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Back in the Day--My Personal Anita Hill Sexual Harassment Story
I've heard a few journalists make reference to Anita Hill lately, drawing a parallel between the Clarence Thomas hearings and what's going on now with Herman Caine. This brings up some very personal feelings for me-- because I was actually being sexually harassed during the Anita Hill trial.
I was in my early 20s, living in Los Angeles, and working as a traveling executive assistant to the senior vice president of a small, privately-owned, health-related, consulting firm. The company was founded and run by my boss Vernon, and his friend Mitchell (not their real names), a couple of good ol' boys from a small town in west Texas and their mutual ex-girlfriend, Jane (another fake name). Ironically, the remaining majority of employees which comprised the administrative and management staff, were a group of Mormon friends, totally unrelated to the owners by blood or background. I was one of only two sort of token outsiders, if you will, without ties to either group. I discovered later that it was Mitchell's idea to hire the Mormons because he felt they would be easily manipulated but still honest. I won't even begin to dissect that.
I had originally been hired as an administrative assistant to one of the Mormon managers—a very nice, honest, respectful, bright and funny guy. I made a good salary and was relatively happy being part of an upbeat, hardworking team that all pitched together when it was crunch time to deliver our "product" to the customer.
Vernon and Mitchell (his BFF and the company's owner) were only in our south bay office about two-three times per month, so they were known but not terribly familiar and I'd met both of them briefly. Vernon had made it a point to introduce himself one day and spend some time at my desk to chat, ask a few questions about my background and tell me about himself, like the fact that he was married with no less than five children. I, not incidentally, was recently engaged to my ex-husband.
Not long after that meeting, I was called into Amy, the office administrator's office (team Mormon) to say that Vernon's assistant had been let go and he had personally requested that I fill her position. My first reaction was to be extremely flattered and taken aback. I hadn't been with the company very long at all and to already be receiving a promotion was great but a little weird. I knew there were at least two other assistants who might be in line for that job before me. But I let my ego take the boost and considered that maybe my work and positive, can-do attitude somehow was that impressive.
The job came with a significant increase in pay, and meant I'd be traveling, literally Monday through Friday, around the country with Vernon, flying first class everywhere and staying at the best hotels in every city. It also meant I would be spending a lot of time away from my then fiancé. I asked to have some time to talk it over with him, went home, had the discussion and we both agreed it was a great opportunity and would bring in much needed income—worst case scenario, I'd give it a year and we'd re-evaluate. I went to work the next day and accepted the position. I would pack my bags and be ready to leave on my first trip Monday morning.
Down the Rabbit Hole I Go
Oddly enough, before I began to work for Vernon, Mitchell's assistant got sick and I was sent with him for a two-day trip instead. This meant flying on the corporate Learjet and meeting our company's pilots on my first trip. To say I was intimidated would be an understatement. After all, I was still just a girl from an upper middle class Jersey suburb. The closest I'd come to wealth by that point in my life was visiting my uncle who had a three-car garage and a summer house at the shore. Of course, Mitchell hadn't come from money either—in fact, he'd had a much more humble beginning than I had. But what he lacked in upbringing, he more than made up for with extravagance, eccentricity, and sheer boastfulness about his nouveau riche status. With all the subtlety of a baboon (and I apologize profusely to the baboon community), Mitchell spent the entire flight telling me his rags to riches story-- how he mercilessly squashed anyone in his path to the top and the joy he took in now periodically returning to his home town to rub all their faces in his extreme and awesome wealth. As he explained, there wasn't much he couldn't buy—most anything, or anyone could be his if he really wanted it because, after all, he had A LOT of money. He told me all this while drinking a bottle of Dom Perignon at 40,000 feet. I politely declined his multiple offers of champagne, wine, beer, and later to join him in his room. He flat out propositioned me and when I turned him down, laughed and said that I might be a young idealist in love but I too could eventually be "cracked" in time. I literally had to push him away from my hotel room door later that evening.
To say that I was freaked out was an understatement. What the hell had I gotten myself into? I wanted to call my boyfriend but knew, of course, that he would flip out and demand I come home on the next flight—something I wasn't even sure I could accomplish without spending a couple thousand dollars out of pocket. But money wasn't the only reason why I stayed. I stayed because I was just young enough and just stupid enough to reason away this red flag by saying to myself that this was Mitchell, not Vernon, and that I might never actually BE in this position again anyway, so why throw away the chance at this exciting job with a huge paycheck over one crazy stupid flight on a Learjet with a nut job--even if the nut job was the president? The next evening we were due to meet up with Vernon and I would be whisked away from this creepy scene anyway. So I went to bed and told no one.
When we finally did meet up with Vernon and the three of us had dinner together, he was surprisingly and noticeably protective of me and seemed to settle Mitchell back into his place with a simple "whoa now, Mitchell, go easy on Susan, she's a good girl" style. And so I began to think that this first incident was just a blip on the radar and I'd been right to keep it all to myself.
At first, Vernon was nothing but polite, opening doors and looking out for me in that sweet, polite, Texas/southern-raised boy sort of way. But very early on he did begin complimenting me a bit too much, in a way that made me uneasy. Of course my Jersey girl way of handling uneasy, was to sort of push back and use humor—for example, Vernon would say something about me being beautiful and I would roll my eyes and say something like "OK Vernon, now would you please made a decision about what we should tell Client X about the heart center opening next month?"
