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Doctors from Johns Hopkins and other institutions across the United States will be in China's Gobi Desert from April 23 to 30, assisting some of the world's running elite in this year's Gobi March 2005, one of the most spectacular races on the planet. Dr. Brian Krabak, a sports medicine and rehabilitation specialist at Johns Hopkins, veteran of Olympic medical teams and an avid adventure racer himself, was chosen as Medical Director of the endurance race, which will total 250 km (150 miles).
Dr. Krabak will be working with Hopkins colleague Brandee L. Waite, M.D., during the course of the race, where athletes will be running back to back marathons, covering a varied terrain of grassland, rocks, rivers, small mountains and sand dunes. Temperatures will drop from 100ºF to 32ºF (approximately 34ºC to 0ºC), and altitude will also be an issue since changes from 154 m below sea level to altitudes above 2000 m are expected.
"We have to be prepared to handle everything from blistered feet, sprained ankles and torn ligaments to concussions and complex musculoskeletal injuries," says Dr. Krabak. "The race organizers made a big effort to put parallel roads during the course of the race, so that the athletes can have immediate medical help should an emergency occur, which, of course, nobody wants."
Besides providing medical care, Dr. Waite says that one of the biggest challenges will be to make the tough decision of whether an injured athlete should compete and risk further injury; not a simple decision in the face of athletes' "burning desire to continue", as she puts it.
Both doctors will be sending daily reports and photographs of the race, which will be posted in the Johns Hopkins International website from until the doctors are back home.
According to Mary Gadams, director of the race, most of the runners are from the United States, but they also come from Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, El Salvador, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Ireland, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom.
The other doctors who are part of the medical team led by Dr. Krabak are orthopedic surgeon Carlyle Welch from Loma Linda University/Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital in China; emergency room physician Daoyang Zhou from Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital in China; nurse Carolyn Anderson from University of Washington; nurse Sue Hume from University of Wyoming; and private practice podiatrist David Hannaford, supported by Debbie Hannaford.
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Leading a trend of rapid global changes in health, Johns Hopkins International works with international patients, physicians and institutions to bring the best of Johns Hopkins Medicine in research, education, training and clinical services to the world community. For more than a century, Johns Hopkins Medicine has built a reputation for excellence unsurpassed by any health care institution in the world.
The mission of the institution has been to create an environment where the quest for new knowledge would continually yield more effective and compassionate care for all. In 2004, U.S. News and World Report ranked Johns Hopkins Hospital as America's "Best Hospital" for the 14th consecutive year.
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If you have made it to this page, you have come to the right place ! If you have two weeks of time to spend in the Sacred Valley of Peru then we have an ideal itinerary for you. The trekking and hiking tours in Peru are some of the best on the planet. It is hard to beat the combination of huge mountain scenery, glaciers and rivers everywhere, the Incan archaeological sites, and of course the warm hospitality of the local people in the Peruvian Andes.
We recommend the following rough itinerary:
Day 1
Arrive Cusco, then transfer to Ollantaytambo for the lower altitude and easier acclimatization. Spend the day relaxing and learning the town. Ollantaytambo is a centuries old Incan village that many compare in historical and spiritual significance to Jerusalem in terms of its importance to the Inca culture. It's cobblestone streets still retain their charm as does the town itself.
Day 2
After an early breakfast, visit the Incan fortress of Ollantaytambo. Built by Incan Pachacuti in the late 1400's (and still being worked on when the Spanish conquistadores arrived in 1532), this amazing site has it all – incredibly fine and smooth Inca stonework; large massive blocks of pink granite hauled here from a site far away; various astronomical special effects taking place during sunrise at the winter and summer solstices, and much more. There is some of the best stonework in all of Peru here, and if you get here early there are no crowds.
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Sure enough he/she pulls up at the light. Before we ran I saw this dude on what seemed to be a motorized mt bike becuase he wasn't pedalling and was moving pretty steady and fast.
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Five hundred hours is tight for an itinerary this ambitious. Here's the plan. Young Englishpersons Richard Roberts and Kate Wastling will set off from Auckland, drive to Paihia, then fly to Christchurch to see Richard's brother, James.
Richard: "We stay there a night. Get a campervan for a week then head to Nelson. Do the Abel Tasman. Then we drive back down - to Queenstown - and stop for a bit. We're doing the Routeburn Track for three days. Then we spend another week going from Queenstown to the Catlins. Via Dunedin - I've got a friend there. Then it's back to Christchurch, up to Blenheim, then back to Christchurch again."
All this in three weeks. Goodness. "You're selling this to me!" Kate says, laughing.
Richard smiles. The 27-year-old is one of those quiet, terribly nice and ever-so-slightly-awkward Englishmen (of the Colin Firth genre). He's tired and his bags have just been disembowelled by New Zealand Customs - but he's too polite to refuse further interrogation from the Herald.
He and Kate, 22, hail from Hertfordshire, birthplace of Spices Ginger and Posh, Simon Le Bon and Graham Greene. Home is Tring, a small market town 48km northwest of London. It boasts one of Britain's prettiest parks, four reservoirs and a high street too perfect for a postcard. And a restaurant, The Akeman, where Richard and Kate worked, and became a couple four years ago.
But back to this itinerary. I tell Richard I'm impressed with his Aotearovian acuity. "Well, my brother's working on the cardboard cathedral," he explains. I see. The cathedral - and the term "transitional" is preferred to "temporary" - should be finished by next month and recently made the Sydney Morning Herald's top 10 new world attractions for the year.
This is all very well but it doesn't fully explain Richard's knowledge. "I've been to New Zealand before," he admits.
"In '05. For the Lions."
He shrugs sheepishly, but he needn't - we know what happened in Twickenham last December. He went to all but three of the games on the tour including the second test where the Lions were pounded 48-19. "Yep ... Dan Carter ran the train through us."
That was a bit grim. But it was an otherwise wondrous three months. Highlight? "Wanaka. It just seemed beautiful and chilled-out."
Richard: "Overstuff your bag so that way you'll never forget anything. And bring a couple of Cadbury chocolate bars if you're English. Your Cadbury's is not quite the same."


