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Supply and demand continue to impact home prices, which could rise by an average of 6.7 percent over last year by the end of 2013, according to the latest Zillow Home Price Expectations Survey. Low inventory of available homes, coupled with high demand by prospective buyers, is causing the increase, which is likely to continue to edge upward through 2017.
However, of the more than 100 economists, real estate experts and investors polled each year to determine the Zillow Home Value Index, 61 percent also warned that subsequent increases in mortgage rates could harm the recovering housing market if they reach or exceed 6 percent. Experts forecast that median U.S. home values will reach $167,490 by the end of the year, compared to $156,900 at the end of 2012. Currently, the Zillow index places the median price of an American home at $161,100.
"Short-term expectations for home value appreciation through the end of this year are consistent with a nationwide housing market recovery that is both strengthening and widening, but still coping with high levels of negative equity, high demand and low inventory," said Zillow senior economist Svenja Gudell, Ph.D. "Combined, these factors will continue putting upward pressure on home values for the next few months."
Different Expectations
Though they may be faced with higher prices, today's homebuyers have different expectations from previous generations. According to Forbes, those in a position to meet the higher values are younger and more tech-savvy than past homebuyers, having grown up using electronic devices 24/7.
Similarly, the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate survey that reported that 77 percent of Gen X and Gen Y buyers want their homes to have the technological capability to meet their need for home offices, electronically based entertainment and smart home automation.
Today's home buyers are also more in tune with environmental concerns and are willing to forego larger digs of their parents' day to leave a smaller carbon footprint by using sustainable materials and energy-saving features. In this regard, electric in floor heating and radiant heat panels in walls should be high on the list of features in modern homes. They're also great selling points to buyers because radiant heat is energy efficient and adds to the value of homes.
Forbes also noted the need for increased storage and room-sized closets that home buyers find important. Prospective homeowners consider walk-in closets a must have and are even willing to turn an extra bedroom into a combination storage area, dressing room and clothes closet.
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The possibility that home prices will see a steady rise through the next few years may seem daunting to the home-buying public, but experts on the Zillow panel said their forecast isn't that dire. They report that appreciation rates are expected to slow to an average of 4.4 percent next year, followed by increases of about 3.5 percent annually from 2015 to 2017. While that may result in record prices by the end of 2017, the result will actually be in keeping with the previous peak selling price, $194,600, set in May 2007.
"Over the next few years, [current] trends will help the market stabilize and will bring home value appreciation more in line with historic norms," said Gudell. "As long as mortgage interest rates don't rise too far and too fast, most markets should be able to absorb these changing dynamics while still remaining healthy."
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|Early Supplementary Feeding and Cognition (Society for Research in Child Development, 1993, 123 pages)
Ernesto Pollitt and Kathleen S. Gorman
The Commentaries by Theodore D. Wachs and Nevin S. Scrimshaw complement the work presented here and, for the most part, represent a natural extension of the Monograph discussion. Scrimshaw's discussion helps frame the current findings within a historical perspective regarding, the study of malnutrition and behavior. His knowledge of the history of this topic is perhaps one of the most extensive of anyone in the field. We do take issue, however, with the rather pessimistic view evident in some of his remarks. Our understanding of human behavioral development, plasticity, and malleability leads us to a more optimistic view whereby nutritional insults are sensitive to interventions. In our view, with the exception of iodine deficiency, none of the nutritional deficiencies that represent major public health problems for a population result in an irreversible impairment of cognitive function.
The comments by Wachs flow naturally from the work in which he has been involved over the past years, in relation to both developmental theory and the significant role of malnutrition on development. At the same time, Wachs raises several issues that we feel merit further discussion. First, it is true that our measures of information processing were less stable than those of abilities and achievement. We agree that no definitive conclusions can be drawn on whether the absence of positive results regarding the nutritional intervention on information-processing variables is a result of the lack of intervention effects or the measures used.
The issue of sex differences is an interesting one. Originally, all analyses were run separately by sex. Given a very similar pattern of results, we combined the sample and tested for sex x treatment interactions. Finding no significant interactions, we then removed the interactive term and included sex as a main effect only. In a separate publication (Gorman & Pollitt, 1992), we have reported that males attain a significantly higher grade than females but that the age at which children start school is equivalent for both sexes. As the focus of the analyses in the Monograph was on the effects of the treatment, we did not explore all possible potential interactions. Following Ted Wach's comments, we have gone back and looked at the potential three-way interactions (treatment x sex x maximum grade attained) and found only limited evidence for differential effects based on gender. Only in two cases were the interactions significant (i.e., literacy and knowledge), and, when analyses were separated by gender, only for the knowledge test did the interactions remain significant. Similar to the results of the two-way interactions for all subjects combined, among females grade attainment was positively related to performance on the knowledge test in Atole villages, whereas there was no such association in the Fresco villages. Among males, this relation was not statistically significant.
The comments made by Wachs regarding double buffering raise some interesting ideas that require further clarification. We understand the results to show that, first, the Atole treatment was a buffer against the adverse effects of low SES and, second, high SES protected the subjects against the adverse effects of poor diet. Double buffering suggests to us an additive effect of Atole and SES whereby Atole subjects from the high-SES families would have outperformed the high-SES Fresco subjects. This was not the case. The results of the schooling interactions do suggest a double buffering whereby schooling and treatment combined were associated with the highest performance. Again, we would maintain that the different patterns of interactions reflect differences in variability of opportunity provided by SES and schooling.
Finally, we agree with the clarifications and additions of the model proposed by Wachs, which include the important cultural and ecological context in which behavior occurs. We would also point out that growth and activity are not necessarily independent effects and that caregiver behavior and exploration are not independent processes. The process is complex, and one could expect multiple points of interaction.
In terms of policy implications, Wachs argues that the data are strongest in supporting interventions for low-socioeconomic-status children, and we fully agree. However, not all children who benefited from the treatment were necessarily from low-SES backgrounds. Therefore, by targeting only low-SES children, the potential benefits of the nutritional intervention for other children who remain in school would be lost. These broad-range effects in the context of a rural and economically impoverished community need to be accounted for in arguments that favor feeding only the poorest of the poor. This would be an enormous disservice to children everywhere. Interventions must be multifocal, ongoing, and available to all children in need. In this sense, we agree with Wachs in asserting the importance of nutritional aid, economic aid, and keeping all (our emphasis) children in school for as long as possible.
Gorman, K., & Pollitt, E. (1992). School efficiency in rural Guatemala. International Review of Education, 38(5), 519 - 534.


