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Magnesium, an abundant mineral in the body, is naturally present in many foods, added to other food products, available as a dietary supplement, and present in some medicines (such as antacids and laxatives). Magnesium is a cofactor in more than 300 enzyme systems that regulate diverse biochemical reactions in the body, including protein synthesis, muscle and nerve function, blood glucose control, and blood pressure regulation [1-3]. Magnesium is required for energy production, oxidative phosphorylation, and glycolysis. It contributes to the structural development of bone and is required for the synthesis of DNA, RNA, and the antioxidant glutathione. Magnesium also plays a role in the active transport of calcium and potassium ions across cell membranes, a process that is important to nerve impulse conduction, muscle contraction, and normal heart rhythm .
An adult body contains approximately 25 g magnesium, with 50% to 60% present in the bones and most of the rest in soft tissues . Less than 1% of total magnesium is in blood serum, and these levels are kept under tight control. Normal serum magnesium concentrations range between 0.75 and 0.95 millimoles (mmol)/L [1,5]. Hypomagnesemia is defined as a serum magnesium level less than 0.75 mmol/L . Magnesium homeostasis is largely controlled by the kidney, which typically excretes about 120 mg magnesium into the urine each day . Urinary excretion is reduced when magnesium status is low .
Assessing magnesium status is difficult because most magnesium is inside cells or in bone . The most commonly used and readily available method for assessing magnesium status is measurement of serum magnesium concentration, even though serum levels have little correlation with total body magnesium levels or concentrations in specific tissues . Other methods for assessing magnesium status include measuring magnesium concentrations in erythrocytes, saliva, and urine; measuring ionized magnesium concentrations in blood, plasma, or serum; and conducting a magnesium-loading (or “tolerance”) test. No single method is considered satisfactory . Some experts  but not others  consider the tolerance test (in which urinary magnesium is measured after parenteral infusion of a dose of magnesium) to be the best method to assess magnesium status in adults. To comprehensively evaluate magnesium status, both laboratory tests and a clinical assessment might be required .
Sources of Magnesium
Magnesium is widely distributed in plant and animal foods and in beverages. Green leafy vegetables, such as spinach, legumes, nuts, seeds, and whole grains, are good sources [1,3]. In general, foods containing dietary fiber provide magnesium. Magnesium is also added to some breakfast cereals and other fortified foods. Some types of food processing, such as refining grains in ways that remove the nutrient-rich germ and bran, lower magnesium content substantially . Selected food sources of magnesium are listed in Table 2.
Tap, mineral, and bottled waters can also be sources of magnesium, but the amount of magnesium in water varies by source and brand (ranging from 1 mg/L to more than 120 mg/L) .
|Table 2: Selected Food Sources of Magnesium |
|Almonds, dry roasted, 1 ounce||80||20|
|Spinach, boiled, ½ cup||78||20|
|Cashews, dry roasted, 1 ounce||74||19|
|Peanuts, oil roasted, ¼ cup||63||16|
|Cereal, shredded wheat, 2 large biscuits||61||15|
|Soymilk, plain or vanilla, 1 cup||61||15|
|Black beans, cooked, ½ cup||60||15|
|Edamame, shelled, cooked, ½ cup||50||13|
|Peanut butter, smooth, 2 tablespoons||49||12|
|Bread, whole wheat, 2 slices||46||12|
|Avocado, cubed, 1 cup||44||11|
|Potato, baked with skin, 3.5 ounces||43||11|
|Rice, brown, cooked, ½ cup||42||11|
|Yogurt, plain, low fat, 8 ounces||42||11|
|Breakfast cereals, fortified with 10% of the DV for magnesium||40||10|
|Oatmeal, instant, 1 packet||36||9|
|Kidney beans, canned, ½ cup||35||9|
|Banana, 1 medium||32||8|
|Salmon, Atlantic, farmed, cooked, 3 ounces||26||7|
|Milk, 1 cup||24–27||6–7|
|Halibut, cooked, 3 ounces||24||6|
|Raisins, ½ cup||23||6|
|Chicken breast, roasted, 3 ounces||22||6|
|Beef, ground, 90% lean, pan broiled, 3 ounces||20||5|
|Broccoli, chopped and cooked, ½ cup||12||3|
|Rice, white, cooked, ½ cup||10||3|
|Apple, 1 medium||9||2|
|Carrot, raw, 1 medium||7||2|
*DV = Daily Value. DVs were developed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help consumers compare the nutrient contents of products within the context of a total diet. The DV for magnesium is 400 mg for adults and children aged 4 and older. However, the FDA does not require food labels to list magnesium content unless a food has been fortified with this nutrient. Foods providing 20% or more of the DV are considered to be high sources of a nutrient.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Nutrient Database Web site  lists the nutrient content of many foods and provides comprehensive list of foods containing magnesium arranged by nutrient content and by food name.


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Which Glitter Force Charecter Are You?
There are lots of Glitter Force fans out there, but do you ever wonder who you would be if you were part of the Glitter Force? Well, Nogo is attacking, so think quickly!
When the magical kingdom of Jubiland is invaded by an evil emperor and his band of fairytale villains, a tiny pixie named Candy recruits five preteen girls to form the powerful team of the Glitter Force to help defend Earth from becoming the next target. These fabulous friends transform from ordinary school girls into super powered cool girls. Defending the Earth from fairytale villains isn't an easy job, but the Glitter Force proves that nothing is more powerful than friendship.

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Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE:TD – Get Rating) (TSE:TD) will be issuing its quarterly earnings data before the market opens on Thursday, May 26th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $1.57 per share for the quarter. Parties interested in participating in the company’s conference call can do so using this link.
Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE:TD – Get Rating) (TSE:TD) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, March 3rd. The bank reported $2.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.05 by $0.03. Toronto-Dominion Bank had a return on equity of 16.18% and a net margin of 30.57%. The business had revenue of $11.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $10.28 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.42 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 4.3% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts expect Toronto-Dominion Bank to post $6 EPS for the current fiscal year and $7 EPS for the next fiscal year.
TD stock opened at $71.76 on Thursday. Toronto-Dominion Bank has a one year low of $62.81 and a one year high of $86.01. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $76.05 and a two-hundred day moving average of $77.09. The firm has a market capitalization of $129.56 billion, a PE ratio of 11.28, a P/E/G ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a current ratio of 0.94, a quick ratio of 0.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12.
TD has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Desjardins lifted their price objective on shares of Toronto-Dominion Bank from C$110.00 to C$113.00 in a research report on Monday, March 7th. CIBC downgraded Toronto-Dominion Bank from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, April 11th. Zacks Investment Research raised Toronto-Dominion Bank from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $79.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Friday, April 29th. StockNews.com began coverage on Toronto-Dominion Bank in a research report on Thursday, March 31st. They set a “hold” rating for the company. Finally, Scotiabank dropped their target price on Toronto-Dominion Bank from C$116.00 to C$105.00 in a report on Wednesday, April 13th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Toronto-Dominion Bank presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $100.11.
Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Virtu Financial LLC acquired a new position in Toronto-Dominion Bank during the first quarter worth $228,000. Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Toronto-Dominion Bank by 10.1% during the 1st quarter. Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC now owns 7,844 shares of the bank’s stock worth $623,000 after acquiring an additional 717 shares in the last quarter. Polar Capital Holdings Plc increased its holdings in shares of Toronto-Dominion Bank by 15.0% during the 1st quarter. Polar Capital Holdings Plc now owns 315,708 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $27,953,000 after acquiring an additional 41,101 shares during the last quarter. Evergreen Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Toronto-Dominion Bank by 17.3% in the 1st quarter. Evergreen Capital Management LLC now owns 5,868 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $466,000 after acquiring an additional 866 shares in the last quarter. Finally, First Republic Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Toronto-Dominion Bank by 5.4% in the 1st quarter. First Republic Investment Management Inc. now owns 29,478 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $2,341,000 after acquiring an additional 1,514 shares in the last quarter. 50.00% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
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The Toronto-Dominion Bank, together with its subsidiaries, provides various financial products and services in Canada, the United States, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Canadian Retail, U.S. Retail, and Wholesale Banking. The company offers personal deposits, such as chequing, savings, and investment products; financing, investment, cash management, international trade, and day-to-day banking services to businesses; and financing options to customers at point of sale for automotive and recreational vehicle purchases.
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If you ever drink coffee and consecrated tea beverages, which asks who drinks better, you will never see more of the larger, more attractive criminals in it in your life.
Why? Because people are on team coffee or tea team. There is no room for weighing or opening. You like organic green tea or coffee drops drop filtered between 91 and 96 degrees Celsius.
Apparently, this is because when it comes to prefer coffee or tea, there is no free will. That's all genetics according to the study Scientific reports magazine.
Whether you are a heart or hate coffee, it's all up to your genes. Photo: iStock
Bring the Brussels sprouts
Scientists analyzed data from 400,000 participants to see how the human brain perceives bitter tastes. They believed that coffee tea's preference had something to do with this particular taste.
Brutal germs proved to be an excellent testing tool, as they contain a compound called propylthiouracil (prop), which can give the plant a bitter taste. People who discovered Brussels sprouts from grapefruit also used tea over coffee. The opposite is true for a group that found vegetables sweet.
The researchers also found that those people who had more bitterness in the Brussels sprouts (team tea) also consumed less alcohol.
However, people who liked the coffee were strong and bitter, they drank more than four cups a day (coffee, not a drink!).
The secret is solved!
Somehow. Researchers are inclined to let bitterness drinkers drink more coffee down to learn behavior.
"Given that people generally avoid bitter taste, these findings are interpreted as possible behaviors", said research co-author dr. Marilyn Cornelis Custodian. "If we can detect caffeine well, we associate this with the psycho-stimulating properties of caffeine and so find more coffee."
For tea, the conclusions were not so simple. "Our flavors play a role in how we drink coffee, tea or alcohol. The advantage of tea can be seen as a result of keeping the coffee because our genes may have made the bread too bitter to taste our handle."
So you're a team of tea or a team of coffee? Let us know in the comments!
A new study shows that coffee is good for the heart

