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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Barley Risotto With Eggplant And Tomatoes
Barley Risotto With Eggplant and Tomatoes
6 cups small diced eggplant (this was four rather small eggplants for me)
8 Roma tomatoes, halved lengthwise
4 TBSP olive oil, divided
salt and pepper
5 cups chicken broth
2 cups water
1 onion, small dice
1 cup pearl barley, rinsed (NOT the quick cooking kind)
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup dry white wine
2 ounces crumbled goat cheese
1/4 cup toasted pine nuts
fresh basil, thinly sliced (for garnish)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Place diced eggplant and tomato halves in a large bowl. Drizzle with two tablespoons of the olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Spread in a single layer onto baking sheet. Roast in oven for 20 minutes. Remove from heat, let cool a bit, then gently cut tomatoes into bite-size pieces. Set aside.
Combine broth and water in a saucepan and keep warm over medium-low heat.
Heat remaining two tablespoons of oil in a large non-stick saucepan over medium heat. Add onions and saute for 4-5 minutes, until onions have softened and become translucent. Add garlic and rinsed barley and cook for one minute. Add wine and cook for one minute, or until wine has almost evaporated, stirring constantly.
Add one cup broth to pan. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Cook for about 5 minutes or until liquid is nearly absorbed, stirring frequently. Add remaining broth, one cup at a time, stirring frequently, until each addition is nearly absorbed before adding the next. This process will take about 45 minutes total.
Gently stir in eggplant and tomatoes. Season again with salt and pepper if needed.
To serve, top with cheese, pine nuts and basil.
10 comments:
- Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction said...
Looks delicious - except that my garden's produce isn't dwindling. Not sure what I did wrong, but my garden is just starting to boom. Discovered a few tiny little eggplants and tons of new peppers starting today!
- September 2, 2009 at 9:46 PM
- Mags said...
Jen: I'm glad we planted early here in Indiana, because if it hadn't been for the early crop, we'd have nothing left. This has been a terrible summer for tomato blight and our plants are all but dead.
- September 2, 2009 at 9:53 PM
- June said...
Wow Mags, this looks delicious. I didn't know you could make risotto from barley, so I'm just going to have to give it a try...talk about labor intensive though. Hope you had a glass of wine (or two) while you were hanging over the stove stirring!
- September 3, 2009 at 10:07 AM
- Moogie said...
Mags, This looks great!! My garden is producing like crazy. I'm savoring every vegetable because come December I will miss the wonderful taste of vine ripened tomatoes and etc.
Oh by the way, about the last blog with your photo-shop skills. You're putting everyone else to shame with your special effects.
- September 3, 2009 at 11:50 AM
- Dyan said...
- September 3, 2009 at 1:00 PM
- Mags said...
June: I may or may not have imbibed while stirring my behind off, but knowing that there's wine in the recipe, you can do that math...lol
Moogie: It has always been my primary goal in life to shame those around me. That is why I became an elf in the first place.
Dyan: Yes, a great diabetic meal! (see, I must have been thinking of you when I made it!)
- September 3, 2009 at 1:08 PM
- stephchows said...
barley is one of those things I've never made myself... this looks so darn good though! I may need to give it a go!
- September 3, 2009 at 2:54 PM
- Mags said...
Steph: Try it, it's delish. Definitely satisfies that "I need something chewy, noodly, pasta" craving, I think.
- September 3, 2009 at 6:08 PM
- Michelle said...
Oh my gaaaaawd this is amazing! I made it this week and brought it into work and everyone raved! I posted the link to this recipe on my FB profile I was so excited about it. Thank you!
- September 20, 2009 at 6:21 AM
- Mags said...
Michelle: I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for stopping back here to let me know!
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With its last release, Amahi has changed their model to allow for paid apps in its app repository. As we get closer to releasing the PMS app, I was asked by the team to consider whether the app should be free or paid. I, myself am not interested in payment. I see it as payback to the Amahi and PMS communities. But i don't want to speak for the dev community for PMS.
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Hamer wrote:^If I did my math correctly, that was 54 total players that played last night. That is an excellent turn out for league!
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Hello all. I didn't realize that Matt's never done this before--had a guest blogger--something he failed to mention when he suggested I try it...
I apologize for having kept you all waiting--I realize Matt meant for this to come on sooner, but I've been having cold feet.
But, I'm very excited and grateful to Matt for the opportunity. He and I had dinner the week before his departure, and our conversation has stayed in my mind. The prospect of his visiting my hometown had the curious effect of making me feel as though I had just arrived in the US, as opposed to having lived here for several years.
I also realized, with pleasure, the swarm of connections that each person has the ability to make by simply leaving one place and going to another. Perhaps there will be time to talk in some detail about these connections in my entries. I feel in this moment generous enough to make a number of philosophical remarks about chance and fate and so forth, but as my papa says, this would be just "winetalk".
