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Steve Martz cupped his infant son Samuel's tiny head in his hand, crooning softly into the glass incubator.
"Hey, little dude," he said, watching the baby's delicate lungs pumping hard to breathe.
Breathing and feeding tubes no thicker than strands of angel-hair pasta poked out from Samuel's mouth and wires connected him to a heart monitor in the neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU, at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.
When Samuel was born April 27, he was just 24 weeks into gestation. His birthday was supposed to be Aug. 11. He weighed 1 pound and 13 ounces and measured only 14 inches.
Martz and his wife, Stacey Foster Martz, held hands inside the incubator as they gently touched their firstborn.
"We're so thankful to be here," Steve said, noting the number of times he has watched warning bells go off around the roomful of tiny beds, including Sam's, and seen the nurses and doctors running to their patients' sides.
"I hear those bells in my sleep," Stacey said.
In the 20 years since the pediatric hospital opened, thousands of children have received a chance at life they might not have had if not for the care they get at Packard Hospital.
The 311-bed hospital is among the nation's top 10 in cardiology/heart surgery, neonatology and nephrology, according to the U.S. News Media Group's 2011-12 Best Children's Hospitals survey. Its cardiology and neonatology programs are the highest-ranked on the West Coast, and eight programs in all placed in the top 25.
On June 26, Packard Hospital will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a 5K/10K race and daylong party featuring storytelling, face painting, booths, music and more.
The hospital has led many innovations in pediatric medicine, including the discovery of a simple, inexpensive blood test to help doctors halt organ rejection before it impairs hearts and kidneys. It launched an industry-leading program for placental disorders and has been at the forefront of anorexia and childhood obesity treatment, according to the report.
When Samuel was delivered, Stacey's room was only steps away from the NICU. Packard places labor and delivery suites, newborn nurseries and neonatal intensive care next to one another -- a radical concept at the time, said Dr. David Stevenson, director of Packard's Johnson Center for Pregnancy and Newborn Services.
But the biggest change in patient care since Packard opened on June 10, 1991, hasn't been technological innovation, hospital officials said. It has been in so-called family-centered care -- how families are integrated into the decision-making process. Fifteen years ago, parents stood on the sidelines of decision-making, hospital officials said. Now they participate in every aspect of patient care, from going on rounds or being present during medical crises to joining hospital advisory groups.
Marilyn Anderson is one family member who returned with her husband, Arden, to volunteer at the hospital, following their granddaughter's liver transplant.
"It's really different in the 16 years since Miranda's transplant," Marilyn said.
"It seemed like parents were tolerated and medical people did their job. Now it's like teamwork," Arden, a family-care navigator, added.
"Family-centered care teaches parents how to use the system for their child. It helps doctors and nurses to understand how to communicate with parents on the raw edge of frantic concern," Marilyn said.
On Sunday, May 15, the Martzes were pushed to that raw edge, they said. Samuel had surgery on May 13 to repair a hole in a blood vessel outside of his heart, which normally closes on its own after a baby is born. He was having a couple of rough days, Stacey said.
As the couple comforted Samuel, they noticed his color wasn't right.
Stacey notified the nurse.
Then Samuel stopped breathing.
Samuel's oxygen levels, which are monitored on his foot with a tiny version of the finger oxygen monitor that was developed at Stanford, started dropping precipitously. Upping his oxygen level didn't help achieve the ideal 85 to 95 percent saturation rate the way it usually did, Stacey said.
A nurse began administering breaths manually, but Samuel's numbers kept dropping: 50 percent, then into the 30s, she said.
Bells sounded. All at once, everyone was in motion.
Samuel turned blue.
"Our hearts were in our throats, and we felt helpless. We thought he was going to die. His chest did not rise and fall," she said.
An issue with the tubing on the ventilator was fixed, and Samuel revived.
When things settled down, the nurse raised the incubator's lid and let Stacey and Steve touch their son. There are no visiting hours for parents of child patients, Karen Wayman, director of family-centered care, said.
"Families can be present when a child has a 'code.' Before, we used to make them leave the room. When I came in 1995, the expert-conducted model of medicine told families what things were going to happen and what doctors were going to do.
"Parents used to be considered visitors. Now we don't call them visitors. They are family.
"For families, that's a huge change. You are part of the team -- you are a team member. Rather than, 'Does this work for the system?' We ask, 'Is this what the family wants? ... What's their experience? What's their journey here?'" she said.
Families bring information that doctors and nurses don't know instinctively, and they know their child best, often alerting nurses to subtle changes, she said.
The concept of family-centered care is embedded in all areas of hospital care, with programs adjusted to address specific needs in cardiology and lung-, kidney- and liver-transplant programs, and many others, Wayman said.
Volunteers such as the Andersons bring their own experience and a level of comfort and confidence in helping new families adapt to the hospital setting, they said.
"We had two very intense encounters with the hospital," Arden said, noting his granddaughter's liver transplant and a fall that caused a subdural hematoma, or bleeding in the brain, in their 5-year-old grandson. The girl is now a happy, healthy high school sophomore, and the boy is now a graduate of the University of Oregon, he said.
As a family-care navigator in the pediatric intensive-care unit, Arden teaches parents the ins and outs of the ICU. He helps nurses locate parents and accompanies them to a child's bedside in the surgical recovery room.
