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If only dust could talk
What would we hear it say?
Before it's brushed aside
Just as it's swept away
It's just the evidence
It's of no consequence
It's only flesh and bone
Why don't we leave it alone?
If only dust could gather into lines of chalk
Around a silhouette detective fiction walks
For it's the only witness that can testify
Can I spit out the truth?
Or would you rather just swallow a lie?
Why did they dam the land?
How did they flood the plain?
Did they erase the name?
And wipe away the stain
You kept your mouth well shut
Appeared to turn your coat
Now there's a name for you but it's stuck in my throat
If dust could only mutter
Or in laughter trill
If it could warn and whisper from the windowsill
But it's the only witness that can testify
Can I split out the truth?
Or would you rather just swallow a lie?
Here come the juggernaut
Here come The Poisoners
They choke the life and land
And rob the joy from us
Why do they taste of sugar?
Oh, when they're made of money
Here come the Lamb of God
And the butcher's boy, Sonny
If dust could only gather in the needle track
Then it would skip a beat and it would jump right back
If dust could only gather in a needle track
Then it would skip a beat
And all the sense I lack
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May 4, 2001, London, EnglandLast known performance:
September 7, 2006, Amsterdam, Netherlands (127 known performances)
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Everyone, on some level, has one thing they like to think they're really, really good at.
Maybe while cruising down U.S. 278, you've thrown Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" on the stereo and belted along, believing in your heart of hearts you are Steve Perry's rightful successor. Perhaps, with the curtains drawn and the house bereft of looky-loos, you've choreographed the ultimate dance routine to Britney Spears' "Oops I Did it Again." Maybe you've even cracked up the imaginary audience behind your mirror with your 12-minute standup routine about the perils of airline food (seriously, though, is this chicken or fish?).
Admit it; at some point you've done one if not all of these things. Maybe the details are different, but the thrust is the same: All of us want to get up on stage and show what we can do. Well, armchair Justin Timberlakes and Jerry Seinfelds, consider yourself lucky. Bluffton's got three different venues for your act, whatever it may be.
Montana's Got Talent – Montana's Restaurant & Grizzly Bar
Start out your journey to superstardom at 7 p.m. tonight, Wednesday, Aug. 24, at Montana's Restaurant & Grizzly Bar on S.C. 46. For the last couple of months, Montana's has been opening up its stage to every singer, dancer, musician, magician and performer who's game and letting them compete in "Montana's Got Talent."
"It's a pretty diverse lineup so far," said Director of Operations Lynn Malvasio before listing off the signers, dancers and three-piece bands that have all competed for a weekly prize of a $100 Montana's gift card and a grand prize of a two-night stay at the Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort and dinner for two at Hilton Head Prime sponsored by ValPak.
Judging for the act varies but has included local DJ Anneliza from 104.9 The Surf and former Billy Idol percussionist Mike "Moto" Malvasio. Coming up before the big finale Sept. 7 is a seven-minute comedic play on Aug. 31
and the encore of an East Coast swing act that brought the house down.
"If I can move like that when I'm 80, I'll be thrilled," said Malvasio.
Call 815-2327 to signup.
Tales of the Comedy - Coconut's Bar & Grill
Standup comedy can be one of the most intimidating artforms to get your start in. Magicians, performers, they simply have a bad show. Nothing threatening there. Standup comics, however, bomb. That's a lethal explosive. That stings a little.
But to a standup comic, established or aspiring, no feeling on earth can match the sound of a bar full of laughter. One solid set can make for all the crater-riddled bombs they've dropped in the past.
Anyone willing to take that gamble for the thrill of doing standup on stage will get their chance at 7 p.m. tonight at Coconut's Bar & Grill.
Bluffton's Scott Corkern has been doing standup for years and organized the standup event, which mixes open-mic performances with sets from established comics, to spread the joy of comedy.
"I really wanted to start something that would spark interest in comedy community here," he said. "A lot of people want to get up and do five minutes, and do some writing and try it out. The more of that goes on, the better they get. Then their friends get involved, and people enjoy the artform more."
By allowing first-time performers to share the stage with more experienced comedians (Corkern is part of a 14-member group that also runs open-mic nights in Savannah), this combination open-mic night and comedy show gives the crowd a new perspective on comedy, it also acts as an incubator to new talent.
"We try to be real welcoming," said Corkern.
Signups to perform at tonight's show, "Tales of the Comedy," begin at 7 p.m. at Coconut's. Corkern says four or five slots are available.
Bluffton's got talent - Wild Wing Café
Wild Wing Café will host its own talent competition Sept. 5 when "Bluffton's Got Talent" flaps into the Wing.
Organized by noted nightlife fixture "Big B," the competition spun off from the Wing's Tuesday karaoke night.
"We're trying to get more family-oriented stuff in Wild Wing," said Big B, adding that so far, the show is shaping up to be pretty diverse.
"We've got one kid who is 14 and wants to do a dance skit," he said. "We're open for comedy acts, juggling, magic, dance — whatever you want to do."
But whatever your talent is, there's still a spot for you on the roster. Big B hopes to sign up in seven to nine more acts before the show, but there's always room for more.
The big competition will be held "around 6 or 7 p.m.," according to Big B, Sept. 5. The grand prize winner will receive a 2011 Yamaha VIP scooter.
To enter, get a registration form at Wild Wing Café Bluffton or call Big B at 754-0305.


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NH man sentenced to 55 years in 2 roommates' deaths
NORTH HAVERILL, N.H. (AP) � A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to 55 years to life in prison for shooting his two roommates in Grafton.
Twenty-five-year-old Robert Lacombe, Jr. was sentenced on Thursday in the June deaths of 24-year-old William Hatch and 23-year-old Crystal Farnham, whose bodies were discovered in their home.
Relatives of the victims said in court that they hated LaCombe and hoped that he would kill himself in prison. And some said they were frustrated by the plea deal prosecutors reached instead of going to trial.
The Valley News (http://bit.ly/13buqT4 ) reports that LaCombe told the victims' families that he understood their anger. He said in court that Hatch and Farnham did not deserve what happened to them and that no one hates him more than he hates himself.
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EPICure 1995
EPICure - The first study
Professor Kate Costeloe and Dr. Alan Gibson carried out the first phase of the study in 1995, helped by Sally Carne and Fiona Stacey. They were responsible for the original data collection and collating all the returns at one year of age. Joan Morris and Enid Hennessy were the study statisticians. Serono Laboratories UK Ltd funded this part of the study.
