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Ten most cited TVCG papers
The IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics journal completed 15 years this month and in the editorial, the 10 most cited papers in the last 15 years have been mentioned. Some of them are survey papers and some are classics. These papers have received between 550-250 citations in the past 15 years.
Here are the papers (in no particular order):
- I. Herman, G. Melançon, and M.S. Marshall, "Graph Visualization and Navigation in Information Visualization: A Survey," IEEE Trans. Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 24-43,Jan.-Mar. 2000.
- M. Alexa, J. Behr, D. Cohen-Or, S. Fleishman, D. Levin and C.T. Silva, "Computing and Rendering Point Set Surfaces," IEEE Trans. Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 3-15,Jan.-Mar. 2003.
- J.T. Klosowski, M. Held, J.S.B. Mitchell, H. Sowizral and K. Zikan, "Efficient Collision Detection Using Bounding Volume Hierarchies of k-DOPs," IEEE Trans. Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 21-36,Jan.-Mar. 1998.
- J. Rossignac, "Edgebreaker: Connectivity Compression for Triangle Meshes," IEEE Trans. Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 47-61,Jan.-Mar. 1999. GVU Tech Report.
- D.A. Keim, "Information Visualization and Visual Data Mining," IEEE Trans. Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 1-8,Jan.-Mar. 2002.
- N. Max, "Optical Models for Direct Volume Rendering," IEEE Trans. Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 99-108,June 1995.
- P.M. Hubbard, "Collision Detection for Interactive Graphics Applications," IEEE Trans. Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 218-230,Sept. 1995.
- S. Lee, G. Wolberg, and S.Y. Shin, "Scattered Data Interpolation with Multilevel B-Splines," IEEE Trans. Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 228-244,July-Sept. 1997.
- G.W. Larson, H. Rushmeier, and C. Piatko, "A Visibility Matching Tone Reproduction Operator for High Dynamic Range Scenes," IEEE Trans. Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 291-306,Oct.-Dec. 1997.
- K. Perlin, "Real Time Responsive Animation with Personality," IEEE Trans. Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 5-15,Mar. 1995.
Please feel free to add any other TVCG papers that have influenced your work significantly. Congrats TVCG and all the people involved with it!
IEEE VisWeek 2008 – Panels overview
As part of Visweek, there were a few Panels which I have consistently enjoyed through all these years. The first panel was on
Grand Challenges for Information Visualization
Panelists: Georges Grinstein, Daniel Keim and Tamara Munzner. All the panelists are well known to the community and provided some very interesting ideas.
Tamara Munzner gave an interesting talk which resonated with that I believe is necessary for our field. She emphasized on the fact that we "need open software for open data." On numerous occasions, we see wonderful visualization techniques at conferences and in the IEEE TVCG journal, but rarely do we see the source code with some sample datasets being made available. I particularly applaud efforts such as Many eyes, VisTrails and some other visualization toolkits (which I cant think of right now) that allow not only visualization but also some information regarding how the visualization was created. Vistrails goes much farther and even provides detailed information regarding the steps taken by a user to reach a certain point.
Tamara also proposed a common framework which seems inspired by the field of security and software engineering. It was an interesting way to deal with providing visualization solutions to real world application domain problems. Here slides can be found at www.cs.ubc.ca/~tmm/talks/vis08/vis08.pdf
I think that some of the ideas that they discussed in the panel are crucial to our field of visualization (not just infovis). We need to make sure that we have something more than a long list of papers (textbooks/introductory 1-day workshops at conferences for first time attendees) for new students and practitioners. I am glad to see such enthusiasm and fervor as was palpable at the panel and hope to see many more such events that make us think as a community. I wasnt able to attend the entire panel and so if any of you have any comments on the same, please feel free to add them here.
Building a Research Group in Visualization
Panelists: Hamish Carr, Sheelagh Carpendale, Thomas Ertl, Helwig Hauser, Chris Johnson, Min Chen, Stephen North
This panel was hosted by Hamish Carr, who is at the University College Dublin. The panel started out with each of the esteemed panelists discussing what worked and how things worked out for them as a researcher as well as a research group.
Sheelagh Carpendale spoke first and basically said that she had identified five components to 'success' as regards forming a creative, productive research group. The five components are (i) Collaboration – Where multiple students collaborate and get more done by helping each other out. (ii) Competition – where students or sub-groups within the lab compete in a healthy manner towards evaluating techniques, developing software modules etc. (iii) Mentoring – Each new student is paired up with a senior member in the lab to help with adjusting to the lab as well as getting up to speed with research in the field. (iv) Individualism – It is critical to identify individual pieces for students so that they can claim ownership of a part of the project. She mentioned that its also important to encourage students to think on their own. (v) Scaffolding – Last but not the least, scaffolding is the glue that provides a productive environment to the students and researchers in the lab. Providing students with sufficient, high quality resources helps them achieve their goals as well as helps the faculty member achieve their goals.
Min Chen focused on challenges of leading a smallish research group. He spoke about how the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) process helped and shaped his research group as well as the department's growth at Swansea University, UK. Particularly, he spoke about how he read books on managing groups such as 'Handbook of Small Group Research' by A. Paul Hare, which apparently is out of circulation. The amusing part of his talk was that the book had examined criminal gangs and figured out some of the rules and ideas about what works and doesnt work from observing gang leaders and the gang as a whole. He also spoke on how their group outings are mostly research focused and that has helped them grow as well as form connections with other faculty in the department.
Thomas Ertl spoke next on how his experience in astrophysics as well as industry helped him immensely. He said that having started his own company before becoming a faculty member, convinced him of the need of selling. By selling he meant selling an idea, a concept and so on. He said that writing skills can definitely be improved and there is no excuse to poor communication skills. One needs to be able to convince the reader/person sitting in front of you of the viability of your idea/algorithm/system. He said that "Success is a combination of individual performance and how others perceive you." He said that in his lab he has always encouraged collaboration as opposed to competition.
Helwig Hauser spoke about the balance between demands (financial, research, departmental) as a professor versus own choices as regards research, research topic etc. He said that one should always keep an eye on the practical assets when conducting research. He defined them as software, algorithms and tools. He also spoke about the need to balance reactive vs proactive approaches to research. In some cases, one needs to work on a project to fund the research that one is more interested in.
Chris Johnson discussed how his small research lab of one student grew to a small research group and that grew into a large research group which in turn grew into a centre and now its a huge institute (Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute). He said that only through collaborations and having a big group of smart people around you, can you do more interesting science than just by working by yourself. He spoke abut how its always challenging to manage large groups but he said that they are very careful when hiring new faculty/researchers since one disgruntled person can make the environment unproductive.
Stephen North from AT&T Research labs gave the industry perspective to managing research groups. He said that the funding is more or less stable but its very important to have executive support from within the company. He said that long term goals and views are important for a research group, but also said that its not always possible to meet all the long term goals.
This was followed by an excellent discussion where attendees asked panelists some insightful questions. Instead of trying to summarize the interaction, I would like to direct you to Carlos Scheidegger's excellent summarization of the Q&A session that followed.
Unfortunately, I could not make it to the Visual Analytics panel. Please let me know if any of you attended that session.


