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Battle lines have now been drawn in the euro zone for next week, a week in which the Italian Prime Minister, Mario Monti, said the euro zone must save itself and for which he believes there can be no room for failure.
The European economic crisis has been three years in the making and its outcome is uncertain. To help clarify the situation, here's a look at what's happening now, with updates as they happen, and a look at the major players.
Western policymakers are "making fools" of themselves in the eyes of people in emerging markets as no initiative to end the euro zone crisis has emerged in more than two years, an economist told CNBC at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
The number of Greeks filing and paying their taxes shot up sharply in the wake of Sunday's contentious elections.
Despite all its troubles and turmoil, Europe is setting up as a great chance for investors looking for some cheap land and unique deals, developer Donald Trump told CNBC.
Wilbur Ross, the billionaire investor and Chairman of private equity firm, WL Ross & Co., says the real question facing Greece is what policies the new government will implement after the pro-bailout New Democracy party won the most votes in Sunday's vote.
Thousands of well-educated workers are fleeing Greece and heading to Germany as the euro zone crisis batters their homeland.
"The markets have digested an awful lot of the negative implications of the crisis. There's room for positive surprises here," says one investment pro.
The worst case scenario for investors is that on Sunday night the re-run of the Greek election does not produce a coalition government both willing and able to implement the austerity plan Athens has already agreed on with the other 16 members of the Euro Zone.
Investors are seeking the safest investments and want to protect their portfolios from European exposure and unpredictability. These companies generate revenue entirely in the United States, and many of them pay a dividend that is substantially greater than the 10-year note.
A relief rally that gathered steam on Monday lasted less than an hour in Europe as investors weighed a Greek election result seen as reducing the risk of a euro exit against concerns over Spain's high levels of debt.
Investors with high tolerance for risk may have opportunities around the potential collapse of the euro zone that few others can take advantage of.
In a four part series, we'll explain how to get out of the monetary union, how to launch your own currency, and what obstacles you're likely to encounter along the way.
To put it simply, Greece's financial woes have been brewing for decades as the Greeks consistently voted in representatives across the political spectrum who promised the people more than the economy could deliver.
If Angela Merkel had been president of the U.S. in 2008 and 2009, the Federal government would not have invested $700 billion to bail out the financial and automobile industries.
Emotional sell-offs related to the fears of any country's exit or other euro zone related issues are tremendous buying opportunities for high quality multinational U.S. stocks — they are extremely cheap, their businesses are growing and the entirety of the euro zone, generally speaking, makes up less than 20 percent of U.S. exports.
Governments in Europe should lower taxes and increase salaries to boost growth rather than insisting on austerity and continued saving, famous economist Nouriel Roubini told a German newspaper in an interview on Tuesday.
Concerns grew on Monday that Italy could be the next victim of Europe's financial infection, leading nervous investors to sell Italian stocks and bonds and damping euphoria over a weekend deal to bail out Spain's banks, the New York Times reports.
European officials shouldn't be surprised if their latest unveiling—a rescue plan for Spain's troubled banks—fails yet again to impress markets or resolve the continent's crisis.
Time after time during the European debt crisis, grand plans aimed at drawing a line under the problem have appeared to be behind market expectations. That may be changing.
As fears over Greece and other peripheral European countries continue to build, one money manager says investors shouldn't keep money on the sidelines.
"The whole euro thing will eventually be doomed," says Donald Trump, Trump Organization chairman & president, expressing his thoughts on Europe's financial crisis and the future of the euro zone.
CNBC hits the streets of Astoria, Queens in New York City - a neighborhood which has one of the largest Greek populations outside of Greece - to get the latest on-the-ground reaction to the financial crisis in Greece.
Antoine Drean, Triago, says the worst is still to come for Europe's economy, adding that Hollande could be dangerous for Europe and printing money may be the only solution.
CNBC's Simon Hobbs explains how a creative eurobond plan is gaining traction in Germany.


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The initial release of the OS Development Series Chapter 25 is out. The chapter primary covers concurrent programming, scheduling, and multitasking. Other topics include IPC, Process state management, and a brief introduction to SMP. The Chapter 25 demo program should be released in about a week however most of the new code is presented throughout the chapter. From here on out, there are a lot of different directions we can take. Please let us know if you have any suggestions that you would like to see! Currently, we are considering Graphics 3, Advanced Memory Management, Virtual 8086, or hard disk devices.

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Type http://www.familysearch.org in your browser and you will taken directly to the new FamilySearch web site. It is no longer referred to as Beta. The new site has a different look and feel than the old one we have been using since 1999. It is difficult to part with old friends, but in time they are replaced with new friends.
Try it out and see if you like it. At the first attempt, you will probably decide you want the old web page back. It's still there, at least for a while. If you have bookmarked it, the old one will return to your screen. You can also scroll to the bottom of the new web site and click on "Go to the previous site."
To access images on the new site, you will need to register (free). The link can be found at the top right hand portion of the new web site's opening page. In the same location, click on Help. Be sure to read about the differences between the two versions of FamilySearch. Keep in mind that the new web site is not complete. There are some functions you will not find there that are still on the old FamilySearch site. You may want to go back and forth for a while. There are also several tutorials that are helpful.
I encourage you to spend about an hour watching the FamilySearch Bloginar Presentation, December 2010. You can pause to take a break. By watching this, you will learn a good deal about the functions of the new web site, what is upcoming and how to more effectively perform searches.
Change is good and FamilySearch allows you to take baby steps to get used to it, also mindful you may need the security blanket of the old web site. For now, I use both sites. In time I plan on becoming very knowledgable and proficient with the new Family Search.
Here's a good tip. If you get lost and want to quickly return to the home web page, just click on the tree logo with FamilySearch through it. It appears on every page you open.
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The 49ers may or may not be interested in acquiring Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis.
We know this much: Richard Sherman isn't concerned either way.
The Seahawks' cornerback, who had a memorable written and verbal dispute with Revis last week, told 710 AM in Seattle on Wednesday that he's indifferent to whether Revis lands with Seattle's primary NFC West rival.
"It'd be fun either way," Sherman said, according to Sports Radio Interviews. "There's always a rivalry there. I still wouldn't get to play against him directly, so it really wouldn't matter to me. I'm sure our receivers would have a little fun with him. I don't mind either way. He's really irrelevant in my mind."
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DEAR ABBY: My father left my mother after 32 years of marriage. To say Mom was devastated would be putting it mildly. She tried to keep things cordial for the sake of her four kids, but Dad spurned her efforts.
My three brothers and I are now married with children of our own. Only recently have I been able to express how ashamed I am of myself and my siblings for the despicable way we have treated our mother for the past 17 years.
Dad was always arrogant, but he became even worse when he came into money. In our lives, Dad became No. 1. The reason? You guessed it -- the money. We put our mother down every chance we got, and our spouses chimed right in. We visited her only once or twice a year and never repaid the money she lent us. She knew she wasn't wanted or respected. Dad is clueless to the fact that we hang around only because of what we can get (and have gotten) from him. This is still true of my brothers, but I no longer want any part of this charade.
Mom is gone now. No, she hasn't passed away. She quietly moved out of our lives and I don't know where she is. I don't blame her for leaving. The abuse she took from us shouldn't happen to a dog. When I look back, I remember a mother who held a full-time job, kept a marvelous home, was a great cook and had a wonderful laugh and sensitivity. She didn't smoke, drink or cheat on Dad. Was she perfect? Of course not; none of us is.
