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Saturday, December 25, 2010
Merry Christmas everyone!!! I am sending you huge amounts of love, sparkles for your heart...and a huge dose of "you are not alone"....I'm with you in spirit...no matter what happens or is happening today..."it's okay"....I am sending hugs, love and if I could I'd have the biggest Christmas celebration with everyone!!!
Off to finish opening presents and to go make homemade hot chocolate!!!
CHECK BACK ON MY KANDEELAND BLOG to see pics from our Christmas Day LATER! YAY
CLICK HERE: www.kandeeland.com
HERE's A present that I hope makes your Christmas a little brighter with some laughter from my sister!!!
Candy canes, hot chocolate, and hugs bigger than any tree you've ever seen..from me to you,
you KANDEE KANE
And may the love that entered the world, this day we are celebrating, fill your heart with love overflowing!!!
36 comments:
- Unknown said...
Merry Christmas Kandeeee :D Sending best wishes from Brazil ♥ God bless you and your family :) xo
- December 25, 2010 at 11:55 AM
- bella cyn said...
Merry Christmas! I love the sisterly love in the blooper video.
- December 25, 2010 at 11:56 AM
- .freak fly on me. said...
Feliz Natal!!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE your rings!!! =D
Blessings from Brazil! (also!)
Talitha - December 25, 2010 at 11:57 AM
- elarievay07 said...
Lol!!! You two girls are so Beautiful and Fun!! reminds me of me and my sisters(: well Merry Christmas♥ LOVE THE FEATHER EARING by the way :D
- December 25, 2010 at 12:02 PM
- natalie said...
Merry Christmas! God Bless!!
- December 25, 2010 at 12:11 PM
- Jay said...
I love you two together!! Best wishes and a merry christmas from Norway ;)
- December 25, 2010 at 12:19 PM
- Sencillamente Kyra said...
Merry Christmas !!!
- December 25, 2010 at 12:57 PM
- Unknown said...
"I wonder if the feathers miss flying" LMAO Priceless - thank you two for the laughs! Merry Christmas!
- December 25, 2010 at 1:39 PM
- Unknown said...
Merry christmas and I am keeping you and your fam in prayer!
- December 25, 2010 at 1:52 PM
- Unknown said...
You two are just like my sisters & I. We goof off all the time. Sisterly fun is always the best! You two are a riot. :)
Always love your vids, even the goofy ones! Have a holly jolly Christmas Kandee & family!
Hugs from a not-so-snowy Denver!
Anjolie <3 - December 25, 2010 at 2:16 PM
- Unknown said...
Merry Christmas, sweet Kandee! I love your pink X-mas tree!!
Lots of love!!
Catanya - December 25, 2010 at 2:38 PM
Hey Kandee! I love your tree!
I spread the good news about the brushes on my blog!
Hope that's okay! I just had to share it with my other fashionista friends! - December 25, 2010 at 3:17 PM
- Unknown said...
Dear Kandee,
I've had a VERY difficult year, I thank you for the love, lightness and laughter, it brightens my day and brings a smile, which makes everyone more lovely.
Lynda - December 25, 2010 at 3:18 PM
- Unknown said...
Pinky tree, lol, how much fun! Thanks for sharing your sparkles!
It's hearfelt (& I think I'm not wrong) to say that we all wish a truly wonderful 2011 for you & the fam. It's not very common to see someone who cares like you do, so positive & for real. Well, you deserve the bestest of the best :)
Warm hugs and chocolate nougat from Madrid - xxoo - December 25, 2010 at 3:52 PM
- Viva La Kristin said...
I loved the video! Can't wait how the rest of it will be.
Will you be doing christmas/new years make up??
Merry Christmas Kandee! Have a great holiday.
Love, Kristin - December 25, 2010 at 4:08 PM
- NatalieLaura said...
Hahaha how cute I could hear one of your adorable kiddos whisper "I need to go pee" :DDD
- December 25, 2010 at 4:09 PM
- Alma Erica said...
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU TOO KANDEE AND UR WONDERFUL FAMILY! Im glad this year i just subscribed to everything of u lol i absolutely LOVE ur videos they make me happy, i never knew there would be ppl like u so kind and full of a happy heart but im sure glad your u, Keep doing what u do cuz ur amazing at it ur beautiful and talented and i wanna say thank u cuz guess what? Im getting the brush set from Crown brushes for xmas (still needa get here tho lol) Im soooo excited! :D yaaaaayyyy
Hope ur day is wonderful and keep a smile on.
Cant wait to see when ur baby girl is born <3
smiles - Alma M. :) - December 25, 2010 at 4:27 PM
- Unknown said...
You too beautiful. Have heaps of fun with your loved ones
Merry Christmas
xox - December 25, 2010 at 4:27 PM
- InsanityZw said...
Merry Christmas Kandee!!!
I love your messages, they make me smile ^^
Best wishes and lots of beautiful gifts for youuu, You're an amazing artist and a gorgeous person *-*
Health and prosperity for you!
Merry Merry Christmas ♥ - December 25, 2010 at 4:53 PM
- niea999 said...
I can't say more than anyone here so.. Merry Christmas Kandee !! and Merry Christmas everyone !!!!
- December 25, 2010 at 5:12 PM
- Krisztixx said...
Tiffany is sooo funny! haha
thanks so much for both of you, this video made me laugh so hard XD MERRY CHRISTMAS TO BOTH OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES! <3 - December 25, 2010 at 5:26 PM
I had a super lousy day to go on top of a super lousy week but your blooper vid with your sister made me laugh so hard. Thanks for sharing and making my Christmas day a little brighter. I hope you and your entire family had a wonderful Christmas day!
- December 25, 2010 at 5:40 PM
- Mayo76 said...
Thanks for sharing. I really LOVE your videos.
I feel like you were part of my family. Don't worry, I'm not a stalker :-D
Love and MERRY CHRISTMAS from Spain. - December 25, 2010 at 6:13 PM
- Alli Mack said...
Kandee! Omgz u inspired me to not mask my emotionsand be a confident and honest girl! I admitted my feelings for my best guy friend and now we r dating! I culdnt b happier in my life! U r the best and inspire so many young girls like me! Huge love and remember jesus is the reason for the season!!! <3
- December 25, 2010 at 8:25 PM
- Megan said...
I love your tree, it's so cute!! ^^ We couldn't one this year, but I'm definitely going to decorate a Kandee pink tree for next year. :)
- December 25, 2010 at 9:13 PM
- Bebe said...
I wrote about you Kandee! Let me know what you think please. The title is Inspiration!http://notjustanotherbrunette.blogspot.com/
Thank you! I love and adore you and your family
Brandi - December 25, 2010 at 10:19 PM
- mhauger said...
kandee, you and your sister are so funny. i love all your videos. i try to keep up on your new videos the best i can. your videos have helped me with alot of things.
- December 26, 2010 at 1:03 AM
- Jane said...
Heyy Kandee! Merry Christmas to you too!! And your cute family!:))
I also have one question which i was just thinking about... Where is your boyfriend? I haven't seen him in any of the recent pictures... not that this is any of my business but i was just wondering if everything is okay between you two? I hope it is..:) Love, Jane x - December 26, 2010 at 5:11 AM
- Camilla said...
