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2010 Baseball Cards- I've seen better
What is nearly as welcoming as a field of green, a glove a bat and a ball? Not much but I can think of something square shaped that comes close. BASEBALL CARDS
Last weekend I spent some hard earned cash on a few packs of cards. Getting razzed by my buddies for wasting my beer money on baseball cards, I feel I made the right decision.
Topps 2010 were the first I flocked to.
The base cards are striking with bold pictures and the team name prominently displayed. However, they seem like minature posters rather than baseball cards. Don't get me wrong I do like them, I just don't feel we need to "Mickey Mouse" these American traditions any more than they already.
While these are two great poses demonstrating these two top tier players, most of the pictures are weird and simply do not justify the players. They show the backs of some players.
Being a loyal topps customer I also wanted to dip into what the 2010 Upper Decks had to offer.
The Upper Deck Company has always played second fiddle to Topps it seems. The pictures are always better with UD, but the classic feel is lacking. They definitely showed why they are runners up with this year's set.
The set up of the cards are nice, for the most part. The player's pictures are nice and centralized. Their poses are natural and easily to be deciphered. The mug shot of the player in the lower right hand corner is a nice touch. The only drawback, and it is a very big drawback, is the very bottom of the cars. It's green! For every team, even if they are not the A's. It is rather annoying. Also, the player's names and team name is written in like a Times New Roman style. It doesn't mesh well with the other natures of the cards.
Of course when opening a pack of cards I get most excited when I draw a Pirate. In the four packs I bought (2 Topps and 2 Upper Decks) I grabbed a Neil Walker and Andy LaRoche. Even though the initial thrill of baseball cards is originally opening the package, I still do not get distraught if I pull some players I could care less about. My favorite part of a card is the back where you can see stats and fun facts. The education you can get about a player from their baseball card is really underrated and something more fans should enjoy.
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I used to collect cards when I was a kid – all my friends did. And we'd trade them and eat the bubble gum and have a great time. But the best thing for me was when I'd sort through the pack and find a Yankee in it. Heaven.
I bought my first pack of baseball cards in 1974 with my own quarter! I had a great collection as a kid. Like so many others, my mom threw them out. I amassed a second collection I was very proud of. When I finished my military enlistment and came back home in 1990, that collection too, was not to be found. I'm currently on my third and most extensive collection. Gee I hope nothing happens to this one. I want my grandkids to have it….if and when. Great post…I'm a TOPPS loyalist. I think all the other makers ruined the market a while ago.
Well since I did not follow the game as a kid nor as a teenager, I never collected baseball cards. But I did end up to a memorabilia place in Pomona once and I boughta few, very few. There were these Dodger baseball cards they had that were put out by the Fire department. those were my first card. then I bought a Gil Hodges, Andre Ethier, Billingsley, Loney and Jonathan Broxton. I have very few but I would love to find me some other ones. I think at the All-Star Fest in anaheim, I will look for a few more.
Nice post. I tend to buy separate cards. Opening those packs is exciting though. I will keep an eye out for Pirates cards.
I like the Albert card. That looks nice. Your right though, they seem to be like mini posters.
I like opening card packs and finding a super rare baseball card. That is just the best!
I love baseball cards. Haven't bought any for a long time. Your review was kind of professional, though, so well done. Kinda makes me want to take some beer money and drop it on a box. I don't know, though…
Great post.
Hey Matt,
Never been too big into baseball cards for some reason. That green bar sounds very annoying though, and the cards should have a classic feel to them.


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Can I truly do this 5 1/2 more months?? Yikes! Am I a horrible mother for even feeling like this?

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How to Pipe Frosting on a Cake
Learn how to pipe frosting in this video from EVERY DAY WITH RACHAEL RAY magazine, plus get tricks and tips on rosettes, frosting candle holders and more. From our collection of Step by Step cooking videos.
-Hi, I'm Tracey Seaman, the Test Kitchen Director at Every Day with Rachael Ray Magazine. I'm going to show you some simple techniques for decorating a cake with frosting. I have a couple of things here that I want to tell you about. First is a baking sheet that's inverted and I've taped some wax paper on top. This is where I'm going to practice on. And I have a nice bowl of vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream. I'm going to use a fabricate pastry bag which has a waxy coating on the inside and something called the coupler which helps keep the pastry tip in place. I am using a medium-sized star tip. This is a closed star tip. There's also an open star tip that shaped a little differently, but they're very similar and they can be use mostly interchangeably. I'm going to take the inside part of the coupler, put it into the pastry bag and squeeze to get it way down at the bottom of the bag. I'm going to insert the bag into the tip and screw on the cap. Next, I'm going to fill it with the frosting. I'm going to fold down the sides to make sure that the icing doesn't come out of the bag while I'm using it and also that the top edge doesn't get messy with frosting. I could fill the pastry bag about halfway full with the frosting for this. The first thing that I'm going to show you is how to do a kiss decoration. You hold the tip of the pastry bag close to the surface of the pan or over the cake and you just pull up. These are a little bit big. You can make them really full like that or make them little. This is a great decoration to use on the edge of a cake or all across the top of a cake. Next is a rosette. Again, you're going to hold the bag upright and you're going to start and just go around in a circle. These are great for putting candles in on a cake. And there are a lot of different ways that you can decorate the edge of a cake. One of the simplest is the shell-- is a shell border which you want to have the bag a little bit slanted toward you and you always want to use your dominant hand to squeeze the bag and your other hand to guide it around. So, I'm down here at the surface. I'm going to go up and then toward me. Up and then toward me. So, these are separate but as you get going faster, it's almost like a continual motion. It kind of look like a sideways comma. And then lastly, another edge that you can do which is a variation on this is to do the shell but do it with a side-to-side curving motion. So, it sort of like a combination of the shell border and the rosette together, and this is really pretty. And then, as you learn these techniques, you can do all kinds of other things with other tips. So I'm going to use the kiss technique and pipe on the top edge of the cake. Again, I'm going to squeeze gently and pull up. Squeeze gently and pull up. And once you get going, you can move along pretty quickly. You just want to stay toward the edge of the cake. And if you wanted to, you don't even have to frost the top of the cake. You could do these kisses all across the top of the cake. Well, because the icing is already on, it makes it a little bit easier. We don't have to worry about getting them super close and we just have to put a circle of the kisses around the cake. Okay, now, I'm going to put a shell border around the bottom of the cake. Since we're working in a corner, I have this to be a little bit tilted. So again, I'm going to squeeze and then pull back. Squeeze and pull back. Squeeze and pull back. So, I'm going to tighten the bag so that the icing is down toward the bottom of the bag. So I don't have to worry about losing control. And again, once you get going, you can get faster at this. Okay, so this has a nice top edge and a nice bottom edge all the way around. Now, I'm going to do the other two techniques on the other cake. I'm just going to put a few rosettes on top of the cake so that we can put birthday candles in the rosettes and then a curled-- a curled edge on the bottom. And I'm going around. And when I do rosettes, I like to make them even. So, I'm going to do across from myself. So you want to place the rosettes as if you have portions in mind, as if you're cutting a pie or a cake so that they're evenly spaced on the cake. So I'm going to work across from myself and then I'm going to turn-- turn the cake around and do one on the far side and then one close to me. So I could do-- I'm going to do eight. I could do four. If you want to do six, you just have to judge what three on each side would be. And now, I'm going to do the curled shell border on the bottom. Again, this is like the straight shell border, only I'm going to curve out and then curve out in the other direction. It's sort of like an S-pattern, taking the shell border in an S-pattern. And since I have a cardboard here, I want to cover up the cardboard going slightly up at the side of the cake as I curl. And then, again, when you're getting to the end, you just sort of fake your way into the other edge. Okay. Now, I'm just going to finish off the cake with birthday candles. And so, we have two simply but beautifully decorated celebration cakes. I'm Tracey Seaman from Every Day with Rachael Ray. Thanks for watching. I'll see you next time.


