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The ITA's Work to Keep Americans Working: A Message from Under Secretary Francisco SánchezDecember 7, 2011
Francisco J. Sánchez is the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade.
Our focus at the International Trade Administration is on supporting American jobs, creating new opportunities for U.S. businesses and strengthening our partnerships abroad to bolster our economy here at home.
As you'll read in this issue of International Trade Update, we are working every day — from the community level to the international level — on behalf of the American people to achieve these goals. And, as we look out at the landscape, it's clear that one area that will be a key to our economic future is the Asia-Pacific.
President Obama recently said that "there's no region in the world that we consider more vital than the Asia-Pacific region. And, we want, on a whole range of issues, to be working with our partner countries around the Pacific Rim in order to enhance job growth, prosperity, and security for all of us."
That's why the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum held in Honolulu, Hawaii was so important. I was proud to participate in this conference with President Obama, Commerce Secretary John Bryson, a host of other Administration officials and Asia-Pacific leaders. And, it's safe to say we all left energized by the incredible possibilities and opportunities.
The 21 APEC member economies represent 2.7 billion consumers and generate 55 percent of the world's GDP. In fact, the region is home to six of our top ten trading partners. Despite these stunning numbers, however, there is room for even more growth.
As this year's APEC host, the United States has worked to fulfill this promise, and a great deal of progress has occurred. For example, APEC leaders agreed in Honolulu to:
- Help small and medium-sized businesses by establishing business ethics principles and simplifying the customs process to make it faster, easier and cheaper to trade goods;
- Reduce tariffs and other barriers that hinder the global exchange of environmental goods, one of the world's most promising sectors; and
- Reform the regulatory environment to level the playing field, enhance transparency and lessen unnecessary burdens on businesses.
ITA has been a valuable asset to this work, and we look forward during the APEC 2012 Russia host year to building on these results to strengthen the economy worldwide, for both our partners and the United States.
We seek to do this in other ways as well.
For example, as you'll read in this newsletter, the ITA's U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service is helping businesses — like Amarr Garage Doors, which is featured in this month's issue — sell their products and services in overseas markets.
I also was proud to join Secretary Bryson in announcing the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness to ensure that U.S. companies can ship their products efficiently and compete effectively in the global marketplace.
And, I continue to advocate for U.S. firms abroad. In November, I led a transportation infrastructure trade mission to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, which have announced plans for hundreds of billions in new projects. I also headed a clean technology trade mission to India, which has set ambitious renewable energy goals to support its rapidly growing economy.
Through it all, those of us at ITA have been proud to give American businesses and workers new opportunities at this critically important time in our nation's history. And, we are so happy to have partners around world helping us turn our plans into progress. This is important work.
As the President said in Honolulu, "behind all the different languages and some very long names, we all share the same hopes, the same struggles, and the same aspirations. And we've learned that we're more likely to realize our aspirations when we pursue them together."


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Brewers end 7-game skid, blank Nationals
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Now that the Milwaukee Brewers have traded ace Zack Greinke, they'll be looking for other pitchers to emerge in his place.
Mike Fiers has been doing his part.
Corey Hart and Aramis Ramirez homered to back another fine pitching performance by Fiers as Milwaukee snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 6-0 victory over the Washington Nationals on Friday night.
Hours after sending Greinke to the Los Angeles Angels for rookie shortstop Jean Segura and two minor league pitchers, the Brewers ended Washington's six-game winning streak.
Fiers said he doesn't feel any extra pressure to perform with Greinke gone.
"My job is the same and that is to go out and put up zeros and keep my team in the game," Fiers said. "I'm feeling great out there right now."
Called up May 29 from Triple-A Nashville, Fiers (4-4) has been one of Milwaukee's most consistent pitchers in recent weeks. He did not give up a hit until the fourth inning and retired 14 of his first 17 batters.
"I think with the deception and the way he can change speeds, I think this is a guy that is going to be able to pitch in the major leagues for a while," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. "At the beginning, I wasn't sure. But he keeps going. And it's not just one team, it's every team he pitches against."
Fiers allowed only four hits while striking out nine in 6 1-3 innings. Over his last seven starts, he has permitted four earned runs in 47 innings for a 0.77 ERA. It was his eighth consecutive start of at least six innings.
"Right now, everything is going well for me," Fiers said. "I think all my pitches were working well for me tonight."
His biggest test Friday came in the sixth. With one out, Steve Lombardozzi singled and Bryce Harper walked. But Fiers struck out Ryan Zimmerman and got Adam LaRoche, who had homered in each of his last three games, to fly out.
"He's very sneaky with his pitches," Milwaukee catcher Jonathan Lucroy said. "He's a lot of fun to catch."
Lucroy said the Brewers weren't surprised that Greinke was traded, but it's time to move on and try to win as many games as possible. The players were told of the trade by Roenicke before the game.
"That is the business side of baseball," Lucroy said. "We knew it was going to happen and we got three good players in return."
Fiers was replaced in the seventh and Michael Morse on first. Livan Hernandez gave the struggling Brewers bullpen a boost, getting Sandy Leon to hit into a double play.
Nationals manager Davey Johnson was impressed with Fiers.
"He comes right over the top and we don't make contact with it," Johnson said. "We could tell by the way we were hitting, if he kept throwing it over, we were going to have a hard time scoring."
Ross Detwiler (5-4) lasted 4 2-3 innings for the Nationals, giving up four runs and seven hits.
The Brewers grabbed a 2-0 lead in the fourth. With two outs, Ramirez doubled as Harper tried to make a diving catch in right field. Hart followed with his 18th home run.
Carlos Gomez's RBI single in the fifth chased Detwiler. Gomez stole second, advanced to third on a throwing error by Leon and scored on Ryan Braun's single off Craig Stammen. Ramirez then cracked his 12th home run to make it 6-0.
NOTES: The Brewers also got back Double-A pitchers John Hellweg and Ariel Pena for Greinke. ... The Nationals released OF Rick Ankiel, who hit .228 with five homers and 15 RBIs in 68 games. Washington designated him for assignment on July 19. ... Brewers RHP Shaun Marcum, on the disabled list since June 15 with right elbow tightness, had a setback in a bullpen session. Roenicke said there is no timetable yet for Marcum's return. ... Milwaukee announced that RHP Mark Rogers will be recalled from Nashville on Saturday to take Greinke's roster spot.


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Brunch is a meal that I often claim to love, but when it comes to actually getting out to experience it, staying up late the night before and lazing the day away always seems to win out. Not to mention that the brunching options in my neighborhood are mediocre at best. Now, if I lived down the street from Ad Hoc or AMMO, that'd be a different story. An invitation to scope out the "Ultimate Hangover" brunch with brats, beers, and boisterous bloggers at Culver City's Rush Street was just the incentive I needed to get me back to brunching. Oh, and promises of bottomless mimosas too!
Inspired by the famous Chicago strip, Rush Street combines California style with Midwestern sensibilities. The spacious restaurant boasts two floors, two bars, two patios, and one very inviting stripper pole. The vibe here is fun, unpretentious, and welcoming.
Rush Street is also the unofficial meet-up location for fans of Chicago's professional and collegiate sports teams. On the Saturday morning that we visited, Northwestern alums dressed up in all sorts of purple regalia were cheering on their team in the second floor lounge. Seeing nerdy Northwestern kids getting hyped up about football kind of made me wish that Swarthmore hadn't canceled it after my freshman year. Wah wah.
Every Saturday and Sunday Rush Street offers a crowd-pleasing brunch menu from 9 AM to 3 PM. Endless mimosas can be had for $20 ($7 for one), while bottomless build-your-own Bloody Marys go for $20 ($10 for one). The DIY Bloody Mary station included a selection of gourmet olives and pickled vegetables, ten kinds of hot sauces, three kinds of tomato juices, and traditional seasonings and garnishes. Both The Astronomer and I went with flutes of fizzy mimosa.
As we sipped our beverages on the front patio, we dug into some of the finest spuds in town—from left to right—sweet potato fries ($7), truffle asiago fries ($7), and barbecue dusted tater tots ($7). The truffle-infused shoestrings were moreish to the extreme.
For the next part of the Rush Street brunch experience, our group moved into the main dining room. The Astronomer and I teamed up with Anjali of Delicious Coma to share our entrees in order to experience as much of the menu as possible.
Anjali's cinnamon pecan Belgian waffles ($12) arrived doused in maple syrup and whipped cream. By the time I got around to sampling it, the copious amounts of cream and syrup had taken their toll; the once crisped-edged and chewy waffle had transformed into a sponge. Syrup on the side, please.
The Astronomer's caramelized onion, pancetta, fig, and goat cheese pizza ($12) sounded promising, but it ended up tasting too sweet. I loved the combination of flavors on the pie, but the ratios of each ingredient needed to be slightly tweaked with stronger savory notes.
Anjali and I agreed that the fried egg sandwich ($11) was the best item of the morning. Smothered between two slices of toasted Parmesan crusted sourdough, the fried eggs mingled harmoniously with three kinds of melted cheese, pancetta, and tomatoes. A simple dish done very well.
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After we finished brunching at Rush Street, The Astronomer and I walked over to the Museum of Jurassic Technology since it was only a few blocks away. We couldn't quite figure out what the heck "Jurassic technology" meant, but we did enjoy some strange and creepy exhibits on cat's cradle, old wives tales, and mice on toast. Here's what we saw:
Chess pieces and letters.
Gang signs.
Something scientific.
Mice on toast and mouse pie.
A man, an animal, a hologram.
Hairy human horn.
