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A Big Guy Fights Back
Posted on March 19, 2012 by dirtynailz
There was an interesting op-ed piece in our local paper recently. It was entitled : "Those over-rated 'heirloom veggies'" and it was written by none other than the Chair of the Burpee Seed company, George Ball.
In it, he attempts to portray those who love heirloom varieties as upper middle class yuppies who are growing them because they are stylish. Please enjoy the following excerpt:
"However, there is also a stylish movement in contemporary gardening toward old-fashioned or "heirloom" vegetables that were popular in our grandparents' day. In community gardens everywhere, I see tall, rangy, low-yielding and romantically named heirloom varieties made popular by environmental activists."
Whoa there, Mr. Ball. Are you saying that heirloom vegetables are the choice of misguided elitist tree-huggers? I think you are.
Heirlooms and hydrids...growing in perfect har - mon -eeeeeee
The author goes on to bring up the same tired old argument used by proponents of GMO plants and seeds: high yields mean more food for poor people.
"While the often lovely and uniquely flavored heirloom vegetables befit an upper-middle-class vegetable plot, they fail to meet the urgent nutritional needs of the urban poor, " he writes. "In fact, old-fashioned varieties, with their poor yields, late harvests and floppy plants, present logistical challenges that most community gardeners cannot meet."
Ball then attempts to discredit another reason that heirloom lovers grow old cultivars: you can save the seeds and unlike modern hybrids, they will grow true to type. He claims it is far too difficult for people to save seeds and that "paradoxically, the purveyors of heirloom seeds are at the elbow of community gardeners every year with new seeds to sell to them."
Why shouldn't heirloom seed vendors be selling their stuff, anyway? And why can't low-income families make these gardening choices for themselves? Are we feeling a bit threatened, Mr. Ball, by companies such as Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds which have been tackling the GMO issue head-on?
Look, I don't always grow heirlooms, and I agree that some of them can be low-yielding. One example of this is the Brandywine tomato which I bravely tried to grow for a few summers and then realized it just wasn't worth the coddling and effort just for two or three measly cracked fruits.
But other gardeners love Brandywine and wouldn't be without it, so what's the big deal? Please don't try to attach negative labels to gardeners who love heirloom vegetables for their history and their wonderful taste. I would bet that like me, most gardeners choose their vegetables by what they like to eat, and that some of their favorites include new cultivars as well as heirlooms.
I don't think I will be buying anything from the Burpee catalog this year.
13 Responses to A Big Guy Fights Back
Auntie Beak says:
not for anything, but burpee sells a huge line of heirloom veggies. is he telling us his own seed is lousy?
He obviously doesn't care for my business, so I'll oblige him and shop elsewhere.
Donna B. says:
Um, that's a bit 'ball'-sy to be preaching when it's the people who PURCHASE your seeds who are probably reading this and being blown away at your naivety… I deal with a lot of "upper-middle-class" and most of them don't even touch their own [strictly flower] gardens! it's all planted by outsourcing to landscape companies and "other work"… It's those who WANT to grow their own food, and WANT to eat vegetables they knew where it grew and how it was handled – occupation, status, and salary has NOTHING to do with it!
Same here, reminds me why I don't purchase seed from Burpee! It's this business practice that leaves a sour taste in my mouth…
I know. I hate how he attempts to portray heirloom gardeners as rich naive yuppies. You are so right about rich people hardly ever touching their gardens and hiring landscape companies or people like me to do the work – which I have done plenty of, believe me.
Rather pompous of him to say something like that. If environmental activist translates to people who like the real deal, add my name to the top of the list. I remember reading a story a few years back about crossing flounder genes with tomatoes to produce a tomato that is less likely to freeze. Antifreeze from cold blooded animals for plants, so to say. Weird, huh? And creepy. I'll take the heirloom any day over that. There's a conversation starter if you find yourself sharing a meal with a vegan.
Try finding a cucumber in New York City that actually has any taste. I may have come across two in the 24 years I lived there. I'll take the heirloom with a lower yield, thank you.
I've probably only bought one heirloom tomato seedling to transplant. (I'm not good with seeds.) It produced just fine for my family of two and wow! It was delicious. I'll buy it again in a heartbeat.
I agree, CJ. I guess he has a bias against heirloom lovers…which is strange considering he could sell us seeds if he wanted to….
George Ball says:
Actually, the blog and op/ed that it turned into is called "The Politically Correct Tomato Sandwich" and can be found at http://www.heromswoodvoice.com, by scrolling down the archive on the left hand side.
http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2011/12/the-politically-correct-tomato-sandwich/
You took what I wrote completely out of context. I was addressing the very special needs of underprivileged neighborhood gardens where I have worked over a twenty five year career in horticultural philanthropy. Lately I noticed the wide, and in some cases exclusive, use of heirlooms in these gardens. Many of which these old cultivars are, ironically, commercial varieties, passed off as "heirlooms". Many are late, low-yielding and disease-susceptible, in striking contrast to modern and especially contemporary hybrids. I have inquired and many community garden organizers have been persuaded to think that heirlooms are morally superior due to the romantic notions—in many cases false—associated with them. 'Rutgers' is a prime and common example. It was bred as an open-pollinated selection by scientists at Rutgers for Cambelll Soup.
Hardly an "heirloom". Yet it's promoted and sold as such by many heirloom specialists. Ditto many early 20th C. European commercial produce market varities that were discontinued by seed companies over there due to their inferiority compared to newer selections. Foriegn names just sound better to many
Americans.
I have always loved some great old heirlooms. I sell many, after determining their value in our test gardens. But I recognize most of them are inferior to hybrids in order to to serve the usual purpose of a community garden in a poor neighborhood. Hence, yield, earliness and disease resistance (which affects taste greatly), redound to the benefit of community gardeners in difficult environments. It's hard enough to get such gardens going and keep them going. The people who run them shouldn't have to be subject to the ignrance-based misinformation—and deliberate disinformation— of heirloom fanatics.
As for seed saving, I was referring to all vegetables, not just tomatoes. But many critics have used how "easy" it is to save tomato seed in order to go after me on this point. All this does is reveal that they are mostly tomato heirloom seed fanatics. But I was talkng about all garden vegetables.
As relatively "easy" tomato seed is to keep over the winter, many other kinds of vegetables are quite difficult, such as sweet corn. Since the subject of my essay was community gardens, and they receive customarily donations of seed by companies such as mine, the point I made remains valid. It's difficult to run a community garden. Saving seeds may be valuable and interesting as a sideline, but not as common practice, in my view.
As for the tone, I used humor, irony and even rhetoric in order to make these rather strikingingly obvious points. If I went a bit overboard, I apologize. But please read the original to see that I was trying to be helpful by spreading the word about the need to use high yielding hybrids in underprivileged neighborhood community gardens.
I appreciate your thoughtful response, Mr. Ball, and thank you for reading my blog.
The title of your op-ed, as it appeared in our paper, "The Providence Journal" is "Those over-rated 'heirloom veggies." Perhaps the editors changed it to make it more confrontational, I don't know.
This title sets the tone for a piece that clearly argues that heirloom vegetables are embraced by the elite, and that less affluent Americans who plant community gardens are better served by modern, higher-yielding hybrid cultivars.
I have your piece right here in front of me, and you do write about the "upper-middle-class suburban vegetable plot" and a "stylish movement in contemporary gardening." I read your original blog post, and my readers will be able to link to it as well. I do get the point you are trying to make, but in gardening as in most things, there is a diversity of opinion.
As I wrote in my original post, I do not restrict my seed choices to heirlooms. In fact, I have found some of them to be finicky and underproducing. But I also have problems with new hybrids that are pushed on the gardening public at big box stores and turn out to be duds, or plants whose seeds I can't save or trade because they won't grow true to type the following year. And you have to admit that some of those heirlooms do have killer flavor.
But I think there's is much more to growing heirlooms than flavor. It's interesting and fun to browse the catalogs in the dead of winter and read about the histories of these vegetables. I tried "Trail of Tears" pole beans because I was captivated by the idea that the Cherokee people brought these beans with them on their forced march. I grew a melon rediscovered in my former home town of Montreal, Canada, because the flavor as said to be beyond compare. I and many others enjoy thinking about the people who grew these cultivars so many generations before us. It's not just romanticism. It's a tangible connection with our past. For gardeners especially, there's something solid and comforting about that.
Thank you for your comments.
Thanks, Nails. Editorial page editors reserve the right to create their own titles to op/eds—been this way a very long time. I have had over 20 op/eds in major newspapers and only once was my title used. So, that's that. I have long thought that the media is not interested in the truth, but in entertainment. Unfortunately, they extend this ethic to the op/ed page, where the public is allowed to submit thier views.
This is why I was careful to emphasize the role hybrids can play in relieving or ameliorating childhood nutrition in poor communities. The bit I tossed off about upper middle class suburbia was unpleasant but, I believe, true. Large yields of early to mid season ripe produce is vastly superior to low yields per plant from tall rangy and in many cases diseased plants toward the end of the season.
Also, since flavor is, in most cases, subjective, I deliberately downplayed it.
All I wanted was to shed light on the odd plight of community gardens in underprivlileged neighborhoods being persuaded to grow old, tapped out varieties that may have, indeed, unique flavors or colors. But the goal of a comminity garden in a poor area is to produce large volumes
of vine ripe fruits and veggies over as long a season as possible. Garden hybrids were made for just that.
If you like the subject of the Native American experience of true heirlooms, you should explore the work of Gary Paul Nabhan. (The saddest, and ironic, part is that often the tribes were relocated
so far away that the farmers had to reselect their plants and literally create new varieties by breeding the plants in their new reservation's climate. Not all tribes, but some.)
(BTW: hybrids and GMOs are almost diametrically opposite. We have no GMOs and have no interest in them. We are seed people, so to speak, and have been for 137 years.)
Finally, I thank you again for even bringing the subject up and being so generous of spirit. As you know, I meant no harm in my article. I think it was Cato who said, "Argue laughing." You do a nice job of that. I try, but often fail.
I would be happy to add a link to your blog, and it would be great if you could link to mine….
Oh, and if you are ever in the mood to write a guest blog, please let me know.
That was a nice exchange. Glad to see you sticking to your guns, dirtynailz, and appreciate George Ball doing the same. In life, as in the garden, there are many varieties. Each has a place. Fortunately, we still get to choose.
I thought so, too, CJ. Above all, it ended on a note of mutual respect. I guess it just goes to show that you never know who's reading your stuff!