It went on like this for a while and truthfully, if being told I was beautiful a bit too often was all there was to it, despite the fact that it was entirely inappropriate, I could have probably handled it. But it got worse. Vernon began to tell me that he had feelings for me, then that he was in love with me, and THEN that if only I would realize that this young boy I was engaged to could never give me what I deserved and let HIM make my dreams come true, buy me a house, give me everything, etc., I would see how happy we would be. And then he started trying to touch me. And my sassy little Jersey girl attitude didn't dissuade him any more. He also became insanely jealous and possessive of me in the most embarrassing ways—even clients were noticing. We'd be out to dinner with a local heart surgeon and instead of discussing business, Vernon would be devoting his attention to me, clearly behaving as if I was his girlfriend.
Enter Anita Hill. As all this was coming to a head and I was trying to reason with Vernon, reminding him of his wife and kids, the fact that I loved my boyfriend, the age difference, and the fact that I did not love him back, hoping that he would sort of wake up and get over it, and I would be able to keep my job and this would all go away, Anita Hill was testifying about the harassment she'd suffered at the hands of Clarence Thomas. No matter where we went those few months, you couldn't escape the hearings and neither Vernon nor I could escape the comparison. In every VIP lounge, in every newspaper, over every client dinner discussion, the topic of sexual harassment was suddenly there, in a way it had never been before. And Vernon's reaction to Anita Hill's testimony was what finally began to change my perspective on everything.
We began to argue about the hearings in a way that was only thinly disguising that we were really arguing about OUR situation. Vernon was of the opinion that Anita Hill was making a big deal out of literally nothing and should shut her mouth. He simply could not see how Thomas' position of power over her was what made his behavior wrong. As far as Vernon was concerned, Anita Hill was just a whiny, feminist bitch and he as much as said so.
Meanwhile, back around the time things had gone from Vernon complimenting me to him propositioning me, I DID start confiding in our office administrator Amy (remember, team Mormon), whom I'd become friends with and trusted very much. I would call Amy from my five-star hotel room, which oddly came to feel like a series of high-priced prison cells, every night and give her the day's litany of offenses.
Early on in these discussions, Amy confessed that Vernon's request for me to be his executive assistant had consisted of a phone call to her stating "I want that cute little new girl."
Of course, this put Amy in a horrible position and she felt terrible for not warning me at the outset. As administrator she was, I suppose, legally bound to do something about this—remove me from this situation at least. But, as I said, we were friends by then, we were both young, both in positions somewhat beyond what we'd been trained or prepared for, and we both knew that this could very well be the end of HER job as well as mine. Still, we knew that at some point, one of us was going to have to do something and it wasn't going to be pretty or fun. It was me who kept stalling for time to think of a way out. Meanwhile, I was feeling worse and worse about the fact that I hadn't shared any of this with my boyfriend.
And then, one day in Mel's diner, not far from the entrance of the Golden Gate Bridge, as Vernon was trying to feel me up under the table with his foot, I realized that despite my attempts at "humorously" shutting him down, I'd actually been implicitly agreeing with Vernon's point of view about Anita Hill. My trying to hide the situation, reason away the situation, use humor to deflect the situation and piling the stress of it all upon myself to come up with a solution that still left everyone's feelings and jobs in tact was my way of saying that to do otherwise would make me one of those whiny feminist bitches who had to go run and tell instead of just handling it herself. And then, finally, I began to be angry with Vernon for putting me in this ridiculous position to begin with.
Of course, anger is often the motivating force behind courage and that is what I found from watching Anita Hill. As I sat in my last airport VIP lounge, watching that brave, intelligent, and courageous woman speak out I knew what I had to do.
Coming Forward
That Monday, instead of getting on a plane, I showed up at the office with a written statement. I took the company's accountant (team Mormon) in with me to the company CFO (the ex-girlfriend you may recall of both Vernon and Mitchell) and gave her the letter, outlining the harassment I'd been undergoing and requesting a transfer back to the main office with no change in salary. Intuitively, I felt the need to have a witness to the discussion in case things didn't go down in my favor. I had her sign the letter and kept a copy for myself. Then I took the rest of the day off and returned the following morning to hear their decision.
I arrived to find that a new position of "Manager of Executive Offices" had been created especially for me and I would now be reporting directly to Mitchell. That did not exactly inspire confidence but I had already come this far. I just needed to be brave a while longer and hopefully the weirdness would all blow over. [insert laughter here]
Immediately however, it was clear that Mitchell wasn't interested in having anything "blow over." In the few phone calls I had with him the next week, the formerly flirty Mitchell was decidedly cold and downright rude. In fact, you could feel the tension in the air all around the firm. Team Mormon was noticeably on my "side" if you will—offering whispered "hang in there's" and knowing, sympathetic smiles. Team Vernon, of which only Linda was actually present, avoided me like the plague. Of course Vernon and I did not speak at all.
On Friday, I was informed that my salary would be cut by $1,300 month, since, they argued, that portion was really considered a per diem for traveling assistants (no such documentation of that existed). When I informed Mitchell via phone that this was a violation of the agreement Linda had signed, whereby I would not be financially penalized for bringing forward the complaint, I was fired and told to leave the building immediately. One of the other assistants was ordered to see me out and make sure I didn't talk to anyone else on the way. Of course she was team Mormon too and made it plain that she would do no such thing, so she was fired on the spot, as well.
Before I left, I found an employment lawyer in the yellow pages (remember those?), and drove directly to his office, where we filed a wrongful termination suit based on sexual harassment.
If I thought the nightmare was over, it was only just beginning. Anita, hang in there!
