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This season's gender-neutral toys will finally prove that boys and girls aren't so different after all.
This holiday season the Swedish feminist police are proving that nothing is sacred to them, not even Christmas. No longer simply content to advocate for gender-neutral pronouns—"hen" instead of "he" and "she," or require men to pee sitting down—they have convinced Sweden's equivalent of the Better Business Bureau to get Top Toys, the country's main toy distributor, to stop publishing catalogs with "outdated stereotypes." Thus, in the Swedish edition of the Top Toys 2012 Christmas catalog, it's the girl peering into the sight of the giant Nerf machine gun while the boy gently caresses a doll's face. On another page, a boy, who looks about 8, is holding some fluffy toy Pomeranians of the kind you'd normally find in Paris Hilton's purse, at the end of a sparkly leash. All I can say about this new catalog is, thank God for the Swedes—and I say that knowing full well what that poor boy probably suffered in school the day that photo was published.
Why do I wish to sacrifice this boy? In the current battle of biological sex difference, where each side looks for proof that some trait in boys or girls is or isn't innate, children's toys serve as the closest we have so far to a smoking gun. Researchers over the years have shown many times, in many different countries, that young boys and girls tend to gravitate towards different toys when given the choice—cars for boys, say, and dolls for girls. To a jury of parents, who have seen with their own eyes the toddler boys who sleep surrounded by trucks and the girls who will only nap in their princess gowns, the research feels like incontrovertible proof that boys and girls must indeed be wired like opposites.
But in fact this is a false piece of evidence, or at least extremely misleading, since childhood is just about the only phase of life where differences between the genders show up so starkly. Which is why we need the Swedes to remind us that the kids are playing a trick on us. Toddlers, as anyone who has one knows, are rigid, literal-minded and wholly not be trusted. They are also intent at that age on crudely defining their identity. Most mothers of sons, for example, have had the experience of having them wake up one morning and turn into Rush Limbaugh, proclaiming bombastically about what boys and girls do and don't do. Taking that to mean anything bigger or deeper would be the same as seeing them sneak a candy from the corner store one day and concluding that they were destined for a life of crime. It would also lead us to forget the equally solid and convincing research on the "stereotype threat"—the idea that when women are reminded in any small way of the stereotype that, say, men are better at math, it affects their performance on tests.
Which is why I'm psyched that gender-scrambling toys are having their moment outside of Sweden as well. This week Mattel unveiled the Mega Bloks Barbie line, which encourages girls to do what their brothers used to do to annoy them: take apart and rebuild the Barbie house. Lego's surprise hit this season is a construction kit called "Friends" aimed at girls. Yes, it's pastel colors, and the characters—Mia, Olivia, and Stephanie—are much curvier than your usual Lego figures. But their logos, printed on the boxes and online, are practical-minded construction type phrases such as: like, "Let's get to work," or "Let's figure it out." Costco, meanwhile, is selling a "Police and Fire Playset" that looks remarkably like a dollhouse, with kitchens, bathrooms and loungy sofas and chairs, all in primary colors. Other popular dollhouses this season are sending out the message of "dare I say, female independence," writes anthropologist Lisa Wade, doing away with the "heteronormative" husband, wife, and children, instead featuring, say, several Barbies and one Ken.
A couple of weeks ago, McKenna Pope, a 13-year-old from Rhode Island started a petition against Hasbro for making the Easy Bake oven only in girlish pink and purple. Her 4-year-old brother wanted one for Christmas, but when she went to buy it she realized the packaging would turn him off. Her petition got more than 30,000 signatures in a week. In the video she made for Change.org her little brother Gavyn is in the kitchen mixing batter for cookies. She asks him why don't they have any boys in the commercials and he says "Only girls bake," which makes her furious. The packages, she huffs, send the message that "Men don't cook. They work."
Anyone my age seeing this tableau might immediately hear the Free to be You and Me record playing in our heads. We also might remember that even as children, we understood that all the Williams we knew didn't really want dolls. But the thing is, the world has changed dramatically since we were children in the '70s. Gender-neutral toys these days are not so much challenging gender norms as catching up to them. Only girls bake? Ever heard of Bobby Flay, or Anthony Bourdain, or David Chang? The New York Times has an entire three-year series written by a dad who cooks with his son. And a host of new sitcoms feature men wearing Baby Bjorns instead of ties. Similarly, girls with power tools are all over the web, which makes sense in an era when vastly more single women than single men are first time homeowners.


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It looks like my prediction for a sweep left some in the dust. Well, in my defense, I think I have mentioned on more than one occasion the deep sea of red filter that exists in Indiana, and here in the deep end of the pool in Republicania County, may in fact have hampered my abilities to call this election clearly.
But now I'm just sounding like a whining right wing talk show host making excuses for a pathetic showing Tuesday by the GOP.
So-I got two wrong. The President won re-election and Joe Donnelly coasted into a Senate seat held by one of the most respected and well-loved Republicans ever to have set foot in the Senate chambers. If you ask me, serves us right on the right.....well, the far right. But how was I to know that Mourdock would have committed political suicide by speaking out of the right, far right, side of his mouth in the debate? This is what happens when you put someone with infinite lack of skill into a position where they struggle to come up with the politically correct thing to say to pander to their base. While I'm not certain Donnelly would have lost (he had a whole lot of Lugar votes I'm sure), Mourdock's misspeak didn't do him any favors.
