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|Steve Davis
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|Spree Killer
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|First Appearance
|Clue: SI
"I wanted to hurt her the way she hurt me; by taking away what she loved most. But more than anything, I wanted her to know it was me doing it."
Steve Davis is a psychotic spree killer who appeared in season nine of CSI: NY.
At the age of thirteen, Steve, who grew up with wealthy but distant parents, was sent to therapy with Dr. Carly Emerson as treatment for his obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression. To make him feel comfortable with her, she would play the boardgame Clue with him. In adulthood, he fell in love with Dr. Emerson. However, she told him that she had a fiancée and that she must stop having sessions with him. This angered him and caused him stopped taking his medication and began killing her other patients, basing all of his murders on Clue.
Modus OperandiEdit
Steve targeted Dr. Emerson's other patients. He killed them in various ways, but always used weapons that appear as potential murder weapons in Clue. His first victim, Lisa Weston, was shot with a pepperbox revolver, the weapon used to represent a pistol in most current editions of Clue. His second victim, Ellen White, was strangled with rope. His third victim, Shane Simmons, was struck with a candlestick. The locations of the victims' deaths were also used to reference Clue; Weston had red hair, making her a reference to Clue character Miss Scarlett, and was killed in Hell's Kitchen, a reference to the Kitchen area in Clue. Ellen White was killed in the Conservatory of Dance, a reference to the Conservatory area in Clue, and her name presumably referred to Clue character Mrs. White. Finally, Shane Simmons was killed and left on a golf course green, making him Mr. Green, near a "ball room" (a pun on the ball room in Clue). It was shown that he took a photos of the victim, the weapon and the location when he killed Ellen White (and probably the other victims as well) after committing the crime, representing the cards used in Clue to represent potential suspects, weapons and murder locations.
Known VictimsEdit
- 2012:
- November 7: Lisa Weston (shot in the abdomen with an 1830 Allen & Thurber pepper-box revolver; representing "Miss Scarlett in the Kitchen with the revolver")
- November 8: Ellen White (strangled with rope and hanged post-mortem; representing "Mrs. White in the Conservatory with the rope")
- November 8-9: Shane Simmons (struck in the back of the head with a candlestick; representing "Mr. Green in the Ball Room with the candlestick")
- November 9:
- Dr. Carly Emerson (abducted; was rescued)
- Clayton (Dr. Emerson's fiancée; attempted, but survived; stabbed in the abdomen; representing "Professor Plum in the Library with the knife")


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OXCGN's SSX Review
Is this snowjob extreme fun or a wipeout?
by: Edge_11SS
©2012 Nicholas Capozzoli
An alert informs me that my best score on Denali is no longer strong enough to keep me in the money.
I'm at risk of losing the cash I've committed to that Global Event, and there are only a couple minutes left to salvage it.
I drop in, promptly launching off a 200' cliff in a series of acrobatic flips and spins that could rival Red Bull's most dramatic footage.
My landing triggers an avalanche, and it's off to the races as I try to keep safely out of its clutches.
I cut back and forth, carving wide swathes in the powder, vaulting off spines of snow-covered rock, hurdling fingers of the avalanche that reach out at me.
All the while one of my favorite tracks by The Mars Volta accompanies my run, ebbing and flowing with each of my leaps and spills.
I reach safety by the skin of my teeth, securing myself a nice purse.
Wipeout imminent?
Two days later, I'm on my 8th attempt to complete Kilimanjaro, a course composed of labyrinthine tunnels in oppressive darkness.
Seven times in a row I've failed. Seven times I've listened to the same dubstep song advising me "FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS."
But mercifully, try number eight seems to be the charm, and I'm damned close to finally putting this frustrating endeavor in my rear view.
I veer into a tight tunnel and grind on the long rail that winds through it. A series of twists and turns ensue.
Then the rail ends abruptly, heaving me bodily into a pit of magma.
Cursing, I rewind, dragging my character back from the abyss and onto the rail for another try. This time I leap off the rail, but I crash into the opposite wall and again fall into the same pit.
Subsequent variations of this pattern produce similar results. I try slipping off the rail to either side, but the tunnel is tight, and the rail has the gravitational properties of a dying star.
I am conveyed, inexorably, to my ironic death.
Both experiences epitomize EA Sports' newest iteration of the Snowboard Super Cross (SSX) franchise.
For every thrilling moment like the former, there is a hair-pulling occurrence like the latter. Inconsistency is king.
It's a safe bet that the game's mid-development 180° from serious, survival-based game to lighthearted arcade romp is largely to blame for SSX's failings.
Elements from both styles of game succeed independently of each other, but they often clash at their intersection.
The aforementioned pits, and your hapless falls thereunto, will be your primary sources of frustration.
Moving at full clip, the environments rush past in a blur, and a well-struck jump can send you sailing over large segments of track.
It's a real adrenaline rush, and a better simulation of snowboarding at high speeds than can be found in previous installments.
Yet often you're not afforded a great view of what's to be found downhill of you, and so those dramatic leaps all-too-often result in you falling into one of the many crevasses that litter SSX's runs.
If not the pits, then you're as like to find yourself jammed against a rock wall, your character fidgeting impotently.
There isn't much that can be done for it, save committing every inch of the many tracks to memory, yet either way, it makes for a ton of early frustration.
Flares, fluorescent paint, and the guidance of your ever-present helicopter pilot are intended to mitigate the danger posed by the pitfalls, but unfortunately they're all a bit unreliable.
The pilots, for their part, often warn you about incoming deathtraps just as you're falling headlong into them.
When those aids fail you, as they inevitably will, you're expected to rely on a rewind mechanic that has a set amount of uses. Sadly, it too is an imperfect solution, as my earlier example with the lava may have helped demonstrate.
And the feature is of almost no help in races, as your competition continues on down the track as if you weren't manipulating the very fabric of reality behind them.
In trick competitions, use of the rewind feature saps away points that can mean the difference between first and failure, making the run a wash either way.
The result is a lot of tries that abruptly and without warning. It feels cheap.
The pits!
Why so many pits? They're probably a holdover from the game's original imagining, wherein the goal of your boarding was making it downhill alive, not qualifying times or high scores.
It's a feature most evident in the game's nine "Deadly Descents", pseudo boss battles which task you with survival against elements like cold, whiteouts, and the previously mentioned avalanches.
Each descent requires an accompanying piece of hardware to make it down in one piece.
A track with massive gaps necessitates the use of a wingsuit, one with hairpin turns of sheer ice calls for a set of ice axes.
They're not all gems though, and a few, like a track in high altitude air which requires you to press a button every 7-10 seconds to breathe from an oxygen tank, show that the developers were clearly grasping at straws to round out the set of nine.