Merry christmas everyone!
Or "God jul" as we say in Sweden :)
thank you for all the sillyness, I really needed that yesterday, laughed really much at the bloopio ^^
Love from Sweden/ ♥Camilla - December 26, 2010 at 5:30 AM
- diamondsareagirlsbestfriend said...
merry christmas everyone ♥ :D
loved that vid kandee :) where are part 2, 3, 4... etc? hahahaah :P - December 26, 2010 at 6:00 AM
- Fab said...
Hi Kandee,
I love your blog and your make-up tutorials are amazing. I watched one a couple weeks ago and have been using your tips throughout the holiday season! Thank you so much!! Hope you had a very merry christmas!
http://foodartbaby.blogspot.com - December 26, 2010 at 10:21 AM
- The Wirt Family said...
U two crack me up! Makes me wish I had a sister or that my sister in-laws were closer geography wise! Happy Holidays Kandee, and we love your videos. I think it's great to see you laughing and having fun! You are a very hard worker and it's fun to see you let loose with your sis!
- December 26, 2010 at 1:21 PM
- Christy said...
I ADORE the pink tree!
- December 26, 2010 at 6:48 PM
- Unknown said...
Your sister is a riot! I am loving the pink Christmas tree.
- December 27, 2010 at 8:40 AM
- Ariel2010 said...
Sending hugs and love right back. God bless you and youre family.
- December 28, 2010 at 4:39 PM
- evon7686 said...
LOL, i loved this video. The laughter and joking around is great.
And of course i love the pink tree.
I got a hello kitty purse just like yours for christmas!!! But mine is the black and hot pink one. I love it!!!!! Thanks so much for recommending it.
Best wishes, happy holidays, and have and amazing end & beginning to the year!!! - December 29, 2010 at 1:09 AM


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Can classes yield a billion-dollar bracket?
So, about that billion dollars.
Warren Buffett looks at his offer to pay $1 billion to anyone who fills out a perfect NCAA tournament bracket as nothing more than a matter of having the numbers in his favor.
Mathematicians say he's right. That's still not stopping them from building a cottage industry by teaching bracket-fillers how to make the impossible seem possible - or a little less improbable.
Around a half-dozen college professors are offering special classes to teach people the ins and outs of the numbers that will, inevitably, work against them. And there's one website - takebuffettsbillion.com - that says it will send a unique, statistician-crunched bracket to anyone who signs up, with the promise that all those in on the gig will split the money if one of those brackets is the winner. (As of Monday, about 9,000 people had signed up.)
''I'd love to demystify all this,'' said DePaul math professor Jeff Bergen, whose expertise has been in demand this month. ''The math involved is quite simple and can be done in a high school class. What blows people away is the magnitude of the numbers. You look at the number `9 quintillion' and it's hard to wrap your head around it.''
There are a few more than 9.2 quintillion combinations for a 64-team bracket. A quintillion is 1 million times 1 trillion - a 1 with 18 zeros behind it. If every possibility were filled out on its own sheet of paper, the weight of the paper would be 184 trillion tons - more than 500 million times the weight of the Empire State Building.
To help whittle the odds, math professor Tim Chartier of Davidson College held a seminar. For $100 a head, he offered a class last week touted as 90 minutes where you could ''learn how to craft an NCAA basketball tournament bracket from a master, and let mathematics boost your chances of creating the perfect bracket.''
Over the past few years, Chartier's system has helped a handful of Davidson students finish in the top 2 or 3 percent in different contests, including one run by ESPN, which gets more than 1 million entries. His system weighs a number of variables, including records, strength of schedule and, most notably, how teams are currently playing. (That last factor is one the NCAA selection committee leaves out of its seeding considerations.)
''The key to it is not necessarily doing some amazing thing that nobody's ever done,'' Chartier says. ''The key is weighting it but weighting it with an ability to identify when a team is strong.''
At St. Joseph's, alumnus Joe Lunardi, who is widely credited with creating the ''science'' of bracketology, offered a $99 course in which he shared some of his trade secrets. The final exam involved filling in the names of the teams on a mock bracket. (Lunardi himself probably would've gotten an A-minus: He nailed 10 of the top 12 slots, but, like most people, never saw North Carolina State making it and SMU left out.)
The University of Cincinnati business school offers a class that meets three Saturdays before Selection Sunday. Professor Mike Magazine teaches the history of the NCAA tournament and also how to go through probabilities and game simulations to come up with a winning bracket.
''The life lesson,'' Magazine says, ''is that we make a lot of decisions that are the right decisions, but the outcomes don't always come out the way we planned.''
Buffett is betting on that.
Quicken Loans paid Buffett's holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, an undisclosed amount to insure the billion-dollar payoff. Guesses are Buffett received anywhere between $1 million and $10 million, and, according to Bergen's calculations, anything more than $1 million would be a very good investment.
Bergen calculates that someone with knowledge of basketball - say, someone with the rudimentary smarts to go with every No. 1 seed in their first game, where they are 116-0 over the last 29 years - still only has a 128 billion-1 chance of being perfect.
Buffett's contest is capped at 15 million entrants, so, Bergen says, if all 15 million sign up and they all have some knowledge of basketball, the odds are still 8,500-1 against a perfect bracket. That's more than a 99.99 percent chance that everyone will get at least one game wrong.
Bergen says you'd have a better chance of buying one Mega Millions ticket and one Powerball ticket and winning both in the same week.
All of which reinforces the fact that about the only sure thing in March Madness is that there are no sure things.
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A US journalist released earlier this week after almost two years of imprisonment in Syria said he was "overwhelmed with emotion" because of the attention he has received upon returning home.
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Pulmonary stenosis is a congenital (present at birth) defect that occurs due to abnormal development of the fetal heart during the first 8 weeks of pregnancy.
The pulmonary valve is found between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery. It normally has 3 leaflets that function like a one-way door, allowing blood to flow forward into the pulmonary artery, but not backward into the right ventricle.
With pulmonary stenosis, problems with the pulmonary valve make it harder for the leaflets to open and permit normal blood flow from the right ventricle to the lungs in a normal fashion. In children, these problems can include:
A valve that has leaflets that are partially fused together.
A valve that has thick leaflets that do not open all the way.
Narrowing of the area above or below the pulmonary valve.
There are four different types of pulmonary stenosis:
Valvar pulmonary stenosis. The valve leaflets are thickened and/or narrowed
Supravalvar pulmonary stenosis. The portion of the pulmonary artery just above the pulmonary valve is narrowed
Subvalvar (infundibular) pulmonary stenosis. The muscle under the valve area is thickened, narrowing the outflow tract from the right ventricle
Branch peripheral pulmonic stenosis. The right or left pulmonary artery is narrowed, or both may be narrowed
Pulmonary stenosis may be present in varying degrees, classified according to how much obstruction to blood flow is present. A child with severe pulmonary stenosis could be quite ill, with major symptoms noted early in life. A child with mild pulmonary stenosis may have few or no symptoms, or perhaps none until later in adulthood. A moderate or severe degree of obstruction can become worse with time.
