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Crème BrûléeAn all-time favourite from the seventeenth century in two variations
Crème brûlée is one of the most popular desserts. That probably has to do with the titillating contrast between the cold, creamy custard and the hard, hot layer of burned sugar. This dish should be prepared with care, because it can easily turn out wrong. So please read the notes with the recipe!
The origin of Crème Brûlée
The very first recipes for crème brûlée date from the seventeenth century. Whether its origins are French, English (see bibliography) or Spanish (yes, the Crema Catalana!) is unclear. Sabban and Serventi (edition) are inclined to seek the origins in Spain.
However, I liked this French recipe, because you get "two for the price of one" (you notice I'm Dutch?): a beautiful soft yellow coloured custard with orange, and a pastel green coloured custard with lime.
Le cuisinier royal et bourgeois of François Massialot
The recipe is taken from a French cookbook that was written by Massialot at the end of the seventeenth century.
François Massialot was born in Limoges in 1660 and died in Paris in 1733. Barbara Ketcham Wheaton (edition) suspects he was not in service, but an undependent cook who was hired for special occasions. He has prepared meals for Monsieur (Philippe, duke of Orleans, brother of Louis the fourteenth), Madame (princess Liselotte, wife of Monsieur), the Dauphin, and several dukes and marquesses. So it would be safe to say he was quite successful.
Massialot has produced two cookbooks: Le Cuisinier royal et bourgeois [...], first printed anonymously in 1691, which has seen many (extended) reprints up to the middle of the eighteenth century (from 1712 onwards as Le nouveau cuisinier royal et bourgeois [...]) , and the Nouvelle instruction pour les confitures, les liquers et les fruits [...] from 1692, also reprinted several times in the eighteenth century. The picture above of the table with sweets is from this book.
Le cuisinier royal et bourgeois consists of two parts: in the first part there is a description of menu's for a whole year. Many of these menu's have been prepared at court (dates and hosts are mentioned). The second part is the actual cookbook. This is the first cookbook in which the recipes are alphabetically ordered to the chief ingredient, often with variations for flesh- and fishdays. Another first in this book is two recipes in which chocolate is an ingredient: in a sauce for wigeon or scoter, and in a sweet custard. Until then chocolate was consumed solely as a drink.
More French recipes from the seventeenth century on this site: Pea Soup, Salmon in red wine sauce, Petits pois à la crême, Potage à la Reine, Spinach Pie, Pomegranate Salad, Jacobin Pottage, Lemonade, Meat Stock, Marinated Veal Cutlets.
The original recipe
The original text of the recipe, taken from Massialot, Le cuisinier royal et bourgeois, Paris, 1691, as it appeared in La gastronomie au Grand Siècle. 100 recettes de France et d'Italie, F. Sabban and S. Serventi, Éd. Stock (1998), p.270/271.
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Il faut prendre quatre ou cinq jaunes d'oeufs, selon la grandeur de votre plat ou assiette. Vous les délayerez bien dans une casserole, avec bonne pincée de farine; & peu à peu vous y verserez du lait, environ une chopine. Il y faut mettre un peu de canelle en bâton, & de l'ecorce de citron vert haché, & d'autre confit. On y peut aussi hacher de l'ecorce d'orange comme celle de citron; & alors on l'apelle Crème brûlée à l'orange. Pour la faire plus délicate, on y peut mêler des pistaches pilées, ou des amandes, avec une goutte d'eau de fleur d'orange. Il faut aller sur le fourneau allumé, & la toujours remuer, prenant garde que votre crème ne s'attache pas au fond. Quand elle sera bien cuite, mettez un plat ou une assiette sur un fourneau allumé; & ayant versé la crème dedans, faites-la cuire encore, jusqu'`a ce que vous voyez qu'elle s'attache au bord du plat. Alors il la faut tirer en arrière, & la bien sucrer par-dessus, outre le sucre que l'on y met dedans: on prend la pelle du feu, bien rouge; & du même temps on en brûle la crème, afin qu'elle prenne une belle couleur d'or.
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Take four or five egg yolks, depending on the size of your plate or dish. Stir them well in a casserole with some flour. Pour the milk in it a little at a time, about 4,5 decilitres. Add a stick of cinnamon, and the chopped peel of limes, and other candied fruits. You can also use chopped peel of orange instead of lime. Then it is called "Crème brûlée à l'orange". To make it even more delicate one can add peeled ppistachio nuts, or almonds, with a drop of orange blossom water. Put it on the lit burner and stir continually, always looking that your crème does not stick to the bottom. When the crème is done, put a plate or dish on a lit burner , pour the crème in it, and let it simmer until you see that it sticks to the plate or dish. Pull [the dish] to the back (where the heat is lower), and sprinkle liberally sugar on top, apart from the sugar that is [already] in it. Take the fire shovel, red-hot, and burn the crème with it at once, so that it will acquire a nice golden colour.
Modern adaptation of the recipe
There are two recipes here, one for crème brûlée au citron vert, the other for crème brulé à l'orange. I have tried both recipes. In the original recipes the custards are enriched with candied fruit. Just as Sabban and Serventi I have chosen for fresh citrus perel only. The candied fruit was too rich for my taste.
Each recipe is as dessert for four persones; preperation in advance 20 minutes + cooling; preparation 10 minutes.
Pitfalls to avoid while preparing Crème Brûlée
For people with limited experience in cooking there may arise some difficulties in preparing these dishes. The thickening of sauces with raw egg yolks is one of them, the other is the burning of sugar. Please read this first before starting on the recipe.
See the notes for how to thicken a sauce with egg yolks.
You can caramelize the sugar layer in several different ways. I have tried all methods described below, the third method was most to my liking. You get the best result when you let the custard cool without covering it up, in order to let the surface dry. Do not sprinkle with sugar until just before you want caramelize, and serve as soon as that is done. Otherwise the burnt sugar will absorb moisture from the crème and become soft.
1. Under the built-in grill of an electric oven. When you burn the sugar under a grill, the custard heats up too. I like it best when the custard is still at room temperature or cold.
2. With a searing iron you get when buying a set of dishes for "crema catalana". Using a searing iron is laborious, especially when there are several dishes to be done. The iron needs to be reheated every so often.
3. With a gas jet (blow torch). The sugar caramelizes quickly while the crème remains cold, and you can prepare as many dishes as you want to (until you run out of gas). See the notes on how to use a blow torch in the kitchen.
|Ingredients for Crème Brûlée with lime
1/2 litre (2 cups/1 pint) milk
5 egg yolks
75 gram (1/3 cup) ground pistachio nuts of prime quality
60 gram (1/4 cup) sugar
15 gram (2 Tbsp.) flour
1 cinnamon stick
the grated zest of 3 limes
1/2 tsp. orange blossom water
enough (icing) sugar to cover the crème
|Ingredients for Crème Brûlée with orange
1/2 litre (2 cups/1 pint) milk
5 egg yolks
70 gram (1/3 cup) ground almonds
60 gram (1/4 cup) sugar
15 gram (2 Tbsp.) flour
1 cinnamon stick
the grated zest of 2 oranges
1 tsp. orange blossom water
enough (icing) sugar to cover the crème
Preparation in advance
Mix the egg yolks with flour and sugar, orange blossom water, and either ground almonds or ground pistachio nuts.
Bring the milk to the boil with the stick of cinnamon. When the milk starts to boil, temper the heat and remove the cinnamon stick. Now pay attention: to thicken a hot liquid with raw egg yolks can be tricky if you do not have any experience with it. Here you can read detailed instructions.
Once having tempered the eggs according to the instructions, add the egg-mixture to the milk in the pan, or in the bowl if you prefer the au bain marie method. Add also thegrated zest of limes or oranges. Now keep stirring until the mixture has thickened to the consistency of custard. If you stop now, that is exactly what you have prepared: custard! Because crème brûlée is nothing else than custard with a layer of caramellized sugar on top.
Pour the mixture at once into a large shallow dish, or in individual small shallow dishes, and let the custard cool without any covering to room temperature. If you do this several hours in advance to serving, place the dish(es) in the refrigerator when they have cooled. The top-layer must be slightly dried to obtain a nice crisp layer of caramelized sugar.
Preheat the built-in grill in the oven, heat your fire-shovel, or pick up your gas jet (blow torch) . Sprinkle the as yet 'unburned' crème with a thin layer of sugar. Take care that the whoile surface is covered, because the crème itself will burn where there is no sugar. Place the dishes under the grill, apply your fire-shovel, or use the blow torch (see the picture on the right).
