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Avid flyfisherman and local craftsman, Steve Wingard, is presenting several of his artisan Winkota baskets at the lodge this fall. Beautifully crafted from local Swan Valley materials, each basket is a replica of an original used for centuries by local Indian tribes. Blending White Birch bark, black Spruce root and white cedar (along with several other wildcrafted and collected materials) Wingard begins the slow and thoughtful process of bending and molding to create each unique piece, many taking days to complete. The baskets are available to discerning collectors. View the art pieces at Laughing Horse Lodge or at www.stevewingard.com.
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Winkota Baskets by Local Artist Presented at Laughing HorseSunday, August 8th, 2010
Exceptional "Date Night" at the Horse with our second Chef's Tasting and Wine Dinner!Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Join us Tuesday, July 13th, 6:30pm for our Chef's Eastern Mediterranean Tasting and Wine Dinner. Last month's event sold out and everyone had a brilliant time with some fab food and unique wine discoveries. This month we're featuring the cuisine of Turkey, Cyprus and the Eastern Med. Check out the menu and the wine pours and give us a call. Limited seating!
Our Menu
Borek with Ezme – Delicate phyllo rolls filled with organic spinach and Feta floating in a chunky roasted tomato and bell pepper sauce. The Pour: Lachini Rose of Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, Oregon
Salad of Watermelon, Chevre, and Organic Blueberries in Kafir Lime and Mint Vinaigrette. The Pour: Domaine de La Greffiere Macon Charnay, France
Roasted Baby Eggplant with Lebni – Organic eggplant stuffed with charred vegetable salad drizzled with a yogurt, garlic and walnut sauce. The Pour: St. Innocent "Zenith" Pinot Noir, Mark Vlossak, Willamette Valley, Oregon
Veal Manti – tender veal dumplings in roasted garlic and butter sauce. The Pour: Domaine DuSeigneur Lirac "Antares", France
Char grilled Minted Lamb Kebab with Cypriot Rice Pilaf. The Pour: Carlisle "Pelkan Ranch" Syrah, Mike Officer, Sonoma, California
Traditional Baklava and Almonde Chocolate Pistache with Chilled Honey Pistachio Soup. The Pour: Turkish Coffee
$109 per couple, Limited Seating, Secured Reservations Call Kathleen 406-886-2080 x 3 Laughing Horse Lodge, MM 71.5 Hwy 83, Swan Lake
Al Fresco Dining in the Horse's Spectacular Garden!Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Exquisite New Wines to Discover at Tuesday's Tantalizing Tasting!Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
The ladies at Rocky Mountain Wine Distributors have pulled out the stops for our first Tasting on June 22nd! Accompanying the exotic Down Island Caribbean menu created by KS Andrea Wight, is a selection of unique and flavorful wines that just may have you re-evaluating your concepts of rieslings and cotes du Rhones, as well as viogniers.
The Menu!
Carrot Coconut Bisque with Ginger Tuile served with Jansz Rose Brut from Tasmania.
Curried Chicken Roti served with Thomas Labaille Sancerre – A wonderful Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire with elegant mineral and citrus notes and great verve and finishing lift.
Conch Salad with Golden Beets and Lemongrass Aioli served with Gobelsburg Riesling, Austria. BONE DRY Riesling from one of Austria's top producers. A truly world class wine offering the opportunity to discover the wider, and drier spectrum of Riesling. These wines often win over those who only think of Riesling as sweet.
Jerked Mahi Mahi with Miso Sweet Potato Puree served with Patricia Green Estate Pinot Noir, Oregon 2008: One of Oregon's finest vintages ever, from a producer known for very limited artisan Pinots. The flavors of warm spices will pair nicely with the bronzed jerk seasoning. Pinot and full-flavored fish is a wonderful summer combo.
Saban Goat Stew with Cruzan Fruit Bread served with Aphillanthes Cotes du Rhone Vielles Vignes 2007: A top 100 WINE SPECTATOR selection. Amazing Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre blend from the South of France. This wine is perfect with lamb and goat and goes well with spice. The fig and anise notes will be ideal with the rum fruit bread. This wine is better than most Chateauneuf du Pape.
Burro Banana Tart with Fruit Salsa served with Esoterica Late Harvest Viognier, Napa California: Rich and decadent, but with clean, balanced acidity.
We'll have a selection of the wines for home purchase after the Tasting. To reserve your table, call 406-886-2080, limited seating available.
What to do on a rainy afternoon in June….Drink Beer!Saturday, June 12th, 2010
Our second annual World Tour of Beer at the Horse was another resounding success, albeit, a more subdued and dignified affair this year with the soothing guitar of local NPR celeb John Floridis and 26 true beer afficianados huddled over their note cards and Angus Sliders. The pros from Rocky Mountain Wine Distributors pulled out some exquisite and hard to find beers from Europe, California, Pennsylvania and South America – 14 in all were served along with a table laden with the efforts of our new "Kitchen Slave", Andrea Wight.
(Andrea doesn't like the term chef or cook so we are calling her KS as
she has been slaving away in the kitchen learning our menu and creating some wonderful new dishes drawing on her recent experiences at Caneel Bay in St. John and Zola's in State College PA.)
Andrea spent the afternoon turning out an array of canapes that would make any beer drinker salivate…Beer Battered Mushrooms with Chipotle Dipping Sauce, Angus Sliders with Arugula and Horseradish Cream, Poached Shrimp, Smoked Salmon and Dill Cucumbers, Classic BBQ Wings, Ahi Sashime with Wasabi Ginger Sauce and the piece de resistance…bittersweet chocolate and raspberry truffle squares to accompany the Lindeman's Frambois (a Belgian raspberry beer that is the nectar of the gods!).
The highlight of the evening was Xingu, a black Brazilian beer that to my pallet tasted like roasted figs…and I love figs.
The Horse added a few of the more popular finds to our Beer Menu for the summer including Victory Prima Pils, Einbecker Pils, Duvel Belgian Golden Ale, Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout and Ayinger Brau-Weisse. On tap for the season are three local beers – Great Northern Brewery's Wheatfish and Kettlehouse's Cold Smoke and Double Haul IPA.
If you're looking for a relaxing escape for a few hours or an evening, take a drive over to the Horse, grab a cold one and set yourself down in our glorious garden…heaven is that close.
Wine Tasting in the Garden Today! Bring a shovel…Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
This Week's Recipe: Haitian Canned Milk and CornmealMonday, February 1st, 2010
If I were at home in Montana this winter, the sorrow that is Haiti would be nothing more than some occasional conversation over coffee. A footnote of well-meaning but mostly uneducated comments; an expression of sympathy in the form of a check to the Red Cross; and a good night's sleep after a nice dinner with friends at La Provence or Showthyme.
But being less than 300 miles distant from the epicenter, with many of my co-workers still uncertain if the silent family member is dead or alive, or worse, slowly dying without food or water, the tragedy is immediate and the impact visceral.
