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Companies like financial services firm Ernst & Young understand that matching gifts programs aren't just a perk for your staff. Indeed, Ernst & Young doesn't see these programs as a perk at all: rather than a side project, their matching gifts program is an integral part of Ernst & Young's overall strategy.
The matching gifts program at Ernst & Young has tight parameters, rewarding employees for donating only to an accredited nonprofit college or university in the United States. Small donations need not apply - the company only tracks donations over $25 (or $100 for more senior personnel), and the donations to a single college or university must be over $2,500 for a calendar year to be matched. Despite the restrictions, or perhaps because of them, the program has flourished, allowing Ernst & Young to maintain close connections with the accounting and business programs at top American universities.
Companies looking to create a matching program of their own are often at a loss for where to start. Even companies with long-standing matching gifts programs would do well to examine potential improvements. Ellen Glazerman, Executive Director of the Ernst & Young Foundation, the nonprofit that oversees matching donations for Ernst & Young employees, was happy to sit down with us and describe how her company's matching gifts program has thrived.
Here's Glazerman's list of the five ways you can maximize the benefits of your own matching program:
1. Pick a Focus
"Long ago, we decided that we wanted to focus on creating a talent pipeline," says Glazerman. Ernst & Young wanted to support higher education, and it also wanted to create a crop of accountants with top-notch training. From this strategic focus, the current matching gifts program was born. "We are driving specific goals that relate to our strategy," Glazerman notes. "While people will always come to you looking for other ways to give, you simply can't do everything, so it's important to put a lot of thought into where your company decides to help out."
2. Know Your Interests
What philanthropic ventures does your company have a vested interest in? That's the question you must ask yourself as you begin a matching gifts program. For Ernst & Young, "If there's not a pipeline of bright, interested people coming out of accounting and business programs, we don't have a business," Glazerman notes. While Ernst & Young employees are not bound to donate to accounting programs, much of the money is directed that way simply because people tend to give to the places that they came from. Thus, while not every donation will result in a swarm of new, hungry recruits, the lion's share of donations will wind up serving this strategic goal.
3. Automate
Automation makes things easier on your employees and encourages more of them to participate in your volunteer and corporate giving programs. At Ernst & Young, employees need only sign onto a website, enter in their donation and wait for the end of the year. They don't have to spend time trying to figure out how much of their donation is tax deductible and how much qualifies for matching gifts; their giving platform does all of that for them. The easier your matching gifts program is to use, the more employees will want to participate.
4. Include Employee Voices
When asked about the best way to overcome any challenges a matching gifts program presents, Glazerman suggests involving employees. "Everyone needs to feel encouraged to share their point of view," she says. This not only heads off potential employee resentment about how decisions are made; it also allows you to mine all the energy of your engaged employees to find the best solutions.
5. Evaluate Your Goals
Before and after the matching gifts program is up and running, you need to evaluate your goals and progress. "You have to look at what your interests are, but also what you're interested in," Glazerman says. "Maybe your goals have changed," she continues. "Always ask yourself, 'Is this what we want to do today?'" There's one added benefit to evaluating your company's goals with regards to your matching gifts program: "it provides a good excuse to start making changes."
A matching gifts program tends to attract the types of highly engaged employees that every 21st century business is looking for. It also (hopefully) aligns with your company's strategy, allowing you to grow your brand while leveraging strategic resources and making a social impact. The success of your company's philanthropic programs will largely rest on how carefully you consider strategic questions ahead of time. "There are a lot of good causes, but you have to select the best ones for your business in order for them to really pay off."
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Fragmentation of International Law: The Case of International Investment Protection
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University of St. Gallen - Law Department; Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
Published in: Finnish Yearbook of International Law (2008) Vol. XVII, pp. 91-130.
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International investment law has become one of the fastest evolving as well as one of the most contentious issues in international economic law. But whereas much discussion on fragmentation in international economic law until now has focused on the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the relationship between the WTO Agreements and other issue areas of international law, such as multilateral environmental agreements or international human rights law, investment and - issues have been comparatively neglected, though they have become an ever more important problem. This article connects the fragmentation debate in international law with international investment law and jurisprudence with a view to substantive conflicts and possibilities of harmonious interpretation as well as institutional problems.
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Cable upgrades - still a point of contention in audiophile circles. Some people swear by them, and some find them to be a complete waste. There are zealots on each side but many of us fall somewhere in the middle. I've written about this topic several times: once here where I was more on the skeptical side, and then later here where I was more willing to embrace the potential for improvement. Tyll Hertsens recently addressed the topic in a two part series - part 1 and part 2 which generated some interesting comments. My views on cables tend to line up fairly similarly to Tyll's - I don't think I can really prove that I'm hearing anything, and I'm willing to accept the idea that it's all in my head, but I still find it a worthwhile upgrade depending on the situation.


