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"I have seen the future and it works," said Lincoln Steffens, a left-wing American journalist, on returning from the Soviet Union in 1919. After a weekend in Venice at a seminar organized by the Italian ambassador to Britain, I found myself struck by the same thought, which is not exactly the reflection that the world's most perfectly preserved medieval city is supposed to inspire. Venice is a clichéd metaphor for "Old Europe" — a sclerotic old continent fixated on its past and now retiring to become a museum society, destined gradually to sink beneath the sea. But should we perhaps be inspired, not depressed, by the thought of Venice, the ultimate "museum city," as a microcosm of Italy and even of Europe as a whole? After all, Venice is still standing, not sinking into the sea, and after 500 years of supposed decline it is still stunningly beautiful. Maybe Italy and Europe, instead of sinking, will also prove their resilience and make a comeback?
An event this week that pointed to this conclusion was the deal on electoral reform announced by Italy's two biggest political parties: Matteo Renzi's governing socialists and the opposition led by Silvio Berlusconi. This pact, which should create stronger majority governments, was significant — not just for Italy but for all of Europe, because quite modest policy reforms would be sufficient to revive the Italian economy and transform economic policy debate across Europe. For example, a broad consensus now exists for moderate labor reforms, for big reductions in the employment tax burden, for dismantling overlapping layers of government bureaucracy and for shifting welfare spending from over-generous pensions to education, training and active measures to help the unemployed. But none of these "supply-side" reforms would achieve useful results unless supported by a stimulus from monetary and fiscal policy.
The European Central Bank understands this, and even the German government's resistance to economic stimulus is eroding. So if a stable and democratically credible Italian government showed willingness to seriously implement supply side programs, the ECB would surely respond with strong measures to expand credit, especially small business loans. And given the importance of small businesses to Italy, an aggressive program of officially-backed SME lending could have a similar electrifying effect on the Italian economy as it did last year in Britain, with government-guaranteed mortgage loans. In turn, a rebound of economic activity in Italy would have big effects on business and financial confidence in Spain, Greece, Portugal and France, as well as quite possibly transforming the German economic policy debate.
In short, a modest change in Italy's electoral arithmetic could produce enormous benefits, perhaps even saving Europe from what looks like inevitable stagnation and terminal decline. Why this disproportion between modest political changes and big economic effects? Because European stagnation and decline are not inevitable at all. Europe's businesses are globally competitive, as evidenced by trade surpluses bigger than Japan's or China's. Europe has caught up with the U.S. in technology, and its infrastructure is generally better. But what Europe needs to restore decent growth and employment is pragmatic political decisions, above all to coordinate macroeconomic stimulus with structural reforms.
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- Calories: 51
- Fat: 0.0g
- Saturated fat: 0.0g
- Monounsaturated fat: 0.0g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.0g
- Protein: 0.0g
- Carbohydrate: 11g
- Fiber: 1g
- Cholesterol: 4mg
- Iron: 0.0mg
- Sodium: 48mg
- Calcium: 14mg
- 2 cups white whole-wheat flour
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 2 tablespoons sparkling sugar
- 1. In a bowl, whisk flour, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat brown sugar and egg until smooth and light, about 5 minutes. Add applesauce and molasses and beat for 3 minutes more. Scrape down sides of bowl. On low speed, gradually beat in flour mixture until just incorporated. Transfer to a clean bowl, cover and refrigerate until firm, at least 2 hours and up to overnight.
- 2. Place racks in top and bottom thirds of oven; preheat to 350ºF. Line 4 large baking sheets with parchment.
- 3. Using a 1-inch cookie scoop, drop dough on baking sheets, 2 inches apart. (Keep remaining dough refrigerated.) Sprinkle tops with sparkling sugar. Bake, switching sheets halfway through, until just set, about 12 minutes. Let cool completely on sheets on wire racks. Slide a small spatula underneath each cookie to lift cleanly off parchment. Repeat with remaining dough and sparkling sugar.
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We hung this outside from a tree (used a hook and a twisting clip); boys loved it (2 & 4) and Dad was able to get in with them too since it will hold up to 250 lbs. It got dirty quickly but if that is a concern, then keep it indoors (have not tried washing it though I believe it is machine washable). The 2y.o. ripped off the velcro 'tie-back' that keeps the 'door' open but that is to be expected (age and inclination)... The lights were a bit tough to hang esp. as had to undo velcro around the top which is nice and tight (how you want it to be) but they really work and the boys have had on at night and the pod has a nice little glow. They like to hang out in there and like that it swings/twists a bit (not a great deal). Some assembly (rods in bottom to make round) req.
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Composer Lembit Beecher was selected as the first Composer in Residence (CIR) in 2011. Lembit is a New York-based composer from Santa Cruz, California.
Born of Estonian and American parents, Beecher's music focuses on themes of storytelling, nature and the immigrant experience. His large-scale composition, And Then I Remember, won the 2010 Opera Vista competition. This piece, which he describes as a "documentary oratorio," combines Estonian folk poetry, classical singing, orchestral writing, and recorded interviews to tell the moving story of his grandmother's World War II flight from her native country. In his proposal for the CIR program, Beecher wrote, "I would like to explore the connection between true stories from people's lives and the fictional stories that they find particularly important."
Gotham Chamber Opera presented the World Premiere of Beecher's opera, I Have No Stories to Tell You, in February 2014 in the Medieval Sculpture Hall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Beecher and librettist Hannah Moscovitch responded to Monteverdi's Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda by focusing on the aftereffects of war. Their 35-minute opera turns from the battlefield to domestic life to tell the story of a photojournalist's return home after extended assignment in the Middle East. Haunted by her experiences and reluctant to discuss them with a husband who no longer seems to understand her, she struggles to readjust to home. The "cleverly devised" work was hailed by The New York Times for its "emotive score" and "moments of arresting tension."
Beecher graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 2002 and holds a Masters of Music in composition from Rice University (2005); he earned his Doctor of Musical Arts in composition from the University of Michigan in 2009.
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I did the math for my neglected lvl 70 lock.
