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Two years ago, I shared extensively on my blog about our new friends from The Persecuted Church who were arrested, interrogated and eventually deported from Uzbekistan for telling others about Jesus and planting secret churches. Many of my long-time readers, donated money, clothes and household items to help them set up their lives in Texas.
Reluctantly, they have made a home in America, but their hearts beat daily for their homeland. Our dear friends bare the burden of the secret church that still meets behind enemy lines.
They are currently teaching leaders and pastors in Ukraine for the next several weeks. Just 200 miles from the town they were deported from and where their parents and siblings still live, a violent outbreak of ethnic cleansing is killing thousands.
From our friends, "As many as 2000 people have been killed in the last several days, up to 400,000 displaced from their homes with 100,000 who have fled to Uzbekistan out of fear for their lives. Many are sheltering in camps or hiding in their homes in fear with thousands trying to cross the border in hope of saving their lives and their families.
There is death everywhere, arson, looting, rapings, threats from police and other officials raising the level of distrust and fear."
For this we ask you to join us in prayer and our heavy, sad hearts over this at this time. It has brought tears and deep heaviness in us. These are our people for who we feel a very big part of in our lives and for which we ache at this time.
"We wrestle not against flesh and blood but against other powers that control…"
Would you join with me and pray for peace and protection of The Persecuted Church?


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We had LOTS of food, and invited over a couple that Jeff's family knew when they were stationed here in the 70's. That couple retired from the Army and stayed here.
On the table, was.....
Herbed Stuffing
Corn Casserole
Green Bean Casserole
Sweet Potato Casserole
Smashed Potatoes
Giblet Gravy
Cranberry Sauce
Pumpernickel Bread
Pumpkin Pie
Chocolate Pie
and Ice Cream Dessert
My camera was sitting out on the tripod, so Jack took lots of pictures.
Carving the Turkey.
Another Jack Picture....cleaning up and putting away food. Don't you love these kind of pictures?
How was your Thanks Giving? Did you have company? Did you try any new recipes or stick with the favorites?

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The recent elections for Japan's lower house of parliament may provide a test to reforms proposed by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and a potential two-party system. During the election, however, party reforms and election manifestoes were the two pivotal issues that indicated the political direction and change in Japan.
The long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was challenged for the first time by the newly revised Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). Both parties vigorously pushed forward structural reforms within their parties before the election.
For the LDP, giving the party a more youthful profile is crucial. The appointment of 49-year-old Shinzo Abe as the party's secretary general signified such an effort. Besides, although the LDP had long required its lawmakers on the proportional representation list not to be older than 73, many seniors continued to take up the positions. Therefore, Koizumi's dissuading former prime ministers Kiichi Miyazawa, 84, and Yasuhiro Nakasone, 85, from the campaign, made his determination to carry out structural reforms appear more impressive to the public.
The DPJ, on the other hand, emerged as the main opposition by merging with the Liberal Party in September. A party that used to have internal discord, the DPJ picked up its momentum after the merger and increased its political influence. Internally, the party was consolidated and externally, it portrayed itself as a party capable of governing a country.
The DPJ nominated more candidates between 30 and 40 years of age for the elections, showing its sincerity to carry out party reforms. It also released a list of Cabinet candidates in the event that it was in a position to launch a Cabinet after the elec-tion. Among those on the list was Nagano Governor Yasuo Tanaka, who was marked down to be a minister for the decentralization of local autonomy.
The highlight of this election was each party's election manifesto. The DPJ put forward concrete policies and the LDP responded with a reform declaration. An opinion poll conducted by the Asahi Shimbun pointed out that voters in this election paid more attention to each party's manifesto (49 percent) than candidates (40 percent). All of a sudden, "manifesto" became such a buzzword that even private enterprises have begun to use it to refer to their business reforms.
Criticizing problems that it said had derived from the LDP's half-century dominance in the lower house, the DPJ advocated lessening the bureaucrat-led politics as well as bringing about an economic revival, tax transparency and projects to deal with such problems as an aging society. Concrete measures targeting each issue are detailed in its manifesto. The party's policies may have not imposed a dramatic impact on small constituencies, yet it harvested in the seats of national constituency.
The Koizumi-led LDP stressed the importance of continuing the current reforms and offered different policies on each issue outlined by the DPJ. Such debate is truly essential to democratic politics that emphasizes participation as well as the contract between political parties and people.
Despite its growing interest in the international security affairs, Japan, faced with financial difficulties and economic recession, has to first deal with its political and economic structure and system. Koizumi's reform declaration was an attempt to address these problems.


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Super Maam January 26 2018
SHOW DESCRIPTION: As she makes her comeback on GMA Telebabad, Marian breathes life to Minerva Henerala, the odd and but soft-hearted, dedicated high school teacher who loves her students despite their naughtiness inside the classroom. Years ago she lost her mother and sister to a tragic archaeological accident. At the same site, she had a close encounter with mythical glowing winged-creatures and shape shifters called Tamawo, and she grew up believing that they exist among humans.
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Amazing things. That's what happens. If we're talking about favorite days of school, I might point to this one as one of mine. Technically the last day of Expression (though we're extending our deadline to the end of the day on Monday), the kids had a full realization of what limited time means. Everyone worked steadily and with an immense amount of focus on their projects. They all helped each other out. They fell into a rhythm and it was more than kind of beautiful.
Coke brought in a piece of the beehive in his yard that the bees abandoned. The heady honey smell floated through the space as the kids explored the empty hive and searched for honey and pockets of pollen. Lola said as she ripped through some comb, "The bees will be mad at us when they turn into zombies."
Kid City sign-making continued.
Richard the architect arrived with pieces of redwood partway through the morning to plant a tree on the cork floor.
The kids helped hoist the logs into their full upright position.
Kristie made rice balls, miso soup, and green tea for everyone at snack today. Wow, so good! Thanks, Kristie.
Reading in the privacy of the Kid City room.
New heights.
And a hole in the floor for quick escapes.
Interior designing.
When Connor, Ben, Isaac, and Kaia managed to get the domed roof on top of Kid City, Ben shouted, "It's Google SketchUp come to life!"
Writing postcards to each other from mysterious places during quiet time.
And of course, no Friday would be complete without a little more fun, this time in the form of a rope swing.