All she wanted after the divorce was to be loved by her kids and spend time with her grandkids. Now the grandkids are growing up without knowing this wonderful woman.
Mom, if you see this letter, I love you dearly. I hope you can someday forgive me for all the years of hateful remarks and unkind deeds. The pain you must have suffered is something I'll have to live with the rest of my life. You are a class act, and I'm going to live the rest of my life trying to emulate your values and quiet dignity. -- MISSING MY MOM IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ.
DEAR MISSING: If you're truly sorry, it's time to tell your mother personally and ask her forgiveness. Do whatever it takes to locate her, including hiring a private detective if necessary. It may be expensive, but use some of the money you got from Dear Old Dad.
DEAR ABBY: I am an 81-year-old grandmother who blindly trusted that my annual Pap smear exam would provide early detection for any type of uterine cancer.
It took a diagnosis of uterine cancer that resulted in a subsequent hysterectomy for me to discover that this test is not enough. Although the Pap test should be part of a regular checkup, it only checks for cervical cancer. Except when hormone therapy is being taken, any bleeding, spotting or abnormal discharge following menopause is not normal and should be reported at once to your doctor. -- GEORGIA GRANDMOTHER
DEAR GRANDMOTHER: I'm pleased that your cancer was caught in time. However, whether a woman is pre- or post-menopausal -- and whether or not she is on hormone therapy -- she should immediately alert her doctor to any abnormal bleeding, spotting or discharge. These symptoms are not just warning signs of cancer. They could also indicate a polyp that needs removal, or a sexually transmitted disease.
Good advice for everyone -- teens to seniors -- is in "The Anger in All of Us and How to Deal With It." To order, send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Anger Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.)


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Applications of Laughter Yoga
Laughter Yoga in Schools:
In India, Laughter Yoga has been introduced in many schools in the cities of Surat, Baroda and Bangalore. That includes 10 minutes of laughter in morning assembly followed by five minutes of laughter session in the classrooms at the beginning and at the end of the day.
This regular practice has shown that the mood and atmosphere changes for the better. Teachers and students are happier with a more positive outlook, communication is improved, less discipline is required and attendance improved. Academic results have shown improvement. Apart from India, there are laughter clubs in Ithaca College in NY and Minnesota that attracts many youngsters and are fast becoming popular.
Laughter Yoga for Business World:
Scientific research shows us that laughter can help to resolve many major workplace issues, but until now there has been no reliable and effective system to deliver laughter. Humor was the only tool available, but it is not reliable and seldom leads to continuous hearty laughter.
Laughter Yoga is a breakthrough laughter delivery system that can enable a person to laugh continuously for 15 to 20 minutes with short breaks of yogic breathing. Many Laughter Yoga professionals have presented sessions to business with positive results.
The concept is gaining popularity in companies and corporations in India, Denmark, US and many other countries. It is a powerful force for improving staff performance in the workplace. This was recently confirmed by studies in India and the USA that showed substantial stress reduction and a big increase in staff ability to perform their jobs after just three weeks of laughter sessions.
Laughter Yoga with Seniors:
Laughter Yoga is being practiced among seniors in many aged care facilities in Canada, USA, Israel and Europe. There is a distinct rise in life expectancy with improvement in health care and advance in medical technology. In fact, ten years from now the number of older people would have almost doubled.
Faced with age and age related troubles, seniors find their physical and mental faculties on the decline. Since the cognitive abilities in seniors are compromised due to senile dementia and Alzheimer's disease, they find it difficult to comprehend humor. Therefore, Laughter Yoga is the ideal form of exercise routine that can help them to get complete health benefits of laughter.
Laughter Yoga with Cancer Patients:
There are hundreds of people in laughter clubs all over the world who are suffering from cancer, but laughter has brought a new hope into their lives. Many have reported that regular laughter sessions have benefited them tremendously.
Cancer is the next biggest killer after depression and heart problems. Scientific research has proved that Laughter has a profound impact on the immune system which decides the course of survival of cancer patients. Laughter Yoga has been effectively implemented in many cancer hospitals helping the patients and the care givers to cope with the pain and trauma. Swedish Cancer Hospital in Chicago, USA does regular Laughter Yoga while patients are taking chemotherapy.
Laughter Yoga in Prisons:
Laughter Yoga is being practiced in several prisons in India, Europe and USA. Famous British actor John Cleese visited Mumbai prison in the year 2001 when he was making documentary for BBC on human expressions. He found that laughter had a major impact on the prisoners and the atmosphere in general lightened.
With increase in crime all over the world, the prisons are over burdened with prisoners harboring negative emotions and thoughts. Laughter Yoga is a great method of dissipating these feelings of anger and frustration. Many prisons in India have found Laughter Yoga an effective tool to release their negative emotions. There are positive changes in prisoner attitude and better prisoner-staff relations and reduced violence.
Laughter Yoga with Physically and Mentally Challenged:
Laughter Yoga has made a major difference in the lives of many people with physical and mental disabilities in India, Canada, USA and Portugal. In fact, in Bangalore, India, the introduction of Laughter Yoga for the mentally and the physically challenged children has revealed a marked improvement in their motor and expressive skills and control in hyper activeness. Many such people who come to these sessions in wheel chairs have shown tremendous improvement in their physical condition and mental health.
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…was the theme of this month's Daring Bakers' Challenge.
The September 2010 Daring Bakers' challenge was hosted by Mandy of "What the Fruitcake?!" Mandy challenged everyone to make Decorated Sugar Cookies based on recipes from Peggy Porschen and The Joy of Baking.
Since sugar cookies should not really be a challenge for anyone to make, the challenger set it up so that we had to bake/decorate the cookies with the theme of what September means to us.
The Jewish High Holy Days (Rosh Hashanah, the New Year, and Yom Kippor, the day of atonement) both fall in September, so I made shofar, torah, and Jewish star (star of David) shaped cookies. I made them with just white royal icing because:
1) I did not have time to go out and buy food coloring
2) It was Yom Kippor when I made them, so I thought that white was appropriate, since it is the color that you wear to show your respect for the day of reflection…or something like that.
Anyway, I brought the cookies to the Break-the-fast dinner I went to and they seemed to be well-received since they were gone by the end of the night. (Not sure if they were all eaten that night, or someone took them home.)
Although they were simple, and easy to make, I enjoyed this challenge. It was a nice way to celebrate the holidays.
Preparation Time
30 minutes: Making dough & rolling
1 hour min: Refrigeration
8-15 minutes: Baking per tray depending on size of cookies
Equipment Required
– Parchment paper
– Rolling pin
– 5mm guide sticks (optional)
– Cookie cutters or sharp knife
– Baking trays
– Wire cooling rack
– Spatulas
– Mixing bowls
– Measuring cups/spoons or weighing scale
– Sieve
– Icing bags / Parchment Cones
– Sizes 1 to 5 plain icing tips (2 and 4 being the most common to use)
– Star icing tips (optional)
– Couplers (optional)
– Toothpicks
– Elastic bands
Basic Sugar Cookies:
Makes Approximately 36x 10cm / 4″ Cookies
200g / 7oz / ½ cup + 6 Tbsp Unsalted Butter, at room temperature
400g / 14oz / 3 cups + 3 Tbsp All Purpose / Plain Flour
200g / 7oz / 1 cup Caster Sugar / Superfine Sugar
1 Large Egg, lightly beaten
5ml / 1 tsp Vanilla Extract / Or seeds from 1 vanilla bean
• Cream together the butter, sugar and any flavourings you're using. Beat until just becoming
creamy in texture.
