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Friday, November 30, 2012
Apple confirms iPhone 5 coming to China on December 14th, iPads due December 7th
Tim Cook may love secrecy, but those pesky government notices always seem to rain on his classified parades. Apple has confirmed that the fourth-generation iPad and iPad mini will arrive in China on December 7th, while the iPhone 5 turns up a week later on December 14th. Customers eager to reserve the devices can do so the day before launch, and while the company hasn't detailed which networks the hardware is coming to, we're reasonably sure that China Unicom and China Telecom will be making some announcements of their own very soon.
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Is Demi Moore Dating A Guy Half Her Age?
Demi Moore seems to finally be moving past her messy divorce with Ashton Kutcher. About a year after they split, the 50-year-old actress seems to be back on the dating scene and may have even found herself a new man.
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Can an old RV take Prostate Cancer to new places?
According to the American Cancer Society, 1 in 6 men will get the diagnosis: Prostate Cancer. The good news is, with early detection and proper treatment most of these men will survive Prostate Cancer and go on to lead healthy lives. Unfortunately, the funds needed to make that happen, is substantially less than other cancer awareness programs. Our fathers, husbands, brothers, uncles, and friends deserve more.
Do you want to make ensure that more men have the opportunity for detection, diagnosis, and treatment? Donate your RV! By donating your RV, you help the men in our communities to remain strong, active, and healthy. You increase their chances of surviving Prostrate Cancer, and give them the opportunity to a lead thriving cancer free life.
Donate RV? Yes! Regardless of where you live, you can donate your RV easily. You may not even have to leave your home. In addition to bringing much needed money to the fight against Prostrate Cancer, you will receive the highest possible write off for your taxes. We use our own money to repair and market your RV, so that we can receive the most money for your donation and maximizing your tax write off.
There may be other benefits you receive by donating your RV, such as eliminating the fees you pay for storage or the space that will be reclaimed once your RV is moved from your property. The greatest benefit though, will be the lives you change. Consider donating your RV today.
Source: http://www.carsforprostatecancer.org/can-an-old-rv-take-prostate-cancer-to-new-places/
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An All-Occasion Mobile Signal Booster in a Backpack
A simple AM radio can keep you abreast of events during a disaster. However, a smartphone is ideal for two-way communications, as well as for news and government messages via text message and social networks like Twitter. I've been using a signal booster kit while backpacking around network-sparse, sunny Southern California.
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Title, release date announced for Amanda Knox book
NEW YORK (AP) ? Amanda Knox's upcoming memoir has a title, a cover design and a new publication date.
HarperCollins announced Wednesday the book is titled "Waiting to be Heard." It will come out April 30, two months later than originally scheduled. The date was changed out of deference to a court in Italy that scheduled a March 25 hearing for the prosecution's appeal of the former exchange student's acquittal in the 2007 murder of her British roommate.
The 25-year-old Knox returned to her native Seattle last year after spending four years in a jail in Perugia, Italy. Her ordeal made international headlines. Her book deal was announced in February and reportedly was worth $4 million.
The cover features a close-up of an intense, unsmiling Knox. The picture was taken earlier this year.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/title-release-date-announced-amanda-knox-book-214135050.html
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$588M Powerball jackpot tickets sold in Ariz., Mo.
Powerball numbers are chosen in the drawing at the Florida Lottery on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, in Tallahassee, Fla. The numbers drawn in the $579.9-million game were: 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and Powerball of 6. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)
Powerball numbers are chosen in the drawing at the Florida Lottery on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, in Tallahassee, Fla. The numbers drawn in the $579.9-million game were: 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and Powerball of 6. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)
As he hands over a customer's lottery ticket, Keith Ganatra, right, and his wife Anita Ganatra, left, owners of the Del Monte Market, help the long line of customers inside their store waiting to buy Powerball lottery tickets Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, in Phoenix. There has been no Powerball winner since Oct. 6, and the jackpot has already reached a record level for the game of over $550 million. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Powerball on-air talent Sam Arlen, right, is given a countdown before the start of the drawing at the Florida Lottery on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, in Tallahassee, Fla. The numbers drawn in the $579.9-million game were: 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and Powerball of 6. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)
Sharon Long double checks her Powerball numbers as she stands in line in a convenience store in Baltimore, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. Long, a customer service representative for a plumbing company, picked numbers that her sister asked her to play with. If she wins the jackpot with her sister's numbers, "I'm not sharing," she jokingly added. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
A sign showing the new Powerball jackpot amount stands beside US 1 highway in Homestead, Fla., Wednesday, Nob. 28, 2012. The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $550 million, the second-largest payout in U.S. history. Tickets are selling at a rate of 130,000 a minute nationwide. That's about six times the volume from a week ago. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ? Two lucky ticket holders ? one in Arizona and another in Missouri ? are waking up Thursday to new lives as multimillionaires after the largest Powerball jackpot drawing ever.
Powerball officials said two tickets matched all six numbers to win the record $587.5 million jackpot. The numbers drawn for Wednesday night for the second-highest jackpot in U.S. lottery history are 5, 16, 22, 23, 29. The Powerball is 6.
It was not clear whether the winning tickets belonged to individuals or were purchased by groups.
One of the winning tickets was sold in the Kansas City area but the winner has yet to come forward, Missouri Lottery spokesman Gary Gonder said. The ticket holder has 180 days to claim the prize.
Gonder said he would visit the store that sold the winning ticket to help with an expected onslaught of media attention. No details on that store have been released.
Arizona lottery officials said early Thursday they had no information on the Grand Canyon State's winner or winners, but they planned to announce Thursday morning where the ticket was sold.
Americans went on a ticket-buying spree in the run-up to Wednesday's drawing, the big money enticing many people who rarely, if ever, play the lottery to purchase a shot at the second-largest payout in U.S. history.
Tickets were selling at a rate of 130,000 a minute nationwide ? about six times the volume from a week ago. That pushed the jackpot even higher, said Chuck Strutt, executive director of the Multi-State Lottery Association.
Iowa Lottery spokeswoman Mary Neumauer said the jackpot was estimated at $587.5 million by early Thursday, adjusted slightly upward from the $579.9 million estimate at the time of the drawing. The cash payout was $384.7 million.
Among those who had been hoping to win was Lamar Fallie, a jobless Chicago man who said his six tickets conjured a pleasant daydream: If he wins, he plans to take care of his church, make big donations to schools and then "retire from being unemployed."
The jackpot had already rolled over 16 consecutive times without a winner, but Powerball officials said Wednesday they believed there was a 75 percent chance the winning combination would be drawn this time.
Some experts had predicted that if one ticket hit the right numbers, chances were good that multiple ones would. That happened in the Mega Millions drawing in March, when three ticket buyers shared a $656 million jackpot, which remained the largest lottery payout of all time. And it happened again for Wednesday's Powerball drawing.