The oxygen tank is particularly vexing, because there's no way to attempt Everest, the run that requires its use, without it.
Fail any course three times in a row in World Tour mode (SSX's equivalent of a campaign), and the game will allow you to skip the level, no questions asked. It seems to be a tacit acknowledgement that the challenges can sometimes frustrate to absurd levels.
That same acknowledgement is apparent in the changes to landing tricks and hitting rails.
Let go of any trick a split second before hitting the ground, and you're pretty much fine, even if your board was being twirled around your head.
Your character will home in on any nearby rail with a will, even more so than in the game's predecessors, where the effect was already quite pronounced.
I can't say whether these changes were done to offset the difficulty of the game's other challenges, or to make things more inviting to newcomers, but one should be aware of them, regardless.
Of SSX's three modes (World Tour, Explore, Global Events), the Tour is easily the weakest.
It functions largely as a tutorial mode that introduces you to each range, rider, and piece of equipment incrementally, sprinkling in the occasional grudge match or challenge.
Problem is, it's largely the exact same content that can be found in the SSX's "Explore" mode, but with the added fun of being unable to pick who you want to play as, where you want to go, or what you want to do.
I'm tempted to say that there's no reason to even bother with World Tour after getting your feet wet, save for the most ardent completionists.
Some might absolve SSX for the World Tour, in light of the strength of the game's other two modes. But I can't let it slide when it's presented as one third of the game's content, yet disappoints so thoroughly.
Its story is tossed at you halfheartedly, and it's not a very good one, either. Lack of story isn't a real problem in a snowboarding game, of course. But the campaign also presents an opportunity to flesh out the game's cast, and World Tour does a miserable job of this as well. New characters are introduced with shoddy, non-sequitor comics that are barely intelligible.
Were this, say, SSX 3, that wouldn't be a problem. That game, which I view as the high point of the franchise, offered a cast of vibrant, distinct characters, each of whom could be customized with a metric ton of interesting gear.
Items purchased from that game's shop helped paint the picture of each boarder's personality about as well as any cutscene likely would, and affording them became the impetus for amassing cash.
Upon beating SSX, you're treated to iterative images of concept art for the game's characters, showing how they gradually turned into the final version that you control.
Watching them, I was struck by their bizarre de-evolution from unique, distinctive appearances into everyman sameness. Psymon's new appearance, in particular, borders on A Clockwork Orange-level neutering.
Alas, there's no saving them, either, because the characters' customizability begins and ends at the color of their pre-set clothing. There are myriad color combinations available, but for some inane reason, you're only treated to four possible purchases at a time.
The offerings are randomly generated each time you enter that section of menus, too (the game helpfully suggests that if you'd like to see something new, you should buy a few items to have new ones take their place).
The same goes for boards, which have varying stats for speed, boost, and trick-ability.
The window with which you view the boards being offered is woefully small, depriving you of the chance to get a good look at the designs. Considering that they're almost the only thing one truly needs to spend in-game credits on, it's a shame that they're not visualized more fully.
It becomes particularly damning that SSX fumbles these features so badly when you consider that they were handled perfectly well in previous games. It's the worst kind of regression; one that occurs for no good reason.
It's not all bad, though, by any stretch.
SSX's soundtrack lives up to the lofty standards of its lineage. It's odd to say that, as there isn't a single song on the game's packaged lineup that I enjoy. Yet I suspect fans of dubstep and 80's throwback will be duly pleased with it, and I can appreciate its cohesion.
More importantly, the game allows you to import custom playlists from your own collection.
It also gives your music the same remixing treatments that its base soundtrack enjoys, making your own tracks sound like they were always meant to be there.
Though I'm at a loss as to why the Deadly Descents, the tracks that you're most likely to have to repeat ad nauseum, are the ones in which your musical freedoms are snatched away in favor of a single track.
After limping my way through to the end of the World Tour (I had stooped to repeatedly leaping to my death to reach the skip level option, just to be done with the damned thing), I was treated to the breaths of fresh air that are the Explore and Global Event modes.
It's therein that SSX is in its wheelhouse, offering customizable events, player-versus-player challenges, and the freedom to wallow in all the bombastic, arcade-style action.
Global events are the biggest example of SSX's asynchronous multiplayer, dubbed "RiderNet" (culled from Need for Speed's Autolog).
You buy into individual events, created by yourself or others, and attempt to reach benchmarks that determine payouts within a set period of time. The cash you can bring in here easily dwarfs the meager earnings of the other modes.
A few other riders often share your runs, and ghosts show you the best efforts of your friends and rivals. It all suits SSX perfectly; you're given updates when a friend beats your high score or you fall out of the money, so you're always driven to push yourself ever further.
Explore mode is a bit of a misnomer. It's actually the same races, trick competitions, and survival challenges that World Tour offers, sans restrictions.
You're certainly free to ignore those objectives and "explore" the tracks, but in truth, I had hoped for something a bit more ambitious.
Personally, I'd have liked to see the courses opened up quite a bit and the pace slowed dramatically. It's not that the mode is bad, though; it's certainly enjoyable enough.
It's simply that I'd love for SSX to have provided the feeling of exploring secluded back country trails for rare items, or leisurely carving fresh tracks through natural terrain.
For as remote and dangerous as SSX's mountain ranges are, the impeccably formed jumps and features often shatter the illusion of untamed nature.
In case you were wondering: the very first anecdote that I described, which occurs at Alaska's Denali course, is as close as SSX gets to this, and it's a personal favorite.
Here, the camera views you as if from a distant helicopter.
Your controls are reversed, and you travel downwards on screen to outrun falling sheets of snow created by your own riding. Most of the jumps here look natural and unmarked, and you're given much more horizontal room with which to carve back and forth.
The result looks an awful lot like a Warren Miller film.
The cliffs look all the more dramatic when you plunge off them, and the snow gives way realistically as you blast through it.
I found myself coming to the edge of my seat, hoping that my boosts would propel me out from underneath the churning layers of snow.
Turns out that SSX can get your adrenaline flowing without all the bells and whistles and arcade flair.
Mountain, snow, and rider alone can more than suffice.
It's pure bliss, a next-gen Ski Free where the yeti never shows up to eat you and spoil the fun.
©2012 Nick Capozzoli
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For the integral, (a) identify u and du and (b) integrate by substitution.
(a) The biggest thing that's inside something else is 3x, so let u = 3x. Then
du = 3dx
(a) We have
u = 6x
du = 6dx
u = x + 1
du = dx
u = (x2 + 3x)
du = (2x + 3)dx
u = e6x
du = 6e6xdx
Integrate by substitution.
