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Using gums

I'd like to know if there are any improvements in usual bread making (not gluten free) when using ingredients like guar gum or xanthan gum as emulsifiers or texture softners, as these products are being used as substitute for butter or eggs in "healthy" cooking because of their property of making things smoothier.

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Since they are gums, they won't serve as emulsifiers.  They also won't, in and of themselves, soften the bread.  If anything, they are likely to give the bread a rubbery texture.

It's probably best if you decide what you want to accomplish, since "healthy" has different connotations for different people.  If you want to lower fat content, then substituting something for the butter and eggs would make sense.  In that case, you would be better to use something like purees as a source of additional moisture and nutritional content.  Applesauce might be one possibilitly, as could be pumpkin or squash puree.

Just some thoughts.

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They are also making money for someone *^)  I know xanthium gum is expensive - not sure about guar gum…

Like Paul stated - not sure why you want to substitute.  I know you can buy dough conditioner to accomplish the same thing.  When I first started baking, and before I found this site, I bought some along with vital wheat gluten to add to my doughs.  I quickly found out these ingredients were not necessary when a dough is allowed to ferment overnight which softens it up as well as improves flavor.

While I certainly am not a flour, water and salt  purist when baking breads, I do not like to rely on 'fancy' commercial products to produce tasty bread.  I have learned to rely on technique instead and most of what I know about that has been learned here.   :*)

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Xanthan Gum is best reserved for making mayonnaise - especially when it fails to emulsify. A pinch goes a long way. Discovered in Anthony Bourdain's book, "Kitchen Confidential" when he was attending cooking school...,

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that gums can give a softer crumb to bread, on the contrary. Paul is perfectly right, in my opinion.

Those gums are used to gove cohesion to gluten-free doughs, otherwise they won't keep together, but they act like glue.


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We totally love that Jennifer Aniston and Nicole Kidman have been bonding in Maui while they film the movie “Just Go for It” with Adam Sandler. According to an on-set spy, “You really can’t believe that they are these mega-watt stars, they are just so fun … they are so un-Hollywood, it’s unreal. They are totally bonding together and look like absolute best friends, hanging out between takes, laughing, joking and goofing off together.” The ladies apparently hang out with the cast and crew and had a hula dance-off competition, which Nicole eventually won. When one of the cast members brought in her jewelry designs, “they were holding the necklaces and earrings up to each other and saying ‘this would be good on you’ or ‘this looks amazing with your hair color’, it was so sweet.” It’s so great to hear nice things about celebrities and with all the catty name-calling and husband-stealing in my life Hollywood, I’d almost forgotten that female friendships existed! How messed up is that? But then Jennifer Aniston and Nicole Kidman came along, braiding each other’s hair and goofing around on set to remind us that it’s about time we reclaim female friendship. I love my girlfriends and would totally fight to the death for them, but those feelings are being overshadowed by this flood of “bromance” and the pressure to pick teams when one woman goes after another woman’s husband. It’s like there’s a conspiracy trying to turn us against each other!

The recent onslaught of celebrity mistresses has only exacerbated the situation, and I’m pretty sure the goal in creating “The Hills” was to fuel the illusion that women are opportunistic man-stealers. I’m feeling pretty emotional today, so I’m gonna go ahead and say it: “I love you guys. Let’s try to be good to each other. Life is hard enough without having some ladies on your side!” It might be time to womance your besties with some chocolate fondue and a midnight showing of “Beaches” right about now. [Radar Online]

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Dear Josh,

I know it’s been a hard year for you, since you came in second in last season on “MasterChef.”  Look, the truth was, no matter how perfect your dark chocolate soufflé was (and it was pretty damn perfect … Graham Elliot looked like he was mouth-fucking it), you never stood a chance of beating Christine Ha. A blind chef who cooks like an angel? Come on. Book deal gold. And you, just a 7′ 2″ college basketball player with a passion for food. It’s a good story, but not good enough, even though your final meal was better than Christine’s.

Josh, I know it’s been hard for you to accept your loss. I thought you were going through a hard time. I’ve noticed that you’ve been sullen and withdrawn, more erratic than ever. But clearly, I didn’t realize how bad things were. It was wrong of me not to force you to get help before it was too late.

I was beyond disturbed to hear about your arrest this week. What were you doing on the University of Chicago campus with a gun? A GUN, JOSH! Why were there cuts on your face? Why were you using the emergency phone?  None of it makes sense to me. When a cop approached you and asked you what was wrong you lunged at him, punched him and reached for your gun. When questioned about your motives you  said Gordon Ramsay was an “asshole” who possessed your body and transformed you into God. JOSH, WTF? They said you weren’t on drugs or anything. It took five cops to subdue you with batons. They arrested you and checked you into a psych ward where you remained chained to a bed. WHAT’S GOING ON!?

I know you are angry at Gordon Ramsay for being a “phony sack of shit who sold you out for the blind bitch” (your words not mine), but I think you’re having a psychotic break. I want my old Josh back. The composed, level-headed dude who made me perfectly poached eggs for breakfast. Where have you gone? Your eyes look so vacant in your mug shot. Until you come back to me, until you find your way out of your Gordon Ramsay delusion and that straight jacket that you’re in, we’re over.

Your reluctant ex,

Ami Angelowicz

P.S. While you’re insane, do you mind if I ask Frank Mirando out? I’ve always loved his chicken roulade.

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Trash Talking

I’d not been seen in the FPS online realm for a long while or, indeed, with any online game at all. As the single player selection on the screen would be bright and shiny due to much use and careful maintenance, the multiplayer would remain dark and dingy, only brightening up momentarily as I went to “Options” and back again. But, lately, there has been a change in the wind. I reinstalled Battlefield 2 and began driving at insane speeds amidst the sounds of bullets, bombs, and ballistic artillery hurtling through the air toward one side or the other. As I was reminded of the good things about online gaming, the dynamic nature of it, the excitement that comes from being set loose in a computer generated world to battle with other players in real time, I was also reminded of the darker side of it as well.

This ugly beast raised its head during my two hour bout in Halo 2 that occurred last week. The game, for me and my friend did not go well; as we got mashed into a paste faster then you could say pizza. But we got up again, and kept fighting, but the game inevitably ended with our defeat. The invisible major-domo of Halo 2 online guided us back to the lobby where we would, no doubt, plant our armored feet on comfortable ottomans while agreeing with each other that what had occurred was a “gg”

Sadly, this did not happen.

What followed next was possibly the most surreal and laughable thing I’d ever seen.

Trash talking.

Upon entering the Team Score screen, our opponents began to pepper us with a myriad number of insults, well laced with sexual related comments and other comments that shucked their garment of restraint and stood there without fear of redress, and spiced with suggestions to “shut up.” This less then wholesome dish was hurled at us for several minutes during which, I was tempted to laugh at the utter absurdity of their repertoire. If you guys do read this, I suggest that not only does your mouth need to be cleaned out, but possibly the interior of your cranium as well. The rabbit that works the controls must be suffocating due to the small space.

