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Jul 8, 2009 12:01 PM, By Michael Goldman
Michael Mann on making a period piece digitally.
Racing from one Hollywood postproduction facility to the next in the wee hours one night in early June, director Michael Mann and his colleagues wrangled the last major chore related to the theatrical release of Mann's new gangster picture, Public Enemiesthe story of John Dillinger's rise and fall. That chore involved taking the painstakingly crafted digital images Mann created for the movie and translating them to film space in order to strike film-release prints that would meet his expectations, closely emulating the stylized video look of the movie.
Briefly slowing down long enough to chat with millimeter about his adventure making the movie before embarking on yet another round of color tests and tweaks, Mann concedes that this last bit is the most difficult, and least enjoyable, part of a process he is otherwise immensely proud of. The director says he yearns for the era of omnipresent digital cinema to arrive and take him away from the world of film prints altogether.
"I'm really looking forward to digital cinema," he says. "The variety of looks attainable on video are vast. It's really exciting to design something that is unique to the expression of a certain story and place and mood that [doesn't look like any established film aesthetic]. It's frustrating to try and corral that, sometimes, into the domain of the photochemical [for release prints]. So I'm really looking forward to digital cinema becoming ubiquitous, because a whole other range of experiences are possible. Right now, getting this movie onto film is the hardest part."
Why digital?
That task might have been easier had Mann stuck with his original plan for Public Enemiesa return to film acquisition after spending years on the bleeding edge of digital acquisition for Collateral (2004) and then Miami Vice (2006), both major studio pictures shot using Grass Valley Viper FilmStream camera systems recording to Sony HDCAM SR tape. As development on Public Enemies accelerated, Hollywood filmmakers such as the Wachowski brothers and David Fincher turned to Sony's F23 CineAlta digital imaging system for major effects-oriented work on such movies as Speed Racer and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (the latter of which was mainly shot with the Grass Valley Viper FilmStream), but a period drama not geared toward visual effects was something else entirely.
Over the last couple of years, however, Mann and his producer/friend Bryan Carroll, DP Dante Spinotti, and video controller/digital imaging technician Dave Canninglongtime collaborators with Mannall had been working together in various combinations on commercials that eventually got around to incorporating the F23 to varying degrees. Those experiences, combined with Mann's admitted compulsion to test every possibility, eventually led Public Enemies into the digital realm and into a specific aesthetic designed to move far away from film, despite its time period and corresponding costumes, sets, and art direction.
Following experiments on Nike and Sprint commercials, including the use of the F23 to capture NASCAR racing vehicles in action, Mann decided to enlist Spinotti's help to do side-by-side film/F23 tests for Public Enemies in late 2007.
"We did tests down in the parking lot [of Mann's offices], set up with some posters from 1933 and cars and lights," Spinotti says. "We did side-by-side tests with a film camera next to the F23, shooting daytime and going into twilight and then night. We also did various lighting tests. Company 3 [Santa Monica, Calif.,] did the transfer for both, scanning the film and then bringing the digital files into a digital negative and then printing, and then we compared film prints. The results were interesting: The F23 was extremely sharp, probably a bit sharper than film itself. The tonal range wasn't the same as filmwe all know the tonal range of film holding onto the highlights is extraordinary and digital hasn't quite met that yet. But nevertheless, the way that digital dealt with shadows, really reading into shadows and darkness and doing it with extreme sharpness, convinced Michael, and I agreed: The way to go was digital. The other consideration was the agility and elasticity of working with those cameras and how Michael could work his preferred way. All this would let him go into an area that is almost hyperreal."
The word "hyperreal" ended up being important in the decision-making process. After seeing imagery from both media, Mann decided he didn't want a nostalgic look at 1933, but instead, preferred to bring viewers into 1933. Thus, an ultrasharp, hyperreal view of the characters and their clothes, environment, guns, and textures was Mann's desire, and he decided digital acquisition was the best way to get there.
"When Dante and I did those tests and worked on it with [Company 3 colorist] Stefan Sonnenfeld and I looked at it, the film kind of looked like it had a period patina to itlike we were making a period motion picture," Mann says. "The video, on the other hand, and the way we set the F23 and modified some of the settings, increasing the black saturation and building up some of the spectrum highlightsthe whitesfelt like you were actually there [in 1933], rather than looking at it through some kind of nostalgic lens. That was the relationship I wanted audiences to have with the storyto see it as detailed and specific and textured as reality they see right now. The near focus, the extreme depth of fieldthose things all gave it the hyper¬real sense of things."
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Call for nominations to the APA Committee on Aging
CONA, a six-member Committee, places priority on maintaining representation within the Committee's membership that reflects the diversity of psychology and society, including (a) individuals with experience in research, clinical training and practice, policy and advocacy, and education; (b) early- and mid-career psychologists and those who are retired or employed less than full time; and (c) diversity with respect to ethnicity, culture, age, gender, ability, sexual orientation, and geographic location.
CONA's mission is to advance psychology as a science and profession and as a means of promoting health and human welfare by ensuring that older adults, especially the growing numbers of older women and members of minority groups, receive the attention of the Association. Its goals include:
provide leadership for a scientific agenda on aging,
advocate for policies that enhance availability and reimbursement of health and mental health services to older adults and their families,
contribute to the formulation and support of public policies that promote optimal development of older adults, facilitate psychological practice with older persons, and expand scientific understanding of adult development and aging,
promote inclusion of knowledge about adult development and aging in all levels of education,
develop and disseminate information concerning the scientific findings and practice issues about older adults,
serve as a visible focus for the coordination of information among groups within APA that address aging issues and offer consultation to relevant APA boards, committees, divisions, state associations, and directorates, and
ensure that older members of APA receive appropriate attention from the Association.
For an overview of CONA's activities and members since its inception, visit the CONA web page.
Selected candidates are required to attend two committee meetings each year in Washington, DC, with expenses reimbursed by the APA. The Committee will meet on March 25-27 and September 22-24, 2011; March 30-April 1 and October 5-7, 2012; and March 15-17 and September 20-22, 2013. Members are encouraged to attend a CONA meeting held during the APA Convention at their own expense. CONA is a working committee with ongoing time sensitive and consuming projects that require members' attention. Members are expected to participate in frequent email discussions and bi-monthly conference calls, work on Committee priorities between meetings, provide consultation to the Director of the APA Office on Aging, and participate in policy advocacy activities.