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The Rick Rypien tragedy and how to learn from it
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Last night I received a call from my Brother in law asking me if I had heard about Rick Rypien, which I had not. For some reason I had no desire to be on the computer last night and instead I went to the gym and then flicked between baseball and football. When I received the news, a shot of fear went through me that I can't describe. I had never met the player, honestly I wouldn't know him if had passed him on the street. No the reason for my discomfort had nothing to do with him really, and more to do with me…
All the best to the family. Tough day for all hockey fans across this country. The players are the reason we love the game. If not for thier sacrifices we wouldn't have the passion that we do across this great country. Condolences to his parents and family. OilersNation will miss him on the ice for the Jets.
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Very powerful post Dean! Thanks for bringing light to this very sad situation regarding the passing of Rick Rypien. Thanks as well for pushing for more awareness of this for regular people who are not in the limelight of professional sports.


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I'm wondering what your thoughts are on Rays of Prince Street in NYC? It's closed now but was hailed as the original Ray's and although I have never had the chance to eat a slice from Ray's, rumor has it that it's been one of the best in NYC.
I was only able to make it to Rays on Prince once, but, from talking to other people, Ray's went through a similar descent in quality that Joes experienced. Not the crater that the rest of NY suffered through, but still a drop. The slice I had was solid, but not on par with any of the great slices further outside Manhattan. As you can see from the photo here:http://slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2010/02/where-is-the-original-first-rays-famous-pizzeria-nyc.html?ref=titlethe crumb is looking a lot like a quick, taste impaired fermentation.Honestly, you can certainly continue to tweak your process in search of some ultimate goal, but, as far as NY style pizza goes... your fully on par or better than any of the places you have pictured, and better than 99.9% of the pizzerias in NY. You might even have pizzatown and new park beat. At this point, you're really only competing with yourself. Once you surpass your idols, it can become a bit of a head game, and you can start questioning yourself, but, as long as you have clear goals that you're striving for, you can continue to grow.Btw, what kind of cheese is this? It's hard to judge the cheese with the aid of the extra fat from pepperoni, but it looks a lot like you've got it worked out.
What is the price per LB on the TJ mozz if I may ask?
I do a NY pie with All Trumps, but have my mixing down to 3 minutes with my Kitchen Aid...
FWD: OMG-best pizza ever! Thin crispy crust , great toppings. Over the top! Your best crust to date!! Thx for sharing!
Looks like a mighty fine pie!
Steve, No, it's a Mikey-fine pie .Peter
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Back with a little project this weekend.I've had a brief conversation here in SF with a NY-style pizza shop owner recently and he mentioned the use of yeast & baking powder/soda as a combo, claiming it produces a very light and airy crust. Now, I have heard and read about this combination before but don't really know how to go about it or what percentages we're talking here. I was thinking to start perhaps with a 1-1.5% value for the baking powder/soda but am not really sure. Any help is appreciated.
Essen1, if you're interested I recently made a soft pretzel dough for a "challenge" concept we had on a facebook page. The pretzel was delicious and very simple to make, my recipe was 3 cups bread flour, 1/4 cup of inactive sourdough culture (just for flavor) 1 teaspoon IDY, 1 teaspoon salt, 7 oz. filtered water. It made a damn good soft pretzel and I'm sure you could tweak it for a pizza dough.
Mike,I really dont know what Marcellos pizza tastes like, but many places where I live make pretzel buns for sandwiches. I think they taste like pizza dough crusts in a way and also like a soft pretzel. If you also look up what bretzels are, they are also something like soft pretzels, but are really more like bread.I dont think this will really help you, but DNA Dan and I were playing around with pretzel crust pizzas. I tried one pretzel crust pizza at Reply 41 http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,10286.msg93738.html#msg93738 and DNA Dan also played around with a pretzel crust pizza at Reply 54 http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,10286.msg94463.html#msg94463 in the same thread.This is just a guess, but maybe they might use some kind of malt in their dough.Best of luck in your search for a pizza crust that tastes like Marcellos.Norma
Norma,I've also heard that baking powder has the same effect on the softness of the crust but I have yet to verify that notion.I could be wrong, though.


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Naaman, the Syrian, comes to Elisha to be healed of leprosy—He rejects the prophet's instruction at first but relents and dips himself in the Jordan seven times; he is healed—Elisha refuses to accept a reward—Gehazi accepts a gift from Naaman and is cursed with leprosy.
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2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.
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9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
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11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
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14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan,
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Brock Otten on Bryan Cameron
Kent Wilson
May 02 2010 10:04AM
I referenced Brock of OHL Prospects in my first post on the Cameron signing. I decided to contact Otten recently for a more in depth perspective on the newest Calgary Flame. Brock was kind enough to oblige.
1.) You have written favorably about Cameron on OHL Prospects. How often have you seen him play the last few years?