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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis musician B.B. Cunningham scored with a classic garage rock song and toured with Jerry Lee Lewis, but he also enjoyed his side job as a security guard because he liked standing up for other people. On Sunday, he died doing just that.
Cunningham co-wrote the 1967 hit "Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)" for his band the Hombres and toured more recently with Lewis. The 70-year-old keyboardist, bassist and singer's other job as a uniformed security guard provided a steady paycheck, his son said.
He was shot and killed over the weekend after he came to the aid of another security guard during a shootout at the Memphis apartment complex where they worked, police said Monday.
The gunfire began when a 16-year-old boy and a 22-year-old man fired shots at the other guard, police said. After hearing the shots, Cunningham began chasing the teen and the man into another apartment complex nearby, police said.
After another round of gunfire, Cunningham's co-worker found the musician and the teen lying in a courtyard with gunshot wounds.
Cunningham and the teen, identified Monday as Henry White, were pronounced dead on the scene.
Police identified the 22-year-old gunman as Dock Britt. He fled the scene but was later was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in Cunningham's death. Investigators are still trying to determine who shot White.
The shooting shook Memphis musicians, many of whom looked up to the keyboardist who joined Jerry Lee Lewis' band in 1997. He had had also been working on an album with his son.
Joseph Cunningham, the musician's son, acknowledges that a regular paycheck was one reason why his father worked as a security guard.
"Most of Jerry Lee's band, as a matter of fact, have jobs on the side because Jerry doesn't tour consistently enough for them to make a living at it," Joseph Cunningham said.
The former Air Force military police officer also had an interest in helping others, doing charity work and looking after those who lived in the apartment complex.
"He loved protecting people and standing up for people's rights and watching their back," Joseph Cunningham said.
Other prominent Memphis musicians who died this year include Memphis Horns tenor saxophonist Andrew Love and Booker T. and the MGs bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn.
"Music was his life. He was given a God-given talent," Joseph Cunningham told in a phone interview from Olive Branch, Miss. "He not only played, but he helped young musicians ... He was loved and well-respected."
Born Blake Baker Cunningham Jr., B.B. Cunningham became friends in high school with Steve Cropper and Dunn, both founding members of Booker T. and the MGs.
As a teenager, Cunningham helped run the family's record label. In 1954, Sun Studio producer Sam Phillips asked Cunningham to add some percussion to a session by a young Elvis Presley.
Cunningham led the band the Six O'Clock Boys and was a member of the touring version of Ronnie and the Daytonas, known for the song "G.T.O."
The touring group then became the Hombres, which scored a No. 12 hit on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 1967 with the raw, edgy "Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)." The cult classic has been covered by John Mellencamp and used in the 2005 film "Elizabethtown."
Cunningham later work at the famed Sounds of Memphis Studio and, in 1971, moved to Los Angeles, where he served as chief engineer at Independent Recorders. There, he worked with Billy Joel, Elton John, and Lou Rawls.
Cunningham returned to Memphis a few years later and launched his own studio. His solo album, "Hangin' In," was released in 2003.
Eldorado Del Rey, a musician who also works at Sun Studio in Memphis, said Cunningham would visit Sun Studio often to say hello and have a cup of coffee.
"He was awesome, I loved him," said Del Rey. "He was kind of meditative, but then he would tell you a really funny story.


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LANCASTER, Pa. – Sarah Meisenberg and Justin Herbert
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their athletes, the Karvasales and Garrigues awards. The Karvasales
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These awards could not have been given to more deserving athletes. Both dominated their respective sports, both perform well in the classroom, and more importantly, both are the most humble people a person could meet.
Sarah Meisenberg (Severna Park, MD/Severn School) does not only play two sports, she dominates in both. She has made her mark on both the basketball and lacrosse record books. Meisenberg is a four-time All-American in basketball and a seven-time All-American in lacrosse. She has been named to the All-Centennial First Team three times in both sports. She was the 2007-2008 Basketball CC Player of the Year.
Meisenberg was a two-year captain in basketball, starting in every game from her sophomore to senior year. She currently ranks first in career free throws (430), first in career assists (367), third in career steals (235) and fifth in career points (1529). Meisenberg has started in more games than any Diplomat with 101 starts.
She served as captain on the lacrosse team as well. Meisenberg has registered a point in every game she played in except one this season. She became the fifth member of F&M's 100 assists club and has tallied 133 career goals. Meisenberg currently ranks tenth on the school's career point list with 233 and second in career draw controls (193). She is the career leader in caused turnovers (112) and in ground balls (215).
Justin Herbert (New Milford, PA/Blue Ridge) served as captain of the wrestling team for the third consecutive season. He finished the season with a 23-13 record and was one of 52 wrestlers selected for an at-large bid to the NCAA Championship Tournament. He was F&M's first NCAA Qualifier in 11 years.
Herbert wrapped his career with a record of 82-39. He also finished with a school record of 35 pins, a record that stood for 75 years. He ranks fifth on the F&M career wins list, one victory ahead of Mike Parziale '06 and one behind Hall of Famer, Vic Bernardino '94. He was a two-time National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Scholar All-American, and is a candidate for the honor again this year.
He also has accumulated a few academic honors. Herbert won the Structural Geology prize in 2008, the Geology Prize in 2009. He has been accepted to post doctoral programs at five prestigious universities on the east coast.
Chelsea Meerbach (York, PA/York) received the SACC Sportsmanship Award. The Sportsmanship is awarded to an athlete who demonstrates the most sportsman like behavior as selected by his or her peers. Alex Raup (State College, PA/State College) and Mollie Ruben (Jamestown, RI/Hingham (MA)) were honored with the Delphic Award. The Delphic Award is given to the male and female senior athletes who have complete their fall semester with the highest cumulative Grade Point Average.


text: NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks climbed Tuesday after another report cast a postive light on the U.S. housing market and consumer confidence climbed more than expected this month. Stock-index gains came as the Federal Reserve released Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's prepared testimony to lawmakers. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.93% rose 120.33 points, or 0.9%, to 13,904.96. The S&P 500 index SPX, +0.82% climbed 9.18 points, or 0.6%, to 1,497.03. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.90% added 16.81 points, or 0.5%, to 3,133.05.


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Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Rachel Bilson: robbed. More than $3 million in stolen clothing, jewelry, shoes, and handbags reported missing. Who is behind one of the most brazen string of crimes in recent Hollywood history? Meet the Bling Ring: a band of club-hopping teenagers from the Valley with everything to lose.
Over the course of a year, the members of the now infamous Bling Ring allegedly burglarized some of the biggest names in young Hollywood. Driven by celebrity worship, vanity, and the desire to look and dress like the rich and famous, these seven teenagers made headlines for using Google maps, Facebook, and TMZ to track the comings and goings of their targets. Many of the houses were unlocked. Alarms disabled. A "perfect" crime— celebrities already had so much, why shouldn't the Bling Ring take their share?
As the unprecedented case unfolded in the news, the world asked: How did our obsession with celebrities get so out of hand? Why would a group of teens who already had so much, take such a risk?
Acclaimed Vanity Fair writer Nancy Jo Sales found the answer: they did it because each stolen T-shirt or watch brought them closer to living the Hollywood dream . . . and because it was terrifyingly easy. For the Bling Ring the motivation was something deeper than money—they were compelled by a compulsion to be famous. Gaining unprecedented access to the group of teens, Sales traces the crimes minute by minute and details the key players' stories in a shocking look at the seedy, and troubling, world of the real young Hollywood.
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The Bling Ring by Vanity Fair writer Nancy Jo Sales is an in-depth expose of a band of beautiful, privileged teenagers who were caught breaking into celebrity homes and stealing millions of dollars worth of valuables.
With a list of victims that reads like a "Who's Who" of young Hollywood, including Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Paris Hilton, and Rachel Bilson, The Bling Ring is the stuff of writers' imaginations—with one exception—it's a true story.
The media asked: Why would a group of kids who already had designer clothes, money, cars, and status take such risks? Award-winning journalist Nancy Jo Sales found the answer: They did it because they could. And because it was easy.
The Bling Ring: How a Gang of Fame-Obsessed Teens Ripped Off Hollywood and Shocked the World is a shocking look at the seedy world of the real young Hollywood.


