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Planning for Gold

At business plan competitions across the country, judges sift through talented teams of presenters to find out who deserves the precious prizes--cash, services and VC exposure. Could your startup be the next to strike it rich?
This story first appeared in the November 2004 issue of Entrepreneur. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.

There's an air of optimism about a business plan competition. Teams bustle along, rehearsing their business plan presentations before delivering them to illustrious judges who not only have business acumen, but are also often connected to large VC firms. Permeating every conversation is a we-can-do-it attitude. Business ideas can range from the highly technical biomedical industry to the more ethereal creative arts arena. Yes, the competition part of it can be nerve-wracking, and the judges are not what one would call an easy audience. Still, it's a great opportunity to win cash and prizes for your business and get pitch time in front of actual VCs--and it's also a huge learning experience from start to finish. It may very well be in the drinking water at a business plan competition, but the general attitude is this: No matter what happens, we'll build a business.

The good news is that these hotbeds of entrepreneurial inspiration are taking place at more venues across the country (and the world, in fact). A large percentage of business plan competitions are associated with university MBA programs, note experts, but a fair number are also produced by communities, open to anyone in the local area or to businesses of a certain type to encourage economic growth. "There are definitely more open competitions," says Mark Cannice, director of the University of San Francisco (USF) Entrepreneurship Program. "As the word spreads about allowing [people] the opportunity to develop a complete business concept and offer it to professional investors and executives, I think that experience has been so powerful and fruitful for so many...I think the demand for most universities to have [competitions] seems to be increasing as well."

To successfully enter the business plan competition fray, know these caveats: Decide if you can enter a university-sponsored one (usually, someone in your management team is required to be an MBA or a graduate student). If your team has no MBAs, you might be able to enter a community or corporate competition with many of the same benefits.

The real test, though, is the future success of business plan competition winners. Do they make it past the startup stage to fulfill their competition-era promise? For Chad Joshi, winner of the WPI Venture Forum Business Plan Contest in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 2000, the potential that judges saw in his business has certainly been fulfilled. The WPI contest, affiliated with the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, is open to any technology-based startup or pre-startup in New England. Joshi, founder of Energen Inc., began laying the groundwork for his company in 1996. The Lowell, Massachusetts-based company manufactures precise motion control products often used in scientific research and optical equipment.

Still in the R&D stage of his business, he first entered the competition in 1998 and came in third. "It was a good learning experience," says Joshi, 46. "I got to meet with the people that reviewed my business plan." Getting valuable feedback, he entered again in 2000 and won that year's first prize: $10,000 ($5,000 in cash and $5,000 in services from various sponsors).

It was just the boon his company needed. "Certainly, it got the attention of the VC community," notes Joshi. "They were much more interested in hearing our story and what we wanted to do." The connections he made through the contest were invaluable, too, as many of his contacts ended up offering good business advice and mentoring his company through its early growth. Today, projecting sales between $1.5 million and $1.7 million, Joshi reflects on what a positive experience a business plan competition provides for aspiring entrepreneurs. "It's a very good way for new people to learn about building a business," he says. "If I had a different business that I was looking to get off the ground, it would be a great way to get exposure."

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The exposure and connections within the business community that business plan competitions provide are the primary draws, says Cannice, director of the USF International Business Plan Competition. Started in 2000 as a competition only for USF students, it later expanded to include national and international teams. Requiring at least one member of the team to be a graduate student, the competition offers $25,000 worth of prizes ($10,000 for first place and smaller increments for second, third and so on).

Because of its location in San Francisco, a main draw for the USF contest is the opportunity to present plans to the high-tech VCs who often serve as judges. "Each contest has its own flavor," Cannice says. "The biggest draw is not so much the money, but a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pitch their plans to VCs from Silicon get the exposure in one weekend that most entrepreneurs will never get in a lifetime."

Though sponsored by a university, the business plan competition is not just an academic exercise by any means. "Most of [our early finalists] are trying to raise money and build a business--the 2004 winner from Wharton [MicroMRI] has just raised half a million dollars in seed capital," says Cannice.

If you're interested in participating in next year's competition, slated for March 9 to 12, 2005, the application deadline is January 25, 2005. Check out the website for more information.

The grand-prize winner of the USF competition also receives an automatic entry into the Moot Corp. Business Plan Competition at the University of Texas, Austin, and a chance to compete for $100,000 in equity investment. Known as "The Super Bowl of World Business Plan Competition," the contest first started in 1984. Formed at the request of two MBA students at the time, the Moot Corp. Competition initially intended to offer MBA candidates the same type of experience that the "moot court" experience offered law school students. Today, the event attracts graduate school teams from all over the world who pitch their business plans to prominent VCs and business leaders.

Businesses ranging from biotechnology and health to art equipment and supply have been successful at the Moot Corp. Competition in the past. The 2003 winning business plan came from the team from Kidsmart Corp., representing the University of Georgia. A smoke detector with a voice recording in it, the product is designed to wake children with the sound of their parents' voices in the event of a fire.

Still, even teams that don't go home with first prize often go on to build successful companies. "It really is an institution that's a win for everybody involved," says Gary M. Cadenhead, director of the Moot Corp. Program. "Even if a team doesn't come home with the first prize, they've improved their skills and gotten feedback from knowledgeable judges." If you're interested in participating in the Moot Corp. Competition, slated for May 4 to 7, 2005, go online for application deadlines and additional information.