It's been six weeks of school and we've already done so much! I like watching for the little things: the popping eyes in the kids' faces when Mackenzie tells a thrilling story at lunch, the concentration when drilling a screw in Kid City, the sheer guts it takes to turn a bunch of plywood into a domed roof, the way the kids ask each other for help, and the friendships they've already started forming. I feel so lucky to be part of a place that will help kids know so much that's important about the world and themselves and each other.


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When a crisis strikes a country you're visiting, it pays to have friends. By the time the U.S. government began evacuating its citizens from troubled Egypt last month, some tour operators, travel agents and private security firms had already moved their clients to safety.
Lisa Dearen of Carlsbad, Calif., knows this well. Touring Egypt when antigovernment protests threw the country into chaos, she and her husband, Dan, were whisked from Luxor to London on a chartered plane, put up in a hotel and popped into a cab to the airport the next morning, all courtesy of tour operator Abercrombie & Kent.
"They even tipped the cab driver," Lisa said.
For the Dearens, who paid more than $500 a day each for their Mideast tour, going with a luxury company paid off. Other tour operators also aid stranded clients, and even travelers with modest means can get help in a crisis. Here are five other resources:
Travel agents: Bill and Sandra Lee called their Tulsa travel agent, Terry Yee, from Cairo around 11 p.m. Jan. 29, and Yee stayed in touch with them for hours to arrange their exit from Egypt. The Lees' tour company flew them to Athens. Yee booked them from Athens to London, then rebooked their U.S. leg when storms canceled their flight through Chicago.
It usually costs nothing to book a tour through an agent. Ask whether the agent offers expanded access, such as a 24-hour emergency line; Yee gave her home phone and cell numbers to the Lees.
Travel insurers: Premiums for package policies typically run 4% to 8% of the trip cost. Some policies won't reimburse you if you interrupt or cancel a trip because of civil disorder such as what's been going on in Egypt; some may. You may at least be reimbursed for expenses related to delays.
Yee recommends adding a cancel-for-any-reason rider to your policy. It may increase the premium by 40% or more, but it also provides at least partial coverage for situations excluded by the main policy.
Most insurers offer 24-hour assistance lines that can help policy-holders book flights and hotels in a crisis, said Kathy Townend, marketing manager for CSA Travel Protection, a San Diego-based insurer.
Security and evacuation companies: These contract with businesses, schools and other groups to safeguard employees and members on the road.
One company that also sells such services to individuals — a rarity — is Boston-based Global Rescue. Its $655 upgraded annual membership includes medical and security-related evacuations, a 24-hour helpline, intelligence reports and more. By Feb. 4, the company had evacuated nearly 200 travelers from Egypt, said Chief Executive Dan Richards.
Many travel insurers cover medical evacuations in their package policies; fewer appear to cover nonmedical evacuations. Check the limits, because an evacuation can cost $20,000 or more, Richards said.
U.S. State Department: Its website for travelers, https://www.travel.state.gov, gives country-by-country security updates and general advice for safety abroad. Its embassies and consulates aid thousands.
During the Egyptian crisis, its charter flights have flown more than 2,300 Americans to safety in Europe. Evacuees will be billed for "the basic cost of a one-way commercial ticket," said Michelle Bernier-Toth, the State Department's acting managing director of the Office of Overseas Citizens Services.
Here's a free service: the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program. You register at https://www.travel.state.gov, giving your passport info, trip itinerary and emergency contacts. Enrollees get State Department travel alerts about their destinations, and "if a friend contacted us looking for you, we would know how to reach you," Bernier-Toth said.
Mobile devices: Take a cellphone, and if you can't get a call through, text. During last year's Chilean earthquake, "a lot of people told us that they were able to contact their travelers that way," Bernier-Toth said. Better yet: a smartphone with Internet access too.
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WASHINGTON, April 14 (UPI) -- A proposed federal regulation that would undo some of the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling has been languishing at the Securities and Exchange Commission for a year and a half, but there are signs the commission may be making a decision on it relatively soon.
The regulation would force tens of millions of dollars in up-to-now secret political donations from corporate general funds into the light.
SEC spokesman John Nester issued a statement last week that didn't contain specifics, but indicated the proposed regulation would be up to bat in the coming weeks or months.
"The [SEC] staff is considering whether to make a recommendation [on the proposal]," Nester said in an email, "the timing of which will be influenced by the ongoing workload of Dodd-Frank and JOBS Act rulemaking."
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama July 21, 2010. It forces transparency throughout the U.S. financial industry.
The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or JOBS Act, was signed into law by Obama April 5, 2012, and was designed to ease regulations and support funding for small businesses.
The SEC is formulating regulations that implement those laws. The campaign finance proposal is on deck.
The much-criticized 5-4 Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission came in January 2010. It swept away federal restrictions on independent "electioneering communications" by corporations and unions, and similar restrictions in two dozen states.
Writing for the 5-4 majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy said the political speech of corporations was protected by the First Amendment. That applied even if the funds corporation executives were spending in political races belonged to stockholders.
"When government seeks to use its full power, including the criminal law, to command where a person may get his or her information or what distrusted source he or she may not hear, it uses censorship to control thought," Kennedy said. "This is unlawful. The First Amendment confirms the freedom to think for ourselves."
The ruling did not mean corporations could contribute directly to candidates, only that they could make independent expenditures to support a candidate or party. If the money is used in "issue" campaigns, corporate donors do not have to be disclosed.
The Supreme Court's four-member liberal bloc dissented from the majority's main holding.
"When corporations use general treasury funds to praise or attack a particular candidate for office," Justice John Paul Sevens wrote in dissent, "it is the shareholders, as the residual claimants, who are effectively footing the bill. Those shareholders who disagree with the corporation's electoral message may find their financial investments being used to undermine their political convictions."
But -- in a little discussed side issue -- eight of the nine justices agreed Congress could force corporations to make donations public, though it chose not to do so.
This evoked dissent, only to that part of the main ruling, from conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, who insisted some contributions must be allowed to remain secret.
Citing high court precedent, Thomas wrote, "Congress may not abridge the 'right to anonymous speech' based on the 'simple interest in providing voters with additional relevant information.'"
Thomas referred to friends of the court briefs that cited alleged horror stories of retaliation by political activists and elected officials against conservative fundraisers.
