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In another piece today, I noted that the "Inside Wall Street" column in BusinessWeek had recently tipped readers to consider perennial money-burner Altair Nanotechnologies (Nasdaq: ALTI).
I noted that Gene Marcial had noted "buy" recommendations from a couple of analysts. One of the analysts in question was Mark Harding, of one "Maxim Group." What Marcial's column did not note was that Maxim Group has done investment banking for Altair -- serving as a placement agent for a February 2005 offering and receiving a quarter of a million warrants for its trouble. (Filing here.)
Better yet -- and by better, I mean worse -- "Maxim Partners" is fixing to unload those same 250,000 shares, according to this January 2007 registration filing. By the way, there's no doubt that Maxim Group and Maxim Partners are basically the same entity. Although the Altair registration statement glosses over the relationship as one of an "affiliate," this SEC filing has the whole truth: Maxim Partners owns 94% of Maxim Group.
Why is this a problem? Well, the cynics out there might contend that it's a teensy bit self serving for one arm of a firm to put a "buy" on a stock when another arm is preparing to unload its holdings.
It's also a problem because Marcial's disclosure reads: "Unless otherwise noted, neither the sources cited in Inside Wall Street nor their firms hold positions in the stocks under discussion. Similarly, they have no investment banking or other financial relationships with them."
Oops. Wrong on several counts, it seems.
I'm sure Gene will want to correct the record here. He might even want to hit the SEC website once in a while and try a keyword search to verify the stories he's parroting. Yeah, reading filings isn't as easy or as fun as chit-chatting with analysts, but it's a lot better for readers to know the whole truth.
At the time of publication, Seth Jayson had no positions in any company mentioned here. View his stock holdings and Fool profile here. Fool rules are here.
Try harder man, how about your short positions?
Are you accusing me of lying in my disclosure, where it clearly states I have no position? If so, please be brave enough to make the claim, and back it up with evidence.
#1) On March 09, 2007 at 3:50 PM, cheekitlim wrote: Try harder man, how about your short positions?
I double that…
I don't read Motley fool's articles at all, but every single bad comment on ALTI comes from these guys down here and all the articles I have read by them about ALTI are nothing but nonsense…even if this dude doesn't hold any short positions on this stock the motley fools members as a whole probably hold a short position on this thing man.
Overall this is a great stock people; I don't own it at this point in time, waiting for it to hit that $4 mark again to jump in. This stock has great innovations taking place and the battery is big here. This stock is worth $7-8 as of this day…Get ready for it to fly…
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This book… WOW, it is my favorite of the series so far!
Jacob meets Pria at the bookstore where him and M.J. are getting their books so they can do their year of college and graduate. He's drawn to Pria but makes some horrible pick up lines and thinks he'll never see her again. M.J. is there to help laugh at him with all the things he does, but it doesn't make J.C. feel any better. Finally J.C. is able to get Pria to agree to spending some time with him and those days they were together were absolutely amazing, but soon a ton of unfortunate events keep these two apart and break them.
The time between when J.C. and Pria first met to where they are seeing each other again is ten years… and so much has happened in those ten years. Pria has become the person she swore she never wanted to be (her mother), and J.C. is jaded, and hateful and doesn't really care about much anymore. He's no longer that happy go lucky guy Pria met in college and thought she loved.
Seeing these two together and then separated and seeing everything both of them went through in the past years was beautiful and had me rooting for both of them. When they are reunited, things don't go as well as you would hope, but there is a little sliver of hope that they can make it work. Both of these characters have to learn to let go of the past, and learn to move forward and continue to live. I think this was something that Pria understood, but not so much J.C.. Everyone tries to get J.C. to see what he's doing to himself and to others, but it takes Pria pushing and prodding to finally get him to understand his life is so much more than what he's been doing with it lately.
I loved Jacob, hated him, tolerated him, hated him, and loved him again. I think I felt the same about his character that Pria felt for him as well. My heart broke for him, and for Pria and everything that they have been through during this book.
The chemistry between J.C. and Pria isn't that off the charts hot, but they have something stronger, friendship and a solid bond. When they were young and in college they shared everything with each other, and when they reunite, neither one of them wants to admit it, but that bond is still there, and they are so comfortable around each other. It's like they truly are soulmates.
I enjoyed getting to see more Gabe, Chris, A.J., Mason, and M.J. in this book and catching up on how things are going with them. To say that I love the Colhurst-Decker family is an understatement. The way this family took in Pria and her sister was beautiful. They truly became a part of the family and even though sometimes that family does some stupid things, their hearts are in the right place.
Uncharted is my favorite book in this series so far, there is just so much in this book that I couldn't help but relate and fall in love with these characters. The way Claudia Burgoa wrote this story is beautiful and I was unable to put it down once I picked it up. J.C. and Pria's story is beautiful, tragic, and full of unfortunate events.


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Statelessness is a reality for more than 12-million people around the world, according to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. In absence of a system to identify and protect the stateless in South Africa, it will be challenging to obtain reliable figures on this population.
LHR, in partnership with ACMS, details the latest trends on policy shifts and detention in South Africa. These recent changes amount to a significant reduction of asylum-seeker and refugee protection, culminating in increased danger of re-arrest, in contravention of domestic and international law.
This report summarises the work of LHR's Immigration Detention Monitoring Unit from February 2011 to March 2012. Despite the legal protections afforded to asylum-seekers, refugees and other migrants in South Africa, the detention and deportation of foreign nationals continues to be regularly carried out in an unlawful manner.
Persistent bias and incapacity in South African refugee status determination.
Represented by 20-member delegation headed by H.E Mr. Andries NEL, Deputy Minister of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development of South Africa.
LHR has made submissions to the Department of Home Affairs on the draft regulations to both the Births and Deaths Registration Act No 51 of 1992 and the South African Citizenship Act No 88 of 1995.
The report Captured Childhood is based on interviews with 70 children in 11 countries and draws on international law to ask for an end to child detention. A model to prevent child detention is described and builds on good practices identified in research done by the International Detention Coalition. Detention, even for a very short time, can cause long-lasting damage and is unnecessary in the case of children and families.
The effective governance of South Africa's scarce water resources plays a crucial role in the realisation of the Constitutional right to a healthy environment and to have access to sufficient water. There is severe stress on water resources and their management.
