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Date: December 17th, 2016 9:24 AMAuthor: 7LIt's always firm --> in-house from what I gather. So what am I missing? Any fed/state bros here?(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163718)
Lots of D.C. peeps go firm -> bigfed.
It's not as easy to get a job as you might think tho. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163742)
Date: December 17th, 2016 9:33 AMAuthor: 7LSo how can i help myself? What are some good practice areas to make that switch? Currently slated for corporate or government contracts. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163748)
Date: December 17th, 2016 9:41 AMAuthor: Cock McStuffinsBest way is to work for a partner with bigfed experience who still has contacts. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163780)
Date: December 17th, 2016 9:42 AMAuthor: 7Lhow big is the vet preference for attorney positions? from what i gather, it's not as big a factor for attorney hiring. also, how common is attorneys making jump into non-attorney positions? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163782)
Date: December 17th, 2016 10:12 AMAuthor: .,.,...,..,..,.,:,,:,,..,:::,.,.,:,.,.:..:.,:.::,,No vet preference for SES positions, which I assume is what you'd. E interested in (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163951)
Date: December 17th, 2016 9:33 AMAuthor: {(o)} (vagmo)show your work(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163750)
Date: December 17th, 2016 9:37 AMAuthor: 7Li don't know dude, i'm only 2L. my buddies who were lucky enough to cop SA seem to have this biglaw --> in-house mindset. and most lawyers i know in firms are looking to phase out to in-house at this point. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163762)
Date: December 17th, 2016 9:48 AMAuthor: {(o)} (vagmo)what about your buddies who got the best jobs (clerkships) and not second tier jobs (biglol)?(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163804)
Date: December 17th, 2016 9:51 AMAuthor: 7Lkinda split. some waltz into firm jobs. some take DOJ and some other highly competitive stuff. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163813)
Date: December 17th, 2016 11:00 AMAuthor: .......,.............;.;;;...;..;DOJ doesn't necessarily take a ton of new attorneys in all sections. A bunch of people lateral(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164287)
Date: December 17th, 2016 9:34 AMAuthor: '''''"'''''To be fair about 2 million people do it(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163755)
Date: December 17th, 2016 9:45 AMAuthor: .......,.............;.;;;...;..;Uhhh, BigFed at the "prestigious" agencies is highly competitive.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163795)
Date: December 17th, 2016 9:48 AMAuthor: 7Li'm talking in general. of course DOJ/SEC and whatnot are very competitive. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163803)
Date: December 17th, 2016 9:57 AMAuthor: "'"''"''As many people are doing it as is possible. There's a hard cap on the number of fed jobs.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163839)
Date: December 17th, 2016 9:58 AMAuthor: petermanIt's awful (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163842)
Date: December 17th, 2016 10:11 AMAuthor: Summer Babebigfed jobs, even at non "prestigious" agencies are hard as shit to get. it's probably going to get a lot worse under trump because he's draining the swamp. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163939)
Date: December 17th, 2016 10:12 AMAuthor: 7Linteresting to see how trump admin. will impact this. what if i'm willing to relocate to country-side, whatever? doesn't have to be DC-centric. does that change the equation? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32163949)
Date: December 17th, 2016 11:10 AMAuthor: Summer Babedoubtful. i've been hearing about agencywide hiring freezes(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164360)
Date: December 18th, 2016 11:00 AMAuthor: '"""""Cr(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32171291)
Date: December 17th, 2016 10:58 AMAuthor: Paddington BearI went from firm to big fed. Shit is 180. Literally do jack shit all day, 2 hour lunch, afternoon run, etc on payroll. GS-15.
A few gunners are really unhappy here because of "the red tape" and how long it takes to actually accomplish things. I dont understand them. We get paid like 145k a year to play on the internet and return a few phone calls from time to time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164268)
Date: December 17th, 2016 10:58 AMAuthor: "'"''"''How's you get it? D.C.?(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164270)
Date: December 17th, 2016 10:59 AMAuthor: Paddington BearYes. Just applied. No connections at all. Prestigious agency too. Lol @ taxpayers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164274)
Date: December 17th, 2016 11:00 AMAuthor: "'"''"''Wtf. T14 + clerkship?(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164284)
Date: December 17th, 2016 11:01 AMAuthor: Paddington BearYup. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164292)
Date: December 17th, 2016 11:01 AMAuthor: "'"''"''What associate year did you jump?(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164294)
Date: December 17th, 2016 11:06 AMAuthor: Paddington Bear5th yr. to be honest, i was miserable at BIG FED the first few months because i was gunnerish and was annoyed everything took months to accomplish and i had no work. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164327)
Date: December 17th, 2016 11:08 AMAuthor: petermanIt's a good place for a biglaw refugee but if it's your first job and you have no savings and are making like 60k it's awful (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164344)
Date: December 17th, 2016 11:09 AMAuthor: "'"''"''Holy shit shut the fuck up(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164351)
Date: December 17th, 2016 12:53 PMAuthor: CapTTTainFalcon(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32165079)
Date: December 17th, 2016 3:17 PMAuthor: borders (Padre)(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32165996)
Date: December 17th, 2016 11:10 AMAuthor: Paddington BearMaybe but most people are gas 14/15 by age 30(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164359)
Date: December 17th, 2016 11:24 AMAuthor: 7LBut what about that pension? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164425)
Date: December 17th, 2016 11:27 AMAuthor: ,,.,.,...,,,.,.,.,...,,,.,.,Correct, and that's me, perpetually annoyed that I never got to make any real money (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164445)
Date: December 17th, 2016 11:28 AMAuthor: "'"''"''Lol at this. You got off work at 5 or 6 pm every single day plus a pension - you already got a fantastic deal so quit whining. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164469)
Date: December 17th, 2016 11:31 AMAuthor: ,,.,.,...,,,.,.,.,...,,,.,.,3x wk telework too
Rumors are we're going to 4x wk soon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164490)
Date: December 17th, 2016 11:35 AMAuthor: Paddington BearLeave st 5 or 6pm? LOL, im out the fucking door at 4:45 bro.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164513)
Date: December 17th, 2016 11:36 AMAuthor: ,,.,.,...,,,.,.,.,...,,,.,.,My agency makes you "sign in" for 8 hrs. I use a mouse jiggler though that makes my laptop look 'active' all day while I'm teleworking (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164520)