We have
u = (5x + 7)
du = 5dx
If we break up 60 into 12 ⋅ 5, we can see how to do the substitution.
u = (7x2 + 11)
du = 14xdx
u = (2x2 + 4x)
du = (4x + 4)dx
It doesn't look like there's a factor of (4x + 4) in the integrand. However, (4x + 4) is the same thing as 4(x + 1). If we factor 60 into 15 ⋅ 4, we can see where the substitution happens:
We choose u to be the quantity in the denominator, since we know how to integrate but we don't know how to integrate . So
u = sin (e4x)
du = 4excos(e4x)dx
Then we factor 16 into 4 ⋅ 4 and do the substitution:
We have a couple of choices here. One possibility is
Another possible choice is
Thankfully, we get the same answer regardless of which substitution we use. We can also have integrals where a constant factor of du is missing. In such cases we can multiply by a clever form of 1 to introduce the missing factor to the integrand.
u = 4x2 + 6x
du = (8x + 6)dx
= 2(4x + 3)dx
The integrand is missing a factor of 2, but we can fix that.
The integrand is missing a factor of , so we multiply the integrand by and the integral by 2:
Simplify the integrand.
This one doesn't require substitution. Following the hint, we simplify the integrand to get
We could use substitution instead, but it would take us more work to get the same answer. Take
u = 4x
du = 4dx
Then we have to multiply by a clever form of 1:
u = 16x2 – 10
du = 32xdx
We almost have the derivative of u in the numerator of the fraction, but we're missing the factor 32. So we multiply the integrand by 32 and the integral by .
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Roger had to work rather hard to defeat Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic in three sets in their opening match at the Kooyong Classic in Melbourne this afternoon. Roger took over two hours to prove victorious, 7-6 (7-2), 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-5).
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Here's a link to one of my poems that has few slant rhymes:
It's Calling Me
Here's my attempt at fixing your couplet..
Avoiding my Savior, I dithered all day.
In shame and in guilt, I tried to hide
By acting busy; instead of obeying.
But all things are open in His sight.
With humble heart and contrite tears,
I am not worthy of his love and grace.
Before his throne I begged for mercy,
Knowing forgiveness I would taste.
Great job on both poems! I really, really like the linked one...liked it then, and like it now.
You're one of FWs best poets, to be sure.
Ah...you're making me blush, Jan.....
I think there are others that are FAR BETTER than I am. I'm still learning from all of you!
Jan, in my weekly challenge submission this past week, besides having too many commas, I also had a forced rhyme line that could have been better with a slant rhyme instead. Note that in the draft, I had in fact used a slant rhyme, not knowing it at the time, but changed it to a forced rhyme thinking that the line had to be forced. From this lesson, I now know better so when I am able to edit my submission after the challenge is over, I will make an appropriate revision for the slant rhyme I have in mind as well as remove the uncessary commas.
And lastly, having read your latest lesson on stream of consciousness, I think my submission was also an internal monologue. I will provide the link after the close of the challenge.
Thank you very much for your great feedback and these awesome lessons! Have a blessed evening!
Gary B.
Gary J. Borgstede
Founder and President of The Make It Happen Learning Institute - Reaching People, Unleashing The Extraordinary! ® www.makeithappenlearninginstitute.com
"To live life on purpose is a choice and a privilege."
You're welcome! This is one of the favorite things that I do, by far.
Since the judging is over for this week (India), you can post the link now, if you wish.
Jan, pls note the link to my entry below titled Heart Cry:
http://www.faithwriiters.com/wc-article ... p?id=27778
As advised from the feedback given, I will remove the unnecessary commas and I will change the following forced rhyme to a slant rhyme as taught in your slant rhyme lesson.
The currrent Forced Rhyme is:
Lord! Lord! My time…don't You know, I have less than a dime.
"Yes, My child! If not this day, then when can I say?"
The revised Slant Rhyme that better completes my thought will be:
Lord! Lord! My time…don't You know, how many appointments are mine.
"Yes, My child! If not this day, then when can I say?"
And as mentioned in my previous post, I think the overall poem is an internal monologue (with a twist) since it is a prayerful coversation with the Lord. Is this accurate? Does that make sense? I do very much apppreciate your teaching and your guidance as a masterful writer! Thanks again Jan!
Gary B.
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"To live life on purpose is a choice and a privilege."
Hi, Gary--
You definitely made the right change in your new line. The words time/mine are soooo close that they will definitely be heard as a rhyme, and it's so much better for your message with the change.
I found it very interesting that in your original post you mentioned something about thinking that the line "had to" rhyme, which is why you forced it. This makes me wonder--and the question is not just for you, but for anybody--is that what English teachers are teaching? If they are, then shame on them!
As for whether your piece is an internal monologue--not really. By definition, a conversation and a monologue are mutually exclusive--a monologue can have only one speaker. If you had written your poem as just one man's prayer, and not included the Lord's reply--then it would be a monologue.
Does that make sense? Hey--thanks for jumping in! Glad to have you in class!
Thanks Jan! It makes perfect sense as you explain it. Note that I haven't been to any writing school at all; however, I'm currently considering taking the Apprentice course in the Christian Writer's Guild. Until then I guess you can say that I am kind of like a golfer who has learned how to play golf by watching others and teaching himself. I have a lot to learn and I am so thankful for the opportunity to learn and grow as a member of Faithwriters. I probably have some pretty bad curves that need to be corrected with good professional technique...
Have a blessed evening!
Gary B..
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"To live life on purpose is a choice and a privilege."
Avoiding my savior, I'd dithered all day,
With friendships in passing wholeheartedly spry.
Lagging in rightness, my wand'ring cried until
Hushed my Savior, my Heart, to rest from its rile.
That's how slanted I am.
Jan, you're all about helping the writer.
Bless You Indeed,
Pro 3:3 Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart
Nice, Sonya! Very Dickinson-like! Just put a few long dashes in there, and you could sneak it into an anthology under her name!
Indeed. Indeed.
Thank you for your generosity Jan.
<b>" The love of God is greater far, Than tongue or pen can ever tell '' </b>
Frederick M. Lehman
Joining this discussion a bit late...
I wrote this a while ago. How'd I do?
<b>Lament for Jerusalem</b>
Twisted fragments of a sacred vessel
Spoiled for service, wrecked to recognition;
Fire-scorched symbol of a faithless vassal
Seared of hope, of life, of God – this Nation.
Oh Virgin daughter, tainted, fouled, impure!
Secret place uncovered to the Gentile,
Spoil of battle for the pagan Empire
Whose prideful king plays God's unwitting tool.
