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Tuesday, January 1, 2013
2012 WOWSA Woman Of The Year - Annaleise Carr
And for her exploits and inspiration, Annaleise Carr, a Canadian teenager, was selected as the 2012 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year.
Swimming for others takes on a profoundly deep meaning when a swimmer is so young and the conditions are borderline wild.
The Lake Ontario Swim Team member is the epitome of selflessness as she selected Camp Trillium to support. Her efforts have touched the hearts of people throughout Canada and the world, generating nearly $250,000 in donations for the Trillium Childhood Cancer Support Centre.
While the media and public have continued to celebrate the wunderkind, her grounded personality has stirred even greater efforts to raise awareness and funds for child with cancer. She trained, she swam and she continues to give of herself. Her generosity of time, her sincerity of spirit, and her depth of passion are easy for people to see.
Like her fund-raising activities on land, Carr's efforts to complete a 50.5 km swim in Lake Ontario through the night over wind-generated waves in plunging water temperatures never wavered. In fact, the youngest 24-hour Club member drew motivation every time her crew told her that more donations were pouring in. The public understands a heroine and Carr is one. For a maturity beyond her years and for her deeply felt commitment to raise money to support children with cancer, the new Lady of the Lake was worthily voted as the 2012 WOWSA World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year.
The World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year award is meant to honor the woman who (1) best embodies the spirit of open water swimming, (2) possesses the sense of adventure, tenacity and perseverance that open water swimmers are known for, and (3) has most positively influenced the world of open water swimming during the year.
It was an incredible year of firsts, mosts, bests, fastests and courage by thousands of individuals in the open water swimming world. While Carr was voted Woman of the Year, the other 2012 nominees were also outstanding representatives and ambassadors of the sport:
1. Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil), World Professional Marathon Champion
2. Anna-Carin Nordin (Sweden), Oceans Seven Swimmer
3. Annaleise Carr (Canada), Young Marathon Swimmer
4. Catherine Vogt (USA), Dual Olympic Coach
5. Diana Nyad (USA), Xtreme Dreamer
6. Esther Nuñez Morera (Spain), Professional Marathon Swimming Champion
7. Grace van der Byl (USA), Marathon Record Breaker
8. Janel Jorgensen McArdle (USA), Swim Across America President
9. Julia Washbourne (Hong Kong), Eco-Swimming Aquapreneur
10. Karen Gaffney (USA), Swimming Philanthropist
11. Keri-Anne Payne (Great Britain), British Open Water Icon
12. Pat Gallant-Charette (USA), Channel Swimming Late Bloomer
13. Risztov Éva (Hungary), Olympic Champion
14. Shelley Taylor-Smith (Australia), Pioneering Administrator
15. Tina Neill (USA), San Clemente Channel Swimmer
Carr joins the previous World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year recipients: Olympian and world champion Edith van Dijk (Netherlands) in 2008; professional marathon swimmer Poliana Okimoto (Brazil) in 2009; channel swimmer Anne Marie Ward (Ireland) in 2010; and professional marathon swimmer Pilar Geijo (Argentina) in 2011.
In the online public vote conducted by the World Open Water Swimming Association, another incredibly unselfish inspiration Karen Gaffney of the U.S.A. received the second highest number of votes. Like Carr, Gaffney is a champion in every sense of the word: a humble heroine and a remarkable role model who moves people to action. The English Channel relay swimmer has dedicated herself and the tools at her disposal to champion a journey to full inclusion in families, schools, communities and the workplace for people with Down syndrome or other developmental disabilities. With dramatic open water swims to emphasize one's potential, as well as her speeches, video tapes and resource materials, she constantly installs hope for others with Down syndrome. Her lifestyle proves a full productive and inclusive life is in store for parents and families of a child born with Down syndrome or other learning disabilities.
With Carr in Canada and Gaffney in Oregon, the two young women have a talent and passion to heighten awareness and raise expectations and funds for those in need.
In one of the most awe-inspiring years of open water swimming on record, the community salutes all the WOWSA nominees and Anneleise Carr in particular for her selection as the 2012 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year.
Photo of Annaleise Carr near her plaque at Queen's Royal Park in Ontario by Alamenciak of the Toronto Star.
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Aloha World Open Water Swimming Association from Maui, Hawaii. Congratualtions to Annaleise Carr for her award as female swimmer of the year.ReplyDelete
I want to also congratulate 2nd place award winner Karen Gaffney. Karen is a winner in and out of the water and she's an inspiration to many students, swimmers, and open water entusiasts here on Maui.
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'Glee' Star Chris Colfer is 'Too Old for Drama'
Chris Colfer may have one of the biggest roles on the TV drama 'Glee,' but as far as real-life drama goes, he's not having any of it.
The 23-year-old actor admitted to PEOPLE that he works hard to stay out of the exaggerated media headlines. Unfortunately, not all of his costars can say the same.
"It's really sad," Chris said. "I've seen some of my closest friends on 'Glee' go through where these horrible things are written about them and none of it is true, but some reporter wants to get a hit, they say so-and-so is a raging bitch."
Fellow 'Glee' pal Naya Rivera has recently been making news with her reported on-set antics. The rumors went so far as to claim she was fired from the show completely, which her rep later denied.
As for Chris, he's not welcoming any drama into his life. "I just mind my own business, really," he shared. "I don't want to say life is too short for drama, but I think I'm just too old for drama."
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New 'Dexter' Final Season Trailer: The Beginning of the End
We're just two days away from the final season premiere of our beloved 'Dexter,' kicking off the last of 12 all-new episodes that will take us through to Dexter Morgan's ultimate end. And for as many pictures, teasers and a tidbits as we've gleamed, are you ready for one final trailer to preview 'Dexter' season 8 premiere "A Beautiful Day?" Has the end finally arrived for Dexter and Deb?
Once again, the spotlight seems to be on the damaged relationship between Dexter and Deb (Jennifer Carpenter), who spirals out of control in the wake of her conflicted actions during the season 7 finale "Surprise, Motherf---er!" Also increasingly prominent is the presence of Dr. Evelyn Vogel (Charlotte Rampling), who comes to aid Miami Metro in catching a new killer, while maintaining a mysterious fixation on Dexter himself.
