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Saturday, September 25, 2010
The Last of Winter's Offerings before the Bounty of Spring
I had a month off from the market, owing to the Royal Melbourne Show. In that time, I told myself that I would use the free weekends and nights to test out new recipes, update the blog, and do a thousand other productive things. As things normally are around here, however, I have chosen to do all of them during the last week of the month.
Ah, well, it's back to backbreaking work next week.
I thought I'd take this chance to show you the rest of the current range, while it is still as it is. Soon we're going to (hopefully) have the first of spring's bounty, and then everything will change. I can't wait to get out of woollen socks, tights and layers of knits and coats!!
I'll be back at the Showgrounds next Sunday with my treats. See you then??
13 comments:
i love the way you style your food. your treats are so pretty that it'd definitely make me think twice before putting it in my mouth. i wish i were any better at this. geez...my mouth is watering!
- September 26, 2010 at 3:02 AM
- Chocolate Freckles said...
These look amazing ... so pretty!
- September 26, 2010 at 9:17 AM
- Y said...
What utterly gorgeous looking sweets!
- September 26, 2010 at 11:47 AM
- Xiaolu said...
I'm always blown away by your beautiful treats and photos.
- September 26, 2010 at 2:49 PM
- Sheryl said...
Lovely photos and gorgeous new treats!! They look utterly amazing. I wish I could come visit you at the showgrounds =( Maybe if I bake very early I can pop by. If not can I place an order for one of everything?! I can't wait to try them. xo
- September 27, 2010 at 6:57 PM
- Iron Chef Shellie said...
mmmm great photos!!! making me drool!
See you at the mad hatters' picnic!
- September 29, 2010 at 10:53 AM
- Scarlett said...
wow-these look truly delicious!
- October 8, 2010 at 6:54 PM
- Mallory Elise said...
ops i totally missed this post :) your business website is AMAZING lady congratulations, it's so inspiring!! and tell your web designer congrats too, they did a great job. wishing you many many orders and success!
- October 22, 2010 at 9:20 PM
so beautiful!!!! Lovely!
- November 1, 2010 at 1:09 PM
- Glenys said...
Mmmmm... Yummy!
- November 3, 2010 at 2:34 AM
- thanh7580 said...
Great to see you again at the bloggers picnic.
Those desserts look super amazing.
- November 3, 2010 at 9:39 PM
- shewhisks said...
Hi, I came across your blog a while ago and thought it was wonderful! And then I lost my favourites and couldn't find you for ages! So glad I managed to find the blog now through the lovely blog award. Love love the cake, the produce and your use of it is amazing! That is a real gift, love it! xx
- November 13, 2010 at 8:28 AM
- Kendall said...
The photos are beautiful, and the treats are truly works of art! I am sure they taste as they look.
I love to share my knowledge of great food; check it out at www.culinaryschoolguide.net
- January 18, 2011 at 12:56 PM


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State report recommends tree assessment for future storms
Of the estimated 1.1 million trees that line Connecticut's streets and highways, as many as 620,000 are large enough to pose potential hazards to utility lines and roadways during future storms.
Of those 620,000, more than half are maple trees that, because of their growing habits, tend to have structural defects such as hollow cavities and split trunks with weak forks that are most vulnerable in high winds and heavy snows.
Pre-emptively removing all the large maples growing along state and municipal roadways would cost $185 million or more. Given the expense, state and municipal tree caretakers should instead consider evaluating the condition of all maples and other trees near power lines that have trunks one foot or wider in diameter - the size determined to be most susceptible to storm damage.
Those are some of the findings of a preliminary analysis of the state's urban forests done by Jeffrey Ward, chief scientist in the forestry and horticulture department at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.
It is the first report to quantify the risk posed statewide from large street trees as the state seeks ways to prevent the kind of prolonged power outages and extensive damage that resulted from trees felled during Tropical Storm Irene in August and the Oct. 29 nor'easter.
Completed this week, Ward's report was done at the request of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection as part of the post-storm analysis and response. The report has been sent to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's Two Storm Panel, which met Wednesday.
"Maples are fabulous shade trees because they're very fast growing," Ward said, explaining why maples became the dominant Connecticut street tree. "But because they grow so fast, they don't have the defenses. What grows fast dies fast."
For his analysis, Ward extrapolated tree data from 11 cities and towns that had conducted recent tree inventories to estimate the potential risk statewide of tree damage during extreme weather events. Among the towns were two in southeastern Connecticut: Colchester and Essex. In Colchester, there are 218 large-diameter trees of the 232 along town roadways, the report said. Essex has 1,371 large-diameter trees of the 1,415 along its roads.
To minimize future outages, Ward recommended that the state Department of Transportation and municipalities plant only varieties of trees with mature heights not exceeding 30 feet and keep trees no closer than eight feet from power lines.
He recommended against removing all street trees, calling this a "drastic solution" that would "inexorably alter the sense of place characteristic of Connecticut's towns and cities. The resulting cityscapes would be devoid of nature except for patches of grass and scattered flower beds."
Instead, planting smaller trees "would preserve the benefits of ... an urban tree canopy including reducing personal stress, cleaning air, reducing heating costs, reducing storm water runoff and sequestering carbon dioxide," he wrote.
Chris Donnelly, urban forestry coordinator for DEEP, said Ward's report will help guide the Two Storm Panel as it develops recommendations about how the state can minimize its risk of future storm damage and outages.
Ward's findings will also be shared with state and municipal officials who make decisions about which trees to plant along roadways, Donnelly said.
Which tree to plant?
Some small trees recommended for planting near or under utility lines:
• American arborvitae
• Autumn higan cherry
• Upright Japanese flowering cherry
• Weeping higan cherry
• Donald Wyman crabapple
• Indian magic crabapple
• Japanese crabapple
• Flowering dogwood
• Kousa dogwood
• Fringe tree
• Golden-rain tree
• Crimson cloud hawthorn
• Lavalle hawthorn
• Winterking hawthorn
• American hornbeam
• Japanese tree lilac
• Japanese maple
• Paperbark maple
• Chanticleer flowering pear
• Purple-leaved cherry plum
• Eastern redbud
• Eastern redcedar
• Sourwood
• Japanese stewartia
Source: "Trees and Shrubs for Your Community," 1999, Western Massachusetts Electric, The Northeast Utilities System
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Well, Josh and I wasted no time! The day after Thanksgiving, we woke up early, made breakfast (this is an event itself), and decorated the tree. And… you're in luck (or maybe not) because I snapped many a photo in hopes of sharing with you! And… I wouldn't be me if I didn't go through each element and item in the process and tell you where I found it or how much I paid for it… so here goes!
In case you didn't notice, I skipped right over the post that tells how to get the best deal on a live Christmas tree. This is because (cue sad music) I am allergic to most evergreens, i.e., Christmas trees (cue trumpet mute: "Womp womp wo-o-omp…."). I know, it sounds sort of pathetic, but in reality I've never been able to have a live tree in any home I've ever lived in, so I'm not missing anything since I don't know what I'm missing.
(However, Josh did grow up with live trees, and I know he misses them. Sorry, Josh.)
So… in lieu of a live tree, I have a lovely little fake one that has stood by me for about four years now, through five different apartments! Needless to say, because I live in a small apartment, the tree is a small one — about 4 feet tall. Here it is, pre-fluffed:
Yeah, not too exciting… yet. However, after about 10 minutes of "fluffing" as I call it, it looks something like this:
I originally bought the tree in October of 2007 at a Goodwill store in Lancaster, PA. Usually these are about $30-50 in a store, but I paid a mere $8. I love Goodwill.
Oh, and by the way, I used the table that comes with my Honda CR-V (looks like this), but I think any card table or even a small end table would work fine. Honda table = free.
To cover the less-than-lovely green Honda table, I took an orange Ikea curtain, draped it over the table, and hid the excess in between the wall and the table (shh… it's a secret). The Ikea curtain was originally $19.99 (for two panels), but since it was originally purchased for a previous un-Christmas-tree-related purpose, you know me… I call that free.
Next come the lights — and not a moment too soon, because I really think one of the saddest looking things is an unlit Christmas tree. For our 4′ tree, we use two strands of 100-ct. white lights. Both strands were purchased at CVS; they were originally $4.99, but with my (free) CVS rewards card, they were only $1.99 each. Bam! Now, this year we're only using two strands of lights, but the plan for next year is to add another strand (I can hear Teresa Foster's voice in my head saying "That's still not enough!" I know mama, I know). However, here is the two strand tree, still lovely:
Slightly sparklier…
Tree skirt: I'm a big fan of tree skirts, but since I usually do the Christmas gift thing early, this means I wrap them pretty early, too. It's nothing unusual for me to have all gifts wrapped and under the tree by December 5th. This means the tree skirt will be hidden for most of the holiday season. So, instead of actually having a "legit" tree skirt, I wrapped a metallic orange curtain around the base. This curtain is one of two panels that I got at Goodwill (for my first apartment), originally for $5.
Next come the ornaments!
Here they are in the box after they've been unwrapped:
Ooh! Pretty….
About half of these came from Goodwill and Dollar Tree over the years, about 1/4 of them came in a big multi-pack at Hobby Lobby with a 50% off coupon, and the rest were gifts.
You might be scratching your head now, saying "Where are the DIY ornaments?" Um, yeah… about that…
I don't have any! I know, I know… weird for me, right? It's not that I don't like DIY ornaments… I've just never tried my hand at them (and honestly, Goodwill has helped me out so much, I haven't really been lacking in the ornament department). However, I plan to change that this year! But more on that in a future post…
In the meantime, here is the tree, all blinged out:
As you can see, I'm not really into the red and green thing; I prefer ORANGE and green! (And orange has red in it, if you want to get all color-wheel-nerd about it, so that's close enough, right?)
Lastly, the tree topper! This particular tree topper…
… came from… you guessed it… Goodwill. And in case you're sitting there doubting my thrift store prowess, Check. it. out:
Uh huh. That's right. $6.97. Even has the price sticker to prove it! Also, maybe you noticed the brand of the tree topper? It's the Marquis line by Waterford. As in Waterford crystal. You know, those fancy folks who make the ball that drops in Times Square on New Year's Eve? And the chandeliers in Westminster Abbey? And dozens of sports trophies? Yeah, they're the big time.
(I even Googled my tree topper, just to see what it may have originally cost. Here's a link to an eBay seller's store where they're currently selling it for $40.99. I've found elsewhere from $35-50.)
And… because these things are important to Josh, I let him put on the tree topper:
Look at that face!? That's a happy husband. And in case you were wondering if he was posed for this picture, the answer is no. He really is that excited.
Ta da!
Now to the rest of the apartment… because when it comes to Christmas, I like to really toe that line between tacky and chic. :)
Because I have a small tree, but a serious Goodwill/Dollar Tree/People-give-these-things-to-me problem, I have a surplus of ornaments. And since the green and orange ornaments are the only ones to make the cut when it comes to decorating the tree (I made up this rule and I'm sticking to it), that leaves many more to… put into bowls! This is obviously a more festive spin on putting balls into bowls (also one of my favorite, albeit often used, decor things). Here are a few examples of how I've done this:
Here's a close up of the bottom level:
I don't like to arbitrarily place the ornaments in just any combination; I like to group them by color families, or to coordinate with surrounding decor. Since the walls in my apartment are blue, but I have a lot of orange and natural-colored accents, I like to acknowledge both the cool and warm colors (this is serious stuff). Here's a bowl of warmer toned Christmas ornaments:
Ahhh…. the juxtaposition of the cool and warm :)
Here's a bird's eye view:
But wait! There's more…
Una mas…
In addition to bowls of balls (ha), I also like to place some of my favorite ornaments in other places, too. Here's a bride and groom ornament that my friend, Laura, gave me when I got married. I've placed it next to a small frame that contains Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 (read by our friend, Joanna, at our wedding).
Here's an Eiffel Tower ornament that my friend, Spring gave me when I did the show Madeline' Christmas (it's set in Paris).
And lest we decorate for Christmas and forget a garland! This one (below) was purchased at Dollar Tree, along with the ornaments attached to it.
Smack dab in the middle of the garland is an angel ornament given to me by my friend, Laura. Let's pretend it's the Angel of the Lord. Okay!
And here's a wreath (it was a gift from my mother, who knows I'm not really into the red and green Christmas thing):
That's all I have for now. In the upcoming weeks, I plan to make a wreath for the front door — I'm thinking a festive version of a sheet music wreath? A "Things that (P)inspire Me" post very soon!
So… let's go through the list, just so I can say I told you:
Tree: Goodwill, $8 (though I know you could find these on Craigslist as well)
Table: Honda CR-V picnic table, came free with the car
Table cloth: a curtain panel reused from a previous apartment, free
Tree skirt: a curtain panel reused from a previous apartment (originally from Goodwill), free
Christmas lights: 2 packs of 100 ct. lights from CVS, $1.99 X 2 = $3.98
Non-gift Christmas ornaments: Goodwill, 2 packs were $2.97 each (with about 15-20 ornaments in each pack), so a total of $5.94 for both
I got another pack of four orange class ornaments from Goodwill for $1.97
Orange and green glass ornaments (on the tree): came in a multi-pack for $9.99 from Hobby Lobby (after the 50% off coupon)
Marquis Waterford tree topper: Goodwill, $6.97
Evergreen garland: Dollar Tree, $1
Silver glitter ornaments: Dollar Tree, ten pack, $1
Lime green glitter snowflakes: Dollar Tree, $1
Jingle bell Wreath: A gift (Thanks mom!), free
Bride-and-groom, angel, and Eiffel Tower glass ornaments: all gifts, free
Cute and enthusiastic husband: Priceless (but also free)
That's it (so far)… Hope these pictures and ideas inspired you, and hopefully you feel encouraged to go check out your local thrift store or dollar store for more ideas and options.
Oh yeah… I almost forgot! Dog stockings (from Dollar Tree)!!!
And if you're still looking for inspiration, worry not! This week is all about Christmas decor ideas, and what better place to turn to than Pinterest? So I did!