Nomination materials should include a current curriculum vitae and a letter from the nominee indicating their commitment to serve on CONA and highlighting specific competencies, interests, and potential contributions to the work of CONA. Letters of support from other APA governance groups and divisions, state psychological associations, or other organizations are desirable but not required. Prior applicants are encouraged to reapply.
Nominations and supporting materials should be sent by September 1, 2010 to: Deborah DiGilio, Director of the Office on Aging, American Psychological Association.

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Robbie Earle: Owen's injury jinx is source of frustration for everyone
Posted: December 06, 2012|
MICHAEL Owen has seen as much of Stoke City's treatment table as the pitch – but I'm convinced he's as frustrated about the situation as the fans are.
Injuries have restricted the former England striker to just four substitute appearances in a Stoke shirt which clearly isn't what City had in mind when Owen signed in a blaze of publicity at the start of September.
I hear some fans are wondering whether Owen is comfortable picking up his wages and working on his media career – but I just don't believe that is the case.
Owen's an astute guy and he's a regular on Twitter so will be well aware of the taunts that he's not busting a gut to play regular football.
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After all, that sort of criticism has dogged him since he chose to remain a squad player at Manchester United rather than having a chance of playing more regularly at a smaller club.
He's been a great player and won't want that legacy tainted by accusations that he hardly played in the final years of his career.
He won't want the sort of 'sicknote' tag that poor old Spurs and England winger Darren Anderton had to put up with during his career.
Stoke City fans will have seen most of Owen on Match of the Day lately, but I don't see his media work as a problem. It's not as though he's filming when he should be training so him being on the television makes no difference to him being fit to play.
When he does play, I'm going to be interested to see how he fits in at Stoke.
He's nearly 33 now and doesn't have the fantastic pace which helped make him such a threat.
He has remained a clinical finisher who makes the right decisions around the area, but he will have to rely more on his football intelligence now that same athleticism is no longer there.
It's not easy in the physical Premier League, but I felt in the summer that signing Owen was a gamble worth taking and he still has time to prove that.
The fact he didn't have a full pre-season because he didn't sign for Stoke until September clearly wasn't ideal.
Proper pre-season training with a club gives every player the foundation of fitness they rely on for the rest of the season. That's why players who are injured in pre-season find it so hard to catch up.
It's not going to be easy for Owen to get fit and stay fit because he has played so little football – in fact he hasn't started a game in 2012.
The trouble is, you get one injury and just as you feel you are recovering, it leads to another injury.
Maybe the fact that he played a hell of a lot so early in his career is also counting against him.
After all, he made his debut as a 17 year old for Liverpool and was quickly a Premier League regular.
Perhaps every footballer only has so many games in them, particularly at the top level.
I felt I got stronger when I got older, but I only moved from Port Vale and into the top flight with Wimbledon when I was 26. By the time Michael Owen was that age, he had been playing in the Premier League or La Liga for eight years.
That experience speaks volumes for his quality. Now I'm sure he's desperate to show fans what he can do.


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MSNBC, 12 September 2006, Experts: Junk culture is killing childhood
"Children's development is being drastically affected by the kind of world they are brought up in," Palmer told the Daily Telegraph. "It is shocking."
"A child's physical and psychological growth cannot be accelerated. It changes in biological time, not at electrical speed. Childhood is not a race."
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I was delighted and proud of the Bowling Green City Council. They showed some real courage by voting, overwhelmingly (7-0;6-1) to support the establishment of two "human rights" ordinances. Under the new laws, the classes of people that can be discriminated against shrunk dramatically. The only group that can be discriminated against are people with certain political ideologies. I don't know why council stripped the political affection portions from the ordinances. I guess repubs can still stick it to the dems and visa versa. Go Figure. But just about everyone else is protected under the new law. Good for them… Good for us. One more step in realizing the great American dream.
Even though that dream may mean different things to different people, the challenge for all who seek it is overcoming the barriers that interfere with the pursuit of that dream. Some of those barriers are interior, the collection of psychological quirks, complexes, and anxieties that we all possess that manage to keep some of us from taking the risks we need to better ourselves. Some of those barriers are external, the collection of prejudices and attitudes that keep some people from certain groups in our society from claiming for themselves the full measure of opportunity and promise this great land of ours can offer.
Though political acts such as these can speak little to the interior forces that hold us back, they can do a lot to help address the external forces that hold certain segments of our society down. Every time members of society move to enact a boundary around an irrational prejudice or establish a protection of rights to a group denied those rights, we become more and more like a "people" and less a collection of self protecting individuals. We become stronger because we can utilize the gifts of all of us.
Of course there is some blow back. Unfortunately, much of it will come from a community I hold dear to my heart: the religious community. About 1200 residents signed petitions calling for a referendum on this. If all the signatures on the petitions are authenticated, then our quiet, mild mannered town will become like so many other communities in America: a battlefield in the so called culture wars.
I suspect this will be more of a "skirmish" than an all out battle. It is not the nature of the citizenry of our fair city to bully one another. We in Bowling Green pride ourselves on being a polite people. There will be a few yard signs, some friendly debate at Panera Bread and Grounds For Thought, a few angry letters to the editor, and some preaching from the various pulpits in our town. No doubt some of the evangelical community will ride their usual high horse about gays, lesbians, and the trans-gendered being an abomination before God and the destruction of civilization as we know it. Meanwhile, those of us who hang out in the historic mainline or "old" line protestant traditions will break-out that Rodney King golden oldie: the "can't we all get along" homily. A few of the more emboldened among us will challenge their congregants to accept the wisdom of the city council as an act of grace, extending the full measure of humanity and hospitality to society's marginalized. All of this will be as predictable as a Rush Limbaugh rant against our President.
It is the predictability of all of this that is becoming tiresome. There will be the usual arguments about a person's right to harbor their prejudices, the absurd notion that this will somehow put our children at risk, and, of course, the last refuse of the logically and theologically impaired: this is an abomination before God. I wonder what is it that allows so many of us to assume there is a correlation between personal behavior and one's sexual orientation or nationality or race or gender.