Yvette Gavin, who sold the tickets to Fallie, is only an occasional lottery player herself, but she said the huge jackpot compelled her to play this time. As for the promises she often gets from ticket purchasers, Gavin isn't holding her breath.
"A lot of customers say if they win they will take care of me, but I will have to wait and see," she said.
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The Halifax Commoner ? Beer no longer just a ? poor man's? drink
Beer expert, Adam Pearson says IPA beer goes great with spicy Indian food. (Photo: Julian Brown)
?By Julian Brown
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Grilling steaks? Drop the Shiraz and pick up a porter. Salmon on tonight?s menu? Why not go for a Belgian wheat beer instead of a Chardonnay.
If you?re looking for a fine wine to pair with your dinner tonight, forget it. Haligonians in the know are now looking to beer to pair with their favourite meals.
?Beer is actually a better food pairing than wine, generally speaking. You have so many more ingredients to work with,? says Greg Hutchinson, the man in charge of beer selection at Premier Wine & Spirits inside the City Atlantic Centre on Dresden Row. ? The cultural standards that equate wine on the table with gourmet food and beer in a cooler with a tail gate party are quickly vanishing.
This perception that wine has higher status than beer likely comes from centuries of drinking behavior, says Hutchinson.
?Beer has always been the poor man?s drink, the lowly
commoner, workingman?s kind of thing. Whereas wine has got the big, highfalutin? status.?
?It?s definitely changing, the craft beer scene has a lot of momentum behind it.?
Microbreweries and brewpubs have been sprouting up all over North America since the 1980s. This new wave of brewers are pushing aside the mass-produced lagers in favour of more creative beer with a wider range of flavours.
Over the past nine years, Hutchinson has built his beer selection into one of the best in the country.
Premium imports from Europe, the a bunch of craft beer coming out of North America and some selections from Asia complete a selection you can?t find anywhere else in town.? It is selection and quality such as this that makes pairing food with beer possible.
In the late ?90s, Halifax finally got two local craft-brew options with the establishment of the Propeller and Garrison breweries. Both are now wildly popular and have developed a variety of food-friendly beers.
Adam Pearson, retail and events manager at Garrison Brewery and a self-titled ?local food ambassador? also prefers beer with his meals.
?When it comes down to it, to appreciate the subtleties of wine you really need an advanced palate,? said Pearson.
?With beer, there are so many kinds and there is so much you can do with each variety.?
Pearson says the association with wine, fine dining and class may come from the perception that traditions that stem from the Mediterranean coasts of Spain, Italy and France are considered fancy.
Ironically, Pearson notes, some of the best beer comes from those countries.
One of Pearson?s favourite brews is the India Pale Ale, a hugely popular beer made with lots of hops.
IPAs and their strong distinct flavours largely define the American craft beer movement.
He explains that it?s distinctively hoppy taste came about through bumping the alcohol content and adding additional hops for preservation so that the beer wouldn?t spoil on it?s way to India to be enjoyed by thirsty British Imperial soldiers.
Ironically, Pearson says, that an IPA goes best with Indian food. ? ?That citric, crisp bitterness just cuts right through the spice.? ? ?Having a screaming hot plate of vindaloo and a Garrison Imperial IPA next to it, probably two of my favourite things that go together,? said Pearson.
Beef and beer is another combination Pearson raves about, pointing out the classic Irish steak and Guinness pie and his homemade beer-braised short ribs recipe.
Despite the long-standing notion that steak is best enjoyed with red wine, Pearson says ?rules are meant to be broken.?
But what about Christmas dinner? Sticking with beer instead of going for wine at a turkey feast has long been considered a sign of immaturity in some households.
For beer pros, the decision is simple.
?I?ll be drinking spruce beer,? says Pearson. Garrison brews a spruce beer every winter and this year it comes out on Dec. 14.
?A saison (a strong, flavourful farmhouse beer) is always my go to,? said Hutchinson as he suggests a large corked bottle of Avec les Bons Voeux (in English: ?with best wishes?) from the Dupont Brewery in Belgium.
Source: http://thecommoner.kingsjournalism.com/?p=24085
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Still Searching for Frameless Shower Doors to Match the Bathroom ...
The availability of shower doors and enclosures in such a large variety of styles and sizes, though of great help, can also make it challenging to select the correct one for your bathroom, as you may be left wondering at their designs and styles! So, if you are considering taking a project to improve your bathroom, you should be spending some time to make up your mind first for the kind of shower enclosure that would best solve your purpose, after all it?s not something that you would like to change too soon.
There are quite a few important factors needing your consideration when looking for a frameless shower door which would fit well in the bathroom. First, you need to ensure that what you finally buy harmonizes well with the rest of the design and style of your bathroom. You may also review its door system as frameless shower enclosures come with varied designs of openings. How its door closes or opens would significantly add the convenience of using the bathroom.
It is imperative to know the space available in your bathroom. You may be required to plan the layout, lest it poses practical problems at a later date. The way the glass door of the shower opens decides the positioning of glass panels of the shower stall. You need to calculate the space that shower enclosure occupies. Take care that on opening the bi-fold doors, you won?t be hitting on some other items kept in the bathroom. Make sure to provide adequate space for movement of doors.
You should understand that to a large extent it?s the floor area of the bathroom that finally decides the kind of glass doors one may have. For example, if you have a small sized bathroom, your best option would be to have frameless sliding doors. Such an arrangement enables you to have additional space for provision of extra bathroom accessories like toilet sink and cabinets. It may actually be possible for you to plan in such a manner as to include a bath tub next to that shower stall. In case you would like your shower room to remain more accessible, you should have a shower door without installing any tracks.
The thickness of glass enclosures and the dimensions of shower stall also pay a significant role. In fact, every corner and the angle in your bathroom affect the final layout of the bathroom. But on comparing the frameless doors with framed panels, you?ll realize that the former offers benefits of installation. You may require high quality thicker glass. But you are going to love the feeling of space and affluence it provides in your bathroom. Moreover, you?ll be able to fix the hinges and handles more conveniently. When you wish to use a perfectly fitted bathroom, you first choice would be shower glass doors.
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Source: http://www.hbergdesign.com/still-searching-for-frameless-shower-doors-to-match-the-bathroom/
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
UPDATE 2-Spain's rescued banks to shrink, slash jobs
* EU Commission says restructuring to cost nearly 40 bln euros
* Banks will have to cut branches, bondholders to face losses
* EU regulators to decide on other banks on Dec. 20
* Banks will have to shut up to half their branches
By Foo Yun Chee and Sonya Dowsett
BRUSSELS/MADRID, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Spain's four nationalised banks will more than halve their balance sheets in five years, slash jobs and impose hefty losses on bondholders, under plans approved by the European Commission on Wednesday.
The measures open the door for nearly 40 billion euros ($52 billion)in euro zone bail-out funds for the state-rescued banks, offering hope for an end to Spain's banking crisis which has pushed the country to the brink of asking for sovereign aid.
