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DURBAN, South Africa (AP) Scotland's Scott Jamieson won his first European Tour title on Sunday, beating England's Steve Webster and Spain's Eduardo de la Riva in a playoff after the season-opening Nelson Mandela Championship was reduced to a 36-hole shootout because of rain.
Jamieson won with a par on the second playoff hole after Webster made a bogey. De la Riva was eliminated on the first extra hole as the three returned to play the par-4 No. 18 until the first tournament on the 2013 Race to Dubai was decided.
Jamieson had carded an 8 under 57 in his second round at the shortened Royal Durban Golf Club course, which was adjusted to a par-65 and reduced by about 1,600 yards after being deluged on Thursday and Friday because of thunderstorms.
Jamieson's score - the second 57 of the day after South Africa's Jaco van Zyl - gave him a 7 under total of 123 to tie with Webster and De la Riva.
Germany's Maximilian Kieffer, England's Matthew Nixon, Denmark's Morten Orum Madsen and South Africa's Tim Clark tied for fourth behind the playoff trio on 6 under 124.
The 29-year-old Jamieson birdied his last regular hole to snatch a place alongside Webster and De la Riva in the playoff. The 57s carded by him and Van Zyl were the first ever recorded on the European Tour but won't count as records after the par score for the course was reduced by five shots because of the troublesome weather over the past week in Durban.
``At the start of the day I probably didn't think I would be standing here holding the trophy but I knew I needed a fast start and I was lucky enough to get that,'' Jamieson said.
He birdied five of his opening nine and had eight birdies and no dropped shots in all, making use of the many more short holes on the layout after the readjustment to avoid some of the waterlogged fairways.
Webster, who was the only one of the three playoff contenders to have won a Tour title, posted five birdies for a 5 under 60. De la Riva had six birdies and two bogeys to finish with a 61.
Late finisher Clark was on course for a place in the playoff, and maybe even outright victory, until the former Players champion double-bogeyed No. 17. Even a birdie on the last saw him finish one stroke off the three leaders.
Van Zyl was tied for eighth after he earlier became the first man to return a 57 on the European Tour - but he knew it wouldn't count as the low-round record.
``This week was very different to any other,'' he said. ``I think if the tournament went to more rounds the record wouldn't have stood too long because the guys are getting the hang of the course now.''


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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Mercer guard Langston Hall watched Florida Gulf Coast become the darlings of last season's NCAA tournament with one thought in his mind.
"Man," Hall said, "that could have been us."
This time, it will be. Mercer will do the playing, FGCU will have to do the watching.
There won't be a repeat Dunk City run in this year's NCAA tournament — not after Mercer captured its first berth in the Big Dance since 1985, beating top-seeded Florida Gulf Coast 68-60 in the Atlantic Sun championship game on Sunday, getting the ultimate comeuppance for what happened a year ago when the Eagles took the tournament title on the Bears' home court.
Everyone knows what happened next: Little-known FGCU ran and dunked its way into the Sweet Sixteen. This time, it's Mercer's turn to try and make some magic happen, getting its NCAA ticket after seeing what was an 18-point lead cut all the way down to one, but hanging on to hand the Eagles their third home loss in 33 games over the last two seasons.
A year ago, Mercer coach Bob Hoffman predicted that FGCU would win NCAA games. This time, he sees no reason why his club can't do the same.
"We have a great league and it's underappreciated and it's unbelievable how it continues to be underappreciated," Hoffman said. "Our teams have to play so many money games. That's why the records are so bad. But we have great coaches and great players in our league and it was witnessed today. That was a great college basketball game."
Hall and Anthony White Jr. scored 15 points each for the Bears (26-8), who won despite shooting 37 percent. Daniel Coursey scored 13 points and Jakob Gollon — who played in the 152nd game of his career, second-most in NCAA history — added 12 for second-seeded Mercer, which split two games with FGCU in the regular season. Bernard Thompson and Brett Comer scored 14 points each for FGCU (22-12), which got 13 from Chase Fieler.
The Eagles missed 14 of their 16 3-point attempts, gave up 15 second-chance points and were handcuffed by foul trouble all game.
"It's not easy to play with expectations," FGCU coach Joe Dooley said.
The Eagles are assured of a berth in the NIT, and hope to host at least one game.
"We never really felt like we weren't going to win," said a red-eyed Fieler, who congratulated every Mercer player he could find before leaving the court as the Bears commenced their net-cutting celebration.
Thanks largely to a 20-2 run and an 0-for-11 effort by FGCU on jumpers in the opening 20 minutes, Mercer's lead was 16 points at the half. But the Bears seemed stagnant offensively to open the second 20 minutes, almost looking to burn clock instead of score points.
FGCU took advantage. Over a 6 1/2-minute stretch, a 16-point deficit got trimmed to one on a score by Fieler with 8:50 left. After the Eagles missed their first 10 tries from 3-point range, Brett Comer and Filip Cvjeticanin made consecutive tries from beyond the arc, then Comer added a three-point play and Fieler's basket made it 43-42. Mercer has thrived in close games all season, and it showed.
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Very much on the ropes, the Bears ripped off the next seven points, needing only 59 seconds to do so, and simply held on from there. Then again, that's just in their nature. Over the last three seasons, the Bears have 30 road wins — only three teams nationally have more.
"They love road kill," Hoffman said. "They love to go get it." White said Mercer's six overtime games this season — the Bears won five, including in the A-Sun semifinals — paid off Sunday. "It was actually calming to get out of that stretch of how loud they were," White said.
Comer had a steal and set up Thompson for a spectacular dunk while getting fouled, getting the Eagles within four again — only to have Gollon answer with one of the biggest shots of the day, a 3-pointer. Not long afterward, the Bears were cutting down the net, just like they planned. When Mercer lost at Florida Gulf Coast on Feb. 21, Gollon said the Bears figured they would be back in Fort Myers for the title game, and their chance at avenging the hurt of a year ago.
He walked off the court Sunday with the net draped around his neck. "It really hurt last year," Gollon said. "We thought last year was our year. ... But we knew that coming back in here and cutting these ones down might be a good last chapter to the story that we've written thus far."


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Impressions: Double Mountain Brewery
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GREAT article. I'm excited that you agree with me on the quality. It's also nice to read about the sours.. there is little room for the beer pontificating over on SE. You should have been there on Xmas eve, they made a special Xmas pie with arugula pesto which was amazing. I hope they do that again next year and publicize it a bit more. Again, good photos and article. Thanks for the shout out!ReplyDelete
Also, for excellent food and beers, I would recommend Grain & Gristle if you haven't been. Also it's a trip to drink awesome beers at Roscoe's and order excellent sushi from next door, which can be done thru the staff.