Premiering this Sunday, 'Dexter' season 8 will feature appearances from Kenny Johnson ('The Shield'), '24' villain Julian Sands as a wealthy international businessman, Bethany Joy Lenz ('One Tree Hill') as Dexter's new neighbor Cassie and 'Last Resort' star Darri Ingolfsson as her antique-dealing love interest, Rhys Coiro ('Entourage') as a bail jumper on Deb's radar, 'The Walking Dead' star Nick Gomez as a hitman that goes up against Deb, and 'The Boondock Saints' star Sean Patrick Flanery as ex-cop-turned-private-eye Jacob Elway, Deb's new employer.
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UCLA quarterback Brett Hundley didn't burst into this season with a long touchdown run on the first play.
He waited until the eighth play.
The No. 21 Bruins entered the 2013 season with high expectations and with their first appearance in a preseason poll since 2007.
Yet they waited until the second half before putting away a pesky Nevada team.
The 58-20 victory in the Rose Bowl on Saturday was a start. The start of what? Well, for that answer, Bruins fans will have to wait.
But like last season, Hundley insisted that UCLA hit the season running.
He announced himself to the college football world last season with a 72-yard touchdown run on the first play in a victory over Rice. He reminded everyone of his presence Saturday.
Hundley's 37-yard touchdown run in the first quarter got things started against Nevada. By the time he was finished, the only quarterback questions remaining were across town at USC.
"It looked like he is actually breathing on plays instead of holding his breath like last year," offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone said. "Last year, he was just running the plays I called. This year he is understanding. He's asking for things. He's seeing things. That's pretty cool."
The Bruins have some growing to do elsewhere, a lot of it before going to Lincoln to face Nebraska on Sept. 14. But the one thing that will make Coach Jim Mora snooze like a child at night is Hundley.
If last season's opener was a coming-out party, Saturday's performance was almost a coronation.
Hundley completed 22 of 33 passes for 274 yards and two touchdowns. He gained an additional 63 yards rushing. He had 337 of UCLA's 647 total yards.
"It there's one place you want to have some security, it's at quarterback," Mora said. "It is so different than last year, when he was so much an unknown. There's an intensity about him. He just really wants to be a great player. You've got to love it."
Other areas of the team still have questions.
The Bruins' rebuilt secondary looked vulnerable at times. The defense, as a whole, bent far too easily in the first half, though Nevada was unable to cash in its opportunities to the fullest.
The question of whether the Bruins had a replacement for running back Johnathan Franklin was closer to being answered. Jordon James had 155 yards rushing, including a 26-yard touchdown run, with an array of zigzag runs worthy of his nickname "Joystick." UCLA had 345 yards rushing.
Whether the Bruins have a punter to replace Jeff Locke remained a mystery. Freshman Sean Covington never got a chance to kick.
There are no issues at quarterback.
"If people thought [Hundley] was good last year, they're in for a huge surprise," receiver Shaquelle Evans said.
How much better can he be? Hundley set a school record with 3,740 yards passing and tossed 29 touchdown passes in 2012.
"That guy worked harder during the off-season than I have seen anyone work," Evans said. "He's quicker, more experienced, smarter. He understands the offense better. He understands defenses better. He's going to have a huge year."
Hundley certainly gave that indication Saturday.
He tossed a five-yard touchdown pass to Evans in the first half and flipped a screen to Malcolm Jones, who dodged defenders on a 25-yard touchdown play. But what makes Hundley dangerous is his running ability. Besides his 37-yard touchdown run on UCLA's first series, he had an 11-yard scoring run, in which he dived the last three, to give the Bruins a 24-13 lead at the start of the third quarter.
"It feels like I see more of the field instead of zooming in on one receiver," Hundley said. "I see what the defense is doing."
Said Evans, "He's only going to get better."
UCLA gave up 353 yards and was dinged by Wolf Pack quarterback Cody Fajardo.
But the Wolf Pack had trouble closing drives. Twice in the first half Nevada was within reach of the end zone and had to settle for Brent Zuzo field goals. Fajardo's one-yard touchdown run allowed the Wolf Pack to go into halftime trailing by only four points, 17-13.
Hundley's second rushing touchdown was followed by another UCLA score. Kenny Orjioke blocked a punt and Phillip Ruhl returned it four yards for a touchdown.
The Bruins began to roll. Hundley's momentum was already underway.
Said Mazzone, "Shoot, I thought he did all right."
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How I see it...
There is a difference between architectural principles and solution architectures. Architectural principles are guidance in ambiguous situations toward an ideal. A solution architecture holds the trade-off. Deviating from the principle must be motivated, adhere to the principle not. That's what enterprise architecture is about: principles, decisions and solutions.
Architectural principles help in decision-making, solution architectures help in building systems solutions. Architects should recognize this difference. Architectural principles lead to design-to-change, solution architectures lead to design-to-release. Practice learns that not all architects do make this distinction. And even worse, some architects don't see the necessity to lean on the guiding principles to which you may deviate during the designing of the solution.
If you don't take into account architectural principles that guide you to flexibility in changing the system across versions, and you don't document your design decisions that deviate from them, you may build perfectly working systems for extremely happy users and at the same time create a nightmare when you have to build and release the next version of the system. That may turn to be lethal for businesses in a world with the current increasing pace of change.
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SC empowers voters, gives them option to reject electoral candidates
The apex court directed the Election Commission to have an option of 'None Of The Above' (NOTA) on the electronic voting machines and ballot papers, which can be used by voters to reject all candidates contesting the polls. Chetan Chauhan reports. POLL: Will you exercise your right to reject poll candidates? | Not sure if 'right to reject' will work: Twitter, Facebookindia Updated: Sep 30, 2013 17:11 IST
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the right of voters to reject all candidates contesting the elections, saying it would go a long way in cleansing the political system of the country.
In yet another electoral reform, the apex court directed the Election Commission to have an option of 'None Of The Above' (NOTA) on the electronic voting machines (EVMs) and ballot papers, which can be used by voters to reject all candidates contesting the polls.
So far, people casting negative votes were required to enter their names in a register and cast their vote on a separate paper ballot.
