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Assassin's Creed III DLC available with Gamestop pre-orders
Lost Mayan Ruins, a DLC mission included with one of the three special editions for Assassin's Creed III, will be available as a pre-order bonus at Gamestop. There are at least two other DLC missions and a multiplayer package on offer through the various bundles, so assuming other retailer-specific offers pop up soon, there may […]
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Battlefield 1943 not included in Battlefield 3 PS3
Sony and EA have reneged on an offer to include a free copy Battlefield 1943 with the PlayStation 3 version of Battlefield 3.
Batman: Arkham City Collector's Edition pops up
Let's see if Batman: Arkham City can top its precursors special edition efforts by not including a plastic batarang.
Batman: Arkham City's Robin is cooler than anticipated
"Robin?" you scoff. "That red-and-green clad child! Such a meagre bonus does not sway my choice of retailer for Batman: Arkham City."Son, the DC universe is a lot cooler outside of that Adam West live action series. Come in and have a look at the Boy Wonder.
Free Ocarina of Time soundtrack CD through Club Nintendo
Club Nintendo members and new sign-ups can score a free soundtrack CD by registering new copies of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D.
DICE responds to Battlefield 3 pre-order bonus outrage
In the wake of a boycott effort against Battlefield 3's pre-order bonus content, DICE has said none of the extra content will unbalance the game.
Assassin's Creed Special Edition detailed for UK
A GAME and gamestation UK-exclusive Special Edition of Assassin's Creed: Revelations has been announced.
Sniper: Ghost Warrior One Shot – One Kill Edition detailed
When Sniper: Ghost Warrior finally makes the jump to PlayStation 3 this month, it's doing it in style.
Ocarina of Time 3D Ocarina Edition announced for Oz
It's not easy being the only Australian in the workplace… oh, wait, yes it is, because I get a sweet Triforce-branded Ocarina.
Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga pre-orders to score art book
Atlus has revealed its pre-order bonus plans for the re-release of Divinity II, along with a new trailer.
Red Faction: Armageddon US pre-order bonuses detailed
Best Buy, GameStop and Walmart are all offering pre-order incentives for Red Faction: Armageddon, with some nice incentives for fans of unique boom-sticks.
Darkspore limited edition trailer and preorder bonus
Maxis has released a trailer for Darkspore, showing off the Limited Edition version and its exclusive, in-game preorder bonus, the heavily-armoured Maldri.
The Witcher 2 preorder incentives expanded
Good Old Games has updated the pre-order page for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, revealing a slew of new bonuses for existing and – dare we hint broadly – new preorders.
Mortal Kombat costume DLC included with Blu-ray purchases
Unless you feel 1995's Mortal Kombat and 1997's Mortal Kombat: Annihilation are films assuredly destined for your collection, you'll have to weigh your insistence on only supporting quality cinema with your obsessive need to play dress ups with virtual characters.
Dead Space 2 bonus DLC workaround for Silver Live subscriptions
New copies of Dead Space 2 on Xbox 360 come lovingly bundled with a couple of download items, which according to the directions, you can have for free … by accessing a Gold subscriber level Live feature. Oh.Never mind, EA have realised their instructional oversight and advised of a workaround so you can still obtain […]
Dead Space 2 includes Dragon Age 2 bonus content
In a bit of incestuous cross-promotion, EA are offering an exclusive bit of Dragon Age 2 content to those who purchase and register a new copy of Dead Space 2 – the armour of Sir Isaac of Clarke.
Collecting intel from Killzone 2 will grant you unlockable rewards
Collecting Helghast intel in Killzone 2's single-player campaign will unlock bonus content when you connect to the game's official site, according to this US PS Blog post.Once you've done the in-game business, connect to Killzone.com to get printable versions of propaganda posters seen in the game, pages from a Helghast soldier's secret journal or details […]
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On Monday, November 28, Norway's TV2 News reported the announcement by Norwegian Health Minister Anne-Grete Strom-Erichsen that Norway had granted '2 million' (presumably kroner, which translates roughly to $350,000) to further the expanded studies of rituximab therapy for ME/CFS patients being directed by Prof. Olav Mella and Dr. Oystein Fluge.
The initial trial, indicating a therapeutic benefit for many study participants and conducted at Haukeland University Hospital, was reported Oct 19 in the journal PLoS One.)
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Health Minister Strom-Erichsen also revealed to TV2 News that Norway plans to establish a new "National Centre for ME" which will become part of Oslo University.
The TV 2 news release, translated from the Norwegian, begins:
ME Doctors Get 2 Million to Further Research
Health Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen wants further research from the two-Hauk's doctors who were behind the ME breakthrough in the autumn. [Click here to read more.]

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Poe man's Poe
Just what cataclysmic failure of mind and body could have befallen the marvelous Edgar Allan Poe in the tormented days between September 27 and October 7, 1849, when the poet died raving and inconsolable with the name "Reynolds," on his lips?
In this slightly hallucinogenic telling, Poe teams up with Rod Serling to create a "final narrative," worthy of the Twilight Zone.
Whether Scottsville resident Frank Lovelock, a PVCC English professor, will manage to disengage his own head and send it spinning in a black-and-white vortex while he reads from his new novel, Lenore, on November 4, he clearly is after that effect.
His tale, which he characterizes as "a labor of love for Poe," begins with the master of macabre already in the throes of paranoid delusion. Haunted by the thoughts of his beloved cousin and bride-to-be, Poe is staggering about Richmond on the eve of his fateful departure north.
Lurching from bad company to worse, Poe soon finds himself drugged, mesmerized, and locked in a coffin. It appears that the writer is to be brought down by his very own literary ghouls.
Meanwhile, a love story is in full bloom, and an escape is in train. Mixed identities morph with phantom characters, and Poe's own creation, the detective C. Auguste Dupin is dispatched to save Poe and the hapless lovers from, well, what's the worst that can befall ill-fated folk in the snares of the surreal?
Lovelock's Poe scholarship is meted out in faithful passages of poetry, philosophy, and shrieking dismay. His hard-pressed inventions (fair skinned fugitive slaves who are the spitting image of Poe and his beloved meet some of Oliver Twist's tormentors who have apparently made a wrong turn) are somehow neutralized by Lovelock's carefully reproduced style of the mid-19th century novel (in which aforementioned Reynolds urges Poe to take nourishment, but the poet declines "unable to command equilibrium").
Just as Poe himself would undertake, the telling of Lenore picks up pace page by page, like a possessed metronome or yes, a tell-tale heart. As the narration passes from Poe to the slave Lenore to the desperate Danton Reynolds, the spiral of illusion wraps tighter and tighter, locking the principals and their shadowy counterparts in a dance that Poe himself is calling. At the finale even the raven appears– and Edgar Allan Poe, true to history, dies a loathsome death in a Baltimore hospital.
The official cause of death is rabies.
Lenore (Xlibris Books) is available at Xlibris.com and Amazon.com. Frank Lovelock will read from his novel on November 4 at 12:20 in PVCC's Jessup Library and again at Scottsville Library at 7:30pm.