To serve
You have to serve the crème brûlée as quickly as possible, because the the hard layer of caramelized sugar will turn soft again when it absorbs moisture from the crème underneath. And what is the most appealing of this recipe is the contrast between the crisp, hard layer of sugar and the soft creamy custard. My tasters were divided as to which crème was the favourite. The majority voted for the orange crème, but the lime crème was not without admirers.
All descriptions of ingredients
Burner - The stove as we know it was not used in the seventeenth century. There was no electricty or gass. In the Middle Ages meals were prepared on open heat sources. The cook could place pots, pans, grids and roasting-spits nearer the heat source, or further away. At the end of the Middle Ages the hearth was raised to knee- or table-height, with enough room for several heat sources from soaring heat to a low simmer. The raised block was also used to place dishes on (see picture on the left).
In the seventeenth century the stove build with bricks comes into being: these were especially handy for simmering on a low fire. A stove could have one or more burning holes. The Dutch cookbook De verstandige kock (1667) gives instructions on how to build your own stove. In the block there are one ore more conic-shaped holes in which the fire burns. Near the bottom there is a grate for the fire, at the top where the hole is at its widest there are iron knobs on which the pots or pans are placed. In he side of the stove there are vent-holes that also provide access to remove the ashes (see picture on the right). Cast-iron stoves date from the nineteenth century.
How to thicken a sauce or custard with raw egg yolks - Just follow the rules:
Rule 1: The liquid that has to be thickened by the yolks must not cook. When that does happen, the egg yolks will form unattractive flakes instead of emulsifying with the sauce. So: keep the heat low, or prepare the sauce "au bain marie" (just place a bowl of heat-conducive material in a wider pan filled with water that is kept almost boiling. This prevents the contents of the bowl to ever reach the boiling point).
Rule 2: Do NOT pour the egg yolks into the hot liquid. They would clot immediately. The yolks must gently get used to the higher temperature, by adding one tablespoon of the warm liquid to the yolks, whilst stirring well. Add some more, keep stirring, and continue adding the liquid in small amounts until the egg yolks have reached almost the temperature of the liquid in the pan. Now you can pour the heated yolks to the liquid in the pan (or the bowl if you continue "au bain marie"). Whilst pouring you have to keep stirring in the pan, to be sure that the yolks and the liquid blend without clotting.
Rule 3: If you cook an egg, it takes a while for it to be ready. It is the same with the thickening of sauces with egg yolks: it needs time. So you have to be patient and keep stirring. This can take up to fifteen minutes or more. You must stir well, scrape across the bottom and the sides of the pan/bowl to prevent clotting of the custard. Use a wooden spoon or a whisk with an isolated grip, or you will burn your hands. You can also use an electric mixer. If you do that, the heat can be turned up a little, because the sauce will be stirred vigorously, and will be ready all the sooner. But keep scraping the bottom and sides of the pan/bowl.
When the sauce or custard is thickened to your liking, remove it immediately from the heatsource, and pour it in a serving dish or individual dishes, because once you stop stirring, the contents of the pan will stick to the bottom and sides because the pan is still hot.
How to use a blow torch - It's great fun, using a blow torch in the kitchen, you can feel really tough! You can buy elegant blow torches that are made especially for use in the kitchen, but a lot of those are not powerful enough. They are filled from a can with gas for cigarette lighters. Just go to a hardware store and buy a real blow torch.
Always be careful when working with fire, even if it's a small burner. Take care that there is nothing inflammable in the vicinity of where you want to caramelize your custards. And don't do it on your antique wooden table! Keep children away, a blow torch is not a toy. When you lit the burner, take care that the flame is directed at free space, just in case the first flame is strong. When you are done, check and double-check that you have closed off the gas. Store the blow torch somewhere children can't reach.
Orange blossom water or orange flower water - This is made with the flowers of the bigarade or Seville oranges. It originates in the Middle East where it was used to flavour syrups and dishes. In Europe it was first used to perfume bed linen, but by the seventeenth century it was also popular as food flavouring.
The editions below are in my possession. Links refer to available editions.
All books mentioned on this site (with short reviews)
- Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, Savoring the Past: The French Kitchen and Table from 1300 to 1789 (Touchstone, 1996) As E-book.
- Livres en bouche Cinq siècles d'art culinaire Française (2001)
- 'Origin of Crème brûlée', Petits Propos Culinaires 31 (March 1989) pp.61/63, several authors. (Conclusion: The recipe is probably French in origin, but it is a mystery why Massialot later changed the name of the recipe from crème brûlée to crème à l'Angloise. The writers remark snarkily that the French are not known for crediting their recipes to other countries, so ...?)
- Philip and Mary Hyman, 'La Chapelle and Massialot: an 18th century feud', Petits Propos Culinaires 2 (1980) pp 44/54
- F. Sabban en S. Serventi, La gastronomie au Grand Siècle. 100 recettes de France et d'Italie Ed. Stock, (1998)


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Music Theater Students Present Two Cabarets
Rider University Music Theater students will present four performances of two cabarets Friday, April 29 through Sunday, May 1. Titled It's a Girl! and I Wish...the shows will be performed in the intimacy of the Yvonne Theater's stage. Trent Blanton is directing both shows. Wendy Feaver, music theater/piano major, is music director for It's a Girl! and music theater/piano major Alex Harrington is music director for I Wish...
Performances are Friday, April 29 at 7 p.m., Saturday, April 30 at 7 p.m. and midnight and Sunday, May 1 at 2 p.m. Admission is free. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
It's a Girl! features songs that illustrate the different sides of what it's like to be growing up as a young woman today. It includes songs from My Name is Alice, The Wild Party, Spring Awakening and 9 to 5 plus pop and folk songs by such artists as Sara Bareilles, Superchick and folk sensation Eddie from Ohio.
I Wish...uses music and song to transport the audience to their youth. It features songs from such musical theater hits as Peter Pan, Camelot, Man of La Mancha and Cinderella, as well as such contemporary shows as Shrek, Into the Woods and Wonderland.
Both of cabarets also feature new arrangements of tunes like Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Camelot, Neverland, Impossible, Children Will Listen and Freedom.
Trent Blanton is assistant professor of theater. His professional acting credits include Les Miserables, A Christmas Carol, 1776, Fiddler on the Roof, A Christmas Carol, Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of the Shrew and Masada. At Rider he directed Striking 12 earlier this season and Anatomy of Grey last year.
Wendy Feaver is a graduate of the musical theater program at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. She is currently working towards her Bachelor of Arts in Music Theater and Piano with plans to open her own theater/bed & breakfast/vegan cafe. She has performed in, accompanied and musically directed numerous shows throughout Florida, New York and California including A...Alice, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Anything Goes and The Sound of Music. She is also a singer/songwriter, and clips of her music can be heard at www.myspace.com/wendyfeavermusic.
Alex Harrington has been involved with many shows at Rider including The Drowsy Chaperone, Striking 12, She Loves Me and Rent. He is currently the music assistant for the Broadway production of The Addams Family.

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Jennifer Newsom on Her New Documentary, Miss Representation
Four years ago, when Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a onetime businesswoman and actress, decided she wanted to have a baby with her husband, Gavin Newsom, former mayor of San Francisco, she looked at the world into which she would be bringing a daughter and saw a bleak picture. Around her, a tabloid culture in which women were prized for cattiness and overt sexualization was thriving, and in the political realm, things didn't look much better. "I witnessed the sexism that was directed at Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton in the 2008 presidential campaign and I made a connection between the misrepresentations of women in the media, which I'd already witnessed in Hollywood, and the underrepresentation of women in leadership," says Newsom, who viewed newscasters' sexist commentary as extremely damaging for American culture, and young children in general. She felt compelled to act, enlisting dozens of power players and young women alike to weigh in on the way women are portrayed in the media for her documentary, Miss Representation, created in hopes of getting the attention of government and business entities. Vogue caught up with Newsom over the phone:
You interviewed an impressive range of people—from Condoleezza Rice to Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, Cory Booker, and high school students—about their thoughts on female representation in the media. What was that process like?
It was funny. There were many interviews where the interviewee said to me, "Thank you so much; I've been wanting to talk about this, and I really enjoyed myself." I would say that feedback was more prevalent among the youth. Some of my favorite interviews were with 30 young girls that came to a conference that I hosted with the professional businesswomen of California.
The film is rife with examples of females in very compromised portrayals on TV and in film. Do you think there are women who receive media attention who are positive counterexamples to this trend?
I do. I was just with Christy Turlington at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit, and I think she's a phenomenal role model for young women. She's doing so much for maternal health with her new documentary, No Woman, No Cry. She's done so much with her yoga line and ayurvedic company. She's gone back to school, and she's a really healthy inspiration for girls. I met Barbara Bush at the Fortune conference. She's doing global work in the health arena—I was excited to hear about her leadership in that area.
