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Friday, July 16, 2010
"Let's Visit Korea" Giveaway Contest!
Summer is here and for many that means vacation planning! If you have visited Korea in the past, please share what place you would recommend as a "must see" for the family. Everyone who posts a comment here will automatically be entered into the giveaway. Prize is "Let's Visit Korea" book! Contest starts today and will end on Sunday, July 18, 2010. Winner announced on Monday, the 19th.
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- Becky and Bruce said...
One my favorite things we did on our visit to Korea was going to a baseball game! We watched the Doosan Bears take on the SK Wyverns, and we had an awesome time! The fans are amazing, and it was totally different from a game in the US! It was very affordable, too.
- July 16, 2010 at 9:04 AM
We haven't been yet, but plan to go once our kids are old enough to understand why we are there. I will be sure to check the posts to see what everyone recommends!
- July 16, 2010 at 9:08 AM
- Rena, Drew, Trevor & Eliana said...
I hope someday to visit Korea with my children! I was adopted at 6 months old and haven't been back. This is a great book!!!
- July 16, 2010 at 9:14 AM
- Sandra said...
I recommend just wandering the streets of Seoul after dark! At some point we ended up somewhere behind the Lotte Department Store and the lights and hustle and bustle were amazing!
- July 16, 2010 at 9:23 AM
- DaBoki said...
one of the places i visited in Korea was the nam-san tower in Seoul. It's one of the most popular places to visit as you can see the city from above. There's a rotating restaurant at the top of tower...
- July 16, 2010 at 9:27 AM
- Amber said...
Cheonggyecheon Stream, awesome family spot.
- July 16, 2010 at 10:04 AM
- claudehelpus said...
The arts/crafts district Insadong is a cool place that kids should enjoy. Granted, it's a bit of a tourist trap but there are so many shops, galleries and kiosks packed into this area that you're bound to find something you love.
- July 16, 2010 at 10:19 AM
- Huikyong said...
It would be nice to go once and actually get to sight see. Every time i've gone it's been entirely consumed with visiting family. Don't get me wrong. Love the fam but would like one trip for fun sightseeing stuff.
- July 16, 2010 at 10:22 AM
We haven't been with children, but we were so interested in the Korean Folk Village--we'd recommend that to anyone.
- July 16, 2010 at 10:38 AM
- Ben and Melonnie said...
I'm not sure where it was but we visited one of the temples. It was in the middle of a forest and just gorgeous. I remember eating the best food there on a raised covered platform. We grilled the best Kalbi I've ever had there. So beautiful!
- July 16, 2010 at 11:11 AM
- JoJo said...
We loved seeing a baseball game. We were there to bring our son home, so he wasn't there...but he got lots o' goodies.
- July 16, 2010 at 11:50 AM
- Kristen said...
Love the Children's museum at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul. So many things to touch, try and do! It was a wonderful way to make Korean history and culture interesting for kids!
- July 16, 2010 at 1:53 PM
- MandK said...
We have not been yet, but cannot wait to go and pick up our baby we are adopting! All of the places mentioned sound great!
- July 16, 2010 at 2:36 PM
- Troy + Youngin said...
We also recommend the Korean Folk Village.
http://www.koreanfolk.co.kr/folk/english/contact/contact_tran.html - July 17, 2010 at 1:38 PM
- Laura said...
A great way to see the city is the Seoul City Bus Tour -- I highly recommend it. Oh and a visit to Lotte Mart is always fun!! :)
- July 17, 2010 at 5:57 PM
- Mouse said...
Those are some great tips we'll have to try on our next visit to Korea.
We really enjoyed the Suwon folk village. In Seoul you should visit N Seoul tower, ideally just before sunset so that you can see the city in the day and at night.
On a recent trip to Korea for Taekwondo a lot of our group resisted trying the Subway, but when I showed them how how easy it was to use (and how clean and safe compared to ours) they loved it. - July 18, 2010 at 9:09 PM
- little seouls said...
Winner is Becky and Bruce! Please email us at email@example.com to claim your prize! Thank you everyone for the great tips!
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"This soup can be refrigerated for up to 1 month and you can substitute 2 teaspoons of dried basil if you can't get fresh basil."
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2 tablespoons butter
1 large yellow onion, chopped
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 1/2 cups milk
1 (28 ounce) can tomato puree
1 tablespoon white sugar
2 cups fresh spinach, torn
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
You have to add milk last... never boil any cream in a soup like this. That is why it has curdled on some people. After everything has cooked down...onions, spinach, spices then add milk and stir in off heat. Not sure how it keeps in fridge for a month with the milk as an ingredient.
I agree with the comment about not adding dairy before the soup is boiled. Using a canned tomato product with such short cooking times results in a soup that tastes very flat and as if it were a poor-quality commercial soup. Something containing spinach, onions, garlic, and tomato should taste much better than this does.
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This soup was fantastic! I loved it. I used a few handfuls of fresh baby spinach and used the mandoline to finely chop the onion. Next time I will use a little less sugar, it was a little sweet. But superb! I also baked a refrigerated pizza crust and melted 1 cup mozz cheese on top and sliced into "dippers." PERFECT!