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Hawaii medical students pay tribute to Duke KahanamokuUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
John A. Burns School of Medicine
Students of native Hawaiian ancestry attending medical school with financial help from the Nadine Kahanamoku Scholarship Fund will pay tribute to Duke Kahanamoku tomorrow by presenting lei to his statue on Kuhio Beach.
Fifteen Hawaiian students enrolled in the John A. Burns School of Medicine currently receive a total of $150,000 from the Kahanamoku Fund. Among the Kahanamoku Scholarship recipients are 10 first-year students — this year's entering class of 16 Hawaiian students is the largest in School history.
Since the Kahanamoku Scholarship program began in 1999, it has provided financial assistance amounting to $1.19 million to 78 medical students at the University of Hawaii.
9 a.m.-12 noon: Students and friends will prepare lei at the Sheraton Moana Hotel's Peacock Lounge
4:15 p.m.: Program at Duke Kahanamoku statue on Kuhio Beach
5:15 p.m.: Lei-draping ceremony
6:00 p.m.: Duke's Fest luau at Waikiki Aquarium

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People from all 50 states and several countries tuned in to the National 100th Anniversary Audiocast Kick-Off Rally last Thursday. In all, 50,000 Scouts, Scouters, alumni, and parents were present for the virtual event.
Were you at the big party? If so, you heard Chief Scout Executive Bob Mazzuca, BSA National President John Gottschalk, National Commissioner Tico Perez, and AT&T
Chairman, President, and CEO Randall Stephenson, the BSA's 100th Anniversary
Those who tuned in also had a chance to win some great prizes. The prizes went to:
- Les from Idaho, two tickets to Gala Twenty-Ten
- Randy from Iowa, signed Joseph Csatari print
- Caitlin from California, U.S. mint coin celebrating the BSA's 100 years
If you missed the rally live, don't fret. The entire celebration has been archived here. Just follow that link and click the play button at the top of the page. The audiocast will begin playing immediately.
What's next in the yearlong 100th Anniversary celebration? You'll want to tune in to the Tournament of Roses parade on New Year's Day in Pasadena, Calif., to see the BSA's specially designed float. That also marks the beginning of the Adventure Base 100 tour. See the tour schedule here, and join the celebration in a city near you!


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Many people are familiar with using rhymes and songs to help remember information. But can melodies and harmonies help maintain—and even improve—the memory skills of aging individuals with dementia?
Sheila Konar certainly thinks so. "The benefits of music therapy on mental health are astounding. We've always been interested and involved in this field as well as in giving back to the community."
To that end, Konar donated a major gift in 2011 on behalf of the Konar Family Foundation to the music therapy program at Nazareth College. "Nazareth has always been socially minded and involved in community service, so this grant was a given."
Among other initiatives, the gift enabled the creation of a special music therapy group for persons with Alzheimer's. Konar was personally interested in supporting this endeavor since her own husband was diagnosed with the disease.
Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia. At present, there is no cure and the disease worsens as it progresses. As research into medications and other treatment options continues, professors at Nazareth were interested in studying the effectiveness of individually tailored small group music therapy sessions for those living with Alzheimer's. And it was the donation from the Konar Family Foundation that kick-started the program.
The music therapy group at Nazareth was led by Associate Professor of Music Therapy Betsey King, Ph.D., and Assistant Clinical Professor of Music Therapy Laurie Keough, M.S.Ed.—both of whom are board certified music therapists with extensive experience in the field.
"With the help of the Rochester chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, we recruited enough participants and caregivers for 12 sessions in the fall 2011 semester," explains King. The sessions involved singing songs (occasionally combined with sign language), playing instruments, and building memory skills through repetition and engagement.
The research was compiled throughout the semester, and the preliminary results and analysis indicated significant improvement in areas of concern for persons with Alzheimer's. "Improvement is especially meaningful for people who have a progressive debilitating disease," explains Keough. "Intervention is often necessary simply to maintain skills in this context."
Examples of improvements included increased social interaction among group members, active participation, and ability to participate in more complex musical interactions.
In response to the encouraging results, the music therapy group continued to meet during the spring 2012 semester. "Not only did we see changes in the participants on account of the direct stimulation of music therapy, but what's most promising is the carryover reported from this 50-minute session to the world outside of this room," says Keough. Indeed, the participants' caregivers reported back on their loved ones' positive affects, increased activity, and energy levels.
Most surprisingly, notes Keough, was not just the maintenance of existing skills, but the building and development of the participants' memory skills. "At the beginning, we saw anxiety, confusion, and disorientation, but that gradually faded with the weekly sessions. The structure remains the same, but each session is different and builds on the skills from the previous week. It's incredible to see so much improvement and growth in the participants."
And so the question now from both the participants' caregivers and the music therapists is the same: What's next?
"As we increase the visibility of Nazareth's music therapy program and educate the health care agencies and facilities in our community about music therapy," says King, "we can provide new jobs for our graduates, varied clinical training for our students, and services for underrepresented and underserved populations. In a real and tangible way, this generous gift from the Konar Family Foundation will enable us to do just that."


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Music is the ultimate performance enhancer and BlueAnt's range of Sports Audio and Sports Lifestyle products cover all the bases.
BlueAnt is a global sports audio and lifestyle brand founded in Australia in 2003.
BlueAnt is Audio Unleashed.