But I think the real story to come out of the Indiana elections is the narrow margin of victory the GOP had in the governor's and second congressional district races, and the race that no one seemed to acknowledge-Ritz beating out Bennett in the Superintendent of Education's race. Or let me put it this way.....a DEMOCRAT who won a state-wide seat in this red among red states.
If you look at how close the governor's race was, followed by Ritz's victory.....one can only draw the conclusion that this was a referendum on Mitch Daniel's extreme education reforms, which I give a big fat F. The sad fact is Ritz's victory will mean essentially nothing to making Indiana's schools work again. In fact, as if Mitch would be continuing in the driver's seat, he indicated that it would not undue any of his reforms and in fact only more reforms would be coming. I predict with a super majority we will see the end of public education in the state. But more on education in a later post.
The other interesting race was the second congressional district race which pit Jackie Wo against Brendan Mullen. Jackie-whose name has been plastered all over northern Indiana for years now, eked out a less than 2% victory against no-name Mullen. Jackie, who panders to the Tea Party and made so many absurd statements about her time in Indy during the election, was hand delivered a solidly red base with redistricting this past year. So why in all of Indiana's other Republican congressional districts did the victor win by more than 10% and Jackie less than 2%? That's gotta be a downright embarrassment to the GOP.
But, as with the governor's race, a win is a win.
So let's talk about the GOP losses on the national stage. Though they still held on to the House of Representatives, the GOP lost seats there and in the Senate (no thanks to Mourdock!). And of course, they lost the throne. And that's one big seat. The election wasn't a blow-out. I don't think we've had a real blow-out since Clinton's first win. But a win in this sluggish economy by a sitting Democrat speaks volumes to not only a changing voter demographic, but also the general perception the public has of the GOP........and it ain't good.
Now, you can tell me it was a battle of ads and misleading statements that made the other guy look bad. But that plays both ways. Until Citizen's United is overturned, I think this is the new normal. I nearly typed moral instead of normal..... I listened to Republican strategists after the election and they seemed to be more honest with themselves than the talk show hosts, or my R & TP FB friends the next day. The strategists' solution was to eliminate the far right sticking points (abortion, gay marriage) and court the Latino vote. The fact is-keeping those in the GOP platform, and doing nothing to address them, keeps a chunk of your base coming back. And I'm sorry-but if you start to court the Latino vote, I have this feeling that the bigots, who say they're not, will also cross from the red border.
I heard it put this way-the split in the GOP is between those who can count votes and those who cannot. I also heard this from the "christian" Rush Limbaugh on Focal Point.....evangelism is the key to electing more Republicans to office.
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INKSTER, Mich. (AP) — The oldest woman in the U.S. is pushing off questions about her longevity to a higher power.
When Jeralean Talley was asked why she thinks she has lived so long, the 113-year-old from suburban Detroit lifted her arm and pointed to the sky.
"Don't ask me," she said. "Ask Him."
Talley, who was born May 23, 1899, in Montrose, Ga., is the third-oldest person in the world, according to the Gerontology Research Group, which verifies age information for Guinness World Records.
She earned the title of oldest American when Elsie Thompson of Clearwater, Fla., died March 21, just weeks before her 114th birthday.
"I feel all right," Talley told the Detroit Free Press Tuesday in the Inkster home in which she has lived for decades.
Several of Talley's 11 siblings lived well into their 90s, said 75-year-old Thelma Holloway, Talley's only child.
Talley, who gave up bowling at age 104, uses a walker to get around and still plans to attend her annual fishing outing with Michael Kinloch, a friend from Wayne County's Canton Township whom she met at church.
"Her memory is phenomenal," he said.
Talley moved to Michigan in 1935, and her husband, Alfred, died in 1988.
Her friend, Mary Kennedy, said Talley remains alert and has a sense of humor.
"She is original," Kennedy said. "There is nobody else like her."
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Tisha B'Av: The Oldest Story in the Book
Can Jews turn Tisha B'Av, a day of mourning, into a time for healing?
According to the song by Three Dog Night, "one" is the loneliest number, and if you ask Ole Blue Eyes, Saturday night is the loneliest night of the week. Well, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar is Tisha B'Av. The thing is, most Jews don't know Tisha B'Av exists. Maybe it's because it falls during the dog days of summer when most folks are on vacation, or perhaps because it lacks the luster of the "marquis" holidays, like Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, around the corner. Or it could be that Tisha b'Av hearkens back to painful moments in a time so distant, they don't capture the hearts of the post-modern Jew.
Tisha B'Av-literally the 9th day of the Hebrew month of Av-is a day of mourning. According to Jewish tradition, the 9th of Av recalls the Babylonian destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E., the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans in 70 C.E., as well as a number of other tragedies, such as the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492. While far less known, Tisha B'Av is similar to Yom Kippur in many of its observances: a full fast, no sex, and no creature comforts, like bathing or wearing leather shoes. It is a day for reflection, time out of time to help us see to the heart of things.
But who needs a special day to think about destruction when it's everywhere all the time? We live in a "been there, done that" kind of a world-one giant, wall-to-wall flat-screen filled with 24/7 violence to humanity of the real and fictional kind. Five more soldiers killed in a suicide bombing take their last march across a CNN crawl, while images of Darfur, hazy home video from Al-Qaeda, and the hopeful picture of another missing child flash by as we make coffee or brush our teeth.