Try to Avoid Court if You Are Not Wealthy
My attorney, who took my case on contingency, was a very sweet guy who I think actually went into law for noble reasons, rather than a quest for easy money. He wasn't much older than me really and I don't think either one of us knew what we were getting in to, but I'll only speak for myself on that. I DEFINITELY did not know what I was getting in to. Mitchell and Vernon hired the priciest downtown Los Angeles firm they could find, who then assigned their most aggressive, cut-throat female attorney to the case. Think L.A. Law vs. first year lawyer from the public defender's office. To make matters worse, I suppose because my guy's office was so shabby, despite being much closer, all meetings and depositions were done at their attorney's shiny office in a downtown high-rise with paid parking.
Of course, I had imagined Vernon and Mitchell would lie, but only in the sense that they would simply deny the allegations really. It didn't occur to me that they would actually fabricate stories or take actual incidents that we were planning to present as evidence and completely turn them around to where I looked like a salivating, man-hungry whore. Oh, how I laugh at my naivete. For example, there had been an incident at a client's office in Alabama where a young man who worked at the building we were having our meeting at, offered to help carry my things to the car, which I thankfully let him do. Of course as soon as we were out of earshot, Vernon became ridiculously jealous and angry, saying, amongst other bizarro things, that when I was on the road with him, I was "his girl." It was really insane and I clearly told him as much at the time. Yet, he went on about it for at least two hours, how much it bothered him to see me walking beside "that boy." It was a good example of just how obsessed he'd become and how powerful he imagined he was over me.
Well, during the deposition process, his lawyer (Miss Friendly) brought the incident up before we ever got to—only in their version of events, instead of Vernon being jealous, I was gushing about the young guy and saying I wanted a "piece of his fine ass!" (A phrase I've never used in my life, thank you very much.)
And when they didn't have real stories to twist, they just made stuff up—like saying that I'd been twice warned by Mitchell to dress more conservatively. As if!! Mitchell would have preferred I wore fishnets and a g-string in his presence!
Long story short, it was horrible. I remember glaring down the long conference table at Vernon during one of the deposition days but he wouldn't look at me. I felt like maybe if I could just get him to make eye contact, he'd feel so guilty about what he was doing that he'd confess and tell the truth. I wondered if his wife knew or if they'd managed to keep it all from her.
I went home crying every day and finally called my lawyer and told him to go ahead and settle for whatever, I didn't care anymore, I just wanted to make it stop. We took a five- figure settlement, the lawyer took his fee and it was done. But everywhere I went after that, I was afraid people would find out what had happened and suspect I was really to blame after all. In that way, I carried the shame for a long time. I didn't feel courageous then, just embarrassed and stupid. In other words, I missed the point entirely at the time.
It was a humiliating experience that I have often said I would never subject myself to again. Of course, years of distance and the wisdom of age has a way of putting things into perspective. There are definitely ways in which I could have handled things differently, knowing what I know now, but which I simply wasn't capable of at the time. For example, rather than merely using humor to try and deflect Vernon's advances, when he persisted, I might have been much firmer, if not downright mean. But knowing what I know now, includes being older, wiser, more secure, and living in a culture that now recognizes the validity of sexual harassment and punishes those who abuse their power over others in this way. Still, even if I were in that position today, knowing all I do, with a son to care for in a bad economy, might I be even more likely to avoid the confrontation and try to deal with it myself? Thankfully, I'm not and thankfully for so many women, Anita Hill opened up a dialogue in this country about an issue that almost every woman who works with men has had to deal with on some level. Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention that not long after our settlement I was contacted by Vernon's former assistant--turned out I wasn't the first--total shocker.
The fact is Anita Hill stood up there in front of all those men and bravely, calmly, and intelligently spoke the truth. She stood up to a very powerful and popular man who just happened to be a misogynistic asshole and a disgrace to his position and she might not have had him unseated, but she paved the way for the rest of us to speak out and stand up for ourselves and our right to be safe from sexual harassment in the workplace. And thanks to Anita Hill, sexual harassment policies are now standard at even small companies and many women no longer have to feel trapped in a Mad Men world. We still have a way to go, but we are light years from where we were before on this issue, thanks to her. Because it's not a joke when your boss is putting you in a position where you feel you have to basically choose between unemployment and self respect.
So yeah, I was sexually harassed during the Anita Hill trial and I'm not embarrassed to admit it any more. Thank you, Ms. Hill.


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 By Kevin Werner, News Staff

 The city of Hamilton wants to but the bite on people who feed wild animals.

Members of the public works committee will be considering a proposed bylaw June 5 that will prevent people from giving food to wildlife. The bylaw, if approved, will replace a current bylaw that prohibits the feeding of pigeons. The bylaw would include birds, and all other forms of animals.

Birds and feral cats can be fed under the bylaw, if they are on a person's property and it doesn't disrupt the normal enjoyment of other property owners.

"Urban expansion is taking place, which is leading to increased interaction between humans, their pets and property, and wildlife which can result in undesirable consequences for all," states the report.

City staff say that feeding wildlife is a "leading cause of negative interaction" between people, their pets and wild animals.

Over the last few years there have been an increase in sightings of coyotes in the beach community, and along the Niagara Escarpment.

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Inquests, records of death.