But now the secrecy of votes cast under the NOTA category must be maintained by the EC, the court said.
The order will be effective in the assembly elections to be announced soon in five states.
However, a senior EC official said the NOTA option would not impact the results of the elections.
"The 'None Of The Above' option on EVMs has no electoral value," said the EC official.
"Even if the maximum number of votes cast is for NOTA, the candidate getting the most of the remaining votes would be declared winner."
The court said negative voting would encourage even people who are not satisfied with any of the candidates to turn up to express their opinion and reject all contestants.
"Negative voting will lead to a systemic change in polls and political parties will be forced to project clean candidates. If the right to vote is a statutory right, then the right to reject candidate is a fundamental right of speech and expression under the Constitution," said a bench headed by the Chief Justice of India, P Sathasivam.
The court passed the order on a PIL filed in 2004 by an NGO, People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), which had submitted that voters be given the right to negative voting.
The bench also pointed out that the system of negative voting existed in 13 countries. Even in the Parliament of India, the MPs have the option to abstain during a vote, the court observed.
The right to vote for no candidate is defined under Section 49 (O) of the Conduct of Election Rules 1961, but was not effective as the government did not agree to amend the rules. Under the rules, a voter who does not want to cast his vote had to fill a form and cast his or her vote on a separate paper ballot.
Since 2004, the EC had been asking the government to change the rules to provide a negative vote option on the EVMs.
Former chief election commissioner Navin Chawla welcomed the order and said it was a huge step in improving the electoral system. Former chief election commissioner SY Quraishi said the order would give a legal stamp to the commission's demand of providing a negative voting option on the EVMs.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) also welcomed the Supreme Court order. "This move will bring a change leading to an opportunity for deserving candidates to contest polls," said AAP member Shazia Ilmi.
The Supreme Court in the past two months has issued several orders on electoral reforms, including disqualification of MPs and MLAs who get convicted of crimes and not allowing persons in police custody to contest.
Criminal, corrupt, communal, can now get rejected! Thanks to SC order.We always wanted the voter to be empowered for this. Appreciate this— Kiran Bedi (@thekiranbedi) September 27, 2013
Petitioner Sanjay Parekh talks to reporters
The SC has said that tight to vote and right not to vote has to stand on the same pedestal: Sanjay Parekh
This is not a negative vote, it is a positive vote in terms of a democracy: Sanjay Parekh
This law is a warning to political parties to not field tainted ministers in elections: Sanjay Parekh
This ruling will send out a strong message to political parties: Sanjay Parekh
This is a positive message, please don't take it negatively: Sanjay Parekh
It sends a message to political parties only to pick candidates with a clean report: Sanjay Parekh
Members of Aam Aadmi Party say
We welcome the Supreme Court's decision on right to reject: Arvind Kejriwal
The right to reject is a fundamental right: AAP's Prashant Bhushan
Parties react cautiously, CPI(M) opposes it
Political parties today reactedcautiously to a Supreme Court verdict holding that citizens have the right to reject candidates contesting polls with CPI (M) saying that the judgement has led to an "abnormal situation" that needs to be corrected. Read more.
Activists hail SC view on negative voting
The Supreme Court verdict on negative voting - allowing voters to exercise the option of None of the Above (NOTA) in EVMs and ballot papers - is being seen as a positive development by advocacy firms and activist Friday. Read more.
Those responsible for ordinance should resign: Jaitley
BJP leader Arun Jaitley today said those responsible in the government for the ordinance on convicted lawmakers should resign in the wake of Rahul Gandhi's denunciation of the move. Read more.
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Hypnobabies disclaimer: This birth story has non-Hypnobabies language in it, so use your BOP of peace if you feel the need. It was intense, a wild ride, but not what I would call painful. (I have chronic migraines, now THOSE I consider painful!).
This was my 4th Hypnobabies birth and 3rd homebirth. I've never given birth without Hypnobabies, so I don't have anything to compare it to. I didn't listen to my Birth Guide tracks (my home study course is from 2004, I know these tracks are a little different now) and didn't feel the need to use my lightswitch. But after 4 times, the hypnoanesthesia and other hypnotechniques ("release" and "peace" cues) are so automatically integrated into the birthing process for me that it's not something I consciously think about. Saying "open, open, open" was the only thing I remember consciously choosing to do.
I did a lot of envisioning my birth this time around, and this was pretty much exactly like I had pictured. I know it's not to everyone's taste 😉 but for me it was exactly what I wanted.
I wasn't getting much sleep on Monday night, the night of the 14th. I went to bed around 10 pm but between waking up to pee every 45 minutes (love having a bladder the size of a walnut) and my 22 month old repeatedly waking up and needing me (2 year molars suck), there wasn't a great deal of sleeping going on. I was large and uncomfortable, felt like I needed the assistance of heavy machinery to help get me out of bed. But thanks to this I know that I was not having any contractions throughout the night, everything was calm in uterus-land.
Just after 4 am I got up to tend to DD2 again. Got her some more water, settled her back down and made yet another trip to the bathroom. Started to go back to sleep and then…. hmmm, was that a contraction? Involuntarily I was out of bed, kneeling on the floor and leaning over the side of the bed.
I glanced at the clock and it was 4:15 am. I woke up DH who asked if I was in labor and I said I didn't know, maybe? He snorted and said "this is no maybe – last time you had the kid 2 hours later" and went downstairs to get things going. I called my midwife to let her know that I had a contraction and had the 2nd contraction while I was on the phone with her, she left as soon as we hung up. Then I grabbed my computer and sent a Facebook message to the chiropractor I was going to see later that morning, letting her know that something might be getting started so I might not make it to see her that morning.
The birth tub heater was broken and it was only maintaining about 92 degrees, so DH started the big stock pots of water boiling. After my last two 2 hour labors we knew we might be pressed for time. I brought down my iPod to listen to my Hypnobabies Birth Guide tracks but don't remember where I set it down. We spread out a shower curtain on the floor in front of the birth tub, put the waterproof sheet and spare sheet on the futon, then DH went upstairs to make some coffee.