"It's a continual relationship with them. I wear a big button that says 'Ask Me,'" he said.
An even more specific service -- the parent-mentor program -- puts parents new to the hospital experience together with a parent who has already "walked the walk," and it is being replicated in other hospitals, Wayman said. The mentors don't hand out advice but offer only the example of their experience and ask how the parents want different things to work for them, she said.
Problems such as how to coordinate and take care of other children in the family who are living and going to school three states away or how to handle coming to the hospital over a long period are experiences parents can share with other parents, she said.
"They are learning a new parenting role. There's not a lot of experience about parenting for an ill child. You're learning a new set of skills often in an alien environment: how to help your child through procedures; how to be in a hospital room for a long time," she said.
The hospital offers a variety of other services to families; Martzes have used many, from lactation consultants to an early-development counselor and social workers.
"They are helping you understand what is going on and help you to progress," Steve said.
Packard also provided a financial consultant to help the Martzes understand and gain control over their medical expenses.
"It's very easy for things to fall through the cracks" when all of the couple's energy is focused on helping Samuel survive, Stacey said.
Packard is also working to formalize programs to teach families care management, tracking medications and managing information among doctors, she said. Learning family self-management is a need when caring for kids with complex medical conditions as they return home, she said.
Every day at 9:08 p.m. Stacey and Steve Martz read a story to Samuel. It's the time when he was born.
The NICU has its rhythm of humming monitors, bells and nurses administering medications and adjusting machinery for the other preemies and infants with medical conditions. No one minds the couple. Stacey and Steve have been given more access to Samuel recently. Steve held Samuel for the first time and the couple has changed Samuel's diapers.
Stacey has held her child twice since his birth, bundled in a blanket that was hand made by senior volunteers and given to the couple as a gift.
She sat in a chair with Samuel nestled close to her chest. That bonding, the skin-to-skin contact, is important and therapeutic to mother and baby, doctors say.
"Hands down, it was the best day of my life," Stacey said.
Samuel's eyes open as his parents talk to him, and he looks in their direction. At 2 pounds and five ounces, his face and body have filled out some since he was born.
"He's tipping the scales," Stacey said.
But they still have a long way to go, the couple conceded.
Samuel won't be going home until he reaches the full nine-month gestation period -- until the due date in August.
"You live breath by breath," Stacey said.
Last week, a baby boy arrived in the NICU amid commotion. Nurses and doctors surrounded the child, hooking him up to machines.
"So many," Stacey said later that day on her blog.
She was scheduled to hold Samuel for only the second time, but it was clear that wouldn't be happening, as she watched the medical staff work feverishly over the infant. The child did not survive.
It was the second time that day the Martzes witnessed the death of someone's child, she said.
It's a sad reality in children's hospitals, even though the majority of newborns -- Packard had 4,574 deliveries last year -- go on to live healthy lives.
"I just got an email from a dear friend whose son was in the NICU in North Carolina last year and she talked about the trauma of seeing other babies not make it. It's something I will never, ever forget. My friend mentioned she has PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and I'm positive I see signs of that in myself now. I dreamed of (the babies) over the weekend and continued to pray and feel a lot of sadness," she said.
On her way to the lactation consultant's office last week, Stacey passed the room where the complications that led to Samuel's early birth began.
"I will always be haunted by room F239. Lots of flashbacks that leave me feeling strangely, fearful," she said.
That reaction is common, said Nancy Contro, director of the Family Partners Program and bereavement services.
"Especially in oncology (cancer), a lot of families get close to each other. They feel fear when they see a child die who was diagnosed at the same time as their child," she said.
Social workers assigned to each family when they arrive help guide parents and children through the entirety of the life-and-death process, she said.
Social workers, chaplains and Packard's palliative-care division help families make care decisions. If the end time comes, programs are in place to help families through their grief.
"What I have learned is it's incredibly important that families don't feel completely cut off," Contro said.
When families leave the hospital, they often feel the loss of their hospital family and of people who understand them. In the world outside the hospital, neighbors, friends and school acquaintances don't know what to do or say, she said.
A relatively new Family Partners program brings together families who have gone through bereavement with newly grieving families.
The impact of a death also has a cumulative effect on staff members, who become tied to kids and their families, she said.
Staff members sometimes partake in memorial services at the hospital. They receive counseling and staff debriefings to help continue their emotionally demanding work, she said.
As a child goes in and out of phases and in and out of setbacks, palliative care can be used for years so that the child has the best possible quality of life, she said.
The ebb and flow of life -- and sometimes death -- within hospital walls has celebratory moments and setbacks. It is a hugely demanding experience physically, emotionally and financially, caregivers said. But the one consistent thread for everyone involved -- from parents and caregivers to counselors and the sick child -- is hope, Contro said.
"It's critical we let them maintain some level of hope. That's not to deny what's going on. ... They need something to get out of bed for in the morning. If you support their strengths, they will come around to the reality of where they need to be," she said.
In the face of difficult challenges, Stacey Martz said the couple is acutely aware of the fragility of life and the precarious nature of each moment.
"We held each other and looked down at our beautiful Sam, who continues to do so well, realizing how lucky we are despite the long road ahead," she said.