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CREDIT: siniXster | YouTube
In the footage, one sees a huge spurt of plasma and other solar ejecta washing over Mercury; peculiarly, the material seems to flare up as it hits another nearby object, too. "It's cylindrical on either side and has a shape in the middle. It definitely looks like a ship to me, and very obviously, it's cloaked," YouTube-user siniXster said in his video commentary on the footage, which has quickly spread across the Web.
The commentator says there's "absolutely no explanation" for the nearly Mercury-size mystery object other than that it's a spaceship. "What object in space cloaks itself and doesn't appear until it gets hit by energy from the sun?" siniXster asked.
The question was meant rhetorically, but nonetheless, the video is curious, so we've put it to scientists in the solar physics branch at the United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) — the group that analyzes data from the Heliospheric Imager-1 (HI-1), the telescopic camera that shot the new footage.
As you might suspect, there is a non-UFO explanation of the apparent flare-up near Mercury. According to Russ Howard, head scientist of the NRL group, and Nathan Rich, lead ground systems engineer, it is simply an artifact left over from the way raw HI-1 telescope data gets processed. Rather than a UFO mothership parked near Mercury, the bright spot is "where the planet was on the previous day," Rich told Life's Little Mysteries. [A History of Recent UFO 'Sightings']
To make the relatively faint glow of a coronal mass ejection stand out against the bright glare of space — caused by interplanetary dust and the stellar/galactic background — the NRL scientists must remove as much background light as possible. They explained that they determine what light is background light, and thus can be subtracted out, by calculating the average amount of light that entered each camera pixel on the day of the CME event and on the previous day. Light appearing in the pixels on both days is considered to be background light and is removed from the footage of the CME. The remaining light is then enhanced.
This works great for objects far off in the distance, such as stars, which don't move much relative to the sun. But it gets a little trickier when trying to account for nearer objects, particularly moving ones, like planets.
"When [this averaging process] is done between the previous day and the current day and there is a feature like a planet, this introduces dark (negative) artifacts in the background where the planet was on the previous day, which then show up as bright areas in the enhanced image," Rich wrote in an email.
He noted that the bright spot disappears when the CME footage is reprocessed using pixel values from a different day — the day after the CME, for example — to remove background light, instead of pixel values from the previous day.
Those in favor of the bright spot being a cloaked UFO mothership rather than a data-processing artifact will surely point out that the spot in question is not round like the ghost of a planet, but rather sharp-edged like the Starship Enterprise.
And they have a point: A high-resolution image of the spot shows that it is composed of two roughly parallel lines. "The pixels which form the two parallel lines are where the circle from the planet and the bleeding pixels (cross-like features) overlap as it progresses across the field," Rich wrote. In other words, because Mercury moves over the course of each day, and because saturated pixels bleed light into adjacent pixels, an averaged image of Mercury from the previous day looks like two streaks, rather than an orb.
This image shows the average light coming from Mercury and the surrounding region of space on Nov. 30 subtracted from the average light coming from the region on Dec. 1. On both days, the track of the planet creates two streaks.
CREDIT: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Nathan Rich
CREDIT: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Nathan Rich
This story was provided by Life's Little Mysteries, a sister site to SPACE.com. Follow Natalie Wolchover on Twitter @nattyover. Follow Life's Little Mysteries on Twitter @llmysteries, then join us on Facebook.


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BEIJING (REUTERS) - China has broken up a gang that offered illegal services to determine the sex of unborn children so that women could abort those they did not want, the country's health ministry said on Sunday.
Three decades of strict family planning have bolstered a traditional bias for male offspring, seen as the main support of elderly parents and heirs to the family name, and have resulted in abortions, killings or abandonment of girls and trafficking of both male and female children.
The health ministry said the crackdown netted 10 people who had since 2010 operated a service sending women from all over the country to a clinic in the central city of Zhengzhou to find out the sex of their unborn child.
Last year alone, more than 1,000 women used the service, it said, although it did not say how many abortions resulted.
One of the ringleaders has already received a jail term of 3-1/2 years and fined 100,000 yuan (S$21,083), with the rest getting slightly shorter sentences.
The ministry said it was the biggest case of its kind in the past few years.
"This went on for a long time, covering a wide area and involved many people. It was malicious, had serious results and was a great threat to society," it added.
The problem is widespread, the ministry warned, adding that it faced a "serious situation" in trying to end such abuses.
The government has tried for years to address the issue, which has lead to serious population imbalances in some parts of China, particularly its wealthy coastal provinces.
Last week a court handed down a suspended death sentence for a doctor who sold seven newborns to human traffickers, in a case that ignited anger over rampant child trafficking.
The imbalance has created criminal demand for abducted or bought baby boys, but also for baby girls destined to be future brides, attracting rich dowries in parts of the country where there are too few women for all the men seeking wives.
While the government late last year announced a relaxation of its "one child" policy, many curbs remain, with Beijing saying family planning is still a key way to ensure China does not produce too many children to burden limited resources.


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It can't be easy being a console's premier franchise; after Uncharted 2 knocked it out of the park two years ago, expectations for Nathan Drake's next adventure have been running sky-high. For the most part, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception meets every last one of its fans' lofty expectations, and does so with the series' characteristic smirking panache.
The action's relentless and varied, with plenty of big cliffhanger set-pieces (many of which, if you've been following the game's coverage so far, you may have already seen). The puzzles are big and ornate, and the environments – which range from dark London alleys and bright Yemeni markets to vast underground dungeons filled with ancient machinery and cool optical illusions – are beautifully detailed and filled with interesting things to see and do.
As much as Uncharted 3 seems to get everything right, it still manages to fall short of its magnificent predecessor in a few important ways. We'll get to those in a minute, though; first, there's a lot to get excited for.
Taking over the family business
After a brief detour through the Himalayas in the last game, Uncharted 3 puts Drake back on the trail of his famous ancestor, Sir Francis Drake. Without spoiling too much, it seems Sir Francis' ring – the one Drake wears around his neck – is the key to finding the location of an ancient lost city, Iram of the Pillars, which lies hidden somewhere in the massive Rub'al Khali Desert. Naturally, Drake isn't the only one who wants to find Iram, and his insistence on finding what his ancestor couldn't (or wouldn't) puts him on a collision course with one Katherine Marlowe, a brittle English matron who heads a secret society that's been searching for Iram since the days of Queen Elizabeth I.
What follows is a race to stay one step ahead of Marlowe as Drake, Sully, Chloe, Elena and a couple of new cohorts plow through London, Syria, France, Colombia, Yemen and – finally – the Rub'al Khali, getting into frequent fights with Marlowe's shadowy British operatives along the way. There are a few big surprises, some hallucinogenic weirdness and a tiny bit of romance thrown in for good measure, but a big part of the focus here is on developing Drake's character – specifically by exploring and explaining his relationship with his partner/mentor Sully, and by finally telling us a bit about just who Drake really is.
Of course, character development doesn't have a whole hell of a lot to do with the gameplay, which – like in the previous two games – tends to alternate between solving big environmental puzzles, scaling walls and/or jumping across platforms, and shooting squads of bad guys with the help of sticky cover (and two or three AI partners). More often than not, it's a combination of those last two, and it'll be familiar to anyone who's played either of the previous games.
There are, however, some interesting new additions this time around. It's now possible, for example, to catch your enemies' grenades and throw them back, provided you can hit a button within a specific timeframe (and yes, this ability carries over into multiplayer). New climbing portions have been added, in which you'll have to take cover behind certain large handholds while taking vertical potshots at enemies above you.
There's also a bigger emphasis on stealth; it's not mandatory or anything, but you'll frequently see enemies walking around with flashlights, or standing around seemingly oblivious to your presence. When you do, staying out of sight and killing them silently will help you avoid hellish shitstorms of bullets, grenades and RPGs… at least for a little while.
More significantly, the brawling system's been tweaked a bit, with more frequent counters and grappling added to Drake's previously straightforward punch combos. It feels a little more like Arkham Asylum/City than before, as your timing is now more important than your ability to mash the Square button. The system's also context-sensitive, meaning you can do things like smash bottles across heads if you're next to a bar, or finish your enemy by slamming his face into a nearby crate.
With all this improved brawling, it's not too surprising that there'd be a new enemy type to help make the most of it – and so we get the Brute, a hulking, unarmored foe who likes to stomp toward you and knock the gun right out of your hands. While they're weirdly resistant to bullets, they're fairly easy to take down with Drake's fists, provided you can time all your counters and dodges right.
Roll in a few notably unique action sequences – like a convoy-hopping chase through the desert on horseback, and an attempt to stay alive on a rapidly disintegrating plane – and more than a few of developer Naughty Dog's signature run-toward-the-camera-while-death-races-in-behind-you sequences, and you've got the gist of what to expect.
Finally, there's the addition of 3D support, which – while not really adding a lot to the gameplay – does give the environments a clearer depth and weight, and makes the game just a little bit more immersive. It's probably not going to sell you on 3D if you weren't sold already, but if you've got a TV that supports it, playing Uncharted 3 with 3D on is a must.
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Prize: 1 International Exhibition organized by International ArtExpo
International ArtExpo is selecting all interesting photo works, video/short films, computer graphics works, paintings and performances to include in the next 2013 Exhibition:
Liquid Cities & Temporary Identities - International Art Festival of Photography, Video Art, Computer Graphics, Painting and Performing Art held in Espoo (Finland), at Espoonsilta Gallery from the 10th June to 16th June 2013.
Espoonsilta Gallery is an artist run, non-profit contemporary art scene in the Center of Espoo (Finland) since 2006. Dedicated to contemporary art and music happenings, the gallery acts on local, national and international level.
