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I have a confession to make. I have been a bad blogger. The past few weeks have been rather busy - Philadelphia, Chicago, birthdays and what not - and the cooking has fallen by the wayside. So, it is time for catch-up! First on the list: delicious vanilla cupcakes with the richest, shiniest chocolate frosting you have ever seen. They were the result of a confluence of events - a horribly stressful interview and the birthday of one of my dearest friends. When stressed, I take to the kitchen. I find something particularly soothing about the methodical nature of baking. You follow the directions, get a fantastic product (hopefully) and feel rather accomplished in the end. The perfect antidote to an odd gallery interview with a would-be megalomaniac.
So. When baking for others, I like to tailor treats to the taste of the individual. After all, you want the birthday boy (or girl) to be happy, right? So, I thought to myself, if he could, hypothetically, have any kind of cupcake for his birthday, what would it be? Vanilla? Chocolate? Carrot cake? Red velvet? Coconut cake with 7 minute frosting? Perhaps a boston creme pie cupcake? Or peanut butter? A homemade hostess ho-ho? Something completely off the wall? (Like the strawberry margarita cupcake I sampled last evening at Kickass Cupcakes? To.die. for.)
In the end, I settled for a not-too-rich yellow cake, with plenty of vanilla, and a decadent chocolate frosting from a much beloved, but now deceased blog. Simple idea, kicked up a few notches. And he loved them! They were, he says, the highlight of his day. The best words a baker can ever hear.
Yellow Cupcakes
from cupcakes by Shelly Kaldunski
makes 12 cupcakes
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup sugar
6 tbsp unsalted butter, at room temp
2 large eggs, at room temp
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup whole milk
Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Line a standard 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
In a bowl, whisk togeter the flour, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl, using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat the sugar and eggs together until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until combined. Add the flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the milk in 2 additions, beating on low speed until just combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Beat on medium-high speed just until no traces of flour remain, being careful not to overbeat.
Divide the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups, filling each about three-fourths full. Bake until lightly golden, and a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes. Let the cupcake cool in the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Remove from pan and transfer to wire rack to cool completely, about 1 hour. Frost with chocolate buttercream (or frosting of your choice!).
You can find the frosting recipe here.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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indian cabbage salad
last night i was flipping through cookbooks looking for a side to accompany samosa mashed potato pancakes (yet another brilliant recipe from vegan brunch). i was quite surprised to find the perfect salad in a cookbook called olive trees and honey, which is a collection of vegetarian recipes from jewish communities around the world. i never even knew that there were jewish communities in india...and upon educating myself a bit i have learned that there are, in fact, three!
this salad has a lot going on. with so many different flavors, i was surprised to taste it and find that it was actually quite mild. i could taste each individual ingredient in a subtle way, and the salad has a lot of flavor, but it's very well balanced and there is not one overpowering note. it's obviously a good choice for an indian inspired meal but i think it could really work well just about anywhere.
just a heads up, they say this should chill for 3 hours before serving so plan accordingly. also, you'll notice that the recipe gives lots of options for ingredients, i've noted the ones i chose. i cut the below recipe in half and it still made a ton.
indian cabbage salad
(from olive trees and honey)
1 small head green cabbage, cored and thinly shredded
3 cups either ripe tomatoes, diced OR shredded carrots (i went with carrots)
3/4 cup grated unsweeted coconut
3/4 cup peanut powder (i crushed some peanuts in a mortar and pestle, they could have been more powdery, but it worked just fine)
1/2 cup fresh cilantro or parsley (i did cilantro)
1 1/2 teaspoons jaggery, brown sugar or honey (i chose sugar..and it wasn't brown. oops)
1/3 cup peanut oil or vegetable oil (peanut for me)
3/4 teaspoon mustard seeds
3/4 teaspoon cumin seeds or ground cumin (i used seeds)
1 tablespoon seeded and minced hot green chilies
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
pinch of asafetida (optional, i didn't use it...i don't know what it is)
1 to 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon table salt or 2 teaspoons kosher salt, or to taste
in a large bowl, combine the cabbage, tomatoes/carrots, coconut, peanut powder, cilantro and sugar.
heat the oil in a heavy skillet over medium heat (have a lid handy). add the mustard seeds and saute until they begin to pop, about 2 minutes (this is when you want to cover it to keep your mustard seeds under control). when the popping settles down, stir in the cumin. add the chilies, then the turmeric and asafetida (if using), and saute until the chilies begin to color but do not burn.
pour the dressing over the cabbage mixture and toss to coat. let stand for at least 3 hours to allow the flavors to meld. just before serving, stir in the lemon juice and salt.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
picture time!
these past couple of days i've had fun concocting in the kitchen. unfortunately, these creations don't translate very well to recipes for sharing. however, i did take pictures and maybe they can serve as inspiration...or something.
a little while ago...ok, a loooong time ago...my mamoo sent me and kris a clay pot. it's really pretty and i imagined cooking fabulous things in it and seamlessly tranferring it from oven to table for serving.
the only problem was that, for some reason, the pot intimidated me. i wasn't sure what to put in it or how clay pot oven cooking works. it's really not that difficult, i know, but this gorgeous vessel has been living in our cabinet for far too long. periodically, when trying to think of what to make for dinner, kris would mention the pot. one time he even looked up clay pot cooking methods and recipes and left the page open on the computer. but what finally got me to bust it out monday night was a simple challenge. i said i was going to make something in it this week. he said "yeah right sure you will." well i showed him!
what i made was basically a fridge-cleaning clay pot stew. in went tomato sauce, tomato paste, vegetable broth, sliced fennel, sliced potato, tempeh sausage crumbles, navy beans, onion and quinoa. i cooked it at 350 then cranked it up to 400 for, oh i don't know, and hour? hour and a half? until it was bubbly and the quinoa was cooked, all the while wondering if i would have to run out for thai takeout. but no! it was really really good! i made cornbread biscuits from vegan brunch to sop up the stew and we enjoyed a surprisingly delicous meal. phew!
last night was much simpler. sushi! i love making sushi and i love making A LOT of sushi. yes, it was a sushi feast. this particular batch was mashed sweet potato, smoky shiitakes and avocado.
and what to do with the leftover bits?
a little while ago...ok, a loooong time ago...my mamoo sent me and kris a clay pot. it's really pretty and i imagined cooking fabulous things in it and seamlessly tranferring it from oven to table for serving.
the only problem was that, for some reason, the pot intimidated me. i wasn't sure what to put in it or how clay pot oven cooking works. it's really not that difficult, i know, but this gorgeous vessel has been living in our cabinet for far too long. periodically, when trying to think of what to make for dinner, kris would mention the pot. one time he even looked up clay pot cooking methods and recipes and left the page open on the computer. but what finally got me to bust it out monday night was a simple challenge. i said i was going to make something in it this week. he said "yeah right sure you will." well i showed him!
what i made was basically a fridge-cleaning clay pot stew. in went tomato sauce, tomato paste, vegetable broth, sliced fennel, sliced potato, tempeh sausage crumbles, navy beans, onion and quinoa. i cooked it at 350 then cranked it up to 400 for, oh i don't know, and hour? hour and a half? until it was bubbly and the quinoa was cooked, all the while wondering if i would have to run out for thai takeout. but no! it was really really good! i made cornbread biscuits from vegan brunch to sop up the stew and we enjoyed a surprisingly delicous meal. phew!
last night was much simpler. sushi! i love making sushi and i love making A LOT of sushi. yes, it was a sushi feast. this particular batch was mashed sweet potato, smoky shiitakes and avocado.
and what to do with the leftover bits?
