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Wages in the U.S. have been largely stagnant over the past 45 years, but during the same time span consumer prices have risen dramatically. Hari Sreenivasan discusses this trend and its effect on poverty with Bloomberg BusinessWeek reporter, Roben Farzad.
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One factor contributing to poverty, stagnating wages. As this graphic shows, wages adjusted for inflation have been virtually flat for 45 years, but consumer prices have been rising sharply during that same period. For more about this and its connection to poverty we're joined now via skype from Richmond, Virgina by Roben farzad. He's a contributor for Bloomberg Businessweek. So let's talk about this gap between wages and purchasing power. Why is that different?
Because if you're just tempted to look at the fact 'Oh, I made $50 a week', let's say for argument sake, 'in 1970 and I make $60 right now so it's not bad,' in reality you're fooling yourself in real terms. Because inflation is pernicious even if it's growing in the low single digits like 2 percent or 2.5 percent, like we've been used to for the past decade. When you compound it over several decades it's like singeing off three quarters of your dollar every time you take it out of your pocket. People tend to look at things in nominal terms and in the end when they can't buy as much as they're used to on what they were making, they get blindsided.
But what are some of the factors contributing to it? People will say, 'listen now I have access to goods and services from all over the world at even cheaper prices, so maybe I don't need to make as much.'
Well that has tempered the pain certainly. But that is also a function of really aggressive offshoring and outsourcing. And these jobs, these decent manufacturing jobs, used to be able to be a high school graduate, or at worst you know maybe have an associates degree from a two-year program at a college and get a decent living wage, and maybe get benefits and have hopes of raising a family of four and putting kids through high school and what not. And that has so deteriorated in a cloud over the past several decades. You can't count on there being good paying jobs. People are realizing that their pension programs are no longer guaranteed, that companies are using increasingly part-time workers and contract workers.
Okay, let's talk finally about the cliff effect. This urge for people to not want to raise or not make a dollar more than what actually gets them in the poverty zone?
It's one of the evergreen and very valid criticisms of the social safety net in the United States. It's so frustrating for people who are on the brink of being able to get out of assistance, whether you're talking about food stamps or Medicaid, but they know that for every incremental 10 dollars that they make, they're gonna lose all their benefits, and they can't do that. Suppose you're making 19,000 dollars a year and you have a chance to make 22,000 dollars a year, but you're going to have to pay for out-of-pocket health insurance, or go uninsured, and then pay out-of-pocket groceries when you were getting food stamps before. So it gives you a disincentive to go out and find better paying work. and until the system becomes more proportional you're going to have millions of Americans, especially during a time of record food stamp use, sticking to that cliff.
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Two days before the premiere of Pretty Man starring Jang Keun Suk and IU, a press conference was held, and these are by far the best press outfits I've come across so far. Maybe it's because the holidays are quickly approaching, but everyone just looked so festive, minus Lee Jang Woo…we'll get to that one later (-_-).
JKS looks like a wonderful walking jar of grape jelly! I love the shades of purple and his wine/purple blazer is to die for! Imagine all the outfits you can create just from that one blazer! Although IU is wearing a simple black skirt and white top, her shoes and matching lipstick really pull this outfit together. She looks so pretty!
Han Chae Young sparkled in this sequin short dress.
I like his hair color here but I prefer him with darker hair, what about you?
IU and those ruby earrings = LOVE ON SO MANY LEVELS!
She's "The Nations Barbie" for a reason.
Gawwd what the eff! Lee Jang Woo what happened?! This Dracula-esque outfit just looks so sloppy! He's not even standing straight and um, his shoe lace is untied. He must of had some issues getting ready because I just don't understand. #TooooCuteToBeDracula
This photo is cracking me up because IU is busy with the aegyo, JKS is apparently taking part in a photo shoot, and Lee Jang Woo looks totally disoriented.
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Cartoonist in Bigg Boss 6, Aseem Trivedi set to go live
Well media has grown exponentially in the past few years. The Indian sub continent has witnessed the phenomenal growth and its power. The case in point is the recent arrest of cartoonist and activist, Aseem Trivedi.
Aseem Trivedi is a cartoonist and an active participant in Anna Hazare's anti corruption movement. Reportedly he sketched a few cartoons on corruption and posted them on his website. This led to his immediate arrest on September 9th, 2012. The media reported this injustice and the subsequent public fury forced the government to release him and drop the charges against him.
Though, the incident was gross injustice handed out to Aseem Trivedi. It has a funny side to it as well and Aseem being a cartoonist might as well be relishing that. Our bureaucracy and police are so inefficient in stopping the huge scams and arresting the culprits, but in contrast they were so efficient and organized to stop and arrest a voice against corruption. Incredible!
India is getting recognized the world over as a country of corruption and scams and for good reasons. It is a good thing that the media has joined the fight against these ailments of the society. The popular televisions channel 'Colors' approached the cartoonist as soon as he was released from the jail. They requested him to appear on their reality show 'Big Boss' and he consented.