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Latin slala icon Willie Colon to perform at Bronx's Lehman Center
DEARDRA SHULER Special to the AmNews | 6/6/2013, 2:05 p.m.
Latin salsa icon Willie Colon is well-known throughout the world. A renowned singer, composer, humanitarian, political activist, trombonist and liaison for the Latin American community to the mayor's office, Colon will be appearing at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in the Bronx on Saturday, June 8 at 8 p.m.
The concert is being produced by Lehman Center and Jose Raposo as part of the 2013 Blue Note Jazz Festival, and the theme of the show will be in dedication to the Nuyorican community, a term referring to the Puerto Rican diaspora located in New York City and state.
Born in the Bronx, Colon has been playing music since age 14. "I've been making music since [I was] a kid. I grew up in the South Bronx on 139th Street. I listened to all the musicians on the streets. My grandmother bought me a trumpet when I was 11 years old and I learned to play it, eventually switching to the trombone. This is why I want to dedicate my concert at Lehman to a Nuyorican theme. There have been Puerto Ricans in New York since the 1900s. The migration started right after the Jones Act, when the U.S. made Puerto Rico U.S. territory. There was a mass migration in the early 1900s, when my family came over."
Once the Nuyoricans came to America, they also faced the Jim Crow era along with the Blacks. In fact, many of us learned to speak English from our Black brothers. There is a link between the Latinos and our African-American brothers. Much of our music is from Africa. Bomba is African, and meringue is African. As a matter of fact, back in the 1960s, about 50 percent of the crowd listening to our music was African-American. We were playing boogaloo in English and a lot of instrumental stuff back then," said Colon.
Colon has recorded more than 40 albums and sold 30 million records worldwide. He has been nominated for 11 Grammys and received a Lifetime Achievement Latin Grammy Award. An accomplished artist, he has worked with the best--folks likes Ruben Blades, David Byrne, Hector LaVoe and Celia Cruz--and even appeared with the Fania All-Stars. In 2010, he produced "Estar lejos," a duet recording with Colombian musical star Fonseca.
"Fonseca is kind of a balladeer. He sent me an email asking me to listen to the song that eventually became 'Estar lejos.' I did an arrangement and sent it back to him. It was then he asked that we record the song together. Fonseca came to New York and brought some folks who used these little cameras which we used to record in the studio and then in the streets. The video came out excellent. Before we knew it, the song took off and was nominated for a Grammy. I never expected it to turn out so well."
"Currently, I have a few projects in mind. I would really like to put together a group of guys with a sketch and just play. As soon as the opportunity presents itself, that is what I plan to do," remarked the trombonist.

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This set of 3 chibi-style figures features some of your favorite hashira from the widely popular Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba!
Each hikkake figure sits about 4" tall and is posed atop a display box. Chose from 2 3-piece sets featuring Nezuko
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Does Feeding the Endocannabinoid System Make us Healthier?
This piece from High Times by Sophie Saint Thomas delves into the endocannabinoid system and how engaging it could lead to a healthier, happier lifestyle. Read an excerpt below, and the full piece here:
“What if cannabis is more than a recreational drug, or medicine, but a nutritional supplement that can prevent deficiencies that may be responsible for everything from neurological pain to insomnia? You may have heard of the endocannabinoid system, and know that ingesting cannabis binds to ready-made receptors within our body. In addition to helping us feel happy and high, the consumption of cannabis can treat everything from nausea to PTSD and is hailed as a medicine by many. But do these illnesses stem from a deficiency of our body’s own cannabinoids? Should everyone be consuming cannabis?”


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PKK Smuggles Rockets Into Turkey
ANKARA [MENL] -- The Kurdish Workers Party has smuggled rockets into Turkey.
The Turkish intelligence community has determined that the PKK has
smuggled Russian-origin rockets, launchers and a range of bombs into Turkey
in 2008. Officials said the intelligence assessment asserted that the PKK was
bringing the weapons from the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq.
"The terrorists have been storing weapons in different areas of Turkey,
particularly the southeast," an official said. "The idea is to bring these
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The innovative hallmark of this non-invasive imaging system is the new V-Res™ detector with its ability to deliver wide anatomical coverage and high resolution, simultaneously.
This unprecedented coverage speed allows clinicians to capture whole organs in a second, the heart in 5 beats, or go head to toe in under 10 seconds - faster than any other CT scanner on the market today. With breakthroughs in technology, comes the opportunity for new and dynamically enhanced procedures.
5-Beat Cardiac™ - a comprehensive view of the heart and coronary arteries with submillimeter resolution in 5 seconds. The coverage possible helps reduce beat-to-beat variability resulting in more robust, repeatable procedures, greater vessel visualization and shorter breath holds for sick patients.
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HTC are reported to have been working on a Windows Phone version of their flagship device, the HTC One M8.
The news came via a tweet from The Verge’s reporter, Tom Warren.
The device is reportedly being called the HTC W8, and here is a mockup image of the phone.
(Image Credits: WPD)
Apparently the phone is based on an announced Android phone called the HTC A9, even though it reportedly looks similar to the M8. The good news however, is that the phone is expected to offer somehigh-end specs at a mid-range price.
It will run on Windows Phone 8.1, and will support the Dot View Case, which the M8 supports.
Microsoft are preparing a Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1 Update for adding support for smart cases, later this year.
The M8 running on Android, has been hugely successful, and would undoubtedly taste the same, if a Windows Phone version is released, thanks to it’s amazing specifications which will hopefully include the Duo Camera, BoomSound Speakers, and a Metal body.


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Walking the winter beach one often meets small greyish white birds running hastily along the water line. Always in a hurry as if trying to avoid wet feet they run in small flocks along the edge of the waves. They pick up small food items which are washed ashore every now and then. Sometimes the also swallow small plastic items... As surf beaches hardly ever freeze over the sanderlings can hibernate at the Northsea coast. Only in early june when the northernmost tundra melts free the sanderlings are the last migratory birds to leave the Waddensea, heading for their high arctic breeding grounds.
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Beach experiences - where and when?To excursion dates
Guided beach excursions with explanations of biological facts and coastal protection topics are offered all along the coast. A list of places, providers and excursion dates can be found here:
Free education material on Wadden Sea and North Sea is being developed. Already available are work sheets and teacher's material for our „Strandforscher”-program for primary schools (in german only).
Here you find background informations about biology and protection of Wadden Sea and North Sea.

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This may seem like an odd question but I’d like to know if its possible to output a mono signal from the idj pro after upgrading to v1.6.3. At present with my PA I run mono and so the multi channel audio upgrade in v1.6.3. presents me with a problem. Most professional mixers have a mono/stereo output switch so wondered if you had incorporated this in the software upgrade - if not what has happened to the split output mode?.
I am holding off upgrading to v1.6.3 and the firmware update as a result
How is your PA connected to the iDJ Pro (or iPad) now?
Sorry, just checked back with our team. Mono output is not possible in the new version.
We’ve never tested that setup so can’t say for sure.
That’s great, thanks for the info!
At present I use one balanced xlr channel out of the idj pro to feed one channel of a 2 way active crossover. I then feed the mono hi/mid signal into one channel of my amp and the bass signal into the other channel. So I’m running bi amped but using one amplifier - which is convenient for me. If I have a stereo source I will need to buy another amp - one for top/mid and one for bass. Not the end of the world but need to know before I upgrade as I have bookings.
Hi, is it possible to use the “Accessibility” Setting to MONO and i must work to output MONO signal ?
I have the same issue, connecting a Bose L1 Compact to the iDJPRO using 1 Balanced XLR.
Thanks for the answer.
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Traveling Around Asia, What To See And What To Avoid
Asia – home to numerous paradises, magnificent monuments, and fantastic pieces of architecture. A visit to this region of the globe will show you what the Western world is missing. Now, before you pack your things, there are a few things you want to avoid when you travel to Asia. Here they are:
Don’t Let Stereotypes Get In The Way
What you think you know about a country (whether it came from movies or hearsay) prevent you from discovering and enjoying the true beauty of any Asian country. Well, there may be some grain of truth in stereotypes. But remember, every destination around the world has its share of good and bad. But why let the negative take the joy of traveling around an Asian country away from you!?
Don’t Let ‘Wolves’ Take Advantage Of You
As mentioned earlier, every Asian country or destination has its share of bad eggs…and you better be careful of them. Taxi drivers, pick-pockets, scammers, and just about anyone who’s trying to sell you something are very keen observers. They can tell at a glance if you are a newbie – they’ll take a look at your luggage tag; observe your eye movements; and try to take advantage of you if you let them.
It’s almost guaranteed that you’ll get a lot of attention when you first visit to Asia, and it’s up to you how to fend them off. Having said that, don’t let the bad eggs you come in contact with poison your perception regarding the locals.
Don’t Add Up To Cultural Breakdown
Cultural breakdown or deterioration is VERY real, especially all over Asia. As more and more Western tourists visit Asian destinations every year, locals change their traditions and culture just to accommodate the needs of tourists.
There are many aspects of cultural deterioration, and it could take a whole book. However, there are two things you want to keep in mind. When you purchase something, negotiate! It’s an integral part of Asian culture. Fail to negotiate and you just increased the prices for both locals and foreigners that buy after you. Second, don’t leave tips. It is usually frowned upon, and you don’t want their staff to eventually expect tips or coerce others to leaving one.
4 Places You Need To See
OK, now that we are done with the warnings, here are the four places you simply MUST visit when you get to Asia:
Beijing, China – The capital of China isn’t the most populous (that’s Shanghai) or fastest-paced (that award goes to Hong Kong) city. However, few cities in Asia can rival Beijing’s abundance in cultural treasures. For starters, the city is home to significant cultural attractions like the Forbidden City and Great Wall Of China just to name two!
Singapore – Recognized as the culinary mecca of Asia, Singapore welcomes travelers and treats them to the mind-blowing taste of Asia. Showcasing a culturally diverse population, the dishes you’ll find at Singapore combine the best that the local and international cultures have to offer. Having said that, the country is more than just a massive restaurant. With an impressive skyline; kid-friendly destinations; along with towering malls and shopping centers, it has a nicety or two for just about anybody!
Bali, Indonesia – Newly-weds and lovebirds love Bali and for very good reason. Ancient temples, romantic and luxurious beaches, as well as high-end hotels are all part of this Indonesian paradise. However, Bali has a lot to present to adventurers and nature-lovers, too. Its rugged interior is teeming with challenging BUT beautiful landscapes waiting to be explored.
Kyoto, Japan – If Tokyo is the country’s financial and political capital, Kyoto, on the other hand, is Japan’s cultural crown. There’s no shortage of historical treasures in Kyoto. In case you’re not aware, it is home to 17 UNESCO World Heritage sites, all of which give you a glimpse of what was life like in ancient Japan.