When a contraction would hit I would lean on my hands and knees over the futon, moving my hips and making really low vocalizations to keep myself relaxed and saying "open, open, open" (like on my Hypnobabies tracks). DH came and asked how I was doing and I looked at him and joked "stop the ride, please, I want off now!"
This was probably about 4:30 am. I remember thinking that I couldn't really be in labor yet because I was still wearing my nightgown – I can't stand to have any clothes on when I'm laboring. 😉
I went into the bathroom and thought about sitting down, but realized that if I sat down on the toilet then I probably wouldn't be able to get back up and didn't want to spend the rest of the time stuck on the toilet. I walked back into the family room and the tub looked so inviting – off came the nightgown and in I went. I was hot and sweating and the water was warm enough to feel comforting but not overheat me. The feeling of relief and support when I sank down into the water was amazing.
DH came down with the first pot of boiling and poured it into the other side of the tub, I was acutely aware of the feeling of the hot water swirling around in the cooler water of the tub and the coolness of the edge of the birth tub against my forehead as I knelt down, focusing on the physical sensations. DH went back upstairs to refill the pot and check on the others and I leaned over the side of the tub, enjoying the warm waters swirling around my legs.
I felt a bit of pressure, reached down and felt the baby's head & amniotic sac right at the opening, then my water broke. I yelled upstairs "hon, turn the stove off!". He yelled back "why, is it warm enough?" It was difficult to talk (I tend to be non-verbal in labor) but managed to say "baby!" as my body started to push with me half- kneeling, half-squatting.
The head emerged as he ran down the half- flight of stairs saying "holy sh*t, you're kidding me!" and then the entire baby flew out into the tub. DH scooped the baby out of the water to hand to me as I turned over. I caught a glimpse between the legs as I cuddled him up and said "we have another little boy!". I kept his body down in the water to keep him warm and had DH hand me a chux pad to cover him up with.
I told DH to open my computer and check the time, it was 4:39 am. 24 minutes after the very first contraction and, as DH said, "I didn't even have time to brew my coffee!".
Ian Grainger B.
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My longest pregnancy (40+4 by ovulation), shortest labor (24 minutes) and next-to-smallest baby.


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Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis never had the chance to meet each other as leaders during a divided America, but they're going to this weekend.
The town? Costa Mesa. The place? Fairview Park.
The occasion? "The town hall meeting that never occurred," as one man puts it.
This weekend marks the annual Battle of Costa Mesa, a free Civil War reenactment event that in its fifth year will bring more than 350 participants and thousands of spectators to see and hear American history relived. Public events go from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, with free parking at the Goat Hill railroad, across the street from the park's main parking lot.
Costa Mesa resident Scott Peca is once again organizing the American Civil War Society-sponsored event. The 58-year-old is a longtime reenactor and lieutenant colonel — "They never promote me!" he said — with the organization.
"We got the whole shoot and bang going on this weekend," Peca said.
Expect men and women from the Union and the Confederacy, food, horses, questionable 19-century hospital tactics, muskets and bayonets, sellers and sutlers, cannon and cannon fire, victory and surrender.
New aspects this year, in addition to the Lincoln-Davis meeting, include recitations of the Gettysburg Address, horse-drawn carriage rides, real memorabilia from Mary Todd Lincoln and a few groups playing period music. Representatives from the Daughters of the American Revolution, Sons of Confederate Veterans and Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War will also make appearances.
Profits from a pie auction will go toward restoration of Civil War battlefields. The city of Costa Mesa and Costa Mesa Historical Society will also have displays.
"It's growing big and it's such a great event," Peca said. "Everybody is tickled to death about it."
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What: Fifth annual Battle of Costa Mesa
Where: Fairview Park, 2501 Placentia Ave., Costa Mesa
When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Cost: Free admission and parking; food is available for sale
Parking: Event parking is across the street at the Goat Hill railroad lot. No parking is available at Estancia High School.


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Language of proposed Boulder charter amendment: Before the electric utility enterprise issues any debt, voters must approve the amount of the utility's debt limit and the total cost of debt repayment that the utility will incur, both to be stated in dollars in any ballot question; and
The utility's service area shall not extend to areas outside the city limits unless registered electors in those areas are permitted to vote in these debt limit and repayment cost elections; and
Such elections shall be held on the dates of general municipal elections; and
Any brokerage fees for managing any sale of bonds or other indebtedness shall be limited to 1% of proceeds.
Language of charter amendment in April telephone poll: Before the electric utility enterprise issues any debt, voters must approve the amount of the utility debt limit and the total cost of debt repayment the utility will incur, both to be stated in dollars in any ballot question.
The utility service area shall not extend to areas outside city limits unless registered electors in those areas are permitted to vote in debt limit and repayment cost elections.
Such elections shall be held on the date of a general municipal election and any brokerage fees for managing any sale of bonds or other indebtedness shall be limited to 1 percent of proceeds.
Xcel Energy officials and the spokesman for a group backing a charter amendment requiring a second vote to form a municipal utility now admit that Xcel conducted a poll in April on the ballot language.
Representatives of both sides had previously said that they'd met but that they were not working together and that Xcel was not behind the proposed charter amendment.
However, the language of the proposed amendment, filed with the city last week, is identical to language that was tested by Xcel in an April poll.
A recipient of the April poll recorded the survey and shared that recording with the Camera.
In the recording, the pollster tells the respondent a charter amendment will appear on the November ballot, reads the ballot language and asks the respondent how he or she would vote if the election were held that day.
"The city charter amendment will read as follows," the pollster says. "Before the electric utility enterprise issues any debt, voters must approve the amount of the utility debt limit and the total cost of debt repayment the utility will incur, both to be stated in dollars in any ballot question. The utility service area shall not extend to areas outside city limits unless registered electors in those areas are permitted to vote in debt limit and repayment cost elections."
That is the same language that a group of five Boulder residents filed with the city nearly a month later. The spokesman for that group, Phil Fox, had registered to vote in Boulder just two days before.
Xcel: 'We polled this ballot language'
Xcel Energy previously acknowledged it had conducted polling on a variety of issues related to municipalization in March and April. Asked on Wednesday about the similarity between the poll language and the proposed charter amendment, Xcel spokeswoman Michelle Aguayo said the charter amendment was one of the issues on which Xcel polled Boulder voters.