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31B Military Police - Police Officer Job ID: 971221 Job Views: 18 Location: WASHINGTON, District of Columbia, United States ZIP Code: 20003 Job Category: Military Police Posted: 08.02.2018 Age Requirements: Must be between the ages of 17 and 35 Job DescriptionLooking for a law enforcement career? The Army National Guard is looking for dedicated team members to serve their community, state, and nation as Military Police (MPs). MPs support battlefield operations through circulation control, providing area security, conducting prisoner of war operations, supervising civilian internee operations, and carrying out law and order operations. MPs also support the peacetime Army community protecting critical resources, implementing crime prevention programs, and preserving law and order. The skills and experience you develop as a National Guard MP translate directly to those practiced by civilian police forces and security firms, making you a more attractive job candidate than someone without this background. Earn while you learn Get paid to learn! Join the National Guard and you will learn valuable job skills while earning a regular paycheck and qualifying for tuition assistance. Job training for Military Police consists of 10 weeks of Basic Training, where you'll learn basic Soldiering skills, and eight to 12 weeks of Advanced Individual Training (AIT) and on-the-job instruction, including practice in police methods. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and part in the field. Requires military enlistment. Applicants must meet minimum qualifications. Actual MOS assignment may depend on MOS availability. Benefits subject to change. Benefits/RequirementsBenefits * Paid training * A monthly paycheck * Montgomery GI Bill * Retirement benefits for part-time service * Low-cost life insurance (up to $400,000 in coverage) * 401(k)-type savings plan * Student Loan Repayment Program (up to $50,000, for existing loans) * Healthcare Benefits Available Requirements * High School Diploma or GED * Must be between the ages of 17 and 35 * Must be able to pass a physical exam and meet legal and moral standards * Must meet citizenship requirements (see NATIONALGUARD.com for details) Most non-prior service candidates will earn between $196.26 and $254.91 per drill weekend. Programs and benefits are subject to change. This position may qualify for a bonus, ask your National Guard recruiter for the most up-to-date information.


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Goldberg, Wiles Win U.S. Downhill Titles
COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO (Dec. 7) - Jared Goldberg and Jacqueline Wiles conqured the U.S. Ski Team Speed Center at Copper Mountain Friday to capture U.S. Championship downhill titles. Traditionally held in February, the premier speed titles were shifted to December in order to take advantage of the world class facility at Copper, which is operated by the U.S. Ski Team until Dec. 15. Goldberg proved to be the pace setter for the week after winning a pair of NorAm downhill races leading up to the championship event. Wiles danced with the top spot earlier in the week by taking third in each of the two warm up NorAm downhills before capitalizing during the big show. The remaining U.S. titles - super G, giant slalom, slalom and combined - will be determined March 20-24 during the Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships at Squaw Valley, CA.
- Jared Goldberg (Holladay, UT) and Jacqueline Wiles (Aurora, OR) won U.S. Championship downhill titles at the U.S. Ski Team Speed Center at Copper Mountain.
- Goldberg is a member of the U.S. Ski Team and Wiles represents the Western Region racing out of White Pass Ski Club in Washington.
- Traditionally held in February, the premier U.S. speed title was moved to December to take advantage of prime race conditions at the U.S. Ski Team Speed Center.
- Bryce Bennett (Squaw Valley, CA) was second for the men followed by Tommy Biesemeyer (Keene, NY).
- Katie Ryan (Aspen, CO) and Anna Marno (Steamboat Springs, CO) went 2-3 in the women's race
- The remaining U.S. titles will be determined March 20-24 during the Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships at Squaw Valley, CA.
Jared Goldberg
When we got to Copper Mountain in November we had the best training in the world. We knew that because we were training along side some of the fastest guys in the world.
Being on this hill so much and being able to train with guys like Aksel Lund Svindal and Marco Sullivan really gave me a lot of confidence. I was within a few tenths of them in training and then I was able to score my first Word Cup points in Beaver Creek. It was huge for me to have that confidence and then also the experience of running so many trainign runs here at Copper. This is big and will definitely carry me into the rest of the season.
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This is such a crazy feeling. Copper is an amazing hill. I'm lucky and fortunate to have been training here since early November. It's such a huge asset for U.S. athletes.
I love representing the Western Region. They've helped me so much with my career so far. The coaches are amazing and they've done so much to help me along. Hopefully this is the next step to racing World Cup.
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My creative energies are pretty much consumed by entertaining 3 preschoolers. That said, I have had a surprisingly hard time trying to figure out what to write about. I didn't or don't want the blog to be all about my kids. I love my kids, dearly, but I need an outlet for myself. I love to write and I thought this would be fun and easy. Well, I haven't figured out what to write about yet but I want to write. For lack of something better to do, I am going to start answering some questions in "The Conversation Piece 2." I am going to take each question as it comes and not skip around to the questions that please me.
Question #1: If your life was a weather vane, which direction would it be pointed right now?
This question is strangely appropriate for this blog. I named the blog "gravity of motion" because it seems I am always busy and hardly still. This can weigh me down a bit since I savor quiet, peaceful moments. There is so much motion both with my children running circles around me and the activities I have chosen to get involved in. It can get burdensome. It is a little ironic that this is the first question.
That said, I believe my answer is obvious. It's very windy in my life. The ornament is spinning constantly in all directions. No, I didn't know it was called an ornament before this blog. But, I found a website (with one quick search in Google, of course) that talks all about weathervanes. Who knew they were so interesting? Here's something a bit interesting. There are only two basic rules that must be followed when designing a weather vane. Those rules are: 1.) The ornament must have unequal area on either side of center.2.) The ornament must have equal mass on either side of center. You want a historical fact about weather vanes? The earliest recorded weather vane honored the Greek god Triton, and adorned the Tower of the Winds in Athens which was built by the astronomer Andronicus in 48 B.C. Okay, that's it on my weather vane trivia. But, if you are interested (and you know you are), you can check out www.denninger.com/history.htm


