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Specialty foods like handcrafted chocolate and gluten-free organic pasta may be pricey, but some small business owners say they're seeing a pick up in demand. WNPR's Sujata Srinivasan reports on how entrepreneurs in the high-end food business have pulled through the recession, priming their business for growth.
This is the sound of rich, creamy chocolate mixing, pouring and airing at Tschudin Chocolates & Confections in Middletown. It's a rainy Saturday morning but the weather didn't stop Dominic Contessa and his wife to drive down from West Haven for a three-hour tour of the artisan chocolate shop.
"You know anytime you get something that's made from scratch right in a local facility, it's fresh, you know it comes from the back, right out into the case, you can always tell the difference. It's definitely, definitely worth getting over a national brand."
Chocolatier Roberto Tschudin Lucheme opened the shop during the recent economic recession. Lucheme had a long career as an immigration attorney in Connecticut and was drawn to chocolate after taking a culinary course. He says he's kept business going by dipping into his savings but now it's about to break even, partly due to large orders for corporate parties and weddings. Lucheme makes chocolate while giving a tour, Willy Wonka style. [Tour narration.] Each week he makes up to 1,000 pounds – orange, ajwain and jalapeno chocolate, for instance – priced at about 38 dollars a pound. Many of his customers keep coming back.
"When you actually look at the amount of work that goes into making a handcrafted chocolate, all the different steps involved, those all have costs attached to them. What we're hoping to do is convince those who buy quality to continue to buy from us and those who haven't really tried quality to appreciate the difference."
After a rough patch through the recession, some established businesses like Carla's Pasta in South Windsor, are starting to take off. Carla's is increasing its clientele of national chain restaurants by about 35 percent as part of a 26 million dollar expansion, partly funded by the state Department of Economic and Community Development. [Tour of the pasta factory.] Vice president Sergio Squatrito.
"We can compete on price, but what we're trying to compete on is the quality of the product that the customer's going to get. If you're a restaurant, every time somebody comes and sits down at your place of business, you have to make sure that it's a good experience. A customer's a customer that you keep forever. You just have to keep serving them good food."
Squatrito's mother Carla, an Italian immigrant, founded the company 26 years ago. Today, her frozen pasta and pesto sauce is sold internationally. During the recession, she and her two sons invested in innovation and cut energy costs by installing a fuel cell plant on-site. Those decisions are now helping the company, which has a hundred and sixty eight employees, to grow even bigger.
"The early parts of the recession we did all these innovative things – spending money on national accounts, and retail and all these other things and shoring up our processes. And what that's led us to, we're seeing the customers come back. We've expanded. We're adding on twenty seven-and-a-half thousand square feet. And we have a lot more to come. We're adding on two processing lines and we need people."
Health concerns are driving some of the demand for specialty foods. At the Parkade Health Shoppe in Manchester, manager Dorothy Flagg says customer base has increased by about 25 percent in the last two years, thanks to rising consumption of gluten-free foods and herbal sleep supplements. Of late, Flagg is seeing people who don't have health coverage shop at the store.
"Some of our customers, because either losing their jobs or having to severely downsize, no longer had health insurance. No longer had a doctor they could call and go to. So they decided to be more pro-active in their wellbeing. And most people prefer to take natural products and supplements as opposed to prescription medication."
Tricia Levesque is director of the Connecticut Specialty Food Association. She says though the recession affected some businesses, many are thriving because customers want to support entrepreneurs in their community and are also choosing to splurge a bit to treat themselves. Perhaps because of the economy, more people want to turn their hobby, such as pickle or jam making, into a business.
"A couple of members that we lost due to them closing down their businesses. But I would say it was a very small handful. But especially recently have been really getting a lot more members and a lot more people are getting into the industry. You know I get lots of phone calls, people saying 'Oh I make this and everybody tells me I should market it.'"
Now, that's some food for thought if you've ever wanted to wrap a business plan around a famous family recipe.
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Beer Review: Sierra Nevada's Ruthless Rye
Hello, what's this? Sierra Nevada brewing a rye IPA for spring? Yes, I do believe we need to give this a try.
Beer Details: Ruthless Rye IPA from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico, CA (IPA brewed with rye, 6.6% ABV, 55 IBU)
Appearance: This lovely brew pours a crystal-clear copper color with a thick head of off-white foam. The foam bubbles down to a thin, but stubborn, film across the top of the glass.
