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6/4/13 Mets at Nationals: Nationals Park
After a brief trip to Baltimore, it was back to Washington. And look who was there to greet me:
That, if you don't know from past entries like this one, is Rick Gold, a fellow ballhawk who lives in New Jersey and works for MLB.com, and as a result goes to games pretty much everywhere, but likes to come visit Washington perhaps more than any other city. What we're doing in the picture is it was my first day in Washington with my behemoth of a glove that is either 14 or 15 inches. (I forgot which it is exactly and it doesn't say on the glove itself.) And Rick's glove is also pretty large at 14″, so we were previewing the battle of the big gloves that was going to take place during the day. I had my glove in front of his in the picture, but I'll give you a brief preview and say that he put on a show during BP.
His day started off rough with a missed catch on a home run ball during pitcher's BP. But fortunately he had his cup trick to retrieve the ball from the gap in front of the Red Seats and caught another ball on the fly later that Craig Stammen hit. Meanwhile in the left field seats, I managed to catch a ball off of the bat of Nathan Karns who hit a couple out:
It's crazy to think that Karns can hit, because the Nationals pitching staff, although their in-game numbers might not necessarily reflect it, are one of the better hitting staffs in the league during BP. They routinely outperform the hitters in terms of home runs for a hitting group.
My next ball came in the Red Seats when Nathan Karns came out to field baseballs. I think I was the only one who knew his name since he had just made two starts at that point, so when I call out to him by name as he approached the wall to retrieve a ball, he tossed me the baseball for my second ball of the day. My third ball came when bench coach, Randy Knorr, fielded a ball by the Red Seats. I asked him by name for a ball and he hooked me up. Right as I got the ball, I asked a group of three kids who had gotten a ball yet. They all said they hadn't, so I gave the ball to the kid closest to me on the left and told them I would give one of the others a ball if I snagged another ball out there in the Red Seats:
I didn't so just that one kid got a ball from me. Although I did see another snag a ball in the time I was there afterwards. I left there when I saw the Mets players coming out to throw. The Mets are pretty bad in BP to begin with, so I knew I wouldn't be missing much in going into foul territory for a couple of rounds. But I get ahead of myself. I forgot to mention how exactly the clinic Rick Gold was putting on unfolded. By the time I headed over into foul ground, he already had eight baseballs. If you don't know, Rick doesn't go for toss-ups, so besides the ball he got using his ball retriever, the other seven were hit baseballs. These seven included five balls caught on the fly and balls caught on three consecutive pitches. All were opposite field home runs by Ryan Zimmerman, and it was truly something to see. I watched him chase down and catch the first one, then as I turned to pay attention to Zimmerman again, I saw another ball headed out there, and Rick ran back towards where he had started to catch the second. I then saw him running back to where he caught the first ball and catch the third ball. He literally had two balls in his throwing hand when he caught the last of the three since he didn't have time to put any in his backpack. He would end the game at ten baseballs with six caught on the fly. I can only imagine what numbers he could have gotten to had he been going for toss-ups as well. Or does he maybe miss some hit baseballs because he was asking for a ball somewhere in there? Does his three consecutive catches in a row? I don't know, but it was a spectacular performance. The best I've ever seen in terms of a ballhawk going off by catching the hit ball.
When the Mets pitchers finished throwing, I got Scott Rice to toss me a ball:
First of all, this ball was a result of the surprising lack of Mets fans that went into foul ground to watch them warm up. But secondly, I was concentrating on another throwing pair, but when Rice and his partner Greg Burke got done throwing, I got into the first row, and as Rice kept walking by me with the ball, I asked him by name if he could toss me the ball. Not surprisingly–as I was the only one to do so, he obliged me for my fourth ball of the game.
My fifth ball of the day came when I headed back out to the Red Seats. When Matt Harvey went to dead center field to retrieve a ball, I went to the corner spot at the front-left of the section and asked him for the ball. He looked up at me and tossed me the ball:
Batting practice would end within five minutes of me getting this ball, so that would be it for me for BP. Towards the end of the game, though, I headed down here as the Mets lead the game 2-1:
I figured the game was over since the Mets had their pretty-reliable closer Bobby Parnell on the mound. But that's when the Mets showed why they were the Mets and why the Nationals were the Nationals. You see this is the second game I have been to between these two teams where the Mets lead the whole game, but the Nationals went on a roll in the bottom of the ninth that made it look like they were just toying with the Mets. I'll just tell you what happened. Ryan Zimmerman hit a double to lead off the inning. Zimmerman then advanced on a wild pitch. Adam LaRoche then hit a single to score Zimmerman. At this point I was very unhappy even though the Nationals–who I am a fan of–had tied the game because I really didn't want extra innings since I was already by the dugout, and that's where it appeared this game was headed. But again, thank you to the Mets for being the Mets, because Ian Desmond doubled to make it runners on second and third with no outs. (Since Trent Jewett, the third base coach was obviously not going to send LaRoche in that situation.) Roger Bernadina then came up, but with Steve Lombardozzi hitting behind him and the obvious benefits of having a force-out at every base, he was intentionally walked. Lombardozzi then thankfully hit a walk-off sac-fly to end the game.
At the end of the game, I had kids in front of me in the corner spot to the umpire's tunnel, but home plate umpire Wally Bell actually didn't give them any baseballs; which is very odd. Just in case, though, I started to say, "Mr. Bell…" And before I could even finish my request, Bell had already tossed me my sixth ball of the night:
It just goes to show, sometimes all it takes is asking and knowing the person's name.
- 6 Balls at this Game
Numbers 538-543 for my "lifetime":
- 97 Balls in 23 Games= 4.22 Balls Per Game
- 6 Ball x 31,473 Fans=188,838 Competition Factor
- 86 straight Games with at least 1 Ball
- 135 Balls in 30 Games at Nationals Park= 4.50 Balls Per Game
- 22 straight Games with at least 1 Ball at Nationals Park
- 6 straight Games at Nationals Park with at least 2 Balls
- 4 straight Games at Nationals Park with at least 3 Balls
- 2 straight Games at Nationals Park with at least 4-5 Balls
- Time Spent On Game 2:53-10:38= 7 Hours 45 Minutes


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Enterprise DRM products protect documents from prying eyes
Liquid Machines, SealedMedia secure enterprise perimeter by controlling document access, compliance
Enterprise DRM (digital rights management) shares DRM's basic concept of controlling content use. However, it goes beyond unauthorized-copy protection to help stop sensitive information from being read, altered, or shared outside an origination -- while not interfering with users' work, including their ability to collaborate with colleagues. As such, it's an important complement to other data leak solutions, such as network scanners.
Any enterprise DRM solution should have three characteristics. Security is foremost; documents, communications, and licenses should be encrypted, and documents should require authorization before being altered. Second, the system can't be any harder to use than working with unprotected documents. Lastly, it must be easy to deploy and manage, scale to enterprise proportions, and work with a variety of common desktop applications.