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1 lb. elbow macaroni or choice of dry pasta
1 medium onion, minced
1/2 cup butter, 1 stick, plus 2 Tbsps. butter, divided
1 tsp. celery salt
1/2 tsp. paprika
1 Tbsp. dry yellow mustard
Dash ground red pepper
All-purpose flour -- see directions for amount
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
6 cups Half N Half
2-1/2 lbs. shredded cheese -- choice depends on preference, a blend of cheeses works best
3/4 cup dry bread crumbs or cracker crumbs
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Bring large pot of water to boil, add pasta and cook per package directions until al dente. Drain and set aside.
To reduce the number of dishes, reuse the pasta pot and begin preparing the cheese sauce by melting the stick of butter over low heat. When butter is completely melted, add minced onion and sweat (stir to cook until translucent), approximately 4 minutes.
While onion is cooking, measure the celery salt, paprika, dry yellow mustard, red pepper, then add enough flour to measure one half cup. Add the flour mixture to the pot over the low heat and whisk until well-blended. The mixture will become very thick and stiff.
Add the Half N Half slowly, one or two cups at a time until all is added. Increase heat to medium high and continue heating mixture while stirring constantly. As the mixture approaches the boiling temperature, it will thicken slightly -- enough to coat the back of a spoon. At this point turn heat down to low and add the nutmeg -- stir to blend.
Add the cheese a little at a time and continue stirring while maintaining low heat to melt the cheese. Once all the cheese has been added, melted and the mixture is smooth, remove from heat and begin adding the cooked pasta -- stir to mix entirely. When the pasta has been added and thoroughly mixed, pour into selected baking dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray. This mixture will make approximately 3 quarts. The mixture may seem a bit runny at first, but as it bakes in the oven, the moisture will evaporate and the mixture will be much thicker when finished.
Using a small skillet or saucepan over low heat, melt the 2 tablespoons butter. Add the dry bread crumbs, or cracker crumbs and stir to coat uniformly until all the butter is absorbed. Remove the crumb mixture from heat. Evenly distribute the crumb mixture over the top surface of the macaroni mixture.
Bake the macaroni uncovered in a 350 degree oven for approximately 45 minutes or until the mixture is hot, bubbly and beginning to turn golden brown on top. Remove and allow to stand about 5 minutes before serving.
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Announcing the release of more than 200 new sets of city data, IT leaders vow that all city data will be public within 5 years.
New York City IT leaders, including Chief Information and Innovation Officer Rahul N. Merchant, Chief Digital Officer Rachel Haot and Open Platform Officer Michael Flowers, announced on Monday, Sept. 23, that they were releasing dozens of "high-value" data sets on a revamped open data portal.
The portal, first launched in 2011, now includes more than 1,100 data sets, with contributions from more than 60 different agencies, according to a news release. As outlined in open data legislation signed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg last year, the city will continue to release data sets on a regular schedule, with a stated goal of publishing all public data on the portal by 2018.
New data sets now publicly available include: property records dating back to 1966; lot-based land use and geographic information; Building and Health and Mental Hygiene permit data; and building footprint and address point maps.
According to city officials, the redesigned open data portal aims to be more than just a catalog. An updated design and simplified navigation are complemented by data visualizations and anecdotes from users of the data published on the site.
"Today's release goes above and beyond what the law requires, providing the Open Data Portal with first-class data feeds and data tools," Flowers said in a statement. "This data reflects the day-to-day, on-the-ground efforts of the city of New York to serve New Yorkers."
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Whoomp! There it is ... Mariah Carey dropped her latest album this week without the slightest octave peep. Appropriately titled, �Me. I Am Mariah � The Elusive Chantuese,� Carey followed in the footsteps of Beyonce�s stilettos.
Carey is the ultimate diva, but even she saw fit to follow Beyonce�s lead and release her album without fanfare and hype. The trick seemed to work for Bey, but will it for Mimi? Only time will tell. I can say this: Carey has pushed the album�s release date back multiple times hoping to capitalize on the right moment. It was originally touted for release last summer when the album�s first single �#Beautiful� made its debut.
Was it worth the wait? I�m going to say yes. The album was exactly what Carey needed and at precisely the right time.
Carey�s saturated media image was wreaking havoc on her credibility as a viable artist, especially after a disastrous run with co-judge Nicki Minaj on �American Idol.� She was the butt of the joke all too often, when deep down all we wanted to do was hear her sing like she used to.
Thankfully on �Me. I Am Mariah� we get reacquainted with the woman who tickled our eardrums with the now classic ballads� �Vision Of Love,� �Hero,� �Without You, and �Love Takes Time.�
If you listen close enough to the new album you can hear reflections of her earlier days, something that�s been missing from her albums over the last decade. The opening track, �Cry,� just might lure in a few of those fans who may have stopped caring. It�s a sweet piano ballad in true Carey fashion.
She continues the nostalgic notion on �Faded,� a song that features arrangements from Inner Life�s disco gem �I�m Caught Up (In A One Night Love Affair)� and �Let Me Make Love To You:?by The O�Jays. It�s a great song through and through.
�Supernatural� carries on the slow groove, complete with harps strumming and the giggling debuts of Roc N� Roe (a.k.a. her kids� Moroccan Scott and Monroe).
Stevie Wonder appears in classic form and with harmonica in hand for �Make It Look Good,� while rapper Nas joins in for a Wu-Tang sampling tribute to hip-hop�s golden era on �Dedicated.�
�#Beautiful,� featuring R&B sensation Miguel, is still a favorite here, even though it�s a year old � the sign of a good song.
But it�s when Mariah goes back to her roots that we see her at her best. �Heavenly� is the Mariah I fell in love with all those years ago. Backed by a full choir, the Gospel epic just resonates the beauty of what a powerful voice can do � lift you up.
Well if it�s any consolation Mariah, I am glad you are you, elusive or not.
David T. Farr is a Sturgis, Mich., Journal correspondent. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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It is unsurprising that the Internet, a place that allows commerce of pretty much every variety, would give birth to a phenomenon known as a "milk exchange." Since around 2005, sites like Only The Breast and Milk Share have acted as craigslists, of sorts, for human milk, sharing listings from both parents looking to sell excess breast milk and those looking to buy it. Exchanges like these are possible not only because of the communicative ease of the web, but also because breast milk is largely unregulated, especially compared to other body fluids like blood and semen. "Is it a food? Is it a body fluid? Is it a drug?" the Center for Biobehavioral Healths' Sarah Keim told The Verge. "The FDA really doesn't know what to do with breast milk."
Also unsurprising, given all that, is what Keim and her colleagues found in a study published today in the journal Pediatrics: that eBay-esque breast milk, likely due to unsanitary collection and shipping practices, can cause infections in the children nourished by it. And it's unsurprising, as well, that this news has reinvigorated longstanding debates about the proper ways to regulate the breast milk market.
None of these debates can be had, however, unless you first have a particular thing: a breast pump. A device that allows for mother and milk to be mechanically de-entangled from each other—and that, in the process, helps breast milk to be transformed, essentially, from an intimacy to a commodity. The breast pump is the machine that makes human milk, in its way, marketable.
Pumps are, at this point, culturally ubiquitous. A classic "Better Know a District" found Stephen Colbert jokingly hooking himself up to a pump as he questioned New York representative Carolyn Maloney. During the 2008 presidential campaign, Sarah Palin reminded voters of her maternal qualities by remarking on her need to, "put down the BlackBerries and pick up the breast pump." Tina Fey, in her book Bossypants, recalled her attempts to "pump milk while watching Entourage on demand." Pumps-on-airplanes tales are a common subgenre of the "terrible airplane experience" story.
The first pumps were patented in the mid-19th century, typically as medical devices used to treat inverted nipples and to help infants who were too small or too weak to nurse. But as widely available consumer products, they've been around for only a little more than 20 years. It wasn't until 1991 that the Swiss manufacturer Medela introduced its first electric-powered, vacuum-operated breast pump—a pump not intended for in-hospital use—in the U.S. Since then, Jill Lepore noted in a 2009 New Yorker piece, the device's sales quadrupled. Pumps have become such a common parental aide that new mothers, when discharged from hospitals after giving birth, are often provided with a complimentary pump as a parting gift.
As Lepore summed it up:
Pumping is no fun—whether it's more boring or more lonesome I find hard to say—but it has recently become so common that even some women who are home with their babies all day long express their milk and feed it in a bottle. Behind closed doors, the nation begins to look like a giant human dairy farm.
It's an apt description, in part because the earliest versions of the pumps—machines that date from the mid-19th century—were essentially glorified milkers. They put advances in vacuum technology and electricity to use for humans in the same way they put those advances to use in the dairy industry. In 1854, Orwell H. Needham filed a patent for a "Breast-Pump":
This invention is for the purpose of so connecting the pump bellows with the nipple shield or cupping shield as that any motion of the bellows from the exertion of pumping will not be communicated to the shield by means of a flexible tube, by which also the pumping apparatus can be placed in any convenient position without regard to the position of the patient, and also in the flexible shields, fitting any inequalities of surface and applying themselves to the parts conveniently.
In 1864, L.O. Colvin filed a patent for a similar device. The machine, "a new and Improved Device for Milking-Cows," would, its inventor claimed,
reduce the milking device to the simplest possible form, render it capable of being operated or manipulated with greater facility than heretofore, and also capable of having, when necessary or desired, two of the teat-tubes cut off from the suction-chamber, so as to leave only two of the teat tubes operative.
But male inventors, kindly recognizing that human women are not cows, kept improving on the machines to make them (slightly) more user-friendly. In 1898, Joseph Hoover received a patent for a device that would, as much as possible, mimic a nursing human. The machine would, he claimed,
provide a breast-pump not so sudden in its action as to produce pain when the breast is distended and sore and at the same time produce a continuous flow of milk accompanied with the pulsating movement which occurs when an infant is at the breast.
A similar device, described in an 1853 ad from The New York Times, made a similar bid for motherly "mercy":
Later on, in 1925, Edward Lasker received a patent for a device that offered maternal relief in another way: by providing mothers with intermittent rests. His machine would, Lasker wrote,
