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A total of 441 student-athletes have been named to the 2016-17 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team, which honors conference competitors who are new, incoming freshmen at their respective league institution.
Three institutions totaled 50 or more honorees, including Baylor (61), Texas (55) and Kansas (53).
A total of 46 student-athletes were nominated with 4.00 grade point averages, including 10 from Oklahoma State. The 46 honorees marks the most since the start of the academic list in 2012-13.
Nominated by each institution's director of student-athlete support services, student-athletes on the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team must be new, first-time/incoming freshmen that have completed 24 semester hours of non-remedial coursework and achieved a cumulative GPA of at least 3.00. Additionally, the student-athlete must have participated in at least one of their team's scheduled contests and must have been a member of their respective team for their sport's entire NCAA Championship segment. The Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team was introduced in the 2012-13 academic year.


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therman necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 191 diseños de 44 diseñadores freelance.
Design an athletic glossy logo for celebrity yoga instructor Gwen Lawrence. The design should be clean, simple and evoke strength.
Power Yoga for Sports
Gwen is a power yoga instructor for professional athletes and celebrities. We will be launching a series of DVD's in various sports and would like a logo that will help to promote the brand.
Gwen is not a yoga instructor that is flowery or wrapped up into the spiritual angle of yoga - she is no-nonsense tell-it-like-it-is. Which works out well with her clients (professional athletes) who have a no-nonsense outlook on training.
You can check her out here: http://www.poweryogaforsports.com
- Please refer to my previous contest win as an idea for what we'd like... (the peak athlete logo)
- We'd like an iconic symbol (possibly inside a circle) to represent the brand, but don't go overboard with being cutesy or illustrative
- I would like design options that include 'Gwen Lawrence' in the design
- I like web 2.0 designs (glossy and shiny)
- If you could go to http://www.tsn.ca - the logo they use for tsn is cool. i like the font and the style.. see if you can do something similar.
- Be creative and feel free to use various color combos - but be aware that this will be used for male and female clients.
- Variations with a .com added to the end would be great.
I don't want highly illustrated logos
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J McK needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 105 designs submitted by 25 freelance designers.
I have my own tech consulting company & need a "real" logo. Simple & professional are enough - elegant would be great. The logo should support a tag line that differentiates my business. Company details at http://www.tektonllc.com
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Tekton Consulting
I want a logo that helps convey key differentiators from others in my field. There are lots of technology consultants and more than a few marketing consultants, but none that have hard core technology and business experience. Potential customers will assume that I'm another technologist with no business experience - everything about my brand needs to convey the opposite.
- Professional
- Probably contains my business name - Tekton Consulting LLC - the LLC is optional in the logo
- Ideally conveys technical AND business skills
- Supports or includes a tag line that reinforces this differentiation - e.g. - MEMS Business Insight (preferred)
- Technical Business Insight
- Technical Business Solutions
- NEW: Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator format
- NEW: ideal design will work as BOTH positive and negative image, in BOTH horizontal and vertical orientations, and in black & white
- A canned logo or template
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While Chris Jericho will be at Wrestlemania 23 at Ford Field in Detroit this Sunday, don't expect him to make a surprise appearance in the ring. After leaving the WWE in August 2005, Jericho has no plans of stepping between the ropes at the biggest event of the year.
"I don't think Wrestlemania is the place for guys to show up for one night and get an easy payoff. All of the guys on the show have been earning their stripes every single day for the past year, they deserve it and working their asses off to get there," Jericho told SLAM! Wrestling from his home in Tampa, Florida.
Jericho is making several appearances in the Detroit area, including a Fozzy concert Thursday Night at The Roxy Nightclub in Windsor. Come show time Jericho will take on the same role as that of the other 70,000 people in attendance.
"I will be there watching as a fan. When the time is right to come back I will be at Wrestlemania in the way I should be, in a big spot doing what I do best. In the meantime I will be on the sidelines watching and enjoying like everybody else."
It seems weird to have Wrestlemania without Chris Jericho. His six Wrestlemania appearances have frequently been highlights of the cards. He's won the European Title (from Kurt Angle in a three-way match including Chris Benoit at Wrestlemania 2000), defended the Intercontinental title (against William Regal at Wrestlemania X-7) and stolen the show against Shawn Michaels.
"Some Wrestlemania matches were obviously better than others, I could go through the list and rate them but the match I had with Shawn Michaels (at Wrestlemania XIX) is probably my best Mania match and one of my top three ever," he admitted. "The angle, storyline, buildup, position on the show and match itself were all great. The fact that Shawn and I can say we stole Wrestlemania XIX is quite an honour and a feather in my cap."
One year previously, Jericho became one of only 17 men to defend a World Title at a Wrestlemania. At Wrestlemania X-8 in 2002, Jericho defended the Undisputed Championship in Toronto at SkyDome, losing to Triple-H in the final match of the night.
While Jericho has had a large in-ring role at Wrestlemania, his influence can be felt at this year's event with the Money in the Bank ladder match. He was one of the participants in the first one at Wrestlemania 21 but had input behind the scenes as well.
"I was one of the inventors of the concept. I came up with the original idea and Brian Gerwitz came up with the idea of the title shot gimmick. I deserve royalties from that. I need to make some calls to Jack Tunney who is in charge of the WWE and find out what is going on with my royalties," he quipped.
This year's Money in the Bank Ladder match features eight competitors including 2005 winner Edge as well as Finlay, Booker T, Randy Orton, CM Punk, Ken Kennedy and Matt and Jeff Hardy. Jericho is predicting a great match.
"This year they are expanding it to eight people, which is going to be crazy -- six is crazy enough! When you get that many guys in a match with ladders it definitely a bit more dangerous and there is a bigger margin for error. It seems like it is an annual tradition and the fact that I had a hand in that is something I take great pride in. I have always had a lot of great ideas for matches and the fact that that one is still going on now is great. It is going to be one of the show stealers I am sure."
"I am a huge Shawn Michaels fan and think John Cena is a great performer as well. I think I was the first person that ever really drew something out of John that hadn't been seen before when we wrestled at SummerSlam 2005. That also started some of the cheers and boos thing that he got for awhile. Shawn Michaels is probably my all-time favorite wrestler. I think it is genius for them to do that match. As much as you hate to see somebody get hurt the fact that Triple-H did opened up that slot."
When asked who he thought would walk out of Wrestlemania 23 at champion, Jericho didn't hesitate before answering.
"Shawn Michaels is Mr. Wrestlemania man and a big-time, big-show player! He will be the new champion. You give him an inch he will take a mile and I am expecting him to put on another performance of a lifetime. He is a special breed of performer no doubt about it."


