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Author Notes: These bars have a similar flavor to key lime pie, but they are a bit sweeter and not quite as tangy. I made them with a gingersnap crust because the combination of ginger and lime makes me think of the tropics.
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Makes: 12-16 bars depending on the size
For crust
cup gluten-free gingersnap crumbs (made by crushing gluten-free gingersnaps in the food processor)
cup sugar
tablespoons butter (or margarine if making dairy-free)
For filling
1 1/4
cups sugar
tablespoons cornstarch
teaspoon baking powder
cup key lime juice (fresh or from frozen concentrate, bottled is not as tasty in this recipe)
Zest of 2 limes
Confectioner's sugar for dusting
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For crust
- Preheat the oven to 350 F degrees. Line an 8X8 inch baking pan with foil so that the foil hangs over the sides of the pan, and spray the foil with nonstick baking spray.
- Place the butter or margarine in a medium bowl and microwave until melted. Add sugar and crumbs and stir until well combined. Press crumb mixture evenly into the bottom of pan. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly golden. Let the crust cool while making the filling.
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- Place the eggs in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and whisk the eggs on medium-high speed until they thicken, about 2 minutes. Slowly add the sugar while continuing to whip on medium-high, until the mixture is very thick and pale colored, about 5 minutes.
- Combine the cornstarch and baking powder and stir together to blend well. Add to the egg mixture and blend together on medium speed, scraping down the sides of the bowl if necessary. Add the lime juice and zest and mix well. Pour the filling over the the crust and bake for 30-35 minutes, until the top is set and light golden and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean or slightly damp. Cool completely on a wire rack.
- Lift the cooled bars from the pan using the foil and place on a cutting board. Peel the foil away from the sides and cut into 2-inch squares. Dust with confectioner's sugar and serve.
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I'm looking for a "wow" business card that reflects my range of projects -- movies, books, infomercial, audios -- and the new me -- from marketing to mystic -- yet is still tight and readable.
I've written too many books to list on a business card and am appearing in too many movies to remember. I have also evolved from a marketing guy to a mystic. I need a new card that reflects the new me. I'm appearing in movies such as The Secret, The Opus, The Compass, The Meta-Secret and Try It On Everything. I've written recent books of a self-help and spiritual nature, such as The Attractor Factor, The Key, and Zero Limits. I have an infomercial coming out to promote my new audio program, The Awakening Course. Again, I'm after something that says WOW while communicating the above in a readable and memorable way.
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Sins of a Dark Age Video Shows the Game's Strategy
A developer diary from Ironclad, developers of Sins of a Solar Empire, has gone up on YouTube that talks about how Sins of a Dark Age is aiming to change the way multiplayer online battle arenas are played.
Blair, from Ironclad, talks about they're trying to make Sins of a Dark Age a unique MOBA. One of the features that Ironclad is hoping will accomplish this is the Realm Quest feature, in which players are tasked with specific objectives in the world.
Blair compares the Realm Quests with poker, since players have to deal with unknown circumstances and have to rely on strategies, counter strategies, and then different strategies to deal with those counters. It's going to be a tactical smorgasbord in Sins of a Dark Age.
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During the past five years, Martha Cripe, left, has volunteered in Fayette County schools to promote the Fayette County Farm Bureau's 'Ag In The Classroom' program. For her work, she was recently named the Illinois Farm Bureau's 'Volunteer of the Year' for the entire state. She was presented with the award at the recent IFB convention in Chicago. Pictured with her is her husband Ken.
FSA's committee ballots due Monday
Ballots are due next Monday for the Farm Service Agency's county committee elections. Those ballots were mailed to eligible voters in early November.
"The role and input of our county committee members is more vital than ever at a time when our country faces important choices regarding the funding and operation of our government," said Scherrie Giamanco, FSA state executive director.
A decision this week in Washington, DC, means that the crop insurance investment made by Midwestern corn farmers more closely represents their risk, although officials with the Illinois Corn Growers Association say it still misses the mark on making sure that farmer and government investments stay out of corporate pockets.
The theme for the 2012 GROWMARK essay contest is "Cooperatives in a Global Environment." The contest is open to all high school FFA members in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin.
This is the 19th year for the program, sponsored by the GROWMARK System and FS member cooperatives, in conjunction with state FFA leaders. The purpose of the contest is to help young people develop their writing skills, learn about current issues impacting agriculture and understand the unique role of cooperatives.
Two of the cattle owned by Lurkins Brothers Polled Herefords of rural Vandalia enjoy the morning sun on Wednesday after temperatures dipped into the 20s Tuesday night.
The brothers, Darrin and James, raise the cattle on the Lurkins family farm, which is located east of Vandalia on U.S. Route 40.
The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives, and GROWMARK is joining in the yearlong celebration.
The international campaign kicked off on Oct. 31 in New York, and will highlight the contribution of cooperatives to socio-economic development, employment generation and social integration.
Harvest progress was aided by 5.7 days suitable for fieldwork last week.
Corn harvested now stands at 89 percent, compared to the five-year average of 71 percent.
Soybeans harvested are at 94 percent, compared to the five-year average of 80 percent.
Many producers are also busy with fall tillage activities, along with fertilizer and lime applications, and seeding winter wheat.
Temperatures averaged 50.4 degrees, 1.2 degrees below normal with a few reports of heavy frost in the northern part of the state.
Thanks to nearly ideal fall weather, Fayette County farmers have harvested about 85 percent of their corn and soybeans. And some have finished.
"This has been one of the good years for harvesting," said Ron Marshel, Fayette County Farm Bureau manager. "Just excellent harvest weather."
Yields, however, have been all over the map.
Clayton Paradee on Monday turns his tractor to till another round in a soybean field after it had been harvested.
He was working for Emerick Farms in a field about a mile north of Vandalia. Fayette County Farm Bureau Manager Ron Marshel estimates that about 85 percent of the county's crops has been harvested.
The Illinois Field Office of NASS this week released the USDA's October Crop Production Report. Highlights of the report include:
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We need a logo for our free online screen saver company that will go on our website and likely be included in some form on banner advertising.
A logo with image and domain name, hip, fun, bright and exciting that would appeal to adults young and old. The name implies My Screen's Alive! so one possible design concept would be bringing out a refreshing liveliness on people's desktops.
- We are starting with a blank site template so right now we don't have any strong preferences for the colors or the number of them to be used, once we look at submissions however we may get a better idea of what colors are acheiving the feel we are looking for and may ask for tweaks accordingly.
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Most data professionals I've met work in two modes: we plan for our day, and we react to the situations around us. I'm staring at my list of things that I need to do today right now, which is my planned work. Of course, I have no idea how much of that will really get done – it's optimistic to be sure. On the other hand I have several systems I manage, and at any moment one of them or the people that interface with them may "change state" such that I need to give them some attention.
