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My Site is a personal site that gives you a central location to manage and store your documents, content, links, and contacts. My Site serves as a point of contact for other users in your organization to find information about you and your skills and interests. Content providers can use My Site as a method of customizing the information they present to users.
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Your My Site provides:
A central location for you to view and manage all of your documents, tasks, links, calendar, colleagues, and other personal information.
A way for other users to learn about you and your areas of expertise, current projects, and colleague relationships.
A place for content providers to target information to you based on the information that you and your organization provide in your profile, such as your title, department, and interests.
A place for administrators to present personalized Web sites.
As a dedicated personal site, your My Site provides you with a single location to manage all of the documents, content, and tasks that you have in any site in your organization. You can also present content and documents to other people, create your own workspaces, provide information about yourself to other people, and learn about the status of your colleagues.
My Site presents lists of memberships, such as distribution lists, and shows you how you can share those lists with other people. My Site displays a list of your colleagues and an organization hierarchy diagram to show your position within your immediate team. When other people visit your My Site, they can quickly see what they have in common with you — colleagues whom you both know, memberships that you share, and the first manager whom you both share.
Privacy groups allow you to decide who gets to view some of the information on your public page, such as the list of your colleagues, distribution list memberships, your skills and interests, and other information you may want to display only to your workgroup or your manager.
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By default, your My Site includes two parts: a personal site called My Home and a public profile page called My Profile.
You are the administrator of the personal site, which starts with a private home page. My Site is similar to having your own personal Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site — you can create document libraries and picture libraries, calendars, surveys, tasks, and other SharePoint lists. You can create other pages on your personal site and provide links to those pages by using your public home page. Any of the documents and lists that you create in your personal site can be shared with other people or viewed by only you.
Your administrator determines how the profile page looks, but you decide whether to add more detail. You can also control how some of the content on the public profile page is shared with various groups of people — similar to a filter.
Other groups in your organization can create sites that contains content that is personalized for you. These sites are called personalization sites, and they are displayed as a separate tab on your My Site to give you easy access to information. For example, Human Resources might create a site that contains your payroll history, vacation balance, and links to benefits information.
Ways to work with My Site
The following are some of the ways you can use your My Site:
Use and keep track of links
The My Links page allows you to keep track of your favorite Web sites and access them from any computer on your network. When you log on, My Links appears in the upper-right corner on every site. By using the My Links menu, you can easily add new links, reorganize your links, access sites where you are a member, and click links to save them to your My Links list.
Personalization sites, which are provided by administrators or content providers, can be pinned to your My Site. This means that the site appears as an additional tab next to your home page and public page. Sometimes, you can pin and unpin personalization sites by using a menu on the tab. This makes it easy to add and remove the tab from your My Site.
Keep track of your colleagues
The Colleagues Web Part helps you to keep track of events, such as whether your colleagues are in the office, in meetings, or on the telephone. You can also be notified when colleagues change departments or responsibilities, add documents to a SharePoint library, or have an anniversary or birthday. In addition, you can choose who appears on your Colleagues list and organize your Colleagues list by groups.
Find links to more information about using the Colleagues Web Part in the See Also section.
Set up a document workflow
You can set up a workflow in your Shared Documents library to route documents for approval. This allows you to request approval, collect feedback and signatures, set up tasks, and view the history of the workflow.
Find links to more information about using workflows in the See Also section.
Share documents and save to SharePoint sites
The SharePoint Sites Web Part on your home page is useful for listing all of the documents you have created, saved, or modified in any site in your organization. The SharePoint Sites Web Part automatically displays documents for five sites where you are listed in the Site Name Member SharePoint group. The SharePoint Sites Web Part also lists any tasks that you are assigned in any site. You can add as many sites as you want to the SharePoint Sites Web Part.
The Documents Web Part on your public page allows you to share documents with other people. All documents you have saved to every library in your organization, except for your Private Documents Library, automatically appear in the list for other people to access. You can change the permissions on list items and libraries to prevent them from appearing in the Documents Web Part.
You can use the My Site places link in Microsoft Office programs to save files to your My Site. The My Site places folder opens the document libraries, SharePoint sites, and document workspace sites that you have created on your My Site. By default, you have four document libraries to save files to: My Pages, My Pictures, Private Documents, and Shared Documents.
Find links to more information about using the SharePoint Sites Web Part and Documents Web Part in the See Also section.
Create Meeting Workspace and Document Workspace sites
You can use your My Site to create a workspace site for projects, a team site, a wiki site, a new blog, or a records repository. Two of the most common ways to use My Site is for Meeting Workspace sites and Document Workspace sites.
Meeting Workspace site Use this Web site for gathering all the information and materials for one or more meetings. If your meeting materials, such as agendas, related documents, objectives, and tasks, are often scattered, a Meeting Workspace site can help you keep them all in one place.
A Meeting Workspace site provides a place where your meeting attendees can go for the most up-to-date information about the meeting, whether you are managing a year-long project with recurring meetings or planning a small event.
The following are some ways you can use a Meeting Workspace site:
Before the meeting, publish the agenda, attendee list, and documents that you plan to discuss.
During the meeting, add the tasks, record the decisions, and review the related documents.
After the meeting, publish the minutes, add other follow-up information, and track the status of the tasks.
Document Workspace site This type of Web site helps you to coordinate the development of one or more related documents with other people. The site provides tools to share and update files and to keep people informed about the status of those files.
You and your colleagues can work together on a Document Workspace site to develop a document in the following ways:
Work directly on the copy located on the Document Workspace site.
Work on a local copy and update the copy regularly on the Document Workspace site.
You and other workspace members can also use a Document Workspace site to publish announcements, assign tasks, share relevant links, and receive alerts about changes to site content. You can create a Document Workspace site for a short-term project and delete the site when the project ends or keep the site permanently.
Find links to more information about creating and managing Meeting Workspace sites and Document Workspace sites in the See Also section.
Share information on the My Site public page
The My Site public page allows you to display details about yourself to people who visit your My Site. This information becomes part of your user profile and can include your picture, text that describes you, your projects, and your interests. Your administrator may provide additional details that appear on your public page and are also included in your user profile.
Some of the information you provide can be filtered, so that only certain people can view it. You do this by using privacy groups. For example, you can make your mobile phone number visible to only your workgroup.
Search by using profile details You can use any detail in a user profile to search for someone in your organization, even when you don't know his or her name. For example, if you wanted to find someone who had knowledge about Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) or Microsoft Office Excel, you could search for those terms and find people who list those words in the Interests or Skills boxes on the Details page of their public profile.
What do you have in common with other people? When someone visits your public page or you visit another's page, the In Common with You Web Part displays the colleagues whom you both know, the distribution lists and SharePoint sites that you both belong to, and the first manager whom you have in common.
Display your affiliations The Memberships Web Part automatically displays the Active Directory directory service distribution lists and SharePoint sites of which you are a member. As with other types of information on the page, you can choose who gets to view the memberships or whether the memberships are displayed at all.
Show whom you work with You can display a list of the people you work with and group them according to project, by whom they report to, or in any type of grouping that makes sense to you. Free/busy information in Microsoft Office Outlook helps keep you up-to-date on people's whereabouts.
Get better search results when you share information
Some of the information on your public page may be displayed automatically by your administrator, who may use sources such as Active Directory or other LDAP-compatible applications. It is likely that this information comes from databases like those that your Human Resources department might use and provides details like your title, department name, and manager relationship.
Most of the information on the public page is optional. However, the more information that you share about your projects, responsibilities, areas of expertise, skills, and interests, the better the collaboration can be within your organization. You can limit who can view the information that you share, but when you share it with everyone, you allow people to find you, your expertise, and links to your colleagues and projects.
Access previous versions of documents
If you set up your My Site lists or libraries to track versions of list items or files, you can view the version history. The version history contains information about when the item or file was changed and who changed it. In libraries, the version history may also contain comments that people made about their changes.
The version history also contains changes to properties, sometimes known as metadata. Examples are when someone changes the name of the person whom the list item is assigned to, or when the file is due to be completed. Libraries can track major versions, like those in which a new section was added to a document, and minor versions, like those in which a spelling error was corrected. Lists can track only major versions. To view the version history, you must have permission to read items in a list or library.
Find links to more information about version history of items or files in the See Also section.