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AMD A-Series Llano APU Sabine Notebook Platform Review
AMD lines up Llano
2006. That was the year where the product we are reviewing today was first consummated and the year that AMD and ATI merged in a $5.4 billion deal that many read about scratching their heads. At the time the pairing of a the 2nd place microprocessor company with the 2nd place graphics technology vendor might have seemed like an odd arrangement even with the immediate benefit of a unified platform of chipset, integrated graphics and processor to offer to mobile and desktop OEMs. In truth though, that was a temporary solution to a more long term problem that we now know as heterogeneous computing: the merging not just of these companies but all the computing workloads of CPUs and GPUs.
Five years later, and by most accounts more than a couple of years late, the new AMD that now sans-manufacturing facility is ready to release the first mainstream APU, Accelerated Processing Unit. While the APU name is something that the competition hasn't adopted, the premise of a CPU/GPU combination processing unit is not just the future, it is the present as well. Intel has been shipping Sandy Bridge, the first mainstream silicon with a CPU and GPU truly integrated together on a single die since January 2011 and AMD no longer has the timing advantage that we thought it would when the merger was announced.
For sanity sake, I should mention the Zacate platform that combines an ATI-based GPU with a custom low power x86 core called Bobcat for the netbook and nettop market that was released in November of 2010. As much as we like that technology it doesn't have the performance characteristics to address the mainstream market and that is exactly where Llano comes in.
AMD Llano Architecture
Llano's architecture has been no secret over the last two years as AMD has let details and specifications leak at a slow pace in order to build interest and excitement over the pending transition. That information release has actually slowed this year though likely to reduce expectations on the first generation APU with the release of the Sandy Bridge processor proving to be more potent than perhaps AMD expected. And in truth, while the Llano design as whole is brand new all of the components that make it up have been seen before - both the x86 Stars core and the Radeon 5000 series-class have been tested and digested on PC Perspective for many years.
For today's launch we were given a notebook reference platform for the Llano architecture called "Sabine". While the specifications we are looking at here are specific to this mainstream notebook platform nearly all will apply to the desktop release later in the year (perhaps later in the month actually).
The platform diagram above gives us an overview of what components will make up a system built on the Llano Fusion APU design. The APU itself is made up 2 or 4 x86 CPU cores that come from the Stars family released with the Phenom / Phenom II processors. They do introduce a new Turbo Core feature that we will discuss later that is somewhat analogous to what Intel has done with its processors with Turbo Boost.
There is a TON of more information, so be sure you hit that Read More link right now!!
A large portion of the chip is of course the "Radeon Core Array" or the GPU-based SIMD units that will handle the graphics computing tasks and GPU-based portions of the heterogeneous software. This is a Direct X 11 class GPU though with obviously fewer stream processors at a lower frequency than we have seen in discrete cards. A new UVD (unified video decoder) is included for improved visual quality and efficiencies.
The memory controller on the APU is a dual-channel DDR3 design that has been redesigned quite a bit in order to improve performance on the combines CPU/GPU workload. On discrete graphics cards even low-end GPUs will have access to hundreds of GB/s of bandwidth while on the Llano design the entire chip has less than 30 GB/s for all tasks. We will go over some of the physical and architectural changes a bit later.
The chipset for the Sabine Llano platform is being referred to as the Fusion Controller Hub and will come in to flavors: A70M and A60M. The higher end option will include integrated support for USB 3.0 ports as well as SATA 6G connectivity and some general purpose PCIe ports.
This labeled diagram of the Llano APU shows the die space given to each of these different components. The array of graphics processing units dominates the design taking up about 50% of the space; a fact that AMD likes to point out in comparison to the ~25% on Intel's Sandy Bridge. The four x86 CPU cores don't take up nearly as much physical space if you don't include the hefty 4MB of L2 cache. The DDR3 memory controller is other dominant physical feature followed by the PCIe channels and display connections at the bottom of the image.
I mentioned earlier that the memory controller had gone through some changes with the Llano design in order to attempt to make up for the memory bandwidth deficiencies seen moving from a discrete controller to an integrated one. Mike Goddard of AMD, when speaking at the Llano Tech Day in Abu Dhabi, described a "Radeon Memory Bus" that allowed the GPU SIMD array to access system memory at a "very high bandwidth" and that is given priority access to system memory. The fact is that memory bandwidth is the single biggest bottleneck for integrated graphics performance on processors found in cell phones, notebooks and desktops. Graphics performance will scale nearly linearly with memory bandwidth increases and the first company to really figure this problem out will take a dramatic lead. Even with Llano, it still hasn't happened as no matter how much "priority" is given to the GPU for memory access, you are still limited to the 29.6 GB/s that the dual-channel DDR3 memory controller can provide.
The "Fusion Compute Link" provides a way for the GPU portion of the APU access memory shared with the CPU to allow for improved performance on applications that use coherent memory. OpenCL and other GPGPU applications can benefit quite a bit from hardware that doesn't need to spend time copying data around the APU and this internal pathway allows prevents that in some cases. There is no shared cache between the CPU and GPU portions of the APU though which is in contrast to the shared L3 cache on the Sandy Bridge processor from Intel.
The x86 CPU cores on the Llano APU are based on the same "Stars" architecture as the current generation of Phenom processors though with some minor tweaks to improve the IPC (instructions per clock) performance by ~6%. These are the first Stars cores built on the 32nm process technology at GlobalFoundries so there is a bit more question about their performance and efficiency. The target TDPs for the mobile market are 35W and 45W while the desktop market will see at least 65W and 100W versions later in the year while the CPU frequencies will scale from 1.4 GHz to 2.9 GHz with the lower end finding its way into notebooks.
The memory controller on the Llano APU is likely the most modified portion of the design. With a maximum notebook bandwidth of only 25.6 GB/s and a max of 29.8 GB/s on the desktop designs, AMD claims that the GPU on the Llano chip still sees a 4x bandwidth increase over previous generations. Considering AMD's previous generation was a chipset-based integrated graphics solution this statistic doesn't sound nearly as impressive though without the reduced latency, power and smaller footprint associated with Llano it is a drastic improvement for mobile system designers. AMD claims of "discrete level graphics on a chip" do live up to the claim but without a doubt the memory bandwidth constraints of standard CPU-class memory controllers are still holding graphics technology back.
An interesting question was brought up during the briefing about the idea of sideband memory, dedicated memory for the integrated graphics on the APU similar to what we saw on some previous AMD platform motherboards and the Xbox 360 gaming console. AMD said that there was no option for that in the current APU design as it would require a separate memory controller for the GPU and thus a much larger die, sacrificing many of the benefits of an APU to begin with.
On the platform diagram you might have seen that the Llano APU has 24 lanes of PCI Express 2.0 on-board - well it actually has 32 lanes! The catch is that 8 of those are used for internal general purpose communication leaving 24 for use by the platform. Only two of the sets of 8 are capable of handling discrete graphics solutions though so you can run a single x16 connection for a single graphics card or a pair of x8 connections for multi-GPU configurations. Honestly though, if you are going to try and run CrossFire on the Llano platform you are completely missing the point - just buy a Phenom II system instead.
AMD Turbo Core Technology
After the first generation of Turbo Boost technology on the Intel Nehalem processors it was obvious that AMD needed to offer a similarly implementation on its processors to stay current. The theory of being able to combine a multi-core processor at lower frequencies and a single-core processor at higher frequencies into a single TDP has really made the consumer's life much better.
As we have come to see over the last few years with the changing workloads on processors, power consumption and active core count varies quite a bit based on the task the PC is focused on at the time. The above diagram that AMD created gives us a general of view of how web, productivity, 3D creation and video creation workloads affect the active CPU count. You can see for the web and productivity scenarios all four cores are used less than a few percentage of the time and even two cores are used at most 20% of the time. When we get into 3D and video production though the capability of software to take advantage of multiple cores expands and 3-4 cores are used nearly 50% of the time during video creation.
With this power consumption and core utilization information it is easy to see then why finding a way to take advantage of the TDP headroom is so essential to designing the most efficient processor.
AMD's method to monitor and take advantage of this headroom is different than the analog method that Intel has integrated on its processors. AMD Turbo Core actually digitally measures the activity of the CPU to estimate power consumption / TDP being used on a per core basis with integrated power monitoring logic and then passes that information to the APU north bridge. The NB sums all the power and TDP information and passes it to a third P-state manger logic portion that dithers in order to stay within the pre-determined TDP of the APU.
AMD's version of Turbo differs from Intel's by being a digitally measured activity source that then has very specific power steppings. The Turbo Mode on Llano will thus be much more reliable and consistent processor to processor than Intel's Turbo Boost Technology that relies on analog measurements and even ambient temperature that will vary from system to system and chip to chip. As a reviewer, the consistency is nice but there are definitely advantages from Intel's stance that allows each piece of silicon to theoretically meet its own peak performance.
The Turbo Core technology is CPU/GPU aware and will adjust based on the state of the x86 cores and the SIMD Radeon Cores. In the above case the CPU will have an increased power budget since the GPU is idle and will be allowed to run at a faster than stock frequency.
When the GPU is running with heavy activity on the system it will be given a priority over the CPU which could actually be limited by the total TDP of the processor and the TDP being consumed by the GPU component.
With a lightly loaded GPU, the SIMD still gets priority though the CPU will have more than enough TDP headroom to hit its default clock speed or a bit higher. This all depends on how "light" the GPU work load actually is.
In this case where there are both heavy CPU and GPU loads on the Llano processor the GPU is still given a priority take on the TDP. If the states were not adjusted on the processor then the CPU TDP total request would exceed the total TDP for the chip and is obviously a problem. In that case the CPU would be artificially lowered in clock speed by the embedded technology in order to keep the chip within the power budget it was built with.
What makes this Turbo Core technology both interesting and frustrating is that it is completely independent of the operating system constraints. In fact, our typical frequency monitoring applications like CPUZ and SiSoft Sandra don't even show a frequency alteration from the base clock speed (in our case of 1.5 GHz on the mobile platform) which makes it hard to see if the technology is even working. The only "proof" we have at this point is performance data that shows how CPU-based applications like CineBench scale from architecture to architecture. More on that later, but note that AMD has promised us a tool soon that will allow consumers to monitor the Turbo Core state of their Llano APU.
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Thank you for posting this - it's a great read.
A typo - you have "The graphics portion of the Llano A8 processors is going to be marketed as the Radeon HD 6620G. If you also have a Radeon HD 6770M discrete GPU in your notebook the combined product is the Radeon HD 6775G2. The A8 6620G paired with a Radeon HD 6630M GPU will be a Radeon HD 6990G2." I believe that you mean "6690G2" rather than "6990G2". :-)
Thanks, fixed!
Youa are poorAMDfag. Dodo destroyed in every test. How can it be Gold award?
In the mobile form factor, CPU performance is less important than overall usability and battery life.
Desktop processors will have a MUCH tougher go at it.
You're a troll calling people fags behind a keyboard, Grow a set and get out of your parent's basement.
stupid question whats up with $2339 compared to a $600 system?
to be fair, test a sandy bridge system in the price range and not some overpriced gaming system that is NOT in the price range
you guys should also compare it to a amd based mobile phenom II and mobile athlon II laptop too
$2339 = Maingear eX-EL15
anyway, good review, very informative
We wanted to give a general overview of how Llano compared to EVERYTHING. We did include the K53/N53 for that purpose as well.
This is the same reason we through the Core i7-990X CPU in with our $200 CPU tests. People want to see those comparisons.
From the MSI GT680R onward I've started using the new PCMark 7 and 3DMark 11 benchmarks where possible instead of their older siblings. In the long run I think this is the better idea, but I've only tested the MSI and Maingear since making that switch, so they were the only laptops against which to compare.
I did try to make clear that the MSI and Maingear are MUCH more powerful machines, and the A-Series laptop performed well considering the competition.
Yeah, I didn't understand that either. You're pitting i7's w/ high end discrete cards against a system w/ no discrete cards on a hybrid xfire thats still be fixed up?
I'd rather see comparisons that make sense, like ya know, a stock sandybridge w/ its trash IGP vs Llano in gaming. ANyway, I can't wait to pick one of these up if the performance is there. I hope they can fix the kinks w/ the hybrid xfire so performance will be decent, or if it can allow graphics switching to its IGP and then back to the discrete for gaming.
Sorry for any grammar and mechanical errors in my last post, but I think you get it.
The inexpensive gpu heavy platform looks like it could suit my mobile needs nicely, however I can't help but fear that its price point will mean initial design wins will feature glossy plastic and glossy 1366-768 screens and other such cheapness. Please Lenovo, Sony, Samsung, or any one else, PROVE ME WRONG...
nice review, I'm looking for a 600 laptop to tide me over for a couple of years.
I imagine these machines will be able to do just that.
Well we were promised a Giraffe and got a tapir .. Not a bad swap but it simply wont impress the Emperor.
anyone know if this will be able to Xfire with any Radeon? to make a Bigger and better Xfire then we saw today? I mean it was only a 6630. What if it was a 6830M with the 6620M on the A8? Will this work?
Yep, it can essentially do that with "Dual Graphics" technology to speed up gaming. The feature is listed and described on page 2 I think.
I believe it will only work with specific (mid range) cards. Xfire works through alternate frame rendering, so if the mismatch is too big, the faster card would be slowed down by having to wait for the slower card.
Your review fails to give the average consumer--not geeks--some perspective on what this chips performance means. I will do it for you: people that can only afford one new computer for around $500 and want the portability and power efficiency of a labtop will now also have the option for entry-level gaming, somethig that was simply out of reach before. So parents, you can watch hd movies, surf the internet and run msoffice for 4hrs and beyond on one charge while your kids can borrow the labtop to play some--not all--pc games. I think AMD has a winning product for the mid to low end labtop,netbook segment.
I agree with this - as new models based on this technology are released we will definitely be making these points.
Most buyers are so fool that only know about Intel as Processor.They haven't heard of AMD in there life. So computers with AMD will increase in sale but slowly.
People consult among there friends when they need to buy a PC. If a person buying AMD pc likes it performance very much he will tell about it to his friends and only this can increase the popularity of AMD.
Also in many homes there are children who likes to play games and they will like PC with AMD.
Benchmark here is not that good. Please compare AMD laptops with equally priced Intel Laptops. Intel laptops with i7 & Nvidia GTX 480 are very costly compared to AMD laptops.How can AMD match the performance of such costly Intel Laptops.
ASUS K53(2Core + IGP) is the biggest power eater in the Battery Eater Standard? It's strange. I think it's fitting that ASUS K53's battery life is at least longer than ASUS N53(4Core + GT 540M).
Strange, but true. That was tested back in the ASUS K53E review. Battery Eater Standard + Intel HD 3000 = A quickly drained battery. I'm seeing a similar situation from another Intel HD 3000 powered laptop I'm currently testing.
Do not let the past repeat itself!
Intel engaged in unfair competition by offering very large rebates to worldwide PC manufacturers and oem sellers who agreed to eliminate or limit purchases of microprocessors made by AMD.
In the 90s intel used cash over product performance to keep its lead
You can read about this in Wikipedia AMD v. Intel
The lack of battery life kills this laptop. The poor processor performance also means many will turn to laptops for better experiences. Its a shame because the rest of what this laptop offers is just fine.
Great write-up!
Maybe you guys can help me with this question. Suppose my laptop comes with just the AMD-A8-3510MX and the Radeon 6620G discrete-class graphics, would it be possible to add on, say, a 1GB DDR5 Radeon card to this later and still have it function as a Dual graphics? Any pointers on how I would know if the motherboard will support this.
This review of the AMD A-Series Llano APU Sabine Notebook Platform is good. Those who like notebooks would like the review. The photos of the notebooks look eye-catching. The charts giving details of the processor, RAM and hard drive are useful for us.
if i buy a notebook lets say samsung series 3 305V4A-S01 with a 6640g2 because it's a 6620g with a 6450 i belive can i buy an hd 6770 and put it in my notebook? would it work?