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Problem Solved – Thanks To Mackie!August 27, 2008
Mackie gear. The solution to all of life's problems? We'd like to think so. See how the Onyx1640 solved a problem for the guys at MacWorld.com.
Jim Dalrymple works with Macworld.com and has been writing about Macs for more than a decade. However, he is also musician and decided to make an album, posting notes about the entire creative process on Macworld.com.
During this process, he ran into a problem. Not enough preamps for all the mics needed for the recording. Simple enough problem, right? Well, when you pose this question to audio engineers in a public forum, it is bound to get more complicated. Every audio engineer has their opinion, but a large majority of readers suggested Mackie's Onyx Compact Mixers.
There are a lot of options and Jim took some time to consider, but ultimately decided to use two Onyx 1640 mixers. Here is an excerpt from his story:
"After reading the feedback in the article forums, I noticed quite a few recommendations for the Mackie Onyx 1640 mixer. It has 16 mic preamps and all of the other features you would expect from analog mixer. You can also use two of the channels for a direct guitar input via the Hi-Z input.
"The Hi-Z input is perfect for what I'm looking for because it's designed specifically for guitars, allowing me to plug directly into the mixer. This means that I no longer have to plug the guitar into a powered box before going to the mixer. When I'm amping the guitar signal in software using Guitar Rig or other similar application, having a direct clean signal is important for the overall tone.
"The mixer also has an internal Talkback function—another handy thing that you don't necessarily think about until you have a group of people standing around with headphones on recording some music. Using this feature, I can push a button and talk to everyone in the band at once without taking off the headphones, making silly hand gestures or otherwise disrupting the session.
"I got two of the 1640s, giving me a total of 32 inputs. The 1640 also has a FireWire option, so I can daisy chain the two mixers together and then plug into the Mac and use Logic or GarageBand to record all 32 channels. However, I didn't do that. With all of the mics connected to the mixer, I'm using the recording outs on the 1640 to go into Apogee's AD-16x using a DB25-to-XLR cable. The AD-16x is connected to the Mac via the PCI Express Apogee Symphony card, which gives me a great digital signal into Logic. To decode the digital output signal to analog, I'm using an optical lightpipe connection from the AD-16 into the Apogee Mini-Dac."
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Hello to all,
The wife and I will be getting a pit pup in October and are very excited about it. Our youngest son will be leaving the nest on Mon, headed to Parris Island! We are looking forward to becoming a member of the pitbull community as my wife has wanted a pittbull for some time now but we wanted to wait until we could devote a majority of our time to it. Anyway, looking forward to posting pics once we get out pup but until then we will read and learn as much as possible.
JJ and TJ from NJ


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Sean Hayes and Rosie O'Donnell are joining the cast of NBC's "Hairspray Live!"
Hayes will take on the role of dress shop owner Mr. Pinky, while O'Donnell will play a tough gym teacher in the production set to air in December, the network said Tuesday.
They join a cast that represents a "slew" of Oscar, Emmy and Tony award winners, said Robert Greenblatt, NBC Entertainment chairman. That includes Harvey Fierstein, reprising his Tony Award-winning role as Edna Turnblad in the Broadway production that premiered in 2004.
U.S. & World
The musical also stars Kristin Chenoweth, Jennifer Hudson, Derek Hough, Martin Short and pop star Ariana Grande, who told a TV critics' meeting that she didn't want more solos than the part provides.
"It's a dream come true for me. ... I love Penny and it's a great honor to play her, so I don't want any special icing," Grande said.
Hudson, who has gone from "American Idol" to movie and stage star, said she was "definitely nervous" about the prospect of working on live TV, and this after surviving her Broadway debut last year in "The Color Purple."


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Add Joan Rivers to the long list of demons hounding Charlie Sheen.
The septuagenarian comic let loose in with some brutal moralizing following reports Sheen is in rehab after his latest booze, drug and hooker-fueled meltdown. Sheen, a thrice-divorced father of five, was rushed to the hospital last week after a wild binge at his Hollywood home went sideways.
"I think he's an a--. When you have a child, darling, you'd better start setting an example," Rivers told The Advocate, which asked her opinion about the rehabbing father of five's recent behavior.
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Rivers, 77, made the comment to the magazine while extolling her daughter Melissa's parenting skills. She said the 45-year-old "Two and a Half Men" star needs to get a grip, ASAP.
"Childhood for you is over when you have a child," Rivers continued. "I find it outrageous to be carrying on like that. I also think that when you get the gold ring you have an obligation. The old studio system made you have an obligation to live a clean life and be the example. What am I going to tell my grandson who watches 'Two and Half Men'? I just think he's awful."
Sheen, who has been in rehab several times, has been in freefall since Christmas, 2009, when he was arrested for holding a knife to the throat of then-wife Brooke Mueller. In October, he trashed a New York hotel room while partying with a porn star.
Two porn stars have come forward to say they were at his home for last week's binge, telling stories of wild drug use, drinking and sex.
The Los Angeles Fire Department Wednesday released the 911 call that led to his hospitalization, where a man who says he's a Beverly Hills doctor reported Sheen seemed "very, very intoxicated" and in pain.
Dr. Paul Nassif and his wife, the "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Adrienne Maloof, later said they were the one's who called the cops about their high profile neighbor after getting a call from Sheen's home and speaking to him.
Selected Reading: E! Online, The Advocate, New York Post


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Journalist Woodward to speak at USM
Bob Woodward to discuss presidencies from Nixon to Obama
Investigative journalist Bob Woodward is speaking in Maine about the successes and failures of U.S. presidents from Nixon to Obama.
Woodward is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and author who works at The Washington Post. Early in his career, he and fellow Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein covered the Watergate scandal that brought down the presidency of Richard Nixon.
Woodward is speaking at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Hannaford Lecture Hall at the University of Southern Maine. Tickets are $20 each, and $10 for students, with seating on a first-come, first-served basis. The speech is sponsored by South Portland-based Wex Inc., formerly Wright Express
On Sunday, Woodward was honored by Colby College in Waterville for his contributions in protecting freedom of the press with the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award.


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Mista Cookie Jar and the Chocolate Chips, we are happy to be giving away 5 autographed copies of the new CD to Rice Daddies readers.
If you're not familiar with the music of Mista Cookie Jar, a.k.a. C.J. Pizarro, he calls it "Urban-Island-Funky-Rock-N-Roll for the Inner Child." His first album, The Love Bubble, has been on repeat in our house for a long time, and it definitely makes children of all ages get up and dance.
Case in point: I just hit "play" on the video below for "Happy Place," off the new album, while writing this and my three-year-old daughter just ran over to the computer for the other room where she was playing with my iPhone.
perform at a reading for Rad Dad: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Fatherhood.
Enjoy the "Happy Place" video then scroll down for how to enter to win your own signed copy of Ultramagnetic Universal Love Revolution:
To enter to win one of five signed copies of Ultramagnetic Universal Love Revolution by Mista Cookie Jar and the Chocolate Chips, send an email with "Mista Cookie Jar" in the subject line to email@example.com by this Friday, May 11, at midnight PDT. To purchase your own copy now on CD or download, go to cdbaby or iTunes.
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
CD Giveaway! Mista Cookie Jar's Ultramagnetic Universal Love Revolution
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text: Perhaps World Series Game 6 has faded from your mind, as the series ended Friday night with not a bang but a whimper. But you should recall, in any case, that Game Six was pretty fucking cool. We posted New Yorker writer Roger Angell's scorecard and asked Deadspin readers for theirs. This one comes from Baseball Prospectus prospect guru Kevin Goldstein. If you have one you'd like to send along, hit us up.