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Florentine in cooking has come to mean, “with spinach” but it actually means recipes that represent the Florence region of Italy. Florentine dishes–whether meat, poultry, fish or seafood–typically use spinach with Mornay Sauce or are served on a bed of spinach.
For my Chicken Florentine, sautéed spinach was the way to go. Tender chicken breast fillets rest on a moist, dark green bed of sautéed spinach, shallots and baby portobellas. No sauce required.
For quick meals I often make casseroles and skillet dishes with sauces. Pure comfort food like spaghetti makes its way to the table in a hurry too. Sometimes I just want a quick chicken dish with some healthy sautéed vegetables on the side.
The best thing is it can be ready in 30 minutes or less!
I served this with leftover creamy Parmesan potatoes. A bit of a splurge but so worth it. Sometimes I like to use leftover side dishes as is and other times I add them to other ingredients and make a whole new dish. If you are interested, I included the recipe for the potatoes below.
- 2 4-ounce chicken breasts
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 5 ounces of baby spinach
- 8 ounces sliced baby portobella mushrooms
- 1 shallot, sliced
- 1 clove garlic minced
- ½ lemon
- ¼ cup chicken broth (optional)
- salt and pepper to taste
- Pound chicken breast to ¼-inch thickness. season with salt and pepper.
- Heat oil in a medium-sized skillet. Brown breasts on both sides, Cover and simmer until thoroughly cooked.
- Remove chicken to a plate and cover with foil to keep warm.
- Add spinach, shallots, mushrooms and garlic to the pan. add broth if needed if pan is dry. Sauté until mushrooms are cooked through.
- Plate spinach mixture. Drizzle with lemon juice. Top with cooked chicken.
- 6 small white potatoes cooked with skins on
- 1 cup 2 percent milk
- ½ cup vegetable broth
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- ½ cup Parmesan cheese
- salt and pepper to taste
- Slice cooked potatoes, skins on ½-inch thickness
- Combine milk, broth, cornstarch, salt, pepper in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly.
- Cook until thickened. Remove from heat and add cheese.
- Layer potatoes and sauce in a casserole dish.
- Cover with foil and bake at 350 for about 30 minutes until thoroughly cooked and sauce has set.
Check out all this week’s great Weekday Supper ideas from the Sunday Supper Group!
Monday – Chicken Florentine by Cindy’s Recipes and Writings
Tuesday – Lime Roasted Root Vegetable Quesadillas with Goat Cheese by Dandelion Greens
Wednesday – Irish Cheddar Potatoes with Lamb and Parsley Pesto by Cooking Chat
Thursday – Broccoli Steaks and Tofu Fries by Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
Friday – Stovetop Spinach Macaroni and Cheese by Alida’s Kitchen
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Typical Tyrolean cheese often used as a filling for traditional dishes such as „Kasnocken” and savory “Krapfen”. Very low fat cheese obtained by acid coagulation without the addition of rennet. The ErlebnisSennerei is managed already in the 3rd generation by two brothers, who get the milk alp-farmers of the region. The grey cheese is smoked by DEGUST in beechwood for 6 hours coldly.
With butter and hard bread (Schüttelbrot), a viaigrette, bock beer.
Soft cheese bovine raw milk, Appearance: some white mould with grey imprints - decorated with rose petals; Aroma: sweet - intense - fruity - flowery; Flavour: complex; Consistency: creamy - fondant; Maturation: 6 weeks in a glass - sealed container - with Gewürztraminer wine.
Soft cheese of bovine raw milk refined with mixed herbs. Fruity-spicy smell and sweet-salty aroma. Approx. 30 days matured.
VIROPA Mountain Herbs A selectively tuned blend containing nine different herbs provides this herbal tea with a full and rounded taste. An excellent drink, which is often drunk after eating.
VIROPA Peppermint ORGANIC Peppermint was already known in Egypt as a proven household remedy. For the production of tea the peppermint leaves are used, as these contain an especially high content of ethereal oils. Peppermint tea is an excellent drink.


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- Taxes in the state of New Jersey Income tax: 1.40 percent – 10.75 percent
- Sales tax: 3.3125 percent – 6.625 percent
- The average effective rate of the property tax was 2.42 percent
- Taxes on fuel are as follows: 10.50 cents per gallon for normal gasoline and 13.50 cents per gallon for diesel
How does it stack up against other states’ tax codes? The individual income tax in the state of New Jersey is progressive, with rates ranging from 1.40 percent all the way up to 10.75 percent. Additionally, there is a jurisdiction that is responsible for the collection of municipal income taxes. The state of New Jersey imposes an income tax on corporations ranging from 6.5% to 11.5%.
What is the tax rate for a single person in NJ?
A tax rate of 1.4 percent is applied to the first $20,000 of taxable income earned by taxpayers who are unmarried and who reside and work in the state of New Jersey. 1.75 percent tax rate applied to taxable income between $20,000 and $35,000. A tax rate of 3.5 percent is applied on taxable income in the range of $35,001 to $40,000.
What are the tax brackets in New Jersey for 2019?
Tax brackets for the state of New Jersey for 2019 and 2020.On taxable incomes between $40,001 and $75,000, the tax rate is 5.525 percent of the income.Incomes taxable between $75,000 and $500,000 are subject to an effective tax rate of 6.37 percent.On taxable incomes between $500,000 and $5,000,000, an effective tax rate of 8.97 percent applies.A tax rate of 10.75% is applied on taxable income that is in excess of $5,000,000.
What is the income tax rate in NJ for 2018?
Incomes taxable between $75,000 and $500,000 are subject to an effective tax rate of 6.37 percent.On taxable incomes between $500,000 and $5,000,000, an effective tax rate of 8.97 percent applies.A tax rate of 10.75% is applied on taxable income that is in excess of $5,000,000.A tax rate of 1.4% is applied to the first $20,000 of taxable income earned by married taxpayers who reside and maintain their primary residence in the state of New Jersey.
What is NJ income tax rate 2021?
According to the Tax Foundation, New Jersey’s sales tax rate of 6.625 percent places the state in ninth place among the states in the United States. Table showing the rate of the New Jersey sales tax.
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What is the New Jersey income tax rate for 2020?
Taxes in New Jersey A new withholding rate will be in effect for the remaining part of the year 2020 as a result of the new legislation, which also raises the Gross Income Tax rate for incomes between $1 million and $5 million.Regardless of whether or not you itemize your deductions, the tax rate on that income band will increase from 8.97 percent to 10.75 percent as of the first of the year 2020.
Is NJ income tax higher than NY?
Despite the fact that both New York and New Jersey have relatively high income taxes, the lowest income tax rate in New Jersey is only 1.4 percent, while the highest income tax rate in New York is 4 percent. As of 2018, the lowest tax bracket in New Jersey is more generously sized than its counterpart in the Empire State.
How much does 70000 get taxed?
If you are a resident of the state of California in the United States and earn $70,000 per year, your annual tax liability will be $17,665. Your take-home salary will amount to $52,335 per year, which is equivalent to $4,361 each month. Both your average and marginal tax rates are equal to 41.0 percent. Your average tax rate is 25.2 percent.
Does New Jersey have high income tax?
The state of New Jersey charges a progressive income tax, which means that the rate increases proportionately with the taxpayer’s level of taxable income.It is not possible to evaluate different rates on a composite return since it is a compilation of the returns of many persons.As a result, the most expensive tax rate, which is 10.75%, is utilized by the composite return, which is Form NJ-1080C.(For more information, please refer to the NJAC.
What is the income tax rate in NY?
The rate of the state sales tax is four percent, while the rate of the state income tax ranges from four percent to eight and a half percent.A basic deduction, an itemized deduction, the earned income tax credit, the child and dependent care credit, the college access credit, and a number of other tax deductions and credits are all available to residents of New York state who wish to decrease their overall tax bill.
How much is 60000 a year after taxes in NJ?
If you make $60,000 a year and live in the state of New Jersey, in the United States of America, you will be subject to a tax of $12,065. Your take-home income will come to a total of $47,935 every year, which is equivalent to $3,995 per month. Your marginal tax rate comes out to 32.6 percent, while your average tax rate comes in at 20.1 percent.
Does NJ tax Social Security?
You are not required to list Social Security or Railroad Retirement benefits as income on your New Jersey state return since these types of payments are exempt from taxation under the state’s income tax law. Payments received from a public or private pension plan as a result of total and permanent incapacity do not qualify for tax exemption either.
Is New Jersey a tax free state?
There is a state personal income tax, a state corporate income tax, and a state sales tax in the state of New Jersey, which is located in the United States.
Is it cheaper to live in NJ or NY?
Since New York City is the most expensive city in the United States, the fact that New Jersey has a more reasonable cost of living shouldn’t come as much of a surprise.Both Newark and Jersey City are more affordable alternatives to New York City.The typical price of a property in Jersey City is $337,000, while the median price of a home in Newark is $210,000.The median price of a home in Manhattan is $965,000.
Is it cheaper to live in New Jersey?
The cost of living there is around twenty percent more than the average cost across the country. You may, however, save money by moving to a region of the Garden State that is less expensive if you are living on a limited budget. The following is a list of the 10 greatest and most affordable areas to live in New Jersey.
Why are taxes so high in NJ?
Property taxes in the state are always going up because of the high expense of running the state’s government. Over the course of the 21 counties, there are a total of 564 localities and around 600 educational districts. Each municipal organization operates under its own budget, which is mostly supported by revenue collected through property taxes.