Aroma: A warm blend of soft caramels, a spicy cup of tea, and sweet orange zest. Gee, sounds kind of like a tasty mid-day snack!
Taste: My first impression is of just-squeezed orange juice. It has that a same sense of bursting freshness with a nice balance off sweet and sour. Spicy flavors of warm cinnamon and clove mix with earthy notes of thyme and pepper. Warm caramel malts emerge in the middle of the sip, only to be met with a smack of bitterness in the finish.
Overall, this beer reads as brisk and bracing, but with an underside of warmth. Not unlike spring itself, one might say. It also has an intriguing creaminess that had me going back for sip after sip. Spring might not be here quite yet, but that just means more time to enjoy this beer.
Food Pairings: Try this one with Mexican food. A plate of spicy enchiladas or a big bean burrito would compliment the earthy and spicy flavors in the beer, and vice versa.
Have you tried this beer yet? What do you think?
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Saw this on Sunday as we were stocking up for the Niner game but I wasn't sure if I'd like it. However, your description makes me think otherwise so may need to give it a try after all.
It's a beer from Sierra, haven't had a bad one yet!
Can't wait until I see it here on the east coast
Whoa, this might be an IPA I actually enjoy. Generally that's the only type of beer I will categorically stay away from, but I like rye flavor in beer and the IBU on this isn't too high for me.
I'm lucky enough to live in Chico, but I haven't tried this one yet. Saw it in the store yesterday (standard price for all Sierra Nevada's beers are $6.99 for a 6-pack here) but left it for next week's shopping trip. We are blessed with many a delicious taco truck here in Chico, so I will have to take your advice and pair it with my favorite shrimp nachos from my favorite truck. I really like the label, it's a bit of a departure from their usual graphics.
Love it, not as sweet as Bear Republic's Hop Rod Rye, which I also like quite a bit. Excellent showcase of Rye.
I also like to "pair" it with a nice glass of Bulleit Rye on the rocks ;)
Just tried this last week. A local bar just got it on tap and we had to try. We both loved it!
@Beestrofowler - I like your style!
I enjoyed it! Torpedo IPA is my favorite offering right now.
This one is totally my new favorite!!! I love it! I love the beautiful bottle and the taste is so wonderful, warm and spicy!!! LOVE IT


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From Proteopedia
|1ttm, resolution 1.95Å ()
|CA2 (Homo sapiens)
|Carbonate dehydratase, with EC number 188.8.131.52
|FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum
|save as pdb, mmCIF, xml
Human carbonic anhydrase II complexed with 667-coumate
CA (carbonic anhydrase) catalyses the reversible hydration of carbon dioxide into bicarbonate, and at least 14 isoforms have been identified in vertebrates. The role of CA type II in maintaining the fluid and pH balance has made it an attractive drug target for the treatment of glaucoma and cancer. 667-coumate is a potent inhibitor of the novel oncology target steroid sulphatase and is currently in Phase 1 clinical trials for hormone-dependent breast cancer. It also inhibits CA II in vitro. In the present study, CA II was crystallized with 667-coumate and the structure was determined by X-ray crystallography at 1.95 A (1 A=0.1 nm) resolution. The structure reported here is the first for an inhibitor based on a coumarin ring and shows ligation of the sulphamate group to the active-site zinc at 2.15 A through a nitrogen anion. The first two rings of the coumarin moiety are bound within the hydrophobic binding site of CA II. Important residues contributing to binding include Val-121, Phe-131, Val-135, Leu-141, Leu-198 and Pro-202. The third seven-membered ring is more mobile and is located in the channel leading to the surface of the enzyme. Pharmacokinetic studies show enhanced stability of 667-coumate in vivo and this has been ascribed to binding of CA II in erythrocytes. This result provides a structural basis for the stabilization and long half-life of 667-coumate in blood compared with its rapid disappearance in plasma, and suggests that reversible binding of inhibitors to CA may be a general method of delivering this type of labile drug.
