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The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry recognized 16 residents for providing about $100,000 worth of free consulting to organizations.
The team from Encore Professionals Group donated more than 650 hours of consulting services to the club for four projects impacting programs and business operations.
The strategic initiatives completed over three months were:
• Development of an after-school reading program to support learning in the public schools
• Volunteer development to help the club attract and retain volunteer talent
• Information technology assessment to improve and consolidate IT services and efficiencies
• Impact metrics to measure and track program effectiveness and outcomes
Chris Protz, executive director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry was grateful for the group's help.
"Encore Professionals Group far exceeded our expectations," said Protz. "We could not have developed such programs with our current staffing, especially in such a short timeframe."
Encore Professionals Group is a consulting service for nonprofits, which links retirees having specific business, leadership or professional skills with short-term, strategic projects at Lowcountry nonprofits.
Protz said the Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton would have to pay a typical consulting rate of $150-$200 per hour for the expertise of the marketing, IT, human resources, education, and business professionals who assisted the Boys & Girls Club in developing the four benchmark programs.
Susan Harper, founder of Encore Professional Group, said the quality of professional talent available in Beaufort County is phenomenal. She has 23 retired professionals who volunteer.
"I am very impressed with the level of commitment and expertise each consultant contributed," Harper said. "Most volunteers want to do something interesting, challenging, part-time and help others. Most want to make sure the nonprofit actually uses the recommendations and finds the work of value."
Encore team members who worked on the club's projects were Bluffton residents Linda Bernier, Kristi Burns, Diane Crowley, Jill Langston, Sharon Lumadue and Ray Sisk. Hilton Head residents included Norm Galloway, Bill Geist, George Minot, ET Morrison, Bob Rathke, Dean Roberts and Dennis Ulery. Burton Sauls of Beaufort and Savannah resident Toni Kennedy also contributed.
Morrison was the lead consultant with the information technology assessment team which researched and recommended IT services. He retired after a career managing technology services, but continues working as an individual consultant in Hilton Head.
Morrison said he volunteered with Encore Professionals Group because he felt he could make a difference.
"Boys & Girls Club is a great organization that needs help, they're doing it for the kids and not themselves," Morrison said. "I had no idea of the facilities and offerings they have for young people or even how they make a difference. If I had kids today, mine would definitely be in afterschool programs."
Geist also helped with the IT side of the consulting for the Boys & Girls Club of the Lowcountry. Although he isn't retired, Geist made time to volunteer on the consulting project.
"I wanted to give back in a place where I can use the skill set I've learned over the years," Geist said. "Working for a club was a plus. I led the IT team and we looked at the applications more from the management side of the business and how the club manages the membership, then focused on infrastructure, network, security, expanding video surveillance. I was delighted we were able to help in so many ways."


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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
The Story of a Fermented Oat Flummery
Yesterday was the 100th birth anniversary of my maternal grandfather Ernst Johannes, known to his family and friends as Orika Ärni. A proud father of five, grandfather of 11. He died in 1981, when I was still just 6 years old, so I don't have many memories of him. I remember he was a big, quiet and stoic man, and know that he had worked hard in his farm all his life, mainly breeding pigs and milk cattle, as well as growing various grain crops (he had been lucky and wasn't deported to Siberia by the Soviets, but he did lose his large farm to the collectivisation, of course, leaving our family with just a fraction of the original farm). Although we spent at least a month every summer at our grandparents farm, and visited frequently, I cannot remember much of him. I have this image of him, sitting silently on the steps to one of the side-buildings of the house, just observing quietly what we, the kids, were doing. He wasn't the type of grandfather who'd play and chat with his grandchildren - I had my 'urban' grandfather for that :D - but I do remember forageing for wild mushrooms with him, even encountering a big brown bear on one occasion that we watched silently.
But there is one vivid food memory related to my grandfather that I wanted to share. During our annual month at the farm, my grandmother would regularly take a big saucepan, fill it with oatmeal and warm water, and leave it to ferment in a warm spot for a day or two. She'd then cook it on the huge stove in the corner of the old farm kitchen, stirring with a large wooden spoon, until it turned into a grey, gluey flummery ('kaerakile' or 'kaerakiisla' in Estonian). It was my grandfather's favourite dish, and there were always several bowls of cold flummery on the shelves in the large walk-in larder. It didn't look appetising - being a bland grey colour - and we avoided it at all cost, volunteering to pick berries from the orchard and eating these instead. But my granddad liked it, so my grandmother cooked it.
I spoke to my grandmother Senta (who celebrated her 88th birthday last week) yesterday, and she told me that she didn't like flummery to start with - actually found it pretty discusting, but gradually she grew fond of it:
Eks ta alguses oli üsna vastiku maitsega, aga pärast hakkas istuma :D
Well, I made the flummery yesterday to honour my grandfather Ärni. It definitely wasn't the most delicious dessert I've had, so I need to persist and learn to like this, just like my grandmother did. But it felt really good to eat my granddad's favourite dish on the day he would have turned 100.
Fermented Oat Flummery
250 g old-fashioned oats or oatmeal
1 l lukewarm water
Mix oats and water in a large bowl, cover with cling film or a kitchen towel and leave to ferment in a warm spot for 24-30 hours. It needs to smell slightly sour, but pleasant at the end.
Pour the mixture through a fine sieve. Cook the resulting whitish liquid on a moderate heat, stirring regularly with a wooden spoon to avoid sticking, until it's thickened considerably and become gluey.
Season with salt and sugar.
Serve warm with a dollop of butter or cold with a spoonful of jam. Drink cold fresh milk alongside.
19 comments:
- Noema said...
I've been following you silently until today, when I read your story: what a beatiful thing to keep someone's memory alive by remembering his favourite dish!
- 4:14 pm, May 14, 2008
- TadMack said...
Wow. Flummery, huh? What a fascinating dish. It doesn't sound like a dessert, quite, but I'll bet you will learn to find its good points.
Or, if not, you can add some flour and baking powder and make really light crisp waffles out of it... that's what my mother does with oatmeal and warm water that have sat out for a day and slightly fermented...
- 4:39 pm, May 14, 2008
- Mariajaan said...
Hello! And what else do you add to it? Maybe some sugar or cinnamon? Does the picture show hapukoor as well? Greetings from faraway!
- 5:21 pm, May 14, 2008
This is a beautiful way to honor your grandfather. I wish I knew what my grandfather liked as much. I know he loved and expected a dessert every day and his wife obliged.
- 6:54 pm, May 14, 2008
- Evelin said...
oi, sul on kaerakilemälestused!:)
ma olen alati tahtnud seda proovida, aga pole julgenud teha. Sest äkki ei maitse ja siis on kogu see eesti toidu fiiling rikutud. tundub kuidagi tähtsa, kuid kahtlasena...