Ashok Trivedi, the father of the cartoonist speaking to a leading national daily, said "My son is not glamour-struck, nor does he have any inclination to be a part of the showbiz. He wanted to be on the show so that he can be seen and heard." The doting father also added, "He will surely talk about his campaign but only if he is asked about it by other contestants. It is not that he wants to use the show as a platform to highlight his campaign, though I know he would not be able to stop himself if provoked. Aseem had time at hand and he thought the show was the best way to reach out to people. He is not doing this for money. He would rather enjoy being inside the house, which is a new experience altogether."
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Many times when I'm working on various mail servers that have Spam Filter for ISP I have to start/restart various services in testing. For example, I may have to stop Exchange to do a patch or fix or something. In that process I often don't want SF shoving email into my data stores while I'm bringing them up and down. Currently I set the forward IP to a non-existant one to force SF to start queing mail rather than delivering it. This way I don't lose any email but I also don't worry about changing my data stores in the middle of patches or updates. Rather than faking the system out with this non-existant IP maybe it would be better to have a checkbox to force SF to queue mail so that it doesn't continually look for a non-existant IP.
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I'm not sure I understand the need for this. If you had email coming in directly from the internet to Exchange, you'd still have the same issue, either you need to stop the IMC or change the config on your router/firewall to stop the email to exchange. Adding SpamFilter in the picture would mean having the additional option to stop SpamFilter instead of reconfiguring the router/IMC.
But as I said, maybe I didn't understand fully your need :-)
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This feature is simply a checkbox that forces Spam Filter for ISP to stop delivering emails... the same routine that would happen if the destination SMTP server were unavailable would be forced to occur. Basically, this makes SF store and queue emails rather than delivering them. An environment that already has SF installed and operational and forwarding email over to a mail server based on the SMTP destination may still at times need to take down the mail server. Whether it's to rebuild, upgrade, backup, restore, troubleshoot corruption of an Exchange information store, restore overtop of an online information store, or rebuild an information store from scratch (if this happens then emails bounce because the mailbox doesn't exist yet but the SMTP service may have started automatically during boot, I have to race SF to stop the service before SF gets to it), apply patches, whatever, the need is still there. During those times it would be beneficial not to stop email from coming in, but to stop SF from attempting delivery. Store it up and queue it just like what would happen if the server is not there. What I do when I'm doing a series of upgrades or troubleshooting on one of the mail servers is put a ficticious IP in the SMTP delivery config. In essence I've forced SF into a store and queue mode so that nothing changes in my information stores during one of these processes. LOL, I bet that's the longest post I've had here <G>
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I need to be prepped for a colonoscopy, I have very reactive hypoglycemia, and I need to know ways to maintain stable blood sugar. I'm in menopause so hormones bouncing all over, my adrenals are working overtime based on testing results, and sugar foods are my worst nightmare including pop, etc. So, even if I had a steady infusion of dextrose, my hypoglycemia would likely still react. Might they allow ground oat flour? Any ideas are welcome.
Most people with reactive hypoglycemia don't truly have low blood sugars, but have the symptoms of a falling blood sugar. If you have never had a documented true low blood sugar when you are having symptoms (drawn in a grey top tube and sent to a lab), you probably don't have to worry about getting into trouble with a dangerously low blood sugar if you have to fast for the test, though you may feel "uncomfortable". If you have had documented low blood sugars and have to fast, IV glucose should prevent both the symptoms and the problems.
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Forest ownership is changing across Europe. In some areas a growing number of so-called "new" forest owners hold only small parcels, have no agricultural or forestry knowledge and no capacities or interest to manage their forests, while in others new community and private owners are bringing fresh interest and new objectives to woodland management. This diversity and change creates implementation problems for forest-related policies including biodiversity conservation, timber and renewable energy supply, climate change mitigation, or recreation. The objectives of the proposed Action are:
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CLARK — On Saturday, Oct. 16 and Sunday, Oct. 17, the Dr. Robinson Museum in Clark will partake in Four Centuries in a Weekend. The museum's hours of operation will be Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday will be from noon to 5 p.m.
The Red Storm Drum and Dance Troupe will perform a Native American educational presentation, at noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday. On Sunday they will perform at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. On Saturday, the Lenape Lifeways Educational Program will demonstrate Lenape family and village life.
There will also be hearth cooking inside the museum, which will also be open for tours. The events are free, but donations are gladly accepted.
The museum is located at 593 Madison Hill Road,Clark. For more information, go to www.drrobinsonmuseum.org. For information about the other "Four Centuries In A Weekend" sites, call the Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs at 1-908-558-2550.