Crystal structure of human carbonic anhydrase II at 1.95 A resolution in complex with 667-coumate, a novel anti-cancer agent., Lloyd MD, Pederick RL, Natesh R, Woo LW, Purohit A, Reed MJ, Acharya KR, Potter BV, Biochem J. 2005 Feb 1;385(Pt 3):715-20. PMID:15453828
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
[CAH2_HUMAN] Defects in CA2 are the cause of osteopetrosis autosomal recessive type 3 (OPTB3) [MIM:259730]; also known as osteopetrosis with renal tubular acidosis, carbonic anhydrase II deficiency syndrome, Guibaud-Vainsel syndrome or marble brain disease. Osteopetrosis is a rare genetic disease characterized by abnormally dense bone, due to defective resorption of immature bone. The disorder occurs in two forms: a severe autosomal recessive form occurring in utero, infancy, or childhood, and a benign autosomal dominant form occurring in adolescence or adulthood. Autosomal recessive osteopetrosis is usually associated with normal or elevated amount of non-functional osteoclasts. OPTB3 is associated with renal tubular acidosis, cerebral calcification (marble brain disease) and in some cases with mental retardation.[1][2][3][4][5]
[CAH2_HUMAN] Essential for bone resorption and osteoclast differentiation (By similarity). Reversible hydration of carbon dioxide. Can hydrate cyanamide to urea. Involved in the regulation of fluid secretion into the anterior chamber of the eye.[6][7]
About this Structure
1ttm is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
See Also
- Lloyd MD, Pederick RL, Natesh R, Woo LW, Purohit A, Reed MJ, Acharya KR, Potter BV. Crystal structure of human carbonic anhydrase II at 1.95 A resolution in complex with 667-coumate, a novel anti-cancer agent. Biochem J. 2005 Feb 1;385(Pt 3):715-20. PMID:15453828 doi:10.1042/BJ20041037
- ↑ Venta PJ, Welty RJ, Johnson TM, Sly WS, Tashian RE. Carbonic anhydrase II deficiency syndrome in a Belgian family is caused by a point mutation at an invariant histidine residue (107 His----Tyr): complete structure of the normal human CA II gene. Am J Hum Genet. 1991 Nov;49(5):1082-90. PMID:1928091
- ↑ Roth DE, Venta PJ, Tashian RE, Sly WS. Molecular basis of human carbonic anhydrase II deficiency. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 Mar 1;89(5):1804-8. PMID:1542674
- ↑ Soda H, Yukizane S, Yoshida I, Koga Y, Aramaki S, Kato H. A point mutation in exon 3 (His 107-->Tyr) in two unrelated Japanese patients with carbonic anhydrase II deficiency with central nervous system involvement. Hum Genet. 1996 Apr;97(4):435-7. PMID:8834238
- ↑ Hu PY, Lim EJ, Ciccolella J, Strisciuglio P, Sly WS. Seven novel mutations in carbonic anhydrase II deficiency syndrome identified by SSCP and direct sequencing analysis. Hum Mutat. 1997;9(5):383-7. PMID:9143915 doi:<383::AID-HUMU1>3.0.CO;2-5 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1997)9:5<383::AID-HUMU1>3.0.CO;2-5
- ↑ Shah GN, Bonapace G, Hu PY, Strisciuglio P, Sly WS. Carbonic anhydrase II deficiency syndrome (osteopetrosis with renal tubular acidosis and brain calcification): novel mutations in CA2 identified by direct sequencing expand the opportunity for genotype-phenotype correlation. Hum Mutat. 2004 Sep;24(3):272. PMID:15300855 doi:10.1002/humu.9266
- ↑ Briganti F, Mangani S, Scozzafava A, Vernaglione G, Supuran CT. Carbonic anhydrase catalyzes cyanamide hydration to urea: is it mimicking the physiological reaction? J Biol Inorg Chem. 1999 Oct;4(5):528-36. PMID:10550681
- ↑ Kim CY, Whittington DA, Chang JS, Liao J, May JA, Christianson DW. Structural aspects of isozyme selectivity in the binding of inhibitors to carbonic anhydrases II and IV. J Med Chem. 2002 Feb 14;45(4):888-93. PMID:11831900


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A professional entertainer, especially a singer or dancer: cabaret artistes
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entertainer, performer, trouper, showman, artist; player, musician, singer, dancer, actor, actress, thespian; comic, comedian, comedienne, clown, impressionist, mime artist, conjuror, magician, acrobat; star, superstar
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In college, I couldn't decide whether to major in math or art as I loved them both. I started in art but quickly became disenchanted with it when progress seemed slow, mastery seemed elusive and commercial success seemed questionable. Every brush stroke had to be perfect or the painting looked off kilter. And even with perfect technique, the style had to match commercial tastes for the art to be marketable. With lots of hurdles for a product to be successful — subject, technique and style — and the need to hit high scores on all three, I thought the learning curve was too long and the probably of a lucrative career was too uncertain.