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The Annapolis Chorale seems to know few limits.
The chorus, directed by J. Ernest Green, stretched beyond the usual classical repertoire Friday and Saturday nights to sing the music of George Gershwin and Duke Ellington, joined by the Annapolis Chamber Orchestra and jazz artists Ethel Ennis and Stef Scaggiari. They made wonderful music together.
When the first notes of Gershwin's "They Can't Take That Away from Me" sounded, my reaction was "wow!" The chorale, augmented by the string section of the chamber orchestra, had a full and joyous sound.
Ennis was in fine voice, and when pianist Scaggiari joined in, with John Starr Jr. on bass and Paul Hildner on drums, they illustrated the word synergism. Each part is fine alone, but together they become phenomenal.
The music of Gershwin is such a national treasure that 60 years after his death, his songs remain fresh and capable of new luster. In "Nice Work If You Can Get It" and "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," the chorale featured a spirited musical dialogue between male and female voices.
Mac Huff's arrangements were innovative. The segues from one tune to another were seamless.
Pianist Scaggiari did a Gershwin medley that included "Fascinatin' Rhythm" -- with all sorts of rhythms; "Liza" -- with staccato notes and syncopation reminiscent of the composer's own piano style; "Soon" -- with affection and poignancy; and a near-perfect rendition of "Foggy Day."
Concluding the first part of the program was a clever amalgam of Gershwin tunes. Synergism was again at work in a perfect blending of "But Not for Me," "Lady Be Good," "Someone to Watch Over Me" and "Embraceable You."
A rousing finish combined "Rhapsody in Blue" and "Strike Up the Band."
Ennis, who was at home with the chorale, began her part of the program with "Love Walked In," a tribute to Gershwin.
She followed with a fine rendition of "But Beautiful" and a version of "My Funny Valentine" with a bossa nova beat. The music of Ellington was featured in her last four songs. Her rendition of "In My Solitude" helped this listener recall what "mellow" was all about.
Was there nothing to criticize? I found little. We are fortunate to have the Annapolis Chorale.
The chorale's next concert is March 22 at St. Anne's Episcopal Church.
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Des Moines' coffee market is piping hot
Getting caffeinated in the metro is about to get easier.
Brothers Steve and David Froscheiser plan to bring 10 or so Scooter's coffee shops to the Des Moines and Ames areas, beginning with a shop on the Drake University campus. Scooter's will take over the former Starbucks location there this March.
There is a chance for a downtown store, as well as new locations in the suburbs, the men said. The Froscheisers have a development agreement with Omaha-based Scooter's, and they plan to sell some of the locations as franchises and run others by themselves.
"Clive, Altoona, Ankeny, Johnston; we want to be in every area," Steve Froscheiser said.
The Scooter's shops sell coffee, hot and cold lattes, pastries, breakfast items, blended espresso drinks and fruit smoothies. Scooter's also roasts its own beans.
"We offer a premium coffee experience," Froscheiser said.
Not new to the market, Scooter's had a store on First Street in West Des Moines for a while before it closed two years ago. The company operates a corporate store that also sells yogurt at Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines.
Froscheiser said he will be working on building the brand and giving it a fresh start in Des Moines, a coffee market already flush with both national brands, like Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts and Caribou Coffee, and local coffee sellers including Friedrichs World Coffees, Grounds for Celebration, Zanzibar's Coffee Adventure and Timbuktu. "There's always room for other coffee shops if they sell a good product and have good service," said Gary Meyer, who owns Friedrichs with his wife, Colleen Meyer.
Meyer, who founded his company 22 years ago, has five stores in the metro and roasts coffee for several other businesses in and out of Iowa. The glut came in late 2009, when a parade of coffee sellers opened shop here. He estimated there were 40 opened in 36 months.
"The Des Moines market was overbuilt," he said. "And now a lot of those people are gone."
Froscheiser said Scooter's smooth, non-bitter cup of coffee will draw in customers. And demand for coffee has remained strong.
The National Coffee Association estimates that 83 percent of the people in the U.S. drink coffee. About a third of them are gourmet coffee consumers.
That's good news for shops like Scooter's, which is focused on making it fast and easy for customers to get their daily caffeine fix.
The majority of the company's new area stores will be either 350-square-foot stand-alone, drive-thru kiosk-like shops or larger 1,600- to 2,000-square-foot locations situated on the end of strip malls, which allows for a drive-thru.
The brothers jumped on the Drake University location even though it doesn't have a drive-thru because it's an established coffee location and made sense, Steve Froscheiser said. "The timing and location was right, and we wanted to have a store in that area," he said.
Scooter's was founded in 1998 by Don and Linda Eckles, who came up with the name based on their customer-friendly goal of scooting customers in and out of stores. The company's tag line — "Amazing people serving amazing drinks amazingly fast" — and the happy face stickers on all cups of coffee are traditions the company continues.
PATT JOHNSON covers retail and small business. Read her blog at DesMoinesRegister.com/business. Contact her at email@example.com.


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PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY — Santa Monica police have cited 12 people for selling tobacco to minors in recent months, the result of an operation on unscrupulous stores that fail to check IDs before making cigarette sales.
Following the City Council’s adoption in 2008 of an ordinance aimed at keeping closer watch over stores that sell tobacco, each of the 122 businesses in Santa Monica that carry tobacco products have had to pay $145 for a special license, which they must renew each year. The new rule took effect last July and has given police extra funding to enforce tobacco laws — especially the ban on selling tobacco to minors.
Because of the new funding, in the past several months SMPD’s vice unit has investigated tobacco dealers citywide, enlisting the help of its teenage Explorers — members of a volunteer group affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America — to get the job done.
“This is the most concerted effort that the city has undertaken to enforce the underage smoking law,” said Adam Radinsky, head of the consumer protection unit in the City Attorney’s Office.
According to Sgt. Jay Trisler, a spokesman for the SMPD, Explorers who participated in the investigation were required to look their age and weren’t allowed to deceive merchants when trying to make tobacco purchases under police supervision.
So far, the undercover operation has netted three convictions, with nine cases pending.
A misdemeanor conviction for selling tobacco to a minor can result in a fine of $800, once court fees are added on, Radinsky said.
Under the law, only the sales person who fails to check ID before making a tobacco sale to a minor is at fault, not necessarily the company where the person works, he added. But City Hall can suspend a business’s tobacco-selling license for up to 30 days as the result of an employee’s conviction for an illegal tobacco sale.
The three stores in Santa Monica where employees have been convicted in recent months are: The Shack on Wilshire Boulevard, Surf Liquor on Main Street and Sunset Plaza Liquor on Pico Boulevard.