Wonderful soup! Definitely saute the onions until soft and puree the soup before adding the chopped spinach. Also note that the fresh spinach takes longer than stated to properly wilt. Our entire family (even the finicky 11 year old) loved it!
Great flavor, not so hot in the looks department--this was mostly my fault, just letting others know what not to do! I didn't have tomato puree, just petite diced; I was going to puree it myself in the food processor, but decided since the onions were in big chunks and I like chunky tomato soup, I would try it as is. So I dumped in the big can of diced tomatoes, and then noticed that the milk was a little curdled. I followed the recipe exactly, so this was a little disappointing. After adding the spinach and basil with the curdled milk it looked really nasty, and I got the bright idea to throw it all in the blender. It came out looking like baby poo :) I had friends over, and they all said the flavor was great, I just don't recommend blending the soup all together. Next time I will just deal with the milk chunks :) Wonderful flavor so thanks for the recipe, I'm going to keep trying on this one!
This is a really delicious recipe! Per other reviewers suggestions, I diced the onions finely and sauteed them for a few more minutes. Other than that, I followed the recipe exactly. It came out sooo yummy. I topped each bowl with freshly grated parmesan and served it with toasted sourdough bread.
Absolutely the best! This is one of the best soups I have tasted with out all of the calories and fat. I am taking the recipe to my Weight Watchers meeting tomorrow.
This IS a very versatile recipe. I simmered the onion and garlic in water, left out the sugar and replaced the milk with rice milk and my family (which includes 5 kids) still loved it. Even my picky son who was so upset that I put spinach in his tomatoe soup. I did ladle out about half the soup into a blender to puree. It gave it a smoother texture overall. We served it w/ croutons on top and it was delish' !
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Dark Chicken Stock
by Dawn T in Rouxbe RecipesA rich, dark chicken stock with loads of flavor. It's a practical and delicious alternative to veal stock.
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Salt is optional in stock, as stock is meant to more neutral in flavor. This allows you to have more control when you make dishes later. If stocks are made with no (or very little salt) it is much easier to control the amount of saltiness in a dish. Does this make sense?
We often add a touch of salt into our stocks but again this is optional. For more information on this, watch the cooking school lesson on How to Make Stock Fundamentals, in particular topic 5 (after about the 45 second mark).
I followed the instructions on caramelizing the bones and vegetables, and then placed all the ingredients (and hot water) in my slow cooker instead of a stock pot and let simmer for 5-6 hours on low. The stock was extremely flavourful and gelatinous! Thanks for this wonderful recipe! I will not make chicken stock any other way except the rouxbe way from now on! :)
Glad you were happy with the results you got; however, we don't recommend starting a stock with hot water. Cold water helps to coagulate the impurities, allowing them to float to the surface, which makes for a clearer and cleaner-tasting stock. If you were happy with the results, that's great, but we'd encourage you to try the stove top method as shown in the lesson on How to Make Stock Fundamentals. Cheers!
Thanks so much for the explanation! No wonder I saw so much residue in the stock! But the taste was good though. :) I used slow cooker to make the stock cos I don't own a stock pot and I could just walk away and not have to keep an eye on the stove constantly. However, I will certainly try the stove top method one of these days! :) Thanks again!
Good question. Indeed, you can use chicken feet in a stock.
Here is another forum thread that talks a bit more about this same subject. Cheers!
So far I've only made regular chicken stock, and a failed attempt at demi glace which I now call a veal/brown stock, Both were ok, but this ROCKS!!!! Maybe I'm just getting better at following directions?!
I will never again bother with just a straight boring bland clear chicken stock. Or maybe I will once I finish all the lessons and understand why one would pick that over this.
The aroma from the roasted chicken feet and left over roasted carcasses is AMAZING.
I can actually taste this "Flavored Water" (thanks a million for making that clear to me, Joe G.!)
I wasn't sure if it was going to work adding frozen left-over roasted chicken carcasses that I've been saving along with the raw frozen chicken feet as I couldn't find any chicken necks, backs etc. unbelievable!
So I ended up re-roasting the left-over roasted chicken carcasses and roasted the raw chicken feet. Along with the mirepoix this took all day just to roast!!!
I do have one question...
I didn't follow the directions exactly as far as roasting the mirepoix as far as using tin foil. I just oiled up my half-sheet and roasted on that.
When the roasting process of the mirepoix was finished, it seems to me I missed an opportunity for more of that grand suc flavor by not deglazing the pan the mirepois was roasting in.
I only dumped the mirepoix into the pot without deglazing it because part of the pan had black burned bits and frankly I was tired of the marathon roasting day I had been struggling with.
I didn't know I could re-roast a previously roasted chicken carcass and it took about the same amount of time the raw chicken feet took. I had far more sucs with the previously roasted chicken carcasses and much more flavor and aroma. Hummmm.... this is fun!
Could you please comment on why you would skip the tin foil and just roast the mirepoix, then deglaze that as well?
I really think I should have deglazed the mirepoix and added it to the mix.