Math, on the other hand, was faster to master and had plenty of upside. You could take many paths to a proof and still arrive at a defensible conclusion. And math was a fundamental skill for many different sectors of business — technology, finance and manufacturing. Once you had the basis skill set, you could apply it anywhere and make a good living. And, you could switch fields as business cycles fluctuated. As I sharpened my math skills, the feedback was reinforcing and exhilerating.
I worked in quantitative fields all of my career. Starting in the technology sector, I developed communications services for satellite systems. Then I changed to Wall Street to combine my interest technology with finance in equity research for a brokerage firm, now owned by JP Morgan.
To stay active in art, I took private lessons with a master Italian painter while working in finance. My art teacher, now in his 80's, told me most great painters complete their best works at the end of their lives. Painters need a lifetime to achieve mastery. Mathematicians do their best work in their early 20′s as the learning curve is very steep and fast. So, if you focus on math early, then you can spend the end of your career finessing fine strokes for a perfect painting. Ten years on Wall Street can support 20 years of art training.
Practice, Practice, Practice…
Best-selling author, Tony Schwartz of the Energy Project, believes you can become an expert in anything, including most sports and avocations with focused practice. He believes talent is necessary but not sufficient for expertise. Rather, practice trumps talent as far as mastery goes — ask Michael Jordan, who practiced endlessly for years.
Schwartz cites Dr. K. Anders Ericsson Ericsson, a Swedish psychologist and leading authority on performance maximization who believes "deliberate practice" is key, not inherited talent. And, hard work is critical during long periods of sustained activity. Researchers say a minimum of 10,000 hours of focused practice is necessary for expertise. Ericsson believes practice is key to excellence, but concedes back-breaking practice is not pleasant. All experts become frustrated with setbacks and failures as they push performance toward excellence and winners continue to slug it out.
With that in mind, below are excerpts from Schwartz's article in the Harvard Business Review, "Six Keys to Being Excellent at Anything."
1. Pursue what you love. Passion is a key motivator. People identify with vocations. They visualize themselves as masters who have achieved a high levels of expertise, and like to lose themselves trying to achieve their lifelong goals.
2. Do the tough work first. No pain, no gain. Most great performers practice hard stuff in the morning when they have the most energy.
3. Practice intensely. Practice for 90 minutes, then take a break. That's the maximum to reach high focus. Practice five hours a day.
4. Get feedback. Get simple feedback for expertise and make adjustments. Too much feedback can confuse you and interfere with learning.
5. Take breaks. Learning taxes the left side of your brain. Relax so the right hemisphere of your brain can become engaged, which can lead to creative thoughts and new breakthroughs in performance.
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In case you tend to skip the Tech forum here, I thought maybe it might reach a broader audience who may be using Twitter.
You CAN be sued for what you write on Twitter.
If you don't have a lot of time, I recommend scrolling down to the last few paragraphs of the article.
Also, please remember that Google 'caches' pages. Within less than 48hrs sometimes. So, something you wrote on Twitter two months ago CAN still be seen.
The general rule of 'safety' is two-fold:
1) if you write on the interwebz, it's not 'safe' and you don't have a 'right' to it ( generally )...people can forward and print out your emails and you never even know it's happened and by the time you have, it could have been forwarded to 500 people in a matter of seconds ( literally )
2) if it can appear between these two tags :<html> and :</html)...minuse the colon...it is, technically, the start and stop tags of any web page and can be, unless you own the site and server the .html file is hosted on, it's a web page and is probably being cached by Google...
in the case of emails, a decent encryption program may be something you familiarize yourselves with, then use but in savvy hands, they're not all particularly hard to deal with from what I hear..
btw, if you feel your emails should be 'private', your ISP ( the entity you get web service through ), does not necessarily agree with you and may, in fact, actively track how you use the web, log it to a db, and periodically turn it into authorities or advertisors...
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so this week was a total bust the study munchies binge just effed up everything- it's like my body is rebelling against getting back on track.