Comparing a coroner record from 1771 with one after 1918 provides a vivid example of advances in forensic medicine. Early coroner verdicts were educated guesses at best, and sometimes truly inscrutable. On April 19, 1771, City Coroner Thomas Shreve invoiced the Common Council £66 for performing 20 inquisitions over the previous year. He listed each deceased person and the verdict on the invoice. For one of the deceased, Mr. Samuel Belknap, "a prisoner confined in jail" Shreve decided he had died by "the hand of God." (Common Council collection 1771)
There are three series of coroner records:
1. Inquests, 1823-1898. Dr. Kenneth Scott prepared an index of over 5,000 names listed on the inquest documents dating from 1823 through 1842. [Kenneth Scott: Coroners' Reports New York City, 1823-1842, Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Volume XII, 1989]. The entire "inquest" series is microfilmed; however it should be noted that towards the latter part of this series, only inquests pertaining to homicides were saved.
2. Ledger books: Record of deaths listed by the Coroner in ledger-style volumes (the information recorded about each death is similar to the information reported on the Health Department death certificate). The ledgers have been microfilmed; Manhattan, 1896-1898; 1915-1917; Brooklyn, 1898-1917.
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Our wounds to time, from all the other times,
sea-times slow, the times of galaxies
fleeing, the dwarfs' dead times,
lessen so little that if here in his crude rimes
Henry them mentions, do not hold it, please,
for a putting of man down.
Ol' Marster, being bound you do your best
versus we coons, spare now a cagey John
a whilom bits that whip:
who'll tell your fortune, when you have confessed
whose & whose woundings—against the innocent stars
& remorseless seas—
—Are you radioactive, pal? —Pal, radioactive.
—Has you the night sweats & the day sweats, pal?
—Pal, I do.
—Did your gal leave you? —What do you think, pal?
—Is that thing on the front of your head what it seems to be, pal?
—Yes, pal.
Poet: John Berryman
Poem: 51.
Dream Song 51: Our wounds to time, from all the other times
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Chewy Toasty Granola Bars
I clearly remember the time I asked my folks if I could ride a friend's moped. Shortly after being told "no" I left my house to--you guessed it--ride the moped (I was young, people!). Lo and behold my parents came walking around the corner and busted me on the moped. (I ended up grounded for 2 weeks, but that's another story).
Luckily I have gained a bit more sense, and now harbor a less rebellious rejection of protocol.
When it comes to cooking, it is often pure laziness, and a bit of a can-do attitude, that prevents me from following, or often even reading, the directions.
Recently I tried to make granola bars, hoping to whip up a cheap, healthy snack for my family's lunches. Did you pick up the word "tried"? Yeah. Tried and failed. Why? Because I scanned a recipe originally from Kitchen Stewardship, and shared with me by my friend Rebecca at Cakewalk. The title "Soaked Granola Bars" led me to think that the oats should be soaked. And soak them I did.
But as I mentioned, I didn't read the recipe. Oh, did I not mention that? Yeah, I know, what can I expect? If you don't read the directions how can you even think about following them. But since I knew I wouldn't follow them, I didn't even bother to read them. Well, Otehlia, there's a technique to soaking and drying grains. It makes a difference if you do it right or not. This is why I don't make my own granola bars for crying out loud! (My mental feed after the granola bar fail.)
At any rate, I soaked the oats, then semi-dried them, hoping for a "chewy" granola bar. And unless chewy and mushy are the same, which they are not, these were not chewy. At before you say, well, maybe they weren't that bad, let me tell you that they were. My husband returned home from work with the granola bar uneaten. That's a complete and utter fail.
Back to the drawing, uh..cutting, board. Oh, I see, you soak them with a certain amount of water, for a certain length of time, and dry them completely. Well, that 's not going to happen because guess what--I want granola bars now! Finally after talking to Rebecca (during which time I certainly could have soaked and dried the oats), we decided that since rolled oats are already processed, there probably is no real benefit to soaking them. So I remade the granola bars, this time just using plain old rolled oats. Amazing! The bars turned out perfect. A bit chewy with a hint of crunch from the toasted oats. Some seeds, dried cherries and apples completed the snack--all in under an hour.
If you want perfectly chewy, toasty granola bars, for a fraction of the cost of boxed, just follow these directions--or don't.
Chewy, Toasty Granola Bars
4. 5 cups oats
1/2 cup each oil and butter
1/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 honey
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp flax
1/4 cup sesame seeds
1/2 cup almonds, sliced or chopped
1/4 cup wheat germ (optional)
1 cup ww flour (could use spelt, etc)
1/2 cup oat flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup each dried cherries, apples, diced
1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Spread oats on a large cookie sheet and toast in oven, stirring once, for about 10-15 minutes.
3. On separate sheet toast almonds, sesame seeds, wheat germ and flax, just until fragrant, about 5-8 minutes. Don't burn!
4. Reduce heat to 300.
5. Meanwhile heat oil, butter, honey, vanilla and sugar in sauce pan on stove until melted.
6. Pour toasted oats in a bowl, and add flours, seeds, salt, baking powder.
7. Pour sugar/oil mixture over flour mix and stir well to coat. taste to make sure it's good:)
8. Add dried fruit and stir again.
9. Press into jelly roll sheet or 9 x 13 pan and bake about 20-25 min, until golden.
10. Let cool, then cut in squares, and wrap tightly to store. Store in fridge.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Black-Bottom Lime Mousse Tart with Raspberries
I've been waiting to share some great news. It's like being pregnant--I just want to make sure the baby is healthy before telling everyone.
No, I'm not pregnant! I said it's like being pregnant.
I am the new monthly recipe columnist for Madison Magazine! My first article will appear in the April issue and you better believe I'll be shamelessly flaunting that baby like a proud mama.