NGOs note with appreciation that ten African States have pledged to ratify and/or incorporate into national law the Kampala Convention on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa. NGOs are also heartened that thirteen African States have taken the opportunity of the 50th anniversary of the 1961 Statelessness Convention to consider accession to this important instrument. We encourage these States to follow through with their pledges and others to follow suit.


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Bohs' winding-up moves a step closer
THE messy dispute between Bohemians and two unhappy players who are pursuing a winding-up order has intensified with the respective parties engaged in a war of words last night.
Stuart Gilhooly, the solicitor acting on behalf of two individuals who are owed almost two months' wages, will today look to process the paperwork required to lodge a petition for a winding-up order in the High Court.
He said he was instructed to do so following failed attempts by Bohemians to sort out their differences with the aggrieved players.
"It is our belief that Bohemians do have funds at the moment, but have chosen not to pay the players," said Gilhooly.
"During the day, they indicated that they might be in a position to pay the players some monies owed, but they made the offer on the basis of conditions that were unacceptable to the players.
"Therefore, they have instructed me to issue proceedings to wind up the company at the earliest possible juncture."
However, Bohemians have denied making any offer and have said they will be referring Gilhooly's comments to their own solicitor, Warren Parkes, who is a former Bohs striker. The two players seeking the winding-up order are part of a group of 10 who haven't been paid since November.
There has been disagreement within that number about the correct course of action to take, with some opposing the militant approach. Bohs' relationship with players' union, the PFAI, has deteriorated in recent days.
The Dalymount Park club have been unable to agree severance packages with the contracted players they need to remove from the wage bill before they can plot a path forward.
Gilhooly believes that Bohs now have some funds available and reports last night speculated that the FAI had boosted the club's coffers by paying up prize money they owed.
An Abbotstown spokesman said they were in "no position" to comment.
Meanwhile, media in Australia are reporting that Bohs defender Brian Shelley has agreed to join Ballarat Red Devils in February. It is claimed that Shelley will take up a dual role as player and promotion/development manager with the Victoria-based club.
Confusion surrounds the Dubliner's situation as he has written to Bohs saying he wishes to take up the option of another year on his contract. He is also due in Norway this week with out-of-work Irish professionals looking to impress scouts in Scandinavia.
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On March 30th, The Quebec Government's Ministry of Immigration announced that it will begin accepting new immigrant investor applications on May 29, 2017. Quebec Immigrant Investor Program (QIIP) is the only Canadian immigration program that enables approved applicants, and their family members, to become permanent residents, and then Canadian citizens, by making a guaranteed secure, and passive, investment.
The Québec Immigrant Investor Program is unique within Canada. It offers permanent residency to successful applicants who intend to settle in Canada, and who make a single payment or a partly financed investment of CAN$800,000, and leave the investment in place for 5 years. The investment will be guaranteed by the Gouvernement du Québec. Applicants must satisfy additional requirements. At the end of 5 years the applicant's single investment will be returned without accrued interest.
The original investment may be partially financed through an approved intermediary but, if it is, there will be no reimbursement.
After 4 years, permanent residents may apply for Canadian citizenship, subject to certain requirements.
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'Fantastic Four' Unseats 'Smith'16 Dec, 2005 By: Thomas K. Arnold
Three newly released theatricals — 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment's Fantastic Four, Warner Home Video's The Dukes of Hazzard and Universal Studios Home Entertainment's Cinderella Man — snagged the top three slots on the preliminary national DVD sales chart for the week ended Dec. 11.
But none of the three was strong enough in rental circles to unseat 20th Century Fox's Mr. & Mrs. Smith from the top berth on Home Media Retailing's rental chart for the same week.
Fantastic Four easily took the top spot on Nielsen VideoScan's First Alert chart after a $154.7 million theatrical run — and stellar first-day sales that industry insiders peg at 2.4 million units.
The Dukes of Hazzard finished a distant second, while Cinderella Man, riding high on Oscar buzz, came in third.
Earlier fourth-quarter DVD releases continue to rack up steady sales. DreamWorks Home Entertainment's Madagascar is at No. 6 after four weeks, while Warner's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, also released in mid-November, remains at No. 12.
The best staying power was shown by 20th Century Fox's Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith, which still is in the top 10 (No. 9) seven weeks after it was released. Industry sources say the sixth and final "Star Wars" film has sold nearly 9 million units on DVD.
On Home Media Retailing's rental chart, Mr. & Mrs. Smith generated an additional $9.9 million to bring its two-week take to more than $23 million.
Despite lower box office earnings, Cinderella Man narrowly beat out The Dukes of Hazzard for the No. 3 position on the rental chart, just behind Fantastic Four.


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By Chris Cote
When I was in college, the president of the university was gracious enough to meet with me in his office. There was an agenda, but when we finished with that he asked me to stick around and talk. How was I doing? What was going on in my life? He was and is an extremely busy man, but was genuinely interested in my life (and I was no special case, he showed this compassion for each student he came across). I wasn't expecting this and I seized up, just for a second. I was nervous to come up with something interesting (he's very nice, but I'm sure he didn't want to hear about the final exams my head was buried in).
The day before, I had watched two university faculty members debate whether an undergraduate's time should be spent engrossed in theory or filled with activism and service. This was a conversation I had heard many times before, but had not come to any firm conclusion. Neither did the professors. I took the opportunity and presented my dilemma to the president. He just smiled.
"Chris, there's no need to choose between the two. You've created a false dichotomy. A student's time need not be spent solely in the library or just organizing rallies or doing service abroad." The point was to balance the two, and by presenting the question as a debate, it allowed students to find the missing middle—that theory and action go hand in hand, a key focus of the university, especially its international relations program.
What the president had done for me was take a step back and find the third side; avoiding the limits of dichotomy, he added a new possibility. Along with the great patience and kindness he showed me, I think over and treasure this lesson often. It was perhaps a very easy step for him to take, but he taught me to constantly search within a larger context to solve a seemingly intractable dilemma or conflict—whether it be a spat with a friend or a much larger issue.