I'm simply happy that a friend of mine has the chance to see the place where I'm from, a chance so few of my friends here have. I'm also happy that SLS is providing a much needed fulcrum for the literary efforts in Kenya and in the region, efforts which a change in the political climate has allowed to thrive.
That there are now, in Kenya, not just Nairobi I hope, fifteen year olds writing bad poetry and nursing the stirrings of literary ambition who have the opportunity to know of such an event as SLS, let alone attend or be close to it in some way, is itself a watershed.
I look forward to the emergence of an open, vibrant literary culture. I want those same people, my neighbours, my relatives, my friends, who fed me with all sorts of books, with the skiffy that made me want to become, well, a skiffie, to see "local produce" on their shelves.
With that in mind, let me say that the next entry will be on "local produce", so to speak. I'll be talking about Binyavanga Wainaina's "Ships in High Transit", which Matt mentioned.
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Looking forward to this, Njihia!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/15/2006 11:04 AM
Hi Njihia--also looking forward to your posts.ReplyDelete
Brett Cox
Hooray, Njihia! Glad to see you were able to get up and running. Nairobi is treating me well so far, and there's lots of great stuff going on between SLS and the Kwani Literary Festival. I look forward to reading your posts from New Hampshire whilst I am in Nairobi!ReplyDelete
Glad to hear your voice!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/15/2006 6:50 PM
njihia: Great to see you here. Looking forward to your posts. Hope you're doing well.ReplyDelete
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- Anonymous12/20/2006 2:14 PM
From someone who spent many years in Zimbabwe, a great big welcome. Looking forward to your post about Ships in High Transit, among others.ReplyDelete
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Physician Spotlight: Greg MatzkeAs a three-time recipient of St. Mary's Guardian Angel recognition, Dr. Greg Matzke (general surgery) most certainly has most certainly has earned his wings —through compassion, professional achievement and service to community. Dr. Matzke joined Dean Clinic's general surgery department in 2005 and today also serves as St. Mary's trauma director. He has worked with other surgeons to perform multiple major surgeries simultaneously that are easier on the patient versus having separate surgeries. He recently began working with the neurology department to laparoscopically place a diaphragmatic pacer system in appropriately selected individuals to benefit patient's with spinal cord diseases. In fact, he became the first Wisconsin physician to implant a diaphragm pacer in a patient. (See story in St. Mary's Community Connection newsletter.)The procedure salvages patients' independence by improving respiratory function for activities of daily living. Long-term data are encouraging and with the other medical treatments and scientific advancements, the hope is for patients to live a longer, more independent life."Surgical success is a team sport. It cannot be done alone," he says, sharing credit with his general surgery department colleagues, physician assistants and clinical nurses. "I'm proud of the ability to care for my patients in a multidisciplinary fashion in a tertiary care setting. It is very rewarding to see patients get well through our collaboration."Dr. Matzke is originally from Green Bay. He attended UW-Madison for an undergraduate degree (molecular biology) as well as his doctor of medicine degree, comes to St. Mary's after having completed his residency in general surgery at Mayo Clinic. He is a big advocate for preventive care. "It improves quality of life, increases productivity and benefits physical and mental health throughout a patient's lifespan." Community is important to Dr. Matzke in personal ways, too. He is a coach for his children's basketball, soccer, baseball and softball teams, enjoying the game as much as the mentorship. He loves quiet moments in the great outdoors too. "If I'm not at work or coaching, odds are that you'll find me on one of the nearby lakes boating, fishing or skiing."
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1 a doctor must be present at the ringside
in attendance, here, there, near, nearby, (close/near) at hand, available
[Antonyms] absent
2 organic compounds are present in the waste
in existence, existing, existent
[Antonyms] absent
3 the present economic climate
current, present-day, existing
[Antonyms] past, future
nounBack to top
I'm living in the future so the present is my past.
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at present
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for the present
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1 the president presented a check to the winner
hand over/out, give (out), confer, bestow, award, grant, accord
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offer, give, express
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1 a birthday present
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The Domino Sugar Factory is a big old abandoned factory by the Williamsburg bridge. Soon, the Domino Sugar Factory will be a virtual forest of gleaming new
condos rentals and office buildings including not just one, but two huge towers with holes in the middle of them. "This has the opportunity to be what new Brooklyn says to the world," said the project's architect. And what the new Brooklyn says to the world is, "It is now easier than ever for the financiers who will soon make up the bulk of the residents of Williamsburg's waterfront to land their hovercrafts inside of their be-holed condominium tower."
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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Thursday, April 18, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Soldiers find themselves in scary situations all the time, dodging gunfire and putting their lives on the line, but sometimes the scariest thing a soldier can face is transitioning out of the military and learning to readjust to life as a civilian.
