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VIDEO: Highlights of St. Georges vs McKean first halfThe cold weather didn't bother St. Georges, as they beat McKean 50 to 20 in the last game of the season.
The first quarter started off with a back and forth between St, Georges and McKean. Jaleel Heyward scored the first touchdown for McKean. St. Georges answered right back with a kickoff return by Keyjuan Selby. They converted with extra point to make the score 7- 6. Darius Jones would score another 6 points for McKean before the end of the first quarter to make the score 12 - 7, Highlanders.
In the beginning of the second quarter, the Hawks went to work. K. Selby would bring the ball all the way down the field to allow for the St. Georges touchdown, and with the extra point from Patrick King, the score would be 14 -12, St. Georges.
Before the half, St. Georges, Logan Gilbert would intercept the ball and take it all the way to the end zone to make the score 21 - 12.
Late in the third quarter, the Hawks took over the game. K. Selby scored another touchdown with 3:09 left to make the score 36 - 12.
In the fourth quarter, Gilbert would score for St. Georges to make the score 44-12. McKean showed some signs of life. Jorge Rodriguez Quinones scored a touchdown, and Ryheem Jenkins would make the 2 point conversion to make the score 44 - 20 with 5:22 left in the game.
Time ran out on the Highlanders, and the Hawks would take the victory. The final score was 50 - 20.
St. Georges finishes their season at 9-1, and McKean finish at 5-5.
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The term "malignancy" refers to cancerous cells that have the ability to spread to other sites in the body (metastasize) or to invade and destroy tissues. Malignant cells tend to have fast, uncontrolled growth due to changes in their genetic makeup.
Malignant cells that are resistant to treatment may return after all detectable traces of them have been removed or destroyed.
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Grilled Tuna Steak with Spring Onions and Provençal Vinaigrette
Recipe Summary
Recipe Servings: 4 portions
Recipe Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Recipe Cook Time: 10 minutes
4, 8-ounce tuna steaks, 1-inch thick
3 tablespoons Lucini® Organic Limited Reserve® Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
12 spring onions, white and green parts, tops trimmed
½ cup Provençal Vinaigrette
Pat the tuna dry with paper towels and rub with 2 tablespoons of the oil.
Sprinkle both sides of the tuna with a fair amount of salt and pepper—you should see the seasoning on the fish. Coat the onions in the remaining tablespoon of oil and season them with salt and pepper. Preheat an outdoor gas or charcoal grill until very hot or put a grill pan or cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Lay the tuna steaks on the grill and sear for 2 to 3 minutes on each side, rotating halfway through cooking to "mark" them. As the tuna cooks, the red meat will become whiter; grill for a total of 5 to 6 minutes for medium-rare. A minute or two before the tuna is cooked, toss the spring onions on the grill and char them, turning often so they soften a bit but don't burn.
To serve, transfer the tuna to a cutting board and cut on a slight angle into 1-inch slices. Fan the pieces on 4 dinner plates, spoon the vinaigrette on top, and serve the spring onions on the side.
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By Robert Cox, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension horticulture agent
Ask a gardener about the real reason to grow a garden and you'll likely get a two-word answer: Sweet corn.
Though corn requires plenty of space in the vegetable garden, it is hard to beat its taste and tenderness, especially when freshly-picked.
The key to high quality sweet corn is rapid growth, adequate soil moisture and nutrients, and harvesting the ears at optimum maturity.
Sweet corn kernels can be yellow, white, or both of these colors on the same ear (bicolor). The level of sucrose (sugar) in the kernels determines the corn's sweetness. In most cases, however, sucrose is rapidly converted to starch if the corn is not cooked, frozen or refrigerated just after harvest. Starches make the corn less tender and less sweet. In most of the newer "sugar-enhanced" or "super-sweet" varieties, this conversion to starch is slowed so ears remain in optimum condition longer.
Corn is monoecious (mon-ee-shuss) which means that there are both male and female flowers on each corn plant. In some monoecious plants, male and female parts are in the same flower. In corn, male and female flowers are in different locations - the male flowers form a tassel which is at the top of the plant. The female flower is located at the junction of leaves and stem. It consists of a collection of hairs (silks) enclosed in the husks of what will become the ears. These silks are pollen-receiving tubes. Wind-blown pollen from the male flowers (tassel) falls on the silks below. Each silk leads to a kernel, and pollen must land on all silks for the ear to fill out completely with kernels. Kernel "skips" (ears only partly filled out with kernels) often are the result of poor pollination.
On a corn seed packet, you may find a short genetic abbreviation which describes the type of sweet corn; different types require different cultural conditions:
1) "Normal" sweet corn (su) - Kernels contain moderate but varying levels of sugar, depending on variety. Sugars convert to starches rapidly after harvest.
2) "Sugar-enhanced" (se, se+, or EH) - Genes in this type modify the su gene, resulting in increased tenderness and sweetness. Additionally, conversion of sugar to starch is slowed.
3) "Super-sweet" or "Xtra-sweet" (sh2) - This gene, (sh short for shrunken), creates greatly increased sweetness and slow conversion of starch. The dry kernels (seeds) of this type are smaller and shriveled.
Sweet corn requires rich soil with ample nitrogen and moisture. Even good garden soils may need some fertilizer to produce a top-quality crop. Aged manure and/or compost, mixed well into the soil, is helpful. Growing corn in an area that had healthy beans or peas the previous year is helpful because these legumes contribute more nitrogen to the soil. Cornstalks growing with ample moisture and in well-prepared, fertile soil can be expected to produce two ears per stalk.
Plant corn about May 10 in the Denver area or when soils reach a temperature of at least 50 degrees F. Corn seed will not germinate in colder soils, decaying instead. The Xtra sweet varieties require even warmer soil, at least 60 degrees F. You can warm soil by covering with black plastic and punching holes through it to plant seed. The rate at which corn grows is heavily influenced by warm soil and air temperatures.
Plant two or three seeds 12-15 inches apart, in rows 30-36 inches apart. Shorter, earlier varieties can be spaced somewhat closer. Plant seeds one to one-and-one-half inches deep, except for Xtra sweet varieties, which should only be planted three-fourths an inch deep. If both or all three seeds in a spot germinate, thin out the poorer seedlings, saving the best plant from each spot. Isolate Xtra sweet varieties from all other types of sweet corn; cross pollination with other types can result in tough, starchy kernels.
Because corn is wind-pollinated, plant it in blocks of rows, rather than in a long, single row, which would result in poor pollen distribution on the silks and many kernel "skips".
Water the block-rows well after planting. Good soil moisture is especially critical for the germination of Xtra sweet corn, as it must absorb more water than other types for germination to occur. As plants grow and weather becomes warmer, watering frequency must increase.
Most varieties of corn will produce shoots or "suckers" at the base of the plant. Research indicates that sucker removal does not increase yield or benefit the plant; therefore suckers are best left alone.