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Q: The necessity of past perfect Please have a look at these two paragraphs:

What indeed? While she was walking through the forest, she saw a wolf
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  and had thought to himself, "She'd make a nice juicy meal".

I saw this girl when I was parking my car last night. She was crying.
  She explained she had a terrible fight with her boyfriend while he
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Why in the first example you use past perfect (continuous) and in the second example you don't use it? In both cases it is obvious that actions were before reference time and both actions lead to the actual situation.

A: Essentially, past perfect generally means that an event happened before another one happened.  "Event" here can be a specific actual event or a duration such as "ten years ago."
If one of the events/duration is missing in the sentence, context is expected to fill in the blank.  It's also used to emphasize that something happened in the past.

She explained she had a terrible fight with her boyfriend while he was giving her a ride home earlier

This describes two events that are happening concurrently, so past perfect isn't used.
You'd use the past perfect if the sentence was something like this:

She explained she'd had a terrible fight with her boyfriend before he gave her a ride home.

or this:

She explained she'd had a terrible fight with her boyfriend three weeks ago.

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The Wildcat was starting to smoke. As it pulled up in front of me in a hard loop, a steady amount of back pressure on the stick easily brought my Zero back into firing position. The harder the Wildcat pilot pulled, the easier it was for me to keep him in my gunsight. Just as I was on the verge of finishing him off, he eased off on the stick, rolled over and pointed his nose toward the earth. Within seconds the Grumman was extending away from me and out of range. There was no way I could follow — no Zero could outdive an American fighter.
But he couldn't dive forever, we were barely above 1,000 feet. He would have to pull out. As soon as he did I was on him. Again he pulled up and started a tight turn. With little effort I pulled tighter and, again, had him in my sights, smoke billowing out of his cowling. Just as I was about to fire he dumped the nose and pulled away. He was good, very good. After a few more clashes, each of us using his aircraft's strong points to keep the other at bay, we broke off. He couldn't out run me. I couldn't outdive him. The classic duel of two pilots using the strong points of their aircraft, each unable to bring his guns to bear on the other as a result.
I wasn't over the Pacific, it was Ellington Field during the "Tora, Tora, Tora" dogfight portion of the Confederate Air Force Wings Over Houston Airshow. Col Randy Wilson was in the Wildcat and I had been asked to fly the Zero when sponsor/pilot Col John Kelley couldn't get the weekend free.
Walking up to a real Zero, knowing you are actually going to fly it, is overwhelming —after all, there are only two flying and there is only one seat. Having studied this legend for so many years, listening to Japanese and American combat pilots describe their impressions, I had a swirl of history in my mind. To experience such history first hand has always given me much sought after depth in researching the World War II history I write.
A close examination of the external airframe shows Jiro Horikoshi's obsession with keeping the airframe light and streamlined. At a gross weight of 5,313 pounds, packed into a 29-foot-8.75-inch length and a 39-foot-4.5-inch span, the fighter weighs about the same as an AT-6 advanced trainer.
With its long landing gear legs, getting one's foot into the lowered step, pulling up with the rod-like hand hold, then stepping onto the extended foot bar and onto the wing walk is quite a feat — much the same impression as mounting a P-47, which really says something considering there is virtually no size comparison. Once up on the wing the airplane becomes quite small. That impression is reinforced by stepping into the cockpit. Clearly the office was designed for smaller pilots.
In general the cockpit is well laid out, though it has been thoroughly modernized with radios, Loran, electrical switches, engine starting switches and other items where the gun breeches would normally protrude into the cockpit. The two 7.7 mm Type 97 cowl mounted machine guns were manually charged from inside. I can't imagine what the cockpit must have smelled like in combat. Two 20 mm Type 99 cannon were mounted in the wings. Most of the fixtures are authentic, including throttle quadrant, stick, seat and instrument panel, which carries the original Japanese lettering. A replica gunsight, complete with good luck tea bag, finishes everything off.
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Chocks away, a slight burst of power and the Zero moves away without any coaxing it even feels light on the ground. Braking is limited at best with the brakes prone to overheating quickly, and to accumulating engine oil and exhaust residue from their inflight location behind the exhaust stacks. If a new Zero pilot can't fly without depending on the brakes, he should pass it up. They are good for changing direction with a tap and for coming to a complete stop from a slow taxi, that's about it.
Pre-take-off: set elevator trim (the only trim installed) to zero with the big wooden wheel on the left, cockpit checklist complete. Taxi out onto the runway, which disappears completely in front of the very round cowling.
Slowly up on the power and keep it moving forward to get immediate rudder effectiveness. Before I have full power, 45 inches and 2700 rpm, the Zero is pulling mightily to the left but a good boot of rudder holds it down the middle with very little effort, even less than some rudder trim equipped fighters — immediate relief. Apparently rudder trim just wasn't considered that important. Even though the tail flies up a bit, it is mandatory to make a smooth three point take off, applying the rest of the power after lift off.
As the Zero breaks ground at around 650 feet, its 4,500 fpm climb rate is immediately evident. It claws for altitude, even at a climb power setting of 34 inches and 2450 rpm, at something like a 45 degree angle. The slightest forward pressure on the stick drives the airspeed up. Got to get the gear up before 105 knots.
Unlike every other stock World War II fighter I've flown, the Zero had an EGT (exhaust gas temperature gauge) for optimum leaning and the manual is very specific in telling the pilot how to use it. No wonder the Zero had such fantastic range, figuring 10 minutes at combat power, the manual gives the A6M2 a normal range of 1,025 miles. Those figures weren't seen again until the Merlin powered P-51. American pilots refused to believe Zeros over the Philippines and Guadalcanal were not flown from carriers.
Visibility from the cockpit is outstanding for this period in the war. Though there are several canopy braces to get in the way, compare the Zero's canopy shape, particularly toward the rear, to the F4F, P-40 and razorback P-47 and P-51. After a few quick glances around, I found the bracing almost unnoticeable since I had excellent rearward visibility. This had to be a significant advantage for Japanese fighter pilots.
The next impression I had was being cramped. I was never able to stretch out, and on a long cross country that can generate a fair amount of fatigue, as it did flying the relatively short 1.3 hour hop to Houston from Dallas for the airshow. A shorter pilot probably wouldn't notice this but those six hour plus missions flown by the Japanese pilots would have been agony in this somewhat hunched up position.
the same thing. It almost turns on itself and I would imagine could easily keep up with a Spitfire V, its contemporary. Slightly nose down, pull. It loops the same way and can loop out of cruise as low as 150 knots quite easily. Of course, all this is below 200 knots, where it handled the Wildcat quite easily on all terms. Once above that speed, things change rapidly.
With the nose down and going past 250 knots, all controls get very stiff past 300 knots they are almost immovable. Red line speed in the manual is listed as 340 knots indicated, with a + 7G limit. I can't imagine that the pilot could move anything at that speed. This was the real achilles heel of the Zero. Col. Claire Chennault, Jimmy Flatley and others who knew the Zero ordered pilots not to maneuver with Japanese pilots but revert to dive and slash attacks. Much to the horror of the Imperial Japanese Navy's fine pilots, this virtually neutralized the Zero's superiority. Everyone was warned about trying to turn with or outmaneuver a Zero — it couldn't be done. After fighting Wilson in the Wildcat, I experienced both sides of the coin. If we got below 200 knots, I could eat him up. When he put the nose down, I was left behind trying, without much success, to muscle the Zero through a corkscrew trailing descent.
Stalls are barely worth mentioning. The Zero is docile throughout the stall series with no tendency to snap or spin at all. The pilot can pull as hard as he wants straight into the stall without having to worry about spinning out or losing control. The aircraft is so light the power off stall speed with gear and flaps down is 60 knots.
The manual recommends 70 to 72 knots on short final for what it calls a spot (carrier) landing. The original aircraft had a crosshair display index on the left gearshield for this purpose, a precursor to angle of attack indicators. The manual recommended, "Turn the face gradually to the left side and look at the spot landing points on the right hand chart positions." Fascinating. This delicate device has long since disappeared. I would have loved to have tried it.
Since the Zero is so light, too much speed is not healthy. Hold about 80 to 85 knots on short final, eventually bleeding the speed down to 75 knots. Once over the numbers pull the throttle all the way to idle and pull the stick back. The fighter flares into a beautiful three point landing and is near viceless on the ground, thanks in large measure to the effective rudder and wide landing gear. It can be wheeled on but, like the Spitfire, it doesn't like it since there is fat less control. It wants to float and skip down the runway on the edge of positive control.
There is really no need for brakes at all on a long runway unless you want to make a sharp turn. Off the active runway, stop. Silence. The brain is incredulous. Ethell, you have flown a pinnacle in aviation history, a very rare privilege indeed.


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This week has been politically intense from protests in Syria to climate action in Munich – all of which are pivotal to a more inclusive society. In all of this, women have played impactful roles. We take a look at FIVE corporate and political wins from women around the world this week:
Six Nigerian banks now have female MDs. It is always good news to see women at the helm of affairs in thriving organisations especially considering how patriarchy has kept women relegated to secondary roles for so long. We love to see it.
Groundbreaking! 6 Nigerian Banks Now Have Female MDs
Samoa's first female prime minister, Fiame Naomi Mataafa was officially installed on July 23rd. The previous prime minister refused to step down peacefully after the defeat that marked the end of his 22-year rule. Samoa's court of appeal held that the makeshift swearing-in ceremony for the country's next government was legal, ushering in a female-led democracy.
Samoa's top court rules that the first female prime minister's inauguration was legal
Spain's Prado museum is making concerted efforts to include and showcase the work of female artists.
Spain's Prado overhauls collection to highlight women artists
In the UK, the court held that the housing of transgender women in female prisons is lawful and necessary for the well-being and safety of trans women in prison. This ruling is a step towards proper institutional protection and enforcement of trans rights.
Trans women in female jails policy is lawful, High Court rules
In Rio, a 4-year-old girl clears plastic waste from the ocean with her father, a ripple in the ocean of work needed to tackle the environmental crisis and the pollution of water bodies but a noble and impactful gesture nonetheless.
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Q: conflicting warnings with clang when using Weverything and C++11 when compiling the following code with clang 3.8 with -Weverything -std=c++11:
static void foo(long long) {}
int main() { foo(0ll); }

I get the following warnings:
warning: 'long long' is incompatible with C++98 [-Wc++98-compat-pedantic]
Is this a diagnostics bug? (-Wc++98-compat-pedantic included in -Weverything in C++11 mode)
Reproduce it here

A: Not really.
Even though you've specified that the standard is C++11 you've also explicitly said that you want to enable all warnings.
To quote the doc:

In addition to the traditional -W flags, one can enable all
  diagnostics by passing -Weverything. This works as expected with
  -Werror, and also includes the warnings from -pedantic.

This has no effect on what standard you're using to compile, -Wc++98-compat-pedantic explicitly says "check if my code is compatible with C++98", so that's what it does.


