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ATI, graphics product group of Advanced Micro Devices, and Nvidia Corp. this week confirmed that they had received formal notifications from the U.S. Department of Justice claiming that DOJ investigation into potential antitrust violations related to graphics processing units and cards has been closed.
Earlier this year ATI/AMD and Nvidia announced that they agree to pay nearly $2 million in order to settle antitrust legal dispute that concerns price-fixing of graphics cards.
The agreement calls for the ATI and Nvidia to pay $1.7 million ($850 thousand per company) into a fund to be made available for payments to the certified class in exchange for a dismissal of all claims related to the legal action. Under the terms of settlement, plaintiffs who acquired graphics cards graphics cards directly from the websites of ATI or Nvidia in the United States during the period from December 4, 2002 to November 7, 2007, will receive compensations.
ATI and Nvidia have also reached a settlement agreement with the remaining individual indirect purchaser plaintiffs in the action. On September 9, 2008, the companies reached a settlement agreement with the remaining individual indirect purchaser plaintiffs that provides for ATI and Nvidia to pay $225 thousand ($112.5 thousand per company) in exchange for a dismissal of all claims and appeals related to the action raised by the individual indirect purchaser plaintiffs.
ATI and Nvidia were accused of antitrust laws violation and price fixing on graphics processing units in late 2006.


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With a number one single and album to their name, The Ting Tings are doing very nicely in the UK just at the moment. They're providing the soundtrack to Apple's latest iPod advert, too, which is only going to help their cause in other territories.
However, much as I like the chart-topping That's Not My Name, something bothers me every time I listen to it. The comparisons with Toni Basil's Mickey are obvious, but whenever the verse is playing, I can't help but be reminded of the equivalent section of Cameo's Word Up (compare the rhythm of the vocal delivery and you might see what I mean). I'm not just mishearing the lyrics – I'm mishearing the entire song, and if it isn't spoiling the experience, it's certainly tarnishing it.
It's the same with another track from We Started Nothing, The Ting Tings' long-player (could this album title be an allusion to the fact that the band have been heavily influenced by other artists?). It might just be me, but I can't help thinking that Fruit Machine is a dead ringer for Nancy Sinatra's These Boots Were Made For Walking. Am I going mad?
This is happening to me more and more, and I'm not sure I like it. Maybe it's because, over the years, my brain has absorbed so many hooks, riffs and phrases that, whenever it gets fed any new ones, it can't help but scan its archives for similar content.
Another example: Mika's Relax Take It Easy. To me, the main hook is nothing more than a rehash of the one from Cutting Crew's I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight. So, every time the Mika track comes on the radio I experience the most painful of double whammies – one abysmal song reminding me of another. That's just unfair.
Of course, so much music has been written that it's inevitable that artists will inadvertently borrow from one another occasionally, but sometimes, the thievery is blatant. You might argue that Noel Gallagher has built a career on recycling other people's riffs, but Step Out was simply a step too far.
Originally slated for inclusion on (What's The Story) Morning Glory? (indeed, it actually went out on some pre-release review copies), the track was removed because of its similarity to Stevie Wonder's Uptight (Everything's Alright). Step Out was later released as a B-side, but with Stevie rightly credited as a co-writer.
Few would doubt that Gallagher had Uptight firmly in mind when he wrote Step Out, but Mick Jagger and Keith Richards pleaded ignorance when they were told that the chorus from Anybody Seen My Baby, from The Rolling Stones' Bridges To Babylon album, bore a striking melodic resemblance to KD Lang's Constant Craving. They did, however, acknowledge the similarity by giving Lang (and her collaborator Mink) a co-writing credit.
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Procrastination is one of the first and most formidable symptoms of fear. Don't give in to it. An opportunity deferred is, often, an opportunity lost.
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You have two ears and one mouth. Use them in that proportion.
Calm down! Were you a completely confident freshman when you came to college? Like most of your peers, you probably experienced some anxiety and fear of failure. This job search thing isn't a bit harder than that.
Some people will tell you that the campus recruiters are here to "weed you out." Not true! A good recruiter begins every interview hoping that that person will be a star. But if you can't connect with a recruiter within the first few minutes of the interview, you're history. Good eye contact, good listening skills, well-reasoned responses . . . it's COMS 100 all over again, and never more important to your success.
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The Democratic Party of Oregon is returning to Sunriver Resort for their 2009 Oregon Summit this weekend. They will have a number of very highly placed elected officials in attendance and many will be speaking during their programs. We're expecting visits from Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, Congressmen David Wu and Peter DeFazio, in addition to the senior democratic leadership of the Oregon Senate and the Oregon House of Representatives. Of course one of the major topics of discussion will be health care reform.
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we are looking for new people to help to run the gallery at the forest 'totalkunst'.
we have meetings on the last thursday of the month, the next meeting is on 30th september in the action room.
running the gallery is a great way to meet artists, both locally and internationally, get an idea of what is involved in running a gallery, choosing what you want the gallery to show, being part of the edinburgh art festival....oh and the closing parties are always good fun too! it is a great opportunity for you have a say in how we run the gallery and put on exhibitions and projects that you have always had the vision for.
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Ulipristal acetate versus placebo for fibroid treatment before surgery. Donnez J, Tatarchuk TF, Bouchard P, Puscasiu L, Zakharenk NF, Ivanova T, Ugocsai G, Mara M, Jilla MP, Bestel E, Terrill P, Osterloh I, Loumaye E, for the PEARL I Study Group. NEJM. 2012 Feb 2, 366(5): 409-420.
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The purpose of this double blinded randomized controlled trial was to see if ulipristal acetate was more effective than placebo in treating women with symptomatic fibroids leading to anemia. 242 women were randomized to receive placebo or 5 mg or 10 mg of ulipristal acetate daily for 13 weeks. When starting ulipristal acetate by cycle day 4 of bleeding, 6% of placebo patients achieved amenorrhea prior to 13 weeks compared to 73% of those receiving 5 mg and 82% of those receiving 10 mg, with the majority of those achieving amenorrhea within 10 days of initiating therapy. The change in mean fibroid size over the study was a 3% increase in those assigned to placebo relative to a 21% decrease in those receiving the 5 mg dose and a 12% decrease in those receiving the 10 mg dose. Serious and minor adverse events appeared comparable among the three arms of the study. The authors conclude that ulipristal is effective in stopping bleeding and reducing fibroid volume.
Comments by Dr. Steven R. Lindheim, M.D.
This study suggests that ullipristal seems to reduce fibroid volume, however, it is unclear whether surgery was easier with ulipristal relative to placebo including issues relative to capsular degeneration.
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A new study reveals how the amygdala is involved in controlling predatory behavior in mice.