The approval sets in place one of the most far-reaching over-hauls of any European banking system ordered by the Commission since the start of a banking crisis in mid-2007 with the near collapse of German lender IKB.
"Our objective is to restore the viability of banks receiving aid so that they are able to function without public support in the future," said European Union Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said.
Bankia, NCG Banco, Catalunya Banc and Banco de Valencia were taken over by the Spanish state after unsustainable lending during the country's decade-long property boom left the lenders dangerously short of capital.
The smallest of the four banks, Banco de Valencia, will be sold to one of Spain's healthiest lenders Caixabank, while the other three banks must cut their balance sheets by more than 60 percent over the next five years.
JOB LOSSES
It was cheaper to sell Banco de Valencia under a loss protection scheme than to wind it down, the Commission said. Spain will sell NCG Banco and Catalunya Banc within 5 years or liquidate them.
Almunia said the nationalised banks would have to close up to half their branches during the five-year overhaul process.
The biggest of the banks, Bankia, said it would lay off over a quarter of its workforce amounting to over 6,000 staff, reduce its branch network by around 39 percent and aim to return to profitability by 2013.
Bankia, formed from the merger of seven savings banks in 2010, said holders of hybrid debt would contribute up to 4.8 billion euros to the recapitalisation, through losses incurred by swapping their holdings for shares.
The European Commission said the cost to hybrid and subordinated bondholders in the restructuring of the nationalised banks will come to about 10 billion euros.
Many hybrid debt holders at the nationalised banks are retail customers who say they were conned into buying complex financial instruments that buoyed banks' capital levels instead of fixed-term savings accounts.
The Commission said it would ensure the banks use no more taxpayers' money than necessary and that they do not go back to unsustainable business practices.
The Commissioner said he would decide on other Spanish banks with capital shortfalls on Dec. 20.
The approval allows the euro zone to disburse the funds from its permanent ESM bailout fund. Spain was given approval to receive up to 100 billion euros from the ESM in the summer.
Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/bondsNews/~3/KaX0ODNpWJo/eu-spain-banks-idUSL5E8MS4MQ20121128
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Microsoft sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses in month: exec
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses in the month since the launch, according to one of the new co-heads of the Windows unit, setting a faster pace than Windows 7 three years ago.
The sales number represents a solid but unspectacular start for the touch-friendly operating system designed to combat Apple Inc's and Google Inc's domination of mobile computing, which has shunted aside PCs in favor of iPads and smartphones.
Tami Reller, finance and marketing head of the Windows business, did not give a precise comparison, but sales of 40 million licenses for Windows 8, launched on October 26, appear to be ahead of Windows 7, which sold just over 60 million units in the first 10 weeks on sale at the end of 2009.
Reller did not break down the Windows 8 license sales between relatively cheap upgrades and purchases of new machines running the new software, but suggested much of the growth was coming from upgrades.
"Windows 8 upgrade momentum is outpacing that of Windows 7," said Reller, speaking at an investor conference held by Credit Suisse. Upgrading to Windows 8 costs $40, compared to $70 for the full software package or hundreds of dollars for a new PC.
The latest figure does not mean that 40 million users have adopted Windows 8. Many of the sales are to PC manufacturers, who in turn sell a large number of machines to companies, very few of which are using Windows 8 yet.
According to tech research firm StatCounter, about 1 percent of the world's 1.5 billion or so personal computers - making a total of around 15 million - are actually running Windows 8.
Reller did not disclose sales of Microsoft's new Surface tablet, its first-ever own-brand PC, designed to challenge the iPad head on.
The first Surface, based on a chip designed by ARM Holdings Plc, does not run old versions of Microsoft programs. A slightly bigger version based on an Intel Corp chip that will run the full Windows 8 Pro operating system and be fully compatible with the Office suite of applications will be available in January, Reller said.
The investor conference was the first public appearance for Reller since she was named as one of two executives to run the Windows unit after president Steven Sinofsky unexpectedly left two weeks ago. Julie Larson-Green heads the engineering side of Windows.
Reller said the Windows unit had survived Sinofsky's surprise departure.
"The team holistically is in great, great shape. And the product is in great shape," she said, responding to a question from a Credit Suisse analyst. "I think transitions are always somewhat of a challenge, but I think that timing-wise it is a reasonable time, and the team is busy."
Earlier in the day, Microsoft said it had sold more than 750,000 Xbox game consoles in the United States last week, including the day after Thanksgiving, one of the country's biggest shopping days.
That is down from 960,000 sales in the same week a year ago, in line with reduced computer game spending across the board this year, as gamers hold off on purchases in the tight economy and move toward free online games.
(Reporting by Bill Rigby; Editing by Gary Hill, Andre Grenon and Bernard Orr)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-sold-40-million-windows-8-licenses-first-205453676--finance.html
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Badges Beware: 80% Of Gamification Apps Will End Up Being Losers, Says Gartner
After hype cometh the fall. Gamification -- the catch-all term for rewards, incentives and loyalty services -- has become a very popular way to get users engaged in an increasingly noisy world of apps and online life. But Gartner says in a new study that many of the apps using the technique are becoming noise in themselves: by 2014, 80% of all gamified apps will fail to do what they've set out to do, the analyst house predicts.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/2KeeRyrFp20/
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Craig Skinner NCAA Media Opportunity
Nov. 28, 2012
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Opening statement ?
?We?re looking forward to playing in another NCAA Tournament this weekend. I?m proud and happy we?re being able to host. (I?m) Proud we?re the No. 16 seed in the tournament. I think our players are feeling pretty confident right now. (I) Feel good about what we?ve done the last few weeks, but we can throw all that out the window. When the tournament comes around it?s time to see who executes, and like Coach Cal (Calipari) said, who has the most fun and who competes the hardest to be able to win each and every match out. There are six total matches you can play, and we have to focus on East Tennessee on Friday night. Hopefully (we will be) successful, and if we are and get a chance to play the winner of Notre Dame and Ohio State. Also (I?m) pretty proud of our team and the conference awards we won. Having our libero (Stephanie Klefot) be Defensive Player of the Year in the league for the third-straight year is unprecedented in probably about any sport. Another First Team All-League player in Whitney Billings and Klefot second team also. Sara Schwarzwalder was All-Freshman Team. I think with the addition of teams in the league there were a lot of players who were left out across the league. We tried to get more recognition for some of the players in this conference, but it?s just the way it is. Again, proud about the weekend, looking forward to it, and can?t wait to see if we can get a huge crowd on Friday night.?
On the team?s preparation through the regular season schedule ?
?We?re definitely battle tested. We?ve seen about everything, we?ve seen top-five teams, we?ve seen SEC-caliber teams, we?ve won in five, we?ve lost in five, we?ve won in three and lost in three. There?s not an event or situation we haven?t been in, so I?d like to think that any situation we get into Friday night, we?ve been there before and understand how to handle it. I think so, but each rally is pretty significant and pretty important. I?m looking forward to seeing how our team responds to it.?
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On how the team is playing right now ?
