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Discussion in 'The Watercooler' started by Lothlorien, Jan 10, 2009.
What is the most decadent and fattening recipe that you have???
Seafood Fettucine, made with 1/2 and 1/2 and real butter. Lots of shrimp, crab and scallops. Oh so yummy, but can only eat it about once a year. It is so rich.
Besides the southern cooking that involves a lot of fried but tastey foods- difficult child's favorite desert that he gets on his b-day....strawberry cake with-chocolate ice cream and cherry ice cream with- chocolate chunks in it. Yummy!!
daughter in law & I shared a dessert at the restaurant last Sunday; the dessert wascalled "Death by Chocolate". It had double choc ice cream (we actually buy that in a tub, it has choc bits and choc syrup in choc ice cream) then more choc syrup, more choc bits, a couple of chocolate wafer biscuits stuck in it - all served in a HUGE brandy balloon.
Another bad for you favourite here is home-made tiramisu as achocolate log. We get chocolate biscuits (choc flavoured, not choc coated) and a tub of whipped cream. A glass of espresso coffee mixed with coffee/choco liqueur. YOu dip the biscuits quickly in the glass, then sandwich them with cream. Keep dipping and sandwiching, until you get all thre biscuits into one long line like a log. Then cover the whole thing with more whippedcream and cover with chocolate curls (vegetable peeler and block of chocolate). Or if you want bigger chocolate scrolls, you pour melted chocolate on a marble slab snd then when it's mostly set but still soft, you scrape it with a spatula to get large, soft curls in long scrolls. Cover the log with that.
Or there's one of Australia's national desserts, pavlova. You make one, huge meringue in a big disk. Dinner plate sized or bigger. Bake it in a slow oven so you get a large, firm shell (my sister has the oven on the lowest setting then opens the door wide, overnight). Then cover it with whipped cream, then pile on chopped fruit. You should include mango, strawberries, passionfruit, kiwifruit or variations on this. Eat it quickly, especially if you use passionfruit, kiwifruit or pineapple, since the acids on those fruits will eat their way through the shell. Nexy morning it will be a puddle of liquid sugar.
Bulk Pork Sausage (crumbled and fried)
1/2 lb velveta cheese
1 bar of cream cheese
1 large jar of chunky black bean and corn salsa
heat together until cheese melts
serve with tortilla chips or frito scoops
I once had a wonderful recipe for homemade hot fudge sauce that was better than any you could buy! It called for REAL butter and REAL heavy cream, brown sugar and white sugar. Good thing for me that I lost the recipe!
One of my all-time favorites was a recipe for a cream cheese filled type of monkey bread made from canned biscuits and baked in a bundt pan. You mix about two cups of sugar with a little cinnamon. Take about 4 pkgs of canned biscuits (about 40 of them) and flatten them out on the counter. Put about a tsp of cream cheese in each one and about a 1/2 tsp of the sugar/cinnamon mixture and seal it up in a little ball - tedious but not hard. Melt an entire stick of butter or margarine in the bottom of the bundt pan, sprinkle in about half a package of pecan pieces and dump in about half the remaining sugar/cinnamon right on top of the melted butter. Arrange half the little biscuit balls in the bundt pan, then dump the remaining pecan pieces and the rest of the sugar-cinnamon mix over the biscuits, then put in the remaining biscuits. Bake it until it's nice and browned on the top. You have to be very careful taking it out - the sugar and butter make a bubbly syrup. With potholders over your hands put a big plate on top of the bundt pan and invert it very quickly - you may have to scrape a few of the pecans out of the pan and replace them. This is sinfully good for breakfast when it's warm but it's good cold too - you just break off pieces and eat it! They come out like kind of a cream cheese filled sticky bun with pecans on top! A girl at work adapted this recipe so it's a little less artery clogging but I just couldn't make myself do it that way!
Hmmmm... I've got two pretty calorie-laden ones.
I have a recipe for creamed corn au gratin that uses heavy cream, butter a bit of sugar and parmesan cheese. I usually only served at Christmastime when all dieting rules are off.
And I got another recipe from a girlfriend for Potatoes Romanov -- calls for shredded potatoes, sour cream, grated sharp cheddar cheese (or substitute a nice Dubliner cheese, or a gruyere), and green onion.
I also make a hot artichoke cheese dip that is pretty fattening (mayo, mozarella, parmesan and chopped artichoke hearts)
Donna, I LOVE the monkeybread recipe! A friend made some for us when husband was in the hospital and gave me the recipe, too.... mmmmm, I think it's time to make some MORE!
JK- I couldn't really stick anything moving and with eyes into a pot of boiling water then eat it - like some people around here......
klmno last seen crawling under bag and moving toward a corner.....
Yum....anything cheesy and anything with seafood....and even better if it's cheesy and seafood combo....
Somebody give me a napkin!
gvcmom, I haven't made the monkey bread in years and now I'm getting hungry for it too!
I've made it different ways too. One way is to leave out the cinnamon and instead of putting some of the the cinnamon/sugar mix in the little balls with the cream cheese, use a little spoonful of cherry or blueberry pie filling! Or leave in the cinnamon and use apple filling. It's wonderful!
Made from scratch........... chocolate pudding cake. Seriously. It's so rich the vanilla ice cream is required just to swallow it. lol Absolutely sinful. Which is why I don't make it often.
My favourite author is Terry Pratchett. He's a British author of fantasy satire. One of his characters brought out a cookbook, "the Joye of Snacks". The character is a witch, the recipes are alleged to be aphrodisiac (or similar) but have had to be downgraded with the magic removed, to make the recipes safer to eat and reduce the liabilities of the publishers.
We've made a few of these, but the mention of Donna's hot fudge sauce reminded me of Nanny Ogg's Chocolate Delight with Special Secret Sauce. The recipe below is form the book, the "secret sauce" is a hot fudge sauce flavoured with cardamom.
