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Carole Shammas, ed., (Brill)
Mountain of Fame: Portraits in Chinese History
John E. Wills, Jr., reprint with new Afterword, (Princeton University Press)
Emily Anderson, "Self-Citation in Maria Edgeworth's Helen," Studies in English Literature, vol. 52, no. 4:567-588
Daniela Bleichmar, "Learning to Look: Visual Expertise across Art and Science in Eighteenth-Century France," Eighteenth-Century Studies, vol. 46, no. 1: 85-111
Barbara Donagan, "War, Property and the Bonds of Society: England's "Unnatural" Civil Wars," in Civilians and War in Europe 1618-1815, eds. Erica M. Charters, Eve Rosenshaft, and Hannah Smith, (Liverpool University Press): 52-67
Lori Anne Ferrell, "Kevin Sharpe at the Huntington: A Tribute," Huntington Library Quarterly, vol. 75, no. 4: 597-600
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Adam Knight Gilbert, "Ludwig Senfl's Sancte pater divumque and his Musical Patrimony," in The Motet around 1500: On the Relationship of Imitation and Text Treatment, ed. Thomas Schmidt-Beste, (Brepols)
-----, "Thundering to a Ground" Improvising on Greensleeves," in Hands-On Musicology: Essays in Honor of Jeffery Kite Powell, ed. Allen Scott (Steglein).
Marcus C. Levitt and AA. Demin, "Siuzhet vysshego poriadka [A Subject of a Higher Order]," Sovremennaia dramaturgiia," Special Issue: A. S. Korndorf, Dvortsy khimery, Illiuzornaia arkhitektura i politicheskie alliuzii pridvornoi stseny" vol 4, (October-December, 2012): 257-260
B. A. Uspenskii and V. M. Zhivov, Tsar and God and Other Essays, translated by Marcus C. Levitt (editor), David Budgen, and Liv Bliss, (Academic Studies Press 2012)
Heather James, "Coming of Age in Shakespeare," in Coming of Age, ed. Kent Baxter (Critical Insights Series, Salem Press)
Carole Shammas, "Standard of Living, Consumption, and Political Economy over the Past 500 Years," in Handbook of the History of Consumption, ed. Frank Trentmann, (Oxford University Press): 210-225
Bruce Smith, "Afterword: Phenomophobia, or who's afraid of Merleau-Ponty?", Criticism, Special Issue: Shakespeare and Phenomenology, vol. 54, no. 3: 479-83.
-----. "The Play's Not the Thing," Renaissance Drama, n.s. 40 (2012): 37-45.
John E. Wills, Jr., "Functional, Not Fossilized: Qing Tribute Relations with Đại Việt (Vietnam) and Siam (Thailand), 1700-1820", T'oung Pao, vol. 98: 439-478.
-----. "Revolutions and Divergences: The Macao Vortex in a Transforming World", in Americans and Macao: Trade, Smuggling, and Diplomacy on the South China Coast, ed. Paul A. Van Dyke, (Hong Kong University Press): 7-15


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An impression is being conveyed that the government of India is more concerned about communal disturbances and law and order in states, as compared to the states themselves... In my view, the response to inadequacy in handling of a particular incident should not be the creation of new laws. Rather we should focus on strengthening the capacity of existing ground-level institutions. Such a serious matter of national importance like communal violence Bill should not be subject to political marketing, particularly when elections are round the corner, the Orissa CM has written in a letter to the PM.
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So basically that's the question. Is there a quick way to export each layer of an image as a separate png from Gimp or photoshop (I'm not picky )? I've had a hunt but am coming up short.
So basically that's the question. Is there a quick way to export each layer of an image as a separate png from Gimp or photoshop (I'm not picky )? I've had a hunt but am coming up short.
Just hide the layers you don't want and then export what's left as a png....that's how I would do it.
You could save it as a macro / photoshop action and automate the process.
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Hmm, I thought if you hit Ignore in the gimp save dialog it would save each layer. Alas, it is not so.
There is a script at gimptalk written by saul goode in this thread (read the whole thing as there are multiple versions)
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if you are using PS and use the export function there is no option for PNG built in, at least not in CS3 and earlier.
However you can find a custom script.. I forget where that allows you to export layers as PNG files. If you can't find it and want to use it I can send you the script.
Hmm, actually trying to do something more complicated than I had thought. The export option from photoshop works nicely (Scripts->Export Layers to Files...) With Gimp I've placed the script in the Gimp_2.6 scripts directory, refreshed the scripts and restarted it, but I can't find where the command turns up. It should be under File, but I don't see it...
The secondary issue is that I'm trying to do the following:
Save out the different layers as pngs. Import them into an iPhone app and rebuild the layers there (after editing the colour on one of the layers). The problem I have run into is that Gimp's overlay blend layer doesn't seem to be a proper overlay. This means that I can't reproduce my image from the layers in photoshop (which has the same blend modes as the iPhone). From a little reading it does seem to be the case that Photoshop doesn't have a parallel for Gimp's overlay. This raises the slightly distressing possibility of having to rerender quite a few images in photoshop that I thought I already had nailed down in Gimp.... Any thoughts?
Thanks everyone already for your help. Very much appreciated.
Ooohhh! No thoughts but I'd love to know what you are building!
It is a secret It's a non-mapping app (pause for sighs of disappointment). I'm putting together the graphical assets and the GUI elements. Having lots of fun (and learning a lot about illustrator and photoshop in the process). It's starting to come together and we're playing with ideas for expanded functionality.
One of the guys I work with is a bit of a Mac guru and fancied putting together an app but had no artistic talent (his words, not mine). The he heard about my mapping and we formed a partnership. It's lead to some interesting diagrams on the whiteboard in the office that I have a hard time passing off as physics to the more serious minded of my colleagues
Are you going to be on an online video like RobA?
You know you won't have made it unless that happens.
We have high standards here! <weg>
If we make it onto a video then the app will be a lot more impressive than we planned it to be This is our first app so it's proof of concept stuf and a lot of learning more than anything else. It will be nice if we get some decent sales, but there is an end in itself in producing this.
So it seems that gimp's overlay is more like a soft light layer, but soft light doesn't duplicate it in photoshop as it really desaturates the image. I tried to use the overlay layer as a greyscale layer instead with the colour layer (that had been set as normal) now as a colour adjustment layer over the greyscale layer. That had the same effect (more or less).
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Posted 23 September 2011 - 03:32 PM
When editing an image to set a link to the larger image, it would be nice to have a box with width and height in a bit like the TinyMCE editor has by default - it's very hard to drag the image to specific size such as 160px wide whereas typing it in would be easier
@Pete–this has been added in the latest commit.