You've brought up reality television quite a bit. Would you say it's one of the main culprits?
I would. I think The Hills was a major culprit. I think the reality shows that take the extremes and the worst of what it means to be a man and a woman are dangerous. There are some great reality shows about house-hunting and helping people find their new homes and giving people a lift up, there's American Idol . . . but I definitely am saddened by the ones that are very plastic surgery–oriented, or those that are more gossipy and catty.
One of the main criticisms in your film—coming from male filmmakers like Paul Haggis, no less—is that mostly men write and direct movies, and so the perspective is limited, with female characters that are frequently two-dimensional. Are you encouraged by the Kristen Wiigs, the Whitney Cummings, and the Elizabeth Meriwethers of the industry?
I thought Bridesmaids was hysterical, and I think Kristen Wiig is brilliant, I really enjoy watching her. I do feel like at the end of the day we need to reach a tipping point in terms of storytelling in Hollywood. About seven percent of the directors in the past year and ten percent of the writers in the top 250 grossing films were women. Until you have 30 percent of those top-grossing films written, directed, or produced by women, we're going to continue to see material that is not fully reflective of females and the stories they want to tell.
Were there particular turning points in your own experiences as an actress that got you thinking about this?
Definitely. I started acting when I was 28, and I was told that I was old. I was encouraged to lie about my age and take my MBA off my résumé, and I didn't do either. But all my friends were lying about their age, and I thought that that was really weird. I was sort of shocked.
What do you make of the recent "Intelligence Squared" debate held in New York City, in which panelists discussed the idea of the "end of men," prompted by an article in the Atlantic last year in which Hanna Rosin considered the fact that women are outpacing men in higher education, and in the office, in particular as managers.
Well we've been outperforming men for 40 years in schools, but I feel like we've recently gotten stuck. We haven't made progress as a culture for the past ten years.
So you think this is a recent phenomenon.
I think that we've made strides since the 1980s, but I think there was a backlash in the early-twenty-first century. I think there is a kind of mommy war, pitting women against each other, and sending women who were in the workforce back to the home to be full-time, type-A moms, and fostering competition between women. So the step backwards has worsened as we've seen more women achieve success in the real world because in the media space we've hypersexualized women, which ultimately kind of strips power away from all of us.
And so you see a discrepancy between what women are actually doing in the world, and what is shown on television.
Yes. So I think two things are going on. Young girls are graduating college and graduate school at high rates, but they're paid less than their male counterparts; they don't ask for promotions at the rate that men do. And then they opt out sooner because they think they want to get married and have kids, and, as Sheryl Sandberg says, "They leave before they lead." Often the industry that they're in doesn't provide enough support for them to be a mother as well as have a job.
One of the statistics from the documentary that remained with me was when Pat Mitchell, the CEO of the Paley Center said that 80 percent of the purchasing power is in the pockets of women. I'm wondering how in a practical sense women can use this to go forward and affect change.
We do have 86 percent of the purchasing power, and there's a lot we can do. One thing I'm doing is encouraging women to do is go to missrepresentation.org and commit to take on three simple individual actions that are better for you and our culture:
Stop buying tabloid magazines and watching shows that degrade women to decrease their demand in the marketplace.
Go see movies that are written, directed, and produced by women on their opening weekend.
Write to media and advertising companies and let them know that you think. We have a campaign with the Women's Media Center called "Sexy or Sexism" that challenges the media that portrays women in degrading ways, and then champions good media that celebrates the diversity and complexity of women. We're also encouraging young people to put together short video messages in which they tell media and advertising how they want to be represented. When we receive 1,000 videos, we will share them with top media and ad executives and continue to do so until we are heard.
Miss Representation opens this Friday at the Paley Center for Media in New York and premieres on the Oprah Winfrey Network on Thursday, October 20 at 9/8c.


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Inland Rail Trail is a 11.1 mile out and back trail located near San Marcos, California and is good for all skill levels. The trail is primarily used for trail running and mountain biking and is accessible year-round.
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Chris Parsons
UK Daily Mail
December 17, 2011
The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court has said there are 'serious suspicions' that the death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was a war crime.
Luis Moreno Ocampo said he sent a letter to the head of the National Transitional Council asking what the new government's plans are to investigate alleged war crimes by all parties, including the rebels.
The uprising against Gaddafi's 42-year rule erupted in February, quickly escalated into civil war, and ended in October with Gaddafi's capture and death in unclear circumstances.
Witness accounts and video taken of the deposed dictator after his capture by rebel fighters show that he was beaten and abused by his captors, and there were strong indications he was killed in custody.


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Founded by Dermot Hogan and Huw Collingbourne in 2006, SapphireSteel Software is a division of Dark Neon Ltd., a software development and consultancy company.
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Dermot has twenty years experience as a senior software developer in the financial industry. He has programmed his way through many of the world's computer languages, starting with BCPL and Algol68, meandering through C, C++ and C# before finally arriving at Ruby and Flex. Dermot is the Chief Architect of SapphireSteel Software's Visual Studio IDEs.
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Huw has an MA in English from the University of Cambridge.
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The Daily View began as my creative New Year's Resolution to try and find at least one image every day — or almost every day — in 2007. I wanted to push myself to more thoroughly explore campus with my camera and to show those unfamiliar with the university the variety and beauty of its people and spaces.
As French novelist Marcel Proust wrote, "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapers but in having new eyes."
I looked for campus moments as if I was feature hunting for a daily community newspaper, something I did for many years in my previous job. Sometimes the photos found me. My colleagues in the Office of Communications helped support my project by providing an online home and structure for the project.
We then put my images online and from there, we expanded the collection beyond the campus site by creating a group at Flickr, an online photo-sharing site.
Now, following a full year of image-capturing and recording moments that were, we have a vibrant catalogue of the year that was, 2007. Click on any of the images presented above to re-live the past year, whether it is Wolf Pack basketball highlights, Commencement, or scenic shots of the campus' daily life.
In April, I encouraged other campus photographers to contribute their images. Ted Cook, a campus photographer for nearly four decades, sent a couple favorite images of the Knowledge Center construction. Student photographers Kevin Clifford, Crista Hecht and Tyler Keck joined in to further expand the project, as did campus sports photographer John Byrne.
In the summer we started uploading copies of Daily View images such as campus scenes and annual events to the permanent digital photo archive in Getchell Library.
Campus colleagues are now using Daily View images for PowerPoint presentations and to update their university websites. They have used the new images in such print publications as the Parent's Handbook and the College of Science recruitment brochure.
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|A quilt, made about 1888 was presented to Reverend
Cordello C. Herrick and his wife Emily Elizabeth Taylor Herrick. It is speculated
that the quilt was made either to welcome the new minister (appointed to
the Locke Methodist Church in 1888) or to celebrate the birth of their first
child, Ada Emily Herrick who was born July 22, 1888 in Locke. Ada Herrick
attended Syracuse University, graduating in 1910 with a four year degree
in Piano and Theory of Music. She married Herbert E. Yury of Seneca Falls,
a photographer and lived in Auburn NY the remainder of her years where she
taught piano to hundreds of young students, was an organist a several churches
and conducted piano recitals for over 70 years.
This Quilt contains 56 primary panels (8 by 7) and 42 interior panels (6
x 7).
I will gladly send a JPG formatted digital picture of the panel containing
your ancestor's name in exchange for genealogical information on the individual.
Names On The Signed Panels
|A. Harris
Estella E. Heath
Mrs H. Allen
Belle E. Heath
Mrs V. B. Coggshall
Louisa Miles
Charly Cook
B. Main
J. L. White
Henry Lockwood
Lewis Hewitt
Mrs M. Elliott
Mrs. G. Hewitt
Edna Taylor
M. Gorman
Mrs C. Robinson
Bertha M. Lucas
C. Devenner
Mrs Hinnion
Mrs James Love
Mrs J. Curtis
C. E. Harris
Alice Hinman
Alise Boise
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Josie Freelove
J. S. Hewitt
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James Lucas
Lilly Bush
Mrs Whipple
Mrs. Wm. Greenlief
Mrs. P. Allen
W. B. Greenleaf
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Mrs Hale
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Emma Taylor
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Mrs. R. Ogden
Mrs. Wm.. Aldrich
Mrs. R. Freelove
Mrs. M. Spink
Lois Greenlief
Emma White
H. Freelove
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H. E. Stone
Elida Guest
J. Spaulding
H. Spaulding
M. Hartown
Mary Ingraham
Jane Main
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IUPUI Campus Center: Cultural Arts Gallery and Room 450A
Indiana Supreme Court Justice Stephen H. David and Indianapolis attorney Richard Kammen discuss their experiences defending post-9/11 Guantánamo detainees and discuss the issues raised in these cases.