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So long, Selena Gomez!
Justin Bieber has moved on to another Latina beauty, model Yovanna Ventura. The two were spotted in Las Vegas at the Floyd Mayweather v. Marcos Maidana fight on Saturday night. The next day, they took their romance to the beach in Venice Beach, California.
"Justin seemed very chill and happy," a source told E! News, adding that the twosome had drinks, snacks and rode a rickshaw on the beach. The source said Bieber, 20, had his hand on her leg the entire time.
E! News reports that the pair met after the Canadian pop singer noticed the beautiful model on Instagram. He reached out and initially met up with Ventura for a weekend of fun in Miami.
"It hasn't been too hot and heavy, but they have been hanging out a lot," a source told the website. "Their relationship is blossoming. I wouldn't be surprised if they have now started dating."
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All of the peanuts are sugar-coated and flavored. And yes, the Buffalo Peanuts are the star of the line, flavored with vinegar, cayenne pepper, salt and garlic. You can taste all of the flavors, and they really are a new and different take on flavored nuts. We enjoyed several bags and would eat whatever is put in front of us. Your guests who like things on the slightly-spicy side will devour them too.
The rest of the flavors, fruits, are pleasant, but don't impress in the same way. The nuts are very fresh, and they are thankfully not heavily candied as are many brands (and street vendor nuts). Vanilla Rum is our favorite of this group. The Apple Cinnamon and Margarita had subtle hints of flavor, Raspberry was assertive (but it's an unusual marriage, more like kids' candy), and coconut lacked the authentic type of coconut flavor one would hope for—perhaps it's just not possible to achieve with the type of ingredient one must use to flavor nuts.
So, if you want to send a gift to kids, the Variety Pack may well please. The sophisticated palate—and folks who just like beer and a barbecue—will go for the nifty Buffalo Peanuts.
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Yup, this whole buckwheat bread is gluten-free. Better yet, it has only three ingredients, and you can get two of them at the normal grocery store (and the other one is water). No grain mill or expensive flour required and you don't need any atypical kitchen equipment to make it. It makes for a great sandwich. It tastes fantastic (unsurprisingly, it tastes like rich, savory buckwheat), and although it doesn't have the texture of bread with gluten—it's a little cake-ier—it also doesn't have any of the gross gums, sweeteners and fillers that many store-bought gluten-free breads have. It's an easy win for the whole foods crowd.
This is not my brainstorm. This is one of those delightful grain things we fermented at Sandor Katz' residency, but I've tweaked the loose recipe we made, and broken things down into specifics. My soaking and fermentation times are significantly longer than those we used at the residency, but this is the end product that best fits my preferences, so this is how I'm making it.
I am not gluten-free (I don't eat a ton of carbs, though so my grain intake is very limited), but I am a little obsessed with this bread. It is one of those simply genius recipes that's hard to believe until you try it.
Gluten-Free, Naturally-Leavened, Whole Buckwheat, Sourdough Bread Recipe
Makes 1 loaf, adapted from a loaf made at the Sandor Katz fermentation residency
This is a pretty versatile bread. You can add a variety of seeds (sunflower is super tasty). I've been busy working on this basic recipe, so I haven't experimented much beyond sunflower and sesame, but I'm betting you could throw other goodies in there with great success. Just make sure you add them before fermentation. You don't want to disturb the batter too much just before baking. Also, make sure to check out the photos for hints on how things should look at each stage. Getting this to where I liked it took a several dozen pounds of buckwheat, and the visuals are the key.
- 2 cups (375 g) hulled, whole buckwheat
- 1 cup (235 ml) filtered water, plus more for soaking
- 1/2 teaspoon (3-4 g) kosher salt
- 1/3 cup (45 g) sesame seeds (optional)
- Rinse buckwheat and remove any debris. Place buckwheat in a large bowl and cover with at least 2 inches of water. Cover with a cloth and let it soak overnight.
- Drain buckwheat well in a fine mesh strainer. DO NOT RINSE! That slimy stuff is what makes this work. You'll lose a little of it just by draining off the soaking water. No worries on that.
- Pour the strained buckwheat into the blender or food processor and add 1 cup of filtered water, salt and sesame seeds. Pulse until combined, but not smooth. In a Vitamix, this is like 2 seconds of it running, followed by 2 to 3 pulses. In a food processor, it's more like 10 pulses. Your goal is to integrate the liquid and grain so that they don't separate when poured out of the blender, but also leave some of the grains relatively in tact. If it gets too smooth, no worries! It will be just fine, but it tastes nicer and has a way better texture when not fully blended. If you pour it and you're seeing too much water separated, blend it again. Better over-blended than under-blended, but you can also toss it back into the blender for another pulse or two if it pours and separates quickly.
- Pour it into a large glass bowl (the same bowl you soaked it in is fine), cover with a kitchen cloth to keep dust out and let it sit for 24 hours at room temp. If your home is particularly warm, you may want to cut that time, or if it's particularly cool, you could go up to 36 hours. I've tested this at room temperatures ranging from 64°F (17.7°C) to 78°F (24.5°C), (all in the same summer month! Thanks, climate change!) and I was able to bake it after 24 hours of fermentation at both temperatures.
- If you want to measure how much your dough/batter has risen, place a piece of tape along the side of the bowl, even with the level of batter. This isn't a glutinous bread that will double in size. It tends to rise between a 1/2 inch and an inch. You'll be able to see the bubbles in the batter that tell you it fermented, though, so keep your eyes peeled for those.
- Once it's ready, heat the oven to 425° F (218° C), and gently pour batter into a greased loaf pan. Since this bread doesn't rise a ton, I prefer a deep loaf pan so that I get a more sandwich-worthy slice. It should be full to about a 1/2 inch below the rim of the pan. My best results have been in my 1.5 quart Pyrex loaf pan.
- Place it in the oven, middle rack, and allow it to bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Mine is done at 38 minutes. You'll know it's done when the entire surface looks like cracked desert sands. The edges should be lightly browned. The middle will set last, so if you see a wettish spot there, it hasn't finished baking.
- Allow to cool completely before removing from pan. It should release easily once cooled.
- This loaf will keep for 3-5 days at room temperature. Underbaked loaves will be wetter and won't keep as long. You may want to store those in the fridge.


