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Samsung Reigns Supreme in the Handset Market
According to IDC, Samsung sold about 72.4 million smartphones in the second quarter. The WSJ's Min-Jeong Lee tells Yun-Hee Kim how Samsung is positioning itself to compete in the smartphone market.
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Hetepu Family.
Have you ever wondered how Africans were enslaved? I mean Family I have looked at this from every perspective, but I think I finally figured it out after so many years of study and contemplation. But, before sharing with you my theory, let's take a trip down my religious memory lane.
Now, when I was a kid around 13 years of age and first becoming aware, that's when I started having some strong opposition against the church. This was partly due to the rising crack cocaine violence occurring in the streets of Detroit, but not happening Dearborn, Southfield, Bloomfield, Royal Park and other nearby suburban communities, which made me ask, "Why is this happening to us?"
When I asked the ministers at my church, I remembered being taught that Jesus saved us all when he died on the cross for our sins. When I asked how did we become sinned in the first place and I was told about Adam and Eve's fall, and how we were not God's "Chosen People" but Gentiles. Not knowing a lot about history, biblical history or anything about Jewish people at that time. "Chosen People" in my young mind meant non-black and brown people, and Gentiles meant black and brown skinned.
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To escape the onslaught occurring in Detroit, the thought came to mind that I needed to be saved, but when I gave myself Jesus he didn't accept me, at least not for long. My faith was not strong enough because I couldn't just accept that I was meant to be a pawn in some Divine scheme, so I left the church and began reading about the ancient Egyptians.
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The ancient Egyptians fascinated me as a kid despite the popular belief that they were idol worshippers and the so-called enslavers of the Children of Israel or God's Chosen People. It was something about them that attracted me to them, and now when I look at it, it was because they were also considered to be Gentiles in my young mind.
To me this meant that out of all of the biblical civilizations, while the "Chosen People" wandered from dessert to dessert. These pagan idol worshiping Gentiles called the ancient Egyptians stood as the greatest nation of all during this time. It was at that moment I realized that there was more to meet the eye about the ancient Egyptians and that they probably were not idol worshippers as everyone had claimed in Sunday school.
That's when I received divine instructions to study everything I could about the ancient Egyptians. Twenty or so years later, I discovered the Maa Aankh and that's when I realize that the reason I was given that instruction was to rid or reprogram my mind with constructive and positive images about ancestry. Since that time, thanks to history and metaphysics, I learned that there is no such thing as a "Chosen People." Every race of human beings believe he or she is "chosen" because one of the faults of being human is our ego, but the Divine does not pick and choose or play favorites. As I have said before, the same air fills my lungs just like it does my enemy's, which means God doesn't put anyone on a pedestal. In God's sight, we are all the same.
Therefore, this "Chosen People" idea is a manmade conception.
So how did the descendants of Kamit become slaves?
Well, with a better self-image and a better understanding of history, I began to read and study how the Transatlantic Slave Trade began. I remembered hearing that the Africans were forced into Christianity but after careful study, I found that this was a myth.
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The truth is that when the first Europeans stepped foot on the West African Coast, the first people they encountered were the BaKongo people. The relationship and history between the BaKongo and Portuguese is similar to the relationship that occurred across the Atlantic between the various Amerindians and other European colonizers and settlers. Initially it began with the BaKongo people at first noticing the different physical traits and strange customs of the foreigners and gradually evolving to marveling at the foreigners advance technology. It can be said that it begins first with fear, followed by wonder. The BaKongo like many Native Americans were simply amazed by the Europeans gunfire, which was a technology they did not possess. As soon as they began to admire the Europeans' weapons, they began to admire other things brought from Europe including religion. Even though most people believe that Africans were forced into Christianity, the truth is that the BaKongo people willingly converted to this new faith, just like a number of Native Americans had done. It all began with the envious desire to possess European weaponry to defeat one's enemy.
If we look at this from a superficial perspective we will be led to believe that slavery began over the use of guns, but that is only a piece of the puzzle. Yes, eventually it led to the trade of ivory, gold, sugar, cotton and of course people, which means money, but those are still pieces of the puzzle.
I beat my head trying to figure this out, until I remembered the Story of Osar, and in the Story I was reminded that after Osar (Asar, Ausar, Osiris in Greek) came into power his envious youngest brother Set killed him and usurped the throne. How did Set kill his wise and powerful brother? He dangled in front of him a beautifully decorated chest, which became the model chest used in all royal funerary rites in ancient Egypt. It was an elaborate empty chest – meaning it had no real power – which everyone desired.
That's right. It is the allusion and illusion of power.
Osar was already powerful and could have easily made the chest himself, but he fell for Set's trick because of the allusion of power the chest represented, which is the ability to cheat fate.
I hope you see that Set has numerous elaborated chests. In pre-imperial and pre-colonial times, Set's elaborated chest was the European gun. In another period, Set's elaborated chest was religion. Today due to social media, it is fame and money, and doing what is "good" or "right" in order to receive social acceptance. In other words, Set's chest is anything that you think will quickly give you peace, prosperity, power, love, success, etc. Anything that leads you to compromise your principles at the risk of harming yourself and others is an elaborate and beautifully decorated coffin created by your ego. There is only one way to get peace, prosperity, power, love, success, etc. No one and no thing can give it to you because they are ethereal. The only way to get these attributes is to within.
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Topic: Jango Fett: Ladies Man?
The way Jango acts and by his body language I wouldn't be surprised if he was a bit of a ladies man. Now if he was going to buy a gal a gift, what do you think it would be?
Personally I think he'd be a perfume man.
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Liliha Moments
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For four years, photographer Paul Chesley has documented the Honolulu neighborhood of Liliha for calendars published by state Rep. Corinne Ching. Her district includes Liliha, where she makes her home, and the calendars are a labor of love for the freelance National Geographic Society photographer and the representative, who produces them without state funds as as gifts and promotional tools. These photographs, taken between 2005 and 2008, capture a historic neighborhood in all its complexity.
Plantation Home, Kunawai Lane "Corinne and I drove by this house, and I said, 'we need to stop so I can shoot this,'" says Chesley. "I've spent a lot of time on outer islands so I'm used to seeing plantation-style homes with their beautiful shapes, but you don't see them a lot in Honolulu. Sadly enough, they've been torn down." The man on the porch is the nephew of the person who built the home, adds Ching.
Royal Mausoleum, Nuuanu Avenue Known as Mauna Ala (fragrant hills) in Hawaiian, the Royal Hawaiian Mausoleum has a curator, Bill Maioho, who lives on the grounds. His position is an inherited one, stemming from tradition in the alii class. His mother held the position for 28 years, his grandfather, for 10. Chief Hoolulu was his sixth great-grandfather.