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Lennon Documentary Traces Ex-Beatle's New York Years
So much has been told about the Beatles that director Michael Epstein knew he needed to say something different in his documentary of John Lennon, which premiered this past weekend at the New York Film Festival.
The film, "LENNONYC," recounts the ex-Beatle's decade in the United States as the tale of an immigrant coming to America and the importance of New York City to the musician and his wife, Yoko Ono.
Using previously unreleased audio tapes and outtakes made during studio recording sessions, the movie traces Lennon's life from his move to Greenwich Village in 1971 to his murder outside his Upper West Side apartment building in 1980.
For Lennon, New York offered an escape from Britain, where he felt the media was harsh to him and to Ono, the movie recounts. New York gave him the freedom to live a more ordinary life, able to dine out or walk in his beloved Central Park without being hassled by fans or press.
"John's is an immigrant story," Epstein said at a press screening. It serves as a "reminder" of what coming to America means, especially amid the current public debate over illegal immigration, he said.
"We don't share a common past," Epstein said. "What we share is a common vision for the future, at our best."
The documentary traces Lennon's anti-war activism, efforts by the U.S. government to deport him, the release of his albums "Mind Games" and "Double Fantasy" and his famed "lost weekend" when he left home and fell into heavy, destructive drinking.
The audio tapes provide some of the lightest and most moving moments in the film, with Lennon placing a takeout order for sushi and listening to his young son Sean singing lyrics from the Beatles' hit "With a Little Help for My Friends."
Lennon eventually found peace when he left the music scene to raise his son, Epstein said.
"It's in that quiet, domestic place where he builds his own family, that he finds his redemption," he said.
Sean Lennon was 5 years-old when his father was murdered by Mark David Chapman, whose name is not mentioned in the film.
"I didn't think Chapman's motivation colors John's life or gives it meaning," the director said. "It doesn't bring me closer to his art."
Chapman is serving 20 years to life in prison and was recently denied parole for a sixth time.
"LENNONYC" was produced in part by the public television series American Masters and is scheduled to be shown on PBS stations on November 22. It will be shown in Central Park as well, in a free public screening on October 9, which would have been Lennon's 70th birthday.
Interviewed on film are Ono, members of the Elephant's Memory band that played with Lennon and Ono, musician Elton John, talk show host Dick Cavett and photographer Bob Gruen, who took some of the most iconic pictures of Lennon.
There are no interviews with surviving Beatles Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr, nor with Lennon's sons Julian or Sean. Interviews such as one with McCartney would have tilted the film toward the relationship between Lennon and McCartney, Epstein said, adding, "I wanted this to be about John."
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You can get Shiseido White Rose, you lucky guy. My wife had to bring it back for me from Japan. An excellent scent in an exquisite bottle. You should treat yourself, if you are in the market for expensive niche. Very hard to get outside of Japan.
There is a special niche perfumer in Japan - forgot what his name is - but he is a real eccentric artist. It's *very* hard to get a hold of his stuff. You should look for him, too. Not sure where he is located. I'll see if I can find that article again.
Have you looked on http://www.amazon.co.jp yet? They have good stuff and are easy to use. Kind of routine stuff, but maybe a few keepers in there.
Here's a link that leads into some fragrance....
But yeah - fragrance seems kind of hard to find there, relative to Europe or America.


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Born in Sweden in 1943 - so I am getting on in age! Started taking pictures in 1957 (beaten up M3 and TriX rated at 200 asa then). Studied and got various degrees, Journalism, chemistry (it was the 60's after all), industrial design. Married a finn, Tuulikki in 1967. Moved around a bit, 2 years in Helsinki, 2 years in Copenhagen, a couple of long trips (around the world in 1970/71) and in 1974/75 another long trip around US/Mexico/Canada. Settled in Vancouver in 1975 and worked as a photographer/writer until 1982 when we took 18 months off and went to Paris, just for fun. Back to Canada in 1983 and this time stayed put until 1986 when we went to Australia for a year and in 1987 finally settled in Vancouver - and have been there since then. Decided that I was unfit for corporate work (pulp-mills, oil plants etc all started to look the same - corporate "grip and grins" had lost its lustre - if it ever had one. I had been working on a design for a replacement Leicavit for M4P's/M6 and decided to go into production. Taught myself machining - and survived. Since 1987 I have been making, designing and selling these devices. Slowing down now as I rather take pictures than hanging over a lathe or milling machine. Stalwart supporter of black and white film! 99.9% of what I shoot is black/white and at last my degree in clinical chemistry has proved beneficial. Make my own developers and experiment with different films. I , to some extent, follow Gary Winogrands philosophy. When asked why he took pictures, he said "Because I want to see what it looks like as a picture" Love Flickr and it is my "contact" sheet - both visually and as a connection to the rest of the worlds likeminded photographers. Other interests include, reading (anything from schlock detective stories and science fiction to classics), obviously travel and also cars, mainly old clunkers. My philosophy is that any car costing more than a Summicron 50 is overpriced. My current one is a 22 year old Mercedes E 260 (and an old Jeep Grand Cherokee). Addicted to Leica's - though I also like the Nikon Rf's and Cosina/Zeiss optics. A day without a roll exposed is a wasted day.


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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Ask any parent when they knew their child had matured and the answers will astound you. It's a phone call, saying he or she will be home late, or an email with details about a date or a text stating that a final went well.
Brooklyn's Ishaq Williams, the emerging outside linebacker at Notre Dame, delivered his message in a less traditional way: He changed his pants.
Williams, the former Lincoln High star, had developed a penchant for fancy clothes and designer jeans. But when he returned home after his freshman season in South Bend, Ind., his True Religion jeans were gone.
Williams was wearing generic jeans or sweats. He wasn't fixed on going out. He had become grounded.
"That's when I knew he was beginning to truly understand what was important,'' Williams' father, Shaun, told The Post. "And then I watched the Navy game on TV. I hadn't seen him smile like that in years. It was like he was 10 years old again and just happy to playing.''
Notre Dame fans hope to see that smile tonight (8 p.m., ABC) when the Fighting Irish try to open 3-0 for the first time since 2002 by winning at Michigan State. The Spartans (2-0), however, have won 14 straight at home, and they have not rinsed away the bile of last season's 31-13 beat down in South Bend.
"That game was really out of character, and we didn't feel like we played the tough, physical brand of Michigan State football that we are accustomed to playing and we want to play every week," Spartans quarterback Andrew Maxwell said. "That was something that really didn't sit well for us, and that's not something we are accustomed to or used to. And that's not something that we want to be accused of come [tonight]."
Oh, it will be physical at Spartan Stadium, which is fine with both teams. In his third season, Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said he believes he finally has the depth and toughness on both lines to succeed.
"That's a good feeling right away that you know you're going to go out there and be able to handle yourselves physically,'' he said.
Which brings us back to Williams, a 6-foot-5, 255-pound sophomore.
He is the physical kind of defender Notre Dame was missing when Kelly first got to South Bend. Kelly won over Williams (Penn State and Syracuse were the other finalists) by making a visit to Shaun's home in Clinton Hill.
"I was coming down the street and I saw this big SUV in front of my house and I thought it was the FBI or something,'' said Shaun. "Coach Kelly was like a rock star. It was very impressive.''
The Notre Dame coaches expected Williams to make an impression early. He did not start last season, but he didn't redshirt either.
What Williams had to do was make the transition — athletically, academically and culturally — from the streets of Brooklyn to the rural American lifestyle of South Bend and the intensity of a major FBS program.
"Everything was different,'' Ishaq told The Post. "I knew it was going to take a lot of hard work, and that's something I've never been afraid of. I knew it would come. I just had to keep working.''
The work paid off in the season-opening 50-10 win over Navy. Williams had four tackles, including three solo, and a forced fumble which led to Stephon Tuitt's 77-yard fumble return for a touchdown.
"He's grown up." Kelly said. "He's a kid; Brooklyn, New York, he's in a very dynamic atmosphere where on a day to day basis, he's got to bring his 'A' game, in the classroom, in the dorms, in the football program."