Not surprisingly, Brian Spangler from Apizza Scholls in the one who figured prominently in Double Mountain's pizza. Yes, I am always looking for an excuse to go there. Oh yeah, my keg is empty; guess I know what I'm doing this weekend.ReplyDelete
@Clay: Really! I did not know that. I'll have to ask him about that. Very interesting.ReplyDelete
Yes, it's true. I have assisted in the DM pizza program. I'm kind of their unofficial consultant. I get paid in beer :)ReplyDelete
BTW - That's the first time I've heard anyone say that my beer list was uninteresting.ReplyDelete
@Brian: I'm happy to hear that you were involved, and I'm not surprised. Clearly someone who knows his stuff had a hand in DM's excellent pizza. I will make mention of that in the write-up above.ReplyDelete
As for the beer at Apizza Scholls, let me clarify that I am always very happy with what's on tap. I just meant that I don't think people consider Apizza Scholls a "beer destination." They come for the pizza, not the beer, whereas at Double Mountain people come for both. (There's always exceptions, but I think that's a fairly accurate estimation.) Same is true at Ken's, which has four interesting, rotating taps, but no one goes to Ken's to see what the latest beers on tap are. I hope that makes my thoughts a littler clearer (and I'll make a note in the review above). Didn't mean to make it sound like I was insulting your taplist!
Adam - No worries on the beer list. I didn't take any offense, nor did I believe you were jabbing at the selections.ReplyDelete
I want to make sure that people understand that Charlie and the team at DM deserve a lot of credit for what they do. I didn't give them a formula and say "follow this". They care about the product and really took ownership of the program. They watched what we were doing at AS, asked questions, I gave pointers and they ran with it.
- AnonymousApril 25, 2012 at 3:02 PM
I went to DM this past weekend and was worth the drive from Portland area. Great pizza (Margherita w/pepperoni on half)and good brew too. Your review of DM was right on!ReplyDelete
Adam, I am to New York in a couple of weeks, any suggestions on pizza joints (I am going to Di Fara) or any other restaurants? I will be there 5 days. Thanks!Replies
@Brian: Thanks for the clarifications!ReplyDelete
@Anonymous: Thanks for checking out the blog! In addition to Di Fara, I would check out Keste for great Neapolitan pizza, as well as Paulie Gee's. I hear a lot of good things about Co., and I'd love to try out Totonno's if I ever made the time during a visit to go to Staten Island. Definitely check out Slice (slice.seriouseats.com) for even more recommendations. Here's a good start: http://slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2011/07/top-ten-nyc-pizzas-slice-best-pizza-in-new-york.htmlReplyDelete
that all is looking yummy,, please bring this in Pakistan..ReplyDelete
Those pictures look sensational pizza are very delicious.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 30, 2016 at 10:00 AM
The good news is DM is finally opening up a Portland location. Will be in the former location of Mickey Finns, on SE Woodstock & 43rd Ave. Scheduled to open this spring.ReplyDelete
Is it neccessary to have a beer with the pizza? Keep Blogging mateReplyDelete


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EPIC Real Leather Gaming Chair - Black/White/Red
- One-of-a-kind luxury gaming chair by noblechairs in black-white-red with precious genuine leather cover
- premium design
- high-precision manufacturing plus ample features & adjustment options.
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Stock Code: GC-008-NC
Manufacturer: noblechairs
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EPIC Real Leather Gaming Chair - Black/White/Red
Avant-garde office chair brand noblechairs raises the bar up high by bringing you its impressive EPIC series swivel chairs pioneering the world's first gaming chair featuring valuable and exceedingly durable real leather covering. Next to this most pivotal innovation, the entire range of noblechairs' classy gamer seats shares the same stellar German design that strikes a perfect balance between luxury car-inspired appearance and materials as well as idiosyncratic gamer chair styling and ergonomics descended from racing car seats. The resulting discreet design without garish colouring creates an air of noblesse and renders the noblechairs gaming chairs simply beautiful.
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Overclockers UK congratulates noblechairs on this well-deserved victory!
Delightful aesthetics, finest details and choice materials
The chairs' elegance is furthered by many loving details like the subtly debossed logo that crests the headrest above an elliptical aluminium emblem with relief lettering which adorns the backrest. The breathable genuine leather cover of the contact areas possesses an intriguing natural surface texture and is embroidered with a gorgeous diamond pattern stitching.
This black-white-red version of the noblechairs real leather range of gaming chairs comes with contrastive white seams along with a red logo patch with golden embroidery and its easy-to-clean black leather is nicely framed by white stripes. Combined with a stunning list of features the noblechairs EPIC series indubitably constitutes the pinnacle of gaming chair development.
"To sum up, this is simply one of the best chairs I've ever used and that includes several office chairs that claim to be ergonomic too. It's not a soft, kick back recliner - it's a proper chair that's comfortable and more importantly, promotes a good posture and is fully adjustable."
Only choice materials and advanced features:
- Timeless and classy luxury car look "Designed in Germany"
- Precious real leather cover with coloured seams and fine embroidery
- Rear cover made of 100% vegan PU faux leather
- A sturdy frame that consists of solid steel
- Height-adjustable safety class 4 gas lift
- Comfy & breathable high-density cold foam upholstery straight from the factory
- Durable five-star base and logo emblem made of pure aluminium
- 60 mm casters with nylon core and PU coating for soft and hard floors
- Softly cushioned 4D armrests made of PU
- Advanced rocking mechanism up to 14°
- Flexible adjustment options for individual adaptability
- Two pillows included for the lumbar and neck area
- Reinforced outer packaging for safe and sound delivery
- 2 years manufacturer warranty most obligingly handled by OCUK
High-precision manufacturing for superb ergonomics
As behoves a premium product, any noblechairs' enviable sitting comfort is fabled due to its dimensionally stable high-class upholstery made of freshly moulded cold foam with 55 per cent density straight from the factory instead of recycled waste scraps used in many lesser, competing products. Its open-cell cold foam structure delivers optimal breathability in conjunction with the luxurious cover materials employed, which allows for a pleasant climate regulation and brings along increased robustness and longevity. The gaming chairs are perfected with fully automated manufacturing processes akin to those applied by car manufacturers that warrant a flawlessly pristine build quality.
A plethora of features with plenty of adjustment options
An advanced rocking mechanism, that allows for rocking the chairs up to 14 degrees, is accompanied by softly cushioned 4D armrests made of polyurethane, 360-degree swivel rotation, flexibly adjustable seat height via a safety class 4 gas lift and a sturdy steel frame mounted atop a durable five-star-base made of pure aluminium.
The pertaining five smoothly running 60 mm casters with nylon core and polyurethane coating are attached to the base and equally suited for soft and hard floors. The noblechairs gamer seat's tilt positions can be locked and the tilt tension can be dynamically adjusted. Also the angle between backrest and seating area can be statically adjusted through a practical side lever.