Lab Studies Lie about the Clock
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Fly circadian behavior is dramatically different in natural environments than in the lab.
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Fly circadian behavior is dramatically different in natural environments than in the lab.
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Two proteins interact to save adhesion molecules from degradation, potentially contributing to a more aggressive cancer.
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A flood of new discoveries has refined our definition of cancer stem cells. Now it's up to human clinical trials to test if they can make a difference in patients.
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Topic: Thinking of switching to gedit
So hi,
I'm thinking of switching to gedit as my IDE for Rails/PHP/etc., and wondered if anyone might have some tips about doing so in a smooth way.
I started using Ubuntu almost a year ago, and am loving it. I started using Eclipse at first, with RadRails. I have several years of experience with Dreamweaver and Visual Studio, and once I had a job where I had to use GoLive, so I thought Eclipse would help the transition go smoothly.
Anyway. I like Eclipse, but I don't take advantage of all of the features, and I begin to feel like it's overkill for the way I work. Essentially, I need the following:
1. syntax highlighting/indentation for Ruby, rhtml, PHP, Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
I picked up some plugins for gedit to do this, and they look very promising.
2. access to the file system.
Historically, this is what has kept me from using text editors rather than larger IDEs. I like being able to open and close my files from within the IDE, and not have to have an extra window open to do that kind of thing. I have the gedit plugin for this as well, but evidently it doesn't allow one to drag / drop files into different folders and such. I think I can live without this, but it is a feature I would miss. Is there a way to do this?
Really, I am happy with this. Code completion isn't a big deal to me, but I'm sure it's available to some extent as well.
Has anyone else made this kind of switch? If so, what other tips/ideas would you share with someone considering it?
I look forward to any discussion.


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China Trip Planning—Is this Trip Right for You?
Most westerners travel to China only once in their lifetime. China Spree want to ensure you have all the resources in planning your dream vacation. Please read the following information regarding the level of activity you can expect, your physical requirements, trip destination information, tour pacing and meal arrangements specific to this China trip.
Physical Requirements:
This multi-city package tour is moderately paced and includes a reasonable amount of walking or hiking. It is suitable for an average level of physical fitness, but is not appropriate for travelers using wheelchairs or other mobility aids. The tour itinerary does involve sightseeing on foot, walking on uneven surfaces and climbing of stairs at the Great Wall. The departures for this winter special tour cover a period from late autumn (November) to early spring (March), when the temperature in Beijing varies from 20 F at night to as high as 60 F at noon. The weather could be cold and you may need to walk on slippery surfaces due to weather conditions such as rain and possibly even snow. Though it doesn't happen every day, there could be smog in Beijing or Shanghai during the winter season (usually from November to early March). If you have a serious pulmonary problem you might want to reconsider a winter trip. For other popular tours in regular tour seasons (April to October), please click here.
Tour Pacing:
2 cities for 7 nights: 3-nights in Beijing and 4-nights in Shanghai with an optional day-excursion to Suzhou and Tongli. We have one internal flight of 2 hours.
Climate & Terrain:
Read more about the climate of cities on this China tour.
China Visa Required:
U.S. and Canadian citizens traveling to China must have a valid passport and a visa obtained prior to entering the country. Please read Passport & China Visa for the complete information including answers to ALL your questions about VISA to China. Download China Visa Instructions.
Flight Schedule:
This China tour package comprises of air travel segments using commercial flights with airlines, such as Air China. This is NOT a chartered flight and therefore the passage contract and your air tickets, once issued, shall constitute the sole agreements between you and the airline(s), and are subject to terms and conditions specified by the airlines.Please download Flight Schedule, and make sure to read All About Flights section for further information of baggage allowance, mileage, and seating & dietary request, etc. Also read more about Air Travel and Frequently Asked Questions.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: Can we change the travel date to leave earlier or return later than your travel schedule?
A: The airfare we use with Air China for China Spree Winter Special tours is a very special contracted group fare. One of the restrictions of this special group fare requires all group members travel on the same date with the same routing.
Changing departure date from U.S. is not allowed.
Changing return date but not the routing is allowed and is subject to $200-$300 air supplement depending on the booking class on your actual return day. You must return within 45 days of your departure date from U.S. Note, our 8-day Timeless Beijing flies back from Beijing, while 9-day Beijing & Shanghai and 12-day The Middle Kingdom tours return from Shanghai via Beijing to U.S. The air routing must remain the same. For instance, you can only return later from Shanghai via Beijing to U.S. if you take our 9-day Beijing and Shanghai tour. You cannot skip Shanghai and return later to U.S. directly from Beijing.
Q: Can we add Hong Kong extension to your China Winter Special tour?
A: No. Add Hong Kong to this tour involves changing of routing (return routing will be changed to HKG-PEK-USA) and you need a minimum of 10 travelers extending to Hong Kong with the same return date in order to be eligible for the special group airfare.
Please read more about Air Travel and Frequently Asked Questions
Group Size & Tour Guides:
The average group size for our China Spree Winter Special tours is between 20-32. On rare occasions the group size can be over 40. These tours are locally guided, which means there will be an English-speaking local tour guide in each destination city.
Document Delivery:
Your final travel documents will be sent to you via email about 2 weeks prior to departure. This email will include a copy of your electronic air ticket receipt (e-tickets), the final tour itinerary, Know Before You Go, China hotel and emergency contact, and other important information for your China tour. Your passport and China visa (if applicable) will be sent to you at about the same time frame, by courier service with signature required. Prior to delivery, you will receive an email notice with shipment tracking information. Documents delivered to outside the continental U.S. (including Alaska and Hawaii) will incur an additional delivery charge of $40 if sent by courier service.


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Judge Noah Rosenbloom: a man of many interests
NEW ULM – Judge Noah Rosenbloom was remembered this week as a thoughtful and fair jurist, an avid historian and a man of many interests, ranging from building airplanes to building fireplaces in his home.
Rosenbloom died Wednesday at the age of 89 at Reflections on German in New Ulm.
Rosenbloom served on the Fifth Judicial District Court in Brown County from 1963 to 1990, a 27-year tenure that made him one of the longest serving judges in the county. He had practiced law with his father, Eli Rosenbloom, in Redwood Falls before being appointed to the bench.
Terry Dempsey, an attorney who argued many cases before Judge Rosenbloom before being appointed himself as a District Judge in Watonwan County, recalled Rosenbloom as a judge who "made hard decisions, but he never gave you the feeling that he was against you or he was going to argue with you. His attitude was that both sides had the right to be heard, but once he made a decision, there wasn't much you could do to change his mind. He was very thorough at explaining why he made his decision."