My first reaction on hearing the news and seeing it in the faces of those in this small community of St. John, was to hi-jack the first boat heading west and offer my assistance … a lone, English-only speaking white woman would save the day or at least try. A romantic, if absolutely insane idea, but there it was. Luckily there was no such boat in the harbor and common sense returned, along with a much more focused idea for offering what assistance I could.
What follows is an account of events that have happened over the past week, are occurring now, and which the outcome is yet unknown…a journal as such, chronicling my attempt to assist a Dutch foundation, Heart for Haiti, secure food for their 400 children and staff in the Port au Prince suburb of Bon Repos.
Grilled Portabello & Cognac Mousse on "FAHcaccia Crostini – a Horsey Twist on an Island FavoriteFriday, January 15th, 2010
For anyone who has been behind the scenes in large resort/hotel kitchens the knowledge that the bakery department is an entity all unto itself is not new. For this neophyte however, it hadn't occurred to me that one department out of so many would operate by its own set of rules, separate from the rest of us. Taking a spin on the old adage "the rich are different", well, professional bakers are 'different' as well. Alone in their separate-and-more-than-equal quarters, these scientists of flour, sugar and heat create a world much like that of the Manhattan Project: secretive, non-communicative, internally focused, incredibly tense, and well, simply put, quite a bit 'above' the rest of the hoi poloi. To enter their time-defined and time-constrained domain, one must have a clear-cut purpose, be succinct in their request, and most importantly, have a good explanation for why they are intruding into the inner sanctum in the first place.
On the occassion of my first 'friendly visit' into the heady realm of the Caneel bake shop, I thought I had all three bases covered – my clear-cut purpose was to obtain a sheet pan of focaccia bread; my request was (to my ears) succinct; and my reason was simple, I needed it to make crostini for a party later that evening.
Upon entering the shop and approaching the nearest member of the bakery team, I smiled and delivered my request in my best Oliver! voice, "Please sir, may I have a flat of focaccia bread?", a smile firmly in place upon my face.
Without looking up from his work table, "Fah", came the unsmiling response.
OK, I thought, I'll say it your way…"Yes, may I have some Fah caccia bread".
"FAH", came the response again, faster, more terse.
"Alright, FAH ccacia bread", I replied just as quickly.
"FAH!?" came at me like gun fire, dark eyes finally making contact.
Taking a deep breath, I replied "Yes…", very slowly.
" I want some FAH",
and louder,
"CA CIA bread".
(The slower and louder being the universal and universaly silly response when one is talking to someone who obviously does not understand your language.)
"FAH?!!!" came at me with a scream of time-wasted frustration and a snarl that had me taking a step back.
"FAH! CAH! CCIA! BREAD! " I returned in equal frustration.
Throwing up his hands and shaking his head in defeat, he took a different approach proving that when something is universal, it is truly universal…very slowly, enunciating each sylablle in his island version of English, and rather loudly, he asked,
Comprehension dawned in this imbecile…'fah' was 'for'. After a hurried explanation, the focaccia bread was acquired, and this island version of Laurel and Hardy went their separate ways.
And this, gentle reader, is what the ' FAHcaccia was fah":
Portabello & Cognac Mousse on Focaccia Crostini – Simple and simply delicious!
Ingredients: Focaccia, portabello mushrooms, cognac, cream cheese, white pepper, kosher salt, fresh basil and mushroom marinade of olive oil, garlic and balsamic vinagar.
Acquire some day-old focaccia bread or other artisan style, heavy-bodied bread and cut into 1/4″ slices. Brush the slices with a slurry of olive oil and garlic. Cut the slices into bite size pieces and lay out on a baking tray. Bake in a 275 degree oven for approximately 15 minutes or until golden and crisp. Set aside to cool – do not refrigerate.
Remove the stems and gills from two portabello mushrooms and place in a ziplock with enough marinade to fully coat the mushrooms. Let soak for at least 1 hour. Place the mushrooms on a hot grill, cooking both sides for approximately 5 minutes or until soft and showing some char. Remove and let cool.
Place cream cheese and a splash of cognac in a Cuisanart and blend until fluffy and smooth. Add chunks of the grilled mushroom (equal to the amount of cream cheese), blending completely. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Blend a few minutes more until the mixture has the consistency of warm butter. Remove to a bowl, cover and refrigerate for an hour. Place the cooled mixture in a pastry bag (a ziplock with a corner nipped off works great) and squeeze onto the crostini. Top with this slivers of basil and serve.
If you want to reduce your labor time, put the mousse in a nice bowl, sprinkle with the basil and present it as a dip for the focaccia 'chips'. Note: when you're barbecuing, throw on some red peppers, red onions or other strong flavored vegetable and then store them in the freezer until you're ready to use them to make your own version of grilled vegetable mousse.
Until next week…
Chilled Roasted Fig and Goat Cheese Soup from the Islands to You!Thursday, January 7th, 2010
A good friend recently asked "What's the purpose of chilled soup?" – understandable coming from a man that builds beautiful homes around the valley (to steal and paraphrase from our esteemed US Postal Service) 'through rain, sleet, snow and dark of night'. When you're working 30 feet off the ground, placing 600# roof skins in a blinding snow storm, chilled soup is most likely not on your mind – but winter does pass, and come mid- August, when the temps sneak into the 90s and the work or play day is through, there's nothing quite like an al fresco dinner on Swan Lake with good friends and simple yet beautifully crafted food.
Each day at Caneel, I am charged with creating a chilled soup for lunch and with a large pantry and lovely produce to choose from, it's a joy to be experimental (and for those of you who dine at the Horse, you know how I love to experiment!). This week's offering, although served chilled here on St. John, is also scrumptious served warm and is a spin-off of the Horse's Mushroom and Brie Bisque.
Chilled Roasted Figs and Chevre Soup
Ingredients: Fresh Figs (canned Kamato may be substituted out of season), fresh pears or apples, bananas, plain yogurt, guava or mango juice, brown sugar, virgin olive oil, cumin, white pepper, Kosher salt and chevre.
The key to a richly nuanced chilled fruit soup are the natural sugars existing in the fruit that -paradoxically- are only released with heat. Large dice your flat of figs, two apples or pears, and a couple of bananas and place in a bowl. Sprinkle the fruit with a bit of dark brown sugar (or honey), a pinch of cumin, salt and pepper and just enough olive oil to lightly coat the fruit when tossed. Place the fruit on a baking sheet and place in the oven at 425 for approximately 15 minutes, or until the fruit begins to brown. Remove and let the fruit cool to room temperature. Place the fruit in a Robo Coupe or Cuisinart with juice and yogurt and blend (I like my soups with some texture so I forego the blender). Drop in chunks of tangy goat cheese and mix gently keeping bits of pure cheese suspended in the soup. Refrigerate for a few hours and serve with some fresh mint or basil. Yummm! Sweet and tangy, just like island life! Until next week….I'm out of the kitchen today and and heading out for a sail…take care.
