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Pulse the cocoa nibs in a spice grinder 3 to 4 times until the nibs are coarsely chopped. Place the nibs in a 1-quart microwave-safe measuring cup and add the milk. Microwave on high for 3 to 4 minutes or until the milk reaches 160 degrees F. Steep at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine the chocolate, sugar, water and salt in the carafe of a 1-liter French press. Set aside.
After steeping, return the nib-milk mixture to the microwave and heat on high for 2 minutes until it simmers or reaches 185 degrees F. Strain the hot nib-milk mixture through a fine-mesh strainer into the French press carafe. Set aside for 1 minute, and then stir to combine the chocolate and milk. Pump the plunger of the French press 10 to 15 times to froth and aerate. Serve immediately.


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MozzyDox necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 288 diseños de 46 diseñadores freelance.
food. curated.
"food. curated." is a new web show focusing on intimate food documentaries for people who love and search for good food. It's a foodie lover's food show that "curates" interesting stories about food culture, unique dishes and people within the food industry.
The show will have a relaxed vibe too it, like a video diary of food stories that will be "collected" over the years. Therefore, I want the logo to have a "journal" or "curiosity cabinet" like feel to it. Like something an artist would draw or sketch into their diary or journal. Or something a collector would "curate" into their curiosity cabinet http://storeforknowledge.com/images…-a901l.jpg.
The show will debut later this summer. The logo will be used for the show, website, blog, business cards and merchandising. It is my dream to launch this show and tell great food stories, and I am excited to review your submissions. Thanks!
Target Audience = Foodies, i.e. people who have a passion for or obsession with food.
The show targets foodies in a very casual way. Foodies are of all ages. Men & women alike. Therefore the colors should appeal to everyone.
The logo should be friendly and approachable and fun.
Logos to inspire you:
Images to inspire you - Curiousity Cabinets:
Journal Images for inspiration:
-A graphic incorporated into the logo that can be used separately on it's own as the show logo or "bug".
-Earth tones OR Vintage tones OR Water Color tones. Worn-in colors. Not bold. Like from old Curiosity Cabinets: http://tinyurl.com/p3sxmu
-Handwriting or Hand Drawn Fonts preferred
-Logo should look like it belongs in a diary or travel journal or curiosity cabinet.
-Food graphics are optional, but not required, to be in the logo.
-Logo should be fun and friendly and welcoming.
-All letters in lowercase
-A "period" after each word
Don't Wants
-No cheesy or cartoon clip art (vector or self drawn art is preferred)
-No meaningless graphics
-No feminine colors
-No plain black&white logos
-No black backgrounds
-Not tech looking
-Not modern looking
-No flashy complicated logos. Keep it simple.
Some ideas to play with in addition to your own:
- use of a "tag" in the logo like how museums tag their bird or shell collections: http://tinyurl.com/create.php OR http://tinyurl.com/ospwvx
- use of an apothecary jar with food inside it as image in the logo http://tinyurl.com/o386cn
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Iowa Campus Applied Behavior Analysis Programs & ABA Schools
ABA Schools introduce students to advanced concepts of behavioral analysis and their applications in different settings. Through a combination of coursework, research and hands on practice, students may learn to help those with mental illnesses, autism and other disabilities change behaviors to achieve goals.
ABA schools may offer programs at the masters, certificate and doctorate levels, allowing students with a variety of backgrounds and goals find an on campus applied behavioral analysis program. If you're interested in an Online ABA degree, visit here.
Why Study Applied Behavior Analysis?
If you're looking for ABA schools, you likely already have an idea of what this field entails – especially if you're interested in psychology, and how people think, behave, and interact! But applied behavior analysis may have a variety of interesting applications – like helping autistic patients adjust to their surroundings, or even helping organizations to function better or design marketing. Behavioral analysts typically study learning, behavior, and patients' responses to various environments. They then determine ways to take action and change behaviors using effective reinforcements. One potential goal? To help people live happier and more productive lives.
Did you know? The Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) awards BCBA (Board Certified Behavior Analyst) certification to individuals who meet its certification requirements.[i]
What ABA Graduate Programs May Be Available?
Your choice of earning a behavioral analysis degree at a particular level may depend on your professional goals, as well as typical employer requirements. ABA schools may offer programs at the doctoral and master's levels. You might even be able to pursue an ABA certificate program. Here's some more info on these three potential options.
- Masters in Applied Behavior Analysis – Thinking about earning a masters in behavior analysis? Pursuing this program could be the perfect opportunity to explore behavior analysis across various populations, from children to senior citizens, as well as in different settings – like schools and communities. Plus, you could learn about the theory and practice of ABA, including therapies, professional ethics, and more. Earning a master's degree may be necessary for roles like mental health counselor, therapist, behavioral analyst, and behavioral support specialist.[ii] Among other prerequisites, you'll need to have earned a bachelor's degree.
- PhD in Behavior Analysis – A PhD is typically an intensive program that may help students prepare for potential professional or academic pursuits. For example, psychologists may earn a PhD…or, alternately, a Psy.D. (Doctor of Psychology).[iii] Additionally, those hoping to teach at the college level may opt to earn a PhD; in fact, 38% of postsecondary psychology teachers said a doctoral degree was required for their role.[iv] A PhD may focus on both ABA theory and practice, and these programs often place a lot of emphasis on independent research.
- Certificate in Behavioral Analysis – Interested in potentially building on past education and experience? A graduate certificate is typically a non-degree program that could help you explore new professional territory or pursue a career switch. For example, you could potentially pursue certificates in areas like behavioral intervention, autism spectrum disorders, or other subjects.
Why Attend ABA School?
These days, students may have a few options when it comes to pursuing a behavioral analyst degree – like online or even hybrid learning! Those possible alternatives may be a great fit…but there are some potential benefits that you can only find at ABA schools. It all depends on your lifestyle, learning preferences, and goals! Here are a few potential reasons you may want to Applied Behavior Analysis Graduate Programs On Campus.
- Classroom learning – Some students may prefer the face-to-face learning experience they could get in a traditional classroom. In on campus applied behavior analysis graduate programs, you may benefit from in-person courses that encourage you to interact with professors and classmates.
- Student life – Sometimes, the best part of graduate school is getting involved! ABA schools may have student-run organizations, activities, and ways to engage with the community. You could meet like minded peers who share your interest in behavior analysis.
- Resources at your fingertips – Possible resources on campus could include career services, tutoring, labs, libraries, and even fitness centers. Plus, your ABA school could have local community partners, like schools and mental health facilities. This may make conducting research or finding an internship easier.
How Do I Know What ABA Schools May Be Perfect for Me?
Your choice of ABA school may depend on a variety of factors, like your career goals and whether you plan to pursue a phd in behavior analysis, a masters in applied behavior analysis, or another degree. But once you have decided on the level and format, you'll still need to choose the prospective program that may suit your lifestyle and ambitions! Here are a few questions you may want to ask as you evaluate programs.
How far away is the ABA School?
Depending on whether or not you're able to move, location could be a major factor in your decision! If you want to remain at home, obviously you'll need to consider nearby aba graduate programs. But if moving is a possibility, decide how far you're comfortable going, and what kind of environment you prefer (urban, rural, or suburban). Don't forget to think about cost of living, too.
Is it accredited?[v]
It's important to look for applied behavior analysis graduate programs or ABA schools that are accredited. Accreditation may be a good indicator that your prospective school or program meets industry standards. Plus, if you're seeking financial aid, which may be available to qualified students, you'll typically need to enroll in an accredited school.
Tip: Planning to pursue a mental health counselor career? Look for programs accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs.[vi]
Some applied behavior analysis graduate programs may offer evening and weekend courses, which might help busy, working students squeeze classes into their schedules. If your lifestyle doesn't permit you to study by day, look into possible alternatives.
Did other students have a positive experience?
Naturally, you'll want to consider behavioral analysis degree programs with a reputation for helping students achieve their goals! Retention rates and graduation rates may be useful statistics, but these numbers don't tell the whole story. Find out if you can speak with a current or former student, or take a campus tour to learn more about what it's like to attend your prospective ABA schools.
Search for Applied Behavior Analysis Graduate Programs at ABA Schools
Ready to check out Applied Behavior Analysis Graduate Programs On Campus that could be a great fit for you? Peruse the programs below, and click to learn more about each one! Then fill out the on page form to start talking to ABA Schools today.