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migya wrote:Blazers did great getting their hands on Roy and Aldridge, even though a PG (Foye) was what they really needed because they are now thin there and already had webster to play SG.
I think they don't need more pgs. They already have Jarret Jack, who McMillan loves (and having Jack was the reason he traded Telfair to end up with Roy) and Sergio Rodriguez. I'm pretty sure Jack will be solid, and Sergio is the pg with the most upside of the draft, more than Foye, Williams or any other pg. Just wait and see. Gasol and Sergio were the only reasons we won against Argentina.
About the other two, I'm pretty sure Aldridge will be a hell of a player for the Blazers... but I'm not so sure about Thomas. He's athletically gifted, yeah... but so was Stromile Swift.


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- Photography by Mr Ben Weller
- Styling by Mr Tony Cook, Junior Fashion Editor, MR PORTER
- Words by Mr Dan Cairns
When Mr Miguel Pimentel breezed into town last January for a sold-out gig at the Shepherd's Bush Empire, London didn't quite know what to expect. There is a reason for that: back home in the US, the 27-year-old Californian is one of R & B's hottest new stars, but on this side of the pond he's a relative unknown. If his London show was anything to go by, that is certain to change. More like a revivalist meeting than a concert, the gig stirred memories of Prince in his pomp, as Mr Pimentel whipped off his vest to reveal a torso every man in the audience would have killed for, led the rapt crowd in a singalong of his hit single "Adorn", and made good on his promise to make "fly, funkadelic, intergalactic hip-hop meets sexy, orgasmic, crazy, dope shit" music sound every bit as good as he so memorably describes it.
"I think people get to understand me best in a live setting," the singer says, during a break on a photoshoot for MR PORTER. "That's where all music, not just my own, comes alive. And the danger is that that is dying. So many artists use Auto-Tune now, even live; it should be used sparingly, if at all. Your voice becomes interchangeable with the next person's, everyone sounds the same because they're running from the same plug-in - there's no personality in the music. I think people want something now that feels real. And real is imperfection, not perfection. All the great artists of the past understood that."
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There is no shortage of writers and fans who have started to compare Mr Pimentel with the great artists the singer is talking about, and their superlatives are more than justified. Yet the early period of his career gave little indication of the daring experimentalism and audacity of his second album, Kaleidoscope Dream, which was released last autumn. Taking its cue from the socially conscious soul artists of the early 1970s, the album saw Mr Pimentel veering promiscuously between multiple genres, taking in funk, hip-hop, power-pop, psychedelia and drivetime rock and classic soul. Lyrically, the candour of the songs' subject matter ? which max on inventories of Mr Pimentel's self-doubt in the relationship and bedroom departments, and his righteous fury about continuing social inequality ? are as far removed from standard macho R & B fare as it is possible to imagine.
His real master-stroke was to preview Kaleidoscope Dream last year with a series of three online EPs titled Art Dealer Chic, which prepared his fanbase for the musical and lyrical changes that were to come. It's a tactic he intends to repeat in advance of the album he is currently preparing. "Fans' expectations have changed," Mr Pimentel argues. "Now, it's all about content. Content is what makes you more viable, and keeps people's attention. The fans listen differently now. It used to be if you were a punk rock fan, that's all you listened to. You ate, slept and breathed it, waiting for releases at the record store. Now it's all at our disposal right away. Culture has changed completely. Now we're trying things on for size."
Mr Pimentel's journey to Kaleidoscope Dream was a long and frustrating one, even by the slow-moving, revolving-door standards of the music industry. First signed to a production deal in 2000, he saw his mooted debut album, Young & Free, shelved entirely. He may feel relieved about this now ? "The image they gave me was a joke," he says, "jeans, white tee and little hat" ? but at the time he felt manipulated and misunderstood. "I come from a very do-it-yourself family," he continues. "That's how I grew up. So the more frustrated I became trying to explain the type of music I wanted to make to producers, and them not understanding, the more I started to retreat in to my own creative space. I removed myself from trying to convince other people that this would work and just started honing my own style. I started producing for myself and trying different things that I thought were cool, that I wasn't hearing."
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The singer performs on stage in Poland, July 2013
Miguel accepts an award during the ceremony at Nokia Theatre, LA, June 2013
Ms Mariah Carey performs with the recording artist on the TV show filmed in Central Park, New York, May 2013
This was riskier than it seems in today's multi-genre context. "If you look at who the premier artists were at the time [of Young & Free], Usher was huge, Ne-Yo was just starting out, Chris Brown was starting to flourish. This was the scene in male R & B. There wasn't much room for creativity. Either you fitted in with that aesthetic and sound or they didn't know how to market you. There was no alternative sound in urban R & B. I was trying to find my way when the music around was typical R & B."
Mr Pimentel's breakthrough moment was the song "Sure Thing", which, like much of the music on his eventual debut album, All I Want is You (2010), "came from me feeling frustrated. And it's always in those moments of frustration that I find something that changes my life. It's when I get fed up with something that I'm able to make the necessary changes." Continuing to be dogged by ill fortune, the singer watched as a legal dispute delayed the album's release for two years. With hindsight, he says, that hiatus was a blessing, in that it gave him the time to reflect deeper on what he wanted to achieve, and what he was determined to avoid. "Popular music now has become so in the box and digital, there's nowhere else for it to go; it couldn't get more digital. So I think we're going to hear a lot more live music in general. I was inching towards that on Kaleidoscope Dream. On the next one, you're going to hear even more than that."