The magazine's photographer came over the other day to take a head shot and wanted "something I'd cooked" in the background. Oh, boy. That was cause for major planning. Something beautiful. Something that can keep for a bit at room temperature. Something delicious that I could share.
I decided on a black-bottom lime mousse tart. With ganache. And raspberries. And raspberry sauce. I figured if the food looked great no one would notice my fine lines. Or the fact that the apron I tried to sew the night before the shoot wasn't hemmed. And had really messy stitching.
I worked hard on that mousse tart, carefully mixing, pouring and chilling the ingredients. I topped it with only the finest organic fruit. I painstakingly decorating the tart (it turned out much better than the apron!), and I proudly displayed it for all (well, me, the photographer and my son) to see. And I took my favorite picture ever. I hope you enjoy the creation of this column as much as I do!
Black Bottom Lime Mousse with Raspberries
Black Bottom:
2 cups Trader Joe's chocolate cat cookies
1/4 cup toasted coconut flakes
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup sugar
6 tbsp butter
Pulverize dry ingredients in food processor til very fine. Drizzle in butter. Press into springform pan and chill til set.
8 oz chocolate chips (semi-sweet chocolate or mix of semi-sweet and dark)
¾ cup cream
Bring cream to boil, remove from heat. Add in chips and stir until blended.
Pour over chilled crust and chill again until set.
Mousse Filling:
¾ cup key lime juice (can sub lemon, which I did here, but key lime is better)
one envelope powdered gelatin
4 eggs, separated
¾ cup granulated sugar
1 cup heavy cream
Raspberry Sauce:
14 oz bag frozen berries
2 tsp lemon juice
¼ cup sugar
1 tsp cornstarch
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp Grand Marneir
Heat berries gently until they release juices. Strain.
Heat again to gentle simmer and add all ingredients except cornstarch. Take a small amount of suace and dissolve cornstarch. Add to reset of sauce and stir, simmering for about 5 min until thickened.
Bloom gelatin in ¼ cup of key lime juice.
Whip 1 cup of heavy cream to soft peak on medium speed and store in the refrigerator while you make the rest of the mousse. In a heavy bottomed sauce pan, over medium heat, whisk yolks, ½ cup sugar and ½ cup key lime juice until thick and coats the back of a spoon. Remove from heat and whisk in bloomed gelatin until dissolved.
Transfer lime juice mixture to a bowl and chill to room temperature. While the key lime mixture is chilling. Whip whites in a clean dry bowl with a clean dry whip. Whip on medium speed until whites achieve soft peaks, being careful not to over whip the whites.
Gently fold egg whites into whipped cream. Then fold whites/cream mixture into key lime mixture being careful to not deflate the whites and cream.
Pour onto crust (I used springform pan) and chill to set.
Garnish with softly whipped cream (optional) and grated lime zest, and raspberries.
Top with raspberry sauce.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Peanut Butter Cream Pie
It's not always easy for me to go with the flow.
Dancing is where I feel least confined to an expected outcome (read: my own highly self-critical expectations), though I was even challenged in that area recently. I totally did not go with the flow during a performance, felt horrible about the outcome and spent the next few days beating myself up.
As a parent I often feel confined to schedules and routines. And as a chef, I get frustrated when a dish doesn't come out right. Usually it's not the taste that fails me, but the presentation of the final product. It falls, it burns, it flops.
A cake fail? That challenges my critical self to a level that is not pretty.
I've experienced a few cake fails. I tried to make the Impossible Cake (the name alone should have given me a clue); it imploded in goo. I have covered cracked cheesecake in a beautiful layer of glaze, hoping that no-one noticed that my cutting lines followed the gaping fissures. And just last night, I made a cream pie that turned out more like a soup than pie.
My son had a craving for peanut butter, banana, chocolate and caramel. What could I do, let a perfectly good craving go to waste? A friend of mine shared a recipe for Mikey's creamy peanut butter pie. It was first published by food blogger Jennie in honor of her husband Mikey Perillo who passed away last August. Peanut butter cream pie? That could become my new favorite, too, and it sounded amazingly easy! Even my son can make it with minimal help, I thought.
We followed the directions, and the crust and filling looked perfect. Fluffy filling on a cookie crumb crust. A nice layer of chocolate separating the two.
But alas, after chilling it for a few hours, the filling was still pourable. We dived in anyway, and the crumb crust spilled like dust across the plates. A heaping mound of delicious goop, and finely ground crumbs. In that moment, I realized that I could get frustrated and wonder endlessly what I did wrong--was it that we used a food processor, rather than a blender? Was the cream cheese too soft? Should I have whipped the cream more? Or...
I could go with the flow. I remembered to feel grateful that I had time with my son to cook, and I stuck the cake in the freezer. Lo and behold, a (not really) beautiful, slice-able, delicious, creamy, frozen peanut butter pie.
Forget the dishes, it's time to go play in the snow.
Creamy Peanut Butter Pie
Serves 10 to 12
8 ounces chocolate cookies
4 tablespoons butter, melted
4 ounces finely chopped chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup chopped peanuts (I omitted)
1 cup heavy cream
8 ounces cream cheese
1 cup creamy-style peanut butter
1 cup confectioner's sugar
1 – 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
Add the cookies to the bowl of a food processor and pulse into fine crumbs. Combine melted butter and cookie crumbs in a small bowl, and stir with a fork to mix well. Press mixture into the bottom and 1-inch up the sides of a 9-inch springform pan.