I'm pretty familiar with Cameron. Over the past three years, I'd harbour to say I've seen him live at least a dozen times, and televised numerous more.
It's not just his size. 5'10 isn't really THAT undersized any more. There are numerous players finding success in the NHL at 5'10 and 5'11. It's the type of game he excels at combined with his size. You don't see too many 5'10 goal scoring forwards in the NHL who score most of their goals right around the crease area. Generally the job of crease crasher is reserved for those 6'3, 200lbs forwards. As Pierre McGuire would put it, "big body presence." Cameron isn't an elite puck handler and while he's a hard worker, he's not necessarily the type of player who's going to go out there and create his own offensive opportunities. He's an opportunist...and a good one at that. But at 5'10, are the opportunities harder to come by?
On top of that, I think there were also a lot of concerns over his play in previous OHL playoffs. He's always been a tremendous goal scorer but in previous years he was often invisible in the playoffs for Belleville. Obviously you can make the parallels about open space around the net becoming harder to come by in the playoffs and Cameron's size. But he's been very good for Barrie in this year's playoffs and in a way has silenced some critics.
The former. Otherwise he would have been picked up last year and not this year. He's got his work cut out for him. Like I said, it's tough for players under six feet to play the role he does at the professional level. He's going to need to get stronger and more agile to help him survive. Adding more sandpaper to his game would really help too. He's a bit of an agitator and he's not afraid to get his nose dirty, but adding a more physical element to his game could really help him find his niche.
I remember Dawes from his time with the Canadian World Junior team and I personally don't see the comparison, outside of the two being undersized goal scorers who aren't afraid to hang out near the crease. But Cameron is a pretty complete player. He's excellent along the boards and on the forecheck. He may not be tall, but he has excellent lower body strength which allows him to cycle the effectively. He's also already a committed defensive player, although I wouldn't call him elite in the area. I also remember Dawes having more skill with the puck than Cameron, and being more creative.
But then again, I'm not really a huge fan of comparisons in most cases. In some ways, I think the lack of comparison for a guy like Cameron speaks volumes as to the difficulty those who play his style, at his size, have at the NHL level. If I'm reaching, I would say a guy like Mark Parrish (at least offensively) in his NHL prime. Not the biggest, but a quality NHL shot, a more straight up and down player. But Parrish was also a very one dimensional player so in a lot of ways, that comparison falls short too.
Absolutely. I think he has NHL downside too...if that makes sense. What I mean is that if Cameron can get strong enough to win battles down low, he has the skill and intelligence to score goals in the NHL. He could easily develop into a top six NHL winger, a complimentary scorer on a line where he's expected to do the dirty work. But he could also develop down a different path. He's got good speed and he's a solid all around player. There's the chance that if his goal scoring ability doesn't translate, he could still be a valuable depth player/energy guy who can chip in offensively.
It was definitely a good signing by Calgary. I know he generated interest last offseason and was at the Phoenix Coyotes training camp, but wasn't offered a contract. Obviously there were other teams looking at him. My guess is that in their viewings of T.J. Brodie, the Flames scouting staff saw enough potential in Cameron to give him that contract, or knew that if they had waited until giving him a tryout in September, that he'd already be snatched up by another club.
However, don't expect this signing to pay off immediately. I could see him having trouble to start and he may even need some time at the ECHL level as he adjusts to the speed and strength of the professional game. Three years from now, when that contract runs out, things could definitely look better.
Thanks again go to Brock for providing such great answers.
Interesting. Sounds like a smart signing to make up for a bare cupboard on draft day: low-risk, reasonable upside.
May 02 2010, 06:39PM
Interesting stuff.
Hockey fans of a certain age will remember that being a junior overage player was a death sentence as far as NHL aspirations were concerned, especially if you weren't a goalie. That has absolutely changed in recent years.
@Kent Wilson
A good shot with a nose for the net? If the stars are aligned this guy could turn out to be the next Mike Camialleri. If not, Cameron sounds like another Kris Chucko or even Dustin Boyd.
Cammy isn't primarily a garbage goal scorer, though. He does a lot of sniping.
Brothers, It doesn't sound very promising. Kent, I would like to know what players your source has watched in the past and personally likes as his favourites? Trying to gage this kid from a Flames stand point and I can't see what the value of this kid would be except scoring. A defence liability doesn't fit with Sutters. Could they have finally realized you can't teach scoring? Also, I wonder if this kid comes from a rich family (i.e. Paul and Mike Comire)?


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I thought it would be nice to take a short break from obsessing over whether or not the Sabres are going to miss the playoffs for the fourth time in six years and when/if the Bills will draft the next "quarterback of the future."
I wanted to point out the tremendous coaching jobs being done by the quartet who oversee the Big Four men's basketball programs.