Her har vi samlet sentral forskning på temaet "svangerskap og revmatiske sykdommer." Primært oversiktsartikler er presentert her.
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BSR and BHPR guideline on prescribing drugs in pregnancy and breastfeeding-Part I: standard and biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and corticosteroids.
BSR and BHPR guideline on prescribing drugs in pregnancy and breastfeeding-Part II: analgesics and other drugs used in rheumatology practice.
Systemic lupus erythematosus and outcomes in first and subsequent births based on data from a national birth registry.
High-risk pregnancy and the rheumatologist.
Skomsvoll, J. F., Aasarod, K., Salvesen, K. A., Hoff, M., Wallenius, M., Rødevand, E., . . . Nossent, H. C. (2007). Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 127(6), 725-729.
Disease activity of psoriatic arthritis during and after pregnancy: A prospective multicenter study.
Disease Activity of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis during and after Pregnancy: A Prospective Multicenter Study.
Rheumatoid arthritis and outcomes in first and subsequent births based on data from a national birth registry.
Fertility, Pregnancy, and Lactation in Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Subfertility in Women With Rheumatoid Arthritis and the Outcome of Fertility Assessments.
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PL Sunday Preview: Man City hosts Chelsea in high-profile matchup
By Daniel KarellFeb 9, 2019, 10:04 PM EDT
There's plenty on the line in Sunday's high-profile matchup between Manchester City and Chelsea. Meanwhile, in the first match of the morning, surging Tottenham takes on Leicester City side that is winless in its last five.
[READ: Liverpool back on track with win over Bournemouth]
Man City v. Chelsea — 11:00 a.m. ET, on NBCSN and NBCSports.com
After a week in which Manchester City defeated Arsenal and Everton in somewhat comfortable fashion, Pep Guardiola's side faces a new, even tougher test.
It was only Huddersfield Town last week, but Chelsea looked back to its best once again in its 5-0 victory, with Gonzalo Higuain already looking like a terrific fit at the top of Chelsea's attack. Higuain's addition will take up a lot of Manchester City's mental energy as they plan to face Chelsea, which could leave more space for Juninho to quarterback the Blues attack or for Eden Hazard and Willian to break down the wings on the counter attack.
Then again, this is Manchester City. Guardiola has his team firing on all cylinders. Kevin De Bruyne and Raheem Sterling are set to return to the starting lineup. Manchester City can set a new Premier League record if they score two goals; it will be their 15th consecutive home match with at least two goals scored.
Though this is the Premier League, this game could be played with some caution. Both teams face each other again later this month at Wembley Stadium in the Carabao Cup final.
INJURIES: Man City — OUT: Benjamin Mendy (knee), Vincent Kompany (muscular) | Chelsea — OUT: None; PROBABLE: Callum Hudson-Odoi (Illness), Gary Cahill (back)
Tottenham v. Leicester City — 8:30 a.m. ET, on NBCSN and NBCSports.com
They won't be on the field, but Harry Kane and Dele Alli gave Tottenham a huge boost this week by returning to training. That could be just what the team needs as it makes a mid-season push to stay in the top four, and potentially – who knows?! – try and win the Premier League title. Tottenham can win its fourth successive Premier League match and could come within two points of Man City before it plays Chelsea. Despite cup defeats in late January, Mauricio Pochettino's side has found a way to win in each of its last three league matches, all one-goal victories.
On the other side, Leicester City has dropped to 12th in the table as discontent for manager Claude Puel grows. Leicester hasn't won a match since New Year's Day, but they suffered a narrow loss to Manchester United and drew with Liverpool, perhaps showing some improvement, even without the result. Youri Tielemens appears to have improved the midfield, and Jamie Vardy has a great history facing Tottenham. He's scored four goals with three assists in his last seven matches against Spurs.
INJURIES: Tottenham — OUT: Dele Alli (hamstring), Harry Kane (ankle), Ben Davies (groin), Vincent Janssen (knee), Eric Dier (illness) | Leicester City — OUT: Mark Albrighton (hamstring), Daniel Amartey (ankle)
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24.01.2019 – Jessica Jones	Digital Strategy, Our Team
We are living in a time of both political and economic uncertainty in the UK, as the fall out from the Brexit vote continues. However, Brits should remember that the country has overcome worse problems in the past, and should be able to weather the storm. Despite Brexit, there remains a lot to stay positive about; we see it on a daily basis with our clients who are continuing to thrive despite the uncertainty ahead.
Just within our own sector, we have seen that businesses are already responding in kind to the 'sticky situation' which the Brexit aftermath presents for those with international commercial interests. In the rapidly evolving digital world, we have seen many business owners make great strides. It all goes to show that with Brexit, we are where we are; those who react to the disruption the fastest, and are willing to use innovation and look ahead and digitally in order to make a difference, are likely to be among the firms which come out of the other side stronger.
How can we spot a 'Brexit-proof' business?
Among our clients, we are good at spotting those who are primed for a challenging business landscape. There are generally three factors which demonstrate this to us. The first is good owners; ones with the foresight to look at the bigger picture, and understand the cyclical nature of business. These are the type of leaders who can navigate through the tough times, while looking ahead to the better times. The second factor is the product or service itself. If what is being offered is quality, unique and delivers value, it is in better shape for the long haul.
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The third important factor we are able to spot might be the most important because, without it, the first two factors can prove ineffective. This is the ability to use innovation and find the ideal route to market. That, of course, is our job here at Digital Next, and we have now helped thousands of companies to do this.
Before coming to us, these companies often struggled to realise the full potential of their online marketplace. They hadn't been reaping the benefits of strategies such as SEO, Google Ads and social media, and because of this had not achieved the differentiation of their product from a rival or competitor.