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Sustainable Destination: Mackerel Beach, Australia
In November 2014, Emily O'Mahoney, ASLA of Jupiter, Florida won LAF's Sustainable Destination Sweepstakes: a trip to Mackerel Beach near Sydney, Australia. Accommodations would be an award-winning beach house on the Pittwater shoreline, 25 miles north of the city center at the edge of Ku-Ring-Gai National Park. The sweepstakes was sponsored by AECOM and LAF Board member Jacinta McCann, FAILA, who is originally from Sydney.
Emily and her husband, Brian, made the trip in September, adding on time at the beginning and end to explore Sydney, the Great Barrier Reef, and the Daintree Rain Forest. When they arrived in Sydney, they visited the Opera House, the Royal Botanical Gardens, the Darling Harbour area, and the Torango Zoo before heading to Hunter Valley and its wineries for two nights. They then made their way to the Sydney suburb of Palm Beach to catch the ferry over to the sweepstakes destination.
The architectural award-winning beach house, designed by Alec Tzannes, is built into the hillside on Mackerel Beach, where there are no shops or cars. All food and luggage must be carried along the beach to the house from the ferry. Here is how Emily described it in her travel journal:
"It is another world here. Most houses are vacation homes. There is an artist colony here too, down near the pier as I understand it. Foot paths are just that and the only way to get around once on land. You have the choice of taxi, ferry or private boat to get here. No cars, no roads. There are trail heads into the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park so hikers/walkers get off the ferry and disappear off the beach into the woods."
"It is a beautiful house situated in a beautiful location. There are two stories of steps to the front door and another story inside to the living area. And yes, another story to the loft/main sleeping room. Oh my, but the views. Lying in bed we had a wonderful view of the lights across the bay, the lighthouse and the stars."
"There are 1.5 stories of straight rock right behind the house. Then there are several cisterns on up the hill to gather and store water. Quite a bit of real estate is given over to this endeavor. There are seven cisterns under the house with roof drains running to them."
Emily and Brian took some short walks and enjoyed reading, playing Scrabble, and watching movies during their downtime. They saw wallabies, kookaburras, and other wildlife. They also did some longer hikes, which Emily describes in her travel journal:
"We were on the trail about 8am and got back 3.5 hours later having seen no one, having the mountain to ourselves. We saw an Aborigine cave within the unique stone architecture. We saw beautiful views. I tried to get the feel of the landscape: grasstree, eucalyptuses and acacias. My book says that the forest here is a sclerophyll forest, an open forest dominated by eucalypts. We are in the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. What a wonderful morning of climbing up and down and enjoying."
"I went on a hike by myself to find the West End. There were patches of more tropical type vegetation (rain forest) around the valleys that feed streams that go down the mountain. Magical. The top of the mountain is more open so there are lots of wildflowers and plants blooming in this early spring. Lots of beautiful flowers and colors. The sandstone rock escarpments are beautiful and unique. Near the end of my 3 hours out, I saw the equivalent of a porcupine, an echidna."
"We climbed the hill outside the top level of the house where the cisterns are. It is not easy…at least for me. Once up on top we walked the distance of the Mackerel Service Trail up to the Basin trail. We saw Aborigine pictograms on rocks. We also saw some awesome rock formations and overlooks. The wild flowers are blooming in the open areas, which occur at the rim. This trail basically follows the crest of the hill/mountain. We had some light rain while out walking. By the time we got back I could sit in the sun on the terrace.
"What a wonderful vacation house! There are only 125 properties at Mackerel Bay. The whole area is a great relaxing place and only 1.5 hours from Sydney. We love watching the ferry come in on the hour at the half. We watch the sea planes, the sail boats, the motor boats, the ferries and the taxis. We watch the sun rise over Palm Beach and wake us before 6 every morning. We can see the stars at night. It is all so very special. A trip of a lifetime. Thank you Jacinta McCann and Landscape Architecture Foundation."
After five nights in Mackerel Beach, Emily and Brian flew to Cairns to explore the Great Barrier Reef and Green Island Sailing trip, then they traveld to an ecolodge in the Daintree Rain Forest for guided tours and an Aborigine art class. Details and photos from all of Emily's adventures can be found at: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/emily.omahoney/1/tpod.html
Sustainable Destination: Seattle - Trip Report From a City That Takes Risks
By Shannon "Miko" Mikus, Winner of LAF's 2013 Sustainable Destination Sweepstakes
Jim Rohn, an American entrepreneur, suggested that, "If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary." Seattle, Washington is a very unusual city because it does take risks, and this seems to be at the heart of its sustainable nature.
A sustainable city does more than implement curbside water infiltration and set up a complete streets program. Seattle does these things, but it does them because its people understand these actions in a wider context that accomplishes more than just supporting eco services. People in Seattle take risks and think sustainably, so sustainable things happen, proving that taking the risks is the foundation of serving a community in perpetuity.
Visiting Seattle was more than I had hoped for when I entered LAF's Sustainable Destination Sweepstakes last year. As a father and MLA student at the University of Georgia, finding the time and means for a trip like this is a huge challenge. My small risk led to a dream get-away and fantastic educational opportunity to see some of Seattle's top landscape architecture projects with the designers themselves.