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Genetic Engineering
Genetic Engineering, Biological Engineering or Genetic Modification / Splicing is the process of changing the DNA of organisms (their genes) in order to use the natural or new synthetic biological system for a manmade purpose.
The 1978 Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded for the ability to isolate endonucleases, which cut DNA at specific sites, which is generally considered the beginnings of this field.
Examples of Genetic Engineering are the manufacture of pharmaceutical drug products, including insulin and many other high value proteins used for genetic therapies.
Crops, including "Roundup Ready" canola, corn and cotton have been made resistant to herbicides.
Experimental animals including fruit flies and mice have been used in research.
Some argue that Genetic Engineering is "playing god", and it should not be carried out. While others belive it a logical extension of cross breeding and that it has many opportunities to improve the lives of people.


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After so many years of writing monthly investment outlooks, the well of ideas could be running dry for Bill Gross. But no. His creative engine is runny. Very runny. And maybe a bit mucous-y.
The Pimco founder and chief investment officer continued his adventure into the far-flung world of offbeat metaphors Wednesday with his latest outlook. Here\'s what he came up with:
\"There's nothing like a good sneeze; maybe a hot shower or an ice cream sandwich, but no – nothing else even comes close. A sneeze is, to be candid, sort of half erotic, a release of pressure that feels oh so good either before or just after the Achoo!… It feels sooooo good that people used to sneeze on purpose. They'd use snuff and stick it up their nose; the tobacco high and the resultant nasal explosion being the fashion of the times. Healthier than some of the stuff people stick up their nose these days I suppose, but then that's a generational thing.\"
Within the gelatinous membrane of his letter, there\'s a point about the bond market, we swear. Fast-forward through the stuff about how when \"U.S. economy sneezes, the world catches cold,\" and we get to Gross\'s outlook on the Federal Reserve\'s longer-term policy rate.
Because there\'s a large amount of leverage in the U.S. economy, the central bank must accommodate debtors by keeping its key lending rate low, he says. Investors expect that the fed funds rate, now anchored near zero, will begin to rise in the second half of 2015, but Gross thinks those rates will stop rising sooner than you might expect. Sooner, even, than Fed members believe. Here\'s Gross\'s assertion:
\"Estimates which average less than 2%, are much closer to financial reality than the average, 4% "blue dot" estimates of Fed "participants," dismissed somewhat by Fed Chair Janet Yellen herself last month. Why is this academic "Fed Fight" important to markets? Well, if a bond investor knew whether 4% or 2% was the long term neutral policy rate, he/she would literally have the key to the kingdom.\"
The money manager isn\'t necessarily alone in this. As he mentions, New York Fed President William Dudley has a similar viewpoint. The Fed also gave a nod to this line of thought in March, as MarketWatch\'s Rex Nutting pointed out. But while a lower funds rate would mean a less rocky path higher as the Fed elevates its funds rate, it also means yields will remain lower, and bond investors will earn less interest. Still:
\"When you think about it, savers would much prefer to receive a 4% yield on their savings than a 2% rate. No-brainer there. But the journey to 4% would be much bumpier and "bear market" would be an apt description of the next half-decade.\"
Gross has been dealing with a controversy in recent months, following the departure of Pimco CEO Mohamed El-Erian, who was reported to have left the money management firm at odds with Gross. But that has settled down in recent days as El-Erian sounded a reassuring note about his apparently unrelated reasons for leaving Pimco. Whether that helps stem the 11-month streak of outflows from Gross\'s flagship Total Return Fund remains to be seen.
– Ben Eisen
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More on Bill Gross and Pimco:
If BlackRock is picking up dollars from Pimco, it\'s keeping quiet about it
Bill Gross faces man in the mirror in Businessweek profile
Gross lost his stock-picking cat, so you should reduce duration


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Body modifications have changed rapidly over the years. Modifications that used to be taboo are now greatly accepted. Tongue bifurcation or tongue splitting was not well known in the 90's, however, now in this day and time almost everyone has at least heard of it and a lot of people have done it. Body modification enthusiasts get this alteration done for many of their own personal reasons.
There are a few different methods in which a forked tongue can be achieved. The safest, most recommended procedure is done by an oral surgeon. This procedure can cost anywhere between $500 and $3000. The doctor that does the procedure will use anesthesia and a laser to bifurcate the tongue. The laser cauterizes the tongue as it splits it, which prevents excessive bleeding. This procedure is usually only 15 minutes long. Healing time usually only takes about one to two weeks.
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What's better than a tree planting to beautify downtown L.A.? Many tree plantings to beautify downtown L.A.!
TreePeople Citizen Forester Gabrielle Newmark rallied her downtown Los Angeles Arts District community to plant 27 trees—including well-adapted Australian willows and pink trumpet trees—on April 27. Enthusiastic volunteers named each tree so that now Hector, Blossom, Roscoe, Ilean, Bob Barker, and the rest are happily installed and on their way to shading the city streets.
Gabrielle knew she was following the lead of some pioneering greening efforts that had begun making a difference in this gray and gritty part of town.… Read more >>