Pulmonary stenosis is a component of half of all complex congenital heart defects.
Isolated pulmonary stenosis accounts for 5% to 10% of all congenital heart defect cases.
Congenital pulmonary stenosis occurs due to improper development of the pulmonary valve in the first 8 weeks of fetal growth. It can be caused by a number of factors, though most of the time this heart defect occurs by chance, with no clear reason evident for its development.
Some congenital heart defects may have a genetic link that causes heart problems to occur more often in certain families.
Mild pulmonary stenosis may not cause any symptoms. Problems can occur when pulmonary stenosis is moderate to severe and the right ventricle has to work harder to try to move blood through the tight pulmonary valve. Eventually, the right ventricle is no longer able to handle the extra workload, and it fails to pump forward efficiently. Pressure builds back into the right atrium, and then in the veins bringing blood back to the right side of the heart. Fluid retention and swelling may occur.
The following are the most common symptoms of pulmonary stenosis. However, each child may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
Heavy or rapid breathing
Shortness of breath
Rapid heart rate
Swelling in the feet, ankles, face, eyelids, and/or abdomen
The symptoms of pulmonary stenosis may look like other medical conditions or heart problems. Always consult your child's doctor for a diagnosis.
Your child's doctor may have heard a heart murmur during a physical exam, and referred your child to a pediatric cardiologist for a diagnosis. In this case, a heart murmur is simply a noise caused by the turbulence of blood flowing through the narrowed pulmonary valve. Symptoms your child exhibits will also help with the diagnosis.
A pediatric cardiologist specializes in the diagnosis and medical management of congenital heart defects, as well as heart problems that may develop later in childhood. The cardiologist will do a physical exam, listen to the heart and lungs, and make other observations that help in the diagnosis. The location within the chest that the murmur is heard best, as well as the loudness and quality of the murmur (harsh or blowing) will give the cardiologist an initial idea of which heart problem your child may have. Diagnostic testing for congenital heart disease varies by the child's age, clinical condition, and institutional preferences. Some tests that may be recommended include the following:
Chest X-ray. A diagnostic test that uses X-ray beams to produce images of internal tissues, bones, and organs onto film.
Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG). A test that records the electrical activity of the heart, shows abnormal rhythms (arrhythmias), and detects heart muscle stress.
Echocardiogram (echo). A procedure that evaluates the structure and function of the heart by using sound waves recorded on an electronic sensor that produce a moving picture of the heart and heart valves.
Cardiac catheterization. A cardiac catheterization is an invasive procedure that gives very detailed information about the structures inside the heart. Under sedation, a small, thin, flexible tube (catheter) is inserted into a blood vessel in the groin, and guided to the inside of the heart. Blood pressure and oxygen measurements are taken in the four chambers of the heart, as well as the pulmonary artery and aorta. Contrast dye is also injected to more clearly visualize the structures inside the heart.
Specific treatment for pulmonary stenosis will be determined by your child's doctor based on:
Your child's age, overall health, and medical history
Extent of the condition
Your child's tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies
Expectations for the course of the condition
Your opinion or preference
Mild pulmonary stenosis often does not require treatment. Moderate or severe stenosis is treated with repair of the obstructed valve. Several options are currently available.
Some infants will be very sick, require care in the intensive care unit (ICU) prior to the procedure, and could possibly even need emergency repair of the pulmonary valve if the stenosis is very severe. Others, who are exhibiting few symptoms, can have the repair scheduled on a less urgent basis.
Repair options include the following:
Balloon dilation or valvuloplasty. An interventional cardiac catheterization procedure is the most common treatment choice. A small, flexible tube (catheter) is inserted into a blood vessel in the groin, and guided to the inside of the heart. The tube has a deflated balloon in the tip. When the tube is placed in the narrowed valve, the balloon is inflated to stretch the area open. This procedure may be used for valvar pulmonary stenosis or branch types of pulmonary stenosis. Children who have undergone balloon dilation may need to follow antibiotic prophylaxis for a specific period of time after discharge from the hospital.
Valvotomy. Valvotomy is the surgical release of scar tissue within the pulmonary valve leaflets that prevents the valve leaflets from opening properly.
Valvectomy (with or without transannular patch). Valvectomy is the surgical removal of the valve and is frequently accompanied by the placement of an outflow patch to improve blood flow from the right ventricle into the pulmonary artery. Once the individual reaches adulthood, the pulmonary valve may need to be replaced.
Patch enlargement. Patches are used to enlarge the narrowed areas. In subvalvar pulmonary stenosis, an incision is made into the right ventricle, muscle causing the obstruction below the pulmonary valve is divided, and a patch is sewn into the cut edges of the right ventricle to enlarge the area below the pulmonary valve where the narrowing used to be. In supravalvar pulmonary stenosis, the narrowing is in the artery just beyond the pulmonary valve. Patches are sewn into this artery to enlarge its diameter and relieve the narrowing.
Pulmonary valve replacement. Replacement of the pulmonary valve is a surgical procedure that is often recommended in adulthood in the case of leaky pulmonary valves. A tissue valve (pig or human) may be used. Children who have undergone a valve replacement will need to follow antibiotic prophylaxis throughout their life.
Cath lab interventional procedure. When the procedure is complete, the catheter(s) will be withdrawn. Several gauze pads and a large piece of medical tape will be placed on the site where the catheter was inserted to prevent bleeding. In some cases, a small, flat weight or sandbag may be used to help keep pressure on the catheterization site and decrease the chance of bleeding. If blood vessels in the leg were used, your child will be told to keep the leg straight for a few hours after the procedure to minimize the chance of bleeding at the catheterization site.
Your child will be taken to a unit in the hospital where he or she will be monitored by nursing staff for several hours after the test. The length of time it takes for your child to wake up after the procedure will depend on the type of medicine given to your child for relaxation prior to the test, and also on your child's reaction to the medication.
After the procedure, your child's nurse will monitor the pulses and skin temperature in the leg or arm that was used for the procedure.
Your child typically may be able to go home after an overnight stay, provided he or she does not need further treatment or monitoring. You will receive written instructions regarding care of the catheterization site, bathing, activity restrictions, and any new medications your child may need to take at home.
Surgical repair. After surgery, your child will go to the intensive care unit (ICU). While your child is in the ICU, special equipment will be used to help him or her recover from surgery, and may include the following:
Ventilator. A machine that helps your child breathe while he or she is under anesthesia during the operation. A small, plastic tube is guided into the windpipe and attached to the ventilator, which breathes for your child while he or she is too sleepy to breathe effectively on his or her own. Many children remain on the ventilator for a while after surgery so they can rest.
Intravenous (IV) catheters. Small, plastic tubes inserted through the skin into blood vessels to provide IV fluids and important medicines that help your child recover from the operation.
Arterial line. A specialized IV placed in the wrist, or other area of the body where a pulse can be felt, that measures blood pressure continuously during surgery and while your child is in the ICU.
Nasogastric (NG) tube. A small, flexible tube that keeps the stomach drained of acid and gas bubbles that may build up during surgery.