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The first word I found in new spellingbee list:
Cúirt An Mheán Óiche (The Midnight Court) by Brian Merriman (1747-1805) is something of an oddity in 18th century Irish poetry in Irish. Merriman was a teacher of mathematics who lived and worked in the Munster counties of Clare and Limerick. Cúirt An Mheán Óiche, effectively his only poetic work, was written around 1780. The poem begins by using the conventions of the Aisling, or vision poem, in which the poet is out walking when he has a vision of a woman from the other world. Typically, this woman is Ireland and the poem will lament her lot and/or call on her 'sons' to rebel against foreign tyranny.
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#122411 - 02/08/04 11:02 PM Re: aisling
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i own a copy of The Midnight Court... i read it in HS (when i had already read every text book issued cover to cover.. and was looking for something interesting to read.
parents and teachers (who had never heard of it) thought it was wonderful i was reading 'literature'-- i thought borderline pornography! (well it is 'racy') and i did have a somewhat sheltered upbringing... -and things were much more conservative in those days.
(it reminds me now of the great irish song that reminds:
Maids, when you're young, Don't wed an old man
For he's go no *fullorium,
fullinhim fullorium,
Maids when you're young, don't wed an old man!
* i forget the exact nonsense word.. something like that....the meaning is clear!_________________________
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By Tonya Fennell: Freedom Newspapers
Like a well-choreographed dance, two F-16 jets soared side-by-side above Cannon Air Force Base Thursday afternoon.
While fighter jets are a common sight in Clovis, this display of aerial artistry marked the end of the 27th Fighter Wing's 523rd Fighter Squadron, known as the Crusaders.
The squadron was the first to be deactivated as the base prepares for the Air Force Special Operations Command to assume command in October.
According to www.globalsecurity.org, the 523rd Fighter Squadron's primary mission was to maintain a continuous ability to rapidly deploy and support unified commanders worldwide with day or night F-16 combat operations. The squadron's history dates back to Feb. 1, 1940, when it was activated at Barksdale Field, La.
The final flight is an Air Force tradition, according to Cannon Public Affairs spokesperson Lt. George Tobias, as was the arc of water that streamed from a yellow fire truck across the jets.
Also on the flightline were dozens of past and present Crusaders who came to witness Cannon Air Force Base history.
As the airmen patiently waited for the two jets to land, the National Anthem sounded out across the base. In perfect unison, the camouflage-clad group's heels snapped together and their hands raised in precise military salutes in honor of the American flag.
Moments later, the two F-16s came to a stop.
As Lt. Col. Brad Kearney emerged from the cockpit, he was met with cheers and champagne, which was presented to him by Col. Scott West, 27th Fighter Wing Commander. Kearney is the 523rd Operations Commander.
"It's only fitting that he (Kearney) did the final flight," Tobias said.
Kearney, a father of four, said he enjoyed being a part of the Air Force's rich history.
"There has been 67 years of Crusader history," he said. "It was fun and it was an honor."


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The club have also given the opportunity for everyone to 'upgrade' and treat yourself and guests to pre-match hospitality in The Gallery. We will be serving hot beef baguettes with chips, onions and gravy (or salad) before the game. You will be able to listen to exclusive pre match interviews with Head Coach Daryl Powell and a first team squad player as well as presentations after the game. The cost of the upgrade is only £5 on top of the usual entrance fee (£15 adults, £9 concessions, £3 children).
Places are limited, strictly on a first come first served basis and all bookings must be made by no later than 5pm Thursday 5th May. To make a reservation please contact Paul Taylor on email@example.com or 07584 684329 / 01977 702386.
Featherstone Rovers Reserves U23's also play Whitehaven Reserves U23's on the same day with a 2:30pm kick off.
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2016 NCAA Div. III tournament qualifier
ST. BONIFACIUS, MINN.—Trailing by 17 points after the first half, the Central College men's basketball team couldn't close the gap against Crown College (Minn.) Monday losing 73-61.
With just 2:59 on the clock, Central went on a 14-point run bringing the score to 67-61 with one minute remaining. But chilly shooting and four free throws by the Storm sealed the loss for the Dutch.
"We really dug ourselves a huge hole in the first half," said coach Craig Douma. "Bad decisions offensively coupled with poor shooting meant we couldn't get the edge in the second half."
The Storm (3-3) stymied the Central offense with the Dutch downing only 32.9 percent from the field and 21.9 percent from 3-point range. Central (4-3) allowed Crown 43 points in the first half, but Douma credits the team for its second-half defense.
"During the first half, we played poor defense. There just wasn't a lot of effort," he said. "In the second half, we held them to 30 points, played better defense and had fewer turnovers but we couldn't climb out of that hole we had dug."
Guards Nick Marinkovich (senior, Clarendon Hills, Ill., Hinsdale Central HS) and Branden Stubbs (junior, Pleasant Hill, Des Moines Christian HS) led the Dutch with 17 points and 13 points, respectively. Marinkovich added seven rebounds. Forward Matt Greenfield (junior, Huxley, Ballard HS) had a team-high 13 rebounds.
"I keep telling the team that we can have an off-night in shooting, but defense has to be an absolute," Douma said. "If we don't play solid defense, we will keep seeing these results."
Central takes on AIB at 6 p.m. at P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium. AIB dropped to 0-12 after losing to Simpson College Tuesday, 65-50.


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Last rites
Senior Jessica Schips led the team with 10 points, while sophomore Kelsey Collins and freshman Jordan Lepes each posted six against a team that had a distinct height advantage. Eldred turned the ball over 27 times and was out-rebounded 44-36. This past fall, the Eldred girls soccer team made it to the Final Four in the state tourney. Clearly, the future looks bright for Eldred. In boys hoops Class D, John A. Coleman Catholic fell to Section III's NY Mills 57-50 in overtime. This was Coleman's third trip to Glens Falls, thus far without a title. NY Mills ousted the Statesmen last year as well. In Class A, Red Hook lost in the semifinals to Section V's East High School 57-45. In an interesting example of how bigger fish consume big fish, the Tri-Valley girls, who were ousted by Haldane in the regional semifinals, must have been intrigued to see the Lady Blue Devils succumb to Section VI's Chautaugua Lake 61-39. Chautauqua Lake went on to defeat Hoosic Valley 47-36 in the finals. The oft-repeated lesson was evinced in the state basketball tournament. There are very good teams that fall to those who are even better, who in turn succumb to the best of all. As John Wooden noted, "Success comes from knowing you did your best to become all you are capable of becoming." Tri-Valley held its winter awards night one day late due to yet another of winter's last gasps. Winners were as follows: Varsity Wrestling: Joshua Borizny, Most Valuable Wrestler; Michael Glinski, Most Improved Wrestler. Cheerleading: Schulyer Kraus MVP; Dorothy Monforte, Coach's Award. Boys Varsity Basketball: Sam Tingley, Offensive MVP; Alex Brown, Defensive MVP; Stephen Carleton, Most Improved Player. Girls Varsity Basketball: Katlynn Geffrath, Offensive Player of the Year; Sabrena Smith, Defensive Player of the Year; Caroline Martin and Sara Dertinger, "Beast Awards." Girls Varsity Indoor Track: Alex Brooks and Claire Tierney, MVPs; Mary Conway, Most Improved Player; Brooke Gillette, Coach's Award. Boys Varsity Indoor Track: Ian Kurzrock and Mohib Khan, MVP's; Nick Rios, Most Improved Player; and Hauk Boyes, Coach's Award. Alpine Skiing: Taylor Pavese and Sam Goldstein, Most Improved Players; Megan Porter, Coach's Award. See next week's issue of the Sullivan West Winter Awards winners. For details on the Tri-Valley sports award visit www.sportsinsightsny.com. For albums of photos visit www.sportsinsights.smugmug.com.