Attached to so many dates of infamy in Jewish history, Tisha B'Av could stand as a "been-there-done-that" holiday, a symbol of our 21st-cen. world in which we are de-sensitized to chaos and devastation. Or Tisha B'Av can be the day we stop to reconsider the same old story we accept as time goes by: hatred, conflict, and destruction are facts of life.
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Over the last few weeks since the 4.3 patch to Word of Warcraft there have been numerous tweaks and hot-fixes. Here is a complete list of all of the changes made to the 4.3 patch since its release.
December 20
- General
- Algaefin Rockfish no longer swim in schools, and schools of Deepsea Sagefish have taken their place along many coastlines.
- Classes
- Hunters
- Multi-Shot, modified by the talent Serpent Spread, should now properly spread Serpent Sting to other targets that are within range when a nearby player is affected by Serpent Sting.
- Paladins
- Horde Paladins should find that Judgement of Truth now properly triggers item procs that it is intended to trigger.
- Hunters
- Dungeons and Raids
- Deadmines
- Helix Gearbreaker's Stickybomb should no longer break Stealth.
- Vanessa VanCleef's Vigorous VanCleef Vindicator achievement should no longer break Stealth.
- Vortex Pinnacle
- Minister of Air
- The knockback for Lightning Nova has been reduced from roughly 12 yards to 8 yards on normal difficulty, and from18 yards to 12 yards on Heroic difficulty.
- Minister of Air
- Well of Eternity
- Mannoroth
- Felhounds, Doomguard Devestators, and Felguards are no longer capable of dealing critical hits.
- Mannoroth
- Zul'Aman
- Amani'shi Warbringer's damage has been reduced by 12%.
- Amani'shi Medicine Man's summoned Protective Ward health has been reduced by 60%.
- When an Amani'shi Scout is alerted, he now idles for 1 second before running to summon reinforcement.
- Amani'shi Reinforcement's damage has been reduced by 15%.
- Amani'shi Flame Casters' Fireball Volley now inflicts less damage.
- Jana'lai's Flame Breath ability now inflicts less persistent fire damage.
- In Dragonhawk form, Daakara's Flame Whirl spell increases fire damage taken by a lesser amount.
- Daakara's Creeping Paralysis now inflicts less damage.
- Zul'Gurub
- Berserking Boulder Roller's Boulders now inflict less damage.
- Bloodlord Mandokir's Decapitate cooldown has been increased by 5 seconds.
- Gurubashi Shadow Hunters are now immune to Disarm.
- Gurubashi Shadow Hunter's Shadowed Shot ability now inflicts less damage.
- Gurubashi Blood Drinker's Blood Leech ability now inflicts less damage.
- Lesser Priest of Bethekk's Shadowflame ability now inflicts less periodic damage.
- High Priestess Kilnara's Wave of Agony now deals less damage.
- Jin'do's Twisted Spirit health has been reduced.
- Jin'do's Twisted Spirit damage has been reduced.
- Jin'do's Shadows of Hakkar now inflicts less damage.
- Dragon Soul
- Morchok
- Double Stomp damage should now only come down on the heads of the two players closest to the boss.
- Hagara
- Ice Waves will not spawn until Hagara finishes casting Frozen Tempest.
- Spell immunity mechanics such as Ice Block and Divine Shield should now temporarily block damage from Watery Entrenchment, but should not remove the debuff.
- Ice Tomb can no longer be avoided by a raid of players all standing within a smokebomb.
- Yor'sahj the Unsleeping
- Yor'sahj now deals triple melee damage to player-controlled pets and targets them with Void Bolt.
- The Firebloom heal triggered by the Druid tier-12 should no longer cause Deep Corruption.
- Yor'sahj's damage has been reduced by up to 10% on 25-player Heroic difficulty, bringing the difficulty of the encounter closer to that of 10-player Heroic difficulty.
- Spine of Deathwing
- A Safe Fall aura has been added to the start of the encounter, preventing players from taking falling damage, should their parachutes end early.
- Corrupted Bloods now use Burst regardless of crowd control conditions, including silence.
- Madness of Deathwing
- Deathwing should no longer fire two Elementium Meteors when a limb tentacle is destroyed at the same time that Deathwing is casting Elementium Meteor.
- Morchok
- Deadmines
- Items
- Timepiece of the Bronze Flight has been given an additional red socket.
- Quests
- Players on the quest Patricide can no longer receive the Fragment of Deathwing's Jaw while in a Raid Finder group.
- Graham Van Talen should no longer incorrectly offer Gnome Engineering and Goblin Engineering once the player has sufficient Engineering skill level.
- Pelturas Whitemoon should now be quite willing to complete the quest Orendil's Cure for multiple players.
- Players are now able to complete the quest Trial of the Naaru: Mercy by beating the 55-minute timer.
These are the current patch notes for WoW 4.3 as of time of this post. If things change once Blizzard lists them as ÔÇ£OfficialÔÇØ, we will be sure to publish any updates.
New Dungeon & Raid Content
- End Time is now available for testing. Your participation and feedback here is appreciated.
- Hour of Twilight is now available for testing. Your participation and feedback here is appreciated.
- Well of Eternity is now available for testing. Your participation and feedback here is appreciated.
- The new Baradin Hold boss, Alizabal, is now available for testing. Your participation and feedbackhere is appreciated.