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Sunday, June 21, 2009
urban s'mores
Continuing on with the cracker theme, and the yumcoast's mutual unemployment equation (too much free time + a creative itch = tasty treats) I whipped up a batch of homemade graham crackers yesterday. They come from Smitten Kitchen, and you can find the recipe here. Given that the recipe does not have eggs, you could easily vegan-ize it by using margarine instead of butter. And they are super easy too! Essentially a rolled cookie, cut into rectangles, and sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar! Mmmmmm.
And what better use of a homemade graham cracker, than a delicious s'more? I have had an inexplicable craving recently for s'mores, those oozy, perfect campfire treats of my youth. So, I invited some friends over, and in the absence of a proper camp fire, cranked up the gas stove top and roasted some marshmallows. Smeared said toasty mallows onto tasty grahams topped with a chocolate square and sandwiched the whole thing with a second graham. Again, mmmm.
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Labels: cookies, dessert, graham cracker, s'more
easy crackers
what seems like so long ago now, in my first post, i wrote about easy bread. this week, after putting it off for long enough, i finally got around to trying jim's recipe for easy bread - crackers. that counts as a productive use of my newfound free time due to unemployment, right?
while these were easy for the most part, they were not as easy as easy bread. i found them quite difficult to roll out. maybe i just need to do some push ups or something. i did find that instead of breaking the dough in half to roll out it was much easier to roll in smaller pieces. then, after cutting the strips i rolled each individually a bit more. i got the job done but it was a work out. the end result was great though! a nice hearty cracker that was perfect for a hefty dip.
i made these on thursday, threw them in a ziplock bag and brought them to a picnic at dolores park on saturday with the mushroom walnut pate from veganomicon. they still had a perfect crisp to them!
i would definitely recommend making these especially since you can add any herbs and spices you want to make your perfect cracker. i did crushed red pepper flakes in the dough and sprinkled smoked salt on top.
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
peach and pistachio cobbler
last hanukkah, marian gave me and kris a beautiful dessert cookbook called dulce: desserts from santa fe kitchens. the first time i looked through it i mentally noted a bunch of recipes to make. unfortunately for me, at the time, all the recipes i wanted to make used fruits that were not in season in december.
shawn and kate invited us over for dinner last night (for delicious homemade vegan pot pie) and i was in charge of dessert. while trying to decide what to make i realized that with delicious peaches, nectarines, apricots and strawberries everywhere, it was perfect timing to finally make one of the fruity desserts i've been dying to try. i settled on the peach and pistachio cobbler and served it with coconut sorbetto from ciao bella. here is the recipe with a few ingredient substitutions to make it vegan.
peach and pistachio cobbler
(from dulce, with minor changes)
filling ingredients:
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 to 10 peaches, peeled, pitted, and sliced 1 inch thick
topping ingredients:
2 cups flour
1/2 cup unsalted pistachios, finely chopped
1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, divided
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 cup cold unsalted margarine, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
3/4 cup coconut milk
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
place rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 350. grease a 12-inch oval or 9x13 inch baking dish.
in a small bowl, stir together the sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. place the peaches in a large bowl, sprinkle with the sugar mixture, and toss to distribute evenly. spread the peach mixture in the prepared baking dish and set aside while you prepare the topping.
in a large bowl, mix together the flour, pistachios, 1/4 cup sugar, salt, and baking powder. using a pastry blender, or your fingers, cut margarine into the flour mixture until the texture resembles coarse cornmeal, leaving some pieces of margarine about the size of small peas. add coconut milk; stir just until the mixture pulls together.
pinch off chunks of the dough and place them on top of the peach mixture, covering it nearly completely. or, on a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to the same dimensions as the baking dish and carefully lay it over the filling.
in a small bowl, mix together cinnamon and 1 tablespoon sugar and sprinkle the mixture on the top of the dough. bake until topping is firm and golden brown, and filling bubbles slowly, 45 to 60 minutes. remove from oven and let cool for 30 minutes before serving.
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
grilled portabella and bulgur salad "sandwiches"
the yumcoast has just arrived back from a bachelorette weekend in chicago. we had a fabulous time and ate lots of wonderful food, but now it's time to get back into the swing of things and start cooking again!
when i first saw the photo of this dish in gourmet, it took me a second to realize that the grilled portabellas act as the bread in this "sandwich" with the bulgur salad as the filling. i think this is a great summer dinner. it's filling but not heavy and the tomato vinaigrette bursts with flavor. as suggested, we served this over spicy arugula with cool avocado slices on the side. the prep time takes a little while and if you're grilling in a grill pan (like me) you probably have to do several batches to get everything cooked, so plan ahead to allow yourself some time.
grilled portabella and bulgur salad "sandwiches"
(gourmet, june 2009; serves 4)
ingredients for tomato vinaigrette:
1 large garlic clove
1 pint grape or cherry tomatoes
1/2 cup flat-leaf parsley leaves
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup red-wine vinegar
1 tablespoon finely chopped rosemary
1/4 teaspoon hot red-pepper flakes
ingredients for salad:
8 large portabella mushrooms, stems removed
1 small red onion, cut lenthwise into 1/2 inch think wedges (keeping root end intact)
2 medium yellow bell peppers, quartered lenthwise
1 medium zucchini, halved lenthwise
1 1/2 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 cup medium bulgar
1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
4 cups arugula
1 avocado
to make vinaigrette, with motor running, drop garlic in food processor and finely chop. add tomatoes, parlsey, oil, vinegar, rosemary, red-pepper flakes, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and pulse until tomatoes are finelly chopped but not pureed.
to make salad, peel skin from portabellas pulling from the edge of the mushroom toward center. gently scrape off gills from mushrooms with tip of a spoon. toss portabellas with 1/2 cup vinaigrette in a 13 by 9 inch glass baking dish and let stand, turning occasionally, 20 minutes.
prepare grill or grill pan for medium heat.
push 1 wooden pick into each onion wedge to secure for grilling. toss onion wedges, bell peppers, and zucchini with oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. oil grill rack, then grill vegetables, covered, turning occasionally, until tender (6-8 minutes for bell peppers, 6-10 minutes for zucchini, 8-12 minutes for onion, 12-15 minutes for portabellas).
transfer portabellas to a plate and remaining vegetables to a bowl as cooked. cool slightly, then remove wooden picks and coarsely chop onion, bell peppers and zucchini.
while vegetables cook, pour boiling hot water over bulgur with 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large bowl and let stand until water is absorbed and bulgur is tender, about 5 minutes. drain in a sieve if any water remains.
add vegetables to bulgur with pine nuts and remaining vinaigrette and toss.
put and handful of arugula on a plate. top with upside down portabella. pack bulgur mixture into a cup measure and unmold on top of portabella. top with another portabella, right side up. serve with avocado slices.