Posted 24 September 2011 - 04:34 AM
I've tried this but it doesn't do anything...?
I'm using Firefox 5. I type a width in the box and nothing happens. In my mind, it should be changing the width automatically (and vice-versa if you type something into the height box) to keep the proportions in-tact, and also resizing the image in the insert window, but nothing's happening. Also, if I put dimensions into those boxes and insert the image it ignores them.
I've definitely tested things more than normal this time - removed any custom admin themes so there's only the one in the latest commit so nothing's overriding it
Posted 24 September 2011 - 06:12 AM
Posted 24 September 2011 - 06:36 AM
Thanks again - this is another thing you've managed to roll out just before I needed it as I'm going to be moving on to porting articles across (not that many, else I'd use an importer) and this will save a lot of time
Posted 24 September 2011 - 08:55 AM
If you resize it first using the resize handle and then type in the dimension it works and resizes proportionally (all without inserting the image until the end).
It seems like it's not able to work out the scale to change the other dimension accordingly until you grab and resize using the handle.
It's not a problem if the image is already in the content and you edit it later, so it only seems to be an issue with newly inserted images.
This is in FF5.
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Posted 04 November 2011 - 03:38 PM
New fieldtype is because I needed to add new column to db table to save cropping data. I was thinking about two other routes also: direct editing of files (which would require two fields and duplicating images) and totally independent module which would have own table where cropping data is saved.
Also this has companion module (ProcessImageEditor) which will allow cropping (and later maybe other editing also).
I had very good start but now I have few questions (surprise ).
I have now page like this: /processwire/image-editor/?filename=myimage.jpg&pages_id=1001
With those get vars I get my image url easily and allows me to handle cropping on the front end. But how about saving that cropping data back to database (I have new column "cropping" there, where I would like to save these values as JSON object): x1, y1, x2, y2, w, h.
I am having little difficulties to save just one image (and only those cropping values). What I am trying to do is something like this (in pseudo):
$img = $field_images->get('filename=myimage.jpg'); $img->cropping = $json_values; $img->save() // or $field_images->save();
Hopely I make at least some sense here
I am using jCrop here and it looks like this will be cool tool! Thanks Martin for making this possible (and Ryan )
Posted 04 November 2011 - 04:26 PM
<?php public function getDatabaseSchema(Field $field) { // use the existing parent schema $schema = parent::getDatabaseSchema($field); // and add new field with CSV cropping info (x1, y1, x2, y2, w, h) $schema['crop'] = 'varchar(60) NOT NULL DEFAULT '''; return $schema; } // function called to convert values from DB to Pagefile/Pageimage public function ___wakeupValue(Page $page, Field $field, $value) { if($value instanceof Pagefiles) return $value; $pagefiles = $this->getBlankValue($page, $field); if(empty($value)) return $pagefiles; if(!is_array($value) || array_key_exists('data', $value)) $value = array($value); foreach($value as $v) { if(empty($v['data'])) continue; $pagefile = $this->getBlankPagefile($pagefiles, $v['data']); $pagefile->description = $v['description']; if(!empty($v['crop'])) { list($crop['x1'], $crop['y1'], $crop['x2'], $crop['y2'], $crop['w'], $crop['h']) = explode(',', $v['crop']); } else { $crop = array('x1' => 0, 'y1' => 0, 'x2' => 0, 'y2' => 0, 'w' => 0, 'h' => 0); } $pagefile->crop = $crop; $pagefile->setTrackChanges(true); $pagefiles->add($pagefile); } $pagefiles->resetTrackChanges(true); return $pagefiles; } // function called to convert the pagefiles to array ready for DB storage public function ___sleepValue(Page $page, Field $field, $value) { $sleepValue = array(); if(!$value instanceof Pagefiles) return $sleepValue; foreach($value as $pagefile) { $sleepValue[] = array( 'data' => $pagefile->basename, 'description' => $pagefile->description, 'crop' => implode(',', $pagefile->crop), ); } return $sleepValue; }
Posted 04 November 2011 - 06:16 PM
I actually got that part pretty well handled (well, my code was obviously messier than yours so took yours as a new starting point). Yes, I have extended FieldtypeFile here. What is causing me problems is dealing and saving individual Pagefile.
This is where I try set $img->crop value and save it.
<?php $img = wire('pages')->get($pages_id)->{$field}->get("$filename"); // Just realized that individual files are also wirearrays, clever! $img->crop = $crop; // Values in array, since sleepvalue expects an array wire('pages')->get($pages_id)->save();
If I try to save the field or pagefile alone it gives me error - now when I try to save the whole page the crop value doesn't get saved.
Posted 05 November 2011 - 08:36 AM
If you export the structure of the field_$name table using your field, what does the structure look like? (can you paste in)?
Since you are keeping $img->crop as an array, do you have something in your sleepValue that converts it to a string (like the CSV one I mentioned) or something to keep it consistent with the format needed in the DB?
Posted 05 November 2011 - 10:32 AM
What error message are you getting?
Not errors at all, but nothing gets saved. Actually if I try to save just the description, it fails also. But $img has right image, since I can use $img->url etc.
My field_cropimages is like this:
pages_id int(10) data varchar(255) sort int(10) description text crop varchar(60)
And images saved through admin will have values like this:
1001 penguins.jpg 1 0,0,0,0,0,0
Now I have tried to save only description, to make sure problem isn't in how I handle the sleepvalue (currently I have your example code). Here is my current code on my processmodule executeSave:
$page = wire('pages')->get($pages_id); $img = $page->{$field}->get("$filename"); echo $img->url; // This works $img->description = "Why don't you save me?"; // Nope, description doesn't get saved $page->title = "New page title"; // This also get saved $page->save(); // No errors at all, using debug mode
Posted 05 November 2011 - 03:15 PM
$page->trackChange($field); // where $field is the name of the field, 'images' or whatever it is
Posted 06 November 2011 - 06:28 AM
Does it mean here is bug or something strange - or is it required to use that in some scenarios?
Posted 06 November 2011 - 05:13 PM
So instead of single cropping value, I want ahead and implemented the way that you can add multiple dimensions. Now you can set in your image field's input tab all the different cropping settings you want (currently in csv), like this:
Tiny thumb,60,60 Bigger thumb,200,200 Portrait image,150,200
That gives you corresponding links in your edit page view. Clicking that tilte (ie. "Portrait image") gives you this view in modal, so it is very easy to get just the right cropping. This is also what I have implemented so far.