A new bill in Georgia is hoping to make that change a little smoother, and soldiers are welcoming it.
"It's kinda like throwing a fish up on a riverbank," said 1st Sgt. Douglas Elkins.
That's how Elkins describes transitioning out of the military. After more than 25 years in the Army, Elkins is getting ready to retire.
"It's a big adjustment," he admitted.
After a lifetime working in the Infantry, Special Forces and Military Intelligence, Elkins will have to find a new job as a civilian.
Before a recent bill, that meant a lot of extra training on skills he already has.
"For somebody like me, it's very frustrating. It would kind of be like taking a soldier out of the military and telling him, well we don't know if you can shoot a weapon, so you have to go through all this weapon training and shoot again," he explained.
That's where the Troop Talent Act comes in. It's a new bill designed to help align the skills soldiers learn in the military with the credentials they need to get civilian jobs.
"It's a great bill. It is very important because it can be a win-win for both the soldier or spouse and the employer," said Transition Services Manger Ella Freeman.
For a husband and father of four, it would help in more ways than one.
"Probably raise my salary by about $10,000 to $15,000 a year. That would increase my ability to support my child and also make the transition a little smoother," he said.
Aside from the job, the bill will help soldiers conquer what may be their biggest fear.
"The unknown. It's basically the fear of the unknown. Soldiers, you pretty much know what's going on most of the time. As a civilian, it's all on you," Elkins said.
The bill was introduced to the Senate earlier this week. If passed, it will also apply to military spouses. So, if they have a license in one state and then get based in a different one, they'll be able to get a job there, too.
As for the soldiers, the certifications would give them the proof they need to begin a career outside of the military.


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Yarn Profile: Classic Elite LaGran
First Impressions
Today, many years later, that sweater occupies a prized position in my closet. It's not a very remarkable item, nor was my knitting, so I credit all the "oohs" and "aaahs" I receive to the yarn itself.
The La Gran colors are anything but basic, and that's what makes them so appealing to me. There are soft greens, vibrant corals (as you can see in the test swatch above), gentle yellows, pinks, and blues that are are impossible to define... and the list goes on.
As an added bonus, Classic Elite continues to publish a variety of patterns for La Gran that are among my favorite. So it's easy to buy a full package and know that it'll work. I don't mean to sound biased, but I like this stuff.
Knitting Up
An added bonus is that this yarn feels very similar to having a cat on your lap (complete with the fuzz they leave behind).
Blocking / Washing
I don't advise blocking this yarn with an iron, no matter how low the heat or thick the towel (between the iron and the garment). You'll end up with a wad of fiber that resembles a horse blanket. Trust me, I (regretfully) speak from experience on this one.
Second, the long fibers in La Gran's fluff can, over time, spin themselves together into larger entities that almost look like dreadlocks. And finally, don't forget to wear something under your garment! It may feel thick, but if you're knitting one strand of La Gran using the recommended needle size, you'll have yourself one potentially see-through sweater. I've got quite embarrassing photos to prove my point.
I hear people complain that La Gran is priced too high. You might be able to find similar mohair for less than La Gran, but always check the fiber content (does the lower-priced yarn have a higher nylon content, for example) and color cards. For me, the softness and colors keep me coming back for more.
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There are several easy and inexpensive ways to increase a water heater's operating efficiency and operating life.
By following several of these tips, you can make your hot water less expensive:
- Add an insulation blanket.
- Inspect the flue for breaks or gaps that could leak deadly exhaust gas.
- Twice a year, drain and flush sediment, which reduces efficiency in the water heater. If the level of sediment is in your water supply is high, this may need to be done more often. To drain the tank, turn off the water supply at the tank top, hook a hose to the water spigot at the base, open a hot-water tap in the house and open the water spigot. Once the tank is drained, turn on the water supply at the top of the tank and let it run until the water draining out is clear. Close the spigot and turn off the tap.
- Once a year, check the pressure-relief valve to make sure this crucial safety device isn't clogged. To relieve any overpressurization in the tank, place a bucket beneath the copper overflow pipe. Carefully push the relief valve at the top and a burst of hot water should spray out. If not, the valve should be replaced.
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SANTA CRUZ -- The UC Santa Cruz Feminist Studies Department officially celebrated the launch of its long-awaited graduate program with a kickoff reception on Oct. 29 at the chancellor's house.
Guests included Chancellor George Blumenthal, professor Kelly Weisberg, campus provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Alison Galloway, founding department faculty member Bettina Aptheker, and former department chair and Professor Emerita Angela Davis.
The campus is now accepting applications for the new doctorate program in feminist studies, which is set to begin in fall 2013. The deadline to apply for the inaugural program is Dec, 15.
"The Ph.D. in feminist studies at UC Santa Cruz is an interdisciplinary program that investigates how relations of gender are embedded in cultural, political, racial and social structures," said department chair Lisbeth Haas.
