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The culinary revolution that has transformed restaurant menus around the world is also making its way into home kitchens. The Cooking Lab, publisher of the encyclopedic six-volume set Modernist Cuisine, which immediately became the definitive reference for this revolution, has now produced a lavishly illustrated guide for home cooks, complete with all-new recipes tailored for cooking enthusiasts of all skill levels. Modernist Cuisine at Home, by Nathan Myhrvold with Maxime Bilet, is destined to set a new standard for home cookbooks. The authors have collected in this 456-page volume all the essential information that any cook needs to stock a modern kitchen, to master Modernist techniques, and to make hundreds of stunning recipes. The book includes a spiral-bound Kitchen Manual that reprints all of the recipes and reference tables on waterproof, tear-resistant paper. Drawing on the same commitment to perfection that produced Modernist Cuisine, Modernist Cuisine at Home applies innovations pioneered by The Cooking Lab to refine classic home dishes, from hamburgers and wings to macaroni and cheese. More than 400 new recipes are included, most with step-by-step photos that make it easy to bring dining of the highest quality to your own dinner table.
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Cooking like a Modernist chef at home requires the right set of tools, but they're less expensive and easier to find than you might think. You'll also learn how to get the best out of the kitchen appliances you already own. Learn how to use your microwave oven to steam fish and vegetables to perfection, make exceptional beef jerky, and fry delicate herbs.
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Modernist Cuisine at Home is an indispensable guide for anyone who is passionate about food and cooking.
"It is instructive to know that before Myhrvold became an expert on the science of cooking, he was the first chief technology officer at Microsoft. Aided by deft, culinary handyman Bilet, he has assembled a 'device' that is as visually stunning as it is scientifically vigorous and mathematically complex. Essentially a desktop version of the authors' 2,400-page mainframe (Modernist Cuisine, 2011), the book is divided into two sections. Part one focuses on the machinery of the modernist kitchen, exploring the tools needed to pull off such inventive restaurant techniques as sous vide, and expounding upon the joys of whipping siphons, blowtorches, and pressure cookers. Many of the accompanying photos provide striking cutaway views of gadgets. It's Popular Science on steroids. Part two is a collection of 406 recipes, primarily comfort foods that have found their way into a lab to have their DNA experimented upon. There are more than a dozen variants of chicken noodle soup, from pho to goulash broth, and nine types of mac and cheese, including a mac with jack and stilton. Each entry is a study in metric system precision, with ingredient charts listing not only amounts (in grams), but also volume, as well as a scaling percentage to be used in calculating the number of servings. Photos illuminate every step of the instructions for more than 100 of the recipes, and notations are made when special equipment and ingredients are required. As a result, it is a safe bet that their turkey confit recipe is one of the very few places where the terms needle-nose pliers and duck fat can be found listed side by side.' (Oct.)" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
"Modernist Cuisine at Home offers useful techniques and solutions that expand our abilities, and it provides us with a practiced and thorough understanding of why things happen the way they do. Most importantly, it ignites a curiosity within and compels us to ask ourselves not 'What should we make for dinner?' but rather, 'What can we make for dinner?'" Thomas Keller
"Modernist Cuisine at Home is destined to change the way we cook — and the way we use recipes. For all of us who cook regularly, this book opens up a whole new world of possibilities. It is full of insights that encourage us to try something new, and that teach us something on every single page." Martha Stewart
About the Author
Dr. Nathan Myhrvold is chief executive officer and a founder of Intellectual Ventures, a firm dedicated to creating and investing in inventions. In addition to stimulating the invention of others, Myhrvold is himself an active inventor, with nearly 250 patents issued or pending — including several related to food technology. Before founding his invention company, Myhrvold was the first chief technology officer at Microsoft. He established Microsoft Research, and during his tenure he oversaw many advanced technology projects. He left Microsoft in 1999 to pursue several interests, including a lifelong interest in cooking and food science.
Myhrvold competed on a team that won first place in several categories at the 1991 World Championship of Barbecue, including first prize in the special pasta category for a recipe that Myhrvold developed on the day of the contest.
After working for two years as a stagier at Seattle's top French restaurant, Rover's, Myhrvold completed culinary training with renowned chef Anne Willan at the Ecole De La Varenne. In addition, he has worked as Chief Gastronomic Officer for Zagat Survey, publisher of the popular Zagat restaurant guidebooks. Through his many visits to the world's top restaurants, Myhrvold has become personally acquainted with many of the leading Modernist chefs and the science-inspired cooking techniques they have pioneered.
Myhrvold is himself an accomplished practitioner of Modernist cuisine. He has contributed original research on cooking sous vide to online culinary forums, and his sous vide techniques have been covered in the New York Times magazine, Wired, and PBS's Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie television series.
Myhrvold's formal education includes degrees in mathematics, geophysics, and space physics from UCLA, and PhDs in mathematical economics and theoretical physics from Princeton University. In his post-doctoral work at Cambridge University, Myhrvold worked on quantum theories of gravity with the renowned cosmologist Stephen Hawking.