Minu vanaisa armastas külma mannaputru:) Aga, tead, seda ei sööks ma vist mingi hinna eest...
- 9:45 pm, May 14, 2008
- maybelles parents said...
very nice post. It is wonderful that you are keeping yoru family alive.
- 10:12 pm, May 14, 2008
what a touching post, pille dear. my grandfather is soon 85, alive n kicking, n he always used to cook us porridge when we were kids. inspired by u i will ask him what is his absolute favorite dish. guro.
- 10:50 pm, May 14, 2008
- MyKitchenInHalfCups said...
I do the same kind of thing to remember those special people. It just seems right. Lovely post Pille.
- 9:27 am, May 15, 2008
- Elina said...
minu kaerakile mälestused kahjuks pole nii ilusad. meie naaber nimelt suht regulaarselt varustab meid selle "maiusroaga". minu ema sööb seda mõistagi rõõmuga, aga mulle ei meeldi kohe üldse. võibolla kui olen kord 80 aastane vanaema, siis on lood teised...
- 1:16 pm, May 15, 2008
- Dagmar - A Cat in the Kitchen said...
What a gorgeous post, Pille. What a beautiful way to honor your grandfather!
- 1:24 pm, May 15, 2008
- lobstersquad said...
that´s a sweet post. I don´t think I´ll be trying the dessert, but hey, I never have my own grandfather´s favourite philadelphia cheese with sugar, so I think it´s ok.
- 2:07 pm, May 15, 2008
- Ibán said...
Pile, this is a most wonderful story Both the remembrance and the dish create a unique thing...honestly, this is more than just a post...one can tell that there's a bit (or a lot) of you inside. Beautiful.
You can bet that I'll honour your grandfather in Spain too (I guess I'll have to aquire this taste too!).
*Technical question: would Scottish rolled oatmeal match your "Old fashioned oat"?? Or do you mean a special kind of oat??
- 2:30 pm, May 16, 2008
- Jeanne said...
What a lovely post PIlle - and how lucky you are to have the memories you do have of your grandfather. I never knew my paternal grandfather and only met my maternal grandfather once or twice. I can't say I'm entirely convinced of the wisdom or deliciousness of this dish... but I love the idea of honouring somebody by making their favourite dish.
- 4:11 pm, May 16, 2008
- Cassandra said...
I've been reading your blog for ages but have been silent up till now. But this post really touched me! I'm very close to my grandparents- thankfully they're both still alive & well- and I know that an important part of our closeness is the foods we've eaten together. Taste is so closely related to memory, I feel... my paternal grandmother died years ago & I still distinctly remember her chocolate cake & her meatballs in tomato sauce. Thanks for a lovely & moving post,
- 9:26 pm, May 19, 2008
Oh, what a surprise - it was also my granfather's favourite dish. I remember it took the whole day to cook (after fermenting was finished). As a child I was convinced my granddad wanted it because he liked the thought of his loving wife diligently preparing food for hours, just for him.
Beware, it is NOT edible. ;) But as it belongs to wicked category "sheep eyes for special guests", it is something to offer to Anthony Bourdain, should he visit.
Terv, Kadri
- 11:53 pm, May 20, 2008
It was lovely reading. I think, however, that MAKING the meal already serves the purpose of bringing up memories. I would rather skip the EATING part.
The post also associated with my favourite author Alexander McCall Smith: he speaks of a lone young man wearing a sweater the colour of distressed oatmeal. It seems that the kaerakile was exactly what he had in mind!
- 8:55 am, May 25, 2008
- ScienceMel said...
What a touching story. I'm glad you found some comfort in family traditions.
- 1:14 pm, May 25, 2008
Mmmh, I love oats in all forms and shapes, but my "significant one" thinks it stinks already badly enough when I make porridge for breakfast...
I wonder what he is going to say if I try the fermented versione ;-)
- 11:26 pm, May 26, 2008
- Unknown said...
Flummery is soluble fiber and Pectin. After you have fermented it, you use a cheese cloth to strain out all the oats. Then use it to Jelly fruits that don't have a lot of Pectin. Like Strawberries. Just use flummery in place of pectin and process it the same way you normally do.
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In any event... YESSSSSS!!! DO WE HAVE A CASTLE OR NOT!?!?!?
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm not keen on having He-man's tag-line, from here forth, being "By the Power of some foamcore that never made it to production!!!"
In any event... YESSSSSS!!! DO WE HAVE A CASTLE OR NOT!?!?!?
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm not keen on having He-man's tag-line, from here forth, being "By the Power of some foamcore that never made it to production!!!"
Great, we can't just get a clear yes or a clear no....there has to be "circumstances" ....
I predict.........we will get results by 3 PM pacific....... just guessin. I can not wait another minute. My finger hurts from clicking refresh over and over. And my eye balls will have a permanent thermometer pic burned into them for all of time.
it will be a yes.. i know it.. just to keep all the suspense and posting going
its mattel, they love to play (pun intended) with us and besides they have a lot of money to make this happen.
if they say no, can't do it.. its because of my post
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To be honest....I am amazed that we even have to go here with this waiting to confirm result status. What minimum amount did they need? Over 700 order placed here on the org....additional orders put in by other retailers and fans.....This IS CASTLE GRAYSKULL!!!! I am surprised that not all MOTU fans did not order this....as their is no charge immediately and you have a FULL year to save. I understand 250.00 might be high for some....but this playset will be HUGE in scale. Just like the Vintage series Millenium Falcon TRU exclusive....which has a 250.00 price tag...and that is ONLY a vehicle!!! This will be larger than that. I have to just have to say that the MOTUC will NOT be complete WITHOUT the castle....IT IS THE CENTERPIECE OF THE LINE......And for those of us that have INVESTED quite a few dollars in this line over the last 4 years.....I would be quite irritated NOT to have this....I understand we are ADULT COLLECTORS .....I apologize if I am rambling....I just am amazed this did not blow through the roof....when announced about this fabulous work of art......btw.....motu rocks over star wars any day of the week......lol and i collect both!!! Please Please I want to enter the FORTRESS OF MYSTERY AND POWER!!!!!
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I'm not sure how calling someone is guaranteeing they won't back out of the order. They need to just make an announcement about this and be done. If anyone wants to cancel their cards they can and that's a castle Mattel has to sell on Matty. I hate Mattel with a passion for multiple reasons but this is making me like them even less. They can call whomever and ask if it's a real order but they CANNOT force them to pay next December. I just don't see the point in confirming anything.
D Y I N G here - I hope we know soon, this is so stressful!
All night thinking whether or not this would happen. had me in the most agrevated of moods. now I come home from work, only to find out that we are placed in some hororible suspence. I supose ill have to get up a little early tonight hopefully. to find out our results are good and Grayskull is a reality.
Curse Florida and its counting!!!
Must know!!! I hope it goes through for the sake of the Mattycollector effort itself.