I’m not here to suggest banning trash talking, gods no. I myself have stated things like “Yeah, how was that?” and “You should be more careful” during online games, when I’ve caught someone unaware and bashed my rifle butt against his head or sniped someone who popped up at the wrong moment. For trash talk is the grease that keeps the game going, spices it up, and as long as it’s kept within the realm of friendly competition it does no harm to all. But, when the spigot is turned fully open and the grease pours out in a flood, we all get drowned in it and those that survive leave feeling extremely dirty.

So, when you feel the need to bluntly question someone’s sexuality after a game that you’ve won, don’t. Being a poor loser is a bad thing, to be sure, but being a winner with no tact and no style is a good deal worse.

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Sohail Qureshi credits a compassionate Jordanian intelligence officer with turning his life around. (Dave Chan For The Globe and Mail)
Sohail Qureshi credits a compassionate Jordanian intelligence officer with turning his life around. (Dave Chan For The Globe and Mail)

‘I wanted to join the insurgency but nothing ever happened’ Add to ...

It was such a letdown. After years of anticipation back home in Alberta and weeks of wandering around Afghanistan, Sohail Qureshi had finally connected with the Taliban in war-torn Helmand Province – only to find himself in a terrorist training camp that he says was more “like a social party.”

The aspiring jihadi and recent computer-science graduate from the University of Calgary spent a month at the base north of Kandahar, where conditions were, as he puts it, “pretty ghetto” – no working toilets and a blanket on the ground for a bunk. He expected to receive combat training and profound Islamic inspiration. Instead, the Taliban spent their time eating, mingling in the marketplace, fixing radios and tending to the poppy fields for the next opium harvest.

“I wanted to join the insurgency,” Mr. Qureshi recalls, “but nothing ever happened.”

So he left, heading to Kabul, the capital, in search of action. Instead, he was arrested, questioned and, when the authorities couldn’t make a case against him, shipped home to Canada.

Five years later, in the wake of reports from Algeria that two Canadians took part in, if not led, the al-Qaeda attack on a massive gas plant last month that left at least 37 hostages and 29 militants dead, Mr. Qureshi says he feels fortunate he didn’t meet a similar fate.

Despite repeated efforts to join the fray, “it seems destiny deemed that my life was not to end in such a manner,” explains the man once called “little bin Laden” by his neighbours. He has done an about-face, he says, and now wants to have “a positive, rather than negative, impact on the world.”

Mr. Qureshi’s views were so extreme that he was considered a top terrorist threat in Canada before landing in an Afghan prison and, later, being scooped up while trying to join the insurgency in Iraq. Yet he was never tried for terrorism; instead, he eventually was shown the error of his ways in the least likely of places: a Jordanian interrogation room.

Now 29 and living in Ottawa, he is jumping between jobs and dabbling in poetry as he tries to find his place in Canada.

“I could be in some remote prison somewhere.… I might be dead. So many things could have happened,” he says, explaining his decision to end his long silence in an attempt to inspire others contemplating a radical path. “That’s the last poem I wrote – Lucky. I am so lucky.”

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How many homegrown terrorists has Canada produced?

Security officials recently told a parliamentary committee that the threat of terrorism has not diminished, and the head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service has estimated that 45 to 60 Canadian citizens have gone to Somalia, Yemen and the Afghanistan-Pakistan border for terrorist training. This week, Ottawa confirmed that a Canadian dual national, who resided in Lebanon, is connected to the bombing of a bus loaded with Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last July, killing seven.

The best-known offender is Omar Khadr. The Toronto-born man has made headlines since being captured in 2002 during a firefight in Afghanistan, accused of killing a U.S. soldier and shipped to Guatanamo Bay. He was convicted and returned to serve his sentence in a Canadian prison where, now 26, he has been since September.

In 2006, 18 young men were arrested in Toronto as part of a domestic bomb plot. Some cases were dropped, but most went to prison, as did Tahawwur Rana, the Pakistani-born Canadian sentenced last month in Chicago to 14 years for his role in plotting an attack, which never happened, on a Copenhagen newspaper.

For all the young extremists heading overseas, Toronto Muslim leader Muhammad Robert Heft, who has worked with the Mounties and other agencies to combat radicalism, says “everyone believes you can just go over” and start fighting. In fact, foreign recruits generally require local contacts to connect with insurgents, he says.

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What to do when your best customers have a problem Add to ...

Problem gambler Barbar Maalouf signed a form banning himself from Ontario's casinos more than six years ago, but he returned to Woodbine Raceway hundreds of times, driving up his total gambling debt to at least $1-million.

So severe was his compulsion to bet that for five months he had no home, and at times the free casino buffet was the only meal for him and his wife Georgia, he said.

"I went [almost]every day after I self-excluded," alleged Mr. Maalouf, who once made a low six-figure salary as an owner of a limousine business. "… I know a lot of people who self-excluded and who go on a regular basis at Woodbine."

The 59-year-old is suing the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., saying that, despite signing the self-exclusion form and having his photograph taken, he was repeatedly allowed into Woodbine Raceway. The lawsuit contains allegations that have not yet been proven in court.

According to his lawyer, William McMaster, the last time Mr. Maalouf was at Woodbine - Sept. 14 - was the only time he was caught; he was charged with trespassing.

In its statement of defence, OLG said the form Mr. Maalouf signed in May, 2003, did not contain any agreement, undertaking or commitment to ensure he was denied access to all Ontario gaming facilities, adding "as such, he must bear responsibility for any losses he did suffer."

Mr. Maalouf's contentious story is all too common: Policing of self bans has been a vexing problem for government-owned casinos. Experts says they should be run by a third party and not by casinos that stand to profit from problem gamblers.

"The conflict is that problem gamblers are their best customers," said Roger Horbay, addictions specialist and electronic gaming machine expert of Game Planit Interactive Corp., where he is president. "It makes it hard for them to do the right thing."

A Globe and Mail investigation has revealed government-owned casinos are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on freebies - trips, dinners, theatre tickets, jewellery - that keep gamblers coming back.

As well, high-rollers are losing more than $1-million apiece and others are laying out hundreds of thousands of dollars in British Columbia and Ontario casinos. Gambling debts have led to bankruptcies and even suicides.

"The ultimate problem with the self-exclusion program, which was commendable in theory, is that it was doomed to failure because it could not be enforced, with the memory-based system they put in place," said Mr. McMaster, the lawyer for Mr. Maalouf. "…They are addicted to the revenues and they don't recognize the addiction themselves but they want my client to recognize it. Too many people are paying too much into the system and not getting anything out of it."