"It has to be said right away that this lacks a couple of ingredients from the original Ogg recipe, because of the unfortunate - if you happen to be in a public restaurant, at least - effects that they can have. For one thing, you will have to pay for the broken crockery. Seekers after forbidden knowledge will have to find a copy of The Joye of Snacks that has not spontaneously combusted. People make a lot of fuss over this sort of thing, I can't think why.*
250g self-raising flour 3 eggs, beaten
60g cornflour 90ml milk
30g cocoa powder 125g white choc chips
155g caster sugar 4 - 5 tablespoons dark chocolate syrup
155g unsalted butter
150ml double cream 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
6 - 7 cardamom pods 60g white or milk chocolate
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 20ml white rum
Preheat the oven to 190ºC/Gas 5 - 6. Mix all the dry ingredients for the delight in a bowl and then rub in the butter. Add the eggs and the milk and beat thoroughly. Swirl in the white choclate chips and syrup, making sure not to overmix (the syrup should give a ripple effect). Divide between two deep, 20 cm, well-greased cake tins and bake in the top part of the oven for 30 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean when testing.
Note: This is a cross between a pudding and a cake and should be moist. When baked, allow to cool for 5 minutes and, if not for immediate consumption, transfer to an airtight container ... hah, what am I saying, You'll scoff the lot.
Start preparing the sauce about 10 minute before the delight is ready. Warm the cream with the spices, taking care not to boil. Break up the chocolate and stir into the cream. When it has melted, add the rum. Keep stirring for a couple more minutes, then remove the cardamom pods. Serve with the delight fresh from the oven.
* See Maskerade for reasons why the editors insisted on certain ingredients being removed"
Gosh I dont know.
Oysters roasted over an open fire.
Scallops wrapped with bacon and then grilled.
venison wrapped in bacon and grilled.
the monkey bread
bread pudding with raisins and vanilla ice cream
all these are yummy
You expect me to choose just one?? Hahah = there are so many.
I love a quiche without any substitutions - one with so much cheese and eggs and cream it could stop your heart. Mmmmm.
My Pineapple Upside Down cake calls for nearly 2 sticks of butter, a lot of brown sugar, 3 eggs and rich buttermilk. It's delish.
easy child's mixed potato au gratin - omg. So rich and cheesy.
My sister made these appetizers for my birthday bash. Whole dates, stuffed with whole pecans and wrapped in bacon. After baking until the bacon is cooked and crisp, you drizzle with honey - those are to die for, you can't stop eating them!!
Red Velvet cake made with real butter (lots of it) and a real cream cheese frosting.
Chicken Cordon Bleu.
And the list goes on and on...
1 cup sugar
1 cup corn syrup
1 cup peanut butter
6 cups rice crispies
1 bag each of chocolate chips and butterscoth chips melted together
It makes my teeth hurt to eat. But, it's soooooo good.
And probably my recipe for fudge, but I'd have to dig it out. It melts in your mouth.
Shrimp Fettucine...No-flour Chocolate Cake...cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting...coconut cake with cream cheese coconut frosting...homemade vanilla ice cream...
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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday stopped short of committing to disclose a complete list of all of President Trump's business ties. Instead, he said he would review the best way to respond to a senior Democrat's requests for the information.
"We will review internally whether it's appropriate for it to come from us or somewhere else, and we're happy to be responsive to you," Mnuchin said during a Senate Banking Committee hearing.
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Mnuchin was responding to Senator Sherrod Brown, the top Democrat on the panel, who urged the former Goldman Sachs banker to comply with a March 2 request to release a list of the president and his family's "financial entanglements" to verify that none of those connections could raise possible conflicts with laws tied to terror financing, sanctions and national security.
"People want to know about those financial entanglements," said Brown. "It's not a political exercise. It's about the national security of this country."
Related: Senator to Mnuchin: Tell us about Trump's foreign debts
Brown's questioning comes after former FBI Director James Comey wrote a note detailing how Trump tried to end an investigation into links between his associates and the Russian government.
Treasury is responsible for making sure U.S. firms and individuals comply with sanctions, as well as anti-terrorism, bank secrecy and anti-money laundering laws and regulations.
As Treasury secretary, Mnuchin chairs the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which is responsible for vetting foreign investments in the country and how they might affect national security. Chinese investors, for example, had to clear the committee before they could buy the Chicago Stock Exchange last year.
Mnuchin said he believed he and his staff reviewed any outstanding information requests made by Brown and others on the committee. This was Mnuchin's first appearance on Capitol Hill since being confirmed as Treasury Secretary in February.
During the hearing, a Treasury spokesman released a statement confirming the agency's response to the Ohio senator on March 31. That letter detailed ethics requirements all federal employees and administration officials are required to comply with, but it didn't include details of the president's business ties, according to a copy of the letter provided by the committee.
Related: Senate Russia investigators ask Treasury for Trump team financial information
Brown's requests to Treasury closely follows other bids from top Democratic senators to pin down the president's ties to Russia — and beyond.
Democratic senators Mark Warner and Ron Wyden have asked the agency to release records, which they believe could reveal a "level of financial ties" between Trump campaign officials and Russian entities. They've both pledged to place a "hold" on Sigal Mandelker, Trump's nominee to oversee terrorism and finance at Treasury, until the agency provides documents to the committee.
At the hearing, Warner acknowledged that he and other senators received a part of their request Wednesday. He asked Mnuchin for his "personal commitment" to get all the facts out to the public and be responsive to congressional requests.
The Treasury secretary gave Warner his "assurance" that he would be responsive to the Virginia senator.
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Five members of a family in India were sentenced to death on Friday for the torture and "brutal" murder of a young couple in a so-called "honour killing" two years ago.
The parents, uncle, aunt and brother of Asha, a 19-year-old girl killed along with her boyfriend Yogesh in 2010, were all condemned to hang by court of additional sessions judge Ramesh Kumar in Delhi.
