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Forget what you see from Hollywood. When the police need a suspect identified, they don't follow the script. But some critics now question how it's really done.
It's a staple of every hardboiled police show on the small screen. A group of sullen, gritty men shuffles into a fluorescent-lit room and stands up against a lined wall. A victim, peering from behind a two-way mirror, points a shaking finger to one of the suspects as two detectives smile at one another. They've got their man. That scene has been played out time and again for television audiences. Though, like many other features of police work, Hollywood does not always get it right. And recently questions have been raised wondering if police departments are not making some mistakes of their own. DNA testing has taught police, judges, lawyers and juries that eyewitness testimony even from dependable, scrupulous observers can be wrong. In fact, legal experts say 75 percent of prisoners exonerated by DNA testing were imprisoned in the first place thanks to mistaken identification. "We're human," said J. Steven Beckett, a defense lawyer and a professor of law at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "We're not a videotape. We can't just rewind our memory and remember exactly what happened." Nonetheless, people telling police what or who they saw is still a fundamental part of crime fighting and likely will remain so. That has led some crime analysts and law enforcement officials to take a second look at how departments administer lineups and what changes, if any, can be made to make them more reliable and unbiased. In its simplest form, a lineup entails putting an individual suspected of a crime among other people believed to be innocent, called fillers, and asking an eyewitness if he or she can identify the wrongdoer. This is done more often than not using six or more photographs rather than a live lineup of people, though, depending on the circumstances of the crime, the traditional in-person lineup is still used. Fillers are chosen to resemble the suspect as much as possible so that the suspect does not stand out. Also in traditional lineups, the law enforcement official or person directing the lineup knows the identity of the suspected individual. This, experts suggest, can pose serious problems. Gary L. Wells, a psychology professor at Iowa State University and a leading expert on false identification, said using a nonblind lineup - where the detective knows which person is the suspect - can color a witness's answer, either purposefully or inadvertently. The witness may pick up on verbal or nonverbal cues from the lineup's administrator and feel pressured one way or another. "When you test someone, your own ideas, beliefs and thoughts can influence the other person even if you don't intend to," Wells said. "It's perfectly natural." Using a neutral third party to conduct the lineup, referred to as a blind test, eliminates any chances of influence, Wells said. Another technique researchers have proposed is changing how the suspect and fillers are presented to witnesses. Ordinarily, witnesses see all the photos or stand-ins simultaneously, comparing and contrasting all of the faces at once. Under the new technique, called a sequential lineup, eyewitnesses would be shown photographs one after the other. The adjustment seems subtle, Wells said, but it can make all the difference. In a simultaneous lineup, witnesses usually compare the individuals with each other, rather than the memory of the crime. They tend to pick one person who looks the most like the suspect, even if the right suspect is not present in the lineup. The sequential method limits the viewer's ability to compare between the lineup, leading them to evaluate the image based on what they remember. Crime analysts think this cuts down on false identifications. Despite the buzz surrounding the new trends in lineups, officials concede the changes are not a panacea. "None of this is foolproof," said Larry Golden, co-director of the Downstate Illinois Innocence Project at the University of Illinois at Springfield and a professor emeritus of political studies and legal studies at UIS. There is also a drawback to the sequential lineup. Studies reveal it does decrease the number of false identifications, but it also decreases the chances a witness will make any choice at all. This trade-off has cooled some police departments to the idea of switching the procedures. "It's not that they want to be mistaken; they just already have enough on their plates," Golden said of police departments. In Illinois, a law was proposed to require sequential lineup statewide but was quashed by lawmakers and lobbying from police, who said evidence supporting a sequential approach was slim. "There's no real difference between sequential and simultaneous," said Laimutis Nargelenas, the deputy director of the Illinois Association of Police Chiefs. "We leave it up to the departments to decide." A 2006 Illinois study, conducted by the Chicago Police Department, found sequential lineups fared much worse than the traditional simultaneous ones. Critics largely panned the report, calling its methodology deeply flawed, and said it had "devastating consequences for assessing the real-world implications." One point that police and researchers agree on is that the person viewing a lineup should be told in advance the suspect may or may not be in the lineup. If this fact is not stressed, witnesses can feel pressured to pick someone. "Witnesses need to be told the real perpetrator may not be here. The real answer might be none of the above," Wells said. In Peoria, the majority of lineups are nonblind and simultaneous, but eyewitnesses are given instructions beforehand. Officers "never tell them in advance that the suspect is in the lineup," Peoria Police Department Assistant Chief Phil Korem said. "One of the primary purposes of the lineup is that they are fair and impartial." While most welcome the debate on eyewitness identification, some are afraid it has opened a Pandora's box and placed police lineups and other methods on trial. Cases with strong witnesses that would have guaranteed a conviction in the past are leaving juries asking for more. "It's a double-edged sword," said Cara Rabe-Hemp, an assistant professor in criminal justice at Illinois State University. "Depending on what side you're on, (it) can help you or hurt you." Frank Radosevich II can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Stark County received great economic news when H.J Heinz Co. announced a significant investment to expand its Ohio operations, which will bring 250 jobs to its factory in Massillon ("Heinz plans $28 million expansion in Massillon," Nov. 18). These jobs are further proof that Ohio is making an economic comeback.
Ohio's turnaround has come through the coordinated effort of local and state elected officials and community leaders to grow and attract businesses.
My Statehouse colleagues and I have worked to create a pro-jobs, pro-growth economic climate by streamlining regulations and cutting taxes. The biennial budget that passed this summer cut income taxes by 10 percent over the next three years and gave small businesses a 50 percent tax cut.
The Ohio Senate's new workforce development initiative creates a partnership between Ohio's colleges and universities and the business community to provide Ohioans with the training they need to enter the work force.
This framework has enabled JobsOhio, the nonprofit economic development organization created by the Legislature, to work with regional economic development organizations and local governments to recruit and retain thousands of jobs.
That coordinated effort helped Massillon, and Ohio, seal the deal with Heinz, beating out several other states.
Companies are looking to Ohio to grow their business because of the changes we've made over the past couple of years. Ohio has jumped 13 spots in the past year on Chief Executive Magazine's list of "best states for business," making it the most improved in the nation.
The best way for our state to prosper is not by the power of bureaucracy but by giving hard-working Ohioans, and businesses coming to Ohio, the tools to invest in our economy and create jobs.
I'm excited to see that through Ohio's better business atmosphere, and the jobs created by H.J. Heinz Co., the families and the economy of Massillon will benefit.