Canada's efforts to detect voluntary self-excluders have often been confined to binders filled with hundreds, sometimes thousands of gambler photographs, located in casino security offices. Effectively, the system relies upon the memory of a few for the enforcement of many.

Without enforcement, a self-exclusion program may actually be harmful as it provides false hope, said Robert Williams, the Lethbridge co-ordinator of the Alberta Gaming Research Institute. "It will convince problem gamblers that someone is going to provide due diligence," he said, "… but they don't."

The Dutch way

Ask experts what country has the most effective system of dealing with problem gamblers and they answer as one: the Netherlands.

There, 15 visits in one month automatically trigger a conversation with an operations supervisor; it takes fewer visits for gamblers under age 24. Last year, 35,000 gamblers of all ages had talks, resulting in 4,563 visit limitations - allowing a specific number of visits per month - and 5,340 admission bans, which are akin to self-exclusion, according to Abigail Hall, spokeswoman for Holland Casino.

Gamblers are required to provide photo identification before entering a casino, making it simple to detect a self-excluder or people violating their visit limits. Those who want to return after self-excluding are closely watched to see if they go back to their old gambling ways. If so, they have another interview, which often results in another visit limitation or ban.

Most people, said Pieter Remmers, director at Assissa Consultancy Europe, who created responsible gaming platform at Holland Casino and in other European countries, "appreciate the fact they [casinos]are not only after the money."

In Canada, Saskatchewan does the most to detect problem gamblers. Its i-Care computer system uses algorithms to analyze gambling patterns from the player's card, with unusual changes in amount of time and money spent alerting casino employees to specific players.

Repeated ATM withdrawals, gambling for more than three hours and not taking breaks can also trigger a talk with a responsible-gaming employee; as of Sept. 24, the province's Regina and Moose Jaw casinos had logged 6,920 interactions this year. But the system stops short of the Netherlands program, which has more direct dialogue with gamblers.

In Ontario, casinos are expanding their facial recognition technology to help detect more self-excluders. B.C. has begun using licence-plate recognition technology at three casinos and is planning to roll it out to others.

After researching the issue in 2006, lawyers William Sasso and Jasminka Kalajdzic said courts would conclude that governments have a duty of care to take reasonable and proper steps to enforce their self-exclusion programs. A more difficult question is what casinos should do to detect problem gamblers in the first place.

"We have a significant medical problem," Mr. Sasso said. "We've got a number of people exposed and are incapable of helping themselves. We have a situation where you would have thought that one of the things that government would be trying to do - and the casino operators would be trying to do… - is to develop a perfectly sustainable business model. That sustainable business model shouldn't be based on the short-term exploitation of any group of people who can't help themselves."

In Manitoba, Georgina Bauer filed the province's first lawsuit over being admitted to casinos after she signed a self-exclusion form in 1996 and sent in a written reminder in 2000. Despite that, she returned to the casino and played blackjack, according to her statement of claim, which includes allegations not yet proven in court.

"The program is a farce in that respect," said Ms. Bauer's lawyer, Richard Beamish, noting that his client lost about $100,000 gambling. "She was so regular and in there so much and playing so much, that she said all the pit bosses would just wave to her and say, 'Hi Gina.' Everybody knows her. To her, it was like family in there."

In its statement of defence filed in September, the Manitoba Lotteries Corporation [MLC]acknowledged Ms. Bauer signed a self-exclusion form, but said she knew the lottery corporation would not be responsible for any losses arising from gambling during the exclusionary period. It says it never guaranteed it would succeed in excluding her. And while it received a subsequent letter regarding her enrolment in the program, it responded with a letter five days later urging her to seek counselling.

No province has more lawsuits involving self-exclusion than Ontario; it has settled nine such cases and three additional cases regarding problem gambling for a total of 12. In addition, a proposed $3.5-billion class-action suit has been filed on behalf of more than 10,000 Ontario gamblers who self-excluded.

Major losses

In Mr. Maalouf's case, he signed a self-exclusion agreement in May, 2003, after he lost $7,500 in one day. His wife Georgia, 55, went to Woodbine Raceway slots with him that day.

"Self-exclusion is a joke," said Ms. Maalouf, who thought when he signed up that "this time, he will get help. How wrong was I?"

Although Mr. Maalouf was caught once at Casino Rama in 2005, he simply went to Woodbine Raceway that night and for years afterwards, he said in an interview. Up to Sept. 5, 2009, his wife's card was used 841 times at Woodbine after he self-excluded, OLG records obtained by Mr. McMaster reveal.

The lawyer says Mr. Maalouf lost after more than $300,000 after he self-excluded, bringing the total gambling debt to at least $1-million.

Today, Mr. Maalouf is on medication and under the care of a psychiatrist. He is rebuilding his limo business.

Getting involved in gambling, he said, "that's what ruined my life."

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The Plains Midstream Canada spill leaked 28,000 barrels of oil in 2011. (Jimmy Jeong for the Globe and Mail)
The Plains Midstream Canada spill leaked 28,000 barrels of oil in 2011. (Jimmy Jeong for the Globe and Mail)

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Alberta’s energy regulator has highlighted a series of major failings in Plains Midstream Canada’s handling of an April, 2011, pipeline rupture that spilled 28,000 barrels of oil into a northern Alberta muskeg, saying the company appeared to place a higher priority on keeping the pipeline running than on any concerns about a leak.

Almost two years after the Rainbow pipeline fractured near the Woodland Cree reserve northeast of Peace River – thrusting Alberta pipeline-safety issues into an international spotlight – the province’s Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) has released the findings of its investigation. The board found major flaws in the company’s operations and maintenance procedures, as well as its leak-detection alarms and response.

The Rainbow sweet-crude spill spewed a strong hydrocarbon odour into the local area, and contaminated a forested area and wetlands. The ERCB report said the company’s cleanup found that 79 birds, 11 beavers and other small animals died as a result of the spill.

“The actions of Plains appeared to demonstrate a practice of placing higher priority on continued operation of the pipeline over any potential impacts related to a pipeline leak,” said Tuesday’s ERCB report on Alberta’s largest crude spill in 36 years.

“The volume of the release was much greater than it should have been under the circumstances.”

However, the energy regulator stopped short of issuing any new penalties. ERCB spokesman Darin Barter said normally when the board lists a number of “high-risk enforcement actions” (essentially charges from the ERCB), the regulator would shut down a company’s pipeline. However, he said Plains Midstream’s pipeline was already shut down for the 122 days following the spill, at a cost of what the ERCB argues was $850-million to the Alberta economy.

“We didn’t feel the need to go forward and shut them in again. We thought it was more important to ensure that prior to re-opening that pipeline that it was safe,” Mr. Barter said. “They’ve essentially completed the requirements to fulfill those high-risk enforcement actions. So it’s retroactive.”

