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The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has emerged as the premier regional organization in the Northern Hemisphere coordinating institutional responses to human trafficking. This work has touched all corners of the OSCE region, now comprising 57 participating States and 11 Partner States in the Mediterranean and Asia. OSCE leadership has been accomplished through the cutting-edge research, policy recommendations, country visits, and expert training led by the OSCE Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (SR/CTHB) Dr. Maria Grazia Giammarinaro. The Office of the SR/CTHB has been instrumental in the implementation of projects and field activities in coordination with thematic units of the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna, Austria, as well as the Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in Warsaw, Poland. Additionally, the SR/CTHB's prominence in this field stems from leadership of the "Alliance Against Trafficking in Persons," a vast coordinating body for major international organizations, civil society, and the intergovernmental entities united in fighting human trafficking.
The hearing will examine the role and mandate of the Special Representative and Coordinator for Trafficking in Human Beings and her leadership of efforts to combat modern day slavery in the OSCE region. Dr. Giammarinaro will review the accomplishments of her tenure as SR/CTHB and identify future challenges and perspectives for OSCE action, including the outlook for an update of the OSCE Action Plan on Trafficking in Human Beings and subsequent OSCE commitments.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Third baseman Will Middlebrooks tripped Allen Craig for a game-ending obstruction call on Jon Jay's ninth-inning grounder, giving the St. Louis Cardinals a bizarre 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night and a 2-1 World Series lead.
Boston had tied the score with two runs in the eighth, and Yadier Molina singled with one out in the ninth off closer Brandon Workman. Allen Craig pinch hit and lined Koji Uehara's first pitch down the left-field line for a double that put runners on second and third.
With the infield in, Jon Jay hit a grounder to diving second baseman Dustin Pedroia. He threw home to catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who tagged out the sliding Molina. Saltalamacchia threw offline past third, and Middlebrooks, with his stomach on the field, raised both legs and tripped Craig.
Third base umpire Jim Joyce immediately signaled obstruction, and even though a sliding Craig was tagged by Saltalamacchia at the plate following the throw by left fielder Daniel Nava, plate umpire Dana DeMuth signaled safe and then pointed to third, making clear the obstruction had been called.
The Red Sox scored twice in the eighth inning to tie it 4-all. Jacoby Ellsbury led off with a single and Shane Victorino was hit by a pitch for the sixth time this postseason. Both runners moved up on Pedroia's groundout, and David Ortiz was intentionally walked.
Cardinals manager Mike Matheny went to hard-throwing closer Trevor Rosenthal with the bases loaded, hoping for a five-out save from a rookie who has looked almost untouchable this October. But the Red Sox pushed two runs across.
Daniel Nava drove in one with a short-hop grounder that was smothered by second baseman Kolten Wong, who had just entered on defense in a double-switch.
Wong went to second for the forceout, but Nava beat the relay and Ellsbury scored to make it 4-3. Xander Bogaerts tied it when he chopped a single up the middle.
Brandon Workman jammed Matt Holliday and retired the slugger on a routine fly with two on to end the bottom of the eighth. That sent the game to the ninth tied at 4.
Holliday's two-run double puts the Cardinals on top 4-2 in the seventh.
It was a tough inning for Red Sox reliever Craig Breslow. Matt Carpenter reached safely when he checked his swing on an infield single to shortstop. Carlos Beltran was grazed on the elbow pad by a pitch — making no effort to get out of the way.
Beltran, in fact, almost appeared to stick his elbow out just a tiny bit to make sure the ball made contact.
Junichi Tazawa came on and Holliday pulled a grounder past Middlebrooks at third. The ball kicked into the left-field corner and Holliday went all the way to third on the throw to the plate.
Tazawa then got a couple of strikeouts and prevented further damage.
It was Middlebrooks' first inning in the field. He entered as a pinch-hitter in the top of the seventh and took over at third base in the bottom half.
That shifted Bogaerts to shortstop — and neither one was able to make the difficult defensive play Boston needed in that inning.
Cardinals starter Joe Kelly, one of the few major league pitchers to wear glasses on the mound, set down his first nine batters. The Red Sox seemed to see him better the next time around in coming back from a 2-0 deficit.
Bogaerts opened the fifth with a triple that banged-up right fielder Beltran couldn't quite reach. The rookie later scored on a grounder by pinch-hitter Mike Carp.
Slumping Shane Victorino drew a leadoff walk from Kelly in the sixth and wound up scoring the tying run. Ortiz grounded a single off lefty reliever Randy Choate, and Nava greeted Seth Maness with an RBI single that made it 2-all.
Their fielding woes from Game 1 far behind them, the slick-fielding Cardinals made several sharp plays. Kelly barehanded a one-hopper, Carpenter threw out a runner from his knees up the middle and third baseman David Freese backhanded a line drive.
St. Louis quickly broke ahead, scoring in the first inning for the first time this October on RBI singles by Holliday and Yadier Molina. After the Cardinals got three hits in a span of four pitches, Red Sox reliever Felix Doubront began heating up in a hurry before Jake Peavy settled down.
Peavy wriggled out of bases-loaded, no-out jam in the fourth to keep the Cardinals' lead at 2-0. He got some help, too, from St. Louis third base coach Jose Oquendo.
With runners on first and second, Jon Jay hit a sharp single to center. The Red Sox were conceding a run and ready to let Molina score from second, but Oquendo held up the slow-footed catcher.
Peavy actually lowered his career postseason ERA by more than a full run, down to 9.27 in five winless starts.