Serving a different community is the Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurial Network (PTEN), formerly the Triad Entrepreneurial Initiative. Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, it was started in 2001 to encourage entrepreneurship and economic development in the 12-county North Carolina Piedmont Triad region. PTEN sponsors business plan competitions for plans in three rounds of development. The Spark Competition is for the concept stage, offering six prizes of $1,500 each. The Verge Competition is for preliminary business plans, offering three prizes of $10,000 and three of $2,000. Finally, the Fuel Competition is for comprehensive business plans, with a grand prize of $50,000 in cash, 12 months of incubator space, and training and mentoring. (Runner-up teams vie for prizes of $20,000 and smaller increments.)

The contest is open to anyone who lives, works or attends school in the Piedmont Triad region with startup or expansion plans for businesses with high-growth potential, says Sheila Lyons, PTEN executive director. Existing businesses with headquarters in the region are also eligible to participate, as long as they fall under the revenue and employee limitations set by PTEN.

Like the university-sponsored contests, the competition offers participants an invaluable chance to get real-world feedback on their business plans from renowned experts while competing for cash prizes. "You need to get out there and make contacts," says Lyons. "You need to network. You need to talk to other entrepreneurs about what's worked and what hasn't."

The PTEN program also offers educational courses that teams can take to prepare for the competitions. And when it's all said and done, the final presentations make for an exhilarating scene. "It is such a thrill; it's just the most exciting thing to be standing there at the podium and announcing the winners," says Lyons. "The energy, the excitement . . . Even if you're not one of those top six winners, you get so caught up in it. This is a fabulous world."

Each PTEN competition stage has different application deadlines starting in the fall. Log on to for more information.

Eyes on the Prize

  • Do investigate competitions on both the local and national levels to see which ones would be a good match for your venture. Check out past winners' business plans to get a feel for not only the structure and content of plans, but also the types of businesses represented.
  • Don't overlook the business plan arena just because you're not a graduate student. Even if there isn't a contest in your area that's unaffiliated with a school, experts suggest contacting business schools and contest directors who might be able to point you in the direction of student-led teams looking for experienced businesspeople to add to their management teams.
  • Do take advantage of the pre-contest seminars and mentoring options available to enhance your business plan and improve your presentation.
  • Don't be discouraged if your business idea doesn't fall into the technology or biotech arenas. Though many business plan competitions garner a large percentage of plans from these industries, successful companies can be built in any industry, from arts and entertainment to transportation or pet care.
  • Do go into any competition expecting to be inspired. You're going to be surrounded by some of the brightest minds in the world who are steadily mounting the business revolution of tomorrow. Just soak it in.

A Winner's Walk

Winning the 2001 USF Business Plan Competition was exciting for Tyler Bennett and teammate Felix Schupp. Their business plan for PhysicianPal Inc., a business services provider for physicians and surgery centers, won them that year's first prize of $1,000.

The whole competition and aftermath was a learning experience for the pair. While winning gave Bennett, 34, and Schupp, 29, great exposure, the connections they made helped them navigate the brutal VC environment of 2001. "We ended up getting additional feedback from one of the judges, who [became] our friend afterward," says Bennett. While the VCs liked their plan, they weren't readily dishing out money during that time, a fact reinforced by their new friend and former judge. So the business partners went forward, building the company on their own to get to the stage where they had a proven product with proven customers.

The competition itself, notes Bennett, was a good jumping-off point to get PhysicianPal where it is today. With deals currently in the works, the San Francisco company could gross as much as $1 million in sales this year. Looking back, Bennett says, "It definitely got us motivated. A month later, we incorporated and started working on software development. It validated what we were doing."

Whether it's through a university or a local business initiative, a business plan competition can be just the inspiring forum entrepreneurs need to launch their ideas into the stratosphere. From the seed money to the indispensable business and venture contacts, participants in such events often come away with a renewed vigor for entrepreneurship. "Entrepreneurship, in whatever form, is alive and well," says Cannice. "It's nice to see we have a lot of passionate engineers and scientists and cooks and chefs and artists. It's exciting to see everyone come together. But what it boils down to is: Who's really excited about what they're doing? Who's willing to take the time to build an organization that can do something that's not just neat, but [also] something that can actually make money and do well under competition?"

The SBA has gotten into the business plan revelry, launching its first-ever youth entrepreneur business plan competition. Originally conceived as part of the organization's 50th anniversary celebration, it was created to breed an increased focus on young entrepreneurs. Held during the SBA's May 2004 conference, SBA Expo '04, and organized by the SBA and the National Entrepreneurship Association, the competition accepted business plans from entrepreneurs enrolled in colleges and universities.

Fifty finalists were asked to compete at the Orlando, Florida, event; plans ranged from an urban greeting card company to an international cell phone rental company to the winning plan--a travel and concierge company. The winning team and runners-up were recognized by the SBA at an evening reception and also received prizes from contest cosponsors such as Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and Office Depot.

The veteran entrepreneurs in attendance were impressed. "They really appreciated the opportunity to meet with young, bright minds that are going into the challenging and compelling world of entrepreneurship," says Jack Bienko, deputy associate administrator for strategic alliances at the SBA. "We expect that there were some friendships and mentoring relationships struck during the conference."

The SBA intends to continue the program and is planning for next year's competition; details hadn't been set at press time. Go to for more information.