The report released on Tuesday had a long litany of censures for the company, including a “lack of operator training.” In fact, the pipeline was restarted manually by an operator three times, even after an electronic monitoring system detected a rupture and initiated automatic shutdowns.

Mr. Barter said the investigation found “the operator kept turning off the alarm.” He said the staff member at the time no longer works for Plains Midstream and the board couldn’t get in touch with him for an interview to find out why.

Company officials weren’t available for comment but issued a statement Tuesday afternoon saying it is carefully reviewing the ERCB’s investigation “to determine whether any further findings and improvements can be applied to our operations. We have finalized the results of our own detailed investigation and have applied those lessons learned to improve our overall operations.”

Mr. Barter said the regulator has also asked Plains Midstream to conduct an emergency-response exercise by the end of next month, as well as a crisis-communications audit – since its communication with the media and local residents in 2011was “substandard.”

He added that Alberta’s Environment department, which has the power to issue environmental fines, is still looking into the spill.

Mr. Barter said the investigation into the pipeline rupture was “exhaustive” and that’s why the report is only being issued now. The ERCB also continues its investigation into Plains Midstream’s June, 2012, pipeline spill beneath the Red Deer River near Sundre, Alta. Mr. Barter said the ERCB has stepped up its scrutiny of Plains operations due to the two incidents.

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The Manitoba Junior Hockey League and officials with one of its teams are refusing to talk about reports that players were forced to walk naked around their locker room with water bottles tied to their genitals as part of a hazing ritual.

Earlier this week, the Neepawa Natives junior hockey team was fined $5,000 and some of its coaches and players were suspended for the incident, but the league refused to reveal details about what went on.

On Wednesday, media reports surfaced saying the ritual involved water bottles being tied to the players' scrotums and towels being thrown on the bottles to add weight.

Manitoba Junior Hockey League commissioner Kim Davis would not confirm the reports.

“I'm not going to provide that information,” Davis said. “I don't think it's useful or necessary.”

Head coach Bryant Perrier also declined to speak about the reports.

“The league's done the investigation, the people have been interviewed, the players have been interviewed, everything's been done,” he said. “They did an investigation. You want to do a second investigation? This isn't the O.J. Simpson trial.”

The league suspended Perrier for two games, not because he took part, but because it was his responsibility to know what was happening.

“I know you want news, but people got to be careful here, because there's lawyers being hired right in the process, so if something gets said that's not correct, we're just telling people, like, there's going to be legalities in place,” he said.

“If people want to dig around, they've got to be careful because if people start digging too much and they start making up false accusations, then it's defamation of character.”

An assistant coach was suspended for five games along with the team's captain, while 15 other players were suspended for between one and three games.

The team may get some of the $5,000 back if it avails itself of help to understand and deal with the psychological impact of hazing, the league said.

Team president Dave McIntosh said the players on the team have already had one meeting with a local reverend and one meeting with a counsellor to discuss the issue.

“All of the leagues in Canada have to do a better job of providing all of these hockey players with the information required to know what hazing is and what it isn't, and where pranks become bullying and bullying becomes intimidation, and intimidation is hazing,” he said. “I guess there's just a little better job on our part that all of us have to do.”

There are 11 teams in the MJHL, two in Winnipeg and the rest in smaller towns and cities throughout the province.

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Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000 and Vista x64

By | December 10, 2008

My sister-in-law wanted us to start using Skype with her so that she could see our kids every once in a while on it.  While I do have a few crappy generic webcams that have default support in Vista x64, I knew their video quality would not be anywhere as good as the Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000 that has been collecting dust for years.

Unfortunately, I found that the driver for the QuickCam Pro 3000 is not digitally signed, therefore making it not work (or even detected) under Vista (x86 or x64).  Damn.  Since I refuse to let stuff like this stop me, I looked for a way around it…and found one.

I’m not going into extreme detail about how I did this, but all I really did was download the QuickCam Pro 4000 Vista x64 v10.5.1 package and begin the install.  When it got to the point where it wants you to plug in the camera, I edited all of the .inf and ini files, changing the hardware identifiers for the Pro 4000 to the Pro 3000.  I then deleted all of the .cat (catalog) files.  This is within the C:\Program Files (x86)\Logitech\QuickCamWebInstall\Drivers\x64\PRO64 directory for x64.  It’s not hard to figure out how to do it for x86, if you just stop and think about it for a second.  I then ended the installation there and manually installed the new driver from Device Manager.  Fired up the QuickCam application and voila!  I have video!  Everything works perfectly with no buggy surprises.

So, for those of you who think you have to go out and pay for a new webcam just because your perfectly good QuickCam Pro 3000 is not supported under Vista, think again!  Edited .ini and .inf files are posted below.  Just start the installation, extract the files to the directory listed above (overwrite!) and delete the .cat files in that directory.  Then do a manual install after cancelling the installation.  If you find I have not provided enough information on how to do this, do a Google Search. You’ll find a few sites that I came across after the fact that would have saved me a good hour or more.

10 thoughts on “Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000 and Vista x64

    1. Jon Post author

      Great to hear after all this time. I can only wonder if the same fix applies for Windows 7…maybe someone will try and comment back?

  1. simon

    Thanks a lot, the logitech quickcam pro 3000 drivers worked perfect in Win7 x64

  2. Joe

    Hi,I followed the instruction above on win8 64bit failed, anyone tried it on windows8 ?

  3. sammy the seal

    got my 3000 working on win 7 64 bit using this method, very easy to follow instructions.
    thank you very very much :) you rock.

  4. E. Fugate

    Dude. You wrote this in Dec 2008, it is now sept 2014. Worked like a champ for my 3000.
    You my friend, are a certified bada$$.

    Edited drivers DL’d fine, copied over fine – during the install, there’s a couple of the standard “omg this isn’t a signed driver” warnings, (just ignore them). and Blammo – webcam gold.

    thanks – six. years. later.

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Dublin: 13 °C Friday 9 December, 2016

Voice of Simpsons’ schoolteacher Edna Krabappel dies

Marcia Wallace did the voice of Edna Krabappel, Bart Simpson’s fourth-grade teacher.

Marcia Wallace.
Marcia Wallace.
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THE WOMAN WHO did the voice of scoffing schoolteacher Edna Krabappel on “The Simpsons,” has died.

Marcia Wallace was 70 years old. The Simpsons executive producer Al Jean in a statement that her “irreplaceable character,” the fourth-grade teacher who contended with Bart Simpson’s constant antics, would be retired from the show.

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He said:

I was tremendously saddened to learn this morning of the passing of the brilliant and gracious Marcia Wallace. She was beloved by all at The Simpsons

Jean said: “It’s “a terrible loss for all who had the pleasure of knowing her.”

The statement did not provide a date for her death, or a cause.

