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Recipes: Coconut cocktail bun recipe
Posted: - Modified: | cooking, cookordieAs it turns out, ingredient lists are uncopyrightable, so I'll try to post more of them when I write about our cooking adventures. (I've come quite a long way from the beginnings of Cook or Die!) Recipe steps might be copyrighted, particularly those that are creatively expressed, but that should be no problem – I'll just write my own instructions.
So here are the buns that have just come out of our oven. (Yes, another set of buns. The ones I made just two days ago have vanished. There must be a bun-monster somewhere in the basement…)
After the success of this weekend's coconut cocktail buns (gai mei bao), W- and J- suggested hotdog bao, Nutella bao, and some more coconut bao to use up the extra filling we had. Result:
You will need a kitchen scale. This is actually good, because volume measurements of flour and other things can vary widely.
Gai Mei Bao – Chinese Cocktail Buns and flexible bun dough recipe
Adapted from David Ko's Yung Sing Dim Sum Recipes (A Chinese Snackbook):
Bun Dough
David Ko uses this recipe for practically all the buns in his book. It's a white, slightly sweet bread.
- 12g active dry yeast
- 495ml warm water
- Dissolve yeast in water.
- 340g sifted all-purpose flour
- In a large mixing bowl, pour yeast solution into flour. The original recipe says to knead the result for 5 minutes, but this paste results in more of a liquid mix, so just mix it until it's smooth.
- Leave in a warm place for 2 hours. Or if you're like us and baking season (winter) doesn't leave you with an abundance of warm spots in the house, set the oven to 150'F for thirty seconds, then turn the oven off. Put the yeast mix into the oven and wait until it doubles in volume (around one hour).
- 60ml warm water
- 1 egg
- 225g cake and pastry flour (sifted)
- 560g all-purpose flour (sifted)
- 110g sugar
- 18g salt
- 125ml milk
- 3g lard
- 3g butter
- Mix all of the above with the yeast mix in a large mixing bowl. Knead until smooth and elastic, adding flour as necessary. Cover with a damp cloth (or cling wrap and a damp cloth; keeps your tea towels cleaner) and leave in a warm place for 2 hours, or until doubled in volume. You can use the oven trick here, too.
Coconut filling
- 175g coconut flakes
- 168g sugar
- 56g melted butter
- 1 egg
- 30ml (2 tbsp) milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (fun to make at home!)
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- a few drops of coconut essence (optional; we didn't have it in our pantry)
- Mix well and put in the fridge.
We skipped the toppings because the regular coconut filling is awesome enough.
- Divide the dough into 24 portions. I tend to do this by cutting the dough in half three times, then cutting the resulting eight pieces into three pieces each.
- Roll each portion of dough into a round ball. Arrange on a baking sheet, then cover and put in a warm place for 15 minutes.
- Flatten the dough balls. I like using a rolling pin here for a nice, even look, although it does take more time than squishing the dough manually.
- Spoon your filling into each flat piece of dough, wrap it up, and roll it into the shape you like. Try to make sure the buns are pinched closed, as the filling might leak out during baking.
- Set buns aside in a warm place to rise further, covering the buns with a damp cloth or cling wrap. Preheat oven to 375F.
- Do an egg wash or another wash if you want. Brushing the buns with a beaten egg (egg wash) gives them a beautiful golden colour, and also makes it easier for sprinkled things (seeds, etc.) to stick.
- Bake buns in a 375F oven for 15 minutes, or until the buns are golden brown.
- You can brush the freshly-baked buns with melted butter, if you want, but we skipped that step.
Other fillings we've tried:
- Hotdog
- Wrap the flattened dough around a hotdog. Brush dough with beaten egg and sprinkle sesame seeds on top. You can push the sesame seeds into the dough slightly to help them stick.
- Nutella
- Spoon Nutella hazelnut spread into the middle of the flattened dough and roll it up. Brush dough with beaten egg and sprinkle almond slices on top.


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Robin Good: Daniel W. Rasmus has an interesting article on his blog entitled: "The Future of Campus Stores: Good-Bye Books, Hello Learning". In it he analyzes the key elements that will help such campus stores maintain their relevancy while traditional textbooks are rapidly loosing thir foothold inside academic campuses.