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Apple Crisp Muffins
Total TimePrep: 30 min. Bake: 20 min.
Makes1 dozen
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1 cup 2% milk
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 2 cups finely chopped peeled apples
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 4 teaspoons grated orange zest
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons cold butter
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
- Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. In another bowl, combine egg, milk and oil. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in apples. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full.
- In a small bowl, beat the filling ingredients until smooth. Drop by tablespoonfuls into centers of muffins.
- For topping, in a small bowl, combine flour, oats, brown sugar and cinnamon. Cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in pecans. Sprinkle over filling. Bake 16-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in muffin comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pan to wire rack.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 356 calories, 22g fat (7g saturated fat), 47mg cholesterol, 262mg sodium, 36g carbohydrate (15g sugars, 1g fiber), 6g protein.
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My Review
Oct 2, 2013
Not the taste we were looking for in an Apple Muffin. Plus my cream cheese filling just sat on top.
Sep 24, 2013
My cupcakes actually turned out quite bad. The only thing I left out was the orange peel shavings. The cream cheese just sat on the top of the muffin, didn't sink into the muffin as I thought it should and it wasn't very tasty at all. Will definitely remove this recipe from my favorites.
Sep 7, 2013
My daughter and I ate this right out of the oven and both of us originally felt the orange flavor was overpowering. The next day, the muffins tasted delicious and we liked the filling. I guess cream cheese was not meant to be eaten warm. So I give this recipe a 5 star rating, instead of a 4.
Sep 4, 2013
I didn't like the filling too much. I used the exact amount the recipe called for, but I felt the orange taste was too strong. The rest of the muffin was great. Next I'm going to try to adding cinnamon and vanilla to the cream cheese instead of the nutmeg and orange peel.
Dec 26, 2012
Apr 13, 2012
The muffins are good but next time I will omit the filling. I think it took away from the taste and would be better without it.
Jan 21, 2012
I've made a lot of muffins in my time but these were awesome. Perfect amount of moistness and sweetness. My modifications are to substitute oat bran for 1/2 of the four, and to bury some cranberries in each muffin before baking, as I love the contrast between tart cranberries and sweet apples. I didn't care for the maple cream cheese filling that much. I'm guessing the type of apple used and how fine it is chopped would greatly affect the outcome. I used one Rome and one Granny Smith, shredded instead of chopped.
Jan 5, 2012
Wow! great recipe, company worthy..great with or without "filling" thanks.
Dec 16, 2011
They were too dry for my tastebuds
Dec 14, 2011
I was also dissappointed with these muffins. I agree they looked and sounded so good. The crumble topping was very good and the best part of the muffin. The rest of the muffin was very bland and after sitting a while in the paper muffin cups they became quite greasy. If I was to make these again I would maybe use a different apple (I used red delicious because it's what I had on hand) add white sugar and use vegetable oil instead of canola oil.


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Wayne L. Britton, 54, died Sunday in Newton.
He was born April 16, 1959, in Independence to Lloyd and Rosalene Haviland Wade. He was a truck driver.
He is survived by his mother, Rosalene Thomason of Peabody; a sister, Tammy Whiteside of Peabody; and two stepdaughters, Tiffany Howard and Jamie Eason.
A memorial service was to be at 10 a.m. today at Peabody Christian Church.


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Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 08:05 PMI'm a rancher who has made my living raising cattle and growing wheat, barley and alfalfa in Montana, a beautiful place with soaring peaks, pristine rivers and endless prairies. I'm probably a little biased, but I think it's the best place in the world to raise a family, to start and grow a business, and to build a community.When I ran for governor of Montana, I had never before held elected office. I chose a Republican, John Bohlinger, to be my lieutenant governor, with the simple proposition that we could get more done working together than we could fighting. Because Montana really isn't a red state or a blue state. As Senator Obama might put it, we're a united state.And so in three-and-a-half years, working together—Republicans and Democrats in Montana—we have cut more taxes for more Montanans than any time in history, increased energy production at the fastest rate in the history of Montana, invested more new money in education than ever before and we created the largest budget surplus in the history of Montana. That's the kind of change we brought to Montana, and that's the kind of change President Barack Obama is going to bring to America.Like Senator Obama, my family has roots in the Great Plains. My grandparents were immigrants who came to Montana with nothing more than the clothes on their back, high hopes and faith in God. My family didn't have much in our little house. But a few things stand out in my memory: a crucifix and, on our kitchen wall, a framed picture of President Kennedy. My parents never even graduated from high school, but President Kennedy's idealism and spirit of possibility inspired them to send all six of us children to college. And when he said, "we're going to the moon," he showed us that no challenge was insurmountable.A generation later, we face a great new challenge, a world energy crisis that threatens our economy, our security, our climate and our way of life. And until we address that energy crisis, our problems will only get worse. For eight long years, the White House has led us in the wrong direction. And now Senator McCain wants four more years of the same.Can we afford four more years? Is it time for a change? When do we need it? And who do we need as the next President of the United States of America? That's right. Barack Obama is the change we need!Right now, the United States imports about 70 percent of its oil from overseas. At the same time, billions of dollars that we spend on all that foreign oil seems to end up in the bank accounts of those around the world who are openly hostile to American values and our way of life. This costly reliance on fossil fuels threatens America and the world in other ways, too. CO2 emissions are increasing global temperatures, sea levels are rising and storms are getting worse.We need to break America's addiction to foreign oil. We need a new energy system that is clean, green and American-made. And we need a president who can marshal our nation's resources, get the job done and deliver the change we need.That leader is Barack Obama. Barack Obama knows there's no single platform for energy independence. It's not a question of either wind or clean coal, solar or hydrogen, oil or geothermal. We need them all to create a strong American energy system, a system built on American innovation.After eight years of a White House waiting hand and foot on big oil, John McCain offers more of the same. At a time of skyrocketing fuel prices, when American families are struggling to keep their gas tanks full, John McCain voted 25 times against renewable and alternative energy. Against clean biofuels. Against solar power. Against wind energy.This not only hurts America's energy independence, it could cost American families more than a hundred thousand jobs. At a time when America should be working harder than ever to develop new, clean sources, John McCain wants more of the same and has taken more than a million dollars in campaign donations from the oil and gas industry. Now he wants to give the oil companies another 4 billion dollars in tax breaks. Four billion in tax breaks for big oil?That's a lot of change, but it's not the change we need.In Montana, we're investing in wind farms and we're drilling in the Bakken formation, one of the most promising oil fields in America. We're pursuing coal gasification with carbon sequestration and we're promoting greater energy efficiency in homes and offices.Even leaders in the oil industry know that Senator McCain has it wrong. We simply can't drill our way to energy independence, even if you drilled in all of John McCain's backyards, including the ones he can't even remember.That single-answer proposition is a dry well, and here's why. America consumes 25 percent of the world's oil, but has less than 3 percent of the reserves. You don't need a $2 calculator to figure that one out. There just isn't enough oil in America, on land or offshore, to meet America's full energy needs.Barack Obama understands the most important barrel of oil is the one you don't use. Barack Obama's energy strategy taps all sources and all possibilities. It will give you a tax credit if you buy a fuel-efficient car or truck, increase fuel-efficiency standards and put a million plug-in hybrids on the road.Invest $150 billion over the next 10 years in clean, renewable energy technology. This will create up to 5 million new, green jobs and fuel long-term growth and prosperity. Senator Obama's plan will also invest in a modern transmission grid to deliver this new, clean electricity from wind turbines and solar panels to homes, offices and the batteries in America's new plug-in hybrid cars.(Editor's note: The ending of Gov. Schweitzer's speech was a rousing call to action to end the nation's energy independence on foreign oil and in which he challenged the crowd to stand up and let their voices be heard throughout the country from Montana to Mississippi, from California to the Carolinas…" and even around the world. "Are we going to declare energy independence," he roared to the crowd. "Yes!" they answered. "Are we going to change the world," he roared back. "Yes!" they answered in a booming, collective voice. "And who is going to lead America in this change?" "Barack Obama!" roared the crowd in unison."That's it, Baby," he said with his arms high over his head in triumph. "Let's go with this election!")PS. The governor's speech is about 15 minutes long and can be seen on video by simply Googling Gov. Brian Schweitzer's Democratic Convention Speech, or going to the Democratic Convention's Website. If you missed it, its delivery is worth the time spent viewing it as it was one of the more animated of the convention.


