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Q: For someone who's never been to a Lifestyle Family Fitness club, give me an idea of what your clubs are like and the look and feel of the facilities, programming and membership demographics.
A: Our facilities are typically in the 32-35,000 square-foot size. When we open in a new market, we would typically open five to 10 clubs, depending on the size of the area, and we would also build a 50,000-square-foot facility in that same area, so that we have the opportunity to provide multi-club access for those members who want to buy that. In our typical club, 32-35,000, typically we have a very large workout area, 10,000 square feet, a large cardio area, with approximately 100 pieces of cardio equipment. Group fitness is big part of what we do, and typically about 4,000 square feet for that area. In our group fitness area, we use all the Les Mills International programs, BodyPump, BodyStep, BodyFlow, BodyAttack. These programs are important for consistent experience across all clubs. Spinning room, we have tanning that we provide. We're a Florida-based group and tanning is still important to Floridians, so we provide that service. Also, in the general exercise area, we're providing a separate private training area for our members, where personal trainers and their clients can exercise in a separated area that requires a special key to access that area. We feature the Kinesis wall and more high-end finishes in that particular area. We've tested in one club, and we're introducing it to more of our facilities. Locker rooms, typically we allocate about 10 percent of our total space for the locker rooms, and that would include a sauna and wood-faced lockers and things of that nature. We try to build our clubs with products that don't show wear and tear. We stay away from carpeted materials that typically you have to replace or steam clean frequently. We try to finish our clubs in such a way that they always look clean and they're easy to maintain. Our membership types are typically one-club facilities that are not yet fully mature, in other words aren't filled to capacity, so we'll have a one-club membership. We have a multi-club membership, which we call a passport, and we have a premier membership that is also available. All of our memberships are month-to-month. We don't have any long-term contracts, therefore members can pay on a month-to-month basis and terminate their membership at any time with notice.
Q: That's a big topic in the club industry: the long-term memberships vs. the month-to-month. It seems like the month-to-month contracts are more popular and easier for consumers to handle than long-term contracts. When you were forming your business model, is that something that you looked at and said, "This is what's going to separate us from other clubs?"
A: I've been in this business now for about 35 years. In the first 15-20 years, we used to sell two-year memberships. If anyone's worked in this business in the back office, you realize what those collectors go through, trying to collect on a two-year membership when a person really doesn't want to pay. It makes you feel uncomfortable about the industry that you're in. I've always had this dream of letting a member cancel but never had the comfort or the confidence to do that. And then in the late '90s, as the business continued to grow, the evolution of EFT and the elimination of pre-paid memberships, we felt comfortable enough that our members wouldn't all leave if we went to month-to-month. We made that shift in 1999 and we haven't looked back. Certainly, members quit at a much faster rate, but we feel the integrity that we create by going that route is far better. There's a much greater sense of pride amongst our employees because we let our members terminate when they don't use the club. Obviously, when you go month-to-month, you have to watch your members a lot more closely. It focuses a lot more attention on customer service. We look attrition reports the way other clubs look at sales reports. It's a true fact that it costs more to lose a member than it does to acquire a member because you have no commission involved. It's cheaper to keep a member than to acquire a member is the point I'm trying to make because there's no commission involved. Not a lot of clubs focus on the quitting member. Members who become inactive after three months, 5 percent of your members are not using it, and that can climb to 20-25 percent after six months. So it puts all your attention on keeping your members active.
Q: Your first club opened in 1982 in Lakeland, FL. Then your company doubled in size in 1991, doubled again in 1995. From 2000 to 2007, you grew from seven clubs to 40 clubs and $12 million to $100 million in revenue. How have you done it, especially the rapid growth in recent years? What's been your main secret or main part of success?
A: When we started the company in '82 until 1999, in those first 17 years we grew to seven clubs. Growing to seven clubs in the early days, I'm sure there's a lot of other entrepreneurs out there that have gone through the same risks that we've had to take. You basically put your life on the line every time you open a club. You don't have a lot of cash, and it's difficult to borrow money because you don't know how. For me, it was all about refinancing my home. Thank heavens I had a house that I could refinance. I refinanced it so many times, it was worth seven times more than I paid for at the end of the 17 years. Raising capital was a challenge in the early days and of course making all the right decisions as far as the clubs you open and trying to keep focused on hiring the right people. All those things were necessary in those first 17 years. In 1999, I had a chance to sell the business but instead went to someone I trusted who was a business builder, someone who had had some successes in the past. He agreed to invest in 2000, subject to me making a commitment to run the company at a much more sophisticated level and also being committed to growth. So I was excited to have the opportunity to get that kind of wisdom involved in my business. I knew I knew the sales and marketing side of it, so I agreed to that investment, which began in 2000. The first thing we did was we hired a CFO, a chief financial officer. When you move from a bookkeeper who was a controller back in that day to a chief financial officer, that was a quantum leap in the way we managed the financial side of the business and the ability to borrow money and grow the business. We had to hire an entirely new executive management team, which we did. We had a $12 million company. We committed a million dollars to the management team, so that was a huge risk and a big investment in people. But those people are really the foundation for taking us from $12 million to the $100 million that we'll achieve this year. We made a big investment in systems and the way that those systems help us report on the way this company functions, going 100 percent paperless. We've spent probably $1 million to $2 million each of the last two years having a paperless membership enrollment system, sales force automation, all the accounting systems. So we tried to create an environment where it's very easy to open new clubs and get away from a paper-intensive business. We also reorganized our clubs where before we used to have one general manager that ran the club, a very complicated role. I was told that you couldn't grow quickly with a singular manager that had a very complex position. It would be difficult to find them, difficult to train them and difficult to keep them. So we split the general manager role into two managers, a sales manager and an operations manager. And they respectively had area managers and district managers and VPs to report to. That was a very difficult thing to do. The first year, everyone hated it. The second year, they liked it. The third year, it became a real advantage, a true differentiator for us. We were much more focused on the customer. We had double the career path opportunities for people to grow. And then two years ago, we created a third manager, which was the personal training manager. That became a catalyst for even more growth and better recruiting. We created a whole new side of our company that didn't exist. That's enabled us to achieve tremendous results there.
Q: Going from 2005 to 2006, your revenue jumped from $55.33 million to over $80 million in 2006. What was the main reason for that jump, and was it because of your purchase of California Fitness Centers in Ohio? And how does the purchase of the Ohio clubs factor into the future of this company?