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Gillian Bourassa '09
Gillian graduated from WC summa cum laude with honors in History, took home the Knapp Prize in History, and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. She celebrated with a study abroad trip to Russia led by Professor Clayton Black, then returned to complete the Education Block and her student teaching internship.
She's now a social studies teacher at Dulaney High School in Timonium, MD (Baltimore County) where she teaches world history and economics. She's also begun work on a Master of Arts degree in Curriculum & Instruction at Loyola University Maryland, and plans to finish in 2014.
Of her education here, Gillian says, "The study of history directly prepared me to teach history, and I often refer to my notes and readings from courses at WC in preparing my lessons. The variety of courses I took as part of my liberal arts education has also benefitted me in making connections between various other disciplines and the history and economics I teach my students. I have benefitted professionally and personally from the strong relationships I built at WC with faculty members and classmates."


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In My Mailbox was created by Kristi at The Story Siren and inspired by Alea at Pop Culture Junkie.
I received a massive amount of books and pretty much all on the same day squashed into my mailbox. I am definitely one lucky gal this week!
Cargo by Jessica Au -Aussie contemp YA debut. Described on the back cover as "heart-wrenching, beautiful and explosive". This has jumped to top of my reading pile. Thanks to Picador (Pan Macmillan Australia).
Trial by Fire by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - Sequel to Raised by Wolves. This is probably my favourite werewolves series. This is coming out in August in Australia (already out in US) so I am excited to get an early copy. Thanks to Quercus (Pan Macmillan Australia).
Original Sin by Lisa Descrochers - Sequel to Personal Demons. YA paranormal about angels. Thanks to Pan Macmillan Australia.
In The Arms of Stone Angels by Jordan Dane - YA paranormal. Loving the different Aussie cover. Thanks to Harlequin Teen Australia.
The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter - YA debut that is a fresh take on Greek mythology. Already read this and it is fantastic. Anybody notice that the Aussie cover is very similar to two other covers? Thanks to Harlequin Teen Australia.
Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder - YA dystopia novel. I have heard amazing things about this series and Maria is coming to Australia soon so I need to get my read on. Thanks to Harlequin Teen Australia.
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder - YA fantasy that I am sure we all have heard off. I have also heard there is a very swoon worthy romance in it. Thanks to Harlequin Teen Australia.
Dark Heart Forever by Lee Monroe - YA paranormal. Thanks to the Winter Flings competition.
Momentum by Saci Lloyd - YA dystopia. Thanks to Winter Flings competition.
Forgotten by Cat Patrick - YA contemp. I am so excited to win this after Missie's book boyfriend post. Thanks to Lisa @ Badass Bookie.
The Demon's Covenant by Sarah Rees Brennan - YA paranormal. Second book in the series. This was a lovely surprise thanks to an amazing friend.
Intrinsical by Lani Woodland - YA ghost supernatural story. Already finished this and it was awesome. Thanks to Alexa.


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Development and experimental production of measurement standards for laser beam/optics characterization. Technology and instrumentation for on-line and off-line beam and optics monitoring.
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Raising the productivity and competitiveness of European businesses through technology. Boosting national economies on the international market, and strengthening the basis for sustainable prosperity and employment.


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Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre's Xanadu
Spoiler alert for readers not current on 1980s' kitsch: The musical Xanadu has nothing to do with Citizen Kane or with Coleridge's poem of the same name. The motif of creating a stately pleasure dome, however, does link all three disparate references to Xanadu.
Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre ends its 2012 season irrepressibly with goofy fun. Set in 1980 — the era of leg warmers and big-hair bands — as a tongue-in-cheek theatrical send up of a bad movie musical, Xanadu simply shouldn't work. The plot: Olympian muses (think the gods, not the athletes) travel to 1980 California to meddle in human affairs.
Muses set curses on each other, a disco roller rink is deemed an answer to creativity, and muse and human fall in love. Improbably, this silliness works. Success rises from the music and this production's cast, choreography, energy level and compact direction.
Director Melissa Huston and choreographer Felicity Stiverson deliver ingenuity and wit. Stiverson works wonders of distinctive choreography on the small stage. Sarah Kendrick's costumes set the tone. Ken Kimble provides, as usual, the perfect musical accompaniment.
Driving Xanadu are repurposed pop songs such as Evil Woman, Strange Magic, Dancin', and Have You Never Been Mellow. Integrated into the action and very well sung, the songs are so well known that audiences join in virtual sing-alongs.
Leads Carol Anne Drescher and Jeffrey Walter are sweet, charming and befuddled, fun to watch and delightful to hear. Bob Brewer's Danny brings adult yearnings to the silliness.
The six muses portray both a cohesive unit and six unique personalities, thanks to director and actors. Michael Windsor gives us entertaining exposition and David Wojciehowski gives us strong dancing and a glimpse of a powerful singing voice. Erin MacDonald and Cristina Shunk showcase comedic and dance skills.
The two muses who cause trouble and cast spells are played with wicked abandon by Jenifer Grundy Hollett and Lauren Winther-Hansen, whose firm control on their tongue-in-cheek humor, daring in vocal and physical comedy and exuberant fun, makes the audience look forward to their next entrance.
Xanadu is an improbable show that works because it doesn't take itself seriously and because it lets the audience in on the inside jokes. Cast and crew do likewise, producing a theatrical experience that has you humming and stepping lightly as you step out into the Annapolis night.
Book by Douglas Carter Beane, music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar. Stage manager: Neil Codner. Technical director: Matthew Mitchell.
Playing thru Sept. 2 Th-Su at 8:30pm at Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre, 143 Compromise St. $20; rsvp: 410-268-9212; www.summergarden.com.