"It will provide students with advanced training in critical race and ethnic studies, sexuality studies, and the study of science and social justice," she added.
The aim of the new program is to train scholars and teachers, and also to serve the needs of professionals for careers in areas such as public policy and human rights research and advocacy.
This approach to graduate training is designed to attract students from different fields of study who will flourish in a dynamic and collaborative intellectual environment.
Conceived as a cross-divisional
endeavor, the graduate program will draw upon the strength of UCSC's wide range of feminist scholars and their departments and programs across the campus.
UCSC's Feminist Studies Department maintains longstanding relationships with the departments of anthropology, art, history, history of art and visual culture, history of consciousness, Latin American and Latino Studies, literature, politics, psychology, and sociology, and is affiliated with the Science and Justice Research Center on campus.
It also is home to one of the largest feminist studies undergraduate degree programs in the nation, and it is an internationally recognized center for feminist scholarship.
Courses exploring feminist issues were first introduced into the undergraduate curriculum at U.S. universities in the late 1960s. Nearly a dozen doctorate graduate programs in feminist, women's and gender studies have since developed in the United States since the University of Maryland established their program in l976.
The first women's studies course at UCSC was offered in 1971. The Feminist Studies Department at UCSC became one of the first UC programs to actively mobilize and institute women's studies courses and faculty. Due to strong support and demand from students, a bachelor of arts degree in women's studies was approved in 1974.
"The last few decades have witnessed an upsurge in feminist scholarship," said UCSC professor and Feminist Studies Graduate Director Gina Dent.
"Our new graduate program forms part of this upsurge -- it builds on the successful undergraduate major in the Department of Feminist Studies and upon the widely recognized community of prominent feminist scholars at UCSC," Dent said.
"The UCSC program's emphasis on training scholars and teachers will allow it to meet a full range of contemporary social needs," added Haas.
For information about the new doctorate program, and to apply for the program, go to graddiv.ucsc.edu.
To read about the UCSC Feminist Studies faculty, go to the faculty page at http://feministstudies.ucsc.edu/faculty/index.php.
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Epiphany students present 'Guys and Dolls Jr.'
Published: Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 9:45 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 9:45 a.m.
Students from Epiphany Cathedral School in Venice will present the musical "Guys and Dolls Jr." on the MainStage of Venice Theatre.
Show times will be at 1 and 4 p.m. Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday at the theater, 140 Tampa Ave. W., Venice.
The production is part of a partnership formed between the school and theater eight years ago. Epiphany students attend daily classes at the theater during the school year that fulfills their theater arts credits.
This is the fourth year a full musical theater production will be presented.
Directed and choreographed by Brad Wages, principal teacher at the theater, the show will feature beginning and intermediate theater students.
"We're getting very excited about 'Guys and Dolls Jr.,'" Wages said in a prepared statement. "The student actors are learning songs, dance numbers, staging and creating the larger-than-life characters of the classic Broadway show. It's a fast-paced musical romp that teaches that salvation is not just the throw of the dice."
Cast members are Brooke Bellia, Megan Bettley, Molly Blem, Cogan Brooks, Andrew Brower, Makenzie Callahan, Sadie Callahan, Raina Chin-Yee, Michael Courville, Tyson Davenport, Drew Dickerson, Joy Dickerson, Jessica Gonzalez, Claudia Hassler, Shannon Jarvis, Christina Lakomy, Abigail Luman, Erin McGrath, Michaela McNutt, Brooke Mecurio, Mallory Moore, Courtney Priede, Emma Quintero, Alexandria Schulten, Hannah Stesney, Carson Traub, Alicia Trentalange, Mercedes Weigelt and Heather Wilson.
Peter Madpak is musical director.
Tickets are $10 through the school; call 488-2215. Tickets will not be sold at the box office.
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The New Diamond Queens Fastpitch 16u team is looking for two dedicated players to complete the team for the 2012-2013 Season!!
We are excited to announce that the Diamond Queens organization has recently gone thru a change in management and is now managed by a board of individuals dedicated to the advancement of our athletes.
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White House Proposes Rules on Gun Checks
HONOLULU — The Obama administration on Friday announced two executive actions on gun control, proposing rules aimed at strengthening the federal background check system and clarifying who is prohibited from possessing firearms for reasons related to mental health.
The rule changes will help "keep guns out of the wrong hands," the White House said in a statement. President Barack Obama is currently vacationing in Hawaii.
One proposed regulation seeks to clearly explain terminology used by federal law to prohibit people from purchasing firearms for mental health reasons. Some states have complained about ambiguities that make it difficult to determine who is prohibited from having a gun, the White House said.