• Tip: Don't over mix otherwise you'll incorporate too much air and the cookies will spread during
baking, losing their shape.
• Beat in the egg until well combined, make sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl.
Add the sifted flour and mix on low until a non sticky dough forms.
• Tip: I don't have a stand mixer so I find it easier to switch to dough hooks at this stage to avoid
flour flying everywhere.
• Knead into a ball and divide into 2 or 3 pieces.
• Roll out each portion between parchment paper to a thickness of about 5mm/1/5 inch (0.2 inch)
• Refrigerate for a minimum of 30mins.
• Tip: Recipes commonly just wrap the whole ball of dough in clingwrap and then refrigerate it for an
hour or overnight, but by rolling the dough between parchment, this shortens the chilling time and
then it's also been rolled out while still soft making it easier and quicker.
• Once chilled, peel off parchment and place dough on a lightly floured surface.
• Cut out shapes with cookie cutters or a sharp knife.
• Arrange shapes on parchment lined baking sheets and refrigerate for another 30mins to an hour.
• Tip: It's very important you chill them again otherwise they'll spread while baking.
• Re-roll scraps and follow the above process until all scraps are used up.
• Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C Fan Assisted) / 350°F / Gas Mark 4.
• Bake until golden around the edges, about 8-15mins depending on the size of the cookies.
• Tip: Bake same sized cookies together otherwise mixing smaller with larger cookies could result in
some cookies being baked before others are done.
• Tip: Rotate baking sheets half way through baking if your oven bakes unevenly.
• Leave to cool on cooling racks.
• Once completely cooled, decorate as desired.
• Tip: If wrapped in tinfoil/cling wrap or kept in airtight containers in a cool place, un-decorated
cookies can last up to a month.
Royal Icing:
315g – 375g / 11oz – 13oz / 2½ – 3 cups Icing / Confectioner's / Powdered Sugar, unsifted
2 Large Egg Whites
10ml / 2 tsp Lemon Juice
5ml / 1 tsp Almond Extract, optional
• Beat egg whites with lemon juice until combined.
• Tip: It's important that the bowls/spoons/spatulas and beaters you use are thoroughly cleaned and
grease free.
• Sift the icing sugar to remove lumps and add it to the egg whites.
• Tip: I've listed 2 amounts of icing sugar, the lesser amount is good for a flooding consistency, and the larger amount is for outlining, but you can add even more for a much thicker consistency good for writing. If you add too much icing sugar or would like to make a thinner consistency, add very small amounts of water, a few drops at a time, until you reach the consistency you need.
• Beat on low until combined and smooth.
• Use immediately or keep in an airtight container.
• Tip: Royal Icing starts to harden as soon as it's in contact with air so make sure to cover containers with plastic wrap while not in use.
Decorating Your Cookies: Flooding
"Flooding" a cookie is a technique used when covering a cookie with Royal Icing.
1. You outline the area you want to flood which helps create a dam
2. Then fill or flood inside the area you've outlined
Decorating Your Cookies: What You'll Need
– Piping bags / Parchment Cones / Ziplock Bags
– Elastic bands
– Piping tips (between sizes 1 & 5)
– Couplers
– Glasses (handy for standing your piping bags in)
– Clean clothes, dry & damp
– Toothpicks
– Gel or paste food colouring
Decorating Your Cookies: Royal Icing
The most important thing when it comes to decorating with Royal Icing is the consistency.
There are two ways of flooding your cookies. Some like to do the outline with a thicker icing and then flood with a thinner icing. Some like to use the same icing to do both which saves time and you don't have to have two different piping bags for each colour you're using.
The Same Consistency Method
• Mix your royal icing according to the recipe/instructions
• Drag a knife through the surface of the Royal Icing and count to 10
• If the surface becomes smooth between 5 & 10 seconds, the icing is at the correct consistency
• Tip: If your icing is too thick, thin it by adding a few drops of water. Mix, do the 10 second test, then if it's still too thick, add a few more drops of water, repeat, etc.
• Tip: To thicken your icing, add small amounts of icing sugar until thick enough for the 10 second test
Two Different Consistencies Method
• Mix your royal icing according to the recipe/instructions.
• Separate into 2 different bowls, one lot of icing for outlining, the other for flooding.
• For the outlining icing, drag a knife through the surface of the Royal Icing.
• If the surface becomes smooth at around 10 seconds, the icing is at the correct consistency.
• Tip: If your icing is too thick, thin it by adding a few drops of water. Mix, count to 10 seconds, then if it's still too thick, add a few more drops of water, repeat, etc.
• Tip: To thicken your icing, add small amounts of icing sugar until thick enough for the 10 second test.
• For the flooding/filling icing, drag a knife through the surface of the Royal Icing.
• If the surface becomes smooth at around 3-4 seconds, the icing is at the correct consistency.
• Tip: If your icing is too thick, thin it by adding a few drops of water. Mix, count to 3-4 seconds, then if it's still too thick, add a few more drops of water, repeat, etc.
• Tip: To thicken your icing, add small amounts of icing sugar until thick enough for the 3-4 second test.
• Separate Royal Icing into separate bowls for each colour you plan on using.
• Tip: Make sure to cover the bowls with cling film or a damp cloth to prevent the top from setting and then making lumps
• Using a toothpick, add gel or paste colouring to each bowl and mix thoroughly until desired colour is reached
• Tip: You can use liquid food colouring but you might not be able to get the desired strength of colour, liquid colouring will also thin out the icing so you'll need to add more icing sugar to thicken it again.
Prepping and Filling Your Bag
• Attach your icing tips to the piping bags using couplers
• Tip: You don't need to use a coupler but it makes it easier if you want to change tip sizes
• Tip: A size 1 tip is best for doing intricate details. A size 2 tip is good for some details and outlining. Fill or flood with sizes 2 – 5.
• Tip: You don't need a piping bag, you can use a parchment cone or ziplock bag with a tiny bit snipped off the corner. I would however recommend getting a piping set if you don't have one as it will be much easier and more precise.
• Stand the piping bags in glasses with the tops of the bags folded over the top of the glass.
• Fill your icing bags with each coloured icing.
• Tie the ends of the piping bags with elastic bands.
Decorating: Outlining
• Fit the piping bag with a size 2 or 3 tip.
• Tip: Or snip a very small bit of the corner off of a parchment cone or Ziploc bag
• Hold the piping bag at a 45 degree angle above the cookie where you want to start the outline.
• Gently squeeze the piping bag and start moving in the direction you want to outline the cookie.
• Start lifting the piping bag away from the cookie so that the flow of icing falls onto the cookie, making it an even and neater outline.
• As you start to reach the beginning of the outline, bring the piping tip closer to the surface of the cookie to meet the start of the icing outline.
• Tip: If you're doing an intricate cookie, like a snow flake, you won't be able to lift the tip as far away from the cookie.
• If you're doing a different colour border, eg a black border, let the outline dry before flooding. If using the same colour for the outline as you're flooding with, begin flooding after doing the outline.