Joe Mihalich is once again working his magic on Monteagle Ridge. Niagara University wrapped up its first ever outright MAAC title over the weekend which means the Purple Eagles have clinched, at the very least, a berth in the National Invitation Tournament. Niagara will be the top seed at this weekend's MAAC tournament which rewards an automatic NCAA bid to the winner.
In this his 15th season at Niagara, Mihalich has guided 5 teams to at least a share of the MAAC regular season crown and will lead his team into a fifth post season tournament. The Purple Eagles earned an NCAA bid in 2005 and 2007 and played in the NIT in 2004 and 2009.
NIagara was coming off back to back losing seasons and were picked to finish fifth in the pre-season poll due mainly to the fact that Mihalich had a very young team. But a pair of very talented sophomores, Juan'ya Green and Antoine Mason, led NU back to the top of the conference for the first time since 2005.
Green averaged 17 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds while playing an average of 37 minutes a game which is eighth best in the country. Green became the second sophomore in NU history to reach one thousand points in his career and is one of 25 finalists for the Mid-Major Player of the Year award.
Mason led the team in scoring at 18 points a game and became the third sophomore at Niagara to reach the thousand point mark. He missed four games late in the season but the Purple Eagles still held off the likes of Loyola, Rider, Iona and Canisius for the regular season crown.
The winningest coach in MAAC history, Mihalich should get consideration for Coach of the Year honors but there's no question the award should be given to his counterpart at Canisius, Jim Baron.
When Baron was hired by Canisius, I thought it was a great move because he had a track record of winning at St. Francis(PA), St. Bonaventure and Rhode Island.
All Baron did was lead Canisius to the third biggest improvement in division one with 13 more wins than last season. Baron inherited a program that was an embarrassing 1-17 in MAAC play last season and led them to an 11-7 league finish and a five seed in the upcoming tournament.
The 11 MAAC wins are their most since 1999 and the 18 overall wins represent the Griffs highest total since 2001. Canisius had gone 13 consecutive seasons without a winning record in the conference and then Baron showed up on Main Street.
His season highlights include their first win at Niagara in ten years and wins over NU, Bona and UB in the same season for the first time since 2001.
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Baron's son Billy, who transferred to the college to play for his Dad, led the team in scoring and led the conference in assists and should be named All MAAC this week. Like Green at Niagara, Billy Baron is a finalist for the Mid Major Player of the Year honor.
If his father wins the Coach of the Year award, he would be the first Canisius coach to receive the honor since John Beilein back in 1994.
Canisius will play fourth seed Iona in the quarterfinals Saturday at 4:30. The Griffs and Gaels split the season series with the home team winning both times.
Niagara will play at 2:30 on Saturday against either (9)Marist or (8)Siena. The Purple Eagles swept the season series from both the Red Foxes and the Saints.
The work of Mark Schmidt at St. Bonaventure and Reggie Witherspoon at the University at Buffalo should not go unnoticed.
Schmidt resuscitated a Bonnies program that crashed and burned after NCAA sanctions, leading them to the NCAA tournament last season, the school's first appearance since Baron was working the sidelines in 2000.
But Andrew Nicholson went on to the NBA, where he plays for the Orlando Magic and Da'Quan Cook headed overseas for his professional career. The cupboard wasn't exactly bare but that's some pretty sizable shoes to fill. Yet the Bonnies are 14-13 overall and 7-7 in the Atlantic Ten which is the seventh rated conference in division one.
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One of the features of the new Kindle 3 that hasn't received much attention is the tiny microphone at the bottom. Thanks a ton to John Holloway for pointing this out and speculating about what it might mean.
The Kindle Help pages clearly show that there is a tiny microphone lodged between the headphone Jack and the micro-USB port. They include this snippet –
Microphone: Kindle (Latest Generation) is built with a microphone jack. This feature is not yet enabled and is for future use.
Aah … the deliciousness of speculating on what Kindle 3 features the microphone might enable.
Kindle 3 microphone – What cool features might it enable?
There are a lot of potential Kindle 3 features that instantly come to mind –
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- Adding Notes by speaking them out.
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- A voice journal that stores our notes and ideas.
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That's just the tip of the iceberg.
What Kindle Apps will the microphone enable?
We are going to see a Kindle App Store at some point of time – that means we will have developers playing with the microphone and extending what it's used for.
At the minimum we'll get – notes, text to speech (if Amazon doesn't provide it first), voice recording, spoken word journals, voice commands in apps, and perhaps voice activated games. There's also the chance that developers use the microphone in ways we don't anticipate – Karaoke? Another interesting area is using the microphone with sheet music and comparing how accurately you play or overlaying what you're playing with an underlying track.
Note: Kindle Apps currently can't access sound on the Kindle so Amazon would have to enable both the speakers and the microphone for some of these Kindle app ideas to be implemented.
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It's remarkable that in the middle of – adding WiFi, doubling the battery life and memory, improving PDF support, making page turns faster and fonts sharper – Amazon managed to add-in a microphone and lay down the foundation for hands free Kindle reading and Kindle speech to text.