William Ury, who with Roger Fisher wrote the book on negotiation, discusses the role of the third side in the face of fragmented societies bound with fear from terrorism (one could also insert economic instability, environmental degradation, war, or political gridlock) in an October TED Talk. In the search for peace, he says, we are the third side: we, the community surrounding a conflict, can change the context of the dilemma. If our reaction to the threat of fear is to remain complacent, fear will fester and spread through our relationships. If we break free from indifference and take action, the wound can rapidly heal.
Around the 10 minute mark in the video, Ury begins to riff on the story of Abraham. "Abraham represents unity and interconnectedness," he notes. Abraham's path, from womb to tomb, passes through the most volatile region in the world, crossing Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Syria, and Turkey. Ury advertises the path, which is now open for the cultural tourism, and discusses Abraham's story as one of hospitality. We must move from "hostility to hospitality," and change the framework we think of terrorism in. We think of terrorism and our desire for personal security makes us freeze. We shrink back into our shell and qualities such as trust, hospitality, and tolerance are thrown to the wayside. Ury's reminder that we, each one of us, is the third side—that the way out of our insecurity is through ourselves—is a call to action. He suggests beginning a conversation with a new person, maybe someone of a different culture, and hearing their story.
What if the conversation expanded to someone of a different religion? Or someone who believes in no religion? Someone from a different profession (a businessman, a scientist, a violinist)? Someone from the opposing political party? What if you all met together? Such a plethora of diverse perspectives would surely warm us out of our hypothermic indifference and encourage us to find a third way, taking power away from those in whose interest it is for us to remain out of the debate.
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The share of the Working Class or what Marx dubbed "the proletariat" surged to more than sixty percent of the US workforce in the 1880s and it didn't fall below 50 percent until the years immediately following World War II, when it began to decline steadily, falling to forty percent in 1970, thirty percent by 1990, and roughly twenty percent today. These blue-collar Working Class jobs include all blue-collar physical work, including construction, transportation and maintenance. Workers who directly produce things in factories account for just six percent of the workforce and are expected to decline even further over the next decade to around five percent
This article draws from material in chapter three of The Rise of the Creative Class Revisited released by Basic Books on June 26th. Richard Florida is a professor at the University of Toronto and NYU and senior editor of The Atlantic.
The creative class makes up about a third of the U.S. workforce. Its 41 million members — who include knowledge workers in science, technology, innovation and engineering; business, healthcare and legal professionals; and arts, music, design, media and entertainment — earned more than $70,000 per year on average in 2010, accounting for roughly half of all U.S. wages. Creative class workers earned more than double the $30,000 average that America's nearly 60 million routine service workers did, and twice the $34,000 that the 26 million members of the blue-collar working class earned on average.
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The Cities Where Creative Class Workers Are More Segregated From Everyone Else
Richard Florida April30, 2014
US$2.2 trillion worldwide in 2000 and growing at an annual rate of 5 per cent. The notion is and remains a very broad one as it embraces not only cultural goods and services, but also toys and games and the entire domain of "research and development" (R&D). Therefore, while recognizing cultural activities and processes as the core of a powerful new economy,
Three years later, evidence shows that the creative economy is an ever-stronger driver of development. Figures published by UNCTAD in May 2013 show that world trade of creative goods and services totaled a record US$ 624 billion in 2011 and that it more than doubled from 2002 to 2011; the average annual growth rate during that period was 8.8 per cent. Growth in developing-country exports of creative goods was even stronger, averaging 12.1 per cent annually over the same period. …
From The UNESCO Special Creative Economy report 2013
Is beginning to study the importance of its own creative economy and to look at ways to strengthen it for the future.
According to a 2015 study by The Regional Alliance for a Creative Economy in Upstate New York, the Capital Region has the second highest concentration of creative jobs among metropolitan regions of similar size


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Hello Friends! I've recently been given the opportunity to go to THAILAND this July as a part of the Whole Foods Market Volunteer Program! It's a hell of an adventure. I'm going to play with elephants, build roofs, eat way too much and have the adventure of a life time!
I need somewhere around $2,000 for the airfare and I do not have a lot of time to save it up, so I decided to sell some t-shirts to help raise the money for the trip. I wanted to do something fun and special, and so we decided to do a KICKSTARTER for the T-shirt Pre-order. I decided it was high time to finally get off my butt and make the Mostly Harmless Pint Glasses I've talked so much about all these years.
The Kickstarter went well, and raised $1033 towards my Thailand trip! I'm still short about $400 to make the trip happen, so we've added a pre-order option to our online store! The online store is set up for Colorado Residents only, but if you'd like to pre-order these shirts and live out of state, please add the shipping and handling! Find the store at: http://mostlyharmlesspodcast.bigcartel.com
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One of my crewmates actually responded to my emails a while ago, so I started asking him questions. I asked him if I could blog his answers and he said that it was fine, as long as I didn't include any names. I'm linking things, so that if you wanted to read about them you can. (You might also be able to find the names that he asked I take out. :D)
This happened a while ago, so if something seems wrong date wise (when I said I was writing about solo and then the last day of hiking) that's why.
Brett: Do you still think about Outward Bound? Or have you done your best to forget it?
Crewmate: I talk about it, but I haven't forgotten it. But I have moved on, and remember the things I learned.
Brett: Right now on my blog I'm writing about our solo. What did you think about solo? Did you like it?
Crewmate: Yeah, Solo was easy for me.
Brett: What did you do during solo? I mostly sat and wrote in my journal.
Crewmate: Once I set up my tarp, I ate, wrote a little in my journal, and then I went to sleep.
Brett: Cool! What's your best memory of the course?
Crewmate: Topping Table Rock.
Brett: I know… the moment of triumph when we FINALLY reached the top after that horrible day. Remember how we had to evacuate the mountain because of that thunderstorm? And then we had to all squish into that one platform?
What was your favorite meal of the trip?
Crewmate: My burger at the Banquet.
Brett: Oh, yeah! Those were amazing! Remember the cookies we had with them?
What was your least favorite food?
Crewmate: grape nuts.
Brett: Those things were nasty! What did you think about the cheesy grits?
Crewmate: Good. I eat them frequently, so that wasn't anything new.
Brett: I'd never had them before. I didn't particularly like them, but I didn't hate them like some of the others did. 🙂
What was your least favorite part about the course?
Crewmate: The girls complaining about everything. At first it was funny, because ____, ______, and I made jokes about it, but then we were told to stop. But the girls didn't, and it all went downhill from there as you recall. At the end even I was starting to get agitated.