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Wesleyan College library receives grant
"The library serves the same purpose as the Town Square of old: a place where people can come to find information and to discuss it."
This sentiment, expressed by Paula McGrew, director of library services and associate professor of Library Sciences, in the West Virginia Wesleyan College application for the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf, rings true in this day and age. Now, the Annie Merner Pfeiffer Library at West Virginia Wesleyan has been selected to receive the Bookshelf, a non-cash grant project of the National Endowment for the Humanities Bridging Cultures initiative.
This bookshelf includes a collection of 25 books, three films, and other resources that focus on teaching the American public about the history and culture of Muslims in the United States and around the world.
For a college committed to global culture, this will serve as an additional resource and will enhance what the library already offers.
"These resources are not just histories and theologies," said Beth Rogers, coordinator of reference, instruction, and outreach at the library. "These books are for general readers who want to know more about the Muslim culture and faith. We need to get students thinking beyond sound bites and connect them with people through biographies and memoirs."
The Rev. Angela Gay Kinkead, dean of the chapel, agreed.
"There is both fiction and non-fiction in the collection, as well as art. Many times, students will learn about the religion or culture through reading fiction and want to know more. This will spark good conversation. It is important for persons who identify themselves as Christian to study Islam because they are cousins in faith. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are all connected by Abraham, a common ancestor."
McGrew said, "It is all about people and their stories and perspective. That is what is important."
The collection represents six themes: connected histories; American stories; literary reflections; pathways of faith; art, architecture, and film; and points of view. The grant also includes a one-year subscription to the Oxford Islamic Studies Online database that will allow students, professors, and the community access to the best scholarship in the field concerning global Islamic history, the faith and concepts of Islam, and more.
Although there has not been a huge demand for additional materials explaining the Muslim faith and culture, the interest has been around the campus since before the grant opportunity. West Virginia Wesleyan has students who currently represent 21 different countries, so the College does what they can to be supportive and available for those students who are in the minority.
"In Appalachia, what we hear in the media about Muslims and their faith and culture is incomplete," McGrew said. "This could potentially change that perception for people in this area."
"Religion permeates culture," said Dr. Vicki Phillips, associate professor of religion. "We know that students will interact with people from all faiths and backgrounds, including Muslims. These books will give students insight into Muslim belief and culture."
The library has partnered with the Christian Unity & Inter Religious Concerns Council of the West Virginia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, an effort that could bring additional grant opportunities to provide programming for this topic.
"We can begin applying for additional grant funding this month," McGrew said. "That funding will go toward supporting actual events and programming based on the understanding both culture and faith."
"What is great is that we have the performance rights on the DVDs," continued Rogers, "which will allow us to do more than just show them in classrooms. We can actually advertise the events to the campus and community and hopefully reach outside the walls of Wesleyan, too."
The church would also reap the benefits of this outreach.
"The church is always interested in dialogue with persons of other faiths to deepen the awareness of other religions and cultures," Kinkead said. "In the past eight years, there have been more meetings and gatherings on this campus, and thejibrary is great for collaboration with the conference to learn about and understand people from other faiths."
West Virginia Wesleyan is one of four institutions and one humanities council that received the non-cash grant in West Virginia, and the college is the only private school to obtain it. The library is still in the process of what the programming will look like and how they would like to collaborate with other schools who received the grant.
To learn more about what the Annie Merner Pfeiffer Library offers, or to be informed about upcoming programming related to the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf, please visit the Library's website or contact Paula McGrew at 304.473.8462 or email@example.com.


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Novak has done nothing this year.
I agree if Novakaine doesn't have the best 3pt % year in and year out he's a liability.
Last year he was numero uno, this year 10th which doesn't make up for his lack of D, specialist role and limited minutes.
Every team needs a 3 pt specialist but the Knicks overpaid for one with that contract of his.
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Novak has done nothing this year.
There are times when we need a 3-ball shot with design-screen-plays during a time-out that has less than 8 seconds on the shot-clock .. these are plays that a contender team have written-up for their top 3-ball shooter (Novak), not their star scorers .. everytime we are in this type of situation we just get the ball in Melo's hand, if Melo's not available JR's hands, where Melo & JR always want to dribble around a pick ........
I watch Golden State coach Mark Jackson write-up 8 different 3-ball design plays where Stephen Curry came around screens to catch n shoot to score a career high 54 points shooting 11-13 3-ball shots in MSG.
Woodson has not run a moving without the ball double-screens for Novak to go around for a catch n shoot once since becoming the Knicks headcoach.
We all should remember the double-screens Tyson/Jefferies/ or Fields would set for Novak during the Linsanity era.
Keep him. He spreads the floor.
Is really helpful for drawing out a defender for tiger pick and roll. I leave it up to grunnie to decide. One thing you got to realize.
Novak is no RAY ALLEN....but the thought was he would spread the floor and also prevent double teams was the thinking. Why 4 million dollars is a whole other story???????????. Novak can't get his shot off even during the the regular season in many games much less at crunch time or during the playoffs. Add to that he's as SOFT as soft can be on defense. So we now know Novak also is not set up by his teamates...few double screens designed by WOODSON and he can't create off the dribble. He just should be a role player getting 25% of that salary and playing in garbage time or 12 min max per game against under .500% teams. No team will take NOVAK and his CONTRACT. If he were less likeable I would just have said Novak SUCKS.
We gotta find a way to get rid of Amare, Novak, and Camby this summer. That's like 30 mill in salaries we can use to sign CP3 and a starting 4
Hahahah. I'm not disagreeing with anyone's points here. But I must say its hysterical that only a Knicks fan would create a plea to trade a player thread amidst a first round playoff series against a rival we are up 2-0 on.
Again I agree w all points.
Just had to say it.
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The thing I love the most about our team, is we don't ever seem afraid
Its so funny I have to post also. I think Melo should wear orange laces instead of blue ones.......
why u want CP3 only that he is very close friend to MELO ? look @ game 3 clippers grizzlies and check his stats 5 Tos just 8 pts 4 fouls 0-2 3pt
i will trade STAT WHITE COPELAND for Curry much more talented.
Knicks already gave up alot for MELO biggest loos was Wilson.Wilson once shot 31 to help beat heat once @ msg with laundry Folds Douglas
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The thing I love the most about our team, is we don't ever seem afraid
I've always felt this way baout Novak. I just finally had the time to make a thread about him. The playoffs were used as an example because that was the most up to date info to reference. Truthfully, you could reference most games he plays and find a reason why he shouldbe traded for a two way player.
My biggest point was that two 3s per game just isn't enough to justify his salary and putrid defense. He doesn't really add value other than spreading the floor, but does that really make a big difference since we don't even have a post game? Copeland shows that he can score from the 3 all the way to the paint but still can't surpass Novak on the depth chart. Mind boggling.
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He's getting respect by stars... they get up to play him now
Since he saved the season so far, saved D'antoni's job to date, plays his ass off, and gets no respect from his star players or the NBA, meaning he is getting hammered more and more each game, I suggest the following to him.
1 - Take charge of this team again, take the ball and do your thing. You decide who gets the ball. Prove to yourself and the league you are a real quality PG.
