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Holiday Guest Post from Jess Thomson of Hogwash
Every holiday season we ask a few friends to join us here at The Kitchn for a series of guest posts. The topics range from favorite holiday recipes to family memories and traditions. Today's guest: Jess Thomson of Hogwash. Jess is a friend and terrific writer and recipe developer. She recently published a book on doughnuts, and she brings us this recipe for sufganiyot, those fried, jelly-filled pastries so beloved at Hanukkah.
Consistency has never really been my strong point, so it's not surprising that when I think of December, I think of three very different things. I think of skiing on Christmas day, when the crowds are thin and Santa's finally been able to bag off work and take a few quick runs. I think of the menorah I must have forgotten to clean last year, like I always do, with a week's worth of wax crammed into the little candle holes, waiting patiently for an hour of my time and a Swiss Army knife. And I think of my freshman year in college, when my friend Abby gathered a bowl of little Satsuma oranges, studded them with whole cloves, and put them on top of her bureau. I thought she was Martha incarnate; I didn't grow up with décor. The sweet, spiced smell from that one bowl snuck under her dorm room door, and wafted down the hall, and planted itself deep within my psyche as the smell of Christmas.
I grew up the blessed child of two religions. You hated me, remember? I was the one who got to celebrate Hanukkah and Christmas. Latkes and Christmas cookies. Eight days plus one.
Only, in reality, we didn't really celebrate either--not in the way some families do. We swayed to the whims of two calendars, fitting gifts and meals around them, often forgoing one or the other if school events or ski races or a really good snowfall got in the way. And in the kitchen, our holiday rituals were even less dependable.
For Hanukkah, I think there were always latkes. And if we were home for Christmas, my mom would roast beef, and use the drippings for Yorkshire pudding, always marvelously puffy and lopsided, eliciting a seldom-heard insistence on getting to the table now, while it's hot. But for a long time, instead of gathering my family's odd holiday habits in a little bouquet of thankfulness, I was embarrassed by them. We were Jewish, but I'd never tasted sufganiyot, the little jelly-filled doughnuts traditionally served during the Hanukkah season. I didn't know the prayers; I didn't usually get Chinese food on December 25th. We celebrated Christmas, but we only had stockings every third year, and my mother never labeled the gifts, like I'm sure Abby's mother did, so there was an equal, if not greater, chance that I'd open my brother's Game Boy when I was supposed to be cracking into my Caboodles. And we certainly didn't eat peppermint stick ice cream every Christmas Eve, or leave cookies out for Santa.
Now, though. They tell me I'm an adult. They tell me it's my turn to pass my own traditions down. A decade ago, I might have said I'd just pick one avenue, one holiday. I'd have said I'd write down a list of Best Traditions, my own personal holiday declaration of independence, and stick to it, making the same foods every year, singing the same songs, smiling the same smiles. Now, though, having the freedom to celebrate however I want to each year, and to always do it differently, seems like the blessing.
Now, my two-year-old is old enough to see the Star of David on top of our little Christmas tree, and to look up at me with a jammy grin as we sit on the floor in front of it on the first night of Hanukkah, stuffing our faces with sufganiyot made with leaf lard and filled with Christian-smelling sacrilege. This year, I'll show him how to stick cloves into little baby oranges, and how to pile latkes with applesauce and sour cream, and how to set out cookies for Santa. (I'll use Santa's all-powerful presents as a threat, if I need to.) We'll make pork-filled tamales on Christmas day, and steam them in the light of seven candles.
When he's older, I'll show him how to light the menorah one year, and the next year, we'll forget where we put it, and stick to Christmas and roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. But every year, if we're lucky, we'll be with our families, and we'll share food with friends, and we'll smell something special--something with orange and cloves and winter.
If we're lucky.
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Spiced Buttermilk Sufganiyot with Orange-Clove Marmalade
Recipe by Jess Thomson, inspired by Top Pot Hand-Forged Doughnuts: Secrets and Recipes for the Home Baker (by Mark and Michael Klebeck with Jess Thomson, Chronicle Books, September 2011)
Traditional sufganiyot are fried each year during Hanukkah to celebrate the miracle of light, when oil burned for light lasted eight days instead of the expected one. They're often filled with strawberry or apricot jam, or a mixture of jam and custard. This version strays toward more typically Christmassy flavors, with a bittersweet filling made by spiking marmalade with ground cloves.
If you're a really bad Jew that likes really good doughnuts, you could use leaf lard in place of the shortening.
Total: 1 hour 5 minutes active time
Special equipment: 2-inch round cutter, piping bag with medium round tip
3 tablespoons (four 1/4-ounce packets) active dry yeast
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup lowfat buttermilk, warmed
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves, divided
1/2 teaspoon ground mace
2 teaspoons iodized salt
4 to 4 1/2 cups (550 to 620 grams) bread flour, plus more for rolling and cutting
1/4 cup shortening (trans fat-free preferred)
3 large egg yolks
1 gallon canola oil, for frying
2 cups orange marmalade
Confectioners' sugar, for dusting
In the work bowl of a stand mixer, whisk the yeast and 1 tablespoon of the sugar with the buttermilk and water and let sit for 5 minutes, until foamy.
In a large bowl, whisk together the remaining sugar, baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves, mace, salt, and 4 cups of the bread flour. Set aside.