Sources: [i] bacb.com/ | [ii] onetonline.org/link/summary/21-1014.00 | [iii] bls.gov/ooh/life-physical-and-social-science/psychologists.htm#tab-4 | [iv] onetonline.org/link/summary/25-1066.00 | [v] studentaid.ed.gov/sa/prepare-for-college/choosing-schools/consider#accreditation | [vi] bls.gov/ooh/community-and-social-service/mental-health-counselors-and-marriage-and-family-therapists.htm#tab-4
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by Alaina Mabaso
With a career that includes musicians from Turkey, Japan, Brazil and beyond, and world tours with artists like Boyz II Men and Toni Braxton, Germantown resident Jim Hamilton never expected that the studio of his dreams was waiting right up the block.
Earlier this month, construction began on the Rittenhouse Soundworks Arts Complex, a cavernous two-story, 13,000-square-foot 19th-century manufacturing space stretching between Rittenhouse and Haines Streets. It's been sitting empty for decades, hidden behind the auto mechanic shop that Hamilton has used for years near the corner of Greene and Rittenhouse. He predicted that the new center will be open by New Year's Day, 2014.
A virtuosic percussionist, Hamilton was born in Kensington and grew up in his parents' dance studios, a tap dancer who attended Northeast Catholic High School and has been drumming since junior high. He never attended college, but his career has taken him from the Philly music retail scene to 23 years of playing for the University of the Arts dance department, with time for multiple worldwide music tours and countless local bands full of international flavor.
"When I open my medicine cabinet, all I see are songs," Hamilton said of how even the music of commercial jingles captivates him.
But unlike with many professional artists bent on self-promotion, it's hard to get more than a line or two at a time from Hamilton on his impressive career path. Because of his deep love for the universal underpinnings of all human music, any question you ask could become a meditation on the Yoruba tribe of West Africa, the origins of jazz and R&B, the Appalachian melting pot, the phonetics of rhythm, Catholic philosophy, European colonialism or the history of the drum set.
"It's only through understanding and access, true access to another culture, that we're going to be able to form a peaceful world," the musician-philosopher insisted on why experiencing and mastering the music of other cultures is crucial. For Hamilton, rhythm is a fundamental language that can't claim origins in one genre or another, but is constantly mixing and changing to create the regional sounds that are conduits for intercultural understanding.
"Let's meditate … yeah, let's be conscious," he continued, "but also know that our ancestors have been there, as we say in this neighborhood, for thousands of years."
Hamilton has lived on Rittenhouse Street for about 25 years and has welcomed a plethora of notables to his basement recording studio and teaching space, from steel drum ensembles to spoken word artist Ursula Rutger. Chat with him long enough, and fleeting personal anecdotes emerge: playing for sultans and the Grammys, the Chitlin' Circuit and national radio broadcasts with Manhattans star Gerald Alston, and meeting his wife, dance teacher Susan Deutsch, though the question of exactly how long they've been married is a tough one. "We got married on leap year. I think we've had five anniversaries … I forget."
For years, Hamilton imagined bringing a multi-media, international teaching, recording and performance space to Philadelphia. "After looking all over the city, to end up here on the same block was incredible," he said. "The new complex will honor the region's history as a leader in American music. We're back in business for the Philly sound.
"The untold story about Philadelphia is we are what we actually export, art and music." In addition to an international drumming school, internet radio, podcast and video streaming capabilities, as well as digital, CD, analog tape or vinyl recording options, the new space will boast legendary performer and producer Sly Stone's old API console (sophisticated music recording equipment).
"Most of the big rooms in the country have disappeared," Hamilton said of the 21st century music industry. "I'm coming in after the collapse of big rooms and after the explosion of the home studio revolution … We're going to bring it back and move it forward."
That means, for example, having the space and acoustics to cut real strings on recordings, instead of using synthesizers: paying homage to local institutions like the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Curtis Institute. And the intercultural element is paramount.
For example, "If you teach a kid from Kensington and a kid from Germantown how to play tabla [a bongo-like instrument] … they're gonna be a lot more tolerant of somebody [who] has a dot in the middle of their forehead," Hamilton explained. "They're gonna go, 'Oh, you're Hindu. Are you from India? Oh, where? North or south?'"
Hamilton looks forward to many collaborations and partnerships with local arts and music organizations. "The reason we found it now is because it's time to do it now," he said of stumbling upon the space after his long search. "This is the kind of thing that happens to me in my life: I'm not driving the car. I just have to listen."


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Kevin Nash. Hollywood Hogan. Scott Hall.
The founding members of the New World Order are often credited with creating one of the revolutionary stables in the history of professional wrestling. While it is true they gave the stable all of its influential personality, the real credit for its success goes to former WCW Executive Eric Bischoff.
As Bischoff himself admitted, the creation of the New World Order was sparked by a wrestling angle he scouted in Japan in which stars of New Japan Wrestling and the Universal Wrestling Federation "invaded" each other's territory. Expanding upon the premise, Bischoff lit the fuse on WCW's version of the storyline with the incursion of the Outsiders and heel turn of their third member: Hulk Hogan.
The New World Order turned out to be one of the greatest and profitable wrestling angle or feud ever created.
None of this, though, is explained or detailed in the New World Order: The Revolution set, which is a shame because the pre-history is just as important as the astounding phenomena that followed. The New World Order would transcend the wrestling world and become its own highly lucrative and popular mainstream brand rivalling the marketing power of The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin or even Hulk Hogan himself. It was responsible for World Championship Wrestling returning to the popularity it had in the late '80s, early '90s when the World Wrestling Federation was caught up pushing a garbage man, an aerobic instructor, a clown and a dentist.
New World Order: The Revolution traces the history of the stable from the Outsiders invasion, to the Black&White/Wolf Pac split, to the reformation with Jeff Jarrett and Bret Hart, to the poorly executed arrival in the WWE -- which I still say was one of the biggest missed opportunities ever in the wrestling business.
All of the classic, spotlight moments are there: the Hogan heel turn, Nash powerbombing Bischoff through the stage, the feuds with Sting, Goldberg and Roddy Piper. Some of the material though deserved more detail and more play. The one-hour running time for the documentary portion of the set is just not enough to cover the entire New World Order story and do justice to the good and bad of the brand.
The most unfortunate part of The Revolution release is it cribs material from the previous entry in the WWE video library: Back in Black, which was released in 2002 to capitalize on their brief and underutilized resurgence, the hook of WrestleMania 18 in Toronto. Many of the principle interviews are taken directly from Back in Black and re-purposed here. Billy Kidman, Dustin Rhodes, Joe Hennig, Lex Luger, Dusty Rhodes, Arn Anderson, Matt Striker are the main contributors to The Revolution commentary with WWE road agent and NXT head trainer, Bill DeMott (Hugh Morrus), providing most of the background insight.
It seems the only recent interview on the DVD with one of the core New World Order members are the bits and pieces of an interview with Sean (X-Pac) Waltman, who mostly discusses his feud with WCW legend Ric (Nature Boy) Flair and Kevin Nash, whose comments are centred on the chaotic back room politics.
This is where things get really, really interesting. Nash and others reveal the in-fighting and problems the New World Order caused backstage. As Scott Hall puts it: "It is like Chief Jay Strongbow once told us, in this business you can either make friends or you can make money." It seems while many profited from the New World Order, others were bulldozed into obscurity.
Revolution notes how wrestlers lobbied behind the scenes to be part of the angle-group because they knew the money, television time and push they would receive as a headlining act. How Booker T declined a New World Order offer because he thought it would weaken his persona and his future in the business. How wrestlers were bitter about some New World Order members having so much creative input, while they themselves had very little over their own characters.
"Guys were literally selling off their children to join," remembered DeMott. "It was like a gang. It really was."
Nash also reveals some of the in-fighting amongst New World Order members as to the direction and tone of the stable. According to Nash, he and Scott Hall always wanted the brand to move away from old school wrestling. They wanted it to embrace the dissolution of kayfabe and be more realistic in their promos, portrayals and angles. It is why, for example, they used their real names upon entering WCW.
One particular thorn in Nash's side was the taping of the original and infamous New World Order snippet promos. After shooting some with Hogan and seeing The Hulkster rattle off four minutes of old school promo work, Nash left the studio dejected.
"This feels like Memphis to me. This feels like wrestling. What we are doing is organic," he complained to Hall.
WCW production saved the day by making the promos black and white and cutting, editing them with a more modern, propaganda-like feel.