Maxime Bilet received a BA in creative writing, literature, and visual arts from Skidmore College. Bilet then graduated with highest honors from the Institute of Culinary Education in New York. He completed a stage at Jack's Luxury Oyster Bar and was quickly hired to the head chef position there by Jack Lamb. Moving to London, he accepted a stage with Heston Blumenthal's development team at The Fat Duck. Just prior to joining the culinary team as head chef for recipe research and development at The Cooking Lab, Bilet trained as sous chef to open the London branch of Auberge de L'Ile. In 2011, Bilet was named to Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30 list in the category of Food and Wine.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Countertop Tools
Invaluable Modern Tools
Digital Scales
Digital Thermometers
Silicone Mats and Molds
Mixers and Frothers
Ice-Cream Makers
Sieves and Strainers
Whipping Siphons
Chapter 2: Conventional Cooking Gear
Pots and Pans
Pressure Cookers
Conventional Ovens
Combi Ovens
Microwave Ovens
Chapter 3: Sous Vide Cooking Gear
Four Simple Steps
Getting the Air Out
Cooking Sous Vide
Chapter 4: Modern Ingredients
Uncommon Ingredients
Not Your Parents' Supermarket
Walk on the Wild Side
Unusual Fruits and Vegetables
Foraged Foods
Chapter 5: Composing and Plating
Flavor Combinations
Plate-Up Techniques
Chapter 6: Basics
Pressure-Cooked White Chicken Stock
Brown Beef Stock
Sous Vide Fish Stock
Sous Vide Vegetable Stock
Corn Stock
Mushroom Jus
Redeye Gravy
Brown Chicken Jus
Red Wine Sauce
Home Jus Gras
Pan Gravy
Fluid Gel
Common Problems When Thickening and Gelling
Pressure-Cooked Gravy
Pistachio Pesto
Pesto Variations
Mughal Curry Sauce
Curry Sauce Variations
Sous Vide Hollandaise
Basic Mayonnaise
Mayonnaise Variations
Not-So-Secret Special Sauce
Salsa Verde
Marinara Variations
Strawberry Marinara
Thai Sweet, Sour, and Savory Glaze
Oils and Fats
Sous Vide Lemon Herb Oil
House Vinaigrette
Spiced Chili Oil
Montpelier Butter
Stovetop Carotene Butter
Pressure-Cooked Shellfish Butter
Pressure-Rendered Chicken Fat
Grilled Applesauce
Pressure-Cooked Pickled Mustard Seeds
Garlic Confit
Pressure-Cooked Caramelized Onions
Tomato Confit
Tomato Leather
Pickled Vegetables
Vacuum-Infused Celery
Basic Brine for Poultry
Sweet Brine for Meat
Fish Brine
Marinade Variations
Spice Mixes
Special Curry Spice
Chaat Masala
Fish Spice Mix
Pain d'Epices Powder
Chili Spice Mix
Basic Meat Rub
Chapter 7: Breakfast Eggs
Egg Textures
French Scrambled Eggs
Omelet Fillings
Steamed Omelet
Striped Mushroom Omelet
Mushroom Puree
Cream of Mushroom Variation
Shiitake Marmalade
Eggs Sunny-Side Up
Chapter 8: Salads and Cold Soups
Raspberry Gazpacho
Fruit Minestrone
Sous Vide Vichyssoise
Onion Slaw
Engineering a Great Salad
Green Salad
Pressure-Cooked Quinoa Salad with Cauliflower
Pressure-Cooked Chickpea Salad
Sous Vide Tuna Confit
Pressure-Cooked Lentil Salad
Chapter 9: Pressure-Cooked Vegetable Soups
Caramelized Carrot Soup
Caramelized Vegetable Soup Variations
Pressure-Cooked Vegetable Jus
Pressure-Cooked Vegetables
Pressure-Cooked Barley
Vegetable Soup Plate-Up and Presentation
Chapter 10: Steak
Sous Vide Steak
Low-Temp Oven Steak
Sous Vide Steak in a Cooler
Creamed Spinach
Grilled Steak
Grilled Pork Chop
Lamb Skewers
Chapter 11: Cheeseburger and Milk Shake
Modernist Hamburger Patty
White Sandwich Bread
Ultrafrothy Milk Shake
Cheeseburger Assembly
Meatloaf Sandwich
Chapter 12: Carnitas
Pressure-Cooked Carnitas
Carnitas Variations
Crispy Pork Chicharrón
Refried Bean Foam
Pressure-Cooked Spiced Black Beans
Pressure-Cooked Pork Belly Adobo
Chapter 13: Short Ribs
Sous Vide Short Ribs
Potato Puree
Pork Belly B.L.T.