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Sources of Federal and State Aid
A grant is "gift aid," an award that you do not have to repay. Many types of grant aid are only available to students beginning to pursue their first undergraduate degree at Gardner-Webb. However, there are a number of grants you may have received:
A Federal Pell Grant is an entitlement program that is based on financial need. The amount of your Pell Grant is determined by the Federal government based on the cost of enrollment at GWU and the information you provided on your FAFSA. To receive the Pell grant listed on your award letter, you must be enrolled full-time (at least 12 hours) for each term shown. If you enroll less than full time your grant will be reduced or eliminated. Pell grants are usually prorated as follows:
9-11 hours = 75%
6-8 hours = 50%
1-5 hours = 25%
In some cases your Pell grant may be eliminated if you are enrolled less than full-time. Check with the financial planning office before you change your hours if you have any questions.
The North Carolina Need Based Scholarship Program (NCNBS) is a grant program created by the state legislature for students with an Expected Family Contribution (EFC) of $15,000 or less. The EFC is determined by the results of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
The Out-of-State Grant is available on a limited basis to Undergraduate Evening (GOAL - The Degree Completion Program) students who reside in a state other than North Carolina and who are enrolled full-time (12 hours). Students not currently meeting degree requirements do not qualify, nor do students who already have a Bachelor's degree. Funding is not available for summer school.
The Federal Direct Stafford Loan Program offers long-term, low interest education loans to students. In order to determine your eligibility and qualify, you must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA:www.fafsa.ed.gov) and be enrolled at least half-time each semester.
Repayment for Federal Direct Stafford Loans begins six months after you graduate, withdraw, or drop below half-time.
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That view has been expressed by prominent hawks and even some liberal interventionists for months. But it got a boost Thursday when former US ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson said the US would have no choice but to start arming Syria's rebels if indeed Russia is sending attack helicopters to President Assad's forces.
"This is a humanitarian crisis going on in Syria," Mr. Richardson, who is known for his diplomatic forays into North Korea, told Fox News Latino's Juan Williams. "If the Russians get in there, and there's evidence of that, I think that would be the defining step to move forward with arming the rebels."
So is the furor over Russian helicopters likely to be the tipping point that shifts the Obama administration into a more interventionist mode? (Think last summer's Libya campaign here.)
Certainly, the administration has not backed off Clinton's charges. In response to Russian claims that no new helicopters are being sent to Syria, and that whatever arms are being sent are for national air-defense purposes only, State Department officials acknowledge that Clinton may have been talking about older, refurbished helicopters – but still attack helicopters – being sent back to Syria.
But neither Clinton nor anyone else in the administration has gone the next step to say Russia's provisioning of Assad with heavy weapons would trigger a more robust US response, such as arming the rebels' Syrian Free Army.
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- Arming the rebels, in the face of a Russia-supported government, could lead to a proxy war with dangerous geopolitical repercussions.
But a string of massacres in pro-opposition villages in recent weeks, mounting evidence of Assad employing heavy weapons against a rebellious populace, and now the issue of Russian attack helicopters are all increasing pressure on the US to do more than issue statements and rebukes.
Already a group of "hawks" in the US Senate, led by John McCain (R) of Arizona and Joe Lieberman (I) of Connecticut, has called Obama's lack of leadership on Syria "embarrassing" and the international community's willingness to allow Russia and China to impede its action in Syria "shameful."
Last month, Senator McCain said it was "time to act," adding: "It's time to give the Syrian opposition the weapons in order to defend themselves. It's not a fair fight."
Others closer to the administration have also offered a steady drumbeat in favor of a more muscular intervention. Anne-Marie Slaughter, Clinton's former policy planning director, who is now at Princeton University, has for months favored the international community establishing "no-kill zones" for Syrian civilians that would be enforced by aircraft – provided international forces disabled Syrian air defenses.
Dr. Slaughter proposes getting around Russia's and China's UN Security Council vetoes of international action by having regional powers (perhaps Turkey) and organizations (principally the Arab League) act with the support of the Security Council majority, which favors stronger international action in Syria.
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2K is advertising "Borderlands 2" as "a new era of shoot and loot," and that's the core of its gameplay. You fire off all your ammo, scavenge loot from the corpses and use it to buy deadlier weapons. It's an insidiously addictive cycle, but Gearbox wasn't content to let the series stand on that alone. With an expansive world, memorable characters and clever mission design, "Borderlands 2" elevates its franchise into one of the premium attractions in the video-game universe.
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Making the DCNR heavily dependent on revenue from such leases puts the conservation agency's budget at odds with its mission. Pressure to allow further drilling will mount when it includes additional revenue to fund the agency. That's the wrong way to fund an agency charged with defending the public's interest in conservation rather than drilling.
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While he still thinks there may be evidence that the attackers could have known Ambassador Christopher Stevens was on the property at the time, he said, "9/11 is probably more important to that equation than even the ambassador."
His explanation of the events is at odds with the administration's comments about the September 11 assault. On Thursday, White House press secretary Jay Carney said there was no verification at the time that it was a "preplanned attack" and attributed the event to the controversial video.
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You know what your intention but impossible other people thinking. Said enough.
CNN No offensive I follow BBC on this story
Election year here I notice some political spin on CNN story
Before this incident there were few attacks against westerners in Benghazi, No one took serious including our media so I don't buy "It was clearly designed to be an attack,"
This is terrorist attack no doubt, this time terrorist got luck on their side
Obama continues to prove that he woefully inept and deserves to be removed from office in January. He surrounds himself with people designed to make him look "smart", but they also are not qualified to hold the positions they do – reference Hillary Clinton.
"This is terrorist attack no doubt, this time terrorist got luck on their side" – No, they have Soetoro on their side.
This was a terrorist attack against every American, it was not an attack on Obama,it was not an attack on Republicans or Democrats it was an attack on the entire country and you either stand up with the President against these terrorists or you fan the flames for the terrorists.
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Luck had nothing to do with it. It was well planned, and it now seems that we had intel that an attack was possible. At least as much warning so that American ambassador Christopher Stevens wrote of it in his personal journal. Obama has done everything he can to characterize this as a spontaneous attack. To make it look like he had a handle on foreign relations. This is a complete failure by Obama, and a disgrace that he has misled the country and failed those at the embassy.
True leaders in history have shown us time after time that strength, not Obama weakness, is what creates respect from bullies, like the Islamic terrorists. You fools keep turning truth on its head. Romney was right about the Lybian terrorists, but you and Obama continue to push the lie. Also, anybody in their right mind would choose an extremely successful person to fix our economy, rather than a two bit community organizer ... who was fabricated ... packaged ... and sold to the American public ... only to squander 6 TRILLION of OUR dollars, and keep unemployment well over 8% for 44 months. The only thing that kept this radical traitor from COMPLETELY destroying America, was his concern over reelection ... and you fools want to give him another 4 years, without oversight, or accountability ??? It's fools like you, who not only enable evil to prevail ... you actually assist it. Obama is destroying America ... you Obama stooges love Obama more than you love America ... America is more important than Obama ... Obama is expendable and replaceable ... America is not.
I think that Mr. Rogers' assertions are disingenuous at best. He has every reason to characterize the administration as inept and bungling when, in reality, the administration has simply released their view of what occurred based on the facts, as known. When asked for his opinion at the outset, even Mr. Rogers (so incongruous calling HIM that) even stated that it did not appear to be a coordinated attack. So, what's his rationale for changing his tune now? Oh, yeah, emerging facts, right? And how is that any different than what the administration has done all along?
It's real easy for Mike Rogers to claim that he would've done this or that when he's looking at things from the outside.
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"We think the public had a right to know what CNN had learned from multiple sources about the fears and warnings of a terror threat before the Benghazi attack which are now raising questions about why the State Department didn't do more to protect Ambassador Stevens and other U.S. personnel," CNN said in a written statement emailed to Reuters.
"Perhaps the real question here is why the State Department is now attacking the messenger," CNN said in the statement.
No one (Republicans) whined when the goverment bailed out the banks and auto industry... It was more of a pleading for help, if I recall it right. It's amazing to me how the big businesses have a short term memory when it comes to the assistance they have received. It appears that the 47% , (you know, the ones who take no responsibility for their lives) saved wall street. Talk about taking responsibility and being independent from govenment.
Let me guess he is Republican, because he is making conclusion based on gut feeling.
The interview with Republican Rogers was like a pro-Romney Super Pac ad. Talk about using a tragic event for political purposes. Since there were several different groups represented at the protest, obviously a good number of them were there because of the film. It would not be surprizing if another group had more sinister plans and used the film outrage as a cover. Since the protesters numbered in the hundreds to a few thousand at each of the protests around the world, that is a pretty small number in countries with millions of people. It shows that these were small radical groups not representative of their countries. Now that peaceful Libyans are rallying against the militant groups and supporting the US that is a very positive sign. CNN's reporting has been all over the place. It is not reliable to keep quoting "anonymous sources" or high positioned Libyan leaders. How do you know they don't have an agenda? On NBC I heard them say that CNN had said the Ambassafor had written in his journal that he was on a hit list but that his family had doubted that story. Shouldn't CNN wait for reliable and truthful information instead of trying to get a scoop? I also listen to other news outlets, especially the BBC, to get an all around, rationale view of the situation.
I truly believe this is the end result of a long time of planning. Wake up America and realize you are being duped!