With these requirements in mind, I tested two notable enterprise DRM solutions, Liquid Machines Document Control 6.0 and SealedMedia E-DRM 5.0.
Liquid Machines Document Control 6.0
Liquid Machines' Document Control enforces document access and usage policies, including open, read, save, and printing. A Policy Server, which integrates with AD (Active Directory) or LDAP, allows business users to centrally manage roles and policies; designated managers may also audit access and usage violations. On the client side, the Liquid Machines Policy Droplet plug-in enforces your policies -- and allows properly authorized users to modify rights.
Although this architecture is fairly standard, Liquid Machines bests competitors in one area: It is policy-server-agnostic. You can install Liquid Machines stand-alone or together with Microsoft's Windows RMS (Rights Management Services); in the latter case, Liquid Machines' more flexible policy management is available to RMS.
Document Control 6.0 doesn't ship with pre-built policies for specific industries or regulatory compliance, which is common practice with many enterprise security offerings and shortens setup. Still, it provides solid information control for protecting IP, works well in secure outsourcing operations, and allows enterprises to establish policies to comply with corporate governance and consumer privacy regulations.
Setting up policies and defining who can access files is clear-cut with Document Control's Web-based administration console. Rights are assigned to directory accounts by role, which makes large-scale implementations go quickly. I created roles -- such as a financial department analyst -- and then placed AD users within this role.
Maintenance is similarly simple; to revoke rights, for example, just remove a user from the appropriate role rather than editing individual user accounts. The disadvantage in pinning rights to AD or LDAP accounts is that you can't easily allow outside users -- including partners or offshore workers -- to access documents they may need.
As opposed to RMS, Document Control 6.0's policies allow auditing, so you'll know exactly which changes were made, and by whom. Thus, you can confidently delegate policy administration to department heads or other non-IT staff. Furthermore, this solution enhances RMS's global policy expiration -- you may expire document access to one group of users but not others. This feature's missing from RMS.
The Policy Droplet management plug-in functioned in various native applications, including Microsoft Word and Visio, without any extra steps. For example, if printing was disallowed, then that action was reliably blocked.
The software clearly shows which policies apply to the document so that users always know what else they can and can't do -- and whom to contact to change permissions. Policy Droplet allowed me to quickly choose the policy to apply when I created a new file; alternately, enterprises can automatically apply a corporate default policy to new documents.
A further example of Document Control's tight security is that documents remain protected when converted to Adobe Acrobat. Additionally, the initial protection policy was carried forward when I saved portions of the original document to general formats, such as .txt and .csv.
Likewise, I didn't find any gaps in how rights were handled. Policy changes were immediately sent to users' PCs and enforced right away, including revocations, new rights, and time extension of existing rights. I designated offline rights so that trusted employees could use files when they were off the network but that limited access to a specific number of days. This forces users to connect from time to time, ensuring they will receive the most current policies. Auditing information is stored in a Microsoft SQL database, which I easily queried using a Web form.
Document Control 6.0 is somewhat unusual because it protects more than 65 applications and file formats, which is more than SealedMedia's solution. Although I didn't have the chance to test them all, Liquid Machines offers separate products for controlling e-mail, as well as gateways for BlackBerry, Documentum, file shares, and Google Mini searches. That said, I think it would be advantageous to offer the e-mail module as a standard feature because e-mail is such an essential part of how information travels inside and outside organizations.
SealedMedia E-DRM 5.0
First things first: You may have heard that SealedMedia was recently acquired by CMS vendor Stellent. SealedMedia's tools will continue to be offered as stand-alone products, and they will be integrated with Stellent's other offerings.
SealedMedia E-DRM is typically deployed with a License Server that manages user authentication and document-access rights; SealedMedia Desktop for viewing and encrypting files; and management tool -- a Web site or server console -- for provisioning users, audit reporting, and administering documents.
E-DRM 5.0 follows a three-tier security model, which allowed me to place the various components (License, Web, database, and directory servers) in the appropriate firewall-protected network zones, yet still allow public Internet access to the License Server. Moreover, you can distribute traffic or have a hot-standby License Server for high availability implementations.
This solution relies on a fundamental Context, which defines a group of documents, the people who can use the documents, and the roles those people can perform, such as opening, printing, or annotating documents. This strategy allows you to set up a full-scale system and manage thousands of documents and users in short order -- typically a day or so -- which would be impractical if you had to attach rights to each document and user individually.
SealedMedia offers pre-configured Context roles and associated workflows appropriate for Board Communications, Mergers and Acquisitions, Protecting Intellectual Property, Regulatory Compliance, and Secure Third-Party Collaboration. SealedMedia follows ISO17799 security-level mappings in these setups, which should help greatly in proving ISO17799 compliance.
Similarly, you can comply with Sarbanes-Oxley regulations for securing and maintaining the integrity of digital records. SealedMedia will restrict and track access to spreadsheets and other financial data, too.
I successfully used the M&A setup and didn't have any trouble taking the five standard out-of-the-box roles -- contributor, reviewer, reader, no-print reader, and item reader -- and employing them in various Contexts of my own.
Using the system's management features, I created the initial Context -- unannounced products for a marketing department -- and owners to share administration responsibilities. Owners then assigned roles: for example, who can create, edit, and e-mail documents; who has read access; and those with no access.
End-users perform a one-time install of the Desktop Sealer application, which opens sealed documents either after asking for a log-in or automatically based on existing Windows NT domain credentials. Installing Desktop Sealer also embeds its functions into Office applications, which allowed me to use various security features with minimal added work. For example, to seal a document to a particular Context, I merely used a toolbar button or the File/Save menu and chose the appropriate Context name. The sealing cryptography has very little overhead, typically enlarging a document by less than 1 percent.
When I mailed this sealed document to a colleague who had appropriate read-edit rights, it opened without requiring any extra steps. If someone else attempts to open the document, SealedMedia provides a clear status message indicating why the operation failed and whom to contact for assistance. Additionally, SealedMedia prevented users from extracting the temporarily unsealed data by disabling copy/paste and many other application functions.
SealedMedia's overlaid approach -- which architecturally is kernel-level security -- appears more tamper-proof and flexible than Microsoft's RMS, which embeds rights management into an application. For one thing, SealedMedia works with vintage versions of Windows and Office, as well as Lotus Notes and Acrobat Reader, whereas Microsoft's own solution works only with newer Office and OS versions.
Besides ensuring that documents can be opened only during specified time periods, SealedMedia has very good cache management. For instance, if someone is offline, I could still control how long they could access a document. Policy changes, such as revoking access, take effect immediately for online users. Because of the Context grouping, I also easily rescinded a whole team's access when a project was completed.
Audit trails allowed me to view every action performed on a sealed document, and the time it occurred. However, E-DRM 5.0 has only elementary log searching and reporting.