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or in the microwave. Pour over bottom of cookie crust and spread to the edges using an off-set spatula. Sprinkle chopped peanuts over the melted chocolate. Place pan in the refrigerator while you prepare the filling.
Pour the heavy cream into a bowl and beat using a stand mixer or hand mixer until stiff peaks form. Transfer to a small bowl and store in refrigerator until ready to use. Place the cream cheese and peanut butter in a deep bowl. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy. Reduce speed to low and gradually beat in the confectioner's sugar. Add the sweetened condensed milk, vanilla extract and lemon juice. Increase speed to medium and beat until all the ingredients are combined and filling is smooth.
Stir in 1/3 of the whipped cream into the filling mixture (helps lighten the batter, making it easier to fold in the remaining whipped cream). Fold in the remaining whipped cream. Pour the filling into the prepared springform pan. Drizzle the melted chocolate on top, if using, and refrigerate for three hours or overnight before serving.


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Ezra Pound's vocal support for Benito Mussolini and Italian fascism and his indictment, arrest, and imprisonment without trial have been a source of considerable puzzlement and embarrassment to an entire generation of poets and critics. In this book, Tim Redman draws from previously unexamined and unpublished archival material, to provide the first detailed and historical account of Pound's support for Italian fascism. Beginning with Pound's earliest political journalism for the socialist paper The New Age during the First World War, the book traces Pound's growing interest in the economic theories of C. H. Douglas and Silvio Gesell, his move to Italy, his meeting with Mussolini, and his increasing activity as an apologist and propagandist for the Italian fascist regime up to the time of his arrest. This fascinating account of Ezra Pound and Italian Fascism allows the reader to understand the causes and results of Pound's ideology and actions as well as the broader implications they have for the poetry and politics of this century.
Introduction; Part I. A moralist and thence an economist; 1. A. R. Orage and the education of a poet; 2. C. H. Douglas and social credit; 3. The writer-critic, 1930–1; 4. The turn to Fascism; 5. The discovery of Gesell; Part II. Pound's Worlds at War: 6. The wizard in general practice; 7. The Second World War; 8. The republic of Salo and left-wing Fascism; Selected Bibliography; Index.


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Unless you're a deranged, self-obsessed kind of guy with a severe Napoleon complex, hearing your own voice echo back at you from the stereo speakers, mid-coitus, is a total bummer. Especially when the girl you're consummating your love to is responsible for having pushed play. (There's a very fine line between groupie and stalker.) While it's a bizarre experience the average person will most likely never live through, according to George Lewis, Jr.—the front man and songwriter of the Brooklyn-based band, Twin Shadow—it's not just a guaranteed way to kill a boner, "it's totally unacceptable."
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Posted by Stephen Mann on November 16, 2011
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Last week, I presented at the itSMF UK's annual conference on the subject of value or, more specifically, I hid an awful lot of IT financial management-related content behind the title: "Anybody Questioning Your Value?" Importantly, this is not IT value; I am referring to business value.
It was a surprising session in many ways. Firstly, the number of attendees (I didn't count them but I would guestimate about 80 ... I'm sure my IT service management peers in attendance will now quickly tell me it was a lot, lot less). Secondly, that they all seemed to stay to the end (well bar one worried-looking lady who left in a rush early on ... I assumed a Sev1 incident or an upset tummy, or both).
The third surprise was the response to a simple question I posed:
If your CEO or CFO stopped you in the corridor and asked, "I like the look of this Gmail-for-business thingy, how does it compare cost-wise with our internal email service?" Would you know the per-unit cost of delivering your corporate email service?
The surprise? Not one person in the room admitted to knowing what their corporate email service costs. I expected to see a low number of raised hands but not a wave-less sea of hands-in-laps. Unfortunately, being unable to answer such off-the-cuff and more formal questions around costs and value can only expose the absence of I&O's business savvy and lack of cost-awareness. This is not a place I&O wants to be in right now (or ever).
So what does I&O need to do?
My Jerry Springer-like final thought?
I have said (well blogged) it before and I will say it again: I&O needs to have answers before the business asks awkward questions about costs, performance, and value.
If YOU don't get to grips with costs and value, your successor will.
Related blogs:
Please check out my latest blog ... http://blogs.forrester.com/stephen_mann
Full Presentation ...
Comment from Stephen Mann on Wed, 11/16/2011 - 12:55
... can be found at http://conference.itsmf.co.uk/pc87sj (track C, #3)
Good job!
Comment from Kenneth ("kengon") Gonzalez (not verified) on Wed, 11/16/2011 - 13:21
Just read through your deck. Nicely done, sir.
I think that the financial management aspects of IT have been ignored for far too long.
You're prompting folks to start having some good conversations inside of their organizations.
I hope that they give due consideration to your advice and start.
Yes, it does take work, but it doesn't have to be unbearable and what comes on the other end of it is worth the effort.
P.S. Thank you for the reference to my HDI blog. Was happily surprised to see that in there! :-D
Great Minds think alike
Comment from John Clark (not verified) on Wed, 11/16/2011 - 13:56
Just published a similar column with real world "awkward question" promoting the idea that these financial questions are going to be the benchmarks IT is measured by, and not the traditional measures...
IT Financial Management
Comment from Peter van Loon (not verified) on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 08:38
"I have said (well blogged) it before and I will say it again: I&O needs to have answers before the business asks awkward questions about costs, performance, and value.
If YOU don't get to grips with costs and value, your successor will."
That's the final thought this blog ends with. And it is all true.
When you summarize Stephen's blog, it is all about accountability: where does the money go and is it well spend?