Voiceless streets, once garrulous with commerce,
Cold Zion! Dulled to any voice but trade.
Deaf your ears, to silence's small clamours
The whispers of a patient God, betrayed.
Grieve for your disgrace but calm your moaning
Ancient mercy is renewed each morning.
<i> sonnet based on Lamentations </i>
Actually, as I re-read it, I dislike the patchy use of trochees and iambs, but that's not the point of this lesson.
Helen Paynter
Helen, I wouldn't know a trochee or an iamb if it bit me on the nose. But I love your use of slant rhymes in this sonnet! I found plenty of other poetic "tricks" in there, too.
Why did you choose to go that direction, rather than using exact rhymes? And what was the occasion of the writing of that particular poem?
Didn't want it to be too 'tumty tum' - not the sort of subject for that.
Can't remember what made me write it - just came to me, I think
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Earnings season is more than halfway over, but there are still some heavy hitters due to report this week, including several companies with a high percentage of investors betting against their results.
At least five companies whose stocks have heavy short interest, or bearish bets, built against them are on tap to report this week. The companies include solar-panel maker First Solar, real-estate information provider Zillow, electric-car company Tesla, U.S. solar-panel installer SolarCity and coffee company Green Mountain Roasters
"Earnings reports slow down a little but we get some controversial high short interest names reporting that always make for good fanfare," says Ian Winer, director of trading at Wedbush Securities. "In my experience, the shorts in these names for the most part are eventually proven right, it is just that they are too early in their conclusions and it becomes a war of attrition as far as who can stay in the position long enough to make money."
Here's a rundown of those five stocks Winer mentioned in a note to clients.
First Solar
The company and its solar-panel rivals saw their earnings pressured last year by an oversupply of solar panels and manufacturing capacity. But First Solar, in particular, has benefited lately from stronger-than-expected demand for its solar plants. The company has also been expanding aggressively into emerging solar markets like Chile, Australia, South Africa and other countries with high liquid fuel prices.
Still, analysts and short sellers warn that many of the structural issues that hindered the industry haven't disappeared entirely, and a long-term resurgence isn't a certainty. First Solar is up more than 50% this year. Short interest accounts for about 15% of the stock's outstanding float.
First Solar is scheduled to report on Tuesday.
Seattle-based Zillow, which went public in July 2011, became popular by estimating home values on its website. The stock has more than quadrupled from its $20 IPO, with the bulk of the gains coming this year. Some 30% of the company's float is sold short, suggesting many investors estimate the rally has gone too far to fast and is poised to fall sooner than later.
After Zillow's previous quarterly report, Goldman Sachs downgraded the stock amid concerns that Zillow would experience slowing revenue growth, a prospect that wasn't being reflected in the company's high valuation.
Zillow is scheduled to report on Tuesday.
Tesla Motors
Tesla's surprise quarterly profit earlier this year shocked Wall Street and put this stock on the map of many analysts and investors who previously hadn't taken it seriously. Amid continued calls that the maker of luxury electric cars is due for a short squeeze, the stock continues to rally. Shares are up more than 300% this year and on Monday hit a fresh high above $140 as investors bet on CEO Elon Musk and his ability to lead Tesla to continued success.
Some 24% of the stock's float is sold short. If Tesla's earnings report, scheduled to be released on Wednesday, doesn't live up to the hype, there could be plenty of room for the stock to fall.
SolarCity, which launched as a public company in December, installs rooftop solar panels for homeowners and businesses. It allows customers to buy the systems outright or–more typically–to sign a lease of up to 20 years to buy electricity in monthly payments.
Alongside Tesla, SolarCity is the other part of the so-called "Elon Musk trade." Musk is the Chairman of SolarCity and his presence is one of the main reasons the stock is up about 275% this year. About 17% of the company's float is sold short, as those bearish investors hope to benefit if earnings disappoint.
SolarCity is scheduled to report on Wednesday.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
Green Mountain has been the dominant player in the single-serve coffee industry, but the company has a history of struggling to accurately predict its sales. It also is dealing with growing competition and a pullback in the industry's growth. As a result, it has been reviewing its business to improve manufacturing and marketing and to possibly expand into new products as it faces increasing competition from Starbucks single-serve coffee brewer.
Critics, namely famed hedge-fund titan David Einhorn, have spoken out against Green Mountain, challenging its accounting practices and ability to survive the changing environment. Green Mountain has dismissed Einhorn's analysis.
Shares are typically volatile and about 25% of the stock's float is sold short. The stock is up 84% this year, although it's still down 42% from its record high above $100 in September 2011.
The company is scheduled to report results on Wednesday.


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9.3-3 Arson in the Second Degree -- § 53a-112 (a) (2)
Revised to December 1, 2007 (modified June 13, 2008)
The defendant is charged [in count __] with arson in the second degree. The statute defining this offense reads in pertinent part as follows:
a person is guilty of arson in the second degree when, with intent to destroy or damage a building, a fire or explosion was caused by an individual hired by such person to start such fire or cause such explosion.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this charge, the state must prove the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
Element 1 - Intent
The first element is that the defendant specifically intended to destroy or damage a building.1 A person acts "intentionally" with respect to a result when (his/her) conscious objective is to cause such result. <See Intent: Specific, Instruction 2.3-1.>
Ordinarily, "building" implies a structure that may be entered and used by people, as a residence or for business, or for other purposes involving occupancy by people, whether or not it is actually entered and used as such. <Insert one or both of the following parts of the definition as appropriate:>
The law has expanded this definition to include, in addition to what we ordinarily know as a building, any watercraft, aircraft, trailer, sleeping car, railroad car, other structure or vehicle or any building with a valid certificate of occupancy.
The statutory definition also provides that where a building consists of separate units, such as, but not limited to separate apartments, offices or rented rooms, any unit not occupied by the defendant is, in addition to being a part of such building, a separate building.
Element 2 - Hired another
The second element is that the defendant hired another person to carry out that intent. The state alleges that the defendant hired <insert name of other person>.
Element 3 -
Started or caused fire or explosion2
The third element is that <insert name of other person> started a fire or caused an explosion. To "start" means to commence. To "cause an act to be done" is to bring it about. The fire started need not be a tremendous one. The mere striking of a match can be the start of a fire. The fire or explosion must be incendiary in origin. That is, it must not be accidental or caused by carelssness. In considering whether the fire or explosion was incendiary in origin, you may rely upon all the facts and circumstances at the time and place of the fire or explosion, as you find them to have been proved, and may draw any reasonable or logical inferences from such facts. The mere fact that there was fire or explosion damage to a building does not create an inference that its origin was incendiary.