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This recipe was my first attempt making scones, and my mother's first exposure to eating them. She said it was her favorite part of our Christmas morning breakfast. I have made them two Christmases for her. They bake perfectly on the Silpat mat. The first time I divided them into 4s instead of 6s as I was worried about them being small and the jam leaking. It was fine, so the next year I made them smaller. I sprinkled them with "sugar in the raw" before baking. That turned out nicely. I have also done hzlnut/choc chip.

kcjorj from Kansas City / 08.14.13
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I made these for a brunch and everyone raved about them. One guy said "this may be the single most delicious thing I've ever eaten". I had no trouble with the jam oozing, possibly because I made them the night before and cut them when they were still pretty cold with a very sharp knife. I also used toasted pecans instead of hazelnuts because I had some on hand. I used one of those double layer cookie sheets so had no trouble with the bottom overcooking. Really great scones!

kjnewell from Seattle, WA / 02.14.11
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I've made this recipe twice now, and both times got rave reviews! However, I have found that it's far less work to make the scones without the jam and to simply serve it on the side. When you fill the scones with the jam, you can't stuff enough of it in there to make a flavor impact -- it just seeps into the dough, leaving you wanting more on the side anyway. That said, they're beautiful and tasty and I plan to make them again and again!

blairef from Boulder, CO / 04.05.10
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I'm glad I wasn't planning on sharing these with anyone. They were really yummy, but turned out really ugly, slicing the rounds. The tops slid to the side because of the preserves. Next time I will definitely make the scones individually, placing a thumbprint of preserves in the middle and sealing the edges. The scone is sweet and moist, not dry at all, and the preserves are a wonderful counterpoint. These are a wonderful treat to wake up to in the morning.

vintagesoul from Los Angeles, CA / 12.06.09
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Cookin' up a storm says: Quite possibly the finest scone outside of England I have ever had. Texture was quite pleasing even though I didn't use cream but 1%. NO lie,1%! They were moist but not soggy nor heavy. Yes, the stick and a half of butter was neccessary. Can't imagine a scone without it. I finely ground my hazelnuts so they were more mealy and thus easier to work the dough. I smoothed the jam as instructed and I forked the top layer around the edges to prevent oozing. I did pre cut but even so, they were so close together, I had to leave in a few extra minutes as the ones in the center weren't quite done after 16 minutes. I made 12 small vs. 6 large and dusted the tops with powdered sugar immediately after removing from oven. Dear Lord they were tasty and didn't need even a dollop of clotted cream on the side. As good as it gets in my book.

cookinupastorm / 02.22.09
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These may have been the best tasting scones I have ever made. They were very flaky with all of the butter and cream. I use a scone pan that perfectly sizes and shapes the scones... these actually stuck to the pan because they were so fragile. They tasted great though. Obviously with the scone pan, you don't have to cut the rounds...just shape into balls, dip a well in the center, and place the jam inside, then seal the edges. I will probably make them the same way next time, just forget the scone pan.

A Cook from Fort Worth, TX / 12.27.08
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I test-drove these today in preparation for making them for a baby shower. I followed the recipe as is (except I halved the ingredients). Note, I did not refrigerate the dough/scones, just baked them straight away. I made heart- shaped individual scones and had no problem with the jam oozing out. My only problem is that I baked for 15 mins, and the bottoms had already browned, but the center was still just a little undercooked. I think I need to lower the temp. a bit (maybe to 380?) bec my oven gets very hot. But a delicious and easy scone. Will def. make for the shower!

mgregori from Arlington, VA / 02.09.08
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The flavor was terrific, but I, too, had trouble with the jam oozing out, which made the appearance suffer. Otherwise, this is a 4-star recipe.

A Cook from South Pasadena / 01.24.08
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These were nice enough, but I wouldn't try them again. The raspberry-hazelnut flavour combination is very good, and it's nice to have a bit of a hazelnut crunch in and on the scones. I cut the raspberry filling by 1 Tbsp to reduce spill-out while baking. The dough itself was a bit too rich and "cookie-ish" for me (I blame it on the cream and generous amount of butter used).

A Cook from Toronto, ON / 01.06.07
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Very, very good. Used toasted, chopped pecans in place of hazelnuts. Followed the lead of others and made two discs. Had the same issue with the filling oozing out once I cut the discs. Will try making individual scones next time. Easy to prepare and the results are wonderful.

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Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Onions with Rosemary and Parmesan Reviews

Bon Appétit November 2002

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Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Onions with Rosemary and Parmesan recipe

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An inspired mix of ingredients in a savory sweet potato dish. This can be prepared four hours ahead and rewarmed in the oven 10 minutes before serving.

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Well, made a booboo. Cooked the potatoes and onions at home and transported to my mom's to reheat before combining with parmesan and rosemary. Got busy with other things and let my onions burn. Went ahead and added the parmesan and rosemary and tossed the onions out. Guess what? My family loved it! Not sure if it is the onions that make it not a good leftover, but what few potatoes were left were awesome!

risalea / 11.29.14
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My absolute favorite sweet potato recipe - I've been making it for about 5yrs now. Only thing I'd pass on is to eat it all when you serve it. It does not make a good leftover.

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We loved this side dish. We made it all in one pan with no problem, using jar garlic and very thin onion. Added fresh rosemary and cheese as directed at the end. Very easy to make after work with left over sweet potatoes-took less than an hour.

A Cook from Evanston, IL / 01.24.12
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Really good and easy. Put it in the oven just before started serving appetizers for my dinner party and it was just perfect in time for main entree.

A Cook from Livingston, NJ / 11.26.11
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I'd cut wayyyy back on the salt. Mine came out too salty even though I used only 2tsp of salt. I'll try only 1 tsp next time and add more after it's done if needed. Taste was great...complex w/ the roasted onions and rosemary. Also cooked using duck fat instead of olive oil for a double whammy :-) I mixed the sweet potatoes and onions problem with them getting dry at all w/ the fat and onions sweating juices in the pan. I actually had a hard time getting crusty skins on the sweet potatoes so ended up cooking it at 400F half the time (45min so more than recommended already) and even fired up the broiler for a few minutes.

kenyee from Boston, MA (BSP) / 04.06.11
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made this several times for dinner parties, and it is always a hit. we love love cheese, so always more than suggested amount.