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Peter Gerstbach necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 176 diseños de 33 diseñadores freelance.
Peter Gerstbach Business Analyse
I'm an IT Consultant specialized on IT Business Analysis, and I'm looking for a logo for my new one-person consulting startup.
The official name of my company is "Peter Gerstbach Business Analyse". It's just my name and what I'm doing: Business Analysis, in German "Analyse".
In my job I usually do requirements engineering in complex projects. This means, I'm working in close collaboration with the software's future users and other stakeholders, talking about their requirements to understand their business. Then, I communicate the business' needs to the software developers and try to align it with the company's IT architects. So you can think of my role as a bridge-builder between business and IT.
My clients are medium and large-sized businesses mainly in the Telecommunications and Electricity sectors in Austria and Germany.
The Sponsors in my project are usually managers from the IT department. I'm working towards a long-term partnership with them.
The logo should be simple and convey trust, professionalism, integrity. I'm very demanding concerning myself and my working environment. Quality beats quantity. The logo should convey this.
It should contain the brand name and an icon that also can stand alone. Based on my metaphor of the "bridge-builder" something symbolizing a bridge would be an idea, but it is absolutely no must.
The logo will be used on the website, my business cards, presentations, brochures, letters, etc.
Feel free to use what ever color you like. Usually I prefer moderate, business like colors. But it must not be always the boring business blue, because the logo should be remarkable.
Please don't use fonts or images that require additional licensing or intellectual property rights.
Thank you and have fun!
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And then Luke got eaten by spiders.
That's the town of Wagga Wagga, where recent floods have made millions of arachnids that would otherwise remain safely hidden underneath your bed or in your shoes take to the skies in a majestic display of oh god, I am going to throw up in fear.
Luke is probably nowhere near Wagga Wagga, but spiders can walk, and he's on the same landmass. He will be missed.
Here's some stuff.
- A day on the internet. Funny, I thought there's be more pornography.
- Is your job killing you? Another infographic? What is this, National Infographic Day? I bet there's an infographic about that somewhere. Anyway, yes. Yes it is.
- NASA is not f**king stupid. People worried that a stolen laptop might give hackers control of the International House of Astronauts (mmm, blueberries) have been confirmed to be incredibly dumb.
- Robot cheetah runs 18 miles per hour. The government has invented Cheetor from Beast Wars, only much uglier and far slower.
That's all you get. I could always skip tonight like I did yesterday. What, didn't think I noticed you noticed? What's that on your shoulder?


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FaZe_D-Toxic - Thursday 20/09/2012, 00:15
Senior - FaZe
I need to know which clan goes good with All-Stars.
I also need to know what goes with Frozn. Im sort of new to this so if someone could help that would be great
J_da_Beast - Thursday 20/09/2012, 01:11
Imperator - Organized Konfusion
Vortex goes good with frozn and bangers or ulu watu goes good with all stars
FaZe_D-Toxic - Thursday 20/09/2012, 01:21
Senior - FaZe
Thanks man Ill try those
UM_AaaBattery - Thursday 20/09/2012, 19:06
Moderator - Harbingers of Ares
All Stars go well with All Stars.
deatheagle8765 - Thursday 20/09/2012, 20:58
I used a sakrohm and junkz both with All stars (not in 1 deck of course) but All stars has a mighty half deck with Randy Saki Robb Cr and Stacey or Jessie
FaZe_D-Toxic - Friday 21/09/2012, 00:02
Senior - FaZe
Haha nice one AaaBattery! Haha I wish I could afford those deathangle but thanks guys
about4turtles - Friday 21/09/2012, 00:52
Imperator - URBAN MADNESS
I like Marina (Quinn) , Saki , Robb Cr (Randy/Karen) , Jessie. I like the with Uppers but that's just personal.
subclavianHoA - Friday 21/09/2012, 03:29
All stars are:
1. Relatively pill-conserving compared to other power manipulating clans
2. Rely almost exclusively on pure damage, making them more susceptible to DRs but resistant to SOAs
3. Rely on their bonus more than their ability, making them susceptible to SOBs but resistant to SOAs
4. Has good DRs, but no SOAs and slightly low on the damage side.
So the ideal pairing for such a clan would be:
1. An attack manipulating clan, though due to AS's pill-conserving properties this isn't always necessary, and a clan with a few attack manip cards would probably suffice.
2. A clan that has at least a couple of cards that can circumvent DRs. Or enough damage to punch through them.
3. A clan that is more ability-dependent than bonus-dependent, if you're expecting SOBs that week.
4. Ideally, a usable SOA so you don't end up 50-50ing against Azel or whatever.
mahawirasd - Friday 21/09/2012, 07:21
Imperator - Immortality
Building on what subclan is saying, i'd say try what about4turtles is saying - uppers will give you good and cheap (pill wise) bluffing opportunities as well as some good damage in with the likes of kazayan and glenn
as for frozn, they seem to be high powered and have no problem creating gaps, so vortex definitely works or perhaps try Junkz with travis ld and maazk/peeler as well as gibson and/or fizzle. Sentogan/flanagan are also good fillers.
about4turtles - Friday 21/09/2012, 07:24
Imperator - URBAN MADNESS
Sakrohm would be an ideal match if they had a viable SOA


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Motoclismo must have a permanent seat at the hot test tracks in Italy, because they've caught Moto Morini's contender to the Strada Aperta taking laps at the Adria circuit. Essentially a motard version of the Granpasso, the new bike has an ugly interesting head-on profile, but looks the business from the rear and sides.
The bike features, dual-exhaust cans with vertically slit end caps, an off-centered rear-shock, and projector headlights. The windshield is noticeably missing in these pictures, but we can spot some Brembo monobloc four-piston calipers mated to the 320mm brake discs.
According to Morini's development manager, the new bike's engine is reported unchanged from the 1200cc Granpasso, and not the motor found on the Corsaso streetfighter.
No word on price (or if it will even make it to the US), but we should have more details at EICMA this November, where we expect the bike to debut.