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LONDON, UK, March 13, 2013 – The need for businesses to adopt secure print solutions is the focus of a Nuance-sponsored white paper published by research and analyst company Quocirca. Entitled 'Printing: a false sense of security?' the whitepaper outlines why and how private and public sector organisations must ensure their printing is secure in order to safeguard sensitive company or client information. The paper comes at a time when organisations are increasingly streamlining workflows associated with paper-based documents – either for efficiency, legal or environmental reasons – and the office Multi-Functional Printer (MFP) and networked printer is playing a greater role in helping them achieve their document-related goals. The whitepaper can be downloaded here.
Despite the greater reliance on MFPs and their role in the document lifecycle, many businesses leave themselves exposed to potential data breaches, according to Quocirca's research. It shows that only 22% of businesses* have implemented secure printing. This points to a low level of awareness for the need to secure printing which, in part, explains why 63% of businesses surveyed by Quocirca admit to experiencing one or more print-related breaches, even though organisations are increasingly aware of the damage that can be done to their reputation and customer trust through the misuse or loss of sensitive data.
The whitepaper explains that while the greater reliance on MFPs can expose security weaknesses – either policy or device-related - these can be countered by implementing secure printing practices to close the print security gap. It also recommends that print security must form part of the company's wider information security strategy, in order to mitigate the risk. To illustrate this, the whitepaper features two case studies explaining how companies in the public and finance sector have used Nuance's Equitrac and SafeCom solutions to address the issue of securing print.
The Nuance Document Imaging portfolio is made up of leading Print Management solutions such as Equitrac and SafeCom, Nuance eCopy ShareScan scanning and workflow solutions and Nuance OmniPage, PaperPort, PDF Converter Professional and eCopy PDF Pro Office desktop applications. Nuance Document Imaging solutions help companies to secure their data, boost productivity, increase efficiency and streamline enterprise workflows. Nuance delivers end-to-end solutions that support workflows from MFPs to desktop and mobile devices in the cloud.
Nuance has global channel partnerships with nearly every MFP and scanning vendor, including Brother, Canon/Océ, Fuji Xerox, HP, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Kyocera, Ricoh/IKON, Visioneer and Xerox – each of which currently sells or bundles Nuance solutions through dealers or as part of MPS portfolios.
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Research carried out by Quocirca amongst 150 enterprises with over 1,000 employees in the UK, France and Germany
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Nuance Communications, Inc. is a leading provider of voice and language solutions for businesses and consumers around the world. Its technologies, applications and services make the user experience more compelling by transforming the way people interact with devices and systems. Every day, millions of users and thousands of businesses experience Nuance's proven applications. For more information, please visit www.nuance.co.uk.
Trademark reference: Nuance, the Nuance logo, Equitrac, eCopy, eCopy PDF Pro Office, OmniPage, PDF Converter and PaperPort are registered trademarks or trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. All other company names or product names referenced herein may be the property of their respective owners.


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From: Rob Wohl, SumOfUs.org
To: Terry Travers
When Elvia Bahena arrived to testify before the Indianapolis City Council on July 10, she was scared.
She had come to testify about abuses she had experience in her 11 years working as a housekeeper in the hotel industry. Dozens of hotel managers were in attendance, including Brian Comes, the General Manager of the Hyatt Regency, where Elvia worked. She was nervous, but she wanted to show her children that speaking truth to power is the right thing to do. She got up and testified in favor of a new law that would improve conditions in the hotel industry. Two weeks later she was fired.
Tell Hyatt: Bring Elvia back to work.
This isn't the first time SumOfUs.org members have spoken out against unfair firings by the Hyatt. Nearly 100,000 of us have rallied behind the Reyes sisters who were fired from a Santa Clara Hyatt after one sister complained about sexism in the workplace. It's clear that the Hyatt will continue to trample over the rights of workers unless consumers like us come together and hold them accountable.
At first, Hyatt and its subcontractor United Services claimed that Elvia was dismissed because of "disciplinary issues," but in her 6 months at Hyatt she never received a write-up or even a warning. Now United Services is claiming she hasn't been fired-—she simply hasn't been given any new assignments. If Hyatt wants to claim it isn't trying to intimidate its workers, it needs to back it up with action and bring Elvia back to work.
Around the country, Hyatt housekeepers suffer low wages, crushing workloads, and serious injuries at work. And the Hyatt continues to exploit subcontracted workers like Elvia. Now Hyatt workers have called for a global boycott of Hyatt hotels in protest. Feminist organizations, LGBT advocacy groups, religious groups, and labor unions have joined in. But if Hyatt can intimidate workers by firing those who speak out, it will have a chilling effect on any protest, and that's just a violation of human rights.
Stand up for workers' right to free speech: Tell Hyatt to bring Elvia back to work and clear her name.
Rob, Emma, Kaytee, and the team at SumOfUs.org
Why was Elvia testifying before the City Council?
Hotel and subcontractors in Indianapolis have agreements that prevent subcontracted workers like Elvia from being employed directly by hotels, trapping many housekeepers in poverty-wage jobs for years without access to benefits like health care and sick leave. Elvia was testifying to the Indianapolis City Council in favor of the "Freedom to Work" ordinance which would have removed the barriers that low-wage hotel workers face in obtaining employment. The bill passed the Council but was vetoed by the Mayor.
Why have workers called for a global boycott of the Hyatt?
The fact that Hyatt workers have been fired after speaking out is just the tip of the iceberg. Hyatt's aggressive use of subcontracted and temporary workers to replace long-term housekeepers has driven down wages. The workloads the chain has imposed on its housekeepers are clearly unsafe—a study of housekeeper injuries at 50 hotels showed that the Hyatt had the highest rates of injury among the 5 chains studied. The federal government has warned the Hyatt about conditions. Meanwhile Hyatt has lobbied against state and local legislation that would improve protections for its workers. Unite Here, a union that represents thousands of hotel employees, has named Hyatt the worst hotel employer in America.
Further reading:
Global Boycott Heats Up. In These Times, July 30 2012
Subcontracted Hyatt Worker Fired after Testifying about Subcontracting Abuses. HyattHurts.org, July 26 2012
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Colossal Disaster for Minorities if Supreme Court Scraps Health Law
There was never much doubt that if the Supreme Court ever got a chance to decide the constitutionality of the health care reform law that it would be in for rough sledding from the court's five conservatives. The three days of court questioning on the law more than bore out that dire prediction. From the tone and temper of the four conservatives, biting questions about the law, and the already well known opposition to the law of the fifth judge, Clarence Thomas, who did not break his several years of silence by asking one question or making one comment, barring an epiphany from one of the conservatives, the law is almost certain to go.
The winners will be the conservatives who have waged a relentless war against the law from the instant it was proposed. They claimed that it was too costly, too overburdening on businesses, too unpopular with a majority of Americans. Their biggest gripe, which is the one that the court will latch onto to strike down the law, is that it was a gross infringement on individual liberty. It allegedly whipsawed Americans into buying insurance.
These arguments are less important than how the judicial torpedoing of the law will hurt millions of poor working class Americans that desperately need health care, but couldn't get affordable care before the law was passed, and are just as unlikely to get affordable care after it's struck down. It's no mystery who among those millions will be hurt the most.
A report by the Commonwealth Fund found that blacks and Hispanics make up nearly half of the estimated 50 million Americans with absolutely no access to affordable health care. The even starker reality is that the number of blacks without a prayer of obtaining health care at any price has always been wildly disproportionate to that of whites -- even poor whites. It has steadily gotten worse over the years. The great fear of the GOP health care reform opponents and the health care industry lobby, which includes private insurers, pharmaceuticals and major medical practitioners, was that they'd have to treat millions of uninsured, unprofitable, largely unhealthy blacks. That would be a direct threat to their massive profits. This was the prime reason they waged a fierce war against passage of the law
The majority of black uninsured are far more likely than the one in four whites who are uninsured to experience problems getting treatment at a hospital or clinic. This has devastating health and public policy consequences. According to a study by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, blacks are far more likely than whites to suffer higher rates of catastrophic illness and disease, and are much less likely to obtain basic drugs, tests, preventive screenings and surgeries. They are more likely to recover slower from illness, and they die much younger.
Studies have found that when blacks do receive treatment, the care they receive is more likely to be substandard than that of whites. Reports indicate that even when blacks are enrolled in high quality health plans, the racial gap in the care and quality of medical treatment still remains low. Private insurers routinely cherry pick the healthiest and most financially secure patients in order to bloat profits and hold down costs. American medical providers spend twice as much per patient than providers in countries with universal health care, and they provide lower quality for the grossly inflated dollars. Patients pay more in higher insurance premiums, co-payments, and other hidden health costs.
The health care law, even after all its provisions kick in over the next few years, will not completely end the excessively high costs of health care or fully guarantee universal coverage. But it broadened the options for coverage by prohibiting insurers from excluding those with pre-existing conditions, provide subsidies for the poorest of the poor, and guarantee coverage for tens of thousands of children and younger people who did not have access to quality care. For the justices, the potential devastating human consequences of an adverse decision they make is not a major concern. It is strictly a matter of a constitutional interpretation, not how their interpretation will affect the lives of those who have perennially been shut out of the health care system.
There is some possibility that the court's upending of the law will ignite a firestorm of protest, which will prod Congressional Democrats and the Obama administration to go back to the drawing board and reintroduce a retooled version of the health care reform law. But it won't happen in the middle of a tough presidential election year campaign, with the public deeply divided over whether the law was ever a good thing or not, in the first place, and with a House still solidly in the sway of the rabid opponents of it.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. He is a weekly co-host of the Al Sharpton Show on American Urban Radio Network. He is the author of How Obama Governed: The Year of Crisis and Challenge. He is an associate editor at New America Media. He is host of the weekly Hutchinson Report Newsmaker Hour heard weekly on the nationally network broadcast Hutchinson Newsmaker Network.
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text: I am getting ready to sell my father's truck. It is a 1969 GMC C1500 with the long bed, step sides, and wooden planking in the bed. The body of the truck is in great condition but the engine needs to be replaced. I am wondering what would be an appropriate price range to ask for the truck? I can supply additional info if needed.