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CASTLETON, Vt. – Castleton led 17-0 at halftime and scored touchdowns on its first four possessions of the second half, cruising to a 45-13 win over Becker in Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC) action Saturday night at Spartan Stadium.
Castleton has now won three-straight games for the first time in the four-year history of the program to improve to 4-2, 3-0 in ECFC play. Becker falls to 2-4, 1-2.
Shane Brozowski (Rensselaer, N.Y.) led the Spartan aerial assault with yet another 400-yard, four-touchdown performance, throwing for 417 yards and four scores. Brozowski has now gone over the 400-yard mark 11 times in his career, combining with four touchdowns in seven of those contests. Brandon Boyle (Springfield, Vt.) hauled in 10 catches for 243 yards and two scores, while Tyler Carpenter (Fort Edward, N.Y.) led the ground game with 83 yards on 13 carries and a pair of touchdowns.
Brozowski drove the Spartans 73 yards on nine plays on their opening drive, converting on third-and-long and fourth-and-long on the drive. Brozowski hooked up with Boyle for 63 yards facing third-and-19 at his own 19-yard line, then completed a 14-yard strike to Kevin Alberque (Ridgefield Park, N.J.) on fourth-and-11. Carpenter capped the drive with a three-yard plunge to pay dirt for the only score of the opening quarter.
Castleton pushed its lead to 10-0 on a Dave Fox (Troy, N.Y.) 29-yard field goal with just less than 10 minutes remaining in the half. The kick capped an eight-play, 61-yard drive that featured another Brozowski-to-Boyle connection that went for 42 yards. Brozowski found Boyle from 11 yards out with 1:20 remaining, after the Spartans were given a short field to work with. Becker was forced to punt from its own end-zone, and after fielding the kick at the Hawk 27-yard line, Kyle Higgins (Pennington, N.J.) rambled 16 yards to set up the score.
The Spartan defense meanwhile kept its clean score-sheet by forcing a pair of three-and-outs on the first two Becker drives, and holding firm at their own two-yard line on fourth down. Ethan Macura (Granville, N.Y.) was instrumental in the early going, coming up with a pair of assisted stops inside the five yard line and breaking up a pass on third down to force a punt. Cameron Laundry (Hartland, Vt.) also made his presence felt throughout the opening 30 minutes, racking up 11 tackles in the first half before finishing with team-high 12.
Brozowski orchestrated a nine-play, 65-yard touchdown drive to open the third quarter. Alberque reeled in a 20-yard touchdown pass to cap the drive that featured catches by four different Spartans.
Becker drove down to the Spartan 25 yard line but Cody TanCreti (Hartland, Vt.) intercepted a Robert Baker (Monroe, Conn.) pass in the end-zone and Brozowski marched the Spartans 80 yards down the field for a 31-0 lead. Carpenter punched it in from nine yards out, and had a bruising 23-yard run during the drive. Boyle had a highlight-reel, back-shoulder catch that went for 25-yards to set up the Carpenter score.
Two more TanCreti interceptions set up two more Spartan touchdowns, one that went for 49 yards to Alberque and the second for 44 yards to Boyle, ending Brozowski's evening.
Becker tacked on a pair of late touchdowns, capitalizing on a Spartan fumble at their own 19 and stringing together a late 72-yard drive for a score. Dejahn Dawkins (East Hartford, Conn.) scored from one-yard out for his first collegiate touchdown, and Matthew Romasco (Port St. Lucie, Fla.) punched in the final score from 13 yards out.
Johnattan Rivera (Dracut, Mass.) led the Hawks on the ground with 93 yards on 23 carries, while Romasco added 73 on 10 carries to go with the score. Baker finished 5-for-19 with four interceptions and 45 yards.
Melvin Booker (Roxbury, Mass.) led the Hawk defense with eight tackles, while William Tower (Manville, R.I.) added six tackles and a sack.
Todd Carr (Ticonderoga, N.Y.) chipped in 10 tackles and a fumble recovery to the Spartan defense, Macura finished with seven tackles and Mick Wong (Hartford, Vt.) added six tackles and an interception.
The Spartans will travel to Anna Maria next Saturday for a 3 pm ECFC kick-off.
NOTABLES: TanCreti's three interceptions set a Spartan record… Castleton was a perfect four-for-four in the red zone to open the contest improving to 18-for-18 on the season before a holding penalty called a late Greg Vreeland (Becket, Mass.) touchdown run back. Castleton chose to take a knee, bringing its perfect streak to an end.