So how do I meld the two? Sometimes it can be quite difficult. I'm constantly working through my list in my mind, re-arranging what I'm focusing on based on what I perceive as the highest need. There are, however, some tools that I use each day to help me manage the workflow.
I use Outlook for tracking everything, since it has a task list (my primary tracking), a calendar, mail and so on. Also I can share the information, it's on-line so I can see it anywhere, and I can even take it offline onto the plane this week when I fly out of town.
For the "ad-hoc" work, I rely on a script library, which I keep as SQL Server Management Studio projects. I keep those scripts and projects backed using Microsoft Live Mesh, which synchronizes those files (along with a few other critical files and my IE Favorites) across not only my laptop and primary systems, but even with my Virtual Machines.
Also for my SQL Server systems I use the Standard Reports I've blogged about here. I also use Greg Larsen's Database Dashboard, and a series of PowerShell scripts that work across my systems, alerting me to any problems. Of course I'm using SQL Server Agent Jobs quite a bit, and I also use Alerts and some Perfmon automation for my monthly baselining.
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A big change to Boulder's process for treating wastewater is not new -- but it's working.
The city's wastewater treatment plant northeast of town on 75th Street introduced a new $3 million disinfection system in December that uses ultraviolet light instead of chemicals to purify the city's water -- to the tune of 12.5 million gallons of wastewater every day.
The costs are comparable, officials said, the safety factor has improved and, environmentally, using UV light prevents tons of greenhouse gas emissions from trucks transporting the previously used chemicals. UV systems are more than 20 years old, and the technology has finally reached this forward-thinking town.
Emanuel Watson, a plant operator at the Boulder wastewater plant for five years, said the previous treatment chemicals -- chlorine and sulfur dioxide -- were stored on site in 2,000-pound cylinders.
"If one of the sulfur dioxide cylinders were to break open, we'd have (had) to evacuate a two mile radius," he said. "If a chlorine cylinder were to break open we'd have (had) to evacuate a five mile radius."
In total, the plant stored upwards of six tons of the toxic chemicals on site at any given time. Hazard response teams were on call in case of any kind of accident.
Watson said another benefit of not using chemicals for disinfection is because the long-term effects of sulfur dioxide and chlorine on humans are not fully known.
Safety is one of the city's main priorities, according to Nick Grossman, Boulder's public works representative. But when Boulder completed a major upgrade to the facility in the late 1980s, the chlorine and sulfur dioxide systems received renovations along with the rest of the plant.
UV treatment for wastewater was still an emerging technology at that time, said Chris Douville, Boulder's wastewater treatment manager. Several years later when the technology was believe to be superior to chemical treatments, the city wasn't willing to scrap its investment in the upgraded chemical disinfection system.
"We're a little late in the game with UV," Douville said. "It's been used in wastewater for many, many years -- 20, 30-plus years."
Both Douville and Watson agree that the UV system is better, even though it requires more energy and has increased the cost of energy.
However, the plant used more than $500,000 per year on electricity, and the amount now used by the UV system is only 2 percent of that. The Boulder treatment plant uses 432 lamps to disinfect wastewater, each of which has a warrantied life of about 12,000 hours. Each bulb is expected to last for about a year and a half.
"The bottom line is that almost every new facility that is constructed puts in UV," Douville said. "It is absolutely the technology of choice."
Different kinds of UV systems exist. Boulder uses a low-pressure, high-output UV system. It uses electrical energy to produce the germicidal wavelength for disinfection of bacteria, viruses and protozoa. According to Douville, other technologies such as advanced oxidation or combining UV with ozone or hydrogen peroxide can potentially remove trace organics or small carbon products. The plant has not broached those technologies yet, but they might in the future.
"It took a lot of work to get to this point and it was a delicate time to operate during construction," Douville said. "Now that we're through it, it's been great. No hesitation or second guesses about why did we did this."


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As you sit down with friends and family this week over a big Thanksgiving dinner, you may believe you're honoring a 400-year-old tradition. That's not exactly true. According to the historians at Plimoth Plantation, who answered this week's Five Questions, there was no pumpkin pie, certainly no Black Friday and maybe not even turkey.
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Zak Pelaccio's Crispy Pork and Watermelon Salad
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There's a reason this Crispy Pork and Watermelon Salad is the signature dish at Zak Pelaccio's Fatty Crab restaurants. It highlights the best of Pelaccio's cooking style, combining his love of Southeast Asian flavors with an irreverent American lean.
Not too many so-called salad recipes begin with slow braising pork belly, but that's kind of the best part of this one. Cool cubes of watermelon and pickled watermelon rind are tossed with deep fried chunks of pork belly, and finished off with torn leaves of Thai basil and Vietnamese mint. It's sweet and summery while having a round, porky richness that makes the salad totally irresistible. Oh, and take this salad outside, add a glass or two of off-dry Riesling and the cool sounds of Coltrane and you really can't go wrong.
Recommended playlist and drinks pairing:
Listen: Coltrane, Blue Train—the whole album; it never gets old.
Drink: Selbach-Oster Riesling Auslese 2005
What Worked: There's a reason this salad has been on the menu at Fatty Crab forever, it's a classic.
What Didn't: Pelaccio isn't shy with the chiles and if you subscribe to the same school of thought you might want to add sliced Thai chile or two to up the heat factor.
Suggested Tweaks: We could see this salad working equally well with mellow cantaloupe or even citrus segments.
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EDGAR is a 2D adventure platformer starring the father of Gothic poetry, Edgar Allan Poe. Fight monsters and get loot as you chase Jack the Ripper through an alternate version of Victorian London. EDGAR is currently being developed in Unity3D by a small of team of developers. The goal of EDGAR is to create a 2D lootfest with heavy influences from Gothic literature, while combining it with imaginative gameplay and quirky customization. Bram Stoker's Dracula, and over a dozen other literary classics will have deep-rooted places within the plot of EDGAR, giving players a chance to get a "feel" for the Victorian era, even when the game is presented in a fantastical manner.
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2005 Jeep Wrangler LJ - Built For Rockin'Posted in Project Vehicles on February 1, 2010
Some people are born with Jeeps and four-wheeling running through their veins, and everything they do, day in and day out, is based around the mechanical four-wheel wonders. We know guys with backyards, storage yards, and shops that are stuffed with Jeeps they'll never drive, sell, or fix. The trusty little vehicles just sit there looking pretty, eye candy for the soul, rusting away into eternity. Yet, as disconcerting as this quandary may be to some folks, being Jeep enthusiasts ourselves, we see nothing wrong with this affliction!
Bitten by the same bug, Jeff Leonard of Littleton, Colorado, is half-owner of Rokmen Manufacturing and spends his days, nights, and weekends designing and building Jeep parts. He built this low-profile Wrangler LJ as a functional rockcrawling trail rig and a test subject for his company's Jeep wares. The rig is built with a minimal amount of lift, yet allows the use of 40- to 42-inch-tall tires, giving the Jeep a good amount of ground clearance while keeping the center of gravity low. This design makes the Wrangler one very cool trail- and boulder-hugging crawler.