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Labels: bulgur salad, dinner, grilled
Monday, June 8, 2009
hot dog buns
as far as i'm concerned, the weekend is for me to try out new bread baking projects (and, ok, maybe sit in the park and drink and play games and go shopping too....). this weekend it was operation:hot dog bun!
and since a hot dog bun on it's own is no fun (well, maybe it is a little fun) i made the cherry sage and the chorizo sausages from vegan brunch and we topped them with carmelized onions, tomatoes and avocado. delicious!
these were really easy to make, just a basic dough that came together quickly and was easy to work with. and no overnight rising so you can start these and enjoy your dogs on the same day! the recipe was in gourmet and i just tweaked it a bit to make it vegan. note that the recipe is for 16 buns so you might want to cut it in half (though they say they can be frozen for a couple of weeks).
hot dog buns(from gourmet june 2009, makes 16 buns)
ingredients:1/4 cup warm water (105—115°F)
2 1/4 cups soy milk, divided
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
2 1/4 cups soy milk, divided
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon active dry yeast
1/4 cup sugar
5 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons salt
mix 1 cup of the soy milk with 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar. set aside for a few minutes until it curdles.
1/4 cup sugar
5 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons salt
mix 1 cup of the soy milk with 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar. set aside for a few minutes until it curdles.
bring curdled soy milk and and remaining 1 1/4 cup soy milk to a bare simmer in a small saucepan over medium heat. cool mixture to 105 to 115°F.
meanwhile, stir together warm water and yeast in a large bowl and let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. (if mixture doesn't foam, start over with new yeast.)
add warm milk mixture, sugar, flour, and salt to yeast mixture and mix with a wooden spoon until dough forms. turn dough onto a floured surface and knead, incorporating only enough flour to keep dough from sticking, until smooth and elastic (about 7 or 8 minutes).
transfer dough to a lightly oiled large bowl and turn to coat with oil. cover with a kitchen towel (not terry cloth) and let rise in a draft-free place at warm room temperature until doubled, about 2 hours.
butter 2 large baking pans (about 9x13). punch down dough, then divide into 16 equal pieces (about 3 oz each). roll each piece of dough into a 6-inch-long log on a lightly floured surface. space 8 logs evenly in each pan so that there are 2 columns of logs that run parallel to long sides of pan.
loosely cover buns with oiled plastic wrap and let rise in a draft-free place at warm room temperature until buns just start to touch, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
preheat oven to 375°F with racks in upper and lower thirds.
bake buns, switching position of pans halfway through, until tops are golden and undersides are golden-brown and sound hollow when tapped, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes, then transfer to racks to cool completely. before using buns, pull apart and cut lengthwise down center of each (but not all the way through). load 'em up and enjoy!
we also made cajun oven fries (from vegan with a vengeance) and broccoli (gotta have something green) sprinkled with smoked salt.
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Labels: baking, bread, hot dog buns
Thursday, June 4, 2009
apricot frangipane tart
I am so excited for the arrival of summer and fresh local fruits and veggies. Farmers markets come a bit later to New England, due to the cold weather that often stretches into May. But finally the farmers markets are up and running, with things like these beautiful local strawberries.
(I really wish Smell-o-vision existed and you could smell these. They remind me of summer, and picking strawberries as a kid and ending up with dirty knees and berry-stained fingers).
Because these are too good to do anything but eat, straight out of their little pint container, I went to my produce man and bought these today:
And decided to make a tart with them. But what kind of tart? Oh, the choices. First, I thought about a crostata. Rustic, satisfying, nothing but luscious fruit. But no, I wanted something with a bit more structure. And I remembered (or so I thought) the Barefoot Contessa making some kind of almond apricot tart. Yet try as I might - looking in cookbooks AND online - I could not find such a recipe from my idol Ina. So I turned to epicurious.com, where I found a passable recipe, but no, still not quite right. On to foodtv.com where I found this, which I co-opted. But what about the crust, you ask? This time, I flipped open Mark Bittman's always reliable How to Cook Everything Vegetarian for his delicious sweet tart crust. And as this blind-baked, my kitchen filled with the most wonderful buttery-rich smells that I was tempted to forget the apricots and the frangipane and eat the crust on its own. But I refrained, and ended up with one of the most delightful, satisfying desserts I have ever made. The slight sweetness of the cookie-like crust pair perfectly with the almondy filling and the nice, tart apricots. I think the frangipane would also work nicely with raspberries, if you wanted to mix things up a bit!
Sweet Tart Crust
from Mark Bittman, How to Cook Everything Vegetarian
makes enough for one 8- to 10- inch tart
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp sugar
10 tbsp frozen or cold butter, cut into chunks
1 egg yolk
3 tbsp ice water, plus more if necessary
1. Combine the flour, salt, and sugar in a food processor and pulse once or twice. (note: you could do this by hand, of course. The food processor just makes things infinitely easier and speeds up the process!) Add the butter all at once; process until mixture is uniform, about 10 seconds (do not overprocess). Add the egg and process for another few seconds.
2. Put the mixture in a bowl and add the ice water; mix with your hands until the dough forms into a ball, adding another tablespoon or two if necessary (if you overdo it and the mixture is too wet, add a bit more flour). Form into a ball, wrap in plastic, and freeze for 10 minutes or refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
3. Sprinkle a countertop with flour and put the dough on it; sprinkle the top of the dough with a little flour. Using a rolling pin, roll the dough into a large circle, to a diameter about 2 inches larger than that of your tart pan. Move the dough into the tart pan by draping it over the rolling pin and moving into the pan. Press the dough into the nooks and crannies of your tart pan, being careful not to overwork it. Use a knife to trim any excess dough at the rim of the pan. Refrigerate for about an hour before filling.
4. For this recipe, you will blind-bake the tart. What this means is baking an empty tart shell. First, preheat your oven to 425 degrees. Make sure your crust is pressed firmly into the tart pan, and throughly pricked with a fork. This will help the crust retain its safe and will help prevent bubbling. Butter one side a piece of foil large enough to cover the crust; press the foil onto the crust, butter side down. Weight the foil with a pile of dried beans or rice. Bake for 12 minutes, remove from oven, turn the temperature down to 350 degrees and continue baking until the crust is golden brown, about 10 minutes. Remove and let cool before filling.