I'm thinking there's not much coagulation that's going to go on in a previously roasted chicken carcass, but if you add half raw chicken feet you may end up with the same viscosity or "congeniality" as you wanted.
Please comment.
Ok, this may be over the top, but I usually make about 16 to 20 quarts worth of chicken bone/water in my stock pot.
I'm not very happy to make such a small amount given the amount of cost of energy it takes to do this all day marathon.
that's not your fault, it's mine for not finding enough chicken bones to fill a 20 qt pot.
In any event since this is the smallest batch I've ever made...as I skim the surface for grease and what-not, I know I'm taking valuable liquid stock out in the process.
I was thinking of taking that grease-filled bowl of the skimming and placing it in the frig to let the grease rise to the top so I can skim it off, then take the small amount of left over stock and add it back to the pot instead of water as it evaporates.
Usually I have a much larger batch and wouldn't care about losing that little bit of flavorful stock and throw it in the trash.
So, I would like to hear your comments on this.
Thank Rouxbe, you are going to make a world-class-home-cook out of me yet!
This stock came out perfect and tastes so wonderful I could just sit here and drink it all up!!
p.s. the pre-roasted frozen--re-roasted chicken carcasses along with the roasted raw feet came out perfect. Perfect texture and tastes amazing.
Thanks Rouxbe, you're going to make a gourmet cook out of me yet!
No, it's not your imagination, Jude. If you caramelize the bones prior to making stock, the impurities on the surface actually coagulate and tend to make the stock less scummy or cloudy. Nice work on the stock making...sounds like you're all stocked up for a while :)
Wish I could answer this for you and I'm sure someone with expertise will be along shortly to give you a more qualified answer.
Only thing I can think of is aluminum is not exactly healthy and emits a subtle taste to your food. Cheap stainless steel is everywhere and tasteless and a lot more healthy for your brain.
The only thing I can think of as far as heat distribution, aluminum is excellent, but still wouldn't want my food to have physical contact with it. It's great in frying pans when used as a heat conductor/distributor, but again, wouldn't want it in direct contact with my food.
Just my two cents worth.
Here is a good link describing the pros and cons of aluminum. Hope this helps!
As long as nothing burns or darkens too much (which will create bitter flavors). Also, be sure things are not too crowded or they will steam...otherwise, it should be fine. You might also want to check out our lessons in the cooking school under the stock section. Here we discuss the different bones to use, etc., along with the fundamentals of stock making. Cheers!
I've made the dark and light chicken stocks from this site with great success before. This week I was all out of stock in my freezer, but only had a couple of chicken bones I'd saved. My small-town grocer usually sells chicken backs (with all the fat and skin attached... but at least I can get them!), but this week they only had turkey necks. I decided to buy them and try it out. Is there anything else I should change about this recipe as I will be using turkey necks instead of chicken bones?
The same ingredients/mirepoix that are used to make chicken stock can be used to make turkey stock. Then again, you can also vary the mirepoix depending on the flavor profile you want to give the stock, if any.
Also, I personally love the aroma and taste of poultry seasoning, so I might had a pinch or two of that if I had it, but it's not necessary. Cheers!
I am new to Rouxbe and am making my first batch of dark stock today. I am using 2 pots, since I don't have a stock pot. I live in Houston, too, and was wondering if you could tell me where you found yours. I am not familiar with any restaurant supply stores in our area, and hope you can help me.
Thanks in advance,
Hey Nancy! I thought I had responded to your post earlier in the week - but see that it did not make it - so here is another attempt
Link to Ace Mart store locator in Houston is here
Link to product is here
Good luck! Please let me know if you need anything further.
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This elegant Laguna Beach home has everything someone could wish for — dramatic ocean views, light interiors with beautiful coastal decor and the ultimate dream white kitchen!
Wendi Young from Wendi Young Design designed this home having fresh, simple and airy coastal interiors in mind. Beautiful details such as pristine white cabinetry, unusual white marble mosaic tile backsplash, Calacatta Gold countertops, a magnificent lighting and hardware package, extensive and dramatic millwork treatments and a mostly neutral color palette backdrop are all magnificently brought together.
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Coastal Home with Dream White Kitchen
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Things That Matter
After all the conflict, drama, fun, fodder, and the other craziness that has been part of this season, to me there are certain things that really matter. Things that when all else happens keep us grounded and exemplify our priorities and define who we are. Things that matter most.
My personal priorities:
My family being healthy and together.
The love I have for my pets and the unconditional love they give us. Leroy, the love of my life, makes an unfortunate cameo in this episode and I just can't discuss it further, or at least I can't for now.
The Consequences Charity -- a charity that because of the generosity of so many has been helping troubled teens for almost twenty years. I feel it's been a privilege and blessing that I've been able to put so much of my time and resources into charitable causes over the years. I believe in second chances, and this is a cause that offers that to so many misguided teens. As a result, they stay off the streets, out of trouble, and in school and go on to higher education. They are able to live a life that they perhaps didn't even know existed and never dreamed possible. Making the world better, one child at a time.