2 - Dare the coach to make you give it up to Melo, tell him you are the point guard. The Garden fans and NY media will back you up on this.
3 - If someone like J. Kidd hammers you, go right back at him on offense, show him he is not young anymore. Otherwise the league will drive you to the bench and back to the D league.
4 - Tell Stat & Melo you are getting double teamed, hammered, almost like there is a price on your head, if they don't have your back then their asses will not get the ball from you. Give it up to Jeffries who has your back.
5 - You will be a free agent, so make yourself as valuable as possible. That's how Stat, Melo, etc. players around the league got their money.
He's getting respect by stars... they get up to play him now
Lin can benefit from dribbling exercises and putting on some extra muscle...since he likes to slash alot. He needs to become more durable. A pint of blood lost each game is not a good thing...and that hard wood isn't going to get any softer.
Lin is tough, has taken the hits and got back up. I just think he should take charge like before since the other PG's in the league are trying to put him down, they don't want to get beat by Lin.
Lin has to push himself past the tough times, but I don't see Stat or Melo backing him up. That was my point.
Think about it, what would Ewing or Oak do to Kidd, etc. if Lin was their PG?
between you and me, Id love to see Lin in a Celtics uniform come time a free agent. with the Harvard roots and all, he would be a better fit with the tradition there instead of here with the Knicks. and Doc is undoubtledly a better coach then Dantoni
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Celts must rebuild after this year, they can get big value for Rondo, and Doc could help Lin become a quality PG. Plus, Lin has the good attitude to work around, Rondo with all his talent is a time bomb to deal with I hear.
How sad would it be if Lin walked and became a star in hated Beantown.
the Knicks are just using Lin for merchandise as much as he is to them to showcase his ability to play in the league. at end of the day hes not the gritty type for New York. and if I were him id leave to, who wants to end up on Page Six talking about how stiff I was at clubs holding a bottle of beer and having my name made fun of in the back pages everyday. New York also has more garbage trash women anywhere in the country and being someone of his religious fervor, its like telling Tebow to play for the Jets.
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During one of his interviews, Lin said before he played for the Knicks
he was always trying to fit in. He's doing that again because he thinks
he has to. Can't blame him, BUT, as you stated, he needs to "do his
own thing" again!! AND, the coach needs to allow him to play more.
Sitting on the bench watching the game only makes him lose his
Someone told me he's noticed that Lin may have lost some confidence....... I think although he's cut down on the turnovers, I was one who thought unlike a lot of players, Lin's turnovers were not really hurting the team- His aggressiveness resulted in high shooting percentages and offensive rebounds, which more than negated the turnover problem.
I'd rather see Lin get 14 assists with 7 turnovers than 6 assists with one turnover. The other Knicks players were getting open looks and driving lanes in the former case, but not the latter. The team was getting offensive rebounds in the former case but not the latter.
The Knicks were winning in the former case, but not the latter.
What's the point in cutting down turnovers if the overall play otherwise hurts the team?
During Linsanity, Lin was doing crossover moves, reverse layups, hesitation moves, and pump fakes...... Making plays that show up on highlight reels...... Since he stated he'd work hard to cut down on the turnovers, these plays have mysteriously vanished. His play has become too deliberate, and a lot easier to defend. And he's not going to the free-throw line as often.
Sometimes statistics can be deceiving. In the case of Lin, the turnover prone fearless version beats the turnover conscious deliberate one. Big time.
When it comes to turnovers, in most cases, it determines the outcome of games. In Lin's case, it has been the exception. Until Lin's turnovers start resulting in Knicks defeats (the team has been losing, but not for that reason), we shouldn't even worry about the turnovers.
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The knicks need Lin to demand the ball, demand the shot, and demand control. PLUS keep his dribble going! Can't stop it because the stars are glued to the floor.
Lin also needs to stop being submissive. If there is an open guy that is HUSTLING and spreading the paint - Lin will pass to him. Otherwise stop forcing it when we all know he is trying to give the stars touches. Stick to the offensive strategy and the ball will find the open man.
I'd rather see Lin's aggression and killer instinct on full display.
agree with this post 100%
One of the announcers mentioned how rarely if at all Amare and Carmelo show they are acknowledging the assists from Lin. Noticed Landry doing it every time.


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This is what it feels like to be the Chicago Bears, starting 21 different quarterbacks – including such luminaries as Peter Tom Willis, Will Furrer, Craig Krenzel and Moses Moreno – during the Brett Favre era. This is what it feels like to be the Minnesota Vikings, trotting Gus Frerotte or Kelly Holcomb or Brooks Bollinger or Todd Bouman or Spergon Wynn or Joe Webb – all of whom have started at least one game for them since 2000 – out there and hoping to win anyway.
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Yes, the Green Bay Packers and their fans are finding out how the other half of the NFL lives. Welcome to what it feels like to not greatness under center – or in the shotgun – week after week after week for two decades.
Sunday's 27-13 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles at Lambeau Field made that reality perfectly clear. God bless ex-University of Wisconsin quarterback Scott Tolzien, who played valiantly for a guy who arrived in town on Sept. 2, had been on the practice squad until Wednesday, took over for an injured Seneca Wallace (groin) after one series and, you know, hadn't thrown an NFL regular-season pass in his life.
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"I think we all know how good Aaron is," guard Josh Sitton said. "The offense revolves around the guy – from the pass game to the run game. That's the type of offense we've turned into: Get out there, let him make adjustments and roll. We all know that. But there's nothing any of us can do about it. Just keep playing and try to stay positive."
Sitton repeated several times that all is not lost. And he meant it.
But how many times has the defense failed to hold up its end of the bargain – like it did Sunday – and the Packers won anyway? How many times has the field-goal kicker missed a pair of kicks – like he did Sunday – and the Packers won anyway? How many times did the medical staff have to treat a plethora of injuries – like it did Sunday – and the Packers won anyway? And how many times has the running game not been productive enough – which it wasn't Sunday, despite its evolution into a legitimate threat in McCarthy's pass-first, quarterback-oriented offense – and the Packers won anyway?
"I'm sure everybody around here is (spoiled)," inside linebacker A.J. Hawk said. "Of course, when you have a guy like Aaron, (and) I played with Brett for two years … When you have a stud quarterback like that, it covers up for a lot of mistakes you make as a defense.
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Indeed they have. For 278 straight games, including playoffs, the Packers had Favre at quarterback, as he never missed a game after taking over for an injured Don Majkowski on Sept. 20, 1992. They went 160-93 in those 253 regular-season games and 12-10 in their 22 postseason games, including a Super Bowl XXXI title.
For 94 of the previous 96 games, including playoffs, the Packers had had Rodgers at quarterback, right up until last Monday night, when he fractured his left collarbone at the end of the first offensive possession of the game. They are 57-29 in those 86 regular-season games and 5-3 in their eight postseason games, including a Super Bowl XLV title.
Before Sunday, only twice – in 2010 at New England, when Matt Flynn started with Rodgers out with a concussion, and 2011 against Detroit, when Flynn started and Rodgers played offensive coordinator in the meaningless regular-season finale – had someone started at quarterback other than Favre or Rodgers since the Majik Man went down.
And now, six days after Rodgers' was crushed by Chicago's Shea McClellin, the Packers have lost back-to-back home games for the first time since 2008, have watched a four-game winning streak morph into a two-game losing skid and know their season is teetering on the brink with seven games left in it.
In addition, with McCarthy's announcement that Tolzien will start next Sunday against the New York Giants, they will start three different quarterbacks in the same season for the first time since 1991 and three different QBs in three consecutive games for the first time since the since the start of the 1987 season, when Wright started the opener, Majkowski started in Week 2 and replacement player Alan Risher started in the team's first game of the infamous players strike.