Brett: I didn't know that you guys were told to stop! I just remember when you did. I hated the complaining too – especially when ______ was complaining during our hikes. She was like "let's go, c'mon we don't need to stop" and I was physically unable to keep going. It was horrible. What was it like in the van when _____ and _____ talked to the girls during resupply? I wasn't there for that – I was talking to Josh. But I got in the van and everyone was upset.
Crewmate: It was loud. And by loud, I mean ______. Mainly her – everyone else was calm. ______ explained to the girls how we (the guys) felt about all the complaining that they (the girls) did. That set ______ off, and then they got into for a bit. Then _____ stopped all together. He ignored her for the remainder of the day. Then _____ and I took over, and we all agreed that they needed to stop, or reduce the amount of complaining they did. It was better after that if I remember correctly. ______ still didn't talk until we got out of the van.
Brett: Wow. I can see why _____ was so upset. I was pretty bewildered – I had no idea what the heck had happened. LOL (This is what I wrote about it for my grandparents). I just remember how uncomfortable it was in the car, and how _____ and ______ were pissed about it for quite some time.
What do you think was the hardest part of the trip for you physically? And for the whole crew too, not just you?
Crewmate: Personally, the hardest day was the first day of hiking. Getting acclimated is not easy. But it only got easier for me; even the steep hill we climbed on day 10 was not bad. Athleticism has its benefits. I think that keeping a solid pace was the hardest thing for the crew. We stopped too many times, and that got even me agitated. I talked to my brother, who also went on an OB trip, and he said that they typically got in around 6-8PM, and one day they turned in at 10AM. Comparing that to what we did, we did something wrong.
Brett: For me, the hardest day was the day we summited Table Rock. I can't wait to blog about that. LOL. I couldn't breathe that day. I wasn't physically getting enough oxygen. You know, that's part of the reason we had to stop so often. Because I couldn't physically keep going. I knew that it was annoying people, but I wasn't able to keep going.
If you'll remember, there were a few times we were done by 6-8. Now, there were a couple of times where we were up kinda late… Remember the night we were up until 3 in the morning?
We may have been doing something wrong, but in the end everything turned out ok. 🙂
Do you miss anything about/from our course?
Crewmate: I miss the freedom of the outdoors. It was nice to be out there. I also miss of the crew, particularly the guys, we just got along so well.
Brett: I miss that too. I'm glad that you were able to get along well with the guys. I wish that I had been able to get along with the girls more. Unfortunately, with the way I was raised I have never really understood people like them. So I didn't get along with them as well as I wanted to. I tried, I just could NOT understand them!
What was the thing you liked the least?
Crewmate: Stopping when it wasn't necessary.
Brett: Yeah, sorry about that. It's been six months and I still feel guilty because of all the times we had to stop, because of me.
Did you get any good pictures?
Crewmate: Unfortunately, my camera broke so no pictures survived.
Brett: Your camera broke? That stinks! How did it break?
Crewmate: I had it in the same bag as my sunscreen. When my sunscreen exploded, it ruined the camera.
Brett: Oh, that really stinks. Would you like me to send you Jen and Katie's pictures? They gave me a bunch that weren't on their FB page.
Do you think you learned anything on our course?
Crewmate: Sure, I'd like to see some of the photos. I learned more than I thought I would, actually. I learned a new knot (which I still know), and what it is like to be away from civilization for an extended period of time. Great experience.
Brett: Which knot was new to you? They were all new to me. 😀
Crewmate: The top line hitch (I think thats what its called) was new.
Brett: Which knot was that? I don't remember what they were called. LOL
Crewmate: That was the knot that we used to tie the line (what you non sailors call rope) from the tarp to the tree.
Brett: Do you remember how many feet we went up on that last day of hiking (table rock day)? Trying to write that now…
Crewmate: 4900 I believe. Somewhere close to a mile.
Brett: Thank you. I was thinking it was somewhere around four or five thousand.
I'm so glad my crewmate let me post our emails. (If you read the blog posts I linked to, you might have figured out which crewmate it was. ;))
I'm almost done with my recapping, so if you have any questions about Outward Bound let me know! If there're enough questions I'll do a q/a post. 🙂


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Yep. That would be the fudge tower I built from our purchases.
Anyone know where Mackinac is?.
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The horses are pretty strong. They carried about 30 people all around the Island.
This is Arch rock – one of our stops.
Everything at Mackinac is so pretty.
After our carriage ride, CJ and I did a bike ride around the Island – which was exactly 8.2 miles…so probably not enough to burn the fudge calories.
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Federal prosecutors are urging a U.S. District Court judge to carry on with the trial of embattled brokers Timothy McGinn and David Smith, claiming their defense attorneys have ample time to wend through more than 5,000 pages of witness material.
In a letter addressed to the court Monday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Coombe said the partners' defense attorneys have nearly three weeks to review the materials before the first witness is called in the case. She disputed their assertion that prosecutors abruptly dumped large volumes of witness materials on them with little time remaining before the trial now scheduled for Nov. 19.
"The materials — slightly more than the 5,000 pages contained in a single copy box — were well organized in electronic format with a folder for each category of document and individual subfolders by witness name," she wrote in the letter. "The pejorative term 'document dump,' which implies a disorganized jumble of materials, is plainly inapplicable."
Attorneys William Dreyer and E. Stewart Jones have called for another delay in the trial since the longtime partners of the Albany-based McGinn, Smith and Co. were arraigned on two additional counts of mail fraud in the case. The federal indictment accuses McGinn and Smith of employing a Ponzi scheme to defraud clients of more than $9 million that was used to finance their own lavish lifestyles.
The federal criminal case came after the Security and Exchange Commission brought a case against the partners for allegedly raising more than $136 million from more than 900 investors by conducting more than 20 fraudulent debt offerings between 2005 and 2009. The civil court proceeding was stayed after the federal indictment was filed earlier this year.
The partners both vehemently deny the charges against them in the 32-count indictment. They claim investor losses were a factor of the sudden downturn of the economy.
McGinn, 64, of Clifton Park, is now living in Florida, where he maintains a second home and a job. Smith, 67, continues to reside in Saratoga Springs.
The jury trial in the case has already been postponed repeatedly. The jury draw for the case was scheduled for next week before U.S. District Court Judge David Hurd ordered this date pushed back late last month.