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It might not neccesarily be the card holder ordering, especially when we are talking about a toy that could appeal to kids as well It's not unheard of for kids to rack up $$$'s on their parents credit cards without them knowing until the bill arrives! I'm not saying thats happened, but it's one of many things that could happen with something like this. Others folks have already touched on in this thread, such as trolls using pre-paid cards just to push the pre-orders up and have no intention of actually buying that many.
In hindsight, they should have just charged a pre-order price of $25 and if the pre-order didn't go through, offered an exclusive figure in December next year instead.
Most wanted Filmation style MOTUC figures:
Hunga the Harpy, Webstor, Kobra Khan, Leech, Whiplash, Rattlor, Catra Cat Form, Ram Man, Count Marzo, Two-Bad, King Miro, Twiggets, Frosta, Kothos and Admiral Scurvy.
This is getting a bit ridiculous now. We're not going to find out. Why can't anything just be simple when it comes to this bloody line?
Maybe for Snake Mountain
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Young Women Worldwide Counseled to Stand in Holy Places
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"[God] didn't send you on this journey only to wander aimlessly on your own. He wants you to come home to Him." —President Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the First Presidency
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Young women dressed in bright spring colors filled the choir seats of the Conference Center in Salt Lake City as Church leaders addressed a capacity crowd—as well as Church members worldwide via satellite—during the annual General Young Women Meeting March 30.
The entire First Presidency—President Thomas S. Monson, President Henry B. Eyring, and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf—attended the event, where President Uchtdorf and the Young Women general presidency spoke.
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During his remarks, President Uchtdorf said that young women will find their way on their journey home and be an inspiration to others as they follow the map given by a loving Heavenly Father.
President Uchtdorf shared a personal story of how his family fled from their home in East Germany to freedom in West Germany. His father, older brothers, and sister each traveled alone while young Dieter, then about 11 years old, and his mother walked together across a mountain range to the West.
"Even though each member of our family had taken very different routes and experienced very different hardships along the way, eventually all of us made it to safety," he said. "We were finally reunited as a family. What a glorious day that was!"
President Uchtdorf said that journey and many other "journeys" he has experienced in life have become precious memories and learning experiences.
"I can now look back on my life and recognize a number of such 'journeys' I have taken over time," he said. "Not all of them involved crossing mountain ranges or political boundaries; some had more to do with overcoming trials or growing in spirituality. But they were all journeys. I believe that every life is a collection of individual 'journey stories.'"
President Uchtdorf spoke of the mortal "journey" all people chose in the premortal sphere and how this earth life is a wonderful journey back to their heavenly home.
"Now that you are here on earth, it might be wise to ask yourself how your journey is going," he said. "Are you on the right course? Are you becoming the person you were designed to be and wanted to become? Are you making choices that will help you to return to your Father in Heaven?
"He didn't send you on this journey only to wander aimlessly on your own. He wants you to come home to Him. He has given you loving parents and faithful Church leaders, along with a map that describes the terrain and identifies the dangers; the map shows you where peace and happiness can be found and will help you plot your course back home."
That map is found in the sacred scriptures, in the words of the prophets and apostles, and through personal revelation from the Holy Ghost, he said.
"This map is the gospel of Jesus Christ, the good news, and the joyful way of a disciple of Christ," he said. "It is the commandments and example given to us by our Advocate and Mentor, who knows the way because He is the way."
But simply having a map doesn't do any good unless it is studied and used to navigate through life, President Uchtdorf taught.
President Uchtdorf shared three specific messages:
- "Do not fear, for I the Lord am with you."
- "Love one another, as I have loved you."
- "Be of good cheer."
President Uchtdorf told the young women: "As you joyfully use the map your loving Father has provided for your journey, you will rise to your supernal potential. You will grow into the daughter of God you hoped you would become."
He promised them that as they honor and live true to the covenants, the principles, and the values of the gospel of Jesus Christ, "at the end of your journey Heavenly Father will be there. He will embrace you, and you will know once and for all that you have made it home safely."
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Drawing from the 2013 Mutual theme found in Doctrine and Covenants 87:8, "Stand ye in holy places, and be not moved," Sister Elaine S. Dalton, Young Women general president, encouraged young women to "be not moved."
"I can think of no more important counsel from a loving Heavenly Father than His admonition for each of you to 'stand ... in holy places and be not moved.'"
Young women today are standing on the edge of many important decisions and making choices daily, some of them difficult, that will shape not only their future but also the destiny of generations, Sister Dalton said. But despite the winds of opposition, adversity, peer pressure, and moral pollution, young women are standing immovable and living the gospel in the face of society's raging storms.
"In these latter days, there are no small decisions," she declared. "The choices you are making right now are of critical importance. Agency, or the ability to choose, is one of God's greatest gifts to His children. It is part of the plan of happiness you and I chose and defended in our premortal existence. Live your lives in such a way that you can listen to and hear the Holy Ghost, and He will help you make correct decisions. He will 'tell you all things what ye should do.'"
Sister Mary N. Cook
A young woman's virtuous life will bless their ancestors, their families now, and generations yet to come, said Sister Mary N. Cook, first counselor in the Young Women general presidency. Quoting President Gordon B. Hinckley, she stated, "When you save a girl, you save generations."
Righteous choices will qualify young women to make and keep sacred covenants that will bind their family together eternally, she said.
"Decide now to do all you can to fill your lamps, that your strong testimony and example may be woven into the lives of many generations—past, present, and future. I testify that your virtuous life will not only save generations, but it will save your eternal life, for it is the only way to return to our Heavenly Father and find true joy now and throughout eternity."
Sister Ann M. Dibb
Sister Ann M. Dibb, second counselor in the Young Women general presidency, told young women that they can create and stand in "holy places" even in the hardest times.
She said that while a holy place can be a physical environment or a geographical location—like a temple, a Church building, or a home—but it can also be "a distinct condition, position, or state of mind."
"This means holy places can also include moments in time," said Sister Dibb, "moments when the Holy Ghost testifies to us, moments when we feel Heavenly Father's love, or moments when we receive an answer to our prayers. Even more, I believe any time you have the courage to stand for what is right … you are creating a holy place."
It is through finding, creating, and visiting those "holy places" that young women are able to experience an incredible strengthening power.
"These places are providing you with protection, strength, and peace in unsettling times. Your testimonies are becoming stronger because you are standing for truth and righteousness in glorious ways."


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This week Paul Coyle takes a look at new security measures being implemented at Shepherdsville city council meetings.
This week Paul Coyle takes a look at the City of Hillview's new 11 p.m. curfew law for residents age 18 and under.
This week Paul Coyle is spreading the love throughout the community in honor of St. Valentine's Day.
This week Paul Coyle takes a look at the unusual weather patterns experienced in recent days in Bullitt County.
This week Paul Coyle celebrates Groundhog Day with a favorite panel from 2007. We're hoping Paul sees his shadow, meaning six more years of Coyle's Corner panels.