provide a new and improved form and arrangement of parts for producing and controlling the vacuum by the force of' which the operation of the, device is effected. It is one of the objects of my invention to provide controlling means for the application of the force of the vacuum independently of the production of the vacuum so that a suction of constant power may be utilized for exerting its force intermittently so as to provide rest periods between successive periods of action.
Also kind. And yet comfort, at that point, was not yet a primary consideration. When the machine you're inventing is a medical device rather than a life hack, you care much less about user experience. And when you're marketing to doctors rather than customers, you generally care even less about it.
That's still true today, even with pumps that are, along with diapers and bottles, seen by many parents as essential extensions of the parents themselves. Pumps are not, generally, comfortable. They are not, generally, elegant. They are not, generally, fun. But that's in part because they are part of a phenomenon that is very, very recent: breastfeeding that makes the "feeding" ever-so-slightly less contingent on the "breast." Which has, of course, significant implications that we are still, and just now, navigating. As Lepore sums it up, "All this is so new that people are making up the rules as they go along."
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Vegan Double Chocolate Fudge
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Vegan Double Chocolate Fudge Recipe
2 to 3 Tablespoons liqueurs such as Kahlua, Grand Marnier, bourbon, etc or, up to 2 teaspoons flavoring liquids such as mint extract, orange extract, etc.
1) Refrigerate the coconut milk and toast the nuts
2) Prepare the coconut cream
3) Prepare the caramelize the sugar mixture
4) Caramelize the sugar mixture to perfection
5) Add the flavor building ingredients into the hot caramel and mix
6) Press the fudge into the baking dish and cool
7) Remove the vegan fudge and cut into squares
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This looks delicious, I am going to have to make these for dessert for our thanksgiving this year!
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We're chocolate lovers, and these brownies hit the spot! Thank you!
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All I can say is yum! I'm a big chocolate fan myself, so it's just great that I can enjoy this delicious treat without any stomach issues!
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Yummy! i wanna give it try
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Appetizing double chocolate fudge. I will try such recipe this week, I just need to buy the ingredients since I don't have all of it. Thanks for sharing!
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My mouth is watering and I keep asking my wife to baked vegan fudges based on this recipe cause I like it.
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My children has been asking me to make the fudge.
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This recipe was awesome. Great tasting fudge! I highly recommend
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Can confirm that store bought coconut cream (I use Dan-d-pak) works perfectly. This is easily the best fudge recipe – vegan or otherwise. My only tip would be to wipe down the insides of your pot eith a paper towel before you turn it on to remove every trace of sugar. I've also never had any burned bits when boiling, so I don't transfer it to a different pot to do the add ins step. I've made it at least a dozen times, with and without nuts, to rave reviews. It's really easy to make if you have a candy thermometer with an alarm. Make it, you won't regret it.
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Wondering if anyone can confirm using store bought coconut cream vs chilling canned coconut milk and using the separated "cream" as being successful?? Want to make this recipe this weekend so I hope someone sees this soon :/ Thanks in advance!
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This recipie is the bomb! I used it as my final treat for the cast and crew on the 2nd season of From Dusk Till Dawn where I worked as an electrician. People keep asking me for the recipe! I chose to use kaluah as the flavoring because we already used espresso powder, so, coffee.
When I was making the caramel I stirred constantly, which is why I think it turned out so perfectly. I read all of the reviews ahead of time and did not want burned sugar in my pot. It was actually all very easy to clean thanks to the stirring.
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I was so excited to find and make this recipie. Spent all day yesterday making Christmas vegan goodies for gift boxes.
The instructions are too vague or incorrect. They don't work for someone who has never caramelized sugar!
Step 3 suggests putting sugar, oil, agave and salt into a saucepan and thoroughly mixing all ingredients.
Step 4 suggests placing that saucepan with a cover on over high heat and wait til it boils.
While I questioned the instructions no mention of stirring and wondered how I'm gonna see it boil with a cover on, and how long does it typically take to boil ran through my head.
I did as the instructions said, given they seemed thorough. It happened so fast. The pot started filing up with white smoke. I let the smoke out, turned the fan on opened the windows ... Probably in a matter of less than a minute on the high heat stove top, the whole bottom of my saucepan was burnt with sugar.
It took me so two 15minute boiling baking soda and vinegar with 30min rests to get the stuff off the bottom of the pan.
There was no fudge as result to the burnt sugar.
After this recipie and continuing with my other recipes, I made caramel with the suggestion in the instructions to constantly be stirring the sugar... My caramel turned out perfect... I'm gonna visit some other vegan fudge recipes and read all their instructions, and find confidence before I attempt fudge again.
Christmas in a tin!
I am so impressed! My vegan gluten-free sister is hosting Christmas this year and asked me to bring something for after dinner. After discovering the price of vegan chocolate I needed a new strategy! Tonight I tried this recipe adding a couple of cups of dried fruit and some extra spices and it is exceptional - thank you!
I didn't get near to 250 - it stayed at 210 and if I increased heat it started to burn so I kept checking and pulled it off the heat when it was hitting the hard ball stage and it worked fine. Textures perfect.
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Two Questions
I am going to make this for a friend who is gluten-, dairy-, soy-, and nut-free. I have two questions: (1) Can I omit the nuts without a problem, or do they help with the hardening of the fudge? If so, should I use a little baking soda in their place? (2) Several of our stores sell coconut cream. Can this be used for the coconut cream instead of chilling the coconut milk?
Thank you!
amazing fudge recipe
I tried this recipe, along with another i found online with good reviews, and this one beat the other hands down. the other was made with confectioners sugar and was too sweet and not a nice smooth texture. This one is amazing.
Question though: any idea what the shelf life is or if theres a way to extend the shelf life? I imagine it wont last out of fridge because of the additional coconut cream that gets stirred in after boiling and that thus adds more moisture....can All the coconut cream be added in in the beginning and then cooked, or would the final product be missing extra creaminess or something from the cream being added in and boiled rather than added when the chocolate is added?
I know a few years back i veganized a chocolate candy recipe that used condensed milk and I subbed coconut milk..i didnt think to refrigerate the candies and they ended up going moldy in their plastic bags within a week or 2; so thinking this might be a risk with the fudge too because of the coconut cream added in at the end? fuy
amazing fudge
I LOVE this recipe, its utterly amazing. I also tried, at the same time, a fudge recipe with good reviews that used powdered sugar. that one was horrible. overly sweet, no carmelly flavor. this one was amazing
Question though... do you know what the shelf life is on this? or even shelf life in fridge etc? And, do you think its possible to put ALL the coconut cream in the pot in the beginning, so that it all gets cooked and reduces moisture and therefore would probably extend the shelf-life? I feel like the moisture from the coconut cream thats added after the carmelization process probably makes the recipe more prone to shorter shelf life/mold? I know i once did a chocolate candy recipe subbing coconut milk for condensed dairy milk and put the chocolates in plastc and they went moldy out of the fridge within a week or 2...not sure if the same would happen with this fudge and/or if so if the coconut cream added at the end adds an extra creaminess that would be lackign were it all added in the beginning of the recipe?
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more than satisfied vegan fudge hankering
My vegan boyfriend had a hankering for vegan fudge, so I surprised him with this. It was a natural fit, because he loves coconut cream so much. I used pistachios, which I quite liked. Fantastic recipe over all! The instructions were precise and informative.
Maple Syrup?
Recipe looks great!
Can you sustitute maple syrup for the agave?
Hi Mattie. I would like to try this recipe. However, I was wondering whether it's ok to use ready made coconut cream, instead of coconut milk (I have seen it in an oriental grocer).
Do you think it could work? Thank you.
Amazing Recipe
Mattie's understanding of food chemistry ensures that each of his recipes turns out wonderfully. Non-vegans can never tell the difference because the desserts have the same texture and flavor as their non-vegan counterparts. Kudos Mattie.
Vegan Heaven
I would strongly recommend this! I've never had success with candy-making, but this recipe made it easy--just follow the instructions exactly. It took me about 30 minutes to get the caramel temperature to 250 (I have an electric stovetop and had to watch it vigilantly.)
My only complaint is that the instructions say to use "coconut cream" and then later, "coconut milk". I assumed they were the same thing? The fudge turned out excellent, so I must have done it right! Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Other Info
Whats the calorie count?
This fudge reminds me so much of my mother's. The only change I made was to mix the sugar/coconut oil/agave/salt in a bowl, then add the cashew cream, then put it in the pan to cook. That way I eliminated the potential for getting sugar on the side. Of course, it took me the two hours that the fudge was chilling to clean the pan's burnt bottom (boiling water with baking soda); well, a slight exaggeration--I only chilled the fudge for 30 minutes. And who on earth would know that you could freeze this for six months? Mattie--on behalf of myself and the five pounds I'm about to gain, thank you so much for all of the work that went in to this creation.
5 minute fudge
Hi Mattie,
Your fudge looks just as good as any with butter and cream, and I wish I could try some right now!
I wanted to share an amazing recipe I came up with for vegan chocolate candy cups, that don't require any carmelization, so they're quick when you don't have time. They taste just like regular fudge, and are visually beautiful:
4 pitted large medjool dates
1/3 cup virgin coconut oil, melted
3/4 cup cocoa powder or raw cacao powder
1/2 cup maple syrup or dark agave nectar
1/8 teaspoon plus a pinch salt
2 tablespoons raisins
2 tablespoons chopped pecans or walnuts
Combine the dates and the coconut oil in a small bowl and let soak for 30 minutes. Transfer to a blender and add the cocoa powder, maple syrup, and salt. Process until very smooth, stopping occasionally to scrape down the sides of the blender jar with a rubber spatula.
Place 16 (1-inch) foil baking cups on 2 plates. Fill each cup about three-fourths full with the chocolate mixture. Top each cup with a few of the raisins and chopped pecans, pressing them down lightly. Chill the cups in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours before serving.