In the face of Brexit, being able to continue to sell both in the UK and abroad is a crucial achievement, and it's something that we have helped our clients to do time and time again. What's more, it's how we've grown our own business to international level, operating in Australia and the UAE as well as the UK.
It's great to be recognised
Over the past few years, it has been very gratifying to see the work of our team recognised with esteemed awards from the Northern Tech awards, in which we came 63rdout of the top 100 fastest growing tech companies. We also gained Google Premier Partner status, which is a testament to the quality of our Google teams.
This week we are thrilled to have been shortlisted for the 2019 International and Family Business of the Year award. This is not only a testament to our performance in the UK, but also in the UAE and Australia. Of course, we see the most important successes as being achieved by our clients, and believe that this is the barometer by which our team should be judged.
So when you can work with a team which combines some of the best skilled and commercial minds in the North West, who are proven to be adept campaign operators, Brexit needn't be so bad!
What else have we been up to?
2 of our fashion clients were nominated for awards for their website and digital marketing campaigns, relating to our social media work that has exponentially grown their brands
Business acquisitions
Recruitment of more Industry leading staff who have joined us from Google
Australian office landmark £1m turnover and staff growth
National recognition in our working partnership with EE.
Celebrating 5 years as a founder member of the Sharp Project which was a local government and European funded digital initiative. It was voted as one of the best spaces in the UK to work.
Facebook Marketing Partner status
Organised thought leadership conferences and meet ups on emerging topics such as blockchain, cryptocurrency and cyber security
Digital Next in the community – built and launched an innovative, pro bono website for Wilmslow High School's Business Partner Programme
Working with the publisher Bloomsbury
We also want to say a big thank you to Andy Hill and Helen Wong of the fantastic publisher Bloomsbury Professional PLC, who approached us in the last year to feature in two books; Doing Business After Brexit, and Cyber Security.
We contributed to one of the leading books on Brexit, trying to uncover the world of digital opportunity and encourage business owners and brands to look ahead and transform their company. Our experience has taught us that to succeed in future innovation, use of technology and great marketing practice will pay dividends. We don't focus on the negatives of Brexit, instead viewing it as a time to review the position of your business right now and where to go next.
In the fascinating Cyber Security book, we contributed a chapter titled "The Digital Next Way." In this, we underline that good, all-round digital practice is key. We show how we bring not only great marketing skills to the fore, but also that cyber security underpins every step in working with us at Digital Next; that is a great difference between us and the majority of other agencies.
We take careful measures and thought leadership to ensure our clients are not exploited, controlled or irreparably damaged. When you make serious investment into your website with a new build or further development, and are using marketing campaigns such as Google Ads, Facebook or other social media, we are there to guide and protect your investment.
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Molecular cloning and characterization of desacetoxyvindoline-4-hydroxylase, a 2-oxoglutarate dependent-dioxygenase involved in the biosynthesis of vindoline in Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don.
A 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase (EC 1.14.11.11) which catalyzes the 4-hydroxylation of desacetoxyvindoline was purified to homogeneity. Three oligopeptides isolated from a tryptic digest of the purified protein were microsequenced and one oligopeptide showed significant homology to hyoscyamine 6 beta-hydroxylase from Hyoscyamus niger. A 36-mer degenerate oligonucleotide based on this peptide sequence was used to screen a Catharanthus roseus cDNA library and three clones, cD4H-1 to -3, were isolated. Although none of the three clones were full-length, the open reading frame on each clone encoded a putative protein containing the sequence of all three peptides. Primer extension analysis suggested that cD4H-3, the longest cDNA clone, was missing 156 bp at the 5' end of the clone and sequencing of the genomic clone, gD4H-8, confirmed these results. Southern blot analysis suggested that d4h is present as a single-copy gene in C. roseus which is a diploid plant, and the significant differences in the sequence of the 3'-UTR between cD4H-1 and -3 suggest that they represent dimorphic alleles of the same hydroxylase. The identity of the clone was further confirmed when extracts of transformed Escherichia coli expressed D4H enzyme activity. The D4H clone encoded a putative protein of 401 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 45.5 kDa and the amino acid sequence showed a high degree of similarity with those of a growing family of 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases of plant and fungal origin. The similarity was not restricted to the dioxygenase protein sequences but was also extended to the gene structure and organization since the 205 and 1720 bp introns of d4h were inserted around the same highly conserved amino acid consensus sequences as those for e8 protein, hyoscyamine-6 beta-hydroxylase and ethylene-forming enzyme. These results provide further support that a common ancestral gene is responsible for the appearance of this family of dioxygenases. Hydroxylase assays and RNA blot hybridization studies showed that enzyme activity followed closely the levels of d4h transcripts, occurring predominantly in young leaves and in much lower levels in stems and fruits. In contrast, etiolated seedlings which contained considerable levels of d4h transcripts had almost undetectable hydroxylase activity, whereas exposure of seedlings to light resulted in a rapid increase of enzyme activity without a significant further increase in d4h transcripts over those detected in dark-grown seedlings. These results suggest that the activating effect of light may occur at a point downstream of transcription which remains to be elucidated.[1]
Molecular cloning and characterization of desacetoxyvindoline-4-hydroxylase, a 2-oxoglutarate dependent-dioxygenase involved in the biosynthesis of vindoline in Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don. Vazquez-Flota, F., De Carolis, E., Alarco, A.M., De Luca, V. Plant Mol. Biol. (1997) [Pubmed]