Yogesh, a taxi driver, wanted to marry Asha, the daughter of a vegetable vendor, but the girl's family was against the alliance because the boy belonged to a lower caste.
India has seen an upsurge in such killings, which mainly involve young couples who marry outside their caste or against their relatives' wishes and are murdered to protect what is seen as the family's reputation and pride.
Autopsy reports revealed that the young couple had been tied with ropes, beaten with metal pipes and electrocuted, local media reports said.
"Medical examination had revealed that the two had died due to the thermoelectric shock from repeated electrocution," said the Indian Express newspaper.
Public prosecutor PK Verma told AFP: "All the five persons were handed the death penalty because it was proved beyond doubt that they tortured and killed the young boy and girl just because they were in love and wanted to marry.
"The murders were brutal and deliberate," Verma added.
The convicted family can appeal against the decision in a higher court.
Last year, India's Supreme Court said the death penalty should be given to those found guilty of "honour" killings, calling the crime a barbaric "slur" on the nation.
It only allows the death penalty in what it calls the "rarest of rare" category.
There are no official figures on honour killings, though an independent study in 2010 suggested that as many as 900 were being committed every year in the northern states of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
Many cases go unreported, with police and local politicians turning a blind eye to what some see as an acceptable form of traditional justice by families seeking to protect what they see as their honour. - Sapa-AFP


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The girlfriend experience. [Season 1].
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| Christine Reade is a second year student at Chicago-Burnham Law School and a new intern at the prestigious firm of Kirkland & Allen. Working hard to establish herself at the firm, her focus quickly shifts when a classmate introduces her to the world of transactional relationships. Known as GFEs, they are women who provide emotional and sexual relationships at a very high price. Juggling two very different lives, Christine quickly finds herself drawn into the GFE world, attracted to the rush of control and intimacy.
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IT security firm Tripwire announced yesterday that they are set to acquire rival firm nCircle for an undisclosed fee. The deal, following regulatory clearances, shareholder approval, etc, will be closed in 3-6 weeks from now and will see nCircle come under the Tripwire name.
As a single entity the two firms will have a combined workforce of over 500 employees and will enjoy a customer base of 7,000 dispersed amongst 96 different countries. Together the two companies generated some $140 million in revenue last year.
The new unit will undoubtedly enjoy a larger foothold in the security and vulnerability management markets and will offer competition to the likes of Symantec, McAfee, IBM and EMC.
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Looking ahead, Tripwire appear to be on the prowl for further growth opportunities with CEO Jim Johnson suggesting that nCircle may only be the first of several upcoming acquisitions .


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On Thursday 23rd June there was a referendum in Great Britain and overall the vote to Leave the EU was taken by 52% of voters.
This is a very small majority to decide such an important issue.
There has been no dancing in the streets , no parties . nobody shouting from the rooftops that GB plans to leave the EU.
The referendum was only advisory and does not of itself trigger Brexit , only Parliament can decide by voting in the House of Commons in the coming days.
People who woke up on Friday morning were genuinely shocked that the majority had voted to Leave the EU , even those who had voted leave were bemused at the folly of it all.
The people who voted Leave did so on false information given to them by the Leave Campaign
Labour MP David Lammy Tweeted
Now let's look at the voting as reported by the BBC
As you can see those under the age of 45 voted to REMAIN . The overall decision is against their wishes. These people are the future of Great Britain , they saw themselves staying in the EU .
They have no desire to leave.
The people of Scotland voted to remain by 62% to 38% . They want to remain in the EU . Wheels are being put in motion which could see Scotland vote for Independence for a second time. Having been let down by the politicians in Westminster they could indeed vote for Independence and then apply to join the EU .
We are now hearing that some of the 'facts' and promises made by the Leave campaign may be illusory .
As I write this post our Prime Minister has resigned and will step down in October and the aftershocks are being felt around the world.
Background to the vote and the aftermath was discussed by the 'Blabbing for Britain' last Friday .
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Cafe offers large stuffed characters to its lonely customersBy Mason White 1:00 PM April 29, 2014
|Stuffed cartoon character at the Moomin Cafe
By: Sanvi Rizvi
(Scroll down for video) A cafe is offering its lonely customers a chance to dine with one of its large stuffed cartoon characters.
The cafe called The Moomin Cafe, which has its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, has a selection of toys available to keep you company during lunch.
The oversized stuffed animals are the characters from the popular Moomin books. There are some drawbacks, of course.
They cannot speak, cannot give advice about relationships, cannot give you a hug when you need it, but at least they will not try to steal your food. Many customers sat with the Moomin characters, and then shared photos of the experience on social networks.
The cafe has recently opened a location in New York City as well.


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While the potential of analytics to bolster the bottom line for business has been buoyed by the publicity of the growing volume and variety of data flooding many corporate networks, just about any industry can benefit from analyzing data sources already in place.
That is the assertion of a new essay from Deloitte University Press that aims to shed light on the potential of data sources to bolster a firm's operations – aside from the hoopla around big data.
The essay acknowledges the potential of big data, but warns that myths and misconceptions surrounding the notion can lead to expensive errors.
"One major misconception is that big data is necessary for analytics to provide big value," the article notes. "Not only is this false, it obscures the fact that the economic value of analytics projects often has as much to do with the psychology of de-biasing decisions and the sociology of corporate culture change as with the volumes and varieties of data involved."
Instead of waiting to master the nuances of big data, the authors advise companies to pursue near-term applications of analytics that involved readily available data sources.
For example, Deloitte notes that it recently worked with University of Toronto researchers to examine the value of using predictive analytics in the college admissions process.
The data used contained millions of records in a structured format, not technically "big data" because it was not large enough or so varied in format that traditional data analysis techniques could not be used to exploit it.
The consulting firm worked with the university to build a model using high school transcript information to predict academic success at the university.