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Yep.I'm attempting to check the headspace on my PTR-91, so my first step was to purchas .308 GO and NOGO gages. To my surprise, I found that my rifle will lock up on both GO and NOGO just fine.
After an initial "ah, crap!" moment, I did some more research and found this interesting page.
HK Weapon Systems Forums: checking headspace
The second post in that thread says that headspace on these rifles really isn't important, and that "bolt gap" between the rear of the bolt and the bolt carrier face is the important variable to measure.
My bolt gap measures thusly:
Empty Chamber - .011 (In spec per the post quoted above)
GO Gage - .018
NOGO Gage - .029
In my thinking, the fact that the bolt gap increases when the GO gage (minimum sized cartridge) is chambered means that the gage is bearing up against the chamber shoulder and guarantees that the headspace is not too great.
If the bolt gap had remained the same, it would mean that the GO gage had not hit the chamber shoulder, which would indicate possible excessive headspace.
Am I thinking about this correctly? By this line of logic, my rifle has in-spec headspacing and is perfectly safe.


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We send you an inkless print kit for each child with your order personalisation form via 1st class mail. You take your footprints or handprints. For additional children you may need to buy an extra inkless print kit.You then fill in the name, date of birth, which prints you would prefer us to use and your choice of lettering (lowercase or uppercase hand engraved text or hand stamped text) and return the order form with the prints in the reply paid envelope or scan and email them to firstname.lastname@example.com. Our cut-off day is Monday each week for footprint items. Please Note: The more prints/text you have on an item the smaller and less detailed they will be.We tidy up the prints and transform the 2D flat prints into a 3D impression stamp which is used to make your chosen jewellery item.Finished footprint jewellery is sent via Royal Mail Special Delivery (Recorded for individual charms), within 1-2 weeks of receiving your prints back. This time will extend during busy periods such as Christmas and Father's Day or if there has been a bank holiday.Suitable for babies from birth.We can also use the same prints for all of our personalised hand/footprint gifts.For any current ordering deadlines see our Home page.
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The Universe's Most Creative Video Game Tributes
Video games should be more than remembered, they should be revered. So we've gathered a list that proves people don't waste all of their time playing amazing video games…they also leave time to make amazing video game tributes. And though these astounding artisans can't punch through brick boxes for gold coins, they could save money on car insurance - even if their cars are go-karts - from fellow video game zealot, the Gecko.
1. This Mike Tyson street art
Nothing would turn your home into a museum quite like a curated exhibit of a Carmen Sandiego floppy disk. You can hand out cassette players with an audio tour led by Rockapella.
Swords are great. But the Gecko has a few others ways to get insurance…for less money and fewer sheaths.
This makes you want to get a rock tour bus, take it cross country, and stop on a highway shoulder in the hopes of getting fueled up from a hovering space drone gas station.
I bet the Gecko finds tons of ways to help people save on car insurance while running the streets behind his trainer's bicycle.
You never know where this guy will show up, especially after he's gotten his hands on experimental technology.