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Capital-Raising Shifts To Smaller U.S. Banks
The U.S banking industry is poised for another round of capital-raising, this time by mid-sized and smaller banks.
But even with improved balance sheets, don't expect to see much healthy-bank M&A until next year.
That's the assessment of Fred Price, managing principal and co-founder of Sandler O'Neill & Partners, an investment bank focused on financial services.
Price expects banks will be active raising equity throughout 2010, in both the public and private markets. Investors are rewarding banks with healthy balance sheets, but even their equity raisings will in some cases dilute existing shareholders.
For the roughly one third of all banks whose health is only middling, and the third that is in poor shape, the capital markets are not likely to be receptive. "Lines of demarcation are going to get much brighter," said Price, whose firm focuses on the middle market — those banks holding assets between $50 billion to $2 billion.
To tap the public capital markets, it helps when banks appear not to need it. Price advises that a bank should have a low "Texas ratio" and be seen as raising capital to take advantage of all the dislocations in the sector.
[Full article over the jump.]


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UH Manoa College of Engineering faculty receive $1.3 million to develop performance-based tsunami engineering guidelines
Research begins this week with a survey of damage caused by Hurricane Katrina along Mississippi coastlineUniversity of Hawaiʻi
College of Engineering
Arlene Abiang, (808) 956-5637
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HONOLULU — The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Engineering has received a $1.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation's National Earthquake Engineering Simulation-Research Program to lead a multi-university, four-year research project to develop Performance-Based Tsunami Engineering, which will help to improve design guidelines for future construction of buildings in coastal areas subject to tsunami inundation and/or hurricane storm surge.
The project will commence this week with a reconnaissance trip to the Gulf Coast areas around Biloxi, Mississippi that were damaged by storm surge during Hurricane Katrina. Lead investigators Ian Robertson and Ron Riggs of the College of Engineering at UH Mānoa will document the effects of the hurricane storm surge on coastal infrastructure along an industrial coastline.
"We plan to collect data on the type and quantity of water borne debris that may have impacted buildings along the coastline," explained Dr. Robertson. "Satellite images of the area indicate debris ranging from automobiles and power poles in residential areas, to shipping containers and barges in industrial and port areas."
Robertson and Riggs will also record the effect that the debris had on engineered structures, such as multi-story buildings, in the coastal inundation zone. During a subsequent trip to the area in late October, co-investigators Solomon Yim from Oregon State University and Julie Young from Princeton, will collect data on bridge and scour damage.
For more information and updates regarding the project, visit http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/CE/.
About the National Earthquake Engineering Simulation-Research Program (NEES)
NEES is a new era in National Science Foundation-funded earthquake engineering research to speed earthquake loss-reduction. NEES represents the culmination of over a decade of planning and construction by the earthquake engineering community to develop advanced earthquake engineering experimental research capabilities in the United States. NEES offers opportunities in earthquake engineering to enable or enhance the study of larger scope, requiring experimental resources, in a more systematic way than previously possible. Funding for projects is aimed to support innovative research into the performance of structural, nonstructural, geotechnical, hydraulic, and other civil and mechanical infrastructure systems during earthquake excitation or tsunamis.
For more information, visit: http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/CE/


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Consequently, our problem is how to include the reality defined by the people with whom we live within the relationships we describe and analyze, without sneakily negating the reality of that reality.
"what kind of methodological or pragmatic difference this 'I don't know' will make to fieldwork experience and analysis."?
"Perhaps the one expression I heard the most, when people talked about spirits, was simply "I don't know." Spirits were inherently unknowable. (The spirits that possessed mediums were ultimately unknowable as well.) I ended up concluding this lack of knowledge was not incidental; it was foundational. To put it bluntly, while Ontological Turn would encourage me to privilege the fact that I will never fully understand Malagasy conceptions as to act as if those conceptions were simply determinant of reality, I decided to privilege the fact that my Malagasy interlocutors insisted they did not understand reality either; that nobody ever will be able to understand the world completely, and that this gives us something to talk about. It also gives us the opportunity to unsettle one another's ideas in a way that might prove genuinely dialogic"https://www.haujournal.org/index.php/hau/article/view/hau5.2.003/1978 (https://www.haujournal.org/index.php/hau/article/view/hau5.2.003/1978)
"How will 'we don't know' change our research?" That's the real question, isn't it? I am not sure - it is an experiment - but I think it can change it a lot.


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Been trying to get my hands on a Naish Raven 7m for a long time now(Over 2 years of looking!), but ive not seen one anywhere.... Never even seen a photo of one! I know they made them in 2005 and 2006(on naish website), but it seems as though they must have very few of them!? I know they didnt make a 7m Raven in 2007 though.
Has anyone else seen one or know somebody who has got one or even better wants to sell one?
(PS. Not interested in other sizes... There are tonnes of the bigger sizes about... just never seen the 7m!)