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I made this recipe for my annual Thanksgiving dinner with family and friends, here in Holland. Since some guest had never eaten sweet potatoes, it was exciting to see what they thought. They liked the taste of this recipe. It is a lovely savory dish, that appealed to all. I must admit I did read the reviews and took some of the comments to heart. I just roasted the sweet potatoes and the onions together. I also added the rosemary prior to roasting. Lastly it did take a little longer to cook than stated, so I added an additional 10 minutes on baking time. I highly recommend this dish.

A Cook from Expat in the Netherlands / 11.30.08
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Delicious! Easy.

A Cook / 11.28.08
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Good flavours but the sweet potatoes became very dry as they sat for about 30 minutes before serving.

swisschef from Tokyo / 11.09.08
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I followed this exactly. After many years of searching for a savory sweet potato recipe, I think this might be The One.

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Steak au Poivre with Dijon Cream Sauce

Bon Appétit September 2000

Emeril’s, New Orleans, LA

3.5/4 fork user rating

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At Emeril's, in New Orleans, Emeril Lagasse prefers sirloin steaks for this.

YIELD: Makes 4 servings

  • 2 16-ounce 3/4-inch-thick sirloin steaks
  • 9 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • 4 teaspoons coarsely ground black peppercorns
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 cup minced shallots
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 1 cup canned beef broth
  • 1/4 cup whipping cream
  • 1/4 cup brandy

Sprinkle steaks with salt. Spread 2 tablespoons mustard on each side of each steak. Press 1 teaspoon pepper on each side of each steak. Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add steaks and cook to desired doneness, about 5 minutes per side for medium-rare. Transfer steaks to plate; tent with foil. Add shallots and garlic to skillet; sauté 15 seconds. Stir in broth, cream, then brandy and 1 tablespoon mustard. Boil until thickened, 2 minutes. Spoon over steaks.

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  • Calories666
  • Carbohydrates7 g (2%)
  • Fat45 g (69%)
  • Protein48 g (96%)
  • Saturated Fat17 g (85%)
  • Sodium720 mg (30%)
  • Polyunsaturated Fat2 g
  • Fiber3 g (10%)
  • Monounsaturated Fat21 g
  • Cholesterol193 mg (64%)
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Just made this for Valentines dinner. Of course I added whole mushrooms immediately after onions. Otherwise followed recipe to the letter (obviously 1 tbs mustard not 9). Loved it. Sauce was wonderful, steaks were great. ( whatever will not let me give 4 forks?)

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White Chocolate Frosting

Bon Appétit June 1996

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This recipe was created to accompany Chocolate Strawberry Orance Wedding Cake .

  • 36 ounces good-quality white chocolate (such as Baker's or Lindt,), chopped
  • 5 8-ounce packages cream cheese, room temperature
  • 3 cups (6 sticks)unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup Cointreau or other orange liqueur

Stir 18 ounces white chocolate in top of double boiler set over barely simmering water until melted and smooth (do not let top pan touch water). Remove from over water; cool to barely lukewarm.

Using electric mixer, beat 2 1/2 packages cream cheese and 1 1/2 cups butter in large bowl until fluffy. Gradually add melted white chocolate, beating to blend well. Add 1/2 cup liqueur in 4 additions, beating to blend after each. Reserve remaining ingredients for second batch of frosting.

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  • Carbohydrates16 g (5%)
  • Fat32 g (49%)
  • Protein3 g (7%)
  • Saturated Fat19 g (96%)
  • Sodium128 mg (5%)
  • Polyunsaturated Fat1 g
  • Fiber0 g (0%)
  • Monounsaturated Fat8 g
  • Cholesterol73 mg (24%)
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This is really a terrible recipe. The cautions in the other reviews about consistency are right on the money- it's ridiculously thin. The flavor is great, but it's an expensive waste of ingredients. The cake it goes with, however, is easy and wonderful.

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new age eggplant parmesan

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This is a recipe that deconstructs the basic ingrediants in this staple Italian dish and puts them back together in a healthy and more visually appealing way. Can be combined with a crusty bread and a side salad to make a meal.

YIELD: 4-6 servings

1 large eggplant
1 red bellpepper
1 yellow bellpepper
1 tomato
1 small yellow onion
2 cloves garlic
Fresh Parmesan Cheese
Basil for garnish
Salt, pepper, paprika powder
Olive Oil

Wash and trim eggplant. Cut into circles about ¼" thick, leaving the skin on. Place eggplant rounds on a flat surface and sprinkle with salt. Set aside for 15 minutes.

Deseed the tomato and the peppers. Chop up the tomato, bell peppers, onion and garlic, into ¼" x ¼" cubes. Combine in a bowl. Add ½ teaspoon olive oil, paprika, salt and pepper, mix well. Mince the fresh basil (about 5-6 leaves) and add it to the mix.

Set the oven to 350 degrees. Wash off the salt from the eggplant rounds and pat dry with a paper towel. Place eggplant on oiled cookie sheet and brush with olive oil. Bake for about 10 minutes till eggplant starts getting a little soft. Remove from oven and spoon over vegetable mixture onto the eggplant rounds, about 1 tablespoon per piece. Sprinkle generously with parmesan cheese. Put back into oven for another 10 minutes, till vegetables are cooked, and the cheese has melted.

Remove and serve immediately.

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My first Wacom painting. It was actually commissioned without a background but I couldn't leave it THAT empty for my own gallery.