A: Our goal is to be over 100 clubs within a three-year period. We knew that we couldn't achieve that goal just being in the state of Florida. We also wanted to prove that we could be a national brand rather than just a regional brand in Florida. We looked at the opportunity for growth and knew we needed to be in the Midwest and the mid-Atlantic and also in the South and Florida. We already had an existing relationship with the operators of the clubs in Columbus [OH] and were already doing all their accounting and home office functions and had done for eight years. We knew the clubs we were buying. It was great to have such a strong position in Columbus, OH, so that acquisition was easy. And that of course enables us now to springboard into all the cities around Columbus as well as the perimeter states, which we will do. Also North Carolina, we felt that was an area that was ready for our brand. We researched the market, [which had] high education, high income and high single-family home residency rates. So we made a commitment to open in Charlotte and Raleigh. We've got four clubs being built in Raleigh right now and two in Charlotte and we'll continue to build and grow in those areas. So we look at Columbus as being a 25-35 club region in the not-too-distant future, as will the Carolinas, as will Florida. So that was the reason for the growth. We find that with our business model, because we're not a freestanding building, we go into shopping centers and we can take second generation space or be freestanding. We can build or we can acquire. All of our acquisitions typically are as rewarding for us from a performance basis as well as freestanding. So how do we grow from 2005 to 2007? Certainly, the acquisition revenue helped, but we had same-store revenue growth that was double digits. We've been able to achieve double-digit same store revenue growth each year for the last five years. Like all other clubs, we've seen personal training continue to climb and we've been able to increase our revenue per member every year and as well as continued to increase the offerings. Acquisitions worked, as did new clubs, as did going into new markets. So I hope that answers your questions.
Q: Yes, it did. Do you have any sort of timeline in the next few years? Do you have to have this many clubs in this many states?
A: Certainly at the board level, there are plans and projections, but the stars have got to align properly, too. You've got to have Life Time [Fitness] and TSI [Town Sports International] performing at the right levels. Fortunately, they've both been doing very, very well. The markets have got to be ready. We're very optimistic that there's opportunities in the not-too-distant future for us and we have to continue to perform, which we are. It's an exciting opportunity. Right now, we're just focused on growing our business. The other thing I've learned in the last seven or eight years is the value of having a strong board of directors, which I never had in the first 17 years. We've got a seven-member board, and they're all CFOs and CPAs and they've been associated with businesses that have been successful and failed. When you can be surrounded by people that have got a lot more wisdom than I do that tell me what not to do and what to do, it gives you some confidence that you're making the right decisions. They've all been involved in growth strategies with fast-growth companies, so they're helping provide a lot of direction there. Obviously, this is a path I haven't been down before.
Q: I'm curious to find out what your thoughts are about the Bally situation. Are there some lessons to be learned from the way they've grown and now are struggling at this point?
A: I think you've got to continue to change with the industry. There's a lot of things going on in the industry, and if you want to be at the edge of the industry, you've got to be present at these trade shows and conventions and networking with your peers and learning what's hot and introducing new programs and taking risks and changing things. That's the nature of our business. It's not very old. It's a 25-year-old industry. The problem with Bally was they never changed. The first mistake they made was never reinvesting in their clubs. We've all been in a Bally club. You've only got to go in the locker room to realize that that's a sorry situation where there's been no reinvestment in the physical plant. And if they did reinvest, it was at the end of the day when they should have done it at the beginning of the day. Maintaining a club is an ongoing thing that we have to do every single day, and I don't think they ever really put that at the top. The other thing is that antiquated business model, 36-month membership. The way it was recorded from an accounting standpoint, it was bizarre. It was financing an enrollment fee of $1,500 was the way it was explained in the accounting system. The investors didn't understand the business model, and we didn't understand the business model. Unfortunately, the industry has gone so far past them, they're an anomaly now. No one does business like Bally did. Yet they still have a phenomenally strong name. Bally is probably the most recognized name in the fitness industry. There is value there. The unfortunate thing is there can't be a lot of member confidence because the promises have never been kept. To get back to this month-to-month thing, anyone that's been in this industry as long as I have, and there's a lot of them, the two black eyes for this industry are the long-term contracts and high-pressure sales. The first step is eliminate the contract and give members the right to pay on a month-to-month basis and earn the right to keep them. And if they want to quit, let them quit. Charge more for it. Don't charge $5 a month or $19 a month. Charge a reasonable price for the membership. The second thing is get away from the aggressive sales practices. The good news is Bally can probably come out of this bankruptcy and keep their best clubs and re-brand them and reinvest in them and start over with a lot of debt. The unfortunate thing is the other clubs that are underperforming or too far gone will all have to be let go or recycled in the marketplace.
Q: Do you think Bally will keep its name after this restructuring plan?
A: I'm sure it will. I'm sure that it will come out of the bankruptcy with 200 of the best clubs and I'm sure that they'll probably do well with the right reinvestment. I don't see the brand going away. It's too well known.
Q: In your PowerPoint presentation, you have some interesting references under the headings of "Mission Statement" and "Vision Statement." In your "Vision Statement," you quote Winston Churchill from 1940 as the world was going to war, but you also in your "Mission Statement" quote Captain Kirk of all people, from Star Trek, the quote "boldly going where no man has gone before." How of you incorporated those men both real and fictitious into not just your presentation but the way you handle the company?
A: All companies have to have a mission and a vision and a purpose. The responsibility of the CEO or the entrepreneur or the owner is to identify what that purpose or mission is and what that vision is, and then tell the story to the employees. As you get bigger, the mission statement of the company becomes more important and so does the vision, or the Big, Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG) was the way I put it. If you read the book "Good to Great," it talks extensively about having a big, hairy audacious goal, or BHAG, a goal that's achievable yet probably won't be met. Back in 1995, we had three clubs, and we wanted to be the biggest coed chain in the Tampa Bay area and only offer month-to-month memberships. Well, that was a ridiculous goal that I didn't think we'd ever accomplish. I always wanted to be month-to-month but didn't think we'd ever get there. Then lo and behold, five years later, we had accomplished that goal. We were rated by the local newspaper as being the largest coed player, and we'd already moved to month to month. So then we set a new BHAG and that was in 2000 and we only had seven or eight clubs. The goal was by the end of this year, 2007, we'd grow to 50 clubs, $100 million in revenue, 25 percent revenue from other ancillary services. It's a goal that we feel confident we'll achieve this year. What's a BHAG? A BHAG is setting a goal that seems too far-reaching, not likely to be met. But it's a goal nevertheless that gets your employees excited and the executive team should create that. The mission statement is your purpose for being, and the mission statement of Lifestyle is to fulfill our members' needs and build lasting relationships through a fun and friendly experience. And that really tells all of our employees what their job is. Fulfill the members' needs is pretty clear. Lasting relationships means we have to know everyone by name. And a fun and friendly experience means have fun at the job. People wear that mission statement, they memorize it and they're expected to live by it. The final thing is the core values. Every one of us individually is known for something. He's an honest guy, he's caring, he's loving, he's a hard worker…we all stand for something. But what does your company stand for? If your executive team can identify one of the core values of the company and you put them in writing, it lets everyone hold each other accountable to live by the core values. In our company, that's honesty, integrity, commitment, consistency, opportunity to grow and to provide a fun and friendly atmosphere. There are books that talk about core values, core vision and BHAGs. The BHAG book is "Good to Great" by Jim Collins and "Built to Last" [also by Jim Collins]. I think they're very important to have and they're more important as you get bigger. When get bigger, you're always got to remind everyone what it was like when you were small. What made you strong? Because there's always the tendency to drift away from that because people forget where you came from.
Q: I want to get to where you came from originally. I understand you're from New Zealand?