Frangipane Filling
from Gale Gand
1/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup slivered almonds, lightly toasted
6 tbsp unsalted butter
1 egg
1 1/2 tbsp flour
1/4 tsp almond extract
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. To make the frangipane, place the almonds and the sugar in a food processor and grind until sandy. Add the butter and continue mixing then add the egg, vanilla, and the flour and mix until smooth.
3. Spread the almond frangipane in the prebaked tart shell (see above). Firmly place the apricot halves into the frangipane spacing them evenly around the tart. Dot the spaces between the apricots with the whole almonds.
4. Bake until golden brown on the top and puffy, about 30 to 40 minutes. Allow to cool for at least 10 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
romaine, grilled avocado, and smoky corn salad with chipotle-caesar dressing
show me the words 'grilled avocado' and i'm sold.
such was the case with the june issue of gourmet, which is the grilling issue and brimming with things i want to make (yes, i was pleasantly surprised to find lots of meatless grilling ideas). but it was this recipe that made me go "ohmygod ohmygod i have to make this NOW." i love avocados. but never had i ever eaten, or even thought of making, grilled avocados. what kind of avocado obsessive am i?
anyway, this recipe was all that i hoped it would be. the flavor of the grilled avocados was not so drastically different from normal ol' raw ones, which is probably at least partly because i had to use a grill pan and not a real grill, but i think the heat made them a little creamier and they were still warm when i put them on the salad which was nice. the grilled corn added another summery flavor and some crunch. the dressing was fantastic! it doesn't seem very close to "traditional" caesar dressing (which makes things easier for me!), the only non-vegan element was parmesan cheese which i replaced with almesan from veganomicon (you could also just go buy some vegan parm if you want. or maybe use some nutritional yeast?). loved the smokiness of the chipotles, especially since my grilling did not give me any smoky flavor. i definitely want to make this again and i think it would make a really great entree with some added (grilled?) tofu thrown in. below is the recipe as it's printed but, as i said, it's not too hard to replace the parmesan and make this vegan.
romaine, grilled avocado, and smoky corn salad with chipotle-caesar dressing
(from gourmet, june 2009. as printed, makes 4 entree sized portions)
1/4 cup grated parmesan (or replacement of your choice, almesan from veganomicon is a good choice)
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon minced canned chipotle chiles in adobo
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 ears of corn, shucked
2 firm-ripe 6-to 8-ounces avocados, halved and pitted but not peeled
1 head romaine (1 pound), tough outer leaves discarded and head quartered lengthwise, then cut crosswise into 1-inch strips
prepare grill for direct-heat cooking over hot charcoal (high heat for gas) or heat your grill pan.
put parmesan in a medium bowl and add olive oil in a slow stream, whisking. whisk in lime juice, garlic, chipotles, and 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper.
rub vegetable oil on corn and cut sides of avocados, then season with 1/8 teaspoon each of salt and pepper. grill avocados, cut sides down, and corn, covered only if using a gas grill, turning corn occasionally, until golden-brown, 3 to 4 minutes.
peel avocados and thinly slice. cut corn kernels from cobs.
toss romaine with dressing and serve topped with avocado and corn.
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Labels: avocado, grilled, salad, vegan, vegetarian
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You'll enjoy a complete range of delicious things to crunch on - sunflower seeds, whole millet, flax seeds, chia seeds, pumpkin seeds and brown rice. All these flavours combine to create an attractive taste and moist texture, yes, just like regular bread. Serve it to friends or family - they won't believe it's gluten free.
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"Huawei P30 Pro with quad-rear cameras, Kirin 980 chipset, in-display fingerprint sensor, and OLED HDR Display will launch in India soon, the listing suggests"
Huawei announced the P30 and P30 Pro at an event in Paris yesterday. The P30 Pro is expected to launch in India right after the global unveiling, but there's no exact launch date. However, the phone is now officially listed on Amazon.in and the 'Notify Me' option is also live. With the brand aiming to narrow the gap between the global announcements and Indian launch, it is possible the phone might go official in the country sometime in April, as was rumoured earlier.
The Huawei P20 Pro was launched in India last year, so it is only logical for the company to launch the P30 Pro as well. The handset comes with Huawei's SuperSpectrum sensor, SuperZoom Lens, a new Time of Flight (ToF) camera, and better OIS and AIS image stabilisation. While the P30 Pro comes with a quad-camera setup, the P30 is equipped with triple rear cameras. The former's quad-rear camera setup consists of a 40MP Huawei SuperSpectrum sensor (f/1.6) primary sensor, a 20MP (f/2.2) ultra-wide-angle secondary lens, an 8-megapixel telephoto lens with 5x zoom, and a Time-of-Flight (ToF) fourth lens for depth-of-field effect. The front camera gets a 32MP sensor.
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You've heard the Live with little Indiana Radio Show Thursday February 28, 2013! Now, find the places and spaces featured this week.
Tonight's show featured Joe Frost, as well as John Updike, a lifelong newspaperman, and his youth in Old Fairfield, Indiana–a town that is no longer.
The following items are businesses and places pulled from the show to help you more easily help you plan your own small town adventure!
Off the Off-Beaten Path Segment
Stephenson's General Store
618 West State Road 62
Leavenworth, Indiana 47137
Moorefield Market
8189 Hwy 129
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Two Cookin' Sisters
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Jonathan's Fine Arts and Antiques
Highway 17
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Kniman Bar and Grill
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324 West Tyson Street
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Lynn's Restaurant
170 North Chippewa Street
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Ernie Pyle Site
Dana, Indiana 47847
Historic National Road Segment with Interview by Joe Frost
Joe Frost is Executive Director of the Indiana National Road Association and Community Preservation Specialist for Indiana Landmarks. He earned a M.S. in Historic Preservation from Ball State University and a B.A. in Geography from Michigan State University. While at Ball State, Joe's research focused on the development of Indianapolis' early tall buildings. Joe is an experienced historic interpreter; he has gained experience at various historic sites including the Vincennes State Historic Sites, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, and Fort Mackinac. In 2012, Joe was instrumental in completing the installation of the Historic National Road interpretive panels in Indiana.
Farmer's Market at Huddleston House
Old Fairfield Segment with John Updike
John Updike is an Indiana native, a Brookville H.S. graduate of 1964, and a U of Evansville BA 1969. He is an Indiana blogger, writer, and a lifetime newspaperman, John Updike. John has a story to share about his own small town, his childhood stomping ground, Old Fairfield. You won't find it on any map—it was long ago inundated by water as part of a federal reservoir project. He spent his youth in Old Fairfield, Indiana in Franklin County.
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As an experienced contractor at the forefront of the Remediation sector, VertaseFLI are continuously striving to improve and enhance their methods and practices on site.
For the first time on a remediation project, VertaseFLI have installed a specialised proximity warning system on all plant used on the former Lowfields Landfill site in Castleford.