But now that I allow multiple croppings, I am considering the implementation. Instead of saving cropping values in db and do cropping on runtime (if not done before), wouldn't it be easier to just do cropping as is, and save the image with cropped suffix. So if my image file is image.jpg, and then I crop it, it would be saved like this: image.portrait-image.jpg
And in templates usage would be something like this:
<?php $images = $page->images; $portrait = $images->eq(0)->getCrop('Portrait image'); echo "url' />";
If there isn't required file (image.portrait-image.jpg in this case), it will create one using pw's default cropping (center).
Just got this idea, but I think that is much simpler solution than the one I was heading to... What do you guys think?
Posted 06 November 2011 - 06:05 PM
Posted 07 November 2011 - 02:40 AM
Posted 07 November 2011 - 10:03 AM
Does it mean here is bug or something strange - or is it required to use that in some scenarios?
It sounds like a bug, but it's actually just something that's not automated in the system (and I'd forgotten that it wasn't). A page checks for changes when something is set or added to the page itself. But a property down two levels of objects is not something a Page knows internally to check (and it wouldn't make sense for it to). So that object has to instead notify the page, or at least its parent object, that something has changed. So it's something that I think I can automate, but it's one of those things I'd want to do a lot of testing with to make sure I'm not screwing up anything else. So in the short term, I would suggest continuing to use the $page->trackChange method to let the page know about the change. In the future when this is built in, it won't be necessary, but also won't hurt anything to keep it there.
The reason this isn't an issue with PageEdit (for example) is that PageEdit doubles up on change tracking by checking the Inputfields themselves for changes. It basically does this: if($inputfield->isChanged()) $page->trackChange($inputfield->name);
Btw, the purpose of change tracking is so that PW can avoid the overhead of saving all fields on the page, and instead just focus resources on the fields that have actually changed.
Posted 11 November 2011 - 06:40 PM
I think there is one required feature missing and that is autogenerating thumbnails if you haven't set those yet. Also it would be nice to track the thumbnail size also - so if you change thumb setup it would generate new images.
How to install:
-Add FieldtypeCropImage.module, InputfieldCropImage and ProcessImageEditor folders to your site modules folder. Install those modules from PW admin.
-Add this method to /core/Pageimage.php file (I know this is core hack, but only now for testing - need to discuss with Ryan how to implement this).
public function getThumb($thumb) { $prefix = $this->sanitizer->name($thumb); $imgPath = $this->pagefiles->path . $prefix . "_" . $this->basename; $imgUrl = $this->pagefiles->url . $prefix . "_" . $this->basename; if (is_file($imgPath)) { return $imgUrl; } else { return false; } }
-Create new field or edit current image field and choose it fieldtype as "CropImage"
-Edit field and input tab, there last setting: "crop setups". Add as many crop setups you like, here is example:
thumb,100,100 portrait,100,180
-Add field to your template and edit template file and add this:
foreach ($page->cropImages as $image) { //cropImage is your field name if ($image->getThumb('portrait')) { // "portrait" needs to be something from your crop setups echo "getThumb('thumbnail')} />"; } }
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So let's start at the beginning...you're working with your home movies again. What made you decide to do another movie using the same kinds of images -- home videos of your family -- as "Tarnation"?
In a nutshell, I made this film that was kind of made out of -- [pauses] You know what's weird? This is the first interview I've done with English as the first language. During the interviews in France [where the recut film premiered theatrically earlier this year], I could assume that they were thinking I'm saying something really poignant. [laughs] When "Tarnation" came out, I met this guy, Pierre-Paul Puljiz -- and his editor Noam Roubah. We forged a relationship and worked on some interesting projects together. Somewhere along the way, we knew we would embark on something ambitious. I could never foresee in a million years that I'd make anything that closely resembled a follow-up to "Tarnation."
We were working on one project together and then had to remove ourselves from it. We invested our own sweat equity and passion in the project, established momentum and a trustworthy relationship. Wanted to continue doing something else, we wanted to transpose that effort into another project. So he asked me what I wanted to do, and I told him I have all this footage that's basically b-roll from "Tarnation" -- no, b-roll from my life. All this stuff that wasn't a part of the final cut of "Tarnation." Being the OCD person that I am, I worried that if a glass of milk spilled on the hard drive where all the home videos were, all of it would be gone forever. One of my first ideas for utilizing it was to augment a 10- or 20- year anniversary of Tarnation, but it ended up becoming a part of a new idea, this new film "Walk Away Renée." I wanted to make an experimental verite film -- a road trip movie [moving my mother from Texas to New York], and even if nothing happened on the road, seeing what inherently happened. The mundaneness of it would have been a pretty interesting experiment. That was the first idea of making "Walk Away Renée," but later on down the road, it occurred to me that I had all this other footage. It went from being an experimental road movie. That older footage became a divisive thing -- it became a sort of re-paraphrasing of Tarnation in some ways, based on how the road trip ended up happening.
So why did you show one version in Cannes and decide to cut it afterwards?
It took me 3 and half weeks to make the initial 2 hour version of "Tarnation," which was culled down to 88 minutes over time. This film took three years to make, to realize what the film is going to be. With all due respect to everyone that was involved, "Walk Away Renee" is a frustrating film for me. I think it's a good film, a cool film. It's frustrating film for me because it doesn't ultimately express the dynamic that I want to express. It's because of the circumstances surrounding the content. It's a personal film, but it doesn't totally go to the emotional hilt that I think even that I think "Tarnation" did. I have to be okay with that, because I know that "Tarnation" was an unprecedented thing -- I didn't try to make another one of those with this, this was sort of an organic thing that happened. It was really made by happenstance.
The story of my mother and what's happened post-"Tarnation" has been an abundance of stories. There's so much in epic proportions that happened. I had to stop making movies for the most part. The fact that "Walk Away Renée" exists is a miracle, let alone something that is adjacent to "Tarnation" in some ways. I was proactively taking care of my mother and grandfather. My family for me comes first. I had to be this sort of immediate perpetual caretaker of both my father and my mother. It was the nature of the reality of what was happening. I had to be so proactively embedded in that caretaking. I didn't have a lot of time to do it. As a result of that, I wasn't able to get the level of magnitude of story that could have resided in this film. I didn't know I was making a film, but I still had all this footage that I really wanted to see the light of day.