Urinary catheter. A small, flexible tube that allows urine to drain out of the bladder and accurately measures how much urine the body makes, which helps determine how well the heart is functioning. After surgery, the heart may initially be a little weaker than it was before, and the body may start to hold onto fluid, causing swelling and puffiness. Diuretics may be given to help the kidneys remove excess fluid from the body.
Chest tube. A drainage tube may be inserted to keep the chest free of blood that would otherwise accumulate after the incision is closed. Bleeding may occur for several hours, or even a few days after surgery.
Heart monitor. A machine that constantly displays a picture of your child's heart rhythm, and monitors heart rate, arterial blood pressure, and other values.
Your child may need other equipment not mentioned here to provide support while in the ICU, or afterwards. The hospital staff will explain all of the necessary equipment to you.
Your child will be kept as comfortable as possible with several different medications; some of which relieve pain, and some of which relieve anxiety. The staff will also be asking for your input as to how best to soothe and comfort your child.
After discharge from the ICU, your child will recuperate on another hospital unit for a few days before going home. You will learn how to care for your child at home before your child is discharged. Your child may need to take medications for a while, and these will be explained to you. The staff will give you instructions regarding medications, activity limitations, and follow-up appointments before your child is discharged.
Your child's cardiologist may recommend that antibiotics be given to prevent bacterial endocarditis for a period of time following surgery and always for all valve replacements.
Occasionally, repeat interventional cath lab procedures may be necessary during infancy and childhood to stretch the valve open. Replacement of the pulmonary valve may be recommended later during adolescence or early adulthood to prevent complications such as enlargement of the right ventricle, heart failure, and arrhythmias (irregular or fast heartbeats).
Regular follow-up care at a center offering pediatric or adult congenital cardiac care is needed throughout life.
Consult your child's doctor regarding the specific outlook for your child.


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Taylor Swift may own more beach than people thought
At a glance, it sure looks like the extensive sea wall work Taylor Swift is doing along the Watch Hill beachfront is encroaching on what has traditionally been considered the public beach.
For many years, beachgoers have been laying their towels and blankets in front of a vertical cement wall at the bottom of the high cliff over which Swift's mansion grandly presides.
Now, in accordance with a state permit from the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, there is a fresh line of stone rip rap against the concrete, taking up a small strip of sandy beach and impeding some access along the wall, which you could walk next to before, even when the tide was up.
Turns out, though, Swift and her engineers suggest in their application to the CRMC, the old cement wall is well above the mean high water mark, the effective property line for oceanfront land.
In fact, the plans indicate Swift's property extends in some places up to 40 feet beyond the concrete wall.
And if you were to extrapolate from that line, along the beach, it would mean much of the big wide sandy beachfront the public enjoys every summer in Watch Hill is above mean high water and owned by the adjacent homeowners.
This seems counterintuitive because it's not what people usually think of as the high tide line, the part of the beach where a "wet line" is left as the tide goes in and out.
I learned some of this from a CRMC geologist Monday who explained that the legal definition of mean high water in Rhode Island comes from a very specific court case and involves complex calculations unrelated to the vagaries of ocean tides on a beach or the classic "wet line" left behind.
The geologist said she would do more research on the Watch Hill mean tide line, but the submission by Swift's engineers indicate a formal calculation was done and is largely correct.
The Rhode Island Constitution does, however, grant the public the right to walk along the shoreline, to fish and swim.
My education about how little of the beach in Watch Hill may be public was part of a general discussion with helpful CRMC officials, who said Monday that all the work being done at the Swift property is in compliance with permits issued late last year.
The CRMC issued the permit to allow Swift to reinforce the stone concrete wall with bigger stones. A CRMC spokesperson said some of those stones put up against the concrete wall were already on the beachfront, loose, and others were brought to the site.
I also sent along to the CRMC a picture a reader shared with me. It showed a big earth moving machine working in front of Swift's concrete wall, in the water.
Turns out, the CRMC spokesperson said, the box in the permission form granted to Swift for work on her sea wall, the box that says you can't have big equipment working in the water, was not checked. It also looks like the machine was on her property.
I had always heard that the CRMC was ruthless in not granting permission to waterfront property owners to do much, but I got the impression Monday they are practically easygoing.
I also heard Monday from an attorney for Cherenzia Excavation of Pawcatuck, the company doing the work for Swift, who was angry about a suggestion in a column Sunday that the town should have required its own permit for the work.
He noted that the engineers were responsible for getting permits, and indeed they got the CRMC permits they needed.
The lawyer also complained the column, which said big cranes could be seen lifting rocks out of the ocean, made it sound like they were mining rocks from the ocean when in fact they've been importing them from a quarry.
He noted that the distance of the mean high water mark from the cement wall would suggest that the rocks were being moved on Swift's own property, even if they are in the water.
In all of my conversations Monday about the extensive work being done on the Swift property - the CRMC permit estimated it is costing $2 million - no one gave me what I would consider a good explanation for why the town has not required a building permit, which was the substance of the first column.
The lawyer for Cherenzia suggested that the construction the CRMC application calls "128 linear feet of new retaining wall" a concrete structure 3 ½ feet tall, about half way up the cliff, should be considered a part of the existing sea wall. And the town has not required permits for sea wall work, he said.
And yet even the town building official told me last week any new wall more than 32 inches tall and holding certain material should be subject to building permits by the town.
I wonder why any town resident who complies with the rules, pays for a building permit and thereby subjects the new construction to an increased tax assessment, should not be bothered that no town permit was required for a $2 million project, maybe one of the largest construction projects in town right now. And, if there is no construction permit from the town, what do you make of the construction trailer on the lawn, in a neighborhood where trailers would not usually be welcome?
I was hoping Michelle Buck, the Westerly town manager, could better explain why no town permit was issued. After all, you would need a town permit to build a waterfront house, even if the CRMC had given approval.
But Buck, after saying she didn't want to debate the topic, hung up on me Monday.
In that light, the folks at CRMC are practically pussycats.
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UNC beats Duke at Duke (and it doesn't matter one way or the other): I went into last night's UNC-Duke game thinking that, for whatever reason, this year's game didn't have the juice of previous years.
Maybe it was because UNC isn't as dominant in the ACC this season as its ranking might suggest. And certainly because Duke isn't particularly great this year.
The game turned out to be mildly interesting, after all: Despite home-court advantage and an early lead, Duke's inferior talent finally caught up with them and UNC pulled off the win.
I'm not sure it legitimizes UNC as much as people might be saying this morning, because Duke is now merely a .500 ACC team. Winning at Cameron would seem to be big, but if
I know Duke is young, but there are a
Speaking of young, I think UNC is a year away -- if everyone sticks around, which they won't -- from being a real national title contender. Right now, I don't think UNC could beat
By the way, I walked away without changing my overall impression: This year, Duke-UNC just isn't that special. And I suspect that the rivalry has always been overrated: Unless they are meeting in the NCAA Tournament, college basketball's playoff system has always mitigated rivalries.
I'm not disputing that it's a huge, wonderful rivalry. I'm just saying that they never truly play for ultimate stakes. (No, the ACC regular-season and/or conference-tournament title don't count, when both teams are locks for the NCAA Tournament.)