This is how it breaks down:
Current lifetap cost: 1185 health
Current lifetap gain: 1335 mana
New lifetap cost: 1378 health
New life tap gain: 1128 mana
That is a 14% decrease in mana gain for a 15% increase in damage received. Basically that runs down to a 29% decrease in overall casting sustainment. As one of the primary damage dealers in a group that puts a huge amount of slack for the rest of the party to handle. The tank will be fighting longer. The healer healing more. This is no joke of a nerf. Warlocks will be drinking more than hunters in instances now.


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We have successfully used FOG to image around 50 Toshiba NB200s with the latest FOG kernel and Windows 7, however we have come to the last 2 to image and they are Toshiba NB300s. I was hoping that it would "just work" like before but unfortunately I get the following error when it tries to PXE boot:
It just hangs there until I unplug the network cable. I have:Code:
loading fog/images/init.gz.........................ready
[0.276046] tps65010: no chip?
- Updated the BIOS as per some suggestions on Google
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- The NB300 image type, like the NB200 image type, is set to "multiple partition image - single disk"
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Congrats to Tina Fey for winning two Audie Awards Tuesday evening – June 5.
She won Audio Book of the Year and best Biography/Memoir for the narration of her autobiographical comedy Bossypants. If you've not listened to the book, you can rent Bossypants on audio by clicking through to On The Go Books.
In Bossypants, Tina Fey, best known as a writer and actor on both Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock, writes about her time on SNL and her transition to 30 Rock. During this time she's talks about becoming pregnant, the rigors of growing up and how to deal with so many of life's issues that affect women – all with a subtly hilarious outlook on life.
The 2012 event recognized many great authors and narrators. See a list of all Audie Award winners here.
In upcoming posts, we'll feature other winners of the 2012 Audie Awards


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This weekend I went to the dogs' shelter at the areas affected by the floods, in Teresópolis, a city near Rio de Janeiro.
I went there to help take care of the dogs and take some pictures do share and see if we can find new homes to those lost and bruised animals.
It's so sad to see more than 200 dogs bruised and needy of love and attention, and I couldn't do much more than help clean and feed them, I can't adopt another dog, I already have one, and a cat.
I'm really sad with all this thing.
You can see the pictures I took there at this link.
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Besides seeking the right qualifications, you also need to have a lawyer who is familiar with the kind of situation you are in. if you are facing criminal proceedings, you may find that a tax lawyer only adept at assisting businesses plan for tax treatment under qualified to help you. They should have practical experience in dealing with your particular type of challenge. This will ensure better representation and knowledge of the particular laws involved.
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David Beckham: H&M Bodywear Christmas 2012 Campaign
David Beckham makes sure this Christmas is a hot one in new pictures to promote his H&M Bodywear range…
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David Beckham has introduced a number of new items to his Bodywear range for H&M.
They include a hooded morning gown, draw-string pyjama pants, henleys and long johns with padded elbows and knees, ideal for warmth and comfort at this time of year.
Unfortunately David is not available to come and model them around the Christmas tree.
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Plamen Nikolov
Plamen Nikolov received his doctorate from Harvard in 2013. His research interests are broadly in applied microeconomics with focus on education, health and savings behavior.
His current theoretical work examines the interplay between time and risk preference in the context of technology adoption patterns. His current empirical work focuses on the significance of cognitive capital: the effect of micronutrient deficiency in utero and subsequent household behavioral responses in Africa. Plamen also focuses on the economics of infectious diseases, and its interaction with decisions about labor supply and educational investments. Plamen has been part of a research team, under Lawrence Katz at the Economics Department and the National Bureau of Economic Research, overseeing a randomized housing mobility experiment Moving-to-Opportunity (MTO). The MTO study exploits random assignment in the receipt of Section 8 vouchers in the U.S. in attempt to quantify the effect of poor neighborhoods on individual economic, criminal and health outcomes.
Plamen holds an MA in International Economics and International Relations from Johns Hopkins University (SAIS) and a AB in Mathematics/Economics. His hobbies include long-distance running, biking and tennis.


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Frequently in the course of Diderot's novel Jacques le fataliste et son maître, reference is made to the grand rouleau or to the fact that Jacques believes that all human activity is écrit là-haui. These two phrases are key formulations of the fatalism in the novel's title. In the eighteenth-century debate on the origins of human knowledge and morality, much of it concerned with biology, we can locate Diderot's thought in reference to the opinions expressed, for example, in Helvétius's De I'homme, La Mettrie's L'Homme-Machine, Condillac's statue, Locke's metaphor of the tabula rasa, and Spinoza's doctrine of the one infinite substance and the need to see things sub specie aeternitatis. In passages like those concerning la fibre or la molécule paternelle in the Neveu de Rameau or the slow, incremental progression from species to species in the Rive de d'Alembert, Diderot suggests a version of biological determinism in which what will happen is already inscribed, written out, as it were, on the great scroll of physical inheritance. Future actions are already present in the propensities and possibilities of the nascent organism. Diderot's imaginative biological speculations have adumbrated a number of modem notions, most especially those concerning the role of genes, and his fatalism is an intuitive, embryonic version of the "nature versus nurture" issue in modem pedagogy.
Recommended Citation
Conroy Jr, Peter V.
"Jacques's Fatal Freedom,"
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*Please note: this month's Essential Cinema screening will take place on Wednesday evening, rather than Tuesday.
Part of our Essential Cinema series. See classic art films the way they were meant to be seen - with an audience, on the big screen!
Celebrate the 100th birthday of the late, great Burt Lancaster with one of his greatest roles in one of the greatest Hollywood films of the 1950s!