Fertilize when plants are 12-18 inches high, about July 1. Hoe frequently to control weeds, but take care not to damage corn stalks or roots. Adequate soil moisture is critical for plants to form tassels and silks and to develop ears. Ears should be ready to harvest about 3 weeks after silk emergence. Harvest sweet corn when kernels are well-filled, tightly packed and when a thumbnail puncture produces a milky substance.
To harvest an ear, grasp it firmly, bend it down and pull toward the ground with a twisting motion. Husk and cook or freeze immediately for best quality. Husks can be shredded and then composted or dug back into garden soil.
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The Big Hurt = Greatest Hitter in Sox History
We never had a Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron or Roberto Clemente, but Frank came as close as we've ever come to such a hitter and each time he stepped to the plate it became a must-see event.
Now, two decades after his big league debut in Chicago and short stints with the A's and Blue Jays as well, Hurt is retiring. Retiring, I might add, as the greatest hitter in White Sox history (with apologies to Shoeless Joe Jackson). He is the franchise leader in home runs, runs batted in, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, runs, total bases, doubles, walks, intentional walks, sacrifice flies and extra base hits.
In this particular case career stats don't lie–and, as you can see, virtually all of his major accomplishments in 19 major league seasons were, of course, achieved in his 16 years with the Sox.
* .301 lifetime batting average
* 521 home runs (9 seasons with 30 or more, 5 seasons with 40 or more)
* 1704 runs batted in
* .419 on-base percentage
* .555 slugging percentage
* 1667 walks
* 2,468 hits
* 1 AL batting title (.347)
* 2 AL MVPs
* 4 Silver Slugger awards
* 5 All-Star selections
* A 2005 White Sox World Series ring
Furthermore, Thomas is one of only four major leaguers–Hall of Famers Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Mel Ott are the others–to end their careers with at least a .300 BA, 500 home runs, 1500 RBI, 1000 runs scored and 1500 walks. And not only has he not been mentioned in regard to using steroids, he has been an outspoken critic of performance-enhancing drugs.
It's been well known that Thomas's relationship with the White Sox has been rocky. However, it's heartening to see that he's being welcomed back into the family. On August 29, his No. 35 will be retired on "Frank Thomas Day" and my guess is that it won't be long until there's a statue in his honor at The Cell along with the other Sox elite. And five years from now there's no doubt in my mind he'll enter the stratosphere that is Cooperstown and the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Frank Thomas always seemed to find a way to beat the Rays.
I actually caught a foulball off him once and it stung my hand for the rest of the game.
All that strength and power and no bad enhancements….
That in itself id a tribute to the professional he was….and I would be shocked if he is not a First Ballot guy in 2014.
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It's weird, because you would think that there had to be someone on the White Sox better than Frank Thomas, but there isn't. Carlton Fisk and Luis Aparicio didn't have nearly as good numbers as Thomas. I don't think that Thomas will be a first ballot hall of famer, because he played in the steroid era. Although he is clean, it will take him 2 or 3 years to be enshrined in Cooperstown
I disagree with I breathe. I think Frank will be first ballot because (by all accounts) he played clean during the steroid era.
Frank Thomas most definitely be inducted on the first ballot. In large part because he ws clean during the steroid era. That and the historic numbers he put up from 1991 through 1997. Numbers matched by only 2 or 3 other players in baseball, all in the Hall of Fame.


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International Women's Day: Closing the gender gap in agriculture
On International Women's Day, the three Rome-based agencies hosted a roundtable debate on closing the gender gap in agriculture. An international panel of experts debated the costs of gender inequality for agricultural productivity, poverty and hunger and discussed appropriate action to be taken.
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UPDATED: A man for others
Former Pasadena Fire Department Captain John Tennant remembered for his work for firefighters on the frontlines
By André Coleman 01/16/2014
Former state Fire Marshal John Tennant, past president of the Pasadena Firefighters Association Local 809 and a former vice president of the California Professional Firefighters (CPF) Second District, died on Dec. 13 after battling esophageal cancer. He was 65.
Tennant, who was a captain, joined the local Fire Department in 1972. He was elected president of Local 809 in 1985, staying in that post for 14 years. In 1994, he was elected as CPF Second District vice president.
"He was a highly professional firefighter who also offered leadership on issues such as fire and police retirement system which proved highly valuable," said Mayor Bill Bogaard.
Tennant was very influential among sitting council members, many of whom his firefighters campaigned for during his time as union president. In the 1990s, before the elected mayor became the council's eighth member, Tennant was considered by some observers to be the council's unelected eighth member when it came to issues regarding public safety and the fire and police pension funds.
"He will be remembered both for the length of his service on these issues and the wisdom that he offered in addressing issues," Bogaard said.
Plans for a local memorial service are still in the planning process.
"He pretty much defined the Pasadena firefighters," said current Local 809 President Don Cervantes. "What I got from him is it is about making a strong department so we can provide better service to our community."
Cervantes added that Tennant's push for community involvement has made the local department stronger. "Going forward, I am going to teach everything that John taught me. It provides for a stronger community."
Tennant was also considered an expert in ladder truck safety. He later served as special assistant to Sen. Cecil Greene and helped draft legislation to strengthen building codes in California. He was appointed to serve as state fire marshal in 2001 by former Gov. Gray Davis and earned a reputation for strict enforcement of the state's fire safety building codes.
After the terrorist attacks on Washington DC and New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, Tennant helped secure $1 million in funding from the state's Workforce Investment Act to finance the California Firefighters Joint Apprenticeship Committee's Terrorism Consequence Management Training Program. The program was the nation's first post-9/11 terrorism-response training to focus on the fire service.
"Throughout his career, John Tennant made a difference for our profession, whether it was as a firefighter, labor president or as state fire marshal," said CPF President Lou Paulson in a statement. "Although he excelled at building bridges with management, there was never any question that his heart and his commitment always stood with the men and women on the frontlines."
He is survived by his children Shawna, Lisa and Brian, and his brother, Mark Tennant.
A celebration of his life will be held at 10 a.m. on Feb. 5 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, 300 E. Green St., Pasadena.
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Mommy to our DD1 early bird (34 weeks, 2 days, 7lbs, 14oz)! Oct. 2nd, 2008 Emergency C-Section, Frank Breech, HEALTHY Girl!
Weaned @ 17 months
Our DD2 early bird (37 weeks, 3 days, 7lbs, 12oz) Aug. 10th, 2010 Our Successful VBAC, growing like a bad weed!
Weaned @ 15 months
Our DD3 early bird (37 weeks, 3 days, 7lbs, 6oz) Feb. 16th, 2012 Our 2nd VBAC and lightening speedy birth!
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Feeling the pressure here too. not sure why though!