The longtime TV actress’ appeared on many TV shows but it was on The Simpsons where Wallace provided the voice for world-weary Edna Krabappel, who smoked cigarettes, made sarcastic comments and finally found love in the arms of Simpson’s neighbor Ned Flanders after fans voted online at the end of season 22 to keep the unlikely couple together, where she was best known.

Wallace’s trademark “Ha!” punctuated Krabappel’s frequent wisecracks, and her character was also known for the catchphrase, “Do what I mean, not what I say.”

Harry Shearer, the voice of Ned Flanders on the show, said Wallace “brought this huge, positive energy” to her work on The Simpsons.

“She was just a warm and wonderful person,” Shearer said.

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How To Make French Onion Soup

How To Make French Onion Soup

Faith Durand
Jan 21, 2015
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French onion soup is a bistro classic, the most homey and delicious example of good cafe cooking. But only a handful of frugal ingredients make up this restaurant favorite. Onions, broth, salt, and butter mingle in a slow magic that transforms them into a wildly luxurious bowl of silky onions and dark broth. If you've only eaten French onion soup in restaurants you'll be shocked at how easy it is to make in your own kitchen.

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Here is a step-by-step recipe for making the best French onion soup you've ever eaten. It's one of the simplest yet most satisfying soups, and one to learn by heart.

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The Magic Ingredient: Time

French onion soup is probably the most dramatic example of how time is the magic ingredient in cooking, transforming humble foods into a final dish that is far, far more than the sum of its parts.

With French onion soup, the lengthy cooking time has two phases: Caramelizing the onions slowly and deliberately, and then simmering the broth for a long time with the caramelized onions. Skimping on either side will yield something a little less than the French onion soup of your dreams, but fortunately most of the time is hands-off. You can even do the simmer in a low oven (250°F) or in a slow cooker

My favorite pan for French onion soup: A 6-quart deep sauté pan from Le Creuset.
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The Best Pot for French Onion Soup

You've probably seen a hundred photos of French onion soup served forth from a rustic French country crock, tall and fat-bellied. But that's not the pot it was cooked in, I can almost guarantee you. The best pot for making French onion soup is one that is even wider than it is deep, with plenty of surface area to help the onions caramelize and broth to evaporate and concentrate.

My favorite pan for this task is a deep 6-quart Le Creuset sauté pan, but a wide Dutch oven or stockpot would also do well.

A few ways to flavor French onion soup: Cinnamon, star anise, chili peppers, rosemary, thyme, bay leaves.
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Simple Is Beautiful (But Herbs Are OK Too)

The beauty of French onion soup is how incredible it tastes even though there are only a few ingredients: onions, salt, pepper, fat, and broth. It doesn't need anything more.

But you may be tempted to give it a few personal tweaks; I fully support this. I love adding a whole star anise, a bay leaf or two, or a sprig of rosemary. But these aren't necessary; just like the optional wine and Julia Child's own suggested finishing splash of brandy, they are fully at the discretion of the cook.

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On Cheese & Toast

The cheesy toast, however, is what we all love and desire on our French onion soup — the finishing touch! Leave it off at your peril; your dinner companions may send you back to the kitchen to put it on!

I do, though, have opinions on the cheese and toast served on top of French onion soup. The point, in my world (and in Julia Child's recipe, which this tutorial is based on) is for the cheese to melt into the soup, making it heartier and more satisfying. The point is not for the cheese to congeal on top of the soup, like pizza toppings. You want finely grated cheese, much of which will disappear into the soup, only to be found in long, melting strands by your spoon.

The toast, likewise, shouldn't cover the soup, but be a welcome toasty garnish, soaking up the soup and breaking into bites you can actually fit on your spoon.

Now I may be in the minority here; most of The Kitchn editorial staff is firmly on Team Cheese Lid, which is totally fine! If you want a thick, relatively unmelted lid of cheese, grate your cheese very roughly and and add additional layers during the baking process.

But do try it like this, too. There's quite a lot of cheese in the soup pictured; it just has melted into every delicious bite. Bon appetit!

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How To Make French Onion Soup

Makes 6 to 8 one-cup servings.
Based on and adapted from Julia Child's Soupe à l'Oignon from Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

What You Need

2 1/2 pounds yellow onions
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon salt, plus more to taste
Freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon sugar
8 cups beef, chicken, or vegetable broth
3 tablespoons flour
1/2 cup white wine, optional
1/4 cup brandy, optional
6 to 8 baguette slices, toasted
1 1/2 to 3 cups shredded Gruyere or Parmesan cheese (1/4 to 1/2 cup per serving)
Minced raw shallot or onion, to garnish

Chef's knife and cutting board
4-quart or larger heavy pan, such as a deep sauté pan or Dutch oven
Wooden spoon
Oven-safe bowls or mugs, optional
Baking sheet or dish

  1. Cut each onion top to bottom: Peel away the skin.
  2. Slice into half moons: Slice each half of the onion into thin, evenly-sized half moons.
  3. Cut the half moon slices in half: You will have at least 6 cups of chopped onions. But don't worry too much about quantities with this recipe; if you have an extra onion to use up, throw it in!
  4. Melt the butter with the oil: Melt the butter in the pan set over medium-low heat.
  5. Add the onions: After the butter foams up and then settles down, add the onions and stir to coat with the butter.
  6. Cover and cook for 15 minutes: Cover the pan and cook for 15 minutes on low heat.
  7. Season the onions: Remove the lid. The onions should have wilted down somewhat. Stir in 1 teaspoon salt, a generous quantity of black pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon sugar (this helps the onions caramelize).
  8. Cook the onions for 40 minutes to 1 hour: Turn the heat up to medium and cook, uncovered and stirring every few minutes, until the onions are deeply browned. Turn down the heat if the onions scorch or stick to the pan; the browning doesn't come through burning, but through slow, even caramelization.
  9. Heat the broth: As the onions approach a deep walnut color, heat the broth in a separate pot.
  10. Add the flour: Add 3 tablespoons flour to the caramelized onions and cook and stir for about 1 minute.
  11. Add broth and simmer for at least 1 hour: Add the hot broth to the caramelized onions and bring to a boil. If using wine, add this now too. Lower the heat and partially cover the pan. (If you want to add other aromatics such as herbs or spices, do so now.) Cook gently over low heat for at least 1 hour or until the broth is slightly reduced.
  12. Taste and season: Taste and season with additional salt and pepper if needed. Add a finishing splash of brandy, if desired!
  13. Top with toast and cheese: Heat the oven to 350°F. Divide the soup between small but deep oven-safe bowls. Top each with a slice (or two) of toasted baguette and sprinkle grated cheese in a thick layer over the bread and up to the edge of the bowl.
  14. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes: Place the bowls on a baking sheet or in a casserole dish. Bake until the cheese is thoroughly melted.
  15. Broil until the cheese is browned: Turn the oven from bake to broil and broil the soup for 1 to 3 minutes or until the cheese is browned and bubbling. Remove carefully from the oven and let cool for a few minutes before serving on heatproof dishes or trivets. Serve with freshly ground pepper and minced fresh onion or shallot, which provides a welcome bite in contrast to the very sweet and mellow soup.