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YANKEES: Yankees get past Rockies 3-1
DENVER >> CC Sabathia was rolling along until rain ruined his day.
The New York Yankees lefty had his good stuff going on this dreary afternoon. But the weather did what the Rockies couldn't -- knock him out of the game.
No matter, his bullpen filled in just fine.
Sabathia and five relievers held Colorado to four hits, Robinson Cano cracked a solo homer and the Yankees beat the Rockies 3-1 on Thursday in a game that was delayed more than two hours by rain.
"I was just disappointed," Sabathia said.
That he didn't pitch more than four innings because of the weather?
"That I didn't get any more at-bats," said Sabathia, who was 0 for 2 at the plate with two strikeouts. "Horrible. I'm sure my son will be all over me. I'm scared to go home."
Sabathia tried everything to stay loose during a delay that lasted 1:59, just in case the storm clouds quickly moved out of the area. He even made some tosses in the batting cage.
Eventually, the storm did pass, but it was too long a layoff to send him back out to the mound. The first pitch also was delayed by wet weather, for 8 minutes.
Sabathia was just finding his stride when the skies opened up, too. Mixing in a 91 mph four-seam fastball with a stealthy slider, he retired 11 straight after giving up a single to Troy Tulowitzki in the first inning.
A stream of relievers picked up where Sabathia left off. Adam Warren (1-0) earned his first big league win by getting five big outs after the rain delay. Mariano Rivera pitched the ninth to remain perfect in 13 save chances.
Now, if only Warren could locate that final baseball. It would make a nice memento.
"Working on that," he said. "It's pretty neat."
This was a series dominated by pitching, a departure from the reputation Coors Field has earned over the years. The Yankees outscored the Rockies 6-5 -- pretty much a typical one-game score in this park -- as they took two of three.
"It's crazy," Sabathia said. "It's just good pitching. Just one of those things."
Cano had a memorable afternoon that included an infield single in the third for his 1,500th hit. He also hit the 186th homer of his career, moving past Paul O'Neill for sole possession of 17th place on the franchise list.
"The biggest thing today was the win," Cano said. "You want to win games and be able to help the team, get on base, and it was just a good win."
Jeff Francis (1-3) threw four innings and gave up two runs before rain forced the umpires to signal for the tarp. The lefty didn't return when play resumed.
"It's hard to get frustrated with the weather. You just have no control over that," Francis said. "It's the same for both teams. Something happens and you try to make the best of it.
"They're a good team, but we expected more out of ourselves this series."
Vernon Wells had an RBI single in the first for New York and Chris Stewart drove in another run on a sacrifice fly.
Tulowitzki was back in the lineup after missing the previous two days with soreness in his legs. He wasn't in his customary cleanup spot but hit No. 3 in the order as manager Walt Weiss elected to flip-flop the All-Star shortstop and Carlos Gonzalez against the left-handed Sabathia.
Tulowitzki was 1 for 3 with a walk, while Gonzalez wound up 0 for 3 and struck out twice. Gonzalez drove in the Rockies' lone run with a sacrifice fly in the first.
"Our pitching was outstanding. Offense was definitely subpar," Weiss said. "Not acceptable."
New York took the lead for good in the fourth when Stewart's sac fly brought home Chris Nelson, the former Rockies infielder who led off the inning with a double. Cano added his team-high ninth homer an inning later.
Colorado tied it in the second when Dexter Fowler beat the throw home on Gonzalez's sacrifice fly to left. Fowler eluded Stewart's tag just long enough to reach his hand around the catcher's shin guards and touch home plate.
Stewart was a little upset over the call, thinking he applied the tag in time. Yankees manager Joe Girardi came out of the dugout to briefly argue with plate umpire Phil Cuzzi.
Cuzzi also was involved in a close play at first base in the ninth inning Wednesday, when he ruled Brennan Boesch safe on an infield single that brought in the go-ahead run during the Yankees' 3-2 win.
New York jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead in the series finale when Wells laced an RBI single to right. Wells also had a productive game the night before when he hit a two-run homer, scored the go-ahead run in the ninth and then filled in at third base for the first time in his big league career.
Rest assured, Wells isn't planning a position change after playing flawless third base. But if the occasion should arise again, he would gladly take over at the hot corner.
"I take ground balls everywhere, so I'm ready for anything," Wells said.
NOTES: New York SS Eduardo Nunez (left ribcage tightness) said he hopes to play on Friday. ... Yankees OF Curtis Granderson (broken right wrist) was to begin a rehab assignment Thursday at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. ... Sabathia threw 51 pitches, breaking a string of 13 straight starts in which he reached the 100-pitch mark. ... Weiss was asked if he thought Rivera's strike zone seemed to expand in the ninth Wednesday. "I'm not allowed to comment on those things, am I?" he said. "I'm a little green in this position, but I'm smart enough to know that one."