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AUSTIN — Strict enforcement of a previously obscure state regulation is threatening the no-kill movement across Texas and could result in animal shelters euthanizing tens of thousands of additional pets each year, advocates warn.
A "clarification" of state rules by the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners last August already has sparked a court case and caused widespread confusion among city officials and private groups.
At issue is the veterinary care provided to animals in municipal shelters and privately operated animal rescue organizations.
Under its rules, the board requires the same level of medical care and attention for shelter dogs and cats as they would receive from a private veterinarian. That means volunteers and fosters cannot perform routine care, such as administering intake vaccinations, without a trained vet present. It also means shelter veterinarians must provide individual care to each shelter animal upon intake.
Shelters say requiring a veterinarian at all times would bust their budgets and reverse efforts to reach and maintain no-kill status of euthanasia rates at or below 10 percent. Without full-time vet staff, advocates say, shelters eventually would fall back on euthanizing more animals because state law allows trained staff to administer lethal injections.
"There's no need for this policy," said Rep. Jessica Farrar, D-Houston, a leading animal advocate in the Legislature who has sponsored humane treatment bills. "We already have high-kill shelters, and this would just exacerbate that. They're just going to turn into euthanasia centers."
Nicole Oria, executive director of the Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, said the agency has interpreted the law in this way to protect public health and safety. Shelters, she said, will not be targeted by the agency because it only takes action when it gets a complaint.
But shelter veterinarians and their advocates worry that this could leave them open to investigations by disgruntled former employees, volunteers or rival groups. Some have found ways to circumvent the rule, at least in the short term.
San Antonio and Austin have passed ordinances that allow city shelter staff and volunteers to provide medical care by giving them caretaker status upon intake. Private groups have sought to be exempted from board oversight by taking ownership of animals. That excludes them from the rule because pets are classified as property under state law.
There is no such ordinance in Houston, where Greg Damianoff, director of BARC, the city's animal shelter and adoption facility, said the rule could affect its low-cost wellness services.
"It basically would shut down my wellness altogether because I can't afford to put a vet in there all the time," he said.
The board said it clarified the vet rule after receiving several complaints. Last August, the agency said it "should not have any impact on legal veterinary practice in the shelters of Texas." But the board has tried to discipline Dr. Ellen Jefferson, executive director of Austin Pets Alive! and San Antonio Pets Alive!, under the rule.
The Austin vet has helped that city become a model for no-kill municipal shelters. But the board attempted to fine her $2,000 and suspend her license after it received two complaints about care at her San Antonio facilities.
The first involved a volunteer who said a dog she was fostering died after Jefferson failed to treat it in person, administering medical advice over the phone. The second came from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which alleged animal cruelty at SAPA!'s kitten facility. A city investigation found no proof of wrongdoing.
Jefferson sued the board, saying she was exempted from its oversight because she owned all the animals at the shelter, including those being fostered. State and national organizations have come to her defense.
"This interpretation not only prevents quality shelter veterinary professionals from adhering to the community standard of care, but forces them to practice below the standard of care or risk violation of the TSBVME rules," wrote the Association of Shelter Veterinarians.
Jefferson and the board are in settlement talks.
Larry Tucker, a member of the Austin Animal Advisory Commission who helped spearhead the no-kill movement in that city, said he is concerned that the disciplinary action against Jefferson is retaliatory or an attempt to protect private veterinarians over those who practice at shelters.
"There is debate that they're overstepping their reach, and they don't even have the authority to enforce it," he said.
Oria, the board executive director, denied that the agency is favoring private vets. General Counsel Kate Fite confirmed that the agency has taken action against two private vets for selling or donating medication to shelters.
Tucker chalked up at least some of the current fight to bad blood in the animal care community. Lisa Norwood of the city of San Antonio's Animal Care Services agreed, calling the local animal-rights community "a rumor mill" that hurts shared animal welfare goals: "How can we do that if we are riddled with infighting?"
Internal politics aside, Oria puts the onus for a fix on legislators.
"When the (Veterinary Licensing) Act was passed, no one had conceived of no-kill shelters," Oria said, adding the state law is vague. "It's our statute. It's our Legislature. Please go seek a legislative solution."
Farrar said she would be interested in sponsoring legislation to ensure shelters, both city and private, have the freedom to practice a more flexible type of medical care.