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Engine: 4.0L I-6
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Front Axle: Spider 9, ARB Air Locker, 5.29 gears, 35-spline chromoly shafts
Rear Axle: Spider 9 full-floater, ARB Air Locker, 5.29 gears, 35-spline chromoly shafts
Springs & Such: (front) Old Man Emu 2-inch coils, Fox shocks, Rockmen control arms; (rear) Old Man Emu 2-inch coils, Fox shocks, Rockmen control arms
Tires & Wheels: 40X13.50R17LT Goodyear Wranglers, 17x81/2 beadlocks
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The Providencia Island in Colombia is home to the Deep Blue boutique hotel. It is a romantic getaway with one of a kind views and natural wonders in every direction. The sea, the forest, and the coral reef are some of the most unique things that are at access at the Deep Blue. There are endless activities to best enjoy the Deep Blue, from relaxing to kayaking to scuba diving, all that is desired is available at our boutique hotel Deep Blue. There are 14 rooms, with the most exquisite being the Ocean View Deluxe Rooms and the Jacuzzi suites with all the rooms having magnificent views to the National Marine Park and the Crab Caye. Furthermore, there is a luxurious 18 foot yacht available to take guests on a private tour. The Deep Blue is a paradise only dreamt about; it is relaxation at its best.
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The Deep Blue Hotel is located on the beautiful island of Providencia in Colombia. It is conveniently located 10 minutes away from the small airport. The Deep Blue is overlooking the clear Caribbean Sea and it is nearby the San Andrés Island. Several airlines have direct flights to San Andrés Island and to domestic destinations like Bogotá, Medellín, Pereira and Cali. There are even flights to Panama City.
Endereço: Maracaibo Bay, Isla de Providencia - Providencia Island, Colombia - Deep Blue Providencia Island Map
Descrição: Cosy rooms are reasonably priced and have lovely sea views that are partially obstructed by trees and palms. Ocean View
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Descrição: Ocean View Deluxe rooms have impressive sea views towards Crab Caye and the National Park.
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Descrição: One room Junior Suites offer guests much more space, including an additional seating area that has beautiful views towards the sea and National Park. Very spacious bathrooms have double showers. Ocean view
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Descrição: Spacious one room suites with large wooden decked balconies with private infinity edged plunge pools of 40cm depth. The 180 degree sea views from these balconies are quite spectacular. Ocean View
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Descrição: Contains an in-suite Jacuzzi that opens out onto a spacious private terrace with sun loungers. In addition, a spacious private balcony has stunning sea views towards Crab Caye and the National Park.
Occupancy: 2 Adultos
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Descrição: Creative cooking at a tapas restaurant that infuses local Caribbean, Spanish and Colombian influences.
Localização: Next to the sea overlooking Crab Caye and the McBean Lagoon National Park.
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Imagine for a moment a major airline only checking 10 percent of its fleet for safety problems. Now imagine that when they do check an aircraft, they find 22 safety problems (some major, some minor). That would represent a crazy business risk for any airline. Roughly 90 percent of the fleet wouldn't be checked for safety and mechanical problems. That would never fly. But yet, I am here to tell you that 90 percent of applications in most organizations are naked -- since they have no application security defenses in place.
When I say "application security" I'm not talking about infrastructure, operating systems, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, etc. I'm talking about the custom code you wrote for your business, internal and external. The defenses we have for these custom applications don't work. Not surprisingly, this is where 54 percent of the breaches come from. Here's why they aren't protecting us:
Network security products work because they know what's behind them. They know that they're defending Windows, MacOS, Internet Explorer, and Google Chrome so they know how to identify attacks on those products and stop them. Custom application code is different. Every custom application is a beautiful and unique snowflake; you can't identify attacks on these snowflakes by looking at network traffic. Period. Only the application knows what defenses are in place and what input will allow an attack to succeed. The trick is knowing how to get this knowledge out.
The image below is an attack on one of those snowflakes that happens to process Morse code.
In fact, this is a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attack encoded using Morse code. To state the obvious, there is no product on the planet that stops attacks in Morse code. I use this exaggerated example to make a very serious point. The attack could be a number, a short string of any characters, a null byte, anything... There is no way to know what an attack is unless you know the application itself.
Application security programs aren't working
I've been in the application security field for a few decades now, and I've worked on AppSec programs at almost a hundred companies and federal agencies. What I see is that most organization have hundreds or thousands of web apps and web services. Yet even the best funded and "mature" programs are only really testing 10 percent of their applications. That leaves 90 percent naked, with no real security. And many of the breaches you read about are against the 90 percent. The 10 percent are in pretty bad shape, too, averaging 22.4 serious vulnerabilities per application.
These stunning numbers come from Aspect Security's "2013 Global Application Security Risk Report." We used a combination of manual code review, manual penetration testing, and automated tools to analyze thousands of critical applications. The most prevalent vulnerabilities are: Identification and Authentication, Input Validation and Encoding, Session Management, Sensitive Data Protection, and Access Control. Compare these results with similar results from tool vendors, and you'll see a striking difference -- because tools alone can't effectively test for at least three of the top five categories.
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- Subversive Cross-Stitch- I wrapped this up and just need to give it a good pressing and buy a cute frame to put it in. I've decided not to post a picture since I'd like to keep things friendly here; but if you'd really like to see it just email me and I'll send over some pictures.
- Crochet Infinity Scarf- Well this counts as a new project and a finish! I whipped this up one night watching TV and it came together really quickly. I am, however, going to make a new one, because I hadn't crocheted in a long time and I'm not 100% happy with the results (and the size/it's a bit too big on me). But this one will be great to have around for shoveling the driveway and playing in the snow! I used this pattern, if you're interested.
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- Jellybean- Oh the nightmare that is this quilt! I finally got the top almost done after some seam issues which meant I got to go back and trim every single block to be the right size. I still need to get some fabric for the border/backing/binding. I'm going to do a white inner border and then a solid (or very subtle) outer border since it's such a busy quilt already.
- Swoonerific Wall Hanging- Nothing yet. I need to add the white border, and I bought the backing/binding fabrics last week. I also bought some embroidery floss since I've decided to try out hand quilting on the top.
- Rectangle Block- I mentioned this quilt back in October and I finally got to work on it. I cut out all the triangles and have half of them sewn back together already. Hopefully I'll have a top to show soon!
- Pincushion Organizer- I just got some Kate Spain Terrain in the mail yesterday (From Sew Lux Fabrics- super fast shipping!) and I'm using it whip up one of these for my mom for Christmas. I had mentioned in my Winter Stitching list that I was going to make her a sewing kit; but then we went to some quilt shop and she kept talking about these, so now I'm making her one of them instead!