The first phase of the study involved every maternity unit in the UK and the Republic of Ireland – all 276 of them. All deliveries between 20 and 25 weeks 6 days of gestation were recorded. Once a baby was admitted for neonatal care a full record was completed so we had information on what happened after birth.
In the 10 months of 1995 from March 1 to Dec 31, 4004 births were registered. Of these 811 were admitted for neonatal care and 314 were discharged home. Survival ranged from 2 babies (9% of admissions) at 22 weeks, 26 babies (20%) at 23 week, 100 babies (34%) at 24 weeks, to 186 babies (52%) at 25 weeks.
We identified the proportions of babies who had evidence of injury on brain scan, chronic lung disease (CLD or sometimes called bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)) and treated eye problems from retinopathy of prematurity and the factors associated with them.
All of the details are written up in a scientific article referenced here. The findings are not described in any great detail here as we now have newer information form births in 1995 – EPICure2.
Survival rates in comparison to 2006 are shown in the graph in the section on survival.


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Shake it up!
Never before has scientific curiosity taken European schoolchildren so far into space. ESA astronaut André Kuipers has shown our future generation of scientists what happens when gravity 'switches off'.
Shaking soapy water and a small convection loop on Tuesday helped the young researchers to get a feeling for foams and convection.
André inspired the children in a live link with the International Space Station. "Curiosity will take you further," he said.
Armed with two ESA educational payloads, the astronaut demonstrated the basic principles of the phenomena that distribute heat around Earth (convection) and how gravity affects bubble lifetime (foam stability).
Over 1500 students on Earth used good scientific practice and compared their results to André's identical space experiments.
This once-in-a-lifetime experience brought together four European sites by videoconference: science centre Nemo in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the Leicester National Space Centre in the UK, Parque de las Ciencias in Granada, Spain, and the Technik Museum in Speyer, Germany.
Before contacting space, the centres demonstrated scientific experiments to each other. They created explosions and super-thick foams to highlight the footprints of gravity and physics in our everyday lives.
Space oddities
André talked about the effects of weightlessness as he floated in the Columbus laboratory module, so it wasn't hard for the students to understand that there is no such a thing as up or down in space – which means no convection.
"Clouds, tornados, volcanic eruptions… all the convection processes that I can see from space are similar to the small one that you can carry out yourself," said André.
The European astronaut explained that gravity affects air and water, and it also affects their combination: foam.
Students learnt at first hand that, in most cases, the bubbles last for much longer than on Earth as there is no gravity pulling on the foam.
The astronaut encouraged the children to satisfy their bubbling curiosity and answered their questions.
Solar storms, blood circulation and water behaviour in weightlessness were among the topics tackled.
"This is a fantastic opportunity to excite the kids towards science, better than anything we could do at school," said Vinay Parekh, a science teacher from Birmingham in the UK.
Former ESA astronaut Reinhold Ewald confirmed from the German museum that the pupils "very much enjoyed being part of a Europe wide experience." The organisers at Nemo described that experience as "awesome."
These Take Your Classroom into Space experiments are part of the Spaceship Earth educational programme developed for André.
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2006 ChevyGMC Truckin' Nationals Truck Show
A Great Show Turns 26
When it comes to throwing a great truck show, the three most important things are location, location, and location. Our case in point is the Chevy/GMC Truckin' Nationals held at the Santa Maria Fairpark in Santa Maria, California. For those of you unfamiliar with the town, it's nestled right in the heart of California's incredibly beautiful Central Coast region.
The Chevy/GMC Truckin' Nationals have been in existence since 1981, hence the 26th Annual designation attached to this issue's event coverage. Thinking back to the commercial vehicles brand new in the founding year of this event brings one to realize the GMC and Chevy trucks that were new at the 7th annual GMC Truckin' Nats are now old enough to qualify as features for Custom Classic Trucks.
Unfortunately, in the last few years spectators and participants alike hinkeave had to contend with occasional rainstorms. For 2006, the "weather guesser" predicted rain for the entire weekend. Based on our past really good experiences at the Chevy/GMC Truckin' Nationals, rain or shine we were going to make the 200-mile trek north to Santa Maria. It was raining cats and dogs when we rolled out of Orange County early Friday morning. The scenic drive north on PCH (Pacific Coast Highway) was just plain fun. It's real neat to get an old truck out on the open highway and blow past the goons in their trendy imports like they're stopped. Thanks to a '05 325-inch L59 small-block, our pickup averaged as high as 22 mpg on the way up. North of Goleta, California, the temptation to roll 85-95 mph was too much. Even with a dropped stance, we could see over the roofs of cars. Rounding the bend at Gaviota in excess of 90 mph, we spotted a CHP blasting south at well over 100 mph. Our first thoughts were, "He is in a big hurry to whip a U-turn and write us the speeding ticket of the century." Our paranoid thoughts hadn't even cleared when a pack of eight more CHPs screamed behind him on the southbound PCH lanes. The chase continued until at least 20 more marked patrol cars passed with an assortment of ghost cars and trucks in the mix. That was a close enough call for us. We stuck the throttle at 70 mph and cruised the rest of the way into Santa Maria, flying under the radar, as they say.
Santa Maria is an interesting mix of 1800s cemeteries surrounded by late 20th-century housing tracts, with a new Home Depot, Wal-Mart and other big chain stores on the outskirts of town. One of the best things about rolling into a town for a truck show is seeing the streets packed with customized old trucks. By Friday afternoon, the sun had burned through the rain clouds and Santa Maria was covered in a beautiful orange glow.
We chowed down on some real tasty Santa Maria-style barbecue and then headed to the Fairpark. The excitement mounted as more and more trucks pulled into the grounds. The pressure really increased when we started running into editors and photographers from other truck magazines trying to line up feature trucks. Our friend Mark Halverson from our sister publication Truckin' already had the little yellow Advance-Design Chevy with the purple flames on it in the sights of his D-10 Canon. Before the sun had set we'd met up with Horsepower Promotion's Seth Doulton, who hooked us up with press credentials and event T-shirts.Early Saturday morning, as the sun was rising, we left the host motel, the Best Western Big America, and headed up to the show grounds.