I often wonder about some of the subtleties surrounding this passion of ours called motorcycling, and logic often defies me. After all, it's not as if the motorcycle is some new invention and only in its infancy.
People have been out and about on two wheels for more than a century, so you would think that some of the sport's greatest secrets would have been solved by now. Unfortunately, many have not-and as a matter of fact, we're routinely challenged by new complexities as more models appear and the development pace accelerates.
You can still buy a brand new, CAD/CAM designed and developed motorcycle, complete with rear view mirrors that provide an unobstructed view...of your arm pits?
Why a modern motorcycle made for an increasingly congested international market can come equipped with an anemic horn?
Why some manufacturers continue to require you to use a wrench to remove the dipstick to simply check the oil?
Why some motorcycle toolkits are stored beneath the bodywork-which requires the special tool in the toolkit to remove said bodywork for access?
Why the first solution in an attempt to create a more cost-effective model is always the deletion of one front brake disc-don't they want us to return to buy a second bike?
And likewise, why some expert and industry-leading gear manufacturers would fail to instinctively put reflective highlights and even minimal elbow and knee padding in motorcycle jackets and pants?
Why wind tunnel-tested bikes with fairings routinely direct airflow right to the center of your helmet, buffeting you senseless-or exhaust hot air, of course, right to your tender calf and lower leg which remained (for your entire life before you started riding) inboard, protected from the elements?
Why there are still old world craftsmen with the special skill passed down from generation to generation...to create an original equipment motorcycle seat that turns into a torture rack after only 20 minutes in the saddle?
Why a good, accurate relationship between useable gas tank volume and the appropriate time for the low fuel warning light to illuminate is more difficult to achieve than peace in the middle-East? And why we went away from the good, accurate petcock with reserve, in the first place??
Why the Moto Guzzi oil filter, which is-in fact-of the spin-on, cartridge variety and housed within the oil pan isn't simply a typical gauze and paper replaceable element-since it's already in a sealed environment, surrounded by oil?
Why some highway departments will kindly erect a sign that says "Motorcycles Use Caution," instead of ensuring that the road surface is motorcycle compatible to begin with?
What the term "puddin' bowl" helmet really refers to-the rider's cranial consistency before the crash, or after?
Why after only 100 years, the height-adjustable seat is considered motorcycling's greatest engineering advance and a true scientific breakthrough?
And why it will probably take another 100 years for anti-lock brakes to become common on two-wheelers?
Why that essentially unstable, two-wheeler-that's getting bigger and heavier by the model year-can now be built more frequently without a centerstand?
And then why the sidestand footprint has evolved to the area of a pencil point?
Why insensitive riders could care less about what they're doing to the tranquility of our planet, not to mention the image of our hobby, and really believe "Loud Pipes Save Lives?"
And why ape-hanger handlebars...some conspiracy by the cable makers to double their sales volume?
Why Moto Guzzi is going to heated grips, instead of just including a line in the owners manual: If your hands get cold, hug a valve cover!
Why insurance companies still serve (?!) their customers by providing coverage bike-by-bike, when you can only ride one at a time-and you're the only rider in the household?
Why you can continually buy used bikes from passionate owners who have babied their machine since new, but yet cannot find the owner's manual or spare key the day you go pick it up?
Why no one realizes that a motorcyclist may, in fact, have more than just a single steel key on his or her key ring, that's going to scratch the living daylights out of the aluminum-or worse yet, painted-triple clamp?
Why tie-downs are not provided for the so, so common bungee net and the like-and if they are, why they then allow the stretch cord to chafe the paint anyway?
Why no one has addressed the problem of chain lube that lubes everything but the chain on bikes other than Moto Guzzi's?
In the interest of promoting efficiency, why state authorities will gladly absorb the expense of creating under-utilized car pool lanes but will not simply allow such a small percentage of motorcycles to pass through toll stations-instead, putting riders in the unenviable position of having to fumble for change with idle exhaust levels (and tempers and horns) rising...while trying to remain upright on a notoriously grease and antifreeze spattered road surface in the rutted toll station?
Why many a Joe-average motorcycle owner with tingling fingers and numb feet is left to deal with the simple (?!) science of natural frequency control and harmonic dampening, in an attempt to harness handlebar buzz and footpeg vibration-after he's already tackled the physics of fluid dynamics to correct air flow management shortfall that's buffeting him senseless and frying his leg?
Why there are still incredibly irresponsible dealers ready and willing to sell first time and entry level riders the latest and most exotic 150+ horsepower crotch rocket-at $99 per month for the next 15 years (if they live that long)?
Why it is that if you spend all day Saturday detailing and loading your vintage bikes on a trailer for a show hundreds of miles away on Sunday, a thunderstorm will always pass through at midnight?
Why service (?!) stations now often charge for air, but often don't provide you with the means necessary to check tire pressure-to know how much you're getting for your money? If the value of such a gas is of no concern and you can take as much as you want, why charge in the first place? And isn't it too bad that they're not as generous with gasoline?
Why bike builders completely abandoned the basic roadster in favor of fully-faired and all-enveloping road warriors, to only recently rediscover the attraction of the naked bike-which now comes complete with all the unsightly brackets, clamps and tie straps that were haphazardly left behind the bodywork that we never asked for in the first place?
Why, to this day...in the age of globalization, computerization, and interconnection...some motor vehicle departments will still require you to bring the Moto-what? in for serial number verification because they've never heard of it, and the marque is not in their database? While simultaneously, if you ever try to bring in an illicit two-wheeler from overseas they instantaneously know what it is the moment you set foot on U.S. soil?
Why company co-founder Carlo Guzzi got his name on the bike, and fellow co-founder Giovanni Ravelli, who was killed in an early flying accident, was honored by the inclusion of the Italian Air Force eagle as the brand logo...while the third Moto Guzzi co-founder-Giorgio Parodi-who put up all the money in the first place to get the whole thing started, received no recognition whatsoever?
How anyone could ever possibly own a Moto Guzzi and not belong to the Moto Guzzi National Owners Club?!