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I recently became a member of the Akin Collective, located in Toronto near Lansdowne and Bloor. It's a very nice place, with lots of members and lots of interesting work being done. I look forward to my time here.
Bingo chip pictures
I've made some new pictures inspired by multi-coloured plastic bingo chips. I've used bright, randomly-generated colour schemes for these. They're overlaid on an aperiodic tiling with local ninefold rotational symmetry. I'm not sure yet what I'll do with these, if anything.
First Blog Post
This is my first blog post ever, and it seems like an auspicious date. I don't have a lot to say right now, but I'll be adding more as I learn the ropes.
I'm Greg Maloney, a mathematician and artist, and GMGeometry is my blog about mathematical art. My mathematical research is in the theory of aperiodic tilings, about which you can read more at The Tilings Encyclopedia, where you can find an aperiodic tiling that I discovered.
In the near future, look for announcements about my patterns for sale on fabrics, wallpapers, and wall decals.


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MillerCoors joins with county to help clean South Shore Beach
A Milwaukee beach is one of the dirtiest in the country, but now Milwaukee County is receiving a helping hand from a major Milwaukee corporation.
South Shore Beach in Bay View is closed to swimming about 25 percent of the season. E. coli levels are usually off the charts, largely because of bird waste along the shore.
VIDEO: MillerCoors lends hand to help clean South Shore Beach
The county now has a long-term partner to help with the cleanup.
A few years ago, beachgoers avoided Bradford Beach because of high E. coli concentration. Today, it's a success story.
A $500,000 donation from MillerCoors will spark a flurry of improvements to South Shore Beach.
MillerCoors President Tom Cardella said protecting the water is critical.
"The sustainability of that resource is so critical not just for this company, but for the country, and it's part of our core strategy," Cardella said.
So what's their stake in the health of Milwaukee's water? He told WISN 12 News it's vital to the company's beer production process.
"One of the main ingredients in beer is water, so it's obviously very important to us," Cardella said, especially since the factory sits near Lake Michigan, part of the biggest freshwater system in the world.
School of Fresh Water Sciences Professor Sandra McLellan said part of the five-year plan will start soon.
"There are some really obvious things that can be done right now. There is a two-city-block parking lot that drains directly to the swimming beach," McLellan said.
The school will also look at creative ways to fix the problem, by studying how the water moves inside the breakwater.
"This area is 40 times worse than the area just 150 meters down shore," McLellan said.
A long-term solution could mean moving the beach to that cleaner area.
Another important piece of the puzzle is bird abatement -- the primary source of contamination.
The relationship with MillerCoors will last at least five years.


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Babies and small children are less able to fight off foodborne and waterborne infections. Little ones who are crawling or walking around and putting things in their mouths increase their exposure risk.
What comes from those infections? Yes, you knew we had to get there. We're talking poo. The kind that makes you want to pay strangers good money to change an oozing diaper.
But, there are a few things we can do to help prevent the big D.
Breastfeeding helps eliminate foodborne and waterborne transmission to infants.
Use purified water for drinking, ice cubes, formula, brushing teeth, washing food if eating food raw, or just anytime you'd use water. Purify the water, unless you know the water source is safe.
Wash hands with soap and water frequently each day and certainly before eating anything and before preparing foods, after changing diapers, after going to the restroom, after coming in from outdoor activities (this includes shopping!), when you get up in the morning and before going to bed at night. Use soap and water if available and always when you can see any grime on the hands. Alcohol-based hand sanitizer can be used to help disinfect your hands.
Pacifiers and other items made to go into a baby's mouth that you bring or buy on the trip need frequent cleaning.
Don't eat food from street vendors. Make sure all your food is either cooked thoroughly or washed with purified water and, if applicable, peeled.
Dehydration due to diarrhea and vomiting
Infants and young children can easily become dehydrated due to diarrhea and vomiting. They need plenty of liquids each time they have a watery stool or vomit. If you're unaware of the signs of dehydration, you should read up on it prior to departure. Prevention is the best thing, but just in case, there are commercial oral rehydration solutions, or you can make your own. Here are some suggestions from rehydration.org:
Make sure the rehydration drink has in it starches and/or sugars, a little sodium and some potassium. Breastmilk is great for those nursing, or watery cooked cereal, carrot soup, or rice water is fine as long as they're made with purified water.
You can make a simple solution yourself by using salt and sugar (molasses, raw sugar or white sugar) and something like orange juice or mashed banana for potassium. Add one teaspoon of salt to eight teaspoons of sugar and stir into a liter of boiled and cooled water, stirring until everything is dissolved.
Fresh fruit juice, weak tea or even simply boiled and cooled water will help, if nothing else is available.
Parasites in the soil
There are parasites in sand and soil where children love to play. They should wear enclosed footwear and play on a tarp or covering. Don't put clothing or towels on the ground to dry, and iron anything you hang out to dry before using. All of these precautions are dependent on your destination, of course.
Children are more likely to be bitten by animals yet less likely to tell parents about the bite. Remind the children to stay away from animals and to report any wound immediately. If a child is bitten or wounded, wash the area with soap and water and take the child in for evaluation. If possible, bring the animal in as well.
Water and infectious agents
Children and adults can pick up illnesses or infections by swallowing or simply being in contact with contaminated water. If you don't know the area, don't swim in fresh, unchlorinated water and, depending on where you travel, be careful with washing in the bathtub.
Well, that's about it. We've come to the end of our Travel in Good Health series. Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did and, hey, maybe we'll meet you on the road somewhere and do some trading. Ten diapers for a barf bag? Anybody?