After arriving at SEATAC airport under overcast skies, my son, Tanner, and I took the Link transit to the Sheraton Hotel, then walked to REI and bought rain jackets — just in case. We noted that Seattle's comfortable walkability and biking mania, coupled with a wide variety of people, art, music, technology, and businesses, made the city feel like our hometown of Athens, Georgia on steroids. Few other cities encourage intellectual risk-taking to this degree, on this scale, mixing arts, design, business, and science while somehow binding it into a "community".
On the second day, our distinguished tour guides Nate Cormier from SvR, Deb Gunther from Mithun, and Ken Yocum from the University of Washington showed us sites that demonstrated what Seattle is famous for: innovative streetscapes like Bell Street Park, Debbi and Paul Brainerd's IslandWood outdoor learning school, and Richard Haag's light touch on the lush, vibrantly green native forests in Bloedel Reserve. The guides' intimate understandings of social, historical, ecological, and design factors made the tours revealing and meaningful. To me, this day made it clear that Seattle has been, for many decades, a place whose people revere the land and find strength in being a community and that strength allows them to take risks in defining what actions must come next.
Jennifer Guthrie and Julie Parrett started our third day in Olympic Sculpture Park, explaining the history of the park's conception, in which Seattle families wanted to give something exceptional back to their city. The idea of giving back resonated throughout our trip. Bernie Alonzo joined us at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Headquarters (Gustafson Guthrie Nichol) and explained that the LEED Platinum facility is located in what used to be a low, boggy backwater. When the Gates family started their charitable foundation, they chose Seattle as its headquarters, resolving to set a high standard not just for their organization's work, but for their facility. Bernie pointed out choices that show thoughtful design and patient execution like paving design, vegetated water features, materials, and incorporating site history.
Bob McGarvey from Northwest Playground Equipment Inc., joined us for a delicious lunch at the Plum Bistro. We talked about American playgrounds and risky play (my Master's Thesis subject), and discussed the landscape architect's role in sustainable cities. As stimulating as the discussion was, I was not ready for the eye-popping display we experienced next.
Tanner loves penguins, and Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo has the world's best penguin habitat, in my opinion. Monica Lake (Woodland Park Zoo) and Jim McDonough (formerly of Studio Hanson/Roberts) showed us the unique features like the multi-stage, naturally filtered, geothermal controlled, close-loop, no waste aquarium system! These, along with superb attention to detail and program (Biscayne Group), set a new standard. Getting to touch a penguin chick made this the best zoo visit ever! Monica told us to watch for the tiger exhibit that would be starting construction next year.
Truly moved by the zoo experience, we followed Seattle's hills down to Lake Union for our final tour. Since my first year at UGA, I have wanted to talk to the designer of Gasworks Park. Richard Haag does not disappoint. It was a privilege to hear him tell the stories of the teams that were built, the issues that were confronted, and the risks that were weighed on both sides. Standing on Kite Hill watching the throngs of happy park-goers, knowing that toxic waste and ancient bacteria were slowly battling beneath our feet, it struck me that Seattle is a city that "grows" people who want to do what is right on scales that affect and respect something bigger than themselves, and who take risks to strive to serve whomever will come next. That is sustainability.
My deepest thanks go to the Landscape Architecture Foundation, the distinguished tour guides, and all of the sweepstakes sponsors: Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, SvR Design Company, Mithun, EverGreen Escapes, Northwest Playground Equipment, Landscape Forms, Sheraton Seattle Hotel, and IslandWood.
LAF's 5th Annual Sustainable Destination Sweepstakes raised over $10,000 to support the foundation's research and scholarship programs. Miko Mikus won the grand prize: a one-of-a-kind trip to Seattle with tours of 7 acclaimed landscape architecture projects led by the designers themselves. He took the trip in late May 2014.
2013 Sustainable Destination Sweepstakes Winner
Shannon "Miko" Mikus of Athens, Georgia has won the one-of-a-kind trip to Seattle in LAF's Fifth Annual Sustainable Destination Sweepstakes. Miko's name was selected from the 162 entrants whose donations helped raise $10,000 to support LAF's research and scholarship programs. The prize package features two days of tours of some of the city's most acclaimed landscape architecture projects led by the designers themselves.
"I am very excited! Seattle is one of the top destinations for designers and design students, so this is a very welcome opportunity to experience the city under the guidance of the city's top landscape architects!" said Miko, who is pursuing his MLA degree at the University of Georgia and has a passion for parks and playgrounds. Miko plans to travel in the spring and will get to tour 5 Seattle and 2 Bainbridge Island sites, including Gas Works Park with Rich Haag and the Gates Foundation Headquarters with Jennifer Guthrie.