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I like very much ur art.Kep it going!

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Patrice is a One of a Kind Mermaid. Sculpted from Puppen Fimo over a wire armature.

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Wow, beautiful sculpture! It's very realistic looking, the skin looks so smooth and the color is just right. I love how you did the hair and all the rest too..just awesome work!

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At Chicago’s Soldier Field Today (Home of the Chicago Bears football team) local business leaders, laborers and construction workers rallied in a caravan of construction equipment to urge the federal government to stop job loss and to move quickly on the reauthorization of SAFETEA-LU.

A caravan of idle construction equipment including a motor grader, rough terrain forklift and hydraulic scissor lift, fired up their engines and took their message to Chicago-area locals and visitors around the city’s museum campus with banners saying “It’s Time To Start Us Up USA!” and “The recession is a construction equipment depression.”

The rally was part of the Start Us Up USA! effort, a nationwide grassroots campaign of the construction equipment industry and their allies.

“The construction equipment industry is in a deep depression and we have lost 33,000 jobs in Illinois and 37percent of our workforce nationwide the past few years,” said Toby Mack, president and CEO of Oak Brook, Ill.-based Associated Equipment Distributors (AED), at the rally.

Dennis Slater, president of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), also noted at the event, “More jobs are at stake in Chicagoland, throughout Illinois and across the country as time is running out for the men and women of the construction and equipment industries without long-term federal transportation investment.”

AEM and AED are co-leading the Start Us Up USA! campaign.

Illinois is among the ten hardest hit states in the nation, according to new research released by IHS Global Insight in September. While the recession abates for some sectors of the U.S. economy, the construction equipment industry remains stalled, according to a written statement from AED.

Since 2006, the state of Illinois has lost nearly $9.5 billion worth of economic output from the construction industry. The research also foun the following

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Diane Benck, vice president of general operations for West Side Tractor Sales Co. in Naperville, Ill., attests to the challenges the industry is facing.

“Industry-wide sales have decreased 50 percent since its peak in 2006,” Benck noted. “This is the first time we’ve seen conditions this poor and it has been difficult to watch the toll this recession has taken on our employees.”

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> > do it. Well, I can characterize one circumstance pretty well.
> > I write lots of user interface code, and the path/name is the
> > identifier used to communicate with the human being. So for
> example,
> > the CapEdit app on CapDesk wants to know the name of the file so it
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> Here is a glib answer, and a ramble, for further argument:
> The application should not need to know the name of the file.
> In the case of one-window-one-file document editors, this is
> simple enough; let the system UI layer -- CapDesk in this
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> In more complex cases where the application works with file
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So, there is indeed a glib problem here, and a couple that are non-glib. The glibness problem is, of course, the dependency of this solution on characterizing during api development all the uses of file names that user interface designers will need 5 years after the api is deployed. My plan for argumentation on this point is, every time someone says, "hey, we'll just add something special to the ui for that special purpose you just mentioned", I will deliver only one more example of yet-another requirement for a special solution, until people get tired. Today, my additional one is, my application is going to send a rich-text message that has a file attachment embedded in one of the paragraphs, and I want to show the contextual path in the embedded location (as programmer of the view on the recipient end, I the best info I can get on the file path is the designator I get from the file, since my user hasn't assigned a pet path yet). Of course, my rich text widget is supplied by the api, and since the api designer was wise enough to allow me to both read and write my rich text widget (otherwise I would have to maintain all the structure info myself and duplicate all the structure info the widget is holding, such as where the line wrap currently is in the current resizing of the panel), this one little piece of the rich text widget must be kept opaque.

Now the non-glib problems are, suppose someone managed to characterize all uses so well you could put them in the api. The best case is, it would make the api a lot larger, a lot more complicated, and a lot different from any ui toolkit ever seen before. You have just created a big barrier to entry.

Can it get worse? Well, suppose you've made this big barrier to usage, but because of a staggering and mysterious change in human nature, the system gains popularity despite it. Do programmers use the file api? No, of course not, it is too complicated. What they do is, every app stores its "files" in its own private space in a custom-built directory system (like Google Docs and Sheets) so that the app can handle its files and its names easily. This blasts all hope of interoperability with other apps to smithereens, but that is a secondary problem compared to making the app able to quickly and easily fulfill its own purposes.

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'Gilly will blast back with the bat' - Healy December 1, 2006

Haddin puts pressure on struggling Gilchrist

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Adam Gilchrist must bounce back with the bat this summer or risk intense scrutiny on his place in the Australia team, according to his predecessor Ian Healy. Gilchrist, who made a third-ball 0 in the first Test against England, has made only one Test century in the last 18 months.

Healy said while Gilchrist was a great player and was likely to strike form soon, Brad Haddin was doing everything in his power to push his name in front of the selectors. Haddin averaged 51.41 in the Pura Cup last season and kicked off 2006-07 with a score of 139 in his second match.

"Brad Haddin is putting big pressure on him and keeping supremely," Healy told the Sydney radio station 2KY. "If [Gilchrist] doesn't bounce back in this series, we can appreciate that he is in decline I'd reckon, because you know, Adam Gilchrist doesn't fail. No great player fails for too long if their mind is on the job."

But Healy said it was premature to say Gilchrist was on the wane, despite the fact that since the start of last year's Ashes series in England, Gilchrist has played 18 Tests but has passed fifty only three times and averages 25.84, well below his career average of 48.33.

"I'm pretty sure he is not at his peak with the bat but I don't think we can say decline just yet," Healy said. "Gilly, no he's not in decline. He'll blast back into our minds. He made 130 in 90 balls [for Western Australia two weeks ago] against Queensland. He can do that in Test cricket."