A live above ground gas pipeline runs directly through the site to a local 5mw gas fired power station. The project involves re-profiling and stabilisation of the former landfill, ensuring the pipeline is not disturbed or damaged is obviously critical.
The Zonesafe system comes in three parts: sensor tags that have been fitted to the pipeline itself, detection units attached to the outside of plant and finally a control alarm unit inside the plant cab complete with flashing beacon. These three elements work together to ensure that plant used in the remediation works does not come within a specified distance of the pipeline, ensuring its safety and protection.
VertaseFLI Health & Safety Manager Chris Williamson said 'The Zonesafe System is essential on this project to ensure protection of the pipeline. VertaseFLI are currently investigating utilising Zonesafe as part of the plant/personnel interface protection on site, which will improve overall safety for everyone working on VertaseFLI projects'
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TV Presenter, Ortis Deley, reads Joe's Bros and the Bus that Goes by Paul Kerensa and Illustrated by Liz and Kate Pope for Big Breakfast on Premier Christian Radio.
Premier exists to enable people to put their Faith at the heart of daily life and bring Christ to their communities. We support people on their faith journey and help them put their faith into action by providing spiritual nourishment and resources.


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This page is still in preparation!
We started this group since some people are not keen on Facebook, however if you do use Facebook we have just started a group there as well with the same aims. (But we haven't yet found a way to link them together! But the idea is to reach many people at once with one or now two messages)
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Aug 12, 2010
Hip Hop - Teacher's Gift + A Video Tutorial
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What darling little note pads!ReplyDelete
Your notebook is adorable... It think that would be a fabulous teachers gift!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for sharing!!!
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Oops, I forgot.... thank you so much for the videos, I'm a very visual learner!!ReplyDelete
Thanks again
thank you so much for the tutorial, so oing to make a bunch to give out as gift for the new school year...ReplyDelete
After watching you video, I just love, love, love this project!!!ReplyDelete
This is one fabulous and inspiring gift. Thanks for a great video tutorial.ReplyDelete
great tutorial! Thanks!ReplyDelete
I've never seen these before. Fantastic idea.ReplyDelete
Julie these are incredible. SO many layers and patterns and elements! Your voice is so cute too, but NOTHING like I imagined. Isn't that funny how we "hear" someone's voice in our heads without really knowing them?!ReplyDelete
This is so fantastic! Love everything about it! Great work.ReplyDelete
What a fabulous project. Love it!ReplyDelete
adorable - I have wanted to try these - even have the notebooks sitting there!! I am inspired now!!ReplyDelete
Your teacher gift idea is just too darn cute!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 12, 2010 at 11:25 AM
Cute Note Pads!! Thanks for the tutorial!! Will give it a try!ReplyDelete
Awesome creation Julie.. I love this notepad . Great videos!!ReplyDelete
Love it!!! Love it!! Love it!!ReplyDelete
love this brillant idea..they are so cute and perfect for a first day gift.ReplyDelete
Very timely project. So cute, thanks for the video too!ReplyDelete
Oh, Julie this is FABULOUS and that video is so great! What a fun way to start back to school!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 12, 2010 at 5:10 PM
I HAVE to have this kit....thanks for enabling me ;)ReplyDelete
WOOOOOOOOOOOOW! I can't wait to finish the hop and watch these videos--I think you should do tutorials all the time! I love how creative you are--I want to take classes from you!!ReplyDelete
Beautiful projects today!! They also fit the All Things Unity challenge! HOW FUN!! TFS:)
Fabulous project, and thanks so much for the tutorial! That helps so much!ReplyDelete
I love your tutorial! Maybe I'll be brave enough to try a notepad these now.ReplyDelete
Great tutorial! I have a couple little neighbors that like to come and stamp with me, so I'm arranging a day to make these for their mom as a little gift. Thanks!ReplyDelete


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The Mt. Juliet Board of Commissioners met Monday night at City Hall in its regularly scheduled meeting.
An ordinance to rezone and adopt the preliminary master development plan for the Schunk property, also known as Cedar Creek Sports Center, unanimously passed its first reading before the board. The project will have to undergo flood studies in accordance with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The proposed development would have commercial space at the front of the property near Lebanon Road with a 48-unit residential townhome development in the back of the property. Flood studies will be conducted prior to the second reading of the ordinance on May 13.
The board also unanimously approved the final vote for rezoning surgical abortion clinics to industrial-zoned areas of the city.
Deputy Public Works Director Andy Barlow also provided an update on the Lebanon Road sidewalks, saying the city is finalizing construction documents and hopes to start bids for construction this summer. The sidewalks will stretch from Nonaville Road to North Mt. Juliet Road.
The next Board of Commissioners meeting will be April 22 at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. A public hearing will be held before the meeting at 6:15 p.m.


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With the holidays just around the corner, this is the perfect time to start planning and getting organized for the New Year. As co-workers go on extended vacations and customers take time away from work, this is an opportunity to clear your mind and get focused on your goals for the upcoming year. Here are a few suggestions for how to productively use your time at work during the holidays.
Get Ahead on your Editorial Calendar
The holidays are the perfect time to get ahead with blog writing and planning your editorial calendar. As things get busy in the New Year, it might be difficult to stay on top of content marketing efforts. Use this time to write a bank of pieces and to start thinking of blog topics that your community will enjoy. Thinking of ideas is half the battle so planning your editorial calendar will be a time saver in the New Year.
Organize Your Documents and Email
Throughout the year, it's easy to dump your documents into storage accounts such as Dropbox or in random places on your computer. Use your downtime to organize files by sorting them into relevant folders and deleting ones that are no longer important. If your inbox is flooded with unopened emails, this is also a great opportunity to clean it up and address those unopened messages. If the thought of organizing your email is just too daunting, try gamifying the experience with programs such as The Email Game.
Finalize Reports and Budgets
This is a great time to finalize any year-end reports or budgets that are sitting on your desk. Treat the holidays as an opportunity to dive deep into all the numbers driving your business and to develop a firm understanding of the trends and projections.
Try New Marketing Tools
Are there any marketing tools (…like Uberflip!) that you've wanted to try but haven't had the chance to get to during the year? The holidays are a great time to experiment with these tools and to take advantage of free trials and year-end promos. These tools might be just the thing you need to increase leads and impact your bottom line moving forward.
Try New Social Networks
As a marketer, you're probably very familiar with all the different social networks out there. But perhaps you haven't had the time to personally experiment with these networks throughout the year. This is your chance to check out what Pinterest is all about or to plan your personal social media strategies for networks such as LinkedIn and Twitter. Think of this as an opportunity to update your resume on LinkedIn or to start engaging with followers on Twitter.
Time to Think
Take this time to reconnect with your company's goals and overall big picture. As the holidays unwind, you're bound to have some downtime where you can focus less on pumping out deliverables and more on thinking about how your work affects the business overall. Don't be afraid to get creative! How can you personally help your company reach their goals faster? What have you done this past year that's contributed to reaching those goals? Connecting your work to your company's "big picture" is one of the most inspirational and motivating things you can do.