Add the shortening and egg yolks to the foaming yeast mixture. Mix with the paddle attachment on low speed for 1 minute, to break up the shortening. Add about a third of the dry ingredients and mix until blended on low speed, then repeat with the second third of the dry ingredients.
Switch to the dough hook and add the remaining dry ingredients, mixing on low speed until no dry spots remain, adding additional flour as necessary, until the dough is dry enough to clean the bottom of the bowl. Increase the speed to medium and knead for 2 more minutes. (It should be smooth like bread dough, but still a bit tacky.)
Transfer the dough to a baking sheet sprinkled with 1 tablespoon flour, shape into a flat disk 6 inches in diameter, dust lightly with flour, cover with a dish towel, and set aside.
Create a proofing box in your oven: Bring a large kettle of water to a boil. Pour about 8 cups of the boiling water into a 9-by-13-inch (or similar) baking dish, and set it on the floor of your oven. Place the sheet with the covered dough on the middle rack of the oven, close the door, and let the dough rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
While the doughnuts rise, combine the remaining teaspoon ground cloves with the marmalade in a small saucepan. Warm the mixture over low heat until it bubbles, strain through a fine-mesh strainer, then refrigerate. Transfer the cooled jam to a pastry bag fitted with a medium-sized round tip.
Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface and roll into a roughly 9-inch circle, about 3/4-inch thick, with a lightly floured rolling pin. Cut the dough into about 16 rounds with a 2-inch round cutter. (Reroll the dough for additional sufganiyot.) Gently transfer the sufganiyot to two baking sheets sprinkled with 2 tablespoons flour each, arranging them at least 2 inches apart, and let rise in the oven (with new boiling water), uncovered, for another 20 to 30 minutes, until doubled in size.
Using a candy thermometer to measure the temperature, heat oil (2 to 3 inches deep) in a deep fryer, large pot, or high-sided frying pan over medium heat to 350°F. When the dough has doubled, carefully place a few in the oil, taking care not to overcrowd them, and fry for about 45 seconds. (Note that the sufganiyot will look more brown when they're done than they do in the oil. If you'd like, you can use scraps from cutting to test the oil.) Carefully turn the sufganiyot and fry for another 35 to 45 seconds, until golden on the second side, then transfer to a cooling rack set over a layer of paper towels to cool, rounded side up. (After the first batch, check to see that one has cooked through completely, and adjust frying time accordingly.)
When the first sufganiyot are cool enough to touch, poke the marmalade-filled pastry bag into the top of each pastry, and squeeze a scant tablespoon of filling into it. (The pastries are easiest to fill while they're hot.) Repeat with the remaining sufganiyot and marmalade, dust liberally with confectioners' sugar, and serve immediately.
Jess Thomson is a freelance writer and cookbook author based in Seattle, and the author of the food blog hogwash. Her most recent cookbook, Top Pot Hand-Forged Doughnuts: Secrets and Recipes for the Home Baker was released in September 2011 by Chronicle Books.
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That was beautiful.
This is SO similar to how I grew up-- thank you for sharing this!!
Thanksgiving morning and Christmas day were always my favorite days to hit the slope as well...kinda bummed the secret is now out! I love how smell is one of our greatest memory instigators.
Love it. We're a secular Christian and Jewish couple thinking about how we'll celebrate the holidays when we have children, and this is a wonderful inspiration.
I love love love this. I love to hear how faiths and traditions coexist, especially within nuclear and extended families. Traditions are what makes our families and holidays special, no matter which traditions evolve or what holiday they belong to.
mmmm Top Pot, I would love to make donuts like they do but even with a book I'm certain I wouldn't get the magic.
As an Orthodox Jew, this post just made me sad. I can't even bring myself to add this recipe to my Pinterest board. :-(


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Salt and freshly ground pepper
1. Boil the garlic clove for 10 minutes, then drain.
2. In a blender or food processor, puree the garlic with 5 cups cucumber, 1 1/4 cups grapes, 1/2 cup almonds, plus the bread cubes, scallions, watercress, water, olive oil, and sherry vinegar until smooth. Add more water if too thick. Transfer to a bowl and season with salt and pepper to taste (if the almonds are very salty, you won't need much additional salt.)
3. Refrigerate until chilled, about 2 hours.
4. Chop the remaining 1/4 cup almonds. Stir the gazpacho, then pour it into shallow bowls. Garnishwith the chopped cucumber, grapes, and almonds.
Adapted from Food and Wine
This is a Marcella Hazan standby (for anyone not familiar with Marcella, whatever you might know about Italian cooking probably traces in some way back to her), redolent of mint, one of my favorite summertime scents. It's a great side dish to any protein, and also delicious on sandwiches.
2 lbs. zucchini or summer squash
4 cloves garlic, peeled and lightly smashed
1/4 cup mint, torn into pieces by hand
About 3 tbsp. white wine or sherry vinegar
Salt and pepper to taste
1. Slice the zucchini lengthwise into pieces about 1/4-inch thick. Lightly brush with olive oil.
2. Add the garlic and mint to a large, shallow bowl or platter.
3. Grill the zucchini (you can use a charcoal grill, gas grill, or stovetop grill pan), flipping each slice after a couple of minutes (once you see some nice char marks).