Chef Kate at 5 Star Caneel Bay Resort as Chef Garde MangerThursday, December 17th, 2009
One has to love the French for their contribution to the art of cooking, especially the names for those of us in the kitchen- chef de tournant; chef de partie, and my favorite – chef garde manger. Beautiful words wrought with layers of meaning, but all boiling down to one thing…he or she is a cook and hopefully a good one!
Well this 'cook' is spending the winter on the island of St. John in the US Virgin Islands at the Rosewood 5 Star resort of Caneel Bay, 'slaving' away in a kitchen larger than the entire property upon which the Horse sits. As Anonymous once said "It's a tough gig, but someone has to do it."
While the Horse sits shivering in sub-zero temps and being buried by that lovely white stuff, I walk a mile and a half to work each day in 84 degrees; spend my day creating dishes with a group of professionals that love what they do and who they do it for (some of the staff at Caneel have been here since the sixties!); and when the work day is done, I clock out and head for one of Caneel's amazing beaches for a refreshing swim before walking back to my humble abode in the village of Cruz Bay.
Besides the sybaritic pleasures of island life, the real reason I chose Caneel for my winter exploration was the chance of working under their new executive chef, Anthony Dawodu. Dawodu was seduced away from the Boston dining scene by Caneel a few years ago and given a great challenge -restore Caneel's reputation as a 5 star dining experience and do it quickly.
If you're familiar with island life anywhere, the word 'quickly' is seldom used in conversation; in fact it is anathema to the zeitgetz of living under palm trees surrounded by water. Dawodu, however, was up for the challenge and has, in less than three years, restored the gloss to Caneel – the quality of the dining experience aside, the business acumen and cultural understanding shown is impressive by any standards.
And so, here I am, seeing first hand a resort business recovery model in action; improving my kitchen chops; and filing away ideas, recipes and techniques to bring home to the Horse to make your dining and lodging experience even better in the coming years. It's a great way to spend the winter, and most importantly, I don't have to shovel snow!


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After giving us one of the most chilled out records around right now with Charades, Chrisette Michele totally flips it up, channelling her inner rock goddess in the extremely fierce, Guitar Slayer collaborating second cut from what's shaping up to be one of the most intriguing releases of 2012, her conceptual An Audiovisual Presentation of Audrey Hepburn mixtape.
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Russell Brand Refuses to Do Yoga, Enjoys the View Instead on 'Regis and Kelly' (VIDEO)
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However, even without high water flows, the views at Shoshone Falls remain spectacular year-round. The City of Twin Falls owns and operates the Shoshone Falls/Dierkes Lake Complex. It offers a unique blend of recreational facilities, including playgrounds and hiking trails, landscaped picnic areas, a boat ramp and swimming area, and a scenic overlook. The complex provides restroom facilities and visitor information, and for a nominal per-car entry fee, visitors can enjoy picnicking and relaxing in the shaded, grassy areas, which provide perfect vantage points for viewing Shoshone Falls.
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Enermax Liberty 620w Modular ATX PSU
Published: 19th July 2006 | Source: Enermax | Price: |Conclusion
With more and more modular power supplies entering the market, it is hard to come up with something that separates itself from the pack. Enermax have certainly managed this with the Liberty, by not only making one of the highest power modular units on the market but by also making it stand out with looks as well.
In terms of performance, the Liberty fairs quite well with rails staying well within ATX specification even when placed under extremely high load. The unit also manages a good efficiency rating of 82% which should help save on some of those electricity bills.
The Enermax Liberty 620w can be purchased from SpecialTech for £99.85, which places it in direct competition with other modular 500-600w units available on the market.
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- Gold may not appeal to everyone
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Looks as if they've done a decent job with this one! Nice review Jim.
Cheers Frag. I was quite impressed with the unit - deffo worth considering for a modular supply.
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What is sex?
The word sex is used to refer to a variety of sexual activities, and can mean different things to different people. When people talk about sex (sexual intercourse) they are usually referring to penetrative sex, where a man inserts his penis into the vagina or anus of a sexual partner. However, there are many sexual activities that people enjoy doing which don't involve sexual intercourse, for example oral sex or mutual masturbation. The act of sex is also not just physical; it can involve strong emotions and have a significant effect on people's feelings.
How do you have sex?
Sexual intercourse between a man and a woman is quite simple. When a man's penis becomes hard, he places it inside a woman's vagina, and moves it in and out. This creates friction, which can be pleasurable for both the man and woman. After a while, this friction will usually cause the man to have an orgasm and ejaculate. It may also cause the woman to have an orgasm, although it can take a bit of experimentation and practice to get it right! You can have sex in lots of different positions, but one of the most common and intimate ways is for the man to lie on top of the woman, so that they can kiss and cuddle while having sex. Anal sex (also known as anal intercourse) is when a man puts his penis into the anus and rectum of another man or woman. You can find out more about anal and vaginal sex in our how to have sex page.
What is safer sex?
Safer sex is taking precautions to reduce the risk of acquiring a sexually transmitted disease, including HIV, during sexual activities. It is wrong to assume this only applies to young people as STDs and HIV can affect anyone at any age. To have safer sex it is important to either use a condom or to make sure you and your partner are not infected with an STD. Alternatively, as STDs and HIV can be transmitted through sexual fluids and blood, there is the option to perform sexual acts that do not involve any contact with these. Therefore safer sex can be non-penetrative sex and just foreplay.
Where can I get condoms from?
It will depend on which country you are in, but the best place to buy condoms is usually a chemist or supermarket. Condoms are often available from vending machines in public toilets and in some countries they are available for free or at low-cost from sexual health clinics. Condoms can also be bought from a number of suppliers on the internet.
Where is the G-spot and what is it?
The G-spot is a controversial term as some sex researchers dispute its existence. However most believe it is an area located behind the front wall of the vagina, between the back of the pubic bone and the cervix. When stimulated, it can produce intensely pleasurable feelings for the woman, and may cause her to have an orgasm.
Where is the clitoris and what is it?
The clitoris is a small pea-sized lump towards the top of the vaginal area above the urethra (urine hole) and the entrance to the vagina. It is very sensitive and when stimulated can lead to orgasm. You can find it on AVERT's diagram of the female sex organs.
Does a broken hymen mean that a girl is no longer a virgin?
Many people believe that a girl is only a virgin if she still has an intact hymen. The hymen is a thin membrane of skin that partially covers the entrance to the vagina. This membrane can bleed when it is torn as a man's penis enters the vagina. Neither the presence of the hymen nor bleeding during intercourse can truly indicate virginity. Some girls are born without hymens, others will have hymens that stretch and don't break during sex, and some will have torn their hymens during sport, inserting tampons or masturbation.
How do you masturbate?