It's not like either UNC or Duke isn't making the NCAA Tournament field with a loss to the other. Compare that to, say,
College basketball's playoff system is the best in sports (there is nothing even close), but except for helping to determine who makes the tournament field, it diminishes the regular season. Including UNC-Duke, which is supposed to be the best rivalry in the sport.
National Signing Day:
No, wait: USC came out No. 1 in the Scout.com rankings.
Hold on: Which rankings to believe? Let's use CSTV's Tom Lemming as the tie-breaker: He has
Ah: It doesn't really matter anyway. The proof is in the number of national titles five years from now.
College Hoops Parity Watch:
John Amaechi Comes Out: Yes, it's a big deal, if only because he's the first NBA player to ever do it -- the NBA's hyper-heterosexual player culture (which, mind-bogglingly, has both homophobic AND racist undercurrents) makes the NFL's uber-manliness culture seem forgiving.
With the book release still a week away, the story is going to get burnt out, but that shouldn't diminish its overall impact. Over/under on the number of awkward blog references to "Not that there's anything wrong with that": 500.
UPDATE: You must read this post by TrueHoop's Henry Abbott. What he said. (Oh, and here's a smart post about it from FreeDarko. Sorry for the delay. I'm catching up on my blog-reading and RSS-feeding.)
More NBA: The Celtics' losing streak reaches 16, and you have to legitimately question if they're even trying anymore or if they are simply (and intentionally) playing for Lottery position. (Guess what: Neither Oden nor Durant will make this team THAT much better.)
Meanwhile, Chris Bosh scored 41 in a Raptors win over the Magic. And the Spurs clobbered the Wizards – let's all agree that Antawn Jamison was obviously pretty damn valuable.
Cowboys interview Jim Caldwell: But it looks like Wade Phillips is a new front-runner (via ProFootballTalk) because ol' Norv doesn't want heir apparent Jason Garrett to be his offensive coordinator.
Now, I'm quite sure that Garrett is as unready to be an offensive coordinator as he is to be a full-on head coach, but you don't actually tell that to Jerry Jones -- who wants Garrett to coach his team... if not now, then eventually.
UPDATE: Looks like Wade Phillips WILL be the new coach. I'll put the over-under on 2 seasons. I have no doubt he is a seat-warmer for Jason Garrett.
They love the NFL in
(Is covering that game in person the biggest sports-media boondoggle of 2007? In any other year? Perhaps. But this year, it's a distant No. 2, behind the undeniable No. 1 of covering the NBA All-Star Game in
Note: I'll be offline all morning, so you might not see your comments posted until later today. I recognize that using comment moderation is annoying and breaks up the flow of any discussion about the topics above. I'm still figuring out how we're going to move forward on that. Thanks for your patience.


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Edgecombe County, North Carolina - County Membership Report (2020)
Exact definitions of "congregations" and "adherents" vary by religious body. Congregations may be parishes, churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, or another site where a religious body has regularly scheduled worship services. Adherents generally are members, children who are not members, and others who are not members but are considered participants in the congregation.
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Religious Traditions (1980 - 2020), Percent of Population
The population of this county was 48,900 in 2020. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (19,317) included 39.5% of the total population in 2020. The adherence rate is the number of adherents of a given group per 1,000 people in the general population.
Note that data collection methods for religious bodies change over time, affecting the comparability of statistics. For further information, see the U.S. Religion Census website at https://www.usreligioncensus.org/.
The 2020 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include data for 372 religious bodies or groups. Of these, the ASARB was able to gather data on congregations and adherents for 217 and on congregations only for 155.
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Peter Hettich is professor for public law. He is researching and teaching in the area of public economic law as well as construction, planning and environmental law. He serves as a director for the Institute of Public Financial Law, Fiscal Law and Law and Economics (IFF-HSG) and leads there the department of economic law.
Peter Hettich is heading, in joint collaboration with other professors of the University of St.Gallen, the Centre for Energy Innovation, Governance and Investment (EGI-HSG), which forms part of the Swiss Competence Centre for Research in Energy, Society and Transition (SCCER CREST). Furthermore, he is member of the Members Board of the Research Centre for Information Law (FIR-HSG). He is also active in further education at the Executive School of the University of St.Gallen (ES-HSG).
With his team, he is researching on and publicizing in economic constitutional law and regulated markets, in particular competition law, common market law, economic and social regulation of enterprises, infrastructure law and law of public utilities and other public entities.
Regulated areas are, e.g., the audio-visual media sector, telecommunication and energy industry, financial institutions, companies in the public health sector and the gambling industry.
An overview over Peter Hettich's latest research projects can be found in the research database Alexandria (HSG). Apart from research, Peter Hettich writes expert opinions for private and public entities as well as for the federal, cantonal and local administrations. Additionally, he works as a legal consultant for VISCHER Ltd (Zurich).
Lastly, he maintains a blog on economic regulation.


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myIDkey is a secure USB device that acts as a hardware password manager. The device authenticates the user with a fingerprint swipe. It talks Bluetooth to your mobile device and you talk to it to get it to display secured data such as passwords. But you can't buy it yet; today they launched on Kickstarter for funding.
Arkami, Inc. today launched myIDKey on Kickstarter, looking for $150,000 of funding and to gauge interest. The device is not yet available for purchase and pricing has not been decided.
myIDkey is a secure USB key that stores passwords and other user data. The device authenticates the user through a fingerprint swipe on a built-in reader. Users can optionally add a sequence of taps on the reader as another authentication factor.
Users can plug the key into a computer where it interacts with myIDkey software to function as a password manager, auto-filling userid and password fields like others. Plugging the device into a computer will also charge the battery in the myIDkey.
Or the user can interact with the device directly by talking to it.
In a demo of the product, for example, a user presses a button on the myIDkey and then says "Chase Manhattan" whereupon the myIDKey displays "CHASE MANHATTAN" and secret data associated with it on a built-in OLED screen.
For interacting with mobile devices, myIDKey communicates over Bluetooth, providing password management using their iOS and Android apps.
myIDkey has several high-end security features. It can be set to erase all secure data after some number of failed attempts to gain access. It can be restored, with proper authorization, from backups on your own local storage, a cloud service like Dropbox or Arkami's cloud. The device itself is designed so that you would have to destroy it in order to open it up and access the internal components.
The company is seeking certification under FIPS 140-2, a standard for secure cryptographic devices required by many government agencies and private organizations.
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Exhibition: Origins of Sapiens Behaviour
When: | Thursday, 10 May 2018 - Friday, 31 August 2018 |
Where: | Off campus Spier Wine Farm, R310 Baden Powell Drive, Stellenbosch, 7603 |
Start time: | 9:00 |
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The Wits Evolutionary Studies Institute and University of Bergen's SFF Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour have collaborated on "Origins of Sapiens Behaviour".
The Evolutionary Studies Institute at Wits in collaboration with the SFF Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour (SapienCE) at the University of Bergen, Norway, have developed an installation of an exhibition, Origins of Early Sapiens Behaviour.
Curated by Petro Keene, Craig Foster and Jos Thorne, the exhibition is on from 10 May to 31 August 2018 at the Spier Wine Farm, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.
It is part of a broader museum exhibition and education programme to be established at the De Hoop Nature Reserve in 2019.
