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What a week for Eric Church! Not only is he celebrating the success of 'Springsteen' – his single sitting at No. 1 for a second consecutive week — but now he has reason to tip another cold one back after hearing the news that his album, 'Chief,' has gone platinum.
Sales of 'Chief' have officially surpassed the one million marker, making the album Church's best-selling record to date. His previous two albums – 'Sinners Like Me' and 'Carolina' – both reached gold certification.
'Chief' hit shelves a year ago next month and has produced three hit singles, including 'Homeboy,' the chart-topping 'Drink in My Hand,' and of course, 'Springsteen.' The week after its release, the album made impressive debuts on the charts, coming in at No. 1 on both the Billboard Top 200 and the country albums compilations.
While there's no word yet what the next will be, we imagine that the singer can't go wrong with anything he chooses. And that's exactly how Church likes it. He recently told us that being in the studio is his least favorite part of the job, and that he anticipates going deep into the album for new singles.
Stay tuned to Taste of Country for your first listen of the next release from this singer-songwriter, and congrats, "chief," on all your success!


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Vincent Rudolph
Vincent is a member of the Hall of Fame. His citation appears below:
Vincent D. "Paul" Rudolph was an outstanding lacrosse mid fielder and soccer halfback. He led Washington College to a major lacrosse upset of Virginia in 1964, scoring four goals.
Two years later his four goals helped spark a stick upset of Brown University.
All-American and All-Maryland, he scored two goals in the North-South all-star game and was named the game's top mid fielder.
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ATLANTA, GA – June 23, 2010 – Alfresco Software, leader in open source enterprise content management (ECM), today announced that it will host a series of customer "Lunch and Learn" events in more than 25 cities across the US, Canada and Peru, July 13 through August 10, 2010.
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Monday, December 15, 2008
Cranberry Cookies - Lasang Pinoy Sunday Edition #27
We watched a children's Christmas musical yesterday.
Children have all the advantages in productions – they can do no wrong. They can forget their cues, mess up their lines, or even do nothing but stand on the side – yet they are guaranteed to steal the show regardless. They are just too cute. Too bad they grow up so fast, huh? ;oD
The kids in the musical were, I believe, ranging from 3 to 10 yrs old with a total of about 25-30 participants. It was just a wonderful play with a very good message befitting the holiday season. The kids were amazing. Such wonderful talents displayed at such tender age.
But what's even more remarkable to me are the people behind the scene– the director and production staff involved. They must be extremely patient individuals who are so dedicated in what they do. You and I know that it ain't a piece of cake managing 30 kids in one room. Their attention span is very short. Throw in some tantrums here and there and that's a guaranteed formula for mayhem to break loose. How challenging it must have been to put together such a big production like that, yet they managed to come up with an awesome presentation. So my kudos go to them all. And of course, let's not forget the parents. Their support and commitment in taking their children to rehearsals every week made everything possible.
Watching the kids musical yesterday unexpectedly made me nostalgic. I had been involved in a number of musicals myself as a kid, and I remembered my parents - my Mom especially. She passed away last year. My mother was my #1 fan and my avid supporter. As I watched the kids, I thought that my mother no longer has the opportunity to see her own grand kid/s on a production like this some day. This made me shed a tear. I just had a moment - blame it on Christmas.
Anyway, growing up the only thing I know about cranberries are those that of the bottled ones, juice -that is. Being from a tropical country, hardly any berries grow in the Philippine climate. (There's only one place in the Philippines (up north) that I know of where strawberries grow – in Baguio - a hilly land that's approximately about 5,000+++ feet above sea level.)
My first encounter of real, fresh cranberries was only six years ago. It was a surprise to discover that these particular berries are super tart! Thankfully, my friend Holly introduced to me these delicious cranberry cookies – hmmnnn... This is definitely the way to eat these fruits.
These cookies are a part of my friend's family's Thanksgiving and Christmas tradition. They are yummy! I particularly love the tang from the fruit balanced out by the sweetness from the glaze, and the texture from the pecan just rounds up everything. You won't be able to stop eating them, promise! They should come with a warning sign like this: DANGER, THESE ARE ADDICTING!
My friend was kind enough to share with me her Aunt's recipe of the cookies. And since then, I'd been making them every year during the holiday season.
In deference to my friend's aunt, I will not publish the recipe here. But if you're interested, do let me know and I'll ask my friend's permission if I can pass her recipe on to you. Email me at email@example.com.
I am serving these cookies to Lasang Pinoy-Sunday (La.Pi.S) Edition #27 (a weekly Food Photography meme, Filipino-style) and to Susan of Foodblogga for her Eat Christmas Cookies Season 2.
Come and help yourself to these wonderful cookies. Merry Christmas!
11 comments:
- Ning said...
Merry Christmas! And I haven't tasted fresh cranberries yet! Buti ka pa! :)
- December 16, 2008 at 3:30 AM
- mikky said...
i just watched a kids choir Christmas cantata last weekend, i kinda get what you're saying... they were truly amazing singing and dancing for the Lord... and your cookies are just awesome!!! :)
- December 16, 2008 at 7:08 AM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
I used to teach children's theatre. You're so right. Is there anything more precious? Thanks for a lovely post and cookie. Anything with cranberries gets my vote.
- December 16, 2008 at 10:39 AM
- Marvin said...
Great looking cookies, and such a lovely post. Have a merry christmas!
- December 16, 2008 at 3:04 PM
- spiCes said...
i am so anticipating my kids own christmas musical too tomorrow!:) i will post the photos for Litratong Pinoy, that's why:)
anyway..that is an awesome looking bunch of goodies! perfect for holiday give-aways:)
- December 17, 2008 at 12:45 PM
- Manggy said...
Have a merry Christmas too Jescel! It'll be a LONG while before I get to be a parent but these things are just what I'd look forward to...
Yummy cookies! We do have fruits that are technically berries, just not of the rose family... Like guava :P
- December 17, 2008 at 8:42 PM
- iska said...
Wow! Grabe ang sarap tingnan naman nyan...
Absolutely gorgeous cookies!
- December 19, 2008 at 12:53 PM
- mikky said...
Happy Holidays!!! :)
- December 23, 2008 at 9:19 PM
- Cynthia said...
Those cookies are so festive.
Happy New Year honey!
- December 28, 2008 at 7:01 PM
- Ari (Baking and Books) said...
It's true, kids can do no wrong in productions. In fact, when they mess up it's even cuter than if they'd gotten their lines perfectly. Lucky little tykes!
Happy New Year. :)
- December 31, 2008 at 9:21 AM
- Kevin said...
Those cranberry cookies look so good!
- January 4, 2009 at 7:23 AM