Date: December 17th, 2016 12:50 PMAuthor: Paddington Beargotta keep dat LYNC green! I als block off ridiculous amounts of time so it looks like im "busy" all day, when in reality im managing my fantasy football team. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32165064)
Date: December 17th, 2016 11:38 AMAuthor: petermanI feel you. Friends that are still there are trying to gtfo
One is like 33 and learning to code (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164527)
Date: December 17th, 2016 11:42 AMAuthor: Don Kihotetbf there's a lot to not like
getting in is an opaque seemingly random process
promotion often seems random too, favoritism is rampant , the amount of paperwork, you're basically being groomed to be a mid level bureaucrat
if you have any sort of work ethic it can feel like a scam and kind of a dead end (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164585)
Date: December 17th, 2016 11:45 AMAuthor: ,,.,.,...,,,.,.,.,...,,,.,.,(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164615)
Date: December 17th, 2016 1:58 PMAuthor: The strong and bad smell of the recruit's penis (CharlesXII)How does it feel to know you're the reason America is shit now?(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32165441)
Date: December 17th, 2016 3:05 PMAuthor: Paddington BearNot bad. It's not like if I left the job would go away. The federal govt seems to want people to work here, so it might as well be me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32165902)
Date: December 17th, 2016 3:16 PMAuthor: borders (Padre)JFC what a use of tax dollars - swamp needs to be DRAINED(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32165989)
Date: December 17th, 2016 3:30 PMAuthor: Paddington BearYeah, its a total joke but Trump isnt going to do shit about it. Presidents rise and fall but the covil service remains. Long live the Merit Systems Protection Board(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32166115)
Date: December 17th, 2016 11:22 AMAuthor: DeBlasio's New YorkIs it going to be impossible to get BIG FED now? I interviewed with DOJ the week before the election and haven't heard anything(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164416)
Date: December 17th, 2016 11:27 AMAuthor: Paddington Bearwho knows. I think the gravy train is elaving the station for now, but we will see. Fortunately ARE president elect wants to my agency to do as little as possible so i will have even less work to do. Super excited for baseball season now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164456)
Date: December 17th, 2016 11:27 AMAuthor: ,,.,.,...,,,.,.,.,...,,,.,.,Wait and see
DOJ may be somewhat exempt from hiring freezes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164457)
Date: December 17th, 2016 11:28 AMAuthor: .......,.............;.;;;...;..;There is probably a soft freeze until the transition. Right now they literally have no idea what Trump's initiatives are (Trump doesn't either).
When Hillary was the "likely" candidate, you could have expected things to operate essentially status quo. She would have come up with some new shitlib initiatives, maybe created a new joint task force or some shit, but by and large, she would have continued the Obama DOJ. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32164467)
Date: December 17th, 2016 1:02 PMAuthor: Whiny Republican BitchIf you want to make money, in house is a much better option than bigfed.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32165126)
Date: December 17th, 2016 1:56 PMAuthor: Harvey Spectoras far as DOJ:
right now they are trying to hire as much as possible due to the hiring freeze that they strongly feel will happen. Filling all vacant spots on their roster to make sure they will have people for the freeze but also to signal to the administration that they need these spots so they wont get cut in the future.
However, while the job posts are distributed to the public, they are really looking to hire people already in the Federal System because they can onboard them before Trump can institute the freeze.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32165431)
Date: December 17th, 2016 2:39 PMAuthor: Dux (Dux)it's shit. prole losers from xo are impressed by $120k salaries and love it(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32165661)
Date: December 18th, 2016 10:58 AMAuthor: DeBlasio's New YorkYeah, pRole shitheads living on 260k HHI spending time with their families and friends instead of making it rain. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32171284)
Date: December 18th, 2016 11:03 AMAuthor: '"""""They make 120k doing nothing and teleworking....count me in
Date: December 18th, 2016 11:10 AMAuthor: ,,.,.,...,,,.,.,.,...,,,.,.,Bigfed lawyers are actually some of the most underpaid people in fed govt based on their education levels
The disgusting thing about bigfed are all the GED Shanqiuas who are GS 15 level 'policy' idiots. That's the "swamp" that needs to be drained.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3463183&forum_id=2#32171337)


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areider wrote: > > Any other major concerns with OSIV? I'm interested in any success stories > using managed entities in the web tier and/or solutions to the issues > raised above, as well as any cites in the literature or the spec that > support the OSIV pattern as a best practice for addressing the detachment > 'problem'. > Spring offers an impl of the OSIV pattern as a HTTP request filter since version 2.0, so I think it is kind of proven by usage: http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.0.x/api/org/springframework/orm/jpa/support/OpenEntityManagerInViewFilter.html Right now, we are adding Spring to our own application framework and we will evaluate the above mentioned Spring solution. Best regards, Tobias -- View this message in context: http://openjpa.208410.n2.nabble.com/Avoiding-detachment-aka-Open-Session-in-View-tp6618821p6629723.html Sent from the OpenJPA Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. | |
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American Idol "OWNS" Pia Toscano
Hold the phone! Pia Toscano may not be allowed to release an album with Interscope!
According to PopEater, Pia Toscano is still OWNED by "American Idol," despite being eliminated from the competition last Thursday night. What does that mean exactly? Well it means that despite all of these rumors of Interscope records signing Pia, they are false, to an extent. Yes, Interscope does want to sign Pia Toscano to their label but American Idol's contract strictly forbids that from happening. For the remainder of the show and while the Idol goes out on their Summer Tour, Pia is NOT allowed to do anything. Talk about a killjoy; do you think American Idol's 19 Entertainment will let Pia sign with Interscope?
Something tells me that since 19 Entertainment OWNS Pia Toscano and has first crack at her album deal, they will tell Interscope to get lost. I mean why would they want Pia to be successful on her own? For the sake of American Idol, they better not deny Pia a record deal with Interscope or shit will most certainly hit the fan. People are already up in arms about Pia being eliminated this early in the competition and denying her a career will further add fuel to that fire.
I hope Idol execs allow Pia Toscano to sign with Interscope; if not be prepared for World War III my friends.