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The following excerpt is from Kundalini Yoga: The Mother Power, by Sri Chinmoy.
Kundalini and God Realisation
There are many people who have realised God without ever having developed kundalini power. It is not at all necessary to open up the centres in order to realise God. They have seen the gradual development, revelation and manifestation of the soul's potentialities and possibilities but have not developed their kundalini power. Here, soul's manifestation means soul's evolution. Again, there are those who will not realise God for another two or three incarnations who have developed kundalini power. So there is no direct connection between the kundalini power and the soul's development.
The opening of the centres need not be an indication of God-realisation. But when there is intense meditation, very powerful meditation of the highest type, then automatically the centres open up. Also, when one realises God, everything comes. At that time the centres automatically open, whether the seeker wants to utilise them or not.


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Holz, Marechal, and Raynal observe, "From an attacker's viewpoint, a Web application is an interesting target for several reasons. First, the quality of the source code as related to security is often rather poor, as numerous bug reports show... Another factor is the applications' complex setup" [Holz06]. Many different vulnerabilities have been discovered in web applications, leading SANS to include web applications as the number one cross-platform attack target in their 2006 survey: "Applications such as Content Management Systems (CMS), Wikis, Portals, Bulletin Boards, and discussion forums are being used by small and large organizations. Every week hundreds of vulnerabilities are being reported in these web applications, and are being actively exploited. The number of attempted attacks every day for some of the large web hosting farms range from hundreds of thousands to even millions."
Below we give the exploits we have seen against our honeypots and where possible an estimate of the number of users for each piece of software. The estimates are obtained by checking the number of Google search results returned for a given page in a website, for example searching for '"powered by PHPBB" inurl:viewtopic.php' suggests there are around 1.5 million installations of PHPBB indexed by Google.
Because typical web applications are relatively immature code in terms of software life-cycle, a large number of vulnerabilities are regularly being discovered. This problem is exacerbated by the number of protocols in use by web applications - HTTP or HTTPS, XMLRPC and SOAP to name a few and the relatively unconstrained nature of the user interface. For example, a web form may be designed to accept certain parameters of particular sizes, but an attacker may exploit the application by posting arbitrary content to the form making use of failures in parsing and validation of the data to compromise the service. Some types of common PHP application vulnerabilities enable the attacker to include their own code in the targeted web application, a type of attack known as local or remote code inclusion.
Many of the languages that web applications that are written in -such as Perl and PHP - are relatively powerful and offer facilities to execute operating system commands and powerful database integration. They may also enable the program to interact with third-party applications such as email agents. Over recent years, much research has been performed on vulnerabilities in networking protocols and much effort has gone into design of firewalls and other mitigation mechanisms. In contrast, web applications are by nature open to a global audience and so may be extremely easy to find with the aid of search engines. Moreover, web applications have not had the same scrutiny that older applications and protocols have received. Attacks may also be written in a combination of a scripting language and shell commands, which are easier to develop than the machine language code needed to exploit most buffer-overflow problems.
It is plausible that web servers are generally of high value to attackers. Many automated attacks that we have observed have been designed with Linux in mind, though some of the Perl code they include also runs on other varieties of UNIX. We expect that a server installation will typically have a faster connection to the Internet than a home user's installation do; therefore it is plausible that by exploiting Linux web servers an attacker will gain control of a relatively high-value machine compared with attacks targeting a home user's computer. Web applications will usually have to interact with databases, such as lists of customers and their email addresses, or financial information. Another reason attackers may choose to target web applications is as part of a strategy for gaining access to these databases. In summary, because web applications are globally visible, vulnerable hosts are very easy to find via search engines and exploits are relatively easy to develop, they present a large and attractive surface area for attackers. They may also provide a stepping stone into more sensitive parts of the victim's network.


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Warbirds & Wheels Must Do Activity in Wanaka
Warbirds & Wheels houses New Zealand's best collection of classic cars and warbird planes and is a must-do activity in Wanaka. It has a unique collection
Warbirds & Wheels houses New Zealand's best collection of classic cars and warbird planes and is a must-do activity in Wanaka. It has a unique collection of American cars found nowhere else in the world such as the 1934 Model J Duesenberg car owned by Hollywood legened Carol Lombard.
A rare 1924 Model C Rickenbacker Roadster is new to the attraction and according to official records is the only Rickenbacker outside of the United States.
One of only 101 ever made, the six cylinder automobile is unique as it was the first car model to have four wheel brakes, quite unusual in 1924 and is a right hand drive – believed to have been the only one of its kind made.
It's equally famous for its namesake Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker a celebrated "Ace of Aces" American war pilot who served in WW1 as a fighter pilot and engineer and WW2 as a civilian.
The Rickenbacker on display at Warbirds & Wheels has been in New Zealand since the original owner purchased it direct from the Chicago factory in 1924 and has stayed in Christchurch, ever since with various owners.
The family of the current owner, the late Ted Aitken of Harewood, have loaned the vehicle to Warbirds & Wheels to enable "car lovers from all over the world" to view this "piece of engineering beauty".
The car has some unusual features including 117" wheelbase, actual horse power of 58, four wheel brakes and the signature Rickenbacker insignia on the petrol cap, wheel cover and badge.
These cars were pretty advanced in their day and while they didn't have the glamour or status symbol of say a Duesenberg, the four wheel brake technology and the fact that it was called a Rickenbacker made them the talk of the town.
Unfortunately some of the other car companies saw this as an unfair advantage and went to great lengths to discredit the car and its four wheel brakes, implying they were unsafe. After some other bad business decisions the company closed in 1927.
Eddie Rickenbacker was quite the racing car driver in his day – as well as a war hero - so the Rickenbacker name is very well-known. The car on display at Warbirds & Wheels is also believed to be the only right hand drive one manufactured making it even more special.
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker was an American fighter ace in World War I and Medal of Honor recipient and with 26 aerial victories, he was America's most successful fighter ace in the war.
He was also a race car driver, automotive designer, government consultant in military matters and a pioneer in air transportation, as the long-time head of Eastern Air Lines and owner of the Indianapolis 500 Speedway.
Quite the character, "Fast Eddie" as he was nicknamed, cheated death over 135 times and has been the subject of a number of books and movies, and even wrote his own auto biography.
One of Rickenbacker's most famous near-death experiences occurred in October 1942 while on a tour of air bases in the Pacific to review both living conditions and operations.
After visiting several air and sea bases in Hawaii, Rickenbacker was provided an older B-17D Flying Fortress (s/n 40-3089) as transportation to the South Pacific.
The bomber strayed hundreds of miles off course while on its way to a refuelling stop on Canton Island and was forced to ditch in a remote and little-travelled part of the Central Pacific Ocean.
For 24 days, Rickenbacker, Army Captain Hans C. Adamson, his friend and business partner, and the rest of the crewmen drifted in life rafts at sea.
A US Navy patrol OS2U-3 Kingfisher float-plane spotted and rescued the survivors on November 13, off the coast of Nukufetau in Tuvalu. All were suffering from hyperthermia, sunburn, dehydration, and near-starvation.
Warbirds & Wheels will have the 1924 Model C Rickenbacker on display for the foreseeable future.
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The Hope Summer Repertory Theatre (HSRT) begins its 36th season with the hit musical, "Godspell," opening June 15th at 8 p.m. at downtown Holland's Knickerbocker Theatre.
The Hope Summer Repertory Theatre (HSRT) begins its 36th season with the hit musical, "Godspell," opening June 15th at 8 p.m. at downtown Holland's Knickerbocker Theatre.
The Knickerbocker, which was donated to Hope College in 1988, is a new venue for HSRT this season. As a venue for a multitude of Hope College's artistic performances such as the Visiting Writers Series, the Great Performance Series, and dance concerts, the Hope Summer Repertory Theatre is both proud and excited to kickoff this summer season with "Godspell" at the Knickerbocker in Holland's picturesque downtown, filled with the city's best shopping and dining locations.
"Godspell," the Broadway and off-Broadway musical opened in 1971 and has been a hit ever since. Encompassing a multitude of music genres, costumes, and choreography, "Godspell" has been performed all over the world and promises to keep any audience entertained.
"Godspell" is a high energy and heartwarming musical based on the gospel according to St. Matthew, and is full of lessons presented by Jesus about friendship, love, generosity, and faith. Featuring songs composed by Stephen Schwartz, also known for his work in the popular musical "Wicked," Godspell illuminates the exuberant personalities of Jesus and his followers in the musical numbers "Prepare Ye The Way of The Lord," "Day by Day," "By My Side," and "All For The Best."
Directed by David Colacci in his 22nd season with HSRT, and featuring a company of 17 performers, this show full of song and dance is sure to please. Joshua Brandenburg, most recently seen as Prince Dauntless in 2003's "Once Upon A Mattress," will play Jesus, alongside Teddy Youdain as John the Baptist/Judas.
The show continues throughout the summer with performances at 8 p.m. on June 16, 21, 26, 28, 30; July 5, 23, 25; August 1, 4, 6, 9, and a matinee performance at 2 p.m. on July 26.
To purchase tickets, please stop by the ticket office at DeVos Fieldhouse located at 222 Fairbanks Ave. between Ninth and 11th streets. Hours are Monday-Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tickets can also be purchased from the ticket office located in the DeWittCenter, on the HopeCollege campus, at the corner of 12th Street and Columbia Avenue. Hours are Monday-Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tickets may also be purchased by calling 616-395-7890 and range in price from $17 - $26 for adults and $8 for children. For more information please visit www.hope.edu/hsrt.
And while at the ticket office, make sure to check out HSRT's other productions such as "The Hypochondriac" opening on June 29, "She Loves Me" opening July 13, "Lost in Yonkers" opening July 20, and the till midnight cabaret "A Night of Cowboy Madness" opening July 6. The Children's Performance Troupe will also be presenting "Junie B. Jones" opening June 22 and "Go, Dog. Go!" opening July 18.