Balancing your options
Liquid Machines and SealedMedia are relatively balanced when comparing their general characteristics. SealedMedia's setup went quickly, and E-DRM 5.0 offered strong security without sacrificing usability. Although you can't protect as many file formats with SealedMedia as you can with Liquid Machines, bonuses with SealedMedia include pre-configured security groups, which I feel is a more scalable architecture, and standard e-mail protection -- all reasons it scored higher.
Liquid Machines is more flexible in the choice of licensing server. But this decision means some compromises in the method used for protection, limiting the system to newer Office applications. I would have liked to see native e-mail integration -- it's available separately, but you'll have to pay more for it -- and better ways to accommodate offshore partners.
Finally, both solutions integrate with various third-party content management applications, including EMC Documentum. I mention this broader content management aspect because of its growing importance as enterprises search for ways to protect content repositories. So if you want to combine your content management system with a DRM solution, both Liquid Machines and SealedMedia will allow you to do so, although I would probably lean toward SealedMedia's open, Web services architecture in such a scenario.
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Marine Corporeal Jeffrey DeYoung could barely hold back his tears as he accepted the folded American flag in honor of Cena. Five-hundred people were attending his funeral, all Marines in their dress blues. Cena had been raised to be a Marine since he was very young, and during his tours in Afghanistan, he'd saved thousands of lives.
"There'll never be another like you." DeYoung listened to the taps performance as the coffin was lowered into the grave escorted by eight German shepherds. Then, on command, they issued their own salute to their fallen comrade, howling for thirty seconds.
Cena fell, not in the service of his country, but to bone cancer. The Michigan war dog was interned with seventeen other military canines. This weekend, we mourn our honored dead in the United States Armed Forces, but never forget the most dedicated and loyal members of the service are not always human.
I wrote this for the Sunday Photo Fiction – May 27, 2018 writing challenge. The idea is to use the image above to inspire the creation of a piece of flash fiction no more than 200 words long. My word count is 151.
Given that this is the Memorial Day weekend in the U.S., and seeing the prompt was a photo of a dog and a headstone, I thought it fitting to pay homage to the dogs who have served our country. My tale is a fictionalized version of the events in the news story Michigan bomb-sniffing war dog gets military funeral. On August 24, 2017, Cena was buried with full military honors at a cemetery in South Lyon, Michigan. You can click the link to get all the details, but it's very touching.
In doing my research, I also found a book on the history of military dogs, as well as this commentary.
To read other stories based on the prompt, go to InLinkz.com.


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Apr 02, 2012
Sorry for the delay everyone, we were busy cleaning up the mess after Peeves had a bit too much fun with a paintball gun, but the April 1st edition of The Quibbler is now online for your reading pleasure featuring the delightful, dashing and daring Gilderoy Lockhart, here to share with us the "untold truth of that night at Hogwarts when I defeated the Dark Lord" as well as a harrowing yet ultimately inspiring tale of his struggle to write in cursive.
You can read The Quibbler in pdf format here or as a zip file at this link. Find The Quibbler's archives and guidelines on Quibbler submissions right here.


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Newer Foam Mattresses May Help Prevent Bedsores in Nursing Homes
The two-hour standard, which has been used for more than 50 years, was necessary because older mattresses that had spring coils and were covered in thick plastic put more pressure on residents' bodies than the newer high-density foam mattresses, the researchers explained.
Their study included 960 nursing home residents in 29 facilities in the United States and Canada who had a moderate to high risk of developing bedsores (also called pressure sores) and had high-density foam mattresses on their beds. The participants were randomly assigned to be turned at intervals of two, three or four hours.
After three weeks, none of the residents had developed serious bedsores, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health-funded study recently published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
"We are very interested in preventing pressure ulcers. It's a serious health problem. Also, we're interested in improving care for nursing home residents. Turning residents every two hours throughout the night awakens them, and many people can't go back to sleep, therefore decreasing their quality of life," study leader Nancy Bergstrom, associate dean at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Nursing, said in a center news release.
The study findings show "that turning residents every two hours may no longer be necessary when high-density mattresses are in place and nursing time can be used to attend to other resident needs, such as feeding, assisted mobility and ultimately develop a stronger relationship with their residents," study co-leader Susan Horn, of the Institute for Clinical Outcomes Research, said in the news release.
More information
The American Academy of Family Physicians has more about bedsores.


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- The Shinobi explosion is back! The master of stealth and the death-dealing art of Shuriken returns to avenge the murder of his friend Kato. It's war with all the lightning-fast combat, evil menace, and magic of the arcade powerhouse!
- The ultimate evil is Sauros, a crazed reptilian monster with the power to invoke cataclysmic catastrophes. His army of vicious ninjas controls the city as he summons sudden firestorms, earthquakes, and avalanches!
- Lizard henchmen guard terrified hostages that you must rescue. Dodge through the inferno! Hurl yourself across crumbling buildings. Conjure up total devastation with powerful ninja magic. Heave an onslaught of Death Stars- the last things the evil ones see!
- Shinobi's fearless attack dog Yamato joins your race through danger. He combines the strength of three men, razor jaws, and the speed of a Shinobi Sabre. You're Shadow Dancer. They've dishonored you. They die!


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You have great answers above. There is one other concern. If your main character is a second grader and the story is first person (or a close third person)), a level too far above second grade may concern an editor or agent. People often speak above what they could read, but not always that far above. So make sure the language is true to the narrative voice. There are many kids who use big words and that is fine, but it has to be consistent and fit your work.
I wouldn't worry about readability for PB--they are meant to be read aloud by a parent or teacher. Of course, children also read to themselves but this is really the perfect place to expose a child to the richness and beauty of language. I also write EZs and CBs and I write the story first, then revise with vocabulary, sentence length, to get it in the proper reading range.
I think a 1st to 2nd grade reading level is fine for PBs. I do get concerned when I critique stories and they rate at a 5th - 7th grade level, which is likely due to long sentences. But since parents typically read PBs to their children I don't think you need to stress too much about the reading level. One or two big words will raise it higher, but since they're read with parents, pushing higher language occassionally is a good thing! :-)
Hi Allison. The score is simply a calculation on the combination of sentence lengths and syllables (the math is here: https://www.semrush.com/kb/830-how-is-readability-score-calculated) so just changing the MC from Amelia to Bob can make a difference of a couple grades. But PBs are often read by parents. Are you writing a PB or an early reader?Perhaps you should think of comparable stories and look up their reading level. It may surprise you. Green Eggs and Ham is grade 1.5, but The Lorax is grade 3.1
I think the title of the genre defines it: children that age are more (from my experience) into rhythm & repetition. I've always written in narrative & if a child doesn't know the meaning of a word, they'll ask: they are inquisitive little beasts.
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Your CEO's wife is having a baby? You might want to pick that congratulatory card off the 99-cent rack, because your salary could take a hit after the bundle of joy arrives — even though your head honcho is likely to increase the size of his own paycheck.