Men usually masturbate/wank by holding the penis and moving their hand up and down rapidly until they ejaculate ("come"). Women rub their clitoris and vulva and may move one or several fingers up and down inside their vagina until they orgasm. Everybody has their own way of masturbating that feels good for them. Other websites have more about both male and female masturbation.
Is too much masturbation bad for you?
Masturbation is a normal and natural activity and is not bad for you unless you masturbate so much that you make your genital area sore. Masturbation does not stunt your growth, damage your health or cause you to become physically or mentally weak. If it did, the vast majority of people in the world would be very short and unhealthy!
How often do people have sex?
Sexual appetite is entirely a matter of personal taste. Some people have sex once a day and some once a month. It probably varies for most people depending on whether they are in a relationship, how busy they are and how they feel. Most people think about sex far more often than they do it.
Is there a way of stopping premature ejaculation?
Many men find the best way to prevent premature ejaculation is to think about something dull to regain control over their time of ejaculation. When first starting a sexual relationship, some men find that the sexual excitement causes them to ejaculate before intercourse has even begun. With time most men learn how to control this. Wearing a condom can help as it can reduce sensitivity a little. Condoms containing a mild anaesthetic in the tip are also available in some countries to help further reduce sensation and delay ejaculation.
Does sexual intercourse hurt? Is there a need for lubrication?
Sex can sometimes be painful for a woman if she is nervous or tense. Stress and fear can mean a woman does not get sexually excited enough to produce natural lubrication, or that she involuntarily tenses her vaginal muscles, making penetration difficult. Sex can also hurt the first time a woman does it as her hymen may be torn. If sexual intercourse is painful, using a lubricant can help to make it more comfortable. When using a condom it is important that a water-based lubricant (such as KY Jelly) is used, as oil based lubricants (such as Vaseline or moisturising cream) can cause the condom to tear and break. Ensuring that the woman is as relaxed as possible, and that intercourse is initiated slowly, can also help to make things more comfortable. If a woman experiences a deep internal or burning pain when she has sex, she should discuss this with her doctor, as it could be a sign that she has an infection or other medical problem. Sex is not usually painful for a man (unless the penis is bent into an awkward position), so he should also check with his doctor if he experiences any pain during erection or intercourse.
If a woman experiences problems reaching orgasm with her partner can she do anything about it?
It is not always possible to achieve orgasm through vaginal penetration alone; it often needs more direct stimulation of the clitoris, which you could request from your partner orally or manually, before, after, during or instead of intercourse. Talking to your partner and exploring what stimulates you and what doesn't should help you to achieve orgasm during sex.
How do you French kiss?
French kissing, or making out, is kissing with open mouths and touching tongues.
What is oral sex?
Oral sex involves giving or receiving oral stimulation (i.e. sucking or licking) to the genitalia. Fellatio (also known as a 'blow job' or 'giving head') is the term used to describe oral sex given to a man. Cunnilingus (also called 'giving head', 'going down on' or 'eating pussy') is the term used to describe oral sex given to a woman. Analingus (sometimes called rimming) refers to oral stimulation of someone's anus. If two people have oral sex with each other at the same time it is sometimes called a 69 because of the shape their bodies make. A woman cannot get pregnant from giving oral sex to a man, even if she swallows his sperm. AVERT.org has more about oral sex.
Which STDs are transmitted through oral sex?
You can only become infected with or pass on an STD if you or your partner is infected with an STD in the first place. The following sexually transmitted diseases or infections can be passed on through unprotected oral sex:
- Hepatitis A, B and C
- Herpes, especially if the sores are in the infectious stage
- HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is fairly low risk in terms of transmission via oral sex
- Gonorrhea
- Syphilis
- NSU (Non-specific urethritis)
- Chlamydia
- Yeast infections such as thrush are fairly low risk in terms of transmission via oral sex
- Genital Warts
If you are concerned about becoming infected with an STD as a result of oral sex use a condom when giving oral sex on a man or a dental dam (latex square) or cut open condom when giving oral sex to a woman. AVERT.org has more about sexually transmitted diseases.
Is receiving oral sex with a condom safe?
As long as they are used properly i.e. they don't split or burst, condoms can be very effective in protecting against STDs when giving oral sex to a man. When giving oral sex to a woman a thin square of latex called a dental dam, or a cut-open condom can also be used to protect against possible transmission of any existing STDs. Flavoured condoms and dental dams are available to make using them more pleasant during oral sex.
Can you pass on or become infected with STDs as a result of kissing on the mouth?
No, you cannot pass on or become infected with an STD as a result of kissing on the mouth. However, you could pass on a cold sore (herpes simplex, HSV1) to your partner through kissing.
Do you need to use condoms during anal sex?
Yes, it is important to use condoms when having anal sex to reduce the risk of passing on or contracting an STD. If two people are considering having anal sex they should make sure they use a good quality condom and a water-based lubricant such as KY Jelly.
If my partner is using birth control, do we still need to use a condom?
Birth control, such as the contraceptive pill, IUS, or contraceptive injection, is extremely effective at preventing unwanted pregnancies. However, these do not offer any protection from sexually transmitted diseases or infections. Using a condom in addition to a form of birth control will protect both you and your partner from passing on or becoming infected with an STD and will also provide extra protection against pregnancy.
Is it safe to have sex when a woman is having her period?
Not all women feel comfortable having sex when they are menstruating and some men dislike the idea of blood being present during sexual intercourse. However, there is generally nothing wrong with having sex during a woman's period and it will not cause either partner any harm. This said, it is worth remembering that HIV and a few other sexually transmitted infections may be passed on more easily during a woman's period (both from the woman to the man and from the man to the woman), so a condom should always be used if there is any doubt over either partner's sexual history and HIV status. HIV cannot be 'created' by having sex with a woman on her period if both partners are HIV negative however - it is only ever passed from one person to another.
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A growing number of Republican state leaders are revolting against the major Medicaid expansion called for under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, threatening to undermine one of the law's most fundamental goals: insuring millions of poor Americans.
The Supreme Court opened the door Thursday, June 28, when it announced that although the rest of the law is constitutional, the federal government cannot punish states that refuse to adopt the measure's more generous eligibility rules for Medicaid.
The Republican governors of four states -- Florida, Iowa, Louisiana and South Carolina -- have declared that they want to opt out of the expansion. Leaders of half a dozen other states are considering following suit -- including Texas, home to one of the largest concentrations of uninsured people.
The governors argue that expanding their Medicaid programs -- which are jointly funded with state and federal money -- would crush state budgets. And they are turning the issue into a roiling election-year battle over the federal government's role.
"The president ... needs to understand what makes this country great in part is that we're not dependent on government programs," Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said Tuesday on Fox News Channel's "Fox and Friends" program. "It seems to me like the president measures success by how many people are on food-stamp rolls and government-run health care. That's not the American dream."