Demspey said that Rosenbloom was respected by attorneys who practiced in his courtroom for his fairness, and for his even-handed consideration.
"Sometimes you go away from court mad because you think the judge was against you, but Noah never gave you that feeling," said Dempsey.
One of Rosenbloom's successors on the court was John Rodenberg, who served as District Court Judge in New Ulm before being appointed to the Minnesota Appeals Court.
"He was a wonderful, thoughtful judge, and a great historian on the history of the District Court," said Rodenberg. "He remembered how it had all happened, and who had served in the district.
"It was an honor to be a successor to the seat he held," Rodenberg said.
Rosenbloom kept vast and detailed logs of the cases he had heard, said Rodenberg, and had the ability to remember cases and the people who had appeared before him. Often, when a person would appear before Rosebloom again, even years later, Rosenbloom would have notes from the previous cases before him.
One time, when Rosenbloom was serving as a visiting judge in northern Minnesota, according to Rodenberg, a man came before him who had appeared in a previous case back in New Ulm. Rosenbloom remembered the man and the case even though it had happened years before.
Rosenbloom was a man of many interests. An aviation enthusiast since his college days at the University of Minnesota, Rosenbloom started building his own airplane in his basement after retirement.
Linus Guggisberg, a fellow flying enthusiast who had assisted Rosenbloom on his plane project, recalls when the Mankato flying club they both belonged to took a tour of members who were building planes.
"When we went to Noah's house, he was very proud of the plane, and also of the fireplaces he had built in the basement and the first floor," said Guggisberg. "There was a beautiful granite wall with the fireplace, and another one upstairs that he had built. He said he had granite shipped in from St. Cloud or someplace, and in the morning he'd get up and lay some stone until it was time to go to court, then he'd hop on his bicycle and peddle to the courthouse."
Guggisberg said Rosenbloom was well-known for bicycling wherever he had to go.
"When the city extended North Highland Avenue out to Highway 14, with all the sidewalks and curb cuts, and no houses, people would talk about why they would do that. We all thought it was so Noah could bike out to the airport without having to peddle down to Garden Street," Guggisberg said.
"He is definitely going to be missed," said Guggisberg. "He was a true gentleman in the best sense of the word."
Services for Rosenbloom will be held at the Nora Unitarian Universalist Church in Hanska tomorrow, at 2 p.m. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. today at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home North Chapel at Broadway and 3rd North St., and from 7:30 to 11 a.m. on Sunday at the funeral home, and from 1 to 2 p.m. at the church on Sunday.


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Episode 32
- Recorded January 16th, 2012
The super-short BiZaRre CoMiCaSt #32 is online! Bizarre Comics goes digital with Private Dick #1, CAPTAIN AMERICA brings some perspective to THE AVENGERS and we spread the news of DC's NIGHT OF THE OWLS Batman event!
In Reviews, WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN claws it's way to the number one spot for both Sean and Kris, BATWOMAN is given her due, and Sean throws THE INCREDIBLE HULK under the bus!
All this week, and more, on BiZaRre CoMiCaSt #31
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Even Hells Angels Protect Their Brand
Mess with a bike gang, and land yourself a legal battle. It's as if the notorious Hells Angels have traded in their leather jackets for blazers and ties after racking up over a dozen cases in federal court to protect their brand. The more popular they became since the group's inception 65 years ago, the […]
Can I Take Over Someone's Car Payments? And More Free Legal Q&A – Free Joe 3/1/13
Beverly: If I'm going to take over someone's car payments, what legal document do I need before I do this?
Joe Escalante: You need a new loan with a new bank; any bank that will lend you the money to pay off the old loan. Then the new loan is…
Can a Probation Officer Search My Home Without a Warrant? And More Free Legal Q&A – Free Joe 2/26/13
Joleen: Can a probation officer come into someone's home and search for someone without a search warrant?
Joe Escalante: You will probably have no luck preventing this kind of entry. However, even if…
How Do I Add a Name to a Deed? And More Free Legal Advice – Free Joe 2/22/13
Rebecca: My husband inherited our 4-family building through a quit claim deed in 2006 (this is in KY). To get the building into joint name with me, can we just use the same info/format from the old document, change the names, and have it resigned/notarized? Or do we have to have an attorney draw it up and file it?
Joe Escalante: I'm not an expert on Kentucky grant deed transfers, but what I would do
How Much Does a Simple Will Cost? And More Free Legal Q&A – Free Joe 2/19/13
Leah: How much should a simple legal will cost?
Joe Escalante: $69!!!!!!! Through Legalzoom. If a lawyer holds…
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Margaret: My company color is blue but a turquoise shade of blue. Is this ink color acceptable or do I need a dark blue for contracts and other legal documents?
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How Can I Find Out What I Inherited? And More Free Legal Advice – Free Joe 2/12/13
Dorothy: I am the beneficiary of a will which was probated without an attorney. I have not received anything from this distribution. How do I proceed to get information?
Joe Escalante: Go to the probate clerk at the courthouse that…
Is an Adopted Sibling Treated Differently than a Biological Sibling During Probate? And More Legal Q&A – Free Joe – 2/8/13
Kurt: We have an adopted brother in our family. How would he fare were he to survive a brother with no family, no will. Is he excluded as a non blood relative? We are in the State of Wisconsin
Joe Escalante: A valid adoption would make him a blood relative in the eyes of the probate court…
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Ezekiah: Can police arrest you if you refuse to answer their questions?
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Tracy: My son is a beneficiary in his grandfathers will (in Minnesota). Doesn't he have a right to see the will if he is named in it (especially if he has specifically requested to see it)? If his dad won't show the will to him, is there any way we can get a copy of it through the probate courts?
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In praise of leisure
Imagine a world in which most people worked only 15 hours a week. They would be paid as much as, or even more than, they now are, because the fruits of their labor would be distributed more evenly across society. Leisure would occupy far more of their waking hours than work. It was exactly this prospect that John Maynard Keynes conjured up in a little essay published in 1930 called "Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren." Its thesis was simple. As technological progress made possible an increase in the output of goods per hour worked, people would have to work less and less to satisfy their needs, until in the end they would have to work hardly at all. Then, Keynes wrote, "for the first time since his creation man will be faced with his real, his permanent problem—how to use his freedom from pressing economic cares, how to occupy the leisure, which science and compound interest will have won for him, to live wisely and agreeably and well." He thought this condition might be reached in about 100 years—that is, by 2030.