text: Politics 11 March 2002 Posh and Monica proved it: confessional TV is made for women. It's not that we sin less, we just repent better Sign up for our weekly email * The BBC's new digital TV channel, BBC4 - "everybody needs a place to think" - has so far not proved to be the place you go to watch. After its launch at the beginning of this month, some programmes held as few as 3,000 viewers. Critics have been quick to point out (albeit from the commercial wing of the industry), that it would have been cheaper to send them all a video. To be fair, 30,000 tuned in on Sunday night for Goya and a million for the simulcast with BBC2 on launch night. But that was still not enough to beat Channel 5. I would caution against early judgement. Unlike its commercial rivals, the BBC has time and (our) money, almost £35m a year of it, to allow the station to develop, and there is little doubt within the corporation that Greg Dyke is committed to the project. But could there be something more strategic going on inside the nation's great auntie? One would hope so. The licence fee is not sustainable in the long term. Either a Conservative government - yes, one day that will happen - or the general public will eventually put an end to it. With the proliferation of cable and satellite stations, viewers will baulk at having both "pay TV" and "must-pay TV". The licence fee amounts to a hefty taxpayer subsidy to protect "our" culture, whatever that is. This argument is about as appealing to the great and increasingly discerning British public as a hypothecated tax for Bovril, or the royal family. The BBC must have a Plan B. Dyke is nothing if not commercial. He has done well putting bums on sofas for BBC1 and improving listener figures for the radio arm of the corporation. Maybe his long-term strategy is to build up a popular BBC1, ring-fence culture into BBC2 and BBC4, eventually sell off the first channel and make the last a gift to the nation? Could BBC4 in fact be nothing more than a Trojan horse to conceal Plan B - the eventual privatisation of the corporation? If ever we doubted the power of the media, it was on full and diverse display recently. Rachel Whitear's parents, as they toured the television studios from dawn to dusk, say they are staggered by the amount of attention that the pictures of their heroin addict daughter have received. They believe the coverage given to their daughter's death will save the life of someone else's daughter or son. No sooner had the ink hit the front page of the Sunday Telegraph than ministerial phones were ringing to reverse the decision by an NHS hospital to deny five-year-old Catherine Sharpe a life-saving operation in Birmingham. The picture of this lovely child stared out next to the headline: "Girl's life-saving surgery cancelled to save money". The media's interest arguably saved a life. And then there are some who just want to save their reputations. Enter Victoria Beckham on ITV and Monica Lewinsky on Channel 4. Both women were brilliant in their own very different ways at playing the wronged woman - Victoria defending herself against people who think she is a fashion-obsessed, money-crazed manipulator; and Monica defending herself from those who think she is an oral-obsessed, fame-crazed manipulator. After more than an hour with each of them, I had changed my mind. Women are good at getting the sympathy vote. For some reason, it is difficult to empathise with men when they seek forgiveness or understanding on the box. Prince Charles, Michael Barrymore, Peter Mandelson were all television disasters when they pleaded their case before the massed millions. Confessional TV is a woman's world - it's not that we sin less, we just repent better. The explanation from Downing Street as to Tony Blair's new sartorial elegance paraded down under was that he is buying and wearing British to promote our fashion industry - and the underlying message was that he was dressing down for the convicts. Would someone please remind the Prime Minister that he already has a job? Promoting fashion is a task best performed by people without jobs, most memorably Diana, Princess of Wales. As for pleasing the peasants, with Tony dressed in that grey pinstriped Paul Smith suit with matching fluorescent pink shirt and tie, most Aussies thought that the PM had got lost on his way to the Sydney gay Mardi Gras. Once again, Fergie proves she is more royal than the royal family - she has taken sponging to an art form, lives with her ex-husband, Prince Andrew, in a mansion paid for by Mummy (which ultimately means subsidised by us) and lives off her royal connections. Never shy of a disingenuous headline, her latest attempt to earn an honest buck is in the selling of the most recent instalment of her diet saga - "How I lost 22lb and dropped to a model size 10". Sound familiar? And what's more, it's so easy - all you have to do is be happy. Yes, that's it, folks, be happy and you'll be a size 10 - and then you'll be happy because you're a size 10, etc, etc, ad nauseam. (Which is not to be confused with nausea. There's no vomiting involved this time.) Oh, and don't forget to get up every day at 5am and exercise for 45 minutes, the three yoga and one Pilates sessions a week, the personal trainer, the - "you hardly notice it's a diet" - diet of no bread, pasta, wheat, dairy products, sugar, red meat . . . Subscribe from just £1 per issue More


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The strong market rally that ran from December through April provided plenty of stocks that scored big gains.
Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI) was one of those stocks.
This Investor's Corner column — part of an occasional series called "Spotting the Buy Point" — explains how you could have played it.
Texas Capital, a regional bank, was a bit tricky since it broke out before the Dec. 20 follow-through day that confirmed the rally attempt. Sometimes a leading stock will break out a little ahead of a follow-through day, so Texas Capital's action is actually a good example of something that you should be watching for.
The stock cleared a 29.08 buy point from a cup-with-handle base in the week ended Dec. 2 1. It finished the week right at that key level.
Note how weekly volume increased from the prior week, as you would prefer to see with any breakout 2.
Daily volume was also pretty good on the actual breakout day, Dec. 2 — 33% above average, a little below the 40% or more that's ideal, but not by that much. And the action on the next day helped make up for it.
Sometimes when upside turnover is a bit light on the breakout day, it'll step up in the next session. That's what happened with Texas Capital.
Another tricky aspect of Texas Capital's breakout was its decline following its breakout. The stock fell as much as 5.4% below 29.08, as it tested its 10-week moving average. The drop wasn't enough to trip IBD's 7% or 8% sell rule, which calls for cutting your losses when they reach that level. But the decline still was significant enough to test investors, especially given that IBD's outlook remained locked at "market in correction" throughout the first half of December.
You could have opted to sell Texas Capital in early March 3, when the stock's advance beyond 29.08 reached 20%. It is a smart strategy to lock in profits at 20% to 25% and move on to other opportunities.
But if you had decided to sit tight, you still would be doing OK at this point. Texas Capital is now about 41% beyond its buy point.


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Tried Duck Commanders Duck Dressing Recipe. Give it a go! Goooooddddddd Eats!
"And they wonder why we do it."
5-6 ducks (I used 4 Wood Ducks)
black pepper
bay leaf
hot dog buns
2 bundles of green onions
1 bell pepper
2 sticks of celery
1 stick of butter
corn bread
1 pkg. of saltine crackers
2 eggs
1/2 cup evaporated milk
Place 5 to 6 cleaned ducks into a large pot. Then add salt, black pepper, one bay leaf, and fill pot with water. Boil for 2-1/2 hours.
Bake one package of hotdog buns for 2 hours at 225 degrees.
Dice up 2 bundles of green onions, 1 bell pepper, and 2 sticks of celery. With a 1/2 a stick of butter sauté your vegetables on a medium-low heat.
Make one big pan of corn bread (Phil makes his own, but you can use a mix).
After your cornbread and hotdog buns are done, take a very large roast pot and dump your buns, cornbread, and one rack of saltine crackers into the pot. With your hands crumble all the bread ingredients into a fine consistency.
When your ducks are done boiling, remove them from the pot and pour 1/3 of your broth into your crumbled bread mix.
Stir until you have reached a paste consistency. Add your vegetables.
Add broth until you get a thick pour-able consistency.
Add 2 whipped eggs, and 1/2 a cup of evaporated milk to your dressing mix and stir.
Add one teaspoon of sage.
Now place your ducks lightly on top of your dressing. Sprinkle Phil Robertson's seasoning on top of your ducks. Lightly coat your ducks with butter.
Bake duck and dressing in the oven at 375 degrees for 25-30 minutes.