Lamb Curry
Chapter 14: Roast Chicken
Home Roast Chicken
Roast Chicken Variations
Baked Chicken with Onions
Sous Vide Chicken
Sous Vide Turkey Legs
Sous Vide Turkey Breast
Chapter 15: Chicken Wings
Sous Vide Buffalo Wings
Crispy Chicken Wings, Korean-Style
Crispy Fried Chicken Wings
Boneless Yakitori Wings
Skewer Variations
Buffalo Sauce
Honey Mustard Sauce
Yakitori Sauce
Korean Wing Sauce
Blue Cheese Sauce
Chinese Garlic Chili Condiment
Chapter 16: Chicken Noodle Soup
Aromatic Chicken Broth
Aromatic Broth and Soup Variations
Fresh Noodles
Dressed Noodle Variations
Pressure-Cooked Carrots and Leeks
Chicken Noodle Soup
Chapter 17: Salmon
Fragrant Sous Vide Salmon
Crispy Fish Skin
Selecting Salmon
Chapter 18: Shellfish
Lobster Roll
Poached Lobster Variation
Mussels Marinière
Clams in Chowder Sauce
Sous Vide Braised Snails
Chapter 19: Pizza
Neapolitan Pizza Dough
Rustic Pizza Dough
No-Knead Pizza Dough
Pizza Margherita
Oven-Fried Pizza
Pizza Toppings
Chapter 20: Mac and Cheese
Mac and Cheese
Cheese Variations
Baked Mac and Cheese
"Fat-Free" Mac and Cheese
Cheese Crumble
Perfect Melting Cheese Slice
Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Chapter 21: Risotto and Paella
Parcooked Vegetable Risotto
Pressure-Cooked Paella del Bosco
Risotto and Paella Variations
Chapter 22: Cornmeal
Pressure-Cooked Polenta
Shrimp and Grits
Fresh Corn Tamale
Hush Puppy Variation
Chapter 23: Dishes for the Microwave
Microwave Eggplant Parmesan
Sichuan Bok Choy
Bok Choy Variations
Microwaved Trout with Scallions and Ginger
Microwaved Fish Variations
Microwaved Beef Jerky
Crispy Beef Strands
Crispy Beef and Shallot Salad
Microwave-Fried Herbs
Instant Chocolate Cake
Instant Cake Variations
Chapter 24: Custards and Pies
Coffee Crème Brûlée
Vanilla Panna Cotta
Lemon Posset
Sous Vide Lemon Curd
Sous Vide Crème Anglaise
Pistachio Gelato
Gelato Variations
Short and Flaky Pastry Dough
Sous Vide Pastry Cream
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If I want to concentrate on improving my skill or knowledge, should I be writing my own programming blog in order to consolidate my knowledge or I should I just concentrate on reading other people's blogs/videos/podcasts/books?
Does writing a programming blog reduce your learning speed, compared to reading other people's blogs only? [closed]
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I think its clear what happens both ways:
If you write your own blog, you will be forced to make sure what you are writing is correct, and you will end up learning the intricacies, and gaining in-depth knowledge of the areas you are familiar with.
On the other hand, if you browse around, you will probably come across completely new subjects and gain knowledge about a broader spectrum of technologies, but it won't be as comprehensive.
In my opinion, you should focus on gaining a broader spectrum of knowledge rather than in-depth knowledge. The reason why I say this is that when you are working on a project, if you know about the technologies and tools that can help you get things done well at the outset, then you can get things done a lot quicker and go about doing them the right way from the start, rather than hitting roadblocks in the future. Also, this way you end up going in-depth into the useful topics as and when you use them, so you don't waste time going deep into unnecessary things.
I understand that having in-depth knowledge helps you really understand the tools your working with etc., but this way you can gain that in-depth knowledge for the tools you use, as and when you use them, rather than learning things you may never utilize.
EDIT: I stumbled upon the "Just in time" philosophy of learning Jeff Atwood advocates, turns out it explains the reasoning for my answer much better than I could. Definitely worth a read - http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2006/04/keeping-up-and-just-in-time-learning.html
Improving your technical skills is only a very small part of the overall skill set you should be looking to improve as a software developer. I'm a strong believer in being able to communicate your thoughts effectively. I strive for this because software is made by teams, not just by a large faction of single developers. As you start to write, you'll only get better at writing. This, in my mind, should be near the top of every developer's to-do list.
The programming community also revolves around the dominant mindset of 'giving back'. Chances are that you've already learnt a lot of programming from other people imparting their knowledge. There's a strong sense of returning to the community and the easiest form of it is teaching those who know less than you. Even though you may not specifically target it, whatever you write about will be helping someone.
Another example of the 'giving back' mindset is the number of open-source projects in existence. It's the result of smart people being humble to contribute, knowing they will not receive any financial reward for their time.
There's no harm in writing your own blog. Writing about what you're learning only helps solidify it in your own mind.
You can never master any subject until you try and teach it.
In my case it is the other way round. Writing programming blog forced me to gain in-depth knowledge about subject matter and actually increased learning speed.
However, different people have different learning styles, therefore it simply depends on what is your learning style...
My recollection of writing some extensive tutorials was that trying to explain what I had been doing to other people meant I needed a much greater grasp of it myself- where I had just written code and kind of poked around until it worked, if I was going to explain it I needed to know why the solution I had come to was working, which forced me to think the things I was doing through in a lot more detail.
For me this really helped to crystalise my understanding of the platform I was working with and made my code for that platform a lot better in the long run.
Also by putting your ideas in a public forum, you open them up to comment from others and if you get informed readers visiting your blog there is a good chance that your readers will suggest different or better ways of writing code to do what you are doing, or tricks that allow you to have the API do more of the work that you may not be aware of.