"I have told other students how I won the sweepstakes, but still don't believe it myself. I stopped by the LAF booth during the ASLA Annual Meeting EXPO to ask if there were any plans to focus the Landscape Performance Series or perhaps a CSI team on the long-term and short-term community-building aspects of playgrounds. Talking to the LAF staff, I was convinced to donate to support the Olmsted Scholars Program, a worthy cause, no doubt, and by donating, I was entered in the sweepstakes. I use the LAF website as a valuable way to find research sources and to keep in touch with the professional side of landscape architecture — I didn't expect that stopping by the LAF booth would lead to a trip to Seattle!"
"Since I retired from 20 years in the US Air Force and started my MLA at UGA, my family has been very busy and finding the time and means for a dream get-away like this was impossible. It is a fantastic educational opportunity to receive a planned, guided tour of an American design Mecca! Thank you, LAF!"
LAF truly appreciates the support of all who participated in the sweepstakes and sends a special thank you to our Seattle team of organziers and the sweepstakes sponsors: Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, SvR Design Company, Mithun, EverGreen Escapes, AgriCurean Escapes, Northwest Playground Equipment, Sheraton Seattle Hotel, IslandWood.
Sustainable Destination: New York City
LAF's 2012 Sustainable Destination Sweepstakes raised over $12,000 to support the Foundation's reseach and scholarhip programs and featured a one-of-a-kind prize: a trip to New York City with a day of private tours led by Michael Van Valkenburgh and staff. The winner, Ashley Brenden, a Site Designer at SmithGroupJJR in Phoenix, was selected from over 175 entries. Ashley made the trip in March to celebrate getting her MLA from Arizona State University, and she shared the following report about her experience:
"We cannot thank LAF and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) enough for the wonderful trip to NYC! My fiance Scott and I spent five days exploring every part of the city we could, meeting new friends, and finding unique old and new landscape architecture gems at every turn."
"The tour day with team members from MVVA was certainly one we will never forget. We started our day meeting Michael Van Valkenburgh and principal Laura Solano at Teardrop Park. The park embodies the complexity of sustainable design and the need for sustainability to be interlaced in all processes of design, construction, and maintenance practices. Sustainable design elements included stormwater management techniques, water reuse, use of recycled content and local materials, and a site-specific plant palette."
"The tour continued with other members of the MVVA team, who walked us through the intricacies of the design of Javits Plaza, Hudson River Park, Union Square Park, and Brooklyn Bridge Park. Scott and I got to see first-hand how these projects contribute to a sustainable social and environmental network. We are so grateful for the time Michael Van Valkenburgh, Laura Solano, Steeve Noone, Matt Urbanski, Jason Siebenmorgen, and Marisa Rodriguez spent with us."
During their five days in New York, Ashley and Scott stayed at the Element Times Square West, an eco-chic hotel with green features ranging from 100% recycled content floors to shampoo and bodywash dispensers rather than wasteful mini-bottles. They enjoyed some wonderful local restaurants and even took in a Broadway show. Towards the end of the trip, Ashley and Scott went to Long Beach, Long Island to work with All Hands Volunteers on Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.
"This organization has been a favorite of mine, and the trip offered a perfect opportunity to join in reconstruction efforts. A discussion on sustainability wouldn't be complete without recognizing the resiliency of our culture and the role that organizations like All Hands play in creating a sustainable system. When, as designers, we create space — be it a park or a home or a community square — we contribute to its sustainability by providing opportunities for people to find meaning and connection in and with these spaces. This meaning often translates to people safeguarding these spaces from destruction and rebuilding after damage."
"The day of volunteering offered us the perfect opportunity to reflect on the many sustainable social and environmental elements of the MVVA projects we visited. Not only has MVVA designed beautiful public open space, but the firm and the community have demonstrated a deep investment in these spaces. MVVA has shown a commitment to implement current sustainable design methods while simultaneously discussing ways to ensure future resiliency against natural disasters such as Hurricane Sandy."
Special thanks to MVVA for generously providing this prize package. LAF's 2013 Sustainable Destination Sweepstakes will kick off soon, using a similar model of designer-led tours. A second clue about the destination city: it is one of the fastest growing cities in the U.S. — more populous now that at any point in its history — despite being one of the cloudiest.
Sustainable Destination: Napa
Last October, 2011 Sustainable Destination Sweepstakes winner Keith Wagner, FASLA traveled to OLIN's Carneros Inn, a vineyard oasis located between the Napa and Sonoma Valleys in California. Keith and his wife, Sara, shared this report from their trip:
"The Carneros Inn was a quintessential California experience — it had a down-to-earth and luxurious feeling all at once that perfectly suited our aesthetic. The buildings and public spaces take advantage of the view corridors in every direction, and in October, the fall colors under blue skies enhanced every well-designed moment with nature's surrounding texture."
"Our 18-month-old son, Hudson, enjoyed the vacation every bit as much as we did, watching cows roaming around the outskirts, smelling the flowers around the vegetable garden, and delighting in the occasional hot air balloon sighting over the hills. Hudson was at the perfect age for inspecting the water collection system, which presented a great strategy for reusing rain water throughout the campus."