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A Community of Heart Breakers…
Yes, it's been a long while since I last wrote. I sat down a few times to do this, but there was never enough time to bang out some worthy words. Finally the time has come!
You wouldn't think a whole community could break your heart… but it's true.
When I started this blog, it was in conjunction with my little vegan chocolate business. Now, 2.5 years since my first post, 4 years since I started the business, there is no chocolate business.
My business was special to me in this context because it was something for me to hang on to when my heart was ripped to threads so long ago.
I wanted to start the first vegan fair trade chocolate company in Canada. I did! And I was one of the few in whole of North America as well. I had a wicked design concept that no chocolatier could touch in this country and my recipes were even better. Aside from a strange reveiw on a webpage, everyone who ate them raved about my treats.
I was obsessed about using packaging that was environmental so I actually designed a box and had it cut from 100% recycled board here in Toronto. Standard and cheap truffle boxes are virgin fibre. It's ridiculous. I also found recyclable sticker stock and compostable bags. It was a tough and frustrating slough dealing with the packaging. But I didn't want to be just any chocolatier. I really wanted to business to reflect my values.
Problem was, it didn't seem like customers with values actually wanted to use their money in conjunction with their values.
I went in with a heads up from two great Toronto vegans who had started vegan businesses. Shoes and accessories. Both now long gone. Toronto is the largest city in all of Canada. Their stores were right beside each other in accessible Kensington Market. Why didn't their businesses succeed?
After a year of spending too much rent in an eco shop that had labour issues I built a kitchen in the basement of the new vegan grocery store Panacea. It was a natural partnership and I still thank Ken and Pam for allowing me to do that and pay the smallest amount of rent any food business could ever hope to spend.
Throughout the years, where we were a mere 2 minute walk from a busy subway stop, both Panacea and my chocolate business struggled. There were ups and downs ("Hey! I got my products into Vegan Essentials!", "Shit they've increased the price of chocolate again.") But in the end, at the beginning of 2012, Panacea had to close, and I had to close along with them. When the cheap community minded kitchens charge $25 an hour – you know you're little food business is destined to fail without a huge cash infusion. Not that it might not have happened otherwise. 2 of 3 wholesalers stopped communication and 2 others who had been interested where also quiet. One of these, a vegan online food distro, ended up closing up a few months after me.
Panacea and I both tired to team up with others to stop the inevitable. I was seeing a business coach for 1.5 years (actually I saw 3!). Something should have clicked, something great should have happened with people who were doing similar things.
What went wrong? Honestly in my case the only thing I could be accused of not doing was becoming a vegan superstar. It seems in this day and age of multiple ways of communication and sending tendrils into millions of households, if you are a private quiet shy person – forget it. If you can't prove daily you are a witty knowledgeable guru your community forgets you exist. I wrote two cookbooks. The first one came out originally in 2003 – it was one of the first vegan dessert cookbooks to come out. I have my email address on all my books. Do people write? No. Do people know the books exists? Not too many. (Certainly no help from the publishers there. But that's another story) Would I love people to email me and tell me how the recipes turned out? You bet!
Anyway, my point is that I made damn good chocolate. I thought for sure my business would do well because I had such a niche. I was the ONLY vegan chocolatier in Canada for some time (My friend Stacey continues to produce great raw truffles and chocolate – Live On Chocolate) In the summer I came out with interesting soy and coconut free ice creem flavours. I even tried reaching out to non vegans who had allergy issues. I had painfully little media coverage despite all this.
So you can blame my failed business on lack of marketing savvy – but I counter with the fact that these treats should have sold themselves…
So here I am at the end of 2012, having spent a year trying to figure out how to continue to make my awesome creations without going into debt, no partnerships working out, looking at a list of possible future careers. Dental technician? Horticulturalist? Technical Writer? They all make me laugh at their absurdity. Not absurd careers by any stretch, but absurd for a born vegan chocolatier 🙂
The month before my business closed I actually made a profit. My partner was talking up my chocolates at work and through this my business ended in the black, due to supportive meat eaters. Ironic, but proof my sweets were scrumptious and had potential.
I want to of course thank every single person who supported my businesses and books. Especially those of you who got me new customers by word of mouth. Thank you to everyone who signed up for my newsletter and that read this blog. Thank you to those who ate my chocolate and weren't even vegan. Thank you to those who gave constructive criticism. Huge thanks to people who gave their time for free or very little. I wish I could have cloned you all!
If you're interested in what I'm up to next that has to do with veganism send a message to this yahoo.com email address and ask to be put on the list: whitebearchocolate
Running through all my posts in the past few years I have to apologize for all the music that has been taken off line. I was relying on Youtube to provide me with these awesome songs that have to do with broken hearts. About half are no longer there. One link has strangely become a video of of 90's hardcore boys pulling a scam on Jerry Springer. Funny for sure, but not what I had in mind music wise! Also I included Jackie Wilson's Lonely Teardrops twice. OOPS! But you have to admit that song is terribly AWESOME!
Broken Heart Vegan Tip #24 While everyone is celebrating their "in love-ness" why don't you just go ahead and celebrate your broken heartedness? A few Februarys ago I made a broken heart truffle for Valentine's day. It was a Boston Creem chocolate truffle – probably the first ever made. It had Bavarian creem flavoured ganache, a piece of vanilla cake and was enrobed in dark chocolate. Ingenious if I do say so myself! You gotta just let it out sometimes, just like this post. "My heart was broken and someone is to blame!" You'll feel so much better, you'll be able to not take yourself too seriously – which is super important when you have a broken heart! If you can emit even the faintest smile about your broken heart you are on the way to recovery. Soon the pain will be gone and you will be able to make a complicated vegan dessert from Lickin' the Beaters 2 without messing up! 🙂
Broken Heart Song #24 I never really got this guy. What's with the purple glasses? Why is his voice so high? Why does he look like my dad without a beard? But this is quite the heartbreak song!
Time to Mend
Well it's a new year.
2010 was a really rough year for me. I had previously thought that 2009 was sucky. 2010 was most likely the worst year of my life. But there was a shining star, amidst the dark night clouds.
And no it wasn't my cookbook! My second cookbook came out in December. That was literally 5 plus years of aggravation for me. So no, that was not the bright shining star that illuminated the dark corners of my life!