Comments of those who grew up with the New World Order during the '90s, like Dustin Rhodes and Joe Hennig, really put things into perspective, especially how mainstream youth culture were drawn in by the branding, merchandising, hand-signs and catch phrases of the New World Order. Hennig's pals named their sports team after the New World Order. Dustin remembered the catch-phrases and hand-shakes being used all over the school yard.
"It was cool to be the son of a wrestler back then," said Rhodes.
Disks two and three of the set are a short compilation of memorable New World Order matches. The Giant versus Hollywood Hogan, Sting versus Hogan, Goldberg versus Bret Hart, The Outsiders versus Harlem Heat, Diamond Dallas Page versus Randy Savage are included, but considering how long the brand was around, the 15-match presentation seems insufficient, especially when there is no WWE material in the package.
The Blu-Ray version though does come with a worthwhile exclusive extra: a 90-minute NWO "Legends of Wrestling" round table discussion between Kevin Nash, Jim Ross, J.J. Dillon, and Michael Hayes. During the discussion Nash reveals information behind the infamous Hulk Hogan finger poke of doom, the end of Goldberg's win streak, and several behind the scenes booking decisions. The Blu-Ray version also contains a large number of the NWO black & white vignettes that made the angle so revolutionary.
After jumping the shark with the brand split and watching many of the key players take a powder, the New World Order brand eventually was buried under its own weight as most popular things are when they are taken too far and for too long. Still, for the impact the nWo had and continues to have, it is worth owning Revolution especially if you don't already have Back in Black in your collection. If you do, Revolution may feel more like a visit from the New World Order Sting rather than Steve Borden himself.
John Powell is a founder of SLAM! Wrestling and looks pretty good in white and black. In fact, he got married this past weekend in those very colours. Congrats John & Di!


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Apple recently announced that they are planning to build a massive solar array at their data center in Maiden, North Carolina that will be complemented by a pretty sizable fuel cell installation. According to Katie Fehrenbacher over at GigaOm, Bloom Energy — a Sunnyvale, California-based renewable energy company — is rumored to be behind the 5 megawatt, biogas-fueled energy project. Bloom markets their solid oxide fuel cells as affordable clean energy solutions, and it seems that Apple is catching onto the technology and wants to put it to use.
No precious metals or corrosive materials are needed to run Bloom's fuel cells which operate at high temperatures to turn steam and biofuel into energy. The fuel cells cycle over and over like a battery that never stops running. When the fuel cell has run through its cycle it produces a small amount of carbon dioxide which is counted as an emission and some steam which is recycled and used in the next cycle of the fuel cell. Neither Bloom Energy nor Apple would confirm that these fuel cells are behind the Maiden data center but rumors are still flying and seem likely to be true.
According to GigaOm, Adobe and eBay are already putting Bloom's 100 kW fuel cell boxes to use at their facilities and are running them on biogas. Apple noted in their 2012 Facilities Report that their new 5 MW Maiden fuel cell installation will run on biogas. The technology giant already has a 500-kilowatt biogas-powered fuel cell project at their Cupertino facility helping them to reduce their CO2 emissions by 1.2 million kilograms. According to Apple the fuel cell installation at their LEED Platinum Maiden, North Carolina facility, "will be the largest non-utility fuel cell installation operating anywhere in the country. This 5-megawatt facility, located directly adjacent to the data center, will be powered by 100 percent biogas, and provide more than 40 million kWh of 24×7 baseload renewable energy annually."
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Disney Epic Mickey Studio Closed
Following up on our earlier story from this morning, Junction Point Studios, the developer behind the Disney Epic Mickey franchise has been shut down.
For a short while now, rumors concerning the closure of Junction Point have been circulating. On Tuesday, Disney confirmed the worst, releasing a statement about the future of Junction Point.
"It was with much sadness that we informed our teams today of changes to our Games organization, which include the closure of Junction Point Studios," the statement released to Kotaku read. "These changes are part of our ongoing effort to address the fast-evolving gaming platforms and marketplace and to align resources against our key priorities. We're extremely grateful to Warren Spector and the Junction Point team for their creative contributions to Disney with Disney Epic Mickey and Disney Epic Mickey 2."
The news isn't all that surprising considering reports Disney Epic Mickey 2, which arrived last November, sold only 270,000 copies in 2012. It's not likely any studio would have stayed open selling so few copies, let alone one with the expectations being owned by Disney presented.


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White Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies
Back in 1936, Dale Carnegie wrote a book that helped spark the Self Improvement genre of books. Over 80 years later, How to Win Friends and Influence People is still in print, still gracing the shelves of bookstores everywhere. While Carnegie has some of valid points in his 300 page book, I think he's missing the most important point of all. Sure eye contact, remembering people's names, and words on encouragement work great, but you really want to make friends? Then you only need to remember 2 words. Just two simple words will get you in with just about anyone. Two tiny words that can persuade most people into seeing things your way. Those two words? Baked Goods. That, my friends, is how it's really done.
Most of what I bake ends up coming to work with me to share with my coworkers. And to me, it seems like they appreciate it. They descend on the break room like a pack of wild dogs whenever I bring something in. They follow me upstairs like a parade if they see me carrying anything. Word travels through the store like fire and suddenly it's a feeding frenzy. They just can't get enough! By the end of the night (and likely even by my lunch break) the container's empty and everyone stops me to tell me they enjoyed them. *Warm fuzzy feeling*
These White Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies? No exception. In fact, these were probably the biggest hit of all! After baking up some yummy Peanut Butter Cookies, I realized there was one classic cookie I hadn't tried making yet. Oatmeal Raisin! The only problem--I despise raisins. Hmm. How about chocolate chips instead? Ooh I know! White chocolate chips! Yeah! With cherries! Ooh that sounds perfect! I'm a genius!! *pats herself on the back* But the more I thought about it, the more familiar it sounded... And then I realized why. I'm not the genius. Joy the Baker is. I'd seen them on her site about a year ago, and filed the idea away, letting it roll around in my tiny little brain, waiting for the right moment to escape. So I can't take the credit for these. Joy deserves it all. She turned me into a rockstar for a day with these. Thanks Joy!
If you like Oatmeal Raisin cookies, you've got to try these. I got so many compliments, and even a hug! One of the girls even said those cookies were better than the last four kisses she'd gotten, and wanted to date me for my baked goods! Sorry, Lisa. I'm already taken, and if I'm not completely mistaken, I think both you and I are more partial to boys anyway... But I'll still bake you cookies!
The moral of the story? You can be as nice and engaging as you possibly can to win over people, or you could just bake them some cookies and go on being a meanie. They'll like you either way.
White Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies
Adapted from Joy the Baker and Quaker Oats
Makes 3 dozen
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
½ cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ½ cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
3 cups old fashioned oats
½ cup to 1 cup dried cherries
1 cup white chocolate chips
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or baking mats; set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; set aside.
3. In bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter and sugars together until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Beat in vanilla.
4. Add flour mixture to butter mixture in two additions, beating until just combined. Add in oats, cherries, and chocolate chips, mixing until just moistened.
5. Drop dough by rounded tablespoons on prepared cookie sheets. Bake, rotating halfway through, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
6 comments:
- sarahe said...
love it! these look great, and this is definitely the way i try to make friends too :)
- March 26, 2010 at 1:36 PM
- The Blonde Duck said...
Popped in to say hi! I definately want to make these. I love oatmeal cookies and I adore white chocolate! These look devine!
- March 26, 2010 at 2:00 PM
- Heavenly Housewife said...
What an awesome flavour combo. I love white chocolate and cherries!
HOpe you have a wonderful weekend.
*kisses* HH
- March 26, 2010 at 2:15 PM
- Jannett said...
Wow..great sounding cookies.. putting on my list of to try...:)
Love the blog...
- March 30, 2010 at 9:28 AM
- Hopeful Writer said...
These were SO yummy. I had never had cookies like this before, and I loved the cherries instead of raisins.
- March 31, 2010 at 1:39 PM
- oneordinaryday said...
Well, if they descend on you like a "pack of wild dogs," I'm pretty sure they LOVE your treats. : )
I really like dried cherries, but I've never put them into a cookie. Sounds yummy.
- April 3, 2010 at 8:39 AM


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.comment: Judgment Day for the GPL?
Determining the Legality of the GPL
This summer could be a lot hotter than usual--not because of global warming, which may or may not be taking place, but because of a lawsuit which may or may not be taking place.