My MIL pressured us to supplement, feed rice cerial and wean early from day 1. What finally worked for me was to not engage. I just said ' I understand that you think that'. I'd suggest trying to disengage from the argument a bit if you can this time. Likely no amount of discussion will change their minds. Also, pull your LO aside and talk to him about it. Tell him that nursing is a special thing the two of you share, no matter what anyone else says. And remind him that when he stops is up to him. Then when you her the comment to him about 4 more months, just say something like "Onr day you'll be ready to be done nursing, but not today, right!"
I found that with some people trying to discuss the issue is pointless!
I've been saying "Joe is weaning, but I want to do it gently and gradually." Never mind if it takes a YEAR or more to do it, right? But it sounds like your family is a bit more up in your biz than mine - I think my family mostly asks out of genuine curiosity. They certainly don't undermine me by saying things to Joe about it! Sorry you have to deal with that - I think in your case, perhaps a more pointed statement is called for.
You can call me JoMo!
Mom to baby boy Joe, born 5/4/09 and breastfed for more than two and a half years, and baby girl Maggie, born 7/9/12.
i agree, the whole "magic number" thing is ridiculous to me. people with no information/real reasons about why weanin at any particular age always cling to a certain age, as though by virtue of the age alone, their argument makes sense. "it's just time...." no, it's time for you to butt out of my mothering decisions.
that said, it's very hard to deal w/ when it's family, even worse when it's a MIL. my MIL was the same way.. "no need past 1", etc. i just stopped talking to her about it. if it was ever brought up in her presence, i'd just brush right past the issue, and i think it was obvious to her that it wasn't up for discussion, so she kept quiet...
hang in there, mama..
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|10 June 2009
GSA Release No. 09-31
Christa Stratton
Director of Education, Communication, & Outreach
June Geosphere Media Highlights
Boulder, CO, USA - This month's GEOSPHERE papers cover the geologic and neotectonic evolution of Savu Island, Indonesia; a digital archive of active tectonic maps for the Tibet-Himalaya region; syntectonic zoning in biotite as a diagnostic indicator of deformation style during metamorphism; the potential for explosive eruptions of silicic volcanoes; the Hortavaer intrusive complex, Norway; evidence of an low-oxygen deep sea at the former Jones Hill copper mine northwest of Pecos, New Mexico; and the SLIP hypothesis.
Highlights are provided below. Representatives of the media may obtain complimentary copies of articles by contacting Christa Stratton at . Please discuss articles of interest with the authors before publishing stories on their work, and please make reference to GEOSPHERE in articles published. Contact Christa Stratton for additional information or other assistance.
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Transition from subduction to arc-continent collision: Geologic and neotectonic evolution of Savu Island, Indonesia
Ron Harris et al., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA. (Received NSF funding.)
The Savu region provides a rare glimpse of neotectonic associations of the transition from subduction to collision. Harris et al. document this transition, noting that the geology of the Savu region is separated into two very different domains divided by a developing suture zone between units of Australian and Asian affinity, and that complexities here result from lower plate structural and stratigraphic discontinuities that cause waves of crustal shortening and uplift followed by subsidence.
Active structures of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen and their relationships to earthquake distribution, contemporary strain field, and Cenozoic volcanism
Michael Taylor, Dept. of Geology, University of Kansas, 1735 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA; and An Yin. (Received NSF funding.)
A digital archive of active structures related to the Indo-Asian collision and its surrounding regions is now available for use by geoscientists. The digital active tectonic map allows a comparison to be made between the distribution, geometry, and kinematics of active structures and the distribution of earthquake focal mechanisms. The distribution of active structures is also compared with the GPS velocity field of Tibet and the Himalaya in order to assess the partitioning of the strain rate field across individual faults and folds. Evaluation of the Late Cenozoic volcanism in Tibet is also possible to determine whether syn-collisional volcanism was spatially related to active structures in the same area.
Growth, behavior, and textural sector zoning of biotite porphyroblasts during regional metamorphism and the implications for interpretation of inclusion trails: Insights from the Pequop Mountains and Wood Hills, Nevada, USA
Phyllis A. Camilleri, Geosciences, Austin Peay State University, Box 4418, Clarksville, Tennessee 37044, USA
Previous studies indicate that the growth of large biotite crystals (porphyroblasts) is a two-stage process in phyllite and schist during regional metamorphism. Stage 1 accommodates the bulk of the growth of a porphyroblast and proceeds by growth over matrix, which results in incorporation of inclusions. Stage 2 involves growth that is largely restricted to precipitation of biotite in fractures within and along the margins of the porphyroblast. On the basis of a detailed microstructural study of biotite porphyroblasts, Camilleri demonstrates that in a tectonic environment where rock deformation occurs by shortening perpendicular to foliation and extension parallel to foliation, early growth actually occurs through a combination of the processes in stage 1 and 2 and results in textural sector zoning of the inclusions. In two dimensions, textural sector zoning is characterized by an hourglass-shaped distribution of inclusions whereby the long axis of the hourglass is normal or at a high angle to foliation. Textural sector zoning has long been recognized in many other porphyroblast species such as chiastolite (andalusite), where it is defined by the characteristic cross-shaped distribution of inclusions. The zoning in other mineral species is thought to develop in porphyroblasts that grew before or between tectonic deformations (i.e., they are pretectonic or intertectonic, respectively). This paper shows that zoning in biotite is different because it is syntectonic. Furthermore, zoning in biotite is significant because it can be used as a diagnostic indicator of the style of deformation during metamorphism.
Determining relative magma and host rock xenolith rheology during magmatic fabric formation in plutons: Examples from the middle and upper crust
Aaron S. Yoshinobu et al., Dept. of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1053, USA. (Received NSF funding.)
This article utilizes foreign blocks of rock trapped in a magma chamber to evaluate the viscosity of magmas in subvolcanic settings. Such information may be useful in understanding the viscosity and thus potential for explosive eruptions of silicic volcanoes.
Growth and zoning of the Hortavaer intrusive complex, a layered alkaline pluton in the Norwegian Caledonides
Calvin G. Barnes et al., Dept. of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA. (Received NSF funding.)
The Hortavaer intrusive complex in north-central Norway provides a remarkable example of the styles of growth of magma bodies in Earth's crust and of the ways in which magmas chemically and physically interact with host rocks rich in calcium carbonate (calcite). Magma emplacement involved injection of repeated pulses of hot, mantle-derived magmas into the middle crust, followed by differentiation to potassium-rich magmas. Ultimately, a layered intrusion was formed and subsequent deformation and erosion has exposed a paleo-vertical section through the complex. Magma interaction with calcite-rich rocks can be shown to cause the enrichment of potassium. This process also caused development of distinctive reaction zones (skarn rocks) and evidently released large amounts of carbon dioxide into overlying strata. Processes revealed in this study are similar to those proposed for active and dormant volcanic systems in Italy, such as Vesuvius and the Alban Hills.