- Charmed Prints Quilt-a-Long- I really need to get started! I have a bunch of charm packs, I just need to pick one to use, get some neutral fabric and get going. A must do this week so that I don't fall behind (more than I already am!) Check out the link to see if you may want to join in too :)
- Long Arm Quilting- Not a new project, but a new tool at my disposal! My mom and I took an introductory long arm class at a local quilt shop last night, and now I can pay per hour to be able to go in and use the machine to quilt!!! I'm so excited! The class was great, we quilted a whole charity quilt as practice during the class. I can't wait to get a top done so I can go in and use it on my own quilt.
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Martin Scorsese is not the first name that pops to mind when you say "family entertainment." But he is a great director, and his new "Hugo" proves that his reach extends beyond hard-edged urban films ("Taxi Driver," "Goodfellas") and thrillers ("Cape Fear," "The Departed"). It also proves that 3-D can be used inventively and with purpose.
Adapted from the bestselling "The Invention of Hugo Cabret," it opens with an insane "continuous single take" tracking shot — some of which was obviously done with CGI — that in five minutes or so shows us Hugo's entire physical milieu, in which 90% of the film takes place. That environment is the Montparnasse railway station, Paris, 1931. Recently orphaned, young Hugo (Asa Butterfield) is taken in by his brutish uncle (Ray Winstone), who lives and works in the station and who promptly disappears. In order to evade the authorities — primarily the officious station master (Sacha Baron Cohen) — Hugo clandestinely takes over his uncle's job … winding the giant clocks that overlook both the terminal and the Paris skyline.
When he's not sneaking around the station, filching bits of food, he works at fixing a complex metal "man" — an automaton his father (Jude Law) had been working on when he died. Hugo is convinced that, if he can get it running, he will discover a message left by Dad. At the same time, he develops an uneasy relationship with the crabby old man (Ben Kingsley) who runs the depot's toy shop and an easier one with Isabelle (Chloe Grace Moretz), another orphan, who is being raised by the old man and his wife.
Scorsese, his design team and ace cinematographer Robert Richardson give Paris a fantastical look, reminiscent of "City of Lost Children," "Ratatouille" and "Triplets of Belleville." On the surface, this fairy-tale world would seem to be galaxies away from Scorsese's New York-centric life. But, as its different story threads coalesce, the movie's theme is revealed to be cinema itself — its invention, its magic and, specifically, the work of Georges Melies. (This is presumably the first kids' movie about film history.) And cinema is what's most central to Scorsese's life. In fact, toward the end, "Hugo" turns into an argument for the importance of film preservation (a cause for which the director has long rallied). These scenes even grow a little didactic and repetitive (at least from the perspective of a film history major).
This is one of its very few flaws (all minor). To get the others out of the way: "Hugo" is arguably overlong, clocking in at two hours and 10 minutes; and the slapstick comedy scenes — mostly involving Baron Cohen's character — sometimes fall flat.
The performances are all top-notch; in addition to those already named, we get Emily Mortimer, Richard Griffiths and even Christopher Lee in supporting roles.
In most of the current wave of 3-D films, the technique is simply an unnecessary gimmick, often created on computer in post-production, and always as an excuse to charge higher ticket prices. "Hugo" was shot in and for 3-D; and, like James Cameron in "Avatar," Scorsese uses it to good effect. During chases, he puts us down at Hugo's level, and the immediateness of 3-D emphasizes how dangerous the otherwise genial station appears to a small boy trying to avoid discovery.
The decision to use 3-D is also fitting in a film dealing with Melies, who more or less invented in-camera special effects during film's first decade. At one point, we even see clips from Melies films (as well as some World War I newsreel footage) artificially rendered into 3-D.
The story is complexly self-referential: There are multiple worlds of flashbacks, history lessons, dreams, illusions and memories, within which themes, events and dialogue all link up with one another. Even more importantly, they quite blatantly link up with the film's audience as well — with Scorsese entrancing us as surely as the characters within are entranced by Melies.
ANDY KLEIN is the film critic for Marquee. He can also be heard on "FilmWeek" on KPCC-FM (89.3).


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WASHINGTON -- There were some positives to be taken from the D-backs' game with the Nationals on Wednesday night.
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WASHINGTON -- There were some positives to be taken from the D-backs' game with the Nationals on Wednesday night.
A win, however, was not one of them.View Full Game Coverage
Anthony Rendon's ninth-inning single down the left-field line scored Bryce Harper as the Nationals walked off the D-backs, 3-2, at Nationals Park.
The win was the ninth in a row for the Nationals. Arizona has dropped its last five games.
"They've got it rolling and they overtook us again," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said.
Harper opened the ninth against Evan Marshall with a single to center, and one out later, a single to center by Kevin Frandsen moved Harper to third, from where he scored when Rendon's grounder got past a diving Cliff Pennington at third.
"It's definitely a game of inches," Marshall said of Rendon's grounder. "The game plan was to go in there and attack them and try to force a ball on the ground, a double play or at least get the guy in a rundown. [Rendon] worked his hands inside the ball and kept it fair and just right up the line."
The win was Washington's fourth walk-off in its last five games, and second in this series.
"It's a little stressful," said Rendon. "I have some gray [in my hair] coming in now. But it's good to be on the winning side of these walk-offs. As long as we get a 'W,' it's a good time."
The Nats took a 1-0 lead in the second inning, when second baseman Aaron Hill had trouble getting the ball out of his glove on a potential double-play ball that would have ended the inning.
Combine that with Hill just missing Frandsen's ground-ball single up the middle in the ninth, and it added up to frustration for the veteran infielder.
"I should have made all the plays," Hill said. "The first one, it was unfortunate I couldn't get it out of my glove. The last one, honestly, I thought I was there, but it was hit a little harder than I thought. I should have made that play, as well. It was just one of those games where they were kind of picking on me. That's my job to stop it. But I'm beating myself up a little bit, because I know I should have made those plays. It's too bad."
Back-to-back doubles to open the sixth by Asdrubal Cabrera and Jayson Werth gave the Nats a 2-0 lead.
Those were the only two runs allowed by D-backs starter Trevor Cahill. The right-hander, who found himself back in Class A ball earlier this year trying to save his career, tossed 6 1/3 solid innings, scattering six hits and four walks while striking out five.
"Cahill was great," Gibson said.
It was the fifth straight quality outing for Cahill, who is showing that the team might be able to count on him to be a part of the rotation in 2015.
"I felt a lot better," Cahill said. "I know I had a couple of walks early on and then late, but that was probably the best I've felt, the best stretch I've had in a while, those middle innings. After the first two innings, I feel like I was able to settle down. A walk here and a walk there, I'd like to get those out of the way, but fortunately I was able to pitch around all but one."
Cahill struck out five, while the D-backs were unable to do much offensively against Washington starter Tanner Roark.