"Based on an analysis of the model's predictive accuracy, we estimate that the university can use the model to boost the number of high-achieving students admitted between five and ten percent," the essay notes. "The major point is that the university has the means to improve key admissions decisions using a transparent, interpretable model constructed from an uncontroversial data source using common sense, standard statistical methodology, and a dash of inspired creativity."
Because it can be costly to gather and analyze big data, Deloitte points out that the data volume, variety and velocity that characterizes big data is only one of many things to consider before starting an analysis project.
"The paramount issue is gathering the right data that carries the most useful information for the problem at hand," the article notes. "In the context of predicting or analyzing human behavior the relevant aspect is the behavioral content of emerging data sources. Anyone who has worked with large volumes of behavioral data knows that past behavior often does predict future behavior, and often in surprising ways."
For example, personal credit information is likely to predict who may default on a loan or who is most likely to have a car accident. Human resources is another example where behavioral data can be used in data analysis to help operations.
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Why Have a Blue Thumb?
Hundreds of years ago, the United States was covered in "native" plants — the grasses, foliage, and trees indigenous to our country — before modern settlement disturbed their natural habitat. Native plants differ from non-natives because of their complex relationship with other local organisms, acting as critical components in maintaining nature's delicate eco-balance. Many species are known to occur across relatively wide ranges of geography, climate and environmental conditions. It is commonly understood that sub-groups of these species became adapted to various local conditions within these wider ranges. These are called "local ecotypes". It is desirable to use the best adapted plants for a landscape project. Local ecotype native plants are clearly well adapted to local conditions. Therefore, Blue Thumb projects using native plants require local ecotype native plants. This means plant material propagated from original sources no farther than 200 miles (300 for trees and shrubs) from the project.
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Many kinds of garden plants result from a breeding program or a deliberate process to select for certain desirable characteristics such as flower color. These plants are called "cultivars". The word is derived from "cultivated" and "variety". They are usually given a unique name. Most turf grasses as well as annual and perennial bedding plants are cultivars. There are cultivars that have been selected and bred from species native to the U.S. too. Their genetic make-up is considered to be somewhat narrowed and altered from the original source material. Therefore, cultivars may only be used in those Blue Thumb projects that specifically allow them. Raingardens are an example of where cultivars could be allowed. Shoreline stabilization plantings and native plant gardens are an examples of where only local ecotype natives plants are to be used.
An intriguing aspect of landscaping and gardening is that you have to work with what you have. For the most part, soils and climate conditions are givens. This means that a yard in Minnesota is fundamentally different from one in Arizona, or even Iowa. It should look like it too! However, the cultural forces of uniformity that give us identical big box stores and fast food restaurants across the land also tend to create a bland sameness in the style of our landscapes. While mass producers and marketers lower costs and broadens availability, it also turns something special into a bland commodity. Lowest possible up-front cost and standardization is fine for cars and electronic toys. It is questionable for food, a big threat for native plants and a disaster for regionally distinct, environmentally beneficial landscapes. One size definitely does not fit all and lowest price is not always best. Time and money invested into a quality landscape that promotes clean water benefits everyone. It's a lot less expensive to keep pollution out of our lakes and rivers by planting for clean water than it is to clean our waters up later.
Better landscapes result from a balanced mix of turfgrass lawns and/or other traditionally manicured portions with areas that can use plants that require less maintenance. How the balance is made depends on what is appropriate for the overall situation. Also, what is appropriate for one part of a yard may be completely inappropriate in another part. Many factors should be considered in making planning decisions for any landscape project. Some of these are:
Raingardens are simply gardens with depressions that are designed to catch rainwater runoff in your yard, growing plants that tolerate getting partially flooded on occasion. They provide beautiful landscaping and wildlife habitat. And, by soaking up rain where it falls, they slow stormwater runoff, help prevent erosion, and remove pollutants in the process.
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Whenever Vampire Envoy becomes tapped, you gain 1 life.
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Delirium — Thraben Foulbloods gets +1/+1 and has menace as long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard. (A creature with menace can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
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With local Maggie Stevens' baby on the way--not to mention her wedding to Jameso Clark in the works--spring in Eureka promises to be a time of rebirth in more ways than one. To add to the excitement, and refill the town's depleted coffers, Lucille, the mayor, has wooed a movie producer to Eureka, throwing folks into a tizzy--and inspiring some to reach for the stars. As if that weren't enough, the bogus Lucky Lady mine the town partially sold turns out to really have gold in it--and possibly a ghost to boot. But with each silver lining, there seems to be a cloud. . . With Eureka's financial future at stake, Lucille will have to wrangle Lucky Lady's greedy half-owner to regain control. Meanwhile, just as Jameso is getting comfortable with the imminent role of husband and father, his wayward sister, Sharon, comes to Eureka to escape a troubled marriage. Can the residents of Eureka find the courage to stand up to ghosts of all kinds and get their beloved town back on its feet in time to welcome their newest addition--and celebrate the gifts of spring. . .?
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VolunTEEN Nation Ambassadors
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- 05 May 2013
- by Simone Bernstein
VolunTEENnation Ambassadors convene and organize youth in their community to promote service and to collectively engage youth to drive change. As a volunTEENnation Ambassador, you will bring creativity and energy to your community to maximize the power of youth to make a difference. We'll help you engage your friends and family, inspire those around you to take action, and guide and encourage you to meet with political, non-profit and business leaders in your community to discuss how they can help support youth to tackle and problem-solve challenges communities face.
Implement two major creative initiatives (e.g., volunteer fair, volunteer event, sports clinics, food drive, cause campaign), with guidance and support from volunTEENnation.org
Network and collaborate with nonprofit organizations in your community to help support local campaigns and issues in your community (join 5k walks/runs, promote blood drive, volunteer with your group at local food bank)
Share ideas and best practices with other volunTEENnation Ambassadors across the country
Write or blog two articles on the events on your service projects.