Young's Noodle Factory, Liliha Street Flour lightly coats the concrete floor like a sheet of fresh snow. Sounds of clanging pans can be heard in the distance. The tempting smell of fried noodles escapes onto bustling Liliha Street. When restaurants or nearby residents need noodles—of any kind, from yee mein to saimin—they go to Young's Noodle Factory. In the back sit archaic-looking metal machines and, on a recent morning, dozens of 5-inch deep trays held a mess of chow mein.


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Super Mario
By Kai Pfaffenbach
There were other big names supposed to be the super stars of this Euro 2012 – Portugal's Christiano Ronaldo, Germany's Bastian Schweinsteiger, Holland's Robin van Persie or France's Franck Ribery – they have all flown home by now and before the final between Spain and Italy there is only one guy left who will be recognized as the tournament's big star: Mario Balotelli from Italy.
What a story. Adopted from African parents when he was three, brought up by Italian foster parents and now one of the most recognized strikers playing for England's champions Manchester City and the man who brought Italy into the final with his two striking goals against an agonized German squad in the semi-final.
Covering all major soccer tournaments and big finals for the last 15 years I can't remember one player who fascinates the media and fans like him. And it's not only about the way he plays. The number of his nicknames seems endless. Super-Mario, after the popular video-game star, Balla-Balla Balotelli, as he is well known for his jokes with team mates or Mad Mario, as he gets quite furious on the pitch (he faced four red cards during the last Premier League) season.
After the semi-final he added another one himself: the postman! A journalist asked why he did not celebrate after his second goal against the Germans. He simply answered that it is his job to score goals and the postman delivering the daily mail does not celebrate at each end every letter box. Seconds of silence and then a big laugh of the media. But as much as they love him, they are also in some kind of conflict with him all the time. One Italian sport paper showed him in a cartoon as King Kong shaking Big Ben when Italy played England in their quarter finals – a lot other countries considered this as racism. The postman took it with a smile and delivered.
For a photographer he is a perfect subject to follow. He shows emotions, argues and plays with great engagement. When he scored his first goal of the semi-final against "my" German team he started his celebration and ran past our captain Phillip Lahm, making him look like a little school boy. We have this proverb saying: "Good boys go to heaven – bad boys make it everywhere" – in this case into the final….
So no matter which team will win and which will lose – Balotelli will be a big part of the final showdown and makes it into the papers on Monday again.
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The Bush Administration has announced its concurrence with a court agreement establishing guidelines for the Environmental Protection Agency in reviewing how agricultural pesticides affect children's health.
The President has also said he will support the U.S. signing an international treaty to ban a "dirty dozen" of toxic chemicals, including several pesticides.
Although the crop protection industry opposed the court settlement, saying it would mean the loss of some of agriculture's most effective and economical pesticides, EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman said her agency had little leeway in the consent decree that was negotiated with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in the last hours of the Clinton Administration.
The NRDC and other groups had sued the EPA when it failed to meet deadlines for completion of a 1996 congressionally-mandated review of the safety tolerances for more than 10,000 pesticides, particularly those that posed higher risks for infants and children.
Under the agreement, the EPA must develop a timetable to evaluate 11 pesticides deemed the most hazardous. "We have set specific milestones for reviewing certain pesticides," Whitman said, "and EPA will meet the deadlines required by the Food Quality Protection Act to reassess existing pesticides using current health and safety standards."
She said the agency will use "a rigorous scientific review process" that will include extensive opportunity for public involvement and comment "to insure that all perspectives are heard."
The agency will also have to develop guidelines to better protect farm workers from certain pesticides.
In announcing the Bush Administration's intent to sign the international agreement to ban the "dirty dozen" of toxic chemicals that include several agricultural pesticides, the U.S. would become the third signatory.
Many of the chemicals, such as DDT, aren't used any more in the U.S. or other developed nations, but some continue to be used in developing nations.
The Bush Administration's support for the treaty calling for a worldwide ban on the 12 materials was timed to mesh with the annual celebration of Earth Day (Sunday, April 22).
Included in the "dirty dozen," in addition to DDT, are polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), found in electrical transformers and other industrial components; dioxins and furans that are byproducts of various industrial processes and waste burning; and the pesticides toxaphene, aldrin, chlordane, dieldrin, heptachlor, endrin, mirex, and hexaclorobenzene.
Production and use of nine of the materials would be banned under the treaty, tentatively set to be signed next month in Stockholm, Sweden. Canada and Sweden have already signed the pact. It is expected, however, that it will take "four to five years" for the treaty, which was developed by the United Nations Environment Program, to go into effect.
An international fund of approximately $150 million will be established to assist countries in developing substitutes for the banned chemicals.
In the interim, use of DDT would still be allowed in some 25 countries in malaria control programs operated under World Health Organization supervision.
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Egyptian Treasures Vodcasts
A voice from 350 BCE...
When our team was first thinking about how to bring the Egyptian Treasures collection to life, they came up with the idea of establishing a monologue, in which a senior draftsman instructs his young apprentice. Deb, our writer and editor, has created these scripts based on what we know about the lives of real people, and these videos capture the way in which the stories and the collection come together.
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AHL Game Night: 3/2/11 Bears at Admirals
It was Bear hunting season tonight at Scope.
Dustin Tokarski allowed 1 goal on 29 shots for the win. With Curtis McElhinney plucked away by Ottawa on waivers, the number one job in Norfolk is now Tokarski's, unless Cedrick Desjardins finds a way to return from injury. Tonight was a good opening statement for Tic.
First Period
HER Pinizzotto, (16) (Willsie, Greentree), 7:44
NOR Ritola, (1) (Fornataro, Tokarski), 12:51
Second Period
NOR Jones, (19) (Vernace, Szczechura), 9:05 (PP)
NOR Jones, (20) (Pouliot, Milam), 9:41
NOR Pouliot, (18) (Milam, Harju), 19:55 (PP)
Third Period
NOR Durno, (15) (Angelidis, Wright), 0:32
NOR Ritola, (2) (Pouliot, Gudas), 13:17
Blair Jones, Marc-Antoine Pouliot, and Mattias Ritola were the game's three stars. Jones became the first Admiral to hit 20 goals this season, matching his career high set two years ago. Difference is: his 20 goals in 2008-2009 came in 80 games and was largely the product of Jones playing a lot of point on the power play. He reached that threshold in 47 games this season and has developed into a far more well-rounded player. Ritola scored his first 2 goals as an Admiral and now has 11 points in his first 9 games with the club.