For the folks who gambled the weather guesser was wrong, the payoff was big. Thanks to the rain cleansing the air and everything on the ground along with it, Saturday and Sunday turned into a classic California sunny weekend--oh yeah, and speaking of a California classic, all the California Highway Patrol cars we saw down south? It was a high-speed pursuit that ended with the highway closed for five hours. We just missed it.


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The Gaping Void in the Debate over Iran
Ever since Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's remark that Israel should be wiped off the world map was beamed around the world, the Islamic Republic has been viewed by many as a direct threat to the existence of Israel. This remains largely the case despite revelations that Ahmadinejad's comments at an insignificant student conference in October 2005 were in actual fact a quote from Ayatollah Khomeini, which correctly translated reads: "this regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time".
Later clarifications from Ahmadinejad to the effect that his comments on no account implied belligerent intent and that the Palestinians must determine their own fate did little to change the impression that the declared goal of the new government was the destruction of Israel. Initially surprised by the reaction to his speech, Ahmadinejad then realised how the subject could bolster his own image. As a consequence, attacks on Israel and later, denial of the Holocaust, became integral elements of his speeches.
No belligerent intent
It is beyond question that Iran's criticism of the "Zionist regime" is more than a rhetorical ritual aimed at affirming Tehran's own anti-Imperialist identity. The rejection of the Jewish state by the Iranian leadership – which runs right through to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamene'i, who as supreme commander of the armed forces ultimately decides on whether to take the country into war – is beyond doubt.
Just as in Arab nations, the majority-held view in Iran is that Israel's treatment of the Palestinians is a scandalous injustice. But it would be wrong to equate this outrage with a readiness for war. For most Iranians, the fate of the Palestinians was never anything more than a peripheral issue. To start a war against Israel and its allies because of them was never considered as a serious prospect in Iran. An attack of this nature would also fly in the face of a foreign policy approach that has over past decades been less aggressive and more defensive and pragmatic in nature.
The export of the Iranian Revolution first propagated in 1979, which unsettled many Arab nations, was given up just a few years later. After the end of the 1988 Iran-Iraq War, Tehran adopted a reactive rather than aggressive stance and allowed its decisions to be influenced more by interests than by ideology.
For example, during the Nagorno-Karabakh War (1988-1994) Iran threw its weight behind Christian Armenia against Shiite Azerbaijan. During the Tajik civil war (1991-1997), Iran did not support the Islamic opposition, but assumed the role of negotiator.
Following the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, Tehran supported the Shiite minority militia in the civil war. When the Taliban massacred thousands of ethnic Hazara Shiites in Mazar-i Sharif, Tehran threatened intervention in September 1998, but played a subordinate role in comparison to Islamabad, Washington and Riyadh.
Willingness to cooperate on a political level
When the US and the Northern Alliance targeted the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in the wake of September 11, this was met with emphatic approval in Tehran.
The Iranian government also conducted itself in a cooperative manner when US troops toppled the Iraqi dictator and Iran's arch enemy Saddam Hussein in 2003. In the years that followed, reports of arms shipments to the Taliban and Al-Qaeda could never be verified and also enjoy little credibility in view of the two groups' anti-Shiite stance. Tehran was certainly not unhappy about the rebellion in Iraq and Afghanistan, but preventing a Sunni resurgence in Baghdad and Kabul represented a greater priority than the US troop withdrawal.
In Iraq, just as in Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, Iran always perceived the Shiites as natural allies which it sought to foster and support. For Sunni leaders in Manama, Kuwait and Riyadh, Tehran always represented a potential threat in its role as protector of the Shiites. But repeated Shiite protests and rebellions – for example in Bahrain – were never as a result of support from Iran, but rather triggered by repression at the hands of authoritarian ruling dynasties.
A militia dependent on Tehran's goodwill
The Hezbollah movement in southern Lebanon was an exception. Established by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in the fight against Israeli occupiers, the Shiite militia and party grew over the years into a national power. A defender of national integrity with a strong social network, the movement gained respect among Shiites and influence in Beirut. Although it receives support from Iran in the form of weapons and money to this day, Hezbollah was always more than a militia dependent on Tehran's goodwill.
In the case of Syria, the alliance with the Assad clan was maintained less for cultural-religious reasons, and more for political-pragmatic ones. Members of the ruling dynasty may be Shiite minority Alawites, but their faith differs fundamentally from that of Iran's Twelver Shiites. In addition, the alignment of the Damascus regime was always secular, with no ideological intercepts with the Ayatollahs in Tehran.
Despite Iran's actually rather defensive and reactive foreign policy approach, its image as a belligerent state pursuing its goals without regard for human rights and the rule of law endures to this day. As well as brutal repression at home, this is also due to the repeated attacks and assassinations of exiled politicians carried out by the Iranian intelligence service abroad.
In addition, because of the many rival centres of power, the regime pursued what was often a contradictory foreign policy that made it appear incalculable.
This impression was further enhanced over the past few years by the frequently erratic policies, extremist rhetoric and eccentric behaviour of Ahmadinejad himself. With his verbal attacks on Israel, his Holocaust denial and his claim on a direct line to the Messiah, he has over the course of just a few speeches destroyed the trust built up in previous years by his predecessor Mohammed Khatami. This perception rarely considered the fact that quite apart from the tirades, Iran's foreign policy has remained largely unchanged.
The Supreme Leader's omnipotence
This fixation with Ahmadinejad has also frequently masked the fact that in foreign policy decisions, it is not the president, but the Supreme Leader who has the last word. When Ahmadinejad exits the stage after elections next year, Khamene'i will still be the one pulling the strings.
As a cautious, conservative power politician, his primary goal was always to safeguard the system and preserve the status quo. He balked at making any fundamental changes as well as radical and risky decisions.
A nuclear attack on Israel would however be just such a risky move. It would be a breach of taboo that the international community would not allow to go unpunished. The consequences would not only be nuclear retaliation by Israel, but most likely western intervention to topple the Tehran regime. Iran could possibly still count on its ally Venezuela in such a situation, but even that is not certain.
Rather than Israel, the Islamic Republic would disappear from the political world map. Why anyone in Iran would want such a thing is not the smallest gaping void in the current debate.
Ulrich von Schwerin
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Here's some more images of the PCP logo as a work in progress and some commentary from JRF. Taken from artists blog: Juliet Romeo Foxtrot.
