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The recipe is an Spiced Apple Cider Champagne Cocktail and sounds perfect for the holidays coming up. I look forward to trying it. The simple recipe is below.
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The official start to Autumn has come and gone. I am currently on set in New Jersey and got my introduction to Apple Cider donuts, I was happy. I saw this recipe on pinterest and had to share- it looks like a great 'huddle up on your porch and welcome the fall weather' kind of drink. Salud!
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Today's recipe comes from my lifelong friend Elizabeth. Eliz is living the adventurous life in Colorado- more details to come soon on an edition of Sangria is Better w/ Friends.
She shared her recipe with me that she made for her 'book club' , they do activities — like vodka infusing and bucket-list writing — instead of feeling guilty if they didn't finish a book.
I am happy to report that a previous post I had done about blood orange San Pellegrino inspired her. Here is her recipe: I mixed Pinot Grigio + San Pellegrino blood orange (per your post!) + frozen fruit (mix w/ pina, mango, strawberries) + big ass mint leaves from the garden.
Thanks Eliz & salud!
This is actually not a sangria it has all the fixings of one minus the wine. After a week of sangria & mai tais in Hawaii I owed my body a rest from the hard stuff. We were with our friends in their beautiful SF house enjoying a dinner party pre night time flight home, most were enjoying tequila and wine. I held myself back and worked up a refreshing mocktail that even a few of the other guests requested.
I mixed together pellegrino, limeade, mint leaves, raspberries & strawberries.
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Today's post comes via Katie at the Kitchen Door. She calls this drink a spritzer but it has all the goings on of a delicious sangria. Rhubarb is in season now so go scoop some up out of your garden or from your local market and try this one out.
Katie asked that you visit her blog for the recipe. Salud!
Last week we were in Maui with Mike's & the guys he works with plus their wives & kids. Each day had its fair share of fun & of course a few batches of sangria along the way. Amanda and I were the sangria (and stripe) lovers in the house and our best recipe had to be the one we made our second to last day beach side. See the recipe below:
Mix juice, wine and tonic water. Add in slices of lime & pineapple for extra fruit flavor.
Introducing another recipe from Drizzle & Dip- turning out to be a great resource for very pretty cocktails. This one is a strawberry & coconut water cocktail. Sounds so fresh right?
Sam notes that : 'you can make this a 'virgin' (no alcohol), or add a splash of white rum to make it more exciting.'
To make the sugar syrup you need to boil sugar and water together in a ratio of 1:3 sugar to water, and boil in until it thickens to a runny syrup consistency. Store in a jar for all future cocktail making. It pretty much lasts forever.
Cut open the coconut, or if you are lucky enough to live in a country that sells fresh coconut water in a bottle, measure one cup. Add the strawberries, sugar syrup and rum and blend with a blender.
Serve with loads of ice.
Today's recipe comes from Refinery29. And is one of my favorite types of recipes: taking something good… and making it better. The feature on their site is all about 'boozing up' your favorite pressed juices.
The above example uses Pressed Juicery Detox 2: pineapple, green apple & mint. Sounds so good!
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1 750ml bottle white wine
1 lemon, finely sliced
1 handful mint, leaves plucked
Combine all of the ingredients in a pitcher with ice. Pour and serve!
Moscow mules have become a recent favorite of mine. I especially love them in clinky copper cups. This is an extremely easy recipe- 3 main ingredients and mint as garnish. The recipe I found is not much of a recipe and does not include the amounts of each ingredient. So just make to taste.
Lime juice
Ginger beer
Mint leaves
Mix lime juice, vodka & ginger beer. Garnish with mint leaves.
I have kind of a nice color story going on with these recent posts. Rounding it out with a softly colored Paloma Cocktail from drizzleanddip.com. They write:
" The Paloma is the most popular tequila based cocktail in Mexico and if you struggle to drink tequila cocktails because they bring back too many dreadful memories of drunken student days and debauchery, this might just be the alternative."
I like the idea of this mature option for a margarita- but still love my lime & salt!
*1 shot = 25ml
*reposado tequila means rested tequila (aged in oak for at least 2 months)
Mix the grapefruit juice, tequila and sugar syrup until well mixed. Pour over a tall glass filled with ice and top up with soda water. You could add a squirt of lime juice which is nice and I did, and you could also rim the glass with salt.
* If you are wanting to reduce your sugar intake, simply leave the sugar out. Its less sweet but delicious.
It is only Tuesday but our weather report already has me thinking about the weekend. Temps in the 70's Friday- Sunday!!! This is an Easter weekend miracle. Warm temps make me think of cool treats. Popsicles of course are one of those things. I spied this recipe on a friends Pinterest board- per usual.