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City edged their crunch meeting with United at the Etihad Stadium on Monday night thanks to Vincent Kompany's headed goal in the final moments of the first half.

That result ensured City lead at the summit on goal difference with two games of the season remaining, but, in spite of having their fate in their own hands, Mancini is wary of complacency.

"It is not finished," the Italian said. "If we think it is finished, we will be making a big mistake. United are the favourites.

"They have easy games. They play against Swansea and Sunderland. We have two strong games, Newcastle and QPR. One plays for the Champions League, the other for relegation.

"It is important that we are on the top now but it is more important to be there after May 13."

United failed to muster a shot on target during the match, leading to suggestions Sir Alex Ferguson's side were overly negative in their tactics.

Mancini said: "It was important for them to play for a draw because the championship would have been finished. We played better. We deserved to win but it was difficult because they had all the players behind the ball."

Of a topsy-turvy battle for the title, in which City only recently trailed the Red Devils by eight points, Mancini added: "Football is crazy.

"It is important to always believe in yourself when you have a bad moment. We were on the top for 28 games and I think we deserve another chance.

"But in two games, anything can happen. It is enough for my players that they remember six weeks ago and we were four points ahead of United. In two games we lost everything. Up to now, we have done nothing."

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Chelsea scored three times in the final 11 minutes Tuesday to get its Champions League defense up and running in earnest against Danish side Nordsjaelland.

Juan Mata continued his amazing recent form with his third goal in three games but it took a superb free kick from David Luiz to open the floodgates as Mata and Ramires sent the European champions top of Group E.

Before that, there were as many questions as answers at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen as Chelsea almost let another lead slip two weeks after blowing a two-goal advantage to draw the Blues' opening match against Juventus.

"It's difficult to win away in the Champions League. We're pleased," said Chelsea manager Roberto di Matteo. "We got a clean sheet, another one, and scored four goals. Who knows? Hopefully some more will come away from home."

Frank Lampard returned to the starting XI for the first time since then, captaining the side in the absence of the rested John Terry.

The 34-year-old cleverly set up Mata's opener and led the visitors well, although doubts remain over whether he could form an effective midfield shield with either Ramires or John Obi Mikel.

"They were a bit of an unknown but we know they played good football and we had to bide our time,'' Lampard said. "We put the hard work in and all the goals came at the end.''

It was almost exactly a year since the first cracks in Lampard's relationship with former manager Andre Villas-Boas began to emerge after his game time was similarly rationed.

But, unlike 12 months ago, there was no visible sign of disaffection from the England star tonight, with di Matteo proving a far better diplomat than his predecessor.

Lampard's recall made perfect sense against a team Chelsea was expected to beat almost regardless of selection and tactics.

The gulf between the sides was further emphasized by the fact Nordsjaelland was unable to get anywhere near selling out what was arguably the biggest match in its short history, having switched its Champions League matches to the national stadium.

Di Matteo Monday night described this game as Chelsea's biggest of the group and it certainly started as if it meant business, Jores Okore hitting his own post clearing Oscar's cross, with Victor Moses poised to nod home.

Fernando Torres also made a hash of beating the last defender after a lucky break and Lampard sent Mata's cross over the bar.

Sloppiness soon crept in as Nordsjaelland, whose possession game soon got going, had a couple of sighters before a desperate lunge from Ashley Cole prevented Kaspar Lorentzen turning in John's cross.

Nordsjaelland continued to make errors, one from Ivan Runje playing in Torres, who fired at the legs of Jesper Hansen.

And it was a mistake Chelsea punished ruthlessly in the 33rd minute, Torres robbing Enoch Adu and finding Lampard, who showed great vision in feeding Mata to slot home.

Nordsjaelland continued to play as if they had nothing to lose but Torres should have put them in their place a minute before the break when he shot straight at Hansen after being put clean through by Oscar.

It was a similar story after the restart when the Spaniard was beaten to another Oscar ball by the goalkeeper but the first real shot came from John, who fired just wide after sidestepping Ramires.

Moses had the ball in the net moments later but the goal was rightly ruled out for his foul on Michael Parkhurst.

Nordsjaelland then assumed total control as Mikkel Beckmann sent a looping header just over from Okore's long ball, Petr Cech only parried Nicolai Stokholm's swerving 25-yarder and Beckmann screwed Parkhurst's cross wide.

Chelsea withdrew Moses for Eden Hazard and Nordsjaelland sent on Mario Ticinovic for Nordstrand and it was the home side's change which almost paid off when Cech brilliantly saved John's curler onto the post and Cole was on hand to block Beckmann's rebound.

The visitors hit back and Runje was lucky to see only yellow for a shocking tackle on Ramires, Oscar lashing the ball home after the whistle had gone.

Mata wasted the free-kick but when Chelsea got another 11 minutes from time, Luiz swerving a vicious shot in off the inside of the near post.

It was game over three minutes later when the champions' best move of the match ended with a lucky break off a defender, with Mata stroking home.

And there was still time for Ramires to put gloss on the scoreline by tapping home Oscar's cross.

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By Michael Tidemann - Staff Writer , Estherville News

Emmet County is exploring the option of sharing a county engineer with Palo Alto County, Emmet County Board of Supervisors chair Alan Madden told the board Tuesday.

Madden said Palo Alto County supervisors Ed Noonan and Linus Solberg would like to discuss sharing an engineer. He and supervisor Tim Schumacher planned on meeting with them later in the week.