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Posts Tagged '430 yrs'
Placing Joseph in the 3rd dynasty and Moses in the 12th dynasties not only fits very well with the archaeological evidence, it fits very well with the Biblical account and shows how Majestic God is.
Many scholars now realize that Moses was born during the 12th dynasty when Amenemhet III was pharaoh and the Exodus occurred around 1445bc during the 13th dynasty when Neferhotep was Pharaoh.
There is much archaeological evidence to support this revelation, however, it means that the traditional dates of the 12th and 13th dynasties need to be revised.
When it comes to locating Joseph in the history of Egypt, there are two schools of thought.
The Bible says that the Israelites sojourned in Egypt for 430 years. Exodus 12:40 says "the length of time that the Israelites live in Egypt was 430 years."
The New Testament also refers to this 430 years. Galations 3:17 says " The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. "
Because of this many scholars believe that the 430yrs commenced with the promise being given to Abraham 215yrs before Jacob and his family moved to Egypt.
The result of this is that some scholars believe that Joseph came only 215 years before Moses lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
Other scholars believe that the Joseph was 430 years before the Exodus.
Joseph went to Egypt some 9-10 yrs before Jacob did.
When Jacob and his family went to Egypt, the Israelites numbered about 70. When they left Egypt they numbered around 2 million. They needed time time multipy to this number. Not withstanding this, it is obviously very important to know whether the Isralites were in Egypt for 430 years or 215 years so that we know in which dynasty to look for Joseph.
It is also important to know how the Egyptian dynasties are ordered.
People who believe in a 215 yr sojourn in Egypt look for Joseph earlier in the 12th dynasty and have nominated Mentuhotep as a possibility.
People who believe in a 430yr sojourn in Egypt look for Joseph in an earlier dynasty and given the similarities between Joseph and Imhotep, have tended to place Joseph in the 3rd dynasty.
Placing Joseph in the 3rd dynasty would require an even greater revision of Egyptian history and a complete revision of the Chronology to allow for parallel dynasties running concurrently in the North and the South and also for the common practice of coregency.
This would bring Egyptian history into complete agreement with the Bible.
One of the problems of placing Joseph in the 12th dynasty means that the flood of Noah would most likely have occurred during during one of the earlier dynasties (2450bc) and this is not only out of keeping with the Bible but there is no archaeological evidence of a worldwide flood during any Egyptian dynasty.
The Bible records that Noah had a grandson named Mizraim who seems to be one of the Patriarchs of Egypt. The flood would, therefore, have preceded even the predynastic periods of Egyptian History.
Even Manetho, whom most archaeologist regard as the most authoritative source of information on the chronology of Egyptian history, believed that Mizraim and Menes (the first Pharaoh) were the same person.
Placing Joseph in the 3rd dynasty and Moses in the 12th dynasties not only fits very well with the archaeological evidence, it fits very well with the Biblical account. What we know about these people from the Historical records can then be used to fill in the gaps in the Biblical record revealing how miraculous, amazing and glorious the Hand of God has been in dealing with mankind.
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Friday, June 21, 2013
Fourth annual Filipino Night to be celebrated Monday
The Los Angeles Dodgers will hold their fourth annual Filipino Night on Monday, June 24 before the club's 7:10 p.m. game vs. San Francisco. A special event ticket at $30 offers fans a seat in the Filipino Heritage section, with access to unlimited Dodger dogs, nachos, popcorn, peanuts and soft drinks throughout the game.
Groups of 20 or more can enjoy additional benefits including a personalized scoreboard message, customized ticket greeting and preferred seating options. To purchase tickets, fans can visit www.dodgers.com/Filipino (use promo code: FILIPINO) or call (323) 224-1304.
WHEN: Monday, June 24, 7:10 p.m.
WHERE: Dodger Stadium
MISC: In honor of Filipino Heritage Night, Monday's Veteran of the Game is U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer James Morgia from Pearl City, HI, who is of Filipino Heritage. Morgia has served on Coast Guard Cutters in Hawaii and the South Pacific, Alaska, Oregon and San Francisco and is currently assigned to the Los Angeles-Long Beach Coast Guard base in San Pedro, CA. Morgia's accolades include the Coast Guard Achievement Medal and Good Conduct Medals.
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- ernest said...
Pinoy's in the house!
- June 21, 2013 at 12:39 PM
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[F#]Holy lamb
see the world we started
is it so l[D#m7]ow again
like a light that's lost up[C#]on the stage
so the more it sh[H]ines, it goes away
[F#]Surely then
see the curtain rising to show us [D#m7]once again
all the magic of the [C#]earth and the skies
see the more we find
[H]the more we realize
That [F#]every time
see the laws of nature keeps telling us
[D#m7]like A friend
it's the spirit of emotion [C#]dancing to the wind
high above
high above
so [Hmaj7]sure inspired again
I can tell a new [F#]story now
can we see through this mask of uncertainty
[D#m7]surely now
how can it be so hard when [C#]all there is to know
don't be afraid of letting go
it takes a [Hmaj7]loving heart
to see and show
this love
for our own ecology
[F#]Hold the light
hold the light
out of [D#m]love we'll come a long long
glorious way
at the [C#]start of every day
a child begins to play
and all we [Hmaj7]need to know
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Last night we learned the Barrick Gold Mine has been working 2015 Ford F-150 prototypes since 2011. They weren't the only company testing the trucks, but nobody knew what exactly they were driving.
Update: Some of the drivers at the mine gave their impressions on the F-150 for a Ford video. They say they knew they were driving a prototype, and instructed to "drive it like they stole it." Here's the clip:
The mining company, a Pennsylvania construction company, and a utility company had been sold F-150s in the current bodystyle with an aluminum cargo box. All they knew was that they were "driving something new."
Ford's Communications Manager Mike Levine jumped in to elaborate:
This is the first time Ford has deployed prototype vehicles to customers so far in advance of a product launch for extensive customer testing.
Six total units (two each) were delivered about 2.5 years ago to Barrick Gold, plus Walsh Construction in Pennsylvania and a regional utility company.
At Barrick, one F-150 has approximately 74,000 miles and the other approximately 95,000 miles. The photos were taken today at the Cortez Gold Mine, the largest operating gold mine in N. America, according to Barrick.
The customers didn't know they had trucks with aluminum cargo boxes. We only told them they were driving something new and we wanted to check in on the trucks from time to time. Barrick only found out about the aluminum cargo box after the 2015 was revealed at NAIAS.
By starting so early, we made changes to the production F-150, such as upgauging the cargo box floor and tailgate updates that improved durability.
Here's an aluminum-boxed F-150 in action on a hydroelectric dam site:
And here's another clandestine evaluation mule at the gold mine:
I've never heard of this kind of deep-cover for a new vehicle, but with a change as dramatic as an aluminum body to Ford's golden goose I can't say I'm too surprised they went to extreme lengths to do it right.
I hope we'll hear from the companies that have been using the trucks soon!
Images: Mike Levine/Ford


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Mary Halvorson Quintet, Live In Concert: Newport Jazz 2013
A guitarist who sounds like no other, Mary Halvorson can both astound and confound, with craggy phrasing, strange pitch-bends and pedal effects galore. With two quintet albums out and a septet record due soon, she's at Newport this year as a composer and bandleader too. Her quintet resembles certain classic Jazz Messengers lineups or Charlie Parker's working band, but her pieces take a few more left-hand turns. That keeps the proceedings good and weird.
- Mary Halvorson, guitar
- Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet
- Jon Irabagon, alto saxophone
- John Hébert, bass
- Ches Smith, drums
Set List
- "Sinks When She Rounds the Bend (No. 22)" (Halvorson)
- "Love in Eight Colors (No. 21)" (Halvorson)
- "Hemorrhaging Smiles (No. 25)" (Halvorson)
- "(No. 35)" (Halvorson)
- "Sea Cut Like Snow (No. 26)" (Halvorson)


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Moline M2000 Pillow Blocks, 4-Bolt Flange Bearings, Piloted Flange Bearings and Wide Slot Take-up Bearings are ready to slip onto the shaft when received because they are completely assembled, adjusted, sealed and pre-lubricated at the factory. The self-aligning feature provides for speedy mounting with a minimum of field adjustment required. The housings are ruggedly designed and made in the USA of Class 30 cast iron.Features:• Available in shaft sizes from 1-3⁄16 to 5"; and 40 to 130mm• +/- 1-1⁄2" misalignment capacity• Available in Expansion (red tag) and Non-Expansion (yellow tag) styles• Expansion units have .100" capacity• Single piece outer race• 3 lube holes and groove in outer race• Precision ground contours• Will accommodate moderate thrust loads• Permits angular misalignment without loss of capacity• Long rollers allow for greater contact• Standard grease operating temperature is up to 250°, high temperature grease is available up to 350°• Housings available in the standard painted finish. Powder coating in RAL or custom colors, Stainless Steel Powder coating, Nickel plating, Epoxy and Teflon coatings available on request• Custom machining and design is available upon request, please call the factory for more information• Rotating center guide ring for least possible friction• Housings are made in the USA of Class 30 cast iron• Piloted Flange housings are machined with back-out holes• Comes with a Triple Lip Contact Seal standard, also available with Labyrinth Seals for high speed applications and with Spring Loaded Garter Seals for dirty and wet applications• Made in the United States


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Over the next three-quarters of a century, Desser has been in all aspects of the tire industry and has handled all types of rubber in addition to aircraft tires. Over the last 20 years, Desser has slowly withdrawn from other types of rubber products to become the leader in the aircraft tire market.
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Symantec eked out a narrow win in the Backup and Recovery Software category, edging out EMC by just 0.3 points and Microsoft by 0.4. The company, which won this category last year but finished well back in the pack in 2011, scored impressively on technical satisfaction. But it was behind EMC in support and also several competitors in financial satisfaction.
Symantec thrives because its two major product lines, NetBackup for the SMB and midrange Windows market and Backup Exec for the multiplatform enterprise market, give it market coverage second to none with a heavy channel focus. The company reports strong growth with its data protection appliance line, which is available only through channel partners.