The right-hander held the D-backs scoreless while allowing five hits before departing after seven innings having thrown 99 pitches.
The Nats turned to setup man Tyler Clippard, and for the second time in the series, he was unable to hold onto a lead.
Pinch-hitter Jordan Pacheco greeted Clippard by drawing a walk, and Ender Inciarte followed with a home run to right field to tie the game at 2.
"Ender is turning into a real good player," Gibson said. "He's worked hard every day at all aspects of his game, and he's just applying it within the competition. It was just a fastball moving in on him, just kept his hands in, didn't try to do too much, good contact."
Steve Gilbert is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Inside the D-backs, and follow him on Twitter @SteveGilbertMLB.


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Los Angeles catches the FeVer: Imagine our excitement upon seeing Fernando Verdasco's Calvin Klein X photos go up onto the company's Sunset Boulevard billboard in West Hollywood, Calif. For those of you who aren't familiar: this billboard is the first of many that drivers see if traveling west on Sunset.
Our morning commute just got a lot more interesting.
Bonus round: Speaking of billboards, make sure to check out the MAK Center's How Many Billboards? project, which converted 21 ad spaces throughout the city into canvasses like these. Most of the installations will be up through March. (Read: Fast Company's write-up.)
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The average viewer only watches Court TV when a celebrity goes on trial for some odd, horrific crime. But the channel is doing everything in its power to evolve from an occasional fix to a "seriously entertaining" regular destination. Sometime this year, Court TV's Henry Schleiff announced, the channel will premiere its first scripted series, "Til Death Do Us Part," a fictionalized account of spousal murder hosted by John Waters.
Waters' character is called "The Groom Reaper."
"When they first asked me, I thought they said 'The Groom Raper,' " the King of Bad Taste said. "Either way, I would have said, yes."
Obviously this one's for the cult film lover.
More people read true crime accounts than appreciate the genius of "Serial Mom," though. Hence, "America's Crime Writers: Murder They Wrote." Michael Connelly, Faye and Jonathan Kellerman, Lisa Scottoline and James Ellroy were asked to select real cases that inspired their writing, their characters, or that merely fascinated them.
Connelly politely thanked us for having him, as if we had a say in it, and explained why his focus is on serial killer Christopher Wilder. Faye Kellerman selected the Cheryl Keeton murder, the subject of Ann Rule's "Dead By Sunset," because she and her husband bought a Seattle home from Brad Cunningham, Keeton's murderer.
Her husband Jonathan chose the "Just Sweats" case. Scottoline talked about Susan Reinert, a high school teacher murdered by a fellow teacher she fell in love with. All of the writers were enthusiastic, gracious and cheerful.
"What makes murder mysteries so great, why we write about them, why I think people love to write them, why I love to watch them, is that they always involve life and death and right and wrong and, at the bottom, good and evil," Scottoline explained with a bright smile. "And that's what I love about my story and this channel. So thanks for the chance."
That just left Ellroy.
"Yes. Good morning. Peepers, prowlers, pederasts, panty sniffers, punks, and pimps."
He took a breath.
"I'm James Ellroy, the deliriously dystopian and darkly defined demon dog of American literature. I'm thrilled to be on this dais with Scottoline, Kellerman, Kellerman, Connelly, Schleiff, the greatest one-room aggregation of degenerates since the last Bush cabinet meeting."
It was just after 9 a.m., but without question, everyone in the room had snapped awake.
Ellroy proceeded to regale us with his selection, the story of his mother Geneva Hilliker, who was killed in 1958. "She was a farm girl from Tunnel City, Wisconsin, a World War II navy nurse, an alcoholic and 'round heels' by all terms of 1950s sexuality. She owns me. She claimed me in her death. And she runs my life and serves as my muse to this day." In 1994, he and a retired L.A. homicide detective went back to re-investigate her death. They never found her killer.
Should you ever meet the man, by the way, don't mention the C-word. "Closure is bulls–t," he declared, "and I would love to find the man who invented closure and shove a giant closure plaque up his a–."
Oh, but don't worry. Ellroy did leave us with the comforting assurance that most of us won't die at the hands of a psycho. "Serial killers are a statistically minuscule anomaly. Your chances of running into a crazed, eyeball-f——g sh–head are somewhere between slim and none. You are much more likely to run into some lunatic crackhead who will knife your a– for 20 bucks."
"I've been listening to James," Schleiff said in closing. "He is going to be hosting, writing, and producing his segment.
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There's a video going viral on the Internets right now, and you're totally going to be able to relate. You see, this guy bought some small bags of Lay's potato chips, and he is pissed. He opened them up, and there were only five chips and some crumbs. Five!
I admit to being surprised when he only counted out five, even though I'm fully aware of the big bag with no chips situation out there in the world. And his disappointment was infectious, to be sure. He's also cute, so I'm leaning towards his side on this issue.
However, if this guy doesn't want to wind up being crazy disappointed for the rest of his life, he may just have to adjust his expectations.
Look, he's totally showing you how little he's getting for his potato chip money.
Just an FYI, slightly irritated dude, "natural" flavors may not be natural. That hamburger you got in the drive-thru is made of things that will allow it to not change shape for at least a year or more. Also, frozen dinners are nowhere near as luscious as the packaging. Jamba Juice has tons of sugar along with your daily fruit intake and immune boost, and Starbucks is way overpriced.
If any packaged food says "Healthy" on it, I can guarantee you that it is not. Rice Krispies do not actually say, "Snap, Crackle & Pop" when you pour milk on top of them. But they do make delicious treats when combined with marshmallows.
Listen, I'm not trying to say you're wrong about this Lay's situation. You're right, and as you said, "Come on, Lay's." But there's a big bad world of processed food out there, just waiting for naive kids like you to snap up their goods and have your dreams crushed. Beware, young man, beware.
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Our view: The disturbing trend of local Republican candidates not showing up for debates is a
disservice to voters.
Boy, wasn"t that a one-sided debate the other night? One candidate wasn"t even there!
And no, we"re not talking about Romney-Obama. We"re talking about "debates" in Redding and Yuba City Thursday in which the Republican candidates for Congress and the Assembly truly were not there.
Doug LaMalfa skipped the Redding event, and Dan Logue canceled on the Yuba City showdown. So in Redding, Jim Reed answered questions alone. In Yuba City, Charles Rouse did the same.
In Chico, the League of Women Voters faced the same options when it tried to put together debates in both races. Reed and Rouse were in. LaMalfa and Logue were not. The league chose not to proceed.
The no-shows gave the excuse they always do: It"s a big district. Can"t be two places at once. Can"t accept every debate invitation.
The excuse, of course, is a crock.
These weren"t invitations from the Podunk Chamber of Commerce. These were very visible debates in major metropolitan centers in each district. If you were campaigning and wanted to get your message to the most voters, and best contrast yourself against your rival, those debates would be a first priority. Other invitations would be a conflict with them, and would be canceled.