4. As the zucchini come off the grill, place into the bowl with the mint, and add a few drops of vinegar. As you add more zucchini, sprinkle on more vinegar.
5. Once all the zucchini are done, add the olive oil, salt, and pepper. Serve at room temperature, and refrigerate any leftovers for next-day sandwiches.
Adapted from Marcella's Italian Kitchen
This Turkish dish, often part of a meze spread, translates as the imam swooned. Presumably, we imagine, because of the incredible dish he'd just tasted.
6 slender, firm eggplants (about 2 lbs.)
4 medium, ripe tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and chopped
About 2/3 cup mild extra-virgin olive oil
2 medium white onions, chopped
6 large garlic cloves, peeled
1/2 cup lukewarm water
2 tsp. sugar
1/3 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
2 tbsp. lightly toasted pine nuts
Lemon wedges
2. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Heat 3 tbsp. of the oil in a large Dutch oven or other sturdy pan and sear as many eggplant halves as can fit in the pan until golden brown, about 8 minutes. Add fresh oil with each batch. Remove from pan and set aside on a paper towel to drain excess oil.
3. Add 2 tbsp. of olive oil to the same pan and sauté the onions and garlic until soft but not brown, about 10 minutes. Remove from pan, place in a bowl, and add the tomatoes, parsley, sugar, and salt to taste.
4. Arrange the eggplant halves in one layer in a baking dish. Spoon the onion-tomato mixture over the top, working some into the slits. Squeeze lemon juice and drizzle the remaining 2 tbsp. oil over the top. Cover and bake for about 35 minutes, checking to make sure the eggplants are not getting dried out.
5. Cool the eggplant to room temperature. Transfer the eggplants to a serving platter, spoon the sauce around them, and sprinkle with pine nuts and additional parsley. Squeeze some of the lemon juice on top, to taste. Serve garnished with additional lemon wedges.
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The Economist has its needle so stuck in liberal economics that its leader writer almost audibly busts a gut trying to find something wrong with Germany. As far as I can see, the daft Krauts are to be roundly condemned for...
1. Basing their economy on manufacturing
2. Running a trade surplus
3. Saving money instead of spending it on more imports
4. Not paying others to provide services they can perform for themselves
5. Not lending money to encourage more new businesses to start up (despite the fact that, as I learned years ago, 80% of new enterprises fail within two years)
6. Allowing women to stay at home
7. Saving jobs in order to preserve the skill base
We should all be so stupid.
A couple of days ago, I tried reading The Guardian newspaper again, and although there were one or two peanuts to pick out of the ordure, mostly it was, as I said to my wife, "Facebook for tw*ts". The writers even include their pictures in their by-lines so you can see they're still congratulating themselves on how well they used to do in the sixth form debating society.
But I think The Economist may have beaten them by a short head this week.
"The point of free speech is for the stuff that's over the line, and strikingly unbalanced. If free speech is only for polite persons of mild temperament within government-policed parameters, it isn't free at all. So screw that." - Mark Steyn in "The Spectator", 19 April 2014
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8. Having at least as much respect (and pay) for experts in science and engineering as those in business and law.
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A couple of days ago, I tried reading The Guardian newspaper again...
That will go down as one of the classic lines.
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I gave up The Economist because I got fed up with their writers considering themselves infallible; the Guardian because I got fed up with their writers being obviously certifiable.
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What Passes Away, What Lasts Forever
"It is wonderful if we are used for God's cause, but it would exist even if we were not there…"
Today is the first day of Spring. Cloudy at the moment, but the forecast has it clearing. Temperature in the low 50's. Winter, in the legal sense, is over. With zeal and endurance, it has fulfilled its contract. Now, however, are days of Spring. Trees are to bloom, and birds are to sing.
There's also free water ice at Rita's today, for all weary and heavy-laden. "Come and see," she says. "Shake off all doldrums, lift your eyes and have a cup of Strawberry on the house."
Ice, Water, Happiness. And also with you.
There's an abandoned brewery across the street from the office, a castle of red brick. At some point in the past, people filled its halls; a linked chain of lungs pressed out and round with life. One imagines the building as a jewel of constant motion, a tower of mud and might, always producing, always giving, receiving and loud with life.
Today, the castle's windows are blown out, and graffiti covers the exterior. Large parts of the building have crumbled, and the extent of the decay casts doubt on the notion that the skeleton of the building could be saved.
And that's the last will and testament for jewels of constant motion. Once settled, all life, spirit, mud and might seeps into the earth like rainwater, and all that's left are bones.
We are not guaranteed tomorrow. We are not promised birds or water ice or the marking of another Spring. We shake ourselves from dust, covet the heavens, build the tower, claw-scratch-kick and scream, blood-curdling and naked-emperor-clothed, until we collapse in folly and beg and plead for mercy. In the evening light, we burst with Love. Then we sleep in grace.
One after the other, rise and fall. What we produce is tethered to flesh, and it, like flesh, vanishes.
Meanwhile, from our window, I spy a tree ripping through the second story of the abandoned brewery. Branches spread outward, the tree resembles an open palm, all deepening lines and stories in tow.
This week is the first week of new apprentice training at Working Film. Three people have committed to a work of time and focus, and a family has committed to them. As they devote their hearts and minds, they state belief not merely in accomplishment, but in excellence. In transformation.