He writes: "College bookstores face an existential crisis with the looming demise of physical book sales as digital technology rapidly becomes an option for learners.
At the same time free content, via websites like the Kahn Academy, or through more proprietary means, like Apple's iTunes University (now iTunes U).
And then there is the rise of open sourced content available places like the Open Education Resources Commons (OER).
So what should college stores consider as the elements that will help make them relevant as their core mission apparently shifts?"
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As the content world becomes more complex, the college store can offer value added resources to faculty and students to help them understand the options they have, and the relative value of different sources of information and approaches to the delivery of that information.
Think about content now as software. The educator can write a specification or requirements document and the store team, like programmers, can assemble a solution for the educator that meets his or her specification. Like programmers, the language or technique doesn't matter to the solution recipient, what matters is that the software meets the requirements and delivers its expected value."
Insightful. Forward-looking. 8/10
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Provocative (White Lies Book One)
by Lisa Renee Jones
Release Date: April 18th
Genre: Contemporary Romance
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Book one in the sexy and intense new White Lies duet by Lisa Renee Jones!
There are those moments in life that are provocative in their very existences, that embed in our minds forever, and sometimes our very souls. They change us, mold us, maybe even save save us. But some are darker, dangerous. If we allow them to, they control us. Seduce us. Quite possibly even destroy us.
The moment I walked into Sonoma's Reid Winter Winery and Vineyard and made eye contact with Faith Winter for the first time was one of those moments. Provocative because I know at least one of her secrets, of which, I suspect she has many. Provocative because she believes I was a stranger to her when we met, but I am not. Provocative because I sought her out, with no intention of touching her. But now I have. Now I want her. Now I have to have her. But that changes nothing. It doesn't change why I came for her.
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Chapter One
There are those moments in life that are provocative in their very existences, that embed in our minds forever, and sometimes our very souls. They change us, mold us, maybe even save us. But some are darker, dangerous. If we allow them to, they control us. Seduce us. Quite possibly even destroy us.
The moment I stepped into the mansion that is the centerpiece of the Reid Winter Vineyards and Winery wasn't one of those moments. Nor were any of the moments I spent weaving through a crowd of suits and dresses cluttering the circle that is the grand foyer of the 1800's mansion, fancy tiles etched with vines beneath my feet. Nor the ones spent declining three different waiters offering me glasses of various wines from one of the most established vineyards in Sonoma, meant to entice me to buy their bottles and donate money to the charity hosting the gathering. Not even the instant that I spotted the stunning blonde in a snug black dress that hugged her many lush curves proved to be one of those moments, but I would call it a damn interesting one. The moment I decided the blonde silk of her long hair belonged in my hands and on my stomach was also a damn interesting one. And not because she's fuckable. There are plenty of fuckable women in my life, a number of whom understand that I enjoy demands for pleasure, which I will definitely provide, and nothing more. This woman is too prim and proper to ever agree to such an arrangement, and yet, knowing this, as she and her heart-shaped backside disappear into the congestion of bodies, I find myself pursuing her, looking for more than an interesting moment. I want that provocative one.
I follow her path formed by huddles of two, three, or more people, left and right, to clear a portion of the crowd, scanning to find my beauty standing several feet away, her back to me, with two men in blue suits in front of her. And while they might appear to blend with the rest of the suits in the room, they hold themselves like the parasites I meet too often in the courtroom, those who most often call themselves my opposing counsel. My blonde beauty folds her arms in front of her chest, her spine stiff, and if I read her right–and I read most people right–I am certain that she's found trouble. But lucky for her, trouble doesn't like me near as much as I like it.
Closing the space between me and them, I near their little triangle just in time to hear her say, "Are we really doing this here and now?"
"Yes, Ms. Winter," one of the men replies. "We are."
"Actually," I say, stepping to Ms. Winter's side, her floral scent almost as sweet as the challenge of conquering her opponents that are now mine, "we are not doing this here or now."
All attention shifts to me, Ms. Winter giving me a sharp stare that I feel rather than see, my focus remaining on the men I want to leave, not the woman I want to make come. "And you would be who?" the suit directly in front of me demands.