The selection will be based on the main concept of hybridization between identities and urban environment, as the result of liquid identities and liquid contacts between people. People, backgrounds, societies, progress and all their inputs creates hybrid identities, modifying each other and being mixed in prospect to shape a better world. Mixing sustainable transport; modern (ICT) communication infrastructure; sustainable economic development; and wise management of natural resources, human, intellectual and social capital, is the key to reach a future better life quality.
After the event, our organization will select the winning artist of 1 International art exhibition organized by International ArtExpo.
International ArtExpo is a not for profit organization that provides a significant forum for cultural dialogue between all artists from different cultures and countries. ArtExpo is grateful to all of the institutions, corporations, and individuals who support our artistic projects. We work with a number of national and international galleries as well as publishers, museums, curators and critics from all over the world. We help artists through solo and group exhibitions, gallery representation, magazine reviews and advertisements, press releases, internet promotion, as well as various curatorial projects.
To take part in the selection, send your works submissions with a CV/biography, videography and some still images (only for video artists), some samples of works (only for artists) via email to email@example.com or via mail to:
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Jainism is a religion which stresses extreme non-violence towards all life. Jainism is a Dharmic religion and is not a branch of Hinduism. Jainism was founded by Mahavira, who taught self-denial and non-violence toward all forms of life. Jainism's strict rules of non-violence, non-possessiveness, chastity, non-theft, and truth[1] caused it to lose popularity, but today it has over 4 million adherents worldwide. Jainism rejects the authority of the Vedas, sacred scriptures of Hinduism.
Jainism and Hinduism have coexisted for thousands of years, and so there are similarities in customs and religious holidays between the religions. Furthermore, the Buddha is revered as a holy figure, and most Jain homes will have a Buddha figurine or picture looking over the living area in the belief that it will bring prosperity.
The swastika is also a holy symbol for Jains, but is in no way connected with the Nazi swastika.
Jainism and the Mauryan Empire
Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Mauryan Empire was unusual because he was Jainist. He was the first emperor of India to be converted to Jainism and was frowned upon by the Hindu priests. When he was older, Chandragupta renounced his throne and joined a wandering group of Jainist monks. Chandragupta's example had no effect on the people; his successor, Emperor Bindusara, was Hindu.
Jain Temple in the old part of Fort Kochi, Kerala, India.
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Possible Criticisms and Negative Consequences
Forfeiture also has been fairly heavily criticized. Critics point to the "drug war's hidden economic agenda"46 and refer to the means by which forfeiture compromises due process protections47 and encourages law enforcement blunders.48 Critics further claim that forfeiture circumvents proper appropriations channels, threatens due process protections, and guarantees a conflict of interest between effective crime control and creative financial management.
The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 (CAFRA)49 made several changes to federal forfeiture law. Key provisions of the law include the creation of an innocent owner defense (for cases in which an innocent individual's property is targeted for forfeiture) and a shift in the burden of proof from the property owner to the government. Concerning the latter, property owners were previously required to prove their property was not subject to forfeiture. Now the government must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that property is subject to forfeiture. Although CAFRA minimized much of the controversy associated with asset forfeiture, several criticisms of the practice still stand out.
Profit Motive
In a rather creative study, Miller and Selva50 used covert participant observation to document asset forfeiture activities. One of the authors acted as a confidential informant for a city's undercover narcotics operation after he established a relationship with drug enforcement officials in the area. The results of the study were startling; agents were selective in their enforcement efforts, and the goal of seizing assets took precedence over the goal of taking narcotics out of circulation.§
§ Referring to one case where a drug dealer received a large quantity of cocaine, Miller and Selva reported the following: "The researcher...was surprised when he was instructed to observe the suspect's transactions to determine the rate at which the cocaine was being resold. Less drugs meant more cash, and the agent's objective was to seize currency rather than cocaine. The case was successful as to proceeds, but perhaps not in view of the quantity of cocaine that officers knowingly permitted to reach consumers" (Miller and Selva, 1994, p. 328).
The Miller and Selva study was published in 1994, well before federal forfeiture reforms were put in place. Even so, some more recent studies have raised similar concerns. For example, the author of one study surveyed 1,400 law enforcement administrators from around the nation and found that more than 60 percent of them either agreed or strongly agreed with the statement that "forfeiture is a necessary budgetary supplement for my agency."51 The authors of another study found that law enforcement agencies in restrictive forfeiture states receive considerably more equitable sharing payments than their counterparts in generous forfeiture states.52 The logic is that the agencies in restrictive forfeiture states teamed up with federal officials to participate in adoptive forfeitures, in an effort to enhance the prospects of receiving forfeiture proceeds.
In fairness, at least one published study showed that forfeiture activities have no apparent connection with state legal arrangements.53 In particular, "asset forfeiture does not have a substantial impact on the policing priorities of local agencies."54 The study, which was limited to jurisdictions in Ohio, also found that agencies pursued criminal forfeiture more often than civil forfeiture. The reason for this is that Ohio civil forfeiture laws require that a criminal prosecution accompany a civil forfeiture action.55
Budget Consequences
One of the advantages of forfeiture identified earlier is its ability to augment discretionary budgets. This can be a disadvantage, too, particularly if budget-setting authorities catch wind of an agency's successes with forfeiture. Some jurisdictions have reportedly supplanted (or shorted) regular police operating budgets on the assumption that police could make up the shortfall with asset forfeiture.56 As the authors of one study observed:
Local governments capture a significant fraction of the seizures that police make by reducing their other allocations to policing, partially undermining the statutory incentive created by seizure laws...Police, in turn, respond to the real net incentives for seizures once local offsets are taken into account, not simply the incentives set out in statute. When police are really allowed to keep the assets they seize, they increase anti-drug policing.57
Neglect of Other Crimes
Forfeiture laws tend mostly to target "consensual" crimes and those with the greatest potential for profit. To the extent law enforcement agencies are drawn to forfeiture due to the potential to receive proceeds, this could discourage them from channeling resources into areas where the potential to receive forfeiture proceeds is nil. At the least, generous forfeiture laws appear to increase agencies' enforcement activities in areas where the chances of receiving proceeds are greatest. As one study concluded, since the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984, "[t]he relative allocation of state and local law enforcement resources has shifted dramatically towards drug enforcement, the major source of asset confiscations."58 In fairness, though, it can be argued that much of the nation was focused on waging a war on drugs during that time, irrespective of forfeiture laws.
Appearance of Impropriety
Forfeiture windfalls can also reek of impropriety. For example, some small town agencies have received an excess of forfeiture proceeds and used the money to purchase items that some considered unnecessary.59 Some jurisdictions have also received negative publicity for controversial plea agreements with known drug offenders. In one case, a dealer faced 15 years in prison under one state's tough anti-drug laws. The dealer surrendered his interest in $31,300 in cash seized from his apartment and received only a five-year prison term. Plea agreements such as these raise several questions, and, to some, seem like a version of sanctioned extortion. Researchers have uncovered many other examples of questionable forfeiture-related plea agreements that look at least somewhat questionable.60
Threats to Due Process
Asset forfeiture has been extensively criticized on constitutional grounds.61 Critics allege that forfeiture violates, among other constitutional provisions, (1) the Fifth Amendment's double jeopardy clause; (2) the due process clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments; and (3) the Eight Amendment's excessive fines and punishment clauses.
Concerning the first challenge, the U.S. Supreme Court held that civil asset forfeiture does not violate the Fifth Amendment's double jeopardy clause.62 In other words, asset forfeiture does not constitute "punishment" in the traditional sense. In contrast, the Supreme Court held that forfeiture can violate due process.63 At one point, there was no federal requirement that interested owners be notified before their property was forfeited. The Court held:
the seizure of real property...is not one of those extraordinary instances that justify the postponement of notice and hearing. Unless exigent circumstances are present, the Due Process Clause requires the Government to afford notice and a meaningful opportunity to be heard before seizing real property subject to civil forfeiture (p. 62).
In another important case64, the Supreme Court addressed a challenge to a civil forfeiture action on the grounds that it violated the excessive fines clause of the Eighth Amendment. It held that "forfeiture generally and statutory in rem forfeiture in particular, historically have been understood, at least in part, as punishment" and that "[w]e therefore conclude that forfeiture under these provisions constitutes 'payment to a sovereign as punishment for some offense,' and, as such, is subject to the limitations of the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause."65
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Friday, 10 December 2010
Win! A Philips Wake-up Light
On the 8th day of Christmas, Domestic Sluttery gave to me... an awesome Wake-up Light from Philips!
Remember I told you about Philips taking me to the Arctic Circle to play with their Wake-up lights? Well they're feeling super generous as it's Christmas and they've asked us to give one of you a wake-up light! Hurrah! This light is slowly changing my sleep pattern with it's slow release morning light and tweety bird noises. It's not making me get out of bed (it's not my mother, it doesn't shout at me and steal my duvet), but it makes me perky. Sprightly, even. Some might say annoying.
Put simply, it's awesome.
And we've got one to give away! Hurrah! What do you have to do to win? Just tell us the first thing you do on Christmas morning. Are you all about the presents? Hangover cuppa? Or are you usually the one stuck in bed with a cold? Tell us in the comments before 8pm on Sunday to enter (we're having a party tonight, we're not going to be in any state to draw competition winners!) We're all about sharing the love today, so you'll get an extra entry for retweeting on Twitter. (Just once please, no one likes a spammer.)
We'll pick a winner at random and announce who won after the weekend and that lucky person will have awesome sleeps for Christmas. Good luck everyone!