One of my college professors used to say, "If you haven't written about it, you haven't thought about it."
I would be inclined to say you improve your programming skills by programming. Using a blog will improve your communications skills.
What's not clear to me is what skills you think you would improve by writing a blog.
I think you write a blog for a different reason. You do so in order to create a buzz around yourself and gain reputation in the programming community. This gives you credibility, authenticity and a sense of of being connected to your fellow programmers. Therefore, it is a great way to promote your skills, products and services to a lot of people including potential employees especially if some of your blog entries go viral. In order to write a good blog, you already need to have an in-depth knowledge in your domain of expertise.
You read blogs/podcasts/tutorials/books to gain that in depth knowledge. Also, it's important that you get involved in a few projects and get your hands dirty, in order to solidify that knowledge.
Writing something or saying it out loud activates different parts of your brain. That is why sometimes we think we understand something as soon as we hear it; it seems very simple. Actually when you are out there writing something or doing it, you will find a lot of missing pieces that you will eventually discover. So, writing always helps.
You must have felt the urge to write already, which might be part of reason you posted this question. Now, whenever you feel that, go ahead and do it - write. Writing for the sake of writing cannot be sustained for longer periods from my personal experience. So, whenever you feel the urge, stop writing. If you think you are wasting too much time on writing text, try vlogging instead of blogging - record using a screen recorder with your voice or audio. It takes less time and you can edit the recordings at leisure.
Before you decide if it is effective or not, try it out and check for yourself.
I can see both sides of the argument, reading blogs is good because it helps you discover things that you may never find on your own, but there's also a lot of duplication. Writing a blog takes time and energy, but forces you to really make sure you're 100% on everything.
I found a happy middle ground was writing articles on things that I know will prove useful to me in Evernote, I don't need to share them but they do need to be 100%.
I'd suggest start by writing a couple of articles offline. If it helps and you enjoy it, then carry it on.
If you do programming alone, you'll learn what just needed to accomplish your tasks. But the experience is different while writing - you have to understand every related area, so that your answer does not become a bluff. I have written programming articles for my website and I have always learned more while writing blogs.
This is all very subjective. You can learn by reading others' blogs if what they're writing about is pertinent to you in some way. If the blog contains concepts which are generally applicable to all of computer science or those which are germane to whichever language or framework or platform you're working with then reading others' work can be useful.
On the flip side, writing your own blog can be useful in a lot of ways. From my own experience, I can say that blogging about my projects is kind of like optimizing my work as well as recording what it is I have done and intend to do. I use my blog to keep track of things like design decisions and milestones but it also helps me move on to whatever it is I need to do next.
Ultimately, if you start blogging and find that it's not benefiting you, your time is probably better spent actually producing code or reading about others' work.
You should definitely do both.
First, you have to gain enough knowledge from theory and practice. But even at this stage, you can still write a blog about useful articles and topics you found on the web. this way you will start to receive feedback from the readers, and see if your work is going in the right direction, if you are writing right things, or not.
When you feel you have enough knowledge about a particular topic, you can start write your own tutorials, opinions and articles about it.
At the beginning, try to focus on only one topic, the one you know the most. As time passes and you feel more comfortable, try to embrace a wider number of technologies.
Writing will only make you a better programmer. Granted.
I think that by writing your code again and again just makes you better and better. I think there's no problem when doing both reading and writing. That's how we learn
Basically writing, for any topic and not just programming, make me think carefully and deeply about it, get hands-on experiences and I often get my own experiences just because I make mistakes that very few people have ever made :)


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Reply+64#16 - ussioc (04/29/2013) [-]
A load freaky **** happened to me when I was a kid, around 4-5. I used to get told by mum to go get ready for bed, meaning brush my teeth and go toilet and get changed. I used to go upstairs and bathroom is directly ahead once you reach the top. I did whatever and come out. There are stairs ahead of me, a wooden barrister (if that's the word) and a little walkway to get to other rooms and attic. On the side of the wooden barrister to get to the other rooms I used to see a few people standing there. Moaning and looking at me. I had never seen these people before in my life. They had blood on their face and clothes and cuts all over. I used to shoot down the stairs to my parents which would at times comfort me and at times within a blink of an eye they would turn on me, as you see in movies where you are drugged and its all blurry apart from their faces which are right in your face. They would scream at me saying they were going to kill me and then I'd blink and everything would be fine again. The people I used to see happened every single day for about a year or even maybe more. Yeah pretty ****** up, also have more stories if people interested
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Reply+21#18 to #17 - ussioc (04/29/2013) [-]
Yeah was some ****** up **** , I'll tell you one about my great grandad, my mums mums dad, grandmas dad basically. He had passed away and prior to this he would always play with me and like bite my ear or hand, I was a child then. A little background info, he was paralyzed from the waist down and had a bed in the front room downstairs. He also used to have a chair which he'd sit in time to time. He passed away and around 6 weeks later coming inside my grandmas house from playing football for a glass of water there's nobody in the room. I look towards his chair and their he is sitting back, just looking right into my eyes and following me as I slowly move, me being scared ******** I ran into the kitchen, brushed it off, got my water and went back out. Come back in later on yet again for another glass of water and I see him in his chair again. Just following me with his eyes and I run like a ******* again. Was around 10-11 at the time. Thinking back on it I wished I had chat to him, to see if he responded but at that time, all that goes through your head is ghosts, go close and try to communicate and they make some scary ass face and move towards you.