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Will G-Dragon′s Album Feature Missy Elliott and Ludacris?
While little has been announced on Big Bang′s next album, apparently YG Entertainment has been calling in the big guns.
A fan tweeted at famed hip-hop musician Missy Elliot on January 23, writing, "@Missy Elliott I'm gonna need your track with G-Dragon/BIGBANG like tomorrow! LOL! I'm too hype. Gonna be colossoal."
To this, Missy Elliot responded cryptically, "funny I did a record wit G-Dragon/BIGBANG don't know if they got my vocals this was last year."
Missy Elliott then added details saying, "it was 2 records one was named Chugalug the other NiLiria G dragon produced be Teddy P" and "yup it was posed to be a record with me and ludacris up there 2."
Another fan asked on the same day, "@MissyElliott did u really collaborating with G-Dragon for his new album??"
Missy Elliot responded once more, "I recorded but G-Dragon never got to hear the vocals…"
YG Entertainment or G-Dragon himself has neither addressed or spoken on the matter yet but a collaboration with Ludacris has long been in the works, and is expected to be included on G-Dragon′s mini album.
With theese new revelations by Missy Elliot, along with the knowledge G-Dragon is in the works on another album and set to embark on his world tour, many are hoping that the collaborated tracks with Missy Elliot and Ludacris will find a spot on G-Dragon's upcoming record.
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A Greerton teenager has admitted to being an accessory after the fact to arson after a deliberately lit fire gutted an empty farmhouse at the far end of The Lakes subdivision.
Brad O'Keefe, 17, who pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact to arson in Tauranga District Court this morning was further remanded on bail pending sentencing on December 3.
O'Keefe will also been sentenced in relation to an unrelated burglary charge on that day which he had earlier pleaded guilty to.
His associate Benjamin David Harris, 18, from Welcome Bay who pleaded guilty to one charges of arson and burglary on September 4 is due to be sentenced on Friday.
The arson occurred on the evening of August 18-19 at a property near the intersection of Kennedy Rd and Takitumu Drive owned by The Lakes 2012, and $60,000 reparation has been sought.


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text: A karate instructor from Augusta who admitted to sexually abusing two boys – including a student – is going to prison for 40 years. Parents of the victims told a federal judge that 35-year-old Wade Hoover took their childrens' innocence and betrayed their trust. Hoover was sentenced in federal court in Bangor Tuesday. He previously pleaded guilty to producing and possessing child pornography. Hoover owned a martial arts academy in Lewiston.Police found photos and videos of Hoover abusing the boys, who appeared to be sleeping but, the judge said today, they were actually drugged. They also discovered hundreds of images of child porn on his computer. In court today, the mother of one of the boys said as a karate instructor, Hoover taught the boys "how to protect themselves from people in the world. But he was the most evil man they'd ever encounter in their lives. And they needed to protect themselves from him."U.S. District Judge John Woodcock told Hoover, "You have not merely violated the law. You have violated our most basic moral codes of society. You preyed upon young boys when they were vulnerable.""Hoover, an Air Force veteran, cried in court as he apologized, saying words can't really show how sorry he is. The judge also order him to be under supervised release for the rest of his life once he's out of prison.Hoover is facing state charges of sexually abusing the boys, too, to which he's pleaded not guilty. The District Attorney in Kennebec and Somerset Counties says the parents of the victims still want to pursue those cases.


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Hannah Hicklen
18 Laxers Named to All-Academic Team
18 of 20 eligible team members posted a 3.0 GPA during the 2013-14 year.
Lacrosse Welcomes Eight Freshmen
Bearcats add group for 2014 season in the BIG EAST.
RallyCats Visit Lacrosse Practice
The RallyCats student support group paid a visit to lacrosse practice on Thursday, Feb. 11.
2014: Played in four games on the season.
High School: Team captain for Towson High School as a senior ... Earned a spot on the Baltimore County Senior All-Star Game in 2013.
Personal: Born May 24, 1995, in Baltimore, Md. ... Daughter of Will and Sandy Hicklen ... Has one sister, Haley ... Father played ice hockey at Miami University.


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New York Working With Delaware Officials on Criminal Foreclosure Inquiry
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is working with his Delaware counterpart, Beau Biden, to investigate what he called possible "criminal acts" by financial institutions tied to the foreclosure crisis.
"This was a man-made crisis -- it was created by regulatory neglect and greed," Schneiderman said last night in a TV interview.
"Beau Biden, who is the attorney general of Delaware, and I thought we really needed to dig in a little bit deeper," Schneiderman told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. "We're also looking at the conduct of individual institutions and individuals to see if there were misrepresentations made, to see if there was any fraud committed, to see if criminal acts were also a part of this."
Schneiderman has been investigating mortgage practices of banks as state and federal officials negotiate a settlement with lenders over foreclosure and mortgage-servicing conduct.
All 50 state attorneys general last year announced they were investigating bank foreclosure after disclosures that faulty documents were being used to seize homes. Negotiations with banks including Bank of America Corp. (BAC) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) haven't produced a settlement more than a year since the investigation began.
Lawrence Grayson, a spokesman for Charlotte, North Carolina-based Bank of America, and Kristin Lemkau, a spokeswoman for New York-based JPMorgan, declined to comment on Schneiderman's remarks. Joe Rogalsky, a spokesman for Biden, declined to comment immediately.
Schneiderman and Biden have said any settlement with the banks shouldn't provide liability releases to the companies for matters that haven't been fully investigated, including the packaging of loans into securities.
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WASHINGTON - For a brief, happy period on Saturday, it seemed the United Nations Security Council resolution adopted in New York the previous day had stopped Muammar Gaddafi in his tracks.
To general surprise, the Libyan dictator announced an immediate ceasefire, prompting relief and joy among the inhabitants of the besieged rebel city of Benghazi. The commitment by British Prime Minister, David Cameron, United States President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy to use "any necessary means" to halt Gaddafi's onslaught on his citizens had achieved immediate results. That euphoria did not last long.
Eight years after the US and Britain invaded Iraq, the West is involved - this time with the support of the Arab League - in another deadly and unpredictable military confrontation with a dictator in the Middle East.
Yesterday, as British, French and Canadian warplanes sped towards Libyan airspace, Gaddafi's "ceasefire" had proved a fiction.
His troops had penetrated deep into Benghazi, where street battles and an artillery bombardment continued through the day. News reports estimated at least 26 bodies and more than 40 wounded people had been brought to the city's Jala hospital.
Aides insist Cameron had been in favour of international action from the start.
"We simply cannot stand back and let a dictator, whose people have rejected him, kill his people indiscriminately. "
The path to a UN resolution had been slow and uncertain. On Thursday, there was still no consensus about the imposition of even a no-fly zone, after calls for such a move five days earlier by the Arab League.
One issue throughout, insiders admitted, was the role of America. Britain and France, both smarting from criticisms over their stumbling response to the Arab spring, were happy to take the lead on pushing for military action. The French were keen to make up for the blunder of offering riot police to the soon-to-be-overthrown Tunisian regime in the early days of the disturbances.
Cameron, aides admitted, was "very frustrated" by the criticisms he had received for taking arms dealers with him to Kuwait and Egypt shortly after the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak and the failure to rescue British nationals in the early days of the uprising in Libya.
Distancing the US Administration from proposed military action was also, a Downing St source admitted, part of the process of building support for the UN resolution.
Cameron spoke to Obama shortly after it was passed but that was the first time in eight days. It was important, the source said, that this did not look like a Western initiative - the shadow of Iraq was ever present.
"We have been thoughtful about the Prime Minister's interventions and the first calls on [Thursday] were to Arab countries," said one source. Indeed, while the White House was not troubled by calls from London during the week, Cameron twice rang the Prime Minister of Qatar, Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani.
The problem with the United States, however, was the lingering doubt that the Obama Administration wanted to get involved at all.
The most obvious hurdle was Robert Gates, the Defence Secretary. Gates has an unusual claim to fame in Washington: the only Defence Secretary - and only senior Cabinet member - to have served under both a Republican and Democratic President.
The former CIA director was a voice valued by first George W. Bush and then by Obama. Gates speaks quietly, but with a frankness unusual in Washington. He is due to retire at the end of the year, and this has given him the freedom to be almost as frank in public as he is in private. Over the past few weeks he has been outspoken in opposition to the British and French push for a no-fly zone.
During congressional hearings, he made it clear he thought the no-fly zone would be a mistake, warning that anyone who thought it would be a cost-free exercise was mistaken, and that it would require bombing Libyan air defences. "Let's just call a spade a spade. A no-fly zone begins with an attack on Libya."
He suggested that it would be crazy for a President to embark on another war in the Middle East or central Asia, and at a Nato summit in Brussels last week he succeeded in blocking any move towards a no-fly zone. His concern was that no-fly zones alone could not prevent the massacre of civilian populations, citing Saddam Hussein's slaughter of Shias in southern Iraq after the first Gulf War. He also felt it would prove counter-productive - seen as another US incursion into the Middle East, one that Arabs might view as motivated mainly by oil and that it might stall the Arab spring. Such was the frustration in western Europe that Sarkozy spoke of going it alone. "If nobody wants to do it, France will do it by herself," he told a delegation from the Libyan opposition during a meeting at the Elysee Palace at which he announced France would recognise them.
While Obama and his Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, were sceptical, even as late as Monday, on whether military action was desirable, they did not rule it out. When Gaddafi then turned events in Libya and appeared to be pushing back the rebels, Clinton changed course and formed an alliance with a handful of aides to influence the President.
With Samantha Power, a senior aide at the National Security Council, and Susan Rice, Obama's Ambassador to the UN, Clinton countered Gates' arguments that Libya was a risk not worth taking.
They were able to show Obama that the Arab world wanted action, and while the President, at times, seemed more concerned with unfolding events in Yemen he was persuaded within 24 hours of the case for action.
By Wednesday, Obama was convinced that the US needed to act and military plans were ordered. The President talked round a reluctant Jacob Zuma, the President of South Africa, and Nigeria was persuaded by others in the Administration.
The West knows that Gaddafi, despite his shambolic image, troupe of female bodyguards and eccentric behaviour, has remained the most powerful force in Libya for more than 40 years for a reason. He survived bombing a Pan Am jet over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing 270 people, and there is no doubt - experienced observers of the regime say - of his personal determination to hang on at any cost.