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The Maserati GranSport is a larger version of the Maserati Coupe and Spyder. In addition to its larger size, engine performance was enhanced due to the use of an alternate exhaust system and tweaks to the intake manifolds and valve seats.
The Maserati GranSport came equipped with the 4.2-liter V-8 engine and an improved automated manual transmission that was found in the Coupe's Cambiocorsa model.
The engine in the GranSport produced 400 hp, an increase over the Coupe's performance.
Available in the U.S. for model years 2005 and 2006, the Maserati GranSport is a four-passenger sports car made by Fiat-owned Maserati. A two-seater Spyder convertible was also available in the U.S. during model years 2006 and 2007.
Known for its high-intensity handling and custom-tailored cockpit as well as its exclusivity, due to small production numbers, the Maserati GranSport is the perfect mix of power and style.
With its more powerful 400 hp engine and its shiftable six-speed automatic, this rear-wheel drive sports car hugs the curves and helps to restore Maserati's reputation for building powerful and responsive sports cars for street driving.
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The 4.2-liter 400 hp DOHC V-8 engine generates 333 lb-ft of torque, and can promise zero to 60 mph in less than five seconds. It has been clocked at a top speed of 180 mph.
When the Sport button, located on the center console, is pressed, it allows the driver to set performance to more aggressive settings. This allows for faster accelerator response, a stiffer suspension and faster shifting capabilities. When Sport functions are activated, the stability and traction control systems are bypassed.
The Cambiocorsa automated manual transmission is standard, and features paddle shifters near the steering wheel. There is no clutch pedal; the transmission automatically knows when to shift unless the Sport button is pressed. The transmission offers four shifting modes: Normal, Sport, Auto, and Low Grip. By selecting Normal, it offers slightly aggressive shifting, while Sport offers an even more aggressive experience. If Auto is selected, shifting occurs automatically. Sport is used when you want to put the GranSport through its paces. Low Grip offers gentler starts when traction is less than ideal.
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Standard safety equipment includes four-wheel ABS, dual front side-mounted airbags, remote anti-theft alarm system, front and rear ventilated disc brakes, engine immobilizer, fog lights, headrests, front seatbelt pretensioners, and stability control.
The Maserati Gransport's front suspension is double wishbones with forged aluminum arms and steel dampers, coaxial coils, and springs. The optional Skyhook suspension offers continuously variable aluminum dampers with adaptive damping and acceleration sensors on each wheel. The rear wishbone suspension offers forged aluminum arms, hubs, and an additional radius arm to control toe-in.
The exterior of the GranSport coupe is larger than the previous Coupe. Also, its lowered suspension, 19-inch wheels and mesh chrome grille give it a sportier look. Aerodynamic improvements include a lower front spoiler and flared rocker panels.
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The 2006 Maserati GranSport Spyder is a two-seat convertible. Equipped with all the standard equipment afforded the GranSport Coupe, the Spyder has a power top that disappears underneath a hard tonneau cover.
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Margot Robbie discuss a scene with their director Martin Scorsese in these never before seen behind the scenes images from the set of The Wolf of Wall Street, provided exclusively to JustJared.com.
The film was a global hit, bringing in over $375 million at the worldwide box office and getting nominated for five Oscars including Best Picture and Best Actor.
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In this day and age, it's becoming easier for individuals to go green and live a sustainable lifestyle. However, there is more to being environmentally-friendly than just using LED bulbs and installing an Energy Star dishwasher.
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Achieving LEED certification
Reaching LEED certification can be difficult to achieve in a short amount of time because a number of alterations need to be made in order to turn a structure into a completely sustainable building.
The U.S. Green Building Council reports that everything from commercial buildings to homes are qualified to achieve LEED certification. To make it easier, individuals should consider whether or not they want to strive toward meeting these standards early in the construction process.
LEED points are awarded based on how much a structure impacts the environment on a 100-point scale. Individuals can earn additional points for making adjustments to structures based on local environmental concerns.
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Homeowners who want to work toward LEED certification can start by installing energy-efficient equipment throughout their homes. Radiant heat is one way that individuals can reduce their reliance on oil. Radiant floor heating operates at a low voltage and can help homeowners keep their living spaces warm without the need to crank up the thermostat.
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
New Year's Resolutions, and some seasonal surprise
The new year is here, and I finally came up with a few resolutions I would like to achieve this year.
1. Blog more regularly. Actually, just blog more. Yes, I know, I know.
2. Attempt making more intricate gateaux/desserts at home. I am usually very lazy when it comes to making multi-component desserts at home because firstly I would have to do all the dishes, and secondly, I usually crave comfort food when I am at home, thus instant gratification were the words of the day last year.
3.Get a step closer to my dream of opening a contemporary patisserie.
4.Bake more seasonally, creatively, and sustainably.
5. Frequent the farmers' market more, well, frequently.
On another note, my friend Mallory at The Salty Cod has rallied me to participate in Jugalbandi's Click! The Photo Event, and this month's theme is RED. So what more appropriate than featuring the spoils of summer produce in Australia?
But after splurging on these fruits (and some luscious mangoes too), I have to justify their purchase by making something with them. I decided to start with an old nemesis: strawberry daifuku, or Japansese rice cake with bean paste and strawberry filling. I have always been mesmerised and obsessed with Japanese wagashi (traditional sweets), because not only are they hand-crafted with utmost meticulous care; their shape, colour and appearance reflect both simplicty and seasonality to the highest order. I have always wanted to learn the skills to make these little beauties, but for the longest time, I could not find any books which deliver its instructions in English.
Well, I still could not actually. But my persistence finally paid off. On my last vacation home to Jakarta, Indonesia, I met the executive chef of the newly opened Ritz Carlton Jakarta, who happened to be Japanese, and who coincidentally also runs a newly opened cooking school which offer short courses in traditional Japanese sweets---aka wagashi!!
So I immediately signed up for two items: strawberry daifuku and a spring wagashi called kiku. So far I have stored what I learnt in the recesses of my brain, but last week, in the face of a punnet of rapidly ripening strawberries and the prospect of having to make a light, easy-to-eat summer dessert for a picnic slash movie at Moonlight Cinema at the Royal Botanical Gardens, I decided to make these old favourites of mine. I have modified the recipe and method to make the sticky dough easier to handle, and replaced the red bean paste with white bean paste, which I think complements the strawberries better. Not only is this sweet light, healthy, completely gluten-free (here's to you, Mallory!!), it is so delicious I could not stop eating them!! You can also adjust the sugar to your own liking, or omit them from the dough. I would, however, recommend not to completely remove them from the bean paste, just for that bit of sweetness that makes life so much sweeter!!
Strawberry Daifuku
(makes 13)
For the skin
125g dango-ko (a mixture of glutinous and non-glitunous rice flour. In general, shiratama-ko is the preferred flour to make daifuku, but I discovered that the skin made out of dango-ko is easier to handle, with minimal sacrifice to the glutinous texture)
170g water
125g confectioners' or icing sugar
Potato starch, to dust
For the filling
300g lima beans, soaked for 6-8 hours in cold water, skin stripped off
100g caster sugar
50g water
13 small strawberies, stemmed and hulled
Place lima beans and soaking water in a stock pot and boil. After boiling point, add more water (about 250-300g), and continue heating. Bring up to boil again, then strain off liquid and immediately refresh beans in cold water. Soak the beans in cold water for about 5 minutes. Return the beans to the stock pot, fill with plenty more water, and simmer at low heat until beans are tender and crumble easily. If you are unsure, it is better to simmer the beans a little bit longer to ensure a smooth paste. Strain off the water and place beans into a large bowl. Add some cold water into the bowl, stir and wait a minute or two until bean paste settles at the bottom. Skim off any floating impurities off the surface of the water. Repeat three to four times until the the top layer is free of impurities. Place a large, clean tea towel over a bowl, and pour the bean paste. Squeeze hard to ensure all the water is removed from the bean paste. Make sugar syrup by combining water and caster sugar in a saucepan until boiling. Add half of the raw bean paste into the boiling sugar syrup, stir to combine, and boil again while stirring continuously. Add the rest of the raw bean paste into the mix and continue to mix at low heat. Continue cooking until most of the liquid has evaporated. A good way of telling is to bear in mind that the paste has to be moulded around the strawberries---thus you don't want it to be too wet or too dry and crumbly. Cool down, and divide paste into 13 equal portions. Roll into balls, and flatten slightly. Set strawberries on top of disks, and mould bean paste around strawberries, leaving a portion of the tip uncovered. Refrigerate while you get the skin ready.
Combine all ingredients in a bowl, mix well, and place in a steamer. Depending on your flour, you might need more or less water. If unsure, it is better to add more water, as this will only affect the steaming time required, and not have any effect on the texture of the skin. Steam for 20 minutes, checking and stirring every 5 minutes to ensure that skin is steaming evenly. In the meantime, wet a large tea towel and dust work surface with potato starch. Transfer dough into the center of the wet tea towel. Be very careful as dough will be very hot and sticky. Fold the tea towel into two, with the dough encased inside, and roll the dough into a log. Cut this log into 13 equal portions. Work with a little at a time, and keep the rest of the dough covered. Taking a piece, flatten into a round disc and set onto the dusted surface (roll it into a ball first if you need to---if dough is too sticky, encase it in the wet cloth and use it to help you roll it into a ball.) Stretch the dough out a little, and set the tip of the strawberry down on the surface of the disc. Pull up the sides so that they join together, and turn the dough around and dust the bottom with a little potato starch to seal.
And the cherries, you say? Well, I just have to wait a little longer until I settle down in my new job to start baking again. I just hope by then it will not be too late to buy more cherries.
18 comments:
- Holly said...
Such a beautiful and unusual dessert!
- January 19, 2009 at 3:09 AM
- Elra said...
Beautiful photographs Kristy, really beautiful!
And good luck with your new year resolutions, sounds really wonderful.
Oh, that dessert is too beautiful too eat. Simply elegant, and what a surprise indeed to find what hidden inside this beautiful dessert.
- January 19, 2009 at 3:14 AM
- Mallory Elise said...
Christy so bloody fantastic!! ahk!!! so happy! the contest needs real photographer! -sorry to anyone who reads this that is in it, you are great too, just Christy is better. hehe. oh well so now everyone knows i'm a bitch. your daifuka (yeah thats the first time for me with that word) is brilliant. oh and about your new years resolution---i am all for your patiserrie!!! as your fictitious business partner i think we can arrange something..hehehe.
- January 19, 2009 at 3:09 PM
- Dee said...
I'm jealous that you managed a Japanese desserts class. I'm happy that you're participating in Click. And I'm ecstatic that you'll be posting more.
- January 19, 2009 at 8:08 PM
- Aran said...
happy new year christy! lovely lovely red. it is strawberry season here now and i'm in heaven!
- January 19, 2009 at 11:23 PM
- Ash said...
Love the berry pics!
- January 20, 2009 at 1:08 AM
- Y said...
Very lovely! I've wanted to learn how to make wagashi too.
- January 20, 2009 at 8:15 PM
- Cherie said...
Beautiful! The colours, the flavours, everything!
- January 20, 2009 at 11:53 PM
- Rachel@fairycakeheaven said...
Oh wow these are amazing, I normally get something like this in our local asian market with sweet lotus paste and they are divine. But they're not as pretty as these are with the strawberry!
- January 21, 2009 at 8:08 PM
- Maria @ TheGourmetChallenge said...
Fantastic photos! I've eaten these before but never with strawberry! That would be a wonderful combination.
- January 23, 2009 at 2:22 PM
- rkhooks said...
Your strawberry daifuku looks mouth watering good!
- January 26, 2009 at 7:19 AM
- Vera said...
Christy, what a beautiful summer treat! Fantastic! And good luck with your new year resolutions :)
- January 27, 2009 at 12:45 PM
- Tartelette said...
It's been ages since I have had daifuku! Will you come and bake it for me?
I raise my glass to more blogging from you!
- January 27, 2009 at 6:06 PM
- lisa (dandysugar) said...
Beautiful daifuku! Stunning color. What a lovely surprise inside!
- January 28, 2009 at 2:18 AM
- Sophie said...
Gorgeous! I've been wanting to make these for awhile, my husband loves daifuku...maybe it'll be his Valentine treat? :) The berries look ripe and delicious.
- January 31, 2009 at 7:13 AM
- Sophie said...
I've wanted to make this from scratch. Beautiful photos, the berries look ripe and delicious and I love the strawberry daifuku! Yum.
- January 31, 2009 at 7:24 AM
- ThePurpleFoodie said...
Beautiful photos! Making me drool :D
- January 31, 2009 at 4:24 PM
- Lalaine said...
Wow! Delicious! I think I am going to try this with mung bean filling. Gorgeous photos!
- February 7, 2009 at 6:26 AM