With Chris Durno scoring his 15th goal tonight, the Admirals now have 6 players with 15 or more goals: Pouliot, Jones, Johan Harju, Matt Fornataro, Durno, and Mike Angelidis. Entering the year, it appeared the formula for success in Norfolk would involve having multiple scorers chasing around 20 goals without pure snipers like the departed Brandon Bochenski. It certainly appears that formula has been followed so far.
With the win, Norfolk seized 4th in the East Division outright over Binghamton by 2 points, while still holding 1 game in hand. They also burned a game in hand on Charlotte and are now 3 points back of 3rd place with 2 games in hand. They're also now 7 points back of the Bears for 2nd place with 2 games in hand. In the crossover, Norfolk holds an 8 point advantage on the Atlantic's 4th place team, Worcester.
There are 20 games left in the regular season. Norfolk next faces Albany on the road on Friday. They'll face the Bears again this weekend (Saturday) in Hershey and finishes out the week in Binghamton on Sunday. With three games in three nights, it will be interesting to see if and when Coach Cooper starts Jaroslav Janus.
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Our gizmo guru, Jim, is highly qualified for Jobs
by JIM HARRIS
Last week, I got cold-called by Steve Jobs in a dream. He said, "Jim, you need to get connected to the cosmos. Land lines and desktop computers don't cut it anymore. You need to spread your wireless wings and rule the air!"
He went on, "You need to dramatically increase the size of your bandwidth, decrease the size of your liquid crystal display, get yourself a 12-megapixel digital tablet with a dual core A5 chip, high-definition video and a central processing unit that's at least 8 gigahertz.
"If you don't do this," he said, "you'll get left in the lurch with the Luddites. You'll be like one of those Morlocks from 'The Time Machine,' living underground in the dark, doing manual labor, while the happy Eloi frolic in the sunlight. Wouldn't you rather be an Eloi?"
"Well sure," I thought. I woke up and began buying all the latest digital devices as fast as I could spend the money. Now I'm a true gizmo guru. No more lengthy one-second waits for information. I get everything at the speed of light.
In fact, I have access to so much information that I'm no longer merely an individual, but rather a conglomeration of specialized operatives in many different fields, each with their own mission statement, screen name and website. I am Team Jim.
Team Jim talks in "Jim Speak." For instance, If you were to say to me, "Johnny Depp and his wife are splitting up," I would reply, "Team Jim begs to differ! While appearing on the French chat show Le Grand Journal, wearing a salmon-colored sweater, just five minutes ago, Depp's wife Vanessa Paradis denied a split."
Hold on, I'm getting another message from the notification center: (The new "Wrath of the Titans" movie is awesome.) Okay, that was helpful.
Of course, all of my devices are interconnected. When I get up in the morning, I put on my iPants one iLeg at a time, and shave with my iRazor, which understands over 200 commands in five languages. My iPhone monitors my car's tire pressure, and also manages my optimum sleep cycles. Whoops, hold on, it says I have to nap for three seconds.
OK, I'm back. I can also study new trends in trends, to stay ahead of the curve in fashion and technology. One app even helped me trace my ancestry back 70,000 years to a cave man named Awoo who died from an untreated cold sore. Wow, we certainly have come a long way since then, eh? These days, if I have a medical problem, I can go on the web, describe my malady, order some pills from Mexico and be cured (or dead) the next day.
Just a sec, I have to set my reminders: "eat, tweet, go to bathroom, sleep."
Check this out. I can use my iPhone to take a video of myself watching a movie on my iPad, then post the video on Facebook to share it with my 45,000 closest friends. Then I can write about the whole experience on my blog. By the way, all of my friends are divided into networks, like sports, movies, food, chat, etc. That way, I can tweet them about those specific subjects. It's more efficient, and it saves valuable tweeting time
Wait, my GPS is telling me something: "Put your right foot in / put your right foot out / shake it all about."
Did you hear about the man who lost his memory card and didn't know who he was? He was found wandering aimlessly on Germantown Avenue looking for the area's best sushi bar. Tragic!
To prevent such disasters in the future, I personally am developing a consumer electronic device called the "iAm," which will contain all of the data in the universe. It will be surgically implanted into your brain, thus eliminating the danger of losing it. The only downside is that if you don't buy one, you will cease to exist.
By the way, whenever I speak or write, my words are automatically recorded, emailed to the Library of Congress and immediately copywritten, so feel free to use any of the information contained in this article, but be sure to clear it with my legal department first.


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History examines the complexity of and relationship between past events in order to understand the meaning of human experience over time. Far from being an exercise in remembering facts and dates, historical study is dynamic and forever new. In exploring the lives of diverse peoples in different times and places, historians interpret a wide range of evidence from various perspectives. Through such inquiries, history seeks to make sense of the present and the future as well as the past.
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African and Asian History, Ancient/Medieval History, Economic/Political History, Ethnic/Immigration History, Environmental History, European and Middle Eastern History, Gender/Women's History, Intellectual History, Modern/Contemporary History, Social/Cultural History, U.S. and World History.
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God of War: Ascension Purchases at Best Buy Hammer Down the Bonuses
If you haven't pre-ordered God of War: Ascension, then either you really don't care about securing one of the most anticipated games of the year, or you've been holding out for amazing bonuses. If it's the latter, then we've got good news for you.
According to a post on the PlayStation Blog, if you get the game at Best Buy, you'll receive an exclusive Mjolnir Multiplayer Weapon downloadable content pack.
This promotional weapon is inspired by an upcoming show on History, called Vikings, which features the story of Ragnar Lothbrok. This viking is said to be a direct descendant of Odin, the Norse god who rules over all of Asgard. And in keeping with the viking theme, the weapon is inspired by Mjolnir, otherwise known as Thor's hammer. The show itself will premiere on March 3rd, 2013 at 10 PM EST.
All you have to do to get this DLC is snag the game at Best Buy and punch in the promo code on the included voucher. This code will also get you the Mythological Heroes Multiplayer Pack, giving you access to four armor sets for Achilles, Perseus, Orion, and Odysseus.
Tell us in the comments section if this bonus is enough to get you to purchase the game at Best Buy, or if there are other stores out there with bonuses that are more appealing to you.
God of War: Ascension comes out on March 12th, 2013, so you have a little under a month to make a decision!