Origins of Early Sapiens Behaviour showcases 25 years of archaeological research in the southern Cape, undertaken by Professor Christopher Henshilwood and Dr Karen van Niekerk and their research team at Blombos Cave and Klipdrift Shelter.
Henshilwood is Distinguished Professor and South African NRF SARChI Chair in Modern Human Origins at the ESI at Wits. He is also director of a Research Council of Norway funded 10 year Centre of Excellence, the Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour (SapienCE) at the University of Bergen, Norway.
Displays of the Origins of Early Sapiens Behaviour have been designed to explore key aspects of archaeological research linked to our human origins and innovations and they illustrate the rich archaeological record of the southern coast of South Africa.
Themes focus on and explore the concept of 'we are all one'. This enables the viewer to engage with the knowledge that Homo sapiens originated from the continent of Africa and promotes an understanding of our common ancestry.
Daily life of Homo sapiens captured on film
Artefacts have been finely replicated and displayed to highlight the fascinating discoveries from the Blombos Cave and the Klipdrift Shelter sites. These comprise 16 display panels including four videos by the filmmaker, Craig Foster.
The videos illustrate the remarkable scientific work of archaeologists and recreate scenes of the daily activities of our early human ancestors, Homo sapiens, who lived in caves along the southern coast of South Africa over 160 000 years ago.
One of the many exciting finds presented is a 100 000-year-old ochre-processing toolkit from Blombos Cave. This find is evidence of the manufacture of red ochre-rich paint that was mixed and stored in the first known containers, abalone shells. The people living in the cave made beads out of tiny estuarine shells, engraved abstract designs on ochre and created intricate stone and bone points.
In the De Hoop Nature Reserve at Klipdrift Shelter, more than 100 deliberately engraved ostrich eggshell fragments were recovered in layers that date from 65 000 to 59 000 years ago. These artefacts provide evidence for early complex behaviour and the capacity for symbolic thought.
Origins of Early Sapiens Behavior showcases replicated engraved eggshell fragments and engraved ostrich egg water flasks as well as replicas of finely crafted stone tools. These are among the earliest remnants of hunting tools and evidence of a highly sophisticated and technologically minded people.
Current genetic evidence and a 'people's history' is portrayed at the Origins of Early Sapiens Behaviour exhibition to educate learners and visitors about their past and instil a sense of pride in our common African origins. Thus, the experience of learning about our early ancestors is enhanced by the 'power of place' – by being situated within the very area in which they once thrived.
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Glossy 8 1/2 x 11 Trifold
I DESIGNED this new gospel tract for my own use. It has a record thirty-one King James Bible verses in it! After passing out tracts for 37 years I finally wrote and designed one myself that I truly enjoy passing out. It has proven to be fruitful and is always received enthusiastically.
It reaches people where most of them are, that is, sitting in front of the TV, dreaming of a happier life. I have not watched TV for over 30 years, but I realize that it is the 'pharmacist' where everyone goes to try to cure their blues. Only Jesus can bring us to the real 'fountain of life. '
THE TRACT quickly takes them to the root cause of their troubles, that is, their own secret sins and their penalty. It then takes them to the solution, which is faith in Jesus Christ, who is God manifest in the flesh, by whom all things were made, who became a man, shed his blood, was buried and rose again for their justification…IF they will receive him as their Saviour.
HERE'S HOW the tract came to be. The setting and characters on the old Andy Griffith TV Show were based upon his idyllic home town, 'Mayberry', NC. Thousands upon thousands of tourists annually still swarm the town...sadly looking for the love, joy, and peace they remember from that program. Our family passes out these tracts to these tourists and they eagerly take them.
WHEN I pass these out at public events, I say, "Have you got yours yet?". Of course, everyone wants to make sure that they get everything that everyone else has gotten! They grab them and even form lines to get them. Your teenagers have never had such an adrenaline rush.
A TOTAL of 10,000 copies of this tract have been handed personally to someone by myself, my family, or close friends of the ministry. We've tested it and it is the most enthusiastically received tract we've ever used. Others around the country have had the same great experience. Friends from around the country have joined us and taken these tracts back to their own town, where they were also eagerly received. Many people have asked that we print them for everyone...so here goes!
A DOZEN merchants in Andy Griffith's hometown, 'Mayberry,' have accepted the free tracts and racks we supply, so the tracts are working, even when we can't be manning the streets. You can do the same thing in your town.
Although I actually made these tracts just for my family, I'd love to see our readers multiply the seed sown in their part of "all the world." There is also a space at the end to stamp your church's contact information.
VERY LARGE volume orders can receive a discount and may have their church's contact information printed on the tract.
JESUS said,
"Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:" (Luke 12:8).
Nothing gives greater joy and satisfaction than offering a gospel tract to others to show them what Jesus Christ has done for us. All it takes is a sincere smile, followed by friendly comment, such as 'Have you seen this yet?' or 'Here's a gospel tract that explains how to be saved through Jesus Christ.'
JESUS said, "…Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15-16). Yet how many "Go"? A good first step would be to 'go' to those who cross our path daily, such as the mailman, the checkout girl at Wally's Service Station Station, or the waitress at Barney's Blue Bird Diner.
A TRACT can easily be slipped in the envelope when we pay our bills. Giving a gospel tract is the easiest method for those who are just beginning to witness for Jesus Christ. But it is not easy to find a gospel tract with enough scriptures to explain the gospel in this post-Christian era. Who is Jesus Christ? Why must we be saved…and saved from what? Have you given your barber a tract?
A FAMILY friend and distinguished businessman, who lives in Atlanta GA, asked the Lord if he'd help him pass out a certain number of tracts every week of his life. Every week the Lord gives him different ideas. He gets in his car and says, 'OK Lord…where this week?' He's in his mid 80s. He's passed them out fearlessly at 'certain' parades, at 'Episcopalian' conventions, and on and on the stories go. Who could say 'No' to a white-haired gentleman in a three piece suit whose face literally glows with the love of God.
ASK THE LORD to help you pass out 50 of these tracts. If you are too shy, you could mail them out. You will have fruit that remains, put a smile on the Lord's face, and have a reward in heaven for obeying the call to "Go…". You will never have so much fun.


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Weekend Confirmed 152 - Aliens: Colonial Marines, Ni No Kuni, Fire Emblem: Awakening
Weekend Confirmed is back for another round of gaming gab. Garnett Lee and Jeff Cannata welcome Nikole Zivalich and Ariel Angelotti to the studio, and they chat about Fire Emblem, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Ni No Kuni, and more!
Love (of video games) is in the air on this week's episode of Weekend Confirmed! Hosts Garnett Lee and Jeff Cannata are joined by Nikole Zivalich and Ariel Angelotti to talk about Aliens: Colonial Marines, Ni No Kuni, Fire Emblem: Awakening, and more! Given the show's late-Valentine's Day recording time, the crew also sprinkles some "Gamer Dating Advice" throughout the show, before bringing it all home with some Finishing Moves.
Weekend Confirmed Ep. 152: 2/15/2013
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Dear All,
I need the advice & wisdom of everyone at Treeleaf regarding the best course to take.