Seafloor-hydrothermal Si-Fe-Mn exhalites in the Pecos greenstone belt, New Mexico, and the redox state of ca. 1720 Ma deep seawater
John F. Slack et al., U.S. Geological Survey, National Center, MS 954, Reston, Virginia 20192, USA
A study of the mineralogy and chemistry of Precambrian iron-rich and manganese-rich sedimentary rocks near the site of the former Jones Hill copper mine northwest of Pecos, New Mexico, reveals information on the oxidation state of deep seawater approximately 1.72 billion years ago. The results of this study indicate that the deep ocean at that time had very small amounts of dissolved oxygen, in contrast to a currently popular model in which Precambrian deep seawater of that age had no oxygen, like the deep waters of the modern Black Sea.
Climate forcing by iron fertilization from repeated ignimbrite eruptions: The icehouse-silicic large igneous province (SLIP) hypothesis
Steven M. Cather et al., New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801, USA
The present-day glacial-interglacial climate on Earth was established about 34 million years ago during a prolonged episode of explosive silicic volcanism, the ignimbrite flare-up of southwestern North America. Our data suggest that fertilization of oceanic algae by great volumes of iron-bearing volcanic ash caused increased photosynthetic productivity, which decreased the CO2 content of the atmosphere and cooled the planet. Most cool-climate episodes during the past 0.5 billion years were accompanied by major explosive volcanism in silicic large igneous provinces (SLIPs), suggesting a common link between these phenomena.
Review abstracts for these articles at http://geosphere.gsapubs.org/.


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EDITOR'S NOTE: Bill Jones has dropped out of the race after his initial announcement.
In the legal community, itŌĆÖs been known for at least a year that Bonfoey would most likely step down after serving out his current term, but it had not been publicly confirmed by Bonfoey until now. Bonfoey announced his pending retirement in a letter to the chair of the Haywood County Democratic Party, Janie Benson, to read at the partyŌĆÖs annual fall rally held in Canton last Saturday.
Two candidates have already stepped forward: Jim Moore, an assistant district attorney from Waynesville, and Bill Jones, a former assistant district attorney now in private practice, also from Waynesville. Both had planned to run for some time, but BonfoeyŌĆÖs recent announcement cleared the way for Moore and Jones to make public their own intentions to run.
Both Moore and Jones are Democrats and will face off in the May primary, with a final election in November against any Republican opponent. More candidates for the open district attorney post will likely emerge between now and the candidate sign-up period in February.
Prior to Bonfoey, the district attorney was Charlie Hipps, who held the post from 1990 to 2003, when he died unexpectedly from a heart attack. Bonfoey was named as HippsŌĆÖ replacement by then-Gov. Mike Easley and subsequently ran for the seat in 2006 and 2010.
Jones was an assistant district attorney for Hipps when Hipps passed away. Despite being out of law school for just a few years at the time, Jones was seen as a rising star in the prosecutorŌĆÖs office. He went straight to work for Hipps promptly after graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill law school and was being groomed as an eventual successor to Hipps. When Hipps passed away, Jones put his name in the ring for the appointment.
When Bonfoey got the nod instead of Jones, Bonfoey offered to let him stay on, Jones said. But Jones opted for private practice.
In hindsight, spending the past 10 years as an attorney in private practice, including as a criminal defender, has been a good thing, Jones said.
ŌĆ£IŌĆÖll be honest with you, I think I am much more qualified now. Any district attorney should have been on both sides. I think I understand the whole system now that I have defended as well as prosecuted,ŌĆØ Jones said. ŌĆ£Now is the appropriate time for me to run.ŌĆØ
Originally from Sylva, Jones, 41, is married with two children, 7 and 3 years of age. His wife is a supervisor at the Haywood County Department of Social Services.
Jones said he has always intended to run for the district attorney position again one day. But the time wasnŌĆÖt right until now.
ŌĆ£First of all, life comes along. I got married. We had babies,ŌĆØ Jones said.
Jones said he believes he can bring efficient and effective leadership to the prosecutorŌĆÖs office.
ŌĆ£My reason for wanting to be district attorney is to seek justice. ThereŌĆÖs no other right answer to that question in my opinion,ŌĆØ Jones said.
Moore, like Jones, has spent his legal career as a prosecutor and defender ŌĆö15 years as an assistant district attorney and 12 years in various private legal practices in Waynesville, including a joint practice at one point with his wife, who is also an attorney. Moore worked as an assistant district attorney under Hipps from 1990 to 1996, when he returned to private practice to have a more flexible schedule.
ŌĆ£My kids needed me to be around to coach their ball teams,ŌĆØ Moore said.
But Moore returned to the prosecutorŌĆÖs office once more in 2003 when Bonfoey was appointed district attorney. Moore and Bonfoey are long-time friends ŌĆö Bonfoey is godfather to MooreŌĆÖs daughter. Moore, 52, is married and has three children: one in high school, one in college and one out of college.
He is originally from Arkansas but followed his wife back to Western North Carolina after law school in 1986. His wife now works for Legal Services as a civil attorney for victims of domestic violence.
Moore said he sees the legal profession in general and the role of district attorney in particular, as a way to help others.
ŌĆ£IŌĆÖve seen how the DA can help the community by prosecuting people justly and appropriately,ŌĆØ Moore said.


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History of the Peace Corps in Tanzania
|History of the Peace Corps
|Since 1960, when then Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries, more than 182,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in 138 countries all over the globe.
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|History of the Peace Corps
|Since 1960, when then Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries, more than 182,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in 138 countries all over the globe.
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Peace Corps Volunteers first arrived in Tanzania (then called Tanganyika) in 1962. Since then, approximately 2,000 Volunteers have served in Tanzania, working in education, health, the environment, and agriculture. In the early years of Peace Corps/Tanzania, most Volunteers focused on education.
As a result of political disagreements over the Vietnam War and former President Julius Nyerere's philosophy of self-reliance, the Peace Corps withdrew from Tanzania from 1969 to 1979. The Peace Corps had another, shorter period of interrupted service in 1991 and 1992 because of tensions and security concerns related to the Persian Gulf War. In 1992, a thorough evaluation of the Peace Corps' development priorities in Tanzania led to a decision to focus efforts on revitalizing the program in secondary education. In 1996 Peace Corps/Tanzania launched an environment project, and in 2000 it initiated a school health education project. Today, Peace Corps/Tanzania has about 130 Volunteers; half of them serve in the education project, 30 percent in the environment project, and 20 percent in the health education project.
History and Future of Peace Corps Programming in Tanzania.
As a relatively small player in a country of almost 36 million people, Peace Corps/Tanzania recognizes the need for a strategic vision that focuses on niche areas, where a small number of dedicated Volunteers can make a significant difference. Our projects are in areas where we can play a catalytic or model-building role while meeting Tanzania's real, identified needs. Thus, our projects in education, health, and the environment have the potential to make a real difference in Tanzania. Our focus on youth, particularly in the areas of environmental education, empowerment of girls, and HIV/AIDS prevention and care, serves our overall "country theme" as it empowers young people to take greater control of their lives and to be responsible, active members of their communities.