With kindred spirits such as Mr Frank Ocean also helping to broaden our perceptions and expectations of hip-hop and R & B, 2013 is a good time to be an artist bent on experimentalism and resistant to creative straitjackets. That said, Mr Pimentel is also an in-demand guy for the genre's biggest stars, recently collaborating with Ms Mariah Carey on her latest single, "Beautiful", and, rumour has it, set to appear on Beyoncé's forthcoming album. Trying to get him to confirm that rumour produces the following exchange. You've done something on her new record, I say. "Is that a fact?" he replies, arching an eyebrow. That's why I'm asking, I continue: is it? "I dunno." Maybe? A long pause, as a smile plays on his lips. "I suppose." Cue yelps of laughter. So that's almost certainly a yes, then.
The album artwork for Kaleidoscope Dream
Mr Pimentel's most recent brush with notoriety was not, however, a pop-royalty collaboration, but his attempted leap from one area of the stage to another during a performance at last May's Billboard awards. Mistiming the jump, he accidentally kicked a fan in the neck ? a clip that immediately went viral. He claims now that he sought out the fan as soon as he could, and ensured that she was taken to hospital. That must be the worst side of the internet for a public figure, I suggest. "Actually, I think it's the funniest side. And that's life, man. I knew when I was young, there were things I could not fathom that would come along with possible success, being in the limelight, pursuing your passion. But that goes for anything, whether you want to be a poet, a lion tamer, or dig ditches in Africa. Whatever your passion, you can't reckon with what comes along with it until you are there, until you start to see that for yourself. That's one of the trade-offs.
"I put myself on the line creatively every day because I need to as a human being. That's what makes me happy, what makes me feel fulfilled, what keeps me sane." And the rest of it? We have to hope that the rest of it, what Mr Pimentel calls "the other stuff", keeps him frustrated, and makes him as mad as hell. Why? Because the music that comes out of that feeling is extraordinary. And because the worst thing that could ever happen to him creatively is that he wakes up one morning and the only thought that comes into his head is: life is good.


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The agency has made one publication's list two times in three years.
Government accountability is not everyone's definition of "cool."
In Washington, D.C., however, it's about as cool as it gets. And now -- after being named one of the 10 coolest places to work in the city by employee relations firm O.C. Tanner earlier this year -- Washingtonian has just named the Government Accountability Office one of the 50 best places to work in D.C. This marks the second time in three years GAO has made the list.
Washingtonian will unveil its full list in the magazine's December issue, but back in 2011 it cited GAO's on-site daycare and fitness centers, as well as the agency's lenient telework policy, as influential factors.
"GAO works hard to remain an employer of choice," said GAO's chief, Gene Dodaro, "and it is very gratifying that our workplace has earned a place on Washingtonian's latest list."
In 2012, GAO ranked second among mid-size agencies -- between 1,000 and 14,999 employees -- in the Partnership for Public Service's annual list of best places to work. So, whether it's auditing the management of American battle monuments or exploring the weaknesses of maritime security, it's clear GAO employees love their work.


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By Colin Bane
Louie Vito's been killing it this year, dominating the Winter Dew Tour Superpipe contests in Breckenridge and Killington, and he's heading into the Toyota Championships at Snowbasin in Ogden, Utah thirsty for his first Dew Cup. Can anybody stand between Vito and his quest for the Cup?
At the Nike 6.0 Open in December Vito beat out Matt Ladley and Greg Bretz for the top spot with a front double cork 10, Cab double cork 10, crippler, Michalchuk, frontside 10, and a Cab 7 in his second run, each trick a reminder of why Breckenridge and the other Winter Dew Tour venues had to step it up this year with 22-foot superpipes to accommodate this level of riding. Vito's run under heavy snow at Breckenridge made for one of the most decisive wins in Dew Tour history: His score of 90.25 obliterated next-closest finishers Ladley (75.00) and Bretz (73.75), and left the rest of his competitors far behind.
At Killington Vito was similarly in a league of his own, the only rider in the competition to land a double cork (he landed two, back-to-back, just to emphasize the point). His score of 93.00 trounced JJ Thomas (88.00) and Mason Aguirre (86.50), and now leaves him with a massive overall points lead for the Dew Cup. His perfect score of 200/200 puts him well ahead of Thomas, with 174 points, Ladley (166), and Mason Aguirre and Steve Fisher, tied at 152.
Vito also picked up a bronze medal at X Games this month for good measure, behind Shaun White and Scotty Lago, and is currently in the lead on the US Snowboarding Grand Prix after winning the event at Copper Mountain in December.
To lose his hold on the Dew Cup, Vito would have to finish in 5th place or worse, unlikely given the season he's been having but not impossible: Vito likes to put it all on the line no matter how big his lead may be, and he'll be pushing himself even harder at Snowbasin next weekend since we haven't even seen some of his biggest tricks yet. He may very well be his own toughest competitor.
Check out footage of Louie shredding the pipe in January at the Winter Dew Tour in Killington
Check out footage of Louie shredding the pipe in December at the Nike 6.0 Open in Breckenridge


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A classic American BBQ sauce, lustily elevated with hints of chocolate, coffee and oak-aged wine vinegar. Rich and complex waves of spice and heat appearing and fading into a long, balanced finish.