A: I'm actually from Australia. I'm from Melbourne, Australia. I came over here when I was 22 and got a job working as a fitness instructor in Oklahoma City making $100 a week and overstayed my visa and eventually got a job in Florida. But no, Melbourne, Australia, was where I was born. A better place than New Zealand.
Q: I hope I didn't offend you by mentioning New Zealand.
A: No, no. In this business, I've learned to get to know and like a lot [of New Zealanders]. Phil Mills is from New Zealand. Mark Smith is from New Zealand. There's a couple of other fellas from Australia. I feel very lucky to be in an industry where the Aussies and the Kiwis have been able to play a leadership role. It's been exciting and fun.
Q: In launching your second campaign into fighting teen obesity recently I read that you battled with weight as a child. Did that help A) get you into the fitness industry and B) create this campaign of fighting teen obesity?
A: When I was in Australia at the age of 17, I weighed about 245, so I was an overweight teenager. I was reclusive and didn't like sports because I didn't fit in. It was just an awkward part of my life. The peer pressure going to school when you're obese or fat, it just wasn't a fun experience at all. I ended up joining a gym at the age of 18 and I lost all the weight in three months and realized what a great feeling it is to be fit and look right. So I came over to America, and I stayed in the fitness business and got a job as a fitness instructor because I enjoyed that experience, and I loved being around people. About two years ago, we sold about $100,000 worth of teen memberships. This board member joined our board and he said, "Geoff, what do you do for the community? I'm a big, big believer in giving back to the community." And I realized we didn't do a whole lot. We supported the American Heart Association or the Diabetes Association, but we really didn't stand for anything. I felt that if there was something we could stand for, why not be an expert in the teen fitness area and make that our mission. First of all, it made sense because it was the right thing to do for the community. Second of all, it is the next generation of members. I remember that old IHRSA statistic: Someone's five times more likely to join if they've been through your club than if they haven't. Last year, we introduced our free teen summer membership, a two-month membership. And the requirement is the teen has to check into the club before 3 [p.m.] and leave the club before 5. They have to come in with a parent. The parent has to register them because they're a minor. And last year, we had 2,200 teens go through about 36 clubs. This year, we've had about 4,000 register across 44 clubs. But we really haven't started yet in North Carolina; the schools are just now getting out. So we think we'll finish this summer with about 5 or 6,000 teens registered. It's a fantastic program. Certainly, you lose that $100,000 worth of summer revenue, but you're doing something that really is a statement to the community. We've had a ton of good press, TV, radio and newspaper. They all think it's a wonderful thing to do. We are truly becoming an expert on teen fitness. We're doing lectures. We're going out to schools. The local governments are getting us to co-host special events. And the members love it. The teens have not been a problem in the clubs. They've been embraced by the members. Members come in with their teenaged kids. We don't track how many join because I don't want anyone to think it's a sales generation program. The first thing it is a free membership for the teens. We're pretty excited about it.
Q: You really target 12- to 17-year-olds in this campaign. How do they interact with the other adults or even the senior adults at your clubs?
A: If you ask someone in this company or a member what Lifestyle Family Fitness means, they'll say it means everyone in the family fits in. We've got a heavy program with Silver Sneakers and Humana. We've got about 8 or 9,000 seniors that use our clubs. So why not go for getting the teens to come in? The good thing about the teens is they come in during the day when it's slow. I like a club that's busy and active. You walk in and the teens behave themselves. The members certainly feel prouder about the company because we do this. I haven't seen a problem between a senior and a teen yet, so I haven't seen any downside yet. It's all been very positive.
Q: You mentioned group fitness and the emphasis of group fitness and personal training. Do you mean group exercise or group training? You mentioned Phillip Mills, founder of Les Mills. Do you use his techniques?
A: We do. We used BodyPump about eight or nine years ago. We really liked that. And then about two years ago, we chose to open up to all of the Les Mills programs. The reason being, in our board meetings, we always discuss what makes Lifestyle Family Fitness different from another club. Even month-to-month [memberships] is really not a differentiator because anyone can duplicate it. But what's important is when a member goes from one club to the next club to the next club that they have a consistent experience. We feel that a world-class group fitness experience is a critical part of the club experience. When you look at it statistically, about 90 percent of the women that go into the club do group exercise. We want to be appealing to women. Les Mills programs are the best group fitness experience that you can provide. The programs are new every quarter. New music. New choreographed routines. The instructors love it. They're caught up in it. It's creating a new career path for our people to grow within that side of the business. We feel the Les Mills programs provide us an edge over other clubs that don't offer that. As far as pre-paid groups, we're evolving in that area but we haven't really had a lot of success yet. Some club owners are having a lot of success. But that's a big upside for the industry. If we can get groups of six, eight, 10 people paying $10 a head to be led by a top trainer through a group exercise pre-paid program in four-week periods, I think we're going to retain more members and involve more people and get better results.
Q: What other purchases are you planning? Where else are you looking at to put Lifestyle Family Fitness clubs?
A: Unfortunately, we have a rule in the boardroom that until it's a signed deal, we're not going to speak about it. So I can't actually disclose where the next trade area is that we're going to go to. But we try to cluster our clubs. It's easier to manage them and easier to market them. Right now, it's safe to say that we're going to continue to grow in Charlotte and Raleigh, NC, and continue to expand upon Columbus and then of course the markets that we're in in Florida, which are Tampa Bay, Jacksonville and Orlando. There are no new markets that I'm able to disclose until we've executed agreements to open there. As far as systems development, we continue to spend a lot of money developing internal systems and we've got a few things we're working on there and just going out and doing our job every day. Every day you learn something about this business you didn't know yesterday. Keeping your ear to the ground and listening to your employees and listening to your members pretty much tells you what kind of a job you're doing running the company.


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As a mom, you know the best photo ops are frequently unplanned. Which means while the perfectly capable point-and-shoot sits on a shelf at home gathering dust, your baby takes his first steps, or your daughter holds her little brother's hand while walking into preschool, or your little one has the most adorable meltdown.
Lucky for us, cameraphones have come a long way in the past few years, allowing us to capture more of those special moments. Though the capability of these devices continues to improve, I have found that they don't quite produce the quality of my main camera. But I have found a couple apps that you can download to help the photos from your smartphone transform from forgetful to interesting with just a few tweaks.
- Instagram (iPhone, free). Instagram allows users to take stunning photographs with the help of an array of filters and tilt-shift blur effects. Snap a photo with your iPhone, and then choose a filter to transform the look and feel of the shot into a memory to keep.
- Retro Camera (Android, free). As its name implies, Retro Camera lets you take photos that look as if they were shot with old-style cameras. This is a good free Android alternative to Hipstamatic, with five vintage cameras to choose from and a number of other digital effects.
- CamWow (iPhone, free). If you love your Mac's PhotoBooth app, you're going to love CamWow, which operates in similar fashion — real-time filters let you see what your image will look like, and lets you share with your friends online.
- PhotoGrid (Android, free). With PhotoGrid you can convert your photos collection into amazing collages. Who doesn't love pictures that tell a complete story?