"The main incentive to see this movie is its witty, pungent and idiomatic dialogue, such as you never hear on the screen anymore in this age of special-effects illiteracy." – Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
"A cookie full of arsenic … its pleasures are almost obscenely abundant." – AO Scott, New York Times
"With some of the sharpest dialogue ever cut in Hollywood, only on the most superficial level is this a movie about gossip and publicity. We're talking show business. We're talking America. We're talking cast-iron classic." – Colin Kennedy, Empire Magazine
In Sweet Smell of Success, one of the nastiest, most delightfully acid-tongued indictments of the press ever burned onto the silver screen, a black-hearted Broadway gossip columnist (Burt Lancaster) schools a desperate young press agent (Tony Curtis) in the fine art of corruption, and the result is a noir-tinged tragedy of Shakespearean proportions. Famed Hollywood screenwriter Ernest Lehman (North by Northwest, West Side Story) drew upon his own experiences as a Broadway press agent to write the infamously lacerating short story "Tell Me About Tomorrow," which he then adapted into an equally-vicious screenplay with the help of playwright Clifford Odets. The ironically titled drama Sweet Smell of Success, directed by British filmmaker Alexander MacKendrick (The Ladykillers), is a damning portrait of human nature gone sour, a unique noir/thriller/melodrama hybrid fueled by Lehman and Odets' gloriously syncopated dialogue, which is so mercilessly cutting it leaves the impression that every word is etched in sulfuric acid.
Hollywood legend Burt Lancaster, following up his Oscar-nominated role in From Here to Eternity, dominates the film as the ruthless, iron-willed New York gossip columnist JJ Hunsecker (a character modeled after real-life gossip writer Walter Winchell), a man so corrupted by power that he happily destroys both friends and enemies alike from behind his table at Club 21. When fast-talking, opportunistic young press agent Sydney Falco (played by up-and-coming star Tony Curtis) falls under JJ's merciless spell, he becomes an all-too-willing willing pawn who carries out his mentor's every dirty deed with eager relish, that is until things go just a bit too far. While Success did not initially smell success at the box office, it is now regarded as the very model of street-smart cinematic cynicism. The electric performances of the stars are matched by taut direction, the jazzy score of Elmer Bernstein, and the evocative nocturnal camerawork of James Wong Howe, who beautifully captures all of the seedy and seductive charms of 1950s Manhattan nightlife. Simply put, this is one of the most enjoyably unpleasant films ever made. (Alexander MacKendrick, 1957, USA, 96 mins., Not Rated) Digital


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Haribol Asprng_vaishnav,
in answer to your question, it is approved by Prabhupada himself…!!!
Whenever hatha-yoga is done in the service to attract people to Krishna Conscioussnes, it is a good thing to do, people got interested and danced and chanted the Holy Name there in L.A….and don't you have a good time at a circus, well, this is a transcendental circus, Krishna's circus, nothing wrong with that.
Your apiring servant,
Bhakta Erik.
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Great piece and Interactive Map
Nice piece of work, and a great resource…
Hopefully, this will be available somewhere we we can "always" get to it.
Can't understand why there are not more financial services fundings as that's really where the money is. Imagine an Internet company that disintermediates the underwriter from an IPO. Whoa! Probably too much money there for a VC to handle…Might make their other investments look pale. Oh well…MediaShares.com
Nice to see the wealth spreading — surprising to see how much was invested outside the usual poles.
I noticed when looking at Portland OR, that an item from Portland ME was included.
It would be interesting to see if ROI short term and long term on these investments have a regional bias. I have ground level work in venture backed firms on both coasts and now in the midwest. A very different perception of value exists in each of these areas. I have wondered several times if this perceptual difference is reflected in the financial returns.
If your team can use this mapping effort as a basis to explore that, I suspect it would be interesting to a wider audience.
I find it hard to believe that Tulsa and OKC did not get ANY venture capital?
WilliamTheArtist: I wondered that, too, but there were no Oklahoma deals listed in the first six months this year.
Great resource – thank you for sharing your efforts. Any plans for quarterly data refresh?
Just viewed on Linkedin. Wonderful to know who is getting what and what purpose. I wonder what percentage yeilded the largest return for being the highest risks? Thank you and I look forward to the next six months and see how that shakes out. Best, Thomas.
This is usefu,. Even more useful would be to know "what kind of startups are attracting most of the funding?" – some sort of ranking would be helpful.
Hi there! Quick question that's entirely off topic. Do you know how to make your site mobile friendly? My web site looks weird when viewing from my apple iphone. I'm trying to find a theme or plugin that might be able to fix this issue. If you have any recommendations, please share. Many thanks!
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Spaghetti with Quick Meat Sauce
Hallie Burton
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 486
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated fat: 4g
- Monounsaturated fat: 7g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 2g
- Protein: 30g
- Carbohydrate: 65g
- Fiber: 7g
- Cholesterol: 49mg
- Iron: 7mg
- Sodium: 628mg
- Calcium: 168mg
- 8 ounces uncooked spaghetti
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 3/4 pound ground sirloin
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes, undrained
- 1/2 cup fresh chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1. Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion, carrots, and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, for 8-10 minutes or until soft.
- 2. Increase the heat to medium-high. Add the ground sirloin, salt, and pepper; cook, breaking up the ground sirloin with a spoon, for 4-5 minutes or until ground sirloin is no longer pink. Add tomatoes, and simmer, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes or until the sauce thickens. Stir in the parsley.
- 3. Serve pasta with the sauce, and sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese.
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What do you all think AJ Smith has planned for Mike Tolbert?
Tolbert is the vulture down at the goal line and is used as our 3rd down back on offense. He is a much better blocker in the pass game than Ryan Mathews is and is good insurance if Mathews goes down with an injury (and that happens too often). There will be other teams that will be looking to add the bruising back onto their roster and he could find more playing time with other teams.
Should he be one of the players that the Chargers work to re-sign? Will other teams interest raise up his price tag?
As for my opinion, Tolbert won't be worth the possible price tag for another season. Our depth at the position is thin, but I am sure that we can find another big bodied back that can chug for a couple of yards per carry.
He is the 3rd-down back on this team only because we lost Darren Sproles. He was the only option that we had on the team. He is not a threat to gain a big chunk of yards on 3rd down, but he is the best pass blocking back that was available.
Sometimes I even question his ability to get the job done in short yardage. On short yardage runs, he can only take the ball up the middle because he doesn't have the wheels to bounce it outside. The defense usually stacks the middle of the field on short yardage situations on him and clog all the holes.