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This success has brought us to this moment — the construction of the Woodrow W. McGlothlin Center for the Arts. This $20 million facility will solidify Emory & Henry's reputation as the regional leader in the arts while it enhances the College's academic program in arts education.
Before construction began on this facility, Emory & Henry was setting the stage by strengthening the learning climate for the arts. In 1997, Emory & Henry created the Division of Visual and Performing Arts, which brought together existing programs in theatre, music and the visual arts. While pulling these programs under the same division, Emory & Henry also enhanced them to provide a greater number of degrees and to create more opportunities for learning and performance.
Since then, the number of offerings and students in each of the departments has grown. The Music Department offers majors in church music, performance and music education. The Theatre Department boasts some 50 majors producing a wide variety of quality performances each year. The Art Department has increased in faculty members and students, while offering courses in digital art as well as painting and three-dimensional design.
With the Woodrow W. McGlothlin Center for the Arts, Emory & Henry hopes to accelerate the growth of its arts programs with additional students and enhanced cultural opportunities for both students and the community beyond the campus. What you are viewing is the beginning of a new era in E&H arts. Enjoy the show!
The Woodrow W. McGlothlin Center for the Arts will lead to increased enrollment, better retention, new revenue, stronger learning opportunities, greater Lyceum curriculum offerings and increased visibility and marketability for E&H.
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Three master chefs of TV fame will help online retailer Rue La La sell cookware.
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Rue La La, a members-only online retailer of lifestyle products ranging from fashion apparel to home furnishings and cooking ware, will debut next week a series of videos featuring celebrity chefs whipping up their favorite recipes. And while learning the cooking techniques, viewers will be able to buy in an online boutique featured adjacent to the video the same pots and pans and knives the chefs are using.
"The celebrity chef curated Sunday Supper series is revolutionizing the cooking and shopping experience by offering access to the tools and tips all in one place," says Michael Mosca, executive vice president, living products. "Through these boutiques, members are able to watch the chefs create the recipe from start to finish and then immediately have access to the elements needed to bring it to life."
The video series begins on RueLaLa.com this Sunday, July 14, featuring Chef Sam Talbot, a North Carolina native who has been voted a Fan Favorite while winning a cooking competition on Bravo TV's "Top Chef" program. Talbot is known for recipes like "Marinated Tuna with Blood Orange and Buttered Toast" and "Coriander Grilled Beef Tacos with Kim Chee and Bean Sprouts."
Talbot will be followed in subsequent videos by Hung Huynh, a Vietnamese-American chef who has also been a winner on "Top Chef" and specializes in seafood dishes; and by Amanda Freitag, who has competed on the Food Network's "Iron Chef" TV program, appears as a judge on the network's "Chopped" cooking program and is known for her Mediterranean recipes prepared with organically grown food sourced from local farmers.
In each Sunday Supper video, the featured celebrity chef will provide step-by-step instructions for preparing dishes, while also revealing special cooking tips and advice on using the proper cookware and kitchen tools, Rue La La says. Each chef will also provide a second recipe that members can view in the online boutique adjacent to the video. The videos are being produced by Todd Camhe Productions, a spokesman for the retailer says.
In addition, Rue La La members will be able to enter sweepstakes associated with the chef videos, with such prizes as personal grocery shopping trips in New York City with Freitag and in the ocean-side village of Montauk, NY, with Talbot. A third prize will be a complimentary dinner for four at The General, an Asian fare restaurant in New York where Huynh is the chef.
Rue La La, No. 76 in the 2013 Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, is owned by Kynetic LLC, a company formed in 2011 following the sale of GSI Commerce Inc. to eBay Inc. Kynetic also owns other properties formerly under GSI, including online sports retailer Fanatics (No. 43 in the Top 500) and fulfillment service ShopRunner.


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Does anyone know how to remove crayon mark and pen marks off the walls? My 3 yr old keeps coloring on the wall and I can't seem to get it off with soap and water. Oh, and what do you guys do to teach your kids to not color on the walls?
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i've heard that the mr. clean magic eraser is good, but i've never used it. we taught our kids they COULD color on walls. we hung some butcher paper on the wall and let them have at it. the only rule is stay on the paper. and then we gave them washable markers and crayons in case of accidents.
hmmmm...we do have rolls of paper that we use for her easel, maybe i should put some of that on the walls!
washable crayons - where did you buy those? i don't like markers, but would be all over washable crayons. we have the regular crayolas and they don't come off the wall.
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My neighbor swears by the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. I haven't used it and was hoping to find something at the food co-op that wouldn't contain chemicals. No luck so far.