What will you work on during the holidays? Tell us in the comments!
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UAE Space Agency is sponsoring a series of observation points at astronomy centres in the UAE to help residents witness the longest total lunar eclipse of the century
The UAE Space Agency has announced that it is sponsoring a series of observation points at astronomy centres throughout the UAE to provide residents with the opportunity to witness the longest total lunar eclipse of the century.
The event, which takes place overnight on Friday-Saturday, can be watched from viewing locations including the International Astronomical Centre, based in Abu Dhabi, Emirates Mobile Observatory, Al Sadeem Astronomy, Sharjah Centre for Astronomy and Space Sciences and the Dubai Astronomy Group.
Visitors will have the opportunity to clearly see the eclipse through advanced telescopes and benefit from the fact that the Arab world, especially the GCC region, will be one of the best locations from which to observe the eclipse, state news agency WAM reported.
The phenomenon is expected to last for one hour, 42 minutes and 57 seconds. The moon will enter the semi-shade zone at 9:15pm (UAE time) on Friday, while the partial eclipse will begin at 10:24pm as the eclipse transforms into a total one at 11:30pm.
The eclipse will then reach its peak at 12:22am on Saturday morning ending at 1:12am. This will then be followed by the end of the partial eclipse at 2:19am, and the moon will emerge from the semi-shadow region and completely end at 3:29am.
Dr Mohammed Al Ahbabi, director-general of UAE Space Agency, said: "This global phenomenon is an important opportunity for us to shed light on our dynamic national space sector.
"The popularity, especially amongst the youth, of previous observation events organised or sponsored by the Agency encouraged us to take advantage of this unique opportunity to engage with the public. Sponsoring such events plays a key role in inspiring our youth to join the space sector and study science and engineering to acquire the required skills to succeed and excel in space and astronomy," he added.
Mohammed Shawkat Odeh, director of the International Astronomical Centre, added: "During this phenomenon many planets can also be seen. This is the best time of the year to see a number of our solar system's planets. After sunset, Venus appears in the West as a bright white body, it is the third brightest object in the sky after the sun and moon. Jupiter can also be seen on the south-west side also appearing as a bright white object, and with the use of telescopes four of its moons, its Great Red Spot, and its Equatorial Belts can be seen.
"Saturn will also be visible in the south and by using a telescope its rings and some of the belts on the planet's disk will also be visible. As for Mars, during this period of time it can be seen clearly using nothing but the naked eye, located to the East as a bright orange object. In addition, if atmospheric transparency permits it, the Planet's poles will be visible through a telescope."
He said the event organised by the IAC in Abu Dhabi will take place on the Corniche Road opposite the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company building from 8pm on Friday and will begin with a lecture on eclipses and the planets that can be seen during this period. Attendees will then head to the telescopes to witness the eclipse and various planets.


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Repsol Lubricants Commits to Total Lubmarine Network
Repsol Lubricants, a member of the Total Lubmarine network for more than 50 years, has formally committed to extend its relationship with Total Lubmarine for a further three years, building upon a relationship that was first established between the two companies in 1962.
The Total Lubmarine network is made up of a range of partners who are able to manufacture in strategic locations and help enable lubricants to be delivered to more than 1,000 ports worldwide.
"This renewed agreement will continue to ensure quality products for our customers in Spain, Gibraltar and Peru," said Robert Joore, General Manager, Total Lubmarine.
According to Total Lubmarine, the continued partnership with Respol Lubricants increases its competitiveness in each region. In Peru, for example, Total Lubmarine will now be using a regional supply chain instead of a European one, harnessing more local knowledge to fulfill customer's requirements.
"[The partnership] is particularly good news for our shipping customers calling at Gibraltar and Algeciras, two of the Mediterranean's most important bunkering hubs," said Francisco Javier Miranda Cordente, Spain Lubricants Director, Repsol.
Total Lubmarine said the partnership ensures customers in Spain and Gibraltar continue to receive value in a competitive market.


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A ready number with call forwarding and a refilled balance will cost 45 rubles. These 45 rub include the price per phone and the money spent on the balance (from 4p to 10p, which we spend, depending on the tariff plan on this sim card).
We have made the system much more convenient for you and for us.
Now we don't need to notify everyone that we're out of a tariff for which 4p is enough for work, and now everyone needs to put more
We ourselves determine how much you need to put on the account in order for the number to be available (depending on the SIM card tariff plan)
At the same time, you will definitely receive a work number with redirection, on which you don't need to put extra money, regardless of the tariff plan of the sim card purchased from us.
Because if you buy a number without balance, we cannot guarantee that the redirection will be correctly established and all paid services will be disconnected.
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Low Taxes
The United States has lower tax rates than any other advanced country I could find - slightly less than 27% for 2010, vs. 40% for the UK, 44% for Czechia, and 55% for Sweden. Less developed countries like Mexico and India pay less, about 20%, partly because the rich have great power but mainly because they are much poorer. This fact does not keep Americans from bitching and moaning about taxes.
The super wealthy like the Koch brothers who fund Tea Parties and other tax protesters would like the US to be more like Mexico, at least in its tax rates.
So why are Americans so convinced that they are over taxed? One theory I like goes as follows. Europeans pay a lot of taxes, but they get a lot from the government: health care, education, and a generous welfare system. Americans mostly get wars and bailouts for billionaires.
UPDATE FOR LUMO & OTHER COMMENTER'S: Lumo: Your figures for the Czech Republic are some meaningless composite amount containing all kinds of social, healthcare, and value-added taxes and fees. The income tax is (a flat tax of) 15% of the base - which is less than the salary itself, so the income tax is really less than 15%. Something like extra 7% and 5% is for social and mandatory health insurance. Corporations commonly add value-added tax which is 20%. One may get 44% by inconsistently adding all kinds of these things - but I don't think that this was done for the other nations.
The methodology is simple and common to all nations. It has the advantage of averaging over all the details of who pays what and over all kinds of taxes or social insurances administered by governments. All government income from all taxes, social insurance programs, license fees, etc. is totaled and that number is divided by the national income. It's a good number, because all nations measure the first number and all advanced nations measure the second. It counts all government income at national, state and local levels(but not borrowing - a deferred tax).
Details of who pays what differ drastically among nations.
Note that although the US has very low taxes, it still spends a lot. That's because (a)It's still pretty rich and (b)Thanks to GW and Ronnie, an awful lot of the spending is borrowed money, a deferred tax not yet counted.


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Sometimes we just need a little help. Staying organized can be somewhat of a difficult task, especially for those who are not naturally considered the A type personality. As we are learning more about organization it's nice to know that there is help. Not only can you ask others for help when you are trying to finish a task, which you should do by the way, but we can also find help in essential oils. Introducing marjoram…
I love to add a combination of marjoram and lavender to a handful of epsom salts to soak + soothe after a long day.