Lea - So very sorry about Leroy - we love our animals like our children, the service for Leroy was so touching - our thoughts are with you. You are so level minded and fun to watch! Maybe during Alexia's get together, you could've told the girls to actually let Karent talk - I felt so bad for her, everyone is trashing her and not letting her talk. The poor girl was thrown under the bus. Maybe someone needs to teach these ladies when you are having an open forum to be quiet while another one speaks - only way to get the truth . . . .you are the voice of reason, maybe you could get this through to them!
Poor Leroy. That episode broke my heart. RIP Leroy
Dear Lea, I just say the episode when Leroy had passed. I am so sorry for your loss I had a dog for 17 years so I know how you feel she was like my child.. Something that helped me was a poen called "the Rainbow Bridge" google it (I am sure you already have) it will help. You are a true lady and a complete hoot!! Love ya
Thank you for your sense of humor! I hope some of the other ladies can absorb it. You have a classic style with fun jems. I love how your son taught your housekeeper how to swim- that was so sweet and touching!
Dear Lea--I look at you as the voice of reason in a show replete with high anxiety. Norman was a refreshing addition to try to bring calm to a volatile situation. Unfortunately the person needing the most help, Adrianna never showed up. This cast member is unmercifully cruel in her verbal and physical attacks against Joanna. They both could benefit from anger management and conflict resolution intervention. Wishing you continued personal and professional success. Hoping Leroy is better. My heart goes out to you for having to film during and after this trauma. You are the epitome of grace and style.
I admire Lea very much...her charity is definitely needed and her effort is immense.However, I absolutely do not understand the "Norman" effect. This little strange person chants vowels.You are not in a speech therapy class.You can get a chime out of any piece of crystal that you have; it's part of it's structure to behave that way.Elsa seems more a bit of "the real deal".Forget this faker. sorry, and best of luck with your charities....
Queen Bee.... you deserve all the respect!!! I am sorry no one listens to you and learns from you..... Thank you for honesty and non judgemental and non predudice attitude!!!
Lea wow... this time around I got the opportunity to experience a real nice side to you... I love your sarcastic personality... Too bad people take it the wrong way... that is just nutty.
Marisol is so Hyper sensitive. ;)
So looking forward to see what's in store for tonights episode!! Hope we get to see your beautiful home again!!!
We are having a party at my house tomorrow night. About 15 of my girlfriends are coming over to watch you. Is there anyway we could get a signed picture of you. We will pay expenses. We all love you. I have everyone in my office (I work for a large insurance company) watching the MHW's. Our favorite HW show.
During the first year you admitted to "adopting" Adrienna when she was homeless and living in an at studio with her young son. You brought her into your social circle of friends where she met her fiance and then you convinced BRAVO to include her as one of the Housewives, thereby securing a nice income for her as well. Adrianna is a pet project that progressed quite nicely. So you must be absolutely horrified that the woman that you have promoting for so long, has the stupidity to assault another cast mate on TV for the world to see over and over again, not to mention the possibilty of criminal charges.
I really think it was your idea for her to mitigate the damage to her public image by immediately telling everyone that punching Joanna in the face was self defense and blogging about Hurricane Sandy after the show aired. Nice try, but Adrienna just didn't have the ability to make it all seem sincere or believable.
I think your charitable contributions are magnificent, but sometimes you just can't make a silk purse out of sow's ear!
@Hulali I disagree entirely! Adrianna was the victim of a bygomist husband. So if her Gallery provided shelter for her and her boy, at least she had a roof over her head until she could make other arrangements. We, as women, must do what we have to do to survive and care for our children when we make ourselves venerable to a man who is not to be trusted. Lea really did help Adrianna a lot and they are great friends and if Lea had seen the fight she would know the truth. Lea knew what a hot head Joanna was that night anyway. I think that Lea should stand behind Adrianna in this feud between her and Joanna, because Joanna was wrong, to get into it with A.
We, as women should NEVER condone physical violence! I'm not saying that Lea was at fault for helping her out, just that Adrianna should have learned some manners by now so as to not embarass herself and her good friend by physically attacking another woman on TV. Joanna was definately irritating but no one ever deserves to be hit. And I'm sure Lea will try to stand behind Adrianna because they are friends, but that does not excuse her violent behavoir or make it acceptable.
I didn't see any punches thrown... it was a slap!
It looked like a punch to me. But then again the camera angle really doesn't show exactly what it was.
Watch it again... a slap.
txchick Hulali
Not that it erally matters whether it was a punch or a slap to the face,,, but I did rewatch the video very carefully and it was a forward and upward strike to the face that was hard enough to knock her head back. It was a punch. A slap is a lateral strike and would have made her head turn to the side.
We will have to agree to disagree on tbis one
You need to learn to filter your cruel humor with the other housewives. You kind of remind me of Leona Helmsley.
You're an idiot! Mrs. Black does so much for her community and evidentially you don't get her sense of humor---- look up the word "cruel" in your dictionary! Jealously is so ugly!
Happy-Housewife What????? You don't make sense.....you need to filter your mean remarks....I'm not an idiot .....just stating my opinions. Are you really a "happy housewife" with that attitude?????
polishmom Happy-Housewife
@polishmom quit getting so worked up... this is great TV drama! Enjoy it for what it is and relax!