Just prior to my re-joining E-Sangha, I received a list of rules and warnings that I am expected to abide by at all times if I am allowed to rejoin their forums. A few of these are extremely restrictive and, I believe (and many other Zen Buddhist teachers I have spoken to today in the Western Zen world firmly believe), are intolerant and discriminatory. Some are based on false information and narrow (biased) historical interpretations. It is sad. It is silly!
For example, based on an ancient historical interpretation, I would be forced to admit that certain Tibetan, Chinese and Vietnamese lineages are superior, and more historically "true", than any lineage of any priest of any school of Buddhism in Japan, including Zen Buddhism of course. This is based on a old historical interpretation that the only lineages authorized to "officially" ordain died out or were never present in other countries. To give you some context, it is much like Catholic believers asserting the superiority or greater legitimacy of catholic clergy over Anglicans or other Protestants based on historical events during the 16th century Reformation.
Oh, so silly! It is basically a step short of a claim of national and racial superiority for Tibetans and Chinese.
For a second example, I would be forbidden from challenging, in anything I write for their Forum, the "official" interpretation at E-Sangha, and the infallibility of the content of, certain early Sutta's that they have selected. This is not only limited to the question of "post mortem rebirth", but that is one among the central issues. Again, this is just like my being forbidden as a Protestant to challenge the Catholic interpritation of the Book of Daniel.
And you may have thought that Buddhists were beyond arguing over the Trinity and the Virgin Birth?
Oh, if they only realized that this wide and grand universe is big enough to hold everybody!
I do not believe that it would be right for me to rejoin. I do not believe that I can, in all good conscience, agree to these things (it is not that I deny other people the right to believe in them, but they would deny me the right to not believe in them in the way they do). I also think it likely that I will end up saying something, at some point, that they will object to and they will soon kick me out again.
So, I have decided not to rejoin. I am sad.
However, I also believe that certain forms of social intolerance and discrimination can be met with peaceful, non-violent, passive resistance and protest. Therefore, I am doing more than just letting this matter drop (they are entitled to what they believe, but they are very powerful as a source of information in the Buddhist world). I am considering (with some others) initiating a peaceful campaign regarding E-Sangha, uniting several Buddhist schools, under the slogan "Religious Intolerance is Un-Buddhist - PLEASE BOYCOTT E-SANGHA, An Intolerant Buddhist Community".
The campaign would be publicized and organized and talked about across Buddhist Schools, and would include placing banners on homepages, blogs and such that read as above.
I do not believe in violence, I do think we are all entitled to our own beliefs however much others may find them strange, I do not like religious tensions ....
However, I think that this is the right thing to do. I believe that it is fully in keeping with the Precepts, especially with regard to "Right Speech" (maybe the slogan needs to be toned down a bit?).
But, it has effects on all of us, and effects beyond us ... what do you guys think??
Gassho, Jundo


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This weekend, NASA, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, HP and the World Bank, through their Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) initiative, will bring together thousands of people in over 31 locations around the globe to "hack for humanity". Random Hacks of Kindness is a community of innovation that brings together subject matter experts with volunteer technologists to develop open technology solutions to global challenges.
- To learn more, go to open.nasa.gov
- Get involved with the Collaboration Project at RHoK


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Are these coconut truffles? Or mini candy bars/bites?
I wasn't sure what to call them.
They do remind me of a Mounds candy bar, but better in taste and texture.
I was trying to re-create a healthier version of a Mounds bar without all the chemicals;.
I just wanted pure high quality dark chocolate and creamy coconut center.
Oh and of course a touch of salt on top with a roasted salted almond.
It's heavenly I tell you, just heavenly. If you're a big coconut fan, then you simply must make these.
If you like these truffles, come see what else I did with coconut: coconut clusters.
Almost like a truffle....Simple to make. Decadent and addictive.
chocolate coconut truffles
adapted from flagrantdelicia.com
print recipe
100 g sweetened coconut flakes (3.5 ounces)
140 g sweetened condensed milk (4.9 ounces)
a pinch of salt
200 g 70% dark chocolate, to coat (7.5 ounces)
Salted, roasted almonds, optional but wonderful.
Cook notes:
I used salted almonds to place on the tops of the bars before they hardened. I also made a batch using dark chocolate and milk chocolate. Loved them both ways. Keep in mind the dough/candy is very sticky so use wet fingers when molding them into a pan or molding/rolling them into balls. I prefer making these into balls or oval shapes instead of bars. But do what you like.
Combine coconut with condensed milk, add a pinch of salt and mix until smooth.
Refrigerate for 20 minutes to harden up. At this point you can: place the mixture into a small pan and cut out bars after they've hardened OR you can roll them into oval shapes (like eggs) or balls.
I chose the latter since it's a lot easier than slicing them into bars. The dough is very sticky so use wet fingers to mold. After you've molded them into balls or ovals, place on parchment lined trays and put in fridge for at least an hour before dipping into chocolate. I also found it a lot easier to gently freeze them a bit (like 5-7 minutes before dipping into chocolate).
Melt the chocolate in a double-boiler. Using two forks roll/dip the balls in the chocolate, making sure to coat all sides. Place on a rack and top with an almond or two if desired.
When all are done refrigerate until the chocolate hardens.
Should make about 15 – 18, depending on the size you roll them.


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LYON, France – An INTERPOL-led operation against illicit goods trafficking across Eastern Europe has revealed the extent and increasingly elaborate methods used by transnational crime groups to traffic illicit goods with more than 1,400 individuals arrested or under investigation and the seizure of 7.3 million trafficked goods.
The month-long Operation Black Poseidon (May 2012) involved INTERPOL's National Central Bureaus in Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Turkey and Ukraine working with national police and investigators who carried out some 1,700 interventions at commercial locations including markets, as well as at ports and airports, in cooperation with prosecutors, customs and intellectual property crime experts.
Vasyl Nevolia, the Head of INTERPOL's National Central Bureau in Kiev, Ukraine, said: "Operation Black Poseidon was important in removing potentially dangerous and sub-standard goods from circulation. It highlights the need for international police cooperation and what can be achieved through regional and global operations against organized crime networks."
"The success and the increased awareness provided by Operation Black Poseidon demonstrates that the fight against intellectual and industrial property crimes has become a priority for Turkey's police authorities, in addition to fighting terrorism and drug trafficking," said Rafet Ufuk Önder, the Head of INTERPOL's National Central Bureau in Ankara, Turkey.
With officers from INTERPOL's Trafficking in Illicit Goods unit coordinating the international operation both on the ground and at its General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon, Operation Black Poseidon led to the seizure of illicit clothing, toys, foods, electronics, cigarettes and tobacco, agrochemicals and vehicle spare parts worth 123 million Euros.
"Operation Black Poseidon will have dealt a serious blow against the transnational criminal networks behind illicit trade, as well as protected the public from potentially dangerous substandard and fake goods, and raised awareness of the threat these represent," said Simone Di Meo, Criminal Intelligence Officer with INTERPOL's Trafficking in Illicit Goods programme and the operation's coordinator.
The operation was carried out within the framework of INTERPOL's Trafficking in Illicit Goods initiative which aims to identify and dismantle the organized crime networks siphoning billions of Euros from the public purse through the trafficking of illicit goods.