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It’s been awhile since we talked about Fo’Fonas here on the site, and I am forced to admit that’s because I haven’t done very much work on that series recently. Keeping up with the higher tempo of blog posts that we’ve been doing recently has taken up some of my writing time, but the real culprit has been Blood Magic; writing a new episode every month, plus doing revisions on a season one episode, has come to take up a very significant portion of my writing time. What extra time I’ve had has been too scattered to apply to something like Fo’Fonas, which at this point is such a sprawling and complex world that it really demands that I sit down and dedicate at least a week to working exclusively on those stories.
That does not mean, however, that I’ve forgotten about Fo’Fonas. I’m still very excited about the potential that this world and series holds, and just because I haven’t made writing progress recently does not mean that I haven’t been thinking about it, which is sometimes almost as useful. For instance, one of the threads I sort of dropped in the rough draft of the first book was the idea of the magic being dangerous to its wielders, and I think I finally solved just what makes it dangerous. It turns out that the “magic” has motivations and desires of its own, or at least an objective that does not necessarily align with that of its users.
But this is not a post about all of the thoughts I’ve had recently about Fo’Fonas. Nor are we going to talk about whether Verdon’s Tragedy still has any chance of being finished in 2021 (there are always possibilities). No, what I really wanted to do, besides remind you all that Fo’Fonas is still a thing that I’m working on and that you can expect to see at some point, is present the preliminary Fo’Fonas symbol.
Around the time that I did the whole site redesign last year, I also worked to redesign the series splash pages. I finished Blood Magic‘s, which you’ve been able to see for awhile now, but the redesign for the Fo’Fonas series splash page got left in permanent draft status, in large part for want of a symbol (and because I wasn’t sure what content to include). At least Blood Magic has its symbol, even if it isn’t exactly a wonderful work of art. However, I was bored recently, and started sketching some ideas in my notebook for a Fo’Fonas symbol, and really liked what I came up with, enough to sit down and try to make something more useful out of it.
My idea was a medallion, perhaps something that the priestesses at Pinalora might wear, that incorporated the shape of the Fo’Fonas temples, and of course the number of the nine gods. Having the rough for of a temple was somewhat important to me, because that would help readers to better visualize the temple form, which is somewhat important to the story’s background. Although I’m not sure if I’ll retain the original bronze weaponry from the first draft, I was inspired somewhat by bronze age artwork, and so I wanted the symbol to look like an old, bronze medallion, something made by hand, so that it would have lots of imperfections and irregularities in the surface.
In other words, something that was not going to be captured adequately by an abstract PowerPoint sketch, the way I did the Blood Magic symbol and the IGC symbol. Considering my general artistic abilities (or lack thereof), I also knew that there was no way I would be able to sketch it by hand satisfactorily. Then, I remembered something I used to tell people: the only thing I can draw with is CAD software. I decided to try creating the medallion symbol in Autodesk Inventor.
Modeling the form was not particularly difficult; the challenge came in trying to get the appearance to match what I had in my head. Inventor is a powerful tool for modeling, and includes a large materials and appearance library, but engineers are not typically looking to accurately represent ancient Egyptian era bronzework. I think I managed to get something close, though it’s not quite what I envisioned. I might try to port it over to another software, like 3DS MAX, which is more focused on graphics, to refine the symbol further, but I really am pleased with this as a starting point.
What do you think of the new symbol? Let me know in the comments below.
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Two important studies on the human immune response to Covid-19 infection are causing scientists to reassess how vaccines might work and be delivered.
Hopes remain that a “one shot and you’re protected for life” vaccine will still emerge, but the more we learn about the immune response, the less straightforward that seems.
It is more plausible, say experts, that the first Covid vaccines will be time-limited, requiring booster shots every few years. Others may only relieve the worst of the symptoms. The first of the new studies shows that the protective antibodies fade relatively quickly from the blood – just as they do with other coronaviruses...

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Elton Dan and The Rocket Band-VooDoo, Harrah’s Casino-KC, MO
With Special Guest -The Faux Piano Man, a Tribute to the Music of Billy Joel
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The issue of refugees seems to be quite the nation divider. People appear vehemently for or vehemently against those seeking asylum in our country.
It’s something I find painfully impossible to get my head around. The fact that those fleeing war-torn countries might be turned away. I can’t understand how anyone could look at the picture of a man clutching his child and crying, and make the decision not to help. Or see the heart-wrenching image of three-year-old Alan Kurdi, lying face down on a beach, drowned in the fear that made his family flee, the gentle shore lapping at his lifeless body, and decide not to offer sanctuary.
This idea that we have to ‘look after our own first’, is profoundly ignorant. For who are ‘our own’? Are we not all of the same human race? We are humans, fundamentally the same.
Picture a world in which Britain, our little spit of land, for which we seem to be very proud of, begins to sink beneath the ever-rising sea. Imagine a world in which Hitler won the war and England becomes a war zone. You go hungry, terrified to leave your house in fear of being shot. You watch as your children waste away for lack of bread or milk or water. And finally, your child is ripped from your arms. Starved to death, or taken in the night by a bomb that kills her but not you. You decide to take your remaining child away from the destruction and chaos. You have no choice. You take nothing but the two of you and a lock of your dead baby’s hair and the ring you gave your wife on your wedding day. It fell off her before she passed away, he fingers shrunk to twigs, the hunger became too much and she withered to nothing one afternoon as you held her in your arms.
You take your child in the night, risk death and capture, to the shores of Hull for this tiny chance you might escape. You make it through a perilous journey, the sea too choppy, many drown, but you hold tight to your little bundle of bones. Many die of thirst, there is no food for days. Finally, you see a light at the end of the tunnel. The shores of Morocco. They will see you and they will welcome you into their arms. You have nothing left, and you sob with relief as you clutch your child to you.
But when you get to the shore, there are men with guns. They wear severe uniforms and have stern faces. They turn you away. They tell you, ‘if you don’t break the law and come here without a visa, then of course you will be welcome. We know what you wish to do, you want to steal our benefits, scrounge off our system.’ Their eyes are narrowed at you and you feel all the fight drift out of your body. Yrou child has been still for a day now and as your boat drifts back into the ominous ocean, you fall backwards into the water and bob in the inky water, your child pressed against you as you surrender to death.
This, this, is the reality for the refugees landing on our shores today. This is the life they are fleeing. If they had any other option, I’m sure they would take it. They don’t want to take your job, or your money, or anything from you, but your kindness and compassion.
My heart breaks for a nation poisoned by the words in papers such as The Daily Mail and The Sun. I am deeply saddened to be part of a country that won’t do more for those suffering on the shores of our waters.
Where are the All Lives Matter crusaders? If all lives truly matter, where are your shouts and pleas at the unequivocal injustices happening in our world? Was it just an agenda that suited you at the time or will you speak out as strongly about the deaths of thousands of children as you did when a statue fell to the ground?