Opening Reception: 6:00-7:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 10, 2013, Cultural Arts Gallery, 2ndfloor of the IUPUI Campus Center. View the exhibition and meet the IUPUI students who created it.
"Speaking of Guantanamo": 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 10, 2013, IUPUI Campus Center, Room 450A
Graduate students from the museum studies and public history programs at the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI were among the 100 students at 11 universities across the country that developed the exhibition, Why Guantánamo? The exhibition explores the century-long history of the US naval station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and is a project of the Guantánamo Public Memory Project, which seeks to build public awareness of, and foster dialogue on the future of this place and the policies it shapes.
The lecture "Speaking of Guantánamo" will mark the exhibition's opening and feature two Indiana jurists who have extensive experience defending detainees held in Guantánamo Bay. Indiana Supreme Court Justice Steven H. David was the Chief Defense Counsel to the Office of Military Commissions from 2007-2010. He oversaw the defense team for post-9/11 detainees in Guantánamo. Indianapolis attorney Richard Kammen is the civilian learned counsel responsible for defending Abd al-Rahim Hussein Mohammed Al-Nashiri. Al-Nashiri is accused of masterminding the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole. IU McKinney School of Law professor George Edwards will moderate the discussion.
In 2012, 21 IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI graduate students in the Museum Studies and Public History programs created two panels for Why Guantánamo? Students were responsible for researching, writing, and selecting the photographs for the panels. Those in the "Introduction to Museum Studies" class produced the panel "Arts of Detention," and students in the "Guantánamo Project" class produced the panel "Guantánamo Hits Home." Students who helped develop these panels in the traveling exhibit will be on hand to talk to guests.
Paid parking is available in the Vermont Street parking garage, which is connected to the IUPUI Campus Center:http://parking.iupui.edu/visitors.do
The IUPUI Cultural Arts Gallery is free and open to the public Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., and Sunday 1-7 p.m.
Why Guantánamo? will be on exhibition from April 10 – May 12, 2013
Sponsors of the exhibit's appearance at IUPUI include: the museum studies program, the public history program, the history department, and the international studies program, all units of the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, and the Museum Studies Club.
The Guantánamo Public Memory Project seeks to build public awareness of the century-long history of the US naval station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and foster dialogue on the future of this place and the policies it shapes. Coordinated from Columbia University's Institute for the Study of Human Rights, the Project has developed a traveling exhibit, online story collection, curricula, public dialogues, and more through collaboration and debates with diverse stakeholders. First launched in 2009 by the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, the Project is now developed by a growing number of universities, organizations, and individuals according to common principles while engaged in ongoing debate on the possibilities and pitfalls of "remembering" Guantánamo. The project was supported by the participating universities and by the Open Society Foundations, Libra Foundation, and the New York Council on the Humanities.


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Is It Me or Something I Said? Why People Link to Posts.
We all want to know that when we post something in social media that someone is actually reading it, and hopefully is passing it on to other people. Business people regularly ask me what do I have to write to get people to respond to my posts. Honestly it is not easy. Typically I find people who have their own business and use social media, post information such as their latest blog, or perhaps a link to an article, or they try some other trick such as using a famous name or really clever wording to get people to read. So what are those factors that affect whether a post will be read or passed along? It's a difficult question to answer. However, I recently read a very clever research article entitled, "The Pulse of News in Social Media: Forecasting Popularity" (Bandari et al., 2012). The researchers were interested in what makes a news story popular within social media networks. Based on previous research they narrowed it down to four possible factors:
- The news source that generates and posts the article
- Does it make a difference who publishes a news article?
- The category of news this article falls under
- Does the category of news article affect its popularity within a social network?
- The subjectivity of the language in the article
- Do readers prefer factual statements, or do they favor personal tone and emotionally charged language?
- Named entities mentioned in the article
- Does it make a difference whether famous names are mentioned in the article?
So what is the most important factor when it comes to popularity? Hands down, it is the Source. Meaning that is more important to be Seth Godin, or Mashable than it is to post about what they have to say. The research suggests it is all about the brand.. The bigger the brand the more they appear to be trusted. Right or wrong, agree or disagree, but people psychologically influenced by great branding.
The number 2 factor that effects popularity? The news category. There are more people linking to the categories of "news", "technology", and "sports", than they are to "products", "travel", and "shopping". Let's dive in to some of the other psychological implications of this study on using social media for your business.
- Who you are is more important that what you know.
- I know people do not like to hear this, but none the less it is true. You may be the smartest most talented individual in the world, but if someone has a brand that people know, like and trust, they will follow and listen to the brand even if they are not necessarily produce the "best" product or service..
- The solution is to really develop your brand. Social Media is an excellent free place to continue to grow your brand. However, you must be using it every day in a personal way. You are not Nike, Dell, Google, or Apple…they do not have to be personal because their brand is that big. You will have to grow your brand one person at a time and you need to do everyday.
- What you choose to talk about is more important than how you say it, or who you are talking about.
- There are just some categories of things people just do not care about. You may care, but remember if you are using social media for business, then this is NOT ABOUT YOU! It is about your future clients. What are they interested in? Do you know? Quite honestly they are probably interested in subject areas that are not related to your business, but that's okay. You create clients from social media starting with the personal, not the professional.
- From left to right are the order of topics that received the most linking.
- Know Your Clients Interests and Talk about Them.
- While it is true that in the study, technology was a the highest rated category, digging a little deeper it is more than likely because Twitter talks a great deal about technology. It's finding those subjects, those categories that your future clients want to discuss, do some research and get some conversations going.
- It does not matter how creative you are, it is more important to get the information out there.
- The research is pretty clear. It does not matter if you are highly emotional when it comes to the tone of your posts, or you are the Joe Friday, "Just the facts ma'am" poster. It is more important that you just get posts with the right subject matter out there and develop your brand.
- It is easy to get so stuck because you are trying to be too clever. Forget the cleverness. Just get yourself out there. It's pretty clear, this is all about the "who" says it, and not about the "what" is being said, so worry less about how it is being said, and just say it.
- The most popular articles are not necessarily the most viral.
- I found this to be one of the most interesting findings of the article. It appears that the medium level responded to posts have a greater chance at becoming viral.
- Based on this data, getting something to go viral is about the numbers…if you post enough chances are eventually you may stumble on to something that will take off.
- Build Your Brand!
- Alright so let me give you some words of encouragement. You may not be Reuters or Mashable, but you do have an opportunity to develop and create a worldwide brand unlike any time in our world's history. You can start something from nothing, and make it into something enormous…you can be seen, you can be followed, you can be read, and you can go viral. However, in order to develop any brand you need to be consistent, you need to be relevant, and you need to be consistent. Yes, I said it twice, because most social media failure that I observe is due to a lack of consistency.
- Branding is about association. Association is about consistency. You will break the association if you are inconsistent. It will require determination and quite honestly a bit of faith, because you may not see results immediately or even in the short term. You must stay with what you are doing to build the association between the people and your business, so that your brand is synonymous with your business, and your business is synonymous with you. If anything is clear from this research it may be that when people know you they tend to like you, and when they like you they tend to trust you, and those that trust you become your clients who talk about you and return for more.
Jay Izso, Internet Doctor®
Source: Bandari, R., Asur, S., & Huberman, B. (2012) "The Pulse of News in Social Media: Forecasting Popularity" Accessed June 2012 http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/scl/papers/newsprediction/pulse.
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Vale of White Horse Under 13s celebrated a fabulous four-timer by winning all their matches at the ESFA Isle of Wight Festival.
To cap their superb week, they also won the Bert Worrall Fair Play Trophy, and a cash prize of £250.
James Stewart scored twice as Vale opened up with a 4-1 win over Yeovil at Shanklin FC.
Chris Mortimore and Jack Earl were also on target, before Yeovil reduced the deficit late on.
Vale were among the goals again as they beat Portsmouth Under 12s 4-0 at Isle of Wight Community Club, with Harry Thomas, Stewart, Jaiden Hawkins and Earl on target.
Mortimore's strike from a free-kick then saw Vale edge past West Cornwall 1-0 at The Pavilion FC, Newchurch, in a game dominated by the two defences.
Vale completed their 100 per cent record with a 6-3 win over Gosport & Fareham at Brading FC.
Stewart (2), Mortimore (2) and Jamie Masters and an own goal secured victory.
Mortimore was named Vale's player of the festival.
Vale under 14s experienced mixed fortunes from their difficult set of fixtures.
They opened up with a 5-1 victory over Bridgwater at Rookley FC, with goals from George Carder (2), James Spruyt, Tom Morris and Josh Dennis.