Update: Caouette added in an email after this article first ran: "Do not get me wrong. I like this film! (ha ha). It's just when you go back in your minds eye and think about all the different movies it can be, it jacks you up psychologically. But that's my obsessiveness I reckon! ha" In response to the question on the second page of this interview that asks him to elaborate on his future plans, Caouette adds: "I must say after this film, I am never ever ever going to make another personal documentary as long as I live. This will not be like Seven Up! Ha ha. I'm definitely segueing into making narrative fictional films. I want to pause making documentaries for awhile. ALTHOUGH.......I may have just ONE MORE DOC I may wanna make I'm excited making narrative fictional films that feel like documentaries." He also divulged details about two of the projects he is working on now: "One is a project with the great and brilliant David Henry Hwang and another one is a script that I'm writing myself for the first time."


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How bad is the pro-Democratic bias at the Los Angeles Times? Here are two more examples ... from just the past 24 hours.1. Slate's Mickey Kaus published a jaw-dropping item earlier today that the Los Angeles Times has banned its bloggers from writing about the reported affair between Sen. John Edwards and a blonde named Rielle Hunter. Kaus obtained a copy of an e-mail written by Times editor Tony Pierce. Wrote Pierce, "Because the only source has been the National Enquirer we have decided not to cover the rumors or salacious speculations. So I am asking you all not to blog about this topic until further notified." Kaus reminds everyone that while the L.A. Times and the MSM have been pretty silent on this Edwards story, the New York Times was unafraid in running a front-page article last February that strongly insinuated an adulterous affair between John McCain and a lobbyist. Double standard? Absolutely.2. The Los Angeles Times really, really, really wanted you to know that Barack Obama gave a speech in Germany yesterday. Check out the humungous front-page, full-color photo (almost 50 square inches; I reduced the size for easier viewing) from today's paper (Fri. 7/25/08). Good ... grief.(By the way, as a note, at least one blogger (John Rosenthal, World Politics Review) has questioned the "200,000" crowd estimate at Obama's speech.)Pro-Obama bias at the Times? Yup, yup, yup, yup, yup, yup, yup, yup, yup, yup, and yup.
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EA also highlighted the fact that there was a 31 percent increase in the number of online games played year over year with more than 24 million contests recorded in the first week of release. EA says that the time played online is equivalent to 47,000 NFL regular seasons in seven days. On Labor Day alone, an average of 3,000 Madden NFL 13 games were started every minute. In addition, Daily Average User (DAU) rates on HD consoles increased 14 percent over last year, breaking previous franchise records.
Other milestones include 1.4 million fans who connected online last week, more than 702K unique visitors to the enhanced Madden Ultimate Team mode, more than 2.6 million packs opened and competed in more than 2.2 million challenges, and more than 1.3 million unique visitors to Madden NFL Facebook page and 450K Madden mentions on Twitter.
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I just wanted to send a quick note it let you know that I made the Clementine Cake yesterday, I made it exactly as the recipe called for (I also had to use exactly 7 clementines like you) and it was DELICIOUS!!! Whooo, what a fantastic cake.
Mine turned out just like yours, very golden on the outside but very moist and citrusy. Just wow, everyone here loved it. Thanks for sharing it on your blog, next time I make it I'll try the lemon version.
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Recipe Review: Nigella's Clementine Cake
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- Debra She Who Seeks said...
Nigella delivers again!
- April 22, 2010 at 11:18 AM
- Jamie Ridler said...
Wow, that is absolutely amazing to me. If I read that recipe, I wouldn't have believed it! And I would have believed even less that it was pretty easy! Thank you so much for going on that foodie adventure and sharing the results. Now I'm actually curious to try it!
- April 22, 2010 at 3:19 PM
- Tammy said...
That is quite the recipe! I would never have thought you actually used the WHOLE clementine!!
I may have to give this one a try. Now that I can eat citrus again, I'm craving it all the time! (It gave me migraines in Colorado, but doesn't here in Oregon! Weird!) :)
- April 22, 2010 at 3:30 PM
- aliceinparis said...
That cake looks and sounds wonderful!!!
Congrats on your review. Looks great over there on the food network!
- April 22, 2010 at 3:52 PM
- Poires au Chocolat said...
I love that recipe - it's always so moist and tasty. I've tried it with whole blood oranges too and like to drizzle it with spiced chocolate. Do try it with other citrus too, it's lovely!
- April 22, 2010 at 5:02 PM
- Heavenly Housewife said...
Wow, isnt that so cool, published by the food newtwork, amazing! Congrats:D
This cake looks beautiful, I have got to try it.
*kisses* HH
- April 22, 2010 at 5:06 PM
- Janice said...
Ah you have to love Nigella, always a surprise. Every oven is different so you just have to get to know your own. Mind you, the amount of baking you do I would think you know yours quite well lol!
- April 22, 2010 at 5:07 PM
- Sarah @ Mum In Bloom said...
Great job Suzie. This looks wonderful. Way to go with the conversions! So exciting that the shared your restaurant reveiw!
- April 22, 2010 at 5:56 PM
- AvaDJ said...
The cake looks perfect, golden and citrusy, I think I'm going to have to try this as well, I really love a simple but tasty cake/torte, goes wonderful with a nice espresso.
- April 22, 2010 at 10:58 PM
- Mardi @eatlivetravelwrite said...
I have been wanting to try this for a very long time - it always looked a little intimidating. Now I feel confident that I can do it and not worry if it looks burned! I have a bunch of clementines that need to be used up soon so might be my chance!
- April 23, 2010 at 9:47 AM
- Moe said...
I've been PVRing her show and saw the episode where she made this. I had intended to make it from the tv but deleted it by accident. I'm glad I found your explanation/review of the recipe.
- August 10, 2010 at 1:46 AM
- Suzie Ridler said...
I am so glad you found the post helpful and informative Moe! Good luck with making it, I hope you love it as much as I did.
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I can't really comment on his talent as he drove rather decently in his HRT days but then made a mess of it in FP1 in Melbourne.
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|Extension sets outlook and management conferences across Nebraska
A series of outlook and management conferences will be offered by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension across the state in February.
The first two conferences will be Feb. 15 in Norfolk during the day and in Lincoln in the evening. Other conferences will be Feb. 16 in Grand Island, Feb. 23 in Alliance and Feb. 24 in McCook.
Each session is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., except the Lincoln meeting which will be from 4:30-9 p.m. The conferences will cover a number of key topics affecting farm management and production decisions for 2010.
This year's conferences will feature several specialists from UNL Extension and the Department of Agricultural Economics discussing the relevant outlook and management topics. In addition, Dan O'Brien, extension agricultural economist and grain marketing specialist from Kansas State University, will join the conference to share his insight on the grain market and marketing decisions for producers.
The opening morning session at each meeting will focus on the agricultural outlook, covering livestock, crops, inputs, land and policy. Specialists also will discuss analysis and decision tools that can help producers make better management decisions for 2010.