"Back in February, I was asked to design a graphic identity for a new company, Poster Child Prints. The now-launched enterprise already had a few, key elements in mind; cherubs, banners, etc. Refining those initial ingredients was a bit of a challenge, but I made it work. I was also able to develop a number of monograms (which would function as an official print chop) as well as solidify the typography and the overall composition/lockup of the graphic. Above are a few snaps of the in-progress, final ink as well as earlier versions/sketches and related studies...and I managed to stay true to my blend of analog and digital processes. "
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In the 1960s, poverty was a much more urgent national concern than it is today. Poverty was engaged by thinkers on the right as well as on the left, and perhaps most creatively by Milton Friedman, who urged a "negative income tax" - later known as the guaranteed annual income.
The Johnson administration funded experiments with the guaranteed annual income in different jurisdictions. The most famous was set in Seattle, Washington. The question tested was whether the guaranteed income would damage work incentives. The conclusion reached was: yes. For that reason, and others detailed by Daniel Patrick Moynihan in his classic study The Politics of a Guaranteed Annual Income, the concept was abandoned. Today's Earned Income Tax Credit is its successor, and it is available only to those already committed to work.
But maybe that experiment was misunderstood? In the current issue of the Literary Review of Canada, Hugh Segal - a Conservative member of the Canadian Senate - argues for a positive evaluation of Canada's ambitious experiments with a guaranteed income.
In Dauphin, Manitoba, in the mid 1970s, the governments of Manitoba and Canada undertook an experiment called MINCOME, where residents in this farming community were guaranteed that, if the crop prices collapsed, any resident family could be topped up in the fall. In other words, between 1974 and 1978 every resident family in Dauphin was guaranteed an annual income should their own income fall below the poverty line.
This guarantee was similar to welfare but there were no clawbacks if a person was employed, and the rules were not onerous. The amount received was theirs—no strings attached. For the most part, this project assisted the working poor. The entire cost for the five-year experiment, including all researchers and staff, was $17 million.
The concerns then are the same as today—if you give someone something for nothing, is he or she going to quit a job, stay home and become a burden? The answer, to the surprise of some then and probably the captains of inertia today, was no. We are only discovering the results of this 40-year-old experiment now because, as often happens with government research, elections occur, priorities change and evaluations are shelved. Indeed, 1,800 boxes of paper—the results of MINCOME—were moved to a warehouse and ignored for decades.
But recently, a very determined, inspired and rigorous academic, Evelyn Forget of the University of Manitoba Health Sciences Centre, sorted through those 1,800 boxes of anonymized documents to find out what happened in the MINCOME experiment. Her research, funded in part by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, has so far underlined how cost-efficient MINCOME was and how the income guarantee reduced, in measurable ways, the negative social determinants of health. She found that while MINCOME was administered, hospital visits including work-related injuries, domestic abuse and mental health visits dropped by about 8.5 percent. By her calculations, an 8.5 percent drop in hospital visits alone would save taxpayers $4 billion annually. If this were extrapolated to all healthcare spending ($200 billion), the savings could amount to over $17 billion. As well, Forget found that teenagers stayed in school and education enrolment surged. Young people no longer dropped out in order to contribute to the family finances. And from many other proven studies, we know that more education is the foundation for economic success—individually and collectively.
As Forget's initial report states: "The GAI is conceived as an insurance policy. In the same way that people who buy fire insurance on their houses perceive the policy to be beneficial even if they never collect, the GAI benefited everyone in the saturation site, including families that never collected payments under the scheme. The benefit to those who did collect payments is obvious, but those whose incomes exceeded the threshold and therefore did not qualify still benefited from the reduction of risk. Because this is an agricultural community … few people knew in advance whether they would qualify or not."
Also, it was noted in her research, there was almost no reduction in hours worked except for women who chose to stay home with young children, elderly parents or disabled family members, thereby unburdening the state of health or daycare costs.
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Nicole Briscoe is going home.
No, not literally. But the Roscoe native, who calls herself a "stick-and-ball fan," has landed what most stick-and-ball fans would consider the ultimate job — an ESPN SportsCenter anchor position.
The former Nicole Manske, a 1999 Hononegah graduate who is married to IndyCar driver Ryan Briscoe, actually started negotiations a year ago and signed the contract last September. She will start in January.
"It's an amazing opportunity and so cool for a company to believe in you enough to put you in this position," she said.
Briscoe joined ESPN in 2008 and has served in various positions on ESPN's NASCAR coverage. She has been in her current role as host of NASCAR Countdown since 2011. But NASCAR did not renew its contract with ESPN and instead went with NBC, meaning Briscoe will be done with her current gig in November. That left the opportunity for Sportscenter.
"I remember when I interviewed for the job I have now in 2008," she said. "They bring you in to do a screen test and the screen test was on the Sportscenter set. I told my mom at the time that I wondered if they were trying to intimidate you. But I also thought it was so cool.
"When I was 11 years old, the sportscasting dream started to take shape. It's a little kid's dream to be on Sportscenter, the kind of dream you think no way it will ever happen."
The change means Briscoe must broaden her sports knowledge from just auto racing to pretty much all sports.
That won't be a problem.
"I was born and raised a Packers, Cubs and Bulls fan, so I was a stick-and-ball fan," she said. "For me, it's like going home. It's all the reasons for why I got into sports to begin with."
In fact, she's molding her racing husband and 8-month-old daughter Finley into more well-rounded sports fans.
"I turned Ryan into a football fan, and just recently got him into baseball," she said. "For baseball, I've kind of lost my allegiance for the Cubs, partly out of distance and partly out of frustration. Right now its' up in the air between Boston and the Yankees because they're both two hours from our house.
"For football, it's the Packers. Ryan has no choice in that."
Briscoe went to college at Northern Illinois University, and while there began her on-air career at WREX in Rockford. She then worked as a general assignment reporter for WANE in Fort Wayne, Indiana, before going to WISH in Indianapolis in 2004 to focus on sports. Covering the Indianapolis 500 there helped her land her next job with the Speed Channel in 2006.
Then the former Miss Illinois Teen USA was hired by ESPN in 2008 and the climb to SportsCenter anchor began.
As for her new time slot and anchor partner, that hasn't been determined yet.
"I'm sure you have to pay your dues, so I'll have to go in and gladly work whatever shift and with whoever they tell me," she said. "I know a large majority of people there so I'm really looking forward to whatever they have for me."