?We were awfully good our last three matches, especially being on the road around Thanksgiving, (with) a lot of distractions with the holiday, and family and stuff around. We came off a couple losses and strung together a few wins. I feel good about us. I feel good about our offense. Really like the way our team responded. I think they feel confident about what they?re doing right now, and that?s a good sign going into the tournament. It?s different pressure in the NCAA tournament. You see the logos, you see the brackets and you see all kinds of teams getting jacked up to play in the NCAA tournament. We will see, but I like this team and want to be with them heading into it.?
On the strength of the team going into the tournament ?
?Offensively our efficiency is pretty good. We aren?t making a whole lot of errors. Our floor defense has gotten better. We struggled with that in the middle of the year playing against some good teams with good outside hitters. I think we?ve done a good job of that the last few weeks, and that is very important because that is typically where matches are won and lost in the tournament, with big outside hitters. I think we?re serving pretty well. That?s another major factor in the NCAA tournament, can you serve and get teams outside their system so they can?t set all their options??
On the expected crowd ?
?Eight thousand? No, I don?t know. I think we got a good response already. Last year in the Regional there were over 4,000. Somewhere between that and our average attendance is 15th in the country between 1,500 and 2,000 a match. I think we?ll get a good crowd. The volleyball community here is really stepping up.?
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Illuminating the no-man's land of waters' surface: Strong electric charge observed at the interface between oil and water is not due to impurities
ScienceDaily (Nov. 27, 2012) ? Water repelling molecules are said to be hydrophobic. The hydration -- or formation of water interfaces around hydrophobic molecules -- is important for many biological processes: protein folding, membrane formation, transport of proteins across an interface, the transmission of action potentials across membranes. It is involved as well in the process of creating mayonnaise, or in the fact that you can get rid of fat with soap. Hydrophobic interfaces although long studied, are poorly understood.
Here's an amusing kitchen-table experiment to illustrate waters unusual properties: put a drop of pure insulating oil in a glass of pure, non-conducting water, and create an electric field using two wires hooked up to a battery. You'll see the oil move from the negative to the positive pole of the little circuit you've created. You have created charge in a mixture that was neutral, and a huge amount of it too, judging from the speed at which the droplets move. The same thing happens for gas bubbles in water; the phenomenon of charging applies to all hydrophobic/water interfaces.
A century of debates
It's not a new discovery; scientists have observed the phenomenon in the middle of the 19th century. But despite more than a century of research, the reason why such a huge electric charge exists is still the subject of heated debate.
In an article published this week in Angewandte Chemie -- a journal of reference in the field -- EPFL scientist Sylvie Roke challenges a hypothesis put forward last spring in the same journal. With experimental proof to back her up, the holder of the Julia Jacobi chair in photomedicine makes her case: the phenomenon is not caused by the inevitable "impurities" present in oils, as her colleagues claim, but rather by certain intrinsic properties of the water molecules involved.
Show the unseeable
For proof, Roke turns to the technologies in which she is an expert -- nonlinear optics and light diffusion. Using carefully filtered lasers channeled through a complex circuit of mirrors and lenses, she "hits" her sample -- barely a drop -- and measures the wavelength of the light that escapes from it. With this she can detect whether or not there are nanoscopic molecules on the interface between the oil and the water.
The precision of the observations "shows that negative charges exist even in a total absence of surface impurities, and thus the explanation put forward by my colleagues, which was derived from charge measurements and chemical titrations of the bulk liquids, doesn't hold up," says Roke. "We have developed a unique apparatus that can distinctly measure the interfacial structure of a layer on the sub-nanometer length scale that surrounds a droplet of oil in water. Thus, we can 'see' what is on the interface, and do not have to deduce it from comparing bulk properties, which is far less accurate."
Disproving a hypothesis isn't enough to explain a phenomenon, however. Roke is studying a promising avenue, that explores the intrinsic quantum nature of the water molecule itself, which might be responsible for the phenomenon. "The measurements we've made as part of this refutation could be used to try and prove this explanation," she says. "It's fascinating, because quantum effects (the smallest of the smallest) might be responsible for macroscopic charging effects that influence so many properties that relate to the functioning of the human body."
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- Kailash C. Jena, R?diger Scheu, Sylvie Roke. Surface Impurities Are Not Responsible For the Charge on the Oil/Water Interface: A Comment. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012; DOI: 10.1002/anie.201204662
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Bigfoot part human, DNA report claims
Genetic testing confirms the legendary Bigfoot is a human relative that arose some 15,000 years ago ? at least according to a press release issued by a company called DNA Diagnostics detailing supposed work by a Texas veterinarian.
The report from Melba S. Ketchum also suggests such cryptids had sex with modern human females that resulted in hairy hominin hybrids, but the scientific community is dubious about her claim.
"A team of scientists can verify that their five-year-long DNA study, currently under peer-review, confirms the existence of a novel hominin hybrid species, commonly called 'Bigfoot' or 'Sasquatch,' living in North America," the release reads. "Researchers' extensive DNA sequencing suggests that the legendary Sasquatch is a human relative that arose approximately 15,000 years ago."
For her study, Ketchum obtained three "whole nuclear genomes from purported Sasquatch samples. The genome sequencing shows that Sasquatch mtDNA is identical to modern Homo sapiens, but Sasquatch nuDNA is a novel, unknown hominin related to Homo sapiens and other primate species." (Mitochondrial DNA, or mtDNA, is the DNA that resides in the cell's energy-producing structures, and is typically passed down from mothers, while nuclear DNA, nuDNA, resides in the cells' nuclei and is passed down from both parents to offspring.)
"Our data indicate that the North American Sasquatch is a hybrid species, the result of males of an unknown hominin species crossing with female Homo sapiens," the statement reads. [ Infographic: Tracking Belief in Bigfoot ]
Any proof?
It's a fascinating theory.
So where's the evidence? Well, there is none. Not yet, anyway: Ketchum's research has not appeared in any peer-reviewed scientific journal, and there's no indication when that might happen. If the data are good and the science is sound, any reputable science journal would jump at the chance to be the first to publish this groundbreaking information. Until then, Ketchum has refused to let anyone else see her evidence.
Of course the history of Bigfoot is rife with exaggerated and premature claims about proof of the creature's existence. For decades, various types of evidence have been offered as final, definitive proof, ranging from Bigfoot hair to blood to dead bodies. Without exception, the evidence has always been a hoax, misidentification or inconclusive.
Because Ketchum has released no information at all about her findings (nor have they been examined by outside experts), it's impossible to evaluate the validity of her conclusions. But an important clue can be found in her statement that "Sasquatch mtDNA is identical to modern Homo sapiens."