In a letter to the court Friday, the two defense attorneys claimed the prosecution had dumped 5,957 pages of "highly relevant witness materials, including the grand jury transcripts of 41 witnesses." They claimed reviewing the large volume of material with less than three weeks remaining before the trial could jeopardize the partners' right to a fair trial.
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MILWAUKEE -- Mike Hampton won his sixth straight decision and Vinny Castilla drove in three runs with a triple and a homer in the Atlanta Braves' 7-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday.
Hampton (9-5) allowed five hits, struck out four and walked one in his first complete game since July 23, 2001. He didn't allow a hit until Eddie Perez grounded a ball through the right side of the infield with two outs in the fifth.
None of the first 12 hitters got the ball out of the infield.
With two outs in the seventh, Brady Clark and Keith Ginter hit consecutive doubles for Milwaukee's only run.
Hampton's six-game winning streak is his best since he compiled a career-high 11-game winning streak in 1999, when he went 22-4 for the Houston Astros.
Castilla's two-run triple gave Atlanta a 2-0 lead in the second. His sinking liner skipped just beneath the glove of center fielder Scott Podsednik and rolled to the track. His 18th homer, a 435-foot shot off the scoreboard in center field, made it 3-0 in the fourth.
The Braves loaded the bases with nobody out in the third and fifth innings against rookie Wes Obermueller (0-3), who got out of the first jam without allowing a run but was less fortunate the second time around.
Robert Fick's sacrifice fly made it 4-0 and gave him a career-high 64 RBIs. Javy Lopez followed with an RBI single, ending Obermueller's day.
After Castilla struck out, Hampton doubled home two runs off Luis Vizcaino when Podsednik slipped and the ball bounced past him, making it 7-0.
Obermueller allowed seven earned runs on seven hits in 4 1-3 innings. He walked four and hit a batter and remained winless in five major league starts.
Notes: Hampton threw 105 pitches, 78 strikes. ... Brewers LF Geoff Jenkins returned to the lineup after bruising his right knee and leaving the game in the seventh Wednesday when he made a catch against the wall. ... Obermueller needed 10 pitches to get out of the first inning and Hampton needed 11 pitches to retire Brewers leadoff hitter Eric Young in the bottom half of the inning. ... When Young fouled out near the seats in the third inning, Braves 1B Fick had to compete with a ballgirl trying to catch the ball.
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Switzerland, the land of serene mountain scenery, known for its farms, banks, watches and of course, chocolates! Coming from a little countryside village, I must admit that I hardly defy the common "Swiss stereotypes". I studied at a Swiss business school and naturally, interned in the financial services sector for a bit. Of course I received a Swiss watch as a graduation gift two years ago. My current job? Well, predictably, I am a chocolate-loving Swiss working for Barry Callebaut.
Chocolate is the food invented by the gods for humans to enjoy and I must admit, it is absolutely fantastic working for such a great product! Although you may find me usually behind a computer crunching numbers, rethinking the role of cocoa in farmers' livelihoods is a topic I am equally as passionate about. It was a trip to Brazil that allowed me to understand the importance of cocoa to the livelihoods of farmers and to look first-hand at the chocolate value chain. We face enormous challenges along our value chain and I believe it is past time to come up with solutions on how to sustain the future of our beloved chocolate.
These are the reasons I was absolutely thrilled when I was invited to attend Chocovision! As a millennial and an advocate for a louder, younger voice in the chocolate industry, getting the opportunity to challenge the status quo of our business is a big step. Learning from senior leaders on how they aim at creating true impact and exploring how we millennials can help drive progress, especially at a conference like Chocovision 2016, are some things I look forward to! I strongly believe that bringing all stakeholders together is key in driving sustainable impact. Ultimately, I hope my fellow millennial colleagues and I can add new, fresh perspectives to the debate and elaborate the reasons we should take action now.
Thus my plea – to unite in Davos and embark on a journey to change the game!
Nicole, your millennial choco-advocate from Switzerland! Link to her VLOG
Nicole is our third Millennial contributor to our Chocovision blog! Stay tuned for our other guest contributors and some of our pre-Chocovision festivities by following us on Twitter and on LinkedIn!


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You don't need to be a genius or the head of a multinational corporation to know that the global economy could be in better shape. Small businesses and self-employed people are among those bearing the brunt of the global economic crisis, so the need to make savings in all areas is great. For those struggling to make even the most marginal profit, it might seem tough to save money, but there are a few ways in which companies can reduce their outgoings without it affecting the way in which they operate. Here are some of them:
• Cut down on energy use
You might not realise it, but there's a chance that you could be wasting electricity by leaving things plugged in and having the lighting on when it's not needed. Also, your electrical products such as computers and lighting system might not be energy-efficient, so by buying or replacing your old products with new, energy efficient ones, you could save a lot of money.
• Work from home
If you're self-employed or if you're looking to save your business money by cutting down on energy use, you could try 'remote working', where you can do your job from home. All you need is a reliable internet connection, a phone and a laptop and you're ready to go and do your job while saving money on travel costs and office rental payments.
• Use cloud file storage instead of owning a server
If you run a small business or work for yourself, there's a chance that you may need additional hardware to store a large number of files. Usually, to do this, you might consider buying a server, but they can be expensive and inefficient. By visiting Egnyte.com, you could save yourself thousands of pounds by storing your files online instead in a 'cloud'. You could access and amend files stored in the cloud at home or even when you're using your laptop or tablet while on your way to a meeting.
• Downsize your office space
If you own a small enterprise and need an office, you might want to get as small a space as possible. Asking employees to wo0rk from home if they can could help you to downsize, while moving to a smaller office will mean you don't have to spend as much on furniture, computing or, most crucially of all, the cost of actually owning or renting an office in the first place.
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Getting Started for a Successful School Year - September 2010 Forum
We were very lucky to have three wonderful speakers for our first Friday Night Forum of the 2010-2011 school year! We are very grateful to GoChinese for their presentation of their online, customizable Chinese language teaching platform, and for their sponsorship of dinner.
William Kunze, veteran social studies teacher at Grover Cleveland High School, spoke to us about the challenges of starting the school year and meeting the needs of a diverse population.