Before summer's end, a long-awaited court test of the GNU General Public License may be filed, says Eben Moglen, professor at the Columbia University Law School and general counsel to the Free Software Foundation.
"If you wait another couple of months I wouldn't be surprised if you see either a lawsuit or a voluntary agreement to comply entered into by a major international software house that has done exactly what you postulate, less in the 'embrace and extend' model than in the 'security through obscurity' model, which is another reason why those who build works on top of free software sometimes try not to disclose source," Moglen told me in an e-mail exchange dealing with the basic nature of the GPL, the licensing instrument of much if not most Linux-related software. (I had asked him whether it would be possible for a commercial software firm to envelop GPLed code, alter it, and sell it, sans source code, and whether it would be possible to obtain judicial relief under such circumstances.)
Moglen would not reveal the details of the potential lawsuit, nor would he name the company involved, noting that if he did he would reduce the likelihood that court could be avoided.
"The process that leads up to litigation is always a tricky negotiation" he said. "We always prefer nonjudicial enforcement if we can get it, which is why the GPL is not the subject of court cases: I have not failed in the past to gain voluntary cooperation. But gaining that cooperation includes freedom to assure those who come into compliance that there will be no public statements about their past noncompliance."
The lawsuit, if it takes place, will be the first court test of the GPL. The outcome is not assured. Lawyers experienced in intellectual property law, though, say that it's unlikely the Free Software Foundation would launch an action without a case likely to produce an outcome favorable to the GPL. And the case, if one is filed, might bring a degree of stability to a document about which legal opinions vary widely.
Part of the uncertainty is caused by unresolved ambiguity as to just what the GPL is.
A Contract? A Copyright? Both?
Software licenses are generally considered to be contracts. When a user clicks the "Agree" box on the license page during software installation, that constitutes agreement to a contract. (Some claim that it is an invalid contract--though I've found few lawyers who do--but that will have to wait for another writer on another day. This is already going to be too complicated.)
A copyright, meanwhile, is not a contract. Instead, it avails the creator of intellectual property of the protection of copyright law, which is limited to the life of the author plus 70 years, by which time the author is likely to be concerned with other things. One need do nothing under current law to establish copyright--it's no longer necessary, even, to post a copyright notice. All one needs to do is to create the work in a recognized medium, though being able to prove that one created it and when it was created is not a bad idea. Under copyright, no one may, really, do anything with your work without your permission.
Contracts are customarily the means whereby that permission is granted. As is the case with other "property rights"--which is what copyright stakes its claim upon-- contracts are means whereby parties may sign away all or part of their rights to a particular property, upon an offer having been made by one side and agreed to by the other. Though third parties may receive benefits of a contract, they cannot become obligated by one. And here is where the chafing begins.
Professor Robert P. Merges of the Berkeley Law School noted some of the problems in his "The End of Friction? Property Rights and Contract in the 'Newtonian' World of On-Line Commerce" (12 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 115), in which he describes the GPL as "informal (i.e., not legally enforceable) restrictions on digital content."
Not legally enforceable?
"By its own terms, the copyleft agreement is an unusual license; at the most basic level consider the problem of determining damages when the licensee frustrates the licensor's expectation of zero profits under the contract," writes Merges. "But what is most significant about the agreement is that it purports to restrict subsequent transferees who receive software from a licensee, presumably even if the licensee fails to attach a copy of the agreement. As this new transferee is not in privity with the original copyleft licensor, the stipulation seems unenforceable."
This isn't as complicated as it sounds. "Privity" simply means party to the contract, and it works both ways: I can sign a contract with you whereby you give me some money and I send flowers to your mother. If I fail to send the flowers, you can sue me, but your mother can't, because she's not a party to the contract. Likewise, I might sign an agreement with you whereby I give you some money and in return you agree that your mother will come to my house and, I don't know, bake a pie some Sunday afternoon. Your mother is not obligated to live up to the terms of the agreement, because she's not party to it. If she doesn't bake the pie, I can't sue her but I can sue you.) Merges's point is that the GPL isn't an enforceable contract because it obligates parties who did not agree to it.
Nor is this an inconsiderable point. Big hunks of code, often with hacks in place, are sent back and forth and all around, all the time, without the GPL being attached. No doubt the parentage of this code is sometimes in doubt. It would not be at all surprising to learn that some of it had found its way into commercial software, distributed without source code, in violation of the GPL. Writers of free software who also write commercial code during their day jobs might well entirely unknowingly have occur to them some elegant way of handling a problem, not realizing that it occurred to them because they had seen it someplace else. Or--here's a neat one--the author of a piece of code, perhaps a whole source file, who adds it to a project under the GPL and then, a week later, at work, decides to include it in a closed-source, commercial project there. Can code be un-GPLed? Under current law, apparently it can, unless you've specifically assigned your rights to someone else. The FSF encourages software authors to assign their rights to the FSF.
It will not surprise you to learn that Moglen disagrees with Merges:
"There's no absence of privity [which isn't required anyway]. If you sell someone a book she has a right to give it to whomever she pleases. That's the first-sale rule. But the donee of the book may not copy it and give away copies. You can enforce your copyright against that donee, even though you are not in any contractual privity. In the case of the GPL, no one is bound to anything in particular unless she redistributes the software, modified or unmodified. Because copying and redistribution, or the making of derivatives, are never authorized in the absence of a license, undertaking to redistribute is clear acceptance of our terms for redistribution. There's nothing unorthodox about that, and no barrier to enforcement."
Which brings up, then, the issue of copyright. The GPL is unusual in that rather than seeking to prohibit the making of copies it instead seeks under some circumstances to force the making of them. It does not place code in the public domain but instead attempts to create a domain that is guaranteed public, which is quite a different thing. And it is unusual in that, as Moglen points out, it doesn't especially restrict the end user but instead the distributor and the developer of derivative works.
But still unanswered in the minds of many in the legal community is whether or not the GPL is in fact a contract, and if so, to whom it applies. This adds a new level of complexity, because in the United States copyright is a federal law (and the U.S. has agreed to international copyright conventions), while contract law is a state matter. Also unanswered is whether the owner of a copyright--the person who wrote the thing--published under the GPL can later withdraw from the GPL. One cannot remove his work, once there, from the public domain, but the FSF makes a point of stating that the GPL is not public domain.
"A licensing lawyer looking at the GPL would say, 'What's this thing?'" a lawyer with a leading California intellectual property firm told me. "It's not written like a standard license."
Nor can the patent issue be overlooked. Nowadays, everything in sight is patented, and a patent can easily be violated accidentally. What happens when a free software developer unintentionally violates someone's patent and releases the code under the GPL? One can easily suppose that the privity issue will become much more attractive at that point. When code has been deemed illegal and has been distributed all over the place under a license that encourages further distribution, you can imagine that reeling it all back in would be pretty tough. And you can imagine that a lot of people distributing the code would offer the privity defense in claiming blamelessness.
These kinds of disputes, the taking of GPLed code by closed-source developers, and other issues are things that are likely, sooner or later, to come before a judge. At least one GPL issue may achieve that status as early as this summer.
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I am very slightly ashamed of how obsessive I was about weight gain and loss during and after both my pregnancies.
When I say obsessive during my pregnancy, I mean I just fretted in my head a lot about how fat I was - I didn't NOT eat just exactly whatever the hell I fancied. I mean, there was nothing I wouldn't eat. The second time round I made concessions to not putting on three stone by switching to Diet Coke and not having pudding with every meal … but I still put on three stone.
And when I say obsessive about my weight after pregnancy I mean obsessed with regaining some approximation of my pre-pregnancy state. And if possible, beyond that, plummeting to under nine stone in weight (this is an impossible dream). Obsessed, I ought to say, up to the point of actually doing any exercise.
Having said that, it's an easy trap to fall into, once you reckon you are done with babies, to go a bit scrawny. To go Full Thin. So traumatising is it being so fat and ungainly that you almost attempt to scrub out the very memory of the fatness by getting far too thin, only for your husband to leave you for a chubby barmaid just at the point that you look genuinely terrific in a pair of leather trousers. (Which by now you must wear all the time, even in June, because you are stick-like and freezing.)
I say I feel ashamed because it all basically comes off in the end - unless you are really bloody unlucky, or just really not trying at all - but I feel like rather than obsessing about getting back into a - any! - pair of jeans I ought to have been bonding like crazy with my babies. We did bond, I think. Kitty vaguely knows who I am and Sam says "Mumum" when he sees me. Fine. But still, my impatience is a bit embarrassing. It's just a bit vain.