Opportunity to build and enhance skills in project planning, management, communications, and community organizing.
Be part of a community of volunteers
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Quick story.
When I was in social work, I worked with dual diagnosis moms and their kids. Often this meant, helping plan the kids' birthday parties. There were set-aside funds for this so I would collaborate with the mom for party planning. One time, one mom begged me, "Please Jamie, can you get real Coke for the party?" It was a 3 year old's party. My clients were often grossly undereducated about nutrition. I was about to launch into a nutritional dialogue about soda and toddlers when she went on, "When I was a kid we only ever got watered down kool-aid or the no-name brand soda." I paused. This mom had been in over-her-head poverty since SHE came into the world.
She wasn't asking me for soda.
She was asking me to help give the very best to her child, for the party.
I know another mom. Her house is a veritable Disney museum. With pride, she lets her child watch every Disney movie on repeat. All the time. She regularly buys Disney memorabilia and when I say her house is absolutely cluttered with this stuff, I'm not joking. My first thought was judgement...her giving into the blatant consumerism. Then I stepped back and thought...she's really trying to give her child what she thinks is a magical childhood. Do I think it's misguided? Yep. But can I deny that she loves her kid and wants the best for her? Nope.
We as parents need to get to a place of realizing EVERYONE, however misguided, wants the best for their kids. They love THEIR kid just as much as you love YOUR kid. I know that seems impossible but it's true.
(I have seen real evil perpetrated against children. I'm not talking about that, of course.)
And then of course, we have the other kind of mom.
The moms who humble-brag or who seem intent on making their parenting more special (and harder OR easier) than yours. The ones who make snide comments about your kids' screen time or eating. The ones who make snide comments about your potty training. You know who I'm talking about. They are everywhere. They seem to know it all and have clean houses and the patience of angels and the crafting skills of Martha Stewart. They have the wrong assumption that broadcasting their organic, veggie-eating, Pinterest crafting, beautiful-shiny-posts-about-what-good-parents-they-are, how-angelic-their-child-is...they have the wrong assumption this will guarantee a better human being in the end.
One of my best friends has a trick. Mostly for her mother-in-law, who aggravates the hell out of her. She blesses them. She blesses people who irritate her. Sometimes it's a bit of a joke but mostly, it's a real conscious; I'm going to turn this around in my head.
I suggest we start blessing the sanctimonious moms.
If you think about it...to have to broadcast so loudly and with such judgement indicates a huge amount of self-doubt.
So let's bless them. Instead of snarking back, even in our heads, let's bless them in our heads instead.
In our hearts.
Because every parent, everywhere, with little exception is really, truly trying to give their child the very best.


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"Law of the Jungle"
Remember the Jackson State Killings, Too
Pierre Tristam / Candide's Notebooks, May 10, 2007
In response to the piece on Kent State I received this emailed note: "please do not forget the two students killed at jackson state university around this [time]. they were also killed protesting the war and racism." How easy to forget, or not even know, that the Kent State killings weren't the only ones by police and National Guard that month. I had no idea. I doubt most people who remember Kent State remember Jackson State.
Beginning on May 12, 1970, a week after the Kent State killings, students at Jackson State College in Mississippi (it became Jackson State University in 1974) began to demonstrate for the same reason students in Ohio and elsewhere were demonstrating—against Nixon's invasion of Cambodia. Most of the students demonstrating at Jackson State were black. It was an affront to police, but also to residents, who took to riding by the demonstrators and launching racist insults. In return, students began launching stones at the passing cars. The night of May 14, students set a dumpster on fire. Firefighters responded, so did the Mississippi Highway Patrol — in riot gear, supposedly to protect the firefighters. The fire was put out. The troopers didn't leave. They roamed.
They came about a group of 100 students outside a women's dormitory, or 400, according to the patrol. It was midnight. The same excuse was heard: a "sniper" fired at the Highway Patrol from the dormitory. The patrol responded by letting loose with shotguns, firing 275 rounds into the dormitory. Of course, no evidence of a sniper was found. The dormitory's every window was blown out. Nine black students were wounded. Two were killed: Philip Gibbs, a junior in a prelaw program, married, father of one child, who was about to turn 11 months, wife expecting another, and James Earl Green a 17-year-old high school student who had just finished his shift at a grocery store and was just walking through campus. Green worked six hours a day for $12 a week to help his widowed mother, three younger brothers and a sister. Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana visited the scene days later with Walter Mondale, then a senator from Minnesota. "What we have seen," Bayh said, "is enough to make a grown man cry, that this can go on in the United States of America." And Mondale: "An assault on the dignity of this country was made here in an utterly disgraceful fashion."
On May 16, 1970, the New York Times ran an editorial entitled "Law of the Jungle," almost certainly written by the great John Oakes, the editorial page editor who would be fired within a few years for being too liberal: "The uncontrolled use of firearms by police and National Guardsmen has become a menace to internal security. The deaths at Kent State have now been followed by killings in Augusta's ghetto and at Jackson State College in Mississippi. Within hours of the Kent State tragedy, Kentucky Guard unites were ordered to the state university campus with loaded rifles, and in Ohio itself authorities continue to sanction the use of live ammunition for campus policing." (The Augusta killings involved clashes between police and black rioters. Six blacks were killed, all shot in the back.)
A federal commission would eventually call the patrol's action at Jackson State "clearly unwarranted." But those were just words. The commission also found that the officers did what they did because they thought they'd never be disciplined. And they never were. Not a single person was prosecuted. A $13.8 million civil suit by the victim's families was dismissed. To this day of course, the Jackson State killings continue to be virtually ignored (as I had ignored them), although there seems to be a continuing moral in there if one were to take that line—"The uncontrolled use of firearms by police and National Guardsmen has become a menace to internal security"—and apply it to Americans wielding arms in Iraq. Northing much has changed except the rioters' color and identity. Not even the ease with which American "authorities" from Nixon to the current crop of commanders call their opponents thugs or terrorists has changed. Those students back in 1970 weren't called any less. The bullets are only demonization's climactic crown jewels.