Decorating: Flooding
• Fit the piping bag with a size 2-5 tip, the bigger the area being filled, the bigger the tip.
• Tip: Or cut slightly more off the corner of a Ziploc bag to create a slightly larger opening.
• Quickly zigzag back and forth over the area you want to fill.
• Tip: You need to be quick when flooding the cookie so don't worry too much if it's not filled in neatly.
• Using a toothpick or clean paintbrush, push the icing around into the gaps that are still remaining.
• Either pick up the cookie and tip it from side to side to even out the filling, or lightly bang the cookie down on your kitchen counter.
Decorating: Melding Colours
• If you would like to add lines or dots to the base colour that you flooded the cookie with so that they meld and dry as a smooth surface, you need to add the lines/dots/patterns as quickly as possible after flooding and smoothing the surface of the cookie.
• Tip: Make sure to have all the colours you're planning on using ready and close by so that you can switch between colours quickly
• Simply pipe other colours onto the flooded surface in patterns or lines which you can either leave as that or then drag a toothpick through to make marbling patterns.
Decorating: On top of flooding
• If you'd like to do other patterns/outlines or writing on top of the flooded surface so that they are raised above the flooded background, simply allow the icing to dry, preferably over night.
• Fit the piping bag with tip sizes 1-3.
• Pipe patterns or write on top of the dry icing
• Tip: For writing, the consistency of your icing should be thicker rather than thinner, drag a knife through your icing and when the surface smoothes around 12-15 seconds, the consistency is correct.
Packaging and Storing
• Once fully decorated, allow cookies to dry for 24 hours in a cool and dry area.
• Stack cookies in an airtight container, from largest cookies at the bottom, to smallest and more intricate at the top, with parchment or wax free paper in between the layers.
• Store in a cool and dry area with the container's lid firmly sealed.
• Will last for about a month if stored this way.
General Baking Tips
• When measuring by volume (cup) always shift/aerate your flour/icing sugar in the container/bag before measuring because it settles as it sits and so you end up with more flour/icing sugar in your cup. I do this by moving the ingredient around with a spoon, whisk or fork.
• When measuring flour or icing sugar by volume (cup) never scoop the flour/icing sugar up with the cup otherwise you compress the contents and this can make a big difference in the amount you're using. Rather, spoon the ingredient into the cup until level with the top.
• When measuring baking powder or baking soda, always level off the top of the measuring spoon with something flat (like the back of a knife) as these ingredients need to be accurately measured.
• When mixing your ingredients, always follow the recipe instructions, especially when it comes to beating in eggs and flour, so if it specifies to mix until just combined or to beat for 4 minutes, follow the instructions to get best results.
• Unless otherwise specified, always have your ingredients at room temperature.
• It's always best to invest in an oven thermometer so that you know exactly the temperature you're baking at then you can also find out if you have cold or hot spots in your oven.
• If you need to rotate your trays midst baking, always allow at least half the baking time to lapse before opening your oven to move baking trays around, this allows time for your baked goods to form a good structure so that they won't flop.
General Royal Icing Tips
• Keep a damp cloth handy while decorating your cookies so that if you're switching between different icing bags, you can keep the tips covered with the damp cloth so that the icing doesn't dry and clog them.
• If your icing tips do clog, use a toothpick or pin to unclog them.
• Always pipe a little bit of royal icing onto a board/paper towel before you begin to make sure there are no air bubbles.
• Remember to always cover bowls containing royal icing wither cling wrap, a damp cloth or sealable lid so that the surface doesn't dry.
• Don't store anything decorated with royal icing in the fridge otherwise the royal icing will
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Plant the Perimeter Fruit Tree Giveaway
Sun, Feb 7, 12 noon - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, BP Grand Entrance, 5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles
Sun, Feb 7, 12 noon - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, BP Grand Entrance, 5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles
Artist collective Fallen Fruit http://www.fallenfruit.org/index.php/news/ kicks off a yearlong project, EATLACMA, with a fruit tree giveaway.
Come pick up a free fruit tree along with planting instructions for your garden. This is the first in a series of events, which will include an exhibition, opening in June, and a series of food-related events throughout the year.
EATLACMA is a year-long investigation into food, art, culture and politics. EATLACMA's projects consider food as a common ground that explores the social role of art and ritual in community and human relationships.
EATLACMA unfolds seasonally, with artist's gardens planted and harvested on the museum campus, hands-on public events, and a concurrent exhibition, Fallen Fruit Presents The Fruit of LACMA (June 27-November 7, 2010).
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
designer: Jamie Caliri • 9 comments
Based on the popular children's book series A Series Of Unfortunate Events, the movie "Lemony Snicket's" tells the story of the three Baudelaire orphans who are sent to live with a distant relative Count Olaf. But the evil and greedy Olaf is after the children's fortune and is secretly concocting a scheme to kill them.
The end credit sequence for this dark Hollywood fairytale are built around a truly original piece of animation, featuring the Baudelaire children and the evil count Olaf. Director Jamie Caliri talks in depth about the process of creating the title sequence.
Jamie Caliri: "Brent Watts of Axiom Design had the notion of turning the character designs they had created for Lemony's merchandising campaign into an end title sequence. They pitched this notion to the producers who agreed to look at story boards. Axiom put together storyboards even though they're not an animation or film company. The original boards were just shots of illustrations moving inside of picture frames with floating text."
"They took these boards to Mike Miller of MWP (an editing company). Mike looked at the designs of the characters and thought I might be intrigued. I was. He asked if I could direct this picture-frame sequence. I said yes, but felt that they needed more story elements to make it interesting."
"Meanwhile I read the first three books twice. I pitched a more dynamic version of the picture frames to Brent and Axiom. These concepts were presented and rejected by the powers that be and we were asked to make something without story. 'Images floating' was one of the quotes. I think they were worried about us making a mess in the kitchen so to speak."
"I had this idea that Count Olaf should be represented as a huge, invasive, graphic element. Brent liked this. Without saying it to anyone I decided to go deeper into a story style approach."
"Brent and I met at a coffee shop and I pitched the concept. Together we came up with a series of vignettes based on this approach. Together we pitched the ideas back to Brad Silberling [the director]. Brad narrowed down the field of ideas and we were soon off. After this point Brent and Brad gave me the freedom to carve out the piece as I went."
"In the end, most of the sequence concepts were mine, some were Brent's. I boarded out the entire sequence. Early on, Benjamin Goldman and Todd Hemker [the lead animators] took my chicken scratch storyboards and made an animatic* that blew everyone away."
Were Todd Hemker and Benjamin Goldman involved in the project from the very start?
Jamie Caliri: "Benjamin knew about the job early on and came to some of our meetings. Todd came later as the production started. They were great to work with because they both know how to take animation from start to finish. They worked insane hours - sometimes driving them insane."
"We worked in a rented house in Ojai, California. Todd and Ben were working and living in this house. This was tough on them because they were away from home and working night and day. It was a tour of duty."
"Because they're both filmmakers it was challenging sometimes when they'd want to go one way with a scene and I another. I knew how I wanted the pace and the style of movement. We didn't always agree but they were cool with redoing shots until I was happy."
"To give proper credit - Axiom had most of the design work out of the way as far as characters and props and textures. I watched the movie trailers and decided we needed more fabric textures. We were constantly scanning in new papers and fabrics."