The second rule change aims to remove barriers that have prevented hospitals and other entities that are subject to patient privacy provisions from submitting relevant information to the background check system regarding individuals who are prohibited from purchasing guns for mental health reasons.
After the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, Mr. Obama tested the question of whether lawmakers were willing to ban the most controversial weapons and enact stricter requirements for prospective gun owners. But the sweeping proposals ran into resistance from both parties last year, and the Senate dealt the president a blow when it failed to pass a proposal to expand background checks.
In the absence of any new legislation, the White House has been limited to taking executive actions to enact more modest changes to background checks and other firearms regulations. Still, in Friday's statement, the administration continued to call on lawmakers to revisit this issue — something that Congress has appeared reluctant to do.
"While the president and the vice president continue to do everything they can to reduce gun violence, Congress must also act," the statement said. "Passing common-sense gun safety legislation – including expanding background checks and making gun trafficking a federal crime – remains the most important step we can take to reduce gun violence."


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The day that Marisa and Noelle Chow welcomed creative writing into their lives they knew they would learn skills that would last a lifetime.
When they were in middle school, the sisters attended a writing workshop taught by local authors Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff and Sarah Wilson, and even went back to assist in other workshops the authors offer for students throughout Contra Costa County.
Participants spend time in Koehler-Pentacoff's workshop getting to know each other and writing from various suggestions, said Marisa, now 17.
"I always enjoyed the variety of prompts that (the authors) provided," she said. "These often inspired me to draw inspiration for stories from ordinary objects in my own life, like particular phrases I liked or magazine clippings."
Koehler-Pentacoff and Wilson will be offering a free Humor, Mystery and Suspense Writing Workshop for middle school students March 2, at the Walnut Creek Library, as a prelude to the writing contest sponsored by the Mt. Diablo branch of the California Writers Club.
This is a chance for the authors and students to learn from each other and exchange ideas, Koehler-Pentacoff said.
"Kids just get so into this mystery genre. They're just bubbling with excitement," said Koehler-Pentacoff. "They can inform us about what teens are reading. We can show them how to build suspense in a story and what makes a story a mystery."
The workshop includes interactive games and writing exercises and a chance to learn how to enter the writing contest this spring.
In addition to discussing mystery and suspense, the authors will be sharing tips on writing humor.
"People love to read humor," Koehler-Pentacoff said. "Everybody thinks it's easy to write but it's difficult to find humor stories that are written well."
She said humor is an important element in writing stories about daily life and relationships.
"How can we get through the day without a sense of humor?" asked Koehler-Pentacoff.
She's glad that the Chow sisters have embraced creative writing in their lives and wishes that more creative writing were taught in local elementary and middle schools.
"Both Liz (Koehler-Pentacoff) and I agree that once students begin high school, the focus in school is writing the essay, and creative writing usually takes a back seat -- which is understandable given the nature of high school academics," said Julie Chow, Marisa and Noelle's mother.
"That's why it's nice that Liz's workshops target middle school students, for now, while they still have free time before the rigors of high school."
Nevertheless, students yearn for a creative outlet, whether in writing, music, or art. Creative writing develops one's imagination, Chow said.
"For my daughters, creative writing encourages them to observe life and to rewrite life as they see it or would like to -- or not like to -- see it. It's quite gratifying for them."
Marisa said that in the authors' workshops, participants also have the chance to talk with each other -- an aspect she appreciated since it can be difficult to find other serious young writers.
"As a result of my experiences in her workshops, I've become more interested in the creative writing scene and have even started my own writing groups," said Marisa.
Younger sister Noelle said she aspires to be a full-time novelist but would like to pursue psychology as well.
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Many kids start writing stories when they're young, but aren't sure how to proceed, Marisa said.
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Just as there are "classic" cars that never seem to go out of style, there are some classic pieces of software that remain useful long after most of their contemporaries. One of those programs is Xfig, a vector graphics editor hailing from the days of academic Unix workstations. Like the more famous TeX, Xfig hasn't seen significant updates in several years—and for the same reason: it's just about perfect like it is. It is showing its age in the style of its graphical interface, and it does have some fundamental limitations compared to more modern graphics tools, but for the simple technical diagrams it was intended for, it is still hard to beat.
Xfig is an older package, developed for Unix workstation environments such as SPARC. If you were using such a system to prepare research papers in the 1990s, it's very likely you would have encountered it. The output from Xfig was very easy to incorporate into TeX or LaTeX papers, and this made it a favorite program among academics.
Xfig is an older package, developed for Unix workstation environments
Of course, it was not very competitive against proprietary software then available, such as Corel Draw, but those programs were generally not available for Unix, and neither were they really designed for the technical drawing needs of academic publishing. So, it's not surprising that Xfig is weak on such finer artistic tools such as Bezier curve editing. Instead, Xfig has simpler "interpolated" and "approximated" "spline curve" tools and a separate "polyline" tool (a spline is slightly simpler than a Bezier curve and therefore not quite as flexible to edit). This approach may not be as intuitive for editing general curve objects (the workhorse tool for creative graphics in programs like Inkscape), but it works very well for simple line-art illustrations.