Kudos to Lea Black for her commitment to reaching out and helping others who might otherwise go under the radar and lead lives of self destruction. This lady has it more together than the rest of the cast of characters she is surrounded by and is truly a Real Housewife, married, a mom, with a house, a career and who gives of herself - whats with the rest of them?????????? I say they should have a group therapy session on why the rest can't raise a normal, respectful child, keep a marriage or relationship in good stead, give back to the community at large rather than shop and bitch all the way to and from the mall and about the men and other woman in their lives.
Lea you are doing great work. Dont let the others bring you down
Is this a TV show or a commercial for Lea's products. She is a very smart businesswoman, but I am getting sick of all the advertising.
@Pebble She only answers what others ask. I for one love her products. You don't have to purchase, it is up to you.
So many blogs questioning your motivation in hosting the charity! Such cynicism at a time when generous giving is needed on numerous fronts. In fact, those who decry public assistance should be leading the charge to fill the shoes of government assistance. Alas, this is so rarely the case. So, I say, who bloody well cares as long as the funds reach their targets! Gift horses, not looking... saying thanks. C'mon people.
Lea, read your article in the Huffington Post. You nailed it. Great and witty writing.
I love your priorities. Family first (of course), and helping others comes next! You are amazing. People who don't know you simply can't understand what a good person you are. You are the only reason I watch the show! Well . . . you and Mama Elsa!! (She's a hoot!!)
Lea, you are the reason I watch the show. You're a riot. I do question your affiliations, though - they seem to be drama queens and kings, all of them, including (and especially) the drag queen. But you have a good heart and a cheerful personality. More [wealthy] people should donate to good causes, for which you raise awareness and money. How about an event for the victims of Sandy?...
Bravo TV should implement a no violence policy across the board where any person who physically assaults another cast member, on camera, does not get to come back the following season. All these supposed "society" women fighting, pulling hair, choking, scratching each other is debasing to people and societies everywhere.
Lea, not only are you from Texas (which I love) but you have an amazing personality to boot!! Why can't the show focus more on you, and say, LEROY!! I hope he feels better, I would much rather watch him than most of the other girls.
Lea, I am head over heels in love with all the style products you put out. That oversized clutch on the red carpet was to die for – absolutely gorgeous. I'm sure I could fit a Chihuahua in there! lol
Your purse is absolutely gorgeous. I love that you used those gorgeous crystals all around it. It makes a beautiful statement and will surely be in my closet shortly (hopefully!)
Since I haven't made my husband watch the show with me, I am going to make him contribute to my fund currently going for your new purse!! Anyone wanna help?? :P
Your style is absolutely impeccable, Lea. You are definitely one of the best dressed girls on the show and you make sure everyone knows not to mess with you. I love that in your personality.
I for one would absolutely love to see Lea get in a fight (only if she wouldn't get hurt)! I bet that she would beat everyone up in a second, haha. She just has this hidden passive aggressiveness to her.
Lea, you are the "Mayor of Miami" and for a good reason…Look at how much you give back! No matter if the cameras are rolling or not, you never cease to make sure that at least some of your funds are going to those less fortunate. Marvelous.
Lea, I wonder if you would be the same person without your assets. Maybe you would turn a little nastier and perhaps bitter from age. What is your true personality?
@RascalWitchmourner I believe we have her true personality. I think if she didn't have $, she would still be helping people less fortunate. Regardless. People are who they are. Some people have $ and are selfish.
Have a feelin your cynicism won't be won over by anyfing she does
I don't have enough extra money to donate to different charities, but whenever I have a little something extra I always give it to the Cancer Society. That disease needs to stop existing.
What a beautiful set of friends and family you have…everyone I see in your life is absolutely gorgeous – did you mean for it to be like that or is that just how all rich people are..?
@RagnarokJester My feeling is that not all her friends are beautiful or rich. It just seems that way on the show. I know someone that knows her personally and she treats everyone respectfully. She said she is as beautiful on the inside as well as the outside.
I want to believe that you are a marvelous person but no one can tell what a person is really like on a television show..and although this blog does give perspective – who is to say that it is even you typing all the blog posts out?
@RaeBlatter Lea is a writer as well as a giving person. If you read other articles that she wirtes you would know that she does her own blogs.
cynic AND conspiracy theorist. Deadly combo
I think it takes a certain type of person to truly understand the sense of humor that Lea has…it is not for everyone, that's for sure.
@PenelopeFeltz It may not be for everyone, but we all need some humor in our life. I know I certainly do. I look forward to the show every week just to see what Lea is up to now.
I personally like that Lea swears…cussing may not be classy, but it can be funny and I feel like it expresses our emotions a heck of a lot better than just using large words for the sake of them.
It's true that not everyone gets your personality or truly understands where you are coming from but don't worry – a special few of us see EXACTLY where you are coming from. LOL and we love it!