These are Maple Brown Derby Cocktail Pops. Not your traditional popsicle and not your traditional sangria recipe either. They of course would work well for almost any drink recipe- I see some sangria popsicles in my future.
2 1/2 cups fresh squeezed ruby red grapefruit juice (about 4 medium grapefruits)
1/3-1/2 cup pure maple syrup (depending on how sweet your fruit is)
1 ounce bourbon
a few dashes of bitters
In a mixing bowl whisk together all of the ingredients to combine. Divide the liquid between the 10 ice pop molds and freeze for 1 hour* before inserting popsicle sticks. Continue to freeze for several hours until frozen solid.
*You can soak/saturate the sticks in boiling water before making the pops, so you can insert the sticks immediately without waiting for the pops to set up. I always forget, though!
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My my my. Another person posts an unclear, digitally compressed video onto YouTube and the whole Internet community starts creating conspiracy theories about it.
This is regarding the recent news that a possible "time traveler" may have appeared in never before seen footage from an old Charlie Chaplin movie:
While watching the DVD extras for The Circus, an Irish filmmaker has spotted a woman who appears to be using a mobile phone, fifty years before their invention.
George Clarke, who is based in Belfast, uploaded the clip to YouTube where it has since received more than 1.5 million views.
The footage shows the exterior the cinema that is premiering The Circus; a woman walks past holding her left hand to the side of her face while moving her lips.
The original clip lasts a matter of seconds but has been looped and slowed down to such an extent that the online version lasts for several minutes.
This has obviously raised skepticism (obviously..) Some people say she is holding up her hand to shield her eyes from the sun; that she is holding an old hearing aid (which were invented in the 1920s); or that she is just talking to herself like a crazy person, which people tend to do.
People are fascinated with the idea of time travel, so it shouldn't be surprising that it would be a common response to seeing such a thing (but the first? Who sees someone holding something in an old movie that happens to look like a cell phone, and immediately says "ITS A TIME TRAVELER! I KNOW IT IS!" Also, why do so many people believe him?) But as world-renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking notes, time travel is only possible moving forward in time - if just barely. From News.com.au (May 3, 2010):
Preparing for the debut of his Discovery documentary, Stephen Hawking's Universe, which screens next week, Hawking said he believed humans could travel millions of years into the future and repopulate their devastated planet.
Hawking said once spaceships were built that could fly faster than the speed of light, a day on board would be equivalent to a year on Earth.
That's because - according to Einstein - as objects accelerate through space, time slows down around them. Which also means that Hawking's theory only applies to moving forwards through time.
Moving backwards is impossible, Hawking says, because it "violates a fundamental rule that cause comes before effect". If moving backwards through time was possible, a person could shoot their former selves.
"I believe things cannot make themselves impossible," Hawking said. However, once spaceships approached the speed of light, their crew would start skipping through Earth years on a daily basis, giving the human race a chance to start again.
"It would take six years at full power just to reach these speeds," Hawking said. "After the first two years, it would reach half light speed and be far outside the solar system. "After another two years, it would be traveling at 90 per cent of the speed of light. "After another two years of full thrust, the ship would reach full speed, 98 per cent of the speed of light, and each day on the ship would be a year on Earth. "At such speeds, a trip to the edge of the galaxy would take just 80 years for those on board." Manchester University professor Brian Cox told The Times that Hawking's theory had already found some basis in experiments carried out by the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva.
"When we accelerate tiny particles to 99.99 per cent of the sped of light in the Large Hadron Collider at Cern in Geneva, the time they experience passes at one-seventhousandth of the rate it does for us," Prof Cox said.
So, looks like the 'time traveler in the Charlie Chaplin movie' has already been debunked. Once again, logical, rational thinking wins.
Sorry folks.
(Also, I highly recommend the aforementioned Stephen Hawking documentary - Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking)


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According to comScore, Apple.com is now a top 10 web property. In May traffic rose to 120 million unique visitors, a 5% increase over April. The increase can be attributed to iPhone interest. I had no idea that Apple's site drove some much traffic. Surprised they haven't jumped on the banner ad boat. With that kind of traffic they could be making $3.6 million/month in banner advertising (not accounting for page views just uniques) assuming a $30 CPM. Course this would piss a hell of alot of people off and probably canabalize their computer business…just sayin'.
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Jennah Bell
"Alone on a Tuesday night. Watching the TV screen and all I can think is 'Will you dream of me as you go to sleep?' No more restless nights of counting sheep."
Jasmine Mans
"I knew the kind of man I wanted to marry when I watched my father carry my grandfathers' dead body down the steps. My grandfather died in bed with my Nana. She said she saw his soul soar right out of their attic window. He left his body in that bed to remind her that even without breath she can still wake up to him. She said he left silently. Didn't want to wake her up out of her sleep as he got ready to leave. Kissed her on the cheek, gathered himself at the foot of the bed, didn't take anything with him. Not even her smile."