"We surveyed our customers on numerous issues surrounding municipalization and shared those results with different parties; this is one of those issues," she said in an email.
Asked to clarify, she said, "We polled this ballot language."
Fox responded to a request for comment via email.
"Xcel ran a poll on our proposal," he said. "Sorry, didn't make that clear last week. Not sure where they're going to be on us but optimistic we'll get their support."
Asked to clarify whether Xcel or the group wrote the charter amendment, Fox said there were "a lot of voices contributing to the discussion." Xcel preferred an up-or-down vote on municipalization, while some people who lived in unincorporated areas wanted to be included in the discussion and other Boulder residents had concerns about a city proposal to use negotiated bond sales, he said. That last proposal would require a charter amendment of its own.
"I don't know who gets credit for what piece, but it's what the five of us decided we wanted to submit to the city," he said. "Xcel's been really cooperative up to a point, but I think they want to see if we can get it qualified for the ballot before they make a big commitment."
Fox said last week that the group had met with Xcel Energy but had not received any promises of support and did not work with the company to develop the ballot language. Xcel officials said the same.
Fox also said last week that the group, which calls itself Voter Approval of Debt Limits, would use volunteer petition circulators for now but hoped to get financial support to use paid circulators.
Aguayo said Wednesday that Xcel has always supported a second vote and would likely support the charter amendment if it makes it on the ballot.
Push for new vote 'viewed as a grass-roots thing'
University of Colorado political science professor Ken Bickers said the line between coordinated and uncoordinated campaigns has been increasingly blurred over the last few decades, largely to manage public perception.
"If it's a grass-roots initiative, it's likely to be viewed differently than if it's a big company coming in and funding a ballot measure," he said. "By keeping an arm's length, it allows it to be viewed as a grass-roots thing."
Bickers said previous statements by Xcel and the charter amendment group are not necessarily false.
"If both sides say they are not working together, they are not working together by some definition of the word 'working,'" he said.
Boulder Mayor Matt Appelbaum said he did not receive a polling call, but he had heard about the content. After being read a transcript of the poll that included the charter amendment language, he said, "That's from the poll? Gee, that sounds familiar.
"This is no surprise," he said. "Why would anybody be surprised? I don't know why Xcel tries to deny what they're doing. It seems like it would be cleaner and better for everyone involved if they just told the truth."
Proponents of municipalization, including Appelbaum, contend the charter amendment would "kill" any possibility of a city-owned electric utility because it would make it hard for the city to enter into condemnation proceedings against Xcel to acquire its distribution system and to issue capital improvement bonds to maintain infrastructure.
Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights does not require utilities to put their revenue-backed bond sales before the voters for approval.
Supporters of the charter amendment said the initial vote for municipalization was close, and the decision is too big not to return to the voters.
Former mayor: 'So what if they're behind it?'
Former Boulder Mayor Bob Greenlee, who writes a column for the Camera, has backed the idea of a second vote. He said he doesn't care if Xcel is behind the charter amendment.
"I don't think it makes much difference who is behind it, whether it's Xcel or a citizens' initiative," Greenlee said. "So what if they're behind it? What's wrong with giving the citizens a chance to vote again? Why wouldn't they be behind it? Wouldn't they be, in their minds, the principal party harmed by Boulder taking their customers?"
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Police say they are searching for an unknown suspect who shot a white egret with a bow and arrow.
According to a press release, Animal Services Officer Ben Bundrick responded to the Monday, Feb. 11, call at 695 Belvedere Drive to find a great egret hobbling from yard to yard. Officer Budrick caught the bird, which was unable to fly due to a target arrow in its back, and transported it immediately to Beaumont West Animal Care.
Veterinarian Dr. John Falgout removed the arrow but was unable to save the ailing avian, saying he was forced to euthanize the bird on Monday due to a broken leg.
Falgout went on to say residents called his office and informed him the bird had been suffering with the protruding arrow for a number of days.
"Someone said they actually saw this bird about four days ago on Thomas Road with the arrow through it already," he said. "It had made its way from Thomas Road to where they found it on Belvedere. So she was trying to get around."
The trajectory of the arrow was just perfect to keep the bird alive, Falgout said, and the bird likely broke its leg some time after it was shot.
"The way this arrow happened to hit this bird, it just didn't hit anything vital. It's amazing. It actually pierced right through the thigh muscle and then through the breast and hit it's keel bone. And so It didn't hit anything vital and that's why it didn't kill the bird immediately. But I don't think the arrow is what broke the leg. Probably somewhere after she was hit was when the leg broke."
Great egrets are protected under Chapter 64 of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code and title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Anyone with information about the culprit is encouraged to contact Animal Services at 838-3304. Had it not been for the broken leg, Falgout said the egret might have survived. "Really because of the leg, we had to euthanize it," he said.


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DCHHS Older Adult Services Program offers socializing opportunities and more independence for Dallas County residents 60 years and older.
Senior centers are open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Transportation to the center and back home can be arranged with center management.
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By Claudia Assis
SolarCity Corp. threw the market a curveball on Monday, postponing the release of most of its fourth-quarter results until next week.
The delay was due to the accounting related to new acquisitions and a change in an overhead allocation owing to an increase in megawatts deployed, SolarCity /quotes/zigman/13139813/delayed /quotes/nls/scty SCTY said in a media release Monday.
The solar installer said that total revenue for the fourth quarter increased 87% as compared to the year-ago period, to $47.3 million. That's slightly better than what the market expected.
The company said it will release complete GAAP financial results after the market close on March 3.
Shares of SolarCity dipped as much as 6.9% after the partial results were released, and were recently down 2.8%.
Analysts surveyed by FactSet, who cite adjusted earnings, have expected SolarCity to report earnings of 55 cents a share in the fourth quarter on revenues of $43.4 million. The company's shares ended Monday up 3.6% at $78.50.
The reaction on Twitter varied from humorous to angry:
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$scty what are they hiding?