"Todd and Ben were also making some new art for each sequence as we went. Todd brought a beautiful flat look to some of the sequences. This really balanced the piece. Ben went wild with some of his final sequences - He loaded them with texture and subtle color. Ben was on a roll by the end."
"Because it was just the three of us, it was easy to keep an overall vision going without a huge bureaucracy. I could just step away from my computer to check on their scenes progress. No emails or planned approval times. That is how we made such a cohesive piece so fast."
* an animatic is a simplified mock-up created to give a better idea of how the scene will look and feel with motion and timing. Wikipedia
Article: Remco Vlaanderen, © Submarine Channel, 31 October 2008. Last update: 9 August 2013.
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About Jamie Caliri
Jamie Caliri
Jamie Caliri was born in 1970. After studying Animation and Filmmaking at Cal Arts, he directed several commercials and logo treatments in the early to mid 1990's. In the late 1990's Caliri left animation behind, for some time at least, to direct live action music videos for the likes of Marcy Playground. Caliri directed the 1997 promo for Morphine's 'Early To Bed', which earned him a Grammy Award nomination for Best Live Action Music Video.
Caliri's influential animated end credit sequence for Lemony Snicket's - A Series of Unfortunate Events remains in the top 5 of the "most viewed title sequences" on Watch The Titles. In 2009, Jamie Caliri and his creative team were nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Main Title Design for the titles of HBO's TV series United States of Tara, which we also featured. Another highlight in his career is the stop motion animated commercial 'Dragon' for United Airlines (on Jamiecaliri.com).
In 2009, Caliri joined Garcon Yu, Kyle Cooper, Karin Fong, and Danny Yount to present his title work at our Watch the Titles event in the Hammer Museum in L.A.
Full credits
Title director
Jamie Caliri
Layout Artists/Lead Animators
Todd Hemker, Benjamin Goldman
Creative Director
Brent Watts
Chris Meyer, Joel Fox
Mike Miller, Gary Levine
Character Designers
Joe Esquibel, Justin Reynolds
Joe Esquibel, Tom Arron
Typography/Text Layout
Scott Sorenson, Matt Manes
Backgrounds Artists
Celeste Rockwood-Jones, Roger Loveless
Thomas Newman
Production Coordinator
Mimi Vigh
Production Manager
Renee Cannon
Technical Producer
Benjamin Goldman, Film Out: E-Film
Produced By
Axiom design & MWP/Caliri Productions
Director (film)
Brad Silberling
Jamie Caliri
Todd Hemker
Benjamin Goldman
Official site
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
on Wikipedia
Jamie Caliri
on Vimeo
Comments (9):
28 Aug 09 • by: farahain
this is a wonderful story that I've ever watched.I hope that there is lemony snicket's a series of unfortunate events 2.
27 Sep 09 • by: Genevieve
The entire film was such an incredible visual treat. I purchased the DVD in part because of this piece of work---I enjoy watching it that much! Thanks so much for your creativity and dedication.
23 Nov 09 • by: david
this title sequence is gorgeous.
11 Jul 10 • by: Mike
I liked the titles better than the movie. I can watch this sequence over and over and never get bored.
2 Oct 10 • by: Luigi
I love this title sequence, and the final touch with Hungarian Dance #5 by Johannes Brahms is great!
23 Feb 11 • by: cowntess
Best sequence ever! If you enjoy this, you also may enjoy the opening sequence of Dean Spanley. That was much shorter, though.
25 Apr 11 • by: shannon
What a treat to have all these animated titles together on one site.
Beautiful Lemony Snickets
1 Nov 11 • by: Dalton
You got to push it-this essneital info that is!
10 Nov 11 • by: zeina
reminded me of lotte reiniger (silhouettes)


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Honey-Peanut Butter Cookies
Total TimePrep: 15 min. Bake: 10 min./batch
Makes5 dozen
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup honey
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a bowl, mix shortening, peanut butter and honey. Add eggs; mix well. Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt; add to peanut butter mixture and mix well.
- Roll into 1- to 1-1/2-in. balls and place on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten with a fork dipped in flour. Bake 8-10 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Nutrition Facts2 each: 191 calories, 8g fat (2g saturated fat), 14mg cholesterol, 160mg sodium, 27g carbohydrate (16g sugars, 1g fiber), 4g protein.
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Dec 17, 2018
Wonderful. As I almost always do with any recipe. modded a bit. Made 1/2 the recipe. Subbed with butter ( 1.5 tsp). Subbed a couple tbsp sugar syrup for part of honey. Used "natural"
Jun 28, 2015
I'm fairly shocked at all of the positive reviews here. I'm a seasoned home baker. There is entirely too much flour in this recipe as that is what this cookie predominantly tastes like. I should have trusted my instincts and halved the flour. Shameful waste of good ingredients.
Aug 2, 2014
I was so disappointed with the flavor. I realize they're called HONEY-Peanut Butter, but even hubby asked they had any peanut butter in them (and that after I added extra peanut butter like some of the reviewers suggested.
Apr 15, 2014
I was hesitant to double the peanut butter as other reviewers recommended, so I added just an extra 1/2 cup. Even then, the honey taste dominates the flavor of these cookies. If you want the peanut butter taste to come through, then either double the peanut butter or reduce the honey. If I make them again, I will likely reduce the honey to just 1/4 cup. I used butter in place of shortening. They are chewy cookies & bake up nicely.
Mar 13, 2014
Took some advice and doubled the peanut butter - it was perfect! I think if you didn't double it, it wouldn't have much peanut butter taste. They are so good and a bit chewy too!
Jul 17, 2013
Jun 9, 2013
LOVE!!standing in my kitchen and just made these!TIP: after seeing others comments about "too much flour" and "not enough pb taste", i honestly DOUBLED the amount of peanut butter for this recipe, and by far THE BEST decision! ive been trying recipe after recipe for pb cookies, and although they were always good they never had enough pb flavor to satisfy. im sure any one else can agree!so however you decide to make this recipe, if its by cutting it in half or following the full measurements (i did half because.. honey is expensive lol and im a poor college student),i strongly, strongly suggest to double the peanut butter. and nothing else needs to change! you will not be disappointed :)ps- i melted butter instead of the shortening for mine.. they are very very soft cookies!being both weak for nut butters and honey, this recipe shot a double arrow through the heart! (;
Feb 19, 2013
Instead of the Honey, I used Pure Cane Syrup. An added taste that many asked what I had added to make them taste this good.
Jan 24, 2013
Easy and just the right taste. The honey makes these cookies moist and mellow
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Wonderful!!!! Can't eat just one. Cut the recipe in half, used my cookie scoop to make even portions and ended up with 4 dozen cookies.


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Born in India and educated in England, Canada and the USA, Peter Corley-Smith served as an RAF pilot with the Special Operations Executive in the Second World War. After the war he became in turn a miner, surveyor, cartographer, commercial helicopter pilot and college instructor before becoming a history curator. Now retired, he is serving as a Research associate at the Royal British Columbia Museum. In 1990, he was recipient of the Helicopter Association Internationals' Excellence in Communication award. Peter died in November 2002.