Madden said the Iowa Department of Transportation had asked that Emmet County demonstrate taking some course of action on replacing the county engineer and that county can only share with adjacent counties. He noted that other counties sharing an engineer were Worth-Mitchell, Cass-Adams and Floyd Chickasaw.

Schumacher said it was good to discuss possible sharing.

"I think it's promising," Madden said.

Supervisor Ron Smith noted that the county has continued to provide emergency law enforcement services to the City of Armstrong. Sheriff Mike Martens late last year served notice on Armstrong that he was ending the county's dispatching agreement after Armstrong stopped paying for the services. Martens later notified Armstrong that he was ending the law enforcement contract.

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The Emmet County Board of supervisors has accepted the resignation of county engineer Roger Patocka effective May 11.

Under the agreement, Patocka was placed on paid administrative leave effective Jan. 28 through May 11. The county will continue to pay Patocka his salary and benefits through June 30.

The county also will not contest Patocka's application for unemployment benefits after the conclusion of the severance period.

As specified in the agreement, the county states:

"The resignation of Roger Patocka should not be considered to reflect negatively upon Roger's professional integrity, ethics, competency, reputation or good name."

"It's just incorrect that we're (Emmet County Board of Supervisors) not willing to meet with them (Armstrong City Council)," Smith.

Supervisor Jon Martyr said the county had made an offer that would have cut Armstrong's law enforcement costs by $25,000 and allowed the current chief of police, Craig Merrill, to remain as a deputy.

"I don't like us stepping in there because this is Mike's (sheriff Mike Martens) turf," Madden said. Madden said he had talked to Martens two weeks ago about getting past due dispatching fees from Armstrong paid and that Martens had said he would take direction from the board on the issue.

The board approved and signed the IGHCP health insurance renewal.

The board also took note that a business property tax credit application was late and would be accepted for next year but not for the current year.

The board also approved a request from Relay for Life to use the Courthouse grounds and outside outlets.

Dan Burton, assistant to the engineer, said next week he will meet with Northwest Iowa Planning and Development Commission regarding the 2018 N26 road project from the Palo Alto County line and four miles north.

Burton said he was also talking with Union Pacific Railroad about the Maple Hill overlay project. He also said crews had been out on the roads this past weekend.

Martyr noted calls from Milford and Jackson, Minn. thanking him for the good maintenance of Emmet County roads.

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February 5th, 2013 at 1:00pm by John Spence

The cash outflows in the largest junk bond ETFs such as iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond (NYSEArca: HYG) and SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond (NYSEArca: JNK) have analysts wondering whether the pullback is a healthy correction after a strong rally, or a sign of something more serious in credit markets.

“The sudden downturn in high-yield corporate bonds should give investors a wake-up call,” writes Michael Kahn at Barron’s. “While it is not unusual for any market to pull back after a few months of strong gains, this market’s departure from other so-called ‘risk assets’ could be an early warning that the recent strong run in the stock market is in jeopardy.”

Also, some are questioning whether the soaring popularity of corporate bond ETFs could facilitate a violent downturn if investors rush for the exits at once as interest rates rise.

“[M]utual funds and ETFs together are responsible for a big portion of the marginal flows into corporate credit markets in recent years,” writes Matthew Boesler at Business Insider, citing research from Citi strategist Stephen Antczak. “Mutual funds now account for $1.7 trillion of the market, up 69% from the first quarter of 2009, and ETFs are responsible for $200 billion – up 328% in the same time period.”

The iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond (NYSEArca: HYG) and SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond (NYSEArca: JNK) recorded net outflows of $460.9 million and $347.5 million, respectively, amid last week’s sell-off, and trading volume has been rising. Still, the outflows aren’t significantly large when considering how big these ETFs are, and the massive inflows they’ve attracted over the past year from yield-hungry investors. [High-Yield, Emerging Market Bond ETFs Lead Outflows on Pullback]

Corporate bond mutual funds and ETFs have allowed individual investors to easily access the sector. If Treasury yields rise this year and hurt the corporate debt market, these investors could scale back, “creating forced sellers,” Antczak notes.

“Forced selling is a problem when there is no one else to take the other side of the trade. Making the situation worse is the amount of risk investors in corporate credit have taken on as of late,” Boesler writes at Business Insider.

“If mutual funds and ETFs are forced to sell, particularly given that the Street is still not willing to boost risk positioning, who will take the other side?” Antczak wonders. The answer: “Perhaps no one, at least not until valuations cheapen meaningfully.”

“The recent slide in high-yield bonds should give Wall Street investors reason to be on high alert,” writes Tomi Kilgore for WSJ.com’s MarketBeat blog, referring to the pullback in HYG, the junk debt ETF.

“High-yield bonds and stocks can send different messages over the short term. But when the HYG diverges lower like it has been over the past few weeks, investors have reason to be concerned,” he added. “While the HYG’s fall could be seen by some as cash potentially leaving bonds for riskier assets–potentially a bullish sign–equity investors shouldn’t count on that money finding its way into higher-risk stocks … While the HYG’s recent slide is no guarantee a stock selloff is imminent, bulls who have enjoyed a nice run over the past few months may not want to tempt fate.”

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Services for Nena Lois Snyder, 91, Eudora, were Wednesday, Sept. 19, at First Christian Church, Lawrence. Burial was at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Snyder died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001, at Eudora Nursing Center.

She was born Nov. 8, 1909, in Carl Junction, Mo., the daughter of Robert Lee and Anna Jay Ferguson.

She was a graduate of Pittsburg High School, where she was a member of the National Honor Society. She also attended Kansas State Teachers College in Pittsburg.

Mrs. Snyder moved to Lawrence in 1950 from Pittsburg. She recently had moved to Eudora.