Reply+7#22 to #21 - ussioc (04/29/2013) [-]
Alright I used to smoke weed at a point and came home stoned one day and went straight upstairs to get the smell off me and check my eyes to see how ****** I looked. My brother who mas maybe 2-3 at the time just comes up to me and says (I'm muslim btw) "Allah gonna put you on fire". Me being stoned and weed being haram was **** scared. I asked him what he said again to make sure I heard right, and he says it again "Allah gonna put you on fire" the little ****** laughs and runs off. Not really scary but I was **** scared hahahaha
Reply+5#24 to #22 - pandacore (04/29/2013) [-]
Wow, i have a little sister she's about 7 now. I remember in our old house, she had these imaginary friends. (Like most children) She was quite a lonely child due to us living in an isolated town 100 population. Anyways she would always come up with weird ******* names. KHA-JA. One day i was taking care of her she was about 4 at the time, and she laughs and goes "Look Kha-jas behind you!" It scared the **** out of me because behind me was a dark hallway...
Reply+5#25 to #24 - ussioc (04/29/2013) [-]
Well at my grandmas house one day and when my baby bro was just little, couldnt even talk at that point. Anyways mum was walking to grandmas and once she got their she seemed freaked out. We asked her what happened and she was like we was walking and got under the big tree near the field and he just started waving at someone. She looked back and no one was there. She asked him who's he waving at and he just pointed and waved. She got his head onto her chest so he couldn't look back and got to grandmas as fast as she could. We have these things called jinns in our religion. We believe it and they're basically ghosts but bastard ghosts in a sense. Can possess you and etc. Worth reading into and some freaky **** .
#27 to #25 - pandacore (04/29/2013) [-]
I'll look into that later on tonight. Yea as a kid i was weird as **** , at my dad's house www.zillow.com/homedetails/17-Donworth-St-Stockholm-ME-04783/84886525_zpid/ < Not sure if we are a loud to post urls. It's creepy as **** there though and so pretty much i would make faces of stuff as a kid and there was a birch tree outside my window and it was in the face of a cat. But only i could see it, and i would talk to it. Years later i forgot it about and when my younger sister came into my room she goes "Looks Katie it's a cat!" And points at it. Just creeped me out a lot
#28 to #27 - ussioc (04/29/2013) [-]
Outside it looks scary as **** . Like some murderers torture house haha, but what I dont like is that it's surrounded by trees... Yeah another thing is jinns usually are around trees and blah blah but yeah that's what would freak me out the most, the trees, sounds daft I know.. But yeah as a kid I was **** scared of the dark. Always end up making out faces in my room and once I turned my light off I'd shoot into the bed and cover my head. Ultimate protection against anything scary when you're a kid.
#29 to #28 - pandacore (04/29/2013) [-]
Yep pretty much, and at my dad's house he showed me a lot of scary movies so you can guess what that would due to a 6 year old's mind. I used to imagine a red golem laying under my bed. Just waiting for my foot to dangle and for him to grab it and drag me underneath.
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******* scared me... Couldn't sleep for weeks, everytime I closed my eyes I'd picture her face.. Still don't like looking at it hahaha but don't phase me no more. Pics the girl from the excorcist movie btw <---
#314 to #30 - theincrediblelegs (04/30/2013) [-]
Damn you are your picture, that was the image of the first "screamer" I ever saw. Now I am hearing noises from towards my open cupboard, bloody hell.
#32 to #31 - ussioc (04/29/2013) [-]
You gotta watch that movie! Literally the only movie that has actually scared me... Seen it a few times again when I was a little older but didn't scare me much but then again I've seen it already and know what's gonna come up. But worth the watch if you want a good scare. Make sure to watch it at night and in total darkness too for best effect :D
#35 to #34 - ussioc (04/29/2013) [-]
One with Halle Berry and the pedos at the end? Think I've seen it but like when she's escaping from the mental asylum and like runs to the house and finds the videos and everything. Anyways college tomorrow gotta be up for 7, been nice chatting and hopefully chat to you again tomorrow night :)


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10 Jan, 1957 aboard the USS Wyandot: The Staton Island got back to us about mid-night last night, and tied up to the bow of the Wyandot. There wasn't any use breaking the Wyandot loose because we couldn't have gotten very far no how. The ice ahead just won't give. There is no doubt in our minds now why no other human beings or ships have come this far. This Weddell Sea was never meant for man to enter, but here we are only 300 miles from Cape Adams - our destination, but God can can we make it, and if we did would we ever get out? We don't have the answers, and it's very doubtful if the captains of the 2 ships and our task force commanders know the answers. All we can do now is wait. We don't even know the reason why the waiting except that we can't go forward, and we can't turn because heck, I don't know the answer...except if there even is a slight chance we might get through, we got to chance it. One of the helecopters took off a little while ago, maybe they will bring back some good news...can't never tell. Our nerves are pretty well shot, fights and arguments among the men are getting to be regular, and they don't care. If my writing or what I say gets fouled up in the days to come, just figure my nerves got my thinking off the beaten track, this has just been another day as for work. Chow ain't improved none, thats about it for today...