Darrell Mark, livestock marketing specialist, will present the livestock outlook and focus on market prices and risk management decisions. O'Brien and Paul Burgener, agricultural economics research analyst, will provide the crop outlook, focusing on market prices and risk management decisions.
Roger Wilson, farm management budget analyst, will cover the outlook for input costs, input decisions, and tools to manage input and crop decisions.
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Registration cost is $25 and advance registration is necessary. Contact Lubben at (402) 472-2235 or any one of the extension educators. Conference information and a link to online registration is also available at the conference Web page at http://www.agecon.unl.edu/resource/cemoc.html.


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Things to do in Sharjah: Discoverin
g the Emirates
Despite being within a camel's spitting distance of the international metropolis of Dubai, the neighbouring Emirate of Sharjah rarely gets a mention. But it deserves one: branching between the dominant chunk of land that comprises the capital city, and a few minor exclaves that remain scattered about the peninsula, Sharjah arguably has more miscellany and intrigue than any other region in the United Arab Emirates. Whether you're after an authentic experience of local culture, or an intrepid adventure through the rugged Al Hajar Mountains, Sharjah has priority access to it all and is a must see destination if you are discovering the Emirates for the first time.
First things first, it's important that you wrap your head around the fragmented geography of Sharjah, which is partly what makes it so interesting to explore. While the central region of Sharjah borders the Persian Gulf, Kalba, Dibba Al Hisn and Khor Fakkan are divided up along the eastern stretch of the peninsula. White sandy beaches and crystal waters abound on all sides, and inland roads trail up into rocky mountain passes.
The central seat and capital city of Sharjah is – you guessed it – Sharjah. With such close proximity to the city of Dubai, Sharjah is often overlooked as a commuter suburb and has been relatively untapped by tourists: leaving an unexploited goldmine of culture and local heritage for you to enjoy.
Downtown plays host to the vibrant Sharjah Heritage Area, which comprises a handful of interesting museums, marketplaces, and preserved historic buildings. Begin by exploring the tiled pedestrian streets, where you can enter authentic Bedouin village homes and restored public buildings. Highlights include the Souk Al Arsah, one of the oldest markets in the entire UAE. This place once buzzed with traders from all over India and Persia flogging their wares, and you can still pick up local handicrafts and souvenir trinkets here today.
If the hustle and bustle the traditional souk has given you haggling fever, don't miss out on a trip to the famous Blue Souk: an attractive structure of six uniform domed buildings, each dramatically embellished with geometric window patterns and blue tile mosaics. Otherwise known as the Central Souk, this huge indoor mall is a vision of Islamic art in the capital, and houses more than 600 shops selling everything from kitchen utensils to old Persian rugs and Yemeni antique jewellery.
Heading out of the city along the Sharjah-Kalba Road, towards the east-coast exclaves, will lead you through spectacular desertscapes of ruby sand. En route you'll pass by the landmark Fossil Rock: a rust-red rocky outcrop that marks a popular spot for adrenaline junkies in the desert. Catch them tearing through the dunes on quad bikes and dune buggies – or try driving one of these vehicles for yourself, which are available to hire. The area is also famed for fossil hunting (hence the name) and great for camping, so you can spend a night beneath the stars.
By the time you reach Kalba you'll be feeling parched, so cool down in the shady mangroves of Khor Kalba. This mangrove swamp just south of Kalba is the oldest in Arabia, and is internationally recognised as an important wildlife conservation area and habitat for endangered species. Take to the waters in a canoe or kayak with a guided tour, and perhaps you'll catch a glimpse of two of the world's rarest birds, the White-collared Kingfisher and Sykes's Warbler, in among the dark green leaves.
When you've finished unwinding in the cool swamps, drive a little way up the coast to Khor Fakkan, the next exclave along. There the deluxe resort of Oceanic Khorfakkan Resort & Spa awaits, with its own private beach, luxury spa, and elegant outdoor pool. Guests are encouraged to explore the nearby coves and headlands, and enjoy barbeques on rocky outcrops beside the shore. The hotel also offers a range of water sports with equipment available, and underwater adventures with certified PADI Diving Center instructors.
Shark Island, located just offshore from Khor Fakkan, is a great option for a daytrip if you want to venture away from the tourism of the mainland. The island's tranquil white beaches and tropical shallows are ideal for snorkelling and swimming, and you'll find some of the best dive spots in the UAE nearby. Don't leave before you've taken a 20m hike to the top of the island, and enjoyed panoramic views of this secluded paradise.
The last of Sharjah's exclaves to tick off your bucket list is also the most historically significant, as the site of one of the great battles of the Ridda wars. You can still visit the battleground on the outskirts today, where more than 10,000 rebels died in 633. Down in the sleepy fishing village of Dibba Al Hisn, there's little trace of this violent historical conflict; instead, the ebb and flow of daily routine accentuates life's small pleasures, and puts things in perspective. Watch the fleet of dhows come in late afternoon with their daily catch, while the sun disappears behind the Indian Ocean. The perfect conclusion to your Sharjah adventures.
Virgin Atlantic offers direct flights to Dubai from London Heathrow. Book your flight today.
Are you planning on discovering the Emirates and visiting Sharjah? Or have you been to Sharjah before? Did you manage to explore the central region and the exclaves while you where there? Share your experiences with us in the comments section below.
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I would recommend to also view sharjah fort :
Sharjah Fort is located between the Sharjah Heritage Area and the Sharjah Arts Area. It is an interesting building from the ouside but it had a sign on the door saying it has been closed for restoration since March 2010, so we could not go inside.
Don't miss to visit here.
About the author: ElizabethGourdElizabeth Gourd
Elizabeth Gourd suffers from an acute case of the wanderlust, which no amount of travelling or adventure can cure. She has lived in London, New York, and Berlin; experimented with nomadism in North America, and climbed to the freezing heights of Kilimanjaro on a whim. Future travel plans include getting lost in South Africa, keeping a menagerie in Europe, and finding herself in India before she is old.


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Accessions: MSS 89-1, MSS 93-2, MSS 95-6, MSS 97-1
Inclusive dates: 1975 - 1996
Size of collection: 12 linear ft.
The Sue Ellen Bridgers collection contains drafts, revised manuscripts, proof copies, correspondence, and other materials relating to Bridgers' novels. The novels included in this collection are:
Home Before Dark
All Together Now
Notes for Another Life
Sara Will
Permanent Connections
Keeping Christina
All We Know of Heaven
Bridgers' novels have won awards and recognition from organizations and periodicals, such as the American Library Association, Booklist, School Library Journal, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and the ALAN Review. In a survey, Bridgers was ranked among the top ten authors of young adult literature from a field of one hundred noted American, British and Canadian writers.