Truth comes out – I fell in love in July. Yes. That was a long time ago. Now trust me, I wasn't just flippantly writing these blogs with some sick pleasure. It's not hard to dig up feelings of loneliness and heartbroken-ness even when you are in a wonderful relationship. Sometimes these feelings are just right under the surface. So I was retreating to these crummy (yet sometimes positive!) places in order to keep the blog going.
What happened to me – totally unexpected and out of the blue, a total miracle, can happen to you too. But the last thing you wanted me to do was write about how happy I was 😉
Pain and despair are always right around the corner…
But so is happiness. You just have to have a keen eye sometimes. It doesn't always come the way you figure it will.
Anyhow, despite feeling so different when I first started this blog, my heart still hasn't healed. So I'm still with ya all… but sometimes you gotta shake yourself and take that leap to a better place if you are so lucky to have it offered to you. Mending is hard when you are taking a magnifying glass to all the cracks.
So I've decided that my posts will be dwindling quite a bit. Not quite dead I guess, but perhaps it might be worth your while to subscribe if you are interested in reading the next one in a timely manner!
I want to give my new partner the whole heart, even if there's still some dents and chips that make me want to hide bits of it.
Broken Heart Vegan Tip #23: It will be hard for you to notice a good thing when it comes your way. You will remember past traumas and hurtful moments. You've probably built a brick wall to keep you from being in those situations again. Well, listen to a person who's been there – you've got to throw yourself in. You' ve just got to do it. Don't let yourself become so afraid that you get cold. There's warmth around the corner. Embrace it when it comes your way!
Thanks for reading peoples! I hope your broken heart is mending and I hope you are getting some awesome vegan food into your belly 🙂
Happy United Cheesecake Holiday!
Yes it's been a while. That whole Vegan Month of Food thing had me blogging way more than was comfortable. So I became a bad blogger for the month of Dec. Oh well, you can't expect much from a chocolatier this time of the year.
And what time of year it is? Well… it's United Cheesecake Holiday! Yes, this is really the only holiday we need to celebrate in December. From the 20 – 27th it's all about the cheesecake. Even non-vegan cheesecake. (That's where the UNITED part comes in.) Gifts are frowned upon but homemade or food related are permitted. And… that's about it. No trees, no candles, no weird dudes in weird suits, no angels… it's just about the cheesecake. You don't have to feel bad if you are alone on United Cheesecake Day (December 25) because just as long as you have a piece of delectable cheesecake in front of you you are NOT alone.
This cheesecake recipe is from my new book. Which is apparently out after 3 years. I started writing the thing in 2003, just after the first book was done. You wanna talk broken heart from an inanimate object? Well what happened with this book in all those years has crushed me and dulled my interest in my own creation. It's a story that tires me out telling it, so you won't be reading it here… although it would for sure make a teary eyed entry (I'm exaggerating a little here 😉 )
Double Decker Chocolate Mint Cheezecake
Yield: 8 or 9-inch pie
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1 tub vegan cream
cheese (8 ounces)
1 cup firm tofu
3/4 cup soy yogurt
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
egg replacer equivalent to 2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
pinch salt
2 tablespoons
crushed candy cane
1/4 teaspoon mint
chocolate cookie crust (see below)
1. Preheat oven to 325 F. Melt chocolate in a double boiler
(or a smaller pot on top of a larger pot of simmering water.)
2. Blend all ingredients except candy cane, mint extract and chocolate.
3. Take out 1/3 of this mix. Add the melted chocolate to the 2/3 still in the
blender and blend well.
4. Pour the chocolate into the pie crust. Mix the candy cane and mint
extract into the remaining 1/3 mixture and pour this on top of the chocolate. Bake for 50 min.
chocolate cookie
1 1/4 cups chocolate
cookie crumbs
3 tablespoons oil
Mix together, press into pie pan.
Hopin' you like that lovelies…
Broken Heart Vegan Tip #22: If you are alone during these kinds of holidays it is imperative that you either find people to spend it with, or construct a plan to make the day really interesting, weird, or just pamper yourself. Holidays can break your heart, but you have an enough in your arsenal to fight against it. After all – it's all in your head. All the pressure to have a partner or family during this time of year is mere construction of outside forces. You can be happy being alone. You are awesome!
Oh My It's Pie!
I've never been much of a pie eater because I'm not much of a crust eater. I much prefer the insides to the outsides.
But pie has been playing a major role in my dessert life recently. There's been a pie cooling on the side table every week for the past two months. Pies are a great way to get your mind off your broken heart because you can make a boat load of crust and freeze or refrigerate the dough when you need it. It's easy to defrost, roll out and put some tasty sweet goop in the middle. And the insides you choose are endless. It's a nice thing to think about – all these different kinds of middles available to you.
I haven't gone for anything too interesting or bizarre… but my pie making time is not over yet!
So far I've made:
Sweet Potato (from Lickin' the Beaters: Low Fat Vegan Desserts cookbook)
Apple Crumble
and the surprisingly not overly sweet Chocolate Marshmallow
The pie crust recipe is from the old book you can see in the back of a couple of the pictures. Every time I purge my cookbook collection I set it aside to give away, but the cover is just such a lovely thing I can't do it! The Chocolate Marshmallow recipe comes from this book.
Chocolate Marshmallow Pie
2 squares unsweetened chocolate
1/2 c soy/rice/almond milk
8 Sweet & Sara Marshmallows
1 1/2 c Mimiccreme whipped creme or any other vegan whipped topping
1 prebaked 8″ pie shell (I used a graham cracker crust)
1/2 c toasted chopped almonds
1. Put chocolate, soy milk and marshmallows in a double boiler (or one pot on top another with simmer water on the bottom). Melt it all. It'll take a while. Those Sweet & Sara's are dense little mofos! Cool, stirring frequently.
2. Fold in whipped creme and pour into pie shell. Sprinkle with almonds. Chill.
Broken Heart Vegan Tip #21: I really think that helping others can make your own troubles melt like soy butter. Maybe it's volunteering at a soup kitchen or going over to a new vegan's house to help them cook. Hell, maybe it's doing some Animal Liberation Front work or helping a fellow cyclist who's been doored. It's really endless the way you can give a little bit of yourself just to make the world a better, friendlier and compassionate place. And the funny thing is, it ALWAYS comes back to you in some way.