"...I have no doubt some serious work went into getting the formula just right because no one flavor dominates, the spice and seasonings all meld together beautifully. I couldn't stop dunking my short ribs into this sauce. I'm convinced it would make just about anything taste good."
– Amy Sherman, Cooking with Amy
– Amy Sherman, Cooking with Amy
Saturday, January 11, 2014
BBQ is tribal. Eating with our hands, faces smeared with bbq sauce "face paint"; tackling plates of pork ribs while watching others ribs being tackled; cheering in unison when a fresh plate of shiny, hot wings is set down; or booing and jeering when someone fumbles a beer.
San Francisco recently watched its last game at Candlestick Park, and this has me feeling a bit nostalgic. The 'Stick' is set to be demolished, leaving behind more than a half-century of memories. From the sublime magic of Walsh and Montana, to the savage hits of Ronnie Lott, our tribe's home has seen some of the greatest moments in NFL history.
I will remember riding up that long, steep escalator in pairs, like we were boarding some kind of giant spaceship. The seemingly omnipresent present wind and fog, and sometimes rain. And the women's bathrooms. Yes, even the bathrooms left their imprint. Banging on the dented, cold metal, bathroom stalls, I'll forever remember the sound of women's voices, chanting in unison, in their own private stalls, waiting in line, or washing their hands under the flickering fluorescent lights ….. "Who's got it better than us?! ….. Noooobody!"
Cheers to you and your tribe! May your Superbowl Sunday be filled with good beer, plenty of friends and family near, and of course, tons of great (hopefully SFQ-slathered) food! And remember, it's not over until the fat lady sings... and licks the last of the sauce off her fingers!
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For more great Candlestick memories, by some of the Bay Areas best writers, including Bruce Jenkins, Ann Killion and Scott Ostler check out - "Candlestick Memories."
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- AnonymousJanuary 11, 2014 at 9:30 PM
Love the stroll down memory lane, and the farewell to the chilly Candlestick Park. Now GO NINERS! Bring on the chicken wings, covered with your delicious SFQ sauce. We've got a game to win!ReplyDelete
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Tiramisu is a traditional Italian dessert, which literally means pick me up (tirami-su). This dessert has many variations, but the constant ingredient, in all the variations is Mascarpone cheese.
I was craving to have it, from the day we were back from our Italy trip last month. And finally gathered up courage to experiment it 🙂
The basic ingredients of Tiramisu include, eggs, mascarpone cheese, ladyfingers, cream, espresso coffee, liquors like brandy, marsala and rum, a little bit of sugar, and cocoa or shaved chocolate.
Since the basic recipe uses raw eggs, I have made some modifications.
The recipe is adapted from here and here.
Chocolate Tiramisu:
Cream Filling :
Mascarpone : 250g
Cream Cheese : 250g
Heavy cream : 250g
Bitter chocolate : 150g – coarsely chopped
Sugar : 1/2 cup
Raspberries : 250g, fresh or canned
Soaking Syrup:
Strong brewed coffee : 1 1/2 cups
Granulated white sugar : 2 Tbsp
Lady finger biscuits : 24
Cocoa powder : 2 Tbsp
- Chocolate Cream filling: Heat the cream, remove from heat and add the chocolate.
- Let the chocolate melt and let the mixture cool.
- Whisk together the mascarpone and cream cheese in a mixing bowl until smooth. Add the chocolate mixture and mix well.
- Keep in refrigerator till further use.
- Coffee Soaking Syrup: In a large shallow bowl combine the coffee and sugar. Taste and add more sugar if you like. Set aside.
- To Assemble:Have ready the ladyfingers, coffee mixture, and cream filling.
- Taking half of the lady finger biscuits, dip each one into the coffee mixture and place the lady fingers in an even layer at the bottom of a rectangular loaf pan or a dish.
- Spread half of the cream filling on the lady fingers, then add half of the raspberries over the cream. Repeat with another layer of ladyfingers, over this spread the remaining cream filling.
- Cover the Tiramisu with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 6 hours, preferably overnight.
- To Serve: Remove the plastic wrap. Sift cocoa powder over the top of the Tiramisu and decorate with raspberries.
And the Verdict:
It is rightly said by someone, who described Tiramisu as, "You are experiencing the greatest dessert ecstacy of your life. You are in Heaven, and Heaven is in your mouth."
We enjoyed each and every bit to the last!!!
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April 28–May 2, 2014 | Vol. 119, Week 7
Originally Aired: July 23–27, 2007 | Vol. 76, Programs 11–15
Is your child an auditory, kinesthetic, or visual learner? Discover your child's learning style! This week on Home School Heartbeat, host Mike Smith offers some helpful tips on finding appropriate curriculum and teaching methods to best accommodate your child's homeschool.
"Although your child's study habits may seem unorthodox, the important thing is that she be aware of how she learns best."—Mike Smith
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Want to discover your child's learning style? From learning assessments to personality tests to choosing curriculum, our resource sheet includes a list of books, articles, and websites to help you get started.
Looking for a fresh approach as you teach your children? Then stay tuned to today's Home School Heartbeat, as host Mike Smith talks about one concept that can reenergize your homeschool.