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Metallic Plastic Mulch 1.25 mil Smooth (4ft x 4000ft)
Metallic plastic mulch helps to control weeds, retain soil moisture, and reflect light back onto plants. It also has been found to confuse insects and help to repel them from plants.
Metallic Plastic Mulch 1.25 mil Smooth (4' x 4000')
- Provides excellent weed protection
- Uniform metallic reflective color has been shown to reduce certain insect populations
- It is theorized that the reflected light disorients insects, making them retreat away from plants
- Prevents weeds from growing nearby plants by blocking light
- Keeps soil warmer
- Reduces soil moisture evaporation
- Easy to install film is flexible and stretchable
- Conforms to uneven plant beds, rows and raised beds
- Strong enough for double cropping in the same season or possibly for use over two seasons
- Easy field removal
- Economically priced for large scale production and improved growing efficiency
This 1.25 mil metallic plastic mulch not only suppresses weeds and retains moisture but helps to reflect light back up onto plants, increasing growth potential and helping to scare insects. Metallic mulch reflects light back up onto plants in multiple random directions which is theorized to scare or confuse insects in the vacinity.
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Samaritan Medical Center encourages patients and their families to actively participate in care planning, treatments, and decisions to support the patient's recovery.
Patients admitted to Samaritan Medical Center will be given the opportunity to name up to two (2) Patient Care Partners. The Patient Care Partner is an adult identified by the patient or the patient's legal surrogate to be an active part of their healthcare team. For the patient who is an inpatient or outpatient who is staying overnight, one Patient Care Partner may visit or stay with the patient around the clock. The Patient Care Partner will be identified by the patient during the admission process and may be updated any time during the hospitalization.


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BRANDON — A school could get used to this: Otter Valley Union High School pitcher Brett Patterson threw a one-hitter in the No. 2 Otters' 6-0 win over visiting No. 7 Lake Region in a Division II quarterfinals on Thursday.
A model of efficiency, Patterson threw just 67 pitches, struck out nine and walked none in just an hour and 20 minutes to send Lake Region packing. And the senior hurler and co-ace Justin Owen have been consistently on their pitching all season, helping the Otters to a 17-1 record.


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Sophisticated world travellers who count on near-perfection are devotees of the Four Seasons brand, which has more than 90 hotels in 38 countries from Canada to China.
It all started when Torontonian Isadore Sharp, an architect and builder, opened a motor lodge in his hometown in the 1960s. He went on to revolutionize the hotel scene with the Four Seasons in London, England, during the 1970s. Sharp swept away the heavy drapery and stuffy formality of the grandes dames and introduced a sleek, stylized glass tower with a contemporary look to luxury and a philosophy of attentive service for all, aristocrats or not.
The Four Seasons' goal was to cater to both modern leisure jet-setters and the new breed of globe-trotting executives. (Sharp is still chairman of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and remains a shareholder, although 95 per cent of shares are held by Microsoft's Bill Gates and Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia.)
In the flagship city of Toronto, a new Four Seasons opened one year ago, built from scratch in posh Yorkville and already named among the best of the best by such magazines as Condé Nast Traveler, Travel & Leisure and Robb Report.
If you are accustomed to luxury travel with Michelin-inspired gourmet cuisine and such conveniences as an extra telephone in the bathroom, you'll also appreciate the Four Seasons' intangibles, like privacy and serenity. If you are upgrading your lifestyle for a rare five-star getaway, you'll be ooh-ing and aah-ing at the elegant simplicity of the decor, the stunning views of Toronto and the indoor infinity-edge swimming pool shimmering under a skylight.
The interiors of the Four Seasons Toronto are by Yabu Pushelberg, arguably Canada's most renowned design company. The hotel is a subtle study in mellow earth tones of sand and stone, with walls and floors of lavish cream marble and dark granite. Minimalist flower arrangements, bamboo stalks and delicate artwork exude a whisper of the East. The 259 guest rooms — bright, superbly appointed and spacious — all have floor-to-ceiling windows, sitting areas, double vanities and soaking tubs.
If you're not a guest of the hotel, the spa, Café Boulud or dbar (that's the hotel's stylized spelling for the lounge), don't plan on hanging out to see how the other 99 per cent live. The Four Seasons Toronto has only the tiniest of lobby lounges, with nowhere to sink into a sofa to blend in and pretend you belong. The concierge desk, the front desk and the elevator bay are a series of small spaces, separated by towering, sculptural screens of latticework metal.
"It's meant to evoke a residential feeling," the front-desk manager told me. "No commercial hubbub, no passersby. It's about the privacy — and the feeling of privacy."
With this backdrop of understatement and subtlety, success is in the details: the Four Seasons supplies iPads in every room, televisions embedded in the bathroom mirrors and custom-made toiletries by the Italian fashion house Etro. The fitness centre lends T-shirts, shorts, socks and running shoes if you have forgotten your gear (and you keep it all except the shoes). And the staff is absolutely top-drawer. Spa manager Carlos Calvo-Rodriguez is a certified physiotherapist, a handy source in case you need a quick tip for a sore knee. Chief concierge Liloo Alim has been called the "most powerful woman in Toronto" when it comes to nabbing hard-to-get tickets for the film fest or theatre.
When I arrived, I explored the hotel and sketched out a best-case scenario for a 24-hour visit. Certainly, this sojourn would start with lunch at Café Boulud, where Sharp's designing wife, Rosalie, went airy and avant-garde with glass tables, high-tech chairs and pop-art prints of such icons as Madonna, Einstein and Picasso.
But the food is the real star at Café Boulud. House specialties include crispy duck eggs with mushrooms, chestnut velouté, lobster salad, porcini mushroom risotto, lamb burgers, black cod with curried lobster bisque and updated versions of venison, salmon and beef.
Chef de cuisine Tyler Shedden crafted the menu with Michelin-starred chef Daniel Boulud, so I didn't hold back. My plan was to work off lunch at the fitness centre and then bliss out at the spa — Toronto's largest urban spa, with 17 treatment rooms, two steam rooms and a nail and hair salon. For rejuvenation and relaxation, I considered the Gold Plumping Facial and the Clay Body Wrap, but ultimately decided on the Asian Fusion Massage, a guaranteed pick-me-up for tired travellers.
I had dawdled at the spa. It was already 5 p.m. and the hotel's chic lounge, dbar, was busy with cocktail-hour revellers and a DJ mixing upbeat dance music. I joined in with a tulip of bubbly: the hotel's anniversary celebration drink is a mix of Cuvée Daniel Champagne infused with brandy, pear and vanilla. Perhaps just one?