Where is Fred Rogers when we need him? This gentle, sweatered soul daily challenged his audience with the simplest of all questions: "Who is our neighbor?" If we start there, we might eventually discover that our neighborhood is much bigger that we ever imagined. Then those silly and stupid assumptions we make about others who are "different" begins to melt away. Blessings to the Bowling Green City council for reminding us how big our neighborhood really is and what we can do to make it better.
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You're really not going to get into that jazz is better than rock thing,are you?Plenty of rock players have crossed over into jazz as well as jazz players into rock.Listed to some jazz/rock or progressive rock and that music is every bit as technically challenging as mainstream jazz,but its still rock.
And Ringo does deserve to be recognized for his contribution to modern music.I would suggest you relisten to his playing objectivly and you will hear the swing and groove and the big pocket in his playing.Ringo as much as or more than Gene Krupa put drummers on the map.You can't compare technical skill by itself with musical creativity and musical playing of Ringo's style.
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I guess I should re-word that. No style of music is "better" than any other style. Jazz is more geared towards musicians, and rock more towards listeners in most cases. There are absolutely exceptions, I've listened to plenty of rock music I appreciated as a musician (Flood by Snarky Puppy is a perfect example, if you would consider it rock (it sounds like a weird name, but give a listen, they're all extremely talented)) and there is a lot of jazz I can only listen to as "background music". You're right, rock can be technically challenging, but not what Ringo played. I agree that Ringo and the Beatles were all very creative, especially on the lesser known tracks (like any other band/artist I guess). But all the jazz guys did the same thing. They were just as creative, but with a lot more technical skill. I just used jazz as an example because I'm more familiar with it than funk/fusion, latin, etc.
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Panoramic Lookout Photos
Viewing photographs of different eras in the national parks can give many insights on ecosystem processes, as well as simply change over time. The photographs associated with panoramic lookout photographs provide a window on the past, and an opportunity to compare to the present with changes to land forms and land cover.
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But in making these changes Microsoft may have inadvertently introduced a gaping security hole. Since the default UAC setting is now to alert users only when a third-part program tries to make changes to a PC and not when the actual user makes changes, then using only keystroke commands issued by a malware program, the technology can be deactivated without the user ever knowing that their system's been compromised. Then after eventually restarting the machine a malicious user could embed something at boot time and take control of the computer.
Of course an attack could also be averted using other security technologies, such as an antivirus suite, but it goes to show how easily UAC can be taken out of the picture. Developer Rafael Rivera wrote some simple proof of concept script to underline this concern and also notes that users can play it safe by merely changing the UAC policy to Always Notify. Microsoft, on the other hand, seems to be relaxed about the topic saying the flaw is by design and apparently has no fix planned for it.


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Introduction to Text Analysis
"Text analysis" is a broad term covering various processes by which text and natural language documents can be modified so that they can be organized and described.
This guide collects resources for several phases of the text analysis process, including text collection, text parsing and cleaning, text summary and analysis methods, and text visualization.
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- Native digital text
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- Corpus of Global Web-Based English (GloWbE)
- PLOS Text Mining Collection
- Tutorials for data collection from various services
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- Internet Archive
- Project Gutenberg
- Google Books
- Hathi Trust (Hathi Download Helper)
- JSTOR Data for Research* (with Early Journal Content bundle, also from archive.org)
- PubMed Open Access Subset
- Monk Workbench*
- Document Cloud*
- Open American National Corpus (collection of American English from various sources)
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- Corpus of Contemporary American English
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By Linda D. KozarynAmerican Forces Press Service
MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 11, 2007 Today's world is a different and much more complex world than 20 or 30 years ago, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.
"We all face common problems and challenges that must be addressed in partnership with other countries, including Russia," he said.
The secretary's comments, in a speech to the 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy, were largely in response to a remarks yesterday by Russian President Vladimir Putin that were critical of U.S. foreign policy.
During his speech yesterday, Putin criticized the United States for forcing its will on the world, making world crises worse, and creating a "unipolar world" with "one single center of power, one single center of force and one single master."
Gates and Putin are both veterans of the Cold War, and both had careers in what Gates calls "the spy business." Gates opened his speech acknowledging his and Putin's shared Cold War intel background. "Old spies have a habit of blunt speaking," he said.
"However, I have been to re-education camp," he added, drawing laughter from the normally sedate security experts.
Gates "re-education" occurred during his four and half years as a university president and dealing with faculty. "And, as more than a few university presidents have learned in recent years, when it comes to faculty it is either 'be nice' or 'be gone,'" he said.
"As an old cold warrior, one of yesterday's speeches almost filled me with nostalgia for a less complex time," Gates said. "Almost."
"One Cold War was quite enough," Gates said in announcing that he has accepted an invitation from Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov to visit Russia.
The secretary went on to explain that he's been interested in European security for more than 40 years. "This was true while I was a Ph.D. candidate in Russian and Soviet history, through my career at CIA, as well as during service on the National Security Council under four different presidents," he said.
In the latter half of the Cold War, Gates said, he worked with colleagues from western European governments to help coordinate actions and responses. "I had a ringside seat for an extraordinary run of events from the 1975 Helsinki conference to the liberation of central and eastern Europe a decade and a half later," he said.
There were confrontations between the Cold War superpowers and stresses and strains among the allies as well, he recalled. But the Atlantic partnership was strong enough to surmount the difficulties and make the right choices at the right times, he added.
"The decision to deploy cruise and Pershing missiles to counter the Soviet Union's new weapons in the late 1970s, for example, was politically difficult for many allies," Gates said.
"But ultimately, the courage and leadership of statesmen and stateswomen on both sides of the Atlantic and the actual deployment of the missiles in the early 1980s helped set the stage for deep reductions in nuclear arms and the end of the Cold War."
Ideas -- as much as intercontinental ballistic missiles, tanks and warships -- defeated totalitarianism, Gates said.
"Our most effective weapon, then and now, has been Europe's and North America's shared belief in political and economic freedom, religious toleration, human rights, representative government, and the rule of law," he said.