?Top Uses for Marjoram Essential Oil?
?Marjoram essential oil is effective in helping to relieve feelings of anxiousness, grief, hyperactivity, loss of sleep, tension and feelings of stress. You can add 2-3 drops to your diffuser, or add 8-10 drops in your bath water just before bedtime.
?It can soothe muscular aches and stiffness, sore joints, sprains and other musculoskeletal discomforts. Try adding 2-3 drops to 1 ounce of fractionated coconut oil and massage into affected areas. It can also be used in a hot or cold compress as needed.
?It provides relief from occasional constipation, indigestion, and flatulence. Use 2-3 drops in a carrier oil and massage on affected areas or the back.
?It has proven to be able to alleviate menstrual discomfort around that time of the month. Add 2-3 drops to a carrier oil and massage on lower abdomen and lower back. You could also use it in a hot compress or add 8-10 drops to your bath water for a refreshing bath.
?Marjoram oil is excellent for relieving discomfort from occasional skin irritations. You can add a drop to a dampened cotton ball and dab it on gently to the affected area.
?It can be effective when used to support clear breathing. Try adding several drops to a steam tent and inhale the evaporation, or use it in your diffuser.
?Marjoram essential oil can help to alleviate occasional discomfort. You can use it topically by adding 1-2 drops to a carrier oil and massaging over the area of concern. You can also add a few drops to your diffuser or take 2 drops internally in a veggie capsule One recipe in particular calls for 1 drop each of Frankincense and marjoram essential oil in an empty veggie capsule to take 2-3 times a day to help with discomfort.
?Marjoram essential oil promotes perspiration and keeps you healthy by aiding in the removal of toxins, sodium salts and excess water from the body. It helps to increase the frequency of urination. This also brings down elevated body temperatures and may help you lose weight since urine is composed of approximately 4% fat.
?Marjoram is a great oil for soothing the discomforts of contractions. You can dilute it and apply to your lower abdomen. It's also great for after birth for the cramps that come while nursing.
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Yes, but should we run from them, or towards them? I am talking about conversational bots of course, the ones that, among other applications, are promising to change Customer Service As We Know It. They answer chats and calls, understand the callers' intent and answer all their questions – or at least the easier ones. Countless articles have been written on the market disruption that these services will generate, with savings in the billions and better CX.
Natural Language Processing (NLP) bots can be a very effective tool to serve your customers as they contact you, both on the chat and voice channels. No wonder they are all the rage: for customers, they are something (someone?) to talk to 24/7 and 365 days a year, that can answer their most common queries or refer them to a human agent for more complex ones. For companies, they represent huge potential savings, partly substituting human agents but more importantly efficiently qualifying the customers' needs for shorter calls and better CX. For agents (while maybe eliminating some entry-level positions), they perform many of the initial, boring tasks in talking with customers, leaving more specialized and rewarding ones – those that really need the human touch.
But, not all bots are created equal. To begin with, there is quite a difference between NLP for voice and chat interactions. Even though voice is now easily reduced to text with a high accuracy, the way people use a spoken conversation to communicate is different from the way they write. They may use slang terms when they speak, mispronounce words, have a regional accent, occasionally forget details that have to be filled in later. There are no capital letters when speaking, which may be a problem to figure out people's names or addresses. Speech is also likely to be more vague than writing, as there is less time to think about how to best express our needs. Conversely, people can make spelling mistakes when they chat or try to express needs with fewer words – especially while typing on a smartphone keyboard. Voice is also more "real time" than chat: we would think nothing of a chat response coming to us after 10 seconds, but this would be an unacceptable long time for a voice conversation.
These are the reason why, while there is a flurry of product announcements concerning chat bots, the number of voice-enabled NLP systems is much smaller.
Another set of considerations concerns the underlying technology of NLP systems. Most systems today are made possible by the latest advances in AI. Techniques as unsupervised learning, statistical language modeling, deep learning have gone mainstream and power the cloud-based general services like Alexa / Lex, Google Cloud Natural Language API, Cortana and IBM Watson. But these systems, while very powerful, have some drawbacks when we want to implement a specific application for a precise customer service domain.
For instance, it is hard to achieve a very high intent recognition on a very big domain, and not easy to restrict the domain to the number of queries that are likely to come for a certain service, which would improve the intent recognition performance. At least for the moment, normally there is no "follow-up" question if an intent is not recognized completely: either the system is able to understand the question the first time, or it goes back to square 1 – perhaps asking the caller to phrase the question differently. These systems are also not very accessible in terms of monitoring their status: either the intent is understood or not, but debugging the reason why a dialog fails is almost impossible - at least if you are not a computer scientist. Common knowledge is that, while at the end successful, projects tend to take a lot more time and effort than originally planned.
So, walk towards the bots with eyes well open, and without running (lest you trip).
I work for Interactive Media, and we take a different approach to bots for customer service. Our system is especially useful for voice interactions and optimized for limited-size domains - the right size for customer service applications. While it has some AI capabilities, the system is mostly rule-based, which allows modeling the semantics of the language and the structure of the service using a very complete Service Creation Environment. The same environment lets you iterate and debug the application – since it gives access to the caller requests that have not been understood, together with complete logs. The technology also allows to proceed step-by-step: if the caller does not specify a final intent (or the system does not understand it), but a partial intent has been found, the caller gets a context-aware follow-up question. In several projects that are in production, the development and deployment time has proven predictable, and the performance in terms of recognizing intents and acting on them very high.
I would be delighted to give you more details about our bots.
So, variety in bots is a good thing – different applications require different approaches. All obeying Asimov's three laws of robotics of course!


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A Fortran 90 module for the Automated Computation and Consistency Checking of Physical Dimensions and Units in Scientific Programs
The software package described on this page is an outgrowth of a paper that we published in the journal Software – Practice and Experience . A ready-to-use prototype Fortran-90 module that fully implements the proposed system is available below. Legacy Fortran-77 code can be easily converted to utilize the system with only minor recoding.
The module is most likely to be useful in scientific programs, such as geophysical models and satellite retrieval algorithms, that are forced to deal with heterogeneous systems of units and/or complex formulas involving physically dimensioned constants and variables. For example, some old canned cloud physics subroutines in our own software library expect water densities in g/cm3; others expect kg/m3 . Many similar examples exist for drop sizes, fall speeds, scattering cross-sections, extinction coefficients, and the like.
We were motivated to develop this system by the realization that we were spending way too many hours debugging and painstakingly validating otherwise simple programs because of these inconsistencies in units. Why should it be necessary for a programmer to manually figure out how to convert a viscosity from cgs to mks units, when the capability exists for a programming language to perform these conversions automatically and transparently? Also, why shouldn't a dimensionally invalid operation, such as the addition of a length to an area, trigger the same kind of fatal run-time error as division by zero? The PHYSUNITS module addresses both problems and allows the programmer to code up physical relationships simply and generically by eliminating the need for embedded conversion factors.