Anyway I can relax now and spend the next forever
There is a ghastly thing that happens when you have a baby where your hips widen - literally the bones actually widen - and take a while to settle back to their normal circumference, so you can be back to your old weight but still not fit into your old jeans.
But I have achieved a sudden accelerated weight loss by hitting on the importance of lunch in my day. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I have had to eat in order to lose weight.
I hate lunch. I always have. I find it tedious and boring and I don't like lunch options. So normally I skip it, but then come 3.30pm I am so starving I can't concentrate and then I start snacking heavily on very sugary stuff, which isn't going to make anyone a supermodel, you feel me?
But lunch is a bore. And it makes a bloody great mess, which I always want to avoid as it feels like I cook and clear up about 15 meals a day as it is. I have all this food and this enormous, stacked kitchen, and yet I'm just not eating lunch. It wasn't happening.
So I thought to myself "What would Anna Bateson do?" Anna Bateson is a very successful friend, initially of my husband's but I suppose also of mine, now - how do those things work? - who does something important at YouTube and has two children very close in age and everyone goes round going "OMG Anna Bateson".
When she is in this country, (which isn't often), I openly mine her for information and go "What kind of handbag do you have? Who is your nanny? Where are you going on holiday this year? How did you potty-train D-? Which internet shopping outlet do you favour? Where are those jeans from?" just because I think she has the answers. She quite often does, it's totally apt that she works at an internet company. She's a one-woman search engine.
Anyway so I thought to myself "What would Anna Bateson do?" and the answer was: OUTSOURCE. Anna would outsource lunch. She would go "Yes, buying a healthy, delicious lunch every day is more expensive than making it at home, but if it will persuade you to eat lunch, which in turn will make you thinner, it is cheaper than a gym membership." She would calmly show you a brief PowerPoint presentation about it and then leave to catch a plane.
So now I either go early to fetch Kitty from nursery and stop at a Vietnamese cafe on the way for some grilled chicken and cous cous or I buy myself a salad from Pret in the morning if running errands. Failing that I FORCE myself to eat baked beans on sourdough. Then I have a cup of tea and 1 (one) biscuit and that's it until dinner.
It still being winter-ish and both my husband and I on our eternal, possibly terminal, quest to weigh 3 stone apiece, we are always looking for new things to do with wretched kale and someone suggested kale chips, which turn out to be very easy and very delicious (when covered with a lot of salt and brown sugar). They taste a lot like what we always used to call crispy seaweed in Chinese restaurants and it is basically the only thing approaching "tasty" that you can do with kale.
It's very simple, what you do is pre-heat your oven to 180C and shake out some kale on a large baking sheet. Snip up the bigger pieces with scissors and then sprinkle with brown soft sugar and some sea salt. Bake for about 25 mins checking occasionally to make sure they're not burnt.
Eat as a pre-dinner snack with, err, sherry? Or a Diet Coke if you really mean this.


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The South West Peregrine Group have made a lot of new friends over the past 12 months, joining The Hawk and Owl Trust on their stand at the Rutland BirdFair was certainly a highlight for the group. A special thank-you goes to PR and Communications Officer Lin Murray, whose help and hard work has been of huge benefit, appreciated by all. We look forward to working with the Hawk and Owl Trust in the future. This short video is just a few of the highlights so you can get a feel for some of our fieldwork.


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Nordic ski training log: A weekly workout log preparing for the Mammoth Biathlon—Week 2
There is an old Chinese saying, "all good things come in pairs."
Like skis, boots, poles, and Brians.
My first official week training for the Mammoth Winter Biathlon was filled with all of these good things.
I left you last week in rather dire straits: I had no cross country skis, no idea how to use them, and only six weeks to get it all together to compete in the biathlon.
First, I had to find some skis, so I stopped by Brian's Bicycles and Cross Country Skis in Mammoth. I walked in to find the owner, Brian Ellison, fitting a pair of fellow newbies into their first Nordic ski boots. The store had several sections with a range of skis to rival any modern downhill ski shop, with its usual quivers of skis spanning from stiff, aggressive race skis to fully rockered powder skis, which look more like a snowboard for each foot. Cross-country skis took the opposite extreme, threatening to evolve someday from skinny touring skis into ice skates. How am I supposed to balance on those little twigs?
And then they tell me they don't even have any edges!?! My memory flashes back to when I was 7 years old and my dad took me out for a day of cross-country skiing as a change of pace from a few days of downhill at the resort. My father, a true nature-lover, relished the peacefulness; and his impatient little tomboy managed to find the only little rope-tow at the cross country center with which to do some laps,
downhill-style. But not quite. Free heels, soft boots, and squirrely little skis with no edges made for a memorable new challenge, to put it nicely. I eventually gave up and found a new epic: trying to go uphill without sliding all the way back down the hill, backwards. Perhaps not the best introduction to the world of Nordic skiing.
downhill-style. But not quite. Free heels, soft boots, and squirrely little skis with no edges made for a memorable new challenge, to put it nicely. I eventually gave up and found a new epic: trying to go uphill without sliding all the way back down the hill, backwards. Perhaps not the best introduction to the world of Nordic skiing.
A couple of decades wiser, I am ready to explore the sport again, give it another chance. But I needed a lot of help.
I explained my situation to Ellison: that I wanted to compete in the biathlon, that I'm athletic, have a basic level of fitness, but virtually no experience with cross-country skiing. Unphased, he gave me a quick run-down of the equipment, the range in prices and quality, and showed me his collection of used and year-old, new equipment. I managed to put together an entire setup—boots, skis, bindings, and poles—for cheaper than some might spend on a new pair of racing skis.
Obstacle number one, officially surmounted.
Now on to the second problem: how to use these little edgeless foot-twigs.
Talking to people around town about getting into Nordic skiing, one name kept on popping up in conversation: Brian Knox. A local business owner and passionate Nordic skier, Knox founded Mammoth Nordic Foundation to "support, develop and promote Nordic recreation" on the Eastside. Having seen what an elaborate network of groomed Nordic tracks can do for the community of other ski towns, he dreamed of bringing the wonder of Nordic recreation to us here—fun, healthy recreation for the whole family.
When I first spoke with Knox, his passion for the sport rang through loud and clear, and I was hooked before I had even tried it (despite my misadventures at age 7).
In addition to running his business, Knox is now also in charge of grooming miles of Nordic trails in the town of Mammoth Lakes, and raising the money to fund the project. (He is also expanding his efforts to the local schools with SnowSchool, an after-school educational program.)
With the low snow year, opportunities for grooming in town have been slim, but this week's storm brought just enough new snow to put in a stellar classic ski track (the grooves that look like mini, inside-out train tracks).
Access is easy—the trailhead is at the Mammoth Lakes Welcome Center. Drive on over, park your car, strap on your skis, and off you go.
Knox emphasizes that classical, or diagonal stride, is the foundation of cross-country skiing. This is the traditional stride, and remains most efficient and versatile, as you can take it off groomed trails and thus, truly "cross country." Skating is a much faster, more dynamic stride (and involves different equipment), and is thus now what is used almost exclusively in the biathlon—but it tends to demand more specific conditions, and it's rare to be able to skate off groomed track. All of this said, Knox wanted me to spend some time, first, with the diagonal stride.
I met Knox the morning after the storm ended, giving the track enough time to set up a bit from the grooming the night before. I bobbed through the trees behind him in the fresh snow, as we headed toward the groomed track, my ankles wobbling much more than they are accustomed to with skis on. This might still be called skiing, but the equipment could not feel more different.
We got to the groomed track and threw our poles off to the side. We would start without them. Already seeing how hard these little skis were to balance on with poles in hand, I imagined myself careening down the trail, out of control but stuck in the tracks, like a 5-year-old at the wheel in Autopia.
Much to my relief, Knox started me off with a "chopping" stride—very short and, well, choppy. The quicker stride allowed me to keep my balance much easier than trying to glide as much as possible right off the bat. The first emphasis was on the arm motion—heavy hands, no bend at the elbows, swinging parallel to the skis, not across them as if you're running. Several laps back and forth, and I was starting to get the idea. Then we added the poles.
When I teach people to rock climb, I start with footwork—it's the foundation of climbing and the more you can use your big leg muscles, the more you can save your little arm muscles. No matter how buff you are, your legs will always be stronger than your arms. No surprise that cross-country skiing is the same.