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I left the Island of Koh Lanta about 5 days ago to hop over to another popular Island. Took a passenger ferry boat that holds about 200 people. Fifteen minutes into the open water and the engine failed. In good Thai fashion and 20 minutes later another ferry had arrived to transfer us on to the new boat and in no time the bags were all packed and we were on our way once again. Ten minutes in, the new boat suddenly stopped. The engine on this one also failed. It wasn't long before a third boat arrived and we did the routine all over again and hence, third times a charm. Incredibly, after all that, we had arrived on Koh Phi Phi just an hour off of schedule. I must say the Thai people scramble well and end up... "gett'n r done".
I've had a few more cuts on my feet since the last entry, 2 of which are infected
Think I'll head back to Bangkok on Wednesday, then work my way up North where the temperatures are a little cooler and the nights will force me to sleep with blankets for the first time. I'll miss the beach life, but I'll be back again early in the new year I think, we'll see where the wind blows. Thus far I've lost about 5 lbs in the month that I've been here... not sure how exactly, seems like I eat all the time, nonetheless I also look 5 years years younger as well, so a good trade off I think :)
Today is Sunday. And I only know this because it says so on my computer, actually it's still on Calgary time so I just have to advance it 14 hours in my head. The bright light of the days sun has been replaced with the darkness of the night and I'm lying here in bed incased by the protection of the provided $5 mosquito net to keep out all of the things that go bump in the night, including cockroaches, flies, the odd rat and the possibly snake, but mostly it's just for my physiological peace of mind
The sunset picture is the way it was taken about a week ago, unaltered. The woman in the mirror photo was taken on my way to Koh Phi Phi 5 days ago... she looks exhausted from the 3 boat transfers.
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After my San Francisco developer stories, it only seems fair to mention some New Zealand ones. But first, an app I found really useful in San Francisco was Uber, which solved several problems in one app - and saves money.
It uses your location (or put in an address) to summon a taxi. The estimate it gives you becomes the price, which is paid via the app using the credit card you registered. You get a pretty accurate ETA. There are no foreign cash mistakes with the driver, and for those (like me) anxious about tipping, the gratuity is included in the estimate. No contest, no fuss, no trying to hail cabs in the street, no surprise with the fee at ride's end. You can choose from four different price points: cab, RV, Hybrid or luxury sedan. The taxi arrives, the driver knows your name, you are conveyed to your location and you get out. Simple - plus the fares are often discounted.
This is a San Francisco app but it's appearing in other centres in the US and Canada, and already includes London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Stockholm, Milan, Zurich - and Melbourne and Sydney.
There's an Android version, too.
A 15-year-old Kiwi developer's free Mac app, Quicksand, aims to make forgetting an important file, or accidentally deleting it, a thing of the past.
Wellingtonian Sebastian Hallum Clarke is just 15 and taught himself simple programming aged 10, and has since developed several free Mac apps. Quicksand may be his most useful creation so far.
Install his tiny app on your computer, and every time you open or save a file, a copy is automatically synced to your chosen cloud storage solution. Running in the background, Quicksand invisibly ensures you have the 50 files you've most recently used are available online, wherever you go and whenever you need them.
Sebastian's other apps include MacDropAny which lets you sync any folder on your computer to the cloud; iClouDrive which lets you use your otherwise unused iCloud storage space for syncing files between your Macs; and Broomstick which tidies up your desktop.
All his apps are free.
App for tourists to GodZone
An app is being used by campervan tourists in Aotearoa that lets those driving simply listen to local information while travelling, thanks to GPS. The app can work offline so even in areas without 3G coverage, so you can always recieve relevant details of your current location.
The app is updated monthly with new content. Future updates promise social media integration allowing users to upload their own images and spread the word to their friends and family about their Kiwi experiences.
Six of the new apps are now available for download from the iTunes and Android stores under the brand names of Interislander, Maui, Britz, Mighty Cars & Campervans, Car Rental Republic and Motorhome Republic, with more to follow.
Your Little Geeks
Last year Andrew and Sarah Spear (as Plethora Ltd) wrote a kids' book called My Little Geek which teaches the alphabet with holographic ninjas and time traveling zombies. The books focus on teaching young kids about numbers, letters and shapes in a fun, geeky way that also appeals to parents.
The couple started a Kickstarter campaign to fund two sequels and an iPad app and it recently gained the funding required, so good for them.
Now that core funding has been achieved, the couple is shifting the campaign towards supporting the community with a buy-one-give-one approach. For every $10 backers give above the standard reward amount, a book will be donated to a school.
Email wrangler
Triage is an email app for iPhone, available now on the App Store. The app is designed for people who struggle to stay on top of their email. Triage doesn't try to replace traditional email software, but lets users quickly remove the noise and stress from their inboxes during downtime.
New messages are shown to users as a stack of cards - the cards contain summaries of each message. With a flick or a tap, users can quickly archive, keep important messages in the inbox for later or compose a short reply.
Triage was created by Southgate Labs, a boutique software development studio in Wellington that developed the iPhone and Android apps for Radio New Zealand. The RNZ apps lets you listen to Radio New Zealand any time, anywhere.
The principles of Southgate built Triage for themselves to begin with. It worked so well they decided to make it available.
As well as developing its own web and mobile applications, Southgate Labs is an investor in, and advisor to, early-stage technology businesses.
Triage Email First Aid is available now at an introductory price of NZ$2.59. It supports users of Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, and iCloud Mail, and most IMAP email services.
Photo wrangler
Developed by Jason Hunter, Snapboard is NZ$1.29 in the iTunes App Store.
It enables users to manage their photos by putting them into 'boards' and to enrich them with comments which can later be used as search criteria.
Photos taken can be copied into a users camera roll or only live within the snapboard app.
The overarching principles are speed, simplicity and ease of use. Images are kept local and private to each user, although if you choose, the app data can be sent to iCloud for backup.
Playing with local musicians
Players of the NZ-developed game Indie Music Manager has you manage the Kiwi acts Street Chant, Tiki Taane, I Am Giant and Princess Chelsea. You choose where they should tour, which producer to work with and how to best hype the artists. Scandals must be managed and egos soothed, all the while listening to your artist's streaming music.
The game features 28 music tracks and 10 unique recording studios, plus venues, producers and roadies. It was launched for NZ Music Month in May and is available on the Apple AppStore or online.