"We were lucky to be able to schedule our visit in tandem with Keith's business partner, Jeff Hodgson and his partner Paul. The group of us took day trips to nearby wineries. In the evenings we had a babysitting service recommended by the Inn and took advantage of the famed Napa Valley restaurants, including the Inn's Boon Fly Café, PRESS, and Farmstead. We also made sure to spend some time relaxing poolside (sited beautifully by OLIN) and spent a morning getting spa treatments."
"The Carneros Inn was an amazing place to vacation with both our 18-month-old and with friends — we couldn't have asked for a better time in a majestic setting. It has continued to inspire us. Our deepest gratitude to OLIN and the Landscape Architecture Foundation!"
Keith is a partner at Burlington, Vermont-based H. Keith Wagner Partnership Landscape Architects. Sara Katz is an artist, who captured the wonderful fall colors of the Napa region in a painting (shown at left). Ketih's name was drawn from nearly 200 sweepstakes entries, which raised over $12,000 to support LAF's research and scholarship programs. Special thanks to OLIN for generously providing this prize package.
Details on LAF's 2013 Sustainable Destination Sweepstakes are coming soon. A clue: The destination city is home to is the longest continuously operating farmer's market in the U.S. and has been ranked as the nation's most literate.


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WASHINGTON – CBS sportscaster Bill Raftery (left of photo) and thecamera crew prepares for the first Elite Eight game between Big East schools Syracuse andMarquette.
March is the one month CBS Sports dominates ESPN in sportsrevenue due to the $1 billion in ad revenue for the March Madness telecasts on CBS, TBS, TNT and TRU TV.
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Ever been dumped before? What was the excuse? I'm willing to bet it was "It's not you, it's me." So how can that phrase help those who are managing others for the first time in their lives? Just switch a couple of the words around, and let this be your philosophy: "It's not me, it's you."
For so many of us, going all the way back to grade school, we have been constantly rewarded for the contributions we make as individuals. In fact, for many first-time managers, the reason they are managing in the first place is because they were so good at getting their individual jobs done, they got promoted into management. But with your first formalized leadership title, you no longer will be rewarded for your own work and technical skills and abilities. Instead, you will be rewarded for motivating and leading your team to get their work done. Simply put, from the perspective of first-time managers, in order to be successful, the spotlight must shift: It's not me, it's you.
This video will walk you through what it really means when someone makes the cognitive mind shift to "It's not me, it's you" and how that philosophy is crucial for competencies that are important for the success of first-time managers. Yet for so many, these are competencies in which they are constantly under-performing:
- Communication
- Influence
- Leading Team Achievement
- Coaching and Developing Others (Mentoring)
Adopting the "It's not me, it's you" approach with these and other essential competencies will help first-time managers become successful at their new leadership position.
This is the first post of a series of blogs I will be posting every Tuesday this month on subjects that I hope will be helpful to first-time managers and others. I want to hear your thoughts. Comment on this and every Tuesday blog post in April 2013, and I'll put your name in the hat to win an autographed copy of my guidebook, Developing Political Savvy!


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Jungle Wednesday
It´s such a treat to be invited to a ´new´ house for the first time. As we parked our bikes, we heard the Louvin Brothers singing through the open window, and as we walked in the door, there was the smell of eggplant frying... and Marcella Hazan´s Essentials was lying open on the page with one of my favorite recipes which I used to make all the time but somehow forgot about.. and a happy dog jumped to greet us, and I spotted a glorious blueberry pie in a corner of the kitchen, and I knew things could not go wrong.
There were salty, spicy, briny clams baked with rosemary, tomatoes, beer and butter, there was a perfect and juicy onion frittata, there were those nostalgically delicious eggplant patties and a crunchy tart Ceasar Salad, and then there was Pie.
The pie.. oh that pie! The filling was just right, soft but not too runny, and it had the most perfect flaky and tender crust. Turns out it was made with this.. I need some.
There was music too, and some You Tube fun, and an Ethiopian dancer, and there was (at least in my case) too much wine, and on the way home there was a Barbra Streisand moment in the Vondelpark that might better stay undocumented.
Thanks guys!
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Labels: de Amerika's
We´re planning yet another trip to the USA (leaving September 6 for a 3-week trip around the East and South.. woohoo!), and as I do a little bit of research about the food that will wait us there (grits, biscuits, barbecue..) my thoughts also drift to the incredible food we had on our last trip to the US. And as my thoughts drift, my eyes do the same, and spot the little can of Hatch green chiles that I brought back last September. It still stands on the shelf as a nice little souvenir, waiting for the Very Special day that would be Special enough to open it. But on closer examination I find that day has to come soon because the expiration date is actually August 2009...