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For the first time, a solar photovoltaic cell has been produced completely out of carbon. The prototype device, described this week in the journal ACS Nano, offers what could be a promising alternative to the more expensive silicon and other materials used in existing solar cells.
"To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of a working solar cell that has all of the components made of carbon," Zhenan Bao, a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford University and the senior author of the paper describing the innovation, said in a prepared release. She also said that carbon has the potential to deliver high-performance photovoltaics at a lower cost than materials currently available.
In addition to the use of carbon, the new cells have another potential benefit: flexibility. Unlike silicon cells, which are rigid, the Sanford prototype was generated from carbon materials that start as a solution that can be coated onto other components. They used carbon nanotubes and one-nanometer diameter carbon molecules called "buckyballs" to create the active photoactive layer for their cell. "Perhaps in the future we can look at alternative markets where flexible carbon solar cells are coated on the surface of buildings, on windows or on cars to generate electricity," Bao said.
The team also made innovations to the electrodes that attach to photovoltaic layer and transmit the electrical current it generates. Today's electrodes are made from conductive metals and indium tin oxide, a scarce and increasingly expensive substance that is also used in touchscreen devices. Bao and her team replaced those metals with two forms of carbon. First, they used sheets of carbon called graphene that are only one atom thick. Second, they used single-walled carbon nanotubes that are 10,000 times narrower than a human hair. Carbon nanotubes have previously been shown to have tremendous electrical conductivity properties.
"Every component in our solar cell, from top to bottom, is made of carbon materials," said Stanford graduate student Michael Vosgueritchian, another author of the study. "Other groups have reported making all-carbon solar cells, but they were referring to just the active layer in the middle, not the electrodes."
Although the team innovated with the use of carbon, the resulting solar cell isn't quite ready for prime time, as it generates electricity at a much lower level of efficiency than current commercial solar cells. The team says they expect efficiency to increase as they improve their materials and processing techniques. They are already experimenting with several new variations of carbon materials to increase the cells' efficiency.
Another potential advantage of carbon: it is a robust, stable element. Vosgueritchian says all-carbon solar cells could theoretically be of great value in areas where they would be able to withstand extremely high temperatures or physical stress. This might make them more attractive in what he called "extreme environments," regardless of the levels of efficiency achieved.
Related stories on MNN:
- The Solyndra debacle: One year later
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Autonomous cars seem to be on the tip of everyone's tongue these days with several automakers offering varying levels high-tech features that give driver assistance.
The key word here is "assistance."
With the recent spate of crashes involving vehicles using some form of automated driving, it's worth stating the following fact: In 2018 there is no such thing as a fully autonomous car offered for private consumption.
Tesla's Autopilot is not fully autonomous. Cadillac's Super Cruise is also not fully autonomous. But they're close.
And there are companies like Waymo and Uber that are currently testing fully autonomous vehicles in public. But, let me repeat, there is nothing out there that you can personally own that is fully automated. At least nothing that's legal.
Officially, SAE International has defined 5 levels of autonomy that range from driver assistance to full automation. Right now, we have vehicles that you can buy with Level 1 through Level 2 autonomy on the roads, so here's a breakdown of what each level means and what technology is included.
Level 1: Driver Assistance
This is the simplest form of autonomy, and any system in play is meant to work in conjunction with a human driver. The vehicle may use radar or cameras to help assist the driver with acceleration or deceleration as well as nudge the car back into a lane if it deviates.
You'll see this in features like adaptive cruise control or some lane departure assistance systems. The human driver must be alert and in control of the vehicle at all times.
Level 2: Partial Automation
At this level, the vehicle and driver still work together, but the machine gives a little more aid. The cameras and radar come into play again, but instead of a nudge when you drive outside the lines, the car might give you more forceful guidance by using lane-centering techniques.
The adaptive cruise control systems become more advanced at this stage of the game as well and will be able to bring the vehicle to a complete stop – and in some instances start the vehicle in motion again. Think: stop-and-go traffic.
At Level 2, you have hands-on and hands-off systems – but both types of systems require the driver to monitor the environment and intervene if there is a problem.
One type of Level 2 system would include Nissan ProPilot Assist, which requires hands on the wheel. If the system doesn't feel any steering input, it will give visible and audible alerts bringing the vehicle to a complete stop.
A more advanced Level 2 system would include something like Cadillac Super Cruise, which allows the driver to take hands off the wheel, but monitors face position to ensure that the driver is still paying attention to the road – and not doing something like texting or watching a movie.
Level 3: Conditional Automation
With conditional automation, the vehicle takes more control but still requires a human driver as a failsafe. The vehicle can perform most of the driving functions but might not be able to recognize things like pop-up construction or pedestrians outside of a crosswalk or manage well in inclement weather.
Most notably, Uber had been using conditional automation in its autonomous tests in Phoenix, San Francisco and Philadelphia. But as we've seen with the recent tragedy in Phoenix, this is still not 100 percent automation and the backup driver needs to be engaged.
Level 4: High Automation
The human driver all but leaves the equation at this point. The automated system executes steering, acceleration and deceleration as well as monitors the driving environment and serves as the fallback to perform various driving tasks.
At this point, you'll still have a steering wheel, accelerator and brake so that a human driver could take over. But in most instances the human is redundant.
Level 5: Full Automation
This is what most people think of when they hear the word "self-driving" or "autonomous" as it describes vehicles. Here, the vehicle can do everything from exiting a highway to managing urban traffic with stoplights and stop signs.
The human becomes irrelevant, and the vehicle likely won't come equipped with any equipment that will allow a human to take control of the vehicle.
Waymo, Google's automotive arm, is at the forefront of this level of autonomy and has put completely driverless cars on the roads for testing with few incidents. In fact, later this year, the company plans to implement an autonomous ride-share service in Phoenix that would be Level 5.
The Bottom Line
Levels 1 – 2 still require a human driver to monitor the environment while the vehicle is in motion – even though in cases like Super Cruise or Tesla's Autopilot, there is a huge level of autonomy. It's when the driver puts too much faith in the system or mistakes these lower-level automations for a Level 5 that we start to see accidents.
Levels 3 – 5 are still largely in the Beta testing phase. And while companies like Waymo have put them out in public spaces, there is nothing currently on the market with full autonomy that a regular person can buy.
Industry folks disagree on when full automation will be wide spread, but one thing everyone does agree on: It's coming. And it'll be here sooner than we think.