There should be a few options available in free agency that we could bring in that could be the 3rd-down back that we need (Justin Forsett, Steve Slaton, Jerious Norwood) OR someone to be the vulture down at the goal line (LeRon McClain). They would probably come at a cheaper price than keeping Tolbert around.
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Hit Parade [Box Set] (2007)
by Paul Weller
Teenage rock & rollers often don't last. Certainly, they rarely keep performing into middle age, but Paul Weller has never been ordinary. From the ... Show synopsis Teenage rock & rollers often don't last. Certainly, they rarely keep performing into middle age, but Paul Weller has never been ordinary. From the outset, Weller was different -- too tense, too difficult to fit into the crowd even when he was the most popular musician in Britain, as he was when he led the Jam at the turn of the '80s. That ornery side gave his music an edge and also gave it a riveting humanity that earned him a passionate, devoted audience who stuck with him through a roller coaster of ups and downs in his career, from his abrupt disbandment of the Jam to form the slick, soulful Style Council to his comeback as the trad-rocking Modfather in the '90s. It's one of the great careers of the post-punk era, and the four-disc 2006 box set Hit Parade is the first attempt to tell it in its entirety, from the bright, brilliant early years of the Jam to his role as an elder statesman in the new millennium. Given the great wealth of music that Weller made during these three decades, the compilers picked the simplest and best solution to whittling down his rich, complicated career to the basics: they picked the A-sides of all of his British singles. This means that there are great songs left behind -- whether it's the Jam B-side "Tales from the Riverbank" or the soulful "Can You Heal Us (Holy Man)" from Wild Wood -- but that's the nature of hits compilations: great songs get left behind. What's impressive with Hit Parade is not what's absent but what's present, which is not only enough to make a case for Weller's strengths as a songwriter and restless rocker, but which helps explain the transitions in his career in a way that may be revelatory even for longtime fans. For instance, in this context the stylized café-soul of the Style Council seems like a natural outgrowth of the high-octane Motown-pop of the last Jam singles, and while it's hard to argue that the Style Council didn't drift in its latter years, it's easier to hear how revitalized Weller was as a solo artist when "Into Tomorrow" follows the fallow final gasps of the Council. Then again, by trimming his career down to the singles, the weak patches in his career aren't as evident: even when Weller's albums were patchy, the singles were often strong, and when they're taken together they aren't just an enjoyable, exciting listen, they tell one of the greatest stories in rock history, one that provides revelations even to those who have been with him since the beginning. And that's what makes Hit Parade a truly great box set. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi


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I'm sitting at home waiting to get picked up and Ed is late so I'm on my fifth whisky & ginger and then the phone rings and it's Ed and he says we're fucked because Charlie Potatoes got stabbed to death outside Quinto's Wine Lodge last night and then he hangs up.
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Temporary Things by U.V. Ray
In the club Ian had some blonde straddling him. On the black leather bench seat that ran the full length of the wall each side of him couples' were either fucking with theatrical revelry or in various stages of reckless foreplay. As the blonde rode Ian he saw over her shoulder that through the murk of hazy spotlights Erin was navigating a route towards him. Ian eased the blonde off his lap, "Sorry," he made a gesture at Erin, whose petite frame stood there completely naked apart from her high red stilettos. "Girlfriend problems," he joked. The blonde Continue reading
Something Wonderful by U.V. Ray
Come Monday morning Steve Kowalski doubted he'd have a job to go back to. Before his meeting with Lola and Dom today he went down town and wandered about for a little while. He went in the coffee shop, the one near the flea market where the repulsively ugly head-barista had bug eyes and a receding chin that disappeared into his neck, devolving into rolls of fleshy, pink fat. The ugly swine was enough to put you off your coffee. Disappointingly, the pretty waitress wasn't on duty as an antidote. Kowalski found a table over in the corner and Continue reading
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Where Are the Assassins? by U.V.Ray
I trace the outline of Elena's face, running my fingertip down her delicate nose and along her slim jaw line. She is young and the texture of her skin flawless, like a pebble on the beach made smooth by the sea. She has not a single line or a scar or blemish, except for the pretty freckles speckling her cheeks. She is the colour of coffee and cream. Her sleeping head with its auburn hair cascading like a waterfall on the pillow next to me; she is truly the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. I like watching Elena as she sleeps. Sometimes when I can't sleep I lie listening to the soft rhythm of her breathing; attuning my own with hers, until I begin to drift off.
Writers Interview June 2010 – U.V. Ray & Richard Godwin
Jason Michel talks to the irrepressible U.V. Ray
Q1: Hey, u.v.ray. Tell the readers a bit about yourself.
I was a child prodigy. By the time I was just 6 years old I was already well on my way to inventing a self-stirring saucepan. I tell you, if I could have solved the problem of the melting rubber band I'd have been a millionaire today. As it stands, I dropped out of school at the age of 15 without any qualifications and spent the 80's and 90's drifting around the backstreet bars and clubs of Birmingham City. Several of my friends from that era are dead. But I don't remember anything with any real clarity, I mean a lot of crap went under the bridge. But I think I had a good run and I'd do it all over again if I was younger. None of us had shit to our names but at least everyone seemed to be trying to do something; either form bands, make films or, in my case, be a writer. I would ask behind the bar for a pen and write on torn up beer mats and cigarette packets and the likes.


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A championship has eluded Cory Redding, dating back to his days as a teenager.
He got close once with his high school team at North Shore in Houston, where the veteran defensive end was teammates with fellow Baltimore Raven and backup center Andre Gurode.That team got to the semifinals of the state playoffs but lost to a squad from San Antonio. For Redding, he still thinks about that season and how close they were to getting a ring.
"We often talk about that game because that was the closest we've ever been to a championship, in high school," Redding said. "And I was a few plays away from making a big bowl game in college."
Redding attended the University of Texas from 1999-2002, but never played for a team that reached a BCS bowl game. The Longhorns played in two Holiday Bowls and two Cotton Bowls.