- Camera+ (iPhone, 1.99 – .99 for a limited time) The Camera+ app boasts of the ability to turn the iPhone's standard camera lens into a high-quality SLR (single lens reflexive) lens. And it includes a burst mode for action shots, an image stabilizer and even a timer for self-portraits. Photos can be cropped, rotated and given any number of effects and borders. It's developed by a professional photographer, Bettany. Check out her "Apps to Riches Story."
- CameraZOOM FX (Android, 4.99). This has been called the "best camera app for Android." In addition to the great zoom and picture quality, the many post picture extra features make this a winner.
- Hipstamatic (iPhone, 1.99). Looking to enhance your images with a little old-school flair? Add a Retro feel with Hipstamatic, an app based on the discontinued 1982 camera of the same name, has eight options that add artful blurring, fading, and flashes to your photos to create that vintage-snapshot look.
- Photogene (iPhone, 2.00). A few tweaks can turn even the most drab camera-phone images into frame-worthy photographs. Use Photogene to add backgrounds and colorful borders, crop out unflattering details, or just remove red-eye from that otherwise-flawless family portrait in front of the Eiffel Tower. Have fun improving your digital photos!
- Jelly Lens (Any cell phone, price varies). Who says smartphones should have all the fun? As long as your cell phone has a camera you can use a little gizmo called the Jelly Lens to add special effects to any photo you take (and if you do have a smartphone, you can use this with any app you like).
- Sketchmee (iPhone, 1.99). SketchMee is the most advanced automatic pencil sketch generator in the world, but very easy to use and super fast. The New York Times says, "This app turns your photos into pencil sketches of remarkable quality."
- Iswap Faces Lite (iPhone, free). I talked about having fun before, but now I really mean it. Ever wanted to swap two faces in a photo for the enjoyment of all? Now you can! It used to take a Photoshop master to transplant one face onto another, but iSwap Faces makes it so easy that anyone can do it in under a minute. Morph one person into another for everyone's entertainment!
Smartphones may not be the world's best cameras but their convenience, plus all the fun and interesting apps make them a great way to capture and portray all of life's best moments. Now, go download some of these apps and let me know your favorite smartphone camera app, or better yet, post one of your favorite examples on our facebook wall.

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Classrooms Technology & Support
We pride ourselves on being a "connected" campus here at William & Mary. On any given week day during the fall or spring semester there could be over 100 classrooms in use and it is Information Technology's responsibility to make sure that each one effectively utilizes the best, most reliable technology.
Classroom Support
Classroom Support is tasked with the challenge of ensuring reliable technology in over 100 classrooms on campus. When a problem arises in class, the response is so quick that many of us suspect the golf carts they drive are jet-fueled.
For support, call 757-221-3011.
Classroom Technology
The days of transparency sheets on overhead projectors are long gone. The typical William & Mary classroom comes equipped with a podium computer that allows a Government professor to show a video excerpt from the latest episode of the Daily Show or an English professor to play an mp3 recording of Alfred Lord Tennyson reciting his poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" in the late 19th century. We are all incredibly lucky to have a wealth of information at our fingertips and there is absolutely no reason why we shouldn't be taking full advantage of it in our classrooms every single day.


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Banelings are created from zerglings following a brief chrysalis phase. In the new form, the zergling's claws shrivel and become vestigal as a swollen sac filled with volatile chemicals forms on its back.
Banelings can waddle, but after an evolution they can tuck into a tight ball and roll around the battlefield.
The creature's only form of attack is to trigger a reaction within its chemical payload that causes it to explode with devastating force and shower the immediate surroundings with searing acid.1
Baneling TacticsEdit
Banelings are even more straightforward than their zergling kin. They scuttle over to the nearest foe and trigger their chemical payload as soon as possible, showing no regard to their own wellbeing. They most often attack from hiding, making use of their burrows, since their bulk makes them clumsy and slow. If a foe is foolish enough to attack them in close quarters, banelings will attempt to trigger before slain.
Tumbling Baneling TacticsEdit
Tumbling banelings act exactly as their slower cousins, except that they tuck and roll, using their newfound centrifugal hooks to advance toward foes much more quickly than they would have waddled.
Frenzied Baneling TacticsEdit
A frezied baneling resides at the peak of its suicidal evolution. Bloated with additional sacks of a more potent and viscous acid, this monstrosity is able to shower a wider area with its parting gift, slowing those unfortunate enough to survive, coated in its cinging gore. They don't survive long, as kin of the dearly departed easily catch and devour even the most stubborn of prey. Due to its blood frenzy, the additional bulk of its payload does precious little to slow its deadly approach.
Baneling LoreEdit
A character knows the following information with a successful check.
- DC 15: Banelings are horrid, suicidal Zerg. They waddle awkwardly toward their foes, releasing the volitile elemental forces within their bodies as they draw close, exploding in a gout of clinging acidic gore.
- DC 20: Established hive clusters can enhance their banelings with centrifugal hooks, allowing them to tuck-and-roll toward thier targets, affording them that much less time to react.
Encounter GroupsEdit
Banelings are encountered with other zerg or infested.
Level 7 Encounter (XP 1,500)Edit
- 6 Banelings
- 2 Zergling hordes
- 1 Hydralisk
Level 25 Encounter (XP 34,450)Edit
- 6 Frenzied Banelings
- 2 Frenzied zergling hordes
- 2 Hunter killer
[1] StarCraft Wiki: Baneling


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Friday, May 02, 2008
"ROBOTICS: Raytheon Exoskeleton brings 'Iron Man' to life"
The much-ballyhooed movie, "Iron Man," opens in theaters worldwide today (May 2), but the real "iron man" is already under construction at Raytheon Company (Salt Lake City, Utah). Raytheon's Exoskeleton project is the brainchild of project leader Stephen Jacobsen and is being funded by the U.S. Army. The project, according to the company, permits soldiers to don an Exoskeleton suit that amplifies their strength--enabling them to lift 200-pound payloads without tiring. The "Iron Man" exoskeleton being worked on by Robert Downey Jr. in the movie (left) is eerily similar to the real Exoskeleton (right) being developed at Raytheon. In addition to amplifying strength and endurance, Raytheon also claims its Exoskeleton can increase a soldier's agility--enabling feats similar to those demonstrated--courtesy CGI (computer-generated imagery)--by the "Iron Man" in the film. Raytheon's Sarcos team, which has been developing the Exoskeleton since 2000, has demonstrated its wearer performing feats of strength as well as agility, including kicking a soccer ball, working out on a punching bag, climbing up stairs and navigating rough terrain. As the ultimate mechatronics realization, sensors follow the soldiers own movements, which microcontrollers then transfer to the actuators in the Exoskeleton. Jacobsen's stated goal is to create an Exoskeleton suit that enables humans to "work inside robots" instead of just alongside them.
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Matt Kenseth, first at the finish line again, making the Southern 500 his third win of the season (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
By Mike Mulhern
Not bad for a man with just a substitute crew chief, and all this coming after a very tumultuous two weeks -- Matt Kenseth Saturday night put a period on his troubles with a late charge to win the Southern 500.
