Apricot Brioche Breakfast Plait
May 31, 2008 Noticias
Melissa from Baking a Sweet Life is hosting this month’s Bread Baking Day and selected the theme of Breakfast Breads - this has provided me with another opportunity to delve into the pages of Dean Brettschneider’s Global Baker.
The recipe is a simple brioche dough that is flavoured with finely diced apricots - the dough does need to rest overnight in the fridge so you’ll have to take that into consideration when planning to make this. The dough is also a lot softer than you would be used to but that is due to the particular method that Dean uses.
Apricot Brioche Breakfast Plait
[Makes 1 plait]
[Makes 1 plait]
250 grams strong plain flour
5 grams salt
25 grams sugar
5 grams/1 teaspoon dried yeast
4 small eggs, lightly beaten
125 grams softened butter, cut into small dice
150 grams dried apricots, diced finely
pearl sugar, for decoration
icing sugar, for dusting
Egg wash
1 egg
2 tablespoons water
Sift the flour, salt, sugar and yeast into a large bowl - make a well in the centre and stir in three-quarters of the egg to form a soft dough.
Dust the bench with a little flour and tip out the dough. Knead the dough for about 2 minutes - it will be very soft - then form into a ball and cover with a bowl and let it rest for a minute. You need to repeat this 2 minute knead/1 minute rest for a total of 10 minutes or so until the gluten has developed.
Next, knead in the remaining egg slowly. the dough will move from being sticky to smooth and shiny over time.
Once this is done, knead the butter in slowly until the dough is elastic and silky.
Finally, sprinkle the apricot pieces onto the bench and knead them into the dough.
Form into a ball and place in an oiled bowl - cover and let it rest in a warm spot until doubled in size.
Lightly flour the bench again and tip the risen dough onto it - very gently fold the dough back onto itself. Reshape into a ball and return it to the lightly oiled bowl to rest, covered, overnight in the fridge.
The next day, tip the dough onto a floured bench and cut into three equal pieces.
Roll each piece into a 30cm/12 inch long rope and then plait these ropes to form your loaf.
Place it onto a baking paper lined tray, cover, and allow to rise until doubled in size.
Once risen, brush with the eggwash and sprinkle over with pearl sugar.
Bake in a preheated 180°C/350°F oven for about 20-25 minute or until golden and cooked through.
Place the plait on a wire rack to cool - finish off with a dusting of icing sugar.
Sliced through you can appreciate the golden dough brilliantly studded with apricot jewels.
Eat it straight from the oven or if you can restrain yourself, toasted the next day with lashings of good butter.
Potato and Caper Terrine
May 31, 2008 Noticias
Wandering Chopsticks is the host of Weekend Herb Blogging and this week I’ve returned with some more potatoes - this time it’s another purple variety called Sapphire.
Sapphire is a purple skinned potato with a mottled interior and I have already used this previously in the dish of Pizzocheri Valtellina. It is not as mealy as the Purple Congo so it is well suited for use in potato salads.
The recipe this week comes from Shannon Bennett’s latest book My French Vue and it is one of his light lunch offerings - a potato and caper terrine. While the original recipe calls for Kipflers I’ve changed that to be an even split between the Sapphire and Kipfler potatoes - the curly endive salad has been replaced with a bit of crunch in the form of very finely shredded cabbage. The final touch is a just cooked egg.
Potato and Caper Terrine
[Serves 2]
[Serves 2]
2 Sapphire potatoes
2 Kipfler potatoes
1 shallot, finely diced
2 tablespoons pancetta lardons, fried
2 tablespoons tiny salted capers, rinsed
2 anchovies, crushed
2 tablespoons Mayonnaise
4 tablespoons finely shredded cabbage
2 eggs
Boil or steam the potatoes until tender. Cool slightly before peeling and then cut into medium sized pieces.
Place the potato pieces into a bowl along with the shallots, capers and lardons - toss the mixture to combine.
In a small bowl, add the mayonnaise and anchovies - stir this well to amalgamate before adding it to the potato mixture. Stir again, crushing the potatoes slightly as you do - sprinkle over with half the shredded cabbage and just gently fold it through.
Divide the mixture into two and using an egg ring, place it in the centre of your serving plates. Press the potato into the egg ring to form a compact terrine.