Recipe Notes

  • Flour Optional: The flour added to the onions gives the soup a little bit of thickness and body, just enough to nudge it beyond broth-with-onions. But it's optional; if you want to keep it gluten-free just omit the flour.
  • Raw Onion Garnish: The raw onion or shallot garnish is a really great part of this recipe, in my opinion. It's a classic garnish for French onion soup and it balances the sweet soup with a bit of bite and crunch. Try it!

Recipe originally published September 2010 and updated January 21, 2015.

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How To Make the Very Best Thanksgiving Stuffing

How To Make the Very Best Thanksgiving Stuffing

Faith Durand
Nov 4, 2016
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Turkey gets the magazine covers and the big platters, but let's be real — stuffing is the star of the show, at least on my table. And when I say stuffing, I mean the most classic, herby, moist, and fragrant bread stuffing — just like what you get out of the box, but even better.

Here's how to make that stuffing you crave, the one that is so indelibly connected with Thanksgiving, any time you like. It's remarkably simple, and oh so good.

Stuffing vs. Dressing

Now, some nomenclature. Stuffing is what I call the bready-casserole-goodness that soaks up gravy and sits besides the turkey. Technically, however, this is just bread dressing. It's only stuffing if it's baked inside the turkey, which I almost never do.

I don't stuff my turkey partly because there are very real health hazards and a need to make sure that stuffing is completely cooked. It also makes the turkey cook more slowly.

But I don't let the name trip me up; stuffing this is, to me, and it will always remain so. If it confuses you, though, then dressing it is.

What Makes This the Very Best?

People get serious about their stuffing. Oysters? Sausage? Cornbread? Keep 'em off my table. But I know that others feel differently. However, I would argue that for a majority of Americans (sweeping generalizations, love them) this taste of herbs and onion, so similar to classic Stove Top from a box, is the taste that is quintessentially Thanksgiving.

We set out to recreate that taste in a simple, from-scratch recipe that can be prepped ahead and baked while the turkey finishes.

The alchemy of this recipe is really wonderful — when you're mixing dried bread, herbs, and butter, it doesn't seem possible that all of it will come together in that silky, homestyle stuffing you crave. But pour in a good measure of turkey broth and butter, and suddenly this is a moist and fluffy Thanksgiving classic.

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The Key to Great Homemade Stuffing: The Broth

Now, I can't give you this recipe without one big caveat, and that is broth. A simple stuffing or bread dressing like this one has a bare handful of ingredients, so they really have to count. And the single biggest boost you can give your homemade stuffing is turkey broth.

Sure, boxed chicken or vegetable broth will do just fine, but the best stuffing is made with rich, savory, homemade turkey broth — the richer, the better. That flavor is what you want.

How To Make Classic Sage Stuffing for Thanksgiving

Serves 6 to 8

1 (18-ounce, 8-inch round) loaf rustic bread, cut into 1-inch cubes (about 10 cups)
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
2 large yellow onions, about 1 pound, diced
4 large stalks celery, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh sage leaves
Leaves from 4 stalks fresh thyme
2 large eggs, beaten
2 cups turkey, chicken, or vegetable stock
1 teaspoon kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper

Large baking sheet
Large skillet
3-quart baking dish

  1. Dry the bread: Arrange a rack in the middle of the oven and heat to 225°F. Spread the bread cubes on a large baking sheet in an even layer and bake until quite crisp, stirring every half hour, about 90 minutes total. After removing the bread from the oven, turn up the oven temperature to 375°F.
  2. Cook, the onion, celery, and garlic until tender: Melt 4 tablespoons of the butter in a large skillet set over medium-high heat. Add the onions, celery, and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, for 10 minutes or the vegetables are very soft.
  3. Add the herbs: Stir in the sage and thyme and cook for 2 more minutes, then turn off the heat.
  4. Mix the toasted bread cubes with the onion mixture: In a large bowl, fold together the toasted bread cubes with the cooked onions and celery.
  5. Beat the eggs and broth, and mix in: Beat the eggs in a medium bowl with the broth, salt, and a generous quantity of fresh black pepper. Pour in the bowl and stir into the bread.
  6. Put into baking dish and top with more butter: Spread in a lightly greased 3-quart baking dish. Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and drizzle over the top.
  7. Cover and bake: Cover tightly with aluminum foil. Bake covered for 25 minutes. Uncover and bake for an additional 15 minutes or until the top is golden-brown.
  8. Rest before serving: Cool the dressing for 10 minutes before serving.

Recipe Notes

  • Make ahead: The dressing can be completely assembled and refrigerated overnight or up to 24 hours. When ready to bake, arrange a rack in the middle of the oven and heat to 375°F. Bake covered for 25 minutes. Remove foil and bake for 15 more minutes or until top is lightly browned. If you are baking the dressing directly from the refrigerator, expect to add 10 extra minutes baking time. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
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Fate- the cycle

By: B. B. Bhandari

Earthly creation all we here,
Be it man or those selfless fish,
Isn’t soil same that we all share?
Why then we trap and broth them to dish

Born man, borne hearts with greed- so coarse,
Own thus those poor lives and rise up high,
Whipping senile mother horse,
Despite tears from their bleeding thigh

Roadside alas with shrunken sheath,
Thus they hobble with lifeless bend,
Away from home and through the heath,
Craving hard for peaceful end

Poor cow though with her nibbling calf,
Yet we own full, her son’s milk,
But when life passed more than half,
Thence no man to weave her silk!

Hearing not, praise for selfless gifts,
They flash past with rivulets of sheds,
Non mine ones to see by day,
Or to serve by my death bed

Until within creepy worms say-
Lives you earned alike, so here you repay
That is all called Samsara,
Mighty rope to sail all around.
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I looked like Steve Urkel when I was a kid. As you might imagine, that resulted in a lot of bullying.
I actually still look like Steve Urkel at times, but since being "adorkable" is trendy (and therefore attractive), it's no longer a problem. Bullying, however, is the worst it has ever been.
I think about all the time I wasted trying to find the cool in me when it was there all along.
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Blakey Topping (Sacred Hill) by Chris Collyer View of two of the stones from over the fence. The cows were just off to the left - honest!
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Slightly north of Groesfford round barrow and also by the road . A footpath is right next to it. thirty to thirty five metres across and almost one metre high. postman Posted by postman
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French Batterie Fanfare

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Chat' started by FrenchyCornet, Mar 27, 2009.

  1. FrenchyCornet

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    Hi everybody !