I size him up as barely out of his twenty-something diapers, without experience, the glint in his eye telling me he doesn't realize that flaw, which makes him about as smooth as a six-dollar glass of wine everyone in this place would spit the fuck out. A point driven home by the fact that he's wearing a three hundred-dollar Italian silk tie, and a hundred-dollar suit, no doubt hoping the tie makes the suit look expensive, and him important. He's wrong.
"I said, who are you?" he repeats when I apparently haven't replied quickly enough, his impatience becoming my virtue as my role as cat in this game of cat and mouse is too easily established.
Unwilling to waste words on a predictable, expected question that I'd never ask, I simply reach into the pocket of my three-thousand-dollar light gray suit, which I earned by beating opponents with ten times his experience and negotiation skills, and finger the unimportant prick my card.
He snaps it from my hand, gives it a look that confirms my name and the firm I started a decade ago now, after daring to leave behind a certain partnership in a high-powered firm. "Nick Rogers?" he asks. "Is there another name on the card?" I ask, because, I'm also a fearless smartass every chance I get.
He stares at me for several beats, seeming to calculate his words, before asking, "How many Mr. Rogers sweater jokes do you get?"
I arch a brow at the misguided joke that only serves to poke the Tiger. Suit Number Two, who I age closer to my thirty-six years, pales visibly, then snatches the card from the other man's hand, giving it a quick inspection before his gaze then jerks to mine. "The Nick Rogers?"
"I don't remember my mother putting the word 'the' in front of my name," I reply dryly, but then again, I think, she didn't ask my father, to change my last name either. She just hated him that much.
"Tiger," he says, and it's not a question, but rather a statement of "oh shit" fact.
"That's right," I say, enjoying the fruits of my labor that created the nickname, not one given to me by my friends.
"Who, or what, the fuck is Tiger all about?" Suit Number One asks.
"Shut up," Suit Number Two grunts, refocusing on me to ask, "You're representing Ms. Winter?"
"What I am," I say, "is standing right here by her side, telling you that it's in your best interests to leave."
"Since when do you handle small-time foreclosures?" he demands, exposing the crux of Ms. Winter's situation.
"I handle whatever the fuck I want to handle," I say, my tone even, my lips curving as I add, "Including the process of having you both escorted off the property by security."
"That," Suit Number One dares to retort, "would garner Ms. Winter unwanted attention in the middle of a busy event. Not that Ms. Winter even has security to call."
"Fortunately, I have a phone that dials 911 and the ability to call it without asking her."
"If she's your client," Suit Number One says, clearly inferring that she's not, "you're obligated to operate with her best interests in mind."
"My decisions," I reply, without missing a beat, and without claiming Ms. Winter as a client, "are always about winning. And I assure you that I can think of many ways to spin your story to the press that ensures I win, while also benefiting Ms. Winter."
"This isn't my story," Suit Number One indicates.
"It will be when I'm finished with the press," I assure him, amused at how easily I've led him down the path I want him to travel.
"This is a small community with little to talk about but her," he says. "She doesn't want her foreclosure to become the front page story."
My lips quirk. "If you don't know how easily I can get the wrong attention for you here, and the right attention for Ms. Winter, you'll find out."
"We'll leave," Suite Number Two interjects quickly, and just when I think that he's smart enough to see the way trouble has turned from Ms. Winter to them, he looks at her and says, "We'll be in touch," with a not so subtle threat in his tone, before he elbows Suit Number One. "Let's go."
Suit Number One doesn't move, visibly fuming, his face red, that white ring thickening around his lips. I arch a brow at Suit Number Two, who adds, "Now, Jordan." Jordan, formerly known as Suit Number One, clenches his teeth and turns away, while Suit Two follows.
Ms. Winter faces me, and holy fuck, when her pale green eyes meet mine, any questions I have about this woman and the many I suspect she now has of me, are muted by an unexpected, potentially problematic, palpable electric charge between us. "Thank you," she says, her voice soft, feminine, a rasp in its depths that hints at emotion not effortlessly contained. "Please enjoy anything you like tonight on the house," she adds, the rasp gone now, her control returned. Until I take it, I think, but no sooner than I've had the thought, she is turning and walking away, the absence of further interaction coloring me both stunned and intrigued, two things that, for me, are ranked with about as much frequency as snow in Sonoma, which would be next to never.