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When first lady Rosalynn Carter approached Roland Mesnier for a job at the White House, he was dumbfounded. "Why me?" he asked. He hadn't fully realized that his care and precision in the kitchen had established him as one of the nation's best pastry chefs.
Mrs. Carter was determined to pluck him out of the kitchen at the venerable Homestead resort in Hot Springs, Va., and put him to work making desserts in America's most famous residence. After his initial refusal ("I was happy at the Homestead," he says), she eventually won him over.
It was a life-changing career move for Mr. Mesnier, who was raised as one of nine children in an impoverished French family from a tiny village in Burgundy. He never imagined he'd work in the "presidential palace of the most powerful nation on Earth," he writes in his memoir, "All the Presidents' Pastries." But even after 26 years at the White House making everything from spectacular sugar sculptures for state dinners to simple desserts for family suppers – beginning with the Carters and ending with the Bushes – Mesnier's head never got too big for his toque.
When speaking recently at the French Library in Boston, the now-retired Mesnier shows, despite his stardom in the culinary world (prior to the White House, he worked at such luxury hotels as the George V in Paris and the Savoy in London), he hasn't strayed far from his humble roots. While he hopes his rags-to-riches story can inspire others, he also insists that a chef is "no more than a servant," and that one must "never forget where and for whom you are working."
For Mesnier, this meant biting his tongue now and then. For example, when President Clinton went off his diet and sneaked a piece of chocolate cake; when Mrs. Reagan made an 11th-hour menu change, demanding that Mesnier present the Queen of the Netherlands and her entourage with elaborate sugar baskets incorporating delicate sugar tulips, orange sorbet, and petits fours; or when, at Christmastime, first lady Laura Bush requested a sugar-sculpted Willy Wonka chocolate factory instead of a more traditional gingerbread house – and he'd never heard of Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka. "Keeping my mouth shut is how I kept my job for 26 years," says Mesnier.
He is also unfailingly discreet about the families he served and what he observed of their lives. "I cannot tell you anything," he says with a twinkle. Even in his memoir, while he regales readers with behind-the-scenes stories about what it was like to work for the Carters, Reagans, Clintons, and Bushes, he doesn't dish any dirt.
When he is asked the question every guest at the French Library event wanted to know but was afraid to ask, Mesnier is restrained.
"I will not say how I'd feel about a Hillary Clinton presidency, he replied. And by the way, I never worked for a Democrat or a Republican. I worked for the president of the United States." But Mesnier does say that it was during the fatiguing Clinton years when he began to think about retirement. "They liked to entertain big, with a capital B," he says, explaining that he had been used to making cakes, pies, pastries, and petits fours for parties of about 150, but the Clintons' guest list would often number 600 and once it even swelled to 6,000. Mesnier, who had only one full-time assistant, was working around the clock and saw little of his wife and son. The idea of retirement became more appealing than ever before.
Mesnier reveals a special fondness for the senior Bushes. Barbara Bush, Mesnier says, was "always funny and a terrific speaker," and George H.W. Bush was quick to laugh as well as to show emotion. Mesnier recalls one day when the former president singled him out to a security guard, telling the guard: "Keep an eye on this guy. He's the one who's trying to kill the president with calories!" And he'll never forget Bush senior's attempt to say farewell to his staff, cut short when he was overtaken by tears.
"You might think the White House is a cold place to work, but really, there is a lot of heart there," says Mesnier. He gets choked up himself when recalling the departure of various administrations. "When a new president arrived at the White House, such as when Reagan moved in after Carter, I was mad at him," he says. "I thought to myself, 'Who is this impostor in the Carters' house?' " But by the time the Reagans had left, Mesnier had grown to love them, too. "I was sad to see them go," he says. "Saying goodbye was always the hardest part."
Having said goodbye himself, Mesnier still feels a tinge of sadness even though he enjoys retirement and the time it allows him for family and travel. "I don't miss the workload," Mesnier says, "but I miss interacting with the first families and especially pleasing them."
Indeed, Mesnier did please those first families, their friends, and many world leaders. His artistry, his precise approach to pastry, and the dignity with which he carried himself didn't go without notice. "If there is such a thing as a 'genius pastry chef,' " Barbara Bush has said of him, "Roland Mesnier is it!"
Mesnier is especially proud of the stunning, one-of-a-kind confections he created for those state dinners, which were never duplicated in 26 years and always reflected the honored guest's country. There was the "Bonsai Garden of Sweet Serenity" with its plate of kiwi sauce threading a river floating with multicolored flowers, a bridge decorated with a dark-chocolate bonsai tree, and a timbale of assorted mousses recalling the colors of the Japanese flag. Mesnier honored the King of Spain with a chocolate box replete with liquor-filled citrus sorbets, and his final triumph was an oyster shell of white chocolate filled with a dark nougat "pearl" against a backdrop of chocolate seaweed for an Australian state dinner.
Surprisingly, Mesnier's personal favorite bears no resemblance to these wildly imaginative, head-turning works of art. "I love a good, old-fashioned American pie," he says. "When it's made well, there's no better dessert in the world."