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As I write these words, I'm filled with excitement. Excitement about the new journey I am taking–one that many of you have already traveled and some of you are contemplating. You see, after 25 years of being an employee, of having someone else control my time, my business model, my software, even the color of the paint on my office walls, I am now my own boss. This day, I have become an independent advisor. I invite you to join me on this journey over the course of this year in the pages of Investment Advisor and in a blog at www.investmentadvisor.com/blogs. I know there may be times when I'll struggle. There may even be times when I'll look back wistfully on the security of a steady paycheck. But in the end, I am convinced that I'll find great satisfaction in serving my clients in the way I know best, without conflicts of interest, based on my belief in doing things the right way–exactly the way I'd expect to be treated if I were the client. I'd be happy to hear the stories of your journeys to independence, too, especially in responses to that blog I mentioned. But first, I'll set the stage by explaining why I approached this new path, and the questions that anyone setting out on this journey would need to address. Before going independent, use all your planning skills to carefully plot your course, understanding that there may be detours and unexpected obstacles along the way. I know there are wise consultants who can guide you along this path, but my hope is that our shared backgrounds and my first-hand experiences, presented to you in real time in this article, the ones to come, and online, will prove valuable.
Where I've Come From
During my career I've worked for one of the largest wirehouses, a smaller regional boutique firm, an insurance company, and the second largest bank and wealth management firm in the world. I believe there are four main players competing in the wealth management space. In addition to the independent advisor, they are the banks, brokerage firms, and insurance companies, each of which has their own strengths and weaknesses. With the exception of the independent advisor, they share a common inner conflict between serving the stockholders and serving the client. The exhortation to sell, sell, sell, remains the pervasive mantra emanating from these companies, instead of setting out to meet the client's needs and using whatever products are best suited to do so. While working for a large company, I've witnessed, on numerous occasions, decisions made by upper management that have hindered my ability to perform my job. I have found it fruitless at times to think outside the box. Also, if you work for a large corporation you are building the corporation. When you own your own business you are building equity for yourself–a business that one day should have resale value. These are just some of the issues that have prompted me to head down the road to independence. Before starting the journey, I first had to ask myself whether I had the right personality and temperament to run my own business.
Some of the best business owners I've observed over the years possess a combination of a driver/analytical personality. They can analyze well but don't get stuck there. When it comes time to implement a strategy, they have the resolve to carry out their plan. If you're too analytical and seem to get bogged down in the details, you might consider finding a partner who can complement your style. Conversely, if you're too much of a driver, you may need a partner to balance your unbridled exuberance and help you make well-thought-out decisions. I would suggest taking a personality assessment. There are a number of tests available, some online, and some can be taken for free (such as DISC and Myers-Briggs.).
I'm not suggesting only specific personality types can be good business owners. I am suggesting that you should understand your own strengths and weaknesses so you will be prepared to handle the challenges ahead. Your temperament is also critical. If you're a person who gives up easily when you encounter resistance, independence may not be for you. After all, there will be times when you encounter bumps in the road. You'll also need to address the following questions during startup.
Will You Be a Specialist or Generalist?
Examine your background. What do you enjoy doing? Do you like repetition or do you become easily bored with the same old thing? Life as a generalist can be slightly more exciting and more difficult at the same time, since no one can be an expert on everything. Being a generalist also requires knowledge on a wide range of topics, while a specialist can remain focused in one or two areas. Whatever your answer, remember that the market will always need specialists such as portfolio managers, providers of retirement services, and insurance salespeople.
Who Is Your Target Market?
To get started on this issue, ask yourself more questions. What are you naturally good at? What types of people do you like to work with? Does your background provide a particular knowledge base you can leverage? Who will you target as clients and what are their needs? Will your target be a specific niche based on age and wealth, geography, a certain industry, or a broader segment like the mass affluent or the ultra-high-net-worth? Whatever your choice, learn as much as you can about your targeted audience, including the publications they read, their likes and dislikes, and their hobbies. Learn what types of services and products they need.
What Is Your Marketing Plan?
To borrow a line from Steven Covey's The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, begin with the end in mind. Ask yourself what you want the business to look like in one, three, and five years. How many clients do you want? How many can you service?
Your marketing plan should take a multi-pronged approach that could include inviting centers of influence to lunch, buying radio ads, conducting seminars, using direct mail, speaking to local organizations, hosting client events, or sponsoring local events. Whatever methods you choose, do your homework and conduct a cost/benefit analysis on each, then prioritize them, selecting the ones you feel can be accomplished well. Studies have shown that it's not the company with the best marketing plan that succeeds but the one that executes its plan best. It's better to have an average plan with great execution than a great plan with poor execution. Finally, assess the market and look for opportunities. If there's an underserved segment that appears profitable, consider tailoring your business to serve it.
It's important to note that some marketing strategies are designed to bring in clients immediately while others take effect over the long term. So why use a strategy if it doesn't bring in clients right away, especially in a startup business? Because you want to separate yourself from the competition by gaining share of mind. You do not want prospects to see you as just another provider of financial services., but to stand out from the crowd. A good book on the subject is The Brand Called You, by Peter Montoya and Tim Vandehey (Personal Branding Press, 1999).
Which Products & Services?
To a large extent, the products available to you will be a function of the platform of the broker/dealer or custodian you choose to work with. The services you'll offer will depend on your target market. For instance, the wealthier client has a greater need for estate and tax planning. If you intend to help retirees manage their retirement plans and will do a lot of IRA rollovers, then you should be well versed in RMD, conduit IRAs, and other retirement issues. The question then becomes what you will do that is different than the rest of the crowd. Perhaps you will specialize in a particular area while serving as a gatekeeper for the client to other professionals. You don't have to be an expert in all areas but you must know who to bring in when necessary.
Will You Go RIA or Be a Broker/Dealer Rep?
Becoming an RIA will allow you more flexibility in making decisions and will include a higher payout, but you alone would be responsible for compliance. You would need to register with your state's securities regulator, until you reach the $25 million level of assets under management. At that point, you would register with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Working as an RIA may require a greater capital outlay on your part.
A broker/dealer's payout will be slightly lower than an RIA's, but may offer a more robust platform. With a broker/dealer, you will also be subject to the B/D's compliance department. Again, do your homework. You can check www.sec.gov for more information on the federal filing requirements. As an RIA, you would have to register through the IARD online registration system. To reach the IARD helpdesk, you can call 240-386-4848.
What's Your Name, and Form of Business?
Your firm's name will be your prospects' first impression of who you are, so choose one that grabs prospective clients' attention, encapsulates the essence of your business, and reflects your personal values. Your target market or your locale should also have an impact on your firm name. You should also create a "tag line" or slogan, and it may be wise to hire an image consultant.