The small print (yawn): The competition will close at 8pm December 10th. You must be UK based, sorry overseas readers! You must also leave a name as well to make sure we know who you are! If you're anon, your entry won't count and if you enter more than once, we'll discount all of your entries (yes, we do check). We're not allowed to enter our own competitions, but Siany makes tea and has to wait very patiently for her parents to wake up before she can open any presents. It's very unfair. We wish we could enter our competitions. Humph.
182 comments:
The first thing I do every year is convince my dad that digging into a selection box counts as a proper breakfast.ReplyDelete
My Christmas morning is all about the presents. Then chocolates, then tea.ReplyDelete
I'm retweeting as @dolly_clackett. I'll leave it to you to pronounce it as spam or not.
Bacon sandwich and Bucks Fizz, obviously!ReplyDelete
The first thing I do is have breakfast, I can't function in a morning till I've eaten.ReplyDelete
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On Christmas morning the first thing we do is fight over the bathroom, just like any other day (with 4 girls + 1 bathroom it's not easy - my dad doesn't even get a look in). We're not allowed presents until everyone is dressed.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10 December 2010 at 11:15
The first thing I do is get woken up by the children who bring their Christmas stockings in to open on our bed :-)ReplyDelete
Christmas morning always starts with a large pot of coffee, accompanied by mimosas & smoked salmon & cream cheese bagels...ReplyDelete
The first thing I do on Christmas morning....check my stocking! I always hang one at the end of the bed...though since I moved away from my parents it doesn't have anything magically appear in it any more :(ReplyDelete
Then it's time for coffee! (and a Clementine)
Retweeting as @loulousluxuries
- Abby Bookham10 December 2010 at 11:16
The first thing I do is battle to get some space on the bed - 3 excited children plus Mum & Dad doesn't leave much room. Then I shout teeeeea - mornings without tea are not a pretty sight (retweeting as @boranpolska)ReplyDelete
At thirty I still wake up way too early and have to force myself to go back to sleep and not wake the household. as soon as it's light it's stocking time. Yes I know. I'm thirty. But until I have my own kids to do this with I refuse to grow up...ReplyDelete
The first thing I do is have a cup of tea as instructed by my other half who wont let me open presents until we've done that.ReplyDelete
- Russell Turner10 December 2010 at 11:18
Find a corner shop that sells batteries!ReplyDelete
The first thing I do when I wake up on Christmas morning is wish I wasn't the youngest - my sister got a stocking until she was 27.... that's the year I turned 18 and my Mum decided we were all past stockings now.... I'm 33 now and I still resent it!ReplyDelete
I would dearly love one of these wake-up lights. The cold dark mornings mean that no matter how early I go to bed I'm always dragging myself into a cab to work - it's sending me bankrupt!!!
Happy Christmas everyone!
The first thing I do is put the kettle on, so that we can open our stockings with a cup of tea....before we start on the champagne, of course!ReplyDelete
The first thing I do on Christmas morning is wonder at what I thought I would achieve by drinking my bodyweight in gin the night before and wonder whether i woke my parents up getting in at 2am (It's always weird staying at theirs over Christmas).ReplyDelete
This is swiftly followed by searching for my thickest pair of socks.
There is also the hope against hope that we'll have scrambled eggs with smoked salmon for breakfast washed down with a bucks fizz (for medicinal purposes for the hangover).
- Melissa Lawrance10 December 2010 at 11:21
The very first thing we do on Christmas morning is shout "not yet!" or "it's too early!" numerous times at the children, before finally giving in at about 6am. Then it's all about the presents! ;)ReplyDelete
I'll be RTing from @LissyLaw, just the once (don't want to go on the naughty list)
The first thing I do is try and get my boyfriend up to open presents. He likes his lie ins and it's not easy!ReplyDelete
Grab my stocking and squeeze it to see if I can guess what's inside. And then realise it's 4am and I really should be asleep.ReplyDelete
First thing for Christmas morning always has to be open your stocking! Still in jim-jams, sat at the bottom of the bed (but with a cuppa of course!) - I hope that is one Christmas tradition I never grow out of :)ReplyDelete
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I wake up and drive to my sisters, lugging all the gifts for the kids and then have a breakfast of scrambled eggs and ham and watch the kids tear open their gifts, then the adults have a go. It is a long process but watching the kiddies first is nice.ReplyDelete
- Claireymck10 December 2010 at 11:26
OOOh fist thing I do is watch the boys tear the wrapping off their stocking presents whilst I crave a strong black coffee!!!ReplyDelete
- SarahC.10 December 2010 at 11:26
Shamefully, the first thing I did last year was tell my dad to 'bugger off', when he brought me a mug of coffee at 9am. Then I realised that a) it was Christmas morning, and b) I was 26, and really should have learnt better manners by then! Obviously, this prize would help me to wake up more gradually that Dad's well-meaning but incredibly irritating 'MORNING!' :)ReplyDelete
The first thing I do is put my 3 daughters back to bed as its always only 3am!!ReplyDelete
First thing is all about the stocking, yes I may be 26, but Father Christmas still drops by with a few goodies in a welly boot sock- hurrah!ReplyDelete
Same as any other morning. TEA. I Need Tea.ReplyDelete
First thing I do is go downstairs to put the Christmas Pudding on to steam & check I did set the automatic oven to come on & cook the turkey :-)ReplyDelete
My parents still put out a small pillowcase (for some reason we never had stockings) and fill it with presents.. I take this downstairs and put it under the tree and run to the kitchen where the pastry-based breakfast feast happens: Gorgeous flaky croissants with jam and butter coupled with fresh strong coffee! We devour these and get on with the unwrapping while my Dad gets started on the cooking (with a running commentary of OOhs and AAhs shouted from the living room). The morning is always the best part of Christmas day.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10 December 2010 at 11:28
First thing is a proper cup on non-instant coffee and cream. The quiet before the storm . . .ReplyDelete
Strong coffee [as always] and then it has to be the stocking! I'm 26 and my Mum still fills my stocking every year - I wouldn't have it any other wayReplyDelete
A glass of Baileys and a bar of Dairy Milk each.ReplyDelete
It's a family tradition - the only one we seem to stick to - I wonder why?!!
Run down stairs and switch the fairy lights on - it's the sign to my LO that Father Christmas has been if the lights are on!ReplyDelete
The first thing I do on Christmas morning is go and wake my brother, we're not allowed to open presents until everyone is up and as I was always first one up as a child, I feel that I need to keep this tradition going even at 27. My brother doesn't appreciate it tho especially as he's normally out the night before...ReplyDelete
The first thing I do on Christmas morning is to break out the 'Oxfordshire fizz' with my Dad (who's from Oxford). It's like Bucks fizz, only better- with the addition of Cointreau. Believe me nothing gets you in the festive spirit more than a couple of these on Christmas morning. Hic!ReplyDelete
Breakfast of Quality Street. Definitely. Ideally no real food should be consumed until Chrismtas dinner, to make it taste even better!ReplyDelete
Seeing as I will be spending Christmas in Denmark (where they have the dinner AND more importantly Christmas gift giving on Christmas Eve) I am guessing I'll just laze on Christmas morning, having been very well-fed the night before :)ReplyDelete
This year the whole family are taking over a village in Somerset, so I'm hoping the first thing we do is run around in the lovely clean snow!ReplyDelete
Ooh, I've wanted one of these lights for ages!!ReplyDelete
First thing on Christmas morning? Open presents with my OH, while still snuggly in bed! Love it!
Always smoked salmon, scrambled eggs and a glass of Bucks Fizz! Looking forward to it already!ReplyDelete
A cuppa gotta have that cuppa, then tree lights on! Yay it's Christmas!!!ReplyDelete
The first thing I do is think "But I've only just gone to sleep!" when our 6 kids kids run in and bounce on the bed...good times!ReplyDelete
A cup of tea and some posh breakfast in bed. That's how I start my leisurely Christmas morning.ReplyDelete
sneak downstairs to switch on all the fairy lights, on the tree, in the window, around the doors and picture frames before the children wake up. Then the first thing we do when they wake up is open the front door to check if the reindeer has gone (a mix glitter and porridge oats), if it has they know there will be presents under the tree.ReplyDelete
Hmmm, reindeer food I meant to say!ReplyDelete
I have a little tradition with my younger sister. Although we are 28 and 24 respectively we always naturally wake up at 5am due to the sheer excitement of Christmas. We have a cuppa in our dressing gowns and watch retro cartoons until the rest of the family rises about 9am.ReplyDelete
It's an odd tradition but one that happens every year, no matter how hungover or tired, we both wake without alarm clocks to spend that special few hours together before chaos descends the Hudson household.
- Lou Watson10 December 2010 at 11:45
I hear the pitter-patter of two sets of little feet on the landing, before being jumped on and engulfed in wrapping paper from the kids' stockings! Oh, to wake up gently one morning...ReplyDelete
- Francesca10 December 2010 at 11:46
Definitely a cup of tea first, then going downstairs to eat toast and marmite and open some pressies! Ooh, this is making me feel all warm and Christmassy.ReplyDelete
Retweeting too (as francescabest)...