I've been very lucky that my two oldest haven't taken to coloring on the wall other than one time for my oldest. She was angry at me when she was probably 6 or 7 and was pouting on the stairs. I didn't think anything of it until days later when I was sitting on the stairs and noticed some itty, bitty writing on the railing that said "I hate Mom." She was so angry at me for not letting her do something, for the life of me I cannot remember what it was, that she could only write on the wall. By the time I found it, we had already talked about what had happened and she immediately erased it. I think she had forgotten it was there!
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Mircofiber cloth
I am two very creative girls- they love art- The magic mr. clean do work well- but I have found the mircofiber cloth work great on geting crayon off the wall. I also found them great for removing scuff marks off my stairs.
One of my favorite cleaning devices- the microfiber cloth- worth the money.
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Good post, my 6.5 year old has taken to writing on walls in pen. We have textured walls. Ugh. Good ideas that I will have to try!
As far as crayons, markers, colored pencils, etc - we only buy washable as well. If someone gets them an art kit without washable - we replace the crayons with washable.
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I'll 2nd the vote for Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. It is pretty chemically but when nothing else works and you have a Picasso who cannot be bothered with drawing on paper- they are a life-saver! Only thing I fould to take red off my walls!
MR Clean Eraser is great on walls,.. I think they are totally man-made but not necessarily filled with chemicals. here is a snopes on it:
There are no fumes or anything like with a spray. they are like magic.
Washable crayons do wipe off better than regular crayons, but there is no guarantee on these things the "washable" is referring to washing out of clothes - not walls. But I buy the washable markers and use beeswax crayons and Magic Eraser removes both from walls (even permanent marker sometimes)
Before my house was on the market and when chuck was about 1 1/2 to about 3 1/2 years old - I let him, even encouraged him, to draw on the walls of his bedroom. I allotted one big wall - the one behind the mattress - and he and I drew all over it, pictures, scribbles, letters and numbers. Then didnt worry about it at all - his room (well our room as I sleep in there alot) we would play "find it" and talk about what we saw in the scribbles.
When we did put the house up - I used 2 or 3 magic erasers and it came right off and we repainted the room. He was okay with it. Recently he has asked to draw on the walls - and we said no, but then found a spot in the basement he could draw on, but he was on to other projects by then.
If you want to go with paper - I think that office supply stores carry humongeous post its - for big meetings where you can stick the paper right up on a conference room wall and write stuff down - they are probably 3 feet by 2 feet - very cool
(HO HO HO I just googled them and they are like 20 bucks each for 30 sheets!)
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Crayola has an amazing resource for removing stuff like this from all types of areas. Some of them are natural, some are not.
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i've used a magic eraser (which definitely takes off crayons and ink & marker & whatever else you can think of.....i have much experience, unforunately). i found that it took the sheen off the paint, though. in certain lights, the wall looks dull where i used it. i used it on top of a kiddie table, too, and it took the poly finish right off. that thing kinda scares me now! i'm going to try the MF towel next time. or...get out the extra paint & touch it up?
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When we purchased our zero VOC paint, we made sure to get extra and they had these great little plastic bottles with sponges on the end, sorta like shoe polish bottles. They had a cap to keep the sponge from drying out, but you just dab it for touch ups. They run about 10, but it is sooo worth it.


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by Joe Buscaglia
posted Aug 18 2014 1:18PM
It's that time of year. The Buffalo Bills have been in training camp long enough to the point in which that impressions have been made on both the coaching staff and front office.
The team has played three of their five preseason games, and with only eight days to go before the first round of cuts, it's also a good time for WGR's first roster projection of the summer. Who makes the cut? Who doesn't? Any surprises?
Let's find out:
Quarterback (3)
EJ Manuel, Jeff Tuel, Thad Lewis
Cuts: Dennis Dixon
- The quarterback group has been the weakest from a depth perspective. EJ Manuel is trying to find the consistency required for the Bills to take the next step. Behind him, both Jeff Tuel and Thad Lewis have failed to discern themselves as the backup quarterback the Bills were hoping for. Tuel has been mediocre and would likely win the job by default because Lewis has struggled throughout all of camp. Don't be surprised if Lewis gets cut and the Bills look to the first or second round of cuts around the league for a veteran backup with some game experience.
Halfback (4)
C.J. Spiller, Fred Jackson, Bryce Brown, Anthony Dixon
Cuts: Ronnie Wingo
- This is as straight forward as it gets. The team still has big plans for both C.J. Spiller and Fred Jackson, and they acquired Bryce Brown and Anthony Dixon in the offseason. Ronnie Wingo will be playing in the fourth and fifth preseason games to try and hook on with another team, or to prove himself worthy of practice squad consideration.
Fullback (1)
Frank Summers
Cuts: Evan Rodriguez
- In this battle, Frank Summers still takes the first-team snaps and is the better blocker of the two. In a run-heavy scheme that gives Summers, who isn't as gifted athletically, the edge in the debate. Evan Rodriguez needed to show he could make big plays out of the backfield, but he's coupled the good (big receptions) with the bad (scuffles, fumbles).