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The Adventure of a Lifetime: Interdisciplinary Travels to Brazil
Rebecca Scott at UNICAMP, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
By Christine Elie
3rd May 2012
Sociology graduate student Rebecca Scott challenges disciplinary boundaries in her international research on the placenta. She believes in the "potential of research that moves between, beyond and across disciplines to identify unaddressed issues or topics and to approach them in novel and creative ways." The interdisciplinary nature of her studies has led her to work with over 31 participants in placenta science in four countries. Her latest research finds her in Brazil where she is a research team member at the Centro de Pesquisas Materno-Infantis de Campinas (CEMICAMP), a research centre at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) which focuses on sexual and reproductive health and rights.
As the first sociology student to benefit from the Canada-Brazil Collaborative Research Fellowship jointly held by Queen's and UNICAMP researchers (funded by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior), Rebecca's work centers on the placenta in both a scientific and sociological fashion. She sees this organ as a "profoundly diverse entity that traverses the biological and social worlds that intersect in pregnancy." Though it may seem odd to some, Rebecca's work pushes the boundaries of understanding the placenta – Rebecca asserts, "it may be surprising to learn that the placenta has a prolific life in science...all of my research is concerned with the practices of placental donation, collection, and use in science. So while I'm here in Brazil, I'm conducting a survey assessing pregnant women's opinions of the donation of placentas for use in scientific research."
The Fellowship was established at Queen's through the efforts of several university scientists including Dr. B Anne Croy, Dr. AureoYamada, Dr. Charles Graham, Dr. Changrakant Tayade, Dr. Graeme Smith and Dr. Myra J. Hird, who received a grant to create a research exchange project for Doctoral students. On her involvement in the program, Rebecca states "I really appreciate the support and willingness of scientists to incorporate a sociologist into the program! I think it speaks volumes to their willingness to try new things and forge new collaborations in the service of research."
It was through the suggestion of her supervisor, Dr. Myra J. Hird, that Rebecca was invited to participate in the exchange. She holds the role of Dr. Hird in her experience in high regard, claiming that it was through her supervisor's connections that she was able to build her own. This, she believes, is the mark of effective supervision: "now I've got new collaborations here in Brazil that have grown from the dominos set in motion by my supervisor, who has always pushed me to reach further with my research."
With a truly interdisciplinary approach, Rebecca embarked on her journey to Brazil ready to participate in a new research community. Though it can be challenging, she sees the plethora of benefits that this type of work can offer: "In doing any kind of research, it is important to enlist the help and support of others, but this is especially true of interdisciplinary research because no one person can have all the tools and knowledge required to address the research questions...The opportunities to learn and grow are there, and they can lead to really rewarding experiences."
Travelling to Brazil, Rebecca was concerned with the dramatic life changes that this would hold. She remarked "As anyone would be, I had my reservations about living in a foreign country where I don't speak the language, don't know many people, and everything is just so different." This apprehension quickly faded when she arrived. She was welcomed into the academic and social environment of the country: "When I arrived I realized I had nothing to worry about since any issues I have experienced have been quickly addressed by all the people that support me here."
This opportunity has allowed her to expand her horizons. In Brazil one of her biggest challenges has been the language barrier – though this has offered Rebecca the opportunity to learn Portuguese which she lauds as a central reward to her experience. Rebecca claims that "learning a second language of course opens a whole new world of research opportunities, knowledge, and cultural experiences." With her knowledge of the language, she has begun taking classes in capoeira (a Brazilian martial art/dance). She is also auditing courses on epidemiology, when she isn't white water rafting or travelling the country.
From LtoR - (1) Visiting a biology laboratory at the University of Alfenas, Alfenas, Minas Gerais, Brazil; (2) At CEMICAMP, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil; (3) Touring the iconic Cristo Redentor statue in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
When reflecting on her experiences in Brazil, Rebecca affirms that "in Portuguese, intercambios means exchanges. Each day I am in Brazil, I have the opportunity to exchange – to move between, beyond, and across not only universities, but cultures, languages, and disciplines. It is a privilege."
Read Rebecca's blog at: http://rebeccajscott.wordpress.com/


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Locals are set to impersonate country music stars by wearing costumes and performing popular songs in a follies show this weekend.
Locals are set to impersonate country music stars by wearing costumes and performing popular songs in a follies show this weekend.
�Legends from the Past to the Present,� a production written by Gayle McKeithan, will be performed 7:30 p.m. both Friday and Saturday at Maylo United Methodist Church in Ranlo. Admission is free.
Congregation members and people throughout the region are busy rehearsing the play. Last September, a cast presented a similar show at the church and McKeithan said it was a tremendous success, with people turned away at the door because of no seats left in the audience.
Some people attending expressed an interest in being involved in a future show, so McKeithan assembled a new cast featuring some performers from the last show.
�We�re doing some different things. We had such an outcry from the community to do the same show,� she said. �You would not believe the crowds.�
The show will feature songs made famous by Patsy Cline, Clint Black, Wynonna Judd, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash and Loretta Lynn. Impersonators, wearing costumes made by Margaret Moody, will sing and others will tell jokes.
Chelsea House will portray Parton and sing �Nine to Five.� Dwayne Brody will play Tennessee Ernie Ford and Kurt McKeithan will play Garth Brooks.
For fans of newer country music, Corey Tinker will impersonate Josh Turner and sing �Long Black Train.� Don Owens will impersonate Elvis Presley while singing �Hound Dog� and McKeithan said that performance should be a hit.
�They are very popular. These are some good songs,� she said.
A woman will impersonate the late Grand Ole Opry star Minnie Pearl and the Rev. Laura Auten will play a church lady in the play. Terry Bradley, minister of music at the church, joins Brad Rankin in working the audio system.
The show lasts about an hour. Soda and popcorn will be sold.
Gazette reporter Wade Allen can be reached at 704-869-1828; twitter.com/gazettewade.
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What: �Legends from the Past to the Present,� a follies show with comedians and country music impersonators
When: Jan. 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Maylo United Methodist Church, 1900 Spencer Mountain Road, Ranlo.
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Secret Confessions of Cruise Ship Crew Membersby Paul Motter | May 24, 2010
What is it really like to work on a cruise ship? Clearing up some of the myths about life for the crew on a cruise ship.
Everyone dreams of earning a living by doing something they love, so as a part of our series on cruise industry jobs, I wanted to share my own experience working on a ship. The other topics include working as a travel agent, and working on shore for a cruise line. All three articles are written by people with plenty of experience.