Feeling a bit sick too booo. So after my workout last night I ate 2 pieces of chicken and a homemade hot chocolate . this was around 10pm so I knew for sure i'd be up at this morning weigh in so I didn't even bother.
Definitely feeling fat and ugly and blah. I will not be caving into to my peanut cravings my next on-week which
So no weight loss for today's weigh in . I'm at 189.2. meaning that so far this week i'm at a big ol disappointing 1.4lbs which could've been more had I not given into my study munchies binge on Tuesday. I VOW TO MYSELF NEVER TO DO THAT AGAIN. I'm going off hcg and hopping back on Monday. I need my sleep. Another reason why I prob didn't lose is that my body is exhausted from the exercise combined with lack of sleep. I refuse to slow down my exercise since teaching spin 3x is high intensity in itself.
YUPPERS just as the heading says, I had a major major attack of the study munchies and so weigh in today is 189.2 which is a gain of 1.2lbs.
Sigh I gotta check my self for reaaaaallllllllllsssssssssssss. So it's a new day, took my drops about to have my coffee. Teaching spin class tonight, lift some weights, and stationary bike. 185-186 by Friday is doable if I stay on track.
Jumped on the scale and weigh in was 188lbs. now unfortunately I did have my peanuts but I taught spin class which I think because I felt guilty I made it harder than usual lol. So that's 3lb loss from yesterday's weight.
if I could get to 185 maybe even (fingers crossed) 183 by Friday I would be soooooo happy. Anything is possible with hcg!!.
Now time for my morning coffee with powdered milk!
So yea i'm back up to 191 which is a 0.4 or 0.6 gain lol can't remember. But given the weekend I had, i'm glad it wasn't more.
Back on track today. I'm gonna be less rogue and still to protocol veggies, with the exception of cauliflower (cant throw away an unopened bag, I refuse to waste money). Just like I realize that if I go too off track, i'm wasting money because hcg is expensive, especially when you consider the cost of shipping to Nigeria via fedex.
so my goal
So I'm down 0.4. I gave into eating peanuts yesterday. I'm surprised I lost anything.
But I dragged my butt to he gym his morning got in some cardio and weights. So total loss so far is a measly 1.8lbs.
But my only option is to keep on going
ohhhhh the dreading the scale this morning after my poor loss yesterday. Well today i'm down 1.2lbs with a weigh in of 190.6. sooooo 48.6lbs to go. still a looongggg way to go but so I don't feel overwhelmed by how much weight I need to get off, my first goal marker is 180.
so I know this isn't protocol but I honestly have no desire for fruit or veggies. all I want to do is eat chicken. I LOVE CHICKEN!!!! CHICKEN CHICKEN CHICKKEEENNN lol!!! But I know I have to have them so i'm
Ok so i'l admit I restarted yesterday because of huge cheating the day before. Sooo yesterday, i'm guilty of eating 4pieces of candy but besides that I had some boiled chicken and salsa (p2 friendly trust me I read the ingredients on the jar), half a small green bell pepper, a few pieces of shrimp with brussel sprouts and my 1pkt of milk. I also taught my spin class for 50min. oh plus I had waaaay too much gum yesterday
I was expecting to be down maybe a 1lb but I get on the scale
Day 1 of restart. weighed in at 192 BOOOO!!!!!!!!! For me it's not the protocol per se that's hard, it's the mental part that gets me all the time. I know the key to my success is overcoming my mind.
Cycling 1wk on- 1wk off and rogue i.e chewing gum, 1packet of powdered milk (has 120 calories). I teach spin class 3 times a week in addition to lifting and other cardio classes. So I figured I easily burn that 120 and more. I do eat more protein, only 1 fruit, and i'm gonna experiment


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Seeker Lover Keeper
Individually, they're three of Australia's most innovative songwriters. Sally Seltmann specialises in narcotic, dreamy, sweeping pop, aided by layers of cotton-soft vocals, pianos and synths. Holly Throsby is known for summoning melodies that sound beautifully crumpled, worn and decades-old, and matching them with hushed, cutting lyrics that read like a Carver short story. Sarah Blasko writes haunting songs that veer from intimate ballads to orchestral showstoppers, and sings with what's now one of the most recognisable voices in Australian music.