As for the form of your business, should you choose a sole proprietorship, C Corp., an S Corp., an L.L.C., or a general partnership? The business of providing financial advice or products contains a degree of risk not found in many other businesses. If you give the wrong advice, recommend the wrong investment, or the client thinks you did, you could find yourself in an arbitration hearing or facing a lawsuit. From a liability standpoint, you should rule out a sole proprietorship or general partnership. An S Corporation, C Corporation, or a Limited Liability Company would be a better choice.
Which Processes & Procedures to Follow?
From portfolio design and management to the type of filing system you will use, you should have a good idea of everything related to the processes and procedures of your business. How will clients be greeted, and by whom? How will you communicate with your clients, and how often? How often will you conduct client reviews, who will prepare them, and what will they look like? A large number of events can occur in a business on a given day. To make things flow more smoothly, it's wise to have a process and procedures manual (and depending on your affiliation, it may be required). Initially, this will be a very dynamic document requiring modification on an ongoing basis, and will serve as an important tool in the orientation of new employees.
How Much Will It Cost?
You'll need to determine your startup costs and compare it to your budget. What items are essential and what items would be nice to have? Create a list of every possible thing you might need (see table above). After you create your list, estimate the cost of each item, and then prioritize the items. Then decide which ones you can purchase. When you are creating your list, let your mind wander. After you create your list, go back and edit it.
At a minimum, you should have business cards and a professional-looking brochure you can leave with a prospect. Letterhead and envelopes are also important, and all should have a coordinated theme. Consider using a good graphic design artist to assist with your logo. High quality paper is a must. Remember, your marketing materials may be the first thing a prospect sees and will create an impression in their mind. Check with your broker/dealer or custodian to see if they will assist you in building a Web site. Your business location is also important, especially if clients will come to your office. You may need to sign a lease and pay a deposit. You could purchase (and depreciate) your office furniture or you could lease it. Determine your budget and see how far it will go.
The First Step
What I've written comes from my own experience in preparing for this new phase of my life. I'm in the planning business, and I know how to draw up a business plan, create a budget, and stick to it. I've looked hard at my talents and preferences. I am in the process of creating an introductory packet that includes a written mission statement, code of ethics, principles of doing business, financial planning process overview, and a biography. I believe I've done the appropriate planning necessary to successfully start my own practice, but I still feel plenty of uncertainty. In my next article, I'll report on my progress in the first few months of my independence. With the task set before me, I'm reminded of the ancient Chinese saying, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." I hope you'll join me on this journey throughout the year in the magazine and at www.investmentadvisor.com.


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MACON, Ga. – Lipscomb women's track and field track junior distance runner Dani Walker has been named the Atlantic Sun Conference Track Athlete of the Week for the first week of the outdoor season.
Walker set a school record in the 800 meter run at the UNF Spring Break Invite last weekend in 2:08.33. Her run not only sets the top-mark in the A-Sun but currently sits as the top-time in the country.
"It is another well-earned honor for Dani," Bill Tayor, director of cross country and track and field, said. "She has all the talent to be a nationally elite runner, so while her recent performances seem big because she is improving by so much, it isn't a surprise to me at all.
"Her mind is catching up to her physical ability. If she continues to trust, listen and have fun like this, she will destroy all these great times she is running right now. She is on the very of something gigantic."
Walker's athlete of the week comes on the heels of gaining the top-three awards from the indoor season. She earned MVP and Most Outstanding Track Performer at the A-Sun Championships and was named the A-Sun Scholar Athlete of the Year.
This is the fifth career athlete of the week award for Walker and third this season.
The Lipscomb track and field team returns to action Saturday at the Birmingham-Southern Invite in Birmingham, Ala.


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Dirs/scr: Singing Chen, Jéro Yun, Midi Z, Joana Preiss, Shen Ko-shang, Luis Cifuentes, Chang Jung-chi, Alireza Khatami.Taiwan. 2013. 72mins
The omnibus Taipei Factory boasts an intriguing cross-cultural premise that, unfortunately, is only moderately successful in its execution. A collection of four 15-to-20-minute shorts — each one pairing a young Taiwanese director with a filmmaker from another country — this collaboration (the brainchild of the Director's Fortnight at Cannes and the Taipei Film Commission) features light comedy, character drama, and even a pseudo-documentary. The results have a loose, bracing freshness to them, but it's a pity that more of the individual films don't shine.
Taipei Factory was put together rather quickly, each filmmaking team given less than three weeks to script, film and edit their project on a very limited budget in the spring of this year.
Taipei Factory doesn't offer any name directors or international stars in the cast, severely limiting the film's theatrical prospects. But that hardly seems an issue for a project this adventurously planned and orchestrated. Rather, the movie seems a natural for festivals and cultural institutions, hopefully opening the door for more alliances between directors from different lands in the near future.
Set around Taipei, the four shorts are standalone films with no wraparound characters, actors or overt themes. In The Pig, an impoverished man (Dawang Huang) copes with the death of his prized pig during a terrible dry season that threatens to destroy his community. Silent Asylum chronicles a series of seemingly real people as they relate their tales of escaping from Burma to a documentary filmmaker. The pensive A Nice Travel concerns the final days of a young woman (Chu Chih-Ying) who's about ready to move out of town, leaving behind unresolved questions about her love life and family. And Mr. Chang's New Address, the strongest of the set, finds the title character (Jack Kao) coming home from visiting his mother to discover that his house has completely vanished except for his front door.
Taipei Factory was put together rather quickly, each filmmaking team given less than three weeks to script, film and edit their project on a very limited budget in the spring of this year. The Taiwanese directors are collaborating with counterparts from South Korea, France, Chile and Iran, and because this octet's previous films aren't readily available, it's impossible to know whose influence is felt more strongly in each short. With that in mind, this compilation film is best approached as a fun creative experiment that has allowed these directing duos to try unconventional, sometimes non-existent narratives, relying on mood and brevity to substitute for depth and emotional resonance.
But an open mind going in to Taipei Factory can't fully shield the fact that the cumulative experience is somewhat underwhelming. The Pig, by directors Singing Chen (from Taiwan) and Jéro Yun (from South Korea), is perhaps most representative of this compilation movie's strengths and weaknesses. Incorporating a gentle, melancholy tone, their film is a touching, understated look at several lost souls trying to make some sort of connection during desperate times. (Huang's face registers every form of beaten-down sadness imaginable.) The Pig is engaging during its running time, but it fails to linger in the memory, tempting one to wish that the filmmakers could have had more time to develop their slight story.