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This cast-on method is worked with a crochet hook and can be used in one of two ways: as a decorative cast-on that forms a tidy chain and perfectly matches the bind-off row, or as a provisional cast-on. If the decorative cast-on is desired, use the working yarn for the crochet chain. For a provisional cast-on, use waste yarn for the chain and then knit a plain row with the working yarn (the provisional cast-on is not complete until there is a row of working yarn stitches on the needle).
Place a slipknot on crochet hook. Hold knitting needle and yarn in your left hand and hook in your right hand, with yarn under needle. Place hook over needle, wrap yarn around hook and pull loop through loop on hook (Figure 1). *Bring yarn to back under needle, wrap yarn around hook, and pull it through loop on hook (Figure 2). For the decorative cast-on, repeat from * until there is one fewer than the desired number of stitches on needle. Slip loop from hook to needle for last stitch. For the provisional cast-on, repeat from * until the desired number of stitches are on the needle and then chain a few more stitches without placing them on the needle to secure the chain before fastening off.
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July 09, 2009
Budget Beauty: An unexpected Staple - Clean & Clear Clear Fairness Moisturiser with SPF15
So while I rely on my layers of SPF-enforced makeup to protect my face (it got fairer, so I doubt the sun is getting through), my neck and chest is left undefended. Now here's where my problem gets REALLY annoying. Usually moisturisers that break my face out leave my neck and décolletage unblemished. Not so with those containing sunscreen. From pricey (~H2O+, Clinique) to cheap (Biore, Sunplay) ALL of them caused my chest and even neck to breakout. Until in desperation I tried this little cheapie.
Thank god I did! It smells delightfully of oranges, doesn't feel the least bit sticky, and protects my neck and chest without resulting in pimples. HUZZAH! I also have hopes that the Vitamin C it contains will lighten the area up a little and help it match my face better. It's SO much darker than my face now. =(
At RM10 for 50ml, this is budget beauty at its best. Completely affordable and effective. Who knows, maybe one day I'll screw up the guts to try it on my face. Maybe...
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- Askmewhats said...
Clean & Clear is a great drugstore brand in my opinion, although I find most of their products are gearing for oilier skin!
- 9 July 2009 at 08:57
- petra said...
hi emily, might eucerin for your neck and chest work? it's a dermatologist staple and i love it for being critter friendly.
dove is cheaper, but it is perfumed.
ego is supposed to have decent moisturisers too.
would you mind answering whether your face and neck and decolletage share similar skin types? if you don't mind my asking, i'm curious.
- 9 July 2009 at 09:44
- Tine said...
Really now? That's it, I'm off to Priceline to check it out!!
- 9 July 2009 at 09:58
- Jenn said...
Sounds like a great find!! So cheap too!! Though personally i'm a little wary of putting C&C stuff on my face... the last time i did it dried my face out so badly!! :(
- 9 July 2009 at 10:05
- Kahani said...
Nikki & Jenn: Oi people. C&C is geared towards oily teenage skin. Of COURSE it's too dry for you! =P
Petra: Since I can get away with cheaper stuff for my face and neck I do. Usually it gets stuff that doesn't work on my face. Yes the skin is different on my neck and decolletage than it is on my face. It's dryer and less acne prone. =)
Tine: Hee hee!=D
- 9 July 2009 at 11:23
- prettybeautiful said...
hmmmmmmm im now hunting for sunscreen, maybe should get this for my neck so that i can use sparingly. for face.....gah should i try eucerin? since so many ppl are liking it
- 9 July 2009 at 11:41
- Meldee said...
I wants it now too! I always forget to apply sunscreen to neck and chest :( And forget sunscreen, in general.
Even though my products have SPF, I still need sunscreen, right?
Wow, I used 'sunscreen' three times. Four, plus this.
- 9 July 2009 at 11:56
- Kahani said...
prettyB: I'm afraid to try Eucerin's because Syen bought it and found it too oily for her. And well, I'm even oilier!
Meldee: So we're told.. but if I'm getting fairer I believe the sun isn't getting through my makeup. But yesh this is good for neck and chest. =D
- 9 July 2009 at 18:13
- plue said...
am taking some to use from sis! ahak! :D :D :D
thanks for sharing!
- 9 July 2009 at 23:10
- Kahani said...
Plue: hee hee! That's even better! =D
- 10 July 2009 at 15:20
- prettybeautiful said...
serious? crap i tot its very light. ahhhh later i am going to grab a bottle of this just to try. now my face is crappily oily too :(
- 10 July 2009 at 16:52
- Leah said...
Ugh, suffering from neck and chest breakout and have a birthday party with a cute dress coming out. Never though it might be my moisturizer with spf! I thought it was the heat/stress/hormones. Might give this a try. Where did you purchase?
- 29 July 2009 at 06:51
- ForeverSassiie said...
Hi I would like to know if this clean and clear fairness is suitable for sensitive skin??? and where can I buy this product because I live in the US and I don't see this anywhere at drugstore. Please reply thanks (:
- 13 April 2010 at 09:24
- Kahani said...
Hey girl, well I don't have sensitive skin and so have no idea. Also I believe it's an Asian exclusive since it's a whitening product.
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Hi everyone!
Man, I thought I was busy during the summer months, so why does it feel like I am 5 times more busy now? I just don't get it! I talked to a girlfriend of mine the other day and she was talking about being bored because her boyfriend was out of town. Bored? Really? I sat there trying to remember the last time I was bored in my life. Next time I see a falling star I am going to wish for a little boredom in my life! LOL
Okay, enough whining.
I have cut way back on thrifting these days. Reasons?
- I am trying to get rid of some of the stuff I already have and don't want to add to it.
- Too busy looking for things for craft shows for our business
- Money is tight
- I just haven't had much time.
However, the other day I went to a grand opening of a new Salvation Army store in our area. I was looking for a Detroit Tigers t-shirt for the princess to wear on "Tiger Day" at her school. I found one for .69 cents! Good deal.
It was blue sticker day so, of course, I tried to look at things that were blue stickers only. I am pretty good at doing that. Yup, I have trained myself well! LOL
I spotted this heavy silver plated candlestick. I thought it would be pretty in my small bathroom (which is lavender, white and silver). I haven't bought anything new for this room in a couple of years. So, with it being a blue sticker, the price of $2.00 came out to $1.00, I thought it was worth purchasing.
As I walked further down the aisle I came to the candles. I spotted this large white pillar candle with little rhinestones in it and thought it would be perfect for the silver candlestick. I turned it over waiting to see what ridiculous price they were asking for. At least the first thing I saw was the blue sticker!
Yup, only .50 cents for this in perfect condition candle! Wow! And then half off that!. A whopping quarter? I was definitely happy!
So that was my un-needed frivolous $1.25 purchase for the week!
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Britain plans to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan next year, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said as pressure mounts to end British involvement in the costly and unpopular war.
More than 430 British troops have been killed in Afghanistan since the U.S.-led intervention in 2001, yet stability remains elusive and violence high, while relations between Western troops and Afghan forces and civilians are increasingly frayed.
Britain on Sunday said it had charged five soldiers with murder as part of an investigation into what it called an engagement with an insurgent in Afghanistan last year, and that a total of nine soldiers had been arrested in connection with the case, Reuters reports.
Some 500 British troops are to be withdrawn from Afghanistan by the end of this year, leaving around 9,000 still there.
Asked about troop withdrawals next year, Hammond told the BBC: "I would expect it will be significant, which means thousands, not hundreds, but I would not expect it to be the majority."
That would indicate a potential withdrawal of up to 4,500 personnel in 2013.
All British combat troops are due to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014.
Britain's defense budget, like that of other NATO members, is under pressure, forcing the defense ministry to slash spending and cut force numbers and equipment programs.
The Treasury, struggling to revive a flagging economy, earlier this year said it would use money once earmarked for the military mission in Afghanistan to fund tax cuts.
German news magazine Der Spiegel said on Sunday that the German government had agreed to reduce the number of German troops stationed in Afghanistan to significantly below 4,000 ahead of the withdrawal of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) by the end of 2014.
The magazine also said German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle had agreed that the army's new mandate would be longer than the usual 12 months so that it extended beyond the Afghan presidential elections planned for the beginning of 2014.
A spokeswoman for the German defence ministry said neither numbers nor a timeframe had been determined and added that a decision on how many troops could be withdrawn would have to be made in agreement with Germany's allies.
Media reports said the murder investigation was triggered by footage discovered on the laptop of a man who had been serving in Afghanistan of what appeared to be a wounded insurgent and of British soldiers discussing whether to administer first aid.
The ministry said it could neither confirm or deny the reports.
"The Royal Military Police (RMP) has arrested two further Royal Marines on suspicion of murder in relation to an incident alleged to have taken place in Afghanistan in 2011, taking the total number arrests to nine," the ministry said.
"The RMP has referred the cases of the remaining five Royal Marines to the independent Service Prosecuting Authority … these marines have now been charged with murder," it added.
Relations between Western forces and Afghan civilians have been strained in the past year after U.S. soldiers burned copies of the Koran at a NATO base and a U.S. soldier was accused of killing 16 civilians in a rampage in March.
A video surfaced in January depicting U.S. Marines urinating on corpses.
Ties between Western troops and Afghan forces have also deteriorated after a series of "insider" attacks against NATO coalition troops by Afghan soldiers or by militants wearing Afghan military uniform.