Vale were then beaten 3-2 by Greater Manchester side Tameside at Brading, with Spruyt and Max Taylor on target.
A disappointing display against the Isle of Wight at Shanklin saw Vale draw 1-1.
Josh Dennis scored for Vale, but they couldn't find a winner.
Vale signed off with a 3-2 defeat by Cambridge at the Isle of Wight Community Club, Cowes.
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1This is the message that came to Jeremiah from the Lord. This was when Zedekiah, the king of Judah, sent a man named Pashhur and a priest named Zephaniah to Jeremiah. Pashhur was the son of a man named Malkijah. Zephaniah was the son of a man named Maaseiah. Pashhur and Zephaniah brought a message for Jeremiah. 2Pashhur and Zephaniah said to Jeremiah, "Pray to the Lord for us. Ask the Lord what will happen. We want to know, because Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, is attacking us. Maybe the Lord will do great things for us, like he did in the past. Maybe the Lord will make Nebuchadnezzar stop attacking us and leave." 3Then Jeremiah answered Pashhur and Zephaniah. He said, "Tell King Zedekiah: 4This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'You have weapons of war in your hands. You are using those weapons to defend yourselves against the king of Babylon and the Babylonians. But I will make those weapons worthless. "'The army from Babylon is outside the wall around the city. That army is all around the city. Soon I will bring that army into Jerusalem. 5I myself will fight against you people of Judah. I will fight against you with my own powerful hand. I am very angry with you, so I will fight against you with my own powerful arm. I will fight very hard against you and show how angry I am. 6I will kill the people living in Jerusalem. I will kill people and animals. They will die from terrible sicknesses that will spread all through the city. 7After that happens,'" this message is from the Lord, "'I will give Zedekiah king of Judah to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I will also give Zedekiah's officials to Nebuchadnezzar. Some of the people in Jerusalem will not die from the terrible sicknesses. Some of the people will not be killed with swords. Some of them will not die from hunger. But I will give those people to Nebuchadnezzar. I will let Judah's enemy win. Nebuchadnezzar's army wants to kill the people of Judah. So the people of Judah and Jerusalem will be killed with swords. Nebuchadnezzar will not show any mercy. He will not feel sorry for those people.' 8"Also tell these things to the people of Jerusalem. The Lord says these things: 'Understand that I will let you choose to live or die. 9Any person that stays in Jerusalem will die. That person will die by a sword, or from hunger, or from a terrible sickness. But any person that goes out of Jerusalem and surrenders to the Babylonian army will live! That army has surrounded the city. So no person can bring food into the city. But any person that leaves the city will save his life. 10I have decided to make trouble for the city of Jerusalem. I will not help the city.'" This message is from the Lord. "'I will give the city of Jerusalem to the king of Babylon. He will burn it with fire.' 11"Tell these things to Judah's royal family: Listen to the message from the Lord. 12Family of David, the Lord says these things: 'You must judge people fairly every day. Protect the victims from the criminals. If you don't do that, then I will become very angry. My anger will be like a fire that no person will be able to put out. This will happen because you have done evil things.' 13"Jerusalem, I am against you. You sit on top of the mountain. You sit like a queen over this valley. You people of Jerusalem say, 'No person can attack us. No person can come into our strong city.' But listen to this message from the Lord. 14'You will get the punishment you deserve. I will start a fire in your forests. That fire will completely burn everything around you.'"
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MUSEUM bosses are expecting the last days of the popular Jack Vettriano exhibition to draw in an "exceptional" number of visitors.
The record-breaking retrospective at Kelvingrove Art Gallery has proved extremely popular since opening in September.
More than 123,300 people have flocked to it, making it the most visited art exhibition ever to go on display at the museum and breaking the previous record held by The Glasgow Boys exhibition in 2010.
Numbers are expected to soar even further before the retrospective draws to a close tomorrow at 8pm.
Visitors are being advised to plan ahead to avoid disappointment.
A spokesman for Glasgow Life said: "There will be queues, particularly at busy periods such as the middle of the day and would advise patrons to choose a quieter period or attend in the evening."


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George and Lennie are still fantasizing about "livin' off the fat a' the land" 68 years after they first drank from the banks of the Salinas River on their way to jobs bucking barley outside Soledad. After all these years, Steinbeck's timeless masterwork still evokes the loneliness and hardship of their transitory lifestyle, the mark of a great classic that isn't going anywhere soon.
Gene Reynolds directs an austere but genuine return to rural California in the 1930s, featuring sincere and committed performances from a fine company of players. Every one of the actors playing ranch hands is an asset, but William Schallert is particularly memorable as Candy, the old swamper recruited into George and Lennie's dream of owning their own "little place." Schallert is sufficiently heartbreaking, finding the character without scratching his chin and sounding like Gabby Hayes, itself a noteworthy achievement. David Guzzone's George is a fox-like, wiry little guy, whose loyalty toward his childhood friend is fiercely real, but he's occasionally sidetracked by a few almost choreographed directorial moments. Like Candy, the role of Lennie is filled with traps, and Andre Hotchko falls into a good number of them, although he's close to getting it right. He presents the standard cartoon version of the big lummox who likes to pet mice and farmer's wives until they break, bringing a too-contemporary humor to the role. In doing so, he misses the underlying frustration of a guy who knows he's dumb and living in an inexplicable fog but can't find his way out of it. There's surely a lot more to mine with an actor of Hotchko's talent, but that's where better direction comes in.
Reynolds' unimaginative staging also hampers this worthwhile effort, overlooking so many possibilities, considering the wide playing space available. The mood is shattered as actors shift set pieces in blue light, when there's more than enough area on this stage not to have to alter anything but the lights. Still, unlike so many plays of the era, this one stands up regardless of problems or omissions. The pseudo-familial bond linking these two lost souls, joined by the others warily sharing their nomadic existence, still takes on a captivating poetic quality without becoming melodramatic--and it continues to look a lot like today.


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Default Risk in Equity Returns
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- Author(s): Maria Vassalou, Yuhang Xing
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This is the first study that uses Merton's (1974) option pricing model to compute default measures for individual firms and assess the effect of default risk on equity returns. The size effect is a default effect, and this is also largely true for the book‐to‐market (BM) effect. Both exist only in segments of the market with high default risk. Default risk is systematic risk. The Fama–French (FF) factors SMB and HML contain some default‐related information, but this is not the main reason that the FF model can explain the cross section of equity returns.


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Welcome to the Suffolk Branch of the SRP.
Our branch was formed in 1985 and has grown steadily into the large group we have today.
We usually meet on the third Saturday of each month from 2pm-5pm. Please go to the Programme page for information about dates and music.
Our meetings take place in Bentley Village Hall (click on Venue for details). The hall is spacious and airy with good acoustics. Why not pay us a visit? A warm welcome is guaranteed for all!
All music is provided but please bring a stand and your own instruments.
We play a variety of music at each meeting…
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Team Ninja's Dead or Alive 4 has been pushed back again. The Xbox 360 title was recently scratched from the Japanese launch and has now been targeted for a December 29 release. Don't count on scoring a copy before the year's out though. Apparently, there's still work to be done on the game's online component.
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GNAX Health Announces GNAX SDEX™ Secure DICOM Exchange
New Solution Delivers Hospital, HIE and ACO Medical Image Transfer and Sharing
Nov 26, 2012, 13:02 ET from GNAX Health
CHICAGO, Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GNAX Health announced today the availability of GNAX SDEX™ Secure DICOM Exchange, allowing Hospitals, ACOs and HIEs the ability to transfer medical images securely. The announcement was made by Jeff Hinkle, CEO, GNAX, at the Radiological Society of North America's 98th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, where the company is exhibiting in Booth #439.
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SDEX is a simple, streamlined web-based portal for medical image sharing for healthcare providers. Images are exchanged and viewable regardless of PACS used. "SDEX breaks down PACS-driven barriers and silos traditionally associated with image sharing and viewing," mentions Hinkle. And most importantly, the system supports faster and more efficient patient care.
"Images are the foundation for correct patient diagnosis and continuity of care, yet they are traditionally shared by patients hand-carrying them from specialist to specialist," adds Hinkle. "SDEX replaces hand-carrying CDs, films and manila folders with a secure, cloud-based image exchange." More efficient patient care and fewer repeat exams are the result of electronic, versus manual image exchange.
SDEX is offered as an enhancement to GNAX's vendor neutral archive (VNA) customers and will be demonstrated at Booth #439 at RSNA. Diagnostic quality viewing is available from the cloud or onsite. Users are also able to exchange images with other GNAX VNA and non-GNAX customers seamlessly.
SDEX solves a variety of cost, security and regulatory challenges in radiology.