Additional information on Bridgers and her work may be found in Ted Hipple's Presenting Sue Ellen Bridgers (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1990) and the Fall 1990 issue of THE ALAN REVIEW.
For a related collection containing a work by Bridgers, see Mary Wayte -- Recollections.


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Cops Pepper Spray Second Grader in ColoradoMeredith Carroll
When my kid has a temper tantrum, I prefer to handle it myself. Of course my kid is 2 and rarely with anyone but me, so I'm usually the only one to handle it.
When she starts school, it'll be up to her teachers to handle any errant behavior, and I trust that they'll do it in an appropriate manner. And if my kid's tantrum were to turn violent, I would expect they should do what they need to do to keep themselves and the other students safe.
That's what happened in the case of an 8-year-old second grader named Aidan in Lakewood, Co. Only the teachers felt they couldn't even keep themselves safe from Aidan, so they called the police. And the police decided that Aidan needed a good dose of pepper spray.
A police report states he "was climbing the cart and spitting at teachers. He also broke wood trim off the walls and was trying to stab teachers with it."
"I wanted to make something sharp if they came out because I was so mad at them," Aidan said, according to 9 News in Denver. "I was going to try to whack them with it."
The report also says Aidan "was holding what looked like a sharpened one foot stick and he screamed, 'Get away from me you f—ers.'"
The police ordered him to drop the stick, and when he refused, they sprayed him with pepper spray twice and then handcuffed him after he dropped the wood. He was treated on the scene for some irritation to his face.
Aidan's mom says she doesn't believe the events unfolded as have been reported, that police were called to the school twice before to deal with her son and in both cases, they were able to calm him down without resorting to pepper spray and handcuffs.
"I'm sure what he was doing wasn't right, but he's 8 years old," she said. "They walked in, asked him to drop the stick, and then sprayed him with the spray… I think it's excessive."
A spokesman for the police defended their decision, calling it "the safest option considering the circumstances. "
Aidan, who has admitted to anger management issues, has since been placed on a "mental health hold" and was transferred to a school for children with behavioral issues. His mom says he has not been diagnosed with any mental illness, nor is he on any medication.
What strikes me is that police have been called to the school twice before to deal with a second grader and his mom is acting as if this is seemingly routine? Lakewood isn't some big, bad city where the cops are trigger-happy. I mean, I doubt any teacher relishes calling the cops and that any cop is eager to pepper spray an 8-year-old.
I feel for Aidan and his mom, but the more she's in what appears to be denial about her son's behavior, the bigger disservice she's doing him, and the more likely he is to be subdued by things like pepper spray and handcuffs.
Do you think it's ever OK to pepper spray a second grader?
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Among the handful of ordinary people who made their way past security in time to get to the rooftop of the Hollywood Tower Monday morning for the mayor's media event was Lucille Saunders, the La Brea-Willoughby Coaltion leader who has fought for years to make City Hall fulfill its legal obligations to report annually on the cumulative impact of development on the infrastructure.
hand, asking if there were "more press questions." i kept my hand
raised and he called on me. i marched to the podium, moved the mike
from his mouth to mine — he could have fainted!! i identified myself and
asked about the absence of infrastructure language in the hcpu. he
handed the question to (Planning head Michael) logrande– who gave a non answer that the eir was
certified as having infrastructure in the plan…more b.s…that's what was expected. and what happened…i and others handed out media releases." (HollywoodPlanOpposed.pdf)
development around transit hubs — a doctrine Mayor Antonio Villaraigosalikes to call "elegant density." The
principle can be seen in the pricey downtown condos built over the last decade,
and can be expected to be repeated in the future at current and future
transit-rich communities like Woodland Hills and the Crenshaw district,
officials say," according to the Times.
"Ostensibly, Hollywood is a place where the payoff
for the region's multibillion-dollar investment in a rail transit network
should be easy to recoup. After all, it has a pioneering past, and in recent
years it has seen a burst of new development that has revitalized its central
Hooray for Hollywood!
All it takes is a bus stop or better yet a subway or train stop and the HCPU — intended to be a model for every other part of town especially those where developers and investors can profit handsomely — will provide a bonanza that allow for density bonuses allowing or 50 to 100 percent or even more in some cases. And it will be by right — no process for governmental approval or input from the public — and surely come with various tax breaks and redevelopment subsidies.
Virtually the only voice allowed to interrupt the cheerleading for over-development is that of urban affairs expert Joel Kotkin — dismissed as a "champion of traditional suburban developments" when he argues for healthy sustainable with a high quality of life — sort of like L.A. used to be before the politicians sold out to developers and trashed planning and zoning rules for their own benefit and the benefit of developers.
is the endless Villaraigosa fantasy that you'll get wealthy people to live near
bus stops," Kotkin said, noting the total lack of evidence that the affluent are flocking to the city's transit system.
Even Planning Commissioner Mike Woo, who lost his ultra-liberal idealism back when he lost the mayor's race in 1993 Dick Riordan, one of the few outsiders to be elected to city office in more than a generation, could offer only this in support of the HCPU:
"This is really what government is supposed
to be doing. We're supposed to be guessing and dreaming
about the future. Who knows, in 2030, whether we'll have been right."
Say what? Guessing and dreaming — is that what planning is all about, is that what the government is supposed to do for you, guess and dream instead of protecting and serving and making sure things are getting better?
You can be sure developers will be generous to Garcetti and the rest of the political machine come election time just as the unions are grateful to City Hall for their sweetheart contracts and project labor agreements.
This is the moment of truth for Lucille Saunders and the other Hollywood residents who protested at the mayor's dog-and-pony show and for all the rest of us love L.A. for the quality of our lives and who see the abuses of power and what they are doing to our town.
We either get our act together for the 2013 city elections and put strong, courageous and independent people into office or we get of town before all our neighborhoods are a Skyscraper Hell — which is what the Westside will be most of all when the "subway to the sea" is built and Expo Line extended.
That's what East Hollywood Neighborhood Councilmember Doug Haines meant when he questioned why a community that worked so hard to clean up crack dealers and prostitutes and slum conditions and now is having massive developments shoved down their throats.
"We feel like we're being punished for sticking it
out," he said.


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Do you know what food this is that came from Italy, possesses an industry priced at $30 billion and used to be proclaimed a vegetable? If you are one of several lots of Americans who take in this then the first clue was a dead giveaway. If you stated pizza, make it rewarding by having a piece of this "veggie."