Such a message has the potential to further fuel the tea party movement, which was galvanized three years ago over the health care law and could put enormous pressure on GOP leaders.
The ramifications could be far-reaching because the law's top ambition is to extend coverage to 30 million uninsured Americans. More than half of those people are slated to receive insurance through the Medicaid expansion.
"This has always been the core of the law, and the court has just made it optional," said Matt Salo, director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors.
The prospect has alarmed and energized not just advocates for the poor but representatives of hospitals, which are chronically burdened with the cost of treating the uninsured. Hospital associations agreed to help fund the law by accepting various cuts to their reimbursement rates with the expectation that they would be more than compensated by money from patients newly insured through Medicaid.
Now they worry that they will be stuck with only the downside of that bargain, said Bruce Rueben, president of the Florida Hospital Association.
"If you're dealing with a high number of uninsured people and your payments from other sources go down, you have no way to cover that unmet cost," he said.
Salo predicted that hospital representatives will soon be directing a lobbying blitz at governors and state legislatures -- which, in most cases, will decide whether to expand Medicaid.
White House officials contend that this is only one of several reasons the vast majority of states will eventually go along with the Medicaid expansion -- which, beginning in 2014, is set to open the program to people with incomes at 133 percent of the federal poverty level, a far more generous standard than what most states currently offer.
On ABC's "This Week" on Sunday, White House Chief of Staff Jacob Lew noted that the government will pay the full cost of covering the newly insured in the first two years, and never less than 90 percent after that.
Republicans counter that the state share of the tab could still prove crippling. And the argument offers a chance to hammer home a major Republican talking point: that the government cannot keep growing without fraying at the seams, said Rich Galen, a Republican strategist who served as press secretary for then-Vice President Dan Quayle and then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia.
Several analysts suggested that governors could be playing for leverage to win more flexibility to shape their Medicaid programs in the event that Obama is re-elected.


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Campbell, Bernard and James D. Loy. Humankind Emerging. 7th ed. HarperCollins College Publishing. 1996. 595p.
Carroll, Leo. SEE also: Marquart, James W.
Carroll, Leo. "Howard Belding Gill (1890-1989)." IN: Encyclopedia of American Prisons. Garland. 1996. p.218-220.
Carroll, Leo and George A. Vose, Jr. "Polluting the Prison." IN: Pasquerella, Lynn, Alfred G. Killilea and Michael Vocino, Editors. Ethical Dilemmas in Public Administration. Praeger. 1996. p.141-148.
Carroll, Leo. "Racial Conflict." IN: Encyclopeida of American Prisons. Garland. 1996. p.377-382.
Cunnigen, Donald. "Book Review: Watkins, Mel. On the Real Side: Laughing, Lying, and Signifying: The Underground Tradition of African-American Humor That Transformed American Culture From Slavery to Richard Pryor." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 543:191-192. January 1996.
Gelles, Richard J. SEE also: Strauss, Murray A.
Gelles, Richard J. The Book of David; How Preserving Families Can Cost Children's Lives. Basic Books. 1996. 200p.
Gelles, Richard J. "Book Review: Reason to Hope; A Psychosocial Perspective on Violence and Youth, by Jacqueline H. Gentry, Peggy Schlegel and Leonard M. Eron." Aggressive Behavior. 22(4):311-313. July-August 1996.
Gelles, Richard J. "Book Review: Polk, Kenneth. When Men Killed: Scenarios of Masculine Violence." Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 184(2):139. February 1996.
Gelles, Richard J. "Child Maltreatment: Child Welfare Policies and Adoption." Friend of the Court. Spring/Summer 1996. 4p.
Gelles, Richard J. "Constraints Against Family Violence: How Well Do They Work?" IN: Buzawa, Eva Schlesinger and Carl B. Buzawa, Editors. Do Arrests and Restraining Orders Work? Sage. 1996. p.30-42.
Gelles, Richard J. "Disappointed in Anne Grant (Letter)." Providence Journal-Bulletin. April 11, 1996. p.G2.
Gelles, Richard J. "Family Preservation: A False Promise." NRCCSA News. 5:4. 1996.
Gelles, Richard J., Editorial Board. Journal of Family Violence. Vol.11, 1996.
Gelles, Richard J., Editorial Consultant. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Vol.11, 1996.
Gelles, Richard J., Editorial Board. Journal of Marriage and the Family. Vol.58, 1996.
Gelles, Richard J. "On the Hill With an ASA Congressional Fellow." Footnotes. July/August 1996. p.9.
Gelles, Richard J. "Safety of Children Must Come First." Plano Star Courier. June 2, 1996. p.6A-7A. (+ Other Hart Hanks Newspapers)
Gelles, Richard J. "Statistics With Lives of Their Own." Femina. June 1996. p.8-9.
Gelles, Richard J. "Testimony." IN: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Improving the Well-Being of Abused and Neglected Children: Hearing ... November 20, 1996. U.S. GPO. 1996. (S.Hrg.104-692) 1996.
Gelles, Richard J. "Two Words That Kill." Weekly Standard. 1:16-17. May 27, 1996.
Gersuny, Carl. "Bad Grammar, Too (Letter)." Providence Journal-Bulletin. June 10, 1996. p.B5.
Gersuny, Carl. "Great Performance, Lousy Ticket Prices (Letter)." Narragansett Times. November 6, 1996. p.19-A.
Gersuny, Carl. "Letter to the Editor." AAUP News. XXII(7):6. April 22, 1996.
Gersuny, Carl. "Library No Place for a Burger and Fries (Letter)." Narragansett Times. April 3, 1996.
Gersuny, Carl. "A Unionless General Strike: The Rhode Island Ten-Hour Movement of 1873." Rhode Island History. 54(1):19-32. February 1996.
Gersuny, Carl. "URI Concerts Need Support (Letter)." Providence Journal-Bulletin. Octpber 9, 1996. p.E2.
Lott, Bernice and Mary Ellen Reilly, Editors. Combating Sexual Harassment in Higher Education. NEA Professional Library. 1996. 225p.
Loy, James D. SEE: Campbell, Bernard G.
Marquart, James W., Dorothy E. Merianos, Steven J. Cuvelier and Leo Carroll. "Thinking About the Relationship Between Health Dynamics in the Free Community and the Prison." Crime and Delinquency. 42(3):3331-360. July 1996.
Mederer, Helen J. "Surviving the Changes; Families Respond to Fishery Management." Nor'Easter. 8(2):12-15. Fall/Winter 1996.
Poggie, J. J., Jr., R. B. Pollnac and C. Van Dusen. "Intracultural Variability in the Cognition of Danger Among New England Fishers." Marine Resource Economics. 11(1):23-30. Spring 1996.
Pollnac, Richard B. SEE: Poggie, John J., Jr.
Reilly, Mary Ellen. SEE: Lott, Bernice.