It sounds bizarre, but a new study finds that male CEOs whose wives have babies pay their workers less — around 0.2% or $100 a year on average, according to the authors of "Fatherhood and Managerial Style: How a Male CEO's Children Affect the Wages of His Employees." It's not a lot, but it's statistically significant — and provides some fascinating insight into the deep-seated motivations behind human behavior.
"After his child's birth, a male CEO husbands his firm's resources for himself and his growing family, at the expense of his employees," write the authors.
(MORE: Is Broadband Internet Access a Public Utility?)
The impact of a CEO becoming a father on his workers' pay isn't uniform, though; the results vary depending on whether the new child is a boy or a girl, as well as the gender of the employees.
The study, which looked at 10,655 companies in Denmark over the course of a decade, found that all of that 0.2% drop was attributable to the CEOs whose wives gave birth to boys; when they divided the results by gender, having a girl had no net effect on wages, while having a boy made them drop 0.4%.
This is because having a child affects a male CEO's outlook towards women, researchers say. The psychology is complex and somewhat subtle, but the upshot is that having a daughter brings out personality traits that are considered feminine: being in tune with the needs and welfare of others — which includes the realization that cutting workers' pay is going to be unpleasant for them.
(MORE: AIG Considers Suing the U.S. Government for Bailing it Out)
If the baby is a boy, though, there's no check on the CEO's impulse to hoard resources for his growing family. There could also be an unspoken fear factor at work, says Heidi Golledge, co-founder and CEO of CareerBliss.com. She speculates that male CEOs may unconsciously perceive their male subordinates as competitive threats, especially in family-owned businesses where there's an expectation that leadership could pass from father to son.
Female employees take less of a hit than their male co-workers when their CEO's wife has a baby, and when a male CEO has a daughter, female employees actually see a tiny bump in average pay. Researchers theorize that when a CEO sees his wife go through childbirth and take on the all-encompassing caregiving an infant requires, he thinks more highly of women in general.
Here's another weird finding: When the baby in question is both firstborn and a boy, wages go up for women but down for men. For firstborn daughters, on the other hand, both male and female employees see an increase in their pay, but the bump is larger for women: 1.1%, or $458, on average.
So where do these lost wages go? Into the CEO's pocket, for the most part. Researchers found that male CEOs whose wives have a baby have nearly a 5% increase in real wages. Again, this is skewed by gender; having a boy correlates to his salary going up by 6.3%, while a girl corresponds to a 3.5% increase.
"Once they feel the true burden of their offspring, they realize an increased need to provide for their family," Golledge says of CEOs who become fathers. But that's no excuse for ensuring their own financial security at the expense of their employees, she says.
(MORE: Fiscal Cliff Aftermath: New Option for 401(k) Savers)
The study's authors say there isn't really a disincentive to keep CEOs from doing this, since the amount of money is small enough that employees probably won't look for another job over the decrease, but Golledge says it's still bad for morale.
"Any time employees are not getting paid what they are worth and the CEO takes a larger share than before, the company culture and often the bottom line can suffer," she says.


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Jan Algermissen recently compiled a very useful Classification of HTTP-based APIs. This, together with Mike Amundsen's interesting review of Hypermedia Types made me think about data and the Web.
One important aspect of data is "on the Web vs. in the Web" as Rick Jelliffe already highlighted in 2002:
To explain my POV, let me make a distinction between a resource being "on" the Web or "in" the Web. If it is merely "on" the Web, it does not have any links pointing to it. If a resource is "in" the Web, it has links from other resources to it. […] A service that has no means of discovery (i.e. a link) or advertising is "on" the Web but not "in" the Web, under those terms. It just happens to use a set of protocols but it
is not part of a web. So it should not be called a web service, just an unlinked-to resource.
In 2007 Tom Heath repeated this essential statement in the context of Linked Data.
So, I thought it makes sense to revisit some (more or less) well-known data formats and services and try to pin down what "in the Web" means – a first step to measure how well-integrated they are with the Web. I'll call the degree of how "much" they are in the Web the Link factor in the following. I suggest that the Link factor ranges from -2 (totally "on the Web") to +2 (totally "in the Web), with the following attempt of a definition for the scale:
-2 … proprietary, desktop-centric document formats -1 … structured data that can be exposed and accessed via Web 0 … standardised, Web-aligned (XML-based) formats or Web services 1 … open, standardised (document) formats 2 … full REST-compliant, open (data) standards natively supporting links
Here is what I've so far – feel free to ping me if you disagree or have some other suggestions:
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|MS Word, PDF
|MS Excel
|Oracle DB, MySQL
|BigTable, HBase, Amazon S3, etc.
|Hypertext and Hypermedia
|HTML, VoiceML, SVG, Google Docs
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Volunteer for the Recruitment Office Phonathon and get FREE FOOD!
Posted in Institute volunteer opportunities on Apr 15th, 2009
The Recruitment Office is running a phonathon to call prospective students this coming Tuesday April 21st and we need your help!
A pizza dinner and refreshments will be provided for all volunteers. PLUS you will receive either a Jamba Juice gift card or a Pete's Coffee gift card for every hour that you volunteer.
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We need current students to call applicants to chat with them about the Monterey Institute and help answer any questions that they may have. This will be a great way to share your experiences and learn about the students who are applying to the Monterey Institute.
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You know you're getting old when one of the pop sensations of your youth is appearing at a non-profit, volunteer-run theater that seats 150 people two towns over from where you live deep in the suburbs. Twenty-five years ago, though, he was the headliner at my very first concert. And it makes me wonder: Who's the has-been here?
I wish I could say that my first concert was the epitome of cool. The Rolling Stones at Shea Stadium or Springsteen at Madison Square Garden, for example. But, if you don't count my trip to see H.R. Pufnstuf at age five, my first concert starred Marshall Crenshaw, who appeared at the arena inside Six Flags Great Adventure when I was 16.
That's right: My first concert was free with admission to an amusement park. From my seat in the arena, I had views of the Log Flume that overlooked the Food Court.
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My brother drove me to the concert in his Camaro with the T-tops out. When it ended, we got some soft-serve ice cream with sprinkles before we headed home, listening to Crenshaw's (one and only) Top 40 hit, "Someday, Someway," on cassette tape.
I guess all the other kids were at the Meadowlands passing around illegal substances at the Grateful Dead concert. I, on the other hand, went home to cut my new Crenshaw concert tee into an off-the-shoulder Flashdance style fashion statement.
I wonder why I didn't have a date to the Homecoming dance.
Anyhow, when I read in the local newspaper that Marshall Crenshaw will be appearing at a place that holds Open Mic night on Mondays in the local Presbyterian church, I felt as though my long-time hunch was confirmed: I am not, nor was I ever, cool.
And at 41, there's little chance that I can start being cool now. Certainly not with a mini-van full of handi-wipe containers rolling around every time I brake. Or with a plastic Burger King Princess Leia toy that my six-year-old neighbor gave me for my desk.