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Hope College junior Julia Becker of Glenview, Ill., was one of only 75 undergraduates nationwide honored during the annual "Posters on the Hill" reception organized by the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) on Tuesday, April 13, in Washington, D.C.
The event was held on Capitol Hill in the Rayburn House Office Building. Each student presented his or her research, displayed on posters, to the members of Congress, congressional staff members, federal government officials and others in attendance.
Becker was recognized for her project "Resveratrol Amelioartes Brain Damage Induced by Surgical Cannulae: Potential for Treatment of Parkinson's Disease." The study found that Resveratrol (RESV) limited neuronal damage in the brain. An implication of the research is that RESV might be able to limit the cellular damage that is a side effect of the electrodes used in deep brain stimulation to help limit the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
During the reception, Becker was also invited to co-present a special CUR award to U.S. Representative Vernon Ehlers of Grand Rapids, who is retiring at the end of his term. CUR recognized Ehlers and Dr. Arden Bement, who is stepping down as director of the National Science Foundation, as Honorary CUR Fellows, cited for their staunch commitment to undergraduate research and science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. Ehlers had spoken at Hope less than two weeks earlier, presenting the address "The Next Hundred Years of Science: It's All About the Students" on Thursday, April 1.
In addition, while in Washington, D.C., Becker and her Hope faculty research mentor, Dr. Gregory Fraley, associate professor of biology, also met with Ehlers, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan and staff of Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois.
Becker, who is a biology major, had previously participated in a presentation concerning her research during the college's ninth annual "Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Performance," held in the DeVos Fieldhouse on Friday, April 9. In addition to Fraley, she was mentored in her research by Dr. German Torres, who is on the faculty of the Department of Neuroscience at New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and was a collaborator on the project.
Becker is the daughter of Daniel and Michele Becker of Glenview, and is a 2007 graduate of GlenbrookSouthHigh School. Her activities at Hope have also included the Alpha Epsilon Delta pre-medical honorary society; the college's Nu Beta chapter of the Alpha Phi Omega national service fraternity; the student-organized Dance Marathon fund-raiser held on behalf of Helen DeVos Children's Hospital and Relay for Life held on behalf of the American Cancer Society; and the College Chorus.
CUR supports faculty development for high-quality undergraduate student-faculty collaborative research and scholarship. Nearly 600 institutions and more than 5,000 individuals belong to CUR. CUR believes that the best way to capture student interest and create enthusiasm for a discipline is through research in close collaboration with faculty members.


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An interesting article about the future of car manufacturing and production following the Chicago Auto Show.
We may all soon be driving cars that are increasingly built on shared platforms.
This revolution of the car business is being spear-headed by Volkswagen — which invested some $70 billion in its MQB program.
Other automakers are studying this and may follow suit. That's because of the cost savings and increased profits are too much to ignore.
For instance, VW is expected to report a record profit of $30 billion from last year in part as a result of their new mega-platform strategy. This is great news for all the major automotive companies — but there is a huge potential downside if/when there's a vehicle recall.
And what about consumers buying various models of cars and basically getting the same one their neighbor got but with a different badge and perhaps a wildly higher price tag?
Read more about Volkswagen's "Holy Grail" from the Chicago Tribune here.


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Published in: Development, Language, PHPPosted by Jdub7 on 08/03/09
For a midsize project I wanted to store IP ranges in the database with the option to to also store CIDR blocks. CIDR blocks, though powerful are somewhat difficult for a typical user. Additional using them is not as precise for all ip ranges. There are a plethora of tools available on the internet that will do what I would like. However, incorporating these tools would not be practical. What I want is to mimic the functionality of these tools so that it can be easily imported into any of my projects. The most coveted tool for me would be to convert an IP range to a precise range of CIDR blocks. This required specific functionality not naturally provided in PHP.
- Check for Valid Netmask
- Check whether an IP address is within a CIDR block.
- Take user input and a Netmask and make it into a valid CIDR block.
- CIDR number into Netmask
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- Take an IP range and fit it into an exact range of CIDR blocks.
This presents some difficulty in that PHP's network functions are not thorough enough. The revelation came when I realized that an IP address is merely a number. In fact the whole protocol is rooted in binary using very specific patterns. With that in mind I thought we could develop very light weight methods to solve our problem.
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It is important to note that the methods provided are meant for IPv4 addresses only are only tested on a 32bit system. Also, I did not care to do much in the way of error checking, but doing so, like testing whether the CIDR number is unsigned and less than or equal to 32, should be trivial.
Though the solution I sought after would require PHP I didn't limit myself to that language only. In fact the PHP code I found seemed inefficient. Most involved a number conversions or parsing the address using sprintf using loops and nested if statements. Indeed the most efficient code, which shouldn't surprise most was in ANSI C. Bit Twiddling Hacks resource proved very useful.
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I am not attempting to teach binary math. Since the code does not "read like prose" a small amount of knowledge is required in order to understand the code. Some excellent resources are Wikipedia's article on CIDR and PHP binary operators.