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By Ridgeline fan on Tuesday, November 21, 2017Love my 2017 RTL-E - even better than my 2006 RTL - all the controls are where they are supposed to be on a Honda. I have owned it for a year now. I haul a small camper trailer (3600 lbs), kayaks and bikes - no problem. Actually does better on the back roads than on the highway with all that stuff. The only thing I have noticed is a grunting sound that I think only happens when the A/C is on - still trying to locate that. Exceptional ride, I do get comments and questions. The guys at Lowes and Home Depot like to make comments about not being a real truck. Trust me it is more of a real truck than I need. I like the everyday comfort of the drive and the ability to haul 3/4 ton of gravel (which I have done), and other things. I did look at the GM offerings, especially since they are made up the road from where we live, but their product is more expensive and does not have the quality record of the Honda. The only thing that was irritating was dealing with the dealer and Honda production about when it would arrive. Apparently Scarlet Pearl with Beige interior is a difficult to get. IMO, if you put money down when you order the vehicle, Honda should put it at the top of the build list and not make it go through the machine of allotments based on what the dealer sells. Honda severely underestimated how popular this vehicle is and is going to continue to be. This vehicle is 1 of 8 Honda that we have had over the years. My wife is jealous because of all the bells and whistles that my Ridgeline has that her 12 Odyssey doesnt - something tells me that a 2018 is on the horizon for someone. She even calls my Ridgeline an Odyssey with a pick-up bed ever since we read an article about the production process. The best truck out there for the everyday driver who needs to haul stuff every once in a while.
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By DN on Friday, March 15, 2019Very well performing vehicle with good speed and power when empty. Power comes from RPM and not torque when pulling heavily loaded trailer. Not suitable for heavy-duty 4WD type work, traction control will limit what can be moved or pulled. Bed capacity together with Trunk make it extremely functional. Suspension handles heaviest loads very well without much sagging in the rear. Gas mileage well above rating, up to 30 mpg, when cruising at posted speed limits. Vehicle is effectively a Honda Pilot with a Truck Bed. Traction Control and performance in rain and snow is exceptional.
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City Programs for Rental Property OwnersAt least five City of Berkeley programs include requirements for rental property owners. One, the Rental Housing Safety Program (RHSP), is administered by the Planning Department. The following information is not a comprehensive guide to City of Berkeley laws, but is intended to help property owners get started.
Rent Stabilization BoardThe Rent Board administers Berkeley's Rent Stabilization Ordinance. The Rent Stabilization Board has 9 elected commissioners and staffing, and is not a City Department. To access their web page, please click here.
Rental Housing Safety ProgramThe Rental Housing Safety Program (RHSP) and housing code enforcement are administered by the Planning Department. RHSP includes complaint-drive and proactive inspections, certifications of the proper functioning of gas heating systems, annual property owner self-certifications of housing quality, and an annual fee for rental units. To access their web page, please click here.
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Planning & DevelopmentBecause the City of Berkeley is a largely built-out city where what one person does with his/her property can have significant impacts on others, the City regulates most private development and changes in businesses to minimize those impacts and ensure the health, safety and welfare of the community. The activities that require some permit from the Planning and Development Department include but are not limited to: Demolition of a structure, Modifications to an existing structure, and Modifications of an existing use. Permits are handled through the Planning & Development Department's Permit Service Center. To access their web page, please click here.
Information about tenant relocationThe City has an ordinance addressing the relocation of tenants when tenants need to move out of their unit temporarily in order for repairs to be completed to comply with housing code requirements. For more information on tenant relocations, please click here.