Jenna Bell
"And I would wake up to your smile and see rustled hair and tired eyes. I'm awake in a fairytale. A wind on a ship sail. The sign on the door says don't disturb."
Alysia Harris
"The first time we met, we stood on a winter beach, ankles deep in sand, under a sky of unconstrained stars. The second time it didn't work, but I hoped the third times the charm. I've never had the audacity before now to wait for a heart, but you said 'sleep on it[him].' So I curled up on your chest and learned patience. Didn't want to let the weight of my tears wake your gorgeous. The mornings can be so mortal. And you often have bad dreams. I've caught you mid scream on a September night. Swore then that I would kiss the fright from your voice if you would let me, but that's your choice my Love."
Jasmine Mans
"I want to know that there is a man in Heaven waiting at the front gates checking his breath, straightening his tie, waiting for me to arrive as beautiful as the day I was when he first died. There's a chest waiting for my eyes to get heavy. There is someone out there finishing my sentences and the last of my laundry. There is someone out there making room on his pillow for me, if not for my face, at least a poem or two."
Alysia Harris
"You are the first adult I ever dated. The only man I never had to lay before. If anyone should ever ask, I would describe you as a wealth of Sundays. You gave me two feet of white calla lilies. Made me feel like a bride that Friday night. You found treasure where thieves before found trinkets. They used to gamble my bones for luck. But there is honesty in your touch, from navel up. I have sailed your spine, straight as a whistle, and marveled at the industry of your mind. The last time I saw you, you were just as beautiful as the first. So don't blush. Don't look away. Just hold my gaze."
Jennah Bell
"We can just stay [in bed]. We can just rest our heads. Making Love until the sun comes up."
Jasmine Mans
"I sat on your window sill and I'm not sure if you were taking a picture of the New York City skyline or me, but I'll take what I can get from you. You are still the last person I kissed. My grandfather left a dollar on the nightstand. He said 'Gloria, go play these numbers for me because this is my last dollar, and you will always, ALWAYS be my last dream.'
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Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some people move our souls to dance. They awaken us to a new understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom. Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon. They stay in our lives for awhile, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
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'littleFoot' is the first part in a two-part story. I know it's been over a year since I submitted Prowlies, but leaving my full-time job last December didn't free up quite as much time for Brackenwood as I thought it would. If I stick to the plan though, I'll release the conclusion of this movie some time before March 2006.
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Hamm Equipment Inc v. Megatraction Equipment Inc
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Archana, an IT professional and a first-time mom, came back from her maternity leave. Archana requested her manager for a work-from-home arrangement as she wanted to keep an eye on the nanny and ensure her baby was getting the right care. After weeks of convincing the management and service level agreements around her key result areas, Archana was able to work from home.
It was a win-win proposition for all – the organization (it managed to engage and retain its talent by providing the flexibility and infrastructure), manager (manager did not want to lose one of his solid performers) and Archana (she could keep her job while juggling her family demands unlike most other women, who drop out of workforce as they do not get the support or infrastructure to advance their careers while managing their family responsibilities).
However, reality was far from this. Archana's colleagues began to make unfair comments that she is getting paid to take care of her baby. Her manager did not include her in a plum project (till now, she was a part of all the projects that were led by her boss). On more than one occasion, the HR did not fix up her meeting with visiting executives from the Headquarters while all her colleagues got a chance to meet the officials.
Bias is at play here. The case of Archana is not a one-off situation. Even a male employee, who would opt for reduced work hours or work from home to look after child or elderly persons(traditionally, considered a woman's job) faces such a bias. Sadly but evidently, bias exists at a tacit level in workplaces. While explicit behavior or biases (which are seen less than hidden biases) are easier to manage for organizations, it is the implicit perceptions that prove tricky. After all, it is not possible to completely separate our personal prejudices and perceptions from professional behavior? Most of us have some sort of bias or prejudice about particular color, race, religious affiliations, appearances, etc. Biases stem from a person's background, social conditioning and experience and this affects workplace behavior.
"Bias affects what we notice about people, how we interpret their behavior and what we remember about them. And both men and women have biases," says Nimisha Rastogi, Mumbai-based clinical psychologist and leadership coach.
Gender bias, in particular, is about common perceptions that people have about men and women. For instance, men are supposed to be more assertive, competent and committed to their careers compared to women. Likewise, women are supposed to be more sensitive and caring. A report by Catalyst, a nonprofit organization that promotes inclusive workplaces for women, concurs this. Catalyst studied the talent management systems at 110 global companies across 19 industries found that the majority of talent managers surveyed evaluated their senior executives as primarily displaying stereotypically masculine characteristics and competencies. The three most commonly mentioned characteristics – action-oriented, driving results and focusing on problem-solving—are stereotypically masculine, according to the report titled Cascading Gender Biases, Compounding Effects: An Assessment of Talent Management Systems released in 2009.