Emma Yang, Chinese teacher in her third year at Stuyvesant High School and recent NYU graduate, spoke about teaching and challenges she faces at New York's prestigious Stuyvesant High School.
Mysterious Student #16: Pat Lo and Susan Rui of the NYS ALBETAC shared with us the story of the mysterious student #16, showing that any student can learn.
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Arirang News reported on Wednesday that the Government of Mongolia has cancelled registration and terminated its contracts with 14 North Korean ships operating under the Mongolian flag, which is believed to be a response to mounting pressure from the United Nations to implement sanctions against North Korea.
The U.S. government-funded Voice of America (VOA)confirmed that there have been no North Korean vessels operating with a Mongolian flag since Mongolia's sanction implementation report was submitted to the UN Security Council's DPRK sanctions committee.
Mongolia had allowed more than 400 foreign ships, including North Korean vessels, to operate under the Mongolian flag prior to the adoption of UN resolution 2270 after a nuclear test was conducted by the DPRK in January 2016. The resolution blacklisted 27 ships operated by the North Korean shipping company Ocean Maritime Management.
VOA highlighted that 41 countries have outlined their action plans to the UN so far, including those who are considered to have amicable ties with North Korea, such as Uganda, South Africa, and Vietnam. A South Korean foreign affairs ministry official tolf Arirang News that the active participation of UN members to implement sanctions against North Korea shows that the international community is aware of, and willing to address, the DPRK's nuclear ambitions, adding that recent state and official visits by South Korean government officials to the DPRK's allies have contributed to bringing about such results.


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A thug who battered a Gulf War hero over the head with a 10-inch spanner has been jailed for 13 months.
James Kerr Cowan, a grandson of the late Mags Haney, carried out the vicious attack on RAF veteran Iain Berry.
Mr Berry works as a concierge at Stirling University student accommodation in Stirling's Union Street and was attacked when he went to investigate a suspected bike theft there.
Kerr Cowan (37), who has amassed more than 100 convictions, and co-accused Thomas Begley (32) carried out the savage assault on the 45-year-old at around 4am on November 7.
Mr Berry said: "We have had the police up here three times in three weeks because of bike thefts and I had that in the back of my mind when I went to find out what the noise was.
"I went over to the bike shed in the quadrangle and saw this guy down on his knees.
"As it was 4am I thought it unlikely that he was a student and so I challenged him.
"He got up, turned and, as I was blocking his means of escape, he ran one of the bikes at me.
"There was then a scuffle, he was on the deck and I was about to get up and the next thing I was seeing stars.
"Someone had come out from between the parked cars and skelped me across the back of the head twice. I was grabbing at them and I getting kicked and punched about the head, body and face.
"They made off and I telephoned 999 and three student nurses, who are staying in the residences, came out and administered first aid."
Mr Berry sustained cuts to his head and bruising to his body and legs in the attack.
At Stirling Sheriff Court Kerr Cowan, of Fisher Row, Stirling, pleaded guilty to assaulting Mr Berry by striking him on the head with the spanner, repeatedly punching him on the head and body and to repeatedly kicking him on the body. The offence was also committed while Kerr Cowan was on bail.
Begley, of Darnley Street, Stirling, admitted assaulting Mr Berry by repeatedly punching him on the head and body and repeatedly kicking him on the body, while on bail. His not guilty plea to a charge of stealing a bike was accepted by the Crown.
The court was told that Kerr Cowan had not arrived with the spanner but found it at the scene. He added that he had only hit his victim once with it and that it had not been his intention to hit Mr Berry on the head either.
Mr Berry said afterwards: "I think they were looking for easy pickings.
"I am not a have-a-go-hero type but I was 20 years in the RAF, including service in Iraq, and I wasn't about to let them away with it."


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Design Thinking: A New Way to Optimize the Customer Experience
Sponsored by: Kodak
Speakers: Dave Hoffer, Director, McKinsey Digital; Dave Fenske, President, Fenske
Companies of all sizes understand that they must optimize their customers' experiences for their brand. Design thinking has its roots in the early seventies as a tool set that put customers at the center of the product and services design process. Leading brands, such as Disney, Tesla and Uber, who have made design thinking prominent in their organizations, are recognized for providing a superior customer experience, disrupting current business models and gaining strong market positions, as result.
According to InfoTrends' research, improving the customer experience is the top reason for investing in customer engagement technology, closely followed by increasing customer loyalty and better understanding customer emotional and practical purchase behaviors. Organizations like McKinsey & Company have developed vibrant practices devoted to helping organizations expand their engagement using Design Thinking, applying core design concepts to the business process.
Design thinking suggests that organizations that are infused by a design-driven culture enable a change to put customers first. To accomplish this, everything that a business does must place the end-user or customer first and foremost.


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They dug into the defense. They're a great defensive team that knows their identity. What was really important in this win was they made free throws: they went 16-for-17 from the foul line, which saved them in the end.
The good news and the bad news from Kansas is they have two great players but no one stepped up for them most of the year. Whenever I talked to
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Villanova-Pitt. It definitely feels like Villanova's going to win -- Pitt's been scratching, clawing and surviving but 'Nova looks like it's surging.
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"Every new beginning comes with some other beginning's end."
Welcome to a new year! I love this time of year so much: quilters and sewists everywhere are reflecting on the work of their hands, minds and hearts in 2015, sharing photos and words across the internet and allowing us insight into their lives and their craft. At the same time, they're setting their intentions for 2016, offering up their enthusiasm and goals for the coming year. It's a great time to take stock of who we are, and where we are going, and I am delighted to be able to share some of that with you, as the new blogger for Modern Quilts Unlimited.
My name is Amanda (Mandy) Leins, and I am the woman behind Mandalei Quilts, where you can find my personal blog, longarming studio, and shop. Professionally, I am a designer, longarm quilter, teacher and Craftsy instructor, and author (my first book came out in 2015 called Wanderlust Quilts, and I have projects in magazines, including the Winter issue of Modern Quilts Unlimited!)