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Lots to talk about here:) The first two pictures are quilts I made for a friends kids bed. They are both twin size. One for a girl and one for a little dude.
So vibrant and fun, i love it!
I am so in love with the boy one. Almost didn't want to give it away:( I will have to remake one like it for me!
I even just love the softness of the back.
Bonnets I made Lainey and her little friend. I made it big so it will fit next summer too. Lainey's is the blue one with the grey inside.
This is Lainey's room. I took the old charcoal curtains down and put them in our room and made her room a little more fun. We found these curtains at Ikea for $4.95!!! What a deal, and they go so perfect.
Close up of the floral.
First picture of Norah and I. Aww love:)
Lainey meeting Norah for the first time. Only hours after giving birth. But next time I will bring my hair dryer!!!
Proud daddy and baby Norah.
This is Norah's coming home outfit! But taken at about 3 weeks old. She's pondering what she will do today:)
Lainey always wants in on the Norah action. We try our best to make her a part of everything. So when she wants to hold her we let her and she always has the largest smile on her face:)
Norah in her crib, still can't believe she sleeps in it sometimes. I think Lainey was 10 months before she would even go in her crib.
Babies and quilts I will never get enough of this combo!
"well hello to you Norah"
Love all the color in this photo!
hehehe Lainey
So precious, love love lvoe
She has become so alert. Thanks Aunty Julie for these awesome baby legs!!! Lainey thinks they are pretty awesome too.
The best thing about making fall dresses last year is that they are now fall shirts:)
Getting all set up to play with some play dou.
eeek one of my favourite outfits of Lainey's is now Norah's. So glad we have a chance to use all these cute clothes again.
Lainey's new yell shirt that I LOVE!
And those are my girls!!! Love them and feel very lucky to have such an amazing family:)


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Book sculpture.
This Little Reader is an EXAMPLE of a book figure I have made and sold in the past. This exact sculpture is not for sale (she currently lives in Tennessee).
This particular Little Reader sits about 3 inches tall and was built out of a Harry Potter book. She's wearing a petal skirt with a youthful ponytail. She was modeled after the 11 year old girl she was given to, with her straight hair and glasses. She is engrossed in a miniature book and looks lovely sitting among books on a bookshelf, or on your desk.
The Little Reader I will make for you can be spun from the book of your choice and the book she reads built from the book jacket. She can be customized in her hairstyle, pose, size, and dress. Pricing will vary depending on the cost of the books needed, (I have access to most books in print and can acquire them at a deep discount). An approximately 3 inch sculpture with miniature book will have a base cost with material fees added on.
All sculptures are treated with a UV and moisture protectant, but they are indeed delicate and not waterproof.
Custom work is really exciting to me and I will update you every step of the process. Message me and let's work together on your own custom book sculpture!
Work commences upon payment and most sculptures can be completed within 3-4 weeks (often sooner!) depending on the individual orders. Holiday time frames will vary, according to my work load.
Domestic shipping will go out through FedEx or USPS and will having tracking information provided. All packages are insured.
International shipping will be processed through USPS
There may be a fee affiliated with customs for international orders. This is not prepaid and is the buyer's responsibility in their respective country.
I will gladly refund payment for any sculpture that arrives damaged do to insufficient packaging. Each package is carefully wrapped to ensure safe transit and inside are detailed instructions for how to remove the sculpture from the wrappings. Please notify me within 2 business days of any damage incurred in shipping, with a picture of the damage and the box in which it arrived.
These sculptures are all one-of-kind handmade works of art. They are delicate and will vary in shape and size. Some elements of the sculpture may seem flexible or able to be slightly manipulated, but this is not recommended. The text strips are easily ripped or damaged with manipulation. No refunds will be issued for damage incurred through manipulation.
Any custom work involves as much communication with the buyer as they desire, including status reports and photos of work progress. Because of this, I cannot offer refunds on custom work.