I went to visit my parents in Aug and picked up my old breadmaker. I haven't used this since 2003! Moving a lot and not having a car to bring the damn thing back to Toronto prevented me from reuniting with this friend.
I say friend because I have been reacquainted with the possibilities and money saving benefits this kitchen item gives me.
A good vegan organic loaf of bread costs anywhere from 5-9 bux in Toronto. Now I can make my own for about $1!
Since warming my little electric baby up to its new home I have made:
Cheese and Onion Buns for your 2 lb bread maker
1 1/3 c weater
3 tb soy milk powder
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp sugar
3 1/2 c Canadian Bread or All Purpose flour or 3 2/3 c American Bread Flour
1/2 c chopped onion
1/3 c cheddar cheeze (I like Sheese strong cheddar or smoked cheddar)
1 1/4 tsp yeast (use 1/4 tsp more if you are using regular non breadmaker yeast)
Set to dough. It'll take about 2 hours.
Shape the dough and let rise half an hour.
Preheat oven to 350 and bake for about 15 min.
If you've wondered what these strange dishes are that you sometimes see in my photos: they are amazing cabbage plates. They belonged to my English grandmother – I think they were made in Japan in the 40's?? I love them so!
Should be called Vegan Month of Joshua
(thanks to everyone for taking part in the "guess what this is" contest. Lots of people were close, but Gina got it right on the money! )
Ok folks, if you haven't heard or figured it out yet – you NEED to be served Joshua Ploeg food!
Living mostly in Canada I have only had the pleasure of attending Joshua's vegan dinner parties twice in my life, but that doesn't stop me from dreaming about them every week!
Joshua is an seasoned punk rocker who keeps the "punk" but throws out the "junk" (aka those bland cooked-in-one-pot chilis or stews that most punks rely on to fill their bellies.)
The key to Joshua's amazing cooking is ART. Like a sly Dada-ist work or an exquisitely detailed Edward Gory drawing this touring chef mixes spices and food you've never dreamed of. Flavours explode and tastebuds take flight.
I am lucky to own three of Joshua's cookbooks: In Search of the Lost Taste, Twelve Knights in my Kingdom, and Something Delicious This Way Comes (which I gave away in a contest this month on this here blog!) These recipes are not for the "one pot cookers" or people who are afraid of interesting ingredients and ethnic spices. They are not for "make it quick and shovel in yer face eaters". They are for people who love to cook and love to eat.
My favourite recipe, so far, is Baked CHKN with Kiwi Mayonnaise (from Something Delicious…) :
2 c vegan mayo (I usually use less)
3 kiwis peeled and chopped
1/4 tsp coriander
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp sugar
salt and lemon juice to taste
Blend these until smooth and chill. Store overnight. When ready to use, blend again.
6 vegan "chicken breasts" or firm seasoned tofu cutlets
2 tb t amari
6 lemon slices
2 tsp oregano
1 tsp red pepper flakes
1 tb brown sugar
1 c gold broth (I just use any veggie broth around)
2 smashed garlic cloves
(sunflower) oil
1 c flour
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp cumin
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp lemon pepper
1/2 tsp sale
1 tb nutritional yeast
1/4 tsp sage
1/4 tsp cayenne
1/4 tsp ginger
olive oil
Marinate the "breasts" overnight in tamari, lemon slices, 1 tsp oregano, red pepper flakes, brown sugar, golden broth and garlic cloves.
When ready to prepare, remove them from marinade and brush with bit of oil. Dredge them through the flour mixed with the other tsp oregano, chili poweder, cumin, garlic powder, lemon pepper, slat, nutritional yeast, sage, cayenne and ginger. Fry them in olive oil until browned. Set them in a greased baking dish and pour the kiwi mayo over them. Sprinkle with pepper and lay the lemon slices from the marinade on top.
Bake 400 D for 25 min.
Also from Something Delicious… [I discovered Zahtar (or Zahter) a few years ago and can't get enough! Bread or tofu or steamed veggies – everything loves Zahtar!]
Zahter for Pita
3 tb mixed dried oregano, thyme and dill
1/3 to 1/2 c olive oil
salt to taste
pinch of sumac powder
1 to 2 tsp toasted sesame seeds
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
a bit of lemon juice
Mix all of this together and make a paste. Store in fridge at least overnight, until ready to use, then bring to room temperature.
[my fav is to spread on a pita and bake a little!]
This one is from In Search of Lost Taste: Cinnamon-Cashew "Chicken" with Fried Vegetables
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp five spice powder
2 tsp red curry powder
1/2 tsp mustard seed, cumin seed, corriander seed, fennel seed
1 curry leaf or lime lealf
a few tb of sugar or rice syrup
1/4 c sesame oil
1/4 c soy sauce
2 tb rice vinegar
1 small chopped onion
1 c chopped roased cashews
1 tb sesame seeds
1/2 c chopped cilantro
1/4 c chopped Thai basil
1 tsp minced lemongrass
4 clove minced garlic
2 tsp minced ginger
2 tsp minced galangal
4 good sized cutlets of veggie "chicken or seitan or tempeh
2 c red rice, cooked
In a large pan, cook half of the ingredients up and all of the chickin until cutlets are browned. Add the rice and the rest of the ingredients and cook until heated.
1 c onion
1 diced eggplant
2 copped carrots
a few minced chilis
2 diced bell peppers
1/2 c chopped water chestnut or celery or or crunchies
Saute these veggies in a little oil and then sprinkle with tamari, hoisin sauce, chili sauce or garlic sauce depending on whether you want it sweet, salty, spicy or garlicky.
Sprinkle the whole affair with a little cinnamon.
Here are some other In Search of The Lost Taste recipes:
Cashew Sesame Shake
Green Bread
Plum and Pistachio Crisp with Ouzo-lemon "ice cream" and rose syrup
Spinach and almond – burgundy olive tapenade pastries
Fried Basil Cakes with tamarind hot sauce and coconut jelly
Chocolate Cake Parfait with cocoa "cream", berries, sweet wine, chocolate liqueur and shaved chocolate
Lavender Soda
it goes on and on and on!