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Fluid-Structure Interaction Modeling for an Optimized Design of a Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting MEMS Generator
I. Kuehne[1], A. van der Linden[2], J. Seidel[1], M. Schreiter[1], L. Fromme[2], and A. Frey[1]
[1]Siemens AG, Corporate Research & Technologies, Munich, Germany
[2]Comsol Multiphysics GmbH, Göttingen, Germany
This paper reports the design of a piezoelectric energy harvesting micro generator for an energy autonomous tire pressure monitoring wireless sensor node. For our design we use a piezoelectric MEMS generator approach without additional mass. The intrinsic mass of the cantilever is in the microgram region and the resulting acceleration forces are very small. The generator has a triangular ...
Rapid Control Prototyping for the Production of Functionally Graded Materials with Tailored Microstructural Properties Utilizing Comsol Multiphysics
J. Clobes[1,2], H.-J. Watermeier[2], M. Alsmann[2], H. H. Becker[2], and K. Steinhoff[1]
[1]University of Kassel - Chair of Metal Forming Technology, Kassel, Germany
[2]Volkswagen AG, Kassel, Germany
Within the field of hot metal bulk forming the demand arises for fully three-dimensionally tailored properties at the microstructural level, nevertheless, reaching a predefined geometry with such tailored properties puts high requirements on the control mechanisms utilized in the process chain for combined heating, metal forming, and cooling processes. A simulation based rapid control ...
Simulation of Electrochemical Etching of Silicon with COMSOL
A. Ivanov
Hochschule Furtwangen
Furtwangen, Germany
Electrochemical etching of silicon (anodization) is a process that can be used for etching of forms of nearly arbitrary shapes. The difficulty of applying the process for mass production is in the many parameters influencing the process, such as electrolyte concentration and temperature, silicon substrate doping and type, and so on. COMSOL as an FEM simulation tool is very suitable for ...
Direct Pore-scale Modeling of Two-phase Flow Through Natural Media
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Open and Experimental Centre for Heavy Oil (CHLOE)
University of Pau
Pau, France
Direct numerical simulation of single- and two-phase flow in real pore systems is addressed in our paper. The X–ray computed micro-tomography technique has been applied first to reconstruct in details a real pore space of a subcentimetric sample. Making use of dedicated software (ScanIP) the generated porous medium images has been processed to build a 3D pore space geometry. Finally, based ...
On the Simulation of the Lightning Strikes to Complex Grounded Structures
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Royal Institute of Technology
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There is a considerable world-wide interest among lightning protection engineers and designers on the improvement of the standard procedures to assess the location of the most vulnerable places on complex structures to be struck by lightning flashes. This paper presents the implementation of the Self-consistent Lightning Interception Model in Matlab by using the COMSOL Multiphysics 3.5 ...
Design and Characterization of a Novel High-g Accelerometer
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The Fraunhofer Ernst-Mach-Institute (EMI) developed a novel, high-g accelerometer, which is an undamped MEMS device, containing self-supporting piezoresistive elements. The main requirements for such a sensor are high sensitivity, high resonant frequency and a solid mechanical design. Due to the fact, that pure analytic analyses cannot cover all multi-physical aspects of such a complex device the ...
Modelling of a Differential Sensor in Eddy Current Non-destructive Evaluation
A. Rosell[1], and G. Persson[2]
[1]Volvo Aero Corporation, Trollhättan, Sweden
[2]Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
Interaction between the probe and a defect in eddy current non-destructive evaluation is studied. Evaluation of sensor signal response is the basis for the calculation. In this work a differential sensor is considered and the problem regarded here is problem 8 from the testing of electromagnetic analysis methods (TEAM) workshops. The truncation, referring to the position of the outer ...
Modeling and Simulation of Hydrogen Storage Device for Fuel Cell Plant Using COMSOL Multiphysics
O. Akanji, and A. Kolesnikov
Department of Chemical & Metallurgical Engineering
Tshwane University of Technolgy
Pretoria, South Africa
In this work, a 2D dynamic simulation for a portion of metal hydride based hydrogen storage tank was performed using computational software COMSOL 4.0a Multiphysics. The software is used to simulate the diffusion and heating of hydrogen in both radial and axial directions. The model consists of a system of partial differential equations (PDE) describing two dimensional heat and mass transfer of ...
Transient Electromagnetic-Thermal FE-Model of a SPICE-Coupled Transformer Including Eddy Currents with COMSOL Multiphysics 4.2
H. Neubert[1], R. Disselnkötter[2], and T. Bödrich[1]
[1]Technische Universität Dresden, Institute of Electromechanical and Electronic Design, Dresden, Germany
[2]ABB AG, Forschungszentrum Deutschland, Ladenburg, Germany
Current transformers are used to measure currents in power grid systems. They are characterized by strong interactions between external electrical sources and loads respectively and the magnetic subsystem. Self-heating due to losses has to be considered because of the temperature-dependent material behaviour. The paper presents a transient 3D FEA transformer model which includes a H(|B|) ...
3D Model for the Dynamic Simulation of SOFC Cathodes
A. Häffelin, J. Joos, M. Ender, A. Weber, and E. Ivers-Tiffée
Institut für Werkstoffe der Elektrotechnik (IWE)
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Karlsruhe, Germany
A fuel cell is an electrochemical system, which converts chemical energy into electricity by a controlled reaction of hydrogen and oxygen. The performance of the electrode is likewise determined by its material and the microstructure. The simulations were performed directly on reconstructions of real electrodes, obtained from focused ion beam (FIB) tomography. A finite element method (FEM) ...