Day 2 dawned. I wanted to maximize my Four Seasons morning, because the 12 p.m. checkout time was looming. I headed straight for the swimming pool, a stunning Zen-like installation with a whirlpool, an outdoor terrace and magazine-worthy living-room loungers. I swam until I worked up an appetite.
Boulud-style breakfast means divine and decadent choices. At home, it's an egg white and oat bran toast, so I went all out here, deciding between poached eggs meurette (with braised short ribs and red wine reduction), lemon ricotta hotcakes or duck confit hash, followed by cappuccino with milk foam sculpted in the shape of the Four Seasons' logo.
I was fulfilled, and I suspect Sharp is, too.
The writer was a guest of the hotel. The hotel did not review or approve the story.
Four Seasons Hotel Toronto: 800-268-6282, 416-964-0411, fourseasons.com/toronto; 60 Yorkville Ave., Toronto.
Price: rates fluctuate; rooms cost approximately $435 to $685 for two; suites, $750 to $15,000 for the three-bedroom Royal Suite, all including swimming pool, hot tub, fitness room, business centre. Children have special menus, bathrobes, kids' pool, welcome gift. No charge for pets. Extras: spa treatments, yoga and Pilates classes, babysitting, cellphones.
Café Boulud: breakfast, lunch, dinner daily and Sunday brunch; dbar lounge menu from 11 a.m. daily.
Tourism Toronto: 800-499-2514, seetorontonow.com.


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2018 Grow Your Farm Miller County (Session 6 of 10)
Saturday, March 24, 2018, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Church at Osage Hills5237 Osage Beach Parkway, Osage Beach MO map...
Grow Your Farm is designed for prospective farmers, beginners with some experience and seasoned farmers who want to make a "new beginning" with alternative farming methods. MU Extension specialists and experienced, innovative farmers teach the sessions. Participants attend a set of practical seminars and field days to learn from MU Extension specialists, farmers and agribusiness operators.This course will help you:
Identify and prioritize personal and family values and use them as the foundation for the farm mission statement and goals.
Learn how to "walk the farm" to assess the land and its facilities.
Learn to evaluate the feasibility of particular farm opportunities.
Understand the components of a business plan and create one of your own.
Understand financial aspects of a business plan and review popular tools to manage financial records.
Consider different types of agricultural marketing and draft a marketing plan.
Become familiar with a variety of legal issues that pertain to farming enterprises.
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Marketing Farm Products Selling Local Foods at the Farmers Market
There is a reduced fee of $35 for veterans and those from socially disadvantaged groups.
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Manchester City get same number of penalties as United, says Sir Alex Ferguson
SIR ALEX FERGUSON sparked a war of words with Roberto Mancini in the build-up to the Manchester derby with a jibe about City's penalty record.
City have been awarded 21 penalty kicks – 20 of them at the Etihad Stadium – since the start of the 2010-11 season. And in a clear attempt to influence tomorrow's referee, Martin Atkinson, Ferguson said: "If we were to get that number of penalty kicks there would have been an inquiry in the House of Commons and protests."
But Ferguson's argument was undermined when the records showed that United have been awarded exactly the same number of penalties in Premier League games in the same period of time – 13 coming at Old Trafford and eight away.
That sparked a sarcastic response from City boss Mancini, who accused Ferguson of hypocrisy.
He said: "I remember very well last season when Ashley Young was swimming and they had four or five penalties in the last 10 games. He [Ferguson] didn't say anything then. It is fair to say that over the last 15 years United have had some penalties that have been debatable – not a lot but certainly two or three. He is probably saying it deliberately. He is clever."
He is probably saying it deliberately. He is clever
City have the better record from penalties – converting 18 of their 21. United have scored only 14 of their spot kicks.
City host United at lunchtime tomorrow and Mancini defended himself in the face of criticism following his club's exit from the Champions League.
He pointed to Ferguson's struggle to make an impact domestically and in Europe in his early years at Old Trafford.
"Ferguson won his first title after seven years in the job and his first Champions League after 14 years," said Mancini.
"I won the Premier League after two years and have another 12 years to win a Champions League. I am happy with the job I have done here."
City have won three of the last four derbies – including a stunning 6-1 win at Old Trafford last season – and Mancini says they have banished their inferiority complex.
"The derby games are different now," he said. "Maybe two or three years ago we were fearful of United but now that has changed."
Ferguson described City as the "noisy neighbours" two years ago. Asked yesterday if they had quietened down he joked: "They are screaming now!"
He said he is confident United can throw off City's challenge.
"City are our biggest threat now, there's no question about that. And we are their biggest threat.
"The great thing about football is that things can change. Their fortunes changed the moment Sheikh Mansour took over. I knew the minute that happened it was going to be a different ball game.
"We have to accept the challenge in the way we did when Chelsea came along, when Arsenal overtook Liverpool back in the early Nineties, and we have to do it again.
"I've been lucky that in my time here I have been involved in great contests with teams such as Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea, and now it's City. It's fantastic. There are no dull moments. Great.
"That's the great thing about this club, we can accept challenges, we don't run from them.
"For 20 years we have been at the top. We've never finished outside the top three in the Premier League and that consistency is a fantastic model for us."
Ferguson conceded that City's exit from Europe has given them an advantage in the title race because they will play fewer games.
"Less games, less chance of injuries. It gives them a full week to prepare for games now," he said.
"But they would rather have European football. Any big team would want European football and that will be their biggest disappointment."'We accept challenge from City'


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U.S. Picks Up First Road Win of Final Round Qualifying with 1-0 Win in Trinidad & Tobago to Move into First Place
- U.S.Sits in First Place with 16 Points with Two Matches Remaining in Qualifying; Clinches Top Four Position in the Table
- Clark Scores First Qualifying Goal; Donovan Registers Eighth Assist in Final Round
- Two Qualifiers Remain as U.S. Travels to Honduras on Oct. 10, Hosts Costa Rica on Oct. 14 in Washington, D.C.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Sept. 9, 2009) — Ricardo Clark's first career FIFA World Cup qualifying goal in the 62nd minute against Trinidad & Tobago put the U.S. three points closer to qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup with a 1-0 victory in Port of Spain.
After eight games, the U.S. sits in first place of the six-team group with 16 points on the strength of a 5-2-1 record. The U.S. has clinched a top four position, which guarantees at least a playoff with the fifth-place team from South America for a berth in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
In other CONCACAF action on Wednesday night the home teams posted 1-0 victories, with Mexico besting Honduras and El Salvador remaining undefeated at home against Costa Rica. With four consecutive victories, Mexico is now in second place with 15 points. Honduras falls to third with 13 points and Costa Rica has 12 points and is in fourth. El Salvador, with eight points, is still hanging on with a chance of finishing as high as third-place, and Trinidad & Tobago has been eliminated.