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11 Nights | Asia
You will visit the following 5 places:
Dubai is the most populous city and is one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi. Dubai and Abu Dhabi are the only two emirates to have veto power over critical matters of national importance in the country's legislature. It is rather like an independent city-state and is the most modern and progressive emirate in the UAE, developing at an unbelievable pace in the tourist and trade sectors especially. Recently Dubai won the bid to host EXPO 2020, a Universal scale Registered Exposition approved by the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE), Paris.
Mumbai, a cosmopolitan metropolis, earlier known as Bombay, is the largest city in India and the capital of Maharashtra state. Mumbai was originally a conglomeration of seven islands on the Konkan coastline which over time were joined to form the island city of Bombay. The island was in turn joined with the neighbouring island of Salsette to form Greater Bombay. The city has an estimated metropolitan population of 21 million (2005), making it one of the world's most populous cities. The city is also famous as the heart of the Hindi-language Bollywood film industry.


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8.00-8.25 a.m. Registration of Participants
8.25-8.30 a.m. National Anthem
8.30-8.35 a.m. Lighting of the Traditional Oil Lamp
8.35-8.40 a.m. Welcome Address: Dr. Chitra Ranjani, Chair of ICBI/Dean, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya
8.40-8.45 a.m. Address by the Guest of Honour: Prof. Sarath Amunugama, Vice Chancellor, University of Kelaniya
8.45-8.50 a.m. Address by the Chief Guest: Prof. Gamini Samaranayake, Chairman of University Grants Commission, Sri Lanka
8.50-9.35 a.m. Key note Address on "Writing for Scholarly Publications – Why and How" by Prof. Per Davidsson, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
9.35-9.40 a.m. Vote of thanks by: Dr. D.M.Semasinghe, Conference Coordinator
9.40a.m.-10.00 a.m. Refreshments
10.00a.m.-12.30p.m. 1st Session
12.30p.m.-1.30p.m. Lunch
1.30p.m.-4.30p.m. 2nd Session
4.30-6.30 p.m. University Tour
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By Quentin Fottrell
As hundreds of small financial institutions struggle to repay federal bailout loans, analysts say customers should expect to lose out on some of the longtime perks of banking locally.
At least 351 small banks with $15 billion in outstanding bailout loans face a "significant challenge" in raising new funds to repay the government, according to the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The inability to repay in full may have immediate consequences for investors and customers of small and medium size banks, says Steve Casselberry, chair of the banking and finance department at law firm Michelman and Robinson in Orange County, Ca. "Anything that will increase their costs, in this case their ability to pay back federal loans, factors into lower dividends for investors and higher fees for customers," he says.
Banks have managed to keep fees low and branches open but the inevitable cannot be put off much longer, experts say. "There's going to be belt-tightening," says Bartlett Naylor, financial policy advocate at Public Citizen, a non-profit group. "As they move to electronic platforms to cut costs it will mean less staff," he says. Odysseas Papadimitriou, chief executive of CardHub.com, says local banks will eventually have to cut back hours at their local branches, offer higher fees on savings accounts, loans, credit cards, and checking accounts. (The American Bankers Association was not immediately available for comment.)
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To be sure, those within the industry say smaller banks will find other ways to compete with larger institutions. Terry Jorde, senior executive vice-president and chief of staff at the Independent Community Bankers of America, says, "The whole relationship with their customer is important to community banks," she says. "They would rather make loans than raise fees." She says community banks that have suffered during the recession or are struggling to pay back federal loans "need to ride out this economic recovery and make loans when loan demand increases in their community."
That said, it doesn't help that the most appealing features of small banks to many customers – low fees and personal service – are also expensive to maintain, says Mike Moebs, CEO of research firm Moebs Services. What's more, cost-cutting measures could make banks less competitive in their markets and vulnerable to takeover, says Ben Woolsey, director of marketing and consumer research at CreditCards.com. Cutbacks might also convince customers to look to larger firms with slicker online banking. "Larger or fitter banks will simply acquire unprofitable institutions or fill the void if they fail, assuming the markets in which they operate offers sufficient demand for banking services," says Dennis Moroney, senior analyst at TowerGroup consulting firm.


text: On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Peter St. John wrote: > This from Slashdot http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/18/236233 : > > "Some small but significant details of the next major release of Windows > have emerged via a presentation at the University of > Illinois<http://www.istartedsomething.com/20071019/eric-talk-demo-windows-7-minwin/>by > Microsoft engineer Eric Traut. His presentation focuses on an internal > project called "MinWin," designed to optimize the Windows kernel to a > minimum footprint, and for [sic] which will be the basis for the Windows 7 > kernel." > > I thought this was interesting on account of the brief discussion a few > months ago about the footprint of MSWin vis-a-vis clustering. It's also interesting in other ways. It sounds like Windows is evolving towards an ever more Unix-like design. If they really do create a minimal kernel, it perforce will look and behave a lot like the linux kernel (or the Solaris kernel, or the Mac OSX kernel, or...). Maybe not on the inside, although schedulers are schedulers, maybe not in the way it manages processes or memory, but it will need to provide scheduling, process management, and memory management, and device management. This in turn moves their system closer to being a suitable host for VMs, as I think the ideal towards which OS's are moving is the kernel as a VM host, everything else as a VM guest on top of a device-independent layer. At least I hope we are going there. rgb > > The link is > http://www.istartedsomething.com.nyud.net/20071019/eric-talk-demo-windows-7-minwin/ > but > right now that link seems to be overwhelmed. > Peter > -- Robert G. Brown Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone(cell): 1-919-280-8443 Web: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb Lulu Bookstore: http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=877977


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A summary of the Classroom Site Fund (CSF) allocation adjustments by LEA can be found in this link:
CSF Shortfall Summary_3-7-2013
School Finance is in the process of preparing to make final adjustments to Classroom Site Fund (CSF) payments for shortfalls which occurred during Fiscal Years 2005 through 2010. No adjustments, positive or negative will be made prior to March 2013. In most cases, school districts and charter schools are due additional CSF funding for prior years. However, this is not always the case. For those which have been overpaid, it is our goal to spread the adjustments over the final five payments for FY 2013 and the 12 payments for FY 2014.
Per Pupil Funding Factor
Classroom Site Fund (CSF) monies are distributed to school districts and charter schools based on a per pupil factor which is set prior to the start of the fiscal year (July 1 to June 30). Statute, prior to fiscal year 2010-2011 required the factor to be determined by dividing projected revenues by estimated student counts for the upcoming year. When actual revenues were insufficient to fully fund districts and charters at the established per pupil factor, statute provided for distributing the available revenues on a proportional basis. For each fiscal year, FY 2006 through FY 2010, revenues fell short of projections and districts and charters received less CSF funding than the factor would have generated.
For FY 2011, statute was amended to require consideration of prior year shortages or surpluses when determining the per pupil factor.
Classroom Site Fund Shortfalls
This change in formula resulted in a per pupil factor of $25 per pupil for FY 2011, in comparison to $244 for FY 2010. Projected revenues and estimated student counts for FY 2011 equated to $220 per pupil, approximately $195 per pupil would go to prior year shortfalls. However, the legislature set the factor for FY 2011 at $120 in order to phase in the change, leaving $100 per student count to be applied to shortages accumulated from FY 2006 to FY 2010. The legislature also set the per pupil factor at $120 for FY 2012. With projected revenues and estimated counts equating to $219 per pupil, this left $99 to be applied to the prior year shortages.
For fiscal years 2006 through 2010, approximately $257 million in shortages accumulated. During FY 2011 and FY 2012, almost $225 million was distributed towards the shortfalls leaving a net statewide balance of approximately $32.3 million. As of June 30th, 2012, shortfall balances totaling approximately $38 million remain to be addressed and approximately $6 million in over-payments must come back to the state.
Payments toward the Shortfalls
For FY 2011, all available revenues were distributed, allocated to every school district and charter school in operation based on each entities proportionate share of the statewide student count. For FY 2012, $220 per pupil was distributed to each school district and charter school in operation. By distributing revenues in this manner, districts and charter schools with increasing counts or which did not exist during FY 2006 through 2010, were inadvertently given amounts they were not due.
CSF distributions made during FY 2011 and FY 2012 each included $120 per weighted student count for the applicable year. $120 was intended for new expenditure capacity in FY 2011 and also in FY2012. However the total projected CSF revenue of $220 for FY2011 and $219 for FY2012 was used for distribution purposes, without specific differentiation of amounts intended for the current year or the prior year. Amounts in excess of $120 were intended to apply to shortfalls in CSF revenues in FY 2006 through FY 2010.
As indicated in CSF payment memos (beginning with FY 2012 CSF payment 9 memo, 12-051), advance notice was provided that a review of payments was being conducted and adjustments would be made.
Amounts to be paid and returned
The amount each school district and charter school will receive or which must be returned is included in the summary report for FY 2005 through FY 2012, available at the link below.
For school districts and charter schools which have received excess CSF monies, CSF payments, beginning with March 2013 and continuing through the final payment for FY 2014, will each be reduced by a portion of the over-payment. Smaller adjustments will be applied to FY 2013 payments.
The amounts included in the list were determined by comparing CSF payment calculations based on current ADM (Student counts) for each year, 2005 through 2012, then comparing the result to the original payments made for each year. Where applicable, district sponsored charter schools and JTED satellite programs are included in the sponsoring districts amount.
School districts and charter schools may contact School Finance, at [email protected], for more detail. Please be sure to include your CTDS and school district or charter holder name when e-mailing School Finance.