Addressing to the concerns shown, Government has taken a re-look on some aspects of new pattern for Civil Services (Main) Examination that was notified on March 5, 2013.
The saga of changes introduced for Civil Services (Main) Examination is now, almost resolved. Some aspects in new scheme raised a nation-wide outcry which forced Government to look into the matter and after consultation with concerned agencies; some of the controversial aspects have been proposed for rolled back.
As per the statement of Minister of State for Personnel V Narayanasamy in Loksabha on March 21, 2013 it has been decided to drop the newly-added 'English Comprehension and English Précis' paper (100 marks) and the two qualifying papers of 300 marks each in any Modern Indian Language and in English have been restored.
The Essay Paper will now be of 250 marks and candidates would be allowed to write Essay in the medium/language of their choice.
It has been decided that a candidate will be allowed to use any one regional language from the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India or English as the medium of writing the examination as before.
Giving a great relief to candidates with vernacular languages, condition of a minimum of 25 candidates in that language-medium has been removed. Besides, the requirement to have that language as the medium of examination at graduation level is also proposed to be dropped.
Even, the condition of having his/her graduation in that language's literature for choosing literature of languages as optional subject is anticipated to be scrapped. Now, as before, a candidate will be allowed to take up literature of languages as his/her optional subject (to be chosen from a list of 23 literature subjects - 22 of the 8th Schedule languages and English) without the conditionality.
Official communication by UPSC is expected soon about these changes; that would end almost all apprehensions and all the aspirants would continue preparations without any doubt.


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DIAL, Zurich Airport, 3 others bid to develop Jewar Airport
Updated Nov 07, 2019 | 08:19 IST | ANI
The airport, the third in the national capital region after Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport and Ghaziabad's Hindon airport, will cost an estimated over Rs 29,000 crore.
DIAL, Zurich Airport, 3 others bid to develop Jewar Airport | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspANI
Greater Noida: Delhi Airport International Limited (DIAL) and Zurich Airport are among the four entities who submitted bids for the proposed Jewar International Airport, an official said. Technical bids for selection of the developer of the project was opened at the office of the Noida International Airport Limited (NIAL) here on Wednesday.
"DIAL, Zurich Airport International AG, Adani Enterprises Limited and Anchorage Infrastructure Investments Holdings Limited have participated in the global bidding," Yamuna Expressway Authority CEO Arun Veer Singh told ANI.
He said the six-month-long bidding period of the project ended on October 30 and now an evaluation of the technical qualifications of the bids will be conducted.
"A separate financial bid will be opened on November 29. The companies which will qualify in the technical bid will participate in the financial bid. It will be known after the evaluation whether every entity or some of them qualify for the financial bid," he said. The NIAL had floated a global tender to hire a developer for the proposed airport on May 30.
Jewar Airport will be spread over 1,334 hectare and two runways will initially be built. The construction of the two-runway will be completed in four states, Singh said. The airport, the third in the national capital region after Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport and Ghaziabad's Hindon airport, will cost an estimated over Rs 29,000 crore.
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WEST CROSSTIMBERS ROAD
1970-: Barbecue Inn (the current building was built in the 1960s, not the 1940s)
~1950-1975: Jim Miller Industries Real Estate & Investments
~1975-: Aquarius Awning Corp.
Note: The 1975 number is derived from directories, with the older business derived from the sign still there and when the warehouses behind it were built (the main building dates back to 1920 as a single family house)
1957-1990: Mexicatessen Food (name as it appears in the directory, according to a mid-1990s directory, this was "MEXICATESSEN HERRERAS MEXICAN", presumably short for Mexicatessen Herreras Mexican Restaurant, ad says opening 1957 but HCAD says built 1958)
2007-2014: vacant
2015: Texas Enchilada House (banner says "Now Open" in January 2015, so possibly opened late 2014), though this already became Landa Cafe by the end of the year
2016-2018: Landa Café, also appears as Landa Cafe' (or even "Landa Caf'") in many sources. It closed in fall 2018 but signage remains up. In 2019 it became a new Mexican restuaurant (signage outside) but I didn't record it.
1990: Golddiggers Club
2007: Direct Air Compressor Rebuilders (sign says "Direct A/C")
2011: Direct A/C Air Compressor Rebulders (same phone number)
2017: Direct A/C Air Compressor Rebulders (moved this year)
Note: During most of 2018, renovations have been occurring at this building. No tenant information yet.
1967-: Flying Saucer Pie Company (first year in business, very likely in same building)
1990-: ABC Automatic Transmission (the 1990 directory just says "Auto Transmission" but it's short for "automatic")
1990: West Crosstimbers Apartments
2011: Crosstimbers Apartments
2015-: Residence at Garden Oaks Apartments (appears to have been rebadged at the end of 2014)
1978-1997?: Whataburger (former Whataburger pad, was closed and torn down between 1995 and 2001, and remained empty for years afterward...it was later turned into townhomes, but with a different address)
1990-: Mister Car Wash
1990: Kroger (appears to have operated from 1979 to sometime in the mid-1990s, sold in 1998)
1999-: Family Bingo Center (moving from 1275 Pinemont, seems to be the likely date of FBC's new operations)