There are scenarios in which the U.S. could advance without earning any points over the final two games, however the U.S. controls its own destiny and can clinch a top three position and an automatic berth by earning at least two points from their last two matches. To clinch the position on MatchDay 9 against Honduras, the U.S. would have to equal or exceed the number of points that Costa Rica earns hosting Trinidad & Tobago.
The first chance to clinch a berth will come on Oct 10 when the U.S. travels to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, before returning home to close out the final round on Oct. 14 against Costa Rica in Washington, D.C. Tickets for the match at RFK Stadium go on sale to the general public on Thursday, Sept. 10, 12 p.m. ET.
The win against Trinidad & Tobago was just the third for a road team in the CONCACAF final round of qualifying as the U.S. joins Costa Rica (at Trinidad & Tobago) and Mexico (at Costa Rica) as victors away from home. All told, the home team has posted an 18-3-3 record this year.
The U.S. has scored 14 goals in the final round through eight games, and Landon Donovan has scored two while assisting on another eight including Clark's game-winner. Donovan also tied Cobi Jones with the U.S. record for the most assists in a year (9).
Also, for the first time since the last two matches of 2005, the U.S. has gone consecutive games avoiding the referee's book, meaning that the six players who played carrying a yellow card – Jozy Altidore, Carlos Bocanegra, Clark, Clint Dempsey, Donovan and Benny Feilhaber – will be available on Oct. 10 in Honduras.
"For us it was a very important three points," said U.S. Men's National Team head coach Bob Bradley. "We felt that it was well earned because tonight was a difficult game. A lot of credit goes to Trinidad & Tobago. I felt they put a great effort out tonight and made it very hard. We spoke at halftime and we understood the game we were in. We felt we could raise the level in the second half and we're pleased with the win."
The U.S. starting lineup had just two changes from Saturday's 2-1 victory against El Salvador, with Clark replacing Feilhaber in central midfield and Oguchi Onyewu returning from suspension to replace Chad Marshall and start in the middle of the defense with Bocanegra.
The first chance of a sloppy first half came for the U.S., as Dempsey blasted a free kick wide in the fifth minute, and 15 minutes later Charlie Davies hit a low shot on goal from 20 yards out that was easily stopped by Trinidad & Tobago goalkeeper Clayton Ince.
Trinidad & Tobago adjusted personnel slightly, moving Carlos Edwards to the right wing and it nearly paid immediate dividends. In the 27th minute, Edwards dropped a short pass to Cornell Glen on the right side, and he played a cross to the far post where Kenwyne Jones faded away from Onyewu to head the ball down to the feet of Tim Howard.
Two minutes later, Glen injected himself again as a throw-in on the left wing bounced over Bocanegra, and Glen turned on his marker and chipped Howard, only to have his effort hit the crossbar. Off Trinidad & Tobago's heart-stopping chance, the U.S. countered with Jonathan Bornstein playing the ball up the left for Donovan. Altidore received the ball from Donovan, and after holding off a defender cracked a 22-yard shot that Ince parried out to his right.
A pair of Trent Noel free kicks from just outside the area were the final two Soca Warrior shots of the half, and each was dangerous after questionable fouls called on Onyewu. In the 37th minute, Howard was called to dive to his right post to push away a shot that almost found the bottom corner, and five minutes later Noel's effort called on Howard to dive the same way but the ball sailed wide of the post.
In stoppage time of the first half, Donovan and Altidore combined with a slow-developing one-two combination, with Altidore patiently awaiting Donovan to cut into the left side of the area. He played a perfect ball into the space and Donovan's left-footed shot cut back into Ince's right leg as the kick save went out of bounds.
The U.S. created its first chance of the second half in the 52nd minute, pushing for a counter-attack after a Trinidad & Tobago corner kick. Edwards' service was headed down dangerously in the area, but Bornstein cleared and the U.S. found Altidore wide open up on the left wing. After pushing forward, he tried to find Davies, but the ball bounced off Davies for a goal kick.
Just as Bradley was prepared to go to his bench, the U.S. finally broke through with the goal. Bornstein challenged for a 50-50 throw-in and the ball landed at the feet of Bradley, who took a good first touch and played the ball into space for Dempsey in the middle. Dempsey found Donovan on the left just outside the 18-yard box and as Dempsey and others ran through, he found Clark trailing the play. Clark blasted a 26-yard shot that tailed away from Ince and into the net. Clark became the 15th U.S. player to score a goal this cycle, and the eighth to notch a game-winning goal. He was also the 18th different player to score in 2009, matching the record number of different goal scorers set by the U.S. team in 1993 and 2000.
The U.S. twice had clear chances to increase the margin of victory to two goals for the first time in Trinidad & Tobago, with a Dempsey shot saved by a diving Ince in the 78th minute and in the 89th minute, Donovan redirected a bouncing cross from substitute Stuart Holden just inches over Ince and the crossbar. Holden, who has appeared off the bench in the last three U.S. qualifiers, came on in place of Dempsey in the 82nd minute.
Howard was on task three times down the stretch, first punching away a long-range line-drive off the foot of Edwards in the 64th minute and later scooping up another soft header from Jones. Then, in second-half stoppage time, an Edwards cross deflected off Bornstein's foot and Howard dove to keep the ball off his left post. Howard earned his sixth shutout in 11 qualifying appearances and his goals against average dropped to 0.73. He also earned career win number 28 to pass Brad Friedel for third place on the all-time list.
The game was the ninth USA-Trinidad & Tobago match played in Port of Spain, and the ninth decided by one goal or less as the U.S. improves to 5-2-2 on the island of Trinidad.