The education project continues to play a critical role in math and science education by serving students and teachers in schools, particularly girls' schools and rural schools. We encourage out-of-classroom initiatives by providing resources and training opportunities for youth leadership and activism by employing peer education models. In January 2003, Peace Corps/Tanzania and the Ministry of Education and Culture initiated a pilot program focusing on computer education. To expand information and communication technology (ICT) in Tanzania, four ICT Volunteers assigned to the education sector began work in 2004.
The environment project addresses community development with activities such as animal raising, tree planting, and changing nonsustainable agricultural practices. It increasingly focuses on youth—the farmers of tomorrow—through educational activities for primary school students and out-ofschool youth. Volunteers in this project work with other Peace Corps sectors to promote girls' empowerment and to address health concerns, including HIV/AIDS, at the grass-roots level.
Volunteers in the health education project work with partner agencies and government structures to reach students, out-of–school youth, and teachers. The work focuses on HIV/AIDS prevention and awareness but other basic health issues are also addressed. Volunteers engage in direct work with students, but also work with teachers to enable them to confidently teach topics such as sexually transmitted illnesses (STIs), including HIV/AIDS, and life skills that are part of the national curriculum. Volunteers may also participate in health education activities at health centers and in their communities.
Recognizing the seriousness of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania, all Peace Corps/Tanzania Volunteers receive training in strategies for HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention and are encouraged to be involved in these activities in their communities. In 2006, Peace Corps/Tanzania is moving into the area of care by providing nutrition education to those hardest hit by the pandemic—people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) and orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs). Health and environment Volunteers will be trained in establishing home gardens and effective permaculture so they can show PLWHAS and OVCS how to getter better nutrition from food produced through these activities.
The AIDS pandemic strikes across all social strata in many Peace Corps countries. The loss of teachers has crippled education systems, while illness and disability drains family income and forces governments and donors to redirect limited resources from other priorities. The fear and uncertainty AIDS causes has led to increased domestic violence and stigmatizing of people living with HIV/AIDS, isolating them from friends and family and cutting them off from economic opportunities.
As a Peace Corps Volunteer, you will confront these issues on a very personal level. It is important to be aware of the high emotional toll that disease, death, and violence can have on Volunteers. As you strive to integrate into your community, you will develop relationships with local people who might die during your service. Because of the AIDS pandemic, some volunteers will be regularly meeting with HIV positive people and working with training staff, office staff and host family members living with AIDS. Volunteers need to prepare themselves to embrace these relationships in a sensitive and positive manner. Likewise, malaria and malnutrition, motor vehicle accidents and other unintentional injuries, domestic violence and corporal punishment are problems a Volunteer may confront. You will need to anticipate these situations and utilize supportive resources available throughout your training and service to maintain your own emotional strength, so that you can continue to be of service to your community.


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Hedge funds turn to psychologists to advise on recruitment
It's part of hedge fund lore that successful funds have been started in college dorm rooms. But now that hedge funds manage $2.5 trillion in assets for pension funds and other institutions, those days have long gone. While hedge funds were once a hallmark of entrepreneurialism, now, ironically, many of them have become the large institutions that their founders once tried to escape.
Many of these founders are ill-equipped to deal with the management challenge that a rapidly growing team and asset base presents, particularly given that the successful risk-takers at their helm often don't have high emotional intelligence.
Nigel Nicholson, professor of organisational behaviour at London Business School, said "the quality of management" at hedge funds "is often very poor or absent". He said: "The concept of management is underdeveloped. People think in terms of execution or performance and not nearly enough about how people make decisions. So much emphasis is on being and doing and far too little on seeing. It is failure of vision that destroys businesses, not failures of competence. Management's job is to help people see what they can't see."
Richard Peterson, managing director at behavioural finance research firm MarketPsych, said some hedge funds bring in coaches "to be a neutral third party, as a bridge with the management team".
One key aspect of management is hiring, and some firms are using psychologists as part of the recruitment process. Lewis Aron, a director at New York University postdoctoral programme in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, said that for most hedge fund managers, "assessing potential hires is outside of their area of expertise".
He added: "As a psychoanalyst, I spend my life listening to people patiently and carefully focusing on what they say and do not say, on words and non-verbal communications, on the explicit and the implicit. I know how to do a detailed inquiry into their personal and professional background […] Helping a fund avoid a mistaken hire is a significant cost saver and also is better for morale and avoids team disruption and stress."
Aron said: "One portfolio manager has told me outright that he does not expect he will ever fail because of mistakes in his financial or analytic skill – but he could see himself creating trouble by making a mistake in his handling of people."
One trading coach said he always asks a trader's net worth in hiring discussions, as this can influence his or her risk appetite. He explained that with under $5 million, the trader is "hungry", while with between $5 million and $10 million they may become risk averse as they want to guard their wealth. With over $15 million, the trader relaxes because he or she "can play", the coach said.
Hedge fund GLG Partners has started using a behavioural profiling expert, Gary Russell of the Winning Profile, who has worked with British Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy and Sir Clive Woodward, former rugby union player and coach. The idea is to improve the collaborative aspects of investment management, working out, for example, how different characters respond to criticism or need to be managed in a crisis. GLG may later use psychometric profiling to help with hiring decisions.
Once someone is hired, there are more ways management can be fine-tuned. One coach said he urges managers to consider the impact of sitting next to someone with a different trading style, and often tells chief executives to move trader A away from trader B.
Peterson said that, once hired, it is important for traders to know where they stand, with "really defined risk limits, maximum drawdowns and target volatility".
-- The coach's tale: How we helped portfolio manager Brian to trust his team
(The writer, who has asked to remain anonymous, is a full-time coach for hedge funds)
Brian is a portfolio manager in a large emerging markets long/short equity fund who contacted us a year ago. He had a successful career as a trader in different firms since he started trading 15 years ago. In the past three years, he started his own fund at a large platform. While his assets under management had grown a lot, he was struggling to repeat the double-digit returns that he delivered in the past. Brian was frustrated. He felt that markets had changed and he'd lost his "mojo". On top of that, he had to work differently because he was now managing a larger team of people, including sector analysts, an execution trader and a junior portfolio manager.
The first step was to review Brian's investment process with one of our coaches. The idea was to push him to lay down his investment rules in detail. Up until now, he had a pretty clear idea of what those rules were, although he never actually went through the exercise of explaining them in detail. He judged all his trades in an independent manner, using subconscious rules to decide whether or not he liked the investment idea. We challenged each of his assertions in this exercise and we discovered that many parameters he was instinctively using were actually unknown to him and unknown to his team members.
Now that we had a clear idea of the way he liked to invest we could go to the next level. In this second stage, we used quantitative analytics to understand where Brian's profits were coming from, the most common mistakes he made and the repetitive behavioural patterns in his investment style.