Mike Smith: One of the benefits of homeschooling is that it gives parents the freedom to personalize their child's education to his or her talents and interests. An exciting way to do this is to explore learning styles.
You've probably heard the term "learning styles," or "learning modalities," before. A learning style is a person's inborn preference for learning through one of the senses—hearing, sight, or touch. When teaching is tailored to a person's unique learning style, he or she learns far more effectively.
Let's say your student has become very frustrated with math, but you've noticed that he loves music class. His learning style might be auditory—that is, he learns best by hearing. You can help him understand math by teaching him the multiplication tables through songs.
Or, perhaps your daughter fidgets her way through history class and can't seem to remember those pesky dates. She might be a kinesthetic learner—one who needs to use her whole body to learn. You could have her act out important scenes in history, cementing the facts in her memory.
Exploring learning styles can breathe new life into your homeschool. If your child seems to have hit a major roadblock in a particular subject, or simply doesn't seem to care about learning anymore, a consideration of his or her learning style can make school fun again.
And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike: Identifying your child's learning style can inspire a fresh vision for your homeschool. How? Because such things as curriculum choice and lesson format are all impacted by how your student learns best.
If your child has a tendency to stare off into space in the middle of class, he could be a visual learner. This is the child who learns through what he sees. He may be a picture learner—one who responds most to information that is presented in pictures. Or he might be a print learner, who remembers information that is presented as words on a page. When he appears to be daydreaming in the middle of class, he's simply trying to visualize the concepts he's learning.
Help your visual learner get the most out of studying by using visual aids. Assign books that contain helpful illustrations. Hang posters, maps, and timelines on your classroom walls. Since visual learners love eye-catching colors and designs, provide attractive folders for organization, and allow your student to use colored pencils on his assignments.
Take the time to teach your visual learner good study habits. He should practice highlighting reading material and quizzing himself with flashcards. Honing note-taking skills is crucial. By drawing pictures, sketching diagrams, and color-coding notes, a visual learner can solidly retain information presented in lecture format.
When you teach to your child's learning styles, a whole new world of teaching options open up. And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike: Homeschoolers have the wonderful flexibility being able to personalize their child's education. Whether your child is a visual, auditory, or kinesthetic learner, you can choose the curriculum methods and teaching techniques that enable fun, effective learning.
Do you have an auditory learner in your homeschool? She's the one who needs to hear herself say something in order to remember it. That's because she retains information most strongly when it comes through her ears. You may also notice that she prefers to have you read aloud to her instead of reading to herself. Because this talkative child learns best by hearing, you'll want to incorporate a variety of sound-based formats into her homeschool lessons. Encourage your student to read her assignments aloud to understand them. Teach lessons conversationally, giving her the opportunity to verbalize what she is learning. Make frequent visits to your local library to borrow books on tape and CDs with learning songs. Your auditory learner will also benefit from group projects and oral presentations.
Since auditory learners sometimes find silence to be distracting, allow your child to listen to music while studying. She may also enjoy working with a study partner. Although your child's study habits may seem unorthodox, the important thing is that she be aware of how she learns best.
As you homeschool your auditory learner, you'll find yourself learning to celebrate the sounds around you. And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike: This week we've discussed visual and auditory learners. Today I'd like to talk about the kinesthetic learner—the child who learns best through movement or touch. You'll recognize him because he has difficulty sitting still. And when he says, "Let me see!" he really means, "Can I touch that?"
Imagine how frustrating the classroom experience can be for this child! Information presented in traditional formats—through workbooks or lectures—just don't stick in his mind. But if he plays a game, acts a story, or uses math manipulatives, he can achieve success in learning. In planning lessons for this kinesthetic learner, you'll want to deemphasize workbooks and lectures in favor of active learning. Get ready for some fun-filled schooldays! Provide your squirmy student with refrigerator magnets in the shapes of numbers and letters. And if you're studying history, have him build a model ship or construct a building out of blocks. Give him plenty of opportunities to dance, exercise, and act out stories. When it's time to sit still, allow your child to sip on water or quietly work on a puzzle.
Your kinesthetic learner can study for tests by jumping rope while reviewing terms. Be sure and let him take breaks throughout the school day to run errands or take the dog for a walk. Movement and hands-on activities will make learning come alive for him.
And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike: Many resources are available that can help you identify your child's learning style, both online and at the library. You'll find checklists, detailed descriptions, and suggested teaching tools. If possible, have your child fill out a learning-style checklist herself. By combining your child's perspective with your own observation, you'll be able to confidently identify her learning style.
There's no formula for teaching each particular learning style. Just dive in—and have fun! The point of identifying your child's learning style is to make learning a joy, not a burdensome list of requirements. Ask your child for feedback as you try different teaching strategies. She can tell you when a lesson makes sense and when it doesn't. She may even have suggestions for how she can learn more effectively.
As your child moves through the high school years, teach her how to take charge of her own education. You may even want to award high school credit for a course in learning styles and strategies. Have your student research ways to adapt various classes to her learning style. Challenge her to develop study techniques that take advantage of her unique strengths.
College and the working world can sometimes seem inflexible to the student who learns "outside the box." But with a good knowledge of learning styles, your child will know how to make the transition with flair.