Two velvet pillows in matching colours included
Such sovereign adjustment options and flexible ergonomics render the noblechairs the most sophisticated gaming chairs available on the market. To adequately support the neck area and lumbar region, two removable pillows that allow for ultimate relaxation are included with every unit. Thanks to their unrivalled set of properties combined with long-awaited innovations, the EPIC series gaming chairs are not just suited for gamers and pro gamers, but for virtually everyone who craves for a truly comfortable office chair with chic design made of superior materials and produced with utmost quality.
All noblechairs gaming chairs are compliant with the UK Fire Safety Regulations for Furniture and Furnishings (BS 5852) and therefore possess a fire-retardant layer that has been applied to the surface material to minimise fire hazards.
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The first class chairs from noblechairs deliver an out-of-the-box fantastic seating experience, which can only be further enhanced by high-quality accessories by noblechairs. To adapt the gaming chair perfectly to the needs of the user, noblechairs offers practical 60 mm hard-floor wheels with automatic locking function , which stops annoying sliding and moving across the floor. In addition, shorter gas lifts allow for a lower overall height of the seat, which makes the chair the perfect throne even for smaller users.
Take it to the next level with a noblechairs footrest
Build on the premium comfort offered by noblechairs with a specially crafted footrest. Thanks to the ingenious design they can be adjusted by up to 57 degrees ensuring they match the angle of almost any recliner and designed to complement the EPIC and ICON series. The footrests come in a variety of different materials including leather and 5 luxury colour combinations.
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Main colour: Black
Side strip colour: White (smooth feel)
Stitchings colour: White
Logo segment colour: Red
Logo embroidery colour: Gold
Pillow colour: Red with White embroidery
Total height (with base): ca. 1310 - 1410 cm
Height adjustability: ca. 495 - 595 mm
Width backrest (shoulder level): ca. 545 mm
Width backrest (pelvis level): ca. 520 mm
Width backrest (point of contact): ca. 295 mm
Length backrest: ca. 870 mm
Backrest adjustability (static): 90° - 135°
Width seat (total): ca. 560 mm
Width seat (point of contact): ca. 350 mm
Depth seat (total): ca. 565 mm
Depth seat (point of contact): ca. 495 mm
Width armrests: ca. 105 mm
Depth armrests: ca. 270 mm
Rocking mechanism: max. 14°
|Armrests adjustable: Yes (four-dimensional)
|Maximum weight (user): 180 kg
|Net weight (chair): ca. 27 kg
|Gross weight (chair): ca. 29 kg
|Package dimensions: ca. 84 * 38 * 70 cm
|UK Fire safety compliance: BS 5852
|Manufacturer warranty: 2 years
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Chair brand
Main colour
Accent colour
Red, White
Seat cover material
Adjustable back rest
Height adjustable
Adjustable arm-rests
Maximum load
180 kg
27 kg
Seat belt openings
Deepest seating position (adjustable)
49.5 cm
Highest seating position (adjustable)
59.5 cm
Seat tilt
Seat width (inside)
35 cm
Seat width outside (widest point)
56 cm
Seat length
49.5 cm
Backrest height
87 cm
Back rest width (inside)
52 cm
Backrest width outside (widest point)
56 cm
Overall height (with base)
131 - 141 cm
Head rest cushion included
Lumbar support cushion included
Base material
Customer review
Following a couple of heart attacts and Periferial artirial disease I found it hard sitting comfortably on most chairs but this one I found to be pretty damn good for me .Well happy with it .
Comfort is key
As a content creator on both YouTube and Twitch I sit with my rear end for far too many hours every single day. Having a high quality chair like this is delish for my butt. It was easy to assemble and delivery time was close to none. I recommend this for anyone that wants a +10 fps chair while still having a slick design that fits in with any setup without having neon racing shiny colors.
I love the white/black look, I was a bit afraid of me getting it dirty - yet it still looks as new 6 months later.
Great for the serious gamer
I recently featured in a one off documentary that went onto the BBC Iplayer. The challenge was to be partnered with Twitch in just 30 days. I spent 8-10-12-16 hours was the longest I spent sat in the noblechair and I have to say that it was very comfortable. Being 6 foot 4 and about 22 stone I needed something sturdy and reliable. This noblechair was certainly reliable and completely flexible. The adjustable pillows were the icing on the cake. Great chair 10/10
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Awards & Media Coverage
European Hardware Awards 2020 Best Gaming Chair
No other technology awards bring together over 100 of Europe's top journalists to decide on the very best hardware being sold across the continent, in quite the same way as the EHA Awards.
Vortez - Premium
"Overall, the noblechairs EPIC is exactly what we expected – a gaming chair using premium materials and offering decent comfort. If you've got £300 to spend on a chair, we can't see anything else that offers better support."Award
Got Ur Back - Platinum
"With its EPIC Series noblechairs undoubtedly set a new milestone in gaming chair history. Luxurious sportiness, almost on par with a high-end sports car's interior, incomparably precise craft, the first real leather as well as the best faux leather covering I have ever seen topped off with a courteous customer support and serious expertise."Award
EHA - Best Gaming Chair
"The European Hardware Association (EHA) began as a concept almost 3 years ago and it has built ever since. The EHA includes KitGuru from the United Kingdom, HardwareLuxx from Germany, Hardware.Info from the Benelux region, Geeknetic from Spain, Hardware Upgrade from Italy, Lab501 from Romania, CowCotLand from France, PurePC from Poland and SweClockers representing the Nordic countries."Award
Neowin - 9/10
"Overall, I think the EPIC real leather chair is good value for money. noblechairs have clearly put a lot of thought into various aspects of this series, and it shows in the quality of materials, controls, and styling used."Award
TechPowerUp - Highly Recommended
"In any case, if you are lucky enough to have enough money to buy an EPIC series chair, I believe it will be money well spent. I have made the mistake of using cheap low quality chairs in the past and now fully regret doing so."Award
Forbes - A Chair Every PC Gamer Needs
"To sum up, this is simply one of the best chairs I've ever used and that includes several office chairs that claim to be ergonomic too. It's not a soft, kick back recliner - it's a proper chair that's comfortable and more importantly, promotes a good posture and is fully adjustable."Award
Bit-Tech - Recommended
"Overall the Epic impresses and lives up to its premium price tag. If you can afford the luxury that this chair certainly is, then you'll have a great experience."Award
BeginnersTech - Ultimate Gaming Chair
"Do I think the price is justified? I will have to say yes! The real leather paired with the awesome looks and functionality, makes this one of my favourite gaming chairs I have used to date."Award
SilencedTech - Gold
"Overall, the EPIC Series from noblechairs is exactly that, EPIC! This is my official chair for my setup and I won't be using anything else for a long time!"Award
Ultimate Gaming Chair - 9.1/10
"When I first saw the noblechairs price tag I thought in honesty, that they were trying to add a premium price and maybe could not justify it. I quickly saw the precision and love that had gone into it, from the packaging it came in to the detail that went into every component it uses. They tried to make the perfect chair and whilst there is not such a thing, I think they did a fantastic job."Award
Gamer Chairs - 4.3/5
"The fact that noblechairs gaming chairs are made either from real exclusive leather or from PU, polyurethane imitation leather, makes cleaning one of these gaming chairs an extremely easy task."Award
Nikktech - Gold
"The EPIC by noblechairs is without doubt one of the best models currently in the market and for that we're giving it our Golden Award."Award
Hardware.info - Excellent
"The only chair that we can truly recommend is the noblechairs Epic. This chair has a great finish, is comfortable and stable. Despite the higher price it is the only model that we would recommend, and therefore it receives an Excellent Choice Award."Award
TrustedReviews - Recommended
"Garish, gaudy, chunky – all words you've probably associated with gaming chairs over the years. Now, finally, there's range that won't ruin your carefully chosen interiors."Award
PC Advisor
"Germany-based noblechairs has only been around for a year or so, but has already produced some stylish and well-made gaming chairs."Award
Custom PC - Extreme Ultra
"If you have the money, and you want a good-looking, easy-to-build and very comfy place to park yourself while gaming, the noblechairs EPIC is about as good as it gets."