— Kijun Warrior (@KijunWarrior) February 24, 2014
$SCTY knows that the investors are holding their stock based on GROWTH which is very fragile and depends on earnings. Shame on them
— Susan (@howaboutyou2) February 24, 2014
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text: Find out which documents you should hang on to and for how long. By Kimberly Lankford, Contributing Editor March 26, 2012 I just filed my taxes for 2012 and am planning to clean out my old files. What records should I keep, and what can I safely toss? It's smart to keep your tax returns indefinitely. Old returns can provide important background information in a variety of situations -- for example, if you're applying for a mortgage, applying for disability insurance or trying to figure out the cost basis of investments. The pages from your return don't take up much space, and the records are easy to digitize, so you don't need to keep the paper versions of your old returns. Also keep records of your home's purchase price and major home improvements for three years after you sell the home. Most people no longer need to pay taxes on their profits on a home sale: Single filers can exclude $250,000 in profits from income, and married couples filing jointly can exclude $500,000, as long as they've lived in their home for at least two of the past five years. But if you live in the house for less than two of the five years leading up to the sale, your gains may be taxable. In that case, your home-improvement records can substantiate an increase in your tax basis and a lower gain (the cost of basic repairs doesn't count). For more information, see IRS Publication 523 Selling Your Home. It's a good idea to keep records of stock and mutual fund purchases made in taxable accounts for as long as you hold those investments. The records will come in handy when you sell the shares and must report the purchase price, date of purchase and number of shares involved. Also keep records of any stock or mutual fund dividends you've reinvested so you can avoid paying taxes on them again when you withdraw the money. Advertisement And hang onto Form 8606, on which you reported any non-deductible IRA contributions, until you withdraw all the money from your IRA. The record will help you avoid being taxed on the money again when you take it out in retirement. See Deductible Versus Nondeductible IRA Contributions for more information. As for what to weed out, the IRS generally has up to three years after the due date of your tax return to begin an audit, so you can toss most of your supporting tax documents -- such as canceled checks and receipts – as soon as the three-year period has passed. See IRS Publication 552 Recordkeeping for Individuals for more information about tax records. You can also toss monthly statements from your bank and brokerage firm after you receive your year-end statements; get rid of ATM receipts and bank-deposit slips as soon as you match them up with your monthly statement; and dump pay stubs after seeing that they accord with your W-2 for the year (but you'll want to save your December pay stub if it shows charitable contributions made via payroll deduction). Dispose of paper copies of your credit card, utility, phone and cable bills as soon as the next month's bill arrives unless you need them for tax purposes (say, if the expenses can be deducted as self-employed business expenses or if you're claiming the home-office deduction). See Tax Tips for Freelancers and the Self-Employed for more information. (You may want to keep utility bills for a few years even if you don't need them for taxes so you can show prospective buyers the average monthly cost of your utilities.) . Shred these documents before tossing them so an ID thief doesn't end up with a goldmine of information about your bank account, credit cards and other personal information. See Your ID-Theft Prevention Kit for more information. Got a question? Ask Kim at firstname.lastname@example.com. Show comments


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MAHWAH, N.J. – Former Minor League pitcher Doug Cinnella of Mahwah will be inducted into the Seton Hall Athletics Hall of Fame Thursday evening.
Cinnella, who coaches baseball at Mahwah High School and is the founder of Upper Saddle River-based Professional Baseball Instruction (PBI), was a four-year starting pitcher for the Seton Hall Pirates.
"I am sure you've heard the saying, 'Do something you like and you'll never work a day in your life.' I get to do something I truly love every day," the Paramus native wrote on the website for PBI, where he and fellow coaches provide baseball training to athletes.
Before graduating from Seton Hall in 1986, Cinella earned 24 victories, 210 strikeouts and 11 complete games, according to the university. As a freshman, he tied the university's record with 17 strikeouts in one game, and as a sophomore, he was named New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association Pitcher of the Year, according to Seton Hall.
The Baltimore Orioles selected Cinnella in the fourth round of the 1986 MLB Draft, and he went on to pitch Minor League Baseball for seven years.
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Exclusive Analysis, a London-based risk assessor and forecaster, warned twice last year that oil and gas assets in southern Algeria and foreign personnel employed there could be the target of kidnapping and attacks by Jihadist militants.
In an ominously near-accurate prediction, intelligence experts at the firm referred to the In Amenas gas plant by name, warning foreign employees working there "would be at risk" from kidnapping for ransom.
(Read more: Energy Industry Doesn't Understand Algeria Attack )
The predictions were made months before terrorists seized the In Amenas natural gas plant – jointly operated by BP, Norway's Statoil and Algerian state oil and gas company Sonatrach – in the north African country on Jan. 16. A four-day siege by Algerian security forces left at least 37 hostages and 29 militants dead.
The company published a daily briefing to clients in July last year warning oil and gas installations in southwest Algeria were "a potential target" after a Mali-based Islamist group – the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) – attacked a police post in Ouargla on June 29. The assault not only occurred 1,000 kilometers inside Algerian territory but only 75 kilometers from Hassi Messaoud and some 200 kilometers from Hassi R'mel, Algeria's largest oil and gas fields.
"While the Algerian government is its primary target, the oil sector in south-west Algeria is a potential target," according to the Exclusive Analysis briefing dated July 2 obtained by CNBC. "In this event, well-guarded permanent facilities, such as Hassi R'mel and Hassi Messaoud, are likely to be less vulnerable than pipelines or remote temporary exploration facilities further south."
Almost three months later, Exclusive Analysis warned Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) had "run short of funds after paying bribes to influential Malians and leaders in allied movements, including Ansar al-Din." The shortage is likely to increase "kidnap risks in AQIM's area of operations" including south Algerian provinces of Tamanrasset, Adrar, Illizi and Tindouf, the specialist intelligence company said in a report dated Sept. 25, 2012. The In Amenas plant is in Illizi province.
"A shortage of funds raises the risks that such networks attempt to stage kidnaps for ransom in the aforementioned provinces," Exclusive Analysis said. "Foreign workers such as employees at BP's In Amenas facilities would be at risk especially while traveling by road."


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The service will be available to any Cedar Falls business or home, delivered through a citywide fiber-optic network.
Cedar Falls Community Services Manager Robert Seymour said in a press release that the gigabit city label will help the city attract business prospects by competing with the best broadband communities in the country.