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|The Hurry Through (2/2012 by M.A. Reilly)
How are communities and schools ready for and responsive to what Anne Marie Slaughter (2011) in HBR describes?
Technologies that connect people to knowledge, services, and one another across the globe have acted as a centrifugal force, spinning functions and authority away from the center toward millions of previously silent and disempowered individuals.
Instead of being global citizens (has a homogenized feel to it), how do we help young people to understand the implications of a world where previously silent and disempowered individuals are gaining voice, influence, and presence?


text: Six days before the Roland Garros begins. A year ago, Rafael Nadal came in as the World's number one player but after a loss to Roger Federer in the Madrid final. Nadal was stunned early on by Soderling while Federer finally captured his white whale. This year? Federer is way off his mark although still holds the number one spot. Nadal? Still hasn't lost on clay this season, looking ready to continue his Paris domination. As a historical and statistical preview – here are the men who have won at Paris more than once, the true greats of the Paris clay courts. More


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I hated school – I mean really hated it. It was a total chore and twice a day they shoved you into a freezing cold playground and at lunchtime you had to eat some gross cling-film tasting cheese and pickle sandwiches you'd brought with you, which had been festering in a warm corner of the lunch room all day.
Lunchtimes, in fact, were the worst of the worst. It was the smell of the lunchroom, for a start. All the kids who had a hot lunch went first and they always made such a giant, disgusting mess. Whenever you went to sit down, there was always a big smear of gravy somewhere, or a little puddle of mashed potato. It made me feel utterly sick. And then there were my own gross packed lunches.
It was always cheese and pickle sandwiches and a box of sour own brand orange juice and, like, a Penguin or something. Once when I was trying to get the gross smell of cheese and pickle out of my lunchbox, I thought it would be a good idea to spray some perfume inside it, so I sprayed some of my mother's Anais Anais into it. It totally didn't work. But instead of saying to my mum, oops – please can I have another lunchbox? I just kept using it, day after day, this gross, perfume-smelling lunchbox rather than telling her. And so my sandwiches were not only gross cheese and pickle, but they also tasted of perfume. If I close my eyes and think hard I can smell it now.
I don't know why I didn't tell my mum. It's not like she was scary and horrible or anything – she is mostly a total pushover. Perhaps that's just what you're like when you're little, you just don't think to tell people things. Like those kids that you always get at school who'd rather wee in their knickers that ask the teacher if they can go to the loo.
So it all got too much and I started throwing up every day before I was supposed to go to school. I can't remember if I made myself sick or I genuinely vomited with fear and anxiety each day, but I remember knowing that I wasn't really ill. I remember knowing that I was faking it. Most of all, I remember feeling envious of those lucky little shits who got nosebleeds. Imagine! Imagine having something so real and obvious wrong with you! Something that people absolutely could not dispute – actual blood coming out of your head! Undisputable.
Eventually the battle to get me to go to school got too much for my mother and she and dad decided that I ought to be taken out of school and taught at home.
And so for a year, I didn't have to go. I had a tutor, three times a week. It must have been terrible for my parents, and annoying for my sisters, who were twelve and fifteen at the time, who both had to go to school as normal. But I loved it. I was in heaven. And I did pretty well at home with the tutor, who was nice to me and patient and taught me everything I needed to know about everything.
For that whole year, I knew that there wasn't really anything wrong with me. I just didn't want to go to school and no-one was inclined to force me.
But ever since then, I've been fearful that people might think I'm faking it when I'm ill because I spent a whole year faking it. I assume everyone knows all about that episode on my life – that I would make myself sick and refuse to go to school just because I didn't want to go.
And it means that even when I'm ill – really, really, ill – I feel like I don't deserve to be ill. I've used up all my ill allowance. And on top of that ever since then I've been off-kilter, the weirdo, the one who doesn't fit in. I was the girl who didn't go to school.
But rather than trying to make myself as normal as possible and blend in with the crowd (not easy when you've got red hair and teeth the size of tombstones) I decided to say Fuck You Yeah so what, Yeah, I'm the weirdo, what of it?
This was a mistake. And I've only learnt too late in life that most of the time, you just want to be taken for another face in the crowd.
My general recalcitrance has extended to certain foodstuffs. For example, I have always refused to make moules mariniere because everyone bangs on about how easy and marvellous it is, which has always made me think "Well then, I will not make what it is you scumbags are having. I will make a PORK PIE because I am that special and cool."
But I decided the other day that I reallly ought to give it a go. And I did and it worked very well and it is now pretty much our Sunday night dinner staple. You do need very fresh mussels though, do try and avoid anything shrink-wrapped or anything that smells suspiciously bad. Like, say, cheese and pickle sandwiches with a hint of Anais Anais.
Moules Mariniere for 2
Enough mussels for 2 - a good fishmonger, which is where I hope you will purchase your mussels, ought to be able to guide you.
1 medium onion or 2 shallots
butter, about 50g
2 cloves garlic, sliced
1 large glass shitty white wine
1 handful parsley
a sloop of cream, if you want
1 Scrub and de-beard your mussels, discarding any that are open. [NB mussels open when they are warm, so make sure you apply your Is This Open? technique to cold mussels.] WHAT a tedious fucking job scrubbing them is. Hateful. Get someone else to do it if you can. The "beard" is that feathery bit of grossness that emerges from between the two halves of mussels I suppose that attaches the thing to its rock. Anyway, pull it off, give the whole thing a scrub and dump it in a bowl. *Clang*
2 In a pan on the hob, large enough to hold all your mussels, melt 25g of the butter and some veg or olive oil sautee very gently the onion and garlic for about 10 minutes. Then pour in your large glass of shitty wine and bring to the boil.
3 Sling in the mussels then put a lid on and cook on a high heat for a good 4-5 minutes. If you are very daring you can cook them for less long and just scoop them out as they open. But I like my seafood cooked properly, so I do them for 5. Discard any that have remained closed. [You know, I think it might be this open/closed discarding thing that's always put me off mussels. Just too confusing.] Put the mussels somewhere to keep warm.
4 Strain the cooking liquid through a sieve into another pan. Giles always thinks this is unneccessary but I think it is nicer not to have chunks of onion everywhere. You can do what you like. Boil the cooking liquid hard until it has reduced by about a third. Keep tasting it until it turns from winey and gross to tasting like something you might find in the bottom of a bowl of moules mariniere. Take off the heat and stir in some cream if using.
5 Scoop out some mussels into a bowl, pour over some of the cooking liquid and scatter with parsley. Eat with bread and butter and dread Monday morning.