"I cannot endorse a view of the First Amendment," Thomas said, "that subjects citizens of this nation to death threats, ruined careers, damaged or defaced property, or pre-emptive and threatening warning letters as the price for engaging in 'core political speech,' the 'primary object of First Amendment protection.'"
The effect of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision was immediately evident. Common Cause said the 2010 midterm election was the most expensive in U.S. history.
Common Cause also said 2010 numbers compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics show "$293 million came from groups operating independently of the candidates or political parties. Those groups, known as 'super PACs,' '527 organizations' and '501(c) organizations,' were free to spend without limits and accept unlimited donations from corporations, trade associations and unions."
A little less than half of that independent money in 2010, $138 million, came from 501(c)(4) groups -- named for a section of federal law.
The U.S. public may never know how much money was spent in the 2012 presidential and congressional elections. Unlike super PACs, regular political action committees and direct contributions to candidates and party committees, 501(c)(4) groups do not have to report donations or donors.
The New York Times said in 2012 the secrecy allows corporations to donate money to 501(c)(4) groups while "shielding corporate contributors from shareholders or others unhappy with their political positions."
Post-Citizens United, Americans were faced with the prospect of increasingly expensive elections funded by increasingly covert political donations from corporations, not from individuals, with both major parties, Democratic and Republican, scrambling for their share of unlimited money.
But in August 2011, 10 professors of corporate law who call themselves the "Committee on Disclosure of Corporate Political Spending" submitted a "petition for rulemaking" to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"We ask that the commission develop rules to require public companies to disclose to shareholders the use of corporate resources for political activities," the petition said.
In other words, if executives want to participate in high-stakes politics using corporate funds, they should have to publicly tell stockholders what they're doing. After all, those corporate funds belong to the stockholders, not corporate managers who may have their own political agendas.
The committee is composed of "10 academics [from Harvard, Columbia, Yale and similar institutions] whose teaching and research focus on corporate and securities law."
"We differ in our views on the extent to which corporate political spending is beneficial for, or detrimental to, shareholder interests," the group told the SEC in its petition. "We all share, however, the view that information about corporate spending on politics is important to shareholders -- and that the commission's rules should require this information to be disclosed."
As early as 2006, the petition argued, "polls indicated that 85 percent of shareholders held the view that there is a lack of transparency surrounding corporate political activity. According to these polls, 'intensity among shareholder opinion was pronounced,' with 57 percent of shareholders 'strongly agreeing' that there is too little transparency with respect to corporate spending on politics."
However, the petition said, the interest of shareholders is not the only driving force supporting disclosure.
"Disclosure of corporate political spending is necessary not only because shareholders are interested in receiving such information, but also because such information is necessary for corporate accountability and oversight mechanisms to work," the petition argued. "The Supreme Court has often recognized, and indeed relied upon, these accountability mechanisms, particularly when corporations use shareholder resources for political purposes. In particular, in its recent decision in Citizens United vs. FEC, the court relied upon 'shareholder objections raised through the procedures of corporate democracy' as a means through which investors could monitor the use of corporate resources on political activities. ...
"For this mechanism to work, however, shareholders must have information about the company's political speech; otherwise, shareholders are unable to know whether such speech 'advances the corporation's interest in making profits,'" the petition said. "Because the commission's current rules do not require public companies to give shareholders detailed information on corporate spending on politics, shareholders cannot play the role the court described. Absent disclosure, shareholders are unable to hold directors and executives accountable when they spend corporate funds on politics in a way that departs from shareholder interests."
Public comments, hundreds of thousands of them, on the proposal appear to be overwhelmingly positive.
But not everyone is convinced of the virtues of transparency.
In an opinion piece in The Wall Journal in January, J.W. Verret, assistant law professor at George Mason University Law School and a senior scholar at the Mercatus Center, pointed out that Congress has rejected a law that would have expanded SEC authority to require disclosure, even of small political expenditures.
"Proponents of new disclosure rules at the SEC often quote Justice Louis Brandeis' admonition that 'sunlight is the best disinfectant,'" Verret said. "Sunlight is a powerful disinfectant, but in the wrong proportion it can be deadly. So too can disclosure in the financial markets damage investor value if not properly calibrated."
Verret said the "SEC is the investor's advocate. Its vital mission is to combat financial fraud by ensuring companies disclose important information to investors about the value of their investments. Companies selling stock must disclose things such as profit projections or possible liabilities that could threaten investor value. Disclosure of political expenditures in the vast majority of companies would be irrelevant to the average investor. One may then ask: What's the harm in requiring disclosure anyway? Consider the case of Target Corp."
Target contributed to Minnesota Forward, a political action group promoting economic growth, and supported candidates who favored pro-growth policies.
"One of those candidates also happened to oppose gay marriage, though neither Target nor Minnesota Forward endorsed that position," Verret said.
A boycott of Target stores was later organized anyway by gay-marriage activists, Verret said, and Target eventually had to apologize.
"In short, the company was successfully bullied for using its free-speech rights to create value for its shareholders," Verret wrote. "It wasn't the legal political expenditure that potentially harmed the company, it was public disclosure of that expenditure that threatened to harm the company and its shareholders. A mandatory disclosure rule at the SEC will suppress corporate political speech on a much larger scale."


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I hope this gives you guys the inspiration to go and find out other resume sites that are great for link building, and if you do come on over to the link building forums and make a post! I'm going to be doing some link building with my resume this week in order to gain some more authoraty for this site. It's still so new and I could use all the help I can get.


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Yesterday Sony unveiled the PlayStation 4, signaling that after seven years, gamers will be treated to a massive leap in technology, creativity and fun. In the months ahead, we expect more announcements on new platforms and partnerships.
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And every bit as impressive as the console initiative is the way our teams have pivoted to capture the mobile phenomenon. EA has established a clear leadership position on both the iOS and Android systems and we've set new standards for business models and gameplay. The Simpsons: Tapped Out has been a runaway success and next week we will release Real Racing 3, a free-to-play masterpiece from our Firemonkeys studio, with graphics many people mistake for a current generation console experience.
EA's leadership on these high-growth platforms allows us to retain and attract the industry's best talent. Thousands of our existing employees have been retrained and redeployed to work on the new platforms and initiatives. But when it is not possible to redeploy a team, we soften the tough decisions with assistance. This week we let some people go in Los Angeles, Montreal as well as in some smaller locations. These are good people and we have offered outplacement services and severance packages to ease their transition to a new job.