I worked on five different cruise ships during two periods of my life. During the first, I celebrated my 30th birthday somewhere in the deep southern Pacific, about as far from terra firma as one can get. My second stint at sea included my 39th birthday. My job each time was "stage manager," but the job description changed a lot from the first term to the last.
Hierarchy of Shipboard Jobs Most experienced cruisers know there is a management structure on cruise ships, but they don't know how it works or how strict it is. Men who went to Europe in the Navy on a commissioned ocean liner like the Queen Mary may have noticed the officers have stripes, just like the Navy, as a symbol of rank.
A cruise ship's captain is the ultimate authority on the ship for the entire staff and crew. He has the final word in all matters, just like in the Navy. Would he go down with the ship if it were sinking? Maybe if that was the only way to save other people, but any respectable cruise ship captain today would at least be the last one off the ship, or near enough to it to see who the last person was.
Also like in the Navy, cruise ship officers adhere to strict, almost military-like rules, such as keeping a tight watch and following onboard procedures for maneuvers and maintenance that are well documented and rehearsed. But for the non-officers -- i.e., the rest of the staff and crew -- it is much more like working in a hotel.
Staff and Crew Notice I use both "staff" and "crew" to refer to ship workers. There is a difference. In general, the staff includes people who tend to have managerial duties, and the crew refers to the worker bees who get the chores done.
Another common way to categorizing workers is whether they work for the "ship" or the "hotel" departments. In both, there will be staff members who are managers, and crew members who work beneath them. This staff in ship operations includes the officers, responsible for navigation and operations on the ship; the ship's crew will include deckhands, painters, greasers, window washers, and others. On the hotel side, a Hotel Manager is at the helm -- technically an officer but mostly not involved in operation of the ship. His staff includes chief pursers, the head chef, the chief housekeeper, etc. The crew on the hotel side includes waiters, cabin attendants, assistant chefs, galley workers, and so on.
The captain of the ship is ultimately in charge of the hotel department, which means the hotel manager, known on most ships as the "hotman," answers to him. But in reality, hotel-related concerns are usually not a high priority for a captain, and he tends to respect an experienced hotel manager's opinion and direction.
Many of the captain's duties are honorary -- i.e., he is often invited to the parties of important guests, he is asked to host a "captain's party" where he will greet the guests, and he may dine with some passengers at the captain's table. However, this doesn't mean a cruise ship captain is merely a figurehead. They are highly skilled in their jobs, usually coming to the cruise lines after working as captains of other vessels such as container ships or ferries. Many find their niche in the cruise industry and stay at the helm of passenger vessels for years. Some do not.
Also in the hotel department, answering to the hotman, is the Cruise Director, who is in charge of onboard entertainment. The CD also manages communication between the cruise ship and the guests. The CD will create the schedule of events for a cruise, including show times, enrichment lectures, distribution of tender tickets, bingo, art auctions and everything else. The cruise director has a large staff (no crew-people per se) working under him that includes hostesses, assistant cruise directors, entertainers, stage managers, teen counselors and sometimes fitness instructors, bridge (the card game) and golf experts, and sometimes dance hosts.
Concessionaires The final category of workers on a ship, somewhere between crew and staff, are the concessionaires. These are the people who staff the casino, gift shops, the spa, the medical center, the art auctions, onboard shopping and photography. These people usually do not work directly for the cruise line. They work for a company that has a contract with the cruise line to supply certain services.
Concessionaires usually report to a manager on board who works for the outside company. That manager must report to his home office, but he/she is equally responsible -- as are all people working aboard a cruise ship -- to follow the guidelines and rules set down by the cruise line, the captain and the hotman.
Where Do Cruise Ship Workers Come From? Most ship's officers come from European countries that have seagoing traditions; for most lines, the officers are usually from the country that played a part in creating the cruise line. Foremost among these are Norwegians, British, Dutch, Italians and Greeks; each cruise line has a different history that reflects its heritage.
For example, Holland America Line has been around for more than 150 years; it began with regular crossings on ocean liners between Rotterdam and New York. Princess Cruises was a subdivision of a large British company called Peninsular and Oriental Lines (a.k.a. P & O), which still owns shipyards and container vessels throughout the world. Cunard Line, owner of the Queen Mary II, the Queen Elizabeth II and soon the Queen Victoria, is also of British heritage. (For the record, all the above mentioned lines are now owned by Carnival Corp.)
NCL stands for Norwegian Cruise Lines. It was started by Norway's Kloster family. NCL was acquired by the Malaysian company Star Cruises. Unrelated, but also originally of Norwegian derivation, is Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Celebrity Cruises was started by the Chandris family from Greece, but is now part of the Royal Caribbean family.
Cruise ship workers come from literally all over the world. One ship I worked on was primarily Norwegian (Royal Viking Line), but it had several other European nationalities working onboard. Another ship I worked on, NCL's Norway, had 50+ nationalities represented in its crew -- from Chinese workers in the laundry to Caribbean islanders and Turkish nationals working as stewards and waiters. Most of the officers were Norwegian.
Crewmembers Crew such as waiters and stewards these days tend to come from countries where the standard of living is much lower than in the U.S., notably Croatia, Slovakia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
I have heard a few detractors say cruise ship workers are exploited because they work long hours, seven days a week, and are paid a low wage calculated on an hourly basis. I think these detractors are dead wrong and I bet you not one has ever worked on a cruise ship.
In reality, the money these people can earn on cruise ships is enough to support an entire family in their home countries. And many of them are doing exactly that. If you calculate the number of tables a waiter serves, or the number of cabins a steward cleans on every cruise, and figure in their weekly tips per person, for their country they are making very respectable wages. And when you work on a cruise ship you have virtually no expenses. Your housing, utilities, food and medical and dental care are provided by the cruise line.
Many crew members from developing countries work in these positions for years because it is vital to their families. A bar waitress on a ship told me recently that most of her friends had been with the same company, in the same jobs, for about five years on average, and that someone from their country who wants to get a job with that line must be recommended by someone already working for the company.
Staff Members The entertainment staffers under the cruise director almost always come from English-speaking countries like Britain, South Africa, Canada and the U.S. This is the one job category where you commonly find Americans (and frankly not in too many other areas, though some concessionaires are hiring more Americans these days).
Speaking of concessions, different cruise lines sometimes choose to take these services in-house, meaning that instead of contracting with a concessionaire, they manage it within the company. This is especially true of casinos and gift shops. One area where the lines rarely meddle is the spa, which on most ships is run by Steiners Leisure Ltd, originally a British company. Steiners hires a lot of Brits, but they also hire other nationalities. The gift shops are usually concessionaires, and workers are usually British or Americans.