Even though Xfig is a true vector graphics editor, it is ergonomically designed around the needs of technical diagram editing
More importantly, even though Xfig is a true vector graphics editor, it is ergonomically designed around the needs of technical diagram editing. Grid-snapping is on by default; there is a simple tool for adding arrowheads to lines (although you can also do it through the generic object "edit" dialog); general rotation is not supported, but right-angle rotations are easy; and so on. In some ways it comes closer to a simplified CAD program than to a general vector graphics editor.
Although Xfig was neither my favorite vector graphics editor, nor my first choice for making the diagram in this project, it was unquestionably the easiest and fastest way to produce a publication-quality result. Xfig offers just the right balance between flexibility and simplicity.
Symbol libraries
Like Dia, Xfig makes significant use of symbol libraries. Unlike Dia, though, its libraries are very well maintained and complete. Unlike most modern vector graphics programs like Inkscape, for which there is no real symbol library, forcing one to use Open Clipart instead, Xfig's symbols are extremely well organized, labeled, and integrated into the program. Using symbols in Xfig was easy and intuitive.
Xfig's symbols are extremely well organized, labeled, and integrated into the program
For the CUPS filter diagram used as a drawing example here, I used symbols for the target printers (several different ones to emphasize the point that CUPS supports different kinds) and also for computers representing the sending applications (I tried to pick ones that resembled typical PC Unix/Linux systems and Macintosh respectively).
On the minus side, it does not appear that the Open Clipart art has been included in Xfig's image libraries, nor of course has the very fine artwork in Xfig's library been incorporated into the Open Clipart collection.
Text support is fairly straightforward, though certainly not the best among the programs I tested. There is no true multi-line text in Xfig. Instead, when you press return while typing text directly into the program, you get a new text object positioned appropriately below the first one.
In order to paste multi-line text into Xfig, I had to go through a somewhat non-intuitive process. I typed "a" into the interface, then switched to the edit tool to set the size and font. Then I re-selected the text, and created new lines "b" and "c" (for a three-line text block). Then I returned to the "edit" tool to get a dialog window which would allow me to paste in each line of text that I needed. Though this might sound very awkward, it was fairly fast to do in practice. But it obviously falls far short of having real multi-line text.
Fortunately, in this kind of diagram, there aren't that many multi-line text blocks to worry about.
Xfig maintains its own fonts, and does not, therefore give you the full range of fonts that are installed on your system. On the other hand, the font picker is extremely easy and quick to use, and the major fonts you are likely to need are provided.
Laying out the boxes representing each of the data states in the CUPS process was really easy in Xfig, partly due to the grid snapping behavior, which was on by default. This made for a very fast start on the diagram.
For the process flow in the diagram, I used simple polyline objects. After they were laid down, the "toggle arrowhead" tool made marking the flow direction extremely fast and easy.
File formats
Xfig was originally designed to work well with TeX and Postscript, the most common tool chain available in the early 1990s. However, SVG export capability does exist, though the menu claims it is only "beta" quality. My test with the CUPS diagram shows a near-perfect rendering to SVG, as rendered here by Inkscape.
Final remarks
I didn't expect that much from an "obsolete" program like Xfig, which I hadn't used in years, but it surprised me. With its simple (though admittedly no longer very standard) interface and convenient tools, it made the job of drawing this diagram extremely fast and easy. I finished this drawing much faster than I expected to, and faster than I would've been able to do it in Inkscape.
I didn't expect that much from an "obsolete" program like Xfig, which I hadn't used in years, but it surprised me
Nevertheless, despite the short time, the results are very good looking: much better than what I managed with Dia in the same time. With excellent SVG export capability, it also occurs to me that Xfig would make a good way to quickly start a drawing which could later be modified with the more sophisticated tools of one of the modern graphics editors such as Inkscape.
Xfig is not for every drawing project, but for diagrams like this one, it is an excellent tool: it makes it easy to produce very high quality output in very little time.
I'm looking for a GUI program that will allow me to ...
+ create boxes around multi-line texts with a uniform margin; the box should fit the text rather than vice versa.
+ create connectors between boxes that are oriented from box center to box center, not to/from "connection points"; the connectors should be "shadowed" by the boxes, with an arrow-head exactly at the target box edge.
+ format text within the boxes arbitrarily (left/right-justified, centered, any fonts, etc.)
+ move boxes with the connectors to/from them following.
Is there a *graphical-interface* program that can do these? AFAIK, these capabilities are only possible using LaTeX-based packages such as pstricks and tikz.