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Neffs Make a Lasting Impact With Donation
November 1, 2022 Loretta George 1 Comment
John and Pat Neff. Submitted photo.
John and Pat Neff lived in Fort Scott decades ago, but were impacted by the Sisters of Mercy and decided to give back to the community.
"I was told that John grew up in the area and then they lived here early in their marriage…and adopted two children from Mercy Hospital," Carla Farmer, Fort Scott Area Community Foundation (FSACF) member said. "Pat reached out in the 1990s and wanted to give back to the local Sisters of Mercy, who helped them adopt two children. That's the basis of them wanting to give back to the community. This was a couple that was touched by our community decades ago. This was where they raised there children."
"The Neff's created an annuity that paid them until they passed away," FSACF Chairman Craig Campbell said.
John Valentine Neff and Patricia Renfro Neff were married 69 years until his death, according to Pat's Neff's obituary. Pat died in July 2022.
Upon her death the annuity money went to the Mercy foundation, and now to the FSACF for distribution into the community for future health care funds.
"When Mercy Hospital closed their doors in Fort Scott (in December 2018), the foundation voted to stay intact in order to be able to accept the Neff's gift following the death of Mrs. Neff," Jared Leek, president of the Fort Scott Mercy Hospital Foundation Board said. "We voted for the board to go from a 12-16 member board to a board comprised of just three members; Jared Leek, President, Bryan Holt, Treasurer, and Darcy Smith, Secretary. The three board members setup an account with the Fort Scott Area Community Foundation for health care needs in Bourbon County."
"As of September 30, 2022, the account with the FSACF was valued at $243,985.41," Leek said. "At the Chamber After Hours (on Oct. 26, 2022) hosted by FSACF, the board presented a check in the amount of $299,446.17 which included the Neff gift and the remainder of our checking account."
"On that date, the total in the FSACF account for health care needs would be valued at $543,431.58," Leek said. "Obviously, accounts invested fluctuate with the market."
Leek said the Mercy foundation board will be dissolving at the end of this year.
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Several state revenue departments have announced that taxpayers won't receive tax refunds until at least March 1, even if they file early in the tax season.
Refunds will be delayed in an effort to protect taxpayers from refund fraud, or people filing false returns to steal taxpayer refunds. According to the South Carolina Department of Revenue, refund fraud costs the nation a reported $6 billion annually.
South Carolina and Illinois revenue departments released statements saying they won't issue refunds until March 1. Utah passed a law prohibiting refunds before March 1 unless the employer and employee have filed all required returns and forms by Jan. 31. The North Dakota tax commissioner warned taxpayers to expect a longer processing time as well although a specific date was not given.
In South Carolina, the state revenue department says refunds for tax returns filed prior to March 1 will be issued within two to three weeks of the beginning of March. For returns filed on or after March 1, refunds are expected to be issued within two to three weeks of the date the return is received, according to a news release.
Illinois is following the same dates as South Carolina for electronic returns submitted error free.
The delay may be even longer in Hawaii. The revenue department said security safeguards may delay refunds up to 16 weeks for some taxpayers.
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Archaeologists Found THIS Under the Ground in Turkey. It Is Absolutely Remarkable!
I've always been fascinated with archaeology and the thought of finding artifacts dating back thousands of years is still wondrous. Back in 2007, an archaeologist team unearthed amazing artifacts in the Turkish city of Zeugma near the border of Syria.
During their search, they found three ancient Greek glass mosaics dating back to 2nd century BC. Although 80% of the ancient city of Zeugma is now underwater, the team hopes to uncover even more beautiful artifacts.
Archaeologists made an amazing discovery in the city of Zeugma, Turkey. They unearthed ancient Greek mosaics showing the nine Muses: Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Ourania, Polymnia, Terpsichore, and Thalia.
The ancient Greek mosaics are all made of glass pieces and are over 2,200 years old. Back in the 2nd century BC, many Greek homes had mosaics in them as works of art.
Oceanus, the Titan Lord of the Seas, and his sister/consort Tethys, the Titan goddess of the waters of the world.
The Greek God, Poseidon – God of the sea.
Another breathtaking mosaic with Tethys and Oceanus.
The muse Thalia. The amount of detail is incredible.
The amount of work and talent involved in making beautiful mosaics by hand is mind-blowing. I can't wait to see what else they find! Please share these ancient Greek mosaics discovered in the Turkish city of Zeugma with your friends and family.
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When one really takes time to delve into all things festive it quickly becomes clear that it is unlikely that there will ever be an end to Christmastime culinary possibility. In fact, it turns out that it's dreadfully difficult to keep one's blog up-to-date with all that is being produced. The weather is the entity most at fault here, but what can one do? It's difficult to castigate the weather – it makes a mockery of us all.
Following on from my recent monologue regarding presents and the meaning of Christmas, a little gifting advice may be necessary. For those of you that weren't aware, chocolate is always a safe bet – is there anyone who doesn't covet one form of chocolate or another? It is in this spirit that I bring you my recipe for chilli and nutmeg dark chocolate bark; it is both frugal and spectacularly delicious. Perhaps this is one case in which the old adage 'his bark is worse than his bite' isn't entirely watertight. Someone get me a muzzle.
Be warned, gift this bark to a child and/or teenager and you're likely to meet with tears, violence or, at the very least, a sneer. However, adults are likely to thoroughly enjoy every facet of the sophisticated flavours on offer in this frugal bark recipe. Each bite provides sensation after sensation, with the fiery chilli hitting your tongue at first, backed up by mouth-watering nutmeg and, finally, a slight saltiness which always manages to complement dark chocolate.
Now that I've done literary justice to this recipe for dark chocolate bark I'd like to draw your attention to my new recipe index which went live a couple of days ago. Rather a lot of you had requested such a thing, so I hope it's much appreciated – Katherine spent a long time organising my 265 recipes into different categories! Click through to the recipe index and you'll find a set of categories which link to a list of relevant recipes lower down on the same page, this seemed like the most helpful way in which to structure such a thing. If you have any queries or issues with the index feel free to e-mail me at frugalfeeding@gmail.com or message me via twitter or facebook!
1. Place a large mixing bowl over a pan of simmering water. Melt ¾ of the chocolate in the bowl and remove from the heat, throw in the remaining chocolate in small chunks and allow to melt.
2. Pop the chocolate back on the gentle heat and bring to a pouring consistency. Pour the chocolate onto a lined baking tray and spread until roughly 0.5cm thick. Mix together the chilli, nutmeg and salt and sprinkle evenly across the surface of the chocolate. Allow to cool completely, break into shards of roughly equal size and gift to the adults of your choice.
Cost: Since this chocolate is essentially being used simply as chocolate and nothing more complicated it's important to get a slightly more expensive, darker variety. This may not sound like advice pertaining to frugality, but if it is not followed it may result in waste and nothing is less frugal than waste! As such, the entire bark should set any want-to-be chocolatier back a mere £3, which is a darn sight cheaper than anything of comparable quality in the shops.
That's exactly what I was thinking! This would be a fantastic gift!
It is going to be gifted, never fear!
OH MY! This has got to be amazing! I need to try this for the holidays. I love spicy and chocolate together. You rock!!
Hehe – oh it is! Me too, the salt also works very well.
"Someone get me a muzzle" Hilarious! Great idea with the chilies, but I would agree that a child would not like this type of bark.
I mean really, how could I ignore that line…it made me laugh out loud!
The recipe index is a fantastic idea. As is the chocolate. Sounds right up Mr P's street, so he might get some for Christmas! (Hope he's not reading!!).
Thanks! It took ages! Haha – he'll love it I'm, sure.
Fantastic – hope you enjoyed!
Nick that is SO FUN!! I just love this! Pinning straight away and making, maybe with my girls, at the earliest opportunity! Thanks friend!
Hehe – thanks! You should and make sure you let me know how you found it!
Thanks, Marcus! I have no idea, but I'd imagine that it is… I'm so happy to have some nice wood back in my pictures.
So beautiful – looks like stained glass. Just lovely!
This looks really interesting….I've never had chocolate with chili before….can't wait to try it!
You should – it really is wonderful.
What a cool combination! Looks delish!
Love it, and I hear dark chocolate is good for you!
This is amazing! I love the mix of 'heat' and chocolate – Mayan style, no? Anyway, Alton Brown's hot cocoa recipe also requires a pinch of cayenne pepper. I really need to make some this!
thank you! OH yes, Mayan!
I will make this immediately. Thank you. Chillis, with or without chocolate, are my second favorite flavor. Chocolate is my first.
Adding to my list of paleo goodies to try… yum!
This chocolate bark looks delicious! I think I'll have to make some for my spice-loving (thought nutmeg-hating) boyfriend. The chili flakes make this bark look so beautiful!
Thanks!IT does only take 5 minutes to make!
Hehe- thanks! It's still sitting in my fridge to be gifted!
Chili and chocolate = match made in heaven!
this. is. BEAUTIFUL. and probably so so delicious. I am totally making some for the people who work in my apartment building, cause they're so cool. great idea!
Thanks! IT's very simple too!
amazing D:. No problem! Thanks, Merry Christmas!
Wow! That is gorgeous and looks easy! I love chocolate and spice. Thanks!
Thanks – yes, a classic combination!
Love all the holiday posts you've done lately.
Thanks, I've enjoyed making them! Another tomorrow!
This is fantastic, looks exactly like the ritzy stuff sold in gourmet shops! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! Haha – more to come in the New Year too.
Oh my gosh! This looks awesome! I know a couple of people who are going to love this. Making this tonight.
Love the combo of spicy and sweet. Great photos too.
Excellent and I bet oh so spicy-sweet! I particularly enjoy looking at the last photo with all the beautiful colors!
Oh yes, oh yes! Thanks!
I have to try this–I've had dark chocolate with nutmeg and love it…and dark chocolate and chili and love that (but then I'm a serious chocoholic anyway).
This is my kind of Christmas present! I'll send you my address :).
Hehe – It's great! Thanks so much.
Please accept my kind regards without any obligation. This is my thanks for being such an inspiration to me.
That just looks spectacular. Will be a winner at our place where chocolate, chilli and spice are top three flavours.
Thank you! Ah yes, it sounds perfect for you.
Thank you – it is indeed!
To be honest you don't really notice them as they are flakes! Salt and dark chocolate are a match made in heaven! Thanks!
Thanks for putting up the recipe index – I look forward to browsing this and picking up a few ideas! And the bark looks fantastic – chocolate and chili is a total winner for me and I am intrigued by the nutmeg!
No problem! Enjoy! The bark is so delicious!
I keep reading recipes for chocolate bark but have never made it myself. It looks delicious and so simple so will have to give it a go!
Oh you must, Kate! It's so far up your street I can no longer see it!
I love the simplicity of bark. Your variation looks fantastic. The recipe index also looks great!
Me too – very quick :D. Thanks so much.
What a great idea, wish I would have thought of it!!