The reason they didn"t show is that they didn"t have to. They"re running in districts that are comfortably Republican. Any potential gain from a debate is more than offset by the danger of making a damaging mistake — like LaMalfa"s abortion causes cancer gaffe in a tea party event in Redding earlier this campaign.
It"s a continuation of a disturbing trend. Through his congressional career, Wally Herger used to skip debates regularly. The League of Women Voters enlisted the Enterprise-Record as a co-sponsor for its Chico debates in part to try and get him to show up. It didn"t always work.
Even if the election seems to be a slam dunk, it"s a disservice to the voters to not give them the side-by-side comparison provided by a debate. It really needs to stop.


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OK, Burbank people, show us you are not dumb. You are going to get the largest IKEA ever at San Fernando Road and Alameda, streets with two lanes each way and you had to complain about traffic if Walmart came in.
Well, I agree about the traffic. However, Walmart would offer more jobs and what is IKEA offering you? Wake up and get real, people.
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To continue on my series on summer crafts for kids siege here's a terrific idea that I found long ago in a discarded mystery library book but it's proved to be a favorite with both my boys and my girls.
To make this fun paper castle all you need is a stack of construction paper, glue, scissors and maybe some paper clips for added clamping strength while the glue dries.
Roll the paper into different sized tubes, gluing the edges to hold it together and using the paper clips to clamp it if necessary. Add some crenellations if desired--that's your Word of the Day, crenellations: those little sticky-up notches on the tops of castle parapets that were supposed to protect people from arrows, not to be confused with crenulations which are wavy edges and bumps like you'd see on the edge of a seashell or in fabric or in geology. Wow I'm just full of info today aren't I?
Anyway, cut slits in the bottoms of the tubes and then slide those slits onto another tub to stack the tubes in interesting shapes and designs. Hours of fun for the budding medieval architects in your life.
Now all you need are some swallows with coconuts and it'll be perfect.
Check in with Rocks in My Dryer every Wednesday for other good tips.
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bluetoffee necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 212 diseños de 38 diseñadores freelance.
We would like a new modern logo for LatestDiscountVouchers.co.uk that can be used in the top-left of all our web pages.
We would like a new modern logo for LatestDiscountVouchers.co.uk that can be used in the top-left of all our web pages. Although we could potentially include the final logo across print, media, business cards, t-shirts, etc., this is not a requirement for this Design Competition. Our primary requirement is for a new logo on our website.
All logos submitted will be considered carefully and should ideally fit in with our exisiting color scheme but, if a great logo gets submitted, that doesn't fit in the current colour scheme, we am certainly willing to change our colour schemes around to suit it. The existing tag line is not required, although we have no objections to one being used as we can remove it if required. We are hoping to award the winning logo to the design that offers something a little different.
As one of the leading Discount Voucher Code websites in the UK, we have a strong user base and want our new logo to appeal, and be memorable, to our existing users and any new visitors to our website.
Because the LatestDiscountVouchers.co.uk website has previously been seen on TV (BBC Wales in the UK), logo designs can incorporate an "As Seen on TV" message if it would complement your entry.
If it helps your research at all, some of our key competitors are shown below:
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- One Logo version per entry
- Easily understood
- Memorable
- Final artwork to be provided in vector format
- The logo displayed on LatestDiscountVouchers.co.uk to be suitable for display at a maximum height of 80 pixels
- Sticking to the existing Color scheme is much preferred, but not 100% necessary
- Logo on a white background
- Faces, or images of people, included in the logo. Mascots are okay.
- A complex logo
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Batson IF905-2 with foam core rainbow trout grip and colors. Hard to photograph the color change(purple to green) with change in angle that the light hits it. Really resembles how a fish changes color.
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I like it, looks fishy!
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I've mentioned a few times about moving the blog to a new website. Well, the time has come!
After this Friday, daily blog publishing on Brainzooming.blogspot.com will stop. Starting today, you can begin to find new, daily blog posts at Brainzooming.com! (Note: Brainzooming.blogspot.com will still be online for now, although archived content has moved to the new site.)
This move has been a long time coming and with the change to the Wordpress platform, the website will now contain the blog plus information on Brainzooming service offerings, presentations I do, and tools that have been previously scattered across other websites.
I'm still learning about the new website and there are more features to be added, but it's been functioning well the past couple of weeks (i.e., it's been feeding email blog subscribers since January 18), so it's ready for the transition.
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- For People Who Visit the Website Directly: Please favorite the new site at http://brainzooming.com/. The latest Brainzooming blog post will be located here.
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Traralgon South pay it forward
On the fourth anniversary of the Black Saturday bushfires the students and staff of Traralgon South Primary School are lending a hand to the bushfire affected Donnelly Primary School in Tasmania. The school is contributing books and stationery to other goods being donated by the Traralgon South community to those in Donnelly.
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Principal of the Traralgon South Primary School, Joel Fraser, says the main focus for the school this year is to 'pay forward' the support they've received over the past few years.
"Today we've asked that all our students bring in an item to donate," Mr Fraser says.
The items the students brought in will be added to a shipping container worth of goods being donated by the Traralgon South community.
The school is also aiming to sponsor some of the students of Donnelly Primary School to come over and stay with families in the Traralgon South area as part holiday that will include a trip to Melbourne's tourist attractions.
"[They will] have a look around our area, see where areas have burnt and how they've recovered and to have a bit of a holiday, similar to what was afforded to us in 2009 from a school in Queensland," Mr Fraser says.
Students and staff of the school paused for a minutes silence today to remember the Black Saturday bushfires, in which many in their community lost their homes.
"It's about remembering that this bushfire event occurred but also realising that we're ready to move on and things are being rebuilt, the environment has re-grown and the kids lives in particular are getting back to normal," says Mr Fraser.
Tonight after a memorial service at the Traralgon South Hall, there will be a call out for volunteers to be part of a crew heading to Donnelly to help with the bushfire clean up.
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Joey805 needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 30 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
Soccer Medal
We need to design a cool looking soccer medal for youth.
Kids ages 6 to 17
Please design a soccer medal that looks cool for both girls and boy in youth soccer programs. It can be in color or one color only. Thanks!


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The Lynchburg Citizen's Police Academy Alumni Association, an organization of Citizen Police Academy graduates dedicated to supporting the Lynchburg Police Department in building safer, community oriented neighborhoods in which people can work, play, and raise their families, by providing:
- Interested citizens an opportunity to volunteer time and talent to the LPD.
- Support to the concept of Community Policing by assisting the Department in bringing educational opportunities to citizens.
- LPD citizen support in developing new community programs and providing, as needed, assistance in meeting established goals and purposes of existing programs.
- Assistance whenever possible in making the Lynchburg Citizen's Police Academy successful.