With that said, even the weakest of the four, Silent Asylum and A Nice Travel, are passionately constructed, albeit in ways that tend to be less insightful than their makers might hope. Midi Z (Taiwan) and Joana Preiss (France) play with documentary reportage for their fictional story in Silent Asylum, but the exercise feels intellectual rather than emotional or ingenious. And with A Nice Travel, directors Shen Ko-shang (Taiwan) and Luis Cifuentes (Chile) strive for an impressionistic snapshot of a life, but the individual moments fail to coalesce into a meaningful character portrait.
For all the serious intent presented in Taipei Factory's first three chapters, it's noteworthy that the finale, which is the most light-hearted, is the most effective. Directors Chang Jung-chi (Taiwan) and Alireza Khatami (Iran) slyly construct an apt metaphor for a man's disillusionment through the literal disappearance of his home. With an impish magical spirit that slightly recalls Woody Allen in Purple Rose Of Cairo or Zelig mode, Mr. Chang's New Address is lightly comic, but it's also rather wise about the quiet terrors that visit us once we lose the building blocks of our identity. And it contains one of the compilation's best performances: In less than 20 minutes, the wonderfully pokerfaced Kao goes from anxious to confused to outraged to discouraged to unexpectedly accepting of his bizarre, but somehow universal plight.
Production company/contact: Taipei Film Commission, www.taipeifilmcommission.org
Producers: Jennifer Jao, Yalun Wang
Executive producers: Yeh Jufeng, Lee Lieh, Hau Loung-Bin, Chen Hsiung Wen, Liu Wei-Kung
Main cast: Dawang Huang, Ku Junh Kao, Chang Pai Huei, Wang Fu-Ang, Joana Preiss, Wu Ke-Xi, Win Niang, Chu Chih-Ying, Hsieh Ying-Hsuan, Lin Chu, Jack Kao, Fan Chu-Hua, Chao Cheng-Ping, Wu Pi-Lien, Tsai Ming-Hsiu


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By Amy Bickel The Hutchinson News email@example.com
Tom Lahey had high hope for his cotton crop as it emerged this summer on his southwest Kansas farm.
Early signs showed it should have been a bumper one.
By mid-July, however, he realized something was terribly wrong.
He and others across southwest Kansas are estimating they lost 40 to 50 percent of their cotton due to 2,4-D drift from farmers spraying the herbicide on their milo crops.
"In all the years we planted (cotton), this is the worst," Lahey said of spray drift, but he stressed his damaged crop wasn't a result of poor management by his neighbors.
"It was just a perfect storm that caused it to happen," he said.
Lahey, who serves on the board of the Northwest Cotton Growers gin at Moscow, said he expects almost every cotton acre in his corner of the state to see yield declines. He estimated the cooperative to gin 60 to 65 percent of the crop they were expecting in June.
According to Kansas State University, cotton is one of the crops most susceptible to 2,4-D. Humidity and wind speed can cause it to spread to fields several miles away. Some formations of the chemical can move as a vapor.
The spray drift damage, however, is just one of several hits to the Kansas cotton industry, which has been struggling to regain acreage since it spiked at more than 115,000 acres in 2006. The crop touted for its profit margin and lower water use continues to lose acreage to corn and other commodities.
Farmers planted more than 4 million acres to corn last spring, compared to the 26,000 acres of cotton that will be harvested this fall. According to the Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service, acreage is down more than 50 percent from last year.
Last week, the agency also estimated Kansas cotton production at 37,000 bales, down 47 percent from last year.
1,500 pounds an acre
Lahey said southwest Kansas' acreage was largely irrigated because of drought, which also cut production for the Moscow plant. He eliminated all his own dryland acres, but said that conditions should be better for next year.
Corn prices also influenced acreage, said Gary Feist, who manages the Southern Kansas Cotton Growers Co-op gin at Anthony and Winfield.
Feist, however, sees promise for cotton in future years, a crop he has promoted for nearly two decades. The corn market, at present, is a long way from the $7 price range it was at when farmers were making planting decisions last winter and spring, he said.
Moreover, despite low acreage and drift issues in southwest Kansas, Feist said weather conditions in his area helped produce a high-yielding crop on what acreage is in production.
The higher yields will nearly cover the roughly 40 percent decrease in acres in his territory.
"We had a little too much rain at Winfield, but we are seeing a lot of tremendous yields and we still have quite a bit to strip," he said. "I budgeted for 15,000 bales for our gin last year, and I've moved it to 18,000-plus bales. But it just keeps getting better. I just keep moving my estimate."
Feist said one farmer near Winfield had a dryland field that set a record at 1,521 pounds - more than three bales - an acre.
"We're not going to average that," Feist said for the region-wide average. While some dryland fields will average more than 1,000 pounds or better, he expects the gin's average to be around 800 to 900 pounds an acre. Normal dryland yields are about 700 pounds an acre.
In the Pratt area, Roger Sewell, manager of business development for High Plains Cotton, which has a gin in Cullison, said his territory is down 45 percent for acreage. Yields are decent, although it's not the "monster crop" the region had in 2012.
He expects the Cullison operation will gin around 24,000 bales this year.
"Corn prices had a huge bearing on us at planting time," Sewell said, but he added that with corn prices currently just above $4, "I think we'll be back up next year. We'll see several thousand acres go into cotton production."
Herbicide-tolerantcotton on horizon
As for Lahey, one of the first in southwest Kansas to try cotton, he's not giving up on the crop.
Farming in an area reliant on the declining Ogallala Aquifer, Lahey was looking for an alternative as his wells began to decline to levels not suitable for corn production.
He started growing cotton about 15 years ago.
"The next best option is cotton when you have a 250-gallon well on a 120-acre circle," he said. "We can have as much income as a good 200-bushel corn crop. We couldn't have that kind of income planting corn there, but with that much water, we can raise cotton."
He admits this season was disappointing. His son had two circles damaged extensively by 2,4-D, followed by a hailstorm.
"We had no best yields this year because everything was affected," he said.
Crop insurance covers weather-related damage, but not damage from spray drift.
"There was enough money on cotton to take care of expenses," he said, "but we didn't have any product left to share with Main Street."
Such incidents don't help expand acreage. Some farmers don't want the risk of spray drift hurting yields. Lahey said that could change by as early as 2015, when Monsanto is expected to release Dicamba- and 2,4-D-tolerant crops.
"They think in 2015 we will see a lot more cotton production because producers won't have to worry about the field being affected by herbicide drift as bad," he said.