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My dad (known as Matty) was a Seabee on the Wyandot to the Weddell Sea in 1956-57. He was a equipment mechanic. He kept a journal of his trip and took about 300 slide photos. I am currently using the journal in my 7-8th grade literacy class. We are comparing the voyages of Shackleton, Operation Deep Freeze, and a modern adventure called Impossible to Possible, or i2P (http://impossible2possible.com/i2p/ ). Ray Zahad started the organization and actually has Antarctic connections. He ran across it! He takes students on seemingly impossible trips (this year it was to India) and they have video chats and blog. It was really interesting.
Dad had some real insight at times through out the trip. I will share the interesting ones!
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Pics? Any chance of posting them? Operation Deep Freeze is a section in waiting, are the pictures published anywhere online or could they be? PM me maybe?
It sounds wonderful that you are using Shackleton, a modern adventure and your father's own adventures with your class. Especially as I presume you are older now than your dad was when he wrote his diary.
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Interesting about the fighting breaking out. The U.S. program (and I presume others) screens applicants before sending them, including psychological testing for winterovers. There are also lots of recreational options available now that weren't available then, and women. I suppose all these contribute to there being very little in the way of altercations these days.
I imagine military expeditions were quite different in many ways, and indeed it was less than 20 years ago that McMurdo Station finally eliminated separate dining rooms (galleys, after Naval usage) for administrators and workers (officers and enlisted, formerly, except there were also civilians). I don't know all the details about that, by the way, I've just seen references to the fact that there were two dining rooms. I can't imagine that the scientists were sent to eat with enlisted men, but I don't know what criteria were used for separating the groups.
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If I remember correctly the very basic, cramped shelter occupied by Scott's Northern Party when it was unable to rejoin the main expedition, was divided into a section for officer's and another for 'men'. It shows just how entrenched the naval system was that it persisted even under the most extreme conditions which the Northern party experienced during that winter. Makes McMurdo seem positively 'normal'!


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Integrated Steel Bars – Integrated Steel Bars strengthen the connection to the vehicle and reduce forward flexing of the child seat during a crash. You can find the Integrated Steel Bars on the outside of the car seat and they continue up through the shell of the child restraint.
Energy-Absorbing Versa-Tether – This strap (a.k.a webbing), is attached to two points of the upper part of the child seat. On the strap you will find a hook that attaches to an anchor in your vehicle. The Britax tether system allows you to tether your child seat in either the rear-facing or forward-facing modes.
The use of a tether can reduce the distance that your child's head moves forward by four to six inches, thereby minimizing the risk of injury during a crash. ~ Britax website
Side Impact Protection – One of the things parents most fear, is a side-impact collision. With the Britax Marathon 70, you will find Side Impact Protection that provides protection to your child during a side impact crash. The Side Impact Protection system utilizes the rigid seat shell, lined with energy-absorbing foam, to keep your child's head and chest protected from the side impact crash forces.
Marathon 70 features that I have come to love. ~
When we first received the Britax Marathon 70, I felt a bit overwhelmed with all of the settings, adjustments, etc. But as I started to read over the owners manual, I became comfortable using all of the features and quickly came to love each of them!
Built-in Lock-offs – These devices are designed into the shell of a convertible car seat and the base of an infant car seat to ensure a snug lap and shoulder belt installation with minimal effort. Located in the vehicle belt path areas on the child seat, lock-offs hold the vehicle seat belt in place until the vehicle seat belt has to do its job.
I find the Lock-offs to be a terrific and very helpful feature. When installing Princess P's car seat, we did encounter a problem on one side because the belt contained a "button-like" object that prevent the Lock-off from clamping down all the way. But after a bit of tightening, we were able to close both Lock-offs.
When I was adjusting the harnesses to fit Princess P, I looked down and noticed that the harness stuck to the velcro and kept it out of the way when I was placing P into the seat. Genius!
I found both the forward and rear-facing positions to be very easy to install in the car(we have a Chrysler Pacifica) and adjust (thanks to the Quick-Adjust Harness) to fit Princess P snugly. I also love the anti-slip, contoured base that grips and protects the vehicle seat while offering optimum vehicle fit.
Honestly, there are so many features on the Britax Marathon 70 that I would love to list, but I am sure you are tired of reading by now. However, I did want to mention the cute color combination's that the Marathon 70 comes in. We received the Allison fabric and I could not be more pleased with it! The seat also contains a lush, Easy-Remove Cover with matching comfort pads and infant body pillow to provide extra comfort and easy cleaning without disassembling or uninstalling the child seat!
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(a) Establishment
(1) In general
The Secretary of Commerce shall establish, within the International Trade Administration, the United States and Foreign Commercial Service. The Secretary shall, to the greatest extent practicable, transfer to the Commercial Service the functions and personnel of the United States and Foreign Commercial Services.