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Richard Blais's Potato "Linguine" with Conch and White Wine
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I've eaten my fair share of vegetable "pastas" in the past. While slivered carrots and zucchini are not necessarily a bad thing, they're not a true substitute for their starchier cousins. In Try This at Home, Richard Blais's has a number of what he calls "impastas," including this Potato "Linguine" with Conch and White Wine.
Most of the impastas are in the "I-wouldn't-mistake-this-for-pasta-any-day" camp, however, the potato "linguine" stands out. He first made the dish on Top Chef Masters (those viewers among us will probably remember the chef-testants doing their best to look cool cooking in bathing suits) and appeared to fool the judges into thinking that the potatoes were indeed freshly made pasta. Russet potatoes make ideal pasta substitutes, as they are mild in flavor and high in starch. Mingled with chopped conch (or clams), parsley, oregano, and bread crumbs, this "linguine" is more than just a substitute for pasta. It may not be better than the real thing, but it is certainly on par.
Why I picked this recipe: I'd never eaten al dente potato slivers before. Have you?
What worked: The potato "pasta" is seriously brilliant; its mild flavor was a fabulous backdrop for the briny clams and it contributed generous amounts of starch to the broth, making a creamy yet delicate sauce.
What didn't: Be sure to wait to peel and slice the potatoes until right before cooking so they don't oxidize too much.
Suggested tweaks: I couldn't find conch (where can you find conch? anyone?) so I used chopped shucked cherrystone clams. You'll need between 2 and 3 pounds of live ones if you're gonna shuck them yourself. You could use the potato pasta method for any number of simple sauces. I'm thinking a play on cacio e pepe or could be fun, or else a version with anchovies with lemon and chiles.
As always with our Cook the Book feature, we have five (5) copies of Try This at Home to give away this week.
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As I mentioned, we spent the holiday near Chicago at my aunt and uncle's house. It was an absolute perfect time, and I can strongly say that we don't get to see them enough. For Thanksgiving, my aunt managed to make enough food for a small army and we spent the next three days eating the delicious leftovers. And I kid you not, three days. We finally put out on the counter Saturday night [the night before we all left] every last morsel of food and we all managed to make our own contributions in making it all disappear. I was forced, I tell you. Oh, and I found my new staple at every Thanksgiving from here on out: Sweet Potato Casserole. Uhh, hello, why has no one ever told me about this ridiculously good tasting dish? I think my relatives may have secretly hid it from me so I wouldn't eat it all. Good thinking...
Anywho, we also did our fair share of Black Friday shopping, got in a couple games of volleyball at the gym, and a lot of time just enjoying each other's company. It's a rare occurrence that we're able to get together, so we have to make the most of it, right?! Right.
So I'm back in Omaha now, back with my three puppies who I missed dearly. I must say, they've never been so excited to see me before. Ollie actually kissed me on the face multiple times. I think our relationship is getting better. But being back also means getting back into the routine of things [a.k.a work and actually working out a time or two] and also making easy meals with those leftovers! So for this post, I thought it would be perfect timing for a superb biscuit, one that, alone, is beyond any other biscuit I've ever made but also one that would make outrageous turkey sandwiches. Orrrr any other type of sandwich using the Thanksgiving leftovers. I'll let you get creative. This recipe comes from the the one and only, Bobbly Flay, the recipe he used to win a biscuits and jam throwdown on Throwdown with Bobby Flay. Mmhmm, so it's gooooood. Buttery, flakey, and a slightly crunchy exterior surrounding a tender, soft interior. They're making my mouth water just thinking about them! Oh, and they're surprisingly easy. I promise. So have at 'er! .
My Notes:
- If possible, use a food processor for this recipe. Handling the dough the least amount with your hands will yield the best results. But I obviously realize not everyone has one, so just take mind when handling the dough. Be gentle!
- I wanted larger biscuits, so I used 3-1/6-inch cookie cutter to cut out the biscuits, which made 1 dozen (baked at 450°F for about 18 minutes). However, I put the original directions below, whatever you use depends on your preferences.
From Bobby Flay
4 c. all purpose flour
4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
12 tbsp. cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1-1/2 c. cold buttermilk
1/2 c. heavy whipping cream
Ground pepper (for sprinkling)
1. Heat oven to 450°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in large bowl (or food processor by pulsing).
2. Cut in butter using pastry blender (or pulsing) until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add buttermilk and gently mix until mixture just comes together.
3. Gather dough together and place onto lightly floured surface. Pat dough into 10x12-inch rectangle about 3/4-inch thick. Use a 2-inch round cutter to cut out biscuits (don't twist cutter, pull straight up).
4. Use a 2-inch round cutter to cut out biscuits (don't twist cutter, pull straight up). Press together scraps and repeat.
5. Place biscuits onto prepared baking sheet. Brush tops with heavy whipping cream and sprinkle with pepper.
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Justin Bieber apologizes to angry fans
Pop star Justin Bieber faced a backlash after being booed by a London audience for turning up on stage around two hours late, leaving thousands of young fans waiting. VPC
The fan says three opening acts and "technical issues" made the show start late.
What's up with Justin Bieber lately? There was the whole birthday-gone-bad incident.
And now he's got London fans' knickers in a major twist. Why? He showed up two hours late for his 02 Arena concert on Monday night, the first of three concerts there. Showtime was 8:30 p.m. He appeared at 10:30 p.m.
Teen fans were ticked, and so were their parents, who were, as AP put it, "outraged" and "overtired."
"There were teenage girls crying outside," said financial analyst Louise Cooper, who took her 9-year-old daughter to the concert as a birthday present. "It's one thing if your demographic is 50-year-olds, but his demographic is lots of little girls who need to go home and go to bed."
Tracy Wilson, who attended the show with her teenage daughter, said people began booing when Bieber had not appeared by9:30. She called the lack of explanation "disgusting."
The venue apologized on its Twitter feed "to all the Justin Bieber fans for the lateness of his show tonight."
John Aizlewood in the Evening Standard newspaper said Bieber had shown contempt for young fans, leaving them "exhausted, disillusioned and probably late for school this morning."
Bieber jumped on Twitter Tuesday morning early to defend himself and to tell his fans he was sorry, writing:
"since i have been here it hasnt been easy with the press at times but I have loved it. so let me say this... last night i was scheduled after 3 opening acts to go on stage at 935 not 830 but because of some technical issues i got on at 10:10..so.
"i was 40 min late to stage. there is no excuse for that and I apologize for anyone we upset. However it was great show and Im proud of that. and tonight we will run on time and look forward to putting on an amazing show for everyone in attendance. my relationship with the media is not always easy but im trying. Im all about the music and the performance and i respect my fans. ...
i never have any intent to upset or let anyone down. and Im not okay with things being exaggerated. once again sorry for anyone upset. NIGHT 2 at the 02 is gonna be even better. get ready. thanks"


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Microsoft Dis-Kinects Xbox One
May 14, 2014 1:11 PM PT
With Sony's PlayStation 4 increasing its commanding lead over the Xbox One, Microsoft made a play Tuesday to goose sales of its computer game console.
The company announced it would start selling Xbox One without its Kinect controller -- which allows a US$100 price cut -- and it removed the requirement that Xbox users subscribe to Live Gold to access streaming services they already subscribe to, such as Netflix and Hulu Plus.
The new $399 pricetag puts Xbox One on a par with PS4, which has shipped millions more units than its competitor.
"We're excited today to be able to respond to our fans who have been telling us for some time that they'd like to have more options on how to get an Xbox One," said Xbox Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer Yusuf Mehdi.
Those options apparently include buying an Xbox One without Kinect.
"There's a lot about Kinect that I really love, but we've also heard from people that they just like to play games with a controller in their hand, and they play multiplayer through Xbox Live," said Phil Spencer, vice president in charge of Microsoft Studios.
"What we wanted to do for those people is make sure that there's a version of Xbox that really meets the exact needs that they have," he said.
"We'll continue to innovate on Kinect," Spencer promised. "I think it's an important differentiator for us, but I also know that there are people out there that want to make the choice when they want to make it."
PS4 Tight Supply
The potential undesirable consequences of Microsoft's Kinect marketing practices have been a source of anxiety for some time.
"There's been a lot of concern since the launch of Xbox One about tying it to Kinect, which would drive the price up," said Rob Sanfilippo, an analyst with Directions On Microsoft.
"When Sony announced the price for the PS4, it was a glaring obstacle for the Xbox One, which had a $100 higher price point," he told the E-Commerce Times.
"Xbox One and PS4 had successful launches, but PS4 has taken the lead in sales by multiple millions of consoles, and there's a good argument to be made that a lot of that is due to the price differential," said Sanfilippo. "Now that Microsoft can have a console SKU'd at a price that matches the PS4, I think it will better compete."
The PS4 had a two million unit lead in consoles shipped over the Xbox -- seven million versus five million -- according to numbers Sony and Microsoft released last month. Shipped units don't always turn into sales, however.
"Xbox One units have had a difficult time selling in the stores, so while Microsoft may have shipped five million units, they have way more inventory than they expected," Eric Smith, an analyst with Strategy Analytics, told the E-Commerce Times.
"Meanwhile, PlayStation has shipped seven million units in the same time period and hasn't had a problem selling out," he continued. "There are lots of reports of tight supply everywhere."
Sweetening Streaming
Aside from price, Sony outmaneuvered Microsoft out of the gate.
"Sony did a better job of promoting their product. They connected with gamers. They made their machine a gamer-first experience, whereas Xbox One was an experiment in trying to reach a broader audience with multimedia functions," Smith said.
"Your early adopters of a game console are hard core gamers," he added, "so it's not too big of a surprise that the gamers chose the box that is more focused on games."
In addition to effectively lowering the price of Xbox One, Microsoft is sweetening the console's appeal by allowing free streaming of other vendors' subscription services. In the past, Xbox users had to subscribe to the Xbox Live Gold service to stream those services through the console.
"Dropping the requirement to have Gold in order to stream was necessary, given that smart TVs and gadgets like Chromecast or FireTV offer that capability without requiring any additional cost," Carolina Milanesi, chief of research at Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, told the E-Commerce Times.
"The move allows customers to enjoy more value out of the box," added Ross Rubin, principal analyst with Reticle Research.
"It also closes a perceived need to double dip in order to enjoy streaming services on the Xbox," he told the E-Commerce Times. "That double dipping made the Xbox a less desirable platform for streaming."