Monsanto had a 2-acre test plot on his farm this year, but due to planting error by the company, the crop didn't make it to harvest.
Come to think of it, Lahey said, it would have been a good year for testing such a variety.


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CHARLOTTE � Only time will tell whether or not Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan and his management team made the right call in tapping Mike Dunlap to become his franchise�s newest head coach.
But Dunlap, the first coach in NBA history to be hired after being a college assistant coach, is confident he�ll change the team�s culture after Charlotte had the worst record in NBA history a year ago.
And Dunlap hopes that his teaching methods of praising the positive and trying to improve the negative can fulfill his own high expectations as the Bobcats prepare to open the 2012-13 season Friday at 7 p.m. at home against the Indiana Pacers.
�I�ve never met a player that didn�t want to please a coach,� Dunlap said. �I just haven�t met that player. But a lot of times there are other issues that get in the way of consistency of the effort over time.
�As a coach, you have to take responsibility just like a teacher would with their pupils. If everybody in the classroom is getting F�s, that�s not a good exam. I look for effort that�s highlighted with what they�re doing right. I don�t look for what they�re doing wrong.�
For Dunlap, that began with a 4-1 record during July�s Las Vegas Summer League play and continued through the recently completed 1-7 preseason. Over the course of both schedules, Dunlap was as diligent about switching lineups in order to see how certain groups played with one another while teaching his strategies as he was to pursuing victories.
That�ll all change Friday because the win-loss record will finally be for real for Dunlap and his team.
�Absolutely we have the talent to be competitive,� Dunlap said of a franchise that has had only one winning record in its previous eight seasons. �But we have to be competitive in a way that we�re a hard (team to) scout.�
With a franchise-record 23-game losing streak hanging over the team, will that be possible?
�It�s a new season for us,� said fourth-year guard Gerald Henderson, the team�s leading scorer a year ago. �That last year was a tough thing. It�s something that you try to forget about. It�ll always be there, but it�s a new start, a new coach, some new guys�. So it�s something that happened but we�re going to look forward to a new season and what we can accomplish.�
There�s little doubting Henderson�s words.
In truth, the addition of veteran players like guards Ramon Sessions and Ben Gordon and center Brendan Haywood should help younger players like Henderson, guard Kemba Walker, center Bismack Biyombo and rookie forwards Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Jeff Taylor develop without the heavy burden they often endured last season.
�I�m on the hunt for what they�re doing right,� Dunlap said. �I tell them. Then I say �You need to adjust here.� And then we go on to a drill that has time and score involved with it.�
Dunlap also knows that he�ll have to win over his players, perhaps because he was picked over more experienced competition like former Orlando Magic assistant Patrick Ewing, former Portland Trail Blazers head coach Nate McMillan, former Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan and Indiana Pacers assistant coach Brian Shaw among others.
It�s something Dunlap started working on the day he was hired last summer.
�Our communication has been ongoing since the 22nd of June,� Dunlap said. �The key has been getting in touch with all the players and ask them good questions and letting them talk about role declaration and a myriad of things. I think they feel pretty good about that.
�But I also think there�s trepidation and anxiety because there�s a new coach and a new staff and you have five new players. So we have some variables that make it exciting for our team.�
Richard Walker: 704-869-1841; twitter.com/JRWalk22
Worst records
The worst records in NBA history, by percentage:
2012 Charlotte Bobcats 7-59 .106
1973 Philadelphia 76ers 9-73 .110
1948 Providence Steam Rollers 6-42 .125
1993 Dallas Mavericks 11-71 .134
1998 Denver Nuggets 11-71 .134
1987 Los Angeles Clippers 12-70 .146
2010 New Jersey Nets 12-70 .146
1999 Vancouver Grizzlies 8-42 .160
1950 Denver Nuggets 11-51 .177
1999 Los Angeles Clippers 9-41 .180
Losing streaks
The longest in NBA history:
26 Cleveland Cavaliers (2010-11)
24 Cleveland Cavaliers (1981-82 through 1982-83)
23 Vancouver Grizzlies (1995-96)
23 Denver Nuggets (1997-98)
x-23 Charlotte Bobcats (2011-12)
21 Detroit Pistons (1979-80 through 1980-81)
x-active entering the 2012-13 season
2012-13 Bobcats roster
No. 0 Bismack Biyombo
6-9, 245, 2nd year (Congo)
Comment: After gaining experience as rookie, new staff hopes to hone his talents
No. 2 DeSagana Diop
7-0, 280, 12th year (Oak Hill, Va., Academy)
Comment: After lost season a year ago, team hopeful Diop can be a serviceable backup center
No. 7 Ramon Sessions
6-3, 190, 6th year (Nevada-Reno)
Comment: Myrtle Beach, S.C., happy to have homecoming and will be a valued backcourt player
No. 8 Ben Gordon
6-3, 200, 9th year (Connecticut)
Comment: Dunlap has established Gordon can be a lethal late-game scorer for this team
No. 9 Gerald Henderson
6-5, 215, 4th year (Duke)
Comment: Was team�s leading scorer a year ago and the franchise is hopefully he can continue to improve
No. 11 Cory Higgins
6-5, 180, 2nd year (Colorado)
Comment: With Dunlap using Walker and Sessions together, his value as a backup point guard will be huge
No. 12 Tyrus Thomas
6-10, 225, 7th year (LSU)
Comment: Some thought he might be released in offseason, but added weight could make him top frontcourt reserve
No. 13 Matt Carroll
6-6, 212, 10th year (Notre Dame)
Comment: Veteran sharpshooter may not play much, but will be expected to be a locker room leader
No. 14 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
6-7, 232, 1st year (Kentucky)
Comment: No. 2 overall pick will likely struggle some, but is considered huge part of the team�s future
No. 15 Kemba Walker
6-1, 184, 2nd year (Connecticut)
Comment: Summer league experience at point guard appears to be paying dividends as conversion to point guard continues
No. 22 Byron Mullens
7-0, 275, 4th year (Ohio State)
Comment: Could be considered the start of the offseason and preseason workouts. Like Silas, Dunlap encourages his long-range shooting.
No. 33 Brendan Haywood
7-0, 263, 12th year (North Carolina)
Comment: His release by Dallas cleared path for his North Carolina homecoming, where he�ll be team�s starting center
No. 44 Jeff Taylor
6-7, 225, 1st year (Vanderbilt)
Comment: Considered a steal in the 2nd round of recent draft, Taylor will vie for minutes at crowded wing position
No. 55 Reggie Williams
6-6, 205, 4th year (VMI)
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I've been watching plenty of cricket lately. I watched Australia bat better than South Africa in two Tests, and saw them unable to finish them off in the second Test. I saw them beat a very bad Sri Lankan side, but only barely, in Hobart.