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SDEX is capable of integrating with the provider's systems enabling simplified searches based on patient name and secure single-sign-on using provider-based authentication. Janakan Rajendran, chief information officer for GNAX Health added that "federated searches allow users to view and exchange images stored in either exchanging provider's PACS, local edge device or in the cloud, making the location of the image transparent to the end user."
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Irresponsible Open Carry Activism Jeopardizes The RKBA
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Rob, sorry but you are ignoring what happened in Ohio after the "loss" in Klein in...2003, I think it was?
Short form, our guys sued to get CCW (Ohio was a no-permits at all state outside of "special deputies"). The Ohio Supremes said "no you bad gunnies, you don't have a right to CCW because everybody already knows you have a right to open carry so the 2nd Amendment is still alive".
All the gunnies looked at each and said "oh really!?". And the various rotten police chiefs and DAs in Toledo and Cleveland that had been busting OCers for "disturbing the peace" went "oh poop!". Within a year huge open-carry rallies doing happy heavily armed laps around various state and local gov't buildings caused a CCW permit process to get adopted to end the annoyance.
Now. I can tell you for a FACT that California's anti-gunners soon after that first tried to pass an open-carry ban in 2004-2005 timeframe when I was still a California lobbyist for CCRKBA - and BEFORE there were any open-unload-carry protests in California. How do I know? Well not only did I fight those early bills, Irwin Nowick personally told me that they feared Ohio-style protests. First and only time I've ever felt the least bit tempted to strangle somebody on the other side.
So...if you point to our guys in California being in the wrong without knowing the whole story, then sorry, I know you're speaking from ignorance. Worse, you ignore the Ohio experience which is both recent history and an important turning point...if you don't know about than then you're not as serious an activist in this issue as you make out.
What I do know is, with open-carry relatively common in AZ we get more or less zero issues from it. I've never heard of serious harassment over an OC holstered handgun anywhere in AZ even in the lefty strongholds like Tucson (where I'm OCing a New Vaquero right this sec in a Subway sandwich place) and Sedona.
Where we agree is on the open-carry of long arms. That's...a bit much. A handgun is fundamentally defensive in nature. A rifle...esp. a "sport utility rifle"...well it can be argued to be otherwise. I wouldn't do that unless the need was dire - not "political need" but "civil insurrection or massive disaster" need.
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Undead Knights sends out a call to arms to all zombie fans for world record attempt!
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Hertfordshire, UK- July 23rd, 2009– TKE Ltd have teamed up with The Big Chill festival and FILM4's upcoming mockumentary I Spit On Your Rave (charting a behind-the-scenes look at the first post-apocalypse zombie music festival!) to break the world record for gathering as many zombies together in a single place at one time!
Hosted by zombie king himself, Noel Fielding, the zombie gathering opens at 5pm on Thursday 6th of August at the Big Chill Festival and Tecmo Koei's Undead Knights wants you! Thousands of zombie fans will be attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the largest amount of zombies caught on camera, for forthcoming zom-com I Spit On Your Rave. In order to take part in these events wannabe zombies have to be a Big Chill Festival ticket holder and look like one of the undead.
Don't worry if you haven't got time to make yourself up though, because Undead Knights will be sponsoring the Big Chill Festival's Zombification Stations at the arena entrances where you can get undeaded!
Undead Knights will be unleashed exclusively on Sony PSP early in 2010, and sees you control vast hordes of marauding zombies as you attempt to overthrow a medieval kingdom by infecting enemy soldiers, turning rivals into undead brain-munchers, and commanding legions of shuffling jaw-clackers!
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Tee Pee Records & PopGun Present...
Spindrift (East Coast Record Release Party!)
Blaak Heat Shujaa, Mirror Queen
Glasslands Gallery
289 Kent Avenue
Brooklyn, NY, 11249
Doors 8:00 PM (event ends at 11:30 PM)
This event is 21 and over
"Spindrift: experimental, epic, cinematically inspired music more akin to the textured, symphonic layers of Portishead than the chaps and 10-gallon hat–wearing Riders in the Sky….makes you feel like you've just been made love to by a handsome stranger, a genius visceral experience."
"[Spindrift makes] you feel like you've been granted access to the distant memories of a two-bit-saloon harlot as she watches her nameless lover ride off into the sunset."
"Spindrift are living the American dream, were it written by acid-popping UFO enthusiasts with a hard-on for John Wayne"
Spindrift is:
Kirpatrick Thomas - Guitar and Vocals
Henry Evans - Bass and Baritone Guitar
Luke Dawson - Pedal Steel and Guitar
Sasha Vallely - Keyboards, Flute, and Vocals
James Acton - Drums and Autoharp
Additional Members:
Riley Bray - Sitar, Tablas
Marcos Diablero - Harmonium, Autoharp, & Slide Guitar
Dan Allaire - Drums
Past Members:
Frankie Emerson - Keyboards, Organ Guitar
Bobby Bones - Lead Guitar
Jason "Plucky" Anchondo -Drums & Percussion
Dave Koenig - Rhythm Guitar & Harmonica
Julie Patterson - Lap Steel, Organ
"Thomas and his musical cohorts are creating a scene that embraces the outlaw because of it. He calls this shady hombre the "spiritual vigilante," adding a psychedelic ingredient to the mix. It is in the old films and music of Leone, Morricone and the general spirit of the Wild West that he and other neo-cosmic cowboys have excavated an essence that seems more relevant today than ever before, a surreal and dark cowboy anti-hero for a spiritually and ethically decaying world." – LA Alternative
Spindrift frontman Kirpatrick Thomas's fascination with the West has existed from childhood, stemming from his passion for films depicting the wild American frontier, especially those scored by Italian composer Ennio Morricone. This early interest has played a major part in his songwriting, and his druggy, spacious, psychedelic music found a supportive community in Los Angeles, where he arrived in the early part of the new millennium after a stint with the Brian Jonestown Massacre as a touring guitarist.
Wholeheartedly embraced by the local music scene, members of BJM and the Warlocks joined Thomas in fits and starts at first before eventually leaving their former positions to play with Spindrift fulltime. The completed line-up prompted the rare phenomenon of creating a new genre unto itself, Spaghetti Western psychedelia.
With a rapidly expanding fan base and a growing resume of many high profile shows, Spindrift attracted the attention of Indie 103.1 disc jockey (and Sex Pistol) Steve Jones of Jonesy's Jukebox, who began playing tracks from their album Songs From the Ancient Age on a regular basis. Since then, they have toured nationally a number of times.
In 2005, Thomas, along with filmmaker Mike Bruce, produced a feature film entitled The Legend Of God's Gun, for which Spindrift also wrote the soundtrack. Starring members of the band, it was shot in and around Death Valley, Joshua Tree and Los Angeles in the style of 1960s Spaghetti Western films, and was screened at the 2008 Cannes Market and premiered (as a drive-in) in California in May of the same year. Spindrift was also given the nod by Quentin Tarantino who chose their song "Indian Run" to be included in the soundtrack for the latest film he produced, Hell Ride, released August 2008, and starring Dennis Hopper and Michael Madsen.
The bands tracks, "Ace Coletrain" and "Girlz, Booze, Gunz", have also appeared on HBO's East Bound and Down and will be featured in upcoming films, Treasure Of The Black Jaguar, Dust Up, and Legend of the Widower Colby Wallace.
Relentless US touring has given them the opportunity to share the stage with such bands as Dead Meadow, The Black Angels, Vietnam, country legend Charlie Louvin, A Place To Bury Strangers, Black Mountain, and The Dandy Warhols, as well as headlining nearly a dozen US tours of their own and an appearance at The Monolith Festival at Red Rocks. In the spring of 2010, the band seized the opportunity to tour in Europe as main support for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
Spindrift's forthcoming album "Classic Soundtracks Vol. 1" is scheduled for release early May 2011 on Xemu Records (Dead Meadow, The Morning After Girls). The album was mixed and engineered by Ethan Allen (Gram Rabbit) and is currently being mastered by Howie Weinberg (Nirvana, The Beastie Boys, Ramones).
"Classic Soundtracks Vol. 1" is a highly cinematic album. The songs on the album were written as themes from films past and present and range greatly in style. A different director will be represented for each video ranging in cinematic style as well.
Blaak Heat Shujaa's clamorous combination of cacophonic genres, a dissonant symphony unveiling visions of great natural expanses, is unlike any other. The trio's novelty resides in a transcendental tension between its heavy rock roots and an organic inclination to drift towards multiple forms of psychedelia. While they can rock out harder than many 'stoner' rock and metal outfits, the Blaak Heat members pay homage to the vast collection of mind-expanding sounds they grew up on: neo-psychedelia, surf rock, spaghetti westerns, Middle Eastern scales and Far Eastern melodies… The thickest, most colorful bass lines coexist with flying reverb guitars, while ethereal yet in-your-face chants and loud, tribal drums join forces and make way for a unique breed of rock'n'roll: heavy mental.