And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
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Michael Smith and his wife Elizabeth, along with Michael Farris and his wife, Vicki, incorporated Home School Legal Defense Association in 1983 and were the original board members. Mike grew up in Arkansas, graduated from the University of Arkansas where he played basketball, majoring in business administration. Upon graduation, he entered the U.S. Navy and served three years before attending law school at the University of San Diego.
In 1972, he was admitted to the bar in California and also has been admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States. He is licensed in Virginia, California, and Washington, D.C.
Mike and his family began homeschooling because their 5-year-old flunked kindergarten. This was quite a disappointment to Mike in light of the fact that he was preparing this child to be president of the United States by starting his education as early as possible.
His family's life changed drastically when he heard a radio program in 1981 which introduced him to the idea of homeschooling. When they started homeschooling, they began homeschooling one year at a time to meet the academic and social needs of their children. After spending lots of time around people like Mike Farris, he became convinced that he had been called to use his gifts and talents in the legal profession to assist homeschoolers who were being prosecuted because they didn't hold a teacher's certificate or satisfy the school district that they could competently teach their children.
Mike came to HSLDA full-time in 1987 and has served as president of the organization since the year 2001. In addition to serving as president, he also is a contact lawyer for California, Nevada and Puerto Rico. All of Mike's children are now grown, and three of the four were homeschooled. The most enjoyable part of Mike's job is when he is able to go to homeschool conferences and meet what he calls America's greatest heroes, homeschooling moms.
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I'm not afraid of reason I just can't stand the piano roll editor or the arrangement page...ReplyDelete
I've still not found a sequencer on OS X to call home, although energy xt2 is looking like the one of the moment.
Giles, if you don't already, buy a pair of turntables. Software is great, but the wax will change you're life.ReplyDelete
Random, yes, but as a hacker who loves to spin selling my turntables was the worst decision ever.
Heh. I have four turntables in storage, two Technics and two Vestaxes, the crazy ones that can do +/- 60. used to be in some party-throwing crews in the Bay Area and played at a couple clubs, not many though. but yeah, don't worry, I've got turntables. :-)ReplyDelete
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The jawboning of oil prices by the Saudi Arabian/Russian tag team should be wearing off after more than a year of actions that don't measure up to the words. Oil prices slumped recently, dropping from around $54 per barrel to just below $50.
As if on cue, the Russian energy minister announced Friday that Russia has now met its target of reducing oil production by 300,000 barrels per day. It only took four months to do something that should have taken just weeks. (The agreement came into force on January 1.) And, of course, we'll have to see if the Russians have actually done what they say they've done.
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SWIFTWATER — Chris Potter is calling it quits.
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The Pocono Mountain East wrestling coach said Tuesday that he's stepping down as the Cardinals coach.
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This GLEP proposes a new format for the Portage Manifest and digest file system by unifying both filetypes into one to improve functional and non-functional aspects of the Portage Tree.
Please see [1] for a general overview. The main long term goals of this proposal are to:
The new Manifest format would change the existing format in the following ways:
Addition of a filetype specifier, currently planned are
Future portage improvements might extend this list (for example with types relevant for eclasses or profiles)
Only have one line per file listing all information instead of one line per file and checksum type
Remove the separated digest-* files in the files/ subdirectory
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AUXFILE ldif-buffer-overflow-fix.diff 5007 RMD160 1354a6bd2687430b628b78aaf43f5c793d2f0704 SHA1 424e1dfca06488f605b9611160020227ecdd03ac MD5 06d23c04b3d6ddfb1431c22ecc5b28f6 AUXFILE procmime.patch 977 RMD160 39a51a4d654759b15d1644a79fb6e8921130df3c SHA1 d76929f6dfc2179281f7ccee5789aab4e970ba9e MD5 bf4c9cd9cb7cdc6ece7d4d327910f0cf EBUILD sylpheed-claws-1.0.5-r1.ebuild 3906 RMD160 cdd546c128db2dea7044437de01ec96e12b4f5bf SHA1 a84b49e76961d7a9100852b64c2bfbf9b053d45e MD5 b9fe79135a475458ef1b2240ee302ebd EBUILD sylpheed-claws-1.9.100.ebuild 4444 RMD160 89326038bfc694dafd22f10400a08d3f930fb2bd SHA1 8895342f3f0cc6fcbdd0fdada2ad8e23ce539d23 MD5 0643de736b42d8c0e1673e86ae0b7f80 EBUILD sylpheed-claws-1.9.15.ebuild 4821 RMD160 ec0ff811b893084459fe5b17b8ba8d6b35a55687 SHA1 358278a43da244e1f4803ec4b04d6fa45c41ab4d MD5 15b5c9348ba0b0a416892588256b4cbc MISCFILE ChangeLog 25770 RMD160 0e69dd7425add1560d630dd3367342418e9be776 SHA1 1210160f7baf0319de3b1b58dc80d7680d316d28 MD5 732cdc3b41403a115970d497a9ec257e MISCFILE metadata.xml 269 RMD160 39d775de55f9963f8946feaf088aa0324770bacb SHA1 4fd7b285049d0e587f89e86becf06c0fd77bae6d MD5 82e806ed62f0596fb7bef493d225712f SRCURI sylpheed-claws-1.0.5.tar.bz2 3268626 RMD160 f2708b5d69bc9a5025812511fde04eca7782e367 SHA1 d351d7043eef7a875df18a8c4b9464be49e2164b MD5 ef4a1a7beb407dc7c31b4799bc48f12e SRCURI sylpheed-claws-1.9.100.tar.bz2 3480063 RMD160 72fbcbcc05d966f34897efcc1c96377420dc5544 SHA1 47465662b5470af5711493ce4eaad764c5bf02ca MD5 863c314557f90f17c2f6d6a0ab57e6c2 SRCURI sylpheed-claws-1.9.15.tar.bz2 3481018 RMD160 b01d1af2df55806a8a8275102b10e389e0d98e94 SHA1 a17fc64b8dcc5b56432e5beb5c826913cb3ad79e MD5 0d187526e0eca23b87ffa4981f7e1765
To maintain compability with existing portage versions a transition period after is the introduction of the Manifest2 format is required during which portage will not only have to be capable of using existing Manifest and digest files but also generate them in addition to the new entries. Fortunately this can be accomplished by simply mixing old and new style entries in one file for the Manifest files, existing portage versions will simply ignore the new style entries. For the digest files there are no new entries to care about.