— beginnings —
Holly, Sarah and Sally have been in each other's orbits for a while. Sarah and Holly met years ago through a mutual friend in Newtown. Holly and Sally actually attended the same high school, but were in different year levels and didn't know each other until they toured together as musicians. Sally first met Sarah at a joint magazine photo shoot, "where I awkwardly told you that you were really beautiful," Sally recalls to Sarah, "in the toilets." All women break down into fits of laughter at that.
— recording in new york —
Seeker Lover Keeper was recorded over two hot weeks in New York. Sally, Sarah and Holly all had an affinity for the city, but it also represented a good central meeting point: Sarah flew there from London, while Sally and Holly jetted over from Sydney. They also recruited a few friends to come on board. Jim White (The Dirty Three) played drums. Shahzad Ismaily (Tom Waits, Martha Wainwright, Bonnie Prince Billy) played bass and guitar. Victor Van Vugt—an Australian based in New York, who mixed Sarah's second record (What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have)—was recruited as producer alongside Seeker Lover Keeper. Holly, Sarah and Sally all shared piano and other guitar duties.
Holly, Sarah and Sally take turns on lead vocals throughout Seeker Lover Keeper. Some arrangements were decided before heading into the studio; others changed at the last minute. Everyone laughs at Sarah's paranoia that she'll be seen as the limelight hog, since she sings five of the lead vocals over 12 tracks. "Can I just say that I wanted other people to sing?" she says. "When I hear the record now, I think, 'God, people are going to think I'm really hogging.' I tried to get Holly to sing more songs, but she forced me! I want to get that straight." Sally jokes, "Sarah was definitely peer pressured into it. I was like [nagging voice], 'No, Sarah! You've got the voice of the angel. Sing this one as well!'" In the studio, Holly would tease Sarah by singing John Farnham's 'You're the Voice'.


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Why Tartine Breadmaster Chad Robertson Is Going Global
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The shop's green curry ramen is a big deal at the original Setagaya Ward shop.
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Canyon Country Wendy's To Shut Down [1]
Charo Chicken will take its place
The Wendy's fast food restaurant in Canyon Country has closed its doors after a somewhat brief run in the new Shangri La shopping center on Soledad Canyon Road.
In its place will come a Charo Chicken, which will be the first of its kind in Canyon Country. Presently, one Charo Chicken is already open in Santa Clarita, in the Valencia area.
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good 1st half, Kobe was just sickening in the 2nd quarter.
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good 1st half, Kobe was just sickening in the 2nd quarter.
Kobe is ****ing unreal.
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i hope the Lakers forget their about their bi-polarness
Lakers win tonight's basketball game
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What a game. I can't wait to feel that electric at the SC when the ice is on the floor!
My dream is walking into the Staples Center one day for a playoff game on the hardwood then again the very next day for another on the ice and seeing my two favorite teams cruise to their respective championships.
The closest I got to that was the 2001 playoff run (Lakers won the championship, Kings almost made it to the Conference Finals).
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VS1005g Applications with Source Code
These are examples of complete VS1005-based applications. All of these examples run with the VSIDE software development system.
Click here for VS1005 firmware status.
NOTE: The kernel and all applications are written for VS1005g only. VS1005f is not supported.
VSOS3 0.311 and VSOS 0.25 Kernels
This is the VS1005 Operating System. All VSOS applications require VSOS to be installed into the development board to work.
The latest stable release is included in the newest revision of VSIDE, which you can download by clicking here.
For the latest development non-stable revision of VSOS, see VSDSP Forum's VS1005 section.
Read about the current state of VSOS by clicking here.
Below are the some main features of VSOS 0.311:
Below are the some main features of VSOS 0.250:
VSOS Applications
The current VSIDE release contains many example applications. If you just want to try them out without compiling them, download them here and unzip them to your SD card's main folder. (Note: don't destroy the folder structure.)
Below are application solutions running under VSOS which are not an integral part of VSIDE.
Note: Many of these applications will be later updated to VSOS3.
VS1005 MP3/WAV Player
Version: 1.00
VS1005 Loopback Test
Version: 1.20
VS1005 MP3 Recorder Example
Version: 0.001 (contains almost no features yet)
Restoring a 'bricked' VS1005 board
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Is Sanjay Dutt getting VIP treatment for parole?
The Bombay High Court questions why actor Sanjay Dutt has got parole repeatedly; says the state government would not have done this for a common man. Is Sanjay Dutt getting VIP treatment? Watch more ...