- Dragon Soul is now available for testing. Your participation and feedback is appreciated. For the latest testing schedule, please visit the PTR Discussion forum here.
Raid Finder
- This new grouping feature allows players to quickly and easily form a pick-up raid for a specially tuned version of the current tier of endgame content: the Dragon Soul raid. Raid Finder is now available for testing. Your participation and feedback here is appreciated.
- This new feature allows players to customize their gear like never before. You'll find Transmogrification, Void Storage, and Reforging vendors in Cathedral Square, Stormwind and The Drag, Orgrimmar. The costs associated with this service are not yet final.
Void Storage
- In addition to the bank, players will now have access to a new "deep storage" system, allowing characters to free bag space by setting aside coveted gear. You'll find Transmogrification, Void Storage, and Reforging vendors in Cathedral Square, Stormwind and The Drag, Orgrimmar. The costs associated with this service are not yet final.
- The former Reforging vendors have been… retired. The ethereals have chosen to take over the business and joined their Transmogrification and Void Storage service providers. You'll find them in Cathedral Square, Stormwind and The Drag, Orgrimmar.
Outland & Northrend Quest Flow
- The amount of experience needed to gain levels 71 through 80 has been reduced by approximately 33%.
- Many Group quests in Outland and Northrend have been re-tuned to allow players to complete them solo. They are no longer labeled as Group quests.
- Relevant questgivers have been moved into Outland and Northrend dungeons. The majority of dungeon quests for these zones are now available from within their respective dungeons.
North American realms (excluding Brazilian, Latin American, and Oceanic realms) no longer permit letters with accents in character or guild names. Existing character and guild names with special characters will be unaffected by this change.
- The achievement Master of Alterac Valley no longer requires the Alterac Valley Blitz achievement.
- The achievement Tol Barad Veteran now requires 25 victories in Tol Barad, down from 100.


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"I'm a political animal with a small 'p', not a large 'P'." These words from an eminent scientist capture the essence of a Research Fortnight survey of peers who have research and academic expertise. We asked 37 such members of the House of Lords if they would stand in an election in order to keep their place in the chamber. Just six said they would.
We spoke to peers with a background in academia, including the sciences, engineering, arts and humanities. We also spoke with those who have been particularly active in science policy issues. Of the six who said they would stand for election, three were crossbenchers, and three came from political parties. Of those we surveyed, 17 were crossbench peers and 20 belonged to a political party.
Age was the primary reason given by the 31 who said they would not stand for election to the Lords, but many added that they do not have the interest, time or finances to get involved in political campaigning.
Their responses confirm concern that partly or wholly electing the Lords would mean that fewer people with expert knowledge would contribute to policy debates. Those surveyed point out that not only their knowledge but also their different approach to debate has informed discussions on some important bills of recent times, including the Human Fertilisation and Embryology bill and, more recently, the Health and Social Care bill, which was subject to more than 1,000 amendments during its passage through the Lords. According to Ilora Finlay, a crossbench peer and professor of palliative medicine at Cardiff University, this bill went straight through the Commons but the Lords found "black holes" when they got their hands on it.
The UK government has published a draft House of Lords Reform bill, in which it claims that the second chamber lacks "democratic authority". Despite having appointed a wave of peers itself this year, the government proposes reducing the number of places in the house from around 800 to 300, of which 240 would be elected and 60 appointed. There would also be 12 bishops sitting as ex-officio members. But the bill also reveals that the government's longer-term ambition is to move towards a fully elected house.
In its response to the bill, published last week, a joint committee of members of parliament from both houses concluded that a house of 300 members would be too small to operate properly as a revising chamber. The committee therefore calls for 450 places but accepts that this should be divided into 80 per cent elected and 20 per cent appointed.
Under both models, the House of Lords would have between 60 and 90 appointed seats. This would leave experts from science competing for places with those from other areas of public life. At the moment, there are 186 crossbench peers, who sit in the Lords mainly because of their expertise. However, as our survey shows, the parties have also appointed many experts over the years and several very high profile scientists are politically affiliated.
Despite near unanimity about their own fates, the peers questioned in our survey were divided on how a reformed house should look or even if there should be any reform at all. Of the 37 surveyed, 15 said the House of Lords should remain unelected, another 15 said it should be partly elected and just five backed 100 per cent election. Another two were not clear on their stance.
Many of those surveyed not only said they would prefer an appointed or partly elected house but went on to warn that a fully elected chamber would reduce the availability of expertise in policy discussions. "I think it's unfair to expect the general public to select who is a good scientist or a good diplomat," says one of the house's practicing scientists. "If one argues that the role of the House of Lords is to provide the checks and balances and the hinterland of information and experience that perhaps the politicians haven't been able to have because they are politicians, then asking people to elect them on those criteria would be very hard, I think. I can't imagine many brain surgeons knocking on doors electioneering."
Others were concerned that an elected Lords would be full of people following a party line, and those who failed to get into the House of Commons. "They will be members of political parties," says one Conservative peer. "They will probably be the second or third 11 because the first 11 will get into the Commons and the second 11 may go to the devolved assemblies or Europe, so that leaves, quite frankly, people to come here as a result of disappointment in achieving what they originally set out to achieve. Not a good way to recruit."