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In 2009, I got obsessed with Headlights. Sure, they have quite a lot of reasons to become a source of addiction, so when I went into a shopping binge for their stuff, a certain twist of fate had me checking out Decibully. First thing I heard from them was 'Megan & Magill'. I was hooked and ended up becoming a fan.
Flashforward a few months (and a cool alternate project) and it's 2001. Lo and behold, Decibully release one last album, called Decibully and it's their swansong. The sound is their usual palette of musical colours, with the odd surprise here and there (that falsetto in '4 ever' – yeah!). Yes, business at usual, but still, something feels weird.
'I want' is one relaxed groove, a welcoming track, feeling like that calm before the storm. "I want to feel it again / Truly I can be someone new / I know it's true". I think the lyrics speak a lot here. The sound of Decibully, harvested from a thousand AM stations from the 70s whose radiations are still on the air, it's here.
But this is not an album for gloomy Gusses. 'Who's Shadow' starts slow, but the band is having fun (whoa, where did that electric guitar came from?) . This care-free attitude of Decibully, the sound of a band actually enjoying themselves, seeps through all tracks and, yes, 'Who's Shadow' is a good example, but the equally rocking 'Blood we bleed' (love the bubbly keyboard!) is another corker of a song.
Decibully then presses cruise control. After getting our attention, the band goes for the scenic route. A backwater road with corn fields all the way to the horizon ('God's smile'), a drive by a highway by the cliffs near the Pacific ocean ('Bang bang') with the radio at full volume, a quick stop in a pine forest to look at its beauty ('A girl like her'). It's these types of easy going songs thick with atmosphere what made Decibully one of my fave bands and this little stroll down memory lane (with a few surprises, like previously mentioned) make it thoroughly enjoyable.
'4 ever' is such a gem, hidden in the last stretch of the album, possibly to reward your patience, but more probable to pull the rug. Thoroughly enjoyable, with a fuzzy guitar and a great falsetto. Decibully glam! 'Going alone' is another funky groove, sporting some very great keyboard work (love the finally – chilling).
All good things come to an end, and 'Ain't afraid of nothin' ' continues the groovy path set by 'Going alone'. The song has this instrumental breaks that are just beautiful. Words really fail me to describe how cool is this song. 'Been there before' is the melancholic ending to Decibully (both band and album) and it is the cherry on top. It might not go for a rock surprise in the middle, but it's punchy and extremely enjoyable. The last minute really brought a lil' tear, but it's better to go out with a bang and the band achieved it, bar none.
Thank you, William Seidel, W. Kenneth Siebert, Aaron Vold, Ryan Weber, Andrew Menchal and Nicholas Sanborn, for this wonderful music and all these albums. May all your future projects fill you the way your music has filled us.
You can listen to this album here. Check our interview with Ryan Weber here.
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