Nationalities aside, it is a common rule on all cruise ships catering to the North American market that the official language onboard is English -- and every worker, regardless of job title, must speak it if they ever come into contact with passengers. It is the language used for all communication between ship workers above and below decks. Naturally, whenever workers of the same nationality get together in private they will speak their native language, but it is generally not acceptable for any crew member to speak anything but English in the presence of passengers.
Life on Board What is it like to work on a cruise ship? The answer depends on your job. For some people it is a dream job, while for others it is hard work and long hours. Every job comes with a salary and all the other life necessities: food, shelter, water, medical and dental care. But each of those things vary according to your job.
Bottom Rung: At the lowest level are the entry-level jobs, mostly taken by people from the third world. Some may barely speak English and thus never get above the crew decks. They might work in the crew mess (dining room), or they might serve as room stewards for their fellow crew members. (Yes, even the lowliest crew get room stewards). The bottom tier usually live on the first deck below the water, often called "B-deck" -- just below "A-deck" which is also a crew and staff deck and the first deck at water level, so cabins have non-opening portholes.
On B-deck, most crew cabins sleep four people. They will have a sink in the room and private lockers and drawers for possessions. On most newer ships (post-1990), these cabins have bathrooms, so they are not sharing community facilities like on older ships. They will have the same small TV set as in the smaller passenger cabins. They get the same TV channels as the passengers, plus a crew channel or two showing movies geared to younger people, soccer matches and the like. The wall-coverings, bedspreads, towels and cabinetry all look surprisingly familiar to those in the passenger units -- but with less square footage and more beds per room.
This deck also has lading and storage areas and plenty of access to crew-only staircases and elevators so they can get up to the passenger decks without using passenger elevators. Higher level crew and staff mostly live on A-deck, which is also open to all crew and contains the crew mess for all meals (with many dishes designed for foreign palates -- e.g., Holland America goes through 100 pounds of rice every day), plus public rooms with foosball, Ping-Pong and a large screen TV, for example. The famous Crew Bar is often on A-deck, or possibly higher, as most ships also provide the crew with an outside area where they can lie in the sun, and even a crew swimming pool.
Living on A-deck are most staffers; the entertainment department, casino dealers, shoppies, spa people, lower officers, etc. These people live two (or often one) to a cabin. The cabins are small with single beds, but with the same TV setups as B-deck, plus private bathrooms. There may be a separate mess hall for staff people and officers below, or on many ships the staff people eat in the Lido buffet area with the passengers, including dinner. Even in the days before alternative Lido dining for passengers, the buffet was open for staff-members, it just wasn't advertised.
I worked for a time on NCL's Norway, which was special because it was one of the oldest large passenger vessels serving the U.S. market. I had my own cabin, but shared a dual-entry bathroom with an officer I never met (we had very different hours). It was not far from the infamous "Slime Alley," which only existed on the Norway. That was the place where they processed all the waste -- the same area where a boiler explosion killed six crew members, the worst accident in modern cruise ship history.
I personally lived in what many would probably consider the worst conditions for crew. Yet it was not bad at all. Slime alley was no worse than walking in the alley behind your own house. On a hot summer day, they probably smelled about the same, but the smell did not reach my cabin.
The Crew Bar The crew bar on the Norway was probably one of the best. You had to climb a steep stairway to reach it, because it was at the rear of a passenger deck, in the stern, and abutted the poop-deck, the rear rope deck. That entire deck behind the bar was open nightly for crew people to go outside and watch the stars, listen to short-wave radio, and share an imported beer that we could buy in the crew bar, or by the six-pack in the crew store, for under a dollar a bottle. As I recall, a six-pack of Red Stripe Beer cost $3.75 in the crew store.
During major holidays -- or for any other excuse -- the crew bar was the scene of fantastic crew parties that rivaled Rio at Carnival. Masquerade parties were very common -- a perfect chance for the queens of both sexes to get their best dresses out. Many a time I would hear a passenger looking down at us on the poop deck, tripping the light fantastic, and hear them say, "I wish I was down there with you."
Contracts Contract terms for shipboard workers vary a great deal. Lower-level crew members tend to have the longest contracts. Ten months is average, which means some go for eight months and some for a year without going home. The year-long contracts are being phased out and replaced with 10-month ones. The reason for the longer contracts is that it takes time to find and train a qualified cruise ship waiter or steward, and airfare to their homelands can be expensive.
How these people get their jobs depends on the cruise line, but most lines have made a real effort to avoid using independent brokers in faraway lands. These brokers would typically charge the worker a high finder's fee, and if they could not afford it, he would pay their airfare to the ship and collect that back, with interest, out of their paychecks. Some workers on ships had to work half a contract just to pay the agent back.
These days, cruise lines rely on other means, mostly by putting links on their web sites where applicants can email a resume. If someone is offered an interview, it is their responsibility to get to the place where it is conducted. But cruise lines are also hiring directly, so there is no longer a middleman -- for non-concessionaire jobs, at least.
Concessionaire workers (spa, gift shop, casino, photographers, etc) are hired by third party companies. Once hired, the concession will usually pay the airfare to get a worker to a ship and home again. The length of contract for these people is longer; six to nine months. They are usually assigned two to a cabin.
The entertainment staff includes musicians, entertainers, hostesses and assistant cruise directors. These folks work directly for the cruise lines, usually on four- to six-month contracts. Musicians and entertainers live two to a cabin, the others get private cabins. Strangely, as a stage manager I always had a private cabin, and on some ships it was surprisingly nice, with a double bed and lots of storage. Usually, however, it was a single bed and about 80 square feet.
Like most in the entertainment department, I worked four-month contracts, but twice the contracts were extended, so I worked seven months in a row onboard. In both cases, I switched ships mid-contract. On one occasion, I was flown from Alaska to Europe, with just one night on the way to see my girlfriend in New York City. The next day, arriving in Rome, I barely made the ship before she sailed; once onboard, I was told no staff cabins were available so I literally slept in the infirmary on an examination table for almost two weeks before I got my own cabin.
Many upper-level staff members, including myself for several months, actually live in passenger cabins. This is the best of all worlds -- working on ship, seeing the world, and living like a passenger.