As a teacher and quilter, my philosophy is that everyone deserves to grow in their craft how they wish, and my goal is to help make that possible by giving whatever information and encouragement I can. To me, the most important thing is that people make what they love and love what they make. I believe that quilting is a journey full of interesting sites to explore, new friends to get to know, and different paths that we can choose to take, and one of my goals for blogging here is to share some of the things that can add to your journey: Tips, techniques, interviews with new designers, resources, you name it, we're going to be sharing that with you. Working with Modern Quilts Unlimited is a good fit for both of us! I hope that you will join the conversation by leaving comments and sharing your own insights. We have so much to learn from each other! Posts will come every Tuesday and Friday, so be sure to subscribe via email or to add us to your RSS reader.
So welcome to you, dear readers, and to 2016! It's going to be a fabulous year!


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Earlier this Spring I shared with y'all about how I am determined, this Summer, to help my kids fall in love with writing letters. We're calling it our #LetterProject.
So far, just a few weeks into Summer vacation, and it seems to be going well. The girls are excited to write letters to their friends and family and are hoping to get a few in return. I absolutely love that they are taking time to really think about what they want to say in their letters and it's been a great way for them to practice their writing.
Of course they decided that I should join them in the letter writing fun. So, for an hour or so during the week we are closing down the computer and turning off the tv and writing.
This week I'm substituting my letters for cards as I take on a challenge from Hallmark to send seven cards in seven days!
This has probably been one of my favorite challenges I've ever received. I absolutely adore sending people cards for absolutely no reason at all other than to tell them how amazing they are. I just don't take the time to do it. It's amazing how those cards seem to hit someone's mailbox exactly on the day that they could use a little pick-me-up or reason to smile. My dear friend Jodi has a way of doing this!
So, if you had to send seven cards in seven days, who would be on your list? Maybe an old friend who you've lost touch with. Maybe your parents to just say, Wow! You guys deserve medals for making it through this parenting thing! Or maybe you have a special little someone who is off at Summer Camp and could use a little note from home.
There are just so many little reasons to send cards. Some of mine included saying hi to an old friend, saying thanks to a friend who helped me with a special project, and sending encouragement to another friend who is going through a difficult time in life. I know it meant a lot for these friends to get my small note in the mail but it meant even more to me to take the time to do this. It was a fun thing to do with my girls!
Now it's time for you. I'm encouraging you to take the Get Carded Challenge! It's so easy! Each day, for a week, drop a little card in the mail to someone in your life. To help get you started, Hallmark is offering my fabulous readers a 30% discount on cards purchased at Hallmark.com! Just use the code BLOG30 at checkout.
Bloggers! This one's for you — If you're interested in signing up for the Get Carded Challenge and want to share your experience with your fabulous readers, head over to the Get Carded Challenge page and fill out the form.
Oh, and if you need my address, well…you just let me know!
I am working with Hallmark on a compensated campaign for Get Carded 7-Card Challenge. All opinions are my own.


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Hi FolksI'm McBain and this is my first map for TW - "Lenara Peak". Here are the most important details:- 1on1, left vs right- Place: Desert- Time: Evening/Night- Size: 435x262- Tiberium: Each side has 1 small green field with 43.000 Lenara Peak is a nicely detailed 1v1 map which is a standard left vs. right. It has a nice big stash of Blue Tiberium in the middle making it an essential part for a nice battle.
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PHIT will once again be looking for Philly's best and brightest improvisers this fall, as we expand performance opportunities on our stage by casting two new PHIT House Teams which will premiere in PHIT's in January 2016! Further details on auditions are below. First round auditions will take place on Saturday, October 24, 2015 from 10am – 5pm. Callbacks will be held on Monday, October 26th from 7pm – 10pm. Please hold both of these dates if you are interested in being cast!
Auditions will be held at Philly Improv Theater, 2030 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
Auditioners should have taken and completed at least Improv Level 301 in the PHIT curriculum within the last calendar year. Those auditioning who have completed PHIT Improv Level 301 longer than a calendar year ago, or have come from another city where they completed a similar course of study, will be considered on an individual basis and should submit an audition time request using the same procedure outlined below, and also ask for an exemption from the requirement.
You must be available for the audition times to be considered. No other audition times are available.
Auditioners will be seen every 30 minutes in groups of 6-10. Auditioners do not need to prepare anything in advance. The audition will be entirely improvised. You will be asked to participate in a few short group exercises and will then perform two short scenes.
Auditioners should wear comfortable clothes and shoes. Resumes are not required but will gladly be accepted. Please bring a headshot with you. If you don't have headshots, a recent snapshot will suffice.
PLEASE ARRIVE AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) MINUTES PRIOR TO YOUR SCHEDULED AUDITION TIME. There will be a short questionnaire for you to complete prior to your scheduled audition time.
Sign-ups begin immediately. To secure an audition time please email 1) your name, 2) best phone number to reach you on the day of the audition, 3) details of your improv training (classes, instructor), 4) a preferred time on audition day (if any), and 5) optional self-identification as part of one or more of the diversity groups mentioned below to:
You will receive a confirmation message within two (2) business days – for example, if you contact us on Monday you'll hear from us by Wednesday, or if you contact us on Friday, you'll hear from us by the following Tuesday). We will accept sign-ups until no audition times remain. All specific audition times are first-come-first-served.
If you would like to identify yourself as a member of a group that is currently part of PHIT's diversity program you may optionally do so in your audition request email. If you give no response regarding diversity a PHIT staff member may send a follow-up question with your audition confirmation, but providing an answer remains optional. The current groups included in PHIT's diversity program are:
- persons of color
- women
- persons over age 40
- members of the LGBTQ community
- U.S. military service members and veterans.
It is the policy of Philly Improv Theater to provide equal opportunity to all persons regardless of sex (gender), race, national origin, ancestry, color, religion, age, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, education status, ability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Philly Improv Theater will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities who notify us of their need for accommodation in advance of audition day.
Philly Improv Theater's goal is to increase representation of persons of color, women, persons over age 40, members of the LGBTQ community and U.S. military service members and veterans. To learn more about PHIT's diversity initiatives please visit our website's diversity program page.
There are no alternate times. If you are not available for these audition dates and times, please do not email or call to ask for an exception – you simply will not be able to audition. If you are interested in auditioning, you must sign-up for one of our announced time slots.
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Older women who take antidepressant medications may be at a slightly elevated risk of suffering a stroke and dying prematurely, a new study suggests.
The research is based on data from the Women's Health Initiative, a major U.S. public health initiative to track the long-term well-being of 160,000 postmenopausal women. The research team looked at a subset of 5,500 women who started taking antidepressants. They were followed for an average of six years.