Given when it was written, it is not surprising that Keynes's futuristic essay was ignored. The world had much more urgent problems to attend to, including getting out of the Great Depression. And Keynes himself never explicitly reverted to his vision, though the dream of a workless future was always there in the background of his thinking. Indeed, it was as a theorist of short-term unemployment, not of long-run economic progress, that Keynes achieved world fame, with his great book, The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money. Nevertheless, there are good reasons for returning to the questions Keynes raised, then dropped.
He asked something hardly discussed today: What is wealth for? How much money do we need to lead a good life? This might seem an impossible question. But it is not a trivial one. Making money cannot be an end in itself—at least for anyone not suffering from acute mental disorder. To say that my purpose in life is to make more and more money is like saying that my aim in eating is to get fatter and fatter. And what is true of individuals is also true of societies. Making money cannot be the permanent business of humanity, for the simple reason that there is nothing to do with money except spend it. And we cannot just go on spending. There will come a point when we will be satiated or disgusted or both. Or will we?
Keynes essay, "Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren" (1930, pdf)
The problem is, even though we as a society work longer and longer hours, we're buying twice as much stuff as we used to in order to fill the few leisure hours we have! Which means that more and more people have to work longer hours for less money to make the stuff cheap enough for everyone to be able to buy enough crap they don't need to fill the leisure time they don't have.
It's not just tied to buying "stuff," Michelle. Will students in school be able to learn three times faster than they do know so that teachers would only need to work 15 hours per week (which is roughly a third as much as they work now)? Could our existing doctors and nurses cut their hours by (at least) two-thirds and still be able to handle all patient needs? I don't know. Maybe sometime in the distant future, but not by 2030 (or even by 2130).
In any event, any hope of such a utopia will require technology and automation that will need to researched and developed and that will, in the mean time, require a lot of people to be doing a lot of work (no 15-hour work weeks for them)...
Well put, Michelle. Our society has become so materialistic; what we really need to do is recognize the important things in life that really are not things.
Catchfire, I love the idea. I would certainly love to only have to send my daughter to daycare for 15 hrs per week and get to spend the rest of the time with her!
Keynes and other economists were worried that as societies became richer, people would save more money and adversely affect demand. That's not a problem today. People are not saving much money and are, instead, working to pay off debt. And workers in North America haven't had a real wage increase since 1982.
Unions, higher wages and savings resulting from prosperous economies? Not a problem under neoliberalism.
I think Keynes and Marxists in general had no idea that finance capitalism would overthrow industrial capitalism by end of the century, and that most of the fruits of post-war productivity gains would go to the richest one percent. Today Keynes and Marx would likely tell us that debts which can not be paid, won't be. It's finished. Their monetary system is finished.
Nearly all observers expected the fruits of technology to trickle down, not be siphoned up to the top, to the banking sector whose "financial engineering" played no directly technological role in the production process. Textbook models describe - or rather, assume - that rising productivity will be passed on to labor in the form of lower prices (reflecting falling costs of production, enabling wages to buy more) or, if prices are "sticky," higher wages.
According to what the textbooks called Say's Law, there is a circular flow between producers and consumers. Workers must be able to buy the results of what they produce. This correlation between output and consumption goes back to the Physiocrats prior to the French Revolution, who created economics and account keeping.
I found the essay a bit wordy. I think the reader gets the point early on. I'm not sure why he credits Keynes, though, with the underlying idea. Surely it goes back earlier than that. I don't think even Marx was the first to elaborate the notion that improvement of the productive forces will increasingly displace labour (never mind the ongoing successful struggles of the workers' movement to limit the duration of the work week):
"In a higher phase of communist society, after the enslaving subordination of the individual to the division of labor, and with it also the antithesis between mental and physical labor, has vanished, after labor has become not only a livelihood but life's prime want, after the productive forces have increased with the all-round development of the individual, and all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly--only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois law be left behind in its entirety and society inscribe on its banners: From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs!"
I keep hearing the buzz-phrase, "Prosperity without growth" and I keep meaning to read and learn more about that. I'm assuming that it would mean more leisure time if it could be realized.
There are two books in my library that I keep reading again and again periodically. One is called, "How to Want What You Have" and the other is "Your Money or Your Life". Both have interesting ideas about living simply, and at least eventually living with less stuff and working less. The main point being, what's worth more - stuff you don't need, or your leisure time or time you can devote to living?
Of course, this assumes that you have an hourly wage rate that you can afford to live on with fewer working hours. Someone making minimum wage would probably not be able to do a "voluntary simplicity" thing where you reduce your work hours and your consumption and try to live on the remainder and have more leisure.
It's not just tied to buying "stuff," Michelle. Will students in school be able to learn three times faster than they do know so that teachers would only need to work 15 hours per week (which is roughly a third as much as they work now)? Could our existing doctors and nurses cut their hours by (at least) two-thirds and still be able to handle all patient needs? I don't know. Maybe sometime in the distant future, but not by 2030 (or even by 2130).
I don't see why not --the obvious answer to the first problem is simply more teachers. And less, er, reality television hosts. The answer to the second is rather an enormous separate issue, but my instinct is to point to the de-professionalization of the vocation and a wider, more holistic and social approach to health care which includes, but is not limited to, a dedication to fitness, healthy eating, clean air and water, and access to dignified living conditions. I mean we are talking about utopia here, so, like Unionist points out, we don't need to(and shouldn't) limit ourselves to the capitalist mode of production.
I agree that the point is pretty simple, and actually just underlines the key contradiction of capitalism, which Michelle nailed early on: if production and efficiency have been improving for well over a century, why aren't our lives a lot eaiser?
A century ago, optimists imagined that by increasing productivity, industrial capitalism would provide more leisure time, and hence would usher in higher cultural horizons. But by opposing a role for government and using the public debt as a lever to privatize hitherto public services - including public TV and radio broadcasting, national film boards, arts and other cultural programs - finance capitalism has tended to commercialize culture by downgrading it to the most common (lowest) but also most profitable common denominator.
Ancient economic thought also viewed wealth and income as addictive. It coped with the threat that wealth tended to lead to abusive hubristic behavior on the part of the rich. A designated role of religious and social values was to counter this human tendency toward addictive selfishness. But modern economic theory is based on a view of human nature that unrealistically assumes diminishing marginal utility for each successive unit of wealth. The problem of wealth addiction - and hence, drives for personal power - is not recognized, nor are problems of consumer addiction.
In medieval England a person, usually a man, could work a month or two and earn enough to maintain his family for a year. Selling our labour in the market place was not always central to peoples lives. Today markets are everywhere, and those who control money creation control peoples lives. Today financial capitalists and market speculators are driven by two basic instincts: greed and fear. It not only distorts economic results, it distorts human nature as well. Their neoliberal capitalism is based more on satisfying self-interest and greed than representing a real model of human behaviour. They are shaping human nature to fit their view of the world, and it isn't very scientific.