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The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice today issued a joint report, Improving Health Care: A Dose of Competition, to inform consumers, businesses, and policy- makers on a range of issues affecting the cost, quality, and accessibility of health care. Culminating a two-year project, the report reviews the role of competition and provides recommendations to improve the balance between competition and regulation in health care. The report provides significant recommendations and observations on a variety of topics, including the availability of information regarding the price and quality of health-care services; cross-subsidies; physician collective bargaining; insurance mandates; hospital merger analysis; managed care organizations' bargaining power; and hospital group purchasing organizations.
"Healthy competition equals healthy consumers. Consumers want high-quality, affordable, accessible health care, and the challenge of providing it requires new strategies," said FTC Chairman Timothy J. Muris. "Vigorous competition promotes the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective health care. This report provides guideposts for policy-makers who want to ensure access to quality care and help consumers make informed choices."
The report is based on 27 days of FTC/DOJ Joint Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy, held from February through October 2003; an FTC-sponsored workshop in September 2002; and independent research. The hearings gathered testimony and written comments from more than 300 participants, including representatives of various provider groups, insurers, employers, lawyers, patient advocates, and leading scholars on subjects ranging from antitrust and economics to health-care quality and informed consent. Almost 6,000 pages of transcripts of the hearings and workshop and all written submissions are available on the FTC's Web site.
"Health care is a $1.6 trillion industry that accounted for 14 percent of GDP in 2002. This report is the first comprehensive review of how competition and antitrust enforcement can be enhanced to produce the health care that consumers want," said R. Hewitt Pate, DOJ Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust. "Health care is an industry that can benefit from continued vigorous enforcement of the antitrust laws."
The American free-market system is built on the premise that open competition and consumer choice maximize consumer welfare – even when complex products and services such as health care are involved. The FTC and the DOJ play an important role in safeguarding the free-market system from anticompetitive conduct by bringing enforcement actions against parties that violate antitrust and consumer protection laws. The report notes, however, that competition cannot solve all of the problems facing American health care. The report identifies prerequisites to effective competition, and provides concrete recommendations to improve the performance of the health-care marketplace.
The recommendations in the report include the following:
1. Private payors, governments, and providers should continue experiments to improve incentives for providers to lower costs and enhance quality, and for consumers to seek lower prices and better quality. Therefore, private payors, governments, and providers should improve measures of price and quality, give consumers more information on prices and quality in ways that they find useful and relevant, give consumers greater incentives to use such information, and align the interests of providers and consumers.
2. States should consider the following steps to decrease barriers to entry into provider markets:
a. Reconsider whether Certificate of Need Programs best serve their citizens' health-care needs. On balance, the FTC and DOJ believe that such programs are not successful in containing health care costs, and they pose serious anticompetitive risks that usually outweigh their purported economic benefits;
b. Consider broadening the membership of state licensing boards, as boards with broader membership could be less likely to limit competition; and
c. Consider implementing uniform licensing standards to reduce barriers to telemedicine and competition from out-of-state providers.
3. Governments should reexamine the role of subsidies in health-care markets in light of their inefficiencies and the potential to distort competition. Health-care markets have numerous cross subsidies and indirect subsidies. Competitive markets compete away the higher prices and profits needed to sustain such subsidies. Competition cannot provide resources to those who lack them, and it does not work well when providers are expected - 2 - to use higher profits in certain areas to cross-subsidize uncompensated care. In general, it is more efficient to provide subsidies directly to those who should receive them to ensure transparency.
4. Governments should not enact legislation to permit independent physicians to bargain collectively. Physician collective bargaining leads to higher prices and is unlikely to result in higher-quality care. There are numerous ways in which independent physicians can work together to improve quality without violating the antitrust laws.
5. States should consider the potential costs and benefits of regulating pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) transparency. In general, vigorous competition, rather than regulation, in the marketplace for PBMs is more likely to arrive at an optimal level of transparency. Just as competitive forces encourage PBMs to offer their best price and service combinations to health-plan sponsors to gain access to subscribers, competition should also encourage disclosure of the information that health-plan sponsors require to decide which PBM to contract.
6. Governments should reconsider whether current mandates best serve their citizens' health-care needs. When deciding whether to mandate particular benefits, governments should consider that mandates are likely to reduce competition, restrict consumer choice, raise the cost of health insurance, and increase the number of uninsured Americans.
The report also offers the agencies' perspective on a number of current antitrust enforcement issues in health care. The agencies' observations include the following:
The report also addresses a wide range of topics, including consumer-driven health care, hospital mergers, quality ratings of hospitals and physicians, payment mechanisms for health care services, GPOs, mandated benefits, certificate of need regulations, licensure, allied health professionals, pharmaceutical pricing, pharmaceutical benefit managers, single-specialty hospitals, buying power in health care markets, and clinical and financial integration.
The Commission vote to issue the report was 5-0. Copies of the report are available on the FTC's Web site, www.ftc.gov.