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The essence of miso is the dashi stock and the miso. As for the contents, there are endless variations. This is a recipe for a simple and classic tofu and seaweed miso soup.
Serving Size: 2-3
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
I love miso soup! Have always been intimidated to try it until now. The recipe was easy to follow. Thanks!


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...I just received my Thegn and again Albion has done a spectacular Job. This
...I just received my Thegn and again Albion has done a spectacular Job. This
The Gaddjhalt, a shield smashing sword that lends itself to a blade heavy presence. It is well suited for horseback combat with heavy circular strokes… not so much unarmored fast attacks. The Crecy, quite a nimble longsword with great cutting capabilities and stout thrusting tip. For me, it is a later period design (later than I tend to indulge) and longsword belt suspensions tend to interfere with primary weapons. I had some snagging with archery and polearms due to a longer handle. Not that any of this is a big deal; but the Knight fixed everything!
The Gaddjhalt, a shield smashing sword that lends itself to a blade heavy presence. It is well suited for horseback combat with heavy circular strokes… not so much unarmored fast attacks.
The Crecy, quite a nimble longsword with great cutting capabilities and stout thrusting tip. For me, it is a later period design (later than I tend to indulge) and longsword belt suspensions tend to interfere with primary weapons. I had some snagging with archery and polearms due to a longer handle.
Not that any of this is a big deal; but the Knight fixed everything!
...No worries – my Regent (now River Claw) arrived safe & sound last Thursday. I took the box inside as soon as I got home from work and luckily placed it in the middle of the living room where we have a high ceiling.
I took my time, made a pot of coffee, and carefully opened the box.
A beautiful 15th Century long sword came into view.
It was a treat to compare this gleaming new blade to the original shown in Oakeshott's Records of the Medieval Sword, XVIIIa.6, p.192. Oakeshott noted that this sword was "water-found," from the Bodensee in Switzerland.
Many parallels swirled in my mind, and they still do. After all, we're all watery creatures; only our thick skin keeps us from flowing downhill to merge with the nearest lake, river, or ocean.
I wonder why swords were thrown into deep rivers and lakes after the deaths of their owners; there seem to be few, if any "finds" dredged up by nets-men in coastal estuaries or other marine environments.
Perhaps the legend of Excalibur was nearer to people's hearts six hundred years ago, in "a world lit only by fire," where news traveled as fast as the swiftest horse.
Back to River Claw in its box in the living room with the high ceiling.
I put on the heavy leather 3-weapon glove that I use for sport fencing and clasped the grip firmly.
This was a longer, heavier weapon than my Type XII, so I took up the blade with authority though still with one hand. I imagine that picking up a bolt of lightning would have been much the same.
River Claw leapt out of the box and flashed in the sunbeams, instantly ready for action. Expecting a heavier blade than I've handled before, I was completely unprepared for the incredible speed and balance of this exquisite weapon.
If I'd been in my study instead of the living room, there would now be a neat, flattened-diamond hole in the ceiling ventilating the attic.
We had dry, sunny weather over the weekend which gave me a chance to go outside and really put River Claw through its paces.
I was stunned; there's no other word for it.
Though the style and manner of fighting with a long sword must differ from the sport fencing done today, I feel that I could be just as fast with River Claw as I am with my fencing weapons.
One-handed, two-handed, half-sword work, footwork; it was simply amazing.
Serious fights or duels with long swords by unarmored or lightly armored opponents must have been over in a few seconds. The engravings in Hans Talhoffer's fechtbuch look very different to me now.
I brought River Claw to our Monday Night Fencing Club & Class here in Baraboo. Two gentlemen in particular wanted to see it; one has experience in longsword sparring, while the second has a keen interest in swordsmithing & construction. Neither had ever handled an Albion sword before. Both looked at the Regent with critical & somewhat skeptical eyes – and both wore broad smiles when they were finished with their "test drives."
River Claw has rekindled my interest in longsword sparring, and I think the "Lichtenauer" practice longsword is definitely in my future. I'll be in touch with you after Christmas about putting one on lay-away. On a related note, my spouse Teresa was inspired to take a fencing class after our visit to your showroom in New Glarus. She loves the sport, and now we drill and practice together between our Monday night sessions in Baraboo.
Please thank everyone at Albion who worked to make my Regent a reality. River Claw now hangs securely on the wall between the Kitchen and the Living Room, and I smile every time I see it.
I'm having difficulty finding the right words to express my deepest satisfaction with this sword. It is the blade I've dreamed about for much of my life, and I feel very lucky to have it.
I know that a thousand Regents have or will be made, but I have the strangest feeling that Peter Johnsson made this particular example for me. I will treasure it always.
Best wishes (and fishes!)
-- Kevin S
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My thanks to all who helped create this wonderful work of art.
Curt D
...Having had a few days to examine this, my first Albion sword, I can now appreciate the degree of detail that is put into Albion's products that separates them from others.
The fuller is STRAIGHT and there is none of the waviness when you look down the sides of the blade that I had become used to seeing with some manufacturer's swords.
Everthing is very solid and there are no gaps or openings around the blade where it passes through the guard.
The finish on the blade and hilt looks great. This sword has exceeded my expectations.
My thanks go out to everyone at Albion for taking the pains to provide this level of quality.
I am already anticipating my next acquisition, which will likely be a Squire Line 13th Century Knightly Sword!
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The following activities will help students understand how hard work, ambition, confidence, a willingness to take risks, knowledge of potential markets, as well as lots of luck, contribute to success in establishing and operating a business.
Activity 1: Comparing Walker and Penney
Activity 2: Changes in Advertising
Activity 3: Starting a Business
Activity 4: Researching a Local Business
After the research has been conducted and discussed by the class, have them compare the information they have found with the origins of both the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company and the J. C. Penney Company. Ask them whether any buildings associated with these businesses remain. If so, do they think it would be important to preserve the buildings as part of their community's history, like the Walker building in Indianapolis and the Penney buildings in Kemmerer?