We discovered that the scaling of trades was a big issue for Brian. His hit ratio of 62% was very good compared with his peers but he would size almost all his trades similarly and he regularly lost money on his short positions. Why was he not scaling up bigger positions where he had higher conviction? Why was he not disciplined on his "stop-loss" on his shorts?
We coached Brian through the third stage by working more on his emotional behaviour. After a few sessions we discovered that he was not used to having a large team working for him and he was trying to equally reflect everybody's ideas within his book, without favouring a particular analyst. He did not embrace his role of team leader and felt accountable to the analysts and embarrassed to refuse their ideas. We worked with Brian and his team to clarify his relationship with them and improve the dynamic.
Second, we realised that Brian would not cut his short positions because he wanted to keep a "hedge" to the long position suggested by his analysts. He said: "Since it is not really my idea, I don't trade the position actively, so I'd rather keep a hedge." Those hedges were costing him a lot.
We had to go to the bottom of this: why would he not trade the positions suggested by analysts the same way he trades his own? Why would he not let them trade them? We realised quickly that he was fundamentally not daring to impose that same discipline to his team as he was imposing on himself, which led to mistrust. He did not want to have risks imposed by others. He was subconsciously refusing the trades. This was due to some personal past experiences where he was often criticised for being too harsh on others and too competitive. He did like to play in teams. We helped him fix this issue.
All trades are now selected through a harsh process, defined by him, and he fully assumed responsibility for it. He trades others' ideas like his own (once he signs off on them) and he never looks back at the origin. His performance is now on track. We keep working with him on a regular basis to make sure his process is now always clear and that he is not letting his emotional balance interfere with his process.


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mine is sharingan
I would have to say Magnet Release
Mine was crystal style but it was filler. So I'd say ice style and lava style.
Magnet release is my favorite so far.
juubi eye
Blaze Release
Bone, lava, magnet, or sharingan
Ice release. haku should have survived
Dust Release. Pretty much unstoppable. You either have to dodge/escape or be an Edo. Good luck with that.
Houzuki clan's water body.
Originally Posted by zinescience
juubi eye
it's not kekkei genkai !
bone release and ice release
dust release...and sharingan.
Bender release
jk wood release
Originally Posted by Uchiha Josephus
Dust Release. Pretty much unstoppable. You either have to dodge/escape or be an Edo. Good luck with that.
Silly, that's a KKT.
OT: Hozuki or Kagura's abilities.
I'll have to go with Kimimaru's one :3 Bone release..
whatever kimimaro had
Yeah I forgot about Kimimaro. He truly looked fantastic while doing his bone style fighting. He died wayyyy too early. What a cool character.
Bone Release FTW
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Written by M C Vice on 24.01.2012 at 09:13
Is that Bert from Seseme Street on the cover?
Written by PazuzuSKOM on 17.02.2012 at 20:42 so its a good generic album ///
Written by PazuzuSKOM on 17.02.2012 at 20:42
Beside the cover, there is nothing much out of the ordinary !! so its a good generic album ///
Written by Mr. Doctor on 17.02.2012 at 21:10
Wtf... Please tell me how is this generic and if you got any other grindcore bands similar than this one besides !T.O.O.H.! then I'll be very happy to know them.
Written by !J.O.O.E.! on 18.02.2012 at 03:48
unless you have access to a pool of obscure and original sounding grindcore bands of course?
Written by PazuzuSKOM on 18.02.2012 at 23:40
Okay, let me admit, they have some genuine ideas here and there, but its not mind-blowing , and doesn't meet the hype i heard abt it .. after all, thats just my opinion ,,
Written by Mr. Doctor on 18.02.2012 at 23:52
What hype? This band has always been quite obscure among grindcore community let alone metal in general.
Written by Promonex on 19.02.2012 at 00:05If they are generic, please do me the favour and name some bands which sound alike.
Written by Promonex on 19.02.2012 at 01:04Anyway, we are digressing from talking about this album. How about we move this discussion to the general purpose JaKa thread?


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TCL > May 2013 Issue > 2013 High School Mock Trial—A Photo Journal
Photographer credit: Trevor Brown Photography
Congratulations to the 2013 Participating Teams
( ) denotes number of teams; teams not listed in ranked order
Arapahoe High School (3); Aurora Central (4);
Kent Denver (3); Rangeview High School (1);
Regis Jesuit High School (4);
St. Mary's Academy (3)
Advancing to State:
Aurora Central High School, Kent Denver,
Regis Jesuit High School,
St. Mary's Academy
Boulder High School (1); Fairview High School (1);
Justice High School (1); Monarch High School (2);
Mountain Range High School (1); Peak to Peak Charter (3)
Boulder High School, Fairview High School
CEC (1); Colorado Academy (3);
Denver School of Science and Technology (2);
George Washington High School (1);
Holy Family (2); La Academia (1);
Colorado Academy Teams A & B,
Denver School of Science and Technology
Douglas Elbert
Douglas County High School (1);
Mountain Vista High School (3);
Rock Canyon High School (5)
Mountain Vista High School Teams A & B,
Rock Canyon High School
First J.D. North
Arvada West High School (2); D'Evelyn Jr. (2); Early College of Arvada (1);
Evergreen High School (2); Green Mountain High School (1);
Lakewood High School (3); Warren Tech (2)
Evergreen High School, Lakewood High School Teams A & B
Northern Colorado
Fleming High School (1); Fort Collins High School (1);
Fort Lupton High School (1); Fossil Ridge High School (2);
Poudre High School (2); Ridgeview Classical Schools (2);
Rocky Mountain High School (2); Union Colony Preparatory School (1)
Fort Collins High School, Poudre High School,
Rocky Mountain High School
Southern/Pueblo Colorado
Air Academy High School (2); Coronado High School (2);
Doherty High School (2); Falcon High School (2);
Plainview High School (1); Pueblo West High School (2);
Sand Creek High School (2); Thomas MacLaren School (2);
Vista Ridge High School (1); Wm. Jackson Palmer High School (3)
Coronado High School Teams A & B,
Wm. Jackson Palmer High School Teams A & B
Western Slope
Durango High School (2); Glenwood Springs High School (4);
Palisade/Central (1); R-5 High School (1)
Glenwood Springs High School Teams A & C
Teams That Advanced to State
2013 Noteworthies
Kudos to everyone who supported the
2013 Colorado High School Mock Trial Tournament!
Our thanks to the following Bar Associations that sponsored the regional mock trial tournaments and the volunteers who coordinated them:
Arapahoe County
Angel McCall,
Magistrate Bonnie McLean, Heather Knapp
Boulder County
Christine Hylbert
Denver City/County
Carolyn Gravit, Meghan Bush
Douglas/Elbert County
Donna Stewart, Teresa Wilkins
First J.D.—Jefferson County North
Amanda Cruser, Hon. KJ Moore
Northern Colorado
Stacey Aurzada, David Ayraud, Tim Brynteson,
Linda Connors, Sunita Sharma
Southern Colorado
Jason Downie, Patricia Kelly
Western Slope
William Kane, Lance Timbreza
A special thanks to the 8th Judicial District and Larimer County Bar Association;
staff at the Larimer County Justice Center; and Janelle J. Brunin, District Administrator, for hosting.