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Life After Bullies
by Alexandria AbdallahNov 15, 2010
- Video: How the "It Gets Better" movement is giving fresh hope to LGBT teens.
Danny and Annie: A Love Story
Nov 15, 2010
- Video: Two Brooklynites reminisce about their 27-year relationship and what it means to really love someone.
The Icing on the Cake
Nov 15, 2010
- Video: A mother-daughter interview about one family's immigration to the United States.
The Tough Questions
Nov 15, 2010
- Video: A 12-year-old boy with Asperger's syndrome interviews his mother about the challenges–and joys–of raising him.
Undercover Support for LGBT Teens
Nov 15, 2010
- Video: LGBT teachers show solidarity with their students, even when it means they have to do it in disguise.
LGBT Teens Sing For Themselves
Nov 15, 2010
- Video: The NYC Youth Pride Chorus records an "It Gets Better" message.
Reducing Our Speed
Nov 10, 2010
- Video: Why do we call life a journey and rush through it like it's a race with a prize at the end?
The Story of Electronics
Nov 09, 2010
- Video: Annie Leonard explains why "designed for the dump" electronics are toxic to people and the planet … and what to do about it.
Becoming an Empathic Civilization
Nov 04, 2010
- Video: Economist Jeremy Rifkin believes we can do it, and now he's got cartoons to show why.
Cycle Chic Around the Globe
Oct 25, 2010
- Video: What does fashion have to do with transforming biking from a recreational pastime to a way of life?
Bring on the Learning Revolution!
Oct 15, 2010
- In a sequel to his talk on how schools kill creativity, Sir Ken Robinson urges society to create schools where kids' natural talents are recognized and nurtured.
The Happy Planet Index
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- Video: Forget the GDP. There's a new way to measure the good things in life.
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I'm a Professor of Politics at Ithaca College, and a long-term visiting scholar at the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at Cornell University. My focus is on international relations and comparative politics. My research is in the areas of ethnic conflict, political demobilization, democracy promotion, and the politics of the former Yugoslavia and its successor states.
Education: BSFS, Georgetown University; MIA, MA , PhD, Columbia University.
Courses Taught
Fall 2019
Spring 2019:
- Introduction to International Relations
- Selected Topics: Terrorism and Insurgencies
- Honors Seminar: Movement Beyond Borders: Migration as a Global Issue
Other courses:
- Pirates and Mercenaries: Sovereignty in the International System
- Russian Politics
- Whiteness and Multiculturalism
- Ithaca Seminar: War, Peace, and Terrorism
- Seminar on Missionaries for Democracy
Select Publications
- Post-Conflict Studies: An interdisciplinary approach. Co-edited with Keith Brown (Routledge, 2014). Part of Routledge's "Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution" series.
- The Myth of Ethnic War: Serbia and Croatia in the 1990s (Cornell University Press, 2004, 2006), Winner of the American Political Science Association's Prize for the Best Book on European Politics and Society and co-winner of the Best First Book Award of the Council for European Studies.
Articles and Chapters
- "Democracy Promotion as Mission," in Post-Conflict Studies: An Interdisciplinary Approach.
- "Political Science and the Yugoslav Dissolution: The Evolution of a Discipline," in Florian Bieber, Armina Galijaš and Rory Archer, eds. Debating the End of Yugoslavia (Ashgate, 2014).
- "Yugoslavia in 1989 and after," in Nationalities Papers: The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity, vol.38, no. 1 (January 2010), pp.23-39
- "Catholic Relief Services, USAID, and Authentic Partnership in Serbia" in Transacting Transition: The micropolitics of democracy assistance in the former Yugoslavia, Keith Brown, ed. (Kumarian Press, 2006), pp.167-188.
Grants Awarded
- US Institute of Peace Solicited Grant Program
- IREX Short-Term Travel Grants
- Ithaca College Summer Faculty Research Grant
- SSRC-MacArther Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Peace and Security in a Changing World
- Title VIII Research Fellowship in Russian and East European Studies
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I was reading a post at Beyond Fiction, in which Ken discussed finding the death records at FamilySearch Labs' Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 database of a set of twins born to his paternal grandmother in 1927. This inspired me to go back to the database to look for 2 infants that I knew to be buried in my great-grandparents' plot in Oakwood Cemetery in Fort Worth, Texas.
A little background: when I found out that my paternal great-grandparents were buried at Oakwood, I went to the cemetery one day to photograph their headstones. I had previously called the cemetery to find out where the graves were, but when I actually arrived at the cemetery, I could not find the locations. So I called the cemetery office again, and the lady I talked to apologized for the confusion, saying that the person who had given me the locations was a new employee and had given me the wrong information. No problem! Oakwood Cemetery was created in 1879 and as such is one of the oldest in the city. Many of Fort Worth's "founding fathers" are buried there, so the search was certainly interesting even if I didn't find my great-grandparents' graves!
The lady looked up the information for me, and low and behold, the reason that I couldn't find the graves is because they are unmarked. No headstones! That in itself is unsettling. There is just something fundamentally wrong with a grave that is not marked in some form or fashion. It's like those people are now just gone forever and never even existed to begin with! Now I realize sometimes money is tight or there is some other valid reason, but everyone deserves a headstone!
The lady also told me something else about the graves that I didn't know: there are also 2 infants buried there! I immediately called my dad and my cousin, and neither knew anything about the babies. Wow, a true mystery! I was eventually able to find out the name of 1 child, as she appeared in the 1920 census enumeration with the family, but was never seen again.
My cousin recently expressed an interest in getting a headstone, so I took him copies of all of my information, but we still needed names and dates for the infants.
So this evening I went to the FamilySearch Labs database and hunted around a bit, and there they were. The two infants of James Dixon Carr and Ruth Carroll:
This is the child I found in the 1920 census eneumeration. Her name was Lella L Carr, probably Lella Lorene, named after her paternal grandmother, Lella Lorene Dixon.
D Carr. Hummm…. If the child was male, I would think the name was Dixon Carr, named after his father James Dixon Carr and the family of his grandmother, the Dixons of Marengo County, Alabama.
When I found these 2 records, tears quickly came to my eyes. How horrible to loose a child! And then to record the death with nothing but a surname. Infant Carr. It just seems so cold…
While this is an important breakthrough, it somehow doesn't call for a Happy Dance.