Tolzien took over after Wallace completed all five of his passes during the opening drive, which ended in Mason Crosby's 53-yard field-goal attempt clanking off the right upright. On the ensuing possession, the Eagles took a 7-0 lead when Eagles quarterback Nick Foles threw deep to DeSean Jackson into double coverage – and the ball bounced off cornerback Tramon Williams and past safety Morgan Burnett into the waiting arms of Jackson for a 45-yard touchdown.
The Packers went three-and-out on Tolzien's first series, but after the defense forced a punt, Tolzien marched the Packers from their own 4-yard line to the Philadelphia 5-yard line, a 91-yard drive that began with a heavy dose of Eddie Lacy (four carries for 14 yards to start the possession), included a 36-yard Tolzien-to-Jarrett Boykin strike and stayed alive with a fourth-and-1 conversion by fullback John Kuhn.
But the drive ended with Tolzien trying to get the ball to Jordy Nelson on a quick out to the left in the end zone, where cornerback Brandon Boykin jumped the route and intercepted it. While the Eagles didn't score after his 76-yard return, it was the kind of mistake Rodgers, with 50 career INTs, very rarely has made.
"I thought Scott Tolzien played as well as could be expected. He had just the one throw down in the end zone he probably wishes he had that one back, but other than that he did a lot of good things," McCarthy said of Tolzien, who finished the game having completed 24 of 39 passes for 280 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions, one sack and a 70.5 quarterback rating.
McCarthy then went on to name Tolzien the starter for next week – he wouldn't say whether Wallace's injury was in any way a factor in the decision – before taking exception with the suggestion that the team has to rally around its fill-in quarterback.
"I understand the importance of the quarterback position, but it was important for everybody to go out and do their job today and play the best that they can and do the little things," McCarthy said. "That's really what we tried to stress as a football team going into it: 'Everybody just needs to do their job and do it the best they can, and we would win the game.' And I felt that in my heart. And if we would have been able to accomplish that, I think we would have gotten that done.
"The quarterback's a very important position, but there's men that play quarterback, there's a group of people that coach the quarterback and we'll make sure that quarterback's ready. Yes, it's unusual. I've never lost the quarterback after the first series two weeks in a row. It's an unusual situation. But there was plenty of production offensively to give our team a chance. We need to just focus on our jobs. "Everyone needs to take a harder look – which I thought we did this week inside – and we need to do our jobs better. And it starts with me because I didn't get it done today. I full expected to win that game regardless of what happened. We had a lot of guys go down. I mean, we had a lot of guys go down."


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Angra C
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Possibly a 17th century Dutch shipwreck, this was one of two wooden hulls found during a survey carried out between September 1996 and February 1997, this shipwreck consisted of a segment of the bottom of the hull of a very large ship, measuring 14.75 meters in length and 6 meters at its maximum width. It was located under 2 meters of sediment, which consisted of fine silt and sand, at an average depth of 7 meters. The wreck had a northeast-southwest orientation.
Excavation begun by clearing away the sand and loose ballast stones in the central area of the shipwreck. The site was gridded into 4 square meters as a framework for recording of the shipwreck. The sand overburden was removed by three water and two air dredges, while the ballast stones were removed by hand. Divers did sample collecting of bilge sediments for micro-analysis, of organic remains for species studies, and of wood sections for dendrocronology and species identification.
The team removed all the overburden, excavated until the wreck's level was reached and then proceeded to dig a trench around it's perimeter, 4-5 meters away from the hull, with a high suction pump, in order to achieve maximum working visibility and to speed up the sediment excavation. Since the main objective of the project was to examine, record and dismantle the ship, the excavation strategy was directed toward uncovering specific features of the hulls.
Hull remains
A 10.5 m long segment of the keel was still in situ at Angra C's southwest end, with both it's extremities ending in a scarf. The keel was 28 cm moulded and 33 cm sided at it's upper surface. Ten centimeters lower, the sides of the keel tapered down, narrowing to form a lower surface 16 cm sided. The surviving fragment of the keel showed no outer planking rabbets.
Rising timber
On the northwest extremity of the wreck, a rising wood was sandwiched between the floors and the missing keel. It was made of one piece of wood, being 75 cm sided at it's northwest end an 4.5 m long.
The first three floor timbers, counting from the northwest end of the wreck, were notched in order to fit over the rising timber. The remains of two iron bolts were clearly seen in the terminal part of this element. A parallel for this structural element can be found on the wreck of the H.M.S. Dartmouth.
The keelson was missing, although a segment of it was pinned below the hull, on it's northwest side. The dented keelson was upside down, and was 45 cm sided, being 15 cm molded at the carving used to sit over the futtocks, and 21 cm molded in between the dents.
Floor timbers and first futtocks
Floor timbers alternated between 55 cm (maximum) and 24 cm (minimum), with an average of 32.4 cm sided. They are between 30 cm (maximum) and 20 cm (minimum), with an average of 25.4 cm moulded. Floors are between 2 m and 4 m long. Floors are spaced between 25 and 40 cm. Two of the floor timbers were connected to the first futtocks by one dovetail mortise or even two dovetail mortises on each of the futtocks.
The floors were fixed to the keel, to an existing rising timber and eventually to the keelson, by iron nails. All floors had centered limber holes and had a semicircular cut, either on one face or on both faces, that was used to receive the keelson. This mortise was, in average, 40 cm long by 4.5 cm in width.
The first futtocks alternated between 34 cm (maximum) and 20 cm (minimum), with an average of 28.6 cm sided. They are between 35 cm (maximum) and 14 cm (minimum), with an average of 23.1 cm molded. The floors and futtocks were not laterally connected by fasteners.
Ceiling and planking
Angra C has a double layer of outboard planking, each layer being between 6 and 8 cm thick, making the whole outboard side between 16 and 18 cm thick. The west side garboard, 10 cm sided, had been lowered by 3 cm so as to make a bilge waterway, in a manner comparable to the dutch SL4 wreck. The average side dimension of the outboard planks is 30 cm. No evidence of sheathing was found. Three bilge stringers run on each side of the hull. They were in between 35 to 60 cm sided to 8 cm moulded.
The ceiling planks were, in average, 6 cm thick. Several limber boards were in place, near the axis of the wreck. An opening, carved in between a bilge stringer and a ceiling plank, may correspond to an insertion for the pump well.
Angra C shows, ballast level, more than 1300 treenail heads. These trunnels were the main fastening element and had an average diameter of 3 cm. Iron bolts were used, as stated above, only to fix the floors to the keel and to the rising wood. Iron nails, with a square cross-section of 1 cm, were used to fasten the outboard planks, although the trunnels were the main means of connecting both outboard and inboard layers to the floors and futtocks.
Angra C ballast was in surprisingly small quantity for the size of the ship - estimated at 600 to 800 tons - which points to the hypothetical use of shingle as a primary ballast resource. The surviving ballast stones were calcareous in nature, rough-shaped, white colored, with a maximum weight of 50 kg and a maximum diameter of 50 cm.
The ship was obviously salvaged at the wrecking event and artifacts recovered were scarce, with leather soles, a copper cauldron, a pipe and shreds of ceramic coarse, light and blue being the most notable. Organic material, like fruit pits, grains, corn, straw and a tar-like caulking substance, was also recovered.


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Rodolfo "Chino" Villagomez Correa, 33, of 8 Riley Heights, will appear in Upshur County Circuit Court at 9 a.m. Friday for his arraignment on felony charges of murder and conspiracy. He has been held without bond since his July 2012 arrest in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail.