If you can't get to one of Joshua's dinner parties (you are only excused if you live far from a major US city centre) then run out and buy all the cookbooks you can! You will NOT be disappointed with the food that comes out of them 🙂
Broken Heart Vegan Tip #20: Challenge yourself. One easy way is to break open a cookbook and start at it. I recommend anything Joshua Ploeg. Quite the challenge and the results are breath taking!
Let's stay calm here…
I come from a long line of emotionally conservative English and Scottish people. Growing up I was part of a large group of hippie hating spiritually conservative anarchic atheists. When the idea of "meditation" or yoga ever came up I was always mildly revolted and needed to suppress my eye rolling in order to not offend the company I was with.
So it came as a great surprise to me to suddenly find myself a little interested in meditation. I have been told time and time again that you can get sick from stress and from holding in your emotions. Over the years I began to believe this was entirely possibly. But at the same time, I didn't think I was THAT stressed out. I'm a pretty positive person, no matter what life throws in my path, and laugh a lot during the course of each day. I don't take things incredibly seriously unless they warrant it, and I'm always hopefully. But I'm beginning to believe I have no tools to manage stress and so I deal with it like I do with my emotions – just sweep it under the rug and don't think about it. It's probable that unlike my mind, the rest of my body is dealing with it!
Another month of pain in my shoulders, that I had been seeing different therapists off and on for a few years for. Two emails regarding breakdowns in groups I belong to. A sudden specialized chocolate order. Suddenly I'm fretting and grumpy and thinking my chocolate business is never going to make it. It was that day when I thought "Holy smokes! What the heck?! I need to calm down here! There's no reason I should feel so overwhelmed, out of control and gloomy!"
So that evening, with the help of a pro, a took some deep breaths and sat on a cushion for 15 minutes trying to only focus on my breath.
Despite it being totally hard, with my multi tasking mind wandering, I really DID feel more calm after that sitting! So I'm going to start trying to "meditate" two times a day and see what happens. Part of my brain still screams "You're turning into a hippie!" but I think the gradual calmness I will start to feel will override this, and even that part of my brain will start giving the peace sign and dressing in tie dye (ha ha ha just kidding!)
Again with raw food (I just love it!) – here is possibly the best raw dish I have ever had. A faux chicken salad on onion bread. It's available at Rawlicious in Toronto. They just opened a new location in Yorkville – so congratulations to them! All those richies sure have enough money to spend on good food like that 😀 I use to live pretty close to the junction location, and was sad to move from the neighborhood for that reason alone. They don't serve up the sandwich all the time, but I bet if we all keep asking for it they might permanently put it on the menu!
PS. Don't forget to try your luck and win a cookbook from last post!
Broken Heart Vegan Tip #19: Read the above post. AKA Sit in a quiet room and try not to think about anything for 15 minutes!
Guess what this is and win!
Sometimes when you have a broken heart you just don't want to cook. Or eat. Or work. Or take your dog for a walk. Sometimes all you can muster is a quick meal of canned beans and left over rice. Sometimes you end up with crazy concoctions that would never have come to you if you hadn't had a broken heart.
Below is one such crazy concoction. What to do with left overs. You probably have not thought of this before. For what it's worth I'd probably not do it again!
Anyhow, study this picture closely. In the celebration of Vegan Food Month I'm giving away an awesome cookbook by my friend Joshual Ploeg – Something Delicious This Way Comes. Joshua is a touring chef and I will bet my Monty Python DVD collection that you have never tasted such awesome food! He also has a new book with Microcosm called In Search of Lost Taste. I will be delving into this book a little bit in the next couple weeks.
Something Delicious This Way Comes has such tantalizing dishes as Avocado Mousse, Tangerine Curry, Rose Fritters, Banana Custard! All you need to do to win this baby is comment what you think this concoction is below. The first right answer gets the prize, or the closest answer by Nov 15th gets it 😀
Broken Heart Vegan Tip #18: Cut out news for 2 weeks. All news! Even good informative stuff like Znet, Democracy Now or community radio. Keeping up with the horrids of life can be quite taxing. And while you have a broken heart you need to focus on healing it.
Broken Heart Song #18: (includes the best lyrics to go along with the last blog: If life's not beautiful without the pain,
well I'd just rather never ever even see beauty again.)
…still baking…
I have a couple friends, and this probably goes for a lot of people out there, who think that getting broken hearted is just part of the cycle of love and they would rather have loved and lost than not to have loved at all.
I suppose it would be responsible for me to encourage this kind of thinking, but frankly I don't believe it. At least it doesn't work for me.
For me, the broken hearts hurt so bad I don't want the love anymore.
I guess I should halt all this right now and make sure that everyone knows I am a 37 year old woman. Sometimes I re-read my writing and get a little twinge – the twinge that I get when I read heartbroken posts from 18 year old girls. They are in such pain, but I know the pain will go and they will find peace and happiness again – because they are young. Well, I can't be fit into that category. I have enough "wisdom" by now to know what's what and who I am.
Anyway, for a few months I have seen flyers on light polls advertising hypnotherapy. I started wondering if I could get hypnotized not to need love. I'm supposing it is possible, but that ethically a hypnotherapist would never do it. It's probably extremely unethical… and yet for some of us it would do a world of good.
Now on t the sweet stuff. Baking away. And I LOVE cookies. So of course when Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar finally came to my end of the world I hungrily snatched it up.
There are so many to try (although a lot would probably make me gag. I was never a fan of Pepperidge Farms and that sort of "middle class" lacking – flavour – cookie. And off topic even more – why perpetuate the "Lazy Samoa" racist cookie name? Even the Girl Scouts have at least officially taken the "lazy" part out.) Where to start?
I've made three so far: key lime shortbread, Mexican chocolate snickerdoodles and peanut butter blondies. I've loved blondies ever since I moved to Toronto. I have this vague memory of a blondie that use to knock my socks off -but I can't remember what it was. It could have been Glenny's – but I know their blondies are no longer vegan.
I definitely wasn't disappointed with the peanut butter added to the blondies. The richness goes through the roof. For the key lime shortbread I used my authentic key lime juice I got in Key West (although it disturbs me to no end wondering if it really came from Florida or somewhere else!) – tangy little suckers they are!