No, I am not cool, and I'm perfectly happy with that. Because in a few years, my kids will want to go to their first concert. And I will take them to the arena inside Great Adventure, and then to the food court for some ice cream, before we head out with the handi-wipes rolling all the way home. And that's cool with me.


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There is Jesus upon the Cross, "stripped of everything except His love", as our Foundress, Saint Magdalene of Canossa would say. The dipiction of Christ is what compelled me to take my vows, wanting to follow in the footsteps of the Crucified One. This past Sunday we celebrated much more than Superbowl; in the Church we commemorated Jesus being presented in the Temple by Mary and Joseph, and their meeting of old Simeon and the prophetess Anna, and the astonishing things they said about the child. The Church shares this day with all men and women who have taken vows of consecration: chastity, poverty and obedience. It led me to reflect on my own consecration and a prayer:
In my consecration I gave all to Mary and I stand before Jesus stripped bare. No merits to show. No clothing to make me attractive. Nothing by which to hide my flaws. All is revealed. This applies too to my daily life. All the graces I experience are from God. All successes in my ministry is from God. Any signs of love I demonstrate is from God. I have nothing. All belongs to God and I entrust it to Mary. All I hope for, I pray, is God's grace and that I may love with a heart like Mary's Immaculate Heart.
You willed that Mary
be at the Foot of the Cross
sharing in the Sacrifice of Your Son.
Grant us, through her intercession,
to bear within ourselves
the image of Christ
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The GVT of the BelugaXL was performed by ONERA in collaboration with DLR over eight testing days using several hundreds of external accelerometers while the aircraft was stimulated by external shakers or seismic exciters.
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Saturday, August 21, 2010
Chicago-style Cheesecake and my 100th post
This is my 100th post, amazing that I have hit my 3 digits posting which I ever thought that I may not last that long. Hope my passion for baking and blogging can last till I hit 1000 posts hahaha... I am too ambitious! But if I ever hit 1000 posts, I will definitely bake a 3-tier cake to celebrate. Oh I am dreaming again heeheehee...
This Chicago-style cheesecake is not for celebrating my 100th posting :p, it was baked for my sister. She ever asked me whether I know how to bake Chicago cheesecake as she love this cheesecake from Coffee Bean. But I never eat Chicago cheesecake before, how is it taste like? Can't get much info from my sis so I was thinking of going Coffee Bean and check it out.
Before I remember to drop by Coffee Bean, my cream cheese is going to expire in 2 months time. Although 2 months is still a long way but I know myself, if dun use it now I will definitely forget about it. I love to buy and stock baking ingredients but sometimes will keep until over the expiry date that have to dump into the dustbin. I know I know, I shouldn't be so wasteful which I keep reminding dear daughter cannot waste food cos a lot of children in developing countries dun even have sufficient food to eat. I am setting a bad example, I am quitting this bad habit by checking stock and the expiry date periodically.
I googled to search for the recipe and I found 2 difference recipes, one is eggs separate method and another one is whole eggs method. I am not sure which is closer to Coffee Bean's but I decided to use this recipe, simply because I dislike to handle the folding of egg whites to the batter and also this recipe is just nice to get rid of all my cream cheese.
From the identical appearance and almost similar ingredients, I was wondering what is the different between Chicago Cheesecake and New York Cheesecake so I googled and found this from wikipedia:
The United States has several different recipes for cheesecake and this usually depends on the region the cake was baked in as well as the cultural background of the person baking it.
* New York-style cheesecake relies upon heavy cream. Usually, cheesecake is made from cream cheese, eggs and egg yolks to add a richness and a smooth consistency. It is baked in a special 13–15 cm (5–6 inches) tall springform pan in many restaurants. Some recipes use cottage cheese and lemon for distinct texture and flavor or add a drizzle of chocolate or strawberry sauce to the basic recipe.
* Sour cream-style uses sour cream instead of heavy cream. This makes the cheesecake more resilient to freezing and is the method by which most frozen cheesecakes are made.
* Pennsylvania Dutch-style cheesecake uses a slightly tangy type of cheese with larger curds and less water content, called pot or farmer's cheese.
* Philadelphia-style cheesecake is lighter in texture, yet richer in flavor than New York-style cheesecake.
* Farmer's cheese cheesecake is the contemporary implementation for the traditional use of baking to preserve fresh cheese and is often baked in a cake form along with fresh fruit like a tart.
* Country-style cheesecake uses buttermilk to produce a firm texture while decreasing the pH (increasing acidity) to extend shelf life.
* Lactose-free cheesecake may be made either with lactose-free cream cheese or as an imitation using vegan recipes combining non-dairy cream cheese alternatives with other lactose-free ingredients.
* Gooey butter cake is a St. Louis variant that has a layer of regular cake with a cheesecake top.
Someone might noticed and wondered why there was a hole (near to the cherry) on the cake, silly me used the skewer to test the doneness of the cake. Only when I poked the cake then I realised it was cheesecake, not tested by this way but too late hahaha...
Ingredients : (for 6" cake pan)
Crust :
64g unsalted butter, softened and cut into chunks
20g icing sugar
1/8 tsp vanilla extract
64g all-purpose flour
pinch of salt
Filling :
500g cream cheese, softened
100g granulated sugar
2 tbsp lemon zest
3/4 tbsp all-purpose flour
1/8 tsp salt
1/3 cup buttermilk (original recipe call for sour cream)
3/4 tsp vanilla extract
1 medium egg yolk
2 medium eggs
Method :
For the crust:
1. Beat the butter and sugar together on medium speed until light and fluffy
2. Add vanilla extract and mix until combined.
3. Add the flour and the salt and beat on low speed until just combined.
4. Press the crust evenly into the bottom of the pan. Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
5. Pre-heat oven at 175 degree.
6. Prick the chilled crust several times with a fork and bake until golden, about 20 minutes.
7. Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.
For the filling:1. Pre-heat oven at 175 degree.
2. Beat the cream cheese on medium-low speed to break it up and soften it.
3. Add half the sugar and the lemon zest and beat on medium-low speed until combine.
4. Beat in the remaining sugar, flour, and salt until combined, another minute.
5. Mix well the vanilla extra with buttermilk and add in to the batter to beat until combine.
6. Add the egg yolk and beat for one minute.
7. Add the eggs, one at a time and beat to combine after each addition. (I am not sure is it cos I used buttermilk that caused the batter to be very running)
8. Grease the side of the cake pan. Set the pan on a rimmed baking sheet or aluminum foil to catch any spill.
9. Pour the filling onto the cooled crust and bake for 50 - 60 mins or until the cheesecake is firm around the edges and barely jiggles in the center. (the recipe didn't ask for water bath method but I used another tray half filled with hot water and position at the last row and bake the cheesecake in middle rack)
10. Transfer to wire rack and cool for 3 hours then wrap tightly with plastic and chill in the fridge for at least 3 hours and up to 4 days.