In summary, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that 1) the defendant intended to destroy or damage <identify the building>, 2) the defendant hired <insert name of other person>, and 3) <insert name of other person> started the fire or caused the explosion.
If you unanimously find that the state
has proved beyond a reasonable doubt each of the elements of the crime of arson
in the second degree, then you shall find the defendant guilty. On the other
hand, if you unanimously find that the state has failed to prove beyond a
reasonable doubt any of the elements, you shall then find the defendant not
1 State v. Dubose, 75 Conn. App. 163, 174-75, cert. denied, 263 Conn. 909 (2003).
2 State v. Houle, 105 Conn. App. 813, 818 n.4 (2008) (on the meaning of incendiary); State v. Gaines, 36 Conn. App. 454, 458-59 (1995) (on the meaning of "causing a fire").
Arson for hire is complete when the
defendant solicits another to set fire to a building. State v. Servello,
59 Conn. App. 362, 370, cert. denied, 254 Conn. 940 (2000) (describing the
elements of attempt to commit arson in the second degree and reviewing the
legislative history of this section).


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College for Public Health and Social Justice > Contact Us > Jin Huang, PhD, MSW
Research Interests: Asset-based social policy; Asset building and social development; Family background and child development; Program and services for children with disabilities; China Social Policy
Teaching Areas: Research Methods and Statistics; Social Policy and Policy Analysis; Disability and Poverty; Asset-based Policy
Education History: PhD, Washington University in St. Louis
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This damage is at the Williams' family farm near Kite in Johnson County. Joe Williams' 80-year-old mother lives in the farmhouse.
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When Joe arrived after the storm, he saw what he estimates to be about $100,000 of damage.
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There used to be a wall in this building that stores the Williams' farm equipment. But the tornado blew it away, along with the roof, almost 800 yards into the cotton field.
A few streets over, a tree cracked the foundation of Joyce Moore's house. But as the storm roared over her home, she could barely hear the tree hit.
"It was just like a screaming wind and then the sudden everything went to blowing up," Moore said.
Both Joyce and Joe have insurance for this damage, but that's just the beginning.
"It will take a lot of time to clean up and get everything back. We got our winter projects now for sure," Williams said.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- The A's remain in prime position in the American League West title race even after Tuesday's 4-3 loss to the Minnesota Twins, but they won't be for long with a few more games like this one.
It wasn't that the A's had a total collapse. But they did a bunch of little things wrong. Limiting the mistakes to one or even two might have been survivable against a sub-.500 team such as the Twins, but the A's gave away too much.
Starting pitcher Jarrod Parker's streak of starts without a loss stretched to 19 when he left with a 3-2 lead. Afterward, he lamented the two solo homers he gave up, including one of two homers hit in the game by former A's outfielder Josh Willingham.
"Those were the two worst off-speed pitches I've thrown all year,'' Parker said.
Ryan Cook, who surrendered a two-run, eighth-inning game-losing homer to Willingham, said he couldn't have made the pitch any better for Willingham -- or anyone else.
"I literally could not have put it in a better spot for him,'' Cook said. "It was supposed to be down and away, and it was right down the middle. He should have hit it.''
The homer was out of character for Cook, whose 98 mph fastball doesn't get manhandled often. Willingham was just the second batter in 63 games (62 innings) to take him deep.
"It's a shock when that happens,'' Parker said of Cook. "He just throws so hard. But it was a matter of location. If he gets the ball down and away, it's a double play.''
The double play wouldn't even have been in order were it not for another Oakland gaffe. A sharply hit grounder by Twins cleanup hitter Oswaldo Arcia should have been well within the range of second baseman Alberto Callaspo, whose two-run homer earlier in the game had put the A's in the lead. There wasn't any room for celebrating for Callaspo after this one, though, when the Arcia grounder kicked off his glove for a single.
"I've should have had that ball,'' Callaspo said. "This field is very fast. If I had it to do over again, next time I would play a little deeper.''
Callaspo was a third baseman with the Angels before coming to the A's at the trade deadline. The A's knew he likely would need a learning curve to make the move to being a full-time second baseman, and that play is what a learning curve looks like.
And not to let the offense off the hook, Oakland extended its lead to 3-1 on Yoenis Cespedes' RBI single in the sixth. The A's had two on, one out and had a chance to go for the knockout punch.
Instead they took one to the jaw. When Callaspo flied out to medium-deep center, Brandon Moss took off from second base and easily made it to third. But when Cespedes tagged up at first base and tried to make it to second, he was out, way out, and a promising inning was over.
The best the A's could say about this one was that Texas' ninth-inning rally at home against Pittsburgh came up one run short, so the A's two-game lead over the Rangers in the West held steady.
But the A's could have added to that lead with a more fundamentally sound effort.
For more on the A's, see John Hickey's Insider at blogs.ibabuzz.com/athletics. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/JHickey3.
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caligula wrote: i hardly see how one individual being ignorant in matters of health (which by the way is a subject where there is rarely an uncontested recommendation) makes a whole political ideology stupid.
personally i believe that this country would be much better off if the government stayed out of peoples lives as much as possible. i certainly think i know whats best for me more than a group of a couple hundred stupid rich old white guys in DC and harrisburg. and if someone doesnt know better than i am perfectly willing to let them lie in the hole they have dug.
Soul Khansenses wrote: Yeah, and all 300 million or so Americans are just like you Caligula, independent and able to provide for themselves without the aid of anyone!
Let's axe income taxes!
Let's revert back to only using tariffs for federal revenue!
Let's repeal the 13th Amendment, since the Libertarian economy could potentially allow for forced servitude or something akin to it, anyway!
Yeah...? Seriously, though, if you aren't willing to sit on your lawn with a shotgun to protect yourself or concerned with the fact that it is impossible for someone to afford both housing and food on the mean income in this country, without being in debt somehow (and that shit ain't the government's fault!), I would discourage voting Libertarian, simply because you're squandering a vote, and on a dumb fucking selfish free-for-all ideology.
Plus, Gore and Bush were NOT identical, although Gore was undoubtedly a mediocre liberal. I would never have voted for Ralph Nader, a man with the leadership qualities of a dishrag.
Petrouchka Rasputin wrote: August spies, the problem with eliminating capitalism is that you eliminate the incentive to innovate and to be efficient. Very few people would care about that if it did not mean more money for them. And that's why capitalism is so productive.
caligula wrote: support anarchy? no way. for the foreseeable future human greed will keep anarchy from being a viable form of rule (or lack thereof, as the case is with anarchy)
MessiahCarey wrote: I hear this all the time, but I really just don't see it.