Play3r - Editor's Choice
"The noblechair EPIC is simply the best chair we have reviewed at Play3r and I will go out on a limb and say this is the best chair in its price range. For £310, you get a lot for your money and although the term luxury is thrown around like a fence in a tornado, that's exactly what the noblechairs EPIC is, pure luxury!"Award
eTeknix - Editor's Choice
"The noblechairs EPIC certainly lives up to its name, being one of the best designed and made gaming chairs on the market today. You might feel it's expensive, but all will be forgiven the moment you build it and roll it up to your desk to play some games."Award
TeakTown - Editor's Choice
"This is the one. This is the gaming chair your ass deserves. Your ass deserves no less than the noblechairs EPIC Real Leather Gaming Chair. It's a pricey chair, but the luxury is worth it. This is the new Ferrari of gaming chairs."Award
KitGuru - Worth Buying
"The world's first real leather gaming chair has a lot to offer. It is expensive but certainly feels built to last and worth the cost."Award
OC3D - Enthusiast Grade
"The uncompromising quality of the materials bestrides our build experience like a colossus. Everything is unbelievably solid. The steel frame and high density foam combine with careful shaping and thick, soft, leather to produce something which is more pleasant to sit in than it is to look at, and we love looking at it."Award
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Editorial writer Allysia Finley on how a rule change removing criminal job application questions helped an embezzler return to California's state payroll.
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D'oh! The donut-loving Homer Simpson has claimed the title of greatest character in pop culture, according to Entertainment Weekly.
It was a tight race with Harry Potter and Buffy the Vampire Slayer tagging closely behind, but the beer swilling, buffoonish patriarch of the cartoon family managed to win the crown.
EW's list of the "100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years" was released Monday to mark the magazine's 20th anniversary, and features characters like Tracy Jordan of NBC's "30 Rock," Spongebob Squarepants, Carrie Bradshaw of Sex and the City and other well-known fictitious folks.
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"The Simpsons," the Fox show that introduced the lovable screwup to America, is in its 21st season.
Matt Groening, creator of the highly acclaimed cartoon, told EW that "People can relate to Homer because we're all secretly propelled by desires we can't admit to."
And, Groening added, seeing a character who doesn't even try to exercise restraint is appealing. "Homer is launching himself head-first into every single impulsive thought that occurs to him. His love of whatever...is a joy to witness," he said.


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The 8-minute travel time to Earth by sunlight hides a thousand-year journey that actually began in the core.
Sunlight is produced through nuclear reactions in the sun's core. Originally born as energetic gamma rays, after billions of collisions with matter, this radiation reaches the surface and escapes into space. How old is sunlight by the time it reaches the surface?
Most textbooks say that it takes light between 100,000 years and 50 million years to escape. You would be surprised to know that this simple, and very popular, question seems to be without a firm answer! The reason has a lot to do with the assumptions that textbook authors use in making the calculation. Most astronomers are also not particularly interested in a high-accuracy answer, so they tend not to bother doing the tedious calculation exactly. It is actually a very complex problem in physics!
Once a photon of light is born, it travels at a speed of 300,000 km/sec until it collides with a charged particle and is diverted in another direction. Because the density of the sun decreases by tens of thousands of times from its lead-dense core to its tenuous photosphere, the typical distance a photon can travel between charged particles changes from 0.01 cm at the core to 0.3 cm near the surface. As a comparison, most back-of-the-envelope estimates assume that the sun's interior has a constant density and that the 'free path' distance for the photon is about one centimeter. It is these estimates that find their way into many popular astronomy textbooks.
The interior of the sun consists of three major zones, each with its own unique properties. (Courtesy: Berkeley - SSL)
Once you know, or assume, a typical distance between collisions, you also have to figure out how many steps the photon has to take to travel from the core to the surface. This is called the Random Walk Problem. The answer is that, if you take a sequence of N random steps, each for example of one meter length, the distance you travel from the starting point will be the square-root of N. After 100 random steps you will travel about 10 meters, but it will take 10,000 steps to travel 100 meters, and one million steps to travel about one kilometer, and so on. Because the density of the sun changes from the core to the surface, it is common to represent the interior of the sun as a collection of nested shells of matter, each with a typical average density. You then calculate how many steps it takes for a photon to travel through each shell. During each step, the photon travels at the speed of light so you can calculate the time required for each step. By multiplying this by the number of steps taken, you can calculate how long it takes the photon to traverse each shell, and then add up all the times for the other shells.
When this random walk process is applied to the interior of the sun, and an accurate model of the solar interior is used, most answers for the age of sunlight come out to be between 10,000 and 170,000 years. Rarely do you get answers greater than a million years unless you have made a serious error! Why do you still see these erroneous estimates of '10 million years' still being used? Because textbook authors and editors do not bother to actually make the correct calculation themselves, and rely on older published answers from similar textbooks.
Light escapes the sun's core through a series of random steps as it is absorbed and emitted by atoms along the way (Courtesy - Richard Pogge Ohio State U.)
So, sometimes a simple question can have many inaccurate textbook answers because it is not considered a very important question to scientists, and no one bothers to take the time to really work out the answer to their best ability! As another example, in 1971, the physicists Alfred Goldhaber and Michael Nieto at the Los Alamos Laboratory estimated the maximum mass of the hypothetical graviton particle - the carrier of the force of gravity. Their answer of 10-62 grams seemed incredibly insignificant. Over a decade later they published an improved version of his original paper. They noted that they had originally made an error in their 1971 paper, so that the calculated mass was actually over a billion times larger. In all that time, no one had ever caught the published error!
Mitalas, R. and Sills, K. 1992, "On the photon diffusion time scale for the sun", The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 401, p. 759-760.