Detroit drafted Redding in the third round of the 2003 draft, which led to a lot of losing from his rookie year until the infamous 2008 season when the Lions finished 0-16. Redding was then traded to Seattle and spent 2009 on a Seahawks unit that floundered to a 5-11 record.
Mired in a career filled with more losses than wins, Redding jumped to Baltimore when he had the chance before the 2010 season. His playoff appearance last year was the first of his NFL career, and his first postseason game since college.
With another shot at a deep run this year, Redding knows he can't take these games for granted.
"Having the chance to continue to fight for what you've always been dreaming of, hoisting that trophy over your head, is a privilege and an honor," Redding said.
Redding has put up his best stats since 2006, when he tallied 48 tackles, eight sacks and two forced fumbles. This season, he's racked up 43 tackles and 4.5 sacks, though he's played on an injured ankle of late.
He said the bye this past week helped rest the injured ankle as well as many of his teammates' lingering ailments.
The Ravens will host the Texans, Redding's hometown team, this Sunday, though Redding grew up watching the Oilers, who are now the Tennessee Titans. Redding said he had to put his phone away last weekend because once Houston defeated Cincinnati, family and friends from back home began calling and texting him nonstop.
Redding, like a lot of veteran Ravens players, have more of their playing days behind them than in front. Sure, there's always a sense of urgency no matter what year it is for a professional athlete. But time is of an essence, especially in the NFL.
"Two out of my first three years in the league I went to the NFC Championship game," said center Matt Birk, who began his career with Minnesota in 1998. "At that time, I probably didn't know what it meant or just how precious it was. And I haven't been back since. So we have this opportunity in front of us to be in the playoffs and be in the second round now. You certainly don't take it for granted, and as you get closer to the end, it just becomes that more precious."
For Redding, it's about seizing the opportunity this postseason, since it's impossible to tell how many more there will be.
"I'm telling everyone to just take every day, soak everything in and don't take this thing for granted, because we don't know when the next time we're going to be here," Redding said. "It's a tough league, and right now, we're just enjoying the moment and preparing as hard as we can to get ready for this game."


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International Victories
(6): 2005 South Carolina Senior Open. 2007 South Carolina Senior Open, Patriot Invitational. 2008 North Florida PGA Senior Open Championship, South Carolina Senior Open, Patriot Invitational.
Other Victories
(3): 1993 Greater Erie Charity Golf Classic. 2005 Grapefruit Open. 2006 Grapefruit Open.
2010 Champions Tour Money and Position
$116,950 (36)
2010 Champions Tour Best Finishes
4-- Allianz Championship.
Champions Tour Best Round
66 at Round 3, Allianz Championship.
Champions Tour Highlights
Improved by one stroke each day at the Allianz Championship, and final-round 66 moved him into a solo-fourth finish at the Old Course at Broken Sound. Showing in Boca Raton was his best on the Champions Tour since finishing second to Jeff Sluman at the 2009 Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach.
Career Best Champions Tour Finishes
2-- Charles Schwab Cup Championship, The ACE Group Classic, Regions Charity Classic, Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach.
Career Highlights
2009: Took full advantage of his first full season as an exempt player on the Champions Tour...Surpassed his previous year's effort, earning a career-best $1,120,812 and moved up seven spots on the final money list, to 12th...Had several chances to win his first tournament, playing in the final grouping on Sunday four times...Matched his best career Champions Tour finish when he was second to Loren Roberts at The ACE Group Classic. Was the 36-hole leader and was on top midway through the back nine Sunday before losing by one stroke when Roberts made birdie on three of the last four holes...Claimed another second-place finish when he finished three strokes behind Keith Fergus at the rain-shortened Regions Charity Classic in May near Birmingham. Shared the lead with Fergus at 10-under-par when second-round play was halted Saturday but was unable to make a birdie over his final four holes to fall three shy of Fergus, who built on his lead over his final nine holes...Third second-place effort came at the Walmart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach. Was one of only two players (Fred Funk) in the field to post three consecutive sub-par rounds. A final-round 70 left him two strokes back of Jeff Sluman...Was T4 at the Triton Financial Classic in June in Texas. Started the final round just one behind eventual winner Bernhard Langer and remained close after nine holes Sunday. However, a disastrous stretch of back-nine holes proved his downfall as he dropped five strokes in a five-hole stretch....For the second straight year, was T2 after 36 holes at the 3M Championship but could only manage a final-round 72 to finish 10th...Played in the final group on Sunday at the Administaff Small Business Classic but a final-round 74 at The Woodlands dropped him into a T10 near Houston...His 49 sub-par rounds last year ranked him T2 behind Jeff Sluman's 51...Had just 20 putts in the second round of the JELD-WEN Tradition, the fewest in any round by a player in 2009. 2008: Was perhaps the biggest surprise among competitiors on the 2008 Champions Tour. After claiming co-medalist honors at the 2007 National Qualifying Tournament, took full advantage of his opportunities via open qualifying to eventually finish 19th on the final money list, with $1,022,061. Open-qualified a total of eight times and finished in the top 10 in half of those, earning him a spot in the next full-field event...Strong early showings also allowed him to earn berths in the Senior PGA Championship (T9) and the Senior British Open (T5), where he also finished in the top 10...Capped his remarkable year by finishing in second place at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship...Recorded 10 top-10 finishes during the year in 22 starts...Made a quick impression when he open qualified and finished T8 at The ACE Group Classic in February...Quickly qualified for three more events the following month and was T9 in the third at The Cap Cana Championship, where he shot rounds of 68-69 on the weekend...Took advantage of two more open-qualifying opportunities to contend and finish T4 at the Commerce Bank Championship and did likewise at the 3M Championship, where he was fourth. Was in contention throughout the Minnesota event, playing in the final grouping for the first time on the Champions Tour and got within two strokes of eventual winner R.W. Eaks, midway through the back nine Sunday. Played the final three holes in 3-over (bogey, double bogey, par) to fall back...Continued his strong play the following week at the Senior British Open, where he posted successsive 68s on the weekend to finish T5 at Royal Troon...Was T8 at the AT&T Championship after posting three consecutive rounds in the 60s at Oak Hills...Competed on a limited basis on the Sunbelt Senior Tour as well and posted wins at the Citrus Open and the South Carolina Senior Open. It was his third victory in in the last four years at the South Carolina Senior Open.