Membership of the LCPAAA is open to graduates of the Lynchburg Citizen's Police Academy who wish to volunteer to support the purpose of the organization. Members must submit a completed application to the coordinator prior to attending a meeting.
Meetings are held the third Tuesday of August, November, February, and May. They will be held at 7:00PM at the LPD's West Building at 805 Court Street.
Next Meeting: TBA


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This January, the Financial Economics Institute and the Robert Day Scholars Program sponsored the 11th annual New York City Networking Trip. In the final week of winter break, ten juniors and six sophomores traveled to NYC to learn about the wide array of opportunities in the financial services industry, and to connect with various alumni of all ages. This was the fifth year a student organizing committee took the lead in coordinating firm visits and two social events. They also acted as trip leaders in NYC. This year, the two-person committee was comprised of Madeleine Bannon '14 and Julian Buckner '14.
Day 1
The trip began on the morning of Monday, January 13th with a visit to the restructuring house, Millstein & Co., hosted by CMC alumni Ali Abramovitz '12 & Lewis Corson '11. Students had the opportunity to interact in small groups with both junior and senior bankers, and learn about the roles and responsibilities of an analyst practicing financial restructuring at a boutique firm.
Next on the agenda was the group's visit to Atalaya Capital Management, where founding partner and Chief Investment Officer, Ivan Zinn '96, spoke about the converging roles of the hedge fund and private equity industry. Mr. Zinn also gave guidance to students about the various career paths available, and fielded questions about his experience starting his own firm. This visit was followed by an hour-long meeting with Jason Goldberg '95, previously with Och-Ziff, who explained the quantitative modeling performed in his role
In the afternoon, students attended the first-ever visit to Perella Weinberg Partners, hosted in absentia by founding partner Peter Weinberg '79. Students were treated to a presentation by Senior Partner and Global Head of Advisory, Chuck Ward, and a panel of analysts and associates spoke candidly about their day-to-day roles at the firm.
Finally, to end the day, students had the opportunity to visit with Daniel Cahir '05 at Long Light Capital. Here, students learned about the functions of a family office and asked questions about Mr. Cahir's transition from consulting to finance, and the value of graduate school.
Day 2
The morning began with a visit with Tim Galbraith '87 – CIO of Alternative Investments at Transamerica. Students learned about Mr. Galbraith's unique path into finance, and were treated to a panel of speakers including a Managing Director in J.P. Morgan's Wealth Management Division and the author of J.P. Morgan's Guide to the Markets.
Next, students were hosted for lunch by Alan Delsman '68, a Managing Director in Credit Risk Management at Deutsche Bank and joined by Richard Ferguson '81, Chief Risk Officer of the Americas. This visit provided students with an important overview of the function of risk mitigation in investment banks.
Afterwards, students headed over to Goldman Sachs for a broad overview of the many divisions within the firm. Our host, Christine Mann '87, was joined by Andrew Cosentino '11 for a discussion on Wealth Management and Structured Products, which was followed by panels on Investment Banking with Saumya Lohia '12, and Sales and Trading with Managing Director David Alvillar '01, along with Andrew Duckworth '12 and Patricia Ingrassia '13.
Students finished the day with a reception at the Princeton Club, where alumni of all ages gathered to reconnect – providing students with the opportunity to network in a social setting.
Day 3
The third day of the trip began at the Bloomberg headquarters where Justin Sheen '01 arranged a tour of the well-known midtown building. Students were given an overview of the entry-level positions available to new grads, in addition to learning more specifically about the R&D Department where Justin works as a Head Programmer in the Derivatives Division.
The second visit of the day brought the group to the restructuring shop, Miller Buckfire & Co., for a visit hosted by John McKenna '01. Students were given an overview of the restructuring process, as well as advice for a career in both restructuring and in the financial services industry, in general.
The final visit of the day was hosted by Avery Holland '12 at the boutique advisory investment bank, Greenhill & Co. In addition to an overview of the firm and the current M&A environment, Avery arranged a panel of first- and second-year analysts to share their experiences, as well as to give advice to students entering the recruiting process for investment banking internships and full-time positions.
The night ended with a Young Alumni dinner at Sarabeth's Central Park South location. Students and recent alums working in the greater New York area were able to connect over a three-course meal, providing students with a second opportunity to connect and network with alums.
Day 4
The final day of the trip, Thursday, January 16th, began at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York where Katy Femia '06 spoke about her role in the Markets Group and both sophomore and junior trip participants were given an extended deadline to apply to the Fed's internship program.
Next, students visited investment management firm Fred Alger where Kevin Collins spoke about the firm's history and growth oriented investment strategy. Students were also treated to a special visit from the firm's CEO, Dan Chung, who spoke in-depth about markets and leadership in the industry.
Finally, Marisa Walter '98, Associate Director of Career Services and External Relations at the Robert Day School, organized a career development workshop for the students with SSC Performance Advisors, where students learned the intricacies of self-marketing and best practices in networking and interviews. Marisa was also instrumental in overseeing numerous aspects of the trip.
The 2014 New York City Networking Trip was a great success. With a full extra day, students visited a record number of twelve firms and gained valuable exposure to the diversity of careers available in financial services. The first-hand experience at the various firms and connections developed during the evening social events will undoubtedly benefit the students as they pursue their future careers.
An expression of thanks needs to be given to the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, CMC's Alumni and Parent Relations Office, the Alumni Association, the RDS Advisory Board, and many alumni at the hosting firms, for their generous contributions, both monetary and otherwise, that made this trip possible.


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Learn how to breast-feedbefore you give birth: That's the advice I gave to a friend of mine who is about to have her first child. With a 10-month-old on my hip, I'm no expert on all things parental, but I did feel confident offering her the "learn now" nugget of wisdom.
It may seem counterintuitive (like putting a condom on before you go out on a date), but I credit that approach with my seamless transition into nursing, which for many women is the first real struggle of motherhood.
See, what no one ever tells you and what your mother may have forgotten, is that breast-feeding is a learned skill, and it's good to have some preparation for the first docking moment. When you bring that baby to your breast in the labor and delivery room, there is no string quartet playing Bach as a gauzy film washes over you and your tiny baby opens her mouth to gratefully receive the free-flowing milk from your breasts.
No. The baby is screaming, you're exhausted, the nurse is unhelpfully pushing the baby's head onto your heretofore dry nipple. No milk is coming out, everyone is watching you, you're getting nervous, and the baby begins screaming more. At least that was how it was for me, and I bet I'm not alone.
A rocky start may not seem like a big deal, but the problems of breast-feeding compound quickly. Even if a baby is getting some milk out, a host of painful problems can crop up—from cracked and sore nipples to a breast infection—if he doesn't learn how to latch on properly.
And that's when many women stop breast-feeding. Tara Parker-Pope of The New York Times Well blog recently wrote about some of the reasons women switch to formula feeding, and discomfort was a big one. (According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost three quarters of mothers make a go of nursing, but only 12% are exclusively breast-feeding their babies at 6 months, which is what the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends.)