A day before Kelly and Peavy faced each other, they sounded totally different.
Kelly kidded about his pregame preparation: He stays up all night taking on his Twitter followers, shooting away in "Call of Duty," the popular first-person war video game.
Peavy, meanwhile, was already ramped up and ready to go.
"This is what I've lived for my whole life," he said Friday. "I'm as prepared as I'll ever be, physically, mentally."
NOTES: Cardinals Hall of Famers Bob Gibson, Lou Brock, Ozzie Smith and Red Schoendienst took part in the first-ball festivities, with fan favorite Willie McGee tossing the pitch. … At 21, Bogaerts became the third-youngest player to hit a triple in a World Series. Ty Cobb and Mickey Mantle did it at 20. … Molina has a six-game hitting streak in World Series play. … The family of late umpire Wally Bell was in the stands. Bell died at 48 this month, and the six-man crew is wearing patches to honor him. Bell's first plate job in the World Series was at this ballpark in 2006.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Officials investigating a jetliner crash in San Francisco have determined that Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was traveling "significantly below" its target speed as it approached the airport and that the crew tried to abort the landing just before it smashed onto the runway. What they don't yet know is why, and whether the pilot's inexperience with this type of aircraft and this airport played a role.
A day after the jetliner crash-landed in San Francisco, killing two people and injuring more than 180, officials said Sunday that the probe was also focusing on whether the airport or plane's equipment could have also malfunctioned.
Also Sunday, San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault said he was investigating whether one of the two teenage passengers killed actually survived the crash but was run over by a rescue vehicle rushing to aid victims fleeing the burning aircraft. Remarkably, 305 of 307 passengers and crew survived the crash and more than a third didn't even require hospitalization. Only a small number were critically injured.
Investigators said that the weather was unusually fair for foggy San Francisco. The winds were mild, too. During the descent, with their throttles set to idle, the pilots never discussed having any problems with the plane or its positioning until it was too late.
Seven seconds before the Boeing 777 struck down, a member of the flight crew made a call to increase the jet's lagging speed, National Transportation Safety Board chief Deborah Hersman said at a briefing based on the plane's cockpit and flight data recorders. Three seconds later came a warning that the engines were about to stall.
Two-and-a-half seconds later, the crew attempted to abort the landing and go back up for another try. The air traffic controller guiding the plane heard the crash that followed almost instantly, Hersman said.
While investigators from both the U.S. and South Korea are in the early stages of an investigation that will include a weeks-long examination of the wreckage and alcohol tests for the crew, the news confirmed what survivors and other witnesses had reported: a slow-moving airliner flying low to the ground.
"We are not talking about a few knots" difference between the aircraft's target landing speed of 137 knots per hour, or 157 mph, and how fast it was going as it came in for a landing, Hersman said.
In the first comments on the crash by a crew member, cabin manager Lee Yoon-hye said that seconds before impact she felt that something was wrong.
"Right before touchdown, I felt like the plane was trying to take off. I was thinking `what's happening?' and then I felt a bang," Lee told reporters Sunday night in San Francisco. "That bang felt harder than a normal landing. It was a very big shock. Afterward, there was another shock and the plane swayed to the right and to the left."
She said that during the evacuation, two inflatable slides that were supposed to inflate toward the outside, inflated toward the inside of the plane, hurting two Asiana flight attendants. Pilots came to rescue the flight attendants but even after getting injured, she said that the crew did not leave the plane until after the passengers evacuated. She said she was the last one to go.
Pilots normally try to land at the target speed, in this case 137 knots, plus an additional five more knots, said Bob Coffman, an American Airlines captain who has flown 777s. He said the briefing raises an important question: "Why was the plane going so slow?"
The plane's Pratt & Whitney engines were on idle and the pilots were flying under visual flight rules, Hersman said. Under visual flight procedures in the Boeing 777, a wide-body jet, the autopilot would typically have been turned off while the automatic throttle, which regulates speed, would been on until the plane had descended to 500 feet in altitude, Coffman said. At that point, pilots would normally check their airspeed before switching off the autothrottle to continue a "hand fly" approach, he said.
There was no indication in the discussions between the pilots and the air traffic controllers that there were problems with the aircraft.
The airline said Monday in Seoul that the pilot at the controls had little experience flying that type of plane and was landing one for the first time at that airport.
Asiana spokeswoman Lee Hyomin said that Lee Gang-guk, who was at the controls, had nearly 10,000 hours flying other planes but only 43 in the 777, a plane she said he still was getting used to flying. Another pilot on the flight, Lee Jeong-min, had about 12,390 hours of flying experience, including 3,220 hours on the 777, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in South Korea. Lee was the deputy pilot, tasked with helping Lee Gang-guk get accustomed to the 777, according to Asiana Airlines.
Survivors and rescuers said it was nothing less than astonishing that nearly everyone survived after a frightful scene of fire burning inside the fuselage, pieces of the aircraft scattered across the runway and people fleeing for their lives.
The two dead passengers have been identified as students from China -16 and 17 years old- who were scheduled to attend summer camp in California with dozens of classmates. Hospital officials said Sunday that two of the people who remained hospitalized in critical condition were paralyzed with spinal injuries, while another two showed "road rash" injuries consistent with being dragged.
Foucrault, the coroner, said one of the bodies was found on the tarmac near where the plane's tail broke off when it slammed into the runway. The other was found on the left side of the plane about 30 feet away from where the jetliner came to rest after it skidded down the runway. Foucrault said an autopsy he expects to be completed by Monday will involve determining whether the second girl's death was caused by injuries suffered in the crash or "a secondary incident."