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View from the highest point on the crater rim of Cobia. Cobia is just inside the northern part of Budd Reef and is a few miles north of Yanuca - where the village is located. You can actually just barely see the vilage to the southwest in the photo. The son of the chief guided us on the hike. William (or "Wil") is standing near the camera in this photo.
Fiji is one of the larger island groups in the South Pacific ocean with over 332 islands and a total land area of around 18,000 square kilometres. The island group is dominated by two large islands, Viti Levu (the main island) and Vanua Levu (to the NE).The geography is mostly volcanic being formed around 150 million years ago. There is still some geothermal activity in Vanua Levu near Savusavu and on the island of Taveuni.The Population of Fiji is approximately 850,000 most of which live on the two main islands. Three languages are spoken: Fijian, Fiji Hindi and English. The capital city is Suva on the island Viti Levu.The main international airport is located near Nadi town on the western side of Viti Levu and this is where the majority of the hotels and resorts are located. Popular regions to visit include the Mamanuca and Yasawa Islands and the Coral Coast (South side of Viti Levu).


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Education Secretary Michael Gove faces a fresh coalition clash with the Liberal Democrats after he refused to rule out the appointment of a Conservatives Party donor to head the schools inspectorate, Ofsted.
The Lib Dems have warned they will not accept a "Tory donor ideologue" to chair the watchdog amid reports that Theodore Agnew, an insurance magnate who worked closely with Mr Gove before the 2010 general election, was being lined up to replace the Labour peer, Baroness Morgan of Huyton.
The Education Secretary insisted the appointment would be made on merit and that it would be "quite wrong" to rule out a suitable candidate simply because he was a Conservative.
"I want to make sure that we have the widest range of candidates and I don't think anyone should be ruled out on the basis of their political allegiance," he told BBC1's The Andrew Marr Show.
"If someone is a distinguished former Labour minister and they want to put their hat in the ring, then I would look favourably on that. If there's a distinguished Liberal Democrat educationalist, great. If there's someone who's a Conservative, why should they be ruled out just because they are a Conservative? I think that would be quite wrong."
The Lib Dems were already angry with Mr Gove over his surprise decision not to reappoint Lady Morgan for a second term.
Mr Gove's Lib Dem deputy, the Schools Minister David Laws, was said to be ""absolutely furious" at what he saw as a blatant attempt to "politicise" Ofsted.
A source close to Mr Laws said: "The decision to get rid of Sally Morgan had absolutely nothing to do with her abilities, or even education policy, and everything to do with Michael Gove's desire to get his own people on board.
"David Laws is absolutely determined not to let Michael undermine the independence of this vital part of the education system."
Mr Gove denied Lady Morgan had been removed because she was Labour, saying she had done a "fantastic job" at Ofsted but that it was "good corporate practice" to regularly "refresh" the leadership of such organisations.
"From time to time you need to refresh the person who is the chair of a particular body in order to bring a new pair of eyes to bear. At the end of an individual term I think it is appropriate to consider whether or not we might need to have a new person who can bring a new perspective," he said.
"This Government is perfectly happy to appoint people whatever their political background to important jobs. I appointed Sally (Lady Morgan) in the first place knowing she was Labour.
"If there's a John Reid or if there's John Hutton (former Labour cabinet ministers), if there's an outstanding Labour candidate who wants to do it, then I and the Government will look on their application with the same degree of favour as we would on anyone else who is highly qualified."
The latest row comes just a week after Chief Inspector of Education Sir Michael Wilshaw voiced his anger at the Education Secretary in the wake of media reports that two right-wing think tanks were drawing up plans to reform or even replace Ofsted.
Mr Gove was forced to issue a statement voicing his full support for Sir Michael and promising to dismiss any aides if they were found to be part of any "dirty tricks" campaign.
Although Lady Morgan is a former close adviser to Tony Blair, her departure from Ofsted was seen as a particular surprise as she was regarded as a strong supporter of Mr Gove's free school and academies programmes.
Lady Morgan insisted that there had been no falling out with Mr Gove and blamed Downing Street for orchestrating a campaign to remove non-Conservatives from senior positions on public bodies and replace them with loyal Tories.
Downing Street however made clear that the decision not to reappoint her had been the Education Secretary's.
A senior Lib Dem source made clear that they would resist any attempt to appoint Mr Agnew, who is a trustee of the Policy Exchange think tank which Mr Gove helped establish and who now sits on the Department for Education's academies board, in her place.
"Education policy is far more important than rewarding a few Tory cronies. The Lib Dems will not let our children's education be dictated by some Tory donor ideologue," the source said.
For Labour, shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said the Lib Dems shared responsibility for what was happening at Ofsted.
"Lib Dem crocodile tears about the decision to sack Sally Morgan is too little, too late and Lib Dem gesture politics of the worst kind. Nick Clegg and David Laws are failing to prevent attempts by the Tories to politicise Ofsted," he said.


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Another key feature in this model is the new camera. This has always been one of the iPhone's greatest weaknesses, so Apple clearly had to do something to address this issue. The iPhone 3GS is now equipped with a 3Mp camera rather than the 2Mp job found on the previous models.
Given how much the 3GS costs, Apple really should have gone to 5Mp - there are plenty of other phones that boast this and higher resolutions. That said, we found the iPhone's image quality to be pretty good – sharp and detailed and with strong colours.
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The autofocus feature works well, immediately locking onto any object it detects within a targeting rectangle in the centre of the camera's preview screen. However, you can also 'tap to focus' on any object or person within the scene to quickly bring the focus to the foreground or move it further out to the background.
We were disappointed to see that the photos we transferred onto our Mac were shot in 4:3 aspect ratio – despite the widescreen preview on the iPhone screen.


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Micromax Informatics, India's No.2 smartphone maker, has expressed interest in buying a stake in South Korean peer Pantech Co as part of its drive to expand overseas and go upmarket, two sources said on Monday.
Pantech, South Korea's No.3 smartphone maker, has been under a debt-restructuring programme after suffering six consecutive quarters of losses due to fierce competition.
"Micromax told Pantech that it was interested in a stake in the company," one of the sources said, declining to elaborate on the size of a potential deal and other details.
Nine creditor banks own a combined 37 per cent of Pantech, while Qualcomm Inc has a 12 per cent stake and Samsung Electronics Co holds 10 per cent.
"Micromax is among those who are interested in Pantech," another source said.
The two sources declined to be identified because of the confidentiality of the sales process.
High-end smartphone maker Pantech has struggled against competition from giant rivals Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics Inc in South Korea, where nearly 70 per cent of mobile users have smartphones.
Pantech also sells phones in such markets as the United States and Japan.
Micromax has brought smartphones to the masses in India's price-sensitive market where basic handsets still dominate, with heavy advertising and phones based on Google Inc's Android software starting at $50 - almost half the price of a comparable Samsung model.
Now the unlisted company, backed by private equity firms TA Associates and Sequoia Capital, is trying to push into pricier segments dominated by global brands and break into overseas markets.