(FTC File No. P022-106)


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Nine-year old Brockton, Massachusetts rapper Lil Poopy will continue his music career amid a child abuse investigation against his father. Lil Poopy - born Luie Rivera Jr. - gained national attention this week for his rap videos which show him making references to drugs and in suggestive situations.
Once the Brockton police got word of the videos they filed a complaint with the Department of Children and Family against Poopy's father - Luis M. Rivera. Police claim Rivera committed child abuse by having his son appear in the vulgar videos.
The Boston Globe reports that the family's lawyer, Joseph Krowski Jr., who calls the abuse allegation "absurd." He says Poopy is a terrific young kid who has a strict, loving and supportive family. He adds that there's no difference between Poopy and every other nine-year-year-old, except that the precocious Poopy has exceptional talent.
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EzeKieL wrote:aha found it!
'Zoom into the desired city and you should be able to locate several highlighted people, walking around.'
Basically it's a search and find quest ^^.
Lordnine wrote:One final sad bump since no one seems interested.
They just started a global multiplayer event. Looks like everyone got three new free missions and everyone in the world is working together to achieve a goal. As people complete the missions they earn points to a global pool and if enough points are raised everyone is rewarded with career points which you can reinvest into your faction for better upgrades and promotions.
Seems like a very cool way to incorporate multiplayer interaction into a single player game to add to the feel of being a faction architect.
Lordnine wrote:Another problem I had early on is that the game frequently tells you to build something only to have it buried in the build menu under the prerequisite that it never mentions.
IceBear wrote:Agree, I do dislike the DRM on principle, and in all honesty don't know if I could play it offline. I know HoMMVI you could play offline, so suspect that you can in this one too, but like HoMMVI they do reward you for playing it online, which is at least something.
Chaz wrote:IceBear wrote:Agree, I do dislike the DRM on principle, and in all honesty don't know if I could play it offline. I know HoMMVI you could play offline, so suspect that you can in this one too, but like HoMMVI they do reward you for playing it online, which is at least something.
I'm fairly sure Anno still has the always-on DRM, so you wouldn't be able to play it offline. A month or so ago there was a period of days where Ubi was doing server maintenance, so the game was unplayable. That's no good. I can live with a limited number of activations, as long as it's well-handled, but always on DRM is a DRM too far.
The Deluxe Edition includes two in-game items, Breona Ibori and Sonic modulator, two game soundtracks, a 152-page art book, and the Tree of Technology poster.
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Breona Ibori - Intelligent and charming, Breona belongs to the Tech faction. Her development of Nano technologies is legendary.
Formula: Sonic modulator - Special ark item in the academy. These sonic modulators will attract dolphins, which will follow your ships and cut impressive capers.
hepcat wrote:Got it...then promptly discovered that ubisoft DRM is even more atrocious than I remembered. It asked me for my code before installing and activated fine. Then it asked me for the code again when the game started...and then told me it was already in use under a different account. Thankfully, I posted my frustation on the impulse forums for ubisoft and gamestop sent me a new code that worked fine. But man, that is friggin' annoying.
Lorini wrote:Well encouraged by posts here about the campaign, I tried to play it, something I don't normally do, just because of exactly what happened. I can't proceed further in the "on the trail of the truth" quest. it says to make this document and I left click it as instructed and nothing happens. So the campaign is now dead. Yuck, what a waste of time.
tgb wrote:Plus it actually makes UBI DRM important in ters of game play.
Isgrimnur wrote:I would like to know more about how the DRM is integral.
hepcat wrote:Guess I should give it some more time if it gets better as you play.
hepcat wrote:Guess I should give it some more time if it gets better as you play.
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U.S. Reps. Gene Green and Mike Thompson introduced the Responsible Electronics Recycling Act of 2010 (pdf) on Sept. 29 to stop U.S. "recyclers" from dumping electronic waste on developing countries.
The bill is supported by environmental groups as well as electronic manufacturers Apple, Dell, and Samsung, all of which already have policies that prohibit the export of e-waste to developing nations.
"Policymakers, environmentalists and manufacturers worked together to forge an e-waste bill that is good for people, the environment and business," said Kate Sinding, senior attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council. "This diverse support and cooperation shows that Americans want an e-waste law that does the right thing while also being economically sound."
"This e-waste export bill will stem the tide of the toxic techno-trash sent from the U.S. to developing countries around the world," said Barbara Kyle, coordinator of the Electronics TakeBack Coalition, a national environmental coalition that promotes responsible recycling of e-waste.
The bill adds a new section to the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) laws establishing a new category of "restricted electronic waste" that cannot be exported from the United States to developing nations. Non-hazardous or tested and working electronic products or parts are not restricted. Other exemptions from the restrictions are:
"This law has been a crying need now for eight years," said Jim Puckett, executive director of the Basel Action Network, the organization that first revealed the global e-waste dumping crisis. "I have personally witnessed the horrors of US e-Waste dumped in the rice paddies of China and the swamps of Ghana and Nigeria. Outsourcing our jobs and poisons in this way is simply un-American and it has to stop."
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