He said he did not get a close enough look at the victims on Saturday to know whether they had external injuries.
The flight originated in Shanghai, China, stopped over in Seoul, South Korea, before making the nearly 11-hour trip to San Francisco. The South Korea-based airline said four South Korean pilots were on board, three of whom were described as "skilled." Asiana airlines said late Sunday that the pilot in control of the plane had very little experience flying that type of plane and was landing one for the first time.
On audio recordings from the air traffic tower, controllers told all pilots in other planes to stay put after the crash. "All runways are closed. Airport is closed. San Francisco tower," said one controller.
At one point, the pilot of a United Airlines plane radioed.
"We see people … that need immediate attention," the pilot said. "They are alive and walking around."
"Think you said people are just walking outside the airplane right now?" the controller replied.
"Yes," answered the pilot of United Flight 885. "Some people, it looks like, are struggling."
When the plane hit the ground, oxygen masks dropped down, said Xu Da, a product manager at an Internet company in Hangzhou, China, who was sitting with his wife and teenage son near the back of the plane. He stood up and saw sparking – perhaps from exposed electrical wires – and a gaping hole through the back of the plane where its galley was torn away along with the tail.
Xu and his family escaped through the opening. Once on the tarmac, they watched the plane catch fire, and firefighters hose it down.
In the chaotic moments after the landing, when baggage was tumbling from the overhead bins onto passengers and people all around her were screaming, Wen Zhang grabbed her 4-year-old son, who hit the seat in front of him and broke his leg.
Spotting a hole at the back of the jumbo jet where the bathroom had been, she carried her boy to safety.
"I had no time to be scared," she said.
Nearby, people who escaped were dousing themselves with water from the bay, possibly to cool burn injuries, authorities said.
By the time the flames were out, much of the top of the fuselage had burned away. Inside The tail section was gone, with pieces of it scattered across the beginning of the runway. One engine was gone, and the other was no longer on the wing.
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Flight 214 from Seoul, South Korea was on a direct flight and was landing onto runway 28 at around 11:30 a.m. According to a witness, the plane was just about to land — its landing gear had come down — when the tail of the plane came off.
After wobbling for a minute, it appeared that the aircraft flipped upside down, coming to a stop on runway on it's back, according to witness Kathy Muhler.
Chopper footage from over the crash showed that the wings were still attached, contradicting the possibility that it rolled over on its back.
When it came to a halt, smoke was pouring from the aircraft. Fire crews responded minutes later, Muhler said.
According to Redwood City Fire Department, three alarms have been called and responding crews are reporting passengers in need of burn treatment.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced it was sending a team of investigators to San Francisco to determine the cause of crash. The team will be lead NTSB chairman Deborah Hersman.
As of noon, all flights into SFO were canceled because of the crash and all roads to the aiport were closed — CHP suggested drivers avoid Hwy 101 and use I-280 instead.
It was unclear when SFO would be re-opened.
David Eun, the executive vice president of Samsung, was on the flight when it crashed and live tweeted his experience.
I just crash landed at SFO. Tail ripped off. Most everyone seems fine. I'm ok. Surreal… (at @flySFO) [pic] — path.com/p/1lwrZb—
David Eun (@Eunner) July 06, 2013
The last time a large U.S. airline lost a plane in a fatal crash was an American Airlines Airbus A300 taking off from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York in 2001, reports The Associated Press.
Smaller airlines have had crashes since then. The last fatal U.S. crash was a Continental Express flight operated by Colgan Air, which crashed into a house near Buffalo, N.Y. on Feb. 12, 2009. The crash killed all 49 people on board and one man in a house.
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I know that I say it every year but; I cannot believe that another year has already gone by! Time has just been flying by and I have been so busy lately that I almost missed it but luckily I noticed it on the calendar just in time.
This last year certainly has been filled with a lot of tasty new food! I have continued to enjoy exploring new foods, cuisines and cooking techniques while not forgetting about old favourites. Where ever do I get the time for all of these recipes?
Over this last year I have had the chance to meet a lot of great new friends both online and in the real world. I had a blast attending and meeting so many amazing people at the International Food Bloggers Conference this year and I am looking forward to attending more of such events in the future.
Closet Cooking has also seen some changes over the last year including moving from blogspot to it's own domain closetcooking.com which was wonderful to finally realize! I also managed to add some social media 'follow' buttons to the site and some social media 'share' buttons to the posts. I was even able to finally figure a way to add a recipe index which I had been wanting to do for a long time. More recently I have been working on improving my recipe format including adding cooking times and using the hrecipe format.
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Blueberry season is still pretty far away but I can still dream about these Blueberry Maple Pecan Cinnamon Buns impatiently while I wait.
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- In the two weeks since Maine voters approved a law allowing same-sex marriage, Clay Hill Farm has been getting phone calls and emails from gay couples inquiring about open dates and wedding packages at the restaurant and wildlife sanctuary, a popular wedding spot in York.
The law won't go into effect for more than six weeks, but already couples from in and out of state have called, said Jennifer Lewis-McShera, who heads the wedding department there.
Clay Hill Farm puts on dozens of wedding ceremonies a year, as well as receptions and rehearsal dinners, and provides catering services to wedding parties at other locations. Legalizing same-sex marriage can only help, Lewis-McShera said.
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"It will increase business in this area because we'll attract more couples from Boston and the New York metropolitan area who now can have the wedding of their dreams in Maine," she said. "This puts Maine on the map."