Jan de Groot
Jan de Groot was born in 1932 in The Hague, Holland. He lived through the German occupation of Holland in the Second World War, and later, at the age of eighteen, he became a merchant mariner and roamed the world by sea. In 1957 he emigrated to Canada and in 1960 married a young Dutch woman who had also emigrated to Canada. They had two children, and Jan pursued a landlubbing career for thirteen years in the corporate world. In 1970, he returned to a seagoing life and operated a charter yacht in the Caribbean until 1980, divorcing and remarrying along the way.
Eileen Delehanty Pearkes
Eileen Delehanty Pearkes explores the connection between landscape and the human imagination in her work. Now in its second printing, The Geography of Memory continues to inform and inspire readers across Canada and in the northwestern United States. She has published three books, the most recent of which is The Glass Seed (www.timeless.org) and she writes a regular column for The North Columbia Monthly. Eileen lives in Nelson, B.C.
Dorothy Field
Dorothy Field is a visual artist as well as a writer. Besides several books of poetry, she is the author of a children's book, In the Street of the Temple Cloth Printers, and Paper and Threshold, both of which have grown out of her frequent travels in Asia. She lives in Victoria beside a seedling Garry oak.
Leona Gom
Leona Gom was born and raised on an isolated farm in northern Alberta, where her parents were homesteaders. She received a B.Ed. and M.A. from the University of Alberta and taught in the English Dept. for two years. In the 1980's she taught at Kwantlen College in B.C. and was editor and poetry editor for ten years of the award-winning literary magazine Event; she then taught graduate and undergraduate creative writing courses at U.B.C. for two years.
Katherine Gordon
A globe-trotting half-French, half-English expatriate Kiwi and a former contracts lawyer and First Peoples' land claims negotiator, she now lives on Gabriola Island, British Columbia, where she continues to write about B.C.'s historical, environmental, political and cultural issues and to work with First Peoples on intergovernmental relationships and strategy development. She is also on the Board of Directors of the First Peoples' Cultural Foundation, an NGO working to ensure that B.C.'s indigenous languages remain a vibrant, living part of Canada's future.
Lyn Hancock
Lyn Hancock has been a distinguished author, photographer, photojournalist, lecturer and film maker for over 40 years, publishing 20 books and thousands of articles in newspapers and magazines around the world. Born in Australia, she has hitchhiked from Cape Town to Cairo and from Alaska to Baffin Island (Winging it in the North), and for 25 years has lived and travelled in the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
John Koerner
John Koerner's powers of observation, his oneness with the natural world around him, his insights into people and the innate understanding of various cultures are very much the tools he uses in creating his works. They are also the gifts he gives to viewers: his ability in so many languages and in the international language of visual art. His work connects in a truly meaningful way across a significant breadth of cultures, and enriches us all.
Director of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Dude Lavington
H. Dude Lavington was born in Alberta in 1907. He has lived the life of a pioneer: breaking trail, breaking horses, breaking bones. He eased into the cowboy life aboard a bronco named Calamity. His colloquial, down-home style and stories are major additions to the Canadian cowboy mythos.
Andrea Lebowitz
Andrea Lebowitz is a charter member of the faculty at Simon Fraser University and a founder of the Women's Studies Department in which she teaches. She is the editor of an anthology of women's nature writing in Canada, Living in Harmony, which includes a selection from Gilean Douglas's writing.
Charles Lillard
Charles Lillard was known as a poet and as an historian specializing in the Northwest Coast. His last volume of poetry, Circling North, won the 1988 B.C. Poetry Book Prize.
Richard Somerset Mackie
Born in Edmonton in 1957, Richard Mackie moved to Vancouver Island when he was 11 and soon started digging up Victorian-era bottle dumps on the margins of mud flats on Tsehum Harbour, North Saanich, starting beneath his parents' home and moving out from there. He probed the muddy shorelines with a metal rod and learned to distinguish between buried glass and rock. Soon he had a bedroom full of old bottles and pottery pieces. This was worthwhile salvage work because the tidal estuaries tended to get filled in for parking lots or dredged for marinas.
Chief Earl Maquinna George
Chief Earl Maquinna George, hereditary chief of the Ahousaht First Nation of Clayoquot Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island, here tells his compelling life story in his own words. Born in 1926 in the village of Maaqtusiis, on Flores Island, Chief Maquinna lost his mother when he was very young and spent his childhood years, until Grade 8, at the Ahousat Indian Residential School. He received traditional training from the elders at Maaqtusiis, as well as learning the skills of fishing and a sea-going life from his father, McPherson George. He also worked as a logger and with the Canadian Coast Guard, eventually earning his skipper's papers.
Olive Spencer Loggins
Olive Spencer Loggins 1900-1989
Olive Spencer Loggins shared many adventures and much happiness with her husband, Arthur, during their forty years of marriage. After his death in 1965, she travelled in Ontario visiting their two sons and other relatives.
In 1970 she met and married Clinton Loggins, a Texan with a fine hand for gardening. They had six years together before his death. Olive spent her final years in Victoria, British Columbia, where she enjoyed an active life until she passed away in 1989.
Ron Martin
Ron Martin is the eighth child of Robert Martin Sr. and Cecelia Martin (née Lucas) of Opitsaht. Opitsaht has been the ancestral home of the Martin family for many generations. It is situated on Meares Island, across from Tofino on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Ron's father, Robert, was a hereditary chief (Ha'withl) of the Tla-o-qui-aht (formerly known as Clayoquot), one of the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations.
Sylvie McClean
Sylvie McClean was born in Algeria, educated in France, Germany and Canada and has lived in Canada since 1960. She holds MA degrees from both the Sorbonne and UBC and works as a professional translator. She is married and lives in Vancouver.
Jill Milton
Jill Milton, a longtime resident of Cortes Island, knew Gilean Douglas for the last 20 years of Douglas's life. Although 50 years separated them, they were good friends, and Douglas named Milton her literary executor. Douglas requested in her will that her Literary Executor work to bring her writing back into print, and Milton feels honoured to help carry out that task.
Rita Moir
Rita Moir received the help of archivists across Canada, but it's her long-time involvement in the Slocan Valley that opened doors for her as she sought these rare and previously unpublished photos deep within the albums and shoeboxes of local families.
Rona Murray
Rona Murray was born in London, England, and spent her early childhood in India, before coming to Canada. She was educated at the University of British Columbia and at the University of Kent. She has taught at a number of Colleges and Universities and is the author of four collections of poetry. Her play, Blue Duck's Feather and Eagledown was performed in the 1958 Centennial celebrations of British Columbia, and her poems and stories have appeared in many magazines and anthologies in North America.
Rosemary Neering
Rosemary Neering has been writing about the Canadian west for some 30 years. Her award-winning books include Down the Road: Journeys through Small-Town British Columbia and Wild West Women: Travellers, Adventurers and Rebels, as well as a variety of guides to and histories of B.C. She lives in Victoria.
Sylvia Olsen
Sylvia Olsen was born and brought up in Victoria, BC. At seventeen she married and moved to Tsartlip First Nation. For more than thirty years she lived and worked and raised her four children in the Tsartlip community. Sylvia is a historian specializing in Native/white relations in Canada. As a writer, she often finds herself exploring the in-between places where Native and non-Native people meet.
David N. Parker
David N. Parker is a curator at the Royal BC Museum, a position he has held since 1973. He has produced over 20 exhibits during his tenure at the museum and has published books and articles on both emergency services and aviation. Presently, he is preparing a history of the BC Ambulance Service.