By eliminating capitalism you ultimately "weaken" money.
Therefore, there will be other reasons to innovate. The ones that the REAL innovators already use...pride, hunt for respect, necessity...heh.
Money just DILUTES innovation more than anything. If you work in the corporate world I know you understand.
Quote: caligula wrote: support anarchy? no way. for the foreseeable future human greed will keep anarchy from being a viable form of rule (or lack thereof, as the case is with anarchy)
Well, of course you're right and you're wrong.
We can't do the anarchy thing right now, but shouldn't it be an eventual goal? Shouldn't our laws that we have now work towards attaining the goal of everyone being well adjusted instead of creating a large disparity in the pecking order?
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|2004 Inductee (Basketball 1957-1961)
James Sharp began his basketball career at Jefferson High School in Port Arthur, Texas. In 1957, he averaged more than 20 points a game as a senior while leading Jefferson to the 4A State Championship. During his time in Port Arthur, he garnered All-State honors and represented them in a high school All-Star game.
After high school Sharp entered the University of Corpus Christi(UCC) in 1957 on a full basketball scholarship. During his freshman year, Sharp averaged more than 16 points per game. He was selected as co-captain of the Tarpon basketball teams from 1958 -1961 and received the Hickman Award in 1959 recognizing him as the best sportsman and outstanding athlete. During his sophomore season he was ranked fourth in field goal percentage at a 59% mark and 25th in the nation in free throw percentage at 79.1% in the NAIA. In 1960, Sharp led UCC to the South Zone Championship NAIA playoffs, finishing the year with a 14-10 record, which was the best season for UCC since 1950.
Upon graduation, James Sharp began an impressive 36 year coaching career. He started right here in Corpus Christi at Cullen Junior High and then moved onto King High School. His coaching career would stretch throughout the state of Texas from his high school alma mater, Port Arthur Jefferson, to San Angelo Central, to Kerrville Tivy. He finished his career at Clements High School in the Fort Bend Independent School District in Sugar Land, Texas. His team won a district championship at Port Arthur Jefferson in 1970 and he took his Kerrville Tivy squads to the playoffs in in 1980, 1983 and 1984 as well as taking his Clements teams to the playoffs in 1987 and 1992. He was named Coach of the Year in various districts in 1970, 1975, 1980 and 1983. He served as chairmanof the South All-Star selection committee for the Texas High School Coaches Association(THSCA) in 1983.
Sharp's most remarkabke feat while coaching in the high school ranks was coaching in the longest game in Texas high School Basketball history. On January 4, 1980, his Tivy team defeated South San 55-51. They played a two hour and fifty-five minute game that lasted ten overtimes. Tivy outscored South San 6-2 in the final overtime to clam the victory.
Upon his retirement, Sharp was active in the Houston Chapter of the Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi Alumni Association, serving as president in 1995-96. He has been very active in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes(FCA) in Newton High School in Newton, Texas, and remains active in his church.
He has been married to his wife Lynne for 13 years and has three children: Kim, Jan and Adam. He has four grandchildren: Taylor, Brice, Ashley and Allen.


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Do you enjoy a variety of different varieties of vinegar in salad dressings? Maybe you experiment with different vinegars in your cooking. There are so many different options: traditional balsamic, white balsamic, apple cider, sherry wine, red wine. They all add different flavors to everything from salad dressings to sauces. Did you ever consider that you might be doing more than adding flavor to your food when using different vinegars?
A report published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) in the Journal of Food Science shows that certain types of vinegar could actually offer significant health benefits.
According to the studies cited in the article, vinegar is rich in antioxidants, which could reduce accelerated aging and even slow the development of certain cancers or degenerative brain disorders. The authors of the report also point to vinegar's antibacterial properties, its ability to reduce the effects of diabetes, and its contribution to improved cardiovascular health and blood pressure. Vinegar is also said to help athletes recuperate after intense physical effort.
Finally, the report notes that individuals who consume certain types of vinegar on a daily basis have been shown to have lower appetites: a finding that could be applied when developing weight loss plans for obese patients.
The authors at the IFT nonetheless indicated that further research will be necessary to validate any claims regarding vinegar's health benefits.
We have to admit that some of us here at FoodFacts.com have heard what we assumed to be old wives tales regarding the use of apple cider vinegar as a weight loss aid. We've also heard that it's a great replacement for over-the-counter sinus medication. Then there are some claims about balsamic vinegar and its ability to lower blood pressure and stabilize cholesterol levels. We're pretty sure you've heard some similar claims about these as well as other vinegar varieties. We plan on finding new and interesting ways to incorporate vinegars into our meal preparations. This is a great idea not only to bring new and interesting tastes into our dishes, but also to add a new dimension to the health benefits we may receive from our foods!


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Suspect sentenced in knife attacks
Victims were cut, deputies injured
Published: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 8:32 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 8:32 p.m.
A homeless man received a 16-year prison sentence after pleading no contest to cutting a man's throat with a butcher knife, spitting on an officer and other charges.
Johnny Eunice, 26, was accused of slitting a man's throat with a butcher knife and cutting two others who tried stopping the attack that occurred around 12:45 a.m. June 5, 2012, at Carolina Inn and Suites at 810 Hospitality Drive.
Eunice was originally charged with one count of attempted murder, two counts of first-degree assault and battery, four counts of second-degree assault and battery, one count of throwing bodily fluids by a prisoner and one count of malicious injury to personal property, third or subsequent.
Eunice made an Alford plea to assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, three counts of second-degree assault and battery, one count of throwing bodily fluids by a prisoner, and one count of malicious injury to personal property, third or subsequent. An Alford plea allows a defendant to plead guilty without admitting guilt.
As part of Eunice's plea, two second-degree assault and battery charges were dismissed.
Circuit Judge Benjamin Culbertson imposed a 15-year sentence for assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and three years each for the other assault charges and malicious injury to personal property. The sentences will run concurrent. Eunice received an additional year for throwing bodily fluids by a prisoner that will run consecutive to the other sentences.
Seventh Circuit Assistant Solicitor Timi Poulos said in court that Eunice fled after the assault at the motel. Spartanburg County sheriff's deputies captured him after he was tracked with the assistance of a police dog that bit him during the arrest. Deputies took Eunice to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center for treatment of the dog bite. Eunice kicked out a patrol car window when they arrived at the hospital, Poulos said. Shattered glass injured four deputies and Eunice spit at a deputy.
Eunice said that he was sorry.
Eunice's attorney, James Cheek, said in court that Eunice knew the three men he injured. Cheek said they were staying at the motel and he said Eunice had been high on methamphetamine for a week when the assault occurred and does not remember specifically what happened. He said Eunice had received mental health treatment in 1997.