Ms. Winter maneuvers into the crowd, out of my line of sight, and while I am not certain I'd label her a mouse at this point, or ever for that matter, considering what I know of her, I am most definitely on the prowl. I stride purposely forward, weaving through the crowd, seeking that next provocative moment, scanning for her left, right, in the clusters of mingling guests, until I clear the crowd.
Now standing in front of a wide, wooden stairwell, my gaze follows its path upward to a second level, but I still find no sign of Ms. Winter. A cool breeze whips through the air, and I turn to find the source is a high arched doorway, the recently opened glass doors to what I know to be the "Winter Gardens," a focal point of the property, and a tourist draw for decades, settling back into place. Certain this represents her escape, I walk that direction, and press open the doors, stepping onto a patio that has a stone floor and concrete benches framed by rose bushes. No less than four winding paths greet me as destination choices, the hunt for this woman now a provocation of its own.
I've just decided to wait where I am for Ms. Winter's return when the wind lifts, the floral scent of many varieties of flowers for which the garden is famous touching my nostrils, with one extra scent decidedly of the female variety.
Lips curving with the certainty that my prey will soon to be my prize, I follow the clue that guides my feet to the path on my right, a narrow, winding, lighted walkway, framed by neatly cut yellow flower bushes, which continues past a white wooden gazebo I have no intention of passing. Not when Ms. Winter stands inside it, her back to me, elbows resting on the wooden rail, her gaze casting across the silhouette of what would reveal itself to be a rolling mountainside in daybreak. The way I intend for her to reveal herself.
I close the distance between us, and the moment before I'm upon her, she faces me, hands on the railing behind her, her breasts thrust forward, every one of her lush curves tempting my eyes, my hands. My mouth. "Did those men know you?" she demands, clearly ready and waiting for this interaction. "Did you know them?"
"No and no."
"And yet they knew the nickname Tiger."
"My reputation precedes me."
"I'll take the bait," she says. "What reputation?"
"They say I'll rip my opponent's throat out if given the chance."
"Will you?" she asks, without so much as a blanch or blink.
"Yes," I reply, a simple answer, for a simple question.
"Without any concern for who you hurt," she states.
I arch a brow. "Is that a question?"
"Should it be?"
"It's not," she says. "You didn't get that nickname by being nice."
"Nice guys don't win."
"Then I'm warned," she says. "You aren't a nice guy."
"Is nice a quality you're looking for in a man? Because as your evening counsel, Ms. Winter, I'll advise you that nice is overrated."
She stares at me for several beats before turning away to face the mountains again, elbows on the railing, in what I could see as a silent invitation to leave. I choose to see it as an invitation to join her. I claim the spot next to her, close, but not nearly as close as I will be soon. "You didn't answer the question," I point out.
"You wrongly assume I am looking for a man, which I'm not," she says, glancing over at me. "But if I was, then no. Nice would be on my list but it would not top my list, however, nowhere on that list would be the ability, and willingness, to rip out someone's throat."
"I can assure you, Ms. Winter, that a man with a bite is as underrated as a nice guy is overrated. And I not only know how, and when, to use mine, but if I so choose to biteyou, and I might, it'll be all about pleasure, not pain."
Her cheeks flush and she turns away. "My name is Faith." She glances over at me again. "Should I call you Nick, Tiger, or just plain arrogant?"
"Anything but Mr. Rogers," I say, enjoying our banter far more than I would have expected when I came here tonight looking for her.
She laughs now too, and it's a delicate, sweet sound, but it's awkward, as if it's not only unexpected, but unwelcome, and an instant later she's withdrawing, pushing off the railing, arms folding protectively in front of her body, before we're rotating to face each other. "I need to go check on the visitors." She attempts to move away.
I gently catch her arm, her gaze rocketing to mine, and in the process her hair flutters in a sudden breeze, a strand of blonde silk catching on the whiskers of my one-day stubble. She sucks in a breath, and when she would reach up to remedy the situation, I'm already there, catching the soft silk and stroking it behind her ear.
"Why are you touching me?" she asks, but she doesn't pull away, that charge between us minutes ago now ten times more provocative with me touching her, thinking about all the places I might touch next.