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA
William J. Ihlenfeld, II
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003
(304) 234-0100 ● Contact: Chris Zumpetta-Parr, Public Affairs Specialist
January 30, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Anmoore Resident Enters Plea to Distribution of Crack Cocaine within 1,000 Feet of a Protected Location
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A 60-year old Anmoore, West Virginia, resident entered a plea of guilty on January 29, 2013, in United States District Court in Clarksburg before Judge Irene M. Keeley.
United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced that: RAYMOND RITCH a/k/a “RAY” entered a plea of guilty to “Distribution of Crack Cocaine within 1,000 feet of the Clarksburg City Park” on March 22, 2012. RITCH, who is in custody pending sentencing, faces a sentence of at least 1 and up to 40 years imprisonment and a $2,000,000 fine.
The case was prosecuted by Criminal Chief Shawn A. Moran and investigated by the
Greater Harrison County Drug and Violent Crime Task Force.
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Yes, Buffalo Chow is dead. (See the now-legendary Olive Garden tweets for details.) But when we decided to discontinue regular updates here, there were still a few items left on our "to do" list, and since the archive will remain online for the time being, we didn't want to leave the site without the benefits of that information. So today, we're presenting the first of a very small series of "last articles:" a brief look at some of the more inspirational things that are currently taking place in the New York City food scene. Western New York isn't Manhattan, but there are lessons to be learned from its culinary examples.
We start with several pictures from our visit last week to Per Se, Thomas Keller's famous New York City outpost. These are just a few excerpts from the chef's tasting menu at the world's 10th highest-rated restaurant - a beautifully decorated, crisply staffed, and universally well-regarded dining establishment. As you might guess from the pictures here, the success of Per Se depends upon talented chefs rather than just premium ingredients, but it unifies both to tremendous effect.
The top picture above shows a gorgeous plate of Tsar Imperial Osetra Caviar atop a buckwheat crepe with smoked salmon gelee, followed by New York State Green Asparagus, and Wildflower Honey Glazed Pekin* Duck, served with a slice of nectarine and burgundy mustard. Below, a Maple-Sour Mash with a maple syrup ice cream, carmelized puff pastry, and wonderfully delicate chocolate elements, followed by a mindblowing final dessert course including macarons, cocoa powdered hazelnuts, a frozen cappuccino gelato, truffles, and more. Dinner lasts roughly two and a half hours, longer if you linger with all those treats at the end. [* Per Se's (correct) spelling; not Peking Duck but a breed of duck often used in the famous Chinese duck dish, and others.]
Our full Per Se photo gallery is on Facebook. We'll leave the rest of the details to your imagination.
Inspired by Modernist Cuisine, our current project is to master Espresso Vivace-caliber coffee making. In New York City, as in other major cities, there are now dozens of places (such as Culture Espresso, shown) that serve cappuccinos this way - using latte art and sophisticated techniques that The New York Times noted last year have made a "striking" difference from what was available in the city before. Around here, you'll be lucky if you can find a Spot Coffee barista who can pull this sort of drink off; we've seen it twice here in the last three years. Within two weeks, we'll be doing this at home.
Here are a few shots from David Chang's Momofuku Noodle Bar. That's the Momofuku Ramen Soup. A plate of awesome smoked chicken wings. Momofuku's famous and unbelievable Pork Buns. Soju slushies and other items from our Momofuku Noodle Bar photo gallery. They're all things that you can't find here, even though there are items with similar names on local menus.
Here's a Banh Mi sandwich from David Chang's Ma Peche. It was awesome - the baguette in particular was the Vietnamese-idealized form of the French baguette that makes for a crispy but delicate outside with a soft interior. You can't find those here anymore, either.
The trickle down benefits of having a guy like David Chang cooking in your city are things like this: Crack Pie™ and Cereal Milk® soft serve. Sold at the several Momofuku Milk Bar dessert shops alongside other pie slices and cake truffles, Crack Pie™ demonstrates what happens when someone with talent and a sense of humor is in charge of a kitchen. Chang took a simple pie recipe that only jokingly be called addictive like crack, gave it memorable name, and got everyone talking about it. Crack Pie™ is tasty like caramel, graham crackers, butter, eggs, and sugar should be, but it's not, in fact, addictive like crack. Still, you'll never forget the name. That's smart marketing. And Cereal Milk® ice cream tastes like corn flakes mixed with milk. They sell it in jugs to drink, too.
Here are a few pictures from Momofuku Ssäm Bar, another Chang restaurant. This one's the #40-ranked restaurant in the world. Look at the photo of the place - it's not particularly fancy; it's just tastefully decorated, and people eat on benches and stools. But the food's great. This was the best tripe we've ever tasted, alongside a bowl of spicy pork sausage mixed with glutinous rice tubes and crisp-fried onions. After two decades of failed "fusion" experiences wrought by bringing light Asian influences into otherwise American dishes, Chang is offering the real deal - he has actually succeeded at creating compelling multi-ethnic fusion dishes by focusing on great flavors taken from food tours around the world. (Additional Momofuku Ssäm Bar photos are here.)
By contrast, we weren't thrilled by the food at Wylie Dufresne's famed WD-50, although the chef was on site and the restaurant was very cool. The crazy murder scene dessert was the single coolest dish on the chef's tasting menu there, mixing ricotta ice cream and chocolate ganache with long pepper and a heavy drizzle of beet sauce. But then, like the celery ice cream and frozen verjus dessert, most of the dishes had weird little things going on, as if they were designed to be a challenge to enjoy. Some worked better than others, including the elaborately sous vide-prepped poached egg with an edible clay shell, served with a clean caesar dressing and bean sprouts. Again, there's a full WD-50 photo gallery on our Facebook page.
Other side benefits of visiting New York City include access to internationally developed foods that you won't find here. Such as Bonchon's Korean fried chicken. Go! Go! Curry's Katsu Curry. Robata yakitori-grilled Japanese vegetables and meats at Yakitori Totto (yes, that's a set of three big enoki mushrooms wrapped in bacon). Totto wasn't as excellent as on our prior visit, but like Momofuku Ssäm Bar, Western New York restauranteurs could learn a lot just from the ambience and decor of the place, say nothing of the grill.
And then there's Eataly. Transported from Italy to Manhattan, this uber-Italian grocery store also houses 12 different restaurants that prep their meals using ingredients that are also available for home purchase. The seafood, meats, cheeses, beverages, and desserts here were unbelievable, making local red sauce Italian restaurants look like a joke. We enjoyed a particularly outstanding meal at Eataly's Birreria, a beer house and restaurant that was on Eataly's rooftop, 15 stories up; the salumi plate's sopressata and cacciatorini, the probusto sausages, and Maitake mushrooms were particularly superb. Our full Eataly photo gallery is here.
Here's a quick look at Trader Joe's Wine Shop. This is how the well-regarded national supermarket chain has dealt with the ridiculous and corrupt New York State laws barring supermarkets from selling wine: it opens a wine shop right next door to its supermarket. The selection's not incredible - it's barely expanded over what you'd find at a good Trader Joe's. But it gives consumers the option to buy what they want with convenience. Imagine that.
Last up is Xi'an Famous Foods, which was certainly the most overhyped and disappointing place we visited on this trip. Much has been made of the hand-pulled Liang Pi noodles, lamb burgers, and other seemingly exotic Western Chinese-inspired specialties at this small chain of New York City restaurants. We were utterly unimpressed: the Savory Cumin Lamb Burger tasted like a mix of ground beef and Ol El Paso Taco Spices, and the bland Stewed Pork Burger didn't even have the questionable value of Mexican-style seasoning on its side. Other dishes, such as the Concubine's Chicken Hand-Ripped Noodles, or the Spicy & Tingly Lamb Face Salad - sounded a lot more interesting than they actually were. Heavy on the soy sauce, sometimes on pepper, cumin, and other mild spices, they wouldn't have been out of place at low-end Buffalo Chinese take-out restaurants; apart from the intriguingly dense, wide-bodied noodles, which had more texture than flavor, they were entirely forgettable.
Even though it's easy to dismiss Xi'an as junky, the fact that it exists at all in Manhattan is just one more piece of evidence that the gap between what's available there and in Western New York is widening. From low-end to high-end dining, there's so much creativity and variety on display in New York City that it's hard to return to the Buffalo area without wondering just what has happened to the chefs around here. Restaurants that used to be great here are nosediving. Closing. Or just slowly fading away. Have many of our brightest stars left the area? Stayed here but abandoned their kitchens? Or just given up entirely on trying to do more than just the same old tired menus that seem to be trotted out again and again at ostensibly "new" or "re-opened" restaurants?
We have a couple of other pieces left to publish before closing Buffalo Chow's doors. Stay tuned.


DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware public health officials have confirmed the state's first human case of West Nile virus this year.
Officials said Friday that a woman in her early 20s living in New Castle County tested positive for the virus on Wednesday.
For the past five years, the state usually has reported no more than one case per year, but there were nine reported cases of West Nile infection last year.
The virus is transmitted by mosquitoes, but officials say roughly 80 percent of people infected with West Nile virus will not become ill.