We chase after the heart because we've seen the impermanence, and the impotence, frankly, of every other institution. Governments and kingdoms, glad hands and good tidings, all fossilize like pterodactyls and dodo birds. Given our impermanence, however, we are free now to embrace that which will not waste away; to believe in abiding and a Merciful Spirit.
We chase after the heart because we have been pursued and caught up in the Love of God. We have been Redeemed, Reclaimed, and Renewed. And it happens day after day, hour after hour. We are ill-tempered and amnesiac, and so we must continually be called back to our dust.
Convicted, forgiven and comforted. Here to sing, stumble and cut a rug for Love.
Beneath the dust is the current from which we rose. Deeper and deeper, wider and wider, higher and higher is the Love that calls us home.
Now, keep us close to the warmth of soil.
Now and forever, keep us close to the heat of Grace.
"…There is no question that you are gifted, that you are strong, that you are smart, and that you can get a lot done, but that is not the issue. We do not live together on account of these gifts. They are all mortal and will pass away. What lasts forever is humility and love — love, the incorruptible 'treasure in heaven' of which Jesus speaks in the Sermon on the Mount."
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4 FM quick reads on Energy Efficiency
1. Measuring Exterior Energy Efficiency
Today's tip is about the important measures facility managers should be aware of when trying to quantify the quality and energy efficiency of exterior building elements.
For roofs, the two main measures are solar reflectance and infrared emittance. Solar reflectance measures a surface's ability to reflect infrared, visible and UV light. Generally, the higher the solar reflectance, the more energy efficient the roof will be. Infrared emittance measures a surface's ability to re-emit any energy absorbed back into the atmosphere. A so-called "cool roof" generally has an emittance value higher than .90 and a reflectance value of .65 or higher. Finally, solar reflectance index, or SRI, is a combination of the two via a standard calculation. SRI is the new standard used in LEED.
For windows and skylights assemblies, U-factor measures heat loss. The lower the number, the better the performance. Solar Heat Gain Coefficient measures how well a product limits radiant heat gain from sunlight. Visible Transmittance measures how much light, but not heat comes through. The higher the number, the more light is transmitted. Finally, Condensation Resistance indicates a product's ability to resist the formation of condensation on interior surfaces. The higher the rating, the better.
For wall assemblies, the best measure for efficiency is R-value - or the thermal flow resistance. The higher the R-value, the better the insulating effectiveness. When calculating the R-value of a wall assembly, the R-values of the wall, insulation and any other layers are totaled to arrive at the R-value of the total assembly.
2. Facility Dashboards Show Energy Efficiency
Today's tip is about how you can use facility dashboards to show energy efficiency and get your much-deserved recognition from building occupants, tenants, visitors and, most importantly, the C-suite, for energy efficiency projects.
Many companies, K-12 schools, colleges and universities, and developers in multitenant facilities are now using an in-lobby dashboard that is hooked directly into the facility's building automation or metering system to show real-time energy, water and carbon emissions data. The dashboard also can show energy saved by particular energy efficiency technologies like lighting, as well as real-time data of energy being produced by onsite renewable energy strategies like wind or solar. Greenhouse gas emissions, both in terms of real-time emissions, as well as emissions avoided by particular strategies in the building can also be displayed. All of this is done on a touch screen graphical interface that is simple and fun to navigate.
Additionally, this can all be put on the Web, so remote users (and journalists!) can see what exactly is going on at a building at any given time.
Experts in the industry always say how important it is for facility executives to communicate with occupants or tenants about green building and energy efficiency initiatives. Not only do these dashboards provide an automated and graphically hip way to explain energy efficiency initiatives, they also are a great educational tool to teach occupants and tenants about energy and water efficiency.
3. Fault Detection And Diagnostics Software Has Potential To Save Energy
Today's tip from Building Operating Management comes from Jim Sinopoli of Smart Buildings LLC: Fault detection and diagnostics software has the potential to save energy from HVAC systems.
There are now several types of software analytics tools and applications to help analyze building data. But the one with the best-verified results and cost effectiveness is known as fault detection and diagnostics.
Fault detection and diagnostics, like other analytic software tools related to building systems, primarily supports technicians and engineers in the field who are dealing with both everyday operational matters and details of building operations as well as broader issues of complicated systems, advanced technology and higher expectations for building performance. The fault detection and diagnostics analytic tools provide insights into building systems that help reduce energy consumption, improve building performance and lower costs.
Fault detection and diagnostics does just what its name implies: It finds problems within HVAC systems and offers guidance about solving those problems.
It's a challenge to keep a significant, energy consuming system such as HVAC running at optimal performance. Many times failures or sub-optimal performance go unnoticed for long periods of time. Case studies from companies selling fault detection and diagnostics software services can show energy savings in the 10 percent to 15 percent range; the tools are said to have the capability to correctly identify faults and spell out the primary response 95 percent of the time.
Software based on fault detection and diagnostics is really a new class of tool for facility managers, providing them nearly real-time analysis and diagnostics of their HVAC systems and adding some "smarts" to a smart building. It's not difficult to imagine similar tools for other building systems, with the potential for enhanced intelligence built into tools for facility management.
This has been a Building Operating Management Tip of the Day. Thanks for listening.
4. Check Efficiency Of Daily Operations
Today's tip is to look at the day-to-day operations of your facility to find greater energy efficiency. Changes such as improving BAS/EMS programming and aligning operating schedules with need can ensure their buildings are being run in the most efficient manner possible.