Well our family always has the big slap up meal on Christmas Eve and at midnight we open the gifts! Backwards I know :P so Christmas morning is usually about yummy leftovers and making use of your gifts! ^_^ I've RT on Twitter btw, I'm @shibzzi xxReplyDelete
First thing is breakfast - usually apple pancakes to keep us going through the present opening!!ReplyDelete
At 27 years old I still wake up super early and bounce around, opening the stocking we pretended we'd been asleep for the night before, then dragging my boyfriend downstairs open presents, with chocolate orange, coffee and Bucks Fizz. Yay. Suze xReplyDelete
First thing in the morning is my favorite part of Christmas day, as since we were tiny, when Sylvanian Families were the gifts of wonder, I've been going and tucking into the end of my big sister's bed, and we'd open our stockings together! This happens every year no matter what - even as teenagers when we had fallen out, or uni years when tea was needed to get us out of slumber; before anything else can happen we open these together - even more special now we're both almost 30, and it's our best part of the year together!ReplyDelete
Penelope Patrick x x
The first thing I do on CHristmas morning is wake up my boyfriend and run into the living room and start ripping the daylights out of my presents!ReplyDelete
First thing's first: Champagne and smoked-salmon and cream cheese bagels. It's the only acceptable way to begin Christmas day.ReplyDelete
First thing is the same as it's been since I was tiny - I go and get into my parents' bed. We don't get stockings anymore, but we have a cup of tea, bit of toast and say happy Christmas to each other before getting up and heading off to church.ReplyDelete
(Mercifully, as soon as me and my brother shot past 6'1, they invested in a superking. It was a bit bloody snug before that...)
- Fran Keeley10 December 2010 at 11:54
First thing I do is open my stocking and admire the £1 coin, satsuma, bag of chocolate coins and shower gels etc that I receive every year but still get excited about. Nothing like a stocking to remember the childish excitement of Christmas.ReplyDelete
- Lisa Pizzey10 December 2010 at 11:55
The first thing we do in our house is rush downstairs to the fireplace with the kids to see if Santa has been! I have my camera ready to capture their gorgeous little faces!! It is then present opening time! :-) Lisa Pizzey (Mummy of Ellie 5 and Lewis 3). xxReplyDelete
As weird as this sounds the first thing I do on Christmas day is sit watching my parents do some kind of DIY on the house.ReplyDelete
My parents love decorating/ renovating the house on Christmas day so for as long as I can remember I'd wake up the sound of drills, hammers, and the odd cry of OWWW! (My dad tends to miss the nail when hammering..)
- Emma Foxall10 December 2010 at 11:56
The first thing we do is wrap up warm, get our 4 dogs in the car and go to the beach for a long morning christmas day walk - we normally have the whole beach to ourselves. then when we get back we all have a cooked breakfast, open our pressies and cuddle up on the sofa with choccies and the tv remote.ReplyDelete
Hangover cuppa and presents (at the same time)! Although I'm liking the champagne idea kate s :-)ReplyDelete
- Rebecca Coates10 December 2010 at 12:01
At the crack of dawn I sneak downstairs and set up my parents' christmas stocking! Then I spend the whole morning trying to convince them it was totally santa!ReplyDelete
Christmas morning my boyfriend and I exchange one little gift each before we go downstairs and join the rest of his family. Usually it's new knickers!!ReplyDelete
First thing Christmas morning... Wake the mister up with the three C's- cuddle, cuppa & croissant. And a pressie or two, obviously.ReplyDelete
First thing is kiss for hubby (as we just got married...awww), then cup of tea and presents with the whole family. My favourite is the presents I get from the cat, dog and chickens ( yes they do presents too....)!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10 December 2010 at 12:18
First thing on Christmas morning... Wake up at silly o'clock and run into mum and dad's room to announce that "he's been" and make them get up. We have a glass of buck's fizz and a cup of tea and then sit by the tree opening presents. It's been this way since I were little... I'm 34 btw!ReplyDelete
The first thing I usually do is pretend to be asleep to wind up my little sister.ReplyDelete
the first thing i do tends to involve a good swash of sherry with my coco pops. i am then prepared for familial bliss...ReplyDelete
Wake up with a mild hangover and momentarily wonder where I am (the futon bed in my mum's attic, under a duvet with a cartoon duvet cover from my childhood). But then mum brings me a cuppa and I remember that there is a cheeseboard breakfast and two cute cats to play with downstairs!ReplyDelete
- Linda Milne10 December 2010 at 12:32
put on the cheesy christmas music cd of course! the only day of the year you can listen to it...ReplyDelete
I still jump into bed with my parents to open the Christmas presents. That might be a bit weird now I'm 24..ReplyDelete
My family and I always used to wake up and gather around the tree. Dad would start the fire whilst mum would make her and I a Snowball. We'd then put on a Christmas CD and begin to open our presents one at a time. I'm going to miss these traditions. This year will be my first christmas away from home :(ReplyDelete
- kate mc10 December 2010 at 12:36
I wake far too early to the seriously loud screams of joy from my two little ones that santa has been!!! Then its all into our bed, for stocking opening. It's the one day of the year that I don't mind being woken early, their little faces make it so worthwhile. It is my favourite part of christmas day! :DReplyDelete
I usually still shout '5 more minutes!' to my mum as she doesnt quite get the idea of a lie in on her day off!ReplyDelete
Then we'll have a cup of tea and start on the important stuff...FOOD!!
Drink hot chocolate! We open our prezzies on Christmas eve.ReplyDelete
I reach out my toe (usually the big one on my right foot) and listen for the rustle of paper from the presents in my stocking. Then i get over-excited and jump up and down in bed a little bit (waking my b/f in the process). Then depending on where i am i either open the presents as quietly as i can to avoid waking people, or my sisters and nephews all pile onto the bed and we open presents really loudly because no-one is left asleep.ReplyDelete
The first thing I do on a christmas morning is put a pot of fresh coffee on, get the bacon butties on the go and the glasses of bucks fizz, then we all sit around the christmas tree and open our presents. It's lovely.ReplyDelete
Make myself and all my family a cup of tea, and then sit there in our pyjamas and work through the Christmas stockings..usually means a breakfast of chocolate!ReplyDelete
The first thing I do (at approximately 6am) is grab my stocking, run into my parents room and jump on their bed to wake them up. I may be 29 but I'm still just like a kid at Christmas! :o)ReplyDelete
WHILE IWAIT FOR MY SON TO WAKE, I ALWAYS WATCH A CHRISTMAS CARTOON/ANIMATION FIRST THINGReplyDelete
- Natasha Young10 December 2010 at 13:08
The first thing I do on christmas morning is wake up and open my christmas stocking! Yes I am 28 and no longer live at home but my mum still leaves one for me and my boyfriend by my back door-usually with lots of glitter and a sign saying 'Santa has been'. You are never too old for that!ReplyDelete
First thing for me on xmas morning is a cup of tea (and if I've set it out the night before, the mixing of dry and wet ingredients + shoving in the oven some xmas muffins ala Nigella.) Then some presents!ReplyDelete
I wish everyone a Happy Christmas!ReplyDelete
A cup of tea in bed is the very first thing :)ReplyDelete
The very first thing I do is cajole my husband into making me a cup of tea. Then it's on to the stocking presents left at the end of my bed. Ooh, I'm already getting excited!ReplyDelete
- Sam Crewe10 December 2010 at 13:26
I used to be woken up by the kids to see what was in their stockings (wearing practiced look of surprise as I see all the things I packed in there about 4 hours earlier reappear!). Now they're teenagers and I have to wake them up to see what's in their stocking! Practiced look of surprise is still the same ... although I'm not sure they're convinced any more! :-)ReplyDelete
Kettle on for a cuppa and feed the dog!ReplyDelete
- Rachael10 December 2010 at 13:39
I still get in my parents' bed with my sister to open my presents from 'santa'. And I'm 26!ReplyDelete
First thing is get a cup of tea to wake me up.ReplyDelete
Make a cuppa and watch the kids open their stockings. It's all about the children!ReplyDelete
I'll watch Steve make me the best fried eggs served up on the best homemade bread in the world. The boy should do it for a living.ReplyDelete
After being woken up by my scrumptious triplet girls. The first thing that I do on Christmas morning is spritz the perfume on, brush my hair to make me look delectable for the Christmas morning photos , bucks fizz in hand.ReplyDelete
First thing I do Christmas Morning is gather up my presents from there hiding places and take they down to go under the tree. I'm in my 30's, my Boyfriend in his 50's but if I don't hide the presents until Christmas Morning, he has ripped them open. My Mums the same. They go on hunts together because they can't take wait until Christmas Day. This is why we don't have kids yet.ReplyDelete
Very first thing our eldest children creep in and ask if it's too early to get up, which it will be (even though we are excited too!) Then a bit later all four kids come in and open stockings from Father Christmas(actually cute sacks with their names on)on our bed. That is my fave bit of the whole day. I am then mean mummy and make them do unreasonable things like eat and get dressed before they descend on the pressies under the tree downstairs!ReplyDelete
First thing on Christmas morning, my whole family goes to ring the bells at the local church - the tower is always freezing cold but it's worth it for the Christmassy spirit! Then home for some much-needed champers...ReplyDelete
First thing in our house (at home) is a cup of tea and a pain au chocolat - and when everyone is up and awake we split up into two groups and count down to opening the 2 doors to the living room where all the presents are - much squealing and excitment from me and my sister even now (at 28 and 31!) and opening of presents in pyjamas. My husband sometimes gets dressed as he feels a bit odd about the pyjamas, don't understand that at all!ReplyDelete
Well put kettle on, get dressed and go over to my granny's before my mum gets up. stay there for an hour then go home loaded with presents, wake my mum up with a coffee and then open them all :DReplyDelete
- Anonymous10 December 2010 at 14:20
Well to be honest I hope it's actually the first thing my husband does... every day of the year I make him a cup of tea before I do anything else - I wonder if on Christmas day if he'll bring me one instead? Would be nice! :)ReplyDelete
I haven't been able to celebrate Chrsitmas for the past 7 years due to family problems, but this year it's back on the agenda thanks to my gorgeous boyfriend!ReplyDelete
I'm hoping (not told him yest) that I'll be able to stay in bed while he walks the dog and makes me a cuppa to enjoy in bed!