Kelly Parsons
Kelly Parsons was born in Victoria, BC, on May 8, 1958, and died at Victoria Hospice on December 24, 2008, with her son, John, at her side. Kelly attended school on southern Vancouver Island, and all through her teenage years her horse, April, was an important part of her life (she later said, "...animals bring so much joy and acceptance into our lives").
Sallie Phillips
Sallie Phillips was a freelance broadcaster in Vancouver in the years following WWII. She broadcast her varied and detailed programs over many Vancouver radio stations, but most of her work was for the CBC and was enjoyed by listeners locally, nationally, and internationally. With a smooth and expressive voice that "could really take it off the paper," and infinite curiosity, Sallie was a natural for radio. But she was also a natural for public relations, and her highly successful career in that field eventually overtook her work as a freelance broadcaster. After retiring in the late 1960s, Sallie and her husband Dick travelled extensively and moved to Vancouver Island in 1972. They have lived in Victoria since 1986.
Terry Reksten
Terry Reksten was born in England in 1942 and came to British Columbia in 1947. She studied English and History at the University of British Columbia, graduating in 1963. Terry maintained an active interest in British Columbia history and heritage preservation and was a founding member of the Hallmark Society and the Crystal Gardens Preservation Society. In 1985, she was named an Honorary Citizen of the City of Victoria in recognition of her writing and her work in heritage preservation.
Susan Stenson
Susan Stenson has been published in many literary magazines including Geist, subTerrain, Fiddlehead, and CV2. She has received numerous awards for her work including The ARC Poem of the Year Contest, subTerrain's Lush Triumphant contest, The Rona Murray Prize for Literature, the Great Canadian Literary Hunt, This Magazine's poetry contest, the League of Canadian Poets National Contest, the Best Book of Poetry (people's choice prize, Monday Magazine), and the Hawthorne Poetry Chapbook Award.
Margo Talbot
Margo Talbot is an ice climber who leads expeditions in some of the world's most remote locations. Her memoir of addiction, recovery, and climbing is a testament to the strength of the human spirit and the healing power of nature.
Nikki Tate
Born in England, award-winning author Nikki Tate travelled the world before settling down on a tiny farm on Vancouver Island. Horses, goats, ducks, cats, dogs, and koi keep her busy when she isn't dreaming up ideas for new books or working out in her garden. The author of more than twenty books, Tate also works as a freelance broadcaster with CBC radio and is a professional storyteller, retelling the stories of King Arthur's court. Her writing workshops are popular with aspiring writers of all ages.
Nancy Turner
Nancy Turner is internationally known for her work in Ethnobotany, the study of plants and cultures. She is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria and has published many books, scholarly papers and popular articles. Her studies have taken her all over British Columbia and to other parts of the world.
Robert D. Turner
Robert D. Turner is a multi-award-winning author of fifteen books, with several more in the works, and over 350 articles on railway and steamship history. He has had several thousand photographs published in books, magazines and journals as well as presented in exhibits. He is Curator Emeritus at the Royal British Columbia Museum, where he was Chief of Historical Collections for many years. Bob has traveled around the world photographing and documenting surviving early railways, the lives of workers and communities, and industrial history in South American, Africa, many parts of Asia and Europe.
Sarah Turner
Sarah Turner grew up in Victoria, B.C., where she developed a curiosity about and respect for wild creatures and places, and a love of stories and photography. Sarah first visited the Awaji Island Monkey Centre in Japan as an undergraduate student in 1999, and has returned many times since to conduct behavioural field research on the Japanese macaque monkeys who live in the surrounding forests. After completing her BA in women's studies at Simon Fraser University, she went on to do an interdisciplinary MSc in primatology at the University of Victoria. Currently, Sarah combines writing, research and motherhood, while working towards her PhD in primatology at the University of Calgary.
Richard E. Wells
Dick Wells speaks from personal experience – and from love of the seafaring life. He describes a way of life that has very largely vanished, and which is not to be characterized by "good riddance," but rather to be regarded with a feeling of deep loss. We have here, though, a small segment of that way of life as it took place in our coastal waters not too many years ago. For this we are profoundly grateful.
Julie White
Julie lives on a horse farm in Armstrong with her husband, Robert, a former jockey, where they raise thoroughbreds for racing and jumping. She rides every day and competes in jumping classes at horse shows, often against her two grown daughters. She's a Pony Club examiner, riding instructor and course designer. Julie White's first book, The Secret Pony, received an Our Choice Award and was nominated for a Chocolate Lily Award.
Dave Wilkie
Dave Wilkie's railroad photography is internationally acclaimed, from publication in many widely circulated books and magazines. A well-known authority on western railroad history, he has co-authored three books, The Cordwood Limited (with the late George Hearn), Shays on the Switchbacks (with Elwood White), and The Skyline Limited (with Robert Turner). His interests have long focussed on the Great Northern in British Columbia. He is retired and living in Victoria, B.C.
Jordan Mounteer
Jordan Mounteer's poems have appeared in numerous Canadian and American publications, and his work has won or been shortlisted for CBC Poetry Prize, the Montreal International Poetry Prize, PRISM international's Poetry Contest, The Malahat Reviews Open Season Award, CV2's Young Buck Poetry Prize, and PRISM international's Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize. He splits his time between traveling and his home in the Slocan Valley where works as a freelance writer and editor.
Patricia Young
Patricia Young has published nine collections of poetry and one of short fiction. She has won numerous awards for her poetry, including the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, the Dorothy Livesay Award, the Bliss Carmen Award, the National Magazine Award, the League of Canadian Poets' National Poetry Competition and Arc's Poem of the Year Competition. Two of her collections have been shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Poetry.
Monique Gray Smith
Monique Gray Smith is a mixed-heritage woman of Cree, Lakota and Scottish ancestry and a proud mom of young twins. Under the umbrella of her own business, Little Drum Consulting, Monique is an accomplished consultant, writer and international speaker. She is well known for her warmth, spirit of generosity and focus on resilience. Monique has been sober and involved in her healing journey for over 20 years. She and her family are blessed to live on Coast Salish territory in Victoria, B.C.
Kristie Hammond
A transplanted American, Kristie Hammond has lived in British Columbia for 33 years, raising and home-schooling five children. She now occupies her time with writing, travelling, knitting and walking Fergus, her mischievous West Highland terrier. Ting Ting is her first book.
Titles by the Author
Ting Ting
Ting is a happy 8-year-old in China when Tiananmen Square forces her family to a new life in faraway Vancouver, Canada. Suddenly everything is strange and difficult. What will it take for Ting to belong?
Watch this video to learn more about Kristie and Ting Ting.
JUVENILE FICTION • Ages 8+ • 208 pp • 5.25 x 7.75
ISBN 978-1-55039-210-4 • paper • $9.95
Jenny Watson
Jenny Watson grew up in small-town New Zealand, dreaming of big adventures in faraway places. When she was 18, she spent a year as an exchange student in Thailand, where she learned to speak a little Thai (nit noi) and to eat curry and sticky rice with her fingers. After returning to New Zealand to earn a Master's degree in psychology, she moved to San Diego and trained to be a technical writer. Jenny, her husband and their small but feisty parrot now make their home in Victoria, B.C.
Titles by the Author
Prove it, Josh
Josh is 11, dyslexic, and suffering at his new school on Vancouver Island. Sailing is his escape, until he's goaded into a bet: lose a sailing race and he reads aloud on Literacy Day!