    As a continuation to my introduction thread, I'm now going to explain you what a Batterie Fanfare is (this is the kind of band I used to play in).
    I couldn't insert to much photos so please click on the links to see them
    So first of all, a Batterie Fanfare (we'll call it BF to make it easier) is mostly a natural brass instruments band. I mean that almost all the instruments haven't got valves. That involves that not all the notes can be played with those instruments.
    Let's start the explanations about the instruments :
    - La trompette (the trumpet) : also called trompette de cavalerie (cavalry trumpet), it's a Eb brass. It hasn't got any valves. It's a high pitch instrument. The notes range of the trumpet is as following (on the left are the played note and on the right the heared note - from Eb to C) : trompette.jpg
    - Le clairon (the bugle) : it's actually a kind of cornet without the valves. It's a Bb brass. It's traditionnaly used for the commemoration musics. It's a high pitch instrument. The notes range is as following : clairon.jpg
    - Le cor (horn) : traditionnaly used as a hunting horn (in D) it's been adapted for BF as a Eb instrument, a lot more mellower and warmer than its ancestor. It's a medium pitch instrument. The notes range is as following : cor.jpg

    - La trompette basse (bass trumpet). It's a octave-lower trumpet (more or less a tenor trumpet) in Eb. It's a medium pitch instrument. The notes range is as following : cor.jpg

    - Le clairon basse (bass bugle). As the bass trumpet, it could considered as a tenor bugle in Bb. It's a medium pitch instrument. The notes ranges is as following : bass sib.jpg

    - Les basses (basses) : these instruments have got valves, so you should know them. In BF we use euphoniums, saxhorns, tubas. In most of the BF now, electric bass guitar is used as well as a bass instrument.
    -Les percussions (the drums). All kind of drums are used in BF.

    A picture of the Garde Republicaine (a kind of old style BF) that plays for all the official Republic president stuff :

    And now a new style BF. This one is the May sur Evre BF. Le May sur Evre is a very small town and its BF is one of the best in France at the moment.

    Now a few videos. First one is one from Gendarmerie Mobile, a professional military band :

    Next one is a version of River Dance with a sax. The BF is called Romagnat, an amateur band for a tiny town in Auvergne :

    You can find plenty of other videos on Youtube typing Batterie Fanfare (or on Deezer)... Enjoy !
    So I think you should know more about BF now than a few minutes ago... at least I hope so.
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    Thanks for that - it's good to know something about other groups people play in. As you will probably have realised, most of us are brass banders, with a few in concert bands, and of course Jan in his fanfare. We look forward to hearing more about what you are up to.
  4. FrenchyCornet

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    I'm glad to hear that this thread can interest :)
    I thought that with all the things I learn here about brass bands I could at least give you back a bit of infos about Batterie Fanfare.
    I think a good musician is a musician who's not only focused on one type of music, a good musician must be opened on all kind of musics

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Insidious Sequel in the Works

Insidious the horror family film about hauntings and a lot more is getting a sequel. The eerie and frieghtening thriller had many fans who will look forward to the sequel. Below is the press release:

Original Cast Returns to Star in the Sequel of the 2011 Blockbuster which will Commence Production on January 15, 2013
Los Angeles November 20, 2012 – FilmDistrict, Alliance Films and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions announced today that they will bring INSIDIOUS CHAPTER 2, the sequel to last year’s hit film INSIDIOUS which captivated horror movie fans worldwide, to U.S. theatres on August 30, 2013 via FilmDistrict. Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, and Ty Simpkins will reprise their roles in the film which James Wan, who directed INSIDIOUS, will direct from a script written by Leigh Whannell who also wrote the first film. Jason Blum, who produced INSIDIOUS, is producing the low-budget sequel through his Blumhouse Productions. Brian Kavanaugh Jones, Oren Peli , Steven Schneider, and Charles Layton are executive producing. Production on the sequel is set to begin on January 15, 2013 in Los Angeles.
Peter Schlessel, FilmDistrict’s CEO, stated, “We are all very excited to see the next chapter of James and Leigh’s vision of the Further. It’s great to be in business again with Blumhouse, Alliance and Sony.”
“Blumhouse is committed to empowering filmmakers to tell their stories and we are excited to do that once again with the team from the first INSIDIOUS including James and Leigh and the original cast,” said Blum. “We also look forward to working with our partners on the first film- FilmDistrict, Alliance and Sony.” Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions acquired the U.S. rights to the film in conjunction with FilmDistrict. INSIDIOUS CHAPTER 2 is being financed by Alliance Films. FilmDistrict will distribute the film theatrically in the United States, with Sony handling the majority of ancillary rights in the U.S. Alliance Films will distribute in Canada, the UK (via its Momentum Pictures subsidiary) and Spain (via Aurum), and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions will distribute in all other international territories.
The first INSIDIOUS, starring Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne, told the story of Josh and Renai Lambert and their son Dalton, confronting the demons that possess the young boy. The project was picked up by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and distributed by FilmDistrict. It was released on April 1, 2011, and has grossed $97 million worldwide. With the picture’s reported $1.5 million budget, it has led to the film being called the most profitable film of 2011.
Wan most recently directed THE CONJURING for Warner Bros. The film, which reunited him with INSIDIOUS star Patrick Wilson, will open on July 19. Wan is also set to direct a feature adaptation of the hit television series MACGYVER for Warner Bros.
Wilson and Byrne are represented by CAA. Byrne is also represented by RGM Artist Group. Shaye is represented by Don Buchwald & Assoc. / Fortitude. Simpkins is represented by ICM Partners. Wan and Whannell are represented by Paradigm and Stacey Testro International.
Blumhouse, which produced INSIDIOUS, has created a model of producing low-budget genre films for wide release and the company has produced five movies in the past two years that out grossed their budgets on opening weekend, most recently SINISTER and PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4.

Insidious, the horror film that shocked the industry by having solid box office receipts and strong word of mouth…during Easter season, not Halloween mind you, deserves a sequel. This success was a huge anomaly for the genre. I found Insidious to be one of the best films of 2011. (This is saying a lot because I am a pretentious Oscar snob.) Also, since it grossed over $90 million on a $1.5 million budget, this was considered the most profitable movie of that year. Considering how many Paranormal sequels come out, this is refreshing change of pace. I am looking forward to the sequel next August.

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The Goetia was traditionally associated with black magic and medieval grimoires containing incantations and ceremonies specifically designated to invoke demons and/or their powers. The Goetia at one time has been closely associated with sorcery. The derivation of the word "goetia" is uncertain. One possibility takes it back to ancient Greece, Plato defined the term as designating a diviner, magician, seer, or healer. Another derivation possibly came from Latin, Ars Goetia meaning "The Howling Art." Gradually The Goetia assumed more darker side becoming associated with demonology as it passed through the Greek, Egyptian, Assyrian and Persian heathen sources. Some of the demons named in the current version seem to share Biblical connections.

