein-like metalloproteins in the Baltic clam Macoma balthica : seasonal variations and induction upon metal exposure
- G. Bordin,
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- F. Cordeiro Raposo,
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Metallothionein-like proteins (MTLs) have been measured by differential pulse polarography every two months during a period of two and half years in the marine bivalve Macoma balthica from two locations of the Western Scheldt Estuary. The MTL concentrations (0.85 to 7.81 mg g−1 dry wt) are comparable to most values found for other marine invertebrates. These concentrations vary significantly with the seasons (higher in winter, lower in summer), which is mainly due to body weight fluctuations. Strong correlations exist between MTL and metal levels. Upon short-term exposure to a mixture of Cd, Cu and Zn, there are on average significant MTL increases, but important seasonal variations have been observed: in winter, the clams are more sensitive to metals, uptake more Cd and Cu and induce more MTL than during the warmer months.
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- Metallothionein-like metalloproteins in the Baltic clam Macoma balthica : seasonal variations and induction upon metal exposure
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Marine Biology
Volume 129, Issue 3 , pp 453-463
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- 1997-09
- 10.1007/s002270050186
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- 1432-1793
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- Springer-Verlag
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- G. Bordin (A1)
- J. McCourt (A1)
- F. Cordeiro Raposo (A1)
- A. R. Rodriguez (A1)
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- A1. European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Retieseweg, B-2440 Geel, Belgium, BE