It came at the cruel expense of teammate Kyle Busch, who dominated the 500-miler at legendary Darlington Raceway until the final moments, when a cut rear tire forced him to slow. He finished sixth.
But -- and team owner Joe Gibbs has to be thrilled with the night as a whole -- third teammate Denny Hamlin pulled off an ironman second-place finish. Hamlin was making his first full-time start since his March 24th crash at California, and he was full-speed all night. But it clearly left him drained.
"Holy cow! Thank you guys," a jubilant Kenseth told his crew after the nearly four-hour event. It's Kenseth's third win of the year, his first season in Joe Gibbs' Toyotas. And considering the judicial trials he and his team had to go through Wednesday, getting most of the originally draconian penalties overturned, this victory was certainly sweet.
Jason Ratcliff, Kenseth's full-time crew chief, was serving a one-race suspension for a controversial engine violation at Kansas three weeks. And shop foreman Wally Brown was on the pit box making the calls for Kenseth, with some help from Ratcliff via computer back at the shop.
"They're all sweet, but this is probably the biggest of my career," Kenseth said emotionally.
"We had maybe a fifth or sixth place car all night till the end."
Matt Kenseth is getting frequent visitor points in victory lane this season (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
"I'm tired, just worn out," Hamlin said. "Second here two years in a row now....
"The 600 at Charlotte really isn't as grueling as this one. You just have to stay on top of everything here every lap."
Most of the night there was little action on the track, as dominant as Busch was.
However a late yellow set up a duel between Kasey Kahne and Busch, and they swapped the lead several times. The last time, however, just after Kahne retook the lead, going into the corner, the two came very, very close, and Kahne slapped the wall.
That ended Kahne's night, but Busch continued.
Kahne, who had crashed hard with Busch just Sunday at Talladega, wasn't sure just what to think:
"We were just racing hard. I cleared him into three. I knew he wouldn't be able to turn when we got to the corner.
"Three times this year me and Kyle have had contact, when I had a potentially winning car...
"That just close racing. Whether he hit me or just blew the wind off, I don't know."
Kyle Busch left the track quickly without comment. Dave Roger, his crew chief, explained: "We had a cut right-rear.
"Kyle was the fastest thing here. Just a great car. But after the race we had only 12 pounds in the right-rear, and you can see a hole in the tread.
"Thankfully Kyle stayed on the wheel (finishing sixth) and didn't wreck the car.
The latest Kahne incident, Rogers said, had Busch "pretty torn up. They're racing hard, and Kahne tore up another car. All of us have a ton of respect for that (Kahne's) program. Kyle thinks the world of Kasey Kahne, and I think Kenny Francis (Kahne's crew chief) is a great guy. Kyle still has a ton of friends over there (where Busch once worked). He certainly doesn't want to create more work for those guys.
"Kyle was just really somber and disappointed that it happened. Unfortunately it's part of the sport. They were putting on a heck of a race. Kasey made a great move to pass us, and Kyle was just trying to pass him back. "
Jeff Gordon, Kahne's teammate, rallied to third as Busch faded. Jimmie Johnson had been in the thick of the fight down the stretch, but a slow pit stop during the final round took him out of the game.
"I wanted the 700th start to be memorable, and we needed this," Gordon said, after his 700th consecutive career start, an amazing feat stretching back over 20 years now.
Darlington Raceway and the Southern 500: no rain, nice crowd, but little action, till near the finish (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
The track is old, antiquated, and tough to race, but it's only behind the Bristol races and Daytona 500 as one I want to see. NASCAR needs to bring a second date back here. The second date never should have left, but that's what everyone already knows. Kansas or New Hampshire needs to give one up to the Lady in Black. Another fun race to watch.
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That's so Jenn / Jenn Press Arata
I've been on a real eggplant kick lately, so I created a low-fat rollatini that I can't wait for you to try.
It's baked in the oven with a thin brush of olive oil, leaving it so tender and tasty you won't miss the typical breaded, fried coating.
Even Hubby, who doesn't usually enjoy the oddly shaped purple vegetable, agreed to give it a chance for dinner. "For eggplant, this is really delicious," he said. I think that was a compliment.
Nonfat feta cheese adds a lovely savoriness to the creamy ricotta filling, punched up by fresh garlic, basil, parsley and spinach.
While I pride myself on making many versions of my own sauce, that night I was really in the mood for Rao's, the only jarred version I will happily buy. (I know a few hard-core Italians who swear by this stuff, too, so I don't feel so guilty when it's not from scratch.) I purchased the "Sensitive Formula" version, which really allowed the flavors in this dish to shine.
My eggplant rollatini is light on the palette, filling in your stomach, and won't cost you a ton of fat and calories. Pretty good deal, right?
Low-fat eggplant rollatini
1 large eggplant
1 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon nonfat feta cheese
1 clove garlic
About 1 cup fresh spinach (2-3 leaves per eggplant slice)
1 teaspoon fresh parsley
5 leaves fresh basil
1/2 cup reduced fat shredded mozzarella cheese
1 jar Rao's Sensitive Formula Marinara Sauce
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt (plus more to taste)
1/4 teaspoon black pepper (plus more to taste)
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Wash and peel eggplant. Remove stem. Slice lengthwise into about eight to 10 pieces. Brush each side with olive oil. Season both sides with a pinch of salt and pepper. Bake for 10 minutes on each side. Turn oven off. Chop parsley. Add to a bowl filled with ricotta cheese. Chop fresh basil. Add to the cheese. Mince garlic. Then, you got it, put it into the ricotta bowl. Mix well, then add feta cheese. Season with 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Place about a tablespoon of filling onto the larger end of each eggplant slice. Top with two to three leaves of spinach. Roll the eggplant. Coat the bottom of your baking dish with one cup of sauce. Nestle eggplant into the baking dish. Cover with remaining sauce. Sprinkle mozzarella over top. Broil for about 3 minutes until cheese is bubbly. Eat and enjoy this healthier twist on a yummy classic.
Jenn Press Arata is a food writer and blogger. Visit her blog at thatssojenn.com. She also can be followed on Twitter, @thatssojennblog.


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The ever-controversial star Sirius. (Photo by Author).
Every beginning astronomy student learns that Sirius is the brightest star in the sky. This brightness is apparent, as Sirius is a spectral type A1V star located relatively close to our solar system at about 8.6 light years away. Much myth and lore surrounds this star, but none is stranger that the mythology of the Dogon people. Incorporated into the mythos of these people that inhabit the plains of Mali is a bizarre tale of Sirius, which they call Sigi Tolo. They claim that the star has a small unseen companion in a 50 year orbit that they call Po Tolo. This companion star is tiny but dense, so dense that all the men in the world could not lift it. The mystery deepens as they also go on to claim that Jupiter has four large moons, and that Saturn has a ring like that seen sometimes around the Moon, but different All of these claims are basically true. Sirius has a companion star, a white dwarf known as Sirius B discovered in 1862 by Alvan Graham Clark. This star is made up of degenerate matter, making it extremely dense, about 1×109 per kg/m^3. And the knowledge of Jupiter and Saturn has been around since Galileo first turned his crude telescope to the heavens
The Dogon People…
(Credit: Martha de Jong Lantink's Flickr photostream on a Creative Commons 2.0 License).