"The problem in general with politics at the moment is that increasingly, people going into elected politics in democracies have done fewer, if any, jobs in the outside world. The advantage of a house like the House of Lords is that it is full of people who have expertise in a wide range of areas," says Robert Winston, a Labour peer and embryologist.
Opponents of the status quo argue that the Lords is a house of "ex-experts"; eminent people once at the forefront of their fields, but no longer up to date with developments. In its written evidence to the Joint Committee on the Draft House of Lords Reform bill, campaign group Unlock Democracy claimed that just 46 per cent of crossbenchers, representing 11 per cent of the house, can truly be considered experts in their fields, as many have been inactive for long periods.
Liberal Democrat peer Phil Willis, himself not a scientist by background but a politician who has made his name as an enthusiast for science and the policy behind it, supports this view in part. "I think sometimes we overegg the expertise that's in the House of Lords," he says. "A lot of expertise tends to be somewhat distant. And what we actually need is practicing scientists, practicing technologists, practicing engineers who are there to offer their expertise rather than people who 20 years ago did something."
Elaine Murphy, a crossbench peer and psychiatry specialist, puts it more strongly: "If I'm absolutely honest, I don't think it's important." She adds: "It's clear to me that if there were no professional researchers, or scientists or medics in the house, that expertise would have to be provided from outside the chamber in committees that scrutinise bills. I think that's often a more effective way of doing it because then you get really superb up-to-date experts, red-hot in their fields, bringing their current expertise to bear on bills."
She is backed up in part, surprisingly, by ecologist and crossbencher Robert May, a former chief scientific adviser to the UK government. May agrees that it is important to have experts in the Lords, but believes that a background in science is not necessarily important. What is vital, says May, is to provide places to genuine experts: "people who are not reliant on the advice of civil servants or political advisers".
On the other hand, other peers that we surveyed believe that scientists bring not just subject-specific knowledge to policy discussions, but experience of taking an analytical approach and an understanding of the importance of evidence. Research, says the Labour peer and political theorist Bhiku Parekh, "cultivates a certain kind of mind, a certain way of thinking and that's a very important contribution to public debate."
Those opposed to election argue that the House of Lords, despite its reputation, is infinitely more diverse in its membership than the House of Commons. What's more, they cite the lack of diversity in the professional experience of MPs, who are increasingly seen as 'career politicians'.
"When I was in the Commons for 18 years I found a lack of medical and scientific knowledge quite distressing at times," says Lewis Moonie, Labour peer and former pharmacology researcher. "Legislators should not be prone to having the wool pulled over their eyes by pseudo science and the only good way of doing that is to have a very good store of advice available." However, Moonie also admits that there is not a "huge store" of science expertise in the Lords.
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Kids and Allergies: Egg-free pumpkin muffins
This recipe in particular holds a special place in my heart. It's the one that started the mupcake scam, which involves frosting squiggles and sprinkles to disguise a muffin as a cupcake. Because Big Guy doesn't like muffins.
It's also very popular with the non-allergic set. I made them last year for the Halloween breakfast at Big Guy's preschool, and the other kids gobbled them. The teachers were afraid I'd be upset -- I always bake extra so they can stash them in the freezer for later Big Guy consumption -- but I was thrilled. It's one of the rare times when everyone else joins Big Guy in his little allergy-segregated ghetto.
The recipe is adapted from Libby's "The Great Pumpkin Cookbook," which probably is around 20 years old and out of print now. I increased the pumpkin and used Ener-G Egg Replacer.
This recipe does not appear to work with Bob's Red Mill Egg Replacer, and I have two dozen mupcakes in the garbage to prove it. They simply didn't bake. Gave every appearance of doing so, right down to looking done when I tested with a toothpick. But when I took off the paper, the inside was gooey. There's a chance my oven temperature is off again -- I haven't tested lately -- but I'm going to assume Bob is the culprit and give up on him in this recipe. I've never had Bob fail before, but egg-free baking is grumpy and nonsensical at times.
Honey Wheat Pumpkin Muffins
- 1 1/4 c. pumpkin (1 c. if using egg)
- 1 c. milk
- 1/4 c. melted butter
- 1/4 c. honey
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After a great barbecue dinner, what do you have for breakfast the next morning? If you are in Texas, tacos of course!! Makes perfect sense, right? Actually, it's the fact that the sales guy I was traveling with found out I was a food blogger/restaurant reviewer, and wanted to show off a couple of his favorite places in town. So that meant the Salt Lick for dinner the first night, and Taco Cabana for breakfast the next day.
We got up and headed out to the Taco Cabana nearest our hotel. Little did we know that due to the sudden cold in Austin, the city was running rolling black outs, and the Taco Cabana was out of power. Fortunately, it turns out it is a Texas chain, and there are quite a few Taco Cabanas floating around. But the next one was also without power. Finally, third time was in fact the charm, and we found a Taco Cabana with power and ready to serve.
Taco Cabana is a fast food restaurant, no doubt. When you walk in, it could be a Taco Bell or any other similar restaurant with the tile floors and formica countertop and industrial kitchen. But there was one thing I noticed right away that was different…the tortilla maker. Right there at the front, just behind the cash register was a large round machine with three levels. Sitting on it were balls of dough, and at the bottom, you could see completed tortillas that had gone through the press. It instantly brought back thoughts of the handmade tortillas at Cafe Coyote in San Diego which were fantastic.