Key Lime Shortbread Rounds
1/2 c vegetable shortening
1/3 c margarine
1 c plus 2 tb powdered sugar, sifted (aka icing sugar)
1/4 c lime juice
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 rounded teaspoons finely grated lime zest (about 2 limes)
2 c all purpose flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1. In a large bowl use electric beaters and cream together the shortening and margarine until fluffy. Beat in powdered sugar. Add lime juice, vanilla, zest and beat about 30 seconds to mix, scraping down the sides of the bowl occasionally.
2. In a medium bow, sift together the flour, baking soda and salt. Add half of this to the other bowl and beat to moisten. Add remaining flour and beat about 1 minute until soft ball of dough forms.
3. Divide the dough in half and place each half on a separate large sheet of wax paper. Roll each into a 7 to 8 inch long by 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 inch thick log. Wrap each tightly in wax paper and chill for about an hour until very firm.
4. Preheat oven to 350. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. With a sharp thin knife cut the logs into 1/2 inch slices. Place on baking sheet 1/2 inch between each cookie. Bake 10 to 12 min until slightly puffed and edges are turning golden. Cool for 5 min before transferring to rack to cool completely.
Broken Heart Vegan Tip #17: Be honest. Just be honest.
Oh my I've been busy…
I've been busy, and not thinking too much about broken hearts. Sorry about that! 😉
I started a draft but was waiting to get home to get the pictures… that was almost a month ago.
I keep forgetting that I can just blog away, without having the standard format of pictures, recipes, tips and songs. It's kind of like when I don't write emails to my penpals. It just seems SO WRONG. (I am such a virgo!)
As you wait, suck a mint and take a look at Vegan Mo Fo – Vegan month of food (it's November). There'll be nearly 400 bloggers blogging everyday about the thing you can't stop thinking about – cruelty free yumminess! It's insiane
I'll be having a give away. I just need my buddy Kelly to show me how to do such a thing. My quick grasp of technology dwindled by 2005 😛
If you are a blogger, blogging about vegan-ness – why not sign up for Vegan Mo Fo??


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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
ES - 24 July, 2012
Yesterday I set up my IB account with a paper €100k starting balance (minimum required to trade margin securities).
Today was the first day of trading it.
During the day, I did not post any trades because:
- In the first half of the day, the market did not reach my hourly set-up. At this stage, my trading was pure scalping through the mood and the very short-term proportions at pre-lunch gyrations;
- Then, the market caught me by surprise, breaking before lunch to the downside, through various supports. I took a few counter-trend long trades along the way, with modest draw-downs, that I was able to average, based on my projections of potential extensions.
Average entry size was 5 e-mini contracts.
Realized P&L was €2,009.
I am carrying a 1ES long position overnight, because the early-week corrections have lately allowed a subsequent rise for the rest of the week.
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nice post.
not sure what to think right now. I thought the market was about to crash down hard. But the guy from http://sentiment-trader.blogspot.com.au thinks we are setting up for an xmas rally and I love to listen to him as he has had some insanely accurate calls over the last few months!
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Among the new events? You'll be excited to hear that luge team relay and a figure skating team event are involved ... until you get to the details, which involve the most boring possible version of what you might have otherwise conjured. Luge relay does not have sleds running into sleds halfway to hand off a baton halfway through the course, but instead functions as "when one gets to the bottom, the next one starts," and team skating is not an Ice Capades spectacle but some nonsense where they just aggregate the scores of separate performances in the various disciplines. Bleh.
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- KCosmo's neighbor11:26 AM
I too am disappointed that team skating doesn't equal a big dance-off on ice. Oh well. I'm waiting for long-distance skating, which would be similar to cross-country skiing, but on a big-ass ice trail (maybe 50K). I ice skate all the time, and I feel the need to see stuff when I skate rather than just going in circles. I'll be developing that sport in my spare time...more to come! My dream is to pave the bike path along the West Side Hwy (in NYC) with ice during the winter months. Put a few lockers on one end...lace up the skates, go a few miles, back and forth. Great work out, some scenery, and who the heck wants to bike ride in freezing weather anyway (not me!)? I just need to invent a narrow Zamboni to resurface the path every few hours, and some security to close down the path for resurfacing, etc. So I have some t's to cross and i's to dot! I doubt my plan will piss anyone off (ha, ha).
ReplyDelete - Fred App1:26 PM
Sochi is in the middle of nowhere. The only thing busier than the competition schedule is the travel itinerary you need to get there: a flight to London, then to Moscow, then you have to change AIRPORTS in Moscow and take another flight to Sochi, generally on a plane left over from the '50s-era Aeroflot fleet. I have a feeling that the real reason they're delaying the Opening Ceremonies is that they're afraid not everyone will make it there on time.
There was a media tour of the venues last November which seemed pretty typical: You couldn't see anything because almost nothing was built yet, and the few places that were (partially) built were obscured by fog. I'm taking another trip there in a few months, and I'm hoping that they're a little bit further along in preparations. - Adam B.1:56 PM
I don't know if my brother is going this time; he was part of the team from a Seacaucus-based business channel. It's not that they're delaying the Opening Ceremonies; that date remains the same. It's just that like the Summer Games, they're starting some competitions a day before that. Sorry if I was unclear.
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For some reason, my mind thought: "Ok, one guy heading down the slope doing skeleton luge then slaps the extended behind him hand of the guy on his back on the next luge which continues the race" which a) would be more exciting and b) guarantee a serious injury or death every race.


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..... but I remember a now-senior priest friend telling a rather unflattering story of the monsignor/pastor of his first cure. At High Mass, it seems that when the good monsignor had finished reciting the Gloria at the altar and returned to the sedilia, he'd pull out his nail-clipper and start his weekly trim while the choir went to work. "He'd get the left hand done before the Collect, and then finish up the right hand during the Credo.
Back to the 'good old days'. It would be ridiculous to think that the traditional rites are not subject to varying interpretations certainly as to the question of rubrics. All involved need to take a reality check and accept that local custom did apply in the 'good old days'. What was perfectly normal in one place, for example the places where bells were rung, was just unheard of in other places. 'Dialogue Mass', apparently almost the norm in some places, didn't exist in other places. All of this within the one Catholic Church using the Latin Rites. We have to be very careful, as Mrs Malaprop might have said, before casting asperges.