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Monday, January 31, 2011
Scones--Two Ways
I make scones about once a year, usually for our January coffee hours, and looking back over the years, I see that I nearly always declare that these scones are the best I've ever made. In all honesty, I think this must be because I love scones so much that I'm always pleased with myself for having made them.
This year I made two variations on the Cook's Illustrated basic theme. And once again, I think that they may be the best scones I ever nade, especially the pecan scones with maple-cream glaze. I suppose if you were violently allergic to nuts you wouldn't like these; otherwise, there's no hope for you if you turned up your nose at them.
I doubled the recipe and made apricot scones with grated lemon peel and the aforesaid pecan scones. The doubled amount--with four cups of flour and 10 tablespoons of butter, was a bit much for the food processor to handle efficiently. If I made this recipe again and doubled it (which I had to do to provide enough scones for the neighbors), I think I'd just make the single recipe twice.
After mixing in the cream, you pat or roll out the dough into a circle. No one will know if your circle isn't perfectly circular. As usual, I rolled mine out too thin because I always think that otherwise the scones will be too fat. I'm always wrong. I may get it right sometime, but I'm not counting on it.
A dough scraper is the easiest thing to use to cut the dough into eight wedges. If you don't have a dough scraper, I highly recommend that you get one posthaste. (My daughter just used the word "posthaste" on her Facebook page, and I thought to myself, "what a good word! I will have to use it myself.")
These scones have only two tablespoons of sugar per two cups of flour. That is much less sweet than typical American coffeehouse scones. If you want them sweeter you can increase the sugar. Alternatively, you can brush cream on top of the unbaked scones and sprinkle them with sugar; that's what I did with the apricot-lemon scones. Or you can wait until they're baked and drizzle a glaze on them. For the pecan scones, I made a glaze of cream, maple syrup, and confectioners' sugar. (I didn't measure--just add sugar until you get the consistency you're looking for).
These scones were a huge hit. Only the children ate the doughnuts. The adults all dug into the scones. Two of the neighbors are scone aficianados, and claimed that these were as good as (or possibly better than) the best bakery scones. Of course, they do have an interest in encouraging me to bake for them, so it wouldn't be politic for them to criticize my baking, would it?
Cream Scones
--from America's Test Kitchen Cookbook
2 cups (10 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour, preferably a low-protein brand such as Gold Medal or Pillsbury
1 tablespoon baking powder
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons chilled, unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
3/4 cup fruit or nuts (Toasted pecans, chopped dried apricots, dried cranberries, currants, etc.)
Grated lemon or orange rind (optional)
1 cup heavy cream
1. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 425°F.
2. Place flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in large bowl or work bowl of food processor fitted with steel blade. Whisk together or pulse six times.
3. Remove cover and distribute butter evenly over dry ingredients. Cover and pulse 12 times, each pulse lasting 1 second. Add any fruit/nut additions and pulse one more time. Transfer dough to large bowl.
4. Stir in heavy cream with a rubber spatula or fork until dough begins to form, about 30 seconds.
5. Transfer dough and all dry, floury bits to countertop and knead dough by hand just until it comes together into a rough, sticky ball, 5 to 10 seconds. Form scones by turning the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface, cutting the dough into 8 wedges with either a knife or bench scraper. (You could also roll or pat out and cut pieces with a biscuit cutter).
6. Place wedges on ungreased baking sheet (I covered the pan with parchment paper) and bake until scone tops are light brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on wire rack for at least 10 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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- doughadear said...
First I have to tell you that I have made scones twice in the last two weeks. My girlfriend took me to an afternoon tea recently and so I've been trying different recipes to duplicate the ones I had at the tea because they were fantastic. Secondly I think your scones look incredible! From a rather flat dough look at how high they rose! I can't say mine did as well. You make scones so well I'm surprised you don't make them more often.
- Caroline said...
I've made scones a couple of times, but always have such inconsistent results. Some are tough like hockey pucks, and others are so soft and delicate. I try not to overwork the dough, but I still am in the 'learning phase' I think... Yours look fabulous and I love how they aren't as sweet as a typical scone, I think you can appreciate the flavors more when they aren't masked by a ton of sugar!
- breadbasketcase said...
It's because I like scones so much that I don't make them often. Especially now that I'm making a cake a week, I'd have to start training for a marathon if I wanted to add scones to my regular diet.
And training for a marathon sounds horrible.
My own preference is for a not-too-sweet scone, but judging from the scones you can buy, that's not what most people like.
- Victor said...
In my case, I never made scones before. If you say that it is the best, I'll sure try it out. Thanks!
- Kathy said...
Marie, I have been following your blog for quite some time now and enjoy it very much. For that reason, I am awarding you the Stylish Blogger Award via my blog!
- Michelle said...
Thanks for the great scone recipe. I've not had much luck finding good recipes for them. I can't wait to make them this weekend!
Marie, with the exception of the added chilled butter in this recipe, these are virtually the same as James Beard's absolutely fabulous Cream Biscuits. His book "Beard on Bread" published in 1980 has been a staple in my kitchen. Beard credits his family's Chinese cook for these tender, delicious biscuits. I've been making them for about 30 years and my first notation reads: "Christmas 1980, served these biscuits with St. Mary's County Stuffed Ham. I'll never make another kind of biscuit!" Yes, I admit to writing in all my cookbooks. I'm a little surprised that ATK didn't credit Beard with these; they're sticklers for credit.
- breadbasketcase said...
I couldn't swear to these scones being the absolute best, but they're right up there.
Thank you! I'll proudly put this award on my blog the next time I post.
Hope you like them!
- breadbasketcase said...
You made me curious, so I got out my tattered copy of Beard on Bread on looked up cream scones. I don't think they're a dead ringer for these scones, though, because Beard says what makes them unique is that they DON'T use butter.
As a friend of mine said, scones are all variations on a theme: they use flour, sugar, leavening, salt, and butter/cream/buttermilk/milk. It's the combinations and permutations that make them unique.
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- doughadear said...
I made these scones yesterday and they are addictive. This is now my favourite go to recipe for scones. The cream really does make all the difference. The scones I made last week which were good were made with milk, but these are exceptional. They remind me of the Bread Bible's Currant Scones which I remember being very good and of course they were made with cream as well.
- breadbasketcase said...
What fun! I'm so glad you liked them. We'll have to get Melinda to try them to see if they're akin to proper British scones.
- Mary said...
These look wonderful. They are quite similar to scones made by James Beard decades ago. I new to your blog and have spent some time browsing through your earlier entries. I really like the food and recipes you feature here. I'll be back. I hope you have a wonderful weekend. Blessings...Mary
- Stephanie said...
Those look delicious!
Whenever I go to high tea I gobble up all the scones and promise myself that I will make them at home.. and then I forget.
I'm bookmarking this to remind myself!!
- breadbasketcase said...
Thanks for checking in.
I made my first scones just a few years ago, and thought they'd be much more difficult than they are. Do make them, and then you can gobble them up to your heart's content.
- Hanaâ said...
Your post made me laugh. I guess I'd better stick with almonds! The scones look great. I made scones twice (orange scones and CI's oatmeal scones) and loved them. I don't make them often because of their high fat content. So it's a nice once-in-a-while treat (or in your case, once a year, which is good too).