I didn't learn it at home
In a traditional, extended-family culture, I would have grown up watching my mothers, sisters, and cousins feed their children, and I would have stored that knowledge for the day when I needed it. But few of us are introduced to the intimate and technical aspects of feeding a child with our body, and that's where lactation consultants come in.
One of the best teachers is Australia's Rebecca Glover, an International Board–certified lactation consultant whose video, "Follow Me Mum," is the reigning favorite among breast-feeding instructors. Yes, it has cheesy music and women with out-of-date haircuts, but Glover's simple technique, repeatedly demonstrated in the video, involves a specific way to hold your child, bring her to you, and pop your nipple into her mouth for a successful latch. In the hospital it worked as soon as I had some privacy to give it a go. And, within a week, my nipples had gotten over the initial soreness of being used in a new way, and my daughter and I were off on an easy, enjoyable journey together.
Other problems can and do arise during breast-feeding (I won't go into my clogged nipple pore), but learning what you can—before you are thrown into the deep end and told to swim—will help a lot. You can order Glover's video online, but it's not cheap. A less expensive option is to find a breast-feeding class that uses the video as part of its instruction (many do), or ask your local library to order a copy. If you have a little money to spend and cannot find a class near you, set up an appointment with a lactation consultant before you give birth. To find one, visit ILCA.org.


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I was not a Girl Scout and I didn't know anyone who was a Girl Scout while I was growing up either. I knew that Girl Scout cookies existed, but I never saw or tasted one until I got to college. The one cookie I knew I had to try first was the famed Thin Mints, a minty chocolate wafer coated in chocolate.
It's Girl Scout cookie season right now and you may already have enough Thin Mints stored away in your freezer to last you until the next season rolls around. But if you aren't so lucky, try your hand at making these chocolate mint cookies. When the logs of cookie dough are cut into wafer thin slices of approximately 1/8-inch, baked and then completely enrobed in chocolate, they are a pretty good homemade copycat.
As you can see from my photos I didn't slice my cookies as thin as 1/8-inch as directed in the recipe that follows. And I was too lazy to temper my chocolate. So when the chocolate coating hardened it was not shiny nor did it have that "snap" you get with tempered chocolate. But I didn't really mind and neither did anyone else.
Chocolate Mint Cookies
(Makes about 5 dozen cookies)
For the cookies:
1 large egg yolk
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened Dutch-processed cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
2 sticks (8 ounces) unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
For the coating:
7 ounces semisweet chocolate
To make the cookies:
1. Place egg yolk, peppermint extract, and vanilla extract in a small bowl and whisk to break up the yolk.
2. Combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, and salt in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a blade attachment and pulse a few times to aerate and break up any lumps. Add butter and pulse until the mixture looks like sand, about 25 1-second pulses. Add yolk mixture and pulse just until the dough forms into a ball, about 15 1-second pulses.
3. Turn dough out onto a clean work surface and roll into 2 logs, each about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Wrap the logs in plastic wrap and refrigerate until just firm but still pliable, about 1 hour. (The logs will flatten slightly while chilling. If you have a paper towel tube available, cut it in half lengthwise and nestle the cookie dough in there; this will help the dough keep its cylindrical shape while it chills.) Reshape the logs so they are perfectly round and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour more.
4. Heat the oven to 350°F and arrange a rack in the middle. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
5. Remove a dough log from the refrigerator, remove the plastic wrap, and slice the dough into 1/8-inch coins. Place the cookies 1/2 inch apart on the prepared baking sheet. (About 30 cookies will fit on 1 sheet.) Rewrap the extra cookie dough in plastic and refrigerate until ready to bake the second batch.
6. Bake the cookies until the edges are firm but the tops are still soft, about 9 to 11 minutes. Remove to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with the remaining dough.
To make the (non-tempered) chocolate coating for dipping:
Put 3 ounces of the chocolate in a glass bowl and microwave on high power for about 30 seconds. Stir with a wooden spoon. Continue to heat and stir in 30-second increments until the chocolate is just melted. Add the remaining chocolate and allow it to sit at room temperature, stirring often, until it's completely smooth. Stir vigorously until the chocolate is smooth and slightly cooled; stirring makes it glossier.
Taking one cookie at a time, dip one end of each cookie in the melted chocolate and place it on a parchment paper lined sheet pan. Once all the cookies have been dipped, place the sheet pans in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes, or until the chocolate has hardened.
The cookie recipe is from Chow where you can also find their directions for tempering chocolate. The non-tempered chocolate coating recipe is from Ina Garten.


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Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Announces Passage Of Omnibus Bill To Streamline Insurance Licensing And Training Standards And Delete Obsolete Reports
News: 2012 Press Release
Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today announced that the California State Legislature has passed AB 2303 authored by the Assembly Committee on Insurance. This measure, which received unanimous, bipartisan support throughout the legislative process, is sponsored by Commissioner Jones and the California Department of Insurance.
One notable component of AB 2303 is the authority that would be allowed for the Insurance Commissioner to take over an insurer that the U.S. Treasury Secretary determines is insolvent or in danger of becoming insolvent. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act of 2010 granted the U.S. Treasury Secretary with the authority to make insolvency-related determinations on specified insurers, but retained the act of conserving and liquidating with the states. This bill, which is one of the first in the nation to address this procedural gap, ensures a timely process for initiating the conservation and liquidation process of insurers.
"Insurer insolvencies can be devastating to policyholders," said Commissioner Jones. "The ability to take over an insolvent insurer in a timely manner or an insurer on the verge of insolvency is pivotal to protecting consumers."
This bill also deletes obsolete reporting requirements and eliminates an advisory committee that is seen as duplicative to other CDI advisory boards and committees. "We explored opportunities to consolidate or eliminate outdated, duplicative department efforts to enable department staff to focus on important mission-critical issues," said Commissioner Jones. "This effort is consistent with a mutual goal I have with Governor Jerry Brown to eliminate wasteful reports that no longer serve a purpose."
In addition, AB 2303 makes several changes in law relating to insurance producer licenses, including the establishment of a license for insurance crop adjusters and expansion of the Department's pre-licensing and continuing education curriculum board to provide for representation from the insurance adjuster and bail agent industries.
"I urge Governor Jerry Brown to sign this necessary omnibus bill aimed at streamlining and improving the way the Department does business," said Commissioner Jones.
The California Department of Insurance, established in 1868, is the largest consumer protection agency in California. Insurers collect $310 billion in premiums annually in California. Since 2011 the California Department of Insurance received more than 1,000,000 calls from consumers and helped recover over $469 million in claims and premiums. Please visit the Department of Insurance website at www.insurance.ca.gov. Non-media inquiries should be directed to the Consumer Hotline at 800.927.4357. Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf (TDD), please dial 800.482.4833.