So, whats going on here? Why would an isolated tribe have knowledge that technology only revealed to western eyes in the past few centuries? A quick search around the Internet of the Dogon and Sirius reveals no shortage of theories involving ancient alien contact. The modern pedigree of this tale can be traced back to a 1976 book by Robert Temple entitled The Sirius Mystery. Remember, the 1970s was a time when Eric von Daniken and his Chariots of the Gods was in vogue, and archeologists were seeing space-helmeted aliens everywhere. Temple based much of his book on the writings of anthropologist Marcel Griaule, who spent time with the Dogon off and on from 1931 to 1956. And much of that particular legend comes from an interview with local Dogon wise man Ogotemmeli. You get the picture. Further research with the Dogon has revealed either no trace of the legend or discrepancies with the tale. For example, they also state that there is a third star in the Sirius system they call Emme ya Tolo, which is the opposite of Po Tolo in that it is both big and light but no other star has yet to have been found. Also, as with any sole source, its tough to say how much bias there may have been on the part of the recorder its easy to lead a subject, even subconsciously, to the data that we might want to hear. In addition, some confusion exists on whether Ogotemmeli was referring to Sirius or the bright planet Venus in reciting the tale.
The orbit of Sirius B. (Adapted from Burnham's Celestial Handbook).
In 1979, Carl Sagan proposed that the information might have been given to the Dogon by an external source, albeit a terrestrial one. Keep in mind, the legend coming to light in the 20th century wasnt really giving us any new information about Sirius; psychics perform this feat all the time when they claim to have predicted events that have already happened. When we look at ancient myths and lore, we need to be mindful of the creativity of the human mind; after all, what would archaeologists thousands of years from now make of a Star Trek episode? That we somehow had warp drive and phaser technology? A true myth having some sort of predictive power would be far more compelling. Does this mean that the discovery of a red dwarf star around Sirius, as was spuriously reported in the 1990s, would lend some credence to the tale? While interesting, I dont necessarily believe so, as red/brown dwarf stars are quite common in the cosmos; for example, its not totally ruled out that our own sun may have a dim unseen companion!
Like white dwarfs, red dwarfs are common throughout the cosmos. (Credit: NASA/H. Bond).
What Sagan proposed is that the knowledge was passed on by a visiting explorer in the late 19th century, and incorporated into the Dogon mythos by the time Griaule did her interview. The image is compelling; an explorer eager to tell the primitives about the triumph of western science, imparting new information to the Dogon about their honored star. Keep in mind, another ancient African people, the Egyptians, based their calendar on the Sothic cycle and the helical rising of the star Sirius. Perhaps, said explorer had a telescope on hand to show them Jupiter and Saturn for good measure.
The original Dogon Sirius diagram. (Credit: Bad Archaeology).
But do any historical expeditions fit the bill? Well, there was in fact a total solar eclipse that passed over the region of modern day Mali on April 16th, 1893, and several expeditions were indeed in the area; these expeditions would have been well-equipped with astronomical gear and astronomy and curiosity about the heavens would have been on the forefront of everyones minds. And yes, Saturn had just passed opposition and Jupiter would have been an early evening target in the months leading up to that date.
Jupiter at dusk in April 1893. (Created by the Author in Starry Night).
And the diagram purported to be centuries old? Well, keep in mind that it only bears a passing resemblance to an elliptical orbit; it looks a lot like an egg, which symbolizes re-birth and is prevalent in the mythos of many cultures (witness the Easter eggs of western culture; a throwback to pure paganism!) The original diagram sketched out by Ogotemmeli shows several other curious objects within the egg; later commentators have edited them out making the case for Sirius B to seem more conclusive than it really is. And keep in mind that we see the orbit of a binary star system generally tipped to our line of sight between either edge-on and face on; it would relatively easy to find several matches to the Dogon diagram in the sky.
The total solar eclipse of 1893. (Credit: Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC).
While I think the Dogon case is more interesting than most, I dont find it compelling as a sign of ancient extra-terrestrial contact. Keep in mind, this is still giving us knowledge that we already knew; exacting knowledge, such as a chant that encoded how to build a functioning hyper-drive, for instance, would be much more inexplicable and compelling. The final fact often cited is that the Dogon believe in a heliocentric, or Sun-centered solar system, a fact that took us centuries of denial to realize. In this case, I believe that the Dogon should be recognized as astute observers of the sky; anyone can arrive at this conclusion as the Greeks initially did by merely studying the naked eye motions of the heavens and not allowing pre-conceived notions of how the world should be to cloud their judgment. All too often, we fail to give credit to the ingenuity of ancient cultures where credit is due. These people knew the sky far better than the average citizen does today and relied on it as a natural clock. Perhaps such intimate knowledge of peoples like the Dogon should be viewed for what it really is, rather than attributed as merely given to them from afar.


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Why buy property in fethiye Turkey
Property buying in the Fethiye area of Turkey means you get more per square metre than most other areas of Turkey.
Investment property, holiday homes, or permanent homes can be purchased in Fethiye, in a range of areas, whether it be a stylish luxury villa in Ovacik with stunning Oludeniz sea views, a seafront apartment in the Calis Beach area, an exclusive marina property in Gocek or a humble apartment in Tasyaka, Fethiye offers it all, quite often at affordable prices that suit almost everyone's budget.
The type of property and area you choose to buy depends on your reason for buying. If you are searching for a buy-to-let option for holiday rentals then Calis Beach, Ovacik, Hisaronu and Gocek are ideal areas offering excellent rental potential for summer bookings. Permanent home buyers tend to buy in Calis, Tasyaka and Deliktas for the excellent everyday local amenities, though some do prefer more rural locations away from resort life, in the villages that sit on the outskirts of Fethiye, such as Uzumlu, Kemer, Ciftlik and Yaniklar all having excellent road and public transport connections to the centre. Holiday home buyers tend to buy in their favourite location, though some do buy in central Fethiye areas for the ideal base to explore everything that Fethiye has to offer.
Property for sale in FETHIYE Turkey
Hisaronu is an ever popular holiday resort in the Fethiye area of Turkey, located on the stunning south-western coastline very close to the famous beach resort of Oludeniz and the Blue Lagoon.
Traditionally an old farming village set up in the hills above Oludeniz towered over by the pine-clad mountain of Babadag, known for its tandem paragliding exhibits. Today it is a lively resort with an abundance of fine restaurants, lively bars, buzzing nightclubs and many shops selling traditional Turkish gifts, fake designer gear, gold jewellery and much more.
By day, the village is quite sleepy as many people head off to the local beaches, off on daily tours, or relax by their swimming pools. At night, the village comes into its own with the main strip filled with tourists and locals alike heading out for and evening in the village for an evening of dining and entertainment or browsing the shops for gifts to take back home.