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One to Watch: Pizza Delicious, New Orleans
Historically, there's never really been much chatter about pizza in New Orleans, but I've been starting to see stuff bubbling up about Pizza Delicious. Run by Michael Friedman and Greg Augarten out of a commercial kitchen space on Sunday nights only, Pizza Delicious aims to bring Big Apple–style pizza to the Big Easy. Here are some of the places these guys have been mentioned:
Pizza Delicious in Bywater [NOLA.com]
Pizza Pioneers [Edible New Orleans]
New Bites in New Orleans [National Geographic Traveler]
Eater's New Orleans Heat Map [Eater]
Your Call: Pizza Delicious [Blackened Out]
Pizza Delicious
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Anna Kendrick: New York Fashion Week's MVP
While we love Pitch Perfect's Anna Kendrick for her awesome rendition of "Cups," her amazing Super Bowl commercial for Newcastle Brown Ale, and her witty tweets, we had no idea she was had such sartorial stamina. From shenanigans with Solange Knowles and Carrie Underwood to pure unadulterated runway admiration, this actress was this year's must-have front row accessory. Here are some of her best looks.
Photo:Chelsea Lauren/Getty Images
WHAT: Rebecca Minkoff
WEAR: Rebecca Minkoff Lori Dress in Black from the S/S 14 collection, Becky jacket in chalk, Mini Marlowe bag in orangina, Rio Too heels in white lizard print, and multi water snake.
Photo:Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
WHAT: Milly by Michelle Smith
WEAR: Milly dress from the Pre-Fall 14 collection; Melinda Maria earrings; W. Britt ring.
Photo:Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for TRESemme
WHAT: Jenny Packham
WEAR: Jenny Packham parakeet and shark blue silk chiffon cocktail dress, rust colored grosgrain ribbon belt from the S/S 14 collection, and small satin embellished Belle clutch in silver from the Pre-Fall 14 collection; Rona Pfeiffer earrings.
WHAT: Kate Spade
WEAR: Kate Spade China watercolor Coby dress, Licorice heels in rose gold, and Cedar Street Maise handbag in ballet slipper.
WHAT: Marchesa
WEAR: Marchesa Notte red and nude re-embroidered cocktail dress.
Photo:D Dipasupil/Getty Images
WHAT: J. Mendel
WEAR: J. Mendel Noir bicolor silk crepe two tiered t-shirt, cargo multi metallic leaf jacquard skirt with box pleat hem, and black and white shiny grain and matt calf midi clutch with front handle and shoulder strap.
WHAT: Carolina Herrera
WEAR: Carolina Herrera spiral morph jacquard party dress.


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Rreen Superfood Juice Recipe
"Superfood" is a term used to portray nourishments that have an especially high convergance of vitamins and minerals.
Put superfoods to the squeezing assignment – to quickly work at a cell level to wash down and detoxify, while abandoning you with an astounding feeling of wellbeing and imperativeness.
This green superfood juice is incredible for alkalizing your body and is a stimulant and temperament lifter.
This juice is stacked up with chlorophyll, which is the shade found in all green plants that permits them to catch the sun's vitality – photosynthesis. Furthermore chlorophyll is the most supplement-charged approach to ideal wellbeing.
2 leaves kale
king of micronutrients
1 cup spinach
with the mildest flavor of all the leafy greens
small bunch of dandelion greens
rich in Vitamins A and K, known for their purifying effects on the blood and liver. They can have a bitter taste on their own but are balanced when combined with sweet fruits.
1 handful of Italian parsley
Much of the flavor is actually in the stems, and, as with all 'erbs, you don't need much to get a burst of flavor!
2 stalks of celery
1 Golden Delicious apple
adds a sweet, but not overpowering flavor
1/2 lemon
which will tie everything together with a bright finish!
First juice all of the leafy greens – kale, spinach, greens, and parsley. Then you can actually run the pulp through the juicer again before juicing the wetter ingredients.
Lastly, juice the celery, apple, and lemon.
Pour over ice.
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January 8, 2009 - 6:47pm
cold ferment
I just recently read about putting the starter in the refrigerator for overnight or up to 21 hours prior to adding into dough. This long refrigeration supposedly retards the fermentation process and helps add flavor.
Does anyone know about the validity of this process...? I've heard about putting starter or dough into the refrig to slow down fermentation. But its the first time I've heard that this actually helps improve flavor.
If anyone can confirm this, I'd appreciate knowing. Thanks.


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Did you wake one morning to find a case of formula you never ordered on your doorstep?
Here's one way it may have ended up there.
For years formula companies have relied on hospitals to promote their products through "gift bags" given to moms as they leave. They have been a very effective marketing tool,* but they're slowly but surely on the way out. The decline in the distribution of these bags has been been documented in research and also in our survey of you.
So if you were one of those companies and you wanted to continue to recruit new customers, how else could you do it? Where do pregnant and new moms go, both in person and online?
Well, pregnant moms need clothes. And many of them purchase maternity clothes at one of a few chain stores. Let's take a look at one of those.
Destination Maternity, which operates Motherhood Maternity and A Pea in the Pod, is the world's largest maternity apparel retailer with over 1,700 retail locations in the U.S., Canada, India and the Middle East.
As of a few years ago Destination Maternity had 35% to 45% market share of the US maternity apparel business, and was poised to grow, according to one business analysis. It also supplies maternity clothes to department stores, including Kohl's, Sears, and Macy's.
Destination Maternity also has a business partnership with Mead Johnson, makers of Enfamil. This partnership is displayed on their website (see above image).
When mothers shop at Motherhood Maternity, they are encouraged to sign up for a "perks" program to "save up to $400" through coupons, samples, and discounts from their preferred partners (if you sign up online you'd have to know to scroll down to see who thees partners are). When mothers who sign up for this program their information shared with a formula company, and that's how formula samples appear on their doorsteps.
An astonishing 70% of you told us that you received formula gifts (including samples) in the mail when you hadn't requested them. And many of you told us that Motherhood is the only place where you shopped for maternity items. One of you even entered a fake name to see if you'd receive samples addressed to that name, and you did!
This is one form of direct-to-consumer marketing of formula. It comes in other forms, too, such as online advertising (Enfamil actually created a page heading which read "the breastmilk formula" a few years ago), television ads with product placement tie-ins on reality baby shows, and magazines.
All of these forms of marketing are violations of the World Health Organization's Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, which explicitly prohibits both direct-to-mother advertising of formula and marketing through providing samples.
Did you receive formula samples in the mail? Do you think that the companies got your information from a maternity store?
* Not sure why those bags are harmful to breastfeeding? Check out this post.