This week Paul Coyle takes a look at the Shepherdsville City Council's decision to allow pay raises for city employees.
This week Paul Coyle salutes the Bullitt County Animal Shelter and its commitment to the community, from both sides of the fence.
Editorial-cartoonist Paul Coyle takes a second look at some of the local events that made headlines in 2012
This week Paul Coyle begins the well wishes and hopes for a happy 2013 in Bullitt County.
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Millwall's stern resistance earned them a battling draw 0-0 against Nottingham Forest which keeps their slender play-off hopes alive.
The Lions avoided a third defeat in a row by stifling an in-form Forest side whose automatic promotion prospects took a slight knock.
The match started in a cauldron of noise at The New Den and it was the hosts who started the brighter.
Hameur Bouazza's direct running caused problems and he lashed a fierce effort just over the bar inside the opening 10 minutes.
At the other end, Lewis McGugan forced a finger-tips save from David Forde with a well-struck effort from outside the box.
Neil Harris was made aware of Wes Morgan's presence when the muscular defender barged into him from behind, but the Lions wasted the resulting free kick.
Forest went close in the 23rd minute when Chris Gunter drilled in a low cross which was just out of the reach of Joel Lynch at the back post.
Set-piece specialist McGugan tried his luck with a long-range free kick which flattened Darren Purse and deflected away to safety.
There was a brief moment of panic in the visitors' defence just before the break as James Henry tried to latch onto Harris' flick header, but Morgan made a timely intervention.
With Millwall's leading scorer Steve Morison struggling to make an impact up front, he was forced into defensive action when he cleared McGugan's threatening corner.
Much of the promise of the first half begun to fade after the break as both defences asserted their authority on proceedings.
The lively McGugan tried to get his side going again when he delivered a testing ball which flicked off the head of substitute Gareth McCleary, but Forde reacted well to turn the ball behind.
Millwall were on the back foot again soon after but demonstrated their defensive resilience when Purse cleared Chris Cohen's right-wing corner.
Robert Earnshaw was introduced late on with Billy Davies urging his side forward in search of their 10th win in 14 matches.
The Welshman was inches away from linking up with McGugan, whose lay-off fell just out of reach of the dangerous striker.
Henry fluffed his lines when well placed to provide a cross for Kevin Lisbie, with his delivery floating harmlessly out of play.
But it was Forest who finished in the ascendancy with a string of set pieces which threatened to unsettle the hosts, but they held their nerve.
Both sides had to settle for a point, just as they did in the reverse fixture, but the Lions now have their work cut out to make the play-offs.
Forest, meanwhile, still have their sights set on a top-two finish but will need to show more prowess in front of goal if they are to achieve their aim.
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Brendon S needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 8 designs submitted by 4 freelance designers.
Web Safe Teens
Web Safe Teens is a web site devoted to making the web safer for teens.
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Address will be http://www.WebSafeTeens.com.au
This website will provide information for concerned parents wishing to monitor/control access from their computers.
We're picturing a fixed-width (for 1024 sized screens) layout, with a header area at the top for logo, banner image, and horizontal menu. Two columns for Content + Sidebar under that, with a full-width footer at the bottom. That's just our initial idea - if you come up with something better, we're open to it.
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The day of reckoning is waving its white flag from the caboose, and that white flag's name is Fahd. Fahd, 26, runs a souvlaki stand in Washington DC, and like his American-born counterparts, he enjoys listening to music on his iPod, watching television shows such as MTV's Cribbage, and he will often communicate with his friends by typing on the tiny keys of his cell phone. But Fahd is as different as night and day from his American-born counterpart Tom, (who is white while he is dark-skinned). In an important way: Fahd has a job. And Fahd won't give me one.
"Look, Mr. F," he says, while loading up what the Lebanese call "pita bread" with his delicious mixture of chicken and sauce (which is, ironically, also white) "It's really just me, here. I don't make much to begin with. And I don't need anyone to provide analysis of the Middle East here at the stand. I'm just making sandwiches."
Note his focus, and his determination. While American kids are busy on Facebook, Fahd is facing the bookkeeping. In a flat world, a souvlaki sandwich guy on Constitution Ave is competing against mathematicians in Singapore and eager tiffin wallahs in Bangalore, which is why he absolutely needs somebody to educate his customers about the ups and downs and apples and oranges of foreign policy today.
"I don't know what you're talking about, Mr. F," Fahd tells me, as he scans the horizon for drug dealers in the favelas of Sao Paulo and metallurgists in Shanghai, who at this moment are staying up late to do their homework and thus eat his lunch, though not literally. "And if you're going to hang around here, you're going to need to buy another sandwich. You're scaring my customers."
Imagine two middle aged men, named Tom and Graydon. Both have gone from young Turk to old hat, and have noticed that it's a little harder to walk eighteen holes than it used to be, even with a caddy. But only Graydon, as of this week, has a job. And Tom has three Pulitzer Prizes and four New York Times bestsellers, and is often invited to very important parties, and never has to talk to anyone below the rank of full Minister. Tom is wondering what the hell is it that he has to do, to get Graydon to return his calls and emails. In this horizontal, accelerated world, where everybody is tweeting 140 characters, the most important interactions happen between characters, especially when they aren't really characters but myself and my (possibly former) friend Graydon.
And so we find ourselves blowing the horns of this dilemma: as a nation we very much enjoy getting paid a lot of money to fly around the planet and write two columns a week, and yet in this warm, gently curved world there seems to be no one willing to provide us with first class plane tickets or nice hotel suites with wireless access and fruit platters. Not to mention that my wife's family's real estate company went belly up faster than a goldfish swimming in the Gulf. In such a situation, we need to forget what's worked in the past, and concentrate on what will work in this new, parallel, day-glo world: begging a sandwich maker for a job.
As a person under thirty running his own business, Fahd is focused only on his immediate needs, and his immediate needs include, whether he wants to admit it or not, a fifty-ish foreign policy expert who can provide global strategies and pithy policy recommendations to guide his sandwich making strategies. As of now, though, he remains skeptical.
"Please, Mr. F. I will call police, okay? You don't like that, I don't like that. And you need to pay for that sandwich, please."
I give him six weeks.


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WaverleyDoctor needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 131 designs submitted by 28 freelance designers.
Montebello Medical, Canadian Medical Clinic, is looking for an advertising insert design that will be mailed to random potential customers along with other advertising inserts from other companies. It must stand out and grab the attention.
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iii. Blood Collection Service
The photo & the phrase should communicate the VALUES of our Services to clients:-
= Family physician accepting new patients is hard to find
= Family physicians in the province are too busy to be accessible when urgent health service is needed by their patients. Average wait time to book an appointment to be seen by regular family physician is frequently disappointing. Alternative emergency room service offered at the hospital is inconvenient because of the long wait time. Walk-in clinic is a valuble valid alternative.