The results showed that women on antidepressants were more likely to have a hemorrhagic stroke - in which a blood vessel breaks and bleeds into the brain - compared to women not on medication. They were also at a higher risk of "all-cause mortality" - or dying of any cause.
However, the researchers emphasized that the risk appears to be very small and they can't rule out the possibility that the depression itself, rather than the medication, is responsible for some of the increase in mortality. For every 100 women on antidepressants, there were 1.2 deaths per year, compared with 0.7 deaths among those not on the drugs, according to the findings published in Archives of Internal Medicine.
"Woman should not stop taking antidepressants based on this one study," said the lead researcher, Jordan Smoller of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. "Depression is a serious illness with its own health risk and we know that antidepressants can be lifesaving for patients. ... For most patients with significant depression, the benefits of antidepressants will outweigh the risks."


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For my immediate family we have a relatively new "non-traditional" yet "traditional" for us Christmas dinner. French Onion Soup and Prime Rib! I honestly don't think it could get much better. I know this recipe isn't just a holiday recipe but it is simply one we enjoy at Christmas, along with any other day during the year!
Within my immediate family of my parents and siblings we have not celebrated Christmas on Christmas Day since I was in college, maybe even high school. It was no big deal for any of us since we were raised the children of dairy farmers and growing up we always had to wait until after morning milking and chores to open gifts. We were allowed to open our stockings without our Dad but that was it. We would usually head down to the barn to assist with calf feedings but I don't remember that always being a requirement or maybe I'm just getting forgetful! When Dad would come in from the barn we would sit down for Christmas breakfast and once our bellies were full we would finally get to open gifts. So Christmas for my family now is usually a few days after Christmas when we can all get home for the holidays. And I wouldn't want it any other way as we get to enjoy the time with each other!
This tradition of French Onion Soup and Prime Rib started after I graduated college but I can't recall how long we have done it for maybe 6 years. I really am getting forgetful! Before we share gifts with each other we always enjoy a delicious meal because what family doesn't love to eat! Since we had all just had ham on the real Christmas Day it is a welcomed change and a delicious one too to enjoy beef, soup and all the fixings!
As like any other holiday meal this meal takes a lot of prep. My mother spends time searching the local stores for the best standing rib roast and sometimes my dad even gets involved in the search. He likes to remind us that he took a meats lab in college and always knows the cuts of beef, while I took that same course several years later, I feel that he remembered a lot more of it then I did. My mom on the other hand was a Family and Consumer Science teacher (earlier in time it was known as Home Economics) and is an outstanding cook so she always knows beef and can cook an outstanding prime rib! I need to learn to cook one myself, someday, someday. So they always seem to find the most delicious and perfect standing rib roast.
My mom cooks the delicious and mouthwatering prime rib along with twice baked potatoes and steamed green beans. If you don't know twice baked potatoes you are missing out. They are baked potatoes with the fillings removed and mashed with cheese and sour cream and then put back in the potato skin and baked some more. Don't worry I'll share that recipe soon. And you better bet the steamed green beans are the ones with real butter and almonds, delicious! But the starter for the meal is almost always… French Onion Soup. I think we skipped it one year and realized our mistake and went back to it the very next year. Did I mention that we are dairy farmers? Not sure if you can tell with the excessive amount of butter and cheese! You better bet we celebrate a #DairyChristmas, it's just butter… I mean better that way!
It is also important to note that French Onion Soup can be made in a variety of ways – on the stove and in the oven like my recipe describes below, fully on the stove, or even in a slow cooker. Feel free to adjust the recipe to fit you and your busy schedule! I prefer the stove and oven method because I feel the onions caramelize nicer and it gives the soup a deeper flavor with the caramelized onions.
I just made this soup again this week because I knew I was posting this blog for #DairyChristmas and had to taste it just to remember how delicious the is! And so don't I didn't drool as I posted this recipe! I'm not sure what my favorite part is, the onions, the broth, the bread or the cheese… ok it's the CHEESE! It's always the cheese!
- 1 stick butter
- 4 large yellow onions, sliced thin
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 1 cup dry white or red wine, optional
- 6 cups beef broth
- Worcestershire Sauce
- French bread, sliced or cubed
- ½ pound Gruyere cheese, grated
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Melt butter in a heavy Dutch oven over medium-low heat.
- Add onions and garlic, cook covered, for 20 minutes.
- Place soup Dutch oven pot into the oven with the lid on but slightly ajar to allow the onions to brown. Cook for 1 hour, stirring at least once.
- Remove pot from oven and place on stove, before turning stove back on pour in wine. (If not using wine, skip this step) Turn heat on the stove to medium and cook wine for 3-5 minutes.
- Add beef broth and Worcestershire Sauce, reduce heat to low. Simmer for 30 to 45 minutes.
- Broil french bread either sliced or cubed over low heat, until golden brown.
- When soup is ready, ladle into bowl. Top with bread and then sprinkle with grated Gruyere cheese. Broil until cheese is melted.
Find a few more #DairyChristmas recipes with the below links! Sixteen of my fellow dairy bloggers have participated in the #DairyChristmas. Have a #DairyChristmas this year and always!
- Posset-ively Eggnog Is Ice Cream by Farmer Bright
- #DairyChristmas: Peanut Butter Balls by Messy Kennedy
- Winter Iowa Corn Chowder (as featured on Cheeserank) by Little House on the Dairy
- #DairyChristmas Farm Barbie
- The best Christmas cookies in the world by Truth or Dairy
- Recipes for a Dairy Christmas by Cow Spots and Tales
- #DairyChristmas: Cherry Mint Sugar Cookies by Kimmi's Dairyland
- Perfect for a Party – Cheddar Olive Bites by DairyCarrie
- Dairy Christmas Traditions by Knolltop Farm Wife
- #DairyChristmas: Love and Latkes by New Moon Dairy
- Family at the Table by The Deere Milkmaid
- French Onion Soup – Our Family Christmas Tradition by Eat Farm Love
- Dairy Delight by Spotted Cow Review
- Christmas Cookies and Holiday Hearts by My Barnyard View
- Italian Soup by So She Married A Farmer
- #DairyChristmas: Festive Parmesan Frico by Dairy Good Life