IOWs if we want more leisire time, we are living in the wrong part of the world where market ideology is on the increase. Linda McQuaig says that in North America there are markets for just about everything including racial slurs. More leisure time? Try France, Denmark or Sweden.
And Sven, I think the 15 hour concept is about the standard work week, and what is considered overtime. We all know that there are plenty of people and professions which do not fit that model, and never will.
Why is it that six weeks of vacation is the standard in some places, but not here? That certainly hasn't destroyed any economies, even though one would think it would be more distruptive than a shorter work week.
Though my first thought when I read the OP is that we have have the first half of the equation, thanks to WalMart. Too bad the second half wasn't part of the bargain.
When I was working in telecom 60, 80 and 100+ hours a week was typical. I ate, slept and dreamed work. Work was on my mind during the 50 minute commute. Those who worked fewer hours were viewed as not very dedicated to the company's bottom line. It's still that way and in more sectors than just telecom. I remember putting in a lot more hours than 40 per week when working for mining companies in the bush. You had no choice. Not all Canadian workers are unionized. That's the reality of it.
Plus, it's probably not leisure time - people enjoying the sun drinking gin - they are worried about. For that they have bread and circuses.
It is the prospect of people doing more for themselves and less paying others to do it for them, and worse - devoting some of their time to their own work, helping others, and organizing.
Almost but not quite. I think they want more Canadians to have even more leisure time if only during this interim period while governments deliberately and thoroughly bankrupt themselves. The new way is to make companies and bankers richer and governments poorer, as in more indebted to bondholders, foreign banks, and less able to fund social programs. Social programs and the commons are highly coveted by private enterprise. Social programs and public services could easily be run as "efficiently" as their monetary and banking system currently being run into the ground on purpose and for a purpose.
"They" want more workers working fewer hours, and even fewer workers in general and paying fewer taxes for the maintenance those things which they want to hand off to "the market", like health care and education, water but not sewers, day care etc.
The new business model is this: debt = wealth creation. Debt paves the way for their market ideology. There is no law or even a general rule that says governments should be run like businesses. No viable business would allow its CEO and CFO to throw the company into debt to the tune that Ottawa and the provinces are today and since about 1975. They may tell us that they are working toward more efficient government, but what they really mean is less government and sabotaging their own ability to pay for the things which make life more affordable and leisurely for the large majority of us. What they did in 1990s Russia they are doing to Americans today. And whatever EU bankers and technocrats can extract from workers there will, and our plutocracy has high hopes for this part of the world, will become a model of austerity for North America. Debt equals wealth creation, and public debt is considered premium debt. The privatization of money creation was supposed to make economies more efficient, and this is the result. It paves the way for their market ideology. They will eventually want every waking moment of our lives to become a market transaction.
if production and efficiency have been improving for well over a century, why aren't our lives a lot eaiser?
I think they are. When I want a glass of water, I walk to one of the 6 taps in my house and turn it on, rather than walking miles to a well to fill a bucket. I can get anywhere I want to go fairly efficiently. It used to take months to cross an ocean. Today, if I wanted to go from Toronto to Paris, I could be there tomorrow. With a ticket I booked while sitting on my couch.
So technology has enabled us to have easier lives. I think it's our mindsets that forces us to complicate things. So, yes, it's great to have a smartphone that means you're always connected. But, for some people, this means they choose to never take a break or relax and that what was supposed to make life easier has made it more complicated.
Before the Net people worked 9 to 5 and were considered off duty after working normal business hours. Invention of the lightbulb screwed-up people's circadian rhythms and immune systems by making nightshifts at the factory and steel mills feasible. And up to the late 1980s or so employers didn't expect to hear from or see their workers until the next day unless they were 1980's Wall Street traders and Bay Street bankers. Today all that is changed. Today people are "connected" and could expect to be summoned at any time by their bosses, the wife, family, lovers, a favourite credit collector, the doctor's office, the dog's doctor, and a list of people who wouldn't have had 24-7 access to you a decade or two before. That's stress that didn't exist for people from the stone age to the 1980's. In this way technology seems to be making life more stressful not easier for people.
We had indoor plumbing and jet planes fifty years ago, and one person's income was easily enough to buy a house and raise a family. Why has everything become so much harder since then?
If we lived as simply as we did fifty years ago (without buying so much crap), one income would still be enough to buy a house and raise a family if it was a "middle-class" family. It was never "easy" to buy a house and raise a family - and for many families, it was never possible even in those days (see the last paragraph of this post).
According to The Story of Stuff, we now buy twice as much stuff as we did in the 1950's. That might be something to look at. When people start to "need" all the crap in the dollar store, and "need" a closet filled with twice as many clothes as we used to buy, then it takes a lot of minimum wage workers here and sweatshops overseas to provide them at a cheap enough cost to encourage you to buy way more than you need. But even at that cheap cost, we still spend way more than we should on crap we don't need.
Also, with one person home (and let's not think of those as the good old days, because you know who was stuck at home barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen, right?), people didn't buy lunches at work, people tended to eat supper at home instead of ordering in because they're exhausted from working all day and from the commute, etc. And cooking at home is way cheaper. And when people cooked at home, they didn't cook gourmet Food Network foodie-snob stuff with expensive ingredients, at least not very often. The height of dinner party sophistication was jellied salad.
Doing laundry is time-consuming, so it's easier to have way more clothes than you need so you can last for two weeks before spending some Saturday when you have enough energy to do laundry all day. So when one person stays home and takes care of that and the cooking and cleaning, it's cheaper.
People also didn't have $20,000 to $80,000 student loan debts - mortgages without houses.
My family could live on my income quite nicely, mortgage, student loan and all, if we were as frugal as the 50's, and I had a 50's housewife to look after me. The "affordability" of living on one income depended on the unpaid full-time labour of women.
And that was for middle-class, mostly white families. There were many, many families, even in the 50's, that depended on two incomes to make ends meet. Women have been working outside the home even back in the days of "one-income families". It was mostly white, middle-class to upper middle-class families where you could make ends meet on one income. Back in those days, those one-income families had lots of racialized women working full-time doing domestic labour for them. For those women's families, and for poverty-stricken white families as well, there was never a golden age of one-income families.
If you can't fix it, you don't own it.
An interesting podcast episode from The Story of Stuff website, about how so many things are made to be thrown away instead of fixed.
Well said, Michelle. My hubby and I have currently embarked on a project of living as frugally as possible, learning how to grow as much food as possible with the hopes of me being able to stay with the kiddies for a at least a few years once my student loans arepayed off (also upped this payment above the minimum).