Add the coast of Maine, the banks of the Chesapeake Bay and the shores of Lake Washington to same-sex wedding destinations. Next month and in January, laws go into effect in Maine, Maryland and Washington that allow same-sex marriage. They're the first states where voters approved such laws, rather than legislators or courts.
Nearly 18,000 same-sex couples in those states will exchange vows in the first three years after the new laws are in effect, estimated The Williams Institute, a national think tank at the UCLA School of Law, and the laws should generate at least $166 million in wedding spending in the three states over the next three years from in-state couples alone, boosting tax revenues and creating new jobs.
Wedding-related spending for in-state couples is projected be about $16 million in Maine, $63 million in Maryland and $89 million in Washington.
The numbers go up when figuring in out-of-staters who travel to those states to be wed. In Maine, for instance, the new law could boost the state economy by $25 million and create up to 250 new jobs in the coming three years, said Lee Badgett, research director at the Williams Institute and an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts.
So many people have ties to Maine through vacations, summer camps while growing up or seasonal homes, said Portland wedding planner Diane York. A lot are attracted to Maine for weddings and receptions because of its beaches, old New England churches and lighthouses, such as Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth, which went into service in 1791 and has been called one of the most-photographed lighthouses in the country.
"Now Maine will be able to make its case: This is beautiful, you should come here to get married," Badgett said.
The average cost for a wedding nationally is about $27,000, and about $2,000 less in Maine, York said.
Other states that have legalized same-sex marriage have benefited economically as a result. Same-sex marriage is legal in Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont and the District of Columbia.
Vermont and Massachusetts now include sections on their state tourism websites that include information about gay marriage. Even honeymoon capital Niagara Falls has gotten a lift from same-sex weddings and honeymoons.
In Maine, Pam Remy of South Portland and her partner of 13 years, Karen Weiss, have just begun to plan for a late summer or early fall wedding. They're looking into pastoral settings in southern Maine to host the wedding and are hoping to have up to 200 guests.
The to-do list is the same that same many couples face when planning a wedding: find a venue, print invitations, hire a photographer, and arrange for food and entertainment. Remy, 44, says they have to find a place soon because venues are being booked quickly.
"I imagine this wedding will be the whole shebang," Remy said.
Cindy Sproul co-owns North Carolina-based Rainbow Wedding Network, which produces gay and lesbian wedding expos in Seattle and other cities. Just since the election, she's seen a 30 to 40 percent increase in companies wanting to advertise with the company in Washington state.
Thousands of in-state residents, as well as those from nearby states that haven't legalized same-sex marriage, are expected to exchange vows in Washington in the coming years.
"There are a lot of couples that will cross state lines to get married. Maybe they want to make a long weekend of it," Sproul said. "I imagine there will be couples from Oregon who will come up."
In Maine, a Portland man has launched what he's calling the first online wedding directory, www.gayweddingsinmaine.com, connecting same-sex couples with gay-friendly businesses. Sid Tripp, who owns a marketing company and is president of the DownEast Pride Alliance gay business networking group, said Maine's new law should benefit such companies as tuxedo rental shops, caterers, florists, photographers, jewelers, limousine services, musicians and DJs.
"Maine has positioned itself as a progressive, forward-looking state that is welcoming to everybody," Tripp said. "The gays will see this as a sign of solidarity with them, and they'll be coming here in droves wanting to get married."
Associated Press writer Phuong Le in Seattle contributed to this report.


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Academy Award nominee Anne Hathaway will host Saturday Night Live on November 10, alongside musical guest Rihanna. This marks the third time Hathaway, who will star as Fantine in the forthcoming film adaptation of Les Miserables, will host the hit comedy show. Les Miserables is scheduled to hit movie theaters on December 25.
Hathaway previously hosted Saturday Night Live in October 2008 and again in November 2010, spoofing Dead Accounts star Katie Holmes, Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, Mary Poppins and more.
Hathaway recently starred as Sally Bowles in a one-night-only Cabaret concert on October 24 at Joe's Pub. She earned an Academy Award nomination for Rachel Getting Married. Her additional film and TV credits include The Dark Knight Rises, The Devil Wears Prada, Alice in Wonderland, Get Smart, Bride Wars, Valentine's Day, Ella Enchanted, The Princess Diaries and Becoming Jane.
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Strawberries, raspberries and cherries lie scattered on the countertop in the kitchen. The fresh asparagus glistening vibrant green in the sink waiting to be turned into a pesto. I consult my recipe and style sheet to make sure I have everything ready. The temperatures are mild outside, in my flip flops I take a step out on the porch, inhaling the clean and fresh air - it smelled just like it does in early Spring.
A lone leaf, amber in color, slips away from the maple tree swaying in the gentle breeze to land at my feet. I pick it up and for the first time I notice the leaves are turning their color. I've been stuck in the wrong season you see. Truth is it's October and my markets are proudly showing off pumpkins, figs, cranberries, quince and the sweetest dates. Truth is, I have not even wrapped my head around all of these favorites of mine. Truth is I am in Spring/Summer 2013!
With the temperatures in their 20s C and my recent photo shoot for a client's Spring/Summer 2013 delicatessen catalogue I've been in the illusion of an extended Spring. For the past two weekends I've been getting deliveries of the ripest and sweetest Spring / Summer produce in my kitchen and spent the last weekend in Hamburg styling with the prettiest Spring/Summer props. It was dizzying!