If the mitochontrial DNA is identical to Homo sapiens (i.e., modern humans), then this suggests one of two options. The first, endorsed by Ketchum, is that Bigfoot ancestors had sex with women about 15,000 years ago and created a half-human hybrid species currently hiding across North America. [ Rumor or Reality: The Creatures of Cryptozoology ]
There is, however, another, simpler interpretation of such results: The samples were contaminated. Whatever the sample originally was ? Bigfoot, bear, human or something else ? it's possible that the people who collected and handled the specimens accidentally introduced their DNA into the sample, which can easily occur with something as innocent as a spit, sneeze or cough. No one outside of Ketchum's team knows how this alleged Bigfoot DNA was collected, from where or by whom. It could have been collected by the world's top forensics experts, or by a pair of amateur Bigfoot buffs with no evidence-gathering training.
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Scientists are skeptical about Bigfoot DNA report
Genetic testing confirms the legendary Bigfoot is a human relative that arose some 15,000 years ago ? at least according to a press release issued by a company called DNA Diagnostics detailing supposed work by a Texas veterinarian.
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Confirming it's Bigfoot
How did the team definitively determine that the samples were from a Bigfoot? Did they take a blood or saliva sample from a living Bigfoot ? If so, how did they get that close, and why didn't they simply capture it or photograph it? If the samples were found in the wild, how do they know it wasn't left by another animal ? or possibly even a hunter, hiker or camper who left human genetic material?
Previous alleged Bigfoot samples subjected to DNA analysis have been deemed "unknown" or "unidentified." However, "unknown" or "unidentified" results do not mean "Bigfoot." There are many reasons why a DNA sample might come back unknown, including that it was contaminated or too degraded by environmental conditions. Or it could simply mean that the animal it came from was not among the reference samples that the laboratory used for comparison. There is no reference sample of Bigfoot DNA to compare it with, so by definition, there cannot be a conclusive match.
Ketchum also issued a statement requesting that the U.S. government immediately recognize Bigfoot as "an indigenous people and immediately protect their human and Constitutional rights against those who would see in their physical and cultural differences a 'license' to hunt, trap, or kill them." Since no Bigfoot has ever been hunted, trapped or killed, it's not clear that the creatures ? if they exist ? require any special federal protection.
Ketchum's is not the only genetics-based project intended to find Bigfoot. Earlier this year, researchers from Oxford University and the Lausanne Museum of Zoology announced they were collecting samples of alleged Bigfoot and Yeti hair for genetic identification. Oxford geneticist Bryan Sykes collected materials from the public from May through September, and is currently conducting DNA analysis. Once the results are in, he plans to submit his results to a peer-reviewed scientific journal.
If Ketchum has the definitive proof she claims, the world will soon know about it, and Bigfoot will be proven once and for all. On the other hand, if the evidence never appears, or is inconclusive and flawed, the search will continue.
Benjamin Radford is deputy editor of Skeptical Inquirer science magazine and author of six books, including Tracking the Chupacabra and Scientific Paranormal Investigation: How to Solve Unexplained Mysteries. His website is www.BenjaminRadford.com.
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HBT: Mets offer Wright 7 years, $119M-$129M
UPDATE: Rosenthal has corrected that initial report. The $125-150 million figure was over the next eight years, which includes his 2013 option which pays him $16 million. The new money in the seven-year extension is between $119-129 million.
That still doesn?t match up all perfectly, but it seems like the idea is not to tear up the 2013 option and give him seven years at $18-21 million, but to add seven years on to the back of it at $17-18 million a season. Not an insignificant difference.
3:31 PM: To say that the David Wright story has changed since all work up this morning is a bit of an understatement. The latest:
Hold out for a couple more hours, David! You?ll get 40% ownership in the team!
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Lines by Madonna and other celebs pop up in stores
In this Aug. 23, 2012, photo, fragrances from the Kim Kardashian collection are displayed at a Lord & Taylor department store in New York. Celebrities have long dabbled in design, but with the growth of TV shows and websites that follow everything celebrities say, wear and do, interest in their clothing lines has risen in recent years. North America revenue from celebrity clothing lines, excluding merchandise linked to athletes, rose 6 percent last year to an historic peak of $7.58 billion in 2011, according to the latest figures available by The Licensing Letter, an industry trade. That?s on top of a nearly 5 percent increase in 2010. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
In this Aug. 23, 2012, photo, fragrances from the Kim Kardashian collection are displayed at a Lord & Taylor department store in New York. Celebrities have long dabbled in design, but with the growth of TV shows and websites that follow everything celebrities say, wear and do, interest in their clothing lines has risen in recent years. North America revenue from celebrity clothing lines, excluding merchandise linked to athletes, rose 6 percent last year to an historic peak of $7.58 billion in 2011, according to the latest figures available by The Licensing Letter, an industry trade. That?s on top of a nearly 5 percent increase in 2010. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
In this Aug. 23, 2012, photo, Someday fragrance from the Justin Bieber collection is displayed at a Lord & Taylor department store in New York. Celebrities have long dabbled in design, but with the growth of TV shows and websites that follow everything celebrities say, wear and do, interest in their clothing lines has risen in recent years. North America revenue from celebrity clothing lines, excluding merchandise linked to athletes, rose 6 percent last year to an historic peak of $7.58 billion in 2011, according to the latest figures available by The Licensing Letter, an industry trade. That?s on top of a nearly 5 percent increase in 2010. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
In this Aug. 23, 2012, photo, Fame perfume from the Lady Gaga collection is displayed at a Lord & Taylor department store in New York. Celebrities have long dabbled in design, but with the growth of TV shows and websites that follow everything celebrities say, wear and do, interest in their clothing lines has risen in recent years. North America revenue from celebrity clothing lines, excluding merchandise linked to athletes, rose 6 percent last year to an historic peak of $7.58 billion in 2011, according to the latest figures available by The Licensing Letter, an industry trade. That?s on top of a nearly 5 percent increase in 2010. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
In this Aug. 23, 2012, photo, Wonderstruck body lotion from the Taylor Swift collection is displayed at a Lord & Taylor department store in New York. Celebrities have long dabbled in design, but with the growth of TV shows and websites that follow everything celebrities say, wear and do, interest in their clothing lines has risen in recent years. North America revenue from celebrity clothing lines, excluding merchandise linked to athletes, rose 6 percent last year to an historic peak of $7.58 billion in 2011, according to the latest figures available by The Licensing Letter, an industry trade. That?s on top of a nearly 5 percent increase in 2010. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
In this Aug. 23, 2012, photo, Nicole fragrance by Nicole Richie is displayed at a Lord & Taylor department store in New York Celebrities have long dabbled in design, but with the growth of TV shows and websites that follow everything celebrities say, wear and do, interest in their clothing lines has risen in recent years. North America revenue from celebrity clothing lines, excluding merchandise linked to athletes, rose 6 percent last year to an historic peak of $7.58 billion in 2011, according to the latest figures available by The Licensing Letter, an industry trade. That?s on top of a nearly 5 percent increase in 2010. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
This holiday season you're likely to spot singer Jennifer Lopez in Kohl's. You could get a peek at pop music icon Madonna in Macy's. You might even catch a glimpse of reality TV star Kim Kardashian in Sears.