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Making their seventh appearance at the CAF Africa Cup of Nations, Togo will have their work cut out for them if they want to escape a tough group that includes Algeria, Tunisia as well as pre-tournament favourites Côte d'Ivoire. Midfielder Floyd Ayite told FIFA.com recently that Les Eperviers (Sparrow Hawks) could spring a surprise.
Ayite, who was in the squad that was ambushed two years ago in Angola, said the event was a nightmare that remains with them. "We are back at the Cup of Nations after this tragedy. We will never be able to totally turn the page on that. It will follow us all life long. But it also gives us strength, because defending our colours will be a way to pay a tribute to all the people who were injured then."
But for the team to pay a fitting tribute, the players will have to dig deep in their reserves to overcome stiff opposition. The 23-year-old believes that they can draw some inspiration from their qualifying campaign, which saw them advance to the finals at the expense of Kenya and Gabon. "I am quite confident for Togo. We played very intelligently against Gabon to qualify. Then, against a very good Moroccan team, we won a friendly recently. It is good if people underestimate us because the pressure will be on the other teams and we can benefit from the situation."
Ayite, who was born in France and started his football career with Bordeaux before moving to Stade de Reims in 2011, is aware that their opponents will be tough. "We all know Côte d'Ivoire and their very skilled players. But, so far, the players they have in the team now have never confirmed it by winning an African trophy. So there might be doubt in their heads. As for Tunisia and Algeria, we know that teams from the Maghreb region have skilled players also, but as we recently beat Morocco, so we proved we could deal with those games."
National team provides match practice
Although Ayite has played in the French Ligue 1 for several years, his playing time has been limited. "I have always had to struggle with large competition wherever I played, so I am used to that situation. Since I don't get as much playing time as expected, I try to show my best with my national team. What I cannot do with my club, I have to show with Togo."
Unlike Ayite, his fellow Togolese national team player Kossi Agassa is a regular in the Reims side and the goalkeeper is kept in high regard by the midfielder. "He is like a brother to me, and he gives me good advice." Agassa, however, is not the only player with whom he is in close contact. His biological brother Jonathan, who is four years older, also plays in Ligue 1 for Brest and for the national team. "I hope we will both make the squad for South Africa. We are waiting for the coach's decision."
Ayite is full of praise for his national team coach, Didier Six. The former French international took over the Togo side in November last year, having earlier only gained coaching experience with French club RC Strasbourg. But the former winger, who was a member of the French squad that won the UEFA European Championship in 1984, has plenty of other footballing knowledge. It is something that is not lost on Ayite and his team-mates. "Didier Six brings us his experience after playing at a very high level as a player. He is very demanding and ambitious. We try to be up to it."
He is very demanding and ambitious. We try to be up to it.
But it is not only to Six to which many of the younger Togo players look for inspiration. The highest profile player in the Togo squad, Emmanuel Adebayor, retired after the Cabinda attack. He returned to the squad in November last year and immediately made his presence felt as he scored two of the three goals Togo scored in the 3-2 aggregate victory against Gabon.
Adebayor has again hinted that he may retire from the national team, but it is something that Ayite hopes will not happen. "Emmanuel Adebayor's come-back raised the group to their best. It showed during our last three games, during which we played well and remained unbeaten. 'Sheyi' [Adebayor's nickname] brings us his great experience, his habit of playing high-stake games and his thirst for victory. It is a pleasure to play with such a talented player."


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Opinion: Peggy Noonan: Democrats Have 'Talking Points,' Not a Plan
Declarations columnist Peggy Noonan reflects on the White House's role in the shutdown. Photos: AP
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... I ... the it's the now look to you I did that Democrats and how they've handled this shutdown situation ... the president had to say to local your TV station to the ABC ... the problem we have right now is ... that on the other side there is ... a ... the action of the open part it does represent all Republicans ... that ... have decided to take a very extreme pollution ... and to take ... uber extreme tactics in order to get stuff done ... declarations columnist Peggy Noonan stays with me now so ... he ... presents as it's not my fault it's the fault of these other people this faction in the Republican party more I miss him very extremists don't forget that have made the point ... or is ... it suppose to play a larger role forgive me I'm going to be rude he has a talking point I think that part of him thinks this is true ... and part of him thanks I really like it to be true ... if I were the prison and I would be thinking you know I got two more years essentially of leadership on Italy the Democratic Party in a certain state ... actually ... they are to be showing the lively ness of the Republican party ... they should be having fights and debates ... and arguing about what's the right way to go what's the world not just reading Shibor principal on policy ... the party his party are to be having had these arguments I guess they'll delay them ... maybe they'll break out in twenty seventeen and a half to happen ... I mean they essentially just want to hear you know what the Republicans are trying to figure out what they stand for that than they are issues are existential what we need is a party where we stand for ... his seat the Democrats doing that if you don't see the Democrats doing that and what are they just doing ... me ... a conglomeration of constituencies predicted that are tied together over one thing and that is money ... I ... that's not a lasting political things you wanna be of ... a political party ... in evolution not a political party ... in we read more abundance three sixty ... are there any presidents in history would point to ... that encourage the kind that the ... on line ... not so but that didn't have ... that debate is not the word I'd use but I'll tell you I'm feeling at ... a certain protective missed when someone I never felt protected and four ... we're all celebrating Jack Kennedy it's wonderful we remember those days he was such a compelling figure ... but lately when I seen what to my mind is the general ... legislative ... lack of ... confidence ... and grants ... in the Obama White House I think more and more back to Rome and Baines Johnson ... the president the Democrats ... never brag about her yet legislative Lee ... had gifts and ... acumen an infected bullying through ... JFK is ... that of legislative desires after he left ... thirty seconds left do you think that President Obama on his meaning the Democratic Party in a stronger position ... for next year's election for the short term ... forget about the long term ... look very short-term he's just had to weigh on me he's going to be feeling cocky ... I think occasionally he makes ... mistakes ... when is the link I can ... so ... so that the Republicans are feeling the willful the Democrats are feeling ... routine and pretty another straw man stuff I'm not sure what that that ... that comes in time but I guess it at the very least things will be calmer for the next few weeks


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With the "fiscal cliff" looming and the Obama administration desperately searching for new revenue, once-sacred cows — from the home mortgage interest deduction to Social Security to Medicare — all have been subjected to scrutiny.
For Silicon Valley tech companies, no tax break is more important than being allowed to legally shift billions of dollars of overseas profits in a way that spares them from paying higher corporate income tax rates in America.
"It is — and I say this in all caps — THE tax break for big business," said Martin A. Sullivan, a tax economist and former U.S. Treasury Department official. "It's what they care about most."
For now, at least, there appears to be little momentum in Washington to clamp down on the valley's sacred cow.
While the Obama administration and Democratic Sen. Carl Levin have pushed the idea of a minimum corporate tax on offshore profits, there is no clear mandate in Congress to change the tax laws, said Kimberly Clausing, an economics professor at Reed College in Portland, Ore.
"If there was a will, there would be a way," she said. "It's just not clear there is a will."
The savings are staggering. As reported by Bloomberg News this month, Mountain View-based Google (GOOG) avoided about $2 billion in worldwide income taxes in 2011 by legally moving $9.8 billion in revenues into a Bermuda shell company.
And Google, Facebook and Microsoft are among U.S. tech companies that reduce their overseas tax rates by legally shuttling profits between two Irish corporate subsidiaries that allow them to avoid Ireland's 12.5 percent income tax rate in a two-company maneuver known as the "Double Irish." Another corporate tax maneuver has the equally colorful moniker of the "Dutch Sandwich."
Google previously told Bloomberg that its practices were similar to other global companies.
Sullivan, who has authored books on corporate tax reform, estimates that $25 billion theoretically could go into the U.S. Treasury by closing overseas corporate tax loopholes like these.
But with heavy lobbying in Washington, D.C., on behalf of U.S.-based multinational corporations, Sullivan said that $25 billion in new U.S. taxes is "very ambitious. Any realistic proposal would probably get a fraction of that."
Far from being on the defensive, Apple (AAPL), Google and Cisco Systems (CSCO) are leading a coalition of corporations calling for a tax holiday on an estimated $1.4 trillion in foreign profits, which they say would further stimulate the U.S. economy.
The tech leaders argue that current U.S. tax policies leave that corporate cash overseas — money that could otherwise be used back home to invest in American factories, laboratories and jobs.
Carl Guardino, CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, last month joined the heads of major tech companies in Washington, D.C., where they told congressional leaders that a tax holiday on foreign profits would create jobs in the United States.
"We're trying to be a truth squad," Guardino told this newspaper.
But Clausing said the proposal "for the tax holiday is a really bad idea, for a whole host of reasons — one of which is we already tried it in 2005. Firms brought back hundreds of billions of dollars, but none of that turned into new jobs in the United States. All it did was increase dividends for shareholders."
Across the pond, some European officials are also complaining about how little U.S.-based multinationals are paying into their tax coffers.
Algirdas Semeta, the European Commission's commissioner for taxation, said in a speech last month that, "there should be little tolerance of abusive tax schemes used to escape taxation. Arguing that they are legal does not make them right."
Even if tech companies get their wish for another tax holiday to repatriate foreign profits, Sullivan believes U.S. corporations will continue to employ techniques similar to the "Double Irish" and "Dutch Sandwich."
"If there is a loophole," he said, "they will surely find it."
Contact Dan Nakaso at 408-271-3648. Follow him at Twitter.com/dannakaso.