I decided to keep it simple, and just ordered two Chorizo and Egg tacos. After adding a little big of fresh made pico de gallo, I took a bite. The tacos were really good. The eggs were light and fluffy, the pico added a nice freshness and bit of acidity, and the tortillas were excellent. They were a little thicker than store bought tortillas, and were a little chewier with more flavor…closer to Naan or Pita bread than store-bought flour tortillas. The only negative was that there wasn't very much chorizo and what was there was lost in all of the other flavors.
It took us three tries to find an open Taco Cabana, but I think it was worth it. If there was a little more chorizo, then I think that these would have been amazing. As it was, they were just really good. But I'd definitely go back if just for the tortillas. There is simply nothing as good as a fresh made flour tortilla. And I was definitely impressed by the freshness of everything. Definitely not your typical fast food restaurant.


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In his project RE:cover, Exhibited this week at the Milan Furniture Fair [2], Fredrik Färg [3] takes the idea of timeless fashion and applies it to furniture to give old chairs a new and glamorous life. Färg purchases old chairs from flea markets [4], restores them to their original condition, and then fits a new "textile dress/structure" to the frame. His work is classy, elegant and recycled [5]!
The material [5] that Färg uses is 100% recyclable polyester [6] felt that is tailored to the chairs, creating a unique yet graceful appearance. The details and design of the upholstery reflect what one would see on a fine suit or dinner jacket, which is where Färg found his inspiration for the collection. RE: cover is described as "Slow Fashion," [7] based on the idea that trend will never out-live classic style, even in furniture. Using this principle, Färg has given a renewed and fashionable life to these chairs.
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People dressed in recycled fabrics and environmentally friendly ensembles showed up for South Africa's most famous horseracing event, the Vodacom Durban July on Saturday.
This year's fashion theme was "A Material World" and natural fibres were used to good effect.
Someone who really took the theme to heart was dressed as a mielie [corn].
As tradition dictates women and couples strolled around on the finish line before the first race hoping to catch the judges eye which would put them in line for one of the many fashion prizes.
The hot weather played into the hands of those who chose skimpy dresses with plenty of bare arms and shoulders.
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Wanna watch one of them this weekend
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Did a reality check after the final converts were out of IIMs and check this
IIMB the average of final converts in 10 and 12 is in late 80s and graduation a little less than 80 itself.
Could not get hold off any reports for other IIMs or they do not publish the same i dont know. But looking at their calling criteria any score less than 75% in 10 and 12 will lead to almost no chances from IIMA, B and S. I and K gives no weightage to acads while calling but definitely in final converts. For L if you get a very good percentile and below average acads you can manage a call. In my interviews as well they would stick a rod down in your nose coz of your acads and it then becomes a defending game rather than an assertion and convincing game.
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Hey All,
Dell is offering 4GB of RAM with windows vista home basic SP1 while i was purchasing an inspiron 1545 laptop. But i have heard and researched a bit on net that 32 bit vista can only use upto 3Gb of RAM. The dell salesperson is saying that it is compatible and working but my doubts are still there.
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WHITE CLUB SUPPORTS ITALIAN TALENTSThe non profit company White Club that connects young and talented fashion designers with major manufacturers, buyers, press and opinion leaders in the industry is definitively operative.
Launched last September at the White trade show (whiteshow.it) in Milan, the White Club this time chose to help five young talents to show during Milan Fashion Week last week: Kristian Aadnevik from London, Mikio Sakabe from Tokyo, Steinunn from Reykjavík, Soft Core by Sergio Zambon from Rome and Klevers van Engelen from Amsterdam.
The White Club intends to act as an international pool of creativity for the benefit of the Italian fashion system, offering significant expertise in the field and appraisal on behalf of international buyers for designers with a clear interest in being integrated into the Italian fashion industry. This is in perfect sync with White Club's founding principle – namely, to support and bring to Italy creative projects that are able to impact the fabric industry and spark the imagination of people in the trade.
"To maintain our leadership role we need to stay in the vanguard, and to appeal to the system's expos and events. White Club moves in this direction, catalyzing attention and energy," says Giovanni Bozzetti, President of the Comitato Lombardia per la Moda.
"The future is in the hands of the young," adds Mario Boselli, President of Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana. "Only they have what it takes to give new impetus to the sector, carry out the necessary wide-scale innovation."
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Do you even read this thread? Everyone here loves him from what i've read. In fact, a number of pages ago I went on about how he should be pushed as the top face in the company. At least for a little while, to give Cena a break and for Vince to decide who his next guy is gonna be. Kinda like how Bret Hart filled the gap of being the top guy between Hogan and HBK.
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cesaro, d-bry, punk, kidd, gabriel, the wwe doesnt need people like sheamus and cena running the show with such great "rising stars" (quotes because punk and d-bry have already been around the block, but still fresh, compared to what vince shoves down our throats every week)
I got some bad news about Kidd, he busted his knee up bad at a recent house show and reports say he'll be out for almost a year. Him and Gabriel weren't going anywhere at all so it doesn't matter. They've been tagging for almost a year now and they've barely got any TV time. Of course it would help if either one had any character or personality to speak of that could get you behind them in the least. Being good in the ring doesn't get you much of anything in the big time, you need some kind of personality. There are very few exceptions to this, Chris Benoit being the best example. But he made everything so beliveable it was hard for people not to get behind him.