It is very tough! Especially with the current schedule where we both work 40-60 hrs a week and would love to just eat out a lot of nights. We have made a slow-cooker schedule with inexpensive meats and that helps (coming home and smelling supper makes a HUGE difference to one's state of mind in the evening). I think when both parents work, you really want to just get to spend time with the kid(s) on the weekend/evenings...not work at cooking, cleaning, etc. That is a challenge as well.
The "stuff" part is so hard. For one small example, I have an older cell phone (probably 10 yrs) that has no smart options and which I just do pay as you go, for approx. 20$/mo. You would not believe how many people suggest I just buy a new one or cannot believe how I can "live like that". Or how many people suggest just charging a trip south in the winter on credit cards. Once the credit cards are payed off, we plan on ripping up all but one and paying the full balance each month.
We are learning and improving as we go, but it is difficult.
I remember the 1950s and 1960s well. My best friend and I between 1959 and 1964 used to do comparsions between our two families, because we were fairly well off - his dad was a credit manager at Canada Packers, and my dad was an author and archivist. My mother also worked - at the Dominion Bureau of Statistics (now StatsCan). neither of us lived in a house full full of crap like we do nowadays - the emphasis back then was to get a nice piece of property and build a really nice house with a garden out back (this was in the woods, in an area that later became a suburb of Ottawa). Coincidentally, a popular magazine back then was Better Homes and Gardens. Really, compared to today, our two houses would be called almost bare, just decent furniture - no crap at all, other than the latest in televisions, which, back then, wasn't saying much. What made our lives worthwhile was easy access to conveniences such as the local sportsplex with swimming pools, track, tennis, etc, shopping malls, libraries, YM/YWCA, and so on. I think we (the entire family) were more active in sports back then. And we had our own personal library well stocked with all kinds of genres including two or more encyclopedias. Encyclopedia salesmen were everywhere back then. Children's toys were simple, too: Lionel trains and Meccano building sets (Barbie dolls came later...).
Nowadays, 50+ years later, even here on the isolated Quebec coast when I visit a younger family, I am astonished at all the crap everywhere - computers all over the place, lots of televisions with attachments - Nintendo and other computer games, wires and cables everywhere. Not very many books. Just electronics everywhere you look - including ugly satellite dishes outside the house. The only gardens I see are tended by older folks like myself.
I don't think it's just hte extra "stuff" and "junk" though that is making two incomes necessary and causing us to work longer hours. Housing has simply gotten so expensive, especially in major centres. My wife and I have a higher combined income than my parents had and we couldn't afford to buy the house that I grew up in if it went on the market and which my parents bought just over 20 years ago. In those 20 years, the value has doubled, whereas average incomes haven't even kept up with inflation.
I also think things aren't really built to last anymore, which forces you to keeo buying new stuff. Most of hte furniture in my parents' house is 20 years old. They've driven the same cars as long as I remember.
Yeah, housing prices are just unreal. The home we built cost about $28,000 in 1959 to complete. I've gone back and seen it on the market for as high as $200,00.00. That's insane. We should have just kept it, but my parents kept moving from one area of Ottawa to the next, including the suburb of Kanata.
As for cars, look at the classic cars of the 1950s and 1960s. It's hard to imagine anything from Detroit or Windsor from 1980 onwards becoming valued as a classic, except some Mustangs and Corvettes.
Yep my dad never bought a new car. I have a black and white photo of me when I was 5 sitting somewhere inside the engine compartment of a big red Chevy. Best car for repairing was the VW Beetle according to Dad. Fix it easily and drive it anywhere. Dad was a jack of all trades. And a few of the neighbors depended on him to fix their plumbing etc. Some of the houses in the old neighborhood in northern Ontario were little better than shacks then. In the 1950s through to the late 60's and 70's there were still ditches running down the street. Some homes still had outhouses, and septic tanks with indoor toilets were considered modern facilities. Back then every other family built their own homes and additions. And building codes were lacking and-or just not enforced. I read about one DIY from the 1970's where the guy connected a number of electrical appliance extension chords together and wired them to the existing house wiring and then sealed it all up behind the gyprock and painted over. Aluminum wiring caused a few electrical fires, too.
We always had a new car in our familiy. 1956 Dodge, 1961 Pontiac (in candy apple red!), 1965 Dodge, 1970 Chrysler. After my dad died, mum went sporty and got a hot new Camaro. She enterered the Pontiac and Dodge in drag races, by the way. My brothers and I were also car buffs - one brother entered drag races, my other brother and I entered sports car rallies, hillclimbs, and ice races - in our new 1966 and 1968 Mini Coopers. I think our mum was cool, the only female drag racer in Ottawa at the time. My dad was crippled in the war, couldn't drive.
I think that the 1980's housing crash in BC was partly caused by the easing of the absurd mortgage rules to allow two incomes to be used when figuring out mortgage eligibility. Prior to that second incomes, which were almost all women's, were not counted. Shortly after the change a bidding war started and the prices rose so that within a couple of years instead of one income two was required. When that steep rise in house prices met a steep rise in interest rates many people lost everything they had invested in their homes and simply walked away from mortgages and declared bankruptcy. But that is the type of unintended consequences that happen in a warped system like capitalism that turns everything into a speculative venture.
I am retired but my wife still works. It is my responsibility to make sure that when she gets home from her high stress job she has nothing to do except relax. I do all the domestic drudgery and the cooking and shopping. She was a single parent for years and she tells me that she always dreamed of having a "wife" at home. I think the hardest part of working is meal preparation. When I was a single parent in a professional job I hired people to cover for me when I had to put in long hours prepping for advocacy work so it wasn't as hard for me.
When I worked construction I got used to going to remote areas and living in a camp with a good kitchen. Get off work, get a shower, go to supper and then relax for whatever was left of the evening. When I worked in Lloydminster though, the town had too many empty apartments so the construction companies were told they couldn't run a camp because the town needed to benefit from the construction project. It was the hardest job I ever worked on. After 10 to 12 hours of working to then have to go home and prepare food was draining. I found that the leisure time freed up from not having to cook when working long hours made a big difference in how tired I was and how stressed out I was on the job. It is why my wife never has to cook or think about food when she comes home. If we lived more in community then meals in a common kitchen with your neighbours could provide a way of sharing the workload so that people who would never get a break can come home and just sit down for a meal.
Yikes! I think the most enjoyable job from a leisurely POV was working at the greenhouses and tree seedling nursery near the edge of town. It was seasonal work and about a dozen of us at any one time. There were two beaches close by for cooling off after work. We were lowly paid, but we had fun.
I agree that the point is pretty simple, and actually just underlines the key contradiction of capitalism, which Michelle nailed early on: if production and efficiency have been improving for well over a century, why aren't our lives a lot eaiser?