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Judging from the 200 pages of documents the Portland Press Herald obtained concerning Gov. LePage's unspecified role in unemployment benefit proceedings ("Documents: Hearing officer felt pressured by LePage," April 18), any allegations against the governor appear to be "just the tip of the ice cube."
It's too bad the fragile feelings of hearing officers Wayne Reed and Linda Rogers-Tomer have been hurt.
Beginning with the 2010 gubernatorial campaign — when Bill Nemitz falsely suggested that LePage would advocate the teaching of creationism in public schools if elected ("Communique to a candidate: Mr. LePage, people are listening," July 30, 2010) — the Portland Press Herald has been on a relentless crusade to nail LePage.
Although Nemitz seems to have been relegated to writing sob stories, good/bad cops Steve Mistler and Michael Shepherd alternate the beat.
Viewed from a distance, your contempt for Gov. LePage is palpable and unseemly; it does nothing to advance the interests of responsible government, Mainers or your newspaper.
Get a life.
Walter J. Eno
The Villages, Fla., and Scarborough
King, Collins thanked for putting Mainers' health first
During the recent Senate budget debate and deliberations, several amendments were proposed that were a blatant attack on the health of the American people, the climate and on the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate CO2 and other air pollution from the nation's power plants.
Congress shouldn't use the budget to cut important public health protections against air pollution, and Maine Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins both deserve our thanks for opposing these amendments.
Sen. King's votes were clearly in line with his stated concerns about climate change and support for the Clean Air Act.
I thank him for voting against approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline ahead of completion of environmental impact review. This pipeline would provide no lasting benefits to the U.S. and only lead to higher amounts of global warming pollution.
Sen. Collins deserves special recognition because she put Maine's interests ahead of party politics by voting against this attack on the Clean Air Act. She was the only Republican to cross party lines and support these common-sense clean air rules.
Unfortunately, Sen. Collins sided with the oil industry in voting for a nonbinding Senate resolution in support of the Keystone tar sands oil pipeline. I was disappointed to learn about her vote.
We need members of Congress to step up and champion clean air standards instead of looking for ways to undermine these vital clean air protections.
Congress should protect the health and well-being of the people they represent, not the economic bottom line of big polluters. I thank Sens. King and Collins for putting the health of Maine people first.
Mila Plavsic
Maine lawmakers might learn a lesson from Mexico
I lived in Mexico City for more than 30 years. As a journalist, I was interested in governmental legislation. Unions were a major force. Everyone was organized, right down to shoeshine boys.
In 1970, Mexico got its own printing presses and started printing money. By 1976, inflation was out of hand and a devaluation was needed.
A few days prior, a number of sweet deals ensued. A governmental agency could borrow pesos from the treasury, convert 12.50 pesos each to a dollar on Friday and on Tuesday, with a 100 percent devaluation, reconvert the dollars to pesos, pay the government back and pocket the rest.
From 1976 to 1986, inflation ran 100 to 125 percent a year. The government dictated the minimum wage. Forget bonuses for good work. Indexing to the rate of inflation was policy.
For 10 years, unions, government and employers negotiated minimum wages on a monthly basis. The paperwork became overwhelming. Good intentions but counterproductive, you might say.
Today, the minimum wage in Mexico is less than $5 a day. Of course, workers make more, but the economy determines what the market can bear. Might be worth a study by Maine lawmakers.
Robert Denbow
Mayor thanked for making Lewiston great place to live
Mayor Robert Macdonald of Lewiston deserves a great big thank-you for reviewing the rules and regulations of general assistance to be assured that all the people who are receiving general assistance are fully qualified to receive benefits ("Lewiston kicks 84 people off welfare rolls," March 26).
This is a fantastic exercise for the taxpayers in the city of Lewiston. This could free up tax dollars to assist other programs within the city, i.e.: the school system, children's sports programs, the police department, the fire department, EMTs, senior citizens, disabled veterans, etc.
It would be wonderful if every city mayor and town manager in the state of Maine proceeded to review the same program within their appropriate areas. It seems that by Mayor Macdonald's finding, this is a highly misused and abused program.
Again, Mayor Macdonald, great job. Keep up the good work. I am sure the residents of Lewiston also are very pleased with your efforts at making the city of Lewiston a great place to live.
Stephen Cox
Armenians thankful for Legislature's resolution
On behalf of the Armenians of Maine and Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan, we would like to thank the Maine Legislature for the Joint Resolution on the Independence of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The people of Nagorno-Karabakh are democratic and peace-loving people and deserve to raise their children in safety, freedom and security.
This may not have meant a lot to most Mainers, but it means the world to Armenians of Maine and Armenians of the world.
Thank you from the bottoms of our hearts.
Ruben Babayan
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This week, more than 200 WHOI scientists and graduate students will brave the balmy trade winds, drooping palm trees, and misdirected laser pointers to present research in Honolulu. Reporters Hugh Powell and David Fisichella will be on hand to file dispatches on some of the interesting stories.
Already, they're excited to learn about the genetics of red tide, Legionnaire's disease surviving in sea water, pollutant signatures of the Industrial Age, tracking whales with robotic gliders, a new camera that recognizes fish habitat, and microbes that eat nothing but rock.
It's shaping up to be a busy week. When will they find time to go snorkeling?
Read today's dispatches from the Ocean Sciences meeting in Hawaii.
There is a really good reason to hold a major oceanography meeting in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and it has nothing to do with the latitude. Holding it in February does happen to be an agreeable piece of scheduling, however. Back in Woods Hole, snow blankets the Clark building. (Photo by Hugh Powell, WHOI)


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Friday, November 30, 2012
I Am Going To Need Someone To Explain This To Me...
11 comments:
- Laurie said...
Thanks for this - I don't get it either - maybe at home - but not for carrying around. Isn't the point of the mobile phone to be small & compact??
- November 30, 2012 at 7:31 AM
So you can talk with the phone resting on your shoulder and have your hands free, like in the old days.
- November 30, 2012 at 7:44 AM
- Paula said...
My niece have one, and it is for comfort. I like it, would love to have one when talking on my cell at home. I don't like my cell phone up to my ears all the time. Plus with this, if you're on your phone a minute at home you can play games, check your email, etc. while talking.
- November 30, 2012 at 7:49 AM
- My Notting Hill said...
I don't have one but I want one. They look so comfortable. We have one rotary dial phone in our house w/the old style headset and everybody want to use that one!
- November 30, 2012 at 8:02 AM
- Audra said...
I bought one last year for my boyfriend. He made a lot of phone calls during the day, and used his cell phone. I prefer talking on an actual phone, and the normal phone at work is so much more comfortable than using my cell phone. So, I got it for him, and he loved it. He thought it was hilarious to use it in the car. (I guess I was a year ahead of the rush!)
I've noticed them everywhere too!
Audra @ http://audrasally.blogspot.com
- November 30, 2012 at 8:17 AM
- paperjunk-lc said...
I'd love one. When you have to make a lot of calls on your cell for work/play it's a lot more comfortable.
- November 30, 2012 at 12:16 PM
- lizziefitz said...
I would love one for home:))) my cheek bone( face fat) puts my phone on speaker, mute and hold . Or dials FaceTime?!?!?
- November 30, 2012 at 3:11 PM
- MelMir said...
I don't know. I just wear my eadbuds on my phone.
- December 1, 2012 at 6:27 PM
- Kris Robitzsch said...
It's like a reminder to not forget the landlines even though we have celphones nowadays lol
- December 2, 2012 at 12:59 AM
- Jennifer said...
I work from home and use my iPhone for everything since we don't have a land line. My neck/shoulders would really appreciate this for those long phone interviews when I'm trying to hold my phone to my ears and type at the same time! Hmm I think I just added it to my Christmas list ...
- December 3, 2012 at 9:35 AM
it helps with not having the radiation from your cell phone right next to your brain....a lot of people are thinking that cell phones are causing brain cancer- this at least makes you think you are further from the radiation...i try and use mine all the time...
- December 10, 2012 at 3:01 PM


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Official: HSBC drops dozens of London missions
LONDON (AP) — HSBC bank has told dozens of foreign missions in London that will close their bank accounts, an official said Sunday, news that has sent diplomats across the capital scrambling to find a new place to put their money.
Bernard Silver, an ex-honorary consul who serves as president of the Consular Corps of London, said he'd been told by British officials that more than 40 different embassies, consulates, and high commissions had been affected.
"The majority of missions are finding it very difficult for other banks to accept them," he said in a telephone interview.
Silver declined to name any specific missions, but the Mail on Sunday newspaper said that the Papal Nunciature — the Vatican's mission to London — was affected, as was the Papua New Guinea High Commission and the honorary consul from Benin.
Attempts to reach the Vatican's mission, Benin's honorary consul, and Papua New Guinea's high commissioner were not immediately successful, but the newspaper cited an official at the latter as expressing shock at the move.
"We've been banking with HSBC for 22 years," John Belavu was quoted as saying. "For them to throw us off in this way was a bombshell."
HSBC spokesman Will McSheehy said Sunday that the move was taking part of a wider reassessment of its business started by chief executive Stuart Gulliver in 2011. As of May, the bank's retrenchment strategy has seen 52 peripheral or underperforming units close and a loss of roughly 40,000 staff.
McSheehy said the changes had translated into a "significantly diminished appetite for the embassy business," although he declined to reveal how many U.K. missions had their accounts pulled.
Foreign missions traditionally deal in large amounts of cash, something which may have raised uncomfortable questions at a bank that has been buffeted by money laundering scandals. In 2012 HSBC was slapped with a record fine after U.S. officials revealed that its bankers had been handling assets belonging to Iran, Libya, and Mexico's murderous drug cartels. HSBC is still struggling to clear its name, including in one case revolving around a former employee who claims to have evidence showing "scandalous" levels of tax evasion and money-laundering at the company.
McSheehy said that compliance issues were just one of many factors — such as profitability or efficiency — which the bank had assessed.
"There's no one single reason," he said.
Britain's Foreign Office declined to confirm the number of missions involved, saying only that it had sent an unspecified number of diplomats advice on finding a new U.K. bank. A spokeswoman said there was little more for the British government to do.
"This is a commercial matter," she said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with office policy.