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Drama in Education and Applied Theater, from Morality and Socialization to Play and Postcolonialism
Kathleen Gallagher, Rachel Rhoades, Sherry Bie, and Nancy Cardwell
The field of drama education and applied theater is best understood through a consideration of the major developments and aspirations that have shaped its trajectory over three historical periods: the latter years of the 19th century up until 1960, between 1960 and 1990, and the years encompassing the turn of the 21st century, 1990–2015, which was a decidedly more globalized epoch. The drama education/applied theater scholarship of the English-speaking world, including the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and North America, offers a fascinating distillation of the relationship between making drama and learning, including the history of alternative forms of education. Scholarship from Asia drawing on traditional forms of theater-making, as well as imported and adapted structures of Western drama education movements, speak to hybrid and ever-expanding practices across the globe.
Although young as a discipline within the academy, drama education/applied theater has all but made up for its relative immaturity by spanning a wide domain of multidisciplinary thinking, embracing an eclectic theoretical field that covers an enormous breadth of social issues and a vast range of learning theories, while straddling a compelling spectrum of political positions. The development of the field is infused with pioneering ideas that broke with entrenched historical traditions and habitual ways of learning, harkening toward new ways of thinking, being, relating, and creating. Taking the world as its source material and humanity as its target audience, the history of the progressive discipline of drama education/applied theater tells the story of an ambitious, flawed, idealized, politicized, divisive, and deeply humanistic scholarly and practice-driven field.
Homeschooling in the United States
Kyle Greenwalt
The number of homeschooling families in the United States has been growing at a steady rate since the early 1990s. Attempts to make sense of homeschooling—including research—are inherently political. These attempts are, therefore, highly contested. It is impossible to provide an agreed-upon definition of homeschooling, much less a precise number of families that homeschool, why they homeschool, or what the learning outcomes of that homeschooling might entail. Instead, homeschooling is best understood as a set of educative practices that exists in and between institutional schooling and family life. As families and schools evolve and change, so will the meaning and significance of homeschooling.
Jan Amos Comenius
Stephen Tomlinson
Jan Amos Comenius (b. 1592) is widely recognized as a pivotal figure in the history of educational thought. Living during a period of great turmoil he promoted universal schooling as the means to engineer a perfectly harmonious world. His argument turned upon claims to scientific knowledge and a didactic method that could instill truth in all minds. As the ever expanding scholarship on Comenius demonstrates, many still find inspiration in this visionary project. But Comenius' work must be read in the context of Early Modern thought. Convinced that life was situated in the divinely crafted cosmos pictured in the Book of Genesis, his overarching goal was to restore "the image of God in man" and realize the Golden Age depicted in prophecy. The school was to be a workshop for the reformation of mankind, a place to manufacture of right thinking and right acting individuals. I explore these epistemological and pedagogic arguments and demonstrate their role in his hugely successful Latin primer, Orbis pictus (1658). Comenius, I conclude, was a revolutionary thinker who married subtle observations about the process of learning with sophisticated instructional practices. However, given current views about human nature and the social good, these principles cannot be applied uncritically to contemporary educational problems.
Daniel Tröhler
"Progressivism" is a collective term used in historiography to characterize historical phases in which particular ways to think about progress are detectable. Hence, "progressivism" is more a historiographical label used by historians than a term used by those thinkers identified as being part of a progressive phase in history. Even though important scholars have argued that the idea of progress can be traced back to antiquity, others have argued that ideas of progress—as a more or less linear alternative to a cyclical way of thinking—are found for the first time in the transition from the early modern period to modernity (ca. 1700). These ideas of progress can be linked to the advancement of knowledge, to the perfecting of the soul or then of the social order, and they link the notion of "progress" with notions like "perfection" and "development." As a rule, "progress" did not include notions of future chaos or imponderability but rather was understood as an ordered proceeding to the future that was interpreted either as the redemption or materializing of a more or less predetermined road (individually and/or socially), as a contribution to adjustment of social development understood as dangerous or wrong, or as resulting from a forecast and planned future. All of these attempts over the last three and a half centuries to conceptualize progress in one way or another were connected to research, and they affected ideas on education; most of them were even closely related to educational aspirations, methods, programs, and/or policy.
The two great and independent motives of "progress" can be identified first around 1700 in France and England with regard to advancement in knowledge and the sciences (1), and in Germany with regard to the perfection of the soul. The idea of human perfection and the advancement of the knowledge based on modern sciences were merged in the Enlightenment prior to the French Revolution and its philosophical legitimation (2), leading in the German realm to a philosophy of history that subordinated all of human and natural history to a great narrative from the past to the future (3). The emergence of sociology gave the narrative a national frame that was supported by the erection of modern schooling, but by the end of the 19th century, the modern conditions of social and political life as actual expressions of progress were perceived as not redeeming the promises of the Enlightenment and the philosophy of history, which led to a schism in the interpretation of "true" progress. These critical perceptions triggered a reaction labeled the Progressive Era, which aimed to readjust the modern conditions of life to particular, often religious ideals of social order in which progress was more tightly connected to (idealized) visions of the past (4). The educational ideas and ideals of this Progressive Era proved to be sustainable, but they were attacked during the Cold War period, which saw an emphasis on technocratic aspects of governance and specific ideas of economic and social development. The ramifications of this focus, which called for planning the future and adjusting education to these plans, can be seen in the case of the OECD (5).
Public Schooling and Democracy in the United States
Sarah M. Stitzlein
Public schools are intricately connected to the stability and vitality of our democracy in the United States. The important relationship between public schooling and democracy began as a foundational idea in our fledgling republic, and it grew slowly over the course of our country's history. Along the way, the relationship has been tested and challenged, encountering significant problems and limitations over time, including some that continue today. Despite these struggles and the many ways in which we've failed to fully fulfill the relationship, it has become a key one for maintaining the strength of our society and our political system.
Unlike a monarchy and other forms of government, it is difficult to maintain a democracy. Democracies take work; they rely upon the ongoing effort of elected officials and citizens, because they cannot run themselves or rely on just one person to lead. While democracy may be a highly desirable political system, its benefits are not always self-evident to children, and the pursuant skills and work it requires do not come naturally to most people. This is the rather precarious position of democracy; in order to maintain it, we have to educate children about its benefits and rationale while also equipping them with the skills and dispositions they need in order to for them to perpetuate it well. This is why we must link education and democracy.
Democracy requires informed and active voters who seek information to make wise decisions on behalf of themselves and the common good. Such voters must understand their own rights and freedoms, as well as those of others, as they deliberate together to reach mutually agreeable policies and practices. They must be equipped to engage in free and critical inquiry about the world and the problems surrounding them. And, they need the imagination and creativity to construct, revise, add to, and share the story of democracy with others, including the next generation.
The relationship between public schooling and democracy is best understood and fulfilled when it is not just a unidirectional one, where public schools support democracy, but rather when it moves in both directions, with the formal and cultural elements of democracy shaping the governance, content, and practices of schools. In this way, democracy is not just the end of public schooling, but also the means by which we achieve it.
Queer Studies in Education
Jennifer C. Ingrey
A survey of key contributors and theoretical tensions in the applications of queer studies in education is purposefully partial namely because of the impartiality embedded in the nature of 'queer', a verb whose action unsettles, dismantles and interrogates systems of normalization, beginning with heteronormativity and heterosexism. Queer theory emerged in the 1990s before influencing education, including both elementary and secondary schooling; however, queer is complex in that it involves the signifier or signified term: it is both the integration of queer content in curriculum as well as the practice of queering educational practices (i.e., curriculum, pedagogy and practice). The queering of pedagogy involves the queering of the educational subject, both teachers and students. In such a survey of queer in education, the ontological groundings for queer are important to consider given the paradoxical nature of queer to unpack and unsettle whilst maintaining its hold on an identity category in order to do its unsettling work. Indeed, the consequent recognition of the subjecthood of queer in educational contexts is a significant note in this attention to queer's application in education. Queer also moves beyond not only an inclusion of queer content, but also exceeds queer sexualities to cohere and contrast with trans-infused approaches. Queer theory considers that the future of queer may well exceed beyond sexuality and gender altogether to become a practice of unsettling or critique more generally. Its continuity in education studies as well as its potentially impending expiration are concerns of scholars in the field.
Spirituality and Education in the United States
Roland W. Mitchell, Nicholas E. Mitchell, and Chaunda A. Mitchell
Spirituality and education have historically been tightly intertwined concepts. Spirituality is the timeless pursuit by humanity for certainty, understanding, and an abiding connection to each other and the cosmos. Education represents humanity's efforts at grouping practices, insights, and often contested knowledges in such a manner that they are passed across generations, groups, and communities. The combination of the two reflects humanity's pursuit at making sense out of the environment.


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So a lady brought me a bag of CDs last week, and told me, "Three are classical, two are jazz, one's a soundtrack, five are rock, one's Christmas…and the rest are miscellaneous."
I understood that. So I thought I'd give you a string of factoids and updates, some of which are miscellaneous.
Harry Potter: I'm going to go to eBay with this collection. None of my research has done much good in proving the autographs on them are authentic. In fact, what solid data I have turned up trends against it. But I haven't found much of anything that proves they're phonies, either. So I am going to throw them on the mercy of the Internet, and let people know what I know. Once the market decides the price, it's out of my hands.
The Challenge Grant: The Newberry made the $100,000 goal of that 2-for-1 matching grant I mentioned a few weeks back, and therefore have $300,000 with which to pay for the upkeep of the Website that features this blog, and other, lesser, matters. (Online contributions seem to have gone up after I mentioned the challenge, so I personally take credit for…writing this sentence.)
Please Don't Bring Us Any Books Right Now: I had a peaceful three-day weekend except for the nagging fear that I would go back Tuesday morning and find the loading dock barricaded with four hundred banana boxes of books. But there were a mere dozen or so boxes, none of them from the produce section of the local supermarket.
Book Futures: I did another analysis of our boxes of books (essential for planning the layout of the fair) and find that we are over 100 boxes in Mystery, Literature, Science Fiction, and Art. We, in fact, have 181 boxes of art (so far) this year, which led to the biggest switcheroo for July: Architecture will have to go into Room 2 this time around, and Photography to Room 6. Room 3 will have room this year for just Art, Cooking, Chicago, and Collectors. So if you have read this far in the blog, and you are looking for either of those popular categories, you now have an edge on your competition.
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