According to Connect Iowa, a nonprofit organization that works closely with the Iowa Economic Development Authority, Cedar Falls joins 10 other cities with gigabit Internet service currently available, with another six in the process of becoming gigabit cities. Metropolitan areas currently with gigabit service include Kansas City, Omaha and Minneapolis, with Chicago, Austin, Texas, and Lawrence, Kan., among the cities with service in the works.
Amy Kuhlers, state program manager at Connect Iowa, said that a similar city-wide gigabit buildout in Des Moines would be harder due to the number of privately-owned companies that the city would have to work with, and that the current infrastructure would make it more challenging; some areas have fiber, some are still running over copper lines, she said. Read a Q&A with Kuhlers from the Business Record
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CFU currently serves more than 600 businesses and 11,000 home Internet customers, and will start by upgrading its top business tier customers to gigabit service.


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The aim of this workshop is to get you comfortable with formatting and adding news items to your SWM website and sending a newsletter to your subscriber list.
Where and when?At the Turboplex, located at 23 Vogel Street, Dunedin, Thursday 1st August 2013 at 5.30pm (duration approx. 50 minutes).
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Andre breaks the news.
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Really, who cares? So he used meth, it was during his days in the "challengers" events. Safin says that Andre should give back the titles and monies earned…LAME.
Agreed… Who gives a s**t… Ppl should really move on
Who gives a shit? Well, for starters, all those who suspected him since always of doping and of ATP looking the other way. Now that he actually admitted to using meth, who is to know what else did he use and got away with it. Dopers are notorious liars.
As to giving back titles and monies, it was Safin basically saying Andre is faking this whole psychobabble thing of taking the burden of lies from his shoulders after 12 years. He cannot be punished anymore, so he can calmly proceed with attention seeking and money grab.
something tells me andre probably doesn't need the money … and a lot of it he does get will probably go to his school/charity.
Oh my gosh. do you know Troy Venechanos…?!!? I'll check with him if that's the same guy! Brilliant.


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UConn's top five rivals in men's basketball
UConn's top 5 rivals
1. Syracuse (ACC): The Orange lead the series 54-37 and are 1-0 in epic six-overtime games. There were so many great matchups to choose from, but nothing topped that marathon of a basketball game from The Garden in 2009.
2. Georgetown (Big East): The series ended last season on a spectacular note as Otto Porter Jr. rallied the Hoyas from seven down to pull off a stunning 79-78, double-overtime victory.
3. Pittsburgh (ACC): The early 2000s yielded some classics in the Big East tournament. And the latter part of the decade gave way to the brutally physical Hasheem Thabeet vs. DeJuan Blair showdowns.
4. Villanova (Big East): The Wildcats won 33 games; the Huskies took 30. It was as even a rivalry as UConn has ever had. The drama peaked in 2006, when both schools were ranked in the top five virtually the entire year. They split the series, each winning on their home court.
5. Duke (ACC): The volume of games isn't there, but the magnitude certainly was. UConn knocked off the 1999 Blue Devils, perhaps the most stacked college basketball roster of the past few decades, to claim its first national title. Five years later, the Huskies ousted Duke in the Final Four again, this one a 79-78 thriller.


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May 01,2009
NYPD uniforms allegedly made in sweatshop
by UPI
NEW YORK -- Some New York Police Department dress uniforms were made by a company that had employees working long hours without overtime, investigators said.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said the department had generally been interested in the quality of the work and fabric used and did not investigate labor conditions, the New York Post reported Thursday.
The New York State Labor Department says Forest Uniform Corp. and a subcontractor, Technical Garment USA Co., owe $500,000 to 16 workers. One man who allegedly worked 70 to 80 hours a week may be owed $30,000.
The employer allegedly kept two sets of records, one showing the actual hours workers put in and the other showing that they worked no more than the legal maximum.
Labor investigators raided the company this week after finding that Forest Uniform had not paid registration fees for three years.
Police officers buy their own uniforms at stores that get them from one of the six authorized manufacturers.
Copyright © 2009, by United Press International. All Rights Reserved.


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Holocaust Museum Houston, the Anti-Defamation League Southwest Region and the Houston Police Department work together to offer training for recruit, in-service and command-level law enforcement officers.
The program offered in Houston is based on a model developed at the national level by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Anti-Defamation League. The resulting program in Houston, "Law Enforcement in Society: Lessons of the Holocaust" examines the history of the Holocaust and the role of modern law enforcement in society against the backdrop of local law enforcement during the Holocaust.
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What You Need to Know about Preventing...
Colorectal Cancer
What's the Evidence?
There is convincing evidence that both red meat and processed meat are causes of colorectal cancer.
This is why AICR recommends limiting intake of red meat-- that means beef, lamb and pork -- to no more than 18 ounces (cooked weight) a week.
We also recommend avoid processed meat, which is any meat that has been preserved by curing, salting or smoking, or by adding chemical preservatives. This includes hot dogs, ham, bacon and sausages.
There is convincing evidence that carrying large amounts of excess body fat particularly around the stomach is a cause of colorectal cancer. This is one of the reasons AICR recommends staying as lean as possible within the healthy weight range.
The evidence that alcoholic drinks are a cause of coloretal cancer is convincing in men and probable in women. This is one reason AICR recommends limiting alcoholic drinks to no more than two a day for a man and one for a woman. (Another reason for the difference: Evidence linking alcoholic drinks to breast cancer is very strong.)
Finally, the evidence that regular physical activity reduces colorectal cancer risk is also convincing, which is one of the reasons we recommend being physically active every day in any way for at least half an hour.
How Preventable is Colorectal Cancer?
AICR experts estimate that following the above advice could prevent an astonishing forty-five percent of colorectal cancers in the US every year.
That's over 64,000 cases every year. (Based on 2012 incidence data.)
What the Panel's Judgments Mean
strong, consistent and unlikely to change in the future
compelling but not quite strong or consistent enough to be "convincing"
Limited Evidence – Suggestive
too limited for a grade of "probable", but a general consistency in the data
Limited Evidence – No Conclusion
too inconsistent or insufficient for a definitive grade
Substantial Effect on Risk Unlikely
enough evidence to rule out a connection


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Tuesday, March 21, 2006
A magic mushroom quiche
And, to be fair, I thought there was something harrypotteresque about those black trumpet chantarelle mushrooms I used anyway. Don't you think so? (Click on the photo to enlarge).