When we were in New Mexico, I ate as many green chiles as I could, knowing very well that I would probably never taste them again. Burgers with green chiles, green chile sauce, green chile grilled cheese sandwiches, and, on one of the final days of our trip, my friend Rob´s green chile corn chowder. (You can see the recipe here, though it won´t be much help unless you have access to New Mexican green chiles!)
When I saw reasonably fresh and sweet corn at the market last week, I knew that this soup was just the thing to make for my Southwestern themed dinner. And although it doesn´t really look very interesting in the picture, I can assure it was delicious - sweet and creamy with just a hint of warm heat from the chiles. The chiles did not taste as good as the ones I´d had in New Mexico - ofcourse they didn´t, they were canned, and a long way from home - but it was still a great soup.
The rest of the dinner was pretty good too: guacamole and smoked salmon in endive leaves, something sacriligiously called chile masa cobbler (basically a batch of this chili topped with grated cheese, little masa harina cakes and baked) and little chocolate cupcakes with whipped cream and strawberries.
I find, these days, that Southwestern or somewhat authentic Mexican food like chile, pozole, mole and quesadilla´s is perfect for Dutch food-loving friends who think they´ve eaten it all. After making ravioli from scratch for them and elaborate French stews that you cook and degrease and deglaze for days, after baking them bread and churning them ice cream and stuffing them chickens, this is the kind of food them makes them say ´wow, I´ve never tasted anything like this before´. My friend thought the masa topping on the chili was polenta, but when he tasted it he knew it wasn´t, and he loved it. Too bad it´s just a matter of time before all my Dutch friends know about chile and masa.. I guess I´ll have to find a new cuisine to explore then, but for now, I´ll fry them quesadilla´s and make them happy!
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Labels: de Amerika's, Soep
My Ma Po Dou Fu
It reads like a do-re-mi song doesn´t it? But what it actually is: an attempt at somewhat authentic Chinese cooking.
I had Ma Po Dou Fo on my mind ever since I browsed Fuchsia Dunlop´s Land of Plenty for my Chinese dinner last weekend. I´ve made it a couple of times before and had it in Chinese restaurants, and I love this dish so much - the warm spicyness of the chili bean paste, the numbing hotness of the Szechuan pepper corns, the crumbly meat and the soft slippery tofu. It so happened that today I had a packet of good, semi-soft tofu in my fridge, and some ground meat. Ma Po Dou Fu time!
(For some background info on this dish I refer you to our friend Wiki - a nice summary of various legends and historical facts).
Reading Fuchsia Dunlops recipe, I realized I had no leeks or spring onions. Also, I wanted to have some vegetables with my dinner, and being to lazy to stirfry some vegetables seperately, I decided to just incorporate them into the dish. Instead of 450 grams of tofu and 175 grams of meat, my version has 300 grams of tofu and 250 grams of meat - simply because that´s what I had. To make up for the lack of leeks I added a shallot and some garlic, to substitute for the greenness of the leeks I added some chopped coriander stalks... and I guess that the final version is now far far away from the ´authentic original´.... but oh boy, was it ever good.
My Ma Po Dou Fu
200 grams Chinese leaf cabbage, stalk parts only, sliced
250 grams ground meat (I used half beef / half pork)
300 grams soft tofu, cut into cubes
1 shallot, sliced
1 fat clove of garlic, minced
1 tablespoon fermented black beans, rinsed and dried and chopped
2 - 3 tablespoons Szechuan chili bean paste
1 teaspoon light soy sauce
1 good pinch of sugar
300 ml water
a cornstarch slurry made with 3 tablespoons cornflour and 1 tablespoon cold water
Szechuan pepper, toasted and ground, to taste 8I used about 2 teaspoons - but I really love the stuff)
chopped coriander stalks or sliced springonions, to garnish
vegetable oil for frying (this is supposed to be a pretty greasy dish, Dunlops recipe calls for 1/2 cup of peanut oil - I used about a 1/4 cup)
Heat your wok or frying pan and add the oil. When the oil is nice and hot, add the meat, breaking it up with a spatula. When it´s partly browned (but not cooked through) add the shallot and garlic and stri fry for a minute. Add the chili bean paste and stir fry until everything is nice and red. Add the chopped black beans, soy sauce, sugar and the water and simmer the sauce a couple of minutes. Then add the cabbage and when this is almost done, add the tofu. Stir very gently while mixing in the tofu.
Add enough of the cornstarch slurry to slightly thicken the sauce (maybe add a little more water if it looks dry). Sprinkle with coriander or springonions and serve over rice (although I also really really love this over noodles - sort of like a very feisty spaghetti Bolognese).
Posted by Klary Koopmans at 5:57 pm 6 comments:
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The Floating Buttermilk Picnic
It's raining cats and dogs so what better way to beat the rainy blues than with some sunny pictures?