Wild Observations Walking
December 2, 2016 § 4 Comments
See others relax on The Daily Post… xo Pierr
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Thanks for the pingback, Chris!
Hey it’s snowing on the kids! What cute pictures, looks like they’re really into the creative process. How fun!!
Thanks, Grace! These are archival photos. The kids are probably graduating high school in 2017. I’m ever amazed at how a spirited and highly verbal crowd (kids AND adults) relax right into The Zone with paper, scissors, magazines and glue. Piles of fun!
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The Dark Times: so far little more than a cool sounding idea, a vague notion of a scary, distant past. This is the playground that Chris Chibnall is choosing to play in, and it’s surprising that no writer has really tried to go there before, except possibly for the same reason that the Time War was better left as a concept than something we actually get to see; it’s hard to do justice to such a big idea.
This of course ties in beautifully with Chibnall’s pre-Hartnell timeline, which I suspected was the game he was going to play this season, especially when it became clear that the Doctor was facing an enemy who remembered her, but whom she had forgotten. This is always going to be a polarising opinion, but I stand by my first thoughts on pre-Hartnell that it is a brilliant idea, with the potential to heal more past inconsistencies than it creates, and much more importantly it opens up some great story possibilities, as we are starting to see already.
What has happened to the Doctor works well as a representation of the frustrations of amnesia. While she is in the time storm she gets a glimpse of the past that is closed off to her, and in the end she is desperate to stay to find out something more, even if it means taking a deadly risk with her life. That shows the importance of memories. The Doctor doesn’t know exactly who she is any more, and that’s a gaping hole in her identity that would eat away at anyone. With the reappearance of the Fugitive Doctor, working for the Division, we get another piece of that missing puzzle, and I think she is a very well thought-out version of the Doctor from a time before the classic series episodes. During the early Hartnell episodes we saw him gradually gain his moral core, from a starting point of sometimes callous selfishness. In fact, it wasn’t until Vicki came along that he really learnt how to be the Doctor, so this morally ambiguous but still somehow heroic Doctor makes a lot of sense, threatening death to a being who brings death.
“Working for the Division must be so compromising.”
I suspect we aren’t going to have every question answered. There probably isn’t time now before Chibnall’s departure. But the broad brush strokes of the pre-Hartnell picture are starting to form, and I don’t think Doctor Who will ever be quite the same again, because there is always going to be this fascinating dark past to explore, for writers who want to have a go at exploring it.
The post-flux universe we get to see here is what we would expect from the Doctor Who universe in collapse, with three great powers remaining: Daleks (looking very shiny), Cybermen (ditto), and the muddy Sontarans. Meanwhile, the Angels stalk the time storm, which appears to be a chaotic version of the vortex. Frustratingly, the vast majority of the episode is wasted on the Doctor’s companions being lost in their own timelines, which all felt repetitive, irrelevant to the bigger picture of this season, and just added up to a massively padded episode. Dan and Yas’s timelines had absolutely nothing of any great interest to offer us, while Vinder’s backstory was at least moderately interesting, but I just wanted Chibnall to get on with things. With only six episodes this year, we could do without so much stalling. Let’s get on with the story being told. We don’t need to watch slow scenes of Yas sat in a car, and the Angel menace is starting to feel very tired… until the final scene with the Angel in the TARDIS, taking the controls. The cliffhanger ending has taken on a significance it hasn’t held since the classic series, so that’s one of several ways Chibnall’s era has ended up enriching the show. I never thought I would be able to say this, but he’s finally proving that he can do the showrunner job, and do it well. It’s been a long time, but it finally feels like Doctor Who is in safe hands. RP
The view from across the pond…
I’m really coming around to the notion that Chris Chibnall may actually manage to revolutionize Doctor Who. This, coming off two very weak seasons with him as showrunner, is a massively unexpected turn of events for me. Where I think the series is failing is something that may fall flat on its face by the end of the 6-part run, but while it’s still mid-stride, I feel like I have to give it the benefit of the doubt. I sort of feel like we’re watching Doctor Who as written by Quentin Tarantino – the story is told out of order and it’s left to us to mentally piece it all together. All good but let’s hope we’re not lying on our faces when it’s done. So far, we’ve had two massively frightening cliffhangers in a row: the end of the universe coming in smokey form right at the Doctor in part one and Yaz about to be torn apart by a snap from Swarm in part two. Scary stuff. The problem is that in both instances, there’s no conclusion but rather some hand-wave that says, “oh they got out of that”. Now if this ends up being Pulp Who, more power to Chibbs, but if we’re left with the magic “oh they escaped, don’t think about it”, I’m going to be mightily annoyed. That would be some bad storytelling right there, but because it’s part of a bigger story which seems to be coming together, I can’t help but think we’re still on a positive trajectory.
That said, there are things that trouble me. The inclusion of Jo Martin as the pre-Hartnell Doctor was unexpected but thoroughly appreciated because I realize we are getting backstory that has waited nearly 60 years (or one year, depending on your perspective) to be told. Great! This is the sort of stuff I long for. But whether it was to give Jodie top billing or because the writers didn’t think we could understand it, Jo’s Doctor just flashes up on screen periodically only to be replaced by Jodie who is reliving her past. I think we drooling fans would have still understood if they let Jo play out her parts and I think it was a miss not to do that. (For the record, I don’t think we’re really that dimwitted.) Also, we do waste a lot of time having Jodie turn up in each person’s timeline to tell them the same thing: “I’m keeping you safe in your own timelines”. Got it. Didn’t need it four times over especially with a guy she barely met!
Now, those complaints seem big but I found myself on the edge of my seat throughout this episode and I think it was because the fright factor was kept so high. There’s a sense of urgency and danger to these events. I mean, Swarm and Azure just sit around in this episode but it comes across almost like they are watching pets move around, not that they are actually inept. On top of that, there are Daleks, Cybermen, Angels, and Sontarans in this epic journey… no surprise that the scariest is the Angel. Finally too – they’ve become less scary with each encounter, so actually making them scary again was well past time! There was also reference to the Dark Time, which was jaw-droppingly unexpected for me. I suddenly thought Chibnall might have been paying attention during McCoy’s era; an era that I found incredibly compelling for that very reason. The final scene with the Angel taking over the TARDIS does begin to feel suspiciously like we’re getting a checklist of baddies, but I’m not complaining. Done well, it holds up.
I may be spoiled by the supporting cast too. Vinder is played by Game of Thrones alum Jacob Anderson but he wasn’t even the biggest draw for me. Craig Parkinson was a bigger surprise; always good at playing a slightly sleezy character. (He was outstanding in Line of Duty!) But the one that surprised me the most was Thaddea Graham who was absolutely magnetic in The Irregulars, commanding every scene she was in. Finding that her entire mission was not to find the Doctor, but Vinder, was yet another surprise. Lastly, while I don’t recognize the actress, I love that Dan’s potential girlfriend is missing part of her arm – not that I’m glad she has a disability, but I love that she has such a prominent role and Dan is very fond of her. Maybe it should go without saying, but that’s not something you see often and I credit the makers of Doctor Who for casting her. Plus I really like her and her sequences with Dan are a mix of sad and scary; a great combination for drawing us in.
Do I think it’s perfect? Clearly not. I also think Jodie suffered from having the worst costume of any Doctor. I never fully caught on to the fact that her costume was meant to do for a woman what they’ve done for a man all these years: they threw her into a coat that might work for either of the Bakers, or even Tennant, but she’s swallowed up by it. She looks silly floating around for half the episode and the other half the time she looks like she’s trudging through terrain that’s too tough to maneuver in with such a large coat. The real contrast comes when they put her in the darker coat that ends up slimming her down. (NOT that she needs it, but the black coat doesn’t appear to engulf her anymore.) What doesn’t make any sense there, however, is that this is supposed to be the Jo Martin Doctor so why not just put her in Jo’s clothing?? Or allow Jo to do the scenes of the pre-Hartnell Doctor in her own clothing? It just fails to make sense, but the story is still too strong for me to bash that much. I want to know where it’s going from here. I do wonder if, when I am done with the 6 parts, it will still hold up and be as interesting as it’s been. I’ll have to watch it again in binge format when done to find out. In the words of the Seventh Doctor, time will tell. (If Time still exists when this story finishes!) ML
Read next in the Junkyard… Doctor Who Flux: Village of the Angels
For probably the best reality-warping story in the Whoniverse since In Memory Alone, here Jodie has a unique opportunity to show how a female Doctor can shine in the most erratically driven sequences. It’s good to see Jo again and Thaddea Graham as Bel is also a nice new role for the Flux story arc. With how Vinder has in his own right progressed as a semi-regular role, Bel’s involvement reminds us how the need for romance can always help the Whoniverse in its darkest times. Same with Dan and Diane.
Thank you both for covering so much in one of the Junkyard’s pivotal Doctor Who reviews. I’ll be just as glad if the Flux finally restores all the best TV magic for the Whoniverse.
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text: After a pleasant journey accompanied by breakfast and refreshments, arrival in Edirne. Our tour begins with our guide Edirne.Şükrüpaşa monument, the historical Kırkpınar wrestling site, the Old Gar and the memorial to the Lausanne monument. Lunch.After the meal II. Beyazıt Complex, Old Mosque and Selimiye Arastasi, triple Mosque mosque. In the free time period, you can take a break and drink coffee. Return trip. Arrival to Istanbul in the evening and the end of our tour.


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2016 brought the realization that I was getting unhealthy and putting on weight. By no means was I obese, but it was that feeling of being uncomfortable in one’s skin. It could have been the seizure meds, the hormones, the endometriosis, take your pick. Too many variables. More importantly however, what was I going to do about it? I’d been to the gym on and off, worked with a personal trainer and whilst that was successful, it was only effective for a period of time before boredom set in.
I was a runner in my younger days but with wisdom, I see that it was purely a way to channel my anger and aggression; as times changed, I felt that wasn’t necessary as I didn’t feel those emotions as the years went on.
I’ve tried different classes, zumba, barre, jazz dance to name a few but nothing seemed to capture my attention (and boredom) in the way that I needed. Basically, I couldn’t be bothered. My eating outweighed my exercise and I was automatically on a losing streak, which, I take full responsibility for.
In hindsight, I recognize I was both addicted to sugar and carbohydrate. Working at cafés as I wrote my blog posts, I couldn’t refrain from the cookies which quietly called to me at the counter. I stared at them till I justified that “One won’t hurt.” But that ‘one’ turned into about five a week as I was constantly exploring and working around the city. Walking away from them seemed to become harder and harder. Pair that with the culture of eating out, which both the US and Canada have, and I was on another losing streak.
When I looked back at photographs of myself when I first moved over to the USA I was so slim, not this bulky uncomfortable person I felt I had become. A silent mortification set in on my honeymoon when I donned a bikini to lie on the beach. As I looked around at all the other beauties, whilst they weren’t super skinny, they looked a healthy weight. As I sat up and reached for my piña colada, the excess body weight was clearly visible to me, but once again, why wasn’t it enough to make me go and work out?
The final straw, which did in fact break the camel’s back, was the pole dancing class I began. Yup, you heard it here first! It was on my bucket list and coming from a dance background I wanted to give it a whirl. I’d been to a class in Las Vegas on a friend’s bachelorette and I was surprised to discover that it wasn’t seedy or degrading as the stereotype promotes. In fact, it was anything but that. Pole dancers are extremely athletic and it is by far one of the most intense and challenging workouts. However, I didn’t dive in and start swinging round a pole like the graceful, elegant creature I would have liked. I was absolutely terrified. I think prior to every class I had, I didn’t want to go purely because I had deliberately taken myself out of my comfort zone. Once there, I had a whale of a time!
These classes were perfect in providing stability for what I needed at that exact time. Synchronicity is a beautiful thing. I was fortunate enough to have a teacher who unknowingly seemed to read my mind with every insecurity I had, putting it to rest and gaining my trust. It was meditative, an element I would never have considered harmonizing with this method of dance in the importance of getting one’s mind to quieten. This peace enabled me to begin to rid myself of the inhibitions I had lived with over the coming weeks.
It was the two weeks before the end of the course that I heard that word I had been dreading to hear. Shorts. I had got away with leggings and jogging pants for as long as I could.
The truth: Daisy Duke shorts just don’t look good on my body type. They never have and they never will. They accentuate all the parts of my body that are not meant for the public (or private) eye. There is no point sugar coating the fact that there are simply certain clothes or specific cuts that just don’t suit me; therefore, I avoid them like the plague.
As I sorrowfully made my way to the dancewear shop, knowing the reality of this shopping trip, I was concerned that I would not get what I needed for the class. I looked at the rail which held these lycra/spandex shorts which exuded dance professionalism, and picked out a number of sizes that I felt could have potential – I wasn’t holding my breath!
Seeing my reflection in the mirror touched that over familiar nerve. However, I did leave the store with a pair of shorts much to my relief, but what happened after that, I hadn’t expected.
It was that experience which had the most profound effect. It was as if a switch had been flicked. I knew exactly what I had to do. I was going to go back to the high fat, high protein, very low carb and no sugar lifestyle.
I had tried the ketogenic diet many years before in the hope that it would be a successful method of controlling my seizures as there had been research to confirm that the diet had been effective in adults (See the links below) as well as children where its predominant usage was/is.
It is at this point, I realize I have much more to say on this topic and have written far more than I had anticipated. In order to convey what I would like, I shall elaborate on my success so far with the new lifestyle next week. In the coming weeks, you will find recipes and discoveries I have made with regards successful, easy meals, plus the positive effects of this lifestyle on my health and everyday living.
Till next week!