His parents got him started in the game as a two-year-old...Father (Gene) is golf professional in the Orlando area...His two favorite courses on the Champions Tour are the Punta Espada GC at Cap Cana and TPC Snoqualmie Ridge...Says his favorite golf foursome would include his father, daughter and Al Besselink...Favorite athlete is Tom Watson...If he weren't playing golf, says he'd like to be a sports psychologist.


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When I first met Hollie and Link, I knew they were going to be so much fun to work with. From their Disneyland engagement session to the crazy dance party at their wedding reception, these two were a joy to photograph. Anyone who knows Link and Hollie will agree with me when I say that these two were meant for each other. I love that you can see their personalities shining through in the images. For many people (especially those who aren't comfortable being photographed) doing an engagement session has a HUGE impact on how comfortable you'll be while being photographed on your wedding day. If you're worried about looking unnatural in your wedding photos, the best thing you can do is get in front of the camera before your big day. Plus, hanging out at the engagement session gives us a chance to get to know each other so on the wedding day I'm not some random stranger with a camera who you hired 12 months ago :) Here's a little teaser from Hollie and Link's wedding!
You MUST check out their stellar wedding video Chriss did an awesome job on it! Also gotta give a shout out to my amazeballs 2nd photographer Steve Hoffmann!
You would never guess that they are spinning around in the middle of the street!
As you can see, Hollie & Link's bridal party has as much enthusiasm as they did.
St. Johns Lutheran is such a beautiful church. Almost looks like it belongs in Europe.
There was a small pocket of this very flattering, golden sunlight coming through on the side walkway of The Villa.
Hollie's paper bouquet was so cool & unique! And a cookie cake?! Omg, I'm salivating just thinking about it…
Hollie and her beautiful bridesmaids…
Did I mention that Link is a male model? (jk) But he could be with a head shot like this!
The reception started to get a little wild towards the end of the night.
Some of the guests egging on their friends who are being photographed at the wedding photo booth.
Whenever someone hires us to do the photo booth, we have a separate photographer who takes the photos and prints out copies for the guests. Our printer prints a nice, big 4×6 photograph in 14 seconds!
Ceremony Venue: St. John's Lutheran Church, Orange
Reception Venue: The Villa, Westminster
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Herman B. Leonard
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Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard is the Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and the George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Public Sector Management at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He teaches extensively in executive programs at the Business School and the Kennedy School and around the world in the areas of general organizational strategy, governance, performance management, crisis management and leadership, and corporate social responsibility. He currently serves as faculty chair of the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management and Governing for Nonprofit Excellence Executive Education programs.
V. Kasturi Rangan
Faculty Co-Chair
V. Kasturi "Kash" Rangan is the Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing at Harvard Business School, where he served as chair of the Marketing Department from 1998-2002. He has taught in a wide variety of MBA courses, including the core first-year Marketing course and the second-year electives Business Marketing and Channels-to-Market. He has also taught marketing in the School's Advanced Management Program for senior managers. He currently co-teaches the second-year MBA elective course, Business at the Base of the Pyramid. Additionally, he is faculty chair of the Corporate Social Responsibility Executive Education program and teaches in a number of other focused executive programs, including Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management.
Laura U. Moon
Laura Moon joined Harvard Business School as Director of the Social Enterprise Initiative in 2005. She oversees the Initiative's strategic and operational goals, including MBA student programming, alumni outreach, executive education programming, and social enterprise faculty research and curriculum support. Laura received her BA from Harvard College and her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she served as student co-chair of the Public Management Program. Prior to joining HBS, she led a nonprofit pro bono management consulting organization, and worked as a marketing and strategy consultant serving medium and small-sized firms in the nonprofit, management consulting, and high-tech industries.
Margot Dushin
Director of Programs
Margot Dushin joined the Social Enterprise Initiative in 1996. Margot plays a principal role in the Social Enterprise Initiative's MBA Program activities, working with prospective and current students interested in social enterprise, leading social enterprise field-based and career efforts, and helping practitioners interact with students in a variety of ways in order to meet their organizations' goals. Before joining Social Enterprise, she worked in the School's Marketing and Communications Office on publishing and technology projects. She graduated from Syracuse University with a dual degree in communications and English literature.
Keri Santos
Assistant Director
Keri Santos manages the Social Enterprise Executive Education programs, which are designed to provide practitioners with opportunities to enhance their management, governance, and entrepreneurial capabilities and to achieve high performance in their organizations. She also serves as the Initiative's business manager. Before joining HBS, Keri developed and managed a portfolio of educational internship and fellowship programs for the Environmental Careers Organization (ECO), a Boston-based nonprofit. Keri received a BA in Sociology from Cornell University.
Harley Gillen
Harley Gillen helps support the core activities of the Social Enterprise Initiative related to the MBA program. Before joining Harvard Business School, she worked in the Alumni Relations Office at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. Harley graduated from the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis with a BSBA degree in 2007.


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I have very strong feelings about how bands should behave at shows. It is my feeling that the performance is only a fraction of the appearance. Time should also be spent, especially at small venues like Soda Bar or the Casbah, "shaking hands and kissing babies" as they say in politics. It leaves a huge impression on the audience if a band takes the time to meet and greet fans before and after shows.
Occasionally, however, there are exceptions to this rule. This Thursday at the Casbah would be one of those nights, when the Orwells of Elmhurst, Ill. roll through town. You see, the band is made up of Mario, Grant, Dominick and Matt, and they are all only 17 years old, which means they'll be waiting outside before their performance and quickly ushered out when they're done.
The high schoolers perform what could fall in the vein of punk or garage, and their songs are about things one would expect from high school boys. The question will be whether they can pull off their sound live. By the grit of their hit, "Mallrats (La La La)," my guess is they'll do just fine. If you want autographs, however, you'll have to meet the band at their van.