Rosegren, William. "Paper-Shufflers (Letter)." Providence Journal-Bulletin. October 29, 1996. p.B5.
Travisano, Richard V. "Sonderlings (Poem)." Quarterly. Summer 1996. p.12.
Turnbaugh, Sarah Peabody. SEE also: Turnbaugh, William A.
Turbaugh, Sarah, Peabody. "Book Review: Pottery Works: Potteries of New York State's Capital District and Upper Hudson Region. Warren F. Broderick and William Bouck." William and Mary Quarterly. 53(1):203-204. January 1996.
Turnbaugh, Sarah Peabody, Editorial Advisory Committee. Historical Archaeology. Vol.30, 1996.
Turnbaugh, Sarah Peabody. "Native New England Baskets." Tidings. August 1996. p.4-9.
Turnbaugh, William A. and Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh. Indian Jewelry of the American Southwest. Schiffer Pub. 1996. 95p., (Reissue)
Turnbaugh, William A., Editorial Staff. Historical Archaeology. Vol.30, 1996.
Turnbaugh, William A., Robert Jurmain, Harry Nelson and Lynn Kilgore, Editors. Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology. 6th Edition. West Publishing. 1966. 624p.
Turnbaugh, William A., Robert Jurmain, Harry Nelson and Lynn Kilgore, Editors. Instructor's Manual to Accompany Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology. 6th Edition. West Publishing. 1966.
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Characteristics of minimum wage workers in 2011
March 06, 2012
In 2011, 73.9 million American workers age 16 and over were paid hourly rates, representing 59.1 percent of all wage and salary workers. Of that number, 1.7 million earned exactly the prevailing Federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour and 2.2 million had wages below the minimum. Together, these workers made up 5.2 percent of all hourly paid workers.
Although workers under age 25 represented only about one-fifth of hourly paid workers, they made up about half of those paid the Federal minimum wage or less. Among employed teenagers paid by the hour, about 23 percent earned the minimum wage or less, compared with about 3 percent of workers aged 25 and over.
About 6 percent of women paid hourly rates had wages at or below the prevailing Federal minimum, compared with about 4 percent of men. About 5 percent of White hourly paid workers earned the Federal minimum wage or less, compared with about 6 percent of Blacks and about 3 percent of Asians.
Among hourly paid workers age 16 and over, about 11 percent of those who had less than a high school diploma earned the Federal minimum wage or less, compared with about 5 percent of those who had a high school diploma (with no college) and about 2 percent of college graduates. Among hourly paid workers of Hispanic origin, 5 percent earned the minimum wage or less.
Never-married workers, who tend to be young, were more likely than married workers to earn the Federal minimum wage or less (about 9 percent versus about 2 percent).
Part-time workers (persons who usually work fewer than 35 hours per week) were more likely than full-time workers to be paid the Federal minimum wage or less (about 13 percent versus about 2 percent).
The proportion of hourly paid workers earning the prevailing Federal minimum wage or less declined from 6.0 percent in 2010 to 5.2 percent in 2011. This remains well below the figure of 13.4 percent in 1979, when data were first collected on a regular basis.
These data on minimum wage earners are derived from the Current Population Survey, a monthly nationwide sample survey of households. Data in this summary are 2011 annual averages.The presence of a sizable number of workers with wages below the Federal minimum does not necessarily indicate violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, as there are exemptions to the minimum wage provisions of the law. To learn more, see "Characteristics of Minimum Wage Workers: 2011."
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Characteristics of minimum wage workers in 2011 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2012/ted_20120306.htm (visited October 13, 2015).
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Coarctation of the Aorta: Long Term Outcomes and Comorbidities
This is a case-control study design. For study cases, we will identify all subjects 5 years of age or older with coarctation of the aorta that are status post surgical or transcatheter repair who are currently under the care of the Cardiology clinic at Children's Medical Center. Subjects will be recruited from both the investigators' patients and patients of other CMC Cardiologist. information regarding type of repair, age at repair and associated anomalies will be obtained from existing charts prior to enrollment. We plan to evaluate the adequacy of their repair utilizing standard methods (4 extremity blood pressure measurements, echocardiography). if clinically they have evidence of an adequate repair (non-invasive blood pressure gradient from right arm to lower extremity difference of [Less Than] 20 mmHg between the systolic pressures) they will be deemed suitable candidates for enrollment. once enrolled, the patients will undergo the following evaluations, which are standard of care for routine follow-up: clinical examination, echocardiography to evaluate left ventricular size and function as well as patency of the aortic arch in addition to the previously performed 4 extremity blood pressures. For the purposes of this study, they will undergo an exercise stress tests to determine the incidence of persistent and/or exercise induced hypertension (defined as systolic blood pressure in the right arm of [Greater Than]200 mmHg at peak exercise) and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. additionally, we will perform carotid iMT measurements and flow mediated vasodilation studies to identify abnormalities of the arterial bed at the time of their echocardiogram. We plan to consent 60 subjects, allowing for a combined attrition rate and screen failure rate of 15%, with a goal of 50 enrolled subjects. We plan to have ~50% of patients with presence of a bicuspid aortic valve without stenosis. our goal for complete enrollment is 24 months.
Control patients will be recruited from the outpatient cardiology clinic who present with innocent cardiac murmurs, non-cardiac chest pain or other symptoms in which no organic cardiac disease is found. The control group will have the same exams performed except the exercise stress test. We plan to consent 50 age and sex matched controls.
Participant Eligibility
Case study group:
1) between 5 and 30 years old
2) diagnosis of coarctation of the aorta that has been repaired
3) Possible additional diagnosis of bicuspid aortic valve without stenosis.
Control Group: No organic cardiac disease, age and sex matched to the cases.


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Dwight Twilley – Sincerely (Shelter) 1976. Another LP I picked up for a buck somewhere. Dwight Twilley would be the other great musical export from Tulsa (besides NOTA – very different). This album is not something I would have picked up for anything more than a dollar because frankly, Dwight looks like Shawn Cassidy on this LP. And yes, we alt-rock hipster types are just as prone to being superficial as anyone else. Now of course, Dwight could be in The Strokes, so whatthafuck?
After listening to the album, I would have gladly paid a LOT more for it. It's brilliant. It's powerpop in the best sense…and alot more. Dwight and his buddy Phil Seymour were trying to combine thier two favorite types of music, rockabilly and 60′s pop with this record. Listen to the echo on the drum track on I'm on Fire. It's pure Sun Records. It's also got this great lo-fi element because a lot of it was recorded on Phil and Dwight's 4-Track. It Could Be Love uses a primitive drum machine (and the Sesame Street theme) to great effect. There are also pure powerpop tracks like You Were So Warm that just jump out of the set. Ohhh..and the proto-punk rockabilly of T.V.