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In Nigeria, we have witnessed extraordinary growth since 2006, and enhanced the careers and lifestyles of many new employees.
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Eating out is a real treat but restaurant foods are often high in calories. But you can make healthy choices and enjoy dining out without packing on the pounds.
Americans love to splurge when they go out to eat.
"I love macaroni and cheese, I love grits, mash potatoes. I love comfort food," says Tish Davis. Davis travels often for business and eats out a lot.
If you eat out five or six times a week, like Davis, you have to make sensible choices or it's hard to keep the weight off.
Dietitian Marisa Moore says start by looking for clues that foods are high in calories.
"Things like crispy, creamy, breaded, smothered, those are not the ones you want to order," says Moore. "So you want to look for foods that are grilled or broiled or steamed instead."
Try to order first so you'll be less tempted by others' choices and don't be afraid to ask the server to tailor your meal to make it healthier. Order steamed veggies instead of fries.
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The portion sizes of most restaurant meals can actually feed two.
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– For Immediate Release – CA Inc., the 2010 Network Computing "Company of the Year", has selected Digitas (
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Double-voice amplification kirtans in Iskcon Mayapur
Hare Krsna,
My humble obeisances.
I do not understand Sikhi Mahiti prabhu's points.
First of all, quoting Sivarama Swami is fine, but I can easily quote another sadhu who will disagree with Sivaram Swami. Quoting the siksastakam as "proof" for the category of "shastra" is begging the question, because the this very verse is what the discussion is centered around in the 1st place. And third, Bhaktivinoda Thakura's statement does not rule out the plethora of other statements by our acharyas to the effect that attentive hearing and chanting applies to kirtan as much as it does to japa.
Finally, Sikhi Mahiti prabhu's comment about Prabhupada saying that just trying to please Krishna is the only requirement for attracting "karmis" to our kirtans may be somewhat irrelevant. We are not speaking here about attracting non-devotees to our kirtans; we are speaking about kirtan standards for practicing devotees in Iskcon centers.
It almost seems as though Sikhi Mahiti prabhu is saying that it's perfectly okay for devotees to completely give up the dynamic of lead-singer/responders. Is he saying that everyone can sing together, all at once, completely blurring the distinction between the lead-singer and the responders……. because "there is no hard and fast rules" ?
Am I interpreting his words incorrectly? If I am, I apologize.
As far as my limited knowledge is concerned, there is, and there always will be, this dynamic lead-singer/responders, as Sita Prabhu aptly refers us to the C.C verse:
"Svarūpa Dāmodara was chosen as *the leader* [singular] of the first party and was given *five assistants to respond* [plural] to his chanting."
(Note: it does not say, "[…] to respond to *their* chanting." There was indeed one, and only one, lead-singer.)
Once we agree that there is no question of blurring the lines between the lead-singer and the responders, we then come back to the original issue: can two amplified voices work in a kirtan? Do two amplified voices assist and embellish the dynamic of leader/responders? Or do they rather play down this subtle but crucial dynamic?
Comment Posted By servantofservant On 07.05.2011 @ 15:57
I think that the double-voice amplification kirtan style is not an 'option.' That the devotees do it occasionally in Atlanta and that Radhanatha Swami did it at least once may not be a good enough reason to legitimize it as a bona-fide option according to personal taste. This style of kirtan fundamentally opposes the very foundation of kirtan: attentive hearing and chanting. No?
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I would tend to agree. Though Strand is certainly the worst bg currently, simply because of the broken two-turn system which feels like you're having to play the same bg twice to win one game.
I think the problem is largely one of vehicles: I don't care much for bg's in which vehicles are more important than your toon's abilities in determining the outcome of the match.
Wintergrasp is an exception, I think, because of the ridiculous honor you make and the fact that it is realm-contained, which is unique and fun.
Agreed, Strand is the worst. Also agree on the vehicles... hates them.
Bring back pvp to bg's imo.
I want the next BG to be 40 v 40 dumped into an area, once you're dead you're out. To win you have to wipe the other side out. No flags, no towers, no %^&*ing vehicles... just straight up pvp.
Adamanthis said...
That's the nice thing about having a variety of BGs in the game now; there is something for everyone. I quite like both IoC and SotA, though AV remains my favourite. EotS I simply do not enjoy at all.