When leaders are described by masculine stereotypes, employees are viewed as less competent, if they demonstrate qualities, characteristics and skills that are considered atypical, reveals the report. This results in a perpetual cycle that can overlook and underutilize female top performers. Yet, women might be disadvantaged if they fail to demonstrate stereotypically feminine attributes such as warmth and sensitivity. Women, at their end, need to stop reconciling with male behavior and attributes as the default or ideal. They must insist on getting their choices embraced.
"These biases and judgments impact formal employment decisions and women's careers," says Nimisha. In many ways women, too, play a role in creating biases against them, she adds. She gives an example to elucidate her point. "Women are often reluctant to stay late for work if required or attend an office party after work hours. In the bargain, they end up creating a bias against themselves that they do not like to stretch," says Nimisha, adding, "women need to change that sort of behavior conditioning and behave like an equal if they want to be treated with equality." Women have to be able to gear up to the professional demands and push for more support and conducive infrastructure - both at office and home. They need to be in charge of their own destinies.
Stereotypes do not just impact hiring decisions but also impact leadership succession. The fundamental aspects of many talent management systems are linked in ways that disadvantage women, creating a vicious cycle in which men continually dominate executive positions. The reasons include lack of senior leadership commitment, dearth of appropriate checks and balances to minimize gender biases, level-playing field for men and women, and gaps between design and execution in talent management programs.
Getting Past Gender Bias
Experts suggest the following to address the issue of gender bias at workplace:
- Educate leaders about how stereotypes can influence job assignments and performance appraisals negatively.
- Train employees at all levels to recognize effective gender-neutral leadership characteristics.
- Raise overall awareness of employees about negative impact of bias on business
- Create an inclusive work environment
- Regularly audit HR processes and policies, evaluate the presence of gender-stereotypic language in talent management systems.
It is not at the leadership levels alone that one sees women getting disadvantaged. Gender biases, lack of support (mentoring, women) networks and right infrastructure (flexi timings, telecommute, reduced work hours during child or elderly care) are impacting the advancement of women across the workforce spectrum. In fact, the number of Indian women who sacrifice their careers for the sake of family is only growing.
A recent article in the leading daily, Hindustan Times, quoted a report by National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) that revealed around 46.4% women in India were engaged in domestic duties in 2009-10, an increase of about five percentage points since 1999-2000. The report also highlighted that around 33% women in rural India and 27% in urban areas wanted to work from home on a regular basis but there were very less opportunities.
Working women across the world face much more difficult life circumstances compared to men. Many women cope with a work life in which good day care and household help is either unaffordable or unavailable. In addition, the education system is such that working parents cannot afford not to devote time teaching their children. Most women's big struggle is about holding on to their careers while performing parenting or caregiving roles. This entire struggle is impacting women's state of mind. And a new gender gap is emerging—one with higher subjective well-being for men, according to noted economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers. In their study, The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness, they reveal although women as a group have made substantial gains in wages, educational attainment, and prestige over the past three decades, women are less happy today than their predecessors were in 1972, both in absolute terms and relative to men.
Even as we see some workplace advancements in terms of increased flexibility, use of technology to balance work life better, day care and other services to employees, recently Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer stirred up a hornet's nest when she recently issued a memo ending the work-at-home option for Yahoo employees. Ending the option will not be such a bad thing if Mayer is able to create a supportive work environment like Googleplex but if not, she will be doing huge disservice to moms and those with long commutes. In larger context, Mayer has a responsibility not just to women in Yahoo but across the world because of the enviable position she has. Mayer had the rank and fat salary to have a nursery built close to the office. Not all women have that luxury. As a role model, her moves and decisions can have repercussions on the movement to foster more inclusive workplaces.
In closing, what calls for here is even deeper commitment from corporations, political class, society and specifically women to look beyond International Women's Day celebrations, and bring in systemic changes that will help women around the world achieve professional, political and personal success. Women of the world, unite!
Rajeshwari Sharma is Editor, SHRM India


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The security week that was: 04/22/11 (protecting mass transit)
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Three students were injured at a Texas elementary school this week after a loaded gun fell out of the pocket of 6-year-old boy during lunch… The Security Industry Association announced that CEO Richard Chace has resigned from the organization. SIA's executive committee is searching for his replacement… The Alarm Industry Communications Committee (AICC) and Electronic Security Association (ESA) are watching several bills closely in Congress that could lead to the auction of radio spectrum used by the industry. … Morpho Detection is looking to bolster its position in the homeland security market as the company announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Syagen Technology.
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