Allan Skodowski, senior vice president, LEED and sustainability, Transwestern, says that when Transwestern audited the poor energy use of a suburban Milwaukee school, it didn't take long to find a big problem: more than 250 horsepower worth of fans running after hours due to incorrect programming. "That change alone has taken them from a (Energy Star rating of) 55 to an 83," Skodowski says. "They're going to save about $40,000 this year in energy."
Another good starting point is looking at the use of basic building machinery before trying to dig deep into set points or strict lighting schedules, says Rafael Mendez, building manager, General Services Administration. Mendez's building, the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr., U.S. Courthouse in Miami, has cut more than $1 million in energy costs.
"One of the things I noticed first was we have three escalators from the lobby to the fifth floor," Mendez says. "We had them operating most of the day and they weren't heavily used." The escalator schedule has been revised to run from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Keeping a close eye on usage by examining utility bills can also help spot problems. Brenna Walraven, managing director, USAA Real Estate Co., experienced this when one of USAA's buildings was using a baffling amount of energy, yet the energy management system showed nothing wrong.
"What was happening is there were several faulty relays, so the EMS would send out 'turned off' signals. In actuality the building was running nonstop," she says. "It literally cost about a couple hundred bucks to replace those and saved us about 10 percent." "The building systems will be dumbed down to the level of the least-trained person who works on those systems," says Wayne Robertson, president, Energy Ace. "You need to accompany that building automation system with training."
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You're Paying Too Much for Property Taxes
I'm going to let you in on a little secret: The real estate market has gone down.
Danielle Hoston: OK ... maybe that's not a secret. But here's the real secret: Property taxes are commonly based upon the purchase price of your property. What's great is that you have the ability to request a reassessment of your property taxes if you believe the value of your property has declined since your purchase. This small exercise can potentially save you thousands of tax dollars with no out-of-pocket cost to you.
Here's what you need to do:
1. Understand your bill and how assessments are calculated.
True story #1: I once took the time to call the phone numbers listed next to the numerous assessments on my property tax bill. I wanted to understand how they were calculated and what services they entitled property owners to. Much to my surprise, I found out that all of the sanitation removal was covered on my 16-unit building as part of my tax bill. I was paying a private company for a service that was covered by property taxes. Needless to say, I found something better to spend that money on the following month.
2. Verify that the information being used for assessment is accurate.
True story #2: My property taxes on a 12-unit investment property that I purchased were twice what they should have been because of an error on the square footage. The previous owner had never taken the time to dispute the charges and blindly paid thousands more than necessary. One phone call saved me $12,000 ... and earned me a refund.
3. Appeal!
True story #3: I submitted four decline-in-value appeals on various properties late last year. All of them were painlessly approved and I have saved thousands in property taxes.
I shouldn't have to say this, but ... Be smart. You could invite a reassessment of your property taxes and increase your tax liability if your value is determined to be higher than when you originally bought it. You should also pay close attention to your local assessor's deadlines. In a declining market, it pays to submit your application as close as possible to the deadline. Finally, there is no limit to the amount of times that you can contest your bill. If your appeal is not approved, there is usually an appeal process available.
There are companies that will perform this service for you. For their "expertise," they will request either an upfront fee or a percentage of the savings gained during your appeal. I, however, strongly recommend doing this yourself. Nobody will take care of your money like you do. Understanding how you are charged, what you are charged for, and your rights under these charges can make a huge difference in what you actually pay.
|Danielle Hoston is a business and finance expert with Hoston and Associates. She is the mom of one and resides in Los Angeles.
so…what specifically, do I need to do?
Start by reviewing your your tax bill and visit your local property assessor's website. There should be detailed information there about how to submit an appeal. Good luck!
I saved 1300. on my property taxes! First, the assessor sent me a letter letting me know that my property value had dropped and also some info on Prop 8 (I think that was the prop?) So my taxes had been lowered. I looked over them and decided to send in the appeal anyway… Soon after that they sent me another letter letting me know that my property taxes had been lowered even more. YAY!!!
It's amazing how much your taxes can go down. My house was WAY over assessed for the market and I disputed. I learned so much in the process. 1st, it's likely that no "assessor" has seen your house since it was built. In my case, my house was listed as having an in-ground pool and a finished basement. I can't imagine I had never noticed a pool in my backyard, or that the red shag carpet on my basement wall made it "finished"..lol. So I disputed and the assessor came to confirm my claims. Where I live, you have to dispute with the city first. Our city tax "board" is made up of 80yr old long time residents, who have no desire to lower your taxes. So after that, I disputed with the state (has to be in that order). End result was a drastic decrease in my taxes, which lowered my mortgage payment (WooHoo!). But as Danielle said, be smart. When the assessor was at my house, he also noticed that I had a bathroom that wasn't listed. Luckily, the lack of a pool and unfinished basement was worth far more than the 1/2 bath. Totally worth the trouble. In this economy, chances are your taxes are higher than they should be. Don't expect the city to lower them for you!