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Florida life
Local restaurant ventures done right
Boca-dito — an open-face ciabatta sandwich — at Boca Kitchen Bar and Market. [Photo: Kathleen Flynn/Tampa Bay Times]
Chefs who pride themselves on quality ingredients used to have to rely on food imported from Europe or raised on boutique farms in California.
Today more and more Florida chefs brag that they are cooking with foods from ... right here.
The amount of home-grown fruits and vegetables, Florida seafood, poultry, eggs and even beef has grown so much that a chef who is a diligent forager like Steve Phelps can name his latest Sarasota restaurant "Indigenous." Appropriately, he fills his plates with "backyard oranges," produce from farms large and small, including B&W in Fellsmere and 3 Boys in Ruskin, and meat from Deep Creek Ranch in DeLeon Springs, which raises cattle and sheep. When sturgeon or caviar is on the menu, it comes from Mote Marine Laboratory.
The restaurant itself is a tropical charmer comfortably at home in the shady mews of Sarasota's Towles Court.
Nothing dry or preachy about eating here. Wherever and however the ingredients grew, Phelps transforms them with full modern and classical skills into dinners that are pure pleasure. I stop thinking about the planet when I eat one of his gougeres, warm cheese puff miracles as delicate as in any French bakery. So, too, the crispy duck, conceived in a millennial molecular fashion, pressed into a delicious small brick with a raisin port sauce unlike any confit I've known.
Combinations like lobster/edamame succotash, short ribs in molasses and black pepper or buttermilk panna cotta with strawberries and oatmeal crisp are smart and sophisticated, but there's also a "plain burger" of Florida beef (with duck fat potatoes).
Most pleasantly surprising is that Indigenous and other smart "local" ventures have the fresh decor, sensual music and first-rate service of any modern restaurant, not the bare-bones aesthetic of a health food co-op I feared.
Boca Kitchen Bar Market
In Tampa's Hyde Park, crowds are refueling on farm-fresh produce at a 1920s gas station that has become Boca Kitchen Bar Market, where the outdoor blackboard advertises Captain Purple's clams from Cedar Key, Lake Meadow eggs from Orlando and goat cheese from Indiana. Even the trendy Japanese appetizer of long shishito peppers blistered on the grill comes from the King Ranch farm in south Florida.
It's the newest offering from Gordon Davis, who ran Le Bordeaux, created the Ceviche chain, Ciro's speakeasy and last used the Hyde Park location for Smoke's modernistic barbecue. He's also reinventing the Samba Room chain.
The menu is farmhouse-flavored, both home-grown and homemade, burgers, short ribs, tuna and free-range chicken, with global trimmings of caponata and Moroccan charmoula, made in house. Chef Ted Dorsey also "puts up," pickles and preserves, old-fashioned Southern chow chow, onion marmalade, date, fig and tomato jams and tapenades in Mason jars for the table and for sale.
New-fashioned and just as tasty is spicy Champagne mustard. Huge scallops. Best of all is a reinvented "root beer float" of New Castle ale with a scoop of ice cream the kitchen made with the beer and molasses — beer nut brittle on the side.
Lokal Burger
Coconut Grove
Lokal Burger serves grass-fed beef, farmhouse trimmings and Miami flash, including Champagne and an option of glazed doughnut for a bun. And owner Matthew Kuscher's own favorite is a Cuban-styled frita stuffed with potato sticks. Always the key ingredient is ground beef from grass-fed Kobe-style cattle at the White family ranch in Ocala provided by Fresh Florida Beef, a new meat packer linking Florida farmers and restaurants.
The burger with the most pride of place is the Lokal, Florida beef, Florida tomatoes, honey mustard made with local honey and Homestead avocados. The beer list includes hefty Belgian ales under the heading "Not Lokal."


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What to Expect When You Visit Us
If you've never visited Sacred Tapestry, you may be wondering what to expect at our worship. Our worship space has comfortable chairs and tables instead of traditional pews. Our professional nursery staff is available for infants and toddlers, or they are welcome in worship with you.
The complimentary brunch line ( furnished by the congregation) might simply be some fresh fruit, cold cereals and muffins, or you may be treated to a full table of hot choices like hash browns and breakfast casseroles, pasta dishes, baked chicken and rice, biscuits & gravy, fresh garden salads, butter rolls, fruit & nut breads, cookies, donuts and cakes.
The Shoe Box Crew youth group is an awesome group of young people that meet every Sunday morning at 9:45 a.m to do mission work, plan events, participate in projects, learn about God, and discuss subjects relevant to today's youth. All youth welcome.
Greetings and morning announcments begin about 11:00am, feel free to warm up your coffee, settle in, visit with your neighbor and enjoy the musical stylings of Ben Davidson on the keyboard. A new teaching based on scripture is presented each week, and usually lasts about 15 minutes. After that, we collect the offering and celebrate Holy Communion. We have an "open table" which means everyone is welcome to participate in Holy Communion, but if you are not comfortable receiving Communion, it's perfectly fine to meditate, pray, or just enjoy the music.
We usually finish up Communion a bit before noon, but there is no rush to leave! We also have an outdoor seating area with a speaker system so you can sit outside (and even bring your dog if they play nicely with other dogs and are on leash) and hear the music and message, and of course get your snacks and coffee as well.
You are welcome to dress comfortably, whatever that means for you. You will see people wearing bluejeans and flip flops, casual dresses, t-shirts and shorts, golf shirts, occasionally a suit jacket. We hope you'll come visit. We really do. It's pretty cool!
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.


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For the 55th consecutive year, millions of people all over the world over will be able to keep tabs on Santa as he treks around the globe delivering presents to good girls and boys. And scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory are again part of the effort! Los Alamos trackers will use state-of-the-art technology to mark the course taken by Old St. Nick and his reindeer; visit http://santa.lanl.gov beginning at 6 a.m. Dec. 24 to see his journey.
"We expect Santa to arrive in Northern New Mexico around midnight, Mountain Standard Time, on Christmas Eve," said scientist Diane Roussel-Dupré of the Lab's Space Data Systems group.
Los Alamos is supporting Santa trackers at North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), who've been following Santa on his Christmas journey since 1955.
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Green Heart grows food with students on school grounds
Organic Process is happy to be working with the Green Heart project and documenting their efforts as they work hard to grow food on school grounds and teach students math, science, agriculture, environmental sustainability, and community stewardship, through hard work and working together.
The Green Heart Project pairs volunteers from the Charleston Area with students in an effort to teach the knowledge needed to build a sustainable future while instilling the virtues of hard work and success through building an urban garden together.
Green Heart's first school garden is located at Julian Mitchell Elementary School in downtown Charleston. The project provides the students, teachers and community with a rich, urban agricultural experience, resource and teaching tool and not to mention tons of fresh produce!