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By the way, I heard rumors you guys used to host Age of Kings in the old campaigncreations.com site. If that's true, why did it go away?
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These pictures of Jeremy Clarkson just popped up on the internets. And just from seeing them, we are happy to announce that the next series of Top Gear will be as wonderfully nuts as ever.
We aren't totally sure if this is a Dr. Who-related challenge or if Clarkson is trying to create an all-weather mobility scooter, but it looks hilarious.
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Editors note: An earlier version of this piece referred to Dale J Stephens as the founder of RadMatter. That is not the case. Katherine von Jan is the founder of RadMatter, and Stephens was a member of the team.
Dale J Stephens wants not so much to destroy college as to render it irrelevant.
He started a movement, UnCollege, to promote "self-directed higher-education" and is now working at a startup, RadMatter, to give people the tools to get everything that college is supposed to give, for free.
Stephens is one of the Thiel Fellows, 20 people under 20 who have received $100,000 from Silicon Valley demigod Peter Thiel to stop out of college and pursue their own projects.
Given that ambition, that accolade (and this writer's skepticism of higher education as it currently exists), we thought we'd get in touch with Stephens to learn more.
Stephens told us that UnCollege came out of a night-long discussion with a friend, while they were both in college, about how they didn't like the disconnect between the theoretical stuff you learn in college and the real world applications. Stephens was "unschooled", the brand of home-schooling where kids direct their own education, and realized that the tenets of unschooling could apply to higher education as well.
So he dropped out and started UnCollege to support self-directed higher education, and was later accepted as a Thiel Fellow while he was working at RadMatter.
What's RadMatter going to do? "Help people develop and demonstrate talent."
RadMatter doesn't want to tackle the education function of college so much as (arguably) its biggest function: signaling. Signaling means that what employers are interested in isn't what you learned at Yale, but that you were smart enough to get into Yale.
On RadMatter, people will be able to "categorize their experiences based on talents, not skills," Stephens tells us. Talents are broader than skills. So for example, Stephens says, both "I know [the programming language] Python" and "I organized a wedding for a thousand people", which are skills, can fit into the talent "solving puzzles." Examples of other talents could be "seeing possibilities" or "empowering people."
So anyone will be able to create a profile with what they've done and have it socially validated by the community. As on Couchsurfing.com, where only people who have certain badges can award it to others, "people can only endorse others if they have that same talent."
There will be many problems to figure out. "Talents" are a vague thing, and certification can pose problems. It's easy enough to prove you know Python, but how do you prove on a website that you organized a wedding? "You have to articulate it in a way that's convincing" to get it validated, Stephens says, and anyway plenty of people lie on their resume and no system is perfect. Which is fair enough, but we see devils in those details.
For marketing and getting traction, Stephens notes that he is invited to speak at colleges and other venues all the time. He is planning a tour of colleges and universities next Spring to get people to consider the opportunity cost of college, and he is in talks with companies for them to use this for their own people. "I'm young and people like listening to people their own age," he says.
The business model is pretty obvious: if and when RadMatter gets traction, it can be an amazing recruiting tool, which companies are always willing to pay for. Stephens tells us he is "already in talks with major corporations" who want to hire through his platform, for "all types of jobs", from blue-collar to executive.
Stephens wants to have a rough product in closed alpha in two months, and have a release by the end of the year.
The verdict? RadMatter's plan seems fuzzy in some areas, but then again for a pre-launch product with such an ambitious vision, there should be some fuzzy edges. In this era of dozens of mobile photo-sharing apps, an entrepreneur going after a very large and important problem should be applauded.
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Many Americans increasingly feel like a trap door has suddenly dropped them into economic quicksand, with major corporations and their government allies pulling them further away from the middle-class security they once had.
These feelings have been heightened by a wave of public-sector union-busting laws in Wisconsin and Ohio that will encourage more private sector wage-cutting (already at a record level ), revelations about the extent of corporations "off-shoring" jobs while creating virtually no new jobs in the U.S. for the entire 1999-2009 decade and news that two-thirds of major corporations are paying no federal income taxes.
Two surveys released this week suggest an intensifying sense of impatience with the agonizingly slow recovery and a profound and growing disillusionment with Corporate America. First, a New York Times/CBS News poll shows declining faith that America is on a path to economic recovery:
Americans are more pessimistic about the nation's economic outlook and overall direction than they have been at any time since President Obama's first two months in office...
At a time of rising gas prices, stubborn unemployment and a cacophonous debate in Washington over the federal government's ability to meet its future obligations, the poll presents stark evidence that the slow, if unsteady, gains in public confidence earlier this year that a recovery was under way are now all but gone.
The poll reflects a high degree of political disorientation and confusion among voters. While 72% of the public—including a stunning 55% of Republcians—favor President Obama's proposal to raise taxes on incomes over $250,000, a slight majority backs Republican Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) plan for wrecking Medicare, which also contains relatively little-known provisions for further lowering taxes on corporations and the rich.
But Americans remain solidly clear and unified in believing that the economic recovery is not bringing meaningful benefits to folks like them, with 70 percent convinced that the country is "seriously on the wrong track." President Obama's economic policies have a 57 percent disapproval rate, while congressional Republicans are seen even more dubiously.
Obama's economic policies offer at least some appeal to economic fairness, but the president's continued reliance on "private-sector job creation" seems downright absurd when corporations feel no sense of obligation to add create in the United States. "Winning the Future" for Obama's team has meant business-friendly efforts that are utterly faling to lift decaying communities out of job loss and misery.
Prolonged unemployment—particularly high in old manufacturing towns—not only has generated understandable pessimism about the future state of the economy, but it is also propelling an increasing number of Americans to question whether the "free market" is the best economic system. Americans are growing increasingly suspicious of the giant corporations which largely shape the economy.
Thus, the polling firm Globescan found a sharp drop in the level of support for "free enterprise":
When GlobeScan began tracking views in 2002, four in five Americans (80%) saw the free market as the best economic system for the future—the highest level of support among tracking countries. Support started to fall away in the following years and recovered slightly after the financial crisis in 2007/8, but has plummeted since 2009, falling 15 points in a year [emphasis added] so that fewer than three in five (59%) now see free market capitalism as the best system for the future.
Americans with incomes below $20,000 were particularly likely to have lost faith in the free market over the past year, with their support dropping from 76 percent to 44 percent between 2009 and 2010.