Toppings on flat bread has been anything but unusual in olden days, beginning being a commoner's dish due to the simplicity. It had become as basic as cooking flat bread and setting whatever edible in the top. It had not been until a visit by the royal couple in 1889 that pizza has gone from being peasants' meal to a national cooking. Queen Margherita, wondering about what the folks of Naples were consuming, thought to check out this kind of cuisine-and appreciated it.
The great thing about pizza would be that, as mentioned previously, you may add all sorts of things on top of it. Rafaelle Esposito, the baker ascribed with bringing out pizza around the globe, invented the fundamental platform for pizza. In the past, it had become a three-way mixture of tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and herbs such as basil.
Eventually, pizza evolved from the basics, with other ingredients including all-meat and vegan delight emerging. Pizza once more experienced an increase in acceptance while the Allies occupied Italy towards the end of World War 2. The American soldiers returned with stories about the scrumptious cuisine they fell in love with on their stay in Italy-and the remaining is della storia (history in Italian).
Pizza has been so popular in the United States that quite a few people are asking whether it is really an Italian or American innovation. While Americans have made their own types of a pizza, it's worth remembering that the Italians were the forerunners. There are more than 60,000 pizza parlors in the United States. Plenty of them are providing Folsom pizza within the Sacramento County.
You may say that the story of pizza is nearly similar to Cinderella: starting from a hassle-free food it progressed right into a delicious global delicacy. Whether it is classified as a vegetable or otherwise not, pizza will continue to be part of America's most favorite foods. El Dorado Hills pizza will usually originate from its Italian roots-and the 19th century baker which began the buzz.
For additional info on how this excellent food started, you can visit Homemade-Pizza-Made-Easy.com and InMamasKitchen.com. For more information on the various kinds of pizza El Dorado Hills has to offer, see your community pizzeria. Should you be wondering regardless if pizza was instituted as a vegetable, the Washington Post have already covered that.


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CALIFORNIA: A senior diver.
JUNIOR in 2001-02: Placed 20th (241.95) in the three-meter event and 35th in the one-meter competition (195.60) at the 2002 NCAA Zone E Diving Championships...Notched an 11th-place finish in the one-meter event (225.90) at the 2002 Pac-10 Championships and placed 17th in the platform (292.00) and 18th in the three-meter (403.05) events at the league competition.
SOPHOMORE in 2000-01: Placed 16th in the three-meter (413.15) and 29th in the one-meter competition (207.85) at the Zone E Championships...finished 13th in the platform competition (334.00), 14th in the one-meter (223.50) and 15th in the three-meter (413.05) at the Pac-10 Championships...placed eighth in the three-meter competition (393.25) at the 2000 Trojan Diving Invitational...was honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic.
FRESHMAN in 1999-2000: Placed 12th in the one-meter competition (341.31), 15th in the three-meter competition (391.98) and 20th in the platform competition (273.75) at the Pac-10 Diving Championship...finished 21st at the Zone E Championship in the three-meter competition (229.25).
HIGH SCHOOL: A 1999 graduate of El Camino Real High School...was a 1999 high school diving All-American and captured the 1999 Los Angeles City Championship with a career-best 502.93...was undefeated in all high school diving competitions in both 1998 and '99...was named the 1998 Los Angeles Daily News All-Area Diver of the Year...competed in the Winter Junior Olympic Nationals, placing 12th in the one-meter competition in 1996, sixth in the three-meter competition in 1997 and eighth in the one-meter competition in 1999...prior to diving career, was a gymnast for six years and became a Level 9 gymnast...was also a four-time winner of her school's scholar-athlete award and a 1999 High School Academic All-American.
PERSONAL: Majoring in integrative biology...parents are Patrick and Gilda Flynn of West Hills, CA...born 7/14/81 in Panorama City, CA.


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This was the stupidest idea in a long history of stupid ideas, Dean thought.
"Karrk," he bitched at Sam, making an angry gesture with his flipper to the
world in general just for the hell of it. He had a duty to penguinkind, but it
didn't mean he had to like the damage it did to his beloved Chevy. "Kaarka kaark."
just wrinkled his beak in the patented Sam bitchface and held on tight.
that he needed to. Dean was a good driver, had been almost since he'd cracked
his egg, and the Impala swept purposefully over the ice, dodging the deep drifts
and skirting crevasses, before he brought it to a graceful sliding stop at their
destination, a large, snowy mound, isolated and alone.
"Karrk," he said with a smug grin.
"Krrr," Sam replied, unimpressed as usual and Dean's smile deflated just a
little. As if there had been any doubt he would get them here in one piece.
They got out. Sam waddled right up to the remains of the old snow cairn while
Dean searched the perimeter of the camp for clues. Or possibly for fish, he was
rather peckish, now he thought about it.
though, was ignoring the importance of a fish supper, because the bird brain had
found something.
"Kaarrk!" he called. "Krraa Kark!"
Dean waddled over as fast as he could.
was a piece of canvas, poking out of the ice where the extreme of the spring
melt had pushed back the snow. It was the remains of a tent.
"Kaark!" Sam warned him.
it was too late; Dean had already reached out with a flipper and prodded the
material. Suddenly, the air grew colder still and a vicious wind picked up,
ruffling their feathers with dread.
"Kaaaarrrrk!" Sam squawked as an unseen force raised him up and choked him. His
flippers flapped helplessly against nothing as he tried to get free, but it was
no good. The spirit had him held, it was up to Dean now.
"Krraa!" Sammy! Dean cried, but there was nothing he could do to help as
the same force threw him backwards, depositing him into the centre of a
Flippers flailing, he hopped to his feet again. Their only hope now was to get
this done.
wind had whipped itself into a blinding blizzard. Dean hardly knew which way he
was meant to go. He could see a face now, the face of a man, a frozen, lost man
taking shape in the whiteout. He looked cold and dead and desperate, a penguin-botherer
stuck where he didn't belong. The long solace of death denied him forever.
Dean gritted his beak and pushed on. Sam needed him. Penguinkind needed him.
Even the penguin botherer needed him, Good job Dean needed to be needed too. He
reached the canvas with one last effort and held on, his flippers gripping as
tight as they could. It was now or never.
Fire wasn't going to do this and the salt was still in the trunk of the Impala.
He needed something else.
"Karrk! Karrky karrrk!" Sam spluttered.
That was it! If he'd paid more attention to Bobby and not to that hot chick's
tail feathers, he might have remembered sooner that they needed the other body,
to lay it to rest with its comrades.