= Hospitals provide free blood collection service to undergo necessary laboratory tests essential for diagnosis and treatment but it requires inconvenient wait in long line ups. Convenience and time saving are the appreciated values for the private, for a fee, blood collection services. The 25% discount coupon makes the fee less of a concern.
Potential clients are disappointed patients looking for convenient health services on a timely fashion.
= Family physicians accepting new patientsin the city, Dartmouth-Nova Scotia, are hard to find. So, just to advertising for that is important.
= Most family physicians are too busy to be accessible when urgent health service is needed (average wait time to book an appointment with regular family physician is frequently disappointing to the patients). Alternative emergency service at the hospital is inconvenient because of the long wait time. Walk-in clinic is a valid good alternative.
= Hospitals provide free blood collection service but it requires inconvenient wait in long line ups. Convenience and time saving are the appreciated values for the private blood collection services. The 25% discount coupon makes the fee less of a concern.
Patients are unsatisfied bythe wait time and are concerned about what may happen if they face emergency. They feel insecure because of health care services shortage. They are busy taking care of their own families, businesses and others.
INSERT/ PRINT DESIGN 5.5"x 8.5".
The 4-color design for the front must contain 5 elements:-
1. Name & Logo – find it on montebellomedical.com
2. List for the 3 main services provided
3. A photo/picture
- Eye catching / Attention grapping / Thought provoking
- Not necessarily need to be medical
- Child, pet, ……….. Amaze us
- Not a copy right
4. Catchy short authentic phrase
- Demonstrating the value of the offered services
5. Discount coupon on the blood collection service ($3 Off = 25% discount)
Ideas that work only as GUIDING examples for front design:-
* A photo for cute kitten trying hard to reach for something above and beyond its reach & a phrase like "Hard to reach a doctor?"
* A cute pet showing a funny emotion on its face; disappointed, bored, happy, amazed followed by a phrase relating the photo to our services.
This 2-colors design for the back must contain 3 elements (do not work on this before you get 4 stars for your front design):-
1. Area map, with a pin showing our facility site on it.
- Can be form Google Maps
- Better, a drawing simplifying the Google Map for the area
It is valuable to show our convenient site.
2. Blood Collection Discount Coupon (the back):
- Name: ……..
- Date: ………
- Phone:……..
- Do you want to receive a copy of lreport the by e-mail? yes, no
- e-mail:
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Biographical Sketch
By Michael Thurston
Muriel Rukeyser was born on 15 December 1913 in New York City. She attended the Fieldston Schools and matriculated at Vassar University (Poughkeepsie, NY). From 1930-1932, she attended Columbia University in New York. Rukeysers first book of poems, Theory of Flight, was chosen by Stephen Vincent Benét for publication in the Yale Younger Poets Series in 1935, and this book began a literary career spaning the rest of Rukeysers life and much of the rest of the twentieth century.
As central and continual a part of Rukeysers life as poetry was her deep political commitment. Beginning in the late 1920s, Rukeyser was heavily involved in political activism on a set of issues ranging from the Scottsboro Case to the Spanish Civil War to feminism and the American aggression in Viet Nam. Indeed, Rukeyser spent much of the 1930s in political action. She traveled to Alabama to cover the Scottsboro case (catching typhoid fever in a sheriffs station there) and worked for the Internation Labor Defense, which handled the Scottsboro defendants appeals. She wrote for the Daily Worker, went to Spain to cover the Peoples Olympiad, an international anti-fascist games set up as an alternative to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. While Rukeyser was in Spain, the Spanish Civil War broke out and she was evacuated. Her experience formed the basis for Mediterranean, first published as a pamphlet by (and for) New York Writers and Artists Committee, Medical Bureau to Aid Spanish Democracy in 1937. Rukeyser also, and perhaps most famously, traveled to Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, to investigate for herself a rash of silicosis cases among miners there (the cases, and the Congressional Investigation into them, had received a good deal of coverage in the American media). The research she conducted there was fashioned into The Book of the Dead, Rukeysers astonishingly powerful poem sequence (published in 1938, in her volume, U.S. 1).
Though often attacked by critics on the political Left and Right alike, Rukeyser continued to write and publish poetry throughout her life. Among her best, and most important, books are: A Turning Wind (1939), Beast in View (1944), The Green Wave (1948), Elegies (1949), Body of Waking (1958), The Speed of Darkness (1968), Breaking Open (1973), and The Gates (1976). She also published biographies of Willard Gibbs, Wendell Wilkie, and Thomas Hariot; fiction; plays and film screenplays; translations of work by Octavio Pax and Gunnar Ekelöff; and, in 1949, The Life of Poetry.
Similarly, politics continued to inform Rukeysers life and work. It was, in fact, Rukeysers feminism and her vocal opposition to the War in Viet Nam that drew the attention of a new generation to her poetry in the 1960s. She served as President of PENs American Center to fight for the human rights of writers around the world. The centrality of political work, and the connection between that work and Rukeysers literary career, is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that a thwarted attempt to visit Korean poet Kim Chi Ha on death row in South Korea forms the basis for her last books title poem, "The Gates." Rukeyser died on 12 February 1980.
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Last week as floodwaters quickly began threatening the town of Salina, Steve LeGoff and his wife, Michelle Grainger, sought higher ground at a neighbor's house.
They thought they'd be safe there.
But a wall of water was heading their way, and the ground behind the house where they were staying was becoming so saturated it was ready to slide.
The small town of Salina -- at the junction of Fourmile Canyon and Gold Run Road -- was hit hard by the devastating 100-year flood.
"We were only asleep for about a half-hour when the mudslide happened," Grainger said.
A sheet of water, mud and sediment filled the house, slamming Grainger into the wall. She was trapped against the door, with water quickly rising up to her chest.
"It was chaos," she said. "Everyone was screaming."
Wading around in the 55-degree water, barefoot, in the pitch black with the roar of the fast-moving water, LeGoff tried to locate his wife.
"When something you love is going to be taken away from you, you find a way to save it. You don't stop," he said. "I thought in 30 seconds I would lose everything I had -- my wife, my two dogs, the two cats. I was on my way to losing everything."
Once LeGoff reached his wife, he realized she was trapped.
"I remember looking at Michelle when she said, 'Steve, I don't want to die this way.' I looked back and said, 'You are not going to die this way.'"
He tried to smash windows, but when that didn't work he kicked out the door behind his wife.
"That's when the water had a place to escape, and the water went down," LeGoff said.
Their dog was buried in the mud, but the couple saved her by tugging her out of the mud, removing mud from her mouth and resuscitating her, they said.
"All I could think to do is to breathe into her mouth, so I start blowing and screaming at her," Grainger said.
LeGoff said he and a friend garnered the strength to lift three microwave-sized boulders off of Grainger. She was finally freed.