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Just wondering, is that a book of dinosaurs or a dinosaur mat under your bentos? Either way, you're still a cool mom :)
That's a popup book about dinosaurs. It's pretty awesome! Rosario likes to choose a book to go under the lunches for photos everyday and she usually chooses that one. And thank you! :)


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Since the early seventies, the U.S. dollar has been allowed to float freely, and its exchange rates have become extremely volatile and difficult to explain, let alone to predict. The dollar's erratic behavior has stimulated a lively debate in academic and policy circles over what the government's response should be. One of the major questions that must be answered before a response can be contemplated is whether dollar exchange rate changes influence U.S. inflation.
This article examines the empirical relationship between dollar movements and inflation in the United States. Historical evidence suggests that a falling dollar causes inflation to increase but by a very small amount, and the author discusses why the inflationary effects of a weak dollar are so small. One possible answer is that when the dollar depreciates, sellers of traded goods may choose not to increase prices in response but to reduce their profit margins instead.Financial Crises and the Payments System: Lessons from the National Banking Era
Since the Great Depression, the Fed has historically intervened during potential financial crises to ensure that financial market participants were provided with the liquidity necessary to complete their transactions. In recent years, this part of the Fed's role in the payments system has come under increased scrutiny as advances in computer and communications technology have led to increases in the liquidity of many types of financial claims and to the creation of new financial markets and new forms of payment. Recent years have also seen passage of legislation designed to more precisely limit the scope and administration of the Fed's safety net as it applies to individual banks.
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Market risk has become an integral consideration in bank business. Derivatives are increasingly used as a means of risk management, and bank involvement in derivatives trading represents a new, different, and very important line of business. Existing regulations for the determination of bank capital, based on the quality of assets held, are not appropriate for trading portfolio assets where exposure to market risk factors is of primary importance.
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IT Risk: Turning Business Threats into Competitive Advantage
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A half century of adopting information technology at an astonishingly rapid rate has created a world in which IT is not just widely present but pervasively, complexly interconnected inside and outside the enterprise. As enterprises' dependence and interdependence on IT have increased, the consequences of IT risk have increased as well. What is IT risk? It's the potential for an unplanned event involving a failure or misuse of IT to threaten an enterprise objective-and it is no longer confined to a company's IT department or data center. An IT risk incident has the potential to produce substantial business consequences that touch a wide range of stakeholders. In short, IT risk matters-now more than ever.
This change in the meaning and importance of IT risk has caught some executives unaware. Every executive at some time has experienced problems with his IT organization and systems, including delays and unexpected costs in development projects, temporary or extended loss of service, data loss or theft, processes made unnecessarily complex by systems interfaces and limitations, inaccurate information from redundant or "buggy" systems, and a myriad of other ills. Executives have generally learned to perceive-and even tolerate-such episodes as regrettably common but relatively limited
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The Chief Executive Officer at Picosun, Kustaa Poutiainen stated that the company is happy to collaborate with IME to accelerate the research and development of advanced renewable energy, integrated circuit and semiconductor technologies. The announcement of IME-Picosun collaboration comes on the heels of the recent launch of Picosun Asia in Singapore, the first Asian subsidiary of Picosun. Since the need for Picosun's ALD tools is also increasing in the Asian market, the presence of local research and development partners and a local subsidiary with demo facilities featuring PICOSUN ALD equipment will be helpful in offering quick demonstrations and delivering products with superior customer service.
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I'm from India, and I can attest to the fact that this saag paneer is out of this world!! People get so stressed out about making the paneer at home, but it's actually the easiest part of the recipe. I do it all the time, it's so nice having fresh cheese on hand as a snack or for dishes like this one. I think it's better than most restaurants I've been to - one of my favorites for sure!
Curried Spinach with Fresh Cheese (Saag Paneer)
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Paneer is a simple cheese that is easy to make at home. Its fresh flavor highlights the warm spices of this classic North Indian dish. Saag paneer requires a long cooking time for flavors to develop, so avoid using baby spinach, which will fall apart; instead, choose larger, more mature leaves. Find garam masala at Indian and gourmet grocery stores.
Yield: Makes 6 servings
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Press: 3 Hours
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 337
- Calories from fat: 45%
- Protein: 19g
- Fat: 17g
- Saturated fat: 7.7g
- Carbohydrate: 33g
- Fiber: 6.9g
- Sodium: 1233mg
- Cholesterol: 47mg
- 8 cups whole milk
- 1/4 cup plus 1 tsp. lemon juice
- 5 teaspoons salt
- 4 pounds spinach, well rinsed and thick stems removed
- 8 cloves garlic
- 2 onions, roughly chopped
- 2 serrano chiles, seeded
- 1 piece ginger (3 in.), peeled and roughly chopped
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- Seeds from 7 cardamom pods
- 3 whole cloves
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 tablespoons ground coriander
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 canned tomato, chopped
- 1/4 cup whole-milk yogurt
- 2 teaspoons garam masala
- 1. Line a colander with 2 layers of cheesecloth and set in the sink. Bring milk to boil in a large pot over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally to prevent scorching. Let it boil 30 seconds (remove from heat if it starts to boil over) and stir in 1/4 cup lemon juice. Milk will curdle, separating into cheese curds and a clear yellow whey. Pour into cheesecloth-lined colander.
- 2. Rinse curds with cold water. Pull up edges of the cheesecloth, gently squeeze out as much water as possible, and form curds into a 6-in. disk. Put cheesecloth-wrapped disk on a large plate, top with a large cutting board, and weigh down with a heavy pot. Put in the refrigerator and let press at least 3 hours and up to overnight.