Remove the egg ring and top with the remaining shredded cabbage and finally, a just cooked egg.
In the recipe, Shannon tops his terrine with just the egg yolk - the egg yolk in simmered in 60°C/140°F oil for about 4 minutes or until the yolk has just warmed through.
I’ve taken a different approach and cooked the egg, using the egg ring again to form the shape, over a very low heat until the white has just set on the base. I’ve then taken it off the heat, sprinkled over a little sea salt flakes and then covered the ring with a lid and let the pan heat continue to set the white without hardening the yolk.
With the white fully set, slide it onto a wide spatula and position it onto the formed terrine - use the egg ring to keep it on the terrine while you slip the spatula away - once in place, remove the egg ring.
The final thing left to do is slice the yolk and enjoy!
Introducing the Google Health Data API
May 30, 2008 Noticias
With the recent launch of Google Health, we also launched the Google Health Data API, which we hope will further contribute to the goal of making personal health management easier for people. The API can be used to create new medical records, request a list of medical records, and query for medical records that match particular criteria.
Learn the details from this announcement post on the Google Data APIs blog, and join the conversation in our discussion group. We look forward to seeing the apps you create with this new API!
Hot stocks for next week - COMS, HOLX, SPWR, SOLF, AAPL, RFMD
May 30, 2008 Noticias
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RFMD - The stock broke consolidation resistance with heavy volume. The technical chart shows buyers are back. With the surge today K line is again on top over D line showing the stock is back to new rally. This is what strong stocks generally do in a rebound : break resistance, hold the breakout and continue higher. A move towards $5 can be expected as long as $4 holds. I would like to see at least a move above $4.28 before betting on a pull back.
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AAPL is getting a battle with resistance at $190. The stock has been consildating for weeks now, and may be ready to clear this base. The Technical chart shows positive sign as the stock has been above 200-day moving average since mid April and has formed golden cross earlier May. Golden cross is when 50 day MA cross on top over 200 MA and is a very bullish buy signal.
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SOLF breakout !!! The triangle represents a consolidation or rest after an advance. The breakout signals a continuation of the prior advance. Even though I find the breakout bullish, I also find Solar stocks a bit overextended. As long as $21 holds, this breakout is in great shape. A move below $20.80 would question the breakout and further weakness below $20.03 would be outright bearish.
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SPWR - The daily chart shows possible new rally as K line has crossed on top over D line while ROC is still at oversold level. However it is better to wait and see if the stock can break above 50 day moving average.
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HOLX - Looking very good but the stock might consolidate in short term.
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COMS - 3Com Corp is firming just above key support at $2.51 and a triangle has taken shape over the last few weeks. This is a neutral pattern dependent on a break to establish a directional bias. A break below $2.39 would signal a decline and be quite bearish, on the other hans a breakout at $2.60 would be bullish.
Disclaimer : Trading stocks involves risk, this information should not be viewed as trading recommendations.The charts provided here are not meant for investment purposes and only serve as technical examples.
That’s All. Have a great weekend !!!
AC
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May 30, 2008 Noticias
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Once again, thanks to all my readers for making this site such a success !!! I will try to be a better blogger in the second half of 2008.
AC
Pastel color menu with dynamic submenu using CSS
May 30, 2008 Noticias
Do you want to add dynamic features to your menu?
This tutorial illustrates how to design a nice pastel color menu with a dynamic submenu which appears when you select a link in the main menu, using CSS and some lines of javascript code. The result is like this:
Download the source code to reuse it in your pojects (images included).