Wide Receiver (6)
Sammy Watkins, Mike Williams, Robert Woods, Chris Hogan, Marquise Goodwin, Marcus Easley
Cuts: T.J. Graham, Kevin Elliott, Chris Summers, Tori Gurley, Caleb Holley, Naaman Roosevelt
- With five spots essentially locked up the sixth receiver position comes down to T.J. Graham, the former third-round pick, and Marcus Easley. Graham has picked it up over the past week or so, but his problems with drops have plagued his training camp and he doesn't offer enough in the special teams category to win the sixth spot. Easley, on the other hand, has shown enough offensively in camp to warrant the final spot, allowing the team to keep his special teams presence on the roster.
Tight End (3)
Scott Chandler, Lee Smith, Chris Gragg
Cuts: Tony Moeaki, Dominique Jones
- The Bills probably really wanted Tony Moeaki to make this roster. Unless he gets healthy enough to play in this week of practice and during the final two preseason games though, it could be the end of the line. The Bills likely want to keep an athletic tight end, and since Moeaki has been injured, Gragg stays on.
Offensive Tackle (4)
Cordy Glenn, Erik Pears, Seantrel Henderson, Cyrus Kouandjio
Cuts: Chris Hairston, Edawn Coughman
- Seantrel Henderson has played his way on to the 53-man roster by showing much more than his actual draft position in the seventh round. Had he not been a second-round pick and instead a fifth, sixth, or seventh-round selection, Cyrus Kouandjio's chances of making the roster would be slim. The Bills are between a rock and a hard place here, though. They can't subject either player to the open market and need the tackle depth behind Cordy Glenn and Erik Pears. Don't be surprised if the Bills experiment with Henderson at right tackle once Glenn proves to be ready to return, but he'll have to show quite a bit in a short amount of time to unseat Pears. Chris Hairston saw his roster spot vanish when his move inside to guard early in camp failed.
Offensive Guard (3)
Chris Williams, Cyril Richardson, Kraig Urbik
Cuts: Antoine McClain, J.J. 'Unga, Jared Wheeler
- The Bills thought both Antoine McClain and J.J. 'Unga had some upside to them heading into training camp, but neither have been able to show more than that potential. Cyril Richardson has played his way on to the 53-man roster, but whether or not he starts at right guard at the beginning the season is up for debate. They might opt to continue to work with Richardson over the course of the first few weeks either until he's deemed ready, they need to replace Kraig Urbik in the starting lineup due to poor play, or a combination of the two.
Center (2)
Eric Wood, Doug Legursky
Cuts: Macky MacPherson
- It's safe to say that Doug Legursky wasn't exactly a fan favorite after starting the majority of games in 2013 at left guard. Regardless, he's the only player on the roster with significant experience at all three interior positions. For that reason, he sticks.
Defensive End (4)
Mario Williams, Jerry Hughes, Manny Lawson, Jarius Wynn
Cuts: Jacquies Smith, Ike Igbinosun, Bryan Johnson
- The final chop off the roster was to remove Jacquies Smith from the 53. He has had a very solid camp, but up against the other final spot finalist (who we'll get to shortly), Smith has not been nearly as productive. With this quartet, the Bills have two sets of defensive ends that are similarly built. Mario Williams and Jarius Wynn are the bigger ends that can set the edge and hold their ground, while Jerry Hughes and Manny Lawson are more of the smaller, quick-twitch players.
Defensive Tackle (5)
Kyle Williams, Marcell Dareus, Stefan Charles, Corbin Bryant, Landon Cohen
Cuts: Alan Branch, Damien Jacobs
- The most notable part of this roster projection is defensive tackle Alan Branch not being included on the roster. There are certain facts regarding his 2014 that one can't ignore, however. First, he signed a contract extension early on into the offseason. After that, though, Branch has not necessarily been in the good graces with the coaching staff. He didn't show up to any offseason workouts, which led to head coach Doug Marrone publicly saying that they haven't even heard from him through the process. Then, at the start of training camp, Branch failed his conditioning test and couldn't practice for the first few days. To top it all off, he has fallen behind on the depth chart to Stefan Charles, Corbin Bryant and Landon Cohen, and didn't get his first action in Saturday's game until the fourth quarter after all of the aforementioned three got some time. Marrone all but confirmed Branch might be in trouble by saying after the game that the defensive tackle is competing for a spot on the roster. With how disruptive both Charles and Cohen have been, Branch is on the outside looking in. Cohen was the last one in, beating out Jacquies Smith for the final spot.