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2014's corporate bankruptcy count represents the fewest number of public* companies seeking U.S. Bankruptcy Court protection since at least 1980—and perhaps ever, according to business bankruptcy researcher BankruptcyData.com. Only 54 publicly traded companies filed for Chapter 7/Chapter 11 protection last year with a total of $71.9 billion in combined pre-petition assets**. While that figure is down from 2013's 71 bankruptcies, the asset count is a 69% increase over last year's $42.6 billion because of the $41 billion in pre-petition assets for the largest filing of 2014: Energy Future Holdings. NII Holdings ($9 billion) is the second largest Chapter 11 filing for the year, followed by Genco Shipping & Trading ($3 billion).
2014's activity was unusual in several ways: The year began with one of the slowest periods for public filings, up-ending historical corporate bankruptcy benchmarks and pundit expectations with zero activity from early December 2013 until early February 2014. 2006 was the second-closest in terms of that type of slowdown. The late 2013/early 2014 decline was followed shortly thereafter by one of the busiest periods for large Chapter 11's when eleven public companies, each with pre-petition assets in excess of $300 million, sought U.S. Bankruptcy Court protection in March and April 2014. The roller coaster continued with activity again slowing dramatically and only sporadic large filings occurring since May 2014. The chart below reflects the ten largest Chapter 11 proceedings in 2014.
Largest Public Bankruptcies of 2014:
|Bankruptcy Date
|Business Description
|Assets** ($mils)
|Energy Future Holdings Corp.
|Electric Utility Company
|NII Holdings, Inc.
|Wireless Comm. Provider
|Genco Shipping & Trading Limited
|Ocean Transport Vehicles
|Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
|Silicone & Materials Producer
USEC Inc.
|Energy Company
|Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.
|Ocean Transport Provider
|Endeavour International Corporation
|Oil & Gas Company
|First Mariner Bancorp
|Bank Holding Company
|James River Coal Company
|Coal Producer & Seller
|GT Advanced Technologies Inc.
|Electronics Equipment Provider
2014's average pre-petition asset figure rose to its highest total since 2009, once again largely as a result of Energy Future's tremendous size. 2014's average asset count was $1.3 billion, compared to last year's $600 million. In addition to being the largest bankruptcy of 2014, Energy Future is also the fourth largest (excluding purely financial companies) of all time. The three largest historic Chapter 11's (again, excluding purely financial companies) are WorldCom in 2002, General Motors in 2009 and Enron in 2001, respectively.
Largest All Time Public Bankruptcies (Excluding Financial Companies):
|Bankruptcy Date
|Business Description
|Assets** ($mils)
|WorldCom, Inc.
|Telecommunications Provider
|General Motors Corporation
|Auto Manufacturer & Seller
|Enron Corp.
|Energy & Natural Gas Trading
|Energy Future Holdings Corp.
|Electric Utility Company
|Chrysler LLC
|Auto Manufacturer & Seller
|Pacific Gas and Electric Company
|Electric Utility Company
|Texaco, Inc.
|Petroleum & Petrochemical Company
|Global Crossing, Ltd.
|Telecommunications Provider
|General Growth Properties, Inc.
|Real Estate Investment Company
|Lyondell Chemical Company
|Chemical Manufacturer
The decline in the number of public company filings is also consistent with recent activity seen in the business bankruptcy sector, in general. BankruptcyData.com reports that all categories of business bankruptcies (both public and private companies) have dropped steadily since 2007, and this past year proved to be no exception: 2014 saw a 19% reduction in filings since 2013—with a dramatic 44% drop since 2012.
Once again examining public company statistics, 2014's activity continued a trend seen over the past few years with filings heralding from a wide range of industries. This represents a marked departure from the bankruptcy cycles of (1) 2000-03 and (2) 2008-09, which were clearly dominated by certain sectors (telecom/technology and financial services, respectively). As was the case in both 2013 and 2012, health care & medical industry bankruptcies once again led this year's filing count with eight of the year's bankruptcies (roughly 15% of total filings) coming from this sector, followed closely by six filings each from both the oil & gas and retail industries.
While BankruptcyData.com's research indicates that activity has continued to slow over the past several years, many analysts wonder if this trend will continue in 2015. George Putnam, III, Publisher of The Turnaround Letter and Founder of New Generation Research, anticipates an uptick—particularly from the energy sector. Putnam explains, "Looking ahead, we expect bankruptcy activity to begin to pick up again. The downturn in oil prices is likely to cause some bankruptcy filings among the more leveraged exploration and production companies, drillers and oilfield service companies. Just how many will fail will depend on how long the price of oil stays at its current low level."
Putnam continues, "In addition, there are likely to be more restructurings outside of the oil patch. A variety of companies with heavy debt loads face significant debt maturities in 2015 and early 2016. If volatility continues in the credit markets, these companies may not be able to refinance the debt when it comes due, and they will be forced to file for bankruptcy."
* BankruptcyData.com defines publicly traded as those companies with common stock and/or bonds that are publicly traded on U.S. markets.
** Total asset figures are pre-petition and taken from each debtor's most recent Annual Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
BankruptcyData.com collects its information from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and SEC. Although sources are believed to be reliable, accuracy cannot be guaranteed. New Generation Research thoroughly analyzed and audited all bankruptcy figures and statistics; however, certain details may require adjustment pending untimely SEC reporting and/or delayed U.S. Bankruptcy Court docketing.