Correa is alleged to have paid Jesse Lee Heater $5,000 to kill 29-year-old Joshua Oberg in January 2012, after Correa learned Oberg allegedly had been romantically involved with Correa's wife. Oberg's body was found in a shallow grave along Bull Run Road in a remote area of Upshur County in July 2012 after investigators were led to whereabouts of Oberg's remains by a confidential informant.
Heater, of Buckhannon, is alleged to have shot and stabbed Oberg on Jan. 23, 2012. Heater is being held without bond on a murder charge. He is alleged to have pointed a gun at Robert Eugene Siron III, of Weston, telling him to keep quiet about that night. Heater is also alleged to have given Siron $500 to remain silent about the incident.
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- Prep Time: 40 min
- Cook Time: 8 min
- Ready Time: 75 min
- Yield: 2 1/2-3 dozen cookies
- 1 cup shelled pistachio nuts
- 1 1/4 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
- 3/4 cup Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- 3/4 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 3/4 cups Pillsbury BEST™ All Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup white chocolate chips or chunks
Preparation Directions
- HEAT oven to 350°F. Spread pistachios on baking sheet.
- BAKE 7 to 10 minutes or until toasted, stirring several times. Place nuts in kitchen towel; rub with towel to remove most of skin. Cool nuts. Chop coarsely; set aside.
- INCREASE oven temperature to 375°F.
- COMBINE brown sugar, shortening, milk and vanilla in bowl of electric mixer; beat at medium speed until well blended. Add egg; beat well.
- COMBINE flour, salt and baking soda in medium bowl. Add to shortening mixture; beat at low speed just until blended. Stir in white chocolate chips and reserved pistachios.
- DROP by rounded tablespoonfuls of dough 3 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
- BAKE 8 to 10 minutes for chewy cookies, or 11 to 13 minutes for crisp cookies. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheets; transfer to cooling racks to cool completely.
Nutritional Information Per Serving
Serving Size (1 cookie), Calories 210 (Calories from Fat 120), Total Fat 14g (Saturated Fat 4g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 10mg, Sodium 120mg, Total Carbohydrate 19g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 13g), Protein 2g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 4%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 2%, Iron 4%.
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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730, 1510, 1610, 5912, 1710 2420, 2430, 3430, 35xx, 3630 and omap4.
The OMAP1510 Linux port was originally done by RidgeRun, and then
improved by MontaVista in their HardHat Linux 2.1.
The current development for Linux is done using the linux-omap
git tree here. Please see README_OMAP_GIT for more information.
The mailing list for Linux OMAP developers is at
email@example.com. To subscribe, please click here.
There is also searchable mailing list archive at here.
For public documentation from TI, please see the following:
TRMs for 15xx (1510, 5910)
TRMs for 16xx (1610, 5912, 1710)
TRMs for 34xx (3430, 3450)
For some older Linux OMAP documentation, please see TI's site,
OSK for Dummies and CELF OSK wiki page.
You can use git to pull the linux-omap tree.


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I knew he was a bust before draft...
The biggest bust in the history of sports has been replaced by Charlie Frye. The Oakland Raiders are a joke, and will always be a joke. Russell is a microcosm of the Raiders decade. He is worse than Bruce Gradkowski. Hes worse than Charlie Frye. And yes folks JaWalrus Russell has supplanted Ryan Leaf as the worst draft pick ever.
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****ing retard
wasted talent, piece of ****, idiotic fatass
this guy makes eddy curry, darko milicic, and kwame brown look good
im so glad im not a raiders fan or i woulda committed suicide watching the guy night in and night out.
When you have that many top 10 picks like the raiders have had in recent years and still cant field a competitive team you know it falls squarely on the management... In this case, Al Davis
I have faith in Donnie Walsh
serious al davis's signing make giraffe jeffries look good.
deangelo hall for 70 mil FAIL
javon walker for 50 mil FAIL
tommie haris for 50 mil FAIL...the list goes on
now on to draft busts
JAWALRUS FATSO = EPIC FAIL, terrible QB who was blessed with all the talent in the world. i wish some1 smart, and hardworking had his talent instead of him, he deserves every BOO he gets, no pocket awareness, no accuracy, no ball security, terrible IQ, lack of work ethic, no care, ****iness even when he sucks, failure to admit responsibility for his mistakes, he is the ryan leaf of this decade
Derrius Heyward Bey-projected second rounder, and they use the 7th overall pick to get him. if they wanted him so bad just****IN TRADE DOWN for him rtardd. the funniest **** was seeing the stats. in mike crabtree's first game(he started in like week 8 due to a contract dispute) he had more receptions, recieving yards, and td's than heywerd bay had in 7 games. heywerd bay was blessed with speed, but he has hands of stone, and runs routes that make ted ginn look good.
i can ramble on and on, but i think i made my point
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j-moneyy will come back, he'll prove everyone wrong, this guy has so much talent, just you wait guys, he''ll exact revenge by winning...the hot dog eating contest!
jastinkus russell is the stupidest QB of all time, ryan leaf was just a ****y ******* that got in over his head and bitched all the time. Jastinkus russell is plain dumb, stupid, and kiyaman-like. jastinkus misses open recievers, and routinely throws perfect throws...to the opposition. al davis's futility is mind-numbing, i doubt even isiah could mess up a first overall pick this badly.
now as harsh as we all are on him, the kid still has a chance at redemption. he does have a big body, some mobility, and a disgusting arm. but if he wants another contract, if he wants respect, if he doesnt want to go down as the worst failure in nfl history, hes got to WORK FOR IT. hes gotta watch that film. hes got to study his offense. hes got to spend time with his recievers, gain some chemistry with them. hes got to come in, in shape. he needs to be a lil mobile in the pocket. he must improve his ball security. and hes got to learn how not to be a bonehead. do i tihnk he'll do it? not a chance, im just saying that if he truly wants to be good, he still has that oppurtunity (on a different team of course) just look at alex smith (smith was never stupid though, jastinkus is)
Russell won the game for the raiders yesterday. he's making a comeback y'all....
i was so wrong about this guy. I lost a lot of money betting on Oakland to be the sleeper in the AFC west. In my mind he reminded me of Eli Manning in his young days....always over throwing/under throwing receivers, misreading plays, throwing to a double covered guy. After the 1st game vs SD i thought he turned the corner....boy was i wrong.
lmao this guy always finds a way to get back in the game.
Damn player-centric usernames straight to hell.
Damnn I expended a lot of energy before talking about how much I hate him lol.
But Jason Campbell is here to save the day!


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This fall in the midst of my book tour was a François gathering. My husband's family were all coming together in Vermont to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of his parents. This is no easy feat for this group, they are spread far and wide. Relatives came from Paris, New York, Toronto, Trinidad and of course, Minneapolis. Because of an engagement on the book tour I had to miss the anniversary party, but got there in time to have Thanksgiving dinner with everyone. In the airport on my way to Vermont I stopped at the magazine rack and picked up an issue of Fine Cooking that had a spread on Party Cakes. I'd left this very magazine on my kitchen table at home, where I'd been meaning to flip it open. In the mad rush that had led up to this moment I failed to plan what I'd be making for dessert, which was my contribution to the meal. I wanted to make cakes for Anna and Ewart, whose party I'd missed and they had to be something a little bit over-the-top and creative. My mother-in-law is a potter and adds a sense of beauty and creativity to everything she does. Her art and home represent a life that has been rich in travel, culture, a sense of wonder and mostly joy. These are all things that I admire tremendously and hope to create in my own life. So these cakes had to be something a little out of the ordinary. (Did I happen to mention that Graham's sisters and brothers are tremendous cooks and his cousin is the executive chef at Balthazar/Pastis and Minetta Tavern in NYC?) No pressure, but my cakes had to kick ass!