GlobeScan Chairman Doug Miller commented: "America is the last place we would have expected to see such a sharp drop in trust in the free enterprise system. This is not good news for business." He added:
The poll suggest that American business is close to losing its social contract with average American families that has enabled it to prosper in the world. Inspired leadership will be needed to reverse this trend."
The breakdown of the "social contract" is evident when you look at the radical shift in General Electric's guiding philosophy. As Steven Greenhouse noted in The Big Squeeze, in 1962 GE's employee benefits manager wrote,
Maximizing employer security is a prime company goal. The employee who can plan his economic future with reasonable certainty is an employer's most productive asset.
Compare that quaint attitude with the ruthless creed of Jack Welch's, GE's CEO from 1981 to 2001, who showed his disregard for employee loyalty when he declared, "Ideally you'd have every plant you own on a barge" By that, he meant a readiness to seek out at a moment's notice the lowest possible wages and most pliable governments (weak regulations, low taxes, hostile to unions, etc.) anywhere on the globe.
More and more corporations are enthusiastically carrying out Welch's strategy, as David Wessel's stunning Wall Street Journal article and chart revealed this week, generating extensive comment in progressive media (see here and here):
U.S. multinational corporations…cut their work forces in the U.S. by 2.9 million during the 2000s while increasing employment overseas by 2.4 million, new data from the U.S. Commerce Department show.
Given this callous disregard for the U.S. workers and communities that corporations have abandoned (as well as for the low-wage workers they degrade daily in Mexico, China and other sites of the relocated operations), the sharp, sudden drop in support for the "free market" is not mystifying at all.
Today, as America's prolonged and severe employment crisis continues, multinational corporations continue to unilaterally repudiate their side of the "social contract."
The country's business leaders should hardly be surprised to hear Americans questioning the "free market" shield they use to justify their outrageous abandonment of American workers, their renewed attacks on decent wages by imposing two-tier wage structures, and their refusal to contribute their fair share of taxes to cope with the social damage that they are causing.
As suggested by the labor uprising in Wisconsin—now spreading to other states—working people have not only lost faith in corporations' ability to show any concern for fairness. Workers are increasingly moving from outrage to action.


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Is Massage Ok With Lymphoma
Can I still get massage if I have lymphoma? Won't it spread the cancer?
Wayne Mylin, Dipl. ABT (NCCAOM), AOBTA-CP is an Asian Bodywork Therapist specializing in Shiatsu and Acupressure at Pennsylvania Hospital , responds:
Yes, it is ok to get a massage if you have lymphoma. You will want to find a massage therapist that has experience in working with cancer patients - and you may want to avoid more aggressive forms of massage such as deep tissue massage - but it is generally agreed on that there is no concern of spreading cancer with massage. Keep in mind, oncologists recommend regular exercise and movement, which is going to increase circulation as much, if not more, than a typical massage.
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Record Keeping
All documents relating to the office of Reeve need to be kept for five years after they are prepared, obtained or the transactions completed, whichever occurs latest and in English or in a form that the ATO can access and understand in order to work out the amount of tax liable. This includes receipts for event expenses, receipt books, cheque book ends, bank statements etc.
However as a lot of receipts are now printed on thermal paper, causing them to fade very quickly, sometimes even within the time it takes to wrap up an event's finances; it is acceptable if you (or the event steward) scan the receipt, so that the value, item/s purchased and date is clear. Once the receipts have been scanned, and stored (with appropriate file name), it is not necessary for you to keep the originals.
The scanned receipts can then be uploaded to your group's Dropbox folder, along with bank statements and any other files you create to manage your finances.
For more information, refer to:
- Taxation Ruling TR 96/7 Income tax: record keeping – section 262A – general principles
- Taxation Ruling TR 2005/9 Income tax: record keeping – electronic records
- Practice Statement Law Administration PS LA 2008/14 – Software system documentation for record keeping purposes.


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Forskolin (Coleus Forskohlii) is an ancient Ayurvedic plant and a member of the mint and lavender family, which grows in the mountains of Asia.
This plant has been used since ancient times to treat heart disorders such as high blood pressure and chest pain (angina), as well as respiratory disorders such as asthma.
In a 2005 study undertaken at the Department of Health and Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of Kansas, Forskolin was proven to highly effective for decomposing body fat, especially belly fat.
Forskolin was recently recommended as one of the best dietary supplements for belly fat blasting. Forskolin burns belly fat from the inside, while preserving lean muscles, resulting in flat and toned abs.
Conveniently taking one dosage of 125 mg of forskolin in the morning is enough to help lose that excess belly fat.
Simply put, forskolin releases fatty acids from adipose tissue, allowing them to be burned for energy, leading to the melting effect of the the belly fat.
This thermogenesis effect is the result of a chain reaction initiated by the chemicals in forskolin. It increases an enzyme in the human body called adenylate cyclase.
This enzyme increases levels of another enzyme called cAMP (cyclic AMP) which is found in fat. Then a third enzyme, lipase, will be stimulated, resulting in fat burning.
The reasons why people tend to store a large amount of belly fat varies from genetic heritage to high stress level.
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SUMTER, S.C. – An Air Force weather forecaster assigned to the 28th Operational Weather Squadron here weathered a storm as it unfolded in front of him in the form of a vehicle accident Jan. 29.
Air Force self-aid and buddy care training paid off for Senior Airman Patrick Williams when he saw a tractor-trailer overturn during his drive to work.
"The truck ended up tipping over, sliding and rolling onto its roof," Williams said. "The truck's cargo, which was metal piping, spilled out into the road, and the truck came to a stop."
Williams quickly pulled over to help the truck driver.
"It was a mother of two and myself who were first on the scene," he said. "She called 911 while I went to check on the truck driver."
As Williams approached the wreckage, he said, he wasn't sure what to expect.
"When I got to the driver, I first tried talking to him and did not get a response," Williams said. "He was buried underneath several of his personal items that had shifted during the accident, so I began pulling these items out of the cabin."
Williams then began using simple techniques he had learned during self-aid and buddy care training.
"I ensured he was breathing, and noticed he had minor cuts," he recalled. "The truck was still running, and it began leaking unknown fluids."
Williams knew he had to get the driver out. By that time, two other people had stopped to lend aid.