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I turned 40 over the weekend. I did not wake up to find extra fine lines on my face or new crows' feet at the corner of my eyes. It wasn't raining buckets and the sky wasn't a gloomy grey. On the contrary! The sky was the prettiest blue and the odd cloud or two were like cotton -candy suspended in the air. And me? well, I was 40 and fabulous! So sue me! The way I see it, '40' is just another number and you are only as old as you feel. Anyway, we picked Chloe up from a sleep-over party a little past 10.30 am and then we were off to pick up Aquilla. Yes, I'm allowed to say his name now. A Q U I L L A. My 14 year-old daughter, Chloe's boyfriend, that is. Chloe and Aquilla have been 'going out' for about a month, now. And on the 12th of July, on my Birthday, it was official. It was official because he finally got Ming's permission to date our daughter. The 12th of July was the day that the whole family got to 'bond' with Aquilla.
Since they started this relationship, Chloe and Aquilla have been THE topic of conversation among their friends and ours. There has been expressions of sheer surprise as well as hush-hush gossiping, snickering, glares of disapproval and of envy from people we know and people we don't as a result of this young relationship. A few genuinely concerned friends asked me if I approved of this relationship. 'Approve'? I rejoice in it. I celebrate it. What's not to approve? Love is the most beautiful gift from God and Young Love is no different if there is loving support, guidance and understanding from parents. To put it in a blunt way, your kids are going to have relationships with or without your approval. The only difference is whether they let you in on their lives when they have these relationships. Do the math.
So.. continuing what I was saying earlier on, we picked Aquilla up from his home and proceeded to have lunch in one of our favorite restaurants, 'Little Seoul'. Aquilla was understandably nervous at first, being around 'the father'- the more 'intimidating parent ' as he puts it. I had gone shopping with the the girls and Aquilla the Thursday before, and we had broken the ice then. Ming was 'on the other side of the fence' (being 'the father', not 'the boyfriend) for the first time too, and I could tell he was 'fumbling' , not knowing for sure how to handle the situation. He told Aquilla a couple of embarrassing 'home truths' about Chloe which did break the ice but got Chloe a little grieved. Poor Chloe. After Lunch, we grabbed some cakes and slices from David Jones then headed for home.
Once we got home, I put out some tea and coffee and got out the cakes and the monopoly set. It was bonding time. I would say this day spent with Aquilla put our minds at ease as to where this young relationship was going. Parenting and Life doesn't come with a manual and we are learning the 'operations' one day at a time. One thing is for sure, I want to be a vital part of my daughters' lives, and if I have to break the 'mold' of this society's 'norms' and 'values' - so be it.
Chloe and Aquilla
Now.. let's talk cake, shall we? Ever since I came back from my Holiday, it's like I've been put under a 'Bad Cake Spell'! Every new recipe I've tried has been less than passable. To be fair though, I must admit that I am a terrible, terrible 'Cake Snob'. Don't misunderstand, I am not making an apology here. If the recipe is not up to my standards, I absolutely refuse to share it. So now you know why I haven't been posting for so long. I pondered over and over as to whether I would share this recipe. It's not the worst recipe I've tried, neither is it one of the best. But if I am to continue to post, I guess I will have to stop being such a perfectionist all the time.
Paige, Chloe and Aquilla
There were a few reasons why I wasn't 'comfortable' with this recipe. First, there was no BUTTER! This recipe requires 'Vegetable Oil' instead. ( If this had been a Sponge,it would have been ok) This almost sounded vulgar to me. Then, the recipe required the inclusion of Chocolate Chips ( which I omitted and replaced with melted dark chocolate) in the cream cheese filling in the center. The texture just felt all wrong in my head. The other ingredient I didn't approve of was instant coffee. I substituted that with Espresso. And the frosting.. how can I put this,.. The chocolate frosting was made from cocoa powder, not chocolate. It tasted artificial. It was rich but not satisfying, like a mocha made with chocolate flavored syrup for example, as opposed to a mocha made with real Belgian Chocolate. Do you know what I mean? I went with the recipe just to see how it would turn out.For the benefit of those of you who would like to try this recipe, I have altered the method of hiding the 'surprise' filling, so that it will not burst out of the cakes like magma from a volcano.
Ming, Paige, Aquilla and Chloe, skipping stones
We went for a walk in the Picturesque area where we live after our game and then we sent Aquilla home. I had a Birthday Dinner with the entire family after that at a new Vietnamese Restaurant in Victoria Park and then we returned to my place for Birthday Cake. It was lovely to have my sister Jacq bake me a Birthday Cake, as you can see, she's the artist in the family. Life is Good.
My Birthday Cake made by my extremely multi-talented and Gorgeous sister, Jacq
Look at the work Jacq put into decorating the cake! The mittens and choc-chip cookies are intricately fashioned with marzipan. Notice my computer on the oven? My Blog page is on it too! Thanks, Jacq! muaw!
The Rode/Chong Mob
I must get my Darling Photographer in one of the shots at least!
Cream Cheese-stuffed Chocolate Cupcakes
Adapted from this cookbook
for the filling
4 oz cream cheese, softened
1 large egg yolk
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup melted dark chocolate, cooled
for the cupcakes
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup Dutch -processed cocoa powder
2 tsps baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 cups hot water
3/4 cup vegetable oil
2 tsps white vinegar
1 shot espresso (optional)
1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
For the chocolate frosting
8 tbsps unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups caster sugar
1 1/2 cups Dutch-processed cocoa powder
pinch of salt
1 cup Double cream
a dash of espresso (optional)
1/2 cup sour cream
1 1/2 tsps pure vanilla extract
First, make the filling. Fit your mixer with the paddle attachment and beat the cream cheese until fluffy, scraping the bowl often. Blend in the egg yolk and vanilla and then add the sugar and melted dark chocolate. Mix well. Now, preheat the oven to 160 degrees celsius and line your preferred cupcake tins with paper liners.
To make the cupcakes, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. In a large measuring jug, combine the water, oil, vinegar, espresso (if using) and vanilla. Pour the mixture into the dry ingredients and whisk until just combined. Fill each cupcake liner one-third full of batter, then add a dollop of the cream cheese filling into the center before adding more batter on top to bring the batter to two-thirds full. Bake for 20 minutes or until the cupcakes have puffed on top and are firm to the touch. Remove from the oven and let cool completely in the tins.
To make the frosting, melt the butter in a large saucepan. Stir in the caster sugar, cocoa and salt. The mixture might look grainy or sandy and this is ok. Whisk the cream and espresso into the cocoa mixture and cook over low heat, while stirring to dissolve the sugar grains. The mixture should get hot to the touch but never simmer or boil. Remove from the heat and stir in the sour cream and vanilla. Cool the frosting a little before putting in the fridge to thicken. Stir the frosting every 15 minutes or so . When the frosting has thickened, remove from the fridge into the mixer and whip very quickly to get the frosting fluffy. Fill the frosting into a piping bag fitted with a large star nozzle then pipe the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes as desired.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Cream Cheese-stuffed Chocolate Cupcakes
40 comments:
- Haley said...
We would like to feature this recipe on our blog. Please email firstname.lastname@example.com if interested. Thanks :)
- July 16, 2008 at 3:14 AM
- eatme_delicious said...
Happy belated birthday! Sorry you didn't love this cake but it looks beautiful and so very tasty.
- July 16, 2008 at 3:38 AM
- Dwiana P said...
Hi Carol, what a great vacation you just had. Everything look gorgeous, you, food and a news about foodie link.
Happy belated B'day Girl! GBU
- July 16, 2008 at 7:55 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hey Auntie...
Happy belated birthday... Sorry, I missed your special day. :-)
I am very blessed to know you as a good role model of a mother :-)
Wishing you the very best! God has His best plan for you and your family!!
God bless you,
- July 16, 2008 at 9:08 PM
- breadpitt said...
hey carol , sorry to greed u belated happy birthday ya. and please do send
regard for me to ur husband and 2 loveyly daugther.
- July 18, 2008 at 6:21 AM
- SIG said...
A belated happy birthday dearest Carol. :* The 'boyfriend' is very cute. They look so matching. And I absolutely love love love your birthday cake. So talented your sis is. And I love that cream cheese-stuffed chocolate cupcakes.