Blaak Heat Shujaa formed in 2008 in Paris, France, released its debut album in 2010 and put multiple European expeditions behind them. Recently signed to TeePee Records, the now Los Angeles-based trio spent the summer of 2012 at Kyuss's Scott Reeder's desert ranch recording The Storm Generation EP (out December 11, 2012), as well as a full length record, The Edge Of An Era (due April 9, 2013). The EP and full length will feature guest appearances by Nobel Prize-nominated gonzo poet Ron Whitehead and desert rock pioneer Mario Lalli. Pure expressions of Blaak Heat's signature psychedelia, these ground breaking releases will undoubtedly shake up the current state of underground rock'n'roll.
Mirror Queen
Out of the ashes of long running NYC band Kreisor emerged MIRROR QUEEN. Under the Kreisor moniker, the band put 2 US tours and 4 European expeditions behind them, including tinnitus-inducing sojourns supporting UFO and Uli Jon Roth all over the Continent.
A successful four week European tour in 2011 as part of the Germany based booking agency Sound of Liberation's "Up In Smoke" tour series brought them back to Europe, winning over fans from Berlin to Torino and many points between. This was followed by their inclusion in the 2012 edition of "Brainbanger's Ball". Next up is "Cosmic Sonic Rendezvous", a package tour during July featuring Mirror Queen, The Atomic Bitchwax and Earthless. This kicks off in Erfurt, DE at the Stoned From the Underground festival.
Presently, Mirror Queen is hard at work creating the follow-up album to last year's From Earth Below. Influenced by such 70's legends as Hawkwind, Deep Purple, UFO, Blue Oyster Cult, Captain Beyond, the rockier sides of more recent outfits such as Motorpsycho and Swervedriver, as well as the best of the current heavy bands, they aspire towards psychedelic hard rock of the highest order.
Original members Kenny Kreisor (guitars, vocals) and Jeremy O'Brien (drums) have been joined by James Corallo (Zandelle) on bass and Phil Ortanez (La Ostracina/Polygmamyst) on second guitar. Together they transcend the sameness of much of today's stoner scene, blasting the audience by including songs with the volume and adding hooks to the timeless riffs.
$10.00 - $12.00
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Price: Votto may not be back to 100 percent in 2014
CINCINNATI -- Reds first baseman Joey Votto, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with a left quadriceps strain, has made some moderate improvement in the past couple of days.
"The soreness, I can't say it's completely gone. It's much more controlled. The strength deficit is still a concern," Reds manager Bryan Price said on Friday.
Price conceded that Votto might not get back to 100 percent again this season because of the injury, but would like to get him as close as possible. Votto's DL move is retroactive to May 16.
"He would have come back and played and gladly have played at 50 percent," Price said. "He just doesn't have the base off which to hit off of. That affects his production, his ability to run the bases and cover ground at first base."
Mark Sheldon is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Mark My Word, and follow him on Twitter @m_sheldon. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Flamenco Festival 2015: Arcangel (Feat Patricia Guerrero) - Olor a Tierra
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Arcangel is one the leading lights of a new generation of flamenco vocalists known for his creative renditions of the classical "Cante Jondo" repertoire, critically acclaimed as the heir of the late and great Enrique Morente. The gossamer refinement of Arcangel's singing is perfectly matched by Dani de Moron's subtle accompaniment, a rising star of the modern flamenco guitar, and the graceful movements of uprising dancer Patricia Guerrero.
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If a relationship is damaged or not very strong, the dog may give more attention to someone else. Some of the saddest cases in my practice have been those in which the dog isn't that interested in the person. For example, a man moved back in with his mother and spent tons of time walking and playing with her dog. The dog adored him, but took virtually no notice of the woman. Multiple times each day, she cued him to hug her, which meant jumping up on her, putting his paws on her shoulders and staying that way while she squeezed him. She wanted affection from the dog, but the dog clearly disliked it.
We improved the relationship between the woman and her dog by having her engage with the dog in ways that were fun and satisfying to him. Once she had developed the habit of taking him out for walks, playing fetch with him daily and massaging him afterward, he was drawn to her, and the amount of attention he gave her increased accordingly. She stopped asking him for hugs, and he spontaneously cuddled up beside her. She no longer had to beg for his attention or affection.
Putting Attention on Cue
"My dog pays me no mind when she's outside off leash." "My dog is always blowing me off." "She knows she's supposed to listen to me, but she ignores me if anything else is going on." These are all common complaints from people struggling with getting their dogs to pay attention on cue.
The problem many of us have with a dog who is not responsive to cues, especially outside, is not so much a matter of devotion but of training. For most dogs, learning a "pay attention" cue in the face of a whole world of wonder is essentially a difficult, high-level trick and must be taught as such. Yes, some dogs learn this quickly and thoroughly without too much trouble, but that's unusual. For most dogs, expect topquality responses only after consistent, long-term training efforts.
In the larger scheme of things, a cue to pay attention is essential because it is the basis of all training. You can teach a dog just about anything if you have his attention, but it's virtually impossible if you don't. Asking for a dog's attention is a top priority for professional trainers, which is why it is often the first skill taught in classes or private lessons.
This is especially valuable for dogs who don't frequently offer their attention spontaneously. For naturally attentive dogs, attention training is largely about putting a behavior that frequently happens on cue. Teaching dogs to give attention when they don't consistently offer it on their own requires more time and effort because you have to teach the behavior and associate it with a cue.
The two most common cues for attention are "watch" and the dog's name. "Watch" tells a dog to look at your face, and it's a great way to keep a dog from paying attention to things that cause him to act in an undesirable way. Saying the dog's name lets him know that he should pay attention to you and wait for more information. Once you have your dog's attention, it's easier for him to respond to other cues, including "down," "stay" and "come," or simply to follow you in a new direction on a walk. It's important to reinforce these behaviors so your dog's glad he did what you asked. If he learns that he'll receive a treat or have a chance to play for giving you his attention in response to the cue "watch" or to his name, he will be more likely to give you his attention when asked in the future.
Paying attention will be easier for your dog in some contexts than in others. Typically, dogs are more likely to pay attention inside than outside, and when there are no distractions—no squirrels or cooking aromas on the breeze.
Like any other skill, giving attention on cue requires practice and takes time to teach. Gradually working toward giving attention in increasingly challenging environments is a good strategy. Improving the relationship so that the dog is more inclined to pay attention will also improve your dog's responsiveness to you.
Ideally, dogs keep track of where their person is. It's a sign of maturity to be able to sniff in the grass, romp with a canine buddy and still occasionally check in. Though dogs with certain natural tendencies are more disposed to do this, others can be trained to act the same way.
Karen B. London, PhD, is a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist and Certified Professional Dog Trainer who specializes in working with dogs with serious behavioral problems, including aggression. She is the author of five books on canine training and behavior.
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Mumtaz Ahmad Quraishi
Mumtaz Ahmad Quraishi is a Professor of applied chemistry at the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Sagar, India, and the M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Kurukshetra, India. Professor Quraishi also holds a D.S. degree in corrosion inhibition of some industrial metals and alloys from A. M. U. Aligarh. He is a recipient of the Vigyan Ratna Award (2008) by the Council of Science and Technology Government of U. P. and the Meritorious Contribution Award (2007) by the Indian section of NACE International among other awards. He was the Regional Director of the Indian section of NACE International (1995 to 2000) and currently a Member of the Editorial Boards of the International Journal of Electrochemistry and the Journal of Materials and Environmental Science. He has over 150 journal papers and other academic publications to his credit. His current area of research interest is corrosion inhibition of metals and alloys green chemistry.
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El Lunes, 16 de Mayo de 2011 10:47:55 Jos Poortvliet escribió:
Done. Comitted to opensuse-art (00assets/logo/tumbleweed/).
Javier Llorente
On Sunday 15 May 2011 00:03:54 Javier Llorente wrote:
El Martes, 3 de Mayo de 2011 07:59:31 Helen South escribió:
I'm not so keen on the newer version - the Fifthleg font really looks
a bit weak and cluttered in that context, maybe the weight of it is
different or something. And the geeko logo doesn't work inside the
circular graphic. The original version was clean and elegant.
Could I suggest perhaps using the Geeko head after the 'tumbleweed'
word instead, separately? or perhaps writing 'from openSUSE' in the
same font below tumbleweed....
Thanks for your suggestions.