- United States Men's National Team Match Report -
Match: United States vs. Trinidad & Tobago
Date: September 9, 2009
Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifier – Final Round
Venue: Hasely Crawford Stadium – Port of Spain, Trinidad
Kickoff: 7 p.m. ET
Attendance: TBD
Weather: Partly Cloudy, 82 degrees
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA - Ricardo Clark (Landon Donovan) 62nd minute
USA: 1-Tim Howard; 2-Jonathan Spector, 5-Oguchi Onyewu, 3-Carlos Bocanegra (capt.), 12-Jonathan Bornstein; 8-Clint Dempsey (7-Stuart Holden, 82), 13-Ricardo Clark, 4-Michael Bradley, 10-Landon Donovan; 9-Charlie Davies (11-Brian Ching, 77), 17-Jozy Altidore (16-Benny Feilhaber, 63)
Subs not used: 6-Steve Cherundolo, 14-Jose Francisco Torres , 15-Chad Marshall, 18-Brad Guzan
Head Coach: Bob Bradley
TRI: 1-Clayton Ince; 11-Carlos Edwards, 3-Radanfa Abu Bakr, 6-Dennis Lawrence (capt.), 4-Jlloyd Samuel; 10-Hayden Tinto (12-Keon Daniel, 66), 2-Clyde Leon, 8-Trent Noel (9-Jason Scotland, 84), 16-Silvio Spann (14-Kerry Baptiste, 72); 13-Cornell Glen, 17-Kenwyne Jones
Subs not used: 5-Keyeno Thomas, 7-Densil Theobald, 15-Lyndon Andrews, 18-Marvin Philip
Head Coach: Russell Latapy
Stats Summary: USA / TRI
Shots: 11 / 10
Shots on Goal: 6 / 4
Saves: 4 / 5
Corner Kicks: 6 / 5
Fouls: 14 / 14
Offside: 3 / 5
Misconduct Summary:
TRI – Jlloyd Samuel (caution) 25th minute
Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV)
Assistant Referee 1: William Torres (SLV)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Zumba (SLV)
Fourth Official: Elmer Bonilla (SLV)
ussoccer.com Man of the Match:
Michael Bradley


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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Comic 446: Firefly Isn't "Popular"
Sorry, but like MacGyver, wikipedia is just too easy a target. That's why it's been done before. A lot. Even the "only obsessive nerds use wikipedia" joke is old. Come to think of it, where else have I heard wikipedia jokes ...
So...again, not a bad comic, in that it doesn't make me mad, but just - eh? What's the point?
PS - Who thinks Randall is actually a Simpsons fan? I don't. But I have no evidence. I should find some!
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- AnonymousJuly 8, 2008 at 9:19 PM
I think you missed the point. I think Randall was taking a stab at how stupid the "In Popular Culture" sections (and others sections like it) are. I mean, a list of instances where wood in popular culture comes up is just ridiculous. Knowing that objects made of wood were used in Buffy the Vampire Slayer is just not relevant and useless info.ReplyDelete
Kudos to Munroe for taking a moment to jab at Wikipedia dorks -- sometimes internet obsession can just be annoying, not cute. This anti-xkcd blog, for instance, is cute for all the right reasons and only annoying to the wrong people.ReplyDelete
Another odd Wiki-trend: Controversy sections that describe controversies nobody knew about.
Anon - I guess he was doing both. By putting it on the Wood article he was attempting to make a joke about how "In popular culture" is stupid; by making it all nerdy references he was making fun of wp users for being nerds. Still not funny though.ReplyDelete
Thomas - How is this blog cute? That's not a word I would have thought would be associated with me...
I for one find the obsession with xkcd annoying. Thus my blog becomes a noble crusade to make people come to their senses on it.
that's just adorableReplyDelete
wait what the HELL people.ReplyDelete
Veritably cuddly.ReplyDelete
Honestly, and I'm not saying this out of spite or anything, I don't think you're going to manage to convince anyone that XKCD sucks or is overrated through this blag. I also think you're probably analyzing it too much. I couldn't really tell you why the "in popular culture" one was funny, but I laughed at it. It's kind of an absurd notion. Like most humor, when you really analyze it, it fails to stand up.
Have you ever read a Wikipedia article on a joke? Any kind of joke, really. I, for one, have never found humor to be more boring than in the context of analysis.
And of course, There Are No New Ideas. I am of the opinion that people ought to be slapped every time they criticize something because it's been done before. Originality is for bad thrillers (and they still don't manage).
Oooh, some very thought provoking ideas here.ReplyDelete
I am still trying to figure out why it is that I am writing this blog. I don't have a goal, or even a vague idea of a goal. I don't expect to convince anyone.
I started because I had had a lot of conversations where I discovered that a fair number of my friends (and enemies) disliked xkcd and thought they were the only ones. I think there is, as crazy and conspiratorial as it sounds, a lot of social pressure - in some places - to like xkcd.
I currently envision my website the way I think of political bumper stickers - no one is going to vote based on a shiny piece of paper on a car they see, but supporters of that candidate will maybe get excited just to see other supporters out there. Reading my blog will only make xkcd lovers more stubborn in their love of it (I have seen this happen in my friends who do like xkcd) so I am not expecting much.
I know that everyone says you shouldn't analyze jokes. I know, it takes all the humor out, it's like dissecting a frog, etc. I found humor more interesting when analyzed. I think I've let enough of my humor theory seep into my posts that you can probably tell. But consider this - you will not find a successful comedian who didn't get there by studying comedy. Studying timing, or phraseology, or any other aspect of it. You may not need it to laugh at it, but it's important if you want to understand it.
I also wonder if there is a limited supply of humor. I'm currently learning towards there not being a limit, if only because what is funny changes so much over fairly short periods of time. I try not to accuse Randall of copying too much unless it's really something he should know about - like spy vs. spy. Or, you know, his own previous comics.
I don't know, there are people who are funny, and people who aren't. I'm not a big 'it's like dissecting a frog' person but I am a big 'some people get it, some people don't' person.ReplyDelete
That is: you can study humor theory all you want, and you might even learn something from it, but there's really just a sort of feel that makes one an effective comedian. A lot of it is just about knowing your audience (which I would say Randall does)--and then there's the sense of timing, the sense of the unexpected, and so on.
A lot of xkcd's humor is based on the unconventional. It's often based more on the absurdity of the premise--just the idea that a "Wood in popular culture section" is absurd, and then fleshing that concept out.
It's funny almost in an inside joke sort of way rather than a 'setup, punchline' sort of way. There isn't a joke, as such--but that doesn't mean it's not funny.
I hope I'm making sense. I don't feel that I'm being terribly clear.
The one panel strips like this certainly aren't setup/punchline. Why don't I try approaching this from a different angle -ReplyDelete
I used to like xkcd a lot. I still like many of the old comics as much as I ever did. But I don't like a lot of the new ones (call it "Simpsons Syndrome"). I don't think my sense of humor changed, I think xkcd changed. There are more comics that don't have any words (or minimal words) than there used to be. For a time, there were more computer science jokes than there used to be (this appears to have tapered off). The only possible difference is that I didn't like a few in a row, decided xkcd was now bad, and that judgment has colored my reading of current strips. I hope this isn't the case, and I try to stay aware of the fact that it's a possibility.