It was confusing! As I packed away the last of the props and cleaned the up the raspberry and cherry spills I caught a glimpse of the golden maple tree glowing in the morning sunlight, I had to jerk my mind and body and mind back into reality.
The air cooled down and the blustery autumn winds swirled the leaves around my feet as I made my way to the market. I had pumpkins, cranberries, dates, plums, sweet potatoes and beets on my mind.
Back in my kitchen I began slathering the thick maple syrup over the vivid orange cubes of the butternut squash. As they gently roasted in the oven, the scent of spice mixed with the sweet perfume of maple syrup arose into the air wrapping the kitchen in a warming hug.
Just like that - the seasons changed in my kitchen from strawberry tarts to pumpkin cakes and outside from pastel colored Spring flowers to a carpet of golden leaves. And here I am - a little late but I am welcoming Autumn with pumpkin and spice.
On a cold Autumn day this would be the perfect cake to cosy up with. The roasted pumpkin adds a sweet intense flavor to the cake, keeping it moist while the warming allspice adds notes of nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves. The cinnamon icing is more than simply icing on the cake - it rounds off the aromas found in the cake so perfectly.
One of the other things I did while I was in Hamburg this weekend was attend a launch of a hot new print food magazine in Germany. Deli is the newest work from Gruner + Jahr (I worked with their publication Laviva last year) and it looks amazing. Meeting the team and having the cooks prepare several recipes from the first issue in the test kitchen was definitely a highlight this weekend. If you are in Germany make sure you pick up a copy - it's on sale as of this week.
Printable version of recipe here
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Serves: 8
- 2 small butternut squashes, cut in large chunks
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 130 g unsalted butter, softened
- 110 ml buttermilk
- 210 g all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 100g muscovado sugar
- 1 large egg
- 50g dried cranberries
- 50g pecans, toasted and chopped
- 50g icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- Preheat the oven to 170 degrees C. Butter the Bundt cake form. line a baking tray with some baking paper.
- Toss the butternut squash chunks in the maple syrup and spread on the baking tray. Bake in the oven till soft, then puree in the blender. Transfer to jars and keep in the refrigerator until needed. You can make this ahead as it will keep for 3-5 days in the fridge. For the cake you will need about 150 g of the puree.
- Beat the soft butter until fluffy, then add sugar and continue to beat until thick and voluminous. Add the pumpkin puree and using the spatula fold it in. Add the pecans and cranberries, folding it into the mixture carefully.
- In a separate bowl sieve the flour, baking powder and all spice. Add half of the dry ingredients into the squash mixture, then pour the buttermilk and fold in using the spatula in a few quick folds. Add the rest of the dry ingredients. Combine everything making sure not not to over-stir the batter.
- Pour the batter into the Bundt form, evening the top with the spatula. Place the cake form into the oven, on the middle shelf and bake for approx. 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool completely.
- For the icing, stir the icing sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon with a few drops of water to make thick but fluid icing. Pour the icing over the cake and let it set for a few minutes. Decorate with chopped pecan.
Notes: You can substitute the cranberries with dried sour cherries or raisins and add any other nuts instead of the pecans. I really like this using macadamia nuts too.
Make sure you cut up a thick slice of this cake. The toasted crunchy pecans and the sweet, tangy cranberries add a divine flavor level to the cake. With such treats it becomes easy to let glorious Autumn step into the kitchen and take over. I hope you are enjoying it too.
If you need a little nudge then I've got just the thing for you. This month Dara of Cookin Canuck is my wonderful hostess and her theme fits perfectly into the season. Dara wants to see all your Squash creations so make sure you all join the party this month. The deadline is till October 31st!
Simone over at Junglefrog Cooking is also tempting us into the season with her latest photography and styling challenge. The theme is pumpkin and orange and this is my interpretation of the theme. Being one of the three judges of these challenges I cannot win but I do enjoy taking part as it gives me inspiration to try new ideas and keeps me practicing. Hope to see your submissions there too.
Dubai Food Photography and Styling Workshop Update
We have partnered with the incredibly gracious team from Atlantis,The Palm again, who have put together an amazing field trip at their stunning locations. There will be a grand tasting at Asia Republic where we will be treated to cuisines of South East Asia, China and Korea. Form there we will enter the Zen-style gardens of Nobu where we will have access to the location for a on-site photo shoot. We then will arrive at Ossiano, a world of mesmerizing tranquility created by the captivating ocean life of the Ambassador Lagoon where we will sip a few pre-dinners cocktails to unwind and finally dine at the exquisite Saffron, a contemporary interactive buffet featuring International and Asian inspired cuisines.
If I have tickled your fancy and you have always wanted to hone your food photography and styling skills I have some good news for you. Due to 2 cancellations we have free spots open up on this workshop. We have put together a fantastic programme filled with a lot of photography and styling theory and several practical lessons. Participants will be treated to a variety of events which will be part of various assignments over the 2 day course. You will find all the details including the updates on the announcement page.
You might like these Autumn sweet treats from WFLH:
Banana Brioche Pudding with Baileys Caramel Cream | Honey Roasted Cardamom Apple and Brown Butter Streusel Crostata | Pumpkin and Carrot Spice Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Frosting |
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A large piece of metal found earlier this week on the coast of western Australia, which investigators had called an "object of interest" in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and the 239 people who were on board, is apparently not connected to the missing jet.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau reports that "after examining detailed photographs of material washed ashore 10 kilometers east of Augusta, it is satisfied it is not a lead in relation to the search."
So, the "weeks of false leads and conflicting information about what may have happened to the jet and the 239 people on board" that we cautioned about on Wednesday continue.