(2) Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General; other personnel
The head of the Commercial Service shall be the Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the Commercial Service, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the Commercial Service may appoint Commercial Service Officers and such other personnel as may be necessary to carry out the activities of the Commercial Service.
(3) Coordination with foreign policy objectives
The Secretary shall take the necessary steps to ensure that the activities of the Commercial Service are carried out in a manner consistent with United States foreign policy objectives, and the Secretary shall consult regularly with the Secretary of State in order to comply with this paragraph.
(b) Statement of purpose
The Commercial Service shall place primary emphasis on the promotion of exports of goods and services from the United States, particularly by small businesses and medium-sized businesses, and on the protection of United States business interests abroad by carrying out activities such as—
(1) identifying United States businesses with the potential to export goods and services and providing such businesses with advice and information on establishing export businesses;
(2) providing United States exporters with information on economic conditions, market opportunities, the status of the intellectual property system in such country, and the legal and regulatory environment within foreign countries;
(3) providing United States exporters with information and advice on the necessary adaptation of product design and marketing strategy to meet the differing cultural and technical requirements of foreign countries;
(4) providing United States exporters with actual leads and an introduction to contacts within foreign countries;
(5) assisting United States exporters in locating reliable sources of business services in foreign countries;
(6) assisting United States exporters in their dealings with foreign governments and enterprises owned by foreign governments;
(7) assisting the coordination of the efforts of State and local agencies and private organizations which seek to promote United States business interests abroad so as to maximize their effectiveness and minimize the duplication of efforts;
(8) utilizing district and foreign offices as one-stop shops for United States exporters by providing exporters with information on all export promotion and export finance activities of the Federal Government, assisting exporters in identifying which Federal programs may be of greatest assistance, and assisting exporters in making contact with the Federal programs identified; and
(9) providing United States exporters and export finance institutions with information on all financing and insurance programs of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the Trade and Development Program, and the Small Business Administration, including providing assistance in completing applications for such programs and working with exporters and export finance institutions to address any deficiencies in such applications that have been submitted.
(c) Offices
(1) In general
The Commercial Service shall conduct its activities at a headquarters office, district offices located in major United States cities, and foreign offices located in major foreign cities.
(2) Headquarters
The headquarters of the Commercial Service shall provide such managerial, administrative, research, and other services as the Secretary considers necessary to carry out the purposes of the Commercial Service.
(3) District offices
The Secretary shall establish district offices of the Commercial Service in any United States city in a region in which the Secretary determines that there is a need for Federal Government export assistance.
(4) Foreign offices
(A) The Secretary may, after consultation with the Secretary of State, establish foreign offices of the Commercial Service. These offices shall be located in foreign cities in regions in which the Secretary determines there are significant business opportunities for United States exporters.
(B) The Secretary may, in consultation with the Secretary of State, assign to the foreign offices Commercial Service Officers and such other personnel as the Secretary considers necessary. In employing Commercial Service Officers and such other personnel, the Secretary shall use the Foreign Service personnel system in accordance with the Foreign Service Act of 1980 [22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.]. The Secretary shall designate a Commercial Officer [1] as head of each foreign office.
(C) Upon the request of the Secretary, the Secretary of State shall attach the Commercial Service Officers and other employees of each foreign office to the diplomatic mission of the United States in the country in which that foreign office is located, and shall obtain for them diplomatic privileges and immunities equivalent to those enjoyed by Foreign Service personnel of comparable rank and salary.
(D) For purposes of official representation, the senior Commercial Service Officer in each country shall be considered to be the senior commercial representative of the United States in that country, and the United States chief of mission in that country shall accord that officer all privileges and responsibilities appropriate to the position of senior commercial representative of other countries.
(E) The Secretary of State is authorized, upon the request of the Secretary, to provide office space, equipment, facilities, and such other administrative and clerical services as may be required for the operation of the foreign offices. The Secretary is authorized to reimburse or advance funds to the Secretary of State for such services.
(d) Rank of Commercial Service Officers in foreign missions
(1) Minister-Counselor
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary is authorized to designate up to 16 United States missions abroad at which the senior Commercial Service Officer will be able to use the diplomatic title of Minister-Counselor. The Secretary of State shall accord the diplomatic title of Minister-Counselor to the senior Commercial Service Officer assigned to a United States mission so designated.
(2) Consul General
In any United States consulate in which a vacancy occurs in the position of Consul General, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary, shall consider filling that vacancy with a Commercial Service Officer if the primary functions of the consulate are of a commercial nature and if there are significant business opportunities for United States exporters in the region in which the consulate is located.
(e) Information dissemination
In order to carry out subsection (b)(7) of this section, to lessen the cost of distribution of information produced by the Commercial Service, and to make that information more readily available, the Secretary should establish a system for distributing that information in those areas where no district offices of the Commercial Service are located. Distributors of the information should be State export promotion agencies or private export and trade promotion associations. The distribution system should be consistent with cost recovery objectives of the Department of Commerce.