Odenwald, S. F. 2004 - "How old is sunlight?" A classroom activity on the random walk problem. http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/MathDocs/sunlight.html
The fastest coronal mass ejection was recorded on August 4, 1972 and traveled from the sun to earth in 14.6 hours - a speed of nearly 10 million kilometers per hour!


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A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
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Mary Hamilton was a prolific English author and translator. She wrote biographies of Ramsay McDonald and John Stuart Mill and wrote on other political topics such as women and labour. She was the deputy editor of the New Leader in the early 1920s and was elected as a Labor Member of Parliament for Blackburn 1929-1931.


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By Alan W. Dowd
As the president fights to end the global war against al-Qaida and the Taliban, little did he know that the fight would carry the United States into Yemen.
President Barack Obama campaigned on a promise to "finish the fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan." Little did he know that the fight would carry the United States into Yemen.
Dubbed "al-Qaida in the Arab Peninsula" (AQAP), Yemen's branch – numbering some 400 fighters – has been very active of late. The past 30 months have seen a series of Yemen-linked terror attacks, near misses and operations:
• AQAP was behind the parcel-bomb plot that attempted to take down aircraft with bombs disguised as printing cartridges.
• Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called underwear bomber who tried to blow Northwest 253 out of the sky on Christmas Day 2009, was linked to AQAP.
• AQAP claims responsibility for the downing of a UPS cargo plane in September 2010.
• Inside Yemen, AQAP killed at least 50 Yemeni officials in 2010 alone. AQAP's leader boasts that "an army of 12,000 fighters are being prepared" to "establish an Islamic caliphate" in the region.
• British Embassy officials narrowly escaped an RPG attack in October 2010. That followed a suicide-bomb attack in April 2010 on the British ambassador, who also survived.
• Finally, AQAP launched a deadly attack on the U.S. Embassy in September 2008, and orchestrated prison breaks of high-level terrorists that same year.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Osama bin Laden and his high command are providing direct strategic guidance to the Yemen branch, considered "al-Qaida's most active and ambitious affiliate." Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), an expert on intelligence issues, warns. "We're much more likely to be attacked in the U.S. by someone inspired by, or trained by, people in Yemen than anything that comes out of Afghanistan." And Dennis Blair, Obama's former director of national intelligence, noted in 2009 that Yemen "is re-emerging as a jihadist battleground and potential regional base of operations for al-Qaida to plan internal and external attacks, train terrorists and facilitate the movement of operatives."
His use of the word "re-emerging" is instructive and appropriate. It pays to recall that the USS Cole was bombed in a Yemeni port in October 2000 – just one of al-Qaida's many attacks against U.S. targets before 9/11.
More than 10 years after the Cole attack, the CIA and the Pentagon are devoting considerable resources "to destroy this al-Qaida affiliate," in Obama's words. Special ops units have slipped into the sparsely populated desert country to train Yemen's most elite forces, and to track and target AQAP fighters. British commandos are also in Yemen.
The Wall Street Journal reports the growth in intelligence teams focusing on Yemen. The Los Angeles Times notes that the White House is considering the expanded use of drone strikes in Yemen, of the sort now under way in Pakistan. And, predictably, more money is flowing into Yemen.
Counterterrorism funding for Yemen more than doubled in 2010, jumping from $70 million to $155 million. Last fall, CENTCOM planners proposed sending $1.2 billion in aid and equipment into Yemen over the next five years – $240 million annually. To put that in perspective, this category of funding for Yemen was just $4.6 million in 2006.
Washington hasn't always helped the situation in Yemen. For example, at least one former Gitmo inmate – a terrorist released in 2007 into a Saudi rehabilitation program – is now second in command of AQAP. And although the United States has launched only a handful of missile strikes in Yemen, one mistakenly killed a provincial official. As a consequence, UAV strikes in Yemen are not on par with the full-scale drone war in Afghanistan and Pakistan – at least, not yet. That could change in the year ahead.
Washington doesn't want to be drawn too deeply into Yemen, and understandably so, given the ongoing operations in Afghanistan and above Pakistan. As Defense Secretary Robert Gates puts it, "We don't need another war."
That's one way to look at Yemen. Another way is that Yemen isn't "another war" so much as it is another front in the wider, global war against al Qaida and its patrons and partners. As the Cole attack reminds us, this war didn't start in Afghanistan, and it probably won't end there.


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I've been waiting all week for NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair to apologize to the millions of Canadians who call themselves evangelical Christians, but it looks like an apology won't be coming.
Nor will Mulcair admit that he is an outright hypocrite on the issue he is criticizing evangelicals over.
It started with a "news" story published earlier this week by The Canadian Press which said an "anti-gay" group was getting federal tax dollars for doing foreign aid work.
Now that's an odd description of any group, but it is especially odd when referring to Crossroads Christian Communications.
Since 1982 Crossroads has been involved in helping the poor, the hungry and the thirsty in some of the most desperate places on earth.
In this particular case they were providing water. Yet to CP, this group could simply be dismissed as anti-gay because they hold the traditional Christian teaching that any sex outside of the marriage of one man and one woman is a sin. That view of sexual sin was too much for Mulcair, who branded the group as being un-Canadian.
"It goes against Canadian values. It goes against Canadian law," Mulcair told reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons.
Here's the thing though, that view is not illegal and is, in fact, held by Mulcair's own church.
The Catholic catechism, the official document on church teaching, is even more direct than Crossroads in calling homosexuality a sin.
"Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that 'homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered,' " the catechism reads.
So based on that, is Mulcair ready to renounce his Catholic faith and demand Catholic groups not get funding?
This isn't about religion or homosexuality. It is about politics.
In the same breath as Mulcair denounced Crossroads, he called for more funding for a group called Development and Peace, the official aid organization of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops who, incidentally, uphold that section of the catechism I just cited. So what's the difference?
Mulcair feels at ease bashing Canada's four million or so evangelicals, viewing them as a group that won't vote for his socialist dreams. Catholics, meanwhile, Mulcair sees as ready NDP voters as long as they reject all their church teachings on abortion and sexuality like he has.
On Thursday, Sun News reporter Jessica Hume pointed out to Mulcair that the Catholic and evangelical views were the same and asked him whether the Catholic church went against Canadian law and values. Mulcair dodged the question.
I'm not one to push for religious groups to get government money simply because I believe government money harms the churches, forces them to compromise.
But the fact is government money goes to religious groups for foreign aid because they are the experts in the field.
When the rest of the world turns away, religious groups step in.
In the past 30 years, Crossroads has spent
$35 million in private donations delivering foreign aid. In the last 10 years, the feds have ponied up $2 million. It's like this with so many church groups, the private donations are far in excess of any government money.
But now Mulcair wants to institute a belief test, one that must adhere to his secular worldview. Does Mulcair realize that this is un-Canadian?