- 3. Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to boil. Fill a large bowl with ice water and set aside. To boiling water, add 3 tsp. salt and the spinach. Cook 1 minute, then drain and transfer spinach to ice water. Swirl around to cool spinach and drain again. Use your hands to squeeze water from spinach. Set aside.
- 4. In a blender, whirl garlic, onions, chiles, ginger, and 1/4 cup of water to make a paste. Set aside.
- 5. In a medium pot over medium-high heat, add oil, cardamom, cloves, bay leaves, and cinnamon. Cook until spices darken, about 2 minutes. Add reserved onion paste. Cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture thickens and darkens, about 15 minutes. If the mixture starts to stick, add 1 tbsp. of water at a time, stirring, to help loosen it.
- 6. Stir in coriander, cumin, and turmeric. Cook until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add tomato and yogurt. Cook until thickened slightly, about 3 minutes. Stir in spinach and remaining salt. Turn heat to low and cover. Cook, stirring occasionally, until flavors are blended, about 30 minutes.
- 7. Cut paneer into 1/2-in. cubes and gently stir into spinach mixture. Cook until paneer is heated through, about 2 minutes. Add garam masala and remaining lemon juice. Adjust salt and lemon juice to taste. Serve hot, with flatbread or rice.
- Note: Nutritional analysis is per serving.
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Day 5: Photo of your favorite political book. Share the best thing it taught you.
It is about Man Against the State, individuality, and Thoreau's philosophy of how one man can stand up to government and society, driven by his own convictions of right and wrong, as summarized by the timeless quote "Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already".
Thoreau's main point is that the best - and many times, the only - method for fighting injustice is through passive disobedience. By refusing to cooperate with the machinery of injustice, the individual can become the friction that stops the machine. Active resistance is bound for failure, as the machine (the State, society, etc.) is too formidable for the individual to fight. But, by refusing to cooperate, justice can be achieved and injustice toppled.
Arguably, the strongest idea Thoreau presents, is the notion of individualism. Thoreau encourages skepticism of the government and rejects blind loyalty to it. Thoreau perceives citizens, who give blind loyalty to their government's decisions without questioning them, as participants in every injustice committed by that government. Whether this point of view is correct or not, it is worth debating, especially in view of the horrific injustices that are extant in today's world and the way the masses so easily accept them without considering the negative impact on others.
For my anon haters, I do realize this is an essay, and collection of a few of his writings. But as I wrote before this is about what got me to start to open my mind to the ideas of free people VS government. I saw this in "book" format laying at Barnes and Noble, and I read it right there.


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Every month, I make a playlist that would fit onto one CD featuring the best and/or most important songs that I heard that month. I sequence these tracks very specifically and try to create the most cohesive listening experience possible.
From each of those playlists, I've come up with two CDs full of music featuring my favorite songs that I heard this year: one with songs from January to June, and one with songs from July to December.
The track lists are below. Happy 2013 everyone!
Disc 1 (07/2013-12/2013)
1. Ævum (Time Crawls)- Pony Bwoy
2. Dance on the Moon- Travis Scott
3. Down Here in Hell (With you)- Van Hunt
4. I sat by the Ocean- Queens of the Stone age
5. Tuscan Leather- Drake
6. Smooth Odyssey- Moonstone Continuum
7. Lover Man- Jimi Hendrix
8. Matty- Polica
9. Eutow- Autechre
10. Parallel Jalebi- Four Tet
11. Lindisfarne I+II- James Blake
12. Ethel- Russian Circles
13. The Mother we Share- CHVRCHES
14. Yolanda- Bobby "Blue" Bland
15. Search and Destroy- The Stooges
16. Worthless- Bosnian Rainbows
17. Presence of the Lord- Blind Faith
18. Wildfire- Frank Ocean
Disc 2 (01/2013-06/2013)
1. Trap Muzik- T.I. featuring Mac Boney
2. Queens Gets the Money- NaS
3. Hold my Liquor- Kanye West
4. Entomed- Deftones
5. Coral Blue- Converge
6. In a Sentimental Mood- Duke Ellington and John Coltrane
7. Friday Night- The Darkness
8. Jibun Ga Inai- salyu x salyu
9. Flower- Lapalux
10. Aqueous Transmission- Incubus
11. Thinkin Bout You- Frank Ocean
12. I'm God- Lil' B
13. Touched Wit it- Three 6 Mafia
14. Willie Burke Sherwood- Killer Mike
15. Two Towers- Lightning Bolt
16. Heartbreaks + Setbacks- Thundercat
17. Seeing you- George Duke
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HAMMOND | When you're a 6-foot-8 sophomore center in high school, most people expect that you would be thick in the middle of the action in a big game.
Especially when you've already received Division I offers from Northwestern and Fordham.
But last Saturday at the Class 2A Huntington North Semistate, Bishop Noll's Milos Kostic was nowhere near the floor. He spent most of the fourth quarter on the bench in the Warrior's 53-50 win over Tipton.
Kostic hopes to be on the floor for most of Saturday's state championship game against Park Tudor at Conseco Fieldhouse.
"I was upset, we were losing," Kostic said of coach Drew Trost's move to put Larry Crisler in the post to amp up his team's defense as the Warriors clawed back into the game.
