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Chole (or chana) masala is a popular vegetarian dish throughout Northern India. In this easy recipe, chickpeas and tomatoes are simmered with a mixture of fried garlic, ginger, onion, and serrano chiles plus traditional Indian spices like cumin, garam masala, coriander, and turmeric. Top this spicy, fragrant dish with cooling yogurt and a drizzle of sweet-tart pomegranate molasses, then spoon it over steamed rice or scoop it up with naan.

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Using prepared red curry paste is an easy and fast way to add traditional Thai flavors to this vegetarian one-pot meal. Start by sautéing onion, bell pepper, garlic, and ginger with red curry paste, then add coconut milk to create the base for the stew. Chunks of kabocha squash simmer in the base for about 20 to 25 minutes, enough time for the curry to thicken, creating a creamy and slightly sweet dish. Spoon it over steamed white rice or brown rice and pack up any leftovers for a hearty lunch.

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Here’s a super simple, Tessie-approved recipe that I culled from a few of my favorites: Carob-Oat Cookies

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Kinect Graffiti is a digital graffiti tool using "Microsoft Kinect" camera.

Idea behind this project is to use the kinect to track the motion behind graffiti. Visualizing the body and drawing trough different angles in realtime, Understanding surrounding space, pausing the time, etc...

Kinect Graffiti is a tool built in processing & openGL, SimpleOpenNI, openNI and primeSense libraries.

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Looking for a crunchy snack? Try these no-bake bars that are made using Dulce de Leche Cheerios® cereal.

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Now that Microsoft has officially killed off the best part about Windows Home Server what can you do? Here are some alternatives for drive extender that you can use if you want to build a WHS of your own.

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Champagne Sorbet
Celebrate summer with this light and tasty favorite of James Beard. Orange juice and zest give the sorbet a sweet, citrusy punch.

Peach–Basil SorbetA quick-and-easy prep makes this refreshing sorbet a winner for hot, lazy summer days. We think it’s best made with floral and delicate white peaches.

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"Healthy treats seems like a bit of an oxymoron – if it’s healthy, it isn’t a treat, right? However, these virtually guilt-free bites are just that, a sweet treat that smacks of sheer indulgence but without the refined sugar and fat normally associated with most desserts or candy. And should you want one, two or more as a frequent afternoon snack, go right ahead."  - via Deanna

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Make these sweet, salty and spicy dessert bites up to three hours in advance, storing them in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

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A hint of smoky chipotle pepper gives this festive holiday mix a spicy kick. Make a big batch for your cocktail party or package into bags for gifts. It tastes like caramel corn but this mixture doesn't use corn syrup and can be made without any special tools or tricks.

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How about Nutella and Frangelico chocolate peanut butter cookies. Nutella makes everything better, and these tasty treats are no exception.

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Crossed Paths is a game for 5 to 5000 people who want to create stories through an improvisational activity. To use gaming terminology, Crossed Paths is a light diceless roleplaying game that does not require a game master. It is ideal for libraries and schools, but will work well in any setting where participants are able to make noise. It works well with both children and adults (and can serve as an icebreaker for mixed groups). The full activity takes about one hour to complete, but the activity can be shortened to thirty minutes.



Crossed Paths takes place in two parts. During the first part, participants will select a book, story, folktale, television show, or movie that they know well enough to choose a Setting, Character, and Conflict from. In the second part, participants work as a group to create a story that mixes the Settings, Characters, and Conflicts in some way that makes sense. The goal of each group is to create their own new story and enjoy the experience of group improvisation.



This packet contains a facilitator’s guide and a worksheet. Ideally, each participant should have a copy of the worksheet and a pen or pencil; however, a blank index card or sheet of paper will suffice instead of the worksheet.

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"Fifty-two players, from casual to serious tournament players, paid $20 to $25 to participate in the event billed as SPELLABRATE— a social Scrabble tournament."

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“There is a library because we are here and knowledge is necessary for survival.”

OWS Library: The Power of Information: http://peopleslibrary.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/the-power-of-information/

“Guerrilla libraries exist for many reasons:
– To meet the information needs of a hard to reach group
– To surprise and entertain
– To enhance people’s enjoyment of an event
– To educate and inform as conveniently as possible
– To offer a common space for education and intellectual engagement outside of traditional spaces like universities and public libraries”

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Zombies have attacked the Learning Commons, and only you can save it! Battle monsters while learning about the services offered by the ODU Libraries and Learning Commons.

This game is currently under development, and is expected to be completed in time for Halloween

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The Reality of Organizations (Slide 21)

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Incredible...see what happens in 60 seconds in social media.

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Academic librarian Valerie Forrestal has documented a simple way to score RSS feeds for any Twitter search result, i.e. for hashtags. Following her cheat sheet, we see that it’s simple matter of plugging in the search keyword into this formula:

http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=%23hashtag

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Must. Try.

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Video games are moving out of the dorm and into the library. The University of Michigan's Computer & Video Game Archive, which opened in 2008 in the basement of the Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, is filled with multiple gaming stations. The University of Wisconsin at Whitewater added games to its collection in 2010, and the State University of New York at Stony Brook will open a new gaming lab in the library this fall, along with a collection of older equipment to be housed in the library's special collections.

The facilities are following scholar­ship. Games are now used in English classes studying interactive narratives, media-studies classes looking at the cultural impact of violent games, as well as courses in game design offered at about 300 colleges. "The argument is really pretty simple," says David S. Carter, an engineering librarian at Michigan. "We have faculty who are doing stuff involved in video games, so the library needs to be doing something to support that teaching and that research."

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