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AOL Founder Warns Zuckerberg: Don't Get Distracted by Facebook IPO
Before Facebook, which is now just days away from a record-busting IPO, there was America Online or AOL. Before Social Media, there was Community. It's quite possible that without the bulletin boards and chat rooms of the 70's, 80's and 90's, there were would be no Facebook or Twitter. No Instagram or Viddy.
Services like AOL were the proving grounds for the digital interaction revolution of the new millennium. Ask AOL founder and former CEO Steve Case. He always believed community was the "killer app."
Today, AOL is primarily a content and online advertising company with fewer paid subscribers than ever and scarcely remembered as the platform that, as Case puts it, "put America online." Case moved on from the then merged AOL Time Warner almost a decade ago to launch an investment company, Revolution LLC, back some memorable startups like ZipCar and work with the Obama administration to help drive entrepreneurship.
Case believes the Facebook IPO will be a huge success and has nothing but praise for Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg.
Still, when Case and company went public with AOL in 1992, the investment community barely understood the Internet. "We were the first Internet company to go public, and the roadshow then was really just trying to explain to people what this was, why it would be important.
"People thought it was kind of a hacker, hobbyist, nichey business."
These days no one has to explain the Internet, social media or Facebook to an investor or Wall Street. But familiarity does not necessarily protect Facebook. AOL had a $70 million value when it went public in 1992, Case says, and was worth $150 billion a decade later.
By 2009, according to one estimate, it had dropped back to just $4.2 billion. "In the last decade [AOL] obviously lost some of that, its leadership position, which is sad to see and a lot of that had to do with focusing on the product and making sure you had the right people and culture," said Case.
How does Facebook avoid a similar fate? Case thinks it's by maintaining focus on products. Facebook should not let its stock price become a distraction — or all that fresh cash burn a hole in its pocket.
"Focus ... on where product is going and what customers are looking for," warns Case. "Be careful on acquisitions. Make sure they really are strategic and logical. When you have a large currency there's a temptation to use it to acquire businesses that add some confusion to large business."
Ultimately, Case is not worried about Facebook. "I think the focus Mark's brought and the day-to-day operation expertise that Sheryl provides really has been a great team," he says. "I'm confident it will continue to do well."
Watch the video for more of Steve Case's thoughts on Facebook and the AOL legacy, then share your reaction to his advice in the comments below.
Editor's Note: The original post erroneously listed AOL's value in 1992 as $17 million. It was $70 million. We have updated the post to reflect the accurate figure.


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John Watson recently took over as CEO of Chevron following the departure of his "good friend," David O'Reilly. Watson previously held various positions within the company and some of its branches after obtaining a master's degree in business administration at the University of Chicago in 1980. Watson is a director and member of the American Petroleum Institute's Executive Committee, as well as a member of several industry executive groups, including the National Petroleum Council, the Business Council, and the American Society of Corporate Executives.
In 2009, before becoming CEO, Watson was already making a $8.79 million salary while his company brought in over $10 billion in profit.
"Now, we must restore the country's confidence in deepwater drilling"
-Statement Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, June 15, 2010
"Over time, we will replace some fossil fuels with cleaner, more diverse and more secure forms of energy."
"By rough estimates, America has vast amounts of oil and natural gas in the Outer Continental Shelf – and an estimated 30 billion barrels of it are currently unavailable for development. We know that our methods of extracting it are the safest, most environmentally sound methods in existence."
"[W]e need to accept that an economy free of all fossil fuels may just be beyond our reach."
-Speech to U.S Chamber of Commerce, October 27, 2009
"One of the examples of the values that Chevron considers very important is protecting people in the environment. We expect our employees to operate with the highest respect for safety and protecting the environment where we operate."
-World Economic Forum Interview, August 23, 2010
Chevron CEO John Watson boasts investments totaling "$197 million in our communities [where Chevron conducts business]." This figure amounts to less than 1% of Chevron's profit in the first three quarters of 2011.
Watson steered the 2001 merger between Chevron and Texaco, a merger that is now infamous for the extensive pollution in Ecuador that has led to an ongoing $27.3 billion lawsuit. Texaco was responsible for the deliberate dumping and abandonment of approximately 18.5 billion gallons of toxic waste byproducts into a large stretch of the Ecuadorian Amazon from 1964 to 1990. 17 million gallons of crude oil were also spilled into the same region. Chevron has been repeatedly accused of avoiding liability and denies the presence of any hazardous chemicals left over from Texaco's mess, although 1,400 cancer deaths in the area have been attributed to their contamination.
Source: The True Cost of Chevron: an Alternative Annual Report
Watson states, "One of the examples of the values that Chevron considers very important is protecting people in the environment. We expect our employees to operate with the highest respect for safety and protecting the environment where we operate." Beyond Ecuador, Watson's company is accused of numerous other environmental and human rights crimes in Nigeria, Iraq, Burma, Alberta, Canada, and other areas.


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Why does one physician in a walk-in practice order laboratory monitoring tests for patients more often than a colleague working down the hallway? Which factors influence the use of these important tests that can help doctors ensure that high-risk drugs are prescribed safely? Clues to these questions lie in the age and general health of the patient, and whether the doctor is a specialist or not, says Shira Fischer of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. She is the lead author of a study¹ which appears in the Journal of General Internal Medicine², published by Springer.
Laboratory tests help doctors to monitor the condition of their patients, and to ensure that prescribed drugs work effectively and safely in treating high-risk conditions. However, these are not always performed, even in cases where such tests are advised before a new round of medicines can be dispensed. This can lead to medical errors and influence patient safety, as was highlighted in the US Institute of Medicine's report "To Err is Human." There are no US national guidelines about appropriate laboratory monitoring, and experts do not agree on the appropriate standards of monitoring.
To ascertain the factors that influence how and when physicians order laboratory tests, Fischer and her colleagues conducted research at the Meyers Primary Care Institute in Massachusetts, studying the electronic medical records of 31,417 patients and 278 providers in a large multispecialty New England group practice. The study includes information about prescriptions for 34 high-risk conditions and their 60 associated tests.
For recommended tests, the rate of physician ordering varies greatly, with for example almost all patients taking potassium receiving an order for a potassium level (95 percent) but less than half of patients on Lithium receiving orders for a blood count (42 percent) or creatinine level (49 percent), as is recommended. Tests measured yearly (for example, Digoxin level) were more likely to be ordered than those required more often (for example, AST/ALT levels in patients on Rifampin).
Specialists are more likely to order the recommended tests for the medications used in the study than primary care providers. Older patients, men and people already using other medications are also tested more regularly. Younger patients and people who do not often visit doctors seldom received test orders. Younger physicians and those who are familiar with the testing guidelines associated with a specific medication are also more likely to use laboratory tests to monitor their patients.
The researchers also found that the so-called "black box warnings"* on certain medications regularly alert practitioners to the need to run associated tests. These warnings can be required by the US Food and Drug Administration and are the strongest ones around in prescription drug labeling. Even so, not everyone takes heed of them.