(f) Cooperation in Federal financing and insurance programs
To assist the Commercial Service in carrying out subsection (b)(9) of this section, and consistent with the provisions of section 635i–7 of title 12, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the Trade and Development Program, and the Small Business Administration shall each—
(1) provide to the Commercial Service complete and current information on all of its programs and financing practices; and
(g) Audits
The Inspector General of the Department of Commerce shall perform periodic audits of the operations of the Commercial Service, but at least once every 3 years. The Inspector General shall report to the Congress the results of each such audit. In addition to an overview of the activities and effectiveness of Commercial Service operations, the audit shall include—
(1) an evaluation of the current placement of domestic personnel and recommendations for transferring personnel among district offices;
(2) an evaluation of the current placement of foreign-based personnel and recommendations for transferring such personnel in response to newly emerging business opportunities for United States exporters; and
(h) Report by Secretary
Not later than 1 year after August 23, 1988, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress on the feasibility and desirability, the progress to date, the present status, and the 5-year outlook, of the comprehensive integration of the functions and personnel of the foreign and domestic export promotion operations within the International Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce.
(j) Definitions
For purposes of this section—
(3) the term "United States exporter" means—
(B) a corporation, partnership, or other association created under the laws of the United States or of any State; or
(C) a foreign corporation, partnership, or other association, more than 95 percent of which is owned by persons described in subparagraphs (A) and (B),
that exports, or seeks to export, goods or services produced in the United States;
(4) the term "small business" means any small business concern as defined under section 632 of this title;
(5) the term "State" means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, or any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States; and
[1] So in original. Probably should be "Commercial Service Officer".
Source(Pub. L. 100–418, title II, § 2301,Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1338; Pub. L. 102–429, title II, §§ 202, 203, 205,Oct. 21, 1992, 106 Stat. 2201, 2204.)
References in Text
The Foreign Service Act of 1980, referred to in subsec. (c)(4)(B), is Pub. L. 96–465, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2071, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 52 (§ 3901 et seq.) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3901 of Title 22 and Tables.
Section is comprised of section 2301 ofPub. L. 100–418. Subsec. (i) ofsection 2301 of Pub. L. 100–418amended section 5315 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
1992—Subsec. (b)(8), (9). Pub. L. 102–429, §§ 202, 203 (a), added pars. (8) and (9).
Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 102–429, § 205, substituted "16" for "8".
Subsecs. (f) to (j). Pub. L. 102–429, § 203(b), added subsec. (f) and redesignated former subsecs. (f) to (i) as (g) to (j), respectively.
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec. (g) of this section relating to reporting results of audits to Congress, see section 3003 ofPub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 53 of House Document No. 103–7.
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Posted on February 12, 2008Ill Nino kicked off the weekend in style performing at the Kerrang! Weekender held in Camber Sands. Arriving late afternoon the band were more than happy to squeeze in a quick signing session which, according to Kerrang! staff at the event, drew the biggest crowd of all the bands participating over the weekend. An explosive set included a guest appearance by Benji of Skindred on Soulfly cover Eye For An Eye, dedicated to late Drowning Pool singer Dave Williams, some classic Ill Nino tracks inc new single Unreal, and a rousing chorus of Happy Birthday to Jardel! With a late bus call of 4am, there was plenty of time for aftershow japes and Jagermeister.
The band ended the weekend playing Sunday night at the Waterfront in Norwich, to a rapturous reception - resulting in hoards of gig goers hovering around the tour bus and dressing room exits in the hope of getting a few autographs for a couple of hours after the show ended. Their patience paid off, for showers and fresh clothes later, marker pens were duly produced and scribbles given.
The band play Sheffield tonight, and then return Oct 26th for a further 7 dates before returning to the US to write the next album. Keep your ears out for new songs being played this tour... including album closer 'With You'.
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He must have been looking at Barack Obama in a crystal ball when he said it, for Obama is the poster child for a "vain and aspiring" man.
While thousands of gallons of oil spews into the Gulf of Mexico each day, while the unemployment rate remains right at 10 percent, while the stock market drops, while Greece teeters on the edge of bankruptcy, while American soldiers die on foreign battlefields and while North and South Korea stand with knives at each others' throats, Obama parties, vacations and golfs… and blames others for the troubles.
When he does address his subjects—the American people—he does it with an arrogant disdain developed from years in Ivy League schools and in the dining halls of some of the nation's most famous leftists.
He's been mostly "too busy" to deal with the Gulf oil leak, having made only three trips to the region in almost two months—two of those in the last two weeks and then only after Democrat operative James Carville ripped him for his lack of interest in the crisis. And for the longest time he was "too busy" to read Arizona's new immigration law and meet with Arizona Governor Jan Brewer—he finally relented and granted her a brief audience—to discuss it, even though he found time to criticize it.
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The area around the airport was a major focus during the recent South Metro Development Outlook Conference. The meeting, held at the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park and sponsored by The Collaborative Firm, included a session on the potential of the Hartsfield-Jackson aeropolis.
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I thought you were focusing on the long term.
That being said, IF Britton can make a solid start today - at least six innings with no more than two earned runs and no more than two walks - then I would allow him to continue in the rotation and put Hammel in the bullpen. He's gone at the end of the year and he might be able able to get himself back on track there.


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