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Freedom Cry: Confessions of a Work-at-Home DadHome Office Parenting
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The fifteenth of the month was days away, and I was near tears. As a home-based journalist and author, I've learned to bemoan monthly estimated tax payments. No sooner would a check come in from a client, than I would be stashing cash to pay the taxman. Twelve times a year – and sometimes 13, if it's been a good year, and my C.P.A.'s run dry on creative accounting – I wonder aloud if it's all worth it. "Self-employment" taxes, no benefits, no camaraderie from my fellow drones in the corporate hive. Read More »


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Barrister Hall Stable's Midnight Cry, with jockey Edgar Prado showing the way, caught Chimichurri in the stetch and drew off to win Friday's $100,000 Forward Gal Stakes (gr. III) in a mild surprise at Gulfstream Park Friday.Second in December's Great State Challenge Juvenile Fillies, the 3-year-old daughter of Strike Smart scored a 2 3/4-length triumph over Final Round, who stumbled badly at the start but recovered to finish well in the seven-furlong event under jockey Pat Day. Chimichurri held on to third, a half-length ahead of 5-2 second choice House Party. The slight 5-2 favorite, Fast Cookie, tired after vying with Chimichurri for the early lead. Final time was 1:22.55.Trained by Ken McPeek, Midnight Cry, breaking from the inside in the field of eight, settled nicely behind the leaders at the rail, angled out midway through the turn for home and caught Chimichurri in early stretch. She drew clear under steady pressure from Prado.With John Velazquez riding, Chimichurri, the 7-2 third choice, broke sharply to get the early lead on the inside of Fast Cookie through a first quarter-mile in :22.08. Fast Cookie and Jerry Bailey took the lead on the backstretch after completing the opening half-mile in :44.42, but was soon headed once more by Chimichurri, who could not hold off the winner in the stretch. House Party, with jockey Jose Santos, was well back early and never made a serious run at the leaders. A chestnut filly out of the Sovereign Dancer mare Mythical Dancer, Midnight Cry was bred in Kentucky by Runnymede Farm Inc. & Peter J. Callahan. Sent off at 9-2, the winner paid $11.20, $6.40 and $3.80. Final Round returned $6 and $3.80. Chimichurri's show price was $3. The $2 exacta was $83.40.


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Fulmer announces Tennessee's Class of 2007
Fifteen months ago Phil Fulmer trudged out of Neyland Stadium, his Tennessee program reeling, his team humiliated.
Vanderbilt – the Volunteers' longtime in-state patsy – was dancing around Knoxville after a 28-24 victory that sent UT toward its final 5-6 record, the worst in Fulmer's then-14 seasons.
Fans were giving it to Fulmer from the mountains to Memphis, the memories of the 1998 national championship fading like the foliage in the Smokies. Suddenly a program that for more than a decade seemed unstoppable was in trouble, and Fulmer himself was sitting on a hot seat. And a 2006 recruiting class that finished in the second half of the SEC didn't help ease fears.
"The wheels came off," Fulmer admitted.
He said that from his office earlier in the week, before the fax machine started humming Wednesday with national letters of intent from more than 30 top prospects, including five five-star recruits according to rivals.com.
That's good enough for the Vols to wind up with the No. 2-ranked recruiting class nationally, according to most analysts. Only white-hot Florida, riding the wave of its national championship, is consistently considered better.
When you couple that with UT's nine-win, bounce-back season, it's pretty clear the Vols are a long way from that sorry afternoon against Vanderbilt.
"We put the wheels back on in a big way," Fulmer said. "I think everybody is recognizing that. We had an exciting year. We're fighting right back where we were."
You never know with these recruiting rankings, with game footage and media accounts of high school stars overmatching opponents. Some pan out, some don't. But ask just about any coach in the country, and he'd rather be sitting where Fulmer is than the alternative.
The story here is how the Volunteers rebounded. Fulmer made immediate changes on his staff and refocused on finding great talent. The one-time UT offensive lineman didn't just dig in against criticism. He used it as motivation to be better.
But that's easier said than done. Fulmer, 56, had hit a stage of his career, a point in life, where so many great coaches begin to slide, where even strong programs fall apart.
Being a college football coach is a brutally exhausting and competitive job. It's the reason so few make it past 15 seasons at one place – Fulmer is the dean of SEC coaches – let alone find a way to ramp up things.
When you've been around the block a number of times, there aren't a lot of new tricks, not a lot of new friends to make, just a lot of fresh, energetic new coaches to compete against.
And once momentum swings against you, as it had with Fulmer, few recover.
"We're very excited about this class," Fulmer said. "We filled some needs we needed to fill immediately, some guys who are rated very highly and outstanding on tape. And I think we also have a good core group of guys we can work with and develop."
The stars will get the headlines here, and Tennessee signed a bunch of them Wednesday. There is defensive back Eric Berry out of Georgia, linebacker Chris Donald out of Tennessee and defensive end Ben Martin from Cincinnati, all rivals.com top-20 national recruits.
Then there is junior college stars Kenny O'Neal, a wideout from California, and Brent Vinson, an athlete out of a prep school in Virginia.
Basically, Tennessee aggressively went all over the country and dragged kids back to Rocky Top.
"We always start with it is a great university to sell," Fulmer said. "It is still the winningest program over the last 75 years in the country. People don't realize that. [And it's] certainly one of the winningest teams in the Southeastern Conference during my time here. We have exciting style of play on both sides of the ball.
"There are some dynamic young people in this class that bring speed and athletic ability, and a couple of defensive linemen that look like they have a chance to be very good players."
Fulmer will spend Thursday barnstorming the state, hyping up the recruiting class. He has booster functions set in Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis, a few hundred people at each stop.
"It's a big circus," he said.
He'll be staring out at plenty of people who began to doubt him in fall of 2005, plenty of people who understandably wondered about the direction of the program, who wondered whether Phil Fulmer should remain the head coach in Knoxville for much longer.
There won't be much to wonder about now.


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A short summary of Soccrates
Soccrates is a mobile app already designed in accordance to the opinion of 10 surveyed coaches as they thought it would be the most feasible app to aid them in youth training. I will code an app that will bridge the gap between coaches and youth players.