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All curricular students, except those in some career studies certificate programs, shall participate in a one-credit student development course designed to help them succeed in college, either SDV 100 College Success Skills or SDV 101 Orientation to a specific discipline. All SDV courses cover topics related to academic success, responsible decision making, and College information. Some sections address additional topics and some are intended for students in specific programs.
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A few weeks ago I wrote a column titled "The Barbarians Are Back," which looked at how cash-rich U.S. firms were drawing the attention of "activist investors" — a.k.a. corporate vultures.
Well, American companies aren't the only ones in their crosshairs — Japanese blue chips are too. Sony, one of Japan's best-known brands, has become a target for American activist investor Daniel Loeb. His $11 billion hedge fund Third Point has taken a $1.1 billion stake in the Japanese conglomerate, and last weekend delivered a polite but firm letter pushing the company to spin off a big chunk of its entertainment businesses in order to focus more on its underperforming consumer-electronics division.
(MORE: The Housing Upturn Looks Like the Real Thing)
The demise of Sony, and the structural problems of Japanese firms — which include insular management, inflexible labor, overly large conglomerate structures in which various divisions don't talk to each other, and a focus on incremental innovation at the expense of big, disruptive ideas — have been well documented in recent years. A few years back, in my previous life as international-business editor at Newsweek, I edited this story on the topic by Tokyo correspondent Christian Caryl. More recently, the Financial Times' John Kay gave a smart explanation of why Apple, not Sony, invented the iPod.
The question is whether Japanese firms, and the entire Japanese market, may be at a tipping point. Investors like Loeb are making a bet less on the potential of any one company than on the power of Abe-nomics, the new economic regime put in place by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which includes aggressive monetary easing of the kind we've already seen in the U.S., as well as structural changes to the economy, like deregulation of protected sectors, tax reform, trade liberalization and so on. It's the Fed-style bond purchases that investors are especially banking on; already, the announcement that the Bank of Japan will ramp up purchases of Japanese government bonds has sent investors into higher-risk assets like stocks, pushing the Nikkei to a six-month rally. And today new government data showed that, last quarter, the economy grew at the fastest pace in a year. These trends show no signs of stopping, and as I wrote in a post about the Dow rally last week, it's folly to fight central bankers once they decide to goose the markets.
(MORE: A Yen for Cash: How the Bank of Japan Could Threaten the Global Economy)
But in focusing on Sony's consumer-electronics business, Loeb may also be hoping to benefit from a side effect of Japan's new quantitative easing: a weaker yen relative to the dollar. American car companies and consumer-electronics firms, many of which compete with Japanese ones, should be at a competitive disadvantage now that the dollar has risen 30% against the yen since September. That makes American exports more expensive on the global market relative to Japanese ones. But here is where those structural problems within Japanese firms that I mentioned earlier come into play. Over the past decade, U.S. companies have gotten leaner, meaner and more innovative, and the cost of unit labor in the U.S. has fallen by 14%, according to a recent report by London based Capital Economics. (Unit labor reflects, among other things, the increases in productivity achieved by the American workforce.) Meanwhile, unit labor costs in Japan have increased by 10% over the same time. That productivity differential wipes out much of the gains that the Japanese might have from a weaker currency. Meanwhile, say the economists at Capital, it's possible that some Japanese producers might decide to use their cushier, currency-generated advantage to take higher profit margins rather than push aggressively for new market share.
Whether or not that happens at Sony, it's worth remembering that Western activist investors in Japan don't have a great track record (see TCI, Steel Partners and Cerberus' various deals since 2007). Japan needs corporate reform and a boost in competitiveness. But activists like Loeb have their work cut out for them, even with the winds of Abe-nomics at their back.
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chris.harvey needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 129 designs submitted by 30 freelance designers.
Digital Keepsakes Videography
We are an videography company that is in the process of rebranding. Our main business is wedding videography, but we also produce corporate and promotional videos as well.
We are trying to target several audiences. First, the wedding crowd. We want to attract couples (mostly brides) that are looking for a quality video. We also would like to attract organizations that are looking to promote themselves on the web. Web 2.0 people and organizations that understand the power of video.
We are looking for a logo that reflects what we do. Please visit http://www.digkeepsakes.com/blog to view some of our work. Our logo should reflect what you watch on that site.
1) the logo should not be wedding specific
2) The name "Digital Keepsakes Videography" should be used and the logo should also include a web 2.0ish icon that has a touch of elegance. The icon will be included in the logo but may also be used as a separate design element, perhaps as a facebook icon, or forum avatar.
3) the "Digital Keepsakes" should be more prominent than "videography"
4) the logo needs to fit at the top of that page (900 X 280) but does not need to fill the entire space. It can have space on each side of it.
5) please use the current color scheme of the site. PLEASE NOTE I HAVE REVISED THE SIZE OF MY STANDARD PAGE. THE HEADER AREA OF THE SITE IS NOW 836x160.
6) fresh, current, elegant, web 2.0
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MILFORD- The Delaware Valley Choral Society will perform two concerts this Christmas season, "Christmas Olde & New." The first concert will be on Nov. 30 at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Sandyston, NJ and the second show will be Dec. 2 at the Milford Theater.
Returning guest artist, Diane Michaels (harp), will be performing with the Society in Benjamin Britten's Ceremony of Carols in its' original form featuring member solo artists, Adista Wightman and Susan Rustin. A collection of old and new carols will be performed featuring a few instrumental surprises.
The Delaware Valley Choral Society is a non-profit group dedicated to performing major choral works in their original form. The Society incorporates aspiring musicians from the area and professional musicians to music to the community.
Tickets for Christmas Olde & New are $15 for adults and $10 for students and may be obtained at St. Thomas the Apostle Church 210 Route 206 North, Sandyston, NJ, the Milford Theater 114 East Catherine Street, Milford, PA, Patina Antiques, 320 Broad Street, Milford, PA, and the Craft Show, 120 East Harford Street, Milford, PA, or by calling (845) 856-5696. For further information or for questions about joining the Delaware Valley Choral Society for future events, call (570) 267-8773.