What About the Hours? A cruise ship worker works seven days a week. There are no days off, but there is time off every day. For the most part, you are a salaried worker, but some cruise lines have jobs now that pay overtime if you work more than your contracted number of hours.
Some employees never or rarely work when the ship is in port, because casinos and shops must be closed due to local laws. Entertainers work at night, as do casino workers. Shoppies work days and night, but only while sailing. Therefore, if you want to see the world, those jobs are pretty good. Entertainers are almost always off duty while the ship is in port, except when a rehearsal is called, or at night. Many nights in port feature local talent, so the stage crew works, but not the entertainers.
Naps are an integral part of almost every cruise ship worker's life. Next time you are on a ship, notice that your room steward or waiter may have that "I just woke up" look during early evening hours. A room steward works hardest in the mornings to early afternoons, takes time off during the late afternoon, and then turns down your bed while you are at dinner.
Who Works the Hardest? The hardest jobs are those that crew members still have to work even when the ship is in port. They not only get to see less of the world -- they can't even take a break. In port, far fewer waiters need to be on duty, but some of them do. Room stewards always have to work. The guest services desk is manned 24 hours a day, but they work on a rotating basis.
Fraternizing and other Relationships Are crew members allowed to fraternize with the passengers? On the mass-market and other large ships, the answer is a simple "no." Waiters should not be flirting with passengers and cannot meet with them on board -- they are not allowed in passenger areas, and passengers are not allowed in crew areas. If a waiter sees a guest on shore and they have a meal together there's no harm done, as long as it is consensual. But a waiter who makes overtures to a guest, either on or off board, can find himself in big trouble if the passenger does not feel comfortable about it.
Staff members, however, are generally given the "run of the ship" day and night, and are allowed to have a cocktail in the ship's public rooms. Many times they will develop friendships or relationships with passengers while on board, but staff members are not allowed in passenger cabins and guests cannot go to crew areas.
The ship will not change crew or staff berthing assignments just because a couple "falls in love." But they might if she has a ring on her finger. Marriage is accommodated only on rare occasions. If a man applies for a job on a ship and asks if his wife can come along, even if he has a private cabin, the answer is a flat "no." But if they both have legitimate jobs on the ship, then the cruise line will let them share a cabin. I have seen situations where the line found a job on board for a wife because they wanted the husband badly enough -- but this is usually after years of proven service. One music director had his wife and even his child living on board. But this is the exception, not the rule.
Is it a Good Job? It is a great job, especially for a young, single person who wants to see the world. You learn responsibility, getting along with others, and hard work. And if you don't go crazy buying souvenirs you can even save some money. For third-world people, earning a few hundred dollars every week in tips makes them wealthy in their homelands.
The best jobs are on ships that vary their itineraries. I was fortunate to work on ships that went worldwide. On my first contract alone, I sailed from Tahiti to the fjords of Norway. Nine years later, I went from Alaska to Athens, then followed the path of Columbus from Portugal to the Canaries, Azores, Bermuda and finally the Bahamas. The most romantic day in my life was when my ship made a detour to New York City from the Caribbean in the middle of December, where my fianc�e -- whom I had not seen in seven months -- was waiting for me on the pier. As we sailed past Coney Island and the Statue of Liberty at dawn, my heart was jumping. By the time we docked in mid-Manhattan she was already waiting for me, and I ran out on the open bow and waved to her. When she waved back at me I realized hundreds of people were watching us and they started clapping. Talk about smiles.
Don't take my word for it. Just ask any crew member to tell you honestly how he likes his job. They will almost all say they love it and would not quit. In most cases, they would not even change much about it. Do they miss their families? Of course, but that is the life. It's not for everyone, but it's better than most people expect.


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Espresso and Frangelico flavor these creamy white chocolate truffles. I like them with an afternoon cappuccino (although sometimes I skip the cappuccino).–Charity Ferreira
LC Chocolate Lingo Note
Let's be clear about one thing. There is no such thing as white chocolate. White confection, yes. White chocolate, no. White confection—which is quite often mistakenly referred to as white chocolate—doesn't actually contain any cocoa solids. Nope. None. It contains cocoa butter, sugar, milk, and vanilla. But not the essence of chocolate. Still, we find this truffles recipe to be quite irresistible.
Mocha-Hazelnut Truffles
- Quick Glance
- Makes 36 (3/4-inch) truffles
Special Equipment: Fluted 1-inch paper candy cups (optional, but fancy)
IngredientsEmail Grocery List
- 12 ounces white chocolate, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 1 1/2 cups hazelnuts, (about 6 ounces), toasted and skinned* and finely chopped or ground
- 1 tablespoon Frangelico (hazelnut liqueur)
- Confectioners' sugar, for dusting
- 1. Place the white chocolate in a large bowl. In a small saucepan over medium heat, dissolve the espresso powder in the cream and bring to a boil. Pour the cream mixture over the chocolate and stir gently with a flexible spatula until the chocolate is melted and smooth. (If the chocolate doesn't melt completely, place the bowl over a pan of hot water and stir until smooth.)
- 2. Stir 1/2 cup hazelnuts and the Frangelico into the white chocolate mixture. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm enough to scoop, about 3 hours.
- 3. Line a baking sheet with waxed paper. Scoop out tablespoon-size portions of the chocolate mixture and place them on the waxed paper. If the mixture is too firm to scoop, let it stand at room temperature for up to 30 minutes to soften.
- 4. Place the remaining 1 cup hazelnuts on a plate. Dust your hands lightly with confectioners' sugar. Shape each scoop of truffle into a ball, then roll the truffle in the nuts to coat. Place each truffle in a paper candy cup, if desired. Refrigerate the truffles between sheet of waxed paper in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
*How To Toast And Skin Hazelnuts
- To toast the hazelnuts, scatter them on a rimmed baking sheet and slide them into a 350°F (175°C) oven until they appear golden brown under their papery skins, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer the nuts to a plate to cool and then rub them vigorously in a clean kitchen towel to remove the loose skins.
Recipe Testers Reviews
Despite the fact that white chocolate can be rather tricky to work with, this truffles recipe worked exactly as written and came together very easily. The end result was delicious but quite sweet. I gave the truffles as gifts and received some rave reviews. I used a small scoop and had no problem shaping them and rolling them in the hazelnuts. I didn't have any Frangelico so I just used a small amount of vanilla instead. I'm sure that with the addition of Frangelico they'd be even better.
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