"Kaaka! Kaaka!" he called to the uncanny wind, making it an offer. "Kark!"
wind whistled and bit. It agreed. It dropped Sam and Dean let go.
wind took them both and they were swept up into the sky. There, they tumbled and
swooped, almost like the snow petrels might, before the wind gently placed them
down next to a dark shape half hidden by the snow. The wind blew and blew, and
the snow pulled back to reveal a heap of frozen bones grimacing into the ice.
Captain Oates, I presume, Dean thought, amused at himself; then he grabbed a
furry boot and heaved.
caught on and grabbed the other leg. It was slow work, but eventually, pulling
with all their might, they got the body of the fallen explorer and placed him
next to the frozen cairn. The wind whipped up again, eddying excitedly around
their webbed feet as they packed fresh snow over the body until the cairn was
complete. Oates was back with his people and penguins were safe.
Dean flopped down next to his brother. He was exhausted. Humans were so heavy,
even when they were dead.
He nudged Sam with his flipper. "Kaark Kaark!" he joked. He smirked to himself. He was so funny sometimes.
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Booze and films go together. Here are the best and most unique drinks from cinema history.
1. Groundhog Day- Sweet Vermouth on the Rocks With a Twist
Bill Murray has to repeat his day over and over again, he takes Andie MacDowell to a bar and he orders a Jim Beam on the rocks, a solid drink for any man. She orders a Sweet Vermouth on the Rocks with a Twist and then launches into a monologue about how it makes her think of Rome. The next time Murray orders her drink and impresses her by launching into the same reasoning.
· Sweet vermouth
· Lemon wedge
· Fill a double old-fashioned cocktail glass with ice. Pour the vermouth, stir and twist lemon over the glass. Serve with the lemon twist as garnish.
2. The Nutty Professor (original film) Alaskan Polar Bear Heater
Buddy Love, Professor Julius Kelp's alter ego, orders this at a bar. Of course, the bartender has never heard of it. While the movie meant it to be a joke, the drink has actually entered drink culture. Despite its annoying ingredients and bitter taste, it's drinkable. It gets points for originality, but honestly it's not that tasty.
· 2 shots of vodka
· A little rum
· Some bitters
· Smidgen of vinegar
· Shot of vermouth
· Shot of gin
· A little brandy
· Lemon peel
· Orange peel
· Cherry
· More scotch
· Mix it nice
· Pour it over ice in a tall glass.
3. Cocktail Red-Eye
From the most pivotal bar movie of the '80s comes this doozy. When Brian Flanagan (Tom Cruise) walks in to ask for a bartending job, Doug is mixing up a Red-Eye. Later, when Flanagan is trying to cure a hangover with pizza, his mentor explains the ingredients. Various drinks use the name, but it's conceivable that Cocktail launched this variation into the world. It actually does help hangovers, as long as the egg doesn't make you too nauseous.
· 1 oz vodka
· 6 oz tomato juice
· 1 can of beer
· 1 raw egg
· Into a tall frosty mug, pour the vodka and tomato juice. Pour in the beer and then crack the egg into it. Do not stir.
4. The Seven Year Itch Whisky Sours
This film has one of the most iconic images from all of cinema: Marilyn Monroe standing over a subway grate as her dress is blown up. The film also features the best recipe for a breakfast of champions, a peanut butter sandwich and two Whisky Sours."
· 1 1/2 oz bourbon (or rye, or Irish whiskey)
· 1 1/2 oz lemon juice, fresh squeezed
· 1/2 - 3/4 tsp sugar
· Orange slice
· Maraschino cherry
· Shake with ice and serve over ice in an old-fashioned glass. Garnish with the cherry and orange slice.
5. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World Old Fashioned
One of the first drinks to be called a cocktail, it dates back to the turn of the 19th century.
· 2 oz bourbon
· 2 dashes bitters
· 1 splash water
· 1 tsp sugar
· 1 cherry
· 1 orange wedge
· Serve over ice in a short round tumbler glass, then garnish with the cherry and orange wedge.
6. Bonfire Of The Vanities Sidecar
The exact origin of the Sidecar is unknown, but it appears to originate around World War I in either London or Paris. One story credits its invention to an American Army captain in Paris, who rode in a motorcycle sidecar to and from the bistro where he drank.
· 1 ½ oz Courvoisier VSOP
· 1 oz Triple Sec
· 1 oz lemon juice
· Lemon slice
· Granulated sugar
· Wet the rim of a cocktail glass and dip it in the sugar. Combine the first three ingredients with ice in a shaker. Pour everything into a martini glass and garnish with lemon.
7. Casablanca French 75
A bulldog of a cocktail, it gets its name from the 75-millimeter M1897, a light but gnarly gun that became the mainstay of the French field artillery in World War I. Some sources say American World War I flying ace Raoul Lufbery created the drink after complaining his champagne needed more kick. More than two of these delights and you'll be kicking down your ex-girlfriend's door.
· 2 oz London dry gin or cognac
· 1.5 oz of fresh-squeezed lemon juice
· 5 oz of chilled champagne
· 1 tsp. superfine sugar
· 1/2 oz lemon juice
· Shake with ice, except the champagne, in a chilled cocktail shaker. Pour into a Collins glass half full of ice and top off with champagne.
8. Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas Singapore Sling
The drink was invented in Singapore at the Raffles Hotel around 1910. This original recipe fell into disuse, but decades later the hotel did their best to recreate it from interviews and found notes.
· 1 1/2 oz gin
· 1/2 oz Cherry Liqueur
· 1/4 oz Cointreau
· 1/4 oz Benedictine
· 1/3 oz grenadine
· 1/2 oz lime juice
· 4 oz pineapple juice
· Dash of bitters
· Serve over ice in a highball glass with a maraschino cherry, pineapple chunk and orange slice.
9. The Big Lebowski White Russian
Named after an anti-Bolshevik group from the Russian Civil War, the Oxford English Dictionary cites a 1965 newspaper from Oakland, California as the drink's first mention. Popular in the late '70s, it became uncommon until "The Dude" revived it.
· 2 oz vodka
· 1 oz Kahlua or other coffee-flavored liqueur
· 1 oz light cream
10. Casino Royale Vesper
This began the "shaken, not stirred" craze, but the Vesper is still relatively unknown. 007orders one Casino Royale. On the fly, he names it after double agent Vesper Lynd. "Because once you've tasted it, that's all you want to drink."
· 3 oz London dry gin
· 1 oz vodka
· 1/2 oz Lillet Blanc
· Shake with ice until chilled, and serve with a thin slice of lemon peel in a deep champagne goblet.