No kids here, so we don't need to be up too early :D
- julie conway10 December 2010 at 14:20
As I have always trained my kids to stay in bed til at least 8am on xmas morning because Santa has to deliver toys all around the world and might not have come to our house yet (and of course only comes when children are sleeping), I get into the living room before the kids (even though I'm not a morning person), put the xmas lights and the fire on, all cosy, make a pot of coffee and then wait for their excited faces to come through the door.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10 December 2010 at 14:36
All days start the same, coffee and nicotine. Then they can get interesting!ReplyDelete
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Christmas Morning usually starts with a smile as we listen to my son (who is 7 and a cheerful early morning type person)singing to pass the minutes until the agreed time that he is allowed out of bed (7am really IS the earliest that that I can face the day even on Christmas morning).... hearing him exclaim when he realises he has a stocking packed with presents at the end of his bed..... and then hearing his running footsteps as he goes down the corridor to try wake his older sister up with the exciting news (she's NOT an early morning person at all and would really benefit from having a Wake-up Light....).... knowing that we have maybe 2 minutes left until all the excitement and wonder is shared with us too and they bring their stockings into our bed to open them while we watch, bleary eyed but smiling.ReplyDelete
Natasha Young said...ReplyDelete
The first thing I do on christmas morning is wake up and open my christmas stocking! Yes I am 28 and no longer live at home but my mum still leaves one for me and my boyfriend by my back door-usually with lots of glitter and a sign saying 'Santa has been'. You are never too old for that!
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Dragged out of bed by the kids eager to open their pressies from Santa and show me what he got them.ReplyDelete
First thing I do Christmas morning it to wake my OH up so he can make a coffee while I plead to open my pressies, yes, I'm a big kid, but thats what Christmas is about ;-PReplyDelete
I lie in the cold and dark listening to the sounds of my children reaching into their stockings for the useless and useful rubbish I have carefully gathered over the year. It is usually their attempts to hush their squeals of pleasure and amusement that wakes us. They have their own rooms, but every year the younger one moves back in with his brother for Christmas Eve. Yeah, ok they are 20 and 23 now but those balloons you blow up with a straw that shriek as they whizz round the room and small but deadly whoopee cushions are funny at any age. Then I go into the domestic goddess role for one day only....ReplyDelete
First thing I do on Christmas morning is put the kettle on for a cuppa!ReplyDelete
We open presents on the 24th, so Christmas morning is for catching up for the sleep I don't get during term time!ReplyDelete
When we visit my family, it's presents first. Since we're not allowed to open presents until 7am, any coffee or breakfast has to be made before then.ReplyDelete
When we visit my husband's family, we have coffee. And then breakfast. And then we admire the snow. And then we prepare lunch. And then we eat lunch. Presents get opened around 3pm, around a roaring log fire. Yes, it's civilised and beautiful. But it's not as much fun.
The first thing I do is give my hubby a kiss and enjoy just being together on Christmas. I know it's cheesy but it's lovely.ReplyDelete
The first thing I do to seem like an adult (and because that's always been our family tradition) is open my stocking, calmly and appreciatively. We always had to wait for everyone to get up before we could could open anything. I'm always first up, my brother last.ReplyDelete
First thing is that you have to get showered and put on something nice...christmas deserves a bit of a dressup! Then croissants, oven warmed (slightly burnt cos thats how dad does them) and coffee. Then (only AFTER breakfast, this is very important) straight into it...champers and pressies!ReplyDelete
- Louise R10 December 2010 at 16:31
I wake up, grab my stocking and head to open my stocking presents with my brothers. We've done this since we were kids and it's the perfect start to the day...laughing at all the silly and funny presents over a shared satsuma from the bottom of the stocking!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10 December 2010 at 16:37
I'm always the first awake on Christmas morning. I then poke my husband until he says I'm allowed to go and drag our sleeping teenage daughters out of their beds. They come into our room and, for the only time ever now, have a snuggle in bed with me, whilst dad goes downstairs to check if Santas has been yet! Next up is coffee and a chocolate before the first present is opened - everybody is in dressing gowns, the heating is on, the curtains are still closed on the deserted streets and it's a time for celebrating the tiny world that is our family.ReplyDelete
RachellovesMorrissey :)
- Samantha Haining10 December 2010 at 16:59
Oh wow, do I ever want this!ReplyDelete
First thing I have done on every Christmas morning prior to this is crawl to the bottom of my bed and feel about in the dark for the stocking hanging on the end of my bed - never gets old!
This Christmas, however, the first thing I'll be doing is breast feeding my 6 month old! How times change!
I still wake up and open my stocking presents. Then Mum and I open the champagne and the days rolls on from there.ReplyDelete
- Susan Utterson10 December 2010 at 17:07
The first thing I do is fire up the computer, switch on the webcam and Skype my young neices who live in France, to catch up on what goodies Pere Noel has brought them :)ReplyDelete
Bearing in mind the 1 hour time difference, as well as the ridiculously early time kids insist on getting up on Christmas Morning, this Wake-up Light would be just the sparkly spangly ticket to help me through this festive season (and beyond)!
This will be my first christmas with my new husband, so we have no traditions yet except those that we are merging from home. This year the first thing will be to open the stockings of little things we have got each other, lots of little things.ReplyDelete
I can't wait!
Without sounding like a do-gooder, I'm up at 7am to go to the homeless shelter I help run in London for the past few years, usually running on mince pies for the day. Don't worry, I'm in a pub lock-in by 4pm!ReplyDelete
First - have a cup of tea. Present opening follows but I like to take my time on that and make sure the present-opening fun lasts as long as possible! :o)ReplyDelete
I'm 41 but I've never got over the excitement of waking up and feeling that weight from your lumpy stocking at the end of your bed. now we're all grown up we each buy two stocking fillers for everyone else in the house so that my mum doesn't have a nervous breakdown. Then I get up and have an espresso and attempt to entertain my nieces and nephews until their parents stir. I'm an early riser so by the time they all come down to breakfast I'm ready for the glazed ham and poached eggs we have for breakfast every year.ReplyDelete
The first thing I do is try to go back to sleep! I get so excited that it's normally about 5am when I first wake up! :)ReplyDelete
Having got married last year, this will be the first Christmas day I'll spend with my husband's family, so I'm not sure what the drill is yet. I'm really really hoping that the day will start with him bringing me a cup of tea and breakfast in bed (mornings aren't my strong point), but I'm guessing that might be wishful thinking!ReplyDelete
On a Christmas morning, I usually attempt at a lie in, only to have my plan scuppered by Mum yelling up the stairs at me (which isn't a pleasant wake up call). I drag myself downstairs to open presents, which eases the pain a bit, and spend the rest of the morning trying to help mum avoid bursting into tears from the stress of cooking, usually with helpful amounts of whisky.ReplyDelete
My husband does all the cooking for Christmas lunch so first thing is breakfast made by me - always the same for last 10 years - Bucks Fizz, smoked salmon, scrambled eggs and toasted bagels. Bliss. And that's my cooking done for the day.ReplyDelete
After a cup of tea for hubby and coffee for me, we all open the presents together followed by our Christmas breakfast: eggs benedict and smoked salmon on toasted muffins, Panetone and Christmas muffins with more tea and coffee! Et voila!ReplyDelete
First thing I do on christmas morning is put the kettle on for a nice cup of tea. I can't function untill I have my morning fix!ReplyDelete
After a quick coffee I make a start on prepping dinner for our large family.ReplyDelete
Without doubt, bucks fizz! Then it can be sipped in the bath, whilst getting dressed, with breakfast and then of course when opening the pressies!!ReplyDelete
- Larissa10 December 2010 at 19:51
I wake before the kids in anticipation of them creeping through to my bed with their stockings. I love to see their faces filled with excitment. :-)ReplyDelete
Last year I'd peaked too early!Opened my presents on christmas eve and I was drunk by 7am on christmas day! 2 glasses of champagne and was rocking out to classic FM of all things! I'd love a wake up light to start even earlier this year...ReplyDelete
- Ursula Bingham10 December 2010 at 20:15
Put the sprouts on so they are cooked in time. Only joking. Let the dog out, put the kettle on and grav the bathroom before our visitors wake up. I'm always the 1st one up.ReplyDelete
I was brought up as a muslim so I never had Christmas celebrations as a child, not even a tree.ReplyDelete
Then I met my lovely husband 12 years ago and we spend Christmas with his family every year. I'm looking forward to my 12th Christmas therefore to me it's as I'm 12 years old.
I'm always the first up and bring in the stockings (we're in our early thirties but who make the rules eh).
I don't look until my husband is awake, so I spend time pottering about the quiet house, looking at the bobbles on the tree and re-arranging the presents.
I set up the coffee filter machine and get the white bread, butter and marmalade ready for toast which is a always a Christmas treat as I usually eat brown bread and margarine.
Then I wake up the husband, we open the stockings and of course eat some of the chocolate gold coins his mum manages to get for us each year!