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BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea – Episode Two Release Date Announced
Irrational Games has finally let us know when we get to continue Booker and Elizabeth's exploration of Rapture. Fortunately, BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode Two's release date is not as far as we were expecting.
Ever since the crazy ending of Episode One, we have been waiting to see how Booker and Elizabeth will continue their search of Rapture in Burial at Sea - Episode Two. Given how Irrational Games is responsible for both BioShock Infinite and the original BioShock, we knew that the responsibility of rebuilding the underwater dystopia was put in the hands of the only people who knew how.
Instead of playing from the perspective of Booker, Episode Two will have you playing as Elizabeth, who must rely on Tears (which she claimed are thanks to a new plasmid), and stealth-oriented gameplay to get through all those Splicers and Big Daddies. Don't worry, Booker is also going to be there for the ride -- or is he? Irrational Games says to expect some of your favorite characters from both Infinite and the original BioShock in this imaginative crossover.
BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode Two will be available to download on March 25 for the price of $14.99 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Episode Two will be available as a free download for those with the Season Pass, which still remains at the very convenient price of $19.99.


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A'ight, roll a skull-face fixie posse like this down the Strip and scare the begezus out of the tourists during the next Interbike! Like an alt, out-of-time version of our Mobile Social with Techno or an Alley Cat from hell. As the makers describe it
elegance of the black & white contrasts with a frightening visual reality, increased by the oppressive beats of Gesaffelstein, the new prodigy on the techno scene.
In version 3, they could spin those fixed gear bikes up on the rear wheel and into Zombie's heads for some brain gore.


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Additional Housing, Business and Infrastructure funds available following tour by Upstate Storm Recovery Task Force
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, joined by his Cabinet, announced additional resources for storm victims following a tour by the Upstate Storm Recovery Task Force of the areas affected by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.
"This summer, our state suffered from two natural disasters that devastated communities across New York," Governor Cuomo said. "I recently deployed the Upstate Storm Recovery Task Force to assess the most pressing concerns on the ground and report back so we can coordinate on providing additional resources where they are most needed."
Governor Cuomo announced today that up to $3 million will be made available to Main Street businesses in some of the hardest hit areas with money from the New York State Agricultural and Community Recovery Fund, a $15 million fund set up in September to help rebuild from the storms.
This new round of funding will be requested by counties on behalf of businesses to help revitalize their local economies. Eligible businesses will be able to apply for assistance to, among other things; rehabilitate buildings for commercial and main street residential use, repair and replace permanent fixtures and equipment, as well as for inventory and working capital. The funding will be administered by NYS Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) in collaboration with county economic development offices.
The need for these additional funds was identified by the continued work of the Governor's Upstate Storm Recovery Task Force, Lieutenant Governor Duffy, Commissioner/CEO Darryl Towns, and the staffs of HCR and the Governor's office, who have continued to visit affected communities and meet with business and community leaders to assess the need to rejuvenate these economic centers.
For more information on the Main Street portion of the Agricultural and Community Recovery Fund, please contact the office at Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) at 518-474-2057.
Governor Cuomo also announced that $5 million in funding is being made available to help repair and replace furnaces damaged as a result of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.
Funding will provide help to homeowners for their primary and/or permanent residence in the 34 counties that have been declared eligible for disaster assistance and any that are subsequently added by the federal government. Those counties are: Albany, Bronx, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Fulton, Greene, Herkimer, Kings, Montgomery, Nassau, Oneida, Orange, Otsego, Putnam, Queens, Rensselaer, Richmond, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tioga, Ulster, Warren, Washington, and Westchester.
The funding is made available through a collaboration between New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) and the State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA). Up to $6,000 per applicant is available to households that qualify. Work will include repair or replacement of the furnace, boiler or hot-water heater as well as repair or replacement of duct work, fuel tanks, venting systems, or other items essential to the safe operation of the heating system. Assistance is limited to single-family homes and duplexes.
Furnace repair and replacement in affected counties will be operated through the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) overseen by HCR. Through this program, HCR contracts with experienced local providers to do work. Assistance will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis to those whose homeowner's insurance does not cover the damage, or have applied for assistance through the Federal Emergency Management Agency and have been either rejected or received an inadequate payment.
Households cannot have liquid resources exceeding $5,000 and must meet certain income eligibility guidelines, which can be found at http://www.nyshcr.org/Programs/WeatherizationAssistance/.
To apply, homeowners should directly contact the Weatherization Assistance provider that serves their area. A list of providers can be found at: http://www.nyshcr.org/Programs/WeatherizationAssistance/Providers.htm
For more information about furnace repairs or replacement call 1-866-ASK-DHCR.
The Governor has announced that funds are still available for municipalities that suffered damage to their water systems during Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. The funds are available through the Environmental Facility Corporation's Hurricane Emergency Loan Program (HELP). So far, 14 municipalities will receive a total of $12,922,000 in five-year, no-interest loans. The fund contains $25 million.
Expenses for repairs to pump stations, electrical equipment, treatment facilities and other critical equipment, temporary emergency services such as vacuum truck hauling, bypass pumping and disinfection and related engineering and other professional services are examples that may be eligible for EFC financial assistance.
HELP loans can be repaid with FEMA funds or converted by EFC into a long-term loan.
Applications may be submitted through December 31, 2011.
For more information on the HELP loans, contact the Environmental Facilities Corporation at 1-800-882-9721.
Governor Cuomo additionally announced that 97 percent of the roads and bridges that were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee are now repaired and opened.
As a result of the storms, more than 400 road segments and bridges were closed on the state highway system. Within ten days of Hurricane Irene, the state had re-opened 170 of the nearly 200 closed due to the storm. Within ten days of Tropical Storm Lee, New York reopened an additional 200, and continued work on the infrastructure that suffered the most extensive damage.
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The Governor announced that 229 storm victims and their families have been approved for HUD-compliant temporary housing units (THU) from FEMA. By next week, FEMA expects to have 130 more units on site, in addition to the 55 already located in the affected communities. Currently, over 1,000 New York families have been placed in other forms of temporary housing.
FEMA requires that 200 AMP utility service be available for these THUs. State OEM has been working with State Public Service commission to ensure that Utility companies are responsive to FEMA's needs to get service upgraded where it is needed.
State OEM, State DEC and The Department of State's Codes Division have been working with FEMA to ensure that any codes related issues, such as placement of THUs in floodplains, can be addressed promptly and safely.
State OEM and State DOT has worked to expedite the permits for companies hauling the THUs on State roads and to grant blanket waivers to enable companies to work without having to request permits repeatedly. State DOT also waived permit fees. State OEM also alerted County Emergency Managers to the fact that THUs would be going over local roads and asked them to notify local law enforcement.
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There is nothing more frustrating than months and months of working hard to achieve your goals and not getting the results that you want. You go to the gym weekly and deny yourself your favorite foods, for what? To stand on the scale and see the same number over and over. Well, before you give up on your fitness routine and declare that you will never lose those excess pounds, you should take a look at your daily routine to see if there may be something there that could be sabotaging your fitness routine and keeping you from achieving your weight loss goals.
Dieting. Many of us think that we can go on a diet and quickly achieve our weight loss goals. However, as most of us seem to find out, this is not the case. You will eventually go off your diet and start eating "normally" again. So, if you happened to lose any weight you will gain it right back. You need to try to adopt a healthier way of eating right that isn't short term. It is also better to give in to your desires once in a while. If you try to constantly deny yourself something you love, you will hate your diet and become even more frustrated when it does not work out the way you want it.
Low caloric intake. It is important to watch your caloric intake to lose those excess pounds. However, there are many other factors that you need to consider. You can not solely rely on the calorie counts of your food. You need to be sure that you're not only eating healthy, but that you're eating the correct balance of carbs, protein to fat ratio with each and every meal. If you skip this rule, you're not doing your body any favors, even if your meals are "healthy". The 9Round Nutrition program will keep you right on track with this.
Focusing on the scale. We all do it. A lot of us hop on the scale multiple times a day, and for what? To see if after a few hours if the needle will point a little lower. It can seem ridiculous thinking about it, but we do it everyday. It does seem fairly reasonable that if we want to lose weight, the best way to measure our success is through weighing ourselves. However, the scale alone can be extremely misleading. There are many things that it does not measure such as, increased strength, dropping sizes, gaining endurance and energy, increasing muscles mass and decreasing body fat. Just because the scale is not moving, does not necessarily mean you are not achieving your fitness goals. For true readings, you would want a proper bodyfat/body water scale such as a Tanita. These are found online easily for $50. It's the most accurate way to measure true fitness progress.
Dieting without exercise. Most of us think that if we do not have the time or energy needed to exercise, then we can easily lose weight through diet alone. It may be possible to shed those pounds through only changing your diet, but it may take longer to get the results that you want and omit all the positives you get from exercising. It will become obvious in no time that you can only cut so much from your diet before you become tired, hungry and feel drained. This can make anyone edgy and frustrated, especially if you happen to notice that your weight loss has seemed to plateaued. Exercise is good for the body even if you're not trying to lose weight, so we don't want to omit this healthy habit from our lives.
Giving up too quickly. We all want to see results right away. However, understanding that it takes time and effort to get the results that we want is invaluable. The most important thing is to remember that you have to give it time. Remember, you didn't put these pounds on in just a few weeks, so don't expect something you've been carrying for months or years to melt away in just weeks. Also, if you have a "bad day" because of one food or workout slip, it's important not to allow that to turn into two bad days, and then three.... It is okay to screw up every now and then, as long as you forgive yourself and immediately get back into your everyday routine. Starting with the very next meal, not the next day!
It is a journey that requires patience when trying to lose those excess pounds, but we need to remember that slow and steady wins the race. Do not expect to change your everyday routine in mere seconds and see results from your new and healthier routine right away. This news isn't meant to depress you, but rather, if you accept this, you will end up feeling less discouraged while you reach towards your goals.