The CBA also thanks:
> CBA Litigation Section, for its $12,000 sponsorship support of the Colorado Mock Trial Program
> Colorado Bar Foundation, for its grant to support the regional tournaments and the travel of the Colorado Mock Trial State Championship team to the National Championship in May
> CBA Mock Trial Committee, for its efforts in planning the 2013 Colorado High School Mock Trial Program:
Natalie Lien, Co-Chair
Teri Vasquez, Co-Chair
Hilary Anderson
John Bolmer
Hon. David Cain
Kischa Cook
Alan Frosh
Katherine Jenkins
Hon. John W. Madden IV
Porya Mansorian
Amy Petri Beard
Emma Pinter
Katherine Sparks
Elsa Martinez Tenreiro
Steve Thies
Cyril Vidergar
Congratulations and thank you to the attorney coaches and teacher coaches!
Thank you to all volunteers, scoring panelists, judges, and courtroom monitors!
Teresa Ablao
Doug Abott
David Arkell
Steve Bailey
Cameron Banninga
Phil Beers
Mary Joan Berenato
Faith Betz
Shawn Briggs
Jessica Broderick
Levi Brooks
Kim Browning
Janelle Brunin
Jessica Bryant
Jamie Buchanan
Bill Caile
Grant Calhoun
Kevin Carlin
Christine Carney
Karen Caston
Jacey Cerda
Phillip Chupik
Melissa Cizmorris
Heather Clark
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Chocolate fondant
Nutrition and extra info
- Can be frozen uncooked
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal581
- fat40g
- saturates21g
- carbs52g
- sugars30g
- fibre0g
- protein9g
- salt0.55g
- 50g melted butter, for brushing
Butter is made when lactic-acid producing bacteria are added to cream and churned to make an…
- cocoa powder, for dusting
- 200g good-quality dark chocolate, chopped into small pieces
- 200g butter, in small pieces
Butter is made when lactic-acid producing bacteria are added to cream and churned to make an…
- 200g golden caster sugar
- 4 egg and 4 yolks
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition, packed with protein and a…
- 200g plain flour
- Caramel sauce (see 'Goes well with') and vanilla ice cream or orange sorbet, to serve
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First get your moulds ready. Using upward strokes, heavily brush the melted butter all over the inside of the pudding mould. Place the mould in the fridge or freezer. Brush more melted butter over the chilled butter, then add a good spoonful of cocoa powder into the mould. Tip the mould so the powder completely coats the butter. Tap any excess cocoa back into the jar, then repeat with 1 the next mould.
Place a bowl over a pan of barely simmering water, then slowly melt the chocolate and butter together. Remove bowl from the heat and stir until smooth. Leave to cool for about 10 mins.
In a separate bowl whisk the eggs and yolks together with the sugar until thick and pale and the whisk leaves a trail; use an electric whisk if you want. Sift the flour into the eggs, then beat together.
Pour the melted chocolate into the egg mixture in thirds, beating well between each addition, until all the chocolate is added and the mixture is completely combined to a loose cake batter.
Tip the fondant batter into a jug, then evenly divide between the moulds. The fondants can now be frozen for up to a month and cooked from frozen. Chill for at least 20 mins or up to the night before. To bake from frozen, simply carry on as stated, adding 5 mins more to the cooking time.
Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Place the fondants on a baking tray, then cook for 10-12 mins until the tops have formed a crust and they are starting to come away from the sides of their moulds. Remove from the oven, then leave to sit for 1 min before turning out.
Loosen the fondants by moving the tops very gently so they come away from the sides, easing them out of the moulds. Tip each fondant slightly onto your hand so you know it has come away, then tip back into the mould ready to plate up.
Starting from the middle of each plate, squeeze a spiral of caramel sauce – do all the plates you need before you go on to the next stage.
Sit a fondant in the middle of each plate. Using a large spoon dipped in hot water, scoop a 'quenelle' of ice cream.
Carefully place the ice cream on top of the fondant, then serve immediately. Repeat with the rest of the fondants.
9 puddings for 8 guests
If you are making the fondants for a dinner party I would advise you cook one extra as an 'insurance policy' that you can test for doneness. If everything goes according to plan I'm sure there will be no shortage of guests wanting second helpings.
Once you have mastered the fondants it's very easy to adapt their flavour. For a boozy version add a generous splash of Baileys to the melted chocolate. You can also make a chocolate and orange version by adding the finely grated zest of 1 large orange and an optional splash of orange liqueur.
Tins or ramekins?
As we make the fondants in such great volumes in my restaurants we use disposable 150ml aluminium muffin tins, but ramekins work just as well. The cooking times I have given here are for ramekins but if you want to use the muffin tins then 10 mins in the oven will be fine.
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Did this for the first time today. Absolutely spectacular dessert and sooooo easy. Our guests said it was the best chocolate pudding they had ever tried. I will definitely do this again. Followed the recipe and halved the amount which made 5 puddings, just in case, but i need not have worried. Took them out at exactly 12 minutes and they were lovely and gooey inside.
I made this last night - fantastic. Apart from one slight hitch, making them too big (is that possible!??!) and all the gorgeous chocolate gooey-ness came pouring out moments after I put them on the plate - they were simply devine! So easy to make, and very impressive! Definitely one to be repeated!
Made this at the weekend did 24 hours in advance and then put in the oven before. Serving. Tasted amazing, made with the caramel sauce which was nice but had a slight burnt taste? Maybe I overlooked it! Nevertheless guests enjoyed the pud even one who didn't normally eat chocolate .One guest even said she didn't think you could make these , only but them from M & S !! I wasn't sure if it was a compliment or not ! Far better than the M & S version make sure you use good quality choc, I made in individual pudding tins which I would think are larger than ramekins but still only cooled for 11 mins. 5 stars but I pad wont rate it.. Needs to be fixed .
This is such an amazing recipe - not sure why some people are saying it's not.. you must have done something wrong as I think it tastes absolutely perfect, and I bake a lot! Soo chocolatey and gooey, great with custard or icecream. My boyfriend always asks me to make it. The times stated on the recipe make mine way too undercooked - I bake mine for about 5 mins longer on 190, and it's still gooey in the middle. Lovely!
Gorgeous Gordon as usual , my 10 year old son made this with me, turned out perfectly. We bought ramekins specially which have been used for lots of other recipes too. We've made this 4 times now and has been printed off to go in our own recipe folder, baking with my kids has encouraged them to try new savoury dishes, which is always good !!!