11. Unmould the cheesecake and serve.
The cake is rich, smooth and creamy, sinful but absolutely delicious. I can't differentiate much of the taste between Chicago & New York cheesecake, both actually very identically. Whether is Chicago or NY cheesecake, it doesn't matter, most importantly, my dear sister love the cake, she said seem to be tasted alike with Coffee Bean's. This cake also well received by the rest except dear daughter, she told me to prefer to eat slice cheddar cheese instead of eating cheesecake :(.
83 comments:
Congratulations! Your cake look so tempting!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your 100th post! Love this cheesecake and looks tall too ;)ReplyDelete
Congrats on your 100th post! The cheese cake looks very rich & yummy!ReplyDelete
congrats on ur 100th post =) your chicago cheesecake is so tempting!!ReplyDelete
Congratulations! You've put me to shame- you've reached your hundredth post in a mere eight months. I have been at this for more than a year and probably have not hit a hundred posts if I take away all the giveaway announcements! Well done, Grace!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 21, 2010 at 2:30 PM
Looks delish! ;)ReplyDelete
I can't wait to make it till my 100th :)
Woah... Coffee Bean's Chicago Cheesecake's my all time favourite cheesecake.ReplyDelete
Congrats on your 100th post :)
Congrats on your 100th post! Well done! Love your cheesecake. Wish I'm there to celebrate with you :D Keep blogging Keep Smiling! MaryMoh at http://www.keeplearningkeepsmiling.comReplyDelete
100th post! Congrats! The cheese cake looks rich and yummy!ReplyDelete
Thanks Sonia.ReplyDelete
Thanks Ann, I love my cake to be tall so I will use smaller cake pan :p.
Thanks DG.ReplyDelete
Thanks Jess.
Thanks sohdalex. If you like rich cheesecake, this is yummy :).
Thanks Shirley. You have busy schedule that you are flying around, tats why you will take longer time to achieve :).ReplyDelete
Thanks Wendy. Oh so you and my sis are the same taste bud, tat is her all time favourite cheesecake too.
Thanks Mary, I wish you can be there to celebrate with me hehehe..ReplyDelete
Thanks Busygran :).
Nice to see that you're making blogging a regular habit. Your persistence is commendable. I have blogged for close to 16 months, and yet have only published 77 posts. HAHAHA! =PReplyDelete
Aiya, poked it or not ... New York or Chicago style, all I know is the cheesecake looks delectable! Don't worry lar, maybe your daughter is not a cheesecake person only ... But that doesn't mean the rest of your family doesn't eat cheesecake mah ... Now you know your daughter's preference lor ... Cheesecake is out of the league when it comes down to making birthday treat for her. =)
I loooove Coffee bean's Chicago cheesecake! I have to try this!ReplyDelete
Congrats...!! I still have 9 posts to go before I reach my 100th post ;), what a shame, because I started blogging earlier than you...!ReplyDelete
The cheesecake looks SO GOOD! I have not dared yet making cheesecake myself, because it seems quite complicated to make besides the fact that my husband is not so fond of it...
Great job Jess! Indeed the 100th post is worth remembering. ;) can't wait to see your next hundred post and more! Wonderful rich cheesecake, but I too can't differentiate NY vs Chicago even after I have tasted both before. Either way, so long as it a good piece of cheesecake, just hand it over! ;)ReplyDelete
I was just asking in another blog the differences btw New York and Chicago cheesecake and here you have the answer. I love cheesecake anyway and love those classic ones whether it is Chicago or NY-style :DReplyDelete
Congrats on your 100th post! Lovely, yummy cheesecake, looks moist too.ReplyDelete
Looks so smooth and delectable! Perfectly baked.ReplyDelete
Hi Jess, congrats on your 100th post. You must be so, so happy. BTW your cheesecake looks so good as well. Like Angie says, it is so smooth. My hubs would love to have a couple of slices of this .. he is so into cheesecakes.ReplyDelete
Your cheesecake is nicely baked without any cracks and nice surface. I like the silky, smooth and rich texture of it. Looks perfect! Thank you for sharing and identifying the various of cheesecake. I looks like quite similar as new york cheesecake but this size is taller. I always like tall cake, looks nice and elegant.ReplyDelete
congratulations on your 100th post!!! wow, what an accomplishment!! and your cheesecake looks so creamy and delicious! thanks for all the info on the types of cheesecakes!ReplyDelete
Congrats on ur 100th post :)ReplyDelete
Hey Jess,ReplyDelete
Congrats on your 100th post. It will probably take me several more months to reach mine.
Ooh!~~~ I love dense cheesecakes. Whatever style they are, so long they are dense I will like it. Yours is so dense looking and tall that I wish I could have a slice right away, haha.. Makes me crave for cheesecakes....
cheers and have a nice weekend =]
Congrats! Hope to have many more 100th to add on. =) The cake looks rich!ReplyDelete
And like you I have the habit of buying and forgot abt it!
Congrats on your 100th post. This cake look so neat and rich!ReplyDelete
Congrats! Brilliant 100th post, this looks sooo good xReplyDelete
Congratulations on your 100th post...ReplyDelete
Am sure u can make it to 1000 post, jia you!!!
Congrats on ur 100th post..ReplyDelete
Just to check with u.. issit ok if we dun include the buttermilk or sour cream..
I got alot questions .. interested in baking but skills lousy haha!
i dont even remember my 100th post...nvm...let me wait for 200th than i celebrate.hahahahaReplyDelete
nice cheese cake ~~
more 100 post to come! the cheesecake looks inviting!ReplyDelete
Kong Xi Kong Xi :)ReplyDelete
Aiyo...that cheesecake looking so beautiful to eat.
Congrats... the cheesecake looks so yummyReplyDelete
Thanks Pei Lin. Hope I am able to keep up and blog regularly :)ReplyDelete
Ya you are right, my gal is not a cheesecake person so I wil remove her feedback hahaha...
pigpigscorner, let me know whether is it as gd as Coffee Bean's after you try it :).
Thanks Cooking Gallery, Jiayou you are reaching 100th post soon. Me too initially dare not embark on bake cheesecake until I cannot resist the temption. DO try it, not as dificult as we think so.
Me too my husband and daughter not cheesecake person so I bake for my bro & sis,friends & colleagues :)
Thanks Bee Bee, your encouragement definately will make me keep moving heeheehee.... You are right, as long as is good cheesecake, watever the name doesnt matter :)ReplyDelete
Tigerfish, me too, love any cheesecake as long as is cheesecake hahaha...
Thanks No-Frilled Recipes.
Thanks Angie :).ReplyDelete
Thanks Jo. Yes, it was like so fast and I am able to hit 100 posts :). If your husband is cheesecake lover, he will like this cake.
Thanks Grace. I love tall cake too so I always try to make my cake tall :P.
Thanks Chef Dennis :).ReplyDelete
Thanks Swee San :).
Thanks ZY, you will be there in no times :).