Well, not literally.
These celebrities likely won't be making guest appearances in the aisles of your favorite department stores. But clothes, shoes and even ties that bear their names will.
It's part of a big push by stores to cash in on celebrities' money-making names. The move can be savvy. After all, who wouldn't want to don the stylish duds of a superstar? It can also be risky. The stars, figuratively, have to be aligned for celebrity lines to become a hit with shoppers. That can mean having the right celebrity pair up with the right store at the right time with the right amount of involvement in the design of the line.
"If it's simply to monetize your moment in the sun, it is not going to work in the long term," says Ivanka Trump, the daughter of real estate mogul Donald Trump who is an executive vice president for his Trump Organization and appeared on his "Apprentice" reality TV show.
Trump, 31, has a line of $150 handbags and $125 pumps at Lord & Taylor and other department stores. "You have to be involved in every aspect of the product line," she says.
Celebs have long dabbled in design. But with the growth of TV shows and websites that follow everything celebrities say, wear and do, interest in their clothing lines has risen in recent years. Indeed, North America revenue from celebrity clothing lines, excluding merchandise linked to athletes, rose 6 percent last year to $7.58 billion in 2011, according to the latest figures available by The Licensing Letter, an industry trade publication. That's on top of a nearly 5 percent increase in 2010.
Major department stores, facing growing competition from trendy fashion chains such as H&M, Mango and Zara, have jumped on the trend. They're hoping to reap benefits from the lines during the holiday shopping season in November through December, a time when stores can make up to 40 percent of their annual revenue. Big stores now get as much as a quarter of their sales from celebrity brands, up from under 10 percent five years ago, according to market research firm NPD Group.
As interest from stores and shoppers grows, so does the list of celebs with their own lines. Rocker Bon Jovi, 50, just inked a fragrance deal with Avon Inc. Madonna, 54, has a new Truth or Dare line of perfume, over-the-knee lace-up boots and other shoes at several department stores. Nicole Richie, 31, former reality TV star and daughter of singer and songwriter Lionel Richie, earlier this year rolled out an eponymous clothing line of $86.50 floral maxi skirts and $49.50 lace tops on QVC home shopping network.
And singer Jennifer Hudson's new fashion collection was launched on QVC this fall. Her line includes $96.50 hooded jackets, $53 blouses and one of her favorite wardrobe staples ?$50 leggings. Hudson, a spokeswoman for Weight Watchers weight-loss program, says her goal is to appeal to women of all sizes.
"Every piece is a part of me," says Hudson, 31, who recently slimmed down from a size 16 to a 6. "And it came from something that I have worn or would wear."
THE PIONEERS
Jaclyn Smith, who starred in the popular 1970s series "Charlie's Angels," pioneered the celebrity brand business in 1985 with a line of clothing and accessories at Kmart.
For more than a quarter of a century, the line that carries everything from $79 striped trench coats and $49 faux fur trimmed vests to $299.99 artificial Christmas trees and $179 dining sets, have become staples at the discounter. In fact, the products' success has risen even though Smith, 67, has long been out of the spotlight. Kmart officials declined to give sales figures, but retail consultant Burt Flickinger estimates the line rings about a $250 million in annual revenue, which is considered healthy.
"She's a beloved American icon," says Flickinger, adding that the line has remained popular because it's "timeless, in good taste and have quality."
Kathy Ireland, 49, a former Sportswear Illustrated swimsuit model, also turned her celebrity brand into a moneymaker. Since 1993, she has built a $2 billion global retail business, according to fashion trade publication Women's Wear Daily. Her line includes more than 15,000 items from curtains to wedding dresses that are sold in more than 50,000 small chains.
Ireland attributes her success to her methodical approach to expansion. In fact, her first foray into the business was socks. She wanted to see how something simple would sell before she rolled out swimwear, active wear and other items a year later in 1994.
"If women would embrace something as basics as a pair of socks, that would tell us we were on to something," says Ireland, who sketches looks for her line for a design team to refine.
More recently, singer Jessica Simpson, 32, has built her brand into a billion-dollar brand in the past seven years. She now sells more than 29 products from shoes, clothes and perfume to purses and luggage in department stores such as Macy's. For the winter holidays, items include $89 platform bright blue platform pumps and $128 strapless belted lace dresses.
Her formula for success has been having a relatable personality: Even as her singing career has wavered, branding experts say Simpson has been able to connect with her young fans because she's vocal about everyday issues like her struggles with weight gain.
Peggy Merck, the publicist for the brand, also says she's very involved in designs for the line, which reflect her casual but sexy style. Her collection, which ranges from size 2 to 16, features lots of cowboy boots, vintage jeans and wedge shoes. Simpson is "hands on," Merck says.
Simpson's business savvy has inspired other celebs. "I admire Jessica Simpson a lot because she has branded her line to become a huge success," wrote "Jersey Shore" reality TV show star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi in an email to The Associated Press.
Polizzi last year started selling perfume and nail polish, among other items at HSN home shopping network and to beauty chain Perfumania. This fall, she expanded her collection to include jewelry. She also plans to add headphones and accessories next year.
"I bring in my ideas on what type of bottle shape I'd like, to different designs of animal print or clothing designs to my favorite smells from soaps, lotions (and) hair sprays," Polizzi wrote.
BEYOND THE NAME
But attaching a star's name to a tee shirt or earrings does not guarantee success. Generally, how well a line does will vary greatly, depending on the star's popularity and involvement in the design, the quality of the merchandise and marketing of the brand.
There are all sorts of ways the merchandise deals work. But in many scenarios, the idea of starting a collection comes from the celebrity, who shops the concept around to manufacturers and stores. How the deals are structured varies widely.
The lines can be a gamble for stores. For one, their success often is closely tied to one person whose popularity can fade quickly among finicky fans. And while shoppers may grab celebrity brands when the lines debut, they may not return if they don't like what they see after that.
"The celebrity name draws the fan base to the product but at the end of the day, the product has to stand on itself," says Michael Stone, president of The Beanstalk Group, a global brand licensing agency. "It has to be well priced and well designed."
Indeed, industry experts say for every celebrity brand that is a hit, five others flop. Anyone remember hip hop star and actor L.L. Cool J's casual clothing line with Sears? It lasted less than a year after its launch in 2008. One reason was that the collection of hooded sweatshirts and jeans failed to catch the eyes of Americans at a time when the country was in a deep recession.
It's also key that the clothes reflect the personality of the celebrity because many consumers will want to emulate their style. For example, Lopez, 43, shuttered her Sweetface clothing collection in 2009, six years after launching it at several department stores, in part because shoppers didn't believe that the line matched her glam style. The collection, which included sweat pants instead of the fitted dresses Lopez is known for sporting, were seen as too casual.
But Lopez learned from that line. Last year, she launched an exclusive collection for Kohl's, which offers $99.99 platform wedge boots and $60 animal print faux-wrap dresses under her name. The collection is faring well, according to Kohl's, although the chain declined to give sales figures.