Elsewhere in the house, their neighbor was trapped in a bedroom. Grainger went to get help from others to dig him out of the mud.
The families escaped to another house in town on higher ground and spent the rest of the night there. All of their pets were accounted for, including their cat, which had suffered a broken leg.
In two separate rescue missions, the two families and their pets were all airlifted out by a Black Hawk helicopter. Grainger had suffered a compression fracture in her back and two broken ribs.
"It's unbelievable that we all got out," LeGroff said.
Grainger and LeGoff have no plans to move out of the Fourmile Canyon area.
"We were hit really bad by this flood, but we are going to find a way. There has to be a way," Grainger said. "Salina is our family; we have lived here for 22 years. We can't imagine living anywhere else."
'We can't rebuild on that land'
While evacuating their Salina home, Sean and Meg McCroskey made an unspoken pact to maintain a facade of normalcy during the flooding and everything that followed to protect their two sons, Greyson, 4, and Carter, 3.
When they learned that their 2,200-square-foot home had been reduced to rubble at the breakfast table of a friend they were staying with, they just looked at each other, trying not to let the shock and sadness show on their faces.
They each hiked down alone to the pile of rubble that was their home for a private moment of grieving, but since then, like many Boulder County families affected by the flood, they've been in survival and recovery mode.
"Sometimes I feel like I go through the grieving process quickly," said Meg McCroskey, 36. "I bawled and I sobbed, but you have two little guys, you gotta keep it together. You have to be optimistic. You have to move on."
The McCroskeys' house is a total loss. One car is stranded near their home with no way to drive it down out of the mountains. They have no flood insurance. They expect to get help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, but the maximum amount of aid they were told they could receive from FEMA is roughly $32,000, Meg McCroskey said.
With help and donations from friends and strangers through an online fundraising site, though, the McCroskeys say they'll find a way to get back to normal.
Sean McCroskey, who works for data storage provider NetApp, began communicating with his boss Clint Owens shortly after they evacuated.
Owens, who lives in Portland, Ore., set up a fundraising page through the website GoFundMe.com, and within a week, friends, neighbors and complete strangers from around the world had amassed tens of thousands of dollars for the McCroskeys. As of Friday night, they had raised more than $81,000.
Owens said it's been "amazing to watch the giving nature of people."
The money and well wishes will make life a little easier in the coming months and years as they attempt to find "normal" again, Sean McCroskey said.
"I'm not unlike anybody else in this world," he said. "I work hard and I've worked hard for a long time to have what I had, and just to have that be taken away from you in an instant, it's hard. It's just hard."
Certain areas near their home have washed out every time it's rained since the Fourmile Fire of 2010, and the evening of Sept. 11, the McCroskey family thought the area near their home might flood. They moved their truck and boat out of that washout zone and went to bed, not thinking much of the heavy rain that kept falling in Boulder County.
When they woke up the next morning, their driveway culvert had washed out, and Gold Run Creek -- normally no wider than a sidewalk -- was rushing furiously over top of their driveway. One of their cars was hanging precariously off a newly formed cliff by its two front tires. The rushing waters kept eroding away the McCroskeys' land.
At about 5 p.m. Sept. 12, the creek caught hold of the other side of the house and started eating away at the land under their home.
Sean and Meg McCroskey packed up some food and clothing in their two heavy-duty backpacking packs and grabbed the cat, Franklin, and dog, Gretta. The young family began hiking uphill to their friend Pete Brady's house, with Greyson and Carter splashing in puddles along the way.
While they hiked, Franklin, a jet-black, 1-year-old kitten, clawed his way out of Meg McCroskey's arms.
"I couldn't hold him anymore. Greyson was like, 'Mommy, we're going to have to let him go. We're going to have to leave him.'"
They spent the night with Brady and in the morning called a neighbor across the street, who informed the McCroskeys that their two-story, grey-blue home had collapsed.
Later, when Sean McCroskey hiked down to their home, he called for the skinny black cat and found him, miraculously unharmed, in a patch of sun near the house.
"I walked up to him, and his motor starts purring," Sean McCroskey, 42, said. "I sit down and hang out with him for a second. He sits on my lap. I'm talking to him about the night he had and the night we had."
He carried Franklin, kicking and yowling, back to Brady's house. On the afternoon of Sept. 13, they hiked to the top of Melvina Hill Road and waited almost three hours for the weather to clear so that a National Guard helicopter could land.
Sean McCroskey hiked the five miles down to Boulder with their dog while Meg McCroskey, the two boys and the cat were airlifted out of the mountains.
Friends in Superior took the McCroskeys in that night.
When Sean McCrosky woke up Sept. 14, the full weight of his family's situation fell on him. Everyone -- including the cat and dog -- was safe. He sobbed alone in his temporary room.
"It was the release of dealing with the whole fiasco," he said. "To be somewhere where you don't have to worry about, 'Are we safe? Is there power, water? Is my son going to have something to eat?'"
The McCroskeys will soon move into a long-term hotel paid for by Sean McCroskey's company. They have no longer-term housing plans: They don't want to leave their mountain community, but they're not sure they can afford to rebuild in Salina.
The McCroskeys moved to that blue house with white trim in June 2010, and on Labor Day that year, they were evacuated during the Fourmile Fire. Six weeks later, they moved back home, settled in with their new charred landscape and became part of the close-knit community that is Salina.
"There's not much we can do," Meg McCroskey said. "We can't rebuild on that land. We'd have to build it all back up and start over, and I'm not sure we'd be able to afford that."
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Rothschild descendant Jacqueline Piatigorsky lists her Los Angeles estate for $14.45 million. Oil heiress Helen LaKelly Hunt lists her Santa Fe ranch for $15.1 million. WSJ's Alyssa Abkowitz and Lauren Schuker Blum join The News Hub with this week's Private Properties. Photo: Nick Springett.
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- Tyler McQuarrie in the Platte Forme A.G. E46 M3 resets Buttonwillow's Limited RWD record, has fastest lap of the day
- M3 lock up 6 podium spots total including the entire Enthusiast RWD top 3
- E92 M3 took first in Enthusiast RWD, second in Street RWD & third in Limited RWD
- Forge Motorsports VW Mk1 GTI made its U.S. competition debut in Unlimited FWD
The 2013 Super Lap Battle (SLB)-Global Time Attack (GTA) season finale presented by Continental Tire at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in California November 14 was a virtual rout for the inimitable M3. Taking to configuration CW13 of the famous North American road course, the event saw some 60-plus competitor cars of several makes and models registered to beat the clock across a dozen classes, and from that mix no fewer than six podium spots wound up occupied by BMW 3-Series Ms, among them the Platte Forme A.G. E46.