"It's considerably better than not touching you," I say.
"My bad luck might bleed into you."
"Bleed," I repeat, that word reminding me once again of why I'm here, why I really want to fuck this woman. "That's an extreme, and rather interesting choice of words."
"Most bad luck is extreme, though not interesting to anyone but the Tigers of the world, creating it. You're still touching me."
"Everyone needs a Tiger in their corner. Maybe my good luck will bleed into you."
"Does good luck bleed?" she asks.
"Many people will do anything for good luck, even bleed."
"Yes," she says, lowering her lashes, but not before I've seen the shadows in her eyes. "I suppose they would."
"What would you do for good luck?"
Her lashes lift, her stare meeting mine again. "What have you done for good luck?"
"I came here tonight," I say.
She narrows her eyes on me, as if some part of her senses, the far-reaching implications of my reply that she can't possibly understand, and yet still, the inescapable heat between us radiates and burns. "You're still touching me," she points out, and this time there's a hint of reprimand.
"Holding onto that luck," I say.
"It feels like you're holding onto mine."
With that observation that hits too close to the truth, I have no interest in revealing just yet, I drag my hand slowly down hers, allowing my fingers to find hers before they fall away. Her lips, lush, tempting, impossibly perfect for someone I know to be imperfect, part with the loss of my touch, and yet there is a hint of relief in her eyes that tells me she both wants me and fears me.
A most provocative moment, indeed.
"Have a drink with me," I say.
"No," she replies, her tone absolute, and while I don't like this decision, I appreciate a person who's decisive.
"Good luck and bad luck don't mix."
"They might just create good luck."
"Or bad," she says. "I'm not in a place where I can take the risk for more bad luck." She inclines her chin. "Enjoy the rest of your visit." She pauses and adds, "Tiger."
I don't react, but for just a moment, I consider the way she used my nickname as an indicator that she knows who I am, and why I'm here. I quickly dismiss that idea. I'd have seen it in those pale green eyes, and I did not. But as she turns and walks away, and I watch her depart, tracking her steps as she disappears down the path, I wonder at her quick departure, and the fear I'd seen in her eyes. Was the root of that fear her guilt?
That idea should be enough to ice the fire in me that this woman has stirred, but it stokes it instead. Everything male in me wants to pursue her again, and not because I'm here for a reason that existed before I ever met her, when it should be that and nothing more. It is more. I'm aroused and I'm intrigued by this woman. She got to me when no one gets to me. Not a good place to be, considering I came here to prove she killed my father, and maybe even her own mother.
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Hurricane Sandy: Problems at Five Nuke Plants By Mark Schone, ABC News 31 October 12 http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/312-16/14275-focus-hurricane-sandy-problems-at-five-nuke-plants
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[Excerpted] The nation's oldest nuclear plant declared an alert and a second plant just 40 miles from New York City was forced to shut down power as five different nuke plants in Hurricane Sandy's path experienced problems during the storm.
Indian Point in Buchanan, New York, on the Hudson River north of New York City, automatically shut power to its unit 3 on Monday night "as a result of an electrical grid disturbance," ....Entergy said there was no release of radioactivity, no damage to equipment, and no threat to the public health.
"At Indian Point yesterday the river level and wind had no impact on plant operation," said a spokesman....
Operators also declared an alert at the nation's oldest nuclear plant, Oyster Creek in Lacey Township, New Jersey... Exelon Corporation, the owner of the plant, said in a statement that there was "no threat to the public health or safety" from the situation...
...A reactor at an Exelon facility outside Philadelphia, Limerick Generating Station, was ramped down to 91 percent power after Sandy caused a problem with its condenser.
... A unit at a fourth plant 43 miles from Philadelphia, Salem Nuclear Power Plant on Delaware Bay in southern New Jersey, was manually shut down just after 1 a.m. Tuesday morning "when four of the station's six circulating water pumps were no longer available due to weather impacts from Hurricane Sandy," according to plant co-owner PSEG Nuclear.
"No issues were encountered during the Salem Unit 1 shutdown," said PSEG Nuclear, "and the plant is currently stable. In addition to the operating crews onsite, Salem has designated response teams available."