"The truck driver began responding to questions I was asking, and when asked if he could move, he was unsure," Williams said. "At this point, I began asking if he could feel pressure while I grabbed his arms, legs, feet and fingers as I tried to ensure he wasn't paralyzed in any way."
As others who stopped helped Williams get the driver out and away from the truck, a county sheriff and other first responders arrived and transported the driver to a hospital.
Those who are first on the scene are crucial to sustaining an injured victim, and can even be a life-saving factor, said Air Force Airman 1st Class Patricia Ibanez, 20th Medical Support Squadron health service management technician. Actions such as calling 911 and rendering aid are some of the most important aspects of helping someone who has been injured, she added.
Air Force 2nd Lt. Mitchell Westlund, who works with Williams, said the airman's actions show the kind of person he is.
"I am unsurprised by Senior Airman William's quick thinking, his selflessness and his willingness to do what is necessary, regardless of how difficult it may be," he said. "Williams is a conscientious and well-balanced airman. His greatest concern was for the driver of the truck and for the time his co-workers had to take up in his absence while he was dealing with the aftermath of the accident."
Williams credited his response to his self-aid and buddy care training.
"I believe the SABC training and other medical aid training I've had since being in the Air Force helped when I was faced with this situation," he said. "The whole incident happened pretty fast. I didn't really think about what I was doing. It was like muscle memory."


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3-29-09 GMS Field, Tampa FL
Unfortunately, batting practice was wiped out by thunderstorms that rolled through last night. When we arrived at the field just after 11AM, the tarp was still on. My only hope of getting a ball would be to have one thrown to me.
I was sort of miserable during this game due to some severe burning on my hands that I guess came from the sun. When we went in, 4/5's of the Yankees starting rotation was warming up in right field: Andy Pettitte, Chien Ming Wang, CC Sabathia, and Joba Chamberlain. After warming up, they threw their balls to a few little kids in the Tampa Tribune Deck area. They went over to the bullpen and threw their side sessions.
Security was ridiculous for a spring training game. There is a circular walk way that is above the bullpen. There were three security guards walking back and forth and enforcing a rule that all fans had to stay at least 2 feet back from the railing. I mean, seriously? I didn't attempt to get a ball from Sabathia or Chamberlain after their side sessions because there were so many fans. I had also noticed that the Pirates pitchers came out to stretch.
They soon started throwing along the left field line. I politely asked an usher if I could go down to the front behind where they were throwing. It was sprinkling, and there was maybe 10 fans in all of the sections along the 3rd base line. He told me I had to have a ticket, no exceptions. So, I stood above the Pirates bullpen, along a railing. Craig Hansen was throwing with some minor leaguer, Denny Bautista was tossing with #83, Chris Bootcheck was tossing with strenghth coach Frank Velazquez, and Sean Burnett was tossing with Jason Davis.
Hansen finished tossing first. My dad and I were the only ones along the railing by the Pirates bullpen. I called down to him, "Craig, could you toss that ball up!" He looked and me, and threw it with some nice authority. It was ball #1. Hansen then ran his sprints.
I asked Burnett, Velazquez, Bautista and #83 for their warm up balls, but was ignored.
We left and got something to eat and found our seats. Before game time, the Pirates came back out and started tossing, so I went back over to the railing. I noticed bullpen catcher Heberto Andrade had a few balls in his glove. He looked up at me and tossed one up. It was ball #2. There was many more fans along the railing now and some of them looked puzzled, "How'd you know that guys name?"
Zach Duke then started throwing his bullpen session before his start. I was waiting for him to get finished so I could ask for the ball. However, a security guard appeared and told everyone to go to their seats. The game wasn't going to start for another 15 minutes. He didn't care. Don't the Yankees get that this is Spring Training? Is there really a need to be that strict?
Among signs I saw posted were No Standing (posted everywhere), No Loitering, No Diving from the Railing, No throwing objects from the pedestrian walkway, etc. If Spring Training was this military style in enforcing rules, I'd hate to see how strict they will be at the new Yankee Stadium during Batting Practice.
A side note: had there been batting practice, I was planning on going into the right field Tampa Tribune Deck to chase home runs. However, you can't get in there without a ticket (of course).
On to the game:
The Yankees would go on to win the game 9-8. They played most of their regulars until the 7th inning. Zach Duke was shelled by the Yankees, giving up 8 runs in 3.1 innings. Duke had been looking much better this spring until this start. Eric Hinske, Ryan Doumit, and Robinson Cano hit home runs in the game.
Here are some action shots:
AJ Burnett vs Freddy Sanchez
Nate McLouth takes a look at a pitch:
Ryan Doumit hits a ball to the right side:
Der-ek Je-ter
Tampa Tribune Deck (if going to BP, you'd better have a Deck ticket!) Cano's home run hit off the blue restaurant roof.
Hideki Matsui:
Jorge Posada:
Stands to my right:
"The Boss" George Steinbrenner
George was taking in the game with Mr. October, Reggie Jackson:
"The Sandman" Mariano Rivera
Brett Gardner Caught Stealing:
Ex-Pirate Xavier Nady (The X-man!)
Tomorrow I'm headed back to Bradenton.


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Love biscotti, hate hazelnut. What should I sub? What do you need to know?
39 thoughts on "P & Q: Hazelnut Biscotti"
How about pistachios or almonds?
I want to make half as written and half chocolate. Can I just add cocoa powder or would I need to remove same amount of the flour?
Good morning,
There's this video on youtube, that shows how really easy it should be to make them.
– I do however wonder if it really needs all that baking soda for the hazelnut to peel (I may reduce to 1 Tbsp)…. Any idea?
Right with you Jules on the hazelnut! I like the cocoa powder idea – will that be enough to impart a chocolate-y taste? Or do I need chocolate chips too?
I'm thinking more like a 1/4 – 1/2 cup. If was a tbl or two I would have just added it.
I'm already planning on using chopped, roasted almonds and mini chocolate chips in my biscotti. I just love the chocolate-almond combination!
I'm not too fond of hazelnuts myself! I'm planning to use either almonds or pecans and add maybe dried fruits and spices.
I'm doing 3x in a go (tripled the recipe straightaway):
1 x hazelnuts
1 x almonds
1 x hazelnuts, almond and raisins
(they are in the oven right now)….let's hope
No liqueur added but for the 2nd and 3rd one I've added pure almond extract.