Poulos said in court that Eunice's criminal history dates back to 1997 for crimes in Georgia, including assault, resisting arrest and trespassing.
Eunice has been convicted of numerous crimes in South Carolina since 1999, according to a criminal history from the state Law Enforcement Division. He has been convicted of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, second-degree burglary non-violent, financial transaction card theft, public disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, according to records.
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saffie, on 22 January 2013 - 04:20 PM, said:
i agree that MD need a nerf for sure
i just dont see what SP damage have to do about it
we only have sw:pain as instant, the others requires a cast to proc or to be used.
im disc and i dont know much about warlocks, but i dont see they casting much often, for cc or damage, not saying that they are good, just saying that all casters doenst cast now days.
i agree with you when you say that almost every comp would like a spriest over another caster, i just dont see our damage being why they bring us.
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FREMONT -- The East Bay city most closely tied to Silicon Valley has the most electric vehicles in Alameda County, sending a positive charge through city leaders who say their commitment to high-tech businesses has followed residents onto the road.
Fremont, where 14 percent of the county lives, has nearly 30 percent of its electric vehicle owners, according to the California Center for Sustainable Energy, a nonprofit agency that tracks buyers and gives them rebates worth up to $2,500.
Fremont electric car owners have received 1,039 rebates since the program started in 2010, outpacing those in Oakland, Berkeley and even San Francisco. San Jose, the Bay Area's largest city, has the most, at 3,158.
"San Francisco has the reputation for being a super-green city, but this shows that Fremont is quietly pushing the envelope," said Dan Schoenholz, the city's deputy community development director.
Why Fremont, the Bay Area's fourth-largest city, has become the East Bay's electric vehicle leader has lot to do with the South Bay's high-tech economy.
Soraa, Solaria, and other cleantech companies call Fremont home, and their local employees and other residents are more likely to be early adopters of electric cars and other cutting-edge technology, said Rachel DiFranco, the city's sustainability coordinator, a position created last fall.
"Fremont is definitely associated with Silicon Valley, and we have the Tesla plant here," DiFranco said. "So people trust the technology because they see it on a daily basis."
And Fremont has been making it easier for electric car drivers, who now can juice up their cars at public chargers, choosing from 25 stalls at the Pacific Commons shopping center, three at Whole Foods and four that Tesla owners can use outside the Warm Springs district factory.
Fremont still has room to improve. Unlike Livermore and Pleasanton, which have chargers conveniently located at their city halls, Fremont has not yet installed stations on city-owned property. But that likely will change soon, as the city plans to place units in proposed Warm Springs and downtown developments, DiFranco said.
"Fremont is committed to encouraging (electric vehicle) infrastructure," she said. "Sixty percent of our (greenhouse gas) emissions is from automobiles and transportation, so anything we can do to reduce that is a big priority."
Meantime, the California Center for Sustainable Energy's top priority remains promoting electric vehicle sales by issuing rebates through its Clean Vehicle Rebate Project.
The nonprofit agency's sales figures are not perfect mirrors of buying habits because some electric cars don't qualify for the rebate and some buyers don't apply, agency leaders said this week. Its statistics, however, "remain a good proxy for judging how many electric vehicles are in each city," said Colin Santulli, a manager at the energy organization.
Drivers statewide can participate in the first-come, first served program, but they might want to hurry; 85 percent of available rebates already have been issued, Santulli said.
New buyers can apply for the rebate at www.energycenter.org/cvrp.
Contact Chris De Benedetti at 510-353-7011. Follow him at Twitter.com/cdebenedetti.


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Wipe Clean Book- United States of America
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Filled with dozens of activities and puzzles, this colorfully illustrated workbook teaches kids about the states and capitals while letting them practice their writing, counting and memory skills. The wipe-clean feature provides a fun and eco-friendly alternative to traditional workbooks.
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Elisa 0.3.3 – Media Centre for Kids
Initially I was quite excited by the release of Elisa 0.3.3 from the team at Fluendo. In general, I like the work Fluendo does – amongst other initiatives they have codecs for sale that alleviate any legal qualms you may have about installing "non-free" video codecs from various locations, they have an interesting Java streaming video applet called Cortado and they provide a reasonably priced online streaming service. So, high hopes for Elisa 0.3.3. Unfortunately, it looks like I won't be using this software.
Installation was straight forward, using the Ubuntu package found on their packages page. That's about as far as the good news goes. Elisa installs a link in the Applications > Sounds & Video menu under Gnome. However, the application is clearly following KDE design principles. Immediately I was reminded of the post over at Planete Beranger about useless, annoying cartoonish design icons and effects. That's Elisa 0.3.3. Huge, quite ugly, cartoon-like graphics. The interface could have been so much slicker. Of course it is possible for someone to re-skin the application on top of Elisa's functionality, and I sincerely hope someone will. The default graphics are bad enough, but choosing one of the other two icon themes only makes things worse; didn't anyone teach these guys how to anti-alias?
The other reason I was so keen to try Elisa 0.3.3 is the screaming text on the project's homepage stating that the software will "Automatically detects IPods, cameras, USB hard drives, etc." Great news! I can now finally use my iPod Touch with a Linux application for managing my music. Nope. It's a vicious lie. Connecting my iPod via USB results in the usual pop-up message alerting me that a camera has been detected, but nothing in Elisa. An external hard drive, also connected via USB was recognised correctly, but not the iPod. What a disappointment.
Support from the Fluendo team is also lacking. There is a forum available, where I posted a query about the non-detected iPod, but nobody from the Fluendo development team seems to be answering questions. As of this post, there are 14 unanswered posts in the Help section dating back to January 22nd. Granted, a forum can and should be used by users to help each other, but shouldn't there be someone from Fluendo regularly looking in to help out?
Elisa 0.3.3 – at the moment useful only for kids who like cartoons and don't own iPods
January 27, 2008 at 18:43
As of today, Sunday January 27th, it looks like someone from the Elisa team has just gone through their forums and posted brief replies to many unanswered topics.
January 27, 2008 at 20:56
Seems like my so-called "rant" has generated responses on the Elisa, Fluendo mailing list.
Follow the posts in this thread to read reactions from the Elisa team.
February 3, 2008 at 16:23
I have to agree with you on this one; I'd heard good things about Elisa so installed it on a Xubuntu box I'm setting up as a media server, but the huge cartoon graphics run really slowly and make it unusable for me.
Anyone know of a decent Linux Media Centre alternative?
July 2, 2008 at 11:31
I only recently ventured into the realm of media centres for Linux. Elisa appears to be the best solution out there. There is LinuxMCE but frankly it looks ugly and probably does a lot more than the average person wants.