For one, look at the wage GDP ratio. [NEVER MIND, MY BRAIN INVENTED A FACT]. The average adult works about 1000 hours a year, but the average employed adult works about 1800. While we can't just put everyone on part time hours (industrial organization doesn't work well that way) we can provide income supports that ensure that those not working can enjoy a reasonable standard of living, instead of only extending that particular method of job and utility sharing to those in long-term relationships.


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There are many types of leadership styles out there. Joseph Flahiff explains how focusing on asking questions instead of telling employees what to do creates business value.
Wait, what? Did Joseph Flahiff just say to stop trying to empower your employees? More in this CIO Minute video.
The outcome of the Oculus trial is up in the air, but VR is gaining ground. Also in Searchlight: Oracle faces discrimination suit; Twitter sells Fabric to Google.
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The server backup market first evolved to protect VMs, but now it's undergoing another transformation. Find out how it's evolved and what you need to know for the future.
The IT infrastructure market grows by 8%, while HPE acquires SimpliVity and Barefoot Networks strikes a chip deal with vendors.
Analysts are skeptical of networking supplier Cumulus's entry into the hardware business. The vendor is selling and supporting an Edgecore switch with the open Cumulus NOS.
This week, bloggers look into network automation tools, incident response, and the new reality of MPLS and SD-WAN.
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The Stampado ransomware is a low-cost threat to networks and external drives. Expert Matthew Pascucci explains how Stampado works and how enterprises should handle it.
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Cramer's 6 Stocks in 60 Seconds: YELP NAT AZN HBI TXN URBN (Update 1)
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GREENWOODSTUDIO wrote:Thanks David
Hope, I only actually fired a few. I needed to fill my space in a local co-op I belong to, so I put them in there thinking no one around here would even know what they were. However I was wrong, and they sold! Better make more I guess
Chip wrote:Ohhh, so you bought this one.
Enjoy ...
GREENWOODSTUDIO wrote:Thanks for posting lkj23, funny that the iron in that glaze is from Spain and it's returned home
That last one is very very beautiful, I like a lot that kind of your glazed.


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Topic: conditional validations using :if => @session['user'].nil?
Is it possible to do this:
validates_presence_of :name, :if => @session['user'].nil?
because it bombs horribly...
with ( NoMethodError in CommentsController#new
You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!
What I'm unsure of is the relationship, if any,
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One writers take on how the rookies will shape up in 2006 ...
http://football.about.com/od/fantasyfoo ... rookie.htm
Fantasy Footballs Top Rookies
Generally, as a rule, I don't rely too much, if at all, on rookies to make a significant contribution on my fantasy football teams. Sure, I'll take a chance on a guy I really like in the proper scenario, but usually in a back-up roll. Then if he pans out, I look like a genius. If he doesn't, my roster isn't completely deflated.
This year, there are several players who I would consider taking a chance on. And while it might be too big of a risk to spend a high pick on a rookie, the reward could be substantial if you can get him in the mid-to-late rounds.
These are my top-ten rookies based on their fantasy football potential in 2006:
1. Reggie Bush, RB New Orleans - Bush's versatility and explosiveness make him your best bet as a rookie. He'll share carries with Deuce McAllister, but the Saints will try to get the ball in his hands as often as they can, including using him as a slot receiver.
2. LenDale White, RB Tennessee - After falling from a potential top-ten pick in the draft to an early second rounder, White has a lot of motivation to make teams regret passing on him. With the durability issues of current starter Chris Brown, White should see a lot of the field as a rookie.
3. Laurence Maroney, RB New England - Maroney could be a real sleeper this year should Corey Dillon continue to show signs of slowing. At the least, Maroney should take some carries away from Dillon, who turns 32 in October.
4. Vernon Davis, TE San Francisco - Davis has the potential to put up big numbers for a tight end if QB Alex Smith can get him the ball. Smith threw just one TD pass all of last season, so I wouldn't be looking at Davis as a starter. But on teams with larger rosters, it might be worth grabbing him as a backup.
5. DeAngelo Williams, RB Carolina - Williams will split carries with DeShaun Foster, but he is brittle. And with Eric Shelton on the roster, Williams may not get many opportunities near the goal line.
6. Vince Young, QB Tennessee - Obviously, this falls under the assumption that Steve McNair will not be back with the Titans in 2006. If Young is thrust into the starting role immediately, he will likely struggle as a passer. But he has the ability to rack up points with his legs as well.
7. Matt Leinart, QB Arizona - If Kurt Warner plays well, Leinart isn't likely to see much action. But Warner does have serious durability issues which could push Leinart into the starting role sooner than expected. With the weapons that would be at his disposal, it might be worth taking a flyer on him in the later rounds.
8. Joseph Addai, RB Indianapolis - Addai is a guy who is probably going to go a lot higher in your draft than he should. A lot of people are looking at him as an immediate replacement for Edgerrin James, and that's a little unrealistic in my opinion. Pass protection is a big factor for the running backs in Indy's offense, which means Dominic Rhodes will probably see a lot of time early on.
9. Marcedes Lewis, TE Jacksonville - With the retirement of Jimmy Smith, the Jaguars have a lot of inexperience at receiver. Lewis could become a favorite target of Leftwich's, especially in the red zone.
10. Maurice Drew, RB Jacksonville - Fred Taylor is now on the flip side of 30 and has had some trouble staying on the field the past couple years. At just 5'8", there are concerns about his size, but there's no denying his explosiveness.


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Pinterest-worthy tips for hosting the ultimate backyard get-together.