At the Nine Mile Point plant near Oswego, New York, in what operators say "is likely a storm-related event," unit 1 shut down automatically around 9 p.m. Monday because of an electrical fault, while unit 2 experienced a power loss from an incoming power line because of the same fault. An emergency diesel generator started automatically to supply power to unit 2....
MAJIA HERE: Missing from this article is the TRITIUM RELEASE, which was reported in The Wall Street Journal 10/31:
"Power Outages May Last More Than a Week" 10/31/2012 p. A4. The Wall Street Journal
last column in article: "Elsewhere, Public Service Enterprise Group said its Salem plant had problems with pumps due to the storm surge that forced operators to shut down the Unit 1 reactor Tue morning. A spokesman said the plant released steam with trace levels of radioactive tritium into the atmosphere to shed heat but at levels that should be 'no cause for concern by the public'.


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It became clear this week that Democrats are not getting a $2 trillion spending bill for Christmas this year. After a flurry of last-ditch meetings and negotiations, President Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are admitting they don't have the votes to pass Biden's massive social and climate spending package, otherwise known as Build Back Better. Here's how Schumer explained it today.
CHUCK SCHUMER: The President requested more time to continue his negotiations, and so we will keep working - working with him hand-in-hand.
CORNISH: NPR congressional correspondent Kelsey Snell joins me now to talk about what all of this means for Democrats. Welcome back, Kelsey.
KELSEY SNELL, BYLINE: Hi there.
CORNISH: This is not the first or the second time Democrats have sent a deadline for themselves - right? - to pass this legislation. How is this time different?
SNELL: Well, the biggest difference here is that this time there are actual stakes beyond some, you know, immediate political embarrassment that they had before. This time, the monthly child tax credit payments that started back in July are now officially over. Those expanded benefits were part of the American Rescue Plan and they're set to expire at the end of this month, but the last payments went out this week. You know, Democrats wanted to pass this bill in the Senate before Christmas so they could finish any, you know, final work in the house and do whatever they needed to do to get it to the president to keep the payments going, but that's not going to happen now. Democrats say they could theoretically just make double payments in February to make up for it, but that would mean that they would have to pass a bill quickly when they get back into town in January, and that means that millions of people will not be getting payments in January. And this is a program that is credited with keeping more than 3 million kids out of poverty.
CORNISH: And yet, is it any more likely they can do it in January?
SNELL: Well, it's really hard to say because it comes down to one very familiar question - what does West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin want? So lately, the fight has centered around that child tax credit. Manchin has said he's worried about the long-term cost of the credit because Democrats do say they'd like to make it permanent someday. But this bill only extends the provision for a year, and that's in part because Manchin essentially demanded that several rounds of negotiations ago. So Manchin says he supports the credit, but it's very unclear what his actual substantive demands are. And there are real concerns, particularly among members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, that he's never going to make those clear.
CORNISH: Right. There - many months, the progressive members didn't want to allow votes on the bipartisan infrastructure bill because they feared it would ruin their leverage to try and get Manchin and other centrists to agree on this one. So how are they reacting now?
SNELL: Well, they are extremely unhappy. You know, congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, who is the chair of the Progressive Caucus in Congress - she put out a statement saying that the Senate should stay in session until this is all done. And she said delaying passage would have devastating consequences. Jayapal was clear that her members worked with the White House and the Senate and agreed to move forward on legislation based on a promise from Biden that he could deliver the votes needed to get the bill passed in the Senate. You know, there's all this bubbling frustration, but there's not much these progressives can do. It is a moment where it really does come down to whether or not they can get Manchin onboard.
CORNISH: In the meantime, how are Republicans responding?
SNELL: Well, it's a little bit of them saying I told you so to Democrats. You know, Manchin did meet with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell this week, and it was for unspecified reasons. But McConnell has said he doesn't expect Manchin, you know, will be switching parties or anything right now, but he has suggested it to Manchin in the past, and other Republicans have said similar things. They're also very quick to point out that Democrats need unanimity within their own party to pass this because Democrats refuse to work with Republicans on any of it. They basically say this isn't 49 Democrats versus one Joe Manchin, it's 51 senators versus 49 senators.
CORNISH: That's NPR's Kelsey Snell. Thanks so much.