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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:49 am
Post subject: Cornbread recipe
Hi my name is Terri. I'm not an engineer, but my dad was one, so maybe that will give me a little credibility in this forum...anyway, use the recipe for corn muffins found on the side of the Alber's box. It is much better than the recipe on the back of the box for cornbread. Bake it just like you would the cornbread. Tastes great.
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:04 am
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Some people commented on liking Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix. Here's
a copy cat recipe for when you are out of Jiffy.
Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix Copy Cat recipe
Equal to 8.5-oz box. Makes 6 muffins
2/3 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup yellow corn meal
3 Tbsp granulated sugar
1 Tbsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 egg
1/3 cup milk
Combine flour, corn meal, sugar, baking powder and salt. Mix well with whisk. Whisk in vegetable oil and mix until dry mixture is smooth and lumps are gone.
You can use the above mixture in any recipe calling for a box of
Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix (equal to 8.5 oz box)
To make Corn Muffins:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Combine above mixture with egg and milk. Mix well.
Fill muffin tins 1/2 full. Bake 15-20 minutes or until
toothpick inserted in center of muffin comes out clean.
Makes 6 corn muffins muffins.
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Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 3:15 am
Post subject: Mam-Maw's Cornbread
This recipe is from my Great Grandmother's Southern kitchen. Previous posters are correct about using cast iron for corn bread. It's the only way to go!
The only change I have made to this recipe is to use half coarse ground corn meal (polenta) and half medium ground cornmeal (Albers or other commercial cornmeal). I do prefer a bit of crunch in my cornbread!
1 Cup all purpose flour
1/2 Cup medium ground corn meal
1/2 Cup coarse ground cornmeal
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 egg
1 Cup milk (or buttermilk, yoghurt, sour cream, cream - whatever dairy you prefer) (add a pinch of baking soda for yoghurt, sour cream or buttermilk)
6 Tbsp butter
I use a 9 inch cast iron skillet for this. Preheat the oven to 425º. while you're pre-heating, put the skillet in the oven with the butter and let it melt and pre-heat the skillet.
Mix the dry ingredients completely. Make a well in the middle and add the egg beaten into the dairy. Add the melted butter while stirring. Mix well - but don't over do it.
Pour batter into the skillet and put in the oven for 20-25 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
If you want to spice it up, you can add a cup of grated cheddar, a cup of frozen corn and some chopped jalapenos (remove the seeds). i would say 1-2 Tbsp - depending on your predilection for heat! This tastes great with chili or soup on a cold winter evening!
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 1:06 am
Post subject: cornbread turns orange
Hi, does anyone know why my cornbread sometimes turns a orangey color even tho the meal is white stone ground.It does not do it all the time and I always go by the recipe.The recipe calls for 1 1/2 meal, 1/2 c. flour, 1/2 teasp. salt and soda ,2 eggs,1/4 c melted butter and buttermilk .Sometimes it is snow white and delicious and other times it has a orange look and not so good.Thanks
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 2:05 am
Post subject:
well, if you grind white corn,
and you grind yellow corn,
the results, color wise, sure look a lot alike.
but if you are using corn meal from the same "bag" and sometimes
- after baking -
it's white and sometimes it yellow
that would be a big puzzlement.
the yolk color can vary seriously big time.
could indeed affect color, not so convinced it would affect taste.
ps: I'm a yellow corn bread fan; the "snow white" version is outside my experience.
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 2:35 am
Post subject: cornbread turns orange
The cornmeal is white.But sometimes(from same bag) it has orange specks and the entire cornbread has a orange tint to it when baked it looks the same before baking and it is not as moist as it normally is.I was thinking maybe the soda has something to do with it I always measure that too.Its a puzzler but just thought someone might know why it does that because I sure don't and I am 61 yrs old so I have been baking cornbread a long time and never ran across this before.Thanks
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Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:19 pm
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is this a commercial cornbread or something like local stone ground?
reason I ask, we used to get stone ground from a 'historic preserve' / operation and I can remember the little colored flecks in that meal - it was just whole corn, ground - I don't think they even sifted it - it would fall out of the millstone, they'd scoop it directly into a bag.....
I wonder if the bag content have 'settled out' some - so you're getting more or less of the bigger/heavier (presumed) color flecks as you go through the bag?
the moisture content - with 2 cups of dry + buttermilk, that's a fairly small amount - slight variation in the flour weight or buttermilk will be more noticeable in a small batch. I'm cooking small batches for two, and I've taken to using a scale and weighing everything - including liquids - so the results are more consistent.
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:23 pm
Post subject: cornbread turns orange
I buy the meal from Cades Cove visitors center in the Great Smokey Mtns. I will try mixing the meal up,the meal could have indeed settled hadn't thought of that.I also keep the meal in the frig I can't use up a 5lb bag for about two months. It just puzzles me why it don't do it all the time but it has turned orangey the last 4 or 5 times so I will stir up the next time and try that. Thanks for you input.
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:54 pm
Post subject: Albers cornbread from the box
I love this way of making cornbread...have used it for 20+ years. I do make one change...increase the sugar to 1/3 cup. Thanks for having this one on line. My daughters lost the copy I had recently, after using it. They love this version, too.d
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 5:00 pm
Post subject: Old School Texans
I grew up with this recipe. My mom, who was born during the depression and raised by her grandmother in a very poor Southern Texas household, made this recipe exactly as printed, with one exception -- no sugar. We're making bread, not dessert
It's obviously not the type of cornbread most people are used to (think Marie Calendars) but to me this is Southern comfort food at its best, warmed and oozing with butter, instant heaven.
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The first outing for the Unreal engine on iOS devices came with Epic Citadel, a tech demo that allowed you to wander about a stunningly realised castle and its immediate surroundings. However, it wasn't actually a game (unless you take particular joy in the fine arts of tourism), just a beautiful taste of the potential of Epic Games' graphics system.
Infinity Blade is the first application, therefore, to add gameplay to the gorgeous surroundings, and it equally brilliant and hamstung in equal measure.
Don't get us wrong, we love Infinity Blade here at Pocket-lint, but it has swapped manoeuvrability for gameplay, and is therefore only the next step on an exciting journey for the Unreal Engine.
The reason this isn't a review, rather a hands-on with the game, is that, although it is now available on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch (at a very reasonable £3.49), we haven't yet played through more than the first few enemies, so can't say for certain how the game plays out in later stages. However, we've certainly done enough to know what's what.
Epic Citadel was a free-roaming first-person look-around-a-thon, allowing complete control to wander about the environment as much as you like. Infinity Blade isn't. It keeps you to linear paths as it is, in essence, a tarted-up beat-em-up, with swords and role-playing elements; think Soul Caliber crossed with Magic The Gathering.
The gameplay itself consists of a sequence of fights with progressively tougher opponents, where you must learn to dodge, block and slice your way through their attacks and counter attacks. Each of you has an energy bar (like in Street Fighter II, say) and each successful hit depletes it. Fade to end.
Its appeal lies in strategy, and judging the best response to each attack or defence. Then, after a bout, you are awarded experience points and money, which can be traded in for new shields, weaponry, armour and the like, or the proficiency with each.
In between the fights themselves, you can also find potions (to replenish hit points before the next encounter) and the like. Plus, you can look around at the amazing scenery, which is one cross over from Epic Citadel. Sadly, there's not enough to do between bouts to retain your interest for long, though.
Thankfully, however, each bout (certainly of those we've undertaken so far) are enough to get on with.
It's just not the ground-breaking leap in gaming that we have been hearing about all these months. For that, we still favour forthcoming games such as Shadow Guardian and Eternal Legacy from Gameloft.
Still fantastic though, especially for less than £3.50.
Do you agree or strongly disagree? Let us know in the comments below...