I love dense cheesecake too, actually prefer dense cheesecake over light cheesecake although I like light cheesecake too :P. But need to ve some restriction since I am already ballooned :P.
Thanks Fatmum. Ya we must ve the habit of stock taking so that we are awared of the expiry date :P.ReplyDelete
Thanks Quizzine :).
Thanks How To Be Perfect :).
Thanks Somewhere in Singapore, 承你贵言 to achieve 1000 posts :).ReplyDelete
苏联妈妈, your 200th post will be coming soon :)!
Thanks Anne :).
Thanks Jackie :).ReplyDelete
Thanks Neyeeloh :).
Thanks Linlin.ReplyDelete
What is the reason you wanna omit buttermilk or sour cream? If you dun ve these ingredients, you may subsitute as follows info from Joy of Baking :
MILK, Buttermilk (sour milk) 1 cup (240 ml) replace by :-
1. 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar (white or cider) plus enough milk to make 1 cup (240 ml) (let stand 5-10 minutes)
2. 1 cup (225 grams) plain or low fat yogurt
3. 1 cup (225 grams) sour cream
4. 1 cup (240 ml) water plus 1/4 cup buttermilk powder
5. 1 cup (240 ml) milk plus 1 1/2 - 1 3/4 teaspoons cream of tartar
Cream, Sour 1 cup (225 grams) (8 ounces) replace by :
1.1 cup (225 grams) plain yogurt
2. 3/4 cup (180 ml) sour milk, buttermilk or plain yogurt + 1/3 cup (75 grams) melted butter
Read more: http://www.joyofbaking.com/IngredientSubstitution.html
Let me know if you still have any doubts, I will try my best to help :).
- AnonymousAugust 24, 2010 at 2:38 PM
Congrats! The cheesecake is nicely baked and tall, very pretty!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 24, 2010 at 2:42 PM
Rich and creamy cheesecake, looks so delectable.ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your 100th post. This cheesecake looks DIVINE! I am totally obsessed with cheesecake and i think this one looks the part!! YUMMYReplyDelete
thanks Anonymous & Joudie's mood food :).ReplyDelete
congrats on your 100th post! your cheesecake looks amazing :)ReplyDelete
Jess Congrats for your 100th post! Look forward for more beautiful bakes and postings from you.ReplyDelete
You are great with rich cheesecake! Oh mine, this looks inviting! Nice clicks there!
Hihi Thanks for the reply.. the reason for not using sour cream... is Im afraid that I will not be using it after one time usage haha!ReplyDelete
but just to check again.. i can get the sour cream at supermarkets right>?
thanks Wiffy.ReplyDelete
thanks Jessie, I hope I can come out more interesting and nice bakes too :P.
Hi Lilin, I understand that, tats why I didnt use sour cream too. For a start, may be you can use buttermilk subsitution which I used b4 too. For this recipe of 6" cake pan, use 1 teaspoon of lemon juice or vingar plus enough milk to make up 1/3 cup and let it stand for 5-10 mins.ReplyDelete
You can get sour cream at any supermarket at chiller section next to cream cheese/yogurt section.
Hi Jess, thanks for the reply.. so butter milk is also at the chiller section?ReplyDelete
I want to try the swirl chocolate cheesecake that u make.. hope is a success..
Congrats on your 100th post. Yay. I have never heard of Chicago Cheesecake and I really like cheesecake, well the baked kind. Yours looks super yummy.ReplyDelete
Hi Lilin, yes buttermilk is at chiller section. BTW, if you have milk and lemon or vinegar at home, you dun need to buy buttermilk, simply replace by using milk + lemon juice or vinegar.ReplyDelete
Oh chocolate swirl cheesecake is my favourite, wish you all the best on baking and hope you will love the cake as I do :).
Thanks Linda, me too never heard of chicago cheesecake until my sis told me :P.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous CAKE!!!!! :)ReplyDelete
Congratulations, Jess! May many more to come 200th, 300th, 400th.... Enjoy & have lots of fun! What a grogeous cake for such a lovely day! All the best to you.ReplyDelete
Cheers, kristy
恭喜咯!只要你努力很快就会有1000th post了!ReplyDelete
Thanks Chocolate Freckles :).ReplyDelete
Thanks Kristy, I can't image I can have so many posts hahaha... I must jia you :).
Thanks 温馨小屋, it is like a tough target but I will jia you :).
Wow this looks fantastic.. cheesecake is my all-time favorite, but I have yet to find a stellar cheesecake place here in NYC!! (I know, right?!)ReplyDelete
I very much like your blog, so glad I came across it!
Thanks Samantha and welcome to my blog and hope you will drop by often :).ReplyDelete
If you cant find any stellar cheesecake place in NYC, make it one for yourself, you can make it!
I love your cheesecake vyyyyyyyyyy much! Can i hv a bite or more? ;-pReplyDelete
BTW, this is my first time leaving comment in your blog, but I'm not unfamiliar with your blog :-) I love the way you present your bakes and cooks. It's just lovely.
Hi Esther, thanks for visiting and supporting my blog :). Definitely you can have more than a bite, a big slice for you ok? :P. Thanks again :)ReplyDelete
Hi, i love coffe bean;s chicago cheesecake too, it's very rich, the last time i bought it took me almost 4 days to finish the cake, i just ate one bite at one time. Maybe one day i'll try this recipe of yours cos it looks real good, i have a recipe for ny cheesecake that calls for buttermilk, that's why i didnt bother to try it but after reading your comments on how to replace the buttermilk, maybe i should give this a try. Thanks!ReplyDelete
Babe.. can help to convert the following to grams?ReplyDelete
3/4 tbsp all-purpose flour
1/3 cup buttermilk
Hi Lena, do try it and let me know :)ReplyDelete
Hi lilin, I am using measuring cups n spoons for baking, if convert to grams I can only aga aga ;ReplyDelete
3/4 tbsp all purpose flour = abt 5g
1/3 cup buttermilk = about 70g
Hope this helps n happy baking.
Hi Babe, I try the cake todae and is now baking in the oven.. check with u.. why ur cake top is glossy whereas mine is not... =(ReplyDelete
Any reason..
Hi Linlin, my cheesecake top turned glossy after I put in the fridge to chill. I dub remember it ia glossy when just out from fridge.ReplyDelete
thanks babe... i realise that mine is abit glossy after coming out from the fridge hee!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the wonderful recipe.!!
Hi! May i know what kind of cake pan are u using to bake the cheesecake?ReplyDelete
Hi XueReplyDelete
I am using the springform cake pan.
how do you make lemon zest? is there any substitution for it ?ReplyDelete
Hi Desmond, you can either use lemon or orange zest. As how to make lemon zest, I usually will use a small knife and slowly trim the skin out, or use vegetable peeler, beware not to peel the white color part.ReplyDelete
my crust turned out burned :(ReplyDelete
is 175 too high ?
which rack should i put ?
middle ? or lower middle ?