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IoC is my favourite BG. I actually enjoy the vehicle system, and especially in IoC. Each vehicle (and each node, as well) has a clear role to play in the way the BG plays out and each have their own strengths and weaknesses:
Demos, Sieges are slow, but with a lot of HP and a short range attack (demos have the ram, sieges have a ram+ people on the turrets can spew fire at enemies in melee range)
Glaives deal a massive amount of damage, yet have comparatively low amounts of HP and a minimum range.
Catapults are very quick, yet have a tiny amount of health and no defensive abilities.


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BabyNamesWorld / Message Boards / General Chat / What's for dinner?
We haven't done this in a little while, so what are you eating tonight?
I made cornmeal crusted tofu, broccoli and red quinoa.
Buffalo Wild Wings
I'm jealous sara!!
Tonight we have pasta with sauteed peppers.
Roast beef (left over from the crockpot French dip recipe) over rice with California blend veggies.
Spicy chicken breast and rice with broccoli tonight. Nothing special but fairly good for you!
Tonight we had leftover chicken-veggie-noodle soup that DH made.
Tonight we had Lime Chicken Soft Tacos from allrecipes.com. (They were really good but if I make them again, I'll swap out the oregano for cumin.)
We had meatloaf, potato pancakes, and salad on Monday
Sausage stromboli on Tuesday
Hot dogs, apples, and french fries last night.
We're having pita pizzas tonight.
it is a snowy cold cold day here so we are having some chili and roasted potatoes
Tonight, we are having turkey bacon, "fried" potatoes w/ red onion, and broccoli.
We had stir fry: honey-teryaki marinated chicken with broccoli, red bell pepper and sugar snap peas served over white rice.
Tonight we had meatballs (SOOO yummy–I let them cook all day and they were just amazing!), mashed potatoes and fried bread. It was even a hit with our girls.
Salmon, garlic roasted potatoes, broccoli, pitted cherries, and mustard greens sauteed with bacon and onions. It was clear out the fridge night, so prep and clean up were minimal. My kind of night!
Some sort of chicken stir-fry
I've got a sauce simmering for lasagna and the fixings for a yummy Caesar salad.
We are having something similar! Spaghetti, rolls and you just reminded me I have ingredients for a caesar salad, too!
Chicken wok with freshly sliced vegetables.
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A network of TEDsters spreding TED across the web for maximum impact.
After all this is "Ideas Worth Spreading" and they should be spread in an organized way.
So here's the simple plan;
We use the biggest social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and so on) to spread the appropriate Talks and Conversations to the appropriate Pages/Groups/Hashtags.
A Talk about cancer can be spread to cancer support groups and Talks about education to different learning institutions, etc etc.
What do you think, is it feasible?
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Jun 8 2012: Great idea Jimmy. I constantly promote TED on weDialog. In fact I just posted a link here:
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In Fitzgerald, though, the Pirates have built a unique bridge between backgrounds. Most quants spend much of the season sequestered in the equivalent of what the Astros call their "nerd cave" — an office from which analysts periodically emerge to interact with coaches but rarely to travel with the team. Fitzgerald, meanwhile, makes most road trips: If the Pirates are playing, he's almost always at the park.
You absolutely, positively should go read Ben Lindbergh's piece at Grantland about Mike Fitzgerald and the unique way that the Pirates' front office and coaching staff collaborate on the implementation of sabermetric ideas.
I actually sort of talked about this a little bit on Twitter yesterday afternoon, but I strongly suspect that one of the advantages that the Pirates have over other baseball teams is that Clint Hurdle and the coaching staff are so willing to talk to and listen to the front office about non-traditional ideas, while the front office is absolutely willing to take suggestions from the coaching staff as to where to look for places to gain advantages. I suspect that not many managers would welcome an MIT grad onto their road crew and Clint Hurdle deserves more credit than I can possibly give him for doing stuff like this.
Whenever I see situations like what happened in Houston with Bo Porter, I become even more thankful to have someone like Hurdle managing the Pirates. I don't agree with or understand every decision he makes, but I don't have to understand or agree with them. I feel pretty confident in saying that I think that very little of what Hurdle does is thoughtless or reflexive or slavishly devoted to baseball traditions without consideration of their long-term ramifications, and that makes me feel more confident as a fan in him as the manager.
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