"Every look in this collection ... is something that people know I would wear," reads a statement by Lopez on Kohl's website.
It's also important that a celebrity doesn't say or do things that could reflect poorly on a store's image. Earlier this month, an angry customer started an online campaign calling for Macy's to dump Donald Trump's line of $65 power ties and $65 dress shirts after the billionaire verbally attacked President Barack Obama on social media after he won re-election.
Angelo Carusone, 30, who has collected nearly 673,000 signatures on petition website signon.org. Carusone, once a loyal Macy's shopper, says he won't shop there again until the retailer severs ties with Trump. "Macy's is building a brand on Trump's consequence-free bullying," he says.
But Macy's has stood by the billionaire, and the uproar has since died down. "Macy's marketing and merchandise offerings are not representative of any political position," says Jim Sluzewski, a spokesman for the chain.
Odd pairings can also be a concern. Indeed, Sears, a struggling retailer that is best known for selling appliances, raised eyebrows when it announced that it would carry clothes under the "Kardashian" name. The collection, which was launched last year, is named after "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" realty TV stars Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian.
The fashions embrace the individual looks of the sisters ? Kim's glamorous style, Kourtney's Bohemian chic look and Khloe's rocker influence. There are $99 leopard print maxi dresses, $24 snakeskin print earrings and $40 metallic striped tops.
When thinking about Sears as a possible partner, Khloe says she at first thought of the retailer as a place just to buy "washers and dryers." But then, she says she and her sisters realized that Sears would enable them to achieve their goal of selling affordable clothes nationwide.
"We felt it was a good fit," she says. "It's like if you date a few people and then you want to marry that person."
Ron Boire, Sears' merchandising chief, declined to give sales figures, but says the line is doing well and gives the chain's clothing department a "younger, more progressive feel."
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the collection, the Kardashian sisters showed up at a Sears store in the Bronx borough of New York City on a recent Friday. More than 2,000 shrieking teens and young women came to get a glimpse of them.
Among them was Jenessa Cavallo, 23, a legal assistant. Until the Kardashian line was launched, she had never shopped at Sears. Now, she says that she keeps going back, spending more than $500 on Kardashian designs, including a faux fox fur coat, leather jacket and nail polish.
"I feel like I'm Kim," Cavallo says.
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Malbec, Meat and More ? Food Pairing with Argentina's Flagship Wine
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The appetite-whetting sight and scent of an alfresco Argentine asado is enough to bring out the inner caveman in even the most sophisticated of metropolitan food lover. And nowhere is this more apparent than after a hard day?s wine tasting, out among the vines of Mendoza, as the first sizzle of meat hitting the grill sends a plume of smoky welcome into the crisp Andean air. It?s the prelude to the near perfect Malbec moment, when this bold, aromatic and savoury variety comes into its own as a sensational partner to red-blooded meat cooked gaucho-style over a slumbering fire.
Beef from an asado in the vineyards; photo by James Kibbey.
Of course, Argentine Malbec and meat ? with emphasis on beefy steaks and grills ? is a story well told. So much so that Malbec?s fondness for a broader swathe of dishes is often overlooked. Meat, admittedly, remains its favourite sparring partner. But with a surprisingly varied flavour spectrum, ranging from juicy, red-fruit leaning wines to intense, tannic, darker specimens, the variety can take all manner of robust flavours and textures in its stride.
Ramp up the quality a little, and the more savoury, even spicy edge to the variety starts calling for some pretty serious foods. Given the noble origins of Malbec in the vineyards of Bordeaux, this perhaps comes as little surprise. Moreover, it?s something that sommeliers are increasingly open to explore.
?Malbec is like pizza or sex ? even when its not the best it?s still enjoyable,? says Alessandro Marchesan, head sommelier at Zuma and Roka restaurants in London. ?But when Malbec is good, the aromatic, slightly herbal notes in the wine can work very well as a counterpoint to herby or even spicy notes in a dish.?
Marchesan?s most memorable Malbec match came with a salt and mustard-tinged ham hock dish, also taking fruity apple sauce in its stride. He also suggests Malbec as a versatile partner for a number of vibrant Spanish dishes, again including pork-based recipes where the sweet, juicy white meat is met with Mediterranean herbs, along with French charcuterie, where higher altitude wines, with higher acidity, act as a foil to the fatty richness in the food.
For Viraj Sawant, sommelier at La Trompette, it?s the higher altitude, more poised styles that offer the most possibilities with finer food.
Luigi Buonanno, wine buyer and head sommelier at the Etrusca Group of restaurants, says it all comes down the style of Malbec. He suggests elegant Patagonian Malbec with herby Proven?al lamb (or a British Sunday roast complete with mint sauce), while favouring the bigger structured, richer wines of Mendoza with game or venison (so long as the game is not too gamey), and says hard cheese is also a good partner.
?Malbec, with its highish alcohol and rich body, is an ideal weight as a wine to round off a meal, and it also works well with hard cheeses such as mature cheddar or pecorino, so this can be another good time to bring it to the table.?
?We find that Malbec is quite versatile and seems to work well with pickle and spice flavours such as fennel and cumin, along with the sweetness of the meat and smoky flavours from the tandoor,? says Singh. ?It?s a wine that can cope with all these elements in a dish.?
As if all the above was not enough, perhaps a final word should go to another pairing possibility that the richer, softer styles of Malbec can take in their stride. It is, of course, chocolate, a normally tricky customer for wine, but one that (especially when dark and high quality) can work rather well with this very versatile champion of Argentine wine.
Malbec, then, offers so much more versatility than perhaps first meets the eye. And this in addition to being a world-beating partner for all things asado?
Please tell us what other foods and cuisines you like to pair with Malbec in the comments below.
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Roasted Carrot Onion Soup with Dukkah Spice | Food Loves Writing
I don?t know about you guys, but, for me, the days that follow Thanksgiving are, no contest, the least inspired days, cooking-wise, all year long. It?s not that there?s a lack of food?my parents? fridge is no doubt still full, today on Tuesday, with bowls and bowls of leftovers from Thursday?s spread, and that meal was just one of the many we took part in all weekend. It?s not that there?s a lack of ideas?I checked into my Google Reader sometime Sunday and tucked away recipes for pumpkin risotto and oaty shortbread and red lentils and spinach in masala sauce.
It?s just that, listen, we are full.
Maybe you feel the same way? Between my parents? place and Tim?s relatives? house and a favorite restaurant and a new favorite snack (full or not, I?ll take an entire case of those, thankyouverymuch), we ate our weight in holiday meals, and by Sunday night, when we returned to our kitchen, where the refrigerator was the polar opposite of where we?d been, the bearer of a paltry bag of carrots, eggs, butter and one-and-a-half kombuchas from last week, it was all we could do to drink a glass of water and go to sleep.