Driven by professional drifter and racing instructor Tyler McQuarrie, the Platte Forme M3 has been to this event before - sporting traditional Laguna Seca Blue - and in fact set the previous Limited Rear Wheel Drive (RWD) class record in 2012 with a 1:50.755 lap at the hands of "Tarzan" Yamada. For the 2013 event, it came rocking a new look, a unique John Player Special gold wrap, and new driver, McQuarrie, who's no stranger to setting records at the track, having done it at least twice previously (in the C-West Honda S2000 and the FXMD Acura NSX).
He started off the day on fire, smashing the Limited RWD high mark by over two seconds with an orbit of 1:48.472. Unfortunately, the day got a little rougher after that, when the M3 suffered a drive issue and had to be towed off course. In that normally innocuous process, Buttonwillow safety managed to pull the lowered coupe over some raised curbing, a bone-headed move that basically led to the BMW's front bumper cover and splitter getting ripped off.
The team spent the third of four timed sessions thrashing on the car, getting it drivable for the group's final go-around. When McQuarrie climbed in for the last session, he remarkably produced another record-breaking flyer, this time an orbit of 1:48.038, clocking the fastest lap of Limited RWD and of the entire 2013 event. For the feat, McQuarrie scored 600 bucks plus 250 for setting the record, a Meister watch and a QStarz GPS lap timer for the overall fastest lap of the day.
"Right now, with the times we're doing, we're right around 550, 600 horsepower, so we can turn up the boost a little bit more," McQuarrie told us about the E46 after the first session of the day. "The car [the team has] set up is awesome to drive, pretty easy to drive. We lost the diffuser in the first session, but other than that it's been pretty simple."
In Enthusiast RWD, M3 didn't simply own the top spot - they claimed the entire podium. Rif Dagher won the group in his E92 with a 1:58.239, just edging the 1:58.458 put down by Amir Bentatou's Stanceworks E36. PoWei Huang in the AutoLogic Bob's Donut E46 M3 lapped in 2:01.680 for third place, putting three generations of the beloved M on the Enthusiast RWD podium.
E92 also took second in Street RWD and third in Limited RWD, but they weren't the only Euros to represent at the year-end time trials. Platte Forme also campaigned a Z4 roadster in the event, while outside of the BMW sphere Angel Robles piloted the Forge Motorsports VW Mk1 GTI in Unlimited FWD. Owner and usual driver Chris Hamer shipped the Volkswagen to the States from the U.K. - both for the time attack and the SEMA Show in Las Vegas a week earlier - but wasn't able to make the SLB/GTA finale, which is why Robles stepped in. Unluckily, Robles had an off-road excursion in the car after entering a turn too hot, incurring enough damage to take himself out of the running.
After a handful of off years, this was the biggest turnout for one of these things in some time, certainly the biggest since America's two premiere time attack bodies joined forces last year to stage the event. We wouldn't be surprised if this was the beginning of an upswing for the SLB-GTA finals, and expect even more racers to show up next year.


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READING (PA) – Delaware Valley College remained the lone undefeated team in the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) as the 14th-ranked Aggies notched a 20-10 victory at Albright College in the 61st annual Rajah Shriners Pretzel Bowl.
The win improved Delaware Valley to 7-0 overall and 5-0 in the conference as it looks to become just the fifth team in MAC history to win four or more consecutive championships. The Aggies are one-game ahead of Lebanon Valley, Lycoming and Widener in the standings and still have to face Lycoming (on the road on November 5) and Widener (at home on November 12) in the weeks ahead. The Lions dropped their third game in a row as they fell to 4-3 overall and 2-3 in the league.
The Pretzel Bowl is a traditional event at one Albright football game each season. Delaware Valley was awarded the Pretzel Bowl trophy as the game's victor and senior linebacker Ken Fowlkes was named the Aggies' Most Valuable Player as he tallied 11 tackles, two sacks and a forced fumble.
Delaware Valley got on the board on its second drive of the game thanks to a 94-yard drive after an Albright punt was downed at the six-yard line. The Aggies needed just four plays to reach Lion territory and they then a fourth-and-seven from the 32 when quarterback Aaron Wilmer hit Lewis Vincent for a 16-yard pass and a first down. On the next play, the 10th of the drive, Wilmer found Chris Ruiz across the middle for a touchdown. Jake Sobchak added the extra point to make it 7-0 with 2:55 remaining the opening quarter.
Albright threatened early in the second quarter as it reached the Delaware Valley 30-yard line and had a fourth-and-three. The Lions lined up offensively, but quarterback T.J. Luddy, who is also a punter, booted a kick and it went into the end zone for a touchback.
The Aggies responded with a 10-play, 80-yard scoring drive. They netted 78 yards on the first six plays, but could only get one on the next three, bringing up fourth-and-goal from the one. Wilmer kept the ball and snuck in for the score. A bad snap on the extra-point attempt resulted in a failed conversion run and a 13-0 Delaware Valley lead with 3:10 left in the first half. It remained that way to the intermission.
The second half did not start how the Aggies wanted it to as tailback Kyle Schuberth fumbled the first play for scrimmage and the Lions recovered at the Delaware Valley 36-yard line. Albright moved the ball to the five-yard line and faced a third-and-three when Luddy scrambled out of pressure and found his way into the end zone. Jordan Loiodice put the extra-point through the uprights to make it a one-possession game at 13-7 with 11:33 to go in the third.
After the kickoff, a 53-yard pass from Wilmer to Ruiz put Delaware Valley at the Albright 20. However the drive stalled and the Aggies turned the ball over on downs. The Lions quickly moved into Delaware Valley territory and converted a fourth-and-seven play when Luddy hit Josh Bakala for 12 yards at the 25. A big sack by All-American end Mike Jaskowski backed the Lions up and they settled for Loiodice's 38-yard field goal. The kick pulled Albright to within three, 13-10, with 1:49 left in the third quarter.
Delaware Valley answered with a 13-play, 80-yard scoring drive that took 5:35 off the clock. Schuberth did most of the damage on the ground and Tyler Neal finished it off by breaking a pair of tackles and hitting paydirt from 14 yards out. Sobchak's point-after made it a 20-10 ballgame with 11:14 to go.
Albright threatened late in the quarter but Ken Fowkles came through and sacked Luddy, forcing the ball loose. The Lions recovered but it brought up fourth-and-21 from the Aggie 27. Luddy's pass fell incomplete and Delaware Valley took over on downs. However, the Aggies were stopped and a penalty moved them back further. A punt out of the end zone went out of bounds, giving Albright the ball at the Delaware Valley 29-yard line with 2:26 remaining. Fowlkes came through and sacked Luddy again and Dwayne Shaw added a quarterback takedown as well to stop the rally attempt.
Delaware Valley's defense permitted just 258 yards on the afternoon, including 82 on 32 rushing attempts. In addition to Fowlkes' heroics, Terrance Osborne notched 11 tackles while Jaskowski and Jim DiLisio had seven stops apiece with Jaskowski also adding a sack.