It is important to note that this proposal only deals with a change of the format of the digest and Manifest system.
It does not expand the scope of it to cover eclasses, profiles or anything else not already covered by the Manifest system, it also doesn't affect the Manifest signing efforts in any way (though the implementations of both might be coupled).
Also while multiple hash functions will become standard with the proposed implementation they are not a specific feature of this format [2].
The main goals of the proposal have been listed in the Motivation, here now the explanation why they are improvements and how the proposed format will accomplish them.
Normal users that don't use a "tuned" filesystem for the portage tree are wasting several dozen to a few hundred megabytes of discspace with the current system, largely caused by the digest files. This is due to the filesystem overhead present in most filesystem that have a standard blocksize of four kilobytes while most digest files are under one kilobyte in size, so this results in approximately a waste of three kilobytes per digest file (likely even more). At the time of this writing the tree contains roughly 22.000 digest files, so the overall waste caused by digest files is estimated at about 70-100 megabytes. Furthermore it is assumed that this will also reduce the discspace wasted by the Manifest files as they now contain more content, but this hasn't been verified yet.
By unifying the digest files with the Manifest these tiny files are eliminated (in the long run), reducing the apparent tree size by about 20%, benefitting both users and the Gentoo infrastructure.
When multiple hashes are used with the current system both the filename and filesize are repeated for every checksum type used as each checksum is standalone. However this doesn't add any functionality and is therefore useless, so the new format removes this redundancy. This is a theoretical improvement at this moment as only one hash function is in use, but expected to change soon (see [2]).
The current system theoretically allows for a SRCURI type file to be recorded in multiple digest files with different sizes and/or checksums. In such a case one version of a package would report a checksum violation while another one would not. This could create confusion and uncertainity among users. So far this case hasn't been observed, but it can't be ruled out with the existing system. As the new format lists each file exactly once this would be no longer possible.
Right now portage verifies the checksum of every file listed in the Manifest before using any file of the package and all SRCURI files of an ebuild before using that ebuild. This is unnecessary in many cases:
Switching the Manifest system is a task that will need a long transition period like most changes affecting both portage and the tree. In this case the implementation will be rolled out in several phases:
Each step has its own issues. While 1) and 2) can be implemented without any compability problems all later steps have a major impact:
Another problem is that some steps affect different targets:
While it is relatively easy to get all devs to use a new portage version this is practically impossible with users as some don't update their systems regulary. While six months are probably sufficient to reach a 95% coverage one year is estimated to reach an almost-complete coverage. All times are relative to the stable-marking of a compatible portage version.
No timeframe for implementation is presented here as it is highly dependent on the completion of each step.
In summary it can be said that while a full conversion will take over a year to be completed due to compability issues mentioned above some benefits of the system can selectively be used as soon as step 2) is completed.
While one long term goal of this proposal is to reduce the size of the tree and therefore make life for the Gentoo Infrastructure easier this will only take effect once the implementation is rolled out completely. In the meantime however it will increase the tree size due to keeping checksums in both formats. It's not possible to give a usable estimate on the degree of the increase as it depends on many variables such as the exact implementation timeframe, propagation of Manifest2 capable portage versions among devs or the update rate of the tree. It has been suggested that Manifest files that are not gpg signed could be mass converted in one step, this could certainly help but only to some degree (according to a recent research [3] about 40% of all Manifests in the tree are signed, but this number hasn't been verified).
A patch for a prototype implementation of Manifest2 verification and partial generation has been posted at [4], it will be reworked before being considered for inclusion in portage. However it shows that adding support for verification is quite simple, but generation is a bit tricky and will therefore be implemented later.
Some things have been considered for this GLEP but aren't part of the proposal yet for various reasons:
Thanks to the following persons for their input on or related to this GLEP (even though they might not have known it): Ned Ludd (solar), Brian Harring (ferringb), Jason Stubbs (jstubbs), Robin H. Johnson (robbat2), Aron Griffis (agriffis)
Also thanks to Nicholas Jones (carpaski) to make the current Manifest system resistent enough to be able to handle this change without too many transition problems.
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