Hisaronu became a resort after nearby Oludeniz could not cope with the influx of tourist filling the hotel room, so the Hisaronu was the closest spot for redevelopment and over the past two decades has become a resort in its own right with Oludeniz being the nearest beach.
Real Estate in Hisaronu
Hisaronu property for sale is always in great demand from buyers who want to be close to the nightlife and have easy access to the beaches and the centre of Fethiye via the local dolmus services.
Property in Hisaronu has improved greatly over the years with these buyers demanding quality luxury homes, whether it's a large luxury private villa with a pool, or an apartment on a modern complex with a large communal pool.
Accommodation for sale in Hisaronu is offered in a range of prices to suit all budgets with new 2 bedroom apartments starting at around £55,000 set in modern complexes with a range of facilities and located close to the centre. Villa accommodation for sale in Hisaronu are often brand new or off-plan projects where if you buy early enough you can have your own input into the layout or interior fixtures and fittings and prices start in the region of £180,000 for a 4 bedroom private villa near the centre.
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Daily Slice: The 'China Town' at Pizza 8 in Flushing's New World Mall
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I know I might catch flak for this from some purists out there, but sometimes fusion pizza can be good. I mean, it was just last year that I sort of came around to the idea of barbecue sauce on a pizza. And I've even experimented with an Asian fusion pizza of my own. So how bad could a Chinese-inspired pizza be?
The "China Town" slice at Pizza 8 in Flushing's New World Mall food court is topped with Cantonese roasted pork, Taiwanese sausage, fried onion, green pepper, basil, and mozzarella. None of those things on their own are horrible. And in fact, some of them (the cha siu and the Taiwanese sausage) are AWESOME.
But this slice is a bit of a stretch. It's overwhelmingly sweet, and way too salty. The cheese is rubbery, plasticky, and didn't melt well at all.
I've got to give them a hand for trying this fusion. And I still think it's possible to ace some sort of Chinese slice or pie—Pizza 8 just isn't there.
I've also got to give them a hand for the pizzeria name. I like that it's Pizza 8. At first I was just like, Of course it's Pizza 8 because pizza has eight slices. Duh. But then I remembered the significance of the number 8 among the Chinese. The word for eight sounds similar to the word for prosper.
This mystical mingling of pizzadom's lucky number* and Chinese numerology only bodes well. At some point, someone will crack the code and make a great Chinizza.
* Well, lucky according only to me. I've long practiced a pizza-based numerology around Slice in which 8 holds great significance. For instance, go to the front page of Slice and count the number of posts that are displayed. Eight is woven into the very fabric of this site!
Pizza 8
4021 Main Street, Flushing NY 11354 (near Roosevelt; map) In the food court, downstairs below street level; number8pizza.com
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Milk Chocolate Buttercream
This post will be a short one because I feel like a great batch of cupcakes really does speak for itself. I used Martha Stewarts' One-Bowl Chocolate Cupcake recipe, which works wonders to make the cupcakes moist (there is really nothing worse than a dry cupcake!) as well as my fail-safe chocolate buttercream to frost them with. The only tip I have for the batter recipe is to make sure you have a bowl with a beak to pour the batter into the cupcake liners because the batter is very, very liquidy and makes a huge mess otherwise.. and I speak from experience!
I have a very rustic approach when it comes to cupcakes - I like the frosting to not look perfect, and quite enjoy the uneven look of the buttercream as it finds itself a home atop of the fluffy cakey batter. I just spoon a good amount of buttercream on each cupcake and let it find its way.
I used milk chocolate in my buttercream this time, but this recipe works fabulously with bittersweet chocolate, or a heaping spoonful of caramel. If you're not a chocolate lover shy away from this recipe because these are intensely chocolately in the fabulously bad-for-you kind of way! But cupcakes come in small packages so it's all good right? Although I guess that's dependent on how many you have!
Milk Chocolate Buttercream
Frosts 15 cupcakes
1 stick of butter
1 3/4 cups of confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons of milk chocolate, melted and cooled
Cream the butter with an electric mixer. Add the confectioners' sugar little by little. Mix for about 3-4 minutes until the mixture is smooth. Fold in the cooled chocolate and mix until the chocolate is entirely incorporated. Ice the cupcakes as you please. Enjoy!
25 comments:
- CC11 said...
Wow these look amazing!
- December 8, 2009 at 8:35 PM
- Rebecca said...
Wow! Those cupcakes look sinful and delicious! I cannot wait to try them :) And the picture is SO CUTE!
- December 8, 2009 at 8:49 PM
- Kate Morgan Jackson said...
Oh my goodness - these look delicious. And I love the picture. :-)
- December 8, 2009 at 9:00 PM
- MaryBeth said...
I love chocolate and butter cream frosting but i must say i have never had it in chocolate...it must be wonderful
- December 8, 2009 at 10:35 PM
- Hilary said...
I love the rustic cupcake look! I like that they actually look homemade.
- December 9, 2009 at 5:52 AM
- Kana said...
Another great gift idea!
- December 9, 2009 at 9:03 AM
- ali @ gimme some oven said...
So...it's breakfast time here, and I'm totally craving these. :) YUM.
I've been wanting to try Martha's one-bowl chocolate cupcakes for awhile. Feel inspired now to actually make it happen. These look great!
- December 9, 2009 at 10:47 AM
- Simones Kitchen said...
I so want to have one of these now. I love chocolate and have just made buttercream myself for the first time, so maybe I should give these cupcakes a go!
- December 9, 2009 at 11:03 AM
- Choclette said...
These look great - I love the contrast between the nearly black cake and the light chocolate colour of the icing.
- December 9, 2009 at 11:41 AM
- vanillasugarblog said...
one bowl eh? tempting indeed.
- December 9, 2009 at 3:08 PM
- pigpigscorner said...
They look so cute! Love chocolate!
- December 9, 2009 at 4:02 PM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
These look wonderful. I need cupcakes for a church gathering this weekend. Now I know what I'll be bringing.
- December 9, 2009 at 8:36 PM
- Ele said...
These look so good! I also prefer the "rustic approach" to cake decorating!
- December 10, 2009 at 8:50 AM
- Deana Sidney said...
Milk chocolate frosting is insane... great idea...
- December 10, 2009 at 9:36 AM
- Trissa said...
I love anything that you can make it one bowl - and when it looks as good as your cupcakes... what a winner!
- December 10, 2009 at 2:59 PM
- Xiaolu @ 6 Bittersweets said...
Gorgeous photo! I've never tried milk chocolate buttercream but it sure sounds delicious.
- December 11, 2009 at 10:19 AM
- Tara Vorhes said...
Yum! They look oh so delicious! And I tend to prefer the rustic frosting style for a cupcake too.
- December 12, 2009 at 11:09 AM
- recipe said...
great recipe, i think i,ll try on my kitchen, thanks
- December 13, 2009 at 7:00 AM
- Q. said...
I made those cupcakes for a bridal shower - SO GOOD and so easy. One bowl - awesome! I added coffee instead of water in the batter and topped them with choc ganache. Yours look fabulous...TWO kinds of chocolate. Mmm.