Schuberth made Aggie history on Saturday as he became the first player to rush for 100 or more yards in five consecutive games. The sophomore finished with 123 yards on 27 carries. Neal added 53 yards and a score on eight carries. Wilmer completed 13 of 20 passes for 229 yards and one touchdown.
Luddy, who did not start the game for Albright, was 14-for-27 for 153 yards. Scott Pillar caught seven passes for 92 yards. Ryan Ott led the defensive charge with eight tackles.


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Saturday, October 22, 2011
Rawa badam burfi - Deepavali is around
I am sure many kitchens are buzzing with activity at this instant, for we will be celebrating our most important festival this week. For those who also usher a new year in, my warm wishes for the same also.
Every year the festive season is reason to get nostalgic. I am washed over by the wave of childhood memories. I seem to be smiling to myself as I set about preparing sweets and savoury dishes to share and eat.
Those days, my mother will pull out all her big brass and stainless steel containers, wash and sun dry them to use them for storing sweetmeats and snacks. We have seen her and my grandmother work long hours preparing stuff that we will eagerly wait to consume. You shall enter the house well prepared for the assault of aromas from deep frying or fat being cooked with a sugary mass. Now while I make them, somehow the thrill is lost between staying in the kitchen around those smells and aromas and the work load. Yet there is no complaint about that. Year after year I look forward to doing stuff, over and over again.
This time my household gets active with making the list of what I shall make and whom I shall have to send across to. Then my husband will start his suggestions, sometimes so hefty that I may have to veto the idea at the budding stage. He will wonder if I can try something as exotic as soan papdi and kaju kathlis. I may give in to few of his whims while I might have my own list in mind.
Thus this year, his choice went with Bombay jalebis and gulab jamuns and I added this rawa-badam burfi which I thought will be easy for packing in boxes for friends. The usual thirattuppaal is the very first I would make and hence along with the same the khova for the gulab jamuns got done. The savoury will be deepavali mixture and the ribbon pakodas.
This sweet came to my mind when I purchased the durum wheat semolina which was very fine in texture. S.Meenakshi Ammal book has one rawa burfi recipe that adds coconut to the same. I tried replacing the coconut with the almonds. We loved the sweet and quickly, I had to note down the changes I made. What better would be, than to make a post soon after I have enjoyed the sweet?
2 cups super fine semolina (I powdered this to a very fine texture)
1 cup (packed) ground almonds
3&1/2 cups sugar
1 &1/3 cup ghee (slightly lesser quantity of ghee will work too, my burfis were slightly on the fudge side)
2 teaspoons powdered cardamom
If you have ground almond feel free to use the same. Else, you may have to go about the procedure as what I did.
Soak some 40 numbers of almonds in very hot water for about 7 minutes. Skin them and spread the almonds on a cloth to allow them to dry. Change the cloth twice and allow them to dry well.
Coarsely pound them with a pestle and roast them on a low flame until the moisture is lost.
Transfer to the jar of a blender and pulse intermittently to achieve a powder that matches the semolina in texture.
Heat few teaspoons of the ghee in a heavy bottom pan. Add the almond powder and roast the same on a low flame until aromatic. Transfer the contents to a flat dish and allow to cool.
In the same heavy pan, add a generous quantity of ghee and roast the semolina until golden to slightly brown and very aromatic. If you can powder this (like it is done for rawa ladoos) also to a slightly fine powder, the texture of the burfi will be smooth.
If you like the crunch in your burfi, you may proceed with a fine textured semolina.
Transfer this also to the same plate as the almonds. Mix them well.
Prepare a cookie plate or stainless steel plate by greasing the same with a few teaspoons of ghee.
Dissolve the sugar in some water in a heavy pan. Make a syrup that can be drawn in a long thread when pulled between your thumb and forefinger.
If there are impurities in the sugar, add a small ladle full of milk and when the scum surfaces remove the same. If this procedure is not done, the colour of the final product may jump to an undesirable brown.
When the sugar syrup has been achieved, add the roasted almond-semolina mix dropping the same gently into the boiling syrup while stirring the same with your other hand.
Stir the contents well and avoid forming lumps, until the mix cooks well and gathers in a mass, that starts leaving the sides of the pan.
Add the rest of the ghee in small quantities at intervals and add the cardamom powder also.
Once the mass has been cooked well and leaves the sides with big white bubbles appear, transfer to the greased plate.
Tap the contents to spread evenly and smooth the surface with the back of the spatula or using a small portion of banana leaf.
Allow the mixture to cool and cut pieces in desired shapes - squares, rectangles or diamonds.
When completely cool lift the pieces off the plate and store.
Enjoy the same and share with your friends too.
Wishing you all a very happy deepavali. May there be end to all evils and peace reign upon.
24 comments:
The burfi looks enticing...Happy Deepawali..ReplyDelete
Wow,look how smooth this burfis are, love it a lot,mouthwatering seriously!ReplyDelete
wow ....burfi looks so yummy and inviting,bookmarked.ReplyDelete
awesome.....love the perfect burfi....ReplyDelete
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Diwali (sweets) preparation started yesterday at my kitchen... your almond burfi looks so damn good and perfect!!ReplyDelete
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Love the texture of your burfi...a must try for me...thanks a bunch for visiting my space Lataji...Happy diwali...ReplyDelete
The burfi has such a nice texture..Bookmarked!! And happy diwlai to u & your family..ReplyDelete
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It melts in mouth, iam sure. Lovely burfis :)ReplyDelete
Rawa badam burfi looks totally inviting n perfect! All your recipes are classic,worth trying...Happy Diwali!ReplyDelete
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Lovely texture, looks super delicious..tempting!ReplyDelete
Super texture! awesome recipe akkaReplyDelete
Badam burfi looks yummy...ReplyDelete
When I looked at burfi/ cake pictures mistook it for mysore pak. The recipe is very simple. I have booked marked to make it. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
The texture of the burfi is gorgeous. It looks like it would just melt in the mouth.ReplyDelete
Wow looks delicious n tempting burfi.ReplyDelete
Burfi looks delicious. Happy Diwali to you and your family!ReplyDelete
looks FABulous! Happy Diwali to you Lata!ReplyDelete
Lata, A very happy Deepavali to you all!ReplyDelete
love this akkaReplyDelete
Very Happy Deepavali, hope u had a wonderful one! Love this burfi!ReplyDelete
Hope you had a good celebration :) Sweet looks super yummy :)ReplyDelete
Burfi supera irukku :)ReplyDelete
badam halwa itself has rich taste,i think rava makes the taste to stay in mouth for longer..Fantastic recipe lataji.ReplyDelete
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Romba nalla erukku. Thanks for sharing.
Welcome and thank you for taking time to drop by.
I appreciate your valuable comments and tips.
I sincerely hope to improve with them.
Hope we shall interact often.
Thanks once again,
Lata Raja.