This is one of the most creative, inventive rock albums I have ever heard and its perfect for this time of year. I would easily put it up there with the first Big Star LP and The Real Kids. Dwight Twilley went on to record another great album with Phil Seymour and then I believe they parted ways. Phil Seymour ended up dying very young of cancer. Just like NOTA though, the first Dwight Twilley album represents a certain element of the Tulsa musical character. They don't care where they are from, they go in the studio and record as if they have all the resources in the world. If you don't get to hear it, its your loss…..
I'm On Fire
Could Be Love
Feeling In The Dark
You Were So Warm
I'm Losing You
Release Me
Three Persons
Baby Let's Cruise
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SPARTA, Mich. (WZZM) -- Advocates say Michigan's medical marijuana users just saw easy access to their medication go up in smoke.
In a four-to-one decision, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Friday that medical marijuana dispensaries are illegal.
The Michigan Attorney General sees it as a victory and is telling county prosecutors they can move to shut down dispensaries.
Chuck Crawford calls it a travesty.
"Basically what they're doing is tying the hands of the patients and caregivers," he said.
Crawford runs Project Safer, a certified center in Sparta that helps patients get their medical marijuana licenses.
"Once a week our doctor comes in and we see patients back here," he said, motioning to the back room.
Then patients get help finding caregivers.
Medical marijuana patients have two options -- find a licensed caregiver, or grow their own pot.
Crawford says there are already too few caregivers to treat patients in West Michigan.
"Everyday we get calls. People wondering if we have marijuana for sale, if we are a dispensary," he said.
Crawford says many of the state's 126,000 registered users cannot grow their own marijuana. Crawford sees nothing but trouble ahead.
"Somebody has to break the law because there isn't enough caregivers," he said.
Attorney and Cooley Law School Professor Devin Schindler says there was already law-breaking going on.
"That's how the Supreme Court saw it," he said.
There is the case of a Mt. Pleasant shop where the owners profited after medical marijuana users sold pot to each other.
"What a lot of these dispensaries were doing essentially was allowing people to rent out lockers," Schindler said.
If patients had a medical marijuana license and grew too much, Schindler says they put the extra pot into lockers. Other patients would then come in and purchase it.
"And then they would charge a fee for it. Well the statute simply doesn't provide for that."
Crawford hopes lawmakers find a way to to give patients who need the drug a legal avenue to get it.
Crawford says he had hoped to open a dispensary in Algoma Township, where leaders were supportive of his plans.He says leaders waited for the Supreme Court ruling so they would not face a lawsuit.Crawford decided to give up waiting and moved to Sparta to open Project Safer.


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Guess the year featured on today's Big 12 at noon!
May 17, 2010 10:12 AM
Diane Lyn will play artists: Phil Collins, Heart, Alannah Myles, Jon Bon Jovi, Janet Jackson and more. Can tell from pic below what year will be featured on the Big 12?
Hint: Their creator, Jim Henson passes away at the age of 53…the year is?
1990 featured on the Big 12 today at noon!!


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The decision to rest the 29-year-old was not unexpected as he has endured a hectic schedule since last year's World Cup.
James has since played a full season with English club side Bath and, after two impressive performances in the
Springboks 2-0 series victory against Wales, will rest ahead of the upcoming Tri-Nations.
"Butch has played almost non-stop since the World Cup and we felt it was time that he should take a break," said Andy Marinos, the South Africa manager for national teams.
James' omission means the Springbok will field their third half-back combination in as many weeks.
In the first Test against Wales James was paired with scrum-half Bolla Conradie, before combing with Ricky Januarie in Pretoria.
Stormers fly-half Peter Grant is expected to take James' place.
Veteran lock Victor Matfield will lead a Springboks team that will show a number of changes from the team that defeated Wales last weekend.
Regular captain John Smit and experienced full-back Percy Montgomery will return to France to play in the Top 14 semi-final between Perpignan and Clermont.
World Cup-winner Danie Rossouw will also miss the game as he will undergo treatment on an ingrown toenail and is expected to take 10 days to recover.


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Papal condolences following Iranian plane crash
Catholic World News - August 11, 2014
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's Secretary of State, has conveyed Pope Francis's condolences following an airplane plane crash in Iran.
"His Holiness Pope Francis was deeply saddened by the tragic air accident in Tehran, and he asks you to convey his heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims," Cardinal Parolin said in a telegram to the president of the Episcopal Conference of Iran. "Praying for the eternal repose of the dead, His Holiness invokes upon all who mourn their loss the divine blessings of strength, consolation, and peace."
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PLANNERS have voted almost unanimously to allow an Ashbourne veterinary practice to build itself a larger premises outside the town centre.
At a meeting on Tuesday last week, members of the Derbyshire Dales District Council Southern Area Planning Committee agreed with planning officer William Shaw that Mc Murtry and Harding, which is currently based in Market Place, should be allowed to build a bespoke new facility on land off the A515.
The clinic and recuperation area, which was already agreed in outline, will be constructed in a field behind the Stepping Stones pub and access will be built on to the A515.
Concerns were raised over access in and out of the new facility and it was noted that the Highway Authority, which had not objected to the proposal, said the access route was 'not desirable'.
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Allen Hirsh, The Abstract Gardener
I am marketing my fine art. I can sell limited edition signed prints to you matted and framed , just matted, or sans mat and frame. Please inquire as to size and price (see contact page).
A Short Bio
My interest in being an artist comes from growing up in a close-knit community in Central New Jersey in the early 1950s as the son of Jewish chicken farmers turned landscapers. My parents' switch to horticulture was a true gift to me, nurturing a lifelong fascination with exotic plants beginning in elementary school. Indeed, it is photographic images of the plants that I grow in my own exotic garden that serve as the basis for much of my digital art. I genuinely love to cultivate plants and admire their beauty, but even as a very young child I also had a passion for math and science that sealed my commitment to science at a very early age. Today, I am a practicing biophysicist, and much of my early professional work focused on how plants survive subfreezing temperatures. When I began graduate school at the University of Maryland in the late 70s, I took a part-time job with a local nurseryman to help defray my expenses, a natural path for me as I had learned fancy landscaping from my very talented mother. I joined The American Red Cross Blood Labs after earning a degree at U. MD. College Park in plant science, with my PhD on the biophysics of extreme freezing stresses in plants. From there I segued into the biophysics of protein stability, and in the last ten years I have concentrated on the development and marketing of a new chromatographic method for separating proteins, a technology I co-invented with my research partner, Dr. Latchezar Tsonev. Yet, I continued to maintain a keen interest in gardening and landscaping (see my website www.tucsoneast.com). In the late 80's I landscaped on weekends, and had the opportunity to build large exotic gardens around sizable homes in Potomac. More recently I have built exotic gardens for myself. This continued successful involvement with a visual art form primed me to consider involvement with other visual arts, if I could find a way.