Gorgeous Gordon as usual , my 10 year old son made this with me, turned out perfectly. We bought ramekins specially which have been used for lots of other recipes too. We've made this 4 times now and has been printed off to go in our own recipe folder, baking with my kids has encouraged them to try new savoury dishes, which is always good !!!
I agree with everyone that this recipe is spot-on! I used silicone moulds which I think are meant for individual flans (quite tall) and didn't need to do the butter lining part as they're completely non-stick. Also froze one and had it a couple of days later (couldn't resist!) and it was equally good!
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Web Disservices: Microsoft's Misstep
by Mark Pilgrim | Pages: 1, 2
An alternate approach
First, let me say that I have no problem with the actual data that Microsoft is returning from these web services calls. XML is a fine way of serializing complex data structures, and several of Microsoft's public web services methods return data structures much more complex than a single string. The WSDL file contains an XML schema that defines these data structures and datatypes and allows WSDL-aware tools to produce wrapper classes to translate these serializations into native data structures.
So +1 on XML, +1 on WSDL, +1 on XML Schemas. These are all good things, have sizable benefits, and are worth their cost in complexity. I am also in favor of HTTP, which is a fine way of requesting data and receiving responses, even XML responses. It's well understood, widely supported, and mature. +1 on HTTP.
But let's think about how we could provide the same set of services as Microsoft has offered but in such a way that we take advantage of the Web more directly. First, Microsoft is overloading a single URL, choosing to dispatch their methods on a custom HTTP header (
SOAPAction). This method name could be put into the URL instead:
And so forth. This would accomplish the same thing, but it would make logging more useful, since a standard IIS or Apache access log would contain the method name.
Second, those method arguments... None of these methods seem to take complex data structures; the most complex datatype they take is a GUID, which is simply a long string in a particular format. And as you can see from the sample requests, the server does not require declaring the datatype of each argument on each request; both the client and server are deemed to know them from the schema within the WSDL file. Each parameter is named and order doesn't matter. So, basically, we have a bunch of unordered, named key-value pairs that we're passing to a URL. So instead of
<GetTopDownloads xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com">
why not
Third, let's consider that insecure approach to authentication. It is susceptible to a number of attack types, and it requires both client and server to store sensitive information in plain text. It is not widely implemented in toolkits. There is also no programmatic way for a client to determine what authentication mechanism the server requires; it is documented in human-readable form, of course, but there is no way to write a generic client that speaks to this and to other web services without specific knowledge of each.
It appears to have been chosen solely as a way to show off a new standard which Microsoft had a hand in creating. I would replace it altogether HTTP digest authentication, which is more mature. Not only does digest authentication solve several security problems, it's more widely supported, and there is a standard, documented way for the server to announce that digest authentication is required (if a client tries to call a web services method without the proper credentials or without any credentials at all).
Given all this, what would our web service look like? Well, taking the
GetVersion example above and making the necessary modifications, it would look like this:
Host: ws.microsoft.com
GET /mscomservice/GetVersion HTTP/1.0
Content-type: text/xml
Authorization: Digest Username="DEVELOPERTOKEN", realm="Microsoft.com web services", nonce="NONCE", uri="/mscomservice/GetVersion", qop="auth", nc="00000001", cnonce="CNONCE", response="RESPONSE", opaque="OPAQUE"
(The developer token is the same as the original example, and the other values are generated from the Microsoft-supplied PIN and other constants defined in RFC 2617.)
And the response would look like this:
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
<GetVersionResult xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com">Microsoft.Com Platform Services 1.0 Beta</GetVersionResult>
Note that this approach accomplishes exactly the same thing: we are calling a method with no parameters, getting a string back, and identifying ourselves appropriately to the server, just like Microsoft's SOAP service. The differences are where things go:
The method name is now part of the URL instead of being in a custom HTTP header and in the
<soap:Body>. This makes logging more useful.
The method arguments are now query parameters in the URL instead of being stored as elements within the
The authentication information is now transmitted in the standard
AuthorizationHTTP header used by digest authentication.
There are further subtle benefits. If you look closely you'll see we're using GET instead of POST. This opens up all kinds of possibilities for controlled caching, both server-side and client-side. For example, if I call
GetVersion the server could return an
Etag or
Last-Modified HTTP header along with the response. The next time I call
GetVersion, I could pass along this etag, and if the data hasn't changed, the web services server could simply return an HTTP status code 304 "Not Modified" rather than returning the same response over and over. This is an ordinary and clever part of the Web.
Ah, but I know what you're thinking. You're thinking "well, I don't care about what goes over the wire because I'll never see it. I'll just point my Web-Services-Enabled IDE to a WSDL file and call a method in a wrapper class that takes no arguments and returns a string." Okay, you can still do that. WSDL supports HTTP GET bindings, so you could create a WSDL file that described this URL-and-query-parameters web service, just as easily as you can describe an everything-in-the-SOAP-envelope web service. Here is such a WSDL file. Try it in Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET; you'll find that it generates wrappers for the methods and classes with native data structures, which are virtually identical to the wrapper classes generated by Microsoft's original WSDL file. (In fact they're slightly simpler because there's slightly less cruft in the serialized XML responses. Other than that, they're identical.)
Microsoft wouldn't do this, but you should
Realistically, would Microsoft consider doing this? No, probably not. As you can see, the hypothetical version is much simpler over the wire, so there is some benefit from reduced bandwidth. But for developers using Microsoft tools (i.e. Microsoft's primary customers here), there is no other benefit since WSDL hides the complexities of either approach equally well. Everything is simple when you have perfect tools, and Microsoft makes a lot of money selling those tools. Microsoft has implemented its web services in as complex a manner as possible, and then it proceeds to sell developer tools that make calling those web services trivially easy.
However, you should consider the second approach, assuming you're trying to make money from your actual web services instead of from selling developer tools. The primary advantage of the second approach is that it is significantly easier to use when you don't have perfect tools -- in this case, that means non-Microsoft tools that haven't caught up to Microsoft's latest standards yet. Digest authentication is more widely supported than the UsernameToken scheme Microsoft is using; it's more secure and more extensible too. Query strings are easier to produce than SOAP bodies; even if you have a good SOAP library, they're still easier to debug. Developers win with reduced debugging costs, and everybody wins with reduced bandwidth costs.
Further reading: I've put together a live Microsoft.com Web Services gateway that acts as a proxy between Microsoft.com's SOAP-based web services and a hypothetical second approach similar to what I've described here. Live, clickable web services calls are provided; the gateway script takes the URL-and-query-parameters and translates them into the SOAP body that Microsoft's server requires, and sends it along, then takes the response and strips out all unnecessary SOAP envelope and returns just the XML the client needs. Sample client code is available to call the gateway from both C# and Python, along with a WSDL file, and the gateway script itself.
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