SNELL: Thanks for having me. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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After getting dumped, the last thing I needed was to move next door to someone who reminded me of my ex-boyfriend, Elec.
Damien was a hotter version of my ex.
The neighbor I'd dubbed "Angry Artist" also had two massive dogs that kept me up with their barking.
He wanted nothing to do with me. Or so I thought until one night I heard laughter coming through an apparent hole in my bedroom wall.
Damien had been listening to all of my phone sessions with my therapist.
The sexy artist next door now knew all of my deepest secrets and insecurities.
We got to talking.
He set me straight with tips to get over my breakup.
He became a good friend, but Damien made it clear that he couldn't be anything more.
Problem was, I was falling hard for him anyway. And as much as he pushed me away, I knew he felt the same…because his heartbeat didn't lie.
I thought my heart had been broken by Elec, but it was alive and beating harder than ever for Damien.
I just hoped he wouldn't shatter it for good.
Author's note – Neighbor Dearest is a full-lengthstandalone novel. Due to strong language and sexual content, this book is not intended for readers under the age of 18.
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Unless you've been living under a rock lately, you've noticed the array of BB and CC creams popping up at makeup counters and drugstores. The alphabet cream trend can be traced back to Asia, where it began several years ago before migrating to the U.S. Revisionist beauty historians point to anti-aging creams as the forebear (AA creams) to today's hot alphabet creams.
These products combine many of the benefits of traditional skincare with some color coverage—such as the coverage of a foundation with the translucence of a tinted moisturizer. BB stands for "beauty balm" and CC for "complexion corrector" or "color and correct." While a BB cream provides instant sheer coverage along with SPF, a CC cream helps address any problems with redness or a sallow complexion, while also providing anti-aging benefits.
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BB creams are targeted for a younger consumer who may not need the added coverage of a CC. For both products, though, the rationale is clear. Consumers want their products to multitask—to make skin look beautiful immediately and also improve over time. These hybrid products are a growing market segment in the beauty industry, reaching $36 million in 2012, according to the NPD Group. (In 2011, they were a comparatively paltry $2 million market).
Nearly all BB and CC creams offer some level of sun protection, which is significant, as many traditional moisturizers that women might apply in the morning do not. BB creams with SPF titanium dioxide don't appear chalky or leave a whitish tint on your face, a problem familiar to anyone who tries to be diligent about sun protection.
Wearing a BB cream is like switching your face from an HD to an analog version, subtly and pleasantly blurring any flaws. It doesn't feel heavy as foundation often does. The ease of having one product that provides a multitude of benefits, rather than layering on several serums and lotions, certainly resonates with this modern-day woman. I found most of the creams I tried to be very blendable; they quickly disappeared into your skin, leaving a slightly more radiant version of your face behind.
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Among BB creams both mass market and prestige, Maybelline's Dream Fresh BB Cream proved a standout. My skin immediately looked brighter and smoother when wearing it, and the lightweight formula is easy to blend. For more coverage, Smashbox's Camera Ready CC Cream delivered—it evened out my skin tone and diminished fine lines around the eyes. But Olay's Total Effects Tone Correcting CC Cream is the product that I returned to repeatedly. The packaging is divine: ribbons of the product artfully on display in the clear container form a compelling visual of how the cream comes together to address your skincare needs. When you apply it, it has an airy, almost fluffy texture, enhancing the feeling that you're nourishing your skin.
With all the benefits of my daily moisturizer, plus a bit of color coverage, using a BB or CC cream is a no-brainer. However, one significant flaw thus far in the concept is that each cream is designed to reach many consumers, meaning that if you don't fall into one of several broad shade categories—typically three to five variations of light, medium, or dark—you might be out of luck. As the products' popularity continues to grow, beauty brends will hopefully address this shortcoming.
This is far from the last you'll hear of alphabet creams—haircare companies have begun to embrace them as well, such as Pantene and Alterna. And there is already a DD cream on the market: Julep's Dynamic Do-All. Perhaps our BB and CC creams will one day look quaint when we're on to XX and YY versions.
Maybelline's Dream Fresh BB Cream is available here and retails for $8.99. Smashbox's Camera Ready CC Cream is available here and retails for $42. Olay's Total Effects Tone Correcting CC Cream is available here and retails for $21.50.
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