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Step 1: HTML Code
HTML code is very simple: you can use the flexibility of elements ul, li to design the menu / Submenu structure. I added also a green header above the menu, which you can use to add for example your site logo:
<!– HEADER –>
<div id=“top-navigation”>
<!– Something in the header here –>
</div> <!– Main Menu –>
<div id=“navigation”>
<ul id=“mymenu”>
<div id=“top-navigation”>
<!– Something in the header here –>
</div> <!– Main Menu –>
<div id=“navigation”>
<ul id=“mymenu”>
<li><a href=“#” onmouseover=“javascript:showsubmenu(1)”>Home</a></li>
<li><a href=“#” onmouseover=“javascript:showsubmenu(2)”>Movies</a></li>
<li><a href=“#” onmouseover=“javascript:showsubmenu(3)”>Music</a></li>
<li><a href=“contact.html”>Contact</a></li>
<li><a href=“#” onmouseover=“javascript:showsubmenu(2)”>Movies</a></li>
<li><a href=“#” onmouseover=“javascript:showsubmenu(3)”>Music</a></li>
<li><a href=“contact.html”>Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<!– SUB MENU –>
<div id=“sublinks”>
<ul id=“s1″>
<li><a href=“#”>General</a></li>
<li><a href=“#”>Information</a></li>
<li><a href=“#”>News</a></li>
<li><a href=“#”>Information</a></li>
<li><a href=“#”>News</a></li>
</ul>
<ul id=“s2″>
<li><a href=“#”>Drama</a></li>
<li><a href=“#”>Thriller</a></li>
<li><a href=“#”>Action</a></li>
<li><a href=“#”>Horror</a></li>
<li><a href=“#”>Colossal</a></li>
<li><a href=“#”>Thriller</a></li>
<li><a href=“#”>Action</a></li>
<li><a href=“#”>Horror</a></li>
<li><a href=“#”>Colossal</a></li>
</ul>
<ul id=“s3″>
<li><a href=“#”>Rock</a></li>
<li><a href=“#”>Pop</a></li>
<li><a href=“#”>Classical</a></li>
<li><a href=“#”>Pop</a></li>
<li><a href=“#”>Classical</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
How you can see each link in the main menu calls a javascript function showsubmenu() which takes in input the ID of the submenu you want to display.
Each <ul> element into the layer #sublinks is a submenu related to a link in the main menu. You can identify each submenu with a progressive id, for example in this case with: S1, S2, S3…
Step 2: CSS Code
Copy and paste this code in the <head> tag of your page:
ul, li{border:0; padding:0; margin:0; list-style:none;}
/* ———– Navigation ———– */
#top-navigation{
background:url(img/topnav-bg.gif) repeat-x;
width:auto;
height:48px;
margin:0 auto;
}
#navigation{
background:url(img/nav-bg.gif) repeat-x;
height:32px;
margin:0 auto;
width:auto;
}
#navigation ul{
height:32px;
line-height:32px;
}
#navigation ul li{
display:inline;
}
#navigation ul li a,
#navigation ul li a:visited {
background:url(img/line-a.gif) right no-repeat;
padding:0 20px;
display:block;
text-decoration:none;
float:left;
color:#4261df;
font-weight:bold;
text-shadow:#ffffff 2px 2px 2px;
}
#navigation ul li a:hover{
color:#1532a5;
}
/* ———– Sub Menu ———– */
#sublinks{
width:auto;
margin:0 auto;
background:#888888 url(img/sublink.gif);
height:30px;
font-size:11px;
}
#sublinks ul{
height:32px;
line-height:31px;
}
#sublinks ul li{
display:inline;
}
#sublinks ul li a,
#sublinks ul li a:visited {
padding:0 20px;
display:block;
text-decoration:none;
float:left;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
#sublinks ul li a:hover{
text-decoration:underline;
}
/* ———– Hide Sub menu ———– */
#s2, #s3{display:none;}
When the page is loaded for the first time I want to display by default the submenu with ID #S1. So, I have to set CSS display property for #S2 and #S3 to “none”;
Step 3: Javascript Code
Now add this simple javascript function showsubmenu() to shows/hides the submenu related to the link on the main menu. This function takes in input a parameter which is the ID of the submenu you want to display (take a look at the step 1):
Copy this code in the <head> tag of your page:
<script type=“text/javascript”>
function showsubmenu(id){
submenu = document.getElementById(’s’+id);
for(i=1;i<=3;i++){
if(i==id){
submenu.style.display=”block”;
} else {
document.getElementById(’s’+i).style.display=”none”;
}
}
}
</script>
function showsubmenu(id){
submenu = document.getElementById(’s’+id);
for(i=1;i<=3;i++){
if(i==id){
submenu.style.display=”block”;
} else {
document.getElementById(’s’+i).style.display=”none”;
}
}
}
</script>
This line of code execute a for cycle from 1 to 3, where 3 is the total number of submenu you have in your HTML code (in this example #S1, #S2, #S3):
for(i=1;i<=3;i++)…
If you want to add a new link in the main menu with a new submenu related at this link, increase the condition (3) of one unit (4):
for(i=1;i<=4;i++)…
…and in the HTML code (step 1), remember to add a new ul element with ID=”s4“ in this way:
<ul id=“s4“>
<li><a href=“#”>Link 1</a></li>
<li><a href=“#”>Link 2</a></li>
<li><a href=“#”>Link 3</a></li>
<li><a href=“#”>Link 2</a></li>
<li><a href=“#”>Link 3</a></li>
</ul>
It’s all!