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The jet was about one hour into a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in the early morning hours of March 8 (local time) when it was last heard from. Flight 370 was headed north over the Gulf of Thailand as it approached Vietnamese airspace.
Investigators believe the plane turned west, flew back over the Malay Peninsula, then out over the Indian Ocean before turning south toward Australia. They're basing those conclusions largely on data collected by a satellite system that received some information from the aircraft. The critical question — why did it turn? — remains unanswered.
If the jet did go down in the Indian Ocean west of Australia, "experts say it is likely that debris from the plane could wash up" on the nation's western coast, The Sydney Morning Herald reports. It writes that:
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" 'Depending on the conditions and what time of year, it can run all the way to Tasmania,' she said."
As for the search for the jet and its passengers, Australian authorities say in a statement that "up to 11 military aircraft and 11 ships" were involved today. They're focusing on an area about 1,000 miles northwest of Perth. Under the surface near where pings from the plane's black boxes may have been detected two weeks ago, more than 90 percent of the area has now been examined by a remote vehicle. "No contacts of interest have been found to date," authorities say.
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Well, here we are. It's New Year's Eve and with just hours to go before the end of the year and the arrival of the so-called fiscal cliff, Democrats and Republicans in Washington are still trying to strike a deal that heads off automatic increases in taxes, automatic deep spending cuts in a variety of programs and the automatic expiration of some jobless benefits.
As host David Greene said on Morning Edition, "we still do not know if taxes will be going up as the ball in New York City's Times Square goes down."
But, at least lawmakers haven't left things until the last minute, David said (with his tongue firmly planted in his cheek). After all, "we've got hours and hours before the last minute."
The two leaders at the center of the talks now are Vice President Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who will try to come up with some sort of deal before the Senate reconvenes later this morning. If they can, and if such a deal is passed by the Senate, then the House might also take it up today.
As you can see, though, there are several big "ifs" in such a scenario.
The good news, if there is any: As NPR's Scott Horsley pointed out on Morning Edition, going over the cliff isn't "an instant catastrophe." The "$500 billion hit to the economy" it would deliver is spread over a year and "many of those effects could be reversed" by later legislation, he said.
The continued uncertainty, though, is rattling the world's financial markets.
We'll watch how this all plays out as the day continues.
Update at 2:05 p.m. ET. On Taxes, Obama Says Agreement Is "In Sight":
The president just told the nation that his top priority — preventing an increase in taxes for most Americans — is within sight. We live-blogged as he spoke.
Update at 1:10 p.m. ET. We'll Follow The President's Comments:
There's a fresh post here where we'll post updates on what President Obama says during an appearance at the White House set for 1:30 p.m. ET.
Update at 12:40 p.m. ET. Obama To Speak:
The White House just alerted reporters that at 1:30 p.m. ET, "the president will deliver remarks about the fiscal cliff at a White House event."
Update at 12:15 p.m. ET. Stocks Holding Their Own:
"Stocks were on track to break a five-session losing streak in the final trading day of 2012, even as the year-end fiscal-cliff deadline looms," The Wall Street Journal writes.
"We're seeing an underlying pressure for the market to move up, based on fundamentals like reasonable valuations," Adrian Day, president of Adrian Day Asset Management told the Journal. "That's offset by the fiscal cliff ... [but] there's also a realization that going over the fiscal cliff wouldn't necessarily be a disaster."
Update at 11:30 a.m. ET. Outlines Of A Deal On Taxes?
"On taxes, one of the thorniest issues on the table, the two sides appeared to be converging. President Barack Obama has called for raising individual income-tax rates on family income above $250,000. In the latest round of Senate talks, Republicans proposed a $550,000 threshold, which Democrats moved to $450,000, according to Sen. Dick Durbin (D., Ill.)."
"McConnell and Biden, who served in the Senate together for 23 years, are closing in on an agreement that would hike tax rates for families who earn more than $450,000, and individuals who make more than $400,000, according to sources familiar with talks. That would mark significant concessions for both men, particularly for McConnell. President Barack Obama campaigned on raising taxes for families who make more than $250,000, but McConnell has long been dead-set against any tax increases, warning they would jeopardize the economy."
As the Journal adds, though:
"Before noon on Monday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) said on the Senate floor that discussions continue, but he also warned 'we really are running out of time,' adding that 'There are a number of issues on which the two sides are still apart.' "
Update at 10:15 a.m. ET. Biden, McConnell Talked Late And Early:
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters this morning that he and Vice President Biden spoke at 12:45 a.m. ET before going to bed and again at 6:30 a.m. ET after rising. So the negotiations continue.
Update at 8:40 a.m. ET. "Major Progress?"
"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Vice President Joe Biden engaged in furious overnight negotiations to avert the fiscal cliff and made major progress toward a year-end tax deal, giving sudden hope to high-stakes talks that had been on the brink of collapse, according to sources familiar with the discussion."
There have been several such moments when hopes were high, of course.
7 a.m. ET. Some Other Early Headlines:
-- "After Fruitless Weekend, Congress Still Seeks Fiscal Deal." (Morning Edition)
-- "Fiscal Cliff-Hanger As Deal In Limbo." (Politico)
-- "Day Of Seesaw Talks Produces No Accord." (The New York Times)
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Not to mention, it can help make you friends!