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Funeral arrangements have been made for the four teenagers killed Thursday night in the deadly crash that took their lives and sent the driver of the stolen vehicle to the hospital.
The father of three of the teenagers, Marc Hampton, says his sons and their friend got into the stolen car because a van from " Youth Alive" was full. He says his sons and their friend did not know the driver personally and were good kids who did well in school, were never in trouble and never out running the streets; the kind of kids everybody wants.
16-year-old twins Jemar and Demar Claybrooks and their 14-year-old brother Marc Claybrooks, Jr. were killed, along with their friend 15-year-old Arron Shields. The 16-year-old driver of the stolen vehicle ran from police, and after a short 5-block chase, crashed the car into a tree at 1st and Hill Streets.
Hampton said, "My kids didn't know this boy; no more than you know someone at the gym you see exercising everyday; for them to be like we were friends, no."
Visitation for the three Claybrooks' brothers will be Monday night, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Lampton Baptist Church, at Fourth and Breckenridge Streets, downtown.
Their funeral will be at the church on Tuesday morning at 11:00 a-m.
The visitation for Aaron Shields is Christmas night, Thursday, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at New Zion Baptist Church. His funeral is Friday at 11:00 a.m. at St. Stephen Baptist Church.
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Trying to find stock footage of the Reichstag fire:
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You may wonder why theres no question mark with the heading Farm Friendly, as I now refer to the Environmental Protection Agency. EPA has not, after all, been perceived as friendly, to farms. (or any other entity) But Living in Rural Michigan is what this commentary is all about, and theres a lot of farming associated with life in rural Michigan. EPA has been at the forefront of the Agricultural mind for a long time, for one reason or another. Environmentalists often embrace conservation, at least in concept - - at least in theory. But when it comes to farming and ranching, which is hand-in-glove with conservation, there comes what seems to be a disengagement.
For example - - what motivated EPA to seek to redefine the Clean Water Act? Agriculture, it seemed to me, was pretty well on board with that, as it made reference to Navigable waterways. There was a lot of fuss from time to time, about livestock wading in rivers, breaking down the banks, fouling the water and so on. Farm field fertilizer runoff caught a lot of flak, too, although it took the blame for a lot of lawn fertilizer that came from other than agriculture.
Well, anyway, here comes the reinterpretation of that part of the Clean Water Act that refers to navigable waters, large creeks that lead to rivers, down which barges float to seaports. Now were not talking about navigable. Were now talking about surface waters. Laura Campbell, manager of the agricultural ecology department at Michigan Farm Bureau says the rule, as it now stands, would permit EPA to regulate practically any surface water feature as though it were a protected wetland, to include drainage ditches, low spots in fields that collect water during heavy rains, and even temporary streams that carry water only in the spring, as in snowmelt runoff. Its the kind of thing that could require farmers to obtain federal permits to carry out some of the most basic, routine activities, such as cropland preparation, nutrient application, and pest control.
Its not a done deal - - not yet. In fact, the new deadline for comment before the final ruling, has been extended four months - - until October 20th.
Now why, you might ask yourself, since EPA was about to rewrite the rule without so much as a nod from the President, or a nod of acknowledgment to Congress, would EPA just decide to extend the comment period. Maybe because Administrator Gina McCarthy has realized the concept is ridiculous? Not likely; her deputy administrator says the proposed new rule is only a clarification of existing language, and would have no major effect on agriculture.
Anyway, the extra four months does give farmers - - and anybody else who wants to comment, that extra time
Michigan Farm Bureau members can comment through the Legislative Action Center; non-members can comment on the EPA website.
Karl Guenther is a retired Kalamazoo farm broadcaster and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com . He is a member of Michigan Farm Bureau and an emeritus member of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting. (accompanying picture is a screen capture from YouTube)


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More than a millennium after it sailed the seas, the remnants of the longest Viking warship ever discovered have traveled to London's British Museum. The 120-foot wooden longboat discovered on the banks of a fjord in Denmark in 1997 is the centerpiece of Vikings: Life and Legend, which runs March 6 through June 22. The ship has been dated to about 1025 and may have been used by Cnut the Great, who ruled a Viking empire taking in England, Denmark and Norway.
Details: www.britishmuseum.org.
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MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Researchers in Madison will try to find out why over 3,000 blackbirds died in Arkansas.
Folks in Beebe Arkansas spent the New Year's weekend cleaning up, after the red-winged birds fell out of the sky and collapsed. Officials are still not sure why it happened.
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From Paula's Best Dishes Episode: Keepin' It Southern
5 stars based on 7 Reviews
Servings: 4 to 6
Prep Time: 25 min
Cook Time: 1 hour
Difficulty: Easy
1 to 1 1/2 pounds smoked turkey wings or necks
2 quarts chicken broth or water
1 teaspoon hot sauce, such as Paula Deen Hot Sauce
1 teaspoon Paula Deen's House Seasoning, recipe follows
One 1-pound bunch collards, center ribs removed, leaves cut into 1/2-inch strips
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter
1 1/2 cups cornmeal
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 small onion, minced
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
Paula Deen's House Seasoning:
1 cup salt
1/4 cup black pepper
1/4 cup garlic powder
For the collards: In a large pot, combine the turkey wings, broth, hot sauce (add more if you desire) and House Seasoning; simmer for 20 minutes. Add the collards and cook, stirring occasionally, until they are tender, about 20 minutes more. Stir in the butter. Using a slotted spoon or tongs, remove the turkey wings and discard. Transfer the collards to individual serving bowls, cover them with foil and keep warm. Reserve 1/2 cup of the liquid for the dumplings and reserve the rest of the cooking liquid in the pot.
For the dumplings: Combine the cornmeal, flour, onions, salt and pepper in a bowl. Stir in the 1/2 cup reserved collard liquid into the dry ingredients until just combined to form a thick batter.