Knox fitted my pole straps to fit snugly around the back of my hand, facilitating a pushing motion, much like paddling a surfboard.
"It's not like a slot machine," he said, you don't want to pole yourself along. Keeping the poling motion mechanical, linear, and gripping only the snow behind my boots, I found it added just enough stability to go a little faster and play with the sensation of gliding just a little bit more. This was the beginnings of efficiency.
Knox advised me to consider the same principles of efficiency as I get out on my skate skis this week.
Technique trumps strength, as in many sports, so he urged me to find the flattest terrain possible as I hone my skating rhythm. Many of our local venues start with steep uphill grades—there is no shame in walking a ways until it flattens out. In the end, this is best for your technique and will make for much more efficient skating in the long run. The key to Nordic skiing, Knox said, is having a positive experience, especially at first.
Technique trumps strength, as in many sports, so he urged me to find the flattest terrain possible as I hone my skating rhythm. Many of our local venues start with steep uphill grades—there is no shame in walking a ways until it flattens out. In the end, this is best for your technique and will make for much more efficient skating in the long run. The key to Nordic skiing, Knox said, is having a positive experience, especially at first.
This might explain my 20-year hiatus from cross-country skiing.
Here is this week's recap on conditons:
•Tamarack has been stellar, across the board, but for those of you without a pass to Tamarack, there are still some great options.
•Lake Mary Road also has a free trail, also groomed by Tamarack, for hikers, snowshoers, and backcountry skiers. Park at the end of the road, click into your skis, or hike up a ways until it flattens out, then enjoy lovely, flatter terrain all the way to Horseshoe Lake.
•Rock Creek Road was reported to have some great skating this week, despite thin coverage. This is an advanced venue, as it is steeply uphill the whole way.
•The Shady Rest Area (where Knox and I skied this week), much more beginner-friendly, was finally groomed and in great condition after the storm, but of course, coverage is thin.
•And last, but not least, here is this week's workout brought to you by Alana Levin, U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association Nordic Coach:
Novice skiers/biathletes:
Lessons: Take a private skate lesson at Tamarack. Technique is going to get you farther than fitness in Nordic skiing.
Target practice: If you're newer to skiing, you want to be sure you are skiing less—that means more accurate shooting and less penalty laps!
Distance ski: Get out and ski! Work on endurance, skiing for at least one hour continuously. You can keep the intensity as low as you need in order to last the hour.
More experienced skiers/biathletes:
Lessons: A great resource for your technique, for the same reason as above.
Target practice: Why not be accurate and prepared for the biathlon race?
Distance ski: Get out for up to two hours at an easy Level 1 exertion level (see below).
Interval ski: If you have been doing intervals this season and you are peaking for this race, your intervals should be at Level 4; if you've just been out skiing a bunch, keep your intervals at Level 3.
"Remember," Levin said, "you have to ski fast to ski fast!"
For reference, here are the exertion levels, defined:
Zone 1: "I can talk and tell stories easily with my training partner during the session."
Zone 2: "I can talk, but I have to catch my breath every sentence or two."
Zone 3: "I can think clearly, but I can't talk much."
Zone 4: "No talk, need to focus."
Zone 5: "30 seconds to two minutes of pain and suffering…"
Remember to keep logging your efforts in your Training Log, and check in next week for our third weekly workout!


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- Airway: clear obstructed airways
- Breathing: perform mouth-to-mouth breathing
- Circulation: start chest compressions
- Place the palm of your hand across the victim's forehead and push down gently.
- With the other hand, slowly lift the chin forward and slightly up.
- Move the chin up until the teeth are almost together, but the mouth is still slightly open.
- Compressing the abdomen with forceful thrusts. This creates pressure that forces the object up and out of the windpipe.
- Trying to manually dislodge the object with your fingers.
- Kneeling by the victim, place the heel of your hands one atop the other about .4 to .8 inches (1 to 2 cm) from tip of the breastbone.
- Using the weight of your body, push the victim's chest down. You should compress their chest 1 to 2 inches (2.54 to 5.08 cm).
- Hold in this position for half a second, then relax for half a second
- Repeat steps two and three 29 more times.
- Give the victim two rescue breaths as you did before to deliver more oxygen to the blood.
- Repeat steps 1 through 5 three more times, then check for a pulse.
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What should you do to help a seemingly unconscious victim? The first thing you'll want to do is to figure out whether or not the victim is really unconscious. Just like you were trying to get them out of bed, you should call out to them, tap them, and gently shake them to try and provoke a response. You also should check to see if they are breathing. If you try and perform CPR in Sacramento on someone who is not in cardiopulmonary arrest, you can actually hurt them!
If you can't rouse them, the very next thing to do is have someone call 911 so that professional paramedics will be on their way to the scene while you are performing CPR Sacramento. This is very important, because, with the exception of choking, CPR doesn't address the underlying causes of cardiopulmonary arrest. It is only meant to buy time until the victim can get intensive medical care.
After you've called for medical assistance, you need to begin CPR. In order for CPR to work, the victim must be lying on his or her back on a flat surface. If the victim is face-down, gently roll the person toward you while making sure that you support their neck. Once the person is on their back, you can then use the American Heart Association's "ABCs of CPR" to guide you through the rest of process:
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Here's a summary of how you might perform Sacramento CPR on a non-responsive adult
A is for Airway
When you pass out, your tongue relaxes, and it can roll back in your mouth and block your windpipe. Before you can start CPR on an unconscious person, you'll probably need move their tongue out of the way. Here's how to clear a blocked airway:
Tilting the head back and lifting the chin move the tongue out of the airway. At this point, you should check again for breathing. If the victim is choking on something, you may see their chest heave as they try to breathe, but you won't be able to feel or hear air being exhaled. You'll have to take additional measures to clear out what's blocking their windpipe, including:
Once this is done, you have to check for signs of breathing again. Just clearing out the windpipe may sometimes be enough to allow the victim to start breathing on their own! If the victim starts breathing and moving around on their own, you can stop Sacramento CPR. If this doesn't happen, you'll have to help them breath, by providing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
B is for Breathing
Your lungs have one main function: remove carbon dioxide and take up oxygen. Normally, the muscles in your chest contract and expand your chest cavity, allowing your lungs to fill up with air. Oxygen and carbon dioxide diffuse across the immense surface area of your lungs. Finally, your chest muscles relax, and you exhale.
Rescue breathing uses your lungs to force air into the victim's lungs at regular intervals. The timing of each breath (about 1.5 to 2 seconds per breath) mimics normal breathing. However, the process is much more like blowing up a balloon than real breathing. You inhale deeply, form a tight seal with your mouth over their mouth, and exhale strongly to push air out of your mouth into theirs. Because you also pinch the victim's nostrils closed, the air has nowhere to go except down into the lungs, which expand as they fill with air.
Mouth-to-mouth breathing is hard work. Normally, when you inhale, the chest muscles drive the process. In artificial respiration, you're working against the victim's relaxed chest muscles. When the chest muscles are relaxed, the chest cavity is small, keeping the lungs in a deflated state. As a rescuer, you have to exhale forcefully into the victim's mouth for 1 to 2 seconds to overcome this resistance. As the lungs fill with air, the victim's chest is pushed up at the same time; you can actually see it rise.
When you remove your mouth from the victim's and break the air seal, their chest falls and once again deflates the lungs. As in normal breathing, this results in air being exhaled from the victim's mouth.
Does air exhaled from someone else's mouth really provide enough oxygen to save an unconscious person? Normally, the air you inhale contains about 20 percent oxygen by volume, and your lungs remove about 5 percent of the oxygen in each breath. The air you blow into a victim's mouth thus contains about 15 to 16 percent oxygen, which is more than enough to supply their needs.
After you've given the victim two breaths, you then check to see whether or not they have a pulse and whether they are able to breathe on their own. This will determine what you do next.
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C is for Circulation
If the victim's heart is not beating, all your breathing efforts are for naught; the oxygen that you're getting into their circulation isn't going anywhere! Once again, you have to take over for a failing organ. This time you essentially become a surrogate heart to pump oxygenated blood out to the rest of the victim's body. How can you have any effect on blood flow from outside of the body? All it takes is your hands and some strength. The steps are simple:
In reality, all you are doing is squeezing the heart between the breastbone and the backbone to force blood out. Compressing the chest creates positive pressure inside the chest that pushes oxygenated blood out of the heart through the aorta. From here, it travels to the brain and then on to other parts of the body, delivering oxygen for cellular respiration. When you relax, the pressure inside the victim's chest subsides. Deoxygenated blood moves back into the heart from the veins.