- Jackie ONeill10 December 2010 at 21:13
Usually wake up very early, get tea and biccies and hop back into bed with my partnerReplyDelete
Up until the age of about 16, I would lay in bed pretending to be asleep until my parents put my stocking full of presents at the end of my bed (usually around 1am). As soon as they'd crept out, I'd open all my presents in record speed, immediately feel guilty and go to sleep. Now I'm a little older, I try to wait until at least 8am and follow the presents with smoked salmon, scrambled eggs and bucks fizz.ReplyDelete
- ThatDaftLass10 December 2010 at 22:02
Caffeine - it just has to be caffeine. There is no way I can cope with the whirlwind of wrapping paper and cardboard boxes that is an over-excited little boy attacking his pile of presents without it. Especially not when they all require a degree in engineering to get them out of their packaging (is it just me or do those little white ties get worse every year?) and it's too early to be awake let alone capable of following instructions.ReplyDelete
As every day: put the kettle on, feed the cats. But... bring tea in bed, admire the tree and presents and get started on the smoked salmon + scrambled eggs for breakfast. With orange juice or Bucks fizz, like many other people!ReplyDelete
Dressing gowns and a relax before switching the oven on...
we start the day the right way with dippy eggs and marmite soldiers and then presents!ReplyDelete
- Bernadette K10 December 2010 at 23:07
I wake up, get very excited, put the radio one and listen to all the Christmas music ;-)ReplyDelete
- Susan Low10 December 2010 at 23:32
As my Birthday is Christmas Eve, my first thought on Christmas Morning is usually "Oh hell, another year older!" Then coffee.ReplyDelete
The first thing I do.... Is snuggle right back into bed! :] I take my time getting up, watch a little and relax because after presents with my mom and brother, I'll be spending the entirety of the day running back and forth to houses of friends and family all over town. Woohoo! And I daydream of the yams I'll be having that evening mmmmmmReplyDelete
I am up with the sparrows on Xmas morning because even though I long since seen childhood , I still feel like a kid. I then have to wake everyone up and we must gather in the lounge in our pj's. I will then proceed to make hot drinks, put out the mince pies and then start handing out the pressure. I get so much joy from people opening their pressure that I will wait until the end to open mine . Xmas morning is all about eating chocs and enjoying the pressies before I start cooking. Love it!!!!ReplyDelete
- Horhaay11 December 2010 at 07:51
Christmas morning begins early, lying snuggled up in bed, remembering the intense overwhelming excitement of christmas's past as a child. Realising the joy of being a child and reflecting that deep down we're all children and resolving to make sure future generations get to experience the same joy. A rush to the tree and a furious ripping open of presents and hugs all round !ReplyDelete
Since meeting my wife, Christmas has become magical for me again as it was when I was a kid. We've established our own tradition - we stay up till midnight and at one minute to go until it is officially Christmas Day we play Fairytale of New York with my wife singing Kirsty's vocal and me doing Shane's both of us giving it all we've got. Then it's Champagne corks popped and we dive on our presents like kids. This can go on till 4am. I love Christmas.ReplyDelete
Is it blasphemous to say I check my emails? To be fair on my own sense of christmas spirit, I have friends and family all over the world and the first thing I like to do is check on my greetings from them and send out my own. After that, it's all about presents and chocolate for breakfast, rest assured.ReplyDelete
Re-tweeting as raisindetre
- Anna Marie11 December 2010 at 13:06
I'm not a morning person, and I'm afraid that Christmas morning is no exception - I have to be dragged out of bed by my Mum, which is a slow process, ususally resulting in me having to rush to get ready for the Christmas morning church service without leaving myself enough time to open any of the pretty parcels under the tree! With any luck, this year the wake-up light will help, making it a less stressful experinece for my Mum, and allowing me to open a present or two before I have to leave! :o)ReplyDelete
Usually my two daughters bring their stockings into bed with me and I watch them open them... then go downstairs for bacon sandwiches and a coffee....ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11 December 2010 at 22:21
Time was I would open my stocking as soon as I could... These days the first thing I do is usually tell the kids to go back to bed 'cos it is too early! (and then help them open their stockings...)ReplyDelete
I give my husband a big cuddle and wish him 'happy christmas' then demand he make me a cup of tea in bed whilst I turn over and have another 40 winks! Then later we'll go downstairs together and start on the Bucks Fizz ;-) (whilst crossing our fingers and hoping the kids don't wake up so we can have 10 minutes peace!).ReplyDelete
Have tweeted @thequeenosheba btw :-)ReplyDelete
Pancakes!!! Massive thick American style pancakes, with Aunt Jemimas syrup, and the last advent chocolate in the middle of one of the pancakes.ReplyDelete
The whole church - presents - massive lunch thing does not go off well if my Christmas doesn't start with pancakes.
Wake up, check my stocking's there, then wait until it's an acceptable time to go and sit on my parents' bed withmy little sister and open presents in our pyjamas.ReplyDelete
Although last year, the very first thing was to go and say merry christmas to my fiance. :)
RT as @classiclina too.ReplyDelete
Domestic Sluttery is responsible for getting me excited - Christmas in TWO WEEKS! Would love a light to help me get up for work at the moment though....my hours just got increased to make an earlier start. :S
The first thing I do is nip down and turn the lights on, on the Christmas tree (put on the kettle and the fire) so everything is welcoming... ( I would so love to win the prize anything that wake's me in a good mood is worth it's weight) xxxReplyDelete
The first thing I used to do as a child is check my christmas stocking, eat a satsuma and start reading whatever book was in the stocking. These days, I get up and eat a chocolate - cos if you can't have chocolates for breakfast on christmas, then when can you?ReplyDelete
First thing I do is pretend to be terribly grown up and nonchalant about the whole thing, you know, just hand me a cup of coffee, who cares about this Christmas malarkey. Luckily for me, I can rely on my 'baby' sister to insist on family time round the Christmas tree, and make it look like I have been cajoled into Christmas spirit, when really it's just bubbling beneath the surface the whole time. (it's a minor detail that I'm 23 and she's 20)ReplyDelete
I have small sisters, so Christmas starts with being jumped on very early by one of them. We then choose someone's bed to go sit on (and it rotates every year, very fair) and open stockings - we make each others so it's really sweet :)ReplyDelete
The first thing I do is look out of the window hoping to see snow! Maybe this year? Then, it's a lovely Christmas breakfast with mum before presents.ReplyDelete
The first thing I do is jump up and down on my parents' bed to wake them up. Yeah, I'm 28. What of it...?ReplyDelete
Cup of tea!ReplyDelete
First thing I do? Kiss and cuddle my man and my little girl...my best presents ever! Then it's getting the fire roaring, making a pot of tea and a pot of real coffee to fuel the insane present fest that is inevitable in our house!ReplyDelete
I attack my christmas stocking to pull out all the goodies inside...adult smadultReplyDelete
- julesstephen12 December 2010 at 19:17
The first thing I do is kick the man outta bed to make me a cuppaReplyDelete
whilst I rumage through my stocking and feel all the presents like a big kid
impatient to unwrap them.
- Jo Carter12 December 2010 at 19:19
Fifteen years ago I used to get woken at 3am by my 3 lovely daughters, too excited to sleep, saying "Is it time to open our stockings?" Now I get woken at 3am by my 3 lovely daughters coming in from the nightclub.....ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12 December 2010 at 19:20
1st thing I do- run downstairs & bite a chunk out of the carrot left for rudolph & down the whisky (or chuck in the nearest plant pot!) for Santa before my 2 fab kids here me and therein starts the mayhem & fun that is Christmas day in our house- Have a fab one everybody, Moomi xxxxReplyDelete
The first thing I do on Christmas morning is give the ferret a cuddle, we rescued her over a year ago and love that she's joined our little family. Swiftly after, it's a downward spiral of champagne and playing the game of "am i sober enough to cook the turkey".ReplyDelete
- Rachael12 December 2010 at 19:23
This year it will be feeding the cat bright and early to keep her belly full, and sleeping husband happy!ReplyDelete
I work in a coffee shop in Belfast which means getting up some mornings at about 5.30am, grumpy and tired until I've had a minimum of two cups of tea (double strength) and three cigarettes. I can't remember the last time I naturally woke up and felt good. I reckon something like this would be a really big help, especially aroubd XmasReplyDelete
Love Clare from Belfast x
In our house we open our stocking presents in bed then everyone has to be up, dressed and scoffed a yummy bacon sarnie before the main presents are touched! We spend breakfast time guessing what all the presents are under the tree by their shape and size so by the time we get our little paws on them we're super excited!ReplyDelete
Angie CroxtonReplyDelete
I like to get up really early On Christmas morning (it's still dark) to prepare the veg etc and have some quiet time before the excitement begins. I try to find the most Christmassy thing on the TV to do it to and one year I managed to find the original Christmas Carol movie - it was magical! Ahhhhh!
Christmas morning is always about the bacon & scrambled egg muffins and bucks fizz (may as well get started on the alcohol early). Then it's straight into the present opening.ReplyDelete
The first thing I do on Christmas morning? Up before sunrise to drive to work with a cup of tea… I work for an animal rescue charity, so Christmas morning is about cleaning kennels, feeding, and walking the dogs…. and of course unwrapping the presents we've been donated - the best day of our year xReplyDelete
The first thing I would do as a child was open my stocking. Now it's usually getting woken by the youngest generation of my giant family and attempting to find a space to eat breakfast whilst fending off their extreme enthusiasm and general overexcitement! Then comes the battle for the bathroom....ReplyDelete
I wake up and wonder what on earth horrible time of day it is, then remember it doesn't matter because it is christmas and that means complete mayhem playing with my nutty nephews and their new and noisy toys and behaving like a kid again (and then aching for the next two days because "scary dinosaur Trudisaurus" ain't as young as she used to be...)ReplyDelete
First thing is Musli and a cup of tea,opening presents then onto the fizz while I'm preparing the dinner :)ReplyDelete
have retweeted @twydalldee
Kiss my husband, make a cup of tea and ring my Dad =)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12 December 2010 at 19:36
Traditionally, I wake my sister up and we sit in her bed talking and watch early morning Christmas TV.ReplyDelete
After a while (and when our patience has been stretched as much as we can bear), we go and wake our parents up. Then, we all go downstairs, have croissants and homemade jam, and bucks fizz for breakfast and open our presents afterwards.