Pity I did not thin about adding a bit of cinnamon in the 3rd one…
PS: I did not add 3 tablespoons of baking soda to the water for the hazelnuts but only one and it worked. Hope it won't affect the taste.
Mmmm, you are inspiring me – maybe a bit of black coffee with the cocoa in place of the extract/liqueur….
On the same track! I was thinking of adding instant espresso powder like I do my brownies.
i did make biscotti once with coffee.. and it was excellent!! so ladies go for it!!
When baking chocolate, the coffee, espresso track works, as does a bit of Kaluah liquer.
OMG! 21st of June made a 3x recipe and the cookie box is already EMPTY! These cookies rock! (deliciously hard as a rock! :-) )
I'll be baking these at my Mom's house. Her liquor selection is slim pickings, and she will never ever use up a bottle of hazlenut liquor of I bought one just for this recipe. If I want to omit the liquor component, should I replace it with vanilla extract (so, 3 tsp of vanilla all together)? Any other ideas?
Never mind–I bought a teeny tiny bottle of Disaronno, and decided to use that and tap into my mom's cosco bag of almonds.
Mine don't bear a likeness to the picture on page 221, very flat, they have only 2 cm in height. I used my home made Liqueur de Noix , And: I am glad to know how to skin hazelnuts, but it is a great mess. I like more to skin almonds ;-)
If you decide to boil the hazelnut skins off, like in the recipe, be sure to use a LARGE saucepan. I made the mistake of using a smaller pan and the water, baking soda, hazelnut mixture boiled over and brownish black water was everywhere.
I toasted another batch of nuts in a 350 degree oven for about 15 minutes, let them cool and then placed them on top of a clean kitchen towel. Gathered up the towel ends and shook the nuts vigorously and the skins came off pretty easily. Much cleaner method than the boiling.
I really liked the biscotti…super easy to make and very crispy, crunchy. Hazelnuts aren't my favorite nut but in these cookies they were great.


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Haven't touched my XO-1 in a while and recently started working on it again.
I added a stock body painted Chrome, found a good mount for my XL2 ESC, battery mount by badbrad222 to fit two 5000mah 6S 35~70C Lipo Packs, Savox SC-1257TG Servo, Spectrum receiver with temp and rpm sensor, and stock shocks and springs from my Vorza to hold the weight.
i love the chrome, what paint did you use to get it to STAY chrome. every one i have seen/tried ended up quite flat and almost grey.
That looks great! I've wanted to experiment with chrome too.
All of my other cars came out pretty good when i spray the chrome last and nothing backing it.
I'm trying to chrome all of my cars but the hardest one will be the Losi 5ive-T because the body will cost over $330
WOW !!! Real nice !!! Did that start off as a clear body with no decals installed ?? i've been thinking of painting up my beaten body just so it doesn't have road rash anymore. Nice Job !!!
Black sprayed
ready for chrome
coat 1
coat 3 Looks dull because body gets moisture on the outside when painting chrome.
coat 4 and pulled off the outer protectant film.
Decals added.
I love it!!! *you now have a pm
Nice collection. My wife would KIIIIIIIIILL me!!!
Big Air Don't Care
AND RATTLECANNED too boot! , i love how that turned out. im gonna be honest. i am going to steal this idea and try it on my next body.
im trying to get my mind off the 5IVE... somehow a 1/5 SC ended up next on my list. gotta stay off the youtube late at night.
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man great rc bodies i really like the drifters
That chrome paint looks sick on the XO-1! Nice job!
@iMotion Dung Bro!! you're the definition of EPIC!!! those cars look sick with the Chrome Paint Jobs!! i thought i've seen it all but nevermind that!
You've got some seriously nice rides iMotion_Dung. Super jealous of your 5th scales
i motion do you spray the paint under the body? sorry i just never painted rc cars before
I had to do it in that order because if you spray anything after the chrome it will get dull.
I have the paint just waiting for my body. I'm thinking there will be alot of chrome XO-1 's running around after seeing yours. Can't wait !!!
I always watch out for where wires might rub on the body, roll cages, and stuff like that. Maybe the inside of the front bumper on the XO-1 because it might rub on the foam. Once that tape it on there don't remove it or the chrome will come off.
Thanks for the warning. The side skirts, rear diffuser, foam bumper, body posts, shock towers, and tires probably too. Will add tape where needed. Should have one of my clear bodies in a few days. The others are back ordered. I couldn't get the spaz stix gloss black. So I got Candy Shadow Black Window Tint. You ever mess with it ?? I'm going to use it for the first body. I'm thinking it will look good. Thanks again !!!
Spaz-stik sells a backer specifically for the chrome. Have you messed with that?
Says to apply it after the chrome goes on, a few coats. Then you can spray over that with whatever else.
love the chrome, look great. Probably give it a shot, since I'm on my 3rd body and so far the the grey stock color was favorite, but chrome suits better.
Did you need a BEC with that servo? What difference did you noice over the inferior stock servo? Anny and all input would be appreciated. Wonder if it would be better to get the high torque (do to the weight of the vehicle) or the high speed. Thanks!
Well what do you think iMotion Dung ?? Does this meet your standards ?? First paint job. Only problem is there is a bit of snow on the ground now. Can't even show off this body now. Hopefully in a few days the snow will be gone and the wind will die down. 32 mph gusts right now.
Didn't realize how dark them pics were. Heres a better one.
Last edited by Double G; 11-24-2012 at 01:06 PM. Reason: merge
Did you need a BEC or glitch buster with that Savox servo? What difference did you noice over the inferior stock servo? Any and all input would be appreciated. Wonder if it would be better to get the high torque (do to the weight of the vehicle) or the high speed. Thanks
Nice car!! How do you like the XL-2 in there?
Rc...my wallet hates it...but my brain loves it
Haha, we are both Five T buddies
My slash 4x4 body is, well WAS chrome, until repeated crashes tore almost all my paint off.
BL Race Emaxx
Castle/Tekin Slash 4x4
Flux Scream Muggy
Looks slick
About that radio do you get a lot of range out if it?
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summit and e-revo sv2 5700, BL p2ede
Imotion Dung: killer toys dude, propz!
5806 Raptor, 67054 Stampede
I have tried the black backer that is suppose to back the chrome and used it to Spazstix directions and it didnt turn out as chrome as your bodies. So I never tried it again. I am now going to try the way you have done it and protect the areas of possible with this clear flexible plastic stuff I have. I hope it turns out as well as yours did. How long did you wait between coats of chrome? Would drying between coats with a heatgun be ok do you think or let it naturally let it flash over? Thanks for any input. And by the way....nice collection!!!