Coming home from a long weekend like this last one means many things?exhaustion, unpacking, laundry and looming work?but also, the minute we pulled up to our driveway, it means mail. After our few days away, the mailbox we share with neighbors was, of course, stuffed, holding junkmail, our Christmas cards (hooray! and, by the way, if you haven?t ordered yours yet, my friend Sarah?s doing a $75 Minted giveaway!) and, best of all, this month?s issue of Bon Appetit.
So yesterday morning, amidst cleaning and ebay-selling and conference-calling and work, I flipped through the magazine in case, by some miracle, a lunch could be made with what we had on hand. Enter this roasted carrot onion soup with dukkah spice.
I ended up replacing a pound of the carrots with onion, the fennel seeds with anise and the pistachios with hazelnuts (there was exactly 1/2 cup of hazelnuts in the pantry! would you believe it!) to make it work, but, all in all, this beautiful and spice-filled soup is a perfect testament to making do with what one has?and, made of the ever-affordable carrots and onions, topped with a unique spiced mixture unlike anything I?ve ever tried, combined with the container of vegetable broth I?ve been freezing since my last Tamar-Adler-vegetable-scraps-boiling a few weeks back, this recipe is also a testament to the fact that while some of the best meals we enjoy are the Thanksgiving feasts?others are the simplest, just a bowl of soup and a spoon.
Roasted Carrot Onion Soup with Dukkah Spice
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I?ve made carrot soup before, right after my mom bought me my first Le Creuset, but this version, topped with a nutty spice blend, is an entirely different taste experience. When you stir the finely chopped hazelnuts and spices through each bowl, the entire recipe takes on new life.
Note, also, that the original recipe also suggested adding a dollop of yogurt to each bowl (but, as you can imagine, that wasn?t something we had on hand yesterday).
Ingredients:
1/2 cup hazelnuts
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
1 teaspoon coriander powder
1 teaspoon cumin powder
1/2 teaspoon anise seeds
1/4 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
1 teaspoon kosher salt (plus more, to taste)
1 pound carrots, peeled and cut into one-inch pieces
1 pound onions, peeled and cut into one-inch pieces
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 quart of vegetable broth
Directions:
1. MAKE DUKKAH SPICE BLEND.
In a large skillet over medium-low heat, toast hazelnuts until fragrant, around five minutes. Let them cool and rub handfuls between your palms, letting the skins fall to the skillet. Separate the toasted, mostly skinned nuts to a plate and set aside. Dump out the skins in the trash and fill the skillet with the sesame seeds, coriander, cumin, anise seeds and black peppercorns. Toast for about one or two minutes, stirring often, until very fragrant. Set aside onto same plate with nuts. Let cool. Transfer mixture to food processor, adding one teaspoon salt. Coarsely grind. (Note: this spice mixture may be made up to a week ahead of time and kept, airtight, at room temperature.)
2. ROAST VEGETABLES.
Preheat oven to 375F. Place carrots and onions on rimmed baking sheet, and toss with melted butter, adding a little salt (and pepper, if desired) all over. Roast until vegetables are tender and just beginning to turn golden, about 45 minutes. Let them cool.
3. PUR?E VEGETABLES.
Transfer carrots and onions to a blender, and add the quart of broth. (Don?t use a food processor here. Use a blender or a Vitamix. If you do use a food processor, the broth will spill out through the middle and out onto the counter and the floor and all over your hands, just trust me.) Blend until very smooth, about two or three minutes.
4. ASSEMBLE SOUP.
Pour the mixture into a stockpot over medium heat, stirring occasionally. You may add water to reach the consistency you like. Season to taste with salt and pepper, but keep in mind the dukkah spice mixture has salt in it, as well.
Divide soup among bowls and top with dukkah spices to taste.
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Frugal Family Tree: The Honest Company and An Ecofriendly Me ...
Prior to becoming a Mom ecofriendly products were not on my radar. I never knew there were such things as ecofriendly baby products or that there are diapers available that are 100% non-toxic and chlorine-free. Let alone that babies were being exposed to harsh or synthetic
chemicals by wearing a diaper!
One of my many favorite things The Honest Company carries are their diapers, they are affordable and stylish. I have to admit that one of the driving forces of wanting to make the switch is not only for the health of my baby but the style and modern patterns on these beautiful diapers.
I know that I have only scratched the surface when it come to switching my family into a more ecofriendly home but I do believe that starting small is the way to go. I thought that buying ecofriendly products were going to be expensive and boring (think brown bag or terry cloth) but honestly the price difference isn't that much and knowing that my family is safe (and stylish) is what is important.
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As time went on and I started to do research, I learned that there really are so many advantages to trying to achieve an ecofriendly environment for you and your children. One way to start small is by using natural/non-toxic products and cleaners in you home, which we have done. I also love baby products such as bubble bath, sunscreen, bug spray, laundry detergent and baby wipes that are made with non-toxic/all-natural & organic ingredients. My children all have very sensitive skin. I have tried many different products to help eliminate skin irritation on their young bodies and the only ones that work are the hypoallergenic and fragrance free type. I am always seeking out companies that carry such products, The Honest Company has those products and more!!!
One of my many favorite things The Honest Company carries are their diapers, they are affordable and stylish. I have to admit that one of the driving forces of wanting to make the switch is not only for the health of my baby but the style and modern patterns on these beautiful diapers.
Look at these diapers on my sweet Ashley, seeing her smiling face and the beautiful patterns on her bum is what it's all about. It makes me feel good knowing that she is being protected from any harsh chemicals all while looking oh so stylish. What a fantastic feeling for a mother! Honest diapers Do NOT contain: chlorine, perfume, phthalates, lotions, optical brighteners, PVC, heavy metals, and other harmful materials. Not only are they safe, there are so many great patterns to chose from, all so modern and fun!
The Honest Company's label and packaging is so beautiful, just having it around the house makes me happy. Another great item are the honest wipes they are super thick and infused with a botanical blend of pomegranate (antioxidants), chamomile & cucumber (to soothe).
I know that I have only scratched the surface when it come to switching my family into a more ecofriendly home but I do believe that starting small is the way to go. I thought that buying ecofriendly products were going to be expensive and boring (think brown bag or terry cloth) but honestly the price difference isn't that much and knowing that my family is safe (and stylish) is what is important.
The Honest Company was started by a mom and a dad who, like many modern parents, were increasingly worried about products made with questionable chemical ingredients. But the alternatives they found were often expensive, inaccessible, bland, or ineffective. In response to this clear need for something better, they created The Honest Company to ensure that parents (or anyone for that matter!) could easily find natural and non-toxic eco-friendly products that are beautiful, effective, and affordable. From customized product bundles to diapers and wipes to an ever-expanding line of cleaning and personal care products, you can find everything you need at Honest.com and have it delivered directly to your front door.
Give it a try! Click here to become a member of The Honest Company community and start your free trial today.
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Honest Company. The opinions and text are all mine.
Source: http://www.frugalfamilytree.com/2012/11/the-honest-company-and-ecofriendly-me.html
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