These values, he said, united the allies and inspired others to defeat communism from within.
"A the end, the peoples of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union simply stood up, shrugged off their chains, and reclaimed a future based on these same ideas," he said. "I believe these shared values and shared interests endure, as do our shared responsibilities to come to their defense."
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I am certainly no expert at wii modding, all i can say is that the install for me went without a hitch, the only problem i had was caused by me by using a cheap "clone" sd card, it worked fine with a true sandisk sd card.
For me it worked fine, and i can even play my backup of wii fit plus and all GC games.
Wii Ver 4.2E (updated with safe updater 4.2)
Bootmii installed as boot2
Preloader .30
cIOSCORP 3.4 + Extras
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also i'm i correct in saying that there is a few versions of preloaderv0.29 if so what version do i use?
well i just uninstalled all startpatch hacks then used dop-ios to download/dop ios36 and then i installed cIOSCORP v3.4 and it installed fine *again* but i still can't load backups via the disc channel?
i also could not get preloaderv0.30r4-phpgeek to install i just get an error after clicking + :\
what am i doing wrong as i can't get cIOSCORP or preloader to install
My preloader is set to ios 249 (not 60 or 70), you also need to make sure that the hack.ini is for the correct region and on the root of the sd card.
If your hacks installed to ios 249 then when installing preloader you need to hold the "B" button down & press the "+" button and also in the settings bit when you reboot into the preloader menu. If you don't you will either get a dump on the screen or just a blank screen on startrup. If that happens just turn off and on and hold the reset button to get back to the preloader menu :-)
Preloader and/or Bootmii must be installed before cIOSCORP or you will not be able to install it without a lot of hassle.
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i'm starting to think preloader is not worth it as it seems quite unsafe especially when compared to startpatach and this works fine for me..
all i want is cIOSCORP but no matter what every time i install it it never works :\
Well, I guess that's one way of killing a conversation. I hadn't intended to scare anyone away from the idea, but it's important to remember that installing CIOScorp is only dangerous if you don't have a full understanding of what you're doing and that requires that you at least have a mental record of everything about your console prior to installation. It's definitely something that's best handled by advanced users and I wouldn't touch it without doing a fair bit of homework first. It's a really great thing in the right hands, but you should always know what you're dealing with. That's just common sense.
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guys i am new here but i like the site and sorry for miss spelling ,steve and all of u lost an important step or thing that before u install any preloader and also important preloader 0.30 r? u need to freed the bug mean to install the trucha bug and then install preloader important that u remove the stup ios 249 this worked for me on 4.2e i use cioscorp 3.4 if that didnt work so u need to wait for cioscorp3.5
Seems that cIOSCORP v3.4 worked with my Wii.
Tatsunoko Vs Capcom doesn't seem to work with it though ¿it's because the game is NTSC-J? ¿Or is there a way to make it work with cIOSCORP too?


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• phase II - Expert Teaching
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|Phase II of the GMO ERA Project: Vietnam ETT
Second GMO ERA Project ETT workshop in Vietnam
The project held the second Expert Teaching Team (ETT) workshop from May 22-25, in Nha Trang, Vietnam. The workshop covered the environmental risk assessment of biodiversity and non-target impacts. Read more>>
First GMO ERA Project ETT workshop in Vietnam
The GMO ERA Project convened a 3.5 day workshop in May 2006 to build a Vietnamese Expert Training Team for resistance risk assessment and management. Read more>>
Vietnamese scientists trained using GMO ERA teaching tools
In November 2006, four Vietnamese scientists traveled
to Australia to participate in a 3-week training course at the Australian
Cotton Research Institute in Narrabri. The participants (which included
three project core group members) were from organizations in Vietnam that
are likely to have responsibility for setting up and running a resistance
management research program. Their combined expertise covered molecular
genetics as well as skills in running a field program, and an understanding
of the population ecology of the pests in Vietnam.
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Vietnamese scientist conducting a bioassay for resistance monitoring
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UPDATED! As I pointed out earlier on this site, I have been involved more than once in defending judges. But it is difficult to know what to say about the following Houston Chronicle story today and the accompanying YouTube video:
Aransas County officials and Rockport police are reviewing a video recently posted on YouTube that shows a county court-at-law judge mercilessly beating his teenage daughter with a belt and cursing her as his former wife looked on.
"Obviously it is a very disturbing video. We in my office as well as everyone on earth is taking a look at it, at this time," said Aransas County Attorney Richard Bianchi, who confirmed that the man wielding the belt in the video is County Court-at Law-Judge William Adams.
The seven-minute, 35-second video is dated 2004 and was purportedly posted by the judge's daughter, Hillary Adams, for acquiring music and games on internet sites her parents disapproved of, according to a note attached to it….
Authorities say that Adams will not be charged with a crime because too much time has passed. Putting aside any issue of criminal charges or the passage of time, however, I see a big issue presenting itself, i.e. does private behavior like that depicted in the video constitute sanctionable misconduct by a lawyer or a judge?
Rule 8.04(a)(2) of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct provides that a lawyer shall not commit a "serious crime" or any other criminal act reflecting adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness. In 2004, Formal Opinion 04-433 by the ABA Commission on Ethics and Professional Responsibility noted that lawyers have been found to be in violation of such a rule because of domestic violence. Texas uses the term "family violence" and defines it in Section 71.004 of the Family Code.
The Texas definition of child abuse includes "physical injury that results in substantial harm to the child, or the genuine threat of substantial harm from physical injury to the child." As the Texas Attorney General's website explains the definition of "child abuse," it "specifically excludes 'reasonable' discipline by the child's parent, guardian, or conservator; corporal punishment is not in itself abusive under the law. An act or omission is abusive only if 'observable and material impairment' occurs as a result, or if it causes 'substantial harm,' or exposes the child to risk of substantial harm." Interestingly, the Attorney General omits the part of the statutory definition that refers to "the genuine threat of substantial harm from physical injury." The reader might wish to listen to what Judge Adams threatened to do to his daughter and decide whether or not it included such a genuine threat. I do not recommend that casual readers view the video.