- December 13, 2009 at 11:11 AM
- Hannah said...
I can't even remember the last time I made regular old chocolate cupcakes, but now I'm thinking that it's definitely been way too long. These look so tempting!
- December 13, 2009 at 8:44 PM
- Free Samples said...
Looks great!!
- December 14, 2009 at 11:39 AM
- CookiePie said...
I've heard so many people rave about that cupcake recipe, I must try it! And your buttercream sounds delish and looks perfect!
- December 14, 2009 at 2:32 PM
- El said...
I knew I shouldn't have looked at these before going to sleep. Now I need one! Great photo!
- December 20, 2009 at 12:42 AM
- Deborah said...
These are absolutely gorgeous!
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Oooh I've just been thinking of making cupcakes and these have me licking my lips! Scrumptious!
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Sunday, December 5
Eat More Beer. Make Apple, Cheddar, and Rosemary Beer Bread.
Eat more beer.
Sure, drinking a cold beer is one's of life's simple pleasures. But why not be happier by eating beer too? Meats like beef and venison taste better when cooked with beer, which is why beer spiked chilis and stews and beer-infused pot pies taste so great.
Beer lends a full-bodied, earthy flavor to braised vegetables too. Collards or kale braised in beer? Oh, yeah. And don't forget thick, gooey beer and cheese soup. And then there's baking with beer, but let's save that for another post.
Today I'm sharing one of the tastiest, simplest recipes from my cookbook, Recipes Every Man Should Know, co-authored with Brett Cohen. Beer bread is for the man who loves beer and bread but hates to bake. There's no kneading or fancy bread machine required. Just some muscle for stirring.
PLEASE NOTE: If you own a copy of Recipes Every Man Should Know, make the following corrections on pg. 105 for beer bread: Add "1 tablespoon baking powder" and change "2 tablespoons salt" to "1 teaspoon salt." It has been corrected for future printings.
Beer Bread from Recipes Every Man Should Know
Makes 6-8 servings
Printable recipe.
This is the corrected recipe for Beer Bread from the book. Below it are three variations, including Apple, Cheddar, and Rosemary Beer Bread pictured above.
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons sugar
1 (12-ounce) bottle beer, preferably dark, such as porter or stout (don't use light beer)
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Coat and 8-by-4-inch or 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
2. In a large bowl, stir together all ingredients. Pour into pan. Bake 40-45 minutes, or until top is golden broan and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool on a rack 10 minutes before removing from pan. Cool completely.
Cheddar-Dill Beer Bread:
Stir 1 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese and 1/2 cup chopped fresh dill (or 1-2 tablespoons dried dill) into the batter.
Caramelized Onion-Cheddar-Sage Bread:
1 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced. In a large skillet over medium-low heat, warm 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add onions, and cook 5 minutes, or until lightly browned. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon sugar. Reduce heat to low, and cook 12-15 minutes, or until dark and caramelized. Stir into batter along with 1 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese and 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh sage, about 4-5 leaves.
Apple, Cheddar, and Rosemary Beer Bread:
1 medium crisp, slightly sweet apple, such as Fuji or Braeburn, peeled and diced. In a large skillet over medium-low heat, warm 2 teaspoons olive oil. Add apples, and cook 3 minutes until just softened and lightly browned. Stir into batter along with 1 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese and 1 1/2-2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh rosemary or 2-3 teaspoons dried rosemary).
You might also like these recipes cooked with beer:
Boozy Beef Chili recipe from Food Blogga
Brat, Beer, and Cheese Soup recipe from Columbus Foodie
Beer and Bean Stew with Dumplings recipe from Green Giraffe Gourmet
Beer Braised Beef Shank with Garlic Grits recipe from Cooking by the Seat of My Pants
Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Maple-Smoked Bacon and Beer recipe from Food Blogga
18 comments:
- T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types said...
I used to be a beer bread fanatic. But mine was never like this! I like the way you think. Eat more beer - YES!
- December 5, 2010 at 4:16 PM
- Joanne said...
Well, I can personally attest to the fact that beer tastes AMAZING in your chili. I can't stop thinking about it. Thank god the recipe makes so much because I have TONS of leftovers!
I think I may need to make this beer bread to sop them up. Love the apple/cheddar/rosemary combo!
- December 5, 2010 at 4:54 PM
- Treehouse Chef said...
I love beer bread but have not tried this savory recipe. Just printed it out. Thanks for sharing!
- December 5, 2010 at 6:11 PM
- The Duo Dishes said...
You can't go wrong with a beer bread recipe this easy. It's good with apple butter too.
- December 5, 2010 at 7:19 PM
- Heather (Heather's Dish) said...
beer bread is one of the easiest and best recipes out there. i love all of the variations!
- December 5, 2010 at 7:24 PM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
I used to make beer batter bread that always was so welcoming with a bowl of hot soup.
- December 6, 2010 at 4:05 AM
- Kevin said...
Here's earlier this fall I came up with a bacon/cider/cheese bread using hard cider. Great minds, eh?
- December 6, 2010 at 6:09 AM
- whozyerdanny said...
MMM they all sound fabulous!
- December 6, 2010 at 8:05 AM
- Cara said...
mmm I totally want to have my husband make this :)
- December 6, 2010 at 8:10 AM
Thanks for replacing my lost recipe with one far superior to my old version of this!
- December 6, 2010 at 11:24 AM
- Unknown said...
Oooh, I'll be trying the rosemary, cheddar, apple combo!
- December 6, 2010 at 11:29 AM
- Holly Keegan said...
One HUGE downside to no gluten is no beer! I did find a gluten free beer the other day- Red Bridge. It tastes a little like beer soda so I don't know that it would work as well in cooking. This weekend I made a beef and stilton cheese meat pie. The filling cooked in a dark ale for hours. It smelled amazing and, according to my husband, tasted great!
- December 6, 2010 at 11:38 AM
- Brooke Schantz, MS, RD, LDN said...
Great post! I love beer and beer bread :) One of my favorite recipes for beer bread was called Dizzy Pinapple Bread. It added pinapple to the basic recipe and tasted great!
- December 6, 2010 at 7:25 PM
- Sean Grey Hanson said...
The beer gives it a deep yeast flavor. Can't wait to make some of it this Christmas.
- December 7, 2010 at 9:54 PM
- Sprigs of Rosemary said...
I got your book as Christmas presents for my barely-adult nephews and godsons; if all the recipes are this good, I'll be a hit!
- December 8, 2010 at 7:03 AM
- lisaiscooking said...
The apple and cheddar look great in the bread! This would be so good with a hot bowl of soup.
- December 8, 2010 at 1:34 PM
I made this beer bread with the book recipe and I knew something was wrong with it. Now I know! I finally published a review of your book on my site, http://kitchenbitchblog.com. Thanks for the preview copy!
- December 15, 2010 at 8:01 AM
- Jeanne @ CookSister! said...
Beer bread is one of my favourites - and it's big in South Africa! love the variations you suggest :)
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