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The Next 24: Dell, Housing in Spotlight
Viktor Reklaitis of MarketWatch takes a look at markets in the next 24 hours, including Dell's earnings, European economic data and housing starts for July.
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In all the excitement about Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) betas that were imminent and then not so imminent, the company continues to release patches to select groups of testers. Most recently a group of patches appeared on Windows Connect, the online downloading service Microsoft provides for a select group of beta testers. Only testers of Windows Server 2008 beta were allowed to download the patches, but they are aimed at Vista as well.
The patches are labeled Windows6.0-KB938194-x64.msu, Windows6.0-KB938194-x86.msu, Windows6.0-KB938979-x64.msu, and Windows6.0-KB938979-x86.msu and together come in at just under 30MB. Some of the main fixes involve the infamous "time remaining" bug when copying files in Vista, performance improvements when copying or moving large files, and faster resume from Hibernate. The update is also intended to improve compatibility of Windows Vista with video drivers. All these items are things that have been scheduled for Vista SP1.
People who have downloaded the patches report that the performance improvements are real, although some (especially 64-bit users) are experiencing some driver compatibility problems.


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Pat Stombaugh won re-election to a second term for mayor Monday over Bill Pressley and Gene Mullen, while Bob Riddagh defeated Tony DeFeo for a three-year term on Smyrna Town Council.
Smyrna voters gave Mayor Pat Stombaugh two more years in office in Monday's town election.
In a three-way race for the mayor's seat, Stombaugh won re-election with 318 votes, (44 percent of the total), while former Smyrna Councilman Bill Pressley was close behind with 281 votes (39 percent). Councilman Gene Mullen, who filed to run for mayor instead of seeking another term on council, pulled in 122 votes (17 percent).
After the results were announced, Stombaugh said she was both surprised and pleased by the outcome.
"There were a number of things close to being done, and now I hope I can see them to fruition," she said. "I'm anxious to start the new term and the new council. We have to move on and get a lot of things done."
Stombaugh thanked residents for their support.
"I'd like to say thank you very much for your trust and faith in me," she said. "I will do the best I can to make our town the best it can be."
She also wished to thank her bosses and fellow employees at Rite Aid, who enabled her to be flexible with her schedule so she could campaign.
Riddagh elected to Smyrna Council
In the contest for an at-large seat on Smyrna Town Council, Bob Riddagh won election with 405 votes (59.6 percent of the total). Tony DeFeo received 275 votes (40.4 percent).
After the vote tally was announced, Riddagh said it felt "humbling" to be elected to council.
Riddagh said he thought voters were looking for more cohesiveness and wanted to get a council together that will work for the people.
"This is when it starts," he said.
Riddagh added that the town also needs the ideas of the candidates who didn't win.
White unopposed in District 3
Smyrna Council's District 3 seat was also up for election this year, but Councilwoman Valerie White was unopposed in her bid for re-election.
Candidates react to results
After the election, Pressley wished the mayor and the new council the best, but expressed disappointment that more people didn't make it to the polls.
"I wish it was a better turnout," he said.
Mullen also said he was "very disappointed" in the voter turnout, and suggested that people had the wrong information about council.
"Whatever message was out there, it worked for Pat," he said.
Mullen remained steadfast to the idea of lowering electric bills while raising property taxes to balance out the town's revenue streams.
"It has to happen – the revenue streams have got to be balanced," Mullen said.
Voter turnout
A total of 729 people voted in Monday's town election, including 19 who voted by absentee ballot.
This year's turnout was up from the 481 people who voted in last year's Smyrna election, but in that election, only residents who lived within two of the town's three districts were eligible to vote for one of the two contested seats.
Two years ago, in the last election when the mayor's seat was up, the voter turnout was much greater, with 1,556 people voting for three contested seats. In that election, Stombaugh was elected mayor by outpolling incumbent Mark Schaeffer 921-579.
Winning and losing candidates alike expressed disappointment in the turnout at this year's election.