There are several methods that can be used to track costs. The difficulty lies in assigning activities, licenses, hardware capacity etc. Questions to answer are: who is using which service, in which quantity, how to keep the balance between executing chargeback/show back and the cost of costing? This is the puzzle many CIO's have to resolve and let's be honest, most IT departments lack the knowledge and financial skills to implement a simple and effective chargeback method.
As mentioned in your blog, fundamental for an effective and transparent chargeback method are the Services defined in the IT Service Catalogue. These Service need to be made available at well-defined business conditions and the price composition should be transparent.
The capability of calculating a reliable and correct price through a proven model is a rare skill. This can only be realized when using an integrated set of tooling through which the separated cost items can be made transparent: the ERP of IT.
Implementing tooling for the ERP for IT process is not easy, but if done well, the result delivers value for IT and Business.
We call it: IT Financial Management. This consists of the integration of the catalogue, demand, cost-price, budget and chargeback process. If these five processes are connected and supported by the ERP for IT, then IT is in control and the business can manage IT to support the business goals.
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I&O Transparency
Comment from Frank Guerino on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 08:59
Hi Stephen,
Thanks for the article. Costs are critical for successful management of any area for any enterprise. A couple of things that you might want to consider for future discussion topics...
1) Costs need to be broken down into two (2) clear areas...
- The Cost to Puchase/Deliver, and
- The Cost to Own and Maintain (post-purchase/delivery)
Understanding the above two, and how they're tracked and managed, shows that they're very different. As bad as many enterprises are at understanding the first/former, the second/latter is often either totally ignored or grossly under-managed.
2) Managing Costs starts w/ proactively collecting and proactively tracking the data that drives costs, such as but not limited to:
- Contracts
- Purchase Orders
- Licenses
- Software Assets
- Physical Assets
- Headcount
- Facilities
- etc.
In the case of the second point, many I&O leaders are guilty of not tracking what goes into, exists in, or leaves their environments (this includes "all" environments and not just their Production environments). How many I&O leaders do you know of that keep clear track of, accounting for, and traceability of "everything" that is in their operating environments? Doing so is the key to getting to any Cost Transparency, let alone getting to good Cost Transparency.
It's very interesting to me that there is so very little expectation on most I&O leaders to track everything that moves through or exists in all of their operating environments. As a result, it would appear that far too many I&O leaders are simply not "managing" their environments, at all.
Anyhow, thanks again for the post.
My Best,
Frank Guerino
The International Foundation for Information Technology (IF4IT)
I also think that there is
Comment from Dan Dan (not verified) on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 20:28
I also think that there is something that goes beyond Finance. IT services create values by creating new perceptions or changing existing ones. If a service does not deliver on its functionalities AND on its promises than the value creation will go down the drain.
Thanks, Dan
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The most severe penalty is a Class D felony, punishable by 1-5 years in prison.
However, due to the past felony conviction, any new sentence could be enhanced.
SHEPHERDSVILLE -- A Bullitt Circuit judge has accepted a guilty plea which will not require a former Shepherdsville employee to serve any time in jail.
Robert Bright's guilty plea on three counts of theft by unlawful taking under $10,000 was accepted during his recent final sentencing by Judge Rodney Burress.
The one-year sentence would be diverted for three years. If Bright does not commit another crime, he would not serve any time in prison.
FRANKFORT – Attorney General Jack Conway and his Department of Criminal Investigations today announced that a Scott County man has been arrested for allegedly possessing child pornography.
Attorney General Conway's Cybercrimes Unit arrested 59-year-old Robert D. Jackson today at his Georgetown home. Jackson was charged with 25 counts of possession of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor and two counts of distribution of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor.
WASHINGTON – A former deputy with the Bullitt County, Kentucky, Sheriff's Office was charged today by federal grand jury indictment with two counts of willfully depriving an arrestee of his constitutional rights under color of law, announced by Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn Jr. of the Western District of Kentucky.
SOMERSET — A Pulaski County man was arrested on charges related to child sexual exploitation Thursday after Kentucky State Police served a search warrant at his home.
Daniel I. Jarrin, 21, is charged with six counts of distribution and one count of possession of matter portraying a sex performance by a minor.
Each charge is a Class-D felony, punishable from one to five years in prison.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The former owner of an Orange County, California mortgage lending company was sentenced to 42 months in prison today, by Chief District Judge Joseph H. McKinley Jr., and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $10,689,587 for devising a scheme to defraud National City Bank of $12,744,678 of money under its control, by submitting fraudulent funding requests for nonexistent mortgage loans announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
WASHINGTON – An Army sergeant was sentenced to 24 months in prison today for his role in a conspiracy to commit bribery in connection with supply contracts while serving in Afghanistan.
LOUISVILLE – United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. today announced the 30-month prison sentence of a New Albany, Indiana, man who previously pleaded guilty to charges of interstate transportation for prostitution, by Chief Judge Joseph H. McKinley, Jr. in U.S. District Court.
David McNeary, age 34, pleaded guilty to three charges in a grand jury indictment on August 3, 2015. He was charged by grand jury indictment on May 20, 2015, and was arrested Friday, May 22, 2015, in Jeffersonville, Indiana. McNeary was placed on home detention with work release.
LOUISVILLE – A Louisville resident and former volunteer football coach at Jefferson County Catholic schools was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell to 87 months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for child pornography charges, announced U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
Raymond A. Nowacki, age 51, pleaded guilty on July 27, 2015, to a two-count federal indictment charging him with possessing and transporting child pornography by way of a computer. Nowacki remains in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
MOUNT WASHINGTON -- A Bullitt County circuit judge has reinstated a fire chief who was terminated in 2012.