Bring the collard broth back up to a boil and drop the dumpling batter into it, 1 teaspoon at a time. Simmer until cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes. Cook's Note: Do not use a spoon to stir. Gently shake the pot back and forth. Using a spoon will tear the dumplings apart.
Transfer the dumplings to the bowls of collards. Spoon some of the broth over the collards and dumplings and serve hot.
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Mix the salt, pepper and garlic together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.
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IAC/InterActiveCorp, parent to Ask.com and Citysearch, announced plans to acquire reviews-based local search provider Insider Pages. IAC is not sharing the details, but TechCrunch puts the purchase price at $13 million, which should cover the $10 million VCs have invested in the company.
Insider Pages has been struggling to compete in the competitive local search space, and a sale had been rumored for some time, amidst layoffs and dwindling traffic.
Insider Pages has about 600,000 user reviews, which will be integrated into the Citysearch's offering, as well as 2.5 million monthly unique readers, based on Comscore and internal tracking numbers, according to VentureBeat.
IAC will retain the Insider Pages brand identity and positioning, using its reviews to strengthen and complement Citysearch. Insider Pages will move its current operations and team to Citysearch's San Francisco office.
More details in this ClickZ News story.
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HINDS COUNTY, MS (WLBT) - The case of a burglary suspect who died after reports he was beaten by police is now being investigated by the FBI.
Sources tell WLBT News that John Bridges, 48, broke into a church in south Jackson last Thursday.
He then led officers on a high speed chase and was eventually stopped in Pearl.
After Pearl Police subdued Bridges, he was taken to the Hinds County Jail in Raymond.
He was so badly injured, officers there refused to accept him until he was taken to UMC.
Bridges was booked sometime later, but transferred back to the hospital, where he died Monday night.
An autopsy is set to be conducted Tuesday night to determine the cause of death.
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Tales Alive! Book Discussion and Craft Session
Published on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 11:33am
For thousands of years, birds have been a source of joy and amazement. Listen to the retelling of three folktales inspired by birds from around the world. Story time includes related craft.
Recommended ages: 7-11.
Eleven free copies available. Receive your free copy at the children's room reference desk.
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Kirtland Community College shall provide the opportunity for students to participate in a variety of federal, state, and institutional financial aid programs. Selection of participants is based on demonstrated need as determined by federal, state, and institutional financial aid guidelines. Student financial aid includes grants, scholarships, student employment and loans.
Institutional scholarships are the only source of financial aid entirely funded by the college. The President's cabinet, acting upon the recommendations of the scholarship committee, will be responsible for providing an institutional scholarship program which promotes the recruitment and retention of students, as well as assisting students in meeting their demonstrated financial need.
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cake: eating it (with monkeys)
A sock monkey wedding gown.
Maybe a prom dress? You certainly wouldn't wear this to do the laundry.
How fine, how amazing.
Mmm hmm.
Blogger has been eating my posts and my comments elsewhere.
Why do I have a Mac laptop?
I WISH I had a laptop that I could actually use... but no, crippled with one I can barely turn on. Not that I am too good at turning on much of anything, let alone engaging in some sort of relevant activity.
I had a perfectly adequate post ruminating on the sorts of people who are able to carry off "themed" weddings. It was just devoured by MacBlogger. Oh well. I guess that is my literary critic? A technological disconnect.
Well, I get a kick out of carefully planned weddings, especially ones with a theme.
Most specifically:
a sock monkey wedding. This idea delights me. The groom would wear a monkey suit. Guests would be served the lovely monkey cake pictured at right (from Confetti Cakes).
Sock Monkey Dreams is a book from the Red Heel Sock Monkey Shelter. Haven't seen it, but I would like too! A lovely set of wedding photos from a "real" sock monkey ceremony posted at Sadie Lou, a creator/refurbisher of sock monkeys.
No, I am not being sarcastic. I like sock monkeys. Had a most sincere post on this topic.
MacBlogger ate it.
Anyhow, here is a public service announcement.
Well, kinda sorta.
A recipe, one that will heal whatever ails you.
My family's secret to happiness: cake is better than chicken soup.
There is one special cake, that my family made pretty often.
My daddy would whip this up. Mama, most often, or, not infrequently, my sister and/or my brother and/or me. Sometimes a collaboration, sometimes a solitary effort. Always appreciated, by the family. A yummy cake.
This cake is delicious! After a few days, it does NOT get stale, just more flavorful. Very moist, very yummy.
(If you hate raisins or walnuts, just omit them. If you hate oranges, well, then you are hopelessly weird and should not eat this cake. It has vitamin C.)
The cake recipe posted here won the Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off competition in 1950 and Mrs. Wuebel recieved the $25,000 Grand Prize. The contest is still going strong, but now the winner gets a cool one million dollars plus a whole bunch of appliances. A recent winner was Baked Chicken and Spinich Stuffing. Yuck, ingredients include Pillsbury Dunkables Frozen Waffle Sticks with chicken and spinich. I would rather eat cake...
Orange Kiss-Me Cake
Grand Prize Winner by Mrs. Peter Wuebel, Redwood City, California
Serving Size: 1/16 of Recipe
Calories 270 Calories from Fat 90
1 orange
1 cup raisins
1/3 cup walnuts
2 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose or Unbleached Flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1/2 cup margarine or butter, softened, or shortening
2 eggs
Reserved 1/3 cup orange juice
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
1 . Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 13x9-inch pan. Squeeze orange, reserving 1/3 cup juice for topping; remove seeds. In blender container, food processor bowl with metal blade or food mill, grind together orange peel and pulp, raisins and 1/3 cup walnuts. Set aside.
2 . Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. In large bowl, combine flour and all remaining cake ingredients at low speed until moistened; beat 3 minutes at medium speed. Stir in orange-raisin mixture. Pour batter into greased and floured pan.
3 . Bake at 350°F. for 35 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Drizzle reserved 1/3 cup orange juice over warm cake in pan.
4 . In small bowl, combine 1/3 cup sugar and cinnamon; mix well. Stir in 1/4 cup walnuts; sprinkle over cake. Cool 1 hour or until completely cooled.