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Could a licensing venture extending Victoria Secret's collegiate-minded Pink brand arise even as Steve & Barry's, born of the college crowd, has filed for bankruptcy protection? It is indeed a possibility, according to Michael S. Stone, president and chief executive officer of The Beanstalk Group, a licensing agency and unit of Omnicom Group.
"We're doing some exploratory work for the Victoria's Secret Pink brand," Stone said Wednesday, between bites of fried clams and french fries and worries about bringing on an angioplasty with his lunchtime choices. While willing to profess his "love" for Pink and his belief that the brand has "really got it right" for its customer with Pink sportswear, sleepwear and accessories, among other things, Stone declined to reveal details.
The licensing executive, a 25-year industry veteran, did indicate it's less than rocket science to scope out new licenses, which are best aimed at groups of shoppers underserved in particular store settings. When Beanstalk licensed the Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen names for youth apparel at Wal-Mart, for example, it stirred some excitement for tweens shopping for fashion at discount stores. What Stone and company will look to avoid is another bomb like Olsen twins toothpaste. Though Mary-Kate's and Ashley's names meant something to youths, the ceo said, pairing their identities with toothpaste did not.


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Over the course of the past decade or so, French football has fallen from being a powerhouse in the European game.
Despite reaching the final of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, there has been nothing more to show that French football is growing.
Zidane, Henry, Viera, Deschamps, Platini and Desailly are a few of the greatest ever French footballers to play for Les Bleus. It's because of these names, football supporters subconsciously assume that the French are still a powerhouse in the world.
But recently, there's been a slide.
When looking at the current French squad, it is almost fair to assume that the team should be in the top 10 of the FIFA rankings, and not struggling to keep afloat at 18.
The side has stability in defence, pace and precision in the midfield and plenty of poachers to choose from in attack. The players in the side have done marvellously in their respective domestic leagues - Ribery, a treble winner with Bayern Munich, Benzema, a 2011/12 league winner with Real Madrid and a constant sight in the starting 11 in the Champions League and Matuidi, a Ligue 1 winner with PSG as recently as this past season.
There is no doubt that the French side has depth, quality and experience but the results over the past few years have done nothing more than contradict the team on paper, as a whole.
There are many moments that can be criticised for being the catalyst of France's slip up – Thierry Henry's hand ball against Ireland in the 2010 World Cup qualifying play-off, the implosion of the squad at the World Cup at itself, the sacking of Raymond Domenech, or perhaps the sacking of Laurent Blanc after Euro 2012 which could have killed off any sort of consistency the squad needed.
There are many factors which can be identified for France's struggle on the international stage. Huge players such as Samir Nasri and Jeremy Toulalan have only gotten better with age, yet still they can't find their way into Didier Deschamps squad. And with the questionable two year suspension of Yann M'Vila, it's as though the French Football Federation is shooting themselves in the foot.
However, there is hope in the form of the future. The youth that is coming out of France is something more than optimistic and Deschamps has been quick to identify that. Names such as Raphaël Varane, Paul Pogba, Florian Thauvin and Joshua Guilavogui are players that can bring a better stability when it comes to the team's defence.
But also can provide a cutting edge in terms of pace, and also finally experience because the players compete in top European club sides, or are wanted by bigger clubs across Europe.
Another aspect to highlight is the money that is being pumped into French football. Both PSG and recently Monaco have begun to splash the cash and create sides that are worthy of one day being called European Champions.
And for French footballers, it's an amazing opportunity to be teammates with some of the best players in the world, and for other clubs the opportunity to play against these players will only increase their standard regarding training and preparation.
There is no doubt that French football is in a rebuilding phase and although the national team has gone through a lot in the past few years, it's exciting to see the quality that is coming out of France and how that quality has the potential to transform French football into force to be reckoned with once more.
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REDDING – Caltrans today announced that a contract was awarded to J.F. Shea Construction of Redding for a $7.7 million project that will improve safety for travel along State Route 44 in Shasta County. The majority of funding ($6.4 million) will be financed by President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). This project and many others around the state are being funded sooner than expected thanks to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's efforts to expedite Recovery Act funding.
"My Administration is working hand-in-hand with President Obama's team to ensure stimulus dollars are pumped into California quickly and responsibly to stimulate the economy and in this instance, invest in the future of California's transportation infrastructure," said Governor Schwarzenegger.
This project, which is a partnership between Caltrans and the Federal Highway Administration, with assistance from the Lassen National Forest, is located on State Route 44 just west of Lassen Volcanic National Park at the junction of State Route 89. The project will make important infrastructure improvements to make the road safer: realigning highway curves, widening shoulders, extending an existing truck-climbing lane and increasing the unobstructed area beyond the edge of the roadway. Construction will begin in March and is scheduled to be completed by January 2011.
"Recovery Act funds are helping to fund projects that are providing a lifeline to Californians across the state," said Caltrans Director Randy Iwasaki. "We are funding jobs, simulating the economy and improving the safety of the roads we drive on everyday."
"We are delighted to have the opportunity to put people to work in these tough economic times," said Ed Kernaghan, Vice President of J.F. Shea Construction. "The project is a great use of stimulus money. It will improve the highway system and provide a boost to the local economy."
"Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Recovery Act and under Governor Schwarzenegger's leadership, California leads the nation with $2.47 billion in Recovery Act funding obligated to 898 highway and local street transportation projects statewide. Of these, 481 projects worth $2.45 billion have been awarded contracts to begin work, with an additional $317 million in Recovery Act funds expected to be awarded to 94 projects by April. For more information on the Recovery Act visit: recovery.ca.gov"


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This bird-and-flower painting, one of a pair, exemplifies the superb artistic achievements of nineteenth-century Joseon dynasty court painters. This panel depicts a phoenix couple and nine chicks on a paulownia tree with bamboo and the sun. Extensive research conducted during a recent conservation project revealed that this painting, and its pair, were most likely attached to the wall of a Joseon palace, serving both as wall adornment and as symbols of good fortune.
It is extremely rare to see birds portrayed with their young, which is believed to convey the wish for many offspring. Such symbolism is further supported by the inclusion of the moon and sun, a pairing that represents the harmony of Asian cosmic energy, yin and yang, dark and light, female and male.


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Many of us have had a wart somewhere on our bodies at some time. Other than being a nuisance, most warts are harmless and go away on their own.
Warts are skin infections caused by viruses of the human papillomavirus (HPV) family. They're more common in kids than in adults. Warts can affect any area of the body, but tend to invade warm, moist places, like small cuts or scratches on the fingers, hands, and feet.
Most warts are painless unless they're on the soles of the feet or another part of the body that gets bumped or touched all the time.
Kids can pick up HPV — and get warts — from touching anything someone with a wart has used, like towels and surfaces. Kids who bite their fingernails or pick at hangnails are at risk for warts because they expose less-protected skin and create open areas for a virus to enter and cause the wart.
Types of warts include:
Sometimes warts are sexually transmitted and appear in the genital area, but most warts are on the fingers, hands, and feet.
Simply touching a wart on someone doesn't guarantee that you'll get one, too. But the viruses that cause warts are passed from person to person by close physical contact or from a surface that a person with a wart touches, like a bathmat or a shower floor. (You can't, however, get a wart from holding a frog or toad, as kids sometimes think!)
A tiny cut or scratch can make any area of skin more vulnerable to warts. Also, picking at a wart can spread warts to other parts of the body.
The length of time between when someone is exposed to the virus that causes warts and when a wart appears varies. Warts can grow very slowly and may take weeks or sometimes longer to develop.
Although there's no way to prevent warts, it's always a good idea to encourage kids to wash their hands and skin regularly and well. If your child has a cut or scratch, use soap and water to clean the area because open wounds are at risk for warts and other infections.
It's also wise to have kids wear waterproof sandals or flip-flops in public showers, locker rooms, and around public pools (this can help protect against plantar warts and other infections, like athlete's foot).
Warts don't generally cause any problems, so it's not always necessary to remove them. A wart that's not treated can take anywhere from 6 months to 2 years to go away on its own.
A doctor might decide to remove a wart if it's painful or interferes with activities because of the discomfort. There are different ways of removing warts, including:
Within a few days after the doctor's treatment, the wart may fall off, but several treatments might be necessary. Doctors don't usually cut off warts because it can cause scarring and the wart may return.