Possibly Inkscape with some extensions added
Your requirement to connect from "box center to box center" surprises me. This is provided by the "connectors" option in Inkscape, but it seemed (to me) stylistically less desirable than the connection points approach. I had assumed that the connector approach was limited by the Inkscape/SVG data model rather than being an aesthetic choice.
In any case, Inkscape does have that capability, although it will not natively allow for the requirement to "format text within the boxes arbitrarily" (assuming you mean to include mixed format within multi-line text -- you can of course change the font for the whole text object).
I believe there is, however, an extension tool to incorporate TeX or LaTeX content into an Inkscape drawing. I have not tested it out, but it is listed on the Inkscape wiki (a few jumps from the link above). My own TeX experience is so rusty I doubt I would get much use from it.
So I suspect you could get what you want (or very nearly) in Inkscape using some extensions.
I'm not aware of any extension which would "shrinkwrap" text with a box, rather than flowing text into an existing frame, but it shouldn't be difficult to write one, assuming you've got a clear idea of what you actually expect it to do (e.g. should it break lines to improve the fit, should it accept line-widths or total text width too large to include in the drawing, etc -- in general how does it degrade when you ask it to do the impossible?).
Given that you have such a well-defined need, I'd recommend such an approach. Extensions for Inkscape are pretty simple to write. You have to be able to:
- accept command switches from the command line
- parse SVG from
- apply the transformations that you want on the SVG
- serialize the transformed SVG to
There is a system in Inkscape to query the user for parameters using a dialog box, which then get passed to your extension via the command line.
I have some needs I want to fill with Inkscape extensions, too. Perhaps I'll get a chance to write a tutorial on it.
box center vs connector points
>Your requirement to connect from "box center to box center" surprises me. This is provided by the "connectors" option in Inkscape, but it seemed (to me) stylistically less desirable than the connection points approach.
Check out the examples here:
It's ultimately a matter of taste of course.
Bob T.
how about economics graphs?
Is there a piece of free software that can do the same things as this one for mac?


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BlackBerry 10 Launches With Some Great Apps, but Mission-Criticals Are Missing
We wrote last week that BlackBerry 10 would need some of the top apps in the ecosystem if it would be able to take on the iPhone.
Research In Motion — now BlackBerry — unveiled some of those apps at its big launch event for the BlackBerry 10 phones today.
It got most of it right, based on some of the apps featured in the launch video and what was talked about on stage — but there are a few apps missing.
Here's a quick rundown of what's coming in the new phone that's significant — and, more important, what's missing:
Instagram and Snapchat, two photo-sharing apps that are critically important given the intense popularity of the apps on other devices, were not present among the line-up of apps coming out for the new BlackBerry 10 devices.
The new ecosystem also appears to be missing Netflix at launch, which is one of the top entertainment apps for smartphones. RIM did unveil a number of music and video partners for its storefront this week, but it's still going to need the huge libraries that Netflix and other apps have.
As a major plus, the company said it would have Skype, one of the most popular online calling and messaging services. That fills out a big need for the company when it comes to a good, international voice-over-IP calling and messaging service.
It also appears that the phone will have Evernote, which is among the best productivity apps for smartphones. Evernote automatically synchronizes notes across multiple platforms — like tablets, computers and phones.
For music streaming, the company said it would have Rdio. Radio apps like Pandora are popular, but a more direct music-playing app is basically a necessity for smartphones today. So BlackBerry has this covered.
It does come with a host of pretty good games – Angry Birds Star Wars, Jetpack Joyride and Where's My Water are all there.
And it did have all the usual suspects — Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Foursquare — but we knew those were coming. What we didn't know was coming was WhatsApp, one of the most popular messaging apps for smartphones. This is kind of a weird choice given the prominence of BlackBerry Messenger, what the company hopes will continue to be among the most popular messaging apps in the world.


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If you're using MySQL and SSL, you might want to glance over this article and give your setup a quick test.
I've uncovered an alarming bug in 5.5 where one could gain access to your MySQL instance just knowing the username and password (not having any SSL certificate, key, etc.)!
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RapidWeaver is an easy to use and very powerful website building application allowing anyone to create and publish professional looking websites in minutes. No knowledge of complex html is required, RapidWeaver takes care of all that for you.
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RW is just worth of using. I never wanted to code by myself. Customers are happy too.
I've been developing websites for many years and just recently decided to look into a template based website creation app to speed up prototyping. I looked at Sandvox, Freeway and RapidWeaver and I think that RW is the most expandable and best presented of the three. Excellent work!
RapidWeaver is a solid app for creating great looking AND highly functional websites. Current version is 4.3 for Snow Leopard.
Rapidweaver it's ok, but code is a little bloated. It's a good software for beginners.
I use this on Tiger, and feel that while they promise support those of us unable, for technical reasons to migrate, they are doing a disservice to the users who bought RW in good faith.