JUVENILE FICTION • Ages 8–12 • 160 pp • 5.25 x 7.75
ISBN 978-1-55039-211-1 • paper • $9.95
August 2013 release
Watch a video of Jenny Watson speaking about the long process of seeing her first novel through to publication.


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By Ann Eisenberg
Associate Dean, UTSA Honors College
(Feb. 25, 2008)--Technology entrepreneur Jeffrey Peterson will speak at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 26 in the John Peace Library Building Assembly Room (4.03.08) on the 1604 Campus.
Sponsored by the UTSA Honors College and the Center for Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship (CITE), Peterson will speak on "Personal Insights into Successful Technology Entrepreneurship." The event is free and open to the public.
CNN Financial News named Peterson the pioneer of the Hispanic Internet sector in the United States. He is chairman of Inter123 Corp., a $50-million investment fund focused on early-stage technology companies.
He has received national and international media attention for his accomplishments in the technology sector. Peterson is an experienced programmer who has been involved in technology development since the late 1970s. From 1989 to 1997, he worked at several Wall Street investment-banking firms. In 1997, he founded Quepasa.com, which became the first major online community for Hispanics in the United States.
After completing more than $100 million in financing including investments for Sony Corp., Telemundo and entertainer Gloria Estefan, Quepasa became in 1999 the first publicly traded online community for Hispanics to go public on NASDAQ. Peterson served as chairman and CEO of Quepasa from 1997 to 1999, and again from 2002 to 2006.
Among other ventures, he currently serves on the board of directors of Vator Inc., a Silicon Valley-based Web 2.0 community for technology ventures that is backed by Pyapal founder Peter Thiel and former MySpace CEO Richard Rosenblatt.
In the public sector, Peterson is a technology and business adviser to Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard. In Latin America, he served as a technology consultant to the federal governments of Mexico and Costa Rica. In 2003, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano named Peterson to the board of the Arizona-Mexico Commission. He continues to address international technology issues in the border region.
For more information, call (210) 458-4106.


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Grave Digger Ready To Rumble During July 30 Monster Truck Madness At BMS
In monster truck racing, no truck stands taller or flies higher than the mean, green wrecking machine itself, Grave Digger. On July 30, "Digger" makes its Bristol Motor Speedway debut at the Thompson Metal Monster Truck Madness presented by Beef O' Brady's Family Sports Restaurant in what is sure to be an exhilarating evening of car-crushing, high-flying entertainment.
The man in the driver's seat of the famous truck is none other than monster truck hero, Gary Porter, who has more than 25 years behind the wheel. Porter, who created and raced Carolina Crusher for many years, now finds himself in control of one of the most recognizable vehicles on the planet.
"I got started in monster trucks in 1985," said the Wadesboro, N.C. native. "We built the first monster truck, the Carolina Crusher, to advertise my brother's four-wheel-drive business. We built from there, and then in 2000, I sold Carolina Crusher. I was going to quit monster trucks altogether, and then Dennis Anderson called me and asked if I would drive one of his Grave Diggers. I've been driving one of those ever since."
In the early days of monster truck racing, Porter's Carolina Crusher routinely lined up against Anderson's Grave Digger in a battle of the sport's heavyweights. While they raced hard on the track, their friendship off the track led to Anderson's offer for Porter to pilot one of his famous trucks more than a decade later.
"It is strange and very unique how we became friends," Porter explained. "When we were running our own separate race teams, neither of us had enough money to pay for our motel rooms. We ended up rooming together to split the cost. We would travel up and down the road together to help each other change tires and work on our haulers. Our friendship grew out of necessity in a sense."
Porter, who has seen many changes in the monster truck industry, understands the importance of the upcoming event in Bristol.
"We used to think about how amazing it would be to run at Bristol Motor Speedway or Charlotte Motor Speedway, and now, it has happened," he said. "It is all because of the great fans monster truck racing has developed. It has been an awesome ride. When I started, I thought I would be in it for a couple years and the fad of running over cars would fade away, but it has really been the opposite. The sport is still young and to see so many second and third generation fans coming out is awesome.
"Just the name of Bristol pretty much sums it up. The history that goes with that track. Just from me watching the NASCAR races on TV, to actually have the opportunity to go there and run, it is just amazing."
While he has more experience behind the wheel than just about any monster truck driver in the world, Porter admits driving the famous Grave Digger adds pressure to his job.
"It is a huge commitment," he began. "The fans expect nothing less than Grave Digger than to win or to crash, most of the time they expect both. We all understand the fans are where our paycheck comes from.
"When you hear the kids say you are their favorite truck, it comes from their heart. It isn't a script. It is exactly what they mean. I also hear them talk about other trucks as well, which is cool because you realize they are in it for monster trucks, not just Grave Digger. Of course, we like being the favorite, but all the trucks and drivers are unique."
Fans will be able to meet Porter and all of the drivers, as well as pose for pictures with all the trucks, including Grave Digger, during the pre-event pit party which begins at 6 p.m. on the backstretch of BMS. Porter anticipates meeting the fans and said he can't wait to get to Bristol.
"We are going to have our work cut out for us," he said. "We're going to have to be on our 'A' game. There are some heavy hitters in the field. You've got the hometown boy, Randy Moore, there in War Wizard. All of the trucks are tough. We're going to have to race really hard. From what I hear, BMS builds a great track with big air. For me personally, it is another milestone to get to perform at Bristol Motor Speedway."
Trucks currently scheduled to appear include Grave Digger, Spiderman, Avenger, Brutus, Samson, Gunslinger, Stone Crusher and Bristol's own War Wizard.
Trucks will race around the Bristol Motor Speedway infield during two qualifying rounds. Racing eliminations will begin after qualifying is complete. After the racing champion is crowned, the trucks return for everyone's favorite event, freestyle. In freestyle, drivers will perform stunts and moves fans normally see on TV.
In addition, the Team FMX freestyle motocross team will put on a stunning display of awesome jumps, while the jet car burn down also returns this season.
Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the gate. Children 10 and under are only $5. The pit party, which is free for anyone with an event ticket, begins at 6 p.m. with racing at 7 p.m.
Additionally, a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of BMS also will take place on July 30. The 50th Anniversary Fan Appreciation Day begins at 1 p.m. with track laps, which will take place until 3 p.m. The celebration will continue until the infield is cleared at 4:30 in order to prepare for the Thompson Metal Monster Truck Madness.
Track laps, always a popular event, will be offered at no charge to any fan with tickets to NASCAR events at BMS. Guests who are not ticket holders also may take their own cars around the concrete oval after making a donation of any amount to Speedway Children's Charities.
Food City will provide hot dogs and chips, and Pepsi will supply drinks while supplies last. Wings, supplied by BKW, also will be available while supplies last. Several local bandswill be on hand to provide entertainment.
While everyone who takes part in the celebration that day will receive 50th anniversary items free, guests also will be encouraged to register for a variety of giveaways, including a four-day Carnival Festiva Adventure Club Caribbean cruise, as well as a big screen television from Aaron's, groceries/gas for a year from Food City, IRWIN tools, suite seats and tickets to the IRWIN Tools Night Race weekend.
To purchase Thompson Metal Monster Truck Madness tickets in advance, please visit the BMS ticket office located on the first floor of the Bruton Smith administration building or call (423)-BRISTOL.