There is however the danger that an attitude in some corners of Catholicism that an old problem may prevail- actually this applies to all ends of the spectrum. There is a 'fear of excellence' in many quarters. The old chestnut 'If a things worth doing it's worth doing badly' should not be the automatic fall back position for all things liturgical. How many quite acceptable altars are defaced by the presence of the ubiquitous, and often thirsty, 'spider' plant? How many quite acceptable buildings are cheapened by what can be best described as 'transitory' art work in the form of posters advertising whatever happens to be the theme of the day? It seems that some sort of 'guilt complex' towards balance and beauty continues to undermine clear judgement.


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- memi said...
I love this one- something about the space...
- April 18, 2012 at 4:13 AM
- larry said...
Yes, this ancient technology is draped all over old neighborhoods like the one I live in. Graphically interesting to draw, but not very functional during a storm. Nice drawing as always.
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Thanks Larry and Melanie, I'm always stuck by the telegraph poles when I'm out west.
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Centrelink has ordered hundreds of public servants around the country to drop everything for two days and answer phones in a desperate bid to make its performance look better.
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The extraordinary reaction, understood to have mobilised as many as 500 public servants, came as the political heat was turned up on the welfare agency's customer service efforts as Labor and the Greens demanded better responses.
The scathing Auditor-General's report found more than 26 million phone calls were going unanswered in one year and the average waiting time for those who did get through was nearly 17 minutes.
Human Services Minister Marise Payne refused on Thursday to say how quickly calls should be answered.
She said that hopes for improved Centrelink customer services lay with the internet.
Reacting to media coverage of the audit report, bosses at the Department of Human Services, which runs Centrelink, told their officials to put every available public servant on phone duty.
Team meetings, training and other "off-phone" activities were cancelled for at least two days as the agency scrambled to react to the coverage of the report's revelations.
One manager's email, seen by Fairfax Media, ordered his teams to drop everything and do nothing but answer phones for the next two days.
"There is currently significant media attention surrounding our wait times for customers," the Department of Human Services line manager wrote.
"As a result, a number of strategies are being put into place to assist with maximising customer access the next two days
"Off-phone activities are generally required to be removed.
"If you are scheduled for any off-phone activities, please remain in open time and serve customers."
Australians spent 143 years waiting in vain to speak to Centrelink in 2013-14 before hanging up, the auditors calculated in their report on the agency's telephone service.
About 13.7 million calls did not even make it to the point of being put on hold after they were blocked or received a "busy signal".
Another 13 million calls that managed to get into the system were "abandoned" after the callers tired of waiting, the audit of the Department of Human Services' SmartCentre system found.
Average waiting times blew out dramatically from just over three minutes and five seconds in 2010-11 to nearly 17 minutes in 2013-14.
The auditors blamed a dwindling number of public servants answering telephones, the "performance and reliability" of other customer service channels and a much lower proportion of calls being blocked before they entered the system.
Centrelink said it would need another 500 public servants – at an annual cost of $100 million – to significantly cut waiting times.
The minister said on Thursday it would be better to fight the cause of the wait times, rather than the symptoms.
She said progress was being made in getting more people to contact Centrelink via the internet.
"Spending hundreds of millions of dollars to address the symptoms and not the cause of Centrelink telephone wait times is not a responsible use of taxpayer money," Senator Payne said.
Labor's human services spokesman, Doug Cameron, said the minister's priorities were wrong.
"That is a totally inadequate response," Senator Cameron said.
"This is a minister who has been concentrating on attacking the wages and conditions of her public service employees and has lost the plot on the core objectives of her department and her portfolio."
Greens senator Rachel Siewert said departmental bosses were not taking the problem seriously enough.
"During estimates in February, the Department of Human Services played down my questions about unanswered calls and busy signals," Senator Siewert said.
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OLYMPIA – Two words to live by in troubled times: courage and generosity. Despite a bleak financial outlook, Gregoire said this is a time to seize the "huge opportunity" also at hand. "More than ever, the people of Washington do not want partisan politics! They want us to work together to build a better state for them and their children," she said. "So I will challenge all of us today – and throughout the session – to join together. Let's use this crisis! Let's summon the courage to make the hard decisions." Gregoire said laid out the stark reality of the nation's financial meltdown, "it's raining buckets of hardship for families and businesses," she said. But that must work with the federal government to quickly create a public works program based on new investment in roads, schools and energy conservation and innovation – a so-called "green economy." She said the crisis is also an opportunity to reform state government. But in the meantime, Gregoire said communities must rise to the occasion. "Real solutions to many of our problems will come from partnership with our families, our communities, our faith-based organizations and our service groups," Gregoire said. "This is our time. A time like no other…Our time to show courage …our time to reach across the aisle…to help people…Our time for all to light the lamp of generosity." In December, Gregoire proposed a bare bones budget including more than $3 billion in cuts to state services. She had little choice; current forecasts indicate the state spending outpacing revenue by nearly $6 billion. Many predict that gap will widen in the coming months. Gregoire has called for creativity from the Legislature and the spirit of help from citizens. "This budget contains as much care and compassion as we could muster," she said. "But it still hurts real people, and with each cut I chose, I saw their faces. I don't like this budget, but I proposed it for one simple reason – I must." – Chris McGann
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When Shigeru Miyamoto was a child, he didn't really have any toys, so he made his own, out of wood and string. He put on performances with homemade puppets and made cartoon flip-books. He pretended that there were magical realms hidden behind the sliding shoji screens in his family's little house. There was no television. His parents were of modest means but hardly poor. This was in the late nineteen-fifties and early nineteen-sixties, in the rural village of Sonobe, about thirty miles northwest of Kyoto, in a river valley surrounded by wooded mountains.
In his games, Miyamoto has always tried to re-create his childhood wonderment, if not always the actual experiences that gave rise to it, since the experiences themselves may be harder to come by in a paved and partitioned world. "I can still recall the kind of sensation I had when I was in a small river, and I was searching with my hands beneath a rock, and something hit my finger, and I noticed it was a fish," he told me one day. "That's something that I just can't express in words. It's such an unusual situation. I wish that children nowadays could have similar experiences, but it's not very easy."
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