To address your comment on icons and looks. Did you not notice this project is in its development stages? Fair criticism is fine but you tore them a new one. As you mentioned, some one will eventually make nice skins for this program and you will have no issues. Of course if you keep bashing them over silly non-functional crap no one will ever be interested enough to make a new skin. I (self proclaimed child at heart) actually like the graphics – especially since they are being displayed on my low-rez TV screen, as I would expect most media centres are.
Overall I have to disagree with your comments on this one phillc. I'm suprised after all that ranting you didn't check back to see that they've actually listened to your comments (despite your ill-tone).


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A funeral service for Mrs. Darla Michele Brown Floyd, age 53 of Hilton Head Island, SC, formerly of California, will be held on Friday, October 25, 2013 at 2pm at the Taylor Funeral Home in Dickson, TN. Cremation will follow the service, and a private burial will be held at a later date at the Brown family cemetery. In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Brown Family Memorial Garden or Hilton Head Humane Association.
Born July 20, 1960 in Jackson, Michigan. She worked for many years in the travel industry and visited 6 Continents. She touched lives on both coasts of the U.S. Darla had a love for family, adventure, and travel. She loved to protect the small and defenseless, little babies, dogs and butterflies. The world through her beautiful blue eyes was truly a wonderful place. Darla was a good Mother, Wife, Daughter, Grandmother and pet lover. She will forever be deeply missed. She was preceded in death by her Grandfather, Ralph "Ted" Jackson Waychoff, and her Brother, Jackson Brown.
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Did you ever buy that Magic Shell ice cream topping? Well, you can't anymore because it has milk in it. But don't worry, I have you covered. This is a slightly more grown-up version of this classic ice cream topping with the addition of coffee. Keep in mind that it is the fat that makes this liquid at room temperature and harden on your ice cream, so please enjoy responsibly.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Mocha Chocolate Shell Topping
Posted by Vegan Dad at 8:51 PM
Labels: chocolate, condiments, dessert
25 comments:
- VegMomma said...
Ooh, lovely.
Your, 'please enjoy responsibly' made me chuckle.
- August 18, 2008 at 9:21 PM
- Veronica said...
Ah, Magic Shell. The caramel used to be my favorite. That syrup was so popular at birthday parties in elementary school.
This looks fun; I'm excited to try this on a sundae soon.
- August 18, 2008 at 9:29 PM
- Ricki said...
What a fabulous idea! I used to LOVE that stuff even though it was soooo bad for you. I think your version is actually a healthier indulgence :)
- August 18, 2008 at 10:02 PM
- Nasreen said...
What kind of ice cream is that? It's so white!
- August 18, 2008 at 10:26 PM
- mixtape cupcakes said...
genius. think it would work atop cupcakes?
- August 18, 2008 at 10:29 PM
- Cherie said...
That's too bad that they started adding cow milk. Virgin coconut oil is also useful because it hardens when cold/chilled.
- August 18, 2008 at 11:12 PM
- Justin Fox Burks and The Wife said...
dude you are awesome. you cook as much as I do. Good lookin' stuff too.
- August 18, 2008 at 11:26 PM
- Lisa said...
Oh, yum.
So I'm always paranoid about heating and putting back into the fridge and reheating and putting back into the fridge and reheating and putting back into the fridge.
I know it's a no-no for non-vegan items, but seems to me it won't hurt something like this.
But I still wonder sometimes.
- August 19, 2008 at 12:11 AM
- veganverve said...
I hate HATE coffee and anything that even barely tastes like it...so my question is obvious. If I remove the 2T insant coffee will that affect the "magic shell" at all (other than the lack of coffee)? I'm assuming not but its best to be sure!
- August 19, 2008 at 3:39 AM
- Stacey said...
We have this in Australia, it's called Ice Magic here though, and beleive me, I have missed it since goin vegan ten years ago as a mere child!!!
Thank you!
- August 19, 2008 at 4:13 AM
- The Voracious Vegan said...
Gorgeous picture! Can't wait to try this.
- August 19, 2008 at 6:32 AM
- Vegan Dad said...
yes, you can take out the coffee. The hardening comes from the temperature of the ice cream.
- August 19, 2008 at 7:44 AM
- Vegan Dad said...
yes, I think you are OK reheating and cooling for this. I'm sure it would even keep at room temperature, but I was usure because of the soy creamer.
- August 19, 2008 at 7:48 AM
- Vegan Dad said...
mixtape cupcakes,
you need to put it on something cold for it to harden, so unless your cupcakes are frozen it wouldn't really work.
- August 19, 2008 at 7:51 AM
- Vegan Dad said...
It's So Good vanilla.
- August 19, 2008 at 7:52 AM
- Vegan Dad said...
this is just dessert, plain and simple. While it may be lower in sat fat that the original, don't think of it as healthy dessert.
- August 19, 2008 at 7:56 AM
- Tofu Mom (AKA Tofu-n-Sprouts) said...
Oh cool! I've been making a non-coffee version very similar to this for my kids for a couple years now - I use coconut oil because I like how it hardens and I'm afraid of the transfat thing when canola oil is heated to high...(though obviously you don't heat it all that much just to pour over icecream). Regardless, it looks deee-lish. I really love the coffee addition!
- August 19, 2008 at 12:37 PM
- Sharon R said...
I haven't thought about Magic Shell too much recently, but now since seeing the picture and the recipe, I'm thinking of it constantly!
- August 19, 2008 at 2:26 PM
- Kandiss said...
when did they change the magic shell? nooo, it was vegan a few months ago. darn!
- August 19, 2008 at 3:54 PM
- Bianca said...
Neato! I used to love Magic Shell as a kid, but it's things like that that I just assume I can never have again. Thanks to you, now I can. It sounds so easy. And I like the addition of coffee.
- August 19, 2008 at 4:52 PM
- Anonymous said...
Every time I see this pic I want ice cream! "A" can't wait either.
- August 19, 2008 at 6:43 PM
- tasteslikeyum said...
Wow. This post just caused me to have a very non-G-rated sort of reaction.
And I just realized I have all the ingredients. You know where I'll be. Thanks!
- August 23, 2008 at 6:57 PM
- Tanya said...
Ooooh I just found this. I used to LOVE magic shell. What would happen if I left out the oil? Would that keep it from hardening?
- February 7, 2010 at 12:04 AM
- Vegan Dad said...
The oil keeps it liquid. Otherwise, you just have melted chocolate.
- February 11, 2010 at 9:02 PM
- supercarrot said...
i discovered a stolen version of your recipe.
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