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New School of Cooking - Pro Baking 1 - Class 5: Chocolate
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
We learned about cacao seeds, nibs, and the history of chocolate. We had a chocolate tasting with a bunch of Tasting Chocolates (these are expensive and NOT for baking). My favorites were the single origin chocolates of Michel Cluizel. These chocolates are made from a single plantation, not a combination of many growers.
Hint: The Trader Joe's Pound Plus blocks of chocolate are repackaged high end chocolate from Belgium. Get it. It's yum and way way cheaper. (By the way, you can usually find this chocolate above the freezer and near the little boxes of mini peanut butter cups and chocolate covered sunflower seeds, it is not in the baking section)
We made brown sugar chocolate cupcakes (made with Dutch-processed cocoa) and had a selection of frostings and toppings. So-called "Buttercream" (next week we'll make an Italian Meringue Buttercream - the real buttercream): Vanilla and Chocolate, and a chocolate gananche. We used jumbo cupcake holders to hold a nice topping of ganache.
Chef Carol, our instructor, also demonstrated making a Chocolate Decadence Cake or Flourless Chocolate Cake with a mound of chocolate ganache. The white lines are a combo of powdered sugar and heavy cream. You need heavy cream so you made the texture of the ganache...if you used milk, it would harden.
The next day, I practiced by making the cupcakes again and frosted them with some cream cheese frosting (just for you @justjennrecipes!) The little balls? Those are delicious Valrhona Crunchy 55% Chocolate Pearls (available at Surfas)
Recaps of the New School of Cooking, Pro Baking 1 course:
Baking Therapy: Going back to school
Class 1: Quick Breads
Class 2: Custards
Class 3: Soufflés & Pate a Choux
Class 4: Tarts, Pie, Crisps and Cobblers
27 comments:
- Esi said... [Reply to comment]
I love those pound plus bars. My parents used to get those and break off little pieces for our dessert when I was a kid. So...when are you opening your bakery??
- January 20, 2010 at 9:28 PM
- Audrie said... [Reply to comment]
I did not just try to lick the screen...
- January 20, 2010 at 9:46 PM
- DailyChef said... [Reply to comment]
Amazing pictures! And, thanks for the tip on the Trader Joe's chocolate - definitely going to get some now!
- January 20, 2010 at 11:22 PM
- Sook said... [Reply to comment]
Ah, you're killing me here. I'm craving these delicious chocolate cupcakes!
- January 20, 2010 at 11:42 PM
- Beth said... [Reply to comment]
I always thought that TJs chocolate tasted pretty good! Thanks for sharing the tip.
- January 21, 2010 at 4:35 AM
- Jessica said... [Reply to comment]
Thanks for the tip about Trader Joe's chocolate. I'm always on the hunt for good chocolate at a bargain price. I'm so jealous of both your baking class and your proximity to Surfas. The cupcakes are adorable and I bet they're sinfully delicious.
- January 21, 2010 at 5:05 AM
- CB said... [Reply to comment]
Arrgghhh! Another reason I need to live closer to you. Thanks for the tip about TJ's chocolate blocks. Looks like I'm making another trip to Traders soon. Can I con you to get me some of those chocolate pearls next time you go to Surfas?? ;)
- January 21, 2010 at 6:49 AM
- steph- whisk/spoon said... [Reply to comment]
that is outgrageously good-looking chocolatey deliciousness!! i looove cluizel chocolate! we used at a restaurant i used to work for, and i could never resist having a handful of buttons everytime i opened a new box!
- January 21, 2010 at 6:51 AM
- Memória said... [Reply to comment]
Oh my goodness! These cupcakes look amazing!!! I want some now. I love how you frosted them.
- January 21, 2010 at 10:27 AM
- Federica Simoni said... [Reply to comment]
Complimenti! è sempre un piacere passare a trovarti!!!
- January 21, 2010 at 10:40 AM
- Laurel7221 said... [Reply to comment]
How were the chocolate cupcakes? The best you ever had or are you still using MS one bowl?
- January 21, 2010 at 10:43 AM
- Katrina said... [Reply to comment]
Ahhh, my kind of class--CHOCOLATE! ;)
- January 21, 2010 at 1:17 PM
Seriously.. that has to be the cutest cupcake I've ever seen = ) I love all your tips and your bundt cakes.... I bought a nordicware thanks to you = )
- January 21, 2010 at 2:49 PM
- Chef Aimee said... [Reply to comment]
Wow! I almost took a bite out of my monitor! These are PRO, indeed!
- January 21, 2010 at 5:21 PM
- The Food Librarian said... [Reply to comment]
Laurel, Thanks for stopping by. These cupcakes were different than MS one bowl. These are denser than MS one bowl and they come out flat (good when you make a layer cake). I like both! :) - mary
- January 21, 2010 at 6:18 PM
- Monica H said... [Reply to comment]
brown sugar, chocolate, and cream cheese. The only thing that would make this better is cinnamon. oh heavens!
- January 21, 2010 at 10:16 PM
- The Purple Foodie said... [Reply to comment]
Oh how fun must it be to attend the class!
- January 22, 2010 at 8:16 AM
- dharmagirl said... [Reply to comment]
oh, oh, i want to take this class!
i love the cluizel bars for eating. the concepcion is my favorite. do you know about chocosphere.com ? great website to order premium chocolates from around the world.
thanks for the TJ's tip:) - January 22, 2010 at 8:18 AM
- Mary Bergfeld said... [Reply to comment]
These really look amazing! As a matter of fact your blog is amazing. I stopped by for a look-see and stayed much longer than I had Intended. I'll be back often. I've become a follower.
- January 22, 2010 at 10:36 AM
- Trish said... [Reply to comment]
Hey, that is some baking you accomplished there! Wonderful shots too.
- January 22, 2010 at 1:55 PM
Fabulous photos.
However, I'm heartbroken that there is no recipe so that I can try and make some. - January 22, 2010 at 1:57 PM
- Meandering Eats said... [Reply to comment]
Gorgeous photos! I almost ate my computer screen. I really wish I had time to take a baking course, but maybe this summer or fall... in the meantime, thanks for letting me live vicariously!
- January 22, 2010 at 2:19 PM
- Lucy said... [Reply to comment]
Your class sounds wonderful - a chocolate tasting? Yum! I love all the different chocolate goodies you made, especially the last cupcakes with chocolate pearls. Gorgeous!
- January 23, 2010 at 5:35 AM
- Deana Sidney said... [Reply to comment]
That is one movie-star photo! Hope the class is as great as the product!
- January 23, 2010 at 10:47 AM
- Pam said... [Reply to comment]
These look so yummy. I want one now.
Have fun in your class!
Pam - January 23, 2010 at 12:54 PM
- Di said... [Reply to comment]
*sigh* I really miss TJs, and not just for the chocolate. Your cupcakes look wonderful. And thanks for sharing the tip about making the white glaze with cream--I never would have thought of that.
- January 31, 2010 at 6:46 AM
Oh man, I feel like I've died and gone to chocolate heaven, looking at these pictures!
- February 4, 2010 at 7:35 AM


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