The Goetia is the initial and longest portion of the Lesser Key of Solomon, a major medieval grimoire. The Goetia discuses seventy-two demons that King Solomon is said to have evoked and confined in a bronze vessel sealed my magical symbols (see Goetia Spirits). He commanded these entities to obey him. First translated from Latin by Samuel Mathers in 1898, and published in 1903 by Aleister Crowley as his own work, with unrelated preliminary invocation ritual of the Bornless One. Other editions have been available. A.G.H.

Drury, Nevil. The Watkins Dictionary of Magic. London. Watkins Publishing. 2005. p. 117
Greer, John Michael. The New Encyclopedia of the Occult. St. Paul, MN, Llewellyn Publications. 2003. p. 202
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Charles Oman transcribed and edited the poll tax returns for Hinckford (Public Record Office Lay Subsidy Essex 107/68) for his study of the peasants' rising of 1381. Full lists of adults are given, township by township, grouped by status or occupation. There are returns for Alhamston & Buris (Alphamstone and Bures), Bewchamp Oton (Belchamp Otten), Bumstede ad T'rim (Steeple Bumpstead), Felstede (Felstead), Fynchyngfelde (Finchingfield), Gelham Parva (Little Yeldham), Gosfeld (Gosfield), Hythingham Sibill (Sible Hedingham), Ovyton (Ovington), Pentelowe (Pentlow), Salyng Magna (Great Saling), Stebbyng (Stebbing), and Sturmer.

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“’ere, you know that Laughing Cavalier painting. Why is he laughing? Is he on something?” To which the answer is, yes, he’s on cannabis. Cannabis sativa, marijuana, is also hemp and hemp fibre used to be used to make the material painter’s used for their work. The word ‘canvas’ is derived from the Dutch ‘canefas’ meaning made of cannabis.

A small comment in a story from Russia set me thinking about the other uses of the cannabis plant.

Cannabis sativa, marijuana

As part of the refurbishment of a metro station in Moscow the authorities purchased some additional land and to give an area of grass which they set out to grow from seed. What came up, however, was described as a ‘field of wild cannabis’. This report from Russia Today includes a short video clip and the newsreader is clearly amused by the story.

The Federal Drug Control Service said its officers dug out 230 plants from the patch of grass and they are now trying to find out who supplied the seed. You can see the similarity between Russia and the UK from the Telegraph’s report which says an MP is demanding a full enquiry into this misuse of public funds. It just shows that it is not just the UK that has ambitious MPs anxious to gain publicity for themselves by exploiting public ignorance.

SSome of the reports note that Cannabis sativa will grow wild in parts of Russia – ‘That’s why they call it weed’ as someone once told me so it seems likely that this incident was the result of some poorly collected grass seed rather than anything more sinister.

But it was the final paragraph of the Telegraph’s account that interested me. This says that Russian scientists are ‘developing new forms’ of cannabis to have low THC levels so that it can be grown just for the hemp fibre.

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I wouldn’t want to ask the Telegraph for the research it did to find that information because I don’t suppose it amounts to very much. Low THC varieties of cannabis have been around for a long time so any current research is about improvement not discovery.

Back in my Alnwick Garden days, that is several years ago, there was an exhibition about various sustainable and alternative crops that included information about growing hemp in the UK. It is so longer ago that I can’t find the leaflet I took away but I recall the regime required inspection by DEFRA officials prior to harvesting to ensure that no high THC varieties were being grown amongst the allowed crop and it was a requirement to harvest the crop before full maturity as a further means of ensuring no illicit substance could be produced.

Both the licencing regime and the inability to fully develop the fibre drop negated almost all the cost advantages of growing cannabis for fibre and, at the time, very little was being grown.

As it was some years ago, I did a quick search to see if common sense had prevailed since then but, it seems, things have gone backward not forward. The Home office introduced licencing procedures for industrial hemp growers in 2009 and, in 2010, large fees for obtaining a licence were introduced without consultation.1

The regulatory regime is so complex that most growers rely on making use of a licence obtained by the producer of the hemp products. This means the grower is completely tied to the buyer of his crops, not an ideal situation for market development.

The NFU story quotes Hemptechnology,  as saying it expects a large increase in cultivation in spite of the tight regulation. How much greater could that production be if only common sense were applied to the control regime for cannabis grown for fibre?

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North Korea mobilizes Red Star Linux rollout

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Critics have often contended open source is a communist movement, and now North Korea is following Cuba and China by building its own Linux operating system.

The Stalinist hangover from the Cold War is reported to have devised its own statist Linux in a country that had run Windows XP on the few PCs within its borders.

Red Star Linux features a browser called My Country, inspired by the Red North's Juche philosophy of self-reliance. Like so many UN aid packages to the North, though, this also turns out to be little more than a prop imported from the capitalist west: My Country is really Firefox, a Russian student reviewing Red Star said.

Other features are an audio and video player, text editor - and three games.

Red Star Linux was devised in 2002 and is still "not entirely stable" the reviewer said - but what can you expect from QA process where you're shot for questioning the Dear Leader's command line?

South Korea's Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI) is reported to have said North Korea is now expanding the presence of Red Star Linux, adding that the distro can control the web-viewing habits of those using it and the flow of information they receive.

It was reported five years ago that just a tight circle of the North's citizens and leaders, including the Dear Leader Kim Jong Il, had access to a PC. Kim, though, proclaimed the importance of the "IT age" in 2001 on the 60th anniversary of the ruling Worker's Party and a great leap forward began.

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The rollout of Linux-powered PCs could also be to serve darker purposes: to groom growing ranks of proletarian and peasant geeks for cyber attacks. The US Pentagon last year said that attacks on South Korean and US government web sits and communications networks were the work of Lab 110, a secret unit of the North's Ministry of People's Armed Forces that specializes in hacking.

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The Tax Court (Pretoria) delivered its judgment in the matter between F- CC and SARS on 10 September 2012.

The taxpayer submitted vague VAT return that were not supported by VAT input invoices, although the taxpayer deducted the purchase prices of the goods he obtained from the output amounts. The Commissioner decided to institute a tax audit on the issues of assessment on the 7th of March 2008 in the amount of R4 553 000.

The taxpayer objected on the basis that the tax invoices could not be obtained from the supplier due to an alleged fraud perpetrated by an administrative official in the supplier’s service. Reliance was placed on behalf of the taxpayer on section 20(7) 0f the VAT Act 89 of 1991.

Section 20(7) that the Commissioner may direct that a tax invoice is not required where he is satisfiedthat there are or will be sufficient records available to establish the particulars of any supply or category of supplies, and that it would be impractical to require that full tax invoice be issued.

The taxpayer appealed against this assessment in the failure to act in terms of Section 20(7).

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