I would expect this sort of decision from the suits of a large company.
If you want brand loyalty, respect your customers especially the ones that assisted you when you needed them by buying the product.
Version 4.0 now available as of 29th May 2008, however it requires 10.5 Leopard. Don't worry Tiger users, version 3.6 will continue to be supported.
Took a little while here to get used to the features, but things will speed up once one has some idea of what the templates could do and how the themes work on them. It's a slight nuisance that the code view is read-only, but one could just pop open an external editor when needed. Live PHP rendering is another plus. Very user-friendly overall.
flash1296 -- maybe this could help?
My searching for a textbook for using Rapid Weaver have been unavailing.
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teddy, that makes me feel better about them. I wonder why they didn't go with a version number of 4.0, though? 3.6 seems a little odd if its a major upgrade.
So ALL previous upgrades, 1.x through 3.5.x, were free? WOW! That's really nice, and very impressive. I'll definitely reconsider buying this upgrade.
Thanks for the info!
1) this is a big update, not a "minor point upgrade."
2) they have NEVER charged for an upgrade before.
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Friday, September 27, 2013
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Renowned artist Alex Sepkus has a unique take on his chosen craft. "when I design a piece of jewelry, it is as if I am writing a book." The renegade Lithuanian-born jewelry maker writes his chapters with shapes and textures instead of words. Famous for his intricate miniscule designs, Alex Sepkus weaves unique and interest-piquing stories using geometric patterns and bizarre details etched on gold under the aid of microscopes. The vibrant colored stones and hair-thin etchings are crafted hand in hand with the master by no more than 17 seasoned artists based in the company's New York workshops. They are such a small, elite crowd producing exquisite jewels that are loved the world over. This is just another one of the admirable oddities of Alex Sepkus. Even in the production process, he is less interested in making commonplace and mass-produced adornments than in making works of art that all bear an exciting tale to share.
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Informed the Red Sox hired Pedro Martinez as a special assistant to GM Ben Cherington earlier Thursday, Terry Francona quipped "probably means he has to be on time now."
That Pedro'd rolled into the media availability for the annual BBWAA dinner late as usual only made it better. Hey, the Sox knew what they were getting.
Even if they're not certain how they'll use it.
Similar to adding Jason Varitek to the baseball operations staff in September, the move is a definite feel-good. Both men simply are the Red Sox, and Thursday's buzz makes clear what Martinez still means. But such PR is fleeting.
There's more to this, and it's obvious what. Their knowledge and experience are invaluable resources, especially in the case of the charismatic Pedro, one of hundreds who've uprooted their lives to chase the dream in a foreign land and in a foreign tongue.
John Farrell admitted both mens' roles hinge largely on availability, and just what meaningful responsibilities can be crafted for them in the time they have. Whatever they end up doing, it's no risk. That's why teams in every sport do things like this.
Connecting the past to the present is always a good idea. Especially when the former shone so might brighter.
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The wedding ring marks the beginning of the couple's lives together. For an ultimately significant ring like this, only the most brilliant diamonds and most elegantly crafted band will do. Kwiat understands this necessity, and straps it as an essential consideration in the creation of every kwiat wedding ring. Aside from that, the ring maker makes sure every piece from their diamond engagement and wedding collections are unique and personal. After all, each ring has its own love story to tell. Kwiat gem experts and artisans work meticulously in handcrafting every ring that goes from its workshops to your expectant hands. You can always choose your favorite setting to top your classic, vintage or modern styled ring. While you're at it, personalize the cut of your center stone. When you finally shake hands with Kwiat's congenial staff after the purchase is done, you will be the owner of a beautifully fashioned ring that is just everything you want it to be. Find your perfect Kwiat wedding or engagement ring at Shreve & Co. in Post Street, San Francisco.
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BERKELEY -- A smoke alarm likely saved a woman when a fast-moving fire tore through her Berkeley cottage Monday evening, fire officials said.
Fire crews responded about 6 p.m. to calls of a woman screaming and a building on fire at 1708 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, said Gil Dong, interim Berkeley fire chief.
"When you get calls like that we're thinking rescue," Dong said. "The first arriving engine found a cottage behind an apartment building engulfed in flames. We were able to knock down the fire and prevent it from spreading to the adjacent buildings."
The woman was alerted to the fire by her smoke alarm, Dong said, because she was not in the same room where the fire started. The department is investigating the cause.
Dong said because the fire looked like it might spread to the adjacent buildings, firefighters called in reinforcements.
No injuries were reported and Dong said the fire caused about $50,000 in damage to the 700-square-foot cottage. The woman who lives there lost about $20,000 worth of property, Dong said.
Monday evening was busy with multiple medical calls, so Dong said the Alameda County and Albany fire departments were on standby to help with other incidents in Berkeley.
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