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Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest Indian cricketer ever... and these days I might even say he's the best player I've ever seen. But in hindsight, Kumble was responsible for almost as many Test victories. The old adage is true: Batsman draw you the game, bowlers win it for you.
He didn't take as many wickets as Warne and Murali, but he got the wickets and that's what mattered. There's five days in a Test. It matters less the speed you get the wickets at, than actually getting the wickets.
And as huge a fan as I am of Shane Warne (the best bowler ever for mine), it has to be said Kumble could bowl for longer than Warne could in his last four years or so. Where Warne could get fatigued (he looked old and slow in South Africa in 2006), Kumble kept going and going.
People also didn't appreciate the fact that Kumble was so accurate and consistent. He was a player who wasn't always going to take wickets immediately, but only after long continuous pressure. When many bowlers get tired and lose their accuracy and have to be rested, Kumble kept going and going...
The more cricket I watch, the more I feel it's more important to just get the wickets rather than having a great average or strike rate - although those things are important. Anil Kumble got more wickets per Test than Glenn McGrath!
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Special Report: How far do you read into a blog post?
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I realize I keep most of my posts fairly short, in hopes that followers really will read them - THEN move on to the next. Perhaps, as some of you do, you will even have time to leave a comment. Thank you, by the way.
Just one observation. I'd love to hear your comments!
Families are Forever - but blog posts shouldn't be! ;-)
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Good point about short vs. long. I will read long if the topic is esp. good though. My attention span is short because of all the blogs I follow (not enough time), I plan on deleting 10 or so, to make it easier.ReplyDelete
If a post is too long it's better to turn it into a series. I've had just the opposite thought lately - I'm seeing too many posts with no substance. I'll read no matter how long or short if I find it interesting.ReplyDelete
Was Dan, perhaps, writing for 1970, or, was it me, do you suppose?! ;-)ReplyDelete
Good comments. Keep them coming! ;-)
I guess it depends on how much time I have whether I continue reading or not if it is long. I guess it also depends if it catches my attention enough to keep reading.ReplyDelete
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Comments are frequently better than the posts. Truth hurts, sometimes. If you don't read the comments, you often really miss out! ;-)ReplyDelete
The ideal blog post is about 2 - 3 paragraphs. There are great benefits from splitting a long post up into a series too. Mainly it keeps readers waiting and coming back for me. One nice thing is to put links to the previous posts in the series and at the end of each post give a preview (like "coming up next") of the next post.ReplyDelete
If it's interesting and holds my attention I'll read to the very end, if not I will stop after the first paragraph.ReplyDelete
I agree I will read a long post if it is interesting, and try to read all the blogs I have on Google Reader a few times a day. Seldom go to the actual blog to read it, most load too slow to hold my attention, so those that just post a few lines and expect you to go to their blog never get read by me.ReplyDelete
Could you delete my former comment. It doesn't read as I intended or how I think. I too have been undecided and think just maybe to figure out how to overhaul some long ones. Maybe read up a little and spend a little more time in the post process.ReplyDelete
I think though a blog like gardening and designing and crafts are a bit disappointing if they are short and too brief.
Thanks for the post as it may have been the inspiration I need.
I was just having a similar conversation with a genealogy friend who said if a posting isn't short with lots of white space she quickly moves on to somewhere else.ReplyDelete
I think that is rather sad. How much good information do we miss by not being willing to read to the end?
Excellent continued discussion. Obviously, we all care! And, we will each be diligent to make our writing readable. Please continue the discussion. This is neat! ;-)ReplyDelete
Love this conversation. I believe many of my posts are too long, but not interesting/informative enough for to split.ReplyDelete
But based on this feedback, I will put my emphasis in the first 2 paras, and for those who want more, put the "rest of the story" towards the end.
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Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 2:29 am
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You're referring to "Sweet Tea," which should not be confused with Iced Tea. I enjoy both, as well as the most sensational "Thai Iced Tea" which is black tea on ice with sweetened condensed milk... mmm.
Sweet Tea should be teeth-shatteringly sweet and lemony-minty to a fault. Drink it too fast and you'll be retching, but it's refreshing after a day outside of the A/C in humid weather. Iced Tea may have lemon, but should be generally enjoyed for its own mild bitterness and subtle flavors, preferrably while the day is declining but it's too early to be drinking beer. Thai Iced Tea should be enjoyed as often as the craving strikes, which it will every 3 days after the first time you drink it. It's crack, I tell you.
As the offspring of a New Orleans native and a Seattle native, I've learned to enjoy both sweet and unsweet cornbread-- the only one I haven't learned to love was the time Dad left out the leaveners-- the result was what we call to this day "corn fudge." I prefer the savory cornbread as the side for stews, soups, and chili, while the sweeter corncake as a snack, small breakfast, or side-bread to a meat dish. I butter the sweeter variant, and dip the savory version into the gravy of the stew/soup/chili.
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 11:30 pm
Post subject: cornbread
Michael [re: Mar 28 corn bread] So, how did your second try with Albers turn out? Read all the comments and have to agree that Jiffy is great and cheap. Also, I wouldn't use Albers again after I tried it once. Stone Buhr makes a decent cornmeal but, you can't find it in all stores.
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:22 pm
Post subject: cornbread - muffins
I just used old jo's recipe to make corn muffins with and it was the best yet! the last few times I made corn muffins they were too dry, so I was looking for a new recipe and ended up here.
I mix some of the fine yellow cornmeal with some coarser corn meal, to get a great texture. I know and have a big problem with the taste of too much baking powder in baked goods (also cookies for example), but I wouldn't describe it as sour. It leaves an unpleasant 'edge' on the teeth (sometimes spinach does too). Next time I'll try the recipe with less baking powder (2 t instead of 3).
I love the way this site tests recipes! more please!
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:53 am
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Never been to dinosaur barbeque, but I've heard they have great food; maybe someday they'll make it to the West Coast. The link Boo Guy gave for their cornbread recipe is now defunct, but I found another one: it's at
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 4:08 am
Post subject: cracklin corn bread
Real old-time cracklins are available in Mexican grocery stores. Look for Chicharrones.