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"I always believe in women empowerment, that women can always stand equal footing with men in all endeavors."
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(CNN) -- -- A poor decision by a regional airline was being blamed Friday for Continental Airlines passengers getting stranded overnight as their plane sat on a tarmac in Minnesota, federal transportation officials said Friday.
Passengers on a Continental flight operated by ExpressJet sat on the tarmac for nearly six hours on August 8.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said a representative of Mesaba Airlines improperly refused requests by the plane's captain and crew to let passengers off the plane. They were stuck on the tarmac in Rochester on August 8 from 12:38 a.m. to about 6 a.m. with nothing but pretzels to eat, LaHood said.
"There was a complete lack of common sense here," LaHood said in a written statement. "It's no wonder the flying public is so angry and frustrated."
Mesaba, based in Eagan, Minnesota and owned by Delta Air Lines, was the only carrier able to assist Continental Flight 2816, which was on its way from Houston, Texas, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, when it was diverted because of strong thunderstorms, LaHood said. Watch how pilot tried to get passengers off plane »
The flight's 47 passengers described crying babies, overflowing toilets and cramped conditions.
According to a Department of Transportation preliminary report, Mesaba's representative refused to help passengers off of the plane, incorrectly saying the airport was closed to passengers for security reasons.
In audiotapes released by the Transportation Department, the unnamed captain of the aircraft can be heard pleading with an airline dispatcher to find a way to get the passengers off the plane.
"We're stuck here with no lavs, no nothing -- no food," he says. "And they won't let them get off because the terminal is closed."
Later, the dispatcher tells the captain that he has spoken to the commuter airline's representative and that "she says there is nothing she can do to help us out. She's not going to let them off the plane."
"That's ridiculous," the captain responds.
LaHood, who called the incident a "nightmare," said federal regulations allow passengers to get off of a plane, enter an airport and reboard without being screened by safety personnel as long as they remain in a secure part of the terminal.
Mesaba said Friday that its employees tried to help.
"Mesaba respectfully disagrees with the DOT's preliminary findings as they are incongruent with our initial internal review of the incident," CEO John Spanjers said in a written statement. "Because Continental Express Flight 2816 diverted to an airport where they have no ground handling service, Mesaba offered assistance as a courtesy during this delay.
"While the investigation is ongoing, Mesaba is fully cooperating with the Department of Transportation and looks forward to the final report."
Mesaba is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northwest Airlines, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines.
Delta CEO Richard Anderson said the airline is working with Mesaba, Continental and the Department of Transportation to help determine exactly what happened.
In the department's statement, LaHood said that the Continental crew was not at fault for the passengers being stuck.
"In fact, the flight crew repeatedly tried to get permission to deplane the passengers at the airport or obtain a bus for them," he said.
Department of Transportation investigators have interviewed passengers, the flight crew, airport workers and others during an investigation expected to be completed in the next few weeks.
The department "is considering the appropriate action to take against Mesaba," according to the statement.
The investigation did show that while the crew of the flight, operated by carrier ExpressJet, did all it could, higher-level officials should have become involved in the effort.
The Aviation Enforcement Office has proposed regulations requiring airlines to have plans for how to handle lengthy tarmac delays.
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Kansas death penalty is discriminatory, attorney argues
March 10, 2014
Topeka A lawyer for a Kansas man convicted in 2005 of killing two women and trying to kill a third says his client's case should be dismissed because the state's death penalty is racially discriminatory.
John Val Wachtel, who is representing Phillip D. Cheatham Jr., argued during a motions hearing Friday that 37.5 percent of the men on death row are black, while black men comprise only 5.5 percent of the Kansas population, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported.
Cheatham, 41, is preparing for a retrial after his convictions and death sentence were overturned last year by the Kansas Supreme Court, which ruled he had received ineffective assistance from his attorney during his first trial.
He is charged with capital murder in the killings of Annette Roberson and Gloria A. Jones; two alternative premeditated first-degree murder counts in the slayings of Roberson and Jones; and attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery of Annetta D. Thomas.
He was sentenced on Oct. 28, 2005, to the "Hard 50" prison term for killing Jones and the death penalty for killing Roberson, both of whom were fatally shot Dec. 13, 2003, at a home in Topeka.
"Kansas has become what Georgia was when Furman (v. Georgia) was handed down," Wachtel said, referring to the 1972 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the death penalty based on a finding it was cruel and unusual punishment. Part of the decision focused on the arbitrary nature of imposition of the death penalty, often indicating a racial bias against black defendants.
The state's application of the death penalty is racist and at least one white woman was a victim in all Kansas death row cases, Wachtel said.
Nobody has been executed in the state since 1965.
Jacqie Spradling, chief deputy Shawnee County district attorney, said Cheatham can't show the capital murder charge is unconstitutional because the district attorney doesn't charge a defendant based on the race of either the victim or the defendant.
"We don't pick our victims, we don't pick our defendants," Spradling said. "But we do prosecute defendants. What I hear is noise of no value."
Spradling filed a motion seeking to admit evidence that someone stole drugs and drug proceeds from Cheatham's safe. The prosecutor said she wants to present that evidence to show Cheatham's motive to commit the crimes.
District Court Judge Mark Braun took the motions under advisement. Cheatham next will appear in court May 9 for another motions hearing.
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On any given day, about 300 immigrants are held in solitary confinement at the 50 largest detention facilities that make up the sprawling patchwork of holding centers nationwide overseen by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, according to new federal data.
Nearly half are isolated for 15 days or more, the point at which psychiatric experts say they are at risk for severe mental harm, with about 35 detainees kept for more than 75 days. While the records do not indicate why immigrants were put into solitary confinement, an adviser who helped the immigration agency review the numbers estimated that two-thirds of the cases involved disciplinary infractions such as breaking rules, talking back to guards or getting into fights.
Immigrants were also regularly isolated because they were viewed as a threat to other detainees or personnel or for protective purposes when the immigrant was gay or mentally ill.
The United States has come under sharp criticism at home and abroad for relying on solitary confinement in its prisons more than any other democratic nation in the world. While Immigration and Customs Enforcement places only about 1 percent of its jailed immigrants in solitary confinement, this practice is nonetheless startling because those detainees are being held on civil, not criminal, charges.
As such, they are not supposed to be punished; they are simply confined to ensure that they appear for administrative hearings.
As lawmakers in Washington consider an overhaul of the immigration system, Congress faces thorny questions not just about what status to grant immigrants already in the country, but also about how best to increase enforcement efforts and what rights to give illegal immigrants during their detention.
The new federal data highlights how punitive and costly immigration policy has become, since solitary confinement is one of the most expensive forms of detention.
"ICE is clearly using excessive force, since these are civil detentions," said Dr. Terry Kupers, a psychiatrist who studies solitary confinement at the Wright Institute, a graduate school in psychology based in Berkeley, Calif. "That makes this a human rights abuse."
Ernestine Fobbs, an agency spokeswoman, said that aside from immigrants who are separated from the general population for disciplinary reasons, detainees are isolated only "as a final resort, when other options are not available to address the specifics of the situation." "ICE takes the mental health care of individuals in the agency's custody very seriously," she added. The agency declined to talk about particular cases, citing privacy concerns.
Another agency official, who was not authorized to speak publicly, emphasized that some detainees who are put into "segregation units" have criminal records, gang affiliations or histories of violence.
"It's an extreme situation," the official said. "We want to make sure not to overuse it."
While the conditions of confinement vary, detainees in solitary are routinely kept alone for 22 to 23 hours per day, sometimes in windowless 6-foot-by-13-foot cells, according to interviews with current and former detainees and a review of case records involving more than three dozen immigrants since 2010.
Access to phones and lawyers is far more restricted in solitary.
One detention center issue: the use of solitary
On any given day, about 300 immigrants are held in solitary confinement at the 50 largest detention facilities that make up the sprawling patchwork of holding centers nationwide overseen by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, according to new federal data.