"But we have a lot of weapons on the team," Kostic continued. "Larry came in and did a great job. If I'm not playing good someone else has to."
Kostic is averaging 7.3 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists a game.
He plays like the European stereotype at times, very fluid with the ball in his hands. He has a good mid-range shot and can pass like Larry Bird.
But he passes like World B. Free sometimes, too.
"We need Milos to make the good pass, not the unbelievable pass," Trost said. "We need him to just play within himself. We don't need him to do something incredible all of the time."
Foot speed and lateral quickness and perhaps a softer, more international approach to the game put Kostic on the bench against Westview and Tipton because the smaller guards blew right by him on the defensive end of the floor.
"When we play teams with small, quick guards and we get behind it's tough on him," Trost said. "When he plays against a true center he plays great."
Park Tudor freshman Trevon Bluiett is 6-foot-5 and he plays around the basket. But calling the ninth grader a true center would not be accurate.
Still, Panthers' coach Ed Schilling spoke about Kostic at Monday's IHSAA state finals news conference.
"They've got a big man in the middle who is very good," Schilling said. "We're going to have to find a way to slow him down."
After Kostic arrived in America from his home in Serbia, he went with some friends to Indianapolis. They went to the Pacers home and looked around.
Noll practiced there on Tuesday. It was a thrill to say the least.
"First time I see Conseco house I told my friends I'm going to play here one day," Kostic said. "And now we are."
His mother arrived from Serbia the week of regionals and has stayed here since. She will be in Indy on Saturday for the biggest game in her big son's life.
"It nice to have someone from (my) family there," Kostic said. "She loves to watch basketball.
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CHICAGO – In "References to Salvador Dali Makes Me Hot," now at the Den Theatre in Chicago through September 7th, the intersect of author José Rivera and the strong cast of actors make for a formidable partnership. Committed and passionate interpreters take both the soft and edgy parts of the narrative to task.
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DVD Review: Sundance Hits with Different Results in 'Hello I Must Be Going,' 'Nobody Walks'Submitted by BrianTT on February 10, 2013 - 1:00pm
CHICAGO – As I learned on my inaugural trip to Sundance (check out all the coverage here) this year, there is common discussion as to how things will play outside of the thin mountain air of Park City. People wonder what will be the next "Beasts of the Southern Wild" or "Winter's Bone" and what will never get the hype it gets at Sundance. Two films that peaked at Sundance 2012, "Hello I Must Be Going" and "Nobody Walks" were recently released on DVD. One is worth your time while the other never should have come off the snowy mountain.
Film Review: Gus Van Sant's 'Promised Land' Breaks Promise to AudiencesSubmitted by mattmovieman on December 28, 2012 - 5:42pm
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CHICAGO – "The Odd Life of Timothy Green" is the sort of extravagantly wrong-headed misfire that perhaps only could've been made by talented people. The director is Peter Hedges, an accomplished screenwriter best known for adapting his excellent book, "What's Eating Gilbert Grape," for the big screen. The ensemble cast reads like a roll call of America's most reliable character actors.
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Film Feature: The Best Supporting Performances of 2012Submitted by BrianTT on December 14, 2012 - 11:10am
CHICAGO – A mother trying to protect her son from an assassin, a man who coordinates lap dances for a living, a woman whose dreams have died, a gambler betting on his son, and two people at the heart of Abraham Lincoln's fight to end slavery and the Civil War — 2012 certainly offered a wide array of memorable supporting characters in motion pictures.
Film Review: Beguiling Ensemble Nearly Salvages Frustrating 'Nobody Walks'Submitted by mattmovieman on November 9, 2012 - 10:50am
CHICAGO – From the very beginning of her screen career, Olivia Thirlby has specialized in playing youthful seductresses intent on jump-starting their male partners' sexual coming-of-age. She exuded megawatt allure in everything from David Gordon Green's "George Washington" to Brett Ratner's memorable segment in "New York, I Love You."
Blu-ray Review: 'Your Sister's Sister' Sets High Bar for Indie FilmmakingSubmitted by mattmovieman on November 7, 2012 - 10:55am
CHICAGO – Give Lynn Shelton a few days, a dozen crew members, a picturesque cabin and three terrific actors, and just look at what she's capable of making. "Your Sister's Sister" is clearly the work of a filmmaker in full command of her craft. With limited resources and very little time, writer/director Shelton somehow managed to capture a fully realized human drama brimming with richly etched characters and marvelously insightful comedy.
Film Review: 'The Odd Life of Timothy Green' Misses Emotional ConnectionSubmitted by BrianTT on August 15, 2012 - 11:11am
CHICAGO – Peter Hedges' "The Odd Life of Timothy Green" has a warm, gooey center that's admirable in a family movie way but what's around it can't hold together as the lack of focus in the narrative and the rather grating performance from the young man playing its title character causes it to annoy more than entertain.
Film Review: Ben Stiller in 'The Watch' Needs a Better MechanismSubmitted by PatrickMcD on July 27, 2012 - 9:46am
CHICAGO – Star studded, special effects ladened "comedies" featuring aliens should have been put to rest after last year's "Paul." But "The Watch" is here, and it features Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and an odd Richard Ayoade as four suburban neighborhood watch volunteers who end up hunting space men. Yep, right after "Paul."
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