The cake in Fine Cooking with the meringue topping all done up like curls reminded me of my son Charlie and seemed to have just the whimsy and statement that I was looking for. I made my own coconut pastry cream and meringue, but loved the flavor combination and attitude of what Rebecca Rather created on those pages. I've made this cake several times since and as you will see at the end of the post I often use my Devil's Food recipe in place of the white cake. In both forms it disappears quickly and with much ooohing and aaahing.
Coconut Cream Cake from fine cooking or Zoë's Devil's Food recipe:
8 ounces (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened
13 1/2 ounces (3 cups) unbleached all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup unsweetened coconut milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups granulated sugar
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1/2 cup sour cream, at room temperature
6 large egg whites, at room temperature
Coconut Pastry Cream by Zoë
1 can (14 fluid ounces) unsweetened coconut milk
3/4 cup sugar
1 vanilla bean
pinch kosher salt
3 large egg yolks
2 tablespoons corn starch
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 cup sweetened coconut flakes
1/2 cup whipping cream
Swiss Meringue by Zoë
1 cup egg whites
2 cup sugar
pinch salt
To bake the cake:
preheat oven to 350 degrees with rack in middle of the oven.
Grease and line with parchment two 9×3-inch Cake Pans.
In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt, set aside.
Mix the coconut milk and vanilla, set aside.
In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. (Scrape down the bowl if you don't have one of these special Beater Blade, which is my favorite new kitchen tool!) Add the eggs one at a time and beat well after each addition.
Add 1/3 of the flour mixture and mix on low speed until incorporated. Add half the coconut milk and mix thoroughly. Continue to add the flour and coconut alternately, ending with flour. Add sour cream and mix until incorporated. Set aside in a large bowl if you don't have a spare bowl for your mixer.
Beat the egg whites in your stand mixer with the whisk attachment. (If you are using the same Bowl be sure it is VERY CLEAN or the whites will not whip up. Any fat on the bowl will prevent the whites from foaming.) Beat the whites on high speed for 2-3 minutes, until it forms soft peaks. Don't over due it or the whites will get too stiff and not fold into the batter smoothly. Whites beaten without sugar will get too stiff quickly so check them after 2 minutes.
Stir 1/3 of the egg whites into the cake batter to lighten it. Gently fold the remaining whites into the batter.
Divide evenly in the prepared pans. Bake for about 25-30 minutes or until the tester comes out clean. Cool on rack in pan and then invert to use.
To make the coconut pastry cream:
Heat the coconut milk, sugar, salt and vanilla bean in a medium sauce pan over medium heat.
In a bowl whisk together the egg yolks and corn starch.
Once the cream is hot, remove the vanilla bean, scraping out any remaining seeds and returning them to the cream. Add a 1/2 cup of the hot cream slowing to the yolks, whisking as you add.
Pour the yolk mixture into the pot of hot cream…
and whisk.
Continue to whisk with heat on medium-high for 3 more minutes. The mixture will turn thick and bubble. You need to continue to whisk for the full 3 minutes or the pastry cream will separate once it is cool.
After the 3 minutes whisk in the butter.
Add the coconut flakes.
Pour into a shallow dish to cool. Cover with plastic wrap pressed right against the pastry cream. This will prevent a thick skin from forming on the surface. Refrigerate for at least an hour or freeze for 30 minutes.
Once it is cool. Stir the pastry cream to loosen. Whip the 1/2 cup cream to medium peaks.
Stir in 1/3 to the pastry cream to lighten.
Fold in the remaining cream until the pastry cream is nice and light.
Split the two cakes in half with a Super Slicer knife and add 1/3 of the filling to the first cake layer.
Spread it out to the edge…
and repeat with the other layers.
To make the Swiss Meringue:
Whisk together the egg whites, sugar and salt in the bowl of your stand mixer. Rest the bowl over a pot of simmering water to form a double boiler. Scrape down the sides of the bowl so that all the sugar is off the sides of the bowl. Continue to stir the mixture until all the sugar is melted into the eggs and you no longer feel any graininess when rubbed between your fingers, about 3-5 minutes.
Place the bowl onto your mixer and whisk on high speed until the meringue is thick and glossy and the bowl is just warmer than room temperature, about 8 minutes.
Using a Spatula spread a nice thick layer of the meringue over the cake, make sure you have at least a cup of meringue left. Don't worry about how it looks, you will be making spikes over the surface in a minute.
Take a glob, yes glob, of the meringue in your hand and press it against the meringue on the cake. (see my hand in the upper right hand corner of this picture.)
Pull that glob away from the cake…
and it will break off in a wispy curl. The more of a glob you lay down as a foundation on the cake, the bigger your curls will be. This may take a few times to get the hang of it, but then you'll be off and running.
Once you have the cake fully set with curls you will need a Torchto toast the meringue. Hold the blow torch a ways from the cake and touch the flame down between the curls. The curls will set fire, not as scary as that sounds, and you need to blow them out as you go.
The burnt tips are lovely contrast and add a wonderful flavor.
This cake is amazing all on its own or served with coffee ice cream.
Here is the version made with Devil's Food cake.
Also amazing with coffee ice cream, but then again what isn't? Enjoy!


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Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work
Deans appointed for Social Work and Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Communications, Public Affairs & Marketing
May 9/11| For Immediate Release
Deborah MacLatchy, Vice-President, Academic & Provost
Kevin Crowley, Director, Communications & Public Affairs
WATERLOO Wilfrid Laurier University has named Nick Coady as dean of the Faculty of Social Work and reappointed Joan Norris to a second term as dean of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (FGPS).
During her first term, Norris helped ensure approval of 10 new graduate programs and increased capacity in existing programs, resulting in a 30-per-cent increase in graduate enrolments. She also developed partnerships with the Graduate Students Association and various faculties at Laurier, created a strategic plan for the faculty, and has been active in provincial and national organizations that oversee graduate programming.
Her priorities for the second five-year term include developing a new strategic plan with the FGPS, the Graduate Faculty Council and faculty deans, focusing on integration opportunities, and enhancing the graduate student and postdoctoral fellow experience.
Dr. Norris is a strong advocate for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and graduate programs at Laurier, said Deborah MacLatchy, vice-president: academic & provost. She is well positioned to take on the challenges and to develop the opportunities to further support graduate program development at Laurier during her second term."
I am delighted with the opportunity to continue to serve as dean of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, said Norris. In the next few years, I will be working closely with members of the faculty to build capacity in our existing programs and to develop new programs that draw upon our strengths in ways that are innovative, collaborative and integrative."
In the Faculty of Social Work, Coady will take over the deans role from Susan Cadell, who has served as acting dean since January 2010. Cadell will be taking a sabbatical to focus on her research and graduate student supervision. Coady joined Laurier in 1994 as an associate professor, after working in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary for six years.
His social work practice background includes individual and family work with multi-problem adolescents and their families and group work with abusive men. Coadys scholarship has focused mainly on the importance of the helping relationship to helping outcomes. He has served two terms as the associate dean of the Master of Social Work program and two terms as the associate dean in the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
Dr. Coady has been an active and engaged professor in the Faculty of Social Work, said MacLatchy. His leadership over the next five years will help guide the faculty as it undertakes exciting new opportunities regionally as well as nationally and internationally.
It is a privilege to have the opportunity to take a leadership role in our faculty, said Coady. I look forward to working collaboratively with a strong contingent of full-time faculty, contract academic staff, administrative staff, students, community partners, and alumni to build upon our past and current successes.