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Passport Office Assault: NDC Calls For Probe
The rampant discrimination against some tribes at the passport office has become serious national concerns.
The Greater Accra Regional Zongo Caucus Cordinator of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Ismaila Ali Horoya has called for the immediate probe into the assault on a Muslim lady by the officer of the passport office in Tema, Accra some few weeks ago.
The victim, Maryam Sulaiman Najjat went to the passport office in Accra on the 16th February, 2022 to have her passport renewed.
After thorough interrogation by the officer about Maryam’s nationality, the officer concluded Maryam is not a Ghanaian mainly because she could not speak twi language fluently.
Several intervetions by Maryam’s mother and other close family relations to prove to the officer that the applicant is a Ghanaian proved futile.
Maryam became exhausted about the questions and attitude of the officer and decided to leave, but the passport office official, as if that was not enough, physically assaulted the applicant and forcely deep his hands in a brazier to removed her phone in the full glare of public.
In view of this, the Greater Accra Regional NDC Zango Caucus Boss is calling on the authority to investigate the incident as a matter of urgency.
The NDC guru described the act as a well orchestrated plan by the government to subdue other minority tribes specifically those bearing Muslim and ewe names.
Currently, according to him, there have been numerous complaints that the passport officials are discriminatory to certain tribes who go to passport offices in the country for their passports.
He cited that Muslims and Ewes are the main target at the passport offices and in some cases the Gas, since the Nana Akufo-Addo led NPP administration took over from the previous government.
For him, such irresponsible discrimination has the tendency to deepened the on-going divisive rule in the country under this government if the situation is not curtailed immediately since there are so many tribes in Ghana.
“One cannot use only twi to determine the citizenship of a person since that is not the only language spoken in Ghana”, he lamented.
He made the statement during an interview with the thealhajj.com in Accra on Wednesday.


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An American state with a fascinating history, California has experienced a multitude of hardships and victories that has helped define it as it’s known today. Some of these times played a larger role than others in California’s development. These top moments in history are what shaped California into the state it is today.
The California coast was explored by Captain Francis Drake in 1579, resulting in the territory’s claim under England. However, even before this, Spain had been exploring and already settled in California, creating a massive tug of war between England and Spain. By the 1600s, Spain had developed missions throughout the lower region of the state, which left behind much of the state’s Latin influence that can be seen today.
California fell under Mexico’s (then called New Spain) rule a year after Mexico gained its independence from Spain in 1821. Shortly after, American travelers began to explore the state and eventually developed American settlements throughout the land. This led to the American rebels founding the California Republic in 1846, breaking way for the Mexican War where the American forces won the long battle for the state.
According to History.com, the Gold Rush was “arguably one of the most significant events to shape American history during the first half of the 19th century.” The striking of gold in California soil brought thousands upon thousands of prospectors and settlers to the state, all looking for that same fortuitous metal. It’s estimated that a huge $2 billion worth of gold was mined in California. The huge overflow of settlers caused much distress to the land’s Native American tribes as the arrivals violently forced the tribes uproot themselves.
The infamous San Francisco earthquake and ensuing fires struck and devastated the area on April 18, 1906. This disaster brought on the largest maritime rescue in the United States’ history. The 1906 earthquake influenced the idea of rebuilding San Francisco with stronger and more earthquake-resistant materials. This way of building is seen throughout San Francisco and earthquake-prone California today.
A special election was held in California on October 10, 1911 to grant women’s suffrage. Proposition 4 was placed on the ballot by power of Senate Constitutional Amendment Number 8 as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The amendment passed, granting women’s right to vote. California was the sixth state to pass this civil right, although just by 3,507 votes. Nine years later, women’s right to vote was made legal nationwide, referred to as the 19th Amendment.
California became the filmmaking capital of the country in the early 1900’s when actors and producers were trying to escape the boundaries of Thomas Edison’s Motion Picture Patents, founded in the 1890’s. Edison had a hold on what motion picture productions could and couldn’t do but his patent didn’t legally reach California. Hollywood was already a small settlement but when more and more people in the film industry flocked to California, most came to Hollywood. In 1919, the first motion picture studio was built in Edendale, just outside of Hollywood. This paved the star-studded way for film productions to develop in the Hollywood, Los Angeles, and the entire state.
On New Year’s Day 1965, California Hall in San Francisco was the venue of a huge costume party fundraiser for the Council on Religion and the Homosexual organization. The event and its attendees were heavily and unjustly harassed by law enforcement and the organization sued San Francisco Police for its prejudice actions. The ACLU organization took on the case but it was ultimately dismissed. Despite the lack of justice, this was the turning point of San Francisco’s, and eventually California’s, gay rights movement.
The building and opening of the Transcontinental Railroad meant it was possible to transport commodities such as coal from California to other states. Eventually, the invention of refrigerator cars led to California being the number one agricultural producer, according to the California State Railroad Foundation. California became an incredibly important state, with much needed goods being delivered to the rest of the country.
After California’s major economic rebound from the 1890’s depression, the Ocean Shore Railway Company developed the idea of building a high-speed electric railway. The plans described a railway that would run between San Francisco and Santa Cruz. In 1905 the construction began to connect this large portion of California’s coast but the project ran into issues right from the start when the 1906 earthquake struck. Development was delayed for over a year but when some of the railways finally opened, passengers enjoyed weekend trips from San Francisco to the coastal town of Pacifica. Despite the popularity, due to economic politics, the entire railway was never completed. However, this paved the way for future railway developments that currently run up and down California’s Bay Area.
What was considered to be the one of the largest and most important international gatherings to ever take place was at the San Francisco Conference in 1945. This meeting was held for the signing of the United Nations Charter which was created to maintain peace and security internationally. With 3,500 important guests from all over the world, the San Francisco Conference is said to be the most important conference in history.
Thanks to the Great Highway and Ocean Beach Esplanade’s completion, California is considered to have one of the greatest stretch of highways ever constructed. The construction’s completion was celebrated on June 9, 1929 with one of the state’s biggest celebrations to date with over 50,000 people gathering along Lincoln Way in San Francisco. Travelers from around the globe still come to drive these scenic stretches.
Of course, one of California’s most defining moments in history was when it officially became a state. California was named the 31st state of the union on September 9, 1850.


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This is issue one of Shade the Changing Man, the groundbreaking series by Peter "X-Force/X-Statix" Milligan and Chris "Death: the High Cost of Living" Bachelo.
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Based on Steve Ditko's experimental comic series of the seventies, Shade the Changing man was an intelligent comic series which challenged the status quo of comics at the time. This was one of the titles which led to the Vertigo Imprint of DC Comics, which has been insturmental in creating stories for readers with a mature sensibility who like the odd and esoteric.
This is early work by two of the industries brightest talents, at a reasonable price!


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Cybersecurity detection more important than protection, says Microsoft CTO
Tue 31 Oct 2017
Detection is more important than protection in cybersecurity, according to Microsoft UK CTO, Michael Wignall.
Speaking at the Microsoft Decoded event in London, Wignall commented on the importance of security as an overarching necessity in order to work with new technology trends.
Wignall stated that security systems should work on three fronts; protection, detection and response. Noting the findings of a study which found that the average time that an attacker spends on a network before they’re detected is 144 days, the Microsoft CTO argued that detection is the most important aspect of this strategy.
He continued: “It’s vitally important to understand your technology environment and how it’s changed – you’re now much more connected than ever before. We have to think about cybersecurity in a very different way.”
One of the ways in which detection times can be reduced, argued Wignall, is through machine learning. The use of artificial intelligence and machine learning by attackers is becoming more prevalent, and as such, should also be used by security professionals.
Wignall said: “A lot of the threat isn’t as targeted and sophisticated as you might think, it’s actually much more opportunistic – they’re taking advantages of some of the changes in the tech landscape.
“If you’re not taking advantage of AI in your systems, you better believe that the attackers are – so you’ve got to keep up.”
Touching briefly on GDPR concerns, Wignall noted that the rules will put significantly more onus on organisations to treat data and privacy more seriously.
For instance, blockchain could be problematic for organisations looking to become GDPR compliant. Wignall noted some of the potential advantages – using the example of buying a car. It is plausible that the car could carry all its details through blockchain – the service history, ownership details, tax, licensing and so on.
However, when questioned on the possibility of conflict in terms of the immutable nature of blockchain records and the right to be forgotten enshrined in GDPR rules, Wignall accepted that it was a difficult topic.
“More than for things like car records, for individuals, it is very contentious. For instance, if somebody goes through a transgender process, and their previous identity is held in the blockchain, that can be a problem. It’s a challenge.”


Radiation doses along selected flight profiles during two extreme solar cosmic ray events
13 Apr 2011
Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Abstract. The radiation dose rates at flight altitudes may be hazardously increased during solar cosmic ray events. Within the scope of this paper we investigate the total accumulated radiation doses, i.e. the contribution of galactic and solar cosmic rays, during the two extreme solar cosmic ray events on 29 September 1989 and on 20 January 2005 along selected flight profiles. In addition, the paper discusses the consequences of possible solar cosmic ray flux approximations on the results of the radiation dose computations.
Citation: Bütikofer, R. and Flückiger, E. O.: Radiation doses along selected flight profiles during two extreme solar cosmic ray events, Astrophys. Space Sci. Trans., 7, 105-109, doi:10.5194/astra-7-105-2011, 2011.