The recipe is loosely based on a mushroom and blue cheese quiche recipe from Valio that I've tried many times successfully. As I had some nice mushrooms* on hand this time, I didn't want to overshadow their earthy-musky flavour, so I omitted the blue cheese. I also incorporated the tarragon (usually in the filling) into the pie crust this time. Just like with pizza doughs, I find that seasoning the pie crust gives a small, but necessary lift to the whole dish.
A magic mushroom quiche
Serves 6-8
Pie crust:
100 grams butter
200 ml plain flour
1 tsp dried tarragon
0.25 tsp salt
2-3 Tbsp cold water
200 grams fresh black trumpet chantarelles
1 medium onion (I used a large banana shallot)
2 Tbsp butter
a generous handful of fresh parsley
3 eggs, whisked
150 ml sour cream
crushed black pepper
Mix the butter, tarragon, salt and flour with a knife until you get coarse crumbs, then add the cold water and mix the dough together. Let it cool in a fridge for about 20 minutes, then roll out and line a 22 cm pie dish with the pastry. Prick with a fork, then put into the freezer for 20 minutes (this reduces the need for blind baking, as the pastry will shrink only very little).
Pre-bake at 200°C for 15-20 minutes, until the pastry is light golden brown.
Meanwhile, make the filling. Clean the mushrooms thoroughly (if possible at all, avoid rinsing them and use a damp kitchen roll or brush), chop into smaller pieces.
Mince the onion. Heat the butter in a saucepan, add the onion and fry gently for about 10 minutes, until onion starts to soften.
Add the mushrooms and sauté until some of the liquid evaporates (trumpet chantarelles are very dry anyway, but this may be necessary for button mushrooms).
Cool the mushroom and onion mixture.
Add the eggs, sour cream, finely chopped parsley. Season with salt and pepper.
Pour the filling into the pre-baked pastry crust and bake for another 20-30 minutes, until the filling has set.
Cut into slices and serve with a salad.
* After complaining about the non-availability of wild mushrooms in Edinburgh, I've now discovered a small shop, Clarks Speciality Foods, in Bruntsfield, that sells various wild mushrooms at reasonable price. A new mushroom stock is brought in every Friday - straight from Paris markets apparently - and they try to vary the choice of mushrooms. So far I've bought pied bleu mushrooms and these black trumpet chantarelles. I'll be back for more soon.
Clarks Speciality Foods
202 Bruntsfield Place
Edinburgh EH10 4DF
Telephone: 0131 656 0500
10 comments:
- paz said...
What a magical sounding and looking meal! I'm glad you've found a satisfactory place to buy your mushrooms.
Nice, new look of your blog!
- 10:39 pm, March 21, 2006
- Zoubida said...
Yum! This sounds so good. May be the word "magic" will make those of of my sons who think they don't like mushrooms eat the quiche. Harrypotteresque! Ha ha ha!!! The new word I need to convince them to taste at least!
- 3:44 am, March 22, 2006
- Clivia said...
Mmm, I am into mushrooms (just the taste of it is magic enough for me!) right now, partly because it is soon chanterelle time again and our freezer is already full of mushrooms bags... and the cupboards full of dried mushrooms. I will keep this recipe in mind!
- 11:18 am, March 22, 2006
- Nefritite said...
Hi Pille
Your post about magic mushrooms made me smile... I have to admit I'm a fan of them, not of the taste but the effects :)
ps. today I enjoyed mushroom soup at work for lunch
- 3:59 pm, March 22, 2006
- Chloe said...
hi Pille! thanks for stopping by my blog. I had found your blog through other people's blogrolls. I love Edinburgh, it's my favourite place in the world (even without wild mushrooms :)) I was always inpsired to cook when i was there.
I'm going to try this quiche here and tell you how i did
- 4:33 pm, March 22, 2006
- strawberry said...
Woww.. mushroom quiche looks so delicious!
- 7:18 am, March 23, 2006
- J said...
hi pille, very cute :) but even without the hallucinogenic agents, i'll bet your lovely quiche was totally addictive and nobody could stop at one slice ;)
- 3:22 pm, March 23, 2006
Hi Pille - love black trumpets too and I can almost taste your gorgeous quiche! I hope you have a wonderful time in London, I really wanted to join but will be stuck here next week... looking forward to your write-up, take care. keiko
- 5:33 pm, March 26, 2006
- Pille said...
Paz - thank you! I think I prefer this spring-like look to the previous one, though I'm still looking for "the one".
Zoubida - exactly my thought. Some cheating - as in calling a mushroom pie a "magic mushroom pie" - should be allowed. After all, isn't everything allowed in war and love and kitchen?!?
Clivia - I understand that these black trumpet chantarelles are very popular in Sweden and Finland? I've never had them in Estonia, though they should grow there as well I imagine..
Nefritite - really???!!!? You naughty thing!
PS Congratulations on getting married - I didn't know it was in the cards!
Hi Chloe - thank you! Edinburgh is wonderful indeed - it's a really easy city to fall in love with.. I'll be making your feta and mushroom tartalettes very soon! And welcome to my blog, of course:)
Strawberry - it was lovely, despite being so simple. But I had some really great and flavoursome mushrooms, so it worked perfectly. Should I be using plain cultivated mushrooms, I'd add other ingredients.
J - I definitely couldn't stop at the first slice - but then I'm rather fond of mushrooms. Mmm - maybe these black trumpets contain some addictive hallucinogens after all?
Keiko - wild mushrooms are wonderful, aren't they! I'm looking forward to my trip to London and meeting some of the other foodbloggers. It's a pity you can't come on Tuesday:(
- 10:53 pm, March 26, 2006
- MM said...
Hehe ... I like mushrooms, take it whichever way you want ...
I remember having to do the inventory of a hotel and the chef asked me if he could put magic mushrooms under the purchase inventory. LOL.
I want some magic mushroom quiche!!!
- 7:38 pm, March 27, 2006