Linebacker (5)*
Brandon Spikes, Keith Rivers, Preston Brown, Stevenson Sylvester, Randell Johnson
Cuts: Ty Powell, Jimmy Gaines, Xavius Boyd
- Due to Nigel Bradham's one game suspension, he will not count against the roster until the week after the team's first game. With that in mind, both Stevenson Sylvester and Randell Johnson make the cut. Sylvester hooks on perhaps only on a temporary basis. They need a fifth linebacker without Bradham available, and Sylvester can be that depth they need. Once available, a flip of Sylvester for Bradham on the active roster isn't out of the question. Rookie Randell Johnson makes the team because of his raw tools and athleticism, but he'll be one of the most common inactives throughout the season.
Cornerback (6)
Stephon Gilmore, Leodis McKelvin, Nickell Robey, Corey Graham, Ross Cockrell, Ron Brooks
Cuts: Mario Butler, Bobby Felder, Kamaal McIlwain, Sam Miller
- Cornerback joins running back as one of the more straight forward positions to predict. The only one in doubt heading into training camp was Ron Brooks, but he has had quite a strong summer.
Safety (4)
Aaron Williams, Da'Norris Searcy, Duke Williams, Jonathan Meeks
Cuts: Kenny Ladler, Deon Broomfield, Jajuan Harley, Derek Brim
- Although he has plenty of college accolades, Ladler's pair of injuries combined with the roster squeeze prevents him from making the roster. The practice squad isn't out of the question, though.
Kicker (1)
Dan Carpenter
Cuts: Dustin Hopkins
- Dustin Hopkins is doing exactly what he can't afford to: sitting out of practices and a game due to an injury. He needs to prove that he can be an asset in the kickoff department, and he isn't doing that by being on the sideline. This week is a big one for Hopkins.
Punter (1)
Brian Moorman
Cuts: Jake Dombrowski
- The only way Jake Dombrowski will unseat Brian Moorman, who is a longtime fan favorite, will be if the younger punter has vastly outperformed Moorman throughout camp and in games. That hasn't happened, so Moorman's stay with the Bills continues.
Long Snapper (1)
Garrison Sanborn
Cuts: None
- The team experimented with both Lee Smith and Mike Caussin as a long snapper at times, but they don't get much better than Garrison Sanborn.
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Down syndrome center helps build social connections
NEWPORT BEACH – A special-needs teen center hopes to teach skills that kids who visit cannot learn at home or school.
The Down Syndrome Foundation of Orange County opens its doors once a month throughout the school year to kids with Down syndrome. The program, at the foundation's headquarters at 1451 Quail St., has drawn 15 to 20 kids each month in its first year.
The late-Sunday-afternoon sessions, called Teen Time, are meant to offer children ages 11-15 lessons on subjects such as cooking and gardening in a nurturing environment with a trained staff and volunteers.
Director of Operations Lisa Fraser said the foundation, which works with more than 80 families throughout the county each month, received more than $1,000 in grants last year to help make its multipurpose room more teen-friendly, adding couches, a flat-screen television, DVDs, a Wii console and a library corner of young-adult books to make guests more comfortable.
However, the program's main focus is teaching social skills that special-needs students cannot practice regularly, foundation officials said
"They may not have had a lot of social opportunities based on family situation or school settings," Director of Education Nicki Presby said. "We work on communication skills they can take out into the community and into their schools. We work on appropriate behavior at a party. We set up a social setting where they are eating and sharing snacks together, working on table manners and conversation skills. We play board games."
Presby said that during ages 11-15, children stop playing with toys and learn how to socialize in groups, either at school or in public places such as a shopping mall. She said parents of children with Down syndrome would not necessarily feel safe letting their children go places by themselves and opt for somewhere nurturing where their child can develop socially.
Jeremy, Fraser's son, has been coming to Teen Time since last year. The 13-year-old Pioneer Middle School student from Tustin said he is excited to be at the center.
"I like hanging out with friends, reading books, having fun, and I love helping my mom do work. I'm very happy." he said.
Marianne Man, leader of 12 Girl Scouts who make up troop 468 in Irvine, said their time spent volunteering at the center teaches them how to socialize with and accept children who may come across as different at first.
"At that age, they hear in school that they bully people who are different," Man said. "I hope these girls will not react in a negative way."
Deborah Lin, of Irvine, said her daughter Michelle, 10, a Girl Scout, has learned so much by volunteering at the center. She took photos of her daughter crushing Oreos in a sandwich bag with the other participants as she learned how to make a "mud and worms" recipe made of Oreo crumbs, chocolate pudding and gummy worms.
"She loves it very much," Lin said. "She learns a lot from the interaction" with kids she would otherwise not get to meet, Lin explained.
Fraser said the foundation hopes to expand the monthly sessions to an after-school club where teens can receive tutoring and work on their social skills at least once a week. How long it takes to get there depends on the funding it receives to provide proper care for teens, she said.
"It takes more than just grants," Fraser said. "We need volunteers, people that will donate their time or things to our auctions, and people to come to our events and take part in the live and silent auctions. The funding is one component of many that are needed."
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