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Cinnamon Toast Raisin BreadI had a taste for cinnamon raisin bread last night, so I decided to give another recipe from the A Passion for Baking cookbook a try today. The bread pans that I used were larger than the pans recommended in the recipe, so I ended up with one very small loaf and one sort of medium loaf, neither of which had much of a rise. On hindsight, I think I could have used only one of the loaf pans and made a large loaf just fine and I think I will do that next time.
The original recipe called for currants and raisins, but I used a combo of regular and golden raisins. I'm not sure how I feel about the topping. I think that the next time I prepare this loaf, I'll roll the loaves to bring the usual swirl of cinnamon sugar inside the bread, rather than just as a topping. Still, even as is, the bread is soft and very tasty. A winner! Here's how to make it.
Recipe: Cinnamon Toast Raisin Bread©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 3 hr incl rise time |Cook time: 45 min | Yield: 2 loaves
For the Bread:
For the Topping:
- 1/2 cup of black raisins
- 1/2 cup of golden raisins
- Hot water to plump raisins
- 1/3 cup of warm water (100 to 110 degrees F)
- 4-3/4 teaspoons rapid rise yeast
- 4 to 5 cups of all purpose flour
- 1 cup of buttermilk, warmed
- 1/4 cup of unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
- 1/3 cup of granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1-1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 large egg
- Pinch of granulated sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 1/3 cup of granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Plump the raisins by placing them into a bowl, covering with hot water and letting stand for about 10 minutes. Drain well and set aside.
Place yeast in mixer bowl and whisk in the warmed water. Let stand for 5 minutes. Add 1 cup of the flour and the buttermilk and stir together. Stir in butter, sugar, egg, and all but about 1/4 of the rest of the flour. Add salt, attach dough hook and mix on lowest setting for 5 minutes, adding flour as needed to make a soft dough. Add raisins and continue kneading for an additional 4 to 6 minutes, adding the rest of the flour, only if needed.
Remove dough hook, spray top of dough lightly with non-stick spray, cover mixer bowl with a plastic bag and cover entire mixer with a towel. Allow to rise for about 1-1/2 to 2 hours. Punch down dough and turn out onto lightly floured surface. Shape into 2 loaves and place into two greased 8 x 4 loaf pans. Cover pans loosely with plastic wrap sprayed with non-stick spray and allow to rise until about doubled in size, approximately an hour.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Whisk the remaining egg with a pinch of sugar and salt and lightly brush across tops of bread. Mix together sugar and cinnamon for topping, and sprinkle over the tops of each loaf. Place both loaf pans on a parchment covered baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 45 minutes.
Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, turn out and allow to finish cooling thoroughly on a rack.
Cook's Notes: I used White Lily all purpose flour.
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Store Sales Specialist (Retail CSR) - Toronto
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Colour is What We Do!
You probably don't realize it but, every day, wherever you go, you're looking at our work. That's because more people choose our decorative paints and performance coatings than those of any other manufacturer. When you join Dulux Paints, you join Canada's leader in decorative paints.
We are seeking a customer service focused Store Sales Specialist to join our diverse team.
What you will do:
As a Store Sales Specialist, you will provide in person and over the phone support to our customers and contractors on products and applications. You will provide hands on support with tinting, mixing and colour matching according to Dulux formulas, take new orders, as well as ship and receive merchandise. You will also be required to lift and handle buckets of paint, weighing up to 70lbs.
What you bring:
- Minimum 1 year experience in a customer-facing sales role
- Ability to lift up to 70 pounds
- A friendly, approachable personality
- Ability to assess customers' needs and advise solutions
Why work for Dulux Paints?
At Dulux Paints, we are interested in your professional development and offer future growth opportunities within the company. In addition to an hourly wage, you may qualify for the following incentive and benefits plans:
- Inside Sales Incentive Plan
- Benefits Plan
- Health care, life insurance and additional optional coverage
- Dental care and short & long term disability
- Pension Plan
- PPG will make a basic contribution of 3% of employee earnings and will match 50% of the employee's contribution (up to a maximum of 2.5% of the employee's earnings).
- LifeWorks Employee Assistance Program
- Education Opportunities
- Tuition reimbursement for approved courses for employees
- A scholarship program to assist children of employees to obtain a university/college education
- Employee Discount Programs
- PPG Paint Discount Program offers 50% off wholesale paints and stains, 25% off retail sundries
- 15% off a National All Access Membership at any GoodLife Fitness in Canada
- Star Rewards
- Accumulate PPG Star Rewards points that can be redeemed for gift cards, event tickets, merchandise and travel.
Add Colour to Your Career & Apply Online Today!
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First item in Tuesday's Pentagon's contract announcements is a big one: $950 million to Battlespace Flight Services of Arlington, Va., for "organizational level maintenance support of remotely piloted aircraft…to sustain the combat and training capability at tasked locations worldwide."
Batteland gets nervous whenever unfamiliar companies start landing billion-dollar Pentagon deals for 16 months of work.
The first decade after 9/11, there was concern that the nation had subcontracted out waging war to its small but professional military. It increasingly appears that in the second decade after 9/11 we're going to be subcontracting it out to War, Inc.


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Galina Kulakova At The Ready
Soviet skier Galina Kulakova shortly before the start of the 5 km Women's Cross Country skiing event during the XII Winter Olympic Games, February 11, 1976, Innsbruck, Austria. Kulakova won the bronze in this race but was disqualified after testing positive for ephedrine. Despite this she was allowed to compete in other events and took home a bronze for the 10 km Women's Cross Country and gold for the 4 x 5 km Cross Country Relay. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)


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DEAL. It went down in an alley behind a Fresno machine shop, or maybe deep in a black hole somewhere in the cosmos. Nobody knows. Bottom line: The Gods of Speed agreed to return selected banished race cars to the living world to atone for the countless sacrifices made on their behalf. There's no other explanation for the plethora of drag zombies resuscitated in recent years. Some have more colorful pedigrees than others. Color this one vibrant.
Even the prelude has a pungent pigment. In 1955, Elmer "Unsprung" Snyder slid an injected 265 Chevy into his homebrewed dragster in Newman, California. Elmer hit every NorCal strip from Salinas to Half Moon Bay, pitching fits to the Hemis all the way. The competition protested Snyder's unsuspended chassis until the little digger was banned from competition in 1962. The dragster's end was this Willys' beginning.
Elmer found a gennie '41 Willys and dropped in his lucky small-block with a Caddy three-speed. The only chassis mod was a generous Swiss-cheesing of the stock frame. Wearing a gold coat with Snyder-Meleon-Seagers lettering, the B/Gasser provided a season's worth of amusement, while Elmer built a proper A/Gas Supercharged car. At the '63 season's end, the coupe was sold to Concord gas station mechanic Ken Dondero on the easy- payment plan.
Ken sprayed the Willys maroon and dropped in a four-speed. Working solo, Dondero raced the car all over northern California from his frayed back pocket. From 1964 to 1967, the coupe (still running B/Gas) applied the tough-love method to teach Dondero his supernatural driving skills: "It was so flexible—every time I shifted, I had to give the wheel a half turn going down the track, then again on the shutdown," he recalls. Those lessons earned Ken the driver seat in the new Panella Trucking Anglia in 1968, so the Willys was sold to Tommy Ide in the small Sierra foothills town of Pine Grove.
Tommy kept the Willys touring on the northern California circuit, employing a variety of engine combos to run various (unblown) classes with Capitol Speed Shop sponsorship. After the heads-up Gas classes diluted into Pro Gas, Ide quit racing and handed down the car to Tommy Jr., who parked it in his garage—for two decades.
Enter Les Brusatori of nearby Sutter Creek. "Growing up, I remember seeing the car parked beside Tom's shop. Just like everyone else, I always wanted a Willys. In 1995, I got word that the car might be for sale. I arranged a visit and bought it that day," Brusatori recalls. The coupe, now black, was in the midst of a Pro Gas transformation and had a tubbed back half and no drivetrain. Brusatori, swept up in the Pro Street movement of the day, began taking the Willys in that direction. Then he stopped to reconsider—for 14 years. He finally decided to rectify this pedigreed gasser with license plates, intending to retain Old Man Willys' fragile framerails.
In 2009, tubing maestro Bill Fitting persuaded Les to let him fabricate a stouter, traditional-style chassis, Howard Borell began prepping the amazingly straight steel for period paint, and Tony Borello Racing Engines went to work on an injected early Hemi. Late last year, a Tom Pagano paintjob went on, and Howdy Ledbetter's interior went in, followed closely by Les Brusatori's buttocks. Les' driving impressions: "We just finished the car, so I haven't had much time in the seat. I do know it runs down the road straight and smooth. We're still fine-tuning the engine, so I haven't had the opportunity to really hammer it. But, man, is it torquey!"
Do the speed gods approve of 60 years of racing history being unleashed on public streets? The fat, black tracks being left behind the Capitol Speed Shop Willys say, "Good deal!"★