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daniel bryan is probaly a top 5 for me in the current wwe
Bryan is second for me right behind Punk. After that would be Cesaro and Sandow. Punk is right at his peak now but still has a few good years left. The potential in Bryan, Cesaro and Sandow is huge and the WWE hasn't even tapped into all I feel those three are capable of.
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May 27, 1978,
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I hadn't thought of this as a hard life. Certainly, no man's life is as pleasant as it might be; satisfactions are sometimes fiercely fought and dearly won. But recently I've been made to reconsider.
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Research Overview
Chemistry of the Earth's Atmosphere
Changes to the chemical composition of the Earth's atmosphere can have profound environmental consequences. Such changes result from direct atmospheric pollution but also the chemical and photochemical transformation of atmospheric pollutants, and lead to issues such as poor air quality and smog formation; atmospheric ozone depletion and global warming. A full understanding of the causes of such environmental issues requires a full knowledge of the nature and rapidity of the transformation of pollutants, and research in our group is focussed on understanding, through laboratory studies, the fundamental gas phase kinetics and mechanisms of reactions at the heart of atmospheric change.
Tropospheric Oxidation Processes
Most anthropogenic pollutants enter and leave in the lower the atmosphere (the troposphere) and an important natural pollutant removal process in this region is atmospheric oxidation. This process, which is initiated following the photolysis of naturally occurring ozone (O3) gas, and the reaction of excited oxygen atoms produced in this process with water vapour, relies upon the production of the reactive OH free radical species. OH reacts directly with many atmospheric pollutants, initiating their chemical degradation and ultimately removal, and therefore plays a key role in preserving atmospheric composition. OH also enters into a rapid equilibrium with another reactive free radical species in the air, namely HO2 (hydroperoxy). Consequently, processes which remove OH or HO2 from the air are environmentally important. Typically, the ratio of abundances of HO2 to OH (collectively HOx) in the lower atmosphere is of the order of 100, reflecting the different reactivity of these species. As a result, many of the important processes removing HOx are those involving hydroperoxy. One such reaction is the self reaction of HO2, producing highly soluble hydrogen peroxide, which can be removed from air in precipitation:
This reaction, which is especially important in 'clean' or background air (air in the absence of short lived pollutants such as nitrogen oxides) is effective throughout the troposphere, and thus inclusion of this reaction in numerical models for simulation of atmospheric composition requires characterization of the gas phase kinetics under all relevant environmental conditions. It transpires that the kinetics of the HO2 self-reaction are far from straightforward. The reaction displays both bimolecular and termolecular channels, and hence a complex pressure dependence. Both of these reaction channels also exhibit different negative temperature dependencies, and the reaction is found to be catalysed in the presence of water vapour (ubiquitous in the troposphere) or other polar molecules (which are often used as precursors to generate HO2 in the laboratory.)
In recent work in our group, we have carried out laboratory studies of the gas phase HO2 + HO2 reaction under a wide range of conditions (T, p, humidity) relevant to the tropospshere. Such studies were carried out using laser photolysis of suitable gaseous precursor mixtures, and rapid time resolved ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy of the reacting gas mixture. Uniquely, our set up allows the monitoring of a broad spectral window as a function of time, allowing the entire HO2 absorption band to be used to quantify the free radical concentration as a function of reaction time (as shown in Figure 1). Furthermore , the product H2O2 could also be monitored, allowing excellent constraint on the kinetics studies.
Figure 1: Time and wavelength resolved UV absorbance recorded following photolysis of a HO2 radical precursor gas mixture at 298K. Photolysis is initiated at t = 0 s.
Our studies of the HO2 + HO2 reaction have been carried out to lower temperatures than previously reported work, and indicate a strong negative temperature dependence, making the reaction particularly efficient at low temperatures such as those encountered at the tropical tropopause. A parameterization of the HO2 self-reaction rate coefficient as a function of the principal atmospheric variables was produced in this work, and inclusion of this in an atmospheric model of chemical composition (in collaboration with Dr. Mat Evans, School of Environmental Science, University of Leeds) showed enhanced H2O2 abundances compared to a model incorporating the previously recommended values for the HO2 self-reaction rate coefficient (Figure 2).
Figure 2: Changes in the modelled abundance of atmospheric trace species as a result of inclusion of new kinetic data recorded for the HO2 + HO2 reaction in this work. Changes are expressed as ratios of abundances to a model run with the previously recommended HO2 self-reaction rate coefficients. Model run courtesy of Dr M.J. Evans, School of Environmental science, University of Leeds.
In ongoing work we are investigating the effects of humidity on other important atmospheric reactions involving the HO2 free radical. The rate enhancement of the self-reaction of HO2 is attributed to the formation and differential reactivity of a HO2.H2O complex, and evidently this complex might also behave differently in other reactions of HO2. New spectroscopic methods are therefore being investigated to probe the HO2.H2O complex directly.
Stratospheric Ozone Chemistry
Ozone (O3) in the upper atmosphere (the stratosphere) plays a vital role in absorbing harmful solar ultraviolet radiation, particularly in the biologically damaging UV-B part of the spectrum. As a result, depletion of stratospheric ozone following anthropogenic pollution is an environmental concern and model simulations of ozone loss attempt to replicate and predict ozone abundances. Such models also help elucidate the role played by stratospheric composition in affecting the Earth's climate, and it is essential that models therefore contain an accurate description of stratospheric gas phase chemistry under appropriate conditions. In our work, we carry out laboratory studies of gas phase halogen chemistry of relevance to stratospheric ozone loss. Halogens, principally chlorine, are released into the atmosphere in long lived anthropogenic pollutants such as the CFC's (chlorofluorocarbons) and the degradation chemistry following CFC release leads to the polar ozone 'holes' observed routinely in Springtime.