Soccrates is a hybrid app (iOS and Android) that bridges the connection between player and coach by acting as a virtual report card that enables coaches to analyze player's videos; assign drills and individual challenges; create player specific programs; and provide video/audio feedback on each players' progress. Coaches that have difficulty addressing each player individually will be able to address challenges and "homework" to their players. In exchange, players that seek more individual feedback and help will benefit from the app features with videos, lessons, weekly assignments that when completed can award them with personal congratulatory messages, videos from superstars, and trophies.
Who is COPA SPORTS?
I am a high honors graduate/MBA student and soccer alumni at the University of Bridgeport, CT. I grew up in a soccer family in Belo Horizonte, Brazil – and my brother (Rafael Moura) is a star striker for the Serie A Brazilian Club Atletico Mineiro. I played for the University of Bridgeport in the years of 2013 to 2016 earning three Conference Championships, Two Regional Championships, and reaching the Final 4. Individually I earned three All-Conference team awards and twice the Academic All-Region by CoCISA. Because of my background in sports and the fact that my brother is a professional athlete I got to meet very famous players that will help me in promoting my app. Some of the players I know are: Deco, Fred, Thiago Neves, Nilmar, Gilberto Silva, and Dida. I also established a successful academic career at UB by graduating with the highest GPA of the Business Administration degree. Currently, I am a Project Developer at COPA Sports and act as a consultant with the president to create the best canvas platform for youth sports coaching.
My story
Soccrates was designed after I observed my role model player Cassandra. She is 11 years old and has played soccer since she was 5. Cassandra comes home everyday after practice complaining she did not have much time with her coach as she wished, and that the collective practice did not allow her to work on individual skills. Also, when Cassandra received a suggestion from her coach to work on a specific skill or watch a YouTube video she would forget the name before she arrived home. Then I came up with the idea of creating this app that will be her on-demand coach for extra sessions. With the app Cassandra will receive from her coach weekly assignments or challenges based on her skills set evaluation criteria. Every time she performs it she will record it and send to her coach, who in return will provide feedback, or even a reward. In this way she keeps motivated because she knows her practice hours will be complemented with an app that aids her individually. And her coach will also be satisfied in addressing assignments that will benefit Cassandra's and the overall team's performance.
Where will the money go?
- The initial $50,000 will cover the initial development and marketing expenses. The idea is to fund the prototyped and coding of the designed app and create awareness on social media and word-of-month.
- With $50,000 I will be able to fully code it and increase awareness, participation, and spread the world.
- My goal is to run the beta phase by September 2017, meaning the prototype will be ready before that.
- The initial fund money will assure I can fund the database, the storage, and my back-end development of the app.
- Social Media will focus in targeting professional athletes (which I am very good friends with) and their promotion online.
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- A wise quote from our favorite philosopher: " Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for" - Socrates
- You don't need to give money to help us succeed! Please share this project with anyone you think would support us – on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, by email, telephone, in a chat over the fence or on your blog.
- In fact, share it with everyone you know as we think it's a great idea, and the more people who know about it, the more likely we are to make this work out brilliantly.
- And we know we said you don't need to give money to help us, but we'd love it if you did! Please sponsor us and help make this happen! Sports are essential for our youth generation!


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Since the city mailed out bills this past week for new trash collection fees being charged to homeowners, municipal phone lines and offices have been flooded with complaints from irate residents.
Since the city mailed out bills this past week for new trash collection fees being charged to homeowners, municipal phone lines and offices have been flooded with complaints from irate residents.
The City Council adopted the fee last year to close a $1.3 million fiscal 2012 budget gap. Due to an apparent oversight, the Council didn't pass an ordinance to enforce the new fee until this past February.
Many residents who haven't been following municipal news have said they were blindsided and criticized the city for not sending out notices before mailing the bills.
The fee for a single-family dwelling is $73; for a two-family $146; a three-family $219 and a four-family $292. Payment is due May 31.
Childs stumps in Taunton
Republican Congressional candidate Elizabeth Childs made the rounds in Taunton this past Tuesday, touring various sites, including Myles Standish Industrial Park and Liberty and Union Industrial Park, the latter of which is the proposed site of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe's proposed casino development.
Childs, a former state commissioner of mental health, also discussed the current proposal to close Taunton State Hospital, calling it an example of fiscal irresponsibility hurting people.
"It's an example of people who need the help the most being disregarded... It's not how you do public policy," she said.
She is running for the seat in the 4th Congressional District.
That seat is currently held by U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, but the veteran Democratic legislator announced last year that he's retiring from Congress at the end of the current term.
Sean Bielat and David Steinhof are also seeking the Republican nomination.
Democratic candidates include Joseph Kennedy III, Herb Robinson and Jules Levine of Brookline.
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God Bless My Friends by Hannah C. Hall is a sweet little book about friendship. The book teaches young children to appreciate friendships even if their friends are not exactly like them. Children learn that friends help each other out. They sometimes depend on each other to get things done.
God Bless My Friends is illustrated with pictures of different animals and insects. A little bee and a little lady bug appears on each page. It's fun for kids to find them.
The illustrations are colorful and appealing but not too bright. The colors are softer and easy on the eyes.
I love that this little book teaches children to thank God for their friends. I especially like the last page.
God shows His kindness to us all
Through friendships that He sends.
Big or small, short or tall –
God bless my greatest friends!
The pages of God Bless My Friends are thicker than typical pages. I consider it a board-book although the pages are not as thick as the other board-books in my preschool book collection. The book is durable. It should last a while in a toddler/preschool/childhood environment where books get lots of love.
God Bless My Friends is a 2016 "God Bless Book," published by Tommy Nelson Publishing. It is illustrated by Steve Whitlow.
- My toddlers and preschoolers enjoyed the book. I'm sure your kids will love it too!


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