After a bench trial in October, Bullitt Circuit Judge Rodney Burress has ruled that Michael Dooley was improperly terminated from his position as fire chief of the Mount Washington Fire Department.
Besides ordering back pay of more than $72,000, Burress ordered that Dooley be reinstated to his position through the end of his current contract in 2017.
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If you are looking for some cute short haircuts then you will find many short hairstyles and you can try one according to your own face shape, hair type and hair texture. Bob hairstyle is very simple and stylish and it is in fashion since after its inception in 1910.
If you are bold enough to try very short hairstyles then you can try pixie cut but you can combine your pixie cut with razor cur. Razor cut is named so because in this haircut, razor is used to cut the ends of hairs instead of scissors so that ends can be made more pointed.
You can try curly hairstyle if you have thin and fine hairs as curls give volume to the hairs. But if you have round face then you must not try curly hairstyle as your round face will look more round. Cute short haircuts are not only limited for women but there are many short hairstyles for men too. Men are fashionable like women and mostly they try short mens hairstyles 2013 but there are some men who try medium and long hairstyles.
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New Jail Director
Back in May Major Robert Chapman, who was Jail Director for The Alachua County Jail, resigned in place of being terminated.
He had been on administrative suspension since February, since then Sheriff Darnell had assigned interim directors, until now.
Robert Woody, long time Gainesville resident is Sheriff Darnell's final pick to fill the position of Jail Director for The Alachua County Jail.
Woody currently serves as the Bureau Chief of Community Relations for The Department of Corrections... he has over 30 years of experience, experience he will bring to hopefully help ease some of the issues at the jail.
"We are going to have many partnerships with the county jail and with The Department of Corrections," says Sheriff Sadie Darnell. "Learning from them from a work stand point as well as a re-entry offender stand point, so Robert brings a whole host of history."
Woody will join The Alachua County Jail in January of 2008.
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Biological responses of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells to Sr-M-Si (M = Zn, Mg) silicate bioceramics
Zhang, Meili, Wu, Chengtie, Lin, Kaili, Fan, Wei, Chen, Lei, Xiao, Yin, & Chang, Jiang (2012) Biological responses of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells to Sr-M-Si (M = Zn, Mg) silicate bioceramics. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research : Part A, 100(11), pp. 2979-2990.
Strontium (Sr), Zinc (Zn), magnesium (Mg), and silicon (Si) are reported to be essential trace elements for the growth and mineralization of bone. We speculated that the combination of these bioactive elements in bioceramics may be effective to regulate the osteogenic property of boneforming cells. In this study, two Sr-containing silicate bioceramics, Sr2ZnSi2O7 (SZS) and Sr2MgSi2O7 (SMS), were prepared. The biological response of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) to the two bioceramics (in the forms of powders and dense ceramic bulks) was systematically studied. In powder form, the effect of powder extracts on the viability and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity of BMSCs was investigated. In ceramic disc form, both direct and indirect coculture of BMSCs with ceramic discs were used to investigate their biological response, including attachment, proliferation, ALP activity, and bone-related genes expression. Beta-tricalcium phosphate (b-TCP) and akermanite (Ca2MgSi2O7, CMS) were used as control materials. The results showed that the Sr, Zn, and Si (or Sr, Mg, and Si)-containing ionic products from SZS and SMS powders enhanced ALP activity of BMSCs, compared to those from b-TCP. Both SZS and SMS ceramic discs supported the growth of BMSCs, and most importantly, significantly enhanced the ALP activity and bone-related genes expression of BMSCs as compared to b-TCP. The results suggest that the specific combination of bioactive ions (Sr, Zn, Si, e.g.) in bioceramics is a viable way to improve the biological performance of biomaterials, and the form of materials and surface properties were nonnegligible factors to influence cell response.
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Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > ENGINEERING (090000) > BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING (090300) > Biomaterials (090301)
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I love cats. I do.
Today, WWoW (the wicked witch of the west) has decided to get rid of all the helpless cats at school. I really felt for those poor cats though I actually understand her actions. It was due to the hygiene and the school cleanliness. You know, cats' poo and vomits around the school. Kids might have stepped on it and carried the smell everywhere. Therefore, I understand if getting rid of the cats is the only solution she could think of. I don't agree, but I understand.
What I don't understand and couldn't ever accept is why did she need to raise her voice and condemned some of us for feeding the cats? As if it was the worst thing to do as a human being. Those cat feeders are responsible for their actions, you know. They bring own containers, keep a broom in their cars so they can sweep away the kibbles leftover. If she really thinks that they are forbidden from feeding the cats at school, couldn't she just say it nicely? Didn't have to use the words like 'Gune otak', 'Kalau cikgu baik sgt' etc. That was so provoking. The end of the meeting, she said it again with a sarcastic tone, 'Haaa ambik la cikgu kucing tu bawak balik. Free ajee..'
Thank God I could hold myself from showing her my middle finger.
I shook my head, grabbed my bag, waiting for her to look at my way and gave her a death stare instead when she did.
Erghh.. I hate being in this place! Back in the car, I told hubs,
'If she is standing in front of our car right now, I would just knock her down without a second thought.'
Yeah, maybe I was just saying it and didn't mean it literally (if killing isn't sinful, I'd probably just do it), but you get a rough idea now how much I hate her.