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Thursday, May 22, 2014
Ontario Liberals move ahead
The projection now gives the Liberals the lead in the vote projection, the first outright lead they have enjoyed since the campaign began. They stand at 38.7%, or between 37% and 43%. The PCs have fallen to 34.6%, or between 33% and 38%, while the New Democrats sit at 21.1%, or between 19% and 23%.
In terms of seats, the Liberals are now in majority territory - again for the first time since the beginning of the campaign. They are projected to win 55 seats, or between 46 and 62 seats. The PCs are projected to win 37 seats, or between 31 and 46 seats. The NDP is projected to win 15 seats, or between 13 and 16 seats.
The Forum poll has the same sort of sampling issues I have highlighted before. The proportion of respondents 55 or older is almost twice as large as it should be, and the proportion of respondents 34 or younger is almost a quarter of what it should be, if this was a representative sample. Weighting can correct for this, but as explained before that has the potential to magnify the errors that can creep in with small sub-group sample sizes.
May 12, and since then the Liberals have picked up three points to move into the lead with 41%. That is an extraordinarily high number. How high? The last poll to give the Ontario Liberals 41% dates from early October 2011 - almost three years ago.
Those three points came equally from the other three parties, with the PCs down to 34%, the NDP down to 20%, and the Greens down to 4%.
None of these shifts are outside the margin of error, but of note is that the New Democrats have now fallen in five consecutive Forum polls, while the Liberals have gained in three consecutive polls.
It will be interesting to see what other pollsters say, as it does seem that the Liberals are improving their position (either among all eligible or just likely voters) in every poll that has been out since the campaign began. Whether they really hold a lead of this magnitude, however, is another matter entirely. The normal margin of error of a random sample of this size would be around +/- 3%, roughly reducing the Liberals to as little as 38% and the PCs to as much as 37% (or, conversely, to as high as 44% and as low as 31%).
The Liberals led in every region of the province in this poll except in eastern Ontario. A Liberal lead in the 905 area code and, especially, the southwest is somewhat unusual. The only large shifts that appear statistically significant was a swing between the NDP and Liberals in Toronto: the Liberals were up 12 points to 51%, while the NDP fell 10 points to just 14%. This echoes the latest poll from EKOS, but not the one from Abacus.
Forum showed little change in approval ratings, with Kathleen Wynne and Andrea Horwath steady at 38% and 35%, respectively. Their disapproval ratings fell to 46% and 40%, respectively. Tim Hudak's approval rating increased to 25%, while his disapproval rating was unchanged at 59%.
In the second release from Abacus's poll this week, similar numbers were shown in terms of favourability - or at least relative numbers, since Abacus provides the option of people having a 'neutral' opinion. But 29% said they had a favourable opinion of Horwath, with 28% having a favourable opinion of Wynne and just 22% saying the same for Hudak. Negative views topped out at 42% for Hudak, against 37% for Wynne and just 21% for Horwath (she had the highest 'neutral' score).
On who would make the best premier, Abacus gave Wynne 26% to 20% for Hudak and 18% for Horwath. Among likely voters, however, Wynne's score improved to 31%, against 24% for Hudak and 20% for Horwath. Those numbers were very similar to Forum's estimate of 34% for Wynne, 22% for Hudak, and 17% for Horwath.
Also on the plus side for the Liberal leader is that Abacus found Wynne polling ahead of her rivals in three key swing groups: OLP/PC voters (32% to 17% for Hudak), OLP/NDP voters (43% to 25% for Horwath), and three-way swing voters (19% to 10% for Horwath and 7% for Hudak). Hudak, meanwhile, beat Horwath among PC/NDP swing voters by a margin of 36% to 23%.
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I just noticed an Ontario PC ad for "Million Jobs Plan" show up on this site. Do political advertisements belong on this site? It seems like the Google ad network is just automatically putting these up.ReplyDelete
Eric thanks for the fast turn around on this poll!ReplyDelete
Now we just need to break that PC hold on Eastern Ontario !!ReplyDelete
"Tim Hudak's approval rating increased to 25%, while his disapproval rating was unchanged at 59%."ReplyDelete
And that disapproval number says it all.Replies
Yeah, it is still lower than McGuinty's before he left office!Delete
God I hate Hudack and his conservative brand. I think they are getting a tad worried and dumping a ton of cash into on-line marketing.His ads are showing up everwhereReplyDeleteReplies
How long will it take Hudak to figure out that his opening move (layoff for 100,000 public sector workers) was fatal. The province has 1.3 million public sector workers plus union members plus retirees who will sympathize. This is not a municipal election where the maturity level is halfway between high-school student council and Rob Ford's favorite bar.Delete
If Hudak loses, Trudeau can run that clip of Harper at the Ford BBQ asking 'who is in over his head?'
If Ontario has 1.3 million public servants (I think that number is high most news organization have been quoting 600,000) then Ontario needs to do even more layoffs! The Ontario Labour force is only 7.5 million! At that rate- 17% of the Labour Force- the public sector is crowding out private investment. Ontario added 36 billion to its debt last year 5.5% of GDP-Ontario is broke! Ontario can not afford 1.3 million civil servants and considering Ontario consistently ranks middle of the pack for services and delivery thereof one must question what good all these public servants are doing?Delete
The only thing high schoolish about this election are people who turn it into a popularity contest instead of debating the issues. The election is not about the patron's of Rob Ford's favourite bar-it should be about what team is most competent to run a province with a myriad of problems and a economy that is increasingly out-dated! Is it the NDP with their history of un-regulated spending, is it the Liberals with their history of less than altruistic spending, or is it the Tories who have a plan to increase Ontario's economic competitiveness while reducing its debt?
I initially got that number from Census of Canada info but I find the Labour Force Survey easier to locate on the Stats Canada site. Look at the definition of 'public sector workers' before you go crazy with ideological fervor. Nothing is as simple as any politician will tell you. The falling Canadian dollar will have more impact on Ontario's economy than any premier could hope for.Delete
Public sector employees include municipal, provincial, federal employees as well as employees of publicly funded institutions such as crown corporations, hospitals and all levels of public education.Delete
With a more likable leader this would not likely even be a close raceReplyDelete
- Anonymous22 May, 2014 15:11
The NDP are really taking a hit in Toronto. I never would have thought Parkdale-High Park or Beaches-East York would be a race even a week ago.ReplyDeleteReplies
Beaches-East York in many respects is not a typical NDP riding. Generally speaking BEY is more affluent than the average NDP constituency.Delete
What is truly surprising; with these numbers (that are likely to change tomorrow) the NDP will lose Davenport, Trinity-Spadina and even Danforth.
I will not vote NDP but, I don't think there was much choice but to hold an election regardless of what the NDP decided to do. The NDP certainly over-played their hand, they acted as if they had a mandate to govern insisting on a new trinket from the Liberals every six months!
"A Liberal lead in the 905 area code and, especially, the southwest is somewhat unusual." I think you put it a little lightly there Eric! :-) I can believe that a Poll with decent margin of error would have a Liberal lead in the 905, but in SW Ontario??? That simply doesn't pass the smell test. it is like when EKOS had the NDP 4th in Northern Ontario - defies logic and doesn't pass the common sense test. If I am wrong on June 12th, will need to rethink my world view, but any poll that shoes these types of numbers are not very believable.ReplyDelete
Carl Hudak's policies are an even bigger problem. To date he has out campaigned Wynne and Horwath but people do not like what he peddling. Nor do they believe him.ReplyDelete
interesting tweet:ReplyDelete
Graham Richardson @grahamctv 3m
New poll for @ctvnews by @ipsosreidpa coming out @ctvottawa at six. things are shifting #onpoli #OntarioVotes2014
Not a good tweet for Hudak!
One constant that we can take away from these up and down polls is that the NDP are not doing well. I wonder if they are second guessing their move on the budget a couple of weeks back.ReplyDeleteReplies
....and the new Ipsos poll has the NDP up 4 from their last poll, so, perhaps I am wrong......Delete
Tonight's Ipsos Reid CTV poll has the NDP up to 28%Delete
These polls are all over the place. Absolutely crazy.
You say that, then Ipsos comes out with a poll later on in this same day that shows the NDP with 28%.Delete
I have no idea what the hell is wrong with the polls right now, but the one thing I think we can take away is that we can't seemingly take away anything.
I think Kyle that you can safely believe NONE of them !!Delete
Anyone have the Ipsos reid numbers?ReplyDelete
The new Ipsos poll shows the Tories in front 35-31-28. The number that jumped out at me is that 72% of Ontarians think it is time for a different party to rule the province. With the Tories more committed base, I think the Liberals are in trouble. It will take a bravura debate performance by Wynne to pull this thing out.ReplyDelete
New IPSOS poll has PC 35% OLP 31% NDP 28%!ReplyDelete
This is just getting strange.
This poll gives me:ReplyDelete
The average gives me:
Which is extremely close to Eric's projection. I guess with these numbers, that's what to expect on election night!
PC's are still leading among the likely voters with 41% to 30 for liberals according to the new @ipsosreidpa poll. @Eric looking forward to see what these numbers do to the projection...ReplyDelete
Also what is with all this comments like "I hate Hudak"? Did you ever meet him? You hate him enough to vote for a party that has a proven record of lying and wasting billions?
Hudak is not a star but this is not the x-factor this is election and people decide that they are ready to let the party who stole billions of our money continue managing our finances simply because they don't like the leader of the PC party?Replies
When most people say "I hate so-and-so" what they usually mean is that they don't like so-and-so's behaviour and/or politics. Rob Ford is a good example. There's plenty to dislike in both, though there are plenty of folks that like his politics and so are lazy thinkers in reverse... they like him, despite behaviour they would find criminal, immoral and deplorable in someone who's politics they disagreed with.Delete
I find that Tim looks a bit "creepy" and is prone to both foot-in-mouth syndrome and bursts of anger that don't help. That said, I find his politics really objectionable. As for scandal, if I voted against the party of scandal I'd have to vote Green.
All these "reasons" people have for voting, but even voting against scandal is just a rationalization when all major parties have performed abominably their last kick at the can. For my money, Wynne is as unlike McGuinty as are Horwath and Hudak, and her policies make the most sense. So in this case, I choose to vote for the proven liars and money-wasters in the Liberal party, rather than the liars and money-wasters in the NDP or PCs. What's worst about the PCs is that their campaign is 1/2 retreads of old ideas that have NEVER worked anywhere, and 1/2 bait and switch. Not a strong foundation for either trust or success.
You find Hudak's politics objectionable but, have no problem with Liberal "objectionable" spending? What the Liberals did with their parliamentary allowance is at best graft and at worse likely criminal and I haven't mentioned Ornge or gas plants.Delete
If the Liberals get re-elected they will continue with their less than altruistic style. The fact you are willing to vote for "proven liars and money-wasters" does not say much about your own ethics.
You should do the right thing and vote Green!
The NDP is at 28 percent according to the latest poll from Ipso.The Con is at 35, Liberal is at 31. "The Progressive Conservatives appear to be losing support among Ontario voters, while the NDP gain momentum after a slow start, a new poll shows.ReplyDelete
The survey, conducted by Ipsos Reid for CTV News on May 20 and 21, shows a tightening race, with only a seven-point gap between the frontrunner Progressive Conservatives and the third-place NDP. The Tim Hudak-led PCs continue to lead the pack among committed voters, with the Liberals under Kathleen Wynne and the Andrea Horwath-led NDP trailing"
Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/ndp-gains-momentum-as-ontario-election-race-tightens-1.1833865#ixzz32V7xhtb2
Hey Eric, Just wanted to thank you for this site. It helps put things in perspective for me as a Candidate (ONDP). Keep up the good work, 308 makes sure I have one foot on the ground.ReplyDeleteReplies
May I ask you in which riding?Delete
With the new Ipsos, I get:ReplyDelete
If I extrapolate the likely voters (53% of the 35 % PC voters etc), I get:
0 GPO (4,57%, which I got by using 40% of 5 of the 6% for other parties)Replies
Thierry, kudos for your efforts and all, but should you maybe get your own blog rather than riding on Éric's? Also, I liked your analysis here and it's taken a hit since you started focussing on your own simulator.Delete
Hi Éric,ReplyDelete
I've wondered if perhaps the small sample of "young" respondents is intended as an answer to turnout rates as seen in e.g. BC 2013?
Are the polls included in your models intended primarily as opinions of public as a whole or as forecasts for the election? With the different turnout rates these can of course be substantially different. But even if that's the idea, is scaling the "young" response up to the desired proportion the right thing to do mathematically?
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CANBERRA (Reuters) - Rock singer Chrissy Amphlett, who fronted the Australian group the Divinyls best known for the worldwide hit "I Touch Myself", has died in New York at the age of 53 after battling breast cancer and multiple sclerosis.
Her husband and former Divinyls drummer Charley Drayton said Amphlett died in her sleep, surrounded by close friends and family.
"Chrissy's light burns so very brightly," Drayton said in a statement posted on the Australian Recording Industry Association's (ARIA) website.
"Hers was a life of passion and creativity; she always lived it to the fullest. With her force of character and vocal strength she paved the way for strong, sexy, outspoken women."
Amphlett, who founded the Divinyls in 1980 in Sydney, was best known for her performances as a pouting, brash singer in her signature school uniform with fishnet stockings.
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The Divinyls recorded five studio albums between 1982 and 1996 when they split up. The 1991 hit "I Touch Myself" the band's biggest hit, climbing the charts in both Britain and the United States as well as Australia.
Last month Amphlett was named as one of Australia's top 10 singers of all time.
"Chrissy expressed hope that her worldwide hit "I Touch Myself" would be utilized to remind all women to perform annual breast examinations," said Drayton.
Amphlett also acted on stage and in film, and starred alongside Oscar winner Russell Crowe in the Australian production of the musical "Blood Brothers" in 1988, playing the mother of Crowe's character.
In 2007, Amphlett said she had multiple sclerosis (MS) and in 2010 announced she was also fighting breast cancer.
"Unfortunately the last 18 months have been a real challenge for me, having breast cancer and MS and all the new places that will take you," she wrote on Facebook in March 2012.
"My illnesses have really exhausted this little body of mine that I have thrown from one end of a stage to another and performed thousands of shows."
Crowe led the tributes to Amphlett on Twitter.
"Dear Chrissie, the last time I saw you was in the Botanic Gardens, loving life and reciting verse. That's how I'll remember you, your boy, R," wrote Crowe.
(Reporting by James Grubel, editing by Elaine Lies and Belinda Goldsmith)