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'Gunzilla, The worlds best gun cleaner.' because I posted what a great product it is. Lied claiming my email address tracked back to the company. I would not wipe my rear with his opinion.
m4carbine.net is a far more reliable credible sources of info on AR's, not populated by pompous bone heads.
Other than re staking the bolt carrier My Bushmaster has functioned flawlessly using Gunzilla as a cleaner and lubricant


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The Shakopee, Minn., track reported daily on-track handle declined 8.59% to $206,688, while attendance fell 1.6% to 5,475 when compared against the 68-day meet of 2007. But daily all-sources handle, not including separate pool wagering, averaged $470,652, a 0.4% decline from the $472,355, according to The Jockey Club Information Systems. Other than on-track handle and attendance, the track did not release end-of-meet figures.
Import handle, which is out-of-state wagering on Canterbury Park's races, increased by 2.64%, the track reported. Officials attributed the increase to the return of the Claiming Crown race series, and increased distribution of Canterbury's racing signal to wagering sites throughout the country. The Claiming Crown, which returned to Canterbury Park after being hosted by Ellis Park in 2007, has historically been the largest handle day of the live race meet.
"We knew coming into this season that it could be a difficult summer considering the economy, gas prices, and the fact that for the first time we had competition in our market from another racetrack, Running Aces Harness Park, which conducted live and simulcast wagering during our race meet," track president Randy Sampson said in a release. "We were pleased that in spite of these factors, our loyal race fans continued to come to the track, and we were able to attract new fans. They just had fewer dollars in their pockets to wager with."
Canterbury Park's 2008 race meet contained one less day of racing and 15 fewer total races than 2007, while the average number of starters per race increased 1.86% to 7.76. Daily average purses were up 0.53% to $125,969, according to TJCIS.
"We were pleased to put out a quality race card day after day with strong fields thanks to the ongoing support of our horsemen," Sampson said. "While an increasing number of racetracks in the Midwest are able to offer higher purses due to slot revenue, we must rely on our solid relationship with our horsemen. We are proud that our horsemen-friendly reputation has allowed us to stay competitive in recruiting stables."
Mac Robertson won his fourth consecutive Thoroughbred training title, with 77 wins. Derek Bell was the champion Thoroughbred rider for the sixth time. He had 93 wins. S E J Stables Inc. (Curt and Sharon Johnson of Detroit Lakes, Minn.) won the Thoroughbred owner title for the third consecutive year with 32 wins.