It's more about family than presents :)
First thing I do is have a cuppa tea whilst eating chocolate and opening the presents with the kids. Then it's bucks fizz while cooking the dinner... mainly in my nightie...... then a quick shower and change to sit down.ReplyDelete
As soon as I open my eyes I'm overwhelmed by a sense of excitement, just like when I was a kid... of course the adult in me takes a deep breath, stretches, and heads straight for the coffee.ReplyDelete
Giving my wonderful husband the biggest hug... reminding him how much I love him... and making sure he gets out of bed in time to do the Christmas morning service having got to bed at 2am after ministering at Midnight Mass (yes, he's a C of E parish priest). (You know, that wake-up-light would be used in this house even on Christmas day...)ReplyDelete
It's all about the presents! On Christmas I allow myself to become a child all over again. :)ReplyDelete
- Saronimo12 December 2010 at 19:48
Cup of tea, followed by an alka seltzer, followed by another gup of tea followed by opening presents and scoffing all the chocolate I can get my hands on.ReplyDelete
I am, without fail, woken at 5am by my sister (who is 21 I might add!) to go and open our stockings and see what santa left!ReplyDelete
Done, of course, with pancakes and bucks fizz.
Generally we argue about who is going to open presents first, when they should be opened (immediately/after breakfast/lunch etc). Arguments are quickly dissolved by eggs and smoked salmon with champagne...we are all about presents, debate, food and more food! I'll retweet this as hannahsmeaton!ReplyDelete
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Harvard Business School is significantly expanding its mission of training current business leaders with the addition of a second executive education center, funded by a $40 million gift from the family of Elaine L. Chao, a former US labor secretary.
At a ceremony Friday the school announced the donation from Dr. James Si-Cheng Chao, a shipping magnate, and his family. Four of Chao's daughters, including Elaine, attended Harvard Business School. The center will be named after his late wife, Ruth Mulan Chu Chao.
"My mother was an incredibly inspiring person," Elaine Chao said. "She was a positive, optimistic person who believed in the transformational power of education regardless of gender in developing leaders for the world. Throughout our formative years, she always emphasized our responsibility to contribute to society and being kind and generous to others."
Harvard Business School dean Nitin Nohria said that the gift "speaks volumes" about the Chao family.
"Giving back in the way they have through public service and philanthropy speaks in equal measure to their individual and family values," Nohria said.
The Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center will be the second Harvard Business School project devoted to training corporate executives. The school is building Tata Hall with a $50 million donation from the philanthropic arms of the Tata Group, India's largest company.
But while Tata Hall will consist primarily of dormitory and classroom spaces, the Chao center will feature meeting places, offices, and some dining facilities. The Chao center will be designed by the architectural firm of Goody Clancy and replace the existing Kresge Hall on the Allston campus. Construction is expected to begin 2014.
The donation includes $5 million for a fund to provide financial assistance to deserving students of Chinese heritage.
Harvard Business School's executive education programs have proved to be a major business. The classes attract many more students than the school's flagship two-year master's of business administration program — more than 10,000 students last year, compared with just 1,800 in the MBA program.
"Executive education is a key element in our strategy to be a global business school," said Patricia S. Bellinger, executive director of executive education at Harvard Business School.
"It gives the school an opportunity to reach people who are already leading companies and nonprofits."
Bellinger estimated the addition of the two centers, along with two small existing facilities in India and China, will increase enrollment in its executive education program by 30 percent in the next five or six years.
The programs range from just a few days to eight weeks long, and attract an international student body; 65 percent of the students are from outside North America.
James Si-Cheng Chao is the founder and chairman of the Foremost Group, a shipping and trading company based in New York.
Elaine Chao, his eldest daughter, was secretary of labor from 2001 to 2009, under President George W. Bush.
D.C. Denison can be reached at email@example.com.


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The Menu:
The zucchini in my garden are riotous! I can almost SEE them growing. This week I'm making chocolate chunk zucchini bread. But I want to also pick it fresh from the garden and make a a couple of yummy recipes! Zucchini Latkes (Pancakes) and Grilled Veggies with a wonderful balsamic reduction are on this week's menu!
Pan Fried Tilapia With A Lemon Wine Reduction
Recipe: Zucchini Potato Pancakes
Lynn at Happier Than A Pig In Mud posted these wonderful Latkes! I am tweaking the recipe just a tad and adding 1-2 grated baking potatoes to the mix. I LOVE zucchini latkes! They freeze beautifully. Just put them on a large baking sheet and put parchment between each layer of latkes. Freeze and then transfer to an airtight container. Thaw and reheat on a hot skillet before serving. Sooooo yummy! Click HERE to get this recipe. Lynn has become a dear blogging friend and I so enjoy her wonderful blog~ it's one of my favorites~ and her delicious recipes!
Tuesday: Easy Dinner Night
Chopped Steak With Grilled Onions
Mashed Cauliflower
Panzanella Salad
Recipe: Mashed Cauliflower
This is very similar in technique to mashed potatoes. Cook 2-3 boxes of frozen cauliflower according to directions, they should be very soft and almost mushy. Drain any water. Add whole milk, butter, salt and pepper to cauliflower just like making mashed potatoes. Whip with a mixer. Serve with a pat of butter.
Recipe:Panzanella: Tomato and Crouton Salad
This is a wonderful summer salad. Extremely flavorful and bright! Please make your own crusty croutons! If you don't the salad won't be nearly as good.
1 large baguette, cut into large croutons, approximately 1 inch
drizzle of olive oil
2-3 large vine ripened tomatoes
1/2 sweet vidalia onion, chopped very small
1-2 cloves garlic pressed (you can also used roasted garlic)
1 large cucumber, peeled and cut paper thin
salt and pepper
2 TBS capers, rinsed
3 TBS balsamic vinegar
1/2 cup good olive oil
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put cubed baguette on a large rimmed baking sheet. Sprinkle with olive oil and salt. Toss. Bake for 20-30 minutes, turning a couple of times. The croutons should be browned and crisp.
In a large bowl mix tomatoes, onions, cukes, capers, salt and pepper.
In a small bowl whisk together balsamic vinegar, oil and salt and pepper. Pour dressing over veggies and toss. Add salt to taste. Right before serving add croutons on top of veggies and take to the table. Toss quickly and serve immediately.
Wednesday: Soup Day
Roasted Corn Chowder
Radicchio Spears With Bleu, Orange Slivers and Toasted Walnuts with a Balsamic Orange Reduction
Recipe: Roasted Corn Chowder
The recipe and how-to will be posted on Foodie Friday!
Dinner Shrimp Cocktails
Arugula With Shaved Parmesan, Pine Nuts in a Lemon Vinaigrette
Recipe: Arugula Salad with Shaved Parmesan, Pine Nuts in a Lemon Vinaigrette
A StoneGable favorite! Click HERE for recipe under Tuesday's menu.
Thursday: Crock Pot Dinner
Mushroom Steak Roulades
Mashed Potatoes
Braised Carrots
Recipe: Mushroom Steak Roulades
2 TBS olive oil
1 lb shitake mushrooms, stemmed and sliced
1 pkg. cremini mushrooms, sliced
1 onion, finely chopped
2 minced garlic
1 tsp salt
1 cup Italian seasoned Italian breadcrumbs
2 TBS chopped fresh thyme
2 1lb flank steaks
1/2 cup beef broth
1/2 cup red wine
1 bag baby carrots
2 TBS water
1TBS flour
Filling: Heat 1 TBS olive oil in a large skillet over med-high heat. Add mushrooms and onions and cook for 6-8 minutes until they are very tender. Liquids should be absorbed. Add garlic and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in breadcrumbs and 1 TBS thyme. Set aside.
Empty the bag of baby carrots in the bottom of the slow cooker.
Place steak on cutting board and starting at one end slice 3/4 the way through and open like a book. With steak open add 1/2 filling evenly to the top leaving 1/2 inch border. Starting at the narrow end of the steak roll up jelly roll fashion. Tie up with kitchen string. Do the same for the 2nd steak.
In a large skillet heat 1 TBS olive oil on high. Add steaks and brown on about 5 minutes all each side.Transfer to slow cooker. Add beef broth, wine and remaining thyme and scrape up all brown bits from skillet. Bring liquids to a boil. Turn off heat and transfer to slow cooker.
Cook on high for 4-5 hours or low 8-10 hours.
About 25 minutes before cooking time is up. Mix water and flour into a slurry. Add to broth in slow cooker and mix. Replace lid and let cook for 20 minutes to thicken gravy.
Remove roulades to a cutting board and cut each steak into into 8 rounds. Remove carrots with slotted spoon to serving bowl. Serve with gravy.
Friday: Company's Coming
Ceaser Salad with Crabcakes
Raspberries and Mascapone in Puffed Pastry
Recipe:StoneGable Crabcakes
These are nothing but lump crabmeat goodness! I love to make these for company because they are a breeze to make and are real crowd pleasers! Click HERE and look for them on Monday's menu.
Salmon On The Grill
StoneGable Grilled Vegetables
Recipe: StoneGable Grilled Vegetables
My summer go- to! Hot or cold! Add these to pasta or salads. But I just love them on their own! YUMMY! This is one recipe to try! Click HERE to get this yummy recipe.
Grilled Chicken Burgers with Garlic Rosemary Mayonnaise
Grilled Onions and Peppers
Mary's Lemony Coslaw
Baked Beans
Recipe: Chicken Burgers with Garlic Rosemary Mayonnaise
Mary's Lemony Coslaw
Both of these delicious sounding recipes are from Martha's blog, Lines from Linderhof. This is a classy, fun blog with an old world flavor that is so attractive!!!! This blog has so much personal style and beauty. To find this yummy recipe click HERE.


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