I brought this bountiful plate to a happy hour gathering in our new neighborhood last Friday, where we met so many welcoming, friendly people (If you're reading, hey neighbors!) while enjoying a lot of delicious dishes and drinks. I was paying more attention to our new friends than the food, but before I knew it, these bites were gone! Not only were they easy and quick to put together, but everyone seemed to enjoy them, too. Drizzled with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper, and assembled in 20 minutes, this was a simple, scrumptious little appetizer that will appeal to anyone!
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Lady Gaga
United States
female, solo artist, she/her
Pop, Electronic, Dance
A glamorously gaudy, self-made, post-modern diva stitched together from elements of
David Bowie
, and
Freddie Mercury
, Lady Gaga was the first millennial superstar. Mastering the constant connection of the Internet era, Gaga generated countless mini-sensations with her style, her videos, and her music, cultivating a devoted audience she dubbed "Little Monsters." But it wasn't just a cult that turned her 2008 manifesto The Fame into a self-fulfilling prophecy: Gaga crossed over into the mainstream, ushering out one pop epoch and kick-starting a new one, quickly making such turn-of-the-century stars as
Christina Aguilera
Britney Spears
seem old-fashioned. It was quite a trick for any artist to pull off, but especially impressive for one who specialized in repurposing the past (particularly the '80s) for present use, creating sustainable pop for a digital world. Gaga's fame soon extended beyond music: she received accolades for her 2015 role in American Horror Story: Hotel and her Oscar-nominated turn in
Bradley Cooper
's 2018 remake of A Star Is Born. Within two years, she returned to the top of the Billboard 200 with Chromatica, then notched another Top Ten with her second standards album, Love for Sale.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given her flair for grand gestures, Lady Gaga has deep roots in drama. Born Stefani Germanotta on March 28, 1986, the future Gaga played piano as a child and pursued musical theater in high school, regularly auditioning for New York-based television shows, notably landing a background role for a 2001 episode of The Sopranos. At the age of 17 she enrolled at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in their Collaborative Arts Project 21. As she studied, she continued to eke her way into show biz, winding up with an appearance on MTV's short-lived post-Punk'd reality show Boiling Points in 2005. Not long afterward, she left school so she could concentrate on her music, fronting a band called SGBand, which released two EPs prior to splitting. Germanotta then teamed with producer Rob Fusari, a collaboration that produced not only her stage name Lady Gaga, but recordings that led to her signing with
Def Jam
in the fall of 2006.
Her association with
Def Jam
was short-lived: the label dropped her early in 2007. Gaga rebounded by working with performance artist
Lady Starlight
, the two developing the Lady Gaga & the Starlight Revue, a tongue-in-cheek neo-burlesque act that gained positive press and proved to be her last stop before signing with
later in 2007. While at
, she created a bond with
, who convinced
head Jimmy Iovine to have her co-sign with his
Kon Live
imprint, and Gaga began working with producer/songwriter
, a union that led to the songs that would bring her fame: "Just Dance," "LoveGame," and "Poker Face." These songs formed the foundation of The Fame, the debut album that appeared in August 2008.
Initially, Lady Gaga had greater success in Europe, thanks in large part to the "Just Dance" single, which earned club play in the U.S. and chart placement in other territories. Gaga's march toward the top of the American chart was slow but "Just Dance" reached the peak position in January 2009, followed swiftly by "Poker Face," the single that firmly pushed her into the mainstream, its popularity growing so large it often functioned as a punch line on TV in addition to winning a Grammy for Best Dance Recording. "LoveGame" and "Paparazzi" also appeared as singles before Gaga released The Fame Monster in time for the holiday season of 2009. The mini-LP, available separately and as a package with The Fame, contained the single "Bad Romance," whose popularity soon rivaled "Poker Face" and helped kick-start a stellar year for Gaga in 2010. That year, the hit singles "Bad Romance," "Alejandro," and the
duet "Telephone," along with the successful Monster Ball Tour, put Lady Gaga front and center with the public as she worked on her sophomore album, announcing its May release on New Year's Day 2011.
The steady march to the summer unveiling of Born This Way was preceded by the release of three singles: "Born This Way," "Judas," and "The Edge of Glory." All of them reached the Top Ten, and the empowerment anthem "Born This Way" hit number one soon after its release in February 2011. The accompanying album arrived to mixed reviews, but it eventually reached double-platinum status and produced subsequent hits with the Top Ten "You and I" as well as a Top 40 entry for "Marry the Night." A full remix of the album, naturally called Born This Way: The Remix, appeared at the end of the year, as did a holiday television special called A Very Gaga Thanksgiving and an accompanying EP, A Very Gaga Holiday.
Gaga continued to promote Born This Way throughout 2012, appearing at various star-studded events and on television programs while continuing her international tour. The tour came to a halt in February of 2013, when she announced that she needed hip surgery to repair a labral tear. As she was healing, she worked on her third album, Artpop. Preceded by the Top Ten single "Applause" and the Top 15 follow-up "Do What U Want" (the latter a duet with
R. Kelly
), Artpop was released in early November 2013. The album explored familiar themes of fame, love, and empowerment. It debuted at number one in several countries, including the U.S.
The release of Artpop coincided with an announcement that Gaga had parted company with Troy Carter, her manager of five years. Then, shortly after she embarked on the ArtRave tour in May 2014, it was revealed that Bobby Campbell -- her new manager -- had signed them both up to Artist Nation, the artist management division of Live Nation Entertainment. That same year, Gaga worked in collaboration with fellow New Yorker
Tony Bennett
on an album of jazz standards titled Cheek to Cheek, which was issued in September. Cheek to Cheek provided a jolt to Gaga's career. The album debuted at number one on Billboard's Top 200 and earned the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Album, its success opening the door to other snazzy show biz gigs. First, she sang a tribute to The Sound of Music at the 2015 Academy Awards and, a year later, she was nominated for a Best Original Song Oscar for "Until It Happens to You," the tune she co-wrote with
Diane Warren
for the documentary The Hunting Ground. Gaga was also cast as a lead in the 2015-2016 season of American Horror Story, winning a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Elizabeth.