Coady will begin his five-year term July 1, 2011. Norris will begin her second term in January 2012 following a research sabbatical. Tamas Dobozy, associate professor of English and Film Studies and associate dean of Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, will serve as acting dean until the end of December.
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text: Give and take - attacking the corruption equation Publication | 19 March 2012 In recent times, Singapore has been uncharacteristically troubled by a number of actual and alleged public sector fraud and corruption scandals. In the aftermath, there have been difficult questions asked and pointed debates on the effectiveness of the existing laws and regulations. The fact that such news broke against the backdrop of Singapore's slide in ranking on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index from number 1 (in 2010) to number 5 (in 2011) is further cause for concern. Some have wondered whether such developments will impact on Singapore's sterling reputation for integrity and incorruptibility. Many have condemned those accused of accepting bribes and other favours but, interestingly, there has been little commentary on the role of those individuals alleged to have given the bribes and the corporations they are employed by, which potentially stand to benefit from their conduct. Focus has remained predominantly on the alleged recipients of bribes. Every incident of corruption has a giver and a taker and, while attention has been rightly drawn to civil servants and public sector processes that should be held to higher standards of integrity and stringency, it would be remiss for the actions and practices of the private sector givers to escape scrutiny.Within the last year, various corruption and fraud investigations and cases have surfaced in Singapore.In one of the largest public sector fraud cases, two former senior executives of the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) and a former swimming instructor defrauded the SLA into awarding IT contracts to false proprietorships. In total, the SLA paid out approximately S$12.2 million in 282 fictitious contracts. The swimming instructor, also the owner of the proprietorships, was charged with cheating and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment in January 2011. His accomplices, the deputy director of technology and infrastructure at the SLA and a former SLA manager, were sentenced to longer jail terms of 22 years and 15 years respectively, for charges of cheating and money laundering. Following the SLA case, a thorough review of the system of approving government contracts in Singapore was carried out.In January 2012, as a result of the government-wide audit, it was discovered that a relatively junior clerical officer working for the strategic planning and development division in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had defrauded the MHA of S$617,000 since 2007, by forging the approval of senior directors in order to receive gift vouchers. In total, the officer allegedly committed 218 counts of cheating, four counts of forgery, one count of criminal breach of trust and 232 counts of converting proceeds of crime. Police seized approximately S$474,963 worth of goods from his premises. Five MHA officers involved in the case have since been disciplined.More recently, the probe into former Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) Commissioner Peter Lim and former Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) director Ng Boon Gay again cast the spotlight on the integrity of senior civil servants and the public procurement process. The case allegedly revolves around the tender process for IT related products and the two men are believed to have had inappropriate relations with a 36-year old woman, who is said to be a former sales director of a data storage firm. Both Lim and Ng have been arrested and are being separately investigated by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) for offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA). While investigations are ongoing, questions have been posed on the level of due diligence conducted on senior appointees in public service, the rigours of the public procurement process and the effectiveness of public sector internal controls.Clearly, steps are being taken to review and address any potential deficiencies in the public sector framework of systems and controls, including the effectiveness of whistleblowing channels. Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, who is also Minister-in-Charge of the Civil Service, said in Parliament, "Our zero tolerance approach to corruption in the public and private sectors can only work if Singaporeans continue to be imbued with the right values and recognise that whilst corruption may be a fact of life, it is not our way of life in Singapore… We also require good leadership by example at the top, as well as a population which rejects corruption and does not accept any form of corruption at all." However, it is less clear what steps are being taken to look at the system of governance concerning the ethical and regulatory compliance programmes of private commercial enterprises. After all, in tackling a crime as complex and insidious as bribery and corruption, one needs to holistically target both sides of the equation - the receiving as well as the giving.Historically, the enforcement of anti-corruption laws in Singapore on the supply side of bribes has focused on the individual bribe-payers (as it has been with most countries). The rationale for this approach could have been that such bribery crimes were committed by individuals and it may not be fair to prosecute the companies which employ such bribe-payers since doing so may end up penalising unwitting shareholders, especially if the employee appears to have engaged in bribery on his own accord.In the wake of significant legal reform in the anti-corruption landscape in the last few years, led by the coming into force of the UK Bribery Act in July 2011, such thinking no longer holds sway. Enforcement of bribery offences against corporations (in addition to individual bribe-payers) is underpinned by the argument that shareholders are ultimately the beneficiaries of the commercial strategies of the corporation and therefore should bear responsibility to some degree. If the corporation employs unlawful tactics such as bribery to procure contracts, the shareholders should not be allowed to benefit from such transactions. Indeed, any monetary penalty imposed on the corporation, which ultimately hurts its shareholders would, it is argued, render it imperative for shareholders to ensure that they conduct proper due diligence and invest in companies which conduct business in a legal and ethical way. A recent notable enforcement action in the UK has seen the utilisation of anti-money laundering laws to force the shareholder of a company to disgorge dividends it received on the basis that they represent the proceeds of crime committed by the company. It was not necessary for the authorities to show that the shareholder was guilty of the act of corruption in question. Furthermore, the UK Bribery Act raised the bar and moved beyond the existing paradigm by enacting law which criminalises a corporation's failure to prevent bribes from being paid on its behalf. This strict liability crime of omission (as opposed to commission) does not require the prosecution to show that the corporation authorised its employees or agents to bribe on its behalf, or that the corporation had knowledge of such bribery. It only needs to be demonstrated that a bribe was offered or paid by the employee or agent with the intention of benefiting the corporation. The far-reaching extraterritorial effect of the UK Bribery Act (which could apply even to non-British companies) elevates the risk of the common Asian practice of using third party agents to handle local business affairs on the corporation's behalf to a whole new level.The only statutory defence available under the UK Bribery Act against the offence of failure to prevent bribery is that of the corporation having in place "adequate procedures designed to prevent persons associated" with the corporation from bribing another person. Further light has been shed through UK statutory guidance on what could constitute such "adequate procedures". Essentially, these are regulatory compliance programmes comprising internal systems and controls which effectively implement the corporation's anti-bribery policies and procedures and create a corporate culture of ethical decision-making. This culture comprises the zero tolerance approach to corruption, the right values and good leadership by example referred to by DPM Teo.The current laws in Singapore do not mandate the implementation of regulatory compliance programmes for corporations in general, or include any offence of failing to prevent bribery. Whilst such an offence of omission has been criticised in some quarters as being harsh and draconian by business persons and legal practitioners, calls to put proper compliance programmes in place for commercial organisations have been less objectionable.Apart from the obvious operational benefits derived from preventing and detecting corruption and fraud, a company with a proper compliance programme is more likely to be considered well-managed and less of a risky venture to investors and financiers alike. It is also more attractive as a business partner or service provider to other companies based in countries with stringent anti-corruption regimes like the UK and US.The Singaporean brand of ethical integrity and operational efficiency needs to keep pace with and, where possible, surpass international benchmarks set by the laws and enforcement trends of comparable jurisdictions. It is an opportune time to seize the momentum generated from the changing global anti-corruption landscape and the lessons learnt from recent incidents to take our standards and conduct to a new level. Effective and proportionate laws and regulations need to be in place to address the imbalance when targeting the corruption equation. Singapore has an enviable reputation for integrity and, in light of international developments, may wish to further strengthen its anti-corruption regime.This article was first published on 20 March 2012 in the Business Times and is reproduced with the permission of Singapore Press Holdings.Additional contactsAustralia: Lindsay HoughtonChina: Sun HongHong Kong: Jim James, Charlotte RobinsIndonesia: SusandariniJapan: Chris VinerSingapore: Guy SpoonerThailand: Somboon KitiyansubVietnam: Geoff SutherlandUnited Kingdom: Ruth Cowley, Sam Eastwood


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