- July 19, 2008 at 9:26 AM
- Daniel Indradjaja said...
10000000000000000x apologies for missing your 40th. Let me make it up by saying that you don't look a day over 30. ;-)
Well, as a fellow 40 year old, let me welcome you to the club. I'm glad I have a friend. God bless you with tons and tons of blessing.
- July 20, 2008 at 12:14 AM
- Dee said...
Happy belated birthday, Carol! If you're 40, then it definitely is fabulous! The cupcakes are gorgeous, and too decadent to be allowed in my household
:( We're trying to give our hearts a break for a change... it's sooo hard!
- July 20, 2008 at 1:20 PM
- Annette said...
Happy birthday Carol! I'm glad you had such a wonderful time. Aquilla looks like a fine young man -- please tell him that he's lucky to be dating your gorgeous Chloe. And I think it's fantastic that you guys are embracing young love. I wish my folks did -- it would have saved them such heartache :D And one more thing: you don't look a day over 35. Many happy returns from Mervin, me and our brood :)
- July 21, 2008 at 3:33 PM
- thwany said...
happy belated carol! i'm glad to hear that you had such an enjoyable and great birthday.
and i must say, you're definitely a cool mom in my book. your family looks beautiful and i must say, aquilla and your daughter look like such a handsome couple.
- July 23, 2008 at 2:50 PM
- Ming the Merciless said...
Happy 40th Birthday! Here's wishing you a super wonderful next 40 years. Your sister is indeed talented. I did notice the laptop on top of the oven before you mentioned it. And I love that she incorporated blogging & baking on the cake.
It's so refreshing to see parents who are supportive of their children's adventure into adulthood. Young love is the best love of all because there is no baggage and everything is so simple.
- July 24, 2008 at 2:07 PM
- Sylvia said...
40 ??!!! No way!!! you look like your girls.Happy belated birthday, Carol. The cake is fabulous, your sister is an artist,and the cupcakes as well
- July 26, 2008 at 4:07 AM
- li said...
hi carol,
first up, happy belated birthday! the cake your sister made is lovely.
the little cakes you made look fantastic. i am sure they kept very moist, light and soft even straight out of the fridge. the reason for that is the veg oil -- cakes/muffins baked with butter (solid/melted) usually result in a denser, crumble-lier and harder texture. its to do with the melting point of the fat.
am very interested in this food social club you mentioned. i will sign up and hope to meet you soon.
by the way, thanks for stopping by kitchen musings. what a great coincidence we both live in perth!
- July 26, 2008 at 10:58 AM
- Big Boys Oven said...
HAd been really busy and dont have much time doing anything lol! great to read your post so full of life! speak soon! . . . sunny & sid
- July 31, 2008 at 9:42 PM
- Y said...
Beautiful cupcakes! and Happy belated Birthday. Your birthday cake looks awesome. What is that stove/computer (?) made from?
- August 1, 2008 at 9:04 AM
- Joy said...
Carol, my friend, it's been a while. I hope that you have been well. This post however says to me that you are happy.
So many things have happened in the last few months (a few sad ones), and I have not blogged at all - except for my daily photo blog.
All your recipes look delish and I'm trying to get back into baking myself. Last Sunday I made pineapple upside down cake and it made me smile because it reminded me of myself when I was much younger.
Keep safe,
A Pinay In England
Norwich Daily Photo
- August 1, 2008 at 10:49 PM
- Rafe Totengco said...
40 is the new 30. love the birthday cake!
- August 6, 2008 at 7:44 AM
- Ashley said...
The most sincere birthday wishes to you, Carol and I love the way you embrace not only Chloe's relationship, but also a recipe without butter!
Sounds like all is well. We are back on the blogosphere after a move to our new loft, which we are in love with. New blogs are coming, and hopefully new travels as well :)
- August 8, 2008 at 2:27 PM
- Nora B. said...
A Happy Belated Birthday! Its sounded like you had such a special day with your family and the new "addition" ;-)
Parenting is not a perfect formula and it's wonderful how realistic your attitude is and how open you are with your kids.
I hope that you've had a terrific start to 40 :-)
xx Nora
- August 10, 2008 at 9:18 AM
- Anonymous said...
Hi Carol, I came across your blog on cyberspace and I just wanted to say hi! I love the food photography on your blog and enjoyed reading a few of your blog entries. You seem like a cool mum (my parents were the typical overprotective Asian parents). I'm expecting my first baby but I hope to be a "cool" mum! :)
- August 12, 2008 at 7:05 PM
- Dee at Sweet Scarlett said...
I Guess my 1st visit is in ur bday time...so happy bday then! by the way i just come up and suddenly fall in love with your blog.. Its a beautiful blog.nice photos!ure such a talented person! ive allready linked ur site so it will be easier for me to enjoy ur food anytime i want...:-)) anyway...sorry for my bad english, im still learning.
- August 16, 2008 at 5:54 PM
- Angie said...
Happy birthday! 40 is just a number... you're as young as you feel! Which is probably why my old parish priest is actually 30 when he's about 60-70 years old. haha
Good luck with the We Love Food Club, but you're always welcome to join the Wandering Gourmet Club's activities any time. I'm actually back in the city now, as you can probably tell since I'm actually blogging again. ;)
Once again, happy 40th birthday and hope you enjoyed every morsel of that delicious looking cake!
- August 17, 2008 at 5:32 PM
- Elizabeth said...
Oh wow, those cupcakes look just incredible!
- August 18, 2008 at 10:36 AM
- sarah the baker yoon said...
hi! thanks for letting me know about those cupcake liners! but i don't think i'd be able to find them anywhere in canada.. oh well. :P
AND about the comment thing, you can actually change a feature on the settings that send emails to you whenever you get a comment! they're pretty handy, actually! if you go to settings > comments.. go to the bottom of the page and they have a comment notification email section. and there they will send you a notification! :)
hope that helps.
- August 28, 2008 at 1:04 AM
- Jules said...
Hi Carol!
Wow, I am going to need more time to look through all the things you have posted on. But just on this post, well done girl! Great to see your delicious cooking making its way into the blogs and from there into the tummies of lots of people!! I am just getting into blogger, so you will probably hear more from me...lol!!
luv Julia PS (cousin John sends his love too)
- August 29, 2008 at 10:00 PM
- crunchLin said...
those look so fun and delicious! I love the creative look!
I hope all is well with chloe & Aquilla! && happy (very belated) birthday!
- September 5, 2008 at 9:25 PM
- daphne said...
That looks wonderful-even though it uses oil rather than butter! =) Happy belated birthday and it's so nice to see a family bond-together with Chloe's bf! Very nice. =)
- September 6, 2008 at 12:18 PM
- Hungry Hamster said...
Beautiful photos! Really need to learn from you!
- September 11, 2008 at 7:23 PM
- jen laceda said...
i can't wait for more of your posts! you are indeed a very talented person!!! love, love, love the cake!
- September 13, 2008 at 9:03 PM
- Jade said...
Hi Carol,
How are you getting on? Have not seen any post lately. Must be busy huh? Take care and look forward to your postings again (",)
- September 15, 2008 at 8:54 AM
- angela said...
Hi Carol, M ur regular visitor to ur blog too...
Noticed dat u haven been updating... I hope everything's fine over at ur end...
Do write soon coz everyone miss ya...
- September 18, 2008 at 4:16 PM
- avesta said...
These little cakes are just perfect. I love that you made them in a different shape. I will definately try these out. Happy Bday!
- September 20, 2008 at 1:10 AM
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- September 21, 2008 at 7:10 AM
- Kok said...
I'm very very sorry for the extremely late birthday wishes! Happy Belated Birthday!
And that birthday cake is just awesome! I wonder if I can get that for my birthday next year!:P
- September 24, 2008 at 12:08 AM
- Chocolate Shavings said...
Your birthday seemed like a real succes, and that cake is amazingly beautiful. I love the detail!
I know what you mean about wanting to post recipes that are perfect.. but I also find that you really learn from recipes that don't quite work, so it's not always a loss. The cupcakes look very pretty though, even if they didn't reach your expectations.
- September 26, 2008 at 4:12 AM
- Maya said...
Happy Birthday!!!!!!
- December 21, 2008 at 11:23 AM
- Big Boys Oven said...
Just drop by to wish you a Happy New Year and hope to hear from you soon!
- December 30, 2008 at 2:39 AM
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- March 22, 2009 at 6:46 PM
- Bits of Taste said...
Hi, first time here and I have found a gorgeous baking blog full of beautiful cakes and pastry! Lovely!
- May 28, 2009 at 6:18 PM
- Go Go Elite Scooter said...
Wow! Thanks for the chocolate cupcake recipe!
I'm new to your blog but i'm sure i'll be making good use of it!
Wonderful pics!
- October 14, 2010 at 3:17 PM