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Details on the suspect previously given by the Pentagon included information that he was 38 years old, married and a father of two. He was a 10-year Army veteran who had served three combat tours in Iraq where he was wounded twice, and was deployed to Afghanistan in December with the Army's 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state.
Bales was flown out of Afghanistan to Kuwait after the massacre and was transferred to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on Friday.
More details on his past have come into light, including being arrested for assault on a girlfriend. He also participated in a bloody January 2007 attack in Iraq where he said he "discriminated between the bad guys and the noncombatants." Reports indicate he may also have been angry about being passed over for a military promotion.
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McClatchy: Staff Sgt. Robert Bales named as suspect in Afghan massacre
TACOMA, Wash. — U.S. military officials finally named the suspect in the massacre of 16 Afghan civilians as Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who was brought late Friday to the military detention facility in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., to face murder charges. [...]
According to Afghan accounts and some press reports, he's a rogue soldier who trudged from hut to hut in two remote Afghan villages picking out women and children to shoot, stab, kill. [...]
His civilian life wasn't as spotless.
The Des Moines Register: Conflicting portrait of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales emerges
According to public records, Bales was charged with criminal assault in in Tacoma, Wash., in August 2002. The Associated Press reported he was arrested for assault on a girlfriend, not the woman he later married.
Bales pleaded not guilty, and the case was dismissed after he underwent 20 hours of anger management counseling. A separate hit-and-run charge was dismissed in a nearby town's municipal court three years ago, according to records.
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Portland, Oregon: it's just so cool. It's got a great art and design scene (you just try to find a bad logo in this town--we dare you), cool architecture, an emerging music scene, great restaurants, great wine. But on our recent trip to the City of Roses, we bypassed these things in search of a simpler pleasure: sweet, creamy frosting. Knowing that we would only be there for 36 hours, we decided to make the icing on the cake our gospel; as such, it wasn't about hitting every bakery as it was about seeking frosting nirvana wherever we went (and thus, if your favorite Portland bakery isn't listed, it's not because we didn't want to visit; it was merely time and distance constraints, as we were on foot through all of the below). Here's where we went:
We continue to walk up the hill to Saint Cupcake, where we choose a red velvet and a big top cupcake (both in the mini size). We believe that cream cheese frosting is a delicate art: it can quickly become too rich, too overpowering, too much. But not this one, which is creamy, just a little bit tangy, and completely delicious. Oh yes, we like this cream cheese frosting. And while we didn't get a vegan cupcake on this trip, having tasted them in the past, we can attest that their vegan frosting, while a different texture than the dairy-based ones, is still quite good in the eyes of these little Cake Gumshoes. Saint Cupcake, two locations; visit saintcupcake.com for more information.
Having worked up an appetite for lunch by this point, we head to Papa Haydn, a venerable old restaurant which has two locations in Portland, both of which have been around for many years, and which while serving full meals, are known for their desserts. We can be wary when it comes to places like this--would they be coasting on their reputation? Happily, we found them to be a delight: the main dishes were served with care, the bread was good, and oh, the desserts. When we settle on the Meyer Lemon Curd tart, we get an unexpected flash of frosting: sandwiched between the lemon curd and the shortbread crust, there is a modest layer of buttercream frosting which tickled and delighted these spy palates. Papa Haydn, two locations in Portland; for more information, visit papahaydn.com.
After a few hours of making like spies, we imbibe strong and delightful green tea at the charming Blend (where if we recall correctly, they said the baked goods are from Marcy Baking, which we ooh and ahh at but do not try), we find frosting nirvana at Crema Coffee and Bakery, where the absolutely gorgeous cupcakes are offset by equally appealing blood orange and cream tarts (next time, next time). They get points for both flavor (lemon poppyseed cake with raspberry buttercream frosting) and for the appealing precision of the decoration. Crema Bakery + Cafe, 2728 SE Ankeny, (503) 234-0206; online at cremabakery.com.
Backtracking en route to our digs at the Ace Hotel, we stop at the still quite new Sweetpea Baking Company, a vegan bakery which is part of a "Vegan Mini Mall"--a suite of several vegan-friendly businesses on that block. While the cupcakes look awesome, but opt for a change of pace with the adorably pink-frosting-filled chocolate Whoopie Pie. (Note: We were informed that the pink frosting was just for show and not a different flavor...but pink is just so cute). While the cookie is soft and crumbly, the frosting is a bit stiffer and less creamy than we'd hoped for. While not a disappointment per se (we finished every bite for certain), we think that next time we might go for the cupcakes instead, which we hear are lovely; certainly the frosting texture, which can tend toward stiff on vegan cupcakes, looked creamy and smooth. Sweetpea Baking Company, 1205 SE Stark St., (503) 477-5916; online at sweetpeabaking.com.
Approaching sugar coma, we call it a day.
We wake up way too ravenous to go much further than Stumptown Coffee for some lovely Americano, and then next-door to Kenny & Zuke's, a Jewish-style diner which we initially cannot decide if its look is contrived or cute. Ultimately though, the food wins us over, preparing us for the day ahead and staving off our imminent sugar crash just a little longer. While we don't sample them, we're appealed to by their lovely cupcakes, whose creamy, pink-frosted peaks resemble soft serve ice cream cones; though we don't sample them, certainly their beauty is worth mentioning. Kenny & Zuke's Delicatessen, 1038 SW Stark St., (503) 222-DELI; online at kennyandzukes.com.
We aid digestion by swinging down to Voodoo Doughnut, in front of which we're greeted by a man who says creepily, "I hear those doughnuts are cursed". In a movie, this would be a moment later referred to as "foreshadowing". Luckily this is real life, so pushing these thoughts aside, we enter to find a true Mecca for doughnut lovers (they will do weddings, in case you were wondering), making sure to pick up a chocolate frosted for later. Like it's been said, they put a spell on us. Voodoo Doughnut, 22 SW Third Ave., (503) 241-4704; online at voodoodoughnut.com.
At the end of the train ride, we bus it back home to Queen Anne, where we watch an episode of Law & Order and promptly fall asleep. Call it the crash at the end of the sugar tunnel--a sweet ending indeed.