Randall Munroe is definitely a funny person - but I think he basically ran out of good ideas. I don't blame him; I think it's damn hard to keep a comic strip going that long (see: newspaper comics, which basically all suck. Not all, but maybe 80-90%). I fault him for still going, basically.
- AnonymousJanuary 5, 2009 at 12:37 PM
Just now discovered this blog, but wanted to comment on this xkcd. I do think it's a decent joke about the useless of In Popular Culture sections on Wikipedia. The problem is, it's been done before:ReplyDelete
And the Something Awful version is far better.
Did you just go to theonion.com and search "wikipedia"?ReplyDelete
Just because something's popular and someone else made a few jokes about it before (none of those links, by the way, made a reference to the In-Popular-Culture section) means another can't be funny. Wikipedia jokes are far too less common then truly old jokes like, say, Michael Jackson jokes, to be all tired and unfunny.


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Apple Roly Poly Recipe
Never heard of a Roly Poly? This Southern dessert is a roll of sweet pastry dough filled with cinnamon sugared apples and finished with a cranberry sauce.
Reprinted with permission from Sweet Auburn Desserts by Sonya Jones. Copyright © 2011. Published by Pelican Publishing Company. Available wherever books are sold. All rights reserved.
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- Yield:8 to 10
- Active time: 1 hour
- Total time:1 hour
- Roly Poly
- 2 quarts water, or enough to cover the roly poly
- 1 egg, well beaten
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 stick butter, plus 2 ounces, melted, for brushing roly poly
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 4 tablespoons flour, or enough to make a stiff dough
- 1 pound apples, thinly sliced
- Cinnamon Sugar
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- Cranberry Sauce
- 1 cup cream
- 1 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup vinegar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 cup cranberries
Place a pot of water on the stove and fill with 2 quarts water. Bring to a boil. While the water is heating, combine the beaten egg, milk, and 1/2 stick butter in a mixing bowl.
In a separate bowl, combine the salt and baking powder. Add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture and mix well. Stir in the flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, using just enough to make the dough stiff.
Once the dough is stiff, roll it out on a lightly floured surface to a 1/2-inch thickness. Form the dough into a rectangle and brush liberally with the melted butter. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar onto the dough and lay the apple slices over the sugar in rows. Transfer the dough to a cheese cloth and roll the dough tightly into a log. Wrap the cheese cloth tightly around the log, securing both ends and tying with kitchen twine so the log retains its shape as it boils.
Submerge the roly poly in the boiling water and continue to boil for 45 minutes, or until the dough is firm to the touch. Remove the pot of water from the heat and use a spatula to transfer the roly poly to a platter to cool before serving.
To make the cranberry sauce, mix the cream, sugar, vinegar, and cornstarch in a saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat until the sauce thickens. Add the cranberries and cook for 2 minutes more. To serve, pour the sauce over the roly poly, and pass any extra sauce around the table to pour over individual slices.
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Mariah Carey to Perform in May at Moroccan Festival
Since Mariah Carey has a boy boy named Moroccan and have a Moroccan-themed room in her New York apartment, it would make sense that she would perform in the country that has inspired her marital life. The R&B diva reportedly has agreed to perform at Morocco's Mawazine Festival in May.
According to Morocco World News, Mimi will sing at the festival in the Moroccan city of Rabat on May 26, closing out the eight-day event, which begins on May 18. Organizers says that Carey will perform a couple of new songs that she has been working on for the past year.
This will mark the first time Carey has performed in front of a live audience since the birth of her twins Moroccan and Monroe last year. Past performers who graced the stage at the Mawazine Festival include Shakira, Kanye West, Alicia Keys, Elton John and Whitney Houston.
It's good to hear that Mariah Carey is ready to get back onstage now that she lost all of that weight. Go Mimi!


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Industry News
Phyto Announces New Products and New Packaging
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Phyto Ales Group CEO Raphael YousriPhoto 3 of 10
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Every year the Ales Group (which includes brands: Phyto, Phytospecific, Lierac Paris, Caron and Subtil Professional Hair Color) choose to have their company-wide sales meetings in an exotic and tropical place. This year, the group picked the perfect spot to have their annual Awards Dinner/Sales Meeting—Cabo San Lucas, Mexico! And, I got to attend this year!
Next to the beautiful oceanside at the Melia Resort, Ales Group executives, educators and employees received two big pieces of news for the Phyto line. First, they witnessed the unveiling of the new products being added to the Phyto range: Subtil Elixir, Secret de Nuit and four express conditioners. The brand has also announced that in September 2013, they will be launching a Phytokeratine Spray and Mask. Secondly, the ENTIRE Phyto line has been "made over" with new packaging. The roll out for the new products begins in mid-March 2013 and continues through April 2013.
The six day event was meant to get Ales Group members excited, trained and prepped to sell the products when they went home. Each day was filled with workshops, presentations and training sessions. At the end of the trip, the Ales Group presented a number of awards to employees including: Best Educator, Best New Biz Development/salon, Best Lierac Highest Salon Opening, etc.
I got a sneak peek at the new products coming out in April 2013. During one of the nights I was staying in Cabo, Education Executive for Phyto Haircare and Subtil Hair Color Dete Israel gave me a complimentary hair treatment using two of Phyto's products.
First, she applied Phyto's most popular product Phytopolleine Universal Scalp Treatment, a 100% essential oil blend that awakens the scalp to instantly purify and stimulate microcirculation. Then, afterwards she applied one of Phyto's new products, Subtil Elixir, a fine, lightweight and easy-to rinse oil that penetrates strands with hydration. After leaving on the treatment for 30-40 minutes, I rinsed and blow dried my hair. The result was stunning! I couldn't believe the shine the product left behind. The best part was that I felt like my hair was replenished on the ends and its original softness was back (after I had lightened my ends from awhile back). And, I also have to mention that after using the Subtil Elixir a couple times since I have been back from my trip, I always think of Cabo.
The second new product is called Secret De Nuit, an intense hydration regenerating night treatment. I can't tell you too much about it now, since I only received a "sneak peek," but who doesn't love waking up to beautiful hair in the morning? This time-released product will help provide intense hydration and repair throughout the night.
The four conditioners coming out consist of: Phytobaume Hydration, Phytobaume Volume, Phytobaume Color Protect and Phytobaume Repair.
New metallic silver packaging communicates innovation, efficacy and saftey. The gold packaging communicates glamour, luxury and well-being. See below for product photos.
Stay tuned to the April edition of MODERN SALON where we will delve more into product and packaging details.