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I originally went to SOB for tooth resorption, which required an implant for complete replacement of my front tooth. I began the process in August 2013, my estimate for everything start to finish came to $3000. I spoke with Shannon, then office manager, because SOB matches competitor coupons. She agreed to apply my 25% off coupon to the entire treatment plan, and made a copy of it.
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Mr Grumpy
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Yorkshire pudding
I made Toad in the Hole tonight, which was apparently "delicious", but the pudding was a bit stodgy despite having been made with self-raising flour and an egg and whisked with an electric mixer. My wife (from Warwickshire, admittedly considerably closer to Yorkshire than me) suggested that it doesn't rise BECAUSE I whisk it; she says it should be mixed minimally with a fork only. Would any real son or daughter of the White Rose care to comment and advise?
#2 Fri 27 Nov 09 2:56pm
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Re: Yorkshire pudding
No no no - you must never whisk yorkshire pudding, or use selfraising flour.
3/4 pint of milk made up to a pint with water ( this makes it lighter ), 2 eggs, 8oz Plain flour - beat eggs into milk then slowly add sifted flour mixing with a fork - take your time so you don't get lumps - its very soothing mixing batter I think.
I have a tupperware shaker - I don't know if you can still get them but its fantastic - just add all the ingredients and shake it ( its good for whipping cream and milk shakes as well )
The main thing to remember is plain flour - hot oil in the pan ( it needs to be smoking ) and a little water. My mum always use to add boiled water to sponge mix instead of a drop of milk, it makes the sponge really light.
#3 Fri 27 Nov 09 3:31pm
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Re: Yorkshire pudding
I'm just poking my nose in as i'm not a son or daughter of the English rose. But seeing that the recipe below is Dave's that i have used since last year, i'm sure that i'll be excused.........!!! It always comes up perfect.
half way down the page......
#4 Fri 27 Nov 09 9:28pm
Mr Grumpy
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- Member since Sat 22 Dec 07
Re: Yorkshire pudding
I think Dave's about cracked it there; thank you, Dave, and to Kye for pointing it out. I'm just going downstairs to admit to LMP that I got it wrong and she's right; I may be some time...
#5 Fri 27 Nov 09 11:47pm
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Re: Yorkshire pudding
Earthmum...you have it perfectly. There is quite a cult following about proper yorkies even here in Canada there are competitions !
They are so yum with hot gravy making ponds in the centre of them
none for me though,trying to really watch food intake so I can get "svelte" for my daughter's April wedding. Why does all the good stuff have to be fattening?
I always want at least TWO yorkshire puds on my plate!
#6 Sat 28 Nov 09 5:30am
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Re: Yorkshire pudding
Hey been following this post as i want to make fab home made yorkshires, so i can show off to my mum..L....where did 'Dave the cooks' recipe go.....i just wanted to check it over and it's not here now.....i'm a newb here so still learning how to navigate around.....thanx
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Re: Yorkshire pudding
Ignore that last post....OOPSIE....i found it on another post....what can i say...
I'm a newb...L...Sorry people
#8 Sat 28 Nov 09 10:41am
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- Member since Sat 05 Sep 09
Re: Yorkshire pudding
I think that the making of YP's must be one of the most myth-laden tasks in the kitchen.
I was whinging to my 2nd cousin once, while in the pub on a visit to England, that mine weren't consistent. Sometimes they would rise, sometimes not.
He passed on our ancient family recipe...The McGill Mix
For 24 mini puds...
5 eggs (approx. 300g)
180g plain flour
300g water
half tsp salt
1 dessert spoon vinegar
Now this is a secret recipe, so don't go spreading it about.
USE WITH CARE, but be assured, it always works...I make the best YP's in Germany (actually Mrs P usually mixes them up)
Just reduce proportionally for smaller quantities.
Oh, and the Yorkshires go in the oven when the roast comes out. They cook during the resting time for the meat...
I used to mix with a fork, now I use my Bamix.
I used to always heat my oil (like Earthmum) now I just warm it up a bit...I'm tempted to try Dave's recipe, but why use more flour than neccessary?
What's this about buying frozen YP's like all my friends in England do?
When did that suddenly become fashionable?
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#9 Sat 28 Nov 09 1:16pm
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Re: Yorkshire pudding
I'm no English Rose but i can still make a crackin' Yorkshire Pudding
i use 150g of plain flour, 3 eggs, 180ml of milk, 100ml of water and about 1/2 tsp of salt...whisk the wet ingredients together then add the flour bit by bit till you have a nice smooth batter...cover, then leave it to rest at room temperature for about 1 hour .....in the meantime, heat the oven to 250C (throw the dry yorkie tins in whilst your at it)....once it's hot, add oil to the tins then heat again till smoking....quickly pour the mixture into the pudding tins (it should begin to rise straight away), slide them back into the oven and cook at 250C for the first 12mins...turn the heat down to 180C then continue cooking for about another 10mins...if you want a slightly softer yorkie, take them out now....if you prefer a crispier yorkie, leave them in for another 8-10 mins.
you can also use beer (instead of water) which gives the yorkies a lovely flavour....they don't seem to rise as much but they're still very good
#10 Sat 28 Nov 09 1:35pm
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Re: Yorkshire pudding
Did someone say beer?
Beer flavoured Yorkies? Now you're talking!


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Dechert, Quinn Emanuel Urquart & Sullivan and Weil Gotshal & Manges were among the big risers in revenue terms last year in what was generally a positive period for most US firms in London.
Of The Lawyer's top 30 international firms in London listing this year, all but seven saw their UK revenues rise in 2012, with 27 firms also featuring in last year's list. This marks a turnaround in fortunes from 2009, when 21 of the top 30 firms saw year-on-year falls in UK fee income.
The US's most successful revenue-churners in the UK – Baker & McKenzie ($199.1m), White & Case ($199.1m) and Latham & Watkins ($197.5m) – remained at the top of the table, with Bakers, one of the longest-established US players in the UK market, top of the table for the fourth year running.
Meanwhile, the three new entrants to the top 30 table this year include Quinn ($45.3m), Arnold & Porter ($42.7m) and Ropes & Gray ($40m).
Quinn, which opened the doors on its London office in April 2008, last year posted revenue of $45.3m, an increase of 25 per cent. While still relatively small in the City, the firm's raid on Herbert Smith Freehills last month secured it the services of senior litigation partner Ted Greeno (27 March 2013) and underlined its continuing ambitions to grow.
Elsewhere, Arnold & Porter re-entered the table with estimated total revenue of $42.7m, a total powered by the Washington, DC-headquartered firm's focus on regulatory matters, patent litigation for pharmaceutical companies and disputes more generally.
Ropes & Gray, another first timer in The Lawyer's international top 30, entered with an estimated total revenue of $40m, an increase of 38 per cent. The Boston-headquartered firm's aggressive recruitment campaign, spearheaded by partners Maurice Allen and Mike Goetz since it launched in the UK in 2009, secured it a berth in the top 30 a year ahead of Quinn.
However, the stand-out winner this year was Dechert. Although the firm did not provide a precise UK revenue figure it did confirm that last year its London office saw a 44 per cent increase in turnover. By The Lawyer's calculations that would take total revenue from $81.6m to $118m.
Much of that growth is thanks to the steady stream of hires Dechert made during 2011 and 2012. Two years ago the firm appeared to have an exclusive recruitment channel out of DLA Piper as it snared a raft of lawyers including disputes partners Neil Gerrard and Jonathan Pickworth (7 October 2011), and international trade specialist Miriam Gonzalez (25 October 2011).
Weil was another big riser in revenue last year. The firm posted a 21.6 per cent increase in London office revenue for the 2012 financial year, with total lawyer headcount also growing significantly from 89 to 99. It is another US firm that over the past 12 months has looked to build out its platform via lateral hires. New partner hires in 2012 included Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer high-yield head Gil Strauss (7 December 2012) and Alex Wood (23 July 2012), a restructuring partner who joined from Hogan Lovells last summer.
Weil's arch rival in areas such as private equity and restructuring, Kirkland & Ellis, also saw a double-digit revenue increase in London last year, with turnover rising 10 per cent from $112m to $122.8m.
Meanwhile, this year's biggest fallers in UK estimated revenue include WilmerHale ($45.9m), Mayer Brown ($145m) and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher ($61.3m), with the latter seeing an estimated 11 per cent decrease despite the firm posting a double-digit rise in turnover globally. As The Lawyer reported earlier this year (14 March 2013), the co-partner in charge of Gibson Dunn's London office Tom Budd said the fall could be explained by the firm's heavy use of contract lawyers and paralegals on major litigation matters such as the investigation into Libor, in which a team led by City disputes head Philip Rocher represented UBS.


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