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Roasted Garlic and Beet Soup
Adapted From Whole Living, February 2012
(Serves 4--Makes 4 Cups)
3 medium beets (I used 6 small beets)
2 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for drizzling (omitted)
6 unpeeled garlic cloves (I used 8 cloves)
1 large leek, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
1 bay leaf
coarse salt and pepper
2 tablespoons lemon juice (I used abut 3 Tbsp)
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Drizzle beets with olive oil and roast in parchment-lined foil until tender, about 1 hour. Meanwhile, drizzle garlic cloves with oil and roast in separate foil packet, about 30 minutes. Unwrap beets, let cool, peel, and quarter. Squeeze garlic from skin. Set aside.
Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a pot over medium heat. Add leek and cook, stirring, until tender, 6 to 8 minutes. Add beets and garlic, thyme, bay leaf, and 3 cups water. Season with salt and pepper.
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, 5 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Let cool slightly, then puree in a blender until smooth. Stir in lemon juice and adjust seasoning to taste.
Notes/Results: Rosy-red, thick and full of flavor. This is a fairly low-effort soup--once the beets and garlic are roasted, it goes together quickly. I needed a bit more lemon than the recipe called for to make it to my liking, so I added another tablespoon and it was perfect. I enjoyed this soup warm, garnished with a few slices of beet, but I liked it even better cold for lunch the next day when the flavors really popped. I would make this one again.
It's a soupy Superbowl weekend here at Souper Sundays. We have a few soup-loving friends waiting, so let's take a look.
Our second newbie is Torwen from Torwen's Blog, joining us from the United Kingdom with this Vegan Singaporean Laksa. Torwen says, "This recipe is a mix from different sources and I adjusted it to my own preferences of course. The spice past is more or less based on Ottolenghi's recipe and I also referred heavily on this nice vegan recipe from Hunger Pangs. But there are endlessly more good Laksa recipes out there in the web. A colourful novelty I introduced was however, the use of black rice noodles. The end result is a beautiful, spicy, and warming vegan Laksa (you can see the black rice noodles at about 5 o'clock on the picture below)." Welcome Torwen!
Finally we have Joanne from Eats Well With Others, who made this healthy Quinoa Chowder with Sweet Potatoes, Spinach, Feta, and Scallions while saving her kitchen from her pancake-making roommate and her boyfriend. Joanne says, "After they were safely tucked away in Anu's room. Eating. Happily. I got to dig into my chowder. And maybe it was the fact that by this point, I was hungry enough to eat my own hand...but it was all the comfort I needed after that trying kitchen experience. There are no crazy innovative flavor combinations in here, just tried and true favorites that you can depend on to taste good."
Thanks to the friends--both old and new who joined in with their soups this week. If you have a soup, salad or sandwich that you would like to share, just click on the Souper Sundays logo on the side bar for all of the details.


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HTC has always been a big partner of Microsoft. They've been onboard with Windows Phone since the beginning in 2010, but the history goes back deeper than that. They started out making devices for other companies (running Windows Mobile) and took off when they started to produce devices under their own name. With the upcoming 'Blue' update across a variety of Microsoft platforms it's becoming harder and harder for OEMs to build a Windows Phone and not have a corresponding tablet running Windows 8 to complement it.
NPD DisplaySearch, a market research and consulting firm, believes that HTC is working on a tablet running Windows 8.
Analysts at NDP DisplaySearch propose the suspect a display made by LG at 10.1 inches and with a full HD display (1920 x1080 / 218 pixels per inch). They go onto speculate that the device would be assembled by Pegatron and think production already began in the first quarter.
While we don't like to speculate on the inner thoughts of an analyst too much, this one was too hard to pass up since a lot of you like HTC and would probably like a tablet from them. What would you want to see in a device from HTC?
It's totally possible that production has already began on the device. Build is coming up at the end of June in San Francisco and Microsoft typically gives out smartphones and tablets for developers to begin development of applications. That means we might not see a new Surface product till later in the year.
It's becoming increasingly harder for companies like HTC and Nokia to ignore the tablet space. Both companies have been rumored to have tablets in the pipelines (and some even officially acknowledging their existence).
What do you guys think?
Source: Focus Taiwan; via PocketPC.ch
Thanks for the tip Subserved_Meteor!