She returned with new music on 2016's Joanne, which was inspired by her late aunt of the same name. Drawing on glam rock, disco, and folk, as well as dance-pop, the album featured an impressive list of collaborators, including
Mark Ronson
Nile Rodgers
Father John Misty
Josh Homme
Florence Welsh
Tame Impala
's Kevin Parker, and
. Featuring the singles "Perfect Illusion," "John Wayne," and "Million Reasons," the album debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 but quickly lost traction on the charts. It wasn't until February of 2017 that the success of her Super Bowl halftime show would set Joanne on the comeback trajectory. In addition to returning The Fame, Born This Way, and Artpop to the charts, the momentum from her performance landed Joanne at number two and "Million Reasons" at number four on the Hot 100. Before embarking on the Joanne World Tour, she issued the standalone single "The Cure" and the documentary Gaga: Five Foot Two, which partially focused on chronic physical ailments that would eventually cause the cancellation of the final stops of the world tour.
In 2018, Gaga made the leap to the silver screen by starring alongside
Bradley Cooper
in his remake of the classic Hollywood fable A Star Is Born. Upon its release in October, the soundtrack to the film debuted at the top of the Billboard and U.K. charts, while the film itself turned into a commercial and critical hit. Lady Gaga earned two Academy Award nominations for A Star Is Born: a nod for Best Actress and as a co-composer of "Shallow," which was nominated for, and won, Best Original Song. After its win, the song reached number one on the Billboard charts. In 2020, she won the Best Song Written for Visual Media Grammy Award for the A Star Is Born track "I'll Never Love Again," which she co-wrote with
Natalie Hemby
Hillary Lindsey
, and
Aaron Raitiere
Gaga's Grammy win arrived as she ramped up the release cycle for Chromatica, her sixth LP. A return to glitzy dance-pop, Chromatica arrived in May 2020, preceded by the singles "Stupid Love" and "Rain on Me," the latter a duet with
Ariana Grande
that debuted at number one on the Hot 100. Also featuring appearances by
Elton John
, the album continued Gaga's streak of number one entries on the Billboard 200. A remix album, Dawn of Chromatica, arrived in 2021 and featured contributions by
Rina Sawayama
Charli XCX
, and many more. That same year, Gaga remained in the spotlight, singing the national anthem at Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony, joining the cast of Ridley Scott's House of Gucci, and celebrating the tenth anniversary of Born This Way with an EP dubbed Born This Way Reimagined, which showcased covers by
Kylie Minogue
Big Freedia
Orville Peck
Years & Years
, and others. She also reunited with
Tony Bennett
for a follow-up to their 2014 collaboration, a
Cole Porter
tribute dubbed Love for Sale. The following May, Gaga contributed a classic arena power balled called "Hold My Hand" to the Top Gun sequel, Top Gun: Maverick. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
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Eclipse DemoCamps Galileo 2009/Toronto
Red Hat's Toronto office, 2323 Yonge Street (at Eglinton) followed by food and drink at a nearby establishment. The best way to get here is by TTC to Eglinton station and then walk one block north on the east side. If you're driving, there's a green P behind the building on the north side of Roehampton. We'll meet attendees at the main entrance to the building since it will be locked.
Date and Time
- Thursday, 21 May 2009
- Demos: 6:30 PM - 8:30 or 9 PM
- Refreshments: 8:30/9 PM onwards
Andrew Overholt, Red Hat
If you would like to present at the DemoCamp, please feel free to add your name and topic to the list. Depending on the number of people interested we may have to limit the number of presenters and time of each demo.
- Elliott Baron, Jeff Johnston, Kent Sebastian, Linux Tools Project happenings
- Ioan Salau, eHealth Software Production Line
- Remy Chi Jian Suen, Virtual Project Collaboration via ECF
See the videos of these talks!
Who Is Attending
If you plan on attending please add your name and company to the list below. We'd like to see as many people show up as possible.
- Andrew Overholt, Red Hat
- Jordan Anastasiade, Seneca College
- Nick Boldt, JBoss / Red Hat
- Ed Merks, Macro Modeling
- Ioan Salau, Insighteck
- Andrew Ross, Ingres, FOSSLC
- Remy Chi Jian Suen, Undergraduate of the University of Waterloo
- Elliott Baron, Red Hat
- Kent Sebastian, Red Hat
- Jeff Johnston, Red Hat
- Eugene Kuleshov
- Ken Struys, University of Toronto
- Wassim Melhem, (between jobs)
- Ryan Smith, Impact Mobile
- Andy Yang, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
- Peter Wierzbicki
- Andrew Petersen, University of Toronto Mississauga
- Henry Zaccak, NexJ Systems Inc.
- Greg Fenton, NexJ Systems Inc.
- Mike Pettypiece, Impact Mobile
- Roland Grunberg, University of Toronto
- Valentin Baciu, IBM Canada
- Jon VanAlten, Red Hat
- Chris Tyler, Seneca College
- Ioana Ivan, Red Hat
- Teodora Salau, Telus Health Solutions
- Aditya Mehta
- Elena Flat, University of Toronto