I'm using the Geeko head as it was the ® symbol in the following drafts:
I like that one most, personally, but both are cool. And frankly, bending
ourselves in all kinds of shapes to get a geeko-ish thing in there just for
the sake of it is a bit over the top. The logo itself is awesome, with the
text 'tumbleweed' and the green color, ain't it perfect? ;-)
I'd say - get the sources in git and let's get it on the Tumbleweed page &
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Done. Comitted to opensuse-art (00assets/logo/tumbleweed/).
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Marc Martel
Marc Martel's parents instilled a love for music in him throughout his childhood. Starting with eight years of piano lessons, his passion for music included hours spent alone teaching himself guitar and singing Disney duets with friends. At a small college in Saskatchewan, he formed the band Downhere with his roommate Jason Germain and a few close friends in 1999.
Downhere developed their sound while touring on behalf of the college, which sent them out on the road with production, lighting, sound, and even a vehicle and trailer. After four years of college, the band left their Canadian roots behind and relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, where they signed with Word Records. Downhere has since gone on to win multiple Juno Awards and a Dove Award. They have released 10 albums, including their latest release, On the Altar of Love, which reflects a different approach to songwriting than their previous releases.
Throughout his career with Downhere, concertgoers have often approached Marc and insisted he sounds just like Freddie Mercury, legendary singer of the rock band Queen.
"I don't think I've done a show in the last five or six years where five to ten people haven't come up to me and said, 'Hey, anyone ever tell you that you sound like Queen?' or 'that guy from Queen' or 'Freddie Mercury,'" Martel says, laughing. "In the list of great rock singers, he is considered one of the best, if not the best, and it's always just a huge compliment when people tell that to me."
It seems that Downhere concertgoers aren't alone in their thinking, as Marc's entry for the Queen Extravaganza contest—a video of Marc singing along with the Queen classic "Somebody to Love"—generated more than 6 million views and earned him a spot on the 2012 Queen Extravaganza tour.
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The MTCEA, one of the first aggregations in New Jersey, has been structured to provide residential customers (rate class RS) with savings on their energy supply purchases.
Eligible residential customers are automatically enrolled in the program, but have the ability to opt out by submitting a request to the Township. Eligible customers are those who do not have a contract with a third-party electricity supplier.
The term of the aggregation is February 2014 - December 2015. Under the aggregation, the offered price is approximately 18.5% below the average current rate from JCP&L, the town's electric utility. Customers also have the option to choose budget billing.
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I'm not really new as I've posted here before. I can't tell you how long ago that may have been but probably a year or so ago. I'm also not very profiecient with Access though I add to my databases everyday. I guess I build very crude db's and when I get stuck I come here for help. That's what I'm doing now.
I have a database that I created 8 years ago or so. I'm collecting some additional data and would like to enter it into my db and be able to create reports with the additional data.
I have done some of that work but I'm stuck on getting my report to display the information in the format I need.
I'm not sure where to go on this site or how to ask.
I know you have rules on how and where to post (I think I violated them before). I want to get it done correctly this time.
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JLD started a thread about her blue/cream version of this quilt (beautiful, BTW).
Here is my version:
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I made it for my oldest daughter, who is a knitter/spinner/dyer. The pattern is in Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting magazine, issue Jan/Feb 2009. I hand appliqued (buttonhole stitch) with #12 Perle Cotton and hand quilted it.


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Finland has the ability to join the Kingdom in various public and private sector ventures in the field of education [2], said Jari Poikonen, director of FCG Education.
Poikonen was speaking to Arab News on the sidelines of a dinner reception held at the residence of the Finnish Ambassador Jarno Syrjala on Sunday.
The envoy hosted a reception in honor of the large Finnish delegation, which is participating in the International Exhibition & Forum for Education 2013 (IEFE) [3].
Finland is the official guest country at the event. It has sent a 70-member delegation to Riyadh, led by its State Secretary Tapio Kosunen, to showcase its achievements and share the secrets of its success story in the field of education.
Ambassador Jarno Syrjala said that a huge contingent of university professors, top academicians, government officials and private educators led by Kosunen, state secretary, had arrived in Riyadh for the event. "We are deeply honored to be the official guest country," said the envoy, adding that the event demonstrates again the importance of education as the bedrock of development in the Kingdom.
Poikonen described Finland as a land of experts in education, who could render their experiences to fulfill the needs of the Kingdom.
He said that his group is currently involved in the Kingdom to set up an international private school in Riyadh. He said the proposed school will have the state-of-the art facilities to create a conducive learning environment for students.
The school, which is to have around 2,500 students , will cater to a multi-national community. He said his group would also give the proper planning for the teacher training, school syllabus, curriculum, school administration and also for extra-curricular activities.
"We are also looking for similar opportunities in other parts of the Kingdom to expand our services," he noted.
Speaking about his establishment, he said FCG is a multi-expertise company that provides services in infrastructure, environmental and urban design, in multi-disciplinary training and in developing public services.
The company's clients represent a broad range of private and public sector organizations. FCG's main owner is the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities.
In addition to Finland, FCG also has extensive international operations and we operate worldwide. FCG has subsidiaries in Sweden, Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria and New Zealand. FCG's international operations are mainly divided into two categories: Local operations made by FCG's subsidiaries in each country and international development consulting made by FCG's home office in Finland, SIPU in Sweden and Anzdec in New Zealand.
"We also have close cooperation with our wide networks, like public authorities and development organizations including the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities as a close partner and main owner," he said.
He added: "FCG International Ltd's consulting services focus on developing organizational, social and public sector structures around the world. In these projects our strength lies in a local market presence, our solid and versatile international experience and in our highly motivated, efficient staff." It also provides technical assistance especially in policy analyzes and advice, organization development, human resources development and training and program and project preparation, implementation and evaluation.
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For week six of the ACTL newsletter section, we feature a teaching narrative from Jason Koontz. Jason submitted a narrative on a group activism project to the Celebration of Faculty Scholarship and Teaching last fall.
Hormone Group Presentation Assignment - Jason Koontz, Department of Biology
SoTL e-Journal
The latest issue of MountainRise, the international e-journal for the scholarship of teaching and learning, is available at http://facctr.wcu.edu/mountainrise/issue.html. This issue covers topics such as: student feedback and critical thinking, cooperative service projects, electronic portfolios, and getting to know the millennial generation.
Wednesday, January 14
New Faculty Teaching Circle
Faculty Portfolios
3:45 p.m. - Wilson Center
The Faculty Portfolio is a collection of documents, materials or other products that can be used to reflect analytically about your teaching, document your effectiveness as a teacher, organize your research/scholarly work for later use in publications, grant writing, etc. and helps to organize evidence for performance reviews. The session will give some basic information on the different kinds of portfolios as well as practical advice on the ways they can be used by faculty.
Wednesday, January 21
Power Point Workshop
4:00 p.m. - Evald 315
Have you been using PowerPoint in your classroom, but not getting the feedback you hoped? When you turn down the lights, do your students turn down the sheets and fluff up their pillows? Maybe it's time to talk PowerPoint with others having the same problems.
On January 21st at 4:00 p.m. Paul Lewellan (Adjunct Faculty in Business Administration) will host a PowerPoint workshop in Evald 315. This is not a "how-to" introduction to PowerPoint. It is designed for people who already use PowerPoint, but want to use it more effectively.
(In addition to teaching Business Writing and Performance Studies at Augustana, Paul has published 22 short stories. His firm, PHL Consulting, does communication training and executive mentoring for area businesses.)
Thursday, January 22
New Faculty Teaching Circle (repeat of January 14)
Faculty Portfolios
10:30 a.m. - Old Main 128
Thursday, January 22
ACTL Faculty Forum
Student Attitudes and Behavior in the Classroom
4:30 p.m. - Old Main 128
Does the gender of a faculty member influence the way students interact and respond in class? Do men and women faculty experience different patterns of student reaction to written comments and critiques? Sharon Varallo will begin the session by presenting a summary of some research on these topics and will help facilitate the follow-up discussion.
- "Students 101: How to tailor your teaching to the interrupter, the hijacker, and other familiar types."http://chronicle.com/weekly/v55/i06/06a12001.htm
- ACTL Website: http://www.augustana.edu/x10019.xml
- The Teaching Professor: http://www.magnapubs.com/issues/magnapubs_tp
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Today is the 150th anniversary of the entrance into eternal life of St. John Vianney. St. John Vianney is the patron saint of priests, so today offer a little prayer for all the priests who you have encountered in your life; the priest who baptized you, who heard your first confession, who gave you your first Holy Communion, who witnessed your marriage. And if you really want to make a priest's day, give him a call to wish him a happy feast day and thank him for saying yes to God's call to the priesthood.
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