Re the north/south cornbread divide: I had a mother from New Hampshire and a father from Texas. She made thick sweet cornbread with sweet milk in a baking pan; his mother made thin unsweet bread, with buttermilk, in a cast iron skillet. Crunchy on the outside and creamy on the inside. The unsweet won, hands down, in my opinion. It's very hard to find anymore, unless you know some old Southern country women. I can't make it right, no matter how hard I try.
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:48 pm
Post subject: West coast bbq
If you're looking for decent barbecue on the west coast, I liked JR's in L.A> better than Dinosaur in Rochester NY. Don't get me wrong, Dinosaur is gooood. Don't remember their cornbread. I was in a meat-induced hallucination.
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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 11:00 pm
Post subject: Albers corn bread recipe try adding buttermilk for the milk
This recipe is great, try substituting the milk with buttermilk. Tastes more rich this way. Try it with some hot homemade soup.
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:50 am
Post subject: Oklahoma State Fair 2002 prize winning cornbread recipe
This recipe makes a light, slightly gritty, not too sweet corn bread. I found it on the virtualweberbullet.com BBQ website. It won first place at the Oklahoma State Fair in 2002. Spray canola oil to coat the inside of a 10-inch cast iron skillet. Place skillet in cold oven and turn on oven and heat to 400 F. Mix 1-1/2 cups of yellow corn meal....1/2 cup all purpose flour....1/4 cup granulated sugar....1 tablespoon baking powder....3/4 teaspoon salt. Wisk together in a mixing bowl. In a 2-cup pyrex measuring cup add....1-1/4 cups milk....2 eggs. Wisk until smooth. Heat in microwave 45-seconds to bring to room temperature. Add 1/3 cup canola oil. Wisk until smooth. Wisk wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Wisk until smooth. Pour batter into the heated cast iron skillet. Bake 30 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 6:55 pm
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My Father's side of the family is from Mississippi, so I grew up on cornbread of the Southern variety.
Grandmom made it wth a coursely-ground corn meal and used buttermilk instead of milk.
- john
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:57 pm
Post subject: Souther Corn Bread
My family is mainly from Middle Tennessee and Mississippi Delta, and we had biscuits and/or cornbread with every meal. Mom used a cast iron skillet, which she kept greased even when not in use so it wouldn't rust. We NEVER had sweetened cornbread; that would've been corn cake. Mom didn't use much soda (too much could account for a sour taste) and preferred white corn meal, but yellow is fine. Using more flour and less corn meal gives it a more cake-like texture. Between meals we enjoyed cornbread crumbled into a glass of milk or buttermilk.
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:28 am
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I went through several loafs of cornbread using this same brand of cornmeal, canola oil, and the same recipe (but with the original 1/4 c sugar) to try to get rid of the 'sour' taste you also encountered. i would actually describe it as bitter or a burning sensation, rather than taste.
strangely, i also got the same result once while making cookies which used oil instead of butter. so i concluded it was the oil
i substituted butter and got the same taste/sensation. i used different oils. i got fresh baking soda (perhaps that was the problem... i used soda instead of powder. who knows?).
the new baking soda did seem to help, but i also halved the recipe for that loaf, which may have affected it (i was tired of wasting ingredients)
finally, i think i have figured it out. the aforementioned cookies were baked at 400 deg. F. the cornbread is baked at 400 degrees. refined canola oil has a smoke point of 400 degrees. for butter it is 350. reaching the smoke point supposedly causes bad taste among other things.
what do you think??
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 10:35 am
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In making cornbread I use peanut oil. White Lily self-rising white cornmeal. (This is sold in the South and I think it is available online.) The method taught to me here in Virginia is to heat about 3 tablespoons of peanut oil in a cast iron skillet. We heat this on top of the stove just before the smoke point you will see the oil shimmering. Do not over mix the ingredients, just barely mixed ingredients like you are making biscuits. (We do not add oil or shortening to the cornbread mix nor flour or sugar. This is not corn flavored cake but a coarse bread.) Pour the mixture into the pan (it should really sizzle) and help it spread to the edges and bake at 425 for 20 to 25 minutes. Cornbread is meant to be eaten hot out of the oven slathered in butter. A glass of milk nearby goes very well with this. It is wonderful with all kinds of beef stews or soups. It is meant to be dipped or used to soak up gravy.
The stories I have heard from the old-timers is the cornbread was made with bacon fat and they would pour real milk (straight from the cow with all the cream in it) over the corn bread and soak it in the milk. I was told that this was put in a container in the shape of a bucket with a lid hence the name lunch bucket. That was great for breakfast, lunch or dinner. In the South they also have supper and I still haven't figured out when they squeeze that meal in but it is definitely different than dinner.
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Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:58 pm
Post subject: Albers Cornbread recipe
Don't know what y'all did wrong but I multipy this recipe by 6, or was is 12, (plan on using the whole box) and bake it in a large aluminum pan. The people I serve think it's so sweet that we could serve it for desert.
Instead of oil I use butter (salted) and instead of heavy cream.
If yer worried about calories and fat don't be. We all die sometime and should live while we're alive. If you live in fear are you alive?
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:58 pm
Post subject: Cornbread
I enjoy all types of cornbread. I suppose it depends on what I am having. I enjoyed a comment from a comedian who grew up in the South. He said the purpose and result of his Mama's cornbread was to suck every ounce of moisture out of a person's body. One mouthful and "shooop" you were dry as a bone.
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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:34 am
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I have used this one for years - simple easy and sweet
Corn Bread
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1 1/4 cup yellow cornmeal
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup milk and 1/2 cup margerine or butter together
Add 2 eggs and the milk and margerine to dry ingredients and mix with a fork until just mixed
Pour into a greased 9 x9 pan and
Bake at 425 for 15 minutes
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RAU's sustainable entrepreneurship stems from a specific attitude towards the world. Working and living in the constant awareness that any action ultimately produces significant effects in the world at large: ecological, economic and social. This way of working creates healthy, energy-producing buildings that adopt a people-oriented approach and enhance awareness of our planet. This is what RAU calls "oneplanetarchitecture."
Thomas Rau is an active participant in the international discussion on sustainability, sustainable architecture and the development of energy saving technologies. He is ranked, as first architect, at nr. 26 on the annual Dutch Sustainable Top 100; a list of key-players in sustainability published by national newspaper Trouw and broadcasting corporation LLiNK. He is placed at number one in the 'Green Building' category of the Dutch 'Green.200' ranking by Green.2 magazine.
Located in The Great Hall, in the Foundation Building, 7 East 7th Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues