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Saturday, February 9, 2013
Three-Seed Sourdough Sandwich Bread . . .
So, I have this sourdough starter that began its productive life almost three years ago, when I took what turned out to be, for me, an incredibly valuable artisan breads class. The starter lives, most of the time, in our basement fridge and occasionally emerges to get a little air and enjoy a snack, as all starters like do to from time to time. It's really pungent whenever I open up its container, really sour and sharp. I've made some of the best bread of my life with that stuff, and I hope it never gives up the ghost. Why I've never done a blog post highlighting the loaves of bread I've produced with it, I can't adequately explain. I'm talking about the kind of sourdough bread that has to proof for a long, long, long time, and which is then baked on a stone in a very hot oven enhanced with steam. This sort of bread has the most glorious, indescribable crust. I guess I just don't know how to explain how to reliably reproduce that kind of bread, probably because I'm not sure I even know myself. It's a bit unpredictable, temperamental. It has a mind of its own.
Anyway, suffice it to say that some sourdough starters can help you produce bread that is excruciatingly good. They assert themselves in finished loaves in a provocative way. They love attention. They positively bask in the glow.
But, then again, there are also some perfectly respectable sourdough starters out there that are kind of shy. In a finished loaf, their flavor tends to hang back. They're mild-mannered wallflowers, yet they're reliable and tasty, and--really--what would the world of bread be without them? That's the kind of starter that appears in today's recipe. It won't knock you off your feet with it's sourness. It'll just nudge you gently. I bought the beginnings of this shy starter just before Christmas from King Arthur Flour (KAF), and have used it three or four times thus far. Its pedigree is distinguished, to say the least. According to KAF, the ancestor of the starter I purchased came into existence well over two hundred years ago. Amazing, isn't it? I couldn't resist ordering it when I read that.
History has shown that a well-cared-for starter can thrive for ages. Literally. And, much as I will always love that very-sour starter in my basement fridge (whose ancestors hailed from a bona fide San Francisco sourdough), I really wanted to try one that was old as Methuselah, just to see what it was like. So when this shy guy arrived several weeks ago, I was excited. I brought it in the house the moment the package hit my porch. It was practically weightless, packed into a small plastic jar. I opened it, sniffed it, and quickly fed it according to the accompanying directions. (KAF actually urges you to name your sourdough, as if it's a baby they've given up for adoption.) I peered at it anxiously over the next couple of days, reassured by increasingly obvious signs of life. It woke up beautifully, bubbling right on cue. Now, it's pretty much a member of the family.
About this recipe . . .
Gently adapted from this very easy formula on the KAF website, I altered the recipe by doubling it; using a simple mixture of sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, poppy seeds, and flax meal in place of their "Harvest Grains Blend" (something I have never tried, but that can be found here); and by rewording the formula to reflect exactly how I assembled it. (You can use fed or unfed starter; I used fed.) I did most of the kneading by hand, and didn't have a dough that was nearly as sticky as the original recipe warns. This is a well-textured loaf that will stay fresh and soft longer than many leaner breads. I used olive oil in it, and that flavor clearly comes through; if you aren't crazy about olive oil, be sure and use a vegetable oil instead. The sourness from the KAF starter was indeed very mild. I think maybe as my new starter matures, it'll take on more character, especially when used in long-proofing bread. It should be interesting to see how it evolves over the next few years/decades/centuries. Stay tuned!
Full Disclosure: Hey, in case you're wondering, I'm just naturally a big fan of King Arthur Flour products and recipes. I was not compensated in any way to wax rhapsodic about their stuff, nor have I ever gotten anything free from them (like, ever). I confess that I just love KAF. Heck, I wish the company was headquartered in Michigan so I could camp on their doorstep, dough-whisk in hand, an unrepentant and flour-dusted bread-groupie.
Three-Seed Sourdough Sandwich Bread
(For a printable version of this recipe, click here!)
Makes two standard-size loaves.
1 and 1/2 cup liquid sourdough starter, fed or unfed (I used fed; this recipe uses the starter more as a flavoring than as a leavener [it also includes commercial yeast for leavening], so it's okay if you use unfed. This type of liquid starter is the consistency of thick, stretchy, sticky pancake batter; it is not a solid starter. Here's a link from King Arthur Flour that will show you how to make a starter from scratch, in case you have never tried it; note that making one from scratch takes at least several days. It's worth the trouble. Once you've got your own starter up and running, the sky's the limit!)
1 and 1/3 (up to 1 and 1/2 cups) lukewarm water
2 tablespoons olive oil or vegetable oil (I used olive oil, which definitely adds a distinct flavor.)
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 and 1/2 teaspoons salt (I used coarse kosher salt.)
3 cups (or slightly less) unbleached all-purpose flour
1 cup plain potato flakes or 1/2 cup potato flour (I used unflavored potato flakes, the dehydrated stuff you can buy to make mashed potatoes.)
1 cup white whole wheat flour or whole wheat flour (I used white whole wheat.)
2/3 cup (total) combined mixture of sunflower seeds, poppy seeds, sesame seeds, and flax meal
4 teaspoons of instant yeast
In the large bowl of your mixer (or, if you prefer, do this by hand), combine all of the dry ingredients and gently mix them together using the paddle attachment on the lowest speed. Add in the sourdough starter, water, and oil. Mix for a couple of minutes until a nice sticky dough has started to form. At this point, if you want to stick with the mixer, switch to the dough hook and mix on low speed for about four more minutes, until the dough is smooth and elastic; if you want to knead the dough by hand, dust a clean work surface with a small handful of all-purpose flour, and knead the dough until it's smooth and elastic (this took me about seven minutes by hand).
Put the dough into a bowl that's been greased, oiled, or sprayed with vegetable spray (I did the latter). Cover the bowl with a piece of greased, oiled, etc. plastic wrap, and then cover that with a lightweight dish towel. Let the dough rise in a draft-free spot for up to about two hours, until it's doubled or almost doubled (mine was doubled at 90 minutes; that's it below, looking nice and puffy).
Lightly grease two standard-size loaf pans (I always use a pastry brush to coat bread pans with vegetable shortening). When the dough has risen sufficiently, dump it out onto a barely flour-dusted work surface (the less flour added at this point the better) and gently deflate the dough. With a bench knife or sharp chef's knife cut it into two equal pieces. Round each piece with your hands, pulling slightly downward on the tops to create surface tension. Let them rest, covered with the greased plastic wrap, for about 12 minutes.
Uncover the pieces and form them into loaves, being careful to tightly pinch closed all seams; place the pieces, seam-side down, into their pans.
Lightly cover the pans with the greased plastic wrap, and cover that with the dishtowel. Place the pans in a draft-free spot that is a little warmer than room temperature.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Let the loaves proof (have their final rise) until the dough rises at least 1" over the top of the pan. Carefully uncover the risen loaves. Mist them with water (use a squirt bottle; if you don't have one, wet your hands and very gently pat the tops of the loaves) right before you put them in the oven. Place them in the preheated oven on the middle rack, and quickly squirt your mister into the oven to create a quick burst of steam (be careful not to aim for the lightbulb).
Bake for about 20 minutes and then check to see if the bread is browning too quickly; if so, lightly tent the loaves with foil. They should be done in about 30-35 minutes (total time), when the crust is dark golden, and the internal temperature is at least 190 degrees inside. You can check by poking an instant-read thermometer into the bottom of each loaf. (I very often do this, just to be on the safe side. You'll know it's under-baked bread if the inside is kind of gummy/heavy even after it's cooled.) Take the finished loaves out of their pans and set them on a rack. Melt one or two tablespoons of unsalted butter and use a pastry brush to lightly coat the tops of the loaves while they're still warm. Let them cool almost completely before you slice them.
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- SavoringTime in the Kitchen said...
Thanks so much for the comment on my recent post, Jane! You have some wonderful bakery here! I love to bake bread too and this sounds wonderful. I still haven't tried to make or use a sourdough starter yet so I'm still working on my skills :)
- February 9, 2013 at 6:02 PM
- pookiepantry said...
I'm actually from the metro Detroit area as well, and I'm curious where you took your artisan bread class. That sounds like a class I would very much enjoy. Thank you.
- February 9, 2013 at 9:16 PM
- Betty said...
Well now you've got me looking at sourdough starters. :) I had one about twenty years ago, but ended up giving it to a friend when I went back to work full time and felt like I was neglecting it. Your bread is absolutely gorgeous!
- February 9, 2013 at 11:45 PM
- Nancy Baggett said...
What beautiful looking breads. I haven't fiddled with starters for a long while, though there are several still tucked in the back of the refrigerator. Now I may have to see if I can revive them! Great post.
- February 10, 2013 at 9:20 PM
- Jane said...
Hi Savoring Time,
You're so welcome! I love your blog. Thanks for visiting.
:) Warmly,
Hi there Pookie Pantry,
Wow! Another metro-Detroiter! That's great to know. I am in a baking and pastry arts program at the Culinary Studies Institute at OCC/Orchard Ridge. I am currently taking my last class so I'll be done at the end of March! Woo hoo! It was a great experience and well worth it. They also offer short classes for people who don't want to plunge in for the whole program. You should check it out!
Thanks for stopping by,
Jane :)
Hey there Betty,
I think it's time for you to whip up another starter, lady! ;) There's nothing like a loaf of sourdough, right out of the oven. I am so glad to hear from you. It was one of the first baking blogs I ever visited. So glad you're still there!
Jane :)
Dear Nancy,
Coming from you that's a wonderful compliment! Thanks so very much. I appreciate that you stopped by. I know you are a very, very busy gal! I'm really enoying your newest book. Congrats on all the honors it has garnered.
Warmest wishes,
- February 11, 2013 at 3:50 PM
- kitchen flavours said...
Hi Jane,
As always, your bakes are always fantastic! Love the look of your bread. I have never tried making the starter for sourdough before, even though it is something that I've wanted to make for a long time now. Maybe one of these days, I might just have the courage to give it a try!
- February 27, 2013 at 3:16 AM
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- March 14, 2013 at 2:59 AM
- ICook4Fun said...
My husband love sourdough bread but I never attempt making it. I feel intimidated to make the starter. I wish I can make beautiful bread like yours here.
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- Deb said...
Can you use bread flour in this recipe? I have a ton of it.
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What is BBX, how is it distinct from RIM's previous operating systems, and — perhaps most importantly — will it help RIM recover market share and profits lost to the likes of Android and Apple's iOS?
BBX in a nutshell
RIM describes BBX as a combination of RIM's existing BlackBerry OS with QNX, but BBX will not be some cobbled-together Frankenstein hybrid OS: BBX is being built exclusively on QNX. The main distinctions between BBX and RIM's previous QNX effort is that RIM is pitching BBX as a single development platform that will power all BlackBerry devices, rather than the separate operating systems the company is working with now.
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Also in the works is BlackBerry Cascade, a UI framework RIM picked up with its acquisition of Sweden's The Astonishing Tribe late last year. BlackBerry Cascade is intended to let developers create "design-centric" interfaces for their apps with 3D effects, animations, and custom layouts. The message here is that BlackBerry apps will, at least technically, be able to compete with the best pixel candy on iOS and Android. Developers will be able to get their hands on it "later this fall."
Behind all this, RIM will be offering BlackBerry Cloud Services—and it's not yet clear whether this is merely a reference to cloud-based services RIM currently provides to its enterprise customers, or an expansion of consumer-oriented services like email, calendaring, BBM, BlackBerry App World, and recently-launched BBM Music service—the latter of which seems off to a slow start. However, with the wide range of cloud-assisted services offered by Google — as well as Apple's new iCloud platform — RIM will likely need to bring cloud-based services to consumers if it wants future BlackBerry devices to compete in the consumer arena. RIM also just acquired Irish cloud services outfit NewBay for $100 million, which might figure significantly into RIM's consumer-oriented plans for the cloud.
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RIM's keynote announcing BBX emphasized two things: HTML5 development with WebWorks, and BlackBerry as a gaming and entertainment platform. Focusing on WebWorks makes sense: it's the one thing BlackBerry developers can use now that'll run on existing BlackBerry 6 and 7 devices, the PlayBook, and whatever RIM has up its sleeve with future devices.
The emphasis on gaming and entertainment is an indication RIM is not ceding the consumer marketplace. BlackBerries have long been the realm of stodgy enterprises and executive briefcases, but with the PlayBook, RIM is trying to establish itself as a consumer-friendly, fun brand. RIM has had some small success in that arena with its BlackBerry Bold products, but the PlayBook has generally failed to catch on while iOS devices (the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch) and Android products have seen huge consumer adoption. Some of that adoption is driven by entertainment and games. RIM wants to prove it can play in that arena too, both on the existing PlayBook and on forthcoming BBX devices.
However, RIM faces a chicken and egg problem with developers: Developers don't want to invest in a platform that doesn't have an audience, and RIM can't build that audience without apps, content, entertainment, and (yes) even games. So RIM's emphasis on WebWorks as a development platform developers can leverage today makes sense. RIM doesn't currently have app sales figures that compete with Apple and Android, but its case to developers is based on revenue, not sales volume:
"With nearly 5 million BlackBerry apps downloaded daily, our customers have made BlackBerry one of the most profitable platforms for developers," said RIM co-CEO and president Mike Lazaridis in a statement.
At DevCon, RIM's Alec Saunders claimed BlackBerry App World is the second only to Apple's iTunes App Store in terms of profit, and generates more paid downloads than Android Market. Saunders also claimed BlackBerry apps generate 40 percent more revenue than Android apps. RIM's Ronjon Nag offered more statistics, saying BlackBerry apps generate 43 percent more daily downloads than the average iOS app, and 48 percent more daily downloads than the average Android app. And, unsurprisingly, users of newer BlackBerry devices download more paid apps: Nag claimed RIM's new BlackBerry 7 phones generate 11 times the gross average revenue per user than BlackBerry 5 or 6 devices. The message is that RIM's BlackBerry App World may not have the sales volume of the iTunes App Store or Android Market, but developers can make more money per sale. Saunders claimed 13 percent of BlackBerry developers have made $100,000 or more from their BlackBerry App World sales.
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With BBX, RIM is arguing the future is bright for the BlackBerry platform and for BlackBerry developers: apps built for BBX will be able to run on future BBX smartphones and tablets, and those apps will be able to compete toe-to-toe with iOS and Android offerings in terms of design and performance. And, yes, that means games, too.
However, so far RIM has left many questions unanswered. The company has offered no timeline for when BBX will be available to developers, let alone consumers, nor indicated whether BBX will run on existing BlackBerry 6 or 7 devices. RIM also offered no guidance on its much-anticipated QNX "superphones"—are those still coming out, or will they be held back until BBX is ready? RIM made no announcements on future PlayBooks—although it's a good bet the PlayBook 2.0, or whatever it's called, will be the first PlayBook with BBX. RIM did offer developers a beta of PlayBook OS 2.0 (the QNX-based operating system with RIM's Android Runtime and Adobe Air 3.0 support) but did not reveal any timeframe for when PlayBook OS 2.0 might reach consumers and potentially breathe some life into the existing PlayBook tablet.
Overall, DevCon seems like a mixed bag for RIM. The company has successfully articulated a plan for evolving the BlackBerry platform, and given developers a roadmap for how to prepare for BBX. However, the lack of any guidance on when the BBX OS and devices that support it might arrive puts a cloud over that platform's future, especially since Apple's iOS 5 is already on the street, with Google's Ice Cream Sandwich (a.k.a Android 4.0) hot on its heels.
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How wonderful to find another researcher with Baylor County roots - and you live in Virginia, too! I am definitely interested in items in the Baylor County Banner concerning the Kirby Runion Moore and Eula Moore family (they moved to Bomarton in 1917). I had the impression from another researcher that a big chunk of pre-1930 microfilm of the Banner was missing, but that may just have been the newspaper's copy - the story was that someone had borrowed the microfilm and never brought it back. Is it possible to purchase copies? Besides my mother's families (Moore and Floyd), there were also some families related to my father's Brinlee and Norman lines who lived in Baylor County.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Greta, I have enjoyed reading your blog. I was impressed with your African American History page. I found an old family Bible transcription at the DAR library that listed names and birth dates of slaves in the early 1800s and want to do something similar. It is nice to hear from another Virginian. I stay in Fairfax (at the Hilton Garden) when go to DC. My all-time favorite restaurant is Coastal Flats!Delete
I will do look-ups for any of your family in the Baylor Banner. If you see their names on my pages, let me know the date and I will send you the full article. I purchased all possible films of the Banner published between 1905 and 1922 from Southwest Micropublishing Company. I also purchased two films of Erath County newspapers. I am glad that I purchased when I did as I tried the link on my site and did a google search and cannot find the company.
When I first started looking for the papers, the Banner wouldn't loan what they had as some at not been returned by a previous borrower. I borrowed some through ILL through the state archives, but got tired of spending the time in the library. I bought an old microfiche machine and purchased my own films. When I finish transcribing (after I retire), I will donate them to the Center for American History in Austin. I think that all of the old newspapers from the Texas State Archives have been moved there. They have a lot of Texas newspapers and will also sell copies of the microfilm. I think that they have some of the Banners.
If you need other look-ups, I have both Baylor County history books and Latchstrings (a book about houses in Baylor County). I also have several Erath County books.


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Hi all! I'm writing to you guys today about something that I am very proud to share.
I've been thinking about this for quite some time, and two days ago, I finally took the steps to officially change my blog's name from Noire Rewritten to Femme Rewritten. I had get new domains, make new banners and visuals, change the blog around a bit, and make all new business cards. Despite all of this (it was a ton to accomplish in two days), I have to say that I am highly inspired about this transition and the growth of my blog's brand.
Just for the sake of a little background, in French, Noire translates to "Black" or "Dark". As an African American woman, I've always wanted to question and confront the chauvinistic and destructive theorem that has been ascribed to the Black narrative. Ergo the "Rewritten" half of my blog's name. I wanted a name that was exclusive and yet inclusive, but still something that easily got my principle message across–Noire Rewritten did just that.
As my first year with this blog came to a close, I began to write about more than issues in just Black and Brown communities. I built up to writing about the false generalizations and toxic expectations for woman in historical and modern day society, and how to go about changing those restrictive normalizations day by day. Somewhere along those blurred lines, I began to write about fashion, beauty, self love, and self care.
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As my writing develops and the idea behind my blog deepens, I've found that I want to adopt a brand that embodies my entire vision for what I've always wanted my blog to be. I feel that now, Femme Rewritten not only encompasses me, a young Nigerian American woman, but also embraces all of the aspects that make me, and other women of color, women.
This blog can now allow itself to be a more comprehensive environment, and yet still distinctive enough to focus on matters of Black, Brown, and Female communities that don't receive enough positive scrutiny. Through all of this, know that this blog still remains a Pro-Black, Black Lives Matter, and Liberal space–I've now just officially declared it a Feminist one, if it wasn't already apparent before.
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Until my next post, I leave you with this question:
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) – Of all the records Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos' high-octane offense set this season, one stands out to wide receivers coach Tyke Tolbert.
"I call it the 5-10 group," he said Friday as the Broncos wrapped up a week of light practice and headed off for a weekend furlough afforded the AFC's top seed.
The Broncos (13-3) are the first team to have five players score at least 10 touchdowns in a season: Demaryius Thomas (14), Knowshon Moreno (13), Julius Thomas (12), Eric Decker (11) and Wes Welker (10).
No other team has ever had more than three players hit double-digit TDs.
"That tells you about the players we have on our team, the way Peyton spreads the ball out, how anybody can score at any given time," Tolbert said. "To have five guys have 10 touchdowns or more is just unbelievable to me."
Manning says his unprecedented 55 TD passes and 5,477 yards through the air are only temporary records which will be surpassed by Tom Brady or Drew Brees in a year or two – or by any number of other quarterbacks if NFL owners get their way and expand the regular season from 16 to 18 games.
Tolbert thinks the 5-10 group, which includes Moreno's 10 TD runs and three TD catches, has nothing to sweat.
"They can go to 18 games and that yardage record can be in jeopardy and all that stuff, but that 5-10 group, that's going to be hard to break," he said.
At 37.9 points per game, Denver is the highest-scoring team of the Super Bowl era and the beauty of the Broncos' offense is its balance.
Manning targeted his three starting receivers almost identically: Demaryius Thomas (8.87 times a game), Welker (8.54), Decker (8.5). Julius Thomas, whose dozen TDs broke Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe's club record for tight ends, was targeted 6.42 times per game.
Each member of Manning's receiving corps brings a different skill set to the equation. The common thread is a refreshing unselfishness in an age where prima donnas so often demand passes and attention.
"You never hear them talk about any numbers, anything like that because they know with Peyton Manning the quarterback, they all have a chance to get the ball on any given play," Tolbert said.
Even when Decker was having trouble finding the end zone early on, his big blocks on screens were springingDemaryius Thomas, who led the league's receivers with 718 yards after the catch.
"Our whole group is like that and Decker knows that at any point in time that day can be your day," Tolbert said. "Like when we went to Kansas City, I mean, who'd have thought he'd have four touchdowns? But any day a guy can go out there, it can be a receiver, it can be a tight end, it can be a running back, any day can be your day."
It was Decker's day on Dec. 1, when his four TD catches set a club record. He finished with eight TDs in December, rocketing the soon-to-be free agent to the top of the team's offseason to-do list.
Demaryius Thomas led the Broncos with 92 catches for 1,430 yards and was voted second-team All-Pro on Friday. "It's been a great year for a lot of things: records, All-Pro, Pro Bowl," he said. "Hopefully we can make it to the Super Bowl now."
"You know, for a big guy, 6-3, 225 or 230, he runs really good routes like he's a smaller guy," Tolbert said. "That's one thing I think that stands out from a lot of bigger guys, the fact that he can really run outstanding intermediate routes, as well as go deep, as well as make you miss. So, he's got the total package. He's also a very good blocker. He has a lot of knockdowns."
Welker had an outstanding first season in Denver, catching those career-best 10 TD passes before sitting out the final 3 1/2 games with a concussion. He has no hesitation about returning to the slot next weekend.
"It will be five weeks from the day I had any contact at all," he said. "I feel good. I feel fine. I feel ready to go."
The key to springing the wide receivers in the red zone has been the emergence of former college basketball player Julius Thomas, who caught 65 passes for 788 yards after catching just one pass in his first two seasons in the NFL.
"That's awesome to have another weapon like that jump out on the scene," Tolbert said. "And the scary part about it, he's still learning how to play football."
– By Arnie Stapleton, AP Sports Writer
(© Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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Hi all European Beekeepers !Stephen
Hi CiderGreat news for you re.bees !! You'll have alot of fun.I'm not that far from you - North Wiltshire near MalmesburyWhen are the bees arriving ? What hive are you going for ?regardsSteve
Hello from Azle Texas 11 miles North West of Ft Worth and welcome. I too will bee enjoying your stories about bee keeping on the other side of the pond.
Greetings from the states! Looking forward to comparing ideas and techniques, as well as stories! Good luck in the new year everyone!
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Given the last few days of milk-snorting fun involving Canada's Minister of Scientific Illiteracy Gary Goodyear and his "clarifications," it's hard to know what to think, but there is one thing we can finally say without fear of contradiction:
Canada's science minister Gary Goodyear does not believe in evolution.
Surprised? Let's go to the record, shall we?
Science minister Gary Goodyear now says he believes in evolution.
"Of course I do," he told guest host Jane Taber during an appearance on the CTV program Power Play. "But it is an irrelevant question." ...
Yesterday, Mr. Goodyear said twice during the CTV interview that he believes in evolution.
"We are evolving every year, every decade. That's a fact, whether it is to the intensity of the sun, whether it is to, as a chiropractor, walking on cement versus anything else, whether it is running shoes or high heels, of course we are evolving to our environment. But that's not relevant and that is why I refused to answer the question. The interview was about our science and tech strategy, which is strong."
So, what can we conclude from the above? First, we can conclude that Jane Taber is an imbecile -- far and away not the sharpest knife in the drawer -- for reasons that will become obvious shortly. And we can conclude that Gary Goodyear most emphatically does not "believe" in evolution in any meaningful way, which I will now explain.
Note how carefully Goodyear provided his own definition of "evolution" -- that, as humans, we are "evolving" to adapt to our environment. Sounds impressive, doesn't it? Until you remember that the first symptom of being a creationist is to always carefully distinguish between "micro" evolution and "macro" evolution. "Sure," say the creationists, "we're evolving, but only within our species. That's not the same as actually creating new species. That's where we draw the line." And that's where Goodyear drew that line -- right under Taber's nose, and she was too dense to realize she was being conned.
Taber's mistake was in not having a clue as to how to ask the question. It's worthless to ask a creationist publicly if they "believe" in evolution, because you're almost certain to get the vague, nebulous weaselitude you got from Goodyear, who can state that he "believes" in evolution while quietly redefining the word to basic worthlessness.
What Taber should have asked was, "Do you accept the mainstream scientific position that life evolved over the last 3.5 billion years?", a question that Goodyear would not have been able to mangle beyond recognition and redefine into utter meaningless without being howlingly obvious about it.
But because of Taber's stupidity, we will never have the opportunity to go back and revisit that because every attempt to do so will give us nothing but, "I'm sorry, but I've already addressed that question." Yes, Goodyear has. And he suckered Jane Taber, and he got away with being a sleazy douchebag and, at this point, we'll never be able to hold him accountable for it. Thanks, Jane. Thanks ever so much.
CTV's Jane Taber: Perhaps she's not a complete retard. She just plays one on TV.
AFTERSNARK FOR THE HARD OF THINKING: Just in case you're not convinced by my impeccable logic, go back and read Goodyear's meandering idiocy after being asked about his belief:
"We are evolving every year, every decade. That's a fact, whether it is to the intensity of the sun, whether it is to, as a chiropractor, walking on cement versus anything else, whether it is running shoes or high heels, of course we are evolving to our environment."
If Goodyear wanted to make it clear that he "believes" in evolution, he could have just said, "Of course I do. Absolutely. Without reservation." But he didn't. He said he believed, but didn't stop there, instead going on to make it clear how he understands the concept and how he defines it as simple and limited adaptation within a species. In short, Canada's Minister of State for Science and Technology Gary Goodyear believes in evolution, as long as you allow him to define evolution in a simplistic, restricted, utterly useless way.
Only truly stupid people are going to be suckered by Goodyear's sleazy douchebaggery. Some of them already were.
BONUS TRACK: I'm assuming that most intelligent readers caught Goodyear's reference to the idea that we are evolving "every year, every decade." Um, no, Gary, evolution works with timeframes slightly longer than that. Really. I'm pretty sure I read that somewhere.
BY THE WAY, KIDS, just to make sure this angle gets as much airplay as possible, feel free to, you know, link to it. And recommend it. As I understand it, that's how this whole bloggysphere thing works.
OH, MY. Let the piling on begin.
PHARYNGULAED!! Which means that thousands of people from all over the world are going to follow one of those links above and learn that Patrick Ross is a retarded doofus.
It's not what I was going for. Just think of it as entertainment at no extra charge.
JUST BECAUSE HE'S A MORON, there's no need to be cruel to Gary Goodyear.
I am such a kidder.


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As part of this weekend's Family Day festivities, the Music Department will present a concert featuring ensembles and soloists. The concert will take place at 8 p.m., Saturday, November 5, in Salter Hall in the Fine Arts Center.
Wamidan's drummers, singers, and dancers will begin the evening in their customary energetic and lively manner, with music from the Ganda and Acholi peoples of East Africa. Syud Ahmed '06 and Grey Castro will present an original composition for tabla (drums of the Asian subcontinent) and didgeridoo.
Pianists Christopher Geggie '08 and Kyle Prifogle '09 will perform compositions by Spanish composers Isaac Albeniz (Asturias/Leyenda from Suite Espanola) and Alberto Ginastera (five of the Twelve American Preludes). Fritz Kreisler's arrangement of Manuel de Falla's Danse Espagnole, played by violinist Adam Dybel '07, will add to the Spanish flavor of the evening.
An arrangement of "I Remember Clifford" by jazz pianist George Colakovic '06 will round out the solo portion of the concert and whet the audience's appetite for songs by jazz greats Wayne Shorter, Duke Ellington, and Charlie Parker, as performed by the Jazz Improvisation Combo. Performing will be Desmond Risper '07 on tenor saxophone, Haris Amin '08 on guitar, and George Colakovic, Tyler Carr '06, and Miguel Munoz '09 on piano, bass, and drums, respectively.
The Glee Club will close the concert with a set of songs ranging from a16th-century Latin motet, "Cantate Domino" by Hassler, to the joyous rhythms of the traditional spiritual "Poor Man Lazarus."
The concert is free and open to the public.


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Professor shares the science behind a super power
August 08, 2013
Professor of Biology Kellar Autumn is no stranger to the idea that super powers exist—at least in nature. The geckos in his adhesion research have often been likened to superheroes.
Autumn recently discussed his work on Canadian Broadcasting Company's Radio Active.
"Forget Spider-Man," Autumn said. "We should have Gecko Girl instead. Geckos can climb better than spiders; in fact, they eat them for lunch."
Through years of research, Autumn has found that geckos are able to stick to different surfaces thanks not to suction or any glue-like substance, but through much less obvious means. Weak molecular attractions—van der Waals forces—allow the gecko to utilize the millions of microscopic hairs on its feet to adhere to almost any surface. In short, their abilities depend on geometry and physics.
"A gecko using all 6.5 million hairs on its feet would generate around 130 kilograms of adhesion force," Autumn said. "Each hair is controlled not chemically, but mechanically. This suggests that we can construct similar hairs out of virtually anything."
Listen to Radio Active Department of Biology
Zibby Pillote '14 contributed to this story.


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SMITHS STATION | Collin Frase might be blind, but that doesn't stop him from marching in perfect formation with his 150 other band members during halftime of Smiths Station High School football games.
SMITHS STATION | Collin Frase might be blind, but that doesn't stop him from marching in perfect formation with his 150 other band members during halftime of Smiths Station High School football games.
Frase, a senior, was born 16 weeks premature with retinopathy of prematurity, or ROP, which left him blind in his right eye and with only 20 percent of his peripheral vision in his left eye.
"Basically, I was born premature," Frase said. "I weighed 1 pound, 9 ounces. I could fit in the palm of your hand. I had a 5 percent chance of survival, and I beat the odds."
Though he has only a tiny amount of vision, Frase uses no help from a white cane, a guide or a guide dog because he insists on being as self-reliant as possible.
"I do what everyone else does," Frase said. "I go to my classes. I try to be as independent as possible. I leave when the bell rings, and I just do whatever I need to do to be like everyone else."
That mindset and his passion for music led Frase to pick up an instrument. But as a braille reader, there were obstacles.
"He wanted to be in the band in sixth grade," said Lavinia Parnell, a visual impairment specialist who has known Frase since he was in kindergarten. "Not only did he have to learn how to play the trumpet, but he had to learn the braille music code, which is different than the braille literary code. The band director suggested he play a trumpet because he can hold it with one hand and read the music with his other hand."
While Frase is adept at playing the trumpet with one hand, he can hold the instrument properly after he learns the new song.
"There's not a big learning curve for him. He just manages to do it," said Rusty Courson, Smiths Station's director of bands. "He has great memory skills. He just has to play (a piece) a few times, and he has it memorized."
Simply playing in the band was not enough for Frase. Soon after he learned to play the trumpet, he set his sights on achieving what few believed a blind person could do: marching in formation with the band at halftime.
"They didn't let him march (at first), but he wanted to do what everyone else did," Parnell said. "That was kind of a challenge because he can't really see. But it's remarkable because when I watch the band play, I can't pick him out. He doesn't miss a step."
Frase had the utmost confidence in himself, even though he was not allowed to march until his junior year.
"When I started, they didn't let me march in eighth, ninth or 10th grade," Frase said. "They made up excuses that I might fall on the field. Once they let me march, they figured out that I could do it quite well."
Now, every halftime at a Smiths Station football game, Frase is on the field, even though the audience is blind to his presence among the 150 other members of the band.
"Collin's role in the band is not any different than any other student," Courson said. "That he's blind, I wouldn't say it's a disability because Collin has never allowed it to be a disability. He does everything that the rest of the kids do. If you see the band on Friday nights, you can't pick him out. He's doing his job."
As he is a senior, Frase is exploring his options to further his education and reach his goal of working in the field of information technology, though he has already achieved one of his major goals: being a normal high school student.
"I'm just like every other person," Frase said. "I have bad days and I have good days, but I try to be as positive as possible. I'm thankful that I can see what I can, thankful that I'm alive and that I'm here right now."


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maybe this is thread number #382 on it, or maybe you all hate it.
But this is an absolutely beautiful record. Wonderful.
Opener and closing tracks are mesmeric.
Errrr, that's it really.
hugely enjoyable record
like the first one but find i have to be pretty down to listen to it, whereas i can put this on whenever, some stunning tracksthe_dazzled this'd this
Putting the Dog to Sleep <3
It makes me cry as I started listening to it at exactly the time my bf split up with me and so it wasn't a good time to listen but kind of was as it has a real emotional meaning for me now. I love their lyrics so much, the bit about someone fanny being a prison (nicely put, sorry) in I Don't Want Love :D
to apologise, here's a review of Burst Apart by some pensioners
- Scout this'd this
Bloody love this record
it took a few listens but now its properly lodged itself in me. Or something. Yeah, its wonderful.
odd - it was an instant for me
and very very few albums grab me instantly these daysScout this'd this
it took me a couple of listens (perhaps because I was expecting something as slight as Hospice) and most people I know seem to 'get it' after four listens.
and then they're on their 25 listen and tweeting incessantly about it.
and posting threads about it.
and contemplating transatlantic flights to go see them do it live.
and yeah, it becomes a bit of an obsession.
DiS album of the year...?
was "slight"???!
in comparison.
I'm now at the
worried I've overplayed it stage and am trying to limit it to a couple of times a week. Just one more hit...
I'm not doing transatlantic flights
but I am leaving London (and Koko) and training it to Birmingham to see them in what sounds like the back of a good pub. Yeah sure it doesn't sound much but I can't remember when I last made such efforts to see a band other than at a festival.
I love it
Can't wait for Constellations and Koko in November.
Really Impressed
the other night at the Screen on The Green gig, great live band by the looks of it. When are they going to get more air play on 6 Music ?
good question
i went to that show with someone from 6Music who said the same thing :)
I know nothing about this band's sound, apart from that Hospice was (I think) v bleak indie rock.
can someone give me a decent little description before I buy Burst Apart? The amount of love it's getting indicates it's probably worth a purchase
its no where near as bleak
but its still very emotionally touching, but musically it really comes into its own and advances so much from Hospice. They're still epic indie songs but this time with more of an electronic influence running through, and its a far easier album to listen to. Normally that would sound belittling but here its just 10 straight up great songs with a really cracking flow running through it that makes it cohesively pleasing.
I dunno I just woke up, just get it!
Burst Apart sits somewhere between Spiritualized and Dirty Mind-era Prince.
plenty of words about them here: http://drownedinsound.com/directory/artists/The_Antlers
It's better than Hospice
Richer, warmer and better tunes.
Just a really great US alternative guitar record - if you like that sort of thing you'll like it. If you only like Mongolian throat singing or hardcore Dutch techno you probably won't.
Radiohead vs. Sigur Rós
...was how I described it to a friend of mine after I'd heard it once, and it was my first experience of The Antlers.
Since then I've played Burst Apart and Hospice many, many times and now I think my original description was perhaps a little simplistic.
Peter Silberman described the tracks that influenced Burst Apart and the list is a good indication of the sound of the album. See http://stereogum.com/763112/under-the-influence-the-antlers-burst-apart/mp3s/
when i listened a few months ago, but i am going to try again now and see what sticks.
Yeah, I had a listen after a few folk had raved about it... Didn't see what the fuss was about.
I remember thinking the vocals were pretty annoying and while I liked the overall sound, it was nothing earth shattering.
Haven't had it on again since. Might give it one more go.
oh and in answer to your first q
there have indeed been quite a few threads like this (and a backlash thread!) http://drownedinsound.com/directory/artists/The_Antlers/topics
Just listened to the first minute of the first track.
Now going to buy off iTunes for the drive home.
(the internet is killing the killing of music!)
The bassline in Parentheses
what the bass guitar was made for. Would have loved to have been in the room when they came up with that. Sounds like there would have been a moment when they locked it down.
pure sex. back me up Sean.Stereotypewriter this'd this
it's a sexy mutha, for sure
but some of the record has that out of body feeling of break-up sex, where you cling to each other and the sweat hides your tears
Just bought this for the tube home on the strength of this thread...
Am I going to be impressed? I resisted as I just didn't 'get' Hospice at all.
I didn't really get Hospice either
love Burst Apart though
Listened to it a few times since it came out
still not blown away... actually my whole feeling towards the band is one of 'Yeahhhh they're alright, can sort of see the fuss but I don't actually remember any of the songs' thats how I felt after hospice and thats how I feel now.. but I'll give it a few more spins soon.Antpocalypsenow this'd this
Listened again twice today because of this thread.
On the one hand I think there are bands that get me in the gut a bit stronger than this, but then again I seem to be listening to it a lot lately. Some fantastic songs, and an elegant sound. I like music that you can describe as elegant.
Weirdest thing with the album for me
was that for the first couple of listens it was quite a cheerful nice record, but once it really sank in it's now one of the most soul crushing sadness inducing pieces of work I can think ofsean, Scout, GoatmeatMF, and the_dazzled this'd this
Absolutely brilliant record...
Can't stop listening since i got it. Record of the year so far.
Burst Apart Rules
Hospice Rules a little stronger, so much so it gets a little tiring
I struggle to get through the entirety of Hospice because it's just too much.
Yes I realise how twee that sounds.
Have been finding it a bit boring.
Will give it a couple more goes on the strength of adoration it's getting here.
I'm still infatuated with 'I Don't Want Love'
The rest of the record doesn't live up to that for me.
It's pretty rare for a song to peak at the start of the third verse verse
But the moment when the chorus drops out, and it's just the drum beat, the organ, whatever is making that heavenly sparkling sound, and Silberman's sweet falsetto... oh.
It actually reminds me of 'Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart' in a lot of ways, which was probably my favourite track of 2009.
any doubters, and, well, anyone, should really go see them live
they're pretty spectacular and the songs translate so, so well, will give a new appreciationblonderedhead this'd this
not a patch on hospice
in my opinion.and i have seen them live.
I'm waiting until Hospice wears off for me.
I put off listening to that one up until last month, when I thought, "Okay, they're opening for EITS when I see them, I should see what's up," and I just can't get past it now. I cannot find a way to make it stop haunting me.
So, when THAT breaks, I'll be able to properly get into it. Maybe. Every time I listen I get stuck on "No Widows" (which is AWESOME) but have to stop.
As someone said
you really need to see this record live, what comes across is how integral Darby Cicci is to this album.
highlight of leeds fest for me.
stunning. They played all of hospice a couple of years ago when I saw them, so them playing only stuff of Burst Apart was very decent indeed.
So after many many plays and four show in various locales
I can agree they hold the album of the year and (I've said it before so I'll say it again) the second best live act (Sufjan will never be matched I fear)
Long live The Antlers
Yey! Great choice.
Band of the year for sure. Fortunate enough to see them 3 times this year, each better than the last
. Albums gets played at least once every other day. Love love love.
Still not sold on it...
Several listens, and yes, the first track is the best song. IMO it suffers from every track of the second half sounding like a close. I keep waiting for the bloody thing to end. In that sense it reminds me of BRMC's Howl and The Black Keys'Brothers where the pace or sequencing is all wrong.
It's a good album, but there's something that doesn't sit quite right with me. A lot of good songs, but it seems to keep stopping and starting rather than feeling like a coherent thing.
absolutely not this^
feels like the exact opposite for me, everything building perfectly towards Putting The Dog To Sleep.muldoon and the-breacher this'd this
is the highlight for me
What a knockout one, two the album ends on
Can't wait for SBE next year.
I was initially put off by the vocals
But now think it's a work of true genius. Absolutely brilliant. A well-deserved album of the year.
Saw them six times this year....
Glad they got album of the year and not PJH, which I was expecting.
Nope, still don't get it.
ah well.JaguarPirate this'd this
Didn't make the Pitchfork top 50...
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HLT 317v Grand Canyon Week 1 Discussion 1
Explain the different types of research methodologies used in the health sciences. How would you apply one of these research methods in your workplace? Cite at least one reference to support your rationale using APA documentation.
HLT 317v Grand Canyon Week 1 Discussion 2
While all allied health care professionals possess specialized knowledge of fields, applying that knowledge in the clinical setting requires each practitioner to view his or her role as a vital component of the greater whole, if cost-effective quality care is to be rendered.
After familiarizing yourself with content of the different views in the "Allied Health Community" media, select "Patient Process," by selecting "Scenarios" and selecting "Patient Process," located under the "Views" drop down window (Make sure that "Patient Process" is on the "ON" mode). This component of the media illustrates those allied health professions that have direct interactions with the patient. Based on this media component, discuss the following:
Why it is important for the practitioner of the health care profession to have a basic understanding of the collaborative team's scope of practice and role in order here to deliver cost-effective quality care?
What communication skills would the practitioner need to learn in order to effectively communicate research with the collaborative team in order to achieve the here desired outcomes?
When discussing communication skills with the collaborative team, consider one of the following situations:
Communicating with people of different cultures, race, or gender.
Communicating to achieve conflict resolution.
Communicating to create team building.
How would you adapt your communication style in order to become more effective in achieving your desired outcome?
Cite at least one reference to support your rationale using APA documentation.
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Identification of Research Topics
In this assignment, you will be identifying potential topics for a research paper. In Topic 2, you will select your final topic, which will inform subsequent assignments within this course.
Select three topics of interest from your work area, or within a health care field. Examples of appropriate topics may be found in your text,Understanding Research, and from the list below:
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ukritw necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 105 diseños de 30 diseñadores freelance.
The Original Chicken N Rice
We are a family owned chain of fast food restaurants that focuses on selling asian-inspired fried chicken tenders. Our goal in creating a new logo is to further differentiate our name and brand image from the numerous imitators(Crispy Chicken & Rice, MJs Chicken & Rice, Famous Chicken N Rice, etc) that have been opening up in the area.
We are considering changing our name to "The Original CNR" if it will help in creating a logo that will be easily identifiable, simple, have a timeless design, and be eye catching.
We strive to offer our customers a high quality product at a low price with fast and friendly service.
Please view our website at http://OriginalCNR.com to get an additional understanding of our culture, atmosphere, menu items, etc.
Facts about our customers:
- Mostly lower income minorities(hispanics and african americans) with low literacy rates
- Generally blue collared, labor intensive workers
- Lunch time clientele - construction workers, city department male workers, white collared office workers, families with children
- Night time clientele - mostly families, younger males
We are looking for a logo that will represent us in a memorable way while also distinguishing ourselves from our numerous imitators. Designs can represent either the name "The Original Chicken N Rice" or "The Original CNR".
We would like it to convey our core values of providing a low cost, high quality meal with fast and friendly service. We were established in 1989 and would welcome a design that was able to seamlessly incorporate that fact into the design. Our current color scheme consists of a goldish yellow and red.
This is something we would like to use on our storefront sign, promotion ads, menu, menu board, expense checks, letterhead, labels on sauces, signage, aprons, uniforms, etc. It should be easily identifiable, simple, have a timeless design, and be eye catching.
We don't want:
1. No Cartoons - we want it to be playful but not cheap or childlike
2. Nothing too elegant - we do not want to come across as being fancy. We want the locals to feel like they can afford to eat here a couple times a week.
3. The typeface should be clear, simple and bold. We want something that stands out. Again being careful not to be too fancy.
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo
Have fun, be creative, and good luck!
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SCHILLER PARK, IL -- Life Fitness, Schiller Park, IL, and LeMond Fitness Inc., Woodinville, WA, announced today that all outstanding disputes and litigation between the two companies involving LeMond Fitness' RevMaster Pro group cycling bikes have been resolved.
In late May, Brunswick Corp., Lake Forest, IL, which owns Life Fitness, filed a civil lawsuit in Illinois seeking $3.9 million in damages related to the distribution of LeMond bikes. Life Fitness has had the exclusive rights to sell the RevMaster bikes since 2002.
According to the suit, Life Fitness received hundreds of customer complaints about RevMaster handle bars, seats and pedals since early 2008 and had spent more than $225,000 on warranty and service work because of the problems. Those issues, including Life Fitness' claim that it lost customers during this time, prompted the company to terminate its distribution agreement with LeMond in May.
LeMond denied the allegations and filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking more than $1 million in damages for early termination of the distribution agreement.Under the terms of the resolution announced today, Life Fitness will continue to sell the RevMaster group exercise bike and provide service and support for customers.


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1. The illness I live with is: Systemic Lupus Erythematosis, Sjogren's syndrome and autoimmune hypothyroidism
2. I was diagnosed with it in the year: 1992
3. But I had symptoms since: I was 9 years old
4. The biggest adjustment I've had to make is: avoiding UVA/UVB rays
5. Most people assume: I'm NOT sick because I don't often look ill
6. The hardest part about mornings are: joint pain
7. My favorite medical TV show is: Mystery Diagnosis!
8. A gadget I couldn't live without is: sunscreen lotion!
9. The hardest part about nights are: joint pain.
10. Each day I take __ pills & vitamins. (No comments, please) 14
11. Regarding alternative treatments I: wish I could afford acupuncture (because I haven't tried it) and craniosacral therapy (because it really helps)
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13. Regarding working and career: I used to work full time but am now on disability
14. People would be surprised to know: how much sleep I require
15. The hardest thing to accept about my new reality has been: realizing that I can't work full time, even if I want to.
16. Something I never thought I could do with my illness that I did was: travel.
17. The commercials about my illness: really don't tell the whole story.
18. Something I really miss doing since I was diagnosed is: basking in the warm sun.
19. It was really hard to have to give up: being outdoors on a regular basis.
20. A new hobby I have taken up since my diagnosis is: designing and creating jewelry.
21. If I could have one day of feeling normal again I would: spend the day outside at a park.
22. My illness has taught me: patience.
23. Want to know a secret? One thing people say that gets under my skin is: "Have you every tried …..?"
24. But I love it when people: tell me they keep me in their prayers. It really helps.
25. My favorite motto, scripture, quote that gets me through tough times is: When God closes a door, he opens a window.
26. When someone is diagnosed I'd like to tell them: you are not alone.
27. Something that has surprised me about living with an illness is: the isolation of living with a disease none of my friends have.
28. The nicest thing someone did for me when I wasn't feeling well was: give me a hug.
29. I'm involved with Invisible Illness Week because: I have lupus.
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Here in the Tampa area, Dave and Bob were messing around with this and they locked in on it pretty good. I don't know if they ever posted the recipe/process but I'll see what I can dig up
As a veteran of many reverse engineering and cloning projects, I think that, absent insider information, you cannot realistically reverse engineer and clone a commercial dough/pizza in a reasonable time frame without numbers.
I was just sayin that I don't know if I'm capable of truly reverse engineering this sucker, though it does sound like fun. Is it the case that without detailed nutritional information we can't really make progress outside of trial and error subjectivity?I'd be willing to get an MM pie for laboratory purposes but sounds like it wouldn't do a whole lot to help the cause without knowing more about what's in the thing.
mellow sells dough balls...small is $3 and medium $4. The dough actually comes in balled and frozen, in one day batches. No effort is put in to keeping them at a consistant temp throughout the day as well...
She quoted prices of $4 for small, $6 for medium, and $8 for large.
$8 for a dough ball?!? What the...
I did call my local MM and at first the girl was like "hmmm I don't think so" but she went and asked and sure enough, they do sell the dough.She quoted prices of $4 for small, $6 for medium, and $8 for large. She said they are kept at room temp, as you stated.I tried to get a little more info out of her by asking if the dough they use in the restaurant is made fresh or arrives frozen in balls. She said "a little of both." I didn't want to press the issue so left it at that.Pete - where does this put us for our reverse engineering project? I would think this is a quantum leap forward! Maybe I could get some ingredient/nutritional info when purchasing a ball . ..
So, maybe MM does use a commissary business model. That would allow them to make and ship both frozen and fresh dough balls to their stores.
In the interest of pizza science, there are two nutritional guides that I have seen. How accurate or where they came from I don't know.1) http://www.myfitnesspal.com/nutrition-facts-calories/mellow-mushroom2) http://www.livestrong.com/article/364574-mellow-mushroom-nutrition-guide/?utm_source=popup&utm_medium=1
I feel like we're really getting some great info but not really sure how we get at the dough formulation. I guess other than what we feel are the sure-fire ingredients - HG Flour, Wheat Germ, Molasses, yeast, oil, salt - sans nutrition info or insider info, all we can do is trial and error. . .?


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- We have added a new feature which was a request, now when a marker is selected and a tooltip is opened it will stay opened until the mouse leaves the tooltip area.
The HTML5 Zoomer Plugin FWD is a great image navigator and a panning tool for displaying large images. It is compatible with all major desktop and mobile browsers. It is a powerful image viewer prepared for showcasing products (high resolution product images, e.g. clothes, cars, technical schemes etc), displaying maps, and any other images, with its zooming, panning, dragging, navigation controls, scrollbar, zoom buttons,and highly customizable markers. It is very easy to configure and maintain it in XML and also, as a plus, you can open it in a lightbox window just like the jQuery plugin.
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This zoom & pan HTML5 plugin has an amazing performance on mobiles using CSS3 with gesture events support: the image is zoomed with two fingers working just like a native application. It was coded and optimized for mobile devices and it is 100% mobile compatible and of course it will run just as great on PC. We've tested it on IPAD3 and it runs great. Click here to see a video demo on IPAD3
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Fully XML driven this makes it really easy to install and maintain. Support for really large iamge files we have tested it with 6000×6000px .jpg and it is working great.
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Highly customizable image preloader, you can change the radius, thickness and color theme.
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7 Real Concerns Men Should Have Before Going on Vacation
It's summertime, which means you'll probably take a week off for vacation to relax. But a vacation can be anything but relaxing.
A new British survey has found men's biggest concern before going on holiday (as those wacky Brits call it) is getting rid of their beer belly (which, as we all know, is false).
This fear is misplaced, however, because there are plenty of other matters men need to fret over before packing and heading out for some R and R:
Getting kidnapped
If you're taking the family on a delightful holiday in Mexico, be warned. You don't want to be abducted in the streets of Tijuana, become a pawn in some war between drug cartels or hijacked and forced to fend off vampires (hey, we saw 'From Dusk 'Til Dawn).
Getting stuck on a cruise
Like barbecues and catching fireflies, hearing about stranded boats is now a summer rite of passage. Your dreams of chilling out on a massive boat where you can hang starboard while the kids are practically in another zip code on port turn into a nightmare when the boat runs aground and you're left without working toilets and enough sweat to fill the ocean below you.
Getting charged with murder after hooking up with a hot chick
Thanks, Joran Van Der Sloot. Just lay low. It's just not worth bagging that girl at the bar while backpacking through Europe with your friend who mysteriously disappears on the night in question to score some ganj, leaving you with no alibi.
Getting a room that's next to Aaron Hernandez
Maybe he'll be running from the law, maybe he'll be on vacation, but you do not want to have to call hotel management to report what appear to be loud gunshots.
Getting a sunburn
Make sure to grab your SPF 4000 or whatever it is you need to keep the rays from causing your skin to bubble like a DiGiorno pizza. You don't want to be the doofus who forgets it, falls asleep at the pool and wakes to find himself as a deep-fried tourist who looks like he should be dating the Tanning Mom.
Getting food poisoning
Look, if you're taking the family on a road trip, you've gotta conserve money somehow and often times it happens at a franchise. But chowing down on the all-you-can-eat $12.95 special at Golden Corral comes with a set of gastrointestinal problems that the toilet in the Red Roof Inn you booked a room is not equipped to handle.
Getting photographed in clothing that will be mocked for years to come
In 30 years, there's a very good chance a picture of you decked out in plaid shorts, green shirt, black socks, sandals, visor and fanny-pack will somehow be sitting in a frame in the musty living room whose scent creeps out your grandkids. You want to avoid that at all costs. So, remember that when packing for your trip.


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My guess is producers thought and knew that the game was getting too boring and decided to throw/input their own twist to shake things up.
i bet it's phillip's mystery package
I just read this on CBS Web site...Sunday, May 15 SURVIVOR: REDEMPTION ISLAND-For the first time,(8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) there will be EIGHT remaining castaways in the two-hour finale vying for the title of "Sole Survivor." The finale is followed by a one-hour live reunion show hosted by Jeff Probst.http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_entertainment/release?id=28130How's that for a mystery package? LOL
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Miss America contestant Allyn Rose took one of those terrifying genetic tests and found out that she's got the same genetic mutation that may have led to her mother's fatal breast cancer. And instead of waiting for a diagnosis that she believes is inevitable, she's following in the footsteps of other women who have the breast cancer gene and getting a preemptive double mastectomy. If she doesn't win the Miss America pageant, that is.
Rose's mother received her diagnosis at age 27, and, at 24, Rose has said that she'd rather be alive and without breasts than dead in a filled out bra. Of her choice, she said,
...breasts don't define your life. I'm choosing life over beauty. I'm choosing to remove something that's so iconic to my womanhood.
Pretty brave woman making a scary decision in the midst of a set of terrible circumstances. But what was a little perplexing to me was her choice to keep her breasts until after she represents Washington, D. C. in the Miss America pageant next year. And, uh, her announcement that if she wins, she'll hang onto her breasts (which, according to medical tests are basically ticking time bombs attached to her chest) until she has completed her term as Miss America, which would still put her age at double mastectomy before she's the same age her mother was when she was first diagnosed with breast cancer, but not by much. Is successfully competing in the Miss America pageant more immediately important than preventing genetic, deadly breast cancer?
Questionable priorities aside, how badass would it be for Rose to participate in the pageant without breasts, or to have the surgery after the pageant regardless of whether or not she wins? I can't think of a more stark, honest representation of the reality of breast cancer, the impact it has on survivors, and how medieval and crappy our treatment and prevention of the disease still is, even in the face of billions dollars of of pink ribbon-emblazoned money raised For The Cure than a pageant participant who forces the country to look at the reality of breast cancer through anything but rose-colored glasses.
If the double mastectomy is so urgent, then it shouldn't be less urgent than fulfilling the duties of being Miss America? Allyn Rose is under no obligation to turn her body into the site of a political demonstration, but imagine what an impact she could make if she prioritized the immediacy of her health over a desire to keep her torso pageant-friendly.


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San Diego Trust Bank agreed Wednesday to be sold to the parent of Pacific Premier Bank of Orange County in a cash and stock deal valued at $30.6 million -- continuing the trend of local banks being gobbled up by larger institutions.
Pacific Premier, which has 10 branches in Southern California, expands its footprint into San Diego County by adding San Diego Trust Bank's branches in Point Loma, Downtown and Encinitas. It also gets San Diego Trust's $188 million in deposits.
Pacific Premier's Steven Gardner said the bank intends to retain all local branches and their personnel, aiming to grow market share by offering larger and different types of loans than San Diego Trust Bank did, such as U.S. Small Business Administration loans.
"This is an attractive way for us to expand into the San Diego marketplace," said Steven R. Gardner, president and chief executive of Pacific Premier. "We believe San Diego is a logical extension of our franchise."
Run by long-time San Diego banker Michael Perry, San Diego Trust had no delinquent loans and maintains a hefty cushion against loan losses – well in excess of federal requirements. It has been profitable for 33 straight quarters.
But the bank also has struggled to grow its loan portfolio. It relies on investments in low-risk securities for the bulk of its income. At year end, San Diego Trust had $242 million in assets but less than $40 million in loans.
With interest rates at record lows, the gap between the bank's securities income and its operating expenses has shrunk.
"They sidestepped some the landmines that hit their local peers, but they did that by not growing loans," said Timothy Coffey, a vice president and research analyst with FIG Partners. "It's difficult enough for banks to make money in a low-interest rate environment. But it's more difficult when you don't have many loans."
Perry said the bank was handicapped by its size. "One of the frustrating things for us over the last couple of years is a lot of the opportunities that came our way were $10 million to $15 million credits, and we weren't able to facilitate those credits because we only had a $5 million legal lending limit."
Perry said the merger will enable the bank to make loans of up to $35 million in a single transaction.
Pacific Premier will pay San Diego Trust's shareholders $13.41 in cash or 1.114 shares of Pacific Premier's stock – or a combination of both. The cash outlay for Pacific Premier, however, is capped at half the total consideration, or about $15.3 million. The rest must be paid in stock.
On Tuesday before the deal was announced, San Diego Trust Bank's shares ended trading at $14.50 on the over the counter bulletin board. They fell nearly 8 percent to $13.36 in trading Wednesday.
Perry said investors in San Diego Trust Bank, founded in 2003, will receive a "meaningful return on their initial investment of $12 million" and could see more gains through ownership of Pacific Premier's stock.
Since the economic meltdown of 2008, several San Diego banks have been swallowed by rivals. AmericanWest Bank of Spokane purchased Security Business Bank, Bank of Escondido, Point Loma Community Bank and Sunrise Bank. Regents Bank gobbled up California Community Bank, and Coronado First Bank merged with Embarcadero Bank and San Diego Private Bank.
When the San Diego Trust deal is complete, Pacific Premier will have $1.7 billion in assets and $1.4 billion in loans.
Perry will leave the bank after the transaction. San Diego Trust's Chief Operating Officer, Toby Reschan, will become senior vice president for Pacific Premier in the San Diego region.
Pacific Premier's shares ended Wednesday at $12.36 on the Nasdaq.


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Xbox360Achievements.org and PS3Trophies.org have been tapped to draw up the achievements and trophies in GRID 2, due for release by the end of March. Publisher Codemasters and the two sites made a joint announcement of the team-up yesterday.
"For years we've been criticizing lackluster achievement and trophy lists, and now, we finally get the chance to put our money where our mouth is," Dan Webb, the two sites' editor-in-chief, said in a statement.
Webb's publications will follow the creation of the lists with a series of features and videos, giving some insight into a process many know little about.
As I'm sure Webb knows, in addition to the incentives achievements place on playing and replaying a game, they're also a means through which designers invite you to try certain features of the game or notice some aspect of its design that you may not otherwise. So it will be interesting to see how a third party balances a studio's interests with those of the fans, and how people approach developing an achievement list for a game they haven't yet played.
X360A & PS3T to Design GRID 2 Achievement & Trophy List In World First [Xbox360Achievements.org. h/t Mopey]