Hi Desmond, perhaps your oven is a little bit hotter? I usually put in the middle rack, you can cover the top with aluminium foil if the top brown too quickly.ReplyDelete
hi, can i check if i can double the recipe? would it turn out the same? what size cake tin would you recommend?ReplyDelete
hi can i check if its alright to double the recipe? would it turn out the same? can i check what size cake tin would u recommend if i double the recipe?ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Vic, my recipe is for 6" round cake, if you wanna double the recipe then you may use 10 to 12" round cake pan.Delete
- AnonymousAugust 31, 2014 at 3:57 PM
Thank you soooo much. I made cheesecake for the first time and it was just amazing and delicious. Even my husband who doesnt like cheesecake asked for more. Its full of flavour. I will definitively try other recipes that you posted. I still cant believe that I made the cake, it tastes just like one you order at restaurants ;)))ReplyDelete
Looks delicious. I love Coffee Bean's cheesecake so I'll give this recipe a try.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 14, 2015 at 7:20 PM
I tried to bake this today, it turns out well =) Just can't wait till next day, so i scrap the one stick at the side of the pan and tasted just like the cake sold in Coffee Bean! Thanks for sharing this great recipe of yours! By the way, i have a small oven; hence base on my experience - i started of with 170"C (for 20 minutes) and later on turn down to 150"C for another 40 minutes. There is only slight browning effect at the side of the round cake. I think this is fine as long as i do not over bake them =)ReplyDelete
Hi there!ReplyDelete
I wanted to make this for a friend's birthday, I followed your recipe but the top cracks at the side and is slightly burnt. I also added the water bath slightly later (maybe 3 - 5 minutes after putting the cake in) - did that affect the result of the cake?


text: Back Men Over 50 Need Annual Prostate Exam Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. It affects about 230,000 men each year. It is the number two killer, with 29,200 deaths annually. It makes up more than 30 percent of all new cancer cases in men. "Men over the age of 50 need to have their prostate gland checked every year," says Paul H. Lange, M.D., a renowned Seattle urologist, surgeon, and researcher in the field of prostate cancer. "If you are African American or have a family history of prostate cancer, you should be checked annually beginning at age 45." Early detection The best weapon against prostate cancer is catching it early, Dr. Lange says. Prostate cancer can be found with the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test combined with a prostate examination. The PSA can often find cancer in the prostate long before it can be felt by a health care provider. "Physicians in urology, medical oncology, and radiation oncology are collaborating to develop improved education and treatments for patients diagnosed with prostate cancer," Dr. Lange says. New treatments include better methods to remove the prostate by surgery, putting radioactive "seeds" into the prostate cancer, and treating advanced disease with newer drugs. Researchers are also looking at more than 100 genes that may be linked in some way to prostrate cancer. "We're not only talking about progress, we're now even beginning to talk about the 'big C' word, namely a cure for prostate cancer," Dr. Lange says. Other problems Two other common conditions also affect prostate health. Prostatitis is an inflammation of the prostate gland. It can cause burning upon urinating, a sense of fullness in the bladder, or back pain. "We usually find it gets better on its own, but it is a significant health problem for many men," Dr. Lange says. Prostate enlargement is also common in many middle-aged men. "We don't know why it happens, except that it is related to male hormones," he says. Symptoms of enlarged prostate include increased frequency and urgency of urination or inability to empty the bladder. "If you are having any problems urinating, you should see a urologist and get it taken care of," Dr. Lange says. Prostate enlargement has been traditionally treated with a procedure that opens up the urethra to allow urine to pass more easily. Today, medications and microwave treatments are increasingly being used to shrink the enlarged prostate gland.


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Letter: Thanks to the Rockford Women's Golf Classic
As a first-time entrant in the Rockford Women's Golf Classic, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the many people who were responsible for coordinating this tournament.
First, a special thanks to Marilyn Wallen and Ruth Whitney of the Ingersoll Golf Course women's league for coordinating the event, from registration to scoring. Also, thanks to the golf pros at Ingersoll and the Rockford Park District for their help, along with their staff, and thanks to the grounds crew, who spent extra hours getting the course ready for play. Thanks to Gilbey's for keeping us hydrated and for keeping food ready.
And most of all, thanks to my fellow competitors, who made this easy for me by treating me with respect, kindness and patience. Golf is a sport, and as well as the challenge of the game, it should be fun. I would like to thank my playing partners for helping to make it three super days of fun.
— Joan Palmer, Rockford


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Navy training, testing may kill whales, dolphins
Navy training and testing could inadvertently kill hundreds of whales and dolphins and injure thousands over the next five years, mostly as a result of detonating explosives underwater, according to two environmental impact statements released by the military Friday.
The Navy said that the studies focused on waters off the East Coast, the Gulf of Mexico, Southern California and Hawaii from 2014 through 2019, the main areas that the service branch tests equipment and trains sailors.
The studies were done ahead of the Navy applying to the National Marine Fisheries Service for permits for its activities. The Navy said that it if hadn't done so and was later found to have harmed marine mammals, it would be found in violation of federal environmental law and have to stop its training and testing.
Most of the deaths would come from explosives, though some might come from testing sonar or animals being hit by ships.
Rear Adm. Kevin Slates, the Navy's energy and environmental readiness division director, told reporters this week the Navy uses simulators where possible but sailors must test and train in real-life conditions.
"Without this realistic testing and training, our sailors can't develop or maintain the critical skills they need or ensure the new technologies can be operated effectively," Slates said in a conference call with reporters on Wednesday.
According to the reports, computer models show it may kill 186 whales and dolphins off the East Coast and 155 off Hawaii and Southern California.
The Navy said it developed the estimates by totaling the hours it will test and practice with sonar, torpedoes, missiles, explosives and other equipment over five years. Experts then combine the data with what's known about the marine mammals and then use computer modeling.
Off the East Coast, there could be 11,267 serious injuries and 1.89 million minor injuries like temporary hearing loss. The reports said the testing and training might also cause marine mammals to change their behavior — such as swimming in a different direction — in 20 million instances.
Off Hawaii and Southern California, the reports said that the naval activities may cause 2,039 serious injuries, 1.86 million temporary injuries and 7.7 million instances of behavioral change.
But Michael Jasny, senior policy analyst at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said the Navy was underestimating the effect its activities on marine mammals.
For example, he pointed to a study by government and private sector scientists published just last month in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society showing mid-frequency active sonar can disrupt blue whale feeding. The study says feeding disruptions and the movement of whales away from their prey could significantly affect the health of individual whales and the overall health of baleen whale populations.
Jasny said the Navy's ocean activities are "simply not sustainable."
"These smaller disruptions short of death are themselves accumulating into something like death for species and death for populations," Jasny said.
One of the statements covers Hawaii and Southern California, while the other covers the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico.
Hawaii and Southern California Training and Testing EIS: www.hstteis.com
Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing EIS: www.aftteis.com