"Interventions to improve laboratory monitoring should focus on areas with the greatest potential for improvement, such as providers who do not prescribe medication much, or those who prescribe medication to healthier and younger patients, or once-off walk-in patients," advises Fischer, who believes it is worthwhile to provide "black box warnings" on medications shown to be highest-risk to educate physicians about the importance of laboratory monitoring.
*Warnings, formatted with a 'box' or border around the text, that appear on the package insert for certain prescription drugs.
1. Fischer, S.H. et al (2014). Factors Associated With Ordering Laboratory Monitoring of High-Risk Medications, Journal of General Internal Medicine. DOI 10.1007/s11606-014-2907-9
2. The Journal of General Internal Medicine is the official Journal of the Society of General Internal Medicine.
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Cane sugar * 55%, cocoa (heavily de-oiled) * 45%. * from certified organic farming
May contain traces of tree nuts and their by-products, sesame, eggs, milk and gluten/Kann spuren von Schalenfrüchten, Sesam, Ei, Milch und Gluten enthalten/Kan indeholde spor af nødder, sesam, æg, mælk og gluten.
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A Sandwich a Day: Chopped Brisket at Mable's Smokehouse
A new sandwich every day.
In this great city of ours, one could eat a different sandwich every day of the year—so that's what we'll do. Here's A Sandwich a Day, our daily look at sandwiches around New York. Got a sandwich we should check out? Let us know. —The Mgmt.
I can't say Mable's brisket is one of our favorite in the city, but their Chopped Brisket Sandwich ($9.95 with slaw and a side) is something I'd return for. The brisket gets diced into neat cubes, allowing the fattier sections to moisten the drier ones.
But it's the toppings and sauces that make this sandwich—sauce-scorning purists, look away now. There are cucumber and onion pickles to add at your discretion, soft but nicely briny, and jalapenos with a gentle heat. You should also add a splash of that barbecue sauce, a little tangy, a little sweet, thin but not weak and in no way cloying. By doing so you make a sandwich that's more delicious than its parts alone—meaty, tangy, and plenty moist—while still keeping it in firm barbecue territory. It's on the small side for the price, but rich enough, especially with that side you ordered.
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Cloud sync service Dropbox has been unstoppable this year, nearly doubling its user base to more than 45 million people and raising $250 million to accelerate its expansion plans. Today the San Francisco startup, which began life as a consumer product, is announcing a new service aimed at small and medium sized businesses.
Dropbox Teams, which has been operating in a limited beta, is officially open for business today. It comes in response to demand from companies that are using Dropbox as a main collaboration tool for their businesses. And while Dropbox's first effort is aimed at smaller companies, it's not hard to imagine them eventually releasing a product targeted at large enterprises and competing against the likes of Box and even Microsoft SharePoint.
The reason is that, with the rise of smart phones and tablets, the distinction between "consumer" and "enterprise" software is crumbling. And with tens of millions of people already using Dropbox for work, the company has a large and rapidly growing potential customer base in the space.
"The most important thing that this announcement symbolizes for the comapny is really that it's a one-market situation," said Sujay Jaswa, vice president of business development and sales, in an interview. "You can read all these articles — Dropbox is in the consumer market, other companies are in the business market. But it's just not the case. It's like Google search — you use Google at work, you use Google at home. You use your iPhone at work, you use it for personal calls as well. We're lucky that we've created a service that happens to be one of those kinds of things. People love it in all aspects of their lives, and we're going to do everything we can to give them that."
Dropbox CEO Drew Houston admits to some "hand-wringing" over whether the company should position itself as a consumer or enterprise business, before finally deciding that the distinction didn't matter.
"You don't have an enterprise laptop or a consumer laptop — you use the same device in a home or work context," Houston said. "That's how we think about it. In your Dropbox you'll have baby photos next to your tax returns next to your company presentation."
Dropbox lets users sync files across a wide range of devices. It operates as a kind of "magic folder" — save a file in Dropbox on your work PC, and you'll be able to access it from your smartphone, from a Web browser at a friend's place, or your Mac at home. Dropbox lets you share folders with others to let you exchange files easily, and its this function that Teams takes advantage of.
The service starts at $795 a year for five people, and $125 per additional user. It comes with at least 1,000 gigabytes of shared storage, but Dropbox will give you more storage at no extra charge as long as your request is "reasonable," the company says. To get some idea of how a small team uses Dropbox, see David Pogue's recent post on how he created his most recent book using it.
If nothing else, Thursday's announcement would seem to position Dropbox for even faster growth in the coming year, as it begins selling into businesses that are already using its product.
"In terms of the universal sync problem, which is what we're focused on," Jaswa said, "we're in a pretty good spot right now."


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In so many ways I'm like a child. The very things that cause me to raise my voice or think less-than-pleasant thoughts toward them, I myself do. Sleeping in past 7:00 am, using a fork, sitting still for longer than thirty seconds, managing to keep a straight face while saying the word "underwear" – these things I can handle, but that's how we differ. Throwing fits with legs pounding and arms flailing and having to re-learn the same lessons again and again? In these matters I'm pretty much a toddler.
Okay, so maybe my fits are a bit more mature but repeating the same mistakes and having to remind myself of previous lesson learned, in that there is no exaggeration. Currently I am re-learning the freedom in acceptance. In particular with accepting who I am and who I am not.
The longer I live the more I realize I have tendencies towards control and perfectionism. My perfectionist's personality manifests itself in ways that are not at all closely related to keeping a perfectly manicured house (or fingernails for that matter). I tend to expect a lot of myself and seem to think that I can do it all. Apparently I am on the quest to earn my superhero cape. In my mind this caped woman does it all with grace and ease. She fights stains without creating pink socks, she cooks a well-planned meal and serves it on matching dishes, she serves all day then asks, "what's next?" before she sits down, she doesn't raise her voice to her children (as I JUST did) she is fulfilled and fulfills with joy. She doesn't exist. Or maybe she does exist, but that's not me.
There was a recent spell where I fought against who it was that I was created to be. I pushed through my days with some expectations put on myself, then was frustrated when the day ended and I was left feeling dissatisfied. It went on like this for weeks until arriving at a place of darkness and deep sadness.
After much thought and some changes I felt myself returning. It was then that I made the switch to choose acceptance. When a tinge of guilt enters into the thought process I simply redirect it and say, "this is who I am and this is who I am to be." No longer is there a place to feel guilty for the things I am not, instead the reflection is on appreciating who it is that I am.
Now it is to be said that in any relationship be it friendship, marriage or parenting, there are sacrifices that must be made. That is, after all a real reflection of true love – one can not either be loved or love without the presence of sacrifice. But there comes a point when the sacrifice becomes too great and those relationships suffer as a result.
My family isn't asking for me to sacrifice as much as I ask it of myself. In fact, they've already given me my cape and love me regardless of the pink socks and mismatched dishes. They love me for who I am and now it's my turn to do the same.