Article V, section 1-a(6)A of the Texas Constitution provides that a judge can be disciplined or removed for "willful or persistent conduct that is clearly inconsistent with the proper performance of his duties or casts public discredit upon the judiciary or administration of justice." Canon 4 of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct provides that a judge shall conduct all of his activities off the bench so that they do not cast reasonable doubt on his capacity to act impartially as a judge.
Aside from all that, as shown by the following case law, which is worth quoting at length, a judge's private life can be the basis for judicial discipline:
Respondent next contends that the majority of his misdeeds were conducted not in his official capacity as a judge, but as a private citizen and should not be sanctionable. The Texas Code of Judicial Conduct does not distinguish between the two. Canon 1 states that a judge should participate in establishing, maintaining, and enforcing high standards of conduct and should personally observe those standards so that the integrity and independence of the judiciary is preserved. Canon 2 states that a judge should act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary. Neither of these Canons limit[s] application of these standards nor suggest[s] that they are to be observed only when the judge is on the bench or acting in some official capacity.
Does the Code of Judicial Conduct intrude into a judge's private life? Most definitely. But that is a path chosen when the decision to seek office is made. A judge must observe the high standards promulgated by the Code of Judicial Conduct both on and off the bench in order to maintain the integrity of the judiciary:
The ethical standards governing judges' off-the-bench conduct recognize that judges play a unique role in society. Respect for those who serve as judges and for their integrity and independence is essential if the public is to believe that justice is being done in the courts. Restrictions on judges' extra-judicial conduct are necessary to avoid both conduct and relationships that convey the appearance that judges will not be impartial in their judicial functions.
In re Lowery, 999 S.W.2d 639, (Tex.Rev.Trib. 1998, pet.denied).
Adams, whose court has jurisdiction over cases of child abuse, already was a judge at the time of the beating. Reportedly he has agreed to take a paid leave of absence. He also has told the media that the incident looks worse than it was and that he does not expect to be disciplined. On that last point, however, we may be permitted to differ with the judge.


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BOXERS from Falmouth and Penryn Amateur Boxing Club were in action on Saturday night at the Truro Boxing Club Show with two making their debuts on the big stage.
Competition was fierce at the Threemilestone Community Centre as young boxers from across the county pitted their wits against each other.
Gemma Tann faced Sarah Lees, from Coombe Martin, Devon, for her first contest.
Throughout the bout, Tann landed good solid punches, which rocked Lees, but the Coombe Martin boxer kept her cool and used her considerable height advantage to score from beyond the reach of Tann, eventually taking a hard earned win on a split points decision.
Brett Ralph has recently added lots of roadwork to his training schedule, and this paid dividends for him against southpaw David Thomas, from Penzance, in a closely fought contest.
Ralph pressed forwards throughout the three rounds, his strength and stamina proving too much for Thomas to reply to by the end of the third round, leaving his unanimous points decision a mere formality when the final bell rang.
Super heavyweight Chris Slogett topped the bill on his debut against Alec Stevens, of St Agnes ABC.
Stevens dominated the first round, with a good display of boxing, using fast punches and good footwork to pick up points whilst keeping out of Slogett's reach.
Round two began as round one had ended, but Slogett, encouraged by the crowd, responded by smashing home some heavy punches through Stevens' guard and raising the tempo, sustaining pressure on the St Agnes man throughout the rest of the round, leaving the bout poised on a knife edge going into round three.
The final round saw both boxers landing massive punches as the contest swung one way, then the other, with almost nothing to separate them.
A final flurry of punches from Stevens in the dying seconds proved enough to clinch a split decision from the judges and end an excellent boxing show, with a lot of credit going to Truro Boxing Club, for providing such an enthralling evening's entertainment.
Falmouth and Penryn Amateur Boxing Club trains at the Dracena Centre on Monday and Wednesday evenings, and welcomes new members hoping to compete or keep fit.


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Ghost and Scorpion pepper fresh salsa I made from the bounty (very hot bounty) of my garden. Couldn't feel my face for an hour.
Ghost and Scorpion pepper fresh salsa I made from the bounty (very hot bounty) of my garden. Couldn't feel my face for an hour.
Kai Look Kuey, aka Son-in-law Eggs. When I lived in San Diego in the early 90s, I happened upon this recipe in a Thai cookbook, which, at that time, were rare. It involved craziness--boiling eggs then deep-frying them.
Then there was a fish-sauce and tamarind sauce. Showers of fried shallots and garlic and cilantro.
I ate it with a chile-vingar sauce with rice on the side. Over the years I've made this dish dozens of times. It never fails. This was Thai food I never got in American Thai restaurants. It's still my favorite.
I don't know what "widely available nationwide" means exactly, but I can tell you that I've never seen Herr's, Utz, or Wise on sale in my home state of Oregon, and I've never even heard of Herr's or Utz. Never saw them for sale when I lived in southern California either. Maybe they are available nationwide except for the west coast?
I was going to say--must be paneer.
Not so exotic, I suppose, but a blast from my childhood last week: venison liver fried, with carmelized onions, and cottage cheese and fried potatoes on the side.
Do you know approximately when (year?) that the "California" burrito, i.e. burrito with french fries or other fried potato and meat became a thing? When I lived there in the early 90s, such a thing had yet to be invented. And also, then, a good beer list was rather hard to find.
I ate at Little Big Burger in Eugene a few months back. A few notes:
1. It should be called "Little Little Burger." The burger is small...It may weight a quarter pound if you include the bun and condiments.
2. Mine was definitely not cooked medium, nor was it juicy. It was well-done and dry. While I was eating, a customer came up to the counter to complain that his burger was rare. Some kinks need(ed) to be worked out, apparently.
3. Despite the dryness, the burger had a good meaty taste.
4. The cheddar cheese was nearly undetectable. I'd go without.
5. Spicyish house ketchup--very good.
6. Fries. Frozen or not, delicious and perfectly cooked.
Next time, I'd order two, and hope they cooked them properly.
Another thing: they asked everyone "eating in or takeout"--and no matter your answer, you get the order in a takeout paper bag. Odd.
Thanks for this, Leela! Khai-look-kuey (sorry if my transliteration bothers you) is one of my favorite of all time Thai dishes.
So many variations are out there. This one is nice and simple. Thanks. Maybe I'll have it tonight!
I have been making hummus for quite awhile now, and I've learned a few things that result in a better-than-Sabra (or at least as good) product.
Most important:
1. Used dried beans/peas. Soak overnight.
2. Cook beans until fairly soft. Reserve a bit of the cooking water.
3. PEEL the beans. Tedious, yes, but the texture can't be beat.
Everything else:
1. Homemade tahini is great, but any commercial tahini works perfectly as long as it's fresh. Tahini goes rancid pretty quickly. Make sure it's fresh.
2. You always need more lemon juice than the recipe calls for.
3. You probably also need more olive oil than the recipe calls for.
4. If you can't get it to a smooth enough texture in the food processor, push it through a fine-mesh strainer. Again, a bit tedious, but it's all about that smooooth texture.
5. If the hummus is too thick for your taste, thin it with a bit of the cooking water.
6. Adjust seasoning with salt, cumin, lemon juice, paprika, before serving.
That's it. Of course hummus lends itself to endless variations, but I still prefer the classic recipe.
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I'm with Lorenzo all the way on this one. I currently live in Oregon, and with few exceptions the ONLY burrito you can get here is the SF style, and it's just not my thing. Unless you're specifically ordering a bean burrito, there should be no rice OR beans in a burrito. Those are side dishes. A real burrito is mean, maybe some guac or salsa, in a tortilla. That's it. It should taste of its protein, not of bland rice and (usually) bland beans. Maybe it's the San Diego in me, but I can't fathom truly enjoying the SF version.
"but without the rice." Sigh. A real burrito has no rice. Sigh.
Meatless Mexican? For shame. Fie. A pox on your house.
Great article, Kenji. But you gotta add some chile oil to that sauce!
Boylan's is hands down my favorite.
Thank you. For years I'm puzzled over how not only Portland, but the national press goes gaga over Burgerville. So I keep trying to eat there. As you said the food is inoffensive, but with pretty much no flavor. It's like eating air. Expensive air. Oh, one exception--their shakes and smoothies are pretty tasty. But yeah, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Gimme In-N-Out. Hell, I'd even take a burger from Del Taco over Burgerville.
Tu Lan, off Market St. Cockroaches and all.
Another vote for Mrs. Renfro's--esp. the habanero salsas. Frontera's line is hit-or-miss for me; I've found many to be rather bland for my taste. The Frontera Guajillo salsa is a winner, though.
My chicken stock always gels. I use mostly wings (you need a lot more than you think you do).
Here in my neck, (western Oregon), pickled jalapenos are pretty much standard on pizza. Can't remember them ever not being so in my nearly 40 yrs.
Bayless or Batali for sure. Oh wait, David Chang too! Can I invite them all?
American Flatbread is pretty amazing stuff. But I also love Totino's. Completely different products but both have their merits. :)
Eat more pork.
Fish tacos with cabbage and that strange white sauce.
Do any San Diego old-timers remember Doodleburger?
I've lived in the Pacific Northwest for most of my 38 years and am a great eater of hamburgers. A few years ago I noticed that the national hamburger media began to mention something called "goop" whenever reporting a story about regional burger variations. I think maybe I first read it in Motz, but have seen it at least a half dozen times since then. This "goop" is supposedly a popular burger condiment found only in the Pacific Northwest. From the descriptions I've read, it sounds a lot like regular old Thousand Island dressing to me.
So what's the problem? As far as I can tell, "Goop" does not exist. Or if it does, nobody calls it that. I've lived here, as I said, for nearly forty years and have NEVER encountered a burger with "goop," never seen it on a menu, never eaten one, and perhaps most telling, have never met a Washington or Oregon native who has ever heard of it.
So what gives? How did this myth get started and why does it keep getting perpetuated?
Puzzled in Oregon,
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Anatomy of a Bill Evans Jazz Guitar Lick
Learning How to Play Jazz Guitar often means digging into classic licks from your favorite players and bringing them into your own vocabulary as you develop your voice as a jazz guitarist.
While learning licks note for note and playing them back in the practice room is a good way to introduce yourself to commonly used vocabulary, you can dig much deeper when learning licks in order to fully digest these ideas and make them your own as you internalize them in the woodshed.
In today's lesson, you'll learn a fun and classic Bill Evans Jazz Guitar ii V I lick, as well as dissect this lick into small and easy to learn chunks that you can explore further on their own in the practice room.
This approach not only gives you a classic lick to bring into your solos, but provides you with weeks if not months of further practice as you dig deep into this great-sounding and must-know Bill Evans ii V I lick.
Click to download the PDF for today's lesson.
Bill Evans Jazz Guitar ii V I Lick
This first example is Bill's lick from start to finish, with the different sections that we will dissect and practice separately later on in the lesson.
Start by working the lick in the key of C Major, as written below, slowly at first with a metronome before increasing the speed as you become comfortable with the lick.
When you have worked it at a number of different tempos in the key of C major, try taking it to other keys across the neck until you can play it in all 12 keys and in a wide range of tempos.
Once you are comfortable with the lick, at least in the key of C Major, check out the individual parts of the lick for practice and expansion below, as you dig into the creative mind of one of the greatest legends in jazz music history.
Click to hear the lick slow Click to Listen to the Bill Evans ii V I Lick Slow
Click to hear the lick fast Click to Listen to the Bill Evans ii V I Lick Fast
Bill Evans Jazz Guitar Lick – Bebop Pattern
The first section of the lick that we'll extract and expand is the Bebop sounding lick in the first two beats of bar 1, which you can see isolated and expanded here.
Click to hear Bill Evans ii V I Bebop Pattern Audio
This is a common pattern that has been a part of the jazz vocabulary since the Bebop era, and it is a pattern that is easy to play on the guitar and one that can add a nice sense of Bebop vocabulary to your solos.
The lick is built with two scale notes and one chromatic note to form a four-note pattern.
You start by playing the first scale note, C in this case, then you move down a 3rd to A.
But, before playing that A note, you sneak in a chromatic half-step below it, G#, then the A and back up to the first note C.
So, when you break it down, you start on a scale note. Then, play a chromatic note below the scale note 2 notes below the first note before playing that second scale note and back to your starting note to finish the pattern.
Once you have checked out this pattern as written, take it through an entire scale, such as the C major scale in the example above.
Being able to play this pattern through an entire scale, such as the C Major in the example, will not only allow you to bring Bill's lick into your solos, but allow you to use this Bebop pattern over any chord or scale you want as you integrate it into your solos.
Practice this lick through the C Major scale to begin. Then, take that scale pattern to other keys, at various tempos, before applying it to other scales and modes you are working on in the practice room.
When you can play it through one scale comfortably, try putting on a backing track and improvising using that scale while focusing on using the Bebop lick as much as possible to begin to introduce it to your soloing as well as your technical practice.
This is a classic lick that will help you Build Bebop Vocabulary in your solos once you've taken it out of Bill's lick and worked it through other scales and modes you are working on in the woodshed.
Bill Evans Jazz Guitar Lick – Descending 3rds
As guitarists, one of the first scale patterns we usually explore in the practice room is playing 3rds through different scales and modes.
While we run 3rds up and down scales, one thing that we don't often do is play descending 3rds while ascending a scale and vice-versa, which is exactly what Bill does in the second half of the first bar in this lick.
Here, Bill plays the descending 3rds up a C triad, but you can also take this technique and apply it to a scale in order to expand your scale pattern knowledge, expanding your soloing vocabulary at the same time.
Check out this example below where this pattern is applied to a C major scale.
Click to hear Click to Listen to the Bill Evans ii V I Descending 3rds Pattern
Notice that the 3rds are descending, starting on the highest note first then playing the lowest note, while you ascend the scale with this pattern.
This is a great way to add a twist to the conventionally used 3rds in your scale practicing and soloing.
Begin by applying the pattern to the C Major scale at different tempos, in one and two octaves. Then, take it to different keys and different scales around the neck as you work the pattern with a metronome.
When you have the descending 3rds pattern comfortably over the C Major scale, put on a backing track and improvise over a static Cmaj7 chord, or even a Dm7-G7-Cmaj7 progression, and focus on using the descending 3rds as much as possible to work on bringing this idea out of your technical practicing and into your soloing vocabulary.
Bill Evans Jazz Guitar Lick – 7Alt Pattern
Another great idea that you can pull from Bill's lick is a very cool sounding 7alt lick that happens in bar 2 of the phrase.
We sometimes get handcuffed when it comes time to solo over 7alt chord, not knowing what scale/arp/idea to use in our lines, or having too many options to choose from and so we get a bit tongue-tied when it comes to soloing over these chords.
Here, Bill uses an arpeggio pattern that outlines the #9, b9 and b13 intervals over the G7 chord, without ever actually playing the root-note G.
Because of this, it is a great-sounding altered pattern that you can bring into your playing that doesn't use the root itself, allowing you to focus on outlining all of the juicy altered notes in the chord during your phrase.
In order to get this idea into your playing, start by working out a comfortable fingering on the neck for this idea, as you can see here.
Click to hear Click to Listen to the Bill Evans ii V I 7alt Pattern
Then, practice this idea through all 12 keys, using a Dominant Cycle as in the example as a good place to start with this approach.
This will get the lick under your fingers and in your ears, as well as all across the fretboard, allowing you to then practice applying it to your solos over 7th chords and ii-V-I chord progressions.
Notice that Bill uses the 7alt sound in a major key ii-V-I. You can apply this pattern in a similar fashion in your own solos, but you can also use it in the more conventional V7alt chord during a iim7b5-V7alt-im6 progression in a minor key.
This is a very fun lick that will expand your 7alt vocabulary and help you explore rootless-arpeggio patterns at the same time.
Bill Evans Jazz Guitar Lick – Double Enclosure
The last technical idea that we'll pull out of this lick is a double enclosure.
If you are new to enclosures, check out my article "Bebop Vocabulary: Enclosures" for an in-depth explanation of these important melodic devices.
In this instance, Bill is using one chromatic note above, Ab, and two chromatic notes below, F F#, before resolving to the target note G.
While we looked at expanding the other licks through scale patterns, this item sounds great when practiced through arpeggios across the neck.
Check out the example below where a double enclosure was applied to all of the notes in a Cmaj7 arpeggio.
Click to hear Click to Listen to the Bill Evans ii V I Double Enclosure Lick
Start with this example, then work this approach through all 12 keys at various tempos, and then apply it to other arpeggios such as 7th, m7th and m7b5 shapes that you know or are working on in the practice room.
When you are comfortable with the double enclosure approach in a few keys on one arpeggio, you can try soloing over a static chord or chord progression and focus on using the double enclosure during your soloing phrases and lines.
This is another great Bebop inspired lick that you can bring into your soloing and technical practice routine as you expand your vocabulary and arpeggio phrases.
Bill Evans Jazz Guitar Lick – Triad Pair
The last item we'll take out of Bill's lick and practice in a different context is the triad pair that he uses over the Cmaj7 chord in the phrase, G and Am.
Here, Bill is using the 5th and 6th triads from the key center, so V and vi from C Major, to improvise a line during the 3rd bar of the lick.
To bring this into your own playing, practice soloing along with a Cmaj7 to begin and only use the G and Am triads to build your lines.
Then, take this idea to other keys and to as many triad fingerings as you can think of on the neck.
Finally, practice soloing over a ii V I phrase and when you get to the Imaj7 chord, use only the V and vi triads from the key, so G and Am if you are in C Major.
If you need a refresher on triad fingerings on guitar, or are looking to expand your current triad fingerings, check out my Triad Resource Page for many different ways to play these important shapes on the guitar.
As you can see, in this three and a half bar lick there is literally weeks, if not months, worth of practice material to explore in the woodshed.
As you move forward in your playing, and move beyond this one lick, try to take licks from your favorite players and dig into them with this same amount of detail.
Not only will it help you expand your vocabulary and technical ability, but it gives you a detailed look into the creative process of your favorite players.
How do you analyze and practice your favorite licks? Share you thoughts in the Bill Evans Lick thread at the MWG Forum.
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Hi Matt,
I love these "anatomy of a lick" features, and this one is particularly good. It's a very attractive lick (nice catch!) and I love the way you break down the individual components for isolated practice.
I am replying here because I might have a bit of a different insight on the part you call "Altered Shape." As you know (but I am saying it here for the benefit of your students), the G altered scale can be thought of as an A flat melodic minor scale, but starting on the 7th note. That means that any lick that one may already own from melodic minor can be used on an altered dominant, including plain old major patterns with the major third lowered a half step.
But the really cool part is this lick is sometimes called the "Cry Me A River" lick because it resembles the first six notes of the famous standard. Thinking in A flat minor, it would go 9 – 8 (or 2 -1 up an octave) then 5 – 3 – 2 – 1. These last 4 notes are a lick unto themselves, sometimes called a Tchaikovsky because of their resemblance to the first 4 notes of the C minor piano concerto.
But alternate names aside, where this becomes useful is that it relates a rootless arpeggio pattern (on G altered) to a rather plain root arpeggio (A flat minor) that may very well be under a student's fingers already.
Many of my guitar students are familiar with your pedagogical works and have your blog bookmarked. They are enheartened when I tell them you were about at their stage when you were a student.
Keep up the great work!
Christopher: I agree, sometimes i like to focus on the Ab Melodic Minor scale from the 7th mode for altered, but sometimes on the fretboard it's easier to see the shape related to a chord, so the G7alt chord would be the easiest shape to relate it to in this lick. I think altered licks that are more scale based can be thought of as MM up a half-step on guitar, and ones that are more arpeggio based, like this one, are easier to see related to a chord shape. It's just my experience with the fretboard, which never really offers up one right way to do anything!
Love this article Matt, Wish there were more articles on the internet about the anatomy of licks and enclosures, please do more! It makes learning licks not as 'cheap' when you're learning the anatomy behind them.
thanks Nick! I've done a few more of these in the past and will definitely do more in the future. Check out this video version if you haven't already seen it.
wich song is this lick from?
this is from a live version of Peri's Scope.


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blanched slivered almonds
1 cup
1 1/4 cups
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2 tablespoons
light corn syrup
2 tablespoons
2 cups
milk chocolate chips
This is superb. A couple of suggestions: (1) Add 1 teaspoon of salt to the mixture at the beginning - it cuts down on the sweetness; (2) When the mixture comes to a boil, reduce the heat one notch from medium and stir occasionally - I've had no problem with a burned taste; (3) As others have said, buy a good candy thermometer - I purchased a digital candy thermometer from Williams Sonoma and love it; (4) Use a silicon spoon to stir the mixture - it wont stick to the spoon; (5) Put the jelly roll pan covered with aluminum foil or Release on one side of the stove, and turn on the buners to medium low. When the mixture is poured onto the hot pan, the pan stays hot and the mixture is easy to spread. Use the back of a large spoon sprayed with Pam to spread the mixture; (6)I've tried the almonds per the recipe, toasted walnuts, unsalted roasted peanuts and toasted pecans. My favorite is the toasted pecans. I use 1 1/2 cups of toasted pecans in the mixture, and sprinkle 1/2 cup toasted pecans on the top; (7) I've used milk chocolate, a mixture of milk chocolate with peanut butter chips (when I used the peanuts), semisweet chocolate and bittersweet chocolate. They all work well. It's a matter of taste.
I've made this recipe (3) times in the past week the results were interesting 1st time - wrong size pan, inaccurate candy thermometer and the plastic mixing spoon began to melt. 1st batch in the garbage. 2nd batch - awesome - 3rd batch - nuts not toasted long enough so it tasted gummy and when I poured the mixture in the lined pan it began to harden before I could spread it to the sides. When this recipes works the taste is fantastic - when it doesn't it really doesn't.
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I love this recipe! Made 20 lbs this year as gifts. Couple of hints:
* The new "Release Foil" is much easier to get off than regular.
* I double the recipe (but just use 1 regular-size bag of milk chocolate) and use the bottom of a broiler pan.
* Don't accidentally use semi-sweet!
* I prefer sliced almonds, and crush a few over the chocolate before it hardens to make it prettier.
* BIG tip: I've ruined a few pans over the years making this. I'm not a chemist, but the candy still tastes great and my pans are not scorched if I stir it constantly, even after it boils. In fact, when I have NOT stirred it, it tastes burned. It's inconvenient to stand there stirring, but worth it to me.
* I also HIGHLY suggest getting a good thermometer!
* This year I made it on a cold day and set the pans out on the screened-in porch, so didn't have to mess with rotating through refrigerators!
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Almond crunch is fantastic, and very addictive! It is very easy to make and is delicious. One thing I would recommend is to extend the foil over at least two ends of the jelly roll pan before you pour in the crunch, because when you tilt the pan to spread it around, the foil just kind of moves with it. This is going to be my holiday gift for the neighbors this year.
FANTASTIC!! This was my first attempt at making candy and it was so easy. I brought it to a party and all my friends LOVED it!! I enjoyed it so much I made a second batch just for myself. Tip: I placed the roasted almonds on the jelly roll pan and poured the toffee over them, instead of mixing the almonds into the toffee. After I break it into pieces, I keep the candy in the fridge so the chocolate stays firm.
Yum! This recipe has an addictive caramel-flavored crunch, and is an interesting alternative to peanut brittle. In fact, I like it better because it's crunchy without being too hard. To avoid burning (which is what I almost did on my first try), start out with your burner at a medium-low setting and increase the heat as needed to reach the right temperature.
Made this for Christmas and everyone loved it. I made it twice and found that 300 degrees was a bit too much in the heavy pot I used. The second time I made it I cooked to only 295 degrees and it turned out better. Guess you need to watch it closely when it nears the right temperature. VERY GOOD! Everyone wanted the recipe just as you had said!
Very good and easy. Read the other reviews and heating the jelly roll pan was a great idea. Spread quickly with a pan-sprayed spoon. Just a thinner toffee I think makes a better candy. I also stirred slightly after it came to a boil and it didn't affect the end result. I don't know that I would have been able to keep it from sticking to the bottom of the pan if I hadn't.
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Serving Size: 1/16 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 16
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 317
Calories from Fat: 189
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