The�season of rooftop parties and backyard BBQs is upon us. Don't know the first thing about entertaining? Fear not! Set the stage for an unforgettable (and affordable) outdoor bash with these party-perfect recipes and tips from Gaby Dalkin, the chef, cookbook author and blogger behind the popular website�What�s Gaby Cooking. From whimsy decorations to festive drinks to a crowd-pleasing menu, Gaby's got you covered. 1. Keep it simple. "Summer dinner parties are all about enjoying the great weather and friends," Gaby says. "So don�t stress about making something super complicated and crazy. Instead, stick to things you�re comfortable making so you can spend less time worrying about cooking, and more time enjoying the fruits of your labor with your friends." 2. Dress [your salad] to impress.� "Salads are pretty much on every menu in the summer months. I like to add a few pops of color and some crunch to jazz things up even more. Swing by your local farmers market and grab some edible flowers or fun colorful veggies to add on top of your greens, and finish every salad with some slivered almonds for some extra crunch." 3. Ice, ice baby. "One of the easiest ways to jazz up a summer cocktail party is to make beautiful fruit infused ice cubes. Just add a few raspberries, sliced strawberries or blueberries to an ice cube tray before filling it up with water. That way, when you pop out the ice cubes, you�ll have an extra dose of color and fruit in your drinks!" 4. Set the mood. "Music! Make sure to create a killer playlist, or enlist the help of one of your friends who can play DJ. It sets the mood for the entire party, so be sure to add tunes that you know will make people feel comfortable and right at home in your backyard. Mix in a few songs from today�s hits along with some of your favorites from back in the day." 5. Light up the night.� "Outdoor entertaining is the name of the game in the beautiful summer months, but no one wants the party to end once the sun goes down. Make sure your backyard or patio is decorated with plenty of candles or fun lights so you can enjoy your soiree well into the evening." 6. Mix and match. "Don�t be afraid to mix things up! Often times I find that I�ve invited more people that I have matching place settings � and in the past, I�ve always panicked. Nowadays, I just use mixed and matched place settings. It gives my parties a vintage feel. In fact, I received so many compliments on that style, I�ve started collecting one-off pieces from all my travels. That way I�ll never have a shortage of dishes and each plate comes with a story." 7. Be a hostess with the mostess.� "Party favors are an easy way to show your guests you really went the extra mile. I like to whip up a batch of my famous coconut and almond granola and send each guest home with a bag. It lets them know you really care and they can enjoy the granola the next morning and reminisce about your amazing gathering." 8. Dish up noteworthy noshes. Now, the most important part: the menu! Gaby�s bright, beautiful and fresh recipes offer the perfect complement to a breezy summer gathering.�See below for her complete menu of dishes, from a delicious appetizer, to a side dish made with the trendy �supergrain� freekeh and a decadent yet light gluten-free dessert: Toasted and Roasted Almond Romesco Dip Grilled Peach & Arugula Salad with Mustard-Herb Vinaigrette � Zucchini Noodles and Grilled Shrimp with Lemon-Basil Dressing Almond and Parsley Pesto with Asparagus and Freekeh Gluten-Free Almond Cake with Strawberries This article originally appeared as on Spry Living


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Crispy Pasta Cake with Red Pepper and Mozzarella Salad
Recipe courtesy of Michael Chiarello
- Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello
Salt, for pasta water
1 pound angel hair pasta
1 teaspoon plus 1/4 cup olive oil
Red Pepper and Mozzarella Salad, recipe follows
Preheat oven to 200 degrees F.
Add pasta to a large pot of boiling salted water and cook for 2 minutes less then package says. Drain and pour cool water over the top. Drain well and toss with 1 teaspoon olive oil.
In a nonstick saute pan, heat 1/4 cup olive oil; when hot, add 1/4 of the pasta and spread evenly in the pan. Turn heat down to medium and cook until brown on the bottom. Carefully turn over and continue cooking until brown on other side. Remove with a slotted spoon to plate and keep warm in the oven. Continue with other 3 batches, adding more olive oil as needed.
Divide crispy pasta among 4 plates and top with some Red Pepper and Mozzarella Salad.
Red Pepper and Mozzarella Salad:
9 cups loosely packed baby spinach
8 cups mixed young green lettuces
3/4 cup jarred roasted red peppers, cut into bite-size pieces
1 1/2 cups diced fresh mozzarella (1/2-inch dice)
About 1/2 cup your favorite salad dressing
Just before serving, toss together the spinach, greens, peppers, mozzarella, and dressing. Taste for seasoning. Plate on top of crispy pasta cakes.
Recipe courtesy of Michael Chiarello
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Get the history on mac and cheese along with our favorite cheesy recipe.
Macaroni and cheese has always seemed to us an American dish, but it turns out the first recipe, with grated cheese and butter, appeared in an English cookbook more than 600 years ago. Years later, French refugees introduced a version of macaroni and cheese to the American South. African-American cooks transformed it into the rich and creamy dish we are familiar with and served it as a vegetable or side. Children are big fans of macaroni and cheese, especially the kind made from a package. Every day, Kraft sells a million blue boxes of macaroni and cheese, and at last count, two-thirds were to households with children. �It�s warm and inviting,� says Lisa Gibbons at Kraft Foods. From the hundreds of recipes out there, we created a delectable, from-scratch macaroni and cheese. We substituted penne for the elbows and instead of one cheese, used a combination of Cheddar, cream cheese, Gruy�re and Parmigiano Reggiano. �Jean Kressy a food writer in Ashburnham, Mass. Brought to you by: Relish - Free Recipes, Cooking Videos & Articles


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Holy shit.
This dude is scary good. GSP/Silva good. And 23 years old. What he did to Shogun last night ... my God. Beat him within an inch of his life. Seemed to be smiling when did it. Not like Shogun is some slouch.
Seen like the last 3-4 UFC PPV's. I'm back on the train. Last night's performance by Jones was the most impressive performance I've ever seen.
Gonna take a Herculean effort for someone to beat this kid.
Good for the UFC ... they now have four marquee draws with Jones, Silva, GSP, and Lesnar. Dana White had to love watching that one last night.


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Recently my fellow office inhabitant, Sean Henry, began spear-heading our mission to obtain more customer photos or 'real life' images of our furniture. His unbroken concentration certainly lends much, sometimes unnecessary, dedication to his projects- so, as the more vocally inclined, I've taken it upon myself to help spread the word via VWS blog. This word is not just a want for more customer photos but the undying effort of our sales team to obtain these images.
Why customer photos? Well, the long and short of it is best told visually. This is a bedroom set:
And this is a bedroom set:
Which do you want more? And it isn't even just the marketing power behind these inviting images but more the representational power of them. These handcrafted works of art are meant to please your eye and provide restful sleep or feed your family or hold your cable box- they're meant for your home!
Fresh eyed and bushy tailed, Sean joined our crew only a few months ago, eager to make his mark and share his ideas (or "i-dears", as he calls them). Though he's tossed quite a few light bulbs around, it is really his re-kindling of the long forgotten 'obtain customer photos' mission that's become his baby. Our white glove delivery crew might have barely made it out the door before the proud new furniture owner receives an email from Sean, adorned with this thoughtfully designed marquee:
So, if you're a perspective buyer or just a handmade furniture fan- take a look at our customer photos album on Facebook or the Testimonials page on our website. If you already own a piece of Vermont Woods Studios furniture, well heck- we'd love to see it! Do it for Sean, at least.
This blog is written by your friends at Vermont Woods Studios. Check out our Vermont made furniture and home decor online and visit our showroom and art gallery at Stonehurst, the newly restored 1800s farmhouse nestled in the foothills of the Green Mountains.


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