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This facility was designed not for computational efficiency but rather programming/debugging efficiency. Depending on the application, the modest increase in computational overhead might be an acceptable price to pay for a reduced likelihood of subtle errors in unit conversion or in the coding of a physical formula. (Note that once a program has been thoroughly tested, it is possible to virtually eliminate the extra overhead without rewriting the code, simply by substituting "dummy" definitions of the new data types and operators.)
Petty, G.W. 2001: Automated computation and consistency checking of physical dimensions and units in scientific programs. Software – Practice and Experience, 31, 1067-1076. View the paper abstract in the Wiley Online Library
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A painting showing Archimedes at work The Greek mathematician, physicist, astronomer and inventor Archimedes (c. 287–212 BC) was one of the greatest scientists of the classical age. Born in Syracuse in Sicily, he spent most of his life there, although as a young man he furthered his education in Alexandria, Egypt. Among many inventions and mathematical advances, Archimedes calculated an accurate estimate of π (pi), the ratio between a circle's diameter and its circumference (edge). He stated it as a fraction, 22/7, which in decimal figures is about 3.14. Pi is used today in many areas of mathematics, science and engineering to measure the lengths of arcs and curves, the areas of curved surfaces and the volumes of many solids. Archimedes also came up with a mathematical law ("Archimedes' Principle") which states that a body immersed in a fluid experiences a buoyant force equal to the weight of the fluid it displaces (pushes aside).
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The nation's third-largest Multiple Listing Service, My Florida Regional MLS, will become Stellar MLS on June 4, 2019, in a move that totally reimagines the MLS. Currently serving 58,000 customers--including real estate agents and brokers in 16 REALTOR® associations throughout Central and Southwest Florida and one in Puerto Rico--Stellar MLS is bringing its bold, dynamic vision to the marketplace, shaking up industry norms.
"And when Stellar MLS says 'yes,' no one will beat us," she added. "'Yes' to a curated customer journey; to a first-class, highly personalized experience; to standardized data; to easy-peasy integrated technology that wows agents and their clients."
President Brad Monroe notes that Stellar has spent the last quarter century building its organization into not only one of the largest MLSs in the U.S., but also one of the nation's most customer-centric MLSs, as measured by customer satisfaction. In its most recent Customer Satisfaction Survey, nearly 8 in 10 Stellar MLS customers (78 percent) are "extremely satisfied" overall, with 82 percent "extremely satisfied" with customer service, 80 percent "extremely satisfied" with technology offerings, and 80 percent "extremely satisfied" with training.
"Now," said Monroe, "we are going 'Next Level' with a curated customer journey — and that's something new for the MLS industry." Monroe explained that with the introduction of Customer Profiles in its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform, "we can ensure agents and brokers are receiving the right information they need at the right time instead of bombarding them with communications that they don't want or need or isn't relevant to them. At Stellar MLS we are going to work in concert with our brokers and their agents — to not only deliver the products and services they want but also show them how to use them and when to use them to maximize success."
As part of that effort, Stellar MLS is upgrading its education platform to provide a recommended training curriculum that is grouped together, easy to find and determined by an agent's station in their career. For example, new agents have a common set of training needs, new teams another, while established agents have a different set of educational needs. The new educational platform will allow faster access to these programs, packaged and tailored to an agent's specific needs.
"We only succeed when our customers do," added Monroe, who is Managing Broker at Suncoast Realty Solutions based in Tampa. "Stellar MLS builds our relationships based on transparency, trust, and respect. MLS consolidation is the future, and at Stellar, every stakeholder has a meaningful seat at the table: where brokers and their agents profit from partnering with us, and where brokers control their destiny because our mission is to enhance their future, not dictate it," he said.
"We want to grow the success of Stellar MLS, and not just in Florida," he added. "We already proudly serve Puerto Rico, and our growth is not restricted to our state borders. We also want every MLS that joins us to watch their members become extraordinarily happy with their MLS."
Cowen noted that Stellar will continue to be a leading advocate for the adoption and implementation of RESO (Real Estate Standards Organization) standards. Stellar was among the first MLSs to become RESO Data Dictionary Certified.
Stellar is also active on the forefront of MLS leadership with its involvement in both the MLS Grid and Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS). Stellar MLS, through its integration with MLS Grid, offers a RESO Compliant Web API, with one set of rules and display guidelines for standardized data. This allows brokers and technology providers to reduce expenses and expedite rollouts by working with one data feed, and a single set of rules and only one compliance process. "Being part of MLS Grid is a great example of where we are cutting through the red tape by saying 'yes' to innovation and 'no' to politics," Cowen noted.
"For decades, we have remained pretty much under the radar on a national level when it comes to advocacy," added Cowen. "That's not Stellar. Stellar MLS will advocate for our customers. We will be part of the national — and international — conversation. Let's talk about MLS consolidation, data standardization, and getting rid of mediocre service forever. We will provide products and services that show the brilliance and value of our industry and why the MLS will endure."
Becoming Stellar, says Cowen, starts with asking one question: "Is what we are doing Stellar?" she said. "Our customers tell us we provide excellent customer service. But our goal is to be Stellar in everything we do; Stellar isn't just our name — it is our new culture."
Stellar MLS will continue its leading customer service efforts, delivering regular Broker Summits, quarterly broker conference calls, and onsite training. In terms of its curated customer journey, Stellar will leverage information collected from its new Customer Profiles to help develop new initiatives, as well as new products and services.
"Our customers are Stellar," said Cowen. "As we get to know more about them, we can create even better customer journeys, because Stellar is not just about us, it is about our brokers and their agents," she said.
Other major changes in place or coming soon include:
Stellar MLS runs on the most powerful MLS platform in the business, Matrix from CoreLogic, allowing brokers and agents to do more every day of the week. Stellar recently added new green property data fields to help consumers find energy efficient homes faster. All the technology products and services provided to agents and brokers work flawlessly and are integrated seamlessly with MLS data.
Stellar MLS best-in-class technology line-up includes:
Stellar MLS is also exploring offering a Front End of Choice — allowing incoming shareholders and customers any front end they choose while maintaining a common listing database that is built to RESO standards.
Stellar MLS' 14 shareholders include Bartow Board of REALTORS, Inc.; East Polk County Association of REALTORS; Lakeland REALTORS; REALTORS Association of Lake & Sumter Counties; Orlando Regional REALTOR Association; Osceola County Association of REALTORS; West Volusia Association of REALTORS; Greater Tampa REALTORS; Englewood Area Board of REALTORS; Punta Gorda-Port Charlotte-North Port Association of REALTORS; REALTOR Association of Sarasota & Manatee; Venice Area Board of REALTORS; West Pasco Board of REALTORS; and Pinellas REALTOR Organization. Customer organizations include Lake Wales Association of REALTORS, Puerto Rico Association of REALTORS, and Okeechobee County Board of REALTORS.


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