We, the lucky ones, got ourselves an invitation for a boat trip in the Amsterdam Canals last Wednesday. Now, to be honest, I'm a bit apprehensive about boat trips. I've been on a few that were less than satisfactory.. sailing around with your butt on a rockhard wooden bench, your feet in an inch of muddy water, eating nothing but potato chips and drinking lukewarm beer, which makes you want to pee, but not a bathroom in sight, and everytime you want to move around the tiny boat you think you'll fall overboard, and when it gets dark it gets cold, ... that's not really my idea of a good time. It's not that I'm that high maintenance (although some people will probably happily argue that I am), it's just that I like a little bit of comfort with my fun.
For this trip, we were lured in by the promise of cocktails and fried chicken, and when I saw the boat I sighed a happy sigh of relief: a sturdy vessel donned with pillows and napkins and wineglasses and an ice bucket and wait, is that a pepper mill I see?
This was going to be good.
See here for some scenic pics. Here's some of the food: fried chicken that Chef was a bit apologetic about, and while we agreed that the skin had lost some of its crispness I still though it was great fried chicken.. especially when drenched with Real Barbecue sauce. Everybody loved the chicken:
By some strange coincedence there was not only buttermilk fried chicken, but also buttermilk biscuits (oh so good with lots of butter and honey) and buttermilk nectarine cake. There were mojito's being expertly mixed with some unorthodox equipment. To add some excitement we were almost run over by a rondvaartboot. And this is what I look like when I think I'm about to bump my head against a bridge:
Posted by Klary Koopmans at 9:42 am 1 comment:
Labels: de Amerika's, Onderweg
Not half bad
I don´t use a lot of ready made things - in fact, almost none, if you discount sambals, mustards and various condiments. It´s a very rare occasion that you´ll find me cooking with some sort of spice paste or jarred sauce. But recenyly I´ve been quite pleased with the spices pastes from Asian Home Gourmet. I spotted the sachets in the toko one day and immediately noticed the line that said "No added MSG, Preservatives or Artificial Colours". And sure enough, if you read the ingredients list for this Laksa Coconut Curry Noodles paste, it reads like an actual recipe that someone could make in a home kitchen, instead of some concoction that could only be engineered in a factory: galangal, shallots, oil, sugar, salt, shrimp paste, lemon grass, turmeric, dried shrimp. Nothing wrong with that is there?
So despite my usual suspicions about stuff like this, these are really useful to have in the pantry - with some meat, tofu and vegetables you can have a nice dinner on the table in 15 minutes. I know I sound like a AHG commercial.. sorry about that.
My soup looks very different from the one on the package though. It had chicken, Chinese leaf cabbage, a handful of green beans, spring onions, Chinese chives, chicken stock and coconut milk. Flavorwise, it needed nothing more than a splash of fish sauce and a squeeze of lime juice. A perfect balcony dinner.
Posted by Klary Koopmans at 3:52 pm No comments:
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Where did the words go?
I have no clue.
Tonight I´m supposed to attend the final meeting of my writing class. Judging by the activity on this blog the past couple of weeks, this course hasn´t really done me much good.. there has never been less writing, or less inspired writing.
So hopefully, the end of this course will mark the beginning of a new writing phase? Because I tend to do everything backwards, anyway.
The good news is, that I have been cooking. And while I didn´t cook anything new or adventurous on Saturday, I did spend a couple of hours shopping, chopping, stirring and crimping and stuffing and frying.
And that felt pretty good.
There was a nice rendition of this,
there was a whole plate of very sticky potstickers, Fuchsia Dunlop´s Bang Bang chicken (see here for the recipe) and some simple but perfect gai lan (stirfried with garlic, ginger, soy sauce and a little rice wine). Oh and there was champagne, in the middle of dinner, which is something that should be done more often!
Posted by Klary Koopmans at 3:39 pm 1 comment:
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Come back
Dit keer had ik mijn afwezigheid niet eens aangekondigd, maar gebeurde het gewoon.
Het tijdperk van uit eten en uit drinken en rondhangen in cafe's en op terrasjes is nog altijd niet afgelopen, en er wordt bijzonder weinig gekookt in huize Koopmans. En als er gekookt wordt is het snel, simpel, oude vertrouwde happen.
Maar nu: ik ben er weer, denk ik.
Deze week voor het eerst sinds heel lang weer eens voor andere mensen gekookt - een heus etentje met tassen vol boodschappen en een hele middag in de keuken. Ik maakte quesadilla's, chili, en chocolade ijs, en het zag er allemaal net zo uit als de chili, quesadilla's en ijs die ik al zo vaak heb gemaakt en gefotografeerd. Inspiratie voor foto's had ik dus nog even niet.
Voor zaterdag staat er alweer een etentje gepland, waarover ik nog niet al teveel wil verklappen, maar dat fototechnisch zowel als culinair een grotere uitdaging belooft te worden. En hoewel ik van plan ben om niet te vaak meer iets te beloven, kan ik wel de intentie uitspreken dat ik hoop er zondag verslag van te doen.
Tipje van de sluier: er komt een peper aan te pas die geen peper is.
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