While other things were more pressing than for me to turn to the stove I did it anyway. It may have been this or perhaps it was that, either way my mind was on nutmeg and I could not shake that thought.
In the process of simmering cream with vanilla beans so plump it's as if at any moment they were going to burst spraying fragrant seeds and nutmeg that reeks of fallen leaves and cold evenings, I thought to appreciate the uncommon joy I feel during such a simple action. When the yolk released the white and landed in the bowl revealing it's nearly neon color I paused to admire its tone as if I had never seen such a thing before – I have, many times. When finally dipping the spoon into a cool cream so impossibly smooth it caused a pleased grin to cover my face I re-learned that the delight in this process is part of who I am. A part I really enjoy.
The clothes still need folding and the toys must get picked up (at some point) but the fight is against the guilt that plagues when the call of perfection rings. Setting that guilt aside makes room for more joy, more life, more love, and more pot de creme. In this there is no guilt just delight.
One thing I know for sure, I will have to re-learn this at some point, and most likely at another point beyond that. I hope that each time the lesson becomes more poignant and that it is in the presence of Nutmeg Pot de Creme.
Nutmeg Pot de Creme
This softly spiced custard is reminiscent of egg nog and is destined to become a new holiday tradition. It is lightly sweet, cool and creamy and can easily be transformed into Nutmeg Creme Brulee with the addition of a torched sugar crust.
2 cups heavy cream
1 vanilla bean (or 2 tsp vanilla extract)
1 ½ teaspoon nutmeg, freshly ground
6 yolks
½ cup dark brown sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
Pre-heat your oven to 320*F
In a medium sauce pan add the cream, vanilla seeds and bean, and the nutmeg. Bring to a simmer then turn off the heat and let sit for 15 minutes.
In a medium bowl add the yolks, salt, and sugar. Whisk until lightened and well combined.
Bring the cream back up to a simmer. Turn off the heat and slowly add hot cream to the yolk mixture, stirring while pouring.
Strain this mixture with a fine mesh sieve to remove vanilla bean and unwanted egg bits.
Pour this into four oven-safe ramekins. Place these in a larger baking dish (I use a cake pan). Place this into the pre-heated oven then pour water into the baking dish holding the ramekins.
If you don't want a bit of a skin on top of the pot de creme then place a sheet of foil over the ramekins. I leave the foil off as I prefer the slight textural difference you get when you bake it without a cover.
Bake for 30-45 minutes until the center of the custards still jiggle slightly when gently shaken. Start checking at 30 minutes then check every 5 minutes or so, until done. The custards will continue to set once out of the oven.
Let cool slightly then place them in the fridge to set – about 2 hours.
Just before serving sprinkle with a bit more freshly ground nutmeg.
These can also benefit from a sprinkling of sugar and a broiler or torch turning them into Nutmeg Creme Brulee – perfect for the holidays.


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On a day off you could be doing a lot worse than going to an amusement park. It so happens that the training crew, that is Johhny, Joel, Julia, Barnaby and myself made our "own" way to the Tokyo Dome City Amusement Park in Suidobashi.
With the trains there were a few changes. Just to avoid your eyes glazing over I'll mention it briefly. From Keikyu Tomioka to Yokohama on my usual line (230 yen), then to Shibuya on the Tokyu-Toyoko line (260 yen), then Yoyogi on Yamanote line and Chūō-Sōbu line to Suidobashi (160 yen). I mistakenly paid 210 yen for this because I didn't write the fare properly on my cheat sheet.
We all bought a day pass for 3000 yen which we made sure we got the full value of the ticket. Most of us went on the Thunder Dolphin three times. Crappy name I know, but the first drop of this roller coaster is 80 degrees and it drops from really, really high.
Geo Panic was another cool, in the dark roller coaster,but it strained the body on the turns. We did 2 haunted houses, (The 13 doors and Zombie Paradise), but they were pretty lame. We were more scared doing the scaring ourselves. Towards the end we went on The Big O. No, it's not what you think. It is a centre-less, large Ferris Wheel. The view was excellent as it was also getting dark.
At this point I want to rectify my earlier comments regarding the other training crew. Julia, I said was unsociable. Over the past two weeks she has come out quite a bit and I'm just putting it down to shyness. Also apologies to Barnaby. You have a unique name and I'm sure you are proud of it. You are a great guy and it's been good getting to know you as well. I hope this saves me from an eternal life in damnation.
Also before I go, I want to mention that I did my first wash of clothes since I've been here. I was feeling a little stinky so that is now taken care of. Another thing is "THE CHUNK", the rather large chunk of Pecorino cheese my dad gave me to take here has finally been liberated from it's plastic confines. Still tastes good. Mmm, gotta love that Pecorino eh?
This is a first person view of "Thunder Dolphin". (No, I didn't take my video camera on this ride. Acknowledgement goes to thunderrabbit. How you filmed this I have no idea).
Wednesday, 13 June 2007
The Amusement Never Ends
Posted by Jimmy In Japan at 11:21 pm
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Roller coaster looks cool.
Also, Barnaby isn't as uncommon as you think. Haven't you read Ice Station?
- 16 June 2007 at 19:52
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Radical Entertainment, the Canadian studio behind Prototype and Scarface: The World Is Yours, has closed.
The news was confirmed by various industry figures on Twitter, including the studio's audio designer Rob Bridgett, who tweeted: "RIP Radical Entertainment 1991-2012".
According to Activision, a skeleton team will remain at Radical to support the publisher's "existing projects". However, the team will "cease development" of its own titles.
Up to 90 people are reported to have been laid off.
In a statement provided to Kotaku, Activision said:
"Although we made a substantial investment in the Prototype IP, it did not find a broad commercial audience.
"Radical is a very talented team of developers, however, we have explored various options for the studio, including a potential sale of the business, and have made a difficult conclusion through the consultation process that the only remaining option is a significant reduction in staff.
"As such, some employees will remain working for Radical Entertainment supporting other existing Activision Publishing projects, but the studio will cease development of its own games going forward."
Radical Entertainment was formed in 1991 and acquired by Vivendi Games in 2005. The studio became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Activision following the firm's merger with Vivendi in 2007.
The company developed numerous open world hits, including popular PS2 title The Simpsons: Hit & Run, The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, Scarface: The World Is Yours and the Prototype series.
According to NPD data, the studio's most recent game, Prototype 2, was the highest-selling game of April 2012.
The studio was also reported to have been developing a sequel to Scarface, a new Crash Bandicoot title and a game based on Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity. All three were rumoured to have been cancelled by Activision.
Activision has closed a string of development studios in recent years.
In 2010, the publisher shut down five of its studios, including Blur developer Bizarre Creations, True Crime developer Luxoflux and Guitar Hero co-dev Budcat. Then, in 2011, it closed DJ/Guitar Hero support dev 7 Studios.


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