A telephone operator for Southwestern Bell for many years, Mrs. Snyder also had worked as a salesperson for Hillcrest Hardware. She retired in 1974.

Mrs. Snyder was a member of First Christian Church, Lawrence.

She married Grant A. Snyder on Jan. 21, 1939, in Pittsburg. He preceded her in death.

Survivors include a daughter, Janet Snyder, Topeka; a son, Bill Snyder, Gonzales, La.; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

A son, John Snyder, died in 1995.

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Public Release:  Do monkeys know what others need?

If you have seen a child just eat an entire ice-cream, and she begs you to buy her one, what will your reaction be?

Here we ask if monkeys understand the physical needs of others. In order to provide help or share food, it would be useful for them to know what others want or need. Such understanding is probably simpler than an understanding of the other's state of knowledge, known as Theory-of-Mind (ToM). Sensitivity to wants and needs appears earlier than ToM in the development of children. While there is some evidence for ToM in the great apes, such as chimpanzees, monkeys are rarely tested on intersubjectivity (empathy with and understanding of others) since the common assumption is that they are behavior-readers rather than mind-readers, i.e. that they merely react to another's behavior. They may not make any inferences about the internal states of others.

The present study, published in Behaviour, questions this assumption, however, since it shows that brown capuchin monkeys (a large-brained South-American primate) are less willing to share with another if they know that the other has just eaten. This condition was compared with one in which they saw the other not eat or in which the other's interactions with food were obscured from view. The specific withholding reaction of the monkeys suggests that they understood that a monkey who has just eaten does not need any more food. Alternative hypotheses were considered, but the most important one -- that they merely reacted to the behavior or food motivation of the other -- could be excluded thanks to a control condition in which the other had eaten out of view. Under this condition, they readily shared with them. The study provides the first tentative evidence for "empathetic perspective-taking" in primates.

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Public Release:  Gustatory tug-of-war key to whether salty foods taste good

Fruit fly's salt taste sensation strategy may apply to other animals, including humans

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As anyone who's ever mixed up the sugar and salt while baking knows, too much of a good thing can be inedible. What hasn't been clear, though, is how our tongues and brains can tell when the saltiness of our food has crossed the line from yummy to yucky - or, worse, something dangerous.

Now researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the University of California, Santa Barbara report that in fruit flies, at least, that process is controlled by competing input from two different types of taste-sensing cells: one that attracts flies to salty foods, and one that repels them. Results of their research are described in the June 14 issue of Science.

"The body needs sodium for crucial tasks like putting our muscles into action and letting brain cells communicate with each other, but too much sodium will cause heart problems and other health concerns," explains Yali Zhang, Ph.D., who led the recent study as part of his graduate work at Johns Hopkins. To maintain health, Zhang says, humans and other animals perceive foods with relatively low salt concentrations as tasty, but avoid eating things with very high salt content.

To find out how the body pulls off this balancing act, Zhang worked with his adviser, Craig Montell, Ph.D., a leading scientist in the field of sensory biology and now a professor at UC Santa Barbara, and graduate student Jinfei Ni to get an up-close view of the fly equivalent of a tongue: its long, curly proboscis. They zoomed in on the proboscis' so-called sensilla, hair-like structures that serve as the fly's taste buds.

Previous research had identified several distinct types of sensilla, one of which attracts flies to a taste, while another repels them. Zhang loaded an electrode with a mixture of water and different concentrations of salt, and touched it to each type of sensilla, using the same electrode to detect the electrical signals fired by the sensilla in response to the salt. He found that up to a point, increasing salt concentrations would produce increasingly strong electrical signals in the attractive sensilla, but after that point, the electrical signals dropped off as the concentration continued to rise. In contrast, the repellant sensilla gave off stronger and stronger electrical signals as the salt concentration rose.

Zhang said the team realized that the taste receptor cells in the attractive and repellant sensilla were likely locked in a tug-of-war over whether the fly would continue eating or go off in search of better food. At lower concentrations, the attractive signal would dominate the repellant signal, sending a cumulative message of "yum!" But at high concentrations, the repellant signal would overwhelm the attractive signal, sending the signal "yuck!"

To further test this conclusion, the team mutated a gene called Ir76b that codes for a protein they suspected was involved in the action of the attractive sensilla. To their great surprise, Zhang found that loss of Ir76b function caused flies to avoid the otherwise attractive low-salt food. The reason for this, he found, was that mutating Ir76b only impaired the responses of the attractive sensilla, leaving the repellant sensilla to win the day. Looking further into the action of the protein produced by Ir76b, the team found that it is a channel with a pore that lets sodium pass into the taste cells of the sensilla. Unlike most pores of this type, which have gates that must be opened by certain key chemical or voltage changes in their environment, this gate is always open, meaning that at any time, sodium can flood into the cell and spark an electrical signal. "It's an unusual setup, but it makes sense because the local sodium concentration outside taste receptor cells appears to be a lot lower than that surrounding most cells. The taste receptor cells don't need to keep the gate closed to protect themselves from that excess sodium," Zhang says.

Long before we humans started worrying about regulating our sodium intake, it was a problem all animals had to deal with, Zhang says, and thus his research has implications for other animals, including humans. Although animal taste buds and insect sensilla have different makeups, he suspects that the tug-of-war principle may apply to salt-tasting throughout the animal kingdom, given that different species behave similarly when it comes to salty foods. Identifying the low-salt sensor in humans could be particularly useful, he says, as it could lead to the development of better salt substitutes to help people control their sodium intake.

This study was funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (grant number DC007864).

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