We have recently studied the principal gas phase reaction resulting in Springtime polar ozone depletion events, the ClO association reaction. This reaction produces a ClO dimer species, which may then be photolysed by sunlight to regenerate chlorine atoms which destroy further O3:
ClO + ClO + M → Cl2O2 + M
Cl2O2 + hν → Cl + ClOO
ClOO + M → Cl + O2
2 × (Cl + O3 → ClO + O2)
net: 2 O3 → 3 O2
Our study of the ClO radical association reaction monitored ClO radicals using an ensemble of vibronic bands rather than at a single wavelength, wherein other absorbing species could interefere. This work characterized the reaction kinetics of ClO association as a function of temperature and pressure relevant to the upper atmosphere. Our results show that the reaction is more rapid than some previously reported work indicates, with potentially more efficient ozone loss expected to result from the reaction sequence illustrated above. More recently, we have studied the thermal stability of the ClO dimer species through analysis of the equilibrium between ClO radicals and Cl2O2 at near ambient temperatures.
In related work, we have been investigating the self and cross- reactions of other halogen monoxide free radicals which play roles in a variety of regions in the atmosphere. Our research also encompasses the absorption spectroscopy of laser generated weakly - bound gaseous molecules which may act as active species 'reservoirs' in the atmosphere, and ab initio studies of the mechanisms of selected atmospherically important reactions.


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MORGANTOWN - As it turns out, West Virginia's 41-31 win over Rutgers in the snow and cold Saturday hinged on two fourth-down gambles.
The one by the Mountaineers paid off. The bigger one by the Scarlet Knights did not.
Of course, that's the way it usually goes in a series that perhaps ended on Saturday with West Virginia's 17th consecutive win over Rutgers. Nothing the Scarlet Knights ever do seems to work out against the Mountaineers.
The gamble by Rutgers came on the first series of the fourth quarter with the Knights still leading 31-28. They had driven from their 30 to the WVU 11 in fairly easy fashion, not having faced a third down until the drive stalled.
But instead of going for a field goal that would have put RU up by six points, coach Greg Schiano called for a fake.
"I thought it was [the right call],'' Schiano said afterward.
It may have been, but it didn't work, even though the play was executed almost flawlessly. Holder Patrick Kivlehan took the snap and fired a beautiful pass into the end zone toward Brandon Coleman. It was right in Coleman's hands, too, until safety Darwin Cook, playing the receiver and not the ball, drilled the 6-foot-6, 220-pound redshirt freshman just as the ball arrived.
Coleman dropped it.
"It was an opportunity for us to be successful and I didn't execute,'' said Coleman. "I let the ball come to me. I should have gone and got it.''
"That was good,'' West Virginia defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel said. "I think it gave our guys a little bit of life.''
The Rutgers failure led directly to West Virginia's fourth-down success, not to mention to WVU's win. Taking the ball at the 11, the Mountaineers put together their only real sustained drive of the day. Ten plays and 88 yards later, WVU found itself at the Rutgers 1 needing a field goal to tie with just over six minutes to play.
Coach Dana Holgorsen never really hesitated.
"When you're playing well on defense, we don't get it and they're [Rutgers] backed up inside their 4-yard line,'' Holgorsen later offered. "You can use that to your advantage defensively.''
And offensively. West Virginia went straight to the line and quarterback Geno Smith relayed the play call, a play-action fake and a short dump pass over the middle to slot receiver Tyler Urban. With so much of the Rutgers defense crowded at the line to stop a team from the 1-yard line, it could easily have worked.
"But they did a good job,'' Smith said of the Rutgers defense. "They manned it up [not only against Urban, but every other potential target] and it was just me and the safety.''
Now that's not something that happens a lot. Smith has been WVU's starter for nearly two full years and he's run the ball plenty, although not this season. Yet he had never scored a rushing touchdown. He had to beat Rutgers safety Kevin Snyder in the open field.
He did. He put on a little head fake and ran toward the front corner of the end zone and had the angle all the way. He was hit hard as he lunged head-first across the goal line, but scored. Instead of being tied had they settled for the field goal, the Mountaineers led. They put it away with another touchdown a few minutes later.
Smith was just glad he had the chance to make any kind of fourth-down play, but he wasn't surprised.
"Fourth-and-one, game on the line, we're going to score. And the coaches know that,'' Smith said. "They're going to tell us when we're wrong and criticize us and critique our play, but when the game is on the line they also have the faith that we can get it done.''
BRIEFLY: The road gets no easier for West Virginia this week. At noon on Saturday, Louisville comes to Mountaineer Field on the heels of wins over the same two teams WVU just played. On Saturday the Cardinals pounded Syracuse, winning 27-10 over a team that had just pounded the Mountaineers.
"What is it, midnight?'' Holgorsen asked. "It feels like it's midnight.''
The timeout was finally called with one second to go, but holder Matt Molinari dropped the snap on what would have been a 36-yard Tyler Bitancurt field-goal attempt.
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