There is another seminal family tie to the digital images I have been creating. My brother Gene is a classically trained artist in oils and watercolors, and by the late 80s he had also become a digital artist, using commercially available digital tools to create elegant representational paintings from photographs. When our first child came in 1992, he urged me to try fractal style painting with the computer because I am good at math and he said it might relax me. Until that point I, like a lot of biologists, was an indifferent computer programmer. Now I had a second chance, and I dived into learning proper structured programming by building dynamic painting programs. Gradually, this focus on computer programming proved invaluable to my professional scientific work. But for 10 years every night I also worked very hard on digital imaging problems my brother gave me, until I finally turned exclusively to scientific programming at the turn of the century. But I never gave up wanting to paint. In the years since, slowly cooking in my subconscious was a scheme for a very large and complex color and space manipulation engine. It took me years to finally sit down and write the code, and I am continuously expanding the system, but it has been fully operational for some time, allowing me to create a wide array of images. My philosophy of Digital Art is that it represents another form of painting. Instead of using brush and paint and canvas, the digital artist uses the virtual easel of the screen and the tools available to manipulate bitmap files (Adobe Photoshop, Painter, etc.) to construct the image he or she is imagining. What I do is partially within that mold, but with a fundamentally unique twist. Except for blowing images up, changing file types and printing, all actual manipulation of my images is done exclusively with software engines that I write. A crude analogy would be a traditional artist who also creates his or her paints, brushes and canvas from raw materials. Yet that comparison is also profoundly misleading because in reality I am exploring the power of my linked system of multilevel mathematical equations to ferret out a small sample of the virtually infinite patterns hidden in the photographs I use as raw material. I do this by loading images, initially digital photographs, into my system then systematically transforming them by varying the input values to the painting program. Images can be hybridized with each other and retransformed any number of times. I never use commercial software to alter images, nor are pixels ever manipulated by hand-everything is done by the equation sets. My goal is to explore the image generating power inherent in the marriage of real world photos and mathematics. Ironically, given that my images are generated solely by mathematics, I think that the best analogy to my efforts comes from the Kabbalists, the Jewish Mystics. They say that there are infinite layers of meaning that are hidden in the Torah (the Five Books of Moses), such that, by expanding each Hebrew letter into its name repeatedly, one can create an endlessly expanding text and here and there a new cosmic insight will emerge. That is somewhat analogous to what I do with my tools as a digital artist. Part of the art is the images created, part of it is the invention of a continuously growing image transformation engine. In this way I demonstrate that hidden in ordinary photographic images of flowers, landscapes, everyday objects, animals and humans is an endless array of magical forms waiting to be birthed by the grace of mathematics. I hope you enjoy these images as much as I do.


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Research using adult stem cells has saved the life of a Texas boy suffering from sickle cell anemia.
Research shows adult stem cells are now being used to treat well over 70 diseases and medical conditions, while research using embryonic stem cells -- which requires killing of a human embryo -- has produced zero results.
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2012 MTV Video Music Award Winners
In case you're missing any of the action from the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards, we've got a complete winners recap right here for you on PopCrush! Did VMA frontrunner Drake come out on top with as many awards as he was nominated for? Did indie hit makers Gotye or M.I.A. end up taking the Video of the Year VMA in an upset over reigning pop princesses Rihanna and Katy Perry?
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While speculation has been growing that Robert Downey Jr. is done with the Iron Man franchise after the upcoming third installment, don't count him out just yet.
"You never know," RDJ teased at Wednesday night's Hollywood premiere of Iron Man 3. "Even though I'm the one wearing slacks, she wears the pants in the family."
The "she" is his wife of almost eight years, producer Susan Downey.
NEWS: Gwyneth Paltrow skips underwear to wear see-through dress at Iron Man 3 premiere
"The pressure," Susan cracked. "The pressure!"
Iron Man 3 director Shane Black realizes Downey isn't going "to commit to anything right now," but no matter.
"Of course, he should do another Iron Man," he said.
If this is the end, we're certainly going to miss watching Downey and his leading lady Gwyneth Paltrow taking playful verbal (and physical!) jabs at each other during their publicity tours.
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Most recently, Paltrow gave Downey a little slap after he called her a snob during a press conference in London.
"You know, I guess getting slapped by the Most Beautiful Woman in the World—worse things can happen," Downey said. "I'll take it."


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Originally from western Michigan, Brett Bennett grew up surrounded by a manufacturing culture and influenced toward a career in architecture by multiple experiences including classic boat restoration. After graduating from the University of Michigan in 2004, Brett worked as a framer then moved to Galway, Ireland, where he spent two years designing under Niall J. Kearns Architects. "I wanted to see how different cultures approach the same problems," he says.
The Rocky Mountains drew Brett to Wyoming, where he has worked for Ward + Blake Architects since 2007. "The landscape is full of potential energy; northwestern Wyoming has become a true inspiration to me."


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this was a pretty easy dish & a hit at the dinner table. I didn't use skirt steak but some leftover steak from the day before & it was still really good.flag if inappropriate
I just made this for my husband and we both loved it. I did everything pretty much as written, however, there was no skirt steak available so I used flank steak. I cooked the onions and the steak on the George Foreman BBQ grill (electric). I also added red bell pepper for color and flavor. I used low fat, low carb, whole wheat tortillas that actually taste good (HA!). I served this with black beans, a corn risotto made with habanero pepper jack and a nice, crisp reisling. Great fast meal and the left overs were good the next day!flag if inappropriate
Grilled both the onions and steak on a stovetop grill pan (flank steak) and it worked out great! The salt content was a bit much but I limited it by not adding salt to the onions with the balsamic at the end. Would be great with avocado added.flag if inappropriate
yum... made these fajitas with mexican black beans and quick corn risotto. Will definitely make again.flag if inappropriate
A super quick, super easy week-night meal. Prepared almost as directed. Marinated skirt steak about one hour. Have made with flank as well and was good. With skirt steak it was great. The balsamic is a must. Yuuuuuummmm.flag if inappropriate
Made it with chicken breast, too, since my boyfriend shies away from red meat, but it was so good he tried the beef as well! Couldn't grill, so did everything on the stove, adding some tabasco as the meat cooked. Onions were great cooked in the balsamic.flag if inappropriate
super easy & super yummy. used flank steak & marinated it for about 3 hours to be on the safe side. does anyone have any tips on slicing the meat thinly? I sliced against the grain, but my pieces were still pretty thick...flag if inappropriate
Outstanding and SO easy. The onions were out of this world!flag if inappropriate
I made this for a party of 15 people. I marinated both beef and chicken. I received so many compliments! Some people love the beef, some loved the chicken. Easy marinade to make, I used some fresh limes, some bottled.flag if inappropriate
Fantastic fajitas! Made almost as described... Sliced vidalia onions into thin strips and broiled under gas broiler... did flank steak that way as well. Wife & kids raved! Highly recommended - no leftovers.flag if inappropriate