If an older child has a simple wart on the finger, ask the doctor about using an over-the-counter remedy that can help remove the wart. This treatment can take several weeks or months before you see results, but eventually the wart should crumble away from the healthy skin. Wart medicines contain strong chemicals and should be used with care because they can also damage healthy skin. Talk with your doctor before using any over-the-counter wart medicine on the face or genitals.
Also make sure that your child:
You might also have heard that you can use duct tape to remove a wart. Talk to your doctor about whether this type of home treatment is OK for your child.
Before you try to remove a wart with a store-bought remedy, call your doctor if:
Also call the doctor if a wart or the skin around it is:
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(Today Show by Linda Carroll) The apple and grape juice your kids are drinking may have arsenic at levels high enough to increase their risk of cancer and other chronic diseases, according to a new study by Consumer Reports.
A full 10 percent of the juices tested by the magazine had arsenic levels higher than what is allowed in water by the Food and Drug Administration.
"What we're talking about here is not about acute affects," Urvashi Rangan, senior scientist at Consumer Reports, told TODAY's Savannah Guthrie. "We're talking about chronic effects. We're talking about cancer risk. And so, the fact that 10 percent of our samples exceeded the drinking water standard underscores the need for a standard to be set in juices."
The fear is that over time arsenic will accumulate in children's bodies and raise their risk of cancer and other serious illnesses, Rangan explained.
The new report echoes a study commissioned by Dr. Mehmet Oz back in September. When Oz reported his findings on his popular television show, the FDA responded by calling Oz's study flawed and "extremely irresponsible."Story: Statements made in response to TODAY report on arsenic levels in apple and grape juice
One of the issues the FDA had with Oz's study was its failure to separate out measurements of inorganic and organic arsenic. Studies have linked inorganic arsenic to a variety of cancers. But many consider organic arsenics – especially the types commonly found in seafood - to be safe.
As far as Consumer Reports is concerned, that's a head-in-the-sand approach.
"Questions have been raised about the human health effects of other types of organic arsenic in foods, including juices," the magazine noted. "Use of organic arsenic in agricultural products has caused concern. For instance, the EPA in 2006 took steps to stop the use of herbicides containing organic arsenic because of their potential to turn into inorganic arsenic in the soil and contaminate drinking water."
Beyond this, there's evidence that organic arsenic converts into the inorganic form when chickens consume feeds that contain the compound, Consumer Reports researchers noted.
For its new study Consumer Reports tested 88 samples of apple and grape juices sold around the nation. Included among those tested were popular brand name juices like Minute Maid, Welch's and Tropicana.
The study found five samples of apple juice and four of grape juice that had total arsenic levels exceeding the 10 parts per billion (ppb) federal limit for bottled and drinking water. "Most of the total arsenic in our samples was inorganic," Consumer Reports noted.
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The brand with the lowest arsenic level was Welch's Pourable Concentrate 100% Apple Juice (1.1-4.3 total arsenic ppb). Other juices with low arsenic levels include: America's Choice Apple; Tropicana 100% Apple; and Red Jacket Orchards 100% Apple.
Current FDA guidelines require water to have no more than 10 ppb of inorganic arsenic. The agency also has standards for juices and those allow higher levels of the compound – 23 ppb. The level is allowed to be higher because it's assumed that people will consume more water than juice in the course of a normal day.
Rangan took exception to that line of thinking because the standard is based on how much water an average adult will drink in a day. "It's not about a child who weighs far less," she told Guthrie.
The new findings add to a growing body of evidence suggesting that juices may not be as safe as we think. Rangan pointed to an FDA study that found arsenic levels at 86 parts per billion in a baby apple juice.
A spokesperson for the Juice Products Association said she found the new report reassuring since it found no sample that tested higher than what is currently required by the FDA for juices.
"They showed that the juice samples they tested met the Food and Drug Administration's limit on arsenic in juice," toxicologist Gail Charnley told Guthrie. "The toxicologists and the food safety experts at the FDA set that limit in a precautionary public health based kind of way. And the food industry is committed to meeting those limits."
The new report might prompt the FDA to change its standards for juices. In a written statement, the agency explained its response to the new data.
"We welcome the research that Consumer Reports has undertaken and look forward to reviewing the data that formed the basis for their story and their recommendations," the agency noted. "We continue to find the vast majority of apple juice tested to contain low levels of arsenic, including the most recent samples from China. For this reason, FDA is confident in the overall safety of apple juice consumed in this country. By the same token, a small percentage of samples contain elevated levels of arsenic. In response, FDA has expanded our surveillance activities and is collecting additional data"
If that leads the FDA to change its standards for juices then the juice manufacturers will comply, Charnley said.
That was all good news to Oz. If we look at how the nation handled a similar problem two decades ago, it's clear that we can make a difference for our kids, he said.
"Twenty-five years ago we had a problem with lead in America," Oz told Guthrie. "And we have over the last generation been able to reduce by 90 percent the amount of lead that our kids are exposed to and that is found in their blood. As a doctor it makes me much more confident that we can do the same thing for arsenic."
Linda Carroll is a regular contributor to msnbc.com and TODAY.com. She is co-author of the new book "The Concussion Crisis: Anatomy of a Silent Epidemic"


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VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 18, 2012) - Vecima Networks Inc. ("Vecima" or "the Company")(TSX:VCM), a leading designer and manufacturer in the broadband cable and wireless network infrastructure
Market, announced today that it has been named as a defendant in legal proceedings filed in the Supreme Court of Ontario by Inukshuk Wireless Partnership ("Inukshuk"). Inukshuk alleges in the legal proceedings, among other things, that an agreement existed for Vecima to sell to Inukshuk certain radio spectrum and that Vecima did not comply with that agreement. In the legal proceedings, Inukshuk is seeking, among other things, an order requiring Vecima to sell the radio spectrum to Inukshuk, an injunction preventing Vecima from selling the radio spectrum to any other person, and monetary damages.
Vecima believes the legal proceedings are without merit and intends to vigorously contest them. The radio spectrum at issue in the legal proceedings is not core to Vecima's continuing operations.
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Vecima Networks Inc. (TSX:VCM) designs, manufactures and sells products that enable broadband access to cable, wireless and telephony networks. Vecima's hardware products incorporate original embedded software to meet the complex requirements of next-generation, high-speed digital networks. Service providers use Vecima's solutions to deliver services to a converging worldwide broadband market, including what are commonly known as "triple play" (voice, video and data) and "quadruple play" (voice, video, data and wireless) services. Vecima's solutions allow service providers to rapidly and cost-effectively bridge the final network segment that connects the system directly to end users, commonly referred to as "the last mile", by overcoming the bottleneck resulting from insufficient carrying capacity in legacy, last mile infrastructures. Vecima's products are directed at two principal markets: Converged Wired Solutions and Broadband Wireless. The Company has also developed and continues to focus on developing products to address emerging markets such as Voice over Internet Protocol, fibre to the home and IP video. More information is available at our website at www.vecima.com
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In connection with the forward-looking information contained in this news release, Vecima has made numerous assumptions, regarding, among other things: the Company is aware of all facts in connection with the legal proceedings; the strength of the Company's balance sheet; the current share price of the Company; and, the present or potential value of the Company's core technologies, business operations and asset holdings. While Vecima considers these assumptions to be reasonable, these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies. Additionally, there are known and unknown risk factors which could cause Vecima's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking information contained herein. Known risk factors include, among others: risks inherent in legal proceedings; the Company's share price may never increase and may decrease significantly; the Company's balance sheet, as well as value of its core technologies, business operations and asset holdings may be significantly weaker than currently estimated by the Company; there may be no further growth or profitability of the Company; and, there may be no further development or introduction of new products.
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Thompson Valley senior Danny Highland has given his verbal commitment to play football at the Air Force Academy.
The 6-foot-3, 235-pound offensive tackle and defensive lineman said he came to a decision about two weeks ago.
"It just had everything I was looking for," he said. "… I love the camaraderie."
Born into a military family, he said the Air Force made sense for him. Highland, 17, also received offers from Chadron State and Cornell, and had interest from Wyoming.
"He's a student of the game," Thompson Valley coach Matt Smith said. "He's one of the hardest working kids on the team."
Highland said he's looking to pursue biology at the school. He is the second in-state player to commit to Air Force. Centaurus DL Michael DeVries also gave his verbal commitment to the Falcons.