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Currency trading is not for beginners
May 30, 2008 Noticias
Forex trading has become very popular nowadays. Forex Investing is an area that can be both an exciting way to make a living and a very profitable one if you simply follow the simple learning guides that you find on the web or even in some great books. Currency trading is not for beginners. It takes years of skill, foresight, and intense determination to succeed at this masterful game of current market prediction and to accurately provide Forex Signals. There are hundreds, if not thousands of Forex trading strategies out there. If you would be interested in the chance to Learn Forex, fxswingtraders.com is one of the great sources that I have found to allow you to do that. That may be because of the excellent, proven information and tips found in this forex site. A brief visit to this site will show you that this is a proven system that allows a trader to start with a little money, with the chance to earn a lot. All Forex trading strategies use a variety of indicators and combinations, MACD, Moving Averages ( such as 5,13,20,50,200 ) Stochastic %K %D, Chart Patterns, Candlesticks, Pivot Points, Fibonacci ratios, Elliott Wave analysis, Bollinger Bands and the list goes on and on. Learning forex trading online is not necessarily difficult but you do need the proper knowledge to win. Trading is all about discipline, determination and perseverance. Check this out !!!
Google Visualization API Expanding Beyond Google Spreadsheets
May 29, 2008 Noticias
We are excited to announce that we are opening up the Google Visualization API beyond Google Spreadsheets and adding more capabilities for developers. Earlier at the Google I/O developer conference, we launched several new features of the Google Visualization API:
- A JavaScript interface to create add-hoc data tables on the client. This way, visualizations are not limited to server-side data sources living on the Google cloud. Data from any source can now be visualized using the visualizations created by Google and the community.
- The new interface allows developers to create non Gadget-ized visualizations. With this new option, developers can embed visualizations directly into a web page and have those interact with the page. Of-course, Gadgets have significant advantages related to syndication. They are also the option of choice when looking to include visualizations in popular “containers”, such as Google Spreadsheets, iGoogle, etc. The Google Visualization API will continue to support both flavors of its API going forward. Visualizations can easily be created and then be wrapped by a thin Gadget wrapper. This allows for maximal exposure and use of the visualization in as many use cases as possible.
- The AJAX API introduces another cool new capability: we are introducing a common event model to allow for visualizations to communicate with their host web-page and with other visualizations. With this event model web page authors and developers can create complex dashboards from several visualizations, all associated and context-aware.
As part of the event model, we are introducing a generic select event. Developers can introduce their own events for their visualizations. We plan on adding more generic events that the community chooses and aligns around – ultimately creating a robust event model for visualizations and dashboards.
You can read more about these cool new additions on the Visualization API website. Browse the new visualization gallery to see the visualizations we have already posted over the new JavaScript interface and and take look at code examples to get started with your own.
We would love to hear more from you on these new additions. Tell us what you think and engage with the rest of the community on the API’s community group page.
Stock Picks and Trade Ideas for Friday - JDSU, FSLR, MA, LDK, CLMT
May 29, 2008 Noticias
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CLMT is starting to show signs of accumulation with high upside days and low downside days, watch $16 for a breakout. Inside trading is very active.
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LDK has soared in recent months. The stock is pulling back to the breakout area. Watch to see how it reacts to the ascending wedge. The %K line cross below the %D line, a bearish signal in short term.
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FSLR - The stock broke support at $261.12 and broke below its 50-day moving average. Next support is at $236.57.
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JDSU has been consolidating and looks like it wants to test resistance at $12.10.
Disclaimer : Trading stocks involves risk, this information should not be viewed as trading recommendations.The charts provided here are not meant for investment purposes and only serve as technical examples.
That’s All. Have a great day !!!
AC
